First World War men D-E
Dale, Arthur (G.) - Lance-Corporal 24397, 3rd Suffolk Regiment, then Military Provost Staff Corps
12/12/1915 Attested at Whittlesey.
Occupation: Horsekeeper. Father: George Edward Dale
Age 21 hence born 1894
Height: 5ft 6in. Girth 35in: Range of Expansion 2.75in
02/02/1916 Medical Exam in Bury St. Edmunds. Had flat foot, could not hop, could not march far.
02/02/1916 Mobilised
03/02/1916 Approved then to reserve
02/08/1916 to Military Police
11/09/1916 Made Lance-Corporal
23/07/1918 Charged with neglect of duty for inadequately supervising prisoners thus allowing Cooke 75552 to escape.
03/02/1919 Was transferred to Abbeville for dispersal as Group 1 agriculturalist
08/03/1919 Discharged
News reports
29/01/1916 The group system was being felt at Coates and several young man had already received papers. Ernest Redhead was off to Felixstowe. The next week G. Rust, A. Dale and D. Bedford were due away.
12/02/1916 Private G. Rust and Private A. Dale who had left Coates under the group system the previous week had been put into the 3rd Suffolk Regiment and were at Felixstowe. Several more Coates boys were there.
10/06/1916 Private A. G. Dale (3rd Suffolks) and D Bedford look well (on leave).
29/07/1916 Private A. G. Dale (3rd Suffolks) had been selected for special Military Police duty.
26/08/1916 Private A. G. Dale MFP and Driver H. Redhead were close, at Stanhope, Aldershot
23/09/1916 Lance-Corporal A. G. Dale had secured his first stripe. He was now in the Military Police.
30/09/1916 Lance-Corporal A. G. Dale MPSC has gone over the water this week
09/12/1916 Corporal A. G. Dale wrote to say the weather 'out there' was very cold and he was keeping well. Life in Military prison Camp was not 'quite like home'.
31/03/1917 Lance-Corporal A. Dale (Military Police) wrote from France to say he was well.
28/07/1917 Lance-Corporal A. Dale had been home for 10 days leave.
11/08/1917 Lance-Corporal A. Dale had arrived safely back at the Military Prison Camp in France, where he was on duty.
27/10/1917 Congratulations to Corporal A. Dale, of the Military Prison Staff out in France, upon securing his second stripe.
24/11/1917 Corporal A. G. Dale, writing from the front, said he was very pleased to see in the news columns that Gunner G. Bigg had been heard of from Mesopotamia. He had not beard from him for weeks, although hitherto they had communicated with each other weekly.
12/12/1915 Attested at Whittlesey.
Occupation: Horsekeeper. Father: George Edward Dale
Age 21 hence born 1894
Height: 5ft 6in. Girth 35in: Range of Expansion 2.75in
02/02/1916 Medical Exam in Bury St. Edmunds. Had flat foot, could not hop, could not march far.
02/02/1916 Mobilised
03/02/1916 Approved then to reserve
02/08/1916 to Military Police
11/09/1916 Made Lance-Corporal
23/07/1918 Charged with neglect of duty for inadequately supervising prisoners thus allowing Cooke 75552 to escape.
03/02/1919 Was transferred to Abbeville for dispersal as Group 1 agriculturalist
08/03/1919 Discharged
News reports
29/01/1916 The group system was being felt at Coates and several young man had already received papers. Ernest Redhead was off to Felixstowe. The next week G. Rust, A. Dale and D. Bedford were due away.
12/02/1916 Private G. Rust and Private A. Dale who had left Coates under the group system the previous week had been put into the 3rd Suffolk Regiment and were at Felixstowe. Several more Coates boys were there.
10/06/1916 Private A. G. Dale (3rd Suffolks) and D Bedford look well (on leave).
29/07/1916 Private A. G. Dale (3rd Suffolks) had been selected for special Military Police duty.
