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R. B***
R. B*** is listed on the Triptych in St. Paul's Church Jarrow, but the name is unreadable. Could this be Robert Bray Private 73423 of the 15th Battalion Durham Light Infantry. Age 27 who died on 31st March 1918. He was the husband of Ellen Jackson (formerly Bray) of 3 McGowan's Buildings Felling Gateshead. Born Heworth Colliery, he enlisted Gateshead. He is commemorated on the Pozieres Memorial. Does anyone have any additional information to confirm this?
Lascar Abdul Baba
Royal Indian Marine
(d.4 Aug 1914)
Abdul Baba served in Remembered at . WW1
Lascar Abdul Baba
Royal Indian Marine
(d.2 Sep 1916)
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Stoker Abdul Baba
Royal Indian Marine
(d.3 Jul 1918)
Abdul Baba served in Remembered at . WW1
Stkr3. Samuel Thomas Babb
Royal Navy HMS Cassandra
from:Camelford, Cornwall
Cpl. Victor Henry "Dick " Babb
British Army A Bty. 64th Brigade Royal Field Artillery
from:Tottenham, London
Victor Babb enlisted in the Royal Field Artillery on the 17th of August 1914. He was posted to 64th Brigade Royal Field Artillery on 25th of November 1914 as a Driver. Appointed acting Bombardier on the 11th of August 1917, he was Promoted to Bombardier on the 29th of September 1917 then to Corporal on the 5th of November 1917. He was appointed acting Sergeant after the war on 21st of January 1919 but reverted to the rank of Corporal on the 27th of March 1919 for the misdemeanor of taking a rifle from the store and shooting game in France on 23rd of Feb 1919. He was transferred to Class Z Army Reserve on 4th of May 1919 having served on the Western Front for the period 1st of June 1915 to 5th of May 1919. He was awarded the 1914-1915 Star, British War Medal and Victory Medal.
Pte. Ernest Edmund Baber
Australian Imperial Forces 33rd Btn.
from:Batecombe, Shepton Mallet, Somerser,
Pte. George Robert Baber
London Regiment 2/2nd Btn.
from:St. Saviours, Southwark, London
(d.22nd Sep 1918)
George Baber served with the 2nd Royal Fusiliers before being posted to 2nd/2nd Battalion, London Regiment.
Pte. George Robert Baber
British Army 2nd Btn. Royal Fusiliers
(d.22nd Sep 1918)
George Baber enlisted with the 2nd London Regiment and was posted to 2nd Btn. Royal Fusiliers.
Private Thomas Henry Bache
British Army 2nd Bn. Sherwood Foresters Notts & Derby Rgt
from:Hull, Yorkshire
(d.23rd Jul 1918)
This man was my Uncle and died 22 years before I was born.Presently I am researching my family tree,but at the moment I need more information regarding My Uncle Tom,I need to know if he as gassed or died of the flu.
Pte. Thomas Bache
British Army 7th Btn. Norfolk Regiment
from:Ludlow, Shropshire
(d.30th Nov 1917)
Rflmn. George Henry Back
British Army 12th (The Rangers) Battalion London Regiment
from:London
(d.1st Jul 1916)
Pte. Harry Back
British Army 1/4th Btn. East Yorkshire Regiment
from:Shawforth, Lancs.
(d.5th October 1918.)
Bmbdr. Arthur Joseph Backhouse
British Army 173 Brigade, AĆ‚Ā Bty. Royal Field Artillery
(d.17th October 1918)
Bombardier Arthur Backhouse was aged 23 when he died. He is buried in Duhallow A.D.S. Cemetery, Belgium, Grave No. IV.H.17.
Pte. Thomas Backhouse
British Army 9th Btn. Manchester Regiment
from:Seacombe, Wirral
(d.21st March 1918)
Thomas Backhouse was my great uncle. He died aged 21 and was married to a local girl. His name is on the Pozieres Memorial Panel 64-67. He enlisted in Birkenhead, Wirral.
L/Cpl. Herbert Backley
British Army 8th Battalion, "Y" Coy. Northumberland Fusiliers
from:North Shields
(d.26th Sep 1916)
Herbert Backley served with 8th Battalion "Y" Coy. Northumberland Fusiliers. (formerly 17735 West Yorkshire Regiment) he was aged 24 when he died on 26th September 1916. Born in Jarrow in 1894 he was the son of Charles Henry and Margaret Backley of 25 Berwick Terrace, Percy Main, North Shields. He lived and enlisted in North Shields. Herbert was previously wounded in November 1915. He is remembered on the Thiepval Memorial.
