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World War 1 One ww1 wwII greatwar great 1914 1918 first battalion regiment
Lt. Robert Charles Chichester
Royal Navy HMS Black Prince
(d.31st May 1916)
Robert Chichester was killed in in the Battle of Jutland on HMS Black Prince.
Pte. Albert Victor Chick
British Army 7th Div. Coy. Army Cyclist Corps
from:Romsey, Hampshire
(d.26th Nov 1915)
Eli George Chick
British Army 1st Btn. Somerset Light Infantry
When my grandfather, George Chick, 1st Somerset Light Infantry, was shot and wounded on 1 Dec 1914 at Ploegsteert Wood he was sent to 10th Field Ambulance. I assume this was nearby. There was a Dressing Station to the west of the wood, close to the entrance to Strand Trench; was this it?
Rflmn. Francis Frederick Chick
British Army 22Btn. London Regiment
from:Axminster, Devon
(d.4th Jan 1916)
Pte. Robert Chicken
British Army Kings Liverpool Regiment
from:10 Henley Street, Seaforth, Liverpool
Dvr. Arthur Joseph Chidley
British Army 43rd Brigade Royal Field Artillery
from:Rochester, Kent
Pte. William Chidlow
British Army 24th Btn. Northumberland Fusiliers
from:Wolverhampton
(d.13th October 1917)
2/Lt. M. R. Chidson
Royal Flying Corps
2/Lt Chidson was a prisoner at Holzminden POW camp.
Pte. Alfred John Chidwick
British Army 2nd Btn. Royal Munster Fusiliers
from:Folkestone
(d.9th Dec 1916)
Sapper Arthur Frederick Chilcot
New Zealand Army att 3rd Canadian Tunnelling Company
from:Auckland, NZ
Arthur Chilcot joined the NZ Expeditionary Force on 24th of December 1915 and was posted as a rifleman to 4th Btn. 3rd NZ Rifle Brigade on 20th of June 1916. Arthur was detached to the 3rd Canadian Tunnellers on 4th of May 1917, and was wounded (gunshot wound right leg) on 7th of June 1917. Arthur was sent to convalesce in Codford, UK, until 15th of November 1917 where he was transferred as a Sapper to 5 (NZ) Light Railway Operating Section.
Pte. Arthur Leslie Roland Child
British Army 19th (Post Office Rifles) Btn. London Regiment
from:London
Arthur Child served with the Post Office Rifles.
Sgt. Frederick John Child DCM.
British Army 2nd Btn Royal Sussex Regiment
Our Grandfather, Jack Child would never tell us the truth on how he won his Distinguished Conduct Medal. The story he told us made us all very proud to call him Pappy (our name for Granddad), it wasn't until sometime after his death that one of us decided to do some digging into our family history that we found his actual citation, this was achieved via the Regimental Museum. The following are the words on his citation: "G/4278 Pte F.J. Child 2nd Btn R Sussex R (Pulborough) (LG 2Dec 1919) For most conspicuous gallantry in the attack of the enemy position north of Gricourt on 24th September 1918. His platoon was held up by an enemy post on the flank. He immediately worked forward alone, killed several of the enemy, and forced the remainder to surrender. His splendid action saved this critical situation and throughout his courage, cheerfulness and ability to lead his platoon were most noticeable
Our Pappy also served in WW11 as a Provo Sargent but we have no info as of yet. Pappy you are a still a true legend and sadly missed.
2nd Lt. Joseph Alfred Child
British Army 9th Battalion Yorkshire Regiment
from:Cleckheaton, Yorkshire
(d.7th Jun 1917)
Joseph Child from Liversedge in Yorkshire, was an employee of the Leeds office of the Scottish Union and National Insurance Company, like many of his colleagues he answered Lord Kitcheners call to arms and attested as a Private with the 7th Battalion of the Yorkshire Regiment on the 7th of August 1914. He is described as being 20 years old, five foot five and three quarters, weighing 114lbs with a 34 inch chest, fresh of complexion with blue eyes and blond hair.
