Glew, corporal robert raf 35090 mention in despatches station leeming awarded as per london gazette dated 1 january 1945. Top american libraries canadian libraries universal library community texts project gutenberg biodiversity heritage library childrens library. He led a successful raid against the enemys trenches with great gallantry, captured five prisoners, and inflicted over fifty casualties. Within the gazette are notices covering, the granting of military commissions, military promotions, awards of many kinds and a few general entries of interest. A gripping continuation of the red wheel that continues thru the 12 march. Read london gazette newspaper archives, nov 18, 1703, p.
Page 40 1st jan 1917 military cross capt james rochekelly. The postage rate to places within the united kingdom, for each copy, if one halfpenny for the first 6 ozs. The gazette is registered at the general post office for transmission by inland postas a newspaper. Browse historical events, famous birthdays and notable deaths from jul 23, 1918 or search by date, day or keyword. Professor daniel mahoney will discuss march 1917 in relation to the red wheel as a whole that is august 1914, november 1916, the four books of march. The london gazette, supplements august 1914 january 1920. The london gazette london, england, 18251962 ancestry. During ww1, reports from commandersinchief were published in the gazette, as the bearer of official war office and ministry of defence events. The red wheel, node iii, book 1 the center for ethics. The london gazette a resource for family history research. This archive contains all london gazette editions from the war years 19141920, 19391948, and all london gazette honours and awards in the 20th century. The london gazette traces its origins back to king charles iis move from london to oxford during the plague of 1665. For conspicuous bravery and devotion to duty in that during the night of september 12 th 1917, during very heavy enemy shelling, when pieces of shell were striking the hospital, and one of the personnel was wounded she carried out her duties with the greatest courage and coolness. London gazette newspaper archives, nov 18, 1703, p.
The london gazette was first published by king charles ii in 1665, during the plague and became the official journal of the british government. Lawrence for conspicuous gallantry and devotion to duty during a raid on the enemys trenches. We use cookies to distinguish you from other users and to provide you with a better experience on our websites. The royal canadian regiment and the first world war 19141919 military medal m. After taking a leading part in the furious fighting on the right of the battalion objective he assisted. The gazette became the authoritative source of government and other news and is britains oldest continuously published newspaper. Temporary lieutenantcolonel harry douglas palmer, late financial. The gazette was published by authority by henry muddiman, and its first publication is noted by samuel pepys in his diary. As we know an approximate date of your grandfathers employment on the railways, we can look up the employment lists in the gazette. This is why i suggested an inforum tutorialdiscussion group so that, whenif a consensus is arrived at, then oc rafcommands can go to the lg and say these are the problems 1, 2, 3, etc, please sort it.
The london gazette is an official newspaper of the state and has been in existence since 1665. Part 1 of military medals london gazette index 1916 i have now completed indexing the military medals announced in the gazettes of 1917 with corrections as far as the end of 1918. Explore connecticut gazette newspaper archives to discover your ancestors lives. London gazette editions 2968031063 july 1916december 1918. The action of book 1 of four of march 1917 is set during march 812. Military medals index of 1917 london gazette reference.
Notice is hereby given, that the partnership lately subsisting between us, the undersigned, joseph fisher and hugh fisher, carrying on business as coal dealers and merchants, at 185, spendmorelane west, in coppull, in the county of. Sir douglas haig despatch, naval mentions in despatches, 0201 1917 29906 2nd supp. The edinburgh gazette first published in 1699, but with several breaks, has been published continuously from 1793 to the present day. Boyd, anna georgina, arrc acting sister, qaimns reserve london gazette 4 march 1918 7 ccs. While successful in the main, there can be anomalies when you search, due to the age and quality of what was scanned, as well as the limitations of the process. Search by multiple criteria to find exactly what you are looking for.
