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Pte. Edwin Benjamin Cabble
Australian Imperial Force 8th Battalion
from:Melbourne, Victoria
Edwin Cabble was my Grand Father on my Fathers side. He went to Australia in 1911 from Keinton Mandeville, Somerset, UK to find work as a brick layer. In 1915 he enlisted in the Australian Imperial Force serving at Gallipoli and on the Western Front. He was eventually invalided out in March 1917.He died due to complications of his wartime injuries and condition in 1925 and was laid to rest in St. Mary Magdalene Churchyard, Keinton Mandeville, Somerset next to his mother and Father.
Pte. Edwin B. Cabble
Australian Imperial Force 8th Battalion
from:Keinton Mandeville, Somerset
Rfmn. Charles Ernest Cable
British Army 17th (Poplar and Stepney Rifles) Battalion London Regiment
from:Limehouse
(d.22nd Apr 1917)
Ernest Charles Cable was one of four siblings who left Limehouse to fight in Flanders at the Somme, Ypres etc. He lived at 3 Eastfield Street. He was attached in 1916 to the 9th Company Machine Gun Corps and died in action at the 2nd Battle of the Scarp. He was the only one who died in the family, the others being unscathed in the Navy, one captured in 1918 and one wounded by Shrapnel.
Pte. Charles Ernest Cable
British Army 17th Btn. London Regiment
from:Limehouse
(d.22nd Apr 1917)
David Albert Cable
British Army Royal Engineers
from:Poplar
David Cable enlisted aged 19, he served with the 12th Battalion, London Regiment and the Inland Waterways & Docks Section, Royal Engineers.
Pte. James Henry Cable
British Army 21st Btn Durham Light Infantry
served with 18th DLI & att 93rd TMB
Gnr. Thomas A. Cable
British Army 108th Brigade, D Bty. Royal Field Artillery
(d.26th June 1917)
Thomas Cable served with D Battery, 108th Brigade, Royal Field Artillery. He died on 26th June 1917 of wounds. He was aged 21. Thomas Cable is buried at Lijssenthoek Military Cemetery, Belgium.
Sig. Hugh Cabrey
British Army 2nd Btn. Kings Own Scottish Borderers
from:Keighley, Yorks
(d.9th May 1917 )
Hugh Cabrey was killed in the Battle of Arras.
Pte Samuel Alfred Cadby
British Army 1st Btn. B Coy. Queens Own Royal West Kent Regt.
(d.22nd July 1916)
Samuel Cadby served in the Queen's Own Royal West Kent Regiment and was sent to the Somme in France during July 1916. He served his Country during battles there for approximately three weeks before being killed in action at the Somme his name appears on the Thiepval Monument.
Pte. H Cadden
British Army 2nd/7th Btn. Royal Warwickshire Rgt.
(d.9th April 1917)
I am looking for information about Private Herbert (or Henry) Cadden. Does anyone have any information about him?
Cpl. J. Caddle
British Army Machine Gun Corps
from:Newcastle on Tyne
(d.1st Nov 1918)
Cpl J Caddle of the Machine Gun Corps died on 1st of November 1918. Aged 41 years. The 19th Btn, Northumberland Fusiliers records show him as formerly Pte, 19/1702, J, Caddle. Perhaps he transferred upon promotion to the Machine Gun Corp. He is buried in Westgate Hill Cemetery, Newcastle-Upon-Tyne. Son of James and Elizabeth Caddle of 5 William Street, Newcastle-on-Tyne and husband of Elizabeth Caddle of 40 Diana Street, Newcastle-on-Tyne.
From the 19th Btn Northumberland Fusiliers Roll of Honour.
Cpl. Lawrence Cades
British Army 15th Battalion King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry
from:Sunderland
(d.16th Aug 1918)
Lawrence Cades aged 39, died on 16th August 1918 whilst serving with the 15th Battalion King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry. (formerly 52570 RGA) Born in Jarrow he was the husband of Isabella Cades (nee McLaughlin) of 20 Deptford Terrace Sunderland. On the 1911 census he is listed as Lawrence Cades age 31 Painter and Decorator living with his wife Isabella and children at 20 Deptford Terrace, Sunderland. He enlisted in Sunderland.
Lawrence is buried in Aval Wood Military Cemetery. Vieux-Berquin.
CSM Walter Cadman DCM.
British Army 1st/4th Btn. Yorks and Lancaster Regiment
from:Woodhouse, Sheffield
From information recieved from my grandfather, Walter Cadman went to France in April of 1915 and returned to England in January of 1919. He received the DCM for his actions late 1918. The reason for his commendation was written in a London newspaper. My Grandfather did not talk of his time in France.
