Commemorated: | |||
| 1. Memorial: | Soissons Memorial | ||
| 2. Memorial: | The (1940) Scroll - WW1 Roll of Honour | 1D GQS | |
Awards & Titles: | |||
Education & Career :
Paper Merchant, (1906).
Service Life:
Campaigns:
- The First World War 1914-1918, World-wide.
| Unit / Ship / Est.: 2/Northamptonshire Regiment |
2nd Battalion August 1914 : in Alexandria, Egypt. Returned to England, landing October 1914. October 1914 : moved to Hursley Park near Winchester and attached to 24th Brigade in 8th Division. 5 November 1914 : landed at Le Havre. |
| Action : The Battle of the Aisne 1918 |
27 May - 6 June 1918. In another attempt to exploit perceived allied weakness after the initial Kaiserschlacht campaign of March-April 1918 had lost momentum, the German command directed an attack on the area around Soissons-Rheims against the French army. It was the misfortune of five British Divisions to have been sent to that ?quiet? sector to recover after the exertions on the British front and find themselves in the way of, and bearing the brunt of, yet another German assault. They suffered significant losses before the French army could restore the situation.
Masonic :
| Type | Lodge Name and No. | Province/District : |
|---|---|---|
| Mother : | Strong Man No. 45 E.C. | London |
| Joined : | Guild of Freemen No. 3525 E.C. | London |
Initiated | Passed | Raised |
2nd April 1906 | 7th May 1906 | 7th June 1906 |
Petitioner and founder member of the Guild of Freemen Lodge No. 3525, London, joining at its consecration in 1911. Their register shows "Killed in Action", whereas the record of Strong Man Lodge No. 45 shows "Died 26.5.1918".
Source :
The project globally acknowledges the following as sources of information for research across the whole database:
- The Commonwealth War Graves Commission
- The (UK) National Archives
- Ancestry.co.uk - Genealogy, Family Trees & Family History online
- ugle.org.uk - The records of the United Grand Lodge of England including the Library and Museum of Freemasonry
Additional Source:
- Founder Researchers : Paul Masters & Mike McCarthy
- Researcher : Bruce Littley