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In Flanders Fields by John McCrae

Published in Punch Magazine 8 December 1915

My 155 military family members who died in Service to their countries.

Thank you - I live free because of your sacrifice.

World War I - 1914 – 1918

96 Family members killed in action.

Name & Rank

Death Date

Death Location

Service

Relationship to me

Leonard George Watkins Col

February 3 1914

At Sea

British Army

husband of paternal 2nd cousin, 4x removed

Alexander Patrick Frances Lyon Lieut

August 26 1914

France

British Army

paternal 3rd cousin, 4x removed

Charles Francis Beevor Lieut

November 5 1914

France

Royal Navy Air Service

paternal 7th cousin, 2x removed

Robert Randall Egerton Lieut

November 15 1914

Belgium

British Army

paternal 3rd cousin, 2x removed

George Samuel Wright Pte

November 21 1914

France

British Army

maternal 2nd cousin, 3x removed

George Henry Dempster Capt

December 20 1914

France

Indian Army

paternal 1st cousin, 2x removed

Gilbert Wilmott Pte

December 21 1914

England

Royal Field Artillery

maternal 2nd cousin, 3x removed

Charles Glass Playfair Laidlaw Pte

April 3 1915

France

British Army

paternal 3rd cousin, 3x removed

Lyon George Henry Lyon Playfair Capt

April 20 1915

Belgium

Royal Artillery

paternal 2nd cousin, 3x removed

Charles Gawain Raleigh Hunter Lieut

April 25 1915

Belgium

British Army

paternal 3rd cousin, 2x removed

Frederick Seymour Pte

May 6 1915

Turkey

British Army

maternal 3rd cousin, 2x removed

Charles Sydney Ellis Bartlett RN

May 13 1915

At Sea

Royal Navy

maternal 3rd cousin, 2x removed

Arthur Ernest Meredith Cpl

May 23 1915

France

British Army

husband of maternal 2nd cousin, 3x removed

Frederick Seymour Pte

May 6 1915

Turkey

British Army

maternal 3rd cousin, 2x removed

Charles Sydney Ellis Bartlett RN

May 13 1915

At Sea

Royal Navy

maternal 3rd cousin, 2x removed

Arthur Ernest Meredith Cpl

May 23 1915

France

British Army

husband of maternal 2nd cousin, 3x removed

Frederic Reginald Hawley LCpl

July 30 1915

Belgium

British Army

husband of paternal 3rd cousin, 3x removed

Arthur Thomas Fox LCpl

September 21 1915

France

British Army

maternal 4th cousin, 3x removed

John Bates Pte

December 13 1915

France

British Army

husband of maternal 4th cousin, 3x removed

Charles Godfrey Beane Pte

January 14 1916

England

British Army

maternal 5th cousin, 2x removed

Reginald Augustine Jermy Gwyn Lieut

March 3 1916

France

British Army

paternal 4th cousin, 1x removed

Frederick Albert Alabaster Pte

April 6 1916

France

British Army

maternal 2nd cousin, 3x removed

Wilfred Bartholomew Price Lieut

May 31 1916

At Sea

Royal Navy

paternal 2nd cousin, 3x removed

Ernest John Lindley Pte

July 2 1916

France

British Army

maternal 4th cousin, 2x removed

Nevill Herbert Pratt Capt

July 8 1916

France

British Army

paternal 2nd cousin, 2x removed

Herbert Horace Attewell Pte

July 9 1916

Belgium

Canadian Army

maternal 4th cousin, 3x removed

James Tebbutt Pte

July 14 1916

France

British Army

husband of maternal 2nd cousin, 3x removed

Walter Birbeck Douthwaite Pte

July 15 1916

France

British Army

maternal 3rd cousin, 4x removed

Henry Septimus Painter Lieut

July 29 1916

Europe

British Army

paternal 1st cousin, 3x removed

Robert Forman Guthrie Capt

August 9 1916

France

British Army

paternal 3rd cousin, 3x removed

George Nelson Atkinson Pte

September 15 1916

France

Canadian Army

paternal 5th cousin, 2x removed

Edward Jermy Jephson Capt

September 15 1916

France

British Army

paternal 3rd cousin, 2x removed

John Gilbert Kennedy Lieut

