December 1917

Bedfordshire Regiment Roll of Honour

1st December 1917  

Killed in Action  

1st/5th Battalion: relieved from Pinnacle Hill and Nabala Hill near Gaza 

• 36863 Private Henry GODWIN, 32, ex-RX/4/262526 Army Service Corps, husband of Rhoda of 3 Oak Road, Leatherhead [Surrey], son of Jabez Alfred and Mary Godwin (Ramleh War Cemetery)  

Died of Wounds  

7th Battalion 

• 201254 Private Sydney William HINTON, 24, born and resided Bushey [Hertfordshire], son of Charles and Fanny Hinton of 31 Vale Road, Oxhey [Hertfordshire] (Dozinghem Military Cemetery) 

2nd December 1917  

Died of Wounds  

1st/5th Battalion 

• Lieutenant Harold William CRONIN (Gaza War Cemetery) 

3rd December 1917  

Killed in Action  

1st/5th Battalion: front line at el Yehudiyeh and Kefr Ana 

• 200401 Acting Lance Sergeant John BOON, 27, son of Samuel and Emma Boon of 17 Church Walk, Kempston, resided Bedford  (Ramleh War Cemetery) 

• 36442 Private Gilbert Tom TANNER, 31, ex-8593 Cambridgeshire Regiment, son of John and Mary Tanner of Bristol, resided Shirehampton [Bristol], husband of Beatrice Emily of 32 Cook Street, Avonmouth [Bristol] (Ramleh War Cemetery) 

8th Battalion: Battle of Cambrai: Railway Bridge, Hindenburg Support Line and Talmas Lock, assisting other units to repulse German counter-attacks 

• 25227 Private Herbert BOULTWOOD, 22, son of Eliza Boultwood of 50 Middle Row, Bishop’s Stortford [Hertfordshire] (Cambrai Memorial, Louverval) 

• 41264 Private Arthur George Percy JOYCE, 33, ex-39540 Northamptonshire Regiment, son of George and Elizabeth Joyce of 49 Newton Street, Olney [Buckinghamshire] husband of Mary Ellen of 51 Glassbrook Road, Rushden [Northamptonshire] (Cambrai Memorial, Louverval) 

• 33646 Private Dudley KENSINGTON, 33, ex-2380 Bedfordshire Yeomanry, born Wootton-under-Edge [Gloucestershire], resided Bedford, brother of Amy Wiggall of Cromarty House, College Road, Cheltenham [Gloucestershire] (Cambrai Memorial, Louverval) 

• 16790 Sergeant George PRESSLAND or PRESLAND, born and resided Ware [Hertfordshire] (Ribecourt British Cemetery) 

Died of Wounds  

1st/5th Battalion 

• 46087 Private Rudolf HAUER or HAVER, born Bohemia, resided Westminster [London] (Gaza War Cemetery)  

8th Battalion 

• 21291 Private Frank Bruce SUMMERS, ex-39589 Northamptonshire Regiment, born Stockwell [London], resided Clapham [London] (Fins New British Cemetery, Sorel-le-Grand) 

4th December 1917 

Killed in Action  

Bedfordshire Yeomanry 

• 30843 Private Walter BURGOINE, 20, born and resided Maulden, nephew of E Fossey of Snow Hill, Maulden (Cambrai Memorial, Louverval)  

• 30306 Private James SWALES born and resided Bedford (Cambrai Memorial, Louverval)  

5th December 1917 

Killed in Action  

8th Battalion: Battle of Cambrai: withdrawing from the front line as the position was abandoned 

• 23206 Private James Charles BRIDGE, 20, son of Charles and Annie Bridge of Newmarket [Suffolk], resided Flamstead [Hertfordshire], husband of Lilian May Kittle (ex-Bridge) of 3 Vaughans Cottages, Barkingside [Essex] (Ribecourt British Cemetery) 

6th December 1917 

Died of Wounds 

8th Battalion 

• 41288 Private Charles SAGE, 25, ex-39568 Northamptonshire Regiment, son of Francis Sage of 17 Vernon Road, Tunbridge Wells [Kent], husband of Rosina Lily Sage of 7 Gorge Street, Tunbridge Wells (Rocquigny-Equancourt Road British Cemetery, Manancourt) 

