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Capt. Harold James Page
British Army Royal Field Artillery
from:Wisley, Surrey
Harold James Page prior to WW1 was employed as a soil scientist by ICI and living at Wisley in Surrey. Educated at Oundle School, Northamptonshire and University College, London. He was married in 1915.
His WW1 record is as follows. Joined RFA( Special Reserve) 15th August 1914 - 9th June 1915. ADC Personal Staff in 7th August 1915. T/Capt RFA in 23rd February 1916. Employed by ministry of munitions 3rd November 1917 - 12 June 1919 . Capt RFA (SR) 3rd November 1917 - 12th June 1919.
He was sent to France with his regiment in September 1914 to October 1914, and then from November 1914 to July 1916 when he was fighting at The Somme. In July 1916 he was hit by a sliver of white hot shrapnel which entered his face just below his left jaw bone and exited just behind his left ear. He sustained considerable damage to his jaw losing many teeth but remarkably survived. He was treated by Dr Gillies in France as one of his earliest patients for plastic surgery, facial reconstruction, and although his face was scarred, his facial hair on his chin grew in many different directions in later life, he had a few other lasting injuries.
His first born son Michael Page was born in November 1916 when he was still recovering from his injuries back in England, in Kent. He was invalided out of the war but by January 1917 he was working in the research department at Woolwich until March 1919. He was awarded an MBE for his research. Mentioned in dispatches twice and mentioned in a WO Communique.
Lt. Harold James Page
British Army 30th Howitzer Battery Royal Field Artillery
My grandfather, Lieutenant Harold James Page, was serving with the 30th Howitzer Battery of 39th Brigade RFA (Special Reserve) and was wounded close to Caterpillar Wood on 22nd July 1916
Capt. Harold James Page MBE.
British Army 106 Battery, 22nd Brigade Royal Field Artillery
from:Surrey
Harold James Page born 1890 joined up in 1914 and fought in Ypres and then in France. By July 1916, he was fighting in France as a Captain of 106 battery of 22nd Brigade Royal Field Artillery in the lead up to and during the Battle of Mametz Wood
On 10th July 1916 he was acting as a Forward Observation Officer (FOO) on top of Caterpillar Wood, south of Mametz Wood, looking out towards Flat Iron Copse and positioned south of the Hammer Head part of Mametz Wood. Caterpillar Wood had been occupied in the weeks before by the Germans who had left piles of ammunition there as they retreated. On 10th July 1916, the German guns were firing towards Caterpillar Wood and at about 9.50 pm on the evening of 10th July 1916, a shell fell near where Harold Page was observing, blowing up a pile of ammunition. A sliver of red hot shrapnel pierced Harold's left lower jaw passing straight through and out the other side exiting just under his left ear. Although it shattered his jaw and teeth, it did not kill him. He was treated initially at a dressing station near Caterpillar Wood and then evacuated via The Loop, The Triangle and Minden Post to the village of Morlancourt where he remembers waking up in an old church which was being used as a Main Dressing Station. He was sent back to England immediately to Guys Hospital, London and took no further part in military operations.
Despite his dreadful wounds he resumed working for the war effort in London and was awarded the MBE for his services in July 1917. He became one of the earliest of Dr Gillies patients having his face reconstructed. He made a full recovery and went on to live a full and happy life , he married and had 4 children - I am his granddaughter. Harold died in January 1972.
Sgt. Harry Leslie Charles Page
British Army 173rd Brigade, B Bty Royal Field Artillery
(d.3rd July 1917)
Sergeant Harry Page was 24 when he died. He is buried in Lone Tree Cemetery, Belgium, Grave I.A.2. He was the son of Harriet Jane Page and the late William George Page, 24 Park Road, Bowes Park, London.
Sgt. Harry Page
British Army 104th Coy. Machine Gun Corps
Harry Page was my great grandfather and he served as a Private in the Machine Gun Corps during WW1. He signed up while he was under age and at 16 participated in the Battle of the Somme during the battle for Arrow Head Copse and Maltz Horn Farm.
He was sent to the regimental depot in Camiers when it was discovered that he was underage. He signed up again when he was 18 and went to Italy with the 7th Battalion, MGC where he received a letter thanking him for his conspicuous bravery during the Battle of Vittorio Venetto (reasons unknown).
After the war he transfered to the newly formed Royal Tank Corps and served in Russia, Iraq and India. During WW2 he was in the reserve army until 1945 in Bovington, Dorset. If you ever visit the Tank Museum there you will see wooden panels with regimental colours painted on them. The Panel for the Royal Scots Dragoon Guards was painted by Harry.
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.
