Remembering Oradour-sur-Glane, French Village wiped out by SS in their way to Normandy in 1944…

http://www.oradour.info/

 

100 years ago today 10/6/1917: Private S Chadwick 13th Bn. Messines Ridge British Cemetery, Belgium.

Serjeant M J Donegan 13th Bn. Messines Ridge British Cemetery, Belgium.

Private S Hill 13th Bn. Wulverghem-Lindenhoek Road Military Cemetery, Belgium.

Private Frederick George Bunce (Age 17) 13th Bn. Ypres (Menin Gate) Memorial, Belgium. Son of Mrs. Martha Bunce.

Private Phillip Buswell (Age 32) 9th Bn. Ypres (Menin Gate) Memorial, Belgium. Son of Charles John and Mary Buswell, of 46, Old Mill Lane, Barnsley. A railway clerk.

Private Alfred Coop (Age 23) 10th Bn. Ypres (Menin Gate) Memorial, Belgium. Son of Mrs. Louisa Coop, of 33, Moorbottom Rd., Thanton Lodge, Huddersfield; husband of Kathleen A. Coop, of 99, Laund Rd., Salendine Nook, Huddersfield.

Private Samuel Charles Denny Hunter 13th Bn. Ypres (Menin Gate) Memorial, Belgium.

Private Peter O’kell (Age 33) 13th Bn. Ypres (Menin Gate) Memorial, Belgium. Son of William O’Kell; husband of Harriet O’Kell, of 41, Canal St., Runcorn, Cheshire.

Private Christopher Reek 13th Bn. Ypres (Menin Gate) Memorial, Belgium.

Private Edward Irving Woods 10th Bn. Ypres (Menin Gate) Memorial, Belgium.

Private G Ashbourne 11th Bn. Bailleul Communal Cemetery Extension, Nord, France.

Private H E Dayas 13th Bn. Bailleul Communal Cemetery Extension, Nord, France.

Private P Wright 11th Bn. Longuenesse (St. Omer) Souvenir Cemetery, France.

 

WW2:

1940 Private John Newton Keirle (Age 35) Pornic War Cemetery, France. Son of Charles and Gwladys Ann Keirle, of Pontypridd, Glamorgan.

1942 Private Arthur Graley (Age 24) 2nd Bn. Knightsbridge War Cemetery, Acroma, Libya. Son of John and Annie Gertrude Graley, of St. Helen’s, Lancashire.

1944 Private John Mccarthy (Age 28) 2nd Bn. Bayeux War Cemetery, France. Son of John McCarthy (killed in France, 1915) and Isabella McCarthy, of Newcastle-on-Tyne.

1944 Private Walter Oldham (Age 27) 2nd Bn. Bayeux War Cemetery, France. Son of Walter and Eliza Oldham; husband of Elizabeth Oldham, of Romiley, Cheshire.

1944 Lance Serjeant George Price (Age 25) Hermanville War Cemetery, France. Son of George Stubbs Price and Florence Price, of Walney, Lancashire.

1944 Private Joseph Royle (Age 24) 2nd Bn. Bayeux War Cemetery, France. Son of Joseph and Mary Royle, of Ellesmere Port, Cheshire.

1944 Private Ralph Sherwin (Age 23) 7th Bn. Salerno War Cemetery, Italy. Son of Ralph and Beatrice Sherwin, of Hyde, Cheshire; husband of Lily Mary Sherwin, of Gee Cross, Hyde.

100 years ago today 4/6/1917:

NIL

 

WW2:

1940 Private Albert Strange (Age 20) 4th Bn. Etaples Military Cemetery, France. Son of Thomas and Jane Strange, of Tong Moor, Bolton, Lancashire.

1944 Private James Henry Hodgkiss 7th Bn. Naples War Cemetery, Italy.

 

Interesting web site for WW1 POWs

https://grandeguerre.icrc.org/

 

 

The Wormhoudt Masacre today in 1940….see below…

 

100 years ago today 28/5/1917: Lance Corporal James Sherret Moss (Age 34) 12th Bn. Mikra British Cemetery, Kalamaria, Greece.

 

WW2:

1940 Private Frederick George Barnhouse (Age 34) La Bernerie-En-Retz Communal Cemetery, France. Son of Thomas and Emily Jane Barnhouse, of Swansea; husband of Mary Ann Barnhouse, of Town Hill, Swansea.

1940 Private Norman Bell (Age 21) 4th Bn. Wormhoudt Communal Cemetery, France.

1940 Private John Blackwell (Age 21) 4th Bn. Dunkirk Memorial, France.

1940 Private Ernest Arthur Braithwaite (Age 34) 4th Bn. Ledringhem Churchyard, France. Husband of Winifred May Braithwaite, of Aslockton, Nottinghamshire.

1940 Private Kenneth Fowden (Age 20) 4th Bn. Wormhoudt Communal Cemetery, France. Son of Henry and Felicia Mary Fowden, of Burton, Cheshire.

1940 Lieutenant Basil Thomas Robertson Glasspool (Age 24) 4th Bn. Ledringhem Churchyard, France. Son of Reginald Thomas Booth Glasspool and Frances Louisa Glasspool, of Street, Somerset.

1940 Private Joseph William Hines (Age 20) 4th Bn. Dunkirk Memorial, France. Son of Joseph and Emily Hines.

1940 Corporal Charles George Jones (Age 31) 4th Bn. Wormhoudt Communal Cemetery, France. Son of Richard and Mary Hannah Jones, of Neston, Cheshire; husband of Kate Jones, of Neston.

1940 Lance Corporal Arthur Kirby (Age 33) 4th Bn. Ledringhem Churchyard, France.

1940 Private Ronald Linegar (Age 19) 4th Bn. Dunkirk Memorial, France. Son of Harold and Jessie Linegar, of Castle, Northwich, Cheshire.

1940 Private Charles Lockett (Age 20) 4th Bn. Esquelbecq Military Cemetery, France. Son of Charles and Rachel Lockett, of Reddish, Stockport, Cheshire. His Brother also died on service.

1940 Lance Corporal Thomas Mcnally (Age 35) 4th Bn. Dunkirk Memorial, France.

1940 Private Henry Moffatt (Age 20) 4th Bn. Ledringhem Churchyard, France. Son of Robert George and Rose Moffatt, of Rock Ferry, Cheshire.

1940 Private Claude William Parrish 7th Bn. Warneton (Waasten) Communal Cemetery, Belgium. Son of Mr. and Mrs. C. Parrish, of May Bank, Staffordshire.

1940 Private Joseph Ernest Roberts (Age 21) 4th Bn. Wormhoudt Communal Cemetery, France. Son of William and Ann Jane Roberts, of New Ferry, Cheshire.

1940 Private Robert Smith (Age 29) 2nd Bn. Tournai Communal Cemetery Allied Extension, Belgium.

1940 Corporal James Weston (Age 28) 4th Bn. Dunkirk Memorial, France. Son of Robert and Mary Weston, of New Ferry, Cheshire; husband of Ann Frances Weston, of New Ferry.

1940 Serjeant Robert Weston (Age 29) 4th Bn. Wormhoudt Communal Cemetery, France.

The Wormhoudt Masacre today in 1940….POWs hurded into barn which was then set on fire then grenades thrown in, any escapers shot…..Lest we forget.

 

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/history/world-war-two/7753912/Wormhoudt-Every-day-I-thank-God-we-did-our-duty.html

The Wormhoudt massacre, the mass murder of 80 British and French POWs by Waffen-SS soldiers from the 1st SS Division Leibstandarte SS Adolf Hitler

 

 

100 years ago today 29/4/1917: Private W I Hayes 13th Bn. Bailleul Communal Cemetery Extension, Nord, France.

Private Robert Pierce Jones (Age 26) 13th Bn. Bailleul Communal Cemetery Extension, Nord, France. Son of Isaac and Grace Jones, of Tyn-Y-cefn, Corwen, Merioneth.

Lance Corporal R J Rix (Age 19) 16th Bn. Chapelle British Cemetery, Holnon, France. Son of John Rix, of 2, Weatherley St., Newcastle-on-Tyne.

