
WYE,
SOUTH EASTERN AGRICULTURAL COLLEGE WAR MEMORIAL
World
War 1 - Roll of Honour with detailed information
Compiled and copyright © Transcribed David Hughes and Neil
Clark 2004
This
book would be incomplete if the fallen men of The South East Agricultural
College were missed off. Although many of these men were not local
men strictly speaking, they do deserve tribute in this book because
they all spent many years studying in the Ashford area and undoubtedly
made contributions to the local community. This included many students
serving in the local territorial army companies (chiefly the 5th Buffs).
The
college has a large memorial plaque hanging in the courtyard at Wye.
This plaque commemorates all the known 127 old boys who made the ultimate
sacrifice for their King and Country.
Interestingly,
many of these men lost their lives very early on in the war. This
indicates beyond any doubt that many college men gallantly joined
up before conscription was ever enacted in 1916.
I
was surprised and disappointed to find that the college appeared to
have never carried out research into these men in order to identify
their units and document the circumstances of their deaths. I found
the information myself in many hours careful research and was given
no assistance other than being pointed in the direction of the campus
library. When I politely asked for some kind of dispensation to use
their copying facilities, I was told very firmly that I would be treated
the same as any student or outside researcher. I appealed on the grounds
that my work was historically vital to the college but this was merely
met with a blank stare (these men died 100 years ago what are you
doing). The present day college bears no resemblance to the college
in the early part of the last century which is a great pity.
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Denotes - Man appears in the Agrigcola Magazine (Volume III)
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Photographs
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The
Great War (1914 – 1918)
ADAM |
Alan
Gordon Acheson |
* |
Captain,
5th Battalion, The Buffs (East Kent Regiment). Died 21st January
1916. Born 6th July 1887 at West Malling, Kent. Son of Doctor James
Adam MRCS,LRCP and Edith Emma Adam of Malling Place, West Malling,
Kent. Brother of Walter Adam (below) Husband of Victoria Marjory
Melville Shaw (3rd daughter of William Shaw of Ealing, London).
Married 8th November 1915 at Cathedral of Bombay, India.
Educated
at Marlborough College and at Selwyn College, Cambridge before entering
the South East Agricultural College, Wye in October 1912. He left
the College in July 1913 having been awarded a college Diploma.
Alan went to Cranbrook where he practised as a solicitor. Whilst
at Cranbrook in 1911 he joined the 5th Buffs. On the 22nd January
1914 he was promoted Lieutenant. On 29th October 1915 he was promoted
Captain. Whilst fighting in Iraq he was recommended for the DSO.
He died before it could be given.
Alan’s
name appears on page 511 of the University of Cambridge War List
1914-1919.
Mentioned
in Dispatches 20th October 1916 and recommended for the DSO. |
ADAM |
Walter |
|
Captain,
Machine Gun Corps (Infantry) (MGC). Formerly Royal East Kent Yeomanry.
Died 3rd November 1918. Resided Malling Place, West Malling, Tonbridge,
Kent. Brother of Alan Adam (above) Buried locally in the West Malling
(St Mary) Churchyard, West Malling, Tonbridge, Kent. |
AITCHISON |
Douglas
James |
|
Lieutenant,
Royal Air Force (RAF). Formerly 7th Brigade, Royal Field Artillery
(RFA). Died 17th April 1918 aged 21 years. Son of James and Mrs
Aitchison of Beckenham, Kent. Buried in Camberwell (Forest Hill
Road) Cemetery, Camberwell, London. Grave reference 69.22704. |
ALEXANDER |
Christopher
James |
* |
Private
G/24732, 2nd Battalion, Queen’s (Royal West Surrey Regiment).
Formerly (9435) The Buffs (East Kent Regiment). Died 5th October
1917 aged 30 years. Born Croydon, Surrey. Enlisted Tunbridge Wells.
Resided 3, Mayfield Road, Tunbridge Wells. Son of Joseph Grundry
(Barrister) and Josephine Alexander of Tunbridge Wells, Kent. Buried
in the Hooge Crater Cemetery, Hooge, Belgium. Grave reference I.A.13.
Alexander
attended Wye from 1904 until 1909 and took the B.Sc degree of London
University in Agriculture in 1908. He was an exceptionally good
naturalist, knowing the names of plants and songs of birds, and
the neighbourhood in Wye where rare plants were likely to be found.
Upon
leaving Wye and previous to joining the army, he had been working
at Rome, Italy with the International Institute of Agriculture.
Christopher preferred to serve as a Private soldier despite being
offered a commission in The Buffs. |
ALLFREY |
Hugh
Lionel |
* |
Captain,
10th (Yeomanry) Battalion, The Buffs (East Kent Regiment). Formerly
Captain and Adjutant, Royal East Kent Mounted Rifles (REKMR). Died
18th OR 19th September 1918. Youngest son of Edward Richmond Allfrey
of Old Place, Sandhurst, Kent.
Educated
at Rottingdean and Loretto, and then Wye College where he studied
from 1901 to 1905. Upon leaving Wye Hugh farmed at Old Place, Sandhurst,
Kent (Near Hawkhurst) and afterwards bought land and farmed at the
Old Parsonage, Brenchley, Kent. He hunted considerably with the
Mid Kent Staghounds and other local packs. In 1913 he joined the
East Kent Yeomanry and on the outbreak of war was mobilised. In
September 1915 he was sent to Gallipoli, Turkey where he saw considerable
action with his unit. Afterwards in Egypt he saw service against
the Senussi, and in April 1916 proceeded to Palestine where his
unit the Royal East Kent Yeomanry was re-designated the 10th Battalion,
The Buffs.
It
is recorded that Hugh was killed instantaneously by a snipers bullet
whilst with his battalion in France. |
AMOS |
Frank
Edward |
|
Second
Lieutenant, “A” Battery, 230th Brigade, Royal Horse
Artillery (RHA). Formerly (150942) Gunner, RHA. Died 20th September
1918 aged 20 years. Son of Edward W and Gertrude Amos of Wey Street,
Hernhill, Faversham, Kent. Buried Templeux-Le-Guerard British Cemetery,
France. Grave reference – Sp Mem. 4.
Frank
was commissioned from the ranks. |
ARCHDALE |
Dominic
Mervyn (Ulster) |
* |
Lieutenant,
1st King’s African Rifles. Attended Nyasaland Volunteer Reserve.
Died 13th November 1916 aged 24 years. Son of the Right Hon. Edward
Mervyn Archdale MP (Member of Parliament) (later Sir Edward Archdale,
1st Baronet) and Lady Alice Archdale of Riversdale, Ballinamallard,
North Fermanagh, Ireland (Later Northern Ireland). Buried Iringa
Cemetery, Tanzania, East Africa. Grave reference V.A.13.
Educated
Felsted School and Wye. After leaving Wye he obtained a job under
the Colonial Office in Nyasaland as Assistant Director of Agriculture.
When in Africa he was an avid big game hunter. Whilst at Wye he
played in the College 1st Eleven football and hockey teams. |
ATKINSON |
Walter
(Will) Edmund Godfrey |
* |
Captain,
9th Battalion, Duke of Cornwall’s Light Infantry (DCLI). Attached
4th Battalion, Worcestershire Regiment. Formerly Berkshire Yeomanry
(Machine Gun Section). Died Gallipoli, Turkey 6th August 1915. Born
1878. Second son of Dr Edmund Atkinson (Professor of Applied Sciences
at the Staff College) of Portesbery Hill, Camberley, Surrey. Will
has no known grave. His name appers on the Helles Memorial, Gallipoli,
Turkey. Panel reference 117.
Educated
at Clifton and the South East Agriculture College, Wye. Walter joined
the college in the autumn term of 1898 and left in the summer of
1902. He gained a first class diploma and received prizes for general
science, botany and chemistry. He was also awarded a National Diploma
in Dairying. Upon leaving education Walter went to work under the
Lawes Agricultural Trust at Rothampstead and conducted experimental
work on wheat-growing for the Miller’s Association. For a
short while he lectured at the Reading University Agricultural College.
In 1909 he took a farm in conjunction with his brother R.E Atkinson
near Battle in Sussex and from this then moved to a smallholding
at Checkendon, Oxfordshire.
