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Burgher Willem Albertus De_Meyer
South Africa Forces Ermelo Commando Mounted Commandos,
from:Retief, Transvaal
(d.20th March 1915)
Burgher de Meyer was the Husband of Mrs. A. C. Ehlers (De Meyer), of Piet Retief, Transvaal.
He was 34 and is buried in the Holland Farm Burial Ground, Ermelo, Mpumalanga, South Africa.
2nd.Lt. Wilfred Hungerford De_Ste._Croix
British Army Army Service Corps
from:Jersey, Channel Islands
(d.24th July 1917)
Second Lieutenant Wilfred Hungerford De Ste. Croix served with Army Service Corps.
Spr. James Diamond
British Army 179th Company (Tunnel) Royal Engineers
from:Glasgow, Scotland
My Great Grandfather who was a coal miner in Rutherglen, Glasgow, Scotland who had 6 children and 3 later dying along with his wife of TB. He joined in 1915 to the Tunneling Company as they needed trained men for this task. He was born 1865 in Glasgow.
John Diamond
British Army 26th (Tyneside Irish) Btn. Northumberland Fusiliers
from:Hebburn
My 2x great grandfather John Diamond was born in Tennant Street, Hebburn on 4th March 1883 to an Irish father Andrew Diamond and local girl Sarah Diamond. At the age of 31, he joined the Tyneside Irish Battalion on 26th November 1914. He served as a Lance Corporal in the 26th Northumberland Fusiliers, 3rd Tyneside Irish. He survived the Battle of the Somme and didn't pass away until 4th May 1964 in his hometown of Hebburn, just streets away from where he was born, and is now buried in sadly an unmarked grave in Hebburn Cemetery.
Pte. Michael Diamond
British Army 24th (Tyneside Irish) Battalion Northumberland Fusiliers
from:Gateshead
Michael Diamond was discharged in 1918
Pte. V. Diamond
British Army 24th (Tyneside Irish) Battalion Northumberland Fusiliers
from:Bensham
V Diamond was discharged in 1918 suffering from shellshock
Sgt. William Diamond
British Army 9th Btn. Scottish Rifles
from:Glasgow
(d.15th September 1916)
Sgt. William Diamond
British Army 10th Btn. Cameronians (Scottish Rifles)
from:Glasgow
(d.15th September 1916)
William Diamond is my grandfather. My own father never met him. I found his name on the Thiepval Memorial in France. R I P
Sgt. William Diamond
Cameronians (Scottish Rifles) 9th Btn.
from:Glasgow
(d.15th September 1916)
Sgt. William Diamond
British Army 10th Btn. Cameronians
from:Glasgow
(d.15th September 1916)
My grandfather, William Diamond, served with the 10th Battalion, Scottish Rifles in WW1. He died 15th of September 1916 and is remembered on the Thiepval Memorial in France.
Sgt. William Diamond
British Army 10th Btn Cameronians (Scottish Rifles)
from:Glasgow
(d.15th September 1916)
My grandfather, William Diamond, served with the 10th Battalion Scottish Rifles in WW1. He was killed in action 15th of September 1916 in France and is remembered on the Thiepval Memorial.
Cpl. James Charles Diaper
British Army 24th (Home Counties) Btn. Rifle Brigade
from:London
James Diaper is one of my great grand parents. He is a person I would love to have met and had a chat with, such a character. He enlisted on 14th of April 1915 at the age of 54 years, with the 24th (Home Counties) Battalion, Rifle Brigade and shown on one of the medal record cards is service in Mesopotamia. He was discharged on 17th of March 1917. In the photograph I have of him in uniform he is wearing a leather bandolier which leads me to believe that he may have been involved in the transport side of things.
Pte. F. Dibden
British Army 24th (Tyneside Irish) Battalion Northumberland Fusiliers
from:Gateshead
F Dibden was wounded in July 1916
Pte. Reginald Morden Dibsdale
King's Royal Rifle Corps 7th Btn.
from:Kensington, London
My grandad, Reginald Dibsdale was a butcher by trade in the district of Kensington, London, then the Great War was announced. He enlisted and was drafted to the King's Royal Rifle Corps at Winchester. He was sent to France, Ypres, and fought there with his fellow soldiers. He was wounded in the face and was discharged because of those injuries.
I never met him. Unfortunately, he died from his injuries a few years later. However, I would like to understand his time in the Corps a little better. His son (my dad) Ronald Morden Dibsdale, fought in WW2 in the RAF, and was out in Egypt with Monty. I know his dad would have been proud of him. If there is anyone who can give me any more information, I would love to hear from them.
Pte. Arthur Dick
Canadian Overseas Expeditionary Force 8th (Canadian Rifles) Btn.
from:Govan, Glasgow, Scotland
I am looking for any information on my Great Great Grandfather Arthur Dick, I currently have a photo of him in his military uniform with his wife and first child.
