References
General
There are a number of sources which have been used in many of the biographies. These are set out below.
Ringstead Roll of Honour. Published Thrapston June 1919. Copy of original from Jon Abbott.
Ringstead Absent Voters’ Lists. Northamptonshire Record Office.
Websites
www.ancestry.co.uk (and sometimes ancestry.com). Censuses (1841-1911); Parish Registers (Baptisms, Marriages and Burials); England & Wales Civil Registration of Births, Marriages and Deaths; England & Wales National Probate Calendar (Index of Wills and Administration) 1858-1995; UK, Burial and Cremation Index 1576-2014; Register of Cremations Kettering Corporation; UK, Railway Employment Records 1833-1956; 1939 Register of England & Wales; WW1 British Army Medal Index Cards; British Army WW1 Pension Records 1914-1920; WW1 Pension Ledgers and Index Cards (Fold3); British Army WW1 Soldiers’ Records; UK, Royal Navy Registers of Seamen’s Services; Dependant’s UK, WW1 Pension Ledgers and Index Cards 1914-23 (Fold 3);UK, Army Register of Soldiers’ Effects 1901-1929; UK Commonwealth War Graves 1914-21; UK, Soldiers Died in the Great War 1914-19; UK, Royal Hospital Chelsea Pensioner Admissions and Discharges 1715-1925 and Soldier Service Records 1760-1920; (original via Fold3); Ireland Casualties of WW1 1914-22
New York Passenger Lists. Border Crossings from Mexico to U.S. 1895-1964; USA Death Certificates (); UK and Ireland Incoming Passenger List 1878-1960; New York Passenger and Crew List 1820-1957; US Border Crossings from Canada to U.S. 1895-1960; Canada WW1 CEF Personnel Files 1914-18; Federal Censuses for Buffalo 1910, 1920 & 1930; New York State Census 1905,1925; NY Abstract of WW1 Military Service 1917-19; US WW1 Draft Registration Cards; 1917-18 US Passport Applications 1795-1925; New York Marriage License Indexes 1907-2018; U.S. Social Security Death Index 1935-2014.
www.bbc.co.uk.
www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk.
www.findmypast.co.uk. Silver War Badge Roll 1914-1920; British Armed Forces First World War Soldiers’ Medical Records; British Trade Union Membership Registers; Northamptonshire Military Tribunals 1916-1918; Electoral Registers 1920-1932: Britain: Soldiers Died in The Great War 1914-1919; Trade Union Membership Registers; Soldiers Died in The Great War 1914-1919; British Campaign, Gallantry & Long Service Medals & Awards: British Armed Forces, First World War Soldiers’ Medical Records; England & Wales Electoral Registers 1920-1932. Passenger Lists Leaving UK 1890-1960; War Memorials Register; British Royal Air Force Officers’ Service Records 1912-1920; Passenger Lists Leaving UK 1890-1960; Gro Consular Marriages (1849-1965); Gro Consular Birth Indices (1849-1965).
www.forces-war-records.co.uk.
www.greatwarforum.co.uk.
www.longlongtrail.co.uk.
www.raundswarmemorials.org.
www.ringsteadheritage.co.uk.
www.rushdenheritage.co.uk.
www.wartimememories.co.uk.
www.wikipedia.com.
Books
1918 A Very British Victory. Peter Hart. Weidenfeld & Nicolson 2008.
A Western Front Companion 1914-18. John Laffin. Sutton Publishing 1994.
History of the King's Regiment (Liverpool) 1914-1919 Volume III; Everard Wyrall. Andrews 2012.
History of the Queen’s (Royal West Surrey) Regiment. Colonel H.C. Wylly. Gale & Polden 1925; Endeavour Media Ltd 2018.
Life Went On. Volume 2 1917-1918. Steve Bence & Andrew Dace. Raunds War Memorials Research Group Pubs.
Machine Gunner 1914-1918. Personal Experiences of the Machine Gun Corps. C.E. Crutchley. Pen and Sword 2013. First published by author for MGC Old Comrades Association.
Mud, Blood and Bullets. Edward Rowbotham. Ed. Janet Tucker. Spellmount 2014.
Old Northamptonshire in Photographs. R. L. Greenall. Northamptonshire Libraries 1976.
Raunds: Picturing the Past. David Hall, Ruth Harding, Cyril Putt. F.W. March & Co. 1988
Ringstead People 1 and 2. David Ball. Self-Published.
Ringstead Baptist Church; A Brief History. Evelyn M. Bull. Updated Agnes Burton. Ringstead Baptist Church 2014.
The Art of Boot and Shoemaking, A Practical Handbook. John Bedford Leno. Crosby, Lockwood & Co. 1885. Kessinger Publishing’s Legacy Reprints.
The British Army in Italy 1917-18. John & Eileen Wilks. Pen & Sword 2013.
The British Army in the Western Front 1916. Bruce Gudmundsson. Bloomsbury Publishing 2013.
The Great War: A Combat History. Peter Hart (O.U.P. 2013).
The History of the 15th The King’s Hussars 1914-1922. Lord Carnock. Reprint: The Naval and Military Press.
The Mobbs Own 1914-18. David Woodall. Northamptonshire Regiment Association 1994; 2000.
The Northamptonshire Regiment 1914-1918. Regimental History Committee. Naval and Military Press Ltd. Reprint 2005.
