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L/Cpl. Richard Osmond
British Army 10th Btn. Welsh Regiment
(d.22nd March 1917)
Richard Osmond of the 10th Welsh Regiment was killed on the 2nd of March 1917. I do not know what happened but the war cemetery at Bard Cottage has a large number of graves with the same date carrying the names of soldiers from the 10th Btn Welch Regiment. All I can find is that there was an action which resulted in the decimation of the 10th and which took a year for them to recover to full fighting strength. The date does not correspond with any major battle, such as any of the Somme battles, Passchendaele etc. Can anyone shed any light on this please?
Pte. Victor Emil Hugo Osterholm
British Army 2nd Btn. Middlesex Regiment
from:London
My Grandad, Victor Osterholm was proud to serve in the Middlesex Regiment and only spent a few months in the trenches due to his age. He was captured in May 1918 at Aisne whilst serving in the 2nd Battalion, Middlesex Regiment and spent the remainder of the war in Friedrichsfeld POW camp. He re-enlisted after WW1 and served the rest of his army career in the 1st Battalion reaching the rank of Pioneer Sergeant. He never spoke of his service but this is what I have found from his army record.
Pte. Victor Emil Hugo Osterholm
British Army 1st Btn. Middlesex Regiment
from:London
Victor Osterholm was my grandad who served with the 1st and 2nd Battalions, Middlesex Regiment in WW1. He was captured on 25th of May 1918. Apparently the rest of his battalion were killed the next day.
Pte. Wilson Ostle
British Army 11th Siege Battery Royal Garrison Artillery
from:Allonby, Cumberland
(d.24th March 1918)
Gunner Wilson Ostle was my maternal grandmother's cousin. One of 4 brothers. He joined up at Whitehaven, Cumberland in 1915. He was wounded in 1917 with a gunshot wound to a forearm. He firstly was admitted to Fort Pitt Military Hospital in Chatham then transferred to a military hospital in Westcliff-on-Sea, Southend. After a complete recovery he spent July 1917 on leave back in Cumberland.
He was wounded in France in March 1918 during the German big push and evacuated to No 53 Casualty Clearing Station where he died of his wounds. He is buried in The British New Cemetery at Roye, France. God bless, RIP
Pte. Sydney William Ostler
British Army 10th Btn. Royal West Kent Regiment
from:Station Rd, Helpston
(d.15th Jun 1917)
Sydney Ostler was the son of William and Mary Ostler, he was my mother-in-laws uncle. He was previously with Northamptonshire Regt, no.22423. He has no known grave and is commemorated on the Menin Gate.
Stamford and Rutland News reported on the 11th of July 1917: "Killed in Action. - The sad news has been received announcing that Private Sidney Ostler, Queen's Royal West Surreys, eldest son of Mr and Mrs W Ostler, Station Road, Helpston, was killed in action on June 15th. He was formerly employed at the Helpston Paper Mills and joined up in October 1915, going to France in May 1916. His Commanding Officer writing to the bereaved parents states: "He was killed in the trenches on Thursday during a heavy bombardment of our positions by the enemy. he was a good soldier and we thought a lot of him. He was buried just behind our trenches. I ask you to accept the sincere sympathy of officers, NCOs and men of this company."
Pte. Alfred Oswald
British Army Manchester Regiment
from:Manchester
Alfred Oswald survived the war and lived until 1972.
Pte. Alfred Oswald
British Army 20th Btn. Manchester Regiment
from:Manchester, Ancoats
Alfred Oswald served with the 20th Battalion, Manchester Regiment.
Pte Frederick Oswald
British Army 19th Btn Northumberland Fusiliers
from:4, Patterson Court, Percy St., Newcastle-on-Tyne.
(d.1st June 1918)
Oswald, Frederick. Private, 19/1033, Aged 20 years, Missing in action on 1st June 1918 in Aveluy Wood. Battalion Service history show service number as 19/1032
Remembered on the Pozieres Memorial panel 16 to 18.
Son of Robert P. and Mary E. Oswald, of 4, Patterson Court, Percy St., Newcastle-on-Tyne.
From the Northumberland Fusiliers Roll of Honour
Pte. Montague Leonard Oswald
British Army 10th Btn. Queens Royal West Surrey Regiment
from:Hornsey, London
(d.14th June 1917)
Capt. A. Oswell MC.