Pnr. D. Dick
British Army "B" Special Coy. Royal Engineers
(d.6th Apr 1917)
E. Dick
Army Durham Light Infantry
(d.1st Mar 1916)
Spr. Edwin Forbes Dick
British Army 1st/1st Edinburgh Field Coy Royal Engineers
(d.4th Oct 1916)
Cpl. G. Dick
British Army Royal Engineers
(d.16th Aug 1916)
Corporal G. Dick is remembered in Edinburgh Eastern Cemetery.
2nd Lt. J. Dick
Army Durham Light Infantry
(d.28th Oct 1917)
Spr. J. Dick
British Army Railway Operating Div. Royal Engineers
(d.29th Dec 1915)
Spr. J. Dick
British Army 97th Field Coy. Royal Engineers
from:88, Henderson, St., Leith.
(d.26th Jun 1916)
Spr. James Dick
British Army 2nd (Lowland) Field Coy Royal Engineers
(d.4th Jun 1915)
2nd. Lt. Norman Brabazon Dick
British Army 17th(1st Football)Btn. Middlesex Regiment
(d.28th April 1917)
Norman Dick was born on 1st August 1882 in Brighton,Sussex, son of John Semple and Leonora Jocelyn Dick (retired East India Merchant). Educated at Bedford Modern school, the 1911 census shows he qualified as a teacher, teaching at Aldenham School (assistant Schoolmaster), he also taught at Merchant Taylors School.
He served with the 6th Battalion, Middlesex Regiment, later attached on commission with the 17th Battalion. He was killed in action on 28th of April 1917, Pas de Calais. He has no known grave and is commemorated at the Arras Memorial. He is also remembered on the grave of his grandfather Anthony Brabazon MD, St Marys church yard, Bathwick, Somerset. A pupil of Bedford Modern School 1894-96, he is commemorated on the School War Memorial, which was unveiled in 1923 and in the Roll of Honour, published in The Eagle, December 1923.
Pte Richard Dick
British Army 8th Battalion Seaforth Highlanders
from:Roadside, Sanday, Orkney, Scotland
(d.25th Sept 1915)
Richard Dick was from the Orkney Island of Sanday in the north of Scotland. He was the youngest of two brothers who enlisted during World War 1. He was killed in action on the first day of the Battle of Loos. He was 20 years of age when he died. His brother James was killed in action on 5th of December 1915 whilst serving with the 15th Battalion, Australian Imperial Force at Gallipoli.
Spr. T. Dick
British Army 3rd Signal Coy. Royal Engineers
(d.25th Sep 1915)
Pnr. W. Dick
British Army 4th Special Coy. Royal Engineers
from:23 West Richmond St., Edinburgh.
(d.14th Jul 1918)
Cpl. William Laird Dick
British Army 2nd Battalion Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders
from:Falkirk
(d.21st Oct 1914)
William Dick was my great granddad.
Cpl. Christopher Westley Dickens
British Army 4th Hussars (Queens Own)
(d.3rd May 1915)
Corporal Christopher Dickens, 4th Hussars (Queens Own) died on 3rd of May 1915, at No. 8 Casualty Clearing Station. France, from injuries and the effect of gas.
Christopher was born in the first quarter in 1886 in Chelsea, London. His parents were William James Dickens who died in 1905, and Ellen Dickens. In 1901 at the age of 15 he was working as a gardener in (St Mary's Vicarage), Upper Froyle, Alton, Hampshire. In the 1911 census he is a Private in the 4th Hussars, at The Royal Artillery & Cavalry Barracks, Butt Road, Colchester England.
In his older brother William's War Records the family was living in Chawston in 1913, (William had also enlisted in the 4th Hussars). Christopher was a Reservist, and was called up on outbreak of hostilities and enlisted in Bedford. He was awarded the British War & Victory Medals. He is remembered on Roxton War Memorial, Bedfordshire.
Burial in 1915 at Bailleul Communal Cemetery, Cemetery Extension, Bailleul, France.
Newspaper reports, 28th of May 1915 in The Bedfordshire Times & Independent. Mrs Dickens of Chawston has received an intimation from the War Office that her son who was a Reservist, and was called up on outbreak of hostilities, has succumbed to injuries and the effect of gas. He died 24 hours after having reached the hospital.
30th of July 1915 in The Bedfordshire Times & Independent. Roxton; A memorial service was held in the parish church on Sunday evening to the memory of Christopher Dickens, of the Hussars, who died of gas poisoning
Pte. Frederick Dickens
British Army 18th Btn. Durham Light Infantry
from:Sunderland
(d.1st Jul 1916)
Frederick Dickens was the 20 year old son of Walter Dickens, of 32 Devonshire St., Sunderland, and the late Hannah Dickens. Frederick is remembered on the Thiepval Memorial.
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