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L/Cpl. George Shivas Ross Carstairs
British Army 1st Btn. Royal Scots
(d.18th Feb 1915)
George Shivas Ross Carstairs, LCpl. 10204, is remembered on the Ypres Menin Gate Memorial.
Pte. Robert Carstang
British Army Labour Corps
from:Burnley, Lancs.
(d.18th Oct 1918)
Robert Carstang died of dysentery on the 18th of October 1918 and was buried in the Kirechkoi-Hortakoi Military Cemetery in Greece. He was the husband of Emily Garstang of 6 Albany Terrace, Burnley.
Pte. Thomas Carswell
British Army 6th Btn. Somerset Light Infantry
from:Edgarley
Thomas Carswell was taken POW at Jussy, France in 1918.
Mjr. William David Carswell-Hunt MC.
British Army 7th Btn. Durham Light Infantry
from:Jarrow
(d.5th Apr 1917)
William David Carswell-Hunt served with the 6th and 7th Battalions Durham Light Infantry and died age 44 on the 5th April 1917. He is buried in St. Pol Communal Cemetery Extension.
William was born in Kirkaldy, Fife, husband of Margaret A. Carswell-Hunt of 30 Henry Street Jarrow. William David Carswell-Hunt age 39 Manager of Botanic Brewing is with his wife Margaret A. Carswell-Hunt and family at 24 Hunter Street, South Shields on the 1911 census.
Drvr. A. W. Carter
British Army 173 Brigade, A Â Bty. Royal Field Artillery
(d.23rd April 1916)
Driver A.W. Carter was aged 19 when he was killed whilst providing support for a raid undertaken by 29th Division in the Hamel Sector. He was the son of Thomas Alfred and Ada Carter, 21 Ickworth Park Road, Walthamstow. He is buried in Forceville Communal Cemetery, Plot 1, Row B, Grave 11.
Pte. Albert Carter
British Army 9th Btn. Cameronians (Scottish Rifles)
from:Scarborough, Yorkshire
My granddad, Albert Carter, 16477, of the Scottish Rifles was injured in World War 1 on the Western Front. He was taken to the Royal Berkshire Hospital at Reading for treatment and then demobbed due to his injuries to his leg. He was awarded the lapel badge the silver cross to show that he had served in the war and so that he would be spared from receiving the white feathers (for cowardice) from over-zealous war enthusiasts of the day. He walked with a stick for the rest of his life.
Pte. Alfred Henry Carter
British Army 24th Battalion, B Company London Regiment
from:67 Fitzalan St, Lambeth
My grandfather Alf Carter enlisted in the 24th Battalion London Regiment, 4490 'B' Company Queen's on 8 July 1915 at the age of 46 years old. Apparent age of 40 written on attestation [correct birth year 1869 crossed out and overwritten 1875]; height 5ft 6 1/2 ins. As he died when my father was only 8 years old, I have little information about his whereabouts in France but would dearly like to give him his small token of recognition.
I have three mementos of him - his photo in army khaki; a 'Forget me not' embroided postcard sent to my father and message 'Stanley Carter from your Daddy in France'; also a dedication in his YMCA New Testament to Dad's twin sister Rose - 'A present for Rosie Carter Nov 6 1915 from her Dad Pte A.H.Carter 4490 B Company, Queens.
Capt. Alfred Cecil Carter
British Army Royal Army Service Corps
from:Liverpool
(d.15th January 1919)
Chevalier of the Legion of Honour. Chevalier of the Order of the Crown (Italy). Son of Thomas and Jane Carter. Born at Liverpool.
He was 39 and is buried in the Madrid British Cemetery, Grave 1.A.9. in Spain.
