WORCESTER KING'S SCHOOL WORLD WAR 1 WAR MEMORIAL

ACTON

Norman Frederick

Second Lieutenant, 4th Battalion Worcestershire Regiment. Died 23rd April 1917. Son of Mr. F. G. Acton, 154 Bath Rd, Worcester. Arras Memorial, Bay 6. Also appears on Worcester Guildhall and Worcester St Matthew memorials and Kings School window in Worcester Cathedral Cloisters.

ALDANA

Juan Manuel

Lieutenant, 12th Battalion Worcestershire Regiment. Died aged 21 on 21st April 1917. Son of Abelards and Eliza Halliday Aldana, 32 Park Avenue, Porthcawl, Glamorgan. Feuchy Chapel British Cemetery, Wancourt, I. B. 33. Also appears on Kings School window in Worcester Cathedral Cloisters.

Second Lieutenant J.M. Aldana was wounded during the Battle of the Transloy Ridges on the Somme in October 1916. From April 15th – 19th 1917, the battalion was resting in the cellars of Arras, leaving the city during the afternoon of 19th April. Heavy shell-fire across the intended route at Feuchy Chapel delayed all the companies but eventually the bombardment slackened and the allotted reserve trenches were occupied just before dark. Those trenches were close to the positions of the British heavy guns and were heavily bombarded the next day resulting in the loss of several officers including Lieutenant Juan Aldana.

Source: The Worcestershire Regiment in the Great War, by Captain H. FitzM. Stacke.

ANDREWS

Francis Nicholas

Lieutenant, 15th Battalion Royal Irish Rifles. Died aged 20 on 11th October 1915. Son of the Rev. I. W. Andrews and Mrs. Andrews of Trysull Vicarage, Wolverhampton. Terlincthun British Cemetery, Wimille, VIII. E. 1. Also appears on Kings School window in Worcester Cathedral Cloisters.

ALLURED

Will

Second Lieutenant, “D” Company 6th Battalion Border Regiment. Died aged 21 on 14th September 1916. Son of Mr. R. F. and Mrs. E. J. Allured, of "Willoughby", Marlborough Rd, Sale, Cheshire. Native of Stretford, Manchester. Aveluy Communal Cemetery Extension, J.4. Also appears on Kings School window in Worcester Cathedral Cloisters.

BAGOTT

Fritz William

Gunner, 125th Battery, South African Heavy Artillery. Service No X/109. Died aged 25 on 29th April 1917. Son of Edward B. and Agnes M. Bagott, 78 Pembroke Crescent, Hove, Sussex. Native of Dudley, Worcs. Duisans British Cemetery, Etrun, III. H. 16. Also appears on Kings School window in Worcester Cathedral Cloisters.

BAIRD

Andrew Arthur Dering

Lieutenant, "B" Company, 1st Battalion Worcestershire Regiment. Died aged 19 on 8th July 1915. Son of Lieutenant Colonel A. and Mrs. F. A. Baird, of "Merton" Battenhall Rd, Worcester. Born in Mussooree, India. Cabaret-Rouge British Cemetery, Souchez, XV. M. 36. Also appears on Worcester Guildhall memorial and Kings School window in Worcester Cathedral Cloisters.

During the summer of 1915, the 1st battalion remained in one sector or another of the trench-line between Neuve Chapelle and Armentieres. During the hot weather, “no man’s land” became luxuriant with rank grass and flowers which gave good cover to the movement of patrols and resulted in many skirmishes. During one such fight between patrols on July 8th, 2nd Lieutenant A.A.D. Baird was killed. He was a very popular young officer, son of Colonel A. Baird, R.A.M.C., for many years Medical Officer to the Depot at Norton Barracks.

Source: The Worcestershire Regiment in the Great War, by Captain H. FitzM. Stacke.

BATE

Maurice Charles [Thornton]

Second Lieutenant, 2nd/9th Battalion London Regiment (Queen Victoria's Rifles). Died 13th August 1917. Ypres (Menin Gate) Memorial, Panel 54. Also appears on Kings School window in Worcester Cathedral Cloisters.

