|
|
This website uses cookies. By continuing to use this site you agree to accept cookies.
If you enjoy this site please consider making a donation.
Site Home
Help & FAQs
Features
Submissions
Information
Advertisements
World War 1 One ww1 wwII greatwar great 1914 1918 first battalion regiment
Pay Sjt. Herbert "Squirt" Martindale
British Army 1st Btn. Manchester Regiment
from:Longsight, Manchester
My Father's brother, Uncle Bert served in India. A few postcards have recently been found stuck in an old album and I have been able to detach them from their glued positions to reveal messages from Khandahar barracks in Fyzabad India. They were sent to my Father and his family and are dated between Dec 1917 and April 1918.
He speaks of the intense heat in March - 107 degrees and the Smallpox and Bubonic plagues and says the people are "dirty" and their straw houses had to be burned to the ground, so they were given tents to live in. He also says not to worry about him because he is in the "Land of Plenty" and he refers to parcels he has sent over requesting to know whether they have arrived so that he can have receipts. I was told that he sent ivory and brass ornaments and a cigar and he mentions a tin of tea and sugar. He says he expects the unit to be moved, the move abroad was cancelled but there is to be a move within India. I don't think that came about as in the April 1918 postcard he thinks "--this is the last few months of the war." His brother, my Father, didn't have a good war, he was badly wounded in Ypres while all this was going on.
Uncle Bert was in Hong Kong in the Military Police force at some time and was partially blinded due to an accident. He later married and two of his children are living. Having just telephoned one of them he tells me his Father first was at Hydrabad, and he referred to Fysabad as "flies are bad"!! The posting to Hong Kong was around 1920.
Lt. John Bell Martindale
British Army 2nd Btn. North Lancashire Fusiliers
from:Wilmslow
(d.1st Aug 1918)
John Martindale was born in 1887, the son of John Johnstone Martindale and Jessie Martindale, of "Lansdowne," Hawthorn Lane, Wilmslow. He died of his wounds on 1st August 1918 and is buried at Senlis French Cemetery at Oise.
L/Cpl. Dominic Martino
British Army Yorkshire Regiment
Dominic Martino was my Grandfather. He served with the Yorkshire Regiment 11 April 1915 to 2 September 1918.
He was crippled in the right arm and right leg by German machine gun fire which left bullet hole and notches in his ear as the machine gunner traversed his body with fire. He was listed as KIA and his wife Maria received a telegram to that effect. After discharge from a hospital he was declared unfit for future military service and received an honourable discharge.
He arrived home unexpectedly to everyone's surprise one day. His name is spelled both Martin and Martino on his records and medals. His regimental number (23282) is the only fixed factor.
Worse was to come for my beloved Grandmother when their only son, Kenneth Albert Martino joined the Royal Navy and he was a radio operator on North Atlantic convoy in WWII being on HMS Hardy torpedoed off Murmansk, he was saved when the appointed destroyer made the single sweep by to pick up survivors and one of his shipmates hanging off the pickup net grabbed him by the hair and pulled him inboard. Dad was hospitalised in Russia and yet again my Grandmother received a telegram to the effect that her only son (five daughters) had been KIA. He too was to arrive home unexpectedly to a grieving family.
Posted to the Pacific Theatre of war for a brief period he met and married my mother, an Australian. They had only one child, me! I was lucky enough to be drawn out of the ballot when conscription was introduced during the Vietnam war. I returned from Vietnam in receipt of a Totally & Permantly Disabled Soldiers pension.
It could be said that the three Martino's had a charmed life in defence of this democracy which the average citizen takes foolishly for granted. I do not wish to see my sons, grandsons or my great grandson devoting any of their time at war, although the way the world is going with the terrorist menace I don't feel too confident about that if we are to maintain a democratic way of life.
I am currently in the process of making a plaque with wartime photographs, medals and hat badges of the three generations of Martino's who have served, offering their all to a blasé population who take the sacrifices of Veterans for granted.