Private G Rhodes (Age 30) 16th Bn. Grand-Seraucourt British Cemetery, France. Husband of H. Rhodes, of 21, Station View, Hoole Lane, Chester.

Lance Corporal Matthew Harwood (Age 22) 16th Bn. Nesle Communal Cemetery, France. Son of Matthew and Margaret Harwood, of 25, Kilnyard Rd., Great Crosby, Liverpool.

Private Robert Adshead (Age 19) 16th Bn. Thiepval Memorial, France. Son of Mrs. M. Adshead, of Ponteix, Saskatchewan, Canada.

Private Harold Bowyer 8th Bn. Basra Memorial, Iraq.

 

WW2:

1942 Corporal William Ernest Matthews (Age 36) 7th Bn. Birmingham (Witton) Cemetery, United Kingdom. Son of Charles and Florence Priscilla Matthews, of Birmingham; husband of Jennie Matthews, of Broad, Birmingham.

1943 Corporal Ronald Alexander Williams (Age 30) 6th Bn. Enfidaville War Cemetery, Tunisia. Son of Samuel Ralph Lewis Williams and of Gertrude Williams, of Bramhall, Cheshire.

1944 Major Samuel Thomas Smither (Age 53) MC & 2 Bars 30th Bn. Naples War Cemetery, Italy. Son of Samuel Thomas Smither and Jessie Smither; husband of Kathleen Ada Smither, of Wallasey, Cheshire.

1945 Private John Charles Mcguire 7th Bn. Becklingen War Cemetery, Germany.

 

 

Also….this very day my wife is visitng Chester, including the Cheshire Regiment Museum. Stand To!!!!

https://www.cheshiremilitarymuseum.co.uk/

 

ANZAC Day

100 years ago today 25/4/1917: Lance Corporal Robert Roberts (Age 22) 1st/4th Bn. Alexandria (Hadra) War Memorial Cemetery, Egypt. Son of William and Annie Roberts, of Brynaber, Caeclyd, Blaenau-Pestiniog.

Private B Brown 12th Bn. Karasouli Military Cemetery, Greece.

Serjeant J W Connolly 12th Bn. Karasouli Military Cemetery, Greece. Son of W. and M. Connolly, of 16, Brook St., Lostock Gralam, Northwich, Cheshire.

Private William Horton (Age 23) 12th Bn. Karasouli Military Cemetery, Greece. Son of Arthur and Mary Hannah Horton, of 5, Church Crescent, Seacombe, Cheshire.

Private E Kinder (Age 37) 12th Bn. Karasouli Military Cemetery, Greece. Husband of E. A. Kinder, of 2, Slatelands Rd., Glossop, Derbyshire.

Private C Townley 12th Bn. Karasouli Military Cemetery, Greece.

Private W H Whitley 12th Bn. Karasouli Military Cemetery, Greece.

Private Harry Clayton (Age 24) 8th Bn. Baghdad (North Gate) War Cemetery, Iraq. Son of Mr. and Mrs. Clayton, of 55, Bamford St., Stockport.

 

WW2:

1942 Corporal Albert Henry Johnson (Age 28) 1st Bn. Pieta Military Cemetery, Malta. Son of Frederic Edmund and Mary Agnes Johnson.

1945 Private George H. Thompson (Age 25) 6th Bn. Argenta Gap War Cemetery, Italy. Son of Joseph and Fanny Gertrude Thompson, of Stockport, Cheshire.

 

and the ANZACs…

Lance Corporal Norman Edward Aberdeen 7th Bn.

Private Arthur John Adams 12th Bn.

Private Edgar Robert C. Adams 8th Bn.

Private Frederick James Adams 8th Bn.

Private John Knox Adams (Age 22) 7th Bn.

Private William Thomas Adams (Age 20) 7th Bn.

Private Frank Henry Burton Adcock (Age 24) 11th Bn.

Private Frederick Brenchley Adcock (Age 21) 11th Bn.

Corporal Angus Campbell Aitchison (Age 29) 6th Bn.

Sergeant William Wallace Bentley Allen (Age 29) 9th Bn.

Private John Bernard Conrad Aminde 6th Bn.

Private Carl Amos (Age 24) 1st Bn.

Private James Anderson (Age 23) 7th Bn.

Private John Edward Anderson 7th Bn.

Private Robert Anderson (Age 24) 7th Bn.

Private Harry Angell 6th Bn.

Private John Sinclair Angus (Age 21) 7th Bn.

Captain William Richard Annear (Age 40) 11th Bn.

Private Allan Ansell (Age 33) 6th Bn.

Private Harry Antram (Age 24) 10th Bn.

Private John Armour 7th Bn.

Private Charles Armstrong (Age 37) 2nd Bn.

Private Alfred Aspinall (Age 20) 6th Bn.

Sergeant Edwin Joseph Ault 7th Bn.

Sergeant Charles James Backman 10th Bn.

Private Arthur Davies Bagley (Age 24) 5th Bn.

Private Leslie Charles Bailey (Age 22) 5th Bn.

Private David Baird 7th Bn.

Private George Alfred Baker 4th Bn.

Private Richard Hamilton Baker (Age 20) 9th Bn.

Private Alfred Baldwin (Age 24) 7th Bn.

Private Charles Bale (Age 24) 7th Bn.

Lieutenant Joseph Rupert Balfe (Age 25) 6th Bn.

Private William Bancroft (Age 22) 12th Bn.

Private Charles Elliot Banks (Age 20) 5th Bn.

Private Clement Aubrey John Barnard 8th Bn.

Private Alexander Barnett 12th Bn.

Private Stirling Ferguson Barnett 6th Bn.

Private Cecil Thomas Barrack (Age 30) 9th Bn.

Lieutenant Rupert Sunderland Barrett 8th Bn.

Private Reginald Albert Bassan 2nd Bn.

Sergeant John Leo Patrick Basto (Age 20) 6th Bn.

Private Warren Francis Bates 1st Bn.

Private Frank Batt (Age 36) 10th Bn.

Private Crispin Kenworthy Battye 11th Bn.

Private Hubert Godfrey Beachley (Age 20) 7th Bn.

Driver Ernest James Beaumont 3rd Field Coy.

Private Noel Edward Bechervaise 6th Bn.

Private Walter Herbert Beckensall 7th Bn.

Private George Bell (Age 28) 11th Bn.

Private John Charles Bell (Age 18) 7th Bn.

Private Thomas George Bell (Age 21) 6th Bn.

Private William Charles Belson (Age 22) 9th Bn.

Private Mervin Albert Benbow (Age 21) 5th Bn.

Lance Sergeant Godfrey Arthur Bennett (Age 20) 6th Bn.

Private James Dunn Bennett 6th Bn.

Private Howard Williams Bettles (Age 21) 6th Bn.

Private Harrold Frederick Black 10th Bn.

Private Jack Blackburn (Age 24) 7th Bn.

Private Harry Blakeley (Age 20) 6th Bn.

Private Lance Sisca Blannin-Ferguson 7th Bn.

Private Lewis Blencowe (Age 25) 5th Bn.

Lieutenant Leslie Colin Blick (Age 23) 7th Bn.

Private Henry Edward Boardman (Age 24) 11th Bn.

Private J S Bodilly 6th Bn.

Private Ernest Bolan 6th Bn.

Lance Corporal Cyril Bolle 11th Bn.

Private Charles Emanuel Bonavia (Age 27) 11th Bn.

Private James Henry Bond (Age 27) 8th Bn.

Lance Corporal Reginald Rupert Bond (Age 22) 7th Bn.

Private Roy Bonham 7th Bn.

Private James Edward Booth 1st Bn.

Private William Joseph Boucher 7th Bn.

Private Edward Boughen (Age 21) 9th Bn.

Private John Stirling Bowden (Age 23) 10th Bn.

Private Percy Algernon St. George Bowman (Age 26) 12th Bn.

Private Jack Keith Bradley (Age 19) 12th Bn.

Private Robert Cleveland Bradley (Age 24) 7th Bn.

Private William John Bradley (Age 31) 9th Bn.

