|
|
|
Want to know more about the Shropshire Yeomanry? There are:6589 items tagged Shropshire Yeomanry available in our Library
These include information on officers, regimental histories, letters, diary entries, personal accounts and information about actions during the Great War. |
|
Those known to have served withShropshire Yeomanry during the Great War 1914-1918. - Jones Daniel. Pte. 1st Btn.
- Jones MC David Tudor. Lt/Capt. 49th Btn.
- Ralphs Ernest. Pte.
All names on this list have been submitted by relatives, friends, neighbours and others who wish to remember them, if you have any names to add or any recollections or photos of those listed,
please.
Add a Name to this List
More Shropshire Yeomanry records.
|
|
The Wartime Memories Project is the original WW1 and WW2 commemoration website.
- 1st of September 2024 marks 25 years since the launch of the Wartime Memories Project. Thanks to everyone who has supported us over this time.
|
Want to find out more about your relative's service? Want to know what life was like during the Great War? Our
Library contains many many diary entries, personal letters and other documents, most transcribed into plain text.
|
Looking for help with Family History Research?
Please see Family History FAQ's
Please note: We are unable to provide individual research.
|
|
Can you help?
The free to access section of The Wartime Memories Project website is run by volunteers and funded by donations from our visitors.
If the information here has been helpful or you have enjoyed reaching the stories please conside making a donation, no matter how small, would be much appreciated, annually we need to raise enough funds to pay for our web hosting or this site will vanish from the web.
If you enjoy this site
please consider making a donation.
Announcements
- 19th Nov 2024
Please note we currently have a massive backlog of submitted material, our volunteers are working through this as quickly as possible and all names, stories and photos will be added to the site. If you have already submitted a story to the site and your UID reference number is higher than
264989 your submission is still in the queue, please do not resubmit.
Wanted: Digital copies of Group photographs, Scrapbooks, Autograph books, photo albums, newspaper clippings, letters, postcards and ephemera relating to the Great War. If you have any unwanted
photographs, documents or items from the First or Second World War, please do not destroy them. The Wartime Memories Project will give them a good home and ensure that they are used for educational purposes. Please get in touch for the postal address, do not sent them to our PO Box as packages are not accepted.
|
World War 1 One ww1 wwII greatwar great battalion regiment artillery
Did you know? We also have a section on World War Two. and a
Timecapsule to preserve stories from other conflicts for future generations.
|
|
|
250630 Pte. Ernest Ralphs Imperial Camel Corps Ernest Ralphs joined the Shropshire Yeomanry with his younger brother Harold who was under age. He volunteered for the Camel Corps and ended in the Royal Hussars. Like so many he never discussed his experiences but laughingly told me that a nasty dark scar on his cheek was caused by riding into a palm tree on an out of control camel!
|
248228 Pte. Daniel "Jonah" Jones 1st Btn. King's Shropshire Light Infantry Daniel Jones was injured on the 29th of September 1917 whilst serving in a front line trench in Lens, France, and endured many months of tortuous treatments, no doubt with rudimentary anaesthetics and no antibiotics.
By some miracle he kept his left leg, but was discharged as being "Permanently unfit for war service of any kind". He received a Silver War Badge, The War medal and a Victory Medal.
He went on to marry and have 2 sons, one who is still alive, 04-05-2018, and approaching 90.
Daniel worked in the Marchweil Munitions Factory during the second world war as a cloakroom attendant.
|
233443 Lt/Capt. David Tudor Jones MC 49th Btn. Machine Gun Corps David Tudor Jones was born in Liverpool in 1889. He enlisted in August 1914 and served in the ranks of the Shropshire Yeomanry in Palestine in 1916-17. He transferred to the Machine Gun Corps and was commissioned in 1917. He was awarded the MC whilst serving in the Ypres Salient in April 1918 with "C" Company, 49th Battalion and was later appointed 2 i/c of "B" Company. David served with this MGC battalion until 1919 when it was finally disbanded at Douai.
Between the wars (and after WW2) he worked for Courtaulds in Flint.
In WW2 he was recalled and commissioned into the Royal Welsh Fusiliers. David served on UK defences and then to RAF for work guarding airfields in South Wales and as draft conducting officer at sea. He died in 1961 in Flint.
|
|
Site Home
Help & FAQs
