Military Service: World War 1: Roy~Royes Family Links

#WW1. South African Navy: CPO (Chief Petty Officer) - *awarded DSM
• 1917, May 8th: posted on H.M.S. Pargust (originally tramp steamer named SS Vittoria). Renamed and refitted as a Q-ship with a 4" gun, two twelve pounders, two machine guns, torpedo tubes and depth charges)
• 1917, May 30th: H.M.S. Pargust sails for Queenstown
• 1917, May 31st: Pargust under sail again
• 1917, June: Pargust picks up survivors from torpedoed ship and transfers the later to an American destroyer.
• 1917, June 7th: 08:00 Pargust struck by torpedo from UC-29, killing one petty office and wounding several other crew members. The staged "panic party" in the lifeboats rowed back to the ship, luring the enemy into range. Within 50 yards (46 mrs) the submarine surfaced.
08:36 The gun crews from the Pargust commenced firing on the submarine, blowing holes in the conning tower. The submarine attempted to flee on the surface but slowed down and heeled over, trailing oil. When the gun crews stopped firing the sub tried a last escape, but the final barrage caused a large explosion which blew the vessel in two, killing Captain Ernst Rosenow and 22 crew members (2 others were rescued by the panic party)
Pargust badly damaged, taken in tow by HMS Crocus.
Two VC's were awarded by ballot for this action.
• Went back to South Africa before WW2. 'Jumbo' served in both the RN and the South African Navy.

15 Aug 1985

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Girvan, James

1892

Abt 1914

France

WW1: Captain, Canadian army

1961

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Bell, Anthony Harley Mark MC

Abt 1892

1914

WW1: Major 3rd Kings Own Hussars, *awarded the Military Cross (MC) and *mentioned in despatches (France)

5 Jun 1964

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Hogan, Patrick Joseph

15 May 1893

Abt 1914

WW1:

29 Jan 1970

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Mapes, Fanny Ethel Victoria

30 Oct 1897

Abt 1914

WW1: Womens Army Corps

20 Feb 1964

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Selby, Hugh Curran

17 Jul 1895

1914

WW1 served 1914-18 *DCM as CQMS (Company Quarter Master Sergeant) "for conspicuous gallantry and devotion to duty near Dadizeele on September 30, 1918. Owing to the exposed position of his Company, he got the mules as close as possible, and personally carried bags of rations through the heaviest fire to his Company. His self-awareness on behalf of his Company was beyond praise."
His brother Private Joseph Selby was killed beside him at the Battle of the Somme on 1 July 1916 age 19.

20 Dec 1959

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Moody, Thomas James

1894

31 Dec 1914

WW1: 25th Battalion. Unit embarked from Brisbane, Queensland, on board HMAT A60 Aeneas on 29 June 1915. Rank Private. Returned to Australia 28 Mar 1919. War service Egypt, Gallipoli, Western Front. Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal. Regimental Number 934. Religion Church of England. Occupation Labourer. Address Mareeba, QLD. Single. Brother 6052 Pte William John Alexander Moody.

8 May 1956

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Hogan, Daniel Ignatius

31 Jul 1898

1915

Ypres, West Flanders, France

WW1: enlisted when not quite 16 1/2 years of age in the Irish Guards (Rank: Guardsman) and fought at Vermelles and at Ypres in France

17 Apr 1941

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Slatyer, Raymond Walter

19 Aug 1886

20 Apr 1915

#WW1 AIF Service number 2655; Enlisted Croydon, QLD;

19 Nov 1983

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Royes, George Hougham

14 Jan 1875

30 Dec 1915

WW1: 26th Battalion. Unit embarked from Brisbane, Queensland, on board HMAT A16 Star Of Victoria on 30 March 1916. Returned to Australia 7 July 1919. Wife, Mrs Ann Mary Catherine Royes. Religion Roman Catholic. Occupation Contractor.

