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Charles Henry Wilfred Bartrop | Grave
GUNNER 252418 W. BARTROP Name: Charles Henry Wilfred Bartrop Regiment & Unit/Ship: Royal Field Artillery “X” 40th T.M. Bty. Date of Death: 7 November 1918 Age at Death: – Buried or commemorated at: WARCOING CHURCHYARD In the North West part, close to the entrance. Belgium Awards: – Additional Info: Husband of Ruby Bartrop, of 12, […]
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PRIVATE M/288065 J. FLANAGAN Name: John Thomas Flanagan Regiment & Unit/Ship: Army Service Corps 816th M.T. Coy. Date of Death: 31 August 1917 Age at Death: – Buried or commemorated at: DAR ES SALAAM WAR CEMETERY 5. J. 4. Tanzania Awards: – Additional Info: – Service Record: View Record
Continue readingHenry Gildea | Grave
PRIVATE S/8801 H. GILDEA Name: Henry Gildea Regiment & Unit/Ship: Black Watch (Royal Highlanders) 8th Bn. Date of Death: 9 April 1917 Age at Death: – Buried or commemorated at: MINDEL TRENCH BRITISH CEMETERY, ST. LAURENT-BLANGY B. 23. France Awards: – Additional Info: – Service Record: View Record A high-resolution (non-watermarked) digital copy of this […]
Continue readingEdward John Didymus | Grave
PRIVATE G/53512 E. DIDYMUS Name: Edward John Didymus Regiment & Unit/Ship: Middlesex Regiment 8th Bn. Date of Death: 12 April 1918 Age at Death: – Buried or commemorated at: TILLOY BRITISH CEMETERY, TILLOY-LES-MOFFLAINES I. AA. 12. France Awards: – Additional Info: – Service Record: View Record A high-resolution (non-watermarked) digital copy of this photograph can […]
Continue readingJames William Revill | Grave
LANCE CORPORAL 108670 J. W. REVILL Name: James William Revill Regiment & Unit/Ship: Royal Engineers 104th Field Coy. Date of Death: 9 April 1917 Age at Death: – Buried or commemorated at: BETHUNE TOWN CEMETERY VI. C. 80. France Awards: Additional Info: – Service Record: View Record A high-resolution (non-watermarked) digital copy of this […]
Continue readingEdward Thomas Mitchell | Grave
SERJEANT 58214 E. T. MITCHELL Name: Edward Thomas Mitchell Regiment & Unit/Ship: Royal Field Artillery 117th Bty. 26th Bde. Date of Death: 6 January 1916 Age at Death: – Buried or commemorated at: BETHUNE TOWN CEMETERY IV. G. 89. France Awards: – Additional Info: – Service Record: View Record A high-resolution (non-watermarked) digital copy of […]
Continue readingGeorge Albert Littler | Grave
SERJEANT 9173 G. A. LITTLER Name: George Albert Littler Regiment & Unit/Ship: King’s Royal Rifle Corps 2nd Bn. Date of Death: 11 May 1915 Age at Death: 27 years old Buried or commemorated at: BETHUNE TOWN CEMETERY III. C. 27. France Awards: – Additional Info: Son of James and Ellen Littler, of 32, Kingston St., […]
Continue readingThe Story of Jimmy Revill
THE STORY OF JIMMY REVILL Like many professional footballers, deprived of their chief source of earning a living and under pressure to serve their country in its time of crisis, Jimmy Revill enlisted in His Majesty’s forces during World War One. After serving in the army for just over a year, he was killed in […]
Continue readingJimmy Speirs – A Hero of the Football and Battlefield
JIMMY SPEIRS - HERO OF THE FOOTBALL AND BATTLEFIELD In the ‘Official History of the Great War’, Brigadier-General J. E. Edmonds records that 244,897 British and Commonwealth soldiers became casualties during the Third Battle of Ypres. Among the dead was an FA Cup winning captain who played more than three hundred games as professional footballer before earning […]
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