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World War 1 One ww1 wwII greatwar great 1914 1918 first battalion regiment
Pte. Joseph Bonnie
British Army 7th Btn. King's Own (Royal Lancaster) Regiment
from:Dublin
(d.15th Nov 1916)
Pte. Bramwell Harry Bonning
British Army 3rd Btn. Manchester Regiment
from:Leicester
L/Sgt. Harold Reevely Bonsall
British Army 21st (Yeoman Rifles) Btn. King's Royal Rifle Corps
from:Harrogate
(d.17th September 1916)
Harold Bonsall served with 21st (Yeoman Rifles) Battalion, King's Royal Rifle Corps.
Pte. Stephan Bonynge
British Army 10th Btn. Royal Dublin Fusiliers
from:Dublin
(d.31st Aug 1916)
James Boocock
British Army 3rd Battalion Northumberland Fusiliers
from:Skipton, Yorkshire
Pte. Donald Edward Boodle
Australian Imperial Forces 33rd Btn.
from:Goondiwindi, Queensland
(d.7th Jul 1917)
Pte. Henry Booker
British Army 10th Btn. Royal Scots Fusiliers
from:Glasgow
(d.9th Feb 1917)
Henry Booker was born in Dublin and lived and enlisted in Glasgow. He was the son of Alice Booker, of 94 Henderson St., Maryhill Rd., Glasgow, and the late Henry Booker. Henry died at home in Glasgow of wounds aged 38 and was buried in Glasgow (St. Kentigern's) Roman Catholic Cemetery, Glasgow.
Spr. John Alexander Booker
British Army 233rd Field Company Royal Engineers
from:Stratford on Avon
Served with the company, was shot in the thigh and wounded. German red cross picked him up and he was then a POW at Crossen an Der Oder POW camp until end of the war.No dates available as yet
Drv. Myer Bookman
British Army Army Service Corps
My Grandfather, Myer Bookman is reputed to have been a driver for T E Lawrence which I would like to try and confirm. He is also supposed to have been imprisoned for a short while for refusing to go on a firing squad.
L/Cpl. George Booley
Australian Imperial Force 5th Infantry Battalion
from:Australia
George Booley was born in Kew, Victoria in 1890 and enlisted in the Australian Imperial Force at Melbourne on 19th August 1914. Prior to the outbreak of the First World War, Booley worked as a farmer in the Banyan area. He was assigned to the 5th Infantry Battalion and departed Melbourne on 21st October 1914 aboard HMAT Orvieto. After a short time in Egypt, Booley was transferred to Gallipoli where he served as part of the second wave of attacks on 25th April 1915. During the landing, he was wounded and invalided to Mudros and then Helipolis, Egypt.
After recovering from his wounds, Booley joined the 5th Infantry Battalion in France. In July 1916 he received a recommendation for a Mention in Orders as part of signals group that risked their lives to keep communications open during heavy shelling at Pozieres. By 1917, Booley had been commissioned as a lance corporal and spent time in England on leave. After returning to the front in early 1918, he was struck down by illness and remained in hospital until September. George Booley briefly returned to the front before leaving to return to Australia on 8th October 1918.
Capt. Walter Charter Boomer MC.
British Army 12th (Central Antrim) Btn. D Coy. Royal Irish Rifles
(d.1st Oct 1918)
Captain Walter Boomer died of wounds on 1st October 1918 while serving with the 12th Battalion Royal Irish Rifles. He is buried in Dadizeele New British Cemetery. He was aged 27 when he died. He was the son of Richard Walter and Jane Armstrong Boomer, Knockmore Cottage, Lisburn.
Sjt. Ernest Boon DCM.
