9062 Pte Arthur Harpham, 2nd Bn, King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry

9062 Pte Arthur Harpham of the 2nd Battalion, King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry, was killed in action on the 30th August 1914. Arthur was a Nottinghamshire man who was born at Selston in Notts and enlisted at Nottingham. His army service number suggests that he originally joined up in 1906 or 1907. Arthur arrived in France with his battalion on 10th August 1914 and according to his medal index card was presumed dead on the 26th August. This was subsequently revised to the 30th and it is this date which appears on the Commonwealth War Graves Commission database. Arthur Harpham has no known grave and like Stuart Laverty, who I remembered on the 24th August, is commemorated by name on the La Ferte-sous-Jouarre Memorial on the Aisne. 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 

Remembrance Day- 13th November 2016

11th November 2016

I was at the cenotaph on Friday to pay my respects to those who went before. My interest in military history began withe the First World War and so as I stood with my head bowed I silently recounted the names of those men whom I wished to thank and remember. It begins with my family:

Walter Nixon

Jack Nixon

Sid Nixon

Edgar Nixon

Alf Nixon

Bert Elam

Charles Arthur Roberts

I then recalled the men I had interviewed, mostly between 1980 and 1985 when I was a young man at school and later at university, and the men I was interviewing were in their eighties, nineties and, in a couple of cases, hundreds. I remembered pleasant times with:

Harry Bardsley

Stan Brown

Frederick Cutts

Reg Crane

Bob Bailey

Donald Banks

Wilf Wortley

These were all men who I met on multiple occasions and, dare I say, became friends with, although to me they were always Mr Bardsley, Mr Brown, Mr Cutts; never Harry, Stan or Fred.  

I am honoured to have had ancestors who fought for Britain in the First World War, honoured too to have met and chatted with men - well over a hundred of them in the end - who shouldered arms for King and Country during those terrible years 1914-1918. Today, on this Remembrance Sunday, I remember them all.

St Andrew's Church, Colne Engaine

A war memorial at Colne Engaine, Essex; built in 2014 thanks to the generosity of local donors, has seen more names added to the village's roll-call of men who lost their lives during the First and Second World Wars. 

Inside the St Andrew's church, a memorial lists the names of 18 men who fell during in the First World War, with two casualties from the Second World War added later.  

The more recent memorial provides more detail on the men, including the year in which they died, and I list the names below, in the order in which they appear on the memorial. Names in bold are those names missing from the church memorial.

First World War 1914-1918

Bertram W Dixey 1917

Percy Edgar Dixey 1917

George A Boreham 1918

Stanley Butcher 1915

Sidney Carter 1916

Charles Catterwell 1917

Stanley M Coppin 1816

Scott Fairbank 1915

George Fordham 1917

Alfred James Gardner 1918

David Basil Hart 1918

Douglas Charles Hibble 1917

George Hicks 1918

Raymond George Lane 1918

George Quartermain 1917

George Charles Reynolds 1916

Bert Ridgwell 1916

Harry George Smith 1917

Tom Smith 1915

Ernest Wakeling 1915

Percy G Wakeling 1915

Frederick Willsher 1918

Frank James Wright 1917

Second World War 1939-1945

John Louis Colclough Watson 1941

Edward Cotterill Scholefield 1941

Rupert Mortimer Legge 1944

Ronald Wilfred Symonds 1944

I am sure that a lot of thought went into the new memorial but I am at a loss to understand why Bertram and Percy Dixey appear at the top of the roll call. Bertram is buried in the churchyard and Percy, presumably related, was from the nearby village of Pebmarsh. I wonder also, why the men's ranks or regiments or regimental numbers were not included on the new roll. Maybe it came down to cost in the end. Nevertheless, it's good to see that 100 years after the outbreak of the Great War, there was still sufficient drive and determination to get this project off the ground and realise it in such a well-crafted manner.  I took a number of photographs on a late autumn afternoon and will be happy to send these on to anyone with an interest in this community. Drop me a line via the research tab.

Remembering - 7th May 1916

The following British Army officers, NCOs and men lost their lives one hundred years ago today on the 7th May 1916 on what was a relatively peaceful day on the Western Front. There are, nevertheless, 141 names in this list which I have adapted from Commonwealth War Grave Commission data.


The image on this post is of the Basra Memorial in its original location. Eleven of the men in the list which follows are commemorated on this memorial and four more are buried in the cemetery.


