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Cpl Edward Savage
Australian Imperial Force 22nd Battalion
from:Cranbourne,VIC Australia
Pte. Frederick Thomas Savage
British Army 2nd Btn. Cameronians (Scottish Rifles)
from:Durham City
Frederick Savage served in Malta until the outbreak of WWI. He was brought home and sent to the front with the British Expeditionary Force. He was gassed near Bethune and spent the remainder of the war in hospital.
Pte. Frederick William Savage MM & Bar.
British Army 1st Btn. Royal Munster Fusiliers
from:Cork
Frederick Savage was on the S.S. River Clyde at Gallipoli V Beach landing and was amongst the first to go ashore where he survived unhurt. He was present for virtually all of the campaign being wounded twice and suffering severe frostbite. The second wound was towards the end of the campaign when he was hit in the back by a bullet whilst lying in prone position. He always blamed the fact that they wore a polished metal disc on their backpacks, which caught the sun's rays giving the Turks a good target to aim at. When wounded he was placed in a tent near the beach with the other wounded. The weather turned very cold. They were in the tent for several days without much nursing attention resulting in him being the only survivor. He returned to his regiment in France in June 1916 and served out most of the war. He was awarded the Military Medal for attending the wounded under heavy shell fire and also received two Hickies Medals, one in November 1916 and the other in November 1917. He served in the Home Guard during WW2.
Private F.W. Savage, M.M., collected two 'Hickie citations' during his service in France. Major-General Hickie appreciated the effort put in by the men of the 16th Irish Division in the heavy fighting of 1916. When no official recognition of gallantry was made, he arranged for a Parchment Certificate to be handed to all who excelled in battle. The quick-witted Irishmen did not take long to nickname the citations, and they became known as 'Hickie's Medals'. The parchment was headed The Irish Brigade in Celtic script, and a later issue was surrounded by a border design.
Pte. H. Savage
British Army 24th (Tyneside Irish) Battalion Northumberland Fusiliers
Spr. H. Savage
British Army Royal Engineers
Spr H Savage, Royal Engineers was wounded at Loos. "We were subjected to a severe bombardment but we took no notice of that & went on with our work. It was only when someone gave the gas alarm that we stopped & put our helmets on & in about 5 minutes the gas was so thick I could hardly see my hands. Quite a lot of the chaps were suffering from the gas & lie gasping for breath. I started choking once myself & thought I was going under, as soon as the gas was finished the Germans came."
Henry Savage
British Army 17th (Football) Btn. Middlesex Regiment
from:13 Yarrow Road, Chorley
Henry Savage is my great grand uncle - just discovered tonight. He was in the football battalion.
Pte. Matthew Savage
British Army 8th Btn. York and Lancaster Regiment
from:Gateshead
(d.7th June 1917)
Matthew Savage was my great grandfather, who my great grandmother never spoke of and never believed he was dead. He died leaving 3 daughters, one being my grandmother. He served with the York and Lancaster Regiment and died on 7th June 1917 aged 37. He was the son of Agnes Savage, of Penrith, Cumberland, and the late John Savage, husband of Edith Ellen Savage of 212 Eastbourne Avenue, Gateshead. Remembered with Honour
Pte. Reginald Charles Savage
British Army 1/4th Btn. York and Lancaster Regiment
from:Peterborough
(d.27th Nov 1917)
Reginald v was wounded by shrapnel at the Somme 23rd of November 1916. He was sent first to the hospital at Camiers before being returned to England. He recovered and was returned to the front in time to take part in the Battle of Cambrai, where he was wounded and missing presumed dead on 27th of Noveber 1917. Reg was 19 years old.
It seems he met a couple of ladies whilst in Blackpool, local lasses or nurses, Jessie Brown and Miss A Wood. He had been writing to Jessie. His last letter was 10 days before he died. Both ladies wrote individually to the prisoner of war service in Switzerland to see if he had been taken prisoner. He hadn't.
Pte. Robert Savage
British Army 2nd Btn. Northumberland Fusiliers
(d.25th Apr 1915)
Pte. William Savage
British Army 1/6th Btn. North Staffordshire Regiment
from:Haughton, Staffs
(d.1st July 1916)
I came across William Savage while researching a relative(Thomas Shaw). He has the same name as me, but I don't think we are related.
Rfmn. Stanley Rust Savill
British Army 16th Btn. Kings Royal Rifle Corps
from:Barking, Essex
(d.27th Sep 1917)
Stanley Savill was my Great Uncle. It's believed that he was a sniper and he never returned from duty. His body was never found. His name is on the Tyne Cot Memorial and his name was read out at the Roll of Honour ceremony at the Tower of London on 30th August 2014. Both his brother and sister named their 1st born Stanley.
Rifleman Stanley Rust Savill served with the 16th Battalion Kings Royal Rifle Corps during WW1 and died, age 21, on the 27th September 1917. He is remembered at the Tyne Cot Memorial. He was the Son of William Thomas and Kate Savill, of 40, St. Awdrys Rd., Barking, Essex.