26/08/1916 Private A. G. Dale MFP and Driver H. Redhead were close, at Stanhope, Aldershot
23/09/1916 Lance-Corporal A. G. Dale had secured his first stripe. He was now in the Military Police.
30/09/1916 Lance-Corporal A. G. Dale MPSC has gone over the water this week
09/12/1916 Corporal A. G. Dale wrote to say the weather 'out there' was very cold and he was keeping well. Life in Military prison Camp was not 'quite like home'.
31/03/1917 Lance-Corporal A. Dale (Military Police) wrote from France to say he was well.
28/07/1917 Lance-Corporal A. Dale had been home for 10 days leave.
11/08/1917 Lance-Corporal A. Dale had arrived safely back at the Military Prison Camp in France, where he was on duty.
27/10/1917 Congratulations to Corporal A. Dale, of the Military Prison Staff out in France, upon securing his second stripe.
24/11/1917 Corporal A. G. Dale, writing from the front, said he was very pleased to see in the news columns that Gunner G. Bigg had been heard of from Mesopotamia. He had not beard from him for weeks, although hitherto they had communicated with each other weekly.
Day, F - Private, Regiment unknown
News reports
18/01/1919 The whole eleven Prisoners from this parish had now returned home. Private S. J. Dolby arrived on Saturday and Gunner A. Stroud on Monday. The whole list is Lance-Corporal J. W. Burgandy, Privates G. W. Bedford, G. Ward, F. Day, H. Day, A. Rowell, J. Bates, J. W. Turner, H. Wheeler and the two above.
News reports
18/01/1919 The whole eleven Prisoners from this parish had now returned home. Private S. J. Dolby arrived on Saturday and Gunner A. Stroud on Monday. The whole list is Lance-Corporal J. W. Burgandy, Privates G. W. Bedford, G. Ward, F. Day, H. Day, A. Rowell, J. Bates, J. W. Turner, H. Wheeler and the two above.
Day, H – Private / Rifleman, Suffolk Regiment / Royal Irish Rifles
News reports
29/09/1917 Rifleman H. Day, of the Royal Irish Rifles, was a wounded prisoner of war in Germany. He was the second one of the family to he captured by the Huns. His young wife and all the other relations of his at Eastrea were assured of the sympathy of the whole district. He was in hospital at Minden, in Westfalen, but the nature and extent of his wound or wounds were not yet known. He was at one time in the Suffolk Regiment.
14/12/1918 Eight of eleven local Prisoners of War were safely home. In addition to the 3 named last week Private G. Ward (North Staffs Rgt), Private J. Bates (Sherwood Foresters), Private H. Day (Royal Irish Rifles – wounded), Private J. Turner (Suffolks), Private A. Rowell (Northants Rgt). There are still two unaccounted for and whose absence is causing their friends much anxiety. Private S. Dolby (Royal Fusiliers) and Gunner A. Stroud (RFA).
18/01/1919 The whole eleven Prisoners from this parish had now returned home. Private S. J. Dolby arrived on Saturday and Gunner A. Stroud on Monday. The whole list is Lance-Corporal J. W. Burgandy, Privates G. W. Bedford, G. Ward, F. Day, H. Day, A. Rowell, J. Bates, J. W. Turner, H. Wheeler and the two above.
News reports
29/09/1917 Rifleman H. Day, of the Royal Irish Rifles, was a wounded prisoner of war in Germany. He was the second one of the family to he captured by the Huns. His young wife and all the other relations of his at Eastrea were assured of the sympathy of the whole district. He was in hospital at Minden, in Westfalen, but the nature and extent of his wound or wounds were not yet known. He was at one time in the Suffolk Regiment.
14/12/1918 Eight of eleven local Prisoners of War were safely home. In addition to the 3 named last week Private G. Ward (North Staffs Rgt), Private J. Bates (Sherwood Foresters), Private H. Day (Royal Irish Rifles – wounded), Private J. Turner (Suffolks), Private A. Rowell (Northants Rgt). There are still two unaccounted for and whose absence is causing their friends much anxiety. Private S. Dolby (Royal Fusiliers) and Gunner A. Stroud (RFA).
