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World War 1 One ww1 wwII greatwar great 1914 1918 first battalion regiment
Pte. Henry Devlin
British Army 2nd Btn. Northumberland Fusiliers
(d.23rd Apr 1915)
Spr. Hugh Devlin
British Army 179th Tunnelling Coy. Royal Engineers
from:Blantyre, Lanarkshire
My Grandfather, Hugh Devlin, served in 179th Tunnerlling Coy, Royal Engineers for the duration. He was recruited from Blantyre, Lanarkshire when he was a coal miner, with many more from the village.
L/Cpl. James Devlin
8th Btn. Dublin Fusiliers
from:Glasgow
(d.Sep 1917)
L/Cpl. James Devlin
British Army 8th Batt. Dublin Fusiliers
from:Glasgow
(d.25th September 1917)
Pte. James Devlin
British Army 2nd Battalionm Royal Irish Fusiliers
from:Newry
Cpl. Joseph Devlin
British Army Scottish Rifles
from:Glasgow
Rfmn. Robert Devlin
British Army 20th Btn (Northern) Rifle Brigade
from:Jarrow
(d.2nd Apr 1918)
Robert was aged 52 when he died. He was born in Dundee, Scotland and lived and enlisted in Jarrow. He was the husband of Isabella Devlin of 2 Scott Street Jarrow. Robert Devlin age 43 Labourer at Steel Works is with his wife Isabella Devlin and children at 45 Union Street back, Jarrow on the 1911 census.
Robert is remembered on the Cairo War Memorial Cemetery. He is commemorated on the Palmer Cenotaph (west face) Jarrow and on the Triptych in St. Paul's Church, Jarrow.
W. Devlin
British Army 14th Btn. Royal Irish Rifles
(d.1st Jul 1916)
Lt. Ernest Alexander Devlin-Hamilton DFC.
Royal Australian Air Force No. 3 Squadron
Lieutenant Ernest Devlin-Hamilton was my Grandfather but I never knew him as he died young, however he did survive the war and was awarded the DFC. I believe he ended up living in New York.
Pte. Henry Thomas Dew
British Army 1st Battalion Kings Shropshire Light Infantry
from:Burghill, Herefordshire
(d.11th Oct 1918)
Thomas Dew died of wounds on the 11th of October 1918. Aged 22, he was serving with the 1st Kings Shropshire Light Infantry. Son of Thomas Henry and Mary Ann Dew of Bronte Cottage, Burghill, Hereford.
Sjt. Wiliam Reginald Dewar MM.
British Army 235th Bty. Royal Field Artillery
from:Fulham
William Dewar served with the RFA, 235 Battery, he was recommended for a bar to his Military Medal on the 14th of August 1917. How do I find the original medal citation?
Pte. Edmund Dewett
British Army 6th Btn. South Lancashire Rgt.
from:High Crompton, Shaw
(d.2nd December 1915)
Pte. Fred Dewhurst
British Army 2nd/1st East Anglian Field Amb Royal Army Medical Corps
from:Nelson, Lancs
(d.20th July 1917)
Fred Dewhurst died on 20th July 1917, aged 27. He is buried in the Gaza War Memorial in Gaza. He was the son of John and Elizabeth Dewhurst, of Nelson, Lancs
Pte. Fred Dewhurst
British Army 2nd/1st East Anglian Field Amb Royal Army Medical Corps
from:Nelson, Lancs
(d.20th July 1917)
Fred Dewhurst died on the 20th of July 1917, aged 27 and is buried in the Gaza War Cemetery in Gaza. He was the son of John and Elizabeth Dewhurst of Nelson, Lancs
Pte. Herbert Dewhurst
British Army 10th Btn. Loyal North Lancashire Regiment
from:Stoneclough, Kearsley, Bolton
(d.18th Jul 1916)
Herbert Dewhurst died from wounds sustained in battle. He is buried in the war cemetery at St Hellier Station, Mericout L'Abbe.
