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2/7th Battalion, Royal Warwickshire Regiment
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Those known to have served with2/7th Battalion, Royal Warwickshire Regiment during the Great War 1914-1918. - Bates Harold. Pte. (d.19th July 1916)
- Bond MID Frederick Lewis. Pte.
- Cadden H. Pte. (d.9th April 1917)
- Gilbert John Thomas. Sgt. (d.1st Aug 1916)
- Hammersley T. C.. Cpl. (d.27th August 1917)
- Harte James. Pte. (d.31st August 1918)
- Hill Henry. Pte.
- Howells MM. William.
- Imber William Arthur. 2nd Lt. (d.27th Aug 1917)
- Lashley Charles John William. Pte.
- Riches Albert Edward. (d.24th Oct 1918)
- Satchwell Arthur. Pte. (d.7th Sep 1918)
- Shepherd Charles. Pte. (d.19 July 1916)
- Smith Ernest Richard. Pte. (d.18th August 1918)
- Townley Frederick George Richard. Pte. (d.19th July 1916)
- Twamley Leonard. Pte. (d.19th Jul 1916)
- Wood George. Pte.
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2nd Lt. William Arthur Imber 2/7th Battalion Royal Warwickshire Regiment (d.27th Aug 1917) William Imber Served with the 2/7th Battalion, Royal Warwickshire Regiment
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Pte. Arthur Satchwell 2/7th Btn. Royal Warwickshire Regiment (d.7th Sep 1918) Arthur Satchwell is buried in Erquingham Lys in France.
He was 20 years old.
He was my great uncle, the only son of Elizabeth Satchwell and brother of my maternal grandmother.
This is all we know.
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Pte. Charles Shepherd 2/7th Battalion Royal Warwickshire Regiment (d.19 July 1916) Charles Shepherd is remembered on the Loos Memorial.
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Pte. Ernest Richard Smith 2/7th Battalion Royal Warwickshire Regiment (d.18th August 1918) Ernie Smith served with the 2/7th Royal Warwickshire Regiment.
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Pte. James Harte 2/7th Btn. Royal Warwickshire Regiment (d.31st August 1918) Private Harte was the son of Thomas Harte of Sandymount, Templeboy.
He is buried south east of the church in the Kilmacshalgan (St. Mary) Church of Ireland Churchyard, Kilmacshalgan, Co. Sligo, Ireland.
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William Howells MM. 2/7th Btn. Royal Warwickshire Regiment A letter William Howells wrote to his parents in August 1916. This portion was published in the Amman Valley Weekly Chronicle and East Camarthen News on the 25th of August 1916.
The following is a portion of a letter which was sent by Private Willie Howells, attached to the Royal
Warwick Regiment, from Somewhere in France to his parents, who reside at Llwynon, Clarence Road, Landilo.
Referring to Private T. Lewis of Manordello, who was killed in action on July 17th he writes:â€â€
"I dare say that Tommy Lewis' people have got to know that he was killed in action. Poor fellow, If found him
in the line unconscious, and immediately started bandaging him, he had been wounded in the head and
when we had finished bandaging him, I had to take charge of the stretcher on which he was placed.
The German artillery were shelling our communication trench like h. and it was almost certain death to go
down into it. I asked the three chaps who were with me if they would go down, and the appeal I used
was Will you give Tommy a chance of life by taking him down now, or wait till the bombardment dies down?' and they all said, ' We will give him the best possible chance.'
So down we went and we had to pass under terrible shell fire, but eventually reached the aid post,
where I handed Tommy to the doctor's care. When I got outside. I had to cry, the relief was so great.
All the way down I had been worrying over him and wondering over him, whether he would live or die,
so that it was not surprising that I should
find myself in tears.
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Pte. Harold Bates 2nd/7th Btn. Royal Warwickshire Regiment (d.19th July 1916) Harold Bates was my great grandfather, he never returned from the war and his body was never found. His daughter died 81 years later still knowing nothing about her father.
