Well now, Sarah, you've got me going again! Here are my blood relatives who fell in the Great War. I dont think my family unusual in any way. The only one I've always known about was my mother's brother, Isaac Wren. The others I have picked up over the years from doing family history. Whenever I find a boy born between say, 1880-ish and 1900, I always check to see if they served and if they survived or not. Boys born in this time slot are the ones who went to battle, by and large. You've probably all got more than you think, you've just got to look for them. 17178 Pte Isaac WREN, 8 / East Yorkshire Regt, KIA 26/9/1915. aged 17, Battle of Loos. Remembered on the Loos Memorial. (My mother's brother). His story is on Steve Scott's site "Keswick at war". 49383 Pte Isaac HARTLEY, 2/5 King's Own (Royal Lancaster Regt), KIA 28/9/1918, aged 21. Battle of the Canal du Nord. Buried Anneux British Cemetery. 266541 Spr. William HARRIS, 96th Light Railway Operating Coy, Royal Engineers, KIA 30/12/1917, aged 22. Buried Hadra War Memorial Cemetery, Alexandria. 23487 Pte. Lancelot HARRIS, 10 / Royal Welsh Fusiliers, KIA 13/11/1916, during the last of the Battles of the Somme (Battle of the Ancre), aged 25. Remembered on the Thiepval Memorial. Brother to William. 9087 Pte. James PARK, Coldstream Guards, DOW 17/9/1914, Battle of the Aisne, aged 21. Grave subsequently lost. Remembered on La Ferte Sous Jouarre Memorial. 11239 Pte. Norman Atkinson GRISDALE, 6 / Border Regt, wounded at Gallipoli, taken to Cairo, DOW Cairo, aged 20. Buried Cairo War Memorial Cemetery. 2nd Lt Herbert Edward LEYLAND, 179th Tunnelling Coy, Royal Engineers. DOW 17/10/1917, aged 38. Buried Dozinghem Military Cemetery. 83033 Spr. John MARSHALL, 105th Field Coy, Royal Engineers, KIA 10/4/1918, aged 22, Battle of the Lys. Remembered on the Ploegsteert Memorial. 7369 Pte. Arthur HEBBLETHWAITE, York & Lancaster Regt, wounded during the Battle of the Aisne, evacuated to Blighty, DOW 29/10/1914, aged 30. Buried Norton Cemetery, Sheffield. 13970 Pte. Albert SMITH, 9 / Kings Own Yorkshire Light Infantry, KIA 16/9/1916, during another of the Somme Battles (Battle of Flers), aged 34. Remembered on the Thiepval Memorial. Albert was born Herbert Hebblethwaite (brother to Arthur, and both brothers to my grandfather). Albert had committed some abomination before the war, we dont know what, but enlisted and died under an alias. 32561 Rn. Francis Edward CAZALY, 8 / Kings Royal Rifle Corps, KIA 11/10/1917, aged 30. Remembered on the Tyne Cot Memorial. 8937 Pte. George Leonard CAZALY, 4 / Royal Fusiliers, KIA 25/4/1916, aged 19. Buried Kemmel Chateau Mlitary Cemetery. Brother to Francis. 202852 Pte. Fred Burns DOCKERAY, 1 / Border Regt, KIA 15/10/1918, aged 23. Buried Dadizeele New British Cemetery. 307666 Pte William BARWISE, 1/8/ Sherwood Forresters (Notts & Derby Regt), KIA 23/4/1917 during the Battle of Arras. Remembered on the Arras Memorial. WW2 Joseph Eric HURDING, went down with HMS "Daring", 18/2/1940. Remembered on the Portsmouth Naval Memorial. 7623468 Pte Tom WREN, RAOC, died 7/1/1943, aged 23. Buried Enfidaville War Cemetery. When I visited Fred Dockeray's grave in September, close by was Gunner Crouch. What was written on his tombstone just about says it all "Forget me not. My summer days soon passed away". Dorothy.

