1st/1st Denbighshire Hussars Yeomanry
24th Battalion, RWF.
The Regiment, Denbighshire Hussars
(Yeomanry), was posted with the brigade to Egypt in March 1916.
Welsh Border Mounted
Brigade
Shropshire Yeomanry
Cheshire Yeomanry
Denbighshire Hussars Yeomanry
South Wales Mounted Brigade
Pembrokeshire Yeomanry
Montgomeryshire Yeomanry
Glamorganshire Yeomanry
On 20th March, Welsh Border
Mounted Brigade was absorbed into the 4th Dismounted Brigade
(along with the South Wales Mounted Brigade). The brigade was with the Suez Canal Defences when,
on 14 January 1917, Egyptian Expeditionary Force (EEF) Order No.
26 instructed that the 2nd, 3rd and 4th Dismounted Brigades be
reorganized as the 229th, 230th and 231st Brigades.
So on the
1st of March 1917 the Denbighshire Hussars Yeomanry became the
24th (DHY) Btn, RWF within the 74th (Yeomanry) Division. They
saw action in The Second and Third Battles of Gaza including the
Capture of Beersheba and the capture of the Sheria Position.
They were also in action during the The capture and defence of
Jerusalem and The Battle of Tell'Asur.
The 74th (Yeomanry) Division embarked at Alexandria for Marseille on
29–30 April 1918, and was concentrated in the Abbeville
district by 18 May. Here the dismounted Yeomanry underwent
training for service on the Western Front,
including gas defence. Infantry brigades on the
Western Front had been reduced to three battalions, and 231st
Brigade lost the 24th Royal Welsh Fusiliers, which went to form
part of the 94th (Yeomanry) Brigade in the reconstituted 31st
Division.
The new 94th (Yeomanry) Infantry
Brigade formed on the 21st June 1918, part of 31st Division : -
12th (Norfolk Yeomanry) Battalion, Norfolk
Regiment
12th (Ayrshire and Lanarkshire
Yeomanry) Battalion, Royal Scots Fusiliers
24th
(Denbighshire Hussars) Battalion, Royal Welsh
Fusiliers
and took part in the following actions :- Battle of
St Quentin, Battle of Bapaume, Battles of Arras, Estaires,
Hazebrouck, Defence of the Nieppe Forest, Attack at La Becque,
Capture of Vieux Berguin, Battle of Ypres including the action
at Tieghem. |
The Guidon and Colours of the Battalion.
At the end of the Great War, His Majesty King George V
instigated the award of a King’s Colour to every Service, Young
Soldiers, Graduated and Garrison battalion of the Army that had
served overseas; and also to second and third line Territorial
Force battalions, TF units serving as infantry and battalions of
overseas troops also serving as infantry on active service. The
details were promulgated in General Routine Orders and later in
Army Council Instructions, which described these Colours as
“silk union flags” although it was stated in the GRO and the ACI
that “His Majesty has been further pleased to command that these
Flags, which will represent the King’s Colour, are to be
consecrated and are to be granted all the salutes and
compliments authorised to be paid to Colours.” In most cases,
the battalions had been disbanded or reduced to cadre by the
time of the actual presentation, so that the Colours were sent
almost directly to their laying-up.
The Colour of the
24th (Denbighshire Yeomanry) Battalion bore no numeral. It was
presented at Hondeghem, 20 kilometres east of St Omer by
Brigadier-General the Hon L.J.P Butler Commanding 94th
(Yeomanry) Infantry Brigade, at Hondeghem Staging Camp, south of
Cassel, France on 19 February 1919. On 19 February the battalion
paraded — strength twelve officers and 115 other ranks — for the
presentation of a silk Union Flag by Brigadier General L.P.J.
Butler. On 4 March it moved to St Omer. Having been reduced to
cadre in France, it arrived in Catterick and was probably
disbanded on the 28th. There is an Order of service for the
laying up of the Denbighshire Hussars Yeomanry Colours at
Wrexham parish church (St. Giles) on the 13th August 1919. (See Denbishire County Council
Archive Ref Number: DRO DD/GR/277).