September 15 1916

France

British Army

paternal 1st cousin, 2x removed

Roland Playfair Campbell Lt-Col MD

September 16 1916

France

Canadian Army

paternal 3rd cousin, 3x removed

Ernest Stockton Jonah Pte

September 28 1916

France

Canadian Army

paternal 6th cousin, 2x removed

Frederick Stanley Peters Pte

October 3 1916

France

Canadian Army

paternal 5th cousin, 3x removed

William George James Goodrum Pte

October 29 1916

France

British Army

maternal 3rd cousin, 2x removed

Bertram Alabaster Pte

November 18 1916

France

British Army

maternal 2nd cousin, 3x removed

Ralph Grenfell Hill Lieut

February 20 1917

Tanzania

British Army

paternal 4th cousin, 2x removed

William Taylor Pte

March 9 1917

France

British Army

maternal 2nd cousin, 2x removed

Vernon Savile Beevor Lieut.

March 10 1917

France

British Army

paternal half 2nd cousin, 2x removed

Harold Egbert Atkinson Pte

April 9 1917

France

Canadian Army

paternal 5th cousin, 2x removed

Charles William Soper Pte

April 12 1917

Europe

British Army

husband of maternal 1st cousin, 4x removed

Edward Edwin Harold Alabaster Pte

April 21 1917

Belgium

New Zealand Army

maternal 3rd cousin, 2x removed

Edward Harold Alabaster Pte

April 21 1917

France

New Zealand Army

maternal 3rd cousin, 2x removed

Swainston Cecil Harrison Pte

April 21 1917

England

British Army

paternal great uncle

Charles Sealy King Lieut

May 1 1917

France

British Army

paternal 4th cousin, 3x removed

Mountney Coesvelt William Kortright Lieut

May 21, 1917

France

British Army

paternal 4th cousin, 1x removed

Edwin William Simpson Pte

May 30 1917

England

Canadian Army

maternal 3rd cousin, 2x removed

Henry Jephson Hilary Lieut

June 3 1917

France

British Army

paternal 3rd cousin, 3x removed

Benjamin Edward Kaine Pte.

June 9 1917

France

Canadian Army

husband of paternal 6th cousin, 1x removed

Alick Charles Carter Pte

June 21 1917

France

British Army

husband of maternal 2nd cousin, 3x removed

Walter James Goodrum Pte

June 29 1917

France

British Army

maternal 3rd cousin, 2x removed

Clarence Henry Simpson Pte

July 3 1917

France

British Army

maternal 3rd cousin, 2x removed

Thomas Geoffrey Rawstorne Maj

July 31 1917

France

British Army

paternal 4th cousin, 4x removed

James Stuart D'Aurerque Innes Lieut

August 5 1917

Germany

British Army

paternal 2nd cousin, 3x removed

Albert Samuel Twitchett Pte

August 12 1917

Belgium

British Army

husband of maternal 2nd cousin, 3x removed

Robert Archibald Colpitts Pte

August 15 1917

France

Canadian Army

paternal 6th cousin, 2x removed

Frederick James Brabben Pte

August 28 1917

Belgium

British Army

maternal 3rd cousin, 3x removed

Cyril Henry Harrison Lieut

September 6 1917

Belgium

British Army

paternal 1st cousin, 2x removed

William Alfred Chapman Pte

October 13 1917

Belgium

British Army

maternal 3rd cousin, 2x removed

Stephen Dunn Hutchison Pte

October 31 1917

France

Canadian Army

paternal 5th cousin, 2x removed

Charles H Lyon Lieut

November 7 1917

Palestine

Australian Army

paternal 3rd cousin, 3x removed

Guthrie Stuart Colpitts Pte

November 8 1917

Belgium

Canadian Army

paternal 5th cousin, 3x removed

Walter Sibbald Laidlaw Lieut

November 23 1917

France

Royal Engineers

paternal 3rd cousin, 3x removed

Robert Frederick Peel Pte

November 30 1917

France

British Army

husband of maternal 4th cousin, 3x removed

Edward William Bell Lieut

December 8 1917

Israel

British Army

paternal 4th cousin, 2x removed

Sydney George Ellis Pte

December 9 1917

France

British Army

maternal 2nd cousin, 3x removed

Thomas Frederick Capt.

