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Pte. Thomas Earl
British Army 8th Btn. Border Regiment
from:Carlisle
(d.14th Jul 1916)
Thomas Earl was the boyfriend of my grandmother on my mother's side. They were both sweethearts living in Carlisle, and they were going to marry after he came back from the war (so the story goes). Of course he never did, and was killed in action on 14th July 1916. I wonder if I would be here today if those events did not happen. What a different world the place would be when you multiply all the ifs and buts of WW1. What a different place this country would be.
Thomas Earl is commemorated on the Thiepval Memorial, Somme, France.
Pte. Thomas Sydney Earl
British Army 6th Battalion Kings Own Yorkshire Light Infantry
from:Ecclsall Road, Sheffield
(d.16th September 1916)
Syd Earl served with the 6th Battalion, Kings Own Yorkshire Light Infantry.
Spr Victor Egbert Earl
British Army Base Signal Depot Royal Engineers
(d.4th May 1917)
Sapper Earl is buried in the Tarragona British Cemetery in Spain.
Pte. William J. Earl
British Army 1/7th Btn. Lancashire Fusiliers
from:Manchester.
(d.27th May 1918)
William Earl was executed for desertion 27th May 1918 age 22 and buried in Warlincourt Halte British Cemetery, Saulty, France. He was the son of George and Lillian Earl, of 14, Earl St., Lower Broughton, Manchester. During his court martial he simple said that he was fed up with the war. His CWGC headstone is inscribed "Those miss him most Who loved him best".
Pte. Edwin Earlam
British Army 2nd/4th Btn. E Coy. Royal Berkshire Regiment
from:Reddish, Stockport.
(d.22nd Aug 1917)
Edwin Earlam is buried in Tyne Cot Cemetery.
Pte. Edwin Earlam
British Army 2/4th Btn. Royal Berkshire Regiment
from:Stockport
(d.22nd August 1917)
Edwin Earlam enlisted at the commencement of the war and was initially attached to the Cheshire Regiment. At some point he was transferred into the Royal Berkshire Regiment. On 22nd August 1917 he was killed at the battle of Passchendaele and is buried at Tyne Cot Cemetery. He left a widow, Ann, and a son, also named Edwin. His brother John Henry Earlam was also killed on 18th April 1918 in France.
Pte. John Henry Earlam
British Army 1st Btn Loyal North Lancashire
from:Stockport
(d.18th April 1918)
Sgt, Richard Wells Earle
British Army 65th Field Ambulance Royal Army Medical Corps
Richard Earle served with 65th Field Ambulance, Royal Army Medical Corps.
Cpl. William Herbert Earle
British Army 12th Btn. Gloucestershire Regiment
from:College Rd., Northleach, Gloucestershire
(d.8th May 1917)
William Herbert Earle was my great-uncle on my father's side. He was only 22 when he was shot in Arras, France. I decided to look into his service records which I have achieved to bring him closer to our lives. When growing up my father had a very hard time talking about the story of how he died. All we knew was he joined the Gloucestershire Regiment then he was shot (not long after he enlisted) on the 8th of May 1917.
I was given a gold locket from my grandmother with his photo encased in it and now I have some documentation to go with it. I also found his Arras memorial obituary, and although it's not a lot I now have a story to put with his photo. After WW2 my parents moved to Canada where I was born and war stories were kept limited - gone long ago but never forgotten
Pte Sidney Earles
British Army 18th Battalion Lancashire Fusiliers
from:65 Lancefield Street, Paddington, London
(d.23rd Oct 1917)
Sidney Earles was born in 1898 in Hull, Yorks, he died during war service aged 19 in 1917. Son of Mr Henry Earles & Mrs Emily Earles.
Bmbdr. James Lawrence Earley
British Army 104th Brigade Royal Field Artillery
from:Liverpool
(d.6th Apr 1918)
Bombardier James Earley was married to my grandmother in 1916 and was killed on 6th of April 1918. He is buried at Doullens Cemetery in France.
Pte. Sidney Earnest Earley
British Army 2nd Btn. D Company Hampshire Regiment
from:Winchester
(d.5th Feb 1915)
Hamphire Privates Sad Death.
The ranks of D Company, 2nd Battalion, Hampshire Regiment, have been deprived by death of a genial, virile, and popular comrade in Private Sydney E. Earley, whose home was at Winchester. Earley came to Stratford with the battalion about a month ago, and was quartered in Bridge-street. His vivacious nature quickly won him friends among the civil population, and sporting proclivities led to his being selected captain of the victorious Hants.’XI, which recently engaged Stratford in a football match on Pearcecroft. The weather of the past month, trying as it has been to those accustomed to the vagaries of our climate, has proved infinitely more so to soldiers lately quartered under Indian Skies, and Earley was among the many members of the battalion who contracted chills of a more or less acute type.