7th December 1917  

Killed in Action 

2nd Battalion: front line between Scherriabeek and Reutelbeek near Ypres 

• 8744 Private Charles CARR, 27, son of Lilian Chambers of  Biggleswade (Bedford House Cemetery) 

• 20603 Private Samuel KING, born Woolley [Huntingdonshire], resided Coppingford [Huntingdonshire], son of Thomas and Hannah King of Fox Cottage, Upton [Huntingdonshire] (Hooge Crater Cemetery) 

8th December 1917  

Killed in Action  

2nd Battalion: front line between Scherriabeek and Reutelbeek near Ypres 

• 8527 Private Frank WARWICK, 38, born Sandridge [Hertfordshire], son of John and Emily Warwick of 27 Boundary Road, Saint Albans [Hertfordshire] (Tyne Cot Memorial)  

• 3/7141 Acting Lance Corporal Martin WHITE, born and resided Wavendon [Buckinghamshire] (Tyne Cot Memorial)  

• 9492 Sergeant Arthur Percy WILSON DCM, born and resided Luton (Hooge Crater Cemetery) 

7th Battalion: entered the frontline at Houthulst Forest near Ypres 

• 15002 Private Frederick James BRAYBROOKS, born and resided Sandy (Poelcapelle British Cemetery) 

Died of Wounds  

8th Battalion 

• 3/4616 Sergeant Albert Edward DARLOW, born and resided Everton (Rocquigny-Equancourt Road British Cemetery, Manancourt) 

Died  

4th Battalion 

• 39516 Private Albert Edward WHITE, ex-22062 Suffolk Regiment, born Clapham [London], resided Kensington [London] (Northampton (Towcester Road) Cemetery) 

9th December 1917  

Killed in Action 

2nd Battalion: front line between Scherriabeek and Reutelbeek near Ypres 

• 27799 Private John Edward SMITH, born and resided Farcet [Huntingdonshire] (Hooge Crater Cemetery) 

7th Battalion: front line at Houthulst Forest near Ypres 

• 203298 Private Albert Cecil RIMES, 20, son of Frederick and Elizabeth Rimes of Field Terrace, Farcet [Huntingdonshire] (Tyne Cot Memorial)  

• 45844 Private Josef STEHNO, born Bohemia, resided Marylebone [London] (Tyne Cot Memorial)  

• 18602 Private Harry TITMUS, 40, born Lilley [Hertfordshire], husband of Mary Jane of Sundon, son of Charles W Titmus (Tyne Cot Memorial)  

10th December 1917  

Died of Wounds  

6th Battalion 

• 26665 Lance Corporal George Henry WARREN, born Berkhamstead [Hertfordshire], resided Great Berkhamstead [Hertfordshire] (Bourne End (Saint John) churchyard, Northchurch) 

8th Battalion 

• 33004 Private John Charles GOLD, ex-12534 Queen’s (Royal West Surrey Regiment), born Islington [London], resided Custom House [Essex] (Rocquigny-Equancourt Road British Cemetery, Manancourt) 

Bedfordshire Yeomanry  

• 30254 Private Thomas William FORSTER, 22, A Squadron, born Watford [Hertfordshire], resided Newport Pagnell [Buckinghamshire], son of Peter and Bertha Forster of Cold Brayfield [Buckinghamshire] (Tincourt New British Cemetery) 

11th December 1917  

Died of Wounds  

4th Battalion 

• 27877 Private William LAWRENCE, born Wendover [Buckinghamshire], resided Offord D’Arcy [Huntingdonshire] (Étaples Military Cemetery) 

8th Battalion 

• 43049 Private George Edward JONES, 19, ex-1027 Huntingdonshire Cyclist Battalion, born Paddington [London], son of Louisa Jones of 15 Shakespeare Place, Huntingdon (Mont Huon Military Cemetery, le Tréport) 

Bedfordshire Yeomanry 

• Lieutenant Eric William WOODHAMS, 26, son of William and Jessie Woodhams of Rochester [Kent], husband of Dora Sybil of Meadthorpe, Broadstone [Dorset] (Tincourt New British Cemetery) 

12th December 1917  

Killed in Action  

3rd Battalion 

• Temporary Lieutenant-Colonel Percy BALFOUR DSO, also Highland Light Infantry, attached 2nd/7th Worcestershire Regiment, 42, son of James Balfour, husband of Maude Edith of 5 North Square, Golders Green [Middlesex] (Fins New British Cemetery, Sorel-le-Grand)  

