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Seacunny Anwar Bakhsh
Royal Indian Marine
(d.2 Sep 1916)
Bakhsh Anwar served in Remembered at . WW1
Gnr. Jesse Phillip Balch
British Army No. 7 Depot Royal Field Artillery
from:Binstead. Hants.
Jesse Balch was my Great Grandfather he was born in 1866 at Minterne Magna, Dorset to William and Elizabeth Balch. In civilian life he was a Coachman Groom and Royal Horse Artillery Pensioner. He was married with children. He enlisted as a Gunner in the Royal Field Artillery in the Army Reserve at the age of 48 in 1914. He served with 7 Depot which were based at Frome and Romsey and was discharged on medical grounds (KR 392.xvi) in 1917. He was awarded the Silver War Badge (No' 170496) for his service.
Gunner Jesse Philip Balch
British Army 7 Depot Royal Field Artillery
from:Binsted. Hampshire
Gunner Jesse Balch was my Great Grandfather he was born in 1866 at Minterne Magna, Dorset to William and Elizabeth Balch. In civilian life he was a Coachman/Groom and Royal Horse Artillery Pensioner. He was married with children. He enlisted as a Gunner in the Royal Field Artillery in the Army Reserve at the age of 48 in 1914. He served with 7 Depot which were based at Frome and Romsey and was discharged on medical grounds (KR 392.xvi) in 1917. He was awarded the Silver War Badge (No' 170496) for his service. Michael Robert Nottage.
Cpl. William Henry Balcombe
British Army 122nd Siege Battery Royal Garrison Artillery
from:Southover, Lewes
William Balcombe was my grandfather. He signed up to the territorials before the start of WW1 and served at Newhaven Fort in the Sussex Royal Garrison Artillery manning the 6" guns in the early part of the war.
One night there was a commotion in the harbour and he gave the order to fire a warning shot, the gun layer asked where to aim as they could not see anything, he ordered the breech to be opened and he put his ear to it as the gun was traversed, when the noise was loudest they loaded and fired and ended the noise in the harbour. The next morning they discovered a couple of drunks had stolen a rowing boat and tried to get across the harbour, one of them was in hospital with the rifle marks from the shell burnt across his buttocks!
William transferred to the 122nd Siege Battery RGA and served in France. I have a drawing he made of his gun at Riviere in July and August 1916 and know he continued to serve until the end of the war. After the war he became a commercial artist living in Brighton, he died in 1963.
Pte. Joseph Balcon
British Army Royal Army Service Corps
from:Helmet Row, Islington, London
I am trying to trace my father's army records, no luck, I know lots of records were lost during the Blitz. His name was Joseph Balcon and he served with the 2/20th Battalion, London Regiment and the Army Service Corps, he told me he fought in Odessa? Can anyone tell me where would I find any records of this?
Cpl. Frederick Charles Balderson MM.
British Army 14th Btn. Gloucestershire Regiment
from:Spratton
(d.22nd October 1917)
Frederick Balderson was from Spratton, Northamptonshire, son of Julia and John Balderson. He came home on leave to show off his military medal, of which is described in the war diaries in the previous months before his death, before returning at the start of October 1917, to be killed on the 22nd and has no known grave. His brother Bertie,fought and survived. No photos found of Fred have been found and I have no idea where his medals are now. Fred's brother, Alfred, my great grandfather, called is own son after Fred, he fought in WW2 was wounded but survived in to his 80s.
Gdmn. Henry Balderstone
British Army 3rd Btn. Coldstream Guards
from:Colne, Lancs.
(d.17th Aug 1915)
Henry Balderstone served with the 3rd Battalion, Coldstream Guards during WW1 and died, age 26, as a Prisoner of War on the 17th August 1915. He is buried in Plot IX. A.8 in the Berlin South Western Cemetery in Berlin. He was the son of Mrs. Cecily Balderstone, of 29, Stanley St., Colne, Lancs.