Pte S Alfred Martins
British Army 7th Battalion Norfolk Regiment
from:The Green, Aldborough, Norfolk
(d.12th August 1916)
Pte. William Frederick Martyn
British Army 5th Battalion Royal Berkshire Regiment
from:St Austell, Cornwall
(d.25th August 1918)
Pte. George Wardlaw Marwick
British Army 13th Btn. Royal Scots
from:Edinburgh, Scotland
(d.9th April 1917)
Cadet Frederick Chalres Marwood
Royal Flying Corps No.2 Cadet Wing
from:Regina, Sask. Canada
My Grandfather Frederick Charles Marwood, was born in 1888 near Birmingham. He was in the Territorial Force (Warwick) for 1 yr. 315 days, & was discharged in 1908, when he was going to Canada. He became a Royal North West Mounted Police, then later was a Constable with Regina Police Force, Regina, Sask. Canada. He joined up with the Canadian Air Force, originally with the 38th Overseas Battery. On Oct. 6th he was awarded a medal for bravery at the Somme with helping a fellow officer in heavy Fire. He was discharged from the Canadian Air force on the 11/8/1918 since he was appointed Flight Cadet with the R.F.C. He was with No. 2 R.F.C Cadet wing, No. 2 Squadron Reg. No. 301609. Date of joining Wing was 23rd Jan 18. Around 1919 he was 2nd Lieut. I knew he flew a Camel airplane. I am lucky that I have most of his documents from his life in the Air Force etc.
Pte. Harold Marwood
Yorkshire Regiment 6th Btn.
(d.9th Oct 1917)
Pte. Herbert Mash
Canadian Expeditionary Force 195th (City of Regina) Btn.
from:Regina, Saskatchewan
Herbert Mash was born in England in 1889 and emigrated to Canada in 1912. His Canadian Overseas Expeditionary Force attestation paper is dated 29th March 1916. He sailed for England sometime in November 1916. On 11 November 1916 the 195th was absorbed into the 32nd Reserve Battalion. Reserve battalions provided replacements for those men who had been injured or killed in action, so Herbert could have ended up fighting anywhere in France or Flanders. According to one site I looked at, it is possible that he fought at or near Vimy Ridge, but I have not been able to confirm this. Herbert survived the war and died in 1962 in Vancouver.
Pte. John Thomas Mashiter
British Army 15th (Salford Pals) Btn. Lancashire Fusiliers
from:104 North Road, Carnforth
Tom Mashiter served with the 1st Salford Pals, he died in 1963.
Sister. Maskell
Queen Alexandras Nursing Service No. 16 Stationary Hospital
Cpl. Frank Maskell
British Army 5th Btn. South Staffordshire Regiment
(d.11th Aug 1918)
After my mother-in-law died we found a letter which she had kept from when she was 8 years old from a soldier. It is dated November 16th 1916 and was written from no.14 General Hospital, Victoria Hotel, Boulogne France, with the title of 564 Cpl F Maskell (or Marshall), 5 South Staffs and he signed his name as Frank. The letter reads as follows:
My dear Miss Gladys,
Just a few lines thanking you very much for your egg which I had for my tea and it was quite good too. Well I hope you wont be offended at such strange a letter, but I know it is so nice to hear where the eggs get to at times. Well I sincerely hope you are keeping all right and still sending eggs out to France as it is quite a nice change down here from up in the trenches. I am a little better myself today and I hope you certainly won't mind me answering the egg I received to day in such a common way. I must close now or I shall miss the post.
Your sincere friend, Frank.
I would love to know if he survived and what his name was. I would like to find out if he had any relations who might like this letter.
Editor's note: The soldier was Frank C. Maskell of the 1/5th South Staffordshire Regiment. He recovered from his stint in hospital and and returned to the front line, he was promoted to Acting Sgt. but lost his life on the 11th of August 1918 and was laid to rest in Fouquieres Churchyard Extension Cemetery in France. Many of the men who are buried here were injured on the battlefield and succumbed to their injuries whilst being treated at the Field Ambulances which were based in the village of Fouquieres, which is near Bethune in Northern France.