18/01/1919 The whole eleven Prisoners from this parish had now returned home. Private S. J. Dolby arrived on Saturday and Gunner A. Stroud on Monday. The whole list is Lance-Corporal J. W. Burgandy, Privates G. W. Bedford, G. Ward, F. Day, H. Day, A. Rowell, J. Bates, J. W. Turner, H. Wheeler and the two above.
Dolby, G. D. - Private, Suffolk Regiment / Royal Fusiliers
News report
01/09/1917 It was not mentioned in the previous week’s issue that Private G. Dolby, Royal Fusiliers, was home on leave from France. He had returned to the front. [This report could be about J. Dolby who was in the Royal Fusiliers]
23/02/1918 Reported wounded with photo captioned Suffolk Regiment. [Was there also a G. Dolby as well as a G. D. Dolby?]
News report
01/09/1917 It was not mentioned in the previous week’s issue that Private G. Dolby, Royal Fusiliers, was home on leave from France. He had returned to the front. [This report could be about J. Dolby who was in the Royal Fusiliers]
23/02/1918 Reported wounded with photo captioned Suffolk Regiment. [Was there also a G. Dolby as well as a G. D. Dolby?]
Dolby, (S.) J. – Private, Royal Fusiliers
News reports
25/11/1916 Private J. Dolby was home on leave and his arm was badly hurt.
30/06/1917 Privates J. Dolby, T. Randall and R. Weldon have been home for a weeks leave.
09/02/1918 Prisoner
14/12/1918 Eight of eleven local Prisoners of War were safely home. In addition to the 3 named last week Private G. Ward (North Staffs Rgt), Private J. Bates (Sherwood Foresters), Private H. Day (Royal Irish Rifles – wounded), Private J. Turner (Suffolks), Private A. Rowell (Northants Rgt). There are still two unaccounted for and whose absence is causing their friends much anxiety. Private S. Dolby (Royal Fusiliers) and Gunner A. Stroud (RFA).
18/01/1919 The whole eleven Prisoners from this parish had now returned home. Private S. J. Dolby arrived on Saturday and Gunner A. Stroud on Monday. The whole list is Lance-Corporal J. W. Burgandy, Privates G. W. Bedford, G. Ward, F. Day, H. Day, A. Rowell, J. Bates, J. W. Turner, H. Wheeler and the two above.
News reports
25/11/1916 Private J. Dolby was home on leave and his arm was badly hurt.
30/06/1917 Privates J. Dolby, T. Randall and R. Weldon have been home for a weeks leave.
09/02/1918 Prisoner
14/12/1918 Eight of eleven local Prisoners of War were safely home. In addition to the 3 named last week Private G. Ward (North Staffs Rgt), Private J. Bates (Sherwood Foresters), Private H. Day (Royal Irish Rifles – wounded), Private J. Turner (Suffolks), Private A. Rowell (Northants Rgt). There are still two unaccounted for and whose absence is causing their friends much anxiety. Private S. Dolby (Royal Fusiliers) and Gunner A. Stroud (RFA).
18/01/1919 The whole eleven Prisoners from this parish had now returned home. Private S. J. Dolby arrived on Saturday and Gunner A. Stroud on Monday. The whole list is Lance-Corporal J. W. Burgandy, Privates G. W. Bedford, G. Ward, F. Day, H. Day, A. Rowell, J. Bates, J. W. Turner, H. Wheeler and the two above.
Doughty, R – Gunner, RFA, Anti Aircraft Section
News reports
03/06/1916 C. Searle and R. Doughty were at Woolwich in the RFA.
21/04/1917 Gunner R. Doughty (Anti Aircraft Section) sent thanks for the parcel.
22/12/1917 Gunner R. Doughty, of the Anti-Aircraft Section, RGA., had been fortunate enough to get home from the front for Christmas.
