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July 1918

Bedfordshire Regiment Roll of Honour

1st July 1918  

Killed in Action  

1st Battalion: front line near Merville 

  • 42069 Private George SPARROW, born Queen Adelaide, Ely [Cambridgeshire], resided Denver Sluice [Norfolk] (Tannay British Cemetery, Thiennes) 

2nd Battalion: front line north-west of Albert 

  • 41991 Private Horace William ARNOLD, ex-328370 Cambridgeshire Regiment, born Watton [Hertfordshire] resided Chipperfield [Hertfordshire] (Bouzincourt Ridge Cemetery, Albert) 

  • 41324 Private Horace BERWICK, born and resided Kettering [Northamptonshire] (Pozieres Memorial)  

  • 41546 Private Albert Ernest BITHREY, born Islington [London], resided Luton (Warloy-Baillon Communal Cemetery Extension) 

  • 17368 Private James BROOKS, 21, son of George and Elizabeth Brooks of 46 Rosher Road, Stratford [Essex] (Pozieres Memorial)  

  • 30822 Private Thomas CHILDS, 34, born London Colney [Hertfordshire], husband of Lizzie of 2 Alban Cottages, Leverstock Green [Hertfordshire]  (Pozieres Memorial)  

  • 4/6982 Lance Corporal George CURL, born Northchurch [Hertfordshire], resided Berkhamsted [Hertfordshire] (Bouzincourt Ridfe Cemetery, Albert) 

  • 33184 Private William Benjamin DICKS, 20, born and raised Portsmouth [Hampshire], son of late Benjamin Henry and Henrietta Dicks (Pozieres Memorial)  

  • 266422 Private Edward Joseph FAIRBANK, ex-1st Battalion Hertfordshire Regiment, son of Alice Ruth Fairbank of49 Saint John’s Road, Boxmoor [Hertfordshire] (Pozieres Memorial)  

  • 29669 Private Llewellyn Cadwallader LAMB, 26, B Company, son of Margaret Lamb of 18 Gilmour Street, Thornaby-on-Tees [Yorkshire], resided Luton (Pozieres Memorial)  

  • 31076 Private Harry Maurison LANGDALE, born Barnet [Hertfordshire], resided Watford [Hertfordshire] (Pozieres Memorial)  

  • 41990 Private Simon SOLOMAN, formerly 327837 Cambridgeshire Regiment, born Mile End [London], resided Stamford Hill [London] (Pozieres Memorial)  

  • 49778 Private William TIBBLES, born and resided Ramsey [Huntingdonshire] (Pozieres Memorial)  

  • 43060 Private Charles WILES, ex-1161 Huntingdonshire Cyclist Battalion, born Eaton Socon, resided Saint Neots [Huntingdonshire] (Pozieres Memorial)  

4th Battalion: front line near Aveluy Wood 

  • 12150 Private Frederick George BRANSGROVE, 34, born and resided Bromley [Kent], son of George and Elizabeth Bransgrove (Louvencourt Military Cemetery) 

  • 48255 Private Alfred Harvey HAYDEN, 24, son of William and Clara Hayden of Poplar [London], called up as a reservist in 1914 and served in France and Salonika (Louvencourt Military Cemetery) 

Died of Wounds  

2nd Battalion 

  • 21607 Private George PRICE, 20, ex-M/283065 Army Service Corps, son of Jesse George and Sarah Ann Price of Warminster [Wiltshire] (Pernois British Cemetery, Halloy-les-Pernois) 

7th Battalion 

  • Temporary Second Lieutenant Hereward Warren HAWARD, attached 2nd Battalion (Pernois British Cemetery, Halloy-lès-Pernoy) 

2nd July 1918  

Killed in Action  

2nd Battalion: front line north-west of Albert  

  • Lieutenant John Luxton ASH, aged 29, formerly 8th Battalion, Bedfordshire Regiment, son of C J and R E M Ash of 48 Cromwell Avenue, Highgate [Middlesex], husband of Freda of 13 Holdenhurst Road, Bournemouth [Hampshire] (Warloy-Baillon Communal Cemetery Extension) 

  • 13507 Corporal John Arthur BAYLES, born and resided Metheringham [Lincolnshire] (Warloy-Baillon Communal Cemetery Extension) 

  • Private James BURNS, born Cripplegate [London], resided Clerkenwell [London] (Pozieres Memorial)  

  • 49818 Private Ernest Alfred BUTLAND, 19, ex-M/321223 Army Service Corps, son of Ernest Adam Butland of 18 Jacobs Wells Road, Clifton [Bristol], resided Pembroke Dock (Warloy-Baillon Communal Cemetery Extension) 

