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    1. [Carib] Jamaicans in World War 1
    2. Rory McGregor
    3. I have found the following Jamaicans who died in World War One and for the most part served in regiments other than the BWIR. Name: CLEMETSON, DAVID LOUIS Initials: D L Nationality: United Kingdom Rank: Lieutenant Regiment/Service: Pembroke Yeomanry Age: 24 Date of Death: 21/09/1918 Additional information: Son of David R. and Mary E. Clemetson, of Frontier, Port Maria, St. Mary, Jamaica. Casualty Type: Commonwealth War Dead Grave/Memorial Reference: I. D. 4. Cemetery: UNICORN CEMETERY, VEND'HUILE Name: CLEMETSON Initials: A Nationality: United Kingdom Rank: Private Regiment/Service: British West Indies Regiment Unit Text: 3rd Bn. Date of Death: 11/10/1917 Service No: 2894 Casualty Type: Commonwealth War Dead Grave/Memorial Reference: XX. J. 10A. Cemetery: LIJSSENTHOEK MILITARY CEMETERY Name: MANLEY Initials: D R Nationality: United Kingdom Rank: Gunner Regiment/Service: Royal Field Artillery Unit Text: "D" Bty. 174th Bde. Date of Death: 26/07/1917 Service No: 41804 Casualty Type: Commonwealth War Dead Grave/Memorial Reference: II. E. 41. Cemetery: POPERINGHE NEW MILITARY CEMETERY Name: SILVERA Initials: L G Nationality: United Kingdom Rank: Second Lieutenant Regiment/Service: British West Indies Regiment Unit Text: 6th Bn. Date of Death: 26/04/1917 Casualty Type: Commonwealth War Dead Grave/Memorial Reference: F. 10. Cemetery: ST. POL COMMUNAL CEMETERY EXTENSION Name: ASTWOOD, EDWARD LEICESTER STUART Initials: E L S Nationality: United Kingdom Rank: Second Lieutenant Regiment/Service: Royal Fusiliers Unit Text: 26th Bn. Age: 23 Date of Death: 20/09/1916 Additional information: Son of Edward William and Emily Agnes Astwood, of St. Andrew Jamaica, B.W.I. Casualty Type: Commonwealth War Dead Grave/Memorial Reference: Officers, A. 10. 4. Cemetery: ST. SEVER CEMETERY, ROUEN Name: BEMAND, HAROLD LESLIE Initials: H L Nationality: United Kingdom Rank: Gunner Regiment/Service: Royal Field Artillery Unit Text: "X" 8th T.M. Bty. Age: 19 Date of Death: 07/06/1917 Service No: 107838 Additional information: Son of George and Mary E. Bemand, of St. Michael's Villa, 1, Bow St., Kingston, Jamaica. Casualty Type: Commonwealth War Dead Grave/Memorial Reference: Enclosure No.2 I. F. 15. Cemetery: BEDFORD HOUSE CEMETERY Name: BRADBURY, DENNIS JOHN FREELAND Initials: D J F Nationality: United Kingdom Rank: Second Lieutenant Regiment/Service: King's Own (Royal Lancaster Regiment) Unit Text: Battalion Bombing Officer Secondary Regiment: The Loyal North Lancashire Regiment Secondary Unit Text: attd. 10th Age: 19 Date of Death: 15/11/1916 Additional information: Son of Patrick Joseph O'Leary Bradbury, M.A. (Director of Education) and Ellen Mary Bradbury, of Jamaica, British West Indies. Born at Antigua, British West Indies. Casualty Type: Commonwealth War Dead Grave/Memorial Reference: I. B. 26. Cemetery: MAILLY WOOD CEMETERY, MAILLY-MAILLET Name: BRANDON Initials: B L Nationality: United Kingdom Rank: Second Lieutenant Regiment/Service: King's Shropshire Light Infantry Secondary Regiment: Cheshire Regiment Secondary Unit Text: attd. 1st/7th Bn. Age: 25 Date of Death: 04/09/1918 Additional information: Son of Jacob and Leah Brandon, of Kingston, Jamaica, British West Indies. Casualty Type: Commonwealth War