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7th Battalion, Royal Fusiliers
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Those known to have served with7th Battalion, Royal Fusiliers during the Great War 1914-1918. - Alaway Cecil Frank . Pte. (d.27th December 1916)
- Allen Stephen Dexter. 2Lt. (d.27th August 1918)
- Aslett Herbert John. Pte.
- Beesley Edward. Pte. (d.23rd April 1917)
- Brinkley MM Frederick. Pte (d.30th October 1917)
- Clarke Christopher. Pte. (d.26th September 1918)
- Dobson John William. Pte. (d.28th Sep 1918)
- Emery William David Jubilee . Pte. (d.30th October 1917)
- Fleetwood Cyril Robert. Pte. (d.30th September 1918)
- Freeman Walter Charles. Cpl. (d.23rd March 1918)
- Hayden Military Medal Frederick Henry. Sjt.
- Hill DCM. Joseph. Cpl.
- Hunnisett Charles Henry. Pte. (d.4th Feb 1917)
- Lecky John Rupert Frederick. Capt. (d.28th Sep 1915)
- Lecky John Rupert Frederick. Capt. (d.29th Sep 1915)
- Mackay Frederick George. Pte. (d.22nd Aug 1918)
- Mills William. Pte. (d.30th Oct 1917)
- More Albert Edward. Cpl.
- Reedman Ernest Wade. Pte. (d.27th Mar 1918)
- Smith Thomas Lance. Pte. (d.13th November 1916)
- Soanes Fredrick. Pte (d.13th Nov 1916)
- Thoburn Alfred. Pte. (d.24th Jul 1918)
- Thoburn Alfred. Pte. (d.24th Jul 1918)
- Upton Charles Thomas. Pte. (d.7th Jul 1916)
- Weller Reginald Henry. L/Cpl. (d.14th November 1916)
- Wilson MC. Arthur Hone. Lt. (d.18th Nov 1916)
- Wraight William Frederick. Pte. (d.29th Apr 1917)
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Pte. Ernest Wade Reedman 7th Btn. Royal Fusiliers (d.27th Mar 1918) Ernest Reedman was the youngest of 6 children born in 1899 to William and Mary Jane (nee Bollams) Reedman.
His enlistment papers cannot be located, probably lost amongst those that were burnt. But he probably enlisted, or was conscripted, when he was 18 on 3rd of March 1917, joining the 7th Battalion, Royal Fusiliers as a Private.
Barely a year later, his Battalion was involved in the German Spring Offensive on the Somme.
Ernest was assumed dead, killed in action, on 27th of March 1918.
He was awarded the British War Medal and Victory Medal, and is commemorated on the Arras Memorial in France.
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Cpl. Albert Edward More 7th Btn. Royal Fusiliers My great-uncle, the son of William and Eliza More, was born in Holly Street, Dalston, Hackney, Middlesex, on 24 October 1880. He served from 9 September 1914 to 2 October 1918, when he was discharged as being sick. He is listed as having served overseas. Number of badge and certificate B18556. He was a corporal at the time of his discharge.
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Pte. Herbert John Aslett 7th Btn. Royal Fusilliers I remember my grandfather, Herbert J Aslett well.
He did not want to say much about the first world war. He did tell me about being at the Battle of the Somme and his Battalion lost a lot men. He told me he lay in the mud playing dead as the the German troops bayoneted any wounded soldiers if they cried out.
When the Germans had passed by, Bert got a wounded British soldier back to the British lines.
He was discharged the 8th of August 1918, aged 21 with shell shock.
My grandfather was a brave man. He was a farm worker and he could only see out of one eye as he was hit in the eye by a boy throwing and apple at him as a child. He did not have to enlist in the army.
When he died in 1976, aged 79, we found his war medals from the war department. They had never been opened and we like brand new.
I still have his medals and value them greatly.
Regards to all the brave men and women who lost their lives so we can live in freedom.
