READING,
ALFRED SUTTON SCHOOL WAR MEMORIAL
World
War 1 - Roll of Honour with detailed information
Compiled and copyright © Andy Chaloner 2010
This
is a school memorial for old boys and it taks the form of a white marble
tablet in the hall of the Alfred Sutton Junior School, Wokingham Road,
Reading, Berkshire.
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All
Photographs Copyright © Andy Challoner 2010
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IN
MEMORIAM
1914-1918
ABERY |
George |
Driver
69183, 35th Division Signal Company, Royal Engineers. Died of wounds
on the 29th November 1917, aged 19. Born in January 1898 in Reading,
enlisted on the 27th March 1915 in Reading, he lied about his age
on his attestation saying he was 19 when he was actually 17. Trade
on enlistment was a Porter. Son of William and A Abery of 54 De
Beauvoir Road, Reading. Buried at Dozinghem Military Cemetery in
Belgium, grave XV.E.12. |
ACHURCH |
William
Henry |
Second
Lieutenant, 2nd/5th Battalion Royal Warwickshire Regiment. Previously
served in the Berkshire Yeomanry and the Worcester Regiment. Died
of wounds on the 6th December 1917. Lived at 90 Cardigan Road, Reading.
Buried at Rocquigny-Equancourt Road British Cemetery, Manancourt
in France, grave VI.D.14. |
ADAMS |
Ernest
George Edward |
Pioneer
103144, 32nd Signal Company, Royal Engineers. Arrived in France
on the 21st November 1915. Killed in action on the 4th July 1916,
aged 18. Enlisted in Reading. Son of Mr and Mrs Ernest Adams of
97 Addington Road, Reading. Buried at Blighty Valley Cemetery, Authuille
Wood in France, grave I.B.2. |
ALLEN |
Alfred
Gilbert |
Private
45498, 8th Battalion Royal Berkshire Regiment. Killed in action
on the 23rd October 1918 during an attack at Le Cateau. Born and
enlisted in Reading. Remembered on the Vis-en-Artois Memorial in
France, panel 7. |
ALLUM |
Godfrey
Lewis |
Private
203413, 5th Battalion Royal Berkshire Regiment. Killed in action
on the 26th August 1918 during the attack on the village of Carnoy.
Born in Henley-on-Thames and enlisted in Newbury. Buried at Peronne
Road Cemetery in France, grave IV.E.34. |
AYRES |
William
Arthur |
Sapper
243961, Inland Water Transport, Royal Engineers. Previously served
in the 8th Battalion Royal Berkshire Regiment. Arrived in France
on the 7th August 1915. Awarded the Military Medal for Bravery in
the Field. Died of wounds on the 22nd July 1917, aged 19. Born in
Weybridge, Surrey and enlisted in Reading. Son of William and Minnie
Ayres of 9 St Edwards Road, Reading. Buried at Merville Communal
Cemetery Extension in France, grave I.B.43. |
BAKER |
Douglas
Walter |
Flight
Cadet, 29th Training Depot Station, Royal Air Force. Died in a flying
accident at Beaulieu in Hampshire on the 26th October 1918, aged
21. Born in Reading. Son of Mr and Mrs Henry Baker of 196 Kings
Road, Reading. Buried at East Boldre (St Paul) Churchyard, Hampshire,
grave 17. |
BEARD |
Leslie
Ernest John |
Lance
Sergeant 200528, 2nd/4th Battalion Royal Berkshire Regiment. Killed
in action on the 13th July 1916 during a raid on the German trenches
at Croix Barbee, aged 19. Born in Ross-on-Wye, Hereford and enlisted
in Reading. Son of Joseph John and May Beard of 95 Wokingham Road,
Reading. Remembered on the Loos Memorial in France, panel 93 to
95. |
BIRD |
Fred |
Lance
Corporal 102, 24th Battalion Australian Infantry Force. Died on
the 21st November 1916, aged 18. Enlisted aged 16. Lived in Newtown
Reading. Remembered on the Villers-Bretonneux Memorial in France,
panel 102. |
BISHOP |
John
Bryan |
Lance
Corporal 4653, 1st Battalion Honourable Artillery Company. Killed
in action on the 24th May 1917, aged 23. Resident of Henley-on-Thames,
enlisted at Armoury House, London. Son of Thomas Bryan and Louisa
Bishop of Calne House, 31 College Road, Reading. Buried at Mindel
Trench British Cemetery, St Laurent-Blangy in France, grave C.18. |
BOSTWICK |
Charles
Edwin |
Lance
Corporal 46143, 2nd Battalion Essex Regiment. Killed in action on
the 2nd September 1918. Born, lived and enlisted in Reading. Son
of Mr C H and Mrs L Bostwick of Amity Road, Reading. Remembered
on the Vis-en-Artois Memorial in France, panel 7. |
BUSHELL |
William
Charles |
Lance
Corporal 13176, 8th Battalion Royal Berkshire Regiment. Arrived
in France on the 7th August 1915. Killed in action on the 25th September
1915 during the attack on the German trenches on the 1st day of
the Battle of Loos, aged 20. Born and enlisted in Reading. Son of
William Ballard and Alice Edith Bushell of 37 Amity Road, Reading.
