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L/Cpl. James Dooley
British Army 2nd Btn Irish Guards
from:Cleator Moor, Cumberland
(d.9th Oct 1917)
James Dooley, son of Arthur Dooley and Sarah Nee Currie was born in Duke St, Cleator Moor, Cumberland on the 19th of September 1892. He was baptised on the 25th Sept at St. Mary's RC Church, Cleator. His God Parents were his uncle Joseph Currie and aunt Sarah Jane Dooley. The family was living at 15 Duke Street, Cleator Moor, Cumberland in 1901. James's Dad Arthur died in 1905 and the family moved to Cleator, his sisters returned to Ireland in the Belfast area. His mother Sarah later went to live in Ireland. Last known address was 47 Altcar Street, Belfast.
James was killed in action in France on 9th Oct 1917, age 25 years. He is buried at Artillery Wood Cemetery Boezinge in Belgium. He was engaged to Martha Morgan of Cleator, Cumberland.
Pte. James Dooley
British Army 2nd Btn. Irish Guards
(d.9th Oct 1917)
James Dooley was born in Cleator Moor, one of those whose families left Ireland for Cumberland. His parents were Arthur and Sarah Dooley (nee Currie). Arthur died in 1905 and Sarah returned to Belfast. Sarah Dooley's sister was Elizabeth Fleming, who was my great-grandmother and James Dooley's aunt.
Pte. John Dooley
British Army 5th Btn. Royal Irish Regiment
from:Columbine Cottage, Thomastown
(d.5th February 1915)
Private Dooley was the son of Patrick and Johanna Dooley of Columbine Cottage, Thomastown.
He is buried in the Jerpoint Abbey (Hunt's Church) Old Graveyard, Co. Kilkenny, Ireland.
Pte Joseph Dooley
British Army 2nd Btn. Grenadier Guards
from:Jacksdale, Nottinhamshire
L/Cpl Patrick Dooner
British Army Gordon Highlanders
from:Dublin
Patrick Dooner is my great grand uncle, served throughout WW1, originally joining up in 1913 with the Leinster regiment was wounded discharged then re-enlisted as a Territorial and joined the Gordon Highlanders. Was discharged December 1918.
L/Cpl. Stephen Alex Dooner
British Army 9th Battalion Royal Dublin Fusiliers
from:Dublin
(d.9th Sep 1916)
Stephen Dooner was the son of Mrs Rose Anna Dooner nee Hyland, born 29 December 1895 in Dublin He died on the 9th September 1916 possibly at the Battle of Ginchy in the Somme area. He is my Grandmother's uncle and is remembered on the Thiepval Memorial.
Pte. John Charles Door
British Army 9th Btn. West Yorkshire Rgt.
(d.14th July 1916)
Pte John Charles Door
British Army 9th Battalion West Yorkshire Regiment
(d.14th July 1916)
John Door served at Gallipoli landing near Lala Baba at Sulva Bay on 6th August 1915 - his unit was part of the 11th (Northern Division). The unit was withdrawn from Gallipoli on 20th of December 1915. After service in Alexandria the 11th Division was sent to France landing at Marseilles on 1st July 1916 travelling by train to the Western Front. The Battle of the Somme commenced on the 1st of July 1916 but John died on 14th of July 1916. He was presumed dead and has no know grave as his body was never recovered but he is remembered on the Arras Memorial. Lest we Forget
Sgt. G. Doors
British Army Royal Army Medical Corps
from:
I have just bought a pair of rather movingly hand-made trench art coffee pots from a charity shop. The main bodyĆ¢ā‚¬ā„¢s of each are German shell cases, both dated 1917, the handles appear to be brass coolant tubes and the lids of each are mounted with three bullets. Both coffee pots carry roughly the same hand engraved inscription:
Sgt Doors G, RAMC
France 1914,15,16,17,18
Italy 1918
I would love to know more about this man who had such an apparently long service record, where he served and what he was doing in Italy, I would guess after the war, when he made these.