Pte. Arthur William Carter
British Army 18th Btn. Durham Light Infantry
Pte. Christopher Carter
British Army 13th Btn. Kings (Liverpool) Regiment
from:Litherland, Liverpool
(d.28th Mar 1918)
Christopher Carter's date of enlistment into the Kings Regiment is not known but he married Margaret Isabel Davies on 17th of June 1916, he was at that time already a soldier stationed at Park Hall Camp, Oswestry. He was killed in action on the 28th of March 1918 serving with the 13th Battalion, King's Liverpool Regiment. He has no known grave and is commemorated by name on the Litherland War Memorial and also at the Arras Memorial. He is also listed on the Roll of Honour for Kings (Liverpool) Regiment located in the Museum of Liverpool City Soldiers Gallery.
Below is the transcript of the Battalion War Diary of the day, 28th of March 1918
"After a bombardment of great violence," state the official despatches, "three fresh German divisions advanced to the assault along the northern bank of the Scarpe River: they were supported by the two German divisions already in the line. The enemy's immediate objective was to gain the general line Vimy-Bailleul-St. Laurent-Blangy. On the following day three special assault divisions were to carry the Vimy Ridge. Immediately south of the Scarpe four German divisions were engaged, to two of which were assigned the tasks of capturing Arras and the heights overlooking the town. This assault, the weight of which fell on the 3rd and 15th British Divisions, was supported by powerful attacks in which eleven hostile divisions were engaged along our whole front southwards to beyond Bucquoy. In this great assault the methods adopted by the enemy on the 21st of March were employed once more. But the fog which had then blinded our artillery and machine gunners was now absent and, as a consequence, the advancing lines of the Germans were met everywhere along the whole front by a merciless fire which decimated their ranks and shattered their attack. Though in one place (north of the Scrape) the enemies infantry advanced in solid masses almost shoulder-to-shoulder and six lines deep, all that he accomplished was the capture in a few places of our outpost line; in no place did he enter our front line.
A second attack, north of the Scarpe, launched during the afternoon after another heavy bombardment, was also completely repulsed and, broken and disappointed, the enemy fell back to his original line. The 1st King's were still in support in Englebelmer on the 28th. They were so weak in strength that they were temporarily joined to the 2nd South Stafford's under Major W.C.Smith, Colonel Murray-Lyon going to the transport lines for a rest. The 29th saw the battalion moving up to the front line in Aveluy Wood, which they took over after dark. Thus the enemies great attack on the 28th March did not involve the 1st King's in active operations . The 13th King's however, were heavily engaged by the enemy's great attack on the 28th of March.
The 9th Brigade Narrative of Operations prefaces its description of the battle with the following words "The story of the battle which followed is one of desperate fighting, a soldier's battle in which the order of 'no retirement' was literally carried out until 5pm, both flanks being in the air and a serious attack on the Green Line that day being awaited, orders were issued for the remaining troops of the brigade to withdraw behind the Green Line."
The battalion story relates that at 4:30 am the enemy put down an intense barrage on the whole of our sector. The trench mortar barrage on the front line was more intense than anything previously experienced. The Reserve Line was barraged with field guns and heavies. Under cover of this barrage the enemy launched a terrific attack with masses of troops. In spite of the intensity of the bombardment the front line stood firm and poured a devastating fire into the enemy whose attack was beaten off with colossal casualties to the attackers. The value of this steadfastness against tremendous odds cannot be estimated; it gave the enemy his first check at a point where he was to be subsequently checked throughout the day. The enemy came back again in a second attack with even greater numbers. The Battalion on our right were pressed back and the enemy poured in behind "C and "D" Companies from the right flank. What happened on the left flank is not known. All that is known is that these two companies, attacked on all sides, mounted the parapet and fought to the finish on the ground on which they stood. Under cover of the barrage the enemy came on up the hill to the reserve lines. Owing to the nature of the ground, he could not be observed along most of the battalion front until nearly on our wire. The barrage lifted and in dense waves the Germans swept onto our lines, it was the beginning of a fierce battle which lasted until 2pm. The coolness, courage and endurance of the garrison were beyond praise. Every rifle and Lewis Gun brought a tremendous volume of fire to bear on the approaching masses. In spite of his losses the enemy continued to push on until the thin line, wavering could go no further and turned down the slope again. Our men mounted the parapet to keep him under fire as long as they could keep him in sight. The first attack on the first line had been beaten off and our line was everywhere intact.