St Giles Church, Wrexham. |
Lt.Col. Ll E S Parry CBE DSO
Staff Officer, photo taken in 1919. |
Lt.Col. H J Howell-Evans DSO |
Lt.Col. Roderick Croil Lloyd DSO
MC
(Pictured as a 2/Lt in 1904)
Distinguished
Service Order GV, Military Cross GV, British War Medal, Victory
Medal with Mentioned in Despatches Oakleaf, Territorial Force
War Medal, Territorial Decoration GV to Lt Colonel Roderick
Croil Lloyd, Denbighshire Yeomanry a Land Agent originally from
Flint, Mold, Flintshire. First commissioned in August 1902 he
served with the Mediterranean Expeditionary Force from March
1916 in Egypt and was Mentioned in Despatches. Re-designated
24th (Denbigh Yeomanry) Battalion Royal Welsh Fusiliers in March
1917, the Battalion arrived in France in May 1918 and was
commanded by Major Lloyd during the final advance. Awarded the
MC in January 1919 and the DSO for the action at Tieghem, Ypres
sector 31st October 1918 when he re-organised his companies
under severe shell fire and led them to capture their second
objective East of Castor capturing 10 Field Guns and 250
prisoners in the process, the previous day the Battalion had
been subject to heavy gas shelling. Wounded during the final
operations of 1918, he was Mentioned in Despatches for a second
time by FM Haig. Promoted to Substantive Lt Colonel in March
1921 he commanded the 5th Territorial Battalion Royal Welsh
Fusiliers and was a JP for Denbighshire. He married Joan Tate in
1924 of the well know Tate and Lyle Company, he died in Denbigh
in 1971. The Bronze Territorial Force War Medal is one of only
twenty nine issued named Denbigh Yeomanry.
Born in Flint,
Mold 3rd July 1885 the son of Major Edward Lloyd and his wife
Ethel Mary. Educated at Cheltenham College, first commissioned
Denbighshire Hussars Yeomanry Gentleman to be Second Lieutenant
30th August 1902 (London Gazette 29th August 1902 page 5606
refers), Lieutenant 1st April 1908 (London Gazette 23rd October
1908 page 7644 refers), The 1911 census records he is a Land
Agent visiting the Bibby family in Waen, Denbigh who were Coffee
Merchants.
Lieutenant Denbigh Yeomanry from TF Reserve of
Officers 19th August 1914 (London Gazette 18th August 1914 page
6505 refers), Temporary Major 7th May 1916 (London Gazette 23rd
January 1917 page 849 refers), Acting Major whilst employed on
HQ of a Yeomanry Regiment 20th June 1918 (London Gazette 23rd
October 1918 page 12559 refers), Acting Lieutenant Colonel 9th
November 1918 whilst commanding a Yeomanry Battalion (London
Gazette 5th December page 14424 refers). Relinquishing the rank
of Lt Colonel 3rd December 1918 he was promoted substantive Lt
Colonel 7th March 1921 (London Gazette 23rd March 1921 page 2386
refers). Post War he commanded the 5th Battalion Royal Welsh
Fusiliers from 10th September 1920.
Serving with the
Mediterranean Expeditionary Force from 3rd March 1916 with the
Denbighshire Yeomanry, on 1st March 1917 whilst in Egypt it was
re-designated 24th (Denbighshire Yeomanry) Battalion Royal Welsh
Fusiliers Territorial Force. Leaving Egypt 30th April 1918 the
Battalion arrived in France 18th May 1918. On 21st June 1918 it
became part of newly formed 94th (Yeomanry) Brigade, 31st Division and took part in the
following actions –battle of St Quentin, battle of Bapaume,
battles of Arras, Estaires, Hazebrouck, defence of the Nieppe
Forest, attack at La Becque, capture of Vieux Berguin, battle of
Ypres including the action at Tieghem. War Services of Army
Officers (1920) records Lt Colonel Lloyd was wounded.
Post
War he returned to his estate and probably continued as a Land
Agent, he married Joan Tate 29th April 1924, who’s family owned
the well known Tate & Lyle Company, home addresses Plasnewydd,
Trefnant, North Wales and Tyryrhelig, Trefnant, North Wales, he
was a JP of Denbigh and died there in 1971 aged 86 years.
Military Cross London Gazette 1st January 1919 page 27
Captain (acting Major) Roderick Croil Lloyd, 1/1st Denbigh
Yeomanry
DSO London Gazette 2nd April 1919 page 4317,
citation London Gazette 10th December 1919 page 15288.
Captain (acting Major) Roderick Croil Lloyd, MC, 1st/1st Denbigh
Yeomanry attached 24th Battalion Royal Welsh Fusiliers.
‘During the successful operations of 31st October 1918, in the
vicinity of Tieghem, he showed great gallantry and able
leadership in command of his Battalion. At one period of the
operations he went forward to the leading Company Commander, and
with him so effectively reorganised the Company under heavy fire
that he was able to order it forward to the attack on the second
objective. He then found the supporting Company, who had lost
direction, reorganised it and placed it in position’.
