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Pte. William Blyth
British Army 10th Battalion Black Watch
from:Edinburgh
Bill Blyth ran away from home to join the Army in 1914 giving his age as 21 when in fact he was only 17 years old. He was born in 1897 in Manuel, Dumbartonshire, Scotland where his father was the station master.
By August 1916 he had been with the Field Force for 11 months. He received a gunshot wound to the upper, right thigh on 3rd of August 1916 and was subsequently transferred to the Hospital ship SS Galeka. Two weeks later on 18th of August 1916 he was transferred from the hospital ship to the Ambulance Train Depot.
He fought with the 10th Battalion, Black Watch in Mesopotamia, Palestine and Macedonia. He was gassed with mustard gas in Flanders during the Battles of Passchendaele (Third Battle of Ypres) between July and November 1917.
His mother died in 1911 and his father died in 1918 before he arrived home. His brother younger brother Andrew was a master mariner in the Merchant Navy and also fought in WWI.
Bill departed London on 2nd of July 1920 on the steamship Themistocles with his 3 sisters Jane (aka Jean, a school teacher aged 34), Janet (a clerk aged 30) and Alison (aka Dulcie, a tracer aged 19) to migrate to Australia. Following a 40 day trip they arrived in Brisbane, Australia in August 1920. He never saw his homeland again. He married Freda Marjinetta Hammond in Melbourne, Australia in 1929. He built a new house in Box Hill in 1929 in time for his November marriage to Freda Marjinetta Hammond, where he resided for the remainder of his life. Bill and Freda had one daughter, Margaret Ann in 1937. Bill worked as an accountant for Email & met up regularly with (Sir)Frank Packer (& reportedly also (Sir)Ian Potter) to discuss investments and the share market. He must have experienced some heavy losses as Margaret's school fees at PLC (Presbyterian Ladies College) in Melbourne were paid by a benefactor; anecdotally reported to have been (Sir) Frank Packer. Andrew migrated to Australia with his family after WWII and settled in Melbourne.
Bill suffered with Petit Mal (a mild form of epilepsy) and died at the age of age 64 of aplastic anaemia which doctors attributed to his exposure to mustard gas during the war. He was cremated and is buried at Springvale Botanical Cemetery He was a shy, quite man.
Sgt. F. Blythe
British Army 12th Btn. Sherwood Foresters
Sgt Blythe suffered a bullet wound on the 28th of March 1918 during the 12th Sherwood's withdrawal as the enemy advanced. He was treated at the Tranmere Auxiliary Military Hospital in Birkenhead.
Pte. John Blythe
British Army 13th Coy. Machine Gun Corps
from:22 Chief Fire Station, London Road, Manchester
(d.8th Sep 1916)
I understand that John Blythe was blinded in combat and was sent back to hospital in Salford to recuperate. There he contracted influenza, which took his life.
Pte. Stephen Edward Blythe
British Army 13th Btn Kings (Liverpool) Regiment
from:11 Morris St, Withington, South Manchester
(d.2nd May 1917)
L/Cpl. W Blyton DCM
British Army 7th (Service) Btn. Border Regiment
from:Wigan
L/Cpl John Boag
British Army 1st Battalion Cameron Highlanders
from:Glasgow
(d.29th July 1916)
John Boag is my 3x great uncle. He was the son of Thomas Boag and Elizabeth Stewart who were from a wealthy Glasgow merchant family. John and his brother, Thomas, both died during WWI. John having served in the 1st Batalion Cameron Highlanders died on 29th July 1916 "at home" and "of wounds".
His brother, Thomas, served in the 12th Battalion Royal Scots Fusiliers and after serving in Italy and the Middle East campaigns died on 28th June 1918 of injuries from British shrapnel that was fired to help their advancement in France.
Their sister, Mary Hastie Boag, was my 2x great granny. I never met her but my father has memories of her. There were 5 children before the war, three girls and 2 boys and my father said that Mary never quite got over the loss of her brothers.
The above is from my own research as there is no family member surviving who has the information on John and Thomas to hand as neither were married or had issue before the war.
Pte Thomas Boag
British Army 12th Battalion Royal Scots Fusiliers
from:Glasgow
(d.28th June 1918)
Thomas was in the 12th Battalion Royal Scots Fusiliers. His initial medical review states "not likely to make an efficient soldier"Ā¯ yet he is still enlisted. The 12th Battalion was a Territorial Army regiment and it may have been for medical reasons that Thomas was placed in this regiment at his initial enlistment in 1915. He is then not called up until 1917. His army record states that he was posted to Egypt 18th October 1917.
The history of the 12th Battalion Royal Scots is as follows: 14th January 1917 the Battalion formed in Egypt and engaged in various actions of the Palestine Campaign including;
- 1917 The Second Battle of Gaza, The Third Battle of Gaza, The Capture of Beersheba, The capture of the Sheria Position, The capture of Jerusalem, The Defence of Jerusalem.
- 1918 The Battle of Tell'Asur.
- May 1918 Moved to France.
- 21.06.1918 Transferred to the 94th Brigade of the 31st Division which engaged in various actions on the Western Front.
The attack at La Becque started on 28th June 1918 and was a trench warfare campaign. British troops went over the top in the early hours of the morning and all had reached their enemy objective positions by 7.35am. Many of the casualties were actually caused by their own shrapnel being fired to short of the trench they were advancing too. The majority of Germans were taken too much by surprise to reach their machine guns on time. Sadly, for Thomas, his military record states that he died of wounds on the 28th June 1918 in France at a Casualty Clearing Station meaning that this offensive was most likely where and when he died.
