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Officers Died 1914 and 1916


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Hi James, :)

Sorry, no sign of any of your men.

I got these Cd Roms on Ebay a while ago but I haven't seen them for sale for quite somme time !

Cheers

Tim.

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Tim,

Many thanks for trying - I appreciate it.

Barry

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Hi Barry, :)

Very sorry, but no trace of your chaps !

Cheers

Tim.

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Hi Gary, :)

No sign of any of your men, except John Adshead Gemmill so here he is:-

Cheers

Tim.

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It will have to be back to the microfeish for the photos out the Ayrshire Post 1914 etc etc.....

Thanks Tim appreciate the efforts. I know you are a busy man.

Have you got any furthar forward on Pte E cackett 50368 Bedfordshire Regiment?

Sorry I couldnt help there, tried all the combinations.

Cheers

James

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2Lt Richard Anthony Compton-Thornhill 1st Batt Scots Guards KIA Sep 14 1914.

Killed in action in 1914 on an unknown date, was the only son of Sir Anthony John Compton-Thornhill, Bart., of Riddlesworth Hall, Norfolk, and Pakenham Lodge, Suffolk. J.P for Suffolk and Oxon.

Lieutenant Compton-Thornhill was born on the 28th of June 1892, and was educated at Eton and the R.M.C Sandhurst, obtaining his commission in the Scot Guards in September 1912, being gazetted after his death to the rank of Lieutenant, dating from September 1914.

No picture of him in the book.

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Many thanks Scarlatto for your very prompt reply, I learned some new tid bits on Lt Compton-Thornhil which are duly noted.

Regds Bill

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Tim

Have you got anything on:

Capt. Roy Craig Dunford DSO

1/6th Batt. Northumberland Fusiliers

Died 10th November 1916

Age 35

I have his CWGC & MIC details.

Thank you for offering to look.

Kate

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Hi Kate, :)

Very sorry, no mention of your man.

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Tim.

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Tim

Thank you very much for looking.

He is an ancestor of a friend of mine and I was hoping we might find something about his previous career and perhaps even a photograph.

He is proving very elusive although I have found out about when and where he was wounded from the War Diary.

Kate

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  • 2 weeks later...
Does anyone have any pictures of these senior officers who died in the war.

Brigadier General Findley, Royal Artillery

Major-General H N C Heath, KOYLI

Major General Capper, East Lancs regt.

Major W J Anderson, Manchester Regiment.

Many thanks for looking.

regards

Arm.

just thought i would bring this one back up as i did not recieve a ye or nay and thought it may have been missed!

thanks anyway

regards

Arm.

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Hi Arm, :)

Sorry I missed your post first time. Here is your man FINDLAY.

Cheers

Tim.

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No problem, got what i needed on one of them in the end so thanks for the time and trouble

regards

Arm.

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Dear Tim,

I’ve tried in vain to obtain a copy of the CD compilation of officers who died in 1916, so I have to rely on your kindness to help me out. My problem is that I have a number of photographs of officers originally in the 16th Bn Kings Liverpool Regiment, which was a training battalion, when my grandfather and gt uncle were with it. The snag is, of course, that there are no captions. Anyway, trawling though their letters I have come across a number of names that might refer to these people, transferred of course to other battalions by mid 1916. I’ve tried to identify these people on MIC and then looked up if any of them were killed. I’m also interested to see the others who were killed with gt uncle on 18-8-16, so the queries I have please, are the following:

Arthur Clifford Cook, 4th Bn, KIA

Robert Glynne Davies, 4th Bn KIA 13.8.1916, age 29

Charles Pendrick Gaulter, 3rd attd. 4th Bn, KIA 18.8.1916, age 23

Bertram Wallace Gray, 4th Bn KIA 18.8.1916 aged 22

Claude Pendarvis Goodman, 4th Bn KIA 18.8.1916

John Coulson Hannon, 3rd attd 4th Bn, KIA 18.8.1916

Graeme Stuart Montgomerie Galloway, 4th Bn KIA

Edward Gilbert Nickalls, 4th Bn KIA 18.8.1916

Bertram Noble, 22nd, Bn KLR attd. 16th Bn Lancashire Fusiliers, KIA 23.8.1916, aged 28.

