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Rfmn. William Yates 13th Btn. Kings Royal Rifle Corps William Yates served with the 5th and 13th Battalions, Kings Royal Rifle Corps.
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2nd Lt. Charles Abercrombie McGavin 18th Btn Hampshire Regiment (d.24th Nov 1917) One of seven children, Charles McGavin was born in West Ham in 1875, the son of Jamima, a widow who was born in Calcutta and had returned home. On 7th May 1896 at age 21 Charles was certified as a second mate on a foreign ship in the merchant service. On 24th Jan 1902 he was again certified and promoted to first mate now aged 27. In 1909 he married Elizabeth Spreadborough and by 1911 was living at 132 Charlton Lane, Charlton, Kent and is the father of Charles John born c1909 and Lora Bertha born c1911. His occupation according to the 1911 census is that of an Officer in the Mercantile Marine.At the outbreak of WW1 Charles enlisted in the Army and was sent to Winchester where he joined the 7th Btn. Kings Royal Rifle Corps as A/626 Rfn McGavin. It is assumed that due to his experience in the merchant service he was found to be suitable for a technical role and eventually ended up within the Signals section of the Btn achieving the rank of Sjt. Following deployment to France in May 1915 with the Battalion, on 6th of November 1915, Sjt McGavin was given a commission to 2nd Lt and transferred to 18th Btn Hampshire Regiment, a home service Battalion. At some point during his time with the Hampshire's 2nd Lt McGavin found himself attached to 5th Btn King's Royal Rifle Corps and it was whilst carrying out his duties with the 5th that he died on 24th Nov 1917 aged 42.
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Pte. Herbert Hall 5th Battalion Kings Royal Rifle Corps Bert Hall was my grandfather. He died in Droylesdon, Manchester in 1963. I don't know much about his war service, I am still looking into the history of his time as a soldier. He enlisted on the 7th of January 1915 and fought in France. I remember he suffered the rest of his life from the effects of Mustard Gas used during WW1.
Bert was mustered from Tunnelers Mate to Platelayer Proficient on 5th March 1917. He was a quarryman before enlisting.
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2nd Lt. Patrick Chillingworth Stearns 5th Btn. att 7th Btn. Kings Royal Rifles (d.4th Dec 1917) 2nd Lt. Patrick Stearns served attached to 7th Kings Royal Rifles.
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Pte Alfred John Mirfield 5th Battalion Kings Royal Rifle Corps Alfred John Mirfield was my great grandfather. I was told by my father that Alfred was gassed at Ypres in Flanders and would gasp for air at times. He also said he was at the Battle of Somme and he remembered the horses that were casualties and that they would expand to enormous sizes. He also said that at one point Alfred was very sick and his fellow soldiers had left him in a barn with some food and water because he could not continue. After about 2 weeks he found his unit and was eventually discharged 20-10-1918.
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