December 14 1917

France

British Army

paternal half 2nd cousin, 2x removed

Leonard Fradley Gnr

March 21 1918

France

Royal Field Artillery

paternal 3rd cousin, 2x removed

Digby Mounteney Starkey Pte

March 21 1918

France

British Army

maternal 1st cousin, 2x removed

Philip William Robert Rixon Baker Pte

March 24 1918

France

British Army

husband of maternal 4th cousin, 2x removed

Gordon Clifford Hooper Pte

April 5 1918

Belgium

British Army

maternal 1st cousin, 3x removed

Henry Samuel Goodrum Pte

April 14 1918

France

British Army

maternal 3rd cousin, 2x removed

Charles Horace Fox Pte

April 15 1918

Belgium

British Army

maternal 4th cousin, 3x removed

George William Wyville Thomson SSgt

April 24 1918

France

Australian Army

paternal 1st cousin, 2x removed

Edward Pergrine Pell Edmunds Lieut

May 18 1918

France

Royal Garrison Artillery

husband of maternal 4th cousin, 3x removed

Charles Robert Ashley Webster Gnr

May 30 1918

France

Royal Garrison Artillery

husband of maternal 4th cousin, 3x removed

George Ernest Ellis Pte

June 30 1918

France

British Army

maternal 3rd cousin, 3x removed

Clarke Foster Colpitts Sgt

August 8 1918

France

Canadian Army

paternal 5th cousin, 3x removed

James Wallace Alexander Gnr

August 8 1918

France

Canadian Army

paternal 3rd cousin, 3x removed

William Ernest Alabaster RAF

August 28 1918

France

Royal Air Force

maternal 3rd cousin, 2x removed

Philip West Biggs Pte

August 30 1918

France

British Army

maternal 2nd cousin, 3x removed

Vere Arthur Kelf Ellis Pte

September 12 1918

Mesopotamia (now Iran)

