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Pte. Albert George Orford
British Army 18th Labour Coy. Army Service Corps
from:Peckham
(d.13th Aug 1915)
My great great Grandfather Albert Orford was taken from my great great nan Sarah Charlotte and their 12 children on 13th August 1915. He was on the Prince Edward which was torpedoed and sunk of the coast of Turkey, Gallipoli Canakkale, Turkey. Confirmed as lost at sea on 25th September 1915
He has a plaque at the Helles Memorial which I will visit one day. He was delivering supplies to the troupes. Always remembered
Lt. Andrew Fuller Organ
Royal Flying Corps
Gnr. Charles Organ
British Army Siege Battalion Royal Garrison Artillery
from:Portsmouth, Hampshire, England
Bmbdr. Thomas Ormandy
British Army 147th Siege Battery Royal Garrison Artillery
from:7 Askam View, Ireleth, Lancashire
Thomas Ormandy was born in 1890, the only son of Joseph and Elizabeth who lived at 7 Askam View, Ireleth. He had 4 sisters: Ada, Nellie, Doris and Mildred. In 1911 Thomas was working as a farm servant for Mr John Wearing at Low Newton, Grange over Sands. In 1913 Thomas married Sarah Alice Palmer and later that year their son Joseph was born. Sarah sadly died in February 1916 aged 27 leaving Thomas a widower with his young son Joseph. As detailed below Thomas was posted to France in August 1916; Joseph stayed with Thomas's family in Ireleth.
Thomas was 26 years old, height 5 ft 8 inch, 38 inch chest when he took the oath and joined up on 11th of December 1915 and attested to the Royal Garrison Artillery and was later assigned to 147th Siege Battery. Thomas was then posted to Fort Brockhurst, Gosport, Hampshire in May 1916. The raising of 140 to 149 Siege batteries of the Royal Garrison Artillery was authorised by the Army Council. The Council stated that the establishment of each battery would be that laid down for batteries equipped with 6, 8 and 9.2 inch howitzers.
Thomas embarked for France on 21st of August 1916. Thomas received a shot gun wound to his right hand and was firstly treated at the hospital at Aubengue, Boulogne sur Mer in France, before being sent home to England where he was a patient at the Royal Herbert Hospital, Woolwich in August 1918. He was granted furlough from the hospital on 19th of August 1918 to 26th of August 1918 and returned to Ireleth.
He was then ordered to join the Agricultural Distribution Centre Infantry Depot, Preston, by the RGA Clearing Officer. Thomas was discharged on 16th of September 1918. He received the King's Certificate no 4698. His conduct was stated as very good. His pension records show that he had a permanent disability caused by his service.
John William Orme
British Army 6th Battalion Lincolnshire Regiment
from:Manchester
(d.2nd Apr 1918)
Pte. Robert Orme
British Army 18th Btn. Highland Light Infantry
from:Glasgow
(d.21st Jul 1917)
Blanche Eliza Ormerod
Auxiliary Territorial Service
Pte. James Ormerod
British Army 8th Btn. Loyal North Lancashire Regiment
from:Stone Row, Clayton-le-Moors, Accrington, Lancs
My Great-Grandfather Jim Ormerod signed up in December 1915 aged 18, but didn't land in France until January 1917 with the 8th Battalion for which he served until they were disbanded in February 1918, he was transferred to the 2nd/4th battalion Loyals and in the spring of 1918 suffered a gas attack and returned to recover in a hospital near Sheffield, what happened after that is a bit of a mystery, his medal index card suggests he served with the Kings Own Royal Lancaster Regiment, however, there was a story saying he was part of Operation Archangel, he survived the war but suffered tremendously with chest problems, he died in 1962.
Pte. James Ormiston
British Army 2nd Battalion Northumberland Fusiliers
from:Carville Road, Wallsend on Tyne
I'm researching my family history and found that a distant cousin, James Ormiston served in the 2nd Battalion Northumberland Fusiliers. It looks like he had a couple of spells with the Regiment and was in India in 1888-1891, Number 907,and then in South Africa in 1899-1903, number 3272. Before rejoining in 1914, he was a reservist from 1903 until 1910. He served in France 1914 to 1915 and was in Leeds for the remainder of 1915 and 1916 where he was discharged due to Frost Bite. He became Chelsea Pension Number 314G3/G. He died in 1947 aged 77.
Pte. Michael Ormley
British Army 5th Btn. Gordon Highlanders
Michael Ormley served with the 5th Gordon Highlanders. I am researching for Michael's elderly son.
Lt. Harry Ormrod
British Army 8th Btn. Kings Own Yorkshire Light Infantry
from:Stretford
(d.1st July 1916)
Lt Harry Ormrod died on the 1st of July 1916 at the Battle of the Somme. He was 21 years old, and held a B.A. from Manchester University.
Sgt. David Orr
British Army 20th Battalion (1st Tyneside Scottish) Northumberland Fusiliers
from:Gosforth
(d.5th June 1917)
David Orr was born in Parton in Cumbria into a large family. They moved to the Ryton area of Northumberland and most seem to have worked in the coal mining industry, including David. He was married in 1905 and moved to Gosforth at some point prior to him joining the Tyneside Scottish, while some of his siblings stayed in the Ryton area.
He is named on the memorial at Arras. His brother Thomas was a member of the 1st/4th Battalion Territorial Army of the Northumberland Fusiliers, but he was killed in 1915.