Will
married Miss E. Kate Lelacheur in May 1912. They had 3 sons.
On
the outbreak of war Walter enlisted in the Berkshire Yeomanry and
was attached to the machine gun section. He spent some time under
canvas at Churn Camp and then went into billets where he remained
until 14th November 1914. He was gazetted a Temporary Lieutenant
in the DCLI and the rest of his training was completed at Falmouth,
Devon. Walter was promoted to Captain in May 1915 and then left
with his Regiment for Gallipoli, Turkey.
It
is reported that Will did not reach the fighting until the 4th July
1915. He spent the next month very heavily engaged in fighting.
The day he was killed his unit was in action all day. He did his
share nobely. |
BADDELEY |
Percy
Kynnersley |
* |
Second
Lieutenant Percy Kynnersley BADDELEY. 170th Army Brigade, Royal
Field Artillery (RFA). Formerly (Lance Corporal 2134) County of
London Yeomanry (Rough Riders). Died 29th June 1916. Son of Frederick
Baddeley of Kynnersley, Preistlands Park, Sidcup, Kent. Buried Citadel
New British Cemetery, Fricourt, The Somme, France. Grave reference
II.D.8.
Percy
attended Wye College from February 1912 and left in July 1913. |
BARLING |
William
Bingham |
* |
Second
Lieutenant, 6th Battalion, Worcestershire Regiment. Attended 3rd
Battalion. Formerly Private (2363), 5th Battalion, Gloucestershire
Regiment. Died 12th March 1915. William has no known grave. His
name appears on the Ypres (Menin Gate) Memorial, Leper, Belgium.
Panel reference 34.
Educated
Beresford House, Gloucester and The Priory, Great Malvern and finally
Dean Close Cheltenham before going to the South East Agriculture
College in Wye. Upon leaving Wye College William was elected to
a fellowship of the Surveyor’s Institute, and became a member
of the staff of the Valuation Department, Inland Revenue, Gloucester.
He held this post for 3 years.
On
the outbreak of war he enlisted as a Private soldier with the 5th
battalion, Gloucestershire Regiment. He was later selected for a
commission and placed on the Officers Reserve list. He went to France
with the 6th Battalion, Worcestershire Regiment on 19th February
1915 reaching the firing line on the 23rd February 1915. He was
then attached to the 3rd battalion of his Regiment.
William
was killed bravely leading his platoon in a determined assault against
an enemy trench position. A corporal reported that he had stumbled
and fallen over an officer whom he believed to be Lieutenant Barling. |
BASS |
Charles
William |
|
Private
G/6305, 2nd Battalion, The Buffs (East Kent Regiment). Died 28th
September 1915. Born Lydd, Kent. Enlisted Canterbury. Resided Lydd.
Son of Charles Edward and Julia Elizabeth Bass of Tournay Hall,
Lydd, Kent. Charles has no known grave. His name appears on the
Loos Memorial, Loos, France. Grave reference 15 to 19. |
BAXTER |
Gordon
Eyre |
|
Second
Lieutenant 929, 2nd Battalion, Devonshire Regiment. Formerly King
Edwards Horse. Formerly (Trooper 929) Royal East Kent Yeomanry (REKMR)
from 1908 to 1911. Died Tuesday 8th October 1918 aged 28 years.
Born 15th December 1899 in Wiltshire. Son of Stanley Eyre and Emma
Louisa Baxter of North Lees, Taikawhana, Hopianga, Auckland, New
Zealand. In 1918 his home address was “St Chad”, Sackville
Crescent, Ashford, Kent. In 1917 the college was sending letters
to Sungei, Tengah, Sarawak. Buried St Nicolas British Cemetery,
France. Grave reference II.F5.
Gordon’s
brother Bernard E Baxter was also killed during the Great War.
Gordon
was educated at Shepton Mallet Grammar School and afterwards attended
the South Eastern Agricultural College at Wye near Ashford.Gordon
was serving in the REKMR (Wye Troop) as a Trooper whilst studying
at the Wye Agricultural College (1908-1911). When the war broke
out he was living in New Zealand and owned a rubber plantation.
Gordon immediately joined the King Edwards Horse (part of the New
Zealand Army) on 5th February 1915. He eventually arrived in France
on 22 April 1915 with his Regiment. At some stage Gordon was transferred
into the British Army and was posted to the 2nd Battalion, Devonshire
Regiment. It was with this British Regiment that Gordon lost his
life. |
BAYLY |
Noel
Douglas |
|
Lieutenant,
No 2 Company, 2nd Battalion, Irish Guards. Died 27th November 1917
aged 28 years. Only son of Major Henry Bayly (Gordon Highlanders)
and Annie Lilla Bayly of 3, Tite Street, Chelsea, London. Buried
Anneux British Cemetery, France. Grave reference III.F.7.
Noel’s
name also appeared on the college Roll of Honour as being treated
in a Hampshire War Hospital. This probably meant that at the time
the list was compiled, he was wounded and in hospital receiving
treatment. |
BELLWOOD |
Frank |
|
Captain,
8th Battalion, Devonshire Regiment. Died 14th July 1916. Buried
Carnoy Military Cemetery, Carnoy, Somme, France. Grave reference
M.27. |
BIRCH,
MC |
Eric
Wykeman |
|
Lieutenant,
Machine Gun Corps (MGC). Formerly 4th (Brighouse Chums) Battalion,
Duke of Wellington’s (West Riding Regiment). Died 17th January
1917 aged 24 years. Enlisted 1914. Son of John Grant and Isabella
Birch (nee Clay) of Bedfont Lodge, Bedfont, Middlesex. Buried Doullens
Communal Cemetery Extension No 1, France. Grave reference II.A.12.
Eric
was awarded the Military Cross (MC) for courage and leadership skills.
Before
the outbreak of war Eric was employed by the Sudanese government
(under British control). On the 16th January 1917 Eric was mortally
wounded in action. He died the next day. |
BIRKETT |
Harold
Wreford |
|
Private
442024, 7th Battalion, Canadian Infantry (British Columbia Regiment).
Died 9th September 1916 aged 31 years. Born 16th July 1885 at Chistlehurst,
Kent. Son of Louis and Agnes Birkett of 3, Summer Hill, Chistlehurst,
Kent. Husband of Murial Vida Birkett (nee Kelly) of 85, Fairfield
Road, Winchester, Hampshire. Harold has no known grave. His name
appears on the Vimy Memorial, Vimy, France.
Before
the outbreak of war Harold was working as a Clerk. He enlisted direct
into the Canadian Army on the 22nd June 1915 at Vernon, British
Colombia. There is some discrepancy in his rank as his obituary
in the contemporary Chislehurst Times says he was a Sergeant- Instructor,
see below:
BIRKETT
Sergeant–Instructor Harold Wreford Birkett of the Canadian
Infantry, (British Columbia Regiment) was killed in action at Poizeres
on Saturday 9th September 1916, aged 31. He was born on July 16th
1885 at Richman Cottage, Church Row, Chislehurst. He was the elder
son of Louis and Agnes Birkett. At the time of his death his parents
were living at 2 Summer Hill Villas, close to the old water tower,
where they lived for more than 25 years.
He
was educated at Haileybury, as were his father and brother. He subsequently
studied at the South Eastern Agricultural College, Wye, with the
intention of farming. After spending 2 years in Borneo, he went
to Canada and remained there for 7 years. During that time, in 1912,
he married Muriel Pope, the youngest daughter of Arthur Pope, a
pharmacist of British Columbia. In the 1911 Canadian Census, Harold
Birkett was working as a water bailiff on a farm and was clearly
using his agricultural training. By the time he enlisted in 1915
his occupation was given as clerk.
His
widow, Muriel, subsequently remarried and settled in England and
is shown as Mrs Kelly on the CWGC site. Harold’s father, Louis
Birkett was a Wool Broker’s manager and the son of a London
surgeon. The family lived in Chislehurst for over 50 years, the
parents both living into their nineties, they are buried in the
Churchyard of St Nicholas. Harold’s only brother, Norman Wreford
Birkett, was also in Canada at the outbreak of war and immediately,
on September 23rd 1914, volunteered for the Canadian Expeditionary
force. He was only 21 at the time, his occupation was said to be
civil engineer. Happily he survived the war, although he had a terrible
leg injury and spent nearly a year in hospital in London.
