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World War 1 One ww1 wwII greatwar great 1914 1918 first battalion regiment
Gnr. Ezra Wrigley
British Army 123rd Bty. 28th Brigade Royal Field Artillery
(d.17th April 1917)
George Hallas Wrigley
British Army 1/4th Btn Kings Own Yorkshire Light Infantry
from:Almondbury, Huddersfield
(d.20th Oct 1917)
CSM. Frank Wroe DCM
British Army 8th Btn. Yorkshire & Lancashire Regiment
On 9th April 1917 my Grandfather,Company Sergeant Major Frank Wroe, (Reg. No. 14407 D.O.B 06.04.1887), was awarded the DCM for "conspicuous gallantry" near Hill 60. The following was quoted from the citation presented to him along with his DCM by the inhabitants of Rawmarsh and Parkgate, South Yorkshire:- "Being cut off completely with a party of men from the remainder of his company, Coy.S.M. Wroe was of great assistance to O.C. in encouraging and re-organising the men and eventually got back to the company. His magnificent example imbued the men with a spirit of cool preparedness". We his grandchildren and great grandchildren are very proud of him.
Drvr. William Wroe
British Army 74th Brigade, B Bty Royal Field Artillery
from:Oldham, Lancs
(d.22nd Oct 1917)
William Wroe served with B Battery 74th Brigade, Royal Field Artillery.
Gen Mjr. Friedrich von Wussow
German Army 14th J. Brig
(d.6th Aug 1914)
VAD. Wyatt
Voluntary Aid Detachment No. 32 Stationary Hospital
Pte. Frederick A Wyatt
British Army 12th Battalion East Surrey Regiment
from:Richmond
(d.7th June 1917)
L/Sgt. George Wyatt VC.
British Army Coldstream Guards
Pte. Harold Jackson Wyatt
British Army 9th Btn. Essex Regiment
from:Shackerstone, Nuneaton
(d.18th Oct 1916)
Harold Wyatt served with the Leicestershire Regiment and 9th Essex Regiment.
Cpl. Henry Ernest Wyatt
Australian Imperial Force 2nd Infantry Battalion
from:Australia
(d.11th April 1917)
Henry Ernest Wyatt was born at Surrey Hills, Sydney in 1895 and worked as both a boundary rider and as a labourer. At the time of enlisting, Wyatt was working in the machine room of the Sydney newspaper, the Evening News, alongside his brother, Albert Wyatt, whom he listed as his next of kin. Henry Wyatt joined the war effort at Liverpool camp, enlisting on 26 November 1914 and was assigned to the 2nd Infantry Battalion. He embarked for Egypt aboard HMAT Seang Bee, but was slowed when the vessel hit part of the Great Barrier Reef on its way out of Australian waters.
After a short period of training in Egypt, Wyatt was sent to Gallipoli. He participated in the entire campaign, from the landing on 25 April 1915 until the evacuation in December 1915. After the evacuation, Wyatt returned to Egypt with his unit and then went to France. He fought on the Somme during 1916 and earned promotion to the rank of corporal in October of that year. In early April 1917 Henry Wyatt was fatally wounded in fighting in the Bullecourt area, succumbing to his wounds on 11th April 1917 and is buried at St. Sever Cemetery in Rouen, France.
Pte. Sydney Wyatt
British Army 3rd Btn. Worcestershire Regiment
from:Worcester
(d.22nd Mar 1918)
My great great uncle Sydney Wyatt fought in WW1 in the 3rd Battalion, Worcestershire Regiment, he lived in Cardiff with his sister and her family before joining up. His parents were Alfred and Ellen Wyatt of Sidbury, Worcester. He died on March 22nd 1918 aged 30. He was never found. His name is on the Arras Memorial and also on the Guildhall in Worcester.
Pte. Sydney Wyatt
British Army 3rd Btn. Worcestershire Regiment
from:Worcester
(d.22nd March 1918)
Pte. William Wycherley
British Army 2nd Btn. Manchester Regiment
from:Cheetham Hill, Manchester
(d.12th Sep 1917)
William Wycherley was executed 12/9/17 for desertion and buried in Coxyde Military Cemetery , Belgium.
Private William Wycherley was one of the men executed by his own side during the Great War. Generally, these men are titled "Shot at Dawn". This work does not cast any judgment on the men or their actions, especially Pte Wycherley. It simply reports the facts as they have been found.