Pte. James Arthur Backley
British Army 11th Btn. Northumberland Fusiliers
from:Durham
(d.27th Oct 1918)
Pte James Arthur Backley
British Army 11th Btn Northumberland Fusiliers
from:Alnwick, Northumberland
(d.17th Oct 1918)
James was born in Jarrow, Durham in 1896.
His mum Margaret Cooper was my great great aunt. She was born in Ireland in 1868 and moved with her family to Newcastle, before marrying James' dad, Charles Henry Backley in 1889.
James was a below-ground coal driver when he was fifteen years old (in 1911), before becoming a conductor with the National Union Of Railwaymen in 1915 and then joining the army.
He was killed in action on 1918-10-27 in Italy.
His older brother, Herbert, died in 1916 in France.
In fact, between childhood mortality and the war, out of 14 Backley children only seven lived beyond the age of 24. (From eldest to youngest: William, died aged 17, accident. Mary Elloner, married and had 3 children, died age 62. Benjamin, died 7 months old. Herbert, died age 22 in France (buried at Thiepval). James Arthur died in Italy, in 1918 aged 22. John Magnus, married with three children, died aged 64. Horace, died 11 months old. Percy, died 1 year old. Charles, married with two children, died aged 68. Harold, married with a daughter, but died age 44 (WWII memorial in Whitley Bay). Alfred, married with three children, died aged 60. Francis, died 2 months old. Frederick, married with one child, died aged 50. Elizabeth Matilda, married with two girls, died 1977 (age 67).
Pte. Alfred Bacon
British Army 2nd Battalion Sherwood Foresters
from:Jacksdale, Notts
(d.11th Nov 1917)
Alfred Bacon was born at Danesmoor, Chesterfield, Derbyshire. Son of Edward and Elizabeth Bacon. He was a coal miner prior to enlistment 16th August 1910. He was at Crownhill Fort, Plympton, Devon in 1911 and went to France 8th of September 1914 and died a prisoner of war 11th of November 1917. He is buried in Hamburg Cemetery, Germany.
Asst.Paymstr. Francis Hugh Bacon
Royal Naval Reserve HMY Aries
from:Regent's Park, Southampton.
(d.31st Oct 1915)
Assistant Paymaster Francis Bacon was the Son of the late Rev. James Bacon, of Colombo, Ceylon, husband of Fanny Bacon of Ashdene, Regent's Park, Southampton. He was aged 46 when he died and is buried in the Borsmose Churchyard in Denmark, the grave is situated behind the church.
Pte. Harry William Bacon
British Army 9th (Queen Victorias Rifles) Btn. London Regiment
from:South Norwood, Surrey
My Grandfather, Harry Bacon, was severely wounded at Gommecourt on 1st July 1916 on the first day of the Battle of The Somme. This is an extract from his diary, written in August in Le Treport hospital.
"On evening of 30th June 1916 marched up to trenches and took up placers in front trench. Our company was first to go over. At 7:30am next morning over we went, under heavy bombardment from both sides. The Germans got wind of what was coming. I managed to get out of the trench and pushed forward as well as I could. I had only gone about 30 yards when I was hit by a piece of shrapnel in the stomach. It felt like a punch in the stomach and winded me. I tried to go on, but crawled into a shell hole which just covered me from rifle bullets. I stopped here for a bit but eventually chanced my luck and got back to our trenches and got to the dressing station. It was a miracle I did not get hit getting back. From the dressing station I got sent straight down the line to No.16 General Hospital Le Treport."
My Grandad was medically discharged and never returned to active service. He died in 1959 aged 65
Pte. J. J. Bacon
British Army 1/7th Btn. London Regiment
On the 17th May 1915 J. J. Bacon of the 7th Londons was involved in the Battle of Festubert. His medical record records: he states that when occupying an enemy trench he was buried by an explosion. He was in hospital in France for six weeks and then returned to the firing line. While working there his knee gave trouble and was sent home. He then spent 21 weeks in various British hospitals diagnosed with chronic arthritis in knee. He was discharged 9th June 1916 when he was 23 years old.
