Those Who Served
L\Cpl. Ernest Pacey . British Army 1st Btn. Cheshire Regt from 111 Taylor Street, Gorton Ernest joined the Cheshire Special Reserves on 26 Aug 1909, he attended annual training camp and qualified skills in musketry. Training camps 09,10,11,12,13 and 14. Ernest was promoted to L\Cpl in 1914 and later Mobilized on the 8 Aug 1914 to France. He was posted to 1st Bn on the 20 Aug 1914, but was reported missing in action on the 22nd of October 1914. His wife, Rachel, who lived with their 2 children, Lucy and Lillian, was informed he was missing. On the 3rd of Apr 1915 it was unofficially reported he was a POW, on the 9th of October 1916 the War office was informed Ernest Pacey was a POW in Slammlaga. After the end of the war Ernest was repatriated on the 9 Jan 1919 and later discharged on the 31 Mar 1921. |
Private Edward Pack . Army Royal Fusiliers from 67 Spa Rd, Thornton Heath |
L/Cpl William Job Packer . British Army 8th Btn. A Coy. Royal West Kent Regiment from Catford (d.6th April 1916) William was my Great Uncle and I discovered him through family research. According to his army records he was a L/Corp but was disciplined by a court-martial. The basics were that he was demoted due to 'behavior unbecomming'. No exact details which I'mm sure would make an interesting read!
The Company records show that no entry was ever made of his death nor were there records in the attached field hospital attached to the Division. William was billeted in a barn at Dranoutre with other Corporals and Sergeants and during the early hours the first shell of the day scored a rather unfortunate direct hit on the barn. He was one of 6 to die as a result and I have not been able to find details of the other casualties. All I know is that they are not buried in the same place. |
L/Cpl. John William " " Paddock MM & Bar.. British Army 173rd Tunnelling Company Royal Engineers from Tyldesley, Lancashire John Paddock was my Granddad, he survived the war but was discharged because of his wounds, he was blinded in one eye. He was decorated but would never say why. He always maintained that his medals really belonged to the lads that never came home. He was a bit of a lad and was relieved of his stripe on a couple of occasions, or so I am led to believe. I would appreciate any light anyone could throw on his military escapades I do not expect there is much you could tell me but we live in hope. My granddad died many years ago I loved him dearly but was in awe of him he told me many stories sadly the passing of the years as dimmed my memory of these.However I do remember him rolling up at our house at the time of the Suez crisis. He was in full battle dress and had his old army rucksack on his shoulder. He was slightly the worse for drink but had called in to say bye bye as he had to get to Egypt to save the Suez as he put it. He was deadly serious and rather annoyed that although in his seventies the army considered him to old to join in the current fighting.
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CSM. George Page . British Army 1st Battalion East Lancashire from Woking, Surrey (d.1st Jul 1916) My Grandfather Company Sergeant Major George Page 9261 was killed on the 1st July 1916 at Redan Ridge nr Beaumont Hamel the first day of the battle of the Somme. He joined the 1st Battalion East Lancashire Reg in 1907 and served 5 years, He was called back to the battalion on the 22nd of August 1914 on the outbreak of the Great War and sent to France and was in action on the 26th August. He saw action in the Battles of the Marne; the Ainse and the retreat from Mons. He was wounded on the 15th February 1915 at Pleogsteert Wood, Belguim and spent 5 months in hospital recovering from shrapnel wounds to the head. He rejoined the Battalion in September and was in the Beaumont Hamel area when he was killed. He was married to Edith and they had four children George, Mary, Cecil, and Charlie. His name is engraved on the Theipval Memorial as he was never found. |
Pte. James Page . Army 12th (Service) Battalion Cheshire Regiment from Stockport, Cheshire In researching my grandfather's WW1 career, we would like to know how much a private soldier was paid, and how he managed to send money to his wife and young baby. My grandfather enlisted in September 1914, was sent to Salonika in 1915 and was not discharged until 1919. In 1918 he suffered from malaria, stated to have 20% disability and was transferred to the Labour Corps. I should be grateful to know about his pay, as I can find nothing online on this subject. |
