Category: 1918

Arthur Oswald Hemming (1893-1918)

Service No: 14452 – Duke of Edinburgh’s Wiltshire Regiment Private Arthur Oswald Hemming died of heart failure on 7th December 1918 whilst serving with the Wiltshire Regiment. He died at home in New Street, Castle Bromwich...

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Arthur Hancox (1893-1918)

Service No: 21162 – 11th Battalion Worcestershire Regiment Private Arthur Hancox, 11th Battalion, Worcestershire Regiment was born in Castle Bromwich in 1893, and was the eleventh of the twelve children, six sons, six...

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Herbert Frank Crofts (1899-1918)

Service No: 704252nd Battalion Devonshire Regiment Herbert Frank Crofts, known as Frank, was born in Castle Bromwich on 9th March 1899 and was baptised in St Mary and St Margaret Church on 26 April of the same year, He was the...

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Leonard James Jakeway (1888-1918)

Service No: 12438 58th – Company Machine Gun Corps Leslie James Jakeway was born on 10th May 1888 the third of seven known children born to William Jakeway, a Cooper, and Emma Bird. By 1911 he was employed as a Compositor....

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Percy Charles Moynihan (1891-1918)

54th Training Squadron Royal Air Force Lieutenant Percy Charles Moynihan, 54 Training Squadron, Royal Air Force, was killed in a flying accident at 3:15pm on 22nd May 1918, when his aeroplane stalled and spun turning after...

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