The Third Afghan War 1919: Official Account. Compiled in the General Staff Branch, Army Headquarters, India. (Government of India 1926). Reprinted Naval-Military Press.
Under the Devil’s Eye. The British Military Experience in Macedonia 1915-1918. Simon Moody & Alan Wakefield. Pen & Sword Reprint 2017
Yeomen of England. Tales of the Northamptonshire Yeomanry from 1794 Ken Tout. The History Press 2012.
Book 1: A-M: Extra Chapter References
Chapter 1 The Abbott Family
George Abbott. My thanks to Jon Abbott for information on some aspects of the Abbott family tree and for his tireless research which has helped to show the people behind the records.
Edward and George Abbott. .
9th (Service) Battalion Royal Warwickshire Regiment 39th Brigade, 13th Division from The Story of the Royal Warwickshire Regiment by C.L. Kingsford Chapter XXV. Posted by “brindlerp” on 19th November 2006 on .
Ted Abbott (1890-1963). My thanks to Jon Abbott, Ted’s grandson and Alan Clipston George’s son-in-law for many of the photographs and family information. Also, Steve (Stebie9173) on the Great War Forum website, for his help with interpreting Ted’s army records.
The Charles Laughton Pages .
7th(S) Battalion Northamptonshire regiment 1914-18 by H.B. King M.C. Late Captain 7th Northamptonshire Regiment (Aldershot 1919). .
Infantry Depots in France 1914-18 .
Sheffield Independent Nov/Dec 1930. .
William Henry Abbott (1889-1978)
7th(S) Battalion Northamptonshire Regiment 1914-18 by H.B. King M.C. Late Captain 7th Northamptonshire Regiment (Aldershot 1919). .
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Northampton Mercury and Chronicle & Echo (various dates)
Chapter 2 John Francis Agutter (1895-1975)
My thanks to Karen J. Dennis and members of the Committee of the Essex Branch of the Western Front Association for permission to use, Men of Essex Volume 11 written by their late chairman, Bill Fulton, as a source for the story of the 11th Battalion’s time in France.
11th Battalion Essex Regiment. .
11th Battalion Essex Regiment. .
11th Battalion Old Comrades Association 1920 .
Chapter 22 The Railway Children. Ringstead People. David Ball. 2011.
Coventry Evening Telegraph 20th May 1937; 2nd October 1975. .
Chapter 3 The Archer Family
Fred Archer (1884-1941)
Northampton Mercury 29th March 1913; Northampton Chronicle & Echo 18th September 1916 & 21st September 1918. .
Royal Garrison Artillery .
Medical Records Catterick Camp. .
John Herbert Archer (1896-1917)
The Argus 2nd March 1917 transcribed by Kay Collins. .
Northampton Mercury 30th March 1917. .
The Royal Fusiliers in the Great War. H.C. O’Neill. https//archive.org.
Royal Fusiliers (City of London) Regiment. .
Joseph Archer (1880 - 1966) and George Horace Archer (1881-1962)
Northampton Mercury 23rd May 1913; 18th July 1913. .
Chapter 4 Henry William Attley (1896-1977)
My thanks to Henry’s grandson, Mark Attley and Henry’s son, David Attley for their help with this brief biography and for all but the last photograph.
Regular Army Emergency Commissions 1940,1942, 1943, 1944, 1945. .
The London Gazette 30th Sept 1921. .
Chronicle & Echo 8th Feb 1975. Northampton Central Library.
Norfolk Yeomanry (The Kings Own Royal Regiment); 3rd (Reserve) Battalion Norfolk Regiment. 31st Division, 94th Brigade. .
12th (Norfolk Yeomanry Battalion, Norfolk Regiment .
12th (Norfolk Yeomanry) Battalion Territorial Force. .
Iraqi Revolt against the British; 89th Punjabis. .
Re Protests Against Delayed Demobilisation. 1918-9 .
Post on 5th July 2013 from “grendav2001” on message boards.
Chapter 5 The Baker Family including Frank Robinson
My thanks to Kay Collins and the Rushden & District History Society for the photographs and other help. My thanks also to Val Baker for providing me with some of the reminiscences of her father-in-law, Derek Baker.
Postcard from Frank Horace Robinson and “Patriotic Rushden Family” newspaper cutting. .
Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers War Diary for 1st April. My thanks to Graeme Clarke for this.
My thanks to Steve (Stebie9173) for providing detailed information on the probable course of Walter’s early army career by comparing it with others. www.greatwarforum.co.uk.
History of the Royal Army Veterinary Corps. Army Medical Service. .
Trench Fever. Journal of the Royal Society of Medicine. November 2006. .
History of Red Cross Nurses and Hospitals. .
Account of Corporal Golding of 8th Battalion Leicester Regiment of Langensalza told in piece on Private Berty Tucker. .
7th Battalion of the Queen’s (Royal West Surrey) Regimental War Diary .
UK Silver War Badge Records 1914 – 1920. .
Letter giving some details on Frank Robinson’s prisoner-of-war dates. Surrey History Centre.
Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. OUP 2004.
Chapter 6 The Ball Family
Royal Artillery depots, training and home defence units: The Final Advance in Flanders .
Old Northamptonshire in Photographs. R. L. Greenall. (Northamptonshire Libraries 1976).
Royal Artillery depots, training and home defence units: The Final Advance in Flanders .
Rance Re-viewed Magazine. (especially articles by Paul Roberts).
