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Sgt. Alfred William Harver
British Army 129th (Bristol) Heavy Battery Royal Garrison Artillery
from:Bristol
Alfred was born in 1877. His father was a miner who died in a pit accident in 1882. I have a picture of Alfred from before WW1 dressed in what I believe is a Somerset Light Infantry uniform, but I have been unable to trace him in that regiment.
He enlisted in the 129th Bristol Heavy Battery in May 1915 and traveled to France (Le Havre) in March 1916. His unit was attached to the 84th Heavy Brigade, RGA. I believe he was at Vimy Ridge, but I have no trace of him until 1919 when he sent some postcards from Cologne whilst he was part of the Army of Occupation. I do have other postcards from him, but there is no way to identify exactly where he was other than the postcards were French.
He was a sergeant when he was demobbed in 1919, and he went back to work as a timberman in the Dean Lane pit in Bristol. Sadly, he died of pneumonia in June 1919 at the age of 43.
Pte. A. Harvey
British Army 22nd Btn. Northumberland Fusiliers
Pte. A. Harvey
British Army 22nd Btn. Northumberland Fusiliers
Pte. E. Harvey
British Army 24th (Tyneside Irish) Battalion Northumberland Fusiliers
from:South Shields
(d.1st July 1916)
E Harvey is named on the Thiepval Memorial
Sjt. Edward George Harvey
British Army 2nd Btn. Northumberland Fusiliers
(d.17th Feb 1915)
Pte. Edward Henry Harvey
British Army 2nd Btn. Kings Royal Rifle Corps
from:Kilburn, London
Edward Henry Harvey was my grandfather. He served as a regular soldier in the Kings Royal Rifle Corps before the war and was stationed in Dagshai, India as shown in the 1911 Census. Edward was discharged medically unfit on the 22nd October 1915 after sustaining shrapnel wounds to his left thigh. He was returned to Aldershot, the Cambrdge Miltary Hospital for treatment and recovery.
The photograph shows Edward Henry (smoking the pipe) in the trenches. Any help with who the others might be or where this was taken would be appreciated.
Capt. Edward George Harvey
British Army Royal Flying Corps
from:Derry City, Co. Derry, N. Ireland
(d.16th Jun 1915)
Capt. Edward Harvey of the Duke of Edinburgh's Wiltshire Regiment was seconded to the Royal Flying Corps, and was killed in action near Hooge, age 32.
Capt. F. G. Harvey
Army 8th Btn. Durham Light Infantry
Major. Francis John William Harvey VC.
Royal Marine Light Infantry HMS Lion
from:Sydenham, Surrey
(d.31st May 1916)
Francis John William Harvey was killed in action on 31st of May 1916, aged 43. he is Commemorated on the Chatham Naval Memorial in Kent.
An extract from The London Gazette, No. 29751, dated 15th Sept., 1916, records the following:- "Whilst mortally wounded and almost the only survivor after the explosion of an enemy shell in "Q" gunhouse, with great presence of mind and devotion to duty ordered the magazine to be flooded, thereby saving the ship. He died shortly afterwards."
Lt. Frederick Maurice Watson Harvey M.C., V.C.
Canadian Army Lord Strathcona's Horse
from:Athboy, Ireland.
Lieutenant Harvey was awarded the Victoria Cross for rushing a German machine gun post and capturing the gun position in front of the village of Guyencourt, France on 27 March 1917 on the Somme. His medal is on display in the Lord Strathcona's Horse Museum in Calgary.
The citation reads: For most conspicuous bravery and devotion to duty. During an attack by his regiment on a village, a party of the enemy ran forward to a wired trench just in front of the village and opened rapid fire and machine gun fire at a very close range, causing heavy casualties in the leading troop. At this critical moment when the enemy showed no intention of retiring and fire was still intense, Lieutenant Harvey, who was in command of the leading troop, ran forward well ahead of his men and dashed at the trench, still fully manned, jumped the wire, shot the machine gunner and captured the gun. His most courageous act undoubtedly had a decisive effect on the success of the operation.
