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Pte Eric John Williams
British Army 7th Btn Leicestershire Regiment
from:Ashton Keynes
(d.8th August 1918)
Able Sea. Evan David Williams
Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve Hood Battalion
from:Abertysswg, South Wales
(d.4th June 1917)
Evan Williams enlisted in the Royal Naval Division at Bristol on the 9th of January 1915 amd was posted to the 2nd Reserve Battalion, at Blandford for training. On the 6th of May 1915 he was rafted to the Collingwood Battalion, at Blandford. (Musketry Class). On the 2nd of August 1915 he was drafted to Hood Battalion and went overseas. Evan was admitted to 1st Field Ambulance in the Dardanelles with Abdominal Enteritis on the 9th September 1915 and on the 13th was admitted to No.1 Canadian Stationary Hospital M.E.F, Dardanelles. He was then transferred on the 21st of September 1915 from No.1 Canadian Stationary Hospital M.E.F. Mudros, to S.S. Orsova for transport to Military Hospital Citadel in Cairo. He arrived in Egypt on the 24th of September and was transferred at Alexandria to Military Hospital Citadel in Cairo, suffering from Diarrhoea. He was discharged on the 13th October 1915 to Rest Camp Abbassia and on the 16th to duty at Base Camp Mustapha.
On the 1st of November 1915 he was posted to 15th General Hospital, Alexandria for duty until the 17th when he returned Base Camp Mustapha. On the 13th December 1915 Evan embarked at Quay 44 Alexandria for Overseas and rejoined his unit, the Hood Battalion (2nd Brigade) at Gallipoli.
On the 1st of January 1916 he reported to No. 11 Casualty Clearing Station suffering from Jaundice and the following day embarked on H.M.H.S Gloucester Castle, for transport to Malta. Arriving on the 8th of January 1916 he was admitted to Royal Naval Hospital Bighi Malta suffering from Jaundice. He was invalided to England on the 25th January 1916, transferred on H.M.H.S Soudan to Chatham Naval Hospital where he was admitted on the 3rd of February 1916 suffering from Dystentery. He was discharged to Depot duty on the 19th of February 1916 and taken on strength of the 2nd Reserve Battalion, from his Division. On the 1st of March 1916 he transferred to 7th Reserve Battalion at Blandford where on the 11th of April 1916 he became Camp Staff.
On the 6th of October 1916 Evan transferred to 3rd Reserve Battalion and then on the 4th of December 1916 he was drafted to Hood Battalion who were now with B.E.F. in France. He saw action on the Ancre, from the 20th January to 27th February 1917 with Hood Battalion in 189th (RN) Brigade. and on the 3rd February in the taking of Puisieux trench, then the actions of Miraumont, on the 17th-18th of February 1917.
On the 15th of March 1917 he was admitted to the Field Ambulance and returned to his battalion on the 26th of March 1917. Evan then took part in the Battles of Arras, 9th April to 4th May 1917 with Hood Battalion, and the 2nd Battle of the Scarpe, the Battle of Arleux, 28th and 29th April 1917.
On the 4th of June 1917 Evan was killed in Action. He has no known grave and is remembered on the Arras Memorial to the Missing.
Pte. Francis Williams
British Army 353rd Brigade Royal Field Artillery
from:39 Smith Street, Kirkdale, Liverpool
Frank Williams was my great uncle with whom I lived and knew very well until his death in 1974. Born in 1898, he was the son of my great grandfather John Williams (1879 - 1975) who also lived at 39 Smith Street, Kirkdale, Liverpool, from about 1915 until the house was demolished in 1968. I and 4 of my siblings were also born in the same house.
My great uncle would never talk about the war in detail but my great grandfather kept framed photographs in his wardrobe and his war medals. He often commented how the war had made him a "bit deaf" and he often suffered from skin complaints. I was just glad he survived to live a good life. After the war he would go to stay in Powell River, Canada, with his father's sister to escape from it all. I can just imagine the conversations they had there.
