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    Is there a way of finding reports written about soldiers killed during WW1 and/or their photographs.

    I am researching 37 soldiers killed during WW1 who attended the school where I work. We have school magazines from that period with the photographs and things written by either their officers or family members after these ex-students had died. But i have about half of those killed for whom i have very little info apart from their names, regiments, and when they fell.

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    Welcome to British-Genealogy S_Acourt

    Firstly have you looked at the CWGC site Here for each of your soldiers? Some entries give next of kin and addresses.
    The bad news is that 60% + of WW1 service records were destroyed by bombing/fire in WW11 so it is likely that there are no records for your men but you never know. However there should be Medal Roll Index Cards for them.
    If you would like to give us all you know about each man then we could take a look for you and see if there is anything to be found.
    Others will be along with their suggestions I am sure.

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    Your best bet would be to search newspapers in the locality where they were from - most libraries have access to on line historic newspapers.

    In terms of trying to get photographs, you would have to make an appeal, either in local newspapers or using social media or the like and see if there are any relatives who have pictures.

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    Quote Originally Posted by S_Acourt View Post
    Is there a way of finding reports written about soldiers killed during WW1 and/or their photographs.


    If you've got their regiments it's worth 'googling' for a Regimental web site. I know of some, eg Cameron Highlanders, that have photos on - some with names - and some sites have memorial pages for soldiers, uploaded by their families.

    I'm sure more members on here would be only too pleased to help if you put some details up as christanel suggests.




    Cheers, emmteeyess

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    These are the names and what I have found out so far using our school's magazines from WW1 (Sir Roger Manwood's, Kent) and the CWGC website.

    Norman Walter Akhurst (1909-11) Lieutenant Queen’s Own Royal West Kent Regiment
     Died of wounds, Machine Gun Corps (Infantry), Died of wounds 8 June 1918, aged 22 [Source: Sandwich War Memorial]
     DOULLENS COMMUNAL CEMETERY EXTENSION NO.2, Somme

    John F. Anderson (00-03)

    William A. Andrews (04-07) Sergeant Buffs
     Commemorated LOOS MEMORIAL, Calais. Panel 15-19. Died 26 Sept 1915. Aged 24. Service number S/718.

    Sidney John Bell (02-05) Private Queen Victoria Rifles

    Charles Brereton Oakley Beuttler (03) Second Lieutenant Royal Field Artillery
     Died 24/12/1916
     Aged 27
     Commemorated Bethune Town Cemetary, III. K. 46.

    Arthur J. Binks (11-15) Lieut. Royal Naval Air Service

    Eric Percy Blaxland (06-10) Private Prince of Wales’s Own Civil Service Rifles
     Killed 16th August 1917, Commemorated Ypes (Menin Gate) Memorial. Panel 3 [or could be Panel 54 according to CWGC]. 15th Battalion, London Regiment, posted to 9th Battalion, London Regiment. [Source: Sandwich War Memorial]


    Stewart Patrick Brown (05-10) 2nd Lieut. Royal Engineers (R.N.D.E.)
     Died 31/12/1917
     Aged 22
     ROCQUIGNY-EQUANCOURT ROAD BRITISH CEMETERY, MANANCOURT, Somme

    W.F. Burgess (01-)

    Albert Howell Curtis (Master 1914-1916)Private 8th Battalion, Royal Fusiliers
     Died of wounds 4th August 1916, aged 23. Commemorated Varennes Military Ceremony , Somme, I.A.2. [Source: Sandwich War Memorial]
     One of three brothers who died.
     Albert died in action fighting on the Pozières Ridge [Source: https://www.kentfallen.com/PDF%20REPORTS/SANDWICH.pdf]

    Eric Drummond-Hay (1909-11) Lieutenant Canadian Infantry
     Aged 20
     DOMINION CEMETERY, HENDECOURT-LES-CAGNICOURT

    John George Fielder (1911-13) Gunner Royal Field Artillery
     Died of wounds 25th March 1918, aged 19 [Source: Sandwich War Memorial]
     Born Ramsgate, Enlisted in Deal
     Buried Bac-du-Sud British Cemetery, Bailleulval, Pas de Calais, France. Grave Ref: I. D. 19. [Source: https://www.kentfallen.com/PDF%20REPORTS/SANDWICH.pdf]

    Eric Hepburn (07-09) Private 28th Bn. Canadian Infantry
     Aged 23
     Died 11/08/1917
     BROOKWOOD MILITARY CEMETERY, Surrey, IX. C. 6.