British Army 10th Battalion Cheshire Regiment
(d.16th Apr 1918)
Pte. John Charles Boon
British Army 99th Coy. Machine Gun Corps
(d.16th November 1916)
John Boon, only son of Henry and Margaret E Boon of Mount Pleasant House, Aspley Guise, Bedfordshire, served with the 99th Company, Machine Gun Corps Infantry. He was killed in action on 16th of November 1916 age 21 years during the Battle of The Somme and is buried in the Frankfurt Trench British Cemetery, Somme, France. He was a pupil of Bedford Modern School 1908-12, commemorated on the School War Memorial, which was unveiled in 1923 and in the Roll of Honour, published in The Eagle, December 1923. Information courtesy of www.roll-of-honour.com
Gnr. Samuel Boon
British Army Y/5th Trench Mortar Battery Royal Field Artillery
(d.9th July 1917)
My son-in-law's great uncle, Samuel Boon, was one of three brothers to serve in WW1. One brother, Renford, was a private in the Gloucester and Hampshire Regiment. He was in receipt of a War Pension died in 1923 as a result of his war service. Another brother, Leonard Victor Boon, served in the Royal Worcestershire Regiment. Samuel's cousin, Arthur Daniell, was also killed in October 1917 and his brother, William Daniell (William Henry Joshua Daniell, of the Railway Operating Division, Worcestershire Royal Engineers, was mentioned in dispatches by Earl Haig.
Pte F. Boos
Coloured Labour Regiment 1st Cape Btn.
(d.15th Oct 1918)
Pte. F. Booth served with the 1st Cape Btn, Coloured Labour Regiment. He was executed for murder, on 15th October 1919 aged 19 and is buried in Y Farm Military Cemetery, Bois-Grenier, France.
Pte. Bertie Boosey
British Army 2nd Btn. Essex Reigiment
from:Foulness, Essex
(d.15th Apr 1915)
I am researching the circumstances of the death of my great Uncle Bertie Boosey on 15th April 1915. He served with the Essex Reigiment 2nd Battalion. We have visited his grave at Calvaire (Essex) Cemetery close to Ploegsteert in the Ypres Salient. Bertie was at least spared the first recorded Chlorine gas attack that started what became known as the 2nd battle of Ypres on 22nd April.
Company Sjt Mjr. O. E. Bootes
Army 2/7th Btn. Durham Light Infantry
Lance Sjt. A. Booth
Army 8th Btn. Durham Light Infantry
Alfred George Booth
British Army 9th Btn. Suffolk Regiment
from:Aberfeldy St. Poplar
Alfred Booth fought at the Battle of the Somme where he was seriously wounded. He was returned to England with a piece of shrapnel still in his body. It was reported in his pension records that it was unsafe to remove the shrapnel. He was also reported to have suffered from shell shock. He died in 1919 it is thought as a result of the shrapnel wound.
Pte. Angus Booth
British Army 5th Battalion Duke of Wellington 1st
from:Halifax
(d.3 Sept 1916)
Angus Booth was the second son to William Henry and Annie Booth of Halifax, West Yorkshire. He had been a carter in the local iron foundry before enlisting with The Duke Of Wellington's West Riding Regiment. He was a private and was 26 when he fought in the Battle of the Somme. He was killed in action, as were so many, leaving a widow Mabeth to moarn.
OK, so he wasn't anyone special, no bravery medals or vast military career to boast about. He is one of my family though and I think he was brave and gave his life so we may live free.
L/Cpl. Archie Booth
British Army 18th Btn. Manchester Regiment
from:Manchester
(d.30th Jul 1916)
Archie Booth, born in 1891 was my great uncle who enlisted with one of the Pals Battalions, the 18th in the Manchester Regiment in Sept 1914. He lived in Gorton, Manchester and was a warehouseman. He was initially a Private but at some stage became a Lance Corporal.
He was killed on 30th July 1916 during the Battle of the Somme and his name is on the Thiepval Memorial in France as he has no known grave. I have a postcard sent by him in Sept 1914 to a brother in Canada informing him of his enlistment and about the training he was undergoing. He was one of the soldiers to give evidence in a Court of Enquiry held in mid May 1916 when the roof of a mine shaft collapsed killing 11 men of his Battalion.
