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World War 1 One ww1 wwII greatwar great 1914 1918 first battalion regiment
Pte. Robert Edward Oley
British Army 18th Btn. Durham Light Infantry
Ian Oliphant
British Army 4th Btn. Lancashire Fusiliers
Ian Oliphant served with the 4th Lancashire Fusiliers. His field service book found whilst sorting out various boxes is rubber stamped 1st (Garrison) Battalion, Manchester Regiment.
Lt. K. J. P. Oliphant
British Army Wiltshire Rgt.
Lt Oliphant was a prisoner at Munden. He managed to escape on 22nd October 1916 but was recaptured.
RQMS Lancelot Oliphant
British Army 18th Btn. Durham Light Infantry
Pte. Frank Leslie Olive
British Army 24th Battalion Machine Gun Corps
from:Ealing
(d.11th Nov 1918)
Frank Olive died of his wounds as the guns fell silent on 11th November 1918. Buried in Awoingt British Cemetery.
Rfmn. Albert George Oliver
British Army 20th Btn. London Regiment
from:Deptford, London
My Grandfather Albert Oliver was born in 1896 in Deptford, South London. He served with the 20th London Regiment. My family have limited information on his joining up as we have been informed that his records were destroyed in the blitz in WW2, what we do have is a letter from LRB Regimental Care Committee on 8/6/1918 informing his family that he is a POW in Germany, also with this letter is a list of items that can be sent, normal items, boots, socks, personal care, etc but interestingly money by money orders, sheet music, chess,and draughts, educational books only. each POW was sent six food parcels every four weeks costing Ć‚Ā£3/1/06 and the families asked what amount they were able to contribute, all interesting reading. We don't know were he was held but we know he made numerous attempts to escape finally ending in him being shot and wounded, ending in any further chances of escape
Lastly I have two photos, one is a named group by Joyce of Warminster of the 20th London Regt mentioning CSM A.E Dawes awarded DSM in London Gazette 26th July 1927, the other is a rare picture showing my Grandfather with two other soldiers from different regiments taken at the POW camp. He returned and married Harriett Harris at Greenwich in 1920 had five children and passed away in 1974 aged 78.
Pte. Albert Thomas Oliver
British Army 16th Btn. Welsh Regiment
from:7, Pwllgwain Rd, Pontypridd
(d.7th July 1916)
Albert Oliver was in the Colliery Band at Ty Mawr Colliery, Hopkinstown, Nr Pontypridd. He enlisted and as a musician, he became a stretcher bearer. He is buried at Flatiron Copse Cemetery, Mametz. France. He died three days prior to his brother Ernest being killed, doing the same job just a few miles away.
Rflmn. Albert George Oliver
British Army London Regiment
from:Deptford, South London
Rfmn. Albert George Oliver
British Army 20th (Blackheath and Woolwich) Battalion London Regiment
from:Deptford, London
Albert Oliver was taken PoW on 28th of March 1918 at Oppy Wood. He was sent to Parchim POW camp. I am told by family that he made a couple of attempts to escape but was shot and wounded in the leg and so spent the rest of the war as a prisoner. He passed peacefully away in 1974 aged 79.
Rflmn Edward Oliver
British Army 7th Btn. West Yorkshire Regiment
from:Upper Wortley, Leeds
(d.2nd July 1916)
Rfn Edward C Oliver
British Army 1/7th Leeds Rifles Prince of Wales Own West Yorkshire Regimet
from:Leeds
(d.2nd Jul 1916)
Edward Oliver was my grandfather whom I never got the chance to meet. Also the father of my dad who also never got to know him.
But we know more after the research that I have done over the years and also visiting Thiepval Memorial.
I would like to be able to put his name forward for recognition on the list.
Sadly I have no photos of him.
Thank you.
Pte. Ernest Oliver
British Army 16th Btn. Welsh Regiment
from:7, Pwllgwain Rd, Pontypridd
(d.10 July 1916)
Ernest Oliver was in the Colliery Band of the Ty Mawr Colliery, Hopkinstown, Nr Pontypridd. He enlisted and apparently as a musician, he became a stretcher bearer. He is buried at Dantzig Alley British Cemetery, Mametz. France.
His brother Albert died just a few miles away, doing the same job, for the same reasons I understand, three days earlier.
