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Pte. Hans Major Embleton
British Army 8th Battalion Durham Light Infantry
from:Sacriston, Durham
My granddad, Hans Embleton, enlisted in June 1913 into the Territorials, joining 8th Durham Light Infantry. He went to training camps as well as working in the mines.
In August 1914 he was at Morphia in Wales training. They where told to go to Folkstone to go to France to join the campaign. They marched through France to Belgium and filled in the gaps in the Second Battle of Ypres. After a great bombardment by the Germans that lasted for ten days and nights the Durham Light Infantry suffered heavy loses, and eventually only a few remained. They where taken prisoners, including my granddad, in May 1915.
They where taken by cattle trucks to Munster and put into a holding camp until they where sorted out for work. My grandad was in Muster camp 2 and was sent to the coal mines in Oberhausen Westphalia. He was put to work. Every day he witnessed his comrades being beaten including himself and was sent to the coke ovens as punishment. He survived and was repatriated December 1918.
He came to live with us in 1959 and he told me all about the war, being a prisoner and all the trauma he went through. When he got back to the receiving camp in December 1918, after they de-mobbed him, he signed a form. Little did he know he was signing his war pension away for just two pounds so he never received any. He died in 1973. He earned the Allied Victory Medal, British War Medal and 1914-1915 Star.
Pte. Hans Major Embleton
British Army 8th Btn. Durham Light Infantry
from:Sacriston
My granddad, Hans Embleton, was taken prisoner at the Second Battle of Ypres in April 1915. He was taken to a holding camp at Munster 2 larger and sent to work in the coal mines and coke ovens. I have just found out he was taken to Chimnitz prison camp February 1918 until repatriated to Britain December 1918. He was made to work in the salt mines with Russians and was starving as all the people were in Chemnitz. He finally got a good parcel August 1918 and managed to receive some more. He was told to work on after the Armistice or get no food the soldiers refused and were threatened with a machine gun but they still refused and then took control of the gun and the German guards gave up and fled the camp and town as the Russians moved in to take control.
Pte. John Embleton
British Army 4th Battalion Durham Light Infantry
from:Coronation Street, Sacriston
John Embleton joined the Durham Light Infantry on 16th of September 1914 at Sacriston. He was part of the Expeditory in France from 20th April 1915 till 10th March 1919. He was reported missing on the 2nd of May 1915 and was found to be a prisoner of war through until 10th March 1919.
He suffered like a lot did in the prison camps and returned very thin and weak and had to depend on a pension 11 shillings/week dropping to 8 shillings/week for him and his wife and 2 shillings/ week for his son Leonard. The pension was due to disability he was never the same again. John was my great grand father's brother and was taken prisoner same time as my grandfather, Hans Major Embleton 8th Btn.
Dvr. John Embleton
British Army 3rd Northumberland Battalion Royal Field Artillery
from:Woodside, Collins Buildings, Sacriston
John Embleton joined the 3rd Northumberland Bty. Royal Field Artillery at Durham 17th of May 1915, he was immediately dispatched as a driver to the Expeditionary Force in France. He continued driving and was posted to various areas and transferred right through 18th March 1915 till 1st March 1919 when he was discharged physically unfit to continue. He had pluricy and was unable to continue. He returned home to Sacriston to his wife Sarah and son Henry and recieved a disability pension of 8 shillings/week and 2 shillings /week for Henry. John Embleton was my grandad's Hans Major Embletons elder brother he did his duty under very trying conditions and I am proud of him.
Cpl. John Joseph Embleton
British Army 19th Btn. Northumberland Fusiliers
from:Whitley Bay
(d.28th September 1918)
Corporal John Embleton was killed in action on 28th September 1918, aged 23 years. He is buried in Hagle Dump Cemetery, Brandhoek. John was the son of Joseph and Ann E. Embleton of 19 Trewitt Rd, Whitley Bay, Northumberland.
From the 19th Btn Northumberland Fusiliers Roll of Honour.
Rfm. Arthur Emeny
British Army 9th Battalion Rifle Brigade (The Prince Consort's Own)
from:London
(d.15th Sep 1916)
Arthur Emeny was a cousin of my grandfather. He is buried in the Guards Cemetery, Lesbouefs. Arthur died on the same day as his brother William Emeny who was a Lance Cpl. in 17th Battalion London Regiment and is buried at Caterpillar Valley Cemetery, Longueval.
