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1st Battalion, Royal Warwickshire Regiment
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Those known to have served with1st Battalion, Royal Warwickshire Regiment during the Great War 1914-1918. - Albrighton Thomas Charles. Pte. (d.3rd Sep 1918)
- Amos Solomon. Pte. (d.15th July 1916)
- Bailey Francis William. Pte.
- Bayliss Harry. Pte. (d.11th May 1915)
- Bottrill Alexander. Sgt.
- Bowden Patrick. Pte. (d.26th Nov 1915)
- Bridgwood Harold. Pte. (d.26th October 1918)
- Brown John Thomas. Pte.
- Burton Charles Silvester. Pte. (d.23rd Mar 1918)
- Carlow Harry. Pte. (d.3rd May 1917)
- Casterton Algernon Alfred. Pte. (d.30th Nov 1917)
- Cave Guy.
- Clarke Alfred. Pte. (d.29th Oct 1914)
- Cresswell Percy. L/Cpl. (d.25th Sep 1915)
- Dean MM. Harry. Pte.
- Fall William George. Pte. (d.3rd May 1917)
- Fortey Edgar Albert Ivor. Pte. (d.16th Feb 1917)
- Galloway James. Pte. (d.25th Apr 1915)
- Goodyear Joseph. Pte. (d.26th Apr 1915)
- Hewins Jesse. L/Cpl. (d.12th Oct 1916)
- Jones William Ernest. Pte. (d.3rd May 1917)
- Jones William. CQSM. (d.25th Apr 1915)
- Jukes Frederick. Pte.
- Lisseter Charles. Pte (d.4th Oct 1917)
- Merrick Thomas Victor. Pte. (d.12th Oct 1916)
- Mitchell Benjamin Henry. (d.13th Aug 1916)
- Moseley Charles Frances. Pte. (d.13th Oct 1914)
- Page Samuel. Pte. (d.18th Feb 1915)
- Riddell Albert Henry. Private
- Rollason Mark Welch. Pte. (d.23rd Oct 1916)
- Salisbury Leonard Ernest. Pte.
- Wilkins Herbert Musgrove. Pte (d.12th July 1916)
- Wilkins Joseph William. Pte.
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Benjamin Henry Mitchell 1st Btn. Royal Warwickshire Regiment (d.13th Aug 1916) Benjamin Henry Mitchell was born in 1880 died 1916. This is my children's great granddad and I am currently doing the family tree. I have tried to find a photo of Benjamin but to no avail. I've tried the Birmingham post newspaper as they usually show a photo of the soldiers who had died or were missing but I can't find one.
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Pte. Solomon Amos 1st Battalion Royal Warwickshire Regiment (d.15th July 1916) Solomon Amos's date of entry was 2nd of June 1915. He died on 15th of July 1916 in First Southern General Hospital in Birmingham He is buried in Lodge Hill Cemetery and his name is on the memorial there.
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Pte. Harry Carlow 1st Battalion Royal Warwickshire Regiment (d.3rd May 1917) Harry Carlow was probably killed in the 3rd Battle of the Scarpe. He is buried at Crump Trench Cemetery near Arras. Aged 19 at death.
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Pte. Harry Dean MM. 1/6th Btn. Royal Warwickshire Regiment Harry Dean received the Military Medal on 30th of September 1917 at Dambre Camp. He was gassed and lost a lung, was sent home and survived to live on after the end of the war.
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Pte. William George Fall 1st Battalion Royal Warwickshire Regiment (d.3rd May 1917)  My Great Uncle Bill Fall was born at home in a 3 roomed back to back terrace in Cardigan Street, Birmingham on 8th December 1885. The first son (4th child) of my great grandparents Clara Annie Lee and William Fall.
Of the 16 children, 4 died before the age of one, the last girl being suffocated by her mother whilst in bed at night, subsequently confirmed as accidental by an inquest.
