December 1916

Bedfordshire Regiment Roll of Honour

2nd December 1916 

Died of Wounds  

1st Battalion 

• 27892 Private Albert ARNOLD, born and resided Tyler's Causeway, Epping Green [Hertfordshire] (Newport (Saint Woolos) Cemetery)  

3rd December 1916 

Killed in Action  

1st Battalion: front line near Neuve-Chapelle 

• 32020 Private John KENDALL, ex-13456 Northamptonshire Regiment, born and resided Southwark [London] (Saint-Vaast Post Military Cemetery, Richebourg-l'Avoué) 

Died  

7th Battalion 

• 14916 Private Frank Morgan SMITH, 20, born West Ham [Essex], resided Bathwick [Somerset], twin son of Captain Francis E and Frances Smith of Bath [Somerset] (Wimereux Communal Cemetery) 

4th December 1916  

Died of Wounds  

1st Battalion 

• 16508 Lance Corporal John William BEECHAM, 25, born West Kensington [London], resided Huntingdon, son of John and Caroline Beecham of Bell End, Brampton [Huntingdonshire] (Merville Communal Cemetery Extension) 

Died  

1st Battalion  

• 13231 Private Arthur CABLE, born Thurlton [Norfolk], resided Lowestoft [Suffolk] (Saint Albans (Hatfield Road) Cemetery) 

• 43109 Private George Housden DELLAR, 29, ex-1551 Huntingdonshire Cyclist Battalion, son of George and Ellen Mary Dellar of North Lynne, Tendet Leys Road, Saint Ives [Huntingdonshire], husnand of Grace Pilborough (ex-Dellar) (Saint Ives Public Cemetery) 

5th December 1916  

Killed in Action  

8th Battalion: front line at Givenchy-lès-la-Bassée  

• 40235 Private COOPER, 26, ex-5277 Norfolk Regiment, born Westminster [London], resided Thurgarton [Norfolk], nephew of Emily Cooper (Gorre British and Indian Cemetery) 

Died of Wounds  

8th Battalion 

• 22791 Corporal Charles REDMAN, 23, son of Reuben C and Emily Redman of Hill Side Farm Gravenhurst (Gorre British and Indian Cemetery)  

Died  

1st Battalion 

• 40053 Private John Archer GARROD, ex-29146 Suffolk Regiment, born and resided Erwarton [Suffolk] (Cabaret-Rouge British Cemetery, Souchez) 

6th December 1916 

Died of Wounds  

2nd Battalion 

• 20407 Private Richard Bertram WAGSTAFF, born Bedford, resided Sandy (Warlincourt Halte British Cemetery, Saulty) 

7th December 1916 

Died of Wounds 

2nd Battalion 

• 9905 Private George DAY, born Little Swaffham [Cambridgeshire], resided Trumpington [Cambridgeshire] (Warlincourt Halte British Cemetery, Saulty) 

10th December 1916 

Died  

3rd Battalion 

• 31678 Private Percy WILCOX, born Ealing [Middlesex], resided Watford [Hertfordshire] (Watford Cemetery) 

12th December 1916 

Died of Wounds  

2nd Battalion 

• 18529 Private Edmund ALLEN, 26, son of B and Sarah Allen of Alconbury [Huntingdonshire], husband of Ethel Blanche of The Hill, Alconbury, served fourteen months in France (Étaples Military Cemetery)  

Died  

53rd Battalion 

• TR9/8002 Sergeant Albert James BEAUMONT, ex-13391 Bedfordshire Regiment attached 27th Training Reserve Battalion, born and resisded Luton (Markyate (Saint John the Baptist) New Cemetery) 

14th December 1916 

Died  

5th Battalion 

• 8735 Private Albert SAMBROOK, 34, ex-17062 Worcestershire Regiment, born and resided Birmingham [Warwickshire], son of Alfred and Sarah Sambrook (Fulford Cemetery, Yorkshire) 

16th December 1916 

Killed in Action 

2nd Battalion: front line at Berles-au-Bois 

• 8676 Corporal Arthur George ALDOUS, born and resided New Lakenham [Norfolk] (Berles Position Military Cemetery) 