Pte. Arthur Booth
British Army 1st Btn. East Yorkshire Regiment
from:Sheffield
(d.28th August 1915)
2nd Lt. Cecil Richard Booth
British Army 1st Battalion, A Company. Gordon Highlanders
from:Dublin
(d.21st March 1916)
Cecil Booth was the son of John and Annie Booth, of 14, Grosvenor Rd., Rathmines, Dublin. He died of septicaemia following wounds age 21 and is buried in Etaples Military Cemetery.
Pte. Charles Booth
British Army 12th Battalion West Yorkshire Regiment
from:Hollinhurst, Woodlesford, Yorkshire
(d.14th July 1916)
Charlie Booth joined up in November 1915, left for France in Sep 1915 and was at the battle of Loos in the same month. Due to the lack of experience hunger tired and thirsty casualties were high. The Battalion made its way to Armentiers, were they gained mores experience from better trained troops. In 1916 he and the Battalion spent time in Ypres and was involved in fighting at St Eloi. Although not in action at the beginning of the Battle of the Somme, on the 14th of July the Battalion as part of the Bazenting Ridge Charles Booth was killed along with 45 other men, his body was identified but due to the battle ground being held and fought over for weeks his body was lost and his name in commemorated on the Thiepval memorial to the Missing. He left a widow and 3 children, aged 10, 8 and 3.
Pte. Daniel Booth
British Army 2nd Btn. Royal Dublin Fusiliers
from:Dublin
(d.5th May 1915)
Daniel Booth enlisted in Carlow. He was the son of Daniel and Mary Booth, of 27, South Cumberland St., Dublin. He died of wounds in France age 23 and is buried in Hazebrouck Communal Cemetery.
L/Cpl. Edwun F. Booth
British Army 6th Btn. Connaught Rangers
from:Dublin
(d.3rd Aug 1917)
Edwun Booth was the son of Elizabeth Booth, of 18, Lower Glengariff Parade, North Circular Rd., Dublin, and William Booth. He served with the Connaught Rangers 6th Battalion and was killed in action in Flanders aged 22 in August 1917. He is buried in Potijze Chateau Lawn Cemetery, Ieper.
Pte. George Booth
British Army 2nd Btn. West Riding Regiment
from:Huddersfield
(d.18th Apr 1915 )
My Great Grandfather George Booth enlisted in 1909. He went to France in 1914 as a Private in the second battalion of the west riding regiment formaly the Duke Of Wellingtons regiment. He took Part in the second battle at ypres in Belgium where on 18th april 1915 he was killed in action.
My Great Grandmother did not remarry. She had two daughters and one son, the boy my grandfather went to live with a Fanily Called Cocking hence this is now my name. I am Gareth Cocking the great grandson and i live in Huddersfield In the Dalton area of the town where i have lived most of my life.
My father's uncle a George Bedford also served in the Duke of Wellington's Regiment. He had served in the pre war era and on the outbreak of Hostilities had re enlisted and being given the rank of Sergeant he served throughout World War Two and attained the rank of warrant officer as the conflict came to an end.
Pte. H. Booth
British Army 12th Btn. York & Lancaster Regiment
Pte. H. Booth served with the Sheffield City 12th Battalion, York & Lancaster Regiment
GQMS. Herbert Gladstone Booth
British Army 1st East Lancashire Brigade Ammunition Column Royal Field Artillery
from:Burnley, Lancashire.
(d.2nd Dec 1914)
Herbert Gladstone Booth served with the 1st East Lancs Brigade, Royal Field Artillery, 42nd Division during WW1 and died on the 2nd December 1914, aged 31. He is buried in the Cairo War Memorial Cemetery, Egypt. He was the husband of Martha Ann Booth, of 9, Cairo St., Burnley, Lancashire.
QMS Herbert Gladstone Booth
British Army 1st East Lancashire Brigade Royal Field Artillery
from:Burnley, Lancashire
(d.2nd Dec 1914)
Herbert Booth died on the 2nd of December 1914, aged 31. He is buried in the Cairo War Memorial Cemetery, Cairo, Egypt, husband of Martha Ann Booth, of 9 Cairo St., Burnley, Lancashire.
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