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Tag Archives: Middlesex Regiment
The enemy aliens of 30th Battalion Middlesex Regiment
In 1916 Britain’s Army Council authorised the Middlesex Regiment to form two battalions (the 30th and 31st) formed from recruits who were naturalised British citizens but of enemy alien parentage. Most of the men were of German ancestry and of … Continue reading
First WW1 British casualty may have been victim of friendly fire
Private John Parr of the Middlesex Regiment, the first British soldier to be killed in the First World War, may have been a victim of ‘friendly fire’. Speaking to The Sunday Times historian Jon Cooksey said: ‘There was no German … Continue reading
Medal lost for 40 years appears on auction site
A man has discovered a missing World War I Victory medal on auction site Ebay 40 years after it disappeared. Terry Snow, from Devon, accidentally lost track of the medal during a house move and has since searched for it … Continue reading
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Tagged 1918, Centenary of World War I, Ebay, Middlesex Regiment, Private Gilbert Snow, war medals
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Northampton soldiers honoured by local newspaper
The Northampton Herald and Post has published a list of five famous World War I soldiers from the town. Lieutenant Walter Tull was the first black officer in the British Army. From 1911-1914 he played 111 matches for Northampton Town … Continue reading
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Tagged 1915, 1916, 1917, 1918, Arras Memorial to the Missing, Belgium, Captain Anketell Read VC, Captain Thomas Colyer-Fergusson, Footballers in World War I, France, German Spring offensive, Lance-Corporal Allan Lewis, Lieutenant Walter Tull, Middlesex Regiment, Northampton, Northamptonshire Regiment, Ronssoy, Sergeant William Boulter VC
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Charity searches for relatives of first British casualty
The Barnet War Memorials Initiative Trust is looking to install a memorial to private John Parr, of 4th Battalion the Middlesex Regiment, who was the first British soldier to be killed in World War I. It is also hoping to … Continue reading
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Tagged 1914, Belgium, Finchley, first casualty, London, Middlesex Regiment, Mons, news, North Middlesex Golf Club, Obourg, Private John Parr, Soldiers of the Great War
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Retreat from Mons Remembrance Trail
CWGC has launched a Retreat from Mons Remembrance Trail. The Battle of Mons was fought on 23 August 1914. Heavy fighting took place in the city and the surrounding area and by the evening the British Expeditionary Force had begun … Continue reading
Private Alfred Ell, 1st Middlesex
19838 Private Alfred Ell 1st Battalion Middlesex Regiment Killed in Action 24 October 1918 Age 33 Buried at Romeries, France. Son of George Ell, of London; husband of Lilian Daisy Ell, of 151, Offord Rd, Barnsbury, London N1. Private Ell … Continue reading
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Tagged 1918, casualties, London, Middlesex Regiment, Sambre, Soldiers
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First World War Centenary, 1914-1918 