World War 1




		Minor Addition 16th Dec 2010


	The following are on the World War 1 campaign Medals list at the UK public records office:

Name	Corps	Regiment Number	Rank
Towers H	21st London Regiment	5938	Private...
Harold	Army Service Corps	M/319619	Private
Henry J	Army Service Corps	DM2/179443	Corporal
Albert	Cheshire Regiment	59713	Private
Fred	Cheshire Regiment	7268	Private...
Harry	Cheshire Regiment	59175	Private
J	Cheshire Regiment	27599	Lance Corporal...
William H	Cheshire Regiment	3039	Private...
John	Gloucestershire Regiment	15885	Private...
Arthur E	Loyal North Lancashire Regiment	29123	Private
James	Machine Gun Corps	28150	Private
John	Manchester Regiment	37001	Serjeant
Joseph	Manchester Regiment	31382	Private
Leonard J	North Staffordshire Regiment	14916	Private...
John	Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry	30508	Private
Miles	Royal Army Medical Corps	43018	Private...
Hugh	Royal Defence Corps	50409	Private
James	Royal Engineers	438223	Sapper...
John W	Royal Engineers	438632	Sapper...
Frank	Royal Field Artillery	TF891189	Gunner...
Fred	Royal Field Artillery	137923	Acting Corporal...
John	Royal Field Artillery	L/10724	Driver...
Robert	Royal Field Artillery	29645	Gunner...
Thomas	Royal Field Artillery	696362	Driver
William E	Royal Field Artillery	169566	Driver...
James	Royal Field Artillery Transport	1370	Gunner
Edward	Royal Fusiliers	GS/18114	Private
Daniel	Royal Garrison Artillery	181492	Gunner
Samuel	Royal Garrison Artillery	8743	Warrant Officer Class 2
Harry	South Lancashire Regiment	31500	Serjeant...
Joseph	South Wales Borderers	41059	Private...
William	Welsh Regiment	20554	Private...
Alfred	West Yorkshire Regiment	4422	Private...
William	West Yorkshire Regiment	10057	Serjeant...

William of the Welsh Regiment 15th Bn Ramsbottom was awarded the Military Medal on 7th Feb 1919 [Gazette supplement 11th Feb 1919.

Samuel was awarded the Distinguished Conduct Medal on 19th Nov 1917 as explained in the Gazette of 5th Feb 1918:-

Samuel, the son of Edward and Eliza of St Helen’s LAN, joined the Royal Artillery in 1895 at 19 and served in Africa, Hong Kong, Shanghai, Sierra Leone, Ireland and France. Becoming a warrant officer he rose to BSM and, for reasons not known, was also awarded the Italian Della Guerra medal. On 11th Dec 1904 he married Ellen NOONAN in Co. Cork; their lives after he was discharged in 1918 have not been traced.

William H survived Gallipoli and Egypt. He is named on the Macclesfield Christ Church school panel; scroll down for his picture sent to me by Bernard, his grandson.

Frank, a teacher at Bunbury, volunteered in 1915 and was discharged on medical grounds in 1917. He died in 1929 aged 41 before he could take up the headmaster’s post he had gained.

Fred, 7268, was an early victim. On 11th November 1914 he was reported to be seriously ill in a Sheffield hospital.

Arthur E and Joseph’s names are on the plaque in the Knutsford Memorial House.


		War Memorial, Knutsford, Cheshire


	Carl’s Cam


	Deaths recorded by the Commonwealth War Graves Commission

	Died	Age	Born
Arthur Evan	09/04/1918	19	1898
Father	Arthur
Mother	Gertrude
Parent's Address	38, Bexton Rd., Knutsford, Cheshire.
Cemetery or Memorial	Vieille-chapelle, Lacouture
Regiment	The Loyal North Lancashire

Fred	04/05/1918	33	1876
Wife	Sarah Elizabeth Sims (formerly Gidman)
Address	37, Waterloo St., Macclesfield
Father
Mother	Mrs Gidman
Parent's Address	44, Fence St., Macclesfield
Cemetery or Memorial	Tyne cot memorial
Regiment	Cheshire

Hugh	18/02/1916	21	1895
Father	Joseph
Mother	Sarah Ann
Parent's Address	11, Earl St., Bolton
Cemetery or Memorial	Bolton (Tonge) cemetery
Regiment	Welsh

Joseph	30/07/1916	23	1893
Father	Hugh -dec'd
Mother	Elizabeth Hannah
Parent's Address	13, Lime St., Levenshulme, Manchester
Cemetery or Memorial	Thiepval memorial
Regiment	Manchester

J	10/01/1917	N/K
Cemetery or Memorial	Amara War cemetery
Regiment	Manchester

John	07/09/1918	23	1895
Father	Moses
Mother	Ada
Parent's Address	6, Florence Avenue, Florence Rd., Erdington, Birmingham
Cemetery or Memorial	Loos memorial
Regiment	Gloucestershire

James Hugh	08/09/1918	22	1895
Father	James Hugh
Mother	Elizabeth
Parent's Address	97, Stanfield Rd., Everton, Liverpool
Cemetery or Memorial	Ploegsteert memorial
Regiment	Machine Gun Corps (Inf)

John Harris	30/04/1918	18	1899
Father	Hugh
Mother	Susannah
Parent's Address	100, Waterloo St., Bolton
Cemetery or Memorial	Bolton (tonge) cemetery
Regiment	The King's (Liverpool)


From http://www.cwgc.org/cwgcinternet/search.aspx


	.... and looking ahead from “the war to end wars” this is Ellis b 30 July 1911 in WW2:


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