Audley Family History -

 {N28} 

Royal Field Artillery

James Robert Audley (1894 - 1974)

 Awarded the ‘Victory’ the ‘British War’ and the ‘1915 Star’ Medals

Military Unit; Rank & Service Number

Enlistmet Date: 16th February 1911

British Army, Royal Field Artillery Infantry, Gunner, #3407

British Army, Royal Field Artillery Infantry, Gunner, #876564

His ‘new style’ service number 876564 suggests that he was a member of either 270 Brigade, RFA (renumbered 272 Brigade in Deceber 1916) or 345 Brigade RFA

Discharge date: 29th April 1919

Service Overseas

France 15th November 1915 to 26th January 1916

France 15th December 1916 to 11th April 1917

France 30th May 1917 to 14th November 1917

Italy 15th November 1917 to 24th March 1918

France 24th March 1918 to ?

His service record survives

 {QE14}

Labour Corp

James Robert Audley (1884 - 1955)

Awarded the ‘Victory’ the ‘British War’ Medals

Military Unit; Rank & Service Number

British Army, Hertfordshire Regiment, Private, #269242

British Army, Labour Corps, Private, #597416

He has been identified based on his name and on the basis that he is not the same person as the James Robert Audley above

{AA96}

John Audley (1881 - 1918)

Military Unit; Rank & Service Number

British Navy, Able Seaman, HMS Otranto ,#202381

He died 6th October 1918 when the HMS Otranto sank following a collision with HMS Kashmir of the Isle of Islay, Scotland

He is buried in grave 2.8 at Kilchoman Cemetery, Isle of Islay, Scotland

His death is recorded in 'Audley Pedigrees'

Possibly

{AH5}

Queen's Own Cameron Highlanders

John Audley (1873 - 1939)

Military Unit; Rank & Service Number

Enlistment date: 13th February 1892

British Army, Queen's Own Cameron Highlanders, #3057

Discharge Date: 12th February 1904 (Total servive 12 years)

Overseas Service:

Malta 14th September 1892 to18th February 1895

Unknown (possibly India) 19th February 1895 to 3rd October 1897

Egypt 4th October 1897 to 2nd March 1900

South Africa 3rd March 1900 to 30th July 1902

He does not appear to have served in WW1

His Service Record survives

John Audley (1870/1 - ????}

Awarded the silver War Badge.

Military Unit; Rank & Service Number

Enlistment date: 12th April 1915

British Army, 5th Cavalry Depot, Private, #H/29402

(5th Cavalry based at the Southern Cavalry Depot, Bristol)

No Overseas service

Discharge Date: 2nd October 1917 aged 46 (Based on his age and discharge date from his Silver War Badge records this would indicate that his birth would have been in the period Q4 1870 to Q4 1871; however there is no birth for a John Audley recorded in that period.)

Reason for discharge: Army Order d/10/08/1917 Para 2 (D) {do not know what that means}

Awarded the Silver War Badge

This person has not been identified

 {B111}

Royal Warwickshire Regiment

John Audley (1878 - 1939)

Joined up 7th September 1914     Discharged 29th January 1915

Total Service 145 Days

Discharged Kings Regs para 392 III cc - Medically unfit for further military service

No overseas service

Military Unit; Rank & Service Number

British Army, Royal Warwickshire Regiment, #5865, # 16276

A Pension record exists for him

  Possibly {M97}

King's Own Royal Lancaster Regiment

John Audley (1897 - 1969)

Awarded the ‘Victory’ the ‘British War’ Medal

Military Unit; Rank & Service Number

British Army, The King's Own Royal Lancaster Regiment, Private, #1686

British Army, Royal Lancaster Regiment, Private, #240299

This person has been identified from his name and his location in 1911

Son of {E18}

John Audley Parle (1885 - 1917)

Awarded the ‘Military Cross’, the ‘Victory’  and the ‘British War’ Medals

Military Unit; Rank & Service Number

British Army, King's Liverpool Regiment, Private, #17/15756

British Army, Inns of Court Officers Training Corps, Private, #5950

British Army, Liverpool Regiment, Second Lieutenant

British Army, Liverpool Regiment, Captain

Killed in Action 30th November 1917

(Awarded the Military Cross in 1917, see Citation in the London Gazette 14th September 1917 {For conspicuous gallantry and devotion to duty when in charge of a raiding party. As they were about to return he found one of his officers lying unconscious on the enemy wire. He took him on his back and carried him 250 yards to our lines, through heavy enemy barrage and machine-gun fire,, and Buried, II. D. 44. Honnechy, British Cemetery, Northern France.}

