Booklet War Service Record 1914-18

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  Lucker

  War Service Record

  1914-1919

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  This “Book of Remembrance” which records the names

  of Lucker men and their services in the Great War, is grate-

  fully dedicated to the glorious memory of those who gave

  their lives in the victorious fight for freedom of citizenship

  of the British Empire.

  Frederic W. Westgarth, D.C.L.  

 

  Lucker Vicarage

  October 1921.

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  Parish of Lucker

  War Service Records 1914-1919

 

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  JAMES BLACKBURN, 25th R.F., Frontiersmen Battalion.

     O.A.S. German East Africa.  In action guerilla warfare.

     Service, February 1915, to February 1919.

  GEORGE BLACKHALL, 7th Northd. Fusiliers, signaller.

     O.A.S. France and Belgium.  In action St. Julien,

     Somme, Passchendaele, Ypres, etc; wounded three

     times.  Service, September 1914, to October 1918.

  JACOB L. BLACKHALL, 2nd Black Watch.  O.A.S. Mesopo-

     tamia, Egypt and Palestine.  In action on great march

     to Baghdad, etc.  Service, September 1914 to July,

     1919.

  JOSHUA BOWMAKER, R.A.S.C., Motor Transport, O.A.S.

     France and Belgium.  In action Somme, Messines

     Ridge, Ypres, Passchendaele, Amiens, and St. Quentin.

     Service, November 1915 to September 1919.

  GEORGE W. CAIRNS, Sergt., 7th Northd. Fusiliers.  O.A.S.

     France and Belgium.  In action Somme, Lys, Marne,

     Final Offensive; mentioned in despatches; wounded

     three times.  Service, March, 1915 to January, 1919.

  *ROBERT CAIRNS, 7th Northd. Fusiliers.  O.A.S. France.

     In action Somme; died of pneumonia January 6th, 1917,

     aged 33 years, and buried at Etaples.  Service from

     March 1915.

  THOMAS CARTER, R.A.S.C.  Motor Transport.  O.A.S.

     France.  Service, August 1914 to June 1919.

  *JOHN CASSIDY, 7th Northd. Fusiliers.  O.A.S. France and

     Belgium.  In action Houthulst Forest, Flanders, where

     he was killed October 26th 1917, aged 25 years.  Service

     from October 1915.

  JOHN CLARK, 5th Northd. Fusiliers.  On Home Service from

     June 1916, to February 1919.

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  *ROBERT CUMMINGS, 2nd Coldstream Guards.  O.A.S.

     France.  Killed in action at Quinchy, 15th September,

     1916, aged 24 years, and buried in the Guards’ Cemetery,

     Les Boeufs.  Service from January, 1915.

  WILLIAM DAVIDSON, Smith Fitter, Royal Garrison Artillery.

     O.A.S. France.  In action Passchendaele, etc.  Service,

     December 1916 to December 1919.

  THOMAS A. DENDLE, Princes of Wales’ Own Yorkshire

     Light Infantry.  Transferred to Royal Engineers’ Records

     Office.  Service, August 1916 to October 1919,

  ROGER P. DENDLE, Telegraphist, R.N.V.R.  On active

     Service at sea from November 1917 to June 1919.

  ROBERT DOBSON, Pioneer, R.E. Signals.  O.A.S. Italy.

     Service June 1918 to February 1920.

  JOHN C. DOBSON, 3rd Gordon Highlanders.  O.A.S. France.

     In action and wounded at the Somme.  Service January

     1916 to August 1919.

  THOMAS G. DUNN, 3rd East Yorks.  On Home Service from

     June 1918 to September 1919.

  JOHN FERGUSON, Sergeant-Major, R.A.S.C.  Mechanic,

     Motor Transport.  O.A.S. Salonica.  Service Novem-

     ber 1915 to March 1919.

  ROBERT FERGUSON, Sergt., Argyll and Sutherland High-

     landers.  O.A.S.  France and Belgium.  In action Mons,

     Marne, Soissons, Ypres, and wounded at Ypres; awarded

     Mons Star.  Service December 1906 to May 1915.

  JAMES FERGUSON, Royal Field Artillery, Shoeing Smith.

     O.A.S. France.  In action Loos; invalided.  Service

     September 1914 to August 1917.

  SAMUEL M. FERGUSON, Lance-Corporal, 2nd Tyneside

     Scottish.  O.A.S. France.  In action Somme, Arras,

     Passchendaele, etc.; wounded at Passchendaele.  Ser-

     vice October 1914 to February 1918.

