
SHREWSBURY
MILL MEAD SCHOOL OLD BOYS WAR MEMORIAL
World
War 1 - Detailed information
Compiled and copyright © Philip Morris 2008
The
memorial is in the form of a wooden plaque. The memorial covers World
War 1 and contains 31 names listed by year. These have been sorted into
alphabetical order here for ease fo research and reading.
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OLD
BOYS OF MILL MEAD SCHOOL WAR MEMORIAL 1914-1918
BEACALL |
Hugh |
Lieutenant,
Kings Shropshire Light Infantry. Died of wounds France & Flanders
14 May 1915. Aged 22, Son of Henry Mortimer Beacall, of Eardington
House, Bridgnorth, Shropshire. Buried in BOULOGNE EASTERN CEMETERY
Pas-de-Calais, France. Plot II. Row B. Grave 39. |
BRINDLEY |
Victor
George |
Second
Lieutenant, 80th Squadron, Royal Flying Corps. Killed in action
France & Flanders 30 August 1918, formerly 3rd Battalion, South
African Infantry. Aged 27. Son of George Joseph & Minnie Elizabeth
Brindley, of Springbokolakte, Orange-free-State, South Africa. Buried
in VILLERS-BRETONNEUX MILITARY CEMETERY Somme, France. Plot XVI.
Row AA. Grave 3. |
DARBY |
Maurice
Alfred Alexander |
Lieutenant,
1st Battalion, Grenadier Guards. Killed in action at Neuve Chapelle
11 March 1915. Aged 20. Son of Alfred E. W. & Frederica L. J. Darby,
of Adcote, Little-Ness, Shrewsbury, Shropshire. In the 1911 census
he was a school boy at Eton College, aged 16, born London. His uncle
searched the battlefield and found him, he having lay where he fell
for 4 days. He brought him home and he was buried with full military
honours, 17 March 1915, south west of the church in LITTLE-NESS
ST. MARTINS CHURCHYARD, Little-Ness, Shropshire. See also Eton College
War Memorial, Bournemouth
St Clements and Ascham
St Vincents Memorial Arch |
DRUMMOND |
Nigel
Felton |
Lieutenant,
6th Battalion attached 1st Battalion, Kings Royal Rifle Corps Killed
France & Flanders 20 December 1916. Buried in COULONVILLERS COMMUNAL
CEMETERY Somme, France. Grave 7. |
DUNVILLE-LEES |
Charles
Cunningham |
Lieutenant,
H.M.S. "Verulam", Royal Navy. Died home 3 September 1919.
Born Oswestry, Shropshire, 31, Woodhill, Oswestry, Shropshire. No
known grave. Commemorated on CHATHAM NAVAL MEMORIAL Chatham, Kent.
Panel 31. |
EVANS |
Arthur
Frederick |
Lieutenant,
4th Battalion, Royal Welsh Fusiliers attached 100th Squadron, Royal
Flying Corps. Killed in action France & Flanders 30 October 1918.
Aged 32. Son of Arthur Frederick & Emily Mary Evans, of Fazakerley
House, Prescott, Lancashire. Buried in CHARMES MILITARY CEMETERY,
ESSENGEY Vosges, France. Plot I. Row D. Grave 12. |
EVANS |
Charles
Heyland |
Second
Lieutenant, 2nd Battalion, Border Regiment. Killed in action France
& Flanders 26 October 1914. Aged 23. Son of Warren Edward & Helen
Lloyd Evans, of Llangefini, Anglesey. No known grave. Commemorated
on YPRES MENIN GATE MEMORIAL Leper, Belgium. Panel 35. |
EVANS |
Richard
Stanley |
Lieutenant,
5th Battalion, Welsh Regiment. Killed in action Gallipoli, 10 August
1915. Aged 23. Son of William Evans, of Brynteg, Merthyr-Tydfil.
No known grave. Commemorated on HELLES MEMORIAL Turkey, Panel 140
& 144. |
EYTON |
Robert
William |
Lieutenant,
7th Battalion attached 41st Trench Mortar Battery, Rifle Brigade.
Killed in action France & Flanders 22 March 1918. Aged 22. Son of
Lieut-Colonel Philip Eyton, & Mrs. Agnes Eyton, of The Kiln House,
Tadley, Hants. Commemorated on POZIERES MEMORIAL Somme, France.
Panel 81 to 84. |
GILLETT |
Richard
Francis |
Private,
M2/101326, 33rd Casualty Clearing Station, Army Service Corps. Killed
in action France & Flanders 7 August 1916. Aged 28. Born Derby.
