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Spr. Sydney St.James Waghorne
British Army 1/1st Kent Field Coy. Royal Engineers
from:Tonbridge
Sydney Waghorne, my Grandfather, enlisted on October 19th 1914 at the age of 19 years. His brother and him joined the 1/1st Kent Field Royal Engineers. Their first action was in October 1915 Gallipoli. While shipping over to the war front from Malta, the HMS Hythe was sunk during tragic accident. My grandfather lost many of his childhood friends even before he saw enemy. By the time he reached Sulva Bay, Gallipoli had already become a lost cause.
As a lineman for communications, it was a nightmare. The lines were in the trenches with the men often being trampled on and broken. Dysentery was decimating the troops and a surprise winter storm and days of rain, many died. During the evacuation in mid December, grandfather was one of those affected loaded until a hospital ship and taken back to Malta and then Gibraltar to recover from Dysentery.
Due to the tragedy of the HMS Hythe, he was reassigned to the 1/3rd Kent Field Company as a replacement under the London Signal Corp and the 29th Division. During the Battle of Ypres he was injured by a German shell while repairing a line. After another brief stay in the hospital, he served out the reminder of the war and marched into Germany with the 29th Division. He served 4 years and 127 days and earned the British 1914-15 Star, The British War Medal and the Allied Victory Medal. Months after the war, he set sail to Canada and eventually settled in Wichita Falls, Texas until his day of passing in 1950.
2/Lt. Wagner
British Army 11th Btn. Royal Irish Rifles
2/Lt Wagner arrived to serve with the 11th Battalion Royal Irish Rifles on 8th October 1916.
Rflmn. Thomas Patrick Wagner
British Army 16th (Church Lads Brigade) Btn. King's Royal Rifle Corps
from:Cork, Ireland
(d.6th Nov 1916)
L/Cpl. Albert Victor Wagstaff
British Army 1st Btn. Devonshire Regiment
from:Sidford, Sidmouth
(d.25th May 1915)
Pte. Andrew Wagstaff
British Army 1st Btn. Welsh Regiment
from:Exeter, Devon
(d.25th May 1915)
Pte. John Wagstaff
British Army 19th Battalion Lancashire Fusiliers
from:Radcliffe, Manchester
(d.13th Oct 1918)
My great great uncle lived in Radcliffe, Manchester. He was in the 19th battalion for the Lancashire Fusiliers and died in Haspres, France. He was shot in the head on 13th october 1918 during night duty 2 days after sending a telegram to his family saying he would be home for Xmas and to get the turkey in the oven. He was only 23 when killed
Cpl. John William Wagstaff
British Army 1/7th Battalion Duke of Wellington's West Riding Regiment
from:Huddersfield
(d.1st Oct 1915)
John Wagstaff was born on the 5th November 1893, he was the son of Joseph & Emma of Cliffe End Longwood, Huddersfield and was educated at Lindley Church of England school. He was then employed as a finisher at J Crowther & sons Milnsbridge.
He had been a member of the Territorials since 10th July 1911 and re-enlisted on the 23rd of October 1914. They embarked to France on 15th of April 1915, and he was killed in action, shot in the head by a sniper, on the 1st of October 1915. He is buried at Bard Cottage Cemetery, Boesinghe, Belgium.
Lascar Abdul Wahid
Royal Indian Marine
(d.24 Mar 1917)
Abdul Wahid served in Remembered at . WW1
Pte. James Wahlers
British Army 1st/10th Battalion Kings (Liverpool) Regiment
from:Liverpool
(d.25th April 1917)
Pte. Albert Edward Wahlstrom
Australian Imperial Force. 36th Btn.
from:11 Suttor St, Alexandria, NSW
Pte. Albert Edward Wahlstrom
Australian Imperial Force 36th Btn.
Albert Edward Wahlstrom served with the 36th Btn. AIF.
Pte. Albert Edward Wahlstrom
Australian Imperial Forces 36th Infantry Battalion
from:11 Sutton Street, Alexandria, Sydney, New South Wales
Albert Wahlstrom served with 36th Infantry Battalion AIF (6th Reinforcement).
Capt. Dennis Edward "Daddy" Waight MC.