    Wilfred Chennell Honeyball (97) Second Lieutenant Machine Gun Corps (Infantry) 14th Coy
     Died 21/03/1918
     Aged 31
     Pozieres Memorial, Panel 90-93 (Somme)

    Samuel George James (01-11) 2nd Lieut. Royal Naval Division
     Killed in action 9th Oct 1917, aged 28. Commemorated La Brique Military Cemetery No:2. Belgium, I.O.16. [Source: Sandwich War Memorial]
     Samuel received a gunshot wound to his back whilst fighting at Antwerp, which necessitated his evacuation back to the United Kingdom.
     After returning to action as a member of Howe Battalion, Samuel unfortunately suffered a number of bouts of illness, including Diarrhoea, Sycosis Face, and several abrasions to both of his legs as the result of becoming entangled in enemy barbed wire, and in addition to his illnesses and injuries he also received further wounds whilst serving on the Western Front. [Source: https://www.kentfallen.com/PDF%20REPORTS/SANDWICH.pdf]

    Charles Percival Maxted (07-10) Private/Driver Canadian Engineers
     Died 3/8/1916
     LIJSSENTHOEK MILITARY CEMETERY, VII. D. 17A, Belgium

    Cyril Lloyd Moubray (06-10) Second Lieutenant Royal Engineers, 76th Field Coy.
     Died 09/10/1918
     Aged 24
     Forenville Military Cemetary; B. 3. (near Cambrai)
     Awarded Military Cross

    Ronald Mutimer (Master 08) Corporal Royal Garrison Artilley
    Died 23/07/1917
    Aged 29
    Dickebusch New Military Cemetary Extension III. E. 31.

    William Noakes Neversole (95-99) Private 28th Middlesex

    S. F. Newman (97-98)

    Frederick George Pilcher (1910-1914) Private Honourable Artillery Company, 2nd Bn.
     Died 31/03/1917
     Aged 19
     H.A.C. CEMETERY, ECOUST-ST. MEIN, I. A. 25. Calais

    Herbert Frank Pittock (05-08) Lieutenant Machine Gun Corps
     Died Aged 26
     27/08/1919
     Bexhill Cemetary C. C. N2.

    Charles H. Price (1911-15) 2nd Lieut Royal Naval Air Service

    Frederick H Ralph (check Driver Motor Transport)

    Rev. Harold Buchanan Ryley (Head 1901-1905) Lieut Suffolk Regt.*
     Died 15/12/1917
     Aged 49
     RAMLEH WAR CEMETERY, D. 30. Israel

    Donald Arthur George Ryley (01-04) Lieut. North Staffs Regt.
     Died 11/02/1917
     North Staffordshire Regiment
     Loos Memorial, Panel 103-105, Calais

    Harold Buchanan Ryley (03-05) 2nd. Lieutenant North Staffs Regt.*
     Died 05/09/1916
     Thiepval Memorial Pier and Face 14B and 14C but he was in the North Staffordshire Regiment.

    Percival F. Sanders (99-02) 58th Batt. Canadian E.F.

