List of Relatives who served 1914-1918

[bigal]

My Great Grandfather was killed in action 30/3/1918 at Hangard Woods

Pte 7520 Fred Petty of the 34th AIF Battalion

He is burried at Hangard Communal Cemetery

[aussie01]

My great grandfather Sidney john Jolley India Bellary circ 1884? - 1900 1st/22nd Cheshire regiment Seargent. 1915-1920? Brocton military training camp cannock chace, quartermaster and honorary lieutenant 13th then 20th battalion Lancashire fusiliers (4th salford).

Robert james Jolley (sidneys 1st born) gazetted 9/8/1918 Ches R-Co Qr-Mr-Sjt 2nd lieutenant 11/7/1918 died 22/8/1918 buried bagneux british cemetery, gezaincourt. How sad to only be on active duty for 13 days.

I believe that Sidney was also in the Boar war but info very sketchy. Any info would be greatly appreciated.

regards to all yvette.

[ca7ah]

My contribution:

My Great Grand Father

PW6372 Pte Edwin Gudge 18th and 2nd Middlesex

[Stuart Lawton]

Some more relatives.

My Father's side:

Grand Uncles

William Green

Private 56099 24th Infantry Labour Coy, The Queen's (Royal West Surrey Regiment)

Private 78771 132nd Coy & 338th (HS) Emp Coy, Labour Corps

William John Lawton

Private 350378 1/4th Bn & 15th Bn, Essex Regiment

T/Corporal 566427 Labour Corps

Cousins

Antonio Astrella (enlisted as Bertram Astrella)

Private 4594 1/6th Bn, Essex Regiment

Private 7437 3/8th Bn, Middlesex Regiment

Private 5967 2/7th Bn, Cheshire Regiment

Pioneer 255119 40th Signal Coy, Royal Engineers

Benjamin Battman Snr

Rifleman R6304 7th Bn, King's Royal Rifle Corps

Private 20334 1st Garrison Bn, Ox & Bucks Light Infantry

Private 663425 583rd (HS) Emp Coy, Labour Corps

Benjamin Battman Jnr - Rifleman 62580 5th Bn & 3rd Bn, Rifle Brigade

Charles Bertram Culverhouse

Private 124192 297th Coy, Labour Corps

Private 34178 8th Bn, Yorkshire Regiment

Henry Dealey - Driver L/24979 "D" Battery, 172nd Bde, Royal Field Artillery

Green George Charles - Leading Seaman 235939 HMS Inflexable, Royal Navy

Nathan Arthur Green - Company Sergeant Major 539 & 574475 17th Bn, London Regiment (attached to 1/4th Bn, King's African Rifles 1917-1919)

Charles George Haggard

Lance Corporal T2SR/02386 307th Coy, Army Service Corps

Gunner 224452 22nd Heavy Battery, Royal Garrison Artillery

J Lawton - Private Suffolk Regiment

Oswald Charles Smith - J51755 Royal Navy

Leslie James Spokes - Company Quartermaster Serjeant L/13529 2nd Bn, Middlesex Regiment

Stanley Lucas Tarry - Private 6224 & 290676 11th BN or 4th Bn, Suffolk Regiment - DOW on 10 Oct 1917

Benjamin John N Tomkins

Private 686228 1/22nd Bn, London Regiment

Private 238399 Middlesex Regiment

John Benjamin West - Private G/12708 4th Bn, Royal Fusiliers

My Mother's side:

Great Grand Uncles

Harry Stanley Gregory - Rifleman S/59852 1st Bn, Rifle Brigade

Henry James Lilley - Private 215887 303rd Reserve, Labour Corps

Cousins

Henry Austin - Private 13278 1st Bn, South Wales Borderers - KIA on 25 Jan 1915

Frank Bass

Lance Corporal 3243 1/1st Bn, Cambridgeshire Regiment

Lance Corporal 5675 2/5th Bn, East Lancashire Regiment

Lance Corporal 82239 Infantry Labour Group King's Liverpool Regiment

Private 64486 5th (HS) Garrison, Royal Welsh Fusiliers

Private 49782 11th Bn, 12th Bn, 320th Coy & 301st Coy, Royal Defence Corps

Frederick John Bass - Sapper 210253 & 261656 269th Railway Coy, Royal Engineers

William Stephen George Crane

Private 536654 15th Bn, London Regiment

Acting Serjeant 50540 10th Bn, Royal Warwickshire Regiment

Robert Stanley Dent - Private 1838 & 481145 1st Eastern General Hospital, Royal Army Medical Corps (Transport)

