General Chat

I do not have a family member to add to this thread but would like everyone to take a moment to think of recent casualties of conflict. Today on the news there was the report of a Royal Marine lost in Iraq. My thoughts are with that family hearing that awful knock on the door.

My Great Uncle Maurice Fordham - Royal Northumberland Fuseliers. Killed in Action Sept 1918 aged 18. Buried Epehy Wood Farm Cemetry. Son of Thomas and Mary. For our tomorrows, they gave their lives May they never be forgotten. Wear a poppy with pride. Liz

George Pegg, Sherwood Foresters, died after the Somme offensive - still no accurate record found, my great-uncle. The six Pollards from my father's family all killed on the first day of the Battle of the Somme.

Pte. Frederick Samuel BAKER (Monmouthshire Regt.) from St George Bristol~ my great uncle and son of William and Hannah Baker. Fell in France, on the 5th September, 1917, aged 21. A memorial with his name is at Longuenesse (St Omer).

Private Henry Morley 1st Bn. The loyal Regiment (North Lancashire) Died 2nd June 1940. commemorated: Dunkirk memorial Nord France Column 110 Age 28 son of Henry Morley and Emily morley (nee Elliot) husband of Ruby morley (nee TRump), of Queen Camel, Somerset. Sleep in peace reluctant hero

Private John Frederick Jones, Royal Welsh Fusiliers 7th Battalion. Killed in Action 26 March 1917, Israel Age 23 Son of John Thomas Jones & Jane Jones of 39 Smithfield Street, Llanidloes, Montgomery Buried: Jerusalem Memorial Cemetery

Private Fred Bridges Royal Warwickshire Regiment - died 12 May 1916 age 35. Buried in Amara War Cemetery Iraq.

My great uncle Danny Tarplett killed during the First World War

My great, great uncle. Corporal William Robert Plester of the 2nd Battalion Royal Berkshire Regiment killed in action aged 23 on 29 August 1918 in France.

Sgt John James Jones 53rd Division,159th Infantry Brigade,5th Battalion,Welsh Guards, killed on the 1st day of the 1st Battle Of Gaza 26/3/1917. My great grandfather.

Sgt Joseph Spiller SELDON MM, aged 31 26061 2nd Bn Devonshire Regiment killed in action 24/04/1918, Somme Buried Adelaide Cemetery, Villers-Bretonneux, Somme Husband of Ellen (who never re-married)and father to two young sons, aged 4 & 2. Son of William and stepson of Eliza Seldon, Broadclyst, Devon Private John Boutcher SELDON aged 20 10661 1st Bn Royal Welsh Fusiliers killed in action 20/10/1914, Ypres Commemorated on the Ypres (Menin Gate) memorial Only son of William and Eliza Seldon, Broadclyst, Devon Private Edward Charles Lloyd KEY MM and Bar, aged 20 204394 15th Bn Canadian Infantry (Central Ontario Regt.) killed in action 28/09/1918, Etrun Buried Duisans British Cemetery, Etrun Only remaining son of Charles and Jessie Key and beloved brother of Jessie Ann (my Grandmother), Sask., Canada Sue Seldon

Private Perceival Thomas Weir Stephenson GS/67458 2nd Royal Fusiliers (London Reg) Killed 26/10/1917 in France aged 30 Left a widow and 2 children, the youngest he never knew about Private Craven Charles Stephenson 31514 !st/5th Battalion, York and Lancaster Regiment Killed 18/04/1918 in France aged 29 Left a widow who never remarried, dying 48 yrs later Carpenter's Crew George Brain M/2729 HMHS Rohilla Drowned 30/10/1914 off Whitby aged 25 Private Oliver John Brain 25339 1st Battalion, Royal Warwickshire Regiment Killed 15/04/1918 in France aged 27 All great-uncles who died about 50 yrs before I was born. Their sacrifice and that of their immediate families is not forgotton.

Leonard Watts my g Uncle killed aged 19 in 1915 in WW1.Gone but not forgotten. DONT FORGET YOUR POPPY. Penny

Sgt John William Bromley 17/07/1916 Somme Sgt Milton Victor Riddle 09/11/1942 and my I add for the men my husband served with and all others from Northern Ireland during the Seventies and all service men and women since. Sue

Private 2nd Class Charles H Tuckey. 1st School of Military Aeronautics, Royal Air Force. Died 6th November 1918 aged 29. Rifleman Joseph Tuckey, 3rd Bn Kings Royal Rifle Corps. Died 24th September 1918 in Greece aged 25. Private David Munro, 9th Bn Gordon Highlanders. Died 22nd August 1917, Belgium.

Pilot Officer John Allen Ovens, Royal Canadian Air Force; plane missing on November 7, 1943, part of Air Transport Command, flying from Canada (refueling in Florida) to England.

Private Ernest Bird, aged 20, 1st/7th Btn Lancashire Fusiliers died Friday 8th November 1918. My mothers older brother. Fireman Trimmer Henry Gannon, Merchant Navy, ss Empire Lakeland 8th March 1943. My father. Fireman Trimmer Lawrence Gannon, Merchant Navy, ss Empire Lakeland 8th March 1943. My uncle. The crew of the ss Empire Lakeland, lost with all hands. You do not see crosses row on row On all the seas white caps flow For those who sleep beneath the sea Rest in peace for your country is free

Private William Henry T.F. Prior, died 05 November 1917 in Jerusalem, Middlesex Regiment Second Lieutenant Thomas Stoaling, died 14 May 1917 in Arras, France, London Regiment (Royal Fusiliers) Sapper Cecil Hodgkinson, died 25 March 1916 in Somme, France, Royal Engineers

As it is coming up to Rememberance Sunday, I thought I would start a thread where we could put the names of our relatives who have been killed in action (any war, conflict or campaign) When we remember our relatives during the next few days, perhaps we could also spare a thought or have a quiet moment for those 'belonging' to other GC members. Here are mine to start us off. Private Thomas Yoxall, 1st Bn Lancashire Fusiliers, died 11th April 1918. Company Sergeant Major Robert Percival, Grenadier Guards, died 30th September 1916.