The 13th King's were in touch on the right with the with the 7th Shropshires, and on the left with the 1st Northumberland Fusiliers. The enemy now resumed his barrage on our position by firing green lights. An intense barrage came down for 10 or 15 minutes. As soon as it lifted the enemy immediately came on to another attack, this also was repulsed with heavy loss to the enemy. Our flank and our left flank was becoming exposed. Twice again the enemy fell back, each time bringing down the barrage on our position with green lights and pushing on his attack as soon as it lifted. About midday the enemy's fourth attack penetrated on our right. A block was immediately made and maintained about 150 yards from the Road on the southern side approximately N.25.d.7.4. A defensive flank was put out and a few men lined the banks of the of of Neuville Vitasse Road to guard our rear as far as was possible. During the morning one company of the 4th Btn Royal Fusiliers had come up to reinforce and was distributed with two platoons on the SW side of the Menin Road, and two platoons, and two platoons near the St. Martin-sur-cojeul Road in N.25.a.
From midday onwards only about five or six hundred yards of the reserve line remained in our hands, the troops on both flanks having fallen back some hundreds of yards. It was evident that when the next hostile attack came the position would inevitably be surrounded and would hold out no longer. However it was decided to hold on, though the Brigade message informed us that no reinforcements were available. At 2pm a message from Brigade instructed us to rendezvous in N.24. central (about seven hundred yards east of Wancourt) if withdrawal became necessary. Withdrawal to support of the 4th Royal Fusiliers in the Green Line was then decided upon and orders were issued for an immediate withdrawal. It commenced at 3.30 pm, the movement from the front line being covered by small posts and blocks and the defensive flank on the right remaining in position until all the garrison of the reserve Line had moved off to the SW of Neuville Vitasse Road By The Sugar Factory. The enemy moving forward for another attack severely harassed the withdrawal, and it was only by great gallantry and initiative by individuals that the enemy was warded off until the line was clear. By 5pm all troops had passed through the Green Line with all wounded evacuated and without anyone being cut off. The Battalion re-organised under cover of the ridge in N.24.Central and at dusk moved back into Brigade Reserve and occupied trenches in M.22.C (about 1,200yards north West of Mercatel).
On the 29th the 13th King's remained in brigade reserve, the situation then being quiet. At 11pm the battalion was relieved by Canadian troops and marched back to Monchiet. Thus, south of Scarpe, the enemy had made a very small advance, but it was valueless for his purpose and not at all worth the huge casualties he had suffered. So far as the enemy was concerned the First Battle of Arras, 1918, was a complete failure, disastrous to him in every way.
Pte. Edgar Carter
British Army 215th Company Machine Gun Corps
from:Bishops Stortford
Edgar Carter was posted to 9th Bedford Regiment and transferred to the Machine Gun Corps on 16th of March 1917. He was posted to base depot on 30th of March 1917 and transferred to 188th Company MGC, 20th of Dec 1917. He was wounded with a Gun Shot Wound to his left leg on 25th of March 1918.
Pte. Edmund George Carter
British Army 5th Btn. C Coy. Royal Irish Regiment
from:Midsomer Norton, Somerset
My paternal grandfather, Edmund Carter, joined the 5th Royal Irish Regiment because the Somerset Regiment was full, he was determined to fight for his country and the Irish Regiment was recruiting. He was badly wounded as he reached the beach at Suvla Bay on 16th of August, 1915. It was another 2/3 days before he was found barely alive and transported to a hospital ship. He was very lucky, the men who found him thought he would not survive, he had been stripped of any personal belongings, ring, watch etc and he was identified only by his dog tag (which I still have). His injuries were severe, bullets and shrapnel were removed from his stomach. I still have some of the bullets.