6 Jun 1947

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Bell, Robert de Hougham Mark

16 Nov 1895

Bef 1 Jan 1916

France

WW1: †KIA. Lieutenant 10th Bn King's Royal Rifle Corps, *mentioned in despatches 1 Jan 1916. KIA 3 Sep 1916 - aged 20

Captain Bell was killed in action in 1916 at Guillemont during the Battle of the Somme ( see http://www.ww1battlefields.co.uk/somme/guillemont.html ). The font in All Souls' Church, South Ascot, was carved and presented as a memorial to him, together with six further stained glass windows of six soldier saints representing the allied nations of the Great War. The memorial reads "To the glory of God the windows and this font are placed here in loving memory of Robert de Hougham Mark Bell aged 20. Capt. A Batt K.R.R.C. He fell at Guillemont Sept. 30th. 1916"
--- Rev Sebastian Jones (rector of All Souls' Church)

The Commonwealth War Graves Commission records his parents as Col. Mark Bell, V.C., C.B., A.D.C., R.E. and Margaret Bell, of Earlywood Lodge, Ascot, Berkshire.

The church memorial records his rank as Captain and the Commonwealth War Graves Commission records it as Lieutenant. The latter may represent his substantive rank and the former a provisional rank

3 Sep 1916

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Healey, Leonard James

21 Sep 1895

1916

*WW1: †KIA - NZ army Rifleman

15 Sep 1916

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Selby, Joseph

Est 1894

1916

France

WW1 #KIA 1 Jul 1916 at the Battle of the Somme

1 Jul 1916

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Moody, William John Alexander

19 Nov 1891

9 Feb 1916

WW1: 9th Battalion. Unit embarked from Brisbane, Queensland, on board HMAT A50 Itonus on 8 August 1916. Age at embarkation 24. Rank Private. Regimental Number 6052. Church of England. Occupation clerk. Of Mareeba, QLD. Single. War service Western Front. Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal.

4 May 1982

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Royes, John George

30 Nov 1894

19 Feb 1916

WW1: 52nd Battalion. Was a Reserve (CMF) soldier before enlistment in AIF.
Service number: 10121968
19 Feb 1916 enlisted Cairns QLD (Occupation shunter.
Address on enlistment: Cairns. Single, age 21 at embarkation.)
1 May 1916 Unit embarked from Brisbane, Queensland, on board HMAT A46 Clan Mcgillivray.
26 Jun 1917 Appointed Lance Corporal
10 Aug 1918 #Wounded in leg (Europe)
15 Jan 1919 Returned to Australia.
23 Apr 1919 Discharged

28 Oct 1956

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Royes, Sidney Frances

20 Jan 1900

5 Oct 1916

WW1: 9th Battalion. Unit embarked from Sydney, New South Wales, on board HMAT A33 Ayshire on 24 January 1917. Returned to Australia 7 July 1919. Reg. number 7353, Religion Roman Catholic, Occupation labourer, Address North Rockhampton, QLD. Age at embarkation 22. Rank Private. Name in records spelt Sidney.

1978

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Bromley, Donald McDonald

28 Nov 1884

1917

Bulls, Manawatu-Wanganui, New Zealand

WW1

10 Nov 1948

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Hayball, Harry

1878

27 Jan 1917

WW1: Service No. 1453, Railway Unit Occupation Wagon examiner. Religion Methodist. Address Cairns, QLD. Married to Gladys Miriam Hayball c/o Mrs Susanah Williams, Bolsover St, Rockhampton, QLD. Rank Private. Age at embarkation 39. Unit embarked from Melbourne, Victoria, on board HMAT A9 Shropshire on 11 May 1917. Returned to Australia 1 Jul 1919

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Wiley, Hugh

1870

27 Jan 1917

Europe

WW1: Regt No. 1326. [Surname spelt Wiley] Religion Presbyterian. Occupation Engine driver. Address Brisbane QLD. Next of Kin - wife - Mary at Cairns PO, Cairns QLD. Rank on enlistment Corporal. Unit: Railway Section. Unit embarked from Melbourne, Victoria, on board HMAT A9 Shropshire on 11 May 1917. Returned to Australia 31 Mar 1919. Discharged 20 Jun 1919

28 Aug 1943

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Clements, Houston

11 Apr 1899

1915-2 Oct 1918

WW1: Regt No 6506 Rifleman, 1st Battalion, Royal Irish Rifles †KIA Western European Theatre (France and Flanders)

2 Oct 1918

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