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Boyd W Lt 8th Durham Light Infantry

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Boyd W Lt 8th Durham Light Infantry

Lieutenant WILLIAM BOYD,

Sth Durham Light Infantry, was the son of Alderman J. T. Boyd, O.D., J.P., of Durham, and was born in 1894. He entered the School as a Day Boy from Mr. Castley’s School, Durham, in September, 1909, and left at Easter, 1911, proceeding to the Durham University College of Medicine, Newcastle-on-Tyne, where he was in his second year when war was declared. Being already in the D.U.O.T.C., he received his commission in the 8th Durham Light Infantry in August, 1914, and he joined the 1/8th Battalion in France in May, 1915; he saw much heavy fighting, and was killed whilst in command of a company at Warlencourt on the 5th November, 1916.

As a runner he gained distinction at the University, which he represented in the three mile race in the Inter-University Sports.

In 1918 a marble memorial to his memory was placed in St. Nicholas Church, Durham.

Source :The War Record Of Old Dunelmians 1914-1919

Apperley N W Midshipman Royal Naval Reserve

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Apperley N W Midshipman Royal Naval Reserve

Midshipman NEWTON WYNNE APPERLEY, R.N.R., was the son of Captain N. W. Apperley, M.V.O., J.P., South End, Durham, and was born in 1894. Не came to the School as a Day Boy in May, 1909, and left in April, 1910, to join H.M. Training Ship “Mersey,” White Star Line, in which he made two voyages to Australia. His third voyage, which would have completed his training for the Merchant Service, never took place on account of the war, and he joined the R.N.R. as a Midshipman in September, 1914. After a fortnight on H.M.S. “Excellent,” Whale Island, he joined H.M.S. “Emperor of India,” 4th Battle Squadron, Admiral Duff’s Flagship, in which he spent nearly two years with the Grand Fleet. In July, 1916, he joined H.M.S. “Virginian,” 10th Cruiser Squadron, patrolling between Iceland and the Shetland Islands. He was admitted into hospital in October, 1916, and was discharged from the Navy as medically unfit, with a pension, in January, 1917. He never recovered from the effects of his illness, and eventually died at home on June 20th, 1918.

He was a member of the Marine Service Association.

Source : The War Record Of Old Dunelmians 1914-1919

Adamson R W 2nd Lt 7th Durham Light Infantry

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Adamson R W 2nd Lt 7th Durham Light Infantry

2nd Lieut. ROBERT WILLIAM ADAMSON,

7th Durham Light Infantry, was the eldest son of J. Adamson, J.P., of Durham, and was born in 1873. He came to the School as a Day Boy in May, 1886. He played in the XV. in 1890, and, after leaving in December of that year, played for Durham County, and also for the Durham City Team. During the South African War he served for three years as a volunteer in the North Staffordshire Regiment, afterwards being employed in the National Provincial Bank at Sunderland.

He was gazetted to the 7th Durham Light Infantry in October, 1914, and went to France with the 1/7th Battalion on the 19th April, 1915. His Division was plunged straight into the Second Battle of Ypres, and he was reported missing on the 24th of May, and later was officially presumed to have been killed on that date.

R. W. Adamson was the elder brother of Capt. C. Y. Adamson, O.D., who was killed on the Salonika Front.

Source : The War Record Of Old Dunelmians 1914-1919

Adamson F D Lt 2nd Border Regiment

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Adamson F D Lt 2nd Border Regiment

Lieutenant FRANCIS DOUGLAS ADAMSON,

2nd Border Regiment, was the second son of the Rov. C. E. Adamson. O.D., Rector of Houghton-le-Spring, and was born in 1891. He entered the School House in September, 1906; he played in the XV. in 1908 and 1909, and in the XI. in 1910. He left the School in July, 1910, for St. John’s College, Cambridge, where he played in his College XV., and took his degree in 1913. He was admitted a student of the Inner Temple, but on the outbreak of war enlisted in the 21st (Public Schools’ Battalion) Royal Fusiliers. Being offered a permanent commission in the Regular Army, he went to the R.M.C., Sandhurst, and was gazetted to the 2nd Battalion of the Border Regiment on the 17th March, 1915. He proceeded to France in June, and became Regimental Grenade Officer. He passed through the Battle of Loos without hurt, but six weeks later, when his Battalion was being relieved and had left the trenches, he had to return to give the relieving Bombing Officer the necessary information regarding the whereabouts of the bomb store. On his way back to his Battalion he was hit by either a sniper or a stray bullet. Death was instantaneous, and he was buried on the 17th November, the day after his death, in the Guards Cemetery at Windy Corner, Givenchy.