British Army

maternal 2nd cousin, 3x removed

Francis Norton Pratt Capt

September 18 1918

Europe

British Army

paternal 2nd cousin, 2x removed

William Jermy Jephson Lieut

September 26 1918

France

Canadian Army

paternal 3rd cousin, 2x removed

Henry Dawson Atkinson Pte

September 27 1918

Belgium

Canadian Army

paternal 5th cousin, 2x removed

Charles Robert Reeves Hickey Capt

October 3 1918

Belgium

Canadian Army

paternal 3rd cousin, 2x removed

Freeman Silas Atkinson Spr

October 7 1918

At Sea

Canadian Army

paternal 5th cousin, 2x removed

Herbert Horace Alabaster Pte

October 11 1918

Belgium

British Army

maternal 2x Gt Uncle

Robert Henry Douthwaite Pte

October 17 1918

France

British Army

maternal 3rd cousin, 4x removed

Brian Raleigh Egerton Lieut

October 23 1918

Europe

British Army

paternal 3rd cousin, 2x removed

Albert Alfred Bloom Pte

October 25 1918

France

British Army

husband of maternal 3rd cousin, 3x removed

Frank Fenning Fuller Kidson Pte

October 30 1918

England

South Africa Medical Corps

husband of maternal 4th cousin, 2x removed

Nathaniel George Dobson Lieut

November 17 1918

France

British Army

maternal 2nd cousin, 3x removed

Allen Steele Patterson Pte

December 31, 1918

England

Canadian Army

paternal 5th cousin, 2x removed


Name & Rank

Death Date

Death Location

Service

Relationship To Me

Anthony Richard Playfair Lieut

September 5 1939

England

Royal Air Force

paternal 2nd cousin, 3x removed

William Arthur Hayden Playfair FLieut

September 10 1939

England

Royal navy Air Corps

paternal 3rd cousin, 3x removed

Victor George Gilham RN

November 1 1940

At Sea

Royal Navy

maternal 2nd cousin, 3x removed

Arthur Melville Playfair Lieut

April 15 1941

East Africa

British Army

paternal 2nd cousin, 3x removed

Spencer Edwin Halfnight RN

December 10 1941

China

Royal Navy

maternal 3rd cousin, 2x removed

Leverette John Trites Pte

December 21 1941

Hong Kong

Canadian Army

paternal 6th cousin, 2x removed

John William Colpitts FltSgt

January 3 1942

Europe

Canadian Air Force

paternal 7th cousin, 1x removed

Jan Gordon Mackey Cadet

January 26 1942

At Sea

Canadian  Merchant Marine

paternal 5th cousin, 2x removed

Vaughan Alton Colpitts Seaman

May 28 1942

At Sea

Canadian  Merchant Marine

paternal 6th cousin, 1x removed

Bernard Emmet McNally Spr

July 9 1942

England

Canadian Army

husband of paternal 5th cousin, 2x removed

Frank Claud Legood Pte

August 22 1942

England

British Army

maternal 1st cousin, 3x removed

Rodney Edward Breavington Pte

September 2 1942

Singapore

Australian Army

paternal 3rd cousin, 1x removed

Frank Hewitt Mark Blyther Pte

September 25 1942

Egypt

British Army

maternal 4th cousin, 3x removed

Lloyd Robertson Mann Flt Ofc

December 21 1942

France

Canadian Air Force

paternal 7th cousin, 1x removed

Gerald Austin Magee RCAF

February 1 1943

Canada

Canadian Air Force

paternal 6th cousin, 1x removed

Cyprian Francis Thurlow Baker Col OBE

February 5 1943

Middle East

British Army

husband of paternal 3rd cousin, 1x removed

Lloyd Edward Briggs RCAF

23 March 1943

Yarmouth NS

RCAF

paternal 5th cousin, 2x removed

James Alfred George Pitkin MM

April 2 1943

At Sea

British Merchant Marine

maternal 1st cousin, 2x removed

Ernest Seymour Nickerson MM

April 3 1943

At Sea

British Merchant Marine

maternal 3rd cousin, 2x removed

Philip Raymond Hall Sgt

April 11 1943

Europe

Royal Air Force

maternal 5th cousin, 1x removed

John Vincent Boardman Pte

April 12 1943

unknown

Australian Army

paternal 2nd cousin, 2x removed

Patrick Langston Brougham-Faddy Sgt

April 17 1943

France

Royal Air Force

paternal 4th cousin, 1x removed

Thomas Lubbock Beevor Cmdr Sir

April 29 1943

Europe

Royal Navy Air Corps

Half seond cousin, 2x removed

Dennis William Suffling Sgt

May 1 1943

At Sea

Royal Air Force

maternal 3rd cousin, 2x removed

Robert Dobson Biggs Jr Pte

July 2 1943

Singapore

British Army

maternal 3rd cousin, 2x removed

Herbert Thomas Attewell Pte

August 2 1943

Thailand

British Army

maternal 5th cousin, 2x removed

Charles Raymond Farman FltSgt

November 27 1943

England

Royal Air Force

maternal 5th cousin, 1x removed

Charles Sumner Lund Hertzberg Maj-Gen

January 10 1944

India

Canadian Army

husband of paternal 3rd cousin, 3x removed

Kenneth Frank Cornwell Flt Ofc

January 29 1944

Germany

Royal Air Force

maternal 5th cousin, 1x removed

Reginald Spencer Tpr

May 27 1944

Myanmar

British Army

paternal 4th cousin, 4x removed

Gerald Eleazer Friedlander Pte

July 7 1944

France

British Army

maternal 5th cousin, 1x removed

Ralph Alexander Maltby Lieut.

