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Pte. Edward D'alton
British Army 2nd Btn. South Wales Borderers
from:Kingstown, Dublin
(d.1st July 1916)
My uncle Edward D'alton was killed in action at the Somme on 1st July 1916. He was originally from Kingstown (now Dun Laoghaire) County Dublin. He was my mother's brother. Her name was Christina. His parents names were Patrick and Catherine D'alton. I would love to have some background on Edward if possible.
Pte. Hugh D'Arcy
British Army 6th Battalion Leinster Regiment
from:Dublin
Hugh D'Arcy was my grandfather and I would like to find out any information on him (if possible). He served in Egypt and I think Bulgaria. We have a campaign medal, the 1914-1915 star and would extremely appreciate it if you had any more information.
L/Cpl Jack D'Hooghe
Army 7th Bttn Suffolk Rgt
from:Nottingham
(d.3rd July 1916)
It is 92 years ago today that my great uncle, Jack D'Hooghe, was KIA at Ovillers on the 3rd day of the Somme offensive. 21 officers and 458 other ranks were killed, wounded or missing after this assault. Jack is remembered on the Thiepval Memorial and there are several headstones to unknown members of the Suffolk regiment in Ovillers cemetery. We shall not forget.
Pte. Richard Percival Allen "Reggie" Dabinett
British Army 15th Battalion Hampshire Regiment
from:Drayton, Somerset
(d.7th June 1917)
Richard Dabinett is my 1st cousin 3x removed. My knowledge of him is through the genealogy work of my cousin, Dorothy Nagy, who also provided the scan of his death notice. Richardʻs father, Frederick John Dabinett, was my 3rd great uncle, and brother of my 2X great grandfather, William Henry Dabinett. Richard was only 19 years old when he died and so I enter his name here so he is remembered for his sacrifice.
Capt. Edward Neuville daCosta-Andrade MID.
British Army Royal Garrison Artillery
At the outbreak of war in 1914, Edward daCosta-Andrade was commissioned as an artillery officer. He served on the French front from 1915 to 1917, first with a battery of 60-pounders and later with a group of counter-batteries on the Arras salient, where with Lawrence Bragg and others the exact position of the enemy's guns was tracked down with ingenious apparatus. He rose to the rank of captain, and was mentioned in dispatches; he was injured when a shell burst prematurely in a battery gun, and later when a sudden burst of gunfire caused a horse to shy and roll on him. In 1917 he returned to England to work for the Ministry of Munitions on explosives.
Capt. Brian Dacre
British Army 9th Btn. Duke of Wellingtons West Riding Regiment
from:Ilkley, West Yorkshire
(d.12th Oct 1918)
Brian Dacre was born in 1890, he served as a Captain with the 9th Duke of Wellington's West Riding Regiment.
Gnr. Frederick Dacre
British Army 202nd Siege Battery Royal Garrison Artillery
from:Barnoldswick
(d.20th April 1918)
Fred Dacre was the second of 7 children born in 1891 to John & Mary Jane Dacre. In the 1900s the family moved from Old Farm, Lower Holker, Cartmel, where John had worked as a farm labourer, to Barnoldswick, a rapidly growing cotton town in search of work in the mills for their children. Fred became a weaver working for H Pickles and Bros at Long Ing Mill. In 1909 at the age of 17 he volunteered as a part-time recruit in the new Territorial Force established to defend the UK in case the Regular Army became involved in a European war. He attested to serve for 4 years in the Territorial Army (6th West Riding Regiment).
After his marriage to Mary Emma Dodgson in January 1912 he continued to work as a weaver. However, instead of volunteering to join the army at the outbreak of war, he became a policeman with the City of Liverpool Constabulary. Though in an exempted occupation, he joined the Royal Garrison Artillery. He served as a gunner in the 202nd Siege Battery for 6 months before he was killed on 20th April 1918 during the German Spring Offensive on the Somme. He is buried in La Neuville British Cemetery, Corbie, the site of a Casualty Clearing Station.
In the In Memoriam column of the Craven Herald of April 1920 Mary Emma Dacre continued to grieve:- Two years have passed since they laid you to rest. In a grave I may never see; But while my life and memory last I will remember thee.
The inscription on his gravestone, chosen by his widow, reads Ever true. Waiting for you
Poignantly, Fred had not long to wait, as Mary Emma died at Morton Sanatorium near Keighley, probably of TB, on 21st March 1921.