BEAUCHAMP

Penrith Sutton

Second Lieutenant, 10th Battalion Worcestershire Regiment. Died aged 24 on 25th January 1917. Son of Frederick William Beauchamp, late of Colwall, and Minnie Blanche Beauchamp, of The Cottage, Colwall, Malvern. Amara War Cemetery, XVIII. A. 3. Also appears on Kings School window in Worcester Cathedral Cloisters.

Second Lieutenant Beauchamp was one of only 4 officers to capture a Turkish trench mortar on the morning of 25th January 1917 during the battle of Kut-Al-Amara. A counter attack by the Turks was not long in coming during which Second Lieutenant Beauchamp was killed.

Source: The Worcestershire Regiment in the Great War, by Captain H. FitzM. Stacke.

BEDDOW

Cecil Victor

Second Lieutenant, 2nd Battalion Devonshire Regiment. Died aged 19 on 1st July 1916. Son of Josiah and Grace Mary Beddow, of "Mullion", Ballard Estate, Swanage, Dorset. Serre Road Cemetery No.2, XV. A. 5. Also appears on Kings School window in Worcester Cathedral Cloisters.

DAMPIER BENNETT

Owen Hewett

Lieutenant, Royal Air Force. Died on 26th April 1918. Abberley (St. Mary) Churchyard, North East of Church. Also appears on Kings School window in Worcester Cathedral Cloisters.

DE BLABY

Reginald Swithun

Captain, 3rd Battalion attached 4th Battalion The Loyal North Lancashire Regiment. Died aged 22 on 9th August 1916. Son of the Rev. W. G. R. and Selena De Blaby, of Kemberton Rectory, Shifnal, Salop. Corbie Communal Cemetery Extension, Plot 2. Row A. Grave 73. Also appears on Kings School window in Worcester Cathedral Cloisters.

TEMPLE BOURNE

Gerald [Hugh]

Second Lieutenant, 4th Squadron Royal Flying Corps and King’s Royal Rifle Corps. Died aged 23 on 18th March 1917. Son of Mary Temple Bourne, 22 Yew Tree Rd, Edgbaston, Birmingham, and the late William Temple Bourne. Mory Abbey Military Cemetery, Mory, IV. C. 7. Also appears on Kings School window in Worcester Cathedral Cloisters.

BONSER

Geoffrey Alwyn Gershom

Captain, Royal Army Medical Corps attached 12th Battalion Norfolk Regiment. Died aged 29 on 29th September 1918. Son of George Gershom Bonser and Dorothy A. Mary Bonser, of "Kirkstede" Church St, Sutton-in-Ashfield, Nottingham. B.A. St. John's College, Cambridge. Strand Military Cemetery, VIII. D. 5. Also appears on Kings School window in Worcester Cathedral Cloisters.

BRODRIBB

William Carr

Captain, 3rd Battalion Manchester Regiment. Died aged 28 on 26th August 1914. Son of Francis Benjamin and Helen Brodribb. Le Cateau Military Cemetery, III. A. 2. Also appears on Kings School window in Worcester Cathedral Cloisters.

BURR, MM

Alfred

Corporal 156562, 1st Special Company, Royal Engineers. Died 24th March 1918. Aged 27. Son of George Frederick Burr, of Highfields Park, Halesowen, Birmingham; and Caroline Burr, of Selsley Lawn, Hales Rd., Cheltenham. The Burr family was established in Halesowen for about 100 years, having moved there from Warwickshire. Alfred's brother, Frederick Bonham Burr, played cricket for Worcestershire, and also died in World War 1. Their father was a clergyman, and his paternal ancestors owned Hayseech Gunbarrel Mill in Rowley Regis. Awarded the Military Medal (M.M.). No known grave. Commemorated on Pozieres Memorial, Somme, France. Panel 10 to 13. Also appears on Kings School window in Worcester Cathedral Cloisters.

CHAPPEL

W.E.

No further information currently available. Also appears on Kings School window in Worcester Cathedral Cloisters.

CHAYTOR

Alban Kingsford

Second Lieutenant, 6th Battalion Worcestershire Regiment. Died 26th May 1915. La Clytte Military Cemetery, I.A.12. Also appears on Stoulton St Edmund, Worcester Cathedral Kings School window and Guildhall memorials.