Report in Nelson war memoirs: Private Harry Balderstone, 3rd Coldstream Guards, son of Mrs. Balderstone, of Stanley Street, Colne, arrived in France on the 22nd August 1914, and was wounded and taken prisoner by the Germans three days later and interned at Cologne. Later he was admitted to hospital at Witenberg, suffering from typhoid fever. In May 1915 he wrote home for shirts, underclothing and money, as he was shortly to be removed from the hospital back to the internment camp. But shortly after, Mrs. Balderstone received news from the American Ambassador that her son had died.
Pte. Henry Balderstone
British Army 2nd Btn. Coldstream Guards
from:Colne, Lancs.
(d.17th Aug 1915)
Henry Balderstone died in a POW camp on 17th August 1915 and is buried in the Berlin South Western Cemetery. He was the son of Mrs. Cecily Balderstone, of 29 Stanley St., Colne, Lancs.
Pte. Alfred F. Baldock
Army Army Service Corps
Rfmn. George William Baldock
British Army 5th Btn. London Regiment
from:London
(d.3rd May 1917)
Pte. William Baldock
British Army Suffolk Regiment
from:Elm, Cambridgeshire
William Baldock joined the Suffolk Regiment on 18th December 1914. On 7th February 1918, William was discharged from the army suffering from wounds. He had been shot in the face. William died in 1948.
L/Cpl. Henry William Baldry
British Army 7th Battalion Kings Shropshire Light Infantry
from:Lowestoft
(d.3rd April 1916)
Harry Baldry served with the 7th Battalion, Kings Shropshire Light Infantry.
L/Cpl. Albert Ernest Baldwin
British Army 18th (2nd Glamorgan) Btn. Welsh Regiment
from:Brixton, London
Albert Baldwin was captured on 9th April 1918 near Lavantie. He was shipped to Gardelegen P.O.W. camp. During his imprisonment there he was kept underground in complete darkness as a punishment. I do not know whether this was because of an escape attempt. He said that coming out of the dark, dragged into bright sunshine, damaged his eyesight permanently.
Pte. Arthur James Baldwin
British Army 1st/4th Btn. Gloucestershire Regiment
from:34 Coronation Road, Southville, Bristol
(d.12th Nov 1918)
Arthur Baldwin was born in Bedminster, Somerset in 1895. He was the son of Frederick Baldwin and Fanny (nee Wathen). He worked as a printer prior to the war. His mother died in 1914 and his father remarried in 1917 to Sophia Bush. Arthur is buried in Italy at Montecchio Precalcino Communal Cemetery Extension.
Lt. C. W. Baldwin
Army Durham Light Infantry
Sgt. Cecil Charles Harpur Baldwin MM.
Australian Imperial Force 18th Infantry Battalion
from:Australia
(d.1st Mar 1917)
Cecil Charles Harpur Baldwin was born in 1893 at Rydalmere, New South Wales, the grandson of Australian poet Charles Harpur. Preceding his First World War service he was a member of the senior cadets and the militia units St George's Rifles and the Legion of Frontiersmen. The 22-year-old clerk and accountant enlisted with the Australian Imperial Force on 16th August 1915, and he departed Sydney with reinforcements for the 18th Infantry Battalion aboard HMAT Suevic on 20th October 1915.
In February 1916 Baldwin was transferred to the 3rd Infantry Battalion, which was sent to the Western Front. Among his regular duties, he wrote of listening in the trenches at night for enemy movement and patrols. He wrote to his mother several times during his time on the front, taking great effort to portray a positive experience as to mitigate her worrying. Baldwin signed off most of these letters with the phrase, "Don't worry, be happy." The battalion's first major action in France was at Pozières in July and August of 1916. There Baldwin was awarded the Military Medal for bravery in the field during the battle. In November he was wounded in action with a gunshot to the left arm.
