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Baldwin A A Lt 5th Loyal North Lancs Regiment

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Baldwin A A Lt 5th Loyal North Lancs Regiment

BALDWIN, ALLEN AQUILA, Lieut., 2/5th (Territorial) Battn. The Loyal North Lancashire Regt., eldest s. of the late Dr. Aquila Baldwin, of Birmingham, by his wife, Amanda Mary, dau. of George E. Allen, of Birmingham, Jeweller; b. Birmingham, co. Warwick, 7 Jan. 1887; educ. High School there, and Malvern College; was trained at the Inns of Court, London, and Berkhampsted, 1915; gazetted 2nd Lieut. Loyal North Lancashire Regt. 1 Jan. 1916; served with the Expeditionary Force in France and Flanders from Feb. 1917, and was killed in action at Kemmel Hill 26 April, 1918. Buried where he fell. He m. in London, 15 Jan. 1918, Artye, dau. of Charles William Crouch, of Hastings, and had a dau.

Source : De Ruvigny’s Roll Of Honour Vol 5

Baldock S T Pte 5050 2nd Queen’s Own Royal West Kent Regiment

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ALDOCK, STEPHEN THOMAS, Private, No. 5050, The Queen’s Own (Royal West Kent Regt.), 2nd s. of Charles Henry Baldock, of 4, Woodland Villas, Pembury; b. Brenchley, co. Kent, 1891; educ. Lamberhurst; volunteered for active service, and enlisted in the Royal West Kent Regt. 20 Dec. 1914: served with the Expeditionary Force in France and Flanders; was severely wounded in May, 1915, and invalided home; on recovery, proceeded to Mesopotamia in Feb. 1916, and was killed in action there 28 Oct. 1918. Buried where he fell; unm.

Source : De Ruvigny’s Roll Of Honour Vol 5

Baldie G Pte 319142 Labour Corps

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BALDIE, G., Private, No. 319142, Labour Corps, s. of the late William Baldie, of Largo, co. Fife; b. Lower Largo, co. Nottingham, 13 Dec. 1890: educ. there; volunteered for active service, and joined the 3/5th Royal Scots 17 Sept. 1915; was transferred to the Labour Corps in Rutlandshire in 1916, and died at Berwick 9 Dec. 1918, of heart failure, contracted while on service. Buried at Hawick. He m. at Edinburgh, 24 Oct. 1915, Kate (2. Langlands Road, Hawick), dau. of the late G. Thorburn; s.p.

Source : De Ruvigny’s Roll Of Honour Vol 5

Balbirnie J V E 2nd Lt 23rd Royal Fusiliers

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Balbirnie J V E 2nd Lt 23rd Royal Fusiliers

BALBIRNIE, JOHN VICTOR ELPHINSTONE, 2nd Lieut., 23rd (Service) Battn. The Royal Fusiliers (City of London Regt.), only surv. s. of the late Hugh De Vaux Balbirnie, Doctor of Medicine, by his wife, Rosa Katherine, dau, of the late Squire Heaton, of Sheffield: b. Upper-thorpe, Sheffield, co. York, 30 May, 1887; edue. Central Secondary School, Sheffield; was in the Sheffield Banking Company, Ltd..; volunteered for active service, and joined the 31st Royal Fusiliers in Feb. 1916; served in 6th and 32nd Royal Fusiliers from Oct. 1916; trained in the 15th (Artists’ Rifles) Officers’ Cadet Battn. at Romford in Sept. 1917; received a commission 51st (Grad.) Battn. (Newmarket) and was gazetted 2nd Lieut. Royal Fusiliers in Jan. 1918; served with the Expeditionary Force in France and Flanders from Sept. 1916, till July, 1917, also from Aug. 1918, and was killed in action between Daignes and the Canal du Nord 7 Sept. 1918. Buried where he fell, near the village of Dernicourt.

His Commanding Officer wrote: ” He fell when most gallantly leading forward his men. He was such a promising officer, a great favourite with us all, and we miss him so much,” and a brother officer “…..This caused a check, and your husband, upon getting to know what had happened, immediately took entire charge, and urged the men to proceed. He, too, exposed himself, and was shot through the head, and killed instantly ……your husband’s death was caused by his devotion to duty, and by his prompt action he kept up the morale of the remaining men.”

He m. at Sheffield, 26 Dec. 1917, Isabella Elizabeth (2, Ashgate Road, Sheffield), dau. of the late Thomas (and Elizabeth) MacDonald, of Liverpool, and had a son, John Patrick Elphinstone, b. 3 Feb. 1919.

Source : De Ruvigny’s Roll Of Honour Vol 5

Brown A G Lt 3rd Attd 10th Northumberland Fusiliers

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Brown A G Lt 3rd Attd 10th Northumberland Fusiliers

Lieutenant ALAN GEORGE BROWN,

3rd Northumberland Fusiliers, was the son of Mrs. G. Brown, Stockton-on-Tees, and was born in 1894. He entered the School House in September, 1906, and was in the XI. from 1908 to 1911. He played in the XV. of 1911, and was a Monitor. He left in December, 1911, and was employed with Messrs. Feetham and Grieveson, Newcastle, until the war broke out. In September, 1914, he enlisted in the 21st (Public Schools’ Battalion) Royal Fusiliers, and served in France and Flanders from the Autumn, 1915, till April, 1916, when he came home to qualify for a commission. He was gazetted Second Lieutenant, 3rd Northumberland Fusiliers, in August, 1916, and joined the 10th Battalion of that Regiment in France in February, 1917, where he served until the Battalion was moved to Italy in Noveniber, 1917. He served in Italy from that date until the 27th October, 1918, when he was killed while crossing the River Piave during an attack. He was mentioned in despatches.

During his time at the School A. G. Brown was prom-inent as a slow, left hand bowler, and took many wickets in the four seasons in which he was a member of the XI. In 1911 he took 60 wickets at a cost of 14-3 runs each-an excellent average for a slow bowler.

Source : The War Record Of Old Dunelmians 1914-1919

Briggs-Gooderham E J R 2nd Lt 3rd Royal Irish Regiment Attd Machine Gun Corps

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Briggs-Gooderham E J R 2nd Lt 3rd Royal Irish Regiment Attd Machine Gun Corps

2nd Lieut. the Reverend ERNEST JOHN ROBINSON BRIGGS GOODERHAM.

3rd Royal Irish Rifles, was the son of J. R. Briggs Gooderham, Esq., and nephew of the Rev. A. Gooderham, Vicar of Chillingham. He was born in 1889, and entered the School House in September, 1903. He left in July, 1908, for Caius College, Cambridge, where he took his B.A. (2nd Class Theological Tripos) in 1911. He was ordained Deacon in 1912, and was Curate of Christ Church, Crouch End. In April, 1915, he enlisted in the Norfolk Regiment, and he received his commission in the Royal Irish Rifles in that year. Whilst serving in France he was attached to the Machine Gun Corps, and he was killed in action on the 13th December, 1916.

Source : The War Record Of Old Dunelmians 1914-1919

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