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L/Cpl Ronald Eacott
British Army 9th Battalion Leicestershire Regiment
from:Wickwar, Gloucestershire
(d.1st October 1917)
Ronald Eacott died at the Battle of Polygon Wood along with his CO, Lt Col Philip Bent VC.
Pte. George Eaddie
Army Royal Army Medical Corps.
My Great Uncle Pvt George Eaddie served in Egypt, Sulva Bay, Dardernelles & The Western Front with the RAMC.
2nd Lt. Alymer Eade
British Army 3rd Btn. The King's Regiment (Liverpool)
from:Aycliffe
(d.9th Oct 1917)
L/Cpl. Cecil Claude Stewart Eade
British Army 11th Btn. Welsh Regiment
(d.4th Mar 1916)
Lt. Alfred Bailey Eades
Australian Imperial Force 2nd Field Artillery Brigade
from:Australia
(d.12th Nov 1918)
Alfred Bailey Eades was born at Essendon, Victoria in 1895 to parents Arthur and Louisa. Prior to the First World War, he served for two years with the 25th Battery of the 8th Field Artillery Brigade, Citizen Military Forces where he attained the rank of sergeant in 1914. A clerk by trade, he enlisted in Melbourne on 7th May 1915 at the age of 20. On 10th August 1915, he departed Melbourne aboard RMS Persia with the 2nd Field Artillery Brigade and the rank of gunner. Eade's cousin, General Sir Cyril Brudenall Bingham White also served during the First World War.
After landing at Gallipoli on 13th of October 1915, Eades was transferred to the 2nd Brigade Ammunition Column and remained on the peninsula until the evacuation in December. In February 1916, he was transferred to the 4th Division Artillery and in March 1916 he was again transferred to the 12th Field Artillery Brigade. Eades was promoted through the ranks to second lieutenant in June 1916 and lieutenant in February 1917.
He died on 12th November 1918 at the 3rd London General Hospital due to complications from influenza at the age of 23. Alfred Eades is buried at Brookwood Military Cemetery, United Kingdom.
Pte. Cecil Sydney "Skimps" Eades
British Army Royal Engineers
from:Eastleigh hants
Private Cecil Sydney "Skimps" Eades was a driver with the Royal Engineers ( Sappers). He saw service in 'Doolally', India; Mesopotamia and the Dardanelles.
Sgt. Cyril Edgar Eades
British Army 11th Btn. Middlesex Regiment
Cyril Eades served with the 11th Battalion, Middlesex Regiment during WW1.
Pte. Robert Alfred Eades
British Army 12th (West Somerset Yeomanry) Bn. Somerset Light Infantry
(d.2nd September 1918)
Robert Alfred Eades was killed in action on the 2nd of September 1918 and is commemorated on the Vis-en-Artois Memorial in France.
Pfc. Edgar James Eadon
United States Army 56th Infantry Regiment
from:New York City
My Grandfather Edgar Eadon enlisted in the US Army on 25 Jun 1918 and served in France from 3 Aug 1918 through 27 Jun 1919 with the 7th Infantry Division, 56th Infantry Regiment. His battles listed on his discharge were Premy Ridge, Occupation Privenelle Sector, West of Moselle, and Second Army Offensive.
He died when my father was young so I never knew him. My Grandfather's civilian job was a telephone operator when he enlisted by became an accountant after the war. It is interesting he is listed as being 5'7" tall yet my father was 6'2". My father remembered my grandfather as very anti-military and had said he would kill my father before he would let him in the Army! This is ironic as my father later served in the US Army in World War II and I served in the US Air Force in the Vietnam War. I think my grandfather's ill will towards the Army stems from the Second Army Offensive, which took place right before the Armistice. I believe many of his friends were killed taking German positions that were to be given up a few hours later by the Germans when then Armistice took place. The Generals were after Glory because there was no other logical reason for that attack.
Pte. Amos Eady
British Army 2nd Battalion Royal Scots Fusiliers
from:18 Mount St. Bethnal Green, London
(d.30th July 1918)
2/Lt. R. C.B. Eagan
British Army 11th Btn. Royal Irish Rifles
Second Lieutenant R. Eagan served with the 11th Battalion, Royal Irish Rifles.
Rflmn. Archibald Edgar Eagin MM.
British Army 8th (Leeds Rifles) Battalion West Yorkshire Regiment
from:Leeds
(d.27th September 1918)
Archibald Eagin was my Great Uncle, my grandad's brother. Archie was killed in action in Northern France on 27th of September 1918 and was interred in Flesquiers Hill Commonwealth War Cemetery with the Military Medal for gallantry and bravery in battle. He was 19 years of age. I would love to know more about this brave family member such as when he enlisted and his route through service in the war.
Pte Frederick James Eagle
British Army 1st Btn. Essex Regiment
from:Wendling, Norfolk
(d.23rd Apr 1917)
Frederick Eagle served with the 1st Btn, Essex Regiment.
