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World War 1 One ww1 wwII greatwar great 1914 1918 first battalion regiment
Pte. Isaac Wells
British Army 10th Btn. A Coy. Duke of Wellington's West Riding Regiment
from:Green Mount, Norwood Green, Halifax.
(d.7th Jun 1917)
Pte. James Wells
British Army 5th Btn. Suffolk Regiment
from:Stowmarket
Pte. John Henry Wells
British Army 1st Btn, C Coy West York Regiment
from:Sheffield
(d.16th Oct 1916 )
Private John Wells was killed at Mealte in Picardie, France.
Able/Sea John Thomas Wells
Royal Navy HMS India
from:Bracknell, Berks
(d.20th October 1917)
Able Seaman Wells was the Son of George and Sarah Wells; husband of Fanny Carpenter (formerly Wells), of Broad Lane, Bracknell, Berks. Born at Margate.
He was 38 when he died and is buried in the Vestre Toten (Aas) Churchyard in Norway.
Pte Kenneth Samuel Wells
British Army 75th Field Ambulance Royal Army Medical Corps
from:Birmingham
L/Cpl. Reuben John Wells
British Army 14th Battalion Suffolk Regiment
from:Cheshunt, Herts
(d.10th Oct 1918)
Lance Corporal Reuben Wells was lost when the Kingstown (now Dun Laoghaire) County Dublin, Ireland to Holyhead, Wales mail boat RMS Leinster was torpedoed and sunk by UB-123 on 10 October 1918. He is buried in Grangegorman Military Cemetery, Dublin.
Pte. Samuel Wells
British Army 2nd Btn. Norfolk Regiment
from:Brandon, Suffolk
(d.15th Sep 1915)
Samuel Wells was in Mesopotamia and on catching beri beri was transfered onto the hospital ship HMHS Madras on the way to India for better treatment where he died on 15th of September 1915.
Samuel's younger brother served with 8th Battalion where he was killed in action so it left my great great grandma losing two of her sons
Rflmn. Thomas W. Wells
British Army 1st Btn. Rifle Brigade
from:Sydenham, London
(d.27th April 1915)
Thomas W. Wells was the brother of my maternal grandfather, Percy Wells, who served in the Second World War in the Troop Transport Ships and then in the Royal Navy Reserve in a Minesweeper.
I am aware that Thomas was a Rifleman (No 745) in the 1st Battalion, Rifle Brigade (The Prince Consort's Own) killed at Ypres Salient, France on the 27th April 1915, but know little else about him. I have a photograph that is purported to be him. However, the uniform he is wearing does not seem to match any that I have been able to find for his Battalion on the internet.
If anyone is able to enlighten me as to where I may find details of his service, it would be most appreciated, as I live in Australia, and I think I am the only one endeavouring to piece together the Well's family story.
Pte. William James Wells
British Army 1st Btn. Coldstream Guards
from:Marton, Warwickshire
My Grandfather William James Wells served throughout the Great war as a private in the Coldstream Guards 1st Battalion. After basic training at Aldershot he was sent to France and served in most of the great battles such as Mons, Marne and the Somme campaign. He was wounded and hospitalized due to shrapnel but returned to the front soon after. He also served in the Home Guard during the second world war.
Spr. William Henry Wells MM.
British Army 409th (Lowland) Field Coy. Royal Engineers
(d.19th Feb 1919)
Boy 1st Cl. William George Arthur Wells
Royal Navy HMS Clan McNaughton
(d.3rd February 1915)
Pte William Wells
British Army 2/9th Battalion King's Liverpool Regiment
from:Mawdesley, Lancashire
(d.19th July 1917)
William Wells died of his wounds at Beechwood Red Cross Hospital, Hereford.
Capt. Gervas Charles Wells-Cole
British Army 138th Field Ambulance Royal Army Medical Corps
from:Lincoln
Gervas Wells-Cole was my grandfather. He qualified as a doctor in 1914 and then joined the RAMC in 1915. He served on the Western Front, to my knowledge in the Ypres area in 1916/1917. During this time he befriended Reverend Tubby Clayton of Talbot House, Poperinge and the founder of Toc H. They remained friends for the rest of their lives. At some point my Grandfather was invalided back to the UK with pleurisy. According to his obituary, he served in 138th Field Ambulance and was demobbed in 1919.
During his working life, he was a General Practitioner/Surgeon. Between 1935 and 1971 he was also Coroner for the City of Lincoln. He died in 1974.
