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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-el­Amara, Mesopotamia, Jan. 9, 1917; unm.

Gregory, John Sheridan, 1889-1918

  • GB-2014-WSA-08241
  • Person
  • 1889-1918

Gregory, John Sheridan, younger son of Gregory Marcar Gregory, of West Kensington, by Edith Laura, second daughter of. John Sheridan, of Earl's Court; b. Sept. 15, 1889; adm. Sept. 25, 1902 (A); left July 1907; Trin. Coll. Camb., matric. Michaelmas 1908; B.A. and LL. B. 1911; adm. to the Middle Temple Nov. 1913; 2nd Lieut. A. S. C. (Spec. Res.) Aug. 15, 1914, and went out to France three days later; Supply Officer to the 9th Cavalry Brigade April 13, 1915 - Aug. 24, 1917; temp. Lieut. Aug. 1, 1915; Lieut. Feb. 23, 1916; temp. Capt. June 25, 1916, attached to R. F. C. and returned to England in Aug. 1917; returned to France as a qualified Observer Oct. 16, 1917; joined No. 16 Squadron R. F. C. Oct. 18, transferred to No. 35 Squadron Nov. 20; Capt. Nov. 29, 1917; killed in action, being shot down in an encounter with a German machine between Lempire and Epehy, Feb. 19, 1918; unm.

Griffin, Douglas Morley, 1889-1916

  • GB-2014-WSA-08274
  • Person
  • 1889-1916

Griffin, Douglas Morley, only son of Professor William Hall Griffin, of Hampstead, by Emily, daughter of John Cripps, of Liverpool; b. Aug. 1, 1889; adm. as K.S. Sept. 24, 1903; left Dec. 1907; went into an architect's office at Liverpool; M.R.I.B.A. 1910; A.R.I.B.A. 1914; enlisted in Sept. 1914; 2nd Lieut. 17th (Service) Batt. the King's (Liverpool) Regt. Nov. 3, 1914; went out to the western front Nov. 1915; d. July 16, 1916, at Abbeville, of wounds received in action on the Somme July 9, 1916; unm.

Gundry, Horace Montague, 1885-1916

  • GB-2014-WSA-08361
  • Person
  • 1885-1916

Gundry, Horace Montague, son of Horace Gundry, of Paddington, by Marion Jane, daughter of George Barker, of Hyde Park; b. Aug. 31, 1885; adm. Sept. 22, 1898 (H); left July 1901; entered an architect's office, and in 1908 emigrated to Canada; enlisted in the 7th Canadian Batt. early in 1915; killed in action Sept. 26, 1916; unm.

Hadden, Archibald Robert, 1889-1918

  • GB-2014-WSA-08414
  • Person
  • 1889-1918

Hadden, Archibald Robert, elder son of the Rev. Robert Henry Hadden, Vicar of St. Mark, North Audley Street, London, Chaplain in Ordinary to Queen Victoria and Hon. Chaplain to Edward VII, by Eva Prudence, second daughter of John Carbery Evans, of Hatley Park, Cambs; b. Oct. 22, 1889; adm. Sept. 25, 1902 (A); left July 1907; Ch. Ch. Oxford, matric. Michaelmas 1907; 2nd Lieut. 9th Batt. London Regt. (Queen Victoria's Rifles) 1909; Lieut. March 27, 1911; Capt. Sept. 23, 1914; served on the staff of the 3rd London Infantry Brigade under Gen. Monck Aug. 1914 - Jan. 1917; went out lo the western front in Jan. 1917, where he joined his regiment; m. May 6, 1915, Evelyn Forster, only daughter of Edwin Thomas Morse Tunnicliffe, M.R.C.S., of North Finchley, Middlesex; killed in action at Hangard Wood. April 25, 1918.

Hadden, Eustace Walter Russell, 1891-1916

  • GB-2014-WSA-08415
  • Person
  • 1891-1916

Hadden, Eustace Walter Russell, brother of Archibald Robert Hadden (q.v.); b. Jan. 20, 1891; adm. Sept. 24, 1903 (A); left July 1908; Ch. Ch. Oxon., matric. Michaelmas 1908; called to the bar at the Inner Temple Nov. 18, 1912; held a legal appointment under the Siamese Government 1913-4; returned to England in June 1914; 2nd Lieut. 4th (Terr.) Batt. Oxford and Bucks L. I. Sept. 1911; Lieut. Jan. 1, 1912; Capt. Sept. 2, 1914; went out to the western front in March 1915; temp. Major April 15, 1916; was in temporary command of his Batt. during the last six weeks of his life; d. June 11, 1916, at Abbeville; unm.