Fred Dacre's story in a sense illustrates the patriotic attitudes of the time coupled with the wish to escape the humdrum life of the weaver, first joining the Territorials, then serving as a police constable before enlisting as a gunner. Yet it also serves to emphasize the tragic impact that the loss of every soldier had on every family. Did Mary Emma indeed die of a broken heart?
Armr QMS Maurice Dacre
British Army 8th Btn Duke of Wellington's (West Riding Regiment)
from:Ilkley, West Yorkshire
(d.15th Oct 1917)
Maurice Dacre served with the 8th Duke of Wellingtons.
Rfn. Joseph Alfred Dady
British Army 9th (Queen Victoria's Rifles) Battalion London Regiment
from:6 Rowington Road, Norwich
(d.14th Aug 1917)
L/Cpl. David Thomas Daft
6th Btn. York & Lancaster Regiment
from:Long Eaton, Derbyshire
(d.14th July 1917)
Pte. Arthur Charles Dagesse
Canadian Expeditionary Forces 22nd Battalion
(d.15th Mar 1918)
Pte. Atthut Charles Dagesse served with the 22nd Battalion Canadian Infantry.He was executed for desertion on 15th March 1918 aged 33 and is buried in Lapugnoy Military Cemetery, Lapugnoy, France.
Arthur Charles Dagesse was born in New Bedford MA in 1886. One month after the outbreak of war, Dagesse enlisted in the Canadian Expeditionary Force (CEF) on 23rd September 1914 under the name Dagasse. His conduct as a soldier started badly and continued in poor fashion; he had no fewer than thirteen convictions for absence and two for drunkenness.
On 4 April 1917, just before his unit's participation in the Vimy Ridge attack, Dagesse went absent until he was arrested in Paris on 29th April 1917. While awaiting his trial for this offence, Dagesse escaped and remained absent for five months before being re-arrested in Paris on 4th October 1917. When he was arrested for the second time, Dagesse was wearing the uniform of a Sergeant in the Royal Army Medical Corps.
Following his court-martial on 26th February 1918, Dagasse was found guilty of desertion and sentenced to death.
Pte. Thomas Henry Dagger
British Army 10th Btn. Cheshire Regiment
from:Kirkham
(d.17th Feb 1917)
Alfred Dagless
British Army 2nd Btn. Essex Regiment
Pte. Arthur Ernest Daglish
British Army 19th (2nd Tyneside Pioneers) Btn. Northumberland Fusiliers
from:Sandyford
(d.26th Oct 1917)
Arthur Daglish, Private 19/417, was killed in action on 26th of October 1917, aged 27 years. At the time of his death, he was attached to 1/5th Battalion, Northumberland Fusiliers. Remembered on the Tynecot Memorial, Ypres, Belgium, he was the son of Charles Pearson Daglish and Margaret Henzell Daglish of 218 Doncaster Road, Sandyford, Newcastle-on-Tyne.
From the 19th Btn Northumberland Fusiliers Roll of Honour.
Pte. Robert William Daglish
British Army 2nd Btn. Northumberland Fusiliers
(d.8th May 1915)
Pte Robert Daglish MM
British Army 12th Btn Durham Light Infantry
from:South Moor
My Great Great Grandfather, Private Robert Daglish 18240 served with the 12th battalion, Durham Light Infantry during the great war.
Born in 1895, he worked as a coal miner at South Moor. After the outbreak of the war he answered the call and joined Kitchener's new army at Newcastle in September 1914.
