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First World War (1914-1918)

Davison, Ralph, 1894-1915

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  • Person
  • 1894-1915

Davison, Ralph, fourth son of George Henry Davison, of Bloomsbury, by Edith, daughter of Edmund Richardson, of London; b. Nov. 4, 1894; adm. from Univ. Coll. School Jan. 16, 1908 (R); left July 1912; entered an engineer's office; 2nd Lieut. 3rd Batt. Northamptonshire Regt. Jan. 10, 1914; was attached to the 1st Batt. and went out to the western front in Aug. 1914; was wounded at the first battle of Ypres, in Nov. 1914; returned to the front in March 1915; Lieut. March 1915; killed in action at Aubers Ridge, France, May 9, 1915; unm.

Dawson, Thomas Reginald, 1895-1915

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  • 1895-1915

Dawson, Thomas Reginald, only son of Charles Reginald Dawson, of Beckenham, Kent, by Eleanor Hannah, youngest daughter of William Spencer Mitchell, of Cambridge; b. Dec. 23, 1895; adm. as K.S. Sept. 23, 1909; elected to an exhibition at Ch. Ch. Oxon. July 1914; 2nd Lieut. 19th Batt. London Regt. Oct. 3, 1914; went out to the western front June 17, 1915; d. Feb. 4, 1916, at the Empire Hospital, Vincent Square, Westminster, from wounds received in action at Loos Sept. 25, 1915; unm.

Day, Herbert, 1881-1916

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  • 1881-1916

Day, Herbert, brother of Harold Benjamin Day (q.v.); b. Nov. 14, 1881; adm. as exhibitioner Sept. 27, 1894 (A); elected to an exhibition at Ch. Ch. Oxon. (with Triplett) 1900; matric. Michaelmas 1900; B.A. 1905; entered the scholastic profession; enlisted in the Buffs (East Kent Regt.) on the outbreak of Great War I: 2nd Lieut. 11th (Reserve) Batt. the Loyal North Lancs Regt. March 10, 1915; went out to the western front June 1916, and was attached to the 8th Batt. of his Regt.; killed in action at La Boiselle, on the Somme, July 10, 1916; unm.

Day, Maurice, 1891-1915

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  • Person
  • 1891-1915

Day, Maurice, brother of Harold Benjamin Day (q.v.); b. Dec. 21, 1891; adm. Sept. 27, 1906 (A); left July 1909; was articled to an architect, and was just out of his articles when Great War I began; enlisted in the 28th Batt. London Regt. (Artists' Rifles) and went out to the western front in the autumn of 1914; 2nd Lieut. 2nd Batt. Princess Charlotte of Wales's (Royal Berkshire) Regt. March 20, 1915; killed in action in France May 9, 1915; unm.

Dickson, Sigurd Ayton, 1883-1921

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  • Person
  • 1883-1921

Dickson, Sigurd Ayton, youngest son of Sir John Frederick Dickson (q.v.); b. July 16, 1883; adm. May 6, 1897 (G); left July 1902; a District Commissioner in West Africa, and subsequently in South Africa; became a rubber-planter in the Federated Malay States; returned home on account of Great War I; 2nd Lieut. R. F. A. (Spec. Res.) Nov. 20, 1915; went out to the western front and was attached to 2nd Brigade; killed in action near Ypres Feb. 1, 1917; unm.

Dodds, Robert William Lee, 1894-1915

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  • Person
  • 1894-1915

Dodds, Robert William Lee, only son of Robert Carr Dodds, of Kingston Hill, Surrey, solicitor, by Constance Lena Tolderoy, daughter of William Hans Lee, of Hythe, Kent; b. April 29, 1894; adm. Sept. 27, 1906 (A); left Easter 1911; a clerk to a firm of brokers on the London Stock Exchange; joined the Inns of Court O. T. C. on the outbreak of Great War I; 2nd Lieut. 13th (Service) Batt. Northumberland Fusiliers Sept. 19, 1914; Lieut. Jan. 26, 1915; went out to the western front with his batt. as senior subaltern Sept. 9, 1915; killed in action at Hill 70, near Loos, Sept. 25, 1915.

Dodgshon, John Hampson, 1891-1916

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  • Person
  • 1891-1916

Dodgshon, John Hampson, son of Edmund Dodgshon, of Manchester, by Rose, daughter of Charles Bill, of London; b. July 29, 1891; adm. May 4, 1905 (H); migrated up Rigaud's; left Easter 1908; joined the H. A. C. in July 1913, and served in Flanders and France from Sept. 18, 1914; was invalided home in Feb. 1915, and on his recovery was appointed 2nd Lieut. in the Surrey Yeomanry, March 4, 1915; went to Egypt Oct. 4, 1915, and was at the Dardanelles for six months as Asst. Military Landing Officer; Lieut. in the Royal Flying Corps Aug. 24, 1916, and appointed Instructor at the Royal Central Flying School, Upavon, Pewsey, Wilts, Sept. 7, 1916; killed in an aeroplane accident at the Bournemouth Aerodrome whilst acting as observer Oct. 1, 1916; unm.

Le Doux-Veitch, Dallas Gerard, 1897-1916

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  • Person
  • 1897-1916

Le Doux-Veitch, Dallas Gerard, only son of Carl Richard G. le Doux, of East Molesey, Surrey, and stepson of John Gould Veitch (q.v.); b. Jan. 31, 1897; adm. Sept. 22, 1910 (G); left Dec. 1914; assumed the additional surname of Veitch; 2nd Lieut. 3rd Batt. Royal Su sex Regt. April 1915, attached 7th Batt.; went out to the western front June 28, 1916; killed in action at Pozieres, France, Aug. 4, 1916.

Drake-Brockman, Paris Villiers, 1899-1918

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  • 1899-1918

Drake-Brockman, Paris Villiers, son of Paris Frederick Drake-Brockman, of Folkestone, Kent, barrister-at-law, by Isabel Alice, daughter of Robert Fitzroy Villiers; b. March 7, 1899; adm. Sept. 26, 1912 (R); Sergt. 28th Batt. London Regt. (Artists' Rifles); R. M.C. Sandhurst; 2nd Lieut. 1st Batt. the Buffs Sept. 1917; went out to the western front April 1918; killed in action at Dickebusch July 19, 1918.

Drought, George Thomas Acton, 1880-1915

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  • 1880-1915

Drought, George Thomas Acton, only son of the Rev. George Meares Drought, Incumbent of St. Matthew Newtown, Mount Kennedy, co. Wicklow, by Beatrice, daughter of James Scott Robertson, C. B.; b. Aug. 2, 1880; adm. Sept. 28, 1893 (H); left July 1894, and went to Dulwich Coll.; 2nd Lieut. R. F. A. Nov. 22, 1899; Lieut. Feb. 16, 1901; Adjutant Nov. 23, 1904 -June 17, 1908; Capt. May 19, 1906; Major Oct. 30, 1914; served in the South African War 1900-2, and in Great War I; m.; d. June 14, 1915, of wounds received in action in France May 17, 1915.

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