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FIRST WORLD WAR LIVERPOOL
A COLLECTION OF RESEARCH PROJECTS BY AMANDA TAYLOR
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157051 Private Thomas Herman Lindberg / Girvin, Machine Gun Corps
Identification This man presented a puzzle, he was one of the last men to be identified and I was able to identify him thanks to the help...


2499 Private John Henry Fitzsimmons 2nd Battalion, South Lancashire Regiment
Identification The CWGC database has two John H Fitzsimmons but one was Canadian and UK Soldiers in the Great War showed that the other J...


4th Engineer Officer William Henry Irving Elliott
Identification There is a discrepancy in the names here, the memorial clearly says William H J Elliott but his name was in fact William...


240091 Sergeant Hugh "Stan" Stanhope Elliott 6th Battalion The King's Liverpool Regiment
Identification There was only one Hugh S Elliott in the CWGC database and he was in the King's (Liverpool) Regiment, research showed he...


Second Lieutenant Allan Dawson,
Identification There was only one Allan Dawson listed in the CWGC database and his medal card had a next-of-kin address in Liverpool, not...


421911 Acting Corporal Robert "Bob" Dawson Corran 3rd Field Survey Company, Royal Engineers.
Identification The CWGC database had only one R D Corran and research showed that he was from Liverpool. Family information Born in...


203097 Rifleman John James Corkish, 5th Battalion, King's Liverpool Regiment.
Identification There were 2 John J Corkish records on the CWGC database but one was from Douglas and the other from Liverpool. Family...


1220 Rifleman Henry Percy Clarke, 1/6th battalion, the King's Liverpool Regiment.
Family Information Henry P Clarke was born in Liverpool on 13th May 1894 and baptised in St Philemon's Church, Toxteth on 11th July that...


2062D Acting Leading Seaman Matthew Chisam Royal Naval Reserve.
Identification There was only one Matthew Chisam in the records of the CWGC. Family Information Born 31st May 1872 in Workington,...


11394 Private Samuel Butler, 2nd Battalion, West Riding Regiment
Identification Assuming that this man was born in Liverpool, the BMD records show there were 2 Samuel Butlers born in Liverpool in the...


1544 Private Edward Burston, 2nd Battalion, South Lancashire Regiment.
Identification: I found two results for Edward Burston in the CWGC database. One had the full name Edward but was in the Devonshire...


233784 Able Seaman Thomas Henry Bramwell, Royal Navy
Identification There was only one result for T H Bramwell in the CWGC database and as it showed that his mother lived on Upper Stanhope...


358365 Private Norman "Norrie" Bracher, 10th Battalion KLR
Identification There was only one entry for an N Bracher in the CWGC database and this soldier was from Liverpool so I am confident that...
18TH KLR Battalion Sports September 1918
Whilst looking through the Battalion War Diary for the 18th Battalion I came across an Appendix that was the programme for the Battalion...


Survivors list
The Times 8th Oct 1918 HEAVY DEATH-ROLL IN SUNK LINER SURVIVORS OF THE BURUTU It is feared that the loss of life in the collision last...
Colonial reports - Gold Coast report for 1918
The following is an extract from the report: The s.s. "Burutu" which sailed from the Colony homeward bound in September was sunk in a...
The Sinking of the Burutu
From: The Elder Dempster Fleet in the War 1914-1918 (Printed 1921) Chapter XI. The R.M.S. "BURUTU." To realize what is meant by the...
Night on an Upturned Boat
The Times, Thursday May 15, 1919 NIGHT ON AN UPTURNED BOAT. AN OFFICER'S GALLANTRY. The King has, on the recommendation of the President...


Heroism of Lieutenant John Charles Orr
From "Letters from the Front" The following is a record of the heroism displayed by Lieutenant John Charles Orr (formerly of our...
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