I want to say a big thank you to Kathy of www.liverpoolancestraltrails.co.uk who has been very helpful, thanks to her my next visit to the archives will be very productive!
Kathy has helped me with dates for the obituaries and photos of quite a few of the names, so when I can finally get to the archives I should have new information and photos to add to the site.
This blog presents information about the 62 men named on the WW1 memorial from St James Church, Toxteth. Use the tabs below or the search bar to navigate the site. The Names page has links to each man. Please leave comments or email me at thewarmemorial@gmail.com
Wednesday, July 25, 2012
Friday, July 13, 2012
Mystery leicestershire memorial piece is from our memorial!
Some amazing news, a piece of the war memorial has been found! It has turned up in Barrow-upon-Soar in Leicestershire! The Barrow upon Soar Heritage Group there are looking after it until we can arrange for its safe return to Liverpool.
It may not look like much in the photograph but It's totally made my day, I've been on the phone to various people and emailing... and blogging at midnight when I should be in bed getting some much needed sleep!
There will of course be much more to come on this - big plans!
Tuesday, July 10, 2012
roll of honour ceremony
I've been told now that the ceremony to add names to the roll of honour at the town hall will be in 2 parts due to the long list of names. They are both on the 6th Sept, one in the morning and one in the afternoon. I don't know yet which ceremony the St James' names will be in.
Dave at the town hall has asked me for the details of anyone who wants an invite. If I've not been in touch with you about this before and you'd like to attend, please email me using the link above and I'll get your details to add to the list.
Best wishes
Amanda
Dave at the town hall has asked me for the details of anyone who wants an invite. If I've not been in touch with you about this before and you'd like to attend, please email me using the link above and I'll get your details to add to the list.
Best wishes
Amanda
Monday, July 9, 2012
Private Robert Campbell Revera 202309
The CWGC has one entry for Robert C Revera which shows the middle name to be Campbell. This name is unusual enough that I am certain the records are all for the correct man.
It turned out that there was an interesting family story behind Robert Revera and I admit I did get a bit sidetracked so there is more information on this post about his family than is really necessary.
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baptism record source: ancestry.co.uk
A copy of the marriage certificate for William John Revera and Sarah Arabella John shows that William's father was called Campbell Revera (and he was from Mexico) so that explains Robert's middle name.
William had several siblings and his parents all living in Liverpool.
At the time of the 1891 census the Revera family were living in 4 court 2 house, Hampton Street. The form shows that this family of 2 adults and 3 children were living in 4 rooms, this was quite spacious by the standards of court housing at the time.
The census returns below show John on the bottom of the first page with the rest of the family (wife Sarah, children Mary, Charley and Robert) continued on the second page.
1891 census image source ancestry.co.uk
Baptism and birth records show that they had at least 7 children, Mary Ellen (b 1884) Charles (b 1886) Robert Campbell (b 1888) Ada (1892) Rosalia (1894) Thomas William John (b 1897) and Campbell (b 1899) It is possible that Sarah's death was related to childbirth as she died in 1899, the same year Campbell was born.
At the time of the 1901 census William Revera was a widower and was still employed as an engine fitter. He was a boarder at the house of Mr and Mrs Larkham, 11 Dolling Street, Toxteth. Robert (aged 13) and Thomas (aged 4) were living with him.Once again the Reveras are spread over 2 pages of the census.
1901 census image source ancestry.co.uk
A search for the rest of the children shows that Ada and Rose were at a Girl's Industrial School at 24 Dingle Lane. Mary Ellen was enumerated as a visitor at someone's house, Charles was a boarder, aged 15, and working as a kitchen boy. Campbell was living with his grandparents.
In 1904 Robert's grandfather, Campbell Revera, died. I think that the young Campbell (aged 4 at the time) was then adopted by his aunt and uncle and became Campbell Revera Foster.
At the time of the 1911 census, Robert was aged 22 and living with his father and his brother William at 20a Yates St. This street still exists, it runs between Mill St and Beaufort Street in Toxteth and one side of the street is elevated, with steps up to the pavement and the terraced houses.
The Reveras probably only had the upstairs or the downstairs as their census return shows they lived in 20a and only had 2 rooms. Robert was 22 years old and working as a Dock Labourer.
