Author Archive: WW1 Photos

Barnes G F Cpl MM 20755 Royal Garrison Artillery

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Barnes G F Pte Royal Garrison Artillery

Barnes George Francis Cpl MM 20755 Royal Garrison Artillery

Of Leytonsone

Source : The Vivid 20th Feb 1915

Born 11th Mar 1886 Leytonstone.  Parents David Francis and Elizabeth Barnes.

Married Catherine Jane Brown 17th Aug 1908 at Leytonstone

To France 10th Aug 1914

Awarded Military Medal For Bravery In The Field. Gazette Date 1st Sep 1916 Page 8653

Wounded. Date of report 3rd Aug 1918

Entitled to wear Wound Stripe.

Attained rank of Corporal.

On 1939 Register Listed As Paint Works Foreman Now Disabled

Address 147, Harrow Road, Leytonstone, Essex.

Died Oct 1939 Age 56.

Barlow T H C Tpr 5318 20th Hussars Attd Royal Horse Guards

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Barlow T Tpr Royal Horse Guards

Tom Harold Cornthwaite Barlow Tpr 5318 20th Hussars Attd Royal Horse Guards

Of Salford

Source : The Vivid 10th Apr 1915

To France 7th Oct 1914

Killed In Action 2nd Nov 1914

Husband of Ruth Barlow, of 28, Vernon St, Longsight, Manchester.

Commemorated On Ypres (Menin Gate) Memorial

Bannister E F Dvr M2/019855 Army Service Corps

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Bannister E F Dvr Army Service Corps

Bannister Ernest F Dvr M2/019855  Army Service Corps

Of Watford

Source : The Vivid 6th Mar 1915

To France 22nd Dec 1914

Wounded. Report Date 11th Mar 1918. 

Entitled to wear a Wound Stripe.

Attained the rank of Sergeant.

Died Apr 1934 in Watford. Aged 56.

Bambrough H W Pte 22184 12th Durham Light Infantry

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Bambrough H Pte Durham Light Infantry

Bambrough Herbert William Pte 22184 12th Durham Light Infantry

Of Killamarsh

Source : The Vivid 17th Apr 1915

Born 1886 in Thornaby-On-Tees

Married Winifred Fretwell 28th Dec 1912

Killed In Action 17th Jul 1916 Age 30

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial France  Pier and Face 14 A and 15 C.

Husband of Winifred Evan (formerly Bambrough), of Netherthorpe Lane, Killamarsh, Sheffield.

 

Ball V H S Gnr 308164 Royal Garrison Artillery

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Ball V H S Gnr Royal Garrison Artillery

Ball Vernon Herbert Stanley Gnr 308164 Royal Garrison Artillery Lancashire Heavy Brigade

Of Liverpool

Source : The Vivid 20th Mar 1915

Born 18th Sep 1887 Liverpool

Enlisted in the Royal Garrison Artillery

Awarded British War Medal an Victory Medal

1939 Was Working As An Electric Sub Station Attendant

Died Mar 1957 Aged 69

Ball H V Pte 3/5643 6th Duke Of Cornwall’s Light Infantry

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Ball Harold Vanderbilt Pte 3/5643 6th Duke Of Cornwall’s Light Infantry

Of Dubbers (Dubbers Pit Near Karslake, Cornwall)

Source : The Vivid 24th Apr 1915

Born 25th Dec 1898 (DOB on enlistment given as 1896) Parents Samuel and Mary Ball

Enlisted 28th Aug 1914 Age 15

To France 16th Dec 1914

Wounded  (Report Date 23rd  Nov 1915)

Gun Shot Wound Left Leg, Compound Fracture Left Femur

Gun Shot Wound Left Fore Arm

Entitled to wear a Wound Stripe.

Awarded Silver War Badge No 163059

Discharged 23rd Apr 1917

Address 4, Stephen’s Row, Mt Charles, St Austell, Cornwall.

Married Dorothy C A Stark Redruth, Cornwall Jan 1919

Died 23rd July 1970