Although it is not clear exactly when William joined the army, his marriage certificate to May Owen, dated 16th June 1915, shows him as serving as a Private with the Manchester Regiment. At the time he is recorded as being 22 years old with an occupation of Grocer's Assistant. His address was 1, Beesley Street, Prescot. His wife Mary was aged 25 and lived in Fallowfield, Manchester. Private William Wycherley had been absent on at least two occasions prior to the final case, which resulted in his execution. His initial offence, for which the punishment is not known, was to overstay his leave in the UK by seven weeks. He then deserted as his battalion, the 2nd Manchesters, was making its way to the front line. Again, the punishment is not known.
Then on 25th June 1917, Private Wycherley complained of feeling sick just before going over the top and he disappeared. His battalion had just recently taken over the inner sector of the Nieuport bridgehead, close to the sea. No offensive operations were planned for this sector, indeed any action was likely to be purely defensive, as the battalion had been ordered to retain the line at all costs. It seems likely that Pte. Wycherley's trip "over the top" was to be part of a trench raid, perhaps gathering intelligence on the enemy troops facing them. Two days after going missing, William Wycherley was arrested at Etaples, where he gave false identity details. Once his true identify was uncovered, he was returned to the northern Belgian coast to face his punishment and was executed on 12th September 1917 at Coxyde. He was 24 years old.
The mass pardon of 306 British Empire soldiers executed for certain offences during the Great War was enacted in section 359 of the Armed Forces Act 2006, which came into effect on royal assent on 8th November 2006.
Pte. George William Wye
British Army 5th Btn. West Yorkshire Regiment
from:Ongar, Essex
(d.25th April 1918)
L/Sgt. Herbert Wyer
British Army 3rd Battalion Coldstream Guards
from:217 Wandsworth Bridge Road, London
(d.2nd November 1914)
My husband's great uncle, L/Serjeant Herbert Wyer, only came to our notice about 6 months ago. We are desperately trying to piece together the last part of his life. He was the son of Mr and Mrs John Wyer of Carbrooke, Watton, Norfolk. The husband of Annie Louisa Wyer of 217 Wandsworth Bridge Road, Fulham, London.
We just know that he was killed in action on 2nd November, 1914 and is commemorated at Ypres (Menin Gate) Memorial, Lleper, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium. He is also remembered on the WW1 memorial in the Victoria and Albert Museum, South Kensington, London as he worked there as a warder/cleaner earning Ć‚Ā£72 16s per annum!
We would love to know where exactly he was killed, was it perhaps Polygon Wood, Reutel? As I think the Coldstream Guards were at the First Battle of Ypres. Does anyone know if there is the possibility of a photograph being on the Guards records? To put a face to this brave man would be lovely.
L/Cpl Albert Arthur Wykes
British Army 2nd Btn. Black Watch
from:West Ham
(d.18th Jun 1917)
Albert Wykes was a 2nd Cousin of my wife. It would appear he served in the Royal Field Artillery No 99081 and also the Royal Highlanders (Black Watch) No s/10238. He is shown as having died from his wounds.
Can anybody explain why he would have served in 3 different Regiments? I understand that some men who had been wounded or were unfit for Front Line Duty transferred to the Labour Corps, but I am unable to work out in which order he served in the RFA and the Royal Highlanders and how would a cockney come to be in the Black Watch, any suggestions please.
Editor's Note: As Albert's record on CWGC shows him as being with the Black Watch, and transferred to the 13th Coy Labour Corps, it is reasonably safe to assume that he was with the Artillery as his first unit. It is quite common for men to serve with more than one unit, if injured and taken out of the front line for treatment, their place in the regiment would have to be filled by another man to maintain unit strength. On returning to duty they would be assigned to which ever unit required additional personne, so the regional identity of the regiments soon became muddled. Or a man with specialist skills might be transferred from one unit to another if there was a shortage of skilled men in another unit. The Labour Corps was largely made up of men who were not fully fit for front line fighting, so it is possible that Albert was injured or taken ill whilst with the Black Watch and transferred to the Labour Corps for a period of recovery.
Pte. Arthur Wylie
British Army East Yorkshire Regiment
Pte. Charles Wylie
British Army 24th (Tyneside Irish) Battalion Northumberland Fusiliers
from:Wheatley Hill
(d.1st July 1916)
Charles Wylie is named on the Thiepval Memorial
Pte. James Wylie
British Army 11th Btn. Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers
(d.1st Jul 1916)
Gnr. Edward John Wyly
Australian Imperial Force 4th Divisional Ammunition Column Australian Field Artillery
from:Beach Road, Grange, Adelaide, South Australia.
