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Alldays recovery Bullnose Scania 143H Wrecker comes to 1466's rescue at the side of the A1(M), hopefully she will be returning to Keighley in the middle of this week.
For this Faboo Chocolate Chip cake. Thanks to Kendra for sending the recipe. Julia gives it two thumbs up. I wish I had extra thumbs for rating this cake.
I was in a good mood at work today -- and even though I had several parents yell at me today. I just smiled at their ridiculousness and thought about coming home to chocolate cake.
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Alfred Richard Barton………………Aged 34
Possibly
Name: BARTON, ALFRED RICHARD
Rank: Second Lieutenant Regiment/Service: South African Infantry Unit Text: 3rd Regt. Date of Death: 18/07/1916
Grave/Memorial Reference: Pier and Face 4 C. Memorial: THIEPVAL MEMORIAL
www.cwgc.org/search/casualty_details.aspx?casualty=770024
This was confirmed by Norlink, where there is a picture of 2nd Lt Barton
norlink.norfolk.gov.uk/02_Catalogue/02_013_PictureTitleIn...
(and for his brother Hugh - see below for Hugh and the Strumpshaw link)
The most likely link on the 1901 Census is a 18 year old Alfred Richard who is staying with his uncle, Thomas Allday Barton, aged 55 and a farmer, resident at Threxton House, Threxton, Swaffham.
The 9th Division was not involved in the disasters of the first day of the Somme battle, but on 14 July the two Scottish brigades attacked the village of Longueval, and on the following day the South African Brigade was launched at Delville Wood. The wood abutted on the village, and together they formed an important wedge of high ground. Hence the order to the South Africans to take and hold the Wood 'at all costs', and the desperate efforts of the Germans to regain it.
The story of Delville Wood has often been told, for it has an epic quality. The South Africans took virtually all the wood without too much difficulty, but holding it proved another matter. German counter-attacks and shelling were ferocious and incessant. On 18 July, the shelling reached heights of extraordinary fury: often 400 shells a minute would fall on an area roughly 1 000 yards by 1 200. The South Africans repulsed with rifle and bayonet the heavy German attacks that followed. Finally, on the evening of 20 July, six days and five nights after their first advance, the last of the South Africans, 2 officers (both wounded) and 140 men, came Out of the wood. When all the scattered remnants were gathered together, it was found that the Brigade had lost three quarters of its strength, while of those who had actually entered the wood, 90 per cent became casualties.
samilitaryhistory.org/vol082rb.html
Hugh Fabian Barton……………….Aged 19
Name: BARTON, HUGH FABIAN
Rank: Second Lieutenant Regiment/Service: Norfolk Regiment Unit Text: 9th Bn.
Age: 19 Date of Death: 12/02/1916
Additional information: Son of the Rev. A. J. and Alice E. Barton, of "Wanstrow", Rosebery Rd., Felixstowe, Suffolk. Born at Strumpshaw Rectory, Norfolk.
Grave/Memorial Reference: I. C. 3. Cemetery: WHITE HOUSE CEMETERY, ST. JEAN-LES-YPRES
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The 9th Battalion were certainly in the trenches near St Jean during the last two months of 1915.
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The 1901 Census has the 4 year old Hugh Fabian living at The Rectory, Strumpshaw
with his father, the Reverend Alfred John Barton, age 50 and born Threxton. Hugh was born at Guestwick. Also resident is Hugh’s 16 year old sister, Ethel Gertrude and two live in servants - a Cook and a Housemaid.
Update 26/12/2024.................................
From the edition of the Eastern Daily Press dated Tuesday, February 22nd, 1916.
THE LATE LIEUT. H.F. BARTON.
SON OF THE LATE RECTOR OF STRUMPSHAW.
Great regret is felt in the village of Strumpshaw at the death of Sec.-Lieut Hugh F. Barton, of the 9th Norfolks, who fell in action in Flanders on February 12th. He was the youngest son of the Rev. A.J. Barton, the late rector of the parish, and the deepest sympathy is felt for him and his family in their sad bereavement. He was only nineteen years of age last month, and at the beginning enlisted in the Public Schools Battalion, having been a member of Felsted School. Soon after he was commissioned in the 9th Norfolks, and had done good work, and his loss is deeply deplored by officers and men. The present rector of Strumpshaw, (Rev. J.C. Spurgin) made allusion to the loss at the churches of Strumpshaw and Braydeston on Sunday, and it was announced that a memorial service will be held in Strumpshaw Church next Sunday afternoon.
Parents Alfred John, (60), and Alice Ethel, (52) were still recorded living at Strumpshaw Rectory on the 1911 Census of England & Wales. The couple state they have been married 29 years and the union has produced 6 children – all then still alive. Only two were at home on the night of the census – daughters Sibyl Margaret, (22) and Audrey Cecilia, (9). There were also two live in servants.
There is no obvious match for Hugh on this Census.
On the day…………………………
12th February 1916 – Battalion War Diary.
St. JEAN R. Section.
Fine. Very heavy bombardment of St. JEAN Road. Smoke attack on our lines, no infantry attack by the Germans opposite us. Relieved by 9th Suffolks night of 12 / 13. Relief completed by 11.30 P.M. Delayed by possibility of German attack.
Casualities.
2Lt H.F. BARTON killed by shell
2Lt. E. CUMBERLAND wounded by shell.
John Edward Blake……………..Aged 21
Probably
Name: BLAKE, JOHN EDWARD
Rank: Lance Corporal Regiment/Service: Norfolk Regiment Unit Text: 9th Bn.
Age: 24 Date of Death: 15/04/1918 Service No: 9350
Additional information: Son of Walter and Hannah Thompson, of Lingwood Rd., Blofield, Norwich; husband of Marjorie Blake, of Postwick, Norwich, Norfolk.
Grave/Memorial Reference: Panel 34 to 35 and 162A. Memorial: TYNE COT MEMORIAL
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No match on Norlink
No obvious matches on the 1901 Census for either a John Blake or a John Thompson.
The 9th were moved to the Ypres salient on April 1st 1918 and moved to Dranoute on the 14th.
" Next day D and A companies were in front line, C in support and B in reserve. Arrangements had been made for C to counter attack if necessary but it's losses owing to the continuous heavy bombardment commencing at noon on the 15th necessitated B taking it's place as the counter attack force. At 2.30pm on the 15th the enemy advanced and by 3pm had gained a foothold in the front trenches. From these he was once again driven out by B company. Although B held the line and formed a defensive flank they were eventually themselves driven out due to their exposed position.
