|
|
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
Pte. Harold Victor Rowbotham
British Army 6th Battalion Lincolnshire Regiment
from:Clee, Grimsby
(d.1st May 1917)
Harold was afisherman working out of Grimsby. On the 5th of June 1916, at the age of 20, he married Florence Adelaide Barwick at St Andrews Church. Two weeks later he joined the Lincolnshire Regiment.
Harold died of his wounds on 1st of May 1917, leaving his young wife a widow after 11 months. His daughter Iris Nellie Rowbotham was born on the 22 June 1917, but she died a few weeks later. Harold’s body lies at Grevillers Cemetery near Bapaume.
Lt. Jack Catchpole Rowbotham
British Army 9th Btn. Suffolk Regiment
from:Felixstowe
Pte James William Rowbottom
British Army Cheshire Regiment
Pte. Tom Prescott Rowbottom
British Army 22nd Btn. Manchester Regiment
from:Manchester
(d.4th October 1917)
Sgt. Albert Edward Rowe
British Army 28th Brigade, 122nd Howitzer Battery Royal Field Artillery
from:Barrack Street, Dundalk, Ireland
Bertie Rowe was born in Ramsgate in Kent. He served with the Royal Field Artillery in the British Army. While stationed in Tipperary. he married a local woman Mary Ladrigan. They moved to live first at the Curragh Camp, Kildare and later to the British Army Barracks in Dundalk where the lived with his family in Barton Cottages, Barrack Street, Dundalk.
Now a Battery Sergant with the 122nd Howitzer Battery of the Royal Field Artillery, he left with his Battery to join the British Expeditionary Force on 14 August 1914 at the outbreak of the Great War. They embarked from the docks in Belfast. He saw action at Le Cateaux in August 1914 and was awarded a Mons Medal for his service.
His daughter recollected that he was a 'spotter' for the battery. He fought at Ypres and Paschendale and possible the Somme. He was injured by shrapnel twice in April 1917 possible during the Battle of Arras and was cared for by the Canadian Field Hospital medics. He returned to recuperate in Wharnfield Hospitall, Sheffield and later in Dublin Castle in 1917.
He also contracted Trench Nephritis from lying about in wet ground. Due to his failing health he was retired from the Army and took up work on the Great Northern Railway in Dundalk as part of the Breakdown Gang. He died in his 40s from TB in 1925. His wife was was denied a Widow's pension. His wife Mary died of a heart attack in her 40's leaving 4 children. Relatives in Ramsgate and Tipperary were unable to take in the children. As a result the four Rowe children were dispersed between domestic service, the Merchant Navy, The Royal Drummond Orphanage in Bray and St. Brigid's Asylum in Ardee, County Louth. He was known as Whistler Rowe and was a keen gardener.
Pte. Charles Philip Rowe
British Army 2nd Btn. Devonshire Regiment
from:Bristol
(d.29th Mar 1918)
Charles Rowe was my great-uncle, and I am trying to find more about him and how he died.
Pte. Emlyn James Rowe
British Army 9th Btn. Royal Welsh Fusiliers
from:Newton Nottage, Porthcawl, Glamorgan
(d.14th June 1918)
Emlyn Rowe is ommemorated on the Soissons War Memorial. Presumed dead, he was the son of Albert and Catherine Ann Rowe of Glenfield Cottage, Newton, Porthcawl, Glamorgan.
Bdr. Frederick William Rowe
Australian Imperial Force 2nd Field Artillery Brigade
Frederick William Rowe was born at Balaclava in Victoria on 24 July 1889. The 25-year-old salesman enlisted with the Australian Imperial Force on 15 August 1914. Assigned the rank of gunner with the 2nd Field Artillery Brigade, Rowe departed Sydney aboard HMAT Shropshire on 20 October 1914.
Rowe served in Gallipoli for nearly the entire campaign, and wrote home regularly with descriptive and informative accounts of the fighting. One particularly detailed letter described the landing on 25 April and commented that "the six-bob-a-day tourists have made a name for Australia that will live forever."
