THE CORPS OF ROYAL ENGINEERS
From
the Collection of Lieutenant Colonel Edward De Santis
U.S. Army
Corps of Engineers
[WO1] [WO2] [SSgt] [Sgt] [Cpl] [2Cpl] [LCpl]
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Non-Commissioned
Officers
Warrant
Officers Class 1
NAME |
RANK |
REGIMENTAL |
ARMY NUMBER |
UNIT/MEDALS |
Ball,
George Edward |
Company Sergeant
Major |
23659 |
|
Served at Halifax, Nova Scotia and with the 31st Fortress Company in South Africa in 1899. Entitled to the Queen's South Africa Medal with clasp [CAPE COLONY], British War Medal, the Long Service and Good Conduct Medal (EVIIR) and the Meritorious Service Medal (GVR). |
Regimental Quartermaster Sergeant |
20233 |
|
Served with "B" Troop, Bridging Battalion and "A" Pontoon Troop. Entitled to the Queen's South Africa Medal with clasps [CAPE COLONY][TUGELA HEIGHTS][RELIEF OF LADYSMITH]. |
|
Davey, James |
Regimental Quartermaster Sergeant |
9916 |
|
Served in the 18th Hussars and the Royal Engineers. Entitled to the Egypt 1882 Medal, Long Serevice and Good Conduct Medal (VR) and the Khedive's Star 1882. He was the father of Captain Ernest Nicholas Davey, DCM, TD, R.A., formerly 1851559 Company Sergeant Major, Royal Engineers. |
Firth, John |
Warrant Officer Class I |
|
1870074 |
Entitled to the 1939-45 Star, Pacific Star, Defence Medal, War Medal, and Long Service and Good Conduct Medal (EIIR). |
Foster, Charles William |
Regimental Sergeant Major |
|
1851936 |
Served with the 45th and 15th Fortress Companies at Gibraltar, with the Surrey Group Anti-Aircraft Searchlight Companies and with the 315th and 330th Anti-Aircraft Searchlight Companies. Entitled to the British War Medal, Victory Medal and Long Service and Good Conduct Medal (GVR). |
Superintending Clerk |
14060 |
|
Served for a total of 30 years and 8 days with 13 years and 327 days abroad in Cyprus, Malta, and Bermuda. Father of 16073 Sergeant Gerald Frankenberg, M.M., R.E. and Captain Reginald Hastings Hastings (formerly Frankenberg), Royal Irish Regiment. |
|
Freshwater, Charles (M.S.M.)(m.i.d.) |
Superintending Clerk, later Major (QM) |
19410 & 344052 |
1855539 |
Establishment for Engineer Services. Entitled to the 1914 Star [bar], British War Medal, Victory Medal (m.i.d.), Jubilee Medal (GVR), Coronation Medal (GVIR), Long Service and Good Conduct Medal (GVR), and the Meritorious Service Medal (GVR). |
Hodgson,
Frederick Charles |
Sergeant
Major |
23163 |
236498 |
Entitled to the Long Service and Good Conduct Medal (EVIIR). Served from 1888 to 1924, just . under 36 years; 17 years and 249 days in the ranks, 6 years and 212 days as a Warrant Officer and the remainder as a commissioned officer (Quartermaster) |
Sergeant Major |
10511 |
|
Entitled to the Long Service and Good Conduct Medal (VR). |
|
Warrant Officer Class1 |
75809 |
1859465 |
Entitled to the 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal, 1939-45 Star, 1939-45 Star, Africa Star, France and Germany Star, Defence Medal and War Medal. |
|
Mc
Gregor, James
(M.S.M.)
|
Superintending Clerk |
26684 |
|
Establishment for Engineer Services. Son of 7801 QMS J. Mc Gregor. Entitled to the 1914 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal, Long Service and Good Conduct Medal (EVIIR), and the Meritorious Service Medal (GVR). |
Regimental Sergeant Major |
16792 |
|
Entitled to the
Egypt 1882 Medal with clasps [SUAKIN 1884][EL-TEB- TAMAII], the
Khedive's Star and the Long Service and Good Conduct Medal
(VR). |
|
Sergeant Major |
6027 |
|
Entitled to the Long Service and Good Conduct Medal (VR). |
|
Wells, Henry
Long |
Mechanist Sergeant Major |
21071 |
|
Entitle to the Army Long Service and Good Conduct Medal (EVIIR). |
Williams, A.G.
|
Warrant Officer Class 1 |
|
3766798 |
Formerly The King's Regiment; Palestine, 1945-1948. Entitled to the General Service Medal 1918 with clasp [PALESTINE 1945-48] and the Long Service and Good Conduct Medal (GVIR). |
Warrant Officers Class 2
NAME |
RANK |
REGIMENTAL |
ARMY NUMBER |
UNIT/MEDALS |
Company QM Sergeant |
69126 |
|
4125 Private,
Royal West Surrey Regiment; 35th Division Signal Company.
Entitled to British War and Victory Medal and Long Service and
Good Conduct Medal (EVIIR). |
|
Baldwin, George |
Mechanist Quartermaster Sergeant |
27061 |
|
Served with the Royal Engineers Submarine Miners. Father of George Arthur Baldwin, James Alexander Baldwin and Frederick Thomas Baldwin. |
Baldwin, George Arthur
|
Foreman of Works Quartermaster Sergeant |
4213 |
1850799 |
Entitled to the 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal with mention in despatches, and the Long Service and Good Conduct Medal (GVR). |
Baldwin, James Alexander |
Regimental Sergeant Major |
13161 |
1851693 |
Entitled to the 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal, Long Service and Good Conduct Medal (GVR) and Meritorious Service Medal (GVR). Later Captain, Royal Engineers. |
Baldwin, Frederick
Thomas |
Warrant Officer Class II |
15098 |
1851944 |
Entitled to the M.B.E., Military Medal, 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal and Long Service and Good Conduct Medal (GVR). Served in the 9th Field Company, R.E. during the Great War of 1914-1918. |
Barter, Alfred John |
Foreman of Works Quartermaster Sergeant |
22978 |
52841 |
Entitled to the British War Medal and the Long Service and Good Conduct Medal (EVIIR). |
Quartermaster
Sergeant |
3339 |
|
Surveyor and draughtman. Awarded the Long Service and Good Conduct Medal (VR). |
|
Brooks,
Jacob (M.M.) |
Warrant Officer Class 2 |
490055 |
|
467th Field Company. Also entitled to the British War and Victory Medals. (RESEARCH IN PROGRESS) |
Brownrigg,
William Lorton Henry |
Company Quartermaster Sergeant |
27458 |
|
Entitle to the Queen’s South Africa Medal with clasps [CAPE COLONY][ORANGE FREE STATE] and the Army Long Service and Good Conduct Medal (GVR). |
Burbidge,
Reginald George |
Company Sergeant Major |
21409 |
1852720 |
Served in the 33rd, 36th and 43rd Fortress Companies. Entitled to the British War Medal and the Long Service and Good Conduct Medal (GVR). |
Burnet,
Harry Duncan (M.S.M.)