England & Wales Crime, Prisons & Punishment 1770 -1935: Habitual Criminals Register 1914; A Calendar of Prisoners Tried at the General Quarter sessions July 1914: Naval Casualties 1914-1919; Northampton Mercury 12th April 1912. .
The Rushden Echo Friday 4th January 1918; Absent Voters Lists 1918 & 1919; 1925 Electoral Roll. .
Admiralty: Royal Navy Registers of Seamen’s Services (ADM188/1121) National Archives
UK, Royal Navy and Royal Marine War Graves Roll 1914 -1919. .
Roll of Honour- Northamptonshire – Rushden. .
HMS Torrent ().
Chapter 7 Sons of Henry and Rhoda Bannister
Northampton Mercury 2nd December 1882;19th March 1897; 22nd July 1904: Chronicle and Echo 29th November 1882. .
Wellingborough News 2nd December 1882. Transcribed by Kay Collins; Ringstead Roll of Honour (1919) .
1st Battalion Rifle Brigade during the Great War. .
Thomas Warren (in Warren Family) .
Chapter 8 Arthur Frank Barnard and Ronald Barnard
Arthur Frank Barnard (1889-1949)
6th Battalion Northamptonshire Regiment Wartime Diaries WW1. National Archives WO95/2044/2.
Battle of Ancre Heights; Armenian Genocide. .
Northamptonshire Regiment in the Great War. .
Egyptian Expeditionary Force by James E Kitchen. .
Ronald Barnard (1896-1917)
Battles 1/4th Battalion Suffolk Regiment in 1916/1917; Military Hospitals Admissions and Discharge Registers WW1. .
The British Army in the Great War of 1914-1918 Suffolk Regiment .
Northampton Mercury Friday 23rd November 1917. .
Chapter 9 Sons of John and Edith Bates
James (Jim) Bates (1895-1952)
The piece from the 7th Battalion History by H.B. King was quoted by “Stebie9173” on on 4th May 2010.
Northampton Mercury 17th November 1908; 12th April 1918; 14th August 1936. .
Trench Fever: the British Medical Response in the Great War. R.L. Alenstaedt. Journal of the Royal Society of Medicine. November 2006. .
Obituary of Muriel Rose Bates Foose. Quincy Herald-Whig, .
William Baden Powell Bates (1900-1969)
The Original British Army of the Rhine Richard A. Rinaldi 2006 .
7th Battalion Middlesex regiment .
Record Details for WBR Bates .
Northampton Mercury 23rd June 1933;19th March 1937. .
Chapter 10 Stuart Dimbleby Bates (1891-1971)
Northampton Mercury: 13th December 1929; 16th September 1932; 3rd February 1833; 24th August 1951. .
History of the Royal Army Medical Corps WW1; .
Medal Roll Theatre Codes. .
Army Horse Care in the First World War. National Army Museum. .
Salonika Campaign Society, 1915-1918 The Campaign.
Salonika Expedition Overview. .
. (On malaria in Salonika).
Janet Farr Obituary .
Chapter 11 Sons of Arthur and Louisa Baxter
Soldier Obituaries from Rushden Argus. .
Commonwealth Graves Commission .
Operation Michael. .
Chapter 12 Cecil Bellamy (1888-1968)
War Diary of the Second Battalion of Norfolk Regiment. National Archives
Mesopotamian Campaign; Battle of Sheik Sa’ad. .
Norfolk Regiment. .
Norfolk Regimental History: Mesopotamia. Royal Norfolk Regimental Museum.
Leonard Ball – the Soldier. .
National Army Museum website. .
Chapter13 William Thomas Billing (1879-1918)
UK Royal Hospital Chelsea Pensioner Soldier Service Records 1760 – 1920. Fold 3 via .
Record Details for William Thomas Billing. .
Northampton Mercury 20th May 1915; 16th August 1918; Northampton Chronicle & Echo 7th July 1915; 6th August 1915; .
Kettering Roll of Honour.
The Royal Military Police Great Britain; .
Royal Military Museum website. .
Chapter 14 Herbert John William Braybrook & Sydney Edward Braybrook
Herbert John William Braybrook (1892-1917)
First World War Daily Reports (Missing, Wounded and POW): Soldiers Died in the Great War 1914 – 1919. .
War Memorials Project: Leicestershire. .
Northampton Mercury 6th July 1917; Leicester Journal 25th August 1916 & 20th July 1917. .
Leicestershire Regiment. .
War Diary 4th Battalion Leicester Regiment. .
Letter from John Braybrook to George Capron. My thanks to the Capron Estate.
Sydney Edward Braybrook (1897-1976)
The Battle of Arras: An Eyewitness Account posted on April 7, 2017 at 10:43 am. by Michael Page, Surrey Heritage.
Facebook Post on L/Corporal Sayer by the late David Baker in The Queen’s Royal West Surrey Regiment 8th Battalion 1914 to 1918. February 12th 2017. .
National Index of all service personnel serving in a theatre of war 1914-1919; Military Hospitals Admissions and Discharge Registers WW1; Discharge Document SWB/3047. .
Queen’s (Royal West Surrey) Regiment .
8th Battalion West Surrey Regiment (Queens) during the Great War. .
1st World War Diaries: The Queen's Royal Surrey Regiment.
www.queensroyalsurreys.org.uk.
