Those Who Served
Pte. Thomas Gabbitas . British Army 1st Btn. King's Own (Royal Lancaster Regiment) from Ormskirk, Lancashire (d.9th Apr 1917) My Great Grand Father, Thomas Gabbitas, was born in Ormskirk, Lancashire UK.
He joined the Army in 1902, He served with The King's Own Regiment Lancaster,
He spent time in India, Had time in hospital with Nephritis and was finally posted to Arras in France. He was Killed in Action on 9th April 1917. He has no known grave. This year 2010, I went to Arras to visit the Battle Fields and visited the site were he died !! Very moving moment..
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Spr. F. Gabriel . Canadian Army 1st Canadian Tunnelling Coy. (d.4th Dec 1917) |
Spr. Frederick Gabriel . Canadian Expeditionary Force. 1st Canadian Tunnelling Company from Coduroy Valley, Newfoundland, Canada (d.4th Dec 1917) Fred Gabriel was a farmer's son. His older brother took over the farm on
which they'd lived after their father died.
Seeing that his father would not write out a Will and Testament and knowing
the mind of his brother to own the land exclusively, Frederick
left and joined the Canadian Expeditionary Force. He was sent to Ypres.
I know he served at the Battle of Messines but he died in December not June
and I am unaware of what took his life. Another action in which he was involved, a previous injury, or succumbing to disease?
I would like to know but have been unable to find any answer thus far.
His brother Alphonsus had a son Norman and I am Norman's child but named for "Uncle Fred". He is interred in Etaples military cemetery in Pas de Calais, France, section XXX plot 0-6
Editors Note:
Etaples was the location of many military hospitals, so it is likley that Fred passed away in one of these hospitals as a result of being injured. |
Spr. Benjamin Gaines . Canadian Army 1st Canadian Tunnelling Coy. from 83 Hall Lane Cottages Thornhill Dewsbury England (d.8th Aug 1917) |
Pte. Wilfred Gale . Australian Imperial Forces 40th Btn. from Elliott, Tasmania |
A/Cpl. G. H. Gallacher . Australian Imperial Force. 3rd Salvage Coy. |
Pte. James Gallagher . British Army West Yorkshire Regiment from 23 Bowman Lane, Leeds,Yorkshire I'm trying to find more details of my Grandfather James Gallagher. I know from his short service record he was in the West Yorks Regiment and according to family stories he was in Malta but would like to more details.
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Pte. William John Galvin . Australian Imperial Forces D Coy. 33rd Btn. from Inverell, NSW William Galvin saw action with the 33rd Battalion at the Battle of Messines in June 1917. He was wounded in action and treated at the Norfolk and Norwich Hospital in England in October 1917. William also served during the second world war. |
Pte. Frederick William Gamage . British Army 2nd Battalion Border Regiment from Shoreditch, London (d.1st July 1916) Frederick William Gamage was born in November 1872 in Shoreditch Middlesex; he was the son of John Smith Gamage and Sarah Harriet (nee Arnold). At the age of 19 he enlisted in the Army and is described as 5ft 61/4 inches tall weighing 119 lbs, dark brown hair, blue eyes and a fair complexion. He was posted to Hamilton in Scotland to join the Cameroon’s (Scottish Rifles). He was soon struck down with bronchitis and was in hospital until Feb 1892. Soon after being released from hospital he was transferred to 2nd Border Regiment and became Pte. Gamage 3808. He soon embarked for India and was stationed in Mooltan but was again hospitalized. He was discharged from hospital and sent back to England and discharged from the Army as an invalid in 1894. He married Annie Law in London in 1896 and had 9 children. At the outbreak of war he enlisted again at the age of 37 years and was posted into his old battalion 2nd Border Regiment. He served in France at Neuve Chapelle but was he was invalided back to England once again in 1915. During this time he was granted leave to visit his family but overstayed his pass and became an absentee but no action was taken. There is also a note to say the he was claimed to have enlisted fraudulently” but a memorandum was sent to Preston saying that “he was serving with the expeditionary force” and no further action was taken once again.
We find him in trouble again when he is absent without leave in December 1915 and this time he had to forfeit 22 days pay and 14 days field punishment. During this punishment he escaped and went absent without leave again on 17 December 1915 until 16th January 1916 during which time he sold his uniform and equipment. This time when he was captured he was tried for being absent and losing his clothing and regimental necessaries and sentenced to 56 days detention.
On the 28th of April 1916 Private Gamage embarked on a troopship for France and by the end of June 1916 was billeted in the village of Morlancourt. On the 30th of June 1916 the battalion was moved up to the front line for the attack on the village of Mametz in what was to be the biggest battle the world had ever seen, the Battle of the Somme.
At 7.30 on the morning of 1st July 1916, the hottest day imaginable, after intense bombing all along the front, tens of thousands of British soldiers climbed out of their trenches to the shrilling sound of whistles and the sun glinting on their bayonets, advanced in a line.