On the 20th of last month his condition was such that it was deemed advisable to remove him to the Town Hall Hospital, where unremitting care and attention were at his disposal. He failed to rally, and death ensued on Friday from a malignant form of pneumonia. Late in the evening the body was removed to the mortuary near the Parish Church, and the interment took place on Saturday afternoon. Many years have rolled by since a military funeral of similar proportions was witnessed in the borough. At the cemetery gates the coffin was taken from the transport and borne shoulder-high to the grave, the Vicar and Rural Dean being at the head of the procession. The long line of khaki was relieved only by the bright hues of the flag of liberty and justice and the sorrowing figures clad in the habiliments of mourning. At the close of the service three volleys rang out from the rifles of the firing party, and the bugler sounded “ The Last Post” as a tribute to their departed comrade. In addition to the floral tributes from the family, handsome wreaths were sent by Major Beckwith and Lieutenant White; the commandants, sisters, and staff of the Town Hall Hospital; “M.,” his friend “D” Company, 2nd Battalion Hampshire Regiments; sergeants of “D” Company; and his comrades in platoon number 16. The coffin was of polished elm, and the breastplate bore the inscription; “Sydney E. Earley No. 8014, 2nd Hampshire Regt., died February 5th. 1915, aged 27 years.” The funeral arrangements were in the hands of Mr. H. Humphreys.
Stratford-upon-Avon Herald 12th February 1915
A Soldier's Memorial.
Messrs. Taylor and son, of this town, have recently executed and erected in the Borough Cemetery a memorial to Private Sidney Ernest Earley, of the 2nd Battalion Hampshire Regiment, who died on February 5th while billeted in Stratford. It was partly subscribed by deceased’s comrades, and will perpetuate the memory of one of the most cheerful and genial of soldiers. A headstone of Gothic design, the memorial is executed in Forest of Dean stone, a deeply moulded edge terminating in ivy leaves. Cleverly carved in the centre is the regimental crest, consisting of a tiger, Tudor rose, and laurel wreath.
Stratford-upon-Avon Herald
Pte. Richard Early
British Army 1st Battalion Royal Scots
(d.15th May 1915)
Richard Early was killed in fighting at Sanctuary Wood, Zillebeke, he is buried in Sanctuary Wood Cemetery.
Pte. Clifford Earnshaw
British Army 4th Btn. West Riding Regiment
Clifford Earnshaw was discharged on the 31st of March 1916, time expired.
Sgt. John William Earnshaw
British Army 8th Battalion York & Lancaster Regiment
(d.1st July 1916)
Today I became the custodian of my great grandad's medals (Pip, Squeak and Wilfred). They were awarded posthumously after the war. My Grandfather was only 3 months old when his father was killed so he never knew him. In 1939, my grandfather attempted to sign up to avenge the death of his father, but being a coalminer and reserved occupation, his application was denied. The only closure he got was when I took him to the "Adanac" cemetery in France, ironically, the date by pure chance was July 1st.
L/Cpl. Lewis Earnshaw
British Army 10th Btn. West Yorkshire Regiment
from:53 Leeds Road North, Huddersfield
(d.1st July 1916)
This photograph was found in my parents' papers. I identified Lewis Earnshaw by comparing it to a photograph of him printed in the Huddersfield Weekly Examiner on 5th August 1916. I believe he was a neighbour of my great grandparents. In 1911 he was a warehouseman for a cotton spinner.
Dvr. Wilfred Gilbert Earnshaw
British Army 29th Brigade, 30th Battery Royal Field Artillery
from:Wakefield
(d.10th February 1917)
My husband was told as a child he was named after a relative who died in the First World War, but until now we have been unable to find him. Now through my research I have been able to tell him about his Great Uncle Wilfred Earnshaw who is buried at the Bray Military Cemetery, Bray-sur-Somme, died of wounds on 10th of February 1917. Through the Commonwealth War Graves Commission website we have found his grave location, and plan to visit it next year.
Pte. Arthur G. Earp
British Army 1/5th Btn. Royal Warwickshire Regiment
(d.22nd July 1916)
Pte. Arthur Earp served with the Royal Warwickshire Regiment 1/5th Battalion.He was executed on 22nd July 1916 for quitting his post and buried in the Bouzincourt Communal Cemetery Extension, Bouzincourt, France.
