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Dvr. William Henry Church DCM.
British Army 122nd Trench Mortar Battery Royal Artillery
from:Aberkenfig, South Wales
I have a letter from Brigade Major Archer sent to my grandfather William informing him that he had won the DCM in "recognition of your gallantry in bringing up ammunition under the heavy shelling & in spite of great casualties to men & horses shortly before the first battle". The letter offers heartiest congratulations from all the "Battery Officers" Other men mentioned in the letter and their awards are:
The letter is headed B.E.F. 23rd of September 1917 and signed off by what appears to be Major Archer (the signature is difficult to read), O/C B/122 Bde, RFA which I take to mean B Battery 122 Brigade, Royal Field Artillery. The letter apologises for being late because the unit was involved in "offensive operations".
- Major Archer: Military Cross
- Lieut Harris: Military Cross
- Lieut Cashmore: Military Cross
- Corporal Dean: Military Medal
- A J Thomas: Military Medal
- Signaller Edwards: Military Medal
- Certificates of Merit to 12 unnamed NCO's & men
Tel. Arthur Frederick Churchhouse
Royal Navy HMS Stephen Furness
from:Leicester
(d.13th Dec 1917)
Arthur Frederick Churchhouse was killed when his ship was torpedoed west of the Isle of Man on the 13th of December 1917, he was aged 19. Arthur is Commemorated on the Chatham Naval Memorial in Kent. He was the son of Mr. and Mrs. Albert E. Churchhouse, of 38, Walnut St., Leicester. His brother Thomas William James Churchhouse was also killed and is commemorated on the Menin Gate Memorial in Ypres.
Alfred Henry Churchill
British Army 142nd Coy. Machine Gun Corps
Pte. Mark Churchill
British Army 2nd Btn. Yorkshire Regiment
from:4 Church Place, Felling-on-Tyne, Co Durham
(d.8th Jul 1916)
Pte. Richard Churchill
British Army 2nd Battalion Durham Light Infantry
from:Swalwell
(d.20th September 1918)
Pte. Thomas Churchill
British Army 39th Brigade Royal Field Artillery
from:Crewkerne
Pte. Thomas Chuchill enlisted in April 1915 and married in April 1916. A driver in the 39th Brigade, Royal Field Artillery, he was wounded and discharged around 1916/17 but continued to suffer from the wounds sustained in the world war until 1958. I would like to find out exactly the Battle he was involved in.
Gnr. Joseph Henry Chynoweth
British Army 86th Brigade, C Bty. Royal Field Artillery
from:Falmouth, Cornwall
(d.3rd November 1917)
Pte Henry Claude Cicognani
Australian Imperial Force 13th Field Ambulance
from:Gulgong, NSW
Pte. H Clabby
British Army 2/5th Bn King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry
from:Sherburn in Elmet
(d.20th November 1917)
Just got the same surname [Clabby] there is not many, "related no idea". Just not on the list!
thought he should be. I think he may have fallen at the Battle of Cambrai, doing his best. Now resting at Hermies Hill, Pas de Calais:741, plot ref: 11. d. 21. Hope he as family to remember him.
Rifleman Phillip Clack
British Army 12th (The Rangers) Btn. London Regiment
(d.8th Nov 1917)
Phillip Clack was my Nan's brother. Nan told us he was only 17 when he was killed in action. Phillip is buried at Morchies Military Cemetery. I would love to find out more details.
Gnr. Richard Clack
British Army 71st Heavy Battery Royal Garrison Artillery
from:Chiswick
Pte. Thomas Clack
British Army Oxfordshire and Bucks Light Infantry
from:Witney, Oxon
(d.13th Apr 1917)
Thomas Clack was killed on the 13 April 1917. He had a son Albert who also fought in the WW1, he was taken prisoner and survived.
Pte. George Clamp
British Army 8th Btn. Royal Leicestershire Regiment
from:Church Gresley, Derbyshire
George Clamp joined up on the 1st of September 1914. He fought at the Cattle of Thiepval in Sept 1916 and was injured by a gunshot wound to the left eye on the 28th of September and returned to England on the 30th.
Cpl. William Clamp VC
British Army 6th Btn. Yorkshire Regiment
from:Flemington, Motherwell
(d.9th Oct 1917)
William Clamp served with the 6th Battalion Yorkshire Regiment during WW1 and was killed in action on the 9th October 1917, Age: 26. He is commemorated on the Tyne Cot Memorial in Belgium. He was the son of Charles and Christina Dundas Clamp, of 13C, Reid Terrace, Flemington, Motherwell.