2nd Lt. Harold Theodore Emerson
British Army 8th Btn. Loyal North Lancashire Regiment
from:Handsworth, Birmingham
(d.10th July 1916)
My great uncle Harold Emerson was originally in the Royal Engineers and he qualified for his 1914-1915 Star Medal when he went into a theatre of war on 5th November 1914.
He was later commissioned into the Loyal North Lancashire Regiment. He was killed in action serving with the 8th Bn. Loyal North Lancs on 10th July 1916, during an attack towards the rear of the village of Ovillers la Boiselle (Somme). The 8th Bn were fighting along a trench towards the rear of Ovillers and were counter-attacked several times and made little progress, resulting in casualties of 247. One of these would have been 2nd Lt H T Emerson. His body was never found and he is now commemorated on the Thiepval Memorial. He died aged 18.
Able Seaman Harry Bernard Emerson
from:Milton Street, Loughborough, Leicestershire
(d.4th Sep 1914)
Harry Emmerson joined the Royal Navy as a boy in 1911 on Ganges 2. He spent time following this on HMS Commonwealth, Formidable, King Alfred and Talbot. Following this period he became an Ordinary Seaman and went back to the King Alfred. Afterwards he qualified as Able Seaman in 1912 and then went HMS Vivid 1. After a short spell there he was then sent to HMS Amphion until it was sunk 36 hours into WW1 on 6th August 1914. Fortunately he was one of the survivors and ended up on the Dido(Faulknor). Sadly though on September 4th 1914 he died at RN Hospital Haslar of pneumonia. His remains were then removed to his home at Loughborough in Leicestershire where he was buried in the local cemetery.
2nd Lt. James Samuel Emerson VC.
British Army 9th Btn. Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers
from:Drogheda, Co. Louth, Ireland
(d.6th Dec 1917)
James Emerson was killed in action on the 6th of December 1917, aged 22 and is commemorated on The Cambrai Memorial, France. He was the son of John and Ellen Emerson, of Collon, Drogheda, Co. Louth.
An extract from The London Gazette, dated 12th Feb., 1918, records the following:- "For repeated acts of most conspicuous bravery. He led his company in an attack and cleared 400 yards of trench. Though wounded, when the enemy attacked in superior numbers, he sprang out of the trench with eight men and met the attack in the open, killing many and taking six prisoners. For three hours after this, all other Officers having become casualties, he remained with his company, refusing to go to the dressing station, and repeatedly repelled bombing attacks. Later, when the enemy again attacked in superior numbers, he led his men to repel the attack and was mortally wounded. His heroism, when worn out and exhausted from loss of blood, inspired his men to hold out, though almost surrounded, till reinforcements arrived and dislodged the enemy.
AB. Thomas Benjamin Emerson
Royal Navy HMS Weymouth
from:Bow
Thomas Emerson enlisted as a boy aged 11 on 29th September 1908. He had multiple postings including H.M.S. Weymouth, and was involved in the bottling up of the Konigsberg in East Africa. He received his shore pension on the 3rd of January 1933. But was recalled on the 31st of January 1933. He served at H.M.S. Osprey, Attack and Drake until 31st of December 1941.
L/Cpl. Albert E. Emery
British Army 2nd Btn. Leicestershire Regiment
(d.9th Nov 1914)
Pte. Albert Edward Emery
British Army 1st Btn. East Surrey Regiment
from:Walthamstow, Essex, England
(d.25th September 1916)
Pte. Frank Alfred Emery
British Army 1/4th Btn. Essex Regiment
from:Westcliff-on-Sea, Essex
(d.19th Sep 1918)
My great-uncle Frank Emery was killed in action during an action which was part of the Battle of Megiddo (19th-25th Sept 1918) in Palestine. He left a widow, Kathleen.
Pte. Samuel Emery
Canadian Expeditionary Forces 26th Battalion
Pte. William David Jubilee Emery
British Army 7th Btn. Royal Fusiliers
from:Walthamstow, Essex, England
(d.30th October 1917)
Pte. A. Emmanuel
British Army 8th Battalion British West Indies Regiment
from:Castries, St Lucia
(d.6th January 1918)
Rfmn. Harold Emmens
British Army 9th Btn. B Coy. Rifle Brigade
from:Hulme, Manchester
(d.8th Sep 1917)
Harold Emmens was married to my Great Grandmother, Mary Ann. He was a Lewis Gunner with B Company, 9th Rifle Brigade, and was in the front line on the 8th of September 1917 near Warneton, on the left flank near Cannon Corner. Harold was the only casualty that day for his battalion, yet his body was never recovered. He is remembered with honour on the Tyne Cot Memorial.
