July 2022 - Veterans of World War I

Question

This month’s Bio Builders Challenge theme is Veterans of World War I.

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Here's our checklist:

Data Section:

• birth date/place
• names of parents
• marriage date/place and spouse name
• names of children, if any
• death date/place

Biography Section:

• Written (full) sentences stating the facts above, adding inline sources to each fact.
• Is the profile '''Genealogically Defined?'''
• As a general rule biographies should be in your own words. Paraphrase and rewrite, don't copy/paste.
• Baptism, burial, military, and other life events with inline sources.
• Something to "humanize" the person, such as career or avocation with sources.
• List of children with at least one pertinent fact.
• Some list siblings. (I think this takes up real estate.)
• Explanatory remarks, if needed (e.g. disputed persons information, Research Notes, whatever needs extra explaining).
• Photos or pictures, background. Not a must, but nice (you need to own the copyright unless they are in the public domain).
• Categories.
• Connection to the Global Tree.
• All duplicates merged or initiated.
• Links to persons and events, perhaps from Wikipedia.
• Historical context as related to the person's life.
• Sources, Sources, Sources.

You can see some ideas on where to find some of this information on the Biography Builders space page.

Use "comments" below to ask questions.

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Comments

Family search has recently added (this month) lots of military rosters. So it's absolutely worth looking there if you haven't looked in the last week.

Answer 1

This will be a toughie...I am assuming veterans means survivors who fought during world war one? A lot of my family worked at the munitions factories at Woolwich Arsenal instead of serving in the armed forces.

1. Walter Henry Gordon Mitchell served in The Buffs from 1907-1923
2. John Alexander Granger was killed in action in 1917
3. William John Phillpott not sure if he counts as he was a clerk at the gun factory at Woolwich Arsenal from at least 1910 until his death.
4. Francis Robert Curnick served in the Royal Army Medical Corps from 1915-1919. Awarded the Silver War medal
5. Bertie Victor Ruffus aka Albert Victor Rufus served in the City of London Reserve Battalion of the Territorial Force, then the London Regiment (Finsbury  Rifles)
6. Thomas Curnick served in the Royal Field Artillery
7. George Curnick served in the 1st Battalion of the South Wales Borderers, died in combat.
8. Ronald Curnick served in the Royal Army Service Corps (Expeditionary Force Canteen Section)
9. Joseph Oxbrough served in the Royal Garrison Artillery

Answer 2

I'll see if I have any.

Answer 3

I completed one.

1. John Leroy Dobson served in the 11th Infantry Company 3 Development Battalion from 27 Apr 1918 to 23 Oct 1918.

Answer 4

I think I can come up with a few.

1. Andre Ulgere Rivette, Private, U.S. Army, Field Artillery, France
2. William Wells Bjorkgren, Private, U.S. Army, Infantry, France
3. Leonard Rivet, Private, U.S. Army, Infantry, France
4. Charles Edward Steidtmann, U.S. Naval Reserve, Carpenter's Mate
5. Earl Coles, U.S. Navy, Seaman, Chesapeake Bay and Philadelphia
6. Clifford Wilton Murray, Private, U.S. Army, Chemical Warfare, New Jersey
7. Alexandre Reule Rivette, Private, U.S. Army, Engineer (railroads and bridges), France
8. Charles Richard Murray, PFC, U.S. Army, Coast Artillery Corps, France
9. John Murray, U.S. Navy, Seaman, USS Mississippi, training exercises
10. James Alphio Rivet, PFC, U.S. Army, Infantry, France
11. Charles Owen Rivet, U.S. Navy, Machinist Mate, USS Nebraska (convoy escort)
12. Samuel Dewey Rivette, claimed to be a WWI vet on 1930 census, but no records found.
13. Martin Wilmont Rivet, U.S. Army, Medical Dept., France

Answer 5

I'm ruled out on this one since I've yet to crack the code of inline sources. I can't seem to wrap my head around all those brackets and vertical lines. I know I'll get them wrong and just upset people. I was fine with footnotes in high school and college, but I can't seem to find any rhyme or reason to these symbols and find the resulting bios very cluttered with numbers midsentence.

Answer 6

I have two that come to mind right away, but they are both fairly complete at this point. Having said that, I expect I can find something to do that will improve them.  They are: William Arthur Shaules (who also served in the Spanish American War) and Joseph Kerrigan who was "gassed" during WWI. That incident eventually was what led to his early death.

Answer 7

I am in, not sure how many I can do as travelling and will have no internet for a couple of weeks. I have several in my tree but most are done or almost done, so will review to double check.

There are a few on the https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Project:The_Great_War_1914-1918 who have no details if anyone wants to look at these.

1. Gottfried Abraham  (1894 - 1918)

Also, review https://www.wikitree.com/index.php?title=Space:Under-age_Soldiers_in_the_First_World_War&public=1

https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Category:World_War_I%2C_Active_Duty_Military_Children has 8 subcategories

https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Category:World_War_I  has 63 subcategories to explore.

