Albert James Adamthwaite YELLOW line

(source CWGC) (source attestation papers)

Lance Corporal in Canadian Infantry – Saskatchewan Regiment (no 13408)

[height 5’ 8½”, chest 37”, hair black, eyes brown, complexion swarthy]

Killed in action – buried at Longuenesse, St Omer, France 6 jun 1915 age 25

 Son of Marriner and Mary (Rutt) born 1890

Arthur M Adamthwaite

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(source US WWI draft registration)

Applied 5 jul 1917 in Burleson Texas.  Occupation Justice of the Peace, born 17 sep 1887 Texas

Son of James T Adamthwaite and Maggie (Bains)

Arthur T Adamthwaite

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(source WW1 Campaign Medals)

Private in Suffolk Regiment (no 43657)

Son of Edward Thomas and Kate (Firby)? Born 1892 died 1934

Bertie A Adamthwaite ORANGE line

(source WW1 Campaign Medals)

Acting Corporal in Durham Light Infantry (no 9/6100)

Son Thomas Bryan and Alice (Turnpenny) born 1879 died 1969

Cecil Augusta Adamthwaite

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(Source US WWI Draft Registration)

Applied 12 sep 1918 in Burleson Texas. Occupation farmer, born 5 jan 1884, gave mother Maggie as next of kin

Son of James T Adamthwaite and Maggie (Bains) 

Charles G Adamthwaite YELLOW line

(source WW1 Campaign Medals)

Gunner in Royal Field Artillery (no 97767)

Son of Charles and Celia (Gordge) born 1893, died 1944

Cyril E Adamthwaite YELLOW line

(source WW1 Campaign Medals)

Gunner in Royal Garrison Artillery (no 67057)

Son of Charles and Celia (Gordge) born 1895 died 1969

Edward Adamthwaite

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(source WW1 pension docs) injured by shrapnel in France (source WWI medal card)

Private in South Wales Borderers (no 35714  T/384408) Enlisted 16 nov 1915 aged 30, mother was Susan (Bosher?) – previous occ Pawnbrokers asst, employer Bosher Lived in Clapham (reg no. 384408 [height 5’ 1½ weight 106 lbs, chest 34”]

Son of Edward and Susan (Bosher) born 1885 died 1965 

Frank Vipond Adamthwaite junior

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(source US WWI draft registration cards)

Applied 12 sep 1918 in Jersey City, occ. Teacher in public school, born 1900

Son of Frank Vipond and Sarah (Scott)

Frederick Adamthwaite OLIVE line

(source WW1 Campaign Medals) (source CWGC)

Private in East Yorkshire Regiment (no 15337)

Died following wounds – buried at Crook Cemetery, Co Durham, England on  25 June 1915 age 23

Son of James Adamthwaite and Ann (Carter) born 1892

Geo Wm Adamthwaite VIOLET line

(source WW1 Campaign Medals)

Driver in Royal Field Artillery (no 1563)

son of William and Elizabeth (Carr) born Leeds 1895 died 1981

George Adamthwaite

(source WW1 Campaign Medals)

Private in West Riding Regiment (no 16995)

Don’t know who this is – medal card says dec’d but does not tie in with any deaths on CWGC

George Adamthwaite

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(source Nat Archives of Australia) enlisted NewcastleNSW, next of kin Mary Jane Adamthwaite. Service no 2860. Served in 46^th battalion – was injured at Etaples and shipped to England, subsequently discharged as unfit and returned to Sydney in 1917  - see copies of records

Son of William Adamthwaite and Mary (Houghton) Born 1896 in Merewether, NSW, Australia, George died in 1927 as a result of his war wounds

Gordon Benjamin Adamthwaite

(source Nat Archives of Australia) service no 6216, enlisted 9 may1916 at Ballarat, Victoria, next of kin father Christopher Adamthwaite, born Waterloo, Vic – see service papers.  Served at Etaples, but was returned to England suffering from trench fever.