Dead Grave/Memorial Reference: P. 3. Cemetery: POND FARM CEMETERY Name: BROWNE, FRANCIS ADOLPHUS HAMILTON Initials: F A H Nationality: United Kingdom Rank: Lance Bombardier Regiment/Service: Royal Garrison Artillery Unit Text: 145th Heavy Bty. Age: 19 Date of Death: 18/09/1918 Service No: 109511 Additional information: Son of Austin H. and Alice Browne, of Montego Bay, Jamaica, British West Indies. Casualty Type: Commonwealth War Dead Grave/Memorial Reference: VII. J. 8. Cemetery: TINCOURT NEW BRITISH CEMETERY Name: BROWNE, GEORGE EDWIN Initials: G E Nationality: United Kingdom Rank: Lieutenant Regiment/Service: Royal Flying Corps Unit Text: 8th Sqdn. Age: 27 Date of Death: 21/01/1918 Additional information: Son of Edwin James and Marianne Browne, of 21, Tower St., Kingston, Jamaica, British West Indies. Casualty Type: Commonwealth War Dead Grave/Memorial Reference: IV. G. 25. Cemetery: TINCOURT NEW BRITISH CEMETERY Name: CLARE, HORACE TOWNSHEND Initials: H T Nationality: United Kingdom Rank: Major Regiment/Service: Royal Field Artillery Unit Text: "A" Bty. 245th Bde. Age: 21 Date of Death: 29/04/1918 Awards: Mentioned in Despatches Additional information: Chevalier of the Order of the Crown of Italy. Son of Henry Lewis Clare, M.D., and Lucy Clare, of "Mountlands," Norfolk Rd., Edgbaston, Birmingham. Born Kingston, Jamaica. Casualty Type: Commonwealth War Dead Grave/Memorial Reference: III. A. 22. Cemetery: BRANDHOEK NEW MILITARY CEMETERY No.3 Name: CONRAN, PERCY WOGAN DRYSDALE Initials: P W D Nationality: United Kingdom Rank: Captain Regiment/Service: Lancashire Fusiliers Unit Text: 1st Bn. Age: 32 Date of Death: 12/04/1918 Additional information: Son of William Adam Conran and Agnes Conran, of Mount Pleasant, Jamaica. Casualty Type: Commonwealth War Dead Grave/Memorial Reference: III. C. 13. Cemetery: AVAL WOOD MILITARY CEMETERY, VIEUX-BERQUIN Name: DALY, JOHN ALBERT EDWARD Initials: J A E Nationality: United Kingdom Rank: Lieutenant Regiment/Service: Royal Air Force Unit Text: 24th Sqdn. Age: 20 Date of Death: 08/07/1918 Awards: D F C Additional information: Adopted son of Mr. and Mrs. George Edward Daly, of Jamaica, British West Indies. Casualty Type: Commonwealth War Dead Grave/Memorial Reference: A. 10. Cemetery: FIENVILLERS BRITISH CEMETERY Name: DEAS, WILLIAM DARLING Initials: W D Nationality: United Kingdom Rank: Lieutenant Regiment/Service: Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders Unit Text: 11th Bn. Age: 27 Date of Death: 30/09/1915 Additional information: Son of William and Thirza D. Deas, of "Tabernacle," Brown's Town, Jamaica, British West Indies. Casualty Type: Commonwealth War Dead Grave/Memorial Reference: IV. B. 10. Cemetery: VALENCIENNES (ST. ROCH) COMMUNAL CEMETERY Name: DIAS, STEPHEN SMEETHE Initials: S S Nationality: United Kingdom Rank: Gunner Regiment/Service: Tank Corps Unit Text: 11th Bn. Age: 30 Date of Death: 23/08/1918 Service No: 112182 Additional information: Son of David Mortimer Dias and Medora Jane Dias, of Trelawney, Jamaica, B.W.I. Casualty Type: Commonwealth War Dead Grave/Memorial Reference: VIII. N. 7. Cemetery: CABARET-ROUGE BRITISH CEMETERY, SOUCHEZ Name: DURRANT, WILLIAM BLENCOWE WELLS Initials: W B W Nationality: United Kingdom Rank: Second Lieutenant Regiment/Service: Rifle Brigade Unit Text: 6th Bn. attd. "C" Coy. 4th Bn. Age: 21 Date of