January 1917

Bedfordshire Regiment Roll of Honour

4th January 1917  

Killed in Action  

1st Battalion: Frontline at Cuinchy, enemy bombardment 

• 40050 Private Ronald KNIGHTS, 29, ex-28752 Suffolk Regiment, son of Samuel and Mary Knights of Gladstone Cottages, Kessingland, [Suffolk] (Gorre British and Indian Cemetery) 

• 40047 Private George Alfred LING, 40, ex 28504 Suffolk Regiment, son of Charles and Georgiana Ling, of Ivy House, Bedfield [Suffolk] (Gorre British and Indian Cemetery)  

• 14552 Private Lawrence MONDIN, 21, son of George R. Mondin of 106 Whitley Road, Rye Park, Hoddesdon [Hertfordshire] (Gorre British and Indian Cemetery)  

9th January 1917 

Died 

1st Garrison Battalion 

• 23986 Private Thomas MCCARTHY, ex-3841 Queen’s (Royal West Surrey Regiment), born Rotherhithe, [London] (Delhi War Cemetery)  

10th January 1917  

Killed in Action  

3rd Battalion 

• Temporary Lieutenant James Hamilton MACGREGOR, attached 132nd Company, Machine Gun Corps (Amara War Cemetery, Iraq) 

Died of Wounds 

8th Battalion 

• 17388 Private Joseph STANDISH, 37, son of Samuel and Rosanna Standish, of 355 Shoreham Street, Sheffield [Yorkshire] (Longuenesse Souvenir Cemetery, Saint-Omer) 

11th January 1917 

Died 

8th Battalion 

• 33297 Private Arthur LOVETT, 28, ex-21840 Middlesex Regiment, son of Amos Lovett of Keston, Hayes [Kent] (Chocques Military Cemetery)  

12th January 1917 

Died 

4th Battalion 

• 40188 Private George Frederick DEAN, 30, ex-28249 Essex Regiment, son of David and Louisa Dean of Weston Colville [Cambrideshire], husband of A E Dean, of Church Street, Ickleton, resided Bartlow [Cambridgeshire] [Essex] (Abbeville Communal Cemetery Extension)  

13th January 1917  

Died of Wounds  

8th Battalion 

• 28976 Private Ernest Alfred BRAKENBURY, 35, son of Alfred and Annie Brakenbury of Briggate, Worstead [Norfolk], born North Walsham [Norfolk] (Boulogne Eastern Cemetery) 

16th January 1916 

Died of Wounds 

4th Battalion 

• 40202 Private Clifford WOODS, 20, ex-28650 Essex Regiment, son of Herbert and Matilda Woods of The Cult, Layer-De-La-Haye [Essex] (Warrington Cemetery) 

19th January 1917  

Died  

2nd Battalion 

• 27582 Private Albert Edward KEW, 35, born and resided Stanground, [Huntingdonshire] (Mont Huon Military Cemetery, Le Treport) 

5th Battalion 

• 201575 Private Albert SIMMONDS, 29, son of Henry and Emily Simmonds of 5 Adelaide Cottages, Burgess Hill [Sussex] (Burgess Hill, Saint John, Graveyard)  

22nd January 1917 

Died 

1st Battalion 

• Temporary Second Lieutenant Charles Percival MATTEY, 29, as a prisoner-of-war, son of George and Elizabeth Mattey of Penglais, Burghill [Herefordshire], a bank clerk in the London and River Plate Bank, Buenos Aires [Argentina], born Much Dewchurch [Herefordshire] (Cabaret-Rouge British Cemetery, Souchez) 

24th January 1917  

Killed in Action  

7th Battalion: front line trenches near Ovillers-la-Boisselle 

• 4/6835 Private Ernest HAWKINS, born Luton, resided Saint Albans [Hertfordshire] (Pozieres British Cemetery, Ovillers-la Boiselle)  

• 3/7360 Private Ebenezer LOGAN, 20, son of John William and Hannah Logan of Luton (Pozieres British Cemetery, Ovillers-la Boiselle)  

Died 

12th Transport Worker Battalion 

• 33972 Private Frederick Thomas JACKSON, Husband of R M Jackson of 9 Harrow Street Acton [London], born Stockton [Yorkshire] (Nunhead All-Saints Cemetery, Surrey)  

26th January 1917 

Killed in Action   

4th Battalion: front line on the north bank of the River Ancre 

• 22310 Corporal Frederick WESTLEY or WESLEY, 27, son of Alfred and Cassandra Westley/Wesley of Luton, (Ancre British Cemetery, Beaumont-Hamel)  

27th January 1917  

Died of Wounds 

7th Battalion 

• 29956 Private Dennis Frank LILLEY, 19, son of Denis and Mary Lilley of Royston [Hertfordshire], (Varennes Military Cemetery) 

28th January 1917 

Killed in Action 

4th Battalion: front line on the north bank of the River Ancre 

• 40211 Private Alfred BROOKES, ex-28202 Essex Regiment, husband of E M Brookes of The Hill, Long Stratton [Norfolk] (Ancre British Cemetery Beaumont-Hamel) 

• 25196 Private Harold David JOAD, 20, son of Annie M. Desborough (formerly Joad) and the late Charles Joad, of Ansell’s End, Kimpton [Hertfordshire], born Weston [Hertfordshire] (Ancre British Cemetery Beaumont-Hamel) 

8th Battalion: front line near Loos 

• 31133 Private Alfred Edward HEWITT, born Park Street, Saint Albans [Hertfordshire], resided Watford [Hertfordshire] (Loos Memorial) 

29th January 1917 

Killed in Action 

4th Battalion: front line on the north bank of the River Ancre 

• 31019 Private George Edward SMITH, 33, son of James and Jane Smith of Pailton [Warwickshire], and husband of Ethel of Clematis Cottage, Kilsby [Warwickshire] (Ancre British Cemetery Beaumont-Hamel) 

Died 

2nd Battalion 

• 29681 Private Harry ALLEBONE, 28, son of John and Jane Allebone of Aldreth [Cambridgeshire] and husband of Nellie of Hillrow, Haddenham [Cambridgeshire](Doullens Communal Cemetery Extension Number 1) 

31st January 1917  

Died 

2nd Garrison Battalion 

• 36343 Private William FAYER, 39, ex-32201 North Lancashire Regiment, son of John and Letetia Fayer of 29 Wilbraham Street, Preston [Lancashire] (Brighton City Bear Road Cemetery)