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Widecombe World War 1: James Thompson Diaries
From DVD: RND Royal Naval Division. From 1916 63rd (RN) Division. W.W.1. 1914-1919. Antwerp, Gallipoli, Western Front. Magazine Issues 1-24, pages 1 to 2443. Copyright © Leonard Sellers 1998, Produced and designed at 17a Bellhouse Road, Eastwood, Leigh-on-Sea, Essex, SS9 5NL. This extract is from Issue Number 5 pages 319 – 335 Royal Marine James
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Widecombe World War One
Those Who Fell in the War In these pages we are remembering those people from the Widecombe parish who gave their lives in World War One. We are publishing information about their life and their war record. The pages have been built up over the last few years with those who died in 1915 available
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Widecombe World War 1: Henry James Broome
Henry James Broome Henry James Broome was born in Wandsworth SW London in 1880, eldest son of Charles and Emily Broome. He had four sisters (Catherine, Emily, Charlotte and Bessie) and four brothers (Charles William Alfred and Arthur). Later the family moved to Chislehurst in Kent. Henry, at the age of 17, took employment with
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Widecombe World War 1: Evelyn Anthony Cave Penney
Evelyn Anthony Cave Penney’s Life and War This photograph of Evelyn Anthony Cave Penney shows him in the uniform of the Queen Victoria’s Own Corps of Guides (Frontier Force) (Lumsdens). It was considered an “elite” regiment within the Indian Army. This photograph of Evelyn Anthony Cave Penney shows him in the uniform of the Queen
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Widecombe World War 1: Edward James Foster
Edward James Foster was born in Holne in 1880, his father James is recorded in the 1881 census as a copper miner. Both Edward’s father and mother Alice were born in Buckfastleigh. In 1891 the Foster family is shown as living at Lower Hannaford in the parish of Widecombe, James has ceased to be a
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Widecombe World War 1: SS Braemar Castle
From DVD: RND Royal Naval Division. From 1916 63rd (RN) Division. W.W.1. 1914-1919. Antwerp, Gallipoli, Western Front. Magazine Issues 1-24, pages 1 to 2443. Copyright © Leonard Sellers 1998, Produced and designed at 17a Bellhouse Road, Eastwood, Leigh-on-Sea, Essex, SS9 5NL. This extract is from Issue Number 19 pages 1885 – 1886 SHIPS THAT TRANSPORTED
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Widecombe World War 1: Captain Platt Diaries
The following is an extract from the “Hussars War Diary” May 1915. Exceptionally heavy bombardment by the enemy began which went on almost unceasingly till dark. During the morning the line on the south side of Potijze – Ypres road was broken. About 12.15pm the regiment was ordered to extend to the right up to