George Dodson Eagle
British Army 3rd Battalion Dorset Regiment
from:Croxton, Norfolk
(d.3rd April 1916)
George Dodson Eagle was my grandfather, he was Harry Eagle's brother.
If anyone is related to George Dodson Eagle or Harry Eagle, who came from Croxton by Thetford in Norfolk, and they want to get in touch with me, please do so.
Pte. James Eagle
British Army 183rd Coy. Machine Gun Corps
from:Whyteleafe, Surrey
(d.3rd Dec 1917)
James Eagle gave his life during the latter stages of the Battle of Cambrai, leaving a wife and three young children. His name is recorded on the War Memorial at St. Luke's Church in Whyteleafe, Surrey.
Drmr. Eaglefield
British Army Grenadier Guards
Drummer Eaglefield was a prisoner at Gustrow POW camp. He lost both feet through frostbite, caused by outside Appells held in all weather.
Pte. James Eaglen
British Army 7th Btn. West Yorkshire Regiment
from:Leeds
James Eaglen was invalided home and after several months of treatment was discharged unfit for further action in February 1917.
CPO William Eagles
Royal Navy HMS Caroline
from:Portsmouth
My Grandfather, William Eagles was born at Great Malvern in 1873 and died in Purbrook near Portsmouth in 1963. He served as a stoker with the Royal Navy from 28 June 1898 to 14 July 1920. He served in Shore Establishments at Crystal Palace, Singapore and Portsmouth on twelve separate occasions. On the 1911 Census he is listed at HMS St Vincent, Portland, Dorset. He served on HMS Fearless during the Battle of Heligoland Blight, August 1914, and the Battle of Jutland, May 1916.
Other ships he served on were: 1 April 1899 to 12 April 1899 and again 14 January 1903 to 30 September 1903 aboard Warship HMS Duke of Wellington, 17 June 1899 to 25 July 1899 aboard Cruiser HMS Crescent, 25 July 1899 to 13 January 1903 aboard Cruiser HMS Indefatigable, 29 October 1903 to 8 February 1904 aboard Yacht HMS Enchantress, 1 March 1904 to 18 January 1905 aboard Battleship HMS Hercules, 9 May 1905 to 26 April 1907 aboard Battleship HMS Goliath, 13 August 1907 to 1 May 1908 aboard Cruiser HMS Grafton, 2 May 1908 to 17 January 1909 aboard Cruiser HMS Sapphire, 27 August 1909 to 12 February 1910 aboard Cruiser HMS Eclipse, 3 May 1910 to 27 May 1912 aboard Battleship HMS St Vincent, 1 June 1912 to 5 June 1912 aboard Cruiser HMS Vindictive, 9 July 1912 to 18 December 1912 aboard Battleship HMS Renown, 14 October 1913 to 17 July 1916 aboard Cruiser HMS Fearless and 8 March 1919 to 14 July 1920 aboard Light Cruiser HMS Caroline
Pte. Matthew Eaglesham
British Army 24th (Tyneside Irish) Battalion Northumberland Fusiliers
from:Newcastle
Matthew Eaglesham was wounded in 1st July 1916
Sgt. Todd Eaglesham MM.
British Army 10th Btn. Cameronians (Scottish Rifles)
from:Gorbals, Glasgow
(d.28th Mar 1918)
Todd Eaglesham and his younger brother John headed for the battlefields of France with the 10th Battalion of The Cameronians. Todd was soon to prove himself as a soldier and before long was promoted to sergeant.
A fighter by nature he was in December of 1916 awarded the Military Medal. Sadly two years later on the 28th of March he was killed in action in the Battle of Arras. One historian described that day "if ever the lid was lifted from hell, then the 28th of March 1918 was the day it happened". Another quote from the book on the history of The Tenth Battalion, The Cameronians reads "At the same time the battalion lost a most devoted and gallant NCO in Sgt Eaglesham, the provost sergeant, who had been with the battalion from the first. He also had won the Military Medal". There are a couple of pages on what happened, and a report from a public meeting in Edinburgh in 1919 where Earl Haig referred to 'one of the most gallant of the minor incidents of the battle was a counter attack by a single company of the 10th Battalion Scottish Rifles.'
The counter attack was by C company under Captain Munro towards the Feuchy Chapel crossroads. The order was countermanded and the company had to disengage from a considerably superior enemy. Captain Robb and Lt Robb who was wounded both won the Military Cross, and Sgt Barlow The Distinguished Conduct Medal, the latter accounted for fifteen of the enemy with his own rifle during the withdrawal. The original company position had been astride the Arras Cambrai road. This 'line' consisted of incomplete trenches, in most places 3 feet deep and about 7 feet wide. they found 55 newly arrived men waiting for them. These were posted for the night to the reserve Company - C. Many of them were destined to remain unknown to them by name, for at 3am an intensive enemy bombardment of gas and high explosive shell opened, killing most and causing numerous casualties. Lt Col Stanley Clarke was awarded an immediate bar to his DSO following this action.
