Sunday, 1 February 2015

Killed in Action, Died of Wounds, Died - 1st February 1915

Trenches - Western Front 1915

Remembering today, 100 years on, the 144 men commemorated by the Commonwealth War Graves Commission who died on the 1st February 1915.

5927 Private LEONARD ADKINS 2nd Bn. Coldstream Guards
G/10038 Private WILLIAM ALDEN 4th Bn. Royal Fusiliers
11057 Lance Corporal ALDER 2nd Bn. Coldstream Guards
11129 Private ANDERSON 1st Bn. Cameronians (Scottish Rifles)
Lieutenant EDWARD JOHN AVERY 4th Bn. Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry
Third Hand FREDERICK GEORGE BAKER Steam Trawler "Bernicia" (Grimsby) Mercantile Marine
12/604 Private JOHN BEASY 12th Bn. East Yorkshire Regiment
2872 Corporal BELL 1st Bn. Irish Guards
3331 Private SAMUEL BENHAM 2nd Bn. Coldstream Guards
Lieutenant R. St. JOHN BLACKER-DOUGLASS 1st Bn. Irish Guards
3/7266 Private BOWDEN 2nd Bn. Devonshire Regiment
501 Private THOMAS BOWES 1st Bn. Seaforth Highlanders
4956 Private BRAY 1st Bn. Irish Guards
4961 Private BRENNAN 1st Bn. Irish Guards
12037 Private TOM LESLIE St. JOHN BRINDLEY 2nd Bn. Coldstream Guards
9842 Corporal BURKE 1st Bn. King's Royal Rifle Corps
Major ROBERT GILLIES CAMPBELL 10th Bn. Seaforth Highlanders
11783 Private HENRY ERNEST CARPENTER 2nd Bn. Coldstream Guards
Second Lieutenant JOSEPH ALLAN CARTER WOOD 2nd Bn. Coldstream Guards
Mate THOMAS EDWARD CLARK Steam Trawler "Bernicia" (Grimsby) Mercantile Marine
Second Lieutenant HAROLD NORTON CLIFTON 1st Bn. Coldstream Guards
G/114 Corporal ROBERT COE 2nd Bn. The Queen's (Royal West Surrey Regiment)
2850 Private SAMUEL CORBY 5th Bn. Bedfordshire Regiment
2696 Private JOSEPH CORNALLY No. 2 Coy. 1st Bn. Irish Guards
2130 Private SAMUEL COX 1st Bn. The Loyal North Lancashire Regiment
6335 Private HARRY COXHILL 3rd Bn. Coldstream Guards
75438 Driver DAVIDSON 8th Reserve Bty. Royal Field Artillery
15874 Serjeant THOMAS DELANEY 2nd Bn. West Yorkshire Regiment (Prince of Wales's Own)
Lieutenant ARTHUR EDWARD DEVAS Essex Regiment
8263 Bearer DEVI 113th Indian Field Amb. Indian Army Medical Corps
2526 Rifleman DHAN BAHADUR GURUNG 2nd Bn. 3rd Queen Alexandra's Own Gurkha Rifles
2515 Rifleman DHANU GURUNG 2nd Bn. 3rd Queen Alexandra's Own Gurkha Rifles
4737 Private DONALDSON 1st Bn. Irish Guards
7792 Lance Corporal WALTER DRAKE 2nd Bn. Duke of Wellington's (West Riding Regiment)
3450 Private PATRICK DUNNE 1st Bn. Irish Guards
1679 Private DURBAN 6th Bn. Essex Regiment
J/27376 Boy 1st Class LEONARD GEORGE ELLIS H.M.S. "Albion." Royal Navy
4915 Private FARRELL 2nd Bn. Irish Guards
10758 Private FAULKNER 7th Bn. Bedfordshire Regiment
199 Serjeant EVELYN FRANKLAND 2nd East Lancs. Field Amb. Royal Army Medical Corps
S/10689 Private FRASER 1st Bn. Cameron Highlanders
Skipper FREDERICK FREEMAN "Bernicia." Mercantile Marine
6253 Private BENJAMIN PHILLIPPUS GEYER 6th Mounted Rifles (Cape Light Horse)
3/6967 Private GIRDLESTONE 1st Bn. Norfolk Regiment
2599 Private WILLIAM DAVID GLENN No. 4 Coy. 1st Bn. Irish Guards
4803 Private GOODWIN 2nd Bn. Coldstream Guards
9659 Lance Corporal EDWIN JOHN GREEN 2nd Bn. Coldstream Guards
5033 Private HAMEL 2nd Bn. Irish Guards