  • 41436 Private Harold Thomas FREEMAN, 19, son of George and Annie Freeman of 14 West Villa Cottages, Oxford Road, Wellingborough [Northamptonshire] (Pozieres Memorial)  

  • 51201 Private James HAYNES, 19, son of James and Caroline Alice Haynes of 441 Chapter Road, Willesden Green [Middlesex] (Pozieres Memorial)  

  • 21541 Private Alfred Henry LEMON, 34, born Hoxton [London], resided Tottenham [Middlesex] son of late Thomas and Eliza Lemon (Pozieres Memorial)  

  • 19125 Private Albert Edward MEAD, 25,born Kimpton [Hertfordshire], husband of Bertha Emily Mead of 70 Park Corner, Saint Albans [Hertfordshire] (Warloy-Baillon Communal Cemetery Extension) 

  • 16719 Private Henry John ONAN, 34, son of Alfred and Emily Louisa Onan of Higham Ferrers [Northamptonshire], resided Wellingborough [Northamptonshire] (Warloy-Baillon Communal Cemetery Extension) 

  • 40809 Private Thomas Frederick TAYLOR, ex-29936 Leicestershire Regiment, ex-7th Battalion, Bedfordshire Regiment, son of Joseph Taylor of 5 Gas Row, Cowpen Colliery, Blyth [Northumberland] (Pozieres Memorial)  

Died of Wounds  

2nd Battalion 

  • 37591 Corporal Edward Henry BRISTON, 20, son of R H and Ellen Briston of Hitchin [Hertfordshire] (Pernois British Cemetery, Halloy-les-Pernois) 

  • Second Lieutenant Arthur PRATT, 25, attached 6th Battalion, Northamptonshire Regiment, son of Edward and Emily Pratt of 52 Thundridge [Hertfordshire] (Bouzincourt Ridge Cemetery, Albert) 

  • 8643 Lance Corporal John SNIDER, 30, born Spitalfields [London], son of Solomon and Esther Snider of 84 Abingdon Buildings, LCC Estate, Shoreditch [London] (Pernois British Cemetery, Halloy-les-Pernois) 

Died  

53rd (Young Soldier) Battalion 

  • TR/9/57176 Private Robert Arthur Edward MEACHEN, born Chalvington [Sussex], resided Nutley [Sussex] ((Shoreham-by-Sea Cemetery) 

3rd July 1918 

Killed in Action  

1st Battalion: front line near Merville – enemy shelling 

  • 40249 Private Bertie Stephen ENGLISH, 27, ex-5281 Norfolk Regiment, son of Maria and late Richard English of Stoke Ferry [Norfolk] (Tannay British Cemetery, Thiennes) 

2nd Battalion: relieved from the line near Warloy-Baillon 

  • 21155 Private Robert HARTUP MM, 24, ex-46727 Royal Garrison Artillery, son of G Hartup of 5 Bambury Villas, Southfleet [Kent] (Bouzincourt Ridge Cemetery, Albert) 

  • 49712 Private Wilfred John MAPLESDEN, born and resided Folkestone [Kent] (Pozieres Memorial)  

Died of Wounds  

2nd Battalion 

  • 203292 Private John WHEATLEY, son of late James and Rhoda Wheatley of Blunham , resided Blunham, husband of F Wheatley of Newton Blossomville [Buckinghamshire] (Ribemont Communal Cemetery Extension, Somme) 

Died  

2nd Garrison Battalion 

  • 205386 Private Walter FRANKS, 32, ex-305874 Hampshire Regiment resided Bournemouth [Hampshire], son of Walter Franks of Guildford [Surrey] (Kirkee 1914-1918 Memorial, buried Jullundur Cantonment Cemetery) 

53rd (Young Soldier) Battalion 

  • TR/9/47081 Private William Thomas WEBB, 18, born Forest Gate [Essex], son of William and Maud Webb of Pilgrim’s Hatch, Brentwood [Essex] (Bentley Common (Saint Paul) Churchyard) 

4th July 1918  

Killed in Action  

1st Battalion: front line near Merville 

  • 17721 Lance Corporal Alfred Victor DEBNAM, 20, son of Mark Debnam of Clapgate, Albury [Hertfordshire], resided Bishops Stortford [Hertfordshire] (Tannay British Cemetery, Thiennes) 

  • 203937 Private William Isaac HAMMOND, 34, ex-28368 Suffolk Regiment,  born High Easter [Essex], resided Leaden Roding [Essex], husband of Ruth Annie of Aythorpe Roding [Essex] (Special memorial at Merville Communal Cemetery Extension) 

