Remembering 2nd Ypres - 23rd April 1915

On 22nd April 1915 the German IV Army launched a surprise attack on Allied Lines, an attack that saw the use of poison gas for the first time. The men listed below - 485 of them in total - all lost their lives the following day, 23rd April 1915. All of these men died in Belgium and the vast majority of these in or around the Ypres Salient in what came to be known as the Second Battle of Ypres.

One hundred years on, I remember the men who gave their lives that day. Casualties are ordered alphabetically by cemetery.  Note that a number of aliases are present in the following roll call. In each case the assumed name is the name given first; thus John Smith ALIAS Jones implies that the man's real name was John Jones but that he enlisted as John Smith.

Aeroplane Cemetery

Captain William Arthur Rowe Carter 1st/5th Battalion, King's Own (Royal Lancaster Regiment)

Bedford House Cemetery

Captain Karl Ferdinand Franck W. Arnold 1st Battalion, Suffolk Regiment
9207 Private C W Chapman 2nd Battalion, East Yorkshire Regiment
Lieutenant Hubert George Henry Fardell 3rd attd. 2nd Battalion, East Surrey Regiment
7295 Serjeant L Foulkes 2nd Battalion, East Yorkshire Regiment
1330 Rifleman T Kift 1st Battalion, Monmouthshire Regiment
Second Lieutenant Norman Sawers Scott 2nd Battalion, King's Own Scottish Borderers

Berks Cemetery Extension

1666 Private J A Myring 1st/5th Battalion, Royal Warwickshire Regiment

Blauwepoort Farm Cemetery

8732 Private James Parr 1st Battalion, Norfolk Regiment

Chester Farm Cemetery

2362 Private William Burton 2nd Battalion, Manchester Regiment
9484 Private John Gavin 2nd Battalion, Manchester Regiment
6473 Serjeant Richard Hamblett 2nd Battalion, Manchester Regiment
2147 Private Michael Ryan 2nd Battalion, Manchester Regiment
5538 Serjeant Herbert Tunnicliffe 2nd Battalion, Manchester Regiment

Dickebusch New Military Cemetery

Lieutenant Robert William Sterling 1st Battalion, Royal Scots Fusiliers

Divisional Cemetery

8590 Private H Delvin 2nd Battalion, Northumberland Fusiliers

Hagle Dump Cemetery

9415 Private Herbert David Jenner 2nd Battalion, Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry

Hooge Crater Cemetery

32896 Gunner Percy Tudor Bladen 130th Battery, 24th Bde. Royal Field Artillery
31435 Acting Bombardier E J Tucker 130th Battery, 30th Bde. Royal Field Artillery

Kemmel Chateau Military Cemetery

2237 Private Harold Stevenson 1st/8th Battalion, Sherwood Foresters (Notts and Derby Regiment)

La Clytte Military Cemetery

8552 Private William Cullum 2nd Battalion, Suffolk Regiment
7675 Private Patrick Mcdonald 1st Battalion, Royal Scots Fusiliers

Larch Wood (Railway Cutting) Cemetery

8936 Private Archibald Robb Bertram Baird 2nd Battalion, Cameron Highlanders
S/16674 Private James Douglas 2nd Battalion, Cameron Highlanders
S/14459 Private J Elrick 2nd Battalion, Cameron Highlanders
S/12711 Private Daniel Halloran 2nd Battalion, Cameron Highlanders
S/16030 Lance Corporal Thomas Henderson "C" Coy. 2nd Battalion, Cameron Highlanders
S/16355 Private John Lamont 2nd Battalion, Cameron Highlanders
8094 Corporal G Mansfield 2nd Battalion, Cameron Highlanders
S/12409 Private J Mcalpine 2nd Battalion, Cameron Highlanders
8333 Lance Corporal W Mcdiarmid 2nd Battalion, Cameron Highlanders
6961 Private J Mckenzie 2nd Battalion, Cameron Highlanders
8453 Private W Mclean 2nd Battalion, Cameron Highlanders
7016 Private James Mcnab 2nd Battalion, Cameron Highlanders
S/15545 Private John Mearns 2nd Battalion, Cameron Highlanders
5312 Serjeant John Nield 2nd Battalion, Cameron Highlanders
8935 Private W M Ronaldson 2nd Battalion, Cameron Highlanders

Lindenhoek Chalet Military Cemetery

1321 Private T. Harry Chapman "F" Coy. 1st/5th Battalion, Leicestershire Regiment

New Irish Farm Cemetery

Lieutenant Colonel Arthur George Burt Cdg. 1st Battalion, York and Lancaster Regiment
Second Lieutenant Stanley Edwyn Callard 2nd Battalion, East Yorkshire Regiment
7044 Lance Corporal J I Cameron 2nd Battalion, King's Own Scottish Borderers
18051 Private F Copeland 1st Battalion, York and Lancaster Regiment
11466 Private F Curry ALIAS Wharton
9920 Private W Fenn 1st Battalion, York and Lancaster Regiment
3/3273 Private T P Jones 1st Battalion, York and Lancaster Regiment
6639 Private Charles Kent 1st Battalion, York and Lancaster Regiment
1360 Private S Mckail 2nd Battalion, Royal Scots
17242 Private J Morcom 2nd Battalion, Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry
9577 Private C E Munford 2nd Battalion, Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry
17513 Private Thomas Richard Place 2nd Battalion, Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry
10267 Private J Whitehead 1st Battalion, York and Lancaster Regiment
9582 Private A E Williams 1st Battalion, York and Lancaster Regiment

Oosttaverne Wood Cemetery

7/801 Rifleman J G Donovan 4th Battalion, King's Royal Rifle Corps
1852 Private William Howie 1st/9th Battalion, Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders
7519 Corporal Frederick Charles Jackson 2nd Battalion, Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry
3/5073 Lance Corporal Ernest John Linge 2nd Battalion, Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry

Packhorse Farm Shrine Cemetery

2735 Private Horace Pratt "D" Coy. 1st/4th Battalion, Leicestershire Regiment

Perth Cemetery (China Wall)

16728 Private Adam Henderson 2nd Battalion, King's Own Scottish Borderers

Ploegsteert Memorial

S/10630 Private George Kitts 1st Battalion, The Buffs (East Kent Regiment)

Ploegsteert Wood Military Cemetery

97 Private A H Spong 1st/1st Bucks Battalion, Oxford and Bucks Light Infantry

Poperinghe Old Military Cemetery

Captain Edwin Scott Bamford 1st Battalion, York and Lancaster Regiment
15539 Private Alfred William Barrett 1st Battalion, Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry
6431 Lance Corporal J H Bristow 2nd Battalion, East Surrey Regiment
7502 Private J W Bunting Army Ordnance Corps
4286 Sub-Conductor William Henry Cutler Army Ordnance Corps
28300 Driver Thomas Fletcher 20th Battalion, Ammunition Col. Royal Field Artillery
7712 Private T Galbraith 2nd Battalion, Cameron Highlanders
7717 Private Samuel Augustus Harris Army Ordnance Corps
4167 Sub-Conductor Arthur Joseph Lamb Army Ordnance Corps
1248 Lance Corporal T F Latham Military Foot Police Military Police Corps
20657 Corporal John Alexander Ramsay ALIAS Alexander
S/16334 Private A Robertson 2nd Battalion, Cameron Highlanders
2096 Private Norman Howard Small "B" Coy. 1st/9th Battalion, Royal Scots
80617 Driver F Smith 20th Bde. Ammunition Col. Royal Field Artillery
S/4634 Sub-Conductor Ernest Bertram Trowell Army Ordnance Corps
Captain Francis John Wyley 1st Battalion, King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry

Railway Dugouts Burial Ground (Transport Farm)

