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10th Battalion, Kings Royal Rifle Corps
10th (Service) Battalion, King's Royal Rifle Corps was raised at Winchester on 14th of September 1914 as part of Kitchener's Second New Army and joined 59th Brigade, 20th (Light) Division. After training close to home they moved to Blackdown, then in February 1915 to Witley and to Hamilton Camp near Stonehenge in April for final training. They proceeded to France on the 21st of July 1915, landing at Boulogne and the division concentrating in the Saint-Omer area. They moved to the Fleurbaix area for trench familiarisation. In 1916 they were in action at the The Battle of Mount Sorrel, in which the Division, along with the Canadians, recaptured the heights. They were in action on the Somme in The Battle of Delville Wood, The Battle of Guillemont, The Battle of Flers-Courcelette, The Battle of Morval and The Battle of Le Transloy. In 1917 they were in action during The German retreat to the Hindenburg Line, The Battle of Langemarck, The Battle of the Menin Road Ridge, The Battle of Polygon Wood and The Cambrai Operations. On the 5th of February 1918 the 10th KRRC was disbanded at Dickebusch when the army was reorganised.
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Those known to have served with10th Battalion, Kings Royal Rifle Corps during the Great War 1914-1918. - Adams John. Rflmn. (d.3rd October 1916)
- Bass Matthew Henry. L/Cpl. (d.20th September 1917)
- Boswell David. Rfm. (d.29th Feb 1916)
- Boswell David. Pte. (d.29th Feb 1916)
- England William James. Rfmn. (d.18th Jun 1918)
- Everall Harold. Rfmn. (d.23rd December 1915)
- Gough Albert Edward. Rfmn. (d.27th Feb 1917)
- Halford James William. Rflmn. (d.21st Feb 1916)
- Harris Alfred James. Pte (d.9th Dec 1915)
- Harvey Thomas Frederick . Rfn. (d.12th Aug 1917)
- Hose Albert. Rflmn. (d.9th April 1918)
- Hose Albert. Rflmn. (d.9th April 1918)
- Jordan Alexander. Pte. (d.4th April 1917)
- Kay William Henry. Sgt. (d.19th May 1918)
- Livesey Benson. Rflmn. (d.10th August 1917)
- Maskrey John Henry. Rflmn. (d.1st July 1916)
- Palmer Alfred Joseph. Rflmn. (d.12th July 1917)
- Rothwell A. J.. Rfmn. (d.12th Apr 1916)
- Solomon Louis. R.S.M (d.1917)
- Suggitt Benjamin. Rflmn. (d.20th Sep 1917)
- Tunnicliffe Fred Gustavus. Sgt. (d.23rd April 1917)
- Underwood William. Rfm (d.19th Feb 1916)
- Whiteman Charles. Rflmn. (d.15th September 1916)
- Willis William John . L/Cpl. (d.10th August 1917)
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Sgt. William Henry Kay 10th Btn. Kings Royal Rifle Corps (d.19th May 1918) William Henry Kay was from a large family that originated in Kimberworth, Yorkshire, having 11 brothers and sisters. He was married to Sarah and they had three children, James, Noah and Jane. He was a blast furnaceman in Middlesbrough before the war and they lived in Grangetown.
He started his military career in September 1914, when he joined the newly formed 10th Battalion Kings Royal Rifle Corps. In June 1916 he was promoted to Sergeant. In Aug 1916 he transferred to the Yorkshire and Lancashire Regiment then in September to the Kings Own Yorkshire Light Infantry.
In March 1917 he was transferred again to the Durham Light Infantry, but was soon moved to the Labour Corps, probably due to ill health. By May 1918 he was back in DLI barracks in Newcastle where he died of a heart attack on the 19 May 1918.
His son James, who was 14 when war broke out, also served, but I can not find any details. He survived the war but died in an accident a few years later.
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Pte. David Boswell 10th Btn. Kings Royal Rifles Corps (d.29th Feb 1916) David Boswell served with B Company, 10th Battalion, Kings Royal Rifle Corps during WW1 and died on the 29th February 1916, aged 21. He is buried in La Belle Alliance Cemetery in Belgium. He was the son of Thomas and Sarah Boswell, of 75, Sharp St., Warrington.
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Rfmn. Harold Everall 10th Btn. Kings Royal Rifle Corps (d.23rd December 1915) Harold Everall was born 1890 in Coventry, Warwarckshire and was a soldier in WW1. He enlisted 3rd of September 1914 serving with the 7th Battalion Kings Royal Rifle Corps. He died of wounds 23rd of December 1915 at which time he was with the 10th Battalion. He was aged 24 years and is buried Sailly-sur-la-Lys, Canadian Cemetery in France. Son of A. John and Jane Everall of 64 Kingsway, Coventry.
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Rfmn. Albert Edward Gough 10th Btn. Kings Royal Rifle Corps (d.27th Feb 1917) Albert Gough served with the 10th Battalion, King's Royal Rifle Corps.
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Rflmn. Charles Whiteman 10th Battalion Kings Royal Rifle Corps (d.15th September 1916) Charles Whiteman served with the 10th Battalion, King's Royal Rifle Corps and was attached to the 7th Rifle Brigade.
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L/Cpl. Matthew Henry Bass 10th Battalion Kings Royal Rifle Corp (d.20th September 1917) The family story is that Matthew Bass was sent out on water carrying duties as a punishment. His remains were never found. He was a talented pianist who allegedly played the New Cross Empire to accompany silent movies and in music hall.
