203894 Pte Henry Bagworth, 2nd Bn, Lincs Regt

203894 Private Henry Bagworth of the 2nd Battalion, Lincolnshire Regiment was killed in action on the 2nd December 1917. He was 35 years old, the son of Richard William and Katherine Bagworth, and the husband of Minnie Bagworth of 10, Diamond Jubilee Cottages, Bank's Lane, Heckington, Sleaford, Lincolnshire. He has no known grave and is commemorated on the Tyne Cot memorial .

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

13792 L/Cpl Charles Penhorwood, 2nd Bn, Welsh Regt

13792 Lance-Corporal Charles Penhorwood of the 2nd Battalion, Welsh Regiment, was killed in action on the 8th November 1917 in the bitter fighting around Passchendaele. He was the son of Mrs Ellen Penhorwood of 13 Quarry Street, Swansea. He has no known grave and is one of nearly 35,000 men commemorated on the Tyne Cot Memorial.

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

28799 Pte Richard Airey, 7th Bn, East Lancs Regt

28799 Private Richard Aire of the 7th Battalion, East Lancashire Regiment, was killed in action on the 23rd September 1917. He was born in Blackburn and was still living there when he enlisted. He was 31 years old, the son of Mrs Martha Airey of 46 Primrose Terrace, Mill Hill, Blackburn, and the husband of Elizabeth Alice Airey of 30 Vale Street, Blackburn. He has no known grave and is commemorated on the Tyne Cot Memorial at Passchendaele.

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

18/586 Sgt William Horsman, 18th Bn, West Yorks Regt

18/586 Sergeant William Horsman of the 18th Battalion, West Yorkshire Regiment, was killed in action on the 25th April 1918. William was a Keighley-born man and he enlisted in the town in December 1914.

The Commonwealth War Graves Commission records William's number incorrectly as 181586 and states that he was serving with the 1/6th Battalion at the time of his death. Soldiers Died in The Great War also confirms the 1/6th (Territorial Force) Battalion. William's medal index card notes that he originally arrived overseas in Egypt on the 22nd December 1915, but he died in Belgium and is commemorated on the Tyne Cot Memorial. He was 21 years old, the son of Mrs Mary Horsman of 111 Nashville Terrace, Keighley, Yorkshire.

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

6504 Pte William Lyle, 9th Bn, RWF

6504 Private William Lyle of the 9th Battalion, Royal Welsh Fusiliers, was killed in action on the 18th April 1918. He was born in Llanwonno, Glamorgan and enlisted at Abercynon.

William was 20 years old when he died. He was the son of Mr and Mrs Bert Lyle of 33 Avondale Street, Ynysboeth, Abercynon, Glamorgan, and the young husband of Alice Eliza Lyle. He has no known grave and is commemorated on the Tyne Cot Memorial at Zonnebeke.

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

12741 Pte Alfred Edward Cornish, 2nd Bn, Royal Berkshire Regt

12741 Private Alfred Edward Cornish of the 2nd Battalion, Royal Berkshire Regiment, died on the 25th February 1918. He was killed in action in the Ypres salient.

Alfred was the son of Mrs Catherine Cornish of 28 Girdlestone Road, Highgate in London. He was 20 years old when he died an, having no known grave, is commemorated on the Tyne Cot War Memorial. His medal index card indicates that he was overseas as early as 25th July 1915 whilst his number indicates that he joined the Royal Berks in September 1914.

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

Sources:

Ancestry.co.uk
Army Service Numbers 1881-1918
Commonwealth War Graves Commission
Soldiers Died in The Great War

242310 L/Cpl Reginald Revill, 1/4th Bn, Northumberland Fusiliers

242310 Lance-Corporal Reginald Revill of the 1/4th Battalion, Northumberland Fusiliers was killed in action on the 26th October 1917. His medal index card states "presumed dead" while Soldiers Died in The Great War, (SDGW) states "died".

Reginald was one of over 2600 British soldiers to die on this date, the vast majority of these men - like Reginald - killed in the 3rd Battle of Ypres. His medal index card indicates that he initially joined the 4th Northumberland Fusiliers, probably in early 1916 and later transferred to the 5th Battalion. His six digit number belongs to the series allocated to the 5th Battalion although both SDGW and the Commonwealth War Graves Commission give his battalion as the 1/4th.

Reginald Revill has no known grave and is commemorated on the Tyne Cot memorial.

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

Sources:

Ancestry.co.uk (MIC, WO363)
Army Ancestry
Army Service Numbers 1881-1918
Commonwealth War Graves Commission

3888 Trooper Ernest Chacksfield, Household Battalion

The equivalent strength of nearly two infantry battalions died on this day - 12th October - in 1917: 1819 officers and men. In one day. The vast majority lost their lives in the muck and mud around Ypres during what would become known as the Third Battle of Ypres or simply, Passchendaele. Ernest Chacksfield was one of these men.

