Military Service Histories

Over 100 of my ancestors have served with pride in the military. Below, you’ll find a table listing their names and service details, followed by in-depth service histories for selected individuals.
NameServiceService datesRankService no.StatusFurther info
Alan Leslie GriffithsBritish Army19453863056KIAService history
Albert Edward KingBritish Army1913-1919Pte1538, 235627DischargedService history
Albert James CopusBritish ArmySecond World WarDischarged
Albert MilneRoyal Navy1941SeamanLT/JX 241157 KIAService history
Albert Norman FearonBritish Army1941-1719610Discharged
Albert Sidney CopusBritish Army1916-1918PteR/32714Discharged
Albert William WattsBritish Army1918-1920, 1926-193068032, 385115, 545895Discharged
Alexander WalkerImperial Yeomanry190241930Discharged
Alfred Albert LinakerRoyal Navy1915-1919SeamanDA3138Discharged
Alfred Albert SeamanBritish Army1940-1941Gnr1642318Discharged
Alfred EdwardsBritish Army1943-1945Pte14583718DischargedService history
Alfred James CopusBritish Army1927-1932Pte775117Discharged
Alfred JonesBritish Army1916-1919Pte357787DischargedService history
Alfred PlunkettRoyal Marines, British Army1912-1916Gnr275722, 167960KIAService history
Arthur Harold Evans KahnRAF1937, 1939-1944Flt Lt748277, 85010KIAService history
Arthur Leslie EvansBritish Army1914-1917Pte15776KIAService history
Arthur Thomas EdwardsBritish ArmyDischarged
Benjamin John CopusMilitia1907-19084740Discharged
Bertram WalkerBritish Army1915-1917Pte323032KIAService history
Cecil EvansRoyal Navy1918-1919OSK53257Discharged
Charles Eric MccarterBritish Army19442Lt314624Discharged
Clarence Victor HoweBritish Army1935, 1948852875Discharged
Clifford MorrisBritish Army1914-1918MajDischargedService history
Clyde HeronBritish Army1903-1909, 1914-1916Pte5766, 18560KIAService history
Colin GrunwellBritish Army191843995Discharged
Courtland BunkerUS Navy1942-1945SoM2C662-75-38DischargedService history
Daniel Bardsley HilditchRAF1924-F/Sgt50840Discharged
Dennis FaheyRAFPost-warDischarged
Derek Arthur George ClaydonRoyal Air Force1940s4023166Discharged
Douglas Haig Evans KahnRAFSecond World WarDischarged
Edgar DayerBritish Army1891, 1894-1906Pte3536, 4406Discharged
Edgar HeronRoyal Navy1908-1944Chief Stoker K3479DischargedService history
Francis Joseph GianelliBritish Army1928779915Discharged
Frank Alfred PierceBritish Army1914-1916L/Cpl16016KIAService history
Frank WilliamsBritish Army1915-1919Pte6856, 357790DischargedService history
Frederick Charles Thomas OxfordBritish Army1914-1920, 1923-1937749600Discharged
Frederick CharltonBritish Army1911Discharged
Frederick William ProfitBritish Army1916-1917Pte54808 Discharged
George A. ChristensenUS Air Force1960sA2CDischarged
George Edgar HilditchRoyal Marines1940-1945CplEX/3965DischargedService history
George Edward RobertsBritish Army1915-1919Pte5600, 356892DischargedService history
George Idwal DaviesUS Army1943-194539280646Discharged
George Leslie RobertsRAFSecond World WarDischarged
George Richard WilmotUS Army1942-1945TEC431218124Discharged
George WalkerRoyal Navy1854-1864AB10332DischargedService history
George Walter CopusBritish Army1877-1885Pte713DischargedService history
George Walter CopusBritish ArmySecond World WarDischarged
Harold DumvilleBritish ArmySecond World War45773Discharged
Harold PlunkettRoyal Navy1924-1958LtJ111979DischargedService history
Henry Stanley WhiteRoyal Air Force1939-1945?SgtDischarged
Herbert John HilditchBritish Army1940-1945Pte4132904DischargedService history
Herbert Waldemar FoulkesUS Army1943-194539119785Discharged
Herman Evans KahnUS Navy1942-1945LTDischargedService history