Rflm. Thomas Eldred Page . British Army Rifle Brigade from Lee, Lewisham (d.1st Nov 1918) Thomas Page died in Lewisham Military Hospital, and is commemorated on the Memorial in the hospital grounds. Maybe he was a victim of the great Spanish flu epidemic of 1918: aged 18, he was a member of a Graduated Battalion, Lewisham was obviously the nearest he got to the front. The youngest son of my maternal grandmother's family, he is buried in a family plot at Hither Green Cemetery, Lewisham. |
Sjt Mjr Tom Pailor . Army Durham. Royal Garrison Artillery |
Pte. Major William Pain . British Army 69th Coy Machine Gun Corps from 117, Horsecroft Rd., Boxmoor, Herts. (d.7th Jun 1917) |
L/Sjt. Edgar Richard Pallett . British Army 71st Field Ambulance Royal Army Medical Corps from Orchard House, Regent Street, Nuneaton, Warwickshire. (d.7th Jun 1917) |
Palmer . Army 9th Btn. Durham Light Infantry |
Pte. Charles William Palmer . British Army 1st Battalion, Duke of Cambridge's Own Middlesex Regiment from Gunnersbury (d.24th April 1917) My great grandfather, Charles Palmer, was killed in action at the Battle of Arras on 24th April 1917. I know very little about him and would like to find out as much as possible. All I know is that he enlisted in Chiswick and was resident in Gunnersbury. I have a picture of his gravestone I would really appreciate any help in finding out as much as I can about him from the regimental records, a photo would be great but I know many were destroyed. |
Pte. George Palmer MSM.. British Army 30th Coy Labour Corps from London George Palmer was my grandfather who died in the year of my birth 1949.
As a child I was told that he won his medal saving the life of a fellow soldier who had fallen into a frozen river in 1917. I love to be able to confirm this but in any event would welcome any details as to where and if his battalion saw action during WW1.
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J. Palmer . British Army 15th Btn. Royal Irish Rifles (d.1st Jul 1916) |
Pte. Horace Pankhurst . British Army 1/8th Btn. West Yorkshire Regiment (Leeds Rifles) from Leeds (d.16th July 1916) My Grandfather, Horace Pankhurst served with the Leeds Rifles, 1/8th Batallion. He died age 31 of wounds recieved on the 16th of July 1916, leaving 5 children. I know he died on the Somme at Leipzig Redoubt, near Johnsons Post. He recieved 2 medals and the death plaque. I am unable to find service records for him, but would like to know when he enlisted. |
Pte. James Harold Parish . British Army 11th Btn Royal West Kent Regiment from Swavesey, Cambridgeshire (d.1st Aug 1917) James Parish was my Great Uncle and the second eldest of a family of 12 children. He joined the Queens Own (Royal West Kent Regiment) in Bury St Edmunds in probably 1916. He was killed in action on 1 August, 1917 and buried at Bedford House Cemetery. He was in his 30s when he was killed and was single. I am trying to research his war service and to find a picture of him. He was a miller by trade, although his family were mainly farmers. Swavesey is a small village eight miles from Cambridge on the busy A14. It paid a heavy price in the Great War, losing many young men. Any information regarding James's service would be very welcome
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Spr. James Down Park . Australian Imperial Forces 1st Australian Tunnelling Coy. from Redfern, NSW (d.13th June 1917) |
Sgt. G H Parker . British Army 119th MC Coy Machine Gun Corps I am trying to find out what happened to the many men who had engraved names in the attic in our French Farm House in La Somme. We believe Sgt G H Parker is from 119th MG Company. |
G. W. Parker . Royal Naval Division Benbow Battalion |
Pte. George Harold Parker . Australian Imperial Forces D Coy. 33rd Btn. from Armidale, New South Wales, Australia George Parker was a 19 year old labourer from Saudon, Armidale NSW when he enlisted in the 11/13th Btn AIF in August 1915. He was discharged as medically unfit on the 13th of September 1915 due a medical problem with his knees and he re-enlisted on the 5th of January 1916 with the 33rd Btn, stating that his occupation as Miner and that had not previously served. Whilst training at Larkhill in England he was fined 1 days pay and given 14 days field punishment no 2 by Lt Coll Morshead, for being absent without leave from midnight 11th Nov 1916 to 5pm the following day. He proceeded to France with the Battlion and was admitted to hospital, sick on the 28th of Feb 1917 and rejoined the 33rd on the 3rd of March. On the 10th of July 1917 he was given 14 days No 2 field punishment for being absent from his billet without a pass after 9pm. He was admitted to hospital again having been wounded in the back on the 25th of July and rejoined the 33rd on the 6th of August.
