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Name: WEAVER, Norman
Birth Date: 17 Sep 1889 Curry Rivel, Somerset
Death Date: 20 Mar 1977 Frome St Quintin, Dorchester, Dorset
First Date: 1930
Profession: Farm manager
Area: Eburru
Married: Alexandra Dorothy Fraser b. 1 Jan 1903 Alister Cottage, Inverness, d. 21 May 1994 Low Catton, Yorkshire
Children: Alexander (1941); Mary (1942); Jean (1945)
Book Reference: Red 31, Hut
War Service: Westminster Dragoons
General Information:
Gazette 6 Dec 1938 Rift Valley Voters List
Ancestry Public Member Stories The First World War broke out while the WDs were on annual camp and they were immediately mobilised. Their first taste of action was in the Battle of Gallipoli, where they fought dismounted, taking heavy casualties in the August 1915 amphibious landing at Suvla Bay (see Battle of Suvla Bay) and in the Battle of Scimitar Hill. They were transferred to Egypt (where Norman joined them) and then to Palestine where they served in the campaign against the Turks. The WDs were involved in fierce fighting, both mounted and dismounted. As they were the first formed body of troops to enter Jerusalem, they bear the liberation of that city as a battle honour. See General Allenby's account of the fall of Jerusalem and Battle of Jerusalem (1917). Brigadier General Watson of the 60th (London) Division enters Jerusalem. In 1918 (after Norman had been repatriated to UK) the WDs were re-roled as machine gunners and served on the western front.
Ancestry Public Member Stories The First World War broke out while the WDs were on annual camp and they were immediately mobilised. Their first taste of action was in the Battle of Gallipoli, where they fought dismounted, taking heavy casualties in the August 1915 amphibious landing at Suvla Bay (see Battle of Suvla Bay) and in the Battle of Scimitar Hill. They were transferred to Egypt (where Norman joined them) and then to Palestine where they served in the campaign against the Turks. The WDs were involved in fierce fighting, both mounted and dismounted. As they were the first formed body of troops to enter Jerusalem, they bear the liberation of that city as a battle honour. See General Allenby's account of the fall of Jerusalem and Battle of Jerusalem (1917). Brigadier General Watson of the 60th (London) Division enters Jerusalem. In 1918 (after Norman had been repatriated to UK) the WDs were re-roled as machine gunners and served on the western front.