  • 23512 Private William STAPLETON, 22, son of Harry and Elizabeth Sarah Stapleton of Ampthill (Tannay British Cemetery, Thiennes) 

Died of Wounds  

2nd Battalion 

  • 19671 Private Thomas Robert Henry SIBLEY, 34, son of Thomas Robert and Doishia Sibley, born Walworth [London], resided Marylebone [London], husband of Emma of 188 Great Titchfield Street, London  (Bagneux British Cemetery, Gezaincourt) 

5th July 1918 

Died of Wounds  

1st Battalion 

  • 7742 Private George BAILEY, 32, son of Isaac and Elizabeth Bailey of Loughton [Essex], resided Broxted [Essex] (Aire Communal Cemetery) 

  • 43117 Private Percy BEEBY, 26, ex-1636 Huntingdonshire Cyclist Battalion, son of Alfred and Eliza Beeby of Kettering [Northamptonshire] (Terlincthun British Cemetery, Wimille)  

Died  

3rd Battalion 

  • 29776 Private Frank Theodore SHERRINGTON, son of Samuel and Emma Sherrington of New Barnet [Hertfordshire], husband of Mabel Florence of Chard Villa, Hexham Road, New Barnet (Friern Barnet (Saint James the Great) Churchyard) 

7th July 1918  

Died of Wounds  

2nd Battalion 

  • 41422 Private Howard Joseph FORTEY, ex-M/273390 Army Service Corps, son of John and Laura Fortey of Birmingham [Warwickshire], twice wounded (Pernois British Cemetery, Halloy-les-Pernois) 

9th July 1918 

Died of Wounds  

1st Battalion 

  • 205872 Corporal Alan George WHEELER, 20, C Company, ex-265068 Suffolk Regiment,  son of William Thomas and Mary Ann Wheeler of Parkfield, East Bergholt [Suffolk] (East Bergholt Cemetery) 

2nd Battalion 

  • 200267 Acting Lance Corporal George MATTHEWS, 25, son of Thomas and Sarah Matthews of Arlesey (Pernois British Cemetery, Halloy-les-Pernois)  

13th (Transport Worker) Battalion 

  • 34428 Acting Corporal Levi RICKETTS ex-24901 King’s (Liverpool) Regiment, born and resided Bootle [Lancashire] (Liverpool (Kirkdale) Cemetery) 

11th July 1918 

Died  

12th (Transport Worker) Battalion 

  • 34723 Private William John GOLDING, 28, ex-173683 Royal Field Artillery, son of Elizabeth Golding of 5 Sandle Street, Stratford [Essex] (West Ham Cemetery) 

12th July 1918  

Died of Wounds  

1st Battalion 

  • 39806 Private William Henry SCOTT, 20, son of Burton William Scott of Norwich [Norfolk], resided Chelmsford [Essex] (Aire Communal Cemetery) 

Died  

Unspecified Battalion 

  • 48611 Private Joe LEACH, 23, husband of Ida of 27 Frodsham Street, Walton [Lancashire] (Liverpool (Kirkdale) Cemetery) 

13th July 1918  

Died  

4th Battalion 

  • 23511 Lance Corporal George THOMPSON, born and resided Ampthill (Cologne Southern Cemetery) as a prisoner-of-war 

14th July 1918 

Died  

4th Battalion 

  • 51223 Private Arthur LATTER, 19, son of Benjamin and Alice Latter of 92 Milton Street,  Maidstone [Kent] (Gezaincourt Communal Cemetery Extension) 

7th Battalion 

  • 23097 Private Arthur James SMITH, 20, born Stansted [Essex], son of Elijah and Edith Smith of Building Yard, Elsenham [Essex] (Cologne Southern Cemetery) as a prisoner-of-war 

16th July 1918 

Died of Wounds  

1st Battalion 

  • 33345 Lance Corporal Ernest James JOLLEY, 24, ex-23684 Norfolk Regiment, son of Thomas K and Sarah B Jolley of Ecton [Northamptonshire] (Mont Huon Military Cemetery, le Treport) 

17th July 1918  

Died of Wounds  

1st Battalion 

  • 41159 Private Herbert D WHITEHURST, 26, ex-10704 4th Reserve Cavalry Regiment, born Manchester [Lancashire], son of George and Charlotte E Whitehurst of Harpurhey [Lancashire] (Aire Communal Cemetery) 

19th July 1918  

Died of Wounds  

1st Battalion 

  • 41154 Private Fred SMITH, ex-36982 Suffolk Regiment, born Macclesfield [Cheshire], resided Ashton-under-Lyne [Lancashire] (Longuenesse (Saint Omer) Souvenir Cemetery) 