Source : The War Record Of Old Dunelmians 1914-1919

ADAMSON, FRANCIS DOUGLAS, B.A., Lieut.. 2nd Battn. (55th Foot) The Border Regt., 2nd s. of the Rev. Cuthbert Edward Adamson, M.A., Rector of Houghton-le-Spring, co. Durham, and Rural Dean, by his wife, Clara Isabel, dau. of P. Haggie; b. South Wesloe Vicarage, South Shields, co. Durham, 8 Oct. 1891; educ. South Shields High School, Durham School, St. John’s College, Cambridge (graduated B.A. 1913), and the Royal Military College, Sandhurst; entered the Middle Temple with a view to being called to the Bar, but on the outbreak of war in 1914, enlisted in the Public Schools Battn. of the Royal Fusiliers, from which he was selected for a course at Sandhurst, and was gazetted 2nd Lieut. to the Border Regt., 17 March, 1915, and promoted Lieut. 15 Aug. following; served with the Expeditionary Force in France, and was killed in action near Givenchy, 16 Nov. 1915. Buried in the Guards’ Cemetery there. A brother officer wrote to his father: “I have always admired your son, as we all did. In losing him the regiment has lost one of its bravest and most promising of young officers;” unm.

Source : De Ruvigny’s Roll Of Honour Vol 2

Adamson C Y Captain 8th Royal Scots Fusiliers

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Adamson C Y Captain 8th Royal Scots Fusiliers

 

Captain and Quartermaster CHARLES YOUNG ADAMSON,

Northumberland Fusiliers, the second son of J. Adamson, Esq., Durham, was born in 1875, and entered the School as a Day Boy in January, 1887. He played in the XI., of which he was Captain, from 1890 to 1893, and in the XV. from 1890 to 1892. He was a Monitor, and left in 1893. As a cricketer and footballer he represented his County for many years, and played for the North XV. v. the South on three occasions. In 1899 he was a member of the English XV. which toured Australia, and while there joined the Queensland Volunteers, with which force he saw much fighting in the South African War. Subsequently he paid a second visit to Australia, and while there played cricket for Queensland against South Australia.

When the war broke out Captain Adamson was in partnership with his father as a Stock and Share Broker. He soon obtained a commission as Quartermaster to the 23rd (Tyneside Scottish) Northumberland Fusiliers. At the beginning of 1918 he went to Salonika, and was attached to a Battallion of the Royal Scots Fusiliers. He was serving with that Regiment when he was killed in action in September, 1918.

He took the keenest interest in the School football and cricket, and the teams of later generations owed much to his enthusiastic coaching and help.

Capt. Adamson married Miss Lodge, daughter of the late Rev. J. A. Lodge, Vicar of Haverton Hill, and leaves two sons.

Source : The War Record Of Old Dunelmians 1914-1919

Baker W A Gnr 59566 Royal Field Artillery

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BAKER, WILLIAM ARTHUR, Gunner, No. 59566, 9th Battery. 41st Brigade, R.F.A., yst. s. of the late Ralph Baker, by his wife, Mary Elizabeth, dau. of the late William Petley; b. Sturry, co. Kent, 11 April, 1889; educ. London; enlisted in Sept. 1909: served for three years in India; on the outbreak of the European War was stationed at Piershill Barracks, Edinburgh; served with the Expeditionary Force in France and Flanders from Aug. 1914, and was killed in action 20 July, 1918. Buried in the British Cemetery, north-west of Albert He m. at Edinburgh, 9 Nov. 1915, Jemima (3. Haw-thorne Bank, Belford Road, Edinburgh), dau. of James Wood; s.p.

Source : De Ruvigny’s Roll Of Honour Vol 5

Baker G Dvr 83665 Royal Field Artillery

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BAKER, GEORGE, Driver, No. 83665, 50th Battery, 34th Brigade, Royal Field Artillery, only 8. of George Baker, of 79, Aston Lane, Perry Barr, Birmingham. by his wife, Lavinia Jane, dan. of George Peters, of Birmingham, Jeweller: b. Birmingham, co. Warwick, 3 Oct. 1890; educ. George Dixon’s Secondary School there (Scholar), and Birmingham School of Art (Scholar): was a Confidential Clerk at the Hamstead Colliery; enlisted in the R.F.A. 25 April, 1916; served with the Expeditionary Force in France and Flanders from 23 June, 1917, and was killed in action at Bachant 7 Nov. 1918. Buried behind the lines. His Commanding Officer wrote: “His loss is very deeply felt in the battery by both officers and men. Your son died gallantly doing his duty, under most trying conditions.” Unm.

