In memory of my Great Uncle, ALFRED WILLIAM STAFFORD, Royal Veterinary Corps. 1914-1918. Died of wounds in 1919. In memory also of several members of my Highcock family who died, some in WW1 and some in WW2. Not forgotten. Sandra & family.

Remembering James Walter Poxon, raised by his grandparents Joseph Poxon and Sarah Ann Over, died during the invasion of Sicily 10 July 1943. Also Arthur Poxon, my grandfather's uncle, a private (201405) in the South Staffordshire regiment, who died 26 Aug 1917 during the brutal "Battle of Hill 70" during the Arras Campaign, WW1 France. Other Pox(t)ons killed in war... A POXON 9 Apr 1916 Somme, France WW1 Arthur POXON 13 May 1915 WW1 France Bert POXON 20 Sep 1917 WW1 France Douglas Guy POXON 12 Feb 1942 Netherlands, WW2 Samuel Leonard POXON 8 Sep 1918 WW1 France John Wade POXON 25 Dec 1942 Tunisia, WW2 James Arthur POXON 15 Oct 1944 Italy, WW2 Ernest POXON 23 Jul 1916 Somme, France Emmanuel POXTON 15 Aug 1915 Gallipoli, WW2 Samuel POXON (Canadian Army) 26 Oct 1917 Ypres, France, WW1 Henry POXON 7 Oct 1916 Betw Foncquevillers and Gommecourt, France Sidney David POXON about 5 Nov 1944 Nijmegen, Netherlands (WW2) Harry James POXON 15 Aug 1917 France, WW1 Ernest POXON 22/23 Aug 1944 Singapore, World War II Ronald William POXON 8 May 1942 WW2 Finally, but not least, my father-in-law Derrick Arthur Lambert, a survivor of the Battle of Monte Cassino, who died 13 June 2006 - many of his mates died Boxing Day 1943 and he always remembered them.

Hello Dean Try contacting this organisation, http://www.britishwargraves.org.uk/ I am a photographer for them and there are volunteer photographers all across the UK. If the picture you want is not already on the data base a volunteer from the Wiltshire area may be contacted and asked to take the picture for you. Best regards John Milner ----- Original Message ----- From: "Dean Martin Rees Newman" <kenyon@znet.net.au> To: <GREATWAR@rootsweb.com> Sent: Thursday, November 09, 2006 8:43 PM Subject: [GREATWAR] HALLIDAY (1873-1917) Luckington, Wiltshire > Greetings from the "Land Down Under" > (Lat 17.5s Long 146.1e) > Hi to All, > Presently looking for a photograph of a grave in Wiltshire in Luckington > (St. Marys) Churchyard cemetery belonging to one: > HALLIDAY Henry Frederick (1873-1917) Gunner 20084 8th FAB Australian > Imperial Force. > He died in nearby Bristol (Beaufort War Hospital) on 24 September 1917. > According to my information he was buried in a family grave (presumably > HALLIDAY) on 30 September 1917 after a private family service organised by > his cousin Mrs E Bird of Luckington. > According to CWGC there are only two war dead buried in the cemetery. > Presumably the grave has a headstone provided and maintained by the CWGC - > this from correspondence I have sighted from 1923. > Anyone live near there and willing to investigate and supply photograph, > please? > Seek hard and stay alert > Dean Newman, North Queensland Australia. > "As time goes by" > kenyon@znet.net.au > "We can't go forward without looking back" > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > GREATWAR-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message > >

No. 886 L/Sgt. Ralph Taylor Dixon 3rd. Bn. 2 Div. AIF Aged 20 Belatedly reported Killed in Action 24 May1915, likely Died of Wounds. Lone Pine Memorial Grave Ref. Panel No.19, Turkey No. 6077 Pte. William Ewart Dixon 20 Bn. 2 Div. AIF Aged 20 Killed in action near Bullecourt 2 May 1917 Commemorative Plaque Villiers-Bretonneaux Memorial No.2626 Pte J. Frost 3rd. Battalion A.I.F. Aged 20 MIA from raid, the Bluff, not far from Dickenbusch, Ypres, October 12th, 1916, Officially reported Killed in Action 30 June 1917 Commemorative Plaque Menin Gate Memorial No.4200 Pte S.C.Frost, A Company 54th Battalion AIF Aged 25 Killed in Action 17 Oct. 1917, Ypres Commemorative Plaque Menin Gate Memorial They shall grow not old, as we that are left grow old: Age shall not weary them, nor the years condemn At the going down of the sun and in the morning We will remember them.

