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Pte. W. Duance
Australian Imperial Force. 3rd Salvage Coy.
Pte. Albert Sydney Dubber
British Army 4th Btn. London Regiment
from:London
Albert Dubber fought during WW1 as part of the 4th Battalion, London Regiment, he also served with the 3rd Battalion. He worked as a printer after the war. Albert was killed as a civilian during WW2 by a German bomb dropped on their home at 18 Earlsthorpe Road, London on the 7th of October 1943. Survived by Florence Elizabeth Dubber (wife) and Albert George Dubber (son).
Pte James Charles Ducatel
British Army 17th (2nd North Wales) Battalion Royal Welch Fusiliers
from:London
(d.30th October 1918)
James Ducatel was a stretcher bearer. He is buried in Awoingt Cemetery, near Cambrai in France.
Pte. Arthur Duck
British Army 7th Btn. East Surrey Regiment
from:Chapel St. Thornley
Gnr. Edward John Duck
Royal Field Artillery
from:Chapel St. Thornley
Pte George Duck
British Army 4th Btn Royal Fusiliers
from:Walthamstow
(d.28th Mar 1918)
Pte. Walter Knaggs Duck
British Army Yorkshire Regiment
from:Ravenscar, Yorkshire
(d.4th November 1918)
Walter Duck was from a large family, a farm labourer, who took his horses Pudding and Star to war with him. Sadly, neither Walter or his horses came home. The family have the horses' brasses that came back from France. He served in Yorkshire Regiment and 4th Royal Fusiliers (City of London Regiment). Walter is buried in Caudry British Cemetery, in France.
Pte. Francis John Duckett
Canadian Expeditionary Forces 1st Btn. Western Ontario Regiment
from:Canada
(d.16th March 1916)
Francis Duckett died of wounds on the 16th of March 1916, aged 28. Buried in the Bailleul Communal Cemetery Extension in France, he was the son of John J. and M. A. Duckett, of 39 Chaddock St., Preston, England.
2nd Lt. Kenneth Lees Duckett
British Army 9th Btn. Highland Light Infantry
from:30 Forsyth Street, Greenock
(d.22nd Aug 1916)
Kenneth Duckett was born in Glasgow on the 5th October 1891 and married Isabelle Sutton Laidlaw. Isabelle was pregnant with their daughter Annis when Kenneth died during the Battle of the Somme. Unknown exactly where or how he died, but knowing he is buried at Dearden, near Albert, may help to piece his story together.
Pte. Sydney Alfred Duckett
British Army 4th Btn. Yorkshire Regiment
from:Thornaby on Tees
(d.7th Aug 1916)
2Lt. Robert James Duckham
British Army 12th (3rd Gwent) Battalion South Wales Borderers
from:Newport, Monmouthshire, Wales
Pte. Stephen Duckhouse
Canadian Expeditionary Forces 87th Bn.
from:Canada
(d.14th Aug 1917)
Stephen Duckhouse was killed in action 14/08/1917, aged 20 and is commemorated on the Vimy Memorial in France. He was the son of Mrs. E. Baggott (formerly Duckhouse), of 47, Little Green Lane, Small Heath, Birmingham, England.
Private Stephen Duckhouse was born in 1897 in Birmingham, England and in 1910 was sent out to Canada as a Home Child. There he resided with Edgar McPhail, Ada Alde McPhail and John A. McPhail until 1916, when he joined the C.E.F. 129th Wentworth Battalion Regiment in Dundas, Wentworth Country Ontario. Although under age, he said that he wanted to do his duty.
Later in Europe, he became part of the 87th Battalion and took part in the Hill 70 initiative during which he along with 9 other men were found dead in the Loos sector on August 14th, 1917 behind enemy lines. This event was later recounted in the Toronto Star.
Pte. Benjamin Duckworth
British Army 4th Btn South Wales Borderers
from:Liverpool
(d.12th February 1917)
Cpl. Charles Duckworth
British Army 3rd Btn. East Lancashire Regiment
from:Preston, Lancashire
I am researching my grandfather's army details. If any one has any information about his service between 1914 when he enlisted aged 40 and when he was pensioned out in 1919 suffering from malaria, I would like to hear from you.
Clarence Duckworth
British Army 2nd Btn. D Coy. Loyal North Lancashire Regiment
(d.19th Sep 1918)
My great uncle Clarence Duckworth was in the 2nd Battalion, Loyal North Lancashire Regiment, he was killed at the age of 23. If anyone has any info please contact me, thank you.
Sig. David George Dudding
British Army Royal Signals
from:19 Ravenscar Place, Roundhay, Leeds
Dad, David Dudding, never spoke much about the war it was too painful. He had an excellent army record. He was in Italy for a good time. The one memory that stuck in his mind was being given some eggs from a farm he was billeted on in Wales and he worried all the way home on the train he was going to break them. But he got them home in one piece and his wife and daughter were thrilled to bits. After the war he became a television engineer.
