January 1915

Bedfordshire Regiment Roll of Honour 

Friday 1st January 1915 

Died 

8th Battalion 

• 14209 Sergeant Oliver Percy RIDOUT, son of Edwin and Ellen Ridout, born and resided Bath [Somerset] (Brighton City (Bear Road) Cemetery) 

Bedfordshire Yeomanry 

• 1112 Private Thomas ADAMSON, born Whitby [Yorkshire], resided Woburn (Hatfield Peverel churchyard, Essex) 

Friday 8th January 1915 

Killed in Action  

1st Battalion: shelled in front line trenches north west of Wulvergem 

• 9645 Private Thomas Henry DUNN, 18, born Stratford [Essex], resided Clerkenwell [London] (Menin Gate Memorial, Ypres) 

• 7743 Acting Sergeant William ELEMENT, born and resided Mill End [Hertfordshire] (Menin Gate Memorial, Ypres) 

• 7517 Private Ralph GRIFFIN, 28, husband of Mrs Powell (ex Griffin) of Mountfield Gardens, Southam [Warwickshire], he was born in Farnborough [Warwickshire] (Menin Gate Memorial, Ypres) 

• 9564 Lance Corporal Harry HACK, born Houghton Regis, resided Luton (Menin Gate Memorial, Ypres) 

• 3/6733 Private William Levi PESTELL, brother of F C Pestell of 17 Council Cottages, Theydon Bois [Essex]; he was born Goldington and resided Bedford (Menin Gate Memorial, Ypres) 

• 3/5536 Private Samuel Thomas WRIGHT, 31, son of Edward Wright of 13a New Street, Shefford (Menin Gate Memorial, Ypres)  

Saturday 9th January 1915 

Died of Wounds  

1st Battalion 

• 9079 Private Arthur Edwin TODD, 31, son of Stoker and Ellen Todd of 41 Eve Road, West Ham [Essex], born Faversham [Kent] (Portsmouth (Highland Road) Cemetery) 

Died 

1st/5th Battalion 

• 4878 Private Richard James HYDE, 21, son of Benjamin and Ellen of 28 Vandyke Road, Leighton Buzzard (Leighton-Linslade (Leighton Buzzard) Cemetery) 

Sunday 10th January 1915  

Killed in Action 

1st Battalion: relieved from front line trenches north-west of Wulvergem 

• 8250 Private William FITKIN, born and resided Hertford (Menin Gate Memorial, Ypres)  

• 10277 Corporal Hubert Foden Excil or Exell  GOLDSMITH, 19, A Company, son of Captain J J F and Annie Goldsmith of 20 Saint Andrew's Road, Bedford, born Multan [India] (RE Farm Cemetery, Ypres) 

Died of Wounds  

1st Battalion 

• 3/6145 Private Edgar BOON, born Great Barford, resided Saint Neots [Huntingdonshire] (Bailleul Communal Cemetery) 

Died 

2nd Battalion 

• 3/7398 Private Harry GRAY, born and resided Luton (Luton Church Burial Ground, Crawley Green Road)  

Tuesday 12th January 1915  

Died  

7th Battalion 

• 3/7750 Private Charles CHAPMAN, 42, son of Archer Chapman of Shingay [Cambridgeshire], husband of Kate of Shingay Gate, Royston [Hertfordshire] (Wendy (All Saints) Churchyard  

Friday 15th January 1915  

Killed in Action  

1st Battalion: shelled in trenches north-west of Wulvergem 

• 7820 Private Charles BONE, 33, B Company, husband of Beatrice Ellen Suter (ex Bone) of 20 Lower Heston Street, Semilong [Northamptonshire] (Menin Gate Memorial, Ypres)  

• 7842 Acting Lance Corporal John HEARNDEN, 27, son of Charles William and Mary Hearnden of 39 Ballad's Buildings, Watford [Hertfordshire], born Bradford [Yorkshire] (Menin Gate Memorial, Ypres)  

• 6432 Private Joseph MESSENGER, born Saint Albans [Hertfordshire], resided Forest Hill [London] (Wulverghem-Lindenhoek Road Military Cemetery) 

