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251664

Pte Frederick Henry King

British Army 5th Btn. Wiltshire Regiment

from:Taunton, Somerset




1205960

Pte. George King

British Army 13th Battalion Middlesex Regiment

from:14 Pelham Mews, Notting Hill

George King served with the 13th Btn. Middlesex Regiment. He enlisted on the 7th of January 1915 in Hammersmith, London and gave his age as 18yrs 7months, but he was born 23.7.1899 in Fulham London, making him only 15yrs old.

He was sent from Acton and arrived in France 17.8.1915, they were attached to the 73rd Brigade. While at the Battle of Loos on the 27.9.1915 near Vermelles, he was gunned down by machine gun fire. He survived but at the loss of his right leg and more wounds to his left thigh.

He was discharged on 15th of November 1916 at Hounslow, he was awarded a silver war badge no.89410 and 3 medals, the 1914/15 star, the War and Victory medals. So at only being 16yrs old he had his leg amputated and saw so much pain and suffering around him, for some one so young.




252400

Cpl. George King

British Army 8th Btn. Norfolk Regiment

(d.1st August 1917)




1205480

2nd Lt. Hamilton Boyd King

British Army 1/22nd Btn. London Regiment

from:44, Flanders Rd., Bedford Park, Chiswick, London.

(d.7th Jun 1917)




221998

Cpl. Harold Vincent King

British Army 12th (The Rangers) Btn. London Regiment

(d.9th April 1917)




252042

Pte. Harold Idris King

British Army 4th Btn. South Wales Borderers

from:Cwmtwrch Isaf

(d.19/02/17)

Harold King is remembered on the Basra Memorial.




224541

Sgt. Harry King MM.

British Army 4th Btn Royal Fusiliers

from:East Ham, London

Harry King served with the 4th Btn. Royal Fusiliers.




235970

Capt. Harry King

British Army 11th Btn. Worcestershire Regiment

from:Worcester

(d.3rd Sep 1916)

Capt. Harry King of the 11th Btn. Worcestershire Regiment was attached to the 3rd Kings Hussars when he was killed.




214315

Pte. Haydn King

British Army 32nd Btn. Royal Fusiliers

from:Derby

(d.20th May 1918)




231933

Pte. Herbert King

British Army 16th Battalion West Yorkshire Regiment

from:Leeds Yorkshire

(d.9th November 1916)




236241

Gnr. Horace Edward King

British Army 53rd Battery. 2nd Brigade Royal Field Artillery

from:Mildmay Park, London

Horace King served with 53 Battery, Royal Field Artillery.




217820

Rflm. J. King

British Army 7th Btn. King's Royal Rifle Corps

from:England

(d.16th Mar 1917)

Rfm. J. King served with the King's Royal Rifle Corps 7th Battalion. He was executed on 16th March 1917 and is buried in the Berneville Communal Cemetery in Pas-de-Calais, France




224543

L/Cpl. James William King

British Army 2/10th Btn. London Regiment

from:Hackney, London

My Grandfather James William King enlisted in March 1918 and was initially posted to the 6th Btn. Rifle Brigade. He arrived in France in June 1918 and transferred to the 2/10th (Hackney) Battalion, London Regiment in the field in August 1918. Fought with them as a Lewis gunner through til the Armistice when he then transferred to the 19th Bn Kings Royal Rifle Brigade from December 1918 til March 1920. He survived both the war and a bout of Spanish Flu. He retired to Bournemouth, Dorset in 1965 and died there in 1987.




224018

Joe King

British Army

Joe King was my Granddad, he signed up in Aylesbury and went to Italy in 1917 with 1/4th Battalion, regiment unknown. When in Italy he handled horses & mules moving supplies in the mountains. He was born at Brill and worked for Webster & Cannon in Aylesbury in early 20's where he drove a steam-wagon.




205073

Pte. John King

British Army Queens Own Cameron Highlanders

from:Edinburgh

We have a document that my father in-law John King received when he was injured and discharged from the war on 23rd June 1917. We are looking to find out were he was injured? We would love help to do this.




217651

Pte. John King

New Zealand Expeditionary Force 1st Btn. Canterbury Regiment

from:New Zealand

(d.19th Aug 1917)

John King served with the Canterbury Regiment 1st Battalion and was one of 28 New Zealand servicemen who were court-martialled and sentenced to death during the First World War. He was executed in August 1917, one of five New Zealand soldiers who were executed during the First World War for mutiny and desertion and pardoned by Parliament in 2000.




218214

Pte. John King

New Zealand Expeditionary Force 1st Btn. Canterbury Regiment

from:New Zealand

(d.19th Aug 1917)

John King served with the 1st Btn. Canterbury Regiment of the New Zealand Expeditionary Force. He was executed for desertion on 19th Agust 1917 aged 32 and is buried in Trois Arbres Cemetery, Steenwerck, France. He had a long record of going absent, deserting and illness; perhaps alcoholic.




224045

Pte, John King

British Army 1st Btn East Yorkshire Regiment

from:Hull

(d.9th Aug 1915)

My Great uncle John King was killed in action on the 9th of August 1915 at Hooge (Sanctuary) Wood near Ypres. This wood was the target of heavy shelling by the Germans before an attack by flame throwers on the date he died. It is believed he is buried in Hooge Wood in an unmarked grave. He is commemorated on the Menin Gate, Ypres.




