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Pte. Jesse Daniels
British Army 53rd Battalion Rifle Brigade
from:62 New Colney Rd, Dartford, Kent
Pte. John Thomas Daniels
British Army 1st Bn. East Lancashire Reg
from:Stoke-on-Trent
(d.1st April 1917)
My Grandfather. John Daniels was a member of the Territorial Army before WW1. When the war started he enlisted in the North Staffordshire Regt, but later was transferred to East Lancashire Regt.
He was wounded at Flanders and died a POW on 1st April 1917. He is interred in the Cologne Southern Cemetery, Germany. We recently paid our respects by visiting where his marker is. It was an emotional experience to visit the cemetery and see the graves of so many young men who fought on both sides of the conflict.
Pte. John Daniels
British Army No 4 Veterinary Hospital Army Veterinary Corps
from:East Ilsley, Berkshire
John Daniels was attested at Woolwich on 11th August 1915 in the AVC and posted to Woolwich as a Horse Keeper. He was in France from 15th September 1915. On 24th August 1917 he was at No 4 Veterinary Hospital in France. He sustained an injury to the ring and little finger of his right hand. He was accompanying a horse, the charger of Captain W G Green, to the front in a horse truck on a train. Rough shunting at Fontinet caused horse and man to lose their footing and they both fell, causing his injuries. On demobilisation on 14th March 1919 he was transferred to the Z Reserve.
I have not found where Fontinet is, and where the Veterinary Hospital was.
Pte. Lewis Daniels
British Army 18th Btn. Durham Light Infantry
also served att for duty Carpenters Shop
Pte. William James Daniels
British Army 116th Coy. Machine Gun Corps
from:Liverpool
(d.3rd Sept 1916)
Pte. William James Daniels
British Army 116th Coy. Machine Gun Corps
from:Liverpool
(d.3rd Sep 1916)
Pte. George Alfred Danks
British Army 1/5th Btn. Durham Light Infantry
from:Thornaby
Pte. James Dann
British Army 13th Battalion Durham Light Infantry
from:Walsall, Staffs
(d.5th October 1918)
Jim Dann was my great uncle, he was serving in France during WW1 and according to the Commonwealth War Graves Commission was engaged in fighting to capture Le Catelet and Gouy early in October 1918. Subsequent battles to capture Guizancourt Farm which lay on the German Masnieres-Beaurevoir line ensued in the first few days of October 1918. Jim was killed on 5th October during one of these battles.
2nd. Lt. Tom Vincent Dann
1/6th Btn. A Coy. 3 Pltn. South Staffordshire Regiment
from:Bedford
(d.13th October 1915)
Tom Dann was born on 1st October 1886 in Bedford, son of Thomas & Mary E Dann, Sidney Street, Bedford. He was the husband of Ethel Eliza Dann, married on 1st October 1914. In about 1907 he enlisted with the 1st Eastern Mounted Brigade Field Ambulance Royal Army Medical corps ( Territorial Force) serving with them for about 3 years. The 1911 census shows him boarding in Lower Gornel, Dudley, Staffordshire, employed as a Coal Gas engineer and draughtsman for B.Gibbons Jun. Ltd, Dudley. He attended St. James the Great parish church, was a linesman and served on the local Unionist Club committee.