Died of Wounds  

2nd Battalion 

• 28076 Private Cecil John COOPER, son of Edward and Minnie L Cooper of 20 Queen’s Road, Hertford (Lijssenthoek Military Cemetery) 

7th Battalion 

• 15619 Sergeant Leonard James EAST, 24, son of Henry and Agnes East of Kimpton [Hertfordshire] (Dozinghem Military Cemetery) 

14th December 1917 

Died  

1st/5th Battalion 

• 203151 Private Alfred STANBRIDGE, 38, son of Emma Stanbridge of Maulden, husband of Lizzie Richardson (ex-Stanbridge) of The Breach, Maulden (Kantara War Memorial Cemetery) 

16th December 1917 

Killed in Action  

6th Battalion: working parties in the Ypres area 

• 240494 Private William Henry GLOSSOP, born Small Heath [Warwickshire], resided Digbeth [Warwickshire] (Klein-Vierstraat British Cemetery) 

Died of Wounds  

6th Battalion 

• 20150 Sergeant Bert SHERWOOD, born and resided Baldock [Hertfordshire] (Klein-Vierstraat British Cemetery) 

18th December 1917  

Died of Wounds  

1st Battalion 

• 25758 Private Herbert Arthur DUNKLEY, 23, son of William and Mary Ann Dunkley of Blakesley [Northamptonshire] (Blakesley (Saint Mary’s) cemetery) 

20th December 1917 

Died  

1st Garrison Battalion 

• Temporary Major Leslie Morgan SMITH (Delhi War Cemetery) 

21st December 1917 

Died 

1st Garrison Battalion 

• 24979 Private John Alfred WARE, 40, C Company, ex-7240 East Surrey Regiment, born Clerkenwell [London], resided Dover [Kent], husband of Lavinia Louise of 25 Craig Road, Ham Common [London] (Ambala Cantonment Cemetery) 

22nd December 1917 

Killed in Action  

4th Battalion: relieved in front line near Villers-Plouich 

• 40627 Private Charles Cecil COOPER MM, 21, ex-45189 Suffolk Regiment, son of James and A Cooper of Asylum Road, Stotfold (Thiepval Memorial)  

1st/5th Battalion: successful assault at bayonet point on Yafa Hill near Mulebbis 

• 201122 Private William Arthur BEESLEY MM, born Bushey [Hertfordshire], son of Edward and Lydia Hannah Beesley of 79 Princes Avenue, Watford [Hertfordshire] (Ramleh War Cemetery) 

• 37096 Acting Corporal Jack LAWRENCE MM, born and resided Lewisham [London] (Ramleh War Cemetery) 

• 21480 Private Frank PAMMENT, 20, son of C and F Pamment of The Common, Great Holland [Essex] (Ramleh War Cemetery) 

• 203149 Lance Corporal Albert SAUNDERS, born and resided Battersea [London] (Ramleh War Cemetery) 

8th Battalion: front line near Bullecourt, raid by Germans 

• 29249 Private Henry MITCHELL, 35, son of John and Alice Mitchell of Burnham Deepdale [Norfolk] (Mory Abbey Military Cemetery, Mory) 

Died of Wounds  

7th Battalion 

• 43336 Acting Lance Corporal Francis Walter RIGBY, ex-18878 Sherwood Foresters (Nottinghamshire & Derbyshire Regiment), born and resided Derby (Dozinghem Military Cemetery) 

23rd December 1917 

Died of Wounds  

1st/5th Battalion 

• 27950 Private William FOSTER, born Hertford Heath, resided Watford [Hertfordshire] (Ramleh War Cemetery) 

24th December 1917 

Killed in Action  

2nd Battalion: relieved from front line near Polderhoek 

• 10747 Private Albert Edward BUTCHER, born Battersea [London], resided Saint Albans [Hertfordshire] (Hooge Crater Cemetery) 

• 13626 Lance Sergeant George Charles BUTCHER, born Long Melford [Suffolk], resided Hemel Hempstead [Hertfordshire] (Hooge Crater Cemetery) 

Died 

11th Battalion 

• 48951 Private John Thomas SHAW, 19, born Bromley [London], resided Poplar [London], son of William and Alice Shaw (Tidworth Military Cemetery) 

25th December 1917 

Died of Wounds 

2nd Battalion 

• 29075 Private Benjamin Cyril PUNT, 39, son of E Punt of Horsford [Norfolk], and J Punt (Lijssenthoek Military Cemetery) 