British Army 12th Btn. Northumberland Fusiliers
from:London
My father, Colonel Dennis Waight, fought in both WW1 and WW2 and went to France with the 12th Northumberland Fusiliers. He served as a Platoon and Coy Comander in the trenches until early 1918. During which he won the Military Cross. He then became a Bristol Fighter Observer with 22nd Squadron RFC. He became an observer ace having downed 12 German aircraft. He became a regular officer during his time with the Btn. and after the war left the RAF.
He rejoined the Fusiliers serving in India, Persia, Iraq and at Fenham Barracks in Newcastle, first as adjutant of the Northumberland Fusiliers and DLI depot and later as training major of a TA Btn.
At the outbreak of WW2 he joined a regular battalion at Bordon, Hants went to Palestine with it and served with it in the first battles in the Western Desert, Sidi Barrani as a company commander. He was promoted and joined Cheshire Regiment in Malta and served during the seige. On relief, he was promoted and ran a officers school in Haifa and returned to England to command a wt school near Guildford and then a wosb at St Albans and later near Brussels.
After the war ended he ran a prison for hard core Nazis at Harsewinkel, near Gutersloh as an officer of CCG. Many felt he deserved greater recognition for his and the Cheshires performance in Malta. His father was a soldier, so was I and my son.
Pte. Joseph Henry Waight
British Army 2nd Btn. East Kent Regiment
from:Dover
(d.5th May 1915)
Joseph Waight was my Grandfather. He was in C company, 2nd East Kent Regiment and they were detached to support the Canadians at 2nd Ypres. It is believed he was mortally wounded by a shell fragment during that battle. He was next heard of at Wimereux British Base Hospital in France (near Calais) where he died of wounds and is buried in Wimereux Communal Cemetery.
Prior to joining The Buffs he worked at Dover Harbour and before that was serving in the Loyal East Lancashire Regiment with his brother George in India.
Private Francis James Wailey
Army Manchester Regiment
from:Kirkdale, Liverpool
(d.10th November 1917)
This is a picture of my grandad, Sgt Thomas Farrell (on the right) and his wife's uncle (in the middle), Francis James Wailey, 1/7th Manchester Regiment, Service No 295124, who was killed on 10th November 1917 and is buried at Coxyde Military Cemetery.
He was the husband of Rose Wailey of 20 Wolsey Street, Stanley Road, Kirkdale, Liverpool.
Pte. Charles Panton Wain
British Army Royal Scots Fusiliers
My Grandfather, Charles Wain never spoke of his war horrors, but my mother told me that he was gassed and I was told by my cousin that he was taken prisoner in Belgium and was made to serve his army time after being released in 1918.
Pte. David Noel Wain
British Army 16th (Church Lads Brigade) Btn. Kings Royal Rifle Corps
from:Chesnut Street, Loughborough, Leics.
(d.21st July 1916)
The Death Plaque for Private David Wain is on display at the Loughborough Carillon Tower & War Memorial Museum. His brother, John Arthur also died in WW1.
Sgnlr. John Arthur Wain
British Army 4th Btn. Lincolnshire Regiment
(d.21st April 1918)
Signaller John Wain was killed in action on 21st of April 1918, aged 19 years. He was the sson of Thomas Potter and Mary Lillian Wain of Loughborough, Leicestershire. He is buried at Wimereux Communal Cemetery, France.
His brother Private David Wain was killed in action between 20th and 21st July 1916 also aged 19 years.
Capt. Richard William Leslie Wain VC.
British Army Manchester Regiment
from:Wales
(d.20th Nov 1917)
Capt. Richard William Leslie Wain VC.
British Army 25th Btn. att. A Bn. Tank Corps Manchester Regiment
from:Cardiff, Wales
(d.20th Nov 1917)
Richard Wain was killed in action on the 20th of November 1917, aged 20 and commemorated on The Cambrai Memorial in France. He was the son of Florence E. Wain, of Woodside, The Avenue, Llandaff, Cardiff, and the late Harris Wain.
An extract from The London Gazette, dated 13th Feb., 1918, records the following:- "For most conspicuous bravery in command of a section of Tanks. During an attack the Tank in which he was, was disabled by a direct hit near an enemy strong point which was holding up the attack. Capt. Wain and one man, both seriously wounded, were the only survivors. Though bleeding profusely from his wounds, he refused the attention of stretcher-bearers, rushed from behind the Tank with a Lewis gun, and captured the strong point, taking about half the garrison prisoners. Although his wounds were very serious he picked up a rifle and continued to fire at the retiring enemy until he received a fatal wound in the head. It was due to the valour displayed by Capt. Wain that the infantry were able to advance."
