Officers who died in the great war (book)

[spoons]

I only have the book and it is sorted by Regt/Corps so regrettably can only do lookups if you have the surname and Regt/Corps.

For larger collections of Regt/Corps, I could probably scan and email (don't think there is copywrite on anything this old!)

[Jarvis]

Hello spoons - is there a chance you could look into any of the following for me :

(its a long list so anything at all would be a help - all men have some connection with Barnard Castle, or should have if my early research is correct)

BERRY, GEORGE WILFRED Second Lieutenant Durham Light Infantry 19th Bn.

BUCKLEY J F Captain Lancashire Fusiliers 3rd Bn.

BURN, ARTHUR ROLAND Second Lieutenant Durham Light Infantry 14th Bn. attd. 6th Bn.

HEPWORTH W J H Captain Royal Army Medical Corps

HESLOP, WALTER Lieutenant South Wales Borderers 8th Bn

HUGHES J W Lieutenant Duke of Wellington's (West Riding Regiment) 2nd Bn.

JEMMESON, GEORGE EDWIN Second Lieutenant Royal Air Force 221st Sqdn.

LOWES, ERNEST ION Second Lieutenant Durham Light Infantry 5th Bn.

RAINE, CHARLES WILLIAM Second Lieutenant Duke of Wellington's (West Riding Regiment) 3rd Bn. Secondary Regiment: Lancashire Fusiliers attd. 16th Bn.

Captain Arthur Henderson, 2nd Battalion, The Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders

I have not researched these chaps in any great detail and any info may well be the starting point I need.

Hope the size of list isn't too off-putting. Many thanks.

[auchonvillerssomme]

I have

2nd Lt George Wilfred Berry 5th Bn DLI KIA 25/08/17.

2nd Ernest Ion Lowes, 5th Bn DLI DOW in German hands 2/6/18

I dont have Arthur Roland Burn as a casualty.

Royal Fusiliers Lieutenant Colonel

Durham Light Infantry Second Lieutenant

Mick

[doogal]

Hi spoons,

I'd appreciate it if you could see if any details exist fo rthe following officers from the Duke of Wellington's (West Riding) Regiment:

2/Lt J Sugden (KIA 29/03/1918) 1/2nd West Riding Regiment attached to the 5th West Riding Regiment

2/Lt Percy Mosley (KIA 28/03/1918) 5th West Riding Regiment

many thanks

doogal

[Jarvis]

Just found this

BURN, ARTHUR ROLAND

Initials: A R

Nationality: United Kingdom

Rank: Second Lieutenant

Regiment/Service: Durham Light Infantry

Unit Text: 14th Bn. attd. 6th Bn.

Age: 21

Date of Death: 26/03/1918

Additional information: Son of Thomas and Sarah Alice Burn, of Montalbo Terrace, Barnard Castle, Co. Durham.

Casualty Type: Commonwealth War Dead

Grave/Memorial Reference: Panel 68 to 72.

Memorial: POZIERES MEMORIAL

[auchonvillerssomme]

Just found this

BURN, ARTHUR ROLAND

Initials: A R

Nationality: United Kingdom

Rank: Second Lieutenant

Regiment/Service: Durham Light Infantry

Unit Text: 14th Bn. attd. 6th Bn.

Age: 21

Date of Death: 26/03/1918

Additional information: Son of Thomas and Sarah Alice Burn, of Montalbo Terrace, Barnard Castle, Co. Durham.

Casualty Type: Commonwealth War Dead

Grave/Memorial Reference: Panel 68 to 72.

Memorial: POZIERES MEMORIAL

You have solved a riddle for me. thanks.

Mick

[auchonvillerssomme]

Just found this

BURN, ARTHUR ROLAND

Initials: A R

Nationality: United Kingdom

Rank: Second Lieutenant

Regiment/Service: Durham Light Infantry

Unit Text: 14th Bn. attd. 6th Bn.

Age: 21

Date of Death: 26/03/1918

Additional information: Son of Thomas and Sarah Alice Burn, of Montalbo Terrace, Barnard Castle, Co. Durham.

Casualty Type: Commonwealth War Dead

Grave/Memorial Reference: Panel 68 to 72.

Memorial: POZIERES MEMORIAL

Have you got his MIC?