Line was then formed along the railway with the Ist Leicesters on their left at Clapham Junction. At 10.30pm they were moved back behind Mt Kemmel before being pulled out of line on the 18th.
This was after the 9th had been badly cut up a month before holding the masive German onslaught of the 21st March. Here they had fought a strong rearguard action before being moved out of line to for a refit in Sixte near Proven on the 26th.
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John Debbage………………….Aged 21
Probably
Name: DEBBAGE, JOHN PRINDLE
Rank: Private Regiment/Service: Essex Regiment Unit Text: 1st Bn.
Date of Death: 13/08/1915 Service No: 20655
Grave/Memorial Reference: Panel 144 to 150 or 229 to 233. Memorial: HELLES MEMORIAL
www.cwgc.org/search/casualty_details.aspx?casualty=682649
Norlink has a picture of John Pringle Debbage, but links him elsewhere in Norfolk.
norlink.norfolk.gov.uk/02_Catalogue/02_013_PictureTitleIn...
The Norlink notes read:-
Private Debbage of Bramerton, was born at Paxworth, 7th January 1893. He waseducated at Cantley School. He enlisted on 4th January 1915 and was drowned on H.M.S. Royal Edward, 13th August 1915
The John Debbage on the CWGC database and Norlink was 8 years old and living at Marsh Road, Cantley on the 1901 Census. This was the household of his parents, Henry, (aged 42 and a Teamster on Farm, originally from Panxworth), and Jane, (aged 42 and from London). There other children are Walter, (aged 12 and from Ranworth), and Frederick, (aged 3, born Cantley).
The 1901 Census does have a John Debbage age 53, born Ranworth, but now living at Buckenham Road, Strumpshaw. While John is a family man, none of his children have the first name John or Prindle.
A passage from the History of Norfolk Regiment tells the story: Colonel Tonge refers to the loss of 300 men, the best draft that ever left Felixstowe. These men volunteered to join the Essex Regiment and appear to have constituted the drafts of June 23 and July 24 1915. They were part of the reinforcements carried by the transport "Royal Edward" which was torpedoed and sunk in the Aegean Sea on August 14th 1915. She sank two and a half minutes after the torpedo struck her.Of the 1,400 men she carried only 600 were saved,and the drowned included all but 18 of the 300 Norfolk men. The men who had had a route march just before leaving Alexandria, were waiting on deck for foot inspection at about 9.20 am. Their lifebelts were down below, and when the ship was unexpectedly struck most of them ran below to fetch the belts. Owing to the ship's sudden heeling over and sinking, these never got up again. Those who escaped were picked up by a hospital ship which responded to the s.o.s. signal. To partly replace this sad loss, another draft of 150 men to the Essex Regiment was dispatched on September 29, 1915. Addenda 1994 From: "Men of Gallipoli"(David & Charles,1988) by kind permission of the publishers. One of the features of the Cape Helles monument is the rows of names of men drowned in the torpedoing of the Royal Edward,which sank in the Eastern Mediterranean on 13th August with a loss of over 850 lives.A.T.Fraser in the Border Regiment,was in a deckchair on the afterdeck starboard side when suddenly dozens of men ran past him from port to starboard. The explosion came before he had time to ask what was the matter.
"The ship had no escort and we had not been ordered to have our life-belts with us.The hundreds on deck ran below to get their life-belts and hundreds below would have met them on their way up.I shared a cabin accessible from the deck I was on and I raced there to get my life-belt and ran to my life-boat station which was on the star- board side.As the men arrived they fell in two ranks. Already the ship was listing and this prevented our boats from being lowered,so we were ordered to jump for it.I saw no panic,but of course one could imagine what was happening on the inside stairs. I swam away from the ship and turned to see the funnels leaning towards me.When they reached the sea,all the soot was belched out,there was a loud whoosh and the ship sank. No explosion,no surge.So I was alone.The little waves were such that in the trough you saw nothing,on the crest you saw a few yards.The water was warm.I wondered if there were sharks". Fraser found some wood to rest on and he was joined by a seaman,an older man who had twice previously been torpedoed.This brought the young Scot confidence.An up turned Royal Edward lifeboat was to provide 17 of the survivors with a little more security though in what Fraser calls half-hourly recurring turbulence,the boat turned over,offering them conventional but completely waterlogged accommodation every alternate half hour but at least providing them with something to do.There was no singing and little conversation. The first ship that passed hailed the scattered men and promised to signal for help.It could not stop as it had high explosives for Lemnos.Some of the men became depressed and showed unwillingness to clamber back in the life boat when it overturned,but on each occasion all were persuaded.Finally the hospital ship SOUDAIN arrived to pick them up in her life-boats,and at 2 o'clock Fraser was safely aboard her after just under five hours in the sea. He remembers that"a large number of men lost their false teeth as we were constantly sick in the sea- and these men were sent back to England.We the younger ones,were clothed and kitted and on another ship three days later for Gallipoli”
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Sidney John Green…………………Aged 20
Name: GREEN, SYDNEY JOHN
Rank: Private Regiment/Service: Hertfordshire Regiment Unit Text: 1st/1st Bn.
Age: 20 Date of Death: 23/08/1918 Service No: 204000
Additional information: Son of John and Alice Green, of Strumpshaw, Norfolk.
Grave/Memorial Reference: X. G. 16. Cemetery: SERRE ROAD CEMETERY No.2
www.cwgc.org/search/casualty_details.aspx?casualty=608785
No match on Norlink
Sydney Green was 2 years old and living at The Old Hall Strumpshaw, at the time of the 1901 Census. This was the household of his parents, John, (a 40 year old Domestic Gardener, from Necton), and Alice, (aged 39 and from Old Catton). Their other children are Dorothy, (aged 4) and Hilda, (aged 11), both born Strumpshaw. Also living with them are Alice’s mother Rachel Harrowven, aged 74 and from Easton.
Extract from the Battalion War Diary.
22-8-18. Battn resting in BRADFORD-LEEDS-HALIFAX trenches. Moved up to assembly positions S. of LOGEAST WOOD at 11pm.
23-8-18. Battn attacked at 11am. Attack successful. Railway cutting in front of ACHIET-LE-GRAND taken. Casualties – Captain S.W. [Saxon Weston] MOORE & 2/Lt F. SMITH [Frederick John SMITH, 5th Bedfordshire regiment attached to the 1st Hertfordshire] killed 7 Officers wounded. O. Ranks 26 killed 140 wounded.
