Compiled in conjunction with information kindly provided by Mike Streeton who is descended from John Hartwright of Hanbury, Worcs.  b.1760 

World War I contemporary souvenir

World War I

NAVY

Austin Navy (4 August 1899-1992)

 ARMY

Cyril – Pte. No 268729 Liverpool Regiment.  (12 September 1895 -1974)

 Edward W. - Acting/Sgt. No M2/51678 Army Service Corps. Later chauffeur BRCS. (30 November 1879 -1964)

 Frank – Pte. No 268849 Liverpool Regiment. (3 October 1896 -1983)

 Frederick Gilbert - Pte. No 7574 1^st Bn. Scots Guards. Born 22 September 1894. Member of the British Expeditionary Force to France (“The Contemptible Little Army”).  Disembarked 13 August 1914, killed 11 November 1914.

 Frederick William - 2598 born 1867 in Llanelwedd, Brecon, Wales enlisted Brisbane, Queensland. Father of  Frederick Gilbert and Harold I.V. mentioned on this page.

 George - Pte. No 32175 Notts and Derbys Regiment.  Later No 653568 Labour Battalion. (1879 -1973)  George’s occupation is given as a miner on the on-line census for 1901. Mike Streeton says The Labour Battalion counted a number of shell-shocked troops within its ranks.

 Gordon Gillot  - Capt. Royal Army Service Corps. Served in France. (23 July 1885 -1976)

 Harry Howard -  Pte. No 24740 Royal Army Medical Corps.  Served in the Balkans arriving there 7 December 1915. (1877-1934)

 Harold Ivor V.  - Pte. No 5083/391903 9th London Regiment. (1890 -1917)

 Harry  - Pte. 4702920 12th London Regiment. Later Pte. 534767 RAMC. Believed to be Harry James, 13 April 1898 - November 1991.

 James  - Pte. 47725 RAMC. Enlisted 3 October 1914. Discharged 25 July 1919. Possibly James Bertie (1884 -1965)

 Jim  - Pte.. No 26938 Grenadier Guards. Believed to be Harry Howard’s brother. (1887-1966)

 Percy – 18^th Bn Canadian Infantry - Western Ontario Regiment  (1892 -1916) (born in Birmingham, England)

Thomas George. - Driver 737873 Army Service Corps. (18 August 1897 Worcs.- 1966 Canada)