|
Company Quartermaster Sergeant |
47668 |
|
Postal Section. Served in Italy and France. Also entitled to the 1914-15 Star, British War and Victory Medals. |
Chatfield,
Thomas James |
Quartermaster
Sergeant |
7318 |
|
Entitled to the
New Zealand Medal, 1865-1866, the Long Service and Good Conduct
Medal (VR), and the Meritorious Service Medal (EVIIR). |
Clark, George(D.C.M.) |
Company Sergeant Major |
20559 |
|
Entitled to the Distinguished Conduct Medal (EVIIR), Queen's South Africa Medal with clasps [DEFENCE OF KIMBERLEY] [DRIEFONTEIN][WITTEBERGEN], King's South Africa Medal with clasps [SOUTH AFRICA 1901][SOUTH AFRICA 1902][Long Service and Good Conduct Medal (EVIIR), and the Mayor of Kimberley's Star |
Davey,
Ernest Nicholas |
Warrant Officer Class 2 |
12251 |
1851559 |
Later Captain, Royal Artillery. Entitled to the Distinguished Conduct Medal (GVR), 1914 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal, Long Service and Good Conduct Medal (GVR), Defence Medal, 1939-45 War Medal, and Territorial Decoration (GVIR). |
Davey, Frank |
Engineer Clerk Quartermaster Sergeant |
|
1850614 |
Served from 1897 to 1922. Entitled to the British War Medal, Victory Medal and Long Service and Good Conduct Medal (GVR). He was the brother of Ernest Nicholas Davey. |
Davey, Jim |
Engineer Clerk Quartermaster Sergeant |
15495 |
1852015 |
Served from 1906 to 1935. Served in the Great War of 1914-1918. He was the brother of Ernest Nicholas Davey. |
Company Sergeant Major |
8218 |
|
Served from 1864-1885. He was the uncle of Captain Ernest Nicholas Davey, DCM, TD, R.A., formerly 1851559 Company Sergeant Major, Royal Engineers. |
|
Dewey,
Harry Jonathan |
Foreman of Works Quartermaster Sergeant |
26023 |
|
Served in the 42nd Company during the Boer War of 1899-1902. Awarded the Queen's South Africa Medal, the King's South Africa Medal and the Long Service and Good Conduct Medal (GVR). Appointed a Warrant Officer Class I in The Buffs (East Kent Regiment) during the Great War of 1914-1918, but did not see active service. Awarded the Meritorious Service Medal in 1919 for service with The Buffs. |
Company QM Sergeant |
47958 |
|
Formerly 26699 Sergeant, 107th Company, Imperial Yeomanry. Later, 77th Company, R.E. and Railway Training Centre R.E. Entitled to the Queen's South Africa Medal, 1914-15 Star, British War and Victory Medals. |
|
Company Sergeant Major |
13290 |
|
Entitled to the Egypt 1882 Medal with clasp [SUAKIN 1885], Long Service and Good Conduct Medal (VR), and the Khedive's Star. |
|
Dunsford,
William George Morris |
Company Sergeant Major |
16712 |
|
Father of 107597 (1863227) Sergeant William Morrow Dunsford. Entitled to the Egypt 1882 Medal, Long Service and Good Conduct Medal (VR) and the Khedive's Star 1882. |
Dyett,
Vernon Charles George |
Warrant Officer Class 2 |
|
1864177 |
Captured at Dunkirk. Prisoner of war at Stalag 319 during World War 2. Entitled to the General Service Medal 1918 [PALESTINE], 1939-45 Star, War Medal, and Long Service and Good Conduct Medal (GVIR) with bar [REGULAR ARMY]. |
Fairall, C. |
Warrant Officer Class 2 |
70003 |
|
"GG"
Cable Section. Entitled to the British War and Victory Medals. |
Troop
Quartermaster Sergeant |
8835 |
|
Telegraph Troops. Entitled to the Long Service and Good Conduct Medal (VR). |
|
Flynn,
James Michael |
Company Quartermaster Sergeant |
|
1042100 |
Originally enlisted in the Royal Field Artillery and took part in the Great War of 1914-1918. Awarded the 1914-15 Star, British War Medal and Victory Medal for his service during the war. Transferred to the Royal Engineers in 1923. Awarded the Army Long Service and Good Conduct Medal (GVR). |
Freeman,
Clifford Copeland |
Warrant Officer Class 2 |
|
1867207 |
Entitled to the Long Service and Good Conduct Medal (GVIR). |
Haggertay,
H.J. |
Warrant Officer Class 2 |
418 |
|
12th Field
Company. Entitled to the 1914 Star, British War Medal and Victory
Medal with m.i.d. |
Hawkins,
J.E.H. |
Warrant Officer
Class 2 |
19805 |
1852547 |
Establishment for Engineer Services. Entitled to the Long Service and Good Conduct Medal (GVR). |
Hodges,
Jack Richard Tom
|
Company QM
Sergeant |
|
1862367 |
Entitled to the British War Medal, Victory Medal and Army Long Service and Good Conduct Medal (GVIR). Served in the Great War with the 1/16th Battalion, London Regiment and the Labour Corps. |
Foreman of Works Quartermaster Sergeant |
23068 |
|
Served in the 36th Fortress Company, with the Establishment for Engineer Services and on the Supernumerary Staff of the Royal Engineers. Entitled to the Long Service and Good Conduct Medal (EVIIR). |
|
Humphreys,
Albert Murray |
Warrant Officer Class 2 |
10523 |
1851316 |
Served in the 31st Company, 6th Foreway Company, 6th Bridging Battalion, 36th Company, 33rd Company, 39th Fortress Company, 10th Anti-Aircraft Batalion and the 26th Anti-Aircraft Battalion. Entitled to the OBE, Military Medal, 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal with mention in despatches, Defence Medal, Long Service and Good Conduct Medal (GVR) and Meritorious Service Medal (GVIR). |
Jarratt, Frank Adolphus |
Quartermaster Sergeant |
17513 |
|
Entitled to the
Egypt 1882 Medal with clasp [SUAKIN], Long Service and Good
Conduct Medal (VR), and the Khedive's Star 1884-6. Born 6 October
1866. Enlisted as a Bugler. Promoted Superintending Clerk (WO1)
