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Pte. F. Heap
Australian Imperial Force. 3rd Salvage Coy.
Cpl. Robert Robinson Heap
British Army 6th Btn. Border Regiment
(d.7th Jun 1917)
Pte. Joseph Moses Heaps
British Army 11th Btn. Suffolk Rgt.
from:Doddington
(d.1st July 1916)
Pte. Robert Heaps
British Army 1/4th Btn. East Lancashire Regiment
(d.9th Oct 1915)
Robert Heaps died on the 9th of October 1915.
Sapper. Albert Heard
British Army 9th LRO Company Royal Engineers
from:Aston, Birmingham
(d.15th May 1918)
Sadly I know very little about my brave Great Uncle, Albert Heard. We have one photo of Albert in civilian attire but nothing else.
Sgt. Douglas Arthur Hearder
South African Army
My grandfather Douglas Arthur Hearder vas a POW at Stalag 4B, POW Number: 224223.
Pte. Charles Albert Hearn
British Army 9th Btn. North Staffordshire Regiment
from:121 Oxford Road, Windsor, Berkshire
(d.16th Sept 1918)
Bertie Hearn was my wife's uncle on her mother's side, she was Bertie's sister, Rosa Jessie Hearn. I found him during research of the family tree.
On 23rd May 2015 my wife and I were taken to Sunken Road Cemetery at Boisleux-St.Marc. We believe that we are the first of the family to visit his grave. Our son Matthew had purchased a duplicate set of Bertie's medals to which he was entitled. We photographed his headstone with the medals and left two wooden crosses with personal messages from his niece Valerie Swinnerton and two great, great nephews.
Unfortunately we never knew about Bertie from the family, so we do not know of any existing photos of Bertie himself.
Pte. Frederick Joseph Hearn
British Army 15th Btn. Hampshire Regiment
from:Portsmouth
(d.5th Aug 1917)
Fred Hearn enlisted in December 1915, his battalion was a part of 41st Division 122 Brigade and took part in the Battle of Flers on the 15th of September 1916) as a part of the Somme Offensive that had commenced on 1st July 1916. The village was taken with the help of four tanks. The Battalion suffered nearly 300 casualties. The 15th Battalion were further engaged in the Somme area before being transferred to the Ypres sector on 20th October 1916.
Frederick Hearn was killed with the Battalion whilst engaged at the 3rd Battle of Ypres, Passchendaele, on 5th August 1917. The Battalion's objective was the village of Hollebeke, Fred would have 'gone over the top' at 3.50 am on the 31st of July 1918, advancing behind the artillery creeping barrage the objective was the village of Hollebeke. The village was taken; the battalion were able to occupy trenches in the immediate vicinity of the village. The Battalion War Diary gives an account of attempts by the Germans to re-take Hollebeke on 5th August under cover of a thick mist, successfully taking nearby Forret Farm.
A counter attack was put in by the 15th Hampshire and 12th East Surrey regiment, the counter attack was a success and some 17 prisoners taken. What is clear from the war diaries is how depleted the above Battalions were after 6 days of fighting.
Fred is commemorated on the Menin Gate, his body was never recovered. I was able to visit the Menin Gate in 2015 and pay my respects. Fred was 23 years old at the time of death. He was my great uncle on my mother's side.
Pte. John Hearn
British Army 16th Btn. Devonshire Regiment
from:Bideford
(d.2nd Sept 1918)
John Hearn from Bideford was in the Devonshire Regiment in 1915 at Gallipoli in conflict against the Turks and also fighting against flies, disease and dysentery until Dec 1915. Then to Egypt just in time for 1916 New Year celebration and fighting the Turks again.
In January 1917, at Moascar, Egypt the two North Devon Regiments, The Royal 1st Devon Yeomanry and the Royal North Devon Hussars were amalgamated into one unit and renamed the 16th Battalion, Devonshire Regiment. John and the 16th Devons were sent to the front at Gaza fighting against the Turks in the Invasion of Palestine, and the Second and Third Battles of Gaza, including the capture of Beersheba and the Sheria Position.
They left Egypt in April 1918 and arrived in France in May. By August 1918 John Hearn, in the 16th Devons was taking part in some of the Battles on the Somme, and from 21st August to 3rd September 1918 they were fighting at what becomes known as the Second Battle of Bapaume second phase of the battle of Amiens.
