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World War 1 One ww1 wwII greatwar great 1914 1918 first battalion regiment
Sgt. Joseph B. Adkinson MH.
U.S. Army Company C. 119th Infantry Regiment
Joseph Adkinson's citation reads: "When murderous machine gun fire at a range of 50 yards had made it impossible for his platoon to advance, and had caused the platoon to take cover Sgt. Adkinson alone, with the greatest intrepidity, rushed across the 50 yards of open ground directly into the face of the hostile machine gun kicked the gun from the parapet into the enemy trench, and at the point of the bayonet captured the 3 men manning the gun. The gallantry and quick decision of this soldier enabled the platoon to resume its advance."
Flight Sub-Lieutenant L. Edwin Adlam
Royal Naval Air Service 1 (Naval) Squadron
(d.9 Sep 1917)
L. Adlam served in 1 (Naval) Squadron Remembered at . WW1
Able Seaman Lewis Adlam
Royal Navy H.M.S. Monmouth.
(d.1 Nov 1914)
Lewis Adlam served in H.M.S. Monmouth. Remembered at . WW1
Able Seaman Victor Adlam
Royal Navy H.M.S. Philomel.
(d.3 Jun 1916)
Victor Adlam served in H.M.S. Philomel. Remembered at . WW1
Private William Adlam
Royal Marine Light Infantry Chatham Btn. Royal Naval Division
(d.30 Apr 1915)
William Adlam served in Chatham Btn. Royal Naval Division Remembered at . WW1
Able Seaman William Milton Adlam
Royal Navy H.M.S. Vanguard.
(d.9 Jul 1917)
William Adlam served in H.M.S. Vanguard. Remembered at . WW1
Pte. Arthur Adlard
British Army 1st Btn. Lincolnshire Regiment
from:Hucknall, Nottinghamshire
(d.12th Nov 1914)
Lt. John Evan Adlard
Australian Imperial Force 1st Division Ammunition Column
from:Australia
John Evan Adlard was born in Surrey, England in 1888. He enlisted in the Australian Imperial Force as a driver on 3rd February 1915. Adlard had 4 years prior military service in the British Army Horse Artillery, also as a driver, which contributed to his commission as an officer.
He departed Melbourne with the 1st Division Ammunition Column from Melbourne aboard HMAT Bakara on 14 May 1915. After a stopover in Egypt, he embarked for Gallipoli aboard RMS Snaefell in June 1915. He landed at Cape Helles from the River Clyde. Adlard soon fell ill and was admitted to hospital in Malta on 16th September 1915. He left Malta aboard the hospital ship HMHT Dunluce Castle on 13th October 1915 and set sail for England. On 12th January 1917, he was admitted for training at the Royal Artillery Cadet School in St John's Wood, England. He was subsequently reassigned to the 1st Division Column on the Western Front.
John Adlard was wounded on 23rd October 1917 and transferred to England before returning to Australia aboard SS Balmoral Castle on 1st February 1918. He died in Australia in 1980
Leading Seaman Adlington
Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve S.S. Princess Dagmar.
(d.7 May 1918)
Adlington served in S.S. Princess Dagmar. Remembered at . WW1
Stoker 1st Class Stanley Adshead
Royal Navy H.M.S. Queen Mary.
(d.31 May 1916)
Stanley Adshead served in H.M.S. Queen Mary. Remembered at . WW1
Mechanician George William Adsley
Royal Navy H.M.S. Glowworm.
(d.25 Jun 1920)
George Adsley served in H.M.S. Glowworm. Remembered at . WW1
Pte. Albert Adwick
British Army 11th Btn. C Coy. Sherwood Foresters
from:Shireoaks, Nottinghamshire
(d.11th Dec 1917)
Albert Adwick served with C Coy, 11th Sherwood Foresters.
Leading Boatswain Frank Ernest Aers
Royal Navy H.M.S. India.
(d.8 Aug 1915)
Frank Aers served in H.M.S. India. Remembered at . WW1
Afferey
HMHS Panama
I have acquired a 3 piece tea service from an auction and on it has a inscription to AVC Afferey HMHS Panama 29th May 1916 from all his friends. I'd love to find out who he was and what he did after the war.
Herbert Alexander Affleck
Australian Imperial Force 1st Field Artillery Brigade
from:Australia
(d.17th Aug 1917)
Herbert Alexander Affleck was born in 1891 on a station near Wilcannia, New South Wales. He completed his schooling at Armadale State School before commencing tertiary studies at the Working Men's College of Melbourne (the predecessor of RMIT University). At the outbreak of the First World War, Affleck was working as an Architects pupil in Armadale, Melbourne and had spent time with a reserve regiment.
Affleck enlisted in the Australian Imperial Force on 19th September 1914. He was assigned to the 1st Field Artillery Brigade and departed Melbourne aboard HMAT Shropshire on 20th October 1914. He was stationed briefly in Egypt before being deployed to Gallipoli.
Affleck was wounded on 6th August 1915 and subsequently transferred from Gallipoli to a rest camp on Lemnos. He re-joined his unit at Gallipoli on 6th October 1915 but was transferred to a hospital on Mudros due to appendicitis on 9th December 1915. After Gallipoli, Affleck spent time at Tel-el-Kebir in Egypt recuperating and preparing for the Western Front. He left Alexandria on 22nd March 1916 and arrived in Marseilles on 28th March 1916.
