Commemorated: | |||
| 1. Memorial: | Helles Memorial | ||
| 2. Book: | The (1921) Masonic Roll of Honour 1914-1918 | Pg.118 | |
| 3. Memorial: | The (1940) Scroll - WW1 Roll of Honour | 3B GQS | |
Awards & Titles: | |||
Family :
Husband of Helen Maria Carless (nee Rhys), of Carfax, Hereford (1905).Hereford City Council Town Clerk 1911 A Short History of Hereford School, Wilfrid Townshend Carless, Hereford: Wilson & Phillips, I914 Tupsley War Memorial
Education & Career :
Educated Hereford Cathedral School.
Service Life:
Campaigns:
- The First World War 1914-1918, World-wide.
| Unit / Ship / Est.: 1st Battalion Herefordshire Regiment |
1/1st Battalion August 1914 : in Hereford. Part of the Welsh Border Brigade in the Welsh Division. Moved on mobilisation to Pembroke Dock but soon to Oswestry and by the end of the month was at Irchester and Rushden. Moved on to Bury St Edmunds in December 1914. 24 April 1915 : transferred to North Wales Brigade in same Division. Moved to Bedford in May 1915. 13 May 1915 : formation became 158th Brigade in 53rd (Welsh) Division. 16 July 1915 : embarked at Devonport on SS Euripedes. There were 29 officers and 969 other ranks. On reaching Port Said the Bn was reduced to 25 officers and 750 ORs and these men went on to land at 'C' beach at Suvla Bay on Gallipoli at 7.20am on 9 August 1915. Their divisional artillery had been left behind in England under orders for France, and the Division had no other wheeled transport and no horses. 12 December 1915 : evacuated from Gallipoli and moved to Egypt. 1 June 1918 : left the Division and moved via Italy to France, landing at Taranto (Italy) on 22 June 1918. 30 June 1918 : moved to Proven and came under command of 102nd Brigade in 34th Division. For their part in the landing at Suvla Bay on 9th August 1915 the Battalion was mentioned in despatches by general Sir Ian Hamilton. .......the 1st/1st Herefordshire, which attacked with impetuosity and courage between Hetman Chair and Kaslar Chair about Azmak Dere on the extreme right of his line. |
| Action : Gallipoli |
The Gallipoli Campaign was fought on the Gallipoli peninsula 25th April 1915 to 9th January 1916. in a failed attempt to defeat Turkey by seizing the Dardanelles and capturing Istanbul. Ill-conceived and planned, the initial effort by the Royal Navy failed to force passage through the Dardanelles by sea power alone. It was then realised that a land force was needed to support the project by suppressing the Turkish mobile artillery batteries. By the time all was ready the Turks were well aware and well prepared. Despite amazing heroics on the day of the landings only minor beachheads were achieved and over the succeeding 8 months little progress was made. Eventually the beachheads were evacuated in a series of successful ruses.
Despite Gallipoli rightly becoming a national source of pride to Australians and New Zealanders, far more British casualties were sustained, and these days the substantial French contribution is almost forgotten.
Detail :
16 July 1915 : embarked at Devonport on SS Euripedes. There were 29 officers and 969 other ranks. On reaching Port Said the Bn was reduced to 25 officers and 750 ORs and these men went on to land at 'C' beach at Suvla Bay on Gallipoli at 7.20am on 9 August 1915. Their divisional artillery had been left behind in England under orders for France, and the Division had no other wheeled transport and no horses.
Masonic :
| Type | Lodge Name and No. | Province/District : |
|---|---|---|
| Mother : | Palladian No. 120 E.C. | Herefordshire |
| Joined : | Dean Leigh Masters No. 3687 E.C. | Herefordshire |
| Joined : | Vaga No. 3146 E.C. | Herefordshire |
Initiated | Passed | Raised |
4th April 1901 | 2nd May 1901 | 3rd October 1901 |
Initiated into Palladian Lodge No. 120 (1901) and joined two further lodges in Hereford: Vaga Lodge No. 3146 on 6th January 1906 - Petitioner and founding member, and Dean Leigh Masters Lodge No. 3687 on 15th December 1913.
He was a Past Master and Past Provincial Grand Standard Bearer
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