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World War 1 One ww1 wwII greatwar great 1914 1918 first battalion regiment
Pte. Joseph Hine
British Army 2nd Btn. Northumberland Fusiliers
(d.8th May 1915)
Mjr. C. W. Hines
Army 7th Btn. Durham Light Infantry
(d.24th May 1915)
Pte. Ernest Hines
British Army 21st Btn. West Yorkshire Regiment
from:Southowram, Halifax, Yorkshire
(d.8th October 1917)
CSM. John Cecil Newhall Hines MC DCM MM.
British Army 10th Btn. Gordon Highlanders
John Hines served with the 10th Battalion, Gordon Highlanders during WW1.
Pte. John Hiney
British Army 1st Battalion Royal Scots
(d.27th Apr 1915)
John Hiney, 1st Battalion Royal Scots was killed during fighting at Sanctuary Wood, Zillebeke, Belgium. John is amongst those remembered in Ypres at the Menin Gate.
Capt. Fred W.C. Hinings
British Army 1st Btn. East Yorkshire Regiment
from:Pudsey, Yorkshire
(d.25th September 1916)
Fred Hinings served with 1st Battalion, East Yorkshire Regiment, he was a well know Rugby player.
Private Albert Hinnells
British Army Northumberland Fusiliers
from:Bradford
CQMS. Arthur Hinsley
British Army Royal Defence Corps
from:183A Brockley Rd, London
(d.21st May 1917)
Arthur Hinsley was a Clerk of Works by civil trade, born in 1869 at Carlton, Yorks. W. Riding. In 1894 he married Frances Bacon they had 1 son and 4 daughters.
He died in service on 21st of May 1917 and was buried in Holywell Cemetery Flintshire. He was the younger brother of Cardinal Arthur Hinsley, RC Archbishop of Westminster.
Pte. Edward Harold Hinton
British Army 1st Btn. 4th Coy. Grenadier Guards
from:Reading
(d.27th September 1918)
Pte. Henry Charles Hinton
British Army 10th Btn. Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry
from:Henley on Thames
(d.22nd October 1917)
Henry Hinton was born in Henley in 1877. He had one son. He was called up in 1917 at the age of 40 and was trained at Lines Naval Camp. He travelled to Belgium with the 10th Battalion DCLI and was wounded on the Ypres - Zonnebeke Road on 21st of October 1917. He was taken to the 61st Casualty Clearing Station where on 22nd October he died from his wounds. He is buried at Dozinghem Military Cemetery in Popperinge.
Cpl. G S Hinvest
British Army 297th Seige Battery Royal Garrison Artillery
(d.23rd Mar 1918)
G Hinvest served with 297th Seige Battery Royal Garrison Artillery
Pte. Albert William Hinxman
British Army 8th Battalion North Staffordshire Regiment
from:Chiswick, London
(d.29th April 1918)
My great uncle sadly lost his life aged just 19. The story goes that Albert was a big lad (about 6'4") and he was assumed by many to be older than he was and this led to him being accused of being a coward and was allegedly 'white-feathered' on several occasions. This prompted Albert to initially lie about his age and he first joined up when only 17 only for his mother to have to go and 'get him out'.
Albert duly re-joined when he was 18 and fought gallantly along with all of his comrades until he was tragically killed in action. Albert is laid to rest in the Klein-Vierstraat British Cemetery just outside of Ypres, Belgium.
Pte. Joseph Frank Hinxman
British Army 1st Btn. Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry Rgt.
from:Caversham
(d.23rd July 1916)
Rfm. Charles Alfred Edward Hipwell
British Army 17th Poplar & Stepney Rifles Btn. London Regiment
from:Paddington, London
(d.15th Sep 1916)
Charles Hipwell was killed in action during the Battle for High Wood, near Longueval on the Somme, 15th September 1916. He was 33 years old. Now resting in Caterpillar Valley Cemetery. R.I.P.
LAC. Frank Henry Joseph Hirons
Royal Flying Corps 73 Squadron
from:Birmingham
Frank Hirons served with 73 Squadron in the RFC and RAF.
Cpt. David Philip Hirsch VC MID.
British Army 4th Btn. Yorkshire Regiment
from:Weetwood Grove, Leeds
(d.23rd April 1917)
Philip Hirsch was killed in action on the 23rd of April 1917, aged 20. Commemorated on Bay 5 on the Arras Memorial in the Faubourg-d'Amiens Cemetery, Arras, France, he was the son of Harry and Edith Hirsch, of Weetwood Grove, Leeds.
An extract from The London Gazette, dated 14th June, 1917, records the following:- "For most conspicuous bravery and devotion to duty in attack. Having arrived at the first objective, Capt. Hirsch, although already twice wounded, returned over fire-swept slopes to satisfy himself that the defensive flank was being established. Machine gun fire was so intense that it was necessary for him to be continuously up and down the line encouraging his men to dig and hold the position. He continued to encourage his men by standing on the parapet and steadying them in the face of machine gun fire and counter-attack until he was killed. His conduct throughout was a magnificent example of the greatest devotion to duty."
