THE PICTURES ARE AS FOLLOWS

No 1 is located at Horse guards Parade London .

No 2 is located at Beaucort near Albert France .

No 3 is located at Gavrelle France .

No 4 is the Collingwood Division memorial located at Blandford Dorset .

No 5 is the Cape Helles Memorial Turkey . (They fought here as part of the allied forces )

THE ROYAL NAVAL DIVISION ROLL OF HONOUR PAGE

NOW SHOWS 4 PHOTOGRAPHS OF MEMORIALS DEDICATED TO THE R.N.D & 1 THEY ARE MENTIONED

ON .....

TO RETURN TO MAIN

CLICK HERE

THIS PAGE IS FOR THE MEDALS AND MEMORIAL

PLAQUES OF

THOSE WHO SERVED

AND THOSE THAT FELL

IN THE GREAT WAR

ALSO THOSE WHO SURVIVED

THE GREAT WAR

THE WAR TO END ALL WARS

AS IT BECAME TO BE KNOWN !!!

ROLL OF HONOUR

FOR THE

ROYAL

NAVAL

DIVISIONS

1914-1919

THE 2 MEMORIAL PLAQUES

IN THE PHOTOGRAPHS ABOVE

ARE FROM 2 RATINGS KILLED WITHIN DAYS OF EACH OTHER

AT THE

Battle of Gavrelle (Arras) April 1917

WHAT MAKES THIS MORE POIGNANT IS THE ORDER OF SERVICE

FROM A.B WILLIAM SMITHS

CHURCH SERVICE

AND THE CARD SENT WITH HIS PLAQUE , TO HIS FAMILY

THIS IS A RARE RECEIPT CARD SENT FROM THE

"ADMIRALTY" IN LONDON NORMALLY THESE WOULD

HAVE BEEN FILLED IN AND SENT BACK

BUT NOT IN THIS CASE ,

There is a poignant P.S to this story,

AND SO It is with great pride and humility i share with you ,

something with great meaning for me ,

my shrouds of the somme framed figure arrived today that being friday the 8th 2019,

now i am no relation of A.B william smith who died in 1917

"But" in a way i am he was a reservist like i was ,

and i was lucky not to have been called up,

i owe them big time, and although he has no known grave,

he has in a way a physical presence again, this really ties up the memorial part on this page for him

He will be remembered here on

my website dedicated to the RND

THE PHOTOGRAPH BELOW SHOWS A PAIR OF MEDALS

AND PART OF A SET OF SERVICE DOCUMENTS

THIS ONE SHOWS THE DRAFTS JAMES DENT HAD BEFORE HE JOINED THE R N D

Whilst its true I don't have any medals for Thomas shadford

i do have a picture of his grave in canada., plus the box he made in ,HMS TIMBERTOWN

in 1916

as seen in the potographs below

this is his legacy .

and so deserves to be here

THE MEDALS BELOW

WERE EARNED BY

ABLE SEAMAN

8/2218 BENBOW BATTALION R N D ,

interned in Holland 1914 to 1918

ON THE LEFT IS A PHOTO ,

OF A/.LS BERNARD GRIFFITH PALMERS

SERVICE CARD,

WITH HIS DETAILS ,

ON THE RIGHT BELOW IS HIS HOUSE AS IT IS TODAY.

BELOW

IS THE HAWKE BATTALION ,

ROLL WITH BERNARDS NAME,

UNDERLINED.................

ON THE RIGHT IS ONE OF BERNARDS MEDALS,

QUITE OFTEN THE CASE THESE DAYS IS THE OTHERS HAVE BEEN LOST/ SEPERATED/ OR SOLD SEPERATELY?

THE DETAILS CLEARLY SAY "HAWKE BATTALION.