My grandmother's brother Jimmy Graham, of the Mercantile Marine Reserve. Born 1879? Died 24 Aug 1916. Was a Fireman on board the HMS Duke of Albany. Torpedoed off the Pentland Skerries, Scotland, by UB-27. She sank in 6 minutes. Also RIP another of her brothers, Andrew Graham, dates unknown. Possibly a member of the King's Regiment (Liverpool). RIP my paternal grandfather, Charles Green. Norfolk & Essex Regiments. Signed up aged 15, and eventually retrieved by his parents. Joined up again under the alias Charles Patrick O'Riley, which is the name inscribed on his medals. Disappeared 1929. Suffered from shellshock after the war, and one day just never came home again. They never found him. RIP my maternal grandfather, Percy Victor Allen, Worcestshire Regiment. Wounded at some point during the war and shiped back to Blighty where he eventually recovered. Died in 1961. She told me a story of the day the Armisitice was declared; everyone in Liverpool left their jobs and gathered in the streets to celebtate. She remembered seeing a huge black American infantryman, sitting at a piano in the middle of the street, playing ragtime piano, with a bunch of links of sausages draped around his neck by a greatful butcher! Brave brave men, all. David Green

Good morning, LEST WE FORGET In memory of my grandfather, Alfred Holland and his five sons who all fought and survived the horrors of WW1. http://home.it.net.au/~lambeth/holland.html Including my grandfather's brother : George James Holland and his son George Stephen Holland DCM who were both KIA while fighting the Germans in France ----------- I have just read the Winter 2006/7 issue of , " This England " which contains an article about the National Memorial Arboretum in Staffordshire England which has been built as a living tribute to all those who died in the conflicts of the 20th. century and beyond. The first tree was planted in 1997 and there are now over 50,000 trees. A Millennium Chapel has been built as well as over 100 major memorials. (p. 40 - 41) Arboretum East includes the Shot at Dawn memorial which the article says is sought out by many visitors. The memorial was unvield on 21st. June 2001. Six conifers symbolize the riflemen who comprised the firing squad and behind them are 306 stakes resembling the posts to which the men were tied before being shot. Each stake bears a metal plaque giving details of their names, age, rank and date of death. A Shot at Dawn statue stands near the stakes which shows Pte. Herbert Burden age 17, with his hands tied behind his back and a blindfold covering his eyes before he was shot for alleged desertion. At his court martial for desertion on 2nd July 1915 there was no one to defend him and his explanation that he had gone to comfort a friend in another unit who had just lost a brother was dismissed by the High Command and he was found guilty of desertion. The fact that he had been ill at the time of his actions was also ignored. In the article it says, that following a lengthy campaign the Government has recently revealed that it will seek parliamentary approval to grant a group pardon to all those men who were executed. The Defence Secretary, Des Brown has said, that, " ..... it is better to acknowledge that injustices were clearly done. " Its sad to note that we Brits executed more of our own troops than did any other country whose soldiers took part in WW1. Including the German and French. The Australians, to their credit, did not execute any of their men although over 200 were charged and found guilty of the same crime of desertion as were the Tommies . We Brits have also been the last government to pardon the men who were Shot at Dawn. The Canadian, New Zealand and Irish governments have all already given a group pardon to their soldiers who were executed. I wonder why were we the worst and why are we the last to say sorry ? LEST WE FORGET Patrick Holland. Perth, Western Australia

