31 October 1914

Private Emmanuel OLNEY 1893-1914
Born	Hatfield, Hertfordshire
Died	31 October 1914, Age 21 years
Regiment	2nd Battalion, Bedfordshire Regiment
Buried/Commemorated	Harlebeke New British Cemetery, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium
Occupation	Cowman

Emmanuel’s brother Sidney John OLNEY also died in WW1 on 29 January 1915

Emmanuel & Sidney were cousins of my Great Grandmother

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25 October 1914

Lance Corporal George WALDOCK 1890-1914
Born	Ashwell, Hertfordshire
Died	25 October 1914, Age 24 years
Regiment	1st Battalion, Royal Fusiliers
Buried/Commemorated	Ration Farm Military Cemetery, La Chapelle-Darmentieres, France
Occupation	Career Soldier

Service Records (a selection)

Sergeant Percy BRYANT DCM b1891
Regiment	4th Battalion, Royal Sussex Regiment
Occupation	Gardener
Other
1914	Enlisted to 4th Battalion, Royal Sussex Regiment
1915	Served in Gallipoli, wounded in August 1915
1916-1917	Served in Egypt
16 Aug 1917	Awarded DISTINGUISHED CONDUCT MEDAL
DCM Citation	‘For conspicuous gallantry and devotion to duty. After his platoon commander had been killed, he took command of the platoon and led them to the assault with great skill and courage’
20 March 1918	Presented with the Distinguished Conduct Medal by Duke of Connaught

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01 September 1914

Gunner Horace Edwin BRYANT 1893-1914
Born	Ashwell, Hertfordshire
Died	01 September 1914, Age 21 years
Regiment	L Battery, Royal Horse Artillery
Buried/Commemorated	Nery Communal Cemetery, Oise, France and Verberie French National Cemetery, Oise, France
Occupation	Bricklayer
Other
Horace died at the ‘Affair of Nery’ where L Battery, Royal Horse Artillery was wiped out. Three of the officers were awarded the Victoria Cross (but not Horace). The officers are buried in a vault. A special memorial in the north-west quarter of the cemetery records the name of 12 men of L Battery who fell in the Affair of Nery. Seven are buried in this cemetery and five are buried in Verberie French National Cemetery. None of the men could be individually identified, hence they are commemorated at both sites.

Private Percival Richard RAVENOR 1889-1914
Born	Chislehurst, Kent
Died	01 September 1914, Age 25 years
Regiment	2nd Battalion, Grenadier Guards
Buried/Commemorated	La Ferte-Sous-Jouarre Memorial, Seine-et-Marne, France
Occupation	Caretaker

Service Records (a selection)

Driver Arthur Francis WEIDERMAN b1887
Regiment	33rd Battalion, Australian Imperial Force
Occupation	Farmer

Trooper Thomas James WEIDERMAN b1889
Regiment	7th Light Horse Regiment, Australian Imperial Force
Occupation	Farmer

Trooper John Edward Everett WEIDERMAN b1894
Regiment	6th Squadron, 2nd Remount Unit, Australian Imperial Force
Occupation	Labourer

Arthur, Thomas and John were brothers



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24 August 1914

Private Charles LOWEN 1888-1914
Born	Finchley, London
Died	24 August 1914 , Age 26 years
Regiment	4th Battalion, Middlesex Regiment
Buried/Commemorated	St Symphorien Military Cemetery, Mons Hainault, Belgium
Occupation	Career Soldier
Other
In 1911 Charles was serving in the Army in India

about this blog

For the duration of the #WW1centenary I will be posting the names of those connected to our family trees who died during the Great War on the 100th anniversary of their death (and also some information about a selection of those who served.) 

Each one of these men was someone's son and sometimes brother/husband/father. 

They all changed the course of history and we owe a debt.

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