Author Archive: WW1 Photos

Auden G W Cadet Royal Air Force

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AUDEN, GEOFFREY WILLIAM, Cadet, Royal Air Force, yr. s. of the Rev. Alfred Millington Auden, Vicar of Church Broughton, co. Derby, by his wife, Edith Elizabeth, 2nd dau. of the late Rev. A. A. Jenkins, Rector of St. Peter’s, Galashiels; b. Clun, co. Salop, 11 Sept. 1900; educ. Clyngarth School, Chelten-ham, and Rossall School; joined the Royal Air Force as Cadet 23 Oct. 1918, and died in Hampstead Military Hospital 4 Nov. following, of pneumonia, following influenza, contracted while training. Buried at Church Broughton; unm.

Source : De Ruvigny’s Roll Of Honour Vol 5

Atwell R E Lt 4/6th Connaught Rangers Attd 12th Royal Irish Rifles

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ATWELL, ROBERT ERSKINE, Lieut., 4/6th (Service) Battn. The Connaught Rangers, attd. 12th (Service) Battn. Princess Victoria’s (Royal Irish Rifles), eldest surv. s. of the late Richard Atwell, of Glenart, Blackrock, co. Dublin, by his wife, Sarah Margretta (10, Braid Hills Road, Edinburgh), only dau. of the late Robert Wright, of Stirling; b. Sandymount, co. Dublin, 26 Oct. 1882; educ. Craigmount and Edinburgh Institutions; was employed in the Standard Life Insurance Company; volunteered for active service, and joined the Lothian and Border Horse in Dec. 1914; received a commission, and was gazetted 2nd Lieut. 6th Connaught Rangers 25 Jan. 1917, being promoted Lieut. in Aug. 1918; served with the Expeditionary Force in France and Flanders from March, 1917, where he took part in many engagements; was invalided home, suffering from shell-shock, in Aug. of the same year; returned to France 22 April, 1918; was subsequently attached to the 12th Royal Irish Rifles, and was killed in action at Neuve Eglise 2 Sept. following, while leading his men under very heavy fire. Buried about one and a half miles from Neuve Eglise, beside the main road to Bailleul; unm.

Source : De Ruvigny’s Roll Of Honour Vol 5

Attwell W H Coy Qtr Mst Sergt 153982 13th Royal Fusiliers

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ATTWELL, WILLIAM HENRY, Coy. Quartermaster-Sergt. No. 153982, The Royal Fusiliers (City of London Regt.), eldest s. of the late William Henry Attwell, by his wife, Matilda Cooper (St. Clement, Thames Ditton), dau. of Joseph (and Matilda) Flaxman; educ. Holborn Estate Grammar School; was a Chartered Accountant; joined the Royal Fusiliers in 1915, being appointed Sergt.-Instructor to various regiments in England, and was subsequently employed in the Quarter-master’s Department at Eastbourne and High Wycombe Hospitals, and died at St. Albans War Hospital 26 March, 1919, of illness contracted while on service. Buried at Thames Ditton Cemetery. He served on the committee of the Thames Ditton Conservative Association, and was a prominent worker at parliamentary elections there. He was also interested in cricket, and was formerly honorary secretary of the local cricket club; unm.

Source : De Ruvigny’s Roll Of Honour Vol 5

Atkinson W W Pte 322607 6th Royal Fusiliers

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ATKINSON, WALTER WILLIAM, Private, No. 322607, 6th (Reserve) Battn. The Royal Fusiliers (City of London Regt.), s. of the late Walter Atkinson, of Hammersmith, W.; b. Hammersmith, W.; educ. there; enlisted 23 May, 1916; served with the Expeditionary Force in France and Flanders, and was killed in action 4 April, 1918. He m. at Hammersmith, W., Martha (47, Queen’s Street, Hammersmith, W.), dau. of John James Goater, and had two daughters, Florence and Dorothy.

Source : De Ruvigny’s Roll Of Honour Vol 5

Atkinson A F C Lt Royal Engineers

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ATKINSON, ARNOLD FRANCIS CROSSLEY, Lieut., Royal Engineers, eldest s. of the Rev. F. Atkinson, of Blackwater House, The College, Eastbourne, by his wife, Edith Blanche, dau. of the late John Crossley, J.P.; b. Musselburgh, co. Midlothian, 12 March, 1898; educ. Tyttenhanger Lodge, St. Albans; Eton (King’s Scholar), and the Royal Military Academy, Woolwich; gazetted 2nd Lieut., Royal Engineers, 26 Aug. 1916; promoted Lieut. 26 Feb. 1918; served with the Expeditionary Force in France and Flanders from July, 1917; proceeded to Italy in the following Dec., returning to France in April, 1918; was sent to India, being appointed to the 75th Coy., 3rd Sappers and Miners, in Nov. of the same year, and was accidentally killed at Kirgi, North-West Frontier Province, 22 Jan. 1919. Buried at Tank, North-West Frontier Province, India.. A brother officer wrote: “We all loved him in the company, a boy of extraordinary energy and courage. I remember him volunteering to blow up a bridge in No Man’s Land under heavy German fire, and doing the work most successfully,” and another: “A most promising young officer, of great capacity.” While at Eton he was head of the Army Class, gaining the Head Master’s Prize and the Hamilton Army Class Divinity Prize; unm.