9841 Private J Hilborn 2nd Battalion, Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry

Seaforth Cemetery, Cheddar Villa

Captain Bertie Noel Lumsden 2nd Battalion, Seaforth Highlanders

Spoilbank Cemetery

6954 Private E Rooke 1st Battalion, Lincolnshire Regiment
7511 Corporal H Standerline 1st Battalion, Lincolnshire Regiment

Tuileries British Cemetery

9827 Private C Boote 1st Battalion, Cheshire Regiment
11375 Private J Burns 1st Battalion, Cheshire Regiment

Vlamertinghe Military Cemetery

6484 Private John Cudbertson 2nd Battalion, East Yorkshire Regiment
38338 Driver R Gammie 15th Bde. Ammunition Col. Royal Field Artillery
10892 Private Robert Alexander Grant "C" Coy. 1st Battalion, Royal Scots
9713 Private S Hawkey 2nd Battalion, Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry
93 Private T Larkin 2nd Battalion, The Buffs (East Kent Regiment)
887 Private A J F Pride 2nd Battalion, The Buffs (East Kent Regiment)
Lieutenant N M Young "A" Coy., 1st Battalion, Royal Scots

Voormezeele Enclosure No.3

463 Company Serjeant Major R U Green Honourable Artillery Company

Woods Cemetery

3/6975 Private E G Blake 1st Battalion, Dorsetshire Regiment

Ypres (Menin Gate) Memorial

Of the 485 men who died in Belgium on April 23rd 1915, 393 have no known grave and are commemorated on the Menin Gate memorial at Ypres.

