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Pte. William Wallace
British Army 9th Service Battalion Black Watch
from:Coatbridge, Lanarkshire, Scotland
(d.17th September 1915)
The Glasgow Evening Times reported "Mr and Mrs Wallace of Barrowfield, Coatbridge have received official information that their son, Private William Wallace, 9th Black Watch who was wounded in France on 16th of September, died on 17th of September 1915. Before enlisting the deceased was employed with the Caledonian Railway Company. While out with a work party, he was shot."
Pte. William John Wallace MM.
Australian Army 18th Battalion
(d.23rd Aug 1918)
William Wallace was my Grandmother's older brother. He came from Liverpool.
Lt Col. William Berkeley Wallace
British Army 1st Batallion Suffolk Regiment
from:Ickham, Kent
When the 1914-1918 war broke out my grandfather, Lt. Col William Wallace, went to France with his unit, the 1st Battalion, Suffolk Regiment.
The Suffolk Regiment, and my grandfather, soon became embroiled in the Second Battle of Ypres, in April/May 1915. This was one of the few major offensives launched by the Imperial German Army and during this attack poison gas was used for the first time in modern warfare. With no gas masks, soldiers were told to urinate on pieces of rag and to hold them over their faces to prevent the inhaling of the poisonous fumes!
For a time my grandfather was in command of a detachment of two battalions in the battle of St Julien in April 1915. Later, in May, he defended Frezenberg Ridge as part of this battle. It was not the gas but the failure of a neighbouring unit to hold its position which left my grandfather’s detachment exposed on one side, of which the Germans took advantage. Grandfather, seeing that he was surrounded decided to save lives and surrender, but not before he had shared out all his cigars among his men so that they did not fall into the hands of the enemy. It is said that when the Germans overran his trench it was shrouded in cigar smoke!
My grandfather, then 49, spent the rest of the war as a prisoner until repatriated after the armistice in 1918.
Capt. Clarence Wallach MC.
Australian Imperial Force 19th Infantry Battalion
from:Australia
(d.22nd Apr 1918)
Clarence "Clarrie" Wallach was born in 1889 at Bondi, New South Wales. His parents were Henry and Mary Wallach . Wallach was one of four brothers who served in the First World War. The other serving Wallach brothers were 297 Private Arthur Wallach, 1657 Private Neville Wallach and 435 Private Rupert Wallach. Wallach listed his profession as a clerk on enlistment. He was also a notable Rugby Union player, appearing five times for Australia between 1913 and 1914. He enlisted on 7 May 1915 and joined the 19th Infantry Battalion. He departed Melbourne aboard HMAT Ceramic on 25 June of the same year.
Wallach fought at Gallipoli and later in France, quickly rising through the ranks, becoming a lieutenant by August 1916. Most significantly, he was awarded the Military Cross for his role in the battle of Pozières, during which he took command of his company after the loss of their commanding officer and successfully held their front line trench under heavy bombardment. In early April 1918, having become a captain, Wallach was fatally wounded during a German offensive around the Somme. Clarence Wallach is buried at Etretat Churchyard Extension, France.
Pte. Harold James Wallbridge
British Army 2nd Btn. Hampshire Regiment
from:Southampton
(d.27th Nov 1918)
Cpl. Arthur Appleton Waller
British Army 18th Btn. Durham Light Infantry
also served with 14th DLI
Pte. Charles Waller
British Army 13th Battalion Duke of Cambridge's Own (Middlesex ) Regiment
from:Lncolnshire
(d.25 August 1917)
Sgt. Christopher Charles Waller
British Army C Battery, 79th Brigade Royal Field Artillery
from:Birkenhead
Born 30th of June 1887 Christopher Waller worked at Birkenhead docks at the Lairage. At some point after 1911 he went to Argentina and worked as a gaucho, the only picture we have of him is in a cowboy outfit. He returned to Birkenhead on 22nd of October 1914. From the Lairage memorial currently in Wirral Tramway and Transport Museum, about 212 volunteered and of those 90 were killed. His service records were among those lost in the Blitz, but his medal card shows he began service abroad on 15 July 1915 after training and started as an Acting Bombardier. His unit went to Dickebusch south west of Ypres initially, then to the northern gate of the town, Dixmude. I have the war diary and there is a lot more, this is just the first few months.
He was treated in a field hospital near Arras on the 31st of August 1917, at which time he was a Sergeant in C Battery of 79th Brigade RFA. A letter from his commanding officer in April 1919 says he had been acting as his gun line Sergeant-Major and right-hand man under very trying conditions for (part of) the past 15 months. The unit is stated to be 93rd Army Brigade, R.F.A., so he would have been there from about January 1918.
After the war he returned to Birkenhead and the Lairage and had six children, one of them my mother. He died in 1951 aged 64. We have sketchy details of his later life. He was a raconteur in the local bars, and a bookie of some sort. He is supposed to have been a cabin boy on a polar expedition, but I suspect this may have been one of his stories! Other than that, he seems to have had a good war. Having only recently got in touch with my cousins in the UK, Canada and Australia, and found details of his service, we are all proud to have him as our Grandfather. I visited Dickebusch (Dikkebus) last week, and will be going back to Flanders next year once I have transcribed the war diaries and found exactly where he served.
