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World War 1 One ww1 wwII greatwar great 1914 1918 first battalion regiment
Pte. George Martin Craggs
British Army 22nd Btn. C Coy Manchester Regiment
George Craggs served with C Coy 22nd Btn. Manchester Regiment.
Gnr. George Craggs
British Army Royal Garrison Artillery
from:Kirkcaldy, Fife
Pte. George Craggs
British Army 4th Btn. Worcestershire Regiment
from:Co. Durham
(d.18th August 1917)
George Craggs who died aged aged 19, was my grandmother's brother. He fought at the Battle of Langemarck on 16th August and extended the front line from Signal Farm to Cannes Farm. He was killed by enemy artillery fire on the 18th near General Farm, Boesinghe while in reserve.
He is buried at Artillery Wood Cemetery, Boezinge next to his Captain H.J.Paddison also aged 19. This year is the centenary of the Battle of Langemarck and I am posting this in respect of all the gallant and brave men whose lives were the price of victory.
Pte. Joseph Craggs
British Army 24th (Tyneside Irish) Battalion Northumberland Fusiliers
from:Wheatley Hill
Joseph Craggs was discharged in October 1917 sick
Pte. Archibald Craig
British Army 16th (1st Bradford Pals) Btn. West Yorkshire Regiment
from:Stornoway, Isle of Lewis
(d.3rd May 1917)
Archibald Craig first enlisted with Rosshire Mountain Battery RGA age 15 as a trumpeter. He was discharged as medically unfit in 1914 for unknown reasons. He was the youngest child of Sgt Major F.W.Craig and we think because his was a military family, the fact that he was discharged as unfit in Scotland did not deter him from re signing up in 1915. The information we have gleaned is that he enlisted in The 16th (1st Bradford Pals) Battalion, West Yorkshire Regiment about 1915. He died on the 3rd of May 1917 and we have visited and found his name inscribed on the Arras Memorial.
Other info we have collected shows that he was in Egypt and took part in the defence of the Suez Canal. He was hospitalised in Malta. He went to France in 1916 and took part in the Battle of the Somme being involved in the attack on the village of Serre. He was taking part in the 3rd battle of Scrape 3 to 4th May 1917 which was part of the Arras offensive towards Fresnoy.
My Grandfather Sgt.Major John Jeffrey Craig was the only sibling of Sgt. Major F.W.Craig. Their father was Sgt.Major William Craig, a musician in the Royal Artillery whose military record we cannot find as we don`t have his service no. All we do know is that he retired to Stornoway where he taught music and drill. Sadly he died at age 45 and is buried in Stornoway. This may have been a result of military activity during his engagement in the Royal Artillery and if he was gassed? though in 1876 we assume this may be ruled out.
Capt. C. C. Craig
British Army 11th Btn. Royal Irish Rifles
Captain Craig served in B Company, 11th Royal Irish Rifles.
Rflmn. David Washington Craig
10th Battalion Royal Irish Rifles
from:Monaghan & Belfast
(d.15th August 1916)
Death recorded on 15th August 1916. Buried in Le Plus Douve (annexe) Cemetry Ypres beside Ration Farm.
Pte. George Craig
British Army 24th (Tyneside Irish) Battalion Northumberland Fusiliers
from:Gateshead
Pte. Gordon Craig
British Army 3rd Battalion London Regiment
from:Euston, London
(d.30th May 1918)
Gordon Craig was the son of Charlotte Craig and the late Graham Craig of 8 Norfolk House, Euston Buildings, Euston, London. He served with 3rd Battalion, London Regiment and 49th Coy. Labour Corps
Pte. J. Craig
British Army Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers
from:Dumbarton, Scotland
(d.27th January 1917)
Rflmn. James Craig
British Army 15th Btn. Royal Irish Rifles
from:Carrickfergus
(d.4th October 1914)
Pte. John Arnott Taylor Craig
British Army 11th Btn. D Coy. Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers
(d.1st Jul 1916)
LAC. John Russell Craig
Royal Canadian Air Force 433 Squadron
from:Toronto,Ontario,Canada
John Craig was aged 19 when he enlisted in Toronto. He took training in Toronto, St Thomas. His specialty was the Sperry Gyroscopic Gunsight and he primarily worked on Halifax bombers of the 433 Squadron in the latter part of his stay in the UK. He saved pretty much everything including the newspaper he held up in 1945 in front of his barracks "This Is It... VE Day". I still have the photo and the newspaper.
