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2/10th (2nd Hackney Rifles) Battalion, London Regiment
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Rfmn. Bertie Fredrick John Chapman 2/10th Battalion London Regiment (d.8th Aug 1918) Bertie Chapman is my maternal Great Uncle. I found his information via the CWGC Archives as he is buried at Villers-Bretonneux Military Cemetery. It has taken a while to trace him as the only information my Mum had was that Bertie was a family name and we did not know whether this was a nickname, and if so, what his registered name was, and which name would have been used to be registered with the Army. The other information she had was that he had no formal memorial and we thought he had died in 1915. Fortunately we had the full names of his Father (next of kin) and Mother, which is what enabled me to find him. We are glad to have found him as a local memorial in Manor Park that my Mum remembers from the 1940's and 50's does not seem to have been preserved and we were hoping to use this to check his name. Like others, I remember his photograph from visits to my Grandma when I was young, my Mum has found a good copy of this photo, and has another one of him with other members of his Battalion. Bertie was the oldest child in the family and sadly, three other children died of diptheria after the end of the war.
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Rfmn. William Frederick Partridge 2/10th (2nd Hackney Rifles) Btn. London Regiment (d.7th Sep 1918) Don't really know too much other than William Partridge was only 18 when he died, his twin brother Bertie and two elder brothers survived the war. It must have been so hard for the parents to have four sons at the front. Would love to know more about this great uncle of mine that died so young.
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L/Cpl. James William King 2/10th Btn. London Regiment My Grandfather James William King enlisted in March 1918 and was initially posted to the 6th Btn. Rifle Brigade.
He arrived in France in June 1918 and transferred to the 2/10th (Hackney) Battalion, London Regiment in the field in August 1918. Fought with them as a Lewis gunner through til the Armistice when he then transferred to the 19th Bn Kings Royal Rifle Brigade from December 1918 til March 1920. He survived both the war and a bout of Spanish Flu. He retired to Bournemouth, Dorset in 1965 and died there in 1987.
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Pte. John Haiden Cutts 2nd/10th Btn. London Regiment (d.22nd Sep 1917) Jack Cutts was aged just 23 when he died, he is my maternal great uncle. I grew up knowing him only by photograph, standing proudly in his uniform. I also recall being fascinated as a child by the only other photo - of his headstone.
My 7 year old son is now learning about the Great War and as the only family member sharing the same Christian name "Jack", together we have been using the internet to find out more about our war hero relative. A humbling journey into the past. When I came across this website, I wanted to add his name to the list of those known to serve with the London Regiment. Gone but not forgotten!
Sadly, the photographs are no longer in the family, although I have been able to request a new one via the war graves project and I also have a small image of his face inserted into the back of a gold broach worn by his mother after his death.
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2nd Lt. Benjamin Haizelden 2nd/10th Btn. London Regiment (d.30th Aug 1918) Second Lieutenant Benjamin Haizelden, son of John and Elizabeth Haizelden, of 35 Abbey Road, Croydon, Surrey, died on the Western Front aged 19. He is buried at Daours Communal Cemetery.
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