L/Cpl. George Edward Thomas Waller
British Army 9th Btn. Essex Regiment
(d.22nd Aug 1918)
George Waller served with the Royal West Kent Regiment in the Boer War. He resigned from the Army in 1908, but was recalled in 1917, following which he served as a Lance Corporal in the 9th Battalion, the Essex Regiment. He was killed in action on 22nd August 1918, the second day of the Second Battle of the Somme, and is buried in the extension to the Ribemont Communal Cemetery.
Pte. Herbert Waller
British Army 1/6th Btn. Northumberland Fusiliers
from:South Shields
(d.26th April 1915)
Herbert Waller served in the 1st/6th battalion, Northumberland Fusiliers and was killed in action age 25 on the 26th April 1915. He is remembered at Palmer Cenotaph and Ypres (Menin Gate) Memorial. Panel 8 and 12. His medal card records the award of the 1915 Star, War and Victory Medals.
Herbert was born in South Shields 1890, son of John and Jane Ann Waller nee Gibbs of South Shields. In the 1911 census the family were living at 56 Bythesam Street, South Shields with John(61) a dock labourer at ship repairers and his wife of 33 years Jane Ann(59). They had 8 children of whom 6 survived. Only 3 sons are living at this address, John(30), a horse driver at Tyne Docks, Herbert(20) a general labourer at corrugated metals and Robert(14) an errand boy at cabinet makers.
Pte. Horace Waller VC.
British Army 10th Btn. King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry
from:Dewsbury
(d.10th Apr 1917)
Horace Waller served in the King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry 10th Battalion and was killed in action on 10th April 1917 aged 20 years. He is buried in the Cojeul British Cemetery in France. He was the son of John Edward and Esther Waller, of "Laurel Bank," Heald's Rd., Dewsbury
An extract from "The London Gazette," No. 30122, dated 8th June, 1917, records the following:- "For most conspicuous bravery when with a bombing section forming a block in the enemy line. A very violent counter-attack was made by the enemy on this post, and although five of the garrison were killed, Pte. Waller continued for more than an hour to throw bombs, and finally repulsed the attack. In the evening the enemy again counter-attacked the post and all the garrison became casualties, except Pte. Waller, who, although wounded later, continued to throw bombs for another half an hour until he was killed. Throughout these attacks he showed the utmost valour, and it was due to his determination that the attacks on this important post were repulsed."
Pte. Thomas Waller
British Army 14th (Fife and Forfar Yeomanry) Battalion Black Watch
from:Dalzeil, Lanarkshire
(d.23rd October 1918)
Shoeing Smith Gunner Robert Wallett
British Army 112th Brigade. "A" Battery Royal Field Artillery
from:
(d.19th Sept 1918)
I am trying to find a bit more about this particular relative of mine, Robert Wallett. I know when he was born and when he died but little of the short life in between other than he obviously took up the family trait of "Smithying" and this skill was utilised by the Army. This is probably a stab in the dark but the usual avenues of enquiry have proved fruitless, I have been researching my family tree for some time, as is probably the case with tens of thousands of people everywhere there is more than one or two sad endings to young live's attributed to the various conflicts of the 20th Century and none more so than "World War One". Any help would be appreciated.
Spr. Thomas John Wallett
British Army 171st Tunnelling Company Royal Engineers
from:Shrewsbury, Salop
Thomas Wallett joined the militia 3rd Shropshire Light Infantry on 27/1/1900, enrollment number 4236 a month later his number was changed to 6274 4 KSLI. He was shipped out to the Boer war 1900 to 1903 and was a reservist till 1914 when he join the Royal Engineres number 86410 3rd pro co his discharge date is 12/10/17 due to sickness he was awarded the SWB number 1137. I never met my grandfather as he died 3 days after I was born. I have never seen his medals and until 2012 had no idea what he looked like but in 2012 I was sent a photo of a wedding in 1927 in which he is pictured.
Capt. J. Walley
Australian Imperial Force. 3rd Salvage Coy.
Pte. William Arthur Wallington
British Army 5th Batallion Oxford and Bucks Light Infantry
from:Aston Rowant
(d.25th Jan 1916)
William Wallington was my great Grandfather. He lived in Aston Rowant. He is buried in Talana Farm Cemetery, Boesingne. He was married to Polly and had 3 children one of which was my grandmother, and she was six years old when he was killed in action.
Gnr. William Wallington
British Army A Bty, 14th Brigade Royal Field Artillery
Lt. C. E. Wallis
British Army Loyal North Lancastershire Regt
Lt Wallis was a prisoner in Mainz POW Camp.