Army 8th Btn. Durham Light Infantry
Cpl. Sydney Woollen Otley
British Army 75th Brigade Royal Field Artillery
from:Sheffield
Sydney Otley enlisted on 4th of August 1915. He was discharged on 26th of August 1918, having been awarded Silver War Badge number 439677.
Pte. J. Otoole
British Army 24th (Tyneside Irish) Battalion Northumberland Fusiliers
from:Seaton Delaval
J OToole was discharged in 1918 due to Gunshot wounds
Pte. J. L. Otoole
British Army 24th (Tyneside Irish) Battalion Northumberland Fusiliers
from:Everton
J OToole is buried in Ford RC Cemetery in Liverpool
Wo1 P. Otoole
British Army 24th (Tyneside Irish) Battalion Northumberland Fusiliers
P OToole was discharged as being over age, he was aged 60 years
Pte. Clarence G. Ottaway
British Army 1st Btn. Royal Scots Fusiliers
(d.2nd June 1918)
Clarence Ottaway died of wounds, aged 21, on 2nd June 1918, while serving with the 1st Btn Royal Scots Fusiliers. He is buried at Etaples Military Cemetery.
Pte. Andrew Oughton
British Army 24th (Tyneside Irish) Battalion Northumberland Fusiliers
from:Durham City
Lance Sjt. R. Oughton
Army 2/7 Btn. Durham Light Infantry
Pte Thomas Maddison Oughton
British Army 7th Btn. Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry Ā
from:Tunstall, Durham
(d.16th August 1918)
Sgt. Ouldcarr
British Army 7th Btn. Bedfordshire Regiment
Bdr. Leonard Jesse Ounsworth
British Army 144th Heavy Battery Royal Garrison Artillery
from:Sculcotes, East Yorks
Leonard Ounsworth served as a signaller with 124th and 144th Heavy Batteries RGA. Listen to his recollections
Pte. Joseph Ousbey
British Army 8th Battalion Welch Regiment
from:682 Ashton New Road, Clayton, Manchester
(d.28th October 1915)
Joseph Ousbey was 17 years old when he disembarked on Sulva Beach on 2nd of October 1915. He died of wounds on 28th of October 1915. I am searching for any related photos please of 8th Welch Regiment or other people or his company section.
Pte. Leonard Ousley
British Army Devon Yeomanry
from:5 Rusell St. Exeter
When I was a small boy, my grandfather, Len Ousley, used to tell me stories of what he did in the Great War. I was very young and not old enough to go to school, but what he told me was so fascinating it has remained clear in my mind to this very day. For instance, I knew exactly what dysentery was, and exactly what it did to you before I was even five years old! My Nan used to tell him off about telling me such things. I loved his stories. He served in Palestine, and in France. What regiment or Battalion he was with I have no idea, but I would love to know more.
He went over the top a number of times. Once when bogged down and hiding in a shell hole full of water, he was close enough to the enemy trenches to hear them talking to each other. He returned under the cover of darkness to the British lines with a friend, but they were very frightened of being shot by their own comrades thinking they might be Germans. They did not know the password, and had to call out their names and rank many times before they let back in.
One night on guard duty he could see a German officer on Horseback in the distance moving about. He called the corporal, who called the sergeant, who called an officer, who then quietly woke up everyone in the trenches to prepare for an attack. They waited many hours until finally dawn came. The German officer on horseback simply turned into a small tree and bush swaying in the wind.
Food and Hygiene were not too good in the trenches. On night duty he would pee into the water he was stood in while keeping an eye on no mans land through a home made periscope. (He made one for me to look out from my bedroom window). One night he found a large unopened tin of Bully Beef in the mud. He said that he was so hungry he opened the tin, and ate the whole lot in one go. It was the most delicious meal he had ever had. Next morning he said he felt refreshed and as strong as an ox.
On the wall in back parlour of my Grandparents small terrace house was a black wooden picture frame with a glass front. Behind on a purple backcloth were pinned his medals. There were around half a dozen in all. Beautiful coloured ribbons. I was too young to know what they were all for, but I would love to know now. Whenever the national anthem was played on the radio he would snap sharply to attention, and make my brother and I do the same. When I was eleven my Granddad died, his medals and a broken flintlock pistol he said he captured from a Turk, lay in the bottom of an old wardrobe in our bedroom for years. I have no idea what happened to those treasures. He suffered from bad asthma all his life. He always said it was because he was gassed too many times while in the trenches.
Can anyone tell me more about Leonard Ousley?