Lt. George Howard Earp
Australian Imperial Force 5th Infantry Battalion
from:Australia
George Howard Earp was born at Marlborough, New Zealand in 1891 to parents Charles and Annie. An architectural draughtsman by trade, he enlisted at Prahran in Victoria on 17th August 1914 at the age of 23. Earp departed Melbourne with the 5th Infantry Battalion aboard HMAT Orvieto on 21st October 1914.
Whilst serving at Gallipoli, Earp was struck down by gastroenteritis and in July 1915 was evacuated to Malta and then to Egypt for treatment. The following year he was sent to the Western Front in France and in April 1916 was transferred to the 1st Pioneer Battalion. In that same month he was promoted to the rank of second lieutenant and then again to lieutenant later that year. Afterwards he served with the 1st Pioneer Battalion for the remainder of the war, George Earp returned to Australia on 9th March 1919.
Sgt. Harold A. Earridge
British Army 2nd Btn. Worcestershire Regiment
from:Plumstead
Harold Earridge was my Great Grandfather. I was lucky enough to know him during my childhood. He lived on the same road as his daughter, my grandmother, right opposite my school gates where he would wait for me and my big brother to give us fluffy sweets from his pocket.
I knew he'd been in the war as I remember him showing me his medals but had no idea of what that really meant. Strangely my mum doesn't remember seeing them or even going into his house as a child as he appeared to her to be quite distant from the family even though he lived on the same road. Sadly this seems to be a bit of a theme with soldiers of the Great War. Apparently, I went missing as a small child and after frantic searching of the neighbourhood, I was found safe and sound with Great Grandad which came as a total surprise to my grandparents and parents because they didn't know I knew him that well and spent time with him (early 1970's). I was only 4. I probably knew more about his war than anyone else at that time and maybe since.
Harold was a career soldier who signed up in 1905. In 1911 he was a stationed at Western Heights Dover in 3rd Battalion, Worcestershire Regiment which is where he would have met my Great Grandmother Ellen Carter. They married in December 1911.
By the time WW1 began he was with the 2nd Battalion. He is named as having been in Gheluvelt 31st of October 1914 and remained in France and Flanders until the end of the war having seen action in many battles.
My grandmother was born in 1919 and spent part of her childhood in India where her brother, (sadly he died in infancy), and sister were born. This must mean he was back with 3rd Battalion as the 2nd didn't go there when my grandmother told me she was there. They had 4 daughters and another son. Ellen died in 1935 of TB. Apparently Harold would cycle from Dover to Canterbury to visit her in the sanatorium every week whatever the weather. He married again to Florence but she passed away from tetanus not long after. Harold married a third time and had another son at age 57. Harold never really spoke of his experiences during the war and certainly never complained. Harold passed away in 1977 having had a long and fruitful life. I remember him extremely fondly and have immense pride in him.
Rflmn. Walter Thomas Earthrowl
British Army 1st/21st Battalion London Regiment
from:London
(d.8th June 1917)
Walter Earthrowl served in the 1st Surrey Rifles, otherwise called 1st/21st (County of London) Battalion, The London Regiment. He was killed on Day 2 of the Battle of Messines on 8th of June 1917 at the age of 26 and now lies in Bedford House War Cemetery to the south of Ypres.
Of the half a dozen or so members of the Earthrowl family who served in the First World War, he was the only one not to survive and return home, and was the youngest of a family of twelve siblings. He was my father's youngest uncle, and my great uncle.
Pte. Stanley Harry Earthy
British Army 6th Battalion Royal Irish Regiment
from:Lambeth, London
(d.3rd September 1916)
Stanley Earthy as around 36 years old when he died on the 3rd of September 1916. That day his Battalion was in action at Guillemont. He fought with the 6th Battalion, Royal Irish Regiment, which was assigned to the 47th Irish Brigade, 16th Irish Division. Before the war, he had served with the East Surrey Regiment in India, Aden and Malta. His parents were Owen Charles and Lucy Earthy.
Pte. Frederick William Earwaker
British Army 2nd Btn. Royal Sussex Regiment
from:Chichester
My grandfather Frederick Earwaker worked at Shippams in Chichester and joined up in 1916. He took part in the assault on High Wood, part of the Battle of the Somme, and was shot in the back on 9th September 1916. He was treated by a German first raider in a shell hole and under cover of darkness and walked to a trench dressing station. He eventually went to Rouen field hospital where he was operated on and thence via HMHS Asturias to Milton hospital in Portsmouth. By the 22nd November 1916 he was in Castle Hospital convalescing. He described the food as "first rate... rabbit pies, beefsteak, puddings etc. The nurses are very nice here, too". He appears to have left around January 1917, by which point he was at the eastern command unit at Shoreham. He never returned to the front but served out the war in the Labour Corps and the RAF in the UK. He returned to work at Shippams after the war and completed 50 years’ service. He died months short of retirement in 1961.