Cpl. George Ernest Hampshire Maskell
British Army 253rd Siege Battery Royal Garrison Artillery
from:near Boston, Lincolnshire.
Cpl. Francis Maskery
British Army 9th Btn. Sherwood Foresters
from:Old Whittington, Chesterfield
(d.Aug 1915 )
Francis Maskery had served in the Navy during the Boar War. He was married in 1905 to Hilda Buck and the couple had three daughters. During WW1 Francis served in the 9th Battalion of the Sherwood Foresters. He was killed in August 1915 in Gallipoli. He left a widow with 3 young daughters.
I am his great grand daughter and in 2015 I am going to Gallipoli to see his name on the memorial there - 100 yrs after his death.
Pte. Albert Vincent Maskrey
British Army 15th Bn Royal Warwickshire Regiment
from:Birmingham
(d.24th Sep 1916)
In Memory of A V Maskrey, Private, 1450, 15th Bn., Royal Warwickshire Regiment who died on 24 September 1916 (Served as Jones). Remembered with Honour Corbie Communal Cemetery Extension.
Albert Maskrey was my Gt Grand dad. He was 22 yrs old when he died. My Nan was only 2 yrs when he died so never really knew him. She was always told he pulled the pin out of a hand grenade and it blew up straight away. He didn't pass then, he died whilst being treated. I wish I could find out more about him, and find out if he lived a day? hours? a week? It would be nice to know.
Cpl. Francis Maskrey
British Army 9th Btn. Sherwood Foresters
from:New Whittington, Chesterfield
(d.9th Aug 1915)
Francis Maskrey was born on 7th December 1883, in Whittington, Derbyshire, the son of William and Mary (Swift) Maskrey. He was one of 14 children. During the Boer War he served in the Navy. After his release he married Hilda Buck. They were married on 4th December 1905 in Chesterfield. The couple had three girls.
On 6th August 1914, Francis joined the newly formed 9th Battalion of the Sherwood Foresters. He was sent to Belton Park near Grantham to train. On 4th April 1915 the battalion left Liverpool for Gallipoli. Francis and his brother Robert made this journey. They arrived on the 6th/7th August 1915 and two days later Francis was killed. His body was never recovered or identified. He left a 18-year-old widow with three young daughters.
Rflmn. John Henry Maskrey
British Army 10th Battalion Kings Royal Rifle Corps
(d.1st July 1916)
John Maskrey joined the 10th Battalion, Kings Royal Rifle Corps on 4th of September 1914. By 9th of September, he was posted for training at the KRRC Winchester Barracks. On 18th Of September, he was discharged as medically unfit under the Kings Regulations. Not satisfied with the outcome, a year later, in 1915, John tried once again to join the British Army, this time enlisting with the 1/7th Battalion, Sherwood Foresters (Notts and Derbys) Regiment.
Within months, he was posted to France and the village of Gommecourt at the Northern most point on the Somme. On 1st of July 1916 he was posted as missing believed killed. His body was never found and he has no known grave.
On 26th of June 1917, his photograph appeared in the Nottingham Evening Post newspaper as one of four Sherwood Foresters presumed dead. His widow, Florence (Wildman) Maskrey married again to William Radford. John Henry is remembered on the Thiepval memorial and in the Regiment Role of Honour.
Pte. T. Maslen
British Army 2nd Btn. Wiltshire Regiment
(d.9th April 1917)
Cpl. A J Mason MM.
British Army 1/15th Btn. London Regiment
I have Cpl Mason's medals but know very little about him except that he was awarded the Military Medal for bravery in France.
Pte. Albert George Mason
British Army 2nd Garrison Btn. Essex Regiment
from:United Kingdom
(d.10th July 1919)
Private Mason is buried in the Kamptee Roman Catholic Cemetery in India, Grave 34.
