
OXFORD
DRAGON SCHOOL WAR MEMORIALS
World
War 1 & 2 - Roll of Honour with detailed information
Compiled and copyright © Gay Sturt 2016
researched Martin Edwards
The
Dragon School is in Bardwell Road, Oxford. There are two memorials bearing
the same names. The first is next to the cricket pavilion and takes
the form of a Celtic cross set on a plinth with a two stepped base;
the inscription and names are carved on the cross and plinth in black
lettering with Roman caps. This memorial was designed by Mr Lynam (father
of the headmaster, an established architect from Stoke-on-Trent) and
was unveiled 12 November 1920; it was dedicated by the Bishop of Oxford.
It lists 83 names for those who died in World War 1 and 134 for those
who died in World War 2. The second memorial takes the form of a brass
plaque inside the school and lists the same names. Also within the school
are a set of four framed photographs of the Victoria Cross (V.C.) recipients
from the school, two from World War 1 and two from World War 2.
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Photograph
from an old postcard |
IN
LOVING
MEMORY
OF OLD BOYS
AND
MASTERS
OF THE
DRAGON
SCHOOL
WHO GAVE
THEIR LIVES
FOR THEIR
COUNTRY
IN THE
GREAT WAR
"NOMEN
EORUM VIVT IN SAECULA SAECULORUM"
1914-1918
ADDIS |
Thomas
Henry Liddon |
Lieutenant,
4th Battalion attached to 2nd Battalion, Royal Dublin Fusiliers.
Killed in action 21 March 1918. Aged 20. Son of William Edward and
Rachael Addis, of 5, Lebanon Park, Twickenham, Middlesex. Buried in
UNICORN CEMETERY, VENDHUILE, Aisne, France. Plot II. Row E. Grave
20. |
ARDEN |
Humphrey
Warwick |
Second
Lieutenant, 156th Heavy Battery, Royal Garrison Artillery. Died
of wounds 6 June 1917. Aged 25. Son of the Rev. William Henry Percival
Arden, Vicar of Whiteparish, and Emily Beatrice his wife, of Whiteparish
Vicarage, Salisbury. B.A. Cantab. Buried in BAILLEUL COMMUNAL CEMETERY
EXTENSION, NORD, Nord, France. Plot III. Row B. Grave 65. |
BACKHOUSE |
St.
John [Salmon] |
Second
Lieutenant, 10th Battalion, East Lancashire Regiment [SDGW] or Cameron
Highlanders [CWGC] and Royal Air Force. Killed in action 3 April
1918. Buried in SOFIA WAR CEMETERY, Bulgaria. Plot I. Row D. Grave
2. |
BENHAM |
Frank |
Captain,
"C" Battery, 81st Brigade, Royal Field Artillery. Died
of wounds 23 August 1916. Aged 30. Son of Mrs. Emily A. Benham,
of Deans Hill, Stafford. Buried in north-east part of CASTLE CHURCH
(ST. MARY) CHURCHYARD, Staffordshire. |
BICKMORE,
MiD |
Brian
Somerset |
Lieutenant,
H.M.S. Comet, Royal Navy. Killed when his vessel was topedoed and
sunk by enemy submarine while in tow after a collision in the East
Mediterranean 4 August 1918. Born 8 December 1892. Enrolled in the
Navy 15 September 1905. Mentioned in Despatches for service in the
Palestine Operations from October to December 1917 [London Gazette
20 February 1919]. In the 1901 census he was aged 8, born Oxfordshire,
son of Charles E and Marriane C Bickmore, resident 22, Bardwell
Road, Oxford. Promoted to Lieutenant 20 July 1915 [LG 20 July 1915];
No known grave. Commemorated on PLYMOUTH NAVAL MEMORIAL, Devon.
Panel 26.
Extract
from Probate Calendars of England & Wales 1918:
BICKMORE
Brian Somerswet of Castle Gardens Iffley Oxfordshire
lieutenant Royal Navy died 4 August 1918 in the Mediterranean
Sea on active service Administration Oxford 3
September to Leslie Isabel Geraldine Bickmore spinster. Effects
£60 8s.
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BLENCOWE |
Oswald
Charles |
Second
Lieutenant, 6th Battalion, Oxfordshire and Buckinghamhsire Light
Infantry. Killed in action near Gueudecourt 7 October 1916. Baptised
4 May 1890 in Marston-St. Lawrence, Northampton, son of Rev. Charles
Edward and Katharine Elizabeth Blencowe. In the 1901 census he was
aged 11, born Marston St Lawrence, Northamptonshire, son of Charles
E and Katherine E Blencowe, resident The Vicarage, Marston St Lawrence,
Brackley, Northamptonshire. Embarked France 14 November 1915. Formermly
Serjeant 1283, 18th Battalion, Royal Fusiliers. No known grave.
Commemorated on THIEPVAL MEMORIAL, Somme, France. Pier and Face
10 A and 10 D. |
BROWN |
David
Westcott |
Captain,
6th Battalion, Leicestershire Regiment. Killed in action 14 July
1916. Aged 23. Son of the Rev. George Gibson Brown and Mrs. Nelly
Brown, of St. Mary's Rectory, Bedford. B.A. Oxon. (Balliol College).
One of the war poets. No known grave. Commemorated on THIEPVAL MEMORIAL,
Somme, France. Pier and Face 2 C and 3 A. See also Bedford,
St Mary's War Memorial.
From
the Balliol College War Memorial Book, Volume 1 - David
Westcott Brown
DAVID
BROWN, son of a very loyal old member of the College, the
Rev. G. G. Brown, Rector of St. Mary’s, Bedford, was born
on December 19, 1892. From the Oxford Preparatory School he went
to Marlborough as a scholar in 1907, and came up to Balliol in 1912.
He took a Second Class in Classical Moderations in March 1914, and
was reading for Greats when war broke out. He was a regular and
useful helper at the Boys’ Club, and a keen member of the
Officers’ Training Corps, and at once took a commission in
the 6th Battalion of the Leicestershire Regiment. He went to France
in July 1915, and became Captain in November. For the greater part
of a year the Battalion was in the trenches north of Albert, opposite
Monchy-au-Bois; in the great attack on the Somme on July 14, 1916,
they captured the woods at Bazentin-le-Petit and Bazentin-le-Grand,
with two lines of German trenches, but at a loss of over 600 men
and officers. David Brown was last seen going out with his sergeant
to reconnoitre, and both were killed. He was a fine warm-hearted
man; military service greatly developed his qualities, and he took
to his work in the Army with unaffected enthusiasm. Few who were
getting so much out of life can have faced the prospect of death
with a firmer determination, as he said, “not to shirk or
dodge the thought of it,” and some of his later letters, while
not less full of life and fun than the earlier, are noble expressions
of his strong and deep religious faith. One or two poems which he
wrote in France breathe the same spirit. |
BUCK,
MC, DFC |
Geoffrey
Sebastian |
Captain,
215th Squadron, Royal Air Force. Killed 3 September 1918. Aged 21.
Born 17 May 1897. Resident 100 High Streetm "West Hill House",
Harrow-on-the-Hill, Middlesex. Son of Prof. Percy Carter Buck and
Lucy Elizabeth Buck, of "Steep Hill," Waldron Rd., Harrow-on-the-Hill.
Educated Winchester College, Hampshire 1910-1914. Gazetted, 2nd
Lt. 1st Bn. London Regt. (R. Fus.), Nov., 1914; Capt., July,1917.
Awarded the Military Cross (M.C.), and Distinguished Flying Cross
(D.F.C.)[London Gazette 2 November 1918]. Buried in CHARMES MILITARY
CEMETERY, ESSEGNEY, Vosges, France. Plot I. Row B. Grave 13.
Extract
from the Supplement to the London Gazette, 2 November 1918,
page 12976.
Capt.
Geoffrey Sebastian Buck, M.C. (Lond. R.).
2nd Lieut. Arthur Kenneth Barter. Captain Buck, with 2nd Lieutenant
Barter as Observer, was Pilot of oue of two machines detailed
to bomb an important railway junction. Owing to most unfavourable
weather conditions' the other machine returned, but Captain Buck
persevered, reached the objective, and made a most. successful
attack in face of intense anti-aircraft fire with numerous searchlights.
On the return journey they were much hampered by a severe thunderstorm,
which lasted for three-quarters of an hour, the machine being
out of control owing to the lightning. In this critical situation
Captain Buck remained cool and collected, and, displaying marked
skill and judgment, succeeded in landing his machine safely. The
success•of this raid was largely due to the skill and efficiency
displayed by 2ud Lieutenant Barter, who most ably co-operated
with Captain Buck. During the past month these officers have carried
out sixteen night bombing raids in a manner reflecting the greatest
credit on them both. (Capt.. Buck's M.C. gazetted 25th August,
1918.)
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BURCH |
Raymond
Sanderson |
Lieutenant,
4th Squadron, Royal Air Force. Killed in action 28 June 1918. Born
16 June 1892. Address listed as Emmanuel Collge, Cambridge. Next
of kin Mrs E M Burch, Box 89, Lysaker, Kristiania, Norway. Enlisted
with the Royal Flying Corps 15 April 1915. In the 1911 census he
was aged 18, born Oxford, at school, son of George James and Constance
Emily Burch, resident 28 and 29 Norham Road, St Giles, Oxford. Buried
in BORRE BRITISH CEMETERY, Nord, France. Plot II. Row B. Grave 24. |
BURTON |
Henry
Patrick Claude aka Paddy |
Captain,
1st Battalion, Bedfordshire Regiment. Killed in action 27 July 1916.
Aged 23. Son of Claude E. C. H. Burton and K. G. Burton, of 20,
Claremont Avenue, Woking, Surrey. In the 1901 census he was aged
7, born Croydon, Surrey, son of Claud E C H and Katherine J Burton,
resident 46, Edwardes Square, Kensington, London. In the 1911 census
he was aged 17, a boarder, born Croydon, resident The Priory, Repton,
near Burton On Trent, Staffordshire. No known grave. Commemorated
on THIEPVAL MEMORIAL, Somme, France. Pier and Face 2 C. |
BYWATER-WARD |
John
aka Jack |
Commander,
H.M.S. Ajax, Royal Navy. Placed on the retired list 11 July 1918
being medically unfit due to Pulmonary Tuberculosis. Died 4 March
1919. Born 10 March 1882. Enrolled 15 July 1896. Awarded the Order
of St. Anne - 3rd Class by the Russians. In the 1911 census he was
aged 29. married Winifred Fisher Bywater-Ward, Lieutenant in the
Navy, born Oxon, Oxfordshire, resident 2 The Close, Queens Grove,
Southsea. Married Winifred Fisher Lawford in 1907 in Billesdon Registration
Dsiistrict, Leicestershire.
Extract
from England & Wales, National Probate Calendar (Index of
Wills and Administrations) 1919:
BYWATER
WARD John Bywater of Springfield Cottage Pomona-road
Shanklin Isle of Wight commander R.N. died 14
March 1919 Probate London 4 September to Winifred
Fisher Bywater widow. Effects £971 15s. 2d.
|
CAM |
Alan
Noel |
Second
Lieutenant, 150th Field Company, Royal Engineers. Killed in action
16 August 1917. Aged 22. Born Bichanger, Essex 28 December 1894.
Son of the Rev. William Herbert and Kate Cam, of Paulers Pury
Rectory, Towcester. Served in Gallipoli in R.N. Div. Engineer's
Coy. May to Nov., 1915. Enlisted 19 September 1914 in London;
assigned to 1st Field Company, Royal Marine Engineers, Mesopotamian
Expeditionary Force 1 March 19 15 until 25 November 1915 when
he was diagnosed with Paratyphoid and invalided to the United
Kingdom 12 December 1915; he was discharged from the R.M. Engineers
to Royal Engineers 16 September 1916 and commissioned a Temporary
2nd Lieutenant, Royal Engineers 2 December 1916. Height 5 feet
7 inches, fresh complexion, light brown hair, grey eyes. No known
grave. Commemorated on TYNE COT MEMORIAL, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium.
Panel 8 and 162. Also commemorated on the Birchanger War Memorial,
Essex.
Extract
from Northampton
Mercury - Friday 24 August 1917, page 8:
KILLED.
Cam,
Sec. Lieut. A. N., Royal Engineers (22), the youngest son of the
Rev. W. H. Cam, Rector Paulerspury, was killed on August 16. He
was educated at the Dragon’s School, Oxford, and Dover College,
where he obtained an entrance scholarship. At the outbreak of
the war he enlisted in the Engineers, and was attached to the
Royal Naval Division, and went out with them to the Dardanelles
in January, 1915. He served at Gallipoli until November 24, when
he was invalided home, and remained in hospital some months. In
December, 1916, he obtained a commission in the R.E., and crossed
to France in January this year, where he had since been serving.
His commanding officer writes:—"He was killed by machine-gun
fire whilst leading his section to the site of the work they were
to do. The fire was very heavy indeed there, and getting up to
lead and encourage the men he met his death. I have only been
in command this company for a month, but it was quite sufficient
to make me realise what we have lost.”
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CAMPBELL |
William
Percy |
Second
Lieutenant, 3rd Battalion attached 2nd Battalion, Duke of Edinburgh's
(Wiltshire Regiment). Killed in action 24 October 1914. No known
grave. Commemorated on YPRES (MENIN GATE) MEMORIAL, West-Vlaanderen,
Belgium. Panel 53.
Extract
from De Ruvigny's Roll of Honour 1914-1918, Volume 2,
Page 56:
CAMPBELL,
WILLIAM PERCY, 2nd Lieut., 3rd (Reserve), attd. 2nd (99th
Foot), Battn. The Duke of Edinburgh's (Wiltshire Regt.), 2nd s.
of John Edward Campbell, F.R.S., Fellow and Bursar of Hertford
College, Oxford; b. 2 May, 1894; educ. Oxford Preparatory
School; Clifton College (Scholar), and Hertford College, Oxford
(Scholar), where he had just finished his first year of medical
study when war broke out; volunteered for foreign service; was
gazetted 2nd Lieut. Wiltshire Regt. in Aug. 1914; served with
the Expeditionary Force in France and Flanders, and was killed
in action a few miles east of Ypres 24 Oct. following, while attempting
to bring a wounded comrade to a place of safety.
Extract
from Bond of Sacrifice: Officers Died in the Great War 1914-1916,
Volume 1, Page 66-67:
2nd
LIEUTENANT WILLIAM PERCY CAMPBELL, 3rd (RESERVE) attd. 2nd BATTN.
THE DUKE OF EDINBURGH'S (WILTSHIRE REGIMENT), was the
second son of John Edward Campbell, Esq., F.R.S., Fellow and Bursar
of Hertford College, Oxford.
He was born on the 2nd May, 1894, and was educated at the Oxford
Preparatory School and at Clifton College, of which he was a scholar.
He gained a scholarship at Hertford College, where he had been
in residence a year, studying medicine, when the war broke out.
He at once volunteered and was gazetted in August, 1914, to the
Wiltshire Regiment, proceeding to the front with the VIIth Division
at the beginning of October.
It is believed that he was killed on the morning of Saturday,
the 24th October, 1914, a few miles East of Ypres, in an attempt
to bring a wounded comrade to a place of safety.
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CHAPMAN |
Philip
P E |
No
further information currently available |
CHILDE |
Charles
Murray aka Charlie |
Captain,
8th Battalion, Gloucestershire Regiment. Died of wounds 21 March
1916. Aged 21. Son of Mrs. Edith Childe, of 10B, Palmerston Rd.,
Southsea, Hants, and the late Lt. Col. L. F. Childe, I.M.S. In the
1911 census he was aged 15, born Bombay, India, a school boarder,
resident 30 College Road, Clifton, Bristol. Embarked Frnce 18 July
1915. Medals sent to Mrs E Childe, of 7 Chaddington Road, Oxford
(20 August 1920). Buried in MERVILLE COMMUNAL CEMETERY, Nord, France.
Plot VII. Row A. Grave 10.
Extract
from Probate Calendars of England & Wales 1916:
CHILDE
Charles Murray of 109 Banbury-road Oxford captain
in 8th Gloucestershire regiment died 21 March 1916 in France on
active service Administration Oxford 17 May to
Edith Childe widow. Effects £150 14s. 3d.
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CLARKE |
Arundel
Geoffrey aka Geoff |
Second
Lieutenant, 5th Battalion, Rifle Brigade (The Prince Consort's Own).
Killed in action 1 July 1916. Aged 33. Son of the Rev. Arthur Edward
Clarke, late of Oxford. Born in Oxford. In the 1891 census he was
aged 7, born Oxford, a visitor attending school, present in The
Lodge, Herne Hilol, Lambeth. In the 1901 census he was aged 17,
born Oxford, a school pupil. resident St Michael, Winchester. In
the 1911 census he was a schoolmaster, born Oxford, visiting Highfield
House, Fakenham, Norfolk. He registered with the Teachers' Registration
Council Registers in 1914 in Osborne, his first position being 1907.
Buried in A.I.F. BURIAL GROUND, FLERS, Soome, France. Plot XIII.
Row A. Grave 13.
Extract
from Probate Calendars of England & Wales 1916:
CLARKE
Arundel Geoffrey of Tolvadden East Cowes Isle
of Wight lieutenant 1st battalion Rifle Brigade died
2 July 1916 in France on active service Probate London
2 September to the Public Trustee.
Effects £2105 11s. 3d.
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COLLIER |
Martin
Huntly |
Lieutenant,
H.M. Submarine H10, Royal Navy. Lost with his ship in the North
Sea 19 January 1918. Aged 25. Son of William and Anna G. Collier,
of 48, Woodstock Rd., Oxford. In the 1901 census he was aged 9,
born Oxford, resident with his parents, William and Anna G Collier,
at St Marys Entry, Ratcliffe Square, St Mary the Virgin, Oxford.
No known grave. Commemorated on CHATHAM NAVAL MEMORIAL, Kent. Panel
28.
Extract
from Probate Calendars of England & Wales 1916:
COLLIER
Martin Huntly of St. Mary's Entry Oxford lieutenant
in the Royal Navy died 19 January 1918 at sea on acrive service
Administration Oxford 11 May to William Collier
M.D. lieutenant-colonel Royal Army Medical Corps.
Effects £2521 12s. 5d. |
COUNSELL |
Christopher
Herbert aka Chris |
Second
Lieutenant, 3rd Battalion attached 2nd Battalion, Hampshire Regiment.
Died of wounds 6 July 1916. Aged 26. Born 9 November 1889. Son of
Herbert Edward and Helen Counsell, of 37, Broad St., Oxford. Born
at Liss, Hants. Pupil at Lancing School, Sussex. In the 1901 census
he was aged 11, born Southampton, son of Herbert E and Helen Counsell,
resident 27, Banbury Road, Oxford. In the 1911 census he was aged
21, an Under Graduate Law Student, born Lyss, Hampshire, son of
Hebert Edward Counsell, resident 7 Broad St, St Mary Magdalen, Oxford.
Matriculated 1908, Trinity College, Oxford University. B.A. (1914).
Buried in GEZAINCOURT COMMUNAL CEMETERY EXTENSION, Somme, France.
Plot II. Row A. Grave 19.
Extract
from Probate Calendars of England & Wales 1916:
COUNSELL
Christopher Hebert of 37 Broad-street Oxford lieutenant
2nd Hampshire regiment died 6 July 1916 in France on active service
Probate Oxford 8 September to Violet Marion Counsell
spinster. Effects £31 9s. 3d. |
DOWSON |
Oswald
John |
Captain,
1st/4th Battalion (Territorial), Princess Charlotte of Wales's (Royal
Berkshire Regiment). Killed in action 3 May 1917. Aged 20. Son of
Henry Martin Dowson and Rosina Dowson, of 12, Chadlington Rd., Oxford.
In the 1901 census he was listed as John Oswald Dowson, aged 4.
born Iffley, Oxfordshire, son of Henry Martin and Rosina B Dowson,
resident Beechwood, Iffley, Oxfordshire. In the 1911 census he was
aged 14, a boarder born Iffley, Oxfordshire, a schoolboy, resident
at Rugby School, Schoolfield, Rugby. No known grave. Commemorated
on THIEPVAL MEMORIAL, Somme, France. Pier and Face 11 D.
Extract
from Probate Calendars of England & Wales 1918:
DOWSON
Oswald John of Holiday House 12 Chadlington-road Oxford
captain 4th battalion Berkshire regiment died 3 May 1917 in France
on active service Probate Oxford 3 August to Henry Martin Dowson
brewery manager.
Effects £170 14s. 3d. |
DREW |
Raymond |
Serjeant
543, 22nd Battalion, Royal Fusiliers (City of London Regiment).
Killed in action at Vimy Ridge 24 May 1916. Aged 32. Born Eton,
enlisted Shepherd's Buch, resident Oxford. Son of Frederick Drew
(late Assistant Master of Eton College), and Sara Constance Drew,
of 19, Farndon Rd., Oxford. Member of the Bombay, Burma Trading
Corporation. In the 1891 census he was aged 7, born Eton, Buckinghamshire,
resident with his mother, Sarah C Drew, at Keates Lane, Eton, Buckinghamshire.
In the 1901 census he was aged 17, born Eton, Buckinghamshire, a
pupil, resident at Rossall School, Fleetwood. Matriculated 1902
Pembroke College, Oxford University. Buried in ZOUAVE VALLEY CEMETERY,
SOUCHEZ, Pas de Calais, France. Plot II. Row B. Grave 17.
Extract
from Probate Calendars of England & Wales 1916:
DREW
Raymond of Bombay Burham Trading Corporation limited Rangoon
sergeant 22nd battalion Royal Fusiliers died 24 May 1916 in France
in action Probate London 6 October to the Public
Trustee. Effects £1657 6s. 8d. |
EASTWOOD |
Leslie |
Second
Lieutenant, 6th Battalion, King's Own (Royal Lancaster Regiment).
Died on active service 19 September 1915. Born 1885. Matriculated
1904 Worcester College, Oxford University. Gazetted Temporary Second
Lieutenant 1914 [London Gazette 31 August 1914, page 6890]. In the
1891 census he was aged 5, born Birkenhead, Cheshire, resident with
his parents, Thomas and Emily Eastwood, at Eller How, Acrefield
Road, Prenton, Wirral, Cheshire. In the 1901 census he was aged
15, aboarder, pupil, resident Malew, Isle of Man. Buried in ALEXANDRIA
(CHATBY) MILITARY AND WAR MEMORIAL CEMETERY, Egypt. Section Q. Grave
528.
