October 1915

Bedfordshire Regiment Roll of Honour

Friday 1st October 1915  

Killed in Action  

2nd Battalion: Battle of Loos - relieved in the front line at Hulluch  

• 17668 Private William ALLEN, 20, A Company, son of Thomas and Annie Elizabeth of Silver Street, Stevington (Loos Memorial) 

• 10089 Private Benjamin DRISCOLL, born and resided Aspley Heath (Loos Memorial)  

• Temporary Lieutenant-Colonel John Cassels MONTEITH , 39, son of late Rev John and Ellen Maria Monteith, husband of Jane R of Glenliuart, Moniaive [Dumfriesshire], born Glencairn [Dumfriesshire] (Vermelles British Cemetery) 

Died of Wounds  

2nd Battalion 

• 19075 Private James COLLINS, 24, born Wilshamstead, resided Cotton End (Lillers Communal Cemetery) 

Saturday 2nd October 1915  

Died of Wounds  

2nd Battalion 

• 17729 Private Frederick CHESHER, 26, son of Frederick and Clara Jane Chesher of The Jetty, London Road, Sandy, born Chelsea [London], resided Blunham (Étaples Military Cemetery) 

Sunday 3rd October 1915  

Died of Wounds  

2nd Battalion 

• 17729 Private Henry GILLMAN, 25, husband of Maggie Eveline of Brantfield, 26 Avondale Road, South Croydon [Surrey], born Dunstable, resided Luton (Chocques Military Cemetery) 

Monday 4th October 1915 

Died of Wounds  

8th Battalion 

• 16796 Private Albert Edward BOND, 26, D Company, son of William Bond of 10 Goodwin Street, Finsbury Park [London], born Islington [London] (Boulogne Eastern Cemetery) 

Tuesday 5th October 1915  

Died of Wounds 

2nd Battalion  

• 3/7900 Private Christopher MARSHALL, 33, son of J T Marshall of Stratford [Essex], born Islington [London], resided West Silvertown [Essex] (le Treport Military Cemetery) 

Wednesday 6th October 1915 

Killed in Action  

1st Battalion: relieved from front line trenches near Fricourt 

• 6395 Sergeant Albert Edward SIRRELL, born Welshpool [Wales], resided Shrewsbury [Shropshire] (Carnoy Military Cemetery) 

Thursday 7th October 1915  

Killed in Action 

2nd Battalion: front line trenches at Cuinchy 

• 9592 Corporal George BROWN, 26, B Company, son of George and Elizabeth Brown of 25 Chase Street, Luton, born Offley [Hertfordshire] (Cambrin Churchyard Extension) 

7th Battalion: front line trenches at Fricourt 

• 13493 Private George Augustus NORMAN, husband of L Norman of 58 Victoria Street, Dunstable, born Paddington [London] (Dartmoor Cemetery, Bécordel-Bécourt) 

Friday 8th October 1915 

Died  

2nd Battalion 

• 10407 Private George Thomas CLAYTON, 20, born Aspley Guise, resided Woburn Sands [Buckinghamshire] (Saint-Sever Cemetery, Rouen) 

Saturday 9th October 1915  

Killed in Action 

2nd Battalion: relieved from front line trenches at Cuinchy 

• 13201 Private Benjamin JONES, 22, son of Frederick William Jones of 130 Kimberley Road, Nunhead [London], born Penge [Kent] (Cambrin Churchyard Extension) 

Sunday 10th October 1915 

Killed in Action 

7th Battalion 

• 13262 Private Charles Edward COWLAND, 17, son of Charles and Mary Cowland of Roestock, Colney Heath [Hertfordshire] (Dartmoor Cemetery, Bécordel-Bécourt)  

Tuesday 12th October 1915 

Died  

1st/5th Battalion 

• 3971 Private William CREEK, resided Abbotsley [Huntingdonshire] (Pieta Military Cemetery, Malta) 

Wednesday 13th October 1915 

Died of Wounds  

2nd Battalion 

• 18672 Lance Corporal Harold BYRD, 23, son of George and Alice Byrd of 8 Church Road, Hanham [Gloucestershire], born Barnes [Surrey] (Chocques Military Cemetery) 

Friday 15th October 1915  

Died  

3rd Battalion 

• 10825 Private Thomas OWEN, 19, son of John and Caroline Owen, born Brighton [Sussex], resided Luton (Felixstowe New Cemetery) 

Saturday 16th October 1915 

Died of Wounds 

2nd Battalion 

• 18119 Private Walter Bertie SOUTHGATE, 36, son of Walter and Phoebe Southgate, born and resided Bedford (Bedford Cemetery) 