September 17 1944

Holland

British Army

paternal 3rd cousin, 2x removed

Clarence C Colpitts Pte

October 4 1944

Italy

US Army

paternal 6th cousin, 1x removed

Lawrence Graham Murray Hall SLieut

November 1 1944

Netherlands

British Army

paternal 4th cousin, 2x removed

Brian Kenneth Barstow Lieut

November 11 1944

Europe

New Zealand Air Force

paternal 4th cousin, 1x removed

John Derek Dempster Cpl

November 13 1944

Italy

British Army

paternal 2nd cousin, 2x removed

James Neil Atkinson RCAF

November 21 1944

England

RCAF

paternal 5th cousin, 2x removed

Basil Snowball Stillman Tpr

December 6 1944

Holland

Canadian Army

paternal 6th cousin, 1x removed

Gerard E. Cameron SSgt

December 9 1944

unknown

US Army

husband of paternal 6th cousin, 2x removed

David Douglas Hunter Pte

February 7 1945

Germany

US Army

paternal 4th cousin, 1x removed

Hupert Ivan Lutes Cpl

February 26 1945

Germany

Canadian Army

husband of paternal 5th cousin, 2x removed

Ian Malcolm Macphee RAF

March 22 1945

Germany

Royal Air Force

maternal 3rd cousin, 2x removed

Leigh Stanley McBeath Tpr

April 21 1945

Germany

Canadian Army

paternal 6th cousin, 2x removed

Maurice Colpitts Jr Pte

May 9 1945

Japan

US Marine Corps

paternal 7th cousin, 1x removed

Thomas James Heslop Pte

1945

Europe

British Army

husband of 3rd cousin, 2x removed

World War II - 1939 – 1945

45 Family members killed in action.

Other Wars & Conflicts

28 Family members killed in action.

Name & Rank

Death Date

Death Location

Service

Relationship To Me

William Sutherland Capt

September 30 1789

Grenada

British Army

paternal 5x great grandfather

John Glass Capt

April 6 1793

Malaysia

British Army

paternal 5x great uncle

Edward Rawstorne Maj-Gen

July 7 1801

India

British Army

paternal 5x great grandfather

Lawrence Rawstorne Lt-Col

October 16 1805

India

British Army

paternal 6x great uncle

Thomas Ward Howard Capt

December 24 1807

India

British Army

husband of paternal 5x great aunt

Henry Clinton Sutherland Capt

December 16 1904

at sea

British Army

paternal 5x great uncle

Charles Porteous Maj

April 8 1816

India

British Army

husband of paternal 1st cousin, 6x removed

Robert Rayner Young Capt

July 14 1819

India

British Army

husband of paternal 4x great aunt

George Best Wardell Capt

September 18 1826

Myanmar

British Army

paternal 2nd cousin, 5x removed

John Hickey Capt

June 19 1839

India

British Army

paternal 3x great grandfather

Sydney Lloyd Horton Lieut

May 20 1844

India

British Army

paternal 5th cousin, 6x removed

George Wickens Willes Capt

October 26 1847

At Sea

Royal Navy

husband of paternal 3rd cousin, 5x removed

Charles Dempster Lieut

June 27 1857

India

Bengal Artillery

paternal 3x great uncle

Hugh Arthur Playfair Ens

December 31 1848

Pakistan

British Army

paternal 1st cousin, 5x removed

Charles Edmund Hickey Maj

September 10 1852

India

British Army

paternal 1st cousin, 4x removed

Thomas Frederick Nicolay Capt

January 8 1853

Myanmar

British Army

husband of paternal 1st cousin, 4x removed

William Alexander George Hickey Capt

October 17 1855

India

British Army

paternal 1st cousin, 4x removed

Robert Haldane Playfair Lieut

January 3 1865

Argentina

British Army

paternal 1st cousin, 5x removed

Charles Denis Potts Lieut.

March 29 1866

England

British Army

paternal 3x great uncle

Henry Charles George Potts Capt

April 26 1897

India

British Army

paternal 1st cousin, 3x removed

Clarence Edward Lees Lieut

June 13 1898

India

British Army

paternal 1st cousin, 3x removed

Thomas Hugh Berney Capt

February 18 1900

South Africa

British Army

paternal 6th cousin, 3x removed

Mounteney Kortright Lieut

June 21 1900

South Africa

British Army

paternal 3rd cousin, 3x removed

George Frederick Horace Dillon Lt-Col CB

September 29 1906

At Sea

British Army

husband of paternal 2nd cousin, 2x removed

John Playfair Chrystal Lieut

September 23 1933

Canada

Canadian Army

paternal 3rd cousin, 3x removed

William Douglas Atkinson Lieut

November 7 1936

Canada

Canadian Army

paternal 5th cousin, 2x removed

John Reedham Erskine Berney Lieut

July 24 1952

Korea

British Army

paternal 8th cousin, 1x removed

Gerard Balfour Meynell Lieut

May 3 1953

Korea

Canadian Army

paternal 7th cousin