Gnr. Robert Dewhurst
British Army 2nd Siege Battery Royal Garrison Artillery
from:Bamber Bridge, Lancashire
(d.11th Feb 1915)
Bob Dewhurst was my Grandmother's first husband and he died in WW1. He was born and brought up in Bamber Bridge in Lancashire which in those days was a very small village South of Preston. He had two daughters, Nellie and Margaret, and a son, James. His wife remarried and had another 3 daughters Marie, Jane and Joan. He is buried in the Merville Communal Cemetery in France.
Pte. William James Dewhurst
British Army 6th Btn. East Lancashire Regiment
from:Burnley
(d.2nd Jan 1918)
William Dewhurst died on 2nd January 1918, aged 24. He is buried in the Baghdad North Gate Cemetery, Iraq. He was the husband of Caroline Agnes Dewhurst of 62 Lowerhouse Lane, Rose Grove, Burnley.
2nd Lt. Edmund DeWind VC
British Army 15th Btn. Royal Irish Rifles
from:Comber, Co. Down
(d.21st March 1918)
Edmund De Wind died on the 21st of March 1918, aged 34 and is commemorated on the Pozieres British Cemetery in France. He was the son of the late Arthur Hughes De Wind, C.E., and Margaret Jane De Wind, of Kinvara, Comber, Co. Down.
Pte Bertie Dewing
British Army 11th Battalion Suffolk Regiment
from:Great Walsingham, Norfolk
(d.9th April 1918)
Private Bertie Dewing is buried at Ploegsteert Memorial in Belguim. He is also remembered, along with his brother William who died with the Norfolk's, on the War Memorial in their home village of Great Walsingham in Norfolk.
At this point I do not have any further information but if I come across anything else I am happy to let you know. Also, if anyone has additional information on Bertie I would love to receive it.
Pte. William Anthony Dewing
British Army 9th Battalion Norfolk Regiment
from:Great Walsingham, Norfolk
(d.15th Sept 1916)
William Dewing is buried at Guillemont Road Cemetery, Guillemont in France. He died 15th September 1916, along with 150 other Norfolk Regiment soldiers fighting at the Battle of Flers-Courcelette (a British-French offensive as part of the Battle of the Somme). This battle was the first time Britain has used tanks in warfare. It appears that many of the Norfolk Regiment deaths and injuries were sadly caused by tank fire. He is remembered on the War memorial in his home village of Great Walsingham, Norfolk.
Pte. William Dewis
British Army 10th Btn. Royal Warwickshire Regiment
from:Coventry
William Dewis was a cycle fitter working for Coventry Machinist C0. ltd.Joined the Army Cycling Corps in 1915. He arrived in France on the 18th of July 1915. Conditions were obviously not conducive to cycling so he was assigned as a stretcher bearer. William survived the war, however was so disgusted about the waste of life and the extremity of his experience would not every discuss his army service. He refused to collect his WW1 medals when issued. He married during home leave in 1917 to Mabel Rose Woods, who he met whilst the Warwicks were billeted near Weston Super Mare. William recommenced working in the Coventry cycle industry in 1918.
Pte. Fred Dews
British Army 18th Btn. Durham Light Infantry
from:18 Hawthorne Rd, Wolverhampton
(d.12th Apr 1918)
Fred Dews was the son of Joseph Saunders Dews and Charlotte J Dews, of 18 Hawthorne Rd, Wolverhampton. Died on the 12th of April, 1918. He is remembered on the Ploegsteert Memorial
Pte. William Dews
British Army 2nd Btn. Northumberland Fusiliers
(d.24th Mar 1915)
William Dews died of wounds and is buried at Brompton Cemetery.
Cpl Charles James, William Dexter
British Army 19th Btn Northumberland Fusiliers
from:27, Exmouth Rd, Walthamstow, London
(d.31st Oct 1917)
Dexter, Charles, James, William. Corporal 45080, Killed in action on 31st October 1917. Aged 20 years.
