Those Who Served
Bugler. W. Nairn . Army 7th Btn. Durham Light Infantry |
Sjt. J. Napier . Army 2/7th Btn. Durham Light Infantry |
Sjt. F. Nasby . Army 2/7th Btn. Durham Light Infantry |
Pte. A. E. Nash . British Army 8th Royal Veterinary Hosp. (York) Army Veterinary Corps (d.20th May 1917) |
Sgt. Enoch "Knocker" Nash MM.. British Army 10th Btn Kings own Yorkshire Light Infantry from Hemsworth My grandfather, Enoch Nash served in the KOYLI during WW1 from 1914 until demobbed in February 1919 in the 10th Battalion. He was awarded the military medal for bravery which I have in my possession, along with his 1914/15 star, British War Medal and Victory Medal. I believe he was awarded the Military Medal for bringing in his wounded captain (Capt. W. M. Penny) although he very rarely spoke of his war "it being too terrible". I don't have the citation for the medal and have had no luck trying to trace it. |
Flt Sub. Lt. G. E. Nash . Royal Naval Air Service B Flight 10 Naval Sqd. from Canada |
Lt. G. Nathan . Army Durham Light Infantry |
Pte. Robert Nay . Australian Imperial Forces 33rd Btn. from Salisbury St., Uralla, New South Wales. (d.10th Jun 1917) |
Pte. Tom Close Naylor . British Army 10th Btn. Duke of Wellington's West Riding Regiment from Todmorden (d.7th Jun 1917) |
Pte. J. Neal . British Army 9th Btn. Welsh Regiment (d.7th Jun 1917) |
L/Cpl. George Neale MM & Bar. British Army 22nd Btn. (Trench Mortars) Northumberland Fusiliers from Blyth (d.30th Aug 1916) I was researching our Family Trees and attended a course at our local library. The tutor on the course was researching his ancestor in The Tyneside Irish and he was very interested when I told him about the MM and Bar of my husband's grandfather, George Neale. He arranged for my husband and I to accompany him to the Archives in Alnwick Castle. I did not find out much more than I had already researched.
However during the course I told the tutor that I remembered my uncle William Emmerson Metcalfe had several medals which I had seen when I was a child. I thought he was in the Durham Light Infantry, but after much searching on the internet I found he too had served with the Northumberland Fusliers and he too had been awarded the MM. He did survive the war and lived into his 70s. Other than his Medal card I could not find anything more as he and his family are all deceased now .
I thought that was the end of it until someone on one of my genealogy sites informed me that uncle Emmerson's medals were for sale at a Medal Dealers shop in Hexham. I was able to buy back the medals - I don't know how they came to be for sale - and now, along with George Neale's MM and Bar, we will pass them down through the family. Sadly, however, when George's widow died his other medals and many mementos were split among the family and are now in Canada with the family of George's only daughter.
This is not the end. On reading on your website today I think I am right in assuming that both George Neale and William Emmerson Metcalfe were involved in the same assault on the first day of the Battle of the Somme, the day that George was awarded his MM. Emmerson Metcalfe had to wait until 2 Nov 1918 for his MM and he survived but George was killed on 30 Aug 1916 . |
Thomas Neale . Royal Navy HMS Minotar from Blandford, Dorset I am looking for any information about Tom Neale who served on HMS Minotaur, in the First World War, maybe prior, during and after.