  *JOHN FIFE, M.M.  Corporal 7th Northd. Fusiliers.  O.A.S.

     France.  In acion on the Somme and awarded the

     Military Medal for conspicuous bravery on the field.

     Killed October 27th, 1917, aged 21 years, and buried in

     Solferino Cemetery.  Service from January 1914.

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  JAMES FORD, Lance-Corporal, Royal Engineers.  O.A.S.

     France and Belgium.  In action Somme, Arras, Ypres,

     etc.; with Army of Occupation.  Service, December

     1915 to April 1919.

  WILLIAM FORD, Sergt., 7th Northd. Fusiliers.  O.A.S.

     France.  In action St. Julien, Hooge, Hill 60, Somme,

     etc.; twice wounded.  Service August 1913 to July,

     1917.

  ROBERT C. FORD, Sergt. 3rd, 1st, 53rd and 51st Northd.

     Fusiliers.  O.A.S. France.  In action Cambrai, Bourlon

     Wood, etc.  Service June 1918 to March 1920.

  PATRICK E. FREEMAN, Artists Rifles.  O.A.S. France and

     Belgium.  In action Arras and Passchendaele.  Service,

     September 1916 to September 1919.

  HENRY FRENCH, Corporal, Royal Field Artillery.  O.A.S.

     France.  Service December 1914 to May 1919.

  THOMAS J. GIBSON, Sergt., South Wales Borderers.  O.A.S.

     Egypt and Salonica.  In action in various engagements

     on above Fronts.  Service, August 1915 to March 1919.

  GEORGE R. GILHOME, Sergt., 14th Lincoln Pioneers.

     O.A.S. France, Belgium and Germany.  In action Hill

     60, March Offensive etc. Service, December 1915 to

     November 1919.

  JOHN N. GILHOME, A.B., Royal Naval Division.  O.A.S.

     Gallipoli.  In action Dardanelles; invalided.  Service

     May 1915 to March 1916.

  WILLIAM J. GILHOME, 1st Northamptonshires.  O.A.S.

     France and Germany.  In action Somme, Passchendaele,

     Cambrai, St. Quentin, Army of Occupation.  Service

     January 1917 to September 1920.

  CHARLES GRAY, Sapper, Royal Engineers.  O.A.S. Egypt

     and Palestine.  Service March 1917 to December 1919.

  JACOB GRAY, 10th and 20th Northd. Fusiliers.  O.A.S.

     France.  In action Somme and Arras; twice wounded.

     Service August 1914 to February 1918.

  WILLIAM HENDERSON, Lance-Corporal, Duke of Welling-

     ton’s W.R. Regiment.  O.A.S. in Ireland.  Service May

     1918 to November 1920.

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  JAMES HOGG, 7th Northd. Fusiliers.  O.A.S.  France and

     Belgium.  In action Ypres, Somme, Arras, Passchen-

     daele, etc.  Service November 1909 to November 1918.

  JOHN HOGG, 7th Northd. Fusiliers.  O.A.S. France.  In

     action Ypres, Somme, etc., wounded at Ypres.  Service

     February 1915 to March 1919.

  WILLIAM HOOD, Corporal, Royal Army Service Corps, Motor

     Transport.  O.A.S France.  Service July 1915 to

     July 1919.

  JAMES HOPE, Machine Gun Corps.  O.A.S. France.  In

     action Ypres, Somme, etc.  Service October 1915 to

     March 1919.

  JAMES HORNSBY, 8th Staffords.  O.A.S. France.  In action

     in several engagements and twice wounded.  Service

     October 1916 to February 1919.

  ALEXANDER HULL, 8th Northd. Fusiliers.  O.A.S. France.

     In action Arras and Cambrai; wounded severely near

     Cambrai.  Service December 1915 to April 1920.

  THOMAS J. JEFFERSON, Shoeing Smith, 9th Northd.

     Fusiliers.  O.A.S. France.  In action Ypres, Loos,

     Somme, Arras; twice wounded.  Service January 1904

     to April 1918.

  JAMES JOHNSON, Lance-Corporal, 7th Northd. Fusiliers.

     O.A.S. France.  In action Ypres, Somme, Arras, etc.;

     Wounded at Ypres.  Service, March 1915 to February

     1919.

  ROBERT JOHNSON, 7th Northd. Fusiliers, Transport Driver.