Chapter 15 The Bull Family
Joseph Ashley Bull (1893-1982)
Piece on Ash Bull by Jon Abbott on . My thanks to Jon for allowing me to use some of his story.
Northampton Mercury 1st September 1877; 23rd December 1892; 28th March 1913; 10th November 1916. .
RAF Formations List. .
The Royal Flying Corps. .
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William Isaac Bull (1889-1962)
Territorial Force; 1914 Star. .
John Alfred Bull (1892-1977)
Various articles. .
Chapter 16 John Wilfred Reginald Cave (1898-1916)
Northampton Mercury 2nd August 1912; 22nd September 1916. .
Rushden Argus Newspaper. .
Burton Latimer Heritage Society. .
Pozieres British Cemetery: Burial Returns; Graves Registration Report Form. .
44th Company, Machine Gun Corps. .
Chapter 17 Cyril Cottingham (1898-1981)
My thanks to Justine Pearson of the Surrey History Centre for her help with this biography.
The War Diaries of the 1st Battalion of the Queen’s (Royal West Surrey) Regiment. The National Archives Ref. WO 95/2430/1-7.
Independent Wesleyan Church Marriages 1924-1930. .
Chapter 18 The Dainty Family
Walter Dainty (1889-1965)
Yorkshire Post and Leeds Intelligencer 8th May 1911; Sheffield Daily Telegraph 10th May 1911; Northampton Mercury 1st January 1915; Northampton Chronicle & Echo 16th September 1916; Weekly Casualty List – War Office & Air Ministry 3rd December 1918. .
Battles of the Western Front 1914-1918; Field Punishment. .
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Northumberland War Hospital. .
War Diary of the 2nd Battalion Northamptonshire Regiment. .
Shell Shock during World War One. Professor Joanna Bourke. 10th March 2011 (Archived). .
Chapter 19 William Davis (1897-?)
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Royal Army Ordnance Corps. www.wikipedia.org.
Royal Army Ordnance Corps. .
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Chapter20 The Dicks Family
Albert Dicks (1885 - ?)
Material including: Extract from Organization, Strategy and Tactics of The Army Medical Services in War. Lt/Col T.B. Nichols R.A.M.C. [quoted in The Chain of Evacuation of The Royal Army Medical Corps]. .
The Wartime Memories Project – The Great War Hospitals. .
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Fred Dicks (1894-1977).
Egyptian Expeditionary Force. James E, Kitchen. International Encyclopaedia of the Great War.
https://encyclopedia.1914-1918-online.net/.
The Mountain Batteries of the Royal Garrison Artillery .
Royal Garrison Artillery. .
Archibald William Dicks (1889-1917). I am indebted to Brenda Hazel for alerting me to Archibald Dicks and for providing her own research as well as an e-mail from Jean Rowland, Secretary of the Irthlingborough Historical Society, with their research. Also for copies of Archibald’s Death Certificate and William Reginald’s Birth Certificate.
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Soldiers who Died in the First World War; Prisoner of War Lists. .
Jeremy Banning on his website has a detailed account of the battle and the 1st Battalion of the Essex Regiment’s part in it.
Northampton Mercury 6th June1917; 31st August 1917. .
Essex Regiment 1st Battalion. .
Essex Regiment 1st Battalion. .
Essex Regiment 1st Battalion. .
Battles of the Western Front. .
There is also a simple but clear animation of the battle from the Canadian viewpoint. .
Chapter 21 The Dickens Family
My thanks to Jon Abbott for the photograph of Arthur Dickens and to Caroline Dickens for the photographs and information from her father.
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Northampton Mercury 19th October 1928. .
Chapter 22 Hubert Archibald Edwards (1889 – 1931)
Étaples Mutiny .
Seven Facts about the Battle of PIlckhem Ridge.
Chapter 23 The Farr Family
Christopher John Farr (1886-1968) My thanks to Craig (ss002d6252) on the Great War Forum. .
Mercury & Herald 31st May 1939. With thanks to Jon Abbott.
Marriage Certificate of John Farr & Mary Ann Dicks. With thanks to Breda Hazell.
David Farr (1894-1968)
Soldiers’ Record Details (Casualty Clearing Forms etc); Suffolk Regiment; Cambridgeshire Regiment. .
My thanks to Craig (ss0026252) for advice on David Farr’s numbering. .
Locations of British Casualty Clearing Stations. .
Discovering Anzacs. .
Battles of the Western Front. .
Northampton Mercury 16th May 1919. .
Percy Thomas Farr (1898-1969)
The Army Service Corps in the First World War; The Army Service Corps Remounts Service. .
On Romsey Remounts Centre. .
A Short History of the 6th Division. Major-Gen. T.D. Marden. London 1920 (Hugh Rees). .
9th Battalion Suffolk Regiment. .
9th Battalion Suffolk Regiment 1917. Topic 2011. .
Chapter 24 George Robert Feary (1884-1969)
14th Field Ambulance Admission. .
History of the Norfolk Regiment Volume II 4th August 1914 to 31st December 1818 by Francis Lorraine Petre. 1924.
Battle of Caporetto. .
Chapter 25 Albert Ambrose Fensome (1883-1969)
My thanks to Steve (Stebie173) on the Great War Forum whose detailed research gave the approximate dates of Albert’s service. .
Unit Histories – Bedfordshire, Gloucestershire and Northamptonshire Regiments. .
The Bedfordshire Regiment in the Great War. .