Harold
Birkett’s commanding officer wrote sympathetically to his
widow Muriel:
‘Your
husband was killed quite instantaneously by a shell during heavy
bombardment. We buried him behind the trench and marked his grave
as well as possible. Your husband was a soldier and a gentleman
from head to toe and I am quite sure he would wish to have met no
other end than the one he did, facing the enemy. We all feel his
loss very keenly because he was so cool and cheerful under all conditions.
If there is anything else I can do for you I should be honoured
if you would let me know’.
A
memorial service was held at St Johns Church, Mill Place,near to
the family home.
The Birkett family also lost their daughter Margaret in December
1914 while she was working as a VAD nurse. Louis Birkett, the father
of Harold and Margaret, was the Honorary Secretary of the local
council War Memorial Committee and played an influential part in
the building of the village war memorial.
Having
no known grave Harold Birkett is remembered with honour on the VIMY
MEMORIAL, Pas de Calais and on the family grave in the St Nicholas
churchyard.
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BRAILSFORD |
William
W |
|
Private
96009, 10th Battalion, Sherwood Foresters (Notts and Deby Regiment).
Died 12th October 1917. Resided Bridgenorth, Launceston, Tasmania,
Australia. William has no known grave. His name appears on the Tyne
Cot Memorial, Zonnebeke, Belgium. Panel reference 99 to 102 and
162 to 162A. |
BRUCE |
Edward
Tyrrell |
* |
Captain,
8th Battalion, Machine Gun Corps (MGC). Formerly Baganda Rifles,
Uganda Field Force (Africa). Died 9th June 1918. Fourth son of Colonel
Edward Bruce C.B, 19th (Fane’s Horse) Lancers, Indian Army.
His mother lived at Kingsley, Cherry Garden Avenue, Folkestone,
Kent. In 1917 the college was sending his mail to Box 53, Kampala,
Uganda, East Africa. Buried Marfaux British Cemetery, The Marne,
France. Grave reference VI.D.8.
Educated
at Haileybury College, where he became a prefect, and played forward
for the 1st XV (Rugby).
Edward
wanted to join the army. He took a high place in the Sandhurst examination
in July 1912 but to his great dis-appointment was rejected for defective
eyesight. He then entered Wye College where he obtained the diploma
with honours and several prizes. In 1909 he was appointed Assistant
Superintendent of the Cotton Cultivation in Uganda, Africa. He was
in Uganda when the war broke out serving in the Uganda Field Force
during his spare time. He remained in the Baganda Rifles until the
end of 1916, when he retired from that force and returned to England
to apply for a commission in the British Army. This time his application
was successful probably because of his sterling service in the Uganda
Field Force. He was immediately commissioned a Second Lieutenant
in the Machine Gun Corps (MGC). He left for the front in August
1917. |
BUCKINGHAM |
Thomas
Noel |
* |
Lieutenant,
6th Battalion Devonshire Regiment. Attended 8th Battalion. Died
26th October 1917 aged 24 years. Born 1893. Youngest son of Frederick
Finney and Mrs Emily Heywood Buckingham of The Rectory, Doddiscombsleigh,
Exeter, Devon. Thomas has no known grave. His name appears on the
Tyne Cot Memorial, Zonnebeke, Belgium. Panel reference 38 to 40.
Educated
at Exeter School and then Kelly College, Tavistock before entering
Wye College in 1910. He stayed at Wye until 1913. At the outbreak
of war Thomas volunteered for army service as a Private soldier.
He served in the Devonshire Regiment as a Private for 2 months before
being selected for a commission in October 1914. Proceeding to India
with his Regiment, he took part in the Mesopotamian Campaign and
was invalided home suffering from wounds in September 1916. As soon
as he had sufficiently recovered he joined a battalion of the Devonshire
Regiment at the front in France where he fell leading his men.
To
start with Thomas was reported Missing in Action but this was eventually
changed to Killed in Action. He was obviously a very gallant and
brave man… |
BUDDEN |
Harold
William |
|
Second
Lieutenant, 12th Battalion, Lancashire Fusiliers. Died Thursday
14th September 1916 age 25 years. Son of Newton Odell Budden of
Aliwal North, Cape Province, South Africa. Harold has no known grave.
His name appears on the Doiran Memorial, Salonica, Greece.
Harold’s
name appears on the Ashford Baptist Church Memorial, Station Road,
Ashford. It is unclear why his name was not placed on the town centre
memorial in Church Road. He probably attended that church in Ashford
whilst a student at Wye.
Harold
lost hisl ife in the Salonika campaign Greece. More men died here
of Malaria than died as a consequence of enemy action. |
BUTLER |
Noel |
|
Second
Lieutenant, 1st Battalion, Irish Guards. Died 15th September 1916
aged 28 years. Son of the Reverand George Hew and Florence Butler
of Rosemary Cottage, Harting, Petersfield, Hampshire. Buried Deville
Wood Cemetery, Longueval, The Somme, France. Grave reference Special
Mem A.11. |
CAIRNES |
William
Henry |
|
[SDGW
lists this man as CAINES] Private 10769, 1st Battalion, Duke of
Cornwall’s Light Infantry (DCLI). Died 23rd July 1916. Born
Marylebone, London. Enlisted London. Resided Southport, Lancashire.
William has no known grave. His name appears on the Thiepval Memorial,
The Somme, France. Panel reference 6B. |
CHESNEY |
Charles
Cornerallis |
|
Lieutenant,
117th Mahrattas, Indian Army Reserve of Officers. Died 22nd November
1915 aged 30 years. Charles has no known grave. His name appears
on the Basra Memorial, Basra, Iraq. Panel reference 43 and 65. |
CLEMENT |
J |
|
No
further information currently available |
COLOMB |
Mervyn
William |
* |
Second
Lieutenant, Royal Flying Corps (RFC). Formerly 4th Battalion, London
Regiment (Territorial’s). Formerly (2172) Corporal, 4th Battalion,
London Regiment. Died 11th May 1915. Son of William and Maud Colomb
of Rossleigh, Greystones, County Wicklow, Ireland. Husband of Maude
Besant. Buried Aldershot Military Cemetery, Aldershot, Hampshire.
Grave reference AF.1869.
Educated
at Haileybury, and went to Wye in the Autumn of 1904. He stayed
until 1907, and then went to Canada, where he experienced some of
the roughest times. Later, on his return, he studied singing in
Dublin, Ireland and London, and was successful in getting pretty
continuous engagements in the Moody Manners and other operatic companies
in town, and on tour in the provinces. In December 1913, he married
Miss Maud BESANT.
On
the outbreak of war he enlisted in the 4th Battalion, London Regiment
and was first stationed at Malta and then proceeded to France. His
wound was in the arm, but blood poisoning set in and he sadly died
in hospital at Aldershot, Hampshire. |
CRISP |
Reginald |
|
Second
Lieutenant, 7th Battalion, The Buffs (East Kent Regiment). Formerly
5th and 4th Battalion’s. Died 29th March 1918 aged 25 years.
Son of William Henry and C.E Crisp of Hayden House, Lyme Regis,
Dorset. Reginald has no known grave. His name appears on the Pozieres
Memorial, France. Panel reference 16.
Reginald
enlisted direct from Wye College in August 1914. He served in India
and Iraq (with the 5th Battalion) before losing his life in France
with the 7th battalion.
The
day that Reginald died his battalion was being bussed to St Nicholas
east of Boves. From Boves they marched to Gentelles. That night
the battalion took over frontline trenches south east of Villers
Bretonneux. |
DAGGE |
Albert
[Lima] |
|
Second
Lieutenant, “B” Battery, 68th Brigade, Royal Field Artillery
(RFA). Died 1st July 1916 aged 32 years (The First Day of the Battle
of The Somme). Son of Walter Hickie Dagge and Mary Thereza Isabel
Dagge. Buried Connaught Cemetery, Thiepval, The Somme, France. Grave
reference XIII.D.7. |
DAHSE |
Stephen
Geoffrey |
* |
Gunner
1127 or 9128, South African Field Artillery. Formerly “H”
Company (Ashford), 1st Volunteer Battalion, The Buffs (East Kent
Regiment). Died in Tanzania, Africa of heart failure following a
scorpian sting on the 9th September 1916. Born 1877. Son of J.F.J
Dahse of Honor Oak, South East London. In 1917 the college was sending
his mail to P.O, Hermon, Cape Colony, South Africa. Buried Morogoro
Cemetery, Tanzania, East Africa. Grave reference II.A.12.