News reports
03/06/1916 C. Searle and R. Doughty were at Woolwich in the RFA.
21/04/1917 Gunner R. Doughty (Anti Aircraft Section) sent thanks for the parcel.
22/12/1917 Gunner R. Doughty, of the Anti-Aircraft Section, RGA., had been fortunate enough to get home from the front for Christmas.
Duddington, John – Lance-Corporal 325586, 1st Battalion Cambridgeshire Regiment
Formerly 2225, Cambs Regt.
Died 22/08/1918
Listed on Coates War Memorial
Find a Grave memorial number 56666232
CWGC link http://www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/1741970/DUDDINGTON,%20JOHN
WGPP link http://twgpp.org/information.php?id=1520736
News reports
08/04/1916 Private J. Duddington and W. Green were going to France in the next couple of days.
24/06/1916 Private J. Duddington who had been in England since May had now rejoined his comrades in the trenches.
23/09/1916 Private J. Duddington (Cambs) wrote to sat he is well.
16/12/1916 Private J Duddington had been in hospital for a few days with influenza.
24/02/1917 Private J. Duddington (Cambs) was home at Coates on sick leave. He had been in hospital in Birmingham and was to report back on Monday.
07/07/1917 Private John Duddington Cambs had just had his 3rd draft leave. He had been out to France twice previously, the first time being sent home with a wound in the arm and the 2nd time illness was the cause of his ‘return to Blighty’. He has volunteered to go back to the "boys" rather than be transferred to another Regiment. ‘Well done John’ said the paper.
25/08/1917 Private J. Duddington, Cambs. Regiment, was at St. Alban's training a section of the T.R.B. there.
22/12/1917 A local soldiers who hoped to spend Christmas at home was Lance-Corporal J. Duddington, stationed at Crowborough.
06/04/1918 Lance-Corpl. J. Duddington, Cambs. Regiment, had been wounded again, but as no particulars were yet to hand "we cannot give the nature or extent thereof".
13/04/1918 Reported Wounded
21/09/1918 Reported Wounded
28/09/1918 Reported Killed
Formerly 2225, Cambs Regt.
Died 22/08/1918
Listed on Coates War Memorial
Find a Grave memorial number 56666232
CWGC link http://www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/1741970/DUDDINGTON,%20JOHN
WGPP link http://twgpp.org/information.php?id=1520736
News reports
08/04/1916 Private J. Duddington and W. Green were going to France in the next couple of days.
24/06/1916 Private J. Duddington who had been in England since May had now rejoined his comrades in the trenches.
23/09/1916 Private J. Duddington (Cambs) wrote to sat he is well.
16/12/1916 Private J Duddington had been in hospital for a few days with influenza.
24/02/1917 Private J. Duddington (Cambs) was home at Coates on sick leave. He had been in hospital in Birmingham and was to report back on Monday.
07/07/1917 Private John Duddington Cambs had just had his 3rd draft leave. He had been out to France twice previously, the first time being sent home with a wound in the arm and the 2nd time illness was the cause of his ‘return to Blighty’. He has volunteered to go back to the "boys" rather than be transferred to another Regiment. ‘Well done John’ said the paper.
25/08/1917 Private J. Duddington, Cambs. Regiment, was at St. Alban's training a section of the T.R.B. there.
22/12/1917 A local soldiers who hoped to spend Christmas at home was Lance-Corporal J. Duddington, stationed at Crowborough.
06/04/1918 Lance-Corpl. J. Duddington, Cambs. Regiment, had been wounded again, but as no particulars were yet to hand "we cannot give the nature or extent thereof".
13/04/1918 Reported Wounded
21/09/1918 Reported Wounded
28/09/1918 Reported Killed
Ellington, Fred(erick) – Sergeant, Northamptonshire Regiment.