388 Trooper Chacksfield of the Household Battalion had formerly served with the 1st Lifeguards (number 4157). This latter number suggests that he joined the Lifeguards in late November or early December 1915 and then transferred to the Household Battalion when it was formed in September 1916. He almost certainly joined that battalion on the 1st September, along with other Lifeguards and Horse Guards transferees. His medal index card only notes entitlement to the British War and Victory Medals and so we know that Ernest did not go overseas until 1916 at the earliest.

Soldiers died in the Great war notes that he was born in Tenterden (Kent) and enlisted there. The Commonwealth War Graves Commission records that he was 20 years old at the time of his death and was the son of Walter Edgerton Chacksfield of Folly Hill, Cranbrook, Kent, and the late Mary Chacksfield.

Like so many killed during Third Ypres, Ernest Chacksfield has no known grave and is therefore commemorated by name on the vast Tyne Cot Memorial.

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

Sources:

Ancestry.co.uk (MIC)
Army Ancestry
Army Service Numbers 1881-1918
Commonwealth War Graves Commission

203199 Pte David Edmund Elijah Benifer, 1st Bn, London Regiment

203199 Pte David Edmund Elija Benifer of the 1st Battalion, The London Regiment was killed in action on 14th September 1917. He was one of 241 soldiers to die on this day in 1917 and one of 24 men from the 1st (City of London) Battalion, The London Regiment (Royal Fusiliers).

According to Soldiers Died in The Great War, David's residence was in Chelsea and he enlisted in West London (probably also Chelsea). No service record survives for him but his medal card indicates that he was entitled to the British War and Victory Medals and therefore arrived overseas no earlier than 1st January 1916. His number indicates that he probably joined up around April 1916. There is a note on the reverse of his medal card that "O[fficer] i[n] c[harge of] London rec[ords] requests instruction re disposal of medals."

David Benifer was born in London in 1898, his birth registered in the September quarter of that year. He was the son of Elijah and Mary Benifer and appears on the 1901 census living at No. 60 Sheepcote Lane in Battersea with his parents and one year old sister Gwendoline. Elijah Benifer, born in King's Lynn, Norfolk and aged 32, is recorded as an assistant horse keeper. His wife, aged 40, was born in Dowlais, South Wales. Both the children were born in Battersea.

The Commonwealth War Graves Commission holds no additional information about this man but he does at least have a last resting place. He was killed in the desperate fighting around Ypres in what would later be known as the Third Battle of Ypres, or simply "Passchendaele" and is one of 3588 men buried in the cemetery at Tyne Cot. David would have been 18 or 19 years old when he was killed.

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

Sources:

Ancestry.co.uk (MIC, Free BMD Birth Index, 1901 Census)
Army Ancestry
Army Service Numbers 1881-1918
Commonwealth War Graves Commission

202545 L/Cpl Peter Penman, 2/5th Bn, Royal Warwickshire Regiment

202545 Lance-Corporal Peter Penman of the 2/5th Battalion, Royal Warwickshire Regiment was killed in action on this day, 1st September, in 1917. Soldiers Died in The Great War notes that he had previously served with the Royal Scots Regiment (number 882) but does not mention which battalion.

Peter was born in Bathgate, Linlithgow, and enlisted there. The Commonwealth War Graves Commission (CWGC) tells us that he was 23 years old when he was killed, which places his year birth as 1893 or 1894. His Royal Scots number cannot belong to a service battalion or a regular battalion, and whilst Linlithgow was the HQ for the 10th (Cyclist) Battalion, it was numbering in a higher sequence. So by a process of elimination, 882 must belong to another Territorial Force battalion and dates to 1909. This is confirmed by Peter's medal index card which notes that he was entitled to the British War and Victory Medals and the Territorial Force War Medal. (You can read more about the TF War Medal by clicking the link to my British Army Medals blog).

In the absence of a surviving service record, it would appear that Peter remained in the UK with the Royal Scots and transferred to the 5th Battalion of the Royal Warwickshire Regiment in late 1916 (possibly whilst overseas). CWGC adds that Peter was the brother of David Penman, of Smith's Buildings, Bridgend, Bathgate, East Lothian; that he has no known grave and is commemorated on the memorial at Tyne Cot.

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

Sources:

Ancestry.co.uk (MIC)
Army Ancestry
Army Service Numbers 1881-1918
Commonwealth War Graves Commission
Tyne Cot image from Trip Advisor.