ST.
FAITH'S SCHOOL, CAMBRIDGE
World
War 1 - Roll of Honour with detailed information
Compiled and copyright © Martin Edwards
St.
Faith's School is a private prep school attached to the Leys and occupying
several houses and more recent extensions along Trumpington Road, Cambridge,
CB2 2AG. The memorial covers World War 1 and 2 and is in the form of
a wooden board. There are 45 names for World War 1, World War 2 not
yet counted.
IN
MEMORY OF THE OLD BOYS AND MASTERS WHO
GAVE THEIR LIVES DURING THE TWO WORLD WARS
ADAM |
Arthur
Innes |
Captain, "A" Company, 2st Battalion, Cambridgeshire
Regiment. Killed in action 16 September 1916. Aged 22. Baptised
21 May 1894 in Cambridgeshire, St Giles, son of James (Fellow
of Emmanuel College) and Adela Marion Adam of 5, Giles House,
Chesterton Road, Cambridge. Son of Adela Marion Adam, M.A., of
29, Barton Rd., Cambridge, and the late James Adam, Litt.D Scholar
of Winchester College, and of Balliol College, Oxford. 1st Class
Honour Moderations, 1914. In the 1901 census he was aged 6, born
Cambridgeshire, son of James and Adela Adam, resident Emmanuel
House, Parker Street, Cambridge. Buried in ACHIET-LE-GRAND COMMUNAL
CEMETERY EXTENSION, Pas de Calais, France. Plot IV. Row Q. Grave
12. See also Cambridge
Guildhall and Cambridge St
Mark's
Extract
from England & Wales Government Probate Death Index
1917:
ADAM
Arthur Innes of 21 Barton-road Cambridge lieutenant
Cambridge regiment died on or since 16 September 1916 in France
on active service Probate London 24 August to
Adela Marion Adam widow. Effects £1186 19s.
From
the Balliol College War Memorial Book, Volume 1 - Arthur
Adam Innes
ARTHUR
ADAM was born at Cambridge on April 25, 1894. Alike from his father
Dr. James Adam, the distinguished Platonic scholar and Tutor of
Emmanuel, and from his mother, a Classical Lecturer at Girton,
he inherited the tradition of classical scholarship. As a boy
of three he used to read Job and Jeremiah on the nursery sofa,
and in July 1907, when he was elected to the senior scholarship
at Winchester, the examiners noted that he “showed remarkable
classical ability.” His Winchester days brought him many
prizes, culminating in the Goddard Scholarship in July 1912. He
came to Balliol in October of that year as the first Classical
Scholar, and at the end of his first term was awarded the Warner
Exhibition: in March 1914 he obtained his first in Honour Moderations,
and had already made a most promising start in Greats when the
war broke out.
In
September he was commissioned as 2nd Lieut. In the 1st Cambridgeshire
Regiment. He had great fears that his eye- sight would not be
good enough for Foreign Service, but he was passed in May 1915,
and went to France in June to join the 1st Battalion. He was at
first near Armentières and moved to the Somme in September:
after a period the First Army Training School he returned to his
battalion as Temporary Captain in February 1916. On September
3rd he took part in the battle near Hamel, and on the night of
September 15 was reported wounded and missing or captured. No
further news was ever received and it is presumed that he was
killed that night.
At
Balliol he was a conspicuous figure, the life and soul of his
circle. Thin and wiry, with a head of exceptionally fair hair,
sharp features and a rather high-pitched voice he seemed naturally
to attract nick-names to his friends he was “The Mouse,”
to the irreverent spirits of the Boys’ Club “Scare-
crow,” and afterwards to his company “Parson Snowy”
each name appropriate enough. Though he was above average as a
as a classical scholar, he was never a pedant, and had quite the
finer touch in composition which wins University scholarships.
The classics were always literature to him, and with a deep love
of Homer and Plato and Pindar he united a certain impatience of
pedantic analysis. His mind was intensely versatile, and his thinking
full of vitality and always connected with action. He spoke often
in the Union and was deeply interested in the "social problem,”
but showed his interest not so much in theorizing as in the practical
work of the Boys’ Club, where he was always a favourite
and had a great influence on the boys. His real passion was music
he was a good amateur violinist and an enthusiastic member of
the Bath Choir, but he was just as much at home at the old piano
in the Boys’ Club, trying to teach an unruly audience songs
from Gaudeamus. His eyesight prevented him from taking much part
in games or athletics, but he was devoted to the country and loved
nothing better than his rambles on reading—parties in Somerset
and Wales. It was perhaps in this spirit as well as from a high
sense of duty that he joined the Cavalry Squadron of the O.T.C.
The
impression left by Arthur Adam on his contemporaries is one of
intense vitality: he was always alert and his ready and whimsical
wit and his high laugh were infectious. Below this, as his friends
knew, was a deep and serious outlook on life, and an eager desire
to help his generation. To them he was unique, and the impression
could hardly be better summed up than in a sentence from the letter
of a friend who came across him in France: “In October I
met the one and only Adam at Abbeville; he was lost in his uniform
and George Meredith.”
|
AMOS |
Gilbert
Stratton |
Second
Lieutenant, "D" Company, 2nd Battalion, King's Own Scottish
Borderers. Killed in action 14 September 1914. Aged 18. Son of
Maj. Herbert Gilbert McLachlan Amos, D.S.O., and Kate Isabella
Amos. In the 1911 census he was aged 15, born York, Yorkshire,
a boarder at school, resident Wellington College Crowthorne, Berkshire.
Buried in VAUXBUIN FRENCH NATIONAL CEMETERY, Aisne, France. Plot
II. Row C. Grave 16.
Extract
from A Bond of Sacrifice, Vlume 1, page 60:
2nd
LIEUTENANT GILBERT STRATTON AMOS, 2nd BATTN. KING'S OWN SCOTTISH
BORDERERS, who was killed in action at the battle of
the Aisne on the 14th September,1914, a few days before he had
completed his 19th year, was the only son of Major Amos, D.S.O.,
late King's Own Scottish Borderers, of St. Ibbs, Hitchin. Second
Lieutenant Amos was educated at Wellington College, where he was
in Mr. Upcote's House from 1909-1912, when he went to the R.M.C.,
Sandhurst, whence he was gazetted to the King's Own Scottish Borderers
in February, 1914.
Extract
from De Ruvigny's Roll Of Honour 1914-1918, Volume 2,
page 6:
AMOS,
GILBERT STRATTON, 2nd Lieut., 2nd Battn. (25th Foot)
The King's Own Scottish Borderers, only s. of Major Herbert Gilbert
Maclachlan Amos, of St. Ibbs, Hitchin, D.S.O., late King's Own
Scottish Borderers ; educ. Wellington College, and the Royal Military
College, Sandhurst ; gazetted 2nd Lieut. K.O.S.B. 25 Feb. 1914;
served with the Expeditionary Force in France and Flanders, and
was killed in action at the Battle of the Aisne 14 Sept. 1914.
|
BARNARD |
Humfrey
Denzil |
Second
Lieutenant, 6th Battalion attached 3rd Battalion, Rifle Brigade
(The Prince Consort's Own). Killed in action 21 August 1916. Aged
24. Born 9 June 1892, baptised 9 July 1892 at Croydon, Holy Saviour,
son of John Charles and Ada Maria Barnard, of Carrigbown Thornton
Heath. Son of the late John C. Barnard and of Ada M. Barnard,
of 45, Manor Rd., Beckenham, Kent. IN the 1901 census he was aged
8, born Croydon, Surrey, son of John C and Ada M Barnard, resident
42, Brigstock Road, Croydon, Surrey. No known grave. Commemorated
on THIEPVAL MEMORIAL, Somme, France. Pier and Face 16 B and 16
C.
Extract
from De Ruvigny's Roll Of Honour 1914-1918, Volume 5,
page 9:
BARNARD,
HUMFREY DENZIL, 2nd Lieut., 6th (Reserve), attd. 4th,
Battn. The Rifle Brigade (The Prince Consort's Own), yst. s.
of the late John Charles Barnard, Solicitor, of Lincoln's Inn
Fields, London, W.C., by his wife, Ada Maria, fourth dau. of the
late George Routledge, of Stone House, Hayton, Cumberland, J.P.,
D.L., Founder of the publishing firm of George Routledge and Sons,
of Broadway, Ludgate Hill, E.C. ; b. Thornton Heath,
co. Surrey, 9 June, 1892 ; educ. Re ton School; subsequently matriculated
at Jesus College, Cambridge, In Oct. 1911, and took his B.A. and
LL.B. in Part I. Historical Tripos in 1913. and Part II. Law Tripos
In 1914 ; was President of the Union Society, Lent Term, 1915,
and a prominent speaker and politician. For a short time he was
a master at St. Faith's School, Cambridge, until he obtained a
commission in the Rifle Brigade early in 1915 ; served with the
Expeditionary Force in France and Flanders from 8 March, 1916,
and was killed in action at Guillemont 20 Aug. 1916. His officer,
the Hon. M. T. Boscawen, wrote : " He was in my company on
the 18th ; the battalion attacked and took the German trenches
north of Guillemont ; during the attack your son did extremely
useful work, and it was his platoon that took the station. . .