Albert Edward Doran - Stoker 1st Class K29429 Royal Navy

Henry George Doran - Colour Serjeant Major 14539 6th Bn, South Wales Borderers

Edgar Alan Eastoe

Private 7506 Middlesex Regiment

Private 649610 Labour Corps

Herman Eastoe - Pioneer 335316 Signal Bde Depot, Royal Engineers - Died on 02 Nov 1918

Albert George Fernee - Private 10/42698 Royal Irish Rifles

Bernard Cornwell Flint - Acting Lance Sergeant 3794 1/1st Bn, Honourable Artillery Company

Edward Harry Gough

Private ? 5th Bn, Norfolk Regiment

Corporal 161243 95th Chinese Labour Coy, Labour Corps

Thomas Sydney Gough - Private M2/153171 Army Service Corps (Motor Transport)

John Owen Harris - Serjeant 21/836 21st Bn, Northumberland Fusiliers - KIA on 01 Jul 1916

William Ernest Harris - Private 6543 & 203153 1/4th Bn, Hampshire Regiment

Thomas Richard Herd - Private 3210 2/5th Bn, Devonshire Regiment

Bertie Pratt

Private 6495 9th Bn & 15th Bn (attd 209th Coy MGC), Suffolk Regiment

Private 41775 2nd Bn, Northamptonshire Regiment

Frank Cyril Prout - Corporal 6113 24th Bn, Australian Imperial Force

Sidney Fred Prout - Rifleman R/35475 9th Bn, King's Royal Rifle Corps - DOW on 27 Mar 1918

[davidfowler]

Blimey, after Stuart's last reply mine seems a bit short (although thinking about it, Grandad George WAS short!)

Southwell, George. Pte 2041 Royal Warwickshire Regiment.

18.4.1891 - 12.12.1968

Enlisted 1912

Service number 2041 2^nd Battalion

Landed in Flanders 6/7^th Oct 1914

Listed as wounded in Birmingham Daily Post 23^rd Aug 1915

Actual wound occurred 7 – 14 days previously?

Married Florence Wilkinson 10^th Oct 1915 address Parkhurst Barracks, Isle of Wight on "furlough".

Lance Corporal in 9^th Battalion on Absent Voters List 1918 address 62 Alleyne Rd, Birmingham.

23^rd Sept 1921 Service number 5094298 shown on Army Form B104-59,going into reserves ?

[Coldstreamer]

Some more relatives.

thats an impressive list Stuart

[Stuart Lawton]

So far I've found 90 relatives that served in the War not all overseas:

1 Royal Australian Navy (Royal Navy on loan)

8 Royal Navy

73 British Army

1 British Army/Royal Flying Corps/Royal Air force

6 Canadian Army

1 Australian Imperial force

4 of those who enlisted in the British Army were discharged as no longer fit for war service and didn't serve overseas.

23 of those relatives died in the war:

1 Royal Australian Navy (Royal Navy on loan)

22 British Army

As a kid I was told of 8 relatives that served in the war and only 3 those had survived. Then I caught the Genealogy bug from one of my cousins.

With the release of the service records I found some of those I already knew about but found several I didn't know about. The latest batch has produced 12 members of the family. The MIC's have confirmed one relative who died as it had his fathers name and address on the back.

Stu

[SFayers]

I also have quite a list of relatives who fought, but for simplicity I've just included my closer relatives (or at least those I know most about!), and those that didn't return home.


My fathers side:

My grandfather, George James (Jim) Fayers, Gunner, 5 Siege Battery, RGA.
His brother, Edward Henry (Ted) Fayers, Private, unknown motor transport unit, ASC. (Two other brothers may also have fought, but I have no details to confirm.)
His first cousins, Walter Ernest (Ernie) Fayers, Gunner, 5 Siege Battery, RGA
and Frederick Walter Fayers, Private, 1/5th Essex Regiment.
My grandfather's second cousins Bertie George Bowers, Private, 7th Suffolk Regiment, and Frederick Walter Schofield, Private, 1/1st Hertfordshire Regiment, were killed in action.

My grandmother's brother, Henry Robert (Harry) Head, unknown unit.
Her first cousin Robert George Andrews, Private, 3rd Rifle Brigade (later 25th and 16th KRRC).
Her first cousin Launcelot Charles Victor Andrews (Robert's brother), Private, 11th Suffolk Regiment, died of wounds.