The
Battalion War Diary signed by Major Lloyd (commanding) is brief,
on 29th October 1918 the Battalion marched to Veerke and
relieved 10th Battalion East Yorkshire Regiment in the line on
the night of 29th / 30th under gas shell fire, few casualties
were sustained, 30th October 1918 the Battalion in the line in
the vicinity of Ingdychen and came under fairly heavy shell fire
and gas shells. At 1600 on 31st October the Battalion commenced
operations and advanced to the line East of Caster capturing 10
Field Guns and about 250 prisoners, other material also captured
but time does not permit the recording in the diary’.
Mentioned in Despatches London Gazette 12th January 1918 page
799 for Egypt
Mentioned in Despatches London Gazette 5th July
1919 page 8505 for France
Territorial Decoration London
Gazette 30th May 1919 page 6653 |
Major R Dashwood-Tandy
(Pictured above as a Captain in 1912) |
Major C L Fosbery |
Major John Hardy Wrigley
(Pictured as a Captain in 1904) |
Captain J F C
Edwards
John Frances Coster
Edwards, born 7 Oct 1897 son of James and Laura Ellen Loftus
Coster-Edwards, of Bryn Howel, Llangollen, Denbigh, a Gentleman
Cadet at the RMC, Sandhurst, was commissioned 2/Lt (7/4/16) to
the 3rd Bn, promoted Lt (7/10/17) and later
attached to the 24th Bn in France. Was promoted Temp Capt
(14/10/18) and was wounded the day before armistice, and died of
his wounds 11 Nov 1918 age 21. Buried Terlincthun British Cemy,
Wimille, France. |
Cpt. A R James
(551) L/Cpl
Denbighshire Hussars (Yeomanry) Attd. Royal Flying Corps
No.62 Sqn, Bristol Fighter (B1267)
Capt. Alyn Reginald James
Pilot KIA 24th Mar 1918 Arras Memorial, RFC Com 131(12-18 Mar).
After March 21st, when the Germans broke through the Fifth Army
Front, the squadron was required to carry out ground strafes,
with as many as four different "strafes" taking place on the
same day at vital points, and along vital roads. Although many
thousands of rounds were fired during these patrols, only one
machine (B1267) of the Squadron failed to return, that of Lt. A
R James and Lt. J M Hay, who were KIA on the 24th March 1918.
No 62 Squadron RFC Pilots with CO, 28
January 1918, before proceeding to France. |
Captain. J J Lloyd-Williams MC
In
August 1917 DHY Lt. J J Lloyd-Williams was attached to No.
111 Squadron Royal Flying Corps in Palestine
to serve as an observer/gunner in Bristol F.2b two-seater
fighters. Between 8 October and 8 November 1917 he was credited
with three enemy aircraft destroyed and two captured, two with
pilot Second Lieutenant R. C. Steele, and three with Captain Arthur
Peck. He was awarded the Military
Cross on 17 December 1917, which was gazetted on
19 April 1918. His citation read:
Captain John Jordan
Lloyd-Williams, Yeomanry, attached Royal Flying Corps.
- "For conspicuous gallantry and devotion to duty in
aerial fighting. He shot down three hostile aeroplanes in a
very short period showing great initiative and fearlessness
all occasions."
Lloyd-Williams then trained as a pilot, being appointed a flying
officer on 30 March 1918. He became a World War I flying
ace credited with five aerial victories. He served in the Royal
Air Force until the mid-1930s, and was later appointed Chief
Constable of Cardiganshire. |
Captain William Victor Trevor Rooper
24th (DHY) Btn RWF & Royal Flying Corps
Served with the
Denbigh Yeomanry before he transferred to the Royal Flying
Corps. Posted to 1 Squadron he scored 8 victories flying the
Nieuport scout in 1917. He was killed in action near Polygon
Wood, shot down by Xavier Dannhuber or Jasta 26.
Birth
registered 2nd quarter 1897 at Chester, Cheshire; lived in Wales
later.
