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5 August 1916 Lt George Sainton Kaye Butterworth MC
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Lt George Sainton Kaye Butterworth M.C. 13th Bn Durham Light Infantry George was born on 12 July 1885 to parents Julia Marguerite (nee Wigan) and Sir Alexander Kaye Butterworth, Kt., LL.B, a solicitor and manager of the North-Eastern Railway. He was christened on 30 August in Deerhurst, Gloucestershire by his grandfather the Reverend George But...
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9 October 1914 : Lieutenant Colonel Aymer Edward Maxwell
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Born on 26 October 1877, Aymer Maxwell was the son of the Right Honourable Sir Herbert Maxwell and Mary Fletcher-Campbell. He was educated at Eton and the Royal Military Academy Sandhurst. He entered the Grenadier guards in September 1897 and served in the South African War. Later, Aymer became a JP, DL and County Councillor for Wigtownshire and...
1 April 1918: Lieut. Augustus Dilberoglue
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Augustus Dilberoglue was born Cairo, Egypt 13 Jan 1894 His parents were Plato (late judge of the Native Court of Appeal in Cairo) and Julia (née Agelasto) of The Lodge, 19 Southfields Rd, Eastbourne, Sussex. Augustus was educated first at St.Vincent’s Prep School, Eastbourne, then at Eton and finally at Christ Church, Oxford. Augustus was a...
Who was Gordon Shephard - the man who never was?
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My interest in Gordon Shephard stems largely from the fact that his Irish adventures are ignored by the British records1,2, and that he and his First World War adventures are ignored by the Irish, certainly those of a republican leaning. Hence the title of this article, with apologies to Euan Montague for stealing the title of his Second World W...
Lieutenant-Commander Frederick 'Sep' Kelly - Olympic Gold 1908, Performer and Composer
Frederick 'Sep' ‘Cleg’ Kelly, the Olympic gold medal rower, pianist and officer in the Royal Naval Division Frederick 'Sep' ‘Cleg’ Kelly, the Olympic gold medal rower, pianist and officer in the Royal Naval Division, was killed on 13 November 1916 on the opening day of the Battle of the Ancre. His death was a profound loss to the community and...
19 January 1918 : Brigadier General Gordon Strachey Shephard
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Whilst researching Dorset War Memorials, the author came across the following paragraph: ‘In the grounds of the camp (1) at Osmington is a small wooden sentry box. Inside is a truncated propeller, cut to form a cross. On the boss is a small plaque which reads: ‘In memory of Brigadier G S Sheppard DSO, MC and RFC Jan 1918’.’ (2) Living near the...