|
|
This website uses cookies. By continuing to use this site you agree to accept cookies.
If you enjoy this site please consider making a donation.
Site Home
Help & FAQs
Features
Submissions
Information
Advertisements
World War 1 One ww1 wwII greatwar great 1914 1918 first battalion regiment
Rflmn. William White
British Army 17th Btn. London Regiment
from:12 Single Place, Bridge St. Mile End, London
(d.29th Nov 1917)
William White died aged 23 at the Battle of Cambrai.
Pte. William Joseph "Will" White
Australian Infantry force 11 Field Company Australian Engineers 34th Battalion
from:61 Earl Street, Windsor, Melbourne, Australia
Will was a patient from 25.06.1917 to 30.07.1917. He had ongoing problems with haemorrhoids which were not able to be adequately addressed while he was in France at the Battle of Messines where he was seconded to 11th Field Company Australian Engineers. During this time his company was heavily shelled and suffered gas attacks.
His military record shows 'piles slit' at Southwark - presumably a sphincerectomy following the lack of success of anal dilation at Etaples. This surgery was not a success. Will was subsequently discharged as medically unfit and returned to Australia on 10.01.1918. He subsequently rejoined the Australian Infantry Force twice and had surgery in Australia.
C.S.M William James White
British Army 6th Btn. Lancashire Fusiliers
Spr. William White MM.
Royal Engineers 257th Tunnelling Company
from:Tarbolton
William White man served on the Western Front from the 6th of December 1915. He was awarded the Military Medal for conspicuous gallantry and devotion to duty under fire, though his full citation is currently unknown.
William was a miner in his civilian life, meaning he had years of experience down the tunnels. When the Royal Engineers formed the Tunnelling Companies, William enlisted, leaving his numerous offspring behind. The tunnellers were only required to complete a couple of weeks of training before proceeding to France. William arrived on the Western Front in December 1915 with the 257th Tunnelling Company. William's wartime experience is unknown to our family, but he was awarded the Military Medal for gallantry in action. We presume he served at the Battle of Arras, though we cannot be 100% sure.
William returned from France to his family in Scotland. He was a very gentle soul and never spoke about his time in the trenches. He had a total of nine children, with his son serving in the Second World War. William died in the 1950s. His medals are still with family today.
Sgt. Sidney Ralph White-Robinson
British Army 7th Dragoon Guards
from:Cambridge
My grandfather, Ralph White-Robinson served in Egypt and Palestine with the 7th Dragoon Guards and Army Veterinary Corps, attached to the Egyptian Camel Transport Corps. He was Mentioned in Despatches for taking a supply train through enemy lines. Accompanying the MiD was a letter from E. Lewis COMS, Arab Corps, EEF dated 4th of March 1918. "To A trustworthy friend, a thorough gentleman and a gallant soldier whose services in the Egyptian Expeditionary Force although Mentioned in Despatches is deserving of the highest honours that a British soldier can obtain."
Gnr. Francis James Whitecross
Australian Imperial Force 7th Brigade Australian Field Artillery
from:Lismore
(d.7th Jun 1917)
Francis Whitecross is buried in Strand Cemetery in Ploegsteert.
Pte. J. W. Whitefield
British Army 24th (Tyneside Irish) Battalion Northumberland Fusiliers
from:Usworth Colliery
Capt. Whitehead
British Army 23rd Btn. Northumberland Fusiliers
Pte Arthur Henry Whitehead
British Army 6th Battalion Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry
from:Bourton On Dunsmore, Warwickshire
(d.22nd August 1917)
Pte. Ernest Whitehead
British Army 1/8th Btn Sherwood Foresters
from:Hawton
My father, Ernest Whitehead, enlisted in October 1914 and lost an arm whilst serving in France in 1916. He subsequently became a postman, the only disabled postman I have ever come across. He served as a postman for 29 years.
My father, who was a farm waggoner, enlisted on 22nd October 1914 and served with the 1/8th Sherwood Foresters in France from 6th June 1915 to 25th April 1916. He returned to the UK after losing his right arm just below the elbow. He would never talk about that time and I don't even know the circumstances in which he was wounded. It looks likely that he lost his arm on the 15th or 16th April in the trenches east of Berthonual farm near Mt St Eloy.
It is interesting that, until I unearthed it, even my mother didn't know that it was the second time he had been wounded (Aug 1915). After a period in Roehampton Hospital and discharge he became a Postman in October 1919, a job he held down until he was retired at 60 in 1949.
An amusing aside - My father had two artificial arms complete with hand. One for everyday use and one for “best”. When my father died he was buried wearing his “best” artificial arm and hand. My mother could not decide what to do with the other arm and hand. The NHS did not want them back and she could not face putting them in the dustbin. So for whatever reason decided to bury them in her garden. We chuckled but Mum couldn’t understand what we found so funny. We could picture the scene years later when some poor person digging in the garden found a hand and arm emerging. What a shock.