Rfm. Francis Henry Oliver
British Army 1/17th Btn. London Regiment
from:London
Frank Oliver was my Grandfather, he was a lewis gunner with the 17th Londons during the Great War. When my Father was a small child he asked him how many Germans he shot, to which Frank replied "I don't know. I couldn't see any. They were too far away. We were just ordered to shoot".
My sister recalls he often complained of an aching leg due to a shrapnel wound. He would then tell her how he was wounded. He was in the trenches in France and said that his best friend saved his life. Apparently his friend was standing in front of him when a bomb fell. His friend took the full force of the bomb and was blown to pieces, while he was just left with shrapnel in his leg.
DeckH. Frank Norman Oliver
Royal Naval Reserve HMT John Abbot
from:Dorking, Surrey
(d.16th Sept 1918)
Deck Hand Frank Oliver was the Son of Henry George and Harriet Oliver, of Dorking, Surrey. He was 18 when he died and is buried in the Palermo British Cemetery in Italy.
Gnr. Harry Oliver
British Army B Battery, 122nd Brigade Royal Field Artillery
from:Goldthorpe, Yorkshire
(d.23rd Oct 1918)
My grandmother talked fondly of her brother Harry Oliver. He died on the 23 Oct 1918, just a mere 19 days before the cessation of hostilities on the Western Front of World War I. He was 24 years old. It is likely that he died in the final advance in Picardy (Battle of the Selle) with the 38th (Welsh) Division, and he is buried in the Montay-Neuvilly Road Cemetery, Montay, France. There are 470 Commonwealth burials and commemorations of the First World War in this cemetery. All fell in the period October or November 1918.
Cpl. Henry Cecil Oliver
British Army 18th Btn. Durham Light Infantry
Cpl. James Oliver
British Army 18th Btn. Durham Light Infantry
John Thomas Oliver
British Army 14th Btn Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry
My grandfather, John Thomas Oliver, was in the 14th DCLI and he must have experienced the introduction of the "Tank". I have a book which was left to me titled "The History Of The Duke Of Cornwall's Light Infantry 1914/ 1919" by Everard Wyrall. In this book my grandfather has highlighted the action he was involved in and makes for an interesting read and seems live even to this day. I have campaign maps and drawings associated with this book.
Although grandad was gassed and sent back to UK he got posted back to do some more "Damage"! He lived a long life after the Great War and it was a pleasure to know him even though I was young at the time. He was a great man and my Hero!!
Pte. Mathias Oliver
British Army 6th Btn. Royal Welsh Fusiliers
from:Manchester
My great grandad, Mathias Oliver served with the Welsh Fusiliers during WW1. He was a miner before the war and joined up at the age of 25 we think. He was a private in the Fusiliers and ended up going to fight the Turks in Palastine. He was gased and captured by the Turks and we think he spent 2 yrs in a POW camp.
He was released after the war but died 1 or 2 yrs later from gas poising leaving 3 children and a wife. On his death bed he asked his best mate to look after his family.That he did as a lot of folk did in those days. He has a plaque in Manchester (screen wall 1839) Philips Park Cemetery.
I would love to find out more about him and the battles the brave men fought on the campaign. I'm sure there's more to his story but it's quite hard to find out being it was so long ago. If anyone has any info on his Regiment and photos I would love to hear more, thanks.
Sgt. Patrick Oliver
British Army East Surrey Regiment
Paddy Oliver was a prisoner in Reiskatte POW Camp.
Pte. Robert Oliver
British Army 2nd Btn. Northumberland Fusiliers
(d.8th May 1915)
Robert F. Oliver
Royal Navy HMS Botha
Robert Oliver served in the Royal Navy in WW1 and the army in WW2. I am looking to find evidence to back newspaper up.
2nd Lt. Thomas Oliver
British Army 9th Battalion, B Company Northumberland Fusiliers
from:South Shields
Thomas Oliver joined as a private in the Medical Corp on the 25th September 1914 (aged 20). He was at Tidworth 29th September 1914, at Torquay on 1st of December 1915, Buford on 2nd of June 1916, Warminster on 21st of June 1916. He then went to France with the BEF and No 51 Field Ambulance RAMC and was later discharged on appointment to a commission.
