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First World War (1914-1918)

Graham, Eric Clive, 1894-1917

  • GB-2014-WSA-08100
  • Person
  • 1894-1917

Graham, Eric Clive, youngest son of Lionel Henry Graham, of New York City, U. S. A., by Hilda Adeline, daughter of Louisa Whitaker, of Blackheath, Kent; b. June 28, 1894; adm. Sept. 23, 1909 (A); left July 1913; went to Ingleden Park, Kent, to learn agriculture with a view to farming in Canada; enlisted in the Public Schools Batt. of the Royal Fusiliers in Aug. 1914; 2nd Lieut. 3rd Batt. (Reserve) the Manchester Regt. May 26, 1915; left England Feb. 17, 1916, and joined the 1st Batt. of his regiment at Busreh, on the Tigris, March 24; was invalided to Bombay in June, but returned to Busreh Oct. 12, 1916; killed in action at Kut-elĀ­Amara, Mesopotamia, Jan. 9, 1917; unm.

Gow, Charles Humphry, 1891-1916

  • GB-2014-WSA-08074
  • Person
  • 1891-1916

Gow, Charles Humphry, only son of the Rev. Henry Gow, of Hampstead, Unitarian Minister, by Edith, daughter of Dr. Charles Beard, of Liverpool; b. May 26, 1891; adm. May 4, 1905 (R); left July 1908; Emann. Coll. Camb., matric. Michaelmas 1909; B.A. 1912; a student at St. Bartholomew's Hospital 1912-5; Surgeon Probationer R. N. V. R. Aug. 8, 1914; served for eight months on the destroyer H. M. S. Laforey; returned to the Hospital and qualified as M.R.C.S. (Eng.) and L.R.C.P. (Lond.) 1915; joined the R. N. D. as temp. Surgeon July 19, 1915, and served in the Gallipoli Peninsula, at Salonika, and for the last eight months of his life on the western front; killed while attending to the wounded near Beaucourt-sur-Ancre Nov. 13, 1916; unm.

Gordon, Archibald, 1897-1918

  • GB-2014-WSA-07996
  • Person
  • 1897-1918

Gordon, Archibald, younger son of William Edward Gordon, of Chelsea, barrister-at-law, by Bertha, daughter of George Bridges Moore (q.v.); b. May 11, 1897; adm. as K.S. Sept. 28, 1911; left April 1916; an asst. master at Temple Grove School, Eastbourne; Sub-Lieut. R. N. V. R. Dec. 16, 1916; Observer Sub-Lieut. R. N. March 16, 1917; left England for naval air service in Italy in June 1917; drowned in the Mediterranean while on active service patrol Jan. 7, 1918; unm.

Gordon, Alexander John Maxwell, 1894-1917

  • GB-2014-WSA-07995
  • Person
  • 1894-1917

Gordon, Alexander John Maxwell, younger brother of Richard Edward Clifton Gordon (q.v.); b. Nov. 4. 1894; adm. Sept. 26, 1907 (R); left July 1913; Pembroke Coll. Camb., matric. Michaelmas 1914; 2nd Lieut. 16th (Co. of London) Batt. the London Regt. (Queen's Westminster Rifles) Nov. 16, 1914; Lieut. Sept. 13, 1916, Capt. Nov. 14, 1916; went out to the western front in Sept. 1917; killed in action at Moeuvres Nov. 27, 1917; unm.

Goodman, Gilbert Anthony, 1895-1918

  • GB-2014-WSA-07975
  • Person
  • 1895-1918

Goodman, Gilbert Anthony, only son of Alfred William Goodman, of Belvedere, Kent, barrister-at-law, by Penelope Mary, daughter of Edwin Alfred Everett, of Erith, Kent; b. July 5, 1895; adm. April 29, 1909 (A); left July 1913; London Univ., matric. Sept. 1913; enlisted in the Universities and Public Schools Batt., but subsequently exchanged into the Inns of Court O. T. C.; 2nd Lieut. 10th (Service) Batt. the Loyal North Lancs Regt. Dec. 24, 1914; went out to the western front May 11, 1916; was mistaken for another officer of the same name and reported by the War Office April 11, 1917, as killed; seriously wounded in the thigh while leading his men in an unsuccessful assault on Greenland Hill April 29, and was invalided home; joined the Air Force on his recovery in the autumn of 1917, and was gazetted to a permanent lieutenancy in the army July 12, 1918, with seniority from Sept. 1915; having received his wings as a pilot he was ordered to the Italian front Sept. 11, 1918; killed while fighting two Austrian machines over an aerodrome at Pianzana, North Italy, before the rest of his patrol could get to his assistance, Oct. 28, 1918; unm.

