39334 Private E Willetts DCM
9th Battalion the Welsh Regiment
Died of wounds 11 July 1916
Age 25
Son of Mrs. E. Willetts, of Church St., Kingham, Oxford.
Buried at Warloy-Baillon cemetery extension.
Thursday, 24 December 2009
Tuesday, 22 December 2009
Private Herbert Edward Chard
G/37633 Private Herbert Edward Chard
1st Battalion the Middlesex Regiment
Killed in action 8 August 1918
Son of Ada Chard, of 29, Prospect Rd., Child's Hill, Cricklewood, London.
Private Chard is buried at Vormezeele near Ypres. He was an employee of Hampstead Borough Council in London.
1st Battalion the Middlesex Regiment
Killed in action 8 August 1918
Son of Ada Chard, of 29, Prospect Rd., Child's Hill, Cricklewood, London.
Private Chard is buried at Vormezeele near Ypres. He was an employee of Hampstead Borough Council in London.
Lance Corporal James Ridgers
L/6621 Lance Corporal James Ridgers
Ist Battalion Queen’s Own (Royal West Kent) Regiment
Killed in action 24 October 1914
Lance Corporal Ridgers is commemorated on the Le Touret Memorial.
Ist Battalion Queen’s Own (Royal West Kent) Regiment
Killed in action 24 October 1914
Lance Corporal Ridgers is commemorated on the Le Touret Memorial.
Monday, 21 December 2009
Private George Oberhoffer
6149 Private George Henry Joseph Oberhoffer
18th Battalion Royal Fusiliers
Died of wounds 18 February 1916
Buried at Bethune Military Cemetery
Private Oberhoffer was a member of the 18th (Public Schools) Battalion, Royal Fusiliers. He is commemorated on the war memorial at Uppingham in Leicestershire – where there is a large public school.
He was born and lived in York and enlisted at Epsom.
He attended Ampleforth School (c.1894) so could perhaps have been teaching at Uppingham 20 years later.
18th Battalion Royal Fusiliers
Died of wounds 18 February 1916
Buried at Bethune Military Cemetery
Private Oberhoffer was a member of the 18th (Public Schools) Battalion, Royal Fusiliers. He is commemorated on the war memorial at Uppingham in Leicestershire – where there is a large public school.
He was born and lived in York and enlisted at Epsom.
He attended Ampleforth School (c.1894) so could perhaps have been teaching at Uppingham 20 years later.
Private Ernest Edward Clarke
L/12834 Private Ernest Edward Clarke
4th Battalion Royal Fusiliers
Killed in action 23 August 1914
Buried at St Symphorien Military Cemetery
Private Clarke was killed at the Battle of Mons and was one of the first casualties of the First World War. The BEF lost its first man only two days previously.
The battalion had landed in France on 13 August.
There is a photo of A company 4th Royal Fusiliers taken in Mons on 22 August (left) - hours before they moved up to Nimy on the banks of the Mons-Conde canal. Clarke may even be in this photo.
Lieutenant M Dease and Private SF Godley from the battalion both won the VC on 23 August.
Friday, 11 December 2009
Private Albert Tatner
266886 Private Albert Tatner
10th Battalion Northumberland Fusiliers
Age 39
Killed in action 20 September 1917
Buried at Ypres Reservoir Cemetery
Husband of Rose Amy Tatner, of 298, Wilmot St., Bethnal Green, London. Native of Dartford, Kent.
Albert Tatner was an employee of Truman, Hanbury, Buxton brewers.
His age and the fact he was serving with a New Army battalion that was raised in Newcastle seems to indicate he had been conscripted.
Presumably he was killed during the Battle of Menin Road, which began on 20 September 1917.
10th Battalion Northumberland Fusiliers
Age 39
Killed in action 20 September 1917
Buried at Ypres Reservoir Cemetery
Husband of Rose Amy Tatner, of 298, Wilmot St., Bethnal Green, London. Native of Dartford, Kent.
Albert Tatner was an employee of Truman, Hanbury, Buxton brewers.
His age and the fact he was serving with a New Army battalion that was raised in Newcastle seems to indicate he had been conscripted.
Presumably he was killed during the Battle of Menin Road, which began on 20 September 1917.
Thursday, 10 December 2009
Private AW Harrison
7648 Private AW Harrison
5th Dragoon Guards (Princess Charlotte of Wales’)
Age 18
Killed in action, 1 September 1914
Son of Charles and Ethel Harrison, of 2, Laburnum Terrace, Batheaston, Bath.
Private Harrison is buried at Verberie military cemetery.
He was killed during the so-called affair of Nery and is buried with others who fell in that battle.
These include 5 men of 'L' Battery, RHA who were never identified. Some 12 of the 17 men of the 2nd and 5th Dragoon Guards, who fell at Nery, are also buried here.
5th Dragoon Guards (Princess Charlotte of Wales’)
Age 18
Killed in action, 1 September 1914
Son of Charles and Ethel Harrison, of 2, Laburnum Terrace, Batheaston, Bath.
Private Harrison is buried at Verberie military cemetery.
He was killed during the so-called affair of Nery and is buried with others who fell in that battle.
These include 5 men of 'L' Battery, RHA who were never identified. Some 12 of the 17 men of the 2nd and 5th Dragoon Guards, who fell at Nery, are also buried here.
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