Islip Furnaces, .
Chapter 26 Arthur James Fox (1900-1970)
1918 &1919 Absent Voters’ Lists. Northamptonshire Record Office.
Northampton Mercury 19th April and 3rd May 1907. .
Royal Sussex Regiment. .
Evening Telegraph 19th July 1939. .
Chapter 27 The Hackney Family
My thanks to Samuel’s grandson, Reg Hackney for the family photographs and for talking to me on 23rd May 2019. Also, to Jon Abbott for arranging the meeting.
Chronicle & Echo 25th April 1917; Weekly Casualty List Tuesday 20th November 1917; Chronicle & Echo 19th March 1925; Northampton Mercury 26th March 1926, .
Woodford War Memorial. .
30th Machine Gun Corps War Diary 1918-19. .
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Royal Fusiliers (City of London Regiment). .
The Royal Fusiliers in the Great War. H.C. O’Neill. Naval and Military Press; New ed of 1922 edition (13 Feb. 2009).
The Royal Fusiliers WW1 War Diary .
8th Battalion Royal Fusiliers. .
Chapter 28 James Hathaway (1863-1940)
Vickers Limited. .
Hornsey Baths and Laundry. .
Chapter 29 Arthur Haxley (1892-1974)
My thanks to Ken (kenf48) on the Great War Forum.
Rushden Echo 6th February 1939. .
Battle of the Lys (1918); St Crispin’s Hospital. .
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Chapter 30 Sidney William Hunt (1893-1962)
Abington Park Museum, Northampton, has displays on Northamptonshire Yeomanry and Northamptonshire Regiment and is well worth a visit.
My thanks to Chris (clk) and Steve (Stebie9173) on The Great War Forum
Renumbering of the Territorial Force Yeomanry in 1917; Northamptonshire Yeomanry; .
Northamptonshire Yeomanry; VI Corps (United Kingdom); British Yeomanry during the First World War; Squadron (army). .
Tommy at War: The Cavalry Charge at Monchy le Preux, quotes the Northampton Independent piece I have used (in an article by Stephen and Susan Cocks) .
Chapter 31 William Henry Jackson (1891-1919)
Northampton Mercury 22nd September 1916; Northampton Mercury 3rd May 1918. .
5th Battalion Inniskilling Fusiliers. .
Rushden War Memorial. .
Irthlingborough Roll of Honour.
In Memoriam. .
1918, Spring 1919, Autumn 1919 Absent Voters’ Lists. Northamptonshire Record Office.
Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers .
Henry Lamb MC 1883-1960. .
Chapter 32 The Major Family
Charles Major (1896-1982) The Great War Forum has been an important source for many of the biographies but, for this one, the research done and shared by members has been invaluable. I have tried to credit them in the text.
First World War – On this day… 22nd October 1918. .
Buffs (East Kent Regiment). .
Charles Arthur Major (1897-1917)
6th Battalion Northamptonshire Regiment War Diary (At time of writing was wrongly filed under 12th Middlesex). .
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Infantry Base Depots in France 1914-18 .
Northamptonshire Mercury 8th June 1917. .
James Henry Major (1884-1951)
Northampton Mercury 1st December 1916; .
Buffs (The East Kent Regiment); The Army Service Corps Remounts Service. .
Chapter 33 Ernest Robert Manley (1896-1946)
Soldiers’ Records; Norfolk Regiment during WW1. .
1st Battalion Norfolk Regiment; 15th Field Ambulance RAMC. .
15th Essex A Brief History. .
Trench Fever and Lice in WW1. Judi Brown. .
Trench Fever – the British Medical Response in the Great War. R.L. Atenstaedt. Journal of the Royal Society of Medicine November 2006. .
Northampton Mercury 19th October1928. .
Chapter 34 Albert James Manning (1892-1919)
As most of Albert’s military records have been destroyed the obituary for Albert in the Rushden Argus on 14th February 1919, transcribed by Kay Collins, on the Rushden Heritage website has been very valuable.
Technological adaption in a global conflict. The British Army and communications beyond the Western Front 1914-1918. Brian Hall. University of Salford. .
Malaria Parasite impairs immune system cells. April 16th 2006. Science Daily. .
Unit History Royal Engineers. .
Chapter 35 William Edward Mason (1887-1964)
Deaths Certificates for Louisa Cope and Coral Lucretia Mason. War Diary of the 20th Battalion Royal Fusiliers (London Regiment); War Diary of the 13th Battalion of the Royal Fusiliers (London Regiment). .
The Royal Fusiliers in the Great War. H.C. O’Neill. (Heineman 1922). .
Soldiers’ Records and Military Medal Award: Unit History: Royal Fusiliers (London Regiment).
From Agricultural worker to shoe maker. Neil Busby & Helena Meadows.
Northampton Mercury 17th March 1877; Northampton Daily Echo 27th February 1918; .
Heckington Cemetery .
Chapter 36 Ralph Mayes (1881-1918)
My thanks to Alan Maye for the photographs and for talking to me at his home. Also to Jon Abbott.
Soldiers’ Records; Unit History; Royal Garrison Artillery. .
164th Siege Battery East Riding Royal Garrison Artillery. .
Gunner Thomas Henry Chillmaid. .
The Siege Batteries of the Royal Garrison Artillery. .
Post by Terry Reeves 17th June 2013 on .
