TENBY - WALES
WW1 War Memorial
WW1 War Memorial
Private Ronald Gifford FISHWICK 3047
Born: Tenby, Pembrokeshire, Wales Enlisted: 10-4-1915, Liverpool, New South Wales aged 20years 1st Battalion Australian Infantry Occupation prior to Enlistment: Ships Steward Departed Australia 8-10-1915 Killed in Action between 22/25 - 7-1916 aged 21years Honoured: Villers-Bretonneux Memorial, Villers-Bretonneux, Picardie, France Honoured Australian War Memorial Panel 29 Son of Richard and Elizabeth J. Fishwick, of "Esson", 217, Denison St., Waverley, New South Wales. |
West Wales War Memorial Project - Ronald was born at Tenby in 1870, the son of Richard Fairfax Fishwick and Elizabeth J. Fishwick, of 5, St. Julian Terrace. The family emigrated to Australia after 1911, setting up home at Esson, 217, Denison Street, Waverley, New South Wales. Ronald enlisted at Liverpool, New South Wales on 10 April, 1915 into the 1st Battalion, Australian Infantry, and was sent to Egypt as part of the 10th Reinforcements for the Battalion, which was part of the 1st Brigade, 1st Australian Division, fighting at Gallipoli at the time. Ronald arrived in Egypt in January, 1915, after the evacuation of the Australians from Gallipoli. After a spell of training in Egypt, the AIF was sent to France, landing at Marseilles on 28 March 1916, and moved to the 'Nursery Sector' near Armentieres. In July 1916 the Australian 1st and 2nd Divisions moved south to the Somme, where the First Division attacked the German stronghold of Pozieres on 22 July 1916. The battle raged for days, but the men of the AIF successfully captured Pozieres, at great cost, and Ronald was reported missing during the capture of the village, sometime between 22 and 25 July 1916. A later court of enquiry came to the conclusion that Ronald had been killed in action, and as his body was lost in the ongoing fighting in the area. Ronald was 21 years old, and is commemorated on the Villers-Brettoneux Memorial, France.
Captain William Harold NICHOLLS 707
Born: Tenby, Pembrokeshire, Wales Enlisted: 21-9-1914, Ipswich, Queensland aged 27years 1 month 15th Battalion Australian Infantry Occupation prior to Enlistment: Shop Assistant (Crockery) Killed in Action 26-1-917, France aged 29years Resting: Guards Cemetery, Lesboeufs, Peronne, Picardie, France Honoured Australian War Memorial Panel 77 Son of William and Catherine Nicholls Husband of Lilian May Nicholls, of 3, Central Terrace, Llanbradach, Cardiff, Wales. |
West Wales War Memorial Project - William was born in Tenby in 1886, the son of William and Catherine Nicholls. He was the husband of Lilian May Nicholls, later of 3, Central Terrace, Llanbradach, Cardiff. William had emigrated to Australia prior to the war, and enlisted at Ipswich, Queensland on 21 September 1914 into the 15th Battalion, Australian Imperial Force. The 15th Battalion formed part of the 4th Australian Infantry Division, 4th Australian Infantry Brigade, and embarked at Melbourne on 22 December 1914 aboard His Majesty's Australian Troopship Ceramic, bound for Egypt, where the Anzacs were readied for the Gallipoli campaign. The 4th Brigade landed at Anzac Cove, Gallipoli on the afternoon of 25 April 1915, and from May to August, the battalion was heavily involved in establishing and defending the ANZAC front line. William was commissioned to Second Lieutenant whilst at Gallipoli, on 18 August 1915. They remained here until December 1915 when they were evacuated off the Peninsula to Egypt. Here William was promoted to full Lieutenant, and the Australian Divisions guarded the Suez Canal for a while, before being moved to France in June 1916 where they took over a part of the line near Armentieres. The 4th Division soon moved south though, to accompany the 1st and 2nd Australian Divisions to the Somme, where they fought at Pozieres and Mouquet Farm, suffering terrible casualties for little gain. The Australians remained on the Somme for the winter of 1916/17, and during November William was promoted Captain. Sadly he was Killed in action soon after, on 26 January 1917, aged 29. He is buried at Guards' Cemetery, Lesbouefs, France.