By 1911 the family had moved to a rented 5-roomed house with shop in Market Street, Birmingham. Whilst nominated the shopkeeper in local trade directories, William remained in the gun trade and Clara was actually running the shop. With 10 children at home, the youngest were probably still topping and tailing in bed. William at 15 was working as a plumber, the oldest 3 girls were also working.
At age 18, Bill enlisted with the Royal Warwickshire Regiment and served from 8th of November 1914 in France (he was awarded the clasp with his 1914 Star). He joined the battalion at Houplines (N.E. of Lille) where the Royal Warwickshire's were midst battle in heavy rain and snow. On 13th of November 1914 the regimental war diary entry states "Discomfort undescribable."
He served through 1915/16 crossing France and Belgium as did so many, suffering gas attacks from both the Germans and our own (as the wind changed). The battalion endured days and nights of heavy rain, snow and much rejoiced fine days. Training days away from the trenches must have been some relief.
April and May 1917 saw thick snow arrive and with it the Royal Warks were in the thick of it alongside the Royal Irish Fusiliers and Seaforth Highlanders. Casualty numbers increased as the battle around Fampoux persisted. A brief respite on 23rd of April was followed by an intercompany football match, but all too soon they were back in the trenches around Arras.
The major offensive to capture the Chemical Works in Rouex commenced on 1st May 1917. The battle report of 2nd of May shows "Heavy barrage along Crump and River Scarpe. All going well, but afraid casualties heavy."
William died on the 3rd of May 1917 in action, aged 21, near Fampoux. He is buried in the small Crump Trench Cemetery next to the River Scarpe. This is down a long, narrow track, very isolated and in a heavily wooded area.
The photo of Uncle Bill with his parents has recently come into my possession. It solves the mystery of why on the Roll of Honour in Birmingham he is listed L/Cpl, yet he is Pte on his medal cards and soldiers effects entry. Presumably he was acting. The Burial Return for the original exhumation of the battlefield trench grave of 8 soldiers shows he was identified by the "L/Cpl stripe on tunic" prior to being buried in the CWGC grave.
He is remembered by many of his sibling's families, though I believe I'm the only one of my generation to visit his grave.
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Pte Herbert Musgrove Wilkins 1st Battalion Royal Warwickshire Regiment (d.12th July 1916) Herbert Wilkins was the elder son of Thomas and Rosina Wilkins of 34 Princess Street, Coventry, Warwickshire. He is named on Thiepval Memorial.
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Pte. Samuel Page 1st Battalion Royal Warwickshire Regiment (d.18th Feb 1915) When Samuel Page was born in January 1880 in Birmingham, Warwickshire, his father, Samuel, was 26 and his mother, Maria, was 29. He married Louisa Ellen Tanser in January 1911 in Blaby, Leicestershire. They had one child during their marriage. He died on 18 February 1915 at the age of 35, and was buried in Mouscron, Belgium. He served 15 years (11 of them in India).
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Pte. John Thomas Brown 7th Battalion We have had our great granddad, John Brown's War Medal and Victory medal for some time.
He was our mother's paternal grandfather. We value these things greatly for what they represent and decided to try and find out a bit more about him and his service. We know he was Coventry born and bred and we have information about him but not his war service history.
From the information and service number on the medal box, we know he was in The Royal Warwickshire Regiment and living in Coventry guessed he would have joined the 1/7th Battalion based in Coventry at the time. Limited research tells us this was the case and he also joined the 1st Battalion at some point.
Sadly there are, (we have been told), no surviving service records for him. Also if anyone by chance has any information on him that they can share that would be amazing. He survived the Great war and returned to Coventry where he became a cycle finisher. It seems quite a different world compared to the service the 1/7th and 1st Battalions were involved in.
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Pte. Harold Bridgwood 1st Btn. Royal Warwickshire Regiment (d.26th October 1918) Private Harold Bridgwood of the 1st Btn. Royal Warwickshire Regiment was my great-uncle. Sorry I don't know anything else.