In May 1915 Rowe received a gunshot wound to the left thigh. He was evacuated again in November with gallstones and returned to Australia in January 1916 before being discharged two months later from ill-health. Rowe re-enlisted in 1919 for special service and was sent to England to assist with demobilisation efforts. He returned to Australia in November that year. Frederick Rowe died on 21 June 1947.
Pte. Frederick Rowe
British Army 7th Btn. Lancashire Fusiliers
from:Manchester
(d.23rd Aug 1918)
L/Cpl. Harry Rowe
British Army 7th Btn. South Lancashire Regiment
from:Runcorn
(d.9th Jul 1916)
Hedley Morton Rowe
Royal Navy HMS Arrogant
from:Oxford
L/Cpl. Horace Bartlett Rowe
British Army 13th Kensington London Regiment
from:Fulham, London
(d.21st May 1917)
Horrie Rowe was wounded at the Battle of Arras in April 1917 (the First Battle of the Scarpe), dying of wounds on 21st of May 1917 he is buried at Duisans British Cemetery, Etrun, Pas de Calais.
Cpl. John Ormond Rowe
British Army 9th Battalion Royal Welsh Fusiliers
from:Wallasey, New Brighton
(d.21st Aug 1916)
Pte. Joseph Victor Rowe
British Army 1st Battalion Royal West Kent Regiment
from:Rochester
My Grandad, Joseph Rowe, was in the army from 1904 to 1907. I'm not sure whether he joined in Dublin or Rochester. I always thought that he and his family had spent some time in Dublin so it may have been there. Possibly he left the Army to get back to Kent but he was down as a Reservist from 1907. So he was mobilised from the start of WW1. He joined the 1st Battalion of the West Kents on 14th of August 1914 in France.
He was reported as missing on 24th of August after the BEF started retreating at Mons on 23rd August. He was in a German prison camp for the duration of the war. He was repatriated to West Kent Depot on 16th of December 1918 and received the Silver War Badge and a £20 war gratuity in May 1919.
WO. Roy Rowe
Australian Imperial Force 2nd Australian Stationary Hospital
Roy Rowe was born in 1895 at Newstead, Victoria. Rowe enlisted as a Sergeant with the Australian Imperial Force on 10 September 1914. He had previous experience in the Cadets and the Citizen's Military Forces. Rowe embarked on 14 December 1914, aboard HMAT Kyarra with the 2nd Australian Stationary Hospital. After arriving in Egypt, he was transferred to the 15th Stationary Hospital and after several months of training arrived in Lemnos harbour. He landed at Gallipoli a few days later.
Although disappointed not to be involved in the early stages of the Gallipoli campaign, Rowe began to see the devastation first hand, working with other members of the Medical Corps aboard a number of hospital ships. In late 1915 Rowe was taken to Mudros suffering from jaundice. He re-joined his unit, the 2nd Australian Stationary Hospital, in Egypt in early 1916 serving in the Port Said area. In January 1917 he was promoted to warrant officer. He returned to Australia during November 1918. In 1919, Roy Rowe was awarded the Meritorious Service Medal for his devotion to duty. After the war, he returned to Perth and completed his apprenticeship in cabinet making.
Samuel John Rowe
British Army
Samuel Rowe was my Great Great Uncle.
L/Corp William Benjamin Rowe
British Army 7th Btn. North Staffordshire Regiment
from:Porthcawl, Glamorgan, Wales
Benjamin Rowe was the second son of John Ormond Rowe and Elizabeth Ann Diamond of Porthcawl, he was married to Eliza Ann Gill.
Lt. Edward Leslie Graham Rowell MC
Australian Imperial Force 25th Bn.
from:Warwick, Queensland
(d.15th Nov 1917)
Edward Leslie Graham Rowell was born at Walbottle House, Northumberland, England. He enlisted in March 1915 and left for the Front as a member of the 25th Battalion A. I. F. He played his honoured part as an ANZAC, having spent four months in the winter campaign on the Gallipoli Peninsula. He then served with the first Australian divisions in France fighting on the Western Front where he won his commission in the field.