Any information that could add the personal story to these stirring relics of the war would be very gratefully received.
Pte. Daniel Doran
British Army 2nd Btn. B Coy. Northumberland Fusiliers
(d.24th Apr 1915)
Pte. James Doran
British Army 12th Btn. Lancashire Fusiliers
from:Burnley, Lancs
(d.14th Sep 1916)
James Doran served with the 12th Battalion, Lancashire Fusiliers during WW1 and was killed in action at the Battle of Machukovo on the 14th September 1916, aged 38. He is commemorated on the Doiran Memorial within the Doiran Military Cemetery in Greece. He was the son of Michael and Sarah Doran, of Burnley, Lancs. His brother Michael 64372 Scottish Rifles of 10 Bedford St. was twice wounded during WW1.
Sgt. John "Snap" Doran
British Army 6th Battalion Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers
from:Glasgow
John Doran served with the 6th Battalion, Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers. He earned the 14/15 Star.
Pte John Doran MiD.
British Army 8th Battalion Somerset Light Infantry
from:Blyth, Northumberland
(d.10th October 1918)
John Doran was born in Whitehaven, Cumberland and moved to Blyth, Northumberland in the first few years of the 20th century. There he married Dorothy Winship in 1913, the couple having two children John George in 1914 and Harold in 1915.
John was killed on the 10th of October 1918 and is buried in the Romeries Communal Cemetery Extension in the Nord region of France.
Pte. P. Doran
British Army 2nd Btn. Royal Munster Fusiliers
from:Arklow, Co. Wicklow
(d.29th May 1916)
Private P. Doran is buried in Arklow Cemetery.
Cpl James Dorgan
British Army 11th Btn Tank Corps
from:Glanmire, Cork, Ireland
(d.23rd Aug 1918)
Pte. Barnard Dorian
British Army 9th Btn. Yorkshire Regiment
from:4, Vine St., Sunderland
(d.7th June 1917)
L/Cpl Arthur Dormer
British Army 1st/5th Btn. East Kent Regiment
from:Roydon, Essex
(d.25th June 1916)
Pte. John Joseph Dormer
British Army 2 Btn. Royal Berkshire Regiment
from:Poplar.
(d.30th Jan 1916)
My great uncle Jack Dormer was killed in France on the 30th of Jabuary 1916. He was about 36 years old married with two daughters, he was born in East London.
I would like to know when he may have enlisted and also what battle or action he was engaged in when he died. He is buried in Rue Petilon Cemetry Fleurbaix. This information I have was from the CWGC there are no family members who could help. My thanks to anyone he may be able to help.
Pte. Charles Henry Dorn
British Army 10th Btn. Sherwood Foresters
from:East Kirby
(d.23rd April 1917)
Charles Dorn died, age 21, in the attack on Bayonet Trench, near Roeux, France, during the Battle of Arras.
Pte. William Dornan
British Army 11th Btn. Border Regiment
(d.1st July 1916)
Cpl. William James Dornan
British Army 11th Btn Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers
from:Belfast
My Grandfather William Dornan, according to my mother loved singing. He fought from 1914-18 with the 11th Battalion, Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers and was injured at the Somme by shrapnel. He never liked to talk about the War. I have 2 old photos, one of him with a colleague in their uniforms and another with his wife Charlotte. We have his old fabric xmas cards sent from him during the war and a lovely embroidered handkerchief he sewed with the battalions name on it.
Pte. William James Dornan
British Army 11th Btn. Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers
from:Belfast
William Dornan served with the 11th Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers. In the photograph, my grandfather is on the right.
Gnr/Bombdr James Henry Dorrell
British Army 32nd Siege Battery Royal Garrison Artillery
from:Stanley, County Durham
James Dorrell was born in 1884 in Homerton, London. He joined the Garrison Artillery in 1904 and served in Belfast until late 1911. James then transferred to B Reserves on his marriage and moved to Stanley, County Durham, where he worked at the West Stanley coal mine until recalled in 1914. His former unit 15th Company was remustered and became numbers 31 and 32 Siege Batteries. Jim was in No 32 and went to France on 1st October 1915. He served at Kemmel, Ypres and on the Somme. James was taken prisoner on 30th November 1917 during the German counter-attack at Vellers-Guislain during the Battle of Cambrai. He arrived at Munster II POW Camp on 22nd January 1918. James returned to Stanley after the war and later moved to Southend on Sea in Essex. He died in 1975.