He was taken to a hospital in Ireland and then, as his condition improved, he was brought back to England and spent over two years recovering at the Winsley Chest Hospital in Somerset. I still have his autograph book which he started at the hospital. In it he drew and painted many of the Regiment badges and flags which would have been so familiar to him, and there are poems and rhymes written by other patients who were casualties of the war. His autograph book means a great deal to me and my family. He never talked much about what happened to him, but his injuries had a lasting affect on his health and, for the last 17 years of his life, he was confined to a wheelchair. He was a kind and gentle man who lived in Midsomer Norton all his life, he married and had four children and three grandchildren who loved him very much. He died of pneumonia at the age of 77.
Pte. Edward Blackey Carter
British Army 18th Btn. Durham Light Infantry
from:101 Redcar Road, Southbank
(d.1st Jul 1916)
CWGC record Pte Carter as Edward Blakie Carter, son of Mr. J. P. and Mrs. S. E. Carter, of 101 Redcar Rd., South Bank, Middlesbrough. He was 21 years old when he was killed on the 1st of July 1916 and is remembered on the Thiepval Memorial to the missing.
Tptr. Edwin Righton Carter
British Army 1st King Edward's Horse
from:Cricklewood, London
(d.3rd November 1916)
Trumpeter Carter was the Son of R. A. Carter, of 13, Somali Rd., Cricklewood, London.
He is buried north-east of the church in the Carlingford (Holy Trinity) Church of Ireland Churchyard in Co. Louth, Ireland.
Pte. Ernest Carter
British Army 8th Btn. Lincolnshire Regiment
from:Utterby
(d.24th Nov 1916)
My great uncle Ernest Carter was killed in action on the Somme on 24th November 1916 and is remembered on the Thiepval Memorial.
Pte. Frank Carter
British Army 9th Btn. Duke of Wellington's Regiment
from:Halifax
(d.28th August 1918)
L/Cpl. George Carter
British Army 18th Btn. Durham Light Infantry
Pte. George William Carter
British Army 3rd Btn. Middlesex Regiment
from:Stonebridge Park, London
(d.1st July 1915)
My Grandad's eldest brother, George Carter, died of wounds on 1st July 1915 and is buried at La Clytte in Belgium. Rest in peace George, the Family have always remembered your sacrifice.
Sgt. George Sidney Carter
British Army 16th Btn. Royal Welsh Fusiliers
from:3 Lucerne Road, Islington, Middlesex
(d.2nd Dec 1916)
On 21st of April 1915, in Islington, two best friends, George Sidney Carter and William Albion Bernard Hart signed up to fight for their country. They were each given their service numbers 27414 and 27415 in the 16th Battalion, Royal Welsh Fusiliers. It is likely they arrived in France with the Battalion on 4th December 1915. The 16th spent the winter and spring of 1916 in and out of the front line trenches before training for the great offensive on the Somme. The 38th Division, including the 16th Bn RWF took part in the attack on Mametz Wood which became a byword for its horror. William Hart, in later life, could not stand the twilight as it reminded him of crawling over dead bodies in Mametz Wood ("Metz" as it was known to them). Like so many they saw and experienced some horrific sights, George rose to the rank of sergeant and certainly William, was gassed and later on in life suffered from this exposure.
The Battalion later went back to Flanders and the Ypres area and again took its turns in and out of the front line and here, in the early hours of 2nd December 1916 (12.15am), a hostile party entered the trench. The enemy retired after a stay of only a few minutes but George Sidney Carter was blown-up and killed right next to his best friend. George was 26. His friend managed to retrieve his French-English Dictionary and this has been cherished and passed down through our family with great pride. Not only will the little brown dictionary be treasured but the memory of the fallen and, in particular, George Sidney Carter will not be forgotten.
Pte. George Leonard Carter
British Army 14th (Swansea) Battalion Welsh Regiment
(d.12th July 1916)
George Carter was from Gorefield near Wisbech in the Cambridgeshire Fens.
