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World War 1 Audley Combatants whose Forenames commence with the letter W
The aim of the World War 1 pages in the Audley Family History website is to list all the people with the Audley & Aidley surnames who were combatants in World War 1 and to provide a Tag Number so that their individual history can be linked to one of the Family Histories detailed within the 'Family Tree' pages on this website. Also included within these listings are a few individuals who did not have the Audley surname but do have the name Audley name as one of their forenames. The individuals are listed in alphabetical order of their forenames and where only the initials of the individual is known they listed at the beginning of those people whose forename begins with the same initial letter.
The information on this page has been compiled from a number of sources including; the Imperial War Museum website; British Army, Service & Pension records and Medal Roll Records from a well known subscription website. For those people where service records or pension records survive there is usually sufficient information to identify the individual within the family trees developed on this website. Where service and and pension records do not exist the identification of the individual is purely based on the individuals name, in some cases such as where the individual only has a single forename, which frequently occurs it has not been possible to identify the individual.
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{AC40} |
7th Queen's Own Hussars |
W Audley ( probably Walter Donald Audley) Born 14th May 1900 Died 5th January 1981 Military Unit; Rank & Service Number British Army, 7th (Queen's Own) Hussars. Private, #35947 (11th Indian Cavalry Brigade Mesopotamia Cavalry Division) British Army, Military Mounted Police, Private, #P17260 British Army, Military Mounted Police, Major, #P17260 (Enlisted with the 7th (Queen's Own) Hussars in 1917 and was on active service in Mesopotamia, Persia, Iraq and India). This person has been identified from his name |
| Possibly {AC38} or {AC40} |
38th Dogras Indian Army |
W D Audley (either {C38} William Dundonald Audley or {C40} Walter Donald Audley) Born ???? Died ???? Military Unit; Rank & Service Number British Army, 38th Dogras Indian Army, 2nd Lieutenant This person has been identified from his name but note there is another candidate for {C40} listed above |
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{I71} |
Royal Navy |
Walter Audley Born 1892?? Died Q3 1959 Military Unit; Rank & Service Number Royal Navy, Service #228249 (Records note a Walter Audley aged 23 in 1911, born in Everton, Liverpool, and residing in an Overseas Military Institution.) This person has been identified based on his name |
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{AA79} |
King's Liverpool Regiment |
Walter Audley Born Q1 1886 Died Q1 1924 Military Unit; Rank & Service Number British Army, King's Liverpool Regiment, Private, #9352 (In the 1911 Census, Walter Audley aged 23 of the 3rd Battalion, The King’s Liverpool Regiment, stationed at Ambula, Punjab, India, also did he serve as Private Walter Audley, Service No 009357 of the 2nd Battalion in the New Frontier, India, between April – October 1915, fighting Afghans?) This person has been identified based on his name |
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{J165} |
4th Queen's Own Hussars |
William Audley Born Q4 1871 Died Q2 1951 Military Unit; Rank & Service Number British Army, Hussars #229141 Served in the 4th (Queen's Own) Hussars prior to WW1 His service Record survives |
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Leicestershire Regiment |
William Audley Born ???? Died ???? Military Unit; Rank & Service Number British Army, Leicester Regiment ,#2442 His service Record survives This person has not been identified |
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Royal Field Artillery |
William Audley Born ???? Died ???? Military Unit; Rank & Service Number British Army, Royal Horse Artillery and Royal Field Artillery, Driver, #1325 British Army, Royal Field Artillery, Driver, #820177 His ‘new style’ service number 820177 suggest that he was a member of either the 46 Divisional Ammunition Column or the 59th Divisional Ammunition Column This person has not been identified |
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{U114} |