on 16 April 1904. Served 21 years and 285 days. No service papers
in WO97-3147/5215. |
Jeffries, George |
Company Sergeant Major |
19529 |
|
Entitled to the Long Service and Good Conduct Medal (EVIIR). |
Jones, Alfred |
Quartermaster Sergeant |
9421 |
|
Entitled to the Long Service and Good Conduct Medal (VR). Medal verified on roll WO102/7, 1/1/1887. No service papers in Public Record Office. |
Leggatt, E.J. (m.i.d.) |
Company Sergeant Major |
532006 |
|
490th (Home Counties) Field Company. Entitled to the 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal, and Territorial Force Efficiency Medal (GVR). |
Long, William W. |
|
11316 |
|
Served in the 13th, 14th and 16th (Survey) Companies, Royal Engineers. Entitled to the Long Service and Good Conduct Medal (VR). |
Quartermaster Sergeant |
24727 |
|
Entitled to the Long Service and Good Conduct Medal (EVIIR). |
|
Quartermaster Sergeant |
7801 |
|
Entitled to the Long Service and Good Conduct Medal (VR). Father of 26684 WO1 James Mc Gregor, R.E. |
|
Marshall, James |
Company Quartermaster Sergeant |
|
1869550 |
Served with the 551st Army Troops Company, Royal Engineers during World War 2. Buried in the Naples War Cemetery, Grave I.M.18. As a Sapper in 151 Party, "A" Company, Royal Engineers Training Battalion, Marshall won the Bronze Medallion for 4th Best Man in Physical Training. |
Martin, F. (M.S.M.) |
Mechanist QM Sergeant |
23340 |
|
Establishment for Engineer Services. Entitled to the Meritorious Service Medal (GVR). (RESEARCH IN PROGRESS) |
Warrant Officer Class 2 |
|
1863448 |
Served at the Army Technical School at Chepstow and with the 24th (Fortress) Company, Royal Engineers on Malta. Entitled to the Long Service and Good Conduct Medal (GVIR). |
|
Company Sergeant Major |
426898 |
|
42nd Division Signal Company. Entitled to the 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal and Territorial Force Efficiency Medal (GVR). |
|
Colour Sergeant |
951 |
|
Entitled to the Long Service and Good Conduct Medal (VR). Father of QMSI Edmund T. Onn, R.E. |
|
Quartermaster Sergeant Instructor |
10834 |
|
School of Musketry. Entitled to the Long Service and Good Conduct Medal (VR). No service papers available in the Public Record Office. Son of Colour Sergeant E.T. Onn, R.E. |
|
Quartermaster Sergeant |
9855 |
|
Entitled to the Egypt Medal 1882 without clasp, the Long Service and Good Conduct Medal (VR) and the Khedive's Bronze Star. Son of Colour Sergeant E.T. Onn, R.E. |
|
Onn, John Charles |
Sergeant |
11188 |
|
Entitled to the Egypt Medal 1882 with clasp [SUAKIN]. Son of Colour Sergeant E.T. Onn, R.E. Also served as a 2512 Sergeant in the 6th Battalion, The Essex Regiment. |
Osborne, E.J. |
Quartermaster Sergeant |
|
1853302 |
Entitled to the Long Service and Good Conduct Medal (GVR) with bar [REGULAR ARMY]. |
Picker,
George |
Company Sergeant Major |
474014 |
2202454 |
East Riding Fortress Company. Entitled to the Territorial Force Efficiency Medal (GVR) with second award bar. |
Reddin, Joseph (M.S.M.) |
Quartermaster Sergeant |
19956 |
1852565 |
Establishment for Engineer Services. Entitled to the 1914 Star and bar, British War Medal, Victory Medal with m.i.d., Meritorious Service Medal (GVR), and Long Service and Good Conduct Medal (GVR). (RESEARCH IN PROGRESS) |
Quartermaster Sergeant |
26839 |
|
Entitled to the Long Service and Good Conduct Medal (EVIIR). |
|
Seaton, G. |
Warrant Officer Class 2 |
119266 |
|
Entitled to the British War Medal and Victory Medal. |
Shinnick, E. |
Warrant Officer Class 2 |
11019 |
|
Entitled to the Long Service and Good Conduct Medal (GVR). |
Company Sergeant Major |
25556 |
|
2nd Company. Entitled to the Queen's Sudan Medal 1896, the Army Long Service and Good Conduct Medal (VR), and the Khedive's Sudan Medal with clasps [THE ATBARA][KHARTOUM]. |
|
Todd, Ernest
Victor (T.D.) |
Acting Company Quartermaster Sergeant |
94869 |
|
153rd Field Company, R.E. Entitled to the 1914-15 Star, British War Medal and Victory Medal. Later commissioned Lieutenant Royal Engineers and Captain King’s Own Royal Regiment. Served as a Pilot Officer (Administrative) in the Royal Air Force. Awarded the Defence Medal, War Medal and Territorial Decoration for service in World War 2. |
Trill, Harry (B.E.M.) |
Squadron Sergeant Major |
1139 (518421) |
1043088 |
Hampshire Fortress Company, R.E. Later, Battery Quartermaster Sergeant, Royal Artillery. Entitled to the B.E.M. (EIIR), 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal, Defence Medal, 1939-45 War Medal, and Long Service and Good Conduct Medal (GVR) with bar [REGULAR ARMY]. |
Waite, Robert H. |
Quartermaster Sergeant |
16250 |
|
Entitled to the British War Medal, Victory Medal, and Long Service and Good Conduct Medal (GVR). (RESEARCH IN PROGRESS) |
Walton, John Walter |
Company Sergeant Major |
19311 |
|
Coastal Battalion, R.E. Entitled to the British War Medal, Victory Medal and the Long Service and Good Conduct Medal (GVR). |
Colour Sergeant |
754 |
|
Entitled to the Long Service and Good Conduct Medal (VR). |
|
Watkins, Alfred |
Quartermaster Sergeant |
|
1851219 |
Entitled to the Long Service and Good Conduct Medal (GVR). (RESEARCH IN PROGRESS) |
Webber, G.H. (M.S.M.) |
Foreman of Works Quartermaster Sergeant |
11062 |
1851378 |
Entitled to the Meritorious Service Medal (GVR), Haynes Medallion for Field Fortifications (1902), and the Depot Battalion Royal Engineers Football Team Medal, 1906-7. |