Mick

[spoons]

Hello spoons - is there a chance you could look into any of the following for me :

(its a long list so anything at all would be a help - all men have some connection with Barnard Castle, or should have if my early research is correct)

BERRY, GEORGE WILFRED Second Lieutenant Durham Light Infantry 19th Bn.

BUCKLEY J F Captain Lancashire Fusiliers 3rd Bn.

BURN, ARTHUR ROLAND Second Lieutenant Durham Light Infantry 14th Bn. attd. 6th Bn.

HEPWORTH W J H Captain Royal Army Medical Corps

HESLOP, WALTER Lieutenant South Wales Borderers 8th Bn

HUGHES J W Lieutenant Duke of Wellington's (West Riding Regiment) 2nd Bn.

JEMMESON, GEORGE EDWIN Second Lieutenant Royal Air Force 221st Sqdn.

LOWES, ERNEST ION Second Lieutenant Durham Light Infantry 5th Bn.

RAINE, CHARLES WILLIAM Second Lieutenant Duke of Wellington's (West Riding Regiment) 3rd Bn. Secondary Regiment: Lancashire Fusiliers attd. 16th Bn.

Captain Arthur Henderson, 2nd Battalion, The Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders

I have not researched these chaps in any great detail and any info may well be the starting point I need.

Hope the size of list isn't too off-putting. Many thanks.

Hi Jarvis, afraid there is not so much detail in the book, I understand that for soldiers you often get the home address, but not so with officers.

Here is what I found for the first on the list:

Berry, George Wilfred, A/Lt, KIA 25/8/17 and he served with 5th Bn Territorial

He is also on the Barnard Castle memorial which I found here:

http://www.roll-of-honour.com/Durham/BarnardCastle.html

There is actually more on the CWGC website:

Name: BERRY, GEORGE WILFRED

Initials: G W

Nationality: United Kingdom

Rank: Second Lieutenant

Regiment/Service: Durham Light Infantry

Unit Text: 19th Bn.

Age: 33

Date of Death: 25/08/1917

Additional information: Son of Thomas and Margaret S. Berry, of 11, Montalbo Terrace, Barnard Castle, Co. Durham.

Casualty Type: Commonwealth War Dead

Grave/Memorial Reference: E. 27.

Cemetery: VILLERS-FAUCON COMMUNAL CEMETERY

Note that CWGC says 19th Bn but this does not exist in my book at all, probably needs to be explained by someone else.

I will get back to the the others tomorrow (just from my book of course)

[Jarvis]

Thanks for your help spoons. I have CWGC for this chap already but thanks. I guess 'Officers' has only limited information. Some of the list I supplied I have a little info on, some nothing more than a name and rank. I am doing a preliminary research on what I can via the web and then plan to follow it up with in depth research via Kew and regimental archives at a later date. To date I have close to 200 hundred names to research, of which 80 are identified as definites, 70 as possibles and the rest .... ?

I appreciate your efforts.

[spoons]

Hello spoons - is there a chance you could look into any of the following for me :

(its a long list so anything at all would be a help - all men have some connection with Barnard Castle, or should have if my early research is correct)

BERRY, GEORGE WILFRED Second Lieutenant Durham Light Infantry 19th Bn.

BUCKLEY J F Captain Lancashire Fusiliers 3rd Bn.

BURN, ARTHUR ROLAND Second Lieutenant Durham Light Infantry 14th Bn. attd. 6th Bn.

HEPWORTH W J H Captain Royal Army Medical Corps

HESLOP, WALTER Lieutenant South Wales Borderers 8th Bn

HUGHES J W Lieutenant Duke of Wellington's (West Riding Regiment) 2nd Bn.

JEMMESON, GEORGE EDWIN Second Lieutenant Royal Air Force 221st Sqdn.

LOWES, ERNEST ION Second Lieutenant Durham Light Infantry 5th Bn.

RAINE, CHARLES WILLIAM Second Lieutenant Duke of Wellington's (West Riding Regiment) 3rd Bn. Secondary Regiment: Lancashire Fusiliers attd. 16th Bn.

Captain Arthur Henderson, 2nd Battalion, The Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders

I have not researched these chaps in any great detail and any info may well be the starting point I need.

Hope the size of list isn't too off-putting. Many thanks.

Hi Jarvis, sorry for the delay - needed more time to be thorough in a book than searching with a computer.

