Roll of Honour - 12th October 1916

Killed in Action

2nd Battalion: Battle of the Somme: unsuccessful attack on Gird Trench near Eaucourt l'Abbaye

• 28833 Private George Robert ABLETT or ABLITT, 32, born Burgh [Suffolk], resided Great Yarmouth [Norfolk], son of Robert G and Kate of Balcony House, Grundisborough [Suffolk], his brother Frederick Victor also fell (Thiepval Memorial)
• 12176 Private William Fyfe ANDERSON, born Broughty Ferry [Forfar], resided Queensferry [Fife] (Thiepval Memorial)
• 43373 Private Frederick ASHLEY, ex-20727 Northamptonshire Regiment, born and resided Yardley Hastings [Northamptonshire] (Thiepval Memorial)
• 29277 Private John AYTON, 40, son of Henry and Kate Ayton of Itteringham [Norfolk] (Warlencourt British Cemetery)
• 18149 Private William Thomas BAKER MM, 30, son of Mr and Mrs Baker of 10 Thurston Road, Lowestoft [Suffolk], resided Watford [Hertfordshire], husband of Jessie Elizabeth of 20 Lovewell Road, South Lowestoft (Thiepval Memorial)
• 7885 Private Frederick BANDFIELD, born and resided Hemel Hempstead [Hertfordshire] (Thiepval Memorial)
• 3/7389 Private Victor BARTON, born and resided Walgrave [Northamptonshire] (Thiepval Memorial)
• 20995 Private Albert BEAN, born Southill, resided Biggleswade (Warlencourt British Cemetery)
• 4/6920 Private William BENNETT, 19, born Barnet [Hertfordshire], son of James and Marion of Bury Bushes, Cambridge Road, Saint Albans [Hertfordshire] (Warlencourt British Cemetery)
• 27656 Private Frank BRIGHTMAN, born Streatley, resided Great Bramingham (Thiepval Memorial)
• 4/6587 Lance Corporal John Edward BROWN, born Southsea [Hampshire], resided Portsmouth [Hampshire] (Thiepval Memorial)
• 27612 Private Albert BUCKINGHAM, born and resided Toddington (Thiepval Memorial)
• 3/7212 Private Sidney BURGESS, born Caddington, resided Luton (Thiepval Memorial)
• Temporary Second Lieutenant Francis Joseph CHADWICK, 19, son of Samuel Joseph and Gertrude Chadwick of Field Road, Ilkeston [Derbyshire], educated at Ratcliffe College, Leicester (Thiepval Memorial)
• 29585 Sergeant Charles CHANDLER, 30, born Tring [Hertfordshire], resided Hatfield [Hertfordshire], son of John and Mary Ann Chandler of Long Marston [Hertfordshire], husband of Edith Elizabeth Bond (ex-Chandler) of 49 Stonecross Road, Hatfield (Warlencourt British Cemetery)
• 18854 Private Frederick CHARGE, resided Hemel Hempstead [Hertfordshire], son of Lavinia Charge of Pimlico, Leverstock Green [Hertfordshire] (Warlencourt British Cemetery)
• 18205 Private John William CLARKE, 22, born and resided Battlesden. son of John William Clarke of 41 Dartmoor Street, Notting Hill Gate [London] (Thiepval Memorial)
• 18600 Private John William CLEEVE, alias of John William KIRK, 31, son of James William and Frances Kirk of 7 Institute Terrace, West Oulston, Pelton [Durham], born Blackfriars [London] resided Birtley [Durham] (Warlencourt British Cemetery)
• 29294 Acting Corporal Sidney Burton COLMAN, born North Walsham [Norfolk], resided King’s Lynn [Norfolk] (Thiepval Memorial)
• 27546 Private Wilfred COVINGTON, 26, son of Caleb Rosina of 2 Council Cottages, Roxton, his brother Alfred John Covington was killed with the battalion on 30th July 1916 (Thiepval Memorial)
• 27785 Private Benjamin DALE, born High Barnet [Hertfordshire], resided East Barnet [Hertfordshire] (Thiepval Memorial)
• 20615 Private Albert Edward DE FRAINE, 37, son of Mary Marsh (ex-de Fraine) and late Joseph de Fraine of 112 Leagrave Road, Luton, resided Wembley Park [Middlesex] (Warlencourt British Cemetery)
• 26352 Private James DINES, 17, son of George and Abigail Dines of Ivel Terrace, Langford (Thiepval Memorial)
• 43376 Private Roland DUNKLEY, 37, ex-17615 Northamptonshire Regiment, born and resided Wellingborough [Northamptonshire], husband of Annie of London End, Irchester [Northamptonshire] (Thiepval Memorial)
• 18759 Private Frederick Arthur DUNKLING, 26, son of Arthur and Sarah Ann Dunkling of 6 Oaklands Terrace, Saint Ives [Huntingdonshire] (Thiepval Memorial)