In the evening of 1st of September 1918 the 16th Devons, attached to 229th Brigade, 74th Division, took over trenches from the 58th Division east of Bouchavesnes. They had orders to attack the German lines at 5.30 the next morning. Next morning, 2nd September, at zero hour the West Somersets led the attack with the Fifes and Forfars in support. A and B Companies of the 16th Devons were to follow them up, and as they passed Moislains the Devons were to veer off to clear the village, believing that little opposition, if any, was there. But as they went forward the West Somersets and the Fifes and Forfars were enfiladed with gun-fire from trenches near the village and suffered terribly. As A and B Companies of the Devons went forward they ran into a hail of machine-gun fire, and they too suffered terribly and were stopped at the outskirts of Moislains.
This was the day that John Hearn was killed. He has no known grave but is Remembered with Honour at the Vis En-Artois Memorial in France. His widow Edith was left with their three young daughters. Edith remarried and had another four children, but soon after the birth of her youngest, both mother and baby died. They are buried together at East-the-Water, Bideford, North Devon.
Act Cpl Cecil Hearnden
Army Royal Fusliers
from:South London
My father served in WW1 having falsified his age to join up, he enlisted with the London Regiment and served with the Royal Fusilers and later the Army Service Corps. He was in the reserve at start of WW2 and went to France with the BEF, he was wounded and captured, ending up in Stalag XXB.
If anyone has any information on his service during the Great War I'd be very grateful.
Ab.Sea. Charles Wilson Hearne
Royal Navy H.M.S. "P.C.61"
from:Dover
(d.4th May 1919)
Able Seaman Charles Wilson Hearne was the son of George Hearne, of 159, Clarendon Place, Dover.
He was 29 when he died. He is buried in the north part of the Aughaval (Holy Trinity) Church of Ireland Churchyard, Co. Mayo, Ireland
Able Sea. Charles Wilson Hearne
Royal Navy HMS PC61
from:Dover
(d.4th May 1919)
Able Seaman Hearne was the son of George Hearne of 159 Clarendon Place, Dover. He was 29 when he died and is buried in the north part of the Aughaval (Holy Trinity) Church of Ireland Churchyard in Aughaval, Co. Mayo, Ireland.
L/Cpl. James Hearne
British Army 8th (King's Royal Irish) Hussars
from:16 Charlemont Villas, Ranelagh Rd., Dublin.
(d.19th Mar 1915)
Lance Corporal Hearne was the Husband of Mrs. A. Hearne, of 16, Charlemont Villas, Ranelagh Rd., Dublin. He is buried in the South east part of the Tallaght (St. Maelruan) Church of Ireland Churchyard, Tallaght, Co. Dublin, Ireland.
Pte. Albert James Heasman
British Army 11th Battalion Queens Royal West Surrey Regiment
from:Battersea, London
(d.25th June 1916)
At the end of June 1916, the 11th Battalion, Queen's Royal West Surrey Regiment were in the trenches north east of Bethune in Northern France and subject to enemy shelling on its position. On the 25th of June 1916 the shelling continued and the artillery was active both day and night. It appears Albert Heasman was injured as a result of this shelling. He was admitted to No.1 Canadian Casualty Clearing Station, where he died of his wounds on the 25th of June 1916. He was buried in Bailleul Communal Cemetery Extension.
Pte. Charles Heasman
British Army 8th Btn. East Kent Regiment
from:Kent
(d.18th Aug 1916)
Private Charles Heasman from Kent. Served with 8th Battalion, East Kent Regiment. Died 18th August 1916. Charles was my great uncle. He is remembered on the Thiepval Memorial
Pte. A. Heath
British Army 24th (Tyneside Irish) Battalion Northumberland Fusiliers
Pte. Albert Reginald Heath
British Army 4th Battalion Worcestershire Regiment
(d.16th March 1918)
Sgt. Albert Heath
British Army 22nd Heavy Battery Royal Garrison Artillery
from:Fenton
Albert Heath served with 22nd Heavy Battery, RGA.
