The Four new research pages this week in WW1 Lives contain the following. A member of the Air Force from Lincolnshire, a Scots Guardsman from Bathgate, a Canadian Officer from Montreal, and a railway worker from Taunton. Click on the Description Headings to discover more on their lives.
Lesbœufs
Robert Darling was born at Bathgate, Linthingowshire in 1892. A former postman, he was one of the first to leave for France in 1914 and see action as part of the Scots Guards. He was later to take part on the attack to capture Lesbœufs. To find out more of his story click the above heading.
Somerset Signaller
Frank Crossman, was born at Taunton, Somerset c.1883. A former Railway Signaller, he enlisted into the 1st D.C.L.I. at the start of the war. To find out more about his story click on the above heading.
Covent Garden
Randolph Smith, was born in Montreal, Canada in 1886. At the outbreak of the war he initially joined the Canadian Engineers after which he transferred to the Sherwood Foresters after his arrival in the U.K.. To find out more about his story, click the above heading.
The Curragh
Matthew Wardale was born at Lincoln in 1883. A manager of a Public House in Nottingham, prior to the war, he was to leave and join the airforce where he was to be trained as a reconnaissance photographer. To find out more about his story click on the above heading.
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