wpf1958 Posted 25 December , 2014 Share Posted 25 December , 2014 I have compiled the list below of soldiers who were nationals, or were born in or lived and were educated in the various countries of Europe, Brazil, Japan, Russia or the USA and are commemorated on the Menin Gate. (I have not included widows who remarried to a foreign national but are recorded as a next of kin.)I am sure that there must be many more that I have not identified and wonder if anyone has any more they could add to the list?Brazil1276 Private Victor Henry FletcherSecond Lieutenant Edward GodferyF/2769 Private Bruce R MooreBelgium13264 Private Frans Dieltjens1021239 Private Albert Louise Dumont225570 Private Edmond Goethals3105 Corporal Frederick John Roos19001 Private Gerard Trans Octave Stuer888266 Private Richard Taelman687353 Private Theophildus Van Vaerenbergh908078 Private William VangheluweDenmark294080 Private Carl Emil Albrectsen18474 Private Carl Steen Boolsen 70183 Private Einar Christiansen1042 Private Marius Gehlert2788 Private Rasmus Martin Hansen424959 Private Jorgen Peter Jespersen226 Private Christian Jonge-Hoyer3826 Private Christian Ludwig Lund3635A Private Soren Christian SorensenFinland6706 Private Hugo Asplund267937 Private August Puurunen10495 Private Julius Konstantin SandholmFranceLieutenant Wallace Edward BruceSecond Lieutenant Frederick Herbert Devereux5003 Private Francois Eveillard64055 Private Pierre Henri Lambert, M M22758 Private Hector SalembierGermany228331 Private Felix Bob6834 Private William George Lock2754 Rifleman Edgar Henry MellinS/7377 Rifleman Herbert Wood, MMHolland810 Private Jaccbus Justinus Meyerink, MM1903 Private Herman Neimeyer447828 Private Douwe Fredrik PunckeItaly769815 Private Frank Denora234569 Private Giacinto Grossi24267 Private John MontanelliJapan697078 Private Hikotaro Koyanagi114856 Private Teizo NishiokaMalta1122 Private Benjamin BeaufoyNorway3754 Lance Corporal R L Gronnevold, served as Robert Edward Grenwell1009061 Private Niels Helseth21952 Private Konrad Karelsen18366 Private Johan Ludvig Larsen2721 Private Oskar NilsenPortugalSecond Lieutenant Sidney Harold Lionel Douglas-Crompton128017 2nd Corporal James Temple PollockRussia417901 Private Dan Melnik478634 Private Iganty Melnik439474 Private Joe SebastinSweden2015199 Private Andrew Bergstedt18779 Private Peter Nord267083 Private Edvin Robert Olson1000411 Private Karl Adrian Olson2271A Private Oscar WikstromUnited States Of America820341 Private Oscar Anderson850609 Private Hyman Isaac Baker25821 Private Samuel Banks904052 Private Grover Cleveland Barry417114 Private Arthur Beauchesne761313 Sapper Wilfred Henry Bland40028 Private John William BoothA/10296 Lance Corporal Frank Bouffard 761292 Private Bertram Bowron453254 Private Robert Malcolm Boyd264384 Private William Everett Brewster22703 Lance Corporal David Henry Briggs438302 Private Robert Watson Brodie441132 Private John Buxton400511 Private George Hastings CarsonLieutenant John Bryson Cascadden2561 Private Willis Titus Chapman69152 Lance Corporal Harold Ray Charlton51103 Private Joseph Henry Clare472563 Corporal Robert Benjamin Clark, MM27052 Private George Hugh Cleal276 Sergeant Victor Herschel Conley826137 Private John Connelly7911 Private Robert Cunningham73053 Sergeant Albert Cutler25977 Private Harry Hewitt Daniels445696 Private Ralph Edward Dewitt279217 Private Louis Anthony Dobry430968 Private John Dochard211145 Private James Douglas1148 Private Benjamin R Dunbar 6182 Private Thomas Louis Dunn9664 Private Samuel Dwyer418090 Sergeant William Alfred Eykel153848 Corporal Frank Eykelbosch445288 Private Charles White Fairweather227607 Private Creighton Dewey Fitzgerald, MM467662 Private Thomas Francis Fitzgerald25582 Private Frank Flanagan427091 Lance Corporal Herbert Harradon Fletcher411003 Corporal Charles Ian Forman8428 Lance Corporal Joseph Franklin2983 Lance Corporal John Fraser27715 Corporal Gordon Cameron Freeland253133 