At Westhoek Ridge on the 20th of September 1917 for conspicuous gallantry and devotion to duty, when during the advance an enemy Pill-box from which the enemy were emerging, seemed likely to hold up the advance, this Officer rushed it single handed. Although his revolver was shot out of his hand, he engaged them with bombs, killing four and taking 20 prisoners. Later, when his Company Commander was wounded, he took charge of the Company, eventually carrying out a relief under heavy shell fire. Throughout his courage and coolness were a fine example to all ranks.
Edward was killed on the 15th of November 1915, he was the son of Robert and Helena M. Rowell, of Victoria St., Warwick, Queensland. Native of Northumberland, England
Pte. Frank Rowell
British Army 24th (Tyneside Irish) Battalion Northumberland Fusiliers
from:Gatehead
Frank Rowell was a Stretcher bearer and took part in the trench raids in June 1916
Dvr. John Rowell
British Army 16th Brigade. Q Bty. Royal Field Artillery
(d.23rd Mar 1918)
Pte. T. Rowell
British Army 24th (Tyneside Irish) Battalion Northumberland Fusiliers
from:Felling Shaw
T Rowell was wounded in July 1916
2nd Lt. Thomas Richmond Rowell
British Army Machine Gun Corps
from:Burnley
My grandfather, Thomas Richmond Rowell, was in the first attack at Thiepval on the 1st of July 1916, aged 19. He was wounded twice by a german machine gun and spent some hours in no-man's land. Fortunately his mother had given him a bottle of iodine which he poured over his wounds. The surgeon later told him this certainly saved his legs and probably his life. He made a full recovery and died in 1974. This information came from my mother and although true I cannot verify all the facts as he would never speak to me about it, although I do have his picture as an officer in the Lancashire Fusiliers.
After the war he joined the colonial civil service in Hong Kong and became Director of Education but was sent on leave shortly before the surrender of Hong Kong and evacuated to Australia. He left there in 1942 in the last rubber boat to leave Malaya before It's surrender. Bound for Britain the ship was torpedoed off Halifax but being full of rubber it took a long time to sink and everyone was picked up. My mother worked as acipher clerk at Bletchley Park. I can follow his life after the war but information on his service record is sketchy. Can anyone help please?
Editors Note: Thomas Richmond Rowell is listed as having served as a Private in the Liverpool Regiment then commissioned into the Machine Gun Corps.
Sgt. W. Rowell
British Army 24th (Tyneside Irish) Battalion Northumberland Fusiliers
Pte. William Rowell
British Army 24th (Tyneside Irish) Battalion Northumberland Fusiliers
from:Newcastle
(d.1st July 1916)
William Rowell is named on the Thiepval Memorial
Rowen
from:Jarrow
(d.WW1)
Rowen is commemorated on the Triptych in St. Paul's Church Jarrow.
Pte. Charles Victor " " Rowen
British Army 1/22nd Battalion London Regiment
from:48 Nicote Sq, Blackfriars Road, London
(d.21st Dec 1920)
Charles Rowen was the brother of John George, Walter and James Edmund Rowen all of whom served in WW1
Charles enlisted 24th Feb 1916 and was enrolled 2nd August 1916 in the 1/22nd Battalion London Regiment. On the 3rd Dec 1916 he embarked from Southampton and disembarked Le Havre on 4th December 1916
He was wounded in his left eye at Ypres 30th August 1917 and after treatment was discharged to Duty 8th Sept 1917. On 13th December 1917 Charles as gassed by shell and was admitted to 12th General Hospital in Rouen on 20th Dec 1917. Folllowing treatment he was sent to Base Medical Board on 1st Feb 1918 and to Comp B Depot (1311) 6th Feb 1918
On the 18th Feb 1918 Charles joined 50th P.O.W Labour Battalion for Duty at Les Sants. He was transferred to P. of War Company 15th July 1918, and retained his infantry pay for Benefit of Service and was allotted a new number, 564875. Charles went on leave from 22nd July to 9th August 1918 and on 25th August deducted one days pay due to being absent from 9.30 p.m to 7.15a.m. on 26th August 1918. He had leave in the UK 8th Feb 1919 to 22nd Feb 1919.