CHIGNELL

Hugh

Second Lieutenant, 3rd Battalion Worcestershire Regiment. Died aged 19 on 26th April 1918. Son of George Street Chignell and Emma May Chignell, of Thornloe Bank, Worcester. Tyne Cot Memorial, Panel 75 to 77. Also appears on Worcester St John in Bedwardine, Kings School window in Worcester Cathedral Cloisters and Worcester Guildhall memorials.

Second Lieutenant Chignell was killed during the second battle of Kemmel. The village had been taken by British forces but when the French failed to take Kemmel Hill and provide support for them, they were forced to withdraw from the village to the railway line. The 3rd Battalion Worcestershire Regiment lost 9 officers and 90 N.C.O.’s and men during the battle, including Hugh Chignell.

Source: The Worcestershire Regiment in the Great War, by Captain H. FitzM. Stacke.

CLARKE

Francis Charles Erlin

Lieutenant, 5th Squadron Royal Flying Corps, secondary regiment, Worcestershire Regiment. Died aged 21 on 11th October 1917. Son of C.T. Erlin Clarke and Violet Isobel Clarke of Lark Hill, Worcester. Duisans British Cemetery, Etrun,

V.C.6. Also appears on Worcester St Martin, Kings School window in Worcester Cathedral Cloisters and Worcester Guildhall memorials.

COCKEY

John Edmund Percival

Second Lieutenant, 20th Battalion The King’s (Liverpool Regiment). Died on 30th July 1916. Son of Edmund Percival Cockey, M.D., London. Thiepval Memorial, Pier and Face 1D 8B and 8C. Also appears on Kings School window in Worcester Cathedral Cloisters.

CONAN DAVIES

[Hon.] Brymor [Ivan]

Lieutenant, 7th Battalion, York and Lancaster Regiment. Died 23rd November 1918. Aged 27. Son of the Rev. J. T. and Leonora Conan-Davies, of Bradley Rectory, Redditch, Worcs. Buried in Highgate Cemetery, London. Grave Ref: 79. 41222. Also appears on Kings School window in Worcester Cathedral Cloisters.

CHEVALIER CREAM

C.B.

Private, 16th Battalion Canadian Infantry (Manitoba Regiment), Canadian national. Service No 28855. Died on 14th March 1915. Rue-Petillon Military Cemetery, Fleurbaix, I. N. 14. Also appears on Kings School window in Worcester Cathedral Cloisters.

DARBY

N.L.

Lieutenant, 5th Battalion Manchester Regiment. Died aged 23 on 16th August 1917. Son of James and Agnes Jane Perry Darby. Born at Pedmore, Stourbridge. New Irish Farm Cemetery, XI. B. 6. Also appears on Kings School window in Worcester Cathedral Cloisters.

DAVEY

Charles Leonard

Lieutenant, 18th Battalion Machine Gun Corps (Infantry). Died aged 39 on 17th October 1918. Son of Harry and Sarah Davey. Born at Worcester. Honnechy British Cemetery, I. B. 65. Also appears on Kings School window in Worcester Cathedral Cloisters and Worcester Guildhall memorial.

DAVEY

Hubert Burgoyne

Lieutenant, South Wales Borderers. Died aged 28 on 5th December 1918. Son of the late Harry and Sarah Davey. Born at Worcester. Worcester (Astwood) Cemetery, Grave 25362. Also appears on Kings School window in Worcester Cathedral Cloisters and Worcester Guildhall memorial.

DAVIS

R.E.

No further information currently available. Also appears on Kings School window in Worcester Cathedral Cloisters.

DEAKIN

John Keelinge

Private, 1st Regiment (Infantry) South African Infantry (of South African nationality). Service No 13057. Died aged 39 on 20th September 1917. Son of the Reverend Keelinge A. Deakin and Annie G.H. Deakin, of Cofton Parsonage, Worcestershire, England. Ypres (Menin Gate) Memorial, Panel 15 – 16 and 16A. Also appears on Kings School window in Worcester Cathedral Cloisters.

