Author Archives: DH

Lieutenant Maurice Dease VC

Posted on August 24, 2013 by DH

Lieutenant Maurice Dease won his VC at the Battle of Mons on 23 August 1914. ‘The machine gun crews were constantly being knocked out. So cramped was their position that when a man was hit he had to be removed … Continue reading →

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Photograph at Abbeville CWGC cemetery

Posted on August 22, 2013 by DH

  I stopped off at the CWGC cemetery at Abbeville, Picardy, last week. Lying on one of the grass paths was this photo, depicting the Irvine Victoria football team presumably of some time around 1914. I expect it had blown … Continue reading →

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Missing Australian soldiers identified at Fromelles

Posted on August 6, 2013 by DH

The CWGC has erected headstones to mark the graves of five newly identified Australian soldiers of World War I. Private William Barber, Private Thomas William Francis, Private William O’Donnell, Private Thomas Henry Bills and Private John Gordon McKenzie, were among … Continue reading →

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Private Felix Henry Knell, Royal Fusiliers

Posted on August 5, 2013 by DH

Private Felix Henry Knell, of 53rd (Young Soldiers) Battalion Royal Fusiliers is buried in the churchyard at Leeds, near Maidstone, Kent. He was the son of William Knell, a labourer from the village, and is buried next to his younger … Continue reading →

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National Army Museum’s speakers focus on World War I

Posted on August 5, 2013 by DH

100 Days to Victory: How the First World War Was Won Saul David 12 September 2013, 7pm Employing the latest ideas and scholarship, author Saul David will explore the history of World War I from a new angle and will … Continue reading →

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Derry Journal tells tale of soldier shot at dawn

Posted on July 21, 2013 by DH

The Derry Journal reports how a 19-year-old soldier from the Inniskilling  Fusiliers was shot at dawn and how an officer refused to be involved with the execution. The newspaper also states that Private Robert Hope was shot for desertion in … Continue reading →

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Canadian soldiers added to Dorchester memorial

Posted on July 21, 2013 by DH

The names of two Dorset men who lost their lives fighting with the Canadian forces in World War I have been added to a war memorial in Dorchester. Charlie Cutt and George Quinton were omitted from the monument when it … Continue reading →

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Three South African soldiers re-buried at Tyne Cot

Posted on July 9, 2013 by DH

Three unknown South African soldiers, who died while fighting on the Western Front in 1917, were re-interred today at a ceremony at Tyne Cot Cemetery in Belgium. The service was organised by the South African Embassy, located in Brussels, and … Continue reading →

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A South African RAF pilot

Posted on July 8, 2013 by DH

CWGC lists lieutenant Charles Perring as belonging to the Aircraft Acceptance Park at Hendon Aerodrome in London. He was killed in an air crash at Lympne in Kent on 9 August 1918 and originally came from Johannesburg, South Africa. The … Continue reading →

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CWGC searches for family of World War I NCO

Posted on July 1, 2013 by DH

Research by the Commonwealth War Graves Commission and the United Kingdom Ministry of Defence (MOD) has identified the grave of Company Serjeant Major (CSM) Andrew Gale of The Queen’s (Royal West Surrey Regiment) in Belgian Battery Corner Cemetery, Belgium. CSM Gale … Continue reading →

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