Extract
from Probate Calendars of England & Wales 1915:
EASTWOOD
Leslie of Royal Meols Drive Hoylake Cheshire schoolmaster a second-lieutenant
in the King's Own Royal Lancaster Regiment died 19 September 1915
at 17 General Hospital Alexandria Administration Chester 3 December
to Thomas Eastwood fruit broker.
Effects £3334 13s. 4d. |
EMMETT |
Cyril
William |
Flight
Sub-Lieutenant, Dunkirk, Royal Naval Air Service. Accidentally killed
during trial flight 15 March 1918. Aged 18. Son of Dr. and Mrs.
Richard Emmett, of "Winton," London Rd., Portsmouth. In
the 1901 census he was aged 2, born Portsmouth, Hampshire, resident
with his parents, Richard and Georgeina V Emmett, at Wenton, London
Road, Portsmouth, Hampshire. Buried in DUNKIRK TOWN CEMETERY, Nord,
France. Plot IV. Row A. Grave 10. |
ESSON |
William
Philip aka Willie |
Serjeant
76161, 10th Battalion, Sherwood Foresters (Nottinghamshire and Derbyhire
Regiment). Killed in action 19 September 1918. Aged 35. Enlisted
Aberdeen, resident Strathdon, Aberdeenshire. Father of Isobel M.
Esson, of Inverernan, Strathdon, Aberdeenshire; husband of Helen
Esson (nee Rennie) married 17 December 1909 (wife died before enlistment,
of 164 Union Grove, Aberdeen. Formerly 1097, Highland Field Company,
Royal Engineers. Enlisted 27 May 1915 in Aberdeen, Lance Corporal
14 May 1917, Serjeant 8 February 1918. Joiner prior to enlistment.
Height 5 feet 11¾ inches, chest 36½ inches, weight
11st 10lbs. No known grave. Commemorated on VIS-EN-ARTOIS MEMORIAL,
Pas de Calais, France. Panel 7.
Extract
from De Ruvigny's Roll of Honour 1914-1918 Volume 5,
page 55.:
ESSON,
WILLIAM PHILIP, Sergt., No. 76101, lath (Service) Battn.
The Sherwood Foresters (Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regt.),
s. of Jessie Philip, wife of the late James Milne, of
Inveravon, Strathdon. dau. of William Philip; b. Corgaril,
co. Aberdeen. 31 Aug. 1883; educ. Public School there; was a Tram
Driver; volunteered for active service, and enlisted in the Royal
Engineers in May, 1015; was transferred to the Sherwood Foresters;
served with the Expeditionary Force in France and Flanders from
Jan. 1917, and was killed in action at Gauche Wood 19 Sept. 1918.
Buried behind the lines. His Commanding Officer wrote: "
. . He was a Police Sergt., a post always given to a man who can
be trusted. He is missed by all his comrades, who are many."
He m. at Kempay, 17 Dec. 1909, Helen Stephen, dau. of
William Rennie, and had two daus.; Isobel Milne, b. 7
Nov. 1911, and Helen Stephen, b. 9 Dec. 1914.
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FALKINER |
George
Stride |
Second
Lieutenant, 2nd Battalion, Royal Dublin Fusiliers. Killed in action
16 August 1917. Aged 19. Son of Henry Baldwin Falkiner and Euphemia
Falkiner. No known grave. Commemorated on TYNE COT MEMORIAL, West-Vlaanderen,
Belgium. Panel 144 to 145.
Extract
from De Ruvigny's Roll of Honour 1914-1918 Volume 3,
page 95.:
FALKINER,
GEORGE STRIDE, 2nd Lieut., 2nd Battn. (103rd Foot) The
Royal Dublin Fusiliers, s. of the late Henry Baldwin
Falkiner, Solicitor, by his wife, Euphemia (Greenoge, Terenure
Road, Dublin), dau. of Thomas McEwen; and brother to 2nd Lieut.
F. E. B. Falkiner, M.C. (q.r.); b. Dublin, 6 Sept. 1897;
educ. St. Stephen's Green School; Oxford Preparatory School, and
Blundell's, Tiverton; entered the Royal Military College. Sandhurst,
with a prize cadetship; was gazetted 2nd Lieut. in Oct. 1916;
served with the Expeditionary Force in France and Flanders from
25 Dec. following; took part in the operations at Wytschaete,
where he was awarded the Parchment certificate 27 May, 1917, for
gallant conduct in a raid, and was killed in action at Frezenburg,
near Ypres, 16 Aug. following, while leading his platoon up through
a heavy barrage to support troops in front.. His Commanding Officer
wrote: "All we know is that he led his men forward in a very
gallant manner, after his Company Commander had been badly wounded.
If he had only been spared, he had a great career before him."
Unm.
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FISHER |
Charles
Dennis |
Lieutenant,
H.M.S. Invincible, Royal
Naval Volunteer Reserve. Killed in action at the Battle of Jutland
31 May 1916. Aged 38. Son of the late Herbert William Fisher. In
the 1911 censsu he was aged 33, unmarriedm born Blatchington, Sussex,
Tutor at Oxford University, resident with his widowed mother, Mary
Louisa Fisher, at 25 Cheyne Walk, Chelsea, London S.W. Baptsied
4 August 1877 at East Blatchington, Sussex, son of Herbert William
and Mary Louisa Fisher. No known grave. Commemorated on PORTSMOUTH
NAVAL MEMORIAL, Hampshire. Panel 24. See also Lords
WW1 War Memorial
See
his cricket statistics on CricInfo
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FISHER |
Edmund
Montagu Prinsep |
Second
Lieutenant, 36th Division, Royal Field Artillery. Killed in action
at the Battle of Jutland 31 March 1918. Aged 47. B Son of Herbert
W. Fisher, of Whitby Ridge, Brockenhurst, Hants.; husband of Mrs.
Janie Madalene (nee Freshfield) Fisher, of Wyth Cross Place, Forest
Row, Sussex (married 1899). Served in France, 1917-1918; invalided
home. In the 1901 census he was aged 29, an architect, born Brompton,
London, resident with his father at The Elms, South Baddesley, Boldre,
Lymington, Hampshire. Buried in BROCKENHURST (ST. NICHOLAS) CHURCHYARD,
Hampshire. Top of New Churchyard Extension. Row 2. Grave 2. |
FLETCHER |
W
George |
No
further information currently available |
FLETCHER |
Reginald
William aka Reggie |
Second
Lieuteant, 118th Battery, 26th Brigade, Royal Field Artillery. Killed
in action 31 October 1914. Aged 22. Son of C. R. L. and Katharine
Fletcher, of Norham End, Oxford. Scholar of Eton College, 1905-1910.
Commoner of Balliol College, Oxford, 1910-1914. B.A. (Oxford) 1914.
Oxford University VIII, 1914. No known grave. Commemorated on YPRES
(MENIN GATE) MEMORIAL, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium. Panel 5 and 9.
Extract
from De Ruvigny's Roll of Honour 1914-1918 Volume 1,
page 136:
FLETCHER,
REGINALD WILLIAM, 2nd Lieut., Royal Field Artillery,
yst. s. of Charles Robert Leslie Fletcher, ol Norham End, Oxlord,
formerly Fellow of All Souls' and Magdalen Colleges; b. Oxlord,
19 March, 1892; educ. Eton, and BaIliol College, Oxford, and was
gazetted, with a University Commission, to the 8th Brigade, 11F-4.,
on the day war was declared; went to France, 20 Aug., and was
killed in action at Veldhoek. Belgium, 31 Oct. 1914. while serving
with the 118th Battery. He was stroke of a Trial Eight at Oxlord
In three successive years, 1911-12-13, and also lor four years
stroke of his college boat; he rowed in the Leander Four at Henley
Regatta in 1913, and in the Oxford University Eight in March,
1914.
Extract
from Bond of Sacrifice: Officers Died in the Great War 1914-1916
Volume 1, page 136:
2nd
LIEUTENANT REGINALD WILLIAM FLETCHER,ROYAL FIELD ARTILLERY,
who was killed in action on the 31st October, 1914, at the age
of twenty-two, was the youngest son of C. R. L. Fletcher, Esq.,
Norham End, Oxford, and was born on the 19th March, 1892. He was
educated at Eton, where he was a scholar, and was a commoner of
Balliol College, Oxford. At Oxford he was in the Artillery Section
of the O.T.C. He rowed in the Leander Four at Henley Regatta,
1913, and in the Oxford University Eight in 1914, and was also
for some years stroke of his college boat.
He
was gazetted to the R.A. in December, 1912.
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FRENCH |
Robert
Mason Jackson |
Captain,
3rd Battalion, Royal Welsh Fusiliers. Died of wounds 19 February
1916. Aged 23. Son of Mr. I. M. French, of Jumpers House, Christchurch,
Hants. In the 1911 census he was aged 18, a school boarder, born
Boscombe, Hampshire, resident North Close, Tiverton, Devon. Buried
in BOURNEMOUTH EAST CEMETERY, Dorset. Plot Q. Row I. Grave 153.
See also Bournemouth
St Clemenst War Memorial |
FREYBERG |
Lancelot
Percy aka Lance |
Lieutenant
Commander, H.M.S. Russell, Royal Navy. Killed when his ship was
lost in the Mediterranean, off Malta, 27 April 1916. Aged 31. Born
30 May 1885. Son of Major Herbert and Mrs. L. J. Freyberg, of 8,
Gray's Inn Square, London. Enlisted 15 September 1900; Sub-Lieutenant
15 April 1905; Lieutenant 1 October 1907; Lieutenant Commander 1
October 1915 [London Gazette, 5 October 1915, page 9758]. In the
1891 census he waged 5, born Kensington, Middlesex, resident with
his parents, Herbert and Laura J Freyberg, in Park Road, Reigate
Foreign, Reigate, Surrey. IN the 1901 census he was aged 15, born
Brompton, Middlesex, Naval Cadet (Naval Officer), aboard H.M.S.
Britannia. In the 1911 census he was aged 25, unmarried, born Kensington,
London, aboard H.M.S. Pelonus; he was Roman Catholic. No known grave.
Commemorated on CHATHAM NAVAL MEMORIAL, Kent. Panel 15.
Note: H.M.S. Russell was steaming off Malta early on the morning
of 27 April 1916 when she struck two naval mines that had been
laid by the German submarine U-73. A fire broke out in the after
part of the ship and the order to abandon ship was passed; after
an explosion near the after 12-inch (305 mm) turret, she took
on a dangerous list. However, she sank slowly, allowing most of
her crew to escape. A total of 27 officers and 98 ratings were
lost.
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GAY |
Edmund
M P |
No
further information currently available |
GIBSON |
Robert
B |
No
further information currently available |
HAIG-BROWN,
DSO |
Alan
Roderick |
Lieutenant
Colonel, 23rd Battalion, Duke of Cambridge's Own (Middlesex Regiment).
Killed in action 25 March 1918. Son of the late Rev. Canon Haig-Brown,
Master of Charterhouse; husband of Violet Mary Haig-Brown; married
31 March 1907 in Holy Trinity, Dorchester to Violet Mary Pope. Awarded
the Distinguished Service Order (D.S.O.). Buried in ACHIET-LE-GRAND
COMMUNAL CEMETERY EXTENSION, Pas de Calais, France. Plot IV. Row
D. Grave 3. See also Charterhouse
WW1 War Memorial, Godalming, Surrey and also
Dorchester Holy Trinity.
Extract
from The Distinguished Service Order 1916-1923, page
259:
HAIG-BROWN,
A. R. (D.S.O. L.G. 4.6.17); y. s. of late Rev. Canon
Haig-Brown , Master Charterhouse; m. Le Violet Mary, d. of A.
Pope; one s.; two d.; educ. at Charterhouse and Cambridge; represented
Pembroke College for running and cricket; he was the author of
"Sporting Sonnets," "My Game Book" and "The
O.T.C. in the Great War." For nearly nine years he commanded
ther Lancing College O.T.C. Col. Haig-Brown became Second-in-Command
of a service battalion of the Middlesex Regiment. He was afterwards
promoted to Lt. Col. of the same battalion. He was killed in action
25.3.18.
Extract
from Probate Calendars of England & Wales 1918:
HAIG-BROWN
Alan Roderick of Lancing College Shoreham Sussex
lieutenant-colonel 23rd battalion Middlesex Regiment D.S.O. died
25 March 1918 in France or Belgium on active service Probate London
19 July to Violet Mary Haig-Brown widow.
Effects £166 4s. 8d.
Extract
from Army and Navy Gazette - Saturday 13 April 1918,
page 13:
—Lieut.-Col.
Alan Roderick Haig-Brown. D.S.O. Middlesex Regiment, who fell
March
29, aged 40, was the youngest son of the late Canon Haig-Brown
Master of Charterhouse, and of Mrs. Haig-Brown, of Tite Street,
Chelsea. For nearly nine years he commanded the Lancing College
O.T.C. His Cadets won the Schools’ rapid firing at Bisley,
the Cadets trophy (twice), and the bronze medals in the Ashburton
Shield competition (twice), besides various other prizes.
Extract
from Surrey Advertiser - Monday 15 April 1918, page 3
and Chelsea News and General Advertiser - Friday 12 April
1918, page 3:
Lieut.-Col.
Alan Roderick Haig-Brown, D.S.O., Middlesex Regiment, who fell
on March 25th, aged 40, was the youngest son of the late Canon
Haig-Brown, Master of Charterhouse. and Mrs. Haig-Brown, of Tite-street,
Chelsea. Educated at Charterhouse and Cambridge, he took his “Blue”
at Cambridge for Association football, and represented Pembroke
College at running and cricket. He won many prizes on the track,
and also at various other sports. A keen angler, game shot, and
rider, he was the author of “ Sporting Sonnets,” “My
Game Book.” and “The O.T.C. and the Great War,”
and had contributed over a thousand poems and articles to the
Press. For nearly nine years he commanded the Lancing College
O.T.C., which is believed to be the only corps in the country
to enlist every member of the school on a voluntary basis before
the war. Col. Haig- Brown assisted in the training of 12 battalions
of the New Army before becoming second in command of a service
battalion of the Middlesex Regiment. He was afterwards promoted
to lieutenant-colonel of the same battalion, and awarded the D.S.O.
He married, in 1907, Le Violet Mary, second daughter of Mr. Alfred
Pope, J.P., F.S.A., of South Court, Dorchester, whom he leaves
with a son and two daughters.
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HAIGH |
Robert |
No
further information currently available |
HARDMAN,
MiD |
Wallace
George |
Second
Lieutenant, 13th Battalion, Manchester Regiment. Killed in action
9 January 1917. Aged 19. Son of Mrs. Wilhelmina J. Hardman, of 15,
Charlbury Rd., Oxford, and the late James Hardman, M.A. Mentioned
in Despatches (MiD). Born 1897 at Oldham. Educated Oxford Preparatory
School, and Malvern. Went to Manchester University: 1914, Student,
Textile Industries; Officer Training Corps, October 1914 to March
1915. Gazetted 26 March 1915 [LG 26 March 1915, page 2993]; 13th
Battalion Manchester Regiment; 2nd Lieutenant; Mesopotamia. In the
1901 census he was aged 4, born Oldham, Lancashire, resident with
his parents, James and Wilhelmina Hardman, at Midgrove, Delph, Saddleworth,
Yorkshire. In the 1911 census he was aged 14, schoolboy, born Lancashire,
visiting the Wright family at 57 Cleveland Square W, Paddington,
London. Buried in AMARA WAR CEMETERY, Iraq, Plot XVI. Row D. Grave
11. |
HERBERTSON |
Andrew
Hunter |
Lieutenant,
7th Battalion, King's Royal Rifle Corps. Killed in action 15 May
1917. Aged 22. Son of Andrew John and Fanny Louisa Dorothy Richardson
Herbertson. Matriculated 1912 Balliol College, Oxford University.
In the 1911 census he was aged 16, born Edinburgh, schoolboy, resident
with his parents, Andrew John and Fanny Louisa Dorothea Herbertson,
at 43 Winchester Road, Oxford. No known grave. Commemorated on ARRAS
MEMORIAL, Pas de Calais, France. Bay 7.
Extract
from Probate Calendars of England & Wales 1919:
HERBERTSON
Andrew Hunter of Balliol College Oxford temporary
lieutenant K.R.R.C. died 16 May 1917 in France Probate London
24 January to Mary Ann Eason (wife of Edward Eason) Edward William
Eason surveyor and George Hay solicitor. Effects £4621 8s.
8d.
|
HIGGINSON |
Tom
Arthur |
Captain,
6th Battalion, King's (Shropshire Light Infantry). Accidentally
killed on active service 19 September 1915. Aged 26. Born 27 December
1888 in Tenbury, Worcestershire. Son of George Freeman Higginson
and Anna Neale Higginson; husband of Winifred F. M. Higginson, of
Deep River, Connecticut, U.S.A. Admitted to Tenbury Wells School,
Tenbury, Worcestershire 1892. Matriculated 1907 Balliol College,
Oxford University. Member of the Incorporated Association of Assistant
Masters in Secondary School, Oxford branch. Buried in ROYAL IRISH
RIFLES GRAVEYARD, LAVENTIE, Pas de Calais, France. Plot IV. Row
K. Grave 12. |
HIGHMORE |
Charles
Bowyer aka Bokins |
Second
Lieutenant, Machine Gun Corps (Infantry). Died 26 February 1919.
Aged 32. Son of Sir Nathaniel Highmore, G.B.E., K.C.B., and Lady
Highmore, of Worcester Park, Surrey. Wounded an no longer available
for active service Silver War Badge 382655 issued 10 June 198, address
Harbybowe, Worcester Park, Surrey. IN the 1911 census he was aged
24, a solicitor, brn London, visiting Alfred Henry Lionel Leach
at 44 Fairlawn Grove, Acton, Middlesex. Buried in MALDEN (ST. JOHN
THE BAPTIST) CHURCHYARD, Surrey. |
HOLT |
Follett
Hallett |
Lieutenant,
3rd Battalion, Oxfordshire and Buckinghamhsire Light Infantry attached
to 4th Tank Supply Company, Tank Corps. Killed in action 22 August
1918. Aged 20. Son of Follett and Betty Holt, of 6, Sussex Square,
Hyde Park, London. In the 1911 census he was aged 12, born St John's
Wood, London, resident with his parenst, Follett and Eliza Robertson
Holt, at 66 Queensborough Terrace, Paddington, London. Buried in
MEAULTE MILITARY CEMETERY, Somme, France. Plot/Row/Section G. Grave
7. |
HUME-GORE |
Gustavas
S aka Gus |
Lieutenant,
7th Battalion (Territorial), Princess Louise's (Argyll and Sutherland
Highlanders) attached to King's African Rifles. Killed in action
17 October 1917. Aged 20. Son of Mary Hume-Gore, and the late Capt.
G. R. V. Hume-Gore (Seaforth Highlanders). Educated at Marlborough
College. In the 1901 census he is aged 4, resident with his parents,
George Rv and Mary Hume-Gore, at Sandybank, Stourwood, Pokesdown,
Christchurch, Hampshire. In the 1911 census he is aged 14, born
Italy, a pupil (student), resident Preshute Within St Peter and
St Paul, Marlborough, Wiltshire. Buried in DAR ES SALAAM WAR CEMETERY,
Tanzania. Grave lost. Special memorial 9. |
JEFFERSON |
Hamilton
aka Hampie |
Lieutenant,
4th Battalion (Territorial), Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light
Infantry. Killed in action 16 August 1917. In the 1911 census he
was aged 13, born Groton Mass Resident, United States of America,
at school, resident with his parents, George I. and Rebecca G. Jefferson,
at 22 Bardwell Road, Oxford. No known grave. Commemorated on TYNE
COT MEMORIAL, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium. Panel 96 to 98. |
JENKS,
MC, MiD |
Alan
Robert Constantine |
Major,
61st Field Company, Royal Engineers. Killed in action 31 July 1917.
Awarded the Military Cross (M.C.). Mentioned in Despatches (MiD).
In the 1901 census he was aged 9, born Australia, son of Dorothy
M Jenks, resident 7, Banbury Road, Oxford. In the 1911 census he
was aged 19, born Melbourne, Australia, and engineering student,
resident with his mother, Dorothy Mary Jenks, at 46 Palace Gardens
Terrace, Kensington W, London. Married Stella Bishopp Ducket (aged
29) at St Cuthbert, Kensington, 21 October 1916, he was aged 25.
Buried in KEMMEL CHATEAU MILITARY CEMETERY, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium.
Plot/Row/Section L. Grave 5.
Extract
from Probate Calendars of England & Wales 1918:
JENKS
Alan Robert Constantine of Radnor House Manor Way Blackheath Kent
major Royal Engineers M.C. died 31 July 1917 in France Probate
London 1 January to Stella Bisshopp Jenks widow
and Edward Leslie Burgin solicitor.
Effects £253 19s. 4d.
|
JERRARD,
MC |
Charles
Frederick |
Captain,
1st Battalion, Dorsetshire Regiment. Died 15 May 1919. Aged 28.
Son of Mr. A. W. Jerrard, M.A., and Mrs. R. M. Jerrard, of Northcote,
East Liss, Hants. Awarded the Military Cross (M.C.). In the 1911
census he was unmarried, aged 20, born Portsmouth, Hampshire, Seond
Lieutenant, 2nd Battalion, Dorsetshire Regiment, based at W Anowrie
Lines, Poona. In the 1901 census he was aged 10, a boarder, schoolboy,
born Southsea, Hampshire, resident Wye Bridge Street, Monmouth.
Buried in COLOGNE SOUTHERN CEMETERY, Nordrhein-Westfalen, Germany.
Plot XII. Row A. Grave 6.
Citation
for Military Cross (M.C.), Supplement to the London Gazette,
10 December 1919, page 15345:
Capt.
Charles Frederick Jerrard, R. of O., Dorset R., attd. 1st Bn.
For gallant leadership and good work, on 4th. November, 1918,
at Ors. He led, his company across the canal and began mopping.
up the enemy's positions on the eastern bank. With eighteen men
he pushed forward capturing seventy of the enemy and put a number
of machine guns out of action. He then went forward to his final
objective where he captured a battery of 4.2 howitzers.
|
KENDALL |
Locke
Francis William Angerstein |
Lieutenant,
9th Battalion, Norfolk Regiment attached 11th Battalion, Machine
Gun Corps. Died of wounds 22 November 1917. Aged 27. Son of the
Rev. John Francis Kendall, M.A., and Julia Augusta Kendall, of The
Vicarage, Richmond, Surrey. In the 1911 he was aged 20, unmarried,
born London, resident with his parents, John Francis and Julia Augusta
Kendall, at 9 The Paragon, Blackheath, London S.E. Buried in RAMLEH
WAR CEMETERY, Israel and Palestine (including Gaza). Section W.