Captain William Victor Trevor Rooper, third son of Mr
and Mrs P.L Rooper, of Little Court, Speldhurst, was born at
Chester on May 10th 1897. He was educated at Bilton Grange
(Rugby) and at Charterhouse. At the time of the declaration of
war was a pupil at Rolls Royce Motors, Derby. He immediately
enlisted in the Denbighshire Hussar Yeomanry as Motor-Cycle
Despatch Rider and shortly obtained his Commission as 2nd
Lieutenant in that Regiment. When the Denbighshire Hussar
Yeomanry was converted to an Infantry Battalion he joined the
Royal Flying Corps. After training as Pilot he went to France
early in 1917. He took part in Aerial Offensive Patrol work on
the Flanders front and was engaged in various actions at
Messines and in the vicinity of Bailleul and Ypres and received
promotion to the rank of Captain and Flight Commander. He was
killed in an air fight on the night of October 9th. 1917, and is
buried in the British Military Cemetery at Bailleul. |
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Lt. Henry Charles Whicker
Denbighshire Hussars (Yeomanry)
Father of Alan Whicker CBE,
the TV presenter. |
2nd/Lt. William Ridge
Previously 5157 (DHY) 345431 (24RWF) Sgt. W (Bill) Ridge. |
632 (DHY) 345170 (24RWF) RSM Crinyion
DCM
James
Crinyion (from Birkenhead) was Regimental Sergeant Major (Acting
Warrant Officer Class 1) with the Denbigh Hussars Yeomanry (632)
and 24th (Denbighshire Yeomanry) Battalion, Royal Welsh
Fusiliers (345170). Joined the Yeomanry in September 1914 at the
age of 34. He had just done 12 years Short Service (Cavalry of
the Line ) to Corps of Hussars of the Line (8th Hussars 4882,
later 15th Hussars 4452) from 1900 to 1912 serving overseas in
India.
DCM :- During operations from the 17th September to 11
November, 1918, he acted as RSM. During days of constant
movement he was called upon to organise the supply of
ammunition, water, tools and other requisites between battalion
headquarters and the Troops in the front. It was due to his
skill in organisation and fearless devotion to duty under fire
that the work was carries out efficiently.
RSM Crinyion, sitting on second row far right of picture, with a
group of other Sergeants. The date of the photo appears to be at
the end of the War. |
3152 (DHY) 345381 (24RWF) Sgt. H P
Jones
Later becomes Lt in the Bedfordshire Yeomanry. |
755 (DHY) 345201 (24RWF) Cpl.
(A/Sgt) H M
Smith |
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MESSINES
Lt. J K MILLER
KIA 19th
September 1918.
24th (DHY) Btn RWF, 94th Bde, 31st Division
Buried in the
UNICORN CEMETERY, VENDHUILE.
Lt. Thomas E PENSON
KIA 15th
September 1918.
24th (DHY) Btn RWF, 94th Bde, 31st Division
Before the
war Thomas had served for four years in the 2nd North Midland
Brigade Royal Field Artillery as a territorial.Then, after the
war broke out, he joined the Denbighshire Hussars Yeomanry
Reserve Regiment, 2nd Troop, D Squadron, at Wrexham on December
4, 1914, as a private, number 1075. On the 11th of October,
1915, he was promoted to Lance Corporal. On the 1st of
October, 1916, he was promoted to Corporal and on the 17th
December to Sergeant. He was commisioned into the 24RWF on the
17th March 1918.
Lt. James Thompson ROBINSON
KIA 8th
September 1918.
24th (DHY) Btn RWF, 94th Bde, 31st Division
Buried in the
UNICORN CEMETERY, VENDHUILE.
847 (DHY) 345220 (24RWF) A/CSM K C STORRAR
Killed in action 29th September 1918 near Messines, Belgium aged
24 yrs. He is buried in Strand Military Cemetery, Hainaut,
Belgium. (MEMORIAL ID 12734094). Aged 24, Son of Andrew
and Mary Jane Storrar, of Enderby, Chichester Street, Chester.
37037 (RWF) 345596 (24RWF) Sgt. Reginald PIERCE
KIA 10th
November 1918.
24th (DHY) Btn RWF, 94th Bde, 31st Division
Age 33, Son of Mr
& Mrs E J Pierce, of 2, Bennett's Road, Moss. Buried in
Kezelberg Military Cemetery, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium. Formerly
Police Constable 55 Pierce stationed at Wrexham.
345284 (24RWF) Pvt. Samuel CORFE
KIA 11th September 1918.
24th (DHY) Btn RWF, 94th Bde, 31st
Division.
267549 (RWF) Pvt. Hugh EVANS
KIA 11th September 1918.
24th (DHY) Btn RWF, 94th Bde, 31st
Division.
Buried in the UNICORN CEMETERY, VENDHUILE.
656 (DHY) 345176(24RWF) Tpr. Robert
H IRVINE
KIA 8th September 1918.
24th (DHY) Btn RWF, 94th Bde, 31st
Division.
345565 (24RWF) Pvt. Robert LLOYD
KIA 8th November 1918.
24th (DHY) Btn RWF, 94th Bde, 31st
Division.