Pte. Frank Eary
British Army 8th Btn. Royal Fusiliers
from:Kensington, London
(d.24th Nov 1917)
My Great Grandfather, Frank Eary, born June 1886 was a horse keeper pre-war and, on enlistment in 1914, was a Driver T/25822 with No 2 Company, 1st Division, ASC. He later transferred to the Royal Fusiliers, 8th Battalion but, I am uncertain on the transfer date. His medal card shows a transfer to 5 Battalion but, CWGC states 8th Battalion which I see to be true as, the 5th never left the UK whereas Frank was killed on the 24th November 1917. The 5th Battalion was a training depot and he would have joined the regiment on transfer to that unit before being posted after infantry training and equipment to an active service battalion (8th Btn. as recorded) He appears on the Cambrai Memorial at Louverval.
He died leaving a wife and three children; Alexandria, William (my grandfather) and Frank. It is likely that he never met Frank junior as he was conceived late in 1916, probably on Frank senior's last home leave, and born in July 1917. It would have been great news to him whilst in the trenches though that his wife had born a son in July and, that she had named him Frank. Poignant too as they had first had a son, Frank, in 1912 who sadly died the same year.
Drvr. Goudie Easdale
British Army 173 Brigade, A Ă‚Â Bty. Royal Field Artillery
(d.21st March 1918)
Aged 20, Goudie Easdale died on 21st March 1918. He was the son of Martha F. Easdale, 2 Chapel Brae, Ayr. Goudie is commemorated on the Arras Memorial, Bay 1.
Sgt. Henry George Easey
British Army 10th (Hackney) Btn. London Regiment
from:5 Navarino Grove, Hackney
My grandfather, Henry Easey, served for the whole of the First World War at Gallipoli and in the Near East. We know little about his war service. I do have some photos.
Pte. William Reginald Easey
Britsh Army 4th Battalion Bedfordshire Regiment
from:Gisleham, Suffolk
William Easey was my great grandfather. He came from a very small village called Gisleham on the outskirts of Lowestoft in Suffolk. He signed up aged 28 and was attested on December 13th 1915. From his service records it looks as though after joining the army reserve on 14th December 1915 he was finally mobilised to his regiment in June of 1916 going overseas.
The service records I hold for his indicate that he was initially with the 3rd Battalion then transferred to the 4th Battalion in September 1916. The records then get confusing because twice it lists he was with the 1st Battalion in 1917. We know he was in hospital from January 23rd 1917 - 6th April 1917; however the record is not that clear what he was in hospital for. There was another entry stating that he was in hospital again later that year for Trench Fever.
My family still have a postcard he sent to my grandmother whilst he was overseas, she would have been 5 years old at the time. At some point after 1917 he must have been transferred back to the 3rd battalion because this is on his discharge records from February 1919, the dispersal unit was Thetford in Norfolk which is just up the road from where I live now.
I am incredibly proud of William even though he died long before I was born, he served his country and was one of the lucky ones who lived to see another day and see his wife and children again, so many didn't. My dad said that he would never talk about the war and hated anything German. The farm where he lived when he went to war and came back too is now lived in by friends of my parents and when they dredged their pond about five years ago they found a bayonet and gave it to my dad guessing it must have been thrown in there by William on his return.
I hope by sharing what little I know about my family will inspire other people to share their little pieces of what is such an important time in our history and one that should never ever be forgotten.
Pte. Arthur Frederick Easom
British Army 9th Battalion King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry
from:Nottingham
(d.26th Apr 1918 )
Arthur Easom is the great great grandfather of my wife. He enlisted in Nottingham and served with the 9th Battalion, King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry. We have his Bronze death penny that was inserted to a home built cenotaph in remembrance of him.
Sgt. Richard Eason MM & Bar. MiD.
British Army 1/1st Cheshire Field Company Royal Engineers
from:Birkenhead
Richard Eason was a double Military Medal winner, for actions on the 21st of October 1916 and 12th of March 1917. He was also Mentioned in Dispatches and Wounded. He was a Member of the R.A.O.B.
Charles Frederick "Jock" Eassom
British Army 2nd Btn. Royal Highlanders
from:Stibbington
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