Death: 08/05/1915 Additional information: Son of the Hon. F. C. Wells Durrant and the late Gertrude Durrant, of Kingston, Jamaica. Casualty Type: Commonwealth War Dead Grave/Memorial Reference: Panel 10. Memorial: PLOEGSTEERT MEMORIAL Name: FARQUHARSON, NORMAN KENNETH Initials: N K Nationality: United Kingdom Rank: Second Lieutenant Regiment/Service: King's Own (Royal Lancaster Regiment) Unit Text: "D" Coy. 2nd/5th Bn. Age: 23 Date of Death: 29/08/1918 Additional information: Son of Mr. and Mrs. M. H. M. Farquharson, of Cornwall, Jamaica, British West Indies; husband of Mrs. B. G. Clarke (formerly Farquharson), of Doiran, Lower Wick, Worcester. Enlisted as a Pte. in the Royal Engineers, served in Egypt 1914-1917. Gazetted 1917. Casualty Type: Commonwealth War Dead Grave/Memorial Reference: VI. D. 8. Cemetery: H.A.C. CEMETERY, ECOUST-ST. MEIN Name: GELLATLY, ROBERT Initials: R Nationality: United Kingdom Rank: Second Lieutenant Regiment/Service: Royal Scots Unit Text: 13th Bn. Age: 31 Date of Death: 23/04/1917 Additional information: Son of the late J. Stewart Gellatly (Solicitor of the Supreme Court); husband of Katharme J. Gellatly, of The Manse, Carron Hall, Jamaica, British West Indies. Casualty Type: Commonwealth War Dead Grave/Memorial Reference: Bay 1 and 2. Memorial: ARRAS MEMORIAL Name: GOSSET, WILLIAM BERESFORD Initials: W B Nationality: United Kingdom Rank: Second Lieutenant Regiment/Service: Royal Field Artillery Unit Text: 115th Bty. Secondary Unit Text: Killed in action Age: 20 Date of Death: 01/11/1914 Additional information: Son of the Hon. Beresford Smyly Gosset and Mary Jean Gosset, of Halberstadt, Bull Bay, Jamaica. Casualty Type: Commonwealth War Dead Grave/Memorial Reference: E2. 12. Cemetery: YPRES TOWN CEMETERY Name: HILL, PERCIVAL SILK BUCKINGHAM Initials: P S B Nationality: United Kingdom Rank: Sapper Regiment/Service: Royal Engineers Unit Text: 33rd Light Railway Operating Coy. Date of Death: 28/04/1918 Service No: WR/270659 Additional information: Son of John L. Hill, J.P., of St. Ann Bay, Jamaica, British West Indies. Casualty Type: Commonwealth War Dead Grave/Memorial Reference: IX. A. 53. Cemetery: BOULOGNE EASTERN CEMETERY Name: JEFFREY-SMITH, LESLIE COCHRANE Initials: L C Nationality: United Kingdom Rank: Serjeant Regiment/Service: Royal Field Artillery Unit Text: "B" Bty. 180th Bde. Age: 23 Date of Death: 22/06/1917 Service No: 34898 Awards: Mentioned in Despatches Additional information: Son of Charles A. Jeffrey-Smith (Superintendent of Public Works, Jamaica) and Floretta Jeffrey-Smith, of Jamaica, British West Indies. Left Jamaica June, 1915. Enlisted in R.F.A. July, 1915. Went to France Feb.,1916. Casualty Type: Commonwealth War Dead Grave/Memorial Reference: I. A. 13. Cemetery: LOCRE HOSPICE CEMETERY Name: KELLY-LAWSON, GEORGE McFARQUHAR Initials: G M Nationality: United Kingdom Rank: Second Lieutenant Regiment/Service: Royal Garrison Artillery Unit Text: 5th Siege Bty. Age: 20 Date of Death: 09/08/1917 Additional information: Son of Dermot Owen Kelly-Lawson and Charlotte M. Kelly-Lawson, of Hampden, Jamaica, British West Indies. Casualty Type: Commonwealth War Dead Grave/Memorial Reference: IV. B. 5. Cemetery: BARD COTTAGE CEMETERY Name: KEMBLE, CYRIL STEWART Initials: C S Nationality: United Kingdom Rank: Second Lieutenant Regiment/Service: Suffolk Regiment Unit