• 27684 Private Amos BATES, 33, born Little Eaton [Derbyshire], son of Amos and Caroline Bates of Boreham Wood [Hertfordshire], husband of Ada Wright (ex-Bates) of Thornea, New Road, Smallfield [Surrey] (Berles Position Military Cemetery) 

• 23036 Private George William SMITH, born Gainsborough [Lincolnshire], resided Hungate [Yorkshire] (Berles Position Military Cemetery)  

Died of Wounds  

2nd Battalion  

• 9805 Lance Corporal George AULT, 23, born Eccles [Lancashire], stepson of E Gowlett of 15 Wolesley Road, Rush Green, Romford [Essex] (Étaples Military Cemetery) 

17th December 1916 

Died  

3rd Battalion 

• 18087 Private William SHARP, born Hatfield [Hertfordshire], resided Barnet [Hertfordshire] (Kempston Cemetery) 

19th December 1916 

Killed in Action  

8th Battalion: front line at Givenchy-lès-la-Bassée  

• 13204 Private Frank MOSLEY, born Kensington [London], resided North Kensington [London] (Brown's Road Military Cemetery, Festubert) 

20th December 1916 

Died of Wounds  

4th Battalion 

• 17929 Acting Lance Sergeant John Thomas WATSON, 35, son of Edward and Sophia Watson of 67 Milson Road, West Kensington [London] (Étaples Military Cemetery) 

• 18660 Acting Corporal Henry Edward CLARKE, 33, son of  George and Lavinia Clarke of West Wittering [Sussex], a postman of Kensworth Lynch, husband of Ellen Caroline of 190 Newcome Road, Fratton [Hampshire] (Dunstable Cemetery) 

8th Battalion 

• 25371 Private Frank Alfred IDDENDEN, 22, son of William and Mary Ann Iddenden of 104 Marlow Terrace, Wincheap [Kent], resided Tring [Hertfordshire] (Béthune Town Cemetery) 

21st December 1916 

Killed in Action  

2nd Battalion: front line at Berles-au-Bois 

• 28050 Private Edward Charles BURTON, born and resided Pirton [Hertfordshire] (Berles Position Military Cemetery) 

• 26616 Private Ernest Alfred WHYMARK, 25, son of Alfred and Emma E Whymark of the White Horse, Edwardstone [Suffolk] (Berles Position Military Cemetery) 

Died of Wounds   

8th Battalion 

• 10978 Private William Horace WEST, born and resided Hertford Heath [Hertfordshire] (Béthune Town Cemetery) 

22nd December 1916 

Died  

1st Garrison Battalion 

• 24661 Private Charles William STILLMAN, ex-21188 Middlesex Regiment, born Leyton [Essex], resided Stratford [Essex] (Meerut Cantonment Cemetery) 

23rd December 1916 

Died of Wounds  

4th Battalion 

• 25411 Private William BRYANT, born and resided Coleshill [Buckinghamshire] (Amersham (The Platt) Cemetery) 

24th December 1916 

Died of Wounds  

2nd Battalion 

• 26615 Private George Arthur TURNER, 27, born Wattisfield [Suffolk], son of Daniel and Elizabeth Turner of Buxhall [Suffolk] (Warlincourt Halte British Cemetery, Saulty) 

8th Battalion 

• 22036 Private George BAXTER, 25, son of George and Janet Baxter of Graveley [Cambridgeshire] (Graveley (Saint Botolph) Churchyard)  

27th December 1916  

Died of Wounds 

1st Battalion 

• 27907 Private George HALSEY, 39, son of William and Ann Halsey of 72 Park Corner, Saint Albans [Hertfordshire] (Saint Albans (Hatfield Road) Cemetery) 

28th December 1916  

Died of Wounds 

8th Battalion 

• 40161 Private John Smith PARISH, 29, ex-28273 Essex Regiment, husband of Ada Parish of 131 High Street, Chatteris [Cambridgeshire] (Longuenesse (Saint Omer) Souvenir Cemetery) 

31st December 1916 

Died  

5th Battalion 

• 7660 Private Ernest MOYCE, 34, attached 68th Provisional Battalion, born Sevenoaks [Kent], resided South Norwood [Surrey], husband of Emma of 56 Apsley Road, South Norwood (Lowestoft (Beccles Road) Cemetery)