Desertion was much more common than is often supposed - In my database of men from the Royal Berkshires I have 303 who are recorded as having absconded. Overall 2004 men were sentenced to death for desertion but only 272 of these were in fact executed. However many men who deserted were also charged with more serious offences eg cowardice , mutiny but again the ratio of sentences to actual executions is pretty much the same - 14/213 for cowardice and 15/55 for mutiny. I have tracked down a few of the Royal Berkshires and many of them volunteered to join another unit (ASC was quite popular) and it seemed a blind eye was often turned. The reasons for desertion were many and varied - quite often it was to get away from the wife and having to send pay home. There certainly did not seem to be any hard and fast rules - each case was judged on its merits if they caught up with offenders. Regards John In message <E1Gin7u-0000Xg-Nl@garm.runbox.com>, Peter Metcalfe <Peter-redfern@runbox.com> writes >Whist researching the men of my home town who died in the Great War the >local papers reported that a certain soldier deserted twice in 1917 and >1918. His mother was fined for harbouring him the second time and he >was just sent back to his regiment which was presumably somewhere in >the UK. > >The man in question survived the war and lived on into the 1960's so am >I to assume then that execution for desertion only applied to those men >who were at the Front and not those based at Home? > >Regards > >Peter > > >------------------------------- >To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >GREATWAR-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the >quotes in the subject and the body of the message > -- John Chapman

Many Thanks to all who have Served! Many Thanks to Steve who keeps them alive every day on this list! Joanne MAYS BECKER Sleepy Hollow, New York "Every man dies three times: the first time is when the heart stops beating; the second time is when the body is consigned to the grave; and the third and final time is when the man's name is spoken for the last time." Author Unknown World War I Arthur John FRIEND (b 1884 Herstmonceux, Sussex -1963 Bexhill Hospital but of Herstmonceux, aged 79), Private 5th & 11th Battalions Bedford Regiment, Later Pioneer 347589 Royal Engineers & Pioneer, discharged 17/5/19, my Great Uncle Ernest William FRIEND (1886 Herstmonceux Sussex- 1948 Herstmonceux, aged 62), Private 23678, 10th & 2nd Battalions Royal Warwickshire Regiment, My Great Uncle Lewis Charles FRIEND (1891 Herstmonceux Sussex- 1921 Walsall Staffordshire,died aged 30) Private Lowther's Lambs, Royal Sussex, 11th Battalion. Enlisted 9 Sept 1915. Survived the War and discharged to Reserve 20 March 1919. Died of pneumonia related to having been gassed. My Great Uncle. Julius Frederick FRIEND (1898 Herstmonceux Sussex- 1982 Farnham, aged 83) "Private 26224 31st Training Reserve Battalion,Later Private 119797 Machine Gun Corps during WWI. He made the Army his Career, retiring after WWII a Major in the Royal Engineers. My Great Uncle. Gilbert BLACKMAN NOAKES (1899 Herstmonceux Sussex- 1960 Herstmonceux, aged 60). He tried to enlist by falsifying his age but his parents found out in time. After his birthday, he became a Private in The Bedforshire Regiment. At Ypres he was badly gassed and medically unfit for service in France. He was transferred to the Royal Engineers and sent to Egypt. My Grandmother's cousin. George Gaius VENESS (1890 Herstmonceux Sussex- 22 May 1916 aged 26 in France of wounds) Private in the 11th Battalion Royal Sussex. He enlisted with his friend Lewis Charles FRIEND (see above). He was engaged to Mary Louisa BLACKMAN NOAKES, sister of Gilbert (see above). Robert Charles VENESS (1894 Herstmonceux Sussex- 30 June 1916 in France, aged 21 ) Lance Corporal, 13th Battalion Royal Sussex. Brother of George Gaius VENESS (above). Albert Edward HOOK (1886 Brighton Sussex- 21 November 1918 Aden, Yemen, aged 32), Private Hampshire Regiment, 1st/7th Bn. My Grandmother's cousin. Jack Bruce HOOK (1891 Herstmonceux SSX- 1969 Eastbourne but of Hailsham). Corporal Royal Engineers. Lieutenant, Royal Garrison Artillery. He reenlisted in WWII. My Grandmother's cousin. Harriet Alice nee BAKER HOOK (1869 Herstmonceux SSX- 1918 Herstmonceux, aged 49) A member of the Voluntary Aid Detachment, she worked at the Red Cross Hospital in Hailsham and died in the influenza epidemic months before the return of her son Jack Bruce HOOK (above) from France. Robert HONEYSETT (1892 Herstmonceux SSX- 3 September 1916 the Somme, aged 24), Lance Corporal 11th Btn Royal Sussex. Friend and cousin of Lewis Charles FRIEND (above). William Thomas RANSOM (1892 Catsfield SSX- 1982 Herstmonceux, aged 89), Private 11th Btn. Royal Sussex. Friend of Lewis Charles FRIEND and great grandfather of my first cousin's husband. World War II Lewis Frederick MAYS ( 1925 Herstmonceux Sussex England - 2001 Hove Sussex, aged 75), Able Seaman in the Royal Navy aboard HMS NELSON '43-'45, my father Harry MAYS (1921 Herstmonceux Sussex- 1999 Hailsham, aged 78), Royal Airforce, my Uncle Henry Thomas Sea MAYS (1875 Kensington Middlesex- 1941 at Sea, aged 65). A Captain in the Merchant Navy, he wanted to be at sea, and accepted a post as second mate aboard the EMPIRE MOAT, part of the Convoy OG 74. In September 1941 The EMPIRE MOAT was torpedoed and her crew rescued by the WALMER CASTLE, a rescue ship. The following day, laden with those rescued from three ships, she was bombed and Grandpa was one of thirteen officers who went down with her. Albert Edward HOOK (1915 Lyndhurst Hants- 1945 Palenbang, Sumatra, one day shy of his 30th birthday). Lance Serjeant Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers. Captured in 1942, he died in a Japanese P.O.W. Camp seven days following Japan's surrender. My father's cousin. Bernard George RANSOM (1921 Hailsham Sussex- 26 March 1942 aboard HMS JAGUAR) Able Seaman Royal Navy. Participated in the evacuation of Dunkirk in 1940. Was one of 193 men who went down with HMS JAGUARr when she was hit by U-652. Friend of my Uncle Harry and Great Uncle of Harry's daughter's husband.