9504 Lance Corporal Frederick George Leonard Abrams 2nd Battalion, Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry
9606 Private Alfred Adams 1st Battalion, York and Lancaster Regiment
2069 Private Edward Adams 1st/5th Battalion, King's Own (Royal Lancaster Regiment)
6140 Private George Allan 2nd Battalion, Cameron Highlanders
TF/1315 Company Quartermaster Serjeant Sidney Allies 1st/8th Battalion, Middlesex Regiment
Captain Abdy Fellowes Anderson 3rd Battalion, Cameronians (Scottish Rifles)
6348 Private Joseph Anderson 1st Battalion, Lincolnshire Regiment
10697 Lance Corporal Joseph Willis Armitage 2nd Battalion, King's Own Scottish Borderers
3/3964 Lance Corporal George Thomas Ashmore 1st Battalion, York and Lancaster Regiment
8861 Lance Corporal James Ashton 2nd Battalion, East Yorkshire Regiment
10090 Private Joseph Atack 1st Battalion, York and Lancaster Regiment
9362 Private Ernest Atkin 1st Battalion, York and Lancaster Regiment
8562 Private Alfred J. Austin 2nd Battalion, East Yorkshire Regiment
9499 Private Samuel Bailey 1st Battalion, York and Lancaster Regiment
71214 Bombardier George Baker 61st Battery, Royal Field Artillery
9016 Serjeant William Baker 2nd Battalion, East Yorkshire Regiment
16907 Private William Richard Baker 2nd Battalion, Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry
1386 Private George Edward Balderstone 1st/5th Battalion, King's Own (Royal Lancaster Regiment)
11359 Private George Bandy 1st Battalion, York and Lancaster Regiment
9696 Private Charles Barber 1st Battalion, York and Lancaster Regiment
5623 Private George Henry Barry 2nd Battalion, Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry
L/8131 Private Alfred John Bartley "D" Coy. 2nd Battalion, The Buffs (East Kent Regiment)
S/180 Private John Thomas Bean 2nd Battalion, The Buffs (East Kent Regiment)
1363 Private George Beckett "A" Coy. 1st/5th Battalion, King's Own (Royal Lancaster Regiment)
7176 Private James Bendorffe 2nd Battalion, King's Own Scottish Borderers
12368 Lance Corporal John Bennett 2nd Battalion, King's Own Scottish Borderers
S/9244 Private William Bennett 1st Battalion, Queen's Own (Royal West Kent Regiment)
6754 Private Arthur Edward Birch 1st Battalion, York and Lancaster Regiment
9536 Lance Corporal Walter Bishop 1st Battalion, York and Lancaster Regiment
8000 Private John H. Bladon 2nd Battalion, East Yorkshire Regiment
9490 Corporal William Edmund Blake 1st Battalion, York and Lancaster Regiment
Captain Charles Ernest William Bland 3rd Battalion, attd. 2nd Battalion, King's Own Scottish Borderers
13424 Private Joseph Arthur Bond 2nd Battalion, Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry
15906 Private James Bonser 2nd Battalion, East Yorkshire Regiment
10145 Private Walter Boyes "D" Coy. 2nd Battalion, Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry
9987 Lance Corporal Harry Bradley 2nd Battalion, East Yorkshire Regiment
9915 Private Herbert Bradley 1st Battalion, York and Lancaster Regiment
Lieutenant Philip Warden Bradley 3rd Battalion, Queen's Own (Royal West Kent Regiment)
G/4705 Private Herbert Bramble 1st Bn Queen's Own (Royal West Kent Regiment)
3/4651 Private Ernest Bray 1st Battalion, York and Lancaster Regiment
G/5119 Private William Breze 1st Battalion, Queen's Own (Royal West Kent Regiment)
8806 Private John Edwin Brinkley 1st Battalion, York and Lancaster Regiment
7177 Private Robert John Brittain 2nd Battalion, East Surrey Regiment
8987 Private George Broadley 2nd Battalion, East Yorkshire Regiment
9096 Lance Corporal Charles Brotherton 1st Battalion, York and Lancaster Regiment
9501 Private Albert Brown 1st Battalion, York and Lancaster Regiment
L/10347 Private Thomas William Martin Brown 1st Battalion, Queen's Own (Royal West Kent Regiment)
8853 Private Thomas Buckton 1st Battalion, York and Lancaster Regiment
17463 Private Enoch Cornelius Bull 2nd Battalion, Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry
16656 Private Harry Bull 2nd Battalion, Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry
10060 Private John Burns 1st Battalion, Cheshire Regiment
1512 Lance Corporal Thomas Burrow 1st/5th Battalion, King's Own (Royal Lancaster Regiment)
3/6508 Private George Butterfield 2nd Battalion, East Yorkshire Regiment
Captain James Robert Caird 3rd Battalion, attd. 2nd Battalion, King's Own Scottish Borderers
3/2347 Private John Calligan 1st Battalion, York and Lancaster Regiment
3/3279 Private James Carey 1st Battalion, York and Lancaster Regiment
7796 Serjeant Fred Caris 2nd Battalion, King's Own Scottish Borderers
8954 Private James Carney 1st Battalion, York and Lancaster Regiment
11047 Private James Carrington 1st Battalion, York and Lancaster Regiment
2093 Private George Cathcart 1st/5th Battalion, King's Own (Royal Lancaster Regiment)
316612 Private John Caveney 2nd Battalion, East Yorkshire Regiment
Lieutenant Cyril Kinnaird Chamier 1st Battalion, York and Lancaster Regiment
S/8557 Private Alfred John Chandler 1st Battalion, Queen's Own (Royal West Kent Regiment)
9782 Private Arthur Clark 2nd Battalion, East Yorkshire Regiment
18330 Private H Clarke ALIAS Cohen
9640 Private Sydney Thomas Clarke 1st Battalion, York and Lancaster Regiment
9348 Private Albert Cockaday 2nd Battalion, East Yorkshire Regiment
Major Harold Kelway Colston 1st Battalion, York and Lancaster Regiment
17333 Private Charles Henry Cook 2nd Battalion, Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry
10068 Lance Corporal George James Cook 2nd Battalion, Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry
8716 Private James Cooke 1st Battalion, York and Lancaster Regiment
L/7568 Private F Coomber 1st Battalion, Queen's Own (Royal West Kent Regiment)
9707 Private William Cooper ALIAS Quin
S/15343 Private James Copeland 2nd Battalion, Cameron Highlanders
12900 Private Cecil Blatch Cox 2nd Battalion, Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry
4356 Private Charles John Cox 1st Battalion, York and Lancaster Regiment
9272 Corporal Arthur James Crabb 2nd Battalion, Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry
1767 Private Joseph Cragg 1st/5th Battalion, King's Own (Royal Lancaster Regiment)
7706 Private John Craven 2nd Battalion, King's Own Scottish Borderers
8831 Private Percy William Crocker 2nd Battalion, Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry
8559 Private Maitland Crolley 2nd Battalion, Cameron Highlanders
3/3859 Private George Jesse Henry Cross 2nd Battalion, Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry
16762 Private Jonathan Croydon 2nd Battalion, East Yorkshire Regiment
11757 Private Hugh John Cullen 2nd Battalion, King's Own Scottish Borderers
16778 Private Robert Cunningham 2nd Battalion, King's Own Scottish Borderers
7126 Company Serjeant Major Edward Curson 2nd Battalion, East Yorkshire Regiment
Second Lieutenant Giles Robert Daubeney 3rd Battalion, attd. 1st Battalion, Queen's Own (Royal West Kent Regiment)
8619 Serjeant Frederick Davis 1st Battalion, York and Lancaster Regiment
17327 Private Ernest Lincoln Dean 2nd Battalion, East Yorkshire Regiment
TF/2383 Private Elias Dear 1st/8th Battalion, Middlesex Regiment
2688 Private William Dennis 9th Battalion, Royal Scots
S/1051 Private Thomas Dodson 1st Battalion, Queen's Own (Royal West Kent Regiment)
6960 Private E Dornan 2nd Battalion, King's Own Scottish Borderers
9839 Private James Draycott "B" Coy. 1st Battalion, York and Lancaster Regiment
S/8982 Private James Samuel Edwards 1st Battalion, Queen's Own (Royal West Kent Regiment)
S/8964 Private Joseph James Edwards 1st Battalion, Queen's Own (Royal West Kent Regiment)
13903 Private Percy Martin Edwards 2nd Battalion, Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry
9754 Private John William Elliott 1st Battalion, York and Lancaster Regiment
13882 Private Patrick Elmore 2nd Battalion, East Yorkshire Regiment
17354 Private Albert Elson 2nd Battalion, Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry
3/5487 Lance Corporal Albert English "C" Coy. 2nd Battalion, Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry 3/5478 Private Charles English 2nd Battalion, East Yorkshire Regiment
7731 Private Thomas Farrar 2nd Battalion, East Yorkshire Regiment
3/4161 Lance Corporal George Edward Fazackerley 1st Battalion, York and Lancaster Regiment
28958 Private J R Ferguson ALIAS Hickingbottom
3/3760 Private Joseph Fields 1st Battalion, York and Lancaster Regiment
8264 Lance Corporal Thomas Fisher 2nd Battalion, Cameron Highlanders
9936 Private Charles Flannagan 2nd Battalion, East Yorkshire Regiment
15928 Private John Flinders 1st Battalion, York and Lancaster Regiment
S/16333 Private Peter Forbes 2nd Battalion, Cameron Highlanders
9370 Private James A. Ford 2nd Battalion, East Yorkshire Regiment
9948 Private Freddy Fox 1st Battalion, York and Lancaster Regiment
S/15489 Private Francis Freeburn 2nd Battalion, Cameron Highlanders
6901 Private John Freeman 2nd Battalion, East Yorkshire Regiment
S/8694 Private Leonard George Frost 1st Battalion, Queen's Own (Royal West Kent Regiment)
8100 Private John Gemmell 2nd Battalion, Cameron Highlanders
G/7441 Lance Corporal Charles Giles 3rd Battalion, Middlesex Regiment
13558 Private James Gill 2nd Battalion, King's Own Scottish Borderers
3/7744 Private Robert Gill 2nd Battalion, East Yorkshire Regiment
1964 Lance Corporal William Goby 2nd Battalion, East Surrey Regiment
11399 Lance Corporal J Good ALIAS Spence
8930 Lance Corporal Francis Rueben Gorbey 1st Battalion, Royal Irish Regiment
11268 Private Frederick Grant "D" Coy. 2nd Battalion, East Yorkshire Regiment
9596 Private Albert Edward Grayling 1st Battalion, York and Lancaster Regiment
14153 Private William Greenhalgh 1st Battalion, York and Lancaster Regiment
9931 Private Burwell Harrison Greenwood 2nd Battalion, East Yorkshire Regiment
9085 Private Reginald Grego 2nd Battalion, Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry
L/12331 Private Henry John Griffiths 3rd Battalion, Middlesex Regiment
8244 Private John W. Grimshaw 2nd Battalion, East Yorkshire Regiment
9741 Private Walter Oscar Grundy 2nd Battalion, Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry
TF/1717 Private Albert William Hall 1st/8th Battalion, Middlesex Regiment
9923 Private George Frederick Hall 1st Battalion, York and Lancaster Regiment Lieutenant John Raphael Hamilton-Dalrymple 2nd Battalion, King's Own Scottish Borderers
10109 Lance Corporal John Hammersley 1st Battalion, York and Lancaster Regiment
TF/2137 Private Ernest Hancock "B" Coy 1st/8th Battalion, Middlesex Regiment
5877 Private Michael Hannon 1st Battalion, Royal Scots Fusiliers
2319 Private Gordon Hardie "C" Coy. 9th Battalion, Royal Scots
9135 Private Frederick Hare 2nd Battalion, East Yorkshire Regiment
12906 Private George Hargreaves 1st Battalion, York and Lancaster Regiment
9165 Private Edward Clarence Harris 2nd Battalion, Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry
3/4288 Private James Edward Harris 1st Battalion, York and Lancaster Regiment
9105 Lance Corporal William Hartley 2nd Battalion, East Yorkshire Regiment
13010 Private W Harvey 2nd Battalion, King's Own Scottish Borderers
Lieutenant Frederick Haswell 3rd Battalion, East Yorkshire Regiment
S/12105 Private James Hay 2nd Battalion, Cameron Highlanders
G/932 Private Edward Hayward 2nd Battalion, The Buffs (East Kent Regiment)
10065 Private Frank William Herne 1st Battalion, York and Lancaster Regiment
18357 Private Thomas Heron 1st Battalion, York and Lancaster Regiment
10088 Private William Hobson 1st Battalion, York and Lancaster Regiment
5554 Private Henry Hocking 2nd Battalion, Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry
8525 Private George W. Holding 2nd Battalion, East Yorkshire Regiment
14959 Private William A. Holliday 2nd Battalion, East Yorkshire Regiment
1683 Private J Hook 1st/8th Battalion, Middlesex Regiment
6967 Private J Houston 2nd Battalion, King's Own Scottish Borderers
2197 Private Richard Huartson 1st/5th Battalion, King's Own (Royal Lancaster Regiment)
Second Lieutenant Francis Stanley William Hubbert 2nd Battalion, East Yorkshire Regiment
10601 Private William A. Hughes 2nd Battalion, East Yorkshire Regiment
7334 Private Hugh Hunter 2nd Battalion, Cameron Highlanders
9390 Lance Corporal James Thomas Cecil Hurst 2nd Battalion, Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry
2384 Private Henry Huyton 1st/5th Battalion, King's Own (Royal Lancaster Regiment)
14008 Private E Ireson 1st Battalion, York and Lancaster Regiment
9032 Private George Jackson 2nd Battalion, East Yorkshire Regiment
3/6782 Private Walter Jewitt 2nd Battalion, East Yorkshire Regiment
10386 Private Arthur Edward Johnson 2nd Battalion, Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry
9377 Private Harry Johnson 2nd Battalion, Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry
1505 Private John Septimus Johnston 1st/5th Battalion, King's Own (Royal Lancaster Regiment)
3/4536 Lance Corporal Marks Joseph 1st Battalion, York and Lancaster Regiment
7552 Private Alexander Kemp 2nd Battalion, King's Own Scottish Borderers
8723 Private Thomas Kennedy 1st Battalion, York and Lancaster Regiment
2526 Private William Kent 9th Battalion, Royal Scots
3/6349 Private Alfred Kerry 2nd Battalion, East Yorkshire Regiment
1653 Private Victor Keyworth 1st/5th Battalion, King's Own (Royal Lancaster Regiment)
8376 Drummer William King 1st Battalion, York and Lancaster Regiment
8288 Private Talbot Kirkwood 2nd Battalion, East Yorkshire Regiment
7656 Private Charles Knight 1st Battalion, York and Lancaster Regiment
3/3219 Private Thomas George Knight 1st Battalion, York and Lancaster Regiment
8855 Private Samuel Knowles 2nd Battalion, East Yorkshire Regiment
2105 Private William Laing 9th Battalion, Royal Scots
16768 Private Richard Lamb 2nd Battalion, East Yorkshire Regiment
6631 Private John Lauder "C" Coy. 2nd Battalion, King's Own Scottish Borderers
8839 Private James Wilson Lawson 1st Battalion, York and Lancaster Regiment
12902 Private J Laybourn 2nd Battalion, King's Own Scottish Borderers
8608 Serjeant William Leggett 2nd Battalion, East Yorkshire Regiment
1908 Private Vernon Lennon 1st/5th Battalion, King's Own (Royal Lancaster Regiment)
8277 Private Frederick Levett 2nd Battalion, East Yorkshire Regiment
11084 Private Eric Lewins 2nd Bn Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry
2462 Private Alexander Cameron Lindsay 9th Battalion, Royal Scots
8135 Lance Corporal John Linkston 2nd Battalion, Cameron Highlanders
3/7081 Private George Lishman 2nd Battalion, East Yorkshire Regiment
S/12423 Private William Littlehales 2nd Battalion, Cameron Highlanders
G/5048 Private Walter James Long "B" Coy. 1st Battalion, Queen's Own (Royal West Kent Regiment)
9718 Private John Robert Lovell 2nd Battalion, Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry
16033 Private Thomas Lowthorpe 2nd Battalion, East Yorkshire Regiment
TF/4295 Private James Lucie 1st/8th Battalion, Middlesex Regiment
8171 Private J Lyall 2nd Battalion, King's Own Scottish Borderers
902 Lance Serjeant Neil Mackay 9th Battalion, Royal Scots
315587 Private John Macrae 2nd Battalion, Cameron Highlanders
S/8329 Private John Mapp 1st Battalion, Queen's Own (Royal West Kent Regiment)
9210 Lance Serjeant William Mardell 2nd Battalion, East Yorkshire Regiment
8886 Private William George Mason 1st Battalion, York and Lancaster Regiment
8857 Lance Serjeant Tom Mathers 2nd Battalion, East Yorkshire Regiment
G/873 Private Sidney Cocking Matthews "D" Coy. 2nd Battalion, The Buffs (East Kent Regiment)
S/11 Private Alfred Ernest Maynard 2nd Battalion, The Buffs (East Kent Regiment)
8691 Private John Mcaskill 2nd Battalion, Cameron Highlanders
8012 Lance Corporal George Mccabe 2nd Battalion, King's Own Scottish Borderers
17318 Private John Mccauley "A" Coy. 2nd Battalion, Royal Irish Fusiliers
9409 Private Duncan C. Mcclymont 2nd Battalion, East Yorkshire Regiment
S/17420 Private G Mcdade ALIAS McDonald
8516 Lance Corporal Donald Mcdonald 2nd Battalion, Cameron Highlanders
S/17420 Private George Mcdonald 2nd Battalion, Cameron Highlanders
8932 Private R Mcdonald 2nd Battalion, King's Own Scottish Borderers
8256 Lance Corporal Robert Mcgill 1st Battalion, York and Lancaster Regiment
S/12842 Private Samuel Mckelvie 2nd Battalion, Cameron Highlanders
9153 Private Archie Mckenzie 2nd Battalion, Cameron Highlanders
6636 Private J Mcpherson 2nd Battalion, King's Own Scottish Borderers
S/16356 Private Robert Mercer 2nd Battalion, Cameron Highlanders
9921 Private William Meyerhoff 2nd Battalion, East Yorkshire Regiment
3/6656 Private Robert William Middleton 2nd Battalion, East Yorkshire Regiment
8203 Serjeant John Milgrew 2nd Battalion, King's Own Scottish Borderers
S/15549 Private Robert Miller "A" Coy. 2nd Battalion, Cameron Highlanders
9383 Private William Milne "C" Coy. 1st Battalion, Royal Scots
15740 Private James Mitchell 2nd Battalion, East Yorkshire Regiment
8605 Serjeant Adam Monro "B" Coy. 2nd Battalion, Cameron Highlanders
3/5181 Private Thomas S. Mooney 2nd Battalion, East Yorkshire Regiment
14711 Private John E. Moore 2nd Battalion, East Yorkshire Regiment
TF/2031 Private Charles Morris 1st/8th Battalion, Middlesex Regiment
Second Lieutenant Henry Gage Morris 2nd Battalion, Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry
8825 Lance Corporal Ernest Moseley 1st Battalion, York and Lancaster Regiment
3/3266 Lance Corporal William New 1st Battalion, York and Lancaster Regiment
10112 Private Thomas Y. Newbegin 2nd Battalion, East Yorkshire Regiment
8903 Lance Corporal Robert Ney 2nd Battalion, Cameron Highlanders
G/1141 Lance Corporal Ernest Edward Nickes 2nd Battalion, The Buffs (East Kent Regiment)
L/9778 Serjeant Albert Frank Noakes 1st Battalion, Queen's Own (Royal West Kent Regiment)
3/6401 Private Richard Nolan 2nd Battalion, East Yorkshire Regiment
13827 Private James Nutman 2nd Battalion, East Yorkshire Regiment
3/686 Serjeant George Charles Oates 1st Battalion, York and Lancaster Regiment
10482 Private George William Oates 1st Battalion, York and Lancaster Regiment
3/3202 Private James Oates 1st Battalion, York and Lancaster Regiment
7868 Private William Oates "B" Coy. 2nd Battalion, King's Own Scottish Borderers
5604 Rifleman Charles Fredrick O'Donnell 3rd Battalion, King's Royal Rifle Corps
L/8570 Private William Ogilvie 2nd Battalion, The Buffs (East Kent Regiment)
14181 Private Benjamin Ogle 2nd Battalion, East Yorkshire Regiment
3/3684 Private Edwin Owen 1st Battalion, formerly 3rd Battalion, York and Lancaster Regiment
7237 Private Joseph Painting 2nd Battalion, East Surrey Regiment
S/9212 Private Alfred Pallott 1st Battalion, Queen's Own (Royal West Kent Regiment)
18584 Private Daniel Parker 1st Battalion, York and Lancaster Regiment
313770 Private Frederick Parker 1st Battalion, York and Lancaster Regiment
2321 Private Arthur Parkinson 1st/5th Battalion, King's Own (Royal Lancaster Regiment)
7261 Private Alfred Parsons 2nd Battalion, Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry
5481 Private William Paton 2nd Battalion, King's Own Scottish Borderers
3/16353 Lance Corporal Andrew Joseph Paulesen "B" Coy. 2nd Battalion, Cameron Highlanders
11287 Private Mark Payne 2nd Battalion, East Yorkshire Regiment
TF/4125 Private Frank Penfold 1st/8th Battalion, Middlesex Regiment
8562 Serjeant Josiah John Perkins 1st Battalion, York and Lancaster Regiment
9191 Private William Perrin 2nd Battalion, East Surrey Regiment
6/983 Rifleman Alfred Pickering 3rd Battalion, King's Royal Rifle Corps
8439 Private Ernest Pilley 1st Battalion, York and Lancaster Regiment
9814 Private Albert Edward Pilsbury 2nd Bn Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry
3/4732 Lance Corporal Henry Pinnock 2nd Battalion, Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry
10415 Private Harry Pittock 2nd Battalion, East Yorkshire Regiment
3/7735 Private George Precious 2nd Battalion, East Yorkshire Regiment
11979 Private Nathaniel Price 2nd Battalion, Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry
19762 Serjeant W Prince ALIAS Eadie
9707 Private William Quin 1st Battalion, York and Lancaster Regiment
11391 Private John Rae 2nd Battalion, East Yorkshire Regiment
