dean1 Posted September 26, 2007 Author Share Posted September 26, 2007 Hi all, Marie, thank's and i have PM'ed you. David, again thank's also to you for posting Pte Lilburn's detail's. also i would appreciate copie's of the Vis-en-Artois memorial. Pop, hello, hope your well. not read the book myself yet but have heard and read review's of it, next on the list of reading material i think. Plain Talker , Ditto. regard's all Dean Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cartav Posted September 30, 2007 Share Posted September 30, 2007 'Lo Dean! Two for your list of 1st WW casualties............. 23992 Pte. Ernest Walter Harris (aka "Jack") C Coy. 10 Bn. Lancashire Fusiliers. Executed 3 Feb 1917 aged 20. Buried plot Z11 Carnoy Cemetery, France. Parents Edward & Lavinia Harris of 90 Nether Edge Road. After two previous charges of abscence, one of which resulted in him being sentenced to death, Harris could not expect leniency after a third offence. He was one of only two soldiers from Sheffield who were executed. 37734 Pte. Alfred Mills. 10 Bn. KOYLI, 64 Bde. 24 Div. Died 19 Dec 1916 in the Hohenzollern area. Buried plot VF30 Vermelles Cemetery Flanders. Parents Joseph & Emma Mills of 12 Armley Road, Attercliffe Common. His name is added to their gravestone at plot 72 MB in Tinsley Park Cemetery. Alfred Mills was one of only two deaths recorded that day in the regimental war diary. Unless he died from previous wounds, it is likely he was killed by a sniper or by artillery fire. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dean1 Posted September 30, 2007 Author Share Posted September 30, 2007 Hi Cartav, thank's for your imput. afraid i already have these men in my data bank. i also took a photograph of Alfred's Mill's family grave about a month ago, pretty much all broken up im sorry to say. Re executed Sheffield men, i have info on 6 Sheffield men executed in the Great War. 5 of them born in Sheffield. Ernest Walter Harris being born in Selly Oak. the other 5 are, Pte Jame's Haddock Pte Henry Hughe's Pte Walter Dossett Pte George Ainley Pte Frank Bateman again many thank's regard's Dean Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David Price Posted September 30, 2007 Share Posted September 30, 2007 Hi all, Marie, thank's and i have PM'ed you. David, again thank's also to you for posting Pte Lilburn's detail's. also i would appreciate copie's of the Vis-en-Artois memorial. Pop, hello, hope your well. not read the book myself yet but have heard and read review's of it, next on the list of reading material i think. Plain Talker , Ditto. regard's all Dean Dean - how do I get the photos to you - they are of course digital Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Plain Talker Posted October 4, 2007 Share Posted October 4, 2007 not 100% on topic, but I've just been watching the national news. One of the stories featured on the buletin was that, 90 odd years on from Paschendaele, scientists have managed to identify, through DNA, two Australian soldiers' remains. They've managed to reunite the remains with their families, and ensure a proper burial for them. Sad, but heartwarming at the same time. RIP. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BorderReiver Posted October 4, 2007 Share Posted October 4, 2007 This is information of my husbands greatgrandfather taken from the war graves commission site -WINTER Initials: Tom Nationality: United Kingdom Rank: Private Regiment/Service: York and Lancaster Regiment Unit Text: 1st/4th Bn. Age: 41 Date of Death: 05/08/1915 Service No: 2121 Additional information: Son of John and Mary Winter, of Neville St., Sheffield; husband of Florence G. Winter, of 97, Neville St., Pittsmoor, Sheffield. Casualty Type: Commonwealth War Dead Grave/Memorial Reference: II. E. 16. Cemetery: TALANA FARM CEMETERY Your husband's great grandfather would have been killed whilst the battalion was serving in the Ypres Salient. There was a high number of casualties as the trenches were open to sniper and artillery fire. My grandfather also served with the 1st/4th "Hallamshire" Battalion, York and Lancaster Regt. He was wounded at Ypres in Oct 1915 and after recuperation sent back to work in Sheffield. He later died of 'Flu in the pandemic of 1918. A complete account of the battalion's service throughout WW1 (1914-1919) was recorded by Capt. D. P. Grant M.C., M.A. in his book The 1st/4th (Hallamshire) Battalion, York & Lancaster Regt. 1914-1919. - it is printed by The Arden Press, Stamford St. London, S.E.1. a copy of which in in the Sheffield Archives on Shoreham St. There's probably a copy in the library too. The book has also been reprinted, I managed to get a copy a few years ago. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DUFFEMS Posted October 5, 2007 Share Posted October 5, 2007 Hi Dean, I have 2 WW1 casualties for your list: Harold Norton Walter Wildgoose I'll not post the details until you get back to me if you haven't already got them on your list. Regards, Duffem Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mick851 Posted November 3, 2010 Share Posted November 3, 2010 (edited) Hi Dean, I have 2 WW1 casualties for your list: Harold Norton Walter Wildgoose I'll not post the details until you get back to me if you haven't already got them on your list. Regards, Duffman just come across this post, would that be the same Harold Norton who was in the Machine gun corps, he was 19 when he died of his wounds? mick Edited November 3, 2010 by mick851 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ibbo Posted November 3, 2010 Share Posted November 3, 2010 Hi. Do you have Ellis Ibbertson? Born November 1888 in Sheffield. He was a Gunner (No. 27987) in the Royal Field Artillery in WWI. He died in France on 28 May 1917 aged 29 and is buried in grave B.14 Kemmel Chateau Miltary Cemetary. He was a mill hand at Jessops in Darnall in 1908. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DUFFEMS Posted November 3, 2010 Share Posted November 3, 2010 just come across this post, would that be the same Harold Norton who was in the Machine gun corps, he was 19 when he died of his wounds? mick Yes, Harold Norton was my great uncle who died 14th.April 1918 aged 19, his number was 143004, 25th.Bn., Machine Gun Corps (Infantry). He was the son of Frederick Arthur & Ada Norton of Artisan View. His memorial is in Lijssenthoek Military Cemetery. Regards, Duffems Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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