Thank you, to the person who began this as a form of tribute on this Veterans' Day, 2006 ~ My grandfather and father both served and survived World War I and World War II - however, they paid dearly - both, emotionally and in their health - war changes people, as we all know. My thoughts today are upon all those who served; and my own special thanks go to my dad and grandfather, I am so proud of all that they did, Linda C. Schmidt, Daughter of: 1st Lt. Robert Philip Conpenelis, of Buffalo NY; AAF, WWII; First Pilot of Cargo Plane, 39th Troop Carrier Sq.; flew over 479 combat hours; Flight Commander. Air Medal with 3 clusters, Asiatic Pacific Theatre Ribbon with 4 stars, Presientail Unit Citation, and Philippine Liberation Ribbon with 1 star. Died, July 7, 1984. ~ son of: Sgt. Philip Conpenelis[Koupenelis], of Buffalo NY; served in 106th F.A., U.S. Army, WWI. Awarded for St. Mihiel, Meuse-Argonne, and Defensive Sector. Died July 27, 1923.

BROTHER OF MY PATERNAL GREAT-GRANDFATHER: James Henry LeBallister of Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Son of John George and Maria Elizabeth (Hatty) Laballister. Killed in action 17 September 1916 in France. He is survived by a widow, Annie Luella (Deshane) LeBallister and one child. Born: 10 October 1886 in Toronto, York, Ontario, Canada Died: 17 September 1916 in France Memorial: Vimy Memorial, Pas de Calais, France Service Number: 455567 Force: Army Unit: Canadian Infantry (New Brunswick Regiment) Division: 26th Bn. (he went overseas with the 39th Battalion, being later transferred) http://www.vac-acc.gc.ca/remembers/sub.cfm?source=collections/virtualmem/Detail&casualty=1570420 BROTHER OF COLIN FRASER BARRON VC (cousin of my paternal grandfather): Alexander Barron of Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Son of Margaret "Maggie" Walker Barron. Missing in action on 6 June 1916 in Belgium (Battle of Mount Sorrel). Born: 16 November 1891 in Baldavie Cottage, Boyndie, Banff, Scotland Died: 6 June 1916, Belgium Memorial: Panel 18 - 26 - 28, Menin Gate (Ypres) Memorial, Belgium Service Number 424552 Military Induction 3 July 1915 Force: Army Unit: Canadian Overseas Expeditionary Force (Saskatchewan Regiment) Division: 28th Bn. http://www.vac-acc.gc.ca/remembers/sub.cfm?source=collections/virtualmem/Detail&casualty=922010 COUSIN OF MY MATERNAL GREAT-GRANDFATHER: Edwin Fraser Eastman of New Westminster, British Columbia, Canada. Son of Henry Alfred and Fanny (Russell) Eastman. Killed in action 23 April 1915 in Belgium. Born: 22 August 1890 Toronto, York, Ontario, Canada Died: 23 April 1915 Belgium Memorial: Panel 18 - 28 - 30, Menin Gate (Ypres) Memorial, Belgium Service Number: 17113 Force: Army Unit: Canadian Infantry (British Columbia Regiment) Division: 7th Bn. http://www.vac-acc.gc.ca/remembers/sub.cfm?source=collections/virtualmem/Detail&casualty=1591953

