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[rflory]

Tim Whitcombe wrote

Can you help me with Geoffrey Wallace Mitchell MILLER of the Royal Scots who went to Charterhouse about 1910

Major Geoffrey Wallace Mitchell Miller, Royal Scots
Born on 3 Jun 96, the elder son of William Mitchell
Educated at Charterhouse School from Summer 1910 to Summer 1914
The attended Trinity College, Cambridge in 1914
Served in Great War as Capt, 10th Bn, Royal Scots and Major, Durham Lt. Infy.
Once wounded, mentioned in despatches in LG 23 May 18, Military Cross
Married Jessie, elder daughter of James Thomson in 1921

Sources: Charterhouse Register, 1872 -1931; The War List of the University of Cambridge 1914-1919; Charterhouse in London; Service of Military Officers, 1920.

Dick

[Hindoo Stan]

Thank you Dick for a prompt reply. Very useful Indeed. Tim.

[Bob Coulson]

Dick,

If you have anything for Stoneyhurst College would really appreciate a look-up for Luigi Parisotti, Yorkshire Regt & Indian Army.

Bob.

[rflory]

Bob wrote:

If you have anything for Stoneyhurst College would really appreciate a look-up for Luigi Parisotti, Yorkshire Regt & Indian Army

Lieut. Luigi M. Parisotti
Attended Stonehurst School in 1900
Lieut. 3rd Bn, attd. 2nd Bn, The Yorkshire Regiment and 3rd Q. A. O. Gurkha Rifles, Indian Army.
Commissioned  as 2nd Lieut, Yorkshire Regiment on 2 Sep 15
Attached to Indian  Army on 2 Jun 16
Wounded July 1916
Served in France from 1915 to July 16 and in Macedonia from 916 to 30 Sep 18.

Regards.  Dick

[eve]

Hello Dick

Do you have anything on John Martin MC?  I know that he in mentioned in the Watsonians and Edinburgh University Roll of Honour and I would love to have a photograph.  His details are :-

Captain John Martin MC
"A" Coy. 8th/10th Bn. Gordon Highlanders
Died 09.04.1917
Aged 28

Thanks

Evelyn

[Bob Coulson]

Dick,

Many thanks for the Parisotti look-up, very grateful.

Bob.

[BULLDOGFOGG]

Schools look up please b4 i throw names at you:

Stancliffe Hall, Chesterfield
Shaftesbury, Dorset

Regards

Kevin

[rflory]

Evelyn wrote:

Do you have anything on John Martin MC? I know that he in mentioned in the Watsonians and Edinburgh University Roll of Honour and I would love to have a photograph.

Captain John Martin

Born in 1888, the son of Mr. J. Martin, SSC, of  10 Greenhill Park, Edinburgh
Educated at Malvern College (House Prefect, House XI Cricket and Football( and George Watson College where he gained a reputation for cricket, football and golf and played on the Watsonian XI in 1908
Studied Law at the University of Edinburgh from 1912-1914 (played on First XV and XI and was in the Infantry OTC)(Honours in Law).
Before the war he entered his father's business
Commissioned as a 2nd Lieut, 8th Service Bn, Gordon Highlanders in Aug 1914 (was the first Watsonian sportman to receive a commission)
Went to France in 1915
Received the MC for "a daring piece of work, and fell leading his men when held up by a storm of machine-gun and rifle fire."
KIA on 9 Apr 17.

I can provide two photos.  The first below is from the second listed source below.  The second, on the next page is from the first mentioned source.  

Sources: The Watsonian War Record, 1914-1918; University of Edinburgh Roll of Honour, 1914-1919; The Malvern College Register, 1865-1924.

Regards.  Dick Flory

Photo of John Martin from Source 2:

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[rflory]

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[rflory]

Kevin wrote:

Schools look up please b4 i throw names at you:
Stancliffe Hall, Chesterfield
Shaftesbury, Dorset

Kevin:  Unfortunately I do not have references for any of the schools you refer to.  Dick Flory

[eve]

Thank you so much for the photographs Dick.  I really really wanted to have them for the Remembrance Day service and you have come up trumps!