4655 Lance Serjeant JAMES HARAN 1st Bn. Irish Guards
11996 Private FRANK CYRIL HILL 2nd Bn. Coldstream Guards
8767 Lance Corporal HILL 2nd Bn. Coldstream Guards
6299 Private CHARLES HOLMES 2nd Bn. East Lancashire Regiment
9683 Private HULSTON 2nd Bn. King's Shropshire Light Infantry
26124 Private EDGAR HUNT 10th Reserve Cavalry Regiment
7606 Private MONTAGUE EDWARD JACKSON 2nd Bn. York and Lancaster Regiment
15648 Private FRANCIS WILLIAM JAQUES 11th (Prince Albert's Own) Hussars
9025 Private JONES 3rd Bn. Worcestershire Regiment
S/6638 Private WILLIAM JOY 2nd Bn. The Queen's (Royal West Surrey Regiment)
8439 Lance Corporal FREDRICK DAVID JUDGE 2nd Bn. Coldstream Guards
1512 Sepoy KAKU KHAN 101st Indian Grenadiers
2217 Rifleman KAMANSING KHATTRI 1st Bn. 9th Gurkha Rifles
L/11819 Private KING 4th Bn. Middlesex Regiment
3445DA Deck Hand GEORGE BELL KNIGHT H.M. Trawler "Hondo." Royal Naval Reserve
Captain THOMAS UCHER CAULFEILD KNOX 2nd Bn. Coldstream Guards
TS/3968 Driver JOHN HENRY LANE 2nd Remount Depot Army Service Corps
TF/2759 Lance Corporal JOSEPH LEDBURY 4th Bn. Royal Sussex Regiment
Second Lieutenant LENNOX CLELAND LEE LEE 1st Bn. Irish Guards
10649 Private ALBERT LEVER 2nd Bn. Cameronians (Scottish Rifles)
5115 Private EVAN DAVID LLOYD 6th Dragoon Guards (Carabiniers)
10568 Private STANLEY LLOYD 1st Bn. The Loyal North Lancashire Regiment
240 Private ALFRED LORIMER Royal Army Medical Corps
7506 Private RODERICK J T LUMSDEN 2nd Bn. Highland Light Infantry
9821 Private ALEXANDER HOUSTON MACKAY 1st Bn. Gordon Highlanders
9616 Private MARTIN 2nd Bn. King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry
1614 Drummer THEOPHILUS MASON No. 4 Coy. 2nd Bn. Coldstream Guards
SR/16 Private GEORGE LISTON MELROSE 9th Vet. Hosp. Army Veterinary Corps
6174 Bandsman MILNE 2nd Bn. Cameronians (Scottish Rifles)
15538 Private MILTON East Lancashire Regiment
8353 Private MITCHELL 2nd Bn. Border Regiment
6440 Private JOHN MURPHY 2nd Bn. Royal Munster Fusiliers
Second Engineer CHARLES McCARTHY Steam Trawler "Bernicia" (Grimsby) Mercantile Marine
T3/026572 Driver McDERMID No. 4 H.T. Reception Depot Army Service Corps
M/3350 Private McGOUGH West Riding Div. Train Army Service Corps
7360 Serjeant THOMAS McMULLEN 2nd Bn. Coldstream Guards
3186 Serjeant THOMAS ALFRED McNAB 3rd Bn. King's Royal Rifle Corps
6934 Private McQUEEN 2nd Bn. Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders
1785 Rifleman NARBIR BISHT 1st Bn. 9th Gurkha Rifles
4802 Private MICHAEL NEILL 1st Bn. Irish Guards
2558 Private NICOLSON 4th Bn. Cameron Highlanders Captain Viscount NORTHLAND ALIAS
1280 Driver NUR MUHAMMAD 13th Mule Corps Chief Engineer LOUIS MARTIN OLSEN Steam Trawler "Bemicia" (Grimsby) Mercantile Marine
5216 Private OSBORN 2nd Bn. Coldstream Guards
7456 Private THOMAS OSBORNE 2nd Bn. South Staffordshire Regiment
1269 Sub-Asst. Surgeon PAPANNA NAYUDU Indian Subordinate Medical Department
1946 Private HECTOR HARRIS PENDUCK 2nd Southern Gen. Hospital Royal Army Medical Corps
Captain DUDLEY EYRE PERSSE 4th Bn. attd. 2nd Bn. Royal Dublin Fusiliers
1347 Lance Naik PHUMAN SINGH 47th Sikhs
Trimmer JOSEPH PILLAR Steam Trawler "Bemicia" (Grimsby) Mercantile Marine