Pte. Willie Earnest Cadreman
British Army 8th Btn. Kings Royal Rifle Corps
from:Lewisham
Billy Cadreman was a Lewis gunner. He was captured at the Battle of St Quentin on the 21st of March 1918. He lost a brother, Fredrick Cadreman of the 4th Royal Fusillers at the Battle of Bellewarrde in 1915.
Pte. Charles Henry Cadwallader
British Army 9th Battalion Royal Welsh Fusiliers
from:Ellesmere Port
(d.20th September 1917)
Charles Cadwallader died in Passchendaele. He is remembered with honour at Tyne Cot Memorial
Pte. Christopher "Christy" Caffrey
British Army 7th Battalion Leinster Regiment
from:18 St Finian's Terrace, Navan, Ireland
Christopher "Christy" Caffrey, was my great grandfather. He was born Q1 1891 Navan Hospital, Navan, County Meath and died 13 Nov 1922 Navan, County Meath, Ireland of pneumonia.
He was never the same after coming back from the trenches and taking in the gas which weakened his lungs. He married Annie Brady Q4 1914 Navan. He had 4 children, the eldest was my grandmother born 4th May 1915 followed by her brother Christopher "Christy" 2nd October 1917 (but who sadly died of pneumonia, 12th May 1935, after going fishing with friends and getting wet and then going on to a football match so the story goes). Annie was born and died in Q4 1919 Navan and finally Patrick "Mannix" arrived 23rd July 1921 (d 2004). The family lived at 18 St Finian's Terrace in Navan.
I have two letters Christy sent when he was held at Gustrow POW camp in 1918 which are lovely but ever so fragile. I have totally transcribed one of them but not so the other as it appears to be written in pencil. They were sent by Christy to his sister Bridget who was a nurse and living in Chester, England.
I was always told he was given a large military funeral when he died and I have a picture of it although there was also another member of the family who died in 1923 and this may have been their funeral as I know that was large. I am guessing there would be a newspaper article on it?
It's a very sad story as Annie had to bring up her three children on her own and then her eldest son dies when he is 17. Annie gets a war pension which is decreased when she remarries in 1938. Annie lived until 1981 in 18 St Finian's Terrace. Christy Snr is buried in St Mary's Cemetary in Navan. I don't ever see his name anywhere which is a real shame so it would be good for him to be recognised somewhere.
He did not die directly in the war but indirectly so in many ways was a casualty which letters on file attest to from people who knew him at the time. There are lots of letters on file back and forth for years while Annie Caffrey fights relentlessly to get her husband's pension as he died in service but they said he died of double pneumonia so he was not killed or died due to anything military related. She mentions she is destitute in one letter and it is heart breaking. It's an interesting story as I am sure you come across many.
Military funeral 1922
Pte. Thomas Edward Caffrey
British Army 2nd Battalion Welsh Guards
from:Blackburn
Sea. Daniel Cahalane
Royal Naval Reserve
Daniel Cahalane died on 2nd of May 1919 and is buried in the Castlelands (Ringrone) Graveyard in Co. Cork, Ireland.
J. Cahill
British Army Army Service Corps
from:Navan, Co. Meath
(d.27th Oct 1917)
Shoeing Smith J. Cahill was the husband of Sarah Cahill of 22 St. Patrick's Terrace, Navan. He was 52 when he died and is buried in the south west part of the Donaghmore Old Graveyard, Co. Meath, Ireland.
Pte. William Cahill
British Army 7th Btn. Leinster Regiment
from:Delvin
(d.31st Jul 1917)
My Great Grandfather, William was born in 1881 and enlisted in Mullingar sometime in 1916. He was killed in action on 31st July 1917 on the first day of 3rd Ypres, whilst on a digging party at Potijze crossroads.
He is buried with 9 other personell from the 7th Leinsters who were killed in the same incident. According to the family he was only in the trenches for about 6 months before he met his end. He is buried at Potijze Chateau Lawn Cemetery and his stone includes the epitaph 'He died with a smile his country to save - his memory lives with the true and the brave".
Drv. Walter Joseph Caiger
British Army 149th Battalion, 26th Brig. Royal Field Artillery
from:23 Smalley Rd., Stoke Newington, London
This story of my Grandfather, Walter Caiger, was pieced together after considerable research due to his British Army Service records having been destroyed during WW2. Walter had entered the Army in 1899 at age 16yrs, and had taken part in the Anglo Boer War in South Africa during 1899-1902.
