224432 Pte. H J Painter British Army 8th Btn. Somerset Light Infantry (d.29th June 1916)
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223812 CSM. Herbert George Painter British Army 16th Btn. Middlesex Regiment from:Falmouth (d.1st Jul 1916) Herbert Painter was the grandfather I never met. In civilian life was a pattern maker by trade and a volunteer in the Coastal Artillery. He joined the army in the 16th (Duke of Cambridge's Own) Public Schools Battalion, Middlesex Regiment in 1914 and was quickly promoted to Colour Sergeant and later Company Sergeant Major. He died on 1st July 1916 near Beaumont Hamel and his remains were never found. He is commemorated at the Thiepval Memorial. He and left a wife and two children. He was 33 years old.
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257675 Pte Leonard Robert Painter British Army 1st Btn Royal Berkshire Regiment
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214176 Sgt. Shayler Paintin British Army 1st Battalion Royal Scots from:Witney, Oxon (d.12th May 1915) Shayler Paintin was lost during fighting at Sanctuary Wood, Zillebeke, Belgium. He was aged 29, son of Joseph and Isabella Paintin of West End, Witney, Oxon. He is remembered in Ypres at the Menin Gate.
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234107 L/Cpl. Arthur James Painting British Army 8th Btn. Kings Own Yorkshire Light Infantry from:Yardley, Birmingham (d.5th Dec 1916) How Arthur Painting ended up in the KOYLI is a mystery. He enlisted in Birmingham his home town. It is possible he was recruited during the divisions move from Pontefract to Bordon during 1915. It is believed he landed in Boulogne in around Aug 1915 and found himself in the 8th Battalion in the November of that year.
The only information we have to go on is his medal card and the regimental war diary which lists him as died of wounds on 5th of December 1916 (after the end of the Somme). We do not know when or how he was wounded. He is buried at Hop Store Cemetery. No known photograph of Arthur has yet been found. His medals and death plaque have survived and are owned by the family.
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250840 L/Cpl. George Paisley British Army 14th Battalion Royal Irish Rifles from:Ballymacarrett (d.16th August 1917) George Paisley was my great Uncle. No one ever talked about my Uncle George or that he served in WWI. We found an old undated letter, from a Platoon Officer J. Roddy to my Great Grandfather William Paisley dated August 1917 telling him of his son's fate, it had been transcribed from another document and left in a family Bible I recieved from an aunt, it belonged to William Paisley who died on 21st of March, 1927 and who was interred in Donaghadee Churchyard, Donaghadee, County Down, Ireland. (as written on the front page of Bible). The Bible was originally given to Alexander Paisley as per the written inscription. We know of William Paisley as he was the father of my Grandma Edith (Paisley) Reid. Gramma followed my Grampa Sam Reid to Canada in July of 1928 on the S.S. Doric with my father William George Reid in tow. They settled in Fort Erie, Ont. and had three more children.
That's all we have.
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238451 Pte. Richardson Jackson Paisley British Army 9th Battalion Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers from:Fardross, Clogher (d.6th April 1916)
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233050 Pte. S. Paisley British Army 24th (Tyneside Irish) Battalion Northumberland Fusiliers S Paisley was discharged in 1918 due to a knee injury
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243519 Lt. Col. H. A. Pakenham British Army 11th Btn. Royal Irish Rifles
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244844 Pte. William George Pales British Army Royal West Kent Regiment from:Wood Green, London Bill Pales was my father. He was gassed when he served in the trenches during WW1 but luckily survived although he had a severe cough all his life. I have a small brass bell which he gave to my Grandmother when he came back from Ypres. My father would never talk of his experiences.
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247459 Pte. Richard John Palfreman British Army 2nd Battalion Suffolk Regiment from:Kent Richard Palfreman, my uncle, appears to have joined up in 1916 or 17. He was wounded in both legs (probably shell injury) and was invalided out and spent some time in hospital recouperating.
Dick then forever walked aided with walking sticks.
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211123 2nd Lt. Alan Edward Palfrey British Army 4th Battalion Royal Warwickshire from:Nuneaton, Warwickshire (d.10 May 1917)
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238111 Sgt. George Beresford Palfreyman British Army 219th Siege Battery Royal Garrison Artillery from:Gorton, Manchester (d.5th Jan 1918) George Palfreyman, was born 19th September 1894 and was the son of George and Martha Palfreyman of Gorton. He died as a result of gas in January 1918 at the No 6 General Hospital, Rouen. According to the 1911 census he was an auxiliary postman.
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300571 Pte. Thomas Frederick Palin British Army 19th Btn. Durham Light Infantry served with 19th & 18th DLI
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233051 Lcpl. C. Pallan British Army 24th (Tyneside Irish) Battalion Northumberland Fusiliers C Pallen took part in the June 1916 trench raids.