Have fun everyone

Answer 8

A few of my uncles fought in WWI.  Profiles are now complete for:

1. Harry Abt 

2. Benjamin Herbert Kissinger

3. Lewis Ervin Frederick (orphaned 10th cousin)

Answer 9

Here is the template that you can use on a WWI veteran's profile to display an image with text, and to add the profile to a category:

{{World War I|country or service branch|start service date|unit(s) served in|end service date|rank=xxx|unit=xxx}}

Comments

Thanks Star. I used it.

Answer 10

I am going to sit this one out. I am busy in school right now and have masses of research papers to write.

Answer 11

Have some that can be done

1. Wesley John Robins (1892 - 1969) - served in the United States Army in World War I
   Service started: June 5, 1917
   Unit(s): Co A 145th machine gun battalion
   Service ended: May 23,1919

Answer 12

Had a look at the list on this page (https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Project:The_Great_War_1914-1918) and have found the family of Pvt Harry Leon Abbott and connected him to some maternal ancestors who were already listed on WikiTree.

Comments

Fab Dallas thanks for working on this

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Thanks Janet -- I enjoyed the challenge

Answer 13

I won't be in this month as I already improved the few I have for a previous veterans challenge

I hope to be back in August

Answer 14

I have 12 family members who served in WWl, but it will take a little time to document them all.
These are their names, will give more info as soon as I can.

1^st World War  1914 – 1918

   <!--[endif]-->Batty, Private Stanley (1899 – 1941)

<!--[if !supportLists]-->·          <!--[endif]-->Hume, Private Forrest Wallace (1879 – 1962)

<!--[if !supportLists]-->·          <!--[endif]-->Hume, Sergeant Hugh (1872 – 1958)

<!--[if !supportLists]-->·          <!--[endif]-->Hume, Private John James (1875 – 1958)

<!--[if !supportLists]-->·          <!--[endif]-->James, Private Albert Ernest (1889 – 1953)

<!--[if !supportLists]-->·          <!--[endif]-->James, Private Robert Frederick (1889 – 1963)

<!--[if !supportLists]-->·          <!--[endif]-->Moulding, Private Robert Henry (1896 – 1979)

<!--[if !supportLists]-->·          <!--[endif]-->McCutcheon, Private John Thompson (1885 – 1971)

<!--[if !supportLists]-->·          <!--[endif]-->Pettigrew, Private Archibald Douglas, (1891 – 1916)

<!--[if !supportLists]-->·          <!--[endif]-->Pettigrew, Lieut. Frederick Charles, (1895 – 1963)

<!--[if !supportLists]-->·          <!--[endif]-->Pettigrew, Lance Corporal John Duncan (1888 – (1967)

<!--[if !supportLists]-->·          <!--[endif]-->Pettigrew, Elliot Fielding  (1892 - 1967)

Eunice Edwards

Answer 15

I added one.

1. Peter Petrie, served in the 2nd Pioneers, Canadian Expeditionary Force, from Nov 2, 1915 to March 3, 1919

Answer 16

In 1917 grandfather Rudolf Karl Zorn (1894-1967) fought for Germany in France against his cousin Rudolph “Rudy” Zorn (1894-1917) from New Zealand, and didn’t know it.

Answer 17

Not too many of these in my tree:

George Ham served on President II in the Royal Navy.

William Coomer served in the Spruce Division of the US Army cutting Sitka spruce to build aircraft.

Answer 18

Heck yeah, World War I veterans! My favorite. :D

1. Pfc. Paris Sims Bailey (1893-1968) - Served in the 402nd Telegraph Battalion for the United States Army.

2. Pfc. Robert Lawrence Bailey (1896-1981) - Served in the 114th Field Artillery Regiment for the United States Army.

3. Pfc. Robert Lamar "Bob" Bailey (1896-1980) - Served in the 114th Field Artillery Regiment for the United States Army.

4. Pvt. Robert Lee Mino Bailey (1896-1974) - Served in the 57th Pioneer Infantry Regiment & the 49th Infantry Regiment for the United States Army.

5. Pfc. Thomas Jefferson Bailey (1897-1963) - Served in the 12th Cavalry Regiment, 3rd Military Police Battalion, and the 13th Infantry Regiment for the United States Army.

6. Pvt. Walter Bailey (1888-1971) - Served in the 3rd Training Infantry Replacement in Camp Pike, Arkansas, the July Automatic Infantry Replacement Draft in Camp Pike, and the 128th Infantry Regiment for the United States Army.

7. Pvt. Charlie Lewis Ballard (1891-1935) - Served in the 10th Company 3rd Training Battalion 157th Depot Brigade and Company A 3rd Motor Mechanics Regiment Signal Corps for the United States Army.

Answer 19

If someone is looking for profiles to work on, there are several here:  https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Space:Victoria_Cross_Recipients_for_Canada

Answer 20

https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Bishop-7145