Private Frederick Gamage was among the soldiers of the 2nd Battalion, 14 Platoon D company, of the Border Regiment 7th Division on the fateful day. They came under heavy machine gun fire from Hidden Wood. Sadly Pte Gamage was one of the casualties being posted as “wounded and missing” on the morning of the attack. His body was never recovered and he is now commemorated at the Theipval Memorial in France. I was lucky enough to go and see this for myself 2011
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Sergeant Roland Cavendish "Bob" Gamble . British Army Machine Gun Corps My Grandfather lived in Leeds and was serving an apprenticeship as a printer when he joined the army. His employer very kindly kept open his job until his return. He died in 1978. |
Richard John Gammon DFC.. Royal Flying Corps 104 Sqd. Richard John Gammon enlisted at Hampton Court in 1914/1915 and served in the trenches until getting 'trench feet'. He then volunteered for the R.F.C and flew D.H.9a bombers and was awarded the D.F.C He served with 104 squadron until 1919 when he was demobilised. |
Sjt. J. Garden . Army Durham Light Infantry |
George Gardiner . British Army Highland Light Infantry How can I find out what happened during his service. He was born in 1891. He's my great grandfather. |
Rfm. James Arthur Gardiner . British Army 18th Btn. Kings Royal Rifle Corps from 58 Ormside Street, Old Kent Road, london (d.14th Jun 1917) James Gardiner was my great, great grandfather who served with the 18th Battalion Kings Royal Rifle Corps. All I know is that apparently (according to great nan), he was on the front line and he lay on top of his commanding officer to save his life and then he was killed. He has no grave and had his name put on the Menin Gate. I found his WW1 Medal Card and I found out he got the British and Victory Medal. Also he would have had a Memorial Plaque given to the next of kin.
I feel very proud of him because he gave his life for somebody else and I believe that he must have been a very kind and caring person. If anyone is able to find anything else out for me I would be most grateful. |
Pte. Samuel Gardiner . British Army 11th Btn. A Coy. Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers (d.1st Jul 1916) |
Pte. Alfred George Gardner . Australian Imperial Forces 33rd Btn. from Upper Manilla, New South Wales. (d.7th Jun 1917) |
Hector Cameron Gardner . Royal Flying Corps 6 Squadron Hector Cameron Gardner was my grand father born in Gateshead-on-Tyne in January 1898. He served as apprenticeship with the Austin Motor Company at Longbridge, Birmingham and then served 3 years in the RFC 6 squadron as pilot/navigator during WW1.
He married Dorothy Chandler in the early 1920's. Dorothy was employed in the design department of Handley Page during WW1 and was among the 40 passengers taken up on the test flight of the V1500 in November 1918.
After WW1 he found employment with the London Agents for Sunbeam cars in London. He was successful in the Motor Trade and by the early thirties was Managing Director of Dagenham Motors, Ford's London Agents.
With the curtailment of the Motor Trade in the 1939-45 war, he was brought into the Ministry of Aircraft production by Lord Beaverbrook as Director of Mechanical Transport and Marinecraft Production. After WW2 he started his own company H.Cameron Gardner Ltd, operating Ferguson Tractor agents and later manufacturers of Hydraulic Loaders for agricultural tractors. He died in January 1981. |
T. N. C. Garfit . Army Durham Light Infantry |
Private William Henry Garland . British Army 16th Battalion Middlesex Regt from Bush Hill Park, Enfield (d.1st July 1916) |
L/Cpl. Albert Henry Garnett . British Army North Irish Horse I have some photos of my Uncle Albert Garnett and recently a research archivist in England has finally identified the cap badge. It appears that when he left England for the Western Front he was seconded to the North Irish Horse. Due to missing records we are unable to determine which year he joined up, but in 1914 he was only 15 years old so perhaps it was later in the war. |
Pte. George Garrett . British Army 2nd Btn. Northumberland Fusiliers (d.8th May 1915) |
Pte. Robert Garrett . Army 18th Btn. Durham Light Infantry Pte Garrett was one of those wounded during the Bombardment of the Hartlepools on the 16th of December 1914 whilst he was serving at Heugh Battery. |
Rfm. W. Garrett . British Army 1/18th Btn. London Regiment from 174, Town Rd., Lower Edmonton, London. (d.12th Jul 1917) |
Gnr. H. H. Garrod . British Army 102nd Bde. D Bty Royal Field Artillery from Birtley, Co. Durham (d.16th May 1917) |
Pte. W. B. Gartside . Australian Imperial Force. 3rd Salvage Coy. |
A. L. Gatenby . Australian Imperial Force. 58th Btn. |
Pte. W. Gates . British Army 9th Btn. Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers (d.1st Jul 1916) |
Gatherall . Army Durham Light Infantry |
Edward Alfred Gaydon . Army 8th Battalion Kings Royal Rifle Corp My great grandfather, Edward Alfred Gaydon, was in the 8th battalion Kings Royal Rifle Corps.
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Sjt. F. Gayfer . Army Durham Light Infantry |
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