ON THE RIGHT IS A PAGE FROM A GERMAN POW REGISTRATION BOOK WITH THE

WORD LICHE AT THE TOP RIGHT SHORT FOR KAISERLICHE (THE GERMAN IMPERIAL NAVY)

WITH BERNARDS NAME UNDERLINED

AND DATED 28th OF FEBUARY 1918

DETAILS SAY HE WAS CAPTURED

AROUND/ AFTER THE RETREAT FROM ANTWERP.

AND ON THE RIGHT ANOTHER FORM WITH HIS NAME UNDERLINED DATED 12 MARCH 1918

WITH THE CAMP S NAME,

DOEBERITZ, AT THE TOP,

DOEBERITZ WAS A

A GERMAN POW CAMP.

N.B

ALL THE UNDERLINING WAS DONE TO AID THE READERS

THE UNDERLINING "WAS NOT ON THE ORIGINAL COPYS.

AND ON THE RIGHT TWO SIDES OF THE SAME CARD WHICH IS A BIT CONFUSING?

AS IT HAS HIM? ON ONE SIDE BEING IN COLLINGWOOD BATTALION?

AND ON THE RIGHT

PART OF HIS SERVICE CARD, SHOWING HE ,

ARRIVED IN HOLLAND

FROM THE GERMAN POW CAMP FOR INTERNMENT,

ITS A LITTLE KNOWN FACT THAT THEY DID SEND POWS TO HOLLAND ,

WHEN THEY WERE VERY ILL ,

ON MEDICAL GROUNDS,

HE DID SURVIVE THE WAR ,AND ARRIVED BACK IN HULL TO BE DEMOBBED AT CRYSTAL PALACE 28/2/1919.........

On the right is a trio of medals to 306606 Sto.1, RN.

CHARLES PRIOR

see photo directly below

- Born at Wimborne, Dorset

he Enlisted in Hawke Battalion, Royal Naval Division , and went abroad in the defence of Antwerp, Belgium between 3 and 9 October,

in the retreat , he was one of the 1500 that were interned in Holland , and although he and another internee jack hobbs

see photo of Jack hobbs to the right and below next to the one of Charles prior

were from different divisions ,jack was from,

Collingwood division,

them both being in the same camp for the duration, would probably knocked about with each other , been oppos, who knows ?

with grateful thanks to DMD services who arranged a very good discount on the medals and allowed me to use this photo of the medals as well.

KW-390 P.OSBORNE A.B.R.N.V.R - HAWKE BTN. ROYAL NAVAL DIVISION.

IT IS OFTEN FORGOTTEN ESPECIALLY,

IN THESE DAYS OF RELIGIOUS INTOLERENCE,

THAT MEN OF DIFFERENT FAITHS,

FOUGHT AND DIED FOR KING AND COUNTRY,

AS WITH THIS LAD, ABLE SEAMAN ,

R/2424 H. KARLISH.

(A PHOTO OF HIS HEADSTONE IS ON THE LEFT)

THE HEBREW WRITING ,

WITHIN THE STAR OF DAVID,

SAYS " REMEMBERED"

THIE PHOTO ABOVE,

IS AN EXAMPLE OF THE CAP BADGE HE WOULD HAVE WORN.

THE photos BELOW SHOWS A SWEETHEART BROACH,

THESE WERE GIVEN, AS THE NAME INFERS TO WIVES /GIRLFRIENDS/SWEET HEARTS,

MORE OFTEN THAN NOT THEY WERE ENAMELLED PIECES BUT,

SOMETIMES THEY WERE, MADE FROM HOLLOW SILVER WITH GOLD PLATED PARTS,

AND OCCASIONALLY WITH MOTHER OF PEARL ,

AS SEEN IN THE IMAGE TO THE RIGHT.

THE ONES ON THE LEFT SHOW THIS ONE WAS AT THE TOP END OF THE BROACHES,

THE HALL MARKS SHOWS AN ANCHOR AND LION PASSANT AND A LETTER P,

WHICH WOULD INDICATE IT WAS ASSAYED IN BIRMINGHAM CIRCA 1914/1915.