245582

L/Cpl. John Robert King

British Army Suffolk Regiment




253800

Pte. John King

British Army 1st Btn. East Surrey Regiment

from:London

(d.25th Dec 1915)




226180

Lt. Lucas Henry St. Aubyn King

British Army 4th Btn. Kings Royal Rifle Corps

(d.8th May 1915)

Lt. Lucas King was the eldest son of Lucas White King, CSI, and Geraldine his wife. He fell at Ypres on the 8th of May 1915, aged 20.




242999

Pte. Michael King

British Army 1st Btn. Northumberland Fusiliers

(d.18th Jan 1915)

Michael King was born 8th February 1891 in Newcastle-on-Tyne, Northumberland. A son of William John King and Isabella (nee: Spoor). Sadly, this couple also lost another son, Charles Thomas King, to the Great War. Michael was killed in action at Ypres in Flanders. He was survived by his wife, Emily Annie (nee Driscoll) and his son, Thomas King.




256756

Sgt Oliver George King

British Army 1st Btn Essex Regiment

from:Great Tey St Kelvedon Essex

(d.14th of April 1917)

Sergeant Oliver King served with the 1st Battalion Essex Regiment in WW1. He died 14th of April 1917 and is remembered on the Arras Memorial Bay 7 France. Son of Fredrick W. and Mary E. King, of Great Tey St., Kelvedon, Essex.




211800

Pte. Percival Frederick King

British Army First Eastern General Hospital Royal Army Medical Corps

from:7 De Greville Avenue Cambridge

Percy King was from a technically minded family, two of his brothers were car mechanics and engine fitters and worked in the Family Business, King and Harper in Cambridge,(This business was started by their Father, William King, who was also Chief Engineer in a scheme running tractors for the Board of Agriculture during WW1). However Percy did not go into the family business and became a scientific instrument maker and worked for the Cambridge Scientific Instrument Company.

On 18 November 1913 he joined the RAMC (TF) for 4 Years service and he worked at the First Eastern General Hospital (1191 other ranks beds and 151 Officers Beds) in Cambridge the entire time until his on discharge 17 November 1917. Even though it was the height of the war, he was released for essential war work (making instruments) back at his old company, instead of being re-enlisted. His elder brother 2nd Lt Reginald King 48425 was also in the Army (RFC)and served as a pilot, and one of his younger brothers Private Augustus King 202906 was an engine fitter in the Army Service Corps.

Percy was one of the many soldiers who survived the war unscathed and did not see front-line action but did essential work on the home front. He was my uncle and although he married, he never had any children to research or tell his story.




233879

2nd Lt. Percy James Church King MM.

British Army 315th Brigade, D Bty. Royal Field Artillery

from:Leeds

(d.24th Oct 1917)




250682

Cpl. Ralph King

British Army 2nd Btn. Royal Munster Fusiliers

from:Wimborne, Dorset

(d.4th October 1918)

Ralph King served with 2nd Royal Munster Fusiliers.




216350

Spr. Sidney King

British Army 22nd Light Railway Train Crew Company Royal Engineers

from:Ferryhill

(d.23rd July 1917)

Sidney King served with 22nd Light Railway Train Crew Company and was aged 19 when he died on 23rd July 1917. He was born in Jarrow, son of Frederick and Mary A. King (nee Thurston) of North Eastern Gas Works House, Castle Eden County Durham. On the 1911 census he is listed as Sidney King age 12 at School living with his parents Frederick and Mary A. King at North Eastern Gas Works, Ferryhill

Sidney is buried in Vlamertinghe New Military Cemetery.




210121

Sgt. Thomas William King

British Army 189th "Hackney" Bty. Royal Field Artillery

from:Wick Road, Homerton

My Great grandfather was in the Royal Marine Light Infantry before the war but enlisted as a Private in the Royal (London) Welsh Fusiliers 15th Battalion on the 2/11/1914. He was quickly promoted due to his previous experience and transferred to the RFA on the 2/10/1915 as a Sergeant. He was demobbed in January 1919. In May 1916 he was severely reprimanded for an improper reply to an officer and his rank was reduced to Corporal and his pay stopped for 2 months. He didn't regain his rank as Sergeant again until November 1917. He claimed to have fought at the Somme and alongside the Guerkas of which he was very proud. Apart from that he spoke very little about the war.




210307

Pte. Thomas King

British Army Machine Gun Corp

(d.02 December 1917)




211565

Pte. Thomas William King

British Army 12th Btn. Suffolk Regiment

from:London

Tommy King was my wonderful father who was born in Bermondsey (London's East End) on March 25th 1894. He was educated at Holy Trinity Church school and his mother, Elizabeth King (nee Carr), cleaned the church most of her adult life. His father, John James King, was a Hop Porter. Dad used to talk about Peak Freans, Oxo etc. who were based in the East End too. Dad worked at some time on the docks. He was also (after the war) a wood block floor layer with a firm called Hollis Brothers from London.

Because he was scarcely five feet tall I suspect that he was in the Bantams. Following a brief period of training dad was sent to France in about October 1916 and was posted to Loos. He was severely injured when a grenade went off in his hand causing severe damage to his back and side, and the loss of a finger. Following emergency first aid on the front line he was brought back to England and spent some time at the Red Cross Convalescent home at Newlands Corner,near Guildford. From there he went with other soldiers to Shoreham. When the military staff considered that he was fit enough again they put him to work in the Labour Corps.







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