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This site presents the story of the First World War in the West Flanders region. The various categories provide a wealth of information about a range of subjects.
The Roll of Honour category is where you will find the details of all the men from Falkirk District who are buried or commemorated in the Immortal Salient.
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Lieutenant William Young
Lieutenant William Young, Queens' Own Cameron Highlanders, Son of William Young, Scottish Liberal MP for East Perthshire On the 22 August the 7th Battalion were in the line at Frezenberg Ridge engaged in Third Ypres. They were in the trenches at Pommern Castle on Hill 35 in front of the German strong point at Gallipoli Farm and preparing to attack the German line.
Dec 30, 20232 min read
Private Bert Wadsworth
Private Bert Wadsworth, 1/4th Battalion York & Lancaster Regiment, Son of John Wadsworth, coal-miner & President of the Yorkshire Coal Miners Association from 1904. Liberal-Labour MP for Hallam, Sheffield.
Dec 30, 20232 min read
Lieutenant Edmund Spencer Turton
Lieutenant Edmund Spencer Turton, The only son of Sir Edmund Russborough Turton Conservative MP for Thirsk & Malton 1915 to 1929.On the 30 August they were carrying out repairs and improving the trenches and the sap in front of their line, ironic as this was the kind of work that Edmund had wanted to escape from. The War Diary records that snipers were active all day on both sides. At some point Edmund was killed by a sniper.
Dec 30, 20232 min read
Private William Ewartt Thorne
Private William Ewartt Thorne, 10th Battalion, Essex Regiment, Son of Will Thorne, Trade Unionist and member of the Social Democratic Federation. MP for West Ham South (later Plaistow) 1906 to 1945. William enlisted in the Essex Regiment The Manchester Evening News reported on William’s death referring to a letter received by his father from William’s company commander. He wrote that Will’s son was wounded and missing. He was wounded in the thigh, and when last seen was lying
Dec 30, 20232 min read
Lieutenant Clifford Stanton
Lieutenant Clifford Stanton, 10th Battalion Welsh Regiment. The eldest son of Charles Butt Stanton CBE, JP, member of the Independent Labour Party. He was from a mining and trade union background and was active in the south Wales coalfield and in the London docks strike of 1898. He was a member of the precursor to the Communist Party of Britain the British Socialist Party.
Dec 30, 20232 min read
Captain Eric Butler Smallwood M.C.
Captain Eric Butler Smallwood M.C. son of Edward Smallwood, Liberal MP for East Islington October 1917 to November 1918 having won a by-election following the death of the sitting Liberal MP Sir George Radford. he lost his seat in the 1918 General Election. His brother Lieutenant James Smallwood MC was killed in action on 22 May 1917 and is buried at Etaples Military Cemetery.
Dec 30, 20232 min read
Lieutenant William Edward Dudley Shortt
Lieutenant William Edward Dudley Shortt. The only son of Rt Hon. Edward Shortt, KC Liberal MP for Newcastle upon Tyne West, 1910 to 1922 and Home Secretary in David Lloyd George's cabinet from 1919 to 22. There was heavy shelling at Saules Farm during the afternoon which caused two dead and six wounded. William was one of the dead. He was due to go on home leave the next day and to attend a dinner party in London
Dec 29, 20232 min read
Captain Arthur Purefoy Irwin Samuels
Captain Arthur Purefoy Irwin Samuels, Royal Irish Rifles. The son of the Hon. Mr Justice Arthur Warren Samuels, Irish Unionist Alliance MP for Dublin University 1917 to 1919. He left the House of Commons when he was appointed a Judge in 1919. He was also Solicitor-General 1917 to 1918, Attorney-General for Ireland 1918 to 1919, and a Judge of the Irish High Court 1919 to 1925.The War Diary records that Arthur was killed at 1am by a machine gun bullet in the forward sap.
Dec 28, 20232 min read
2nd Lieutenant Geoffrey Vincent Pearce
2nd Lieutenant Geoffrey Vincent Pearce, 2nd Battalion Royal Warwickshire Regiment. The son of Sir William Pearce, Liberal MP for Tower Hamlets from 1906 to 1918 and for Limehouse from 1918 to 1922.
Dec 28, 20233 min read
2nd Lieutenant William Percy Orde-Powlett
2nd Lieutenant William Percy Orde-Powlett, 4th Battalion Princess of Wales’s Own (Yorkshire Regiment). The eldest son of William George Algar Orde-Powlett, 5th Baron Bolton, Conservative MP for Richmond 1910-18. He later became the Lord-Lieutenant for the North Riding, Yorkshire from 1935 to 1944.