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Pte. Joseph William Wilkins 1st Btn. Royal Warwickshire Regiment My Grandfather Joseph Wilkins of Coventry was born in 1901. On his marriage certificate in 1920, it records that he was a Private in the 1st Warwickshire Regiment and his service number 38905. To date I have been unable to determine when he joined the Regiment. Anecdotally, my Father said that my Grandfather was in both WW1 and WW2, I have a photograph and on the back is written his name, that he 'joined back up in 1938 at the age of 37 and was at Dunkirk. Unfortunately he died relatively young at 49 years of age, at his inquest it was stated that he was wounded at Dunkirk and medically discharged following this. I am sure he would have rejoined the Regiment he was in as a younger man and I have a Royal Warwickshire cap badge from my late Fathers possessions. To date I do not have a service number for his WW2 service. I do have these two pictures of him clearly of WW2 vintage, I love the first photo where it looks like he and his mate and enjoying the company of two army women!
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Pte. Thomas Victor Merrick 1st Btn. Royal Warwickshire Regiment (d.12th Oct 1916) Thomas Merrick served with the 1st Btn. Royal Warwickshire Regiment.
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Pte. Thomas Charles Albrighton 1st Btn. Royal Warwickshire Regiment (d.3rd Sep 1918) My grandfather Thomas Albrighton, my dad's dad, was killed in the last couple of months of the war. He left his wife pregnant after home leave and my dad was born in April 1919. We think it's doubtful if he even knew his wife was pregnant but he certainly never got to know he had a son.
He was a postmaster in Baddesley Ensor before the war and was married to Annie (nee Chetwynd).
My dad served in the RAF in WWII but always missed not having a father. His childhood was difficult we believe. What a waste and a tragedy.
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Pte. Leonard Ernest Salisbury 1st Btn. Royal Warwickshire Regiment Leonard Ernest Salisbury served with the 1st Btn. Royal Warwickshire Regiment he was discharged on the 26th of September 1919.
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Private Albert Henry Riddell 1st Battalion Royal Warwickshire Regiment Albert Riddell was born in 1878, the 3rd of 7 children. Of course, like any male coming from Burton upon Trent, he worked at a brewery.
He served in France from 7th April was wounded and then served with the Royal Defence Corps.
He married in 1919 and sired 7 children.
His oldest daughter, my mother, said that he played on his war wounds and his only employment was drinking beer.
Albert died in 1956.
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Pte. Alfred Clarke 1st Battalion Royal Warwickshire Regiment (d.29th Oct 1914) Alfred Clarke was my Great Uncle on my mother's side of the family.
We believe Alfred enlisted in the Army just after the outbreak of WW1?
We have fragments of a letter dated 17th August 1914, that Alfred sent to his mother. In the letter, Alfred wrote:
"Dearest mother, do not let this letter trouble you, I will be alright.
We are moving again on Tuesday but cannot say where as we never know we go until we get there, as they never give us any orders only fall in & march off".
"Dearest mother, please do not let this trouble you any more than you can help, I shall go away with a good heart and if never to return, you can say that I died for my country sake & died with a good heart, but let nothing trouble as I shall return, if it is years to come".
Alfred did not return. He died on 29th October 1914. He was 26 years of age and is remembered with honour at the Ploegsteert Memorial for the missing, Comines-Warneton, Belgium.
R.I.P
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Pte. Patrick Bowden 1st Btn. Royal Warwickshire Regiment (d.26th Nov 1915) Patrick Bowden enlisted Birmingham. He died of wounds.
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Guy Cave 1st Btn. Royal Warwickshire Regiment James Cave has a collection of letters from his grandfather’s brother, Guy Cave one of four brothers who served in the Army and who, though wounded three times, lived until 1949, when he died at the age of 64.