Pte. John Craig
British Army 2nd Btn. D Coy. Leinster Regiment
from:22 Lady Street, Belfast
(d.31st March 1917)
Pte Robert Craig
British Army 1st Btn. D Coy. Royal Scots
from:35 Wolseley Street, South Side, Glasgow
(d.22nd Jan 1915 )
Pte Robert Craig 9944 was killed aged 31. He was serving with the Royal Scots 1st Btn. "D" Coy. near Ypres in Belgium. He was from South Side, Glasgow, the stepson of Mrs. E. F. Craig. Robert is remembered on the Menin Gate at Ypres.
Pte. Robert McAndrew Davidson Craig
British Army 1/7th Btn. Royal Scots (Lothian Regiment)
from:20 Hawthorn Vale, Leith, Edinburgh
(d.19th Dec 1917)
Remembering my great uncle Robert Craig who died aged 20 in the First World War. He is buried in Port Said War Cemetery. We don't have any details about how or where he died.
Pte. Robert James Craig
British Army 2nd Battalion Royal Irish Rifles
from:Lurgan
Robert Craig enrolled at Island Bridge Barracks, Dublin, on 8th August 1914, so joining the regular Army, not the Kitchener Army. He joined the 3rd (Reserve) Battalion of the Royal Irish Rifles. He was transferred to the 2nd Royal Irish Rifles (which had suffered losses at La Bassee, and 1st Ypres). He arrived in France on 13th of December 1914 and reinforced the battalion at Hooge, in the Ypres salient. He was wounded by shrapnel and returned to the UK. the oral history of the family is that he was present in Dublin at the time of the Easter Rising. This makes sense, as the 3rd Royal Irish Rifles were then the reserve battalion, stationed at Portobello Barracks, and who fought their way to the castle.
Rfm. Thomas Craig
British Army 14th Btn. Royal Irish Rifles
from:Belfast.
(d.7th Jun 1917)
BQMS Thomas Craig
British Army 232nd Brigade, 67th Bty. Royal Field Artillery
(d.2nd Jan 1915)
Battery Quartermaster Serjeant Thomas Craig is buried in the Cahir Military Plot in Co. Tipperary, Ireland.
Pte. William James Craig
British Army 11th Btn. Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers
from:Ballyarnett, Londonderry.
(d.6th July 1917)
William Craig joined the 5th (or 6th) Battalion and saw action first at Suvla Bay, Gallipoli in August 1915. After that he transferred to the 11th Battalion who were then landing in France in October 1915.
I gather he was wounded at Messines and died (aged 24) after the battle on 6th July. He is buried at Etaples beside a Seaforth Highlander. His brother (my grandfather) survived the war, starting in the Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers and finishing in the Berkshire Regiment.
Cpl. William Alexander Craig
British Army 18th Btn. C coy. Durham Light Infantry
from:56 Front Street, Tudhoe Colliery
(d.27th Jul 1916)
Alec Craig served with "C" Coy. 18th Bn. He was 28 years old when he died on the 27th of July 1916 and is buried in St Vaast Post Military Cemetery, beside Pte Percy Cook also of the 18th Btn. who died the same day. Alec was the son of John and Margaret Craig, of 56 Front Street, Tudhoe Colliery, Spennymoor, Co. Durham. His father paid for his headstone to be engraved with the inscription 'Until the day dawn and the shadows flee away'
Pte. William Craig
British Army 15th (1st Glasgow) Battalion Highland Light Infantry
from:92 Riverford Road, Glasgow.
