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L/Cpl. Frank Sherrat Hamilton
British Army 3rd Btn. Grenadier Guards
from:Kidsgrove, Cheshire
(d.24th July 1917)
Frank Hamilton is buried in the Belgium war cemetery at Dozinghem. He served on the front in France and Belgium, and like most soldiers he was given a service medal for France and one for Belgium, and also the Dead Man's Penny as it was called. As far as I know he died of shrapnel poisoning, but the rest is a mystery. I do not know what hospital (if that was the case) or if he died on the front. His rank was Lance Cpl, age 23 Grenadier Guards joined up in 1915 and serving until to 24th of July 1917 when he died, as did so many young guys. I am still trying to find information on my great uncle.
Pte. Gavin Hamilton
British Army 5th/6th Btn. Cameronians (Scottish Rifles)
from:Strathaven
(d.15th Mar 1919)
Gavin Hamilton was buried in Strathaven Cemetery. Gavin was brought back home with serious wounds and he eventually died in Dykebar Hospital. Was Dykebar Hospital used for WW1 soldiers who were severely wounded as it was a sanitarium? This hospital is in Paisley, Scotland.
Update: Dykebar was originally a sanitarium but was converted to a military hospital in 1916.
2nd Lt. Geoffrey Cecil Monck Hamilton
British Army 8th Btn. Royal Dublin Fusiliers
from:Carrickmines, Co. Dublin.
(d.9th Sep 1916)
Geoffrey Hamilton was the youngest son of Arthur and Alma Hamilton who gave his life for his king and country at the battle of Ginchy on the 9th of September 1916, aged 21 years.
Lt. Guy Stanley Gerald Hamilton
8th Battalion The Queens, The Royal West Surreys
from:Harrogate
(d.1st August 1917)
Bglr Harry Hamilton
British Army 1st/5th Btn South Lancashire Regiment
from:St Helens
(d.1st Dec 1917)
Lt. Herbert Otho Hamilton
British Army 12th Btn. Northumberland Fusiliers
from:Cromer
(d.25th September 1915)
Herbert Hamilton was the only son of Rev William Frederic Tucker Hamilton of Cromer. Previously vicar of Christ Church Woking. His mother Maud died from post-natal depression after his birth. He was educated at Malvern and Trinity Cambridge. He married Muriel Wakley 6 months before his death on the first day of the Battle of Loos.
Pte. J. Hamilton
from:Jarrow
J. Hamilton is commemorated on the Triptych in St. Paul's Church, Jarrow. Can anyone provide more details?
Pte. J. D. Hamilton
British Army 24th (Tyneside Irish) Battalion Northumberland Fusiliers
from:Bebside
J Hamilton was wounded in 1916
Pte James Hendrie Hamilton
British Army 5th Battalion Cameron Highlanders (Queens Own)
from:Edinburgh
(d.24th March 1918)
Cpl. James Hamilton
British Army 11th Battalion Royal Irish Rifles
from:Duneane
(d.10th August 1917)
James Hamilton is my great uncle. He and his brother, my grand father, Francis Hamilton joined the 11th (South Antrim) Battalion, Royal Irish Rifles and fought in WW1 James did not return. James was killed in action on 10th of August 1917. He was aged 20 years. He was born at Duneane near Randalstown and had enlisted in Lisburn. He was the son of John Hamilton of Ballymatoskerty, Toomebridge. He is commemorated on the Ypres Menin Gate Memorial.
Pte. James Haldane Hamilton
British Army 2nd Btn. Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders
from:Peebles, Scotland
(d.29th Sep 1918)
James Hamilton served with the 2nd Btn. Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders.
L/Cpl. John Hamilton
British Army Imperial Camel Corps
from:Dunfermline
My grandfather Jack Hamilton, was an apprentice working at a Dunfermline Bank, he was initially in the Fife and Forfar Yeomanry but was then in the Imperial Camel Corp and was at Gallipoli. He had a camel which he named 'White Lightning', they would race their camels in any quiet periods to ease boredom but he complained his was very slow (it was also coloured black!). He also told me that they would keep 'pet' scorpions in match boxes.
My dad has a book 'roll of honour' from the Commercial Bank of Scotland Ltd (Dunfermline branch) which lists my grandfather as: Hamilton John (L. Cpl. Imperial Camel Corp). He caught dysentry in the great war and nearly died, but for the care of a staff nurse who insisted on him regularly taking Castor oil.
He went back to working in the bank when he returned from the war. He later went to work for the MOD at a dockyard in scotland and was awarded an MBE in 1960 for 'civil services'. My Grandfather survived both wars (in WWII he was in the Home Guard I believe) and died in 1984.
Capt. John Patrick Hamilton VC.
Australian Imperial forces 3rd Battalion
from:Australia
John Patrick Hamilton was born in Orange, New South Wales, Hamilton described himself as a butcher when he enlisted aged eighteen, as a private in the 1st Australian Imperial Force on 15th September 1914. His father William Hamilton was also a butcher and they resided together in Penshurst, Sydney. He was assigned to the 3rd Battalion (N.S.W.) and embarked from Sydney in October 1914 on HMAT Euripides. After training in Egypt his battalion sailed for Gallipoli and took part in the landing at Anzac Cove on 25 April 1915 - his battalion coming ashore in the 2nd and 3rd waves.
