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232763

Pte. M. Killgallon

British Army 24th (Tyneside Irish) Battalion Northumberland Fusiliers




218393

Pte. Herbert Killian

British Army 9th Btn. East Lancashire Regiment

(d.22nd May 1917)

Herbert Killian served with the 9th Battalion, East Lancashire Regiment during WW1 and died of wounds on the 22nd May 1917. He is buried in the Salonika (Lembet Road) Military Cemetery, Greece.




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Pte. Herbert Killian

British Army 9th Btn. East Lancashire Regiment

(d.22nd May 1917)

Herbert Killian died of wounds on the 22nd of May 1917.




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Pte. Michael Killian

British Army 24th (Tyneside Irish) Battalion Northumberland Fusiliers

from:Durham City

Michael Killan was admitted to Hospital in Rouen in July 1916




226217

Lt. Hastings G. Killingley

British Army 2nd Btn. Royal Dublin Fusiliers

from:Dublin

(d.23rd Oct 1916)

Lt Hastings Killingley served with the 2nd. Batt. Royal Dublin Fusiliers, he was the eldest son of the Rev. D. F. Killingley, B.D., He died on the 23rd of October 1916. Aged 21 years. “Glory to God in the highest and on earth peace.”




223958

Pte. Patrick Killoran

British Army 5th Btn Connaught Rangers

from:Sligo

Pat Killoran fought in the First World War notably in Gallipoli.




226881

Pte. Edward George Kilminster

British Army 6th Btn. Wiltshire Regiment (Duke of Edinburgh's)

from:Cricklade

(d.2nd July 1916)




238493

Act. Sgt. Harry Kilmister

British Army 7th Btn. Gloucestershire Regiment

from:Cheltenham

Harry Kilmister fought at Gallipoli including Chunik Bair, and was evacuated along with his comrades to Egypt in January 1916. After that, he was transferred to the Royal Defence Corps, with 20% disability.




248196

Walmsley Wyville Kilner

British Army 6th Btn. Manchester Regiment




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Pte. John James F. Kilpatrick

British Army 19th Btn. Durham Light Infantry

served with 18th & 7th DLI




255377

Pte. Robert Kilpatrick

British Army 2nd Btn. Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders

from:Kirkintilloch

(d.10th November 1914)

Robert Kilpatrick is remembered on the Ploegsteert Memorial.




258631

Pte. Robert Kilpatrick

British Army 2nd Btn. Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders

(d.10th Nov 1914)

Robert Kilpatrick served with 2nd Btn Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders.




240136

Pte. H. Kilvert

British Army 1st Btn. King's Shropshire Light Infantry

(d.21st March 1918)

Private Kilvert died at 29 Casualty Clearing Station, Grevillers on 21st March 1918. He is buried in Grevillers British Cemetery, Grave XI.E.6.




204620

Pte. William Kimber

British Army 10th Btn. Royal Welsh Fusliers

from:3 Gasworks Row, Bedwas Rd., Caerphilly, South Wales

(d.26th Sept 1917)

My mum never knew her father, William Kimble, as she was 2 years old when he was killed in action but she had some photos, which she looked at every day but never talked much about him, so when she died I decided to find out about this man (my grandad) who gave his life for us.

I cannot find out how and were he died. Mam said he got blown up but how could I find out were it was as we are going to Sanctury wood in a few weeks were he is buried. Mum says he was never found but I have found a grave number but would like to see were he was fighting and lost his life but need to find out were the 10th battalion Royal Welsh Fusiliers were fighting that day. Can anyone help?

Update: William's service records are available online at Ancestry.co.uk He is listed as "wounded & missing" on the 26th Sept 1917. The cemetery in which he now lies was created after the war and many men who were buried in smaller cemeteries or recovered from the battlefield after the war were laid to rest there, it is very likely he was amongst their number.