Later of Highland Light Infantry unless there were two Fred Ellingtons
Brother of T. Ellington
News reports
11/03/1916 Corporal F. Ellington who was engaged in training recruits at Gillingham had been home for a weekend leave. It was probable that he would be sent to the front.
25/03/1916 Corporal F. Ellington would not be going to France for a long time as it was be necessary for him to undergo a long medical treatment before he was thoroughly fit.
24/06/1916 Corporal F. Ellington Northamptonshire Regiment had just been at home with his new bride.
03/03/1917 Bombardier T. Ellington (RFA) wrote from France to say he had received his Christmas parcel. His brother Fred (Northants), ‘so badly wounded early in the war’, had been promoted to sergeant.
21/07/1917 Several of the Coates boys had been home from the front in recent weeks. Bombardier T. Ellington RFA was one of the latest, and he brought with him his bride, the wedding having taken place in London on the 9th June. His brother, Sergeant. F. Ellington, Northants Regiment, was fortunate enough to get a weekend off-duty, down in Kent, to go home with his wife during his brother's leave.
22/12/1917 Bombardier T. Ellington, RFA, was getting on fairly well in Shrewsbury Hospital, and hoped to do away with his crutches soon. He anticipated being home in about six weeks. His brother, Corporal F. Ellington, Highland Light Infantry, who was stationed in Dublin, expected to spend Christmas in Coates.
Later of Highland Light Infantry unless there were two Fred Ellingtons
Brother of T. Ellington
News reports
11/03/1916 Corporal F. Ellington who was engaged in training recruits at Gillingham had been home for a weekend leave. It was probable that he would be sent to the front.
25/03/1916 Corporal F. Ellington would not be going to France for a long time as it was be necessary for him to undergo a long medical treatment before he was thoroughly fit.
24/06/1916 Corporal F. Ellington Northamptonshire Regiment had just been at home with his new bride.
03/03/1917 Bombardier T. Ellington (RFA) wrote from France to say he had received his Christmas parcel. His brother Fred (Northants), ‘so badly wounded early in the war’, had been promoted to sergeant.
21/07/1917 Several of the Coates boys had been home from the front in recent weeks. Bombardier T. Ellington RFA was one of the latest, and he brought with him his bride, the wedding having taken place in London on the 9th June. His brother, Sergeant. F. Ellington, Northants Regiment, was fortunate enough to get a weekend off-duty, down in Kent, to go home with his wife during his brother's leave.
22/12/1917 Bombardier T. Ellington, RFA, was getting on fairly well in Shrewsbury Hospital, and hoped to do away with his crutches soon. He anticipated being home in about six weeks. His brother, Corporal F. Ellington, Highland Light Infantry, who was stationed in Dublin, expected to spend Christmas in Coates.
Ellington, George (Frederick?) – Private 7612, 1st Battalion Northamptonshire Regiment
Died 06/10/1914 Aged 27 (Born 1887)
Listed on Coates War Memorial
Find a Grave memorial number 56240040
CWGC link http://www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/878513/ELLINGTON,%20GEORGE
WGPP link http://twgpp.org/information.php?id=2308682
News reports
04/01/1913 A pretty wedding on Boxing Day (1912) between Mr. George Ellington and Miss Kate Bigg.
COATES SOLDIER KILLED
We regret to chronicle the death of Private George Ellington, Northants. Regiment, of Coates, who has been killed by a shrapnel shell at the front. He leaves a widow, and a baby whom he has not seen, and the full sympathy of the whole parish goes out to them and to all his relatives in their sad loss. Private Ellington died the death of a brave soldier, as many thousands of his comrades have, and it is sincerely hoped that this thought may help the mourners to bear their loss. A memorial service will be held at Coates Church on Sunday evening.
(Source: Wisbech Standard 1914 http://great-war.ccan.co.uk/content/catalogue_item/coates-soldier-killed)
Died 06/10/1914 Aged 27 (Born 1887)
Listed on Coates War Memorial
Find a Grave memorial number 56240040
CWGC link http://www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/878513/ELLINGTON,%20GEORGE
WGPP link http://twgpp.org/information.php?id=2308682
News reports
04/01/1913 A pretty wedding on Boxing Day (1912) between Mr. George Ellington and Miss Kate Bigg.