Second Lieut. Barnard had the satisfaction of being able to account
for several Germans himself.. . . The battalion had a fairly bad
time of it, and lost 18 officers in two days." Unm.
|
BATESON,
MC |
John |
Lieutenant,
"A" Battery, 28th Brigade, Royal Field Artillery. Killed
in action 14 October 1918. Aged 20. Born in Cambridge. Son of William
and Caroline Beatrice Bateson, of The Manor House, Merton, London.
A naturalist of exceptional promise. Awarded the Military Cross
(M.C.)[London Gazettes; 30507/4 February 1918;30780/5 July 1918
(C)]. In the 1901 census he was aged 2, born Cambridge, son of William
and Caroline B Bateson, resident Merton House, Grantchester, Chesterton,
Cambridgeshire. In the 1911 census he was aged 12, born Cambridge,
at school, boarding at St Faith's. Trumpington Road Cambridge. Buried
in DADIZEELE NEW BRITISH CEMETERY, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium. Plot
VI. Row E. Grave 8. See also Cambridge
Guildhall |
BOUGHEY |
Anchitel
Edward Fletcher |
Lieutenant,
8th Battalion, Rifle Brigade. Died 10 October 1918. Aged 26. Son
of the Rev. A. H. F. Boughey (Fellow of Trinity College, Cambridge)
and Katharine A. Boughey, of 4, Cranmer Rd., Cambridge. Previously
admitteed to Queen Alexandra's Military Hospital at Millbank 12
August 1915 with an arm wound, discharged 23 August 1915. Buried
at GRANGEGORMAN MILITARY CEMETERY, County Dublin, Republic of
Ireland. Plot CE. Officers. Grave 26. See
also Cambridge St Giles
and Cambridge St Mary the
Great and
also Cambridge Guildhall
Extract
from De Ruvigny's Roll Of Honour 1914-1918, Volume 5,
page 18:
BOUGHEY,
ANCHITEL EDWARD FLETCHER, Lieut., 8th (Service) Battn.
The Rifle Brigade (The Prince Consort's Own), yr. s.
of the Bev. Anchitel Harry Fletcher Boughey, Fellow of Trinity
College, Cambridge, by his wife, Katharine Annie, dau. of I. S.
Lovell, of Thornby, co. Northampton ; b. Cambridge, 6
Nov. 1891 ; educ. Marlborough College ; gazetted 2nd Lieut. let
Cambridgeshire Regt. 5 Feb. 1910 ; resigned his commission In
1913; went to Canada in that year, and settled at Montreal, where
he was on the staff of the Bank of Montreal ; returned to England
immediately on the outbreak of war, and, volunteering for active
service, was gazetted 2nd Lieut. 8th Rifle Brigade 14 Sept. 1914
; served with the Expeditionary Force in France and Flanders from
May, 1915 ; was wounded at Hooge the following July, and invalided
home ; on recovery, not being passed as fit for active service,
was appointed Instructor to an Officers' Cadet Battn., and-was
subsequently given a poet at the War Office ; proceeded to Ireland
In September, 1918, on special recruiting work, and, returning
to England on the S.S. Lelnster, was drowned when that ship was
torpedoed in the Irish Sea 10 Oct. 1918. Burled in Dublin Military
Cemetery. His General (in Ireland) wrote : " His sad fate
has cast a gloom over all of those here who know him. For myself,
I feel that I have lost a true friend." A few days before
his death his appointment as Staff Capt. was recommended and approved;
unm.
|
BOYD |
J
M |
possibly
Joseph Martyn Boyd. Lance Corporal 12/53, 12th (Service) (Sheffield)
Battalion, York and Lancaster Regiment. Killed in action 1 July
1916. Born Clapham, Middlesex, enlisted Sheffield. In the 1901 census
he was aged 8, born Battersea, Middlesex, son of Martha Boyd (a
widow), resident 19, Bateman Street, Cambridge. No known grave.
Commemorated on THIEPVAL MEMORIAL, Somme, France. Pier and Face
14 A and 14 B. |
BUTLER |
Gordon
Kerr Montagu |
Lieutenant,
2nd Scottish Horse [Territorial] attached Machine Gun Corps. Died
on service 17 July 1916. Aged 23. Baptised 12 December 1891 at
Cambridge, All Saints, son of Henry Montagu and Agnata Frances
Butler, of Trinity Lodge, Trinity College, Cambridge. Son of H.
Montagu Butler and Agnata F. Butler, of Trinity Lodge, Cambridge.
Educated 1905-1910 Harrow School, Harrow, Middlesex, son of Dr
H M Butler. Buried in KANTARA WAR MEMORIAL CEMETERY, Egypt. Plot
C. Grave 18. See also Cambridge
Guildhall and also Cambridge
University, Trinity College
Extract
from England & Wales Government Probate Death Index
1917:
BUTLER
Gordon Kerr Montagu of Trinity Lodge Cambridge
lieutenant in Scottish Horse died 17 July 1916 in Egypt Administration
Peterborough 15 January to the reverend Henry
Montagu Butler trinity college master.
Effects £390 13s. 11d.
|
CAMPBELL |
Kenneth
Gordon |
Lieutenant,
12th Battalion, Highland Light Infantry. Killed in action 25 September
1915. Aged 20. Native of Cambridge. Baptised 12 March 1895 in Cambridge,
St Giles, son of Blanche Iveson and Frederick Gordon Bluett Campbell,
of 5 Selwyn Gardens, Cambridge, Son of Gordon and Blanche Campbell,
of The Thatched Cottage, Brundall, Norwich. Buried in DUD CORNER
CEMETERY, LOOS, Pas de Calais, France. Grave lost. Special Memorial
11.
Extract
from De Ruvigny's Roll Of Honour 1914-1918, Volume 5,
page 56:
CAMPBELL, KENNETH GORDON, Lieut., 12th (Service) Battn.
The Highland Light Infantry, only s. of Gordon Campbell,
of 15, Market Street, Cambridge, LL.D., Trinity College, Cambridge,
Barrister of the Western Circuit, Law Lecturer, Cambridge, by
his wife, Blanche, dau. of the Rev. William Watkins, Warden of
Magdalen Hospital, Streatham, S.W. ; b. Cambridge, 12
Feb. 1895 ; educ. St. Faith's, Cambridge ; Winchester (Exhibitioner),
where he served for five years in the O.T.C., obtaining the rank
of Colour-Sergt., and had won a Classical Scholarship at Trinity
Hall, Cambridge, but would not go into residence owing to the
outbreak of war ; was gazetted Lieut. 12th Highland L.I. 29 Sept.
1914 ; was Adjutant to his Regt. from Jan. to Sept. 1915 ; went
to France 11 July, 1915, and was killed in action at the Battle
of Loos 25 Sept. following, when gallantly leading his men against
the first German trench while Second in Command of B Coy. Buried
one and a quarter miles north-west of Loos Church. While at Winchester
he was School Prefect, and head of his (B) House (Mr. Aries) ;
obtained his Colours for Football XI. (Association), also for
XV.'s and VI.'s (Winchester game), and was Captain of the Golf
Club, playing first for the team from scratch ; unm.
|
COLBORNE |
Richard
Arthur Pell (The Revd.) |
Chaplain
4th Class, Army Chaplains' Department attached to 1st/1st Battalion,
London Regiment (Royal Fusiliers). Killed in action 28 May 1918.
Aged 31. Born 17 August 1886 at the Grammar School, baptised 19
September 1886 in Sudbury, St Gregory, son of Arthur and Margaret
Ethel Colborne. Son of Arthur and Margaret Ethel Colborne, of Quy
Vicarage, Cambs. Native of Sudbury, Suffolk. He was Curate-in-charge
of St. John's Church, Merton, Surrey. In the 1901 census he was
aged 14, born Sudbury, Suffolk, son of Arthur and Margaret Ethel
Colborne, resident The Vicarage, Stow cum Quy, Chesterton, Cambridgeshire.
Buried in DAINVILLE BRITISH CEMETERY, Pas de Calais, France. Plot
I. Row D. Grave 1.
Extract
from De Ruvigny's Roll Of Honour 1914-1918, Volume 4,
page 34:
COLBORNE,
RICHARD ARTHUR PELL, Capt., and Chaplain to the Forces'
(4th Class), attd. 1st Battn. (Royal Fusiliers) The London Regt.
