{"id":4764,"date":"2015-09-04T14:34:24","date_gmt":"2015-09-04T14:34:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/soldiers.hidden-histories.org.uk\/?page_id=4764"},"modified":"2015-09-08T11:56:24","modified_gmt":"2015-09-08T11:56:24","slug":"portfolio-page-2-2-2-2-2-2-2","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"http:\/\/soldiers.hidden-histories.org.uk\/?page_id=4764","title":{"rendered":"Roberts, Singh, and Gittens Draft"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"themify_builder_content-4764\" data-postid=\"4764\" class=\"themify_builder_content themify_builder_content-4764 themify_builder themify_builder_front\">\n\t\n\t\t\t<!-- module_row -->\n\t\t\t<div data-gutter=\"gutter-default\" class=\"themify_builder_row module_row module_row_0 clearfix gutter-default builder-parallax-scrolling fullheight\" >\n\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"builder_row_cover\" style=\"background-color: rgba(0,0,0, 0.64)\" data-color=\"rgba(0,0,0, 0.64)\" data-hover-color=\"rgba(0,0,0, 0.65)\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"row_inner_wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"row_inner\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"col-full first tb-column \">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n<!-- module text -->\n<div id=\"text-4764-0-0-1\" class=\"module module-text text-4764-0-0-1   \">\n\t\n\t\t\n\t<h2 style=\"text-align: center;\">Roberts, Singh and Gittens<\/h2><p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\"><em>\u00a0<\/em><\/span><\/p><p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n\t<\/div>\n<!-- \/module text -->\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<!-- \/col -->\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t  \n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<!-- \/row_inner -->\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<!-- \/row_inner_wrapper -->\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<!-- \/module_row -->\n\t\t\t\n\n\t\t\t<!-- module_row -->\n\t\t\t<div data-gutter=\"gutter-default\" class=\"themify_builder_row module_row module_row_1 clearfix gutter-default\" >\n\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"builder_row_cover\"  ><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"row_inner_wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"row_inner\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"col-full first tb-column \">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"themify_builder_sub_row\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tclearfix gutter-default sub_row_1-0-1\">\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"col3-1 first\">\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n<!-- module image -->\n<div id=\"image-4764-sub_row_1-0-1-0-0\" class=\"module module-image image-4764-sub_row_1-0-1-0-0 rounded image-center  \">\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t<div class=\"image-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/soldiers.hidden-histories.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/Drummer-Robers-Mascot-1024x931-1000x1000.jpg\" width=\"1000\" height=\"1000\" alt=\"Roberts, Singh, and Gittens Draft\" \/>\t\t\t\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<!-- \/image-wrap -->\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t<\/div>\n<!-- \/module image -->\n\n<!-- module text -->\n<div id=\"text-4764-sub_row_1-0-1-0-1\" class=\"module module-text text-4764-sub_row_1-0-1-0-1   \">\n\t\n\t\t\n\t<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Feature on Soldiers from the Middlesex Regiment, 1917<\/p><p style=\"text-align: center;\">Courtesy of Reliance Publishing House<\/p>\n\t<\/div>\n<!-- \/module text -->\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div><div class=\"col3-2 last\">\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n<!-- module text -->\n<div id=\"text-4764-sub_row_1-0-1-1-0\" class=\"module module-text text-4764-sub_row_1-0-1-1-0   \">\n\t\n\t\t\n\t<h3 style=\"text-align: center;\">\u00a0<\/h3><h3 style=\"text-align: center;\"><em>&#8216;Drummer&#8217; Roberts<br \/><\/em><\/h3>\n\t<\/div>\n<!-- \/module text -->\n\n<!-- module text -->\n<div id=\"text-4764-sub_row_1-0-1-1-1\" class=\"module module-text text-4764-sub_row_1-0-1-1-1   \">\n\t\n\t\t\n\t<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">These two photographs, from a brief history of the Middlesex Regiment in the British Army\u2019s Regimental Magazine, show \u2018Drummer\u2019 Roberts, a Trinidadian soldier of the Middlesex Regiment standing as a \u2018black mascot\u2019 in his battalion. He is compared to another battalion\u2019s mascot: a black cat. The ship mentioned is the Tyndareus, which, while on its passage to Hong Kong, was struck by a mine near South Africa. King George V praised the Middlesex Regiment\u2019s discipline and courage during the attack. All on board survived.\u00a0 If Roberts was on the ship, then he and the other survivors were taken ashore to Cape Town to recuperate for several days<\/p>\n\t<\/div>\n<!-- \/module text -->\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div><\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<!-- \/col -->\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t  \n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<!-- \/row_inner -->\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<!-- \/row_inner_wrapper -->\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<!-- \/module_row -->\n\t\t\t\n\n\t\t\t<!