Remembered on the Loos Memorial in France, panel 93 to 95. |
CHALLEN |
Stanley
Harold |
Lance
Sergeant 18030, A Company 6th Battalion Royal Berkshire Regiment.
Arrived in France on the 3rd September 1915. Killed in action on
the 3rd May 1917, aged 22. Born in Guilford, Surrey and enlisted
in Reading. Son of Annie Challen of 49 Bulmershe Road, Reading and
the Late Henry Challen. Buried at Wancourt British Cemetery in France,
grave III.F.12. |
CLARKE |
H |
No
further information currently |
COOK |
Albert
Edward |
Private
34087, 1st/4th Battalion Royal Berkshire Regiment. Died of wounds
on the 17th August 1917. Born and enlisted in Reading. Resident
of 56 Amity Road, Reading. Buried at Etaples Military Cemetery in
France, grave XXII.P.11A. |
DAVIES |
A
S |
No
further information currently |
DAVIES |
Evan
Lloyd |
[Listed
on Brass Plaque] Corporal 200422, A Company 1st/4th Battalion Royal
Berkshire Regiment. Awarded the Military Medal for Bravery in the
Field. Died of wounds on the 5th November 1918, aged 35. Born at
Yattendon and enlisted in Reading. Son of William and Rhoda Davies,
husband of Grace Ethel Davies of 90 Hillside, Moulsecoomb, Brighton.
Remembered on the Reading Cemetery Memorial, ref 32.8995. Assistant
Master of Alfred Sutton junior School from 1906 to 1918. |
DAVIES |
Herbert
Charles |
Rifleman
40925, 2nd Battalion Rifle Brigade. Died on the 4th December 1918,
aged 19. Born in Reading. Son of Mary Davies and the late Evan Davies
of 122 Cumberland Road, Reading. Buried at Reading Cemetery, grave
79.16550. |
DEADMAN |
Robert
Methven |
Wireless
Operator, SS Romeo (Hull) Mercantile Marine. Killed in action on
his first voyage on the 3rd March 1918, aged 17. The ship was torpedoed
7 miles south of the Mull of Galloway by the German Submarine U102.
Educated at Kendrick and Reading schools. Son of Ernest Bezant and
Helen Deadman of 28 Manchester Road, Reading. Remembered on the
Tower Hill Memorial in London.
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EARLEY |
Frank
Washbourne |
Private
200566, 1st/4th Battalion Royal Berkshire Regiment. Died of wounds
on the 13th June 1918, aged 21. Born and enlisted in Reading. Son
of Harry and Margaret Earley of 12 Manchester Road, Reading. Buried
at Montecchio Precalcino Communal Cemetery Extension in Italy, plot
2, row C, grave 3. |
EIGHTEEN |
Henry
Thomas |
Private
20350, 1st/4th Battalion Royal Berkshire Regiment. Also served as
number 23774. Killed in action on the 24th November 1916. Enlisted
in Reading. Buried at Adanac Military Cemetery, Miraumont in France,
grave IV.G.27. |
ELLIOTT |
Frederick
Howard |
Private
85703, Machine Gun Corps. Previously served in the Royal Field Artillery,
number 170375. Died of wounds on the 22nd May 1918, aged 20. Born
and enlisted in Reading. Son of Emily and the late William Elliot
of 98 Donnington Gardens, Reading. Buried at Etaples Military Cemetery
in France, grave LXV.D.8. |
FORREST |
James
Albert |
Private
G/51202, 20th Battalion Middlesex Regiment. Previously served in
the Royal West Surrey Regiment, Number G/18640. Killed in action
on the 24th November 1917, aged 19. Born in Reading and enlisted
in Guildford, Surrey. Son of Mr J A J and Mrs A S A Forrest of 85
Albert Road, Reading. Remembered on the Cambrai Memorial, Louverval
in France, panel 9. |
FRANKLIN |
Percy
(J) George |
Gunner
RMA/12660, Royal Marine Artillery, HMS Vanguard. Previously served
on the Queen Elizabeth and survived being torpedoed in 1914 on HMS
Aboukir. Died the 9th July 1917, aged 23, HMS Vanguard sunk as a
result of an internal explosion at Scapa Flow in Scotland. Born
in Reading. Son of Sir John and Florence May Franklin of 70 Hamilton
Road, Reading and husband of Caroline Mary Franklin of 48 Widley
Road, North End, Portsmouth. Remembered on the Portsmouth Naval
Memorial, panel 27.