Educated
at the Junior School Bradfield College. He left Bradfield in 1893
and was awarded a Kent (Junior) Scholarship at the Wye Agricultural
College. Stephen was a gifted cricketer and footballer playing for
the college in both 1st teams. In 1896 Stephen captained the 1st
eleven cricket team. In 1896 he joined “H” Company of
the 5th Buffs based in Ashford. After leaving Wye he went to Cape
Colony, South Africa and on the outbreak of war was manager of the
Hermon Works of the Hermon Piquetberg Line Co Limited. In April
1916 he joined the South African Field Force, and went through a
course of training at Potchefstroom, South Africa. Sailing then
for German East Africa he landed at Kilindini with the first reinforcements
and was soon in the thick of the fighting. As the war progressed
Stephen’s health started to fail. A sting from a scorpian
resulted in heart failure. |
DAVENPORT |
Leonard
Marriot |
* |
Second
Lieutenant, 3rd Battalion, Royal Irish Fusiliers. Attended 7th
Battalion. Died 6th September 1916 aged 27 years. Fifth son of
Thomas Marriott Davenport, Clerk of The Peace for Oxfordshire
of Headington Mill, Oxfordshire. Buried in the La Neuville British
Cemetery, Corbie, France. Grave reference II.C.23.
Educated
at Lockers Park and Rugby School. He attended the S.E.A College
at Wye for nearly 4 years (May 1907 until December 1910) after which
time he obtained a job with the government as a Surveyor and was
sent to the Frederated Malay States in 1911. In April 1915 Leonard
returned to the UK where he took a commission in the Royal Irish
Fusiliers on the 15th June 1915. He left for France on the 29th
May 1916.
On
the 5th September 1916 the 7th battalion was in action all day at
Angle Wood and Falfemont Farm. The battalion objective for their
attack was Combles Trench. Machine Gun fire was intense and many
men were cut down as they left their trenches. On the 6th September
1916 the battalion withdrew under heavy fire to Angle Wood. It is
recorded that the battalion lost 273 men killed, missing and wounded.
One of those men was Leonard. |
DOWDELL |
Harold
Bernard |
|
Private
4296, 1st/15th Battalion, London Regiment (Prince of Wales' Own
Civil Service Rifles). Killed in action 15th September 1916. Enlisted
London, resident Brockley. No known grave. Commemorated on Thiepval
Memorial, Somme, France. Pier and Face 13 C. Also appears on the
Southborough, Kent, War Memorial. |
DURLACHER,
MC |
Philip
Alfred |
|
Lieutenant,
Machine Gun Corps (MGC). Formerly (Private 1206) West Kent Yeomanry.
Died 12th May 1918 aged 27 years. Son of Alfred and Hilda Durlacher
of 142, New Bond Street, London. Buried Brookwood Cemetery, Brookwood,
Surrey. Grave reference NA.180991
Philip
was awarded the Military Cross (MC) for courage and leadership skills.
|
EDWARDS |
Herbert
S [Y] |
|
Sergeant
320803, 2/6th Battalion (City of London Rifles), London Regiment.
Died 21st May 1917. Herbert has no known grave. His name appears
on the Arras Memorial, Arras, France. Panel reference – Bay
9-10. |
FAIRBAIRN |
Andrew
Hubert |
* |
Second
Lieutenant, 3rd Battalion, Royal Irish Regiment. Attended 2nd Battalion.
Died 5th June 1915. Death reported by the Agricola 30th July 1915
aged 21 years. Son of A.C Fairbairn. Buried Tyne Cot Cemetery, Zonnebeke,
Belgium. Grave reference LXII.C.2.
According
to the Agricola magazine Andrew was captured by the German’s
and was sent to a POW Camp where he died of his wounds. This seems
a little inplausable considering that he is buried in Tyne Cot Cemetery.
|
FAIRWEATHER |
Alexander
Cobden |
* |
No
further information currently available. Attended Wye College as a
Kent Scholar in 1900 until July 1902. He was a life member of the
Agricola Club. In 1917 the college was sending his mail to – Moorland
Cottage, Sutton Coldfield. |
FEATHERSTONE |
Marshall
Breckon |
|
Second
Lieutenant, No 2 Special Company. Royal Engineers (RE). Formerly
(Pioneer 130877) Royal Engineers. Formerly (Private 3304) 8th Battalion,
London Regiment. Died 2nd September 1917 aged 23 years. Son of Arthur
Breckon and Mabel Featherstone of 43, Broseley Grove, Sydenham,
London. Buried Aeroplane Cemetery, Zonnebeke, Belgium. Grave reference
I.B.13.
|
FIGGIS,
MC |
Lenox
Paton |
|
Captain,
6th Battalion, The Buffs (East Kent Regiment). Formerly (Private
1535), 5th Battalion, The Buffs. Died 27th August 1918 aged 25 years.
Son of Thomas Phillips Figgis and Caroline Mary Figgis of Campden
Hill, Kensington, London. Husband of Ethel Lizzie Winning Cleland
Figgis of School House, Rowallan, Kilmarnock, Scotland. Buried Meaulte
Military Cemetery, France. Grave reference F.25.
Lenox
was awarded the Military Cross (MC) for leadership skills and courage.
The
circumstances of Lenox’s death is described on page 366 of
the Buffs Regimental history (Moody). He was killed in action somewhere
near to Bernafay Wood on the Somme. A further 10 other ranks were
also killed on the same day. |
FRAMPTON |
William
John Goulbourn Shipdern |
|
Captain,
2nd Battalion, East Lancashire Regiment. Died 24th April 1918 aged
32 years. Son of Colonel W.P Frampton 9Late 59th Foot) and his wife
Mrs Bayer Frampton of Newton Hall, Clitheroe, Yorkshire. William
has no known grave. His name appears on the Pozieres Memorial, The
Somme, France. Panel reference 42 and 43. |
FURLEY |
Robert
Basil |
|
Second
Lieutenant, 1st (Bucks) Battalion, Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire
Light Infantry (OBLI). Formerly Private, 16th Battalion, London
Regiment (Queen’s Westminsters). Died Tuesday 25th January
1916 aged 27 years. Youngest son of the Reverand Henry Furley of
Mount Sandford, Southborough, Kent. Buried in the Hebuterne Military
Cemetery, France. Grave reference I.A.10.
Robert
attended the South East Agricultural College in Wye from 1909 until
1911.
Roberts
father was a former rector of Kingsnoth Parish Church. On the outbreak
of war Robert enlisted in the 16th London Regiment (Queen’s
Westminsters) and received his commission in the summer of 1915.
He went out to France on the 5th January 1916 and 20 days later
was hit in the forhead by a snipers bullet. At the time he was killed
he was observing enemy positions from a captured trench. |
GETTING |
Eric
Noel |
|
Captain,
1st Battalion, Royal Berkshire Regiment. Died 28th or 29th September
1915 aged 24 years. Only child of Henry F and Ann Ethel Getting
of Hollington, Ross, Herefordshire. Eric has no known grave. His
name appears on the Loos Memorial, Loos, France. Panel reference
93 to 95.
Educated
at May Place Preparatory School, Malvern Wells and Bradfield College,
Berkshire. Eric was gazetted from the special reserve of officers
in January 1914 9before the outbreak of war). He was immediately
posted to the 3rd Battalion, Royal Berkshire Regiment. He was transferred
to the 1st battalion in October 1914.
Eric
was killed in the Battle of Loos of 1915. |
GIBSON |
Cecil
Mervyn |
|
Second
Lieutenant, 5th Battalion, York and Lancaster Regiment. Formerly
(4633) 28th Battalion, London Regiment. Died 5th May 1917 aged 23
years. Son of Charles Mervyn and Charlotte Mary Gibson of 55, Queens
Road, Beckenham, Kent. Buried Pont-Du-Hem Military Cemetery, La
Gorgue, Near La Bassee, France. Grave reference III.B.20. |
GIFFARD |
Edmund
Hamilton |
|
Major,
2nd Brigade, Royal Field Artillery (RFA). Died 10th November 1918
aged 31 years. Son of Henry Rycroft and Cecillia Martha Giffard
of Lockeridge House, Marlborough. Buried Awoingt British Cemetery.