16473 Private Albert Charles Sutton 8th Bn, Devonshire Regiment; La Neuville Communal Cemetery, Corbie
8323 Private Alfred Ring 2nd Bn, Coldstream Guards; Lijssenthoek Military Cemetery
33372 Private Alfred Charles 78th Coy, Machine Gun Corps; Doiran Military Cemetery
45940 Driver Antonio Rossini 6A Reserve Bde, Royal Field Artillery; Glasgow Western Necropolis
6809 Private Benjamin Sankey 2nd Bn, King's Shropshire Light Infantry; Pieta Military Cemetery
3581 Private Charles Warner 25th Bn, London Regiment (Cyclists); Putney Vale Cemetery And Crematorium
9397 Private Charles Edkins 1st Bn, Oxford and Bucks Light Infantry; Basra Memorial
27124 Gunner Charles Edward Millen 110th Bty, Royal Field Artillery; Duhallow A.D.S. Cemetery
15/579 Private Charles Henry Bristow 15th Bn, Royal Warwickshire Regiment; Faubourg D'Amiens Cemetery, Arras
2819 Private Charles Henry Turner 2nd Bn, York and Lancaster Regiment; Brandhoek Military Cemetery
44743 Private David Alfred Hughes 18th Bn, Royal Welsh Fusiliers; Haverfordwest St. Mary Church Cemetery
13134 Private David John Griffiths Depot Welsh Regiment; Llanelli (Old Road) Cemetery
Lieutenant Edmund Oswald Griffith Williams-Meyrick 1st Garrison Bn, Royal Welsh Fusiliers; Gibraltar (North Front) Cemetery
105151 Private Ernest Stephenson 35th Coy Royal Army Medical Corps; Ladywell Cemetery
2937 Private Ernest Leonard Bennett 1st/4th Bn, Oxford and Bucks Light Infantry; Hebuterne Military Cemetery
9377 Private Fred Paske 1st Bn, Oxford and Bucks Light Infantry; Basra Memorial
49136 Gunner Frederick Watkins 29th Res, Army, Royal Field Artillery; Cork Military Cemetery Park
SS/10030 Private Frederick Charles Field 19th Labour Coy, Army Service Corps; Calais Southern Cemetery
18815 Private Fredrick Albert Little 8th Bn, Royal Berkshire Regiment; Maroc British Cemetery, Grenay
8/25611 Private George Ernest Smith 8th Bn, Cheshire Regiment; Amara War Cemetery
2150 Private Gordon Goodchild 24th Bn, Royal Fusiliers; Tranchee De Mecknes Cemetery, Aix-Noulette
44313 Driver Harry Goodgame 75th Field Coy, Royal Engineers; Brandhoek Military Cemetery
63925 Regimental Serjeant Major Harry Boyle Haines 7th Depot Coy, Haynes Park Signal Depot Royal Engineers; Haynes (St. Mary) Churchyard
2874 Private Henry Edward La Roche 24th Bn, Royal Fusiliers; Tranchee De Mecknes Cemetery, Aix-Noulette
88656 Shoeing Smith Henry George Tyler Ammunition Park Royal Field Artillery; Basra Memorial 19673 Private Henry Jasper Oatley
306th Coy Royal Defence Corps; KirkPatrick (Holy Trinity) Churchyard
Captain Herbert Charles Bruce Cummins 9th (Pioneer) Bn, Seaforth Highlanders; Nieppe Communal Cemetery
29393 Staff Serjeant Herbert Victor Mckenzie Royal Garrison Artillery; Simla Old Cemetery
S/5193 Private Hugh Paterson Hutchison 10th Bn, Gordon Highlanders; Vermelles British Cemetery
4108 Private James Frew "A" Coy, 1st 7th Bn, Black Watch (Royal Highlanders); Aubigny Communal Cemetery Extension
15148 Private James Forsythe 9th Bn, Royal Dublin Fusiliers; Bois-Carre Military Cemetery, Haisnes
110928 Pioneer James Williams 1st Labour Bn, Royal Engineers; Kensal Green (All Souls') Cemetery
21695 Private James Beavens 8th Bn, Royal Irish Fusiliers; Bethune Town Cemetery
1147 Corporal James Broughton 9th Bn The King's (Liverpool Regiment) Liverpool (Anfield) Cemetery
S/11867 Private James Edward Pringle 1st Bn, Gordon Highlanders; St. Sever Cemetery, Rouen
17530 Lance Corporal James Norman Bedford 13th Bn, Essex Regiment; Loos British Cemetery
18729 Private John Jameson 19th Bn, Lancashire Fusiliers; Bouzincourt Communal Cemetery Extension
920 Serjeant John Burrows "C" Coy, 16th Bn, West Yorkshire Regiment (Prince of Wales's Own); Etaples Military Cemetery
S/4970 Private John Wallace Frame 8th Bn, Seaforth Highlanders; Vermelles British Cemetery
3/20372 Private Joseph Bertram Leslie 2nd Bn, York and Lancaster Regiment; Poperinghe New Military Cemetery
S/11525 Private Joseph Job Rodger 8th Bn, Black Watch (Royal Highlanders); Wimereux Communal Cemetery
806 Air Mechanic 1st Class Joseph Richard Eaves 5th Sqdn, Royal Flying Corps; Basra Memorial
17202 Private Laurence Fallon 6th Bn, South Wales Borderers; Ecoivres Military Cemetery, Mont-St. Eloi
4869 Private Mervyn Underhill 3rd/1st Bn, Oxford and Bucks Light Infantry; St. Austell Cemetery
7757 Private Percy Armes 2nd Bn, Norfolk Regiment; Basra Memorial
20094 Lance Corporal Robert Cunliffe "A" Coy, 14th Bn, Royal Welsh Fusiliers; Royal Irish Rifles Graveyard, Laventie
13598 Private Robert James Crawford 9th Bn, Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers; Authuile Military Cemetery
7/1792 Private Roderick Morgan Smith 7th Bn, Durham Light Infantry; Weston-Super-Mare Cemetery
4420 Lance Corporal Samuel Leonard Toon 3rd/6th Bn, North Staffordshire Regiment; Burton-Upon-Trent Cemetery
R/11754 Lance Corporal Sidney Smith 9th Bn, King's Royal Rifle Corps; Habarcq Communal Cemetery Extension
86 Lance Corporal Sidney B. Rees 1st Bn, Welsh Guards; Potijze Burial Ground Cemetery
7739 Private Stephen Harrison 11th Bn, Lancashire Fusiliers; Aubigny Communal Cemetery Extension
21016 Private Thomas Kelly 6th Bn, Cameron Highlanders; Vermelles British Cemetery
3139 Lance Corporal Vernon George Weedon "D" Coy, 1st/5th Bn, Seaforth Highlanders; Maroeuil British Cemetery
31701 Private Walter Newton 34th Bn, Royal Fusiliers; Hartland (Or Stoke St. Nectan) (St. Nectan) Churchyard
8731 Private William Kelly 1st Bn, Connaught Rangers; Basra Memorial
3298 Private William Gooding 2nd/6th Bn, Devonshire Regiment; Basra Memorial
5848 Air Mechanic 2nd Class William Keefe 30th Sqdn, Royal Flying Corps; Basra Memorial
20969 Private William Dawber 13th Bn, The King's (Liverpool Regiment); La Laiterie Military Cemetery
L/9500 Private William Albert Mepham 2nd Bn, Queen's Own (Royal West Kent Regiment); Basra Memorial
18293 Private William Arthur Phillips 8th Bn, Cheshire Regiment; Basra Memorial
16211 Private William Coltart Martin 1st Bn, King's Own Scottish Borderers; St. Sever Cemetery, Rouen
200575 Private William George Lawrence 1st/4th Bn, Hampshire Regiment; Basra Memorial
3236 Private William Henry Heaphy No, 1 Coy, 1st Bn, Irish Guards; Etaples Military Cemetery
6639 Corporal A Munn 5th Bn, Cameronians (Scottish Rifles); Bethune Town Cemetery
Y/1034 Rifleman A Wilson 2nd Bn, King's Royal Rifle Corps; Etaples Military Cemetery
1392 Private A Mckay 23rd Bn, Royal Fusiliers; Bruay Communal Cemetery Extension
9866 Lance Corporal A Murphy 1st Bn, Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers; Auchonvillers Military Cemetery