1225 (DHY) 345299 (24RWF) Cpl. David
Robert MORRIS
KIA 4th September 1918.
24th (DHY) Btn RWF, 94th Bde, 31st
Division.
418 (DHY) 345037 (24RWF) Tpr. Isaiah PRICE
KIA September 1918.
24th (DHY) Btn RWF, 94th Bde, 31st
Division.
204964 (RWF) Pvt. Joseph D PRITCHARD
KIA 8th September 1918.
24th (DHY) Btn RWF, 94th Bde, 31st
Division.
Buried in the UNICORN CEMETERY, VENDHUILE.
60291 (RWF) Thomas M WEBBER
KIA 6th September 1918.
24th (DHY) Btn RWF, 94th Bde, 31st
Division.
Messines Ridge british Cemetery,
West-Vlaanderen, Belgium.
Age 29. Son of Mr.
J,M. & Eliza Webber of 6, Grange Gardens, Cardiff, UK. |
NIEPPE FOREST
The Battle of Lys
The 24th (DHY) Btn, Royal Welsh Fusiliers,
on the Western Front, June - November 1918.
KEY:
1. Le Cauroy
2. Lynde
3. Nieppe
4. Bailleul
5. Messines
The Battle for the Nieppe Forest was the only battle that the
24th RWF (as part of 31st Division) was called upon to fight in
France. The 31st Div were in the Nieppe Forest. For the rest of
June and July, military activity was limited to aggressive
patrolling aimed at identifying the units stationed opposite,
and small-scale infiltration of the enemy front-line, to capture
individual German soldiers for intelligence purposes.
At
the Battle of Amiens (8-10 August), the tide of the War finally
turned decisively in the Allies' favour, and the final
(ultimately successful) westward offensive began. All this was
happening, however, far south of the 24th RWF, who were limited
to much smaller-scale, local offensives during August. In fact,
the northern part of the British lines was so quiet at this time
that, at the end of the month, the Battalion was relieved from
the Front, and spent some days repairing the roads at Bailleul.
The 24th Royal Welch Fusiliers returned to front-line duty
for the last time on 1 September 1918, when the battalion was
sent to relieve the 1st Leinster Regiment, stationed on Hill 63
overlooking Messines. Hill 63 had for three years lain in the
Ypres Salient, possibly the most dangerous place on the British
front line. By late 1918, however, the Ypres area had become a
comparative backwater on the Western Front and it was in
defensive operations.
548 (DHIY) 35 (DHY) 345002 (24RWF)
Sgt. Charles JONES
KIA 27th August 1918.
24th (DHY) Btn RWF, 94th Bde, 31st
Division.
After service with the 88th (Welsh) Coy IY in South
Africa, Charles joined the DHIY in April 1902. He served as a
Trumpeter until 1905 and was promoted Corporal in 1906. He
bacame a Sergeant whislt the DHY were in Egypt and when the DHY
became the 24th (DHY) Btn RWF. He was from Ruabon, Denbighshire
and buried in the Caestre Military Cemetery.
65174 (SWB) 57789 (RWF) Pvt. William J
CASEY
KIA 25th August 1918.
24th (DHY) Btn RWF, 94th Bde, 31st
Division.
345595 (24RWF) Pvt. Thomas PETRIE
KIA 8h August 1918.
24th (DHY) Btn RWF, 94th Bde, 31st
Division. |
74th (Yeomanry) Division
231st Brigade 1917-18
 |
Trooper/Private
24th
(DHY) Battalion, Royal
Welsh Fusiliers |
TELL-ASUR
36774 (RWF) Pvt. Edward EDWARDS
KIA 9th March 1918, 24th
(DHY) Battalion, Royal
Welsh Fusiliers. |
"A" Company, 24th (DHY) Battalion, Royal
Welsh Fusiliers, in the front line over-looking Sinjil, on the
Nablus Road, March 1918. |
THE DEFENCE OF JERUSALEM
2nd/Lt Llewelyn THOMAS
KIA 27th of December
1917, 24th (Denbighshire Yeomanry) Battalion of the Royal Welsh
Fusiliers.
509 (DHY) 345092 (24RWF) Sgt. Edward DAVIES
Born in Froncysyllte (Wrexham) and served as a Sergeant 345092
with the 24th (Denbighshire Yeomanry) Battalion of the Royal
Welsh Fusiliers. Died of wounds 28th Dec 1917 in Egypt;
Jerusalem War Cemetery, Row C. Grave 15.
