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3 September 1915 : Lt Wilbur Taylor Dartnell VC
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Wilbur Taylor Dartnell was born on 6 April 1885 in Collingwood, Melbourne, Australia, the son of Henry and Rose Ann. William enlisted, only age 15, in 1901 in the South African Rifles and went to Africa. He returned to Australia 12 years later, became an actor and married Elizabeth (née Smyth) in April 1906. They lived at 'Maktau', Phillips Ave...
The Baron and the Barmaid
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Sir John French, the commander-in-chief of the BEF until December 1915 was one of the many Anglo-Irish who served in the British Army in the Victorian and Edwardian period. Sir John's family was related to the French/De Freyne family which had settled in County Wexford in the fourteenth century. A distant cousin of Sir John's was Arthur, the 4th...
Captains Frederick ‘Fred’ C. Selous and Frederick ‘Freddie’ H.B. Selous - The father and son killed on the same day
There are of course lots of coincidences in the First World War, but one that is quite remarkable is that of the father and son both of whom were killed in action on the same day - 4 January - but a year apart. What is even more remarkable is the unusual unit to which the father was serving when he was killed. Captain Frederick Courtney Selous F...
4 February 1915 : Lieutenant Richard Apjohn Fitz Gibbon
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Richard was born in Dublin 5 July 1889. He was the only son of Harry Fitz Gibbon of Greystones, County Wicklow and Helen Rebecca Fitz Gibbon (née Surgeon) of Dublin. He was educated at Strangways School, Dublin; Lickey Hills Prep School, Barnet Green; Radley College and Christ Church, Oxford. Richard coxed rowing eights at for Radley at Henl...
Ep. 108 – Nobody of Any Importance – Phil Sutcliffe
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Phil Sutcliffe talks about his father’s account of being an infantryman during the Great War. Your browser does not support the audio element. Phil's father, Sam Sutcliffe, was a World War One 'Tommy.' He enlisted at the age of 16...
25 July 1916 : Pte Colin A Arrol
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Colin Arrol was born in Dumbarton 5 December 1885, the only son of Walter Arrol (an army Major then brewer and wine merchant) and Beatrice (née Bateman). In 1901 age 15, Colin as at home with his family living at Underwood, Broomhaugh, Northumberland. He was educated at Larchfield School, Helensburgh, by a private tutor and at Newcastle-on-Tyne...
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...
Nobody of Any Importance with Phil Sutcliffe
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A Foot soldier's Memoir of World War One. Phil's father, Sam Sutcliffe, was a World War One 'Tommy.' He enlisted at the age of 16 in the 2/1st Royal Fusiliers in September 1914 and subsequently fought at Gallipoli the following year. He then fought on the Somme in July 1916 before being sent home as he was discovered to be still too young for fo...
22 January 1918 : 2nd Lieut. Robert Cadzow, R.F.C.
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He was the son of Robert Cadzow and Christina (née Fleming) At the 1901 Census, age 2, Robert was at home with his parents and younger brother Andrew and maternal grandmother Mrs Helen Fleming. There were also four servants, and four farm labourers living on the farm. Sisters, Helen and Janet were born in 1902 and 1903. He was educated in th...
'Nobody of Any Importance' - Phil Sutcliff
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Tuesday 26th April - Phil Sutcliffe speaks about his father's autobiography 'Nobody of Any Importance' A Foot soldier's Memoir of World War One. Phil's father, Sam Sutcliffe, was a World War One 'Tommy.' He enlisted at the age of 16 in the 2/1st Royal Fusiliers in September 1914 and subsequently fought at Gallipoli the following year. He then f...