Whitley, William Phillips |
Company Sergeant Major |
20285 |
1852616 |
Entitled to the British War Medal and Long Service and Good Conduct Medal (GVR). |
Wiffen, Robert George
Edward |
Warrant Officer Class 2 |
|
1862329 |
Entitled to the 1939-45 Star, Africa Star with bar [8th Army], Italy Star, Defence Medal, War Medal, and Long Service and Good Conduct Medal (GVIR). Son of 20941Company Sergeant Major Robert Sydney Wiffen, R.E. Relative of 13113 Corporal Harry John Wiffen, R.E. |
Wiffen, Robert Sydney |
Company Sergeant Major |
20941 |
|
Entitled to the India General Service Medal 1854 with clasps [CHIN LUSHAI 1889-90] and [WAZIRISTAN 1894-5] and the LongService and Good Conduct Medal (EVIIR). Father of 1862329 Warrant Officer Class 2 Robert George Edward Wiffen, R.E. Relative of 13113 Corporal Harry John Wiffen, R.E. |
Willis, Edwin |
Company Sergeant Major |
16286 |
|
Entitled to the
Long Service and Good Conduct Medal (VR). |
Staff Sergeants
NAME |
RANK |
REGIMENTAL |
ARMY NUMBER |
UNIT/MEDALS |
Staff Sergeant |
18749 |
|
Military Engineer Service and 54th Field Company. Entitled to 1914 Star and bar, British War and Victory Medals, and Long Service and Good Conduct Medal (GVR). |
|
Baldwin, Ronald James |
Staff Sergeant |
|
2039538 |
Served as a Sapper in the Royal Engineers (Territorial Army) and then as a Staff Sergeant in the Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers. Entitled to the Defence Medal, War Medal and Territorial Efficiency Medal . |
Staff Sergeant |
|
1882759 |
Entitled to the 1939-45 Star, Burma Star, Defence Medal and War Medal. Served in 932 Indian Works Section in Assam. |
|
Staff Sergeant |
|
14467090 |
Served from 1945 to 1967. Entitled to the 1939-45 War Medal, the General Service Medal 1918 with clasp [CYPRUS], the General Service Medal 1962 with clasps [RADFAN] and [SOUTH ARABIA], and the Long Service and Good Conduct Medal (EIIR). He is the nephew of Captain Ernest Nicholas Davey, DCM, TD, R.A., formerly 1851559 Company Sergeant Major, Royal Engineers. |
|
Huskisson, James
George |
Foreman of Works Staff Sergeant |
21935 |
|
Entitled to the Long Service and Good Conduct Medal (EVIIR). (RESEARCH IN PROGRESS) |
Ingle, S. |
Staff Sergeant |
None |
|
Military Engineer Service. Entitled to the Long Service and Good Conduct Medal (GVIR) with bar [INDIA]. |
Lovelock, L.J. |
Staff Sergeant |
|
24326360 |
Entitled to the Long Service and Good Conduct Medal (EIIR) with bar [REGULAR ARMY]. |
Mc Kechnie, J.R. |
Staff Sergeant |
3645 |
|
1st Lanark Royal Engineer Volunteers. Entitled to the Volunteer Long Service and Good Conduct Medal (EVIIR). |
Staff Sergeant |
128934 |
1854063 |
Establishment for Engineer Services. Entitled to the British War Medal, Victory Medal and Long Service and Good Conduct Medal (GVR). Formerly 19317 Private, Lincolnshire Regiment. |
|
Foreman of Works Staff Sergeant |
145501 |
|
Entitled to the British War Medal and Victory Medal. Won the Haynes Medal for Field Works while in 278 Party. Served in France and Flanders with the Establishment for Engineer Services. |
|
Roberts, Gerald
|
Staff Sergeant |
|
1871429 |
Entitled to the 1939-45 Star, Pacific Star, Defence Medal, War Medal, General Service Medal 1918 with clasp [MALAYA], Long Service and Good Conduct Medal (EIIR), Training Brigade Royal Engineers Cross Country Medal, Autumn 1935. Japanese P.O.W. at Singapore. |
Engineer Clerk Staff Sergeant |
16151 |
|
Entitled to the Queen's South Africa Medal 1899-1902 with clasps [CAPE COLONY][PAARDEBERG][DRIEFONTEIN][JOHANNESBURG]. Father of 18061 (1852299) Corporal Frank Ernest Harrington Stiles, R.E. |
|
Whiteley, J. |
Staff Sergeant |
131530 |
|
234th Field Company; Brother of 59382 Sapper F. Whiteley. Entitled to the British War Medal and Victory Medal. |
Sergeants
NAME |
RANK |
REGIMENTAL |
ARMY NUMBER |
UNIT/MEDALS |
Anderson,
Horace Frank |
Sergeant |
62650 |
|
124th Field Company. Entitled to the 1914-15 Star, British War and Victory Medals. No service papers are available in the Public Record Office. |
Acting Sergeant |
205258 (WR/503651) |
|
Served in No. 2 Port Construction Company. Entitled to the British War and Victory Medals. |
|
Bazley,
Harold John |
|
|
7809701 |
Also 195585 Private, Machine Gun Corps (1918-1921). Entitled to the British War Medal, Victory Medal and Army Long Service and Good Conduct Medal (GVR) with bar [REGULAR ARMY]. |
Sapper |
|
1860062 |
"D" Company, Royal Engineer Training Battalion. Awarded the Haynes Medal for excellence in Fieldworks. Previously served in the Royal Fusiliers. |
Bydawell,
John |
Sergeant |
4688 and 69281 |
|
1st Battalion, Telegraph Division in the Second Boer War and 35th Divisional Signal Company in the Great War. Entitled to the Queen's South Africa Medal with clasps [CAPE COLONY][ORANGE FREE STATE][TRANSVAAL], King's South Africa Medal [SOUTH AFRICA 1901][SOUTH AFRICA 1902], 1914-15 Star, British War Medal and Victory Medal, and Imperial Service Medal (GVR) |
Calam,
Edward J. |
Sergeant |
9633 |
1850627 |
Entitled to the British War and Victory Medals and the Long Service and Good Conduct Medal (GVR). |
Cundall, Joseph |
Sergeant |
|
2041739 |
Entitled to the 1939-45Star, France & Germany Star, Defence Medal, War Medal and Long Service and Good Conduct Medal (GVIR) with bar [REGULAR ARMY]. (RESEARCH IN PROGRESS) |
Davies, G.W. |
Sergeant |
518295 |
