South Warwickshire Family History Society War Memorial Transcription Project
The Fallen Men of South Warwickshire - World War One |
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Military History |
| Theatre of War | Campaign Medals | Commonwealth War Grave or Memorial |
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| France & Flanders | 1914 Star, British War & Victory Medals | Duhallow A.D.S Cemetery |
| Arrived in Theatre | Bravery & Conduct Medals | SWFHS Area Memorials |
| 31 Oct 1914 in France | ~ | Leamington Spa War Memorial |
| Leamington St. Paul's Memorial | ||
| Action, Battle or Other Reason Died | Date and Place Mobilised | Warwickshire RHA Memorial, Warwick |
| Third Battle of Ypres (Passchendaele) | 5 Aug 1915 in Leamington Spa | |
| Place of Death | Enlistment in Territorials | Other War Memorials |
| near Boesinghe | February 1913 with service number 322 | |
Circumstances of Death
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John is listed as being killed in action on 30th August 1917 and was originally buried at Map Ref 28.B.12.a.5.6, his remains were moved to their current location at Dulhallow in August 1919. Click here for CWGC Record and click here for the Trench Mapper website to produce a map for that reference. Also buried at this spot on the same day were Bombardier Hill, Bombardier Saddler, Bombardier Crowther and Gunner Goodman. The 15th Brigade War Diary has the pages for July, August and September 1917 missing from it and the Brigade Orders section makes no mention of any event on 30th Aug. 15th Brigade was part of the 29th Division and again the 29th Division Artillery Commander war diary for the period Jul to Sep 1917 is missing from the National Archives records which end on June 30th and restart on Ocotober 1st 1917. Further the book "Brookes Battery, A History of the 1/1 Warwickshire Horse Artillery" makes no mention of any events after 12th August and before the 14th September 1917. It does though list John in the Battery Roll of Honour and shows that he was one of the men originally mobilised on 5th August 1914 in Leamington. Given the above we are not yet able to describe the events leading to the deaths of these five men. |
| Personal & Family History |
| Birth Date/Place | Baptism Date/Place |
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| Jan Qtr 1890 in Leamington Spa | |
| Parents Names | Abode |
| John (died 1901) and Harriet Durran | 103 Queen Street, Leamington Spa |
| Schools | Colleges |
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| Address History | Employment History |
| 1891 - 18 Bedford Road, Leamington Spa | 1901 - School |
| 1901 - 103 Queen Street, Leamington Spa | 1910 - Carpenter in Canada (see below) |
| 1910 - Nelson, Ontario, British Columbia, Canada | 1914 - Carpenter & Joiner (see below) |
| 1917 - 103 Queen Street, Leamington Spa | |
- We have not found John in the 1911 census and we believe he is the John Durran, a carpenter born in 1890 who arrived in Canada on
28 Oct 1910 aboard the SS Tunisian before returning to the UK circa 1913 when he enlisted in the 1st/1st Territorial's - Member of the Vancouver, Canadan branch of the Amalgamated Society Of Carpenters & Joiners in 1910
- Member of the Leamington Branch of the Amalgamated Society Of Carpenters & Joiners from 8th March 1913
- Transferred to the Hammersmith branch of Amalgamated Society Of Carpenters & Joiners on 24th January 1914
- Played football for, and was Vice-Captain of, Leamington Town FC