Buried in Bleuet Farm Cemetery, Ieper, West-Vlaanderen, in grave II. A. 49.
Son of Ada Merrifield (formerly Dexter), of 27, Exmouth Rd, Walthamstow, London, and the late William Dexter.
From the 19th Btn Northumberland Fusiliers Roll of Honour.
Charles Dexter
British Army 17th Btn. Middlesex Regiment
from:Derby
(d.27th June 1917)
Charlie Dexter served with the 17th Btn. Middlesex Regiment.
Pte. Frederick William Dey
British Army 24th Btn. Royal Fusiliers
(d.8th March 1916)
Frederick William Dey was born in Exmouth. He enlisted at Paignton, Devon. Frederick was killed in action and is buried in Bully-Grenay Communal Cemetery, French Extension, France.
Pte. Harold H. Deykin
British Army 21st Btn. Machine Gun Corps
from:Horninglow, Burton-on-Trent
(d.21st Mar 1918)
PFC. Charles Deyo
US Army Coy C 316th Infantry Regiment
from:Thompson, PA, USA
Charles Deyo was born 29th April 1891 and died in 1972. He was deployed to France from Hoboken, NJ. on the 9th of July 1918 and his return journey was on 16th May 1919 from St. Nazaire, France to Port of Philadelphia, arriving home on 29th May 1919 on USS Texan.
2nd Lt. Cecil John de_Beaurepaire
British Army 13th (Wandsworth) Battalion East Surrey Regiment
from:62 Foxbourne Road, Upper Tooting
In 1914, Cecil at 14 was already 5'11", and had achieved success on the football and cricket fields at a representative level. This enabled him in August 2015 to enlist and he was commissioned as a Second Lieutenant into the 13th (Wandsworth) Battalion, East Surrey Regiment at the age of 15. He was the youngest officer in the British Army for WW1. He did not lie about his age. Cecil's brother, Percival was also a Lieutenant in the 13th Battalion, East Surrey Regiment and was wounded.
Cecil should have been in Year 9 at school, instead he managed to survive, and lead fully grown men, for nearly a year at the front (including the Battle of the Ancre during the Somme Offensive) before being wounded in April 1917. He was initially hit by a machine gun, on advancing upon German trenches at Villers-Plouich. We presume that whilst wounded he was also gassed. Overcoming very long odds of gas and gunshot wounds to survive through rear aid centres he was repatriated to England where he spent a year recovering in one of the many hospitals established to receive the 100,000s of wounded.
During this time, he not only managed to nearly memorise the dictionary which gave him a lifelong edge in Scrabble, he also met his wife (and nurse) Gladys. Gladys like many young women throughout the Empire enlisted as a nurse and looked after Cecil during his year in hospital. Gladys was the daughter of William Taylor, Queen's Grand Bargemaster of The Worshipful Company of Watermen and Lightermen and owner of one of England's largest barging businesses at the time. As the story goes, he did not approve of the match between his very eligible daughter and a disabled youth of 18, whose education had ceased at 15. Suffering from the English cold and damp with half a lung, Cecil and Gladys left for Bermuda and ultimately came to Australia. He passed away in 1975.
Pte. Henry James de_Carteret
British Army 6th Btn., D Coy. Royal Irish Regiment
from:Guernsey CI
(d.3rd Sep 1916)
Henry de Carteret was attested by Cpl Richards (RGLI) and Officer 2nd Lt E Cowley G&A Recruiting Dist on the 9th of February 1915. He gave his previous occupation as a fisherman for Mr Luscombe and recorded his previous service with the Royal Guernsey Militia. He was Shipped to Fermoy for training with some 300 men-240 men of D Company. Of these, 35-40 were trained as Machine Gun Section. Henry joined the Expeditionary Force in France on 17th of December 1915. He was listed missing pressumed dead on 3rd of September 1916. His total service was 208 days. He was killed by the same shell that killed his cousin, Peter de Carteret, whose number was 3188. They had joined on same day.
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