Apart from discharge papers etc. I have nothing from my father's time in WW1.
The little Dad said: He said once with a chuckle about the Belgians running along the trench and shouting " La Boche La Boche". He said that he had been to Armentiers when the song "Mademoiselle from Armentiers Parlez Vous" was on the wireless. My sister says that our father was in hospital with gassed Canadians. He mentioned this once while watching All Quiet on the Western Front. My sister also says that when he lost his right arm a shell burst in the trench and killed all the men by him including someone he enlisted with. For other family connections in WW1 see www.whiteheadm.co.uk
Pte. John Thomas Whitehead
British Army 9th Btn. Yorkshire Regiment
from:Middlesbrough
(d.16th Oct 1915)
John Whitehead died of wounds and is buried in a grave in France at Erquinghem-Lys Churchyard Extension. We are still searching for a photo of him.
Stkr. Theodore Whitehead
Royal Navy HMS Minion
from:Burnley, Lancashire
Theodore Whitehead served as a Stoker on HMS Minion.
Cpl. W. P. Whitehill
Australian Imperial Forces 33rd Btn.
(d.7th Jun 1917)
L/Cpl Dennis Whitehouse
British Army 8th Battalion King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry
from:Wakefield
(d.24th Jul 1916)
Died of wounds Bristol General Hospital
L/Cpl. Dennis Whitehouse
British Army 8th Btn. Kings Own Yorkshire Light Infantry
(d.24th July 1916)
Dennis Whitehouse, had moved from his home in Cwmbran, South Wales with his brother, my grandfather, Joseph, to find work in the West Yorkshire coal fields. He and Dennis joined the Kings Own Yorkshire Light Infantry and were placed in 8th Battalion. Dennis was seriously wounded near Albert in July 1916 and was evacuated back to England but died of his injuries in Bristol Hospital.
Gdsmn. Harold "Wingy" Whitehouse
British Army 3rd Btn. Coldstream Guards
from:Renishaw, Derbyshire
Harold Whitehouse was a promising footballer who had played for his local town of Chesterfield (his nickname came from this, he played on the wing, hence Wingy). He worked as a labourer at Ireland Colliery, Staveley, Derbyshire. Harold initially signed up in Staveley on his way back home from work. He was allocated to The King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry but later, on the advice of a friend, he transferred to the Coldstream Guards. Being under the required height, only 5 feet 10 inches, the muster sergeant told him to stand at the back of the squad on his tiptoes and he was in.
Whilst on guard in one of the halls at Windsor Castle a chap in tennis whites strolled past him. Harold thought no more of it until two rather hefty, tall military policemen stood one either side of him, lifted him by the armpits and marched him off to peel spuds for what seemed an age. His first crime was not to recognise the Prince of Wales and the second was not to salute him.
Whilst on leave back home he married on 4th of September 1918 then went back to war. He ending up billeted in Koln, Barbarossaplatz und Hohenstaufenring after the war, sending postcards of Koln on the 18th and 21st December 1918.
He would very rarely talk about the war. One story he told was that a friend did him a favour and went to fetch ammunition that Harold was about to fetch, but his mate never returned and was presumed dead. My uncle related another rare story told by his father that a football saved his dad's life. In a match before a big advance Harold was badly injured in the game and was deemed unfit for action. In the following battle a lot of his friends and comrades were slaughtered. Another story Pop told his son was when he came home on leave after being in the trenches and he and other local soldiers had to strip in Renishaw School yard to be deloused.
Harold was transferred to the reserves on 6th February 1919 and was to report back to Windsor in case of emergency. He then came home and went back to Ireland Colliery. He had a family of eight, but his first-born, a daughter, died a few months after birth in 1920. In the village he was respected and regarded as a bit of a wise man.
In WWII he used roll up at home with soldiers he came across, hanging around the local railway station waiting for transport trains. He gave them food and drink as he knew what they might have to face.
I can still see him now, always smartly dressed even though in his everyday clothes. He would sit in his armchair near the coals burning in the Yorkshire range grate, contemplating his life, the horrors he had witnessed and the many losses. He was always smartly dressed even in his casuals. Belt and braces, waistcoat over a checked shirt, flat cap, corded trousers, woolly socks up to just below the knee, very clean boots, spectacles perched on the end of his nose. His right hand holding and puffing on a pipe tobacco. The thumb of his left hand would be just inside his left nostril and his index finger gently stroking the outside of his nose. He never had or wanted a TV but listened to the radio. He was a keen gardener and pigeon racer. He died in 1975 after an eventful life.
Old soldiers never die but march on to oblivion. R.I.P.
Pte Joseph Whitehouse
British Army 8th Btn King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry
from:Stanley, Wakefield
Joseph who survived a mustard gas attack, recovered in Kent before returning to the front line.
He was taken prisoner of war about 6 months before the end and was later liberated.
On his return to his family he went back to work in the coal mine until he was 75. My father tells me that he never once spoke to his family about the war and his experiences.
