PHOTO GALLERYFirst World War
1st/5th Battalion, King's Own at Didcot, 1914 - Page
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Dr Bill George, from Lancaster, and Medical Officer to
the 1st/5th Bn, is seen inoculating Sergeant Clarkson at Didcot.
Dr
George was commissioned into the Royal Army Medical Corps in 1913 and won
the Military Cross during the war.
Sergeant Richard William Clarkson, number 1542 and later 240238, enlisted
on 13th June 1913 and arrived in France with the rest of the battalion on
14th February 1915. He lived at Addlecroft, Lancaster and was
employed as a clerk. He was wounded at Givenchy on 9th April 1918.
After the war he became a policeman in Lancaster.
Accession Number KO0104/44 Negative Number 176
Members of the 'Pals' Company of the 5th Battalion at
Didcot in September 1914. Left to right, back row: Harry Wright,
Bill Morris, George Jackson, Cliff Mawson, Harry Dolan, Bert Vince; middle
row: Harry Cross, Jerry Kirk, Bob Gardner, Bill Gill, Bill Gardner,
Freddie Happold; front seated: Alan Ripper, E R Simpson, Biddy Davies and
Jack Gilchrist.
Harry Wright, not traced in records.
Bill Morris, not traced in records.
George Jackson - discharged medically unfit, 9 October 1914.
Cliff Mawson, probably Private James Radcliffe Mawson, number 2152,
who died of wounds on 24th April 1915, from Hest Bank near Lancaster.
Harry Dolan - promoted Lance Corporal, with C Company, wounded 3rd May
1915.
Bert Vince - promoted Corporal, with C Company, wounded 24th April 1915.
Harry Cross - promoted Lance Corporal, with C Company, wounded and
returned to duty 4th May 1915. Commissioned in the Field on 14th
August 1915.
Jerry Kirk - commissioned to 2nd Lieutenant, died of wounds on 24th April
1915, having being wounded at Wieltje on 23rd April in the 2nd Battle of
Ypres.
Bob Gardner - commissioned on 3rd January 1915 to 2nd Lieutenant, killed
in action on 5th May 1915 at Frezenberg.
Bill Gill -not traced in records.
Bill Gardner - with C Company, wounded on 23rd April 1915.
Freddie Happold - commissioned into the York and Lancaster Regiment on
28th December 1914. Awarded the Distinguished Service Order with
them as 2nd Lieutenant. Lived at 22 Penny Street, Lancaster at
Happold Pork Butchers. A family of Germans who settled in Lancaster
in 1860.
Allan Gilbert Ripper - promoted Lance Corporal, killed in action on 8th
May 1915.
E R Simpson - served with C Company and wounded on 9th April 1915.
Dennett Howard Davies - killed in action on 24th May 1915.
Jack Gilchrist - served with C Company, promoted Sergeant, wounded on 5th
May 1915. Commissioned on 7th September 1915 and later Mentioned in
Despatches, published in the Supplement to the London Gazette on 15th June
1916.
Accession Number KO1091/12
An unknown group of soldiers pose for the camera whilst
taking a breaking from guarding the railway bridge. Near Didcot,
1914.
Accession Number KO1138/03
The guard at North Moreton, near Didcot, preparing a
meal. Sergeant C Austin, number 1757/240339, is on the extreme right, he
lived at Gerrard Street in Lancaster, went across to France on 14th
February 1915 and was wounded, but returned to duty, on 13th April 1915.
Accession Number KO0784/007
1st/5th Battalion soldiers 'spud bashing' at the Corn
Exchange, Didcot, 1914.
Accession Number KO0104/48 Negative Number 756
Detail of KO0104/48
1st/5th Battalion,
King's Own at Didcot, 1914 - Page Two
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