4964/A Seaman A Murray H,M,S, "Vivid I" Royal Naval Reserve; Bragar Old Churchyard
14270 Private A Litherland 13th Bn, The King's (Liverpool Regiment); La Laiterie Military Cemetery
23695 Private A O Chambers 1st Bn, Northumberland Fusiliers; Kemmel Chateau Military Cemetery
10050 Private B C Hoft 10th Bn, Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders; Bailleul Communal Cemetery Extension, Nord
16496 Private C Britcher 2nd Bn, Norfolk Regiment; Basra War Cemetery
S/6540 Rifleman C Howarth 2nd Bn, Rifle Brigade; Aveluy Communal Cemetery Extension
1469 Private C Shoebridge 1st/5th Bn, The Buffs (East Kent Regiment); Basra War Cemetery
S/4669 Private D Mcgregor 11th Bn, Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders; Vermelles British Cemetery
12173 Private E Miller 6th Bn, Dorsetshire Regiment; Cite Bonjean Military Cemetery, Armentieres
4/12770 Private E Roberts 4th Bn, South Wales Borderers; Amara War Cemetery
31344 Private E H Carman 8th Bn, Royal Welsh Fusiliers; Amara War Cemetery
12/761 Private F Rudd 12th Bn, East Yorkshire Regiment; Sucrerie Military Cemetery, Colincamps
17633 Private F Woolward 13th Bn, Essex Regiment; Loos British Cemetery
25109 Private F Hurley 19th Bn, Lancashire Fusiliers; Authuile Military Cemetery
24480 Private F Allin 10th Bn, Somerset Light Infantry; East Grinstead (Mount Noddy) Cemetery
1314 Private F Addy 1st/5th Bn, The Buffs (East Kent Regiment); Amara War Cemetery
10418 Corporal F W Lavis 8th Bn, Devonshire Regiment; Citadel New Military Cemetery, Fricourt
T/37774 Driver G Davies Army Service Corps; Amara War Cemetery
S/8890 Private G Borthwick 8th Bn, Black Watch (Royal Highlanders); Rifle House Cemetery
16281 Private G Cooper 8th Bn, Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry; Pieta Military Cemetery
10/20530 Private G Marley 10th Bn, South Wales Borderers; Merville Communal Cemetery
996 Gunner G H Clark 61st Siege Bty, Royal Garrison Artillery; Faubourg D'Amiens Cemetery, Arras
9751 Private H Underwood 1st Bn, Connaught Rangers; Amara War Cemetery
3236 Private H Taylor 1st/7th Bn, Gordon Highlanders; Sale Cemetery
4176 Private H Cawley 23rd Bn, London Regiment; Hersin Communal Cemetery Extension
5562 Private H Sims 68th Coy, Machine Gun Corps; Bruay Communal Cemetery Extension
L/10671 Private H Waters 8th Bn, Queen's Own (Royal West Kent Regiment); Bailleul Communal Cemetery Extension, Nord
2101 Private H Curran 24th Bn, Royal Fusiliers; Tranchee De Mecknes Cemetery, Aix-Noulette
22854 Private H Sutton 20th Bn, The King's (Liverpool Regiment); Cerisy-Gailly Military Cemetery
M2/132088 Driver H A Muir 34th Div, Supply Col, Army Service Corps; Mericourt-L'Abbe Communal Cemetery Extension
106056 Serjeant H E Daniel 37th Bty, Royal Field Artillery; Mesnil Ridge Cemetery, Mesnil-Martinsart
16934 Serjeant H J Hutchinson 7th Bn, Cameron Highlanders; Bethune Town Cemetery
24527 Private H J Paton 1st Bn, Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers; Mesnil Ridge Cemetery, Mesnil-Martinsart
SS/132 Private J Booker 5th Field Bakery Army Service Corps; Ste. Marie Cemetery, Le Havre
4289 Private J Smith 2nd Bn, Border Regiment; St. Sever Cemetery, Rouen
19533 Private J Haigh 2nd Bn, Leicestershire Regiment; Basra War Cemetery
2450 Lance Serjeant J Goodier 1st Bn, Manchester Regiment; Amara War Cemetery
14500 Lance Corporal J Mccue 7th Bn, North Staffordshire Regiment; Basra War Cemetery
23971 Private J Ions 1st Bn, Northumberland Fusiliers; Kemmel Chateau Military Cemetery
13954 Gunner J Donnelly "C" Bty, 77th Bde, Royal Field Artillery; Vermelles British Cemetery
90856 Gunner J Mullin 44th Bty, 13th Bde, Royal Field Artillery; Amara War Cemetery
3613 Private J Noone 8th Bn, Royal Munster Fusiliers; Philosophe British Cemetery, Mazingarbe
11102 Private J Blakeman 13th Bn, The King's (Liverpool Regiment); La Laiterie Military Cemetery
30883 Private J Sullivan 13th Bn, The King's (Liverpool Regiment); La Laiterie Military Cemetery
3 Company Serjeant Major K Mackenzie 4th Bn, Cameron Highlanders; Inverness (Tomnahurich) Cemetery
12402 Driver L White 3rd Bty, 3rd Reserve Bde, Royal Field Artillery; Derby (Nottingham Road) Cemetery
19621 Private M Spierin 9th Bn, Royal Dublin Fusiliers; Bethune Town Cemetery
7/8977 Rifleman M Turley 2nd Bn, Royal Irish Rifles; Aubigny Communal Cemetery Extension
6552 Private O C Harding 6th Bn, Essex Regiment; Paddington Old Cemetery, Kilburn
5763 Private P Shine 8th Bn, Royal Munster Fusiliers; Philosophe British Cemetery, Mazingarbe
3630 Private P W Mansfield 1st/1st Bn, Cambridgeshire Regiment; Guards Cemetery, Windy Corner, Cuinchy
4121 Private R F A Westphal 24th Bn, Royal Fusiliers; Tranchee De Mecknes Cemetery, Aix-Noulette
2735 Private R J Runham 1st/1st Bn, Cambridgeshire Regiment; Guards Cemetery, Windy Corner, Cuinchy
5696 Private R S Burleigh Lovat Scouts; Dundee (Balgay) Cemetery
16905 Private S Sayers 9th Bn, Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers; Authuile Military Cemetery
15158 Private S Simpson 9th Bn, Worcestershire Regiment; Amara War Cemetery
14791 Private S E Riley 2nd Bn, Duke of Wellington's (West Riding Regiment); Le Souich Churchyard
6616 Private T Collins 11th Bn, Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders; Bethune Town Cemetery
8830 Private T Davenport 11th Bn, Lancashire Fusiliers; Aubigny Communal Cemetery Extension
6564 Private T Hart 72nd Coy, Machine Gun Corps (Infantry); Dranoutre Military Cemetery
18937 Private T Dornin 9th Bn, Royal Dublin Fusiliers; Bethune Town Cemetery
14763 Private T H Oldfield 8th Bn, Devonshire Regiment; Citadel New Military Cemetery, Fricourt
16/11585 Private T H Oulton 16th Bn, Lancashire Fusiliers; Le Treport Military Cemetery
3/7248 Private W Jeffs 1st Bn, Bedfordshire Regiment; Faubourg D'Amiens Cemetery, Arras
7629 Private W Ivory 1st Bn, Connaught Rangers; Amara War Cemetery
1131 Corporal W Scarlett 2nd Bn, Leinster Regiment; Ration Farm (La Plus Douve) Annexe
112630 Sapper W Redshaw 170th Tunnelling Coy, Royal Engineers; Noeux-Les-Mines Communal Cemetery
58319 Gunner W Swainsbury 124th Bty, 28th Bde, Royal Field Artillery; Faubourg D'Amiens Cemetery, Arras
10287 Private W Kirk 2nd Bn, Royal Scots Fusiliers; Lesmahagow (Or Abbey Green) Cemetery
15423 Private W A Canning 17th Bn, Lancashire Fusiliers; St. Vaast Post Military Cemetery, Richebourg-L'Avoue
SS/14447 Private W G Adams 17th Labour Coy, Army Service Corps; Guildford (Stoke) Old Cemetery
T2/SR/03914 Company Quartermaster Serjeant W G Andree 12th Div, Train Army Service Corps; Lapugnoy Military Cemetery
S/9397 Private W R Mcdowall 1st Bn, Gordon Highlanders; Loker Churchyard