(T.F.), s. of the Rev. Arthur Colborne, MA., of Quy Vicarage,
Cambridge, by his wife, Margaret Ethel, dau. of the Rev. Richard
E. Pell Edmonds ; b. Sudbury, co. Suffolk, 17 Aug. 1886
; educ. St. Faith's, Cambridge ; Radley College (Scholar), and
Worcester College, Oxford, where he graduated with honours in
Divinity in 1909. After taking his degree he was ordained to the
parish of Gaddesden, and in 1913 was curate-in-charge of St. John's
Church, Romford, and in 1916 of St. John's, Merton, S.W. ; volunteered
for foreign service, and was gazetted Chaplain to the Forces (4th
Class) 26 March, 1917, being attached to the 1st Battn. The London
Regt. ; was badly gassed near Bapaume the following Dec., but,
making a good recovery, rejoined his regiment in Feb. 1918, and
was killed in action near Arras 28 May following, during a raid
on the enemy's trenches. Buried at Dainville, west of Arras. The
Senior Chaplain wrote : " The Colonel spoke of him in terms
of great affection, and said that the men all loved him. This
know to be true : we were all proud of him. He just lived for
others, and we could hardly expect that he would die in any other
way. . . . The Colonel told me that he had from 300 to 400 men
at a voluntary service not long ago, and that should be sufficient
testimony to his real hold over men as a minister and priest.
Unm.
|
COLCHESTER |
Edward
[Cromwell] |
Lieutenant,
H.M.S. "Irresistible," Royal Navy. Lost with his ship
during operations in the Dardenelles 18 March 1915. Born 21 October
1884 and baptised 1884 in Abington Pigotts, son of Edward Cromwell
and Marguerite Branford Colchester. Son of Edward Cromwell Colchester
and Marguerite Branford Colchester, of Gt. Shelford, Cambridge.
His brother Bernard Valentine Colchester also fell. Midshipman achieved
seniority in British Royal Naval Reserve 5 September 1902. Sub-Lieutenant
achieved seniority in British Royal Naval Reserve 29 April 1910.
Lieutenant achieved seniority in British Royal Naval Reserve 10
September 1912. Commissioned as a Royal Naval Officer 1 April 1913.
In the 1891 census he was aged 6, born Abington Pigotts, Cambridgeshire,
son of Edward C and Margaret B Colchester, resident The Green, High
Street, Foulmire (aka Fowlmere), Royston, Cambridgeshire. In the
1911 census he was aged 26, unmarried, born Royston, Hertfordshire,
Sub-Lieutenant, R.N.R., Executive Officer, aboard H.M.S. "Crusader"at
Medway, Kent. No known grave. Commemorated on PORTSMOUTH NAVAL MEMORIAL,
Hampshire. Panel 7. |
COLCHESTER |
Bernard
Valentine |
[Listed
as M COLCHESTER on memorial] Second Lieutenant, 6th Battalion,
Bedfordshire Regiment. Killed in action 24 April 1917. Aged 27.
Baptised 23 March 1890 in Abington Pigotts, son of Edward Cromwell
and Marguerite Branford Colchester. Son of Marguerite Branford
Colchester, of Great Shelford, Cambridge, and the late Edward
Cromwell Colchester. His brother Edward Cromwell Colchester also
fell. In the 1891 census he was aged 1, born Abington Pigotts,
Cambridgeshire, son of Edward C and Margaret B Colchester, resident
The Green, High Street, Foulmire (aka Fowlmere), Royston, Cambridgeshire.
In the 1901 census he was aged 11, born Abington Pigotts, Cambridgeshire,
son of Edward C and Margaret B Colchester, resident (St Mary's),
Cambridge Road, Trumpington, Chesterton, Cambridgeshire. In the
1911 census he was aged 21, born Abington Pigotts, Cambridgeshire,
an Articled Pupil, son of Edward C and Margaret B Colchester,
resident Cherry Hinton Road, Great Shelford, Cambridgeshire. No
known grave. Commemorated at ARRAS MEMORIAL, Pas de Calais, France.
Bay 5.
Extract
from England & Wales Government Probate Death Index
1917:
COLCHESTER
Bernard Valentine of Great Shelford Cambridgeshire
second-lieutenant 6th Bedfordshire regiment died 25 April 1917
in France Administration(with Will) London 10
August to Marguerite Branford Colchester (wife of Edward Cromwell
Colchester).
Effects £708 8s. 8d.
|
COOKE |
Christopher
Arthur Gresham |
Midshipman,
H.M.S. "Vanguard," Royal Navy. Killed when an internal
explosion sank his ship 9 July 1917. Aged 18. Born 16 June 1899.
Son of Arthur Cooke, F.R.C.S., and Lucy Vivien Cooke, of Grove Lodge,
Cambridge. In the 1901 census he was aged 1, born Cambridgeshire,
son of Arthur and Lucy, Vivien Cooke, resident 69, Bridge Street,
Cambridge. In the 1911 census he was aged 11, born Cambridge, a
Pupil Boarder at school, resident St Peters Court, Broadstairs,
St Peter Intra, Kent. Nephew of Mrs. Dale, wife of the vicar of
Hornchurch. No known grave. Commemorated at CHATHAM NAVAL MEMORIAL,
Kent. Panel 20. See
also Cambridge Holy Sepulchre
and Cambridge St Mary the
Great and
also Cambridge Guildhall
Extract
from De Ruvigny's Roll Of Honour 1914-1918, Volume 4,
page 35:
COOKE,
CHRISTOPHER ARTHUR GRESHAM, Midshipman, Royal Navy, eldest
s. of Lieut.-Colonel Arthur Cooke, of Grove Lodge, Cambridge,
R.A.M.C. (T.F.), by his wife, Lucy Vivien, dau. of John Collyer
; b. Cambridge, 16 June, 1899 ; educ. St. Peter's Court,
Broadstairs, and the Royal Naval Colleges at Osborne and Dartmouth
; joined the Navy in May, 1912 ; served in H.M.S. Aboukir, which
was torpedoed 22 Sept. 1914; later he served in H.M.S. Vanguard
; took part in the Jutland Battle, and was killed in action 9
July, 1917, by an explosion. His Commanding Officer wrote : "
He was such an exceptionally brilliant young officer, and I know
Capt. Dick had a very high opinion of him ; so much so that he
specially selected him for his personal staff in action."
Unm.
|
CORFIELD |
Huberrt
Vernon Anchitel |
Second
Lieutenant, 7th Battalion, East Lancashire Regiment. Died 7 July
1916. Aged 20. Son of the Rev. Egerton Corfield, M.A., Rector of
Finchampstead, Berks, and Ethel Grace Corfield. A scholar (Classical)
of Emmanuel College, Cambridge. The youngest of four brothers holding
Commissions. His eldest brother fell on 17 June, 1917. No known
grave. Commemorated on THIEPVAL MEMORIAL, Somme, France. Pier and
Face 6 C.
Extract
from De Ruvigny's Roll Of Honour 1914-1918, Volume 3,
page 62:
CORFIELD,
HUBERT VERNON ANCHITEL, 2nd Lieut., 7th (Service) Battn.
The East Lancashire Regt., yst. s. of the Rev. Egerton
Corfield, Rector of Finchampstead, co. Berks, by his wife, Ethel
Grace, dau. of the Rev. Thomas Anchitel Anson, Rector of Longford,
co. Derby; b. Batala, Panjab (sic), India, 21
Dec. 1895 ; educ. St. Faith's, Cambridge ; St. Lawrence College,
Ramsgate (Scholar), and was elected to a Classical Scholarship
at Emmanuel College, Cambridge, in Dec. 1914, but obtained a commission
in the 7th East Lancashire Regt. 7 Jan. 1915 : served with the
Expeditionary Force in France and Flanders from 17 July, following,
and was killed in action at La Boisselle 7 July, 1916, while leading
his bombers to the attack for the third time. A brother officer
wrote : The bombing party was successfully holding the enemy.
Corfield was particularly daring and in great spirits, jumping
about here and there, throwing grenades hard, and laughing boyishly
when one came near him," and a senior officer: " Corfield
was . . . universally beloved, and a tree Christian in every sense.
He was extraordinarily popular In the whole brigade. While at
Ramsgate he was in all his school teams for games, and a sergeant
in the O.T.C.
|
DE
CANDOLE |
Alec
Corry Vully |
Lieutenant,
4th Battalion (Territorial), Duke Of Edinburgh's (Wiltshire Regiment)
attached to 49th, Machine Gun Corps. Killed in action 3 September
1918. Aged 21. Native of Cheltenham. Son of H. L. C. V. and Helen
Edith de Candole, of 6, Little Cloisters, Westminster, London. In
the 1901 census he was aged 4, born Cheltenham, Gloucestershire,
son of Henry L C V and Helen E de Candole, resident 72, Marquess
Road, Islington, London. In the 1911 census he was agd 14, born
Cheltenham, Gloucestershire, a Pupil Student at Marlborough College,
Marlborough, Preshute Within St Peter and St Paul, Wiltshire. Buried
at AUBIGNY COMMUNAL CEMETERY EXTENSION, Pas de Calais, France. Plot
IV. Row A. Grave 8. |
DEIGHTON,
MC & Chevalier of the Legion of Honour |
Gerald
William |
Captain,
‘D’ Company, 7th Battalion, Suffolk Regiment. Killed in action Ovillers
3rd July 1916. Aged 23. Awarded Military Cross (M.C.) and Chevalier
of the Legion of Honour. Scholar of Eton College, and of King's
College, Cambridge. Classical Honours degree, B.A. 1914. Baptised
2 November 1882 in Cambridge, St Paul, son of Frederick and Louisa
Ellen Deighton, of St Bernard's, Hills Road, Cambridge. Son of Louisa
Ellen Deighton, "Little St. Bernard's", Cambridge Road, Great
Shelford, Cambridge, and the late Lieutenant Colonel Frederick Deighton
(R.A.M.C.) Surgeon, Cambridge; brother of John Deignton (below).