Cpl. Arthur Heath
British Army 22nd Battalion Manchester Regiment
from:Manchester
(d.1st Jul 1916)
Arthur Heath was my grandfather, he joined up in November 1914 when his one & only son Arthur was just 1 month old. He joined one of the Pals Battalions that was raised by the Lord Mayor of Manchester. He was in C Company, Platoon XII. A photograph with his platoon is attached, along with the list of names of those shown. Arthur is my Grand Father & when he died on the first day of the Battle of the Somme he left behind not just his son, but a widow & two daughters, one of which was my Mother. He has no known grave, but is commemorated on the Thiepval Memorial in France. His civilian life entailed working as a barman at the time of his marriage to Emily in 1904. He also worked as a bar steward for Manchester Liners & one of the ships he sailed on was the Manchester Importer. Just before he volunteered to join the Army he was working for the Charles MacIntosh Rubber Works in Manchester. It would be nice to hear from anybody who's Grand Father is also pictured in the attached Platoon Photograph & named in the second attachment. Arthur was killed on the first day of the Battle of the Somme with the Manchester Pals. He has no known grave & his name is on the Thiepval Monument. He left behind a wife, two daughters, one of which was my mother, & a very young son who was born after he enlisted in 1914. My Mother had just started school when she received at least two letters from him. One of which he sent his kind regards to her schoolteacher & hoped that he would get to meet her when he came home. The family do not know if this ever took place as we are not sure if he ever got leave before he was killed? We are aware that he was very proud to have a son who was named after him. Unfortunately Arthur Heath Junior died when he was eight, so my Grandmother had a double tragedy to deal with.
Arthur's mother, Mary Ellen Huddart, married Charles Frederick Heath on the 05/06/1887 when Arthur was 6 years old. It is not known who Arthur's biological father was. Charles Frederick appears to have taken the boy as his own as according to the 1891 census the 10 year old Arthur is stated as the son of Charles Frederick. In 1904 Arthur married Emily Carter, a widow, & they had 3 children, one of which was my Mother. Before volunteering for the Manchester Pals 7th City 22nd Battalion, Arthur was working for a shipping company operating out of the Manchester Ship Canal. His son, Arthur Frederick, was born on the 23rd October 1914, a matter of weeks before his father, Arthur Heath, volunteered as part of a recruitment drive by the then Lord Mayor of Manchester. The family assumed that his baby son was born after Arthur volunteered. We will never know why a man of 33 years would volunteer, leaving behind a new born son & two young daughters. We can only assume, like thousands of others, he truly believed the propaganda, that it would all be over by Christmas.
Sgt. Arthur Robert Heath
British Army 128th Heavy Battery Royal Garrison Artillery
from:Barrowell Nursery, Winchmore Hill, Middlesex
Arthur Heath served with 128th Heavy Battery, Royal Garrison Artillery.
Pte. Arthur Heath
British Army 1st Btn. South Staffs Regiment
from:Boney Hay,Staffs
(d.1st July 1915)
Sgt. Arthur Robert Heath
British Army 128th Heavy Battery Royal Garrison Artillery
from:Winchmore Hill
My grandfather, Arthur Heath, enlisted into the RGA on 20th of October 1915 and went to France on 23rd of March 1916 with 128th Heavy Battery. He served as a gun layer through the war and was slightly wounded on 23rd of March 1918, but remained at duty. He received the Victory Medal and British War Medal. He had two periods of leave at home during his service and first saw my mother when she was 18 months old, as she had been born six weeks after he was sent to France.
My grandmother recalled how, when he arrived home, he stripped naked on the doorstep and left all his lice-ridden clothing outside and immediately had a bath. She then picked up his underclothes and shirt with the coal tongs and put them in the copper for washing immediately, and ironed his trousers and tunic to kill the lice and eggs, which popped as the hot iron went over them.
At the end of the war, his father asked for his release from the army as he was needed in the market garden business run by the family and he was discharged on 4th of February 1919.
Ernest Frank Heath
British Army Royal West Kent Regiment
from:65 High Street Beckenham Kent
Ernest Heath served with the West Kents, he was married to Edith Hollier, and had three children Frank Jabez, Kathleen and Dorothy. Ernest died in 1921 due to effects of mustard gas.
Pte. Eustace Nelson Heath
British Army 16th Btn. Middlesex Regiment
from:The Laurels, Barrowell Green, Winchmore Hill, Middlesex.
(d.10th Jan 1916)
Eustace Heath joined up when he was only 16 years old. He went to France with the battalion on 17th of November 1915, and was killed on 10th of January 1916 near Cuinchy when a shell landed on the billet he was in. He was killed before he ever went into action. Eustace Heath is buried in Cambrin Military Cemetery, Calais.
Frank Jabez Heath
British Army Rifle Brigade
from:Beckenham, Kent
Rfmn. George Robert Heath
British Army 7th Batallion Kings Royal Rifles
from:Borrowdale Road, Northfield, Birmingham
My grandfather, George Robert Heath (no A1426), who lived in Borrowdale Road, Northfield, Birmingham served with the 7th Battalion of the Kings Royle Rifle Corp (KRRC). He signed up on 22nd August 1914 (his 20th birthday). After initial training in the UK he arrived in France on 18 May 1915 and went to the front line around the Belgium town of Ypres. He was involved in the trench warfare there – notably on the 30 July 1915 he was in the unit in the trenches at Railway Wood (opposite Bellewaarde Farm) where flamethrowers were first used against British forces. In the battle that took place his Battalion incurred heavy casualties (13 officers and 289 men out of around 1000 in the battalion). He spent from May 1915 to February 1916 fighting in the Ypres area before then being moved down to Arras where he was based until 29 July 1916. At this time the 7th Battalion KRRC moved to billets around Albert ready to join the Battle of the Somme.
