http://www.worldwar1schoolarchives.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/ULULA_1918_06.pdfLieutenant John Donaldson, 8th Bttn att. Royal Warwick Regiment
(1908-12) had served in Egypt and Gallipoli with the Manchester Territorials. His parents live in Higher Broughton. His death was recorded in our last
number, and on June 3 it was announced that he had been awarded the Military Cross.
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Rank: Lieutenant Date of Death: 25/03/1918 Regiment/Service: Manchester Regiment 8th Bn. attd. 5th Bn. Royal Warwickshire Regiment Awards: M C Panel Reference: Panel 64 to 67.Memorial: POZIERES MEMORIAL
Second-Lieutenant Arthur James Orr 24th Bttn
(1911-16) was the son of Mr. and Mrs. Orr, of Prestwich. He was killed in action, instantaneously, on April 23rd, while leading his platoon. His Captain writes : " To his brother officers, who feel his loss very keenly, he was a pattern of clean living, a man amongst men. He endeared himself to all who came within his gentle influence. Officers and men mourn the passing of such a perfect gentleman." At the School he was in the first football team, and was one of the best full backs that the School has ever had.
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Rank: Second LieutenantDate of Death: 23/04/1918Age: 20Regiment/Service: Manchester Regiment 24th Bn. Grave Reference: Plot 3. Row D. Grave 8.Cemetery: MONTECCHIO PRECALCINO COMMUNAL CEMETERY EXTENSIONAdditional Information: Son of John J. and Elizabeth Orr, of Meadowbank, Prestwich, nr. Manchester.
Second-Lieutenant William Harold Parker, 7th Bttn Comm. to Worcestershire Regiment
(1906-10), joined the 7th Manchesters as a private in September, 1914, and went out to Gallipoli as Sergeant in July, 1915, where he served through the campaign until the evacuation. He was then appointed Company Quartermaster Sergeant and went with his Regiment to Egypt, where he took part in several brushes with the Turks. In March 1916, his regiment was drafted to France. After twenty-two months of active service he came home on his first leave, was recommended for a commission, and was gazetted to the Worcesters. He left for France on January 6th of this year, and, while leading his Company fell in action on April 26th, near Kemmel. The day before, he was awarded the Military Cross for gallant conduct in action on March 22nd. We are indebted to a friend for the following appreciation :—" His life was gentle; he was a devoted son and an affectionate brother, and had troops of warm friends; his worldly prospects were all that one might desire. And yet, animated by the glorious traditions of his old School, he was willing to sacrifice all the joys that surrounded him and responded promptly to the call of duty. No tribute to Harold Parker's fine character could better the words he wrote in his last letter home :— ' I'm getting tired of this business out here, but I've always got in mind that we are fighting for our King and Country, defending our nation and the homes of those we love.' "
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Rank: LieutenantDate of Death: 26/04/1918Age: 25Regiment/Service: Worcestershire Regiment 3rd Bn.Awards: M CPanel Reference: Panel 75 to 77.Memorial: TYNE COT MEMORIALAdditional Information: Son of Mr. and Mrs. Frederick Parker, of "Homeleigh," Flixton, Lancs.
Captain Samuel Francis Collier 6th Bttn
(1904-07), the eldest son of the Rev. and Mrs. S. F. Collier, of Victoria Park, who was reported wounded and missing on March 29th, is said to have been killed in action on that date, and though the information is not official, the War Office authorities believe it to be reliable. Captain S. F. Collier enlisted with his brothers in August 1914, and worked his way up very quickly to the rank of Captain. His youngest brother was killed on March 28th, the two brothers falling in action within one week.
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Rank: Captain Date of Death 22/03/1918 Regiment/Service: Manchester Regiment 6th Bn. Panel Reference: Panel 64 to 67.Memorial: POZIERES MEMORIAL
Captain George Thomas Ewen, M.C. 3rd Bttn (Poss Att. 5th)
(1891-2), who was killed in action at the assault on Kut in June, 1916, was at first reported wounded and missing, and for over a year it was hoped by his friends that he might be a prisoner, but the War Office now reports that his death must be presumed. The following extract from the Alpine Journal of February last, written by Philip S. Minor, was kindly supplied us by Mr. H. L. Joseland, H.M. of Bnrnley Grammar School :— " Ewen was born in 1879, and was educated at the Manchester Grammar School. On leaving, he took up journalism. Later he was for some years in the office of Mr. Cunliffe, now K.C. He entered at Gray's Inn in June, 1911, and was called to the Bar in 1913, obtaining the unusual award of a Scholarship of £100 for industry. While in London he was on the reporting staff of the Morning Post and Manchester Guardian. " Ewen joined the 3rd Manchester Regiment in 1914; was gazetted Second Lieutenant, and after a very short training went out to France, where he acted as Machine Gun Officer to the baftalion and to the Brigade. He was promoted Lieutenant in 1915 and Captain later in that year. " In the fighting at Neuve Chappelle he was awarded the Military Cross, and later was mentioned in despatches for his work at Ypres. Early in 1916 his regiment was ordered to Mesopotamia, and in the assault at Kut from the trenches* at Es Sinn he fell wounded (as was reported) in the leg and shoulder, but no trace of him has been found since. " Ewen was an original member of the Rucksack Club, and jokingly remarked to the writer that the experience gained in that Club was really responsible for his Military Cross, as his climbing practice enabled him to be quicker out of the trenches than men more accustomed to level ground. He edited the three reports and the first four issues of the Rucksack Club Journal, and indeed was mainly responsible for the existence of the Journal. " His first climb was made in 1902, and after 1906 he climbed mostly without guides, and usually leading. His holidays were always short, from two to three weeks, but his qualifying list of peaks and passes when he joined the Alpine Club in 1911 numbered about sixty. " The loss of Ewen is very widely felt. He made many friends in Manchester and London, and with his excellent abilities and power of concentration in everything he undertook he would have gone far at the Bar and also in his sport. He had a great love for the hills, and that this was not diminished by War conditions appears from one of his letters from Mesopotamia, where he writes that ' This country is only redeemed from absolute mediocrity by the fact that from our present camp one can see snow-covered hills forming the Persian boundary eighty miles away.'"