Also resident at 47, Hills Road, Cambridge. In the 1901 census he
was aged 8, born Cambridgeshire, son of frederick and Louisa E Deighton,
resident 47, Hills Road, Cambridge. In the 1911 census he was aged
18, born Cambridge, a boarder at school, resident Eton College,
Buckinghamshire. Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial, Panels 1C &
2A. See also Cambridge Guildhall
and also Cambridge St Paul's
Extract
from England & Wales Government Probate Death Index
1919:
DEIGHTON
Gerald William of St. Bernard's Hills-road Cambridge
captain 7th Suffolk regiment died 3 July 1916 in France or Belgium
Administration (with Will) Peterborough 13 September
to Frederick Deighton lieutenant-colonel R.A.M.C. Effects £346
3s. 6d.
Extract
from Register of Admissions to King's College Cambridge,
1929:
Deighton,
Gerald William : son of Frederick Deighton, M.A., M.B.,
of St. Bernards, Hills Road, Cambridge, Surgeon.
School: Eton, H.S.
Admitted 7 Oct. 1911; Scholar ; Prizeman ; 1st Class Classical
Tripos, Pt. I, 1914. Degree : B.A. 1914.
During the Great War served as Captain Suffolk Regiment ; M.C.
Jan. 1916; mentioned in despatches Jan. 1916; Chevalier Legion of
Honour (France) Oct. 1915.
Killed in action 3 July 1916 at Oville |
DEIGHTON |
John |
Captain,
Royal Army Medical Corps attached 1/5th King's Own, Royal Lancaster
Regiment. Died of wounds 19th September 1916. Aged 29. Baptised
13 August 1887 in Cambridge, St Paul, son of Louisa Ellen and Frederick
Deighton, residents of St Bernard's, Cambridge. Son of Louisa Ellen
Deighton, "Little St. Bernard's", Cambridge Road, Great Shelford,
Cambridge, and the late Lieutenant Colonel Frederick Deighton (R.A.M.C.)
Surgeon, Cambridge; brother of Gerald William Deighton (above).
Also resident at 47, Hills Road, Cambridge. In the 1901 census he
was aged 13, born Cambridgeshire, son of Frederick and Louisa E
Deighton, resident 47, Hills Road, Cambridge. In the 1911 census
he was aged 23, born Cambridge, a Medical Student, son of Frederick
and Louisa Ellen Deighton, resident 47 Hills Road Cambridge. His
naval record gives his address as Riseden, Tennision Avenue, Cambridge.
Buried in Heilly Station Cemetery, Mericourt-L’Abbe, Plot IV. Row
F. Grave 19. See also Cambridge
Guildhall and also Cambridge
St Paul's |
EDWARDS |
Harrington
Douty |
Leiutenant-Commander,
H.M. S/M "E5", Royal Navy. Lost in Submarine E5 11 March
1916. Aged 30. Born 22 December 1885 in Antigua. Eldest son of C.
R. Edwards, District Medical Officer of Antigua, and Ella his wife,
of 39, Fernbank Avenue, Harrow, Middx. Born at Tyrrel's House, Antigua.
Educated from the age of 9 yrs. at Cambridge, and in the "Britannia".
Awarded the Distinguished Service order (D.S.O.); awarded for Meritorious
Service in connection with the sinking of German Submarine in the
North Sea 23 June 1915 (London Gazette 7 August 1915]. Enrolled
in the Royal Navy 15 January 1901. Career details: 30 May 1902 Midshipman,
30 July 1905 Sub-Lieutenant, 30 October 1906 Lieutenant, 30 October
1914 Lieutenant-Commander. No known grave. Commemorated on PORTSMOUTH
NAVAL MEMORIAL, Hampshire. Panel 11.
Extract
from England & Wales Government Probate Death Index
1916:
EDWARDS
Harrington Douty, of Rosedene Tenison-avenue Cambridge
lieutenant commander R N. died 11 March 1916 in the North Sea
on active service Administration London 4 July
to Charles Reginald Edwards lieutenant R.A.M.C. Effects £180.
|
FORSTER-MORRIS |
Herbert
Gloyne [Forster] |
Second
Lieutenant, 1st Battalion, South Wales Borderers. Died of wounds
10 October 1915. Aged 19. Only son of Rev. and Mrs. Forster Morris,
of Callington Rectory, Cornwall. Buried in LE TREPORT MILITARY
CEMETERY, Seine-Maritime, France. Plot 2. Row O. Grave 29.
Extract
from De Ruvigny's Roll of Honour 1914-1918, Volume 2,
page 230:
FORSTER-MORRIS,
HERBERT GLOYNE FORSTER, 2nd Lieut., 1st Battn. (24th
Foot) The South Wales Borderers, only s. of the Rev.
Herbert Forster Forster-Morris, M.A., Rector of South Hill-cum-Callington,
co. Cornwall, by his wife, Ellen Sophia, dau. of W. D. Gloyne
; b. at Bath, 28 Feb. 1896 ; educ. St. Faith's, Cambridge
(Mr. Goodchild), and Exeter, where he was head of the school,
and, being nominated for a scholarship, intended to enter Oxford,
with a view to taking Holy Orders but on the outbreak of war decided
to enter Sandhurst, passing in during Dec. 1914, and, while there,
was Sergt. of his company ; was gazetted 2nd Lieut. 1st South
Wales Borderers 15 July, 1915 ; served with the Expeditionary
Force in France from Aug., and died at No. 3 General Hospital,
Le Tréport, 10 Oct. following, from wounds received in
action at Hulluch, during the Battle of Loos, 26 Sept., while
charging at the head of his platoon. Buried in the English Military
Cemetery at Le Tréport. The Adjutant of his regiment wrote
: " His Company Officers always spoke very highly of him,
and although he was with us such a short time, everyone realized
when he was wounded we had lost a really good officer. He was
wounded while leading his platoon in the attack on the village
of Hullueh in the morning of 26 Sept," and the Head Master
at Exeter : " He was so absolutely straight, so regardless
of self, and, in spite of his modesty, such a born leader of men.
He is a loss to the Army and to the world. There are not too many
of the very best and he was one of the elect. He was a boy of
quite unusual force of character, and his influence was far wider
than he ever knew. To all who knew him words of praise will sound
cold. He was so straight, so lovable." While at Exeter School
he was captain of the shooting eight, a crack shot, and held certificate
" A " since Nov. 1913 ; was also in the cricket. football
and hockey teams. He was a keen tennis player, and before entering
Sandhurst gave much help in training the Devonshire Yeomanry in
shooting. The Doctor at Le Tréport said : " That was
a brave boy. He showed magnificent courage, for he suffered more
than anyone on the floor." In his last letter home before
the battle he wrote : " However rough a time I may have in
the near future, I should be glad to be here, for I must do my
part." Unm.
|
GRAHAM |
H |
No
further information currently available |
GRAY |
A |
No
further information currently available |
GRAY |
E |
No
further information currently available |
GRIMLEY |
Rupert
[Edwin] Penfold |
Private
313035, 14th Battalion, London Regiment (London Scottish) attached
1st/7th Battalion, Gordon Highlanders. Died of wounds 31 July 1918.
Aged 18. Born 3 August 1899 in Ellington, Hunts, enlisted Huntingdon.
Son of the Rev. Arthur Lee Grimley and Mrs. Amy Matilda Grimley,
of Ellington Vicarage, Huntingdon. In the 1901 census he was aged
1, born Ellington, Huntngdonshire, son of Arthur Lee and M E B Grimley,
resident Vicarage, Ellington, Huntingdon, Huntingdonshire. Admitted
to King Edward VI Grammar School, Bury St Edmunds 1911, son of The
Revd A L Grimley, of Ellington Vicarage, Huntingdon, left 1916,
previously educated at St Faith's School, Cambridge. In the 1911
census he was aged 11, born Ellington, Huntngdonshire, a student,
son of Arthur Lee and Amy Matilda Grimley, resident The Vicarage,
Ellington, Huntingdonshire. While with London Regiment previously
wounded in the left thigh by shell, admitted to 4th Stationary Hospital,
discharged 20 June 1916. Buried at TERLINCTHUN BRITISH CEMETERY,
WIMILLE, Pas de Calais, France. Plot XVII. Row B. Grave 17. See
also Ellington, Huntingdonshire |
HEAPE |
Brian
[Ruston] |
Lieutenant
Acting Captain, "A" Battery, 162nd Brigade, Royal Field
Artillery. Killed in action 16 May 1917. Attested 7 August 1914,
as 1092, West Riding Divisional Signal Company, Royal Engineers,
born Cambridge, aged 22 years 1 month, employed as an Engineer
at Vickers Ltd, unmarried, height 5 feet 9¾ inches, chest
40 inches, embodied from 7 August 1914 to 1 October 1914. In the
1901 census he was aged 8, born Trumpington, resident (Heyroun),
Chaucer Road, Trumpington, Chesterton, Cambridgeshire. Buried
in FAUBOURG D'AMIENS CEMETERY, ARRAS, Pas de Calais, France. Plot
V. Row E. Grave 27. See also Cambridge
University, Trinity College
Extract
from England & Wales Government Probate Death Index
1917:
HEAPE
Brian Ruston of 10 King's Bench-walk London a
captain R.F.A. died 10 May 1917 at Arras in France Administration
London 15 August to Walter Heape esquire. Effects
£1484 16s. 3d.