On 1st March 1917 Cecil Baldwin was killed at La Barque near Bapaume during an early morning raid by a Prussian Guards unit. He was killed instantly by a sniper's bullet as he emerged over the parapet of his dugout. Baldwin was described by his fellow B Company soldiers as being a "very fearless man" and "one of the bravest men that ever stood". He is buried in France at the Warlencourt British Cemetery.
L/Cpl. Edward Baldwin
British Army Essex Regiment
(d.21st Oct 1914)
Lt. H. R. Baldwin
Royal Naval Division
(d.13th Jul 1915)
Rflmn. Irwin Baldwin
New Zealand Army 2nd Battalion NZ Rifle Brigade
from:Palmerston North, NZ
Irwin Baldwin was born in Steeton, near Keighley, in the West Riding of Yorkshire in 1884. He served in the police force in Goole in the East Riding of Yorkshire until 1909 when he contracted rheumatic fever and left the force. In 1910 he emigrated to New Zealand and settled in Palmerston North, where a cousin was already living. He worked as a driver for the Swan Dairy Company and then an engineer for the NZ Dairy Union. In 1914 his younger brother Thomas Edward Baldwin joined him in New Zealand.
Both brothers volunteered for the armed services in 1915, but Irwin was refused, probably on account of having had rheumatic fever. His brother, Tom, was accepted and was posted to the NZ Rifle Brigade.
Irwin applied for a second time and was attested on 4th September 1917. He joined 'D' Company, 35th Reinforcements. His regiment embarked on the SS Tofua on 2nd March 1918 and after a short break in Suez arrived in Southampton on 15th May 1918. On 19 June 1918 he was transferred into the reserves for the Rifle Brigade and on 27th of August 1918 was detailed for course instruction at Brocton Camp in Staffordshire. He qualified as a Lance Corporal and joined 'B' Company, 2nd Battalion, Rifle Brigade on 17th September 1918.
It is probable that Irwin was stationed at Brocton Camp shortly after his arrival in England in May 1918. He was finally posted to the Front on 21st September 1918.
On 4th November 1918 he took part in the attack on the old fortress town of Le Quesnoy in northeastern France. He was severely wounded in the shoulder, right buttock and right leg when a shrapnel shell burst nearby. His right leg was amputated. He spent some months recovering at the New Zealand hospital at Walton on Thames and eventually embarked for New Zealand on board the SS Arawa on 5th October 1919.
His younger brother, Tom, fought at Flers on the Somme Front, Messines and Passchendaele. He was wounded in both knees on 12th October 1917 during the attack on Passchendaele. He also had his right leg amputated.
Irwin served for a second time with the New Zealand armed forces during WW2, in a clerical capacity and died in Palmerston North in 1962. His brother Tom died in 1966 and is buried in Steeton Cemetery.
Pte. James Baldwin
British Army Kings Liverpool Regiment
from:Burnley, Lancashire
James Baldwin served with the Kings Liverpool Regiment.
Pte. Robert Baldwin
British Army 24th (Tyneside Irish) Battalion Northumberland Fusiliers
from:Dunston
Robert Baldwin was discharged in February 1916
Pte. William Benjamin Baldwin
British Army 2nd Battalion Essex Regiment
from:Kings Lynn
(d.5th March 1917)
Private William Benjamin Baldwin was my wife's grandfather and enlisted firstly in the Suffolks, 33659. He appears to have been transferred to the 2nd Battalion Essex Regiment at some point, as yet unknown to us. We are still trying to piece together the jigsaw that was his life but as with all research there are many gaps in the story so far. We do know that he was killed at Arras on 5th March 1917. All items available and relating to his army life were donated to the Essex Regimental Museum by my wife. Unfortunately we have no photographs of him.
Pte. William Baldwin
British Army Bedfordshire Regiment
My grandfather William Baldwin joined up in 1916 and served in the Suffolks, and then with the Bedfordshire regiment. I know this from hearing first hand and from his demob papers which I have. He was a Lewis gunner and achieved musketry 1st class and completed a bombing course. This information is recorded on the papers. For some reason however on the rim of his service medals it gives his army number and Essex regiment?