Only as we got older did we understand the sacrifice and horrors these men and women had to endure through those terrible years. We must never forget!
Gnr. Frank Lawson Williams
British Army 223rd Bde. Royal Field Artillery
from:Wallsend
(d.24th March 1918)
Frank Lawson Williams, Gunner 771267, enlisted at South Shields and served in B Battery, 223rd Brigade, Royal Field Artillery. He died on the 24th March 1918 and is remembered at Jarrow Library, he is buried in Norfolk Cemetery, Becotel-Bercourt.
Frank was born in Jarrow 1888, son of Handle and Mary Williams of Jarrow. In the 1911 census Frank(23) single, clerk in Accounts Dept. of borough council and his sister Elvira Lawson Williams(21)single, lady tracer at engineering works are living with their grandmother Frances Jane Lawson(66) at 17 Edith Street, Jarrow. Frank is married to Jane Williams nee Swalwell of 120 Northumberland Street, Wallsend.
Pte. Frank Sidney Williams
British Army 19th Btn. Manchester Regiment
from:Wandsworth
(d.6th Sep 1917)
My grandfather was Frank Williams. He was 39 when he died in Ypres, Belgium on 6th of September 1917. My mother told me that he was called up into service in the summer of 1917. He died within weeks of arriving in Belgium. He left behind six children and a widow. Subsequently, his widow Emma Williams died in 1921 from disability caused by her husband's death (CVA), leaving six orphans behind.
We have had no details of what happened to him and what battle he was at, other than being at Ypres, Belgium. I am finding it almost impossible to track what happened to him. There are no records of his date of being activated into service or any record of his dates of service. There is no mention of the 19th Battalion, Manchester Regiment being called in to service in 1917. Any help on shedding light on this would be helpful. It is shocking for me that there is no history of the individual battalion movements.
Pte. Fred Williams
British Army 5th Btn. South Wales Borderers
from:Stretford, Manchester
My Grandfather, Fred Williams, was in the First World War. Following research I have found from the War Diaries that he was Listed as Missing on the 14th of April 1918, in the Neuve Eglise area. I have his two medals. He obviously was found, because I am here.
Cpl Frederick Bowen Williams MM
British Army 255 Siege Battery Royal Garrison Artillery
Capt. G. Williams
British Army 8th Btn. Welch Regiment
(d.15th November 1918)
Captain Williams is buried in the Lubumbashi Cemetery in the Congo.
Capt. G. Williams
British Army 8th Btn. Welsh Regiment
(d.15th November 1918)
Captain Williams is buried in the Lubumbashi Cemetery in the Congo.
L/Cpl Garfield Williams MM.
British Army H Company Machine Gun Corps (Heavy)
from:Redruth
My Grandfather, Garfield Williams won the Military Medal for actions on 3rd of October 1918, against the Beayrevoir Line wile serving with 8th Battalion, Tank Corps.
L/Cpl. George Shaw Williams
British Army 32 Company Machine Gun Corps
from:Middridge, Co Durham
(d.28th Sept 1916)
Rfmn. George Williams
British Army 16th Btn Rifle Brigade
(d.15th Sep 1916)
My grandfather, Rifleman George Williams, died of war wounds in Etretat France. Can anyone provide any information please?
L/Cpl. George William Williams
British Army 16th Btn. Royal Welsh Fusiliers
from:Southwark, London
(d.23rd April 1918)
Pte. George Williams
British Army 10th Btn. North Staffordshire Regiment
from:Commercial St, shelton
George Williams is at the front with the dog.
L/Cpl. Gilbert Henry Williams
British Army Somerset Light Infantry
from:Twinhoe, Someset
(d.23rd May 1915)
My mother investigated Gilbert Williams from a death penny that had been handed down the generations. She found that Gilbert had served in the Cyclist Corps and died in West End Hospital in London on 23rd May 1915. We don't know how he died or where he is buried or if he is recognised on any memorial. We would love to hear if anyone has any information on this.
