Friday 25 September 2015

Roll of Honour - Saturday 25th September 1915



Killed in Action

2nd Battalion: Battle of Loos – unsuccessful attack at Hulluch
  • 4/6755 Private Ernest George ALDRIDGE, 28, son of William and Eliza Aldridge, born Layston [Hertfordshire], resided Sandon [Hertfordshire](Loos Memorial)
  • 14702 Private Frank AYLOTT, 18, son of Henry and Argentine Aylott, of High Street, Buntingford [Hertfordshire] (Loos Memorial)
  • 17659 Private Arthur Winfield BATES, 21, C Company, son of R W Bates of 45 Leavesden Road, Watford [Hertfordshire] (Loos Memorial)
  • 17710 Private John BATTAMS, 23, son of Charles and Elizabeth Battams of 36 Dukes Cottages, Streatley (Loos Memorial)
  • 18718 Private Harry BIGGERSTAFF, 20, son of Fred and Fanny Biggerstaff of Green End, Sarratt [Hertfordshire], born Hemel Hempstead [Hertfordshire] (Loos Memorial)
  •  9441 Sergeant George BLAKE or BLAKES, 22, son of Arthur of 131 London Road Bishop’s Stortford [Hertfordshire], born and resided Great Hallingbury [Hertfordshire] (Loos Memorial)
  • 4/6946 Private James BRAMMER, born and resided Baldock [Hertfordshire (Loos Memorial)
  • 9434 Lance Sergeant William BRANDOM, born and resided Leighton Buzzard (Loos Memorial)
  • 19068 Private John BREED, born and resided Shefford (Loos Memorial)
  • 19211 Private Hubert Edward BRIM, 19, son of Walter and Emma J Brim of Hatley Road, Wrestlingworth (Loos Memorial)
  • 19227 Private James CHERRY, born Arncott [Oxfordshire], resided West Hyde (Loos Memorial)
  • 17776 Lance Corporal Richard Frank CHILLERY 20, son of T S and Hilda Chillery of 200 Elstow, born Bedford (Cabaret-Rouge British Cemetery, Souchez)
  • 4/6893 Private Henry Frederick George CLARK, 21, son of Ellen Clark of Woodgates End, Broxted [Essex] (Loos Memorial)
  • 4/7370 Private Frederick COLE, born and resided Hemel Hempstead [Hertfordshire] (Loos Memorial)
  • 13491 Private Edward George COMERFORD, 27, son of John Comerford of Saint George’s Hill, Bristol, husband of Laura Annie of 273 Hotwell Road, Bristol, born Pill [Somerset] (Loos Memorial)
  • 14460 Private Henry COPE, 25, son of George Henry and Ann Cope of New Road Balderton [Nottinghamshire], born Sibsey [Lincolnshire] (Vermelles British Cemetery)
  • 4/7034 Private Arthur William DAY, 19, son of Reuben and Susan Ann Day of Brockinghall Cottages, Widbury Hill, Ware [Hertfordshire], resided Stevenage [Hertfordshire] (Loos Memorial)
  • 17809 Private Arthur DEAR, born  and resided Hartford [Huntingdonshire] (Loos Memorial)
  • 4/6253 Lance Corporal John DICKERSON, 25, son of Joseph and Martha Dickerson of Church End, Braughing [Hertfordshire] (Loos Memorial)
  • Second Lieutenant Charles Arthur FORWARD, 19, son of A Forward of Beechcroft, Bickley [London] (Loos Memorial)
  • 17903 Private Percy William GAMBRIEL, 19, son of Edward and Agnes Gambriel of Wilshamstead (Loos Memorial)
  • 9511 Lance Corporal William John GAUGE, born and resided Biggleswade (Loos Memorial)
  • 4/6261 Acting Corporal Albert Isaac HAMMOND, 23, D Company, son of Charles and Jane Hammond, husband of Sarah Alice Butterfield (ex-Hammond) of Lynch Hill Bank, Kensworth; born Farnham [Essex], resided Thorley [Hertfordshire] (Loos Memorial)
  • 8786 Sergeant George Joseph HATCH, 25, brother of John George Hatch of 43 Peterborough Road, Fulham [London], born Fulham, resided Putney [London] (Loos Memorial)
  • 17617 Private Sidney George HILL, born and resided Watford [Hertfordshire] (Loos Memorial)
  • 17578 Private Edward HODSON, born and resided Sawtry [Huntingdonshire] (Loos Memorial)
  • 19144 Lance Corporal Alfred HOLLAND, 23, son of James Holland of 116 Victoria Street, Dunstable (Loos Memorial)
  • 13209 Acting Lance Corporal Thomas Frederick HOWLETT, 20, son of J. Norwood of Level Crossing, Park Street, Saint Albans [Hertfordshire] (Loos Memorial)
  • 19246 Private Frank HYDE, son of Frederick and Rebecca Hyde of High Street, Arlesey (Loos Memorial)
  • 8534 Lance Corporal Frederick James KING, 26, D Company, brother of C J King of Mortlock Street, Melbourn [Cambridgeshire] (Loos Memorial)