I recall many stories my grandad told me as a lad and the most poignant was when they overan a German trench and were ordered not to take any prisoners. That haunted my grandad until the day he died. He was wounded 3 times shot through the right leg hit by grenade shrapnel and mustard gassed. He maintained that he got away lightly. The biggest wound stayed with him for life: the day he killed a young German of a similar age to himself begging for his life. As my grandad said "to the victor the spoils". No war crimes committed that day apparently.
My grandad once returned to the front after leave to find only one man left alive in his platoon after a direct hit from a whizz bang shell. My grandad told me that some men would vomit and pee themselves before they went over the top and often said he couldn't go to hell as he had already been.
Pte. William Lambert Baldwin
British Army 13th Btn. Gloucestershire Regiment
from:Forest of Dean
Sjt. William Ernest Baldwin
British Army A Sqd. Berkshire Yeomanry
from:Acton, London
(d.21st August 1915)
William Baldwin was born in 1889 in St Pancras, London, the youngest son of Frederick Alfred and Sara Baldwin. The family moved to Acton in 1905 where his father owned one of the largest laundries in Acton, the Empire Steam Laundry on the Steyne. His father went on to become the first Mayor of Acton and died in 1924.
William served with A Squadron, Berkshire Yeomanry and saw action in the Gallipoli campaign in 1915. He was killed in action, aged 26 years, on 21st of August 1915, the first day of the assault on Hill 70 the Battle of Scimitar Hill. It was the largest single day attack in the Gallipoli campaign with over 5000 British casualties. He is buried in Green Hill Cemetery, Turkey. He is remembered on both the Berkshire Yeomanry memorial at Windsor and the War Memorial, St Mary's Church, Acton, London. He is also mentioned on the memorial to his father which is near the organ in St. Mary's Church.
SLt. C. J. Bale
Royal Naval Reserve HMS India
(d.7th December 1915)
Sub-Lieutenant Bale is buried in the Faberg Churchyard in Norway.
R.W. Bale
British Army Coldstream Guards
I have an original postcard of Cpl. R. W. Bale's squad, Coldstream Guards, Feb 1917.
Pte. William Bale
British Army 8th Btn. Somerset Light Infantry
from:Taunton, Somerset
(d.10th Oct 1918)
Sadly, William Bale was one of a hundred men recorded on the War Memorial in St Mary Magdalene Church, Taunton. William was born in Taunton, the youngest of four children born to Edward and Rose nee Cridland. Prior to enlisting William worked as a clerk in an Insurance Office. The Church was the one attended by the men of the SLI whose barracks were just up the road.
Pte. Thomas Bales
British Army 16th (Queens Westminster Rifles) Btn. London Regiment
Thomas Bales was my great great uncle. I have all his medals, dog tags and cap badge. I was left them by my grandfather in his will. I remember talking to uncle Tom as a boy and being told to speak loud as he was deaf from shelling in the war and being told to sit still so he could see me as he was nearly blind from being gassed. I know nothing more than that, except his sister never married as she cared for him from the time he returned from the war till his death many years later.
Dvr. Joseph Balfour
British Army 29th Div Ammunition Column Royal Field Artillery
from:Stenhousemuir, Stirlingshire
(d.23rd Oct 1915)
Joseph Balfour was my father`s half brother. Joseph drowned on the HMT Marquette which was sunk by U35 23 Oct 1915 57.5 Kilometres south of Salonika Bay, his body was never recovered. The Marquette sank in thirteen minutes and 167 lives were lost.
Joseph was born on 8th September 1890 in Falkirk. He was 25 when he died. His mother was Mrs Helen B Douglas Balfour of Crowsnest Loan, Stenhousemuir, Larbert, Stirlingshire.
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