Old Owl Posted 3 September , 2014 Share Posted 3 September , 2014 Wouldn't it be great (little bit of devilment here, so apologies) to see an unusual & multi-barreled name who was only a private. Then try & imagine the grief he probably got from some gruff, don't stand on ceremony, Sgt. Major Guy Robert Hurst Maitland-Addison was a serving officer in the Royal Marines when war broke out, he was discharged for 'unsatisfactory conduct' on 27/3/15. Obtained a commission into the 17th Bn Lancs.Fus. on 6/8/15, but was again discharged from the service through the signing of 'rubber cheques'. He enlisted again and served as 63191 Cpl Guy Addison, MGC, and was killed in action 11/9/17. An interesting career in the services! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beechhill Posted 3 September , 2014 Share Posted 3 September , 2014 Cheers! Here you are: http://1914-1918.invisionzone.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=47738 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
delta Posted 4 September , 2014 Share Posted 4 September , 2014 (edited) Faraday Mendelssohn Sladdin from Brighouse A shoulder pad maker Pte MMGS, nd later Tank Crops, who was a crewmen in the tank Dolphin, which was destroyed by German direct fire near Flers on 15 September. He retrained as a driver and survived the war Edited 16 August , 2017 by delta Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scritch Posted 4 September , 2014 Share Posted 4 September , 2014 Private Belcher Bayton of the 8th Battalion, Royal Sussex Regiment, killed in action 1st July 1916 http://www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/24429/BAYTON,%20BELCHER Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David Filsell Posted 4 September , 2014 Share Posted 4 September , 2014 ,I've always rather liked Sir Bindon Blood Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
c u anon Posted 4 September , 2014 Share Posted 4 September , 2014 Does anyone know why V.C. winner Allastair Malcolm Cluny McReady-Diarmid changed his name to that from plain Arthur Malcolm Drew? It sounds more impressive, but why did he choose that particular name? http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Allastair_McReady-Diarmid Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted 4 September , 2014 Share Posted 4 September , 2014 Capt John Ardkeen Savage Northamptonshire Regt Lt Orfeur Kelvington Parker Northamptonshire Regt Lt Urpeth Rastrick Northamptonshire Regt 2Lt Charles Zaragoza de la Poer Beresford Northamptonshire Regt Capt Lightly Harold Birt Royal Berkshire Regt Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Terry_Reeves Posted 4 September , 2014 Share Posted 4 September , 2014 Does anyone know why V.C. winner Allastair Malcolm Cluny McReady-Diarmid changed his name to that from plain Arthur Malcolm Drew? It sounds more impressive, but why did he choose that particular name? http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Allastair_McReady-Diarmid He apparently took his wife's name as his family disapproved the marriage. http://www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/1754982/McREADY-DIARMID,%20ALLASTAIR%20MALCOLM%20CLUNY http://www.cgwfa.org.uk/newsletters/015.pdf TR Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Magnumbellum Posted 4 September , 2014 Share Posted 4 September , 2014 Leading Seaman R [ Reginald] SOLE. That reminds me of one of the men recorded on the Memorial Plaque to the WW1 conscientious objectors who died. He is listed as Harry Haston - nothing remarkable about that. However, the name of the family was originally Harston - nothing remarkable about that, until one asks why the change. The answer: "Because we lived in an area where H's are frequently dropped, and Harston without an H was embarrassing". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
johnboy Posted 4 September , 2014 Share Posted 4 September , 2014 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Old Owl Posted 4 September , 2014 Share Posted 4 September , 2014 Lieut. Challenor McRae Humphrey Mannington Caffyn, East Surrey Regt and 60th Sqdn. R.F.C. Major Crathorne Edward Isham Charlton Anne, RFC 2/Lieut. Dormer Kierulff de Bretton Treffry, 4th Bn Coldstream Guards Lieut. Alexander Hugh Charles Thomas Page Kroenig-Ryan, 8th Bn Middlesx Regt Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aradgick Posted 4 September , 2014 Share Posted 4 September , 2014 Several men named Sergeant from Easthampstead, Berkshire were killed during the war. Two were Second Lieutenants, two were Privates, one a Rifleman, and the other a Bombardier. Not a Sergeant Sergeant among them. :-( Andrewr Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ghazala Posted 4 September , 2014 Share Posted 4 September , 2014 Click Mike Is possible they got the wrong person? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KGB Posted 4 September , 2014 Share Posted 4 September , 2014 Bastard of the Leicestershires VC Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted 4 September , 2014 Share Posted 4 September , 2014 Is possible they got the wrong person? F*k knows? Mike Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JMB1943 Posted 5 September , 2014 Share Posted 5 September , 2014 #44765 Rifleman Lord Roberts Perry, Rifle Bde DoW 7-Sep-18 JMB Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted 5 September , 2014 Share Posted 5 September , 2014 Private Field Marshall Mike Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JMB1943 Posted 5 September , 2014 Share Posted 5 September , 2014 I was interested in researching this man and, although he is clearly named on UK, SDGW 1914-19, he was not registered as such at birth and the closest that I can find is "Robert Lord Perry", b. 1899 in Bury, Lancs. He is therefore withdrawn from this thread. JMB Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IRC Kevin Posted 6 September , 2014 Share Posted 6 September , 2014 Private Field Marshall Mike Brilliant! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark Hone Posted 6 September , 2014 Share Posted 6 September , 2014 Did he travel with a baton in his knapsack? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
helpjpl Posted 10 September , 2014 Share Posted 10 September , 2014 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 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Magnumbellum Posted 10 September , 2014 Share Posted 10 September , 2014 Here are some Lieutenant-Commanders, Lieutenants and Sub-Lieutenants, 1915-1917, from the Navy List: James Henry Maitland Makgill Crichton That is certainly a blast from the past, a name not easily forgotten. He was still around in the late 1950s, eccentrically commanding JSSL Crail, Fife. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
delta Posted 10 September , 2014 Share Posted 10 September , 2014 I knew of one Maitland Makgill Crichton serving in the Army in the past 10 years. You might (or might not) be surprised to learn he was Scottish Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IPT Posted 10 September , 2014 Share Posted 10 September , 2014 Edward Delta Harding RNAS Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
old joe Posted 13 September , 2014 Share Posted 13 September , 2014 Lieutenant general Sir Launcelot Kiggel Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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