My mother's side:

My gg uncle (my grandfather's uncle) Horace George Parnell, Gunner, 5th Battery, RFA (a veteran of the Boer War), died of wounds.
My grandfather's second cousins Thomas Henry Philpott, Private, 1/6th East Lancashire Regiment (died of illness) and Bertram Philpott (both brothers), Private, 2nd and later 9th Duke of Wellington's (West Riding) Regiment (killed in action).
My g grandmother's first cousin Edward Dines, Lance Corporal, 1/4th Seaforth Highlanders, was killed in action.

My grandmother's brother Robert George (Bob) Scarff, Signal Boy J.87099, joined the Royal Navy late in 1918, but did not see action though he did receive a BWM.
Her first cousins Stanley Henry Scarff, Private, 1/5th Suffolk Regiment, and Douglas Arthur Albert Phillips, Private, 1st RMLI, were both killed in action. Stanley's brothers Cecil Scarff (ASC, Essex Regiment and London Regiment) and Harold Scarff (Suffolk Regiment) also joined up, though Harold never served overseas. Douglas' younger brother Donald Henry Edward Phillips served as an Ordinary Seaman (J.40189) in the Royal Navy, and died in 1925 of TB contracted during the war; his older brother Albert (Bertie) Edward Phillips served in the Suffolk Yeomanry and in the Royal Field Artillery TF as Gunner 1371 (later 889592) in 1/3rd East Anglian (Howitzer) Brigade.
Her other first cousins, Arthur Albert Lennard and William Robert Lennard both served (as a serjeant and private respectively) in the Suffolk Yeomanry (later 15th Suffolk Regiment).


Also my father-in-law's grandfather, John Paterson Young, Private, 11th Cameron Highlanders, died of wounds.

Steve

[steven bennett]

Good idea. Why not start right here?

my grand father SAMUEL HENRY BENNETT(private) in the 15th battalion of the durham light infantry his service number was 22488 and was killed 25/9/1915 i think he was only 21 and he is buried in the loos memorial.

DURHAM LIGHT INFANTRY 15TH BATTALION.

[RobertK]

Private Thomas King - RAMC, 5th Battalion, Connaught Rangers part of 29th Infantry Brigade, 10th (Irish) Division who later transferred to Royal Engineers as a Sapper, Served in Gallipoli, Egypt and Salonika - enlisted at outbreak and survived

Lance-Corporal Owen Darby - RAOC, Attached to ?th Yeomanry Division - enlisted at outbreak? and survived

Also, not relatives, but some people I'm researching for a friend of my mum's:

James Slinn - 18th Hussars, later 6th Dragoon Guards - enlisted at outbreak and survived

William Slinn - 18th Hussars, later Royal Flying Corps - enlisted at outbreak and survived

Jack Slinn - Tried to enlist at 16, turned down, enlisted at 18 and survived.

Trying to make this as long as possible so as to compete with those amazing lists!

[Doc]

Son of a Great Great Uncle

Nigel Graham (Born at Fort George, Madras, India - son of a serving soldier)

Cpl. 1st Bn Cameron Highlanders (9120). KIA 21 Oct 1914 Age 19 (First battle of Ypres)

Buried: Perth Cemetery (China Wall) Zillebeke near Ieper.

Parents - Living in Kirkcaldy, Fife at the time of his death.

I am aware of a possible two other relatives, however I am yet to fully research their details.

Will post details when known later.

[Stuart Lawton]

My Mother's side:

Cousin

Bernard Eastoe - Gunner 164225 No. 13 & No. 1 Mountain Batteries, Royal Garrison Artillery

[mothman]

My grandfather:

Thomas Thirlwell

enlisted in TF 1908, no. 117

served in 3rd Northumberland Brigade RFA in war

wounded in France early 1916, losing a leg, but survived and invalided out.

[Guest KevinEndon]

The list is that big now I have to do it over quite a few posts starting at post number 420,

Kevin

[Skipman]

Great uncle Private Norman Farnhill 12125 8th York&Lancaster missing 1/7/16 somme Thiepval memorial

Wifes great uncles:

Private Angus Ferguson McPhee S/7191 1/8th Argyll&Sutherland Highlanders d.o.w. 17/5/17

Aubigny Communal Cemetery Extension

Private Dougald McPhee S/7192 1/8th Argyll&Sutherland Highlanders

Driver John Laughlan Fraser 96764, 2nd Div Amm Col. died 8/9/18 Bac-du-Sud British Cemetery Bailleulval

Private James Grant 65199 10th Royal Fusiliers.died 21/4/17 Hervin Farm British Cemetery St Laurent- Blangy.

Private Alexander McPhee 703843 102nd Regt CEF.

Also John McPhee,Hugh McPhee,Duncan McPhee,Charles E S McPhee,and Donald McPhee, all brothers,don't know which unit.