Rifleman Alexander E R Hirst
British Army 1st/6th Bn. London Regiment (City of London Rifles)
from:Peckham
(d.15th Sep 1916)
Alexander Hirst was my wife's maternal Grandfather. He worked for the Gas Company in the Old Kent Road,London as a gas fitter. A neighbour threatened to report him to the Gas Company for "moonlighting" which in those days may well have led to his dismissal, so he volunteered to join the Army and was sent off to France where he died during one of the Battles of the Somme. Ironically, with a wife, 2 children and another baby on the way, he was probably unlikely to have been called up! His name appeared on the Roll of Honour displayed by the Gas Company at their premises in the Old Kent Road, but no-one seems to know what happened to it. Perhaps your contributors or readers might be able to help?
2Lt. Gerald Hirst
British Army 3rd Btn. Kings Liverpool Regiment
from:The Bridge House, Bedwas, Newport.
(d.26th Feb 1917)
Gerald Hirst, an officer with the Kings Liverpool Regiment was a 19 year old Bedwas boy who died saving a comrade from enemy fire in 1917. I would like to share with you the achievements of Year 9 pupils at Bedwas High School Caerphilly in their work commemorating a local hero from WW1. We would be most grateful if you could spare 10 mins of your time to view the animation and hopefully share it with whoever you so wish as a celebration of their efforts and in fitting memory to all those who sacrificed in service to our country.
Pte. John Thomas Hirst
British Army 2nd Btn. Northumberland Fusiliers
(d.8th May 1915)
Cpl. Norman Hirst
British Army 4th Btn. West Riding Regiment
(d.14th Aug 1916)
Norman Hirst was killed in action on the 14th of August 1916
L/Cpl. Walker Sykes Hirst
British Army 4th Btn. West Riding Regiment (Duke of Wellingtons)
from:25 Albert Street, Elland
Walker Hirst was captured at Erquinghem on 10th April 1918 and sent via Lille to Dulmen POW Camp.
Pte. William Hirst
British Army West Yorkshire Regiment
from:Silkstone
My grandfather, William Hirst was born in May 1893 in Dodworth near Barnsley. After leaving school he went to Silkstone Colliery to work as a miner. Coal miners were exempt from fighting in the First War but because we had lost so many men in conflict they looked for fit strong miners to join. William's name was put into a hat and, unfortunately, it was drawn out and that was that. He had no choice. He joined the Prince of Wales Infantry in 1916 and went for training near Hull. After some brief training William was sent to France.
I have a cross that has scenes of Ypres in it. My grandfather, apparently like many, never spoke of his experiences to any of his eight sons. William went back to working in the coal mines after the war and retired at sixty five. He died at the age of eighty seven. I am very proud of my grandfather and I would really like to trace his regiment.
2nd Lt. William Hirst
British Army 14th Btn York and Lancaster Regiment
from:Wombwell, Barnsley
(d.1st July 1916)
After helping to defend the Suez Canal in February and early March the 13th and 14th Yorks and Lancs sailed on the White Star Liner Megantic with the 1st Kings Own Scottish Borderers to Marseille before entraining for Flanders. William Hirst kept the menu card with signatures which came back to his widow (my childless grandmother Bertha who remarried later) with his diary covering the entire time of his overseas service from departure from Devonport an the Andania to death vainly attacking the German Lines at Serre on 1st July 1916. We have three testimonials from his fellow officers reassuring Bertha that his death was instant and that he experienced no pain. Is that what all the letters said? His death is described by the soldier next to him in Jon Cooksey's excellent book. So in his case it might have been true.
2nd Lt. William Henry Hirst
British Army 10th Btn. West Yorkshire Regiment
(d.1st August 1918)
William Hirst served as a 2nd Lt with the 10th Battalion West Yorkshire Regiment. He was killed in action on 1st August 1918 and is buried in Harponville Communal Cemetery, France.
2nd Lt. William Bertram Hirst
British Army 4th Btn. Lincolnshire Regiment
(d.22nd April 1915)
While serving with the 4th Battalion Lincolnshire Regiment, 2nd Lt Wilfred Hirst died of wounds on 22nd April 1915, aged 25. Wilfred was buried in Dranouter Churchyard, Belgium.
Pte. Willie Hirst
British Army 15/17th Btn. West Yorkshire Regiment
from:Clark Lane, Meltham, Huddersfield
(d.12th April 1918)
Willie Hirst was the son of William and Ruth Elizabeth Hirst of Clarke Lane, Meltham, Huddersfield. He lost his life aged 19.
Pte Sidney F Hiscock
British Army Devonshire Regiment
from:Southampton
Sidney Hiscock served with the Devonshire Regiment and the Rifle Brigade.
Cpl. Walter Frank Hiscock
British Army 2/7th Battalion Hampshire Regiment
from:Christchurch
Pte. Arthur Hiscox
British Army 1st Btn. Coldstream Guards
from:Stoke Lane, Somerset
(d.29th Oct 1914)
Pte. Frederick Herbert Hiscox
British Army 18th Btn. Kings Royal Rifle Corps
from:Vange, Essex
(d.15th Sep 1916)
Rifleman Frederick Hiscox of the KRRC would never know that his twin sister, Edith Emily, would emigrate to America, and that he would have many cousins there.
His was a short war - he enlisted early in 1915 at Romford, Essex, not far from the family home at Vange. By early 1916 his battalion was in France, and they would be engaged in one of the Somme battles. On September 15, 1916, he was posted as missing, and, as far as we are aware, his body was never found. Frederick, therefore, has no known grave, and is commemorated on the Thiepval Memorial.
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