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World War 1 One ww1 wwII greatwar great 1914 1918 first battalion regiment
Pte. John Alexlander Maitland Marr Mess
Royal Army Medical Corps 136th Field Ambulance
from:Glasgow
Pioneer George Joseph "Joseph" Messenger
British Army 7 Labour Battalion
from:Plaistow London
George Joseph Messenger was my great grandfather. He enlisted on 8th September 1915 and gave his age as 46. Later in his war papers he also gave his wife's name as Kate New and date of marriage as 16/07/1876. I have a copy of his marriage certificate which confirms this. I also have a copy of his birth certificate showing he was born on 24/12/1852 Therefore he must have been at least 62 years of age at enlistment and "pulled the wool" over the enlisting officers eyes. He embarked to France on 17th September 1915 and was returned home on 24/04/1916. He was discharged 02/06/1916 as no longer fit for active service - hardly surprising given his age. He was awarded 1914 -15 Star, British War Medal and Victory Medal
Pte. Herbert Messenger
Army West Yorkshire Regiment
Herbert served with the West Yorkshire Regiment, The Royal Engineers, The Labour Corps and the Scottish Rifles.
Pte. John Henry Messerschmidt
Canadian Expedition Forces 1st Depot Battalion
from:Rodney, Ontario Canada
John Henry Messerschmidt was born in Rodney, Ontario, Canada He was a farmer in Ricetown PO Saskatchewan, Canada. John was drafted and his military papers were signed on 3rd of May 1918 in Regina, Saskatchewan.
After his arrival in Liverpool on 15th of August 1918, he became ill with pneumonia and hospitalized in Connaught Hospital, Aldershot on 26th of Aug 1918. He was moved to Cambridge Hospital, Aldershot 25th of September 1918 following a diagnosis of emphysema. John returned to Canada 10th of June 1919 classed unfit for service.
He went home to marry Alma Barbara Strath from Highgate, Ontario. John Henry Messerschmidt died 1989 and is buried in Rodney Cemetery, West Elgin, Ontario, Canada.
Capt. Ernest Dyce Messervy
Royal Flying Corps 56 Sqd.
from:22 Great Cumberland Place London
(d.20th Jul 1917)
Ernest Messervy of the London Regiment and R.F.C. is one of 30 soldiers commemorated on a Memorial Plaque in the Moray Golf Club, Lossiemouth, Morayshire - To the honoured memory of the members of the Moray Golf Club who gave their lives in the Great War 1914 - 1919.
Captain Ernest Dyce Messervy served with the 21st Battalion (First Surrey Rifles), the London Regiment and the 56th Squadron, Royal Flying Corps during WW1 and died on the 20th July 1917. He is commemorated at the above Golf Club and at the Arras Flying Services Memorial.
On the 4th April 1918, Flight & The Aircraft Engineer published the following obituary: Captain Ernest Dyce Messervy, London Regt, attached RFC, who was missing on July 20th 1917, and is now believed to have been killed that day, was the youngest son of the late Ernest and Margaret Dyce Messervy, Telawakelle, Ceylon, and nephew of Mrs Thorne, Highfield Park, Heckfield. His age was 23. The Commonwealth War Graves Commission adds the additional information that he was serving with 56th Squadron at the time of his death. He is commemorated on the Arras Flying Services Memorial.
A 28-year-old Major Gerald Messervy MC of the RFA also died during the First World War (8th October 1918). The Commonwealth War Graves Commission adds that he was the "Son of Ernest Francis and Margaret Dyce Messervy" and this being the case it looks likely that he was Captain Ernest Dyce's older brother.
Pte John Messitt
British Army 2nd Battalion Royal Dublin Fusiliers
from:Bray, Ireland
(d.18th October 1918)
Pte. Walter Charles Mesure
British Army East Surrey Regiment
from:10 Brooklands Road, Wandsworth, London
Walter Mesure was a regular with the East Surrey Regiment.
Pte. Albert Metcalf
British Army 10th Btn. West Yorkshire Regiment
from:Leeds
(d.18th Sep 1918)
Albert Metcalf was given a white feather by a woman in Leeds prior to joining up. As far as I am aware his body was never found but he is remembered at the Vis-en-Memorial in France.