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

Remembering 6th March 1915

I am certain that none of the individuals listed below could ever have believed that they would be destined to be forever united with each other. And yet they all share the unhappy distinction of losing their lives on the 6th March 1915, one hundred and one years ago today.


There is certainly a mixture of service and nationalities represented here: men of the regular army, men of the special reserve, Kitchener recruits, men from the Dominions. Of particular interest to me is Gefreiter Gustav Nowak of the German Army who is buried in the Ukamas cemetery in Namibia; an enemy of the allies but buried by and remembered by the Commonwealth War Graves Commission. Also dying on this day, Nursing Sister Louisa Jordan of the Scottish Women's Hospital who is buried in the Chela Kula Military Cemetery in Nis, Serbia (above).


By First World War standards, 6th March 1915 was a quiet day for the allies. Nevertheless, 128 men and one woman gave their lives this day and are remembered by the Commonwealth War Graves Commission from where the following list is taken.


1705 Sapper Ahmad Khan, 1st King George's Own Sappers and Miners
7801 Private W Ainslie, 3rd Bn, Cameronians (Scottish Rifles)
12166 Private Robert Ashton, 1st Bn, Cheshire Regiment
9223 Bandsman W A Atherton, 2nd Bn, Black Watch (Royal Highlanders)
13/897 Private Charles Wilford Baker, "C" Coy, 13th Bn, East Yorkshire Regiment
10638 Private R O Barefoot, 1st Bn, Royal Berkshire Regiment
G/6350 Private P C Barker, 1st Bn, Middlesex Regiment
9279 Rifleman William Henry Bateman, 3rd Bn, King's Royal Rifle Corps
2625 Corporal John William Beal, 2nd/5th Bn, Essex Regiment
Second Lieutenant Percy Latham Beck, Royal Engineers
3136 Rifleman Bhawansing Khattri, 1st Bn, 9th Gurkha Rifles
3/75182 Private A E Blackwell, 2nd Bn, Devonshire Regiment
L/10242 Private J E Bowen, 2nd Bn, The Buffs (East Kent Regiment)
9764 Private L W Bowman, 3rd Bn, Canadian Infantry
61693 Gunner A R A Branton, 33rd Bty, Royal Field Artillery
11305 Private Joseph Napier Story Brewis, 1st Bn, South Wales Borderers
5231 Private James Briggs, 2nd Bn, Border Regiment
2231 Private William Herbert Brisco, 1st/4th Bn, South Lancashire Regiment
7939 Private E Brown, 2nd Bn, Suffolk Regiment
1401 Private S Bruce, Royal Army Medical Corps
8490 Serjeant S Bruce, 2nd Bn, Cameronians (Scottish Rifles)
1120 Private John Francis Burke, 10th Bn, Australian Infantry, A.I.F.
518 Corporal S W Burns, Princess Patricia's Canadian Light Infantry (Eastern Ontario Regiment)
4589 Private S Burton, 2nd Bn, Sherwood Foresters (Notts and Derby Regiment)
PLY/16198 Private Joseph Garth Butterworth, Plymouth Bn, R,N, Div, Royal Marine Light Infantry
1295 Gunner Duncan Cameron, 4th Highland Mountain Bde, Royal Garrison Artillery
4436 Private J W Clark, 1st Bn, The Loyal North Lancashire Regiment
2336 Rifleman Basil Heathcote Clarke, 1st/9th Bn, London Regiment (Queen Victoria's Rifles)
R/5128 Rifleman George Clarke, 13th Bn, King's Royal Rifle Corps
17651 Private Abel Clifford, 11th Bn, Gloucestershire Regiment
1405 Private Alfred Coldicott, 4th Bn, Royal Warwickshire Regiment
8896 Private George Collins, 2nd Bn, East Surrey Regiment
18028 Private J Comrie, 3rd Bn, Canadian Infantry
695 Sergeant Harry Connor, Princess Patricia's Canadian Light Infantry (Eastern Ontario Regiment)
2498 Lance Corporal James Cooke, "D" Coy, 2nd Bn, Royal Irish Fusiliers
15445 Private John William Cooke, 1st Bn, Gloucestershire Regiment
503 Serjeant William Coulthard, 4th/5th Lowland Bde, Royal Field Artillery
9426 Private J W Croft, 3rd Bn, Canadian Infantry
16278 Private Arthur William Dawson, 3rd Bn, Norfolk Regiment
7883 Gunner Charles Dempster, 73rd Bde, Royal Field Artillery
1871 Corporal Ralph A. Y. Dick, 4th Bn, Black Watch (Royal Highlanders)
11724 Private Stanley John Dickeson, 2nd Bn, Worcestershire Regiment
10444 Private Charles Dobson, 1st Bn, Cheshire Regiment
512 Serjeant Alfred Dray, 2nd (Home Counties) Field Coy, Royal Engineers
3178 Private Albert James Drew, 83rd Field Amb, Royal Army Medical Corps Clyde
4/2038 Able Seaman Thomas Richard Duffy, HMS "Vivid," Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve
8603 Lance Corporal E Eddy, 2nd Bn, Northumberland Fusiliers
6209 Private Thomas Rawson Finnie, 2nd Bn, King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry
9854 Private J Fitzpatrick, 1st Bn, Royal Berkshire Regiment
60876 Gunner William John Francis, 99th Bty, Royal Field Artillery
11704 Private Fred Garner, 1st Bn, Cheshire Regiment Reiter Richard Gauwerke German Army
12110 Private W George, 8th Bn, Welsh Regiment 8897 Private Alfred Ernest Glithero 1st Bn, Worcestershire Regiment
T1/SR/999 Corporal George Gordon, 11th Reserve Park Army Service Corps
10223 Private George Green, 1st Bn, Cheshire Regiment
Midshipman John Stanley Griffiths, HMS "Triumph," Royal Naval Reserve
3219 Private Haman Yola, Nigeria Regiment, W.A.F.F.
9738 Private T H Harding, 1st Bn, Cheshire Regiment
7630 Private Herbert Harvey, 1st Bn, Leicestershire Regiment
2147 Private G Hazelton, 4th Bn, Suffolk Regiment
8146 Private T W Hickson, 2nd Bn, Cheshire Regiment
J/34982 Boy 2nd Class G E G Holt, HMS "Ganges," Royal Navy
2351 Rifleman William Hoskin, 1st/9th Bn, London Regiment (Queen Victoria's Rifles)
1116 Private Maurice Gurney Jameson, Honourable Artillery Company
T/32670 Driver C W J Jerome, 2nd Coy, 2nd Div, Train Army Service Corps
810 Corporal F Jervis, 9th Bn, London Regiment (Queen Victoria's Rifles)
2989 Rifleman Samuel Johnson, 1st Bn, King's Royal Rifle Corps
G/913 Private C Jones, 2nd Bn, The Buffs (East Kent Regiment)
2883 Private Osmond Jones, 2nd Bn, Royal Warwickshire Regiment
Nursing Sister Louisa Jordan, Scottish Women's Hospital
395 Private Kadai Sokoto, Nigeria Regiment, W.A.F.F.
7557 Private B Kaye, 2nd Bn, Essex Regiment
Second Lieutenant Arthur St. Clair Kennedy, 3rd Bn, Royal Dublin Fusiliers
7981 Private Ernest Kirk, 1st Bn, West Yorkshire Regiment (Prince of Wales's Own)
1524 Private Robert Logan, 2nd Bn, Black Watch (Royal Highlanders)
10801 Private Thomas Loughlin, 1st Bn, South Wales Borderers
8237 Private William Martin, 2nd Bn, King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry
7085 Corporal Frank Mccarthy, 1st Bn, Cheshire Regiment
3/2622 Private H Mcquade, 1st Bn, Black Watch (Royal Highlanders)
S/10483 Private James French Milligan, 1st Bn, Cameron Highlanders
18283 Corporal Joseph Henry Mills, 54th Field Coy, Royal Engineers
49 Follower Indore Murat, Imperial Service Indore Transport Corps
3/7233 Private J Murray, 1st Bn, Seaforth Highlanders
58291 Gunner F Newell, 99th Bty, Royal Field Artillery
1197 Lance Serjeant Frank Norbury, 1st/5th Bn, Cheshire Regiment
11063 Private Alfred Norton, 2nd Bn, King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry
Gefreiter Gustav Nowak, German Army
616 Private Thomas Park, 8th Bn, Royal Scots
2852 Private James Paterson, 1st Bn, Black Watch (Royal Highlanders)
4751 Private Frank Charles Plumbley, 1st Bn, Hampshire Regiment
2211 Private Ernest Porter, 5th Bn, Leicestershire Regiment
2166 Private G Price, "C" Coy, 5th Bn, Royal Sussex Regiment
23800 Private Charles Edward Prue, 20th Bn, The King's (Liverpool Regiment)
PLY/125(S) Private Harry Richard Purssord, Plymouth Bn, RN Div, Royal Marine Light Infantry
6209 Private Thomas Rawson, 2nd Bn, King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry
3/6199 Serjeant Frederick Reid, 1st Bn, Dorsetshire Regiment
G/1149 Private P Remnant, 2nd Bn, Royal Sussex Regiment
12459 Private Barclay Rhodes, 2nd Bn, King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry
3/2692 Private W Robb, 1st Bn, Black Watch (Royal Highlanders)
11526 Private Richard Robinson, 1st Bn, Cheshire Regiment
3163 Rifleman Khattri Sawansing, 1st Bn, 9th Gurkha Rifles
S/690 Private William Herbert Scales, 2nd Bn, The Buffs (East Kent Regiment)
67963 Private Edgar Schofield, 25th Bn, Canadian Infantry
3151 Serjeant George Seal, No,9 Supernumerary Coy, 20th Bn, London Regiment
9743 Private G W Shea, 3rd Bn, Canadian Infantry
1394 Private C W T Sheppard, 1st/7th Bn, Sherwood Foresters (Notts and Derby Regiment)
68 Gunner Arthur Smith, 13th Bty, Canadian Field Artillery
M2/049131 Private F G Smith, 133rd Coy, Army Service Corps
Second Lieutenant Leslie Phillips Smith, Royal Garrison Artillery
Y/602 Rifleman W H Smith, 3rd Bn, King's Royal Rifle Corps
9453 Private E C Stagg, 2nd Bn, Cheshire Regiment
10685 Private W T Stead, 1st Bn, Cheshire Regiment
L/14612 Lance Corporal G Taylor, 3rd Bn, Royal Fusiliers
16/477 Corporal Mikaera Te Moananui, New Zealand Pioneer Battalion
2200 Sepoy Tek Ram, 10th Jats
611 Lance Corporal Michael Joseph Tierney, 5th Australian Light Horse
23400 Private Russell Trudgill, 12th Bn, The King's (Liverpool Regiment)
65044 Driver Henry Morris Verney, Royal Field Artillery
9078 Lance Serjeant Arthur Walker, 7th Bn, Lincolnshire Regiment
6529 Sapper James Ward, No,1 Siege Coy, Royal Monmouthshire Royal Engineers
Captain Henry Trelss Watson, 3rd Bn, The King's (Liverpool Regiment)
6814 Private John Whalley, 1st Bn, Dorsetshire Regiment
8663 Private C Widdop, 2nd Bn, Duke of Wellington's (West Riding Regiment)
8075 Private Thomas John Willats, 1st Bn, South Wales Borderers
11965 Private J Williams, 6th Bn, South Lancashire Regiment
52 Corporal Barzillai Cornelius Winter, 1st (South Midland) Field Coy, Royal Engineers
9630 Private J Woodford, 2nd Bn, East Lancashire Regiment
29 Rifleman Cuthbert Fredrick Young, 5th Bn, London Regiment (London Rifle Brigade)