Extract
from De Ruvigny's Roll of Honour 1914-1918, Volume 3,
page 133-134:
HEAPE,
BRIAN RUSTON, Capt., R.F.A., s. of Waiter Heape,
M.A., F.R.S., of King's End House. Bicester, and of 10, King's
Bench Walk, Temple, by his wife Ethel, dau. of Joseph Ruston ;
b. Cambridge. 27 June, 1892: educ. at Parkfield, Hayward's
Heath; at Repton. where he was a member of the O.T.C., and shot
for his school at Bisley ; he also represented his school in the
team sent to Aldershot for the Public Schools competition of his
year, and at Trinity College, Cambridge, where he served in the
University Cavalry Corps. He was apprenticed to Messrs. Vickers,
Sheffield ; joined the West Riding Territorial Royal Engineer
Corps on the outbreak of war ; obtained a commission in the Royal
Horse Artillery in Dec. 1914, and subsequently exchanged into
the Royal Field Artillery. He served with the Expeditionary Force
in France and Flanders from March, 1915 ; took part in the operations
on the Somme, and was killed in action 16 May, 1917, while acting
Major in command of his battery, and fighting his gnus at the
Battle of Arras. His Colonel wrote : Brian, as you know, was a
great friend of mine, and we had journeyed into much danger together.
You have reason to be proud of him as the bravest of brave soldiers.
as brave a man as ever I have met. He had nerves of steel, and
did not know what fear was ; in fact, he didn't realize that there
was any such thing as danger in the whole world. He was a born
fighting soldier, a most capable battery commander, and during
the whole time he was serving under me I never found a single
fault in him, nor did I have a single complaint from him I miss
that great big, cheery fellow, with his wonderfully joyful laugh
and his perfect good temper. He was the life and soul of his battery,"
and a brother officer: " His death was nearly as great a
blow to us as It must be to you, as we loved him as only a soldier
can love a very brave and gallant officer." Unm.
|
HOPKINS |
Edward
Favill George |
Second
Lieutenant, 181st Brigade, Royal Field Artillery. Killed in action
30 March 1917. Aged 19. Baptised 5 December 1897 at Cambridge, All
Saints, son of Edward Jodrell and Augusta Maud Harriette Hopkins,
of 31 Jesus Lane, Cambridge. Son of Mr. E. J. Hopkins, of 15, Hills
Rd., Cambridge. In the 1901 census he was aged 3, born Cambridgeshire,
son of Edward Jodrell and Augustin M H Hopkins, resident 31, Jesus
Lane, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire.
Buried in AIZECOURT-LE-BAS CHURCHYARD Somme, France. Grave 1.
See also Cambridge Guildhall
and Fen Ditton and also Cambridge,
St Mary the Great |
HUDDLESTON |
Purefoy
Gauntlet |
[Sometimes
spelt Gauntlett] Captain, 84th Field Company, Royal Engineers. Killed
in action on Saturday, 25th March 1916. Aged 39. Son of T. F. C.
Huddleston (M.A., King's), and of Bessie Drinkwater Huddleston,
of 11, Selwyn Gardens, Cambridge. Appointed to the Survey of India,
1909. Buried in FERME-OLIVIER CEMETERY, ELVERDINGHE, Ieper, West-Vlaanderen,
Belgium. Grave Plot 2. Row B. Grave 4. Also
listed on family gravestone in churchyard.
See also Cambridge St Giles
and Cambridge St Mark's and
Cambridge Guildhall |
INNES |
Donald
McLeod |
[Listed
as MCLEOD-INNES on memorial] Second Lieutenant, 14th Battalion,
Royal Highlanders (Black Watch). Died of wounds 6 October 1918.
Aged 19. Born at Cambridge. Birth registered in the July to September
Quarter 1899 in Cambridge. Baptised 11 July 1899 in Cambridge, St
Paul, son of Margaret and Hugh Mcleod Innes, of St Eligius Street,
Cambridge. Son of Hugh McLeod Innes and Margaret Innes, of 6, St.
Elgins
(sic
- s/b Eligius)
St., Cambridge; grandson of Lt. Gen. James John McLeod Innes, V.C.,
Royal Engineers; brother of Patrick McLeod Innes (below). Scholar
of Repton School; Exhibitioner of Trinity College, Cambridge. In
the 1901 census he was aged 1, born Cambridgeshire, son of Hugh
Mcleod and Margaret Innes, resident 6, St Eligins Street, Cambridge.
Buried in ABBEVILLE COMMUNAL CEMETERY EXTENSION, Somme, France.
Plot IV. Row G. Grave 16. See also Trinity
College, Cambridge and also Cambridge,
St Paul's
Extract
from England & Wales Government Probate Death Index
1919:
INNES
Donald McLeod of 6 St. Eligius-street Cambridge
second-lieutenant 3rd Royal Highlanders died 6 October
1918 in France Administration Peterborough 18
June to Hugh McLeod Innes fellow and senior bursar of Trinity
College. Effects £147 15s. 9d.
Extract
from Cambridge Independent Press - Friday 11 October
1918, page 5:
2nd
Lieut. Donald McLeod Innes
Dies of Wounds.
SEC.-LIEUT.
D. McLEOD INNES. — The deepest sympathy will be extended
to Mr. and Mrs. H. McLeod Innes, of St. Eligius-street, Cambridge,
in the death of their second and only surviving son, 2nd.-Lieut.
Donald McLeod Innes, of the Black Watch. He passed away at hospital
in France on October 6th from wounds received on September 22nd.
2nd.- Lieut. McLeod Innes, who was the grandson of Lieut.-General
J. J. McLeod Innes, R.E., V.C., C.B., was 19 years of age, and
was educated at St. Faith's, Cambridge, Copthorne School, and
Repton School, where gained an Entrance Scholarship in 1913. In
1916 he was awarded an Exhibition in Classics at Trinity College,
Cambridge. He joined the C.U.O.T.C. in January, 1917, obtained
his commission in June, 1918, and proceeded to France August 23rd.
His elder brother, 2nd.-Lieut, Patrick McLeod Innes, R.G.A., was
killed in action on Vimy Ridge in April, 1917.
|
INNES |
Patrick
McLeod |
[Listed
as MCLEOD-INNES on memorial] Second Lieutenant, 111th Siege Battery,
Royal Garrison Artillery. Killed in action 30 April 1917. Aged 19.
Birth registered in the July to September Quarter 1897 in Cambridge.
Baptised 13 October 1897 in Cambridge, St Paul, son of Margaret
and Hugh Mcleod Innes, of St Eligius Street, Cambridge. Son of Hugh
McLeod Innes and Margaret Innes, of 6, St. Eligius St., Cambridge;
brother of Donald McLeod Innes (above). Educated at Haileybury College,
1911-1916. Head of School, elected to a History Scholarship at Trinity
College, Cambridge, 1915. Buried in LA TARGETTE BRITISH CEMETERY,
NEUVILLE-ST. VAAST, Pas de Calais, France. Plot I. Row A. Grave
3. See also Trinity
College, Cambridge and also Cambridge,
St Paul's.
Extract
from England & Wales Government Probate Death Index
1917:
INNES
Patrick McLeod of 6 St. Elgin's-street Cambridge
second-lieutenant Royal Garrison Artillery died 3o April
17 Administration Peterborough 5 October to Hugh
cLeod Innes fellow and bursar Trinity College.
Effects £144 5s. 4d.
|
MACFARLANE
GRIEVE |
Alwyn
Ronald |
Lieutenant,
1st/8th Battalion, Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders. Killed in
action at Rodincourt, Arras, 17 March 1917. Aged 28. Son of Florence
E. Macfarlane-Grieve, of Toft Manor, Cambridge, and the late W.
A. Macfarlane-Grieve. Matriculated 1908 Keble College, Oxford
University. Member of University OTC prior to 1915. Buried in
HIGHLAND CEMETERY, ROCLINCOURT, Pas de Calais, France. Plot II.
Row A. Grave 13. See also Impington
and also Cambridge, Perse
School
Extract
from De Ruvigny's Roll of Honour 1914-1918, Volume 4,
page 70-71:
MACFARLANE
- GRIEVE, ALWYN RONALD, Lieut., 8th (Territorial) Battn.