26th December 1917

Killed in Action  

4th Battalion: front line near Villers-Plouich 

• 41250 Private James Buchanan Wallace RICHARDSON, 35, ex-M/317733 Army Service Corps, son of Robert and Jessie Richardson of 76 Hill Street, Garnethill, Glasgow [Dunbartonshire] (Thiepval Memorial)  

• 39403 Private Thomas Henry WHYSALL, 31, ex-M/2/267639 Army Service Corps, born Netherseal [Leicestershire] husband of Eva Mary of 32 The Crescent, Uttoxeter [Staffordshire] (Thiepval Memorial)  

Died  

7th Battalion 

• 30721 Private Ernest James PARKER, 27, son of William and Jane Parker of Watford [Hertfordshire], resided Watford; husband of Charlotte of 2 Malling Road, Snodland [Kent]  (Watford Cemetery) 

27th December 1917 

Died of Wounds   

4th Battalion 

• 23013 Corporal George Edward SMITH, 20, son of William and Elizabeth Smith of North Mimms [Hertfordshire] (Rocquigny-Equancourt Road British Cemetery, Manancourt) 

Died  

1st/5th Battalion 

• 200979 Private William JOHNSON, 24, son of James and Elizabeth Johnson of Arlesey, resided Hitchin [Hertfordshire] husband of Margaret Worbey (ex-Johnson) of Walsworth [Hertfordshire] (Ramleh War Cemetery) 

2nd Garrison Battalion 

• 205646 Private Job WHEELER, 32, ex-265306 Middlesex Regiment, born Hendon [Middlesex], resided West Hendon [Middlesex], son of William and Sarah Wheeler (Karachi 1914-1918 War Memorial) buried in Hyderabad Cemetery, Pakistan 

30th December 1917  

Killed in Action  

6th Battalion: front line near Hollebeke 

• 39551 Private William COUTTS, 20, ex-MS/266593 Army Service Corps, son of Alexander Coutts  of 4 Lockland Street, Arbroath [Forfarshire] (Klein-Vierstraat British Cemetery) 

• 32129 Private Lawrence Ambrose HAYTER, born Upper Holloway [London], resided Letchworth [Hertfordshire] (Klein-Vierstraat British Cemetery) 

Died 

1st/5th Battalion: drowned when the troopship Aragon was sunk by a U-Boat ten miles off Alexandria, HMS Attack, picking up survivors was also sunk. 

• 48065 Private Frank Francis ALLAWAY, born Oxford, resided Northchurch [Hertfordshire] (Chatby Memorial) 

• 21776 Private Herbert BEAMISS, born and resided Ely [Cambridgeshire] (Chatby Memorial) 

• 23397 Private Edward George BEESLEY, 21, born Stamford [Lincolnshire] son of Joseph Beesley of 4 Palmers Yard, Great Whyte [Huntingdonshire] (Chatby Memorial) 

• 203274 Private Joseph Samuel CAVES, born and resided Elstow (Chatby Memorial) 

• 21788 Private Charles Edward EASTLAND, 19, son of George John and Clara Eastland of Woodmanstern [Surrey], resided Little Banstead [Surrey] (Chatby Memorial) 

• 21759 Private Cyril Frederick ELSY, 19, ex-M/299955 Army Service Corps, born Sheffield [Yorkshire], son of William F and Annie Elsy of 3 Littlethorpe Terrace, Ripon [Yorkshire] (Chatby Memorial) 

• 288868 Private Leonard Charles ENGLISH, born King’s Langley [Hertfordshire], resided Gorleston-on-Sea [Suffolk] (Chatby Memorial) 

• 200190 Private Alfred GEORGE, born Kempston, resided Bedford (Chatby Memorial) 

• 39234 Private Charles Robert GREGORY, 40, F Company, born and resided Camberwell [London], husband of Edith M (Chatby Memorial) 

• 31908 Private Walter HODSON, born and resided Sawtry [Huntingdonshire] (Chatby Memorial) 

• 27798 Private William JINKS, 39, born Eye [Peterborough], resided Orton Longueville [Huntingdonshire], son of late Henry and Kizziah Jinks (Chatby Memorial) 

• 43368 Private Frederick JOYCE, ex-20232 Northamptonshire Regiment, born Northampton, resided Bugbrooke [Northamptonshire] (Chatby Memorial) 

