My family that were involved in the war of 1914

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I wrote this out for my Grandchildren.. So will see if it posts....

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NOPE  will edit and try again

xin

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will add in sections... sorry

1. John Sutherland was born in 1888 in Dundee. He was born in Dundee Scotland – and he joined the Argyle and Sutherland Highlanders.  Black Watch.

His Parents were both Scottish and came from Fife. His mothers maiden name was Grace Himsley and his father was Robert Sutherland.
He had two brothers and a sister.  In those days in Scotland work was hard to come by and for a time he worked in the mines digging out coal.  But really his family profession was the shoe trade.  John was the youngest son of the family and because times were hard he didn’t live at home with his family all the time, he spent some time living with his Grandparents.   He Joined the ‘Black Watch’ and I am afraid to say that I havent as yet got all his Army Records.  So I only have information that has been passed down the family.  John was sent to France during WW1 and unfortunately like many casualties, was ‘gassed’..  Since writing this I have managed to acquire some of his War records.

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This is John with his comrades.

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Sadly the effect of  being gassed in the  war had on him did actually shorten his life  - He died in Leicester in 1940  from Chronic Bronchitis and Heart failure. 

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Then there is Charles Annis Green
He was born in 1892 in Leicester the son of Robert Argyle Green and Emma (nee) Draycott.  He had 6 brothers and sisters.

Again life wasn’t easy and jobs were short, so when the ‘excitement’ of a chance to ‘Join Up’ came along.  It seemed like a good idea to him.

Charles married Lily Stewart in 1915..   and then went off to war.

Sadly Charles was killed in 1916 in France -----

Medal card of Green, Charles
Leicestershire Yeomanry
2984
Private
Corps of Hussars
2984
Private
Date
1914-1920



In Memory of
Private CHARLES GREEN

2984, Leicestershire Yeomanry
who died
on 27 August 1916

Remembered with honour
THIEPVAL MEMORIAL

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We also have Ernest Clarke:

He died in 1917 as shown below:
"DEBT
OF HONOUR REGISTER" says;
In Memory of
E CLARKE
Lance Bombardier
135221
"D" Bty. 47th Bde., Royal Field Artillery
who died on Monday, 31st December 1917.



Commemorative Information
Cemetery: VLAMERTINGHE NEW MILITARY CEMETERY, Ieper, West-Vlaanderen,
Belgium
Grave Reference/
Panel Number: XVI. H. 1.

Location: Vlamertinge New Military Cemetery is located 5 Km west of
Ieper town centre and to the south of the village of Vlamertinge. Vlamertinge
itself is located along the Poperingseweg. (Vlamertinge is the modern
spelling of Vlamertinghe). From Ieper town centre the Poperingseweg
(N308), is reached via Elverdingsestraat then straight over two small roundabouts
in the J. Capronstraat. The Poperingseweg is a continuation of J.
Capronstraat and begins after a prominent railway level crossing. The cemetery itself
is located after turning left in the village of Vlamertinge onto the Hugo
Verriestraat. This road crosses a railway and the main road N38, where
the name of the street changes to Bellestraat. The cemetery lies 200 metres
on the left hand side of the Bellestraat, after crossing the N38. Visitors
to this site should note a grassed access path which runs between two houses
on the street front and is unsuitable for vehicles.

Historical Information: For much of the First World War, Vlamertinghe
(now Vlamertinge) was just outside the normal range of German shell fire and
the village was used both by artillery units and field ambulances. Burials
were made in the original Military Cemetery until June 1917, when the New
Military Cemetery was begun in anticipation of the Allied offensive
launched on this part of the front in July. Although the cemetery continued in
use until October 1918, most of the burials are from July to December 1917.
The cemetery now contains 1,813 Commonwealth burials of the First World War.
The cemetery was designed by Sir Reginald Blomfield

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There are more family members involved in this awful time... I have not as yet colated their details.

BUT they are not forgotten. xxxxxx



xin

[iluleah]

That is lovely Xin

Hope you have also done and/or are doing your own life history, we tend to forget about ourselves when doing family history.

I have a file about me, such things in it is my voting card, copy of census returns filled in, a timeline of work, homes and photos of textile art I have done.

I realised that if someone was looking for me in years to come my life would be very confusing and it is likely to be hard to find me and very confusing if they did.

The only thing I would do additional was name the siblings instead of just saying "he had  two brothers and a sister" certainly if you know the information