Serving as a regular soldier when WW1 broke out, he was deployed from Aldershot with the 149th Battalion 26th Brigade Royal Field Artillery to the Western Front with the 1st Division of British Expeditionary Forces under the command of Lt-Colonel Cunliffe-Owen, landing in France on 16th August 1914, where their first encounter with the German forces occurred on 23rd August 1914 at Mons. He also served with the Allied Expeditionary Forces at Thessaloniki (Salonica) in central Macedonia/Greece 1915-16.
Walter experienced a great deal of action in WW1 as quoted in the National Roll of the Great War:- "Caiger, W. R.F.A. A serving soldier who enlisted in 1900, he was drafted to the Western Front on the outbreak of hostilities. His service overseas lasted for 5 years, and during this time he took part in important engagements in practically all sectors, and was wounded. He was discharged on his return to England in February 1919. 23 Smalley Road Stoke Newington N16 Entry No. 7297"
The wounds he received were a result of Mustard Gas first used by the Germans in 1917. A lethal chemical, only requiring minimal amounts to be effective. It was almost odourless and took 12 hours for the effects to show, remaining in the soil for several weeks. Victims suffered blistered skin, sore eyes, vomiting, internal and external bleeding, with the mucous stripped from their bronchial tubes, they suffered a slow and agonising death over a period of 4-5 weeks. Walter was fortunate to survive but as a result, not able to continue his Army duties and was discharged in January 1920.
Walter was awarded the 1914 Star & Clasp, General Service and Victory Medals (Clasp No.14526 “Clasp & Roses” issued)W7585 c/a d29.1.20 Qualifying date 16.8.14. When the full size medal was worn, the clasp would have been attached to the ribbon, and when just the medal ribbon was worn, a small rosette was mounted in the middle of the ribbon to signify the recipient had earned the clasp.
Post war Walter took up duties with London County Council, which acknowledged its employees contributions during the Great War 1914-18, by keeping a Record of Service for each of them. Walter’s being: Caiger, Walter Joseph (1914-19); Sapper, U.F. ; France and Salonica 3 years.
Although not having known Grandfather, we admire the stamina, courage and valour he and his comrades would have shown throughout these hostilities, and give thanks for his safe return to his homeland, England.
Pte. D. Cain
British Army 24th (Tyneside Irish) Battalion Northumberland Fusiliers
from:Blackhall
Wounded July 1916 Took part in Trench raids 5-6th June 16
Pte. Edwin Cain
British Army 24th (Tyneside Irish) Battalion Northumberland Fusiliers
from:Shieldfield
Edwin Cain was wounded in December 1917
Cpl. John Thomas Cain
British Army 12th Btn. Cheshire Regiment
from:England
(d.19th May 1917)
John Cain is buried in the Karasouli Military Cemetery in Greece. He left behind a wife and seven children.
Pte. Michael Harry Cain MM.
British Army 5th Btn. East Lancashire Regiment
from:Rawtenstall
Michael Cain was a small man. As such his duty was to crawl into No Man's Land and clear out forward observation posts and prepare for new observers. Once, on his way back he came upon a small German patrol who when challenged surrendered to him. One of the Germans offered him his watch, this was refused as if found in possession by the German Army would have been a capital offence.
Pte. Thomas Cain
British Army 1/8th Btn. Middlesex Regiment
from:Peterborough
(d.9th Oct 1916)
Thomas Cain was killed in action on the 9th of October 1916. He has no known grave and is commemorated on the Thiepval Memorial and at the Lych Gate at Paston Church, Peterborough. He was the son of James and Florence Cain of 400 Gladstone Street in Peterbrough and was married to Rose.
Pte. Walter Frederick Cain
British Army 7th Btn. Middlesex Regiment
from:Barnet, Hertfordshire
(d.7th Oct 1916)
Cpl. William Lucas Cain
British Army 18th Btn. Middlesex Regiment
from:Clayton
(d.30th Sep 1916)
Pte. David Caine
British Army 17th Battalion West Yorkshire Regiment (Prince of Wales's Own)
from:Huddersfield
(d.30th July 1916)
David Caine was serving with the 17th Battalion West Yorkshire Regiment (Prince of Wales's Own) when died on 30th July 1916. He was born in Jarrow, lived in Huddersfield and enlisted in Leeds.
David is remembered on the Thiepval Memorial.
Pte. E. Caine
British Army 1st Btn. Dorset Regiment
Pte Caine was a prisoner in Gustrow POW Camp.
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