Cpl. William James Dudleston
British Army 66th Siege Bty Royal Garrison Artillery
from:Derby
(d.2nd Jul 1918)
AM3. Alfred William Dudman
Royal Flying Corps
from:Acton, London
(d.31st December 1917)
Alfred Dudman was born in Acton son of Thomas J and Ellen Dudmand. He served with Royal Flying Corps. On 17 December 1917, HMS Osmanieh ( troopship and supply ship) left Southampton transporting soldiers and medical personnel on course for Alexandria with a stopover in the southern Italian port city of Taranto. On 31 December, as the ship approached the harbour of Alexandria, she struck a mine in a minefield left a few days earlier by the German submarine SM UC-34. The ship sank within minutes, killing 209 people, including the Commander, two ship officers, 21 crew members, a Royal Navy officer, 166 other ranks and eight nurses. Alfred, aged 25 years, was amongst the casualties who drowned and is buried in Alexandria (Hadra) War Memorial Cemetery. He is remembered on the War Memorial, St Mary's Church, Acton, London.
Pte. Isaac Tattersall Duerden
British Army 6th Btn. Kings Own Royal Lancaster Regiment
from:43 Clegg Street, Burnley, Lancashire.
(d.13th Feb 1917)
Isaac Duerden died on the 13th February 1917, aged 37. He is buried in the Amara War Cemetery in Iraq.
Pte. George Duff
British Army Black Watch
from:Bright Street, Lochee, Dundee, Scotland
(d.27th Oct 1914)
George Duff served with The Black Watch.
Lt. Robert George Vivian Duff
British Army Life Guards
from:Wales
(d.16th Oct 1914)
Sir Robert George Vivian Duff, 2nd Baronet was killed in action in Oostnieuwerke, Belgium and is buried in Cement House Cemetery, Langemark-Poelkapelle, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium.
Lt. Robert George Vivian Duff
British Army 2nd Life Guards
(d.16th Oct 1914)
Robert Duff was killed in action on the 16th of October 1914. He is buried at Cement House Cemetery, Langemark-Poelkapelle, Belgium.
Able Sea. Walter Duff
Royal Navy Volunteer Reserves Collingwood Battalion
from:2 Liff Road, Lochee, Dundee, Scotland
(d.4th Jun 1915)
Walter Duff served with the Collingwood Battalion.
CSM. Claude Joyce Duffett
British Army 3rd Battalion London Regiment
Claude Duffett served with the 3rd Battalion, London Regiment. I would like to find out more about his service.
Pte. Albert Edward Duffield
British Army Army Service Corps
(d.21st Mar 1918)
M2/018589 Private Albert Edward Duffield, ASC, died in action and has no known grave. He is commemorated on the Pozieres Memorial. He served in one of the 182, 183, 184 or 185 Companies ASC as part of 21 Div. He came from Newton Tony, Wiltshire and his photograph has been on display there in the Memorial Hall since 1921. We know a little about his family background but would love to be able to identify which MT Coy he served in.
Cpl. Charles Duffield
British Army 2nd Battalion Royal Scots Fusiliers
Charles Duffield was my Great Uncle. He served in the Great War after enlisting as a drummer boy in the Royal Scots Fusiliers in 1904. At the outbreak of WW1 he was sent with his regiment in October of 1914 to Belgium. He was engaged in various bloody and important battles and at some point, which is at this time unknown as I am still researching, was wounded in combat and sent to one of the RSF training battalions after recovering. He left the army on 1/6/18 with a full honourable discharge and his Silver War Badge. He was a holder of the 1914 Star with silver rossette on the ribbon, later became known as one of The Old Contemptibles. Upon leaving the army he had been promoted to Sergeant.
L/Cpl. William Duffield
British Army 10th Battalion Essex Regiment
from:Kennington, Surrey
(d.29th Sept 1915)
Pte. Charles Duffin
British Army 1st Battalion Lincolnshire Regiment
from:Skillington, Lincolnshire.
(d.19th June 1915)
Charlie Duffin was born in 1894 in Hungerton, Lincolnshire. The son of Henry and Martha Duffin. He had eight brothers and six sisters. He served in 1st Battalion Royal Lincolnshire Regiment. He died from his wounds on the 19th of June 1915 in France at the age of 21 and was laid to rest at Aeroplane Cemetery, Ieper, Belgium.
Sgt Thomas Duffin
British Army 6th Battalion King's Own Royal Regiment (Lancaster)
from:Nottingham
(d.26th October 1915)
My grandfather, Thomas Duffin, had a medal from the Boer War for 1901,1902, Transvaal. His medal is inscribed with his name and service number 4205 and rank L. Serjt, Royal Lanc Regi.
He was born in Liverpool and later lived in Nottingham. He enlisted for the First World War in Nottingham with the King's Own Royal Lancaster Regiment 6th battalion. His service number then was 4374. He died of wounds on 26 October 1915 and is buried in Alexandria (Chatby) Military and War Memorial Cemetery D23.
Pte. Arthur A Duffy
British Army 24th (Tyneside Irish) Battalion Northumberland Fusiliers
from:Newcastle
Arthur Duffy was wounded in 1916
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