The 12th Battalion along with the 13th joined the 68th Brigade, 23rd Division and my ancestor waa assigned to A company, 12 Battalion, Durham Light Infantry moving to Aldershot, Hampshire in November, then to Willesborough, Kent in February 1915 and went on in May to Bramshott. He then proceeded to France landing at Boulogne on the 26th of August and concentrating near Tilques. On the 5th of September 23rd Division became attached to III Corps, moving to the Merris-Vieux Berquin area, for trench familiarisation under the guidance of the 20th (Light) and 27th Divisions. They took over front line sector between Ferme Grande Flamengrie to the Armentieres-Wez Macquart road in their own right on the 14th. During the Battle of Loos CIII and CV Brigades RFA were in action attached to 8th Division. With 23rd Division holding the front at Bois Grenier, they were relieved from that sector at the end of January 1916 and Divisional HQ was established at Blaringhem with the units concentrated around Bruay for a period of rest. On the 3rd of March they returned to the front line, taking over a sector between the Boyau de l'Ersatz and the Souchez River from the French 17th Division, with the Artillery taking over an exposed position between Carency and Bois de Bouvigny where it was subjected to heavy shelling. In early March a Tunnelling Company was established and men with a background in mining were transferred from the ranks to the Royal Engineers, whether my ancestor was part of this, sadly I will never know. In Mid April they returned to Bruay area for rest until mid May when they again took over the Souchez-Angres front, just before the German Attack on Vimy Ridge on the 21st. The brunt of the attack fell on 47th (London) Division, to the right of 23rd Division and the 23rd Divisional Artillery went into action in support of the 47th. On the 1st of June the Artillery supported 2nd Division as they undertook operations to recover lost ground. On the 11th of June the 23rd Division Infantry moved to Bomy and the artillery to Chamblain Chatelain and Therouanne to begin intensive training for the Battle of the Somme. They were in action in The Battle of Albert including the capture of Contalmaison, The Battles of Bazentin Ridge, Pozieres, Flers-Courcelette, Morval and The Battle of Le Transloy including the capture of Le Sars. In 1917 they fought in The Battle of Messines, The Battles of the Menin Road, Polygon Wood and the The First and Second Battles of Passchendaele. It was here that my ancestor worked as a company runner, running between the lines carrying vital messages from HQ to the front. During the third battle of Ypres he received the Military Medal for actions unknown and was mentioned in the London Gazette in January 1918. My grandfather always told me that it was during the third battle of Ypres that my great great grandfather received a shrapnel wound and was brought back to England and his medal card supports this as it shows that he received the 1915 star, British war medal, Victory medal and the Military Medal and his only theatre of war was France. After the war, he moved to Burnhope and worked as a miner until his death in 1954. Sadly I never met him and have been unable to find any photos or records of him other than his medal card. However I have inherited his identity bracelet which he wore through out the great war and this shows his name, service number, company, battalion and regiment. It is also engraved with the intials MM supporting that he was awarded the military medal. I would however be grateful if anyone can share any more information about him or show me a photograph as i have never seen what he looks like. It would be dream come true if by any chance anyone knew of the where abouts of his medals.
Pte. W. Daglish
British Army 24th (Tyneside Irish) Battalion Northumberland Fusiliers
from:Jarrow
(d.1st July 1916)
W Daglish is named on the Thiepval Memorial
Pte. William Daglish
British Army 24th Btn (Tyneside Irish) Northumberland Fusiliers
from:Jarrow
(d.1st Jul 1916)
William Daglish was born at Castleton, Durham and enlisted in Jarrow. He was killed in action and is remembered on the Thiepval Memorial.
Albert Dahabany
British Army Royal Fusilliers
My father Albert Dahabany and several of his friends served in WWI with the Royal Fusiliers. They joined the British Army in 1914 and served till 1918. He said he served in India and in Egypt.
CSM. Edward Joseph Patten Dainty DCM.
British Army 2nd Btn. London Regiment
from:Brentwood Essax
(d.8th Nov 1917)
My Great Uncle Company Sergeant Major Edward (Ted) Joseph Patten Dainty 230936 served with the 2nd Btn, London Regiment. He was originally a resident of Brentwood Essex, son of Edward Joseph And Emily Dainty. Before war broke out he had trained to be a teacher at St Peter's Training College (Peterborough 1911-12), and is commemorated on the Roll of Honour stone tablet War Memorial for their students, in St Sprite's Chapel Peterborough Cathedral.
On 3rd of May 1917, presumably at Fresnoy France, it is recorded that, near the river Cojeul, Company Sgt-Major E. J. P. Dainty (2nd Lond., Educ.) was awarded the Distinguished Conduct Medal: " for conspicuous gallantry and devotion to duty in consolidating and defending a position which had become almost untenable through flanking and frontal fire. His total indifference to danger restored the situation at a very critical moment when no officers were on the spot." He has a citation to this effect in the Supplement to the London Gazette 18th July 1917.