Affleck s brother, William Lindsay, also served with him as a gunner in the 3rd battery of the 1st Field Artillery Brigade. Their commanding officer said that Affleck was a good man and 'had he lived he would have received a decoration'. Herbert Affleck was killed in action while trying to rescue the wounded on 17th August 1917, and is buried at Reninghelst New Military Cemetery, Belgium
Lt. Johnson Affleck MC.
British Army 7th Btn. Royal Northumberland Fusiliers
from:Canada
My father, Johnson Affleck was born in Gateshead in 1886, he was at St Bees from 1900-1903 and, after a period learning pioneering skills went out to Canada in 1906 where he was when WWI was declared. He joined up in British Columbia but was told his eyesight would probably preclude active service. He resigned, travelled under his own steam to Europe where he enlisted in the King Edward’s Horse as a cavalryman.
In 1916 he was selected for officer training and at the end of 1916 was commissioned into the 7th Btn Northumberland Fusiliers with whom he saw service around Ypres and Passchendaele, service for which he was awarded the Military Cross.
After the war he stayed in the Army escorting German POWs on their marches back to Germany. He was discharged late in 1919 and made his way back to Canada in 1920.
Pte. Robert William Affleck
British Army 18th Btn. Durham Light Infantry
Pte. Thomas Affleck
British Army 1st Battalion Kings Own Scottish Borderers
from:Byker Hill
(d.19th April 1917)
Thomas Affleck was killed in April 1917. Ijust found his medals in a shop and thought I would look after them and look up about him. RIP
Pte. Joshua Africa
Cape Corps, S.A. Forces
from:Elim, Cape Province.
(d.8th October 1918)
Private Africa was the Son of Jacobus and Clara Africa, of Elim, Cape Province.
He was 23 and is buried in the Elim Mission Station Cemetery, Western Cape, South Africa
Private George Atkin Agar
2nd Btn. Royal Marine Light Infantry
(d.28 Apr 1917)
George Agar served in 2nd Btn. Royal Marine Light Infantry Remembered at . WW1
Cpl. John William Agar
British Army 18th Btn. Durham Light Infantry
from:Darlington
J W Agar is recorded as "Pte Agar, J, W. Lord Durham's County Battalion DLI" in the Roll of Honour held in Darlington Library, believed to have been complied by the Town Council in the 1920s. He was Commissioned into 2nd DLI
Leading Stoker Thomas Agar
Royal Navy H.M.S. Invincible.
(d.31 May 1916)
Thomas Agar served in H.M.S. Invincible. Remembered at . WW1
Chief Engine Room Artific Wilfred Charles Agar
Royal Naval Reserve H.M.S. Comet.
(d.6 Aug 1918)
Wilfred Agar served in H.M.S. Comet. Remembered at . WW1
Pte. Harold Romilly Garnault Agassiz
Canadian Expeditionary Force 15th Btn.
from:Bedford
(d.26th September 1916)
Harold Agassiz was born 3rd August 1878 son of Jessie Agassiz, husband of Eugene Agassiz of 126 Silver Birch Avenue, Toronto, Canada. In 1891 census he is shown living with his mother in Clarendon Street, Bedford. He served with 15th Battalion, Canadian Infantry and was killed in action on 26th September 1916 during the Battle of the Somme just beyond Courcelette and is buried in Courcelette British Cemetery, France. A pupil of of Bedford Modern School 1890-93, 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.
Commander Thomas Roland Agassiz
Royal Naval Reserve H.M. Yacht Conqueror II.
(d.26 Sep 1916)
Thomas Agassiz served in H.M. Yacht Conqueror II. Remembered at . WW1
Able Seaman James William Agate
Royal Navy H.M.S. Indefatigable.
(d.31 May 1916)
James Agate served in H.M.S. Indefatigable. Remembered at . WW1
L/Cpl. Allen Ager
British Army 11th Btn Royal Sussex Regiment
from:Haughley, Suffolk
(d.3rd Apr 1918)
I have just recently found out about my Uncle Allen Ager. He died in The Great War. I have no living relatives to tell me anything but I am trying very hard to get as much info as I can about him. He, along with my father Arthur and their siblings, were all born in the vicinity of Haughley which is near Stowmarket in Suffolk. My Dad was born in 1888, he was 63 when I was born and we never spoke much about WW1 but when another uncle died a few photos came my way and a little info to say that Allen had died on the Somme. I hope to get the military history of Allen, and also of my Uncle Hugh who was wounded and lost his left arm in 1917.
Stoker 2nd Class James Alfred Ager
Royal Navy H.M.S. Hawke.
(d.15 Oct 1914)
James Ager served in H.M.S. Hawke. Remembered at . WW1
Stoker 2nd Class William James Ager
Royal Navy H.M.S. Defence.
(d.31 May 1916)
William Ager served in H.M.S. Defence. Remembered at . WW1
Able Seaman James Agg
Royal Navy H.M.S. Vanguard.
(d.9 Jul 1917)
James Agg served in H.M.S. Vanguard. Remembered at . WW1
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