|
Hampshire (Southampton) Fortress Company. Awarded the Territorial Force Efficiency Medal (GVR). |
Dawes, R.T. |
Sergeant |
168201 |
|
Entitled to the British War and Victory Medals for service in the Great War. |
Dean, William |
Sergeant |
312 |
|
Entitled to the Long Service and Good Conduct Medal (VR). Father of 4258 Sapper George Dean. (RESEARCH IN PROGRESS) |
Downes,
Ernest |
Lance Sergeant (served from 1913 to 1934) |
23509 |
1855396 |
Winner of the Haynes Medallion for Field Fortifications at the School of Military Engineering in 1913. (RESEARCH IN PROGRESS) |
Sergeant |
164626 |
|
35th Army Troops Company. Entitled to the British War and Victory Medals. |
|
Dunsford,
William Morrow |
Sergeant |
107597 |
1863227 |
71st Field Company. Entitled to the British War Medal, Victory Medal and Long Service and Good Conduct Medal (GVIR) with bar [REGULAR ARMY]. Son of 16712Company Sergeant Major W.G.M. Dunsford. Re-enlisted in 1923 to serve 24 years with the Colours. |
Flanagan, John |
Sergeant |
10829 |
|
11th Field Company. Entitled to the Egypt Medal with clasp [THE NILE 1884-5], the Long Service and Good Conduct Medal (VR), and the Khedive's Star, 1884-86. (RESEARCH IN PROGRESS) |
Foreman, Thomas |
Sergeant |
24418 |
|
Entitled to the Long Service and Good Conduct Medal (EVIIR). Served with the Ordnance Survey on the surveys of England and Ireland. |
Foster,
Charles William Richard |
Sergeant |
24411 |
1852923 |
Ordnance Survey. Entitled to 1914-15 Star, British War and Victory Medals, and the Long Service and Good Conduct Medal (GVR). |
Frankenberg, Gerald (M.M.) |
Sergeant |
16073 |
|
Served in the 7th Field Company under Lieutenant John Bagot Glubb. Son of 14060 Superintending Clerk Rudolph Frankenberg, R.E. Entitled to the Military Medal, 1914-15 Star, British War Medal and Victory Medal. Later Commissioned 2nd Lieutenant. |
Grant, James |
Sergeant |
7582 |
|
Awarded the New Zealand Medal (1861-1866) and the Long Service and Good Conduct Medal (VR). (RESEARCH IN PROGRESS) |
Greenslade,
George |
Sergeant |
537 |
|
Enlisted in the Royal Sappers and Miners. Served with the Ordnance Survey. Entitled to the Long Service and Good Conduct Medal (VR). |
Hampson,
Frederick T. (M.M.) |
Sergeant |
158073 |
|
Served in the 257th Tunnelling Company. Entitled to the Military Medal (GVR), British War Medal, Victory Medal with Mention in Despatches. |
Haynes, E. |
Sergeant |
|
1987156 |
Entitled to the Territorial Efficiency Medal (GVIR) with bar [MILITIA]. |
Haynes,
James |
Sergeant |
18458 |
|
10th Railway Company. Entitled to the Egypt 1882 Medal, the Long Service and Good Conduct Medal (VR), and the Khedive's Star. (RESEARCH IN PROGRESS) |
Hogg, J. (M.S.M.) |
Sergeant |
WR-254596 |
|
Formerly 13457 Sergeant, The Royal Scots. Later, 279th Company, R.E. Entitled to the 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal and Meritorious Service Medal (GVR). |
Holford, G.J. |
Sergeant |
59506 |
|
93rd Field Company. Entitled to the British War and Victory Medals. |
Holland, A.D. |
Sergeant |
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4270317 |
Formerly Royal Northumberland Fusiliers. Entitled to the 1939-45 Star, France & Germany Star, Defence Medal, War Medal, and General Service Medal 1918 with clasp [CYPRUS]. |
Hounsell, E. (M.M.) |
Sergeant |
52196 |
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79th Field Company. Entitled to the Military Medal, British War Medal and Victory Medal. |
Innes, John
(M.S.M.) |
Sergeant |
9356 (400177) |
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400th Field Company. Entitled to the 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal, Meritorious Service Medal (GVR), and the Scottish Police Medal (EVIIR). (RESEARCH IN PROGRESS) |
Sergeant |
22828 |
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8th Railway Company, R.E. and the Egyptian Army. Entitled to the Queen's Sudan Medal, Queen's South Africa Medal, King's South Africa Medal, Long Service and Good Conduct Medal (EVIIR), and the Khedive's Sudan Medal with clasp [KHARTOUM]. |
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Jeffery, T.G.C. |
Sergeant |
194912 |
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Entitled to the British War and Victory Medals. |
Jenner, A.C. |
Sergeant |
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1859432 |
Entitled to the Long Service and Good Conduct Medal (GVIR) with bar [REGULAR ARMY]. (RESEARCH IN PROGRESS) |
Sergeant |
9583 |
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Prior service with the Haddington Artillery Militia. Served in the 35th (Depot) Company, R.E.and 16th (Survey) Company, R.E. on Ordnance Survey duties in England. Entitled to the Long Service and Good Conduct Medal (VR). |
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Kent, W.G. |
Sergeant |
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1852592 |
Entitled to the Long Service and Good Conduct Medal (GVR). |
Sergeant |
26464 |
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Served with the Ordnance Survey on the survey of England, Wales and Uganda. Also served in the South African War during 1900. Entitled to the Queen's South Africa Medal with clasps [CAPE COLONY] [PAARDEBERG][ORANGE FREE STATE] and the Long Service and Good Conduct Medal (VR). |
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Livingstone, T.