Surg. H. S. Carter
British Army 2nd Northern General Hospital Royal Army Medical Corps
I am trying to gather information about a surgeon called HS Carter, who worked in the 2nd Northern General Hospital, Leeds, during the first world war and submitted a thesis for the degree of MD, to the Leeds University, in 1922. His field of interest was Causalgia.
The original article states "The work has been carried out at the 2nd Northern General Hospital, now the Ministry of Pensions Hospital, Leeds".Do you know whether these were the same? I am conducting research into the history of Causalgia, and would be interested in any information about Mr Carter and the two hospitals mentioned. Thank you Kind regards
Pte. Harold George Carter
Canadian Expeditionary Force 73rd Btn.
(d.20th Apr 1917)
Pte. Harold Carter served with the Canadian Expeditionary Force 73rd Battalion. He was executed for desertion on 20April 1917 aged 21 and is buried in Villers Station Cemetery, Villers-au-Bois, France. Born on 26 March 1894 in Toronto, Ontario, Harold George Carter enlisted in the 59th Battalion in March 1915. In January 1916, he was charged with going AWOL
The Battalion was disbanded upon reaching England at the end of 1916, and its troops were used to re-man other units who had taken high casualty rates during the war. Carter was transferred to the 73rd Battalion, part of the 4th Canadian Division. He was again found AWOL, during the September Battle of Flers-Courcelette, and was found guilty of desertion and sentenced to death. His sentence was commuted to 10 years' imprisonment. After serving six months, his sentence was suspended, and he was re-attached to his unit on 16th March 1917. Within three weeks, Carter once again went AWOL, this time just before the Battle of Vimy Ridge, eluding military police for five days before being re-captured. He was court-martialled and found guilty of desertion. Sentenced to death.
Drvr. Harry George Carter
British Army 66th Field Coy. Royal Engineers
from:Commercial St, Bitterne, Southampton,
(d.31st August 1916)
Harry Carter was a labourer before the war. On the Royal Engineers return of those entitled to the 1914-15 Star, he is recorded as "Died" rather than "Died of Wounds" or "Killed in Action". He is buried in the Lahana Military Cemetery, Lachanas, Greece. He was survived by his mother and father, an older sister and a younger brother.
Harry is commemorated on the Bitterne War Memorial inside the Church of the Holy Saviour, Bitterne, Southampton, England.
Pte. Henry Carter
British Army 11th Btn. Middlesex Regiment
(d.26th Apr 1916)
Henry Carter served with the Middlesex Regiment 11th Battalion. He was executed for desertion 26th April 1916 aged 18 and is buried in Sailly-Labourse Communal Cemetery in Sailly-Labourse, France.
Pte Herbert Carter
British Army 8th Btn. Kings Own Yorkshire Light Infantry Ã?Ã?Â
from:Oakham,Rutland
(d.8th Jun 1917)
Herbet was the son of Arthur Carter,18 Dean Rd, Oakham. He died on Messines Ridge, has no known grave but is commemorated on panel 47 of the Menin Gate Memorial.
Lt.Col. Herbert Gordon Carter MID.
Australian Imperial Force 1st Infantry Battalion
from:Australia
Herbert Gordon Carter was born at Sydney, New South Wales, on 24 March 1885 to parents Herbert and Antoinette Carter. An electrical engineer by trade, he enlisted on 3 September 1914 at the age of 29. Enlisting with the 1st Infantry Battalion, Carter was appointed the rank of lieutenant. On 18 October 1914 he embarked from Sydney on HMAT Afric. His brother, Captain Robert Burnside Carter, also served during the First World War with the British Army.