Source : De Ruvigny’s Roll Of Honour Vol 5

Baker C V Pte 63399 2nd West Yorkshire Regiment

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BAKER, CYRIL VICTOR, Private. No. 63399, 2nd Battn. (14th Foot) The Prince of Wales’s Own (West Yorkshire Regt.). 8. of the late Walter Herbert Baker, by his wife, Lottie (Wraithing Road, Haverhill), dau. of Harry Bantick, of Ixworth. co. Suffolk; b. Great Barton, co. Suffolk. 21 May, 1897; educ. Stansfield C.C. School; was a Baker; on the outbreak of war, 4 Aug. 1914, being too young to enlist, he became a Munition Worker: joined the Essex Regt. 26 Oct. 1916: was transferred to the 15th Royal Welsh Fusiliers in Jan. 1917: to the 13th Yorkshire Regt. in April, 1918, and subsequently to the 2nd West Yorkshire Regt.: served with the Expeditionary Force in France and Flanders from Jan. 1917, and was killed in action north-east of Beauvois and north of Caudry 7 Oct. 1918. Buried where he fell. His Conmanding Officer wrote: “I more than regret his death. as he was one of the best men I had in my platoon; a good man, and well liked by all ranks.” He was awarded a certificate for distinguished conduct on the field, which stated: “During the attack on 31 July, 1917, when employed as Headquarters runner, this man did splendid work, going forward on many occasions with messages under heavy machine-gun fire. Throughout he displayed the utmost cheerfulness and disregard of danger.” Unm.

Source : De Ruvigny’s Roll Of Honour Vol 5

Bainbridge J S Lt 14th Hampshire Regiment

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Bainbridge J S Lt 14th Hampshire Regiment

BAINBRIDGE, JOHN STUART, Lieut., 14th (Service) Battn. The Hampshire Regt., 2nd 8. of John William Bainbridge, of Westoe, Lewisham, S.E., Merchant, by his wife, Elizabeth, dau, of Thomas Glass: and brother to 2nd Lieut. C. Bainbridge (q.v.); b. Lewisham, 3 Feb. 1897; educ. the Collegiate School, Catford, and Elstow School, Bedford; was a Shipowner’s Clerk; enlisted in Dec. 1914; obtained a commission as 2nd Lieut. in April, 1915, being promoted Lieut. in 1916; served with the Expeditionary Force in France and Flanders from March, 1916; took part in several engagements, including the operations at Thiepval; was invalided home in Oct. suffering from shell-shock and trench fever: on his recovery rejoined his regiment in France, March, 1917. and was killed in action at Tower Hamlets 27 Sept. following. Buried there. His Colonel wrote: “He was a good officer and leader, always cheerful under heavy fire and in the most trying conditions. It will be a little satisfaction to you to know that the attack in which your son was engaged was a magnificent success and that his death was not in vain,” and his Chaplain: “To myself it is a great personal sorrow, for I have known him so well for now nearly two years, and a straighter, better living young man I have never known, and so cool and level-headed at all times. He was one of the best.” Unm.

Source : De Ruvigny’s Roll Of Honour Vol 5

 

Bainbridge C 2nd Lt 6th East Kent Regiment

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Bainbridge C 2nd Lt 6th East Kent Regiment

BAINBRIDGE, CARLYLE, 2nd Lieut., 6th (Service) Battn. The Buffs (East Kent Regt.), eldest s. of John William Bainbridge, of Westoe, Lewisham, S.E., Merchant, by his wife, Elizabeth, dau. of Thomas Glass; and brother to Lieut. J. S. Bainbridge (q.v.); b. Lewisham, S.E., 27 Dec. 1894; educ. Catford Collegiate School, and Elstow School, Bedford; on leaving Bedford he went to Germany, where he remained for three years studying Engineering; prior to the outbreak of war he returned to England; enlisted in Aug. 1914; served with the Expeditionary Force in France and Flanders from 1 June, 1915, and was killed in action at Quarries, near Hulluch, 13 Oct. following, while leading his men under heavy fire. Buried in Ver-melles Military Cemetery. His Commanding Officer reported of him: “No work daunted him. He was always cheerful, and although of very youthful appearance, was idolized by his men, and was the favourite of the regiment.” Unm.

Source : De Ruvigny’s Roll Of Honour Vol 5