Private Peter W Friesen110196 Private Albert Howard Goodman252904 Private Lee Graham7918 Private Walter Haggas20624 Private A B Hall7978 Private William John Hallimond892045 Private Jesse Carr Hamilton35307 Private Ernest Hanvey51228 Private Arthur Harbidge467028 Private Charley Raymond Hargrave487663 Private Macdonald Francis Harper461343 Private James Frederick Harrison, D C M6948 Private Albert Fred Hass2517 Corporal Walter Theodor Hass439688 Private Carl L Hathaway 26121 Private Silvester Hawkes1330 Private Michael J Healy27076 Private William Fast Henderson283510 Private James Edward Higgins5029 Private Arthur George Hill681 Private Thomas Hill 898028 Private George W Holt437440 Private Edgar Franklin Hughes18817 Corporal Edward Samuel Hughes 177849 Private William Forbes Hurry9684 Private Clarence Daniel Kaelin424986 Private John Frank Kiley 1051280 Private W F Kingrey696691 Private Harry R Lee27223 Corporal Clifford Henry2660 Private Richard Lindop1527 Lance Corporal Peter Lindsay63539 Private Thomas James Little415801 Private Osman Ernest Bernard Lloyd73477 Private Thomas E Long198495 Sergeant George Joseph Madden28717 Private Hugh Mahon6785 Private John Charles Marchant25673 Sergeant Charles Arthur Marshall463323 Corporal Murdock Matheson748708 Private Sydney Garnet Menard2163 Private James Menoch252916 Private Henry Mermet144993 Private Andrew Emmett Mesick 157642 Private Charles Methven 108389 Private Samuel Damam Miller880820 Private Arthur Mitchell288684 Private Christopher James MooreMcg/57 Private Murrya Morgan439804 Private Richard Barton Moughton68 Private James Smith Mullin67630 Private John Murdoch Macneil9073 Private William Edward McCleeryG/7182 Private Alexander McColl18973 Private William McCormick255876 Private Roy Lee McCoy59721 Private George Harold Mcgrayne7599 Corporal John Mcilroy10783 Private Donald Henry McleodS/8770 Private John McNeil237368 Private Edward Joseph Neeson24635 Sergeant William Campbell Neil401668 Private Elmer Nelson 231498 Private George Foster NiblockG/52133 Private Samuel J Nixon261529 Lance Corporal Arthur Ward Northrup291563 Private William Henry Odell105590 Private Magnus J Olafson141269 Private John William PattersonMCG/74 Private John Burton Perkins222753 Private Marshall C PerryMCG/73 Lance Corporal Earle Merritt Phillips1015382 Private Edward Porter11913 Private Daniel Quill26029 Company Sergeant Major Richard William Rankin26011 Private Ernest Robert Rayner1015951 Private Blaine Richardson4015 Private James Riddler21511 Private George Rippengale410871 Private Matthew Northup Robson902156 Corporal Oscar Eugene Rushton12944 Sergeant Henry Morton Stanley13554 Private Curtis Sarff811140 Private Roy Everette Seitsinger235344 Private Herbert Sellwood453565 Private Joseph Vernier Shoemaker1015738 Private Joseph Carr Simpson1045998 Private Homer Emmett Smith491222 Private William Smoker440808 Private Oscar Gustav Soberg902492 Private Charles Edward Spence1117 Private William J Stephens36248 Private Arthur Tyrie Stevens993 Private William Stewart488410 Private William David Stewart110535 Private William Arthur Stoddart460368 Private Roy George Edward Stokes736614 Private Francis William Suggitt261673 Private Edward Patrick Sullivan66274 Private James Raphael Sullivan8742 Corporal Herbert SussemilchLieutenant Harry Swendson418991 Private Lionel John Tautz160965 Private Arthur H Taylor438853 Private Joseph Napoleon Adelard Tetrault922642 Private Thomas Otway Thomas633097 Private Howard James Thornton27267 Private George Todd439583 Lance Corporal Alexander Kay Tomory733928 Private Roscoe Vaughn Trask20441 Private Harry Turner234934 Private Martin Tore Wallberg622991 Private Harry Joseph Welby116316 Private Arthur Monroe Wesson2137312 Private Edward Wheeler427455 Private Joseph Francis Exavier White140321 Sapper William Osborne Wootton57128 Private George Joseph Wymond Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