An extract from The London Gazette, No. 30433, dated 18th Dec., 1917, records the following:-
For most conspicuous bravery when an advance was being checked by intense machine-gun fire from concrete blockhouses and by snipers in ruined buildings. Corporal Clamp dashed forward with two men and attempted to rush the largest blockhouse. His first attempt failed owing to the two men with him being knocked out, but he at once collected some bombs, and calling upon two men to follow him, again dashed forward. He was first to reach the blockhouse and hurled in bombs, killing many of the occupants. He then entered and brought out a machine-gun and about twenty prisoners, whom he brought back under heavy fire from neighbouring snipers. This non-commissioned officer then again went forward encouraging and cheering the men, and succeeded in rushing several snipers' posts. He continued to display the greatest heroism until he was killed by a sniper. His magnificent courage and self-sacrifice was of the greatest value and relieved what was undoubtedly a very critical situation.
Sjt. Edward Clancy
British Army Royal Dublin Fusiliers
Lt. George Clapperton
Canadian Expeditionary Force 58th Btn. (Central Ontario Regiment)
(d.13th Jun 1916)
Lt. George Clapperton served with the 58th Battalion Canadian Infantry (Central Ontario Regiment) CEF during WW1 and was killed in action on the 13th June 1916, aged 26. He is buried in Valley Cottages Cem. Son of George and Joan Watt Clapperton, of 5, Bellevue St., Edinburgh, Scotland. Born at Galashiels, Selkirkshire, Scotland.
L/Cpl. Alfred Frederick Clare
British Army 24th Btn. Royal Fusiliers
from:Bedford
(d.14th April 1917)
Alfred Clare son of Alfred Howard & Ann Clare, 9 Foster Hill Road, Bedford. Born, lived and enlisted in Bedford. Initially served with the Royal Fusiliers then rejoined 24th Battalion, Royal Fusiliers. He was killed in action on 14th of April 1917, age 28 years Pas de Calais and is buried in Bois-Carre British Cemetery, Pas de Calais. He was a member of the Methodist church and was remembered on the War Memorial inside St. Pauls Methodist church, Bedford (the church has now been demolished) A pupil of Bedford Modern School 1896-1905, 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
Pte. George William Burdett Clare VC.
British Army 5th (Royal Irish) Lancers
(d.28th Nov 1917)
George Clare was killed in action on the 28th of November 1917, he is commemorated on the The Cambrai Memorial in France and was the son of George and Rhoda Clare. He was born at St. Ives, Huntingdonshire.
An extract from the London Gazette, dated 8th Jan., 1918, records the following:- "For most conspicuous bravery and devotion to duty when, acting as a stretcher-bearer during a most intense and continuous enemy bombardment, Pte. Clare dressed and conducted wounded over the open to the dressing-station about 500 yards away. At one period when all the garrison of a detached post, which was lying out in the open about 1 50 yards to the left of the line occupied, had become casualties, he crossed the intervening space, which was continually swept by heavy rifle and machine-gun fire, and, having dressed all the cases, manned the post single-handed till a relief could be sent. Pte. Clare then carried a seriously wounded man through intense fire to cover, and later succeeded in getting him to the dressing station. At the dressing-station he was told that the enemy was using gas shells to a large extent in the valley below, and as the wind was blowing the gas towards the line of trenches and shell-holes occupied, he started on the right of the line and personally warned every company post of the danger, the whole time under shell and rifle fire. This very gallant soldier was subsequently killed by a shell."
Pte. Patrick Clare
British Army 3rd Btn. Royal Dublin Fusiliers
(d.1st March 1916)
Private Clare is buried near the south west corner of the Kilcommon Cemetery, Rathdrum, Co. Wicklow, Ireland.
Sapper. Robert Clare
British Army 327th Quarry Company Royal Engineers
from:Raleigh Row, Galway
(d.16th Oct 1917)
Robert Clare was born in Galway, Ireland on 12th August 1873. Robert went to Maryborough (now Portlaoise) and enlisted with the 327th Quarry Company of The Royal Engineers. The company was involved with the repair and reinstatement of roads in France and Flanders using British or locally quarried chippings. Presumably, Robert's expertise as a stone cutter made him suitable for this type of work. They were based in Marquise and Rinxent which were both areas of limestone quarrying. From April 1916 the Royal Engineers were heavily involved with the construction of a network of tunnels for troops in preparation for the Battle of Arras which took place in April and May 1917. Robert suffered injuries that would cause his death on 16th of October 1917 and he was buried in Calais Southern Cemetery, France.
Pte. John Clarence
British Army 6th Btn. Royal Berkshire Regiment
from:2 Oliver Place, Peel St, Winson Green, Birmingham
(d.1st July 1916)
John Clarence was killed whilst serving with the 6th Battalion,Royal Berkshire Regiment on the first day of the Battle of the Somme.