During the second world war Frederick Maurice Watson Harvey attained the rank of Brigadier and was District Officer Commanding for Alberta. He died aged 92 in 1980.
Pte Frederick Harvey
British Army 19th Btn Northumberland Fusiliers
from:22, Heatherdale Terrace, Wrekenton, Gateshead-on-Tyne
(d.26th Aug 1916)
Harvey, Frederick. Private, 19/1254, Killed in Action on 26th August 1916. Aged 36 years.
Buried in Corbie Communal Cemetery Extension, Somme, in grave Plot 2. Row B. Grave 66.
Son of Benjamin and Mary Harvey, of Esh Winning, Co. Durham. Husband of Maria Harvey, of 22, Heatherdale Terrace, Wrekenton, Gateshead-on-Tyne.
From the 19th Btn Northumberland Fusiliers Roll of Honour.
Frederick Maurice Watson Harvey VC MC
Canadian Mounted Rifles Lord Strathcona's Horse (Royal Canadians)
from:Canada
BSM. Frederick Harvey
British Army 152nd Heavy Battery Royal Garrison Artillery
from:Walthamstow
Cpl. H. Harvey
British Army 1/19th Btn. London Regiment
(d.7th Jun 1917)
Pte. Harold Harvey
British Army 4th Btn. London Regiment
We have my grandad's medal, it is a silver service medal and impressed on the rim is: "254061 Pte H. Harvey 4 - London - R."
Herbert Harvey
British Army 11th Battalion Suffolk Regiment
from:Guyhirn, Wisbech, Cambs
(d.2nd July 1916)
Herbert is my great-uncle. I discovered him when I was doing my father's family tree. Although my father is named after him no-one in the family knew he existed. He joined in either February or March 1915 and died on the Somme. He is buried at Meaulte cemetry. His home town was Guyhirn in Wisbech and I would love some more information on him.
Update: Herbert Harvey was born about 1896. He is in the 1911 census aged 15 and is a farm labourer. He was the son of Thomas and Harriet Harvey, of Mouth Lane, North Brink, Wisbech. The census states that he was born at Thorney, Cambridgeshire. Thomas who was then aged 58 and Harriet 59 had 16 children but just 6 were still alive in 1911.
Ancestry records state that he died of wounds. He may have been wounded on 1st July 1916 when the 11th Suffolks attacked towards La Boiselle in the Somme. In his regiment 190 were killed and 337 wounded on the 1st July 1916. To this total one should add that 10 died during the following week and a further 24 who died in the Becourt area during the weeks prior to the tragic assault. Herbert was just 20 years old. He is buried at Meaulte Military Cemetery..
Pte. Herbert John Harvey
British Army Gloucestershire Regiment
from:Eastington
(d.9th December 1917)
In the 1911 census Herbert Harvey is listed as the son of Annie Harvey, a millhand, unmarried, born Bristol, resident Frocester Road, Eastington near Stonehouse, Gloucestershire. Herbert Harvey served with the 7th (Service) Battalion, Gloucestershire Regiment. He died in Mesopotamia on 9th of December 1917. Born in Bristol, he enlisted in Dursley and is buried in Baghdad (North Gate) War Cemetery, Iraq.
Cpl. John Campbell Harvey
British Army 10th/11th Btn. Highland Light Infantry
from:Lochgilphead, Argyllshire
Pte. John Henry Harvey DCM.
British Army 1st Btn. Sherwood Foresters
from:Nottinghamshire
(d.17th Nov 1918)
John Harvey is remembered on the Basra Memorial. He was serving attached to the 1st Oxford and Bucks Light Infantry when he was killed. He was the son of Allen Harvey of 43, Oxford Street, Highbury Vale, Bulwell, Nottingham and husband of A. R. Harvey of Bhoiguda, Secunderabad, India.
