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Thomas Sowerby Rowlandson MC | Graves

CAPTAIN T. S. ROWLANDSON MC Name: Thomas Sowerby Rowlandson MC Regiment & Unit/Ship: Yorkshire Regiment 4th Bn. Date of Death: 15 September 1916 Age at Death: 36 years old Buried or commemorated at: BECOURT MILITARY CEMETERY, BECORDEL-BECOURT I. G. 7. France Awards: Military Cross Additional Info: Son of Samuel and Isabel Rowlandson, of Newton Morrell, […]

Evelyn Henry Lintott | Graves

LIEUTENANT E. H. LINTOTT Name: Evelyn Henry Linott Regiment & Unit/Ship: West Yorkshire Regiment (Prince of Wales’s Own) 15th Bn. Date of Death: 1 July 1916 Age at Death: 33 years old Buried or commemorated at: THIEPVAL MEMORIAL Pier and Face 2 A 2 C and 2 D. France Awards: – Additional Info: Former professional […]

Ernest John Dodd | Graves

LIEUTENANT E. J. DODD Name: Ernest John Dodd Regiment & Unit/Ship: Royal Field Artillery “C” Bty. 177th Bde. Date of Death: 17 July 1917 Age at Death: 25 years old Buried or commemorated at: BRANDHOEK MILITARY CEMETERY I. M. 30. Belgium Awards: – Additional Info: Son of John Hunter Dodd and Eliza Emma Dodd, of […]

Thomas Haydock | Grave

LIEUTENANT T. HAYDOCK Name: Thomas Haydock Regiment & Unit/Ship: Cameronians (Scottish Rifles) 1st/7th Bn. Date of Death: 2 September 1918 Age at Death: 28 years old Buried or commemorated at: BAC-DU-SUD BRITISH CEMETERY, BAILLEULVAL III. D. 26. France Awards: – Additional Info: Son of Joseph and Sarah Haydock. Native of Glasgow. Enlisted in 5th Camerons […]

Frederick George Wheatcroft | Grave

SECOND LIEUTENANT F. G. WHEATCROFT Name: Frederick George Wheatcroft Regiment & Unit/Ship: East Surrey Regiment 5th Bn., attd. “B” Coy., 13th Bn. Date of Death: 26 November 1917 Age at Death: 35 years old Buried or commemorated at: ANNEUX BRITISH CEMETERY I. F. 12. France Awards: – Additional Info: Son of James and Mary Wheatcroft; […]

Maxwell Woosnam | Service Record

Ernest Scott Household | Service Record

The Story of Donald Bell VC

THE STORY OF DONALD SIMPSON BELL VC When the British Army launched its great Somme offensive in the summer of 1916, few people could have envisaged the devastation battle would bring. The opening day alone saw British casualties of almost 60,000 and by the time the slaughter had ground to a bloody halt in the […]

Robert John Struthers | Service Record

Alexander Glen | Service Record