Corporal Wallace Hector Brander (Age 25) 3rd Bn.

Private William George Bremen (Age 26) 5th Bn.

Private Frank Brennan 6th Bn.

Private Francis Briggs 12th Bn.

Private Vernon Thomas Brookes (Age 22) 7th Bn

Private Charles George Brown 11th Bn

Private Duncan Napier Brown 1st Bn.

Private John Brown (Age 23) 6th Bn.

Private Michael Brown 12th Bn.

Private Reginald Clive Brownell (Age 22) 5th Bn.

Private P S Brushett 1st Bn.

Private James Bruton (Age 28) 9th Bn.

Private Sylvester Buckley 16th Bn.

Private Thomas Duffy Burke (Age 23) 2nd Bn.

Sergeant Albert Ernest Burn (Age 28) 5th Bn.

Private Rainald Knightly Burne 1st Bn.

Private Frederick Joseph Burnell 6th Bn.

Captain Ronald Burns 3rd Bn.

Private William George Burt 7th Bn.

Private Thomas Bush (Age 29) 9th Bn.

Private Richard Butt (Age 20) 7th Bn.

Private Frederick Button (Age 33) 4th Bn.

Lieutenant Albert John Byrne (Age 24) 10th Bn.

Private Reginald John Murray Byrne (Age 36) 7th Bn.

Private Donald Neville Cadoux (Age 30) 3rd Field Amb.

Private Edward Augustine Cahill (Age 34) 9th Bn.

Lance Sergeant Hugh Calderbank 11th Bn.

Private William Calderwood 11th Bn.

Private Angus Cameron 6th Bn.

Private William Ernest (John Robert) Cameron (Age 39) 12th Bn.

Private Alexander Campbell (Age 19) 12th Bn.

Private Patrick Joseph Campbell 5th Bn.

Private Robert Campbell 5th Bn.

Private William Richard Cantwell (Age 28) 7th Bn.

Private Thomas Carey 9th Bn.

Private James Neville Carless (Age 19) 7th Bn.

Private Arthur James Carnell (Age 22) 3rd Bn.

Private Maurice Frederick Carr (Age 20) 3rd Bn.

Corporal Esmond Richard John Carrick (Age 26) 6th Bn.

Private Frederick Deacon Carrington (Age 21) 12th Bn.

Private James Edward Carrington (Age 33) 11th Bn.

Private Thomas George Carroll 11th Bn.

Private John Carter (Age 29) 12th Bn.

Private Strutten John Carter 7th Bn.

Private William Carter 8th Bn.

Private William Watson Carter 6th Bn.

Private Robert Henry Catlin 11th Bn.

Sergeant Walter William Cavill 3rd Bn.

Private Arthur William Challenger (Age 28) 12th Bn.

Sergeant John Chamberlain (Age 32) 11th Bn.

Private Francis Alexander Charlton 7th Bn.

Private John Watsford Clark (Age 21) 6th Bn.

Lieutenant Colonel Lancelot Fox Clarke (Age 57) 12th Bn.

Private Edward Coleman (Age 24) 11th Bn.

Lance Sergeant Alfred James Collins (Age 19) 7th Bn.

Corporal Lisle Colls (Age 23) 6th Bn.

Private Albert Edward Comte 7th Bn.

Lance Corporal Percival Thomas Conlan 9th Bn.

Private Donald Walter Cooke (Age 19) 3rd Bn.

Private Joseph Alan Cordner 6th Bn.

Private Percy Corser 6th Bn.

Lieutenant Joseph William Costin (Age 23) 9th Bn.

Private William Cottrell (Age 22) 11th Bn

Private Roger Cox 3rd Bn.

Lance Corporal Wilfred John Crane (Age 24) 12th Bn.

Private Thomas Alfred Critcher 9th Bn.

Private Frank Samuel Crowhurst (Age 27) 10th Bn.

Private Claude Terrell Crowl (Age 22) 8th Bn.

Private Alfred Crowther (Age 26) 10th Bn.

Private Henry St. Eloy D’alton 8th Bn.

Private Edwin John Dale (Age 19) 8th Bn.

Private George Thomas Dale (Age 21) 5th Bn.

Lance Corporal Ernest Robert Daly 7th Bn.

Private Charles Damen 7th Bn.

Private Edmond Butterworth Danaher (Age 20) 7th Bn.

Corporal Harold Edward Danes (Age 23) 11th Bn.

Private James Daniels (Age 26) 5th Bn.

Private Frederick Dann 9th Bn.

Private George Brockwell Darlington (Age 21) 5th Bn

Lance Corporal Frank Leopold Dashwood (Age 33) 10th Bn.

Private John Davey (Age 20) 9th Bn.

Private David Mancel Davies (Age 22) 7th Bn.

Private Alfred Davis (Age 36) 10th Bn.

Private Arnold Frederick Davis 7th Bn.

Lieutenant Alan Douglas Gibb Dawson (Age 22) 2nd Bn.

Private William Knight Dean (Age 30) 8th Bn.

Private Harold Denston 7th Bn.

Private Arthur Lancelot Devenish 11th Bn

Private William Dews 8th Bn.

Private Harold Diedrich 6th Bn.

Private Leslie Frank Dillon 10th Bn.

Private William George Dixon 7th Bn.

Private James Dobson 9th Bn.

Corporal John Andrew Douglas 5th Bn.

Private John Dow (Age 27) 11th Bn.

Sergeant George Noel Draper (Age 20) 1st Bn.

Lieutenant William Sydney Duchesne 1st Bn.

Private John Curry Duckworth 11th Bn.

Private Richard Thomas Duffett (Age 24) 11th Bn.

Private Henry Edward Dunkley (Age 22) 6th Bn.

Private Thomas Dunn 12th Bn.

Private William Dunn (Age 20) 5th Bn.

Corporal Stanley Oliver Dunstan (Age 20) 7th Bn.

Private Frank Dunt 5th Bn.

Private Frank Durham 6th Bn.

Private Stephen John Dyer 6th Bn.

Private Walter Samuel Dyer 5th Bn.

Private Alfred Fredrick Eccles (Age 25) 3rd Field Amb.

Private Wolverton Edgar 11th Bn.

Private James Adolphus Edgcumbe (Age 24) 7th Bn.

Lance Corporal Edward James Edgley 6th Bn.

Private Edward Edwards 10th Bn.

Private William Albert Edwards 7th Bn.

Private Alfred Edward Egan 12th Bn.

Sergeant Samuel Morris Ehrenberg (Age 21) 5th Bn.

Private Thomas Elevious Ellefsen (Age 25) 7th Bn.

Private Sidney Harold Richards Elliott 7th Bn.

Private James Leslie Ellison (Age 23) 8th Bn.

Private Herbert Henry Erekson 3rd Bn.

Private Percival Erickson (Age 24) 5th Bn.

Private Abraham Evans 7th Bn.

Private Henry Evans (Age 20) 12th Bn.

Private Ewen Charles Ewert (Age 24) 12th Bn.

Private Walter Seccombe Ewin (Age 25) 9th Bn.

Private Norman Falconer (Age 20) 5th Bn.

Private Charles John Falk 10th Bn.

Private Stanley Squire Farnell (Age 22) 1st Bn.

Private Victor Emanuel Farr 1st Bn.

Private John James Ferguson (Age 19) 11th Bn.

Private George Clement Ferrett 10th Bn.

Major Erle Finlayson Denton Fethers (Age 27) 5th Bn.

Private James Fielding 9th Bn.

Private Charles Fincher (Age 23) 5th Bn.

Private Richard Findon 1st Bn.

Private Edgar Lewis Fitzgerald 4th Bn.

Private Edward Richard Fleming (Age 19) 12th Bn.

Private Joseph Thomas Flynn (Age 27) 1st Bn.

Private Morris Foley 6th Bn.

Private Patrick Foley 6th Bn.

Private Finlay Forbes (Age 24) 12th Bn.

Corporal Thomas Walter Ford 9th Bn.

Private John Fothergill (Age 25) 6th Bn.

Sergeant Herbert Howard Kentwell Fowles (Age 22) 9th Bn.

