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Pte. Claude Joseph Patrick Nunney VC, DCM, MM.
Canadian Expeditionary Forces 38th Btn. Eastern Ontario Regiment
(d.18th Sep 1918)
Claude Nunney died of wounds on the 18th of September 1918 and is buried in the Aubigny Communal Cemetery Extension in France.
An extract from the London Gazette Supplement (No. 31067, of 13th Dec., 1918) records the following:- "For most conspicuous bravery during the operations against the Drocourt-Queant line on Sept. 1st and 2nd, 1918. On Sept. 1st, when his battalion was in the vicinity of Vis-en-Artois, preparatory to the advance, the enemy laid down a heavy barrage and counter-attacked. Pte. Nunney, who was at this time at company headquarters, immediately on his own initiative proceeded through the barrage to the company outpost lines, going from post to post and encouraging the men by his own fearless example. The enemy were repulsed and a critical situation was saved. During the attack on Sept. 2nd, his dash continually placed him in advance of his companions, and his fearless example undoubtedly helped greatly to carry the company forward to its objectives."
There has been some debate as to Nunney's origins. Whilst Nunney himself stated he was born in Dublin, Ireland, it is claimed he was actually born in Hastings, England as Stephen Sargent Claude Nunney. Also it is claimed that Nunney did not become a Canadian citizen by naturalization process, but by becoming part of a child emigration scheme known as British Home Children.
Dave Lorente, (Homechildren Canada,) wrote the following article on Claude: "It is interesting to speculate how Claude Nunney would answer, were he alive today and asked to give his first names, DOB and birthplace, because for some unknown reason or reasons he knowingly or unwittingly gave false information when he joined up in World War I. Perhaps it was because, like so many other Home Children, he had lost his baptismal record and/or birth certificate. His birth certificate shows he was actually born in Hastings, England - not in Dublin as his military Attestation papers show. Nor was he Irish and his name was not Claude Joseph Patrick Nunney as he stated but Stephen Sargent Claude Nunney' - 'Sargent' being his mother's maiden name. His birth date was also wrong and he came to Canada as Stephen - not Claude. All that said, none of it detracts in any way from the brave things he did during World War I when he became one of 'Canada's Magnificent Seven' and won the former Empire and Commonwealth's highest award for bravery in the ranks."
2nd Lt. Norman Nunns
British Army 1/21st Btn. London Regiment
from:Brockley
Norman Nunns was my grandfather; he was apparently a marksman and used to train men in sharpshooting. He was initially turned down for active service, on account of TB; He was commissioned in March 1917.
I'm not sure whether he served in the Battle of Messines, though it seems likely that he must have done. He was wounded at Passchendaele on 16th August 1917 and was apparently rescued from open ground by his batman. He successfully applied for a War Wound Gratuity and also received the Silver War Badge. He was promoted to Lt on the 28th of September 1918 but did not recover sufficiently to return to active service. He was medically discharged on the 21st of October 1919.
Pte. Fred A. Nurse
British Army 13th (1st North Wales) Btn. Royal Welsh Fusiliers
from:Denbigh
(d.30th May 1916)
Fred Nurse served with the 13th Battalion, Royal Welsh Fusiliers in WW1. He died 30th of May 1916 aged 20 years and is buried Rue-du-Bacquerot No 1 Military Cemetery at Laventie in France.
Pte. John James Nurse
British Army 21st Btn Northumberland Fusiliers
from:16 Glen St. Hebburn
(d.10th Sep 1917)
John James Nurse, Private 27/540 enlisted at Newcastle and served in the 21st (2nd Tyneside Scottish) Northumberland Fusiliers. He died, age 43, on the 10th September 1917 and is buried in at Hargicourt British Cemetery.
He was married to Ellen Nurse nee McGuiness of 16 Glen Street, Hebburn New Town. The 1911 census shows the family living at 26 William Street, Hebburn consisting of: James Nurse, age 62, copper worker, born in Weybourne, Norfolk. Sarah Nurse, age 56, born in Jarrow. John James, age 34, general labourer, born in Jarrow. Hugh age 22, Platers helper in shipyard, born in Jarrow Robert, age 20, carpenters labourer in shipyard, born in Jarrow. Joseph, age 26, born in Hebburn and Peter, age 7, school, born in Hebburn.
Pte. Thomas William Nurse
British Army No.3 Reserve HT Depot Army Service Corps
from:Norfolk
Thomas enlisted as William Nurse on 11th of December 1915 and transferred to Army Reserve the following day. He was mobilised 1st of November 1918. His trade whilst in Army was a blacksmith.
Walter Nussey
British Army 3rd Btn Coldstream Guards
from:Barnsley
Pte. George Nutbrown
Army 5th Btn. Durham Light Infantry
(d.16th Sep 1916)
Pte. Harold Eccleston Arthur Victor Nuttall
British Army 9th Battalion Lancashire Fusiliers
from:Haslingden
(d.30th Sep 1918)
My great uncle Harold Nuttall was born on 30th June 1883 in Haslingden, Lancashire. His parents were James Thomas Kay Nuttall and Isabella Eccleston, he was one of 10 children. He enlisted in Lancashire Fusiliers but have no idea when. The only record I have of him is that he died on 30 September 1918 and is buried Chapel Corner Cemetery, Sauchy-Lestree. Would really like to know where he fought and how he died. Did he take part in the Battle of the Somme ??