L/Cpl. Gilbert Henry Williams
British Army Army Cyclist Corps
from:South Stoke, Bath
(d.22nd May 1915)
Maj. Gilbert Charsley Williams
British Army Artist's Rifles
from:Hutton Mount, Essex
(d.23rd December 1944)
Major Williams was the son of Edward Percy and Mary Ann Williams, husband of Mollie Scott Williams of Hutton Mount. Essex. He was a solicitor aged 36 when he died and is buried in the Born Roman Catholic Cemetery, Limburg, Netherlands.
H. Lloyd Williams
British Army 9th Btn. Welsh Fusiliers
Sjt. Harold John Williams
Australian Imperial Force 9th Australian Field Ambulance
from:Woollahra, Sydney, New South Wales.
Harold Williams attended Woollahra Superior Public School, leaving at the age of 14,. He worked as a messenger-boy, then as a railway stores clerk. He sang with the Waverley Methodist Church choir as a boy soprano and was later an amateur baritone, he enjoyed football and cricket, playing for Waverley Cricket Club (1906–15) and finding success in Rugby Union as a wing-three-quarter with the Eastern Suburbs team, representing New South Wales against New Zealand in August 1914.
Harold enlisted on the 24th of July 1915 and travelled to England aboard the troop transport ship Argyllshire in May 1916, as a corporal with the 9th Field Ambulance. During the voyage he entertained his fellow soldiers with his ballads. After training in England, he was promoted to sergeant and proceeded to France with his unit in November 1916, seeing action at Armentières during the harsh winter. In January 1917, he was transferred at General William Birdwood's request to an entertainment unit, known as the 'Anzac Coves'.
Harold rejoined the 9th Field Ambulance in March, saw action at Messines and Passchendaele. He was appointed regimental quartermaster-sergeant.
Whilst on leave in England, Williams sang at a private party at Sheffield in 1918 and was heard by several musical luminaries who insisted that he should begin voice lessons.
In August he transferred to the 1st Australian Auxiliary Hospital at Harefield, where he met Dorothy Mason, a staff nurse in the Australian Army Nursing Service, who he would marry in May 1919.
After the Armistice Harold was attached A.I.F. Headquarters in London and studied singing with Charles Phillips. Demobilised from the army in July, he remained in London and found a civilian job as secretary to the Stearn Electric Lamp Company. Later he went on to a long and successful career in England and his native country, performing in opera, oratorio and concerts and giving radio broadcasts.
Sgt. Harold Hetherington Williams
British Army 2nd Btn. Manchester Regiment
from:Rusholme
(d.5th December 1917)
Rfmn. Harry Williams
British Army 1/9th Btn. Royal Fusiliers (Queen Victoria's Rifles),
(d.28th Dec 1917)
Harry Williams was executed for desertion 28/12/1917 and was buried in Roclincourt Military Cemetery, Roclincourt, France.
Dvr. Henry Arthur Williams
British Army 33 Brigade Royal Field Artillery
from:Newport
Pte. Henry John Williams
British Army 9th BTn. Cheshire Regiment
from:Pendeen, Cornwall.
(d.24th June 1918)
Harry Williams was my grandmother's nephew. I remember as a small child in the late 1940s, seeing his photo on the mantelpiece at his family's home. He is on the Roll of Honour in Pendeen, also his name appears on the War Memorial in Penzance. I am trying to locate a photo of him but have not yet been able to do so. He enlisted in Penzance, as a Private. He sadly died of wounds in a Rouen Hospital and is buried in St. Sever Cemetery Extension.
Able Sea. Henry Owen Williams
Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve Hawke Battalion
from:Abertysswg, South Wales
Harry Williams enlisted with the 5th Battalion RND at Crystal Palace on the 18th of May 1915. On the 23rd of September 1915 he joined the 7th Reserve Battalion at Blandford from Crystal Palace. On the 10th of May 1916 he transferred to 2nd Reserve Battalion and was loaned to the Anson Battalion, in 2nd Brigade, which he joined on the 28th of June 1916 until the 31st July 1916 when the joined 3rd Reserve Battalion.