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Pte. George Wood 2/7th Btns Royal Warwickshire Regiment My much loved grandfather, George Wood, served in both the 2/7th Warwicks and the 14th Worcesters. He told me that after the war had finished, they were left in the trenches because there were not enough troop ships to get them home and he spent his days with big lumps of cheese on his bayonet shooting enormous rats and throwing grenades.
He was demobbed in April 1919 and then worked for the Clifford covering Company at Wharfedale Road, Tyseley, Birmingham for the next 46 years, he was given a pound for every year he had worked when he left! He lived to the grand old age of 88 and died in Dudley Road Hospital within yards of the Workhouse he was born in in 1899. Never heard him whinge, only spoke of the war when I asked him and strangely, he loved corned beef until the day he died.
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Pte. Frederick Lewis Bond MID 2/7th Btn. Warwicks Frederick Lewis Bond joined up on 2nd Dec. 1915. He went to France on 22nd May 1916 with 2/7th Royal Warwickshire Regt. He was Mentioned in Dispatches in the Battle of Fresnoy le Petit in April 1917 for courage and devotion to duty.
He received gsw beetween the legs on 17th April 1918 in the Battle of Kemmel or Mount Kemmel. He had time to recover and finished WW1 service south of Valeciennes 11/11/1918.
He was a great chap, my grandad. He was always happy considering what he and many others went through. He lived till he was 86 years old died in 1980.
He went into hospital in Coventry for a minor operation on his leg were they found parts of bullet casings from WW1 when he was wounded. The bullet fragments had been in his leg all that time from 17th April 1918. When they removed the brass bullet casing from his leg he got gangrene in it. He always used to say "I would have got better treatment in a battle field hospital".
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Pte. H Cadden 2nd/7th Btn. Royal Warwickshire Rgt. (d.9th April 1917) I am looking for information about Private Herbert (or Henry) Cadden. Does anyone have any information about him?
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Sgt. John Thomas Gilbert 2/7th Battalion Royal Warwickshire Regiment (d.1st Aug 1916) John Gilbert was born in 1884. He was married in 1910 to Edith Hannah Robinson.
John died from wounds sustained in France & Flanders in the Kitchener Hospital, Brighton in 1916.
He is buried in St Marks Churchyard Bilton Rugby Warwickshire.
He left behind 4 children born 1910, 1912, 1914 and 1916.
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Pte. Frederick George Richard Townley 2/7th Battalion Royal Warwickshire (d.19th July 1916) Frederick Townley was killed at the Battle of Fromelles on July 19th 1916 whilst serving with the 2/7th Royal Warwickshire Regiment. He is commemorated on the 1914-1918 plaque in St Peter’s Church, Hook Norton. During research into his family tree in April 2009 the writer discovered that Frederick, a distant relative, was one of the soldiers of the 2/7th Royal Warwick’s, listed missing from an attack at Fromelles, France on July 19th 1916. He also found that Frederick had no known grave.
The discovery of mass graves at Pheasant Wood in 2008, containing up to 400 bodies from the attack, opened up the possibility that Frederick was among those discovered. Work by the Commonwealth War Graves Commission (CWGC) began in May 2009 to try and identify the remains unearthed using historic records, artefacts found and also DNA evidence from living relatives.
Frederick George Richard Townley was born in Hook Norton on April 11th 1886, the youngest son of William and Charlotte Townley. In 1891, along with siblings John, Eliza, Tom, William and Fanny, he lived at Lower Nill Cottages. In 1893 mother Charlotte died, followed by father William in 1900. This resulted in Frederick and his siblings being dispersed to work in and around the surrounding area. In 1901 aged 14, Frederick was employed as a Ploughboy boarding with James and Martha Hall and family at Lower Nill. By 1911 he was working as an Ironstone digger while lodging with Christopher and Annie Luckett and family in High Street, Hook Norton.