Pte. Joshua Joseph Page
Britsh Army 10th Btn. Essex Regiment
from:Burnham on Crouch, Essex
(d.20th July 1916)
Cpl. Reginald Howard Page
British Army 4th Field Ambulance Royal Army Medical Corps
from:Sheffield
One of the Old Contemptibles, my grandfather, Reginald Page, joined up at the very beginning of the war. I suspect he had a yen for the RAMC because his father was a doctor who had fallen on hard times, and Reginald had never had any of the education he would have liked in order to become a medic himself.
As it was, he was a private, I believe a stretcher-bearer, but had been promoted to Corporal by the time he was wounded at the end of October 1917, presumably at Paschendaele. The wound was recorded as gunshot to head, though family history has it as a shrapnel hit, and was severe, causing him to lose a small piece of skull. He was sent from Etaples to Calais on 1st of November 1917 and travelled home on a Convalescents for England transport. He was entitled to a wound stripe, and never returned to the war, I do not know whether he was honourably discharged or still convalescent when the war ended the following year. My grandmother Emily, his fiancee at the time, recalled the lengthy trips she had to take to get to the hospital where he was convalescing. However, he survived to marry her, have three sons (two of whom were old enough to fight in WW2) and to live happily till the early 1950s. He always had a pulsing place on his head where he had nearly been killed in 1917.
Pte. Samuel Page
British Army 1st Battalion Royal Warwickshire Regiment
from:Blaby, Leicestershire
(d.18th Feb 1915)
When Samuel Page was born in January 1880 in Birmingham, Warwickshire, his father, Samuel, was 26 and his mother, Maria, was 29. He married Louisa Ellen Tanser in January 1911 in Blaby, Leicestershire. They had one child during their marriage. He died on 18 February 1915 at the age of 35, and was buried in Mouscron, Belgium. He served 15 years (11 of them in India).
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.
Pte. Thomas Page
Middlesex Regiment 8th Btn.
from:Tottenham
(d.27th August 1918)
Thomas Page enlisted aged 15, his army records state he was 19 in 1914 along with his older brother Henry. Tom died 27th August 1918 as part of 8th Middlesex's offensive during Battle of the Scarpe. He is buried at Croisilles near Arras. His brother Henry was also killed same year serving in the Life Guards.
Pte. Thomas Page
British Army 8th Btn. Middlesex Regiment
from:Tottenham
(d.27th Aug 1918)
Thomas Page was the youngest son of George and Miriam Page and one of nine brothers and sisters. He was born in 1899. He joined up in 1914, he lied about this age claiming he was 19. Thomas enlisted in the 1/8th Middlesex Regiment. He is buried at Croisillles Cemetery, not far from Arras. He was killed on 27th of August 1918, not far from the end of the war. It is a lovely little cemetery in the middle of no-where. It must have been a terrible time for George and Miriam. His brother Harry died earlier in 1918 at Etaples. His brother Alfred had also enlisted, but he survived to come home.
Gnr. Walter E. Page DCM
British Army 5th Brigade, O Bty. Royal Horse Artillery
from:Camden Town
Years ago I bought some bric a brac at an auction, in the lot was the pip squeak and wilfred and a DCM awarded to Gunner W E Page 61501, O battery, 5th Brigade RHA. Sporadically researching the medals, I've found that the DCM was awarded following the Battle of Wells Farm on 25th of September 1915, part of the Battle of Loos.
Searching attestation records, he joined up in 1910, survived the war and was discharged on 8th May 1922. He was born in Newbridge Ireland and lived in Camden Town.
There is some confusion as to whether his name was Walter Ernest Page, or Walter Edward Page. His act of courage was reported (I think) by a Lieutenant Myburgh. His discharge papers show him being wounded twice but I can find little else about him.
Pte. William George Page
British Army 7th Btn. Bedfordshire Regiment
from:Biggleswade, Bedfordshire
My great uncle William Page survived the war, but was gassed. He belonged to the regiment known as 'The Shiny Seventh' along with most of the young men from the area. He was given compassionate leave in 1916 to attend the funeral of his five-year-old brother Hubert who had died of Diphtheria. There was an epidemic in Biggleswade, and almost every family in the town lost a child. I found William's name in an article from the Biggleswade Chronicle which reported the funeral. His father, also William Page, was a well-known local figure, a dairyman and milkman. He re-joined his regiment to find many had been killed during recent engagements.
Drvr. William Henry Page
British Army 79th Bty. 217th Bde. Royal Field Artillery
(d.24th July 1918)
Driver William Henry Page, nephew of Mrs. Smith, Saunders Piece, Ampthill, Bedfordshire; born in Poplar, London and enlisted in Ampthill. Served with the 79th Battery, 217th Brigade, Royal Field Artillery (service no.70227).
He died on 24th July 1918 in France and Flanders age 24 years and is buried in Ste Marie Cemetery, Le Havre, France. He is remembered on both The War Memorial and The Alamada, St. Andrews Church, Ampthill.
