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Please add the following life stories
I come from a strong naval family and my great grandfather and a number of his relatives who were career naval men are missing from the website. I know from their naval records that they served in the First World War. Please would you add:
Richard William Jenkins Ship’s Steward/VCPO 173774
Harry John Barber Yeoman of Signals 176966
Stephen Francis 1st Writer 173267
Albert Edward Lovegrove PO 125721The following two were seemingly pensioned off and rejoined at the beginning of the war:
John Thomas Francis 112659
Thomas Henry Hugman 118705Also two of my husband’s relatives for whom I…
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Please could these life stories be created
Please could these life stories be created. I have been looking at the WO 363/364 records on FindMyPast and discovered that the following men do not appear to have Life Stories on LotFWW:
Alfred William Wellsman Service numbers 282441 Labour Corps and 4888London Regiment (Attestation Papers refer to him being in both units)
Fred Wellsman Service number 2535 Coldstream Guards
G Wellsman Service number 7602 Royal Sussex Regiment
William Welsman Service number T/424031 Royal Army Service Corps
William Ernest Welsman Service number 7092; 1st, 2nd Battalion Hertfordshire Regiment, and 7th Battalion Essex Regiment
Eber Henry Willsman Service number 622412 Royal…1 vote -
Capt Godfrey Love RAMC (T) 4th Northern General Hospital, Lincoln
Mentioned in following document regarding the accident to B.E. 2E. AL.3868. resulting in the death of 2/Lt T. W. Bartle. Australian Flying Corps. on 16th June 1917 :
https://s3-ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/awm-media/collection/RCDIG1064382/document/5651888.PDF
within:
https://www.awm.gov.au/collection/R1479947
Regards and thanks
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Volunteer Worker Cicely Frances Smith-Dorrien-Smith
I've checked the surname variations for this lady - please could you create a new Life Story for her? Born 4/11/1882, died 15/4/1915 at 10th Base Hospital, Rouen, from bronchitis and pneumonia. Buried St Nicholas Church, Tresco, Isles of Scilly. Absent from CWGC website, maybe because of the nature of her as yet unknown voluntary work.
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Please mark as duplicate
Please mark Private F Short https://livesofthefirstworldwar.org/lifestory/4021171 as a duplicate. He is the same man as Corporal Charles Frederick Short https://livesofthefirstworldwar.org/lifestory/4020970 for whom I have already added evidence.
Both lives are shown as #7530 The King’s Royal Rifle Corps.
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Duplicates for merging please - Capt. James Ferrand Dearden
https://livesofthefirstworldwar.org/lifestory/5329148 (Please use as PRIMARY)
https://livesofthefirstworldwar.org/lifestory/1160361
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Private Albert Edward Hooper
Albert Edward Hooper died on 16th March 1919 and is buried in Tewkesbury Cemetery, Gloucestershire with a CWGC headstone. No Life Story has been created, almost certainly because he does not appear to have served abroad and did not, therefore, qualify for any medals. Nevertheless, it seems that he does meet the criteria as defined elsewhere on this site. Would appreciate your advices.
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New life story: Rev Noel Aldridge, Army Chaplain
Hello, is it possible to add a new life story for this gentleman please. He served in the German S. W. African campaign, and is featured in this memorial book https://issuu.com/birkenheadschool/docs/ww1_memorial_book
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Flying Officer Noel Butler Hemsley Duplication
Flying Officer Noel Butler Hemsley
https://livesofthefirstworldwar.org/lifestory/6854223
and Noel Hemsley
https://livesofthefirstworldwar.org/lifestory/6787703
are the same man. The Bedford address in the service papers matches as does the place of birth Manchester, Lancashire.
Thanks very much.
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Please can you start a new page for George William Glover
Found on the cwgc and only served at home before dying of pneumonia one week after enlistment
https://www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/390442/glover,-george-william/
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Duplicate record - Frederick William Herbert Welsman
Duplicate record - Frederick William Herbert Welsman https://livesofthefirstworldwar.org/lifestory/6106169 and https://livesofthefirstworldwar.org/lifestory/6147283
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A new page for Percy Buckby please
I've been transcribing stories from a monthly local publication that has been reproducing stories from 100 years ago about local soldiers. From the week of 24th May 1918 there is the following story:
TERRITORIAL MISSING
News has come to hand from the War Office
to the parents of Pte. Percy Bugby, Northants
Regt., of Federation Avenue, Desborough, that
he has been posted as missing since the early
part of April. Pte. Bugby is only about 19
years of age, and was in the Territorials before
the war. He was sent out to France when only
17 years of age, but…1 vote -
Please mark Horace Ruffitt as a duplicate
Please mark the following life story as a duplicate:
Horace Ruffitt https://livesofthefirstworldwar.org/lifestory/3852729I have just discovered him, and he is the same person as
Horace Ruffett https://livesofthefirstworldwar.org/lifestory/3852696
to whose life I have already added info. Both are shown with Service Numbers #1854 Herts Regt and #265169 Beds Regt, ending their service as a Captain in the London Regt. There is confusion between Corporal and WO2 in the Herts & the Beds Rgts but I am sure it is the same man and the spelling generally used by his family was Ruffett.
Thank you, Jane1 vote -
Hugh Boyson
Please create Hugh Alexander Boyson (Born 1894) served from 1914-18 War in the Hussar and was commissioned during the war. Hugh Boyson was my grandfather and I have original war letters to his family throughout the war. He was discharged after being hit by shell in the last 6 months of the war.
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L/12113 Lance Cpl William Morgan, 2nd B at, Middlesex reg't. Killed 04/01/1915
buried in Rue-Petillon Military cemetery, Fleurbaix, France
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Thomas Millner Sapcote
Thomas Millner Sapcote, Ordinary Telegraphist, RNVR
Here is his RNVR Other Ranks record:
https://search.livesofthefirstworldwar.org/record?id=gbm%2fadm171%2f056241
Many thanks
Andrew Lloyd1 vote -
New Life Story: Second Lieutenant Howard Arthur Pickford 21st Bn., Manchester Regiment who died on 14 July 1916
Remembered with Honour
Thiepval MemorialListed on CWGC Database
Born 25/11/1897 Brondesbury, Middx
Needs to have Life Story!
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Please Merge
Private H Burrows, 8th Battalion Middlesex Regiment, #457
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Private Herbert Charles Burrows, Middlesex Regiment, #457Thank you
J. Hyslop1 vote
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