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Pte. John Wall
British Army 18th Btn. Durham Light Infantry
Pte. Sydney Frith Wall
British Army 12th Btn. King's Liverpool Regiment
from:Chorley
(d.27th Aug 1915)
Sydney Frith Wall was my wife's great uncle. He was a hairdresser in civilian life. He was killed at Laventie on 27th of August 1915, having been in France for a month. I can find no report of any action on that date. It is stated he died of wounds but he has no known grave, and is commemorated on the "Plug Street" memorial. He was 25.
Pte. Thomas Wall
British Army 1/5th Btn. Durham Light Infantry
from:Sunderland
(d.26th Jun 1917)
Thomas Wall served with the 5th Btn. Durham Light Infantry. He enlisted in Sunderland, he was born in Birkenhead. He was killed in action on the 26th of June 1917. He is remembered in the Book of Remembrance set up by the North East War Memorial, The Book of Remembrance 1914-18 Holy Trinity, Part 2.
Pte. William George Wall
British Army Army Service Corps
from:79 Avondale Crescent, Grangetown, Cardiff, Glamorgan
George Wall was gassed at Merville, France and by late July 1918 transferred to Ward 6 at Oakbank War Hospital, Glasgow, I have a photograph of William George Wall possibly taken in January 1918 before he went to France.
VAD. Wall-Jacobs
Voluntary Aid Detachment No. 16 Stationary Hospital
Wallace
Army 9th Btn. Durham Light Infantry
L/Sgt. Alexander Wallace
British Army 1st/7th Battalion Black Watch
from:Bowhill
(d.23rd Dec 1916)
Alexander Wallace and his three brothers all served in the First World War, Alexander Andrew and David served with the 7th Battalion Black Watch and Charles who has immigrated to Australia served with the 16th Battalion Australian Imperial Force.
Alexander died of wounds received during the Battle of Beamount Hamel on the 23rd December 1916 and at the time of his death his brothers Andrew and Charles had died.
David Wallace survived the war, moved to Australia and was my grandfather
Sgt. Andrew Wallace
British Army 1st/7th Battalion Black Watch (Royal Highlanders)
from:Leuchars
(d.25th Sep 1915)
Andrew, David and Alexander Wallace served with the 7th Battalion, Black Watch. Andrew was a professional soldier at the outbreak of World War One and his two brothers enlisted and served in the same unit at the outbreak of War.
Andrew's other brother Charles had immigrated to Australia before the war and enlisted in the 16th Battalion Australian Imperial Force. Andrew and Alexander were killed on the western front while Charles was killed at Gallipoli.
David Wallace survived the war and immigrated to Australia and was my Grandfather
Pte. Andrew Wallace
British Army 6th Btn. Connaught Rangers
from:Kilkenny
Andrew Wallace enlisted in Kilkenny Ireland with the 6th Connaught Rangers. He was reported wounded in action in Sept 1917. He then transferred to the Leinster Regiment and was wounded again in October 1918. He was discharged on the 1st of March 1919 in Llanelli, Wales and was awarded a Disability Pension.
Cpl. David Wallace
British Army 6th Battalion Border Regiment
from:Fletchertown, Cumberland
(d.9th Aug 1915)
Pte. David Wallace
British Army 1/7th Btn. Black Watch
David Wallace was my Grandfather, he served with his brothers L/Sgt Alexander Wallace and Sgt Andrew Wallace in the 1/7th Battalion, Black Watch during World War One. His other brother Charles Wallace served in the 16th Battalion, Australian Imperial Force. I have been able to locate some information about Alexander, Andrew and Charles but no information or records about David's Service.
David was the only brother to survive the war, Alexander and Andrew were killed at the Somme and Charles was killed at Gallipoli.