Apart from the one I have already given, here is what I have found:

No Buckley listed under Lancashire Fusiliers or in additions or Memoranda sections

Durham Light Infantry 14 Burn, Arthur Roland, A/Lt (Tp.) k. in a., 26/3/18

No Hepworth listed under RAMC or in additions or Memoranda sections

South Wales Borderers 8 Heslop W, died 5/4/18

Duke of Wellington’s (West Riding Regiment) 2 Hughes, John William MC Lt (Tp) k in a 15/4/18

No Royal Air Force included in book and Jemmeson not included under RFC

Durham Light Infantry 5th Battalion (Territorials) Lowes, Ernest Ion A/Lt d of w 2/6/18 (in German hands)

Duke of Wellington’s (West Riding Regiment) 3 Raine, Charles William 2/Lt k in a 2/11/18 (att 16 Lanc Fusiliers)

Princess Louise’s (Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders) 4 VC Henderson, Arthur MC 2/Lt (A/Capt) k in a 24/4/17

I hope there are at least some snippets of info for you in that lot

[spoons]

Hi spoons,

I'd appreciate it if you could see if any details exist fo rthe following officers from the Duke of Wellington's (West Riding) Regiment:

2/Lt J Sugden (KIA 29/03/1918) 1/2nd West Riding Regiment attached to the 5th West Riding Regiment

2/Lt Percy Mosley (KIA 28/03/1918) 5th West Riding Regiment

many thanks

doogal

as requested, sorry for delay

The Duke of Wellington’s (West Riding Regiment) 1/2 Sugden, John 2/Lt (Tp) k in a 29/3/18 att 1/5 Bn)

The Duke of Wellington’s (West Riding Regiment) 5th Battalion (Territorial) Mosley, Percey 2/Lt k in a 28/3/18

[DaveBrigg]

Hi

Can I trouble you for a name that I have been struggling with for over a year.

Capt Frederick John Huskinson, killed 1st July 1916. He served with the Manchester Regt and Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers, but despite help from the forum, I have no idea who he was with when he died. CWGC says Inniskillings,, but there is no mention in the Regt history. Any help gratefully appreciated.

Dave

[Jarvis]

Hi Jarvis, sorry for the delay - needed more time to be thorough in a book than searching with a computer.

Apart from the one I have already given, here is what I have found:

No Buckley listed under Lancashire Fusiliers or in additions or Memoranda sections

Durham Light Infantry 14 Burn, Arthur Roland, A/Lt (Tp.) k. in a., 26/3/18

No Hepworth listed under RAMC or in additions or Memoranda sections

South Wales Borderers 8 Heslop W, died 5/4/18

Duke of Wellington’s (West Riding Regiment) 2 Hughes, John William MC Lt (Tp) k in a 15/4/18

No Royal Air Force included in book and Jemmeson not included under RFC

Durham Light Infantry 5th Battalion (Territorials) Lowes, Ernest Ion A/Lt d of w 2/6/18 (in German hands)

Duke of Wellington’s (West Riding Regiment) 3 Raine, Charles William 2/Lt k in a 2/11/18 (att 16 Lanc Fusiliers)

Princess Louise’s (Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders) 4 VC Henderson, Arthur MC 2/Lt (A/Capt) k in a 24/4/17

I hope there are at least some snippets of info for you in that lot

Many thanks for your efforts spoons. That has been some help with my possibles. The unknowns still eldue me. Thanks again

[spoons]

Hi

Can I trouble you for a name that I have been struggling with for over a year.

Capt Frederick John Huskinson, killed 1st July 1916. He served with the Manchester Regt and Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers, but despite help from the forum, I have no idea who he was with when he died. CWGC says Inniskillings,, but there is no mention in the Regt history. Any help gratefully appreciated.

Dave

Hi Dave, no mention under Manchesters, under Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers:

Huskinson, Frederick John, Capt., k in a 1/7/16 (nothing in additions and corrections at the end of the book)

not much help I am afraid

Very unusually, no Battalion is shown - could it be he was serving with an HQ or something?

\Paul

[doogal]

Hi Spoons,

many thanks for checking out these two officers.

doogal

[DaveBrigg]

Many thanks for the look-up Paul. It's looking like he was with the Inniskillings, but where and in what capacity I don't know. Even his service records at Kew have disappeared.