Census record || || The awarding of his Military Cross was marked, by the men under his command, by the presentation of a tankard with an inscription || Tankard || || Stain glass window || 54.0880744,-1.758361100000002 || After WW2, the family paid for and dedicated a stained glass window in St Chad’s church, Middlesmoor in Yorkshire, with the following inscription: In remembrance of Hesketh Adair Ramsden, loved husband of Joan and father of Susan, Judith, and Jonathan. 1899-1940 signed by Leonard Walker 1946 - Captain Ramsden was killed in action in Norway on April 23rd 1940. || Other || Remembrance

My great uncle Jack (John William Kingsland) was called up in August 1917, on his 18th birthday. He joined the Seaforth Highlanders as a private. His father was a travelling Congregational minister and Jack lived in Devizes. He had done very well at school and postponed going to university to serve. He was sent to the Western Front on the 18th May 1918 and was in the front line that September. He wrote many letters to his parents (about 80)and kept a war diary, written in shorthand, about half of which has been transcribed. He was in action at Valenciennes, was injured and died about 6 days later. His parents wrote trying to find out about his injuries and the telegram, telling them he'd been killed, arrived at 9am on Armistice Day. They received about 150 letters of condolence, some from his fellow soldiers, and these letters give an idea of how the middle classes dealt with grief. The collection of artefacts also includes medals and correspondence from authorities (including the bill for engraving his name on the war memorial); we can be contacted if people would like to see the material.

Letter written by the nursing sister of the wrd in the hospital in Alexandria. Photograph of 2 people: Mu uncle Robert Henry Wilson is on the left; the other person is unknown to me. || My uncle Robert Henry Wilson was the eldest of 14 children who joined the Enniskillen Fusilliers at aged 16 and was wounded at Gallipoli. He was evacuated to a hospital in Alexandria, Egypt where he died and was buried there. He died on the 30 October in 1915 I think although I am not sure of this. || || Alexandria || Letter to the mother of Robert Wilson after this death in Egypt, from hospital nurse || African Wars