On 2nd of September 1914 he enlisted at Wolverhampton as a Private with the non manual section of the 6th South Staffordshire Regiment and was immediately appointed Lance Corporal on the same day. On 27th of February 1915 he was appointed Lance Sergeant just before embarking on active service with the 1/6th Battalion South Staffordshire Regiment. On 15th of March 1915 he was appointed Acting Company Sergeant Major of A Company and then on 25th August 1915 was commissioned in the field and took command of No.3 Platoon of A Company
He was mortally wounded on 13th of October 1915 during the attack on the Hohenzollern Redoubt. A bullet entered his thigh and exited through his foot; despite the men from his battalion returning him to the trench he slowly bled to death during the night. He was buried by his soldiers and his service records note the position of his grave as G.5.c.8.5 Trench Map 36c.N.W.3, however continual fighting in the area over the following months made it impossible to positively identify his remains after the battlefield was cleared. He therefore has no known grave and is commemorated on the Loos Memorial. He is also remembered on the War Memorial in Lower Gornal. A pupil of Bedford Modern School 1895-1902, he is commemorated on the School War Memorial, which was unveiled in 1923 and in the Roll of Honour, published in The Eagle, December 1923. Information courtesy of www.roll-of-honour.com
L/Cpl. Walter Dannatt
British Army 12th Btn. Northumberland Fusiliers
(d.12th Oct 1918)
My Uncle, Walter Dannatt, served with the 12th Btn Northumberland Fusilers and is buried in Germany at the Niederzwehren Cemetery. He died on the 12th October 1918 in a POW camp
L/Cpl. Walter Dannatt
British Army 12th Btn. Northumberland Fusiliers
from:Treeton
(d.12th Oct 1918)
Gnr. Thomas Darby
British Army Royal Field Artillery
from:Rotherham
L/Cpl. W. Darby
Royal Marine Light Infantry S.S. Calliope
(d.5th April 1917)
Lance Corporal Darby is buried in the Trapani Town Cemetery in Italy.
Pte. William E. Darby
British Army 13th Batallion Northumberland Fusiliers
from:Gosforth, Newcastle
(d.17th Feb 1917 )
I came across William Darby whilst researching my own relatives. It appears he was the first husband of a relative of mine (his wife went on to marry my relative). I looked into his background and found his grave on a website. It appears he was born in Barnsley in Yorkshire in 1890 but moved to Newcastle to be a miner. He married Beatrice Cuthbertson and went on to have a daughter, Winifred in 1911.
Pte. Albert Darch
British Army 6th Btn. Dorset Regiment
from:Yarnscombe, Devon
(d.15th April 1918)
Albert Darch was born in September 1899 in Yarnscombe, Devon. His was the son of Albert and Emily Ethel (nee Denford). He is remembered on the Pozieres Memorial in France.
Pte. James Darcy
British Army 18th Btn. Highland Light Infantry
from:Dublin
James Darcy fought in the First World War and was awarded the medal militaire. During the Irish Uprising I believe he refused to return to Ireland and was posted to Indian North West Frontier returning to Ireland during the civil war fighting on the side of the Free Staters.
My grandad fought three wars having to pawn his medal militaire but managing to keep hold of the certificate of which the family still have. All that from a man who stood five foot tall.
Pte. David Dargo Star
British Army Kings Own Scottish Borderers
from:Edinburgh
(d.10 October 1914)
My great grandfather, David Dargo, died on the 18 October 1914, leaving back in Edinburgh his wife, who was pregnant, and his 1 year old son. The story goes that my great grandmother on hearing of his death was so devastated that she could not speak about him again, and kept no photos of him. My mother has no photos of her grandfather and we would dearly like to find one of him and also one in his regiment.
Hubert Finlay Dark
Australian Imperial Force 36th Battalion
Hubert was my grandfather and served with his brother James Neate Dark who was killed on 7th June 1917 at Messines. Both were in the 36th Battalion. Hubert had his head badly injured on the same day and was sent back to Australia
Pte. James Neate Dark
Australian Imperial Forces A Coy. 36th Battalion
from:Dungog, New South Wales
(d.7th June 1917)
James Dark was my father's cousin and brother of Hubert Finlay Dark (also recorded on this site). He was born in 1896 and enlisted in the 36th Battalion AIF at Broadmeadow (Newcastle, New South Wales) on 15th May 1916. He originally joined C Company but transferred to A Coy in August 1916. His enlistment record says he was 5ft 7.5 inches tall with fair hair and blue eyes.
