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| ~ WORLD ~ WW1: 1914 – 1920 & Interwar: 1921 – 1938 | ||||
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Interwar: 1921 – 1938 |
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| WW1: 1914 – 1920 | ||||
| 590751; 20519 |
PTE |
Phillip Henry |
BOWER |
UK – 2/18 London Regt, 1st County of London Yeomanry (Middlesex, Duke of Cambridge’s Hussars); Connaught Rangers |
| x |
CAPT |
Ernest Adolphus |
DE LA MERE (Delamere) |
CEF – Canadian Army Service Corps (CASC). Emigrated to Auckland 1950s, buried Waikumete. |
| 6140; 132396 |
SPR |
Andrew |
NELSON |
UK – Princess Louise’s (Argyll & Sutherland) Highlanders; 185th Tunnelling Coy, Royal Engineers (RE) – Reunited 2024. |
| 1440 (RE-T); 440257 (RE) |
SPR (2nd CPL) |
Henry Baker |
COOK |
UK – Royal Engineers (Signals & Field Engr). |
| A.8237 | L.SMN |
Reginald |
CHILDS – died in NZ |
UK – Royal Naval Reserve (RNR): HMS Sculptor – Reunited to East Sussex, England May 2024. |
| DM2/228133 | PTE |
John |
STAFF * |
UK – Army Service Corps (ASC) – Reunited Sep 2024. |
|
146523 |
GNR (DVR) |
Alexander (Alick) |
STAFF * |
UK – Royal Field Artillery (RFA) – Reunited Sep 2024. Refer also LOST – NZ – WW1: 3rd brother Albert STAFF, NZEF. |
| F.8370; 208370; 30382 | AM-II (E)-AM SGT – S/SGT (CAPT) |
Horace |
MADDOCKS, MBE |
UK – WW1: Royal Naval Air Service; RAF. WW2: NZ Mil Forces, NZAOC & NZASC – Home Service – Reunited Oct 2024. |
| M2-053330; NZ403246 | PTE; LAC (Dvr) |
John [Hugh] |
McPHERSON |
UK – WW1: 2nd Auxiliary Bus Company, Army Service Corps (ASC). WW2: RNZAF Motor Transport – Home Service – Reunited to Australia, Feb 2024. Refer also LOST – WORLD: WW1 |
| 67982 | GNR |
James T. |
ALEXANDER |
UK – Royal Field Artillery; NZ – NMR, Home Service |
| 798 & 1129 | TPR/PTE (Class 2), Air.Mech |
Percival King |
PEARDON |
AUST – 10th Infantry Bn AIF, 1st Remount Unit, 4th Aust Light Horse Regt; Aust Army Veterinary Corps; Australian Flying Corps – Reunited to Tasmania, Australia, Dec 2023. |
| 136862; 352700 | DVR – CPL |
William Samuel Charles |
CRIGHTON |
UK – WW1: Royal Engineers (RE). WW2: No.1 (Bomber) Group (RAF) Abington, Oxfordshire – Reunited Jul 2023. |
| 502002 |
SJT |
Algernon William |
PRITCHARD, MM |
UK – 55 (Whithington) Divisional Signals Coy, Royal Engineers (RE) |
| 146059 | CPL |
Daniel |
WALKER |
UK – 265 Siege Battery, Royal Garrison Artillery (RGA) |
| 57842 | PTE |
Thomas |
WHITWORTH |
UK – 11th Reserve Bn, Machine Gun Corps (MGC) |
| 1479 | PTE |
Thomas |
MURRAY |
AUST – 1st Battalion, AIF – 2nd Reinfs |
| 1395 | SJT (LT&QM) |
Thomas |
HALL |
UK – 1st/6th Cameronians (Scottish Rifles); 1st/6th Battalion, Highland Light Infantry; 1st (Reserve) Garrison Battalion |
| 224066 | ASIG |
Edward |
KNOWLES |
UK – Royal Navy |
| 45809 | PTE |
Aubrey |
LOCKE |
UK – 11 Battalion, 1st Rifle Brigade, Kings Royal Rifle Corps – Reunited Kingston, Ontario Canada, Dec 2022. |
