Uncle George Posted 22 November , 2017 Share Posted 22 November , 2017 Berhardt Basil von Brumsey im Thurn. Not all that unusual a name, but he served in the Hampshire Regiment, and was awarded the DSO in the Second war. His daughter married Gerald Nabarro MP, he of the handlebar moustache. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SapperBoo Posted 23 November , 2017 Share Posted 23 November , 2017 11712, Driver, Major Arthur Boocock, 14th Brigade, Royal Horse Artillery Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David_Underdown Posted 24 November , 2017 Share Posted 24 November , 2017 (edited) Or more famously, Second Lieutenant Major William Booth, a Yorkshire and England cricketer before the war https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Major_Booth Edited 24 November , 2017 by David_Underdown Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
51st Sikhs Posted 14 May , 2018 Share Posted 14 May , 2018 (edited) On 9/3/2014 at 17:54, Old Owl said: Lieutenant Elphinstone D'Oyly Aplin, 1st Bn Gloucestershire Regiment. Died of wounds May,1915. Major Reinhold Meitzen Adams, 51st Sikhs, I.A. Died of wounds April,1917. I believe that his mother was of German origin. Indeed. I have Adams’s sword. Edited 14 May , 2018 by 51st Sikhs Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brianmorris547 Posted 14 February , 2019 Share Posted 14 February , 2019 Alfred Khartoum Gordon Hosier, 83107 Machine Gun Corps. His service record shows that he was born in 1895 ten years after General Gordon was killed in Khartoum. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Muerrisch Posted 14 February , 2019 Share Posted 14 February , 2019 On 29/12/2015 at 14:29, geraint said: A little boy' born in early 1915, was baptised Mons Jones, here in Ruthin. His father Pte Harry Jones of 1st RWF was a Mons survivor, though he was killed in action later in 1915. Harry's letters home are in the Denbighshire archives. Mons Jones lived in Ruthin throughout his life until his death in the late 1980s and though I can't recall him, he is still remembered with fondness by many. Strange. 1st RWF were either in Malta or on the ship Home at the time of Mons. Every manjack of the battalion survived Mons! 2nd RWF, yes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
asanewt Posted 14 February , 2019 Share Posted 14 February , 2019 22 minutes ago, Muerrisch said: Strange. 1st RWF were either in Malta or on the ship Home at the time of Mons. Every manjack of the battalion survived Mons! 2nd RWF, yes. I knew Mons very well. His father Henry "Harry" was 8481 2nd Bn. according to local historian David Williams's book 1997. His father's letter, expressing pleasure at the choice of name for the little boy he had not seen. was on display here Nov. 2018. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Muerrisch Posted 14 February , 2019 Share Posted 14 February , 2019 Thank you. I am sure you know that 2nd RWF were part of the ad hoc 19th Bde which was peripheral at Mons, marched hither and thither, then marched with astonishing endurance to and beyond Le Cateau almost to the environs of Paris before the tide turned. The real casualties started at La Cordonnerie late September 1914 and October. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chrysalid58 Posted 10 May , 2019 Share Posted 10 May , 2019 A few years late but responding to the wonderfully named Dai Bach y Sowldiwr - Saethon Osmond Vychan Williams is a distant relative of mine (a 2nd cousin 2x removed). He derived the name Saethon from the mistaken belief that the Williams family were descended from the Saethons of Llyn. Not true as it turned out. Osmond is in reference to his uncle, Sir Osmond Williams 1st Baronet of Penrhyndeudraeth. Vychan is derived from one of his father's middle names (Edward Herbert Vychan Wynn Williams) and Williams is a patronym for his 3x great grandfather, William Jones. Another Williams of ours who served in the Great War was Captain Osmond Deudraeth Williams. His middle name referencing the home of his grandparents David and Anne Williams. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dai Bach y Sowldiwr Posted 10 May , 2019 Share Posted 10 May , 2019 2 hours ago, chrysalid58 said: Saethon Osmond Vychan Williams is a distant relative of mine (a 2nd cousin 2x removed). He derived the name Saethon from the mistaken belief that the Williams family were descended from the Saethons of Llyn. Not true as it turned out. Osmond is in reference to his uncle, Sir Osmond Williams 1st Baronet of Penrhyndeudraeth. Welcome to the forum chrysalid58 and for your compliment. Osmond Williams was the MP for Penrhyn, and the rest of Merionethshire too , in the 1900s. Were they related to Clough-Williams Ellis? My grandmother was born in this area, her father died young in 1908, a quarryman in the