Kate Dorothy Clarence
Canadian Nursing Staff Queen Alexandras Royal Naval Nursing Service
Kate Clarence joined with her class from Saskatoon City Hospital. She was at No. 6 General Hospital in Rouen in October 1917. Later at Wharncliff War Hospital, Wadseley, Sheffield where she was married to Lt. William Abdy Sycamore.
She had been orphaned in 1891 and, along with her brother Frank, was sent to Canada through Annie MacPherson Home Spitalfields. Arriving in Stratford Ontario she was later educated at Saskatoon before joining the Queen Alexandra Division.
Pte. A. Clark
British Army 8th Btn. Gloucestershire Regiment
(d.7th Jun 1917)
Sgt. Alfred John Clark
British Army 2nd Batallion West Yorkshire Regiment (Prince of Wales' Own)
from:31 Dermody Road, Lewisham
(d.12 March 1917)
Alfed John Clark is my great uncle, my maternal grandmother's older brother. He was 27 years old when he died. He is buried in Bray Military Cemetery near Albert in France. He is commemerated on the plaque of WW1 fallen at St Mary's Church, Ladywell, London. I have no information on the circumstances of his death.
Pte. Alfred James Clark
British Army 1st Battalion Royal West Kent Regiment
from:Chatham
(d.9th October 1915)
L/Sgt. Andrew Clark MM.
British Army 8th Btn Seaforth Highlanders
from:Cromarty
Andrew Clark joined the 1st Seaforth in 1907 and went to India, where he remained until his Battalion was recalled and sent to France in 1914. They landed in Marseille in October 1914, and thence to Northern France and Flanders.
Some time in late 1914 or early 1915, he was wounded and sent to Britain. When he recovered, he was sent to the Depot in Cromarty, where he met and married Helen Gairn Finlayson. He remained at the Depot for some time where he was involved with training new recruits. In April 1917 he was sent to France again to join the 8th Bn., as his own, the 1st, had gone to Mesopotamia in December 1915.
In early July, he was involved in a raid on German trenches and subsequently received the Military Medal for Gallantry in the field. During the 3rd Battle of Ypres,on July 31st, when he advanced with his regiment, he was wounded and lay in a shell hole for three days before being found. As a result, gas gangrene had set in and his arm had to be amputated. The first his wife heard of this was when she received a letter from the war office asking her to join him in Orpington where he was recovering from his wounds. From there on, his life and that of his family became very difficult. The British Government was not very generous to wounded men and employment was hard to find with only one arm. He died of cancer in 1946.
Segt. Andrew Clark MM.
British Army 1st Btn. Seaforth Highlanders
from:Midlothian
Andrew Clark was a career soldier who joined the regular 1st Battalion Seaforth Highlanders in 1907, and served in India and then on the Western Front.
He arrived in France, direct from India, with the rest of his battalion and other regiments belonging to the Dehra Dunn Brigade of the 7th Meerut Division in October 1914. He was wounded some time in 1914/1915, and sent home to recuperate. He ended up at the depot in Cromarty. There he met and married Helen Gairn Finlayson.
In May 1917 he was again sent to France, but this time to join the 8th Btn. which was one of Kitchener's new battalions. (His original Regiment, the 1st Seaforth had been sent to Mesopotamia in December 1915.) In July 1917, he was involved in a raid on German trenches as a result of which he was awarded the Military Medal for gallantry in the field. However, on July 31st, which was the first day of 3rd Ypres, he was wounded by machine gun fire and lay in a shell hole for three days before being recovered. As a result, gas gangrene set in, and his right arm had to be removed. That was basically the end of his military career. He struggled thereafter to look after his wife and three surviving children but the stress and hardship was too much and he and his wife parted company in the 1920s.
Sgt. Archibald Ernest Clark MM.
British Army 90th Coy. Machine Gun Corps
from:Odiham, Hants
Archibald Clark was my grandfather who served with the Machine Gun Corps 90th Company. He was captured in March 1918 in battle and we have a wonderful hand written letter in pencil from his officer, describing how he was 'sorry to lose him as he was one in a thousand'. He hoped that he had been captured as a prisoner and it was indeed the case. We also have a letter from the King to my grandmother and the official missing telegram from the War Office, Grandad's Demobilisation account dated 19th March 1919 when he collected pay due of Ć‚Ā£81, 14s and 9d.
ERA4. Arthur Clark
Royal Navy HMS Cambrian
from:Muswell Hill, London
Arthur Clark served in HMS Cambrian with 4th Light Cruiser Squadron.
Sgt. Bert Clark
British Army 22nd (3rd Tynside Scottish) Battalion Northumberland Fusiliers
from:Brunel Street, Gateshead, Co Durham
(d.1st July 1916)
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