Sapper Walter Freebairn (Age 24) 1st Field Coy.

Corporal Alfred Garnett Freeman (Age 20) 9th Bn.

Private William James Gordon Freeman 2nd Bn.

Private Vivian Ambrose French 12th Bn.

Lance Sergeant Josephus Fullagar 7th Bn.

Private William Jacob Fuller (Age 24) 5th Bn.

Private John Alexander James Fulton (Age 27) 5th Bn.

Private John Garden 11th Bn.

Private Joseph Roy Gardner 7th Bn.

Private Alexander Francis Garner (Age 32) 11th Bn.

Private Walter John Genery 11th Bn.

Lance Corporal William James Gibbons 10th Bn.

Private John Woodside Gibson 9th Bn.

Sergeant James Gordon Gillanders (Age 31) 5th Bn.

Sergeant Robert Macgregor Gillespie (Age 24) 6th Bn.

Private James Gillies 12th Bn.

Private Thomas Andrew Gillison 7th Bn.

Sergeant Anthony Simpson Gilpin (Age 22) 10th Bn.

Corporal Alexander Glades (Age 27) 10th Bn.

Sergeant Leigh George John Glanville (Age 19) 1st Bn.

Private Colin Glasgow 12th Bn.

Private Walter Goodier (Age 34) 6th Bn.

Major Charles George Gordon (Age 45) 2nd Bn.

Private Kenneth Douglas Gordon 10th Bn.

Private Edward Gorrie 6th Bn.

Private John Lewes Davison Gower (Age 29) 10th Bn.

Private George Gracey 9th Bn.

Private Harry John Graham 9th Bn.

Private Hugh Barclay Graham 7th Bn.

Private William Henry Graham (Age 48) 6th Bn.

Private James Joseph Grant 9th Bn.

Sergeant George David Green (Age 22) 6th Bn.

Private Joseph Watkin Green (Age 20) 6th Bn.

Captain Keith Eddowes Green (Age 22) 10th Bn.

Private Percival Charles Greenhill (Age 28) 10th Bn.

Private Ernest Edward Robert Greenwood (Age 25) 7th Bn.

Lance Sergeant George Herbert Greenwood (Age 21) 8th Bn.

Private Oswald Wilker Greig 5th Bn.

Private Edward Griffin 12th Bn.

Private Rhys Emlyn Griffiths 7th Bn.

Private Leslie Rowley Grove 5th Bn.

Private William Gordon Gulliver 7th Bn.

Private Alfred Edward Gurr 12th Bn.

Private William Earle Guthrie 1st Bn.

Private Ethelbert Haddrick 6th Bn.

Private Samuel William Hadley (Age 22) 12th Bn.

Captain Sydney Raymond Hall (Age 32) 10th Bn.

Private Vernon Charles Hall (Age 20) 7th Bn.

Lance Corporal Arthur Hallam (Age 24) 3rd Bn.

Major John William Hamilton (Age 45) 6th Bn.

Private John Hancock 10th Bn.

Private John Albert Handcock (Age 24) 7th Bn.

Private Claude Hansen (Age 20) 2nd Bn.

Private Barker Orielly Harding 1st Bn.

Private William Patrick Harris (Age 25) 5th Bn.

Lance Corporal Henry Christopher Harrison 12th Bn.

Private James Henry Harvey (Age 32) 8th Bn.

Private Percy Robert Harvey (Age 23) 12th Bn.

Private Arthur George Howard Hastings (Age 21) 5th Bn.

Private David Hawkins 7th Bn.

Private Gordon Gray Carruthers Hawkins (Age 26) 7th Bn.

Private Leonard Hawkins 12th Bn.

Lance Corporal Alan Melrose Hayes (Age 19) 7th Bn.

Lieutenant Frank Granville Haymen 9th Bn.

Corporal Colin Wilfrid Head (Age 19) 7th Bn.

Sergeant William Walter James Head (Age 21) 7th Bn.

Private Ernest Alfred Hearle (Age 20) 11th Bn.

Private John George Douglas Helsham (Age 21) 7th Bn.

Sergeant Robert Charles Neil Henderson 1st Bn.

Private Arthur Hetherton 7th Bn.

Private John Joseph Hickey (Age 25) 3rd Bn.

Private John Higgs (Age 45) 12th Bn.

Private John Leo Hill 8th Bn.

Private Wilfred Carl Hill (Age 23) 11th Bn.

Private William Corbett Hill (Age 38) 7th Bn.

Private William Hobbs 11th Bn.

Sergeant Douglas Clive Hobden (Age 20) 2nd Bn.

Private William Albert Hobson 9th Bn.

Lance Corporal Edwin Percy Hockey (Age 20) 8th Bn.

Private Harry Hodgman 5th Bn.

Private Michael John Hogan 3rd Bn.

Lance Corporal Cuthbert Oliver Holcombe (Age 34) 11th Bn.

Private John Holden (Age 19) 10th Bn

Private Edwin Holdsworth (Age 28) 12th Bn.

Private Bertie Frank Hollands 5th Bn.

Private Joseph Victor Hollingsworth (Age 27) 5th Bn.

Sergeant John Huon Hooke 6th Bn.

Private Basil John Hooper 7th Bn.

Private Richard Joseph Horan 1st Bn.

Private William Brown Horsburgh (Age 26) 5th Bn.

Private George Thomas Howden (Age 20) 6th Bn.

Driver Joseph Charles Howes (Age 20) 9th Bn.

Driver Frank Hudson 3rd Field Amb.

Private Vincent Williams Hughes 2nd Bn.

Private Alfred Ernest Humphreys (Age 38) 6th Bn.

Sergeant Charles Lawrence Hunt (Age 20) 10th Bn.

Private Leonard Leslie Hunt 9th Bn.

Private George Henry Stuart Huntley (Age 24) 10th Bn.

Private Archibald James Hutchison (Age 24) 7th Bn.

Private John William Inman (Age 25) 11th Bn.

Major Francis Duncan Irvine 1st Inf. Bde. H.Q.

Private Henry Jackson (Age 30) 9th Bn.

Private Ernest Arthur Jaensch 5th Bn.

Private Stanley James 6th Bn.

Private Richard George Jarvis (Age 21) 12th Bn.

Private Tasman Jarvis (Age 34) 12th Bn.

Corporal Leslie Job 11th Bn.

Private Andrew Nathaniel Johnson (Age 28) 12th Bn.

Private Frank Thomas Johnson 8th Bn.

Private Alfred Ernest Johnston (Age 33) 9th Bn.

Private David Norman Johnston 6th Bn.

Private Frederick William Johnston 11th Bn.

Lance Corporal William Johnston (Age 25) 9th Bn

Private Charles Edward Jones (Age 22) 7th Bn.

Private Hubert Cromwell Warwick Jones (Age 20) 5th Bn.

Lance Sergeant Ivo Brian Joy (Age 19) 11th Bn.

Private Robert Sizer Joy (Age 44) 6th Bn.

Private Henry James Juby (Age 29) 1st Bn.

Private Edward Wilfred Junier (Age 23) 7th Bn.

Private Herbert Keam 7th Bn.

Private Thomas Kean 7th Bn.

Private Ernest Kearney 12th Bn.

Private Samuel Arthur Keeling 6th Bn.

Private Frederick Henry Kelcey 6th Bn.

Second Lieutenant George Edward Eccleston Kelly 2nd Bn.

Private William Kelly 10th Bn.

Private George Henry Kennedy (Age 23) 5th Bn.

Private Norman Vivian Gladstone Kerby (Age 19) 7th Bn.

Private George Kershaw (Age 23) 6th Bn.

Private Leo James Kerswill 9th Bn.

Sergeant Edric Doyle Kidson (Age 22) 12th Bn.

Private Patrick Kieley 11th Bn.

Private Frank Kiely (Age 29) 7th Bn.

Private George Austin King 10th Bn.

Private Thomas Nathaniel King (Age 22) 6th Bn.

Private Herbert James Kingston (Age 20) 7th Bn.

Corporal Hedley Vernon George Kitchin 6th Bn.

Private Edward Luke Knight (Age 21) 7th Bn.