Sergeant Todd Eaglesham is shown in the book as getting his Military Medal on 16th of September 1916. The same day that the tank had been used for the very first time ever in the battlefield. This possibly followed the 10th Battalions involvement on 15th Sept 1916, tanks and Scotsmen, a potent force!
Pte Wilfred Eakin MM
British Army 16th Battalion Sherwood Foresters
from:Matlock
(d.13th November 1916)
Rflman. Joseph Eakins
British Army 7th Btn. Royal Irish Rifles
from:Belfast
(d.6th Sept 1916)
Joseph Eakins was born 30th August 1872 in Kingstown, Dublin. This would make him 45 and relatively old considering the age of his comrades. He had one brother, my Great Gandfather. At some point he moved to Belfast where I believe he married and had a family. He died on 6th September 1916 and is commemorated at the Thiepval Memorial, France.
Bmdr. Sidney Harris Eales
British Army 156th Brigade, 'C' Battery Royal Field Artillery
from:3 Thompsons Yard, Midland Road, Wellingboro' Northants
(d.27th April 1917)
Sidney Eales died of wounds received aged just 21. He had originally enlisted and been assigned to the 3rd Bedfordshire Regiment service no. 7085. He was transferred to the Royal Regiment of Artillery (RFA and RHA) in January 1915 and posted to the 142nd Battery at Bordon. He is buried at Etaples Military Cemetery, Nord-Pas-de-Calais, France. Sidney was the son of my Great Great Grandfather's daughter Martha Eales nee Abbott who died in 1954, I have no further information available at present.
Pte. H. Eames
British Army 11th Btn. Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers
(d.1st Jul 1916)
Pte. John Eardley
British Army Manchester Regiment
(d.4th Jun 1915)
Private John Eardley, Manchester Regiment, served on the Gallipoli Peninsula since the landings in April. In civilian life he was an avid autograph collector. After his death on the 4th of June 1915 a postcard was found in his trench which read: “A man who goes on calmly hunting autographs with all civilization crumbling around him, and the Turkish enemy not far below the horizon, really deserves to succeed. So here goes, G Bernard Shawâ€Â.
Pte. Arthur Edward Earl
British Army 2nd Btn, 'A' Company Norfolk Regiment
from:104 Aylsham Road, Norwich
My father, Arthur Earl, enlisted aged 18 with the Norfolks in 1915, serving with the 7th & 2nd Btns, in France until the end of the WW1 war. Being wounded by gunshot on two separate occasions and then went on to serve in Waziristan and Pakistan and was discharged in 1927.
He vary rarely mentioned the war to me, only saying that he served in the Indian region and how he played football against the locals, who did not wear boots and when the football bladder burst how they used to play on with the ball stuffed with straw. It is only this week that I have found out that he served in France, although he did say once that he used a machine gun during the war. Dad died at the age of 72 in 1969.
Pte. Charles Earl MM
British Army
Spr. Edward William Earl
Australian Imperial Forces 1st Coy. AustralianTunneling Corps
from:Geelong, Victoria, Australia
(d.28th Jul 1917)
Pte. Francis Earl
Australian Imperial Force 27th Australian Infantry Btn.
from:Adelaide
(d.5th November 1916)
Pte. Robert Henry Earl
British Army 2nd Battalion South Wales Borderers
from:Workington
(d.13 April 1917)
My husband's great uncle who died 13 April 1917 in France. Here is a poem he sent to his local paper from the front:
"Doing your Little Bit"
Sadly I dont have details of the end of the poem, but it paints a picture of life on the front
- 'When the Allemans blow off your hat, or helmet with a crump
- When the ariel torpedoes scarcely give you time to jump:
- When you're always in the hottest place, and never have no luck:
- ... ...
- When the whizz-bangs come so thick you haven't time to duck:
- When trench mortars, bombs and shrapnel seem to have a love for you:
- When trying to retaliate other guns shell you too:
- When you hear the bullets singing, and your head they nearly hit:
- Never mind but just remember, you are doing your little bit.
- When you're sleeping on a firestep, with your blanket soaking wet
- When the mud is in your eyes and mouth and in your hair you bet,
- When the rain comes through your dug out roof and drips down on your nose
- When your feet are blinking icebergs, and you cannot feel your toes
- When the neighbours in your shirt are dancing.......
Another letter he wrote to the West Cumberland Times 28/9/1916
Dear Sir, Just a few lines to let you know that I am back in the firing line again, and hoping that it won't be long before the war is over. I was very sorry that I was not in li...ne when you sent me the grand parcel of Old Toms: I was hit three days before the landed and I was along day down the line by then. My platoon Sergeant told me that he shared them among my platoon so you can see that they did not get lost. I don't think it will be long before I am down the line again for when I walk any way fast the piece of shrapnel that is in my thigh gives me stick. Wishing you and all the readers of the 'Star' every success. My sergeant and all my platoon send their best wishes to all the town people who support the 'Star' Smoke Fund. Good Night and best of luck to you all
Robert is buried in Feuchy Chapel British cemetery Pas de Calais France. We visited his grave in 2009. Such a moving experience
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