26 February 1915

Private Tom SWAIN
Born	Baldock, Hertfordshire
Died	26 February 1915, Age 22 years
Regiment	1st Batallion, Bedfordshire Regiment
Buried	RE Farm Cemetery, Heuvelland, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium

WW1 Service Records (a selection)

Private William John STRONGITHARM b1897
Regiment	Machine Gun Corps
Occupation	Clerk
Other
1916-1918	Served in France (except for period of injury)
Dec17-Feb18	Hospitalisation & convalescence for Trench Foot & Trench Shin

Private Harold STRONGITHARM b1899
Regiment	Royal Field Artillery & Grenadier Guards
Occupation	Builder’s Apprentice
Other
1915	Enlisted to Royal Field Artillery in Glasgow, giving false information about his age (he was 16).  He was dismissed soon after for being underage.
Apr 1918	Enlisted, served with Grenadier Guards
1918-1920	Unclear where service took place, but was discharged in 1920

William & Harold were brothers

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03 February 1915

Petty Officer William George JACKSON
Born	Clifton, Bedfordshire
Died	3 February 1915, Age 35 years
Served in	Royal Navy
Commemorated	William died at Sea, he was serving on HMS Clan MacNaughton which foundered in a gale off the North Coast of Ireland, with the loss of all on board Commemorated at Chatham Royal Naval Memorial, Chatham, Kent
Occupation	Naval Career
Other
1891	Living in Fulham, London, at home, age 14, Errand Boy
1901	Royal Navy, England (Naval Career)

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29 January 1915

Lance Corporal Sidney John OLNEY
Born	Ickleford, Hertfordshire
Died	29 January 1915, Age 28 years
Regiment	1st Battalion, Bedfordshire Regiment
Buried	Bailleul Communal Cemetery, Nord, France
Occupation	Career Soldier
Other
1901	Living in Enfield, Middlesex, at home, age 15 - Agricultural Labourer
1911	Living at Barracks, Aldershot, Hampshire – Soldier
Sidney’s brother Emmanuel OLNEY also died in WW1 on 31 October 1914  Sidney & Emmanuel were cousins of my Great Grandmother

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14 November 1914

Private Henry BYWATER 1884-1914
Born	Hucknall Torkard, Nottinghamshire
Died	14 November 1914, Age 30 years
Regiment	1st Regiment Sherwood Foresters (Nottinghamshire and Derby Regiment)
Buried	Rue-du-Baquerot No1 Military Cemetery, Laventie, Pas de Calais, France
Occupation	Career Soldier (formerly Coal Miner)
Other
1891	Living in Hucknall Torkard, Nottinghamshire, age 7, with Uncle & Aunt Reuben & Emma Dear, with his older siblings Walter & Mary Ann BYWATER, following their mother’s death
1901	Lodging in Kirkby in Ashfield, Nottinghamshire, occupation Coal Miner
1911	Living in India, Private with Sherwood Foresters, Nottinghamshire and Derby Regiment; Henry was also resident in India at the start of WW1

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13 November 1914

Private George William TOON 1871-1914
Born	Stamford, Lincolnshire
Died	13 November 1914, Age 43 years
Regiment	1st Battalion, Lincolnshire Regiment
Buried/Commemorated	Ypres (Menin Gate) Memorial, Belgium
Occupation	Builder’s Labourer

Also two of George’s sons Rifleman Charles TOON died 22 March 1918 and Rifleman Frederick TOON served during WW1

WW1 Service Records (a selection)

Sergeant Cyril Gilbert OLNEY b1895
Regiment/s	5th Battalion, Bedfordshire Regiment & 4th Battalion, Dorset Regiment
Occupation	Domestic Gardener
Other
Sep 1914	Enlisted
1915	Served in Gallipoli, after which he was invalided to England
1917-1918	Promoted to Sergeant with 4th Battalion, Dorset Regiment and served in the Middle East

Sapper George Raymond SCOTT b1894
Regiment	2nd Divisional Signal Company, Australian Imperial Force
Occupation	Telephone Engineer
Other
Oct 1914	Enlisted
1914-1915	Served in Gallipoli, then taken ill
0ct-Nov15	Transferred to Malta, then England for hospitalisation, for enteric (intestinal infection) in Birmingham & Abbey Wood
Jan 1916	To France
Aug-Oct16	2 months training at Bletchley Park
Oct-Dec16	To hospital for scabies via Royal Engineers Depot, Bearton Road, Hitchin (this depot is situated behind my Great Grandfather’s one time house and Builder’s Yard)
Aug-Oct17	Wounded in action, gunshot wound to knee, treated at hospitals in England
Mar 1918	Treated at field hospital in France for laryngitis due to gas attack
Nov1918	Returned to Melbourne

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11 November 1914

Private Frederick George TILLER 1882-1914
Born	Hornsey, London
Died	11 November 1914, Age 31 years
Regiment	1st Battalion, Bedfordshire Regiment
Buried/Commemorated	Poperinghe Old Military Cemetery, Poperinghe, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium
Occupation	Agricultural Labourer

WW1 Service Records (a selection)

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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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