He was 19 years old when the following deed took place at Sasse's Sap during the Battle of Lone Pine on the Gallipoli Peninsula for which he was awarded the VC:
“For most conspicuous bravery on 9th August, 1915, in the Gallipoli Peninsula. During a heavy bomb attack by the enemy on the newly captured position at Lone Pine, Private Hamilton, with utter disregard to personal safety, exposed himself under heavy fire on the parados, in order to secure a better fire position against the enemy's bomb throwers. His coolness and daring example had an immediate effect. The defence was encouraged, and the enemy driven off with heavy lossâ€
The 3rd Battalion was decimated at Lone Pine but, after the withdrawal from Gallipoli and reorganization in Egypt the Battalion was redeployed to the Western Front in March 1916 and went into the line at Armentières. Hamilton was promoted corporal on 3 May and fought at the Battle of Pozières in July, the Battle of Mouquet Farm in August and Flers in November. He was promoted sergeant in May 1917 and that year his battalion served at Bullecourt and at the Menin Road and Broodseinde theatres of the Battle of Passchendale. After officer cadet training at Cambridge, England from July 1918 he was commissioned a Second Lieutenant in January 1919 and promoted Lieutenant in April 1919. After demobilisation, he was discharged in September 1919.
Rflmn. John Irvine Hamilton
British Army 9th Battalion Royal Irish Rifles
from:Donaghadee
(d.1st July 1916)
Sgt. John Peterson Hamilton
British Army 8th Btn. Royal Scots Fusiliers
from:Blantyre, Lanarkshire
(d.19th Sep 1918)
John Hamilton died on the 19th of September 1918, aged 23 and is buried in the Doiran Military Cemetery in Greece. Awarded the Italian Bronze Medal, he was the son of James and Jessie Hamilton of 2 Bardykes Rd. Blantyre, Lanarkshire.
Pte. John Renton Hamilton
British Army 8th Battalion Argyll & Sutherland Highlanders
from:Paisley, Renfrewshire
(d.13th May 1917)
John Hamilton was born in Rowan Street, Paisley, on 10th March, 1894, the youngest son of James Hamilton and Mary Renton. He had at least one brother and one sister, both older than him.
He enlisted in the Argyll & Sutherland Highlanders and was training on Salisbury Plain in 1914 when he was given a small New Testament as part of the Pocket Testament League.
He died on 13th May, 1917, in France. In his will he left everything to his sister Marion. Marion had married Thomas Adam in 1905, and died at the age of 79 in 1960. Their brother James died aged 75 in 1957.
Spr. Kenneth George Hamilton
Australian Imperial Forces 1st Australian Tunnelling Coy.
from:124, Gore St., Fitzroy, Victoria, Australia.
(d.26th Apr 1917)
Signaller. R. J. Hamilton
British Army Ayrshire Yeomanry
Pte. R. Hamilton
British Army 24th (Tyneside Irish) Battalion Northumberland Fusiliers
from:Haswell Plough
R Hamilton was wounded in August 1916
Pte. Samual Paterson Hamilton
British Army 13th Btn. Royal Scots
from:21 Dixon Road Crosshill, Glasgow
(d.22nd Aug 1917)
Pte. Samuel Hamilton
British Army 9th Btn. Loyal North Lancashire Rgt.
from:Lancashire
(d.7th July 1916)
Pte. Samuel Hamilton
British Army 9th Btn. Loyal North Lancashire Regiment
from:Lancashire
(d.7th July 1916)
Pte. Samuel Hamilton
British Army 9th Battalion Lancashire Fusiliers
from:Swindon, Lancashire
(d.7th July 1916)
Pte Thomas Hamilton
British Army 19th Btn Northumberland Fusiliers
from:42, Sycamore St., Newcastle-on-Tyne.
(d.28th March 1918)
Hamilton, Thomas, Private, 13224, Killed on 28th March 1918, aged 36 years
Remembered on the Pozieres Memorial panel 16 to 18. Son of the late John and Hannah Hamilton, of 42, Sycamore St., Newcastle-on-Tyne.
From the Northumberland Fusiliers Roll of Honour
Drvr. Thomas G. Hamilton
British Army 72nd Battery, 38th Brigade Royal Field Artillery
(d.3rd Oct 1916)
Thomas G. Hamilton was executed for striking a senior officer 03/10/1916 age 22 and buried in Ribemont Communal cemetery Extension, Ribemont, France.
Pte. William Hamilton
British Army 8th Battalion Seaforth Highlanders
from:Cairn Road, Kirriemuir
(d.25th Sep 1915)
Pte. William Hamilton
British Army 22nd Battalion London Regiment
(d.8th Oct 1916)
William Hamilton served with the 22nd Battalion, London Regiment.
Pte. William Hamilton
British Army 10th Battalion Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers
from:19, Upper Violet Street, Waterside, Londonderry,
(d.22nd April 1917)
Pte. William Robertson Hamilton
British Army Royal Army Medical Corps
from:Carney Hill, Dunfermline, Scotland.
(d.6th December 1942)
Lt. William Norman Hamilton
Royal Flying Corps 19 Squadron
William Hamilton, served with 19 Squadron, Royal Flying Corps.
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