THIS ONE ACTUALLY HAS THE NAME OF THE BATTALION,

AS PART OF THE DECORATION, (COLLINGWOOD RND)

THE REASON ITS ON THE ROLL OF HONOR PAGE IS THAT THAT BATTALION,

WAS DISBANDED IN JUNE 1916,

BELOW THE IMAGE OF THE BROACHES IS A COLLINGWOOD BATTALION SHOULDER TITLE, WITH A NUMBER 4 ABOVE IT , INDICATING IT WAS THE 4TH BATTALLION RND.

THE MAKERS MARK ALTHOUGH,

DAMAGED CAN BE IDENTIFIED,

AS SYDENHAM BROTHERS,

TENBY STREET BIRMINGHAM

THE BROACH IS ESSENTIALLY

THE SAME AS THE COLLINGWOOD ,

SWEETHEART BROACH SEEN BELOW

THE MAKERS MARK IS THAT OF,

SYDNAM BROTHERS TENBY STREET BIRMINGHAM,

THE 2 IMAGES BELOW AND TO THE RIGHT,

SHOW PART OF BIRMINGHAMS JEWELLERY ,

QUARTER , AND SOME OF THE WORKERS,

DATE LETTER FOR 1915--1916

LION PASSONT MEANS,

STIRLING.925 SILVER

THE ANCHOR MEANS BIRMINGHAM

ASSAY OFFICE

IT IS WITH GREAT PRIDE,

AND HUMILITY, I CAN NOW ADD,

R.664 A.B EDWARD ROGERS,

ANSON BATTALION R N D

KILLED 4th of SETEMBER 1917,

TO THE ROLL OF HONOUR,

PAGE ON THIS WEBSITE,

WELCOME EDWARD YOU ARE AMONGST FRIENDS............

BELOW IS SOMETHING I HAVE NEVER SEEN BEFORE,

A CERTIFICATE TO A MEMBER OF THE R N D ,

ALBEIT A DECEASED MEMBER ,

K I A 4/9/1917

BELOW IS A SHORT BIOGRAPHY,

OF EDWARDS LIFE .

EDWARD ROGERS was born on the 7th of April 1897,

at DOWDESWELL GLOUCESTER to parents Charles and Elizabeth Rogers, of dowdeswell near Andoversford Gloucester,

he joined the Royal Naval Division on the second of February 1917 after a period in the army reserve,

he was drafted to ANSON Battalion BEF Reserve battalion then based at the RND advanced training camp at blandford in Dorset, on 22 of April 1917,

on the 27th of june 1917 he joined his active unit , Anson battalion ,

He was Killed in action on the 4th of September 1917,

during the battle of Passchendaele ( 3rd battle of YPRES)

in Belgium He was just a bit over 20 when he died,

having seen Edwards service card,

it shows he was a "postman in civilian life",

from that to a frontline combatant must have been a real eye opener,

I dread to think of the terrible things he and his generation saw and had to do ,

to secure our freedom,

R I P AND SLEEP WELL YOU HAVE EARNED IT .....................

TO THE LEFT AND, DIRECTLY BELOW ,

ARE ENLARGED IMAGES OF THE CERTIFICATE, PRESENTED/GIVEN TO,

EDWARDS PARENTS,

OF PARTICULAR INTEREST,

IS THE LOWER ONE,

SHOWING THE BATTALIONS ,

BATTLE HONOURS..................

TO THE LEFT IS A

SLIDESHOW OF,

EDWARDS, SERVICE DOCS

SHOWING AMOGST OTHER THINGS,

WHEN HE WAS KILLED AND WHEN IT WAS ADDED TO HIS RECORD CARD.