ECCLES

Charley Gordon

Captain, 41st Squadron Royal Flying Corps. Died aged 29 on 25th May 1917. Son of R. Herbert Eccles and Jean M. Eccles, of Dingleton, Melrose, Roxburghshire. Native of Darwen, Lancs. Messines Ridge British Cemetery, II. F. 20. Also appears on Kings School window in Worcester Cathedral Cloisters.

COURTENAY EVANS

Alfred Henry

Second Lieutenant, 107th Squadron Royal Flying Corps and 11th Battalion East Lancashire Regiment. Died aged 20 on 22nd March 1918. Son of Alfred Richard and Lyle Evans, 3 Cedars Rd, Barnes Common, London. Durrington Cemetery, Grave 275. Also appears on Kings School window in Worcester Cathedral Cloisters.

FENTON

Bede Liddell

Major, 1st Battalion Dorsetshire Regiment. Died on 15th July 1916. Son of the Reverend E. Fenton, of Coombs Park, Coleford, Glos. Thiepval Memorial, Pier and Face 7B. Also appears on Kings School window in Worcester Cathedral Cloisters.

FERGUSSON

W.A.

Second Lieutenant, 4th Battalion Leicestershire Regiment. Died aged 29 on 15th May 1917. Son of Andrew Fergusson, 38 Demontfort St, Leicester. Noeux-Les-Mines Communal Cemetery, I. L. 19. Also appears on Kings School window in Worcester Cathedral Cloisters.

GRANT FERGUSSON

Duncan Macintyre

Lieutenant, 3rd Battalion King’s Own Scottish Borderers. Died aged 21 on 14th May 1915. Son of Lily M. and the late Rev. John Grant Ferguson, 41 Polwarth Terrace, Edinburgh. Boulogne Eastern Cemetery, II. B. 45. Also appears on Kings School window in Worcester Cathedral Cloisters.

GRANT FERGUSSON

Ian Alexander

Captain, 13th Battalion Royal Scots. Died aged 18 on 11th May 1916. Son of Lily M. Ferguson, 41 Polwarth Terrace, Edinburgh, and the late Rev. John Grant Ferguson. Native of Pirn, Innerleithen, Peeblesshire. Vermelles British Cemetery, IV. E. 4. Also appears on Kings School window in Worcester Cathedral Cloisters.

GRIFFITHS

William Percy

Lance Corporal, 3rd Battalion Worcestershire Regiment. Service No 11761. Died aged 23 on 16th June 1915. Son of Mrs. Rosey Griffiths, 3 Beaumont Terrace, Beach St, Ladywood, Birmingham. Ypres (Menin Gate) Memorial, Panel 34. Also appears on Kings School window in Worcester Cathedral Cloisters.

HALL

T.L.

Possibly Thomas Lambert Hall, Corporal, 18th Battalion King’s Royal Rifle Corps. Service No C/6875. Died aged 20 on 15th September 1916. Son of Thomas Lambert Hall and Edith Mabel Hall (nee Morgan), of Townsend House, Dilwyn, Weobley, Herefordshire. Thiepval Memorial, Pier and Face 13A and 13B. Also appears on Kings School window in Worcester Cathedral Cloisters.

HEMMING

Frank James

Lieutenant, 5th Battalion attached 2nd Battalion Worcestershire Regiment. Died aged 21 on 13th April 1918. Awarded the Military Cross (MC). Son of William J. and Mary A. Hemming, of Grove Hill, Droitwich Rd, Worcester. Ploegsteert Memorial, Panel 5. Also appears on Kings School window in Worcester Cathedral Cloisters and Worcester Guildhall memorial.

Lieutenant Frank J. Hemming was awarded the MC following the battle of Croiselles during which he defended an improvised work with great courage and tenacity, beating off repeated bombing attacks.

Source: The Worcestershire Regiment in the Great War, by Captain H. FitzM. Stacke.

HOWELLS

E.S.

No further information currently available. Also appears on Kings School window in Worcester Cathedral Cloisters.