| 2836 | PTE |
Fred |
MARTIN |
UK – 1/1st London Regt; 1st (TF) Bedfordshire & Hertfordshire Regiment |
| 1333; 2865086 | PTE (Bugler) |
Alfred Henry Herbert |
HARDY |
UK – 1/1st Battalion (Hertfordshire), London Regt; Herts Regiment – Reunited Loddon, Norfolk UK, Oct 2022. |
| 7635; 419754 | PTE |
Joseph |
GILBERTSON |
UK – Prince of Wales Own (West Yorkshire) Regt; Labour Corps |
| X | ENGR.SUB-LT |
Frederick George |
WHITCOMBE, RNR |
UK – Royal Naval Reserve (RNR) |
| 190008 | DVR | George | MORRIS |
UK – Royal Artillery (RA) & Mercantile Marine Service – incls Mercantile Marine Medal named to ‘George H. Morris’ |
| 112765 | GNR | Ernest Victor | GRATTON |
UK – Royal Field Artillery (RFA) |
|
J.32945 |
ORD (WOS) | George Frederick | MORRIS |
UK – Royal Navy (RN) – WW1 and WW2, Pacific – Reunited Jan 2022. |
|
3295 |
TPR | Henry Walter | GODRICH |
AUST – 10th Australian Light Horse Regt (10 LHR), Australian Imperial Force (AIF) |
|
63648; 617273 |
PTE | Robert Edward Percival | PINCHIN |
UK – 3rd (Reserve) Bn, Queen’s Own (Royal West Surrey) Regt; Labour Corps |
|
49119 |
GNR | Joseph Edward | ROBINSON |
RSA: UK – 103 Battery, Royal Horse Artillery |
|
02390 |
CMDR | Alan Ernest | CAIN, DSC, RD – RNR |
UK – Royal Naval Reserve (RNR), Australian & NZ Branches. Merchant Master for NZ Union Steam Ship Co., SS Westmeath |
|
3318 |
TPR – PTE | William Henry | THOMPSON |
AUST – Imperial Camel Corps (I.C.C.), Australian Imperial Force (AIF) |
| 42292 | DVR (CPL) | William Allan | STEWART |
UK – Royal Artillery (RA) – 56 Battery, 44 Brigade, Royal Field Artillery (RFA) |
| 180469 | PTE | George Joseph | GIBBS |
CANADA – 88th Battalion & 7th Battalion, Canadian Expeditionary Force (CEF) |
| 43751 | PTE | Joah – enlisted as “Joe” | CHAMBERS |
UK – South Staffordshire Regiment (S.STAFF.R), MEF |
| 12548 | GNR |
William Frederick Charles |
JOHNSON |
RSA: UK – Royal Garrison Artillery (RGA), Egypt – refer also WW2-NZ-FOUND |
| X | CAPT | Arthur Harold |
FORBES (mid) ** – also son – WW2 |
UK – Army Service Corps (ASC), BEF – Reunited Feb 2020. |
| EV-1915 | SOLDAT 1.eme (Fantassin) | Charles | ZIMMERMAN, CdeG – relative of Forbes above |
FRANCE – LM 103, St. Etienne – French Army – Reunited with Forbes medals Feb 2020. |
|
1613; WR/194528 |
PTE – SPR | Stephen Olivier |
MESNY – also MESNEY of Guernsey, Channel Islands |
UK – Royal Army Medical Corps (RAMC); Royal Engineers (RE) – Railway Transport Depot |
| L-11558 | PTE | Guy Allen Thomas |
VEAL – Guernsey, Channel Islands |
UK – 4th Battalion, (Duke of Cambridge’s Own) Middlesex Regiment, BEF – Reunited Aug 2023. |
| 226785 | GNR | William King | SOUTHON * Christchurch, d:2007 |
UK – Royal Artillery (RA) – see BOER War for father |
| 51597 | PTE | George S. | WILKINS |
RSA: UK – Worcestershire Regiment, BEF |
| X | MATE | Joseph – AUST, or John – UK ? | KNOX |
RSA: UK – Mercantile Fleet Auxiliary (MFA) |
| 32041 | GNR | Ernest | COULBY |