A/L/Cpl. Alexander John Metcalf
British Army 18th Btn. Durham Light Infantry
Pte. Leslie John Metcalf
Australian Imperial Force. 40th Btn.
from:14 Mile Emu Bay Railway, Burnie, Tasmania
(d.7th Jun 1917)
Leslie Metcalf was the fourth child born to Edward Joseph John Metcalf and Caroline Selina Watts, he had four siblings; three sisters and a brother. He was born in 1894. He was killed at the Battle of Messines on the 7th of June 1917, he has no known grave and is remembered on the Menin Gate in Ypres.
Gnr. Thomas Metcalf
British Army 118 Seige Battery Royal Garrison Artillery
from:Central Parade, Shildon, Co. Durham.
(d.25th Oct 1917)
Thomas Metcalf was killed aged 19 during the battle of Passchendaele. The Battery War Diary for the day records: "The guns in action registered visually on their new lines and some 200 rounds were fired in the course of the day and night on counter battery work. Two telephonists, Gunners Dunkley and Metcalf were killed when going forward for the pending attacks with Forward Observation Officer Lieut Gough."
He has no known grave and is remembered on the Tyne Cot Memorial. His parents were Alfred and Mary Ann Metcalfe.
Pte. W. Metcalf
British Army 24th (Tyneside Irish) Battalion Northumberland Fusiliers
W Metcalf went AWOL in 1915.
Cpl. William Henry Metcalf VC, MM.
Canadian Expeditionary Force 16th (Canadian Scottish) Btn.
2nd Cpl. Metcalfe
Canadian Army 1st Canadian Tunnelling Coy.
L/Cpl. A. Metcalfe
Army 18th Btn. Durham Light Infantry
Pte. Digby Metcalfe
British Army 2/20th Btn. London Regiment
from:York
(d.31st Aug 1918)
Digby joined the RWK and in 1918 he was posted to the London Regiment. He died on or near Bailleulval, France.
Spr. Edgar Seaton Metcalfe
British Army 218 Field Coy. Royal Engineers
from:North Shields
(d.24th Jun 1917)
Edgar Seaton Metcalfe enlisted at Jarrow and served in 218th (Glasgow)Field Company, Royal Engineers. He died from wounds age 26 on the 24th June 1917 and is remembered at St. Paul's Church, He is buried in Coxyde Military Cemetery. His medal card records the award of the 1914 Star, War and Victory Medals also that he died from wounds.
Edgar was born in Jarrow 1891, son of Edgar Seaton and Rosine Metcalfe nee Slevin of 29 Donkin Terrace, North Shields. In the 1911 census Edgar(19) is lodging with the Schmeiter family at 34 Hugh Street, London working as a Pantryman at a hotel.
Pte. George Metcalfe
British Army 4th Btn. West Riding Regiment
George Metcalfe was discharged on the 8th of April 1916, time expired
J. C. Metcalfe
British Army Lancashire Fusiliers
Sgt. James Thomas Metcalfe
British Army 18th Btn. Durham Light Infantry
from:Darlington
(d. )
James Thomas Metcalfe was my Grandfather. He went to Egypt with the Darlington Pals the 18th Division of The Durham Light Infantry where he was Batman to a Corporal Jesse H Kenworthy. He then went to the Somme where he took two hens to Roast for his men, not finding any dry wood for the fire he came across a church door that he broke down. The French were not happy about this so my Grandfather lost his stripes. At least him and his men had a hot meal that night to go with their rations.
L/Sgt. Joe Metcalfe
British Army 2nd Battalion Kings Own Yorkshire Light Infantry
from:Farsley, Yorkshire
(d.6th July 1918)
Having long had an interest in the First World War, when I came upon a wonderful, large, oak framed photograph of a WW1 soldier at a car boot sale, I decided to buy it and try to find out who he was. The photograph had the original backing on, and when I removed this, the name Medcalfe was written on the back. Through locating the identify of his cap badge, and his sergeant's stripes, I carried out some internet research and found that his name was Joe Metcalfe (sometimes spelled Medcalfe) and that he had belonged to the 2nd Battalion, KOYLI. He was on the Farsley war memorial as having died on 6th July 1918.
After further research through, among other sources, the Commonwealth Graves Commission, I found out where he was buried, and visited his grave in Beauvoir-Wavans Cemetery in Northern France. It is a beautiful, rural location, and it was a very moving experience to place some flowers there. I also found out some of his history, including where he lived, who his family were, and what he had done before the war. Although not a relative, I have always felt a strong connection with this young man who gave his life before he had a chance to really begin it. His photograph still hangs on a wall in my house.