In October or early November 1917 he married my Great Aunt Eleanor at Weymouth.She was a teacher too. I was always told that he returned immediately to France directly after their wedding. I have her brown velvet wedding dress and photos of them both.
On 8th November 1917, aged 27, he was killed in an accident near Lebucquiere to the east of Bapaume. I was always told this was a rail accident but I can find no record of this. He is buried in Lebucquiere Communal Cemetery Extension.
Eleanor never remarried. She became an invalid thoughout her life, and was looked after by her unmarried sister until her death in the early 1950s. I possess a tiny leather diary of Ted's - unfortunately with few entries. At the going down of the sun, and in the morning, we will remember them.
Pte. Angelo Dai_Broi
Canadian Expeditionary Force 132 Battalion
A 100 anni dalla fine della 1 guerra mondiale ho trovato tutta la storia di mio nonno Dal Broi Angelo. Bellissimo sito vedere sito internet digitando
100 years after the Great War I was delighted to discover the story of my Grandfather Angela Dal Broi who served with the 132nd Battalion, CEF and the 182nd Canadian Tunnelling Company.
Rfle. Ernest Albert Daking
British Army 16th (Queens Westminster Rifles) Btn. London Regiment
from:Highbury, London
(d.14th April 1917 )
Ernest Daking was born in Boxted, Suffolk, son of John & Ellen Daking, husband of Lucy Annie Daking of Ellesmere, Regents Park Road, Finchley, London. Lived in Highbury, London and enlisted Holloway.
He served with the 16th (Queens Westminster Rifles) Battalion, London Regiment and was killed in action on the 14th of April 1917 age 35 years and is buried in Bootham Cemetery, Heninet, France. He is remembered on the War Memorial in St. Peters Church, Felsham, Suffolk. A pupil of of Bedford Modern School 1891-98, he 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. Hector Dalande
British Army 8th Btn. Seaforth Highlanders
from:Cromarty, Ross-shire
(d.9th Mar 1918)
Hector Dalande served with the Seaforth Highlanders 8th Bsttalion. He was executed for desertion on 9th March 1918 and is buried in St. Nicolas British Cemetery, St. Nicolas, France. Pte. Delande was a French-Canadian. At some point before deserting he had applied to join either the Canadian Army or the French army but was refused. He was the husband of Jessie Henry (formerly Dalande) of 66 Big Vennel, Cromarty, Ross-shire.
Pte. A. Dale
British Army 13th Btn. Royal Scots
(d.3rd Mar 1916)
Pte. A Dale served with the Royal Scots 13th Battalion. He was executed for murder on 3rd March1916 and is buried in Mazingarbe Communal Cemetery and Extension, Mazingarbe, France.
Rflmn Charles William Dale MM
British Army 13th Battalion Kings Royal Rifle Corps
from:Hay Mills, Birmingham
(d.14th July 1916)
L/Cpl. Frank Dale
Royal Army Medical Corps.
from:Rusholme, Manchester
Drvr. George Alfred Dale
British Army 173 Brigade, C Â Bty. Royal Field Artillery
(d.4th October 1917)
George Dale died on 4th October 1917 and is buried in Rocquigny-Equancourt Road Cemetery, France, Grave I.D.27.
Sgt. George Dale
British Army 2nd Btn. Wiltshire Regiment
There are sketchy details of my grandfather George Dale. My father never talked about him. But I have a postcard sent to my grandmother (his wife whom he married in 1904) posted by a friend of my grandmother in Chippenham on 29th June 1913 and stamped received in Gibraltar 3rd of July 1913 addressed to 2nd Wiltshire Regiment, Naval Hospital Road, Gibraltar. By that time he had 3 sons and 1 daughter; my father being the youngest. Apart from that I think he was in the Royal Warwickshire Regiment in Portobello (Catha Brugha) Barracks, Dublin in 1911.
Drvr. Harry Lister Dale
British Army 173 Brigade, CÂ Bty. Royal Field Artillery
(d.23rd December 1917)
Harry Dale was aged 26 when he died on 23rd December 1917. He was born in Sowerby, Leeds and was the son of Nancy Mary and the late John Smith Dale, 25 Grove Hall Drive, Dewsbury Road, Leeds. He is buried in Mont Huon Military Cemetery, France, Grave V.D.3B.
A/Sgt. Joseph John Dale
British Army 18th Btn. Durham Light Infantry
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