February 1916

Bedfordshire Regiment Roll of Honour

1st February 1916  

Killed in Action 

Bedfordshire Yeomanry  

• 1236 Private Charles William Reginald LOOKER, 22, born Buckden [Huntingdonshire] son of William and Annie Looker of The Briars, Luton (Vermelles British Cemetery) 

4th February 1916  

Killed in Action  

2nd Battalion: front line near Maricourt 

• 18481 Private James ADAMS born Billington, resided Leighton Buzzard (Cérisy-Gailly Military Cemetery) 

5th February 1916  

Died of Wounds  

2nd Battalion 

• 17939 Private Frederick William PECK, 20, son of William and Nellie Peck of Bird-in-Hand Cottages, Lower Stondon, he resided Shefford (Corbie Communal Cemetery) 

6th February 1916 

Died of Wounds  

2nd Battalion 

• 18578 Private Thomas Edwin HASLAM, 25, born Lambeth [London] resided Bedford, brother of Nellie Moring of 11 Chichester Place, Paddington [London] (Corbie Communal Cemetery) 

9th February 1916 

Died of Wounds  

2nd Battalion 

• 10794 Private Charles Henry JOHNSON born Limehouse [London] resided Stepney [London] (Corbie Communal Cemetery) 

Died  

1st Garrison Battalion 

• 24317 Private James William ROSE, formerly 6512 East Kent Regiment, born Brabourne [Kent] resided Chislet [Kent] (Chislet (Saint Mary) Churchyard Extension) 

12th February 1916 

Killed in Action  

Bedfordshire Yeomanry  

• 851 Private Albert Alexander TAYLOR, 21, son of Francis Albert and Eleanor Annie Taylor of Clifton, husband of Winifred of The Bakery, Clifton (Vermelles British Cemetery)  

13th February 1916 

Killed in Action  

8th Battalion: front line at Ypres canal bank 

• 18314 Private Harry FOSTER, 25, born Hitchin [Hertfordshire] resided Charlton [Hertfordshire], husband of L Foster of Arlesey (La Brique Military Cemetery No. 2) 

14th February 1916 

Killed in Action  

8th Battalion: front line at Ypres canal bank 

• 16061 Private Arthur LUCKEY, 30, A Company, son of William Luckey of Birchanger [Essex] he resided Stansted [Essex] (La Brique Military Cemetery No. 2)  

15th February 1916 

Killed in Action  

8th Battalion: front line at Ypres canal bank 

• Temporary Lieutenant Edward Noel MITCHELL, 20, son of E W Mitchell of Hong Kong, born Hong Kong, educated at Bedford School (le Bricque Military Cemetery Number 2) 

Died of Wounds 

8th Battalion 

• 19869 Lance Corporal William HUCKLE, 32, husband of Alice of 30 Norton Street, Baldock [Hertfordshire], he was born and resided in Stotfold (Lijssenthoek Military Cemetery) 

17th February 1916 

Died of Wounds 

8th Battalion 

• 20052 Private Frank GENTLE, 37, B Company, son of George and Ann Gentle of Stotfold, he resided Baldock [Hertfordshire], husband of G C Smart (ex-Gentle) of Grange Cottage, Radwell [Hertfordshire] (Lijssenthoek Military Cemetery) 

• Temporary Captain Edward Emil SIMEONS, son of C Simeons of Dudley, Blyth Road, Bromley [Kent] (Lijssenthoek Military Cemetery) 

Died  

9th Battalion 

• 25262 Private John ASHPOLE born Whetstone [Middlesex] resided East Barnet [Hertfordshire] (Colchester Cemetery) 

19th February 1916 

Killed in Action 

6th Battalion: shot through the head in the front line near Bienvillers 

• 12151 Private Arthur MERRIMAN, 23, born Clerkenwell [London], resided Dalston [London], son of Rowland and Mary Merriman of 74 Petherton Road, Highbury [London], husband of Hannah Louisa, father of Charles Arthur (Bienvillers Military Cemetery) 

• 12023 Sergeant William Harris SPRIGGS, 22, D Company, born Baldock [Hertfordshire], son of Henry George and Harriett Spriggs of 25 Apton Road, Bishop's Stortford [Hertfordshire] (Bienvillers Military Cemetery) 

20th February 1916 

Died of Wounds 

6th Battalion 

• 15538 Private Frederick Horace BARTON, 20, born Luton, son of Charles F and Ellen Barton of 12 Ashton Street, Dunstable, husband of Lily F B of 1 Halifax Place, West Street, Dunstable (Doullens Communal Cemetery Extension No. 1) 

23rd February 1916 

Killed in Action  

2nd Battalion: front line near Maricourt 

• Temporary Second Lieutenant Evelyn Ernest Arnold COLLISSON, 22, A Company, son of Rev Thomas Collisson, Rector of Gravenhurst and Florence Collisson, born Haynes Rectory (Cérisy-Gailly Military Cemetery) 

24th February 1916 

Died  

3rd Battalion 

• 26928 Private Thomas NASH, 25, son of Charles John and Sarah Nash of North Mimms [Hertfordshire] (North Mimms (Saint Mary) Churchyard and Extension) 

25th February 1916 

Died of Wounds  

1st Battalion 

• 17434 Private Percy HALLARD, 23, born Chatham [Kent] resided Harpenden [Hertfordshire], son of Robert Hallard ISO and Esther Annie Hallard of 1 The Cottage, Tempsford Road, Sandy (Leeds (Harehills) Cemetery) 

28th February 1916 

Died of Wounds  

2nd Battalion 

• 7616 Private William Henry PARKER, 32, born West Ham [Essex] resided Stratford [Essex], son of William Henry and Mary Ann Parker of 18 Thackeray Road, East Ham [Essex] (Chipilly Communal Cemetery) 

29th February 1916 

Killed in Action  

8th Battalion: front line near Ypres 

• 16394 Private Ernest WATSON born and resided Ware [Hertfordshire] (Menin Road South Military Cemetery)