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Pte. Michael Deegan
British Army 24th (Tyneside Irish) Battalion Northumberland Fusiliers
from:Hirst
Pte. Victor Alfred Deeks
British Army 22nd Btn. Royal Fusiliers
from:Cambridge
(d.8th November 1918)
Victor Deeks died on the 8th November 1918, aged 21. Buried in in the Niederzwehren Cemetery in Germany, he was the son of Alfred J. and E. Maud Deeks, of 6, Brunswick Terrace, Cambridge.
Sgt. John Deely
British Army 3rd Btn. Royal Irish Regiment
from:Ballyfoyle, Co. Kilkenny.
(d.9th October 1915)
Serjeant Deely was the son of the late John Deely of Rathkeale, Co. Limerick: husband of Mary M. Deely of Webbsborough, Ballyfoyle, Co. Kilkenny.
He was 48 when he died and is buried about 27 yards west of the entrance to the Dunmore Catholic Churchyard, Dunmore, Co. Kilkenny, Ireland.
Capt. Frank Tetlow Deeming
British Army 12th Btn. Northumberland Fusiliers
from:Rochdale
(d.21st Mar 1918)
My great Uncle Frank Deeming was my grandfather George's younger brother. These photos were left to me by my Aunt Dot, Frank's niece, some years ago, along with other family photos of the late 1800's of my great great grandparents William and Mary and great aunts Ada, May and Eva from their family home in Rochdale.
I never knew what I would find in my family search but found his military unit designation, the cemetery he is buried in and the fact that he was married, his wife's name was Gladys. I still have not found out the location of his death or the circumstances other than the time that he died in France on 21st of March 1918 but will continue to search.
It has been a long time since I have been able to connect with family and hope to re-establish communications with distant cousins and family from long ago.
Pte. Walter Deeprose
British Army 2nd Btn. Argyll & Sutherland Highlanders
from:624 Duke Street, Glasgow
(d.20th Nov 1917)
William Deeprose
Australian Imperial Force 15th Btn. 4th Brigade
from:Brisbane, Australia
(d.8th Aug 1915)
Rflmn. Ernest Deer
British Army 1st Btn. Rifle Brigade
from:Islington, London
(d.16th June 1918)
Pte. Herbet Bees Dees
British Army 18th Btn. Durham Light Infantry
Pte. T. W. Dees
Army 18th Btn. Durham Light Infantry
Pte Dees was wounded during the Bombardment of Hartlepool on the 16th of December 1914, he was serving the the 18th Btn, DLI at the Heugh Battery.
Pte. Daniel Deevy
British Army 2nd Btn. Royal Irish Regiment
from:Castlecomer, Kilkenny.
(d.30th April 1915)
Daniel Deevy of the 2nd Royal Irish Regiment was taken as a Prisoner of War and died on the 30th of April 1915.
Dvr. Benjamin DeFehr
Canadian Expeditionary Force 1st Canadian Reserve Park Canadian Army Service Corps
(d.25th Aug 1916)
Benjamin DeFehr served with the 1st Canadian Reserve Park as part of the Canadian Expeditionary Force. He was executed for murder on 25/08/1916 and buried inHazebrouck Communal Cemetery, Hazebrouck, France.
Born on 29th March 1888 in Winkler, Manitoba, Benjamin De Fehr enlisted as a driver in the Canadian Army Service Corps following the outbreak of war, and was duly transferred to England in 1916. He had no incidents of poor conduct, until 19 August 1916, while serving in France with the 1st Canadian Reserve Park in the rear areas near Hazebrouck. He used his rifle to shoot 43-year-old Regimental Sergeant-Major J.R. Scott in the back, killing him instantly. De Fehr was overpowered and arrested immediately.
He was officially court-martialled on 22nd August, and while he maintained that he had been drunk during the incident, several witnesses testified that he had been sober. He was found guilty of murder and sentenced to death by firing squad. De Fehr was executed three days later, and his remains are today located in Hazebrouck Communal Cemetery, only three graves away from his victim, RSM Scott.
Company Sjt Mjr. W. Defty
Army 7th Btn. Durham Light Infantry
AM3. Alfred William Degg
Royal Flying Corps
from:Rugeley, Staffordshire.
Alfred Degg enlisted on the 28th of Feb 1917 in the Royal Flying Corps. He embarked for France in October 1917 and remained overseas until discharge. He was the son of Alfred Joseph and Elizabeth (née Bostock) Degg of Rugeley, Staffordshire.
Pte. John Henry Degg
British Army 1st Battalion South Staffordshire Regiment
from:Hednesford, Staffordshire
(d.1st Jul 1916)
Pte. James Degnan
British Army 2nd Battalion Kings Own Yorkshire Light Infantry
from:Dewsbury, West Yorks
(d.4th Nov 1918)
My earliest childhood memories are of a photograph of my grandma's brother James who died on the day peace was declared. I know he came home on leave with injuries to his right hand and was deemed fit for service as his trigger finger was still OK. James`s family spoke often of this leave and the heartbreak for his mother when he had to return to active duty. They were never to see him again. His many brothers and sisters spoke of him often and remembered him for the rest of their lives.
