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Ancestors of Ian Watkins Honour Roll |
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World War 1 : 1914 - 1918
| Name | Rank | Service No. | Unit | Served | Notes | Medals | Service Record |
| AMBURY, Sydney Thomas | CSM (WO2) | 202 | Northumberland Fusilliers | 18 Jul 1915 - Unknown | Believed to be a career soldier. Served in the Balkans in WW1 | 1914-1915 Star British War Medal Victory Medal |
Destroyed during WW2 blitz |
| AMBURY, William | Private | PO/2071/S | Royal Marine Light Infantry
2nd Royal Marine Bn |
2/12/1917 - 14/7/1918 | Served in France and captured by enemy 24 March 1918. Died 14 July 1918 from disease whilst POW. Buried at Valenciennes (St Roch) Communal Cemetery (FR 1142) | Victory Medal, British War Medal | |
| ASTON,
Arthur John
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Private | 13255 | A.I.F. 12th Field Ambulance | 13 Jul 1915- 10 June 1917
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Died of wounds received in action, Belgium. Buried at Bailleul Communal Cemetery, France | 1914-1915 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal | |
| ASTON, Ernest Edward | Private | 7116 | A.I.F. 3rd Machine Gun Battalion |
16 Oct 1916 - 17 July 1919 |
Served in France - Survived | 1914-1915 Star British War Medal Victory Medal |
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| ASTON, Ernest Edwin | Bombadier | 79224 | Royal Field Artillery | 8 Aug 1914 - 28 June 1919 | Servied in France and survived. British Army Reservist until 28 Aug 1928. Joined Australian Militia Forces 25 Nov 1929 | 1914-1915 Star British War Medal Victory Medal |
Destroyed during WW2 blitz |
| ASTON, Harold | Private | 187806 | MGC Training Battalion | 16 Dec 1915 - 14 Dec 1918 |
Served in Army Reserve until 20 April 1918 when mobilised. Did not serve overseas. | ||
| AULT,
Edwin Joseph
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Sergeant | 865 | A.I.F. 7th Battalion, 2nd Infantry Brigade |
5 Sept 1914 - 25 April 1915 |
Missing (and killed) in
Action, first day of landing at Gallipoli,
Turkey Body not found. Court of Inquiry held to determine nature of death. |
1914-1915 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal | |
| AULT,
Victor Albert
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Private | 71 | A.I.F. 6th Light Trench Mortar Battery |
18 Feb 1915 - 2 April 1919 |
Served in
Egypt,
Gallipoli, Turkey &
France.
Wounded in Action 15 Aug 1918 - Survived |
1914-1915 Star, British War Medal Victory Medal | |
| BEAVAN, Wilfred Price
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Gunner | 220670 | "D" Bty. 124th Bde., Royal Field Artillery | Unknown
12 Nov 1917 |
Killed in Action, West Flanders, Belgium. Buried at Voormezeele Enclosures 1 and 2, Grave I.M. 2 | Victory Medal, British War Medal | Destroyed during WW2 blitz |
| BIRDS, Samuel Buttery | Major | Unknown | 72nd Seaforth Highlanders | 28/12/1915 - Unknown | Saw action in France. Survived and was awarded th Military Medal & Distinguished Service Medal | MM & DSM | |
| BOSLEY, Oswald
Baynham Dufty
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Private | 3148 | A.I.F 43rd Battalion | 4 January 1917 - 6 April 1918 | Killed in Action, France. Buried at Heilly Station Cemetery, Mericourt-L'Abbe, France | 1914-1915 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal | |
| BREASLEY,
Leslie
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Private | 6961 | A.I.F. 3rd Battalion, 23rd Reinforcements |
26 Oct 1916 - 20 Sep 1917 |
Killed in Action, Belgium Commemorated on the Menin Gate Memorial, Ypres, France | 1914-1915 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal | |
| BURGWYN, Charles Albert | Private | 41520 | 23rd (Service) BN, The Welsh Regiment, The Welsh Pioneers | 9 Oct 1915 - 11 Feb 1916 | Discharged after convicted in civil court of assault occassioning actual bodily harm and sentenced to 18 months hard labour. Offence occurred prior to enlistment and conviction whist serving. | ||
| BUTTERY,
Charles Henry |
Second Lieutenant | Unknown | 6th Bn. The King's (Liverpool Regiment) | Unknown - 1/10/1916 | Served in France. Died of
wounds in the Somme. Buried at Heilly Station Cemetery, Mericourt-L'abbe,
Somme, France
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Unknown | |
| BUTTREY, John
Edward
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Private | 28196 | Durham Light Infantry | 19 Nov 1915 - 21 Mar 1918 | Killed (missing) in Action, Somme, France. Commemorated on the Poziers Memorial, Somme, France | British War Medal Victory Medal | |
| BUTTREY, George Armitage | Driver | 890655 | 4th East Anglia Brigade Royal Field Artillery | 7/ Sep 1914 - 14 Dec 1918 | Served in England as Driver of Munitions | Unknown | |
| BUTTERY, Richard | Sergeant | 15862 | West Yorkshire Regiment (Prince of Wales's Own) | 1914-1918 | Served in France. Received two bravery awards. Survived. Brother of Thomas Frederick Buttery | Distinguished Conduct Medal
(DCM) Military Medal (MM) 1914-1915 Star,
British War
Medal, Victory Medal
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| BUTTERY, Thomas
Frederick
| Sergeant | 306795 | West Yorkshire Regiment (Prince of Wales's Own) | Unknown - 28 Jul 1918 | Served in France. Killed in action. Buried at Chambrecy Cemetery, Marne, France. Brother of Richard Buttery | Military Medal (MM)
British War Medal, Victory Medal |
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| BUTTERY, Reginald | Second Lieutenant | Unknown | East Yorkshire Regiment, 5th (Cyclist) Bn (Territorial) | 15 Nov 1915 - 27/11/1918 | Served in France - Survived. Brother of Walter (below) | British War Medal, Victory Medal | |
| BUTTERY, Walter
| Second Lieutenant | 9774, 763775 | East Yorkshire Regiment, 5th (Cyclist) Bn (Territorial) & 28th London Regiment | Unknown - 20/8/1918 | Killed in action. Buried at Outtersteene Communal Cenetery Extension, Bailleul, France (ref IV. V.16).> Brother of Reginald (above). | British War Medal Victory Medal | |
| DAVIS, William Henry | Private | 88454 | Machine Gun Corps | 10 Dec 1915- 4 Jan 1919 |
Served in France - Survived | British War Medal Victory Medal | |
| EMERSON, Frank
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Second Lieutenant | 961, 200618 | 5th London Regiment (London Rifle Brigade) | 24 Jan 1917 - 26 Aug 1918 | Corporal then commissioned 30 April 1918. Killed in action on The Somme battlefield. Buried at Peronne Road Cemetery, Maricourt, France (Grave II C 17) | Victory Medal, British War Medal | |
| FRANCIS, William James | Private | 7810907 | Machine Gun Corps | 8 Jan 1917 - 31 March 1921 | Served in France. Discharged due to contracting malaria | Victory Medal, British War Meda | |
| GEDDES, John
Hugh Zealand |
Private | 8/726 | Otago Regiment, N.Z.E.F. | Unknown - 9 May 1915 | Killed in action at Gallipoli. Remembered at the Lone Pine Memorial | Unknown | |
| GITTOES, Henry Price | Private | 30252 | 394 Agricultural Coy. | 23 May 1918- 16 Sep 1919 |
Survived. No overseas service. | ||
| GLEDHILL, Horace | Second Lieutenant | 1561, 776846 | 3rd Batt 1st WR Bde RFA 49 Div. Royal Air Force | 4 Nov 1915 - After 1920 | Survived. Served in France | 1914-1915 Star British War Medal Victory Medal | |