Gnr. Harry Wallis
British Army 20th Siege Battery Garrison Royal Artillery
(d.9th Apr 1918)
The following, is a list of those men, of the same 20th Siege Battery, who all died on 9th of April 1918, in alphabetical order:
Harry Wallis was my Grandfather, and in 2016, I acquired a copy of a page from the Walsall Observer and South Staffordshire Chronicle dated Saturday 27th of April 1918. On it, is a list of local people 'Killed and/or missing'. Harry is listed as killed. There was a little write-up, which goes as follows:
- Connal, Alexander Cambell 2nd Lieu. 19 yrs.
- Cowdrey, Cecil Gnr. 119954 32 yrs.
- Docherty, Thomas Gnr. 182582 29 yrs.
- Gollop, William Henry Bmdr. 159424 21 yrs.
- Hallett, A.S. Gnr. 114748 30 yrs.
- Loader, John William Gnr. 28438? 30 yrs.
- McDonald, Daniel Gnr. 285026 39 yrs.
- Mackay, George Gnr. 145578 29 yrs.
- Spence, John Robert Cpt. 24 yrs.
- Wallis, Harry Gnr. 166989 28 yrs.
Gunner Harry Wallis, whose parents Mr. and Mrs. Geo Wallis, 281 Darlaston Road, have received information from the Chaplain who conducted the Burial Service, was killed on April 9th, while serving in France, with the Garrison Royal Artillery. An extract from the Chaplains' letter, reads as follows:- "He and the whole Battery did wonderful work that day. The enemy had pressed back our line and was firing on them with shells and machine guns, yet they showed magnificent spirit and stuck to their guns all the time. Eventually they had to retire, but they brought their guns with them, and continued to fight all night and the next day. Nobody could have died more bravely than your son". Twenty-eight years of age and a widower, with one child. Gunner Wallis joined the Colours in June 1917, and went on active service the following October.
Pte. Herbert Francis Wallis
British Army 2nd Btn. East Surrey Regiment
from:Waltham Cross, Herts.
(d.27th Apr 1915)
Herbert Francis Wallis served with the 2nd Battalion, East Surrey Regiment during WW1 and was killed in action on the 27th April 1915, aged 18. He is buried in Vlamertinghe Military Cemetery in Belgium. Son of Mrs. M. A. Wallis, of 117, Turkey Street, Waltham Cross, Herts.
Pte. Issac Wallis
British Army 14th Btn. Durham Light Infantry
from:Durham
(d.30th Nov 1917)
I have very little information regarding my Great-Grandfather, Issac Wallis but I am on a quest to pay my respects to him and his gallant fellows who fought for my Freedom. He was killed in France on the 30/11/1917, blown up by a German Bomb. There were no remains of him to bury, which is why he is hounoured at the village of Louveral at the Cambrai Memorial. He served as a Private in the 14th Battalion of the DLI and I will continue to search for a picture of him to show my respect and pride of his sacrifice.
Pte. James Wallis
Army 5th Btn. Durham Light Infantry
(d.17th Aug 1915)
Pte. John George Wallis
British Army Royal Garrison Artillery
from:Woodham Cottage, Rushby Park  Ferryhill
Pte. William Wallis
British Army 5th Battalion Lincolnshire Regiment
from:Scunthorpe
(d.13th Oct 1915)
William Wallis was born in Scunthorpe on the 1st February 1897 to Walter & Kate Wallis. He died aged 18 on the 13th October 1915. He died during the attack on the Hohenzollern Redoubt.
L/Cpl. Charles Walls
British Army 8th Battalion Gordon Highlanders
from:Govan, Glasgow, Scotland
(d.16th May 1916)
Pte. Thomas Henry Wallworth
British Army 15th Btn. Kings Liverpool Regiment
from:Southport
Thomas Wallworth served with the 15th Btn. Kings Liverpool, his occupation was a farrier and so he may not have been a fighting soldier and I am aware that the 15th regiment was a reserve one. I am unable to trace my grandfather on any record sites, albeit I do have his number. The only photograph I have is the standard army issue one but if you are able to point me in the right direction, that would be a great help.
Pte. Herbert Walmsley
British Army East Yorkshire Regiment
from:Newport, East Yorkshire
Herbert Walmsley served in the East Yorkshire Regiment.
Pte. John Walmsley
British Army 8th Battalion Cheshire Regiment
from:10 Stockbridge Street, Everton, Liverpool.
(d.30th Apr 1917)
Private John Walmsley of the 8th Service Battalion Cheshire Regiment No. 26263 aged 21 years while serving with the 13th (Western) Division was killed in action on Monday 30th April 1917 during the division assault, river crossing of the Shatt Al Adhaim river Tuzkhurmatli, Iraq. He is buried at the Basra Memorial Iraq and commemorated on the panels. He was my great uncle.
Spr. John Walmsley
British Army 66th Field Coy. Royal Engineers
from:Burnley, Lancs.
(d.20th August 1915)
John Walmsley died on the 20th of August 1915, aged 21 and is buried in the Portianos Military Cemetery in Greece. He was the son of George and Elizabeth Walmsley, of Burnley, Lancs.
Corporal John Walmsley
British Army 3rd Battalion, C Coy Tank Corps
from:Darwen, Lancashire
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