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1206556 Gnr. John Miller 177th Bde. Royal Field Artillery (d.30th Oct 1917) Gunner John Miller, 31509 177th Royal Field Artillery was my Great-Grandfather who died whilst serving in Ireland. He is buried in the Curragh Cemetery, just outside Dublin. John was transferred to the 320th Home Service Company Labour Corp at some point and he was serving with them at the time of his death. |
1206187 Pte. Arthur Joseph Ethelbert Coleman 3rd Bn. London Regt (d.16th Oct 1918)  My Great Grand Uncle served the 3rd Bn. London Regt (Royal Fusiliers). His Army records may have been destroyed during the bombing of the second world war as cannot find them. |
1206154 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. |
1206043 Pte. John Frederick Thorpe 3rd (Reserve) Btn Queens Own Royal West Kent Regiment  John Frederick Thorpe served with the 3rd Btn, Royal West Kent Regiment and the Labour Corps. We are researching our grandfather’s military service but we have limited information and would appreciate any further help on his regiment and where they were stationed. He married our grandmother in Suffolk in the early part of 1918 so may have been injured and had to cease military service. The battalion we think he was in was 3rd (Special Reserve). The photograph was taken in Chatham Kent on 16th September 1916 Thank you to anyone who can help us further our research. |
1206009 Pte. Charles Brewin Labour Corps My grandad Charles Brewin was in the Labour Corps from August 28th 1914 to January 1919. He wounded, a gsw to right knee area. His birth place was Bulwell in Nottinghamshire. |
1205771 Pte. Joe Saxon Kings Liverpool Regiment  My Great Grandfather Joe Saxon wearing his Kings Liverpool Regiment uniform. I believe his family kept this photo on the wall of the dining room of their home whilst Joe was away. Joe was transferred to the Labour Corps and was in France where he served from 1917-1918 before returning home to his family in Cheshire. |
500647 James Davies Yorks & Lancs Regt  The above post card was sent to my Grandmother from her husband. His regiment was the Yorks and Lancs, number 1538 He finished his army career in the Labour corps due to shrapnel in his legs and came home after the war. I am sure that one of these is Grandad James Davies. |
264985 Gnr. Arthur Cyril Thompson 325th Brigade Ammunition Column Royal Field Artillery  Cyril Thompson enlisted in July 1917 and was sent for training to 81st Infantry Training Reserve Battalion based at Heaton Park Road Schools, Newcastle on Tyne, transferring to Royal Field Artillery (No.1 depot), Fenham Barracks on Barrack Road. On 27th of December 1917 he was posted to Ireland via Bettisfield Park military training camp (near Chester), arriving in Ireland on 29th of December 1917, stationed with 325th Brigade Ammunition Column, Royal Field Artillery at the Ordnance Barracks, Mulgrave St, Limerick and joined C Battery. Major Traverse Kirkland DSO in charge. Duties included exercising horses, stables, harness cleaning, parades, gun-laying exercises, stand to exercises, musketry course 29th of January 191a, after being kicked on the head by a horse he was hospitalised for 2 days at New Barracks, light duty (confined to Barracks) for a week On 19th of April 1918 after Irish Nationalist disturbances in Limerick, the unit moved to Fermoy (Old Barracks?) On 26th of May 1918 he “Took over the duties as Officer’s Servant for 2/Lt George Bryce Ness, 325th Brigade Ammunition Column.” Then on 6th of June 1918 they noved to Moore Park Camp, Fermoy and in August 1918 he returned to Willoughby Waterleys, Blaby, Leics. for a month for agricultural furlough Cyril 1918-09-05: Returned to his unit 325th BAC RFA at Moore Park on 5th of Sepetmber 1918 and on 10th of October was on the S.S. Leinster when it was torpedoed by a German Submarine in the Irish Sea on the North Wall to Holyhead Route. 813 people were on board, mostly military personnel going on leave or returning from leave, 569 were lost. Cyril returned to England on 29th of October 1918 to join the 482nd Agricultural Company, Labour Corps at Glen Parva Barracks and remained on duty at Mr Kirk's dairy farm Barkby Leicestershire and was helping his older brother Bernard on his farm by December 1918. |
264702 Pte Cornelius Hargreaves 78th Coy. Machine Gun Corps  My Grandfather, Cornelius Hargreaves served with 78th Coy, MGC. He died in 1958. All my father can remember is that his Dad served in Mesopotamia. |
264182 Pte. John Hedges Manchester Regiment John Hedges served with the Manchester Regiment and the Labour Corps. |