(d.27th August 1917)
William Craig is listed on the 1911 census as a tramway conductor. Living with his in laws Robert Fisher and Margaret Fisher and his wife Margaret at 5 McDougall Street, Eastwood, Pollockshaws. He married Margaret Fisher on the 2nd of January 1911 at St Mary's Roman Catholic Chapel, Pollockshaws. William was born on the 2nd of January 1885 at Millwell, Glassford, Lanark, to parents Robert Craig and Mary Hendry. He had a brother, Andrew, born on the 5th of March 1886 also at Millwell. He also served in the 15th Battalion. Andrew was killed in action on the same day, 27th of August 1916. Both are remembered at Cambrin Churchyard Extension in France. Andrew also left a wife, Mary McGarrigle.
Pte. A. Craigie
British Army 24th (Tyneside Irish) Battalion Northumberland Fusiliers
from:Salford
A Craigie was wounded in August 1916
Sgt. Francis Craigmile
British Army 4th Btn. Gordon Highlanders
from:Aberdeen
Sgt. James Craigmile
British Army 4th Btn. Gordon Highlanders
from:Aberdeen
Lt David McLeod Craik MiD
Royal Engineers 145th Army Troop Company,
from:Singapore
(d.1938)
Currently researching D. McL. Craik and his wife.
Pte. Joseph Craik
British Army 2nd Btn. Northumberland Fusiliers
from:Jarrow, Co Durham
(d.8th May 1915)
Pte. Joseph Craik
British Army 2nd Battalion Northumberland Fusiliers
from:Jarrow
(d.8th May 1915)
Private Joseph Craik, 3260, 2nd Battalion Northumberland Fusiliers, was born in Howden, Tyneside in 1893. He was the son of Jonathan and Margaret Craik. Joseph was one of 6 sons to serve in World War I. Originally, Joseph was a labourer in a working class family and enlisted at the outbreak of war. The family story is that Jonathan marched his six sons to the recruiting office, set up at a cinema in Jarrow.
Joseph died on the first day of the the Battle of Frezenberg Ridge, 8th May 1915 near Ypres, along with 82 of his comrades, their trenches over-run by a huge German attack on that day. Due to the Germans capturing the ground, no known graves exist. Joseph is commemorated with his 82 comrades on the Menin gate.
His younger brother John, serving in the same Battalion was wounded by gas in his lungs, and was so disabled that he was never able to work again. John died from gas related complications in 1940.
Joseph's brother William, serving with the Gordon Highlanders was killed 8 weeks later at Neuve Chappele. The loss of two sons and the wounding of another took its toll on the family and their mother Margaret died in June 1915, presumably from grief and shock. All very sad.
Pte. Joseph Craik
British Army 2nd Btn. Northumberland Fusiliers
from:Jarrow
(d.8th May 1915)
Joseph Craik died age 23 whilst serving with the 2nd Btn Northumberland Fusiliers. He was the son of Jonathan and Margaret Robson Craik (nee Ormston) of 96 Queens Road Jarrow. Born in Willington Quay, Howdon, the 1911 census records him as; Joseph Craik age 18 Labourer for Ships Rivettor in Shipyard living with his parents Jonathan and Margaret Robson Craik and family at 96 Queens Road, Jarrow. He lived and enlisted Jarrow.
Joseph is remembered on the Ypres (Menin Gate) Memorial and is commemorated on the Triptych in St. Paul's Church Jarrow.
Pte William Craik
British Army 2nd Gordon Highlanders
from:Hebburn
(d.13th Mar 1915)
William Craik died age 25 whilst serving with the 2nd Btn Gordon Highlanders at Neuve Chapelle in France. He was born in South Shields 1889, son of Jonathan and Margaret Robson Craik (nee Ormston) of 96 Queens Road Jarrow. On the 1911 census He is recorded as William Craik age 22,Engineers (Fitters) Labourer in Shipyard living with his parents Jonathan and Maggie Craig of 96 Queens Road Jarrow. He enlisted in Govan. His younger brother Joseph Craik Private 3260 2nd Battalion Northumberland Fusiliers was also one of the fallen William is remembered on the Le Touret Memorial and is Commemorated on the Triptych in St. Paul's Church, Jarrow.
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