Category Archives: Soldiers of the Great War

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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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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Overgrown CWGC memorials in Hampstead Cemetery

Posted on June 9, 2013 by DH

A couple of examples of overgrown CWGC headstones in Hampstead Cemetery, London. The two in the foreground commemorate Sapper George Dalton of the Royal Engineers and Guardsman Ernest Kitson of the Grenadier Guards. According to CWGC, Sapper Dalton was 46 … Continue reading →

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Work begins on statue of Essex VC winner

Posted on June 8, 2013 by DH

Work has begun on a statue to mark the centenary of the start of World War I. EADT24 reports that that a seven foot-tall bronze figure of Private Herbert Columbine VC of the Machine Gun Corps is being created by … Continue reading →

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Captain Hugh Brodie, 6th Battalion, East Kent Regiment

Posted on May 16, 2013 by DH

Captain Hugh Brodie is another World War I officer commemorated on a family grave in Hampstead Cemetery, London. He was killed on 13 October 1915 while serving with 6th Battalion, the East Kent Regiment. He is also commemorated on the … Continue reading →

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Engineer Lieutenant Commander Jack Bassano Hyde, of HMS Sable, died on 25 October 1918, aged 31. Jack was the son of Captain John Francis Hyde and Marianne Hyde of 131 Adelaide Rd, London. He was born at Hyde End, Berkshire, … Continue reading →

Posted on May 13, 2013 by DH | Leave a comment

Second lieutenant Robert Butler Nivison, 21st KRRC

Posted on May 10, 2013 by DH

Walking through Hampstead Cemetery in London this week I saw a memorial to Sir Robert Nivison, 1st Baron Glendyne of Sanduhan, his wife Jane and their son, Robert Butler. Sir Robert Nivison was a well-known banker and stockbroker, whose company, … Continue reading →

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A commanding officer who fell while leading his men on 1 July 1916

Posted on May 2, 2013 by DH

Lieutenant colonel William Lyle was one of the most senior British officers killed on the first day of the Battle of the Somme – 1 July 1916. He was commanding the 23rd Battalion Northumberland Fusiliers (4th Tyneside Scottish) which suffered … Continue reading →

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Film tells of fight for Doughboy memorial in Washington

Posted on April 30, 2013 by DH

US newspaper the Intelligencer reports how a documentary film about the last American veteran of World War I, Frank Buckles, highlights his fight for a memorial to his comrades on the National Mall in Washington, DC. The unfinished film, Pershing’s Last … Continue reading →

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Australian sniper Billy Sing remembered

Posted on April 22, 2013 by DH

Billy Sing was known as ‘The Gallipoli Sniper’ and is said to have killed 300 men during World War I, reports Adelaide Now. The newspaper suggests Sing claimed he never lost sleep over the men he shot, but died in … Continue reading →

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