My Black Poppies and Tommies

My Black Poppies and Tommies

Lives found in the course of my research* of service men and women from the West Indies, Africa and Asia. They have also been added to the community inspired by the book written by Stephen Bourne. *From December 2018 supplemented by the book 'Black Tommies' British Soldiers of African descent in the first World War written by Ray Costello 2015

https://livesofthefirstworldwar.org/community/2018

Created by: , Deborah102878

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  • Profile picture for Charles Ford

    Born 1893

    British Army 68273 Private King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry 3rd Battalion

  • Profile picture for John Morris

    Born 1894

    British Army WR/554395 Sapper Royal Engineers

    British Army 521039 Sapper Royal Engineers

    British Army 243150 Private Hampshire Regiment 4th (Reserve) Battalion

  • Profile picture for Louis Achoy

    Born 1896

    Died 1918

    British Army 413 Private Northumberland Fusiliers (Tyneside Irish) 24th (Service) Battalion

  • Profile picture for Allan George Watkis

    British Army 6409 Corporal British West Indies Regiment

    British Army 17208 Private Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry 6th Battalion

  • Profile picture for Arthur George

    Born 1887

    Other Empire Force 1139 Gunner Bermuda Militia Artillery

    British Army 1139 Gunner Royal Garrison Artillery Bermuda Contingent

    British Army 448032 Private Labour Corps 843 Employment Company

  • Profile picture for James Clarke

    Born 1891

    British Army 26339 Private Cheshire Regiment 3rd Battalion

  • Profile picture for Martin Luther Brown

    Born 1898

    British Army 645916 Private Labour Corps Southern Command

  • Profile picture for Harold George Jonas, Or Jones

    Born 1893

    British Army 62842 Private Scottish Rifles 3rd Battalion

  • Profile picture for Charles Augustus Matts

    Born 1879

    Died 1956

    British Army WR263260 Company Quarter Master Serjeant Royal Engineers

    British Army 3909 Private West India Regiment 2nd Battalion

    British Army 12498 Private Scots Guards 8th (Reserve) Battalion

  • Profile picture for Walter Brown

    British Army 36400 Private Manchester Regiment

    British Army 12749 Private British West Indies Regiment

  • Profile picture for Edwin Jennings

    British Army 7810 Private London Regiment 2/7th (city of lond Battalion

    British Army 12733 Private British West Indies Regiment

  • Profile picture for Theophilus Davis

    Born 1886

    Died 1918

    British Army 38477 Private East Yorkshire Regiment 1/4th Battalion

  • Profile picture for Francis Owen Gittens

    Born 1897

    Died 1916

    British Army PS/3155 Private (Duke Of Cambridge's Own) Middlesex Regiment 16th Battalion

  • Profile picture for John Maloney Hill

    Born 1883

    British Army 371288 Private Labour Corps 290th Area Labour Company

    British Army 371288 Private Labour Corps 827th Area Labour Company

    British Army 9867 Private Lancashire Fusiliers 3rd Battalion

  • Profile picture for Noah Arnold

    Born 1892

    British Army 26964 Private Cheshire Regiment 3rd Battalion

  • Profile picture for Percy Sievewright Stoby

    Born 1896

    Died 1962

    British Army Second Lieutenant Royal Berkshire Regiment

    British Army 2142 Private London Regiment 18th lond Battalion

    British Army 590589 Private London Regiment 18th lond Battalion

  • Profile picture for Richard St. George Augustus Watson

    Born 1890

    British Army 1824 Gunner Royal Field Artillery 3rd Line 4th Northumbrian (Howitzer)

    Other Empire Force Sick Berth Hand Mercantile Marine (Merchant Navy)

    Other Empire Force Sick Berth Hand Mercantile Marine - SS Manchester Port (Manchester)

  • Profile picture for Sampson Davis

    British Army 48481 Private Yorkshire Regiment

    British Army 23502 Private British West Indies Regiment

  • Profile picture for Percy Young

    British Army 34173 Private Hampshire Regiment

    British Army 12730 Private British West Indies Regiment

  • Born 1887

    British Army

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