On December 31, 1914, when Guy (1st Btn Royal Warwickshire Regiment) was stationed at Ploegsteert, Flanders, he wrote about his company’s fraternisation with the 134th Saxon Regiment.
"On arriving in the trenches on Xmas eve at night, the Germans called out greeting etc. Their trenches are about 80 yards away. We replied in our best German, wishing them a Fröhliche Weihnachten [Merry Christmas]. They invited us to fetch cigars and on their promise, ‘Ve veal not joot’, I allowed a man to go over. He came back shortly afterwards with his cigar. He also asked for a drink but he was met with the reply, ‘My officer says I must not give you drink because you must be already drunk or you would not have come...’"
The following morning, Guy woke to the sound of his sergeants singing carols. "At daybreak, we went out to the Germans who met us halfway. We made arrangements that there would be no shooting on either side during the day and Boxing Day, and this arrangement spread over our regiment, and all along the line. We took advantage of Xmas day to bury our dead and the German dead. We got their identification discs, so there will be definite news at home for their relatives. We had our photo taken in a group, Germans and Tommies together and officers. The Germans have promised to bring me a print tomorrow at midnight. The regiment in front of us is the 134th Saxon, and they are fed up with the war. One rather significant remark was made by one of their officers: ‘You are Anglo-Saxons, we are Saxons. Then why we joot?’"
Since Christmas Day, Guy reports that there has been no shooting on either side but Christmas Day 1914 will go down in history as a day absolute unique.
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/history/world-war-one/inside-first-world-war/10273760/your-memories.html
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Pte. Charles Silvester Burton 10th Btn. Royal Warwickshire Regiment (d.23rd Mar 1918) We know from a letter written by a comrade shortly afterwards (now sadly lost) that Charles Burton was machine gunned as a patrol moved around during the German Spring Offensive of 1918. He was aged 36. He has no known grave. He was born in Minworth, Warkwickshire around 1882. We have no pictures of him and think that any that may have existed may have been destroyed by his wife Selina (my Great Grandmother) after his death. His War Medal may also have been pawned at some point. It is possible he was a carpenter, but we cannot confirm that yet. I would be interested to know if you have any photos of the 10th RWR from around that time. We are still trying to find out more about him.
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Pte. Frederick Jukes 1st Battalion Royal Warwickshire Regiment My great grandad, Frederick Jukes, Private 177 1st Battalion Royal Warwickshire Regiment. He was a regular soldier from September 1904 before the 1st World War seeing service mainly in India. When the war broke out he had by now re-enlisted in the August 1914 & was part of 4th Division 10th Infantry Brigade. In May (3rd) 1915 whilst on the Ypres Salient Shell Trap Farm he was gassed. Original papers show the time/date my family were informed of his injury & the hospitals he stayed at both in France/UK. From these papers it shows that he, in fact, returned to France only to be medically discharged the following year in Nov 1916.
The family have now photos of him in uniform which I have always wanted. I am a retired Policeman & like my great grandad I had to retire following serious injury. Strange as it is, his war badge No. is 466928....my warrant number was similar....4628.
Grandad lived to a good age but always suffered with his chest. What he must have seen in those trenches stayed with him all his life. He never discussed the war except his service in India. What I experienced in 26 years of policing he & many others who served in both wars must have seen on a daily basis.
I dedicate this narrative to my grandad who served his country/colours with pride, honour & respect. I also pay tribute/thought to all others who have served & given so much that we can have our today. I also include those Police officers who have given so much in serving/protecting their communities.
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Pte. Mark Welch Rollason 1st Btn Royal Warwickshire Regiment (d.23rd Oct 1916) Mark Welch Rollason of 1st Btn, Royal Warwickshire Regiment was killed in action on 23rd October 1916. He was my paternal great grandfather of whom I know little about. Sadly he died on the same day as his daughter Elsie gave birth to his grandson, who was named after him. If anyone has any information about the family please get in touch.
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