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22 October 1914 : Lt Henry Noel Atkinson DSO
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Henry Noel Atkinson was born at Audlem Vicarage, Cheshire on 25 December 1888, 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 priva...
8 March 1915 : Captain Ivor John Douglas Phillips
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Ivor Phillips was born in Portobello, Edinburgh on 8 July 1882. His parents were George Grey Stewart Philips and Mary (née Moubray) He was educated at Ardwreck Crieff and Lorretto. On 31 Jan 1900 he joined the Black Watch (Militia). He was later attached to the York and Lancaster Regiment for service in South Africa in 1902. In 1901 Ivor had...
14 April 1918: Pte Wade Stubbs
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Wade Stubbs was born in Everton, Liverpool. 1 September 1893. His parents were 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. He was educated at St. Margaret’s Higher School, Anfield...
29 July 1918 : Charles Clifford Foster
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Charles Foster was born in Halifax, Yorkshire 21 June 1886, the second son of William Foster (who owned a brass foundry he had founded) and Emma (née Haig) 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 Harol...
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. Ki...
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 w...
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 se...
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