• Captain Basil John ORLEBAR, 39, son of John Orlebar of Silsoe, husband of Barbara F of The Dene, Triangle [Yorkshire] (Dranouter Churchyard) 

• 6663 Private Sidney Arthur STRATTON, nephew of Miss L Kiff of 67 Cecil Street, Watford [Hertfordshire] (Wulverghem-Lindenhoek Road Military Cemetery) 

2nd Battalion: billets at Pont-de-la-Justice (perhaps on a fatigue near the front) 

• 4/6961 Private Ralph BENTLEY, 22, son of Ralph and Rebecca of 26 South Street, Stanstead Abbotts [Hertfordshire], born and resided Barkway [Hertfordshire] (Rue-David Military Cemetery, Fleurbaix) 

Died 

1st/5th Battalion 

• 3946 Private William Herbert WHITE, 29, son of William Frederick and Mary White of 1 Sunny Side Cottages, Cranfield (Cranfield (Saints Peter and Paul) Churchyard) 

Friday 22nd January 1915 

Died of Wounds 

1st Battalion 

• 7350 Private Arthur James JOHNSON, 29, son of Thomas Johnson, husband of Florence of 30 Hatley Road, Finsbury Park [London], born Saint Neots [Huntingdonshire] (Highgate Cemetery) 

Sunday 24th January 1915 

Killed in Action  

2nd Battalion: trenches south-west of Fleurbaix 

• 3/8297 Private William INGS, 30, son of Mathias Ings of 6 Brightwell Road, Watford [Hertfordshire], a native of Streatham [London] (Rue-David Military Cemetery, Fleurbaix) 

Monday 25th January 1915  

Died of Wounds  

2nd Battalion 

• 3/7191 Private William KIRBY, 19, son of William and Jane Kirby of 16 Chapel Lane, Chatteris [Cambridgeshire] (Merville Communal Cemetery) 

Thursday 28th January 1915 

Killed in Action 

Bedfordshire Yeomanry 

• 964 Private Lewis KING, 21, son of Thomas King of Heath Hill, Warboys [Huntingdonshire] (Vermelles British Cemetery) 

Friday 29th January 1915 

Killed in Action  

1st Battalion: in front line trenches north-west of Wulvergem 

• 3/6633 Private George FREEMAN, born Peterborough, resided Woburn Sands [Buckinghamshire] (Menin Gate Memorial, Ypres)  

Died of Wounds  

1st Battalion 

• 8475 Acting Lance Corporal Sidney John OLNEY, born Ickleford [Hertfordshire], resided Great Missenden [Buckinghamshire] (Bailleul Communal Cemetery) 

Saturday 30th January 1915  

Killed in Action 

1st Battalion: shelled in front line trenches north-west of Wulvergem 

• 8482 Acting Sergeant Joseph George CHURCH, 27, son of William Church of Midland Cottages, Kempston (Dranouter Churchyard) 

2nd Battalion: trenches south-west of Fleurbaix 

• 9491 Private George SMART, 24, son of Thomas Smart of Bedford (Rue-David Military Cemetery, Fleurbaix) 

Died of Wounds  

1st Battalion 

• 8891 Private George BROWN, born and resided Glemsford [Suffolk] (Bailleul Communal Cemetery) 

Died  

1st/5th Battalion 

• 3575 Lance Corporal Herbert William STREET, 22, son of Thomas and Hannah Street of 7 Albert Row, Arlesey (Arlesey (Saint Peter) Churchyard) 

Sunday 31st January 1915  

Killed in Action 

1st Battalion: front line trenches north-west of Wulvergem 

• 3/5697 Acting Lance Corporal Alfred WARD, 24, son of Robert and Mary Ward of 3 East Avenue, Luton (Menin Gate Memorial, Ypres)  

• 4/7730 Private John WARRINGTON, 22, son of Samuel and Lucy Maria Warrington of Court Estate, Rushden [Northamptonshire], born Sawtry [Huntingdonshire], resided Hemingford Grey [Huntingdonshire] (Menin Gate Memorial, Ypres)