26737 (RWF) 345553 (24RWF) William F KAY
KIA 27th December
1917, 24th
(DHY) Battalion, Royal
Welsh Fusiliers.
608 (DHY) 345158 (24RWF) Tpr. Eric Austin
BALL
KIA 27th December 1917, 24th (DHY) Battalion,
Royal Welsh Fusiliers.
345691 (24RWF) Thomas Pvt. H FISHER
KIA 27th
December 1917, 24th (DHY) Battalion, Royal Welsh Fusiliers.
Age
36 Thomas Fisher was killed in action on 27th December during an
attack by the 24th RWF on Hill 2450 at Kled Dreihemeh. Twenty
nine men from the 24th RWF were killed on 27th December, two
more dying from their wounds before the end of the year. Thomas
was buried on the 29th December 1917, and later reburied in
Grave E. 32. at Jerusalem War Cemetery, Israel.
730 (DHY) 345194 (24RWF) Tpr. George E YOUNG
KIA 27th December 1917, 24th (DHY) Battalion, Royal Welsh
Fusiliers. |
3rd GAZA
The third Battle of Gaza was fought
between 27th October and 7th November 1917.
The Capture of BEERSHEBA :- 31st
October 1917
24th (Denbighshire Hussars Yeomanry) RWF &
the ALH positions.
74th (Yeomanry) Division
Battle of
Beersheba
31st October 1917
Known:-
x27 24RWF KIA =
x23 Fusiliers and x4 DH Yeomen
* In the Battle of
Beersheba (31 October 1917) 27th Division (Turks) was composed
of 81st Infantry Regiment and 67th Infantry Regiment, faced the attack of the British XX Corps ....precisely the 60th
(London) and the 74th (Yeomanry) Divisions.
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The Battle of Beersheba
Palestine, 31 October 1917
Roll of Honour 24th (DHY) Btn
RWF
36668 (RWF) 345465 (24RWF) Pvt. James Edward BACKHOUSE
24th
(DHY) Battalion, Royal Welsh
Fusiliers
2180 (RWF) 345478 (24RWF) Pvt. Reginald Frederick BUNN
KIA 31st October 1917, 24th
(DHY) Battalion, Royal
Welsh Fusiliers
73060 (RWF) Pvt. Andrew CAPPER
24th (DHY) Battalion, Royal Welsh
Fusiliers.
242676 (RWF) John DAWSON
24th Battalion, Royal Welsh Fusiliers.
57006 (RWF) 345500 (24RWF) Pvt.
Reginald Arthur DUCKETT
24th (DHY) Battalion, Royal Welsh Fusiliers.
73053 (RWF) Pvt.
Ernest DUMBLE
24th (DHY) Battalion, Royal Welsh Fusiliers.
5646 (RWF) 345507 (24RWF) Pvt. Thomas
ELLERY
KIA 31st October 1917, 24th (DHY) Battalion, Royal Welsh Fusiliers.
59852 (RWF) Pvt. Henry FENDER
24th Battalion, Royal Welsh Fusiliers.
26441 (RWF) 345543 (24RWF) Pvt. Thomas Charles JACKS
KIA 31st October 1917, 24th DENBIGHSHIRE Yeomanry Battalion, Royal Welsh Fusiliers.
59875 (RWF) Pvt.
William George JENKINSON
24th Battalion, Royal Welsh Fusiliers.
203256 (RWF) Pvt.
Caradoc JONES
"B" Company 24th Battalion, Royal Welsh
Fusiliers.
834 (RWF) 241950 (RWF) Pvt. John LOFTUS
24th Battalion, Royal Welsh Fusiliers.
345735 (24RWF) Cpl. Cyril Francis MALKIN
24th Battalion, Royal Welsh Fusiliers.
1231 (DHY) 345303 (24RWF) Tpr. Harry NAYLOR
24th
(DHY) Battalion, Royal Welsh Fusiliers.
203539 (RWF) Pvt. John Edward OLIVER
24th
Battalion, Royal Welsh Fusiliers.
27890 (RWF) 345593 (24RWF) Pvt. George Vincent PETERS
KIA 31st October 1917, 24th
Battalion, Royal Welsh Fusiliers.
59869 (RWF) Pvt. Frederick POWELL
24th
Battalion, Royal Welsh Fusiliers.
893 (DHY) 345233 (24RWF) Tpr. Stanley POWELL
24th
(DHY) Battalion, Royal Welsh Fusiliers.
59878 (RWF) Pvt. Frederick Albert SCOTT
"B"
Company, 24th (DHY) Battalion, Royal Welsh Fusiliers.