Grave reference III.D.6.
Edmund
was awarded the Croix de Guerre with Palme (France) for bravery
in the field. |
GOLDRING |
Percy
Thomas |
|
Private
40757, 10th Battalion, Lancashire Fusiliers. Formerly (17518) Cyclist
Corps. Died 2nd September 1918 aged 20 years. Born Kingston, Surrey.
Enlisted Canterbury. Resided Tankerton, Whitstable, Kent. Son of
Thomas Pamphilon and Annie Goldring of Kingston-Upon-Thames, Surrey.
Buried Varennes Military Cemetery, France. Grave reference III.C.26.
|
GOODWIN |
Henry
Cecil |
|
Private
202040, 8th Battalion, Tank Corps. Formerly (68830) Machine Gun
Corps (MGC). Died 24th March 1918 aged 20 years. Born Brixton, London.
Enlisted Ashford. Resided Ashford. Son of Thomas H. Goodwin of 59,
Norbury Court Road, Norbury, London. Henry has no known grave. His
name appears on the Arras Memorial, Arras, France. Panel reference
– Bay 10. |
GORDON |
Gerald
Montague |
|
Captain,
5th Battalion attached Adjutant, 12th Battalion, Royal Fusiliers
(City of London Regiment). On the evening of 9th June 1917 the battalion
had just relieved the 1st Battalion Royal Fusiliers when he was
killed in action when a shell fell close to HQ. Aged 26. Born on
8th January 1891 in Sherborne. Son of George and Mary Gordon, of
Wincombe Park, Wilts, and The Barn House, Sherborne, Dorset. Educated
at Durnford House, Wellington College and the South Eastern Agricultural
College, Wye, Kent. Attended Wye College from January 1910 and left
Christmas 1911. Whilst at Wye he captained the cricket team in 1911
and was also a member of the hockey team. Whilst at Wellington he
played for two years in the cricket XI and also represented his
school in the Public Schools’ Racket competition at Queen’s
Club. Member of the M.C.C. and of the Free Foresters and for several
seasons played for the Dorset County XI. On 15th August 1914 he
obtained a commission with the 3rd Battalion of the Royal Fusiliers
and served on the Western Front from 9th February 1915 with the
12th (Service) Battalion and later became adjutant. At the beginning
of 1917, he was admitted to hospital suffering from appendicitis.
After recovering from an operation to remove his appendix he returned
to the Front in May. Buried in RENINGHELST NEW MILITARY CEMETERY,
Poperinge, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium. Plot II. Row C. Grave 23. See
also Lord's Cricket members
WW1 and Durnford
School, Langton Matravers, Dorset War Memorial
Extract
from Du Ruvigny's Roll of Honour, volume 4, page 66:
GORDON,
GERARD MONTAGUE, Capt. and Adjutant, The Royal Fusiliers,
3rd and yst. s. of George Henry Gordon, of The Barn House,
Sherborne, and Wincombe Park, Shaftesbury, J.P. co. Wilts and Dorset.
Chairman of the Dorset War Agricultural Committee, by his wife,
Mary, dau. of Francis Stanier, of Biddulph, co. Stafford ; b.
Sherborne, 8 Jan. 1891 ; educ. at Durnford House ; Wellington College,
and the South Eastern Agricultural College, Wye, co. Kent ; obtained
a commission 15 Aug. 1914 ; served with the Expeditionary Force
in France and Flanders from Feb. 1915, and was killed in action
9 June, 10 Buried in the Military Cemetery at Reninghelst, near
Ypres. A brother officer wrote : "He was one of the bravest
men I have met out here, and his sense of duty in returning to the
front so soon after his recent operation filled us all with the
deepest admiration. He was always so merry and bright, and a great
favourite with us all," and another of his Regiment : "His
parting from us has caused a deep cloud over the battalion, because
he was one of the best, and one we could ill afford to lose."
While at Wellington he played for two years in the cricket eleven,
and represented his school in the Public Schools' Racket Competition
at Queen's Club. He was a member of the M.C.C. and of the Free Foresters,
and for several seasons did good service for the Dorset County XI.
He was a fine horseman and took high honours as an athlete ; unm. |
GORDON |
C |
|
No
further information currently available |
GRAHAM-CLARKE |
John
Altham Stobart |
|
Second
Lieutenant, 9th Battalion, King’s Own Scottish Borderers.
Attended 6th Battalion, Border Regiment. Died 1st July 1916 (First
day of the Battle of The Somme). |
GRANT |
Clifton
Brown |
|
Captain,
99th Company, Machine Gun Corps (MGC). Formerly Royal Fusiliers.
Died 27th July 1916 aged 22 years. Son of J.B and Jesse Grant of
The Firs, Warnham, Sussex. Buried Serre Road Cemetery Number 2,
The Somme, France. Grave reference XX.A.8.
|
GRANT |
J.T |
* |
No
further information currently available.
Attended
Wye College briefly from October 1904 until 1905. He returned to
Wye in 1907 leaving again in 1910. |
GRANT |
William
Hugh |
|
Second
Lieutenant, 7th Battalion, Seaforth Highlanders. Died 29th September
1915 aged 20 years. Son of Colonel H.G Grant and Mrs Isabel Grant.
William has no known grave. His name appears on the Loos Memorial,
Loos, France. Panel reference 112 to 115. |
GREENWELL |
Thomas
William Maddison |
|
Lieutenant,
6th Battalion, Northumberland Fusiliers. Attended 17th Battalion,
Lancashire Fusiliers. Died 19th July 1918. Buried Godewaersvelde
British Cemetery, Belgium. Grave reference II.A.9. |
GREIG |
James
Gordon |
|
Lieutenant
James Gordon HAMILTON-GREIG. “D” Company, 6th Battalion,
The Buffs (East Kent Regiment). Formerly (Private) 5th Battalion,
Royal Sussex Regiment. Died 13th August 1915 aged 20 years. Born
Welling, Kent. Son of J.C Hamilton Greig and K Hamilton Greig of
19, Portland Court, Great Portland Street, London. Buried Bailleul
Communal Cemetery Extension (North), France. Grave reference I.D.34.
|
GRELLIER |
Gordon
Harley |
* |
Second
Lieutenant, 51st Siege Battery, Royal Garrison Artillery (RGA).
Formerly (Gunner 625471) Honourable Artillery Company (HAC). Died
31st October 1918 aged 33 years. Resided 6, Queen Annes Gate, Westminster,
London. Son of Harley Mair Grellier and Edith Louisa Grellier of
St Martin’s Croft, Epsom, Surrey. Buried Poix-Du-Nord Communal
Cemetery Extension, France. Grave reference II. B. 22.
Gordon
joined the college in 1905 and left in 1908. He was a member of
the Surveyor’s Institute and upon leaving Wye went to work
for his fathers firm in Westminster, London. Upon the outbreak of
war he joined the army and was commissioned into the Royal Garrison
Artillery as a battery commander. In October his battery was East
of Cambrai in France. He was killed instantly when a shell splinter
struck him the day after he arrived in France and only 11 days before
the armistice.
Informartion
supplied by Liz Manterfield:
GRELLIER
Gordon Harley, 2nd Lieutenant, Royal Garrison Artillery.
Killed in Action 31 October 1918, aged 33
Gordon
was born on 16 March 1885 (FRC reference: June 1885 Epsom 2a 16
) at Downside, Epsom, the eldest son of Mr Harley Mair Grellier
and his wife Edith Louisa. (FRC reference for their marriage: Sept
1875 Lambeth 1d 468). His birth was announced in the Times.
In 1891 the family were living at Downside, St Martin’s Road,
Epsom. Harley Grellier was a 40 year old surveyor. His wife, Edith
Louisa, was 38. Their eldest child, Alice M was 7 years old and
had been born in the little village of Worth in Sussex. Gordon was
6, Norman and Bernard, identical twins, were 4, Florence was 2 and
Cecil was 7 months old. Grandmother, Ann Grellier aged 76 also lived
with them and they employed a cook, a nurse and a housemaid.