Text: 3rd Bn. Secondary Regiment: Royal Berkshire Regiment Secondary Unit Text: attd. 2nd/4th Bn. Age: 20 Date of Death: 27/05/1918 Additional information: Son of Frederick and Ida Kemble, of 527, 8th St., Brooklyn, New York, U.S.A. Native of Jamaica, British West Indies. Casualty Type: Commonwealth War Dead Grave/Memorial Reference: I. B. 6. Cemetery: ST. VENANT-ROBECQ ROAD BRITISH CEMETERY, ROBECQ Name: KEMBLE, HENRY NOEL Initials: H N Nationality: United Kingdom Rank: Captain Regiment/Service: Suffolk Regiment Unit Text: 2nd Bn. Age: 20 Date of Death: 20/07/1916 Additional information: Son of Frederick and Ida Kemble, of 353, East 22nd St., Flatbush, Brooklyn, New York, U.S.A. Born in Jamaica. Casualty Type: Commonwealth War Dead Grave/Memorial Reference: K. 33. Cemetery: CARNOY MILITARY CEMETERY Name: KERR, HENRY Initials: H Nationality: United Kingdom Rank: Private Regiment/Service: Royal Scots Unit Text: "B" Coy. 4th Bn. Age: 23 Date of Death: 28/06/1915 Service No: 2145 Additional information: Son of W. L. and Amy Kerr, of "Kenya," Halfway Tree, Jamaica, British West Indies. Casualty Type: Commonwealth War Dead Grave/Memorial Reference: Panel 26 to 30. Memorial: HELLES MEMORIAL Name: KING, BERRY Initials: B Nationality: United Kingdom Rank: Lieutenant Regiment/Service: Royal Flying Corps Unit Text: 25th Sqdn Secondary Regiment: King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry Secondary Unit Text: and 6th Bn. Age: 26 Date of Death: 03/05/1917 Additional information: Son of Mr. and Mrs. A. O'Reilly King, of 85, Barry St., Kingston, Jamaica, B.W.I. Casualty Type: Commonwealth War Dead Grave/Memorial Reference: IV. E. 6. Cemetery: LAPUGNOY MILITARY CEMETERY Name: LAIDMAN, KARL EVERARD Initials: K E Nationality: United Kingdom Rank: Private Regiment/Service: Royal Fusiliers Unit Text: "B" Coy. 22nd Bn. Age: 19 Date of Death: 31/03/1916 Service No: 1894 Additional information: Son of Herbert Edmund and Mary Jane Armstrong Laidman, of 65 Norman Rd., Kingston, Jamaica, B.W.I. Casualty Type: Commonwealth War Dead Grave/Memorial Reference: I. F. 20. Cemetery: LAPUGNOY MILITARY CEMETERY Name: LUCIE-SMITH, EUAN Initials: E Nationality: United Kingdom Rank: Lieutenant Regiment/Service: Royal Warwickshire Regiment Unit Text: 1st Bn. Age: 25 Date of Death: 25/04/1915 Additional information: Son of John Barkly Lucie-Smith (Post Master General of Jamaica), and Katie Lucie-Smith, of Kingston, Jamaica. Born at St. Andrew, Jamaica. Casualty Type: Commonwealth War Dead Grave/Memorial Reference: Panel 2 and 3. Memorial: PLOEGSTEERT MEMORIAL Name: LYON HALL, CLARENCE ESPEUT Initials: C E Nationality: United Kingdom Rank: Lieutenant Regiment/Service: South Wales Borderers Unit Text: 5th Bn. Age: 20 Date of Death: 07/07/1916 Awards: M C Additional information: Son of Clarence and Noemi Marian Lyon Hall, of Spring Garden, Buff Bay, Jamaica. Casualty Type: Commonwealth War Dead Grave/Memorial Reference: I. R. 15. Cemetery: BECOURT MILITARY CEMETERY, BECORDEL-BECOURT Name: MACGREGOR, CORTLANDT RICHARD Initials: C R Nationality: United Kingdom Rank: Lieutenant Regiment/Service: South Wales Borderers Unit Text: 2nd Bn. Age: 21 Date of Death: 05/05/1915 Additional information: Son of Cortlandt George and Margaret Josephine MacGregor, of Hanbury, Shooter's Hill, Jamaica, British West Indies. Casualty Type: Commonwealth