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Pte. Charles Thomas Upton 7th Btn. Royal Fusiliers (d.7th Jul 1916) My Uncle Charles Upton, the elder brother of my Father Harry Upton, was killed on the Somme on the 7th of July 1916. His body was not found and he is remembered on the Thiepval Memorial.
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Pte. Thomas Lance Smith 7th Battalion Royal Fusiliers (d.13th November 1916) Thomas Smith was my great-great-grandfather's cousin (found whilst researching family tree) who died shortly before the end of the Battle of the Somme. He was 28 years old and the eldest son of Harry William Smith and Rebecca Smith (nee Simmons). He was born in 1888 in Harrow, North London, and left behind brothers, George Tookey Smith, William James Smith and sister Dorcas Rebecca Smith.
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Pte. Cecil Frank Alaway 7th Btn. Royal Fusiliers (d.27th December 1916) Cecil Alaway was born in 1893 in Hampstead, the youngest four children of Charles and Elizabeth Alaway. His father was a carpenter, later becoming a building foreman for the council. Cecil had two older brothers, Charles and Robert, and an older sister Lilian. The 1901 census shows the family living at 18 Cowper Road, Acton; the oldest brother had left home and Cecil, aged 17, was working as a hosier's assistant, possibly in a local shop. He served with the 7th Battalion, Royal Fusiliers, and died on the 27 December 1916. He is buried in Abbeville Communal Cemetery Extension and his headstone bears the quote from John 14:19, at his father's request, "Because I live, ye shall live also". He is remembered on the War Memorial, St Mary's Church, Acton, London
It is highly probable he died from his wounds whilst receiving treatment. For much of the First World War No.3 BRCS, No.5 and No.2 Stationary Hospitals were stationed at Abbeville. The communal cemetery was used for burials from November 1914 to September 1916 and the extension was begun in September 1916.
Courtesy of www.stmaryacton.org.uk and www.cwgc.org
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2Lt. Stephen Dexter Allen 7th Btn. Royal Fusiliers (d.27th August 1918) Stephen Allen was born on the 13th January 1899 in Bedford, son of William and Gertrude M Allen. Initially he served with 4th Battalion, Bedfordshire Regiment, joining them in the field on 30th of July 1918. He was then commissioned as an officer and was attached to the 7th Battalion, Royal Fusiliers. He was killed in action on 27th of August 1918 aged 19 years at Ligny Thilloy, France and Flanders. He has no known grave and is commemorated on the Vis-en-Artois Memorial, France. He is also remembered on St Peters Church War Memorial, Bedford. A pupil of Bedford Modern School 1909-15, he is commemorated on the School War Memorial, which was unveiled in 1923 and in the Roll of Honour, published in The Eagle, December 1923, the Old Boys of this School who, as in duty bound, laid down their lives in a great cause. Information courtesy of www.roll-of-honour.com
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Pte. Cyril Robert Fleetwood 7th Btn. Royal Fusiliers (d.30th September 1918) On the 4th August 1914 Cyril Fleetwood joined the 7th (Extra Reserve) Battalion Royal Fusiliers. Initially stationed at Finsbury, London and then moved to Falmouth, Cornwall. On 24th of July 1916 they mobilized for war and landed at Havre, where he joined the 190th Brigade of the 63rd Division and remained on the Western Front for the remainder of the war engaged in various actions including:- - 1916:- The Battle of the Ancre.
- 1917:- The Operations on the Ancre, The Second Battle of the Scarpe, the Arras Offensive, The Battle of Arleux, The Second Battle of Passchendaele, the Third Battles of Ypres, The action of Welsh Ridge and the Cambrai operations.
- 1918:- The Battle of St Quentin, The Battle of Bapaume, The Battle of Albert, the Second Battles of the Somme, The Battle of Drocourt-Queant, the Second Battle of Arras, The Battle of the Canal du Nord, The Battle of Cambrai, the Final Advance in Picardy.
