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Sgt. William Armstrong Weatherill
British Army 14th Btn. Yorkshire Regiment
from:Skelton
William Weatheril survived the war but suffered from a gas attack for decades after. Notes made in his pocket bible refer to The Battle of Pozieres on The Somme in 1916.
Pte. William James Weatherley
British Army 18th Btn. Durham Light Infantry
L/Cpl Lawrence Carthage Weathers VC
Australian Imperial Force 43rd Battalion
from:Australia
(d.29 Sep 1918)
Cpl. Lawrence Carthage Weathers VC
Australian Imperial Force 43rd Btn.
from:Frewville, South Australia
(d.29th Sept 1918)
Lawrence Weathers died of wounds on 29th September 1918 and is buried in the Unicorn Cemetery in France. Son of John Joseph and Ellen Frances Johanna Weathers, he was the husband of Annie E. Weathers, of Te Kopuru, Main Avenue, Frewville, South Australia. Native of North Wairo, New Zealand
An extract from The London Gazette, No. 31082, dated 24th Dec., 1918, records the following:- "For most conspicuous bravery and devotion to duty on the 2nd September, 1918, north of Peronne, when with an advanced bombing party. The attack having been held up by a strongly held enemy trench, Cpl. Weathers went forward alone under heavy fire and attacked the enemy with bombs. Then, returning to our lines for a further supply of bombs, he again went forward with three comrades, and attacked under very heavy fire. Regardless of personal danger, he mounted the enemy parapet and bombed the trench, and, with the support of his comrades, captured 180 prisoners and three machine guns. His valour and determination resulted in the successful capture of the final objective, and saved the lives of many of his comrades."
Pte. George Lumsden Weatherston
British Army 15th (Civil Service Rifles) Battalion London Regiment
from:Percy Terrace, Newcastle upon Tyne
(d.7th Oct 1916)
L/Cpl. Alfred Henry Weaver
British Army 2nd Btn. Hampshire Regiment
from:Southampton
(d.28th June 1915)
Dvr. Charles Leslie Weaver
New Zealand Expeditionary Force New Zealand Field Artillery
from:Earnscleugh, Dunedin
Charles Weaver was the son of Patrick and Lily Catherine Weaver of Earnscleugh, Dunedin. He served in Egypt and the Balkans in 1915 and on the Western Front in 1918. He died on the 17th August 1921 and is buried in the Alexandra South Cemetery, Central Otago District, New Zealand.
Pte Harold Weaver
British Army Machine Gun Corps
from:Wribbenhall
Harold Weaver served with the Machine Gun Corps. A member of Harold's family recalled him saying 'We used to place hessian sacks over the barrel ends to try and reduce the muzzle flash. Before we did this we used to urinate over the sacks to prevent them from catching fire'.
Pte. Henry Weaver
British Army 60th Coy. Machine Gun Corps
from:19 Princes Rd, Ellesmere Port, Cheshire
(d.21st Nov 1917)
My Grandfather, Frederick Weaver, saw his brother Henry, loose his life when he was hit by a shell, which decapitated him. He was buried at Rocquigny-Equancourt Road British Cemetery, Manancourt.
Pte. John Weaver
British Army Royal Engineers
from:Lancashire
Jack Weaver served with a Tunnelling Company, Royal Engineers.
Pte. T. A. Weaver
British Army 18th Btn. Durham Light Infantry
Pte. Thomas Albert Weaver
British Army 18th Btn. Durham Light Infantry
(d.1st Aug 1916)
Thomas Weaver died on the 1st of August 1916 he was 24 years old and is buried in Fern Cottage Christleton Longuenesse Cemetery in France
Pte. William John Weaver
Royal Flying Corps
from:West Bromwich
(d.29th Sep 1918)
William Weaver served with the Royal Flying Corps.
Colour Sgt. Frederick Henry Weaving
British Army Military Police Corps
from:Acton, London
(d.20th June 1918)
Frederick Weaving was born in Hammersmith in 1891, son of Thomas and Henrietta Weaving. The 1911 Census shows him living with his parents and siblings at 2 Apsley Terrace in Horn Lane, Acton, London. For a while he was employed by Acton Council in the Education Department as a clerk.
It is believed he initially enlisted with the British Army at Chiswick in November 1913 or January 1914 (possibly with the East Kent Regiment). He was Acting Warrant Officer with the 10th Battalion of the Middlesex Regiment. In late 1917 he was serving in the Middle East as Colour Sergeant, Military Foot Police, Military Police Corps, with the Mesopotamian Expeditionary Force. At this time he contracted Malaria and in early June 1918 he was admitted to 31 BSH at Baghdad where further symptoms of Typhus appeared. On the 20th June 1918 he was transferred to the Isolation Hospital at Baghdad and died four hours later from Typhus. He is buried in the Baghdad (North Gate) War Cemetery in Iraq and is remembered on the War Memorial, St Mary's Church, Acton, London.
Courtesy of www.stmaryacton.org.uk
Pte. Philip James Weaving
British Army 2nd Battalion Kings Own Yorkshire Light Infantry
from:Hull
I have a photo of the wife of Philip Weaving, which turns out to be a postcard which she sent, probably as part of a package, to Pte Weaving while he was a prisoner of war. He entered the theatre of war on 11-9-14, and by February 1915 he was a prisoner in the Wahn-Schiessplatz camp.
Sister. Webb
Queen Alexandras Nursing Service No. 16 Stationary Hospital
Pte. Albert Charles Webb
British Army 5th Btn. Welch Regiment
from:Penrhiwceiber, S Wales
My Grandfather, Albert Charles Webb, known as Charlie, served in 5th Welch Regiment from 9 August 1915 to 28 March 1917 when he was discharged on medical grounds having frostbite in both feet. He eventually lost most of his toes. His daughter,Beryl, said that a Mr Workman covered her father's toes with grease from the guns in an attempt to save the toes.