Private Arthur William Knowles (Age 33) 12th Bn.

Captain Joseph Peter Lalor (Age 30) 12th Bn.

Private Harry Lambert (Age 29) 6th Bn.

Lieutenant Clement Frederick Wills Lane (Age 23) 6th Bn

Private Leslie John Langdon (Age 29) 11th Bn.

Sergeant Edward Rennix Larkin 1st Bn.

Private Martin Joseph Larkin 1st Bn.

Private Anthony Lavelle 12th Bn.

Private Leonard Joseph Lawlor (Age 21) 6th Bn.

Private Stanley Rupert Lawrence (Age 22) 6th Bn.

Private William Lee 6th Bn.

Private Samuel Leech (Age 31) 10th Bn.

Captain Charles Edward Leer 3rd Bn.

Private Albert Walter Lemke 6th Bn.

Private Henry David Lemon (Age 40) 5th Bn.

Private Harold Lester (Age 21) 5th Bn.

Private George Hill Levens 7th Bn.

Private James Llewellyn Lewis 10th Bn.

Private Frederick Augustus Light 1st Bn.

Private Leo Lindley (Age 25) 9th Bn.

Private Frederick Thomas Locker (Age 21) 7th Bn.

Sergeant Wilfred Francis Huggett Lodge (Age 21) 10th Bn.

Private William Frederick Logan 3rd Bn.

Private Patrick Francis Lonergan 12th Bn.

Private Cuthbert Jones Long (Age 44) 7th Bn.

Sergeant Harold James Long 5th Bn.

Sergeant James Muncaster Lovatt (Age 34) 9th Bn.

Private Leslie Lowe 12th Bn.

Private Percival Loxton 7th Bn.

Private Harry Lynch (Age 25) 12th Bn.

Lance Corporal Alexander Murdo Macaulay (Age 24) 7th Bn.

Private Arthur Archibald Macbeth (Age 29) 1st Bn.

Company Sergeant Major Donald Neil Macgregor (Age 28) 3rd Bn.

Private Robert Stirling Mackie 11th Bn.

Private Allan Cameron Maclean (Age 21) 1st Bn.

Private Charles Frederick Madden (Age 44) 7th Bn.

Lance Corporal Arthur Major (Age 23) 12th Bn.

Private John Archibald Malcolm (Age 23) 7th Bn.

Private Frederick Dennis Mangan 9th Bn.

Private Frederick William Mann (Age 23) 9th Bn.

Private George William Manning 12th Bn.

Private Harold Osborne Mansfield 10th Bn.

Corporal Lionel Marks 1st Bn.

Private James Marshall 5th Bn.

Private Eric Douglas Martin 8th Bn.

Private William Martin 6th Bn.

Private Richard James Mathieson (Age 33) 9th Bn.

Private William Leslie Mathieson (Age 20) 6th Bn

Private Harold Francis Maxwell 9th Bn.

Private William Henry Mayne (Age 30) 11th Bn.

Private John Rossiter Melville (Age 23) 7th Bn.

Private John Melvin (Age 27) 5th Bn.

Private John Atkinson Metcalf (Age 20) 5th Bn.

Corporal George Irvine Middleton 7th Bn

Private Frederick John Milgate (Age 21) 7th Bn.

Private John Christian Miller 6th Bn.

Private John William Miller (Age 27) 12th Bn.

Private David George Mills 8th Bn.

Private James Spence Milne (Age 19) 9th Bn.

Private Edwin Mitchell (Age 46) 6th Bn.

Private John Harrington Mitchell (Age 22) 5th Bn.

Private Keith Mitchell (Age 18) 9th Bn.

Private William Douglas Moar 12th Bn.

Private Lawrence Felix Mobilia 9th Bn.

Private Joseph Russel Moir (Age 25) 9th Bn.

Corporal George Moncrieff (Age 24) 6th Bn.

Private William Henry Money (Age 23) 9th Bn.

Sapper William Moore 1st Field Coy.

Private Frank Mccrae Moorehead (Age 24) 8th Bn.

Private Charles Morell (Age 23) 1st Bn.

Private Hugh Fuller Morgan (Age 18) 2nd Bn.

Private William Thomas Morgan (Age 24) 8th Bn.

Private Frank Sinclair Morrish 1st Bn.

Private Robert Morrison 7th Bn.

Private George William Moss (Age 45) 9th Bn.

Private Herbert Moss 8th Bn.

Private Edgar Mouland (Age 27) 12th Bn.

Private Patrick James Moynihan (Age 26) 9th Bn.

Private John Mudie 9th Bn.

Private John Mullan 5th Bn.

Private Donald Munro 11th Bn.

Lieutenant Gordon Albert Munro 12th Bn.

Private James Munro (Age 23) 7th Bn.

Sergeant William Henry Munro (Age 30) 10th Bn.

Private Charles Mynard 6th Bn.

Lance Sergeant Ian Gordon Macinnes (Age 30) 2nd Bn.

Private Alexander James Mcarthur 7th Bn.

Private John Thompson Mcbain (Age 21) 12th Bn.

Private Michael Mccaffrey 10th Bn.

Private David Joseph Mccarthy 9th Bn.

Private Alfred Mccoll (Age 23) 7th Bn.

Private Albert Mcconnachy 10th Bn.

Private Alexander Mccubbin (Age 21) 10th Bn.

Private Alexander John Mcdonald (Age 23) 5th Bn.

Corporal Alexander Joseph Mcdonald 1st Field Coy.

Private Fenley John Mcdonald (Age 23) 7th Bn.

Private Lindsay Gordon Mcdonald (Age 21) 7th Bn.

Private William Mcdonald 7th Bn.

Private Patrick Mcdonnell 6th Bn.

Private Augustus Alexander Mcdowall (Age 22) 6th Bn.

Private George Mcewan 10th Bn.

Private Terence Mcgeoch 9th Bn.

Private James Mcgillivray (Age 23) 7th Bn.

Private David Keith Mcilwraith (Age 22) 5th Bn.

Private Francis Ronald Reid Mcjannet 11th Bn.

Private John Mckay 12th Bn.

Captain Edward Albert Mckenna (Age 37) 7th Bn.

Private William Mckenzie-Mcharg (Age 27) 8th Bn.

Sergeant Adam Mclachlan 16th Bn.

Private Hugh Wilson Paton Mclaren (Age 32) 5th Bn.

Private Alex Mclean 12th Bn.

Second Lieutenant Maurice Leslie Mcleod (Age 21) 8th Bn.

Private John Sloan Mclintock 10th Bn.

Private Hamish Mcnab (Age 19) 7th Bn.

Private Alec Mcphail 11th Bn.

Private Alexander George Mcpherson (Age 28) 7th Bn.

Private Robert Douglas Niblock (Age 32) 8th Bn.

Lance Corporal George Alfred Nicoll 9th Bn.

Private Harry Bowlin Noad (Age 29) 2nd Bn.

Private Alfred Joseph Norton (Age 25) 7th Bn.

Lance Corporal Frederick Leslie O’brien (Age 21) 1st Bn.

Private William O’brien 7th Bn.

Lance Corporal Maurice O’donohue 11th Bn.

Private Michael John O’dwyer 7th Bn.

Private Daniel James O’leary (Age 24) 7th Bn.

Private Thomas O’leary (Age 22) 7th Bn.

Private Edward James O’reilly (Age 22) 8th Bn.

Private Michael John O’sullivan 9th Bn.

Private William Henry Oakley (Age 20) 12th Bn.

Major Edward Castle Oldham (Age 38) 10th Bn.

Private Allan Robert Olley 7th Bn.

Private George Ernest Osborne (Age 37) 8th Bn.

Private Montague John Durnford Pacey (Age 24) 9th Bn.

Sapper Cleveland Edmund Page (Age 23) 1st Field Coy.

Private John Wilson Palfreyman 12th Bn.

Private Ernest Ralph Pallot (Age 24) 6th Bn.

Private David William Palmer 11th Bn.

Private Leonard Papley (Age 21) 6th Bn.

Private Thomas Douglas Partridge (Age 40) 16th Bn.