Son of Leonard Francis & Edith Elizabeth, Gillett, of "The
Gables" Stoke-under-Ham, Somerset, late of Austin’s Close,
Harbertonford, Devon. Buried in BETHUNE TOWN CEMETERY Pas-de-Calais,
France. Plot V. Row H. Grave 8. |
HEARN |
Henry
John |
Lieut-Commander,
H.M. Submarine K.17, Royal Navy. Lost in the North sea 31 January
1918. Aged 32. Born Shrewsbury. Son of Henry John & Laura Jane Hearn,
of "Bycroft" Church Stretton, Shropshire. No known grave.
Commemorated on CHATHAM NAVAL MEMORIAL Chatham, Kent. Panel 27.
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HOEY |
Cyril
Frederick |
Second
Lieutenant, Royal Flying Corps. Died at home 7 June 1917. Buried
in YATESBURY ALL SAINTS CHURCHYARD Wiltshire. Grave 15. |
LANGLANDS |
Alan |
Second
Lieutenant, 3rd Battalion attached 1st Battalion, South Wales Borderers.
Killed in action France & Flanders 9 May 1915. Aged 19. Son of Major
J. S. Langlands, & Mrs. Beatty, of Boradale, County Wexford, Ireland.
Buried in ST. VAAST POST MILITARY CEMETERY, RICHEBOURG-L’AVOUE Pas-de-Calais,
France. Plot II. Row B. Grave 2. |
LLOYD |
John
Baxter |
Lance
Sergeant, 14269, C Company, 6th Battalion, Kings Shropshire Light
Infantry. Killed in action France & Flanders 25 June 1916. Aged
30. Son of John & Ellen Lloyd, of Belgrave, Mountfields, Shrewsbury.
Buried in VLAMERTINGHE MILITARY CEMETERY Leper, Belgium. Plot III.
Row A. Grave 15. |
LLOYD,
MC |
Owen
Robert |
Captain,
3rd Battalion attached 7th Battalion, Kings Shropshire Light Infantry.
Died of wounds France & Flanders 20 September 1917. Aged 25. Son
of Major & Mrs. Thomas Lloyd, of 36, Broad Street, Ludlow, Shropshire,
native of Shrewsbury. Buried in CEMENT HOUSE CEMETERY Langemark-Poelkapelle,
Belgium. Plot I. Row C. Grave 4. |
McMAHON |
John
Aguila |
Lieutenant,
Royal Army Medical Corps attached 3rd Battalion, Somerset Light
Infantry. Died of wounds Twickenham, 12 May 1915. Aged 25. Son of
Aqulia & Maude McMahon, (nee Tweedy) of 28, Herbert Place, Dublin.
Buried in TWICKENHAM PAROCHIAL CEMETERY Twickenham, Middlesex. Grave
reference F. A. 124. |
ONSLOW |
Tom |
Second
Lieutenant, 3rd Battalion attached 5th Battalion, Kings Shropshire
Light Infantry. Killed in action France & Flanders 6 January 1917.
Aged 19. Son of Matthew Richard S. & Fanny H. Onslow, of Stoke Edith
Rectory, Hereford. Buried in AGNY MILITARY CEMETERY Pas-de-Calais,
France. Plot/Row F. Grave 20. |
ORFORD |
Charles
Robert Hadfield |
Second
Lieutenant, 1/2nd Battalion attached 16th Battalion, Lancashire
Fusiliers. Died of wounds France & Flanders 18 July 1917. Aged 20.
Son of William & Katherine Orford, of Orford House, High Lane, Stockport.
Buried in COXYDE MILITARY CEMETERY Koksidge, Belgium. Plot I. Row
A. Grave 4. |
OWEN |
Philip
Charles |
Second
Lieutenant, 9th Battalion attached 5th Battalion, Kings Shropshire
Light Infantry. Killed in action France & Flanders 25 September
1915. Son of L. M. Owen, Rector of Stockton, Shifnal, Shropshire,
Nephew of Major W. R. O. Kynaston, Shropshire Yeomanry, of Hardwick,
Ellesmere, Shropshire. No known grave. Commemorated on YPRES MENIN
GATE MEMORIAL Leper, Belgium. Panel 47 & 49. |
PITCAIRN |
Hugh
Francis |
Second
Lieutenant, 47th Divisional Supply Column Mechanical Transport,
Army Service Corps. Died 3 June 1917. Aged 37. Son of John George
& Augusta Francis Pitcairn, of Lee, London. Buried in AUBIGNY COMMUNAL
CEMETERY EXTENSION Pas-de-Calais, France. Plot VI. Row G. Grave
15. |
PRYCE,
VC, MC, & Bar |
Thomas
Tannatt |
Captain,
4th Battalion, Grenadier Guards. Killed in action 13th April 1918,
Vieux Berquin, France, during the Battle of Hazebrouck, as the Allies
held off the Germans’ last great offensive. Aged 32. Born
in the Hague, Netherlands 17th January 1886. Son of Thomas and Rosalie
S. Pryce, of Pentreheylin Hall, Llandysilio, Montgomeryshire, Wales
and husband of Margaret Sybil Pryce (married March 1908), of Cranfurd
Lodge, Maidenhead, Berkshire, daughter of E. Snow Fordham, Metropolitan
Police Magistrate; they had three daughters. Educated at Shrewsbury
School and Cirencester School. Joined the firm of Henry Tudor and
son, and became a member of the Stock Exchange in 1913. Keen sportsman
and a fine shot, kept himself fit mainly by riding and lawn tennis.