Census returns show that Charles was still in boarding lodgings and worked as a leather porter. Ada was working as a domestic maid, Rosalia was a kitchen maid, Mary Ellen was a servant and Campbell was living with his adoptive family.
In 1913 Charles married Elizabeth Agnes Collingwood, they had a daughter Mary Agnes born 19th April 1914.
In 1914 Mary Ellen married Harry Cornwell.
On 22nd August 1915 Robert was married to Ellen Burgess in St Gabriel's Church (which was on the corner of Beaufort St and Yates St) They lived at Clive St, which was just around the corner.
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Robert Campbell Revera was a Private in The King's (Liverpool Regiment) with the regimental number 202309. As you can see, other than the fact that he was awarded the British War medal and the Victory medal, the card does not tell us anything else.
His entry in UK Soldiers Died in the Great War has the following information:
| Name: | Robert Campbell Revera |
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| Residence: | Liverpool |
| Death Date: | 24 Mar 1918 |
| Death Location: | France & Flanders |
| Enlistment Location: | Liverpool |
| Rank: | Private |
| Regiment: | King's (Liverpool Regiment) |
| Battalion: | 12th Battalion |
| Number: | 202309 |
| Type of Casualty: | Killed in action |
| Theatre of War: | Western European Theatre |
The 'other information' on his CWGC entry says Son of the late William John and Sarah Revera; husband of Ellen Revera, of
341, Mill St., Liverpool.
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Two of Robert's brothers were also killed in WW1, but they do not appear on the memorial so I assume they weren't parishioners of St James.
Some of Charles Revera's service papers still exist, they show a bit of a family rift between his widow (who remarried 10 months after his death) and his sister.
The third brother, Thomas, served and survived the war.
I have been informed that Robert Revera was related to one of the other names on the memorial, George James Harker.
There is an interesting article here on the Western Front Association website about WW1 identification tags.
I have been informed that Robert Revera was related to one of the other names on the memorial, George James Harker.
CWGC Archives information:
The CWGC have recently added images of documents from their archives to their online database. The entry for Robert Campbell Revera shows that his body was exhumed and reburied after the war. He was found buried with a group of soldiers, many of the others were unidentified and were reburied under the standard wording "A SOLDIER OF THE GREAT WAR, KNOWN UNTO GOD" 4 of these unknown soldiers could be identified as the Royal Irish Rifles from their buttons. One was identified only as 'unknown major' but Robert Campbell Revera's entry was amended from 'unknown' to identified, the form shows that he was identified by 'disc' presumably his identity disc.
The forms also show that his wife had the following words added to his headstone:
FOR EVER WITH THE LORD
There is an interesting article here on the Western Front Association website about WW1 identification tags.
Rifleman Charles Schonewald 4525
There was only one possibility for Charles Schonewald on the CWGC database and on census records.
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I haven't found a record for Charles's birth yet, the year and place that I have given below are taken from census returns.
Charles Schonewald was born in 1894 in Liverpool.
At the time of the 1901 census he was aged 7 and living with his parents and siblings.
At the time of the 1911 census he was 17, living with his parents and working as a railway clerk.
Charles Schonewald's medal card shows that he was a private in the 9th Battalion London Regiment with the regimental number 4525. He earned the Victory and British War medals. The fact that the card lacks a 'date of entry' and Charles was not entitled to a 1914 or 1914-1915 star means that he did not serve overseas until after January 1916, after his younger brother had been killed.
His entry in UK Soldiers Died in the Great War 1914-1919 has the following information. It shows that Charles was killed in action on 1st October 1916.
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Charles Schonewald
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4525
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The following notices were printed in the Liverpool Echo:
Charles' entry on the CWGC database shows the names and address of his parents and that he is commemorated on the Thiepval memorial.
Private Samuel Butler 11394
Identification
The BMD records show there were 2 Samuel Butlers born in Liverpool in the period 1880-1900. One born in 1891 to parents Samuel and Mary and one in 1895 to Samuel and Sarah. The child born in 1891 died the same year so I have assumed the 1895 birth was the correct Samuel.Deciding which military record was likely to be Samuel's was more tricky. In the CWGC database there were 3 entries for Samuel Butler, 2 entries for Sam Butler and 4 entries for S Butler. I ignored the entries with a middle name as there wasn't one on the memorial.
