First World War

The War, or The Great War as it was known until The Second World War occurred, saw millions of brave people serve, fight, and die in a war that spanned 1914 to 1918.

I cannot, and I hope that I never, quite comprehend what this human atrocity was like, but in millions of families the impact was undoubtedly all too real as the telegrams and letters returned home to their beloved next of kin with the news of their deaths.

Below, I have compiled a list of the brave who served in the First World War, which includes survivors and those who never returned home.

WWI Relatives

The list is far from complete, but may grow with my research.

  • George Juble Bishop (1887-1965) - survived
  • Maurice Bowers (1884-1914) - died
  • Arthur William Boylett (1891-1960) - survived
  • Frederick Vernun Cross (1894-1976) - survived
  • Robert Victor Day (1897-?) - survived
  • Ernest Edward Thomas Dewey (1896-1991) - survived
  • Francis Henry Dewey (1885-1960) - survived
  • Walter Dewey (1883-1915) - died
  • William George Dewey (1887-?) - unknown
  • Alfred Dewsbury (1892-1915) - died
  • Arthur James Dewsbury (1895-1918) - died
  • Eric Dewsbury (1887-1917) - died
  • Albert William Ellis (1900-1921)
  • James Simpson Ellis (1900-1923)
  • Joseph Howarth Ellis (1894-1914) - died
  • William Ellis (1895-1918) - died
  • Horace Gateson (1873-1949) - survived
  • Percy Gateson (1897-1917) - died
  • Francis Gilbert (18??-19??) - unknown
  • Thomas W Gilbert (1888-1917) - died
  • John William Goodge (1885-1917) - died
  • William George Haylock (1892-1958) - survived
  • Sydney Howard Levitt (1882-1961) - survived
  • Percy Oliver Marston (1891-1915) - unknown
  • Albert Martin (1899-1918) - died
  • Herbert Martin (1884-1917) - died
  • Percy Martin (1891-1967) - survived
  • Thomas Arthur Martin (1877-1939) - survived
  • Charles Munrow Moden (1881-1970) - survived
  • Frederick James Moden (1894-1972) - survived
  • John Henry Moden (1894-1916) - died
  • William Moden (1900-?) - unknown
  • Sonny Mussett (1882-1965) - survived
  • Frederick Herbert Henry Newell (1892-1961)
  • Alfred Sidney Newman (1883-1969) - survived
  • Alexander Tingey (1896-1918) - died
  • Arthur Lionel Tingey (1899-19??) - survived
  • Jonathan Adair Tingey (1892-1969) - survived
  • George Albert Webb (1887-19??) - survived
  • Ernest Edward Willis (1895-1978) - survived
  • Owen Yarrow (1882-1917) - died

Useful WWI research resources

There are many useful resources for researching your WWI relatives, and I've found the Commonwealth War Graves, Roll Of Honour and Lives Of The First World War websites to be really useful in my research.