Private Harold Paterson 6th Bn.

Lieutenant Penistan James Patterson (Age 20) 12th Bn.

Lieutenant John Charles Paul (Age 21) 8th Bn.

Private William Thomas Payne (Age 20) 9th Bn.

Private Ambrose Stanley Pearce (Age 21) 10th Bn.

Corporal Arthur Mueller Pearce (Age 30) 7th Bn.

Private Henry Hathaway Pearce (Age 36) 9th Bn.

Private Frederick Francis Pearson (Age 26) 7th Bn.

Private Frederick John Peck (Age 22) 6th Bn.

Corporal Reginald Arthur Penrose (Age 21) 7th Bn.

Private John George Peterson 5th Bn.

Private Trafford Cyril Pettigrew 7th Bn.

Private Alfred James Pettis (Age 20) 7th Bn.

Corporal Michell Picaud (Age 26) 1st Bn.

Private Sydney Albert Pickering 5th Bn.

Private Thomas Wesley Pinder (Age 28) 7th Bn.

Private William Pinkerton (Age 38) 5th Bn.

Private Percy George Plant 6th Bn.

Private James Willas Plummer 10th Bn.

Private Clifford Polkinghorne (Age 23) 8th Bn.

Private William Pollock 9th Bn.

Private Arthur Valentine Potter (Age 20) 6th Bn.

Private Charles Powley (Age 21) 7th Bn.

Private William Lees Poyner 6th Bn

Private Richard Preston 8th Bn.

Private William George Price (Age 19) 11th Bn

Private Henry James Vivian Priestley (Age 27) 11th Bn.

Private Harold James Pring (Age 26) 11th Bn.

Lance Corporal Frank Prutton 3rd Bn.

Private James Pryor (Age 21) 6th Bn.

Private Arthur Sydney Putt (Age 27) 3rd Bn.

Private George Henry Pyle (Age 36) 5th Bn.

Private Patrick Thomas Pyne (Age 19) 10th Bn.

Private John Thomas Quamby 12th Bn.

Private Alan Arthur Radcliffe (Age 25) 9th Bn.

Private John Edward Alexander Rankin (Age 39) 12th Bn.

Private Cyril George Moore Read (Age 22) 1st Bn.

Private Richard James Reginald Read (Age 29) 7th Bn.

Private Clair William Reed 7th Bn.

Private Walter Reeves 11th Bn.

Private Cyril Lindsay Reid (Age 25) 7th Bn.

Lance Corporal Frederick Charles Reid (Age 20) 10th Bn.

Lieutenant Mordant Leslie Reid 11th Bn.

Lance Corporal Henry Joseph Reidy 5th Bn.

Private Ernest George Renn 1st Bn.

Sapper Fred Reynolds

Private James William Reynolds 8th Bn.

Private Roy Everard Richardson (Age 21) 7th Bn.

Private Henry John Riekie (Age 36) 11th Bn.

Lieutenant William John Rigby (Age 23) 9th Bn.

Private Percy Rigbye (Age 23) 12th Bn.

Private Francis Leslie Rismondi (Age 27) 6th Bn.

Private Wallie Passmore Roach (Age 23) 11th Bn.

Private John Elias Roberts 6th Bn.

Private John George Roberts 1st Bn.

Lieutenant John Powe Roberts (Age 33) 9th Bn.

Corporal Norman Roberts (Age 27) 3rd Bn.

Private Bartimas Robertshaw (Age 22) 7th Bn.

Corporal Herbert Maurice Robertshaw (Age 29) “A” Coy. 6th Bn.

Private Colin Ernest Robertson (Age 23) 7th Bn.

Private Frank Leslie Robertson 6th Bn.

Private Leslie Ernest Robertson (Age 28) 12th Bn.

Private Robert Robertson 5th Bn.

Major Sydney Beresford Robertson (Age 29) 9th Bn.

Sergeant Robert Robinson 6th Bn.

Private David Roche 6th Bn.

Private Cecil Harry Rocke 7th Bn.

Private John Thomas Rollason 1st Bn.

Corporal Charles Keith Jago Rooke 12th Bn.

Private John Rooney 6th Bn.

Private Andrew Rose (Age 31) 8th Bn.

Sergeant James Forbes Ross (Age 27) 6th Bn.

Private Reginald James Rossiter (Age 22) 6th Bn.

Private Herbert Rowland (Age 26) 7th Bn.

Private John Rundle 11th Bn.

Private George Alfred Rush (Age 25) 9th Bn.

Private Robert Russell 5th Bn.

Private James Ryan 7th Bn.

Lance Corporal Thomas Radford Sage (Age 26) 8th Bn.

Major Richard Saker (Age 37) 5th Bn.

Private Alfred William Salter (Age 21) 5th Bn.

Private Frederick Sanders (Age 22) 7th Bn.

Private Victor Joseph Sanders (Age 35) 9th Bn.

Private Colin Saunders (Age 22) 9th Bn.

Lance Corporal Harry Sawley (Age 23) 11th Bn.

Private George Gordon Sayer (Age 26) 12th Bn.

Company Quartermaster Sergeant William John Sayers 7th Bn

Company Quartermaster Sergeant Charles Scharness 7th Bn.

Private Basil Archdeacon Scott (Age 24) 11th Bn.

Private Henry Thomas Scott (Age 20) 12th Bn.

Private James Henry Scott (Age 19) 9th Bn.

Private Robert Thomas Scott (Age 23) 6th Bn.

Private John Alfred Seeger 7th Bn.

Private Harold Seeley (Age 25) 5th Bn.

Major John Edwin Sergeant (Age 45) 8th Bn.

Private John James Shannon 6th Bn.

Private Frederick Sharp (Age 23) 3rd Bn.

Private Guy Allen Sharpe 11th Bn.

Private Hurtle Charles Shaw (Age 28) 10th Bn.

Private William Haswell Shelton (Age 22) 9th Bn.

Corporal George Henry Sheppard 7th Bn.

Private Godfrey John Sherman (Age 23) 9th Bn.

Private D R Shillito 12th Bn.

Private Raymond Ferres Shirley (Age 22) 9th Bn.

Staff Sergeant Major James Sinclair 9th Bn.

Private Robert Hector Sinclair 5th Bn.

Private Walter Henry Slocombe (Age 30) 7th Bn.

Private Guy Rosevear Sloggatt (Age 25) 9th Bn

Private Alfred Henry Smith (Age 21) 11th Bn.

Private Cyril Charles Smith (Age 22) 10th Bn.

Private Edward Thomas Smith 12th Bn.

Sergeant Ernest Albert Smith (Age 45) 7th Bn.

Private Peter Vincent Smith 10th Bn.

Private Richard Smith 9th Bn.

Private Sydney Smith 6th Bn.

Private William Millar Smylie (Age 22) 10th Bn.

Second Lieutenant Erick Martin Solling 2nd Bn.

Private Rupert James Sparrow (Age 22) 11th Bn.

Private Roy Spells 6th Bn.

Private George Spence (Age 32) 9th Bn.

Private Edward Pennell Stables (Age 22) 11th Bn.

Private Albert George Stapleton (Age 26) 5th Bn.

Private Edward Harvey Statham (Age 37) 11th Bn.

Private Walter Joseph Steeth (Age 27) 7th Bn.

Private Alan Stephens (Age 21) 14th Bn.

Private Stanley John Stephens (Age 25) 5th Bn

Private Richard Harry Stevens (Age 25) 7th Bn.

Private William Henry Stevens 12th Bn.

Private Russell William Stewart (Age 27) 7th Bn.

Private Selby Albert Shepherd Stewart (Age 20) 1st Bn.

Private Ralph Gustav Stobaus 5th Bn.

Private Roy Frank Stone (Age 20) 7th Bn.

Sergeant Thomas Sydney Stott (Age 20) 12th Bn.

Captain William Leighton Strachan (Age 27) 6th Bn.

Sergeant William Henry Strahan (Age 46) 16th Bn.

Private William Andrew Strang (Age 33) 10th Bn.

Corporal Joseph Stratford (Age 32) 9th Bn.