Editor's Note: Sauchy-Lestrée was captured by the 56th (London) Division on 27th September 1918 and the cemetery was made and used by fighting units during the following five weeks.
Gnr. Robert Nuttall
British Army 149th Brigade Royal Field Artillery
from:Bury
(d.15th Oct 1916)
V was killed in action on the 15th of October 1916 aged 25. He lies in the Grove Town Cemetery, Meaulte. Son of Mrs Nuttall of 13 Park Street, Bury, Lancashire.
Pte. Tom Nuttall
British Army 20th (Tyneside Scottish) Btn. Northumberland Fusiliers
Tom Nuttall was my maternal grandfather who fought in WW1. He was born on 28 February 1891 in Bury, Lancashire. He joined the Tyneside Scottish and went off to war when he must have been 22 or 23yrs old. This is what I know of his story in the war.
Going over the top whilst fighting he was gassed in both lungs as well as shot in the chest and was left lying for an indeterminable time in no man’s land, assumed to be dead. His body, still breathing, was later found by the Germans and he was pulled behind their lines and taken to what I assume was a German field hospital. Both lungs were badly damaged and a German surgeon removed the one lung which was irreparable, and left one damaged lung remaining. This surgeon cared for my grandfather and was the main cause of bringing Tom back to life. I gather that the surgeon spoke English and that he let slip (intentionally?) clues as to where the field hospital was in relation to the lines.
When my grandfather had recovered enough energy he somehow managed to escape from the hospital and with the clues he had gathered whilst he was a sick and wounded patient he managed to find his way back to the British lines. I don’t know how long that journey took, or how he made it. I believe that despite his wounds he went on to fight again before the war ended.
His one remaining damaged lung meant that he always had trouble breathing for the rest of his life, but he never complained. He died in his 60s. Like so many men he rarely talked of his war experiences, but my mother (his daughter) when she was young used to listen outside the door on occasions when his few surviving friends would visit him at home and they would share tales of their harrowing war experiences together. She was fascinated and later, when she was an adult herself, she asked him questions and got the story.
L/Cpl. Wilson Nuttall
British Army 8th Btn. Kings Own Yorkshire Light Infantry
from:Blackburn
(d.1st Jul 1916)
Wilson Nuttall served with the 8th Btn. Kings Own Yorkshire Light Infantry. At the time of his death, his Battalion were engaged in the Battle of the Somme. He has no known grave but is remembered on the Thiepval Memorial.
Sergeant James Halstead Nutter MM with Bar
British Army Royal Army Medical Corps
from:Scarrs, Briercliffe
An account of James Halstead Nutter's gallant act may be seen in the Burnley News on Saturday, 27th January 1917
Pte. James Nutter
British Army 9th Battalion Cheshire Regiment
from:Colne, Lancashire
My great grandfather, James Nutter, enlisted on 18th November 1914 in his home town of Colne, Lancashire. He initially was posted to the 15th battalion of the King’s Liverpool Regiment then transferred to the 9th Battalion, Cheshire Regiment in November 1915. In December 1915 he was shipped to France.
On 30th July 1916 James was injured in the right thigh by a shell. The wound resulted in the amputation of his right leg. He was sent back home in August 1916 and officially discharged from service in August 1917. He returned home to his wife Ethel May and had at least one more child, my grandfather, Harry Nutter.
Pte. William Nutter
British Army 76th Field Ambulance Royal Army Medical Corps
from:Burnley
(d.29th May 1918)
William Nutter died of wounds on 29th May 1918, aged 22. Buried in the Marfaux British Cemetery in France, he was the son of Mr. Robert & Mrs. Elizabeth Nutter, of 12, Daneshouse Rd., Burnley
William worked in the Tram shed at Burnley prior to enlisting. He was wounded in the hip on 27/05/1918 at a French Casualty Clearing Station by shrapnel and later taken to No.48 Casualty Clearing Station. The following day, according to a returned prisoner who contacted his parents after the war, "We were all taken prisoner and your son died on the 29th and was buried at a place called Montigny."
Pte. William Nutter
British Army 1st/5th Btn. East Lancashire Regiment
(d.4th June 1915)
William Nutter died 4th June 1915 and is commemorated on the Helles Memorial, Gallipoli, Turkey
Pte. William Nutton
British army 13th Battalion East Lancashire Regiment
(d.6th Nov 1918)
Pte. Albert Nuttycombe
British Army 9th Btn. Kings Own Yorkshire Light Infantry
from:Lambeth, london
(d.4th October 1917)
Pte. Michael Nylands
British Army 5th Btn. Border Regiment
from:89 Ford Street, Liverpool.
(d.6th Nov 1918)
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