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Sergeant |
17026 |
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Hong Kong Submarine Miners. Entitled to the Egypt Medal 1882 with clasp [THE NILE 1884-5], the Long Service and Good Conduct Medal (VR), and the Khedive's Star 1884-6. Medal verified on roll WO100/64. Attested on 11 June 1881. Civilian trade: mason. No service papers found in WO97-3302 from 1882 to 1900. |
Madden, Thomas (D.C.M.) |
Sergeant |
17006 |
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Served with the 9th Field Company Royal Engineers during the South Africa War of 1899 to 1902. Entitled to the Distinguished Conduct Medal (EVIIR), Egypt 1882 Medal, Queen's South Africa Medal, Long Service and Good Conduct Medal (VR) and Khedive's Star. |
Mallows, Frederick James (M.S.M.) |
Sergeant |
29366 |
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Entitled to the 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal, 1939-45 Defence Medal, Meritorious Service Medal (GVR), Imperial Service Medal (GVIR), and National Safety First Association Drivers Medal with bars [1934][1935]. |
Sergeant |
27655 |
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Entitled to the British War and Victory Medals. Served in the Royal Engineers Postal Service. |
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Mitchell,
James |
Sergeant |
79596 |
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257th Tunnelling Company. (RESEARCH IN PROGRESS) |
Moore, Frederick John Cummings |
Sergeant |
24643 |
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Entitled to the Long Service and Good Conduct Medal (EVIIR). (RESEARCH IN PROGRESS) |
Morrison, Donald C. |
Sergeant |
3945 |
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Entitled to the British War Medal and the Long Service and Good Conduct Medal (GVR). |
Sergeant |
22282 |
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Entitled to the East and West Africa Medal 1899 with clasp [SIERRA LEONE 1898-99] and Long Service and Good Conduct Medal (EVIIR). Rose to the rank of Company Sergeant Major in the Coast Battalion, Royal Engineers. |
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Overend, Thomas (M.S.M.) |
Sergeant |
6801 |
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10th Company. Entitled to the Meritorious Service Medal (VR) and the Abyssinia Medal, 1867-1868 |
Page, H. |
Sergeant |
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22250190 |
Entitled to the Campaign Service Medal 1962 with clasp [SOUTH ARABIA]. |
Sergeant |
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14788036 |
Served in the 653rd Road Construction Squadron, R.E. during the Second World War and in Palestine. |
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Pearce, Frank
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Sergeant |
23136 |
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Entitled to the Long Service and Good Conduct Medal (EVIIR). (RESEARCH IN PROGRESS) |
Perry, F. |
Sergeant |
452 |
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Severn Division Electrical Engineers. Entitled to the Volunteer Long Service and Good Conduct Medal (EVIIR). (RESEARCH IN PROGRESS) |
Rowley, J.R. |
Sergeant |
135175 |
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Entitled to the British War Medal and Victory Medal. |
Smith, C. |
Sergeant |
None |
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Entitled to the Afghanistan 1878 Medal. |
Underwood, C.W. (M.M.) |
Sergeant |
550277 |
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520th Field Company. Entitled to the Military Medal, British War Medal and Victory Medal. (RESEARCH IN PROGRESS) |
White, H.A. |
Sergeant |
601914 |
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Entitled to the General Service Medal 1918 with clasp [NORTH WEST PERSIA]. |
Corporals
NAME |
RANK |
REGIMENTAL |
ARMY NUMBER |
UNIT/MEDALS |
Corporal |
15744 |
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Royal Engineer Field Park and Depot, and 24th Company. Authorized the South Africa 1879 medal with clasp [1879], Egypt 1882 Medal with clasps [SUAKIN 1885][TOFREK], Army Long Service and Good Conduct Medal (VR), and the Khedive's Star, 1882. |
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Corporal |
1733 |
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Entitled to the Long Service and Good Conduct Medal (VR). |
|
Corporal |
172247 |
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Entitled to the British War and Victory Medals and the India General Service Medal, 1908-1935. Served in the Royal Engineers Signal Service. |
|
Corporal |
243837 (WR-554399) |
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Inland Water Transport. Entitled to the British War and Victory Medals. He served in the I.W.T. Dockyards and Shipbuilding Section in Mesopotamia. |
|
Corporal |
11466 |
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Entitled to the India General Service Medal, 1854 with clasp [JOWAKI 1877-8]. |
|
Curr,
L.E.
