FOUGHT IN THE WAR

Waikato Times, Volume 125, Issue 20920, 27 September 1939, Page 9

FOUGHT IN THE WAR

SEVEN OF THE VICTIMS MEMBERS OF THREE SERVICES (Times Special Ueporter) HUNTLY, Wednesday Great War service deeds in the Army, the Navy, and the Air Force are recalled in the records of the 11 victims of the Glen Afton mine disaster. Seven of the men were on active service with the Imperial Forces or the New Zealand Forces. The under-manager, Mr William Brown, was in the Scots Guards at Buckingham Palace before he served with his regiment in France. He was severely wounded in a daylight attack on Arras and invalided. Mr Walter Cole, a mine deputy, served with the Royal Field Artillery. Mr James Clark, a shiftman, who was in the New Zealand Forces during the war of 1914-18, lost a son in a mine accident last year. Only the day before he met his death, Mr George Hunter, a shiftman, had volunteered for military service. He was a mechanic in the Royal Air Force during the Great War and saw service in Egypt. Mr Richard Ireland was at one time in the Royal Navy. The mine manager, Mr Christopher Blackburn, saw service in France during the Great War. He took a close interest in the Masonic Lodge Toward th'e end of the last war Mr William Peden, a miner, joined the Royal Marines. He was actively engaged m the Labour movement.