2305 Private John Johnston Reekie "C" Coy. 9th Battalion, Royal Scots
2785 Private George Henry Renals 4th Battalion, Yorkshire Regiment
9285 Private Harry James Resbury 2nd Battalion, Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry
8991 Lance Serjeant Frederick George Retchford 2nd Battalion, Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry L/13701 Private Charles Henry Revell "A" Coy. 3rd Battalion, Middlesex Regiment
12926 Private Joseph Henry Ridley 1st Battalion, York and Lancaster Regiment
2248 Private Peter Rimmer 1st/5th Battalion, King's Own (Royal Lancaster Regiment)
L/9205 Private George Tomlin Ring 2nd Battalion, The Buffs (East Kent Regiment)
312836 Private Joe Roberts 1st Battalion, York and Lancaster Regiment
9506 Private Willie Roberts 1st Battalion, Royal Irish Regiment
17282 Private Charles Louis Bruce Robertson 2nd Battalion, Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry
9241 Private William Rogers 2nd Battalion, East Yorkshire Regiment
3/3247 Private William Rollinson 1st Bn York and Lancaster Regiment
Captain James Mcbain Ronald 2nd Battalion, The Buffs (East Kent Regiment)
3/6370 Private Robert Rook 2nd Battalion, East Yorkshire Regiment
4908 Private Albert Rosser 2nd Battalion, Cameron Highlanders
9860 Private Ernest Edwin Rout 2nd Battalion, East Yorkshire Regiment
10095 Private George William Rowan 1st Battalion, York and Lancaster Regiment
16600 Private Richard Blake Rowe 2nd Battalion, Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry
8844 Serjeant William Russell 2nd Battalion, King's Own Scottish Borderers
15437 Private John R. Rutter 2nd Battalion, East Yorkshire Regiment
S/8956 Private Richard Saint 1st Battalion, Queen's Own (Royal West Kent Regiment)
100 Private W Sanders ALIAS Blenner-Hassett
3/6070 Private Richard Henry Sandoe "B" Coy. 2nd Battalion, Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry
9977 Private Albert Saunders "C" Coy. 1st Battalion, York and Lancaster Regiment
L/10181 Private Albert Vincent Saunders 1st Battalion, Queen's Own (Royal West Kent Regiment)
7896 Serjeant James Savage 2nd Battalion, Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry
S/637 Lance Corporal William Timothy Scriven 2nd Battalion, The Buffs (East Kent Regiment)
8381 Serjeant Ernest Sellars 1st Battalion, York and Lancaster Regiment
15431 Private Fred Seymour 2nd Battalion, East Yorkshire Regiment
10159 Private William Seymour 1st Battalion, York and Lancaster Regiment
3/3905 Private Mark Sharkey 1st Battalion, York and Lancaster Regiment
10253 Private Reginald John Sharp 2nd Battalion, Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry
3/4219 Private John Shaw 1st Battalion, York and Lancaster Regiment
8826 Private James E. Sheridan 2nd Battalion, East Yorkshire Regiment
3/7258 Private John Sheridan 2nd Battalion, East Yorkshire Regiment
G/1463 Private Joseph Silk 3rd Battalion, Middlesex Regiment
3/3348 Private George Henry Silverwood 1st Battalion, York and Lancaster Regiment
9511 Private Frederick Hugh Simester 2nd Battalion, Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry
1515 Private James Simpson 1st/5th Battalion, King's Own (Royal Lancaster Regiment)
8446 Private James Sinclair 2nd Battalion, King's Own Scottish Borderers
10198 Private William Sinfield 1st Battalion, York and Lancaster Regiment
6490 Private Samuel Slater "A" Coy. 1st Battalion, York and Lancaster Regiment
568 Private Thomas Slater 1st/5th Battalion, King's Own (Royal Lancaster Regiment)
17319 Private Walter William John Smart 2nd Battalion, Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry
239 Private A Smith 5th Div. Cyclist Coy. Army Cyclist Corps
S/1243 Private George Smith 1st Battalion, Queen's Own (Royal West Kent Regiment)
9327 Lance Corporal Harry Smith 1st Battalion, York and Lancaster Regiment
33132 Private John Smith 1st Battalion, York and Lancaster Regiment
5951 Lance Corporal John Humfread Smith 2nd Battalion, East Surrey Regiment
10405 Corporal Norman Smith 1st Battalion, York and Lancaster Regiment
2004 Private Thomas Smith 9th Battalion, Royal Scots
3/7493 Private Joseph Snow 2nd Battalion, East Yorkshire Regiment
5961 Private William Hall Snowdon 2nd Bn King's Own Scottish Borderers
11399 Lance Corporal Norman Charles Spence 2nd Battalion, East Yorkshire Regiment
240628 Private Reginald Stamper 1st/5th Battalion, King's Own (Royal Lancaster Regiment)
1144 Private Walter W. Standen "A" Coy. 1st/5th Battalion, King's Own (Royal Lancaster Regiment)
35616 Corporal Arthur Herbert Stanton 2nd Battalion, Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry
5978 Private James Stark 2nd Battalion, King's Own Scottish Borderers
7608 Corporal Joseph Stead 2nd Battalion, King's Own Scottish Borderers Lieutenant Colonel Ernest William Rokeby Stephenson 3rd Battalion, Middlesex Regiment
L/9821 Private Thomas Stevens 2nd Battalion, The Buffs (East Kent Regiment)
9100 Lance Corporal John Stevenson 2nd Battalion, King's Own Scottish Borderers
Lieutenant Herbert Stewart 3rd Battalion, Durham Light Infantry
16825 Private Peter Stewart 2nd Battalion, King's Own Scottish Borderers
7906 Company Serjeant Major Owen A. Stimpson 2nd Battalion, East Yorkshire Regiment
9895 Private William Stirling 2nd Battalion, Cameron Highlanders
3/5952 Private George Stokes "B" Coy. 2nd Battalion, Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry
3/3891 Private Thomas Stonebanks 1st Battalion, York and Lancaster Regiment
3/4075 Private Thomas Stoner 1st Battalion, York and Lancaster Regiment
17353 Private Edward Ernest Strickland 2nd Battalion, Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry
7606 Private George Sutherland 2nd Battalion, Cameron Highlanders
3/3520 Private Charley Sykes 1st Battalion, York and Lancaster Regiment
4997 Private Andrew Symington 2nd Battalion, Cameron Highlanders
Captain Basil Owen Tatham 3rd Battalion, attd. 2nd Battalion, East Yorkshire Regiment
10515 Private John William Taylor 1st Battalion, York and Lancaster Regiment
11644 Private William Taylor 2nd Battalion, King's Own Scottish Borderers
1324 Private William Henry Theobald "A" Coy. 1st/5th Battalion, King's Own (Royal Lancaster Regiment)
8344 Private Joseph Thorpe 1st Battalion, York and Lancaster Regiment
3/7184 Private Percy Thurgill 1st Battalion, Norfolk Regiment
9601 Private William Tidd 1st Battalion, York and Lancaster Regiment
L/9996 Private Alfred George Tierney 1st Battalion, Queen's Own (Royal West Kent Regiment)
16575 Private Thomas Tippett 2nd Battalion, Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry
3/3419 Private Daniel Toulson "A" Coy. 1st Battalion, York and Lancaster Regiment
9535 Lance Corporal Henry William Townsend 1st Battalion, York and Lancaster Regiment
9255 Lance Corporal Thomas Tranter 1st Battalion, York and Lancaster Regiment
L/10448 Private John George Truman 1st Battalion, Queen's Own (Royal West Kent Regiment)
3/2370 Private Percy Chipling Tucker 1st Battalion, York and Lancaster Regiment
9426 Private George Henry Turner 1st Battalion, York and Lancaster Regiment
G/4665 Serjeant William Albert Turner 2nd Battalion, The Buffs (East Kent Regiment)
TF/1117 Serjeant William Herbert Lewis Turner 1st/8th Battalion, Middlesex Regiment
Lieutenant Zouch Austin Turton 3rd Battalion, Norfolk Regiment
6575 Private Sydney Tyzack 1st Battalion, York and Lancaster Regiment
12791 Private Frank Usher 2nd Battalion, Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry
17779 Private Arthur Wager 2nd Battalion, Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry
1381 Private Henry Ernest Waite 1st/5th Battalion, King's Own (Royal Lancaster Regiment)
11319 Private Arthur James Wakefield 2nd Battalion, East Yorkshire Regiment
9704 Private Charles Henry Walker 2nd Battalion, Cheshire Regiment
9407 Private William Walker 1st Battalion, York and Lancaster Regiment
15302 Private George Waller 2nd Battalion, East Yorkshire Regiment
17725 Private Wilson Watson 1st Battalion, York and Lancaster Regiment
3/3837 Private George James Watts 1st Battalion, York and Lancaster Regiment
S/1117 Private George Joseph Watts 1st Battalion, Queen's Own (Royal West Kent Regiment)
9654 Private James W. Weaving 2nd Battalion, East Yorkshire Regiment
8819 Private Victor John Webber 2nd Battalion, East Yorkshire Regiment
3/5706 Private James Weldon 2nd Battalion, East Yorkshire Regiment
6423 Private Alexander Scoular White 2nd Battalion, King's Own Scottish Borderers
3/7295 Private George White 2nd Battalion, East Yorkshire Regiment
14312 Private Harry White 1st Battalion, York and Lancaster Regiment
313333 Lance Corporal Samuel White 1st Battalion, York and Lancaster Regiment
Second Lieutenant Frederick Ashburnham Hooker Whitfeld 3rd Battalion, Middlesex Regiment
L/11046 Private Henry Whybrow 4th Battalion, Royal Fusiliers
S/16347 Private Hugh Mcdonald Williamson 2nd Battalion, Cameron Highlanders
9287 Private Archibald Wilson 2nd Battalion, Cameron Highlanders
16088 Lance Corporal Arthur Henry Wilson 2nd Battalion, Duke of Wellington's (West Riding Regiment)
3/3467 Private James Arthur Wilson 1st Battalion, York and Lancaster Regiment
10259 Lance Corporal Leonard Wilson 1st Battalion, York and Lancaster Regiment
18394 Private William Ewart Wilson 1st Battalion, York and Lancaster Regiment
G/5247 Private William Stephen Winchester 2nd Battalion, The Buffs (East Kent Regiment)
12901 Private John Hutley Winnan 2nd Battalion, Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry
9120 Private Herbert H. Winter 2nd Battalion, East Yorkshire Regiment
Captain Kenrick Talbot Woodmass 2nd Battalion, East Yorkshire Regiment
2037 Private Douglas C. Wright 1st/5th Battalion, King's Own (Royal Lancaster Regiment)
3/4526 Private Malin Wright 1st Battalion, York and Lancaster Regiment
10072 Lance Corporal Frederick Wroot 1st Battalion, York and Lancaster Regiment
9248 Private Arthur Yates 1st Battalion, York and Lancaster Regiment
18587 Private George York 2nd Battalion, Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry
1558 Rifleman Victor H. Young 1st/9th Battalion, London Regiment (Queen Victoria's Rifles)

