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People & Organisations
First World War (1914-1918)

Marks, Philip Moses, 1890-1915

  • GB-2014-WSA-11826
  • Person
  • 1890-1915

Marks, Philip Moses, brother of Julian David Marks (q.v.); b. April 6, 1890; adm. Sept. 25, 1902 (A); left Easter 1905; enlisted in 17th (Empire) Batt. Royal Fusiliers Aug. 10, 1914; 2nd Lieut. 5th Batt. (Res.) Middlesex Regt. March 25, 1915, attached 4th Batt.; went out to the western front June 1915; m. 191 1 Cynthia Dow White, daughter of Janet Ridsdale, of Kingsdown, Kent; killed in action at Hooge in Flanders Sept. 29, 1915.

Mathews, Walter Vivanti Dewar, 1878-1914

  • GB-2014-WSA-11986
  • Person
  • 1878-1914

Mathews, Walter Vivanti Dewar, son of E. Dewar Mathews, of Wandsworth, Surrey; b. March 27, 1878; adm. Sept. 25, 1890 (G); left . July 1894 2nd Lieut. R.A. June 23, 1898; Lieut. Feb. 16, 1901; Capt. Jan. 23, 1904; Major Oct. 30, 1914; served in South Africa 1899- 1901 and in Great War I; d. 9 Dec. 1914.

May, Thomas George, 1891-1917

  • GB-2014-WSA-12064
  • Person
  • 1891-1917

May, Thomas George, fourth son of Henry May, of Thorpe, Surrey, by Emma, daughter of Robert Langdon, of Dulwich, Surrey; b. April 19, 1891; adm. May 4, 1906 (H); migrated up Rigaud's; left July 1909; a tea and rubber planter in Ceylon; enlisted in the Ceylon contingent Sept. 1914; served in Egypt and Gallipoli; went to France 1916, returned to England and was appointed temp. 2nd Lieut. M. G. C. Oct. 25, 1916; went out again to France Feb. 1, 1917; killed in action near Ypres, Flanders, Aug. 6, 1917; unm.

McCulloch, John Wyndham Hamilton, 1894-1915

  • GB-2014-WSA-12108
  • Person
  • 1894-1915

McCulloch, John Wyndham Hamilton, only son of John Exley McCulloch, of Paddington; b. Dec. 4, 1894; adm. Sept. 23, 1909 (A); left July 1913; 2nd Lieut. 8th (Service) Batt. Border Regt. Nov. 4, 1914; Lieut. Feb. 27, 1915; temp. Capt.; d. Oct. 21, 1915, at Bailleul, of wounds received in action in Flanders the previous day.

Meeson, Edward Hickman Tucker, 1877-1916

  • GB-2014-WSA-12162
  • Person
  • 1877-1916

Meeson, Edward Hickman Tucker, only son of Frederick Meeson, of Eastbourne, by his first wife, Emily, daughter of Frederic Andrews, of Binsted, Rants; b. Dec. 20, 1877; adm. April 24, 1890 (R); left April 1891; Asst. Eng. R.N. July 1, 1900; Eng.-Lieut. June 1, 1904; Eng.-Lieut.-Com. June 1, 1912; Eng.-Com. May 28, 1915; present at the action in the Heligo­land Bight Aug. 28, 1914; D.S.O. Jan. 1, 1915; m. Dec. 28, 1908 Gladys May, elder daughter of George Robert Gordon Joy, of Kingston Hill, Surrey; killed in action at the battle of Horn Reef, off Jutland, May 31, 1916.

Miles, Alfred Crosfield Vernor, 1894-1915

  • GB-2014-WSA-12279
  • Person
  • 1894-1915

Miles, Alfred Crosfield Vernor, brother of Cyril Vernor Miles (q.v.); b. Aug. 31, 1894; adm. Sept. 24, 1908 (G); K.S. (non-resident) 1909; left July 1913; articled to his father Sept. 1913; enlisted in 1st Batt. Artists' Rifles Aug. 1914; 2nd Lieut. 2nd Batt. Welsh Regt. April 23, 1915; went out to the western front Oct. 1914; killed while acting as Brigade Wiring Officer, near Vermelles, in France, Aug. 24, 1915; unm.

Miles, Cyril Vernor, 1892-1915

  • GB-2014-WSA-12280
  • Person
  • 1892-1915

Miles, Cyril Vernor, second son of Edward Vernor Miles, of Hampstead, solicitor, by Gertrude, daughter of Alfred Crosfield, of Liverpool; b. Aug. 5, 1892; adm. Sept. 28, 1905 (G); left July 1911; Pembroke Coll. Camb., matric. 1911; 2nd Lieut. 3rd Batt. (Res.) South Wales Borderers Aug. 15, 1914; attached Welsh Regt. Feb. 15, 1915; Capt. July 29, 1915; went out to the western front March 1915; killed in action at Hulloch, near Loos, Sept. 26, 1915; unm.

Moon, Leonard James, 1878-1916

  • GB-2014-WSA-12475
  • Person
  • 1878-1916

Moon, Leonard James, brother of William Robert Moon (q.v.); b. Feb. 9, 1878; adm. May 8, 1891 (G); left July 1896; Pembroke Coll. Camb., matric. Michaelmas 1896; B.A. 1900; M.A. 1912; played football (assoc.) for Cambridge 1898-1900, and cricket 1899 and 1900; played cricket for Middlesex 1899 and 1900, and for England v. S. Africa 1905; Head Master of Wellesley House School, Broadstairs, Kent; enlisted in the Inns of Court O.T.C.; 2nd Lieut. 10th (Serv.) Batt. Devon Regt. Feb. 10, 1915; served in France; d. Nov. 23, 1916, of wounds received at Salonika, Greece.

Morgan, Albert Ernest, 1889-1915

  • GB-2014-WSA-12569
  • Person
  • 1889-1915

Morgan, Albert Ernest, only son of Albert Charles Frederick Morgan, of Bayswater; b. May 24, 1889; adm. Sept. 25, 1902 (G); left July 1905; 2nd Lieut. 6th Batt. (Spec. Res). Royal Fusiliers May 22, 1911; Lieut. June 29, 1913; Flying Officer R.F.C. Sept. 12, 1914; asst. instructor at Upavon, Royal Flying School; went out to the western front Dec. 30, 1914; killed near Neuve Chapelle, France, in an aeroplane brought down by shell-fire March 10, 1915.

Morrall, Edgar Percy Basil, 1884-1917

  • GB-2014-WSA-12616
  • Person
  • 1884-1917

Morrall, Edgar Percy Basil, only son of Lieut.-Col. Abel Edgar Morrall, South Wales Borderers, by Annie, only daughter of George Townsend; b. Aug. 9, 1884; adm. April 23, 1896 (A); left July 1897; Lieut. Border Regt. Oct. 14, 1914; Capt. 9th Serv. Batt. (Pioneers) Feb. 23, 1915; acting Major; went out to the western front in 1915, thence to Serbia; invalided from Salonika and returned to England Aug. 1916, went out again to the western front early in 1917; m. Rose Ethel, daughter of John Macdonough, M. D., of Killarney, Ireland; killed in action near Arras, France, July 28, 1917.

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