24-8-18. Battn moved to position SE of BIHUCOURT.
25-8-18 to 31-8-18. Battn in Divisional Reserve in shelters SE of BIHUCOURT.
[Comment; Officers also killed – Lt George ABBOTT and Ronald Henry Pruess ARNHOLTZ on the 23rd August and 2/Lt Laurence REEVES died from his wounds on the 25th]
www.bedfordregiment.org.uk/hertsrgt/1stherts1918diary.html
William John Harrison……………..Aged 20
Up to 18 potential matches on the CWGC database
No match on Norlink
The 1901 Census has a 5 year old William John living at The Post Office, Strumpshaw. This was the household of his parents, William, (aged 34 and Sub Postmaster, Grocer and Pork Butcher) and Mina, (aged 31 and from Blofield). Their other children are Alfred James, (aged 4), Eleanor Maria, (aged 11), Gladys May, (aged 9), Grace Maud, (aged 8), Mary Elizabeth, (aged 1), and Stella Louise, (aged 2).
Arthur Robert Howes………………..Aged 19
Name: HOWES, ARTHUR ROBERT
Rank: Private Regiment Royal Warwickshire Regiment Unit Text: "B" Coy. 1st/7th Bn.
Age: 19 Date of Death: 08/10/1917 Service No: 29255
Additional information: Son of Robert William and Clara Howes, of Strumpshaw, Norwich.
Dead Grave/Memorial Reference: Panel 23 to 28 and 163A. Memorial: TYNE COT MEMORIAL
www.cwgc.org/search/casualty_details.aspx?casualty=837457
No match on Norlink
The 1901 Census has the 2 year old Arthur Howes living at Blofied Road, Lingwood. This is the household of his widowed grandfather Samuel Hinds, (aged 55 and a farmer). Living with them are Arthur parents, Roberts Howes, (age 32 and a Traction Engine Driver from Beighton) and Clara, (aged 28 and from Lingwood). Arthur’s siblings are Esther, (aged 1, born Moulton), and Samuel, (aged 5 and born Moulton).
Sunday 7th October 1917 - Day 63 Third Ypres (Passchendaele)
Rainfall 10.4mm
Poelcappelle
49th Div
Patrols raided in Celtic Wood
48th Div
143 Bde
An attack on Burns House and Vacher Farm failed.
forum.irishmilitaryonline.com/showthread.php?t=11535&...
(7th Royal Warwicks were part of the 143rd Brigade)
Robert George Hylton………………..Aged 33
Name: HYLTON, ROBERT GEORGE Initials: R G Nationality: United Kingdom Rank: Private Regiment/Service: Norfolk Regiment Unit Text: 2nd Bn. Date of Death: 31/03/1916 Service No: 19095 Casualty Type: Commonwealth War Dead Grave/Memorial Reference: Panel 10. Memorial: BASRA MEMORIAL
www.cwgc.org/search/casualty_details.aspx?casualty=866274
No match on Norlink
The 1901 Cenus has the 18 year old Robert, born Strumpshaw but now living at Postwick Lane, Brundall and employed as an Agricultural Labourer. This is the household of his parents, George, (aged 58, also from Strumpshaw and an Agricultural Labourer) and Sophia, (aged 60 and from Strumpshaw).
The Brigade (Including the 2nd Norfolks) arrives at Kut
On 5 December 1915, The Brigade arrives at Kut. The Turks are reinforced in great numbers and surround the town. They positions on the other side of the river and cut the garrison off from help from outside.
The Siege of Kut
During the siege of Kut which lasted for 5 months aircraft were first used to try and drop supplies to the garrison. The aircraft could not carry enough supplies some were shot down and the attempt ended in failure. The Turks used aircraft more successfully in bombing the town, many troops having been wounded were then killed in hospital by an air raid. Several attempts were made to break out across the river on floating bridges, but as the river was in flood at this time of the year the attempts failed. Radio contact with the outside world was kept up until the end.
Towards the end of the siege the daily ration for British troops was reduced to ten ounces of bread and one pound of horse or mule flesh. Indian troops who refused to eat flesh were dying of scurvy at the rate of 10 to 20 a day. In all 1746 people died during the siege from wounds or disease.
www.stephen-stratford.co.uk/pte_wilby.htm
Robert Killington……………………..Aged 35
Name: KILLINGTON, ROBERT ALBERT
Rank: Serjeant Regiment/Service: Army Service Corps Secondary Unit Text: attd. 7th Mounted Bde.H.Q.
Age: 36 Date of Death: 24/06/1917 Service No: MT/16956
Additional information: Son of Rosa Killington, of Lingwood, Norwich; husband of Gertrude Louisa Killington, of 61, Queensmill Rd., Fulham Palace Rd., London.
Grave/Memorial Reference: III. B. 4. Cemetery: LAHANA MILITARY CEMETE
www.cwgc.org/search/casualty_details.aspx?casualty=333926
No match on Norlink
Lahana Military Cemetery lies 1 kilometre west of the village of Lachanas on the old Thessaloniki-Seres road, about 56 kilometres north-east of Thessaloniki, Greece.The cemetery was begun in July 1916 for burials from the 27th Casualty Clearing Station, to which sick and wounded men were brought from the Struma front. The cemetery was also used from June to August 1917 by the 18th Stationary Hospital.
After the Armistice, 41 of the graves in Plots II and III were brought in from the two front line cemeteries at Paprat (about 12 km north-west of Lahana) and from other small burial grounds.
www.cwgc.org/search/cemetery_details.aspx?cemetery=35001&...
The 1901 Census has a Robert Killington who is a Driver in the Army Service Corps. Robert is aged 18 and from St Helens, Lancashire. Presumably his unit were on manoeuvres, as they are prosaically listed as being “South of the Canal”
Ernest Rose…………………………Aged 19
No obvious match on the CWGC database
There is a 3 year old Ernest Rose on the 1901 census, born Strumpshaw but now living at Church Street, Blofield. This is the household of his parents, William I, (aged 26 and a General Farm Labourer from Hassingham), and Jessie, (aged 24 and from Strumpshaw). Living with them are daughter Eleanor E, (aged 2 and born Brundall) and Williams widowed mother, Eleanor, (aged 66 and from Poringland, now living on Parish Poor Relief).
