Warren brothers
Jersey's Great War heroes:
Warren brothers
William Warren, killed in 1916
This is one of a number of articles published by the Jersey Evening Post on 10 November 2018, the day before the 100th anniversary of the end of the Great War. They tell the stories of a number of Jerseymen and Jerseywomen who were distinguished by their bravery during the war. Some survived to recount their own experiences, others perished in the conflict and never saw their native island again.
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Three brothers in the Warren family served as riflemen in the war, but only one returned home.
In 1915 Adolphus Warren joined the 8th London Regiment of the Post Office Rifles and William Warren joined the 7th Royal Irish Rifles.
Both brothers were killed in action, William in June 1916 and Adolphus in May 1917. Their younger brother Arthur also joined the Post Office Rifles and was promoted to Lance Corporal. He survived the war, but had to have a leg amputated after being wounded in the Battle of Passchendaele in 1917 and also suffering from trench foot.
He was demobbed in 1918 and returned to Jersey to work for the island's postal service.
The two Warren sisters, Catherine and Florence, died several years after the war from Spanish flu.