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GATEHOUSE |
Reginald
Charles Earl |
Private
CH/19258 Royal Marine Light Infantry, Zeebrugge Battalion. Died
on the 23rd April 1918 aged 19. Enlisted in 1914. Son of Earl and
Alice Gatehouse of 6 Clarendon Road, Reading. Buried at St Peters
Church Earley, Reading east of the Church.
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HARDING |
Horace |
Private
19963, 1st Battalion Royal Scots Fusiliers. Killed in action on
the 25th October 1916, aged 22. Born and enlisted in Reading. Son
of William and Fanny Harding of 11 Coventry Road, Reading. Buried
at Euston Road Cemetery in France, grave I.C.6. |
HEWETT |
James
William |
Private
31858, A Company 6th Battalion Wiltshire Regiment. Died of wounds
on the 18th November 1917, aged 19. Enlisted in Reading. Son of
John Samuel and Constance Eliza Hewett of 65 Grange Avenue Reading.
Buried at Abbeville Communal Cemetery Extension in France, grave
III.E.7. |
HODGES |
Horace
John |
Private
50109, Imperial Camel Corps. Had previously served in the Dragoons
as number 1730 and the Berkshire Yeomanry in 1912. Killed in action
on the 1st May 1918, aged 23. Born and enlisted in Reading. Son
of John Henry and Alice Mary Hodges of 95 De Beauvoir Road, Reading.
Remembered on the Jerusalem Memorial in Israel, panel 7. |
KINGTON |
Percy
Francis |
Rifleman
554923, 16th Battalion London Regiment (Queens Westminster Rifles).
Died on the 16th March 1918. Born in and resident of Reading, enlisted
in Westminster. Son of John Francis and Marian Kington of 1 Hamilton
Road, Reading. Buried at Maroeuil British Cemetery in France, grave
IV.H.11. |
LEVEY |
Lenard
William |
Private
44209, East Surrey Regiment. Previously served in the 2nd/23rd Battalion
London Regiment. Killed in action on the 2nd September 1918. Born
and enlisted in Reading. Buried at Wulverghem-Lindenhoek Road Military
Cemetery in Belgium, grave V.E.17. |
LINDSAY |
Leslie
Ernest |
Private
2488, 9th Battalion East Surrey Regiment. Arrived in France on the
31st August 1915. Killed in action 26th September 1915 aged 20.
Born in Reading and enlisted in Kingston-on-Thames, Surrey. Son
of George and Mary A Lindsay of 14 Palmer Park Avenue, Reading.
Remembered on the Loos Memorial in France, panel 65 to 67. |
LLOYD |
F |
No
further information currently |
LOVE |
Charles |
Sergeant
3435, 2nd/4th Royal Berkshire Regiment. Killed in action in the
trenches at Bouzingcourt on the 26th November 1916, aged 23. Enlisted
in Reading. Son of the late Mr and Mrs Love of 223 London Road,
Reading. Remembered on the Thiepval Memorial in France, pier and
face 11 D. |
MARTIN
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Stanley |
Second
Lieutenant, 2nd Battalion London Regiment (Royal Fusiliers) previously
served in the Royal Berkshire Regiment as a Sergeant service number
2751. Arrived in France on the 30th March 1915. Awarded the Military
Medal for Bravery in the field. Killed in action on the 18th September
1918, aged 21. Son of Charles Alfred and Maria Martin of 22 Hatherley
Road, Reading. Buried at Epehy Wood Farm Cemetery in France, grave
I.E.6. |
MAY |
Walter |
Lance
Corporal 12760, 6th Battalion Royal Berkshire Regiment. Arrived
in France on the 25th July 1915. Killed in action on the 5th October
1916, aged 22. Born and enlisted in Reading. Resident of 3 Pitcroft
Avenue, Reading. Remembered on the Thiepval Memorial in France,
pier and face 11D. |
NEWPORT |
Reginald |
Private
203221, 3rd Battalion Worcestershire Regiment. Also served as a
Signaller in the Regiment. Killed in action on the 26th April 1918,
aged 20. Born and enlisted in Reading. Son of Tom and Caroline Newport
of 13 Grange Avenue, Reading. Remembered on the Tyne Cot Memorial
in Belgium, panel 75 to 77. |
ODELL
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Joseph
William |
Trooper
1802, Berkshire Yeomanry. Arrived in Egypt on the 21st April 1915.