William Thompson…………………..Aged 32
Name: THOMPSON, WILLIAM
Rank: Private Regiment/Service: Essex Regiment Unit Text: 1st Bn.
Age: 32 Date of Death: 14/04/1917 Service No: 41590
Additional information: Son of George and Elizabeth Thompson, of The Loake, Strumpshaw, Norwich.
Grave/Memorial Reference: Bay 7. Memorial: ARRAS MEMORIAL
www.cwgc.org/search/casualty_details.aspx?casualty=777358
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The 1901 Census has the 15 year old William living two doors down from The Rectory at Strumpshaw, and four doors from the “Shoulder of Mutton” Public House. Strumpshaw is his birth village, and he is employed as a General Agricultural Labourer. This is the household of his parents, George, (aged 49 and a General Agricultural Labourer), and Elizabeth, (aged 52). Their other children are:
Ernest………………..aged under 1
George Robert…..aged 18 and a General Agricultural Labourer
Henry…………………aged 22 and a General Agricultural Labourer
Louisa………………..aged 10
Mary…………………..aged 13
Robert………………..aged under 1
Ruth Leah…………..aged 5
Thu., Apr 12, 1917
The Bn. marched from billets at FOSSEUX to ARRAS (abt 10 miles) and on arrival was at once ordered to proceed with the remainder of the 88th Bde to relieve the 37th Bde near MONCHY-LE-PREUX. The Bn arrived at ARRAS at 3pm and left to carry out the relief 4 miles off at 6.30pm. Owing to intense congestion on the road and other delays the relief was not completed until 3am on 13th.
Prior to leaving ARRAS orders had been issued for an attack on the German line in company with the 1st NFLD to be made on the 13th at an hour to be notified later.
The attack was to be made from an Assembly trench which was to be dug on the night of the 12/13 by 2nd Hants, 4th Worcs were in support to the attack.
Owing to the late hour at which the Brigade relief was completed & consequent impossibility of making adequate preparation for the attack the operation was postponed.
At daylight therefore on the 13th the Brigade was situated as shown in the attached map.
At 11am orders were received to make the attack at 2pm. These orders also were cancelled a few minutes before Zero.
During the night 13/14 the 2nd Hants dug the required assembly trench and operation orders were issued to the Bn. by Lt. Col. Halaham. App. B.
At 5.30am on 14th the barrage fell and the battalion left the trench & carried out the assault.
In spite of a certain weakness of the barrage the objective was gained and by 6.30am all companies had reported that they were busy digging in.
In the mean time "X" Coy detailed to form a flank guard to the thence attacking Coys had at once come in contact with the enemy.
Therefore acting under Capt. Foster's orders No. 5 Platoon got into shell holes at about 0 1b 8.1 and opened fire. No. 8 Platoon being checked by machine gun fire from ARROW COPSE No 7 was directed to outflank this copse with the result that No 8 could again get forward , capturing the 2 machine guns & driving the enemy out of the copse. The small wood at O 2a 7.5 was also in hostile occupation but was cleared by Lewis Guns & Rifle Grenades. The Company then moved forward to the N. end of the copses where all platoons came under fire from a line of hidden machine guns. The company now began to form the chain of strong points as detailed in operation orders.
From this point no further definitive news could be gathered as to the fate of this company. A few men eventually rejoined the battalion & from their statements it is certain that all Platoons their proper positions where they were at once attacked by very superior German forces & were finally overwhelmed in these positions at a time between 6.30 and 7.30 am.
The main attack by the remaining 3 Coys having reached their objective by 6.30 am started to dig in and reports were sent back to Bn. Hqrs that large forces of the enemy could be seen in the BOIS du SART & the BOIS des AUBE PINES and that all covering parties were sent forward were at once coming under heavy machine gun & rifle fire.
It became apparent rapidly to the Coy commanders that an immediate counter attack was being prepared and this also was reported to Bn. Hqrs. These reports were confirmed by two Coy commanders in person returning wounded from the main attack. [Capt Tomlinson Capt Caroline]
Steps had already been taken to get the Artillery on to the points where the enemy was reported to be massing but owing to the destruction of the wires by shell fire it was an hour before the guns opened fire.
By 7.30am the counter attack had fully developed in all its strength of at least 9 battalions. The weight of the attack seams to have come from the N. East & thus fell on "X" Coy. This Coy in spite of a stout resistance was gradually overwhelmed. Vide app. C.
From 7.30 onwards no reports, messages or wounded men arrived at Bn Hqrs or the Aid Post it is therefore apparent that "X" Coy having been overrun the hostile forces got between MONCHY & the attacking Companies of the Essex & NLFD. No men have returned from these Companies.
As soon as it became clear that MONCHY itself was being attacked patrols were put out from Hqr party to hold street barricades in MONCHY. No German succeeded in entering MONCHY. It must be remembered that during all this time the town was under an intense enemy barrage thus rendering it almost impossible to reinforce or support the two Battalions & making the work of the respective Hqrs parties extremely arduous.
Except for a certain amount of support from the 4th Worcester & 2dn Hants they fought on alone & these two battalions broke up a German attack designed not to drive them back but to retake MONCHY itself.
Appendix C. contains a copy of the Special Order issued by the G.O.C. 88th Bde.
Of the Officers who went into action the following is killed : 2/Lt. L. Cousins.
The following are wounded :- Capts R.E.G. Caroline, J. Tomlinson, Lieuts ?.W.J. Taylor
R. Eastwood. 2/Lt's H. Ockendon, S. ?. Andrew, F.W. Barker.
The following are missing :- Capt H.J.B. Foster, Lt C.R. Brown, 2/Lts A.L. Piper, S.N.R. Eyre, C.H. Feline H.R. Newth, P.W. Coombs, L.F. Portway; G.W. Turk.
Total casualties 17 officers & 644 OR. out of a strength of 31 officers & 892 O.R.
Sun., Apr 15, 1917
The remnants of the Battalion were now withdrawn & went to billets in ARRAS.
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This horrendous battle cost the 1st Battalion a vast number of casualties, 17 officers and 644 other ranks were either killed, wounded or went missing. Later it was established that 203 soldiers were made prisoners of war, most of them were wounded and 16 of them died in captivity in Germany.
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Stephen Frederick Tunmore………………Aged 23
Name: TUNMORE, STEPHEN FREDERICK
Rank: Private Regiment/Service: East Surrey Regiment Unit Text: 8th Bn.