On the 9th of October 1916 he was posted to to Hawke Battalion (1st Brigade) with the B.E.F. in France. On the 12th of April 1917. Admitted to 2nd Field Ambulance suffering from Influenza and the following day was admitted to No 1 Convalescent Depot, at Boulogne. On the 15th of April he was admitted to No 10 Convalescent Depot at Escault and then to 3rd Large Rest Camp, Marlboro at Boulogne. On the 22nd May 1917 Harry rejoined Hawke Battalion on the 22nd of May.
On the 4th of August Harry joined No 1 Divisional Train and two days later was severely wounded by a Gas Shell. He was admitted to No. 3 Stationary Hospital at Rouen on the 10th where after two days treatment he was invalided to England on board the S.S Kalyan. On the 13th of August he was admitted to the War Bradford Hospital.
By the 10th of October 1917 Harry had recovered and returned to France landing at Boulogne to rejoin his Brigade. On the 24th of May 1918 Harry was at Etaples at the Command Depot and was sent back to England where on the 25th of June 1918 he transferred to RN Depot at Chatham.
Cpl. Henry Alexander Williams MM.
British Army 13th Btn. Royal Irish Rifles
from:Wapping, East London
My great grandfather Henry Williams served in the Great War with the 2nd and 7th Battalions, Royal Irish Rifles and the 13th Battalion, Yorkshire Regiment and was awarded the Military Medal for Bravery in the field in France awarded 1919. He served from the 4th of August 1914 to 11th of November 1918 and was discharged due to injury I believe according to the documents I have.
Sea. Henry Thomas Williams
Royal Navy 4th (Collingwood) Btn. Royal Naval Division
from:47 Breamish Battlefield, Newcastle Upon Tyne
My grandfather Henry Williams, who originated from Ross on Wye, endured a sad early life. His mother died in 1905 and both he and his younger brother were evicted, along with their father, to a workhouse. In 1906, when he was about 11 or 12 years old, the brothers were sponsored by local benefactors and sent from the workhouse to a training ship (the Wellesley) moored in the Tyne. There, he was trained in seamanship and as a machine operator, but also as a bugler. His brother perished in 1913. The training ship sank after catching fire, and upon the outbreak of war in 1914 he joined the Royal Naval Division.
He was very fortunate when the majority of his battalion, 4th Battalion Collingwood, were sent to be slaughtered in Gallipoli and he was instead sent to Crystal Palace Depot HMS Victory VI. The fact that he was a bugler I know is recorded on his service record, but I have little or no other information about him except that he stayed local after the war, having married my grandmother in 1919, a local lady from Penge. He passed away in 1925 and is buried in an unmarked grave in Elmers End Cemetery.
Pte. Herbert Williams
British Army 3rd Battalion Royal Fusiliers
from:Ansley, Warwickshire
(d.24th May 1915)
Pte. Herbert Williams
British Army 8th Btn. Loyal North Lancashire Regiment
(d.7th Jun 1917)
Herbert Williams of the 8th Loyal North Lancashire Regiment was killed in Flanders on 7th of June 1917 age 21. He is brother to Arthur Williams of the South Lancashire Regiment and brother in law to George Ellis Price, David Evan and Hugh Edward Humphreys.
Rflmn. Horace P. Williams
British Army 18th Btn. Kings Royal Rifle Corps
from:Salisbury
(d.1st April 1918)
Horace Williams is believed to have been wounded during the German Operation Michael Advance, possibly near Baupame. He died of wounds on 1st of April 1918 and was buried by German Forces.
Horace Albert Williams
British Army 11th Btn. Essex Regiment
from:London
(d.22nd Apr 1917)
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