Serving at Gallipoli in 1915, he was promoted to the rank of captain and then major that same year. In 1916 he was transferred to the 53rd Infantry Battalion and later the 5th Pioneer Battalion. In August 1916, he was promoted to the rank of lieutenant colonel and took over command of the 5th Pioneer Battalion for the remainder of the First World War. On 31st of January 1917, Carter married Lydia Kate King from Orange, New South Wales, who was then working with the 2nd Australian Auxiliary Hospital at Southall, England. Carter received a mentioned in dispatches three times and he was awarded the Distinguished Service Order in January 1918. Herbert Carter returned to Australia on 5 April 1919
Lt Col Herbert Francis George Carter MID.
British Army 18th Btn Durham Light Infantry, Yorkshire Light Infantry
from:Huddersfield
"Lt.-Col. Herbert Francis George Carter was the son of General Francis Carter. He married Hermione Grace Guinness, daughter of Gerald Seymour Guinness and Eleanor Grace de Capell Brooke, on 26 June 1918. He died on 28 February 1919, while on active service. He gained the rank of Lieutenant-Colonel in the service of the King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry. He was decorated with the award of the Military Cross (M.C.)" [http://www.thepeerage.com/p30152.htm]
"Herbert Carter came from a military family (his brother was Brigadier General F.C Carter) and was educated a Wellington and Sandhurst. He had strong West Yorkshire connections through his mother, a Thornhill of Fixby Hall, Huddersfield. The Thornhills were Yorkshire gentry back to the middle ages. Their wealth grew in the industrial revolution when coal was found on their land.
Carter joined the local Regiment, the Kings Own Yorkshire Light Infantry, in 1904 when he was eighteen. He served for time in Crete and was clearly an able and intelligent young officer. He achieved rapid promotion to full lieutenant and was made assistant adjutant of 2nd KOYLI shortly after his twentieth birthday. His time in Crete gave him the taste for foreign travel and he pursued an unusual career leaving the Battalion to enlist on a language course. He served in Russia and Japan as an attache at the British Embassies having become one of the Armies few first class interpreters in Russian and Japanese. There may have been connections with the Intelligence Service, and his post war service in Vladivostok, where he helped to train the White Russian forces may have had more to it than linguistic fluency. He was also a gifted musician and artist, and it may be that his foreign travels devolved his cosmopolitan taste for Turkish cigars and Astrakhan Collared Overcoats.
Carter, too, was well connected. His wife, Grace, was a Guinness and Carter was sufficiently well known to the royal family for the Kings personal security to write enquiring after his health when he was taken seriously ill in Russia in 1919. Sadly, Carter died of pneumonia in Russia in 1919 shortly after his daughter was born. Grace eventually re-married to Air Marshal John Cotesworth Slessor, one of the architects if British air strategy during and after WWII. When war came in 1914, Captain Carter returned to join the 2nd Battalion KOYLI in Belgium, arriving at the front 25th October. Like Maurice Kennard, he took part in thedesperate defence of the Messines Rige. Casualties were heavy and within six days he was the only surviving officer in his battalion. He was mentioned in despatches and became the first KOYLI officer to be awarded the Military Cross 31 October.
Carter was critical lack of firepower on the British side (at that time there were only two machine guns per battalion, often obsolete Maxims) compared to the better equipped Germans. In November 114 he wrote to a friend in Regimental H.Q. in Pontefract. 'It is damnably frightening, but the excitement and comradeship is wonderful… My salaams too all and DO TRAIN SOME MORE MACHINE GUNNERS.'
Carter was wounded at Hooge 17 November, 114. His subsequent career reflects again the networking of the pre-war regular army. He spent time in Gallipoli as A.D.C to General Hunter-Weston with 2th Division but returned to England when Hunter-Weston was evacuated out of Cape Helles with sunstroke and exhaustion in July, 1915. He joined the newly formed 31st Division at Ripon as a staff officer under the new command of General Robert Wanless-O’Gowan who had been his Brigadier in Flanders. When the Pals arrived in France he had the advantage of being on the staff of his Divisional Commander and Corps Commander." - Bradford Pals by David Raw
"He won the first Regimental KOYLI Military Cross and was given the task of commanding the 18th (2nd Bradford Pals) Bn West Yorkshire Regiment on the afternoon of the 1st July 1918 after their disastrous attack on the Somme, leaving only 60 men available at his first Roll Call and also had the black task of signing the death Warrant of Privates Crimmins and Wild who were Shot at Dawn.