I just have to butt in and comment on the inscription of Gunner Crouch's tombstone -- how poignant, it brought tears to my eyes. Thank you for sharing that with us all. Ann ----- Original Message ----- From: "DOROTHY WILLIAMS" <dotw@talktalk.net> To: <eng-westmorland@rootsweb.com> Sent: Sunday, November 09, 2008 4:30 PM Subject: [ENG-WESTMORLAND] Lest we forget > Well now, Sarah, you've got me going again! Here are my blood relatives who fell in the Great War. I dont think my family unusual in any way. The only one I've always known about was my mother's brother, Isaac Wren. The others I have picked up over the years from doing family history. Whenever I find a boy born between say, 1880-ish and 1900, I always check to see if they served and if they survived or not. Boys born in this time slot are the ones who went to battle, by and large. You've probably all got more than you think, you've just got to look for them. > > 17178 Pte Isaac WREN, 8 / East Yorkshire Regt, KIA 26/9/1915. aged 17, Battle of Loos. Remembered on the Loos Memorial. (My mother's brother). His story is on Steve Scott's site "Keswick at war". > > 49383 Pte Isaac HARTLEY, 2/5 King's Own (Royal Lancaster Regt), KIA 28/9/1918, aged 21. Battle of the Canal du Nord. Buried Anneux British Cemetery. > > 266541 Spr. William HARRIS, 96th Light Railway Operating Coy, Royal Engineers, KIA 30/12/1917, aged 22. Buried Hadra War Memorial Cemetery, Alexandria. > > 23487 Pte. Lancelot HARRIS, 10 / Royal Welsh Fusiliers, KIA 13/11/1916, during the last of the Battles of the Somme (Battle of the Ancre), aged 25. Remembered on the Thiepval Memorial. Brother to William. > > 9087 Pte. James PARK, Coldstream Guards, DOW 17/9/1914, Battle of the Aisne, aged 21. Grave subsequently lost. Remembered on La Ferte Sous Jouarre Memorial. > > 11239 Pte. Norman Atkinson GRISDALE, 6 / Border Regt, wounded at Gallipoli, taken to Cairo, DOW Cairo, aged 20. Buried Cairo War Memorial Cemetery. > > 2nd Lt Herbert Edward LEYLAND, 179th Tunnelling Coy, Royal Engineers. DOW 17/10/1917, aged 38. Buried Dozinghem Military Cemetery. > > 83033 Spr. John MARSHALL, 105th Field Coy, Royal Engineers, KIA 10/4/1918, aged 22, Battle of the Lys. Remembered on the Ploegsteert Memorial. > > 7369 Pte. Arthur HEBBLETHWAITE, York & Lancaster Regt, wounded during the Battle of the Aisne, evacuated to Blighty, DOW 29/10/1914, aged 30. Buried Norton Cemetery, Sheffield. > > 13970 Pte. Albert SMITH, 9 / Kings Own Yorkshire Light Infantry, KIA 16/9/1916, during another of the Somme Battles (Battle of Flers), aged 34. Remembered on the Thiepval Memorial. Albert was born Herbert Hebblethwaite (brother to Arthur, and both brothers to my grandfather). Albert had committed some abomination before the war, we dont know what, but enlisted and died under an alias. > > 32561 Rn. Francis Edward CAZALY, 8 / Kings Royal Rifle Corps, KIA 11/10/1917, aged 30. Remembered on the Tyne Cot Memorial. > > 8937 Pte. George Leonard CAZALY, 4 / Royal Fusiliers, KIA 25/4/1916, aged 19. Buried Kemmel Chateau Mlitary Cemetery. Brother to Francis. > > 202852 Pte. Fred Burns DOCKERAY, 1 / Border Regt, KIA 15/10/1918, aged 23. Buried Dadizeele New British Cemetery. > > 307666 Pte William BARWISE, 1/8/ Sherwood Forresters (Notts & Derby Regt), KIA 23/4/1917 during the Battle of Arras. Remembered on the Arras Memorial. > > > WW2 > > Joseph Eric HURDING, went down with HMS "Daring", 18/2/1940. Remembered on the Portsmouth Naval Memorial. > > 7623468 Pte Tom WREN, RAOC, died 7/1/1943, aged 23. Buried Enfidaville War Cemetery. > > > When I visited Fred Dockeray's grave in September, close by was Gunner Crouch. What was written on his tombstone just about says it all "Forget me not. My summer days soon passed away". > > Dorothy. > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to ENG-WESTMORLAND-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message