Hambo Posted 14 July , 2006 Share Posted 14 July , 2006 Just printed, roll of honuor and bios of the 50 men from Westerham Kent who died in the Great War and story of the village itself during the period Happy to do look ups. Mostly RWKs but other units, some pictures Hambo Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jonathan Saunders Posted 14 July , 2006 Share Posted 14 July , 2006 Are there any RWK officers or ORs to 6 Bttn RWK mentioned? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hambo Posted 16 July , 2006 Author Share Posted 16 July , 2006 No RWK officers, one private of the 6th with bio but no photo I'll PM you with the details Most of the lads seem to have been terriers or 7th Battalion Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jonathan Saunders Posted 16 July , 2006 Share Posted 16 July , 2006 Many thanks - I will be most grateful for the bio on the 6th Bn man. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paul Nixon Posted 18 July , 2006 Share Posted 18 July , 2006 Hambo, would you have as look to see if there is any mention of Walter Wood please. I don't think there will be but it's worth a shot. He died in 1918, a victim of the flu pandemic. There is a photo and biography of his brother Horace Wood on my website here: http://chailey1914-1918.net/horace_frank_wood.html Thanks a lot. Paul Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hambo Posted 18 July , 2006 Author Share Posted 18 July , 2006 Paul I'm afraid you're right there isn't mention of him and there's a list of all of the men who served from the village. Percy served with the 1/4th RWK India andsurvived the war Alfred was killed in action with the 9th Norfolks on 15th April 1918 Albert served with the Queens Westminster Rifles and was wounded in the right shoulder in 1917 but made it through the war The older brothers, William served with the Army Service Corps and Charles was with the Royal Fusiliers they made it as well. The narrative for Alfred mentions that the family had six sons serving so maybe Walter never enlisted Incidently Horace was wounded again at Arras in the hand Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paul Nixon Posted 19 July , 2006 Share Posted 19 July , 2006 Hambo That's useful information, thanks very much for checking. In due course I'll add the snippets you've provided to Horace Wood's page. Could you post details of the title and where I could obtain a copy of this village history please. Cheers Paul Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hambo Posted 19 July , 2006 Author Share Posted 19 July , 2006 Paul I don't know where it's stocked other than in the local bookshop. I'd be happy to pick you up a copy and drop it in the post if that' any use. If it is PM with your address and I'll sort it. I'll be on hols for a couple for weeks so don't be surprised if there's a delay Hambo Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paul Nixon Posted 20 July , 2006 Share Posted 20 July , 2006 Done, dropped you a PM Hambo; thanks for the offer. Paul Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Simon_Fielding Posted 12 August , 2014 Share Posted 12 August , 2014 I know this is an old thread - but any ideas of what units used Westerham for training especially the latter half of 1915? Cheers Simon Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hambo Posted 31 December , 2014 Author Share Posted 31 December , 2014 Sorry Simon, just spotted this It's just the men rather than a wider history so no mention of other units Cheers John Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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