Grave 7.
Extract
from Probate Calendars of England & Wales 1918:
KENDALL
Locke Francis William Angerstein Somerswet of the Vicarage Richmond
Surrey lieutenant 9th battalion Norfolk regiment
died 22 November 1917 in Palestine Administration (with Will)
London 9 January to Julia Augusta Kendall (wife
of the reverend John Francis Kendall).
Effects £5.
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LEGGETT,
MiD |
Alan
Randall Aufrere |
Lieutenant,
1st Battalion, Prince of Wales's (North Staffordshire Regiment).
Killed in action 31 October 1914. Aged 21. Son of Lt. Col. Frederick
Octavius Leggett (late R.A.O.D.) and Maria Leggett, of Underhill
Hall House, Cheriton, and later of High Grange, North Rd., Hythe.
Born at Rochester. One of three brothers who fell, and to whose
memory the Chancel Screen and Memorial Cross in St. Martin's Church,
Cheriton, are dedicated. Mentioned in Despatches (MiD). The two
brothers were Wilfred Noel Leggett and Eric Henry Goodwin Leggett
(see below). Buried in CHERITON (ST. MARTIN) CHURCHYARD, Kent. Grave
1293.
Extract
from Bond of Sacrifice: Officers Died in the Great War 1914-1916
Volume 1, page 226:
LIEUTENANT ALAN RANDALL AUFRERE LEGGETT, 1st BATTN. NORTH
STAFFORDSHIRE REGIMENT, born at Delce Grange, Rochester,
Kent, on the 31st May, 1893, was the fifth and youngest son of
Lieutenant- Colonel Fredk. O. and Mrs. Leggett, of Underhill House,
Cheriton, Kent. Two of his brothers are in the service : Major
W. N. Leggett, R.G.A., and Major E. H. G. Leggett, R.F.A. Lieutenant
Leggett was educated at Oxford Preparatory School, C. C. Lynam's,
and Tonbridge School from 1907-11. From the latter he became Hon.
King's Cadet at the R.M.C., Sandhurst. Joining the North Staffordshire
Regiment early in September, 1912, he served with it at Buttevant,
Ireland, till proceeding on active service to France in September,
1914. He was promoted Lieutenant on the 18th September, 1914.
He was mentioned in Sir John French's Despatch of 14th January,
1915, for service in an action on the 20th October, 1914, when,
by his steadiness, good leadership, and well-considered action,
he held up an attack of the enemy and enabled the offensive to
be resumed. Ile was killed by a shell in the trenches near Armentieres
on the 31st October, 1914, his body being brought to England and
buried in St. Martin's Churchyard, Cheriton, on the 2nd December,1914.
Extract
from De Ruvigny's Roll of Honour 1914-1918, Volume 1,
Page 223:
LEGGETT, ALAN RANDALL AUFRERE, Lieut., 1st Battn.
Prince of Wales's North Staffordshire Regt., yst. a. of Lieut.-Col.
Frederick Octavius Leggett, of Underhill House, Cheriton, co.
Kent, late Army Ordnance Dept., by his wife, Maria (Minnie), dau.
of Thomas Browning; b. Delce Grange, Rochester, co. Kent, 31 May,
1893; educ. Oxford Preparatory School, Tonbridge School, and the
Royal Military College, Sandhurst, where he was Hon. King's Cadet,
1911-12; gazetted 2nd Lieut., 1st North Staffords, 4 Sept. 1912,
and was promoted Lieut. 18 Sept. 1914; went to France, 4 Sept.
1914, and was killed in action in the trenches near Armentières,
during the First Battle of Ypres, 31 Oct. 1914. Buried St. Martin's
Churchyard, Cheriton, Kent; lam. He was mentioned in Sir John
French's Despatch of 20 Noe. 1914-14 Jan. 1915 (London Gazette,
17 Feb. 1915], in respect of an action on 20 Oct. 1914, when he
was sent with his platoon to support the Leinster Regt., which
was hard pressed, and by " his steadiness, good leadership,
and well considered action held up the enemy's attack and enabled
the offensive to resumed." His commanding officer wrote :
" He did his duty cheerfully and fully, without a thought
of self."
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LEGGETT,
DSO |
Eric
Henry Goodwin |
Major,
188th Brigade, Royal Field Artillery. Died 30 July 1916. Aged 35.
Son of Lt. Col. Frederick Octavius Leggett, (Late R.A.O.D.) and
Maria Leggett, of High Grange, Hythe; husband of Mary Leggett, of
Stonepitts, Ryde, Isle of Wight. One of three brothers who fell,
and to whose memory the Chancel Screen and Memorial Cross in St.
Martin's Church, Cheriton, are dedicated. The other two brothers
were Alan Randall Aufrere Leggett (see above) and Wilfred Noel Leggett.
Awarded the Distinguished Service Order (D.S.O.). Buried in LONGUENESSE
(ST. OMER) SOUVENIR CEMETERY, Pas de Calais, France. Plot IV. Row
A. Grave 21.
Extract
from De Ruvigny's Roll of Honour 1914-1918, Volume 3,
page 172-173:
LEGGETT, ERIC HENRY GOODWIN, D.S.O., Major, Royal
Field Artillery, 2nd of Lieut.-Col. Frederick Octavius Leggett,
Army Ordnance Department (retired), of Underhill House, near Shorncliffe,
co. Kent, by his wife, Minnie, dau. of Thomas Browning; and brother
to Major W. N. Leggett (q.v.) and Lieut. A. R. A. Leggett [see
Vol. I., page 223]; b. Weedon, co. Northampton, 31 Dec. 1880;
educ. Oxford Preparatory School (C.C. Lynam's); Wellington College
(Exhibitioner), and the Royal Military Academy, Woolwich; gazetted
2nd Lieut. R.H. and R.F.A. 25 June, 1899; promoted Lieut. 16 Feb.
1901, Capt. 1 Dec. 1907, and Major 30 Oct. 1914; served In India
and the Malay States, anti was appointed Staff Capt., and afterwards
Brigade Major, to the Artillery of the 4th Division 4 Sept. 1911;
on the outbreak of war went to France Aug. 1914. as Brigade Major;
returned to England in Jan. 1016; assumed command of B/188th Brigade,
R.F.A., and returned to France the following June, and at the
time of his death was s in command of that battery. He was present
at the retirement from Mona, and at the Battles of the Marne,
Aisne, and the Second Battle of Ypres; mentioned in F.M. Sir John
(now Lord) French's Despatches [London Gazettes, 19 Oct. 1914;
22 June, 1915, and 1 Jan. 1916]; awarded a D.S.O. [London Gazette,
23 June, 1915], and died in hospital at St. Omer, France, 30 July,
1916, of fever contracted in the trenches, near Loos, whilst commanding
his battery. Buried at St. Omer. He m. at Tilford, co. Surrey,
28 March, 1911, Mary Florence, only dam of Col. Howe, late York
and Lancaster Regt., and had one child, Eric Hector, 5. 9 Sept.
1912.
Extract
from The Distinguished Service Order 1886-1915 (Vol.
2), page 395:
LEGGETT,
ERIC HENRY GOODWIN. Major, was born 31 Dec. 1880, son
of Lieut.-Colonel F. O. and Mrs. Leggett, of Underhill House,
Shorncliffe, and of High Grange, Hythe. He was Educated at the
Oxford Preparatory School (Mr. Lynam's), and was an Exhibitioner
at Wellington College, Barks 1894-7; was commissioned in June,
1899, in the Royal Artillery. He became lieutenant in 1901, and
Captain in 1907. He gained a first-class certificate for gunnery,
and held various Staffl appointments, commencing his Staff career
with the Malay States Guides (May, 1905, to July, 1908); Staff
Captain, Woolwich, 4th Division, and later Brigade Major. He was
promoted Major in Oct. 1914. He served in the European War; was
present at Mons, the Marne, the Aisne, the Lys, and Ypres; General
Staff Officer. 2nd Grade. He was three times mentioned in Despatches,
and created a Companion of the Distinguished Service Order (London
Gazette, 23 June, 1915): "Eric Henry Leggett, Major, Royal
Field ArtIllery. For distinguished service in the field."
He died in hospital at St Omer 30 July, 1916. He had married,
in 1911, Mary, daughter of Colonel Howe. York and Lancaster Regt.,
and they had one son, born 8 Sept. 1912. His eldest brother, Major
W.N. Leggett, R.G.A., and his youngest brother, Lieut. A.R. A.
Leggett, North Staffordshire Regt., both lost their lives on the
field, on 11 July, 1916, and 31 Oct. 1914, respectively.
|
LING |
Fergus
Graham |
Captain,
1st King Edward's Horse (The King's Oversea Dominions Regiment).
Died 16 December 1918 in Northampton. Aged 35. Son of Christopher
and Sarah Ling. Born 10 September 1883 at Wetheral, Cumberland.
In the 1891 census he was aged 7, a scholar, born Wetheral, Cumberland,
resident with his parents, Christopher and Sarah Ling, at Wandales,
Wetheral, Carlisle, Cumberland. In the 1901 census he was aged 17,
a student, born Wetheral, Cumberland, resident Bradfield, Berkshire.
Entered conflict April 1915. Next of kin Miss Ling, of 62, Liverpool
Road, Birkdale. Buried in WETHERAL CEMETERY, Cumberland. Plot A.
Row 3. Grave 36.
Extract
from Probate Calendars of England & Wales 1919:
LING
Fergus Graham of 70 Derby-road Liverpool corn
merchant captain King Edward's Horse died 16 December 1918 at
Priory Cottage Northampton Probate Liverpool
19 June to William Norman Ling corn merchant and Henry Studholme
Cartmell solicitor. Effects £25,815 os. 6.
|
MacDONELL |
Alasdair
Somerled |
Second
Lieutenant, 1st Battalion, Queen's Own Cameron Highlanders. Killed
in action at Hulluch 13 October 1915. Aged 21. Son of Professor
A. A. Macdonell (Boden Professor of Sanskrit; Fellow of Balliol
College, Oxford), and Mary Louise MacDonell, of 20, Bardwell Rd.,
Oxford. Undergraduate at Balliol College, Oxford, 1912-14. In the
1901 ensus he was aged 7, born Oxfordshire, resident with his parents,
Arthur A and M Louise MacDonell, at 107, Banbury Road, Oxford. In
th 1911 census he was age 17, a student, bon Oxford, resident with
his parents, Arthur Anthony and Mary Louise MacDonell, at 107 Banbury
Road, Oxford. Matriculated 1912 Balliol College, Oxford University.
No known grave. Commemorated on LOOS MEMORIAL, Pas de Calais, France.
Panel 119 to 124.
Extract
from De Ruvigny's Roll of Honour 1914-1918, Volume 2,
page 211-212 - listed as Alastair:
MACDONELL, ALASTAIR SOMERLED, 2nd Lieut., 1st
Battn. (79th Foot) The Queen's Own Cameron Highlanders, only s.
of Arthur Anthony Macdonell (Lochgarry), of 6, Chadlington Road,
Oxford, MA., Ph.D., Boden Professor of Sanskrit, Fellow of Balliol
College, Fellow of the British Academy, and Fellow of the Royal
Danish Academy, by his wife, Mary Louise, dau. of William Lowson,
of Balthayock, Perthshire, J.P.,; b. Oxford, 10 Dec. 1893; Lynam's
Oxford Preparatory School; Repton (Classical Scholar), and Balliol
College, Oxford; obtained a commission in the 4th Oxfordshire
and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry, 14 Sept. 1914, after the outbreak
of war; but, deciding to make the Army his profession, he passed
through Sandhurst, and was gazetted 2nd Lieut. 1st Cameron Highlanders,
12 May, 1915; went to France 3 Oct. following, and was killed
in action near Hulluch on the 13th, while leading a bombing party
against the German trenches. His Colonel wrote : " We. only
know that he was acting most gallantly with an advanced party
of bombers down a trench leading into the German line. The actual
portion of the trench where he was was unfortunately regained
by the Germans, and is still in their hands; hence nobody can
say what actually happened to him, and so he was posted as missing.'
" The Captain of his Company wrote : " We are all very
sorry to have lost him, as he had the making of a splendid officer."
While at Lynam's Preparatory School he showed great aptitude for
all games and athletic sports, winning in his last year practically
all the events at the. School Sports, and making a School record
in the Long Jump with 17 feet 3 inches. In 1913 he represented
Oxford against Cambridge at the Inter-University Sports in the
Long Jump, and at Balliol College Sports he won the 100 yards,
the Hurdles and the Long Jump. He was a member of the College
team which won for Balliol the Inter-Collegiate Cup in the Relay
Race, and in 1914 was elected a member of the Committee of the
O.U.A.C., captain of the Oxford Ice-Hockey team against Cambridge,
and captain of the Balliol College Lawn Tennis Six. He obtained
his Blue for the Long Jump in 1913; unm.
Extract
from Balliol College Oxford Register, published 1914:
Macdonell,
Alasdair Somerled: b. Dec. 10, 1893; s.
of A. A. Macdonell , Boden Prof. of Sanskrit in the Univ. of Oxford.
Educ. Repton; Balliol 1912 - (A.D.L., N.S.T., A.L.S.);
Univ. Long Jump v. Cambridge 1913. Address: 107 Banbury
Road, Oxford .
|
MADAN |
Nigel
Cornwallis |
Lieutenant,
8th Battalion, King's Own (Royal Lancaster Regiment). Killed in
action near the Bluff, Ypres, 2 March 1916. Aged 27. Born at Oxford.
Second son of Falconer and Frances Jane Madan, of 94, Banbury Rd.,
Oxford. Educated at Eton and Christ Church, Oxford. In business
at Liverpool when war broke out. Commissioned 19th Sept. 1914. In
the 1891 census he was aged 2, born Oxford, son of Falconer and
Frances J Madan, resident Banbury Road, Oxford St Giles, Headington,
Oxfordshire. In the 1901 census he was aged 12, a schoolboy, boarder,
born Oxford, resident Barva, 256, Banbury Road, Oxford. Left Eton
College in 1908. Matriculated 1908 Christ Church, Oxford University.
No known grave. Commemorated on YPRES (MENIN GATE) MEMORIAL, West-Vlaanderen,
Belgium. Panel 12. |
OSLER |
Edward
Revere |
Second
Lieutenant, "A" Battery, 59th Brigade, Royal Field Artillery.
Died of wounds 30 August 1917. Aged 21. Born Baltimore, USA. Son
of Sir William Osler, Bart., and Lady Grace Osler, of 13, Norham
Gardens, Oxford. Buried in DOZINGHEM MILITARY CEMETERY, West-Vlaanderen,
Belgium. Plot IV. Row F. Grave 21.
Extract
from Probate Calendars of England & Wales 1917:
OSLER
Edward Revere of 13 Norham-gardens Oxford second-lieutenant Royal
Field Artillery died 30 August 1917 in Belgium on active service
Administration Oxford 7 December to sir William Osler baronet.
Effects £517 1s. 3d.
|
PARKER |
Basil
Stewart |
Captain,
2nd Battalion, Hampshire Regiment. Killed in action 6 August 1915.
Aged 37. Son of the Rev. George and Mrs. Parker, of Bournemouth;
husband of Kathleen Lambert Day (formerly Parker), of 42, Winn Rd.,
Southampton. Buried in TWELVE TREE COPSE CEMETERY, Turkey (including
Gallipoli). Plot i. Row E. Grave 19.
Extract
from De Ruvigny's Roll of Honour 1914-1918, Volume 1,
page 279-280 - listed as Alastair:
PARKER, BASIL STEWART, Capt., 2nd Battn. The
Hampshire Regt., eldest s. of the late Rev. George Parker, Rector
of Quainton, co. Bucks, and Tickencote; co. Rutland. by his wife.
Elizabeth Maria Hislop (47, Sea Road, Boscombe, Bournemouth),
dau. of the late John Lorimer, of Edinburgh; b. Oxford, 2 July,
1878; educ. Oxford Preparatory School and Bedford Gram- mar School.
He served through the South African War, first with the Imperial
Yeomanry, and afterwards in the Hampshire Regt., to which he was
gazetted 2nd Lieut. 27 July, 1901. He took part in the operations
in Cape Colony, North of the Orange River, May, 1900, and in those
in the Transvaal, 30 Nov. 1900 to 31 May, 1902, receiving the
Queen's medal with two clasps, and the King's medal with two clasps,
and was promoted Lieut. 20 Aug. 1904, and Capt. 12 June, 1909.
From March, 1906-09 he was Adjutant of his Battn., and from 1912-13
held a similar appointment in the Mounted Infantry in South Africa.
In 1911, at Harrismith, he was a member of the 2nd M.I. Polo Team
which won the Inter-Coy. Polo Cup. When the Dardanelles Expedition
was organised the 2nd Hants. formed part of the 29th Division,
which did such splendid work, that it became to be known as the
" Old Guard of the Army." He left England with his regt.
20 March, 1915, and took part in the first attack on 25 April.
His Coys. W and X, under Major Leigh, landed about 10 a.m. that
morning, from boats on W beach, and proceeded to the first ridge
and there took up a position, where they stopped practically the
whole day covering the other regts. landing. His Commanding Officer
writing home on 30 April said : " Basil Parker is going strong,
he is doing orderly runner for me as we have not got our horses
yet; he did splendidly." And on 1 May, Capt. Parker wrote:
" What we call a quiet day, and only being shelled. It is
a glorious (lay, sitting in the trenches, and a gentle trickle
of sand falling on you all the time. We moved yesterday into reserve,
but at 4 a.m, were sent back into the firing line. So much for
our rest cures out here. This life seems to suit me. I never felt
better in my life. Reveillée at 4 a.m. and bed at 8 p.m.
daily. I drink unlimited tea, no sugar or milk in it, and biscuits;
can't get bread at any price. I am as filthy as 1 feel, black
with dust and exposure. We still wear caps. Isn't it sad about
the Col. and Deane; they were both shot dead, not wounded. I have
to write early here as we neither have electric light or candles
in this trench, and go to bed and rise with the sun "; and
the following day "We had a vile night, an attack which lasted
from 10.30 p.m. to 2 p.m. to-day. As usual we have caught it fairly
hot. Leigh and Reid were both killed during the night, and three
more subs. were wounded to-day. We were under awful shrapnel fire
to-day in the open. I feel a bit more filthy than usual; have
not had my clothes or boots off for fourteen days." lie was
wounded in the head on 6 May, or as he puts it, "Got myself
into trouble yesterday, and got a bullet in my head, or very near
it. It came in absolutely in the centre of my cap (was fired front
the right), and came out where the top of the cap and the part
that fits your head joins. I have had luck, because on its way
through it took a piece out of my head like a cheese scoop down
to the bone without damaging the skull. I could not at first make
out what had happened. I felt a huge bang on the head, as if a
polo ball had hit me, and asked the man next me, ' What on earth
is that ? ' • You're hit on the head, sir.' It began to
bleed badly, so I went back a little and got it tied up with the
dressing you had sewn in my coat. I was hit at noon, but commanded
my company till dark." He was able to rejoin on 3 July, and
after being continuously in action since landing, the 2nd Hants
were sent to Lemnos for rest and refreshment on 7 July. Here they
were joined by fresh drafts and returned to Gallipoli on 28 July,
about 900 strong. They remained ' on the beach " eight days
and then moved up to the front trenches—the intention being
to create a diversion In the Southern part of the peninsula whilst
a new attack was made at Suvla Bay, six or seven miles to the
north. The 2nd Hants were told on the evening of 5 Aug. that they
would go up next day, and all were in excellent spirits. Cooks
were sent on to prepare food, etc., and at 5.30 a.m. on Aug. 6
the advance began, the force going up the communication trenches,
and the distance from the front trench being about three or tour
miles, and Acid Baba being about three-quarters mile distant.
The trenches were close to the village of Krithia and very near
the great Gully. By 7 a.m. the 2nd Hants had occupied three lines
of trenches, having on their right the 4th Worcesters, and on
their left the 1st Essex. The front Turkish trench ran forward
at an angle and was about 50 yards distant on the left and 100
yards more on the right. The space between the opposing trenches
was swept by gun fire from a distance, as well as trout the trenches
themselves. It was known that an attack on the Turkish trenches
would be made at 4 p.m., and until that time many of the force
rested. The General sent up an encouraging message to the Hants
saying that this would be the last time he would call upon them
to make a great charge. Exactly at 4 p.m. Capt. Parker, who was
in command, called out " Time's up, my lads," and those
in the first trench immediately leapt out, those in the second
at once taking their places and leaping out a minute later, and
those in the third doing the same. All were well up in a good
deal less then five minutes, and with a cheer they rushed forward.
It was a glorious charge, and every one showed splendid courage.
The Turks were startled, and took a minute or two—not much
more—to get their machine-guns (of which they had one for
about every five yards, and which during the bombardment they
had hidden in the trenches) into position, so that our men got
some way across the open space. Apparently, however, none reached
the. Turkish trench. All were mown down. Of the second line, a
few got across. Of the third line, which had fewer men, more than
half got through, and those who were left of the battn. held the
trench until they were relieved by the Royal Scots and Royal Fusiliers.
A private said positively that the Turks were driven front their
front trench which remained in our hands, as perhaps did some
others. The open ground was so heavily swept by gun fire that
it was impossible to bring in the wounded or the dead, even at
night. Some may have crawled in, but the severely wounded must
have died. As none could be recovered and identified, they were
posted as missing., In the evening of the 6th only 250 out of
900 of the Hants answered their names. It was in this action that
Capt. Parker was killed about 4 p.m. He had gone forward out of
the trench to direct a portion of the line and was hit by a bullet
In the left side; the bullet coming out near the left breast was
deflected by his cigarette case and again entered his body and
came out on his right side. He died four minutes afterwards with
his head resting on the leg of a lieutenant. He was brought back
to the dressing station, and buried at 7.10 a.m.. on the following
morning in C. Communicating trench between the firing line and
twelve tree copse. He never spoke after he was hit, and was unconscious
until he died. e was carried to his last resting-place by men
of the Battn. he had commanded, and in which he was so much liked.