BELOW, ARE COPIES,

OF THE "IMPERIAL WAR GRAVES ORGANISATION, LEDGER ENTRIES,

IN CONNECTION WITH EDWARDS BURIAL,

BEFORE THEY BECAME ,

" THE COMMONWEALTH WAR GRAVES COMMISION,

ABOVE IS AN ENLARGED IMAGE ( QUITE POIGNANT I THINK ),

OF THE INSCRIPTION ON EDWARDS HEADSTONE,

ITS INTERESTING TO NOTE THAT THE NEXT OF KIN WERE GIVEN A CERTAIN LATTITUDE ON WHAT WENT ON THE HEADSTONES,

TO THE LEFT IS A COPY OF THE,

REMEMBERENCE CERTIFICATE,

COURTESY OF THE ,

COMMONWEALTH WARGRAVES,

COMMISIONS WEB SITE,

SHOWING THE CEMETERY WHERE,

HE IS BURIED.

BELOW IS A PHOTOGRAPH I TOOK,

ON THE 8-7-2017,

SHOWING THE CROSS I LEFT.

I OWE A BIG THANK YOU TO MICK SHEFFIELD OF PETERBOROUGH,

FOR NOT ONLY BRINGING TO MY ATTENTION THIS MEMORIAL,

TO A ROYAL NAVAL DIVISION RATING, IN HIS LOCAL CHURCHYARD, THAT BEING ALL SAINTS CHURCHYARD, PASTON PETERBOROUGH,

BUT ALSO FOR TAKING THE TIME TO TAKE PHOTOGRAPHS AND ALLOWING ME TO USE THEM HERE, MICK IS AN EX CPO (WAFFU) WITH MANY YEARS OF SERVICE BEHIND HIM,

THANK YOU MICK ........................................

THE EPITAPH ON THIS MEMORIAL IS QUITE A LONG ONE AND A VERY PERSONAL HEART FELT ONE FROM A WIFE TO HER DEPARTED HUSBAND ,

WHO WAS KILLED IN THE GREAT WAR AND IS AS FOLLOWS,

I AM THE RESSURECTION AND THE LIFE

IN LOVING MEMORY OF MY DEAR HUSBAND

AURTHUR

THE BELOVED SON OF THOMAS & HELEN BROWN

OF THE HOOD BATTALION 63rd NAVAL BRIGADE

WHO WAS KILLED IN ACTION IN BELGIUM OCT 14 1917

AGED 35 YEARS

HIS LIFE WAS LOVELY AND PLEASENT

AND HE DIED IN GLORY

HIS BODY WAS BURIED IN DUNHALLOW CEMETERY YPRES

WELCOME AURTHUR GREY,YOU ARE AMONGST FRIENDS AND WONT BE FORGOTTEN

RIP DUTY DONE

IT IS WITH GREAT PRIDE AND HUMILITY THAT I CAN ADD

L.7/3126 STANLEY COOK, ACTING A.B

BENBOW BATTALION

ROYAL NAVAL DIVISION........

THESE ARE STANLEYS

MEDAL TRIO ON THE,

LEFT

INCLUDING THE,

MONS STAR,

AND CLASP.

THE IMAGE ON THE RIGHT SHOWS THE REVERSE OF THE STAR WITH,

THE USUAL DETAILS, "BUT!"

QUITE UNUSUALLY IT HAS HIS,

BATTALION NAME AS WELL..

BELOW IS A COPY OF HIS SERVICE,

DOCUMENTS CARD, WHICH SHOWS,

ON 8/10/14 HE WAS INTERNED,

IN HOLLAND (GRONINGEN)

BELOW & BELOW RIGHT ARE STANLEYS MEDALS,

NOW THEY HAVE BEEN PROPERLY FRAMED.

THE IMAGE BELOW IS,

THE LAD HIM-SELF

THE IMAGE ON THE LEFT IS A POSSIBLE,

FOR HIS ADDRESS OR, WHERE THE,

BUILDING ONCE STOOD,

THE IMAGE ON THE RIGHT,

IS HODDESDON HIGH STREET

FROM AROUND

THE WW 1 PERIOD..