Donald Fraser don't know which unit.

[TheMixMonkey]

I am still researching, so I haven't found everyone yet, but so far of all my relatives who served, they all survived, amazingly.

Great Grandfathers

Corporal Arthur Abbs, 12152 Suffolk Regiment 7th Batallion - PoW 1917-18

William Sharpe, (as yet unknown regiment) WIA/Discharged

Robert Finch, 40540 RASC (Attached to Royal Engineers) (42 years of age when he joined)

Great-Great Uncles

Private George Abbs, 202788 Norfolk Regiment 7th Batallion - Discharged 1917

Robert Finch, (Son of Robert Finch above) RHA or RFA - Not found details yet.

Private John Thomas Tennet, 78674 Tank Corp

William Herbert Tennet, Unknown Artillery regiment

Arthur Tennet, T/327368 RASC. Tried to sign up 8 times but denied due to heart problems. Finally accepted but never went overseas.

[NeilEvans]

In addition to Leonard Nuttall

John Hulston Pte 80358 Royal Defence Corps 10/11/1918 Vet - Boer War.

David Nuttall Pte 28271 Wiltshire Regiment 20/10/1918 Cousin to Leonard.

Neil

[ulsterlad2]

here is the whole thread put into some sort of order, hope it helps

Kevin, that's absolutley fantastic.

[chr15a]

My Grandfather:

Acting Bombr - 55695 - William Anderson - 18th Brigade RFA - Awarded Military Medal 1916

Served in: Africa Oct 1910-Nov 1912. India Nov 1912-Aug 1914. France Aug 1914-Nov 1916

[oakley316]

My grandfather, David Oakley, served with the American Expeditionary Forces 79th Division, 316th Infantry Co B. Fought in the Meuse-Argonne offensive and was captured during the battle at La Borne de Cornoullier on Nov 4, 1918. He died in 1974 at age 80.

Cherie

[Dick Smith]

My grandfathers:

William Charles SMITH, East Surrey Regiment 1914-1920, survived unscathed.

Oscar HANSSEN, unit unknown, gassed 1917, died 1927. Born Norway.

[dennisjnelson]

Grandfathers

James Quay Nelson 53947-18th Battalion (Infantry) CEF-enlisted Oct 25 1914-age 24-awarded DCM Oct 7 1916 after Battle of Flers-Courcelette (Somme)-born in Scotland-survived war

Alfred Stockwell 6525-1st Battalion (Infantry) CEF-enlisted sept 20 1914-age 18-born in Folkestone-survived war-died 1949

Granduncles

Peter Nelson 7060-1st Battalion (Infantry) CEF-enlisted Sept 22 1914-age 25-born in Scotland-KIA March 2 1915 at La Toulette-buried in Y Farm Military Cemetery, Bois Grenier

In avatar:

Frederick George Peters 3955-E Coy. Machine Gun Det.,2nd Battalion, Rifle Brigade BEF-enlisted 1910-born in Folkestone, grew up in Dover-KIA May 9 1915 at Battle of Aubers Ridge-age 25-commemorated on Ploegsteert Memorial

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Dennis Nelson

[alliekiwi]

Strewth, Kevin, that's an amazing effort! Makes it very easy to see. I wonder if any of the men have been listed by more than one person, not knowing they're related?

Allie

[andrew pugh]

Hi All.

Dont forget me!

My Gt Uncle on my mums side of family.... Henry, John, Morrell (Private) service number S/R 9571

Went overseas France 4th Dec 1914 as Special Reservist to 1st Bn Royal Fusiliers at some stage

was with 4th Bn Royal Fusiliers and ended up with the 24th Bn (2nd Sportsmen)Royal Fusiliers until

he was killed 24th March 1918. He was born and lived in Kensington Warwick Road.

His father also named Henry,John,Morrell served in the Royal Army Service Corps we know nothing about his service, he died in 1927 he also came from Kensington and had connections in Fulham.

He was a Coal Porter before being in the army. Thanks!

Regards Andy

[Guest KevinEndon]

Strewth, Kevin, that's an amazing effort! Makes it very easy to see. I wonder if any of the men have been listed by more than one person, not knowing they're related?

Allie

I dont know if Audax

http://1914-1918.invisionzone.com/forums/i...1035&st=175 POST 187

knows that they are related to

Dannytruell

http://1914-1918.invisionzone.com/forums/i...1035&st=150 post 172,

with the connection being

Lieutenant-Colonel Edmund Gray Stuart Truell 88th Connaught Rangers.

If they are can you let us know if you knew this or not.

Kevin