At the Somme my grandfather was involved in major conflicts on the 18th August and the 15th September. On the 18th August the 7th Battalion KRRC attacked and captured, suffering heavy casualties (3 officers and 42 men killed and 3 officers and 174 men wounded), the German Orchard Trench which was in the notorious area of Delville Wood. After this they were taken out of the front line in order to bring new recruits to the Battalion and to give those soldiers, involved in the conflict since they entered France, a much needed rest. Some of the soldiers were taken, in two groups of 30, to Ault on the French coast. They returned into action on the 15th September 1916, again in trenches by Delville Wood, to take part in the notorious Battle of Flers- Courcellette. This is of note since it is the first time that tanks were used in the war. The tanks were used to good effect and much ground was taken. It was, however, at this Battle where my grandfather was shot and wounded. He remained in no-mans land for a period of days before he was recovered and, expected to die, returned to hospital in the UK. Whilst suffering permanent injury to his shoulder and chest he did in fact survive and was invalided out of the army, declared unfit for active service on the 29th od May 1917. During this Battle the of Fler-Courcellette casualties for the Battalion were again high with 34 killed, 189 wounded and 120 missing.
Eventually after his return to the UK he married Emma Gittins on 8th February 1919. Emma had two children, Charles and Margaret, from her previous marriage to Charles Anthony Gittins. Charles Gittins served in the 2/6 Batallion of the Royal Warwickshire Regiment and was killed in action on 26th August 1917 in Flanders. His grave is at Zonnebeke. George and Emma went on to have 5 children, George, Joan, Olive, Sid and John and in total of 12 grandchildren.
Spr. George Heath
British Army 96th Field Coy Royal Engineers
from:Wincham, Cheshire
(d.13th Jan 1918)
George Heath from Wincham (near Northwich) Cheshire, was serving with 96th Field Coy R.E. He died from wounds aged 38 on 13 Jan 1918. He is buried in Railway dugouts Burial Grounds (Transport Farm) Cemetery, Ypres. Before the war George was a locomotive fireman (1901 census), then a stationary engine driver (1911 census).
Bmdr. George Henry Heath MM.
British Army 176th Brigade, 235 Battery Royal Field Artillery
from:Leicester
George Heath was born at Leicester on 15th April 1892, the son of Henry and Mary Elizabeth Heath (nee Goodman). After leaving school he became a shoe hand. He married Charlotte Mary Goodman at Leicester Register Office on 8 November 1913 and they initially lived at Asfordby Street, Leicester.
He joined the 176th Brigade, Royal Field Artillery at Leicester on 15th of June 1915 and received the number 32235. Assigned to the 235th Battery, he was a Bombardier and driver with the said unit.
He underwent an operation for varicose veins at Frensham Hill in February 1919, and following the success of that operation he was transferred on 6th April 1919. Transferred to Class Z Army reserve on 2nd May 1919 and subsequently discharged. Returning to Leicester and 3 Ullswater Street, he was awarded the Military Medal on 19th August 1919 (received 24th February 1921).
As of 1939 he was still at 3 Ullswater Street, Leicester, and employed as a tramway conductor. He died at Leicester in 1973, having had three sons with Charlotte, namely Henry Alfred (b.1914), George Arthur (b.1916) and John Edward (b.1922). I am conducting research on behalf of a Mr. John Heath of Wigston, Leicester, a kinsman of George.
Cpl. John Doulton Heath
British Army 7th Btn Black Watch
from:Cupar, East Fife
John Doulton Heath was my grandfather who drove ambulances in France and Belgium during the Great War. I have studio photos of him in uniform and in France by vehicles with colleagues. I also have postcards sent from France by him to my father.
Pte. Peter Gabriel Heath
British Army 1st Btn. Northamptonshire Regiment
from:Rowley Regis
(d.20th Aug 1916)
My great-uncle, only discovered whilst researching my family tree, Peter Heath died on 20th of August 1916, when he was 35 years old. He was a Private with the 1st Battalion, Northamptonshire Regiment and is buried in the Bazentin-le-Petit Cemetery Extension in Somme, France.
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