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World War 1 One ww1 wwII greatwar great 1914 1918 first battalion regiment
Pte. J. Gilpatrick
British Army 24th (Tyneside Irish) Battalion Northumberland Fusiliers
from:Blaydon
Pte. James Gilpin
British Army 6th Btn. Gordon Highlanders
from:Leeds
(d.11th Apr 1918)
Herbert Gilpin joined 6th Battalion Gordon Highlanders and died near Loos-en-Gohelle on 11th of April 1918. My father never knew his father, my grandfather, whom we owe so much to as we live on because of his sacrifice.
L/Sgt. John Thomas Gilpin
British Army 53rd (Young Soldier) Btn Leicestershire Regiment
from:Newton Heath
John Gilpin was a Lance Sergeant with the 53rd (Young Soldier) Btn Leicestershire Regiment, he was formerly a Corporal with the 2nd Battalion, Notts and Derby (Sherwood Foresters) Regiment.
Pte. R. H. Gilpin
South African Forces Graaff-Reinet Commando Mounted Commandos
(d.26th November 1914)
Private Gilpin is buried in the Steenkampspan Farm Cemetery, Upington, Northern Cape, South Africa
Pte. Hugh Gilroy
British Army 24th (Tyneside Irish) Battalion Northumberland Fusiliers
from:Durham City
(d.1st July 1916)
High Gilroy took part in the trench raid on the night of the 5th-6th of June 1916. He is named on the Thiepval Memorial
Pte. James Gilroy
British Army 24th (Tyneside Irish) Battalion Northumberland Fusiliers
from:Gateshead
James Gilroy transferred to the Kings Own Yorkshire Light Infantry
Pte. John "Gimmo" Gimson
British Army 11th Btn. Sherwood Foresters
from:Leicester
(d.11th Jun 1917)
Pte. John Gimson served with The Sherwood Foresters 11th Battalion. He was wounded on hill 60 on 6th June 1917 and died on 11th June 1917. He is buried at Mendinghem Military Cemetery.
Pte. Clifford George Gingell
British Army 5th Battalion Royal Irish Regiment
from:Bristol
My Grandfather Clifford Gingell served in the 5th Battalion, Royal Irish Regiment throughout WW1. I remember him being sent a little box of shamrocks every St Patricks day. My uncle told me they were from his army pal, Mr Chris Kelly of Tiperarary Ireland.
He seldom talked about his experiences but did say on the boat going ashore during the Suvla Bay Landing, he decided to follow right behind an officer when they reached the beach, a man next to him stood on a mine.
Able Sea. Frederick John Gingell
Royal Navy HM Submarine E15
from:Box, Wiltshire
(d.18th Apr 1915)
Pte. Reginald Ernest Gingell
British Army 2nd Battalion Middlesex Regiment
from:London
Reginald Gingell was taken prisoner at Pontavert on 27th of May 1918 and held in forced labour gang on the Western Front until moved to POW Camp Langensalza in mid Sept 1918. Repatriated by the Red Cross in January 1919 from Hamburg, he was suffering from clinical malnutrition and starvation oedema. They were kept on the Calcutta Mutiny diet to prevent death from over feeding.
He arrived back in London to a formal reception at Charing Cross station and he absconded back home to Tooting. He hadn't a penny on him and took the tram but nobody told him to get off. He arrived at the front door in a cardboard uniform and newspaper wrapped round his feet. His mother stripped him in the garden and burnt everything.
He had to go the St George's Hospital, Tooting every day to see the doctor and they would give him pills which he would put down the drain on the way out. For several weeks he would sit by the fire in the kitchen and refuse to move out of the chair, eating every scrap of food that came past him. He suffered from syncope and passed out on several occasions. For this reason he was initially given a pension which was then withdrawn as he recovered. He was awarded the silver war badge which he wore proudly in many photos in the family album.
L/Cpl Alfred James Ginn
British Army 12th (Bermondsey) Battalion East Surrey Regiment
from:London
Alf Ginn attested for the East Surrey Regiment on the 5th of June 1915. Dad was transferred to a Steel Construction Company, to construct Steel AirShip Towers at Goonhilly Downs Air Station Cornwall, approx Sept/Oct 1917. He was possibly a member of a Machine Gun Section and was with 10th Battalion, Sherwood Foresters. He then went back to France, possibly early 1918 With the 102nd Light Trench Mortar Battery. He was gassed one night taking stores by mules to the Front Line. Suffered with bad eyes all his Life. He lived to 92 Years. He was lucky wounded in the Leg by a rifle bullet, and was sent back to UK With frostbit from the trenches. Then returning to France.
He was one of five brothers that served in France and all came home and lived long lives.
Sgt Stephen Ginn
British Army 2nd Btn Leinster Regiment
from:Wilton Road, Pimlico, London
(d.5th March 1916)
Stephen Ginn is buried in the Menin Road South Military Cemetery, Belgium.
Pte. Thomas John Girdwood
Royal Scots 17th Battalion
(d.30th Sep 1918)
Thomas Girdwood was my great grandmother's first husband. We don't know much about what happen and would love to know more.
Pte. Horace Augustus Girling
British Army 2nd Btn. Wiltshire Regiment
from:Bedminster, Bristol
(d.3rd Aug 1917)
Horace Girling is commemorated on the Menin Gate Memorial.