Joseph, must have taken his duty seriously and diligently as he rose rapidly through the ranks, being promoted to Lance Corporal in October 1914, Corporal in early November and to Sergeant before the month was out. On Christmas Eve 1914, having already been promoted to Colour Sergeant, he was granted a Temporary Commission as 2nd Lieutenant and posted to the 9th Battalion. His Commission on the 2nd Jan 1917 was published in the list in the London Gazette on the 2nd Feb.
Joseph arrived in France on the 13th June 1915 with his battalion as part of the 23rd Division and went into the front line near Armentieres, a sector which was considered to be quiet, where they received training from the 27th Division. In early 1916 they were on Vimy Ridge and in the spring moved to Bomy to begin intensive training for the Battle of The Somme.
Although very little of Josephs service record survives, we can assume that he was with his battalion on the 1st of July when they captured Contalmaison and remained with them through the various phases of the famous battle.
Spring of 1917 saw Josephs battalion training for the next great offensive of the war, the Battle of Messines at this time he was attached to 69th Trench Mortar Battery, in the same brigade as the 9th Battalion and destined to fight alongside them. During the night of the 6th of June 1917 they moved into position near Battle Wood close to the Ypres-Warneton railway line. At 3.10am the following morning, the first attack of the Battle of Messines was launched with the detonation of 19 huge mines, which shattered the enemy defences. The 9th Battalion were in the second wave of the attack and moved forward at 6.50am into the area around Caterpillar Crater, though Joseph and his Trench Mortar men may well have joined the attack from the outset.
Joseph was killed that day and now lies at Bedford House Cemetery. This large cemetery contains over 5000 graves and is situated just south of Ypres. The enclosure in which Joseph lies, contains graves of those men brought in from other burial grounds and from the battlefields of the Ypres Salient in the 1920s. From the list of cemeteries, which were concentrated into Bedford House, it is possible that Joseph may have been buried at the Asylum British Cemetery, in the grounds of the old Hospice du Sacre Coer (Sacred Heart Mental Hospital) which was just to the west of the railway station at Ypres. This may indicate that Joseph was injured in the action and evacuated to the Field Ambulance at Ypres where he passed away. Sadly, like so many others, his service records were badly damaged during the London Blitz in 1940, only three pages partially survive, but from this we can deduce that he was an intelligent man, keen to serve his country and that he performed his duty well.
Joseph Child is listed on the Roll of Honour in Christ Church, Liversedge where he was baptised, on the War Memorial at Cleckheaton where he lived and on the Roll of Honour of the Scottish Union and National Insurance Company for whom he worked, the company is now part of Aviva and Josephs name is listed on the Roll of Honour on their website.
2nd.Lt. Robert Deacon de Quincy Child
British Army 1st Btn. East Kent Regiment
My relative's name was Robert Deacon de Quincey Child, a soldier of WW1 in the East Kent Regiment and the RAF who was wounded in my country, France in 1916. He died in 1929
Sgt. Samuel James Child
British Army 236th Brigade Royal Field Artillery
from:Penge
Sam was in the 6th London Brigade RFA Territorial Force (TF) service no. 955169. He joined on 24/05/1909 at Brixton. War broke out in August 1914 and at the time he was on Salisbury Plain training. Many Brigades were transferred into other units, Sams being one of them, his Brigade became the 236th Brigade A Battery. This Brigade was within the 47th ( 2nd London) Division. His Brigade was moved to the St.Albans area and at some times to the Braintree area to train prior to entering the theatre of war in France. His Brigade was only the second to enter France in March 1915. They sailed from Southampton to Le Havre then to Bethune before entering the war.
Sams Military Record reveals that on 29th July 1917 he did receive a Gun Shot Wound (GSW) to his head leaving him with a scar on his left cheek. He was also reprimanded on 01/11/1917 for riding on the gun carriage with two other men, he was busted to Corporal but did get his stripe back to Sergeant again fairly quickly. When you think he had been in the thick of it from the beginning I believe it was a bit strong to lose a stripe. He was reported by a Corporal for the breach of Queens Regulations. I bet Sam had a word with him later.