SINNETT JONES

James Victor

Second Lieutenant, 3rd Battalion attached 17th Battalion Royal Welsh Fusiliers. Died aged 19 between 10/07/1916 and 12/07/1916. Son of the Reverend James and Catherine Sinnett-Jones, of Caerwys Rectory, Flintshire. Thiepval Memorial, Pier and Face 4 A. Also appears on Kings School window in Worcester Cathedral Cloisters.

KING

H.

No further information currently available. Also appears on Kings School window in Worcester Cathedral Cloisters and Worcester Guildhall memorial.

LEWIS

Alan Vivian

Lieutenant, Royal Air Force. Died aged 20 on 9th September 1918. Son of W.J. and Amy Lewis, of Cheddleton, Droitwich. Droitwich (St. Peter) Churchyard. Also appears on Kings School window in Worcester Cathedral Cloisters.

LEWIS

Edwin Richard Hampton

Second Lieutenant, “Z” Company, 4th Battalion Worcestershire Regiment. Died aged 25 on 25th April 1917. Son of the Reverend Edwin and E. Frederica Lewis, of Hampton Lovett Rectory, Droitwich, Worcs. Duisans British Cemetery, Etrun, III. F. 37. Also appears on Kings School window and the Old Choristers window in Worcester Cathedral Cloisters.

Second Lieutenant Edwin R.H. Lewis was one of the officers killed in the same action as Lieutenant Aldana. From April 15th – 19th 1917, the battalion was resting in the cellars of Arras, leaving the city during the afternoon of 19th April. Heavy shell-fire across the intended route at Feuchy Chapel delayed all the companies but eventually the bombardment slackened and the allotted reserve trenches were occupied just before dark. Those trenches were close to the positions of the British heavy guns and were heavily bombarded the next day resulting in the loss of several officers including Second Lieutenat Lewis.

Source: The Worcestershire Regiment in the Great War, by Captain H. FitzM. Stacke.

LIMBRICK

Arthur William [Wentworth]

Second Lieutenant, 3rd Battalion attached 2nd Battalion The Queen’s (Royal West Surrey Regiment). Died aged 19 on 14th March 1917. Son of the Reverend A. D. and M. Limbrick, of St. Mewan Rectory, St. Austell, Cornwall. Sergeant O.T.C. King's School, Worcester. Queens Cemetery, Bucquoy, II. A. 23. Also appears on Kings School window in Worcester Cathedral Cloisters.

LUDLOW

Stratford Walter

Captain, “C” Company, 1st/8th Battalion Royal Warwickshire Regiment. Died aged 22 on 1st July 1916. Son of Brigadier General W.R. Ludlow, and Helen Florence Ludlow, of Lovelace Hill, Solihull. Serre Road Cemetery No 2, XXXIX. E. 12. Also appears on Kings School window in Worcester Cathedral Cloisters.

MAJOR

H.

No further information currently available. Also appears on Kings School window in Worcester Cathedral Cloisters.

MALET

Francis Arthur Rivers

Flight Sub-Lieutenant, Royal Naval Air Service. Died aged 24 on 12th November 1916. Son of Herbert Rivers Malet and Violet Emma Matilda Malet , of The Nest, Ferry Rd, Felixstowe. Gillingham (Woodlands) Cemetery, ref: Naval 23. 1196. Also appears on Kings School window in Worcester Cathedral Cloisters and Worcester Guildhall memorial.

MARE

Arthur Llewellyn L.

Major, 33rd Brigade Royal Field Artillery. Died aged 22 on 27th May 1918. Son of Charles Dennis Mare and Mary Llewellyn Mare. Soissons Memorial. Also appears on Kings School window in Worcester Cathedral Cloisters.

MOORE

Walter Louis

Petty Officer Stoker, Royal Navy H.M.S. "Genista". Service No 300013. Died aged 34 on 23/10/1916. Son of Mr. and Mrs. Walter Moore, of Hove, Sussex; husband of Florence Emily Moore, of Wood View Terrace, Nailsea, Somerset. Portsmouth Naval Memorial, Ref: 16. Also appears on Kings School window in Worcester Cathedral Cloisters.

MOORE

W.H.E.

No further information currently available. Also appears on Kings School window in Worcester Cathedral Cloisters.