• 7982 Acting Company Sergeant Major Edmund Thomas EPHGRAVE, born Digswell [Hertfordshire], resided Stevenage [Hertfordshire] (Warlencourt British Cemetery)
• 9821 Private Leonard George FISHER, born Harpenden [Hertfordshire], resided Redbourn [Hertfordshire] (Thiepval Memorial)
• 17494 Private Leonard William FULFORD, 31, born Woolstone [Buckinghamshire], son of Ann Fulford of Church Row, North Crawley [Buckinghamshire] (Thiepval Memorial)
• Second Lieutenant Harold George FYSON (Thiepval Memorial)
• 8669 Corporal Frederick James GAILER, 30, born Derby, resided Abbotts Ripton [Huntingdonshire], son of James and Annie Gailer of Great Stukeley [Huntingdonshire, "a reservist returned from Sydney, Australia for mobilization" (Thiepval Memorial)
• 19247 Private George GASCOIGNE, 32, husband of Ada Emily of 47 New Fenlake, Bedford (Thiepval Memorial)
• 27725 Private Ernest Jonathan GENTLE, 34, son of Mary Ann Gentle of The Almshouses, Mill Road, Stotfold (Thiepval Memorial)
• 29188 Private William Mortimer GIDNEY, 36, son of James and Martha Jane Gidney of Lansdowne, Water Bank Road, Sheringham [Norfolk] (Thiepval Memorial)
• 25440 Private George Lovett GILBY or GILBEY, 22, born Islington [London], resided Litlington [Hertfordshire], son of Charles H of The Black Horse Inn, Fowlmere [Hertfordshire] (Warlencourt British Cemetery)
• 18144 Sergeant William GINGER, born Flamstead [Hertfordshire], resided Slip End (Thiepval Memorial)
• 27579 Private Samuel GOODMAN, 34, born and resided Great Staughton [Huntingdonshire], brother of Tom Charles Goodman of Long Drove, Hillrow Fen, Haddenham [Cambridgeshire] (Thiepval Memorial)
• 3/7199 Private William Sidney GRUNDON, born and resided Shillington (Thiepval Memorial)
• 21159 Acting Lance Sergeant Reuben HONEYMAN ex-39576 Royal Garrison Artillery, born Higham [Kent], son of William and Julia Honeyman of 4 Union Street, Gravesend [Kent] (Thiepval Memorial)
• 27542 Private Harry HUCKLE, born and resided Biggleswade (Thiepval Memorial)
• 27561 Private William IMPEY, born and resided Luton (Warlencourt British Cemetery)
• 27553 Private Lawrence JACKSON, 20, born Stopsley, son of Arthur and Emma of Blackslough, Markyate [Hertfordshire] (Thiepval Memorial)
• 28834 Private Walter Herbert JEX, born and resided Great Yarmouth [Norfolk] (Thiepval Memorial)
• 7942 Private Arthur William KESTER DCM, born Cottenham [Cambridgeshire], resided Hamerton [Huntingdonshire] (Thiepval Memorial)
• 8618 Company Sergeant Major Thomas KING, 28, C Company, son of J King of Chiswell Green, Saint Stephen's, Saint Albans [Hertfordshire] (Thiepval Memorial)
• 14126 Private Bert KINGSTON, 26, son of Eliza Kingston of 65 Shrublands Avenue, Berkhamsted [Hertfordshire], his brother George also fell with 8th Battalion on 15th September 1916 (Thiepval Memorial)  
• 27692 Lance Corporal William Andrew KIRKLAND, born Finchley [Middlesex], resided East Barnet [Hertfordshire] (Bienvillers Military Cemetery)
• 43378 Lance Corporal Harry Jonathan LORD, ex-8948 Northamptonshire Regiment, born Great Oakley [Essex], resided Little Oakley [Essex] (special memorial in Warlencourt British Cemetery)
• 29054 Private Frederick James MASON, born Old Catton [Norfolk], resided Norwich [Norfolk] (Thiepval Memorial)
• 20502 Private John MERRYWEATHER, 28, son of James Merryweather of Station Road, Langford (Caterpillar Valley Cemetery, Longueval)
• 26651 Private Ainger Harry MINETT, born and resided Bury Saint Edmunds [Suffolk] (Warlencourt British Cemetery)
• 14666 Lance Sergeant Percy James MITCHELL, 20, born Hackney [London], resided Leyton [Essex], son of W H Mitchell of Tillingbourne, Leigh Cliff Road, Leigh-on-Sea [Essex] "enlisted as a volunteer from Children's Hospital, where he was studying chemistry" (Warlencourt British Cemetery)
• 3/8596 Private George MOBLEY, born and resided Dunstable (Thiepval Memorial)
• 28842 Private Reginald NEAL, born Calthorpe [Norfolk], resided North Walsham [Norfolk] (Warlencourt British Cemetery)