Pte. Albert Webb
British Army 6th Btn. Warwickshire Regiment
Albert Webb was on board a ship which transported soldiers during WW1. Unsure of the region or any more details. He died in Canberra Australia, from a illness related to working on these ships. A strong Yorkshire man, who left a wife and two sons, too early. Sadly missed father, grandad and husband who saw too much.
Pte. Alfred Augustus Webb
British Army 11th Battalion, D Company Cheshire Regiment
from:Wallasey, Cheshire
(d.4th July 1916)
Private Andrew Webb
British Army 14th (Fife & Forfar Yeomanry) Btn. Black Watch
from:Carluke
(d.23rd Oct 1918)
Pte. Benjamin Webb
British Army 10th Battalion Sherwood Foresters
from:Derby
Benjamin Webb was my great grandad. He was born 6th November 1879. He died 5 February 1949. He married Harriet Milner in 1902. They had 4 children, Thomas Milner Webb 6th November 1905 (My grandad), Elizabeth Webb 24 May 1909, Annie Webb 19 September 1911 and Joseph Webb 20 December 1921.
Benjamin served in France from 14th of July 1915 and was Discharged to Class Z Reserve on 23rd of February 1919. He was awarded the 1915 Star, British War Medal and Victory Medal He enlisted had into the 10th Notts & Derby Regiment (Sherwood Foresters). It also states in a 2nd Lieutenants nominal roll book as him being with 15th Section, 4 Platoon, A Company in April and May 1917 and ge was with the Transport.
Pte. Bertie Thomas Webb
British Army 2nd Btn. Berkshire Regiment
from:Chippenham, Bucks
(d.25th September 1915)
Bertie Webb is my relative who died in the First World War and I want him to be remembered in all the ways he can be. I want all soldiers, past and present, to be remembered for their sacrifices and hard work.
Rflmn. Charles William Webb
British Army 2nd/8th (Post Office Rifles) Btn. London Regiment
from:Staines
(d.7th Oct 1916)
Charles William Webb was the eldest son of William John and Mary Ann Webb, and was born on 5th February 1896 in Staines, Middlesex. He was the eldest of seven children. He never married. He was posted into the Post Office Rifles on 1st September 1916. He was killed in action at a skirmish at the Butte de Warlencourt in France on 7th October 1916. Family stories and recently found records show that his body was only identified due to a partially found identification tag which luckily stated his service number and surname.
Pte. Cyril Webb
British Army 2nd/2nd Bn London Regt (Royal Fusiliers)
from:Brookland Kent
(d.5 November 1917)
Cyril was in the London Regt (Royal Fusiliers) and was posted 2nd/2nd Bn as a private 67111. he is buried at Estaples Military Cemetery Pas de Calais, France.
L/Cpl. Daniel Charles Webb
British Army 1st Battalion East Surrey Regiment
from:184 Hydethorpe Road, Balham,London, SW
(d.23rd August 1918)
Pte. Eustace Webb
British Army 13th Btn. Essex Regiment
from:Ickleton, Cambridgeshire
(d.30th November 1917 )
Eustace Webb was my great uncle, uncle of my grandmother Vera Kidman nee Webb. His brother Percy Webb was my great grandfather. Born in the 1st quarter of 1878 and baptised on the 17 February 1878 at Burwell, Cambridgeshire, he was one of six children, four surviving at the 1911 census, born to Jesse and Rebecca Webb of Ickleton, Cambridgeshire. In 1906 he married May Dyer of Brookhampton Street, Ickleton, and they had 2 children, daughters Sheila Eileen Webb and Kathleen Webb. He was a bellringer and worked as a carter for a builder before enlisting.
Eustace Webb, served with the 13th Battalion, Essex Regiment, he enlisted at Saffron Walden. He died on the 30 November 1917 age 39 and is commemorated at Cambrai Memorial at Louverval in France. It appears that his three brothers, Percy, Charley and Jesse, all served during the Great War and survived.
Lt. F. R. Webb
British Army 11th Btn. Royal Irish Rifles
Lieutenant Webb served with 11th Btn. Royal Irish Rifles.
Pte. Frederick Webb
British Army 2nd Btn. Northumberland Fusiliers
(d.22nd Feb 1915)
Frederick Webb died of wounds and is buried Bedford House Cemetery.
Pte. Frederick Webb
British Army 21st (Wool Textile Pioneers) Btn. West Yorkshire Regiment
from:Doncaster
(d.1st Nov 1918)
My great Uncle, Frederick Webb served with the 21st Battalion, West Yorkshire Regiment in WW1. He died of his wounds, 10 days before Armistice Day, 1st of November 1918, after fighting his way across France and fell on the second to last battle of the Great War. Frederick was aged 19 years and is buried in Cambrai East Military Cemetery in France. Son of Ellen Webb of 23 Littlemoor St., Doncaster and the late William Webb. His mother had the words "He died so that we may live" engraved on his stone.
Pte. George Thomas Webb
British Army 7th Btn Leicestershire
from:Marden
My Grandfather George Thomas Webb joined the Regiment on 2nd April 1917. He was a Lewis Gunner in the front line trenches at Ypres. On 20th April 1918 he was gassed, he was transported back to England where he spent 6 months in Spalding Hall, Hendon, he was then sent to Eastbourne to recouperate. After which he was transferred to the 95th Company Chinese Labour Corps. He passed away in September 1968.
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