Pte. Lawrence Outhwaite
British Army 18th Btn. Durham Light Infantry
Pte. John A. Outram
British Army 12th Btn. Kings Own Yorkshire Light Infantry
(d.1st July 1916)
John Outram served with 12th Battalion Kings Own Yorkshire Light Infantry, he was killed on the 1st of July 1916 and lies in Euston Road Cemetery, Colincamps.
Pte Thomas William "Buller" Ovenden
Australian Imperial Force. HQ Bugler/ Medic 42nd Btn.
from:Yeronga QLD
When the battlion was disbanded Bill transfered to No 1 AGH where he met his 1st wife Margaret Knight(VAD nurse with British Army). He stayed in England nursing wounded Aust soldiers and was married in London. In 1920 he was sent home and discharged. He and his wife had a daughter Margaret (Peg) and two sons Harry and Robert (Both served in 2nd AIF Harry 9th Div Nth Africa and New Guinea Rob in NG). He was a man of many jobs being unable to settle after the war. He was a sergeant in VDC WW2 and was a tireless worker for Yeronga sub branch RSSAILA being honoured with Life Membership. When his wife died of TB contracted nursing sick soldiers he later remarried to Tamar Hooper and they had a son Geoffrey who has had a long career as a musician (percussionist)He also followed the tradition and joined CMF (Artillery Band).ANZAC Day 2009 Geoff attended Dawn service at VILLERS BRETONNEUX and later laid a cross and poppy at 3rd Div Memorial
Bmbdr. William Charles Ovenden
British Army 93rd Brigade. C Bty. Royal Field Artillery
from:Tunbridge Wells
(d.20th Jan 1918)
William Ovenden was killed in action on the 20th of January 1918 and is buried in the Hermies Hill British Cemetery in France. he was the son of William Ovenden, of 35 Chandos Rd., Tunbridge Wells.
Charles Herbert Over
British Army 2nd Btn. Royal Warwickshire Regiment
(d.20th Oct 1914)
Charles Herbert Over was my motherĆ¢ā‚¬ā„¢s uncle and was born in Brinklow, Warwickshire on 25th July 1890. He enlisted in the 2nd Battalion, Royal Warwickshire Regiment at Coventry on 18th January 1909 aged 18Ć‚Ā½ and was given the army number 1368. Unfortunately his service records, like many others, were destroyed by bombing during WW2 and his story jumps forward to 1911 when he is recorded on the Military Census as serving with the 1st Btn in India. The individual photo was taken in Bombay and I have assumed that the group photo was at their barracks although I cannot trace its whereabouts. The 1st Btn. returned to the UK in January 1913 and I can only, once again, assume that at some point between then and August 1914 that he reverted back to the 2nd Btn.
The 2nd Btn. was part of the 7th Division of the 22nd Brigade which left the UK on 4th of October 1914 on the SS Cymrie, and landed at Zeebrugge, Belgium on 6th of October.
For the next two weeks they were constantly repositioned in an area to the east of Ypres, from which direction the German attack was expected. On 19th October they moved off from Besselare and met the enemy at Dadizeele. This was their first major encounter with the enemy and was to develop into what is known as the First Battle of Ypres. There were very many men killed or wounded in the first two days of fighting. Charles was declared to have died from his wounds on 20th October 1914. He was buried in the Ypres Reservoir South Cemetery (which was the first in Ypres town) but this cemetery and a second one were later exhumed and re-interred at the 3rd cemetery which is there today and is known as Ypres Reservoir Cemetery. His name is recorded on the memorial plaque in Brinklow church along with his younger brother who was in the Royal Engineers and was killed in 1918.
Edward Norman Over
British Army Westminster Dragoons
from:Preston
Daniel Overfield
Army 15th Battalion Durham Light Infantry
from:Lilac Road, Eaglescliffe Junction, Co. Durham
(d.1st July 1916)
Daniel Overfield from Lilac Road, Eaglescliffe Junction, Co. Durham served with the 15th Battalion, Durham Light Infantry. He was killed on the 1st of July 1916 and was buried in Gordon Dump cemetery Ovillers-laboisselle. He was 27 year old.
Pte. Michael "Ginger" Overs
British Army Rifle Brigade
from:Spitalfields, London
My father, Michael Overs, was wounded but went back to the lines. He was born on 16th August 1890. He always told us how garlic prevented a lot of infection amongst his comrades. He went in as a Jack-the-lad and came out a confirmed atheist and philosophical person after having to listen to all the rubbish about "God being on our side".
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