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Sgt. Robert Curley MM,
British Army 11th Battalion Royal Scots
from:Glasgow
My grandfather, Robert Curley of Glasgow, joined the 11th Battalion, Royal Scots in October 1914 aged 16 or 17. He was demobbed in early 1919 as a sergeant and holder of the Military Medal.
I have attached a copy of some photographs and documents that I have recently found among some of my late mother's papers. It shows a fresh faced youth when he joined up, a picture from winter 1916 with a goatskin jacket just marked "somewhere in France" and as a sergeant just before he was demobbed. The latter picture could be the father of the lad that joined up, such he has aged after 4 years in the trenches. He was wounded while a L/Cpl in 1917. Also attached copies of the letter that arrived with his Bronze Star and Military Medal and the letter sent to his father to advise that he was wounded. I would like to know where he may have served, all I know for certain was it was on the Western Front.
Pte. Frederick James Curnow
British Army 1st/18th (London Irish Rifles) Btn. London Regiment
from:Knightsbridge
(d.11th May 1916)
Frederick Curnow was one of my grandfather's elder brothers, born 19th of Apr 1895 at 19 D'Oyley Street, Chelsea, London to Frederick & Annie Curnow. We don't know much about his Army service except that he was killed in action. The family say his mother was so upset that she died of a broken heart 9 months later. His father being left with several young children was forced to split the family up between various relations to cope. There is no known grave but there is a memorial to him at Faubourg-d'Amiens Cemetery on the Arras Memorial.
Capt. Herbert Franklin Curnow
Australian Imperial Force 22nd Infantry Battalion
from:Australia
(d.5th Aug 1916)
Herbert Franklin Curnow was born at Kangaroo Flat Victoria on 9 January 1893 to parents Herbert and Janet. A clerk by trade, he enlisted in Melbourne on 30 April 1915 at the age of 22. Curnow departed Melbourne as a second lieutenant with the 22nd Infantry Battalion on 10 May 1915.
Curnow served at Gallipoli with the 22nd Infantry Battalion and during the course of 1915 was promoted to the rank of lieutenant and then captain. He was evacuated in early December 1915 due to a septic hand injury. Curnow later re-joined his unit and was sent to the Western Front during March 1916. Herbert Curnow was 23 years old when he was killed in action at Pozieres on 5 August 1916 and he is buried at Courcelette British Cemetery, France.
A/CSM. Francis Curran
British Army 1st Btn. Black Watch
from:Salford
(d.18th Aug 1916 )
Francis Curran was killed in action on the 18th of August 1916 and is remembered on the Thiepval Memorial, Somme, France.
Pte. James Curran
British Army 6/7th Battalion Royal Scots Fusiliers
from:Lockerbie, Dumfries
(d.31st July 1917)
One of three brothers who were killed during WWI, and an uncle of my mother, James Curran died on the 31st of July 1917 and his name is remembered on the Menin Gate Memorial, Ypres, Belgium.
Sgt. John Curran MM.
British Army 10th Btn. Black Watch
from:Kirkcaldy, Scotland
Sgt. William Curran
British Army 27th (Tyneside Irish) Battalion Northumberland Fusiliers
(d.28th April 1917)
Pte. Daniel Currant
British Army 2nd Btn. Bedfordshire Regiment
from:Burton Latimer
Daniel Currant volunteered in 1914 and was sent to the Western Front in early 1915. He served throughout the First World War on the Western Front and was demobilised in November 1919.
Gnr. Thomas Curren
British Army Royal Field Artillery
from:Raleigh Row, Galway
(d.17th Dec 1917)
Thomas Curran was the son of Mrs Kate Curran of Raleigh Row, Galway. He was 21 years old when he died and is buried about 13 yards from North boundary of the Barna Old Churchyard, Co. Galway, Ireland.
CSM Fred Currey
British Army 18th Btn. A Coy. Durham Light Infantry
According to the Medal Roll, Fred continued to serve after the war.
Fred is recorded as "Currey, Frederick, Pte. A Coy County Battalion DLI" in the Roll of Honour held in Darlington Library, believed to have been complied by the Town Council in the 1920s.
Pte William Matthew Currey VC.
Australian Army 53rd Btn
from:Australia
William Matthew Currey was 22 years old, and a private in the 53rd Bn (N.S.W.), Australian Imperial Force when he was awarded the VC.
"On 1st September 1918 in the attack on Peronne, France, Private Currey rushed forward under heavy machine-gun fire and captured single-handed a 77mm field gun which had been holding up the advance, killing all the crew. Later, when the advance was checked by an enemy strong-point he crept round the flank and engaged the post with a Lewis gun, then rushed it, causing many casualties. Subsequently he volunteered to carry orders for withdrawal to an isolated company, doing so under heavy fire and bringing back valuable information. The citation published in the London Gazette of 14 December 1918 concluded that his behaviour was a striking example of coolness, determination and utter disregard of danger... and his gallant work contributed largely to the success of the operation."