Cpl Alfred Mason
British Army 1st Btn. Rifle Brigade
from:Cambridge
(d.1st July 1916)
Alfred Mason was my Great Uncle. I found out about him when I was researching my family tree and found out that my Grandfather Frederick Mason (his brother) survived the war serving in the Royal Field Artillery
Cpl. Alfred Mason
British Army 1st Btn. Rifle Brigade
from:Cherry Hinton, Cambridge
(d.1st July 1916)
My Great Uncle Alfred Mason joined the Rifle Brigade on 15th October 1914 before conscription became compulsory. He died on 1st July 1916 and has no known grave, his name appears on the Thievpal Memorial for the Missing.
Cpl. Alfred Mason
British Army 1st Battalion Rifle Brigade
from:Cherry Hinton, Cambridge
(d.1st July 1916)
777 Corporal Alfred Mason was my Great Uncle he enlisted in 1914. He was the son of Charles William and Catherine Mason. He was 29 years old when he was killed in action , he has no known grave but his name is on the Thievpal Memorial to the Missing.
Cpl. Alfred Mason
British Army 1st Btn. Rifle Brigade
from:Cherry Hinton, Cambridge
(d.1st July 1916)
Pte. Alfred Mason
British Army 13th Btn. Royal Scots
from:Ferryden
(d.11th May 1916)
Private 16986 Alfred Mason died on the 11th May 1916 and commemorated at Dud Cemetery Loos France.
Cpl Arthur George Mason
British Army 1st/5th Btn Royal Warwickshire Regiment
from:Lozells, Birmingham, Warwickshire
(d.18th Aug 1916)
This is my great uncle Arthur Mason and I would just like to know that he will not be forgotten.
Gnr. Bert Mason
British Army 151st Heavy Bty. Royal Garrison Artillery
from:92 Graving Dock Street, Barry Dock
(d.2nd October 1917)
A/Sgt. Charles Henry Mason
British Army 11th Btn. Royal Sussex Regiment
from:Isenhurst House, Cross-in-Hand
Charles Mason joined up in August 1915 and went to France in March 1916. He survived the Battle of The Boars Head on 30th June 1916, but was injured twice in the Somme Battles of 1916. At the second injury, he was sent home. He then returned to service and was sent on secondment to the King's African Rifles, arriving in Africa in November 1917 and returning home again in April 1919.
I have his dog tags and medals. He was my great-grandfather and I had the privilege of knowing him for a short while.
Cpl Conrad Mason
British Army B Battery, 83rd Brigade Royal Field Artillery
from:Colchester
(d.1st Oct 1917)
Able Sea. E. V. Mason
Royal Navy H.M.S. Q36
(d.30th March 1917)
Able Sea. E. V. Mason served on H.M.S. Q36.
Page 22 of 102
Can you help us to add to our records?
The names and stories on this website have been submitted by their relatives and friends. If your relations are not listed please add their names so that others can read about them
Did your relative live through the Great War? Do you have any photos, newspaper clippings, postcards or letters from that period? Have you researched the names on your local or war memorial?
If so please let us know.
Do you know the location of a Great War "Roll of Honour?"We are very keen to track down these often forgotten documents and obtain photographs and transcriptions of the names recorded so that they will be available for all to remember.
Help us to build a database of information on those who served both at home and abroad so that future generations may learn of their sacrifice.
Celebrate your own Family History
Celebrate by honouring members of your family who served in the Great War both in the forces and at home. We love to hear about the soldiers, but also remember the many who served in support roles, nurses, doctors, land army, muntions workers etc.
Please use our Family History resources to find out more about your relatives. Then please send in a short article, with a photo if possible, so that they can be remembered on these pages.
The free section of The Wartime Memories Project is run by volunteers.
This website is paid for out of our own pockets, library subscriptions and from donations made by visitors. The popularity of the site means that it is far exceeding available resources and we currently have a huge backlog of submissions.
If you are enjoying the site, please consider making a donation, however small to help with the costs of keeping the site running.
Hosted by:
The Wartime Memories Project Website
is archived for preservation by the British Library
Copyright MCMXCIX - MMXXIV
- All Rights Reserved -We do not permit the use of any content from this website for the training of LLMs or for use in Generative AI, it also may not be scraped for the purpose of creating other websites.