Source : De Ruvigny’s Roll Of Honour Vol 5

Atkins S J Pte 100279 Royal Engineers

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ATKINS, SIDNEY JAMES, Private, No. 100279. Royal Engineers, s. of the late George Atkins, of Tottenham, N.; b. Hastings, co. Sussex; educ. there joined the Royal Engineers in June, 1915; served with the Expeditionary Force in France and Flanders, and died at Edmonton in 1918, from influenza contracted while on service. Buried in Tottenham Cemetery; unm.

Source : De Ruvigny’s Roll Of Honour Vol 5

Ashton N Cpl 24323 New Zealand Expeditionary Force

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Ashton N Cpl 24323 New Zealand Expeditionary Force

ASHTON, NORMAN, Corpl., No. 24323, 16th Platoon, 16th Waikato, 2nd Auckland Infantry Battn., New Zealand Expeditionary Force, s. of Thomas Atherton Ashton, of Mount Albert, Auckland, New Zealand, by his wife, Elizabeth Eleanor, dau. of Thomas Pearson, of Pendleton, Manchester; b. Pendleton aforesaid, 12 June, 1881; educ. Point Chevalier Public School, and Prince Albert College, Auckland; was in business as an Indent Agent; joined the 17th Reinforcement 4 April, 1916; left for England 23 Sept.; served with the Expeditionary Force in France and Flanders from 21 Dec. 1916, and was killed in action at Passchendaele 4 Oct. 1917. Buried at the foot of the Ridge. He m. at Mount Albert, Auckland, Methodist Church, 17 Nov. 1915, Grace Florence (Mount Albert, Auckland, New Zealand), dau. of Samuel Edward Shrimpton, of Streatham, London, S.W., and had a son, Desmond Norman, b. 5 Oct. 1916.

Source : De Ruvigny’s Roll Of Honour Vol 5

Ashton F W Rev Army Chaplain

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ASHTON, FREDERICK WILLIAM, Capt. The Rev., Chaplain to the Forces, attd. Royal Air Force, elder s. of the late William Henry Ashton, by his wife, Lucy, dau. of (-) Beabey; b. Sheepwash, co. Devon, 4 May, 1885; educ. Plymouth Public School; Wood-brook Settlement, and Victoria College, Manchester; was ordained Minister, United Methodist Church, in 1910; volunteered for active service, and gazetted Chaplain to the Forces 1 Nov. 1918, and died at the Base Hospital, Sheffield, on the 18th of that month, from influenza, contracted while on service. Buried in the General Cemetery there; unm.

Source : De Ruvigny’s Roll Of Honour Vol 5

Ashdown J Pte 70211 17th Notts & Derby Regiment

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Ashdown J Pte 70211 17th Notts & Derby Regiment

ASHDOWN, JOHN, Private, No. 70211, 17th (Service) Battn. The Sherwood Foresters (Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regt.), only s. of the late John Henry Ashdown, of Stoke Newington, N., by his wife, Sarah, dau. of Charles Abbitt; b. Blackheath, S.E., 15 Nov. 1880; educ. St. Matthias School, Stoke Newington, N.; was employed as a Packer; enlisted 22 March, 1916; served with the Expeditionary Force in France and Flanders, and was killed in action 20 Oct. 1916. Buried near Thiépval. Lieut. E. L. Else wrote: “He was killed by a shell during one of the tours of the company in the front-line trench, and as far as I am able to find out was buried in a cemetery behind the lines near Thiépval.” Unm.

Source : De Ruvigny’s Roll Of Honour Vol 5

Ashby L 2nd Lt 5th Lancashire Fusiliers

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Ashby L 2nd Lt 5th Lancashire Fusiliers

ASHBY, LESLIE, 2nd Lieut. 2/5th (Territorial) Battn. The Lancashire Fusiliers, only s. of John Ashby, of Underwood, Whaley Bridge, near Stockport, by his wife, Annie, dau. of Richard Bennett; 6. Whaley Bridge aforesaid, 18 Oct. 1898; educ. Silcoates School, Wakefield, and on leaving there joined the staff of the Manchester and County Bank, Stockport, remaining there until March, 1917, when he Joined the Army, and was sent to a Training Reserve Battn. at Rugeley Camp, co. Stafford; was subsequently recommended for a commission, and attached to the 21st Officers” Cadet Battn., Twezledown Camp, Fleet; obtained his commission in June, 1918, being gazetted to the 4th Battn. Lancashire Fusiliers at Barry and Swansea; served with the Expeditionary Force in France and Flanders from 21 Aug, following, when he was attached to the 2/5th Battn. of his regiment in the 55th Division (West Lancashire), and was killed in action during the attack on Tournai 21 Oct. 1918. Buried in Froidmont Communal Cemetery. His Company Commander, Capt. Broadbent, wrote: “We were fighting for Tournai, and had reached a point one and a half miles from its western outskirts, when we were held up by strong enemy resistance for several days. Second Lieut. Ashby’s platoon was farthest forward when we stopped our advance. I was deeply grieved to lose him he was a promising officer, well liked by his men, and I personally looked on him as a younger brother. His unfailing good-nature and sunny disposition endeared him to us all,” and a brother officer: “He had done some excellent work in pushing out the enemy, and got his men into position, then went out to reconnoitre, when he was fired upon by a sniper and hit. He was much loved by all of us, and was always cheerful and bright and never grumbled.” He was very musical, and often acted as pianist in battalion concerts, both at home and in France; unm.

Source : De Ruvigny’s Roll Of Honour Vol 5