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World War 1 One ww1 wwII greatwar great 1914 1918 first battalion regiment
L/Cpl. John Warin
British Army 1st Btn. Kings Own Scottish Borderers
(d.26th Apr 1915)
Arthur Waring
Royal Engineers 184 Tunnelling Coy.
from:Doncaster
2/Lt. C. G.F. Waring
British Army 11th Btn. Royal Irish Rifles
Pte. Frederick William Waring DCM.
Australian Imperial Force 39th Btn.
from:Moonambel, Victoria
Mr Grandfather Frederick Waring enlisted on the 21st of February 1916, and was awarded a DCM for service on the 29th/30th of April 1917 at Pleogsteert. He was wounded at this time. He returned to Australia on the 24th of December 1918. I have no further information surrounding his service other than the above mentioned.
Mjr. H. Waring
British Army 13th Btn. Royal Irish Rifles
Rflmn. J. Waring
British Army 11th Btn., D Coy. Royal Irish Rifles
(d.26th October 1916)
Rifleman J. Waring died of wounds on 26th October 1916 and is buried in Calais Southern Cemetery, Plot F, Row 1, Grave 9.
He was the brother of Mary Waring of Copeland, Donaghadee, Co. Down and was 38 years old when he died.
Rflmn. James Waring
British Army 11th Btn., B Coy. Royal Irish Rifles
(d.30th June 1916)
James Waring died of wounds and is buried in Puchevillers British Cemetery, Grave I.A.10.
He was the 24-year-old son of Samuel and Mary Anne Waring of Dunmurry, Co. Antrim.
Rflmn. James Banks Waring
British Army 11th Btn., B Coy. Royal Irish Rifles
(d.23rd May 1917)
James Waring is buried in Pond Farm Cemetery. He was the son of Mr & Mrs James Waring of 6 Church View, Dunmurry, Co. Antrim.
Pte James Waring
British Army 10th Battalion Sherwood Foresters
from:Bulwell, Nottingham
(d.13th October 1917)
Lt. L. Waring
British Army 11th Btn. Royal Irish Rifles
Lieutenant Waring served with 11th Battalion, Royal Irish Rifles.
Lt. S. Waring
British Army 11th Btn., A Coy. Royal Irish Rifles
CSM. Samuel Waring DCM.
British Army Machine Gun Corps
from:Lisburn
Samuel Waring was my grandfather's older brother. He joined the 11th Battalion, Royal Irish Rifles on 3rd November 1915 as a Sergeant, then joined the Machine Gun Corps.
L/Sgt. William Herbert Waring VC,MM.
British Army Royal Welch Fusiliers
from:Wales
(d.8th Oct 1918)
Sgt. William Herbert Waring VC, MM.
British Army 25th (Montgomery and Welch Horse Yeomanry) Btn. Royal Welch Fusiliers
(d.8th Oct 1918)
Wiliam Waring died of wounds on the 8th of October 1918, aged 33 and is buried in the Ste. Marie Cemetery in France.
An extract from the "London Gazette," dated 31st Jan., 1919, records the following:- "He led an attack against enemy machine guns and, in face of devastating fire from the flank and front, rushed a strong point single handed, bayoneting four of the garrison and capturing twenty others with their guns; then under heavy shell and machine gun fire, he re-organized his men, led and inspired them for another 400 yards, when he fell mortally wounded."
Maj Blair Anderson Wark VC, DSO
Australian Imperial Force 32nd Battalion
from:Australia
William S Wark
British Army 6th Btn. King's Own Scottish Borderers
(d.3rd May 1917)
Wiliam was the son of Thomas and Marion Wark, of 545, Alexander St., Coatbridge, Lanarkshire. He was killed aged 19, has no known grave and is remembered on the Arras Memorial. I am tracing family and would like to more about William.
William Warlow
British Army 12th Btn. (The Rangers) London Regiment
Pte. Albert Edward Warman
British Army 4th Btn. Royal Fusiliers
from:Acton, London
(d.16th June 1915)
Albert Warman born in Acton in 1891, second son and youngest child of Charles and Florence Warman. The 1911 census shows he was a fish hawker. He served with the 4th Battalion of the Royal Fusiliers (City of London Regiment) service no. G/8853 and was killed in action on the 16 June 1915. He has no known grave and is commemorated on the Menin Gate Memorial, Ypres, Belgium and the War Memorial, St Mary's Church, Acton, London.
His older brother Alfred George served with the Princess of Wales (Royal Berkshire Regiment) and was killed in action on 25th September 1915. Tragically his parents lost both sons to the War within 4 months of each other.
L/Cpl. Alfred George Warman
British Army 2nd Btn. Berkshire Regiment
from:Acton, London
(d.25th September 1915)
Alfred Warman, born in Acton in 1889, eldest son and middle child of Charles and Florence Warman. He enlisted with the British Army in 1906 and the 1911 census shows him serving with the 5th Battalion of the Royal Fusiliers in Meerut in India.
When war broke out Alfred was serving with the 2nd Battalion, Royal Berkshire Regiment and embarked for France in November 1914. He was killed in action on 25 September 1915 and is buried in the White City Cemetery, Bois-Grenier, France. He is remembered on the War Memorial, St Mary's Church, Acton, London.