20th July 1918 

Killed in Action  

1st Battalion: successful attack on the Platebecque north of Merville 

  • 203923 Private Robert Leonard COOPER, 21, son of Robert Henry and Margaret Cooper of 6 Victoria Terrace, East Runton [Norfolk] (Ploegsteert Memorial) 

  • Temporary Second Lieutenant Herbert Walter CORNELIUS (Ploegsteert Memorial) 

  • 23028 Lance Corporal George Henry DEEM, 22, son of Henry and Emma Deem of Ashperton [Herefordshire], resided Ledbury [Herefordshire] (Tannay British Cemetery, Thiennes) 

  • 17679 Lance Corporal Harry HUBBARD, born and resided Hitchin [Hertfordshire] (Ploegsteert Memorial) 

  • 8721 Company Sergeant Major Reginald Thomas LANSBURY, DCM, MM born Chislehurst [Kent], resided Bromley [Kent] (Ploegsteert Memorial) 

  • 41128 Private George Henry SPECK, 25, ex-266150 Suffolk Regiment, born Royston [Hertfordshire], son of G Speck of 4 Western Cottages,Lewes [Sussex]; husband of Mrs Nye (ex-Speck) of 28 Saint John Street, Lewes ((Ploegsteert Memorial) 

  • 204475 Private Albert Edward TAYLOR, born Colliers End, Ware [Hertfordshire], resided Barwick [Hertfordshire] (Tannay British Cemetery, Thiennes)  

Died of Wounds   

1st Battalion  

  • 265957 Private Frederick HART MM, son of John and Emma Taylor of 12 Priory Street, Ware [Hertfordshire] (Aire Communal Cemetery) 

21st July 1918  

Killed in Action  

1st Battalion: front line north of Merville, artillery active 

  • 27623 Private Charles Maurice WHITING, 36, son of Frederick and Susannah of 26 Cavendish Street,  Bedford (Tannay British Cemetery, Thiennes)  

Died  

Bedfordshire Yeomanry 

  • 12533 Regimental Sergeant Major William Densley COLDRIDGE DCM, 49, born Saint Sidwell's [Devon], husband of H K Coldridge of Haxby Road,York (Abbeville Communal Cemetery Extension) 

22nd July 1918  

Died of Wounds  

1st Battalion 

  • 15192 Private Arthur MILES, 23, attached Trench Mortar Battery, born Layston [Hertfordshire], son of T Miles of Bank Cottage, Baldock Road, Buntingford [Hertfordshire] (Aire Communal Cemetery) 

2nd Battalion 

  • 39832 Private Bertie FORSTER, 28, born Sittingbourne [Kent], resided Stanstead Abbotts [Hertfordshire], son of Leonard Thomas and Emma Forster, husband of Ada Mary of 4 Myddleton Villas, Church Lane, Wormley [Hertfordshire] (Cologne Southern Cemetery) as a prisoner-of-war 

23rd July 1918 

Died  

7th Battalion 

  • 14990 Private George Raglan STACEY, 28, born Saint Phillip’s Marsh [Bristol], son of John Raglan and Edith Stacey of 6 Normanby Road, Easton [Bristol] (Cologne Southern Cemetery) as a prisoner of war 

27th July 1918 

Died  

3rd Battalion 

  • Lieutenant Harold Agnew REANEY MC, 37, son of Robert Agnew Reaney of Rosemead, Saint Peter's Hill, Huntingdon (Huntingdon (Priory Road) Cemetery) 

29th July 1918 

Died  

8th Battalion 

  • 19694 Private F J G HAYES, 41, born Stratford [Essex], husband of Lucy Amy Hayes of 26 Danbury Street, Islington [London] (City of London and Tower Hamlets Cemetery) 

30th July 1918  

Died  

2nd Battalion 

  • 4/6914 Private Frederick Herbert BLUNT, 25, son of E Blunt of 7 Silver Hill, Royston [Hertfordshire] (Cologne Southern Cemetery) as a prisoner of war  

31st July 1918 

Killed in Action  

6th Battalion 

  • Temporary Lieutenant Edmund Arthur Howe LILLEY, attached 112th Trench Mortar Battery (Saint-Amand British Cemetery) 

Died  

1st Garrison Battalion 

  • 206686 Private Maurice William WEBBER, 21, ex-355177 Hampshire Regiment, son of Walter William and Jessie Webber of 15 London Street, Basingstoke [Hampshire] (Alexandria (Hadra) War Memorial Cemetery)