265654 (RWF) Pvt. Rees Manney
THOMPSON
24th Battalion, Royal Welsh Fusiliers.
73030 (RWF) Pvt. William
UNSWORTH
24th (DHY) Battalion, Royal Welsh Fusiliers.
518 (DHY) 345100 (24RWF) Tpr. Sydney
Tilley WILKS
24th (DHY) Battalion, Royal Welsh
Fusiliers. |
1034 (DHY) 345259 (24RWF) Tpr. J L
BINNER
(DOW 6/11/1917, 1 week after the Battle of
Beersheba)
Denbighshire Hussars (Yeomanry)
24th (DHY) Btn
RWF
Notes
Birth: c.1893 in Hoylake
Death: 6th
November 1917, died of wounds, aged 24
Address: 35 Market
Street, Hoylake (01 – 14)
Occupation: Butcher (11-14)
Units: Denbighshire Hussars (Yeomanry), 24th Bn. Royal Welsh
Fusiliers
Numbers and Rank: 1034 and 345259 Trooper
Medals: Victory and British War
Commemorated and Buried: GH,
H, Israel: Beersheba War Cemetery K.84.
Sources BR, SDGW,
CWGC, MC, SR, GB, DA, BN, Census: 01, 11
1195 (DHY) 345291 (24RWF) Tpr. John Harry HUGHES
DOW 31st October 1917. 24th (Denbighshire Yeomanry) Battalion of
the Royal Welsh Fusiliers |
2nd GAZA
The Second Battle of Gaza was fought
between 17 and 19 April 1917.
2nd/Lt. Robert Stafford ALLISON
KIA 16th June 1917.
Former, 2072 (NDH), Trooper in the North Devon Hussars
(Yeomanry).
24th (Denbighshire Yeomanry) Battalion of
the Royal Welsh Fusiliers
345654 (24RWF) Robert WILLIAMS
DOW 16th July 1917, 24th (DHY) Battalion, Royal Welsh
Fusiliers. |
HMT CAMERONIA
Sunk by
a Torpedo 15th April 1917
63848 (RWF) Pte. Ernest Arthur
JAMES
Ernest was the son of Frederick George and
Mary Jane James, of 18, Park Road, Brynamman. He had been born
at Ruabon, Denbighshire, and enlisted at Wrexham into the Royal
Welsh Fusiliers. Ernest was sent to the Middle East to join the
24th (DHY) Battalion, Royal Welsh Fusiliers, which was attached
to 231 Brigade, 74th (Yeomanry) Division. Ernest was unluckily
sent out on the SS Cameronia, a requisitioned passenger liner,
which was being used to carry troops from Marseilles to the
Middle East. He drowned when Cameronia was torpedoed and sank,
about 150 miles from Malta, by the German Submarine U33 on 15
April 1917, with the loss of 200 lives. Ernest was 20 years old,
and is commemorated on the Mikra Memorial, Greece. Ernest is not
named on the Brynamman War Memorial. |
SIWA OASIS
Captain Roy Austin Davidson, MC.
London Gazette 26.3.1917 2nd Lieut. DHY attached Royal Welsh
Fusiliers. "For conspicuous
gallantry and dev otion to duty,
he showed great coolness and resource in getting his patrol over
almost impossible ground. Although only accompanied by twelve
men, he inflicted considerable casualties to the retreating
enemy."
Captain R.A. Davidson M.C., a Senior N.C.O. with the
Denbighshire Hussars prior to the outbreak of the Great War, was
commissioned 2nd Lieutenant May 1915 and proceeded with his unit
to Egypt in March the following year; he also has an
asssociation with the Imperial Camel Corps and Light Armoured
Car Patrols. Davidson is shown in the 1945 Army List as Local
Lieutenant Colonel
A patrol car in Palestine, 1916.
Captain Davidson's Patrol Car Men
760 (DHY) 345202 (24RWF) 130820 (MGC) Cpl. Thomas H BECK
24th (DHY) Battalion, Royal Welsh Fusiliers.
5282 (DHY) 345461 (24RWF) 130817 (MGC) Tpr. Harold BOON
24th (DHY) Battalion, Royal Welsh Fusiliers.
3093 (DHY) 345378 (24RWF) 130819 (MGC) Sgt. Harry KERSHAW
MSM
Captain Davidson's Light Patrol Car at the Siwa
Oasis, January 1917.
3231 (DHY) 345418 (24RWF) 130818 (MGC) Tpr. Gillis H KENT
MM
Captain Davidson's Light Patrol Car at the Siwa Oasis, January
1917.