L/Cpl. John Charles Metcalfe
British Army 2nd Btn York and Lancaster Regiment
from:Pontefract
(d.27th Jul 1915)
John Metcalfe is buried at Rouen. He was the son of Mr. George and Mrs. E. Metcalfe, of 16, Cleaves Row, Pontefract, Yorks.
Pte. Joseph Metcalfe
British Army 5th Btn. West Yorks
from:York
(d.3rd May 1917)
My grandfather, Joseph, worked in a foundry in York and he was a keen fisherman. He was married to Margaret and had five children. The middle one was Violet while the other four were boys, in descending order of age, William, Joseph, Frederick and, my father, Edward who was born on the 8th December, 1913.
It is reputed that when Joseph found that his city was being bombed by Zepperlins he volunteered for the West Yorks. He trained in the UK but I do not know where, except that Grandma is reckoned to have taken his children to wave goodbye to him as his train passed through York. It might, therefore, have been Colsterdale where he undertook initial training but there is also rumour that he completed training on Salisbury Plain.
I don't know when or where he landed in France as the War Office tell me that records pertaining to him were lost due to bomb damage in WWII. He died on the disastrous advance from Arras on 3rd May 1917. He was one of the many 'missing believed lost' and a report, unsubstantiated, states that during the advance he took a direct hit from a shell to the head. His daughter Violet told of the many visits her mother made to the docks when she heard that repatriated troops were being landed at the docks in Hull.
She later remarried and had another family and sadly some of Joseph's personal things 'went missing'. The saddest loss of all is the bronze 'Widow's Penny' which 'disappeared' in York following the divorce of his second son who was the 'keeper' of it. My father passed on to me Joseph's medals and watch, while my cousin, Frederick's eldest gave me a late framed photo of Joseph taken before the war and we have one of him in uniform.
wrote an article in the York Press requesting readers to search to see if they acquired his bronze Widow's Penny but to no avail. I would dearly like to have it back in the family's possession. I have visited the Arras memorial where he is listed among the dead.
Pte. Sam Metcalfe
British Army 9th Btn. East Lancashire Regiment
from:4, Norman St., Burnley.
(d.28th Apr 1917)
Sam Metcalfe served with the 9th Battalion East Lancashire Regiment during WW1 and died on the 28th April 1917, aged 26. He is buried in Karasouli Military Cemetery, Greece. He was the son of George William and Mary Elizabeth Metcalfe, of 4, Norman St., Burnley.
Pte. Sam Metcalfe
British Army 9th Btn. East Lancashire Regiment
from:Burnley, Lancs.
(d.28th April 1917)
Sam Metcalfe died 28th April 1917, aged 26 and buried in the Karasouli Military Cemetery in Greece. He was the son of George William and Mary Elizabeth Metcalfe of 4 Norman St., Burnley.
Pte. William Metcalfe
British Army 2/4th Batalion Duke of Wellingtons West Riding Regiment
from:Long Preston, West Riding of Yorkshire
(d.22nd November 1917)
My great uncle, William Metcalfe, was killed in the Battle of Cambrai. In civil street he was a stone mason, working for a local firm in his local village Long Preston. He was a fine runner winning cups in his area and when he was in Army.
Capt. R. C. Metge
British Army 5th Btn. Leinster Regiment
Captain Metge was 33 when he died on the 4th October 1919. He is buried in the north-east part of the Bective (St. Mary) Church of Ireland Churchyard, Co. Meath, Ireland.
Pte. Edward John Metters
British Army 1st/4th Btn. King's Own (Royal Lancs)
from:Haverigg
(d.15th June 1915)
Sgt. Alphonse Meulbrouck
British Army 10th Btn. Gloucestershire Regiment
from:Cheltenham
Burgher Jan Adam Mey
South African forces Ermelo Commando Mounted Commandos
from:Lilieburn, Ermelo, Transvaal
(d.20th March 1915)
Burgher Mey was the Son of Mr. J. J. and Mrs. C. J. Mey, of Lilieburn, Ermelo, Transvaal. He was 29 and is buried in the Lilieburn Farm Burial Ground, Warburton, Mpumalanga, South Africa
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