War Dead Grave/Memorial Reference: Panel 80 to 84 or 219 and 220. Memorial: HELLES MEMORIAL Name: MacGREGOR, KENNETH CORTLANDT Initials: K C Nationality: United Kingdom Rank: Second Lieutenant Regiment/Service: King's Own Scottish Borderers Unit Text: 2nd Bn. Age: 19 Date of Death: 26/02/1915 Additional information: Son of Cortlandt George and Margaret Josephine MacGregor, of Glanwenny, Bridgend, Glam. Native of Shooters Hill, Jamaica. Casualty Type: Commonwealth War Dead Grave/Memorial Reference: Panel 22. Memorial: YPRES (MENIN GATE) MEMORIAL Name: MACKENZIE-MUIR, RONALD CAERLEON LIVINGSTON Initials: R C L Nationality: United Kingdom Rank: Private Regiment/Service: London Regiment (London Scottish) Unit Text: 1st/14th Bn. Age: 19 Date of Death: 06/11/1918 Service No: 517612 Additional information: Son of Charles Mackenzie-Muir and Kathrine Adelaide his wife, of The Gardens, Gordon Town, Jamaica. Born at Kingston, Jamaica. Educated at Jamaica College. Casualty Type: Commonwealth War Dead Grave/Memorial Reference: I. A. 10. On West side. Cemetery: ANGRE COMMUNAL CEMETERY Name: MAIS, HERBERT ROXBURGH Initials: H R Nationality: United Kingdom Rank: Lieutenant Regiment/Service: Royal Engineers Unit Text: 70th Field Coy. Age: 27 Date of Death: 30/11/1917 Awards: Mentioned in Despatches Additional information: Son of Charles and Mary Ellen Mais, of Jamaica, B.W. I. Casualty Type: Commonwealth War Dead Grave/Memorial Reference: II. C. 13. Cemetery: FINS NEW BRITISH CEMETERY, SOREL-LE-GRAND Name: McGRATH, NOEL GEORGE SCOTT Initials: N G S Nationality: United Kingdom Rank: Lieutenant Regiment/Service: 2nd Dragoon Guards (Queen's Bays) Age: 29 Date of Death: 05/11/1914 Additional information: Eldest Son of the Hon. Geo. McGrath, of Charlemont, Ewarton, Jamaica, British West Indies. Casualty Type: Commonwealth War Dead Grave/Memorial Reference: II. B. 1. Cemetery: BOULOGNE EASTERN CEMETERY Name: MELHADO, OWEN STIRLING Initials: O S Nationality: United Kingdom Rank: Second Lieutenant Regiment/Service: Yorkshire Regiment Unit Text: 5th Bn. attd. 11th Bn. Age: 23 Date of Death: 07/12/1915 Awards: Mentioned in Despatches Additional information: Commissioned on the Field. Son of Reginald and Irene Melhado, of Devon House, Half Way Tree, Jamaica, British West Indies. Casualty Type: Commonwealth War Dead Grave/Memorial Reference: 7. Cemetery: MARSA JEWISH CEMETERY Name: MILES, RICHARD DOUGLAS Initials: R D Nationality: United Kingdom Rank: Second Lieutenant Regiment/Service: Royal Irish Fusiliers Unit Text: 9th Bn. Age: 27 Date of Death: 17/08/1917 Awards: M C Additional information: Son of Alfred Henry Miles, D.S.O., I.S.O. (late Collector-General of Jamaica), and Ada E. Miles. Served with the 31st Bn. Alberta Regt. and attained the rank of Serjt. Major before gaining a commission in R.I.F. Born Kingston, Jamaica. Casualty Type: Commonwealth War Dead Grave/Memorial Reference: II. F. 18. Cemetery: BRANDHOEK NEW MILITARY CEMETERY No.3 Name: MILLS, JOHN MCFARLANE DENHOLM Initials: J M D Nationality: United Kingdom Rank: Lieutenant Regiment/Service: Royal Air Force Unit Text: 111th Sqdn. (5th Wing) Age: 22 Date of Death: 22/06/1919 Awards: A F C, Mentioned in Despatches Additional information: Son of David and Margaret Mills, of Retirement, Montego Bay, Jamaica, British West Indies. Casualty Type: Commonwealth War