Pte. Donald Robert Keys Wallace
British Army 26th Btn (Bankers Btn) Royal Fusiliers
from:Margate and Tooting
(d.19th Jun 1917)
L/Bmdr. George William Wallace
British Army 69th Battery Royal Field Artillery
from:415 Hawthorne Road, Bootle
George Wallace was one of eight children born to Catherine and Henry Harris Wallace in Lancashire. He joined up with his brother Thomas on the 26th of August 1914 at Seaforth. He was only 5ft 3inches, with a 35 inch chest and weighed only 125 lbs. The medical record said that his general development was fair and that he had blue eyes, brown hair and a fresh complexion. He became a driver for the 69th Battery, Royal Field Artillery and was part of the British Expeditionary Mediterranean Force and also served in the British Dardanelles.
He came back from the war having no physical injuries or illnesses. He was discharged on the 10th of September 1919, by which time his two year old niece and his pregnant sister had died of the flu before he had got home.
J. Wallace
Royal Naval Division Benbow Battalion
Pte. J. Wallace
British Army 24th (Tyneside Irish) Battalion Northumberland Fusiliers
L/Cpl. James Wallace
British Army 18th Btn. Highland Light Infantry
from:Glasgow
(d.15th July 1916)
James Wallace was under 5ft 3 inches tall, and was married to Mary Williamson. His son James was born in 1912. Two daughters, Mary and Margert, both died in 1915 and 1916 respectively. His wife gave birth to a third daughter six weeks after his death, Eliza Jane Wallace, who was born on 27th August 1916.
James was one of four men killed and three wounded (one of the wounded died of his wounds on 27th July 1916) when the Germans sent twelve shells over in the area of Montauban.
Spr. James Gibson Wallace
British Army 331st Road Construction Coy. Royal Engineers
from:Grantshouse, Berwickshire, Scotland
James Wallace was born on 30th of Sept 1877 in Grantshouse, Berwickshire. He married Mary Hannah Gamble on 30th of November 1906. He died in 1964at the age of 86.
He joined the Royal Engineers on 11th of December 1916 and was mobilized on the 14th of May 1917. He was still in France on 13th of April 1919 when he signed to confirm he was not suffering from any disability. He is listed as having gained a qualification as a roller driver as part of the road construction work they carried out. He was ranked Pioneer and then Sapper.
Pte. James Wallace
British Army 55th Field Ambulance Royal Army Medical Corps
from:Fife
(d.1st Oct 1916)
Cpl. John Wallace DCM MID
British Army 148 Company Machine Gun Corps
from:31 Sturges Street, Sheffield
My grandfather,John Wallace, served throughout the Great War. He was in 1/4 Battalion The Hallamshires of the Territorial Army before the war and was mobilised at the outbreak of war.
He sailed, with his battalion, for France on 13th April 1915 and served with his battalion (he was 2251 Pte J Wallace, York and Lancaster Regiment) as a machine gunner until transferred to 148 Company of the newly formed Machine Gun Corps on 31st January 1916. On 7th July 1917, during the Battle of The Somme, he was in a particularly fierce action near the small village of Thiepval, which was on, or near, the extreme left of the line, during which he remained in captured German positions to give covering fire to his retreating comrades during a German counter attack. During this action his cousin, who was part of his gun team, was killed and this left him to operate the gun alone for as long as he could. Eventually, he had to destroy the gun, which had become inoperable, with a grenade and make his way back after his comrades. The war diary for 148 Company records his action in its entry for 17th August 1916.
For his brave conduct throughout this particular action he was awarded the DCM. He had, previously, been Mentioned in Despatches at least twice. Strangely, his entry in the London Gazette, recording his DCM award, incorrectly identifies him as still belonging to York and Lancs Regiment and with his old number. He was eventually transferred to "Z" class reserve on 28th February 1919.
After the war, he married and had two children - a son and a daughter - and he died in 1947.
Pte. John Wallace
British Army 2nd Battalion Highland Light Infantry
from:Coatbridge, Lanarkshire, Scotland
(d.21st Sep 1915)
John Wallace served with the 2nd Battalion, Highland Light Infantry. The Evening Times reported "Information has been received in Coatbridge that Private John Wallace, 2nd HLI of Barronfield Place, Coatbridge was killed in action in France on 21st of September 1915. He was employed with Mr William Gibson, painter, Academy Street, Coatbridge. His brother William, 9th Black Watch was killed some months ago."