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

Broken hearts for two Ox and Bucks men

For no other reason than I've just finished some research for a client whose ancestor served with the Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry during the First World War, I thought I would remember today, those men from the regiment who lost their lives on Valentine's Day.


There are no recorded deaths for 1915 and just one for 14th February 1916: 17040 Pte Percy Slatford, 6th Battalion. Percy was 33 years old and is commemorated on the Menin Gate at Ypres (above, courtesy CWGC). He was the husband of Winifred Emily Slatford (nee Earls) whom he had married in Oxford in 1904. She would later re-marry James Stubbs in Woodstock, Oxfordshire in 1919.


When the 1911 census was taken, Percy and Winifred were living at 32 Lake Street, New Hinksey, Oxfordshire.  Percy was working as a farm labourer and they had four children: Alice Vera Slatford (aged 5), George Slatford (aged 4), Gertrude May Slatford (aged 3) and Violet Edith Slatford (aged 5 months). GRO records reveal that a second son, Leslie V Slatford, was born in 1913. None of these children would see their father again after he left for France on the 22nd July 1915.


The following year, on 14th February 1917, 28396 Pte John Robert Ing of the 3rd Garrison Battalion, Ox and Bucks Light Infantry, died at Milton Hospital, Portsmouth and was buried in his native Long Crendon (St Mary) Churchyard. He was 34 years old, the son of the late Michael Ing, and Fanny Ing and the husband of  Dorothy Ing (nee Warner). The couple had married in 1916, their marriage registered in the final quarter of that year. They had therefore only been married for a matter of months when John Ing died. I believe that Dorothy later re-married in 1923.  There is a birth registered for a John M Ing in the third quarter of 1917, mother's maiden name, Warner and it would seem possible that this was the child that John Robert Ing never lived to see. Note however, that a Dorothy V Ing, with the same mother's maiden name, was born in 1920.


No Ox and Bucks men lost their lives on Valentine's Day 1918.


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

17th January 1916

Remembering the following officers, non-commissioned officers and men of the British Army who made the ultimate sacrifice on this day, one hundred years ago.

79694 Sapper J Adair 173rd Tunnelling Coy, Royal Engineers

9802 Private J Barclay 1st Bn, Gordon Highlanders

2192 Driver William John Beesley 2nd/2nd East Anglian Div, Royal Engineers

4867 Serjeant W E Besant 12th Bn, Hampshire Regiment

S/12048 Corporal J Birch 9th Bn, Rifle Brigade

PS/94 Private Arthur James Blackford 19th Bn, Royal Fusiliers

1566 Private A Bolan 2nd Bn, South Lancashire Regiment

22436 Serjeant Arthur William Booth DCM 6th Bn, King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry

530 Corporal Wilfrid Bounds 1st/18th Bn, London Regiment (London Irish Rifles)

10478 Private James Brady 2nd Bn, Leinster Regiment

79108 Gunner John Charles Brooks "C" Bty, 72nd Bde, Royal Field Artillery

G/340 Private J Buckmaster 6th Bn, The Queen's (Royal West Surrey Regiment)

26647 Private H C Burgess 18th Bn, The King's (Liverpool Regiment)

O/2634 Private Harry Cadle Army Ordnance Corps

9477 Private W E Cleaver 1st Bn, Royal Warwickshire Regiment

18522 Private Peter Arthur Cook 2nd Bn, Norfolk Regiment

13661 Private C Copeland 8th Bn, North Staffordshire Regiment

6/1886 Private J Cranney 1st/6th Bn, Durham Light Infantry

2943 Lance Corporal Henry Harold Crook 3rd/1st Royal Gloucestershire Hussars

4814 Private Albert Crossland 2nd Bn, York and Lancaster Regiment

3521 Private Walter Cullen 2nd/4th Bn, Somerset Light Infantry

Second Lieutenant Charles Hugh Davies 9th Bn, Welsh Regiment

2217 Driver Thomas Edward Davies Essex Brigade Coy, East Anglian Div, Train Army Service Corps

2948 Private Robert Davis Westmorland and Cumberland Yeomanry

16237 Private George Dawson 6th Bn, Leicestershire Regiment

Lieutenant Donald Henry Devenish 14th Bn, Welsh Regiment

16652 Private Samuel Evans 18th Bn, The King's (Liverpool Regiment)

3116 Private E Fitzgerald 2nd Bn, Leinster Regiment

9790 Lance Corporal P Fitzgerald 6th Bn, Royal Munster Fusiliers

Second Lieutenant Douglas Tulloch Forbes 17th Bn, London Regiment

G/121 Private C Fox 1st Bn, The Buffs (East Kent Regiment)

1980 Rifleman Victor William French 6th Bn, London Regiment (City of London Rifles)

6971 Lance Serjeant R H Frost 7th Bn, Suffolk Regiment

1645 Sapper A Grant 3rd London Field Coy, Royal Engineers

15493 Private J Gray 10th Bn, Essex Regiment

12677 Private A R Hallam 8th Bn, North Staffordshire Regiment

13645 Private S Hankey 10th Bn, Cheshire Regiment

9257 Private Robert Harcus 2nd Dragoons (Royal Scots Greys)

1753 Private F Harrell 3rd Bn, Royal Warwickshire Regiment

2365 Private H C Hart 1st/5th Bn, The Buffs (East Kent Regiment)

3476 Private Samuel George Hawes 4th Bn, Suffolk Regiment

10688 Private Arthur Hawkwood 1st Bn, East Surrey Regiment

7783 Private H Hawting 5th Bn, Royal Berkshire Regiment

12655 Private A Haynes 8th Bn, North Staffordshire Regiment

7605 Corporal Herbert Henry Hobson 2nd Bn, Rifle Brigade

Z/1065 Lance Serjeant Tom Hodgkinson 9th Bn, Rifle Brigade

Second Lieutenant Topham Becher Dabridgecourt Hough 8th Bn, East Yorkshire Regiment