264162 Pte. Leslie Green 5th Btn Royal Fusiliers  Leslie Green served with the 4th and 5th Royal Fusiliers and transferred to 786th Area Employment Company, Labour Corps on 25th of October 1917 then back to the Royal Fusiliers on 24th of August 1918. He was with the Kings Liverpool Regiment on discharge. |
264153 Pte/ George Munn 15th (North Belfast) Btn. Royal Irish Rifles Born on 28th Jan 1895 I know that my grandfather, George Munn joined the 15th Battalion, Royal Irish Rifles as a private. He must have been transferred to the Labour Corps at some time because according to his Unit Register Card he served 4 years 5 months, 2 years 1 month in the field as a private in the Labour Corps (POW) Unit, 376 Prisoner of War Company. |
263705 Pte. James Caldwell Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders My great great grandfather, James Caldwell fought during World War One, enlisting on 12th of December 1914 with the Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders, then transferred to the Labour Corps on 26th of November 1917. |
263562 Peter Holmes 24th (Sportsmans) Btn. Royal Fusiliers Peter Holmes was married to Florence (nee Armstrong). At the time of his enlistment in Liverpool (January 1915) he was 36 years old. Height: 5'8", weight: 12st 2lbs, good physical condition, except for defective teeth. The 24th Battalion, Royal Fusiliers spent the next 11 months training in Nottingham and then on Salisbury Plain, before moving to France in November of 1915 as part of the 99th Brigade, 33rd Division. The spring of 1916 saw Peter involved on localised operations. When the Battle of the Somme opened Peter and his Battalion were enjoying a period of rest and re-fit. However, this didn't prevent Peter from being injured in action and having to leave the line to recover. |
263525 Pte. Daniel Patrick Sheen Labour Corps My Grandfather, Daniel Sheen was 28 years old, when he joined the Labour Corps in 1915. He had one eye, having lost his left eye around 1904. His service record states that he was shot in the left leg during the conflict. The only photo I ever had of my Grandfather, was lost many years ago. It was a photo of him in his Labour Corps uniform. |
263320 Pte. Patrick Creedon MM. 1st Btn Royal Munster Fusiliers Patrick Creedon was born in Cork, Ireland in September 1897. He served as a Private in the 1st Royal Munster Fusiliers, as an Acting Corporal in the Royal Irish Rifles and an Acting Corporal in the Labour Corps. Patrick was listed in the Casualty Lists on and was awarded the Military Medal on 23rd of October 1916. |
263317 Rfmn. Frederick "Jerry" Targett 16th Btn. Rifle Brigade Frederick Targett served with the 16th Battalion, Rifle Brigade since 1915 to 1918 when the 39th Division was disbanded due to losses. He then served in the Labour Corps. He survived the war and was demobbed in 1919 receiving the 1914 - 1918 and Victory medals. He was my maternal grandfather. |
260438 Pte. Frederick William Earwaker 2nd Btn. Royal Sussex Regiment My grandfather Frederick Earwaker worked at Shippams in Chichester and joined up in 1916. He took part in the assault on High Wood, part of the Battle of the Somme, and was shot in the back on 9th September 1916. He was treated by a German first raider in a shell hole and under cover of darkness and walked to a trench dressing station. He eventually went to Rouen field hospital where he was operated on and thence via HMHS Asturias to Milton hospital in Portsmouth. By the 22nd November 1916 he was in Castle Hospital convalescing. He described the food as "first rate... rabbit pies, beefsteak, puddings etc. The nurses are very nice here, too". He appears to have left around January 1917, by which point he was at the eastern command unit at Shoreham. He never returned to the front but served out the war in the Labour Corps and the RAF in the UK. He returned to work at Shippams after the war and completed 50 years’ service. He died months short of retirement in 1961. |
259864 Pte. Frederick Abraham Sellek 14th Btn. Gloucestershire Regiment  Frederick Sellek was born in Withycombe on the 28th April 1896. He joined up on the 15th of May 1915 giving his adddress as 10 Park Terrace, Withycombe, Exmouth. He was single, 5' 0", 7 Stone 11 pounds, chest 34" and his occupation is listed as Gardener. He joined the 14th (Bantams) Battalion Gloucester Regimen as a Private. His Next of Kin is given as Eliza Sellek, his mother of 10 Park Terrace, Exmouth. |
258841 Cpl. John Rhodes 9th Btn Yorkshire Regiment (Green Howards) (d.7th June 1917)  John Rhodes served with the 9th Yorkshire Regiment and 10th Coy. Labour Corps. |
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