GRAVES MORRIS

Henry

Lance Corporal, 23rd Battalion Royal Fusiliers. Service No 6140. Died aged 29 on 23rd December 1917. Son of William and Emily Graves Morris, of Worcester. Etaples Military Cemetery, XXXI. E. 28. Also appears on Kings School window in Worcester Cathedral Cloisters.

NASH

G.

No further information currently available. Also appears on Kings School window in Worcester Cathedral Cloisters.

NASH

J.

No further information currently available. Also appears on Kings School window in Worcester Cathedral Cloisters.

NICHOLS

C.

No further information currently available. Also appears on Kings School window in Worcester Cathedral Cloisters.

NIND

Howard Percival

Rifleman, 12th Battalion King’s Royal Rifle Corps. Service No R/35262. Died on 16th August 1917. Tyne Cot Memorial, Panel 115 to 119 and 162A and 163A. Also appears on Kings School window in Worcester Cathedral Cloisters.

NORTH

Robert Dudley

Lieutenant, 2nd Battalion attached 14th Battalion Sherwood Foresters (Notts and Derby Regiment). Died aged 31 on 3rd May 1916. Son of Henry and Harriette Dobson North, 24 Watson Avenue, Mansfield, Notts. La Brique Military Cemetery No 2, I. V. 15. Also appears on Kings School window in Worcester Cathedral Cloisters.

NORTON

Cecil Herbert

Lance Corporal, 14th Battalion Canadian Infantry (Quebec Regiment) (Canadian National). Service No 25983. Died aged 33 on 29th April 1915. Son of the Reverend Philip Norton, late Rector of Brandon Pawa, Norfolk, England. Ypres (Menin Gate) Memorial, Panel 24 - 26 - 28 - 30. Also appears on Kings School window in Worcester Cathedral Cloisters.

OTTLEY

John Lawrence

Second Lieutenant, 56th Punjabi Rifles (Frontier Force) (Indian National). Died aged 19 on 22nd April 1917. Young. Son of John Bickersteth Ottley and Margaret Ottley (nee Wray), of Wakefield. Basra Memorial, Panel 53. Also appears on Kings School window in Worcester Cathedral Cloisters.

PEARCE

C.

No further information currently available. Also appears on Kings School window in Worcester Cathedral Cloisters.

PLUM

R.B.

Probably R.B. Plum, Second Lieutenant, Royal Field Artillery. Died on 2nd October 1917. Locre Hospice Cemetery, III. B. 14. Also appears on Kings School window in Worcester Cathedral Cloisters.

REED

H.W.

No further information currently available. Also appears on Kings School window in Worcester Cathedral Cloisters.

ROBERTS

Matthias Groves

Second Lieutenant, 3rd Battalion attached 1st Battalion Royal Berkshire Regiment. Died aged 19 on 3rd July 1917. Son of Matthias Groves Roberts and Tryphena Ann Roberts, of Bay View, Briton Ferry, Glam. Sailly-Labourse Communal Cemetery Extension, B. 12. Also appears on Kings School window in Worcester Cathedral Cloisters.

ROYCE

Dennis Carlton

Captain, 4th Battalion Royal Fusiliers. Died aged 33 on 21st August 1918. Awarded MC (Military Cross). Son of Dr. Royle; husband of S. Amy Royle, 3 Winterbrook Road, Herne Hill, London. Bucquoy Road Cemetery, Ficheux, VI. L. 28. Also appears on Kings School window in Worcester Cathedral Cloisters.

ROWLEY

H.T.

Probably Hugh Travers Rowley, Captain, 9th Battalion attached 2nd Battalion Royal Berkshire Regiment. Died aged 23 on 1st July 1916. Son of the Reverend Herbert Seddon Rowley, M.A., and Mrs. F. L. Rowley, of Wretham Rectory, Thetford. Norfolk. Thiepval Memorial, Pier and Face 11 D. Also appears on Kings School window and the Old Choristers window in Worcester Cathedral Cloisters.

SMITH

H.L.C.

Probably Harry Leonard Chappell Smith, Lieutenant, Sherwood Foresters (Notts and Derby Regiment). Died on 20th October 1914. Ploegsteert Memorial, Panel 7. Also appears on Kings School window in Worcester Cathedral Cloisters.