Drv. Thomas William Boak
British Army 29th Res Park Army Service Corps
from:Burnley, Lancs
(d.22nd August 1915)
Thomas William Boak served the 29th Reserve Park Army Service Corps during WW1 and died on the 22nd August 1915, age 36. He is buried in the Alexandria Chatby Military and War Memorial Cemetery, Alexandria, Egypt, He was the Husband of B. Boak, of 70, Calder Vale Rd., Burnley. He was born in Penrith.
Drvr. Thomas William Boak
British Army 29th Res Park Army Service Corps
from:Burnley, Lancs.
(d.22nd August 1915)
Thomas Boak died on the 22nd of August 1915 age 36 and is buried in the Alexandria (Chatby) Military and War Memorial Cemetery, Alexandria, Egypt. He was the husband of B. Boak of 70 Calder Vale Rd., Burnley. Thomas was born in Penrith.
L/Cpl. William James Boal DCM.
British Army 9th Bn. Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers
from:Belfast
Pte. S. Boam
British Army 7th Btn. South Lancashire Regiment
(d.10th Jun 1917)
Pte. Albertine Thomas Boar
British Army 6th Btn Queen's Own Royal West Kent
from:Polstead, Suffolk
(d.3rd July 1916)
Albertine Boar died at Ovillers-la-Boiselle. He was trapped and killed whilst cutting enemy wires.
Update: Albertine was born in Polstead, Suffolk c. 1882. The 1901 census shows him living with his father, William J Boar and siblings Ellen R Boar (12) and William J Boar (9).
Lt. A. Board
British Army 173rd Brigade, C Bty. Royal Field Artillery
Pte. William Thomas Board
British Army 694 MT Coy Army Service Corps
from:Cardiff
(d.7th June 1916)
William Thomas Board is my great uncle, my Grandmother's oldest brother. My Mother refers to him as Uncle John (which didn't help when I was trying to research my family tree!) We knew from my Grandmother's stories that one of her brothers had died in the First World War and I certainly had made the assumption that he was killed in France. After several hours of online searching I was able to discover that William had been part of the Army Service Corps and had been serving in India at the time of his death. His place of death is listed as Sukkur. He and his fellow comrades are commemorated on the India Gate War Memorial in New Delhi. he is listed thus: M2 167224 Pte William Board 694 MT Coy.
What I can't seem to find is any further information about him and his Corps or what they were doing in India. I will keep looking.
2nd Lt. William John Board
British Army 130th Brigade Ammunition Column Royal Field Artillery
(d.22nd Sep 1918)
William Board died of wounds on 22nd September 1918 he had been serving attached to 31st Brigade, Royal Field Artillery. He is buried at Sarigol Military Cemetery, Kriston, Greece.
Cpl. David Patrick Boardman
British Army 7th Btn. Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers
from:Dublin
(d.6th April 1916)
David Boardman was born and lived in Dublin, he enlisted in London.
L/Cpl. Edward Boardman
British Army 1st Btn. Royal Munster Fusiliers
from:Dublin
(d.30th Sep 1918)
Edward Boardman enlisted as Pte. 25346 in the Royal Dublin Fusiliers.
Pte. Ephraim Boardman
British Army 9th Btn. Northumberland Fusiliers
(d.18th November 1915)
Pte. John Boardman
British Army 10th Btn. (Derry) Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers
from:Londonderry
Pte. John Boardman
British Army 5th Btn. Duke of Wellingtons West Riding Regiment
from:Newcastle upon Tyne
John Boardman is my great grandfather whom I never met. He served at Arras in France.
Pte. Thomas James Boatman
British Army 8th Battalion North Staffordshire Regiment
from:London
(d.19th Apr 1918)
2nd Lt. Sidney Fitzgerald Bobby
British Army 18th Btn. Durham Light Infantry
(d.1st Jul 1916)
Sidney Bobby served with the 18th Bn. attd. 93rd T.M. Bty, he was aged 22 when he died on the 1st of July 1916. He was the son of William Thomas and Elizabeth Bobby, of 7 Wellesley Rd., Leytonstone, London and is remembered on the Theipval Memorial to the missing.
Maria Bochkareva
Russian Army 1st Russian Women's Battalion of Death
from:Russia
Maria Bochkareva was the leader of the Russian Battalion of Death, a woman-only group of 300 soldiers who fought on the Russian Western Front. Bochkareva herself had obtained Tsar Nicholas II's special permission to join the army, and earned three medals of distinction for bravery under fire. She led the Battalion of Death in one major battle, but was wounded, effectively ending her military career. After the Revolution, she narrowly escaped execution and fled to the U.S. but she decided not to stay away, and was recaptured when she went back to Russia. She was executed by the Bolsheviks in 1920.
Thomas Boddington
British Army
Joseph Boddy
British Army 15th Btn. Durham Light Infantry
Pte. William Edward Boddy
7th Btn Bedfordshire Regiment
from:Durham
(d.17th Aug 1917)
I'm afraid my research into William Boddy's service hasn't brought me very much information. Apparently the WW2 bombs destroyed a lot of Military Service records and I suspect that my Great Grandfather's records were included. I do have a postcard with the Bedfordshire Regiment coat of arms stitched into the front. My GGrandfather had sent it to my Nana when she was very little. It's my understanding that if he was killed in August of 1917 it would likely have been the attack made by the 7th Bedfords at Ypres.
Pte William Boddy
British Army 10th Btn Durham Light Infantry
from:South Shields
Pte. William Boden
British Army 12th Btn. West Yorkshire Regiment
from:Leeds
(d.21st Jul 1916)
2nd Lt. H. W. Bodger
British Army 173rd Brigade Royal Field Artillery
Second Lieutenant Bodgerwas wounded in January 1918.
Pte. Thomas Bodie
British Army 2nd Btn. Irish Guards
from:Dublin
(d.15th Sep 1916)
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