On the 5th April 1919 he was admitted to No 12 Stationary Hospital at Abbeyville and invalided home on the A.T Brighton due to Rheumatism. LCCO Posted 6th April. Between 6th April and 6th May 1919 he was treated at Nell Lane Military Hospital, in Didsbury then being transferred to the Lord Derby War Hospital in Didsbury for mental observations, he was there until 30th May 1919 when he was transferred to the County of Middlesex War Hospital, Napsbury, St Albans. Records state "Somewhat Dull in appearance when admitrted but cheerfuland rational. Hearing slightly impaired. Much improved. Recommended PU"
Charles was discharged from the Army on 3rd July 1919 due to Mental Instability due to Active Service. He died 21st Dec 1920 and is commemorated on the War Grave Panel in Streatham Cemetery.
Pte. James Edmond Rowen
British Army 24th Battalion (The Queens) London Regiment
from:29 East St, Holborn, London
James Edmond Rowen was my uncle and one of 4 brothers who served in the war. He was in the 24th London Regiment (The Queens) and saw action at Mazingarbe Sep 1915,High Wood 14th July to 15th Sep 1916, Somme, Vimy Ridge April 1917, Ypres 1917 and Bapaume August 1918 James died in 1927
Rfm. John George " " Rowen
British Army 2nd/6th Battalion London Regiment
from:29 East St, Holborn, London
(d.28th Oct 1917)
John Rowen was born in 1894. He served with the 2nd/6th Battalion City of London Rifles as a Rifleman, enlisting in 1916 in B Company. The regiment was part of the 58th Division and he saw action in France during the German Retreat to Hindenburg Line 14th Mar 1917 to 5th April 1917, The Battle of Bullecourt 3rd May 1917 to 17th May 1917, Actions on the Hindenburg Line 20th May to 16th June 1917 Battle Menin Road 20th to 25th Sept 1917, Battle of Polygon Wood 26th Sept to 3rd October 1917, Second Battle of Passchendaele 26th Oct 1917 to 10th November 1917.
John was killed on 28th October 1917 and is remembered at Tyne Cot Memorial on Panel 150 as he has no known grave.
Rfm. Walter " " Rowen
British Army 2nd/6th (City of London Rifles) Battalion London Regiment
from:29 East St, Holborn, London
(d.28th Oct 1917)
Wally was born in 1900 and at the age of 15 he signed up and was posted and embodied on 21st May 1915 at 57a Faringdon Road in the 3rd/6th Battalion City of London Rifles. He was in England from 21 May 1915 to 2 Dec 1915. He received 28 days detention 25th Oct 1915 to 21st Nov 1915 and on 30th Nov 1915 he was transferred to 1/6th London Rifles.
He embarked for France on 3rd Dec 1915 from Southampton, and disembarked 4th Dec 1915 at le Havre. On the 15th Dec he joined his new Battalion in the field. But on 30th Dec 1915 he had Chilled Feet and was treated at No 4 L. Field Ambulance. On the 7th Jan 1916 He was admitted to hospital with Chilled Feet and 8th Feb he was transferred to England as Under Age. Between 14th July 1916 to 25th July 1916 he was awarded 10 days Field Punishment No.2
His mother consistently wrote to the War Dept who merely returned his birth certificate saying that he had "Stated Age as 19 years 3 months" on enlistment. I have the letter. Eventually he was discharged 25th July 1916 because he "Made a false statement as to age on enlistment".
His medical Card shows Height 5ft 3 inchs Chest 34. Physical Development Good
At the end of the War Wally was awarded the 1914-15 Star, British War Medal and Victory Medal. He died in 1969 following a road traffic accident.
Sqd.Sgt.Maj. Charles Augustus Rowland DCM.
British Army A Sqdn. 9th (Queen's Royal) Lancers
from:Saltley, Birmingham
(d.16th Aug 1918)
Charles Rowland was killed in action on 16th August 1918, aged 41 and is buried in the St Sever Cemetery extension in France. He was the son of John and Eliza Rowland, of 106, Washwood Heath Rd., Saltley, Birmingham. Native of Gloucester.
Page 44 of 51
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.
