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Pte. Patrick Welsh
British Army 24th (Tyneside Irish) Battalion Northumberland Fusiliers
from:New Herrington
Pte. Patrick Welsh
British Army 24th (Tyneside Irish) Battalion Northumberland Fusiliers
from:Walker
Pte. Peter Welsh
British Army 2nd Btn. Northumberland Fusiliers
(d.16th Apr 1915)
Peter Welsh died of wounds and buried in Byker and Heaton Cemetery, Newcastle-upon-Tyne.
Dvr. Robert Welsh
British Army 10th Battery, 147th Brigade Royal Field Artillery
from:Duntocher
(d.16th Apr 1915)
My great uncle Robert Welsh was drowned en route to Gallipoli on 16th of April 1915. He was a driver in the Royal Field Artillery and was aboard HMTS Manitou when it was challenged by a Turkish gun boat and told to abandon ship before they sunk it. Lifeboats were lowered but one capsized and 40 out of 60 aboard were drowned. The Turks fired torpedoes at the Manitou but did not hit it, a terrible waste of life for nothing, one of the many during the Gallipoli Campaign. His body was not recovered and he is commemorated on the Helles Memorial.
He was born in 1891 at 45 William Street, Duntocher, Dunbartonshire, Scotland to James and Elizabeth Welsh nee Donald and was their oldest child. His mother died in 1901 and his father in 1916. He was survived by two sisters and a young brother. His sister Marion (Minnie) was engaged but her fiance survived the war and died from Spanish Flu when he returned home.
L/Cpl Thomas James Welsh
Army 1st Btn. Kings Own (Royal Lancaster Regiment)
from:Dove St, Lodge Lane, Liverpool.
My Grandfather Thomas James Welsh was in the 1st Battalion Kings Loyal Lancashire regiment, a Liverpool lad. As a boy I would ask him about his war experience and it would always upset him. but he did say that he was a lewis gunner and he was shot in the neck with the bullet passing straight through his back. It was the germans who recovered him and he remembers waking up in a german field hospital with a german male medic saying to him in good english "dont worry Tommy your war's over now" which I have always thought is quite a compassionate thing to say to the enemy. He was imprisoned for the rest of the war I believe in Germany and Holland.
L/Cpl Thomas James Welsh
Army 1st Btn. Kings Loyal Lancashire Regiment
from:Dove St, Lodge Lane, Liverpool.
My Grandfather Thomas James Welsh was in the 1st Battalion Kings Loyal Lancashire regiment, a Liverpool lad. As a boy I would ask him about his war experience and it would always upset him. but he did say that he was a lewis gunner and he was shot in the neck with the bullet passing straight through his back. It was the germans who recovered him and he remembers waking up in a german field hospital with a german male medic saying to him in good english "dont worry Tommy your war's over now" which I have always thought is quite a compassionate thing to say to the enemy. He was imprisoned for the rest of the war I believe in Germany and Holland.
Pte. W. Welsh
British Army 24th (Tyneside Irish) Battalion Northumberland Fusiliers
from:North Shields
Served with the Tynside Irish and the Military Police
Pte. Walter Welsh
British Army 24th (Tyneside Irish) Battalion Northumberland Fusiliers
from:Newcastle
Pte. William Welsh
British Army 14th Btn Durham Light Infantry
from:Jarrow
(d.18th Oct 1916)
William Welsh, Private 10391, served in the 14th battalion, Durham Light Infantry and died age 22 on the 18th October 1916. he is remembered at Palmer Cenotaph, St. Paul's Church and is buried in Etaples Military Cemetery. His medal card records the award of the 1915 Star, War and Victory Medals.
William was born in Jarrow 1894, son of Patrick and Catherine Welsh nee Fordyce. In the 1911 census the family is living at 11 Back Stilton Street, Jarrow with Patrick(53) a steel works labourer and his wife of 23 years Catherine(44)who had 10 children, 5 of whom survived all single and living at home. Catherine(23) at home, Mary(18) ropeworks spinner, William(16) marking at steelworks, Christine(11) and Phillip(10) are both attending school. There is also a boarder Peter Cavanagh(53) a labourer at the Steel Works.