(M.M.) |
Corporal |
40107 |
|
63rd Field Company. Entitled to the 1914-15 Star, British War and Victory Medals. (RESEARCH IN PROGRESS) |
Corporal |
|
1877245 |
Served from 1939 to 1945 in the Royal Engineers and the Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers. Entitled to the 1939-45 Star, Africa Star, Italy Star, Defence and War Medals. He is the nephew of Captain Ernest Nicholas Davey, DCM, TD, R.A., formerly 1851559 Company Sergeant Major, Royal Engineers. |
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Davies, Thomas |
Corporal |
5790 (385790) |
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Royal Monmouthsire Royal Engineers. To France on 30 January 1915. Awarded the 1914-15 Star, British War and Victory Medals. |
Corporal |
148800 |
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182nd Tunnelling Company. Entitled to the British War and Victory Medals for service in the Great War. |
|
Flynn, J. |
Corporal |
|
1042100 |
Formerly Royal
Artillery. Later, 40th (Fortress) Company, R.E. |
Corporal |
195013 |
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"T" Corps Signal Company. Entitled to the British War and Victory Medals. |
|
Fruchtnicht, H.G. |
Corporal |
25402 |
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Entitled to the Africa General Service Medal with clasp [SOMALILAND 1902-1904]. (RESEARCH IN PROGRESS) |
Groom, J.G. (D.C.M.) |
Corporal |
52302 |
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65th Field Company and 13th Pontoon Park (RESEARCH IN PROGRESS) |
Corporal |
10452 |
|
Entitled to the Long Service and Good Conduct Medal (VR). |
|
Hearson, F. |
Corporal |
|
14464165 |
Formerly General Service Corps. Entitled to the General Service Medal 1918 with clasps [PALESTINE 1945-48][MALAYA]. |
Corporal |
5020 |
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Prior service in the Royal Marines. Entitled to the Long Service and Good Conduct Medal (VR). |
|
Hodgson, R.G. |
Corporal |
113652 |
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Special Brigade. Entitled to the British War and Victory Medals. |
Corporal |
18098 |
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Submarine Miners. Entitled to the Long Service and Good Conduct Medal (EVIIR). |
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Corporal |
|
1862203 |
1st Anti-Aircraft Searchlight Battalion. Entitled to the Long Service and Good Conduct Medal (GVIR) with bar [REGULAR ARMY]. |
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Jenner, Alfred Rolfe |
Corporal |
27340 |
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Entitled to the Long Service and Good Conduct Medal (GVR). Father of Major Alfred Charles Jenner, R.E. |
Knight, F.W.J. |
Corporal |
24933 |
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Entitled to the General Service Medal 1918 with clasps [IRAQ][N.W. PERSIA]. (RESEARCH IN PROGRESS) |
Corporal |
135546 (WR/253574) |
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Served in the 268th Railway Construction Company. Entitled to the British War Medal and Victory Medal. |
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Leslie, Frank |
Corporal |
26464 |
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Entitled to the Long Service and Good Conduct Medal (EVIIR). (RESEARCH IN PROGRESS) |
Mc Kay, John |
Corporal |
11178 |
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Entitled to the Long Service and Good Conduct Medal (VR). (RESEARCH IN PROGRESS) |
Corporal |
142877 |
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Entitled to the British War and Victory Medals. |
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Martin, C. |
Corporal |
1286 |
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1st Middlesex Royal Engineer Volunteers. Entitled to the Volunteer Long Service and Good Conduct Medal. |
Maurice, V.J. (M.M.) |
Corporal |
51077 |
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Signal Sub-Section. Entitled to the Military Medal (GVR). |
Mullins,
George Edward |
Corporal |
28361 |
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Entitled to the Queen's South Africa Medal 1899-1902 with clasps [DEFENCE OF KIMBERLEY] [DRIEFONTEIN] and Mayor of Kimberley's Star. |
Newport, George
William |
Corporal |
65825 |
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126th Field Company. Entitled to the 1914-15 Star, British War Medal and Victory Medal. (RESEARCH IN PROGRESS) |
Pantling, J. |
Corporal |
117832 |
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Entitled to the 1914-15 Star, British War Medal and Victory Medal. |
Price, John |
Corporal |
63631 |
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128th Field Company. Entitled to the 1914-15 Star, British War Medal and Victory Medal. (RESEARCH IN PROGRESS) |
Corporal |
5272 |
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Entitled to the Long Service and Good Conduct Medal (VR). |
|
Savage, C. |
Corporal |
36398 |
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Entitled to the British War Medal and Victory Medal. |
Skinner, G. |
Corporal |
236156 |
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Entitled to the British War Medal and Victory Medal. |
Corporal |
18061 |
1852299 |
Entitled to the 1914-15 Star, British War Medal and Victory Medal. Son of 16151 Engineer Clerk Staff Sergeant Frank Arthur Harrington Stiles, Royal Engineers. |
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Tully, E.C. |
Corporal |
184 |
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Entitled to the Territorial Force Efficiency Medal (EVIIR). |
Walker, R. |
Orderly Room Clerk |
3792 |
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1st Durham Royal Engineer Volunteers. Entitled to the Volunteer Long Service and Good Conduct Medal (VR). |
Warner, Arthur George (M.M.) |
Corporal |
75063 |
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"N" Corps Signal Company. Entitled to the Military Medal, 1914-15 Star, British War Medal and Victory Medal. |
Wiffen, Harry John |
Corporal |
6929 |
13113 |
Entitled to the 1914 Star and bar, British War Medal and Victory Medal. Distant relative of 20941Company Sergeant Major Robert Sydney Wiffen, R.E. and 1862329 Warrant Officer Class 2 Robert George Edward Wiffen, R.E. |
Wilkinson, Walter William |
Corporal |
500689 |
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48th Division Signal Company. Entitled to the 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal and Imperial Service Medal. (RESEARCH IN PROGRESS) |
Lance Corporals and 2nd Corporals
NAME |
RANK |
REGIMENTAL |
ARMY NUMBER |
UNIT/MEDALS |
2nd Corporal |
49523 |
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Originally served with the 92nd Field Company and later with the 198th Quarrying Company. Entitled to the 1914-15 Star, British War and Victory Medals. |
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Aldworth,
Arthur |
2nd Corporal |
41471 |