Sgt. John Joseph Bacon
British Army 2nd Btn. Kings Own Scottish Borderers
from:Derby
John Bacon is my husband's grandfather. He was born in Normanton, Derby when his father was serving with the 54th West Norfolk Regiment of Foot. He joined the KOSB in 1897 aged 14. He served in India, South Africa and France. He was awarded the Queen's South Africa Medal & 3 clasps, the King's South Africa Medal & 2 clasps, the 1914 Star, the British War Medal and the Victory Medal
He was part of the BEF that sailed for France on the 10th of August 1914. He was captured at the Battle of Le Cateau on the 26th of August 1914 when the BEF were retreating from Mons and was incarcerated in Doberitz and Dyrotz POW camps.
He was married with six children and lived in Belfast after the war. He died in 1938.
Bmbdr. Raymond Bacon
British Army 102nd Brigade Royal Field Artillery
from:Buxton
Pte. Victor Bacon
British Army 6th Battalion Kings Own Yorkshire Light Infantry
from:17 Coop St, Goldthorpe, Rotherham, Yorkshire
(d.11th Oct 1915)
William Henry Bacon
Australian Imperial Forces D Coy. 33rd Btn.
from:Dungog, New South Wales
(d.7th Jun 1917)
William Bacon was killed during the attack in no-manĆ¢ā‚¬ā„¢s-land in front of Plugstreet Wood on 7th June 1917. He has no known grave.
Cpl, William Thomas Baddeley
British Army 1st Btn North Staffordshire Regiment
from:Burslem
William Baddeley was a professional soldier, he boxed for his unit when based at Buttevant, Eire circa 1913. He married Mary Horne on the 5th of June 1909 at Cheriton in Kent. He lost most of his unit over the course of World War I, fighting in France and Belgium.
Pte. John James Baddley
British Army 2nd Btn. Wiltshire Regiment
from:Camborne, Cornwall
(d.5th May 1916)
John James Baddley, son of John James and Mary Baddley, was born in Dun Laoghaire, Dublin, Ireland. In 1914 he lived in Camborne, Cornwall, with his wife Mary Jane Baddley (later to be known as Blight), and he enlisted in Newquay. Before joining the Wiltshire Regiment he was a member of the Royal Field Artillery. John Baddley was 23 years old when he was killed in action in France, and he is buried in Carnoy Military Cemetery.
L/Cpl. John Henry Badetscher
British Army 7th (Service) Btn. King Royal Rifle Corps
from:Marylebone, Middlesex
(d.30th Jul 1915)
John Badetscher was born 11th Jul 1885 the son of John Badetscher a butler of Swiss nationality and Annie Giblin. He volunteered to join the Army on 14th Aug 1914. He was posted as Rfmn. upon transfer to B Coy, 7th KRRC on 31st Oct 1914 in Winchester. Following promotion to L/Cpl. on 29th Jan 1915 he embarked for France with his Btn on 19th May 1915 and after a period of training in trench warfare the Battalion was sent to the area of Ypres.
At 3am on 30th Jul 1915 the Germans attacked the Allied positions along the Ypres front in force. B Coy was occupying trenches G2 and G3 near Hooge to the North of Sanctuary Wood. This attack was the first time flamethrowers were used against British troops and the effect was devastating. Very soon the 8th Btn, Rifle Brigade who were holding the trenches to the left and rear of B Coy broke and withdrew. This left B Coy in a position whereby they were coming under enemy fire from the front, left and rear. They defended their position throughout the day slowly being pushed along the trenches towards Sanctuary Wood. Sometime in the early afternoon elements of 8th Btn, KRRC arrived and helped the remnants of B Coy hold the position. It was during this period of fierce fighting that L/Cpl Badetscher was killed whilst laying mines to defend B Coys position. Available records show that his body was eventually recovered by a detachment from 1st Btn Royal Fusiliers and buried but unfortunately it would appear that the location was lost as he has no known grave. He is commemorated on the Ypres Menin Gate Memorial.
2nd Lt. James Chester Badgley
British Army 6th Btn. att. 58th Trench Mortar Bty. Wiltshire Regiment
(d.7th Jun 1917)
James Badgley was, I think, the name of the father of my Godmother. I have his details from the CWGC which state "6th Bn. Wiltshire Regt. attd. 58th Trench Mortar Bty." together with family details. He enlisted in the Canadian Contingent at Quebec in 1914. I have a photograph which again I think is him but only because we found it in her personal effects after her death.
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