Ellis-Williams quarries. Her aunt Blodwen died in November 1918 of influenza. If you are interested in the genealogy of this area, lots of the work has already been done and published in multiple trees (Over 100) in books by T.Ceiri Griffiths. (They're in Welsh, but a tree is a tree in any language!) https://www.abebooks.co.uk/book-search/author/GRIFFITH,-CEIRI-T-?cm_sp=brcr-_-bdp-_-author Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chrysalid58 Posted 10 May , 2019 Share Posted 10 May , 2019 Hello Dai and diolch Yes... indeed the family is related. Sir Osmond Williams was Clough-Williams Ellis' uncle through his mother Ellen Mabel Greaves line. Ellen was the sister of Sir Osmond's wife, Frances Evelyn Greaves. Thank you for sharing something of your own roots. I simply had the good fortune to be adopted into things. Yes, I am familiar with T. Ceiri Griffiths research and have relied upon it to some extent. Sadly there are some significant gaps but it is the best roadmap we have barring some definitive DNA testing to help take the line back further with greater confidence. Thank you once again, Dai Cymru am byth Rachel Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kimberley John Lindsay Posted 10 May , 2019 Share Posted 10 May , 2019 Dear All, I loved A. Nurse, RAMC (thanks for that); but how about A. Lamb, Military Farms Department? Kindest regards, Kim. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted 11 May , 2019 Share Posted 11 May , 2019 I remember reading decades ago a memoir written by a frontline British doctor who had treated the Kaiser. I hope fellow members may identify which account this was. I believe he was referring to the following casualty on the CWGC listing: PrivateKAISER, A Service Number 9252 Died 20/08/1916 Aged 41 13th Bn. Middlesex Regiment Husband of Sarah S. E. Kaiser, of 50, Town Rd., Lower Edmonton, London. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dai Bach y Sowldiwr Posted 15 May , 2020 Share Posted 15 May , 2020 Reading through the Absent Voters List for Anglesey, at Mount, Holyhead, I came across this man: A Lt.-Col. in the 5th Cheshires, John Edward Grumble Groves. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BullerTurner Posted 23 June , 2020 Share Posted 23 June , 2020 On 13/01/2016 at 11:53, Guest said: Lt Ambrose Mary Anthony Iturdide de Lone Teeling, 3rd Bn Norfolk Regt His father was Private Chamberlain to the Pope and a Pontifical Zouave click Despite having been ridden over the Risorgimento for O level, A level and undergraduate studies, the existence of the Papal Zouaves had escaped me until now. Fascinating corps...I’m obliged! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Knotty Posted 23 June , 2020 Share Posted 23 June , 2020 Nice to see this thread resurrected. I clearly think that this is unfortunately the wrong surname in this instance, what say you? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jim Strawbridge Posted 24 June , 2020 Share Posted 24 June , 2020 During my research of his sister (Ida Irene Jury, American Red Cross dietician, died 9th December 1918) I came across Aaron Centenial Jury. He was born 4th July 1876. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ItemCo16527 Posted 22 May , 2021 Share Posted 22 May , 2021 On 10/09/2014 at 06:24, helpjpl said: Here are some Lieutenant-Commanders, Lieutenants and Sub-Lieutenants, 1915-1917, from the Navy List: Athelstan Alfred Lennox Fenner Robert Francis Uniacke Penrose Fitzgerald Fitzroy Hamilton Dalrymple Byron John William Titus Salt Robert Gregory Maze Durrant Hunt James Henry Maitland Makgill Crichton Claud Lacy Yea Dering Beauchamp Arthbuthnot Francis Edye Kington Boddam Whetham Henry Harwood Harwood Eberhard William Ernest Callwell Malger Powis Spence Edward Pender Usticke Pender Percy Ralph Passawer Percival Byron Plantagenet Cary Mansel Brabazon Fiennes Colville Esmond Popham Hogg Hugh Monthermer Montague Edgar Hippisley Dolphin Lawrence Hartshorne Jeans Charles William Vane Tempest Stewart Lepper Yvo Hedworth Fortescue Granville Wells Archibald Elder Desmond Campbell Duthy John Walter Willie Mellor Standring John Domville Auchmuty Musters Caradoc Stuart MacLeod Prinsep Freke Payne Marcel Harcourt Attwood Kelsey Alpin Erroll Thomas Leicester Charles Assheton St John Curzon-Howe Redvers Michael Courtenay Holland-Pryor Henry Joseph Rawle Paramore William Ogilvy Scrymgoeur-Wedderburn Thurston Bassett Thomas Peter Lancelot Vivian Donne Geoffrey Cayley Lambert Dalley Nelson Ward Hampton Weekes Oliver Jose Lewers Symon Creslock Roger Price George Stairs Napier Johnston Edward Whalley Billyard Leake John Mundell Mundell Edward Newdigate Boulton Robert Avaline Melhuish Francis Riddell Charteris Riddell Gerald Hildred Elsdale Molson Stephen Saltmarshe Palmes Gaspard Patrick Hunter-Blair Roualeyne Geoffrey Gordon-Cumming John