A cross made by the Royal Engineers marks the spot. Capt. Parker
m. at St. George's Cathedral, Cape 'Town, 5 April, 1913, Kathleen
Lambert (" Lausanne," Leigh Road, Cobham, Surrey), dam
of Lawrence Newman-Walker of Cape Colony, M.D., F. R.C.S., and
had a son, Gerald Stewart, b. Inflow, Central India, 3 April,
1914.
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PERCIVAL,
DSO |
Arthur
Jex-Blake |
[Listed
as Alfred on SDGW] Lieutenant Colonel, Northumberland Fusiliers
attached to 2nd Division Staff, General Staff. Killed in action
31 October 1914. Aged 43. Awarded the Cross of the Legion of Honour
and the Distinguished Service Order (D.S.O.). Son of the Rt. Revd.
John Percival, Bishop of Hereford; husband of Cecil H Percival,
of 57, Ovington St, Chelsea, London. Buried in YPRES TOWN CEMETERY
EXTENSION, , Belgium. Plot III. Row AA. Grave 2.
Extract
from Bond of Sacrifice: Officers Died in the Great War 1914-1916
Volume 1, page 306:
MAJOR (temp. LIEUTENANT-COLONEL) ARTHUR J EX-BLAKE PERCIVAL,
D.S.O., p.s.c., NORTHUMBERLAND FUSILIERS, who was killed
in action on the 31st October, 1914, was the fourth and youngest
son of the Bishop of Hereford. He was born on the 1st December,
1870, was educated at Marlborough ( M itre) 1885-1887, and joined
the Northumberland Fusiliers in February, 1892, becoming Lieutenant
in October, 1894, and Captain in 1900. He served w ith the Nile
Expedition of 1898, being present at the Battle of Khartoum, for
which he received the British medal and the Egyptian medal with
clasp. In 1899-1902 he served in the South African War, taking
part in the advance on Kimberley, including the actions at Belmont
and Modder River. Afterwards, from April, 1901, to June, 1902,
he served on the Staff, and for his services was thrice mentioned
in despatches (" London Gazette," 20th January, 1900,
10th September, 1901, and 18th July, 1902); was awarded the D.S.O.;
was placed on the list of officers qualified for Staff employment
in consequence of service on the Staff in the field; and received
the Queen's medal with four clasps and the King's medal with two
clasps. Lieutenant-Colonel Percival passed the final Staff College
examination in 1909.
From January, 1903, to January, 1908, he was employed with the
Egyptian Army, and took part in operations against the Nyam Nyam
tribes in the Bahr-el-Ghazal Province. He was mentioned in despatches
(" London Gazette," 18th May, 1906); given a clasp to
his Egyptian Medal; and awarded the 4th Class Order of the Medjidieh.
In 1906 he took part in operations at Talodi, in Southern Kordofan,
for which he received an additional clasp to his Egyptian medal.
He was promoted Major in August, 1908, and from April, 1909, to
August, 1911, was Brigade-Major, Northern Command; and from October,
1911, to March, 1913, was a General Staff Officer, 3rd Grade,
at the War Office. In January, 1914, he was appointed to be General
Staff Officer, 2nd Grade, at the Staff College, with the temporary
rank of Lieutenant-Colonel while so employed.
In the Great War he was appointed to the Staff of the IInd Division,
and was mentioned in Sir John French's Despatch of 8th October,
1914, for his services; he also received the Croix d'Officier
of the Legion of Honour.
Lieutenant-Colonel Percival married, in 1907, Cecil, daughter
of the late Mr. C. Henland.
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POULTON-PALMER |
Ronald
William |
[Llisted
as Ronald William Poulton PALMER in some records] Lieutenant,
1st/4th Battalion, Pricness Charlotte of Wales's (Royal Berkshire
Regiment). Killed in action 4th/5th May 1915. Aged 25. Son of
Professor Edward Bagnall Poulton and Mrs. Emily Palmer Poulton,
of Wykeham House, Oxford. Captain of the England Rugby Football
XV in 1914. Buried in HYDE PARK CORNER (ROYAL BERKS) CEMETERY,
Hainaut, Belgium. Plot/Row/Section B. Grave 11.
Extract
from Balliol College Oxford Register, pub 1914.
Palmer,
Ronald William Poulton; formerly Poulton, R. W.: b. Sept.
12, 1889; s. of E. B. Poulton, F.R.S., Hope Prof, of Zoology in
Univ. of Oxford. Educ. Rugby; Balliol 190811 (H.B.H.); Williams
Ex.; 2nd Nat. Sci, (Engin.), and B.A., 1911. England 190914
(Capt. 1914) , Univ. 190911 (Capt. and Sec), and Coll. Rugby
XV's; Univ. 190911, and Coll . Hockey XI's. Address: 16 Portland
Place, Reading.
Extract
from De Ruvigny's Roll of Honour 1914-1918, Volume 2,
Page 56:
PALMER,
RONALD WILLIAM POULTON, B.A. Oxon, Lieut., 4th Battn.
Berkshire Regt. (T F.), yr. s. of Edward Bagnall Poulton,
D.Sc., F.R.S., Hope Professor of Zoology, Oxford University, and
Fellow of Jesus College, by his wife, Emily, eldest dau. of the
late George Palmer (of Huntley & Palmer, Ltd.), some time
M.P. for Reading, and nephew of the late Right Hon. George William
Palmer, also at one time M.P. for Reading, and of the late Sir
Walter Palmer, Bart., M.P. for Salisbury; b. Oxford,
12 Sept. 1889; educ. Oxford Preparatory School, Rugby (School
House), and Balliol College, Oxford, where he matriculated with
an exhibition in 1908; took 2nd Class Honours in the Final Honour
School of Natural Science (Engineering), and graduated B.A. 1911.
On leaving Oxford he entered Huntley & Palmer's factory in
Jan. 1912, to qualify himself for a Directorship, and after 18
months there, went to Manchester and continued his engineering
studies in Mather & Platt's, attending courses at the Municipal
School of Technology. On the death of the Right Hon. G. W. Palmer,
in Oct. 1913, he became the heir and, had he lived, would have
succeeded his uncle in the Marlston Estates, and by the terms
of the will he took the name of Palmer. At Oxford he had served
with the O.T.C. from 4 Dec. 1908 to 20 Dec. 1911, and on going
to Reading was given a commission as 2nd Lieut., in the Berkshire
Territorials, 30 April, 1912; and on the outbreak of war volunteered
with his Battn. for foreign service, and was promoted Lieut. He
went to the Front at the end of March, and was killed by a stray
bullet, or by a sniper, at 12.20 a.m., 5 [not 4] May, 1915, while
superintending work on the trenches in front of Ploegsteert Wood,
Belgium. He was buried in the wood, close to "Hyde Park Corner
"; unm. Col. O. P. Serocold wrote: "He was
killed instantaneously, while on duty in the trenches, about 12.20
a.m. this morning, and as it was quite dark at the time, and before
the moon rose, we think it must have been an unaimed chance bullet
which struck him. Naturally Ronald was the most beloved and popular
officer with all ranks, and one of those whom we could least spare.
I shall miss him sorely, as be was a most trustworthy and capable
officer, and would have gone high in soldiering, had he been spared
"; and Capt. Thorne "Ronald was engaged on work of trench
repair, in company with Sergt. Brant, and was hit by an enemy
sniper at 12.20 a m. Death, mercifully, must have been instantaneous.
This I am sure of, as I reached him a moment after he was shot:
he never spoke or moved again, and the Doctor, who shortly after
arrived, is of the same opinion. Sergt. Brant did everything that
could be done, but it was obviously all in vain. I cannot, express
what we feel about it, men and all were devoted to him, and there
is not one of us who would not have cheerfully exchanged our lives
for his. He never shirked a job, whatever the risk was, and he
fell, as he would have liked to do, in the execution of his duty.
The regt. has lost one it could ill afford." Lieut. O. B.
Challenor also wrote " He was our company works manager,
i.e., he looked after the trench, and found out what work on the
parapet or elsewhere was necessary for the safety of the men.
He was shot at 12.20 a.m. to-day, 5 May. It was a foggy night,
and he was on the roof of a dug-out, looking at work that had
been done, when a stray shot, which I think was a ricochet off
our wire in front of the trench, hit him. It entered his right
side, just below the arm-pit; death was instantaneous." He
was a noted Rugby International, and captained the English Team
which won all the International matches in the season before the
war. The " Times" said " By the death of Lieut.
Poulton Palmer Rugby football has lost one of its most brilliant
exponents. As a three-quarter back—he could play either
in the centre or on the wing—his name will go down to posterity
as probably the greatest player of all time. He was decidedly
of the unorthodox type, and, although he had many imitators, was
unequalled in his distinctive style and opportunism. The strongest
points of his game were his resolute running and wonderful swerve.
At the beginning of his career he was rather weak in his tackling,
but this weakness was remedied by experience. As a captain he
was a born leader; he was never flurried, and was always seen
at his best when the score was against his side. Like all great
players, he had his off days, but he was just the man to win games
by his individual flashes of brilliance, and no English side could
have been considered at full strength without him. Between the
seasons of 1909 and 1914 he gained 17 International caps—five
against Scotland, four against Ireland, four against Wales, three
against France, and one against South Africa. He failed to get
his Blue at Oxford as a Freshman in 1908, when the three-quarter
line consisted of four old Blues and International players—H.
H. Vassall, F. N. Tarr, C. M. Gilray, and H. Martin—but
in the following year, when Oxford beat Cambridge by four goals
and five tries to one try, he scored five tries—the other
four being gained by Martin. In 1910 and 1911 he was also on the
winning side, and was captain in the latter year. He also did
splendid service for the Harlequins, and it was in a large degree
due to him that the three-quarter line reached its high standard
of excellence. In addition to his skill as a Rugby football player
he was a fine exponent at hockey. and he played against Cambridge
in 1909, 1910, and 1911." Early in his school days at Rugby
he began to feel that love for work in boys' clubs which was to
become the chief among his many interests. It was further developed
at Oxford in the Balliol Boys' Club, in the Rugby School Mission
and by contact with kindred spirits of whom the brightest have,
with him, given their lives for their country. When in 1912 he
went to Reading, with all his strenuous work at the Factory, he
found time to help in the management of a Boys' Club in the parish
of St. John's, and in Manchester he gave time and thought to the
same absorbing interest. His friends have felt that to write of
him, as many of the papers did, as a football player and nothing
else, was to give an entirely false impression of the man, and
to miss what to lain was the paramount duty as well as the keenest
pleasure of life. .
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PRATT,
MiD |
John
Selby |
Lieutenant,
10 Battalion, Alexadra, Princess of Wales's Own (Yorkshire Regiment).
Killed in action action 11 April 1917. Aged 19. Son of Charles and
Sidney Pratt, of "Marley House," Haslemere, Surrey. Mentioned
in Despatches (MiD). Born 13 JUly 1897, baptised 20 October 1897
at Abu Road, Mount Abu, Bombay, son of Charles and Sidney Isabella
Paxton Pratt. In the 1911 census he was aged 14, a schoolboy, boarder,
born Rayputana, India, resident School House, Tiverton, Devon. Buried
in WANCOURT BRITISH CEMETERY, Pas de Calais, France. Plot VII. Row
D. Grave 33. |
PRATT |
Robert
R |
No
further information currently available |
PRINGLE |
Robert
Scott |
Lieutenant,
1st Battalion, The Queen's (Royal West Surrey Regiment). Died of
wounds 14 September 1914. Aged 29. Son of the late Robert Brown
Pringle, of Ardmore, Guildford; husbnad of Mary Pringle (nee Kenny)
married 1913. Born 30 November 1885, baptised 27 June 1886 in Bengal,,
India, son of Robert brown and Agnes Isabel Pringle. Buried in MOULINS
NEW COMMUNAL CEMETERY, Aisne, Franxe. Grave 6.
Extract
from Bond of Sacrifice: Officers Died in the Great War 1914-1916
Volume 1, page 320:
LIEUTENANT ROBERT SCOTT PRINGLE, 1st BATTN. THE QUEEN'S
OWN (ROYAL WEST KENT REGT.), who died on the 15th September,
1914, of wounds received on the previous day at the Battle of
the Aisne, was the only son of Mr. and Mrs. R. B. Pringle, of
Ardmore, Guildford, and Badulipar, Assam. He was born on the 30th
November,1885, and received his commission in the Royal West Surrey
Regiment from the Militia in March, 1907, getting his step in
January, 1911.
Extract
from The London Gazette, 12 March 1907, page 1754:
LINE
BATTALIONS.
The Queen's (Royal West Surrey Regiment), Lieutenant
Robert Scott Pringle, from 3rd Battalion, to be Second Lieutenant,
in succession to Lieutenant W. H. Alleyne, promoted. Dated 13th
March, 1907
Extract
from Probate Calendars of England & Wales 1914:
PRINGLE
Robert Scott of Borden Camp Hampshire
died 15 September 1914 at Moulin in France Administration London
18 December to Mary pringle widow.
Effects £206 8s 2.
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RAIKES |
John
Francis |
Second
Lieutenant, 3rd Battalion attached to 9th Battalion, Essex Regiment.
Killed in action 10 October 1916. Aged 20. Son of the Rev. T. D.
Raikes and Elizabeth Raikes, of Whichford Rectory, Shipston-on-Stour,
Worcs (also listed on medal card as 10 Portland Road, Oxford). Exhibitioner
of Corpus Christi College, Oxford. Served in the ranks before commissioned.
First entered conflict 14 November 1915. Formerly Private PS/1967,
18th Battalion, Royal Fusiliers. Accepted for admission but did
not matriculate Corpus Christi College, Oxford UniversityIn the
1901 census he was aged 4, born Marcham, Berkshire, resident with
his parenst, Thomas Digby and Elizabeth Raikes, at Vicarage, Church
Street, Marcham, Abingdon, Berkshire. In the 1911 census he was
aged 14, a scholar, Marcham, Berkshire, resident Radley, Abingdon,
Berkshire. No known grave. Commemorated on THIEPVAL MEMORIAL, Somme,
France. Pier and Face 10 D.
Extract
from the London Gazette, 8 August 1916, page 7793:
War
Office,
8th August,
1916.
SPECIAL RESERVE OF OFFICERS.
The undermentioned, from an Officers Cadet Unit, to be 2nd Lts.
(on prob.). 5th Aug. 1916: -
Essex
R.—John Herbert Wearne.
Ronald John Savill.
John Francis Raikes.
|
RAWLINSON,
MiD |
Robert |
Second
Lieutenant, 3rd Battalion attached 2nd Battalion, Border Regiment.
Killed in action 25 September 1915. Aged 21. Son of John Baldwin
Rawlinson and Theodora W. Rawlinson, of Graythwaite Old Hall, Lancs.
Mentioned in Despatches (MiD). Embarked France 1915. No known grave.
Commemorated on LOOS MEMORIAL, Pas de Calais, France. Panel 68 and
69. |
RICKETTS |
James
Stuart |
Second
Lieutenant, "A" Battery, 122nd Brigade, Royal Field Artillery.
Died of wounds 5 October 1918. Aged 24. Son of Dr. T. F. and Annie
G. Ricketts, of The Lister Institute, Chelsea Gardens, London. Native
of Greenhithe, Kent. In the 1901 census he was aged 6, born Greenhithe,
Kent, resident with his parents, Thomas F and Annie G Ricketts,
at Southover House, Dartford, Kent. In the 1911 census he was aged
16, a schoolboy, boarder, born Greenwuich, Kent, resident Dryden
House, North Street, Oundle, Served with the Royal Air Force 9Royal
Flying Corps) from 6 June 1917, Officer's Cadet School 28 September
1917. Buried in ST. SEVER CEMETERY EXTENSION, ROUEN, Seine-Maritime,
France. Section S. Plot V. Row H. Grave 1.
Extract
from Probate Calendars of England & Wales 1920:
RICKETTS
James Stuart of Morris Lodge Lower Bourne Farnham Surrey
second-lieutenant Royal Field Artillery died 5 October 1918 in
France Administration London 10 March to Annie
Gertrude Ricketts widow.
Effects £148 14s. 8d.
|
ROBINSON |
Harold
[Leefe] |
Second
Lieutenant, Indian Army Reserve of Officers attached to 103rd Mahratta
Light Infantry. Died 10 April 1916. Aged 22. Son of Horace and Elizabeth
Robinson, of Kaima Betta Estate, South Coorg, India; brother of
William Leefe Robison (below). In the 1901 census he was aged 6,
born Boscombe, Hampshire, resident with his mother, Elizabeth Robinson,
at Tennyson House, Boscombe, Hampshire.In the 1911 census he was
aged 7, a boarder, at school, born Boscombe, Hampshire, resident
Richmond Crescent, St Bees Cumberland (St Bees School). No known
grave. Commemorated on BASRA MEMORIAL, Iraq. Panel 43 and 65. |
ROBINSON,
VC |
William
[Leefe] aka Will |
Captain,
Royal Air Force and Worcestershire Regiment. Died from cardiac
arrest as a result of the influenza epidemic 31 December 1918.
Aged 23. Born 14 July 1895 Kaima Betta, Tollideta, South Coorg,
near Mecara, India. Son of Horace and Elizabeth Robinson, of Kaima
Betta Estate, South Coorg, Southern India. His brother Harold
was also killed in Mesopotamia (see above). Awarded the Vitoria
Cross (V.C.). Buried 3 January 1919 in south-east part of HARROW
WEALD (ALL SAINTS) CHURCHYARD EXTENSION, Middlesex.
Victoria
Cross (V.C.) citation from The London Gazette 5 September
1916, Issue 29735, page 8704:
War
Office,
5th September, 1916.
His Majesty the KING has been graciously pleased to award the
Victoria Cross to the undermentioned Officer: —
Lt. William Leefe Robinson, Worc. R. and R.F.C. For most conspicuous
bravery. He attacked an enemy airship under circumstances of great
difficulty and danger, and sent it crashing to the ground as a
flaming wreck.
He
had been in the air for more than two hours, and had previously
attacked another airship during his flight.
|
RUDD |
Kenneth
Sutherland |
Captain,
10th Battalion, Prince of Wales's Own (West Yorkshire Regiment).
Killed in action 10 October 1918. Aged 24. Son of the late Rev.
Prebendary Eric John Sutherland Rudd, of Souldern, Oxon, and of
Mrs. Edyth Talbot Hitcheson Rudd, of Whitehall, Goodrich, Ross,
Herefordshire. Born 13 April 1894, baptised 13 May 1894 in All Saints
Church, Barrow, Suffolk. In the 1911 census he was aged 16, at public
school, born Barrow, Suffolk, resident with his parents at Souldern
Rectory Banbury, Souldern, Oxfordshire. Buried in CAUDRY BRITISH
CEMETERY, Nord, France. Plot II. Row F. Grave 17.
Extract
from De Ruvigny's Roll of Honour 1914-1918, Volume 5,
page 146:
RUDD, KENNETH SUTHERLAND, Capt. and Adjutant,
10th (Service) Battu. The Prince of Wales's Own (West Yorkshire
Regt.), only s. of the late Rev. Prebendary Eric John
Sutherland Rudd, Rector of Souldern, Banbury, co. Oxon, by his
wife, Edyth Talbot Hutcheson (Whitehall, Goodrich, Ross-on-Wye,
co. Hereford), dau. of William Hutcheson Collins, of Cubberley,
Ross, co. Hereford; b. Barrow Rectory, Bury St.. Edmunds,
co. Suffolk, 13 April, 1894; educ. Oxford Preparatory School,
Shrewsbury, and Jesus College, Cambridge; enlisted in the 5th
Battn. King's Shropshire Light Infantry 9 Sept. 1914; was gazetted
2nd Lieut. West Yorkshire Regt. 17 Nov. following, being promoted
Lieut. in June, 1915, and Capt. in May, 1918; served with the
Expeditionary Force in France and Flanders from July, 1915; was
severely wounded in the right wrist in April, 1916, and invalided
home, but after having qualified himself for further active service
by learning to shoot with his left hand, he returned to France
in Oct. 1917, where he served for about a month on the Staff of
the 50th Infantry Brigade, after which, at his own request, he
was allowed to return to his regiment, of which he became Adjutant,
and was killed in action on the high ground between Inchy and
Nieuvilly 10 Oct. 1918. Buried at Audencourt, south-east of Cambrai.
His Commanding Officer wrote testifying to his line manly qualities,
and stated that he had already been recommended for the Military
Cross. adding that he fell in the very moment of victory, when
his regiment had just reached the objective sot before them. Capt.
Rudd, both at school and the University, proved himself to be
a very fine athlete, both on the running track and river, as well
as a scholar, having won a scholarship at Shrewsbury, from which
he was elected a Scholar of Jesus College, Cambridge, in 1913;
unm.
Extract
from Probate Calendars of England
& Wales 1919:
RUDD
Kenneth Sutherland of Whitehall Goodrich Herefordshire
captain in 10th battalion West Yorkshire regiment died 10 October
1918 at or near Cambrai in France on active service Administration
Hereford 17 January to Edyth Talbot Hutcheson
Rudd widow.
Effects £405 7s. 10d.
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RUTLEDGE |
Jack
F |
No
further information currently available |
SCOTT |
William
David [Leefe] aka Will |
Second
Lieutenant, 26th Battalion, Royal Fusiliers (City of London Regiment).
Killed in action 3 August 1917. Husband of Nellie Scott. No known
grave. Commemorated on YPRES (MENIN GATE) MEMORIAL, West-Vlaanderen,
Belgium. Panel 6 and 8. |
SHEEPSHANKS |
William |
Second
Lieutenant, 6th Battalion attached to 2nd Battalion King's Royal
Rifle Corps. Killed in action 10 July 1917. Aged 27. Son of the
Right Rev. John Sheepshanks (late Bishop of Norwich) and Margaret
Sheepshanks, of The Close, Norwich. Baptised 1900 in Anfield, Lancashire.
Matriculated 1909 New College, Oxford University B.A. (5 September
1916). In the 1911 census he was aged 20, a student, born Liverpool,
resident with his parents, John and Margaret Sheepshanks, at 56
Bracondale, Norwich, Norfolk. No known grave. Commemorated on NIEUPORT
MEMORIAL, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium.