Hallward, Basil Murray, 1891-1918

  • GB-2014-WSA-08514
  • Person
  • 1891-1918

Hallward, Basil Murray, only son of William Lambard Hallward, of Kensington, by Grace, daughter of William Murray, of Dereham, Norfolk; b. Nov. 17, 1891; adm. Sept. 27, 1906 (H); left Easter 1911; was engaged in the study of music at the outbreak of Great War I; 2nd Lieut. 10th (Service) Batt. Royal Warwickshire Regt. Sept. 14, 1914; Lieut. Feb. 12, 1915, R. F. A. Sept. 9, 1915; went out to the western front in Dec. 1915; killed in action near Arras April 10, 1918.

Hamilton-Johnston, Douglas Charles, 1889-1916

  • GB-2014-WSA-08558
  • Person
  • 1889-1916

Hamilton-Johnston, Douglas Charles, eldest son of Augustus Hamilton:Johnston, of Chelsea, by Bessie, daughter of Major-Gen. Patrick Robertson-Ross, C. B., of Glenmoidart, Inverness-shire; b. May 20, 1889; adm. from Charterhouse Sept. 22, 1904 (G); left July 1906; matric. at London Univ. and afterwards went to Frankfurt; R. M.C. Sandhurst 1908; 2nd Lieut. 2nd Batt. the Black Watch (the Royal Highlanders) Feb. 24, 1909; Lieut. Feb. 14, 1912; Capt. Feb. 25, 1915; temp. Major Jan. 7, 1916; arrived with his batt. from India at the western front in Oct. 1914; wounded in Dec. 1914, and again in May 1915; was invalided home after the second casualty; returned to the western front in Nov. following, and at the end of the month went with his batt. to Mesopotamia; mentioned in despatches L. G. Dec. 1, 1916; killed in action at El Shaad, Mesopotamia, while leading his batt. against the Turks Jan. 21, 1916; unm.

Hanmer, Lambert Alfred Graham, 1868-1918

  • GB-2014-WSA-08604
  • Person
  • 1868-1918

HANMER, LAMBERT ALFRED GRAHAM, elder son of Rear-Adm. John Graham Job Hanmer, Royal Navy, Bury St. Edmunds, Suffolk, and Mary Caroline, dau. of Rev. John Cobbold Aldrich, Incumbent of St. Lawrence, Ipswich; b. 21 Oct 1868; adm. 4 Apr 1882 (G); left Dec 1885; RMA Sandhurst Dec 1887; 2nd Lieut., West Riding Regt., 23 Mar 1889; Lieut., Indian Staff Corps 29 Oct 1890; Squadron Officer and Adjutant, 1st Punjab Cavalry 29 Oct 1894; Capt., 23 Mar 1900; ADC to Lieut. -Gov., Punjab 5 Jan 1900 – 16 Oct 1901; Squadron-Commander, 21st Prince Albert Victor’s Own Cavalry 6 Apr 1905; Maj., 23 Mar 1907; Lieut. -Col., 23 Mar 1915; DSO 7 Feb 1918; served in Waziristan expedition 1894-5, on North-West Frontier 1897-8 and in First World War; m. 17 Dec 1901 Ethel Elizabeth, youngest dau. of Col. Thomas Heaton Lovett, Belmont, Shropshire; d. 29 Apr 1918, of wounds received in action.

Harrison, Francis lnglehy, 1883-1918

  • GB-2014-WSA-08779
  • Person
  • 1883-1918

Harrison, Francis lnglehy, son of the Rev. JohnJames Harrison, R. N., of Highgate, Chaplain and Naval Instructor, by Louisa Edith, daughter of the Rev. Frederick William Darwall, Vicar of Sholden, Kent; b. April 27, 1883; adm. as Q.S. Sept. 30, 1897; elected to an exhibition at Ch. Ch. Oxon. July 1902; matric. Michaelmas 1902; left the Univ. in 1904 to read for the Civil Service; went to Ceylon, where he was engaged as a tea planter, and subsequently to the Malay States, where he managed a rubber property; returned to England in 1915 and joined the O. T. C.; 2nd Lieut. 3rd Batt. (Reserve) the Queen's Own (Royal West Kent) Regt. Nov. 3, 1915; Lieut. 1917; went out to the western front in Aug. 1916; was transferred to Italy in Dec. 1917, but returned to France in April 1918; d. at Aire May 8, 1918, of wounds received the same day in the front line trenches there; unm.

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