| HAGGAR, Henry John | Private | 202584 | Army Service Corps, 335 Motor Transport Company | 16 Aug 1916- 3 June 1919 | Served in France | Victory Medal, British War Medal | |
| HEFFER, Christopher Evan | Corporal | 72486 | Royal Engineers, 2 Signal Coy (Motorcyclists) | 28 Dec 1914 - 29 Dec 1915 | Survived. No overseas service. Released from military duty owing to nature of occupation (motor mechanic). | 1914-1915 Star British War Medal Victory Medal | |
| HEFFER, Hubert Phillips | Unknown | 28771 | Motorcycle Corps | 15/10/1914 - Unknown | Unknown | 1914-1915 Star British War Medal Victory Medal | Destroyed during WW2 blitz |
| HOBDAY, Edgar Sydney | Gunner | 1305 930465 | 2 London Bde Royal Field Artillery | 15 Sep 1914 - | Survived after serving in France | 1914-1915 Star British War Medal Victory Medal | |
| HOBDAY, Henry Cecil | Private | 10767 | 11th Btn, 'The Queens Own', Royal West Kent Regiment | 4 Nov 1915 - 22 Feb 1916 | Lied about his age on enlistment (15yo) and was discharged | Unknown | |
| HOPTON, Herbert | Sergeant | 84880 | Royal Field Artillery 43rd Battery | 24 Aug 1914 - 31 Mar 1920 | Survived. Served in France | 1914-1915 Star British War Medal Victory Medal | |
| HOWELL, Alexander Frederick | Private | 2326 | A.I.F 3rd Pionneer Battalion | 6 Jun 1916- 25 Jun 1919 |
Survived. Served in France | 1914-1915 Star British War Medal Victory Medal | |
| JONES, Reginald Alfred
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Private | 49356 93611 | South Wales Borderers 17th Battalion Royal Welsh Fusiliers | 19 Apr 1918 - 22 Oct 1918 |
Died of Wounds, Cambrai, France, Buried at Awoingt British Cemetery, Cambrai, France | British War Medal Victory Medal | |
| KILBY, Sydney
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Gunner | 13307 | Royal Field Artillery | 18 Jul 1915
- 16 Aug 1916 |
Died of wounds. Buried at Christchurch. Forest of Dean Churchyard | 1914-1915 Star British War Medal Victory Medal | |
| KILBY,
Edward John
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Corporal | 1452 39932 | 12th Battalion South Wales Borderers, | Unknown - 14 May 1917 |
Killed in Action,The Somme, France. Buried at La Chapelette British and Indian Cemetery, Peronne, France | Victory Medal, British War Medal | |
| LEWIS, John
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Private | 5166 235389 241513 | Royal Welsh
Fusiliers
Welsh Regiment
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30 Sep 1915 - 22 Apr 1918 |
Served in Balkans. Died of Wounds. Buried at Bagneaux British Cemetery, Gezaincourt, Somme, France | Victory Medal British War Medal 1914-1915 Star | |
| LINTON,
Stephen John
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Private | 6847 | A.I.F. 20th Reinforcements 22nd Battalion |
7 Jul 1917- 5 Dec 1919 |
Survived. Served in Egypt and France | 1914-1915 Star British War Medal Victory Medal |
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| LINTON.
William Aston
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Private | 2259 | A.I.F. 6th Batallion |
6 Nov 1914 - 8 May 1915 |
Missing (and killed) in Action, Gallipoli, Turkey. Court of Inquiry held to determine nature of death.Buried at Lancashire Landing Cemetery Cape Helles, 600 yards north of "W" beach, Gallipoli | 1914-1915 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal | |
| MADDOCKS, Frederick | QM Sgt. | 1174 | Royal Fusiliers & School of Musketry | 2 Oct 1914 - 22 Oct 1918 | Former QMS with
Grenadier Guards.
Served in homeland |
1914-1915 Star British War Medal Victory Medal |
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| MANNING, Henry Frederick | Lieutenant | 133 |
A.I.F.