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11th Division Signal Company; brother of 160370 Sapper Frank Aldworth. Entitled to the 1914-15 Star, British War and Victory Medals. |
Sapper |
348694 (WR-279511) |
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Formerly 360261 Liverpool Regiment and 127925 Machine Gun Corps. Served in the 10th Railway Construction Company, Royal Engineers. Entitled to the British War Medal and Victory Medal. |
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Barlow,
Charles Ernest |
2nd Corporal |
964 |
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2nd Home Counties Field Company. Entitled to the 1914-15 Star, British War and Victory Medals. |
Lance Corporal |
36058 |
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132nd Army Troops Company. Entitled to the British War, Victory Medal and Meritorious Service Medal. Also awarded a silver medal by the VI Corps R.E. Football Association. |
|
2nd
Corporal |
5198 |
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Entitled to the Long Service and Good Conduct Medal (VR). |
|
Buckland, John
Edward Ernest |
2nd Corporal |
520143 |
|
Served in the 565th (Wiltshire) Army Troops Company. Wounded at Canal du Nord on 18 September 1918. Entitled to the 1914-15 Star, British War Medal and Victory Medal. |
Cleminson,
Leonard James
|
Lance Corporal |
89536 |
|
Served in the 138th Army Troops Company. Entitled to the 1914-15 Star, British War and Victory Medals. |
2nd Corporal |
50026 |
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96th Field Company. Entitled to the 1914-15 Star, British War and Victory Medals. (RESEARCH IN PROGRESS) |
|
2nd Corporal |
50927 |
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103rd Field Company. Entitled to the 1914-15 Star, British War and Victory Medals. (RESEARCH IN PROGRESS) |
|
Erskine, Alexander (M.M.) |
Lance Corporal |
52489 |
|
80th Field Company and 157th Field Company. Also entitled to the 1914-15 Star, British War and Victory Medals. |
Fox, W.H. |
2nd Corporal |
58461 |
|
Entitled to the British War and Victory Medals. |
Glover,
Robert |
2nd Corporal |
2012 |
|
416th Field Company. Entitled to the British War and Victory Medals. |
Godall, J.E. |
2nd Corporal |
72069 |
|
Entitled to the 1914-15 Star, British War and Victory Medals. |
Griffiths, W. |
2nd Corporal |
67204 |
|
Entitled to the 1914-15 Star, British War and Victory Medals. |
Grimshaw, Jonathan (M.M.) |
2nd Corporal |
229715 |
|
Later, 95907 Battery Quartermaster Sergeant, Royal Artillery. Later, No. 3 Light Railway Operating Company. Entitled to the 1914-15 Star, British War and Victory Medals. |
Hain, James
Frederick |
Lance Corporal |
7058 |
|
Served in “A” Pontoon Troop, R.E. during the South African War and in the Second Army Signal Company, R.E. during the Great War of 1914-1918. Entitled to the Queen’s South Africa Medal with clasps [CAPE COLONY] [ORANGE FREE STATE] [TRANSVAAL] [SOUTH AFRICA 1901] [SOUTH AFRICA 1902] and the 1914 Star, British War Medal and Victory Medal |
Hanks, L. |
2nd Corporal |
66974 |
|
Entitled to the British War and Victory Medals. |
Harkin, C.J.N. |
Lance Corporal |
|
24795469 |
Entitled to the Gulf War Medal with clasp [16 JAN TO 28 FEB 1991] with rosette. |
2nd Corporal |
76805 |
|
Entitled to the British War Medal and Victory Medal. Served in the Fourth Army Headquarters Signal Company. |
|
Hunter, R.T. |
Lance Corporal |
2571 (418066) |
|
Lowland Division Signal Company. Entitled to the 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal and Territorial Force Efficiency Medal (GVR). |
Jackson,
Frank Critoph |
Lance Corporal |
1210 |
|
1/1st London Field Company. Entitled to the 1914-15 Star, British War Medal and Victory Medal. |
Keen, Percy Stanley |
2nd Corporal |
253866 |
|
Enlisted as a Gunner (Regimental Number 34911) in the Royal Field Artillery in 1915 and rose to the rank of Bombardier. Transferred to the Royal Engineers with the rank of 2nd Corporal. He was awarded the Military Medal while serving in the 16th Division Signal Company, R.E. in France and Flanders. The award of his military medal was published in the London Gazette dated 28 August 1918. |
Matheson, John T. (M.M.) |
2nd Corporal |
26707 |
|
3rd Field Squadron. Entitled to the Military Medal, 1914-15 Star, British War Medal and Victory Medal. |
Matthew, A.S. |
2nd Corporal |
65742 |
|
127th Field Company. Entitled to the British War and Victory Medals. |
Lance Corporal |
|
1867976 |
Awarded the Haynes Medal for Field Works at the School of Military Engineering. Served in the Commandos and the Special Operations Executive in World War 2. Commissioned a Lieutenant in the 7th Rajput Regiment, Indian Army. |
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Mitchell,
Herbert Richard |
Lance Corporal |
100928 |
|
89th Field Company. Entitled to the British War and Victory Medals. (RESEARCH IN PROGRESS) |
Mitchell, James
|
Lance Corporal |
93968 |
|
217th Army Troops Company. (RESEARCH IN PROGRESS) |
Mitchell, James
|
2nd Corporal |
WR-264819 |
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Railway Operating Division. (RESEARCH IN PROGRESS) |
Lance Corporal |
13496 |
|
Entitled to the South Africa Medal, 1879. (RESEARCH IN PROGRESS) |
|
Page, G. |
Lance Corporal |
612 (550037) |
|
520th Field Company. Entitled to the 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal and Territorial Force Efficiency Medal (GVR).(RESEARCH IN PROGRESS) |
Parker, Sydney
Gamlen |
Lance Corporal |
478705 |
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81st Field Company. Entitled to the British War Medal and Victory Medal. (RESEARCH IN PROGRESS) |
Parker, W.N. |
2nd Corporal |
|
|
'A' Company, Electrical Engineers. Entitled to the Hopkinson Technical Competition Bronze Medallion (December 1906). |
Perry, Percy
Hallaway
|
2nd Corporal |
65798 |
|
Served in the 126th Field Company. Entitled to the 1914-15 Star, British War Medal and Victory Medal. |
Robson, Henry |
Lance Corporal |
56245 |
|
24th Division Signal Company. Entitled to the British War Medal and Victory Medal. (RESEARCH IN PROGRESS) |
Taylor, H.P. |
2nd Corporal |
173153 |
|
Entitled to the British War Medal and Victory Medal. |
Tyler, A.M. |
Lance Corporal |
|
|
Awarded the Royal Engineer Training Battalion Medallion for sports competition at Wouldham, Kent in 1922. |
Verrent, H. |
2nd Corporal |
82050 |
|
202nd Field Company. Entitled to the 1914-15 Star, British War Medal and Victory Medal. (RESEARCH IN PROGRESS) |
Wheeler, J. |
2nd Corporal |
251 |
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Wessex Divisional Engineers. Entitled to the Territorial Force Efficiency Medal (GVR). |
Wilde, Percy G. |
2nd Corporal |
470286 |
|
422nd Field Company. Entitled to the British War Medal, Victory Medal, Special Constabulary Long Service Medal and Metropolitan Special Constabulary Long Service Medal, 1914. |
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