SEPTEMBER 2017 Saw a visit to a grave of a 26 year old able seaman from Nelson

Battalion who was killed on the 4th of febuary 1917. and is buried in the serre road cemetery

( No 1 ), on the somme, what makes this different is the fact that i have the bronze plaque that was sent to his family , so for the first time i could place the plaque , albeit temporeraly , on the grave of the person, for whom it was made,

and to honour their sacrifice,

the lad in question was one , ABLE SEAMAN BZ/9048 C.J PARKES R.N.V.R

NELSON BATTALION R.N.D

who was killed on the 4th of Febuary 1917 aged 26

ABOVE IS A SELECTION OF IMAGES,

TAKEN ON A WET COLD DAY ,

AND TO THE LEFT AND ABOVE ARE IMAGES OF

A PERSPEX FIGURE CALLED," THERE BUT NOT THERE" AND HAS BEEN

RELESED TO REPRESENT ALL THE SERVICEMEN THAT DIED IN WW1,

I OWE A BIG THANKYOU TO MY LOVELY WIFE SHARON,

WHO THOUGHTFULLY GOT ONE FOR ME AND SURPRISED ME WITH IT VERY RECENTLY ,

BY THE TIME CHARLES PARKES WAS KILLED THE R N D HAD BEEN,

KHAKIFIED ! I DECIDED TO HAVE MY FIGURE CARRY THE NAME RANK,

& SERIAL NUMBER OF ABLE SEAMAN PARKES AS A FITTING TRIBUTE,

TO A BRAVE MAN , BUT ALSO TO REPRESENT ALL THE R N D ,

THAT DIED IN WW1 ,

It is a great honour that i can add the medals of

A.B L 3 /3595 Clifford Charles Groom , Collingwood Division R N D ,

To this page , charles was captured at antwerp at some point during the siege 28th of sept to the 10th of october 1914 and sent to DOBERITZ,

POW CAMP near Potsdam Germany ,

On the left are his trio , starting with the mons star,an increasingly

difficult thing to find also of note the

silver rosette on the

ribbon bar

On the right

is the reverse,

of the mons star with his

details stamped on it

On the left is cliffords adress ,

109 Hallam street london W.C

as it is today, The ,letters W.C

refer to the postal district ,

where the adress is,

on the right is his mums adress Mayfield 7, Grafton Road,

Bedford,

as it is today, what is interesting,

is the fact penciled in is the word

Deaceased ??

A week or so ago i received the frame with, the cutouts for the trio /Ribbon bar ,

today friday the 6th of April i received the Brass plaque i had ordered,

on which his service number etc have been engraved ,

below are 2 images

It is with Great pride and a big helping,

of "Humble pie" I can add this medal to the growing list of the Roll of Honour page members,

Welcome SIDNEY CARTER R.N.D

this member is slightly different ,in as much as

He apparently started service life as a royal Engineer Sapper

and transferred to the R.M.D.E(Royal Marine Divisional Engineers,

the seperate parts of the Royal Marines Units, are for another day ,

and as you can see he was killed on the 17th of febuary 1917 the day ,

The British V Corps launched further raids on German-held territory around the Ancre Valley in France, resulting in 671 British casualties

With No 5412 SIDNEY CARTER R.M. R.N.D Being one of the 671 british casualties and 176 German prisoners taken at the time, as it transpires , this medal

has more meaning than i first thought, as back in 2012 round about the 29th of july, was the first time i was taken to the Ancre valley ,

cemetery , the person with me muttered there's some navy lads buried here ,and they did a bit of fighting , and not a lot else !

i thought eh! and, when we got back i was straight on the internet ,

finding out who, these navy lads were and what they did!,

and the rest they say is history, this single medal has brought me ,

back to where it all began for me in july 2012, full circle so to speak, so the next time i am over that way i will take his remaining medal and place it on his grave , to reunite it with its original ,

recipient albeit briefly , as it would not last long out there these,

days to show him he is remembered and one of his medals is cared for,

i know over the passage of time they get sold or separated ,

On the left is a section from james ,

service certificate, showing he was wounded on 3 occassions 2 being within 2 months of one another , also of note is the rubber stamped British War and ,