Below are the battles he was involved in:-
It is strange reading the war diaries of the 236th RFA, nearly every single day they were under heavy fire, many horses killed and mentioned, many RFA killed, but they did have regular sporting events, boxing tournaments, concert nights put on by each Brigade, concert nights with entertainers from the UK, even cinema evenings. Regular church parades as well. One day they even found a French race course and held their own horse races both flat and hurdles. One thing that I had never heard of was that an officer would go up in a barrage balloon when the artillery was firing to see if they are on target or they had planes up observing and then relaying the details back to the gunners. To give you a flavour of the 236th Brigade War Diaries I recorded the first few days in the Diary, it starts on Monday 15th March 1915.
- 1915
- The Battle of Aubers Ridge (9 May)
- The Battle of Festubert (15-25 May)
- The Battle of Loos (25 september - 1 October)
- The subsequent Actions of the Hohenzollern Redoubt (13-19 October)
- 1916
- The German attack at Vimy Ridge (21 May)
- The Battle of Flers-Courcelette in which the Division captured High Wood
- The Battle of the Transloy Ridges in which the Division captured Eaucourt l'Abbaye
- The attacks on the Butte de Warlencourt
- The Battle of Messines (7 - 13 June) including Hill 60
- The Battle of Pilkem Ridge (31 July - 2 August), a phase of the Third Battles of Ypres
- Other operations in the Third Battles of Ypres (18 August-2 September and 8 -17 September)
- The Cambrai Operations, in which the Division captured Bourlon Wood and fought the German counter attacks
- 1918
- The Battle of St Quentin
- The First Battle of Bapaume
- The Battle of the Ancre
- The Battle of Albert
- The Second Battle of Bapaume
Left Hemel Hempstead by section starting with 16th Battery at 20:45 riding for 2 hour stints to Southampton, arrived 20:00 16th March 1915 where two large troop ships and a small steamer are taking us to Le Havre, remarkably smooth crossing., 22:00 drive to Berguette, now attached to different Army Corp to that intended now there is no place for billeting. Drive to Liere, then Foucquenhem, Ecquedcques at 15:30 on 19th March, then billet at Fontes at 22:00. Work of billeting officer who proceeded to France 9 days earlier entirely useless. Brigade now attached to 6th Infantry. 22nd March Brigade inspected by Field Marshall, Commander-in-Chief at Chateau De Mazingham. Moved to Lapugony 27th March.
"Can you imagine driving gun carriages at speed in the pitch dark, no street lamps, from Essex to Southampton on country lanes that were in poor repair."
Another entry says- 28th Jan 1917 Ypres, 236 shelled at Langkhof Farm.
Each man was issued with one blanket during the war so all they had were the uniform they stood in and a blanket, Ive thought about this and I know there were times when it was extremely cold and wet, I reckon they slept with the horses to keep warm, thats what I would have done.
I forgot to mention the Sams Brigade went down with something in the May 1918, all the Brigade were sick, it was later diagnosed as Influenza, I do remember seeing a programme a few years ago telling the tragedy of many hundreds of thousands of troops dying after the Armistice but before they were shipped home, perhaps this was the Spanish Flu that Sams Brigade was going through.
Sgt. William James Child MM.
British Army 2nd Battalion Lincolnshire Rregiment
from:London
William Child was a regular soldier, family information tells that he enlisted at 13. He was promoted to Sargent and won military medal for rescuing his CO under fire at the 2nd battle of Somme. He went on to become RSM and was during WW2 was in charge of Italian working party in UK.
Cpl. Godfrey Childs
from:South Perrott, Dorset
I only know that my uncle, Godfrey Childs was a corporal in the First War and that his name, along with his two brothers Henry and Victor(my father) are on a marble plaque in South Perrot Church, Dorset. My father was in the RAMC, my uncles were in another Regiment. Dad was born 1898 his brother Henry two years later and I think Godfrey was older than Dad by a few years as Godfrey served in India.
Rfm. Leslie Childs
British Army 3rd Battalion Rifle Brigade (The Prince Consorts Own)
from:Kentish Town
(d.21st June 1917)
I recently found out that my Great Uncle, Les Childs was killed in action in June 1917 and is buried in Perth Cemetery China Wall. He was 19 years of age. Perth cemetery is small in comparison to Tyne Cot and was originally a French cemetery. It is near Zillebeke. The name China Wall refers to the name the troops gave to a communication trench. I would welcome any information on action on this part of the Western front in June 1917.
