January 1916

Bedfordshire Regiment Roll of Honour

1st January 1916 

Died of Wounds  

8th Battalion 

• 19504 Private Elijah O'BRIEN or BRIEN, 36, son of Robert and Sarah of 65 Giraud Street, Poplar [London] (Étaples Military Cemetery) 

2nd January 1916  

Killed in Action  

1st Battalion: mining fatigue near Fricourt 

• 14407 Lance Corporal Carl HOLZMEYER born Kentish Town [London] resided London Colney [Hertfordshire] (Citadel New Military Cemetery, Fricourt) 

• 18385 Private William George WOOD, 21,  C Company, son of Charles Wood of 87 Laville Street, Walton-on-Naze [Essex] (Citadel New Military Cemetery, Fricourt) 

4th January 1916  

Killed in Action  

7th Battalion: shelling near Fricourt 

• 15365 Private Frank KERR, 19, born Watford [Hertfordshire], foster son of W. Allaway of Dawes Lane, Sarratt [Hertfordshire] (Méaulte Military Cemetery) 

8th Battalion: front line near Forward Cottage, Vlamertinge 

• 21287 Private Walter Sydney BEARHAM, 21, ex-14292 Suffolk Regiment, son of Harriet Amelia Woodgate of “The Sponge”, Acton [Suffolk] (Menin Gate Memorial, Ypres) 

• 16096 Private Augustus Austin BODKIN born and resided Saint Pancras [Middlesex] (Menin Gate Memorial, Ypres) 

• 20045 Private George WEBB born Gamlingay [Cambridgeshire] resided Everton (la Brique Military Cemetery No. 1)  

6th January 1916 

Killed in Action  

1st Battalion: front line near Fricourt 

• 8426 Private Stephen HARE, 29, son of E Hare of Luton he was born in Shillington and resided in Hitchin [Hertfordshire] (Carnoy Military Cemetery) 

7th Battalion: front line near Fricourt 

• 15751 Private Archie Clement CURTIS, C Company, son of William Thomas and Eliza Curtis of 17 Eustace Road, Walham Green [Middlesex] born Playden [Sussex] (Méaulte Military Cemetery) 

Died  

1st Garrison Battalion 

• 23861 Private John CARR, 33, formerly G/8149 Royal West Kent Regiment, son of John and Elizabeth Carr of New Cross [London], born Rotherhithe [London] husband of Minnie M Roseman (ex-Carr) of 191a Jamaica Road, Bermondsey [London], he resided at New Cross (Brockley Cemetery) 

7th January 1916 

Died  

Bedfordshire Yeomanry  

560 Private Herbert TOPHAM born Tempsford, son of George Howe Topham of College Farm, Eltisley [Cambridgeshire] (Eltisley (Saints Pandionia and John the Baptist) Churchyard Extension)Page Break8th January 1916 

Died of Wounds 

7th Battalion 

• 12797 Lance Corporal Henry George ASPLEY, 20, son of Alfred and Martha Aspley of Silver Street, Stevington (Thiepval Memorial)  

8th Battalion 

• 16464 Lance Corporal Albert Harry RENEVILLE, 28, C Company, born at Tower Street, London Fields, Hackney [London], husband of Daisy of 1 Russell Place, Boxmoor [Hertfordshire] (Wimereux Communal Cemetery) 

9th January 1916  

Died of Wounds  

8th Battalion 

• Temporary Lieutenant Edmund Wallis BECK, 26, son of Percy Charles and Alice Mary Beck of Smedley Hydro, Matlock [Derbyshire], born in India (Boulogne Eastern Cemetery) 

10th January 1916 

Died of Wounds  

8th Battalion 

• 15627 Private Thomas DRAGE, 20, son of Arthur and Mary Ann Drage of 89 Queen's Road, Royston [Hertfordshire], he was born in Cheshunt [Hertfordshire] (Étaples Military Cemetery) 

12th January 1916 

Died  

9th Battalion 

• 16726 Private Arthur Ernest EWINGS, 1, son of Alfred Charles and Mary Ann Ewings, he was born Kensington [London] and resided Paddington [London] (Colchester Cemetery) 

13th January 1916 

Killed in Action  

1st Battalion: front line near Fricourt 

• 10094 Sergeant Albert William Edward HIGGINS DCM born Bromley-by-Bow [London] resided West Ham [Essex] (Carnoy Military Cemetery)  

14th January 1916  

Killed in Action 

2nd Battalion: shelling in front line trenches near Maricourt 

• 3/6691 Private David GILLSON, 23, son of John and Emma Gillson, born and resided Fulbourn [Cambridgeshire] (Cérisy-Gailly Military Cemetery) 

• 7719 Private Lawrence WIGNAL, 32, son of John Wignal of Liverpool [Lancashire], husband of Christina French (ex-Wignal) of 22 Dart Street, Kirkdale [Lancashire]; he had been born in Canterbury [Kent] and resided in Kirkdale (Cérisy-Gailly Military Cemetery) 

15th January 1916 

Killed in Action  

2nd Battalion: shelling in front line trenches near Maricourt 

• 18924 Private George William ROLPH, 29, son of George William and Maria Rolph of 51 Beech Road,  Luton (Cérisy-Gailly Military Cemetery) 

17th January 1916 

Killed in Action  

7th Battalion: shelling in the front line near Fricourt and explosion of a mine 

• 15837 Private Bernard ASHPOLE, 26, son of Arthur and Mary Anne Ashpole of Kempston West End (Méaulte Military Cemetery)  