COATES SOLDIER KILLED
We regret to chronicle the death of Private George Ellington, Northants. Regiment, of Coates, who has been killed by a shrapnel shell at the front. He leaves a widow, and a baby whom he has not seen, and the full sympathy of the whole parish goes out to them and to all his relatives in their sad loss. Private Ellington died the death of a brave soldier, as many thousands of his comrades have, and it is sincerely hoped that this thought may help the mourners to bear their loss. A memorial service will be held at Coates Church on Sunday evening.
(Source: Wisbech Standard 1914 http://great-war.ccan.co.uk/content/catalogue_item/coates-soldier-killed)
Ellington, T – Bombardier, RFA
(Possibly Thomas Ellington)
Brother of Fred Ellington
News reports
14/11/1914 Gunner Tom Ellington has been wounded in France and is lying in St. Thomas’ Hospital London.
03/03/1917 Bombardier T. Ellington (RFA) wrote from France to say he had received his Christmas parcel. His brother Fred (Northants), ‘so badly wounded early in the war’, had been promoted to sergeant.
21/07/1917 Several of the Coates boys had been home from the front in recent weeks. Bombardier T. Ellington RFA was one of the latest, and he brought with him his bride, the wedding having taken place in London on the 9th June. His brother, Sergeant. F. Ellington, Northants Regiment, was fortunate enough to get a weekend off-duty, down in Kent, to go home with his wife during his brother's leave. Bombardier Ellington was attached to the Flying Column, and had been engaged in all the bombardments connected with the great pushes.
03/11/1917 Wounded
24/11/1917 Bombardier T. Ellington, RFA was in hospital in England, somewhere near Shrewsbury, in Shropshire.
22/12/1917 Bombardier T. Ellington, RFA, was getting on fairly well in Shrewsbury Hospital, and hoped to do away with his crutches soon. He anticipated being home in about six weeks. His brother, Corporal F. Ellington, Highland Light Infantry, stationed in Dublin, expected to spend Christmas in Coates.
06/04/1918 Bombardier T. Ellington. RFA. was still in hospital at Machynlleth, Montgomeryshire and his foot did not seem very well. He hoped to get six days leave soon.
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(Possibly Thomas Ellington)
Brother of Fred Ellington
News reports
14/11/1914 Gunner Tom Ellington has been wounded in France and is lying in St. Thomas’ Hospital London.
03/03/1917 Bombardier T. Ellington (RFA) wrote from France to say he had received his Christmas parcel. His brother Fred (Northants), ‘so badly wounded early in the war’, had been promoted to sergeant.
21/07/1917 Several of the Coates boys had been home from the front in recent weeks. Bombardier T. Ellington RFA was one of the latest, and he brought with him his bride, the wedding having taken place in London on the 9th June. His brother, Sergeant. F. Ellington, Northants Regiment, was fortunate enough to get a weekend off-duty, down in Kent, to go home with his wife during his brother's leave. Bombardier Ellington was attached to the Flying Column, and had been engaged in all the bombardments connected with the great pushes.
03/11/1917 Wounded
24/11/1917 Bombardier T. Ellington, RFA was in hospital in England, somewhere near Shrewsbury, in Shropshire.
22/12/1917 Bombardier T. Ellington, RFA, was getting on fairly well in Shrewsbury Hospital, and hoped to do away with his crutches soon. He anticipated being home in about six weeks. His brother, Corporal F. Ellington, Highland Light Infantry, stationed in Dublin, expected to spend Christmas in Coates.
06/04/1918 Bombardier T. Ellington. RFA. was still in hospital at Machynlleth, Montgomeryshire and his foot did not seem very well. He hoped to get six days leave soon.
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