Age: 23 Date of Death: 03/05/1917 Service No: 5120
Additional information: Son of Stephen and Sarah A. Tunmore, of Strumpshaw, Norfolk. Grave/Memorial Reference: Bay 6. Memorial: ARRAS MEMORIAL
www.cwgc.org/search/casualty_details.aspx?casualty=778025
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The 1901 Census lists a 7 year old “Frederick” Tunmore, living at Workhouse Road, Lingwood. This is the household of his parents Stephen, (aged 39 and a Engine Driver Stationary, from Norwich), and Sarah, (aged 31 and from Strumpshaw) Their other children are Laura, (aged 10) and William (aged 4).
William would also lose his life in the war - see next entry.
Stephen was born the 22nd February 1894
familytreemaker.genealogy.com/users/w/a/l/Vanessa-J-Walle...
The Division of which the 8th Surreys were part was engaged in the very costly Third Battle of the Scarpe on this day.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Arras_(1917)
William Tunmore……………………Aged 20
Name: TUNMORE, WILLIAM
Rank: Private Regiment/Service: East Surrey Regiment Unit Text: 8th Bn.
Age: 20 Date of Death: 10/08/1917 Service No: 5100
Additional information: Son of Stephen and Sarah A. Tunmore, of Strumpshaw, Norwich.
Grave/Memorial Reference: VIII. E. 6. Cemetery: HOOGE CRATER CEMETERY
www.cwgc.org/search/casualty_details.aspx?casualty=459516
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The 1901 Census lists a 4 year old William Tunmore, living at Workhouse Road, Lingwood. This is the household of his parents Stephen, (aged 39 and a Engine Driver Stationary, from Norwich), and Sarah, (aged 31 and from Strumpshaw) Their other children are Laura, (aged 10) and Frederick (aged 7).
Frederick would also lose his life in the war - see previous entry.
William was born 30th September 1896
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"On 1st August the 8th Battalion East Surreys assembled in the New Dickbusch area. The afternoon of the previous day had seen the start of four days incessant rain which rendereed impossible any further offensive until a period of fine weather might allow the waterlogged soil to recover. Under these conditions the men were crowded into a few tents and shelters at New Dickbusch and had a very uncomfortable time. At midnight on the 3rd August their relief by the 7th Battalion was started but, because of the flooding, this entailed a long and tiring march by road and it was 10am before it was completed. Two companies were placed in Jam Trench, the old German front line and the remaining two companies in Crab Crawl Tunnel which was in a very bad state with six inches of water in it. The Germans maintained a very heavy barrage over the next few days. The 7th Bn Queens launched an attack on Inverness Copse, which had been postponed owing to heavy rain, at 4.35am on 10th August supported by 8th East Surreys. Casualties were heavy from very heavy shell fire and one officer and thirty eight other ranks were killed. One of those was 5100 Private William TUNMORE, aged 20 years."
He and his colleagues are buried at Hooge Cemetery.
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John Lambert Ward……………….Aged 25
No obvious match on the CWGC database for J.L. J or L Ward
No match on Norlink
The most likely match on the 1901 Census is a 10 year old John L Ward living at Blofield Road, Lingwood, the village of his birth. This is the household of his parents, Lambert W, (age 48 and an Ordinary Farm Labourer from Lingwood), and Frances, (aged 47 and from the same village). Their other children are Arthur W, (aged 12), Edith L. (aged 8), George R, (aged 17 and also a Farm Labourer), and Russell J, (aged 5).
Robert Wilson……………………Aged 41
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Name: WILSON, ROBERT
Rank: Private Regiment/Service: Norfolk Regiment Unit Text: 1st Bn.
Age: 40 Date of Death: 29/10/1914 Service No: 5173
Additional information: Son of the late John and Hannah Wilson.
Grave/Memorial Reference: Panel 8. Memorial: LE TOURET MEMORIAL
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No match on Norlink
No obvious match on the 1901 Census, but given his age and date of death, it is likely that Robert was a professional soldier in Britains Pre-War army, and could well have been serving overseas in 1901.
On the 1891 Census there is a 17 year old Robert living at 6, The Alley, Blofield and employed as a Bricklayers Labourer. This was the household of his widowed Grandmother, Sarah Ann Wilson, a 66 year old Washerwoman and Domestic Servant. Sarah has another one of her grandchildren, a 21 year old George Carter who is also a Bricklayers Labourer, living with her. All were born at Blofield.
Battle of La Basse 10th October 1914 - 2nd November 1914.(Part of the Race to the Sea)
The German attack was renewed on 24 October along the entire Sixth Army front. A daylight attack failed to make any headway. It was followed by an attack at dusk, which did break into the British trenches at two places, but local counterattacks restored the situation.
A second night attack, on 26/27 October, caused more problems. Part of the British line was broken, and the village of Neuve Chapelle captured. This created a shallow salient in the British line. At this early period in the war the buildings of Neuve Chapelle still survived, making the village a dangerous strong point that threatened the British lines. A major counter attack was launched on 28 October, but failed to retake the village. On 29 October the village was reported to have been evacuated, but later in the day German troops used the ruins as cover for their last major attack of the battle.
After the failure of the attack on 29 October, the Germans moved much of their heavy artillery north towards Ypres, where it took part in the battle of Gheluvelt.
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Athur Conan Doyle, in his “The British Campaign in France and Flanders 1914” tells us that starting from the 25th, the 1st Norfolks and 1st Devons were tasked with holding the salient of the village of Givenchy, and they defied all efforts to dislodge them.
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WW2
George Arthur Ashley…………………….Aged 24
Name: ASHLEY, GEORGE ARTHUR
Rank: Driver Regiment/Service: Royal Engineers Unit Text: 251 Field Park Coy.
Age: 24 Date of Death: 02/09/1943 Service No: 2078641
Dead Grave/Memorial Reference: 5. F. 9. Cemetery: CHUNGKAI WAR CEMETERY
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The notorious Burma-Siam railway, built by Commonwealth, Dutch and American prisoners of war, was a Japanese project driven by the need for improved communications to support the large Japanese army in Burma. During its construction, approximately 13,000 prisoners of war died and were buried along the railway. An estimated 80,000 to 100,000 civilians also died in the course of the project, chiefly forced labour brought from Malaya and the Dutch East Indies or conscripted in Siam (Thailand) and Burma (Myanmar). Two labour forces, one based in Siam and the other in Burma, worked from opposite ends of the line towards the centre. The Japanese aimed at completing the railway in 14 months and work began in October 1942. The line, 424 kilometres long, was completed by December 1943. The graves of those who died during the construction and maintenance of the Burma-Siam railway (except for the Americans, whose remains were repatriated) were transferred from camp burial grounds and isolated sites along the railway into three cemeteries at Chungkai and Kanchanaburi in Thailand and Thanbyuzayat in Myanmar. Chungkai was one of the base camps on the railway and contained a hospital and church built by Allied prisoners of war. The war cemetery is the original burial ground started by the prisoners themselves, and the burials are mostly of men who died at the hospital.