(d.16th Aug 1918)
Edward Wyly was not a close relation of mine, in fact he is a very distant relative, but they all have stories and they should not be forgotten. He was born in 1883 to Alexander and Elizabeth Wyly at their home The Walnuts, Crafers West, Adelaide, South Australia. He lived a suburban life marrying Grace Henrietta MacFarlane (who was rather beautiful) in 1909. A year later they had a daughter, Edith Laura. In peacetime he joined the militia, serving 4 years with C Co, 1st Battalio, Adelaide Rifles. His occupation was as a salesman for a furniture company.
He signed his attestation papers in Adelaide on 8th of September 1916 and joined the South Australian Field Artillery, 28th Reinforcements, 4th Divisional Ammunition Column. To some degree he had a rather uneventful start to his war but by Nov 1917 the cloud was gathering. On the 11 Nov he was on a hospital ship, discharged on 14th, he travelled to England via Suez, Alexandria and Taranto arriving in Southampton on 4th of January 1918.
On 24th of April 1918 he was in the field. The next entry on his service record just makes that dread statement, K.I.A 16th of August 1918. He was buried at Bayonvillers British Cemetery Near Corbie. He was just short of his 33rd birthday when he died.
His wife received a quite beautiful letter from his pals. Dated France 23rd of August 1918. (I summarise).'Poor old Ted, who was endeared to all who knew him as we did, was killed in action at Guillecourt on 16th inst, a piece of 'Hun'shell which burst within a few yards of him, penetrated his left breast, causing instantaneous death. He was buried by our Padre on the 17th inst at Bayonville and a cross bearing the Masonic sign cut from a brass shell casing, and inscription has been erected by the men of his section'. I quote now directly from the letter: 'By reason of his genial disposition Ted was a favourite among his fellows in the section, it can honestly be said of him that he carried out his duties thoroughly and conscientiously his name may justly be included among the fallen who have laid down their lives for their God, King and Country' The letter was then signed by numerous members of Ted's company.
Was this a comfort to Grace? Maybe, but I know she lived to be 100 years old dying in 1987. She never remarried and in every photo looking rather lost and sad, every dream and hope for the future died 70 years before, with him. A few years after the war ended, in March 1920 she received a letter to say they had exhumed Ted's body and moved it to Heath Cemetery, Harbonniers, no mention of why.
I hope in the 7 years they had together they loved for a lifetime, because that's all Grace had.
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Pte James Emmanuel Wymer
British Army 19th Btn Northumberland Fusiliers
from:Aylsham, Norfolk
(d.13th Apr 1918)
Wymer, James, Emmanuel. Private, 41492, Died of Wounds on 13th April 1918. Aged 25 years.
Buried in the Doullens Communal Cemetery Extension No.1, Somme in grave VI. B. 26.
Son of John and Elizabeth Ann Wymer, of Aylsham, Norfolk.
19th Btn records, believed in error, show surname spelt as Wymar.
From the 19th Btn Northumberland Fusiliers Roll of Honour.
Pte. George Joseph Wymond
British Army 11th Battalion Royal Fusiliers
from:Salem, MA, USA
(d.10th August 1917)
George Wymond served as a volunteer in the Royal Fusiliers of the British Expeditionary Force during World War 1. He was born on October 15th, 1894 in Salem.
George travelled on a cattle boat inbound for England which was torpedoed by a German U-Boat in 1915. When he arrived in England, he and other survivors of the attack enlisted in the Royal Fusiliers and was later assigned to the 11th Battalion. Tragically, he was killed in action during the Battle of Langemarck in the Glencorse Woods of Belgium on 10th of August 1917. George is remembered on the Ypres Menin Gate Memorial in West Flanders, Belgium. His awards include the British War Medal and the Victory Medal. He was the son of George and Delia (Tobin) Wymond.
Shoeing Smith Clifford William Wyncoll
British Army 173rd Brigade, B Bty Royal Field Artillery
(d.3rd November 1916)
Clifford Wyncoll was aged 18 when he died. He was the son of Mr T. and Mrs E.E. Wyncoll, Church Cottage, Peldon, Colchester. Clifford is buried in Longuenesse (St Omer) Souve Cemetery, Grave IV.A.74.
Sgt Edward Britton Wynne DCM
British Army 253rd Tunnelling Coy Royal Engineers
from:Stoke on Trent
Pte. Robert Albert Wynne MM
British Army 10th Btn. Royal Welsh Fusiliers
from:Denbigh
(d.20th July 1916)
Robert was the son of the late John and Elizabeth Wynne, 34 Henllan Street, Denbigh.
Drvr. William Wyse
British Army Royal Field Artillery
Driver Wyse attended the 4th Field Survey Coy. Royal Engineers.
He was 17 when he died on the 22nd February 1919 and is buried near the north east corner of the Kilcommon Cemetery, Rathdrum, Co. Wicklow, Ireland.
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