On the day William was killed, his battalion were taking part in the Battle of Polygon Wood, the 10th RWF advanced over ground near Zonnebeke to the right of the railway and crossed the Steenbeek along with the 2nd Suffolks. After they had crossed the railway line they came under heavy machine gun fire from the railway station and were unable to capture it, though parties from the RWF did manage to enter the centre of Zonnebeke. The the 10th RWF held 150 yards of the road running north-west from the church.




207162

Thomas Kimbley

British Army Army Service Corps

from:Darlaston, Staffordshire

Thomas Kimbley was my great grandfather who unfortunately died before I was born. I know very little about him and have only managed to find his medal card so far. It is rumoured that Thomas lied about his age in order to enlist but I have no idea if this is in fact true or not.




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Francis John "Jack" Kimmer

British Army 1st/4th Btn. Yorkshire Regiment

from:Aston Tirrold, Berkshire

(d.6 Nov 1918)

Francis Jack Kimmer, known as "Jack", was born in Hound Green in Hampshire in 1899. The son of Thomas Kimmer and his wife Louisa. By 1911 the family had moved to Aston Tirrold in Berkshire (now in Oxfordshire) where his father Thomas was the coachman for the Cross family who lived in The Manor, Aston Tirrold. The Kimmer family lived in the Coach House behind the Manor. Jack went to the local school there.

Jack joined up when he turned 18 in 1917. He initially joined up into the Berkshire Regiment (service number 71348). He was later transferred into the 1st/4th Yorkshire Regiment (service number 35576). In May 1918 he was fighting with his Regiment near Aisne is France and was captured by the Germans on 27th May 1918 along with several others. He was taken back to Germany and imprisoned in one of the many POW camps near Kassel, Germany. Here he remained right through 1918. He contracted dysentery in what were described as pretty brutal and barbaric conditions inside these camps. It is not known precisely which camp he was in.

He was moved to a hospital unit near Niederzwehen where he died on 6 November 1918, just 5 days before the end of the war. He is buried in Niederzwehren Cemetery, Kassel. He was 19. His parents later moved to Silchester Hall Lodge, Mortimer Berks. His tomb inscription reads very simply RIP.




247754

Pte. Francis John Kimmer

British Army 4th Battalion Yorkshire Regiment

(d.6th Nov 1918)

Jack Kimmer joined up into The Royal Berkshire Regiment shortly after turning 18 in 1917. His father, Thomas Kimmer, was employed as the coachman on a farm in Aston Tirrold in Berkshire.

He later transferred into the 4th Battalion, Yorkshire Regiment. He was fighting with his battalion on 27th of May 1918 near Aisne in France when he, plus a number of other men were taken prisoner. He was taken back to Germany and imprisoned in one of the POW camps near Kassel. As there were a number of camps there, I do not know which one he was in. Neither do the International Red Cross records confirm which one. He became ill with dysentery and was taken into the military hospital in Kassel where he died on 6th of November 1918, just 5 short days before the end of the war. He is buried in Niederzwehren Cemetry. The Red Cross POW records state his death and that he was a soldier in the infantry and was removed to the military hospital at the command of the Kommandant of the prisoner of war camp. It also records his death on 6th Nov 1918 and the cause of death as Ruhr, which is Dysentery.




239411

Drvr. John Kimmins

British Army 173rd Brigade, A  Bty Royal Field Artillery

(d.21st March 1918)

Driver John Kimmins is commemorated on the Pozieres Memorial, France, Panel 7-10.




241339

Pte. William Dennis Kinchen

British Army 4th Battalion Worcestershire Regiment

from:Wigston

(d.30th May 1917)




221482

Pte. Ernest James Kinchin

British Army 1st Battalion Royal Berkshire Regiment

from:Abingdon

(d.4th June 1916)




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Pte. Arthur Ernest Kind

British Army 14th Battalion Hampshire Regiment

from:Bedhampton, Portsmouth, Hampshire

(d.26th Sep 1917)

Arthur was my great-grandfather's brother, born in Havant, Hampshire in 1896. He was killed in action on the 26th of September 1917 probably in the British advance on six-mile front east of Ypres; Polygon Wood cleared, Zonnebeke stormed; advance towards Passchendaele. He is buried in Tyne Cot Cemetery.