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Rflmn. John Henry Maskrey 10th Battalion Kings Royal Rifle Corps (d.1st July 1916) John Maskrey joined the 10th Battalion, Kings Royal Rifle Corps on 4th of September 1914. By 9th of September, he was posted for training at the KRRC Winchester Barracks. On 18th Of September, he was discharged as medically unfit under the Kings Regulations. Not satisfied with the outcome, a year later, in 1915, John tried once again to join the British Army, this time enlisting with the 1/7th Battalion, Sherwood Foresters (Notts and Derbys) Regiment.
Within months, he was posted to France and the village of Gommecourt at the Northern most point on the Somme. On 1st of July 1916 he was posted as missing believed killed. His body was never found and he has no known grave.
On 26th of June 1917, his photograph appeared in the Nottingham Evening Post newspaper as one of four Sherwood Foresters presumed dead. His widow, Florence (Wildman) Maskrey married again to William Radford. John Henry is remembered on the Thiepval memorial and in the Regiment Role of Honour.
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Rflmn. Albert Hose 10th Battalion Kings Royal Rifle Corps (d.9th April 1918) Albert Hose was my grandmother's brother. He volunteered in 1914 and was wounded three times. He died from pneumonia in Carrington Military Hospital, Nottingham on 9th of April 1918, having been returned to England the previous year on board the Hospital Ship St Patrick.
His brother Jack Hose also served in the war as a private in the King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry. He survived the war and died in the 1970's.
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L/Cpl. William John Willis 10th Battalion, C Coy. Kings Royal Rifle Corps (d.10th August 1917) John Willis was born in the Dorset village of Moreton. When World War I started, he enlisted in the Kings Royal Rifle Corps at their Winchester depot. Soon after, he moved to Hove, Sussex (not known why), where he married before being posted to France.
Nothing more is known about him until the report of his death in action near Ypres in August 1917 His name is engraved on the Menin Gate as having no known grave.
His platoon commander at the time of his death was Second Lieutenant H.J. Coulson.
He had a son Ronald, who eventually became a Chief Petty Officer in the Royal Navy and is now deceased.
William's granddaughter is anxious to receive any information about her grandfather.
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Pte Alfred James Harris 10th Battalion Kings Royal Rifle Corps (d.9th Dec 1915) Alfred Harris was the son of Alfred and Elizabeth Harris of Factory Yard, Farnham.
Born in 1893, one of 11 siblings by 1911.
At the time of his death he was only 22 years old and single. His father died within a few months of hearing of his son's death.
On the CWGC, he is listed as A Harris and he is buried at Rue-Petillon Military Cemetery, Fleurbaix in France.
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Rflmn. Albert Hose 10th Battalion Kings Royal Rifle Corps (d.9th April 1918) Albert Hose was a rigger from Nottingham who joined the Army in 1914. One of 13 children he was my grandmother's brother.
He served in France with the Kingss Royal Rifle Corps and was wounded three times. He died of pneumonia related to his wounds at a military hospital in his home town of Nottingham on 9th of April 1918, aged 27. Two of his brothers Jack and Harry also served in the Great War and survived.
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Rfmn. William James England 10th Btn. Kings Royal Rifle Corps (d.18th Jun 1918) William England was one of ten children, two of whom died at a very young age William George aged just 5 months on the 26th Aug 1890 from an inflammation of the cerebral membranes. Edward England died on the 27th Jul 1899 of dysentry. Alfred England died in France on 15th May 1917. Their parents were Thomas & Mary England. Sadly Mary passed away on the 5th Sept 1918 having lost four of her son's. My late father Frederick was the youngest of these children. He was born on in Dec 1905 and died in Jan 1973.
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Pte. Alexander Jordan 10th Btn. King's Royal Rifle Corps (d.4th April 1917) Alexander Jordan was my grandfather's brother. Unknown to me, I gave my eldest son a middle name of Alexander. We visited his grave in 2015.
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Sgt. Fred Gustavus Tunnicliffe 16th Battalion Kings Royal Rifle Corps (d.23rd April 1917) Fred Tunnicliffe was married to Marion Grace (Field). They had one son, Kenneth Fred, my father. Before the war he was a tailor and made hunting jackets for a number of Leicestershire hunts. He joined the 16th Battalion, KRRC at Denham in September 1914, just after my father was born.
He was 29 years 270 days old when he volunteered. He played cricket for the regimental team and there is a photograph of him together with other team members. He was killed in action on 23rd April 1917 in the Second Battle of The Scarpe. He has no known grave and his name is on the memorial at the Faubourg d'Amiens Cemetery in Arras. Records appear to show that he had served in the Army for 3 years in 1906 before he was married.
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Rflmn. James William Halford 10th Battalion Kings Royal Rifle Corps (d.21st Feb 1916)
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Rfn. Thomas Frederick Harvey 10th Battalion Kings Royal Rifle Corps (d.12th Aug 1917) My granddad, Thomas Frederick Harvey, served with 10th Battalion Kings Royal Rifle Corps. Still trying to find out more as most records of this time were destroyed during WW2.
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Rfmn. A. J. Rothwell 10th Btn. D Coy. King's Royal Rifle Corps (d.12th Apr 1916) Rifleman A J Rothwell served with D Company, 10th Battalion, Kings Royal Rifle Corps during WW1 and died on the 12th April 1916, aged 23. He is buried in Essex Farm Cemetery in Belgium.
He was the son of James and Alice Mary Rothwell, of 57, Greenway St., Small Heath, Birmingham.
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Rfm. David Boswell 10th Bat, B Coy King's Royal Rifle Corps (d.29th Feb 1916) Family folklore is that David Boswell died in a trench collapse. I do not know if this was due to enemy artillery action or a failure of construction. He is buried at La Belle Alliance Cemetery, Ypres.
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