RSM. Samuel Wain
British Army 10th Btn. Sherwood Foresters
from:Whaley Bridge
(d.20th August 1918)
Samuel Wain served with the 10th Battalion, Sherwood Foresters Regiment in WW1. He died 20th of August 1918 aged 25 years and is buried at Mont Huon Military Cemetery at Le Treport in France. Son of William H. and Elizabeth Wain of Dinsdale, Vicarage Lane, Bowden, Cheshire. Native of Whaley Bridge, Derbyshire.
Unfortunately there is no story to be told as Samuel Wain died way before I was born and was never discussed. I only found out about him because I was doing my family tree. What I do know is that he died from being gassed. I found this site through searching about him but there is nothing I can find and it feels wrong, so at least he is being acknowledged being in the war there and sadly dying there too.
Pte William George Wain
British Army 9th Batt Royal Warwickshire Regiment
from:Wootton Wawen
William Wain served in the Royal Warwickshire Regiment during WW1. His brother, George, also served in the same regiment. William survived the war and lived until 1968. George died in France in 1918 and is buried at Terlincthun British Cemetery. William's baby son also died in 1918, aged three, from Spanish Flu. William kept the black bordered letters he received informing him of the deaths.
His wife, Louisa, stayed in the village of Wootton Wawen throughout the war, caring for their other child, Margaret (Madge). When the couple were reunited after the war, they had one more child, Betty.
Pte. William Wain
British Army 3rd Dragoon Guards
William Wain was a high experienced soldier serving over 37 years in the Army. Prior to being deployed with the BEF he had seen active service in 6 campaigns the first being in South Africa in 1881 followed by Egypt 1882, Khartoum 1884-1885, Black Mountain Expedition (India) 1887 and the South African War 1889-1902.
Pte. Arthur Wainer
British Army 8th Btn. The York & Lancaster Regiment
from:High Street, Ruskington, Lincs.
(d.2nd October 1917)
This soldier is not a relative but used to live in the village where I now live. I am building a website to commemorate all the men on our local War Memorial.
Pte. Harold Wainhouse
British Army 21st (Wool Textile Pioneers) Btn. West Yorkshire Regiment
from:Halifax, West Yorkshire
Harold Wainhouse was my maternal great-grandad. According to my mum, Harold was wounded and left for dead on the battlefield in WW1. He had a huge hole caused by shrapnel in the side of his head which he recovered from and lived to the ripe old age of 85. My mum always hated visiting Harold as his old head wound scared her.
Pte. Albert Wainwright
British Army 24th (Tyneside Irish) Battalion Northumberland Fusiliers
from:Dudley Northumberland
(d.1st July 1916)
Albert Wainwright is named on the Thiepval Memorial
Arthur Wainwright
British Army 3rd Dragoon Guards(Prince of Wales Own)
(d.6th Nov 1914)
Spr. Harry Wainwright
British Army Royal Engineers
from:Wickersley, South Yorkshire
Born in 1889 Harry Wainwright joined up 6th May 1908 and was mobilised on 5th of August 1914. He was awarded the 1914 Star with Clasp and 2 Roses. He was transferred to the reserve on 5th of May 1919.
Pte. John Wainwright
British Army 2nd Btn. Lancashire Fusiliers
from:Ancoats, Manchester
(d.10th October 1916)
John Wainwright is my great uncle who died, aged 22, on the Somme. John had joined up about 1911, he had followed his brother Thomas into the army. Thomas was a Grenadier Guard who was killed in Belgium in 1914 aged 29. John married Mary Ann Degnan in 1914 before being sent to France. He is commemorated on the Thiepval Memorial. Never forgotten.
Tpr. Norman Wainwright
Australian Imperial Forces 5th Light Horse Brigade
Norman Wainwright was Trooper 521 in 5th Light Horse Brigade. He was b.1896 Eldwick, Bingley, Yorkshire and enlisted at Lismore Barracks, Australia giving his next of kin as Harrison Wainwright Glenview Cottage., Eldwick, Bingley, Yorkshire
Norman was wounded 25/11/1915 receiving gunshot wounds to his leg and hand. He arrived at London 3rd General Hospital from the hospital ship Britannic and was discharged from London 3rd General Hospital on 6th Sep 1916 tand returned Australia on the HT Euripides. I am a descendant of the Wainwright family and trying to find Norman's hospital record.
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