CRITCHLEY SMITH

John

Second Mate, Mercantile Marine S.S. “Mahratta.” Died aged 30 on 4th January 1918. Son of Arthur William and Minnie Smith, of The Square, Pershore; husband of Kathleen Smith, of Wyre, Pershore, Worcs. Port Said War Memorial Cemetery, D. 1. Also appears on Kings School window in Worcester Cathedral Cloisters.

SPENCER

J.H.

No further information currently available. Also appears on Kings School window in Worcester Cathedral Cloisters.

SHUTTLEWORTH

Francis Wilfred

Private, 8th Battalion Duke of Wellington’s (West Riding Regiment). Service No 23991. Died aged 27 on 27th August 1917. Son of Charles Benjamin and Elizabeth Reynolds Shuttleworth, 3 College Yard, Worcester. Tyne Cot Memorial, Panel 82 to 85 and 162A. Also appears on Kings School window and the Old Choristers window in Worcester Cathedral Cloisters and on Worcester Guildhall memorial.

SANBY THOMAS

D.C.

Second Lieutenant, 57th Training Squadron Royal Flying Corps and 3rd Battalion Welsh Regiment. Died on 16th February 1918. Ismailia War Memorial Cemetery, B. 37. Also appears on Kings School window in Worcester Cathedral Cloisters.

SANBY THOMAS

T.

Lieutenant, 5th Battalion Welsh Regiment. Died on 7th April 1918. Quesnoy Farm Military Cemetery, B. 2. Also appears on Kings School window in Worcester Cathedral Cloisters.

THOMPSON

V.

No further information currently available. Also appears on Kings School window in Worcester Cathedral Cloisters.

TONKING

David Wilson

Second Lieutenant, 3rd Battalion Duke of Cornwall’s Light Infantry, secondary regiment, Royal Warwickshire Regiment attached 10th battalion. Died aged 24 on 29th May 1917. Son o John H. and Martha Janet Tonking, of Trevu, Camborne, Cornwall. Bailleul Communal Cemetery Extension (Nord), III. B. 67. Also appears on Kings School window in Worcester Cathedral Cloisters.

TREE

Philip Bevan

Second Lieutenant, 8th Company Machine Gun Corps (Infantry). Died aged 23 on 24th March 1918. Son of Juliana Bevan Tree, 4 Lansdowne Crescent, Worcester, and the late Warren Williams Arrowsmith Tree. Pozieres Memorial, Panel 90 to 93. Also appears on Kings School window in Worcester Cathedral Cloisters, Worcester St Matthew’s and Worcester Guildhall memorials.

WAGSTAFF

J.B.

Private, 8th Battalion Worcestershire Regiment. Service No 240727. Died on 24th April 1917. Unicorn Cemetery, Vend’Huile, Spec. Mem. B. 2. Also appears on Kings School window in Worcester Cathedral Cloisters and Wyre Piddle memorial.

WARREN

Martin

Captain, “C” Company, 5th Battalion attached 1st Battalion Worcestershire Regiment. Died aged 20 on 25th March 1918. Son of Richard Alfred and Emily Mary Warren, 93 Park Avenue, Worcester. Pozieres Memorial, Panel 41. Also appears on Kings School window in Worcester Cathedral Cloisters.

Captain Martin Warren was killed during heavy fighting for the village of Pargny which saw the British forces withdraw from the village following a successful counter offensive by the Germans.

Source: The Worcestershire Regiment in the Great War, by Captain H. FitzM. Stacke.

WEBSTER

Aubrey Herbert Bower

Second Lieutenant, 6th Battalion Northamptonshire Regiment. Died aged 27 on 25th April 1916. Son of the Reverend J. and Mrs. E. F. Webster, of Ombersley Vicarage, Worcs. B.A., B.N.C., Oxford. Bray Military Cemetery, I. A. 1. Also appears on Kings School window in Worcester Cathedral Cloisters.