Ypres Reservoir Cemetery

9067 Serjeant C Smith 2nd Battalion, East Yorkshire Regiment

The information  above has been downloaded from the Commonwealth War Graves Commission website. A total of 551 officers and men from the United Kingdom died on 23rd April 1915 but the roll call above just concentrates on those who lost their lives in Belgium.

Menin Gate image courtesy of Wikipedia.

 

At the going down of the sun, and in the morning, WE WILL REMEMBER THEM.

1st Northumberland Fusiliers - 1st March 1915

Remembering the following 14 men who were all serving with the 1st Battalion, Northumberland Fusiliers when they lost their lives one hundred years ago today on the 1st March 1915. Only four of the men have known graves, the other ten all remembered on the Menin Gate Memorial at Ypres.

7114 Private Thomas Ballantyne
4826 Private Edward Conroy
7634 Private Coombes
3/7874 Private Albert Fanning
7931 Private Henry Graham
8579 Private Henderson
9454 Private John Thomas Innis
1212 Private Jones
9306 Lance Corporal Albert Victor Pettitt
7914 Private Pickett
8190 Private John Scrimshaw
891 Private Arthur William Shearman
6011 Private Thornton
798 Serjeant Thomas Wadsworth

At the going down of the sun, and in the morning, WE WILL REMEMBER THEM.

The image above, depicting the construction of the Menin Gate Memorial is copyright of the Government of Australia.

2nd East Surrey Regiment - 14th February 1915

One hundred years ago today, on Sunday the 14th February 1915, 44 men from the East Surrey Regiment laid down their lives for King and Country. They are listed below, courtesy of The Commonwealth War Graves Commission.

With the exception of 6934 Colour Sergeant Andrew McGee (Depot) who died in England and AR/7204 Sergeant Frederick Farmer (1st Battalion) who died of wounds in Boulogne, all of the men were serving with the 2nd Battalion and only five have known graves, their companions all being remembered on the Menin Gate at Ypres.

The men were killed in an assault to re-capture a lost trench on the south side of the Ypres-Combines canal. 300 men took part in the attack which was launched at 2.30pm but by 4.30pm it was clear that the men had suffered heavy losses and were unable to advance further. Support was called for by the 2nd Buffs (East Kent Regiment) who found the remaining men of the East Surreys about 800 yards from the trench.

By 7pm the Buffs had reached to within about 500 yards of the trench but by now it was dark and, according to the 2nd East Surrey's war diary, "No one could tell us the position of the trench or the nature of the ground over which we had to proceed, and as it seemed possible that we should advance against the main German position and not the one trench intended, the OC decided to postpone the attack until some reconnaissance could be made and some guides could be obtained."

By the time the remains of the battalion reported back to headquarters it was 11.30pm and they had been floundering in mud and filth for nine hours. Little wonder then that the majority of those who died were subsequently lost in the mud or their bodies blown to pieces by shellfire.