No known grave. Commemorated on PLOEGSTEERT MEMORIAL, Comines-Warneton,
Hainaut, Belgium. Panel 1. See also Stock
Exchange war memorial.
At
the outbreak of war he enlisted in the Honourable Artillery Company
and went to France with them in december 1914. He was given a commisison
in the Gloucestershire Regiment in October 1915 and was wounded
in a night raid at Gommecourt, where he gained the Military Cross.
He
retuned to the front in May 1916, and won a bar to his Cross soon
after. In September he trasnferred to the Grenadier Guards and went
out again with a draft in February 1917.
In
relation to his Victoria Cross The London Gazette 21st May,
1918, records the following-
"For
most conspicuous bravery, devotion to duty, and self-sacrifice when
in command of a flank on the left of the Grenadier Guards. Having
been ordered to attack a village he personally led forward two platoons,
working from house to house, killing some thirty of the enemy, seven
of whom he killed himself. The next day he was occupying a position
with some thirty to forty men, the remainder of his company having
become casualties. As early as 8.15 a.m., his left flank was surrounded
and the enemy was enfilading him. He was attacked no less than four
times during the day, and each time beat off the hostile attack,
killing many of the enemy. Meanwhile the enemy brought three field
guns to within 300 yards of his line, and were firing over open
sights and knocking his trench in. At 6.15 p.m., the enemy had worked
to within sixty yards of his trench. He then called on his men,
telling them to cheer and charge the enemy and fight to the last.
Led by Captain Pryce, they left their trench and drove back the
enemy with the bayonet some 100 yards. Half an hour later the enemy
had again approached in stronger force. By this time Captain Pryce
had only 17 men left, and every round of his ammunition had been
fired. Determined that there should be no surrender, he once again
led his men forward in a bayonet charge, and was last seen engaged
in a fierce hand-to-hand struggle with overwhelming numbers of the
enemy. With some forty men he had held back at least one enemy battalion
for over ten hours. His company undoubtedly stopped the advance
through the British line, and thus had great influence on the battle."
Extract
from the Stock Exchange Memorial Book:
CAPTAIN
THOMAS TANNATT PRYCE, V.C., M.C. & bar), Grenadier
Guards, was the son of Thomas Pryce of Llandysilio, Montgomeryshire.
He was born in 1886 and educated at Shrewsbury and Cirencester.
He joined the firm of Henry Tudor and Son, and became a member of
the Stock Exchange in 1913.
A keen sportsman and a fine shot, he kept himself fit mainly by
riding and lawn tennis.
At the outbreak of war he enlisted in the Honourable Artillery Company
and went to France with them in December 1914.. He was given a commission
in the Gloucestershire Regiment in October 1915 and was wounded
in a night raid at Gommecourt, where he gained the Military Cross.
He returned to the front in May 1916, and won a bar to his Cross
soon after. In September he transferred to the Grenadier Guards
and went out again with a draft in February 1917.
On 13 April 1918, at the most critical moment of the German Lys
offensive, Captain Pryce with only forty men held up a German battalion
for ten hours at a most vital point of the line, when all depended
on the staunchness of the Guards. In the end, when the remnant of
the little band had fired their last round, they charged the enemy
with the bayonet and died fighting, splendidly refusing to surrender.
For this superb and invaluable stand Captain Pryce was posthumously
awarded the Victoria Cross.
H.R.H. The Duke of Connaught wrote: “I have read with pride
of the gallantry and endurance shown by all companies of the battalion,
but especially of No. 2 Company, so ably led and commanded by Captain
Pryce."