212428

2nd Lt. Robert Kind

British Army 15th Btn Durham Light Infantry

from:Sunderland

Robert Kind enlisted in 1915, presumably in Sunderland where he attended Teacher Training College. He was sent to France in April/May of 1916 and saw action on 1st July opposite Fricourt. He went over the top at 7.30 and was wounded in close quarter fighting within the hour. Having been shot through the lung, his life was saved by his orderly who carried him back across no-man's land. During the process he was wounded again and carried pieces of shrapnel in his body for the rest of his life.




223986

Pte. Percival Kinghorn Kindell

British Army 14th (London Scottish) Btn. London Regiment

My grandfather Percival Kinghorn Kindell served as a private in the 1st London Scottish in World War 1 and was wounded at Le Sars, France on 5th of October 1916. He was repatriated to England and during his recovery in the 2nd Northern General Hospital in Leeds he completed an embroidered picture which appears to be dedicated to the St John's Voluntary Aid Detachment. The inscription on the back of the embroidered picture states that `on the 2nd anniversary of the above hospital, this picture was put up for auction and sold for 8 pounds 15 shillings being sold and re-sold and finally returned to the worker'. The picture has been in my possession for some time now and is a very precious memento of my family’s history.




239078

Pte. Albert King

British Army 16th Battalion Royal Welsh Fusiliers

from:Rhymney, Cardiff, Wales

(d.31st May 1917)

Albert King was born in Rhymney, Wales on 23rd December 1893 to Rees Benjamin King and Elizabeth (Davies) King. Attended Pengam school, St David's College school Lampeter (1911-1912) then St David's College Lampeter (1913-1914).

He enlisted in the Army on the 31st of December 1914 joining the 16th Battalion, Royal Welsh Fusiliers. He was commissioned into Monmouthshire Regiment (TF) in August 1915 as 2nd Lieutenant.

He died in Monchy Le Preux, on patrol by shell in 31st May 1917. He earned the Star medal, Victory medal and the British War medal.




219693

Pte. Alfred John King

British Army 15th Btn Lancashire Fusiliers

from:Portnall Park Lodge, Virginia Water, Surrey

(d.11th Aug 1918)




238055

Pte. Arthur King

British Army 9th Btn. Royal Fusiliers

from:Maidenhead

(d.9th October 1916)




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Pte. Arthur King

British Army 14th Btn. King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry

from:Sileby, Leicestershire

(d.8th October 1917)

Arthur King was my great grandad, so I never knew him. He was killed in an accident at Foxhall Heath near Ipswich. He also served in the Leicestershire Regiment No 22886. He is buried with honours at Sileby cemetery. He left a wife and five children.




216347

Pte. Austin King

British Army 15th Battalion Durham Light Infantry

from:Usworth

(d.17th July 1916)

Austin King of the 15th Battalion Durham Light Infantry was aged 34 when he died on 17th July 1916. He was born in Jarrow in 1882. On the 1911 census, he is recorded as Austin King age 17 Coal Miner Hewer is with his wife Abigail King (nee Hall) at 13 Gladstone Terrace, Usworth. He enlisted in Washington.

Austin is remembered in Bazentin-Le-Petit Military Cemetery on a Special Memorial.




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Cpl. Charles King

British Army 1/22nd Btn. London Regiment

arrived in france 3rd dec 1916 until 3rd june 1918 discharged with silver war badge due to G.S.W BY M.S




242998

Pte. Charles Thomas King

British Army 25th (2nd Tyneside Irish) Btn. Northumberland Fusiliers

from:Newcastle-on-Tyne

(d.24th Apr 1917)

Charles King was born 4th Dec 1894 in Newcastle-on-Tyne, Northumberland. A son of William John King and Isabella (nee Spoor.) Sadly, these parents also lost another son, Michael King, in the Great War. Charles never married.







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