L/Sgt. William Whitehouse
British Army 10th Btn., `D' Coy. Royal Warwickshire Rgt.
from:Aston, Birmingham
(d.3rd July 1916)
Pte. Stephen Harold Whitehurst
British Army Northumberland Fusiliers
from:Nottingham
Stephen Whitehurst served with the Northumberland Fusiliers.
Pte. A. Whitelaw
Army 2nd Btn. Durham Light Infantry
Pte Adam Whitelaw
British Army 13th Battalion Royal Scots (Lothian Regiment)
from:Dundee Street, Edinburgh
(d.20th September 1916)
2nd Lt. Thomas Mitchell Whitelaw
British Army 5th Btn. Cameronians (Scottish Rifles)
from:Sunderland
(d.29th May 1918)
Pte. Albert Arthur Whiteley
British Army York & Lancaster Regiment
from:South Duffield, Yorkshire
Pte. George Edward Whiteley
British Army 1st Btn. York and Lancacster Regiment
from:Sheffield
My grandfather, George Whiteley, was born in 1892 in Sheffield. In 1913, after joining the army, he became Lance Corporal G Whiteley of 1st Battalion, York and Lancaster Regiment, and the paperwork I have indicates he was in India. In June 1914 he underwent Transport training at Inbbulpur. He was listed as wounded in 1915 in France and Flanders. In 1917 he was based at a Musketry Camp at Whitburn with the 378th Labour Company. On 26th of September 1917 he married my grandmother in Sunderland, County Durham.
Pte. John Appleby Whiteley
British Army 2nd Btn. West Yorkshire Regiment
from:South Duffield, Yorkshire
(d.22nd Apr 1915)
L/Cpl. Oscar Milton Whiteley
British Army 323rd Quarrying Coy. Royal Engineers
from:Elland, West Yorks
(d.31st Oct 1917)
Oscar Whiteley was injured in a quarry accident. He died on the 31st of October 1917 at No. 30 General Hospital near Calais and is buried in Les Baraques Military Cemetery at Bleriot Plage.
L/Cpl. Oscar Milton Whiteley
British Army 323rd Quarrying Company Royal Engineers
from:Elland, West Yorkshire.
(d.31st October 1917)
Oscar Whiteley was my grandfather. He died as the result of an accident. His death took place at No 30 General Hospital, Calais and he is buried in Les Baraques British Cemetery, Sangatte.
He left a wife, Kate and one son, my father John. Due to family circumstances I did not really know my father. He left home when I was seven. Hence, I had no medals or any thing which belonged to my grandfather, until six months ago when I found his death penny on the internet. It is now in my office.
Cpl. John Whitelock
British Army 23rd (Tyneside Scottish) Btn Northumberland Fusiliers
from:County Durham
(d.1st April 1917)
Corporal John Whitelock was my great great uncle. I know very little about him, other than he was my grandmother's uncle and he came from a coal mining family. His father, Joseph Whitelock, was from Glasgow, so this is probably why John ended up in the Tyneside Scottish battalion. He is buried in Faubourge D'amiens Cemetery, Arras in France.
Cpl. John Whitelock
British Army 23rd Btn. Northumberland Fusiliers
from:Sunderland
(d.1st April 1917)
Sgt. Charles Edward Whitely
British Army 4th Btn. West Riding Regiment
Charles Whitley was discharged on the 10th of March 1916 as his enlistment period had been completed
Page 39 of 76
Can you help us to add to our records?
The names and stories on this website have been submitted by their relatives and friends. If your relations are not listed please add their names so that others can read about them
Did your relative live through the Great War? Do you have any photos, newspaper clippings, postcards or letters from that period? Have you researched the names on your local or war memorial?
If so please let us know.
Do you know the location of a Great War "Roll of Honour?"We are very keen to track down these often forgotten documents and obtain photographs and transcriptions of the names recorded so that they will be available for all to remember.
Help us to build a database of information on those who served both at home and abroad so that future generations may learn of their sacrifice.
Celebrate your own Family History
Celebrate by honouring members of your family who served in the Great War both in the forces and at home. We love to hear about the soldiers, but also remember the many who served in support roles, nurses, doctors, land army, muntions workers etc.
Please use our Family History resources to find out more about your relatives. Then please send in a short article, with a photo if possible, so that they can be remembered on these pages.
The free section of The Wartime Memories Project is run by volunteers.
This website is paid for out of our own pockets, library subscriptions and from donations made by visitors. The popularity of the site means that it is far exceeding available resources and we currently have a huge backlog of submissions.
If you are enjoying the site, please consider making a donation, however small to help with the costs of keeping the site running.
Hosted by:
The Wartime Memories Project Website
is archived for preservation by the British Library
Copyright MCMXCIX - MMXXIV
- All Rights Reserved -We do not permit the use of any content from this website for the training of LLMs or for use in Generative AI, it also may not be scraped for the purpose of creating other websites.