Of these possibles there didn't seem to be a likely candidate. Cross referencing them with the UK Soldiers died in the Great War database didn't show any connection to Liverpool. It did turn up a record for Samuel Buttler though, from Liverpool. Checking the medal card for this man I found that on the medal card his name was spelled Butler and the address for his next-of-kin was Liverpool. On the evidence I have, it is most likely that this man's name was spelled incorrectly and he is the Samuel Butler from the war memorial.
Family Information
Samuel's father (also Samuel, as was his grandfather) was first married to Mary Hannah Grace in St James Church in 1885. They lived at 15 Emerson St.
Their daughter Ann was christened on 28th December 1886, she died in 1888 aged 1.
Their daughter Mary Ellen was christened in St James, Toxteth on 24th October 1888.
On 4th March 1891 their son, Samuel Butler, was christened in St James, Toxteth, at this time their address was 4 Hyslop St, he died the same year.
Mary Butler died in 1893, aged 29.
On 16th April 1894 Samuel Butler remarried to Sarah Morris.
Their son Samuel Butler (our soldier) was born in 1895, I have not found a christening record for him,
In the 1901 census the family (parents Samuel and Sarah Butler, children Samuel 6, Mary 12 and Hannah 2) were living at 6 house 1 court Chesterfield Street (one of the streets directly adjacent to St James)
This address shows that it was one of Liverpool's many notorious 'court dwellings' and the census records that this family of 5 lived in 2 rooms. Samuel's occupation was ship scraper.
In 1902 Samuel's brother Isaac was christened in St Cleopas Church, Toxteth, the family lived at 6 Grey St.
In 1905 Samuel's sister Eleanor was christened in St James Church and the record shows that the family were living at Stanhope Cottages, Upper Stanhope St.
The 1911 census shows the parents Samuel and Sarah Butler living at 23 Wolfe Street (Toxteth) which was a house with 6 rooms. Eleanor and Isaac were with them. Mary Ellen Butler was married in 1911 to Francis Walls - their address was Upper Frederick Street. Samuel was not at home with his parents.
A search of the census shows that Samuel Butler was in the Northampton Society's Reformatory for Boys, Tiffield, Towcester, Northamptonshire.
The summary page for this institution shows that the 'Boys or Inmates Rooms' consisted of 10 rooms for 97 boys.
The ages of the boys on the census ranges from13-18 and they are all employed in the reformatory, the occupations available to them were labourer,farm hand, apprentices and tailors, carpenters and shoemakers. Samuel's entry says that he was a carpenter.
Military Service
Samuel's medal card has an address on it for his next of kin at 28 Vickers Street, Liverpool. It records that he was in the West Riding Regiment, rank Private, number 11394. He was entitled to the Victory Medal, British war Medal and 1915 Star. He first entered the war in the Balkans and his date of entry was 5th September 1915.
There are also notes which show that a Mrs Butler (probably his mother, I haven't found a marriage record) applied for the 1914 star for Pte S Butler in 1919. The front of the card shows that he was eligible for the 1914-1915 star but not the 1914. A note seems to say that there was a duplicate (or maybe a duplicate record) and the star was returned in 1921.
Looking at the Medal Roll clears up some of these confusing notes, it seems that there were two entries for Samuel Butler in the 1915 Star medal roll. One states that he disembarked in France on 26th August 1915, the other that he disembarked in the Balkans on 5th September 1915.
The medal roll for the Victory and British War medals shows that Samuel was in both the 10th and the 2nd Battalions of the West Riding Regiment. The 10th Bn was part of the new army, the 2nd was regular army.
Death and Commemoration
The CWGC entry and the UK Soldiers Died in the Great War entry both have the incorrect surname spelling of Buttler but the regiment, regimental number and date of death match so they are referring to the same soldier as the medal card.
UK, Soldiers Died in the Great War, 1914-1919
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At the time of Samuel's death the 2nd Battalion of the Duke of Wellington's (West Riding Regiment) were part of the 4th Division,12th Brigade.
