Mr. Georges Tiberghien

…ces References O’Mara, David. “7 May Georges Tiberghien.” The Western Front Association. Croonaert Research Services. Web. 20 June 2011. <http://www.westernfrontassociation.com/great-war-people/remember-on-this-day/1259-7-may-georges-tiberghien.html> Share this: Print Email Pinterest…

Mr. Osmund Bartle Wordsworth

…orth was killed in action at Arras on 2 April 1917. After bringing into position his guns for assisting the attack on Hénin-sur-Cojeul, Wordsworth saw that the men at one of the other guns were having trouble getting theirs into position. Refusing to allow any of those whom he had placed in shelter to carry his instructions, he went to help the men himself, and was soon seen to fall, shot through the heart. Wordsworth was buried in Faubourg-d’Amie…

Mr. Richard Wareing, Fireman

…Geoff Whitfield Richard Wareing is mentioned on a headstone in Liverpool’s Toxteth Park Cemetery: “In Loving Memory of Job, Son of John & Ellen Wareing Who Died 21st Feby 1890 Aged 25 Years. Also Joseph, Son of the Above Who Died 24th Feby. 1891 Aged 20 Years. Also Richard Wareing, Fourth Son of the Above, Lost on SS Lusitania 7 May 1915 Aged 53 Years. Also Ellen Wareing, Mother of the Above Who Died 18th November 1915 Aged 86 Years”…

Mr. John McEvoy, Refrigeration Greaser

…surface. He found a plank of wood which he and a young American girl held on to for two and a half hours until they were rescued. McEvoy was congratulated on being rescued from the Lusitania sinking, to which he said that he could only thank Almighty God for being one of the survivors. References: Boyle, Fabian. “Sinn Fein and Nationalists Clashed Over Conscription.” Newry Memoirs. Web. 15 February 2012. <http://www.newrymemoirs.com/stories_pages…

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