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Military Awards
Another Amble MM:
Morpeth Herald 2 April 1920: "Sergt. John Weddell, Northumberland Hussars, has been awarded the Military Medal for bravery on the field of battle. The exact incident which marked him out for a decoration was when on patrol duty in front of Epney, on the Somme front. The townspeople well appreciate his long and faithful service in the army and his gallant action." |
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Hauxley Military Medal
Have we got John Smailes yet?
Hauxley Military Medallist - Corporal Jack T Smailes, Northern Cyclist Battalion, has been awarded the Military Medal for Gallant conduct and good work with the Lewis Gun on June 5th, 1917. He Also received the Card of Honour for distinguished service on the battlefiels of Arras on Easter Monday 1917. Newcastle Journal 11 August 1917 It says Northern Cyclist Battalion but it will be with the Northumberland Fusiliers. |
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Possibly been a bunch of guys from Hauxley enlisting together into the Northern Cyclists?:
TWO HAUXLEY HEROES Recent communication from the front has brought sad news to two houses at Hauxley fishing village, and that news is that two cousins have paid the great penalty. These men are John Robert Taylor son of Mr Ben Taylor, and Lance-Corporal Harry Taylor, both belonging to the Northumberland Fisheries [sic Fusiliers?]. The former was killed in action on Easter Monday and the latter on 19th April. They both enlisted on 12th May 1915, joining the Cycle Corps, and both went out to France in 1916. where they have seen some desperate fighting, to which both fell on the above dates. John Robert Taylor was an athlete, and in the world of sport perhaps he excelled in the art of swimming, for which he held many prizes. Among the most important of these prizes was the Gray Challenge Cup, which he won at Alnwick about four years ago. He was at that time the best swimmer in a very wide district, and his handicap was seen to when the next year's gala event came off, which was a compliment to his prowess in the art. In addition to this he was a singer of no mean order and his fine bass voice was heard at many concerts in the district. These two heroes were esteemed to a great degree throughout the district. Morpeth Herald 04 May 1917 |
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Last edited by leslie; 30-07-2014 at 01:25 PM. |
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info not fully correct
Last edited by leslie; 30-07-2014 at 02:01 PM. Reason: error |
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The Northern Cyclist Brigade Was a unit in its own right with no affiliation to NF , DLI. . formed 1908,, Northern Cyclist Battalion
1/1st Battalion: Headquartered at the Drill Hall on Hutton Terrace, Sandyford Road, Newcastle upon Tyne, the battalion moved on mobilisation in early August 1914 to its pre-planned war station at Morpeth. By 1916 it had moved to nearby Alnwick where it remained as part of the Tyne Garrison. 2/1st Battalion: Formed in late 1914 as a second line unit. By 1916 was at Skegness and in June 1918 was at Burton Constable as part of the Humber Garrison. 3/1st Battalion: Formed in 1915 as a depot/training unit. Disbanded in March 1916 and its men posted to the 1/1st and 2/1st, with some going to the Machine Gun Corp |
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One of the books I use for sorting out the transitions between the old Volunteer Force and the new Territorial Force (1908 on) is Ray Westlake's "The Territorial Battalions, A Pictorial History 1859-1985"
But he's not clear on this one. In the Northumberland Fusiliers part of the book he states: Quote:
Then, in a separate section on the "Cyclists" he says: Quote:
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The label is perhaps wrong - may be they were Northumberland Fusiliers from 1908 - 10, I don't know! |
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one battalion went to Alnwick, |
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Oops, yes we have got him, but I stuck him under a Radcliffe thread And he was NF according to the Morpeth Herald.
Last edited by janwhin; 30-07-2014 at 08:35 PM. |
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Hauxley Taylors and Smailes
Definitely three amigos these Hauxley guys. They must have enlisted together as they have sequential army numbers in the Northern Cyclists Battalion; 1853, 1854, 1855. Casualty rate of 66.6% sadly for them.
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Who is the R. Smailes on the Radcliffe War Memorial?
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No idea what the Commonwealth War Graves website have done to their search facility. It's useless now.
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