On the day Samuel was killed his battalion was involved in the Third Battle of the Scarpe, 3 - 4 May 1917 (information from the long long trail)
Thursday, July 5, 2012
updated Ernest C Benn
If you look at the post for Ernest C Benn, I have made significant progress in identifying him, I didn't want to put it in a separate post and mess up my links.
1000 views!
Today I reached 1000 pageviews on this blog, which is amazing. I hope some of those visitors found something they were looking for.
Wednesday, July 4, 2012
Rifleman Henry Schonewald 1888
With such an unusual name, there was only one possible entry on the CWGC database for Henry although his surname was spelled incorrectly. His brother's name is also on the War Memorial.
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Henry Schonewald was born on 10th Dec 1895 in Liverpool, he was baptised in St Peter's on 20th December and the record (below) shows that his parents were Janet and Hermann Carl Schonewald (a hairdresser) they lived on Rathbone Street.
source: ancestry.co.uk
In the 1901 census the family were living at 119 Rathbone Street. The census shows that Hermann was born in Germany but was now a British Subject. Janet was from Scotland. Hermann's occupation was hairdresser and shop keeper (own account). They had 4 sons and 3 daughters at home with them. Henry was the 6th of these 7 children.
source: ancestry.co.uk
BMD records show that Henry's father Hermann died in 1909.
In the 1911 census the family were living at 75 Windsor Street (very near to St James' Church) Henry was at home, aged 15 and working as a stationers apprentice.
source: ancestry.co.uk
After the sinking of the Lusitania (May 1915) there were anti-German riots in Liverpool, in the same week that Henry was killed in Ypres, shops and houses of people with German names were being attacked.
Click here to see a post about the riots on the excellent 'Streets of Liverpool' blog.
Click here to see a post about the riots on the very informative 'Liverpool Remembrance' site.
Henry's service papers have survived. His attestation paper shows that he was in the 6th Battalion, The King's Liverpool Regiment (The Liverpool Rifles) with the regimental number 1888. He volunteered on 7th August 1914, aged 18 years and 8 months and his address at this time was 22 Peel Street (off Belvidere Road by Princes Park).
His occupation was stationers assistant at Central Stationary Co, 19 North John Street.
His height was 5ft 8inches and his weight 9st 3lbs, his physical development 'fair'
He was absent from early morning parade 7am-7:45am on 25th Nov 1914 during training at Salisbury but the punishment awarded is unclear.
Throughout the collection of papers Henry's rank is referred to as either private or rifleman. He embarked on the "SS City of Edinburgh" from Southampton on 24.2.1915 and was killed in action at Ypres on 15.5.1915. In 1919, Henry's personal effects were sent to his mother Janet and consisted of: penknife, canvas belt, chain, wallet, letters, photographs, papers, identity discs, french book, medical card.
Henry's medal card.
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source: ancestry.co.uk
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5 May 1915
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France & Flanders
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Private
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6th Battalion
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1888
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Western European Theatre
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Henry Schonewald was killed in action near Zillebeke. The battalion diary for the day does not mention him by name but has detailed reports from all 4 companies of the battalion that took part in the fighting around Hill 60. Most of the casualties on that day were from German machine gun fire as the companies were moving into their positions - having to cross open ground within 400 yards of the German machine guns. On this day the battalion lost 20 men killed and 68 wounded (other ranks).
Henry Schonewald has no known grave and his name is inscribed on the Menin Gate Memorial, Ypres.
click here to see the CWGC database entry for Henry Schonewald. (his surname is misspelled as SchonewOld)
The article mentions that two of his brothers were serving, this would have been Robert and Charles as Herman was too young. Charles hadn't gone overseas at this point so we can assume that the brother who was 'progressing favourably' was Robert.
Private Roderic Dexter Sharpe 16147
Identification
The CWGC database only has one Roderick D Sharpe and he was from Liverpool.
Family Information:
This is one of the stories that really stuck with me when I was researching, probably because there was quite a lot of information but also because there is more of the family's perspective involved and I got an idea of how the war impacted the family in the years after Roderic's death.
Roderic Dexter Sharpe was born on 13th August 1896 and christened at St James' Church on 20th September that year. His parents were Alexander Sharpe (a hairdresser) and Margaret. They lived at 22 Great George Place which was across the road from St James' Church.