Pte. David Edward Orr
British Army Royal Marine Light Infantry
from:Belfast
(d.8th May 1915)
Lt. Edward Farquharson B. Orr
British Army 173rd Brigade HQ Royal Field Artillery
(d.24th March 1918)
Lieutenant Edward Orr was aged 22 when he died. He is buried in Ham British Cemetery, Muille-Villette, France, Grave II.D.25. He was the son of James and Mary Orr.
At the time of his death he had been assigned to 173 Brigade's HQ. Previously he had been assigned to `D' Battery (on 15th September 1916).
Pte. Frank James Orr
British Army 17th Btn. Sherwood Foresters
(d.3rd September 1916)
Frank Orr was my great uncle. He is remembered at Thiepval. He was only 16 when he died, his brother John aged 20 also died as did his uncles Frank Harris (aged 16), James Harris (aged 28), Charles Orr (aged 29). I have no photos of Frank or John. My grandmother Charlotte was left orphaned by the war as her mother died very young.
Gnr. George Orr
British Army 82nd Brigade, D Battery Royal Field Artillery
from:Parton, Cumbria
(d.28 May 1917)
I am trying to find some information on George Orr, the Uncle of my father, now aged 84, who would love to know where his uncle fought, where he died etc. I am hoping to take my Dad to see his uncle's grave in Bucquoy Road Cemetery near Arras.
2/Lt. J. C. Orr
British Army 11th Btn., D Coy. Royal Irish Rifles
Sgt. Matthew Orr
British Army 11th Bn. Royal Irish Rifles
from:Larne
Sgt Matthew Orr
British Army 11th Btn Royal Irish Rifles
Pte. Peter Orr
British Army 2nd Btn. Seaforth Highlanders
from:Ormiston, East Lothian
(d.27th Apr 1918)
Peter Orr was born in 1885 at Ormiston East Lothian and enlisted in the 1st Battalion, Seaforth Highlanders in 1906, serving in India prior to WWI. The 1911 Census in India identified him as being a Lance Corporal but he had left the Army prior to his marriage in March 1914 where his occupation was given as a Miner.
He re-enlisted on 23rd August 1914, this time to the 2nd Battalion, as a Private, was re-assigned his old number and sent with the BEF to France thus receiving the Mons Star. Peter died of wounds on the 27th April 1918 and is remembered with honour at Haringhe (Bandaghem) Military Cemetery in Belgium.
William Orr
British Army 6th Inniskilling Dragoons
I used to own a house in France which had an old barn attached to it. Inside I found what I understand to have been an old hand operated threshing machine made of wood upon which was clearly handwritten in green ink the words "Willie Orr, S.S.6 Inniskilling Dragoons B.E.F"
I assume this soldier had stayed here on route to somewhere, the house was in a tiny village called Marant, near Montreuil-sur-Mer, Pas-de-Calais. I have tried searching through on-line records but the nearest I could match up was Pte William James Orr, 9 Bn Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers 1. 7.1916 which I found on the Memorials to the Dead website, http://thereformation.info/war3.htm on the Thiepval List but this I guess would not be him. It is interesting to think that he may have descendants who would be interested in this information.
L/Cpl. David Orrells
British Army 3rd Btn. Rifle Brigade
from:Gelli, Glamorgan
(d.9th August 1917)
While filming a corporate project in Ypres earlier this year relating to the disposal of unexploded ordnance, I found David Orrells name on the Menin Gate Memorial. I subsequently learned he was in fact my great great uncle. He was killed by shellfire with 5 others in the afternoon of Thursday 9th August 1917 according to the war diary of 3Bn Rifle Brigade.
His is currently not listed on any war memorial in the UK and I am trying to get interest from Rhondda Cynon Taff Council to add his name to the memorial at Gelli where he was living when he enlisted in 1912. Regrettably I have no photos of him.
Pte. E. Orrick
British Army 24th (Tyneside Irish) Battalion Northumberland Fusiliers
Pte. Arthur Edmond Orsler
British Army 1st Battalion. Rifle Brigade (The Prince Consort's Own)
from:Shoreditch, London
(d.2nd Oct 1917)
My Grandfather, Arthur Orsler was a newsagent. He married in 1915 and his only child, my Father, was born later that year, after my Grandfather had gone off to war. My Grandfather never came back and his only child was left orphaned a couple of years later.
L/Cpl. Harry James Elijah Orsler
British Army 6th Btn. East Kent Regiment (The Buffs)
from:Erich, Kent
(d.13th Oct 1915)
Pte. Joseph Orton MM.
British Army 8th Btn. Yorkshire Regiment
from:Kelloe, Co. Durham
(d.19th Oct 1917)
Pte. Reginald Greenwell Orton
British Army 18th Btn. Durham Light Infantry
also served att 257th Tunnelling Coy RE
Sgt. Samuel Orton
British Army 4th Btn. Sherwood Foresters
from:Newark
Samuel Orton was an iron moulder's labourer who had attested to the 4th Battalion, Sherwood Foresters as a reservist in 1902. He signed on for four further years in 1912 and in 1914 was stationed at Backworth, where he met his wife. He had a poor disciplinary record initially but rose to become lance corporal, corporal, lance sergeant and was discharged as a sergeant in 1919. He was in Imbros in 1917, and also sailed to Alexandria from the same place. He was wounded by shrapnel in 1917.
2/Lt. F. J. Ortweiler
Royal Flying Corps
Lt Ortweiler was a prisoner in Zorndorf POW Camp.
Sgt. Henry William Orvis DCM MSM
British Army 29th Btn. Machine Gun Corps
from:Great Oakly, Essex
(d.15th May 1918)
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