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Horace George Forder………………Aged 38
Name: FORDER, HORACE GEORGE
Rank: Gunner
Regiment: Royal Artillery Unit Text: 65 (The Norfolk Yeomanry) Anti-Tank Regt
Age: 38 Date of Death: 22/02/1943 Service No: 1122622
Additional information: Son of Horace George and Sarah Harriet Forder; husband of Olive Annie Forder, of Strumpshaw, Norfolk.
Casualty Type: Commonwealth War Dead Grave/Memorial Reference: III. C. 22. Cemetery: SFAX WAR CEMETERY
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In May 1943, the war in North Africa came to an end in Tunisia with the defeat of the Axis powers by a combined Allied force. In the south, the Axis forces defeated in Egypt at El Alamein withdrew into Tunisia along the coast through Libya, pursued by the Allied Eighth Army. Most of those buried in Sfax War Cemetery died in attacks on successive Axis positions at Medenine, the Marith Line and Wadi Akarit, in March and April 1943.
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Harold William High……………………Aged 27
Name: HIGH, HAROLD WILLIAM STRUTHERS
Rank: Private Regiment: Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire Regiment Unit Text: 5th Bn. Age: 27 Date of Death: 21/09/1944 Service No: 5951830
Additional information: Son of Beatrice Minnie High, of Strumpshaw, Norfolk.
Grave/Memorial Reference: Column 63. Memorial: SINGAPORE MEMORIAL
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The 5th Bedfords and Herts were another unit from the ill-fated 18th Division, arriving piecemeal late in the Malayan campaign and finally being surrendered on mass with the Fall of Singapore. See the note under George Ashley for their subsequent treatment.
Alfred Waterton………………………….Aged 29
Name: WATERTON, ALFRED
Rank: Private Regiment/Service: Royal Norfolk Regiment Unit Text: 2nd Bn.
Age: 29 Date of Death: 24/05/1940 Service No: 5770748
Additional information: Son of Albert and Ada Waterton, of Strumpshaw, Norfolk. Grave/Memorial Reference: Column 44. Memorial: DUNKIRK MEMORIAL
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The retreat to Dunkirk
The period in which Alfred Waterton died (24th May 1940) was one in which the 2nd battalion, along with a number of other units, was sacrificed in order the for the British Expeditionary Force to retreat to the channel. Shortly afterwards, on the 27th came the surrender of the 2nd Battalion and the subsequent massacre at Le Paradis.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Le_Paradis_massacre
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On the 24th the 2nd Battalion, along with what was left of 4th Brigade, took over the defense of a 21 mile stretch of the canal line running from the railway bridge south of Aire to La Basee. They arrived at Locon, but scouting patrols looking for accomodation and defensive positions came under fire from Germans wh had already crossed the canal. Units advanced as night fell aiming to push the Germans back over the canal. Sleep deprived from days in combat, and with only one map between the entire HQ staff, troops became lost and dis-orientated.
(see page 281, Dunkirk by Hugh Sebag-Montefiore)
The Postcard
A postally unused postcard with a divided back on which the publishers have printed:
''This beautiful series of Fine Art
post cards is supplied exclusively
by Shurey's Publications, comprising
'Sketchy Bits', 'Yes or No', 'Smart
Novels', and 'Dainty Novels'.
The world's best.
Printed in England on British
boards exclusively for Shurey's
Publications by Allday Ltd. of
Birmingham'.
Shurey's cards tended to be of poor quality and this one is no exception.
Llandudno
Llandudno is a seaside resort in Conwy County Borough, Wales, located on the Creuddyn peninsula, which protrudes into the Irish Sea. The town's name is derived from its patron saint, Saint Tudno.
Llandudno is the largest seaside resort in Wales, and as early as 1861 was being called 'the Queen of the Welsh Watering Places' (a phrase later also used in connection with Tenby and Aberystwyth; the word 'resort' came a little later).
History of Llandudno
The town of Llandudno developed from Stone Age, Bronze Age and Iron Age settlements over many hundreds of years on the slopes of the limestone headland, known to seafarers as the Great Orme and to landsmen as the Creuddyn Peninsula.
The origins in recorded history are with the Manor of Gogarth conveyed by King Edward I to Annan, Bishop of Bangor in 1284.
The Great Orme
Mostly owned by Mostyn Estates, the Great Orme is home to several large herds of wild Kashmiri goats originally descended from a pair given by Queen Victoria to Lord Mostyn.
The summit of the Great Orme stands at 679 feet (207 m). The Summit Hotel, now a tourist attraction, was once the home of world middleweight champion boxer Randolph Turpin.
The limestone headland is a haven for flora and fauna, with some rare species such as peregrine falcons and a species of wild cotoneaster (cambricus) which can only be found on the Great Orme.
The sheer limestone cliffs provide ideal nesting conditions for a wide variety of sea birds, including cormorants, shags, guillemots, razorbills, puffins, kittiwakes, fulmars and numerous gulls.
There are several attractions including the Great Orme Tramway and the Llandudno Cable Car that takes tourists to the summit. The Great Orme also has the longest toboggan run in Britain at 750m.
The Development of Llandudno
By 1847 the town had grown to a thousand people, served by the new church of St. George, built in 1840. The great majority of the men worked in the copper mines, with others employed in fishing and subsistence agriculture.
In 1848, Owen Williams, an architect and surveyor from Liverpool, presented Lord Mostyn with plans to develop the marshlands behind Llandudno Bay as a holiday resort. These were enthusiastically pursued by Lord Mostyn.
The influence of the Mostyn Estate and its agents over the years was paramount in the development of Llandudno, especially after the appointment of George Felton as surveyor and architect in 1857.
Between 1857 and 1877 much of central Llandudno was developed under Felton's supervision. Felton also undertook architectural design work, including the design and execution of the Holy Trinity Church in Mostyn Street.