Sgt. William Welsh
British Army 19th Battalion Durham Light Infantry
from:Jarrow
William Welsh was my great-grandfather. He did not have the best reputation with his immediate family after the war and I wondered how much of this could be blamed on his experiences during his service. It is proving to be difficult to get any detailed information.
Pte. William Taylor Welson
British Army Montgomeryshire Yeomanry
from:Llanyfelin, Gladestry, Powys.
(d.5th Aug 1917)
I have been researching the names of the 7 young men remembered on Gladestry War Memorial, it was the first War Memorial Dedicated in Radnorshire. William Taylor Welson is remembered there.
William Taylor Welson and his brother Hugh Powell Welson were the sons of William Welson of Llanyfelin Farm, Gladestry. William Taylor originally joined the Montgomery Yeomanry, No.2779, he was later transferred to 17th. Battalion, Royal Welsh Fusiliers. He had enlisted at Gladestry. William Taylor Welson was killed in action in France/ Flanders on the 5th. August 1917. Gladestry parish magazine regularly gave news of the young men of the Parish who had enlisted but did not mention William Taylor Welson.
His brother Hugh later enlisted, but his regiment is unknown. Gladestry Parish Magazine recorded, March 1917, that Hugh Welson was in hospital. In January 1918 it recorded that Hugh was in Highbury Hospital and now able to speak a little, and in April 1918 he was invalided out of the army.
Rfm. Charles Welsted
British Army 13th Btn. Kings Royal Rifle Corps
My Grandfather was Rfm. Charles Welsted of the 13th KRRC.
Cpl. John George Wench
British Army 18th Btn. Durham Light Infantry
served with 18th DLI and (7194) 6th West Yorks
Pte. Clifford C. Went
British Army 2nd Btn. West Yorkshire Regiment
from:Brightlingsea, Essex
(d.27th Mar 1918)
Clifford Went is remembered on the Pozieres Memorial.
Sgt. S. S. Wepener
South African Military Constabulary
(d.13th Nov 1918)
Sergeant Wepener is buried in the Outjo Cemetery in Namibia.
Cpl. Allan Dowey Werrill MM.
British Army Royal Field Artillery
from:Wigan, Lancashire
"News has been received by the relatives of Corpl. A. D. Werrill, of the Royal Field Artillery, whose home address is in Lower Ince, Wigan that he has been awarded the Military Medal. Corporal Werrill, who is 20 years old and single, enlisted in February 1915 and was last employed at Abram Collieries as a haulage hand. At Loos on the night of 16th October, 1917, Corporal Werrill was in charge of three ammunition wagons proceeding to his battery position. On arrival at the battery they suddenly came under heavy shell fire, one wagon being hit and eight men injured. Corporal Werrill showed great presence of mind and gallantry. Having extricated the team and taken them to a more sheltered spot, he returned and superintended the removal of the wounded men. Throughout the whole time intermittent shelling continued, and the conduct of Corporal A. D. Werrill, the official record states, was most cool and courageous." The Wigan Observer, 1st December 1917
2nd Lt. G. H. Wesselhoeft
Army 15th Btn Durham Light Infantry
Cpl. Alfred Wesson
British Army 1st Battalion Sherwood Foresters
from:Coalville, Leics.
(d.12th May 1915)
Alfred Wesson arrived in France on 4th November 1914 as part of the 1st Battalion, Sherwood Foresters. He died of wounds on 12th of May 1915, we presume these were incurred at the Battle of Neuve Chapelle on 9th May. He was taken to Wimereux Hospital where he died, his grave can be found in Wimereux Communal Cemetery.
Alfred arrived in France on 4th November 1914 with his brother Harry Wesson. Harry was killed in action on 9th May 1915. Alfred was awarded the Victory Medal and British Medal. All this information was gleaned from British Medal Roll 1914-1920 and the CWGC website. I have a very grainy photograph of Alfred in his uniform but when this was taken I do not know.
Sgt. George Henry Wesson
British Army 1st Battalion Sherwood Foresters
from:Coalville, Leics.
(d.9th May 1915)
Harry Wesson arrived in France on 4thof November 1914. He was killed in action on 9th of May 1915, we presume at the battle of Neuve Chapelle. He has no known grave but is mentioned on the Ploegsteert Memorial. He is included on Roll F/1/1/91 as a Corporal. At the time of his death he was a Sergeant and was awarded the Victory Medal and British Medal. This information was gleaned from British Army WWI Medal Rolls Index Cards, 1914-1920.