clive_hughes Posted 26 December , 2014 Share Posted 26 December , 2014 You can add Edgar Lewis Delan, 10827, Private 1st South Wales Borderers, killed in the unit's attack at Langemarck 21st October 1914. Born in New York USA as Louis P.Delan (or De Lan): both natural parents died, and he came over to Britain with his step-mother in about 1910 aged 14-15. So by the 1911 Census and the time he enlisted in 1912 he was able to claim he was a Britisn subject by parentage. His half-brother also served with the British Army and RAF in WW1, before returning to the USA and regaining his original citizenship, and dying in 1979. Clive Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wpf1958 Posted 27 December , 2014 Author Share Posted 27 December , 2014 Dear Clive Thanks for that one, good stuff! Wilhelm Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Canadian J Posted 27 December , 2014 Share Posted 27 December , 2014 My apologies as I have none to add but thank you WF for the list. A huge task and very interesting to see, particularly how many Americans are on the Gate. I visited your website and I would like to recommend it to everyone reading this! Very interesting and many books to choose from as well. Thanks WF! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wpf1958 Posted 28 December , 2014 Author Share Posted 28 December , 2014 Thanks very much for your kind remarks, they are much appreciated. I have found three more: Private Carl Ludwig Hovgaard from Denmark. 2nd Lieutenant Albert Gjems from Norway Private Lars Aslagsen from Norway Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pompey Posted 28 December , 2014 Share Posted 28 December , 2014 Hi Wilhelm, Thank you for this post I never realised that there were Swedish nationals commemorated on the Gate. Sweden 2015199 Private Andrew Bergstedt 18779 Private Peter Nord 267083 Private Edvin Robert Olson 1000411 Private Karl Adrian Olson 2271A Private Oscar Wikstrom I will make it one of my New Years resolutions to find out about them and the units they served in. Best regards Pompey Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wpf1958 Posted 28 December , 2014 Author Share Posted 28 December , 2014 Hi Pompey This might save you time! 2015199 Private Andrew Bergstedt(Served as Bergman)2nd Canadian Mounted Rifles BattalionDied on 31st October 1917, aged 33Commemorated on Panel 30, 32.Son Of O Aug. And Johanna Bergstedt, Of Sandliden, Kville, Sweden.18779 Private Peter Nord2nd Battalion Canadian InfantryDied on 26th April 1915, aged 33Commemorated on Panel 10 - 18 - 26 - 28.Son Of Martin And Brita Pettersson, Of Haste, Rodon, Jamtland, Sweden.267083 Private Edvin Robert Olson5th Battalion Canadian InfantryDied on 10th November 1917, aged 21Commemorated on Panel 18 - 26 - 28.Son Of Mr. And Mrs. Ola Anderson, Of Vombs, Weberod, Skane, Sweden.1000411 Private Karl Adrian Olson43rd Battalion Canadian InfantryDied on 26th October 1917, aged 29Commemorated on Panel 24 - 26 - 28 - 30.Son Of August And Maria Olson, Of Gjutaren, No. 5, Trollhattan, Sweden.2271A Private Oscar Wikstrom50th Battalion Australian Infantry, AIFDied on 16th October 1917Commemorated on Panel 7 - 17 - 23 - 25 - 27 - 29 - 31.Son Of Erik Axel And Thomasine Wikstrom, Of 5, Skepparegaton St., Gottenburg, Sweden. Native Of Landskrona. Regards Wilhelm Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LarsA Posted 28 December , 2014 Share Posted 28 December , 2014 Pompey, If you go the CWGC site and search for war dead, leave all fields blank and enter Sweden in the field for "additional information" you will find a lot more from different memorials and cemeteries. Most serving in canadian, australian or NZ units. Lars Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pompey Posted 28 December , 2014 Share Posted 28 December , 2014 Wilhelm / Lars, thank you for the information I can see that I will end up researching a much bigger list of