• 48057 Private George Stephen MACMILLAN, born Islington [London], resided Bushey [Hertfordshire], husband of Mabel of 42 London Road, Clapton [London] (Chatby Memorial) 

• 21810 Private James Samuel MARKHAM, ex-211102 Royal Field Artillery, born Iken [Suffolk], resided Melton [Suffolk] (Chatby Memorial) 

• 45202 Company Quarter Master Sergeant MCDONALD, 26, ex-942 Argyll & Sutherland Highlanders, son of John and Jean McDonald of Ardgour [Argyll], husband of Cora E Brooks (ex-McDonald) of Berrington Lane, Cardington (Alexandria (Hadra) War Memorial Cemetery)  

• 266567 Private James Edward MEALING, born Sandridge [Hertfordshire], resided Saint Albans [Hertfordshire] (Chatby Memorial) 

• 21638 Private James William MILLS, born Sparshott [Huntingdonshire], resided Folkestone [Kent] (Chatby Memorial) 

• 30901 Private Arthur William MINNIS, born and resided Hitchin [Hertfordshire] (Chatby Memorial) 

• 31780 Private William Ewart PERRY, 19, son of Joseph and Elizabeth Perry of 81 Hassett Street, Bedford (Chatby Memorial) 

• 21757 Private Samuel Thomas SIMPSON, 19, ex-M/300962 Army Service Corps born Charles [Devon] son of Samuel and Ellen Simpson of 31 Grenville Road, Plymouth [Devon] (Chatby Memorial) 

• 21806 Private Cecil Aubrey WEARNE, born Truro [Cornwall], resided Clacton-on-Sea [Essex] (Chatby Memorial) 

• 31896 Private Frederick Cyril WESTWOOD, 20, son of E and A Westwood of 26 High Street, Stevenage [Hertfordshire] (Chatby Memorial) 

• 14536 Private Walter WHITE, 25, born Marden Bradley [Wiltshire], resided Tyttenhanger Green [Hertfordshire], son of Robert J and Lucy White of 33 Stourton Lane, Stourton [Wiltshire] (Chatby Memorial) 

• 271173 Private Douglas Ernest WILLIAMS16, ex-3413 London Regiment, son of K Williams of 10a Ruddigore Road, New Cross [London] previously wounded in France (Chatby Memorial) 

• 21798 Private James William WRIGHT, born Great Snoring [Norfolk], resided Walsingham [Norfolk] (Chatby Memorial) 

31st December 1917  

Killed in Action  

4th Battalion: front line trenches near Villers-Plouich 

• 23675 Lance Corporal Frederick George COVINGTON, 22, son of Elizabeth A Bonnett of Potton Road, Guilden Morden [Cambridgeshire] (Thiepval Memorial)  

• 43546 Private William Walter NEWBURY, 20, ex-241685 East Surrey Regiment, son of Walter Albert and Amelia Mary Newbury of 119 Fountain Road, Tooting [London] (Thiepval Memorial)  

• 203053 Private William SYKES, son of George Sykes of 12 Archibald Road, Bow [London], resided Flamstead [Hertfordshire], husband of late I A Garrad (ex-Sykes) (Thiepval Memorial)  

• 19748 Private Percy Frank WEST MM, 27, born and resided Battersea [London], son of Benjamin and Ellen Amelia West of 70 Swaffield Road, Wandsworth [London] (Thiepval Memorial)  

• 23722 Private Charles Frederick WRIGHT, born and resided Stagsden (Thiepval Memorial)   

Died of Wounds  

4th Battalion 

• 30064 Private Stewart William HILL, 28, born Brighton [Sussex], husband of Agnes M of 4 Neotsbury Road, Ampthill (Rocquigny-Equancourt British Cemetery, Manancourt) 

6th Battalion 

• 39646 Private Harold BLACKWELL, 20, ex-DM2/230764 Army Service Corps, son of William and Mary Ann Blackwell of 5 Rose Lane, Mansfield [Nottinghamshire] (Outtersteene Communal Cemetery Extension, Bailleul) 

8th Battalion 

• Temporary Lieutenant Leonard DOLMAN Croix-de-Guerre (Belgium), 28, son of Philip Dolman of Pulham Market [Norfolk] (Achiet-le-Grand Communal Cemetery Extension)