Gonne, Michael Edward, 1898-1918

  • GB-2014-WSA-07931
  • Person
  • 1898-1918

Gonne, Michael Edward, younger son of Henry Gonne, of Ringwood, Rants, barrister-at-law, by Grace Staveley, daughter of Henry Marsden, of Bombay; b. Oct. 23, 1898; adm. Jan. 18, 1912 (H); left Easter 1914; R. M.C. Sandhurst May - Oct. 1916; 2nd Lieut. 3rd Batt. Royal Fusiliers (City of London Regt.) Oct. 27, 1916; was at once attached to the R. F. C. and in March 1917 went to Egypt and thence to France in June following; Acting Flight-Cdr. Jan. 9, 1918; M.C. Feb. 1, 1918; injured while testing a machine in Feb. 1918, and was invalided to England, where, on resuming duty, he acted as gunnery instructor; rejoined his old squadron on the western front Aug. 7, 1918, and on the following day volunteered for the flight from which he never returned; was last seen Aug. 8, 1918, at the height of 2000 feet over the Somme crossings at Brie, and is said to have died in the German Field Hospital at Villers-Carbonnel; unm.

Gilmour, Archibald Keltie, 1892-1916

  • GB-2014-WSA-07826
  • Person
  • 1892-1916

Gilmour, Archibald Keltie, eldest son of Thomas Lennox Gilmour, of Hampstead, barristerĀ­ at-law, by Elizabeth Hervey, daughter of John Scott Keltie, LL. D., secretary of the Royal Geographical Society; b. July 21, 1892; adm. Jan. 18, 1906 (G); left July 1911; Balliol Coll. Oxon., matric. Michaelmas 1911; adm. to the Middle Temple April 1913; enlisted in the London Scottish Aug. 1914; 2nd Lieut. 7th (Service) Batt. the King's Own Scottish Borderers Sept. 19, 1914; Lieut. Feb. 1, 1915; went out to the western front in. June 1915; was wounded at Loos and invalided home; Capt. Sept. 27, 1915; returned to the front April 22, 1916; killed in the trenches between Fricourt and Bicourt, near Albert, Aug. 15, 1916; unm.

Gifford, John Daniel, 1872-1917

  • GB-2014-WSA-07794
  • Person
  • 1872-1917

Gifford, John Daniel, third son of Robert Gifford, of Estancia, Biachuelo, Colonia, Uruguay, by Annie, eldest daughter of the Rev. Evan Eugene Hughes, Rector of Llanddeiniolen, Carnarvonshire; b. March 10, 1872; adm. April 1884 (A); left July 1890; returned home after fourteen years in Argentina; enlisted in the 25th (Service) Batt. the Royal Fusiliers (City of London Regt.) July 24, 1915; d. at Retford, Notts, while on active service July 8, 1917; unm.

Gee, Geoffrey Richard Dudley, 1896-1917

  • GB-2014-WSA-07735
  • Person
  • 1896-1917

Gee, Geoffrey Richard Dudley, son of Raymond Gee, of Geraldton, Western Australia, resident magistrate, by Annie Alderson, of Summergangs, Pinjarrah, Western Australia; b. Sept. 17, 1896; adm. Sept. 23, 1909 (A); exhibitioner 1910; K.S. 1911; Mure Scholar 1913; elected to Ch. Ch. Oxon. July 1915; 2nd Lieut. 3rd Batt. the Royal Sussex Regt. July 31, 1915; went out to the western front in Aug. 1916; was transferred to the R. F. C. in Jan. 1917 as observer; went up in his aeroplane near Ypres. June 4, 1917, and was never seen again; unm.

Geare, William Duncan, 1890-1917

  • GB-2014-WSA-07728
  • Person
  • 1890-1917

Geare, William Duncan, brother of Henry Leslie Geare (q.v.); b. Nov. 28, 1890; adm. Sept. 22, 1904 (H); left July 1909; Queens' Coll. Camb., matric. Michaelmas 1909; B.A. 1912; M.A. 1916; Leeds Clergy School 1913, ord. 1913; Curate of St. Margaret, Ilkley, Yorks, 1913; temp. Chaplain to the Forces May 1, 1916; went out to the western front, being attached to the 7th and 9th Batts. of the King's (Liverpool) Regt., in Sept. 1916; killed while ministering to the wounded on the battlefield near Ypres July 31, 1917; unm.

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