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8 Aug 1914 - 14 July 1919 | Served at Gallopili and in France. Promoted from Gunner to Sergeant to 2nd Lieutenant and Lieutenant. Survived. | 1914-1915 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal | |
| MARFELL, Hubert James | Gunner | 167857 | Royal Regiment of Artillery | 18 Nov 1915 - 13 Oct 1919 |
Army Reserve until mobliised 30 June 1917 | British War Medal Victory Medal | |
| MAURICE, Harry Law | Fitter | 2684 | A.I.F 7th Field Company Engineers & 17th Anzac Light Railways | 6 Sep 1915- 9 Aug 1919 |
Survived - served in Egypt
and France
(also served in WW2) |
British War Medal Victory Medal | |
| McKELLAR, Harold James
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Corporal | 139 | A.I.F. 34th Battalion | 8 Jan 1916- 6 Apr 1918 |
Died of wounds (gunshot to thigh) in France. Buried in St Sever Cemetery, Rouen, Seine-Maritime, France |
British War Medal Victory Medal |
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| MORRIS, William Jack | Sergeant | 2868 | A.I.F
5th Field Ambulance & ANZAC Light Railways Unit |
26 Jan 1915
-27 Jun 1919 |
Served in France. Survived | 1914-1915 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal | |
| ROBERTSON, James KIng | Lieutenant (Pilot) | 22597 | Australian Flying Corp. No. 3 Squadron | 29 Nov 1916 - 13 May 1919 |
Survived. Served in England and France |
British War Medal Victory Medal |
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| ROBERTSON, :Leslie | Lieutenant | 24560 | A.I.F. 3rd Division Signal Co. | 17 Dec 1915 - 9 Apr 1919 |
Survived. Served in England and France |
British War Medal Victory Medal |
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| ROBERTSON, William Lincoln | Captain (Doctor) | Unknown | A.I.F. Royal Australian Medical Corps. |
1915 | Service record has been lost. William claims that he was one of 100 doctors sent to Europe in 1915 by D.G.M.S.for 12 months active service with the R.A.M.C. | Unknown | |
| SALMOND, William Geoffrey Hanson | Air Chief Marshall | Unknown | Royal Artillery
R.F.C. - R.A.F. |
Survived. Served in various senior postions in a number of theatres- see individual's page for service history. | 1914-1915 Star British War Medal Victory Medal also awarded K.C.B K.C.G.M. D.S.O.
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| THOMPSON, Frederick William | Lance Corporal | 72913 | Telegraph Co, Royal Engineers | 16/5/1911 - 6 Mar 1919 | Discharged from the Territorial Force on 12 March 1915 to join the Regular Army | 1914-1915 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal | |
| TOVEY, Clement John | Private | 028016 | Army Ordinance Corps | 9 Dec 1915 - 29 Nov 1917 | Service record destroyed in WW2 blitz. Pension record shows medically discharged after serving in France |
British War Medal Victory Medal |
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| TREHERNE, Walter | Driver | 105479 | Royal Regiment of Artillery | 1915 | Only first two pages of service record survive. Where and when served unknown |
British War Medal Victory Medal |
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| TURTON, John
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Private | 14574 | West Yorkshire Regiment (Prince of Wales Own) | 10 Sep 1915 - 3 May 1916 |
Killed in Action, The Somme France. Buried at Voormezeele Enclosure No.3, Belgium | 1914-1915 Star British War Medal Victory Medal | |
| WATKINS,
Gilbert
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Private | DM2/129925 | Army Service Corps 4th Auxilliary Pertol Company | 4 Oct 1915 - 16 Dec 1918 | Died on active service in France from influenza and bronco pneumonia. Buried St Sever Cemetery Extension, Rouen, France | British War Medal | |
| WATKINS, William Allan | Sapper | 20451 | A.I.F. 5th Division Signal Company | 15 May 1917 - 13 Sep 1919 |
Survived.
Served in
Egypt, England & France |
1914-1915 Star British War Medal Victory Medal |
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| WOODHAM,
Charles Burnett
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Captain | 1st Btn.
Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry |
1914 -15 Jun 1915 | Career soldier.
Killed in Action. Buried at
First DCLI Cemetery, The Bluff, Ieper, West Vlaanderen, Belgium.
Brother of Ernest Woodham. |
D.S.O &
Mentioned in Despatches
1914-1915 Star |
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WOODHAM, Ernest
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Private | 2755 | A.I.F.
32nd Btn |
21 Dec 1915 -16 Feb 1916 | Served in France. Killed by
Gas shell & multiple wounds. Buried at Bernafay Wood, British Cemetery, Montauban, France.
Brother of Charles Burnett Woodham |
1914-1915 Star British War Medal Victory Medal |
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| WRIGHT-BALDOCK,
Ernest Joseph
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Private | 2704 | 1st Pioneer Btn | 13 mar 1916 - 4 Oct 1917 | Killed in action - Ypres. Buried at Dorchy Farm New British Cemetery, Langemark-Poelkapelle, Belgium | 1914-1915 Star British War Medal Victory Medal |
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