Discharged through sickness and returned home, died of Consumption
on the 3rd February 1916. Son of Mr and Mrs Odell of 87 Cardigan
Road, Reading. Buried at Reading Cemetery. |
PINKER |
Horace
Lacey |
Private
203760, 1st/4th Battalion Royal Berkshire Regiment. Also serve in
the Berkshire Yeomanry as number 3420 and the Standerton Commando
as number 38. Killed in action on the 5th April 1917, aged 22. Born
and enlisted in Reading, resident of Eastbourne. Buried at Templeux-Le-Guerard
British Cemetery in France, gave I.A.13. |
PRIOR |
Edwin
James Farlow |
Private
41177, 9th Battalion Norfolk Regiment. Killed in action on the 15th
April 1918, aged 19. Born in Wokingham and enlisted in Redhill Surrey.
Brother of Arthur James Prior of 65 Foxhill Road, Reading. Remembered
on the Tyne Cot Memorial in Belgium, panel 34 to 35 and 162A. |
PUSEY |
Ralph
George |
Private
16604, 4th Company, 1st Battalion Grenadier Guards. Arrived in France
on the 6th October 1914. Killed in action on the 20th October 1914,
aged 19. Born and enlisted in Reading. Son of Frank Howard and Sarah
Jane Pusey of 134 Cumberland Road, Reading. Remembered on the Menin
Gate in Ypres, Belgium, panel 9 to11. |
SAWYER |
William
Morris |
Driver
68568, 3rd Brigade Royal Horse Artillery, RA and TC Command Depot
Catterick. Arrived in France on the 15th August 1914. Died at Catterick
Military Hospital after nearly 4 years in France and Belgium. 26th
November 1918, aged 23. Son of Mrs Emily Graham of 30 Amity Road,
Reading. Buried at Reading Cemetery, grave 2. 7016. |
SCHOFIELD |
Charles
Victor |
Private
26744, 3rd Battalion Grenadier Guards. Died of wounds on the 20th
December 1917. Enlisted in Reading. Resident of 69 Donnington Road,
Reading. Son of Richard William Schofield of 359 Elgar Road, Reading.
Buried at St Sever Cemetery Extension, Rouen in France, grave P.V.D.3B. |
SHARMAN |
Stanley
Charles |
Private
283780, 1st/4th Battalion London Regiment, Royal Fusiliers. Formerly
served as number 6648 and 7583. Died of wounds on the 17th August
1917, aged 20. Born in West Norwood, London and enlisted in Reading.
Son of Frederick and L E H Sharman of 68 Liverpool Road, Reading.
Buried at Mendinghem Military Cemetery in Belgium, grave III.F.8. |
SMITH |
William |
Private
37581, 1st Battalion Royal Berkshire Regiment. Died of wounds on
the 7th March 1917, aged 19. Born in Newmarket and enlisted in Reading.
Son of Samuel and Mary Smith of 17 Parnell Street Reading. Buried
at Dernancourt Communal Cemetery Extension in France, grave VI.C.11. |
SMYTHE |
Herbert |
Corporal
8254, 4th (Queens Own) Hussars. Killed in action on the 16th October
1914, aged 21. Born in Reading and enlisted in Eastbourne. Son of
Frank and Annie Smythe of Northlands, Streatley-on-Thames. Formerly
of 82 Cumberland Road, Reading. Remembered on the La Ferte-Sous-Jouarre
Memorial in France. |
TILLEN |
Harry |
Able
Seaman J/14399. Royal Navy, HMS Invincible. Killed in action on
the 31st May 1916, aged 20. During the Battle of Jutland HMS Invincible
was sunk by the German Battlecruisers Lützow and Derfflinger. Son
of Kate Allen of 46 Crescent Road, Reading. Remembered on the Portsmouth
Naval Memorial in Portsmouth, panel 13.
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WEEKS |
Charles
Edward |
Private
3048 and 200817, 1st and 1st/4th Battalion Royal Berkshire Regiment.
Went to France on the 30th March 1915. Wounded on the 30th July
1916 when a shell exploded next him, he suffered 23 wounds to his
legs, arm and head. After recovering from his wounds he returned
to France. He was wounded again and then Died on the 25th March
1918, aged 24. Born in Reading in 1894, enlisted in 1914. Son of
Charles and Agnes Esther Weeks of 180 Kings Road, Reading. Remembered
on the Arras Memorial, Faubourg-d Amiens Cemetery in France, bay
7. |
WING |
Albert
George |
Private
2580, 1st/4th Battalion Royal Berkshire Regiment. Went to France
on the 30th March 1915. Died of Wounds on the 29th July 1916. Born
and enlisted in Reading. Son of William George and Mary Frances
Wing of 92 Donnington Gardens. Buried at St Sever Cemetery Extension,
Rouen in France, grave A.13.45 |
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