16068 Private L V Hubbard 1st Bn, Royal Fusiliers

1085 Serjeant Wilfrid Hurst 1st Bn, Manchester Regiment

S/1950 Rifleman Albert Henry Jarman 9th Bn, Rifle Brigade

1074 Driver Frederick John Jenkins 2nd/1st Wessex Bde, Royal Field Artillery

13227 Corporal T John 9th Bn, Welsh Regiment

S/13322 Rifleman Benjamin James Johnson 9th Bn, Rifle Brigade

19359 Private Samuel Jones 4th Bn, North Staffordshire Regiment

16221 Private Edward Richard Victor King 7th Bn, Bedfordshire Regiment

14686 Private J Lang 9th Bn, Welsh Regiment

20594 Corporal Hugh Leslie 2nd Bn, Wiltshire Regiment

9395 Private G Littlefield 2nd Bn, Dorsetshire Regiment

14041 Private Joseph Littley 9th Bn, attd, 8th Bn, East Yorkshire Regiment

15617 Private John Thomas Lord 6th Bn, Leicestershire Regiment

2564 Rifleman J Luxford 2nd Bn, Rifle Brigade 997 Gunner G Maret 31st Siege Bty, Royal Garrison Artillery

G/13256 Rifleman James Marsden "A" Coy, 9th Bn, Royal Irish Rifles

2618 Lance Corporal Alan Robert Mcclure 20th Bn, London Regiment

SS/4746 Private Charles Mcintosh 14th Labour Coy, Army Service Corps

21184 Private Harold Millington 10th Bn, York and Lancaster Regiment

4941 Private J Mooney 2nd Bn, Leinster Regiment

12936 Lance Corporal Charles Newlove 9th Bn, King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry

3087 Private E O'Brien 6th Bn, Royal Irish Regiment

6862 Private W H Orton 1st Bn, The Buffs (East Kent Regiment)

Second Lieutenant Edward Boynton Pedder 18th (Queen Mary's Own) Hussars

G/70 Lance Corporal W Pocock 6th Bn, The Queen's (Royal West Surrey Regiment)

18599 Private John Povey 8th Bn, Royal Berkshire Regiment

S/8730 Private Alexander Rodgers 2nd Bn, Black Watch (Royal Highlanders)

12921 Private G Rowlands 9th Bn, Welsh Regiment

4720 Rifleman C J Rumble 6th Bn, London Regiment (City of London Rifles)

5640 Private W G Sargood 1st Bn, Royal Fusiliers

12459 Private Charles Saunders "C" Sqdn, 5th Dragoon Guards (Princess Charlotte of Wales's)

2651 Private A Savage 1st/6th Bn, Sherwood Foresters (Notts and Derby Regiment)

6440 Private W Scarlett 1st (Royal) Dragoons

9603 Private G A Sennett 5th Bn, Connaught Rangers

9425 Lance Serjeant James Sharp 1st Bn, Seaforth Highlanders

6390 Private Charles Smith 2nd Dragoons (Royal Scots Greys)

22497 Private Harold Smith 12th Bn, Northumberland Fusiliers

17326 Private Richard Smith 7th Bn, Northamptonshire Regiment

17369 Private S Telford 11th Bn, Border Regiment

14190 Company Quartermaster Serjeant J Try 8th Bn, North Staffordshire Regiment

R/6535 Lance Corporal F Turner 7th Bn, King's Royal Rifle Corps

Second Lieutenant Leslie Kinloch Tweedie "C" Bty, 72nd Bde, Royal Field Artillery

50406 Bombardier G Unger "B" Bty, 98th Bde, Royal Field Artillery

2690 Private J E V Wells 20th Bn, London Regiment

Second Lieutenant Donald Gurney Whatmoor 7th Bn, Bedfordshire Regiment

9243 Corporal Charles White 12th Bn, Highland Light Infantry

82710 Sapper H Williams 174th Field Coy, Royal Engineers

16104 Rifleman A Wilson 9th Bn, Royal Irish Rifles

7705 Private William Frank Young 2nd Bn, Dorsetshire Regiment

The potted biography of Lieutenant Devenish is taken from volume 4 of De Ruvigny's Roll of Honour.

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

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Remembering 4th December 1915

Remembering the 234 men and one woman who gave their lives for King, King Emperor and Country, one hundred years ago this day, on the 4th December 1915. These individuals are buried or commemorated in the following countries:

Australia, Belgium, Canada, Egypt, France, Germany, Greece, India, Iraq, Ireland, Kenya, Malta, Nigeria, Sierra Leone, Turkey and the United Kingdom.