I am now almost 60 years old and place a wreath on my grandma's grave for him. We have his photo and his medal. Like his brothers and sisters, I will never forget him. James was never found but he is memeorialised at Vis en Artois, Pas de Calais.
2nd Lt. Peter Godfrey Delahunt
British Army 4th Battalion Royal Highlanders
from:High Street, Kinghorn, Fife
(d.28th August 1918)
Peter Delahunt was the younger brother of my grandfather, one of five sons, all of whom served in The Great War but the only one to enlist in the Black Watch. I don't know much more than that he died from wounds received possibly at the Battle of Amiens and was buried beneath the green fields of France, Ligny-Saint-Flochel. I would be interested in any information available about his battalion's activities around the time of his death that might give me a better idea of how he died.
Pte. Edmund James Delamare
British Army 1st Battalion Guernsey Light Infantry
from:Guernsey
(d.April 1918)
Pte. Andrew Delaney
British Army 13th Field Ambulance Royal Army Medical Corps
from:Ballitore, Co. Kildare
(d.31st May 1915)
Private Delaney was the husband of Elizabeth Mackey (formerly Delaney), of Ballitore, Co. Kildare.
He was 35 when he died and is buried in the Crookstown Catholic Churchyard, Co. Kildare, Ireland.
Pte. C. Delaney
British Army 22nd Btn. Northumberland Fusiliers
Pte. C. Delaney
British Army 22nd Btn. Northumberland Fusiliers
Gnr. James Delaney
British Army Royal Garrison Artillery
(d.24th Dec 1916)
My Great grandfather James Delaney served with the Royal Garrison Artillery in the Battle of the Somme. Family say he died in it but his death was after the end of the battle on 24th October 1916 so I assume he died from injuries received as he's buried in St. Marie Cemetery Le Harve. I want to trace his unit etc... but don't know how to. Any advice or info would be gratefully received.
Pte. John Delaney
British Army 13th Btn. Essex Regiment
from:Stepney, East London
(d.18th Feb 1917)
Gnr. John Delaney
British Army 45th Trench Mortar Battery Royal Field Artillery
from:Easingwold, Yorkshire
(d.26th March 1918)
Don't know much about this uncle I never knew except bits Dad told me a long time ago. I just know it's getting to be 100 years since this young man. John Delaney, was killed along with his cousin and uncle whose names I cannot furnish here. I was told Johnny was a heavy gunner. My dad, James Wilfred Delaney, managed to see him by chance just before he got killed in France. He was my dad's older brother. My dad was the only one of the four family members who came back alive, surviving three telegrams home to his mother, and recovering from each shrapnel wound or bullet.
He refused to talk about it much, married my mum and fathered nine children. I understand now it was his way of coping. He used the word "Combien" instead of "How much" for the rest of his life.
Pte. Patrick Delaney
British Army 1st Btn Black Watch (Royal Highlanders)
from:Jarrow
(d.15th Sep 1914)
Patrick Delaney, the of Charles and Flora Delaney of 65 Albion Street Jarrow, died aged 18. He was born in Dumbarton and lived in Jarrow. Patrick Delaney,age 15, Rivet Catcher in Shipyard, is with his mother Flora Delaney and family at 28 South Street, Jarrow on the 1911 census. He enlisted at Sunderland.
Patrick is buried in Vendresse British Cemetery and is commemorated on the Triptych in St. Paul's Church Jarrow.
Pte. Thomas Francis Delaney
British Army 8/10th Btn. Gordon Highlanders
from:22 Balfour St. Glasgow
(d.9th Sept 1916)
Thomas Delaney was my great uncle. His brother, James, was killed on 19th of December 1914 whilst serving with the 1st Battalion Highland Light Infantry.
Pte. Timothy Delaney
British Army 24th (Tyneside Irish) Battalion Northumberland Fusiliers
from:Byker
Timothy Delaney suffered Shellshock in 1917
Pte. W Delaney
British Army 2nd Btn. Connaught Rangers
(d.29th Nov 1920)
Private W. Delaney was 44 when he died and is buried East of the church in the Ballinabrannagh Catholic Churchyard in Co. Carlow, Ireland.
Pte Leslie Stephens DeLany
Australian Imperial Force 16th Battalion
from:Mt Magnet Western Australia
Rflmn. H. Delap
British Army 7th Btn. Royal Irish Rifles
from:Bohemabreeda, Tallaght
(d.25th July 1918)
Rifleman Delap was the Son of William Delap, of Bohemabreeda, Tallaght. He was 22 when he died and is buried in the South east part of the Tallaght (St. Maelruan) Church of Ireland Churchyard, Tallagh, Co. Dublin, Ireland.
Cdt. William Alexander Delap
Merchant Navy SS Brecknockshire
My father, William Delap served from 1917 to November 1918, first as a cadet on SS Brecknockshire of the Royal Mail Steam Packet company when she was torpedoed off Brazil by the German raider SMS Mowe on 15th of February 1917, and then as a prisoner in a POW camp in Brandenburg, Germany until the end of the war. I have his diary, photo album, and post cards which give direct insight of what the men went through. He was only 18 at the time. He tells his story wonderfully himself in the little diary, which I have typed out. His name features in the "Index of British Fishermen and Merchant Seamen taken Prisoner of War 1914 to 1918" compiled by Marcus Bates in 2008.
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