Edward Glanville Podmore, 9th Bn, KIA 25.9.1916

Allan James Spencer Simmance, 4th Bn KIA 18.8.1916

Hugh Alexander Small, 20th Bn, KIA 11.7.16, aged 25

Leslie John Varndell, 4th Bn, DOW 18.9.1916 aged 28

William G Whitely, 13th Bn, KIA 16.8.16 age 22

Geoffrey Elisson Wilkinson, 20th Bn, KIA 30.7.1916

Is there, by any happy chance, such a compilation for 1917 ?, as I would also like to identify the following;

Louis William Alexander Back, 4th Bn KLR kia 23.4.17 aged 19

Harry Ronald Hubble, 3rd attd 4th Bn, KIA 20.5.1917 aged 26

Anthony Herbert Sharpe, KIA 25.9.1917

George Frederick Maynard Thomson, (Bn unknown) KIA 19.5.1917

Basil Welwyn White, (Bn unknown) KIA 8.4.17

And finally, I’m not sure if any of the following officers were killed, but they were all commissioned into the 16th Bn KLR and again, some of my photographs may be of them

WJB Harris

NL Taylor

FA Fyfe

TT Owen

F White

William Maitland Walker,

with very many thanks

Julian

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Hi Julian,

Not much success but here is Bertram Noble

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Hi Julian,

Also Allan James Spencer Simmance.

Cheers

Tim

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|Tijm, thank you very much indeed for having looked. I didn't know that Noble had a connection with the Manchesters - are all these taken from issues of the Sphere ?

yours

Julian

(I know they have the runs of the Sphere, War Illustrated, ILN etc at the IWM, I might take some time off & look them all up )

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Hi Julian, :)

Yes apparently they are mainly from the Sphere !

What was Nobles connection with the Manchesters ?

Cheers

Tim.

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Bertram Noble, 22nd, Bn KLR attd. 16th Bn Lancashire Fusiliers, KIA 23.8.1916, aged 28

Tim, didn't you notice his Manchesters badges? i would hazard a guess that he was in a Pals battalion (by the colour of the cap badge)

i will have a look for him tonight (and i'll start at 16th batt)

chris

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Hi Chris, :)

Sorry ! Must get my eyes tested !!

Lt B Noble 'B Coy' 8 Platoon 23rd Battalion Manchester Regiment.

Hi Julian, :)

Where did you get the reference to the 22nd Battalion Kings L'pool Reg as the only references I can find are to him being in 22nd Battalion Lancashire Fusiliers ?

Cheers

Tim.

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Tim et al, thanks so far

I think I MIGHT have the wrong Noble (and/or wrong info), I'll have to check when I'm home again

In the meantime do you by any chance have a pic of Lt JM Sproat, 17th Bn KLR, can't remember exact date of death but mid 1916 (surprise, surprise)

thanks

Julian

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  • 4 weeks later...

Hello,

Would you mind looking up the following:

2nd Lieut/ Acting Captain William Vernon Burgess 6th Bn The Berkshires

KIA 19th July 1916 at Delville Wood

Thanks,

David

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Hi Tim

Any chance of photos and info on the following:

2nd Lieutenant Frank Alexander Rippingille 1st East Yorkshire Died 11.11.14

2nd Lieutenant Alfred James Benedict Allen 17th Royal Welch Fusiliers Died 3.3.16

2nd Lieutenant Stanley John Ellison 5th South Staffordshire Died 1.7.16

2nd Lt George Russell Courtney Martin 1st/6th Royal Warwicks Died 1.7.16

2nd Lieutenant Sydney Joseph Winkley 1st/6th Royal Warwicks Died 1.7.16

2nd Lieutenant Edwin Harold Matthews 1st/7th King's (Liverpool) Died 8.8.16

2nd Lieutenant Gerald Sidney Smith 153rd Coy.M. Gun C. Died 13.11.16

Thanks for your time

Dave

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I would like to take you up on your offer, as I would like to know more about my great-grandfather's cousin:

Garroway, William b Whitehaven enlisted Whitehaven (living Whitehaven) 14448

Corporal died of wounds F & F (Flanders and France) 29.12.16. Border Regiment

Many thanks for your kindness, and if there is a picture - glory!

Amanda

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