Served in the Military

Introduction

This post is intended as a list of those who spent any time in the military, regardless of the service, conflict or whether they returned home. I may expand on the individuals in separate posts, especially where several members of a family served their country.


Speid Brothers
James Speid Benson

1873 -1963

WWI
Private, 1st Volunteer Battalion Gordon Highlanders (previously City of Aberdeen Volunteer Regiment), November 1914; commissioned, October 1916. Home service, Aberdeen, 1914-19.

John Speid Benson

1877 - 1916

WWI
Served in Central Africa. Sergeant, 26th Squadron Royal Flying Corps. 


Brown Brothers
Clement Brown

1891 - 1928

WWI
North Staffordshire (Prince of Wales) Regiment. 15543

James Patrick Brown

1894 - 1979

WWI
New Battalion. 10559

William Brown

1897 - 1917

WWI
Served in Amara, Turkey. Corporal, 7th Battalion. 7938. 


Alexander Family
Gervase Alexander

1774 - 1857

Physician and Captain of the Halifax Volunteer Corps of Infantry 1802

William Ryrie Alexander

1824 - 1892

During the Raj
Major General H.M. Bombay Staff Corps; Late Commandant 1st Sind Horse

Charles Henry Alexander

1870  -1937

Officer in 1st Northampton Regiment 

William Ryrie Alexander

1876 - 1951

Lieutenant in Royal Navy then volunteers in Canadian Expeditionary force - special enrolment as draughtsman during WWI. 77493

Fulco "Peter" Alexander

1909 - 1983

1932 Electoral Register lists him at Officers' Barracks at Royal Arsenal in Woolwich

Henry "Harry" Cerda Ryrie Alexander

1904 - 1966

Lieutenant in Royal Navy; enrolled in 1917

Basil Charles Maurice Ward

1898 - 1956

WWI
The husband of Lillias Barbara Elsa, daughter of William (b. 1876). Served as Lieutenant in 1st Battalion, East Surrey Regiment


Heyland Family
Arthur Rowley Heyland

1781 - 1815

Officer with 1st Battalion 40th Regiment. Killed at Battle of Waterloo

Alfred Thomas Heyland

1813 - 1897

Went to the Crimea as a Captain in 95th Regiment and achieved rank of Major General


Gowland Father and Sons
Edward Lake Gowlland

1876 - 1942

WWI
Royal Army Medical Corps

See this post for more about Edward https://myfamilyhistoryfacts.blogspot.com/search/label/Edward%20Gowlland

Geoffrey Gowlland

1903 - 1988

WWI
Lieutenant in Royal Navy

Langton Gowlland

1903 - 2002

WW1
Lieutenant in Royal Navy 



Gould Family
Lionel Aubrey Gould

1873 - 1923

WWI
Corporal in Military Labour Corps. 5618.

Charles Robert Gould


1920 - 1944

WWII
Lieutenant in Royal Armoured Corps and Dragoon Guards


Toogood Family
Alexander Decimus Toogood

1826 - 1874

Captain in the Bengal Fusiliers 1870 and Gentleman-at-Arms to H.M. Queen Victoria

Seymour Hood Toogood

1841 - 1926

Enlisted in 1882 and achieved rank of Major in Royal Artillery WWI

Charles Frederick Strangways Gwynne Toogood

1861 - 1936

Lieutenant in Berkshire Militia 1881

Cecil Toogood


1870 - 1958

1891 Lieutenant in South Front Barracks in Kent. WWI Major in Lincolnshire Regiment

Arthur Seymour Toogood

1872 - 1968

WWI
Major in R. War R

Hubert de Chair Toogood

1885 - 1970

WWI
Lieutenant then Captain in Royal Engineers

Alexander Cecil Henry Toogood

1900 - 1921

WWI
2nd Lieutenant in Lincolnshire Regiment

Harington Father and Children
John Harington

1873 - 1943

WWI
Brigadier General in Rifle Brigade

John Temple Harington

1909 - 1983

WWII
Achieved rank of Major in Rifle Brigade serving in the Middle East; received an MBE. 44106

Aline Lucy Harington

1918 - 2007

WWII
Sister of John Temple. Served in the Women's Transport Service

Walter Arnold Crispian Keppel

1914 - 1986

WWII
A nobleman and Lieutenant Commander in Royal Navy; husband of Aline

Walter Egerton George Lucian Keppel

1882 - 1979

WWI
Father of Walter Arnold. He was a Captain in the Scots Guards

Carington Father and Son
Charles Robert Carington

1843 - 1928

He served under William Ewart Gladstone as Captain of the Honourable Corps of Gentlemen-at-Arms from 1881 to 1885

Albert Edward Charles Robert Wynn-Carington

1895 - 1915

WWI
Son of Charles. Served as Lieutenant in Royal Horse Guards (The Blues); died of complications from amputated arm at Ypres.


Walter Stuart Blake

1880 - 1941

WWI
Served in South Africa. Sergeant, South African Infantry. 218

Percy Blow Stapleton

1879 - 1934

WWI
Corporal, Royal Tank Corps. 205492

Henry Disney

1701 - 1760

Doctor of Medicine and Captain 1720s

John Edward Sharpe

1823 - 1857

Lieutenant in 46th Regiment Bengal Native Infantry in India; he was killed during the Indian Mutiny on 14 July 1857 at Fort Sialkote. His grave is at Sialkote and has a memorial bearing the words "In memory of Captain J.E. Sharpe 46th Regt. N.I. Died at Sealkote 14th July 1857 aged 33 years. Erected by his brother officers."

Henry Charles Legge

1852 - 1924

Served as a Lieutenant in the Sudan 1884 - 1886 in 1st Battalion, Coldstream Guards. Then in World War I, Lieutenant Colonel as Equerry to the King of which more elsewhere.