The Llandudno and Colwyn Bay Electric Railway operated an electric tramway service between Llandudno and Rhos-on-Sea from 1907, this being extended to Colwyn Bay in 1908. The service closed in 1956.
Llandudno Attractions
The Beach and The Parade
A beach of sand, shingle and rock curves two miles between the headlands of the Great Orme and the Little Orme.
For most of the length of Llandudno's North Shore there is a wide curving Victorian promenade. The road, collectively known as The Parade, has a different name for each block, and it is on these parades and crescents that many of Llandudno's hotels are built.
Llandudno Pier
The pier is on the North Shore. Built in 1878, it is a Grade II listed building.
The pier was extended in 1884 in a landward direction along the side of what was the Baths Hotel (where the Grand Hotel now stands) to provide a new entrance with the Llandudno Pier Pavilion Theatre, thus increasing the pier's length to 2,295 feet (700 m); it is the longest pier in Wales.
Attractions on the pier include a bar, a cafe, amusement arcades, children's fairground rides and an assortment of shops & kiosks.
In the summer, Professor Codman's Punch and Judy show (established in 1860) can be found on the promenade near the entrance to the pier.
The Happy Valley
The Happy Valley, a former quarry, was the gift of Lord Mostyn to the town in celebration of the Golden Jubilee of Queen Victoria in 1887. The area was landscaped and developed as gardens, two miniature golf courses, a putting green, a popular open-air theatre and extensive lawns.
Ceremonies connected with the Welsh National Eisteddfod were held there in 1896, and again in 1963.
In June 1969, the Great Orme Cabin Lift, a modern alternative to the tramway, was opened with its base station adjacent to the open-air theatre. The distance to the summit is just over 1 mile (1.6 km), and the four-seater cabins travel at 6 miles per hour (9.7 km/h) on a continuous steel cable over 2 miles (3.2 km) long.
It is the longest single-stage cabin lift in Great Britain, and the longest span between pylons is over 1,000 feet (300 m).
The popularity of the 'Happy Valley Entertainers' open-air theatre having declined, the theatre closed in 1985. Likewise the two miniature golf courses closed, and were converted in 1987 to create a 280-metre (920 ft) artificial ski slope and toboggan run. The gardens were extensively restored as part of the resort's millennium celebrations, and remain a major attraction.
Marine Drive
The first route round the perimeter of the Great Orme was a footpath constructed in 1858 by Reginald Cust, a trustee of the Mostyn Estate. In 1872 the Great Orme's Head Marine Drive Co. Ltd. was formed to turn the path into a carriage road.
Following bankruptcy, a second company completed the road in 1878. The contractors for the scheme were Messrs Hughes, Morris, Davies, a consortium led by Richard Hughes of Madoc Street, Llandudno.
The road was bought by Llandudno Urban District Council in 1897. The 4 mile (6.4 km) one-way drive starts at the foot of the Happy Valley. After about 1.5 miles (2.4 km) a side road leads to St. Tudno's Church, the Great Orme Bronze Age Copper Mine and the summit of the Great Orme.
Continuing on the Marine Drive the Great Orme Lighthouse (now a small hotel) is passed, and, shortly afterwards on the right, the Rest and Be Thankful Cafe and information centre.
Below the Marine Drive at its western end is the site of the wartime Coast Artillery School (1940–1945), now a scheduled ancient monument.
The West Shore
The West Shore is a quiet beach on the estuary of the River Conwy. It was here at Pen Morfa that Alice Liddell (of Alice in Wonderland fame) spent the long summer holidays of her childhood from 1862 to 1871.
There are a few hotels and quiet residential streets. The West Shore is linked to the North Shore by Gloddaeth Avenue and Gloddaeth Street, a wide dual carriageway.
Mostyn Street
Running behind the promenade is Mostyn Street, leading to Mostyn Broadway and then Mostyn Avenue. These are the main shopping streets of Llandudno. Mostyn Street accommodates the high street shops, the major high street banks and building societies, two churches, amusement arcades and the town's public library.
The last is the starting point for the Town Trail, a planned walk that facilitates viewing Llandudno in a historical perspective.
Victorian Extravaganza
Every year in May bank holiday weekend, Llandudno has a three-day Victorian Carnival, and Mostyn Street becomes a funfair.
Madoc Street and Gloddaeth Street and the Promenade become part of the route each day for a mid-day carnival parade. Also the Bodafon Farm fields become the location of a Festival of Transport for the weekend.
Venue Cymru
The North Wales Theatre, Arena and Conference Centre, built in 1994, and extended in 2006 and renamed "Venue Cymru", is located near the centre of the promenade on Penrhyn Crescent.
It is noted for its productions of opera, orchestral concerts, ballet, musical theatre, drama, circus, ice shows and pantomimes.
The Llandudno Lifeboat
Until 2017, Llandudno was unique within the United Kingdom in that its lifeboat station was located inland, allowing it to launch with equal facility from either the West Shore or the North Shore as needed.
In 2017, a new lifeboat station was completed, and new, high-speed, offshore and inshore lifeboats, and a modern launching system, were acquired. This station is close to the paddling pool on North Shore.
Llandudno's active volunteer crews are called out more than ever with the rapidly increasing numbers of small pleasure craft sailing in coastal waters. The Llandudno Lifeboat is normally on display on the promenade every Sunday and bank holiday Monday from May until October.
The Ancient Parish Church
The ancient parish church dedicated to Saint Tudno stands in a hollow near the northern point of the Great Orme, and is two miles (3 km) from the present town.
It was established as an oratory by Tudno, a 6th.-century monk, but the present church dates from the 12th. century and it is still used on summer Sunday mornings.
Llandudno's Links with Mametz and Wormhout
-- Mametz
The 1st. (North Wales) Brigade was headquartered in Llandudno in December 1914, and included a battalion of the Royal Welch Fusiliers, which had been raised and trained in Llandudno.
Skirting the Fricourt salient, the British 7th. Division took the village of Mametz in the afternoon of the 1st. July 1916. However Mametz Wood to the north-east of the village held great German resistance. This blocked all Allied progress in a northeasterly direction.
After eight days of fierce combat, with heavy losses, did the 38th. Welsh Division capture the wood on the 12th. July 1916.
A monument to the 38th. Welsh Division was inaugurated on the 11th. July 1987. The monument takes the form of a plinth surmounted by a red dragon, the emblem of Wales. With its wings held aloft, it carries in its claws pieces of barbed wire, attesting to the fierce nature of the fighting.