His father, Stephen, was Shire Clerk in Dungog where James grew up. James and his brother both embarked for overseas on 17 October 1916 on the ship HMAT Borda A30. They disembarked at Plymouth on 19th January 1917. James travelled from Folkstone to Etaples in France on 26 April with the 3rd Australian Division, before marching out of Etaples on 30 April and joining his unit at the front on 3rd May 1917.
James was killed, hit in the head by a snipers bullet, on the first day of the Messines push, 7th of June 1917 - there are a number of reports in the Red Cross records of the circumstances. One report says "he was killed at Prowse Point and buried at Dead Horse Corner", another says he was buried in No Mans Land and the Divisional Burial Officer's statement of November 1917 says "place of burial is 1 mile SSW of Messines Village and 30 yards west of Messines Road (map reading U8c)." The official Army record states "Map location of grave Section 4B Unit 28 Div U.8.C. Buried ASP 1072 HQ 2nd Anzac".
James' father received his personal effects in April 1918. They consisted of "2 discs, wallet, diary, 3 religious books, mirror, charm on chain, photos, letters, cards". His medals (14/15 Star, British War Medal and Victory Medal) were also forwarded to his father in later years. A newspaper from Wingham, nearby to his home town, published an obituary on 13 July 1917 including the mention that James was "a prominent footballer", probably Rugby League.
Pte. W. A. Dark
Australian Imperial Force. att. 3rd Salvage Coy. 41st Btn.
Pte. Bert Harper Darling
British Army 2nd/5th Btn. King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry
from:Outwood, Wakefield
(d.14th Jul 1917)
Bert Darling was the brother of my granddad who was only seven when Bertie, as he was known, died of wounds on 14th July 1917 aged 19. Bertie is buried in Achiet-Le-Grand Communal Cemetery Extension. He served with the 2nd/5th Btn Kings Own Yorkshire Light Infantry.
I would like to know what battle(s) he took part in prior to and during when he was evacuated to the casualty clearing station at Achiet-Le-Grand.
Pte. George William Darling
British Army 2nd Btn. Northumberland Fusiliers
(d.3rd May 1915)
2/Lt. O. R. Darling
British Army 11th Btn. Royal Irish Rifles
Second Lieutenant Darling joined the 11th Battalion as a reinforcement on 20th January 1917.
L/Cpl. Thomas Darling
British Army 18th Btn. Durham Light Infantry
Commissioned 22nd Dec 1915
Lt. W. O. F. Darling
British Army 1st Btn. Royal Irish Rifles
Pte. Albert Darlington
British Army 10th Btn. Cheshire Regiment
(d.19th May 1916)
Albert Darlington was killed aged 18 during the 10th Btn. Cheshire Regiment action at Vimy Ridge. He is buried at Ecoivres Military Cemetery, Mont-Saint-Eloi.
Pte. Arnold Harvey Darlow
British Army 8th Btn. North Staffordshire Regiment
from:Lincolnshire
(d.12th April 1918)
I have visited the Messines Ridge Cemetery, south of Ypres, Belgium, a few times over the last years and noticed this single Staffs Regiment grave, of Arnold Darlow among the many New Zealand graves. Last Thursday, 16 November 2018 I visited the grave specifically to put two British legion poppies there, to honour and commemorate this man who fought in my county regiment
Pte. John Parnell Darmody
Australian Infantry, A.I.F. 26th Btn.
from:Ipswich, Queensland
(d.24th August 1916)
John Darmody was the Son of John and Catherine Darmody, of Willoon, Ipswich, Queensland.
He is buried East of the Church, near the East boundary of the Powerstown (St. John) Catholic Churchyard, Killgrant, Co. Tipperary, Ireland.
2nd Lt. James Frederick Darnbrough
British Army 94th Field Company Royal Engineers
from:Eaglescliffe, Durham, England
James Frederick Darnbrough was married to Annie Ainsworth Inglis. He appears to be commissioned in September 1917 and survived the war
Pte Frederick George Darran
British Army B Coy Royal Welch Fusiliers
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