Thomas was commissioned on 26th of September 1916 and appointed a temporary commission as 2nd Lieut posted to the 3rd (Training) Battalion, Northumberland Fusiliers. He was posted to the BEF in France on 26th October 1916 and joined B Company, 9th Battalion, Northumberland Fusiliers. He was wounded in the trenches to the east of Orange Hill, near Arras on 18th April 1917, being buried under German shell fire six times within an hour, with slight gas and shell shock. He was removed and evacuated to hospital in the UK. He was not discharged for over 12 months until 26th April 1918.
Thomas was reapointed on the 6th of May 1940 to serve as an officer with the RAOC until 15 March 1954 by which time he was aged 60. He passed away in Chester Le Street, County Durham in 1959.
2nd Lt. Walter Stanley Victor Oliver
British Army 18th Battalion Lancashire Fusiliers
from:London
Walter Stanley Victor Oliver left Cambridge University and was assigned to Inns of Court Training Corps in Dec 1914. He joined the 18th Battalion, 2nd S E L, 104th Brigade of the 35th Division of the Lancashire Fusiliers on 16th April 1915. He was gazzeted 28th April 1915 as 2nd Lt.
After a gas attack on the Somme, he was given sick leave and rejoined 20th Battalion, Lancashire Fusiliers on 21st December 1916. He fought in Bernafay and Trones Woods on 1st July 1916.
He was transferred to the RFC No 13 Squadron in January 20 Jan 1917 and flew over Arras on artillery observation. He was then transferred to Egypt No 193 Squadron and appointed full Lt. Then he joined 193 training Squadron before going on to 194 Squadron and then on to 23 Reserve Squadron.Then he joined 144 Squadron and ended up in 113 Squadron. He was shot down over the Turkish lines on 16th September 1918. His Observer Lt Topping was killed and he crawled back to the British lines ending up in Cairo Hospital.
L/Cpl. Wilfred Oliver
British Army 2/4th Btn. Royal Berkshire Regiment
from:Mexborough, South Yorkshire
Wilfred Oliver was born in 1899 and enlisted on 9th September 1916. He transferred to the Reserve on 6th March 1919. He was a Lewis Gunner and served in both Belgium and France. Wilfred was awarded one blue chevron and one wound stripe. His brother George William Oliver, born 1893, was killed on 1st July 1916 in the Battle of the Somme, after which Wilfred wore a black button on his uniform.
L/Cpl. Wilfred Oliver
British Army 2/4th Btn. Berkshire Regiment
from:Foundry Lane, Mexborough
My father, Wilfred Oliver, enlisted on 9th September 1916 after his brother, George William Oliver (24322) 8th Btn. York and Lancs was reported missing presumed killed on 1st July 1916. George is remembered on the Thiepval Memorial and local Mexborough memorials.
Wilfred was demobbed from the 2/4th Berkshires in 1919, then after a few weeks was admitted to hospital suffering from being unable to sleep or even wanting to eat. He had been wounded and buried during one battle in the war, he was dug out by his comrades. He had one wound stripe. He had a spell of convalescence in some huts on the east coast, south of Whitby. I am his fifth child, and if we asked about how we won the war he always told us a joke e.g. we had a peeing contest to see who could pee furthest, we reached the German trenches, they said we can't stand this and ran. Later, when he was retired, he did relate some stories which tallied with things written in the 2/4th diaries which I have read recently.
My father and mother were good parents to the six of us and we all loved them dearly.
Pte. William Oliver
British Army 11th Btn. Cheshire Regiment
from:Brandis Corner, Devon
(d.16th June 1917)
William Oliver died on the 16th of June 1917, aged 28. Buried in the Bailleul Communal Cemetery Extension in France, he was the son of Samuel and Elizabeth Oliver, of Thornbury, husband of Elsie May Oliver, of Forda, Thornbury, Brandis Corner, Devon.
William Percy Oliver
British Army 8th Btn. Devonshire Regiment
from:Durham City
My grandfather, William Oliver, was in the 8th Devonshire Regiment during the First World War. He arrived in France on 27th of July 1915. He survived the war and was demobbed on 21st January 1919.
William Edmund Oliveria
Royal Air Force
from:South Africa
Burgher J. W.L. Olivier
South African Forces Mounted Commandos
(d.12th February 1914)
Burgher Olivier is buried in the Bolivia Farm Burial Ground, Reitz, Free State, South Africa.
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