His younger brother Albert Edward served in the 4th Battalion, Royal Fusiliers and was killed in action on the 16 June, 1915. Tragically his parents lost both sons to the War within 4 months of each other.
Pte. Francis Warman
British Army 1st Btn. Monmouthshire Regiment
from:Chepstow, Mon
(d.8th May 1915)
Frank Warman was my husband's great-uncle. He enlisted at Chepstow and was sent to France with the 1st Monmouthshire Regiment on 13th of February 1915. He was killed in the intense fighting on 8th of May 1915 near Ypres aged 18 years. His little sister, Joyce, remembered the day the telegram came to her parents to say he was missing. Her mother was greatly distressed and could not be calmed down. Frank's body was never found and his name is on the Menin Gate in Ypres.
Pte. John Warman
Somerset Light Infantry 6th Btn.
from:73 Trentham Street, Southfields, Wandsworth, Surrey
(d.21st May 1917)
John Warman enlisted in the London Regiment and went on to served with the 6th Somerset Light Infantry.
AC1. Herbert Percy Warminger
Royal Flying Corps 70th Squadron
from:Jarrow
(d.25th Aug 1916)
Herbert Percy Warminger, Airman First Class 3538, served in the Royal Flying Corps and died age 25 on the 25th August 1916. He is remembered at Palmer Cenotaph and is buried in Forceville Communal Cemetery Extension. His medal card shows the award of the War and Victory Medals.
Herbert was born in Jarrow 1888, son of the late John Henry and Annie Warminger of Jarrow. In the 1911 census the family including Herbert's Parents and 7 children are living at 25 Lord Street, Jarrow while Herbert(22) himself is a boarder at 56 Hibernian Road, working as a house joiner.
Pte. Archibald Clarence Warne
British Army 1st Btn., B Coy. Seaforth Highlanders
from:The Laurels, Meppershall, Shefford, Beds
(d.22nd February 1917)
Archibald Warne was killed in the 2nd Battle of Kut.
Pte. Arthur Warne
British Army 9th Btn. Suffolk Regiment
from:Chediston, Suffolk
(d.16th September 1916)
Arthur Warne served with the 9th Suffolk Regiment. I know very little about my great uncle except that he was born into a Suffolk farming family and died unmarried, at the age of 25, in the Somme. He is remembered at the Thiepval Memorial.
Pte. Harry Warne
British Army 7th Battlion Lincolnshire Regiment
from:Ruskington
(d.11th July 1916)
John Percy Warne
British Army Durham Light Infantry
After an IRA attack on Ebrington Barracks the previous summer in 1918, my great uncle Percy Warne died of Tubercular Meninigitis at Londonderry Military Hospital on 23rd of February 1919
Flt.Sub.Lt. Reginald Alexander John Warneford VC
Royal Naval Air Service
from:Taunton, Somerset
(d.17th June 1915)
Reginald Warneford was accidentally killed on 17/06/1915, aged 23 and is buried in the Brompton Cemetery in London. He was the son of Mrs. M. P. Corkery (formerly Warneford), of Kerry House, Comeytrowe, Taunton, Somerset, and the late R. Warneford.
An extract from The London Gazette, dated 11th June, 1915, records the following:- "For most conspicuous bravery on the 7th June, 1915, when he attacked and, singlehanded, completely destroyed a Zeppelin in mid-air. This brilliant achievement was accomplished after chasing the Zeppelin from the coast of Flanders to Ghent, where he succeeded in dropping his bombs on to it from a height of only one or two hundred feet. One of these bombs caused a terrific explosion which set the Zeppelin on fire from end to end, but at the same time overturned his Aeroplane and stopped the engine. In spite of this he succeeded in landing safely in hostile country, and after 15 minutes started his engine and returned to his base without damage."
Pte. Albert Warner
British Army 8th Btn. D Coy. Norfolk Regiment
from:Halstead, Essex
(d.22nd Oct 1917)
Albert Warner was the son of Charles and Emily Warner of 20 Belle Vue Cottages, North Street, Halstead, Essex.
Pte. Albert Charles Warner
British Army 5th Btn. Royal Berkshire Regiment
from:Reading
(d.14th May 1917)
Albert Warner served with the 5th Royal Berkshire Regiment his Obituary is included in De Ruvignys Roll of Honour Vol 4.
Pte. Alfred Warner
British Army 2nd Btn. Middlesex Regiment
from:Edmonton, London
(d.23rd Oct 1916)
Alfred Warner was born in Hoxton London in 1878. He was one of 5 children (2 girls and 3 boys) born to William and Mary. Before the war he was living in Edmonton, London, with his parents and worked as a bricklayer's labourer. Alfred served with the 2nd Battalion, Middlesex Regiment and on 27th of August 1916 he was reported wounded but died later of those wounds.
One of his brothers, Ernest Charles was a regular service man before the war serving in the RAMC. He had been captured early in the war and was repatriated on 29th of August 1915 presumably wounded or ill and died in 1917.
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