     O.A.S. France.  Service April 1915 to February,

     1919.

  GEORGE W. KIRKUP, Royal Navy.  Enlisted November

     1915; discharged as unfit for service, April 1916; joined

     the Army October 1917 but again invalided.

  GEORGE D. LAWSON, Gunner (1st Class), Royal Marine

     Artillery.  O.A.S. France.  In action Ypres, Lens,

     Arras, Cambrai, Bourlon Wood, Cagnicourt, Hindenburg

     Line; slightly wounded twice.  Service October 1917

     to March 1919.

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  GEORGE LEEMAN, Royal Army Service Corps, Motor trans-

     Port.  O.A.S. France.  Service November 1915 to

     June 1919.

  CHARLES LINES, 2nd K.O.S.B.  O.A.S. France, Palestine,

     Egypt, Belgium and Germany.  In action Hill 60, St.

     Julien, Somme, Vimy Ridge, Arras, Gaza, Jerusalem,

     Jaffa, Cambrai; wounded three times and gassed once.

     Service August 1914 to February 1919.

  GEORGE MARSHALL, 4th Dragoon Guards.  O.A.S. France.

     In action Somme.  Service May 1917 to October 1919.

  WILLIAM G. MILBURN, 2nd Grenadier Guards.  O.A.S.

     France.  In action at wounded at the battle of the

     Somme.  Service November 1915 to June 1918.

  EDWARD W. ORD, Sergt., Royal Army Service Corps, Motor

     Transport.  O.A.S. in East Africa, Italy and France.

     Service November 1915 to August 1919.

  CYRIL PATTERSON, 14th Northd. Fusiliers.  O.A.S. France.

     In action Kemmel, Chemin des Dames, and Havrin

     Court; twice wounded.  Service February 1917 to

     March 1919.

  *WILLIAM H. RANDALL, 7th Middlesex Regiment.  O.A.S.

     France.  In action Somme, etc.; twice wounded; died

     of pneumonia in Whitstable Hospital October 1918.

     Service from October 1915.

  *ALBERT P. REDPATH, King’s Own Scottish Borderers.

     O.A.S  France.  Enlisted January 1914, contracted a

     trench illness and died in hospital February 1915, aged

     21 years, and was buried at Blackpool.

  *ROBERT REED, Corporal, Northd. Fusiliers.  O.A.S.  France.

     Died of wounds received in battle of St. Quentin, March

     23rd, 1918, aged 35 years, and was buried in the Military

     Cemetery of Vermand.  Service from 1914.

  WILLIAM  REED, Royal Engineers.  Enlisted December 1915,

     demobilized December 1918.

  WILLIAM G. ROBSON, Royal Army Service Corps.  O.A.S.

     Mesopotamia.  Service January 1917 to March 1919.

  *JOSEPH SCOTT, Royal Army Service Corps.  O.A.S. German

     and Portuguese East Africa.  Enlisted January 1916;

     died of pneumonia November 25th 1918 aged 23 years,

     and buried at Dodoma, British E. Africa.

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  JOHN G. SCOTT, K.R.R.C.  O.A.S. France.  In action Ypres

     and Cambrai; severely wounded at Cambrai.  Service

     July 1916 to January 1919.

  ROBERT SCOTT, Sapper, 3rd Ry. Coy., R. Anglesey Royal

     Engineers.  O.A.S. France and Belgium.  In action

     Cambrai, etc.  Service November 1917 to April 1919.

  JAMES E. SKINNER, Lance-Corporal, 7th Northd. Fusiliers.

     O.A.S. France and Belgium.  In action and wounded

     at 2nd battle of Ypres.  Service September 1914 to

     September 1916.

  JOHN SHILAN, Coy. Q.M. Sergt. (Colour Sergt.) 5th Northd.

     Fusiliers.  O.A.S. France and Belgium.  In action 2nd

     Battle of Ypres, Loos, Hooge, Somme, etc; wounded;

     mentioned in despatches.  Service September 1914 to

     June 1919.

  WILLIAM G. SPRAGGON, Sergt., 2nd Cadr., Machine Gun

     Corps.  O.A.S. France and Belgium.  In action Somme,

     Vimy Ridge, Amiens, Arras, Ypres.  Service January

     1915 to May 1919.

  ROBERT E. SPRAGGON, Corporal Royal Engineers.  O.A.S.

     Mesopotamia.  In action Ramadia, Hit, Kan, Bagdadis,

     Arnah.  Service February 1915 to April 1919.