Rfn Stanley Rust Savill
British Army 16th Btn King's Royal Rifle Corps
(d.27th Sep 1917)
L/Bdr. William Robert John Savill
British Army 3rd Bde. 18th Bty. Royal Field Artillery
from:Woodford, Essex
(d.21st Jun 1918)
William Savill served with 18th Battery, 3rd Brigade, Royal Field Artillery during WW1. He died aged 22 on 21st June 1918, believed to have drowned with horses and is buried at Struma Military Cemetery, Salonika. William was the eldest son of William and Sarah Savill of Woodford Green.
L/Bmdr. William Robert John Savill
British Army 18th Bty, 3rd Bde. Royal Field Artillery
(d.21st June 1918)
William Savill died on the 21st of June 1918, aged 22.
Dvr. Arthur Thomas Saville
British Army 99th Battery Royal Field Artillery
My grandfather, Arthur, apparently finished the war and was pensioned in 1920. He died in 1952 leaving Dorothy May (Jones), his widow.
Maj. Arnold Kenneth Malcolm Cecil Wordsworth Savory
British Army 13th (4th Hull) Battalion East Yorkshire Regiment
from:Hessle
My grandfather Arnold Savoury was often mentioned in the Yorkshire Daily Mail. He was gassed during WW1 and ended up going to Canada to settle.
Pte. Ernest Savory
British Army 19th London London Regiment
from:Bromly, London
Pte. James Henry Savory
British Army 5th Battalion West Yorkshire Regiment
from:Newton Flotman, Florden, Norfolk
(d.27th May 1918)
James Henry Savory trained with the 52nd Graduated Battalion, West Yorkshire Regiment and went into action with the 5th Btn. He died on the 27th of May 1918
Cpl. Lawrence William Savre
108th Trench Mortar Battery Royal Artillery
Rfmn. Charles Richard Saward
British Army 10th Btn. Rifle Brigade
from:Islington, London
(d.30th Nov 1917)
Rflmn Charles Jay Saward
British Army 7th Bn Kings Royal Rifle Corps
from:Hammersmith
(d.18th August 1916)
Pte. William Sime Sawers
British Army 18th (4th Glasgow) Battalion Highland Light Infantry
from:Glasgow
(d.25th Aug 1917)
Pte. Ernest Edgar Sawyer
British Army A Squadron Bedfordshire Yeomanry
from:Bedford
(d.31st March 1918)
Ernest Sawyer served with A Squadron, Bedfordshire Yeomanry.
Pte. Ernest Edgar Sawyer
British Army A Sqd. Bedfordshire Yeomanry
from:Bedford
(d.31st March 1918)
Ernest Sawyer was born in Johannesburg, South Africa, in 1895. In 1910 his family moved to Bedford in England where he was educated at Bedford School.
In 1914, he joined the Queens Engineering works as a trainee engineer and he volunteered for overseas service at the beginning of the war. His recruitment card shows that he reported for training on the 22nd September 1914. He served with A Squadron, Bedfordshire Yeomanry and with the exception of two leaves at Christmas 1916 and February 1918, was in France throughout the war until his death. He was killed on the 31st March 1918 at Marcelcave near Villers Bretonneux during the German Spring offensive and his grave was lost during the subsequent fighting over the battlefield.
He was the only son of Ernest and Elizabeth Sawyer and had four younger sisters. He is commemorated on the Memorial to the Missing at Pozieres, and on the school memorials at Bedford School, Bedford and St Davids, Inanda, South Africa.
L/Bmdr. Frederick George Sawyer
British Army 547th Howitzer Battery Royal Field Artillery
from:London
Frederick Sawyer was in 547th Howitzer Battery, RFA from 2nd of June 1918 until 1st of July 1918 when he transferred to Aldershot.
L/Cpl. Hebert Walter Sawyer
British Army 213th Coy. Machine Gun Corps
from:Catford, London
(d.26th November 1917)
Herbert Sawyer was killed at Bourlon Wood, near Cambrai. He was 21 years old. He was the much loved older brother of my Grandad, who was too young to go to war. My Grandad missed Herbert all his life. Herbert was a natural athlete, a leader and a talented engineer. His loss was felt by his fellow soldiers, and all who knew him.
When he was killed his commanding officer witnessed his death and got a grid reference. No body could be recovered as it is believed that further shelling destroyed the site. He has no grave and is commemorated on the Louverval Memorial. We only know this because my Great Grandmother received a lovely letter from Herbert's commanding officer explaining what had happened. History has not looked kindly on the Bourlon Wood campaign, in terms of organisation and outcomes. Such a terrible waste.
L/Cpl. Horace Parker Sawyer
British Army 11th Battalion Suffolk Regiment
from:Bury St Edmunds
(d.24th Oct 1918)
Horace Sawyer was killed in action with his entire platoon at Battle of Selle, on the 24th of October 1918. Two other platoons meeting up, but one Battalion was held up, or late and allowed the Boche to take their rear and massacre them.
Pte. James William Sawyer
British Army 12th Battalion Kings (Liverpool) Regiment
from:Birkdale, Southport
(d.15th August 1917)
James Sawyer was killed in the Battle of Langemarck.
Pte. John Alexander Sawyer MM.
British Army Royal Irish Regiment
My Grandfather John Sawyer was awarded the Military Medal.
Pte. Thomas William Sawyer
British Army 7th Btn. Loyal North Lancashire Regiment
from:Stoke - on -Trent
(d.16th June 1917)
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