Extract
from Probate Calendars of England
& Wales 1918:
SHEEPSHANKS
William of 26 Well-walk Hampstead Middlesex
died 10 July 1917 in France on active service Probate London
23 April to Sidney Streatfield Lamert gentleman.
Effects £3539 5s. 7d.
|
SIDGWICK |
Arthur
Hugh |
Captain,
157th Siege Battery, Royal Garrison Artillery. Died of wounds 17
September 1917. Aged 34. Son of Arthur and Charlotte Sophia Sidgwick,
of 9, Fyfield Rd., Oxford. In the 1901 census he is a pupil, aged
18, born Oxford, resident St Michael, Winchester, Hampshire. Matriculated
1901 University College formerly Balliol College, Oxford University,
M.A. (3 January 1916). In the 1911 census he is aged 28, a Board
of Education Junior Examiner, born Oxford, resident 5 Verulam Buildings,
Grays Inn, London. Buried in MENDINGHEM MILITARY CEMETERY, West-Vlaanderen,
Belgium. Plot VII. Row E. Grave 6. |
SPURLING |
Frank
Eyton |
Captain,
7th [CWGC] or 12th [SDGW] Battalion, Rifle Brigade. Died of wounds
6 December 1917. Aged 32. Son of Frederick William Spurling (Sub-Warden
of Keble College, Oxford, and Canon Residentiary of Chester) and
Clara Eyton, his wife. Served in S. W. Africa, 1914; embarked France
20 March 1916; dangerously wounded while rescuing one of his men,
April, 1916, again wounded, April, 1917. Married Mary Geraldine
Greathead who died June, 1916. In the 1901 census he was aged 5,
son of Calara Spurling, born St Giles, Oxford, resident 37 Norham
Road, St Giles, Oxford. Buried in NINE ELMS BRITISH CEMETERY, West-Vlaanderen,
Belgium. Plot XIII. Row A. Grave 4.
Extract
from Probate Calendars of England
& Wales 1918:
SPURLING
Francis Eyton of Egerton Cradock Cape Colony South
Africa died 6 December 1917 in France from wounds Probate
London 4 May to Claribel Spurling spinster. Effects
£519 16s. 5d.
|
STACK,
DSO, MiD x 3 |
George
Hall |
Lieutenant
Colonel, 3rd (Lahore) Division, Royal Engineers. Died 16 September
1919. Aged 40. Son of R Theodore Stack, M. D. F.R.C.S.I., and Charlotte
Stack, of Dhu Vairen, Portrush, Co. Antrim. Native of Dublin. Awared
the Distinguished Service Order (D.S.O.), 3 times Mentioned in Despatches.
During the Anglo-Boer War 1899-1902 he was a Lieutenant with 46
Company (Fortress), Royal Engineers. Buried in RAMLEH WAR CEMETERY,
Israel and Palestine (including Gaza). Section AA. Grave 73.
Extract
from The Distinguished Service Order Volume III, page
346:
STACK, G. H. (D.S.O. L.G. 14.1.16) ; b. 1.8.79 ; s. of R. Theodore
Stack, M.D., F.R.C.S.I. and Charlotte, d. of the late H. Thompson,
M.D.; 2nd Lt., RE., 23.6.98 ; Lt. 1.4.01 ; Capt. 23.6.07 ; Major
26.1.15 ; S. African War, 1901-2 ; Queen's Medai with 2 clasps
; Europ. War ; Despatches ; Bt. Lt.-Col. 3.6.17. He went to France
Sept. 1914 with the Lahore Div.; served in France and Belgium
as Field Engineer 1914-15, being present at 1st and 2nd Battles
of Ypres, the Battles of Festubert, Neuve Chapelle and many other
engagements. He accompanied his Division to Mesopotamia and took
part in the battles which culminated in the capture of Kul and
Baghdad. He later accompanied his Division to Palestine and took
part in Gen. Allenby's victorious campaign and died in that country
16.9.19.
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STONEHOUSE |
Ronald |
Lieutenant,
101st Squadron, Royal Air Force formerly Royal Army Service Corps.
Killed in action 1 April 1918. Aged 28. Born 29 August 1889, baptised
29 September 1889 in All Saints, Wakefield, Yorkshire. Son of Sir
Edmund and Lady Stonehouse, of West Parade, Wakefield. In the 1911
census he was aged 21, in his father's business, born Wakefield,
Yorkshire, resident with his parents, Edmund and Isabella Stonehosue,
at West Parade, Wakefield. Buried in DOULLENS COMMUNAL CEMETERY
EXTENSION NO.1, Somme, France. Plot VI. Row A. Grave 13.
Extract
from Probate Calendars of England
& Wales 1918:
STONEHOUSE
Ronald of Burneytops House West Parade Wakefield lieutenant
in the Army Service Corps died 1 April 1918 in France Administration
Wakefield 8 October to Edmund Stonehouse knight. Effects £11,157
17s. 10d. Resworn £11,332 11s.
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TAYLOR,
DSO |
Stuart
Campbell |
Brigadier
General, 93rd Infantry Brigade, General Staff late commanding 15th
Battalion, West Yorkshire Regiment (Prince of Wales's Own). Died
of wounds 11 October 1918. Aged 45. Son of James and Eliza Anne
Taylor, of Oxford. Awarded the Distiguished Service Order (D.S.O.).
Born 2 June 1872, admitted to Bedford Grammar School 1886. In the
1891 census he was aged 18, a scholar, boarder, born Oxford, resident
in Newnham Street, Bedford. In Hart's Annual Army List 1889 from
21 October 1899 he was a Captain, King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry.
Buried in LA KREULE MILITARY CEMETERY, HAZEBROUCK, Nord, France.
Plot IV. Row C. Grave 1.
Distinguished
Service Order citation from Supplement to The London Gazette
18 July 1917, page 7214:
Maj.
(temp. Lt.-Col.) Stuart Campbell Taylor (ret. pay, R. of O.),
York. L.I., Spec. Res.
For conspicuous gallantry when in command of the right of an infantry
attack. The attacking troops having been compelled to fall back,
he collected the remnants of his battalion and about 100 men of
other units, and, regardless of a heavy fire, he organised these
in defence of a position, and by his fine example of courage and
skill he successfully resisted three counter-attacks, and thus
saved a critical situation.
Extract
from Probate Calendars of England
& Wales 1918:
TAYLOR
Stuart Campbell of 94 Piccadilly Middlesex brigadier-general
H.M. Army died 11 October 1918 in Flanders Probate London 2 December
to Leonard Campbell Taylor lieutenant R.N.V.R. Effects £1542
7s.
|
THOMAS |
Greville
Wynn |
Lieutenant,
2nd Battalion attached 3rd Battalion, 3rd Queen Alexandra's Own
Gurkha Rifles, 4th Gurkha Rifles. Died 10 April 1918. Aged 21. Son
of the Rev. L. W. and Helen P. Thomas, of Newland Vicarage, Hull.
Awarded Sword of Honour, at Cadet College, Quetta, for best all
round cadet at work and sports, 1915. Born at Wavertree, Liverpool.
Born 9 July 1896, baptised 30 July 1896 in St. Mary's, Wavertree,
Lancashire. In the 1901 census he was aged 4, born Waertree, Lancashire,
resident with his parents, Llewelyn W and Jelen P Thomas, at 19,
Folly Lane, Warrington, Lancashire. IN the 1911 census he was a
srudent, aged 14, born Wavertree, Lancashire, resident Rossall,
Fleetwood, Lancashire. Buried in RAMLEH WAR CEMETERY, Israel and
Palestine (including Gaza). Section U. Grave 11.
Extract
from Probate Calendars of England
& Wales 1920:
THOMAS
Greville Wynn of Newland Vicarage Kingston-upon-Hull
died 10 April 1918 in Palestine Administration (with Will) London
18 June to the reverend Llewelyn Wynn Thomas clerk. Effects £100
10s. 11d.
|
THOMPSON |
Morice
Bell |
Lieutenant,
8th Company, Machine Gun Corps (Infantry). Killed in actionat Monchy-le-Preux
3 May 1917. Aged 25. Son of the Rev. W. F. Thompson, C.I.G. (retired),
of Fyfield Vicarage, Abingdon, Berks. B.A. Oxon (St. John's College)
19 September 1914. in the 1911 census he was aged 19, a student,
born Barcelly, India, resident Saint Edward's School, Woodstock
Road, Summertown, Oxford. Matriculated 1911 St John's College, Oxford
University. Embarked France 11 August 1916, next of kin his father
Rev W F Thompson, The Vicarage Fyfied, Abingdon. Formerly Second
Lieutenant, King's Own Shropshire Light Infantry. No known grave.
Commemorated on ARRAS MEMORIAL, Pas de Calais, France. Bay 10. |
THUILLIER,
MC |
George
Fleetwood |
Captain,
2nd Battalion, Devonshire Regiment. Killed in action 26 March 1918.
Aged 21. Son of Maj. Gen. Henry Fleetwood Thuillier, C.B., C.M.G.,
and Mrs. Helen Thuillier. Awarded the Military Cross (M.C.). Born
16 February 1897, baptised 18 March 1897 in Christ Church, Rawalpindi,
bengal, India. In the 1901 census he was aged 4, resident with his
parents at Clarendon Villas, 3, Cliff Road, Cliff Terrace, Dovercourt,
Tendring, Essex. In the 1911 census he was aged 14, a boarder, at
school, born Rawalpindi, India, resident Dover College, Priory House,
Dw Cottage, Dover. Buried in ASSEVILLERS NEW BRITISH CEMETERY, Somme,
France. Plot VI. Row E. Grave 9.
Extract
from Probate Calendars of England
& Wales 1920:
THUILLIER
George Fleetwood of Dane court Gerrards Cross Buckinghamhsire
M.C. capatain evonshire regiment died 26 March 1918 in France
Administration London 29 May to henry Fleetwood
Thuillier C.B. C.M.G. najor-general H.M. Army. Effects £2434
8s 10d.
|
TREVELYAN |
Percy |
Sub-Lieutenant,
H.M.S. Sable, Royal Navy. Died at home in Oxford from broncho-pneumonia
10 March 1919. Aged 19. Born 16 January 1900. Son of Sir Ernest
John Trevelyan and the late Lady Trevelyan. Baptised 18 February
1900 at Christ Church, Lancaster Gate, Westminster, son of Ernest
John and Julia Isabel Trevelyan. Entered service January 1913, Acting
Sub-Lieutenant 15 January 1918, Sub-Lieutenant 15 September 1918.
In the 1911 census he was aged 11, a boarder, student, born Lodon,
Middlesex, resident Bigshotte Rayles, Wokingham, Berkshire. Buried
in WOLVERCOTE CEMETERY, Oxfordshire. Plot/Row/Section E1. Grave
170.
Extract
from Probate Calendars of England
& Wales 1919:
TREVELYAN
Percy of 1 Marston Ferry-road Oxford
sub-lieutenant Royal Navy died 10 March 1919 on active service
Administration Oxford 27 May to sir Ernest John
Trevelyan Knight D.C.L. reader in Inidan law in the university
of Oxford. Effects £273 13s. 8d.
|
TURRELL |
Henry
Gifford |
Second
Lieutenant, 4th Battalion, Oxfordshire asnd Buckinghamshire Light
Infantry. Died of wounds 3 November 1917. Aged 19. Son of Walter
John and Margaret Sybil Turrell, of Cherwell Lodge, Magdalen Bridge,
Oxford. In the 1901 census he was aged 3, born Oxford, resident
with his parets, Walter John and Margaret Sybil Turrell, at 1, St
Clements Street, Oxford. Buried in north-east corner of HOLYWELL
CEMETERY, OXFORD, Oxfordshire.
Extract
from Probate Calendars of England
& Wales 1918:
TURRELL
Henry Gifford of Cherwell Lodge 1 Saint Clements-street
Oxford second-lieutenant 4th Oxford and Bucks
Light Infantry died 3 November 1917 at Saint Thomas Hospital Middlesex
on active service Administration Oxford 21 May
to Mwalter John Turrell M.D.
Effects £365 3s. 10d.
|
TWIGG |
Francis
William aka Frank |
Captain,
1st Battalion, Northamptonshire Regiment. Killed in action 24 September
1918. Aged 34. Son of Henry and Frances Louisa Twigg, of The Little
Cottage, Weeping Cross, Stafford. Born 8 November 1884, baptised
19 December 1884 aT Holy Trinity Church, Baswich or Berkswich, Staffordshire,
son of Henry and Frances Louisa Twigg. In the 1891 census he was
aged 6, a scholar, born Staffordshire, resident with his parents
at Weeping Cross, Berkswich, Stafford. In the 1911 census he is
aged, 26, a Draughtsman Electical Works, born Baswich, resident
with his parents at Weeping Cross, Baswich, Staffordshire. Embarked
France 31 October 1915. Priviously served as Private 15/938 in the
Royal Warwickshire Regiment. Buried in BELLICOURT BRITISH CEMETERY,
Aisne, France. Plot I. Row J. Grave 6. |
TYRWHITT |
Nathaniel
Bridges |
Major,
16th (County of London) Battalion (Queen's Westminster Rifles),
London
Regiment. Killed in action 28 December 1915. Son of the late
Admiral P. Tyrwhitt, of 13, Dane Rd., St. Leonards-on-Sea; husband
of Muriel H. Tyrwhitt, of Guildford, Surrey. Served in the South
African Campaign. Baptised 14 February 1871 at Woolston, Hampshire,
son of Philip Nathaniel and Catharine Tyrwitt. In the 1881 census
he was aged 10, a scholar, born Southampton, Hampshire, resident
with his parents Philip and Catherine Tyrwhitt, at 61, Woodstock
Road, Riverdale, St Giles, Oxford. In the 1901 census he was aged
30, a Clerk to Insurance Office, resident with his parenst, Philip
N and Catherine Tyrwhitt, at 18, Linton Road, Holy Trinity, Hastings,
Sussex. Married Muriel Katherine Trafford in Croydon in 1909. Buried
in POTIJZE BURIAL GROUND CEMETERY, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium. Plot/Row/Section
N. Grave 7.
Extract
from Probate Calendars of England & Wales 1916:
TYRWHITT
Nathaniel Bridges of 100 Coldharbour-road Bristol
major 16th County of London regiment died 28 December 1915 in
Flanders Probate London 7 April to Muriel Catherine
Tyrwhitt widow and Percy St. John Tyrwhitt esquire.
Effects £1206 2s. 2d.
Extract
from Hastings
and St Leonards Observer - Saturday 15 January 1916,
page 3:
COMMANDER
TYRWHITT'S ELDEST SON KILLED.
Major
Nathaniel B. Tyrwhitt, The Queen's Westminster Rifles, killed
in action in Flanders on December 28th, was the eldest son of
Commander Philip N. Tyrwhitt, R.N., St. Leonards.
He
served in South Africa 1901-2, medals with three clasps. He went
out to Flanders 1st. 1914, was mentioned in despatches November
30th, 1915. He was educated at Dragon School, Oxford, and Krenz
School, Dresden. He married Muriel, daughter of the late Rev.
W. Trafford, and leaves a widow and two children.
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VENIS |
Arthur
Raymond (Dr.) |
Second
Lieutenant, Indian Army Reserve of Officers attached to 48th Indian
Pioneers. Died 22 November 1915. Aged 28. Son of E. C. Venis, of
Benares, India, and the late Dr. Arthur Venis, C.I.E. Probate Oak
Park, Naini Tal, Bengal. From 1905-07 Second Lieutenant, South Staffordshire
Regiment. In the 1901 census Raymond Venis is listed as a boarder,
aged 13, born India, resident 21 Bardwell Road, Oxford. No known
grave. Commemorqated on BASRA MEMORIAL, Iraq. Panel 43 and 65.
Extract
from Repton School Register, Derbyshire, 1905:
Venis,
Arthur Raymond Sept., 1902-July, 1905 Pri. s. of A. Venis, Queen's
Coll., Benares. b. Oct. 14, 1887. R.M.C. Sandhurst. c/o London and
County Bank, Abingdon, Berks. |
WAY |
Henry
Stanley |
Captain,
16th Battalion, Tank Corps. Killed 6 May 1919. Aged 22. Son of Henry
Edward Hoyle Way and Saralyne Way, of Redhill, Lydney, Glos. Educated
at Oxford Preparatory School and Blundels School, Tiverton. Also
served in Palestine. In the 1901 census he is aged 4, born Prestwood,
Buckinghamhsire, resident with his parents, Henry E H and Sarahjane
H Way, at Prestwood Lodge, Stoney Road, Prestwood, Great Missenden,
Amersham, Buckinghamshire. In the 1911 census he was aged 14, a
boarder, schoolboy, born Prestwood, Buckinghamshire, resident Westlake,
Tiverton, Devon. Buried in ST. POL BRITISH CEMETERY, ST. POL-SUR-TERNOISE,
Pas de Calais, France. Plot II. Row E. Grave 11.
Extract
from Probate Calendars of England & Wales 1919:
WAY
Henry Stanley of Frogmore Milton-under-Wychwood Oxfordshire died
6 May 1919 in France Administration London 7 November to Henry
Edward Hugh Way gentleman. Effects £5049 7s. 2d.
|
WELLS-COLE |
William
Francis aka Willie |
Second
Lieutenant, 1st Battalion attached 8th Battalion, Lincolnshire Regiment.
Missing reported killed in action 31 July 1917. Aged 19. Eldest
son of William Francis Wells-Cole and Ellen Slorey, his wife, of
Lincolnshire. Born at Sedgeford, King''s Lynn. Educated at The Dragon''s
School, Oxford, Repton (The Priory), and passed into R.M.C., Sandhurst,
1915. In the 1901 census it states he was born in Hampstead, Middlesex,
aged 3, resident with his parents William Francis and Ellen Wells-Cole,
at Monk Hopton, Bridgnorth, Shropshire.No known grave. Commemorated
on YPRES (MENIN GATE) MEMORIAL, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium. Panel
21. |
WEST,
MC |
Nevile |
Captain,
"A" Company, 1st Battalion, Princess Charlotte of Wales's
(Royal Berkshire Regiment). Killed in action 16 February 1917. Aged
22. Son of Lt. Col. Charles J. and Mary Morrison West, of Hermitage,
Newbury, Berks. Awarded the Military Cross (M.C.). In the 1901 census
he was aged 6, born, Leadenham, Lincolnshire, resident with his
parents, Charles J and Mary Morrison West, at Leadenham, Lincolnshire
between The Grove, Lincoln and High Road, Grantham. Buried in COURCELETTE
BRITISH CEMETERY, Somme, France. Plot I. Row E. Grave 21. |
WHITTINGHAM |
Thomas
aka Tom |
Lieutenant,
4th Battalion (Territorial), Leicestershire Regiment. Killed in
action 13 October 1915. Aged 22. Son of Walter Godfrey Whittingham,
Bishop of St. Edmundsbury and Ipswich, and Edith Mary Gordon Whittingham.
Educated at Oxford Preparatory School, and Felsted, and Lausanne.
Articled to Chartered Accountant. No known grave. Commemoratedm
on LOOS MEMORIAL, Pas de Calais, France. Panel 42 to 44.
Extract
from Probate Calendars of England & Wales 1916:
WHITTINGHAM
Thomas of Knighton Vicarage Leicester lieutenant
4th battalion Leicestershire regiment of Foot died 14 October
1915 in action in Northern France Europe Administration Leicester
7 february to the reverend Walter Godfrey Whittingham clerk. Effects
£1209 12s. 3d.
|
WRIGHT,
MC |
Edwin
George Englesby |
Second
Lieutenant, 7th Battalion, Prince Albert's (Somerset Light Infantry).
Killed in acion 16 June 1916. Aged 23. Born 4 June. Son of Herbert
Edwin and Ellen Maud Bickley Wright, of 57, Cleveland Square, London.
Awarded the Military Cross (M.C.). Educated at Eton and Balliol
College, Oxford; 1893-1916, In the 1901 census he was aged 7, born
Kennington, London, resident with his parenst and grandparents at
17 Strawberry Hill, Twickenham. Buried in VLAMERTINGHE MILITARY
CEMETERY, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium. Plot I. Row B. Grave 5. See
also St Mary's, Yarlington War Memorial, Somerset.
Citation
for Military Cross (M.C.). from Supplement to The London Gazette
16 March 1916, page 547:
Temporary
Second Lieutenant Edwin George Englesby Wright, 7th Battalion,
Prince Albert's (Somerset Light Infantry).
For conspicuous gallantry. Hearing that a serjeant had been buried
in a gallery, he went down and along the gallery to rescue him,
but, becoming entangled in some wire, got back only with great
difficulty. Later he went down again with a mining officer and
recovered the Serjeant's body.
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1939-1945
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died in Wordl War 2 from this schoool.
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ADAMS |
Wilfrid
Sydney Charles |
Flying
Officer (Pilot) 27100, 3 Squadron, Royal Air Force. Killed in action
13 May 1940. Aged 33. Born 1906. Son of Frederick Archer Adams and
Marianne Augusta Mercy Adams (nee Sprules); husband of Katherine
Adams (nee Hampton), of New Barnet, Hertfordshire. In the 1911 census
he is aged 17, born Fulbeck, Lincolnshire, a boarder, student, resident
The Army School, Holy Port, Maidenhead, Berkshire. Buried in CITE
BONJEAN MILITARY CEMETERY, ARMENTIERES, Nord, France. Plot 11. Row
B. Grave 6. |
AMERY |
George
Robert |
Captain
124999, 2nd Royal Tank Regiment, Royal Armoured Corps. Killed in
action 15 October 1941. Aged 21. Born 1920. Son of Maj. George Douglas
Amery, M.C., Royal Artillery, and Ethel Osborn Amery, of Oxford.
Buried in CAIRO WAR MEMORIAL CEMETERY, Egypt. Section K. Grave 164. |
ARNOTT |
Hugh |
Flight
Lieutenant (Pilot) 74323, 7 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer
Reserve. Killed in action when shot down over Belgium when returing
from a succesful bombing raid on Mannheim, Germany, 6 December 1942.
Aged 23. Born 1919. Son of William and Amy Arnott; husband of Catherine
Nelly Arnott, of Roosendaal, North Brabant, Holland. Buried in HEVERLEE
WAR CEMETERY, Vlaams-Brabant, Belgium. Plot 2. Row D. Collective
grave 1-6. |
BARGE |
Peter
Ferris |
Driver
1942605, 185 Tunnelling Company, Royal Engineers. Accindentally
killed on active service in Scotland 28 April 1942. Aged 19. Born
8 October 1922. Son of Herbert Ferris Barge and Eileen Dorothy Barge,
of Hamble, Hampshire. Buried in BEDLAY CEMETERY, Lanarkshire. Section
U. Grave 112. |
BARKER-BENFIELD |
George
Francis |
Sergeant
(Pilot) 1186621, Royal Air Force. Killed on active service 19 September
1941. Aged 19. Born 1922. Son of Tom Francis and Muriel Mary Barker-Benfield,
of Ascot, Berkshire. Buried in BROOKWOOD MILITARY CEMETERY, Surrey,
Plot 25. Row B. Grave 2. |
BAZELL |
Harry
Everard |
Flying
Officer 120022, 38 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve.