Robert Henry Girling
British Army Army Service Corps
from:London
My Grandfather Robert Henry Girling was a member of the A.S.C. Mechanical Transport, as stated on his wedding certificate in 1915/16. Does anyone have any information regarding him, I would be grateful for any information anyone may have.
Pte. Thomas William Carter Girling
British Army 1st Btn. Rifle Brigade
(d.1st July 1916)
Bugler Thomas William Carter Girling was born in January 1888 in Ipswich, Suffolk, he died on 1st of July 1916 on the Somme.
Pte. William Henry Girling
British Army 2/4th Btn. West Surrey Regiment
from:12 Nelson Grove Road, Merton, Surrey
Bill Girling was my Grandad. He enlisted on 15th June 1915, one month before his 32nd birthday. He was married to Edith (nee Harding) and at the time had two sons, Will, aged 3 and, my Dad, Ernie, aged 1. He was a shortish man - only 5ft 5ins. But his physical development was good. He was a keen sportsman and was employed as a baker.
His Battalion sailed to Suvla Bay, Gallipoli, arriving on 8th August. They went into battle immediately and became embroiled in fierce fighting which resulted in a huge number of casualties. After the dreadful fighting and atrocious weather conditions of 1915, the Battalion was evacuated and sent to Egypt. There they suffered extremes of heat and freezing nights fighting the Turks. After the fall of Jerusalem they went on to fight in the second battle of the Marne.
Grandad was wounded on several occasions. He was shot or had shrapnel wounds in the neck, abdomen, stomach, thigh and lastly his right arm. This last wound, in Belgium on 19th October 1918, meant the end of the war for him and he was shipped home.
He lasted for 7 years, incapacitated by a bullet in his left lung, shrapnel in the right lung, emphysema (from the gas), asthma, TB, and a pretty useless right arm. He died of these wounds and their effects - but his widow was firstly refused a pension as he died so long after the war. She battled against this decision and was finally awarded the correct and proper pension. My father was just 11 at the time he died. Luckily, all his diaries, medals and correspondence were kept which enabled me to research his life.
Rflmn. William David Girvin
British Army 15th Btn. Royal Irish Rifles
from:Arlington Street
(d.1st July 1916)
William Girvin served with the 15th Btn. Royal Irish Rifles and was killed on the 1st of July 1916.
Pte. Frederick William Gisborne
British Army 15th (Yeomanry) Btn. Hampshire Regiment
from:Hampshire
(d.21st Oct 1918)
Pte. Walter Leonard Gissing
British Army 16th (Queen's Westminster Rifles) Btn. London Regiment
(d.1st July 1916)
Rflmn. Walter Leonard Gissing
British Army 1st/16th (Queen's Westminster Rifles) Btn. London Regiment
(d.1st Jul 1916)
Walter L. Gissing was the eldest son of the English author George Gissing. He was killed at Gommecourt on the first day of the Battle of the Somme. He was 24 and single. He is commemorated on the Theipval Memorial.
Pte. Francis Owen Gittens
British Army 16th Bn Middlesex Regt
from:10 St. Francois Valley Rd., Belmont, Trinidad.
(d.1st Jul 1916)
Francis Gittens was 19 when he was killed in The Battle of the Somme on the 1st of July 1916. He was the son of Joshua T. and Jane E. Gittens, of 10, St. Francois Valley Rd., Belmont, Trinidad, British West Indies.
Pvt. G. Gittens
British West Indies Regiment
(d.24th November 1919)
Private Gittens is buried in St. Philip Churchyard, Barbados.
A/2Cpl. Jack Henry Hart Gittens
British Army Royal Engineers
from:London
Jack Gittens joined the Royal Engineers on 12th of February 1915 and was billeted in Seaford, Sussex. He was on the Somme in 1915 and also later in Salonika. He was injured and honourably discharged on 1st February 1919.
Gunner Earnest Gittus
Australian Imperial Force 111th Battery Australian Field Artillery
from:Melbourne
Corporal Thomas Walter Giudie
Army Bandsman
from:Twickenham
I am trying to find details of my maternal grandfather, named above. I have no details of date of birth (probably born around the 1890's) only what I have detailed above. Can you help or can you give me contact details of a body who can? Your help would be very much appreciated. Marcua Walter
Pte. Joseph Given
British Army 1st Battalion Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders
from:Port Glasgow
(d.16th April 1915)
W. N. Givens
British Army 1st Btn. Royal Irish Rifles
Commandant. Ann Gatenby Gjers
British Red Cross
from:Busby Hall, Northallerton
Ann Gjers was the wife of Lawrence Gjers, JP for Middlesbrough and the North Riding of Yorkshire, Colonel and Commandant of the North Riding National Reserve. Her father Issac Fidler was an alderman in Middlesbrough and had laid the foundation stone of MiddlesbroughĆ¢ā‚¬ā„¢s new town hall on 24th October 1883 when he was Mayor. was Vice President of the North Riding branch of the British Red Cross Society and Commandant of the Red Cross Hospital, set up at the Manor House in Stokesley, where she worked alongside her daughter Olga. She later was awarded the OBE. Her son Lawrence was killed in action during the Battle of the Somme.
Capt. Lawrence Gjers
British Army 2nd Btn. Seathforth Highlanders
from:Busby Hall, Northallerton
(d.4th Oct 1917)
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