Horace CopusBritish Army1927-1930Pte776344Discharged
Horace Ralph WhiteRoyal Marines1895-1896Marine8023Discharged
Jack CopusRAF1939-1957WO564560Discharged
James CliffBritish Army1915-1918Cpl2926Discharged
James Madden ProfitBritish Army1915-1917Pioneer125257 Discharged
James RobertsBritish Army1915-1919Pte5599, 670359DischargedService history
John Baptist FredianiBritish Army1942Rifleman4467736KIAService history
John Ernest CopusBritish Army1915-1920Cpl168447DischargedService history
John Harry Fletcher StampBritish Army1915-1919L/Cpl241824DischargedService history
John Joseph TeebayBritish Army1940-19461649940Discharged
John Louis Le TourneurBritish Army1914-19208046, 166208, 30000Discharged
John PlunkettBritish Army1940-1941Fusilier3773880KIAService history
John T. HaighRoyal Navy1911-1912, 1914-1918, 1920-1921K11650, 42323, 395311DischargedService history
Joseph Edward PlunkettBritish Army-1918Pte51777KIA
Kenneth Evans KahnBritish Army1940-1943Lt1578015Discharged
Lawrence Smith HamiltonBritish Army1899-1916Cpl4441DischargedService history
Lewis Albert FoulkesUS Navy1942-1945EM3377-93-03DischargedService history
Mervyn Wynne PowellBritish Army1918Pte78692Discharged
Nathaniel KnightCanadian Army1915-1919Pte164298DischargedService history
Oscar HeronBritish Army1915-19194611Discharged
Peter Joseph HanleyBritish Army1900-1911, 1914-1919Pte6215, 12968DischargedService history
Ralph PlunkettBritish Army1916-1919Pte358957DischargedService history
Raymond Foulkes Griffith EvansBritish Army1944Lt306324Discharged
Robert Gerald FoulkesCanadian Army, New Zealand Army1914-1919, 1941-1945Maj13418, 824054DischargedService history
Robert Ivor DaviesUS Army1942-194532587633Discharged
Ronald Christopher HowardBritish Army1940sDischarged
Ronald Victor CopusBritish Army1950-1955Discharged
Samuel Richard WilliamsRoyal Navy1916-1919ABZ/2878DischargedService history
Simon Griffith EvansBritish Army1918-1920CaptDischarged
Stanley HeronRoyal Air Force1944Sgt1591676KIAService history
Stanley JonesBritish Army1933-1957SSgt21003439Discharged
Thomas Edward ProfitBritish Army1915-1919L/Cpl15092Discharged
Thomas KingBritish Army1860-1877S/SgtDischarged
Thomas PatfieldBritish Army1853-1875Sgt3157, 3080Discharged
Thomas PlunkettBritish Army1916-1919Pte491318DischargedService history
Thomas William CliffBritish Army1912-1917Pte978, 240201KIAService history
Thomas William FearonBritish Army1918Pte29457KIAService history
Victor William HarleyBritish Army-1921PteDischarged
Walter Ralph CopusBritish Army1914-1918Bdr145929Discharged
Walter WalkerBritish Army1892-1897Pte3616DischargedService history
William Albert DilworthBritish Army1915-1919Pte48276, 262729, 81617DischargedService history
William Alfred Henry BackhouseRoyal Navy1941OSD/JX 165427KIA
William Arthur BennettBritish Army-1943Gnr3772016KIAService history
William CopusBritish Army1830-1851FarrierDischargedService history
William DumvilleBritish Army1914-1919Cpl18460, 284689DischargedService history
William EldersonBritish ArmyFirst World WarDischarged
William Henry CopusBritish Army1914-1915S/SgtG/2315KIAService history
William Henry HarleyBritish Army1877-1920SQMS696, 3463, 7143001DischargedService history
William James CopusBritish Army1857-1871Cpl1830DischargedService history
William James CopusBritish Army1915-1918Pte6063, 241376, 260026DischargedService history
William James CopusRAF1919-1929LAC337976Discharged
William Kenneth EldersonRAF1939-1943Sgt1067545KIAService history
William Opie FoulkesUS Navy1944-1972CAPT30152DischargedService history
Xavier LeonardBritish Army1891-1900Lancer3177KIAService history