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Stand To! No.1 to No.133 Full Contents Listing
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Stand To! 1-133 Content Stand To 1 Spring 1981 Editorial Notes (Peter T. Scott) Serving members of the Western Front Association Early Days, New Paths and Acknowledgements Inaugural Meeting: John Terraine's Address. Historian John Terraine berates those who indulge in ‘purely tragic pilgrimages to the Western Front’. The Loving Care of the…
22 October 1914 : Lt Henry Noel Atkinson DSO
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Henry was the son of the Reverend Arthur Atkinson, Canon of Chester Cathedral, and Ursula Mary Atkinson (née Cotton-Jodrell) and the grandson of the former Bishop of Calcutta. He was one of the first and one of the youngest men to be awarded the DSO. Henry was educated privately at Mr Leonard Dobie’s boarding prep: school Moorland House, H…
8 March 1915 : Captain Ivor John Douglas Phillips
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Parents George Grey Stewart Philips and Mary (née Moubray) He was educated at Ardwreck Crieff and Lorretto. 31 Jan 1900 He joined the Black Watch (Militia) 1902 Attached to the York and Lancaster Regiment for service in South Africa. In 1901 Ivor proposed to a girl who accepted his hand in marriage. This was not forthcoming and in 1903 Li…
14 April 1918: Pte Wade Stubb
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Parents: Wade (a time keeper and store keeper) and Emily (née Rogers, from the Isle of Man) They lived at 38 Walsingham Rd, Coulton Walsey. At the 1901 Census, age 5, Wade was at home with is parents and two siblings. Education: St. Margaret’s Higher School, Anfield. Wade was a member of the choir, along with his brother Edgar, at St. Ma…
29 July 1918 : Charles Foster
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Second son of William Foster (who owned a brass foundry he had founded) and Emma (née Haig - no relation) At the 1881 England Census the parents had four children and two domestic servants and lived at 63 Savile Park Road, Halifax In March 1881 Charles’s mother died and his younger brother Harold died in June that year. At 2 years old Charles w…
A soldier of the Cheshire Regiment - thrice missing: Private Peter Mahon
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On the day I began writing this article, 11 November 2020, I reflected, as did we all, upon the burial of the 'Unknown Soldier' on this day a century ago at Westminster Abbey. He was, of course, one of the many 'Missing – Known unto God'. What follows is an attempt at revealing something of the story of a soldier. Again, one of the 'Missing. Kill…
Pte Peter Mahon, 1st Battalion, Cheshire Regiment
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Peter Mahon’s family originated in Co. Roscommon in Ireland. His great-grandparents emigrated to Cheshire in the 1840’s to escape the Potato Famine and by 1851 were living amongst a numerous Irish community in Lewin Street, Middlewich. Mary Mahon, their granddaughter, gave birth to Peter on 14 February 1876 and he was baptised at the local Roman C…
ONLINE: 'Myths of Audregnies, 24th August 1914' by Major Phil Watson
Caption: 'The Taking of the Guns, 1914. Coloured engraving after Richard Caton Woodville, published by the 'Illustrated London News', 1914. Courtesy: National Army Museum About this talk: This talk examines the famous charge at Audregnies, on 24 August 1914 during the Battle of Mons. On that day, the 9th Lancers and 4th Dragoon Guards, along wi…
In praise of a Colonel and a Lance Corporal. The Advance of 9th Battalion Cheshire Regiment (part of 19th [Western] Division) in the Battle of Messines 7 June 1917 by Peter Crook
As far as some Colonels were concerned, the writing of their Battalion War Diaries was regarded as an unwelcome bureaucratic exercise although they provided necessary information which would be passed up the chain of command. The entries in their War Diaries, obligatory because of a Field Service Regulation, had to be signed off by them, or a senio…