Thanks to everyone who sent me information about the Royal Fusiliers and the Battle of Amien my man (boy) was killed on the first day 8 August. Howard Booth

The men of the 9th (service) Battalion Sherwood Foresters (Notts & Derby Regiment). 750 men who gave their lives for their friends on Gallipoli, in Egypt, France and Belgium 1915-1918. Gallipoli 1915 Somme 1916 Arras 1917 Messines 1917 3rd Ypres 1917 The final 100 day advance 1918. Men from Derbyshire, Nottinghamshire, Lincolnshire and Leicestershire. 'When you go home, tell them of us and say For your tomorrow, we gave our today' 'They buried him among the Kings because he had done good toward god and toward his house. We will remember. Researching 9th (service) Battalion Sherwood Foresters (Notts & Derbys Regiment) during the Great War. www.ypressalient.co.uk People ask me my religion - my religion is kindness - True enlightenment is nothing but the nature of one's own self being fully realised

A number of men deserted from units on the Western front whilst on leave etc. He could therefore have been with a unit overseas. Not all men who were court martialled for desertion were executed. many of them were given a number of chances and many others only served jail sentences. A tiny proportion were executed - 10% of death sentences, I think. To be honest the man I researched had four chances and after reading his court martial, going by King's Regs of the day - he got what he deserved. Stevem Peter Metcalfe <Peter-redfern@runbox.com> wrote: Whist researching the men of my home town who died in the Great War the local papers reported that a certain soldier deserted twice in 1917 and 1918. His mother was fined for harbouring him the second time and he was just sent back to his regiment which was presumably somewhere in the UK. The man in question survived the war and lived on into the 1960's so am I to assume then that execution for desertion only applied to those men who were at the Front and not those based at Home? Regards Peter ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to GREATWAR-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message Researching 9th (service) Battalion Sherwood Foresters (Notts & Derbys Regiment) during the Great War. www.ypressalient.co.uk People ask me my religion - my religion is kindness - True enlightenment is nothing but the nature of one's own self being fully realised

Remembering My paternal grandfather's only brother James Mathieson FLETCHER RNVR CZ/495 Leading Seaman Nelson Battalion RND 13th November, 1916 Age 29 My paternal grandmother's brother Donald James Paterson MCKINNON Cameron Highlanders of Canada 9th, 174th, 43rd Battalions Wounded 1917 Died June 1964 Age 80 years My father's 1st cousin James MCLEOD Merchant Marine Drowned in battle WW2 Age 23 years Details unknown to me at this time. Mary Fletcher Harris Canada

My great uncle, with the Cameron Highlanders of Canada, took a bullet wound in France & also was very ill with VD. He was in & out of hospitals quite a bit (mostly from the symptoms of the latter) & upon his last hospital discharge, went AWOL for nearly a year. Likely he was hiding out in the Scottish Highlands, where he was born & had family (he immigrated to Canada in 1905) He turned up at HQ in England just in time to get a boat back to Canada. He was arrested, tried, docked pay for the days he was missing & sent back to Canada. Mary Fletcher Harris Canada

Great Uncle Charlie Private CHARLES MYATT 200180 of the Kings' Own Yorkshire Light Infantry. Wounded in Warfare (Gunshot wound to head) and died on 1 December 1918 at the Tooting Military Hospital, England of injuries received. He had been transferred from the B.E.F. France Son of Joseph Myatt and Annie Myatt (nee Milburn) of Yorkshire. Husband of Annie, father of Lionel. Lest We Forget. Sue in Australia

