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People & Organisations
First World War (1914-1918)

Paul, George Constantine, 1896-1915

  • GB-2014-WSA-13580
  • Person
  • 1896-1915

Paul, George Constantine, son of Paul Paul, R.B.A., of Chiswick, by Marion, daughter of W. Archer, of Kettering, Northants; b. Dec. 6, 1896; adm. Sept. 22, 1910 (A); left July 1914; enĀ­listed in the wth Batt. (T.F.) Liverpool Regt. June 1915; killed in action at Ypres, Flanders, Oct. 17, 1915.

Parker, Edmund, 1893-1915

  • GB-2014-WSA-13472
  • Person
  • 1893-1915

Parker, Edmund, fifth son of Thomas Parker, of Balderton Hall, Myddle, Salop, by Margaret Ann, daughter of Thomas R. Parry, of Wrexham, co. Denbigh; b. Feb. 17, 1893; adm. Sept. 26, 1907 (R); left July 1910; L/Cpl. 5th Batt. the London Rifle Brigade; went out to the western front Nov. 1914; killed in action near Ypres, Flanders, May 13, 1915; unm.

Orriss, Walter Gerald, 1889-1918

  • GB-2014-WSA-13268
  • Person
  • 1889-1918

Orriss, Walter Gerald, only son of Walter Felix Orriss, of St. Johns Wood, by Amelia, daughter of Joseph Powell, of Liverpool; b. March 19, 1889; adm. Jan. 14, 1904 (H); left July 1905; Lieut. 5th (Res.) Batt. Grenadier Guards July 15, 1915; served in France in 3rd Batt., where he was twice wounded; went out for the third time March 8, 1918; d. in hospital at Doullens March 29, 1918, of wounds received at Arras the previous day; unm.

O'Flynn, D'Arcy Algernon Cuthbert Dillon, 1885-1916

  • GB-2014-WSA-13185
  • Person
  • 1885-1916

O'Flynn, D'Arcy Algernon Cuthbert Dillon, brother of Albert John Gladstone Dillon O'Flynn (q.v.); b. Nov. 12, 1885; adm. Sept. 28, 1899 (A); left July 1902; went to Canada Dec. 1906, and became a farmer; enlisted in 47th Batt. Canadian Infantry May 1915; Sgt. Dec. 1915; went out to the western front July 1916; d. Nov. 11, 1916, of wounds received in action the previous day at Courcellette, Somme, France; unrn.

Nowell, Wilfrid James, 1896-1917

  • GB-2014-WSA-13123
  • Person
  • 1896-1917

Nowell, Wilfrid James, only son of Arthur Trevethin Nowell, of Kensington, by Lucy Helen, daughter of James Daniel, of Biggleswade, Beds; b. Oct. 28, 1896; adm. April 28, 1910 (G); left Dec. 1912; enlisted in the Artists' Rifles Sept. 10, 1914; 2nd Lieut. R.F.A. (Spec. Res.) July 1, 1915; went out to Egypt Nov. 1915, was transferred to the western front March 1916; killed in action at Arras, France, April 9, 1917; unm.

Noble, Archibald Francis, 1886-1916

  • GB-2014-WSA-13065
  • Person
  • 1886-1916

Noble, Archibald Francis, only son of Joseph Horace Noble, of Ham, Surrey, solicitor, by Sarah, daughter of Thomas Sturgess, of Penshurst Park, Kent; b. July 4, 1886; adm. Sept. 22, 1898 (G); left July 1904; adm. a solicitor Oct. 1908, firm, Bayley, Adams, Hawker, and Noble, Tower Bridge Road, Bermondsey; 2nd Lieut. 10th (Serv.) Batt. Cheshire Regt. Sept. 12, 1914; Adjt. Sept. 28, 1914; temp. Capt. Dec. 9, 1914; went out to the western front Sept. 1915; mentioned in despatches; killed in action at Vimy Ridge, in France, May 21, 1916: unm.

Ness, Gordon Stuart, 1886-1914

  • GB-2014-WSA-12926
  • Person
  • 1886-1914

Ness, Gordon Stuart, youngest son of Patrick Ness, of Braco Castle, Perthshire, by Charlotte Jane Wells, daughter of Stephen Powell; b. Nov. 14, 1886; adm. Sept. 27, 1900 (G); left July 1902; Clare Coll. Camb., matric. Michaelmas 1904; 2nd Lieut. 4th (Volunteer) Batt. the Black Watch May 28, 1904, 3rd Batt. Royal Scots Fusiliers April 7, 1906; Lieut. Dec. 9, 1909; attached 1st Batt.; went out to the western front Sept. 11, 1914; m. Gladys, daughter of C. E. Gwynne Harrison; killed in action at Ypres, Flanders, Nov. 10, 1914.

Nelson, William Horace Vere, 1895-1916

  • GB-2014-WSA-12919
  • Person
  • 1895-1916

Nelson, William Horace Vere, only son of Percy William Nelson, of Mayfair, by Gertrude, daughter of Charles James Bennett, of Blackheath Park, Kent; b. Nov. 11, 1895; adm. as K.S. Sept. 23, 1909; left (with Triplett) July 1914; 2nd Lieut. 11th Batt. Sherwood Foresters Sept. 14, 1914; Lieut. July 28, 1915, attached 11th Batt.; went out to the western front in Nov. 1915; was twice wounded; d. July 8, 1916, of wounds received in action at Fricourt, Somme.

Neill, Rolf Mayne, 1898-1917

  • GB-2014-WSA-12914
  • Person
  • 1898-1917

Neill, Rolf Mayne, only son of Harold Neill, of Kensington, by Louisa Buchanan, daughter of John P. S. Holton, of Southampton; b. Feb. 7, 1898; adm. Sept. 28, 1911 (A); left April 1916; 2nd Lieut. 3rd Batt. Scots Fusiliers Feb. 24, 1915, attached M.G.C. Dec. 23, 1915; Lieut. March 17, 1916; 2nd Lieut. R.F.C. (Spec. Res) June 3, 1916; Flying Officer Aug. 23, 1916; joined a Sopwith Squadron on the western front Sept. 1916; invalided home Nov. 1916; rejoined his squadron in March 1917; killed in action near Messines June 3, 1917.

Myers, Wilfrid Hermann, 1884-1916

  • GB-2014-WSA-12828
  • Person
  • 1884-1916

Myers, Wilfrid Hermann, brother of Gilbert Percival Louis Myers (q.v.); b. May 23, 1884; adm. as (non-resident) Q.S. Jan. 21, 1897 (R); left July 1900; R.M.A. Woolwich 1900; 2nd Lieut. R.A. Dec. 21, 1901; Lieut. Nov. 23, 1904; retired 1907; a journalist on the staffs of the Standard and the Globe newspapers; rejoined as Lieut. 12th (Serv.) Batt. the King's (Liverpool) Regt. Oct. 1, 1914; Capt. Dec. 30, 1914; invalided Feb. 1916 on account of wounds received on active service; d. at Millbank Military Hospital from the effects of his wounds April 10, 1916.

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