Thanks a million

Evelyn

[Myrtle]

Dick
Please would you check Captain Jack Oliver Cooper who was KiA at the age of 20 with the RFC,  21st July 1916. He attended Lockers Park Prep school in Hertfordshire  and then Harrow.
Regards
Myrtle

[rflory]

Myrtle wrote:

Please would you check Captain Jack Oliver Cooper who was KiA at the age of 20 with the RFC, 21st July 1916.

Jack Oliver Cooper
Youngest son of the late Sir Alfred Cooper and Lady Cooper of Ossemsley Manor, Christchurch, Hants
Educated at Harrow School form 1909 to 1913.
Was in Australia when the war started and immediately returned to England and joined the RFC
Officially listed as missing on 21 July 16 but later reported by Geneva Red Cross to have been shot down and killed on that day while on a bombing mission over enemy lines.

The photo below is from the first source.  Dick Flory


Sources: Harrow Memorials of the Great War, Volume IV; Harrow School Register, 1845 -1925; War Supplement to the Harrovian, December 1916.

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[Myrtle]

Dick
Thank you very much for the information. What an excellent photograph ! The reason for my request is explained in the "War in the Air" section under the heading "Captain JO Cooper."
Regards
Myrtle

[Gary Samson]

Hi Dick,

When you get a moment I'd be extremely grateful if you would see if you have anything on Lieutenant Colonel George Ambrose Congrieve WEBB of the Royal Munster Fusiliers. Educated at Chard, Somerset and the Royal Military College, Sandhurst. I already have a fairly detailed military biography but am particularly keen to know if you have a photograph of him.

Many thanks

Gary

[JulianB]

Dear Dick,
I'd be grateful if you have any information on a Capt Armar Leslie Auchinleck (KIA 17.9.1916) who was at Wellington College.
yours
Julian

[chrisharley9]

Please do you have anything for Great War King's School, Peterborough

All The Best

Chris

[rflory]

Gary wrote:  

I'd be extremely grateful if you would see if you have anything on Lieutenant Colonel George Ambrose Congrieve WEBB of the Royal Munster Fusiliers. Educated at Chard, Somerset and the Royal Military College, Sandhurst.

Gary:  Sorry, but I do not have a photo of Lt Col Webb.   Dick Flory

[rflory]

Chris wrote:

Please do you have anything for Great War King's School, Peterborough

Chris:  I do not have anything on King's School, Peterborough.  Dick Flory

[rflory]

Julian wrote:

I'd be grateful if you have any information on a Capt Armar Leslie Auchinleck (KIA 17.9.1916) who was at Wellington College.

Julian:  From the Wellington College Register, 1859-1948:

Auchinleck, Armar Leslie
Son of Col. J. C. A. Auchinleck, RA
Educated at Wellington School from 1899-1905
In the Militia in 1907
Asst Resident in North Nigeria in 1911
Served in Great War from 1914-1916 with the Cameronians attached to the Machine Gun Corps
KIA in 1916
Regards.  Dick Flory

[Gary Samson]

Gary:  Sorry, but I do not have a photo of Lt Col Webb.   Dick Flory

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Thanks for looking, Dick. Much appreciated.

Gary

[JulianB]

Dick,
Thanks very much. It adds a little to what I know of him. Just for completeness, I'd be grateful for the full bibliographic ref to your Wellington College Registrar.
Thanks
Julian

[rflory]

Julian wrote:  

Just for completeness, I'd be grateful for the full bibliographic ref to your Wellington College Registrar.

Wellington College Register, Seventh Edition, January 1859-December 1948, compiled for The Old Wellington Society.  Frome, Somerset:  Butler and Tanner, Ltd., 1951.

[chrisharley9]

Chris wrote:

Chris:  I do not have anything on King's School, Peterborough.  Dick Flory

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thanks for the answer anyway

All The Best

Chris

[JulianB]

Thanks Dick,
what p. was Auchinleck.
Important because, apart from his entry in the Army Lists, there is nothing else, there does not seem to be a surviving service file at the NA.
thanks
J