Grand Uncle Cyril was killed on Monday 30th of September 1918 during the final advance in Picardy. At 19 years old and having fought in countless battles I can think of no sadder tale than his death weeks before the war ended on 11th of November 1918 in Belgium, Harveng south of Mons.
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Lt. Arthur Hone Wilson MC. 4th Bn. attd. 7th Bn. Royal Fusiliers (d.18th Nov 1916) Arthur Wilson was born on the 9th June 1895 and died 18th November 1916 from wounds received in action. He was the son of William W. Wilson of Carrickmines House, his two brothers also fell.
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Capt. John Rupert Frederick Lecky 7th Btn. Royal Fusiliers (d.29th Sep 1915) The only son of John Rupert Robert & Florence Lecky, John Lecky was killed in action on 29th of September 1915 in front of Kut-el-Amara, Mesopotamia, while attached to the 2nd. Norfolk Regt. He was laid to rest at the village of Saffa on the bank of the River Tigris.
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Capt. John Rupert Frederick Lecky 7th Btn. (d.28th Sep 1915) John Lecky was killed in action on the eve of entering Kut-el-Amara, Mesopotamia while attached to the 2nd Norfolk Regiment. Aged 30 years.
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Pte. Alfred Thoburn 7th Btn. Royal Fusiliers (d.24th Jul 1918) Alfred Thoburn died as a POW on 24th July 1918. He is buried in the Niederzwehren Cemetery in Germany.
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Pte. William Mills 7th Btn. Royal Fusiliers (d.30th Oct 1917) At the time of his death William Mills, was serving with the 7th Battalion, Royal Fusiliers (City of London Regiment), which were part of the 63rd (Royal Naval) Division. They were engaged in the 3rd Battle of Ypres.
He is commemorated on the Tyne Cot Memorial.
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Pte. Alfred Thoburn 7th Btn. Royal Fusiliers (d.24th Jul 1918) Alfred Thoburn served with 7th Battalion Royal Fusiliers during WW1 and died on the 24th July 1918. He is buried in Niederzwehren Cemetery in Germany.
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Pte. John William Dobson 7th Battalion Royal Fusiliers (d.28th Sep 1918) John William Dobson was killed aged 21 whilst serving wit the 7th Battalion Royal Fusiliers, he had trained with the 15th Training Reserve Battalion)
He was born, lived and enlisted in Jarrow, son of Thomas and Emma M. Dobson (nee Clark). On the 1911 census he is recorded as John William Dobson age 14 at School living with his parents Thomas and Emma Dobson and family at 7 Lord Street, Jarrow
John is buried in Moeuvres Communal Cemetery Extension and is commemorated on the Triptych in St. Paul's Church Jarrow.
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Cpl. Joseph Hill DCM. 8th Battalion Royal Fusiliers Corporal, later Serjeant, Joseph Hill enlisted in the Royal Fusiliers on 7th September 1914. Although the regimental history suggests that the 8th Battalion was first posted to France in May 1915, Joseph Hill's medal record indicates that he first saw action in France on March 6th 1915.
In 1916 he was awarded the Distinguished Conduct Medal, the announcement appearing in the London Gazette on April 15th 1916. His citation read: "For conspicuous gallantry and consistent good work with a Lewis gun."
Shortly after this award, possibly as a direct result, he was promoted to Serjeant: the record of the DCM and the promotion were entered onto his medal record in the same hand and apparently at the same time.
According to his Silver War Badge (382475) listing, following the disbanding of the 8th Battalion in February 1918 he was transferred to the 7th Battalion. He was obviously either ill or injured, since he was awarded the SWB, and was discharged as "no longer fit for service (Kings Regulations Para 392 xvi)" on July 30th 1918. In later life he had only one leg, and family folklore suggests he lost the other during active service, but at this point no documentary evidence to confirm this has been found.
Following his discharge he returned to Birmingham, married in 1922, fathered five boys, three of whom served in the Army themselves, and died in 1963 aged 73.
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