February 1915

Bedfordshire Regiment Roll of Honour

Monday 1st February 1915  

Died 

1st/5th Battalion 

• 2850 Private Samuel CORBY, 30, son of Regina Emma Corby of 12 High Street, Bozeat [Northamptonshire], born Storrington [Sussex] (Bozeat Cemetery) 

7th Battalion 

• 10758 Private Arthur FAULKNER, born and resided Southill (Southill (All Saints) Churchyard) 

Tuesday 2nd February 1915 

Died of Wounds 

1st Battalion 

• 8887 Lance Corporal George Thomas ION, born Deptford [London], resided Tottenham [Middlesex] (Dranouter Churchyard) 

Saturday 6th February 1915 

Died  

4th Battalion 

• 3/8519 Private Horace MEAD, born and resided Piccots End [Hertfordshire] (Harwich Cemetery)  

Tuesday 9th February 1915 

Died  

2nd Battalion 

• 3/6300 Private John COX, 29, son of John and Annie Cox of 9 Ealing Terrace, Rushden [Northamptonshire], resided Wymington, a native of Northampton (Merville Communal Cemetery) 

Thursday 11th February 1915 

Killed in Action  

2nd Battalion: trenches south-west of Fleurbaix 

• 9011 Private John SPILLER, born and resided Aldershot [Hampshire] (Rue-David Military Cemetery, Fleurbaix)  

Tuesday 16th February 1915 

Killed in Action 

1st Battalion: trenches at Bus Farm, Cooker Farm etc., Wulvergem 

• 8152 Acting Corporal George Henry COLE, 28, son of Alma Cole of Bramford Lane, Ipswich [Suffolk], born Sutton [Suffolk] (RE Farm Cemetery, Ypres) 

• 3/7028 Private John GARDNER, born Great Barford, resided Bedford (Menin Gate Memorial, Ypres) 

Died of Wounds  

1st Battalion 

• 8896 Private Roger CAIN, born and resided Kimpton [Hertfordshire] (Boulogne Eastern Cemetery) 

Died  

6th Battalion 

• 12007 Private Leonard KIFF, son of J Kiff of Temple Villa, 75 Harwoods Road, Watford [Hertfordshire], born Two Waters [Hertfordshire] (Wandsworth (Earlsfield) Cemetery) 

Wednesday 17th February 1915  

Killed in Action  

1st Battalion: trenches at Bus Farm, Cooker Farm etc., Wulvergem 

• 7396 Private James Nathaniel HUDGELL, 29, son of Frederick and Annie Hudgell of 41 Rochford Cottages, Stanstead [Essex], born Thorley [Hertfordshire], resided Takeley [Essex] (Menin Gate Memorial, Ypres)  

• 10312 Private Harry WHITE, born and resided Luton (Menin Gate Memorial, Ypres)  

Thursday 18th February 1915 

Killed in Action  

1st Battalion: trenches at Bus Farm, Cooker Farm etc., Wulvergem 

• 8101 Private Arthur Benjamin NOAKES, born and resided Chelmsford [Essex] (Menin Gate Memorial, Ypres)  

Died  

2nd/5th Battalion 

• Second Lieutenant Joseph Charles Edward Mary John Reginald WATERTON, killed in a motorcycle accident near Newmarket Cemetery when he collided with a car (Campton and Shefford Cemetery). His brother John Edward Mary Claude Pius Augustine Waterton died with 1st/5th Battalion 29th November 1917 and is buried in Ramleh War Cemetery.

Friday 19th February 1915 

Died of Wounds  

1st Battalion 

• 7524 Private John Henry MORBY, born Fenny Stratford [Buckinghamshire], resided Bletchley [Buckinghamshire] (Bailleul Communal Cemetery) 

Died  

2nd Battalion 

• 3/6777 Private George DEAN, born Sutton, resided Biggleswade (Ploegsteert Memorial) 

Saturday 20th February 1915 

Killed in Action 

1st Battalion: relieved from trenches at Bus Farm, Cooker Farm etc., Wulvergem 

• 3/6173 Private Charles Arthur PAYNE, son of A Payne of Wyboston (RE Farm Cemetery, Ypres) 

• 4/7321 Private Charles TOMLIN, son of C Tomlin of The Orange Tree, Sunnyside, Hitchin [Hertfordshire] (RE Farm Cemetery, Ypres) 

Died of Wounds 

2nd Battalion 

• 5832 Sergeant Joseph CLIBBON, born Ware [Hertfordshire], resided Luton (Merville Communal Cemetery) 

Wednesday 24th February 1915  

Killed in Action  

2nd Battalion: trenches south-west of Fleurbaix 

• 13260 Private Henry George PATEMAN, 19 son of W and Elizabeth Pateman of 42 Ivy Road, Luton, born Dunstable (Rue-David MIlitary Cemetery, Fleurbaix) 

Friday 26th February 1915  

Killed in Action  

1st Battalion: trenches at Bus Farm, Cooker Farm etc., Wulvergem 

• 3/8655 Private Fred John DARLOW, 46, husband of Eliza of 3 Newton Road, Bedford, born Kempston (RE Farm Cemetery, Ypres) 

• 10343 Private Tom SWAIN, 22, son of Frederick and Mary Swain of 36 Norton Road, Baldock [Hertfordshire] (RE Farm Cemetery, Ypres) 

Saturday 27th February 1915  

Killed in Action 

1st Battalion: trenches at Bus Farm, Cooker Farm etc., Wulvergem 

• 3/8456 Private Charles Alfred SMITH, born Hitchin [Hertfordshire], resided King's Walden [Hertfordshire] (Menin Gate Memorial, Ypres) 

Died of Wounds 

2nd Battalion 

• 9981 Private Ernest Thomas DAVIS, son of Ada Kate Davis of 16 Maitland Street, Bedford (Boulogne Eastern Cemetery) 

Sunday 28th February 1915 

Died of Wounds  

1st Battalion 

• 9198 Sergeant John Henry BARLOW, 28, husband of M A Boulton (ex Barlow) of 95 Soho Street, Six Ways, Smethwick [Staffordshire] (Bailleul Communal Cemetery)