World War 1
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Stanley Warham
Forename(s):
Stanley
Surname:
Warham
Initial(s):
S
Service Number:
138989
Rank:
Private
Regiment:
Machine Gun Corps (Infantry), 65th Battalion
Died:
18/11/1918
Aged:
21
Buried:
Doiran Memorial, Greece
Service History:
Enlisted at Ripon, Yorkshire & became a driver in the Army Service Corps - regimental service #T4/111903.
Transferred to Machine Gun Corps after it was formed in October 1915, & was on active duty from 25 November 1915. His unit joined 22nd Division, stationed in Salonika, on 14 July 1916.
In July 1918 a major offensive, intended to end the war in the Balkans, began. On 18-19 September, the 22nd & 26th Divisions assaulted Pip Ridge, a 2,000 foot high heavily defended mountain ridge with fortresses built on some of the higher points, notably Grand-Couronne. The assault gained the town of Doiran but only at great cost in terms of casualties.
(Source: 'Felton War Memorial: The Men behind the names'; Eleanor George [formerly Hall]; 2009; p. 34)
Background:
Born in 1897, at Whitley Bay, Northumberland, the younger of two children of Edward Henry Warham & his wife, Lillian (née Baty).
Warham's father was an Insurance Agent in Whitley Bay but he died in 1904. Warham began his working life as a 'Milk Boy' on Ouston Spring Farm, at Birtley, County Durham but later moved north to Felton, which was given as his place of residence on enlistment.
(Source: 'Felton War Memorial: The Men behind the names'; Eleanor George [formerly Hall]; 2009; p. 34)
Local Memorial:
Felton War Memorial incorporating Acton, Eshott, Swarland & Thirston