He entered Sandhurst in 1903 and was commissioned into the KOYLI a speaker of Russian, he was also proficient in Japanese. At the outbreak of the Great War, he proceeded to France with his Regiment and was awarded the Military Cross for gallantry on the Ypres Messines Road on the 31st October 1914. By 1916 he was serving as a Staff Officer at GHQ and on the afternoon of the 1st July 1916 following the disastrous attack on the Somme was given command of the 18th Bn West Yorkshire Regiment, the 2nd Bradford Pals. Following a search for survivors of the attack a Roll call could only muster 60 men and with this number he followed orders and continued the attack. He had the privilege of leading his Pals until their disbandment during February 1918, when he was given command of the 18th Bn Durham Light Infantry. A dark moment in his military career was in September 1916 when two men under his command deserted Private H. Crimmins and Private A. Wild. Recapture these men were tried by Court Marshal and Lt Col Carter signed their death warrant, the men were shot on the dawn of the 5th September 1916." - http://www.the-saleroom.com/en-us/auction-catalogues/bosleys-military-auctioneers/catalogue-id-srbos10005/lot-024bb3c3-f00d-4772-852a-a444003ed3cc
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Sgt. J. E. Carter
British Army Jamaica Contingent British West Indies Regiment
(d.4th Mar 1918)
Serjeant (Instructor) Carter is buried in the Half Way Tree St. Andrew Church Cemetery in Jamaica.
James Henry "Nick" Carter MM & bar.
British Army Royal Field Artillery
from:London
Rflm. James Carter
British Army 11th Btn. Rifle Brigade
from:Bramley, Leeds
(d.10th Jul 1916)
James Carter was one of a large family of my ancestors, all based in and around Bramley in Leeds, Yorkshire. I would love to find more detail but have found that he served with the Rifle Brigade 11th Battalion and is declared as lost on 10/07/1916. He is named on the Menin Gate and I've been to see him there and also in Bramley at the Bramley Park war memorial. I would very much like to find more but understand he was never found. Having served myself for 13 years, I am very proud of his service and would very much like to find more information
I'm not entirely sure, but believe this may have recorded his fateful day:
10th July 1916 Trenches: Quiet day. At 10:30pm gas is discharged from B9. Artillery bombardment commences also a smoke barrage. An infantry raid is attempted after discharge of gas consisting of 2 parties of 20 each under 4 officers (two to each party). Captain E R Donner, Officer in charge of raid, Captain M L Cone 2nd in command. Officer in charge Left raiding column 2/Lieut H A Slade and 2/Lieut H A Clanahan. Right column 2nd Lieut J R Blyth and 2/Lieut B Wallis. Raiding party fails to enter German trenches owing to failure of gas to affect the enemy.
Failure attributed to
- 1) carelessness in conversations over the telephone which the enemy had intercepted on his listening apparatus.
- 2) the premature discharge of gas on Right Brigade front through not synchronising watches or other causes.
- 3) accurate shooting of enemy artillery which put several cylinders out of action.
- 4) insufficient frontage over which gas was discharged. Most of the wounded and dead are brought back from the German wire.
Total casualties: 2/Lieut J R Blyth missing believed killed; 2/Lieut B Wallis dangerously wounded and died of wounds at Casualty Clearing Station on 11th inst; 2/Lieut H A Clanahan wounded. 5 ORs died of wounds or killed, 34 ORs wounded, 5 ORs missing.
2/Lieut Clanahan, Cpl Owen, Cpl Marsh, A/Cpl Norton, Rfn Bodow and Rfn Ouzman are recommended for conspicuous bravery in bringing in and tending to the wounded. Enemy shelling during these operations considerable.
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