Chapter 37 The Other Mayes Family
Stanley’s biography is based almost entirely on the story of her grandfather by Vivienne Marshall who also helped with the story of his brother Irving and cousin Albert and I am grateful to her for allowing me to use her text and photographs. The biography of Harry Irving Mayes owes much to help from his granddaughter Amanda Spenman. Albert’s biography has been improved by information from Tim Farr.
Mayes, Stanley Service Number R/762. (ADM339/1/24249). .
History of the Royal Naval Division. .
63rd (Royal Naval) Division) www.treasurebunker.com.
63rd (Royal Naval) Division). .
Bedfordshire Advertiser and Luton Times. 3rd September1915; Derby Daily Telegraph 11th September 1931; 30th May 1934; 15th September 1938; 8th May 1940; 28th January 1943. .
We were here - remember us! .
Chapter 38 William Meadows (1888-1976)
The Great War Forum has been invaluable in helping me sort out William’s wartime service and I would like to thank all the contributors especially Charlie962 and PRC (Peter). .
William’s “Wounded Records. Record Details for W Meadows (Royal Engineers); Record details for Mr William Meadows, London Gazette 12/06/1947. .
Air 76/343/38. Ref. 446. .
Stamford Mercury 13th September 1878; Northampton Mercury 19th October 1878; Dundee Courier 18th January 1913; Army & Navy Gazette 11th January 1913; Surrey Mirror 28th May 1926. .
15th The King’s Hussars. No.5 Squadron RAF; Driller (oil). .
The De Tessiers of Woodcote Park. .
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Chapter 39 Victor Marshall Moon (1896-1916)
Rushden War Memorial. .
South End School Infant Admissions 1910-24; Private Victor M Moon and Street Memorials WW1 - transcriptions of local newspapers by Nicky Bates. .
National School Admission Registers & Log Books for Old School. .
Record Details for V Moon. .
Northampton Mercury 6th January 1905; Northampton Chronicle & Echo 22nd March 1913. .
Northamptonshire Regiment’s First World War Involvement. .
Book 2: N-Z: Extra Chapter References
Chapter 1 George Herbert Newell (1888-1970)
Note: A George Herbert Newell (27875) served with the 1st Northamptonshire Regiment but as he has a different demobilization date (4th April 1919) I believe that he is not our man in an earlier Regiment.
Belton Park, Lincolnshire: Machine Gun Corps. .
War Diaries of 62nd Machine Gun Corps; 21st Battalion Machine Gun Corps. .
21st Battalion Machine Gun Corps during the Great War .
Thomas Rowlands Machine Gun Corps; Holyhead War Memorial 1914-1918. .
Order of Free Gardeners. .
Northampton Mercury 29th January 1926; 22nd January 1927; 31st January 1930; 27th January 1933; 1st February 1946; 5th April 1946; 2nd February 1951; Northampton Chronicle & Echo 27th January 1930. .
Chapter 2 Joseph Arthur Norris (1889-1931)
5th (Pioneer) Battalion Great War Diary. .
Northampton Mercury 26/04/1918; 27/02/1931; 13/03/1931; 27/03/1931; Chronicle & Echo 24/02/1931. .
Chapter 3 The Peacock Family
My thanks to Kevin Varty for allowing me to copy the letters and other documents of Raymond Peacock and to Janice Morris for alerting me to their existence and acting as the agent in this process. My thanks also to Jim Parker from the website, for his many helpful information sheets and his individual help with the research.
Northampton Mercury 31st March 1916. 21st April 1916, 31st March 1931. .
Texas Deaths. .
War Office Daily List No. 5721; Unit History Buffs (East Kent Regiment). .
Trench Fever. .
Record details of Arthur’s “Missing” status and death. .
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Chapter 4 John William Pearson (1895-1944)
50th (Northumbrian) Division. Wikipedia
50th (Northumbrian) Division
Chapter 5 The Pentelow Family
The Royal Defence Corps of 1916-1918. .Royal Fusiliers; Royal Defence Corps, .
Northampton Mercury of 30th April 1909; Chronicle and Echo of 10th September 1915. .
The Royal Defence Corps of 1916-1918. .
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Chapter 6 Charles William Pettitt (1890-1954)
Ammunition Column; 75th Division (United Kingdom). .
Great War Forum. (especially MaxD). .
Virtual War Memorial Australia. .
Egypt and Palestine Campaign. National Army Museum. .
Chapter 7 The Phillips Family
My thanks to Sarah Hayes for her help with the Phillips family.
Northampton Mercury 16th February 1905; Northampton Chronicle & Echo 3rd April 1950. .
War Diaries for: C Squadron Northamptonshire Yeomanry; Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers.
Gas Attack 1916. .
Battles of the Western Front 1914-1918; A British Troop soldier wearing Small Box Respirator. The Battle of Albert. .
Chapter 8 Walter Shedrick Pitts (1890-1966)
Northampton Mercury 22nd January 1926; 22nd October 1943; .
Great War Forum. .
Chapter 9 Oliver John Pothecary (1897-1923)
My thanks to “alf mcm” on the Great War Forum. .
RAMC in the Great War.
War Diary of 38th Field Ambulance. .
38th Ambulance, RAMC. .
Field Ambulances in the First World War. .
12th (Eastern) Division. .
Chapter 10 The Roberts Family
My thanks to the Great War Forum especially Charlie962 and jay dubaya.