Victory medal, the reason he was entitled,

to just 2 is explained below

Petty Officer

Leedings Group

Has the Mons star,

and unusually a

Royal Fleet Rserve

long service&Good conduct Medal

The medal was presented for 15 or 12 years of service by Petty Officers and ratings

of the Royal Naval Reserve, Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve

Royal Naval Auxiliary Sick Berth Reserve,

Royal Fleet Reserve, and Royal Naval Wireless Auxiliary Reserve

Another soul remembered

Alfred James White 19 years old who hailed from a very small village (Beaworthy) Northwest Devon,

who transfered from the army reserve in august 1916

to the RNVR/RND Who seems to have been plagued ,

with the discease prevalent at that time ,

(hence the 3 RND Divisions) that being ,

"Trenchfever" the symptoms of which are listed below

After a 14- to 30-day incubation period, onset of trench fever is sudden, with fever, weakness, dizziness, headache (with pain behind the eyes), conjunctival injection, and severe back and leg (shin) pains. Fever may reach 40.5° C and persist for 5 to 6 days.

people often forget that apart from bullets and shells ,

combatents also had to cope with the disceases prevalent in that time, it does however show his determination to serve,

as back then medicine wasnt as well developed as it is today ,

so welcome Alfred j White you are not forgotten.....

IT IS WITH A GREAT DEAL OF PRIDE WE CAN, ADD ANOTHER GRONINGEN MAN TO THIS PAGE,

NAMELY SEAMAN P/4047/B DONALD MURRAY RND,

A NATIVE OF THE ISLE OF LEWIS SCOTLAND,

ALBEIT THE GROUP IS MISSING HIS MONS STAR IT DOES, HAVE HIS BRITISH WAR MEDAL AND THE VICTORY, MEDAL+ HIS LONG SERVICE MEDAL ,

The long service medal could be awarded to part-time Royal Naval Reserve /RNVR ratings after twelve years of efficient service, not necessarily continuous. Wartime service counted as double time for the purpose of reckoning eligibility for the medal.

WITH THE ADDITION OF

STOKER 1ST CLASS

EDWARD.EDWIN

THOMPSETT/THOMSETT*

TO THIS PAGE

I THOUGHT IT QUITE APT TO ADD THE,

POEM BY RUPERT BROOKE

THOSE THAT KNOW ME REALISE HOW ,

POIGNANT THE ADDITION ONTO THIS PAGE IS FOR ME !

* (Spelling mistakes were quite)

( common on)

( these record cards)

We can now add with great respect

R365 Able Seaman Horace wright

Who was K .I .A 3-2-1917 11 days after his 19th Birthday whilst serving with Hawke Battalion R.N.D

to this roll of honour page

Above we have his 2 medals complete with intact box of issue

and to the right, something ive never seen before !!,

namely a letter from the Admiralty in london

quite touching as some details were hand written

and below copies of his service Documents

Established- December 1918 at the Government's Memorial Plaque Factory in Acton at 54-56 Church Road, London W3. Total awarded- approximately 1,150,000 memorial plaques have been Produced,

with those numbers of memorial plaques being made it does bring the cost ,

in lives more into focus , but the thing is although huge numbers were issued ,

in proportion to the other services , the ROYAL NAVAL DIVISIONS ,

are very rare to find these days, and as part of the ROYAL NAVAL DIVISIONS

ones attributable to the ROYAL MARINE LIGHT INFANTRY are just as rare,

and ones in memory of the RND/RMLI from Gallipoli are especially welcome on this site/ page and so we welcome Sergeant PO/15611 WILLIAM BEAUCHAMP,