Killed on active service when his plane crashed 20 September 1943.
Aged 22. Born 1921. Son of Harry and Ivy Kathleen Bazell; husband
of Anne Patricia Bazell, of Oxford. Married Anne Spokes in March
1943. Buried in BENGHAZI WAR CEMETERY, Libya. Plot 3. Row D. Grave
31. |
BEAZLEY,
MiD |
Basil
Saunders |
Major
126365, 9 (Airborne) Field Company, Royal Engineers. Killed in action
by Italaian machine gun fire just south of Syracuse, Sicily, 10
July 1943. Aged 29. Born 1913. Son of Walter and Ethel Maud Beazley,
of Horspath, Oxfordshire. A.M.I.E.E. Mentioned in Despatches Buried
in SYRACUSE WAR CEMETERY, SICILY, Italy. Plot II. Row A. Grave 6. |
BENTALL |
Sydney
William Temple |
Major
115470, Royal Army Medical Corps. Lost at sea when the ship he was
travelling on was torpedoed and sunk 30 October 1942. Born 1904.
No known grave. Commemorated on BROOKWOOD 1939-1945 MEMORIAL, Surrey.
Panel 18, Column 1. |
BERTIE |
John
Edward |
Lieutenant
123772, 13th/18th Royal Hussars attached to 17th/21st Lancers, Royal
Armoured Corps. Killed in action 9 May 1943. Aged 22. Born 1921.
Son of Alberic W. and Flore Bertie; adopted son and nephew of Irene
E. Bertie, of Oxford. Buried in ENFIDAVILLE WAR CEMETERY, Tunisia.
Plot VII. Row D. Grave 25. |
BIRCH |
Robert
Massy |
Lieutenant
289109, 1st Battalion, Rifle Brigade. Killed instantly by a shell
splinter on the Battle of Caen 28 July 1944. Aged 20. Born 1924.
Son of Hugh Massy Birch and Millicent Kate Birch, of Bampton, Oxfordshire.
Buried in BANNEVILLE-LA-CAMPAGNE WAR CEMETERY, Calvados, France.
Plot VII. Row D. Grave 5. |
BLAND |
George
Roxberry |
Pilot
Officer 101023, 234 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve.
Killed in action when his plane was shot down while returning from
a misison over Cherbourg, France, 16 April 1942. Aged 20. Born 1921.
Son of Maj. Valentine Stevens Bland, M.C., and Doris Bland, of Aldbourne,
Wiltshire. No known grave. Commemorated on RUNNYMEDE MEMORIAL, Surrey.
Panel 68. |
BOLTON |
Richard
Michael |
Second
Lieutenant (Air Observer) 235422, South African Air Force. Killed
on active service when his plane crashed in bad weather 29 June
1942. Born 27 June 1916. Buried in NAIROBI (FOREST ROAD) CEMETERY,
Kenya. Block 16. Grave 34. |
BRITTAIN |
Norman
Armstrong |
Lieutenant,
H.M.S Curacoa, Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve. Lost at sea off the
coast of County Donegal when H.M.S Curaco was accidentally rammed
by H.M.S. Queen Mary, 2 October 1942. Aged 26. Born 1915. Son of
George Alfred and Alice Louise Brittain, of Trearddwr Bay, Anglesey.
Graduate in Law, Oxford. Buried in ROSHVEN BURIAL GROUND, Inverness-shire. |
BROWN |
Martin
Christopher |
Lieutenant,
H.M.S. Gloucester., Royal Marines. Killed in action when his ship
was dive bombed and torpedoed 22 May 1941. Born 1920. No known grave.
Commemorated on PLYMOUTH NAVAL MEMORIAL, Devon. Panel 59, Column
1. |
BROWN |
Peter
Austen Leadley |
Captain
EC/1498, Assam Regiment. Killed in action in Burma 6 April 1944.
Aged 32. Born 1912. Son of James Francis Leadley Brown and Edith
Charlotte Brown, of Kokstad, Cape Province, South Africa. Buried
in KOHIMA WAR CEMETERY, India. Plot 4. Row H. Grave 10. |
BULFORD |
Patrick
Gordon |
Lieutenant
184575, 2nd (Airborne) Battalion, Oxfordshire and Buckinghamhsire
Light Infantry (Airborne). Killed in action while leading a section
against an enemy machine-gun position near Manneville 26 August
1944. Aged 24. Born 1920. Son of Gordon J. E. Bulford and Phyllis
Bulford, of Thrup, Oxfordshire. Buried in BEUZEVILLE COMMUNAL CEMETERY,
Eure, France. Grave 2. |
BURCHARDT |
Cyril
George |
Sergeant
(Pilot) 754231, 233 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve.
Killed in action when returning from a patrol of the French coast
20 August 1941. Aged 21. Born 1920. Son of Ernest Ashton Burchardt
and Viola Mary Bruce Burchardt, of Oxford. Buried in WOLVERCOTE
CEMETERY, Oxfordshire. Section C.1. Grave 121. |
CARRITT |
Brian |
[Listed
as Bombardier in book] Gunner 1811234, Royal Artillery. Died on
active service of acute pulonary tuberculosis 1 July 1942. Aged
20. Born 1921. Resident Boars Hill. Buried 31 July 1942 north-east
of the church in SUNNINGWELL (ST. LEONARD) CHURCHYARD, Berkshire.
|
CARUS-WILSON |
David
William Maynard |
Lieutenant
277423, 10th (The Rangers) Battalion, King's Royal Rfiel Corps attached
to 7th Battalion, Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry.
Died of wounds in a field hospital while a Prisoner of War between
20 and 21 February 1944. Aged 20. Born 1923. Son of Frederick Maynard
Carus-Wilson and Caroline Adini Carus-Wilson, of Oxford. Buried
in ROME WAR CEMETERY, Italy. Plot I. Row A. Grave 31. |
CASSAVETTI |
Ian
Mckenzie |
Pilot
Officer 113273, 61 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve.
Killed in action when his aircraft failed to return from operations
the night of 29-30 March 1942. Born 1922. No known grave. Commemorated
on RUNNYMEDE MEMORIAL, Surrey. Panel 68. |
CHURCHILL,
MiD |
Robert
Alec Farquhar |
Lieutenant,
H.M.S. Victorious, Royal Navy. Killed in action during the historic
Malta convoy action 12 August 1942. Aged 31. Born 1911. Son of Alec
F. and Elinor Churchill; husband of Olive Helen Dunbar Churchill
(nee Townroe), of Cuckfield, Sussex. Mentioned in Despatches. No
known grave. Commemorated on LEE-ON-SOLENT MEMORIAL, Hampshire.
Bay 3, Panel 1. |
COCHRANE |
Francis
Alfred [Arthur] |
Second
Lieutenant 257828, Royal Engineers. Wunded in the Middle East 4
November 1942, died of those wounds 21 December 1942. Aged 30. Born
1912. Son of Sir Arthur William Steuart Cochrane, K.C.V.O., and
of Lady Cochrane (nee Ilbert); husband of Diana Cochrane, of Chelsea,
London A.R.I.B.A. Buried in TEL EL KEBIR WAR MEMORIAL CEMETERY,
Egypt. Plot 1. Row B. Grave 7. |
COLES |
Denys
Geoffrey Graeme |
Fling
Officer 72509, 22 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve. Killed
in action 22 January 1941. Born 1918. No known grave. Commemorated
on RUNNYMEDE MEMORIAL, Surrey. Panel 29. |
COOPER |
John
Herbert |
Captain
87973, 1st Battalion, Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry.
Killed in action in the Battle for Caen 16 July 1944. Aged 30. Born
1914. Son of William Frank and Isabel Mary Cooper, of Oxford. Buried
in BROUAY WAR CEMETERY, Calvados, France. Plot III. Row E. Grave
5. |
COTTER |
Patrick
Claud |
Pilot
Officer 130513, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve. Killed in action
on his first operational flight when his plane, damaged in a raid,
came down in the sea 17 April 1943. Aged 34. Born 1909. Son of Claud
Rutledge Cotter and Beatrice M. Cotter; husband of Helen Mary Cotter,
of King's Lynn, Norfolk. B.A. (Oxon). No known grave. Commemorated
on RUNNYMEDE MEMORIAL, Surrey. Panel 131. |
COWAN |
Alan
Patrick Lowther |
Lieutenant
256118, 2nd Battalion, Rifle Brigade attached to 2nd Battalion,
Northamptonshire Regiment. Killed in action when his platoon was
overrun while trying to hold a position on the Anzio-Nettuno Bridgeshead,
30 April 1944. No known grave. Commemorated on CASSINO MEMORIAL,
Italy. Panel 11. |
CROSSMAN |
Thomas
Edward Stafford |
[Flying
Officer in book] Pilot Officer 72073, Royal Air Force Volunteer
Reserve. Killed on active service in a flying accident 31 May 1940.
Aged 22. Born 1917. Buried south of the church in BUCKHURST HILL
(ST. JOHN THE BAPTIST) CHURCHYARD, Essex. |
CUNLIFFE |
Alan
Dewett |
Lieutenant
165357, 3 Bomb Disposal Company, Royal Engineers. Killed on active
service when he was in charge of a Bomb Disposal Unit defusing a
German bomb in a Birmingham factory, 16 April 1941. Born 1918. Son
of Norman Cunliffe, D.Sc. (Oxon.), and Celia Mary Cunliffe, of Oxford.
No known grave. Commemorated on BROOKWOOD 1939-1945 MEMORIAL, Surrey.
Panel 4. Column 3. |
DANE |
Richard
Cecil Allen |
Second
Lieutenant 94644, 2nd Battalion, Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers. Killed
instantly when hit in the head by a bullet 28 May 1940. Aged 22.
Born 1917. Son of Captain Clement Richard Dane, R.N., and Bessie
Albinia Dane, of Earl's Court, London. Buried in OOSTTAVERNE WOOD
CEMETERY, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium. Plot I. Row CC. Grave 8. |
DISNEY |
Anthony
Markham De La Poer |
Pilot
Officer 60084, 132 Squadron Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve. Killed
on active service 18 September 1941. Aged 30. Born 1921. Son of
Wing Cdr. Henry Anthony Patrick Disney and Kathleen Maude Disney,
of Chorleywood, Hertfordshire. Buried in LONGSIDE CEMETERY, Aberdeenshire.
Grave 77. |
DOWNIE |
Robert
Gordon |
Battalion
Serjeant Major (Warrant Officer Class I) X/45, 56 Battery, 301 Field
Regiment, East African Artillery. Lost at sea when torpedoed by
a Japanese submarine 12 February 1944. Aged 26. Born 1918. Son of
the Hon. J. W. Downie and Clara Downie, of Salisbury, Southern Rhodesia.
No known grave. Commemorated on EAST AFRICA MEMORIAL, Kenya. Column
13. |
DOWNING |
Sydney
John Ffisher |
Liieutenant
245353, 7th (1st Battalion, The London Rifle Brigade) Battalion,
Rifle Brigade. Killed in action in Italy 3 June 1944. Aged 20. Born
1923. Son of John ffisher Downing and Barbara Downing, of Abingdon,
Berkshire. Buried in CASSINO WAR CEMETERY, Italy. Plot III. Row
E. Grave 15. |
DUNCAN |
Christopher
James |
[Book
lists him as Sub-Lieutenant] Midshipman (S), H.M.S. Orion, Royal
Navy. Killed in action 19 May 1941. Born 1920. No known grave. Commemorated
on PLYMOUTH NAVAL MEMORIAL, Devon. Panel 45, Column 1. |
EALES,
MC, MiD |
Charles
Herbert Haberton |
[Listed
as Charles Hebert Harberton EALES on CWGC] Lieutenant-Colonel IA/176,
Indian Armoured Corps. Killed on active service when the plane he
had been doing a reconnaissance flight in crashed on landing 5 March
1941. Aged 46. Born 1895. Son of Herbert Lovely Eales and Mary Ball
Eales; husband of Vere Edith Eales, of Sauchen, Aberdeenshire. Awarded
the Military Cross (M.C.) and Mentioned in Despatches. No known
grave. Commemorated on BROOKWOOD 1939-1945 MEMORIAL, Surrey. Panel
25. Column 2. |
EDGLEY |
Hugh
John Norman |
Major
ABRO/73, Burma Frontier Force. Killed by the Japanese 17 April 1942.
Aged 24. Born 1917. Son of the Hon. Sir Norman Edgley, Kt., K.C.,
and of Lady Edgley (nee Daley), of Bournemouth, Hampshire. B.A.
(Oxon.). No known grave. Commemorated on RANGOON MEMORIAL, Myanmar
(Burma). Face 111. |
EDWARDS |
Edward
Cecil Theodore |
Wing
Commander 05146, 53 Squadron, Royal Air Force. Killed in action
during a raid on Vlaardingen, near Rotterdam, 31 August 1940. Aged
35. Born 1905. Son of Robert Stephen and Anne Rosalie Tannatt Edwards,
of Kensington, London. M.A. (Oxon.). His brother John Oswald Valentine
Edwards also fell (see below). Buried in ROTTERDAM (CROOSWIJK) GENERAL
CEMETERY, Zuid-Holland, Netherlands. Plot LL. Row 1. Grave 5. |
EDWARDS |
John
Oswald Valentine |
Captain
50496, East Surrey Regiment seconded to Burma Frontier Force. Killed
in action 10 April 1942. Aged 30. Born 1912. Son of the Revd. Robert
Stephen Edwards and Anne R. T. Edwards, of Kensington, London. M.A.
(Oxon.): Keble College. His brother Edward Cecil Theodore Edwards
also fell (see above). No known grave. Commemorated on RANGOON MEMORIAL,
Myanmar (Burma). Face 13. |
ELGAR,
MC |
Hugh
Smiley |
Lieutenant
265716, 2nd Battalion, King's Royal Rifle Corps. Killed in action
while leading his platoon in an attack on a village twenty miles
south-east of Bremen 18 April 1945. Aged 21. Born 1923. Son of Alfred
J. and Eileen M. K. Elgar, of Bournemouth, Hampshire. Awarded the
Military Cross (M.C.) for the attack on Uden. Educated Eton 1937-1941.
Buried in BECKLINGEN WAR CEMETERY, Niedersachsen, Germany. Plot
2. Row C. Grave 13.
Military
Cross Citation as follows:
In
the period of fighting from February 28th to March 3, 1945, from
Welleshof to Lotzhof, this officer led his Platoon with outstanding
success and great gallantry.
On
February 28th at Tofurtzhof he cleared two houses, capturing sixteen
Germans. This success was due tot he dash and shill shown by the
Platoon under his leadership and example.
On
march 2nd at Helimannhof he again assaulted with the objective
of two houses. After capturing the first house with seven enemy,
he was subjected to heavy fire of all kinds. He went to the nearby
tanks, under heavy fire, arranged for tank support on his own
initiative, and then successfully assaulted the secnd house, killing
three and capturing a further nine of the enemy.
His
disregard of personal safety under heavy sustained shell fire
served as a fine example to his men during many difficult hours.
|
EMANUEL |
William
Vernon |
Flight
Lieutenant 75652, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve. He, and his
only sister, were killed in an air raid on London 20 October 1940.
Aged 26. Born 1914. Son of Alfred Edward Lewis Emanuel, M.A. and
Rachel Emanuel, Kaisar-i-Hind Medal. M.M.(Oxon). Cremated and commemorated
at GOLDERS GREEN CREMATORIUM, Middlesex. Panel 2. |
EVERS |
William
Richard |
Second
Lieutenant 251331, 1st Derbyshire Yeomanry, Royal Armoured Corps.
Killed in action 14 March 1943. Aged 33. Born 1909. Son of Claude
Pilkington Evers and Jesse Marion Evers; husband of Ivy Anne Evers,
of Oxford. B.A. (Oxon.). Buried in MEDJEZ-EL-BAB WAR CEMETERY, Tunisia.
Plot 18. Row H. Grave 18. |
FILLEUL |
Philip
Richard Stuart |
Flight
Lieutenant 33383, 214 Squadron, Royal Air Force. Killed in action
12 September 1944. Aged 26. Born 1918. Son of Philip Rowland Filleul
and Eileen Steuart Luxmoore Filleul; husband of Yvonne Palmer Filleul.
No known grave. Commemorated on RUNNYMEDE MEMORIAL, Surrey. Panel
202. |
GAHAN |
Bryan
Beresford |
Major
69184, Royal Irish Fusiliers attached to Sudan Defence Force. Died
of wounds in North Africa 19 January 1943. Aged 26. Born 1916. Son
of Capt. Robert Beresford Gahan and Dorothy Gahan, of Castlecomer,
Co. Kilkenny, Irish Republic. Buried in TRIPOLI WAR CEMETERY, Libya.
Plot 10. Row H. Grave 9. |
GLADWELL |
Stanley
Strachan |
Supply
Assistant C/MX 63353, H.M.S. Liverpool, Royal Navy. After his ship
had been hit by torpedo bombers 14 October he was transferred to
H.M.H.S. Maine where he died of his wounds, 16 October 1940. Aged
20. Born 1920. Son of Arthur Bennett Gladwell and Hilda Mary Gladwell,
of Maidenhead, Berkshire. Buried in ALEXANDRIA (CHATBY) MILITARY
AND WAR MEMORIAL CEMETERY, Egypt. Section N. Grave 29. |
GODFREY,
DFC |
Oliver |
Wing
Commander (Pilot) 33251, 103 Squadron, Royal Air Force. Killed in
action 23 June 1942. Aged 26. Born 1915. Son of Charles and Patience
Godfrey, of Hermitage, Berkshire. Awarded the Distinguished Flying
Cross (D.F.C.). Buried in WIERHUIZEN PROTESTANT CEMETERY, DE MARNE,
Groningen, Netherlands. Plot 1. Grave 3.
Citation
for Distinguished Flying Cross:
This
officer has acted as captaon of aircraft on twenty-eight occasions.
He has participated in attacks on a wide range of enemy targets,
including nine raids in the Ruihr area, of which eight have been
on the heavily defended target of Essex. Wing-commander Godfrey
invariably presses home his attacks and has on numerous occasions
spent long periods over heavily defended targets to enure success.
On one occasion, when attacking the Renault works at Paris, his
port engine become (sic) unserviceable. In spit of this he flew
on and successfully bombed the target. This officer's high operational
record, together with his excellent leadership, have proven an
inspiration.
|
GOODMAN |
Martin
Richard |
Lance
Bombardier 1488141, 83 Battery, 16 Light A.A. Regiment, Royal Artillery.
Died in hospital, on active service, from general peritonitis 1
June 1942. Aged 31. Born 1911. Son of Edward Martin Goodman and
Ethel Maud Goodman, of Riverhead, Kent. His brother, Thomas Dent
Goodman, also died on service (see below). Buried in HELIOPOLIS
WAR CEMETERY, Egypt. Plot 1. Row B. Grave 3. |
GOODMAN |
Thomas
Dent |
Lance
Bombardier 1522732, 7/4 Maritime Regiment, Royal Artillery. Lost
at sea 13 April 1942. Aged 28. Born 1913. Son of Edward Martin Goodman
and Ethel Maud Goodman, of Riverhead, Kent. His brother, Martin
Richard, also died on service (see above). No known grave. Commemorated
on PLYMOUTH NAVAL MEMORIAL, Devon. Panel 77, Column 2. |
GREEN |
Ernest
Hartley |
Sub-Lieutenant
(A), H.M.S. Robin, Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve. Killed on active
service when he was being transported by plane which crashed into
the Welsh Mountains 3 February 1944. Aged 22. Born 1921. Son of
the Revd. Ernest Davis Green and Marion Green, of Sheringham, Norfolk.
Buried in WHITCHURCH (PANTMAWR) CEMETERY, Glamorganshire. Section
D. Grave 156. |
GRIFFITH |
Wendell
Horace |
Private,
Company A, 28th Replacement Draft, 3rd Marine Division, Fleet Marine
Force, United States Marine Corps attached to 3rd Engineering Battalion,
Third Marine Division. Killed in action when enroute to the command
post he was shot through the head by an enemy rifle bullet and died
instantly during the assualt of Iwo Jima 14 March 1945. Born 1925.
Resident of Webster Groves, Missouri. Posthumously awarded the Order
of the Purple Heart. Body repatriated to United States. |
GUNN |
Rognvald
William |
Lieutenant
262111, 3rd Battalion, Coldstream Guards. Killed in action near
Salerno 25 September 1943. Aged 21. Born 1922. Educated at Harrow.
Son of Professor James Andrew Gunn, C.B.E., M.A., M.D., D.Sc. (Edin.),
D.M. (Oxon.), F.R.C.P., and Anne Marie Gunn, of Oxford. Buried in
SALERNO WAR CEMETERY, Italy. Plot III. Row F. Grave 6. |
GUNTHER |
Eustace
Rolfe |
Second
Lieutenant, 72 Searchlight Regiment, Royal Artillery. Accidentally
killed on active service 31 May 1940. Aged 27. Born 1902. Married
Dr. Mavis Carr in 1929. Son of Robert William Theodore and Amy Gunther,
of Heacham; husband of Mavis Hilda Dorothea Gunther, of Esher, Surrey.
M.A. (Cantab.). Buried in HEACHAM (ST. MARY) CHURCHYARD, Norfolk.
See also Heacham War Memorial |
HANKEY,
MiD |
Michael |
Sub-Lieutenant
(A), H.M.S. Eagle, Royal Navay Volunteer Reserve. Killed in action
during the heroic Malta Convoy action 12 August 1942. Aged 26. Born
1916. Married Elizabeth Grace Coles in 1941. Son of the Revd. Basil
Hankey, M A., and May Hankey, of Tarrant Hinton Rectory, Dorsetshire;
husband of Third Offr. Elizabeth Grace Hankey, W.R.N.S. Posthumously
Mentioned in Desptaches (MiD). No known grave. Commemorated on LEE-ON-SOLENT
MEMORIAL, Hampshire. Bay 4, Panel 1. |
HASELFOOT |
Wilfrid
Frederick |
Lieutenant
Commander, H.M. Submarine Thistle, Royal Navy. Killed in action
when his ship failed to return from patrol 10 April 1940. Aged 32.