On the 12th of Oct 1917 George was wounded in action in the left arm, right leg and left thigh and invalided to England where he was admitted to the 4th Northern General Hospital in Lincoln, he returned to Australia in March 1918 aboard HMAT Field Marshall and was discharged for medical unfitness. Whilst in hospital in Lincoln he was fined 2 days pay for being AWL from 5pm until 8pm on the 13th Jan 18 and "breaking into the hospital" |
Pte. James Parker . British Army 1/5th Btn. Durham Light Infantry from Aycliffe, County Durham |
Cpl. Walter Harry Parker . British Army 2nd Btn. Middlesex Regiment from St Marylebone, London He was in the 2nd Middlesex Regiment and had a campaign medal from august 5th-22.november 1914. |
Sjt. Alfred Parkins . British Army Lancashire Fusiliers from Denton, Manchester
My father served in the First World War 1914 to 1918 and I think his regiment was the Lancashire Fusiliers. His rank was sergent.
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Pte. Thomas Parrott . British Army 6th Btn. Lincolnshire Regiment from Halifax (d.8th Jun 1917) |
Pte. Sidney Parry . British Aarmy 4th Battalion Worcestershire Regiment from Cradley, Worcestershire (d.23rd Apr 1917) |
Pte. Frederick Montague Parsonage . British Army Welch Regiment from Liverpool |
L/Cpl. Harold Henry Partridge . Australian Imperial Forces D Coy. 33rd Btn. from Niangala NSW Harold Henry Partridge, known as Henry was a farmer from Niangala, NSW, he enlisted in January 1916 when he was aged 25 and went abroad with the 33rd Btn AIF. He saw action at the Battle of Messines in June 1917, was promoted to Lance Corporal in the field on the 31st August and on the 2nd of October was wounded in action and invalided to England aboard the hospital ship St Denis. He was admitted to Boscombe Hospital in Hampshire with a severe wound to his upper jaw. He returned to Australia on the 7th of March 1918 on board HMAT Port Darwin. |
Gnr. Robert Patchett . British Army 2nd Siege Battery Royal Garrison Artillery from Leicester (d.12th Jun 1917) Robert Patchett was killed in action on the 12th June 1917. He was the the son of William and Harriett Patchett, of Leicester and husband of Ann Lucy Clarice Patchett, of 68 Ivanhoe Street, Leicester. He lies in in Henin Communal Cemetery Extension, near Arras in France. |
Pte. Richard George Pateman . British Army 1st Btn. Bedfordshire Regiment from Church Row, Wootton, Beds. (d.19th Nov 1914) Richard Pateman was killed in action on Monday 19th November 1914 in France, aged 28. He was born and was resident in Wootton and enlisted in Ampthill. Son of Frederick and Fanny Pateman, of Church Row, Wootton, Beds. He is commemorated on Le Touret Memorial, Pas de Calais, France, and in the National Roll of the Great War Section XII - Bedford & Northampton, as follows:
Pateman, R.G., Private, Bedfordshire Regiment. Mobilised at the outbreak of hostilities in August 1914, he was immediately ordered to the Western front. There he participated in the Battle of Mons and the subsequent Retreat, and also took part in the Battles of the Marne, the Aisne, La Bassée and Ypres, where he fell in action on November 19th, 1914. He was the first Wootton man to make the supreme sacrifice in the war. He was buried at Ypres, and was entitled to the Mons Star, and the General Service and Victory Medals.
"He passed out of the sight of men by the path of duty and self-sacrifice." |
Capt. Murray Gladstone Patten MC.. British Army 9th Bn Northumberland Fusiliers from Melbourne, Australia (d.14th Aug 1918) |
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