War Dead Databases

[tom compton]

thanks tom so you sang in a band thats great .i do like irish music . rare old times tom

[richy1968]

Hi - It would help me a great deal with my research if you could supply the

details in De Ruvigny for Alfred Charles Aubin (East Lancs Regt attd 2nd

Nigeria Regt), or any of the other databases - additional to what is held by CWGC

Many Thanks

Richard

[museumtom]

Hi - It would help me a great deal with my research if you could supply the

details in De Ruvigny for Alfred Charles Aubin (East Lancs Regt attd 2nd

Nigeria Regt), or any of the other databases - additional to what is held by CWGC

Many Thanks

Richard

There you go;

http://i8.photobucket.com/albums/a40/clondaleek/Aubin.jpg

[richy1968]

Excellent - many thanks

[Jesse]

Hi Guys

I collect Databases on War Dead mainly ww1, Available; De Ruvignys Roll of Honour, Irelands memorial records. Soldiers of the Great War ( USA) Soldiers died in the Great War on CD, Soldiers died in WW2 on CD, Irish Guards Unit history 1st and 2nd batt, Shot at dawn, Locations of Casualty Clearing Stations ww1,.

Please post your queries here.

Tom Burnell, Resrearch Curator, Thurles Famine and War Museum, Tipperary, Ireland

Hi Tom! What do you show in 'Officers Died'/'Soldiers Died' for Capt. Hugh M. Spencer, 2nd Seaforths, killed at St. Julien 4/25/15?

[museumtom]

It says that Capt, Hugn Maitland Spencer of the Seaforths was KIA on 25/4/1915, It does not say where he was KIO or his Battalion. He is not in De Ruvigneys roll of honour.

regards.

Tom.

[Kenners]

Hello Tom,

Would you happen to have any details on my Gt Grandad - Rifleman Joseph Eakins (5/5576), of 7th Bat. Royal Irish Rifles - KIA 6/9/16 Somme. I'm really after his age or any details about his address pre war/parents if there's a chance this is mentioned.

Kid regards

Kenners

[museumtom]

SDGW says he is No 5576, he was born in Kingstown in Dublin (now known as Dunlaoighaire or as foreigners call it doonleery, its where the Sealink ferry lands in Dublin) and enlisted in Belfast. He has no known grave and is comemmorated on the Theipval monument, Pier and Face 15 A and 15 B. Eakins is a rare enough name for an Irishman so nailing him down should not pose any great difficulty.

regards.

Tom.

[Kenners]

Many thanks for this Tom - as you say Eakins isn't that common in Ireland, so hopefully I can start to build up more details about his age, where he lived etc.,

Many thanks and Happy Xmas to you.

Kenners

[wizzie]

Hi Tom

I would be grateful if you could check your USA Data as I am looking for info regarding the death of a Lawrance Albert PRILLER who died 1st December 1917 (I think).

Wizzie

[museumtom]

Strange one this, he is not emntioned in the two databases I have.

sorry.

Tom.

[wizzie]

Thanks for looking Tom, one day I'll find him

Wizzie

[David_Blanchard]

Hello Tom,

Would it be possible to have a look in DE RUVIGNYS ROLL OF HONOUR 1914 1918:

For the following men, all killed in May June 1918:

Brig Gen C T Martin

Major C S Darby Griffiths

Brig Gen A A Kennedy

Lt Col Allsop

LT Col L C W Deane

Lt Col E R S Prior

Lt Col J A R Thompson

Regards,

David

[David_Blanchard]

just for the e mail

[museumtom]

Hello David.

There is no mention of any of these men in De Ruvigneys roll of honour, sorry.

Regards.

Tom.

[pjdgm]

Hi could you see if there are any under the names Of Haigh or Ouston on the list please thanks

[museumtom]

Without looking I know there are oodles, you will have to be specific, which Haigh or Ouston. Additional info is always welcome like which army they were in, or their unit, number, rank etc.

In soldiers and officers died in the great war alone there are 183 soldiers and 6 officers named Haigh. However there are no soldiers or officers named Ouston in that database.

Tom.

[MParnham]

Hello Tom

I was wondering if you could help me with trying to trace my grandfather’s brother. I can find no mention at the war graves commission website.

His name was Percy Taylor and we have a photo of him in the uniform of the H.L.I. The family story is that he was killed at Passchendaele whilst serving in the Black Watch. He is commemorated on the war memorial at Adwick Le Street in Yorkshire – so Adwick or Doncaster could be another Keyword to help with the search?

Many thanks

Martin

[museumtom]

Try George P Taylor. Born in Leeds and enlisted in Doncaster, Pte, No 332800, 9Th (Glasgow Highland) Battalion, (Territorial). KIA 25/9/17, I tried the CWGC but it is not responding. You should get through later. Let me know how you get on.

Regards.

Tom.

[museumtom]

It might be your man.

Just got through to the cwgc, here is what it says;

TAYLOR, GEORGE P.

Initials: G P

Nationality: United Kingdom

Rank: Private

Regiment: Highland Light Infantry

Unit Text: 9th (Glasgow Hds.) Bn.

Date of Death: 25/09/1917

Service No: 332800

Casualty Type: Commonwealth War Dead

Grave/Memorial Reference: Panel 131 to 132.

