Commemorated: | |||
| 1. Memorial: | Niederzwehren Cemetery | I. A. 2. | |
| 2. Book: | The (1921) Masonic Roll of Honour 1914-1918 | Pg.128 | |
| 3. Memorial: | The (1940) Scroll - WW1 Roll of Honour | 16A GQS | |
Awards & Titles: | British War Medal Victory Medal | ||
Family :
Son of Edward Cornish Larcombe and Annie Larcombe; husband of Phyllis M. C. Larcombe, of 2, Hazel Villa, Butts Hill, Frome, Somerset.Service Life:
Campaigns:
- The First World War 1914-1918, World-wide.
| Unit / Ship / Est.: 2/Duke of Wellington's (West Riding Regiment) |
2nd Battalion August 1914 : in Dublin. Part of 13th Brigade in 5th Division. Landed at Le Havre 16 August 1914. 14 January 1916 : transferred to 12th Brigade in 4th Division. 10 February 1918 : transferred to 10th Brigade in same Division. |
| Action : POW |
PoW includes men who are identified as having died whilst formal Prisoners of War.
Detail :
On the sale of his ephemera at Bosleys - "Second Lieutenant Archibald Herbert Larcombe a native of Frome was commissioned on the 22nd November 1916. Proceeding to France he was serving with the 2nd Bn Duke of Wellingtons Regiment the West Riding Regiment. A letter accompanying the lot was received by the family on the 20th May 1917. Sent by 2nd Lieutenant William Ewant Horsley a friend, he reported that Archibald had been wounded during an attack almost reaching the Battalion objective he was known to have crawled into a shell hole with the intention of making the British lines after dark. The German counter offensive cut off his position and there was a strong chance he along with a number of his men had been captured. This turned out to be the case with a number of original postcard photographs showing Archibald with fellow prisoners. A letter dated 9th January 1919 from the Central Prisoners of War Committee confirmed he died in the “lazarett at Ohrdruf on the 26th October 1918."
Masonic :
| Type | Lodge Name and No. | Province/District : |
|---|---|---|
| Mother : | Royal Somerset No. 973 E.C. | Somerset |
Initiated | Passed | Raised |
9th December 1915 | 13th January 1916 | 10th February 1916 |
Source :
The project globally acknowledges the following as sources of information for research across the whole database:
- The Commonwealth War Graves Commission
- The (UK) National Archives
- Ancestry.co.uk - Genealogy, Family Trees & Family History online
- ugle.org.uk - The records of the United Grand Lodge of England including the Library and Museum of Freemasonry
Additional Source:
- Founder Researchers : Paul Masters & Mike McCarthy
- Researcher : Bruce Littley