Sister. Wellstead
Queen Alexandras Nursing Service No. 32 Stationary Hospital
Cpl. Samuel Welsby
British Army 4th Battalion South Lancashire Regiment
from:Warrington
Pte. Ernest George Welsford
British Army 6th Battalion Somerset Light Infantry
from:Wells, Somerset
(d.24th August 1916)
Ernest Welsford was one of four members of the Welsford family of Wells. The others were his father, brother and a cousin. He is remembered on the Thiepval Memorial.
Welsh
Army 7th Btn. Durham Light Infantry
Cpl. Alfred Welsh
British Army 2nd Btn. Cheshire Regiment
from:Honor Oak Park
(d.3rd Oct 1915)
Pte. Charles Welsh
Canadian Expeditionary Forces 8th Btn.
from:Canada
(d.6th Mar 1918)
Charles Welsh served with the Canadian Expeditionary Forces 8th Battalion. He was executed for desertion 6th March1918 and is buried in Mazingarbe Communal Cemetery and Extension, Mazingarbe, France.
Frederick Percy Welsh
British Army 275th Siege Battery Royal Garrision Artillery
from:St Austell, Cornwall
I have been searching for information about a Frederick Percy Welch from St Austell in Cornwall who died in WW1. Records have been lost but there is a P F Welch recorded as being 275th Siege Battery Royal Garrison Artillery. He was known by his middle name Percy so it is conceivable that his initials were inverted. Also Percy's younger brother Wilfred Ernest Welch joined the Devonshires just as Lewis did so it looks like your records have led me to find the man I have been searching for so long. Percy is one of eight St Austell Baptist Church boys who died in WW1.
Pte. George Welsh
British Army 11th Battalion Rifle Brigade
from:London
(d.3rd Dec 1917)
Pte. James Welsh
British Army 4th Hussars
from:Hebburn
(d.24th May 1915)
James Welsh served with the 4th Queens Own Hussars and died on the 24th May 1915. He is remembered at Palmer Cenotaph. His medal card records the award of the 1915 Star, War and Victory Medals.
James was born in Hebburn, son of Patrick and Jane Welsh of County Londonderry, Ireland. In the 1911 census the family is living at 82 Rose Street, Hebburn with Patrick(60) labourer in copper works and his wife of 37 years Jane(57) who had 9 children 8 of whom survived. James(28) is a plumbers labourer and Lewis(24) is a plumber both in the shipyard. Daniel(18) is a stocktakers assistant. Catherine(21) and Elizabeth(16) are at home. Lawrence Coady(37) widowed son in law, a platers helper in the shipyard has his daughter Sarah Jane who is 7 years old.
Pte. James Welsh
British Army 24th (Tyneside Irish) Battalion Northumberland Fusiliers
from:Chopwell
Cpl. James Welsh
British Army 24th (Tyneside Irish) Battalion Northumberland Fusiliers
from:Newcastle
Stretcher Bearer James Welsh took part in the trench raid on the night of the 5th-6th of June 1916. He was discharged in 1919
Pte. James Bell Welsh
British Army 13th Battalion Middlesex Regiment
from:Honor Oak Park
(d.18th August 1916)
James Bell Welsh was 23 when he was killed attacking the village of Guillemont with the 13th Middlesex.
Cpl. John Joseph Welsh
British Army 21st (Tyneside Scottish) Btn. Northumberland Fusiliers
from:6 Sidney St, Fencehouses
(d.5th June 1916)
After a long search for my maternal great grandfather, Joseph Welsh, I have found two newspaper clippings.
Pte John Smith Welsh
British Army 2nd Lowland Field Ambulance Royal Army Medical Corps
from:50 Woodcraft Bridgend, Callander
Pte. Michael Welsh
British Army 24th (Tyneside Irish) Battalion Northumberland Fusiliers
from:Benwell
L/Cpl. Michael Welsh
British Army 12th Btn. Black Watch
(d.20th July 1917)
Michael Welsh served with the 12th (Labour) Battalion, Black Watch (Royal Highlanders) he transferred to 6th Labour Company, Labour Corps April 1917 Michael died at the 5th Northern General Hospital in Leicester.
Pte. Nicholas Welsh
British Army 2nd Battalion, B Company Border Regiment
from:Maryport, Cumberland
(d.16th May 1915)
My Great Grandfather, Nicholas Welsh lost his life during the Battle of Festubert, France, not far from Ypres. His body was never found and he is honoured at Le Touret Memorial on Panels 19 & 20. The Cockermouth Memorial in Cumberland also commemorates him.
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