Australian war historian C.E.W. Bean described the final act of Currey's heroism thus: At 3 am when efforts to reach (a Lt Waite in an advanced position) having failed Private Currey volunteered to make his third attempt and going out far into the disputed front he stood up and called with all his lung power. "Waitsy! Get in." The Germans turned on him every weapon they had; he was gassed and his respirator was shot through. But Waite had heard him and returned.
Rfm. David Currie
British Army 8th Btn. Royal Irish Rifles
(d.7th Jun 1917)
Pte. George Francis Currie
British Army Machine Gun Corps
from:London,
My grandmother told me that my grandfather(above George Currie) had a beautiful set of teeth until he was gassed during WW1, and he lost all his teeth thereafter.
Harold Currie
British Army 15th (North Belfast) Battalion Royal Irish Rifles
from:Mallusk
Pte. Joseph Charles Currie
British Army 8th Btn. Cheshire Regiment
from:Wallasey, Merseyside
(d.5th April 1916)
Joseph Currie (as the family story goes) was a dispatch rider. He rode into a field of mines and was blown to pieces. I don't whether this is true. From records I have found online it says missing in action presumed killed in action. Another family story is that Joseph initially lied about his age to join up and was only about 18 or 19 when he died.
Pte. Thomas Currie
British Army 9th Btn Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers
from:Belfast.
(d.18th Oct 1918)
Sgt. Arthur Frederick Curry
British Army 1st Btn. Somerset Light Infantry
from:Dorking
(d.26th August 1914)
Sgt. Curry was killed at Le Cateau on 26th August 1914.
Pte. F. Curry
British Army 24th (Tyneside Irish) Battalion Northumberland Fusiliers
from:Newcastle
F. Curry was wounded in August 1916
George Curry DCM.
British Army 22nd Btn. Northumberland Fusiliers
George Curry DCM.
British Army 22nd Btn. Northumberland Fusiliers
Pte. Hugh Curry
British Army 9th Batallion Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers
from:Drapersfield, Cookstown, C.Tyrone
(d.8th Sept. 1916)
Pte. James Smith Curry
British Army 18th Btn. Durham Light Infantry
from:Chester le Street
(d.27th Jul 1916)
James Curry lost his life aged 32 and is buried in St Vaast Post Military Cemetery. He was the son of Ralph and Mary Curry, of 3 Red Rose St., Chester-le-Street, Co. Durham who requested the inscription 'Until the day breaks' for his headstone.
Pte. Keith Cuthbert Curry
British Army 10th (Hull Commercials) Btn. East Yorkshire Regiment
from:111 St. Georges Road, Hull, East Yorkshire
(d.25th Mar 1919)
Keith Cuthbert Curry served with the East Yorkshire (Hull Commercials) Regiment. He was born in Hull, East Yorkshire, United Kingdom in 1894 to Alice Monument and Ernest Frederick Curry.
Pte. Keith Cuthbert Curry
British Army 2/4th Battalion East Yorkshire Regiment
from:St George's Road, Hull
(d.25th March 1919)
Keith Curry was from Hull.
Pte. Newrick Curry
British Army 18th Btn. Durham Light Infantry
from:Lumley
(d.3rd Mar 1917)
Newrick Curry was born in Lumley, he was killed aged 25 and is buried in Sailly-au-Bois Military Cemetery. he was the son of John William and Ruth Curry, of 17 Oak St., Fence Houses, Co. Durham.
Pte. P Curry
British Army 13th Btn. Northumberland Fusiliers
(d.12th January 1916)
Pte. Patrick Curry
British Army 2nd Btn. Leinster Regiment
(d.10th Oct 1914)
Private Patrick Curry of 2nd Leinster's did not make a will. However, sometime between August and October 1914 Patrick had written a letter to his mother stating that he was trusting in God and keeping the faith, and advised his mother to do the same. He made reference that should anything happen to him, then his mother gets his property. In his letter, Patrick made reference to when the conflict finishes, then the soldiers at the front would get 6 weeks leave and a lump sum of Ć‚Ā£6. The War Office (Accounts 4) in 1916 deemed that Mrs Curry's letter from her late son was an unofficial will under the Wills Act of 1837. The National Archives of Ireland reference relating to Pte. Patrick Curry's will is NAI E/159090. These are online. I am researching the origins of the AB 64 Soldier's Active Service Pay Book, introduced in 1906; Accounts 4 (soldier's estates and wills) and the Irish soldiers' wills now housed at the NAI.
Pte. Ralph William Curry
British Army 14th Btn. Northumberland Fusiliers
(d.2nd September 1918)
Pte. Robert Beckett Curry
British Army Royal Irish Regiment
from:Port Glasgow
Robert Curry was captured on the 21st of March 1918 at the Battle of St. Quentin. He was held in Sprottau POW camp.
Pte. Thomas Andrew Curry
British Army 13th Battalion Durham Light Infantry
from:Newcastle upon Tyne
(d.23rd April 1917)
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