Eddie’s Roll of Honour .
International Encyclopedia of the First World War. .
Stamford Mercury 7th April 1905; Grantham Journal 2nd June 1917; Northampton Mercury 14th March 1913; 5th March 1915; Northants Evening Telegraph 17th May 1939; 17th May 1957; .
Salonika; a stranger sideshow to the First World War. Clive Aslet. The Irish Times 16th June 2016. .
The day the German navy surrendered in the Forth. 21st November 2018. .
Chapter 11 The Ruff Family
My thanks to Martyn J. Wheeldon for the photographs and family information (including a copy of Harvey’s Demobilisation Certificate).
My thanks to the members of the Great War Forum, especially Charlie962 and Stebie9173 for their help and advice. .
War Diaries 139 Brigade (includes 266 Siege Battery) WO-95-391-3; XV Corps Cyclist Battalion. W0-95-930-2. .
Medium Mark “A” Whippet. David Fletcher. Bloomsbury 2014.
Mercury & Herald 4th January 1935; Northamptonshire Evening Telegraph 16th November 1939. .
67th (2nd Home Counties) Division; XV Corps (United Kingdom); .
67th (2nd Home Counties) Division. .
War on Two Wheels; British army cyclists 1914-1918. Chris Baker. .
Chapter 12 The Sawford Family
War Diary 16 Infantry Brigade: 1 Battalion Buffs (East Kent Regiment). WO 95/1608/3 National Archives.
HHMS Dover Castle; HMS Glory (1899); HMS Caledon (D53); HMS Cardiff (1917); HMS Fisgard (shore establishment); HMS Iron Duke; HMS Dolphin (shore establishment); HMS Venerable; Third Anglo-Afghan War. .
The Army Service Corps in the First World War; 22nd Division; Queen’s (Royal West Surrey Regiment. .
Hampshire Telegraph 22nd May 1931; Evening Telegraph 11th & 15th February 1937; 6th March 1937; Northampton Mercury 8th June 1917; 10th July 1903; 10th March 1939. .
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Chapter 13 Alfred Edward Shaw (1897-1917)
My thanks to members of the Great War Forum for helping sort out Alfred’s early army career.
32nd Battalion Royal Fusiliers War Diary .
Battles- The Battle of Messines 1917. .
The Battle of Messines; 8 Facts about the Battle of Menin Road Bridge.
London Fusiliers in the Great War – Battle of Messines. .
Royal Fusiliers (City of London) Regiment. .
The People 28th October 1917; Mercury & Herald 7th September 1934; .
Chapter 14 William Sibley (1894-1917)
My thanks to Fay Hardwick, a descendant of the Sibley family, for her information and photograph.
Canadian Government: Library and Archives Canada.
William Sibley. .
8th Battalion CEF. .
Canadian Virtual War Memorial Index 1900-2014. .
Carrying Canadian Troops; The Story of RMS Olympic as a First World War Troopship, David R. Gray. .
Canadian Immigration – Early 1900s. .
Military Service Act. .
Private William Sibley. Rushden Argus 10th August 1917. .
Ghost Towns in Mary’s Genealogy Treasures. .
En Route to Flanders Fields. The Canadians in Shorncliffe during the Great War. Diana Beaupré. Canterbury Christchurch University. .
Northampton Mercury 3rd February 1911; 10th August 1917; 2nd September 1932. .
Chapter 15 George Slack (1870-1942)
Royal-Engineers-Units-in-the-British-Salonika-Force.pdf.. Salonika Campaign. .
Salonika Campaign. .
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Northampton Mercury 1st January 1915; Leeds Mercury 7th February 1916; Bath Chronicle & Weekly Gazette 29th September 1917. .
Chapter 16 George Stanley Smart (1884-1917)
In this biography I have been also been fortunate to have had detailed research assistance by e-mail from Graham Sacker of the website. He also included relevant pages from the 8th Company MGC War Diary. I have had great assistance from the Great War Forum website members Craig, Ken and John.
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The Proceedings of the Old Bailey 1674-1913. .
Weekly Casualty Lists: Bell’s Weekly Messenger Saturday 25th October 1862; Northampton Mercury 24th June 1892 .
Chapter 17 Sydney William Smith (1897-1947)
My thanks to Craig () for his Regimental numbering advice on the Great War Forum. .
The Tale of a Village Bumpkin 1931-1947. Sydney William Smith.
Denis Percy Frederick Tall’s War. .
Chapter 18 The Other Smith Families
1st Battalion Northamptonshire Regiment. .
Tirah Expedition. .
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WW1 War Diaries. .
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The Royal Fusiliers in the Great War H. C. O’Neill O.B. Heinemann; 23rd (Service) Battalion Royal Fusiliers (First Sportsman’s) Fred W. Wood Sidgewick & Jackson 1920. .
The Bedfordshire Regiment in the Great War. .
Northampton Mercury 12th & 19th November 1897; Luton Reporter 28th June 1921. .
Chapter 19 Frederick Sykes (1887-1914)
Militia (United Kingdom); Northamptonshire Regiment.
Chapter 20 Harry Tilley (1895-1915) and Horace Edwin Tilley (1899-1969)
My thanks to PRC (Peter) and Frogsmile on the Great War Forum
London Gazette 21st December 1984. .
Northampton Mercury 28th March 1913;10th April 1914; 13th August 1915; Northampton Chronicle & Echo 19th July 1925. .