• Temporary Second Lieutenant Donald Gurney WHATMOOR, 23, son of Herbert Wade and E Mary Whatmoor of Briarfield, the Drive, Northwood [Middlesex] (Méaulte Military Cemetery) 

Died of Wounds  

7th Battalion 

• 16221 Private Edward Richard Victor KING, 21, son of Edward John and Ada Emma King of 237 Monega Road, Manor Park [Essex], he had been born in Hoxton [London] (Méaulte Military Cemetery) 

19th January 1916 

Died of Wounds 

7th Battalion 

• 17021 Private Thomas COE, 24, son of Robert and Elizabeth Coe of Woolpit [Suffolk] he resided Hammersmith [London] (Corbie Communal Cemetery) 

20th January 1916  

Killed in Action 

7th Battalion: front line near Fricourt 

• 16949 Sergeant Harry PESTELL, 29, son of Robert Harry and Marian Alma Pestell of  Buckhurst Hill [Essex] (Méaulte Military Cemetery)   

21st January 1916 

Killed in Action 

6th Battalion: front line near Hannescamps 

• 12093 Lance Corporal Robert TAYLOR born and resided Binbrook [Lincolnshire] (Thiepval Memorial)  

7th Battalion: front line near Fricourt 

• 15086 Private Horace Charles DAY, 21, born Slip End, resided  Luton (Méaulte Military Cemetery)  

• 14849 Lance Corporal Thomas Mathew GRIEVE, 18, C Company, son of Farquharson and Emma Grieve of Oaks Farm, Little Hallingbury [Essex], he had been born at High Wych [Hertfordshire] and resided at Sawbridgeworth [Hertfordshire] (Méaulte Military Cemetery)  

• 17436 Private Horace HARRISON, 36, B Company, son of Joseph and Emma Harrison of Old Fishery Cottages, Boxmoor [Hertfordshire], he had been born at Hemel Hempstead [Hertfordshire] (Méaulte Military Cemetery)  

Died of Wounds 

8th Battalion 

• 17315 Private Robert Charles LIVINGS born and resided Ardley [Hertfordshire] (Poperinghe New Military Cemetery) 

22nd January 1916 

Killed in Action  

2nd Battalion: front line near Maricourt 

• 21061 Private Robert Andrew QUICK, 18,  formerly 52346 Royal Garrison Artillery, nephew of Clara F Treadwell of Dover Road East, Northfleet [Kent] (Cérisy-Gailly Military Cemetery) 

23rd January 1916 

Killed in Action 

1st Battalion: mining fatigue near Bray-sur-Somme 

• 15110 Private George Edward EVEREST, 28, C Company, born Woolwich [London] son of William and Susannah Everest of 21 Stanley Street, Foleshill Coventry [Warwickshire] (Citadel New Military Cemetery, Fricourt)  

25th January 1916 

Died of Wounds  

1st Battalion 

• 9609 Sergeant George Henry FLUTE, 25, born Hardmead [Buckinghamshire], son of Edwin and Mary Flute of Harrold (Wandsworth (Earlsfield) Cemetery) 

6th Battalion 

• 15340 Private Joseph THOMPSON, 30, son of Emma Jane Thompson of Drove House, Park Hall Road, Somersham [Huntingdonshire] (Doullens Communal Cemetery Extension No. 1) 

26th January 1916  

Died of Wounds  

1st Battalion 

• 7460 Private Arthur SAVILLE as a prisoner-of-war, born Hertford, resided Edmonton [Middlesex] (Niederzwehren Cemetery) 

Died  

1st Battalion 

• 4/7341 Private Arthur GRAY born Liverpool [Lancashire] resided Derby (Thiepval Memorial)  

27th January 1916 

Killed in Action 

8th Battalion: front line near the Canal Bank, Ypres 

• 20064 Private Edward Bernard ELFORD born Lambeth [London] resided Stockwell [London], brother of Miss B L Elford of 101 Corbyn Street, Hornsey Rise [Middlesex] (Menin Gate Memorial, Ypres)  

29th January 1916 

Died  

Unspecified Battalion 

• 17857 Corporal A GIDDINS, 38, husband of Gertrude Emily (Luton Church Burial Ground, Crawley Green Road) 

30th January 1916 

Killed in Action 

1st Battalion: Bray-sur-Somme, snipers active 

• 4/7386 Private Thomas Arthur ASKEW, 21, born Birkenhead [Cheshire] son of William Arthur and Louisa Askew of 42 Green Lane, Letchworth [Hertfordshire] (Carnoy Military Cemetery)  

• 13632 Private Thomas HOLTON, 19, son of Charles and Mary Jane Holton of Woolmer Green [Hertfordshire] (Chipilly Communal Cemetery) 

Bedfordshire Yeomanry  

• 1496 Private Albert Edward ROBERTS born and resided Langford (Vermelles British Cemetery)Page Break31st January 1916 

Died of Wounds  

8th Battalion 

• 17041 Lance Corporal William THOMAS, 20, son of Evan and Ada Mary Thomas of 45 Plymouth Street,  Swansea [Glamorgan] (Étaples Military Cemetery)  

• 17138 Lance Corporal Arthur GATHARD, 25, son of William and Emily Gathard of 7 Thorpe Road, Saint Albans [Hertfordshire] (Saint Albans (Hatfield Road) Cemetery)