Private Angus Anthony (307160)served with 15th Battalion, Tank Corps and was killed in action on the 27th September 1918, when his tank received a direct hit. He had previously served with the Royal Engineers (304981). Three letters were received after his death, some very descriptive of events. Also a birthday card that he received just before his death, which was returned to the family by Captain Gibson. Acting Sergeant William Anthony, the contributors great grandfather, enlisted on the 26th February 1916 and was called up on the 29th March 1916. He went to France, with the Royal Engineers, in November 1918 and sent letters detailing his work and the things he saw. He also sought out his brothers grave and hoped to find the tank that he died in. Furthermore, he obtained photographs, which he sent to his mother. He also received a letter from a friend serving in British Guiana, sent after the armistice was announced. William Anthony took his mother to France to visit Angus's grave. Her passport has been retained and is stamped recording her arrival and departure. || Letter. Letter. Letter (2 pages). Letter and birthday card. Last letter home. Memorial card. Photograph of Angus Anthony. Card. Letter. Demob certificate. Letters (numerous). Copy of letter. Photos (7) - left hand of photo is William Anthony. Postcards - pre and post war (numerous). Passport.

Two of ten children died in the First World War. Both were sons of Franz & Margarethe Herold in Offenbach am Main, Nordring 62, Germany, my paternal grandparents. When her son Georg 1 was killed in the war, my grandmother Margarethe bore a new 10th son at the age of 49 and she gave him the same name. This is my father Georg Herold, born on Nov 12 1915 in Offenbach am Main, Nordring 62. || Messages from the front, death notices, newspaper notices of deaths. || || 50.099273,8.760686999999962 || Deutsch || Official document || Offenbach a Main || Death notice

1 phtotgraph of William Hogan on his wedding day 1 widow's penny given to William Hogan's wife, Lilian Alice, in 1919 1 Photograph of Patrick J. Hogan 1 Document from the town of Walpole, commemorating Patrick, dated 1920 || This is the story of my two uncles, brothers William and Patrick J. Hogan. William Hogan's story: William Hogan was born on 26 July 1891 in Goresbridge, Co. Kilkenny. He joined the Metropolitan Police, London on 11 January 1915 and was stationed at Chelsea, B District. He joined the army on 9 January, 1917 at the age of 25. He fought with the Household Battalion, a battaltion that was disbanded after two years and lasted from 1916 - 1918. Some stories about him are noted in the book The Diary of a Forgotten Battalion, by Gerard William Harvey (p. 36, 37, 39, 141). There is an eyewitness account of his death in the book noting that he received gun shot wounds to the thigh during a battle at Monchy-le-Preux. He was taken to No. 19 Casualty Clearing Station at Duisans. He died on 22 December, 1917 and is buried at Duisans British Cemetry, Pas de Calais, France. His Widow's Penny is provided. This was given to his wife, Lilian Alice (née Griffin) in 1919. He had no children. I have also provided a photograph of William and his wife on their wedding day. I have been told that the insignia on his arm is for Corporal of the Ranks, and since he had only been in the army two months at this stage it seems likely that he borrowed this uniform for the occasion. Patrick Hogan's story: Patrick J. Hogan, was born c. 1896. He emigrated to the United States in 1905 and settled in Walpole, Massachusetts. He was conscripted, I think, into the army, about 1917 and was in the Machine Gun Regiment. I heard an account that he was carried a tripod and fed bullets, and that a shell exloded near him and killed him on the spot. He was killed on 29 September 1918 in France, north of Verdun, and is buried at Meuse-Argonne American Cemetry. His name is on the war memorial in Walpole, Mass. Their father wanted the bodies of both his sons repatriated to Ireland. The Americans were willing to do this, but the British were not. My grandfather decided that he wouldn't have one son without hte other, and so they both remain in France.