History of Ireland 1919-1921. .
Chapter 21 Thomas Alfred Tomlin (1884-1968)
My thanks to Charlie (Charlie962), Peter (PRC) and George Rayner for their help and for coping with my confusions. .
. Royal Berkshires.
The tragedy of Kut. Ross Davies. Guardian 20th November 2002. .
Dartford in the Great War. Stephen Wynn. Pen and Sword Military 2016.
Norfolk Regiment Second Battalion War Diary; The Mesopotamia Campaign. .
. On the Biscuit Boys – the Royal Berkshires 7th Battalion.
published by John Snell.
Chapter 22 The Walker Families
My thanks to Charlie (Charlie962) and Peter (PRC) on the Great War Forum and to Graham Sackler for his expert advice on Hugh Lancelot Walkers’ Machine Gun Corps service on . Also, to Robin Braysher of the Salonika Campaign Society for clearing up where the elusive Chungusi was. As he pointed out, the place names could be Anglicised in different ways and were then “Hellenised” after the war when populations were exchanged. It is a fascinating website for anyone interested in this neglected warzone of WW1.
Dudley Chronicle 22nd November 1919. .
A Short History of the Salonika Campaign. Alan Wakefield. .
The Chinese Labour Corps. Mark O’Neill (Penguin Specials).
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First World War’s forgotten Chinese Labour Troops to get recognition at last. Maev Kennedy. Guardian 14th August 2014.
57th Machine Gun Battalion War Diary. National Archives.
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Mid-Sussex Times 19th October 1915. .
Alfred Walker newspaper obituary and copy of Death Certificate for Alfred Walker from rosspenni family tree on Ancestry.co.uk.
Army Signals in World War One and the Role of the Royal Engineers. Stuart Dixon. 30th October 2018. .
The Royal Engineers Signal Service .
Chapter 23 John Thomas Watts (1887-1917)
My thanks again to Steve (Stebie9173) and Craig (ss002d6252) of the Great War Forum .
Commonwealth War Graves Commission. .
War Diary 6th Battalion Northamptonshire Regiment. (WO 95/2044/2) .
The Group System (Derby Scheme) .
Chapter 24 The Weekley Families
My thanks to Dave (Heritage Plus), Simon (mancpal). M. (Marilyne), Craig (ss002d6252), Alf McM, and TEW, all members of the Great War Forum for their help and suggestions.
Voices of the First World War: Gunners. .
With the Royal Army Medical Corps in Egypt 1914-18. Sergeant Major R.A.M.C. Cassell & Co. 1918. .
History of the Royal Army Medical Corps. .
For the biography of Herbert Weekley my thanks to Graham Sacker for his expert knowledge and generous help. .
For the biography of Leonard Weekley my thanks to Craig (ss002d6252) and Tim (8055Bell) and others on the Great War Forum but particularly Ken (kenf48) who really wrote this piece. His detailed knowledge and research made this story possible. There are a few additions of my own and any mistakes are my responsibility. .
War Diaries of: 41st Battalion MGC; 25th Battalion King’s (Liverpool Regiment); 2/6th Battalion Manchester Regiment. .
Lancing College War Memorial. .
Northampton Mercury 27th February 1864, 14th September 1906; 24th May 1912; Northampton Chronicle & Echo 17th July 1912. .
44th Brigade Machine Gun Company. .
Genealogy Report: Descendants of James Turley. .
Family of William Edward Weekley and Sarah Povey; Family of John Mary de L’Horme de L’Ile and Rebecca Smith.
William George Weekley Obituary. .
Leonard Woolf; Lytton Strachey. .
Leonard Woolf; A Biography. Victoria Glendinning. Free Press 2006.
South of the Mountains 1984.01 Vol. 28. No.1 Historical Society of Rockland County.
Chapter 25 Percy Reginald Wilson (1897-1918)
The Chronicles of the 3rd Battalion M.G.C. Arras; William Cranston. 3rd Battalion MGC Journal. .
The Companies and Battalions of the Machine Gun Corps: Territorial Force Depots; The History of the Third Division. .
War Diary of the 3rd Battalion MGC. .
Chapter 26 Evelyn Wood (1886-1918)
My thanks to “ajsmith” on Great War Forum for the suggestion of a mix-up in the military records.
Account of Harry Cope by Jon Abbott. & .
War Diary of the 12th Battalion East Surrey Regiment (transcript). .
Chapter 27 A Few Other Men that the Roll of Honour Missed
Memories of Mrs M Childs. .
Wounded List from Ludlow Advertiser (K.S.L.I.) 10th June 1918. .
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Soldiers’ Records. .
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War Diaries of the 8th and 9th East Surrey Regiment. .Archive Beaufort First World War Hospital. .My thanks to Nigel Lutt of the Bedfordshire Historical Society - for his help with the Bedfordshire Regimental numbers.
Marriage Certificate of George Thomas Green and Jail Bull 23rd June 1917 (own copy).
Northampton Mercury 24th January 1896, 26th February 1915, 15th June 1917, 8th August 1917; Northampton Chronicle & Echo 26th March 1913; Westminster Gazette 10th May 1924; Grantham Journal 12th October 1935; 6th June 1936; 15th January 1938; Leicester Daily Mercury 8th August 1939. .
Past Owners of Chapel Street old sweet shop. .
The 5th Battalion Great War Service and War Diary. .