Tuesday 27 March 2018

Roll of Honour - 27th March 1918


Killed in Action

4th Battalion: First Battles of the Somme 1918– attacked a railway west of Albert
  • 203999 Private Aubrey Harry AUSTIN, 23, ex-328776 Cambridgeshire Regiment, son of Harry and Martha Ann Austin of 3 Fox Street, Rothwell [Northamptonshire] (Arras Memorial)
  • 10566 Private Alfred Henry BATES, born and resided Chipperfield Common [Hertfordshire] (Arras Memorial)
  • 41833 Private Thomas Daniel Richard CARTER, 19, born Great Shelford [Cambridgeshire], son of William and Maria Carter of 91 York Street, Cambridge (Arras Memorial)
  • Acting Lieutenant-Colonel John Stanhope COLLINGS-WELLS VC, DSO, 38, son of Arthur and Caroline Mary Collings-Wells of Brand’s House, Hughenden [Buckinghamshire], born Chorlton [Lancashire], lived Caddington Hall, Markyate [Hertfordshire] (Bouzincourt Ridge Cemetery, Albert)
  • 269563 Private Walter Edward CORNELL, 37, ex-4344 Essex Regiment, previously Hertfordshire Regiment, son of William Cornell of Old Hill, Radwinter [Essex] (Arras Memorial)
  • 204462 Private Frederick COSTER, 19, ex-534289 London Regiment, son of Daniel and Jane Mary Coster of 16 Dorset Street, Stepney [London] (Arras Memorial)
  • 17688 Private Edwin COX, 27, ex-339138 Labour Corps, son of late Joseph and Susan Cox of Stevington, husband of Rose Seamarks (ex-Cox, née Pallant) of Court Lane, Stevington (Arras Memorial)
  • 12584 Private Ernest William CROWN, ex-74962 Middlesex Regiment, born and resided Hunstanton [Norfolk] (Arras Memorial)
  • 41606 Private Arthur Charles EDWARDS, born and resided Ipswich [Suffolk] (Arras Memorial)
  • 266301 Private George GINGER, 23, ex-Hertfordshire Regiment, son of Frederick and Martha Ginger of Barracks Cottages, Codicote [Hertfordshire] (Arras Memorial)
  • 41914 Private George HOBSON, ex-256355 Leicestershire Yeomanry, born and resided Newcastle-under-Lyme [Staffordshire] (Bouzincourt Ridge Cemetery, Albert)
  • 43525 Private Charles HOOPER, 34, ex-23436 Somerset Light Infantry, son of Eliza Hooper of 37 London Street, Kingswood [Somerset] (Arras Memorial)
  • 29711 Private Ernest James JOHNSON, 31, son of Joseph and Hannah Johnson of Sproughton [Suffolk] resided Belstead [Suffolk], husband of Florence Ada of Reading Room Cottage, Sproughton (Arras Memorial)
  • 40280 Private Frederick KIRK, ex-5332 Norfolk Regiment, born Norwich [Norfolk], son of J Kirk of Halfway House, Mendham Road, Harleston Norfolk] (Bouzincourt Communal Cemetery Extension)
  • 13693 Private John KITSON, 27, born Wellington [New Zealand], son of A Kitson of Wanganui [New Zealand] (Arras Memorial)
  • 266753 Private Charles LOVELOCK, born and resided Watford [Hertfordshire] (Dernancourt Communal Cemetery Extension)
  • Second Lieutenant David Harold MACKLIN, 20, son of Rev Herbert and Marian M Macklin of White Wood Corner, Sandy (Ovillers Military Cemetery)
  • 17301 Private Ernest MORLEY, 21, born and resided Merstham [Surrey], son of Henry Morley of 10 Dukes Road, Tunbridge Wells [Kent] (Arras Memorial)
  • 41610 Private Herbert John MUNT, 20, son of David and Ruth R Munt of 9 Vicarage Road, Ware [Hertfordshire] (Arras Memorial)
  • 23538 Private Harry NORRIS, 31, born Berkhamsted [Hertfordshire], resided Hatfield [Hertfordshire], son of M J Norris of 1 Lowestoft Road, Watford [Hertfordshire] (Arras Memorial)
  • Acting Major George Paterson NUNNELEY MC, 36, son of Rev F B Nunneley (Ovillers Military Cemetery)
  • 40011 Private George Victor PEARCE, 21, ex-20060 Suffolk Regiment, son of George Pearce of Redgrave [Suffolk] and late Ellen Pearce (Arras Memorial)
  • 25855 Private Cyril John SALWAY, 23,  born Clapham [London], resided New Barnet [Hertfordshire], son of John and Emma Salway of Chandos, Ballards Lane, Finchley [Middlesex] (Arras Memorial)
  • 41830 Private Harold Percy SHORT, 19, son of Samuel and Mary Ann Short of 69 Southfield Road, Broadwater [Sussex] (Arras Memorial)
  • Temporary Second Lieutenant Oliver Jack SOAMES, 24, son of H Soames, husband of H K Olive Soames of 71 Norwich Road, Ipswich [Suffolk], born Earl Stonham [Suffolk]  (Bouzincourt Ridge Cemetery, Albert)
  • 27770 Lance Corporal Ernest John STURGES, 38, son of John and Sarah Ann Sturges of 4 Birch Street, Swindon [Wiltshire], resided New Barnet [Hertfordshire] (Arras Memorial)
  • 26544 Private John Edward WADHAMS, 27, born Kingsthorpe [Northamptonshire], son of Harry and Mary Elizabeth Wadhams of  Spratton [Northamptonshire] (Arras Memorial)
  • 23187 Private Bertram W WILSON, born and resided Pirton [Hertfordshire] (Arras Memorial)
  • 36395 Private Abraham WOLSTENCROFT, born Manchester [Lancashire], resided Catford [London] (Bouchoir New British Cemetery)
  • 30700 Private John WOOD, born and resided Luton (Arras Memorial)
  • 22933 Private Arthur Henry WORBEY, 35,  son of James and Elizabeth Worbey, husband of Maud Keturah of 7 Council Cottages, Willian [Hertfordshire] (Arras Memorial)
Died of Wounds

2nd Battalion
  • 8479 Private Robert BLIGH, born and resided Hatfield [Hertfordshire], son of Harriet Bligh of 39 Old London Road, Saint Albans [Hertfordshire] (Mont Huon Military Cemetery, le Treport)
  • 33556 Private Arthur Henry ELLIOTT, ex-18708 Northamptonshire Regiment, born and resided Daventry [Northamptonshire] (Saint Souplet British Cemetery)
  • 25528 Private Frederick William HOAR, born and resided Luton (Premont British Cemetery)
Died

1st Battalion
  • 37574 Private George William WESTON, born and resided Cley-next-Sea [Norfolk] (Special memorial in Creola Cemetery)
13th (Transport Worker) Battalion
  • 34597 Private William MACKIE, 44, ex-8498 East Kent Regiment, born Leith [Edinburghshire], resided Whitstable [Kent], son of William and Agatha Mackie, husband of Beatrice of 88 Southwold Road, Upper Clapton [London] (Croydon (Queen’s Road) Cemetery)
53rd (Young Soldier) Battalion
  • TR/9/45460 Private Arthur NORMAN, 18, son of William and Louie Norman of Townwell Lane, Irchester [Northamptonshire] (Irchester (Saint Katherine) Churchyard)

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