Princess Louise's (Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders), 2nd s.
of William Alexander Macfarlane-Grieve, of Impington Park, Cambridge,
and Edenhall and Penehrise, co. Roxburgh, M.A.. S.C.L., F.S.A.,
J.P., by his wife, Florence Emily, dau. of the Rev. Morris Fuller;
b. London, 17 May, 1888 ; educ. St. Faith's School ;
the Perse School, Cambridge, where he was captain of the school
and senior sergeant in the O.T.C., and Keble College, Oxford,
where he was an exhibitioner and sergeant in the University O.T.C.,
graduating with second class honours in the Modern History school
in 1911 ; he afterwards studied and lectured at the University
of Rennes. On the outbreak of war he undertook military work in
Cambridge, and was also Lieut. of the Perse School O.T.C. ; underwent
a musketry course at Hythe, and returned to Cambridge as instructor
to an Officers' Cadet Battn. ; obtained a commission in the Argyll
and Sutherland Highlanders in July, 1916 • served with the
Expeditionary Force in France and Flanders from the following
Nov., and was killed in action at Roclincourt, near Arras, 17
March, 1917. Buried there. His Company Commander wrote : "
He was killed on the forefront of the German front line, while
encouraging his men, like the good soldier he was. We miss him
very much indeed, and all mourn the loss of an excellent soldier,
a great organizer and a dear friend." The Head Master of
the Perse School also wrote : " Lieut. Macfarlane-Grieve
was the embodiment of chivalry and honour, and he died like a
man and a soldier in a great cause." Unm.
|
MARSHALL |
R |
No
further information currently available |
MILHOLLAND |
Frederick
Raymond |
Captain,
7th Battalion attached to 6th Battalion, Alexandra Princess of Wales's
Own (Yorkshire Regiment). Died of wounds eceived in action near
Bethune 26 February 1918. Aged 22. Son of Mr. and Mrs. J. F. Milholland,
of Jamaica, and 6, The Downs, Wimbledon, London. Sailed to Kingston,
Jamaica from Bristol aboard "Aracataca" 26 December 1912,
aged 16, a schoolboy. Educated Balliol College, Oxford University.
Buried at CHOCQUES MILITARY CEMETERY, Pas de Calais, France. Plot
V. Row B. Grave 6.
Extract
from England & Wales Government Probate Death Index
1918:
MILHOLLAND
Frederick Raymond of Manhattan Mitcham lane Streatham
Surrey captain H.M. Army died 26 February 190
in France Administration London 2 August to John
Fitzalan Milholland crown solicitor for Jamaica.
Effects £580 10s. 2d.
|
MORGAN,
MiD |
Arthur
Conway Osborne |
Lieutenant, 4th Battery, 3rd North Midland Brigade attd. 5th Battalion,
Lincolnshire Regiment. Killed in action 13 October 1915. Aged 31.
Baptised 24 Mar 1885 at Cambridge, All Saints, in Jesus College
Chapel, son of Charlotte Linda and Henry Arthur Morgan, of 5, Rhadegunds,
Cambridge. Son of the Revd. Henry Arthur Morgan, D.D., Master of
Jesus College, Cambridge, and of Charlotte Linda Morgan (nee Barnes),
of 12, Cheyne Gardens, Chelsea, London, Barrister-at-Law, Lincoln's
Inn; King's Gold Medallist, 1903, Winchester College; Chancellor's
Gold Medallist, Trinity College, Cambridge; President of the Union
Society, 1906. Mentioned in Despatches (MiD). In the 1901 census
he was aged 11, born Cambridge, a boarder, scholar, resident Winchester
College, Southgate House, Winchester St Thomas, Winchester, Hampshire.
In the 1911 census he was aged 21, born Trumpington, a Barrister,
son of Henry Arthur and Charlotte Linda Morgan, resident Jesus College,
Cambridge. Enlisted 26 January 1914 at Armoury House, Finsbury,
Lonon, aged 29 yesars, born Trumpington, Cambridge, unmarried, Barrister-at
Law, London, son of Mrs. Charlotte Linda Morgan, of 45, Bramham
Gardens, London S.W., height 5 feet 9 inchers, chest 36 inches,
mobilized 5 August 1914, born 11 January 1885. Buried at CANADIAN
CEMETERY NO.2, NEUVILLE-ST. VAAST, Pas de Calais, France. Plot 13.
Row C. Grave 7. See also Cambridge
Guildhall and Trinity
College, Cambridge |
NIXON |
P |
No
further information currently available |
PEMBERTON |
Francis
[Percy Campbell] |
Captain, "C" Squadron, 2nd Life Guards. Killed in action
19 October 1914. Only son of Canon and Mrs. Pemberton, of Trumpington
Hall, Cambridge; husband of Winifred Mary Colegate (formerly Pemberton),
of 16, Prince's Gardens, London. Married, aged 27, Winifred Mary
Worsley 30 April 1912 at Hovingham, Yorkshire. In the 1901 census
he was aged 15, born Gilling East, Yorkshire, son of Thomas P and
Victoria P C Pemberton, resident Rectory, Gilling, Helmsley, Yorkshire.
In the 1911 census he was aged 25, born Gilling East, Yorkshire,
Lieutenant, 2nd Life Giuards, billetted at Netheravon S O, Wiltshire.
Buried at DADIZEELE NEW BRITISH CEMETERY, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium.
Plot VI. Row D. Grave 17. See
also Lord's Cricket Members'
World War 1 Memorial and Trumpington
Extract
from Bond Of Sacrifice: Officers Died In The Great War 1914-1916,
Volume 1, page 304:
PEMBERTON,
FRANCIS PERCY CAMPBELL, Capt., 2nd Life Guards, only
s. of the. Rev. Thomas Percy Pemberton (R.L. 26 Feb. 1900, formerly
Hudson), of Trumpington Hall, Cambridge, M.A., late Fellow and
Tutor of Trinity College, Cambridge, Canon and "Sueeentor
Canonicorum" of York Minster, by his wife, Patience Frances
Sophia, only dau. of Capt. William Huntly Campbell, 20th Regiment
[by his wife, Frances Maria Sophia, dau. and h. of Col. Francis
Charles James Pemberton, of Trumpington Hall, and of Pembrey,
Carmarthenshire]; b. Gilling East, co. York, 4 April, 1885; educ.
Ludgrove, and Trinity College, Cambridge; gazetted 2nd Lieut.
2nd Life Guards 12 Feb. 1907; promoted Limit. 21 Feb. 1909, and
Capt. 4 Aug. 1914; took his course at the Cavalry School at Netheravon
1911-12, and in May of the latter year was seconded as Cavalry
Instructor to the Oxford and Cambridge O.T.C., but on the outbreak
of the European War was recalled to his Regiment; went to France
with the Household Cavalry Brigade, 3rd Cavalry Division, Expeditionary
Force, on 6 Oct. 1914, and was killed in action near Moorslede
(between Routers and Staden) 19 Oct. following. The force against
them being tremendous, the order to retire was given. They tried
to bring Capt. Pemberton with them, but were unable to do so,
and his body was never recovered. A Corporal of Horse in his Regiment
wrote: "It is unnecessary to say how much we boys regretted
his death, for always he had proved himself one of the best, an
excellent soldier and a grand leader, always thinking of others
before himself and was always in the van. He was a One all-round
sportsman, a splendid cricketer, a keen huntsman, and a very good
shot, and had a great natural and charming gift for music. He
was a playing member of the M.C.C., also of the Cambridgeshire
County Cricket Club, a vice-president and member of the Trumpington
Cricket Club. He m. at Hovingham Parish Church. 30 April, 1912,
Winifred Mary (Hovingham Hall, Malton), eldest dau. of Sir William
Henry Arthington Worsley, of Hovingham Hall, 3rd Bart.; s.p.
Extract
from De Ruvigny's Roll of Honour 1914-1918, Volume 2,
page 247:
CAPTAIN
FRANCIS PERCY CAMPBELL PEMBERTON, 2nd LIFE GUARDS, was
the son of Canon T. Percy Pemberton, Prebendary of York Minster,
and of Mrs. Pemberton, Trumpington Hall, Cambridge. He was born
at Gilling East Rectory, Yorks, on the 4th April, 1885. He was
educated at St. Faith's, Cambridge, Mr. Arthur Dunn's, Ludgrove,
Malvern (one term), by private tuition, and at Trinity College,
Cambridge.
Captain Pemberton joined the 2nd Life Guards on probation in February,
1907, being gazetted 2nd Lieutenant on the 20th February, and
Lieutenant on the 21st February, 1909. In 1912 he was seconded
as Cavalry Instructor to the Officers' Training Corps of Oxford
and Cambridge Universities. He rejoined his Regiment on the outbreak
of the war, being promoted Captain on the 5th August, 1914.
He was serving in "C" Squadron when he was killed on
the 19th October, 1914, at Moorslede, near Roulers, Belgium. He
was a member of the Marlborough, Bachelors', White's, the M.C.C.,
Pitt Club and County Club, Cambridge, etc. His recreations included
music, hunting, polo, golf, cricket, lawn tennis, and billiards.