In August 1914 his sister Nelly was widowed when her husband was sadly killed in an accident at a mine in Wales. Nelly was expecting a baby due in October of that year. The shock of the accident caused Nelly to go into early labour and her daughter (also named Nelly) was born two days later. The baby weighed less than a bag of sugar and no-one expected her to survive, but she went on to celebrate her 100th birthday in August 2014. Baby Nelly was orphaned in 1917 and brought up by her paternal grandmother.
Pte. Albert William West
British Army 11th Btn. Middlesex Regiment
from:Walhamstow
(d.26th Feb 1917)
Bill West is buried in Faubourg d'Amiens, he was aged 21 years and 9 days old.
Pte. Arthur West
British Army 1st (East Anglian) Field Ambulance Royal Army Medical Corps
from:Northampton
Arthur West was awarded the War Medal, the Victory Medal, and the King's Medal (No. 503707).
Pte. Benjamin West
South Africa Infantry 4th Regiment
from:Greyton, South Africa
(d.7th Aug 1918)
Pte Benjamin West, who was born at the Moravian Mission Station Genadendal in South Africa, was a tailor by profession who worked for Mr J Browning of Worcester in South Africa when he joined the army.
He was wounded during May 1917 and spent May and June in the hospital in B.I Ward, South African Hospital, Richmond, Surrey. Between the 18th and 20th March 1918 he was gassed and sent to 9 General Lake Side Hospital near Rouen. After he was seriously wounded, he was admitted to the 18th C.C.S. in France on 19th July 1918 and died at 1.50 in the morning of 7th August 1918. He was buried at Longuenesse Souvenir Cemeterey, St Omer.
Pte. Bertram Harry West
British Army B Coy, 13th Btn. Middlesex Regiment
from:15 Aylett Road, Isleworth, Middlesex
(d.27th Jun 1917)
CQMS Frederick West
British Army 18th Btn. Durham Light Infantry
Pte. George Fredrick West
British Army 10th Battalion Royal Fusiliers
from:Croydon
(d.9th April 1917)
Pte. George Jesse West
British Army 4th Battalion Grenadier Guards
from:New Cross, London
(d.13th April 1918)
Pte. H. West
British Army 178th Brigade Trench Mortar Battery Royal Artillery
from:London
(d.8th December 1917)
I have found an 'In loving Remembrance' card to a Pte H West. It belonged in my late mother's private collection of cherished memories. I have no idea who Pte West was but he seemed to be quite old (37) to have been serving in the Great War. He was killed in action on 8th of December 1917. My aim is to find Pte West's grave and pay my respects not just to him but to all those brave men and boys who sacrificed their lives for us.
Cpl. Harold Frederick West
British Army 7th Btn. East Yorkshire Regiment
from:71 Newland Ave, Hull
(d.10th October 1918)
Harold West was the son of Frederick West of 71 Newland Avenue. Hull. He enlisted into 10th Btn East Yorkshire Regiment on 2nd of September 1914 aged 26 and was posted to the 8th East Yorks. He was then posted to the MEF embarking from Devonport on 8th of December 1915 for service in Egypt. He then moved to France arriving on 7th of March 1916, He was wounded by a shell fragment in the shoulder on 8th June 1916 and sent home to England to the Western General Hospital, Cardiff. He was posted back to France and moved to 1/4th East Yorks on 19th of September 1917. He was wounded again with a bullet to the left leg on 16th of March 1918 he was evacuated to England to the Southern General Hospital. After his wound had healed he was again sent back to France and to the 7th East Yorks on 23rd of August 1918.
He was sadly killed with others on 10th of October 1918 just 32 days before the end of the war. He is buried in a cemetery at Neuvilly with 96 other service men. May they Rest in Peace their duty done.
Rflmn. Henry West
British Army 11th Btn. Kings Royal Rifle Corps
from:Fillongley, Warwickshire
(d.20th September 1917)
Henry West served with 11th Btn. King's Royal Rifle Corps.
Sgt. J. West
British Army 24th (Tyneside Irish) Battalion Northumberland Fusiliers
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