After the war, his widow married William Holland, my Great Grandfather, who was tragically killed in the Appleford rail disaster in 1942. Without Harold's death, I would have no life.
Pte. Albert Edward Emmerick
British Army 17th Btn. Royal Welsh Fusiliers
(d.30th Aug 1918)
Albert Emmerick was tried by general court-martial on 15th of February 1918, for a self-inflicted gunshot wound to his left foot. Found guilty, the sentence was field punishment. He was later killed in action in France on 30th August 1918.
Emmerson
Army Durham Light Infantry
Pte. Charles Emmerson
British Army 2nd Btn. Northumberland Fusiliers
(d.24th Apr 1915)
Pte. F. W. Emmerson
British Army 24th (Tyneside Irish) Battalion Northumberland Fusiliers
from:Byker
Sjt. J. Emmerson
Army Durham Light Infantry
Cpl. John Bell Emmerson
British Army 18th Btn. Durham Light Infantry
served with 18th DLI and att 257 coy RE
Pte John James Emmerson
British Army 22nd Btn. Northumberland Fusiliers
from:Consett, Co Durham
(d.3rd Jul 1916)
Cpl. Robert Gray Emmerson
British Army 10th Battalion Durham Light Infantry
(d.24th June 1915)
Robert Gray Emmerson, Corporal 20736, 10th Battalion Durham Light Infantry was the son of Thomas and Martha Emmerson (nee Gray). He was born in Gateshead and enlisted in Jarrow. Robert was aged 27 when he died on 24th June 1915, he is buried in Perth Cemetery (China Wall) II. A. 18
The 1911 Census shows his family living at 5 Bexley Street Sunderland: Martha Emmerson widow age 52 Domestic housekeeper born Gateshead, Alfred Emmerson son age 27 Clerk at Sailmakers born Gateshead, Robert Gray Emmerson son age 23 Clerk at Iron and Steelmakers born Gateshead, Thomas Emmerson son age 21 Engineer at Marine Engineers born Gateshead, Dora Lena Emmerson daughter age 16 Housemaid born Gateshead and John Albany Emmerson son age 8 born Sunderland.
Pte. Joseph Emmett
British Army Royal Army Medical Corps
from:Burnley
(d.29th Nov 1917)
Joseph Emmett served with the Royal Army Medical Corps during WW1. He died of wounds on the 29th November 1917, aged 34 and is buried in Plot C.50 in the Jerusalem War Cemetery. He was the s of James and Margaret Emmett; Husband of Martha Ann Emmett, of 15, Pheasantford St., Burnley.
Pte. Joseph Emmett
British Army 90th Field Ambulance att. 2nd/5th(London)Field Amb Royal Army Medical Corps
from:Burnley, Lancs.
(d.29th Nov 1917)
Joseph Emmett died of wounds aged 34. He is buried in the Jerusalem War Cemetery in Israel. He was the son of James and Margaret Emmett; husband of Martha Ann Emmett, of 15 Pheasantford Street, Burnley.
Pte. Robert Emmett
British Army 6th Btn. East Lancashire Regiment
from:Burnley, Lancashire
(d.13th Aug 1915)
Robert Emmett died of wounds 13th August 1915, aged 33. He is buried in the Pieta Military Cemetery in Malta. He lived at 48 Ashworth Street, Burnley, Lancashire
Pte. Robert Emmett
British Army 6th Btn. East Lancashire Regiment
from:48 Ashworth Street, Burnley, Lancashire.
(d.13th Aug 1915)
Robert Emmett died of wounds aged 33 and is buried in Pieta Military Cemetery in Malta.
Pte. Harold Emmott
Australian Imperial Force 11th Australian Trench Mortar Battery
from:Yorkshire, England
My Father-in Law Harold Emmott was a British citizen, he joined up on the 17th of August 1914 at the age of 22yrs and 2mths, listing his next of kin as Mother - Mrs S Snow. We don't know if this was his birth Mother. I believe he went to Gallipoli then went back to England and joined the English Army. Not too much more is known about him. Harold died in the 1980's and my husband knows nothing of his father who left when he was three months old.
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