236 (DHY) 345008 (24RWF) 130821 (MGC) Cpl. William D
ROBERTS
24th (DHY) Battalion, Royal Welsh Fusiliers.
British War and Victory Medals, with M.I.D. oak leaf (236
Sjt. W. D. Roberts. Denbigh. Yeo.); Territorial Force War
Medal 1914-19 (236 Cpl. W. D. Roberts. Denbigh.
Yeo.); Territorial Force Efficiency Medal, G.V.R. (345008 Cpl.
W. D. Roberts. 24/R.W. Fus.:); Italy, Al Valore Militare,
bronze.
M.I.D. London Gazette 12 January 1920 (Egypt). Al
Valore Militare, bronze, Supplement page 9104, London
Gazette 31 August 1917.
419 (DHY) 345038 (24RWF) 130822 (MGC) Tpr. Robert E WYNNE
24th (DHY) Battalion, Royal Welsh Fusiliers. |
DHY Men that
transferred to the (6th Coy) Imperial Camel Corps. |
Men in Egypt 1916/17
5109 (DHY) Sgt. John Beeston
Harwood
A member of the Australian Light Horse is
propping him up. He was commissioned into the Welsh Regiment.
2nd/Lt Bill Ridge DHY/24thBtn,
Lt. J B Harwood Welsh Regt & 2nd/Lt Bart Jones Pembs
Yeo/24thBtnWRgt, in Cairo. |
1253 (DHY) 345007 (RWF) Sgt.
Frederick Lloyd |
454 (DHY) Sgt. Mathew Spencer
Rogers
He was commissioned into the Royal Engineers. |
Sergeants in Palestine.
1075 (DHY)
345264 (24RWF) Sgt. Tom Penson
is on the far right. The Sergeant
standing next to him wears the DHY NCO arm badge (worsted wool
on cloth) above his chevrons. |
NCO Group at El Alamein
* All wearing
the DHY NCO Arm Badge |
HMT Haverford
Responsible for the transport of the
Yeomanries to Egypt.
HMT Arcadian
Torpedoed
and sunk 15 April 1917
She was carrying 24th (Denbigh Yeo)
Btn RWF reinforcements (as well as others) that were the
overflow from HMT Haverford.
Royal Mail Steam
Packet Co.; 1899; Vickers, Sons & Maxim; 8,939 tons;
500x55-3x33-7; 506n.h.p.; 15 knots; tripleexpansion engines.
The liner Arcadian, Capt. C. L. Willats, was taken over from the
R.M.S.P. Co. during the First World War and converted into a
transport. On April 15th, 1917, the ship with a company of 1,335
troops and crew was proceeding from Salonika to Alexandria, and
was in the southern Aegean, 26 miles N.E. of Milo. The troops
had just completed boat-drill when a submarine approached unseen
and discharged a torpedo which inflicted such extensive damage
that the vessel sank in six minutes. Fortunately the men's
recent exercise at the boats imparted steadiness and confidence
and 1,058 were rescued, either through their own efforts or by
the escorting destroyer. The number drowned was 277 and, had it
not been for the sudden capsizing of the vessel, many more would
have been saved. Those lost included 19 army officers and 214
other ranks, as well as ten naval ratings and 34 members of the
crew. A considerable amount of wreckage and spars was sucked
down and this, coming to the surface with great force, killed
many who were swimming in the water. |
5243 (DHY) 50382 (ICC) Tpr. Geoffrey T Brassey,
913 (DHY) 301870 (CofH) Tpr. Charles T Quaile &
514 (DHY) 345096 (24RWF) Cpl. Gerald Austin Duncan (became Lt in
the RAF) in Egypt, 1916. |
Tpr. C T Quaile (left) in Egypt,
1916. |
Tpr. C T Quaile (Seated 2nd from
left) and men from other regiments in Egypt, 1916. |
755 (DHY) A/Sgt H M Smith and SSM
James Crinyion
Egypt, late 1916. |
755 (DHY) 345201 (24RWF) Cpl. H M
Smith
(Pictured as a Trooper)
See also :-
Cheshire Roll of Honour
Harry reached the rank of Corporal and
was an acting Sergeant, he
survived the war. He died in 1971.
A group photo outside the Signals Office on the canal defences
in Egypt, 1916.
755 (DHY) Tpr. H M Smith is seated second
from the right on the middle row. |
SSM John Crinyion in Egypt, 1916.
* Probably at Moghara Camp |
DHY Officer Group in Egypt, 1916.
Major Dashwood-Tandy top left. |
Colonel Lloyd and major Daswood-Tandy,
Egypt, 1916. |
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