9766 Corporal HENRY JAMES ADAMS
9817 Private CHARLES LOT BENNETT
Second Lieutenant ERNEST JOHN WILFRED BIRNIE
6441 Private FREDERICK BOOTH
8865 Private FRANCIS EDWARD BOWYER
10265 Private GEORGE JOSEPH BRITTEN
9755 Private SIDNEY EDWIN CHANDLER
9986 Private HAROLD DEAN DAVIS
9826 Private DAVISON
3197 Private FRANCIS ROBERT DOUGHTY
AR/7204 Serjeant FREDERICK CHARLES FARMER
10269 Private PHILLIP FERRICK
10280 Private GEORGE HENRY FULLER
8621 Corporal FREDERICK BARRY GAUNTLETT
10296 Private HARRY SIDNEY GEORGE
6533 Private CHARLES HAYWARD
10246 Private ARTHUR HINES
9757 Private JAMES WILLIAM HOBSON
9888 Private HERBERT HOUSEGO
9564 Private JOHN LANE
9016 Private ALBERT LAWTHER
9607 Private LEAREY
8700 Private WILLIAM LENTON
7168 Private MAURICE MARSHALL
8794 Private JOSEPH MORLEY
6934 Colour Serjeant ANDREW McGEE
10019 Lance Corporal McGREGOR
9886 Lance Corporal WALTER ALFRED NAYLOR
10199 Lance Corporal CHARLES NORRIS
9985 Private JOSEPH DICK OFFORD
4022 Private WALTER REDMAN
Captain CHARLES SIMMS REEVE
9467 Serjeant RIDDY
Second Lieutenant ROBERT FRANCIS SHONE
8666 Private FREDERICK WILLIAM SORRELL
10237 Lance Corporal FREDERICK STANDRING
10175 Private TIBBS
7228 Private ALFRED JAMES TIDY
9513 Serjeant EDWARD GEORGE TURNER
8030 Serjeant WILLIAM JAMES WAGSTAFF
8810 Private ALFRED JAMES WHITE
10189 Private JAMES FREDERICK WOODGATE
10021 Private CHARLES HENRY WOODHOUSE
10477 Private HERBERT PERCY WOODS

Pictured on this post, 2nd Lt Birnie who was shot in the chest on the 14th.  His last reported words to his sergeant were, "Sergeant Oliver, cheer the platoon up and look well after them. Goodbye, I have done my best."

At the going down of the sun, and in the morning, WE WILL REMEMBER THEM.

5875 Pte Josiah Hall, 1st Bn, Lincolnshire Regiment

According to Soldiers Died in The Great War, 746 British Army officers and men lost their lives on this day, 1st November, in 1914. The 1st Battalion, Lincolnshire Regiment suffered particularly heavy losses on this day, taking part in a counter-attack on Wystschaete and coming under "murderous fire". The battalion war diary records that seven officers and 293 other ranks were killed, wounded or reported missing.

5875 Pte Josiah Hall was one of the men killed. He was born in Eastville, Boston in 1882 and was living in Pudsey, Leeds when he enlisted (although his place of enlistment is recorded as Louth). His regimental number dates to 1901 which suggests that he was probably a Section D Reservist when Britain went to war in August 1914. His medal index card indicates that he did not sail with the Battalion in August but arrived in France on the 13th September.

Both Soldiers Died in the Great War and The Commonwealth War Graves Commission record this man as Joshua Hall. However, his medal index card, birth index entry and census returns record his name as Josiah Hall. He appears on the 1891 census as an eight-year-old living with his parents and three siblings at 17 Priory Road, Louth (pictured above). His father was George Hall, a 41 year old labourer, married to Eliza Hall (aged 47). Josiah was the eldest of four children, followed by Sarah (aged seven), Harry (aged five), and Arthur (aged three).  On the 1911 census he is probably the same Josiah Hall (aged 27) recorded with the 1st Battalion, Lincolnshire Regiment in Aden. He has the trade of "carpenter" entered against his name.

Josiah has no known grave and is commemorated on the Menin Gate memorial in Ypres.

At the going down of the sun, and in the morning, WE WILL REMEMBER THEM.

Captain John Henry Strode Batten, 1st King's (Liverpool Regiment)

Captain John Henry Stride Batten of the 1st King's (Liverpool Regiment) was killed in action 100 years ago today. He was a married man aged 38 and had previously seen action during the Boer War. A detailed biography appears in De Ruvigny's Roll of Honour (below).

 

Captain Batten has no known grave and is commemorated on the Menin Gate memorial at Ypres.

 

At the going down of the sun, and in the morning, WE WILL REMEMBER THEM.

 

Portrait photograph courtesy of Footsteps 1914-1918. De Ruivigny's extract from Ancestry.

13241 Pte Harry V A Hull, 1st Bn, Beds Regt

13241 Private Harry Valentine Alexander Hull of the 1st Battalion, Bedfordshire Regiment was killed in action ninety-six years ago today. He was born and bred in Markfield, Leicestershire and enlisted at St Albans in early September 1914. His medal index card notes that he arrived overseas on the 11th March 1915. The Commonwealth War Graves Commission (which appears to have transposed his middle names and records him as Harry A V Hull) notes that he was 19 years old when he died and was the son of Harry Hull, of Birch Hill, Copt Oak, Markfield, Leicester. He is buried in Tuileries British Cemetery in Belgium.

Two other 1st Battalion men also died the same day. They were, 10308 Acting Lance Corporal Charles Gunn and 14413 Private William Jackson. William is buried in Oosttaverne Wood Cemetery whilst Charles Gunn has no known grave and is commemorated on the Menin Gate Memorial at Ypres.


At the going down of the sun, and in the morning, WE WILL REMEMBER THEM.

Sources:

Ancestry (MIC)
Soldiers Died in The Great War
Army Service Numbers
The Commonwealth War Graves Commission

9151 Pte Percy Swinn, 1st Bn, Northumberland Fusiliers

9151 Pte Percy Swinn of the 1st Battalion, Northumberland Fusiliers was killed in action on the 9th December 1914. He was 33 years old and a member of A Company. His number indicates that he joined the regiment in January or February 1903. He was the son of William and Elizabeth Swinn and the husband of Ada Emily Swinn of 5, Knight's Yard, Church Street, Lenton, Nottingham. He has no known grave and is commemorated on the Menin Gate at Ypres.

At the going down of the sun, and in the morning, WE WILL REMEMBER THEM.

Sources:

Ancestry (MIC)
Soldiers Died in The Great War
Army Service Numbers
The Commonwealth War Graves Commission

7229 Pte Walter J Alford, 6th Dn Gds

7229 Private Walter James Alford of the 6th Dragoon Guards was killed in action on the 20th November 1914. He was 19 years old, the son of James and Louisa Alford, of Saccombe, Cheriton Fitzpaine, Crediton, Devon. His number indicates that he had joined the Corps of Dragoons around August 1912. He has no known grave and is commemorated on the Menin Gate at Ypres.

At the going down of the sun, and in the morning, WE WILL REMEMBER THEM.

Sources:

Ancestry (MIC)
Soldiers Died in The Great War
Army Service Numbers
The Commonwealth War Graves Commission

6380 Pte Noah Bromley, South Wales Borderers

6380 Private Noah Bromley of the 1st Battalion, South Wales Borderers was killed in action on the 17th November 1914. He was born in Stafford and enlisted in Leeds in late 1899. He has no known grave and is commemorated on panel 22 of the Menin Gate Memorial at Ypres.

At the going down of the sun, and in the morning, WE WILL REMEMBER THEM.

Sources:

Ancestry (MIC)
Soldiers Died in The Great War
Army Service Numbers
The Commonwealth War Graves Commission

7892 Pte George Toon, 1st Bn, Lincs Regt

7892 Private George Toon of the 1st Battalion, Lincolnshire Regiment, was killed in action on the 13th November 1914. He was 45 years old, the husband of Louisa Toon, of 44 Freeling Street, Caledonian Road, King's Cross, London. George's medal index card indicates that he arrived overseas on the 26th October 1914. Given his age, I wonder whether he was a time expired soldier who had enlisted in the Special Reserve in August 1914 and then been sent overseas as a draft for the 1st Battalion. If this is not the case, his number with the regular battalions dates to January 1907.