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Pte. J. Neely . British Army 9th Btn. Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers (d.7th Jun 1917) |
Spr. Edward Neil . Australian Imperial Forces 1st Australian Tunnelling Coy. |
Joseph Neill . British Army 18th Siege Battery Royal Garrison Artillery Hi. I am tracing my grandfather's career in the Royal Garrison Artillery. I have been told he was appointed officer commander of 18th Siege Battery RGA 1917-18, though I can not confirm this myself. If I can be of any help or if anyone can provide me with information, please do not hesitate to get in touch. |
Cpl. Robert Neillands . British Army 2nd. Btn. Imperial Camel Corps from Howwood, Scotland (d.8th Aug 1918) I am the proud grand nephew of Cpl. Neillands whos erved with the Imperial Camel Corps in the Great War. A United States Coast Guard Veteran myself an the proud nephew of 1stLt. Richard G. Neillands M.I.A. August 18th 1951 over the skies of Korea, and the son of Sgt. James D. Neillands 20th U.S.A.A.F. B-29 Superfortress Flt. Engineer. God bless the Neillands Family and the Forces for freedom |
A/Cpl. G. Nelson . Australian Imperial Force. att. 3rd Salvage Coy. Australian Field Artillery 40th Bty |
Pte. N. H. Nelson . Australian Imperial Force. att. 3rd Salvage Coy. 10 M.G. Coy |
Lt. A. W. Nesbitt . Army 8th Btn. Durham Light Infantry |
Spr. Isaac Thomas Neucom . Australian Imperial Forces 1st Australian Tunnelling Coy. |
Pte. William Sidney Newberry . British Army 1st Battalion Hampshire Regiment from Wherwell (d.4th Oct1917) I am sorry but I do not know anything about Wiliam Newberry, he was my great grandfather and I would like to know something about him. Please, if anyone has any information could you forward it to me.
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Pte. William Newbould . British Army Coldstream Guards from Greenhow Hill (d.28th Mar 1918) |
Pte. Thomas Frederick Newbury . British Army 2nd Btn. F Coy Northumberland Fusiliers (d.8th May 1915) |
J. Newcombe . British Army 32nd Coy. Machine Gun Corps (d.9th Nov1918) My grandfather, J Newcombe, was in the 32nd Company, Machine Gun Corps
and was killed in Maubeuge on 9th November 1918. I plan to
visit his grave, for which I have the details in September, but would
love to know what the initial J stood for. My mother was only three
months old, and therefore did not mention him by name, and she has
since died.
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Petty Officer Herbert Edwin Newdick . Royal Navy HMS White Head from Greenhithe, Kent (d.15 October 1917) Died when HMS White Head was torpedoed by a German Submarine, 40 miles N.N.E. of Souda Bay, Crete. |
Temp 2nd Lt. Cyril Arnell Newman . British Army 9th Btn. North Staffordshire Regiment from Finchley, London (d.28th Apr 1917) |
Pte. J. Newton . British Army 69th Coy Machine Gun Corps (d.8th Jun 1917) |
Cpl. P. Nichol . Canadian Army 1st Canadian Tunnelling Coy. |
Sergeant John Thomas Nicholls DCM.. British Army 9th Btn. Welsh Fusiliers from St Helens Sgt Nicholls was my great-grandfather, a coal miner from St Helens, Lancashire. He volunteered for service in 1914 and sailed for France on 19/7/15. On 28th August, 1917, the following appeared in the London Gazette: "13621 Sjt. J. T. Nicholls, R. W. Fus. For conspicuous gallantry and devotion to duty. He reached the enemy's lines some distance ahead of his assaulting platoon, whereupon he attacked twenty of the enemy single-handed, bayoneted three of them and kept the rest prisoners until the arrival of his platoon. He later showed marked ability and coolness in assisting his company commander under heavy shell fire." I am not certain of where this action took place, but as it usually took around 3 months for medal awards to appear in the Gazette, there is a good chance it was at Messines. Later in the war, John was posted as missing on 13/05/18, but there is no record of him having been a POW, so it is possible he managed to return to his unit- this being in the midst of the German Spring Offensives. He ws discharged on 25/3/19 and returned to St Helens and mining. He died in 1945, aged 59, leaving behind his wife Sarah and six daughters, including my grandmother, Ada. |
Pte. Thomas Alfred Nicholls . British Army 71st Field Ambulance Royal Army Medical Corps (d.7th Jun 1917) |
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