    Edgar Cooper Simmons (95-) Private Canadian Forestry Corps
     Died 31st Oct 1918, aged 32. Buried Conches-en-Ouche Communal Cemetery, Eure, France Grave Ref: A. 6. [Source: Sandwich War Memorial]

    Harold Measday Snelling (10-13) Sergeant Queen Victoria Rifles
     Rifleman, 9th Batallion, London Regiment. Killed in action 1st July 1916. Commemorated Thiepval Memorial. Pier and Face 9C. [Source: Sandwich War Memorial]
     John’s battalion was engaged in a diversionary attack at Gommecourt by battalions of the Third Army which was commanded by Lieutenant-General Sir Edmund Allenby. [https://www.kentfallen.com/PDF%20REPORTS/SANDWICH.pdf]

    Ralph F. Talbot (1911-1913) Private Canadian Contingent

    Harold James Taylor (1909-1916) 2nd Lieut. Buffs (East Kent)
     Died 17/10/1918
     Aged 20
     Vis-en-Artois Memorial, Calais

    William Denne Waters (03-09) Lieut. Sherwood Foresters
     Killed in Action March 12th, 1915
     Aged 22

    Eric Joseph White (05-) L-Corporal Grenadier Guards
     Died 25/09/1916
     Thiepval Memorial, Pier and Face 8D.

    John Robert White (09-13) 2nd Lieut. 7th Leicestershires

    D. G. Willis (03-05)

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    The dates in brackets after the name are just when they attended our school. I have photos for the following people on the list:
    I have photos for:

    N Akhurst
    J Anderson
    A Binks
    E Blaxland
    S Brown
    A Curtis
    E Hepburn
    S G James
    C Moubray
    R Mutimer
    W Nethersole
    S Newman
    F Pilcher
    CL Price
    D Ryley and H Ryley
    Rev. H Ryley
    E Simmons
    H Taylor
    W D Waters
    J White

    Its already proved fascinating as for a select few of them the school magazine published comments by their teachers, as well as descriptions of exactly how they died. I even have letters written to the school by a couple of them when they were alive describing their war experience. But the info i have is very hit and miss and because i teach i have limited time to research. Thus, any further help would be hugely appreciated.

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    Hi
    I am sure we can all chip in and do some searching for you.
    here is my first little bit
    Third from last on your list ERIC Joseph WHITE
    There is no service record for him but there is a Medal Roll Index card which shows he received the British and Victory medals.

    So he is the one in Kent
    Here he is in 1911 census
    3 Elizabeth Terrace, East Cliff, Ramsgate, Kent
    Clara Matilda White 55 widow general shop assistant born Ramsgate
    Clara Annie White 22 dau single
    Thomas James White 20 Postman
    Eric Joseph White 17 shop fitters clerk born Ramsgate


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    My school is Sir Roger Manwood's Grammar School in Kent. At the time of the war it was an all boys school and had boarders. The school history goes back to the Tudor period but at one stage it closed and only reopened in the 1890s. So the oldest ex-students who fought in WW1 would have been in their early 30s. A couple of the people listed were school masters.

    Quote Originally Posted by christanel View Post
    Hi
    I am sure we can all chip in and do some searching for you.
    here is my first little bit
    Third from last on your list ERIC Joseph WHITE
    There is no service record for him but there is a Medal Roll Index card which shows he received the British and Victory medals.

    Which school are we talking about? It may help us to find these men in the 1901/1911 censuses. There are two Eric Joseph Whites in the 1911 census. One in Kent and one in Derbyshire. There is also a Joseph Eric White in Derbyshire.

    Christina

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    Here are his parents and sisters and brother in 1901 but he isn't with them.

    Charles J W White 48
    Clara M White 45
    Thomas J White 10
    Ada A White 14
    Clara A White 12

    Both ancestry and FMP are playing up and not displaying images for me so I can't see what the other details are for the 1901

    Thanks for answering my question so quickly which I had deleted because I had found it for myself.

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    I think that your Charles H Price is actually Charles Leonard Price because the school is mentioned in his obit. in de Ruvigny's Roll of Honour. There's a picture of him which you can get at if your school or library has a subscription of Ancestry (or if your library has a copy). Flt Lt, only son of Charles George Price (Gen Manager of the Pavilion, Torquay) & his wife Lilian Woods. B Ramsgate 3 Jul 1899, educ Sir Roger Manwood's, appointed to RNAS, transferred to RAF on its formation in 1817, accidentally killed through engine trouble at Yatesbury, Buried Ramsgate. CWGC says he died 11 May 1918.

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