Remembrance Day - November 11

[Canuc]

Two brothers, Uncles I never got to meet.

Ordinary Seaman John Tench Hetherington
b. Sep 26, 1898, Jarrow on Tyne
d. Dec 25, 1915, Troop Ship Van Stirum, North Sea after a submarine attack

Aircraftsman 1st Class William Murphy Hetherington
b. Nov 4, 1907, Gateshead
d. Jan 20, 1942, Singapore Military Hospital
Plot 12, Row C, Grave 20, Karanji Military Cemetery, Singapore, Malaya

RIP

The men who came back:
WO2 Sgt Maj John William Hetherington R.E. (1914-1918, Gallipoli, Flanders - Retired for the second time WO1 RSM in 1919)
Pvt Christopher Patrick Hetherington R.E. (1914-18, Flanders)
Ship's Carpenter Christopher Patrick Hetherington (1939-1945, All Theatres)
Pvt Ernest Wilson 79th Armoured Division (Normandy)
Pvt John Charles Sewell 8th Army (Anzio, Monte Casino)
Sgt John William Hetherington Parachute Regiment (Sicily, Arnhem)
Staff Sgt Craig Ruggles Coughlan Royal Canadian Army Service Corps 2nd Heavy Antiaircraft (3.7" Calib) (Juno Beach)

The women who served:
Mary Margaret Hetherington nee James - WRVS Billieting Officer
Dorothy (Kit) Kathleen Sewell nee Bradnum - NAAFI
Pvt Constance (Billie) Alice Hetherington nee Harper - ATS
Writer Sheelah Mary Coughlan nee Hetherington - WAAF RAF Insworth

[fek33]

In memory of my Great Grandfather :

Private James Fletcher, 203860, 7th Batallion Leicestershire Regiment

Who died on 27 May 1918

Remembered with honour
Sissonne British Cemetery

        

[Kazzaqld]

In memory of my great-great-uncle for whom my father and many other relatives are named

Lawrence Bramleigh WAGNER a career soldier - the picture is him as a lad of about 14.

Lawrence Wagner would go on to serve as a Sjt. in the 2nd Battalion Royal Marine Light Infantry in the Great War. He was awarded the Military Medal for gallantry in leading his men in an attack on the Somme, when all officers had been killed, November 13, 1916. He was killed at the Gavrelle Wind Mill, April 28, 1917 and commemorated on the Arras memorial. Age 23.

[Zelley]

In memory of my Great Grandfather :

Private James Fletcher, 203860, 7th Batallion Leicestershire Regiment

Who died on 27 May 1918

Remembered with honour
Sissonne British Cemetery

        

The Leicestershire Regiment were known as the "Green Tigers"
Also, listed at Sissonne and member of the 7 th Battalion
that died on May 27 th was Lieutenant C. H. Lazarus.

[PaulaToo]

the Farther in Law I never had a chance to get to know...

William George (Gunner No. 1529768) -44th Battery 61st Light Anti- Aircraft Regement- Royal Artillery- 51st Highland Division.
Who was taken prisoner of war and unfortunately lost due to friendly fire while being transported on the SS Scillin November 1942

[Zelley]

Let's also remember those who waited at home.

A good web site to read about some of the home front realities

www.homesweethomefront.co.uk/templates/hshf_frameset_tem.htm

Beth

Beth
Thanks again for posting the link!

[Windsor87]

Tomorrow will mark the 90th Anniversary of the death of my great great grandfather, Robert Strachan.

His vessel, HMT Waltham, was struck by a mine just of the Isle of Man on 10th October 1917. He served with the Royal Naval Reserve for three years before his death.

His death notice:

Fraserburgh Herald Honour Roll : 26th October 1917.
“Engineer Robert Strachan
Fraserburgh
Mrs Strachan, 75 Frithside Street, has been notified by the Admiralty that her husband Robert Strachan, engineer on H.M. Minesweepers, has been lost at sea. Engineer Strachan, who was 49 years of age, had been on war services three years, before which he was an engineer on Fraserburgh herring Drifters. His son Robert is in the Gordons, and his son George is a Sea Scout.”

His wife of 27 years remained a widow for her remaining 42 years. As well as the two adults sons mentioned, he left an 11 year old daughter and a son in the belly of its mother.

Engineer Robert Strachan

11/10/1868 - 10/10/1917

[chinakay]

My huband's cousin, once removed.

Left, Pilot Officer Stanley Humblestone, navigator. Born in Hull in 1921, he was the fourth son of Edward and Dora Humblestone. Right, Flight Lieutenant Clifford Arthur Walker, born in Fort William, Ontario, in 1921. He was the son of Thomas and Martha Walker, and he enlisted in the RCAF in 1940, graduating from pilot training at Camp Borden in 1941. The aircraft is a de Havilland Mosquito, RS520.

Clifford Walker and Stanley Humblestone were presumed lost on February 2, 1945, when their aircraft failed to return from a night raid on Tirstrup Aerodrome. They are remembered at the Runnymede Memorial in Surrey.

Photo kindly restored on the Restoration board by Keith Bateman.

[oldtimer]

Remembering with love , honour and gratitude, my two great uncles

Charles Henry Allen of the 5th Bn Oxford and Bucks who died 25th September 1915
He has no known grave, and is commemorated on the Menin Gate at Ypres. He was 20 years old

and his brother

Sidney Allen, corporal in the 7th Bn King's Royal Corps died 21st July 1915, and is buried in the Bedford House Cemetery, Ypres. He was 29 years old