Captain Pemberton married Winifred Mary, daughter of Sir William
Worsley, Bart., and Lady Worsley, of Hovingham Hall, Yorks.
Extract
from England & Wales Government Probate Death Index
1915:
PEMBERTON
Francis Percy Campbell of Trumpington Hall Cambridgeshire
died 19 October 1914 near Roulers Belgium Probate London
20 January to Sir Wilfrid Peek baronet. Effects £9148 5s.
3d.
|
PLATTS |
Edgar
Lovell Filmer |
Lieutenant,
1st Royal Marine Battalion, Royal Naval Division, Royal Marine
Light Infantry. Missing, later reported killed in action 28 April
1917. Aged 17. Son of Mrs. Jessie Platts, of 38, Harcourt Terrace,
Earl's Court, London, and the late Rev. C. Platts; brother of
John Carrick Platts (below). Gazetted Sept., 1915. In the 1901
census he was aged 1, born Cambridge, son of Jessie and Mary D
Platts, resident 34, Station Road, Cambridge. No known grave.
Commemorated on ARRAS MEMORIAL Pas de Calais, France.
Bay 1. See also Cambridge
St Mary the Great and Cambridge
Guildhall
Note:
The youngest officer killed in World War 1, aged 17. Officer Commanding
12th Platoon, 'C' Company, 1st Royal Marine Battalion 23 February
19/17; he was ex-London Z/1623 Ordinary Seaman Royal Naval Volunteer
Reserve, Public Schools Battalion, enlisted 30 April 1915, transferred
to Royal Marine Light Infantry as CH/833/S for Cyclist Company
21 June 1915; Discharged to commission 3 September 1915 as Temporary
2nd Lieutenant, Royal Marines; proceeded on visit to British Expeditionary
Force (BEF) in the field in France 2-10 April 1916; served with
the Royal Marine Battalion in Ireland (Sybil Point) 26 April 1916-14
May 1916 (Irish Rebellion, "Easter Rising"); in draft
for British Expeditionary Force (BEF) 1 July 16, joined 1st Royal
Marine Battalion 18 August 1916, went to Bomb School 5 September
1916-8 September 1916, accidentally wounded by bomb (cut under
right eye), rejoined 1st Royal Marine Battalion 9 September 1916-13
November 1916, gunshot wound to hand, invalided to United Kingdom
15 November 1916; in draft for British Expeditionary Force (BEF)
7 February 1917, joined 1st Royal Marine Battalion 23 February
1917 until his death.
|
PLATTS |
John
Carrick |
Captain,
17th Cavalry attached to 10th (Duke of Cambridge's Own) Lancers
(Hodson's Horse) formerly (Transport Officer) 11th Battalion, Suffolk
Regiment. Died 7 March 1920. Aged 22. Baptised 6 June 1897 in Cambridge,
St Giles, son of Jessie and Charles Platts, of Chesterton Lane,
Cambridge. Son of Jessie Platts, of 38, Harcourt Terrace, Earl's
Court, London, and the late Rev. Charles Platts; brother of Edgar
Lovell Filmer Platts (above). In
the 1901 census he was aged 3, son of Jessie Platts, resident 34,
Station Road, Cambridge. Buried in BAGHDAD (NORTH GATE) WAR CEMETERY,
Iraq.
Plot XVIII. Row E. Grave 3.
See also Cambridge St Mary
the Great and Cambridge
Guildhall
Extract
from England & Wales Government Probate Death Index
1920:
PLATTS
John Carrick of 80 Huntingdon-road Cambridge
died 7 March 1920 in Mesopotamia Administration London
18 August to the reverend Charles Platts clerk.
Effects £407 18s. 6d.
Extract
from England & Wales Government Probate Death Index
1924:
PLATTS
John Carrick of 20 Huntingdon-road Cambridge
died 7 March 1920 in Mesopotamia Administration London
3 April to Thomas Benjamin Bainbridge solicitor and Francis Henry
Brown gentleman. Effects £100.
Former Grant P.R. August 1920..
|
POUND |
Murray
Stuart |
Second
Lieutenant, 1st Battalion, The Queen's (Royal West Surrey Regiment).
Admitted to Guys Hospital, London, 2 November 1914, with wounds
to face, thigh and left arm, died of those wounds 6 November 1914
[CWGC states 7 Nov]. Aged 23. Birth registered in the April to
June Quarter 1891 in Hackney, London. Son of Sir Lulham and Lady
Pound, of Shenley, Shepherds Hill, Highgate, London. In the 1901
census he was aged 9, born Stoke Newington, Middlesex, son of
John L and Julia I Pound, resident 118, Highbury New Park, Islington,
London & Middlesex. In the 1911 census he was aged 20, born
Stoke Newington, London, a University Student, son of John Ludlam
and Julia Isabella Pound, resident 118, Highbury New Park N.,
Islington, London. Buried in HIGHGATE CEMETERY, London. Grave
reference 46. 3964.
Extract
from Bond of Sacrifice: Officers Died in the Great War 1914-1916,
Volume 1, page 316:
2nd
LIEUTENANT MURRAY STUART POUND, SPECIAL RESERVE, attd. 1st BATTN.
THE QUEEN'S (ROYAL WEST SURREY REGIMENT), died on the
7th November, 1914, at Guy's Hospital, London, from wounds received
in action on the 21st October at Poelcapelle, near Ypres.
He was twenty-three
years of age, and was the youngest son of Sir Lulham and Lady
Pound, of Shenley, Shepherds Hill, Highgate, N., and a grandson
of the late Sir John Pound, Bart., who was Lord Mayor of London,
1904-05.
He was educated
at Highgate School and at Pembroke College, Cambridge. He was
Senior Mathematical Scholar, Head Boy, and Colour-Sergeant of
the O.T.C. at Highgate School, where the Leathersellers' Company
have established an annual prize in memory of him. At Cambridge
he was a scholar of Pembroke College, and graduated with second-class
honours. He rowed for his college in the Mays.
He was gazetted to the Special Reserve Royal West Surrey Regiment
in January, 1913.
Extract
from England & Wales Government Probate Death Index
1915:
POUND
Murray Stuart of Shenley Shepherds-hill Highgate
Middlesex died 7 November 1914 at Guys Hospital St. Thomas-street
Surrey Administration London 21 May to John Lulham
Pound gentleman.
Effects £229 16s. 10d.
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PRIOR |
Edward
Foss |
Captain,
8th Battalion, Rifle Brigade (The Prince Consort's Own). Killed
in action 15 September 1916. Aged 28. Born 26 May 1888, baptised
24 June 188 in Cambridge, St Benedict, son of Margaret and Charles
Herman Prior, of 4 Benet Place, Cambridge. Son of the Rev. C. H.
Prior, sometime Fellow and Tutor of Pembroke College, Cambridge,
and Margaret, his wife. Educated at Rottingdean, Eton and University
College, Oxford. Master at Eton College. In the 1901 census he was
aged 12, born cambridge, pupil boarder, resident The School, Rottingdean,
Lewes, Sussex. In the 1911 census he was aged 22, born Cambridge,
a Student, son of Margaret Prior, nephew of Frederick Brown Westcott,
resident 68, Cathedral Close, Norwich. Buried in BERNAFAY WOOD BRITISH
CEMETERY, MONTAUBAN. Somme, France. Row O. Grave 21. |
SANDERSON |
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SMITH |
William
Hammond |
Captain
acting Major, "A" Battery, 52 Brigade, Royal Field Artillery,
killed in action 12th April 1917, age 31. Son of Charles Smith,
Master of Sidney Sussex College, Cambridge, and Annie his wife,
now of "Hartford," Newton Rd., Cambridge. Educated at St. Faith's
School, Cambridge, Blundell's School, Tiverton and Sidney Sussex
College, Cambridge. B.A. Artist, Student of Royal Academy, London
and Slade School of Art. Buried
in ATHIES COMMUNAL CEMETERY EXTENSION, Pas de Calais, France.
See
also Cambridge All Saints
and Cambridge St Mary the
Less and also Cambridge
Guildhall
From
research by Andy Pay, from Tonbridge School and The Great
War of 1914 to 1919, published in December 1923.
SMITH,
Major William Hammond, 52nd Brigade, R.F.A. Killed in
action at Athies, near Roeux, in the battles of Arras, April 12th,1917,
aged 31. At the school 1899-1900 ( School House )
Capt.
W.H. Smith was the third son of the late master of Sidney Sussex
College, Cambridge, and Mrs Charles Smith, of Belvoir Terrace,
Cambridge. He was only at Tonbridge for a year, from September
1899 to July 1900, when he left from the lower fifth and went
to Blundells school, Tiverton. He went up to Sidney in 1904 with
an Open Classical Exhibition, and also gained a College Exhibition
and graduated in 1907,taking a 1st Div., Second class, in the
Classical Tripos. Both at school and at college he was a keen
athlete and gained his oar in the college boat in which he rowed
7, in June, 1905.