Dead Grave/Memorial Reference: EE. 39. Cemetery: RAMLEH WAR CEMETERY Name: MITCHELL, HERBERT ARNOLD Initials: H A Nationality: United Kingdom Rank: Private Regiment/Service: London Regiment (Artists' Rifles) Unit Text: 28th Bn. Age: 19 Date of Death: 15/04/1917 Service No: 765358 Additional information: Son of William Herbert and Edith Caroline Mitchell, of The Education Office, Kingston, Jamaica, British West Indies. Came from St. Kitts, British West Indies to enlist. Alternative Commemoration - buried in Tottenham Park Cemetery. Casualty Type: Commonwealth War Dead Grave/Memorial Reference: Screen Wall. Cemetery: EDMONTON CEMETERY, Middlesex Name: MORIN, FRANK WHITEHORNE Initials: F W Nationality: United Kingdom Rank: Private Regiment/Service: Honourable Artillery Company Unit Text: 1st Bn. Age: 29 Date of Death: 23/04/1917 Service No: 5089 Additional information: Son of the late John F. and Edith Whitehorne Morin, of Kingston, Jamaica, British West Indies. Casualty Type: Commonwealth War Dead Grave/Memorial Reference: Bay 1. Memorial: ARRAS MEMORIAL Name: MOSSMAN, ELLIS LEOPOLD Initials: E L Nationality: United Kingdom Rank: Lance Corporal Regiment/Service: 1st King Edward's Horse Age: 29 Date of Death: 09/04/1918 Service No: 1022 Additional information: Son of Hubert Leopold Mossman and Emily Mossman, of "Upton", Lodge, Jamaica, B.W.I. Casualty Type: Commonwealth War Dead Grave/Memorial Reference: Panel 2. Memorial: LOOS MEMORIAL Name: MURRAY, AUBREY GEORGE Initials: A G Nationality: United Kingdom Rank: Rifleman Regiment/Service: King's Royal Rifle Corps Unit Text: 10th Bn. Age: 23 Date of Death: 30/11/1917 Service No: R/13625 Additional information: Son of William Robinson Murray and Annie Eliza Murray, of 39, High Holborn St., Kingston, Jamaica, British West Indies. Casualty Type: Commonwealth War Dead Grave/Memorial Reference: Panel 9. Memorial: CAMBRAI MEMORIAL, LOUVERVAL Name: NICOLL, ERIC STANHOPE Initials: E S Nationality: United Kingdom Rank: Captain Regiment/Service: Queen's Own (Royal West Kent Regiment) Unit Text: 2nd/4th Bn. Age: 25 Date of Death: 18/01/1918 Awards: M C Additional information: Son of Mr. and Mrs. Stanhope Nicoll, of Knockpatrick, Jamaica, B.W.I. Casualty Type: Commonwealth War Dead Grave/Memorial Reference: O. 105. Cemetery: JERUSALEM WAR CEMETERY, Israel Name: ORRETT, FRANK CLAUD Initials: F C Nationality: United Kingdom Rank: Private Regiment/Service: Gordon Highlanders Unit Text: "A" Coy. 8th/10th Bn. Age: 20 Date of Death: 13/11/1917 Service No: 235426 Additional information: Son of Charles and Rosa Orrett, of "Homestead," Windward Rd., Kingston, Jamaica. Casualty Type: Commonwealth War Dead Grave/Memorial Reference: VI. D. 26. Cemetery: DUISANS BRITISH CEMETERY, ETRUN Name: RERRIE, ERROL SEYMOUR Initials: E S Nationality: United Kingdom Rank: Lieutenant Regiment/Service: East Yorkshire Regiment Unit Text: 3rd Bn. attd. 7th Bn. Age: 21 Date of Death: 12/05/1917 Awards: M C Additional information: Son of Richard P. and C. May Rerrie, of Montego Bay, Jamaica, British West Indies. Casualty Type: Commonwealth War Dead Grave/Memorial Reference: Bay 4 and 5. Memorial: ARRAS MEMORIAL Name: SANGUINETTI, LEONARD St. JOHN Initials: L St J Nationality: United Kingdom Rank: Private Regiment/Service: London Regiment (Royal Fusiliers) Unit Text: 3rd Bn. Age: 21 Date of Death: 