Pte. Joseph Harvey
British Army 24th (Tyneside Irish) Battalion Northumberland Fusiliers
Pte. Mortimer Hugh Harvey
British Army 1st Battalion Royal East Surrey
from:London
Mortimer Harvey is believed to have been the son of the mayor of Kingston on Thames, which was the home of the East Surrey Regiment. He enrolled on April 9th leaving his five young children at home with his wife Florence Elebeck nee Lee.
Mortimer lost a portion of his stomach following a poison gas attack at Ypres, and was discharged on July 7th, 1917. His family was surprised and Mortimer was overjoyed when his wife gave birth to Phyllis, his sixth child, born on May 2nd, 1920. He lived to enjoy his grandchildren and die of old age unlike many of his fellow soldiers.
Pte. Norman Harvey VC.
British Army 1st Btn. Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers
from:Newton-le-Willows, Lancashire
Norman Harvey was the son of Charles William and Mary Harvey; husband of Nora Osmond Harvey, of Newton-le-Willows, Lancashire.
The following details are given in the London Gazette of 6th January 1919:- "For most conspicuous bravery and devotion to duty near Ingoyghem on the 25th October, 1918, when his battalion (the 1st Bn. Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers) was held up and suffered heavy casualties from enemy machine guns. On his own initiative he rushed forward and engaged the enemy single-handed, disposing of twenty enemy and capturing two guns. Later, when his company was checked by another enemy strong point, he again rushed forward alone and put the enemy to flight. Subsequently, after dark, he voluntarily carried out, single-handed, an important reconnaissance and gained valuable information. Pte. Harvey throughout the day displayed the greatest valour, and his several actions enabled the line to advance, saved many casualties, and inspired all."
He want on to serve in WW2 and died on the 16th February 1942, aged 42 and is buried in the Khayat Beach War Cemetery in Israel.
Percy " " Harvey
British Army 2nd Btn. Royal Dublin Fusiliers
from:
I am looking for information on my grandfather and his son, my uncle. My grandfathers name was Percy Harvey and he was in the 2nd Battalion Royal Dublin Fusiliers. He was wounded and captured at Mons and taken POW, I think to Chimintz in Germany.
My Uncle's name was Roy Harvey and he was in the 1st Airborne and was captured at Arnhem and made POW but I do not know where. It is a remarkable story that both father and son would be POW's in 2 different World Wars. Both men survived and my grandfather lived on into old age (97) and I have some photos of him in uniform. He join the Duke of York's School in Chelsea when he was about 12 and was 23 when the Great War started.
Pte. Richard Henry Harvey
Royal Scots Fusilier 2nd Battalion
from:St Austell, Cornwall
(d.1st July 1916)
Richard Harvey was Killed in a Action. France & Flanders. Battle of the Somme.
Rfn. Thomas Frederick Harvey
British Army 10th Battalion Kings Royal Rifle Corps
from:Chelsea
(d.12th Aug 1917)
My granddad, Thomas Frederick Harvey, served with 10th Battalion Kings Royal Rifle Corps. Still trying to find out more as most records of this time were destroyed during WW2.
Private Victor G Harvey
British Army North Somerset Yeomanry
from:Evercreech
(d.18th Nov 1914)
Victor was a tall strong man and it is this, according to family tradition, that proved his undoing as he was shot in the head by a German sniper near Yprs. He died of his wounds and is buried in Poperinghe Old Military Cemetery. His regiment had been in France a matter of two or three weeks. Victor had survived the First Battle of Ypres only to be killed within days of it's official ending.
Sgt. William Henry Harvey
British Army Machine Gun Corps
Sgt. William Henry Harvey
British Army Machine Gun Corps
from:Lowestoft
Pte. William Harvey
British Army 22nd Battalion Rifle Brigade
My grandfather Willie Harvey was medically discharged, he served in Macedonia.
Cpl William George Harvey
British Army 78 Brigade, C Bty Royal Field Artillery
from:Norton St Faith
(d.20th Oct 1917)
My great grandfather William Harvey served in C Battery, 78th Brigade, Royal Field Artillery. He died on 20th Oct 1917.
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