  THOMAS SPRAGGON, 13th Reserve Cavalry.  Enlisted no-

     vember 1915, invalided August 1916, after 3 months in

     hospital.

  *WILLIAM SUMMERS, Sapper, Royal Engineers.  Enlisted

     March 1917.  O.A.S. France.  Died of pneumonia 1st

     February 1919, aged 28 years, and was buried in the

     Communal Cemetery of St. Andre.

  ANDREW TAIT, Sapper, Royal Engineers.  O.A.S. France,

     Belgium, Italy and Egypt.  In action Ypres and on the

     Piave, in Italy.  Service September 1916 to January

     1920.

  ROBERT J. TAIT, 7th Northd. Fusiliers.  O.A.S. France and

     Belgium.  In action 2nd battle of Ypres and Somme;

     wounded.  Service September 1914 to January 1919.

  GEORGE G. TAIT, 7th Northd. Fusiliers.  O.A.S. in France

     and Belgium.  In action 2nd battle of Ypres; wounded.

     Service September 1914 to March 1916.

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  *JOHN TAYLOR.  Lance-Corporal, 2nd Coldstream Guards.

     Enlisted November 1915.  O.A.S. France.  Took part

     in a number of engagements, including the battle of the

     Somme, etc.; died of wounds after the battle of St.

     Leger, August 27th, 1918.

  *GEORGE THOMPSON, Australian Imperial Forces.  O.A.S.

     France.  Killed in the battle of Pozieres, July 23rd 1916,

     aged 34 years.

  *JAMES THOMPSON, Corporal, R.M.L.I.  Enlisted December,

     1915.  O.A.S. France.  In action Beaumont, Kemmel

     and Cambrai.  Killed at Cambrai, 27th September, 1918,

     aged 21 years, and buried in Chateau Cemetery, Doignies.

  GEORGE TURNBULL, M.M. Sergt., 7th Northd. Fusiliers and

     Machine Gun Corps.  O.A.S. Macedonia and Serbia.  In

     action Scrubby Ridge, Horseshoe Hill, Mamelon, etc.;

     wounded; awarded Military Medal for conspicuous

     bravery on the field.  Service August 1913 to March

     1919.

  THOMAS W. WARDHAUGH, Captain (Staff, G.H.Q.), 6th

     London Regiment.  Commissioned October 1913.  O.A.S.

     France and Russia.  In action Festubert, Cambrai,

     etc.; twice mentioned in despatches; awarded the Orders

     of St. Ann and St. Stanilaus; wounded at Festubert and

     gassed at Amiens.  Still serving in Territorial Force.

  FREDERIC C. WESTGARTH, R.A. (Rev.) Royal Field

     Artillery and Royal Army Veterinary Corps.  O.A.S.

     France.  Service, May 1917 to March 1919.

  GEORGE E. WEIR, York and Lancaster Regiment.  O.A.S.

     France.  In action Bourlon Wood, Neuville Ridge,

     March Retreat and Final Advance.  Service, January

     1917 to November 1919.

  JOHN A. WILLIAMS, 1/7 Northd. Fusiliers.  O.A.S. France.

     In action and wounded at 2nd battle of Ypres.  Service

     October 1913 to May 1916.

  WILLIAM WILSON, 11th Royal Scots.  O.A.S. France.  In

     action and severely wounded at the battle of Loos.

     Service November 1914 to June 1917.

 

  GEORGE S. WILSON, Sergt., 2nd Northd. Fusiliers.  O.A.S.

     France, Egypt and Greece.  In action Loos, Le Cateau,

     etc.  Service, December 1914 to February 1919.

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  *ROBERT WILSON, 7th Northd. Fusiliers.  Enlisted June

     1915.  O.A.S.  France.  In action and killed at the battle

     of Arras, April 28th, 1917, aged 21 years, and buried in

     Etaples Cemetery.

  JAMES WILSON, 13th Durham light Infantry.  O.A.S.

     France.  In action and wounded at the battle of Le

     Cateau.  Service, May 1918 to November 1919.

  *ROBERT E. YOUNGER, Lance-Corporal, 2nd South Staffs.  

     O.A.S  France.  In action Ypres, Arras, Somme, and

     Cambrai.  Killed at Cambrai September 29th, 1918,

     aged 23 years, and buried in Noyelles Communal Ceme-

     tery.  Service from October 1915.

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