02/07/1916 Service No: 4532 Additional information: Son of Haughton and Jessie Louise Sanguinetti, of Jamaica. Casualty Type: Commonwealth War Dead Grave/Memorial Reference: II. P. 3. Cemetery: HEBUTERNE MILITARY CEMETERY Name: SMYTH, WILLIAM DARLEY Initials: W D Nationality: United Kingdom Rank: Gunner Regiment/Service: Royal Field Artillery Unit Text: "D" Bty. 58th Bde. Age: 22 Date of Death: 04/10/1917 Service No: L/14154 Additional information: Son of Mrs. A. L. Smyth, of Black River, Jamaica, British West Indies. Native of Old Harbour. Casualty Type: Commonwealth War Dead Grave/Memorial Reference: X. B. 2. Cemetery: NEW IRISH FARM CEMETERY Name: STOCKHAUSEN, IVAN LANCELOT Initials: I L Nationality: United Kingdom Rank: Lieutenant Regiment/Service: Royal Flying Corps Unit Text: 17th Sqdn. Secondary Regiment: British West Indies Regiment Secondary Unit Text: and Age: 27 Date of Death: 03/10/1917 Additional information: Son of John and Miriam Stockhausen, of Stewart Town, Trelawney, Jamaica, B.W.I. Casualty Type: Commonwealth War Dead Grave/Memorial Reference: VII. B. 9. Cemetery: STRUMA MILITARY CEMETERY Name: STUART, CYRIL ADOLPHUS Initials: C A Nationality: United Kingdom Rank: Private Regiment/Service: King's Shropshire Light Infantry Unit Text: 5th Bn. Age: 20 Date of Death: 11/08/1915 Service No: 13043 Additional information: Son of Charles Pelham and Ada Stuart, of Jamaica, B.W.I. Casualty Type: Commonwealth War Dead Grave/Memorial Reference: Plot 1. Row H. Grave 1A. Cemetery: LE TREPORT MILITARY CEMETERY Name: THOMAS Initials: S A Nationality: United Kingdom Rank: Serjeant Regiment/Service: Royal Army Medical Corps Secondary Regiment: British West Indies Regiment Secondary Unit Text: attd. 9th Bn. Age: 22 Date of Death: 08/01/1918 Service No: 47 Additional information: Son of Joseph Albert and Florence Maud Thomas, of Mount Liberty School, Chapelton, Jamaica. Born at Richmond, Manchester, Jamaica. Casualty Type: Commonwealth War Dead Grave/Memorial Reference: III. B. 3. Cemetery: ARQUES-LA-BATAILLE BRITISH CEMETERY Name: THOMAS Initials: G M Nationality: United Kingdom Rank: Flight Lieutenant Regiment/Service: Royal Air Force Unit Text: H.M. Airship R.38. Date of Death: 24/08/1921 Awards: D F C Additional information: Son of Mr. T. Thomas, of Savanna-la-Man, Jamaica, British West Indies. Casualty Type: Commonwealth War Dead Grave/Memorial Reference: "R.38." Memorial. Cemetery: HULL WESTERN CEMETERY Name: THOMAS, ARTHUR CRICHTON Initials: A C Nationality: United Kingdom Rank: Major Regiment/Service: Royal Garrison Artillery Unit Text: 355th Bty. Age: 27 Date of Death: 16/11/1917 Additional information: Son of Herbert T. and Gertrude Thomas, of 3, Geffrard Place, Kingston, Jamaica. Casualty Type: Commonwealth War Dead Grave/Memorial Reference: III. K. 18. Cemetery: TALANA FARM CEMETERY Name: THOMPSON, THOMAS Initials: T Nationality: United Kingdom Rank: Pioneer Regiment/Service: Royal Engineers Unit Text: No. 2 Group, Depot. Coy. Age: 30 Date of Death: 01/11/1918 Service No: 328749 Additional information: Son of A. and H. Thompson, of Chester Castle, Belvedere, Jamaica, B.W.I. Casualty Type: Commonwealth War Dead Grave/Memorial Reference: General. C. 4363. Cemetery: PLYMOUTH (EFFORD) CEMETERY Name: VINE, STEPHEN JAMES Initials: S J Nationality: United Kingdom Rank: Private Regiment/Service: Royal Sussex Regiment Unit Text: 9th Bn. Age: 24 Date of Death: 02/06/1918 Service No: SD/4246 Additional information: Son of James Alfred and Susannah Vine, of Kingston, Jamaica, British West Indies. Casualty Type: Commonwealth War Dead Grave/Memorial Reference: II. E. 42. Cemetery: PERNES BRITISH CEMETERY Name: WATSON TAYLOR, ARTHUR SIMON Initials: A S Nationality: United Kingdom Rank: Second Lieutenant Regiment/Service: London Regiment Unit Text: 22nd Bn. Age: 33 Date of Death: 14/09/1917 Additional information: Son of Arthur Wellesley Watson Taylor and Mary Emmeline, his wife (nee Murthwaite), of Haughton Grove, Ramble, Jamaica, British West Indies. Casualty Type: Commonwealth War Dead Grave/Memorial Reference: II. C. 7. Cemetery: MENIN ROAD SOUTH MILITARY CEMETERY Name: WESTPHAL Initials: R F A Nationality: United Kingdom Rank: Private Regiment/Service: Royal Fusiliers Unit Text: 24th Bn. Age: 19 Date of Death: 07/05/1916 Service No: 4121 Additional information: Son of Augustus and Georgine Westphal, of Fairfleld, Spur Tree, Jamaica. Casualty Type: Commonwealth War Dead Grave/Memorial Reference: C. 7. Cemetery: TRANCHEE DE MECKNES CEMETERY, AIX-NOULETTE Name: WESTPHAL, BENJAMIN AUGUSTUS Initials: B A Nationality: United Kingdom Rank: Second Lieutenant Regiment/Service: Manchester Regiment Unit Text: 18th Bn. Age: 24 Date of Death: 23/04/1917 Additional information: Son of Augustus and Georgine Westphal, of Fairfield, Spur Tree, Jamaica, British West Indies. Casualty Type: Commonwealth War Dead Grave/Memorial Reference: Bay 7. Memorial: ARRAS MEMORIAL Name: WORTLEY, MAURICE LESTER Initials: M L Nationality: United Kingdom Rank: Second Lieutenant Regiment/Service: Suffolk Regiment Unit Text: 3rd Bn. Age: 20 Date of Death: 03/10/1915 Additional information: Son of the Rev. Canon Ed. Jocelyn Wortley and Bertha E. Wortley, of Constant Spring, Jamaica, British West Indies. Casualty Type: Commonwealth War Dead Grave/Memorial Reference: Panel 37 and 38. Memorial: LOOS MEMORIAL

    06/05/2010 10:42:31
    1. Re: [Carib] Jamaicans in World War 1
    2. Ernest M. Wiltshire
    3. Thank you very much for that wonderful list Rory. I can add that the young man below was born in England, the son of Frederick Chester Wells DURRANT, a barrister & the Attorney General of Jamaica from 1921-1932, but who was actually born in St. Vincent in 1864 & died in Kingston Jamaica in 1934; his wife was Gertrude Blencowe (born 1862,in England) -----Original Message----- From: caribbean-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:caribbean-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of Rory McGregor Sent: Saturday, June 05, 2010 11:43 AM To: caribbean@rootsweb.com Subject: [Carib] Jamaicans in World War 1 I have found the following Jamaicans who died in World War One and for the most part served in regiments other than the BWIR. ... Name: DURRANT, WILLIAM BLENCOWE WELLS Initials: W B W Nationality: United Kingdom Rank: Second Lieutenant Regiment/Service: Rifle Brigade Unit Text: 6th Bn. attd. "C" Coy. 4th Bn. Age: 21 Date of Death: 08/05/1915 Additional information: Son of the Hon. F. C. Wells Durrant and the late Gertrude Durrant, of Kingston, Jamaica. Casualty Type: Commonwealth War Dead Grave/Memorial Reference: Panel 10. Memorial: PLOEGSTEERT MEMORIAL

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