Sergeant Gordon Duke Stuart (Age 24) 12th Bn.

Private Raymond Sullivan (Age 24) 7th Bn.

Private Austin Philip Summersbee 12th Bn.

Private Charles Joshua Sussex (Age 33) 9th Bn.

Private Joshua Sussex (Age 31) 6th Bn.

Private William Sutherland (Age 20) 7th Bn.

Private Robert Suttie 1st Bn.

Private James Sutton 8th Bn.

Major Blair Inskip Swannell (Age 39) 1st Bn.

Private James Sweeney 1st Bn.

Private Stanley Roy Swift (Age 21) 6th Bn.

Private Thomas William West Swift (Age 21) 12th Bn.

Corporal Harry Foster Swinbourne (Age 19) 1st Bn.

Private Fremont Leon Tabbut 7th Bn.

Private Oswald James Tankard 7th Bn.

Private Hector Algie Tause (Age 21) 5th Bn.

Private Arthur John Taylor (Age 19) 9th Bn.

Private Charles Fredrick Taylor (Age 29) 6th Bn.

Private Herbert Marton Taylor 10th Bn.

Private Leslie Edward Taylor (Age 25) 6th Bn.

Lance Corporal James Forbes Taysom (Age 22) 6th Bn.

Sergeant James Campbell Telford (Age 22) 7th Bn.

Sergeant Charles Tevendale (Age 20) 7th Bn.

Lance Corporal Stanley George Thomas 7th Bn.

Private Frederick John Thompson 9th Bn.

Private Gilbert Leslie Thompson 5th Bn.

Corporal John Thompson (Age 23) 7th Bn.

Corporal James Thomson (Age 30) 5th Bn.

Private Leslie Thorley 8th Bn.

Private Frank Thornton 6th Bn.

Private Edward James Thrum (Age 22) 9th Bn.

Sergeant Albert William Thunder (Age 23) 6th Bn.

Private Harry Ernest Thurston 6th Bn.

Private Walter Tibbs (Age 18) 8th Bn.

Private Andrew James Tierney 6th Bn.

Private Walter Joseph Tilbee (Age 18) 12th Bn.

Private Percy Albert Tippett 6th Bn.

Lance Corporal Robert James Todd (Age 25) 8th Bn.

Private Charles Samuel Tolley (Age 22) 6th Bn.

Private Roy Colin Tolmie (Age 25) 6th Bn.

Private William Tomlinson (Age 28) 7th Bn.

Private John Francis Huon Tovell (Age 26) 6th Bn.

Private Fredk Arthur Albert Towner 7th Bn.

Private Frank Trickey (Age 19) 7th Bn.

Private William Tucker 1st Bn.

Private Henry Francis Charles Turner (Age 21) 9th Bn.

Private James John Twining 7th Bn.

Sergeant Athelstan Neville Ussher (Age 22) 7th Bn.

Private Felix Vague (Age 33) 6th Bn.

Private Arthur Wilson Veitch 7th Bn.

Private Donald Veitch 7th Bn.

Private Leonard Waldron (Age 23) 8th Bn.

Private Ernest Percy Walker (Age 23) 11th Bn.

Private Henry Ernest Walker (Age 24) 5th Bn.

Private John Bryden Walker 1st Bn.

Private William Frederick Walker (Age 25) 9th Bn.

Private Thomas Louis Wallis (Age 20) 6th Bn.

Private William John Walsh (Age 34) 9th Bn.

Private Arthur Walton 11th Bn.

Private George William Warren (Age 20) 7th Bn.

Corporal James Percy Soltau Warren (Age 31) 5th Bn.

Lance Corporal Matthew Randall Wasley (Age 21) 6th Bn.

Lieutenant Harold Thomas Watkins (Age 20) 13th Bn.

Private Frederick William Watson 7th Bn.

Private James Thomas Watson 9th Bn.

Lance Corporal Percy Watson (Age 24) 5th Bn.

Private Reginald Thornton Watson 6th Bn.

Private Norman Reginald Webb (Age 25) 9th Bn.

Private George Patrick Webber 6th Bn.

Lance Corporal Isaac Oswald Webster (Age 27) 6th Bn.

Private Clive Wellington Were (Age 26) 5th Bn.

Private Walter Westrupp 9th Bn.

Private Charles Leonard Whitaker (Age 32) 5th Bn.

Private Alfred Ernest White 9th Bn.

Corporal Dudley Clifford White 6th Bn.

Private George Oliver White 10th Bn.

Private George William White (Age 22) 2nd Bn.

Private William Whitecross 7th Bn.

Private Thomas Anderson Whyte 10th Bn.

Private Charles Hugh Llewellyn Wigger (Age 22) 6th Bn.

Private George Wilcox 9th Bn.

Private William John Wilcox (Age 23) 11th Bn.

Private Arthur Wilden 7th Bn.

Private Frederick Charles Wilkinson 10th Bn.

Private Albert Henry Williams 7th Bn.

Private Charles Llewellyn Williams 9th Bn.

Private Charles Louis Williams 1st Bn.

Lieutenant Herbert Edwin Williams (Age 21) 1st Bn.

Private Humphrey Williams 12th Bn.

Private Percy Williams (Age 22) 11th Bn.

Private Leslie Williamson (Age 21) 5th Bn.

Corporal Robert Edgar Willison (Age 18) 1st Bn.

Private Charles Jonathan Willmott (Age 27) 7th Bn.

Corporal Vivian Malcolm Wills (Age 21) 5th Bn.

Private William Henry Wills (Age 19) 7th Bn.

Private Richard Noble Wilson 7th Bn.

Private Robert Mclauchlan Wilson (Age 25) 8th Bn.

Lance Corporal Stuart Mcillwraith Wilson (Age 25) 9th Bn.

Lance Corporal Thomas Wilson (Age 24) 3rd Bn.

Private William John Wilson 6th Bn.

Private Cecil Robert Winch 1st Bn.

Private Bertram Winslet 7th Bn.

Private Arthur Edward Wise 9th Bn.

Private Robert Percival Witham (Age 21) 6th Bn.

Private George William Wood (Age 24) 7th Bn.

Private Max Woodberry (Age 21) 12th Bn.

Private John Albert Woods (Age 22) 16th Bn.

Private Charles Wright 7th Bn.

Private Charles D’arcey Wright (Age 19) 9th Bn.

Private George Clifton Wright 12th Bn.

Private Samuel Wright 1st Bn.

Private Roy Wyld 10th Bn.

Private Allan James Noel Wylie 9th Bn.

Private Charles William Wyman (Age 32) 5th Bn.

Private Allen Patrick Yeatman (Age 37) 9th Bn.

Lieutenant Roland Mcdonald Young (Age 21) 6th Bn.

Private George Robert Yuill (Age 19) 7th Bn.

 

 

100 years ago today 22/2/1917: Corporal George Elliott 6th Bn. Wimereux Communal Cemetery, France.

 

 

WW2:

1940 Private William John Howes (Age 55) 8th (H.D.) Bn. Deane (St. Mary) Churchyard, United Kingdom. Husband of Margaret Ellen Howes, of Bolton.

1947 Private B B Griffiths (Age 22) 1st Bn. Hanover War Cemetery, Germany. Son of Isaac James Griffiths and Minnie Mary Griffiths, of Brynmawr, Brecknockshire.

1947 Private Alfred Ray (Age 33) Liverpool (Allerton) Cemetery, United Kingdom. Son of Mr. and Mrs. John Ray; husband of Doris Ray, of Dingle, Liverpool.

 

This is little Private Hubert in his Cheshire Regiment uniform at the 100th anniversery celebrations at Audregnies on 24th August 2014 – He died today, RIP little mate.

 

 

 

 

 

100 years ago today 17/1/1917: Corporal J C Cartwright 13th Bn. Hyde Park Corner (Royal Berks) Cemetery, Belgium.

Private George Colson Aslatt (Age 23) MM 10th Bn. attd. 13th Bn. Bailleul Communal Cemetery Extension, Nord, France. Son of Emma Aslatt, of The Butchers Arms, Tilston, Malpas, Cheshire.