Dec 28, 20232 min read
2nd Lieutenant William Joseph O’Malley
2nd Lieutenant William Joseph O'Malley. The only son of William O'Malley, the journalist, speculative business manager, and Irish Parliamentary Party MP for Galway Connemara from 1895-1918.
Dec 28, 20232 min read
2nd Lieutenant Harry Norbury Nuttall
2nd Lieutenant Harry Norbury Nuttall, Royal Army Service Corps attached Heavy Brigade Machine Gun Corps HQ, 3rd Brigade. Eldest son of Harry Nuttall, Liberal MP for Stretford Division of Lancashire 1906 to 1918.
Dec 27, 20232 min read
Lieutenant Geoffrey Archibald Loyd
Lieutenant Geoffrey Archibald Loyd, Scots Guards. Third son of Archie Kirkman Loyd KC, MP, Archie was Conservative MP for Abingdon, Berkshire. He stood down and retired in 1906 however, he was re-elected in a by-election for his old seat in August 1916 and held the seat until the General election in December 1918.
Dec 27, 20232 min read
2nd Lieutenant John Percival Hermon-Hodge
2nd Lieutenant John Percival Hermon-Hodge. The sixth son of Sir Robert Hermon-Hodge, 1st Baron Wyfold, Conservative MP for Henley, South Oxfordshire from 1895 to 1906. He lost his seat in the Liberal landslide of 1906. He returned to the Commons in March 1909 elected as MP for Croydon and held this seat in the 1910 General Election standing down at the December 1910 election. In May 1917, Valentine Fleming MP for Henley was killed in action and Sir Robert stood in the by-ele
Dec 27, 20232 min read
2nd Lieutenant David Alexander Carnegie
2nd Lieutenant David Alexander Carnegie. Royal Field Artillery. Son of Colonel the Hon. Douglas Carnegieserved in the 3rd (Militia) Battalion, Gloucestershire Regiment from 1888 to 1905 resigning his commission in 1905 with the rank of Major. During the First World War he served in the Labour Corps being promoted to Lieutenant- Colonel. He was elected Conservative MP for Winchester from 1916 to 1918.
Dec 26, 20232 min read
2nd Lieutenant Francis Ludovic Carew
2nd Lieutenant Francis Ludovic Carew, ‘B’ Squadron, 20th Hussars, 5th Cavalry Brigade, 2nd Cavalry Division. Son of Charles Robert Sydenham Carew Conservative MP for Tiverton from 1915 to 1922 and he was also a Justice of the Peace for Devon.
Dec 25, 20231 min read
2nd Lieutenant Arthur Herbert Rosdew Burn
2nd Lieutenant Arthur Herbert Rosdew Burn, 1st Royal Dragoons, 6th Cavalry Brigade, 3rd Cavalry Division. Son of Colonel Sir Charles Rosdew Burn Conservative MP for Torquay from 1910 to 1923 when he was created a Baronet, in 1926 he changed the family name to that of his wife becoming known as Charles Forbes-Leith of Fyvie this allowed him to inherit the family seat of Fyvie Castle. A British Fascisti, changing their name to British Fascists in 1924, a member of the nine man
Dec 24, 20233 min read
2nd Lieutenant Frank Henry Bethell
2nd Lieutenant Frank Henry Bethell,3rd Battalion Connaught Rangers attached 2nd Battalion Royal Irish Rifles. Eldest son of Sir John Bethell, 1st Baron Bethell Liberal MP for Romford, Essex from 1906 to 1918 and then East Ham North from 1918 to 1922. He was made Lord Bethell in 1922. His work as an MP saw the construction of council houses in his constituency. He was also responsible for securing employment for returning ex-service men.
Dec 24, 20233 min read
Captain The Hon. Arthur Annesley
Captain The Honourable Arthur Annesley10th (Prince of Wales Own) Hussars, 8th Cavalry Brigade, 3rd Cavalry Division. Eldest son of The Honourable Arthur Annesley, 11th Viscount Valentia and conservative MP Oxford City from 1895 to 1917. He was also an officer in the 10th Hussars and Queen’s Own Oxford Hussars and served for over twenty-five years seeing active service during the Boer War. He was made 1st Baron Annesley of Bletchingdon in 1917.
Dec 24, 20232 min read
Captain The Hon. Arthur Edward Bruce O’Neill M.P.
Captain The Hon. Arthur Edward Bruce O'Neill M.P. ‘A’ Squadron, 2nd Life Guards, 7th Cavalry Brigade, 3rd Cavalry Division. He was the first MP to be killed in World War 1.
Dec 23, 20235 min read
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