to this august gathering

IT GIVES ME GREAT PLEASURE

TO ADD A LOCAL LAD TO THE ROLL OF HONOUR PAGE,

SUSSEX 4/213 A.B EDWARD HILLMAN R N V R

HE LIVED AT NUMBER 16

GIBBON ROAD NEWHAVEN,

AND WHAT MAKES ME REALLY PROUD IS ,

HE WAS A SUSSEX RATING AS I WAS ,

YOU DONT OFTEN GET THAT SORT OF LINK

WILLIAM BARCLAY

shows he had the,

mons star, He has no, known grave,

mentioned on the,

Helles Memorial

It gives me great pleasure to be able to add,

A.B B.Z/ 4411 JAMES ROOME to this August company we find on this Roll of Honour Page

this is a very unusual grouping of Ephemera (see below)

containing as it does his medals his service certificate, a certificate about "ANSON"BATTALION" & their battle honours.

++ a RPPC of the lad him self (from 1915) and his Fibre DOG TAG

WITH HIS NAME /RANK/SERIAL NUMBER, & his Battalion (ANSON)

This is the 1st one of these ive ever seen ,

Above is a period postcard

of menzeis road

The addition of the single Allied Victory Medal seen below,is perhaps the most poignant,one iv'e ever added to this roll of Honour page, back in november 2012,the first cemetery i went to on the somme was the Ancre Valley cemetery, and i would have walked past,

Ernests grave amongst others and have,

done so on numerous occassions ,

but now i now have a direct link to the,

cemetery and intend to take his medal,

out to the cemetery the next chance i have,

and in a symbolic way reuniting Ernest,

and at least one of his medals with him,

albeit for a short time, i am very proud to be able to add Ernest Alfred Sneller to this ,

August company ..........

Peter Holland

Has no known grave

Has the 1914-15

star , but we are

also very fortunate

to have his

memorial plaque

He is also Mentioned

on the Helles Memorial

This is a very proud moment,in the History of the

friends of the Royal Naval Divisions in ww1

WebSite and in particular the

ROLL OF HONOUR PAGE

As We can now for the very first time Add

a very rare Military medal Recipient

Petty Officer C/Z2465 SAMUEL ORD

Samuel was born on the 7-08-1894 and lived in number 186 paisley road west in Glasgow his next of kin is listed as his father also samuel ?

Samuels civilian occupation is listed as a "grocer"

The Military Medal (MM) was a military decoration awarded to personnel of the British Army and other arms of the armed forces, and to personnel of other Commonwealth countries, below commissioned rank, for bravery in battle on land. The award was established in 1916, with retrospective application to 1914, and was awarded to other ranks for "acts of gallantry and devotion to duty

We can also add R.1726 A.B ARCHIE POWELL

Nelson/Hawke Battalions R.N.D

We can now add KW/887 Thomas Henry Hanson

Collingwood Battalion RND

and Below The 4 Images show his medal group & Medal roll entry showing his entitlement

and his service record card that shows he was one of those that, after the retreat from Antwerp ,was one of those who was captured and sent to a pow camp in Germany , possibly Doeberitz

And on the left we have James's memorial

plaque and medals after framing

And we can add sub lieutenant ,William Chapman Hawke battalion ,

R N D .K.I.A.4th of September 1918, the sad part of all this ,apart from him being killed in action was all i had was his medals , nothing else !

i had a spare RND officers bronze cap badge , and i had a frame made,

up for him including a reproduction memorial plaque, with his name engraved on it, and his details on a steel plate as befits a brave man .

