wpf1958 Posted 28 June , 2016 Share Posted 28 June , 2016 I am trying to trace the Christian names for 2nd Lieutenant E H Chinnery 2nd Lieutenant R H E Hall and second name of Lieutenant Geoffrey H Palmer Can anyone help please? Many thanks. Wilhelm Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Neil Mackenzie Posted 28 June , 2016 Share Posted 28 June , 2016 It was Geoffrey Herbert Palmer http://thepeerage.com/p54774.htm It was Ellis Haldane Chinnery http://www.sofo.org.uk/soldiersearch.php#searchresults Neil Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wpf1958 Posted 28 June , 2016 Author Share Posted 28 June , 2016 Brilliant, that's so helpful and much appreciated. Wilhelm Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike Cross Posted 28 June , 2016 Share Posted 28 June , 2016 Wilhelm I spend a lot of my time at the Soldiers of Oxfordshire Museum ( http://www.sofo.org.uk ) working on the records of the men of the Queen's Own Oxfordshire Hussars and I would be interested to know why you are seeking details of these men. Sadly whilst I know a certain amount of information about 2nd Lieutenant Hall's service I do not have a note of his Christian names. But I will dig for it in our records ! MC Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HarryBrook Posted 28 June , 2016 Share Posted 28 June , 2016 Robin Henry Edward Hall (born 1882 Steeple Barton, Oxfordshire. Gave his occupation in the 1911 census as 'Gentleman') He was gazetted 2nd Lt. into the Oxfordshire Hussars on 25.8.1914 under the name Robin Henry Hall https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/28879/page/6702 heading on page 6701. In later gazette notifications he was named as Robin H. E. Hall, such as the following which refers back to the gazette of 25.8.1914 https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/28991/supplement/10150 and again as Robin H. E. Hall when promoted to Lt. on 1.12.1914 https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/29007/page/10701 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HarryBrook Posted 28 June , 2016 Share Posted 28 June , 2016 This appreciation of his life published in The Times on Thursday, June 13 1972 may be of interest, in it he is referred just as Robin Hall. No notice of his death found. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wpf1958 Posted 29 June , 2016 Author Share Posted 29 June , 2016 Hi Thanks very much for completing the circle of names, much appreciated. I am writing a cameo story of Private Frank Bennet Dallow who is buried in the churchyard close to me in Kemmel. His officers are very much an interesting group of people. Thanks again for your help and assistance. Wilhelm Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike Cross Posted 29 June , 2016 Share Posted 29 June , 2016 Hello Wilhelm The story of Private Dallow is sad and poignant. I have visited his "Widow's Mite" grave many times alongside modern-day members of the QOOH. You will know about their service in the early stages of the Great War at Kemmel, Messines and the local area. Mike Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steven Broomfield Posted 29 June , 2016 Share Posted 29 June , 2016 48 minutes ago, Mike Cross said: Hello Wilhelm The story of Private Dallow is sad and poignant. I have visited his "Widow's Mite" grave many times alongside modern-day members of the QOOH. You will know about their service in the early stages of the Great War at Kemmel, Messines and the local area. Mike What does "Widow's mite" grave mean? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike Cross Posted 29 June , 2016 Share Posted 29 June , 2016 Within QOOH folk he is known as the "Widow's Mite" due to the sad epitaph containing these words on his grave. I cannot upload a photo at the present time. MC Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wpf1958 Posted 29 June , 2016 Author Share Posted 29 June , 2016 Hi At the moment I am at the 4.00pm on 1st November 1914 battling towards Messines! His story is very sad but I believe my cameo gives something back to him and all of his comrades who both died and served with him. Wilhelm Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TTracer44 Posted 29 June , 2016 Share Posted 29 June , 2016 Just done a search on Free BMD and found Hall Robin Henry E in the June qtr 1972 Camelford Reg dist D.o.b given as 29.jan.1882, it's a good possibilty Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike Cross Posted 29 June , 2016 Share Posted 29 June , 2016 Here is a copy of Private Dallow's epitaph. His headstone is a 'Special Memorial' as although he was buried at Kemmel Churchyard his actual grave has become lost. Wilhelm - good luck with your cameo. Please let me know if I can help; we presently have an interactive feature on Private Dallow in the Soldiers of Oxfordshire Museum. MC Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steven Broomfield Posted 29 June , 2016 Share Posted 29 June , 2016 That's sad. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark Gardiner Posted 28 April , 2023 Share Posted 28 April , 2023 Mike / Wilhelm, A fellow Forum member , Neil Mackenzie, and I have been working on a roll of honour for Whitgift Middle School in Croydon. In the last year we have discovered that Frederick "Frank" Bennett Dallow was an Old Boy whose name was omitted from the school's war memorial, probably because he had moved to Banbury after leaving the school in July 1909. We know little of Frank's personal history or military record after he left the school, outside that he was a cowman at Home Farm, and wondered if you would be willing to share anything that would add a little colour to his story? Many thanks Mark Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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