The 1901 census shows the family were still at this address, Alexander was a hairdresser and an employer. Roderic, aged 4, had a brother who was one year older; his name was Mornington Dexter Sharpe.
The middle name Dexter was their mother's maiden name, Margaret Dexter and Alexander Sharpe were married in 1892 in London.
By the time of the 1911 census the family had moved a few houses down to 30 Great George Place which would seem to have included his hair salon as he was an employer and worked at home. They also had two more children; daughters Marjorie Dexter Sharpe and Mildred Dexter Sharpe. The census return shows that they hadn't lost any children and their house with 6 occupants has 9 rooms, this was a larger than average house!
Military Service:
Roderic Dexter Sharpe's service papers have survived in the Pension collection and are available on ancestry.co.uk. They tell us that he enlisted on 1st October 1914 aged 19 years. His occupation was clerk and he was given the regimental number 17/16144 in the 1st City Battalion, The King's (Liverpool Regiment) He was in the 17th Battalion which was one of the famous 'pal's battalions'
Roderic passed his medical inspection and the form tells us that he was 5ft 7 inches tall,weighed 130lbs and had a fresh complexion, blue eyes and brown hair.
His training took place at Grantham 20/4/15 - 4/9/15 and Lark Hill, Salisbury 5/9/15 - 6/11/15
He arrived in France 7/11/15
Roderic Dexter Sharpe was killed in action on the 1st or 2nd of July 1916.
He was buried "In an area North East of Marincourt, about 4 1/2 miles North East of Bray-Sur-Somme. Buried near Briqueline Road on right looking North. Ref to map sheet 62c square A.10.c.2.6"
Roderic's Medal Card from ancestry.co.uk shows an incorrect spelling of his name ending with K. It records that Rodric first entered the war in France on 7th November 1915. He was eligible for the Victory Medal, British War Medal and 1915 Star.
Death and Commemoration:
In with his papers are some letters sent by his family, they give us a bit more of the story. In the first his father writes:
July 14th 1916
To Infantry Record Officer, Preston
I received an intimation from one of the Liverpools in France that my son Pte Roderic Dexter Sharpe 16147 Scouts Section, 17th Service Battalion, King's Liverpool Regiment was killed on July 1st have you had any notification of same if so will you please communicate by wire enclosed cost.
Yours Truly A Sharpe
On the back of the letter is the following note:
Wire to addressed overleaf, no casualty. 15.7.16
We can tell from this exchange that Roderic's family received a letter from one of his friends at the front informing them of his death.When his father tried to get confirmation from the army he was told that his son was not a casualty... only to find out at some unkown later date that the initial report was true. It also tells us more about Roderic's unit - I have not come across the term 'scouts section' before so I will look into that. It could be that he was a scout who went into no-man's land to look for the position and strength of the enemy etc but I don't think they had their own section. It could be how the family interpreted their son's unit.
A second letter from his father, this one is quite hard to read, blanks are words that I can't read and words in brackets are 'best guess':
Dec 11th 1916
Officer in Charge
Effects Section
Sir
Enclosed please find receipt for some of the (received) effects of the late Pte R Sharpe 16147 K.L.R. I would like to point out you have (returned) his (cross) but not his watch he had a small watch no 725x502 J.A.E. which he must have been wearing for the (cross) to have been recovered.
Also I should like you to forward the effects of Private M D Sharpe 26120 A Co 17th Service Battalion King's Liverpool Regiment he was wounded in head and left foot on June 26 1916 in Marincourt and is now in _______ Military Hospital, _______ with his left foot amputated as it will be impossible for him to return to military service can you please forward his personal effects also could you please give me the (amount) of pay (associated with having) ______ ____ is the______ _____ _____ (casualty).
Yours Truly A Sharpe
PS whomever is in charge of the department has sent enclosed with the effects of the late Pte R Sharpe a __________ bearing the name and address of Pte W _____ * 24976 K.L.R. together with _____ paper + ______ +______ which I have forwarded to the address ____________
*Although the name of the soldier is not clear the CWGC database shows it was William Ernest Jones, he was in the same battalion as Roderic and was killed on the same day as him.
Roderic's father Alexander Sharpe died 29th September 1918. He left his wife Margaret £13,974 2s 6d.