The hostilities brought about the total destruction of Mametz village by shelling. After the war, the people of Llandudno (including returning survivors) contributed generously to the fund for the reconstruction of the village of Mametz.
-- Wormhout
Llandudno is twinned with the Flemish town of Wormhout which is 10 miles (16 km) from Dunkirk. It was near there that many members of the Llandudno-based 69th. Territorial Regiment were ambushed and taken prisoner.
The Site Mémoire de la Plaine au Bois near Wormhout commemorates the massacre of these prisoners on the 28th. May 1940. The men had been retreating towards Dunkirk ahead of the advancing Germans.
About 100 troops, having run out of ammunition, surrendered to the Germans, assuming that they would be taken prisoner according to the Geneva Convention.
However they were all imprisoned in a small barn, and the SS threw stick-grenades into the building, killing many POW's.
However the grenades failed to kill everyone, largely due to the bravery of two British NCO's, Stanley Moore and Augustus Jennings, who hurled themselves on top of the grenades, using their bodies to shield their comrades from the blast.
In order to finish off the remaining soldiers, the SS fired into the barn with rifles and automatic weapons. A few survived to tell the tale, but no-one was ever indicted for war crimes because of insufficient evidence.
A replica of the barn can be seen at the site of the massacre.
Llandudno's Cultural Connections
Matthew Arnold gives a vivid and lengthy description of 1860's Llandudno - and of the ancient tales of Taliesin and Maelgwn Gwynedd that are associated with the local landscape - in the first sections of the preface to 'On the Study of Celtic Literature' (1867).
Llandudno is also used as a location for dramatic scenes in the stage play and film 'Hindle Wakes' by Stanley Houghton, and the 1911 novel, 'The Card', by Arnold Bennett, and its subsequent film version.
Elisabeth of Wied, the Queen Consort of Romania and also known as writer Carmen Sylva, stayed in Llandudno for five weeks in 1890.
On leaving, she described Wales as "A beautiful haven of peace". Translated into Welsh as "Hardd, hafan, hedd", it became the town's official motto.
Other famous people with links to Llandudno include the Victorian statesman John Bright and multi-capped Welsh international footballers Neville Southall, Neil Eardley, Chris Maxwell and Joey Jones.
Australian ex-Prime Minister Billy Hughes attended school in Llandudno. Gordon Borrie QC (Baron Borrie), Director General of the Office of Fair Trading from 1976 to 1992, was educated at the town's John Bright Grammar School when he lived there as a wartime evacuee.
The international art gallery Oriel Mostyn is in Vaughan Street next to the post office. It was built in 1901 to house the art collection of Lady Augusta Mostyn. It was requisitioned in 1914 for use as an army drill hall, and later became a warehouse, before being returned to use as an art gallery in 1979. Following a major revamp the gallery was renamed simply 'Mostyn' in 2010.
Llandudno has its own mini arts festival 'LLAWN' (Llandudno Arts Weekend). It is a mini festival that rediscovers and celebrates Llandudno’s past in rather a unique way; via art, architecture, artefact, sound, performance, and participation.
The festival takes place over three days of a weekend in late September, originally conceived as a way to promote what those in the hospitality sector refer to as the ‘shoulder season’, which means a lull in the tourist calendar.
In January 1984 Brookside character Petra Taylor (Alexandra Pigg) committed suicide in Llandudno.
In 1997, the English cookery programme "Two Fat Ladies" with Jennifer Patterson and Clarissa Dickson Wright filmed an episode in Llandudno.
This was one of the participants in the Lancashire Automobile Club's first Manchester to Blackpool Veteran and Vintage Car Run in June 1963 at the Broad Street/Cross Lane roundabout in Salford. It's a 1905 Alldays & Onions and the programme of the event had this note about it:
'21. 1905 Alldays & Onions. Entered by Calder S.C.
Swing Seat Tonneau. Made in Birmingham by Alldays & Onions Ltd., firm founded in 1650 and still operating. Engine: Single cylinder.'
I’ve found that Onions (formed by John Onions in 1650) and William Allday & Co. (formed by William Allday in 1720) joined in 1889 under the ownership of Alldays & Onions Pneumatic Engineering Company Limited and produced its first car in 1898. The company hit commercial success with the 1.6-litre, vertical-twin side-valve 10/12, which was made from 1905 to 1913 and this is presumably one of those cars.
Alldays and Onions
ALLDAYS + ONIONS SET
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Alldays and Onions manufactured cars between 1898-1918
Founded in 1889 from the merger of two long established Birmingham engineering companies. Like many early automotive companies they began with bicycle manufacture and from 1903 motor cycles marketed firstly as Alldays-Matchless (no connection with Matchless) changing to Allon, these continued to be made until 1927.
The companies first car arrived in 1898 in the form of a Quadricycle and called the Traveller. Series production of Automobiles began in 1903/04 with a 7hp car, larger commercial vehicles were to follow .More models followed and the company purchased Enfield in 1907 and produced cars called the Enfield-Allday until 1925
Shot at the Classic and MPH Show, NEC, Birmingham 13.11.2010. Ref 66-014
Alldays and Onions Victoria 12-14 (1911)
ALLDAYS + ONIONS SET
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Manufactured by the Alldays and Onions Pneumatic Engineering Company of Birmingham, a company founded in 1889 by the merger of the long established Onions (dating from 1650) and Alldays (dating from 1720) engineering companies. Like many such companies they turned to bicycle manufacture and sold a range under the Alldays name. Their first Automobile was produced in 1898 and were produced under the Alldays and Onions name until 1918. The company merged with Enfield, a company they had owned since 1907 and produced cars called Enfield-Allday until 1925.
I believe that this car may have belonged to a Mr M W Allday of Hartlebury, Worcestershire and was offered for sale in the March 1983 edition of Classic and Sportscar page 199
A big thanks for 21.9 million views
Shot 25.08.2013 at the Cotswold Motor Museum, Bourton-on-the-Water Ref 100-001
This was just fun. not the ideal final product i wanted but due to the circumstances im happy.
YO Reik!
This 26" commuter is built for a rather short guy. He works as a sculptor and has to carry a lot of stuff every day around town. So he got not only a custom frame but also a very special front rack: a lowrider combined with a porteur rack.
Paint by velociao.
Thanks a lot to Hagen Stier for the photographs.
xs shoulder and sleeve but shortened in length, s collar/neck measurement... still not right! also a lot of extra width under the arms.