WIGGIN

John Hervey

Private, 5th Battalion Suffolk Regiment. Service No 2518. Died aged 21 on 12th August 1915. Son of John Chinery Wiggin and Alice Harriet Wiggin, 7 Constitution Hill, Ipswich. Helles Memorial, Panel 46 and 47. Also appears on Kings School window and the Old Choristers window in Worcester Cathedral Cloisters.

WILCOX

Francis Harry

Private, Herefordshire Regiment, secondary regiment, King’s Shropshire Light Infantry attached 5th Battalion. Service No 236707. Died aged 20 on 23rd September 1917. Son of Mary Jane Wilcox, of “Elmley”, 4 Hill Avenue, Worcester, and the late Francis Robert Wilcox. Native of Upton-on-Severn, Worcs. Westhof Farm Cemetery, II. E. 8. Also appears on Kings School window in Worcester Cathedral Cloisters, Upton-on-Severn Memorial Hall and St Peter & St Paul Church, Upton-on-Severn memorial.

WILLIAMS

Arthur Benjamin

Driver, H.Q. Company 11th Division Train, Army Service Corps. Service No T4/174239. Died aged 19 on 23rd November 1916. Son of Mr. H. S. and Mrs. E. M. Williams, of Kingsland, Herefordshire. Bouzincourt Communal Cemetery Extension, I. I. 7. Also appears on Kings School window in Worcester Cathedral Cloisters.

WILMOT

Henry Cecil

Private, Worcestershire Regiment. Service No 202923. Died aged 26 on 23rd July 1917. Son of Katharine Wilmot, of Perrystone Towers, Ross-on-Wye, and the late Reverend Francis E. W. Wilmot, M.A. Yatton Churchyard, in South-East part. Also appears on Kings School window in Worcester Cathedral Cloisters.

WILMOT

Robert Coningsby

Captain, 10th Battalion Sherwood Foresters (Notts and Derby Regiment). Died aged 31 on 29th October 1917. Son of the late Reverend Francis E. W. Wilmot and of Katharine Wilmot, of Perrystone Towers, Ross, Herefordshire. Ruisseau Farm Cemetery, C. 1. Also appears on Kings School window in Worcester Cathedral Cloisters.

WILMOT

Thomas Norbury

Second Lieutenant, 2nd Battalion Worcestershire Regiment. Died aged 20 on 25th August 1916. Awarded MC (Military Cross). Son of Katharine Wilmot, of Perrystone Towers, Ross-on-Wye, and the late Rev. Francis E. Wilmot. Heilly Station Cemetery, Mericourt-L'Abbe, III. E. 3. Also appears on Kings School window in Worcester Cathedral Cloisters.

Second Lieutenant Thomas N. Wilmot was awarded his MC during the Auchy Raid which took place on 1st/2nd July 1916. Following the explosion of two mines and an intense artillery bombardment, two companies of the 2nd Worcestershire Regiment dashed forward across ‘No Man’s Land’. The Germans first and second lines were overrun and then systematically the enemy’s dugouts and mine-shafts were bombed out and destroyed. The enemy fought stubbornly and made several attempts to retake the trench, by bombing from either flank. Second Lieutenant Wilmot , in particular, distinguished himself by great gallantry during the bombing fight. In August 1916, he died of wounds received during the battle of Delville Wood.

Source: The Worcestershire Regiment in the Great War, by Captain H. FitzM. Stacke.

WINTLE

Armar Lowry-Corry

Captain 9th Battalion Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers. Died age 20 on 22nd August 1917. Awarded MC (Military Cross). Son of Florence and the late Col. Fitzhardinge Wintle, (87th Punjabis) of Bamba House, Bray, Co. Wicklow. Wimereux Communal Cemetery, II. O. 1. Also appears on Kings School window in Worcester Cathedral Cloisters.

HARTLAND WOODS

Richard

Second Lieutenant, London Regiment (Cyclists), secondary regiment, King’s Royal Rifle Corps attached 8th Battalion. Died on 4th December 1917. Son of Mr. and Mrs. W. D. Woods, of Malvern; husband of Lillian R. Wood, of "St. Moritz", Wyche Rd., Malvern, Worcs. Tyne Cot Cemetery, XVII. A. 6. Also appears on Kings School window in Worcester Cathedral Cloisters.