Finally, some letters to the Army from Roderic's mother Margaret:
July 11th 1919
To the Officer in Charge of Records, Preston
My son's name is Roderic not Roderick as it is speld (sic) with a k on the army form enclosed I have crossed it out. (It seems that when) he enlisted gives his name with a k in it. I have his papers to (show/check?)
Yours Truly
Mgt Sharpe
This letter appears to have been sent with a completed pension application and you can see where the k has been crossed out on his name. Also interesting is the signature of the minister at the bottom - Rev C T Dawson whose brother was killed just 2 months after Roderic.
Checking Roderic's enlistment papers shows inconsistency in the spelling of Roderic, presumably where different people filled in the forms.
June 7th 1920
To the Registration of Graves Dept
Dear Sirs
I beg to ask if it is possible to have send to me the wooden cross that is on my sons grave in France when a stone is erected. If so I should like to have it for I have since my sons death in action lost my husband and I should like to put it on my husbands grave.
My sons name Pte Roderic Dexter Sharpe
16147 Kings Liverpool Regt
Killed in Action July 1st or 2nd 1916
Yours Faithfully
Mgt Sharpe
She received the following reply:
9/6/20
Madam,
I acknowledge receipt of your letter dated 7/6/20 relating to 16147 Pte R D Sharpe K.L.Regt. In reply thereto I beg to inform you that your application re cross should be made to:- Imperial War Graves Commission
Worcester House
St James Square
SW1
Please, I am Madam,
Yours faithfully
Lieut ____
Mrs Sharpe would have been unsuccessful in this request as Private R.D.Sharpe has no known grave, being commemorated on the Thiepval Memorial. As the site of his burial was listed in his papers I assume that his grave marker was lost during later fighting.
"Private R. D. Sharpe, son of Mr and Mrs A Sharpe, of 30, Great George Place, of the Pals, who was been killed. His brother, Lance-Corporal M.D. Sharpe, was severely wounded. Private R.D. Sharpe was educated at St. Margaret's Higher Grade and the Collegiate School. Lance-Corporal M.D. Sharpe has had his left foot amputated and he also has shrapnel wounds in the left eye. He has served articles as an architect and surveyor with Mr J Williams, Collingwood-Street."
Mornington Dexter Sharpe didn't remain in Canada for very long though, immigration records show his return to England on 25th Sept 1921 (after only 5 months) and there is no record of his returning to Canada even though on his returning to the UK he states on his papers that Canada is his country of last permanent residence and he intends his future permanent residence to be in 'British Possessions'
Probate records shows that Mornington Dexter Sharpe died on 9th March 1928 in Highfield Sanatorium, Knotty Ash, Liverpool and his address was the home of his mother Margaret at 21 Elm Hall Drive, Mossley Hill. He left his mother £1304. 8s. 1d.
NOTE
The injury of Mornington Dexter and the death of Roderic Dexter took place during the build-up and the commencement of the Somme Offensive. I am not going to try and write about that, there are many informative websites out there. Try wikipedia or the long long trail if you want to read more.
I will however add this passage from "Liverpool Pals" by Graham Maddocks:
The bombardment which opened up on the 24th June, left the Germans in no doubt that the start of the long awaited offensive was imminent. Curiously,silent at first, eventually, on 26th June, the German artillery began its inevitable counter-barrage, and the 17th and 20th battalions in their front line trenches, suffered quite serious losses. On the late evening of the 26th [the day Mornington was injured]whilst relieving the 2nd Bedfords, in the front line near Maricourt, the 20th Battalion endured a fierce bombardment, which killed nine other ranks, fatally wounded Second Lieutenant W H Jowett, and wounded three other officers, and forty-seven men.. During the course of the same night, the 17th Battalion lost seventeed other ranks killed and fifty-seven wounded.
On the first day of the offensive, 1st July 1916, the 17th King's Liverpool Regiment were very successful and captured their objectives with very few casualties. Only seventeen men are listed as killed on 1st/2nd July from the17th KLR (Roderic being one of them) and no deaths were reported as definitely from the 1st (possibly for political reasons). 100 men were wounded. If you are interested in the losses of the Pals on the first day of the Somme there is an excellent book by Joe Deveraux on the subject entitled "A Singular Day on the Somme."
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