His younger brother, my grandfather, was gassed on the Somme in 1916 but survived the war.
A/Cpl. Fred Chilmaid MM.
British Army 283rd Siege Battery Royal Garrison Artillery Royal Garrison Artill
Fred Chilmaid served with 283rd Siege Battery, RGA.
Pte. Richard Henry "Dick" Chilman
Australian Army AIF 13th Machine Gun Company
from:Rockhampton, Queensland, Australia
(d.8th June 1917)
A-Sgt. John Chilton
British Army 18th Btn. Durham Light Infantry
Also served att 1st Army School of Motors.
L/Cpl. Robert Chilton
British Army 20th Btn. Northumberland Fusiliers (Tyneside Scottish)
from:Bedlington, Northumberland
(d.1st July 1916)
My grandfather Robert Chilton was reported as missing at the battle of the Somme. No details are known about his death and my grandmother always hoped that because there was no grave, he could be still alive and would somehow find his way home.
PO.Stkr. Wilfred Westoby Chilvers
Royal Navy HMS Inflexible
Wilfred Chilvers was a Petty Officer Stoker and served on HMS Inflexible at the Battle of the Falklands Islands 1914, at the Dardanelles in 1915 and at the Battle of Jutland May 1916
Pte. Edward Chipperfield
British Army 1st (City of London) Btn. London Regiment
from:Bow Common Lane, Bow, London
(d.3rd May 1917)
A/Cpl. Alexander Chisholm
British Army 20th Army Troop Company Royal Engineers
(d.17th May 1915)
Alexander Chisholm was executed for Murder 17/05/1915 age 31 and buried in Chapelle-d'Armentieres Old Military Cemetery, La Chapelle-d'Armentieres, France.
Pte. Christopher Chisholm
British Army 5th Battalion Highland Light Infantry
from:Maryhill, Glasgow
(d.2nd September 1915)
He served in Gallipoli
Sgt. Douglas William Chisholm
British Army 1/1st Btn. Hertford Regiment
from:Letchworth, Hertfordshire
Gnr. Isaac Chisholm
British Army 50th Trench Mortar Bty Royal Garrison Artillery
from:Jarrow
(d.10th Feb 1916)
Isaac Chisholm was aged 23 when he died on 10th February 1916 whilst serving with the 50th Trench Mortar Battery, Royal Garrison Artillery. Son of the late Andrew and Frances Chisholm of Jarrow, he is recorded on the 1911 census as; Isaac Chisholm age 19 Factory Machine Man at Ropeworks is lodging at 22 Nixon Street, Jarrow. He was born and enlisted in Jarrow.
Issac is buried in Vlammertinghe Military Cemetery and is commemorated on the Triptych in St. Paul's Church Jarrow.
Pte Roderick Chisholm
British Army 14th Battalion Highland Light Infantry
(d.24 November 1917)
Roderick Chisholm was my great grandfather's brother. He was born in Beauly, Inverness.
Roderick is commemorated with honours on the Cambrai Memorial, Panel 10. His brother Christopher, my great grandfather, also fought with the Highland Light Infantry 5th battalion. He died on the 2nd of September 1915. He lies in East Mudros Military Cemetery. Their older brother, Thomas John, also fell.
Sgt. Thomas William Chisholm
British Army 5th Battalion Northumberland Fusiliers
from:Newcastle upon Tyne
My Grandfather Thomas Chisholm served with the 5th Northumberland Fusiliers. I have a diary of the time he spent as a POW. He was captured 27th May 1918 at the Battle of Aisne, and spent a month at Darmstadt before being shipped to Giessen. He was registered at Giessen 3rd July 1918. He was eventually shipped out 1st January 1919 on the HMS Concord arriving in Copenhagen 2nd January. I have published his diary.
In the Second World War he joined the Royal Air Force and served on Barrage Balloons at RAF Long Benton.
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