-- module_row -->\n\t\t\t<div data-gutter=\"gutter-default\" class=\"themify_builder_row module_row module_row_2 clearfix gutter-default builder-parallax-scrolling\" >\n\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"builder_row_cover\" style=\"background-color: rgba(0,0,0, -0.01)\" data-color=\"rgba(0,0,0, -0.01)\" ><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"row_inner_wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"row_inner\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"col-full first tb-column \">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n<!-- module text -->\n<div id=\"text-4764-2-0-1\" class=\"module module-text text-4764-2-0-1   \">\n\t\n\t\t\n\t<h3><em>Jowshir Harnam Singh<br \/><\/em><\/h3><h3><em>\u00a0<\/em><\/h3>\n\t<\/div>\n<!-- \/module text -->\n<div class=\"themify_builder_sub_row\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tclearfix gutter-default sub_row_2-0-2\">\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"col4-2 first\">\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n<!-- module image -->\n<div id=\"image-4764-sub_row_2-0-2-0-0\" class=\"module module-image image-4764-sub_row_2-0-2-0-0 rounded image-center  \">\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t<div class=\"image-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/soldiers.hidden-histories.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/Splash2-768x1024-400x500.jpg\" width=\"400\" height=\"500\" alt=\"Roberts, Singh, and Gittens Draft\" \/>\t\t\t\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<!-- \/image-wrap -->\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t<\/div>\n<!-- \/module image -->\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div><div class=\"col4-2 last\">\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n<!-- module text -->\n<div id=\"text-4764-sub_row_2-0-2-1-0\" class=\"module module-text text-4764-sub_row_2-0-2-1-0   \">\n\t\n\t\t\n\t<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Often referred to as Joseph Singh in his identification documents, little is known of this soldier\u2019s experiences during the war. Born in the Punjab on the Indian subcontinent in around 1878, he was a surprisingly old, 36, at the start of the war.<\/p><p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Singh must have been a man of at least comfortable wealth. He resided at 70 Stowe Road in London\u2019s Shepherd&#8217;s Bush and lived alone with an 18-year old Ceylonese servant. He married his wife Dobby, a native Londoner in Poplar, London in 1912.<\/p><p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Singh became a private of the 5<sup>th<\/sup> battalion of the Middlesex regiment. He was discharged in 1917 to 33 Miller Crescent, Edinburgh. Little else is known of his experiences in an otherwise all-white British battalion of the Middlesex Regiment<\/p>\n\t<\/div>\n<!-- \/module text -->\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div><\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<!-- \/col -->\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t  \n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<!-- \/row_inner -->\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<!-- \/row_inner_wrapper -->\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<!-- \/module_row -->\n\t\t\t\n\n\t\t\t<!-- module_row -->\n\t\t\t<div data-gutter=\"gutter-default\" class=\"themify_builder_row module_row module_row_3 clearfix gutter-default builder-parallax-scrolling\" >\n\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"builder_row_cover\" style=\"background-color: rgba(0,0,0, -0.01)\" data-color=\"rgba(0,0,0, -0.01)\" ><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"row_inner_wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"row_inner\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"col-full first tb-column \">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n<!-- module text -->\n<div id=\"text-4764-3-0-1\" class=\"module module-text text-4764-3-0-1   \">\n\t\n\t\t\n\t<h3><em>Francis Owen Gittens<br \/><\/em><\/h3><h3><em>\u00a0<\/em><\/h3>\n\t<\/div>\n<!-- \/module text -->\n<div class=\"themify_builder_sub_row\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tclearfix gutter-default sub_row_3-0-2\">\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"col4-2 first\">\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n<!-- module image -->\n<div id=\"image-4764-sub_row_3-0-2-0-0\" class=\"module module-image image-4764-sub_row_3-0-2-0-0 rounded image-center  \">\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t<div class=\"image-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/soldiers.hidden-histories.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/2015_esch_ww1m_m07_01-768x1024-350x450.jpg\" width=\"350\" height=\"450\" alt=\"Roberts, Singh, and Gittens Draft\" \/>\t\t\t\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<!-- \/image-wrap -->\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t<\/div>\n<!-- \/module image -->\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div><div class=\"col4-2 last\">\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n<!-- module text -->\n<div id=\"text-4764-sub_row_3-0-2-1-0\" class=\"module module-text text-4764-sub_row_3-0-2-1-0   \">\n\t\n\t\t\n\t<p>\u00a0<\/p><p>Born on 25 October 1896 in the Port of Spain, Trinidad, very little is known of Private Francis Owen Gittens, leaving us simply with this solitary photo.\u00a0 He died 1 July in the Battle of the Somme at the age of 19 and has a grave at Thiepval Memorial for the Missing of the Somme. 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