Born 1908. Son of Charles Edward and Elinor D'engayne Haselfoot;
husband of Jean Dorothea Catneron Haselfoot, of Alverstoke, Hampshire.
No known grave. Commemorated on PORTSMOUTH NAVAL MEMORIAL, Hampshire.
Panel 36, Column 3. |
HATT |
Edwin
Ronald Dodd |
Private
6149831, 2nd Battalion, East Surrey Regiment. Died while a Japanese
prisoner of war from diphtheria 1 March 1942. Aged 30. Born 1911.
Buried in KRANJI WAR CEMETERY, Singapore. Plot 17. Row C. Grave
9. |
HENDERSON,
MC |
John
Patrick Leo |
Major
117132, Royal Engineers (Combined Operations). Died 16 January 1944.
Aged 31. Born 1913. Son of James Alexander Leo Henderson and of
Maud Sophia Grace Henderson (nee Hardy). Awarded the Military Cross
(M.C.). Buried in CASERTA WAR CEMETERY, Italy. Plot V. Row C. Grave
7.
Citation
for Military Cross (M.C.):
"At
Salerno 9/9/43, this officer's troop was one of the two which
attacked and held the west of the twon. Capt. Henderson was conspicuous
in the attack, and when counter-attacked by infantry and tanks,
took a most active part in repelling the assault, himself scoring
two hits on the leading tank with a Piat mortar, when the tanks
were shelling the house in which he was at 100 yards' range. The
tank turrent was jammed, and almost immediately the tanks drew
off."
|
HILL |
Peter
Maxwell Clive |
Flight
Lieutenant 45330, 13 Squadron, Royal Air Force. Killed in action
when his aircraft crashed into the mountains near Avezzano, east
of Rome, when returning from a bombing raid 2 June 1944. Aged 25.
Born 1918. Married Daphne Gompertz in 1941. Son of Air Chief Marshal
Sir Roderick Maxwell Hill, K.C.B., M.C., A.F.C., M.A., and of Lady
Hill (nee Morton); husband of Daphne Mary Hill (nee Gompertz), of
Barton-on-Sea, Hampshire. Buried in CASSINO WAR CEMETERY, Italy.
Plot XII. Row B. Grave 22. |
HOARE |
John
Matthew Hampden |
Captain,
British Overseas Airways Corporation. Killed in action when he received
a head wound from which he died instantly 23 May 1940. Born 1906.
Son of Lt. Col. Arthur Fanshawe Hoare, C.B., and Gertrude Jane Katharine
Hoare, of Harrow, Middlesex. B.A. (Cantab). Buried in ARQUES CHURCHYARD,
Pas de Calais, France. Grave 8. |
HOUGHTON |
William |
Lieutenant
180525, 2/7th Battalion, The Queen's Royal Regiment (West Surrey).
Killed in action on the Anzio bridgehead front 24 February 1944.
Aged 22. Born 1921. Son of William and Muriel de Rouvrou Houghton,
of Little Blakenham, Suffolk. Buried in BEACH HEAD WAR CEMETERY,
ANZIO, Italy. Plot XIX. Row F. Grave 10. |
HUNT |
Edward
William Francis De Vere |
Major
41144, 1 Hong Kong Regiment, Hong Kong and Singapore Royal Artillery.
Killed in action by the Japanese 20 December 1941. Aged 33. Born
1908. Son of John Theodore De Vere Hunt and Ada Mary De Vere Hunt;
husband of Nancy De Vere Hunt, of Corfe Castle, Dorsetshire, England.
No known grave. Commemorated on SAI WAN MEMORIAL, China, (including
Hong Kong). Column 1. |
INGE |
Richard
Wycliffe Spooner |
Pilot
Officer (Instructor Pilot) 64298, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve.
Killed on active service 24 April 1941. Aged 25. Born 1916. Son
of the Very Revd. William Ralph Inge K.C.V.O., F.B.A., D.D., and
Mary Catherine Inge, of Wallingford. Clerk in Holy Orders. Buried
in BRIGHTWELL (ST. AGATHA) NEW CHURCHYARD, Berkshire. Row 4. South-west
corner. |
JEPHSON,
MC and Bar |
Gordon
Dudley aka Tony |
Major
66149, 1st Battalion, Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry,
Killed in action during an attack through the Rechswald 9 January
1945. Aged 29. Born 1915. Son of Richard Pelham Jephson and Ada
Mary Jephson; husband of H. M. E. (Sally) Jephson, of Wokingham,
Berkshire. Awarded the Military Cross (M.C.) and bar. Buried in
REICHSWALD FOREST WAR CEMETERY, Nordrhein-Westfalen, Germany. Plot
45. Row B. Grave 15. |
JONES,
DSC, RD |
Gerald
Henry Lee |
Captain
66149, Royal Naval Reserve. Died on active service in Turkey when
he contracted malaria 30 October 1944. Aged 52. Born 1891. Son of
Francis W. Jones and Eleanor Ann Jones; husband of Phyllis Audrey
Lee Jones, of Pinner, Middlesex. Shipping Adviser to the Turkish
Government. Awarded the Distinguished Service Cross (D.S.C.) and
R.D.. Buried in ALEPPO WAR CEMETERY, Syria. Plot 2. Row D. Grave
9. |
JUBB |
Brian
McMahon |
Sergeant
1315154, 214 (F.M.S.) Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve.
Missing presumed killed in action during a raid over Dusseldorf
between 25 and 26 May 1943. Aged 21. Born 1921. Son of Edwin Charles
Jubb, C.B., O.B.E., and Emily Herbert Jubb, of Farnham Common, Buckinghamshire.
No known grave. Commemorated on RUNNYMEDE MEMORIAL, Surrey. Panel
155. |
LAMBERT,
MiD |
Henry
Alexander |
Major
532/AI, 3rd Battalion, 9th Jat Regiment, Indian Army. Killed in
action by a Japanese grenade near Imphal 5 May 1944. Aged 29. Born
1915. Son of Henry and Violet Lambert; husband of Jose Emma Lambert,
of Boscombe East, Bournemouth, Hampshire. His brother John Dirom
Lambert also fell (see below). Posthumously Mentioned in Despatches
(MiD). No known grave. Commemorated on RANGOON MEMORIAL, Myanmar
(Burma). Face 38. |
LAMBERT |
John
Dirom |
Flying
Officer (Pilot) 141450, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve. Killed
on active service in a flying accident at Karachi 29 September 1944.
Aged 31. Born 1913. Son of Henry and Violet Lambert, of Seaton,
Devon. B.A.(Cantab.). Scholar of Charterhouse School. Scholar of
Magdalene College, Cambridge. His brother Henry Alexander Lambert
also fell (see above). Buried in KARACHI WAR CEMETERY, Pakistan.
Plot 5. Row A. Grave 8. |
LANE |
Benjamin
William |
Lieutenant
145117, 2nd Battalion, Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers. Killed on active
service in a fatal accident 9 June 1943. Aged 23. Born 1920. Son
of Capt. William Aubrey Lane and Gertrude Leona Lane, of Limavady,
Co. Derry, Northern Ireland. Buried in DAMASCUS COMMONWEALTH WAR
CEMETERY, Syria. Section Q. Grave 26. |
LEE,
MiD |
John
Stephen Grosvenor |
Major
79503, 1st Battalion, King's Shropshire Light Infantry. Killed in
action at Anzio 8 February 1944. Aged 24. Born 1919. Son of Stephen
Grosvenor Lee and of Eleanor Gill Lee (nee Welch), of Swansea. B.A.(Oxon.).
Mentioned in Despatches (MiD) twice. Buried in BEACH HEAD WAR CEMETERY,
ANZIO, Italy. Plot III. Row D. Grave 1. |
LENFESTY |
John
D'estreville |
[Spelt
LENFESTEY on CWGC] Sergeant (Observer) 771911, 20 Squadron, Royal
Air Force Volunteer Reserve. Killed on active service when the plane
he was flying in crashed 2 July 1941. Aged 25. Born 1917. Son of
Leopold D'Estreville Lenfestey, and of Kathleen Lenfestey (nee Meredith),
of Effingham, Surrey. Buried in KARACHI WAR CEMETERY, Pakistan.
Plot 5. Row D. Grave 2. |
LIVESEY |
Frederick
Cardwell |
Lieutenant
174491, 10th Battalion, Durham Light Infantry. Killed in action
August in Normandy 2 August 1944. Aged 30. Born 1914. Son of Lees
and Anna Livesey; husband of Kathleen Mary Livesey (nee Cole), of
La Rocque, Jersey, Channel Islands; jis brother James Lees Livesey
also fell (see below). Buried in BANNEVILLE-LA-CAMPAGNE WAR CEMETERY,
Calvados, France. Plot IX. Row A. Grave 27. |
LIVESEY |
James
Lees |
Lieutenant,
H.M. Submarine Undaunted Royal Navy. Killed on active service on
the maiden voyage of the submarine he was in command of sailing
in the Mediterranean, 13 May 1941. Aged 29. Born 1911. Son of Mr.
and Mrs. Lees Livesey; husband of Frances Livesey; his brother Frederick
Cardwell Livesey also fell (see above). No known grave. Commemorated
on PORTSMOUTH NAVAL MEMORIAL, Hampshire. Panel 45, Column 2. |
LONG |
Alexander
Bertram Mackay |
Lieutenant
307914, 2nd Battalion, Coldstream Guards. Killed in action in Italy
13 February 1945. Aged 21. Born 1924. Son of Bertram and Beatrix
Frances Mackay Long, of Boar's Hill, Berkshire. Buried in FAENZA
WAR CEMETERY, Italy. Plot VI. Row E. Grave 1. |
LORIMER |
Robert
Brearey |
Lieutenant
200522, 22 Field Regiment, Royal Artillery. Killed in action while
with the British North African Forces, as he was locating gun positions
he was shot through then head and died instantly, 21 April 1943.
Aged 23. Born 1920. Buried in MEDJEZ-EL-BAB WAR CEMETERY, Tunisia.
Plot 15. Row E. Grave 5. |
LUSK |
Andrew
Ronald |
Lieutenant
165606, 1st Battalion, King's Own Royal Regiment (Lancaster). Killed
in action with the 8th Army in North Africa 28 June 1942. Born 1920.
No known grave. Commemorated on ALAMEIN MEMORIAL, Egypt. Column
55. |
LUSK |
David
James Theodore |
Flying
Officer (Navigator) 70413, 22 Squadron (Tordedo Bombers), Coastal
Command, Royal Air Force. Killed in action 7 May 1940. Aged 24.
Born 1915. Navigator in a Beaufort Bomber. Son of the Revd. David
Colville Lusk and of Mary Theodora Lusk (nee Colville), of Edinburgh.
B.A. (Oxon.). Buried in JONKERBOS WAR CEMETERY, Gelderland, Netherlands.
Plot 7. Row J. Grave 1. |
MacINNES |
Donald
Charles William |
Sub-Lieutenant,
H.M.S. Swift, Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve. Killed on active service
when his ship hit a mine in the Channel and sank 24 June 1944. Aged
21. Born 1923. Son of Mr. and Mrs. John MacInnes, of Sevenoaks,
Kent. Buried in SASSETOT-LE-MAUCONDUIT COMMUNAL CEMETERY, Seine-Maritime,
France. |
MAITLAND |
Thomas
Donald |
Lieutenant
121193, 73 Anti-Tank Regiment, Royal Artillery. Killed in action
in the Middle East when hit by a shell dying instantaneously, 4
December 1941. Aged 23. Born 1918. Educated at Eton. Son of Francis
Edward and Margaret A. M. Maitland, of Headington Hill, Oxford.
B.A., Hons. (Oxon.). Buried inKNIGHTSBRIDGE WAR CEMETERY, ACROMA,
Libya. Plot 8. Row F. Grave 4. |
MAJOR |
Michael
Wakeman |
Pilot
Officer (Pilot) 80086, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve. Killed
on active service training as a bomber pilot when his plane crashed
22 July 1941. Born 21 December 1912. Educated Exeter College, Oxford.
Son of the Revd. Henry Dewsbury Alves Major, D.D., F.S.A., and of
Mary Eliza Major, of Merton Vicarage. B.A. (Oxon.): Exeter College.
Clerk to the High Court of Justice, Southern Rhodesia. Buried in
UPPER HEYFORD CEMETERY, Oxfordshire. Section B. Grave 88. |
MANGER |
Harald
Charles Walter (Rev.) |
Chaplain,
H.M.S. Excellent II, Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve. Died of wounds
sustained in a raid on the Arakan Coast 21 March 1944. Born 1913.
Educated University College, London. Went to Wycliffe Colege, Oxford
in January 1937 and was ordained two years later. B.A. Burie din
TAUKKYAN WAR CEMETERY, Myanmar. Plot 3. Row F. Grave 12. |
MARETT |
John
Ranulf De La Haule aka Jack |
Lieutenant-
Commander, H.M.S. Glorious, Royal Navy. Killed in action when his
ship and her two escoarts were sunk by by a German vattleship off
Narvik 8 June 1940. Aged 40. Born 1900. Educated Exeter College,
Oxford. Son of Robert Ranulph Marett and of Nora Marett (nee Kirk),
of Oxford; husband of Johanna Maria Margharita Marett (nee Minoux),
of Oxford. B.Sc. (Oxon.). No known grave. Commemorated on PLYMOUTH
NAVAL MEMORIAL, Devon. Panel 36, Column 1. |
MARKLAND |
Philip
Anthony James |
Probationary
Supply Assistant P/MX575212, H.M.S. President V, Royal Navy. Died
from tubercular meningitis at the Osler Pavilion, Oxford, 21 September
1943. Aged 18. Born 1924. Educated at Cheltenham. Son of Donald
Eric and Eveline Markland, of Oxford. Buried in WESTBOURNE CEMETERY,
Sussex. Extension 2. Grave 376. |
MARSHALL |
Laurence
Rupert |
Pilot
Officer (Pilot) 64921, 33 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve.
Shot down during operations and died in hospital 17 September 1941.
Aged 19. Born 1922. Son of Francis Julius and Gladys Mary Marshall,
of Exmouth, Devon. Buried in CAIRO WAR MEMORIAL CEMETERY, Egypt.
Section K. Grave 139. |
MASEFIELD |
Lewis
Crommelin |
Private
7387591, Royal Army Medical Corps. Killed in action 29 May 1942.
Aged 31. Born 1910. Buried in KNIGHTSBRIDGE WAR CEMETERY, ACROMA,
Libya. Plot 8. Row D. Collective grave 20-23. |
MEDD,
MBE |
Peter
Nesbitt |
Lieutenant-Commander
(A), H.M.S. Peewit, Royal Navy. Killed on active service when flying
over Northumberland when his plane crashed into a hillside 19 August
1944. Aged 31. Born 1913. Son of Allan Nesbit Medd and Jane Adele
Vaughan Medd, of Wonersh, Surrey; brother of Richard George Medd
who also fell (see below). Member of the British Empire (M.B.E.).
Buried in ARBROATH WESTERN CEMETERY, Angus. Compartment. D. North
Border, Grave 23. |
MEDD |
Richard
George |
Second
Lieutenant 176537, 509 Field Company, Royal Engineers. Killed on
active service when the car he was travelling in ran into the back
of a stationary lorry 25 June 1941. Aged 23. Born 1918. Educated
Rugby. Son of Allan Nesbitt Medd and Jane Adele Vaughan Medd, of
Wonersh, Surrey; brother of Peter Nesbitt Medd who also fell (see
above). Buried in DARLINGTON WEST CEMETERY, Durham. Section W.7H.
Grave 366. |
MILLER |
Andrew
Lyall |
Sub-Lieutenant,
H.M.S. Bambara, Royal Naval Reserve. Killed on active service while
flying with a Beaufighter Squadron based in Ceylon 17 February 1944.
Aged 21. Born 1922. Son of Comdr. Alexander Alfred Lyall Miller,
formerly R.N., and Evelyn Mary Miller, of Hayling Island, Hampshire.
Buried in TRINCOMALEE WAR CEMETERY, Sri Lanka. Plot 2. Row C. Grave
10. |
MOBERLY |
Geoffrey
Walter |
Ordinary
Seaman LT/JX 372630, H.M. Trawler Lord Stonehaven, Royal Naval Patrol
Service. Killed on active service on his first voyage when his ship
was blown up and sank immediately 22 October 1942. Aged 19. Born
1923. Son of the Rt. Revd. Robert Hamilton Moberly, M.A., and Rosamund
Vere Moberly, of Islington, London. No known grave. Commemorated
on LOWESTOFT NAVAL MEMORIAL, Suffolk. Panel 9, Column 2. |
MONSARRAT |
Denys
Keith Turney |
Lieutenant
217158, 240 Battery, 39 Light A.A. Regiment, Royal Artillery. Killed
on active service when, blinded by the headlights of an oncoming
vehcile, he was involved in a road accident and was taken to hospital
where he died six days later, 31 August 1943. Aged 29. Born 1914.
Son of Mr. and Mrs. K. W. Monsarrat, of Faringdon, Berkshire; husband
of Meryl P. Monsarrat, of Bulcote, Nottinghamshire. Educated Queen's
College, Oxford in October 1932. Buried in MASSICAULT WAR CEMETERY,
Tunisia. Plot VI. Row C. Grave 12. |
MORLEY |
Richard
aka Dick |
Flying
Officer (Navigator) 141562, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve. Killed
on active service when both engines of his plane failed simultaneously
shortly after take-off 13 October 1943. Aged 20. Born 1923. Son
of John and Mary Ogilvy Morley, of Didsbury, Manchester. Buried
in ALEXANDRIA (HADRA) WAR MEMORIAL CEMETERY, Egypt. Plot 5. Row
F. Grave 8. |
MORRIS |
Fenton
Harry |
Lieutenant,
H.M. Submarine Thames, Royal Navy. Killed in action 3 August 1940.
Aged 23. Born 1916. Son of Edward Harry Morris, and of Ethel Mary
Morris, of Birchington, Kent. No known grave. Commemorated on PORTSMOUTH
NAVAL MEMORIAL, Hampshire. Panel 37, Column 1. |
MOTT,
DSC |
David
Roger Oakley |
Lieutenant,
H.M. Submarine Usurper, Royal Navy. Reported lost while commanding
H.M.S. Usurper 12 October 1943. Aged 25. Born 1917. Son of Roger
John Kynaston Mott and Helen Ginevra Mott; husband of Sheila Margaret
Mott, of Ringwood, Hampshire. Awarded the Distinguished Service
cross (D.S.C.). No known grave. Commemorated on PORTSMOUTH NAVAL
MEMORIAL, Hampshire. Panel 72, Column 3. |
NEALE |
Harry |
Lieutenant
180473, 3rd Carabiniers (Prince of Wales's Dragoon Guards), Royal
Armoured Corps. Killed in action at the Battle of Nunishigum when
shot through the head while throwing grenades from the turret of
his tank, killing many Japanese, 13 April 1944. Aged 26. Born 1917.
Educated St. John's, Cambridge. Son of Nelson and Eileen Neale,
of South Kensington, London. M.A., Hons. (Cantab): St. John's College.
Buried in IMPHAL WAR CEMETERY, India. Plot 9. Row C. Grave 8. |
NEWHOUSE |
George
Bernard Treverne |
Leading
Aircraftman 1238605, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve. Died on
active service from obscure heart trouble at Mount Batten, Plymouth,
21 July 1945. Aged 27. Born 1917. Son of the Revd. Robert Lionel
Cavins Newhouse, M.A., and Marion Elizabeth Newhouse. Buried in
BOURNEMOUTH (ST. PETER) CHURCHYARD, Hampshire. Grave 1455. See also
Bournemouth St Peter |
NOON |
John |
Leiutenant,
Royal Artillery seconded to 1 H.A.A. Regiment, Hong Kong and Singapore
Royal Artillery. Taken prisoner at the fall of Singapore in January/February
1942, he subsequently died of dysentry at Kokopo, New Britain, while
a prisoner of war 2 February 1943. Aged 27. Born 1916. Educated
Sherborne. Son of The Revd. F. H. Noon and Mrs. Noon, of Hermitage
Vicarage, Newbury, Berkshire. No known grave. Commemorated on SINGAPORE
MEMORIAL, Kranji War Cemetery, Singapore. Column 3. |
OSGERBY |
Leonard
Charles |
Second
Lieutenant 68677, 1st Battalion, Suffolk Regiment. Killed in the
rearguard action just before the Dunirk evacuation 25 May 1940.
Aged 22. Born 1917. Educated at Uppingham. Son of Charles and Elvira
Osgerby; nephew of Capt. R. P. Harvey, of Aldeburgh, Suffolk. Buried
in CRETINIER CEMETERY, WATTRELOS, Nord, France. Grave 15. |
PATE,
DFC |
Alexander
John Roberts |
Pilot
Officer (Pilot) 79171, 115 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve.
Killed in action 30 October 1940. Aged 22. Born 1918. Educated King
William's College, Isle of Man and Magdalen College School, Oxford.
Son of John Roberts Pate and Mary Henderson Pate. Posthumously awarded
the Distinguished Flying Cross (D.F.C.). Buried in WOLVERCOTE CEMETERY,
Oxfordshire. Section C.1. Grave 213. |
PHILLIPS,
DSO, DFC, MiD |
Anthony
Dockray |
Wing
Commander (Pilot) 70539, Commanding Officer 248 Squadron, Royal
Air Force Volunteer Reserve. Killed in action when hit by flak while
attacking German shipping off Lorient 4 July 1944. Born 1918. Married
Anne Mott in November 1939 in Singapore. Awarded the Distinguished
Service Order (D.S.O.) and Distinguished Flying Cross (D.F.C.),
Mentioned in Despatches (MiD). Buried in BENODET COMMUNAL CEMETERY,
Finistere, France. |
PLAYNE,
MiD |
George
Christopher Martin |
Captain
92149, 2nd The Royal Gloucestershire Hussars, Royal Armoured Corps.