10741 Rifleman HENRY QUANTRILL 3rd Bn. King's Royal Rifle Corps
Z/1106 Rifleman JOSEPH JAMES RANDALL 3rd Bn. Rifle Brigade
2245 Private SIDNEY RENYARD 1st/4th Bn. Hampshire Regiment
11695 Corporal HARRY ROSTINS 1st Bn. Worcestershire Regiment
3246 Private RONALD F.K. SALMOND 1st Reserve Bn. London Regiment (London Scottish)
8569 Private SALTER 2nd Bn. Devonshire Regiment
349 Rifleman SAUNDERS 3rd Bn. Rifle Brigade
CMT/2599 Private JOHN SAUNDERS 52nd Mechanical Transport Coy. (Aldershot) Army Service Corps
Deck Hand ARTHUR BENJAMIN SAVORY Steam Trawler "Bernicia" (Grimsby) Mercantile Marine
6892 Private JOHN SHIPMAN SEVERN 1st Bn. Sherwood Foresters (Notts and Derby Regiment)
7512 Private SHAKESBY 2nd Bn. Coldstream Guards
2250 Private SHAW 9th (Glasgow Hdrs.) Bn. Highland Light Infantry
5628 Lance Corporal SHAW 1st Bn. Coldstream Guards
3632 Sepoy SHIUDAS SINGH 1st Bn. 97th Deccan Infantry
Lieutenant ANTHONY HENRY SIMPSON 1st Bn. Royal Warwickshire Regiment
5264 Private SLOAN "D" Coy. 2nd Bn. Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders
75010 Serjeant GRANVILLE ERNEST SMITH 2nd Bn. Coldstream Guards
Gunner SAMUEL CHARLES ARTHUR SMITH H.M.S. "Comet." Royal Navy
7783 Drummer WILLIAM H. SMITH 1st Bn. Lincolnshire Regiment
6896 Serjeant SPALDING 1st Bn. Coldstream Guards
L/7724 Lance Corporal VICTOR SPILLETT 1st Bn. The Buffs (East Kent Regiment)
4438 Private WILLIAM STEEPE 1st Bn. Irish Guards
507 Trooper JAMES ALEXANDER STEWART 5th Australian Light Horse
10983 Private GEORGE ROWLAND STRAW 1st Bn. Sherwood Foresters (Notts and Derby Regiment)
4988 Corporal JOHN FOSTER STRICKLAND No. 4 Coy. 2nd Bn. Irish Guards
5754 Private JAMES SULLIVAN 2nd Bn. Royal Munster Fusiliers
5597 Lance Corporal ALFRED SUNDERLAND 2nd Bn. West Yorkshire Regiment (Prince of Wales's Own)
2418 Private THOMAS TATLOCK 1st Bn. The Loyal North Lancashire Regiment
6490 Sapper GEORGE TAYLOR 2nd Siege Coy. Royal Mon. Royal Engineers
7259 Private THOMPSON 2nd Bn. Royal Dublin Fusiliers
Deck Hand ARTHUR J. THORNTON Steam Trawler "Bernicia" (Grimsby) Mercantile Marine
1560 Rifleman TULA RAWAT 1st Bn. 39th Garhwal Rifles
5278 Private PATRICK TWYFORD 2nd Bn. Royal Munster Fusiliers
8398 Private MICHAEL WALSH 3rd Bn. Connaught Rangers
S/880 Private HENRY PROUCY WARTON 2nd Bn. Royal Sussex Regiment Steward EVAN HERBERT WATKIN Steam Trawler "Bernicia" (Grimsby) Mercantile Marine
L/14591 Private THOMAS WILLIAM WATSON 4th Bn. Middlesex Regiment
8131 Private WELLS 2nd Bn. Coldstream Guards
PO/15170 Private JOHN WHITEHEAD H.M.S. "Odin Royal Marine Light Infantry
51171 Corporal WIGGINS "Z" Bty. Royal Horse Artillery
5036 Ship's Corporal ALFRED ERNEST WILLIAMS H.M.A.S. "Tingira." Royal Australian Navy
6417 Private THOMAS WILLIAMS 1st Bn. Leinster Regiment
13093 Serjeant HARRY WINSTANLEY Depot Bn. Manchester Regiment
10260 Guardsman DAVID McDONALD WOOD 1st Bn. Scots Guards
K/14950 Stoker 1st Class WOOD H.M.S. "Achilles." Royal Navy

The image on this post shows men of the Queen's Own Oxfordshire Hussars in trenches in February 1915 and is courtesy of the Witney Gazette.

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