George has no known grave and is commemorated on the Menin Gate at Ypres.

At the going down of the sun, and in the morning, WE WILL REMEMBER THEM.

Sources:

Ancestry (MIC)
Soldiers Died in The Great War
Army Service Numbers
The Commonwealth War Graves Commission

6703 Pte James A Andrews, 1st (Royal) Dragoons

6703 Private James Albert Andrews of the 1st (Royal) Dragoons was killed in action on the 12th November 1914. He was 22 years old, the son of James and Rose Rebecca Andrews of 60 Wilcox Road, South Lambeth, London. His number dates to around March 1912 when he originally joined the 2nd Dragoons (Scots Greys). James has no known grave and is commemorated by name on the Menin Gate at Ypres.

At the going down of the sun, and in the morning, WE WILL REMEMBER THEM.

Sources:

Ancestry (MIC)
Soldiers Died in The Great War
Army Service Numbers
The Commonwealth War Graves Commission

8546 Pte Maurice E Hirons, 2nd Bn, Ox and Bucks LI

8546 Private Maurice Edward Hirons of the 2nd Battalion, Ox and Bucks Light Infantry, died of wounds on the 7th November 1914. He was one of 722 British Army officers and men to die on this date.

Maurice was born in Bicester and he enlisted in Oxford in late September or early October 1907. He was therefore possibly coming to the end of his seven years service with the colours when Britain went to war in August 1914. His medal index card indicates that he arrived in France on the 14th September 1914 whilst the Commonwealth War Graves Commission records that he has no known grave and is recorded on the Menin Gate at Ypres.

At the going down of the sun, and in the morning, WE WILL REMEMBER THEM.

Sources:

Ancestry (MIC)
Soldiers Died in The Great War
Army Service Numbers
The Commonwealth War Graves Commission

4231 Pte John Smyth, 1st Bn, Irish Guards

4231 Private John Smyth of the 1st Battalion, Irish Guards was killed in action on the 6th November 1914. He was born in Straid, County Mayo and enlisted in Manchester around the 11th October 1912. He was 20 years old, the son of Michael Smyth of Straid, Foxford, Co. Mayo. He has no known grave and is commemorated on the Menin Gate at Ypres.

John Smyth was one of 88 Irish Guardsmen to die on this date, a day which saw 370 British Army officers and men laying down their lives for King and Country.

At the going down of the sun, and in the morning, WE WILL REMEMBER THEM.

Sources:

Ancestry (MIC)
Soldiers Died in The Great War
Army Service Numbers
The Commonwealth War Graves Commission

Major Eustace Crawley, 12th (Prince of Wales's Royal) Lancers

Major Eustace Crawley of the 12th (Prince of Wales's Royal) Lancers was killed in action on the 12th November 1914. He was 46 years old, the son of the late Baden Crawley, and the husband of Lady Violet Crawley (nee Finch) of 5 Lancaster Gate Terrace, London. He is commemorated on the Menin Gate Memorial.

At the going down of the sun, and in the morning, WE WILL REMEMBER THEM.

Sources:

Ancestry (MIC, De Ruvigny's Roll of Honour)
Officers Died in The Great War
Army Service Numbers
The Commonwealth War Graves Commission

10357 Pte Frank E Fish, 1st Bn, Coldstream Gds

10357 Private Frank Ernest Fish of the 1st Battalion, Coldstream Guards was killed in action on the 29th October 1914. He was 20 years old, the son of Frank Fish of 16, Mantle Road, Leicester. He is commemorated on the Menin Gate at Ypres.

Frank was one of 139 Coldstream Guardsmen to die on this day; a day which saw 691 British army officers and men lay down their lives for King and Country. A total of 240 of these men were serving with Guards regiments at the time of their death.

At the going down of the sun, and in the morning, WE WILL REMEMBER THEM.

Sources:

Ancestry (MIC)
Soldiers Died in The Great War
Army Service Numbers
The Commonwealth War Graves Commission

8253 L/Cpl David McGeorge, 2nd Bn Border Regt

739 British officers and men died on this day of heavy fighting on the 26th October 1914. 8253 L/Cpl David McGeorge of the 2nd Battalion, The Border Regiment was killed in action on this day. He was born in Carlisle and enlisted there on the 10th March 1906 in what was a bumper recruitment year for the Border Regiment. Thirty-six pages of his service record survive in WO 363. He was 26 years old, the son of the late William McGeorge, and Mary McGeorge of 37 Colville Street, Denton Holme, Carlisle, and the husband of Frances McGeorge of 23 Colville Street, Denton Holme, Carlisle. He had married Frances in June 1914 and was on the Army Reserve when war was declared.

David McGeorge has no known grave and is commemorated on the Menin Gate at Ypres.


At the going down of the sun, and in the morning, WE WILL REMEMBER THEM.

Sources:

Ancestry (MIC)
Soldiers Died in The Great War
Army Service Numbers
The Commonwealth War Graves Commission

6444 Pte David G Horobin, 6th London Regt

6444 Private David George Horobin of the 6th London Regiment was killed in action on the 22nd October 1916. He was from Welling in Kent and enlisted at Woolwich. He was 19 years old, the son of Frederick Horobin of Orchard Cottage, Upper Wickham Lane, Welling.

David Horobin has no known grave and is commemorated on the Menin Gate at Ypres.

At the going down of the sun, and in the morning, WE WILL REMEMBER THEM.

Sources:

Ancestry (MIC)
Soldiers Died in The Great War
Army Service Numbers
The Commonwealth War Graves Commission

23962 L/Cpl William Kitchin, 1st Bn, Border Regt

23962 Lance-Corporal William Kitchin of the 1st Battalion, Border Regiment, was killed in action on the 13th August 1917. He was 24 years old, the son of Mrs A J Kitchin, of 4 Williamson Lane, Tangier Street, Whitehaven, Cumberland. He has no known grave and is commemorated on the Menin Gate at Ypres.

At the going down of the sun, and in the morning, WE WILL REMEMBER THEM.

Sources:

Ancestry (MIC)
Soldiers Died in The Great War
Army Service Numbers
The Commonwealth War Graves Commission

29674 Pte Oscar E Jones, 8th Bn, LNL Regt

29674 Private Oscar Edwin Jones of the 8th Battalion, Loyla North Lancashire Regiment, was killed in action on the 2nd August 1917. He had formerly served with the Manchester Regiment (number 13811) and was born and lived in West Didsbury, Lancashire. He has no known grave and is commemorated on the Menin Gate at Ypres.

At the going down of the sun, and in the morning, WE WILL REMEMBER THEM.

Sources:

Ancestry (MIC, WO 363)
Soldiers Died in The Great War
Army Service Numbers
The Commonwealth War Graves Commission

11295 Pte Samuel Sabell, 1st Bn Royal Warwickshire Regt

11295 Private Samuel Sabell of the 1st Battalion, Royal Warwickshire Regiment, was killed in action on the 7th July 1915. He was born in St Martin's, Warwick and enlisted at Birmingham around March 1915. He may well have had prior military service as he arrived overseas on the 2nd May 1915. He is possibly the same Samuel John Sabell whose birth was registered in Warwickshire in the June quarter of 1880. This man does not appear on the 1901 census and it's a possibility that he was serving with the British Army overseas, possibly in South Africa.

Samuel has no known grave and is commemorated on the Menin Gate at Ypres.

At the going down of the sun, and in the morning, WE WILL REMEMBER THEM.

Sources:

Ancestry (MIC)
Soldiers Died in The Great War
Army Service Numbers
The Commonwealth War Graves Commission