Tag Archives: Soldiers of the Great War

Lieutenant Gerald David Lomax, Welch Regiment

Posted on November 16, 2013 by DH

Second Lieutenant David Lomax is commemorated on a brass plaque at St Marylebone Church, London NW1. It mentions that he was attached to the 2nd Battalion, Royal Berkshire Regiment, when he was mortally wounded at Fromelles in May 1915. It also … Continue reading →

Posted in Soldiers of the Great War | Tagged 1915, 229 Squadron, Captain David Alexander Napier Lomax, France, Fromelles, hospital barge, Lieutenant David Lomax, London, Manorbier, Marlborough College WW1, Peter Lomax, RAF, River Lys, Royal Berkshire Regiment, Soldiers of the Great War, St Marylebone Church, Stephen Cooper, The Final Whistle, Welch Regiment | Leave a comment

Remembering a Seaforth Highlander of World War I

Posted on November 10, 2013 by DH

Corporal John MacKenzie of the Seaforth Highlanders was killed in action in Belgium on 1 August 1917. His descendants say the 20-year-old from Sutherland had been awarded the Military Medal four months earlier and have letters written by his officers … Continue reading →

Posted in Events | Tagged 1915, 1917, Belgium, bombardment, Corporal John MacKenzie, news, Ross-shire, Scotland in World War I, Seaforth Highlanders, Sergeant Thomas Fraser, Soldiers of the Great War, Sutherland, Tyne Cot Memorial to the Missing | Leave a comment

Rather staged-looking, but poignant nonetheless, this photograph from the Imperial War Museum’s archive shows a soldier of the Sherwood Foresters (Notts and Derby Regiment) bidding farewell to his mother prior to returning to the Western Front. The photo was one … Continue reading →

Posted on November 6, 2013 by DH | Leave a comment

War as a great game in 1915

Posted on October 14, 2013 by DH

‘I stood with Maynard Greville on the stone terrace outside the School House studies at Oundle in the spring of 1915. ‘I vote we chuck all this at the end of term and join up,’ said he. ‘Wouldn’t it be … Continue reading →

Posted in Soldiers of the Great War, World War I memoirs | Tagged Cecil Lewis, memoirs, Oundle School, public schools, RFC, Soldiers of the Great War, teenagers in World War I | Leave a comment

VC winners commemorated in home towns

Posted on September 11, 2013 by DH

Each World War I Victoria Cross recipient in Britain will have a stone laid in his or her home town as part of the World War 1 Centenary commemorations in 2014. In Nantwich, Cheshire, for example, second lieutenant Stanley Henry … Continue reading →

Posted in Events | Tagged 1917, Cheshire, Gaza, Medals, Nantwich, news, Palestine, Royal Scots Fusiliers, Soldiers of the Great War, Stanley Boughey VC, Turks, VC | Leave a comment

Charity searches for relatives of first British casualty

Posted on September 10, 2013 by DH

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 →

Posted in Events | Tagged 1914, Belgium, Finchley, first casualty, London, Middlesex Regiment, Mons, news, North Middlesex Golf Club, Obourg, Private John Parr, Soldiers of the Great War | Leave a comment

How the Kaiser freed British officer to visit dying mother

Posted on September 3, 2013 by DH

Historian Richard Van Emden has uncovered the story of how captain Robert Campbell was freed by the German Kaiser so he could visit his dying mother. The Daily Telegraph reports how the 29-year-old Campbell was captured at the battle of … Continue reading →

Posted in Events | Tagged 1914, Battle of Mons, Captain Robert Campbell, East Surrey Regiment, Kaiser Wilhelm II, news, prisoners of war, Richard Van Emden, Royal Observer Corps, Soldiers of the Great War | Leave a comment

Retreat from Mons Remembrance Trail

Posted on August 26, 2013 by DH

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 →

Posted in Events | Tagged 1914, Battle of Mons, CWGC, George Morris, Irish Guards, Le Cateau, Middlesex Regiment, military cemeteries, Néry, news, remembrance trail, retreat from Mons, Soldiers of the Great War | Leave a comment

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 →

Posted in Events, News, Soldiers of the Great War | Tagged 1916, AIF, Australian, Fromelles, Goolwa, missing, Pheasant Wood, Private William Barber, Soldiers of the Great War | Leave a comment

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 →

Posted in Soldiers of the Great War | Tagged 1918, Kent, Royal Fusiliers, Soldiers of the Great War | Leave a comment