In 1901 Alice was not at home but the other children and grandmother
Ann were still living with Harley and Edith at Downside, Epsom.
Harley was still a surveyor. No servants were recorded living in
the house.
Gordon (and his twin brothers) attended Epsom College for five years,
where he served in the school Cadet Corps from 1900. In 1905 he
went to Wye Agricultural College until 1908 where he was awarded
the diploma and Surveying prize. He became a pupil of Tristram Eve
of JR Eve and Sons, Surveyors, after which he became a partner in
the firm of Messrs Grelliers, surveyors in Queen Anne’s gate,
London. He was a professional associate of and qualified for a fellowship
of the Surveyors Institute Great George St London. He was living
at 6 Queen Anne’s Gate, London.
Before the war he had joined the Inns of Court OTC on 9 March 1909
as Private 354, but he had to retire in May 1910 for a business
engagement.
He signed up for the duration of the war in on 14 November 1916,
enlisting at Kingston on Thames, and was appointed Gunner no 625471
in the HAC Siege Battery on 15 November 1916. His enrolment papers
record that he was 31 yrs and 8mths old, 5ft 7 7/8ins in height,
36 ins chest with 3½in expansion, he weighed 138lbs, had
a vaccination mark on his left arm and had good physical development.
Although he had married to Viva Melicent Hamley, daughter of Mr
and Mrs ET Harley of Sunning Hill Epsom at St Martin’s church,
Epsom on 4 July 1912 (FRC reference: Sep 1912 Epsom 2a 41) and supplied
her name as his next of kin, he said that her whereabouts were unknown.
They did not have any children.
Whilst in the HAC he served at home:
15 November 1916 309 Siege Battery as a gunner
9 December1916 30/A Depot
31 Mar 1917, 309(Res) HAC Siege Battery
4 April 1917-2 June 1916 Reinforcing Siege Depot at Stowlangtoft,
Catterick
26 October1917 Trowbridge
In December 1916 he had three vaccinations. Early in 1917 he experienced
trouble with his right knee and spent from 11 Mar to 15 May 1917
in Horton War hospital. An x-ray on 17 March showed contusion. Whilst
in hospital the tragic news arrived that 2nd Lt William Morris Vincent,
husband of his sister Florence, had been killed.
He obtained a commission as 2nd Lieutenant in the RGA serving in
the 51st Seige Battery Royal Garrison Artillery and was formally
discharged as a gunner on 17 Mar 1918. He attended the Royal Artillery
Cadet School. On 24 October 1918 he embarked at Southampton, arriving
the next day at Havre. He went up to the front, east of Cambrai
on 30 October but was killed instantly by a shell splinter the next
day, only hours after his arrival. He was 33.
He
was buried, at Poix du Nord, France. He is listed on the Ashley
Road, Epsom, the Epsom College and St Mary's, Ewell Memorials, and
also on the Wye SE Agricultural College War Memorial. Appears in
Agricola Magazine Vol 3. To be investigated.
His effects included: a wallet, purse chain, wrist watch, pocket
torch, pocket knife, cigarette case, cigarette holder, officer’s
advance book,, cheque book, army book 439, a pair of gloves, pair
of shoes, 4 large buttons, 6 small buttons, khaki handkerchief,
tie pin pencils and keys. The probate for his estate had been granted
to his father but unfortunately he died of pneumonia at St Martins
Croft Epsom on 19 November 1921 and his brothers had to administer
the probate for their father and the remaining estate of their brother.
His estate was valued at £2429. It is interesting to note
that his twin brothers joined the Royal Army Medical Corps (RAMC)
in 1915, and were each awarded the Military Cross for gallantry. |
GRIFFIN |
Reginald
[Herbert] |
|
Captain,
Royal Field Artillery. Attended 21st Seige Battery, Royal Garrison
Artillery (RGA). Died 7th July 1917 aged 38 years. Born Pell Wall,
Staffordshire. Son of Marten Harcourt Griiffin and Isabel Elizabeth
Griffin of Langfield, Bude, Cornwell. Buried Mendinhem Military
Cemetery, Belgium. Grave reference I.F.12.
Educated
at Marlborough and C.C.C Oxford University. Before the outbreak
of war Reginald was employed as a 1st Class Clerk in the Colonial
Office. |
HADDON |
Thomas |
|
Captain.
2/7th Battalion, Cheshire Regiment. Died as a prisoner of war 20th
April 1918 aged 25 years. |
HAGGER |
Hubert
Edward |
|
Private
2764. 41st Battalion, Australian Infantry (AIF). Died 30th October
1918. |
HAMMERTON |
Leslie
T |
|
Private
2034. 4th Battalion, Cameron Highlanders. Died 28th September 1915. |
HARDCASTLE |
John
Balfour |
|
Captain.
2nd Battalion, Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry (OBLI).
Died 30th July 1916 aged 23 years. |
HARDY |
Ronald
Montague |
* |
Captain.
“D” Company, 7th Battalion, Rifle Brigade. Formerly Royal Sussex
Regiment. Died 23rd July 1915 aged 33 years. |
HATFIELD,
MC |
Charles
Eric |
* |
Captain.
The Buffs (East Kent Regiment). Formerly Royal East Kent Yeomanry.
Died 21st September 1918. |
HATHORN |
Noel
McDouall |
|
Second
Lieutenant. Indian Army Reserve of Officers. 76th Punjabis. Died
14th July 1915 aged 24 years. |
HEALE |
George
Reginald Charles |
|
Captain.
10th Battalion, Duke of Wellington’s (West Riding Regiment). Died
3rd May 1917. |
HILLS |
Charles
Herbert |
|
Second
Lieutenant. 3rd Battalion, Manchester Regiment. Died 5th September
1916 aged 21 years. |
HOGBEN |
Leslie
Thomas |
|
Second
Lieutenant. Royal Flying Corps (RFC). Died 23rd October 1917 aged
18 years. |
HOLYMAN |
Leslie
Edward |
|
Second
Lieutenant. 5th Battalion, The Buffs (East Kent Regiment). Died
9th March 1917. |
HOOD-DANIEL |
Arnold
Frost |
|
Captain.
“C” Company (Ashford), 2/5th (Home Service) Battalion, The Buffs
(East Kent Regiment). Former Private. Died 28th January 1917 aged
35 years. |
HOPCROFT |
Arthur
[Edgar] |
|
Sergeant
281346. 2/4th Battalion, London Regiment. Died 14th May 1917 aged
20 years. |
HOPKINS |
Lewis |
* |
Second
Lieutenant. 8th Battalion, Somerset Light Infantry. Formerly 9th
Battalion. Died 26th September 1915. |
HORTON |
J |
|
No
further information currently available |
HUGHES |
Guy
Wiley |
* |
Second
Lieutenant. 5th Battalion, Duke Of Cambridge's Own (Middlesex Regiment)
formerly Charterhouse School, Officer Training Corps (O.T.C). Died
of wounds 31 December 1914. Aged 23 years. Son of George and Emily
Hughes, of "Fieldhead," Wimbledon Park, London. O.T.C.,
Charterhouse. Buried in Bailleul Communal Cemetery (Nord), Nord,
France. Row F. Grave 4. See also Charterhouse
School War Memorial.
Extract
from Bond of Sacrifice, Officers Who Died in the Great War,
1914-1916, Volume 1, page 198:
2nd
LIEUTENANT GUY WILEY HUGHES, RESERVE OF OFFICERS. attd. 4th BATTN.
THE DUKE OF CAMBRIDGE'S OWN (MIDDLESEX REGIMENT), was the
son of George Hughes, Esq., and was born at Bushey Heath on the
26th February, 1892.
He was educated at Charterhouse, where he was Monitor of Gownboys,
and leaving there in 1911 he proceeded to the South Eastern Agricultural
College, Wye, as his taste lay in the direction of agriculture,
and he intended to take to it as a profession. Here he became head
Student, and gained great popularity among all with whom he came
in contact there. He regularly represented the College at Association
football, having been Captain of the team in his last year, and
also in lawn tennis. As proof of the general confidence reposed
in hint he was elected Secretary of the Union Society of the College
in his final year. He obtained his diploma in 1914.