A/Cpl. John Dorren
British Army 5th Btn. Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders
from:Greenock
My grandfather, John Dorren, served with this Battalion during WW1 and was injured during the Gallipoli campaign. He suffered shrapnel wounds to his right hand and his back. For the rest of his life he wrote with two straight fingers on his right hand, making his grip of a pen somewhat strange. He also used to clamp his cigarette between the first and second fingers of this right hand- I remember being fascinated by this as a child. Unfortunately, the wound in his back proved challenging to heal as part of his kilt had entered the wound at the time of injury. For very many years (until 1964 ish I think) he attended hospital for treatment as the wound continued to suppurate as the material rotted away. He was lucky, he survived and went on to continue his career in the Post Office before retiring in 1955. He was a lovely, quiet man, gentle and tolerant- my Granny used to nag him constantly - John sit up straight, John don't put your head on the chair etc! He died in 1974, aged 84. wonderful gentleman who I loved dearly and have fabulous memories of.
Pte. John Dorrian
British Army 24th (Tyneside Irish) Battalion Northumberland Fusiliers
from:Shieldfield
John Dorrian is buried in Malta
Pte. Adrian Kingsley Dorrity
British Army 1/10th (Liverpool Scottish) Btn. Kings (Liverpool Regiment)
(d.20th Apr 1917)
Adrian Dorrity served with the 1/10th (Liverpool Scottish) Battalion, Kings Liverpool Regiment during WW1 and was killed in action on the 20th April 1917, aged 21. He is buried in Vlamertinghe Military Cemetery in Belgium Son of George Alexander Dorrity, a bookkeeper and his wife Margaret Ellen (nee Thomas). His mother wrote of his death in the family Bible: My youngest and dearly loved boy.
Pte. James Dorschell
British Army 15th Battalion Durham Light Infantry
from:Middlesbrough
(d.1st July 1916)
James Dorschell served with the 15th Btn, DLI and was killed on the 1st of July 1916. His father was born in Germany in 1852 and lived from 1869 in Stockton-On-Tees, his mother was Mary Coughlan born 1859 in Ireland. James married Susan Burns in Middlesbrough in 1916. He is remembered on the Theipval Memorial.
Pte. Patrick Dorsey
British Army Second Battalion Prince of Wales Own West Yorkshire
from:Halifax
(d.7th April 1916)
Four generations will visit Patrick Dorsey's grave in June to commemorate his great sacrifice. It will be the centenary of this tragic loss of life. A wasted generation of men who fought courageously so that freedom would be ours.
Pte. Walter Dossett
British Army 1/4th Btn. York and Lancaster Regiment
from:Sheffield,
(d.25th June 1918)
Walter Dossett was the son of William and Lily Dossett, of Sheffield. He was executed for desertion 25/06/1918, aged 22 and is buried in Hagle Dump Cemetery. His headstone bears inscription 'Until we meet again.' He served from 1916 in three different Machine Gun Companies, 143rd (part of 48 Division), 118th (part of 39 Division) and 63rd (part of 21 Division) until being transferred to 1/4th Battalion Yorks and Lancaster. Private Dossett went absent from his Battalion during the German Offensive in April 1918, the Courts Martial appears to have been on the 8th June 1918. On the 25th June the death sentence having been confirmed, Private Dossett was brought by ambulance to a rifle range near Vlamertinghe, he was bound in a chair, a blindfold applied and a piece of white paper pinned over his heart. The firing squad had been selected from machine gunners in 21st Division.
Pte. C. Dossington
Australian Imperial Force. att. 3rd Salvage Coy. 36th Btn.
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