Pte. Percy James Wallace
British Army 18th Btn. Durham Light Infantry
Pte. Robert Wallace
British Army 9th Btn. Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers
(d.1st Jul 1916)
Robert Wallace
British Army Royal Horse Artillery
from:Omskirk
Robert Wallace - my grandfather - was a canny Scotsman. He was a horse trader and they lived behind our sweet shop in Ormskirk, Lancashire.
Granddad was in the Royal Horse Artillery in the 1914-18 war. Granddad went right through the war in France and Belgium. His horses all received wounds from shrapnel and he nursed them all back to health to continue their work in the war.
After the war the British Army had a policy of leaving most of their horses in France as food as the times were desperate. Robert Wallace was not going to have that. He said I have nothing against the French people but they are not going to slaughter my horses and so his fight with Army and Navy red tape began. He bought the horses from the Army and had them shipped to England, where they spent the rest of their lives at peace in his beloved green fields. I was forever proud to be his grandson and regarded him as my hero. He was a casualty from mustard gas on the Western Front which, in the end, took his life before his time.
2/Lt. Robinson Wallace
British Army 8th Btn. Durham Light Infantry
(d.2nd Oct 1916)
Robinson Wallace, Second Lieutenant, served in the 8th Battalion, Durham Light Infantry, having previously served as a Private 320 in the 3rd Northern Cyclist Company. He died age 20 on the 2nd October 1916 and is remembered at Monkton Memorial and is buried in Dernancourt Communal Cemetery Extension. His medal card shows the award of the War and Victory Medals.
Robinson was born in Heworth 1896, son of Robinson Jackson and Margaret Jane Wallace of 9 Osborne Terrace, Felling, Gateshead. In the 1911 census Robinson Jackson Wallace(46) is a Police Constable, with his wife of 23 years Margaret Jane(43). They have 3 children, all single, living here, Ada A(23) and Margaret A(19), both Elementary School Teachers. Robinson Wallace is 15 years old and still at school.
T Wallace
British Army 22nd Heavy Battery Royal Garrison Artillery
Cpl. Thomas Wallace
British Army 1st Battalion Royal Scots
(d.12th May 1915)
Thomas Wallace was lost in fighting at Sanctuary Wood, Zillebeke, he is remembered in Ypres at the Menin Gate.
Cpl. Thomas Wallace
British Army 21st (2nd Tyneside Scottish) Btn. Northumberland Fusiliers
from:46 Gibson Street, Newcastle upon Tyne
(d.1st Jul 1916)
Thomas Wallace was my Great Uncle, 23 years old, born in 1893, a butcher.
Pte. William Wallace
British Army 1st Btn. Northumberland Fusiliers
from:Wallsend
(d.16th June 1915)
William Wallace, Private 4491, served in the 1st Battalion the Northumberland Fusiliers and died on the 16th June 1915. He is remembered at St. Paul's Church and Ypres(Menin Gate) Memorial. His medal card records the award of the 1915 Star, War and Victory Medals.
William was born in Wallsend 1879 son of William and Mary Wallace of 26 Benton Way (1881 census address). In the 1901 census the family is living at 113b Benton Way, Wallsend with William(46) a ships rivetter and Mary(46) his wife. They have 7 children living at this address. William(22) is a caulker, John(20) is a painter, Mary Burdon(17) is a dressmaker and Margaret(14) is a milliner. The 3 younger childre at school are Henry(12), Miles(10) and Vincent is 7 years old. In the 1911 census William (32) is married and living at 56b Sedley Street Wallsend with his wife Margaret (29). He is a Prudential Insurance Agent. They have no children at that date.
Pte. William Wallace
British Army 6th Btn. Cameronians Scottish Rifles
from:Hamilton
(d.15th Jun 1915)
William Wallace died on 15th of June 1915 in Festubert, France, aged 18 years.
Pte. William Wallace
British Army 9th Battalion Black Watch
from:Coatbridge, Lanarkshire, Scotland
(d.16th September 1915)
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