men who fought and died from Sweden. It has started to become an additional aspect of the Great War to look into. My wife's great uncle (Swedish from Linköping) died in London in WW2 and since researching his death she has become more interested in 'neutral' Sweden's role in both wars. Best Regards Pompey Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chrislock Posted 28 December , 2014 Share Posted 28 December , 2014 My wife works on behalf of several Czechoslovak commemoration projects. She confirms at least 3 Czech/Slovak nationals are listed with several more listed on the Tyner Cot memorial plus burials. She will confirm names on her return from the Czech Republic in the new year. Amazing thread! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wpf1958 Posted 29 December , 2014 Author Share Posted 29 December , 2014 Looking forward to the Czech and Slovak nationals, most interesting. I have often passed through Linköping and the other 'köpings'. Always enjoy Sweden when in a fully loaded camper van!! As and when I come across further men I will add them to a post, am sure there will be quite a few. Best wishes Wilhelm Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LarsA Posted 29 December , 2014 Share Posted 29 December , 2014 I used to live in Linköping (1991-1999), it's air force museum is very good. I have the medal group to an airman of swedish descent from the Linköping area. Erik W Lindeberg, 24 Sqn and four victories. He was born in Glasgow just after his parents had emigrated from Sweden. Lots of interesting stories about Scandinavians in brtish/commonwealth service. A soldier of danish descent on Menin Gate is Carl Victor Jensen, born in britain with a danish father. Lars Lars Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Admin spof Posted 29 December , 2014 Admin Share Posted 29 December , 2014 Wilhelm Wonderful work. For the Australians you could try entering the initials (or full name if ou have it) and surname into the AIF Database. That will show you matches to the names and the unit he served with. Also a pretty complete transcription of his service record. Probably of more help to Lars and Pompey but the Mapping our Anzacs is an amazing site. Based on stated places of birth on service records, it has plotted them on a map and provides a link to the front page of the service record. Whichever search you use, to see the full record, you still need to go to the National Archives of Australia (naa.gov.au and do a Record Search then NameSearch) good luck and keep us posted. Glen Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Broznitsky Posted 29 December , 2014 Share Posted 29 December , 2014 Interesting research topic. To advise that thousands of Russians served with the CEF, and about a thousand with the ANZACS, so you will find more than 3 on the Menin Gate. Happy hunting! I have compiled the list below of soldiers who were nationals, or were born in or lived and were educated in the various countries of Europe, Brazil, Japan, Russia or the USA and are commemorated on the Menin Gate. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pompey Posted 29 December , 2014 Share Posted 29 December , 2014 Lars / Glen I went to the Linköping Air Force Museum ( www.flygvapenmuseum.se ) a couple of years ago when they had just finished carrying out a major refurbishment. A great museum where you can get close up to the aircraft.and well worth a visit by anyone in the area. You are right 'Mapping out ANZACs' is an amazing site that you could spend many hours and wonder where the day has gone! Thanks and regards Pompey Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wpf1958 Posted 30 December , 2014 Author Share Posted 30 December , 2014 Interesting website. Thanks for the link. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chrislock Posted 10 March , 2015 Share Posted 10 March , 2015 Wilhelm. Please accept my apologies for my belated response but better late than never I hope.... Pte Joseph Moulin Rifleman Anton Kastner Pte Vaclav Lerner All Czechoslovak & commemorated on the Menin Gate Memorial. Best wishes Chris Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wpf1958 Posted 11 March , 2015 Author Share Posted 11 March , 2015 Absolutely brilliant, thanks so much. Never too late. Best wishes Wilhelm Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wpf1958 Posted 11 March , 2015 Author Share Posted 11 March , 2015 Christ I have found Anton Kastner on the Menin Gate but I cannot find trace of either Joseph Moulin or Vaclav Lerner anywhere and not on the Menin Gate. Can you give better information please? Wilhelm Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MilenaK Posted 11 April , 2015 Share Posted 11 April , 2015 Hello Wilhelm, I am not much on the Great War forum, but I have followed this link with great interest! I think Chris, my husband, somehow didn' t reply to your last query, so I will do it for him ;-) MOULIS, JOSEPH Private 44919 10/08/1917 Royal Fusiliers United Kingdom Panel 6 and 8. YPRES (MENIN GATE) MEMORIAL KASTNER, ANTON Rifleman R/38215 31/07/1917 33 King's Royal Rifle Corps United Kingdom Panel 51 and 53. YPRES (MENIN GATE) MEMORIAL LEGNER, WACLAV Private 44996 31/07/1917 Royal Fusiliers United Kingdom Panel 6 and 8. YPRES (MENIN GATE) MEMORIAL There are three Czechs on the Menin Gate (no Slovaks) and 4 more Czechs on the Tyne Cot Memorial (Karel Dustir, Jan Pivoda, Joseph Stehno and Bohumil Vavra) Hope this helps. Milena - Chris' s Czech wife Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wpf1958 Posted 15 April , 2015 Author Share Posted 15 April , 2015 Hi Milena Many thanks for the reply, with the links. I should have been able to find the names but to have the correct spelling and link it brilliant. Very many thanks again. Best wishes Wilhelm Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Diggler Posted 17 April , 2015 Share Posted 17 April , 2015 Daniel Quill of the 1st SWB was born in Macroom, Cork, Ireland. He does appear to have sailed to America on 29 March 1904 after having appeared in Middlesborough on the 1901 Census, living with a number of other Irish workers. It would be interesting to know how long he was in the USA for, and does he qualify as a foreign national on the Menin Gate as he was living in Cross Hands, Carmarthenshire by 1911, working as a colliery labourer? Diggler. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wpf1958 Posted 18 April , 2015 Author Share Posted 18 April , 2015 Hi Diggler As he was born in Macroom, Cork, and lived in Carmarthenshire, he was a British National and thus not a foreign national. He may have worked in America or in other 'foreign parts' but it is doubtful he took up another nationality. Regards Wilhelm Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
healdav Posted 18 April , 2015 Share Posted 18 April , 2015 Add ....Undery (plaque 7 or 8, I think), Norfolk something. His sister was my primary school teacher on Gibraltar. Call her anything but British and she could get violent even though she spent her entire life (other than evacuation in WW2) on Gibralter. Overall, many of these men could well have called themselves British. Just because you are born outside Britain you are not necessarily anything other than British (legally). There are at least 2 million British outside Britain in the EU alone today. It was ever thus. In my family alone we can count: son, his wife, 2 granchildren. daughter, her husband. Me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wpf1958 Posted 21 April , 2015 Author Share Posted 21 April , 2015 And me! Thanks for reminding me of 2nd Lieutenant John Alfred Undery, Panel 8. I'll do a better search for Gibraltarians — wonderful place. Thanks so much. Wilhelm Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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