Sunday 17th October 1915 

Killed in Action  

8th Battalion 

• 16038 Private Frederick RUTT, born Islington [London], resided Upper Holloway [London] (la Brique Military Cemetery No. 1) 

Died  

1st/5th Battalion 

• 5060 Private Ernest GOWLER, resided Eynesbury [Huntingdonshire] (Plymouth (Weston Mill) Cemetery) 

Monday 18th October 1915  

Killed in Action  

8th Battalion 

• 16058 Lance Sergeant George BROMLEY, 26, son of George and Ellen Bromley of Spout Lane, Brenchley [Kent] (la Brique Military Cemetery No. 1)  

Died of Wounds 

8th Battalion 

• 17092 Private Thomas Lewis HOW or HOWE, 21, son of Elizabeth How of Great Gidding [Huntingdonshire], born Ramsey [Huntingdonshire], resided Thrapston [Northamptonshire] (Essex Farm Cemetery) 

Tuesday 19th October 1915 

Killed in Action 

6th Battalion: in the front line at Hannescamps and killed on patrol 

• 12378 Private James BAHAN, 23, son of Thomas and Margaret Bahan of 3 Balliol Terrace, Bootle [Lancashire] (Bienvillers Military Cemetery) 

Wednesday 20th October 1915 

Killed in Action  

8th Battalion 

• 5979 Corporal Walter NEWMAN, father of Reginald Newman, born Great Staughton [Huntingdonshire], resided Great Tey [Essex] (la Brique Military Cemetery No. 1) 

Died of Wounds  

8th Battalion 

• 16619 Lance Corporal Arthur Thomas JACKSON, 26, son of Martha Ann Bunn of 33 Bride Street, Barnsbury [London], born and resided Islington [London] (Lijssenthoek Military Cemetery) 

• 13799 Private William WELLS, born and resided Walworth [London] (Poperinghe New Military Cemetery) 

Friday 22nd October 1915 

Killed in Action 

8th Battalion 

• 17078 Private Albert William GARROD, 28, C Company, son of F and H Garrod of Levington [Suffolk], born Covehithe [Suffolk] (la Brique Military Cemetery No. 2) 

• 16291 Private Lewis POPE, born Eynesbury [Huntingdonshire], resided Saint Neots [Huntingdonshire] (la Brique Military Cemetery No. 1) 

• 15426 Private Frederick Charles WEBSTER, 22, son of Arthur Webster of Wendy [Cambridgeshire], born Bassingbourn [Cambridgeshire] (la Brique Military Cemetery No. 1) 

Died of Wounds  

8th Battalion 

• 15867 Private William MUMFORD, 25, son of William and Maritia Mumford of Wheathampstead [Hertfordshire], born Harpenden [Hertfordshire[, resided Sandridge [Hertfordshire] (Lijssenthoek Military Cemetery) 

Saturday 23rd October 1915  

Died of Wounds  

8th Battalion 

• 19763 Private Alexander PITT, 21, son of Thomas and Elizabeth Pitt of 50 South Block, Peabody Buildings, Shadwell [London], born Mile End [London], resided Bow [London] (Lijssenthoek Military Cemetery) 

Died  

1st/5th Battalion 

• 4626 Private Frank BOUTWOOD, 31, B Company, son of William and Martha Boutwood, husband of Grace of 32 Windsor Street, Luton (Luton General Cemetery) 

Sunday 24th October 1915 

Died of Wounds 

8th Battalion 

• 14003 Private Joseph WAKEFIELD, 29, husband of Mabel of 4 Mount Square, Nottingham, born Sneiton [Nottinghamshire], resided Radford [Nottinghamshire] (Lijssenthoek Military Cemetery) 

Monday 25th October 1915 

Died of Wounds  

8th Battalion 

• Private Alfred William EVENETT, son of E Evenett of Heydon Road, Great Chishall [Hertfordshire] (Lijssenthoek Military Cemetery) 

Wednesday 27th October 1915 

Killed in Action 

2nd Battalion: front line trenches at Givenchy-lès-la-Bassée 

• 18748 Private William George FELSTEAD, born and resided Sheering [Essex] (Guards Cemetery, Windy Corner, Cuinchy) 

Thursday 28th October 1915 

Killed in Action  

8th Battalion 

• 19933 Private Albert FRANCIS, born Saint Pancras [London], resided Somers Town [London] (White House Cemetery, Saint-Jean-lès-Ypres) 

Friday 29th October 1915 

Killed in Action  

8th Battalion 

• 3/8632 Private John SWEENEY, born and resided Ware [Hertfordshire] (memorial at White House Cemetery, Saint-Jean-lès-Ypres) 

• 8518 Private Arthur VINCENT, born Houghton Regis, resided Dunstable (White House Cemetery, Saint-Jean-lès-Ypres)