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Private Albert Leonard Neeves

nobody@flickr.com (IWM Collections) — Mon, 07 Jan 2013 08:16:18 -0800

8 Battalion, King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry

Pte Neeves of D Company, was reported missing, aged 22, on 1 July 1916 at the start of the Battle of the Somme. He is commemorated on the Thiepval Memorial.

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Lance Corporal Frederick William Holmes

nobody@flickr.com (IWM Collections) — Tue, 16 Oct 2012 05:26:56 -0700

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2 Battalion, King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry

L Cpl Holmes was one of the earliest recipients of the Victoria Cross (VC) in the First World War.

He earned the VC, aged 24, on 26 August 1914 during the Battle of Le Cateau for the following action:

Whilst under heavy fire, L Cpl Holmes carried a badly wounded soldier, Norman Woodcock, out of the trenches on his back for two miles until he reached some stretcher bearers.

Holmes then returned to his battalion to find many of them killed or wounded and a gun in danger of being captured by German forces.

He placed a wounded man on one of the horses of an artillery gun team and attempted to take him to safety. Unfortunately the man fell off and was lost in the dark, but Holmes reached safety with the gun.

L Cpl Holmes was born in Bermondsey, London. He joined the Army in 1907 and served until being placed on the reserve list in 1914.

On outbreak of war two weeks later, he was called up for active service and almost immediately became one of the first British soldiers to be awarded the VC during the First World War.

Holmes subsequently rejoined his battalion, but was seriously wounded in the ankle in October 1914 and nearly lost his foot.

After recovering from his injuries, Holmes joined the 1st Battalion, Green Howards in October 1915 with the rank of sergeant. He was posted to India and later received a commission with 9th Worcestershire Regiment.

Holmes was posted to Mesopotamia in July 1917 but was sent home in early 1918, following a serious accident in which he fractured his skull.

Holmes finally left the Army in 1921 and emigrated to Port Augusta, Australia where he died in 1969.

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Private John Newton Williamson

nobody@flickr.com (IWM Collections) — Mon, 05 Mar 2012 08:31:52 -0800

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Pte Williamson served with the Machine Gun Section. He was reported missing on 1 July 1916 at the start of the Battle of the Somme. He is commemorated on the Thiepval Memorial.

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Captain James Cooke Burrows

nobody@flickr.com (IWM Collections) — Mon, 30 Jan 2012 06:32:51 -0800

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4 Battalion, King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry

Captain Burrows enlisted in the West Riding Regiment in 1914. He received his commission in January 1915 and was posted to the Western Front in July where he became a casualty of a gas attack near Ypres.

Captain Burrows was killed at Neuve Eglise aged 23 on 14 April 1918. He is commemorated at the Tyne Cot Memorial.

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2 Lieutenant John Joseph Fritz Oldershaw

nobody@flickr.com (IWM Collections) — Mon, 24 Oct 2011 04:42:50 -0700

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Lt Oldershaw was killed, aged 23, at Fricourt on 1 July 1916 at the start of the Battle of the Somme. He is commemorated on the Thiepval Memorial. Photograph presented by his parents, Mr and Mrs Oldershaw of Nottingham.

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