  • 17769 Private Herbert Charles LAWSON, 24, C Company, son of Charles and Emily Louisa Lawson of 17 Hartington Street, Bedford, born Luton (Loos Memorial)
  • 19387 Private Frederick LINSELL, born Sheering [Essex], resided Harlow [Essex] (Loos Memorial)
  • 3/6845 Private John MAJOR, 22, A Company, son of George Major of 32 Bedford Street, Leighton Buzzard and Beatrice Florence Major (stepmother) (Loos Memorial)
  • 9914 Private Henry Francis MEARS, 26, son of William Henry Mears of 7 Foley Street, Marylebone [London] (Loos Memorial)
  • 18360 Private Albert NEWBURY, born Bedford, resided Luton (Loos Memorial)
  • 17964 Private James Edward PAPWORTH, 20, son of S Papworth of West End, Brampton [Huntingdonshire] (Loos Memorial)
  • 4/7050 Private John PEARMAN, born and resided Hertford (Loos Memorial)
  • 10428 Private Ernest PENNY, 18, son of George Penny of Shepherd's Row, Redbourn [Hertfordshire] (Loos Memorial)
  • 3/8786 Private William PHILLIPS, born Warboys [Huntingdonshire], resided Brampton [Huntingdonshire] (Loos Memorial)
  • 6982 Company Sergeant Major Edward PIPE, born and resided Stradbrook [Suffolk] (Loos Memorial)
  • 13430 Private Thomas David POLLARD, 25, son of Henry and Rose Pollard of Wild Hill, Hatfield [Hertfordshire](Loos Memorial)
  • 7975 Private Charles PRESTON, brother of G Preston of 26 Cromwell Mews, South Kensington [London], born and resided Colchester [Essex] (Loos Memorial)
  • 8056 Private William RAW, born and resided Hertford (Loos Memorial)
  • 4/6883 Private Jack ROBERTS, born and resided Whetstone [Middlesex] (Loos Memorial)
  • 4/6372 Private Arthur John ROGERS, 21, son of Annie Rogers of 101a High Street, Barnet [Hertfordshire], born Saint Pancras [London] (Loos Memorial)
  • 3/6442 Private Harry RUMSEY, born and resided Ipswich [Suffolk] (Loos Memorial)
  • 17938 Private Herbert Victor SMITH, 18, D Company, son of Arthur and Rebecca Smith, born Luton, resided Flitwick (Loos Memorial)
  • 13472 Private John William STEADMAN, born and resided Clerkenwell [London] (Loos Memorial)
  • 16765 Lance Corporal William STEVENSON, born Rishton [Lancashire], resided Blackburn [Lancashire] (Loos Memorial)
  • 17616 Private Arthur TAYLOR, 19, son of Samuel and Sophia Taylor of 33 Parker Street, Watford [Hertfordshire] (Loos Memorial)
  • 19220 Private Walter THOMAS, 25, son of Philip and Eliza Thomas of The Gas Works, Wellington [Somerset] (Loos Memorial)
  • 4/6993 Private Arthur WAGSTAFF, born and resided Hertford (Loos Memorial)
  • 9064 Private Eli WALKER, born Rickmansworth [Hertfordshire], resided Hertford (Loos Memorial)
  • 4/6553 Private William WELCH, born Colney Heath [Hertfordshire], resided Watford [Hertfordshire] (Loos Memorial)
  • 18583 Private Cyril Cecil WELFORD, born Aylesbury [Buckinghamshire], resided Bidwell (Loos Memorial)
  • 4/6645 Private Cecil George WHEELER, 21, son of William and Ellen Wheeler of 8 Cassio Bridge Terrace, Watford [Hertfordshire], born Wheathampstead [Hertfordshire] (Loos Memorial)
  • 19018 Private George WHEELER, 23, Somerset of Samuel Charles Wheeler of Cleat Hill, Ravensden (Philosophe British Cemetery, Mazingarbe)
  • 8352 Acting Corporal Harold WISBEY, 29, son of Joseph and Emily Wisbey of 113 Alma Road, Ponders End [Middlesex], born and resided Barkway [Hertfordshire]
  • 14214 Private William James WOOD, born and resided Hertford (Loos Memorial)

Died of Wounds

2nd Battalion

  • 13186 Acting Lance Corporal George Albert CHANDLER, 29, A Company, son of Joseph and Charlotte Louise Chandler of Hammersmith [London], resided Shepherd's Bush [London] (Gosnay Communal Cemetery)
  • Temporary Captain James Walter HUTCHINSON (Loos Memorial)
  • 4/6438 Private Alfred KITCHENER, 23, son of Alfred and Charlotte Kitchener of 36 Middle Row, Bishop's Stortford (Loos Memorial)

1 comment:

  1. Many of these men are volunteers who trained at the Bedfordshire Training Depot in Ampthill Park

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