Boddy Mein Ralph Wulstan Kimberley Twinberrow Frank Doria Pitt Palmer Charles Richard de Bunsen Loftus Townshend Newton James Wallop William-Powlett Peveril Barton Reibey Wallop William-Powlett Trevor Orchard Chichele Plowden Pendarves Lister Frampton George Frederick Playfair Watkins Beville Granville Eric Oloff de Wet, DSC Esme John Richard Wingfield Stratford Dyson Standish Hore John Garnault Delahaize Ouvry John King Pollock Gerald Henry Paul Paul Harold Volins Bartlett Trethowan Campbell Trevredyn Wynne Dick Aked Checkland Paterson Lillistone Powys Lane Erskine Knollys Heveningham St Aubyn, DSC Hetley Selby Ash William Rooke Macdonald Fleet Not forgetting - Philip Acheson Warre & Albert Godfrey Peace, DSO I'm very late to this one, but Hetley Selby Ash is a very distant cousin of mine. In 1946, the U.S. awarded him the Legion of Merit (Legionnaire) as a Lieutenant Commander on the Retired List. I'm still trying to find out what it was awarded for. I have copies of his service records from TNA, but no luck so far. I'm hoping to find the citation one day if it still exists. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dai Bach y Sowldiwr Posted 22 May , 2021 Share Posted 22 May , 2021 7 hours ago, ItemCo16527 said: I'm very late to this one, but Hetley Selby Ash is a very distant cousin of mine. In 1946, the U.S. awarded him the Legion of Merit (Legionnaire) as a Lieutenant Commander on the Retired List. I'm still trying to find out what it was awarded for. I have copies of his service records from TNA, but no luck so far. I'm hoping to find the citation one day if it still exists. I think that you're more likely to find an answer on that side of the pond. I assume that he emigrated to the USA and joined the USN? There may be someone on here who specialises in the USN, but really, 1946 US Naval awards are outside the remit of this forum. Try http://ww2talk.com/index.php Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
helpjpl Posted 22 May , 2021 Share Posted 22 May , 2021 11 hours ago, ItemCo16527 said: I'm very late to this one, but Hetley Selby Ash is a very distant cousin of mine. In 1946, the U.S. awarded him the Legion of Merit (Legionnaire) as a Lieutenant Commander on the Retired List. I'm still trying to find out what it was awarded for. I have copies of his service records from TNA, but no luck so far. I'm hoping to find the citation one day if it still exists. 1. The KING has been graciously pleased to give unrestricted permission for the wearing of the following decorations bestowed by the President of the United States of America: For distinguished service to the Allied Cause throughout the war: See pages 2559 and 2560 https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/37582/supplement/1 2. This may be of interest: https://www.unithistories.com/officers/RN_officersA7.html JP Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ItemCo16527 Posted 22 May , 2021 Share Posted 22 May , 2021 (edited) Thank you, Dai Bach y Sowldiwr and helpjpl. I just realized I have a couple of books that list awards from WWII that I can try to look him up in. Not sure why it didn't occur to me before. @Dai Bach y Sowldiwr: from what I've been able to find so far, he did not live in the U.S. at any point. Last night before bed, I did discover that he was a submariner early in his career (from about 1918) and served aboard the HMS K-12. I'll need to re-read his service record to confirm the dates. I was so tired last night, the information didn't stick lol Thank you for the links! I bookmarked unithistories.com since it looks like I'll be able to get a lot of use out of it doing research. I appreciate your help, guys! Edited 22 May , 2021 by ItemCo16527 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Martin Feledziak Posted 2 August , 2021 Share Posted 2 August , 2021 Lieutenant-Colonel Mordaunt Vereker Le Poer Trench Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
johnboy Posted 2 August , 2021 Share Posted 2 August , 2021 Not sure he fought in great war. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Knotty Posted 2 August , 2021 Share Posted 2 August , 2021 (edited) Slightly off topic, but the last U.K. war named baby is Ella Passchendaele Maton-Cole, born in Alton Hampshire in 1998, so 23 years old now, and the name was handed down through her great grandmother, Florence Mary Passchendaele Fullick, who was named after her cousin, Frederick Fullick, who had died during the battle in September 1917, aged 24. Edited 2 August , 2021 by Knotty Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
James A Pratt III Posted 4 August , 2021 Share Posted 4 August , 2021 There was a WW II Russian General named Badnov> I think he was old enough for WW I/ the RCW Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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