1297 Private Alfred Adams Cheshire Yeomanry
Tyneside Z/4583 Able Seaman Alfred Hoult Drake Bn. R.N. Div Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve
2329 Lance Corporal Alfred James "A" Coy. 1st/7th Bn. Royal Warwickshire Regiment
SS/16019 Private Alfred Warren 20th Labour Coy. Army Service Corps
8738 Private Alfred Edward Lambert 1st Bn. Oxford and Bucks Light Infantry
481 Gunner Arthur Allen Butler East Riding Royal Garrison Artillery
18570 Private Arthur Charles Mason 1st Bn. Oxford and Bucks Light Infantry
598 Private Arthur Graham Briggs 2nd Bn. Australian Infantry, A.I.F.
1716 Private Cecil William Murphy 1st Bn. Australian Infantry, A.I.F.
1648 Private Charles Deighton 1st/6th Bn. Duke of Wellington's (West Riding Regiment)
28222 Corporal Charles Rogers Nottinghamshire Yeomanry (Sherwood Rangers)
4687 Private Charles Thompson 6th Bn. Lincolnshire Regiment
1131 Private Charles Alan Fuller 1st Aust. Stat. Hospital Australian Army Medical Corps
57135 Corporal Charles Harold Hannabuss 10th Bty. Royal Field Artillery
3114 Private Charles Henry Woods Royal 1st Devon Yeomanry
K/21050 Stoker 1st Class Charles Reginald Griggs H.M.S. "Mars" Royal Navy
560 Trooper Clarence Edwin Norton 9th Australian Light Horse
82 Private Cyril G. Sedger Canadian Army Dental Corps
S/2186 Serjeant David Wilson 10th Bn. Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders
Clyde Z/435 Able Seaman David Melville Osler Drake Bn. R.N. Div Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve
K/2348 Stoker 1st Class Edward Vermont H.M.S. "M/9." Royal Navy
15827 Private Edward Reginald Daubney 6th Bn. Lincolnshire Regiment
12330 Private Edward Thomas Gammon 4th Bn. Worcestershire Regiment
691 2nd Corporal Edwin Phillips 2nd/1st (Welsh) Field Coy. Royal Engineers
2055 Sapper Ernest Bolton 459th Field Coy. Royal Engineers
198356 Able Seaman Ernest Jackson H.M.S. "Vernon." Royal Navy
21403 Private Felvus Fredrick Birks 2nd B Sherwood Foresters (Notts and Derby Regiment)
14364 Private Francis Clews 7th Bn. Bedfordshire Regiment
22062 Private Frank Finney 4th Bn. Grenadier Guards
136504 Private Frank Smith 74th Bn. Canadian Infantry
1668 Private Frank George Covell 17th Gen. Hospital Royal Army Medical Corps
38923 Gunner Fred Hartley "A" Bty. 102nd Bde. Royal Field Artillery
20863 Lance Corporal Frederick Smith 4th Bn. Worcestershire Regiment
342 Gunner Frederick Arthur Williams 3rd Bty. 1st Bde. Australian Field Artillery
17891 Serjeant Frederick Eugene Smith 10th Bn. Essex Regiment
Clyde Z/1405 Able Seaman Frederick James Shannon Drake Bn. R.N. Div Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve
Lieutenant Frederick John Christison 10th Bn. Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders
207490 Able Seaman George Burkill (RFR/CH/B/10907). H.M.S. "Penelope." Royal Navy
37712 Private George Rixon 8th Bn. Welsh Regiment
10879 Private George Straughan 6th Bn. East Yorkshire Regiment
17042 Private George West 11th Bn. Worcestershire Regiment
16006 Private George Wood 6th Bn. Lincolnshire Regiment
Captain George Barons Northcote 2nd Bn. Norfolk Regiment
22022 Private George Henry Dickin "B" Coy. 9th Bn. Sherwood Foresters (Notts and Derby Regiment)
1135 Private George Leslie Hayward 1st Australian Stationary Hospital Australian Army Medical Corps
859 Private Harold Wisewould 23rd Bn Australian Infantry, A.I.F.
19331 Private Harry Hudson 6th Bn. York and Lancaster Regiment
29943 Private Harry Witter Depot The King's (Liverpool Regiment)
2759 Private Harvey Grace 4th Bn. King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry
SS/8322 Private Henry Hunt Labour Coy. Army Service Corps
31309 Private Henry Martin Johnson "A" Coy. 8th Bn. Royal Welsh Fusiliers
68713 Private Hubert Riley "K" Coy. (Aldershot) Royal Army Medical Corps
4219 Private Hugh Fraser 4th Bn. Seaforth Highlanders
3476 Private James Burns 1st/7th Bn. Duke of Wellington's (West Riding Regiment)
19107 Private James Greenway 4th Bn. Worcestershire Regiment
15039 Rifleman James Kerr 10th Bn. Royal Irish Rifles
2954 Driver James Stuart 3rd A.F.A. Bde. Australian Field Artillery
45737 Driver James Donald Horne "C" Bty. 113th Bde. Royal Field Artillery
2846 Serjeant James Henry Mitchell 1st/8th Bn. Manchester Regiment
15199 Lance Serjeant James Joseph Dawson 9th Bn. Welsh Regiment
G/8410 Private Jesse Clay 2nd Bn. Royal Fusiliers
17741 Private John Campbell 7th Bn. King's Own Scottish Borderers
11712 Private John Clampitt 7th Bn. Gloucestershire Regiment
1759 Private John Davis 1st/4th Bn. East Lancashire Regiment
12/1889 Private John Dunn 15th Bn. York and Lancaster Regiment
6973 Private John Miller 14th (King's) Hussars
13778 Serjeant John Mclean 7th Bn. King's Own Scottish Borderers
12054 Private John Newman 7th Bn. Gloucestershire Regiment
20035 Private John Herbert Algernon Siggs 6th Supply Coy. 24th Bn. London Regiment
9343 Drummer John James Mcquade 3rd Bn. The Buffs (East Kent Regiment)
7443 Private John Owen Thomas 4th Res. Bn. Royal Welsh Fusiliers
1367 Private John Patrick Hennessy 14th Bn. Australian Infantry, A.I.F.
A/10222 Private Lester Charles Neuman 2nd Bn. Canadian Infantry
Matron Maude Amy Buckingham Queen Alexandra's Imperial Military Nursing Service
8998 Rifleman Michael Murray 3rd Bn. Royal Irish Rifles
3156 Private Owen Beaizley 5th Bn. Royal Warwickshire Regiment
7489 Private Patrick Bearney 5th Bn. Royal Irish Fusiliers
835 Sapper Philip Simpson 2nd/2nd Highland Field Coy. Royal Engineers
109591 Private Reginald Sears 4th Regt. Canadian Mounted Rifles
106587 Private Reginald Donovan Tennant 1st Regt. Canadian Mounted Rifles
2801 Private Reginald Willie Gresham 1st/4th Bn. York and Lancaster Regiment
Second Lieutenant Richard Aslin Snow 1st/4th Bn. York and Lancaster Regiment
19297 Private Robert Cox 7th Bn. King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry
1682 Private Robert Gordon "A" Coy. 12th Bn. Highland Light Infantry
S/3131 Private Robert Laidlaw 9th Bn. Gordon Highlanders
7336 Lance Corporal Robert Pettit York and Lancaster Regiment
4176 Sapper Robert Vincent Reis 4th Field Coy. Australian Engineers
8112 Private Samuel Hewitt 9th Bn. Royal Warwickshire Regiment
116871 Pioneer Sidney John Wicks 5th Labour Bn. Royal Engineers
8738 Private Stanley Norley 2nd Bn. Royal Irish Regiment
1882 Private Stanley Charles Dann Norfolk Yeomanry Internierter Stefan Sawka Austrian Civilian
20570 Private Stilvio Reginald Brinkworth 6th Bn. York and Lancaster Regiment
2607 Private Sydney Leer 1st Div. H.Q. Australian Engineers
3382 Private Thomas Fagan 4th Bn. Royal Irish Fusiliers
3382 Private Thomas Reilly ALIAS 348 Private Thomas Williams 17th Bn. Australian Infantry, A.I.F. Greaser Thomas Henry Evans H.M.S. Andes Mercantile Marine Reserve
10660 Private Thomas James Kernaghan 2nd Bn. Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers
22231 Private Thomas James Middlemiss 5th Reserve Bn. Grenadier Guards
10737 Private Thomas Marshall Mumford "C" Coy. 5th Bn. Oxford and Bucks Light Infantry
9969 Private Thomas William Bradley 6th Bn. King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry
278970 Stoker 1st Class Tom Pictor (R.F.R. Dev. B/4822). H.M.S. "Teutonic." Royal Navy
31062 Private Walter Thomas Berry 8th Bn. Royal Welsh Fusiliers
J/41944 Boy Telegraphist Wilfred Henry Smith H.M.S. "Ganges." Royal Navy
3/4807 Private Wilfrid Miller 6th Bn. York and Lancaster Regiment
776 Private William Charters 3rd Scottish Horse
9142 Private William Hill 9th Bn. Worcestershire Regiment
45 Private William Maher 21st Bn. Australian Infantry, A.I.F.