Born ~1894, son of Christopher and Emily (Newling), died 1946

Harold Adamthwaite YELLOW line

(Source WW1 Campaign Medals)

Private in Middlesex Regiment (no 265829)

Son of Charles and Celia (Gordge) born 1898, died 1985

Henry Thomas Adamthwaite

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(source WW1 pension docs) injured and (WWI Campaign Medals)

Gunner in Royal Garrison Artillery (no 51526)

Enlisted 9 nov 1914 age 23 occ French polisher.  Gave next of kin as brother Frederick James of New Cross and wife Dora of Southall

[height 5’ 8¾ weight 140lbs, chest 36½]

Son of James and Louisa (Weston), Acc to death cert he was born 7 apr 1890 and died 1972

Holderness Adamthwaite OLIVE line

(source Nat Achives of Australia)(source CWGC) Private in Australian Infantry, AIF (no 5646) enlisted Bendigo, Victoria, next of kin brother A E Adamthwaite – see papers

Missing in action – his name is recorded at Ypres on the Menin Gate Memorial on 26 sep 1917Son of Joseph and Emma (Smith) born 1880 Quambatook in Victoria, Australia

Hugh Augustus Adamthwaite

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(source London Gazette) 3^rd Wessex Brigade

Hugh Augustus Adamthwaite to be Second Lieutenant, 11 sep 1914.  Resigns his commission on grounds of ill health October 1915.

Son of John Adamthwaite and Marion (Master) born 1888, died 1961

John Adamthwaite

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(source WW1 pension docs) (source WWI Campaign medals)

Driver in Royal Field Artillery (no 127465)

Enlisted 30 nov 1915 age 25 , occ postman in Leeds

[height 5’ 3” , weight 116 lbs, chest 35”]

son of William Greenbank and Elizabeth (Carr) born in Leeds in 1890 and died in 1972 – shown right with his wife Maggie and their daughter Rhoda 

John Adamthwaite TURQUOISE line

(source WW1 Campaign Medals) (source CWGC)

Gunner, then Bombadier in Royal Field Artillery (no 8340) Theatre of war, France and Flanders. Killed in action – buried at Wancourt Cemetery, France on 11 April 1917

Son of William and Mary Ann (Watson) b 1894

John Adamthwaite

VIOLET line

(source WW1 Campaign Medals) (source CWGC)

Private in Duke of Wellington’s West Riding Regiment (no 16995) Formerly T4/275583 Royal Army Service Corps. Theatre of war, France and Flanders.Missing in action – his name is recorded on Tyne Cot Memorial, Zonnebeke, Belgium  on 11 apr 1918 age 22

Son Thomas and Ellen (Walker) b 1896

John William Everard Adamthwaite

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(source London Gazette) Army Service Corps, Prov. Brigade Trains, 2^nd Lt to be temp Lt,  May 1916.  2^nd Lt to be temp Capt , Oct 1916. To be Captain, Jan 1918.

son of Wm Lupton and Blanche (Buckworth) Born 1891 died 1953 

John W Adamthwaite  ?BLUE line

(source WW1 Campaign Medals)

Private in Tank Corps (no 69500)

This could be John William, son John Wm and Ada (Clark) born 1899, died 1939 

John W Adamthwaite ?BLUE line

(source WW1 Campaign Medals)

Private in Royal Irish Rifles (no 2/54031)

Could this be John William Henry Adamthwaite, son of John William and Esther (Fletcher)? He was born 1879 and died 1940

Lionel W Adamthwaite ORANGE line

(source WW1 Campaign Medals)

Driver in Royal Field Artillery Transport (no 815060)

Son John Alexander and Leeanna (Fairey) born 1894, died 1979 

Mark Adamthwaite

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(source US WWI draft registration)

Applied 5 jul 1918 in Brooklyn, NY.  Occ labourer at Westsinder and Jackson, born 21 dec 1894 in London

Son of Mark Adamthwaite and Mary (Glyn)

Percy Norman Adamthwaite

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(source WW1 pension docs)(see WW1 Campaign Medals)

Private in 5^th London regiment (no 5296)

Enlisted 23 aug 1916 age 34 occ Insurance clerk [height 5’ 6” weight 138lbs chest 35½]

Son William Norman and Maria (Williams) born 1882, died 1939 

Thomas E Adamthwaite  OLIVE line

(source WW1 Campaign Medals)

Private in West Yorkshire regiment (no 43230)

Possibly son of Richard and Mary (Longhorn), born 1897 died 1971 

Thomas Michael Adamthwaite

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(source US WWI draft registration)

Applied sep 12 1918 Brooklyn NY, occupation asst mechanic, die casting. Gave mother Mary as next of kin and lived at same address as Mark above.

Son of Mark Adamthwaite and Mary (Glyn)

Walter Adamthwaite

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No evidence of service, but in photo he is in uniform

Son of William Greenbank Adamthwaite and Elizabeth (Carr), born 1892 died 1972 (shown with his first wife Emily (Stockdale)

William Adamthwaite VIOLET line

(source WW1 Campaign Medals)

Private in Royal North Lancashire Regiment (no 36991)

This could be the son of William and Martha (Bateson) born 1889, died 1920