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Rank: Captain Date of Death: 08/03/1916 Regiment/Service: Manchester Regiment 3rd Bn. Awards: M C Panel Reference: Panel 31 and 64. Memorial: BASRA MEMORIAL
Lance-Corporal C. W. Foster 19th Bttn
(1913-16) died of wounds' on July 8th. His Captain writes that he was a candidate for a commission, and would have made a very good -officer. He had been told off to get experience of taking charge of men in the trenches, and had been doing quite well. At School he was in the O.T.C. He was the son of Mr. Albert Foster, of Accrington. He won the Belgian Croix de Guerre for great courage and devotion. Extract from report:—" East of Ypres, as a stretcher bearer, he showed conspicuous bravery and devotion to duty, in clearing wounded for fourteen hours, and in that he
went out on several occasions to fetch in wounded in face of heavy shell and machine gun fire, not ceasing in his effort^ till he was certain all were safe." He has on many previous occasions showed conspicuous gallantry in a similar capacity.
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Rank: Private Service No: 40917 Date of Death: 10/04/1917Age: 21Regiment/Service: Manchester Regiment 19th Bn. Grave Reference: L. "C." 873.Cemetery: LEICESTER (WELFORD ROAD) CEMETERY Additional Information: Son of Mr. E. Foster, of 40, Haddenham Rd., Leicester.
Second Lieutenant F. P. Elliott 1st Bttn
(1912-16), of Crumpsal, killed on August 23rd, left School to become a medical student at the Manchester University. His colonel says of him :—" He was an exceptionally eflicient and brave officer, a born leader of men."
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Rank: Second Lieutenant Date of Death: 23/08/1918 Regiment/Service: Manchester Regiment 1st Bn. Grave Reference: I. J. 20.Cemetery: SUCRERIE MILITARY CEMETERY, COLINCAMPS
Captain Basil Claude Hall 8th Bttn
(1905-10), was the only son of Ir. H. S. Hall, medical officer to the Leigh Union, of Railway Road, Leigh. He was learning the cotton business at Leigh when war broke out. He enlisted soon after hostilities began. A friend writes :—" He will probabl be best remembered as the jolliest of camping comrades; the rougher the time, the more he saw the fun of it, and he was always ready to do the dirtier work."
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Rank: Captain Date of Death: 25/08/1918Age: 24Regiment/Service: Manchester Regiment 8th Bn. Grave Reference: I. J. 9.Cemetery: SUCRERIE MILITARY CEMETERY, COLINCAMPS Additional Information: Son of Herbert Strange Hall and Jane Hall, of 56, Westbourne Rd., Birkdale, Southport. Native of Leigh, Lancs.
Privite Robert Ernest Jones 1/6th Bttn
(1907-10), Manchester Regiment, died of wounds in Fratce on September 3rd, was the son of Mr. and Mrs. Jones, of Nadine Street, Seedley, He won a Foundation Scholarship at the School from the Pendleton Higher Elementary School, and was 23 years of age.
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Rank: PrivateService No: 250302Date of Death: 04/09/1918Age: 23Regiment/Service: Manchester Regiment 1st/6th Bn. Grave Reference: VI. F. 9.Cemetery: BAGNEUX BRITISH CEMETERY, GEZAINCOURTAdditional Information: Son of William and Emily Jones, of 14, Nadine St., Seedley, Manchester.
Lieutenant Henry Norman Kay (1903-06), Manchester Regiment, is officially reported by the War Office "to have been killed in action in France on August 21st. He joined the Manchester Territorials in the autumn of 1914, received his commission in March, 1915, and took part in the Gallipoli campaign. On the evacuation of Gallipoli he was sent to Egypt for active service in the Sinai Peninsula. In February, 1917, he went with the 42nd Division to France. He was the only son of Mr. and Mrs. W. E Kay, of West Didsbury, and married, in 1915, Miss Thompson, of Old Trafford. Before joining the Forces he was employed at the Lancashire and Yorkshire Bank. In one of his last letters he wrote :—" If I knew that I should not come safely through I don't regret having joined up in 1914 to fight for the cause of freedom, and would again do the same."
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Rank: Lieutenant Date of Death: 21/08/1918 Age: 28 Regiment/Service: Manchester Regiment 7th Bn. Grave Reference: II. C. 6.Cemetery: QUEENS CEMETERY, BUCQUOY Additional Information: Son of William Edward and Mary Alice Kay; husband of Ellen May Kay, of 2, South Drive, Chorlton-cum-Hardy, Manchester. Also served at Gallipoli and in Egypt.