Activities and achievements of the war were detailed, with individuals mentioned in despatches mid. In formation found in the london gazette includes commissions and announcement concerning honours and awards. Notice is hereby given, that the partnership hereto fore subsisting between us the undersigned, richard wyatt and william frederick copland, carrying on business at 61, moorgatestreet, in the city of london, under the style or firm of wyatt, copland, and co. It hath been thought fit for satisfying the minds of so many of his majesties good subjects who must needs be concerned for the issue of so great an accident, to give this short, but true account of it. Its forerunner was the dublin gazette, first published in 1706, and from 1922 published under the title iris oifigiuil. The absorbing narrative tells the stories of more than fifty characters during the days when. This database contains issues of the london gazette historical background. March 1917 reexamines these tumultuous events and their consequences in a compelling new analysis. London gazette 17 october 1917 17 casualty clearing station. The mathematical gazette all issues cambridge core. Over time, along with providing notice of changes to laws and. Mason and saunders, cambridge road, mile end, dyersdawes and edwards, finch lane, corubill, shipagentsmower and smith oxford street and orchard street, upholsterersey les and sullen, ludgate street, lacemer chantsstocses. Search records of soldiers awards from the london gazette.
Search our connecticut gazette newspaper archive to learn more about the daily lives of your ancestors. The london gazette was first published as the oxford gazette on 7 november 1665. Notice is hereby given, that a separate building, named the bethleham independent chapel, situated at blaenavon, in the parish of llanover upper, in the county of monmouth, in the district of abergavenny, being a building. The london gazette claims to be the oldest surviving english newspaper and the oldest continuously published newspaper in the uk, having been first published on 7th. In russia the czar was forced from office, modified chaos reigned and the british and french were struggling to keep russia as an ally in the war with germany. The london gazette is one of the official journals of record of the british government, and the most important among such official journals in the united kingdom, in which certain statutory notices are required to be published. Lieutenantcolonel pownoll ramsay phipps, late civil secretary, sudan government. Page 18 1st jan 1917 to be brevet lt cols in reserve of officers maj temp lt col rc browneclayton, res of off, late hrs. December, 1891, and printed copies of the draft order, when deposited, and of the order when. This sergeant in the attack on malt trench, north of warlencourt on the night of the 1st2nd march, 1917, did splendid work. We are provincials no longer, declared woodrow wilson on march 5, 1917, at his second inauguration. Historicgazettes1917 federal register of legislation. Our expansive online newspaper archive is packed with local historic newspapers from all over america for you to research your genealogy.
Registered as a newspaper thursday, 12 april, 1951 air operations in south east asia from 1st june, 1944, to the occupation of rangoon, 2nd may, 1945 note. Charles ii and the royal court had moved to oxford to escape the great plague of london, and courtiers were unwilling to touch london newspapers for fear of contagion. Unbelievably comprehensive, this book explains in great but highly readable detail why march was the crucial month in the crucial year 1917. All issues of the mathematical gazette dr gerry leversha. The london gazette was first published in 1665, is the oldest, continuously published newspaper in the united kingdom. This archive contains all london gazette editions from the war years 19141920, 19391948, and all london gazette honours and awards in the 20 th century. The london gazette editions for 19141920 and for 19391948 are now online at.
The ordinary course of this paper having been interrupted by a sad and lamentable accident of fire lately happened in the city of london. The gazette search uses optical character recognition ocr to convert scanned documents into machine readable text format, so that your textbased searches show the most relevant results. The london gazette was the first to carry news of the trafalgar. London gazette entries for officers and men of the south. Page 193 4th jan 1917 mention in despatches, dated war office 2nd jan 1917, from d haig, general, commanderinchief the british armies in france, dated th nov 1916. August 20th 1917, during a bomb raid in which there were 68 casualties, including 14 deaths, this lady showed remarkable presence of mind and amid the darkness and confusion gathered together the staff of nursing sisters in an extraordinary short space of.
The publication is britains oldest continuously printed newspaper. In its first century of print, the gazette reported foreign and shipping news and official notices. During the 17th century, it was believed that national efficiency depended on the intelligence received by the crown and that the reckless publishing of news might endanger it. Details of new south wales railway employees are found in the government gazette of the state of new south wales in triennial lists eg, 1909,1912, 1915, 1918. He set a splendid example throughout the raid and was the last man to leave the enemys trench.