Whist researching the men of my home town who died in the Great War the local papers reported that a certain soldier deserted twice in 1917 and 1918. His mother was fined for harbouring him the second time and he was just sent back to his regiment which was presumably somewhere in the UK. The man in question survived the war and lived on into the 1960's so am I to assume then that execution for desertion only applied to those men who were at the Front and not those based at Home? Regards Peter

GEORGE HARRY MOORE 16999 SUFFOLK REGT. APRIL 1, 1916 AGED 18 BURIED BETHUNE TOWN CEMETERY FRANCE ROBERT HARROP MARLAND T4/091924 ARMY SERVICE CORPS NOVEMBER 2, 1918 AGED 47 BURIED St SEVER CEMETERY ROUEN FRANCE VINCENT GERALD RICHARDS 6107521 MIDDLESEX REGIMENT APRIL 4, 1945 AGED 20 BURIED WILLESDEN NEW CEMETERY UK REMEMBERED WITH PRIDE & GRATITUDE Gill Shaw Born Willesden Middlesex Sussex Online Parish Clerk for the parishes of Aldingbourne, Barnham & Eastergate (Parish of ABE) & Westhampnett

Charles Edwin AUSTIN ... 5th Australian Broad Gauge Railway Operating Company (Wounded) Edward Alexander AUSTIN ... 106 Howitzer Battery (KIA) buried Menin Road South Miltary Cemetery Harold George DAY ... 44th Battalion (DOW age 19) Buried Nine Elms Jabez Henry DAY ... 11th Battalion (wounded) Clarence James DAY ... 16th Battalion WWI and 2nd Australian Forrestry Corp WWII Francis Archibald POND ... 10th Battalion The Queens (KIA) buried Dunhallow I give my thanks and remember them all. Sandra. Fremantle W. Aust. Vision Splendid Family History - http://tinyurl.com/o3mad FFFIAF Member - http://www.diggerz.org/~anzacs/fffaif.htm Perth Dead Person's Society - http://members.iinet.net.au/~perthdps/default.html Reciprocal Research - http://www.londonancestor.com/recip/recip.htm ~~~*~~~*~~~*~~~*~~~*~~~*~~~*~~~*~~~*~~~* Knowledge speaks and wisdom listens. ~~~*~~~*~~~*~~~*~~~*~~~*~~~*~~~*~~~*~~~* _________________________________________________________________ Advertisement: Meet Sexy Singles Today @ Lavalife - Click here http://a.ninemsn.com.au/b.aspx?URL=http%3A%2F%2Flavalife9%2Eninemsn%2Ecom%2Eau%2Fclickthru%2Fclickthru%2Eact%3Fid%3Dninemsn%26context%3Dan99%26locale%3Den%5FAU%26a%3D23769&_t=754951090&_r=endtext_lavalife_nov_meet&_m=EXT

Lest we Forget on remembrance day all the brave souls who gave so much. My great great uncle Private William Henry Short V.C. 12067 who gave his life on the Somme so that others may live. Buried in Contalmaison Chateau Cemetery. A genuine hero like so many. My great uncle Charles Simmons AB Stoker P/KX 153796 who lost his life just a month before the end of the Second war when mtb 494 was sunk with the loss of 13 lives and is listed on the Portsmouth Naval Memorial. My grandparents William and Mary Stone who both served in the RAF throughout the whole of World War 2 and are now sadly no longer with us but together in Heavan. To great grandfather Pte Arthur Stone SE-4531 who survived the whole of World War 1 only to be killed in a tragic accident just 5 years after leaving the army. To great uncles Bert and Arthur who both served throughout the Second war. To my wifes Grandad Fred Perks who was evacuated from Dunkirk before getting malaria in Burma. He survived the war and lived into his seventies. To my wifes great uncle pte Thomas Hay of the East Surry Regt who died on the 03/07/1942 aged just 21 and is buried in Nice. With love, gratitude and respect from Glenn, Alyson, Emilia (aged 3 years) and Annie (aged 3 days) _________________________________________________________________ Use your PC to make calls at very low rates https://voiceoam.pcs.v2s.live.com/partnerredirect.aspx