Sometime later Frederick moved to Foleshill, Coventry, where he joined the Royal Warwickshire’s. In March 1916 after training, the Regiment being part of the 61st (South Midland) Division, moved to Salisbury Plain prior to deployment to France. During June he trained in trench warfare before being deployed in the trenches at Fauquissart. Frederick’s regiment, with an Australian Division, was chosen to take part in the attack on the German lines planned for July 19th. The attack went ahead with disastrous results, some 1,547 casualties being recorded for the 61st Division, and 5.533 for the Australian’s. Afterwards the German Infantry began clearing the area and, anxious to avoid disease, arranged hurriedly to bury the dead in large mass graves near Pheasant Wood, here they would lay undisturbed until rediscovered in 2008.
During 2010, the writer assisted the CWGC in the identification process by obtaining a DNA sample from a living relative of Frederick in the hope that this would help ascertain if Frederick was among those remains found. As of July no match has been established but the process is on-going.
In the meantime, all the remains found so far have been laid to rest in graves at a new CWGC Military Cemetery at Fromelles (the first new CWGC cemetery for 50 years). This was opened and dedicated on July 19th 2010, 94 years after the battle took place. Hopefully, Frederick will be eventually identified so that his final resting place can be positively confirmed with an inscribed headstone.
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Pte. Henry Hill 2/7th Btn. Royal Warwickshires I have various items relating to my Dad's service in WW1, including his Pay Book, Lifetime Pension papers, photographs and medals.
I took this 'memorabilia' to the Royal Warwickshire's Museum and the Superintendent there was able to give me some fascinating details about my Dad.
First of all - photographs. One shows him sitting with a group of other soldiers, nearly all with different cap badges. I know that because some of the battalions were decimated, regiments were made up from survivors of other units.
Secondly, Dad has 3 stripes on the lower part of his sleeve. I was told, no it didn't indicate his rank, it indicated that he had been wounded 3 times. Well, the words '3rd time B.E.F' are written in the front of his paybook. The date of his Attestation is written as 18.10.15 (age 18).
His Pension papers show 'Gunshot Wound to the Head' and Neurasthenia. An attempt had been made to delete the latter word!
Two puzzles. 1). Why only 1 payment made - One shilling and fourpence, dated 2.4.1918 in his Pay Book? The Station is Horton Hutments, and 2) it is in regard to a badge found in the same box as his 2 WW1 medals. It has 'On War Service - 1916' and shows 3 cannon. Was he in munitions for a time? His vaccinations show Feb 1916 and TAB 1.3.1918.
I know that Horton Hutments was in Northumberland (Newcastle). He married my mother in 1919 - she came from Newcastle.
Like many other ex-soldiers, D ad never talked about his war experiences. He briefly mentioned 'Wipers' - Ypres - and Amiens, but that is all. (A programme featuring those two battles happened to be being shown on TV at the time). He walked out of the room, clearly upset.
His war record was destroyed along with a lot of others during WW2 bombing. Such a pity.He died on 2.2.1969 aged 72.
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Pte. Leonard Twamley 2/7th Btn. Royal Warwickshire Regiment (d.19th Jul 1916)  Leonard Twamley was a 19 year old lad who joined the 2/7th Royal Warwickshires in November 1915 as a volunteer. He had formerly been a turner at the Singer factory in Coventry. 2/7th was a territorial battalion whose base was Coventry. It became part of the 61st Division which after training in Northampton, Essex and Salisbury Plain left Southampton on 22nd May 1916 for le Harve.
The 2/7th together with a number of other South Midlands battalions were near Laventie in July 1916. On 19th July 1916 he was part of three companies of the 2/7th that went into battle about 6pm and reached the German trenches. Within a couple of hours they retreated and Len was killed together with a large number of others, British and Australian in the Battle of Fromelles.
On 1st September 1916 his mother Drucilla placed an appeal in the Coventry Herald for information as he was missing in action at the time. In 1917 He was officially assumed to have been killed in action. Len's total service in the army was 245 days. He has no known grave and is commemorated on the Loos memorial. He is also commemorated, together with his brother George on his mother's grave in London Road Cemetery, Coventry. George was killed in Belgium in July 1917.
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