His Army Commander wrote: “There is no finer stand in the
history of the British Army than this to which Captain Pryce contributed
very largely."
His Colonel wrote to his widow: "Your husband was perfectly
splendid and his company did wonderfully. Its record will be one
of the finest episodes in the war."
Captain Pryce married, in March 1908, Margaret, the younger daughter
of E. Snow Fordham, Metropolitan Police Magistrate, by whom he had
three daughters. |
READ |
Arthur
Beddome |
Second
Lieutenant, 1st Battalion, Somerset Light Infantry. Killed in action
France & Flanders 16 September 1914. Aged 23. Son Robert Arthur&
Maude E. Read, of "Avalon" Grange Road, Sutton, Surrey.
Buried in VAILLY BRITISH CEMETERY, Aisne, France. Plot IV. Row G.
Grave 12. |
ROBERTS |
Noel
Humphrey |
Lieutenant,
1st Battalion, Kings Own Scottish Borderers. Killed in action France
& Flanders 13 April 1917. Aged 23. Born Wolverhampton. Son of Rev.
Frederick & Louisa Roberts, of St. Giles Vicarage, Shrewsbury. No
known grave. Commemorated on ARRAS MEMORIAL Pas-de-Calais, France.
Bay 6. |
SIDEBOTHAM |
Gerald |
Captain,
4th Battalion, Cheshire Regiment. Killed in action Egypt 9 March
1918. Son of Mr. J. Sidebotham, of 7, Brazenose Street, Manchester.
Buried in JERUSALEM WAR CEMETERY Israel. Section M. Grave 94. |
SIDEBOTHAM |
James
Ffith |
Lieutenant,
Kings Shropshire Light Infantry. Killed in action France & Flanders
12 February 1916. Aged 24. Son of J. J. & Emily Sidebotham, of 45,
Gayton Road, Harrow, Middlesex, late of Davenport, Stockport. Buried
in WHITE HOUSE CEMETERY Leper, Belgium. Plot III. Row Q. Grave 4.
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SPROTT |
Frederick
William |
Lieutenant,
92nd Battalion, Punjabis, Indian Army. Killed in action Mesopotamia,
25 August 1916. Aged 27. Son of Sir Frederick & Lady Sprott, of
"Collycroft House" Ashbourne, Derbyshire. Buried in AMARA
WAR CEMETERY Iraq. Plot IX. Row J. Grave 23. |
WACE |
Henry
Edward |
Captain,
1/4th Battalion, Kings Shropshire Light Infantry. Killed in action
France & Flanders 14 April 1918. Born Condover, Shrewsbury. No known
grave. Commemorated on TYNE COT MEMORIAL Zonnebeke, Belgium. Panel
112 to 113. |
WATERIDGE |
Edgar
Leake |
Lieutenant,
2nd Battalion, Leicestershire Regiment. Killed in action France
& Flanders 20 November 1914. Aged 22. Son of Mr. & Mrs. Frederick
William & Ellen Harriet (nee Leake) Wateridge, of Marche Manor,
Shrewsbury. No known grave. Commemorated on LE TOURET MEMORIAL,
Pas-de-Calais, France. Panel 11. |
WICKHAM,
MC |
Bernard
William Theodore |
Lieutenant,
C Company, 9th Battalion, South Staffordshire Regiment. Killed in
action France & Flanders 14 April 1917. Aged 22. Son of Rev. William
Arthur & Clara Wickham, of Ampton Rectory, Bury St. Edmunds. Buried
in RAILWAY DUGOUTS BURIAL GROUND Leper, Belgium. Plot VII. Row J.
Grave 32. |
WILLIAMSON |
Francis
Cornwall |
Sapper
1833, 1st Divisional Signal Company, Australian Engineers. Died
in Cairo Hospital, Egypt, 3 April 1915. Aged 18. Born Cheshire.
Born Cheshire. Educated Shrewsbury. Agricultural student. Son of
John Henshall & Constance Mary Williamson, of "St. Heliers"
Abbey Road, Malvern, England. Buried in CAIRO WAR MEMORIAL CEMETERY
Egypt. Section B. Grave 196. See also Australian
Roll of Honour. |
WOLSELEY-JENKINS |
Charles
Wolseley |
Captain,
2nd Battalion, Rifle Brigade. Killed in action France & Flanders
25 September 1915. Aged 25. Son of Ada Wolseley-Jenkins, of Abbots-Field,
Shrewsbury, & the late Colonel Wolseley-Jenkins, of the 19th Hussars.
No known grave. Commemorated on PLOEGSTEERT MEMORIAL Belgium. Panel
10. |
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