RSA: UK – 2nd Brigade, Royal Field Artillery (RFA) & Royal Artillery (RA), BEF |
| 86350 | PTE | John | PAUL |
RSA: UK – Royal Army Medical Corps (RAMC), BEF |
|
T4-7520; S/19306; 56265 |
DVR – PTE | Alexander | KENNEDY | RSA: UK – Army Service Corps (ASC), London Regiment (14th), BEF |
| X | LT (CAPTN, Mercantile Marine) | Charles Frederick | HORNE, OBE, (mid) – R.N.R. |
UK – Royal Naval Reserve (RNR): Auxiliary Patrol Boats, Orkney & Shetland Islands – Reunited Aug 2019. |
| 290202 | PTE | Stanley | RICHARDS – died Mangakino |
UK – 7th Battalion, Royal Welsh Fusiliers, BEF |
| L-6290 | O.STWD (OS) | George Alfred | HARRIS |
UK – Royal Navy (R.N.) – HMS Pembroke, Dido, Victory 1 – BEF |
| 015885 | PTE | Thomas | McCONNELL |
UK – Royal Army Ordnance Corps (RAOC), BEF |
| 226416 | PTE | Richard Anthony | WILLIAMS |
CANADA – 102 Canadian Infantry Battalion, (102.CIB), Canadian Expeditionary Force (CEF) |
|
T-3677; 28591 |
DVR | Archibald Newell | STANDRING |
UK – Army Service Corps (ASC); 2/5 Kings Own Royal Lancashire Regt (2/5 KOR LANCS Regt) – Reunited to Prestatyn, Wales, Aug 2018. |
| 760651 | PTE | Henry Joseph | SHORT – Australian from Kalgoorlie, died in Auckland |
AUST – Australian Imperial Force (AIF) (med. disch). CANADA – 3rd Pioneer Battalion, Canadian Expeditionary Force (CEF) |
| X | SSTR | Nance | McKAY, ARRC |
UK – Queen Alexandra’s Royal Navy Nursing Service (QARNNS), BEF |
| 2.R-B.28 | SSTR | Sylvia Daisy – b Daisy Sylvia | BROWN |
UK – Queen Alexandra’s Imperial Military Nursing Service Reserve (QAIMNSR), BEF – WW1: England & France. Matron of Nelson Hospital, 1920/1937 – Presented to Nelson Hospital, Aug 2018. |
| X | R.N. CHAP.N (Chaplain) | Arundel John Edward | MacSWINEY R.N. – b SWINEY of Cheltenham, UK |
UK – Royal Navy (RN), HMS Sandhurst , Onehunga resident – d Hillsborough, Auckland |
|
T-30477; T-698; 12332 |
DVR | Harry | CONWAY | UK – Army Service Corps (ASC) |
| X | ENGR | James Fletcher | DICKSON |
UK – Merchant Marine Service – d Wellington (Karori) |
| X | CAPTN (Master Mariner) | Thomas | FAULKNER |
UK – Merchant Navy: Liverpool & Whitby – Reunited Tamworth, Staffordshire UK, Sep 2018. |
| 3918 | SGT | William | PRATT |
UK – Middlesex Regiment, BEF |
| 29238 | PTE | William Henry | JONES |
UK – 17th (Service) Battalion, King’s (Liverpool) Regiment (17/KLR Regt), BEF |
| 203382 | AB | William George | WEATHERSPOON |
UK – Royal Navy (RN) |
| 18449 | PTE | Alexander | SMITH |
UK – 10th (Service) Battalion, Highland Light Infantry Regiment (HLI Regt), BEF |
| 172465 | DVR | John Weir | GILMOUR |
UK – Royal Field Artillery (RFA), BEF |
| M-2654 |
ERA.4 (Eng. Rm Asst.) |
Richard Douglas | CONWAY | UK – Royal Navy (RN) |
LEGEND
CPL/SGT = either rank impressed on medal
PTE – SGT = range of ranks medal may have impressed on rim or reverse
(CPL) = highest known rank
* = brothers / sisters
** = father & son
+ = other relative
# = given name at enlistment