The entry on the left is very close to,

my heart, as i was on mine sweepers

as he was, albeit in my case in the 1980s

he was in the ROYAL NAVAL RESERVE

as was i although HMS KELLINGTON ,

was a mine hunter we also had and used the sweeper part as well ,

the similarity's are there all the same,

welcome James you are remembered

I CANNOT THINK OF A BETTER PLACE TO PUT THIS COPY OF AN ORDER OF SERVICE

THAN ON THIS PAGE I'VE COPIED THE PAGES SEPARATELY TO MAKE IT EASIER TO READ

AND A SMALLER VERSION AS A SLIDE SHOW

I AM PROUD TO BE ABLE TO ADD ANOTHER NAME TO THIS AUGUST COMPANY ON THIS PAGE

THAT BEING STOKER 2nd CLASS PO/K/22350

ALFRED HENRY SKINNER

HAWKE BATTALION R.N.D

ON THE LEFT WE HAVE ALFREDS SERVICE,

DOCUMENT, WITH HIS RELEVANT DETAILS,

EXCEPT HIS OCCUPATION ?,

OF INTEREST IS HE WAS GIVEN LEAVE FROM HOLLAND FROM SEPT - 17 ,

TO OCT THE 10TH -17, THIS WAS NORMALLY GIVEN FOR REASONS OF, FAMILY HARDSHIPS BACK HOME IN BLIGHTY, THE MATELOT CONCERNED WAS HONOUR BOUND TO RETURN, OTHERWISE IT WOULD HAVE CAUSED PROBLEMS WITH THE DUTCH AUTHORITIES AS THIS WAS AN AGREEMENT WE HAD REACHED WITH THEM ,THIS WAS STILL A RISKY BUSINESS CROSSING THE CHANNEL DURING WAR TIME.

ON THE RIGHT WE HAVE AN IMAGE OF ALFREDS NEXT OF KIN ADDRESS IN PORTSMOUTH AS IT IS TODAY .

ON THE LEFT WE HAVE 2 VIEWS OF ALFREDS MONS STAR,

UNFORTUNATELY THESE DAYS THE MEDAL TRIOS QUITE OFTEN GET SOLD SEPARATELY OR SPLIT UP , OR THEY GET LOST OVER THE YEARS & THIS IS THE ONLY TANGIBLE PROOF THAT WE HAVE LEFT TO SHOW OF SOMEONES LIFE,

& IT IS MY DUTY TO BRING THIS PERSON TO THE FORE,

& OUT OF HISTORICAL OBSCURITY.

I AM PROUD TO BE ABLE TO ADD ANOTHER NAME TO THIS, AUGUST COMPANY THAT OF A/B CLYDE Z/1596 JAMES McGOWAN

2ND PLATOON ANSON BATTALION/ RND EMPLOYMENT CO.

ON THE FAR LEFT WE SEE JAMES's VICTORY, MEDAL THE OTHER 2 FROM THE TRIO HAVE LONG SINCE GONE !,

JAMES SEEMS TO HAVE HAD QUITE A JOURNEY

AS SHOWN BY HIS SERVICE RECORD, OF ILLNESSES FROM THAT TIME , +A MINOR GLITCH

ON 27th-28th AUGUST 1916 FOR BEING ABSENT FROM PARADE,

& AWARDED 1 DAYS F.P No 2

(FIELD PUNISHMENT No 2)

WHICH CONSISTED OF BEING SHACKLED FOR THAT PERIOD

BUT NOT SHACKLED TO A FIXED POINT, FIELD PUNISHMENT No 1

DIFFERED IN AS MUCH AS YOU WERE SHACKLED TO A FIXED POINT I.E IN A CELL

ALSO OF NOTE IS HE WAS TRANSFERRED FROM ANSON BATTALION ON THE 27-01-17, TO THE ,

RND EMPLOYMENT CO

ON THE 7-09-18 HE WAS WOUNDED ON HIS FOOT LEFT LEG AND RIGHT FEMUR WAS FRACTURED & TRAGICALLY HE DIED FROM HIS WOUNDS ON THE 10-09-18,

THIS IS NOT AS STRANGE AS IT SEEMS, AS YOU CAN DIE FROM A FRACTURED FEMUR, AS THE FEMUR CONTAINS A SOFT FATTY MARROW WHICH PRODUCES RED & WHITE BLOOD CELLS & PLATELETS A FRACTURED FEMUR CAN CAUSE A LOT OF BLEEDING OF UNTO 3-05 PINTS IF NOT TREATED QUICKLY ALSO IT CAN LEAD TO INFECTIONS