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1471 L/Sjt. Edgar Richard Pallett British Army 71st Field Ambulance Royal Army Medical Corps from:Orchard House, Regent Street, Nuneaton, Warwickshire. (d.7th Jun 1917)
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300657 Pte. George Pallisher British Army 22nd Btn Durham Light Infantry Served with 22nd DLI & att labour Coy ASC & 18th DLI & 7th DLI
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300026 Pte. Roland Pallister British Army 18th Btn. Durham Light Infantry
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300792 L/Cpl. Thomas Russell Pallister British Army 18th Btn. Durham Light Infantry
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263609 Pte. Walter Pallister British Army 2nd/4th Btn. Royal Berkshire Regiment from:15 Percy Street, York (d.29th Apr 1918) Walter Pallister is my great great grandad on my mum's side of the family.
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440 Palmer Army 9th Btn. Durham Light Infantry
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230659 Pte. Alexander Palmer British Army 12th Btn. Highlight Light Infantry from:Glasgow (d.26th Sep 1915) More than fifty years ago, my grandfather gave me Private Alexander Palmer's 1914-15 Star. Ashamedly, I lost the young soldier's service medal some years back, but the mystery of how my grandfather came to have it haunts me to this day. My Grandfather was William Cassidy and he served between 1919 and 1921 as a Rifleman with the Royal Irish Rifles in postwar Mesopotamia. (He received his General Service Medal for this service, in Hamilton, Scotland in 1924.)
By then, however, Alexander Palmer had been dead for almost a decade, killed on the first day of the Battle of Loos, 26th September 1915.
On that day, my grandfather would have been fifteen and a half, far short of the official age for joining the Army.
But family legend has it that William, eldest of thirteen children, lied about his age, enlisted with the 2nd Battalion, Royal Irish Rifles, and had a glorious reputation as a runner in the trenches until a massive explosion left him deaf in one ear.
None of which is likely to have happened during his three years service in Mesopotamia, where there was little trench warfare and limited artillery barrage.
Grandpa did have two Army numbers, however: his regimental number and his post-1920 seven-digit new number. His earlier service records appear to have been destroyed in the 1940 London blitz. Did he and Alexander meet in France? A question I would love to be able to answer.
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257394 Alexander Edward Guy Palmer DSO, MC, PSC.British Army 2nd Btn Yorkshire Regiment (Green Howards) Alexander Palmer served with 2nd Battalion, Yorkshire Regiment.
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233739 Rflmn. Alfred Joseph Palmer British Army 10th Btn. King's Royal Rifle Corps from:Bermondsey, London (d.12th July 1917)
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257627 Pte. Arthur Palmer MM.British Army 9th (Pioneers) Btn. South Staffordshire Regiment Arthur Palmer served in France at the Somme, Ypres, Passchendaele and then in Italy before returning to England
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258992 Sapper Arthur George Palmer British Army 237th Field Coy. Royal Engineers from:Clarendon Road, Reading (d.27th Dec 1916)
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204556 Pte. Charles William Palmer British Army 1st Battalion, Duke of Cambridge's Own Middlesex Regiment from:Gunnersbury (d.24th April 1917) My great grandfather, Charles Palmer, was killed in action at the Battle of Arras on 24th April 1917. I know very little about him and would like to find out as much as possible. All I know is that he enlisted in Chiswick and was resident in Gunnersbury. I have a picture of his gravestone I would really appreciate any help in finding out as much as I can about him from the regimental records, a photo would be great but I know many were destroyed.
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221568 L/Cpl. Charles Stanley Banks Palmer British Army 7th Btn. London Regiment from:London (d.26th Sep 1915) Lance Corporal Stanley Palmer was the son of Edward and the late Lucy Clara Palmer of 11 St. Mary's Road, Highbury, London, and Hyderabad, India. He was the Sub-editor of "Advocate of India." Charles Stanley Banks Palmer was aged 26 when he was killed in action at the Battle of Loos. He is buried in the Noeux-Les-Mines Communal Cemetery in France.
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300903 Charles Vivian Palmer British Army 18th Btn. Durham Light Infantry from:Long Eaton Charles Palmer is remembered on the Memorial Plaque in the Long Eaton Town Hall which was compliled by Members of theLong Eaton Branch of the British Legion
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242678 Capt. Charles Palmer British Army King's Shropshire Light Infantry (d.15th January 1916) Captain Palmer was 30 when he died and is buried In the South-East part of the Tramore (Holy Cross) Catholic Churchyard, Tramore, Co. Waterford, Ireland.
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