Information courtesy of www.roll-of-honour.com
2nd Lt. Augustus Paget DFC.
Royal Air Force 66 Squadron
from:Bromham, Wilts
(d.30th August 1918)
Augustus Paget was the son of George Lewis Paget, of Kenilworth Farm Bromham, Wilts. He is buried in the Fontanafredda Communal Cemetery in Italy.
Cpl. Edwin Paget
British Army 2nd Btn. Wiltshire Regiment
from:Bromham, Wiltshire
(d.24th October 1914)
Edwin Paget was one of 5 brothers to serve in WW1. Fred, Colin, Ted and Lawrence all served with the Army and Gus served with the RFC and RAF. Only Fred and Lawrence survived. The other 3 brothers, Tom, Ernest and Roland were farmers and were not called to enroll. Ted was killed during a German onslaught on Ypres 24th of October 1914, he is remembered on the Menin Gate.
Pte. John Pagett
British Army 23rd Battalion Middlesex Regiment
from:Birmingham
(d.21st Sept 1917)
Pte John Pagett was my Great Grandfather.
It's taken 99 years for his family to find out exactly what happened and where he is buried. He will always be honoured for his sacrifice and the sacrifice of his friends.
Pte. Tom Paginton
British Army 1st Btn. Wiltshire Regiment
Tom Paginton was my great grandfather who was wounded at the Battle of Mons. I have found some information but not a lot. He was eligible for 1914 Mons Star, clasp and SWB dated as 28th August 1914. I cannot find any other information or his medals. Also cannot find any information about his enlistment which due to his number would have been between January 1909 and March 1910.
SSgt. F. J. Paice
British Army 2nd Bn. attd. Military Grass and Dairy Farm East Surrey Regiment
from:United Kingdom
(d.23rd July 1915)
Staff Serjeant Paice is buried in the Madras Wesleyan Cemetery in Chennai, India, Plot 2. Grave 3.
Pte. Nathaniel John Paice
British Army 1st Btn. Hampshire Regiment
from:Basingstoke
(d.24th Jul 1918)
Private Nathaniel John Paice (25542) served in the 1st Battalion, the Hampshire Regiment during WW1. He died on the 24th July 1918. This is likely to have been as a result of action during the Second Battle of Marne a final turning point near the end of WW1.
Sjt Mjr Tom Pailor
Army Durham. Royal Garrison Artillery
Able Sea. Julian Paimal
Mercantile Marine SS Pinewood
(d.17th Feb 1918)
Able Seaman Paimal was the Son of Karl Paimal. Born in Esthonia. He is buried East of the Church in the Stradbally Church of Ireland Churchyard, Stradbally, Co. Waterford, Ireland
Pte. Albert George Pain
British Army Rifle Brigade
from:Kent
Albert Pain earned the Victory Medal and War Medal.
Surgeon Comander B H Pain
Royal Navy
i dont know much but he is a surgeon commander i will find more info
Rifleman Charles Ringwood Pain
British Army 7th (Service) Battalion Rifle Brigade
from:Ashted, Birmingham
(d.30th July 1915)
Rifleman Charles Ringwood Pain, B/3106, Rifle Brigade (The Prince Consort's Own), 7th (Service) Battalion was my Great Uncle. He was born on 2 March 1896 in Aston, Birmingham, the 4th son of William James Pain (d'cd, Armourer Sergeant) and Minnie Drusilla Marlow. I grew up hearing about my Nana's brother dying in The Great War but not knowing any details. Charles was educated at Dartmouth Street Board School, Birmingham and was employed at Messrs Tubes Ltd, Birmingham prior to enlisting. He enlisted in August 1914 in Birmingham. He died on Friday, 30 July 1915 at Hooge aged 19 years. Like many (too many), he is remembered with honour at Ypres (Menin Gate) Memorial, Ieper, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium. There is a memorial plaque in St Matthew's Church, Duddeston for the men of this church who fell. His brothers, William James Pain (Jnr) and Victor Herbert Pain are listed on the Roll of Honour at St Matthew's for their war efforts. RIP
Pte. Major William Pain
British Army 69th Coy Machine Gun Corps
from:117, Horsecroft Rd., Boxmoor, Herts.
(d.7th Jun 1917)
Pte. Charles Richard Painter
British Army Coldstream Guards
from:Camberwell, London
Dick Painter served with the Coldstream Guards
L/Cpl. George Harry Painter
British Army 2nd Btn., A Coy. Border Regiment
from:Builth Wells
(d.29th April 1916)
George Painter served with 2nd Btn., Border Regiment, A company, grenade platoon.
Pte. H J Painter
British Army 8th Btn. Somerset Light Infantry
(d.29th June 1916)
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