7161 Serjeant William Milligan 2nd Bn. Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers
19642 Private William Rudd 2nd Bn. South Wales Borderers
24878 Lance Corporal William Toole 12th Bn. Manchester Regiment
8463 Private William Whatmore 7th Bn. North Staffordshire Regiment
K/30322 Stoker 1st Class William Edgar Kendrick H.M.S. "Chelmer" Royal Navy
44017 Lance Corporal William Edward Smith 89th Field Coy. Royal Engineers
G/15577 Private William Frederick Bolton 2nd Bn. Royal Fusiliers
63313 Acting Bombardier William Henry Holliday "D" Bty. 112tb Bde. Royal Field Artillery
M2/052833 Private William Hill Etchells No, 1 Motor Amb. Convoy Army Service Corps
2328 Private William Robert Croasdale 1st/4th Bn. East Lancashire Regiment
2312 Private William Thomas Ley Royal North Devon Hussars
17794 Private Wright Glennerster 1st Bn. Border Regiment
21585 Private C J Adamson 10th Bn. King's Own (Royal Lancaster Regiment)
6470 Private Adamu Rago Nigeria Regiment, W.A.F.F.
3672 Rifleman Aitparsad Pun 1st Bn., attd. 2nd Bn. 3rd Queen Alexandra's Own Gurkha Rifles
7417 Private Amadu Kano Nigeria Regiment, W.A.F.F.
316 Driver Arjun Singh 23rd Peshawar Mountain Bty. Indian Mountain Artillery
24592 Sapper G Arnold 26th Coy. Royal Engineers
12476 Private W J Bailey "B" Coy. 8th Bn. North Staffordshire Regiment
7059 Private A Baldwin 37th Div. Cyclist Coy. Army Cyclist Corps
Follower Balu 1st Bn. 103rd Mahratta Light Infantry
46869 Driver J A Barrett 21st Div. Ammunition Col. Royal Field Artillery
12833 Private T Bell 1st Bn. Cameronians (Scottish Rifles)
2281 Private G Berrington 1st/8th Bn. Lancashire Fusiliers
2449 Private A Black Royal Scots
18036 Private H G Boorer 4th Bn. Grenadier Guards
18324 Corporal G Bowen 9th Bn. Welsh Regiment
406475 Private St. C Bowlby 1st Bn. Canadian Infantry
20743 Private F Buck 1st Bn. Essex Regiment
12294 Serjeant F Carson 9th Bn. Cameronians (Scottish Rifles)
20638 Private E E Caswell 5th Bn. Wiltshire Regiment
L/12818 Private A Chappell 2nd Bn. Royal Fusiliers
67197 Driver D Chequer "C" Bty. 113th Bde. Royal Field Artillery
63265 Driver O Connelly "C" Bty. 113th Bde. Royal Field Artillery
18466 Private R K Copley 9th Bn. West Yorkshire Regiment (Prince of Wales's Own)
4596 Private J A Costello 1st Bn. The Loyal North Lancashire Regiment
2310 Private J H Cowan 7th Bn. Highland Light Infantry
5407 Private G Crawford 11th Bn. Manchester Regiment
184 Sepoy Dal Bahadur 2nd Kashmir Rifles (Body Guard Regiment)
48609 Gunner J Davis 34th Coy. Royal Garrison Artillery
3/7049 Private J Devlin 1st Bn. Gordon Highlanders
3492 Private F Dickens 1st/5th Bn. York and Lancaster Regiment
11968 Private A T Donnelly 1st Bn. Royal Berkshire Regiment
7488 Serjeant W R Farnon 21st Div. Cyclist Coy. Army Cyclist Corps
14906 Private J W Fay 7th Bn. King's Own (Royal Lancaster Regiment)
3281 Private J R Fernley 1st/9th Bn. Manchester Regiment
67660 Driver J Fisher "C" Bty. 113th Bde. Royal Field Artillery
KW/466 Able Seaman J H Flatters Drake Bn. R.N. Div Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve
21085 Private J W Fowler 12th Bn. Durham Light Infantry
10675 Private H Fuller 7th Bn. Somerset Light Infantry
2424 Sepoy Ganu Subedar 1st Bn. 117th Mahrattas
1365 Sepoy Hakim Singh 7th Duke of Connaught's Own Rajputs
17419 Private R H Hanks Gloucestershire Regiment
19644 Private W Harris 2nd Bn. South Wales Borderers
79267 Corporal J M Haslam 31st Bn. Canadian Infantry
3191 Private M Heniham 5th Bn. Connaught Rangers
67281 Driver J Hill "C" Bty. 11th Bde. Royal Field Artillery
16638 Private S Jackson 9th Bn. Cameronians (Scottish Rifles)
222 Sepoy Jawala Singh 29th Punjabis
4603 Private W Jones Pembroke Yeomanry
19524 Private G Kerry 10th Bn. Yorkshire Regiment
5808 Private J W Kirkland 12th Bn. Northumberland Fusiliers
13439 Private W Langshaw 8th Bn. The Loyal North Lancashire Regiment
20381 Private W M Lynn 4th Bn. Grenadier Guards
Major F W J Macdonnell 14th Bn. attd. 9th Bn. West Yorkshire Regiment (Prince of Wales's Own) 2568/C(PO) Leading Signalman R H Mackay H.M. Trawler "Waltham." Royal Navy
2645 Lance Naik Malla Ram 125th Napier's Rifles
Second Lieutenant C C E Manson Indian Army Reserve of Officers
41329 Lance Corporal J A Marchant 67th Field Coy. Royal Engineers
20549 Private J Martin 11th Bn. King's Own (Royal Lancaster Regiment)
80 Private A W Maycock 1st/6th Bn. North Staffordshire Regiment
51699 Gunner R C Mayes 10th Bty. 147th Bde. Royal Field Artillery
3002 Private Momudu Masalay West African Regiment, W.A.F.F.
33566 Private T Mortimore 1st Bn. Royal Welsh Fusiliers
7317 Private W Musgrave 13th Bn. Northumberland Fusiliers
21662 Private T H Mcdonald 10th Bn. York and Lancaster Regiment
7800 Private J Mcguire Cameronians (Scottish Rifles) Major H G Mcleod 2nd Bde. Canadian Field Artillery
106446 Private M Mcleod 1st Regt. Canadian Mounted Rifles
19735 Private J Mcmullen 12th Bn. Durham Light Infantry
6772(S) Stoker J Neely H.M.S. "St. George" Royal Naval Reserve Follower Nur Ahmad 101st Indian Grenadiers
12404 Private B G Oakley 6th Bn. Bedfordshire Regiment
5655 Private J Parry 9th Bn. Royal Welsh Fusiliers
7896 Corporal A Payne 2nd Bn. Norfolk Regiment
3/11673 Private G Pearson 12th Bn. Durham Light Infantry
102091 Driver H Perring 56th Reserve Bty. Royal Field Artillery
16866 Private L P Peterson 9th Bn. Welsh Regiment
7610 Private J Pile Army Cyclist Corps
2328 Private J Porteous 1st/1st Lanarkshire Yeomanry Follower Raja Ram 1st Bn. 6th Jat Light Infantry
71948 Driver J Reed "C" Bty. 113th Bde. Royal Field Artillery
24431 Lance Corporal C A Revell 12th Bn. Durham Light Infantry
18351 Private R C Reynolds 6th Bn. Yorkshire Regiment
36527 Sapper P H Rivers 54th Field Coy. Royal Engineers
31338 Private C Robinson 8th Bn. Royal Welsh Fusiliers
16595 Private R Robinson 12th Bn. Durham Light Infantry
16794 Private J Rogers 12th Bn. Durham Light Infantry
4734 Private H W Ross 1st/10th Bn. The King's (Liverpool Regiment)
54234 Private B A Rucker 18th Bn. Canadian Infantry
KW/531 Able Seaman W H Russell Drake Bn. R.N. Div Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve
6/195 Private M Ryan 6th Bn Leinster Regiment
2388 Sepoy Sarabjit Singh 7th Duke of Connaught's Own Rajputs
9799 Private J H Sellwood 2nd Reserve Cavalry Regiment
34849 Private T Sexton 20th Bn. Welsh Regiment
23611 Rifleman D Smith No. 6 Supernumerary Coy. The King's (Liverpool Regiment)
2113 Sapper R J Smith Training Depot Canadian Engineers
Deal/1440(S) Sapper J Starkie R.M. Div. Engineers, R.N. Div. Royal Marines
9269 Serjeant A Stevens 2nd Bn. Northamptonshire Regiment
9796 Private H Swift 2nd Bn. Oxford and Bucks Light Infantry
7019 Private F Talbot 7th Bn. Royal Fusiliers
3225 Sepoy Tatia Mhabdi 1st Bn. 117th Mahrattas
2809 Private G Taylor 1st/6th Bn. Highland Light Infantry
3319 Private G H Taylor 1st/6th Bn. Duke of Wellington's (West Riding Regiment)
7262 Private J Taylor 11th Bn. Northumberland Fusiliers
Second Lieutenant I L Tebbitt 19th Bn. London Regiment
109648 Lance Corporal B Tracey 4th Regt. Canadian Mounted Rifles
15769 Private H Walters 6th Bn. Royal Irish Fusiliers
11686 Private E Weeks 2nd Bn. South Wales Borderers
16/96 Private H Welford 16th Bn. Northumberland Fusiliers
6580 Private C White 19th Bn. Royal Fusiliers
58453 Driver H Willday 2nd Div. Ammunition Col. Royal Field Artillery
729 Lance Corporal F M Wood 1st/4th Bn. King's Own Scottish Borderers
A/2059 Rifleman S Wood 12th Bn. King's Royal Rifle Corps
10095 Private S Wright 6th Bn. Royal Irish Fusiliers

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

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