Private William Queeney (Age 51) Brookwood 1914-1918 Memorial, United Kingdom.

 

WW2: 1944: Lieutenant William Richard Morton (Age 29) 6th Bn. Minturno War Cemetery, Italy. Son of William and Jessie Morton, of Hyde, Cheshire. Chartered Accountant.

Private Albert Edward Tiltman (Age 29) 7th Bn. Minturno War Cemetery, Italy. Son of Alfred Edward Tiltman, and of Violet Ethel Tiltman, of Melton Mowbray, Leicestershire.

 

 

also…

1912 – Robert Falcon Scott reaches South Pole, a month after Amundsen

 

101 years ago today 15/10/1915: Private George Henry Clarke (Age 33) 2nd Bn. Etaples Military Cemetery, France. Son of Henry and Esther Clarke, of 21, Chorley Hall Lane, Alderley Edge, Cheshire. Native of Alderley Edge.

Serjeant John Dalton (Age 30) 2nd Bn. Etaples Military Cemetery, France. Brother of Josephine York, of 309, Leeds Rd., Bradford, Yorks.

Private J S Aimson 9th Bn. Le Treport Military Cemetery, France.

Lance Corporal Gerard Postings (Age 25) “A” Coy. 10th Bn. Rifle House Cemetery, Belgium. Son of Joseph and Sarah Ellen Postings, of 4, Newton St., Stalybridge.

 

100 years ago today 15/10/1916: Private F Pynn (Age 19) 10th Bn. Contay British Cemetery, Contay, France. Son of Rosa Lloyd, of St. Handbridge, Chester.

Private Thomas Hume Dunlop (Age 36) 10th Bn. Etaples Military Cemetery, France. Son of The Rev. Thomas Dunlop, of Bootle, Lancs.

Serjeant W Bailey 10th Bn. Pozieres British Cemetery, Ovillers-La Boisselle, France.

Lance Corporal James Marshall (Age 29) 1st/6th Bn. Thiepval Memorial, France. Husband of Harriet Foster (Formerly Marshall), of 47A Back, Victoria St., Newton, Hyde, Cheshire.

Private Alexander Notman 1st/6th Bn. Thiepval Memorial, France.

 

Meanwhile in World War 2:

1943: Private James Dicken (Age 28) 6th Bn. Minturno War Cemetery Italy Son of Arthur and Mary Dicken; Husband of Henrietta Dicken, Of Selby, Yorkshire.

1943: Private John James Kelly (Age 21) 6th Bn. Naples War Cemetery Italy Son of Walter and Henrietta Kelly, Of Liverpool.

1944: Lieutenant Colonel Norman Travers Hankin (Age 34) Heliopolis War Cemetery Egypt Son of Seymer and Ethel Hankin; Husband of Sonia Rodney Hankin. B.A.(Oxon.).

 

VC Winner…

1918: Roland Elcock Royal Scots (Lothian Regiment) WW1 Capelle St. Catherine, France

Also…

1894 – Alfred Dreyfus arrested for spying

happy birthday…

1881 – PG Wodehouse

 

102 years ago today 14/10/1914: Private James Henry Cooper (Age 22) 1st Bn. Le Touret Memorial, France. Son of James Cooper, of Cricket St., Denton, Manchester; Husband of Nellie Moores (Formerly Cooper), of 34, Clarendon St., Hyde, Cheshire.

Private James Dunn 1st Bn. Le Touret Memorial, France.

Corporal Francis Charles Norman (Age 31) 1st Bn. Le Touret Memorial, France. Son of Henry and Catherine Norman, of 33, Alcombe Rd., Northampton.

Private Joseph Robinson (Age 20) 1st Bn. Le Touret Memorial, France. Son of the late James and Eliza Robinson; Husband of Rebecca Mary Robinson, of 289, Brook St., Birkenhead.

Private Francis Warren (Age 34) 1st Bn. Le Touret Memorial, France. Son of the late Samuel and Mary Warren; Husband of Ethel Warren, of 3, Croyden St., Salford, Manchester.

 

100 years ago today 14/10/1916: Private J T Prydderch 15th Bn. Avesnes-Le-Comte Communal Cemetery Extension, France.

Lance Corporal George Edgar Austin (Age 21) 10th Bn. Cologne Southern Cemetery, Germany. Husband of Hannah Austin, of 47, Ollershaw Lane, Marston, Northwich.

Private Walter Henry Nicholson (Age 33) 11th Bn. Contay British Cemetery, Contay, France. Son of Marian and the late William Nicholson, of Hoxton, London.

Private William Parr 10th Bn. Etaples Military Cemetery, France. Husband of E. M. Parr, of 17, Edward St., Newcastle-On-Tyne.

Second Lieutenant P S Chattaway (Age 20) 6th Bn. Lonsdale Cemetery, Authuille, France. Son of Frederick Daniel and Elizabeth Chattaway, of 151, Woodstock Rd., Oxford. Scholar of Eton and Christ Church.

Lieutenant Vernon Rains Holmes (Age 24) M C 6th Bn. Lonsdale Cemetery, Authuille, France. Son of Arthur Edmund and Hannah Maria Holmes, of 29, Manley Rd., Whalley Range, Manchester.

Private Howard Bryant (Age 20) “C” Coy. 6th Bn. Mill Road Cemetery, Thiepval, France. Son of Mr. and Mrs. Howard Bryant, of 22, Christie St., Hempshaw Lane, Stockport. Born At Leicester.

Private W A Forster (Age 28) 1st/6th Bn. Mill Road Cemetery, Thiepval, France. Husband of Lily Forster, of 16, Design St., Bolton.

Private F Garside 6th Bn. Mill Road Cemetery, Thiepval, France.

Private Ralph Lomas (Age 28) 1st/6th Bn. Mill Road Cemetery, Thiepval, France. Son of John and Mary Lomas, of Romiley, Stockport.

Private G C Sheldon (Age 22) 1st/6th Bn. Mill Road Cemetery, Thiepval, France. Son of Mr. and Mrs. Sheldon, of 2, Chestergate, Stockport.

Private James Carney 1st/6th Bn. Thiepval Memorial, France.

Private Harold Hewitt 1st/6th Bn. Thiepval Memorial, France.

Private Harry Jackson (Age 22) 1st/6th Bn. Thiepval Memorial, France. Son of Thomas and Fanny Jackson (Nee Stubbs), of 92, Duncan Rd., Longsight, Manchester.

Private Ambrose Morris (Age 19) (3745). 1st/6th Bn. Thiepval Memorial, France. Son of Mrs. M. S. Morris, of 21, Grove Rd., Millbrook, Stalybridge, Cheshire.

Private T Yarwood 13th Bn. Warloy-Baillon Communal Cemetery Extension, France.

 

Meanwhile in World War 2:

Private John G. Dooley (Age 20) 6th Bn. Caserta War Cemetery Italy Son of Martin and Mary A. Dooley, Of Sale, Cheshire.

 

VC Winner…

1858: Hanson Jarrett 26th Bengal Native Infantry Indian Mutiny Baroun, India

1899: Charles FitzClarence Royal Fusiliers 2nd Boer War Mafeking, South Africa

1915: Geoffrey Vickers Sherwood Foresters WW1 Hohenzollern Redoubt, France

1918: James McPhie Corps of Royal Engineers WW1 Aubencheul-au-Bac, France

1918: James Johnson Northumberland Fusiliers WW1 Wez Macquart, France

1918: John O’Neill Prince of Wales’s Leinster Regiment WW1 Moorsele, Belgium

1918: Martin Moffat Prince of Wales’s Leinster Regiment WW1 Ledegem, Belgium

1918: Thomas Ricketts Royal Newfoundland Regiment WW1 Ledeghem, Belgium

 

Also…

1066 – Battle of Hastings

1943 – prisoners escape from Sobibor

1943 – Schweinfurt raid by US 8th Air Force with heavy losses

1944 – Erwin Rommel commits suicide

 

Happy birthday…

1890 – Dwight D Eisenhower

1925 -Clancy Lyall (my friend on facebook until we lost this gent…cheers mate)

1927 – Roger Moore

1965 – Steve Coogan