Cemetery: TYNE COT MEMORIAL

The Tyne Cot Memorial is one of four memorials to the missing in Belgian Flanders which cover the area known as the Ypres Salient. Broadly speaking, the Salient stretched from Langemarck in the north to the northern edge in Ploegsteert Wood in the south, but it varied in area and shape throughout the war. The Salient was formed during the First Battle of Ypres in October and November 1914, when a small British Expeditionary Force succeeded in securing the town before the onset of winter, pushing the German forces back to the Passchendaele Ridge. The Second Battle of Ypres began in April 1915 when the Germans released poison gas into the Allied lines north of Ypres. This was the first time gas had been used by either side and the violence of the attack forced an Allied withdrawal and a shortening of the line of defence. There was little more significant activity on this front until 1917, when in the Third Battle of Ypres an offensive was mounted by Commonwealth forces to divert German attention from a weakened French front further south. The initial attempt in June to dislodge the Germans from the Messines Ridge was a complete success, but the main assault north-eastward, which began at the end of July, quickly became a dogged struggle against determined opposition and the rapidly deteriorating weather. The campaign finally came to a close in November with the capture of Passchendaele. The German offensive of March 1918 met with some initial success, but was eventually checked and repulsed in a combined effort by the Allies in September. The battles of the Ypres Salient claimed many lives on both sides and it quickly became clear that the commemoration of members of the Commonwealth forces with no known grave would have to be divided between several different sites. The site of the Menin Gate was chosen because of the hundreds of thousands of men who passed through it on their way to the battlefields. It commemorates those of all Commonwealth nations except New Zealand who died in the Salient, in the case of United Kingdom casualties before 16 August 1917. Those United Kingdom and New Zealand servicemen who died after that date are named on the memorial at Tyne Cot, a site which marks the furthest point reached by Commonwealth forces in Belgium until nearly the end of the war. Other New Zealand casualties are commemorated on memorials at Buttes New British Cemetery and Messines Ridge British Cemetery. The TYNE COT MEMORIAL now bears the names of almost 35,000 officers and men whose graves are not known. The memorial, designed by Sir Herbert Baker with sculpture by Joseph Armitage and F V Blundstone, was unveiled by Sir Gilbert Dyett in July 1927. The memorial forms the north-eastern boundary of TYNE COT CEMETERY, which was established around a captured German blockhouse or pill-box used as an advanced dressing station. The original battlefield cemetery of 343 graves was greatly enlarged after the Armistice when remains were brought in from the battlefields of Passchendaele and Langemarck, and from a few small burial grounds. It is now the largest Commonwealth war cemetery in the world in terms of burials. At the suggestion of King George V, who visited the cemetery in 1922, the Cross of Sacrifice was placed on the original large pill-box. There are three other pill-boxes in the cemetery. There are now 11,952 Commonwealth servicemen of the First World War buried or commemorated in Tyne Cot Cemetery. 8,365 of the burials are unidentified but there are special memorials to more than 80 casualties known or believed to be buried among them. Other special memorials commemorate 20 casualties whose graves were destroyed by shell fire. The cemetery was designed by Sir Herbert Baker.

[MParnham]

Thank you very much Tom - it seems an excellent lead - my best yet. My mother is very keen that his memory and sacrifice should not be lost. His parents never came to terms with his death and the failure to have a body to bury. I can clearly remember his photo hanging in pride of place in his sisters living room.

Martin

[Guest Ian Tingay]

Tom,

I'm researching my great grandfather and know the following -

Gunner Percival Boulton 164368

Born-Bradford

Enlisted-Ilford Essex.

Killed in Action.

The above from SDGW CD

From CWGC we know he was serving in the 11th Siege Battery, RGA and was KIA on 24/3/18

I was wondering if De Ruvigny's Roll of Honour had anything futher to add about Percy?

I'm sure I speak for many for thanking you for taking the time to do look-ups for us and hope in this case that there is something to find.

Thanks in advance again,

Best Wishes,

Ian

[museumtom]

Hello Ian.

I am sad to say that Percival Boulton is not in de Ruvigneys.

Sorry.

Tom.

[Guest Ian Tingay]

Tom, thanks for looking anyway.

Kind Regards,

Ian

[isadore]

Tom, finally I'm getting to request information from you.

I have the records from CWGC and Irelands Memorial Records any other details you can get would be much appreciated.

I hope you don't regret the offer after this!

Thanks

Isadore

OK here goes........

Fowler, George Glyn, Reg No 20362

Lieutenant, King's Royal Rifle Corps 2nd Bn.

Age 19, Died 26/09/1915 Buried Lapugnoy Military Cemetery

Hill, Edward Reg. No 34038

Gunner Royal Garrison Artillery 27th Siege Bty.

Died 27/07/1917 Buried Lijssenthoek Military Cemetery

Hill, Patrick M.M. Reg. No 6456

Gunner Royal Garrison Artillery, 13th Siege Bty.

Died 17/09/1916 Buried Albert Communal Cemetery Extension

Langan, James Reg No. 10386

Corporal Royal Berkshire Regiment,5th Bn.

Died 13/10/1915 Commemorated Loos Memorial

Colgan, John Reg. No 3/23559

Private, Royal Dublin Fusiliers 8th Bn.

Age 27 Died 01/04/1916 Buried Bois-carre Military Cemetery, Haisnes

Mulalley, John Reg No 10444

Private Connaught Rangers "B" Coy. 2nd Bn.

Age 20 Died 07/11/1914 Commemorated Ypres (Menin Gate) Memorial

Reilly, John Reg. No 11007

Private Irish Guards 1st Bn.

Age 29 Died 09/10/1917 Comemmorated Tyne Cot Memorial

Rourke, John Reg No. 10622

Private Connaught Rangers 2nd Bn.

Age 19 Died 01/11/1914 Buried Poelcapelle British Cemetery