Having taken his "A" certificate at Charter-house, he
joined the Reserve of Officers, and on the outbreak of the war he
was called up for service and attached to the 4th Battalion Middlesex
Regiment, proceeding with it to the Continent on the 15th October,
1914.
He was killed when looking for a missing private outside his trench
on the 31st December, 1914, and was buried in a churchyard at Bailleul.
His father received many appreciative letters from those with whom
2nd Lieutenant Hughes had been associated, including his House Master
at Charterhouse, the Principal and other authorities of Wye College,
and the Vicar of Wye. His Colonel wrote: "He was very popular
with us all, and as an officer most reliable and keen,and one in
whom I had the most perfect confidence." His Major, the Captain
of his company (himself wounded), and his Company Sergeant-Major
also sent letters of sympathy and regard.
Extract
from De Ruvigny's Roll Of Honour 1914-1918, volume 1, page
196:
HUGHES,
GUY WILEY, 2nd Lieut., 4th Battn. Middlesex Regt.. yst.
s. of George Hughes, of Fieldhead, Wimbledon, by his late
wife, Emily, dau. of William Edward Wiley, of The Rookery, Erdington;
b. Kensington, 28 Feb. 1892; educ. Charterhouse; gazetted
2nd Lieut. to the Reserve of Officers Hon the O.T.C. March, 1913;
attd. to the 4th Middlesex after the outbreak of war; went to France,
17 Oct. 1914, and died at Bailleul, 31 Dec. 1914, of wounds received
in action the previous day; unm. His brother, Capt. A.
E. Wiley Hughes, when attd. to the 3rd Royal Fusiliers, was wounded
twice in France.
Extract
from England & Wales Government Probate Death Index
1915:
HUGHES
Guy Wiley of Fieldhead Arthur-road Wimbledon Park Surrey
2nd lieutenant in 4th battalion Middlesex regiment died 31 December
1914 at Bailleul Pas de Calais in France Administration London
5 March to George Henry Hughes merchant. Effects £1738 1s.
10d. Further grant 25 September 1924.
Extract
from England & Wales Government Probate Death Index
1915:
HUGHES
Guy Wiley of Fieldhead Arthur-road Wimbledon Park Surrey
died 31 December 1914 in France Administration London
25 September to Alan Wiley Hughes merchant.
Effects £200. Former Grant P.R. March 1915.
|
IPSWICH |
William
Henry Alfred (Viscount) |
* |
Lieutenant
1560 (The Viscount Ipswich) FITZROY. Royal Flying Corps (RFC) and
4th Battalion (Pioneers), Coldstream Guards. Formerly (Private)
4th Battalion, The Buffs (East Kent Regiment). Died 23rd April 1918
aged 33 years. Son of the Earl of Euston and grandson of the 8th
Duke of Grafton. Husband of Auriol, Vicountess Ipswich of Whittlebury,
Towchester, Northamptonshire. |
JAY |
William
Pryor |
|
Private
T/240487. 5th Battalion, The Buffs (East Kent Regiment). Formerly
(1763) The Buffs. Died 15th February 1917 aged 23 years. |
JEMMETT |
Charles
William |
* |
Lieutenant.
6th Battalion, The Buffs (East Kent Regiment). Formerly (Sergeant
1564) in the 2/5th Battalion, The Buffs (East Kent Regiment). Died
Friday 15th March 1918 aged 32 years. |
JOHNSON |
Howard
Fife |
|
Second
Lieutenant. 5th Battalion, The Buffs (East Kent Regiment). Died
9th March 1917. |
KEABLE |
Harold
Charles Linford |
* |
Second
Lieutenant. 8th Battalion, Royal Berkshire Regiment. Died 25th September
1915 aged 26 years. |
KIBLER |
P.G |
|
The
ONLY Kibler recorded by the Commonwealth War Graves Commission is
this man – Private 7350 John William KIBLER. 11th Battalion, Royal
Fusiliers. Died 23rd March 1918. |
KIPPS |
Harold
Charles Linford |
|
Lieutenant.
Royal Army Service Corps (ASC). Attended 4th Battalion, Worcestershire
Regiment. Died 22nd August 1918 aged 23 years. |
LEGGAT |
Alfred |
|
Private
TF/1780. 5th Battalion, The Buffs (East Kent Regiment). Died 7th
January 1916. |
LEWIS |
Hugh
Frederick |
|
Captain.
2nd Battalion, Queen’s (Royal West Surrey Regiment). Died 19th October
1914 aged 33 years. |
MATTHEWS |
Edward
Alexander |
* |
Second
Lieutenant. 3rd Battalion, Northamptonshire Regiment. Formerly The
Buffs (East Kent Regiment). Died 14th March 1915 aged 21 years. |
MEADE |
Robert
Percy |
|
Second
Lieutenant. 13th Battalion, Rifle Brigade. Died 11th July 1916 aged
20 years. |
MILLER |
Robert
Fordyce |
|
Second
Lieutenant. 5th Battalion, King’s Own (Yorkshire Light Infantry).
Formerly 9th Battalion Devonshire Regiment. Formerly (Private 1139)
Royal Fusiliers. Died 4th September 1916 aged 27 years. |
MITCHELL |
Ronald
Walter |
* |
Lieutenant.
10th (Yeomanry) Battalion, The Buffs (East Kent Regiment). Formerly
Royal East Kent Yeomanry (REKMR). Died 19th November 1917 aged 41
years. |
MITCHELL |
Henry
William |
|
Lieutenant.
5th Battalion, Duke of Cornwall’s Light Infantry (DCLI). Attended
4th Battalion. Formerly (Private 1370) Royal Sussex Regiment. Formerly
2LT Army Cyclists Corps. Died 22nd November 1917 aged 25 years. |
MITCHELL |
G.R.G |
|
This
is the only man that could be identified - Lieutenant Gilbert Robert
MITCHELL-INNES. “A” Squadron, 19th (Queen Alexandra’s Own Royal)
Hussars. Died 13th May 1915 aged 20 years. |
MONK |
L.S |
|
Private
PO/19748 Portsmouth Battalion, Royal Marines Light Infantry (RMLI).
Died 28th October 1918 aged 19 years. |
MONROE |
Kenneth
Edward |
* |
Lieutenant.
3rd Battalion, Northamptonshire Regiment. Attached 1st Battalion.
Formerly (Private 1555) 4th Battalion, The Buffs (East Kent Regiment).
Died 14th May 1915 aged 21 years. |
MONTGOMERY |
Arnulf |
* |
Lieutenant.
3rd Battalion, Connaught Rangers. Attended 2nd Battalion. Died 22nd
December 1914. |
MORGAN |
Edward
Pryce |
|
Company
Quartermaster Sergeant (CQMS) 355031. 25th Battalion, Royal Welsh
Fusiliers. Formerly (8121) Hertfordshire Regiment. Ex (1719) SQMS
Montgomeryshire Yeomanry. Died Egypt 14th February 1918 aged 46
years. |
NELSON |
William
Barr |
|
Private
295566 (Signaler). 4th Battalion, London Regiment (Royal Fusiliers).
Formerly (2620) West Kent Yeomanry. Died Thursday 11th April 1918
aged 20 years. |
NICHOLSON |
Walter
Alan |
|
Second
Lieutenant. 2nd Battalion, Gordon Highlanders. Formerly (Private
2440) London Regiment. Died 27th September 1915. |
NICKALLS |
Albert
Davies |
|
Corporal
T/240393. 5th Battalion, The Buffs (East Kent Regiment). Died Friday
21st January 1916 aged 50 years. |
OWEN |
E.A.C |
|
Private
55485. 17th Battalion, Royal Welsh Fusiliers. Formerly (2280) Mongomeryshire
Yeomanry. Died 13th March 1917 aged 22 years. |
OWEN-HOLDSWORTH,
MC |
James
Philip |
|
Second
Lieutenant, 101st Squadron, Royal Air Force and General List. Formerly
Air Mechanic 3rd Class (68258), Royal Flying Corps. Died 12th April
1918, aged 19 years. Born Marden. Son of Herbert Lacy Owen-Holdsworth
and Winifred Owen-Holdsworth of Westfield, Battle, Sussex. He attended
Wye Agricultural College in 1912 and gained an honours degree in
fruit growing. He was awarded the Military Cross (M.C.). Buried
St Pierre Cemetery, Amiens, Somme, France. Plot XII. Row G. Grave
1. He is listed on three Kent War memorials, namely, Marden,
South Eastern Agricultural College (Wye) and Wye
College (Ashford).
