BACK GREAT WAR LIST: BERMUDIANS IN BRITISH, IMPERIAL, COMMONWEALTH OR ALLIED FORCES Smith, Allan Chalmers Capt. R.F.A. (As for Maj. C.G.G. Gilbert, above, ) Allan Smith was a Bermuda Rhodes Scholar, studying Law at Oxford, before the War. Oxford O.T.C. Noted as gaz. 2/Lt., R.F.A., 14 Jan., 1915. Awarded MC. Served post-War as Capt. in BVRC. Knighted (1953?). Smith, Bernard Valentine S. Lt. Royal Flying Corps. Wounded in 1916, but managed to land behind British trenches. Awarded Military Cross, 1916. Smith, Donald Christopher Lt. R.F.A., Worcs. Brig., TA, 42 Div. Brother of Allan Smith, above. Memoirs are in Bda. Library. Left Oxford to serve as volunteer hospital orderly (with Serbs), in Macedonia, 1915. Commissioned into RFA, serving at Front, then as instructor in England. Smith, Frederick Lea Grenadier Guards. Working as an engineer in New Jersey on outbreak of War. Enlisted while still in New York. Sent to UK, asked to join BVRC Cont., but this was not possible. Smith, Wilfred S.E. Queen's Own Rifles (Canada). Went to France as a Machine Gunner, 1914. Spurling, A. Rowe S/Ldr. Royal Air Force. Went to France with 1st. BVRC Cont., 1915. Commissioned into RFC. Won D.F.C., 1918, for single-handed attack on 30 German fighter-planes, downing 5. Stone, Stanley St.Clare 2/Lt. Royal Air Force . Went to France with 1st. BVRC Cont., 1915. Commissioned into RFC. Wounded, 11th. Oct., '18. Tear, Alfred G. 3 Bedfords. Was in New York at start of war & went to England to enlist in 6 Bedfords. Transf. to 3 Batt. and sent to Front, 12 Jan., 1915. Trimmingham, H.G.L. 2/Lt. 16 London Regt. Attached 1st. Lincolns. Attached to B.V.R.C. Contingent from 10th. Jan., 1916. Invalided from Front, 1916. Trimmingham, J. Harvey Royal Navy Commisioned Eng. Dept. Tucker, Edmund 1st. Heavy Battery, C.F.A., C.E.F. Went to France, 1914. Tucker, Edward C.E.F. Enlisted together with Brown, Ewart, above, Aug., 1914. Both had worked for Bank of Montreal at St. John, N.B. Tucker, Ewing Pte. C.E.F. Killed in action, 1916? Walker, Herman Walter 6th Regt., Duke of Connaught's Own Rifles. 2 C.E.F. Commissioned 2/Lieut. and transferred to Royal Welch Fusiliers, Sept., 1915. Promoted to Capt. Waddington, Thomas Thewall 1 Sportsman's Bn. Gaz. Oct., 1915, Lieut., 7 Bn., Royal West Kents. Awarded Military Cross, 1916 (while a Captain). Wadson, S.P. 2/Lt. 6 Royal West Surrey Regt. Went to France in 2nd. BVRC Cont., 1916. Commissioned into 'Queen's' (West Surrey). Killed in action, 10th. August, 1918. Wailes, G.C. Royal Fusiliers. Was reported wounded at Ypres, 17 Nov., 1914, at which time he was a Corporal, attached to "C" Coy., 2 Lincolns. Formerly, a Hamilton Police Constable. Wainwright, Charles Barron Royal Canadian Navy Vol. Res.; RAMC. Surgeon. Noted as joined the hospital ship Prince George, for the War, 18 August, 1914. Promoted Captain, June, 1916. Wainwright, Darrell C.F.A. Ward, E.S. Remsen Machine Gun Corps (Navy Branch). Commissioned, 26 Jan., 1917. Died from physical breakdown, 7 December, 1918. Wilkinson, Campbell C.F.A. Wilkinson, Henry Bernard Logier Royal Air Force. Winter, W.V. Ross C.E.F. C.E.F. 1914-1918. R.C.A.S.C., D.S. & T.O. M.D. 7. St. John, New Brundswick. 1918-1924. Retired Captain, 23 June, 1924. Young, C.H. Sergt. Royal Flying Corps . Went to France with BVRC 1 Cont., 1915. Transferred to R.F.C., 2 August, 1916. Zuill, Herbert Zuill, Wm. Edward Sears Pte. 301st. Field Signals Bn., US Army. COLOURED The period list that forms the basis of this one divided Black islanders. As this is useful, today, in correcting the common assumption that Blacks' contributions were limited to the BMA, this segregation has been maintained, though the names of many have been added to the main body of the list, and there is no ability to make similar distinction among these. Anderson, Charles Adolphus Pte. 10th. Reserve Bn., C.E.F. Doers, Ivan Pte. 163rd. Bn., C.E.F. Jackson, Lionel Arnot Pte. 187th. Bn., C.E.F. Wounded and discharged as medically unfit. Johnston, Harold Clifford Pte. 163rd. Bn., C.E.F. Lopex, Rufus H. Samuel Royal Navy Volunteer Reserve. Served at Antwerp. Taken prisoner on Kaiser Wilhelm der Grosse. Released. Joined King's Royal Rifle Corps. Wounded, Sept., 1916. Transferred to West India Regiment. O'Neil, Herbert Arthur L/Cpl. No. 2 Cons. Coy., US Army. Ratteray, William Alpheus Pte. 10th. Reserve Bn., C.E.F. Robinson, W.R. Pte. Canadian Army Medical Corps. Smith, William Edmund 1/Class Cook Royal Navy. Lost on H.M.S. Aboukir, 22nd. Sept., 1914. First Bermudian KIA in Great War. Symons, Cecil James Pte. South Lancashire Regiment. Symons, Joseph Killed in action, about 20th. Oct., 1918. Trott, Harold T. Clerk 318th. Supply Corps, U.S. Army. Promoted Sergeant, 25/5/19. Vallis, Alfred Hoare Pte. 116th. Bn., C.E.F. Killed in action, 27th. August, 1918. Williams, Lawson Pte. 3 Welsh Regiment. Williams, Reuben C. Pte. 17th. Can. Reserve Bn. NEXT |