Taken prisoner after the Battle of El Gubi, gravely wounded he escaped
but was recaptured when he was killed by an Italian General while
a prisoner of war 30 November 1941. Aged 24. Born 1917. Educated
Clifton College. Son of Herbert C. and Mabel Playne, of Minchinhampton,
Gloucestershire. Mentioned in Despatches (MiD). Buried in BARI WAR
CEMETERY, Italy. Plot II. Row C. Grave 11. |
PORTER |
Christopher
Waltham |
Sub-Lieutenant
(A), H.M.S. Daedalus, Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve serving with
29 Squadron, Royal Air Force. Killed in action 22 July 1944. Aged
22. Born 1922. Son of Robert Waltham Porter and of Monica La Fontaine
Porter (nee McAnally); husband of Rosnia Mary Joyce Porter (nee
Pinney), of Great Easton, Essex. B.A. (Oxon.). Buried in REICHSWALD
FOREST WAR CEMETERY, Nordrhein-Westfalen, Germany. Plot 16. Row
E. Grave 13. |
RADBONE,
MiD |
James
Whaley |
Flight
Lieutenant 70558, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve. Killed in action
4 August 1940. Aged 30. Born 1910. Educated Malvern and Emmanuel
College, Cambridge. Mentioned in Despatches (MiD). Cremated and
commemorated at CHARING (KENT COUNTY) CREMATORIUM, Kent. |
RALEIGH,
MC |
Adrian
Gifford |
Major
13085, 2nd Battalion, Leicestershire Regiment. Died on active service
from a blot clot 23 December 1939. Aged 41. Born 1898. Son of Sir
Walter Alexander Raleigh M.A., and of Lady Raleigh (nee Jackson),
of Canterbury. Awarded the Military Cross (M.C.). Buried in RAMLEH
WAR CEMETERY, Israel and Palestine (including Gaza). Section D.
Grave 17. |
RANDLE,
VC |
John
Niel |
Captain
130097, 2nd Battalion, Royal Norfolk Regiment. Killed in action
on Kohima Ridge driving back the Japanese 6 May 1944. Aged 26. Born
1917. Married Mavis Ellen Manser in January 1942. Son of Dr. Herbert
Niel Randle and Edith Randle; husband of Mavis Ellen Randle, of
Holywell, Oxford. Qualified in Final Honour School in Law for the
degree of B.A. (Oxon). Awarded the Victoria Cross (V.C.). Buried
in KOHIMA WAR CEMETERY, India. Plot 2. Row C. Grave 8.
The
following is the Victoria Cross citation from the London Gazette
of 8 December 1944:
On
the 4th May, 1944, at Kohima in Assam, a battalion of the Norfolk
Regiment attacked the Japanese. Captain Randle took over command
of the company which was leading the attack. His handling of a
difficult situation was masterly, and although wounded himself
he continued to inspire his men until the company captured its
objective. He then brought in all the wounded men who were lying
outside the perimeter. Captain Randle refused to be evacuated,
and despite his wound carried out a personal reconnaissance with
great daring, prior to a further attack on the new enemy positions.
At dawn on 6th May Captain Randle led this attack, and ran into
heavy fire from a bunker. Appreciating that the destruction of
this enemy post was imperative, if the operation was to succeed,
Captain Randle charged the Japanese post single-handed. Although
now mortaly wounded, he silenced the gun with a grenade thrown
through the bunker slit. He then flung his body across the slit
so that the aperture should be completely sealed. The bravery
shown by this officer could not have been surpassed, and by his
self-sacrifice he saved the lives of many of his men and enabled
not only his own company but the whole battalion to gain its objective
and win a decisive victory over the enemy.
|
ROGERS |
Guy
Anthony |
Trooper
7940118, 3rd County of London Yeomanry (Sharpshooters), Royal Armoured
Corps. Died of wounds received from shell fire 13 June 1942. Aged
21. Born 1921. Son of the Revd. Prebendary Ernest Henry Rogers,
and of Lilian Mabel Rogers, of Tamworth, Staffordshire. Buried in
KNIGHTSBRIDGE WAR CEMETERY, ACROMA, Libya. Plot 8. Row A. Grave
19. |
ROSE,
MC |
Thomas
Douglas |
Captain
190361, 477 Battery, 112 (The West Somerset Yeomanry) Field Regiment,
Royal Artillery. Died of wounds in a German military hospital while
a Prisoner of War 26 September 1944. Aged 25. Born 1919. Son of
Lt.-Col. Douglas Murfin Rose and Elsie Maud Rose, of Oxford. Awarded
the Military Cross (M.C.). Buried in ARNHEM OOSTERBEEK WAR CEMETERY,
Gelderland, Netherlands. Plot 24. Row B. Grave 16. |
RUXTON |
Thomas
Ross |
Pilot
Officer 83734, 203 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve.
Killed in action 29 September 1941. Aged 26. Born 1915. Educated
Cheltenham and Trinity College, Cambridge. Son of Arthur Frederick
and Annie Gray Ruxton, of Ashtead, Surrey. Buried in KHAYAT BEACH
WAR CEMETERY, Israel and Palestine (including Gaza). Plot A. Row
A. Grave 10. |
SEAWARD |
Trevor
Hamilton |
Midshipman,
H.M.L.V.B.(M) 20., Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve. Killed on active
service during D-Day landing operations when the landing barge he
was in charge of foundered in high sea 6 June 1944. Aged 18. Born
1925. Son of Harry and Lilian Florence Seaward, of Oxford. Buried
in BAYEUX WAR CEMETERY, Calvados, France. Plot XV. Row D. Grave
14. |
SHORE |
Lionel
Charles Frederick (The Hon.) |
[Book
lists him as Captain] Major 903, 1st Battalion, 2nd King Edward
VII's Own Gurkha Rifles (The Sirmoor Rifles). Killed in action while
leading his Company in an attack on a hill near Arezzo 20 July 1944.
Aged 26. Born 1918. Son of Hugh Aglionby Shore, 6th Baron Teignmouth,
and of Lady Teignmouth (nee Marsh), of Clevedon, Somerset. Buried
in AREZZO WAR CEMETERY, Italy. Plot III. Row D. Grave 9. |
SLESSOR |
William
Rodney |
Commander,
H.M.S. President, Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve. Died 14 April 1945.
Aged 45. Born 1899. Married the widowed Countess of Jersey in 1925.
Son of Arthur Kerr Slessor and Adelaide Constance Slessor; husband
of Lady Cynthia Slessor, of Kew Gardens, Surrey. Buried in south-east
corner of KINGS WORTHY (ST. MARY) CHURCHYARD, Hampshire. |
SMALLBONES |
Robert
Peter |
Lieutenant
126897, Intelligence Corps and General List. Accidentally killed
on active service near Cairo when his motorcycle skidded and crashed
into a tree 17 May 1941. Aged 24. Born 1916. Educated Trinity College,
Oxford. Son of Robert T. Smallbones and Inga Smallbones, of Sao
Paulo, Brazil. Buried in CAIRO WAR MEMORIAL CEMETERY, Egypt. Section
K. Grave 27. |
SMITH |
Denis
Herbert Vincent |
Flight
Lieutenant 70631, 2 Photographic Reconnaissance Unit, Royal Air
Force (RAFO). Killed on active service when he failed to return
from a reconnaissance flight over Crete 6 April 1942. Born 1915.
Educated at Cheltenham and Magdalen College, Oxford. No known grave.
Commemorated on ALAMEIN MEMORIAL, Egypt. Column 247. |
SMYTH |
John
Lawrence |
Captain
182131, 1st Battalion, The Queen's Royal Regiment (West Surrey).
Killed in action by a snipers bullet at Kohima 7 May 1944. Aged
22. Born 1921. Son of Brigadier John George Smyth, V.C., M.C., M.P.,
and of Margaret Smyth (nee Dundas), of Westminster, London. No known
grave. Commemorated on RANGOON MEMORIAL, Myanmar (Burma). Face 4. |
SPURWAY,
DSC, MiD |
Kenneth
Vyvyan Vincent |
Lieutenant
(A), H.M.S. Heron, Royal Navy. Accidentally killed on active service
when his car was hit by a lorry in dense fog, died in hospital,
12 November 1941. Aged 26. Born 1915. Son of Vyvyan Popham Spurway
and Edith Mary Spurway; husband of Mary Lander Spurway, of Oxford.
Awarded the Distinguished Service Cross (D.S.C.). Mentioned in Despatches
(MiD). Buried in WEST HILL (ST. MICHAEL) CHURCHYARD, Devon. |
STANFORD,
DSC |
Arthur
Caerlyon |
Commander,
H.M.S. Matabele, Royal Navy. Lost with his ship 17 January 1942.
Aged 36. Born 1904. Son of Maj. William Stanford and Myvanwy M.
Stanford (nee Evans), of Oxford; husband of Sheila Daisy Stanford.
Awarded the Distinguished Service Cross (D.S.C.). No known grave.
Commemorated on PLYMOUTH NAVAL MEMORIAL, Devon. Panel 62, Column
3. |
STRODE |
Timothy
Francis Gotch |
Lance
Corporal, Home Guard. Accidentally killed on duty when he was in
collision with a pedestrian while riding his bike and was thrown
onto his head never to regain conciousness 20 March 1944. Aged 21.
Born 1922. Death registered in the Brentford Registration District,
Middlesex. |
THOMAS |
Christopher |
Lieutenant
69390, Oxfordshire and Buckinghamhsire Light Infantry seconded to
1st Battalion, Somerset Light Infantry. Killed in action by machine
gun fire while attacking a Japanese hill top post 26 January 1944.
Aged 26. Born 1917. Son of John Arthur and Phyllis May Thomas, of
Burton-on-the-Water, Gloucestershire. Exhibitioner, Exeter College,
Oxford. No known grave. Commemorated on RANGOON MEMROIAL, Myanmar
(Burma). Face 15. |
THOMPSON |
Louis
Richard De Melville |
Flying
Officer 74342, 502 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve.
Killed on active service 30 November 1940. Aged 20. Born 1920. Educated
at Winchester. Son of Lt.-Col. Richard James Campbell Thompson,
C.M.G., D.S.O., R.A.M.C., and Helene C. De Melville Thompson, of
Earl's Court, London. No known grave. Commemorated on RUNNYMEDE
MEMORIAL, Surrey. Panel 6. |
THOMPSON |
Rex
Perronet Campbell |
[CWGC
lists him as Reginald not Rex] Flight Lieutenant (Pilot) 74343,
83 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve. Killed in action
4 April 1941. Aged 21. Born 1919. Son of Reginald Campbell Thompson
and of Barbara Brodrick Thompson (nee Robinson) of Boar's Hill.
Qualified for degree of B.A. (Oxon). Buried near the south-east
corner of chancel in SUNNINGWELL (ST. LEONARD) CHURCHYARD, Berkshire. |
THOMPSON |
William
Frank |
Major
124039, Royal Artillery. Killed while a prisoner of war, executed
with 12 others, 10 June 1944. Aged 23. Born 1920. Son of Edward
John and Theodosia Jessup Thompson, of Halifax, Yorkshire. Scholar
of Winchester College and Scholar of New College, Oxford. Posthumously
awarded by the Bularian Fatherland Front Government the Order of
the Peopel's Liberty, 1941-1944, First Class, and the Medal for
Military Merit. Educated at Winchester and Oxford University. Burie
din SOFIA WAR CEMETERY, Bulgaria. Grave lost. Special memorial. |
TOLSON |
John
Peile |
Pilot
Officer (Pilot) 67640, 108 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve.
Killed in action in Germany 16 March 1942. Aged 21. Born 1920. Educated
Bishop Stortford. Son of Sqdn. Ldr. Wilfred George Tolson, M.C.,
R.A.F. (V.R.) (died on service, 12th April, 1943), and Marjorie
Seymour Tolson, of Harpenden. Buried in HARPENDEN (WESTFIELD) CEMETERY,
Hertfordshire. Section 1. Row L. Grave 36. |
TRAFFORD |
Jack
Cecil Wilfred |
Lieutenant
156972, 2nd (Airborne) Battalion, Oxfordshire and Buckinghamhsire
Light Infantry. Killed in action 24 March 1945. Aged 25. Born 1919.
Son of Thomas Cecil and Lilian Florence Trafford; husband of Nellie
Trafford, of Sutton, Surrey. Buried in REICHSWALD FOREST WAR CEMETERY,
Nordrhein-Westfalen, Germany. Plot 35. Row C. Grave 4. |
VAN
OSS |
Thomas
Willem |
Major
110238, Royal Engineers. Killed on active service 13 November 1941.
Aged 40. Born 1901. Son of S. F. Van Oss and Winifred A. Van Oss;
husband of Favell Margaret Van Oss, of Waterperry, Oxfordshire.
No known grave. Commemorated on BROOKWOOD 1939-1945 MEMORIAL. Surrey.
Panel 4. Column 3. |
WALKER |
Charles
David |
Leading
Aircraftman (U/T Pilot) 1307376, Royal Air. Killed on active service
1941. Aged 21. Born 1920. Son of Charles Clement and Eileen Kenneth
Walker, of Stanmore Common. Buried in GREAT STANMORE (ST. JOHN)
CHURCHYARD, Middlesex. |
WALLACE,
MBE |
George
Henry De Laval |
Major
14779, 2nd Battalion, Highland Light Infantry (City of Glasgow Regiment).
Died 9 June 1943. Aged 43. Born 1900. Son of George Williamson Wallace
and Alice Bellingham Wallace, of Barnes Common, Surrey. Awarded
the Member of the British Empire (M.B.E.) Buried in HELIOPOLIS WAR
CEMETERY, Egypt. Plot 5. Row B. Grave 7. |
WATERHOUSE |
Robert
Nicholas |
Lieutenant
106186, 126 Field Regiment, Royal Artillery. Killed in action at
an observation post in Belgium 12 January 1945. Aged 29. Born 1915.
Educated at Eton and Magdalene College, Cambridge. Son of Amyas
Theodore and Florence Ruth Waterhouse, of Boarshill, Oxfordshire.
Buried bear the entrance in HODISTER (JUPILLE) CHURCHYARD, Luxembourg,
Belgium. |
WATSON,
MC |
William
Robert |
Captain
137569, Royal Engineers. Killed on active service when an unexploded
bomb he was inspecting exploded 25 April 1943. Aged 23. Born 1919.
Educated at Rugby and St. John's, Oxford. Married Marion Bliss in
November 1941 in Cairo. Son of James Anderson Scott Watson and Jeanne
Scott Watson; husband of Marian Ruby Watson, of Alresford, Hampshire.
Buried in PEMBROKE MILITARY CEMETERY, Malta. Plot 6. Row 5. Joint
grave 10.
Citation
for the Military Cross January 1941:
For
skill and courage in the removal of enemy anti-tank mines near
Fort Mechili on January 27, 1941.
|
DE
WATTEVILLE |
Kenneth
Allan |
Lieutenant
271754, 591 Parachute Squadron, Royal Engineers. Killed in action
when the glider he was travelling in was shot down 24 March 1945.
Aged 21. Born 1923. Son of John Edward and Alexis Charlotte Margaret
de Watteville, of Edinburgh. Educated at Cheltenham and Madalene
College, Cambridge. Buried in REICHSWALD FOREST WAR CEMETERY, Nordrhein-Westfalen,
Germany. Plot 39. Row D. Grave 1 |
WEIR,
MC |
Adrian
John Anthony |
Major
176758, 1st Battalion, Scots Guards. Killed in action in very heavy
shelling at Anzio 28 February 1944. Aged 23. Born 1920. Educated
at Winchester. Awarded the Military Cross (M.C.). Son of Wing Cdr.
Archibald Graham Weir, R.A.F. (killed in action 30th April, 1941),
and of Mary Evelyn Oldfeld Weir (nee Bartlett). Senior Commoner
Praefect, Winchester College; Scholar of Brasenose College, Oxford.
His brother, Flying Officer Archibald Nigel Charles Weir, D.F.C.,
also fell (see below). Buried in BEACH HEAD WAR CEMETERY, ANZIO,
Italy. Plot V. Row H. Grave 3.
Citation
for Military Cross April 1943:
On
April 20, 1943, at Enfidaville, Lieutenant Weir, as Commander
of a scout platoon, was ordered to keep touch with the enemy as
they withdrew. In carrying out this task, Lieutenant Weir showed
great courage and enterprise, and was responsible for inflicting
many casualties on the enemy and in preventing him from demolishing
and mining the main road to Bou Ficha.
On
the following day, April 21, 1943, he was ordered to keep touch
with the enemy. Though constantly under heavy shell-fire, Lieutenant
Weir shewed great courage in continually engaging the enemy and
inflicting casualties. During these two days Lieutenant Weir shewed
a complete disregard of personal danger and set a fine example
to his platoon.
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WEIR,
DFC |
Archibald
Nigel Charles |
Flying
Officer 73593, 145 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve.
Killed in action when shot down in a battle over Portsmouth and
the Isle of Wight 7 November 1940. Aged 21. Born 1919. Educated
at Winchester and Christ Church College, Oxford. Son of Wing Cdr.
Archibald Graham Weir and of Mary Evelyn Oldfeld Weir (nee Bartlett),
of Shaftesbury, Dorsetshire. Captain of Fencing, Winchester College;
Captain-elect, Oxford University Fencing Club. His brother Maj.
Adrian John Anthony Weir, M.C., also died on service (see above).
Awarded the Distinguished Flying Cross (D.F.C.). No known grave.
Commemorated on RUNNYMEDE MEMORIAL, Surrey. Panel 6.
Citation
for Distinguished Flying Cross:
`This
officer took part in the intensive fighting over Dunkirk last
May, and has since played a highly successful pan in numerous
engagements over the Channel. He has sheen an intense desire to
engage the enemy, and has destroyed at least five enemy aircraft,
three of these in the count of a single day.'
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WEST |
Henry |
Flight
Lieutenant (Pilot) 101043, 29 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer
Reserve. Killed in action while on a defensive patrol over Holland
19 September 1944. Aged 22. Born 1922. Son of Michael Philip and
Joan West, of Chelsea, London. Buried in BERGEN-OP-ZOOM WAR CEMETERY,
Noord-Brabant, Netherlands. Plot 28. Row A. Grave 1. |
WHATLEY |
John |
Lance
Corporal 5387562, Oxfordshire and Buckinghamhsire Light Infantry
and No. 4 Commando. Killed in action leading a bren gun section
in the Dieppe Raid 19 August 1942. Aged 27. Born 1915. Educated
at Clifton. Son of Norman and Norah Radley Whatley, of Oxford, England.
His brother William Denman Whatley also fell. Buried in DIEPPE CANADIAN
WAR CEMETERY, HAUTOT-SUR-MER, Seine-Maritime, France. Grave lost.
Special memorial no. 1. |
WILSDON |
John
Reginald |
Flying
Officer 124576, 143 Squadron, Coastal Command, Royal Air Force Volunteer
Reserve. Killed in action flying a Beaufort off the Dutch coast
29 April 1943. Aged 21. Born 1921. Educated at the Leeds College
of Architecture. Son of Bernard H. and Lois N. Wilsdon of Hampstead,
London. No known grave. Commemorated on RUNNYMEDE MEMORIAL, Surrey.
Panel 130. |
WILSON |
Gerald
Nelson |
Second
Lieutenant 121615, Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry.
Accidentally killed on active service in a road traffic accident
at Aldershot 2 October 1940. Aged 21. Born 1916. Educated at Eastbourne
and Oxford University. Son of John Wilson and of Margaret Sybella
Wilson (nee Silver); nephew of Mrs. A. M. Silver, of Monks Risborough.
Scholar of Brasenose College, Oxford. Buried in BRADENHAM (ST. BOTOLPH)
CHURCHYARD, Buckinghamshire. |
WILSON |
Ralph
Patrick Farquhar |
Lieutenant
117099, 2nd Battalion The London Scottish, Gordon Highlanders. Accidentally
killed on active service at a demonstration on Salsibury Plain 13
April 1942. Aged 31. Born 1911. Educated at Winchester and Christ
Church, Oxford. Son of Ralph Alexander and Winifred Wilson, of Golders
Green, Middlesex. M.A. (Oxon.). Barrister-at-Law. Buried in SOUTHAMPTON
(HOLLYBROOK) CEMETERY, Hampshire. Section M. Row 12. Grave 78. |
WRIGHT,
DSO |
John
Roger Bodley |
Captain
130353, 7th Battalion, Oxfordshire aand Buckinghamhsire Light Infantry.
Died of wounds acquired on reconnaissance patrol 12 November 1943.
Aged 24. Born 1919. Educated Bradifled and Worcester College, Oxford.
Son of Ralph Fletcher Wright and Dorothea Margaret Wright, of Tackley,
Oxfordshire. Awarded the Distinguished Service Order (D.S.O.). Buried
in NAPLES WAR CEMETERY, Italy. Plot III. Row O. Grave 5.
Citation
for Distinguished Service Order:
Conspicuous
gallantry and devotion to duty in repelling the German attack
against the defile west of Salerno.
Captain
Wright's company held this vital position and was attacked In
is German tanks and infantry. The position was extended and the
country close. An important platoon position astride the road
was captured by the enemy. Captain Wright immediately organized
another position on the road. At least live tanks were knocked
out near this position. Owing to breakdown of communications,
Captain Wright personally corrected the artillery fire, and it
was entirely due to his corrections that the defensive tire was
effective. Captain Wnght visited his platoons, and those of the
Queen's Royal Regiment under his command, under mortar and machine-gun
tire, inspiring his men by his example and courage. The Germans
repeatedly pressed their attack hut failed to penetrate the position.
The conduct of this officer was beyond praise, and it was due
to his calm judgement, courage and personal example that this
vital position was held and the German attacks defeated.
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YEO |
Michael
Thomas Russell |
Sub-Lieutenant
316, H.M.M.T.B. 316, Royal Navy. Killed in action while attacking
an Italian cruiser 17 July 1943. Aged 23. Born 1920. Educated at
Sherborne and Queen's College, Cambridge. Son of Frank Russell Yeo,
and of Evelyn Mary Yeo, of Thurlestone, Devon. No known grave. Commemorated
on PLYMOUTH NAVAL MEMORIAL, Devon. Panel 84, Column 2. |
YOUNG |
Russell
Selwyn Samuel |
Lieutenant
138754, Royal Fusiliers (City of London Regiment) attahced to H.Q.
3rd West African Infantry Brigade, Royal West African Frontier Force.
Died of wounds recieved leading his men in a counter-attack 17 April
1944. Aged 26. Born 1918. Educated Mill
Hill and Oxford. Son of Francis Samuel and Margaret Young, of
Bishops Stortford, Hertfordshire. Buried in TAUKKYAN WAR CEMETERY,
Myanmar. Plot 6. Row A. Grave 1. |
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