London
Gazette Issue 29974 6 March 1917 page 8 “General List. Cadet
James Philip Owen-Holdsworth to be temp. 2nd Lt. (on prob.) for
duty with R.F.C. 12 Feb. 1917.”
London
gazette Issue 30162 3 July 1917 page 2
“12th
June 1917. Temp. 2nd Lt. (on prob.) J. P. Owen-Holdsworth, Gen.
List.”
London
Gazette Issue 30813 23 July 1918 page 99 (Supplement to the London
gazette, 26 July 1918 – page 8831)
AWARDED
THE MILITABY CROSS.
“T./2nd
Lt. James Philip Owen-Holdsworth, Gen. List and E.F.C.
For conspicuous gallantry and devotion to duty. During the last
six months he has carried out fifty-two bombing raids on the enemy
lines of communication, their aerodromes and their rest billets,
often flying in very bad weather. Descending to a low altitude he
has obtained several direct hits, both on their hangars and their
billets. On several occasions he has returned with his machine riddled
with bullets. He has set a fine example of courage and determination. |
PATTERSON |
John
Keppel Priuli |
|
Lieutenant.
9th Battalion, East Surrey Regiment. Formerly 11th Battalion. 28th
December 1917 aged 25 years. |
PAVITT |
Frederick
William |
|
Lance
Corporal 69163. C Company, 1st Battalion, Queen’s (Royal West Surrey
Regiment). Died 21st September 1918 aged 19 years. |
PENN |
Geoffrey
Mark |
* |
Second
Lieutenant. 6th Battalion, The Rifle Brigade. Atached Somerset Light
Infantry. Died 11th February 1915 aged 28 years. |
POLE-CAREW |
Wymond
Nicholas Richard |
|
Lieutenant.
1st Battalion, Duke of Cornwall’s Light Infantry (DCLI). Attended
16th Battalion. Formerly 4th Battalion, Wiltshire Regiment. Died
6th November 1917 aged 21 years. |
POLLARD |
Richard
Batty |
|
Sergeant
203171. 2/4th Battalion, Queen’s Own (Royal West Kent Regiment).
Formerly Kent Composite Battalion. Formerly (1295) The Buffs (East
Kent Regiment). Died 4th November 1917 aged 21 years. |
POPPLE |
George
Marsden |
|
Second
Lieutenant. 15th Battalion, Northumberland Fusiliers. Attended 16th
Battalion. Died 26th June 1916 aged 21 years. |
PRETTY |
Donald |
* |
Lieutenant.
4th Battalion, Suffolk Regiment. Died 11th May 1915 aged 23 years. |
PRITCHARD |
Andrew
Baden |
* |
Captain.
Staffordshire Yeomanry. Died Egypt 26th October 1918 aged 35 years. |
PURVIS |
Ronald
Montague |
|
Captain.
3rd Battalion, Black Watch (Royal Highlanders). Attended 2nd Battalion.
Died 14th March 1917. |
RAYNER |
Edward
George |
|
Lance
Corporal 36100. 63rd Company, Machine Gun Corps (Infantry). Formerly
(G/9409) The Buffs (East Kent Regiment). Died Thursday 21st March
1918. |
REEVE |
Charles
D’arcy [Edmund] Wentworth |
|
Captain (Pilot), 52 Squadron, Royal Flying Corps and Suffolk Regiment.
Killed in a flying accident when his aircraft was in a slide slip
and nose dived, while flying in a Farman (Henri) H.F.20, serial
number 7430, 18 July 1916. Aged 21. Son of Mr. C.S. Wentworth Reeve
and Beatrice Reeve, of Thorpe Satchville, Melton Mowbray and Livermere
Park, Bury St. Edmunds. Previously admitted, as a Second Lieutenant
in Royal Flying Corps, to Queen Alexandra's Military Hospital at
Millbank 24 September 1915, transferred to Islington Hospital 25
September 1915 with mouth ulceration. Buried North of Church in
GREAT LIVERMERE (ST. PETER) CHURCHYARD, Suffolk. See also Charterhouse
School, Godalming, Surrey and also his details on Leicestershire
And Rutland, Soldiers Died 1914-1920 (subscription)
|
ROSHER |
Harold |
* |
Flight
Lieutenant. Royal Naval Air Service (RNAS). Formerly Royal Flying
Corps (RFC). Died 27th February 1916.). |
ROTHWELL |
Sidney |
* |
Lieutenant.
5th Battalion, The Buffs (East Kent Regiment). Died 21st January
1916 aged 28 years. |
RUNCIMAR |
Edmund
Inglis |
|
Second
Lieutenant. 9th Battalion, King’s Royal Rifle Corps (KRRC). Died
22nd October 1915. |
SCOTT |
Edward
Maurice |
|
Private
T/240474. 5th Battalion, The Buffs (East Kent Regiment). Died 24th
February 1917 aged 23 years. |
SHEPHERD |
A.G.
[E.] |
|
Lieutenant.
1/4th Battalion, King’s African Rifles. Died 12th November 1917. |
SHERRIFF |
John
George |
* |
Lieutenant.
7th Battalion, Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders. Died 26th April
1915 aged 24 years. |
SIMON |
Eric
Conrad |
|
Captain.
2/5th Battalion, Lancashire Fusiliers. Died 17th August 1915 aged
27 years. |
SITZLER |
Gustavus
Frederick |
|
Private
T/202909. 1st Battalion, The Buffs 9East Kent Regiment). Died 28th
April 1918. |
SKELTON |
Sidney |
* |
Captain.
5th Battalion, The Buffs (East Kent Regiment). Formerly West Kent
Yeomanry. Died of fever in Iraq 20th March 1918 aged 30 years. |
SMITH |
George |
* |
Second
Lieutenant. 10th Battalion, Queen’s Own (Royal West Kent Regiment).
Attended 9th Battalion. Formerly 11th Battalion. Died 15th September
1916 aged 25 years. |
STAHL |
H.C |
|
Lieutenant
Commander H.M Trawler “King Emperor”. Royal Navy (RN). Died 4th
February 1916. |
STEVENS |
Douglas
Harcourt |
|
Second
Lieutenant. 4th Battalion, The Buffs (East Kent Regiment). Died
7th August 1918 aged 19 years. |
SWAYNE |
Stephen
[Cormack] |
|
Lieutenant.
3rd Battalion, The Buffs (East Kent Regiment). Died 30th September
1915 aged 30 years. |
TRIMMER |
William
Charles |
|
Second
Lieutenant. 1st (Bucks) Battalion, Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire
Light Infantry (OBLI). Died 21st July 1916 aged 19 years. |
VAN
ROOYEN |
Glenville
Julian [Cecil] |
|
Private
T/1580. 5th Battalion, The Buffs (East Kent Regiment). Died 27th
October 1915. |
VAUGHAN |
Frank
Henry |
|
Driver
L/20744. XII Corps Ammunition Column, Royal Field Artillery (RFA).
Died 20th October 1918 aged 23 years. |
WATERER |
Michael
Anthony |
|
Second
Lieutenant. 6th Squadron, Royal Air Force (RAF). Formerly Royal
Engineers (RE) and the Royal Monmouthshire. Died 11 October 1918
aged 25 years. |
WICKHAM |
Nigel
John Latham |
|
Captain.
6th Battalion, Connaught Rangers. Died 18th April 1916 aged 25 years. |
WILSON |
Henry
Ivan [De Burgh] |
|
Captain.
2/4th Battalion, Queen’s Own (Royal West Kent Regiment). Died 19th
April 1917 aged 30 years. |
WOOD |
John
Guy |
* |
Lance
Corporal 2113. 23rd Battalion, London Regiment. Died 26th May 1915
aged 35 years. |
WORTHINGTON |
Reginald
George |
* |
Lieutenant.
2nd Battalion, Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry (OBLI).
Died 16th September 1914 aged 27 years. |
WRIGHT |
Benjamin
Joseph |
|
Private
9795. 2nd Battalion, Honourable Artillery Company (HAC). Died 3rd
May 1917 aged 20 years. |
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