This person has been identified from his name

John Audley Thicknesse (1869 - 1916)

Awarded the ‘Victory’ the ‘British War’ and the ‘1915 Star’ Medals

Military Unit; Rank & Service Number

British Army, Somerset Light Infantry

British Army, Somerset Light Infantry, Lieutenant Colonel

(Buried Sucrerie Military Cemetery, Colincamps, Somme. France) 

This person was identified from his name for more information bout John Audley Thicknesse see the following file

              John Audley Thicknesse

 {V63}

Royal Field Artillery

John F Audley (1894 - 1956)

Awarded the ‘Distinguished Conduct’ the ‘Victory’ the ‘British War’ and the ‘1914 Star’ Medals

Military Unit; Rank & Service Number

British Army, 28th Brigade Royal Field Artillery, Gunner, #56177

British Army, Royal Field Artillery, Bombardier, #56177

British Army, 28th Brigade Royal Field Artillery, Acting Corporal, #56177

(This was a unit of Britain's pre-war regular Army. It is also sometimes shown as 28 Brigade RFA. •Comprising 122, 123 and 124 Batteries, this Brigade was under Command of 5th Division.)( Of the Seaforth Barracks, Royal Field Artillery No 3 Depot, Seaforth, Liverpool, Lancashire, a Boy Soldier in 1911)

(*The Distinguished Conduct Medal (DCM) was (until 1993) an extremely high level award for Bravery. It was a second level military decoration awarded to other ranks of the British Army and formerly also to non-commissioned personnel of other Commonwealth countries.)

This person has been identified from his name

 {J57}

Leicestershire Regiment

John H Audley (1966 - 1975)

Awarded  the ‘Victory’ and the ‘British War’ Medals

Military Unit; Rank & Service Number

British Army, Leicestershire Regiment, Private, #5627

British Army, Leicestershire Regiment, Private, #201827

This person has been identified from his name

 {AA54}

King's Own Liverpool Regiment

Joseph Henry Audley (1890 - 1945)

Awarded  the ‘Victory’ and the ‘British War’ Medals

Military Unit; Rank & Service Number

British Army, King's Liverpool Regiment, Private, #54489

He has been identified based on his name

 The 2nd wife of {F23}

They did not marry until 1924

Queen Alexandra's Nursing Reserve

Mary Rose Audley neé Mc Geown (1883 - ????)

Awarded the 'Victory', the 'British War' and the '1915 star' medals (awarded in her maiden name)

Military Unit; Rank & Service Number

British Army, Queen Alexandra's Imperial Military Nursing Service Reserve, Staff Nurse

British Army, Queen Alexandra's Imperial Military Nursing Service Reserve, Sister

This person has been identified from her maiden name,

 {M86}

Royal Ordinance Corp

Patrick Audley

Awarded the ‘Victory’ the ‘British War’ and the ‘1915 Star’ Medals

Military Unit; Rank & Service Number

British Army, Irish Guards, Private, #7781

He re-enlisted 5th February 1920

British Army, Royal Army Ordnance Corps, Private, #S/11372

{AB52}

Percy Audley (1892 - 1918)

Awarded the ‘Victory’ and the ‘British War’  Medals

Military Unit; Rank & Service Number

British Army, King’s (Liverpool Regiment), 13th Battalion , #376833

Killed in action 18th September 1918

(Buried at Hermies Hill, British Cemetery, Pas de Calais, France, (ref number I.G. 10). Awarded posthumously Campaign Medals of: Victory Medal and British War Medal.)

(13th (Service) Battalion)

(Formed at Seaforth, Liverpool, in September 1914 as part of K3 and attached as Army Troops to 25th Division. February 1915: transferred to 76th Brigade in same Division.27th September 1915: landed at Le Havre.15th October 1915: transferred with Brigade to 3rd Division.23rd October 1915: transferred to 8th Brigade in same Division. 4th April 1916: transferred to 9th Brigade in same Division.)

This person has been identified based on his name

{QB11}

Percy John Audley (1895 - 1918)

Awarded the ‘Victory’ and the ‘British War’  Medals

Military Unit; Rank & Service Number

British Army, Northamptonshire Regiment, Private, #25177

(Cemetery/Memorial: Panel 54 to 56, POZIERES MEMORIAL, Somme, France)

This person has been identified based on his name

 {QH26}

3rd London Regiment

(Same as Royal Fusiliers)

Percy William Audley (1899 - 1969)

Awarded the ‘Victory’ and the ‘British War’  Medals

Military Unit; Rank & Service Number

British Army, 3rd London Regiment, Private, #254488

This person has been identified based on his name