He
became an artist by profession and was regarded as an exceedingly
promising painter. One of his works, a portrait, is in the Guildhall
at Cambridge.
On
the outbreak of war he at once applied for a commission through
the university O.T.C., and was gazetted to a temporary commission
in the R.F.A., August 26th,1914.
After
eight months training he went to the front and was through much
of the heaviest fighting, was promoted Temporary Lieutenant September
12th, 1915, and was twice mentioned in Despatches, in January,
1916, and in January, 1917.
In
1915 he served at Festubert and elsewhere in the La Basse Sector,
and then opposite the Hohenzollern Redoubt before and during the
Battle of Loos, which began on September 25th. His battery was
then transferred to the Ypres Sector, where they experienced severe
fighting, especially opposite Hill "60".
In
1916 they suffered heavily in the neighbourhood of Montauban in
the battle of Albert, the first of the battles of the Somme, and
after a rest took part in the battles of the Le Transloy Ridges
and of the Ancre Heights in October and November. In December,
they were in the Arras Sector.
He had been for most of 1916 in command of the battery, and in
December, 1916, though suffering from bronchitis, refused to go
to the hospital till they were out of action. He had been detailed
for a special course in gunnery, and having with difficulty obtained
his discharge from hospital arrived home on Christmas Eve.
On
completing this course he returned to the front, and had been
acting Major in command of the battery for some time. On April
12th, 1917, towards the end of the first battle of the Scarpe
in the battle of Arras, 1917, he was watching an attack and directing
his battery from an observation post at Athies, near Roeux, when
a large German shell burst close by and a splinter entered his
head rendering him immediately unconscious, and he died before
reaching the Dressing Station. He was buried ear Athies.
His
Colonel wrote :- "I feel his loss very keenly, not only as
the loss of a capable officer, but as the loss of a friend whose
charming manners had endeared him to all of us, officers and men.
No one could have thought less of personal danger than he did,
and I cannot help wishing that he had been a little more careful
of himself, even at the expense of the observation he was engaged
in, for he had been exposing himself fearlessly in an attempt
to locate the position reached by our infantry, and this undoubtedly
drew the fire which was the cause of his death".
The
following appeared in the Cambridge local paper :- "His death
will be deeply regretted by a wide circle of friends at Cambridge
and elsewhere, for he was a man of a lovable disposition, combined
with high intellectual attainments and lofty ideals". |
STOKES |
Louis
Mander |
Second
Lieutenant, 2nd Royal Marine Battalion, Royal Marine Division, Royal
Marine Light Infantry. Died 13th November 1916. Aged 19. Son of
the Rev. Dr. and Mrs. Stokes, of Little Wilbraham Rectory, Cambridge.
[His father was actually Canon Stokes who was Vicar at St Paul's
when his son was killed but moved on to be Vicar of Wilbraham on
his retirement from ST Paul's]. Buried in MAILLY WOOD CEMETERY,
MAILLY-MAILLET, Somme, France. Plot I. Row D. Grave 32. See also
Cambridge Guildhall
and also Cambridge
St Paul's
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TEBBUTT |
Oswald
Neville |
Captain,
1st/1st Battalion, Cambridgeshire Regiment. Killed in action at
St. Eloi (wounded in leg, then shot in the head) 15th March 1915.
Aged 25. Born Cambridge. Commissioned into 1st Cambridgeshire Regiment
12th September 1912. In 1915 he was 2/IC ‘B’ Company. Eldest son
of Lieutenant Colonel Louis Tebbutt and Edith Neville Goodman Tebbutt,
4, Salisbury Villas, Station Road, Cambridge; brother of Roger (below).
Graduate of McGill University, Montreal. Buried in DICKEBUSCH NEW
MILITARY CEMETERY, Ieper, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium. Section B. Grave
40. See also Cambridge St Paul's
and Cambridge Guildhall |
TEBBUTT |
Roger
Joseph |
Captain,
1st/1st Battalion, Cambridgeshire Regiment. Killed in action 24th
AUgust 1918. Aged 24. Born Cambridge 1894. Educated Marlborough
and King’s College (1912), Cambridge. Cadet, Marlborough 1911-1913.
B.A. Cambridge University. Commissioned 30th September 1912. Wounded
twice with Cambridgeshire Regiment. Later attached to Essex Regiment
a few days before attack of 23rd August 1918. Wounded in hand, but
carried on, then hit by shell and killed. Second son of Lieutenant
Colonel Louis Tebbutt and Edith Neville Goodman Tebbutt, 4, Salisbury
Villas, Station Road, Cambridge; brother of Oswald (above). Buried
in ALBERT COMMUNAL CEMETERY EXTENSION, Somme, France. Plot I. Row
S. Grave 7. See also Cambridge St
Paul's and Cambridge
Guildhall |
VAILE |
Laurence
Edward Stuart |
Second
Lieutenant (Pilot), General List and 50 Training Squadron, Royal
Flying Corps. Killed while flying as an instructor in an Armstrong
Whitworth F.K.8., serial number B219, when turning into a climb,
aircraft crashed, 29 August 1917; 2Lt J J Bennett who was flying
with him was injured. Aged 24. Born Exning, Suffolk. Son of Jeannette
Stuart Vaile, of West House, Seaford, Sussex, and the late Arthur
Vaile. In the 1901 census he was aged 7, born Exning, Suffolk,
son of Arthur and Jeanette Vaile, resident Vicarage, Exning, Newmarket,
Suffolk. In the 1911 census he was aged 17, born Exning, Suffolk,
pupil at school, boarding at The College, Ely, Cambs. Buried at
NARBOROUGH (ALL SAINTS) CHURCHYARD, Norfolk. See also King's
School, Ely and also Exning.
Extract
from England & Wales Government Probate Death Index
1918:
VAILE
Laurence Edward Stuart of West House Seaford Sussex
died 29 August 1917 at Narborough Norfolk Administration Lewes
24 June to Arthur Vaile gentleman.
Effects £61 2s. 1d.
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WALLIS |
Kenneth
Ferguson Arnold |
Lieutenant,
H.M.S. St Vincent, Royal Navy. Accidentally killed while conducting
instruction on explosives 22 January 1918. Aged 26. Born 7 January
1892 in the Cambridge Registration District. Son of Arnold Joseph
and Mary A. Wallis, of 5, Belvoir Terrace, Cambridge. Served in
H.M.S. "Temeraire" 1913-17 and fought in the Battle of
Jutland. Cadet Captain at Osborne and Dartmouth Colleges; won the
first prize in the Cadets bayonet competition R.N. and M. Tournament,
1911. Enlisted 17 September 1894; became Sub_lieutenant 15 June
1912 and Lieutenant 15 November 1913. In the 1901 census he was
aged 9, born Cambridge, resident with is arents, Arnold Joseph and
May, at 5, Trumpington Road Belvoir Terrace, Cambridge. In the 1911
census he was aged 19, born Cambridge, unmarried, a Midshipman aboard
H.M.S. Achilles, residing at Portsmouth. Buried in LYNESS ROYAL
NAVAL CEMETERY, Orkney. Section B. Grave 14. See also Cambridge
St Botolph and Cambridge
University Press & College Servants and also Cambridge
Guildhall |
WOOLSTON |
James
Hawthorn |
Lance
Corporal 17485, 2nd Regiment, South African Infantry. Died 28
October 1918. Aged 44. Born 4 Aug 1874. Eldest son of the late
Frederic and Mary Ann Woolston. Native of Wellingborough, Northants,
England. Professor of Mathematics, Grey University College, Bloemfontein,
South Africa. In the 1881 census he was aged 6, born Wellingborough,
Northamptonshire, a scholar, son of Frederick and M A Woolston,
resident Burystead Place, Wellingborough, Northamptonshire. Admitted
to Wellingborough 3rd Grade & Girls Grammar School, Northamptonshire,
15 January 1883, son of Frederick Woolston, Postmaster, of Post
Office, Wellinborough, left 23 December 1885, previously educated
at Mrs Blands School, Wellingborough. In the 1891 census he was
aged 16, born Wellingborough, Northamptonshire, a scholar, son
of Frederic and Mary A Woolston, resident Church Street, Wellingborough,
Northamptonshire. In the 1901 census he was aged 26, born Wellingborough,
Northants, a Schoolmaster, a lodger resident at 85, Norwich Street,
Cambridge. He was a Solicitor, sailed aboard the "Galician"
to South Africa, aged 30, 1 January 1904. Buried in MONT HUON
MILITARY CEMETERY, LE TREPORT, Seine-Maritime, France. Plot VIII.
Row N. Grave 7B. See also Penzance,
Cornwall
Extract
from England & Wales Government Probate Death Index
1919:
WOOLSTON
James Hawthorn of Saint Clare Villa Penzance
and of Grey University College Bloemfontein South Africa
died 28 October 1918 in France Probate London
8 November to Mary Ashby Woolston spinster and the Public Trustee.
Effects £133 7s.
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