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William Audley Born Q2 1882 Died 28/06/1918 Military Unit; Rank & Service Number British Army, Royal Warwickshire Regiment, Corporal, #7232 (He was killed in action on the 28th June 1918. He has no known Grave; his name is recorded on Panel 2 or 3 of the Ploegsteert Memorial in Comines-Warneton, Hainaut, Belgium. At the time of his Death he was aged 38 and a Corporal in the 15th Battalion of the Royal Warwickshire Regiment. (Service Number #7232) The National Roll of the Great War gives a slightly different date for his death; Audley W., L/Cp, Royal Warwickshire Regt. Mobilised at the outbreak of hostilities, he was at once sent to France and served through the Retreat from Mons. He also played a distinguished part in the Battles of the Marne, the Alsne, Ypres, La Bassee, Neuve Chapelle, Bestubert, Loos, the Somme, Arras, Vimy Ridge, and Cambrai, but was killed on July 23rd 1918. He was enrtitled to the Mons Star and the General Service and Victory Medals. 22, Wolseley Street, Small Heath, Birmingham |
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{AB48} |
King's Liverpool Regiment |
William Audley Born 10th August 1884 Died Q1 1940 Military Unit; Rank & Service Number Enlistment Date: 23rd September 1914 British Army, King's Liverpool Regiment, Private, #2555 British Army, King's Liverpool Regiment, Private, #330582 Demobilisation Date: 25th February 1919 - Disembodied on Demobilisation Overseas Service France 12th March 1915 to 1st June 1918 France 15th June 1918 to 26th January 1919 (Private William Audley, Service No 330582, of the 1st – 9th Battalion Kings Liverpool Regiment, served later in the 55th West Lancashire Regiment Territorials. Fought on the Somme Battlefield at various places during World War 1.) His service record survives |
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{N86} |
Suffolk Regiment |
William Audley Born 30th December 1877 Died Q1 1937 Military Unit; Rank & Service Number Enlistment date: 8th September 1914 British Army,11th Battalion 9th Suffolk Regiment, Drummer, #3/9799 British Army, 11th Battallion 9th Suffolk Regiment, Private, #3/9799 Discharge date 15th February 1919 Total Service 4 years 162 days Overseas Service France 30th August 1915 to 14th February 1919 It would appear that he re enlisted 15th May 1923 to 14th May 1927 British Army, 11th Battalion The London Regiment #6630488 His service record survives |
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East Lancashire Regiment |
William Audley Born ???? Died ???? Military Unit; Rank & Service Number British Army, East Lancashire Regiment, Private, #241641 This person has not been identified |
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{U108} |
Worcestershire Regiment |
William Henry Audley Born Q3 1898 - Died Q2 1852 Military Unit; Rank & Service Number British Army, King's Royal Rifle Corps, Private, #357 British Army, Worcestershire Regiment, Private, #357, #2575 British Army, Worcestershire Regiment, Private, #73396 Awarded British War Medal & *British Victory Medal” (*also called the Inter-Allied Victory Medal or affectionately known as “Wilfred” or when both these medals are worn together “Mutt & Jeff”) Father:- {U100} William Audley (1870 - 1960) served as a Lance Corporal Boer War This person has been identified based on his name |
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Royal Garrison Artillery |
William J Audley Born ???? Died ???? Military Unit; Rank & Service Number British Army, 23rd Reserve Battery Royal Field Artillery #9821 Transfered 7th October 2014 Heavy Artillery Woolwich. British Army, 119th Heavy Battery Royal Garrison Artillery, Gunner, #281717 British Army, 119th Heavy Battery Royal Garrison Artillery, Corporal, #SR/6717 This person has not been identified |
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{V26}
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Devonshire Regiment |
William John Audley Born Q3 1899 Died Q2 1929 Military Unit; Rank & Service Number Date of Enlistment: 6th August 1917 British Army, Devonshire Regiment, Private, #70572 British Army, Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry, Private, #34314 British Army, Training Reserve, Battalion #20285 Overseas Service France 1st April 1918 to 24th February 1919 Discharge Date 24th February 1919 His Service Record Survives |
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