• 29190 Private Peter OGDEN, born Manchester [Lancashire], resided Gorleston-on-Sea [Norfolk] (Warlencourt British Cemetery)
• 17860 Private Frederick PEARCE, 23, resided Harpenden [Hertfordshire], son of G Pearce of 52 Cravells Road, Harpenden (Warlencourt British Cemetery)
• 9672 Sergeant Ernest Alfred PHIPPS, born and resided Paddington [London] (Thiepval Memorial)
• 19744 Sergeant Peter PIERACCINI resided Dunstable (Warlencourt British Cemetery)
• 4/6279 Private Charles PRIMETT, born Ickleford [Hertfordshire], resided Luton (Thiepval Memorial)
• 18810 Private Isaac RATCLIFFE resided Cheadle [Cheshire] (Thiepval Memorial)
• 26888 Private Charles William RAY, born Burgate [Suffolk], resided Wortham [Suffolk] (Thiepval Memorial)
• 3/7646 Private Nelson RIDDLE DCM, born Hastings [Sussex], resided Watford [Hertfordshire] (Thiepval Memorial)
• 13509 Private James Thomas ROY, born and resided Bedminster [Bristol], father of Nellie Blanche Roy of 11 Little Paradise, East Street, Bedminster (Thiepval Memorial)
• 13619 Private John RUFFETT, born Flaunden [Hertfordshire], resided Ivinghoe [Buckinghamshire] son of William Ruffett (Thiepval Memorial)
• 21200 Private Charles SAVILL, born Stanford Rivers [Essex], resided Stroud Green [Middlesex] (Thiepval Memorial)
• 18627 Private Alfred Stephen SEAMAN, 22, D Company, son of George and Elizabeth Jane Seaman of Cambridge Street,  Godmanchester [Huntingdonshire], resided Huntingdon (Thiepval Memorial)
• 29053 Private Herbert SECKER, 22, A Company, son of Henry Secker of Gallants Lane, East Harling [Norfolk] (Thiepval Memorial)
• 29250 Private William SHEARWOOD, born and resided Tottenhill [Norfolk] (Thiepval Memorial)
• 26658 Private Claude Bernard William SHIPP, born and resided Ottley [Suffolk], brother of Miss P J Shipp of Water Mill Cottages, Kettleburgh [Suffolk] (Thiepval Memorial)
• 10934 Private Edward James SIPPITT, 19, son of William and Agnes Amelia Sippitt of 8 Roding Street, Forest Gate [Essex] (Thiepval Memorial)
• 19043 Sergeant Edward Lewis SMITH, born Harpenden [Hertfordshire], resided Lower Stondon (Warlencourt British Cemetery)
• 17777 Lance Corporal Frederick William SMITH, born and resided Milton Bryan (Thiepval Memorial)
• 43385 Private Joseph SMITH, ex-3/10231 Northamptonshire Regiment, born and resided Fulham [London] (Thiepval Memorial)
• 9771 Corporal Louis SPURGEON, 26, son of William and Frances E Spurgeon of 17 Chapel Street, Lowestoft [Suffolk] (Thiepval Memorial)
• 28128 Private Ralph TITMUS, born and resided Gamlingay [Cambridgeshire] (Thiepval Memorial)
• 13224 Corporal Victor George TOMPKINS, 29, born West Hampstead [London], resided Wealdstone [Middlesex], son of Walter Tompkins of 12 Harcourt Road, Buckland [Hampshire], husband of Flora Burton (ex-Tompkins) of 6 Palmerston Road, Wealdstone (Thiepval Memorial)
• 18819 Lance Corporal Arthur Charles VENNEEAR, born Hoxton [London], resided East Ham [Essex] (Warlencourt British Cemetery)
• Second Lieutenant Lawrence Hale WALKER, 23, son of Thomas and M H Walker of 1 Chester Gate, Regent's Park [London], born Altrincham [Cheshire] (Caterpillar Valley Cemetery, Longueval)
• 43399 Private John William WATTS, son of J Watts of 29 Upper Priory Street, Northampton (Warlencourt British Cemetery)
• 4/6652 Acting Sergeant George Herbert WHEELER, born Brent Pelham [Hertfordshire], resided Furneux Pelham [Hertfordshire] (Thiepval Memorial)
• Lieutenant William WHITE MC, 23, son of Henry and Alice Mary White of Oakbank, Bishopstoke [Hampshire] (McCormick's Post Memorial in Caterpillar Valley Cemetery, Longueval)
• 18972 Private Albert WILLIS, born Rothwell [Northamptonshire], resided Bedford (Warlencourt British Cemetery)

10th Battalion

• Temporary Second Lieutenant William Henry BIRD, 26, attached 2nd Battalion, son of William and Florence Bird of 55 Rodenhurst Road, Clapham Park [London] (Thiepval Memorial)  
• Temporary Lieutenant Herbert Alexander HARVEY, 37, attached 1st Battalion, Essex Regiment, son of Herbert Rhys and M A Harvey of Clifton [Bristol] (Thiepval Memorial)