January 1918

Bedfordshire Regiment Roll of Honour

1st January 1918

Killed in Action 

4th Battalion: trenches near Villers-Plouich 

• 37823 Private Arthur WOODHAM, 29, son of F E Woodham of 3 Byfield Road, Northampton (Thiepval Memorial)  

Died of Wounds  

6th Battalion 

• 202765 Private Herbert HARVEY, born Nottingham, resided Watford [Hertfordshire] (Outtersteene Communal Cemetery Extension, Bailleul) 

2nd January 1918 

Died of Wounds  

4th Battalion 

• 32935 Private William ARKELL, 30, ex-G/7958 Queen’s (Royal West Surrey Regiment) born Hackney [London] resided Canning Town [Essex], son of Mrs Arkell of 66 Oakley Road, Islington [London] (Mont Huon Military Cemetery, le Treport)  

5th Battalion 

• Second Lieutenant Albert Victor CLARK MC, attached 4th Battalion (Rocquigny-Equancourt Road British Cemetery, Manancourt) 

• 201240 Sergeant Alfred HOLMES, 25, born Haggerston [London], son of Alfred and Emma Holmes of 43 Marlow Road, Homerton [London] (Ramleh War Cemetery) 

Died 

5th Battalion 

• 201720 Private George Frederick MALYON, 29, ex-12484 Queen’s (Royal West Surrey Regiment) son of G E Malyon of 43 Smith Street, Stepney [London] resided Manor Park [Essex], husband of Rosina Alice Malyon (Woodgrange Park Cemetery, East Ham) 

3rd January 1918 

Killed in Action  

2nd Battalion: front line near Polderhoek 

• 9093 Acting Corporal Albert Ernest BENNETT, 28, son of George and Eliza Bennett of Wood End, Ardeley [Hertfordshire] (Tyne Cot Memorial)  

• 27570 Lance Corporal William SKINNER, 27, born North Shields [Northumberland], son of James and Annie Skinner of 18 Bardwell Road, Saint Albans [Hertfordshire] (Tyne Cote Memorial) 

• 33663 Lance Corporal Oswald George SPRING, 22, ex-2371 Bedfordshire Yeomanry, son of A R Spring of 10 Ash Street, Northampton (Hooge Crater Cemetery) 

Died of Wounds 

2nd Battalion 

• 15473 Private Charles Frank WATSON, born Layston [Hertfordshire], resided Buntingford [Hertfordshire] (Lijssenthoek Military Cemetery)  

Died  

5th Battalion 

• 202334 Private Rupert HARRIS, 36, son of M A Harris of 12 Dovecot, Oxford Road, High Wycombe [Buckinghamshire] (High Wycombe Cemetery) 

4th January 1918 

Killed in Action  

2nd Battalion: front line near Polderhoek 

• 17874 Private John SAVILL, 30, son of Albert and Betsy Savill of 2 Brewery Cottages, Marden Ash, Chipping Ongar [Essex] resided Hertford (Tyne Cot Memorial)  

5th January 1918 

Killed in Action  

2nd Battalion: front line near Polderhoek 

• 43116 Private Thomas BEEBY, 20, ex-1633 Huntingdonshire Cylist Battalion, son of James and Hannah Beeby of 9 Field Terrace, Farcet [Huntingdonshire] (Hooge Crater Cemetery) 

• 25267 Private Albert CLARK, son of C W Clark of 79 Sun Street,  Biggleswade (Hooge Crater Cemetery) 

• 19021 Lance Corporal Charles DAY, born and resided Eaton Socon (Tyne Cot Memorial)  

• 28633 Private EDLESTON, 32, son of Thomas William and Mary Ann Edleston of 148 Commercial Road, Peckham [London], born Camberwell [London], resided Nunhead [London] (Hooge Crater Cemetery) 

• 10835 Private Albert Edward James GIRDLESTONE MM, born and resided Dovercourt [Essex] (Tyne Cot Memorial)  

6th January 1918 

Killed in Action  

2nd Battalion: relieved from front line near Polderhoek 

• 26277 Private Frederick Henry BANYARD, 27, son of Abraham Henry Banyard of Hawthorne Cottage, Fulbourne [Cambridgeshire], husband of Harriet (Hooge Crater Cemetery) 

Died  

6th Battalion 

• 12437 Private John Herbert WESTGATE, 23, son of Samuel and Mary Westgate of 3 Royal Oak Place, Forest Hill Road, East Dulwich [London] (Camberwell Old Cemetery) 

7th January 1918 

Died of Wounds  

2nd Battalion 

• 7613 Private Herbert HARRINGTON, 37, son of I and M A Harrington of Coonsmill Green, Writtle [Essex], native of Roxwell [Essex] (Lijssenthoek Military Cemetery) 

Died  

8th Battalion: a prisoner of war 

• 17170 Lance Corporal William GEAVES, 28, son of Mrs W Stocken of 156 Cottenham Road, Holloway [London]  (Niederzwehren Cemetery, Kassel) 

11th January 1918 

Killed in Action  

4th Battalion: trenches near Villers-Plouich 

• 14487 Private Henry Victor JAMES, born Redcliffe [Bristol], resided Bristol (Thiepval Memorial)  

• 10454 Corporal Harry NEALE, 20, son of Mary Eliza Neale of 6 Vale Road, Bushey [Hertfordshire] (Thiepval Memorial)  

• 41205 Private Harold Arnold PORRETT, ex-S/295365 Army Service Corps, born Hingham [Norfolk], resided Fallowfield [Lancashire] (Thiepval Memorial)  

7th Battalion: Baboon Camp, carrying wiring material from Korkuit Dump to Aden House 

• 43335 Lance Corporal Charles SPINKS, 22, resided Tring [Hertfordshire], brother of Mrs F Charlton of 28 Cullercoates Street, Byker [Northumberland] (Artillery Wood Cemetery) 

Died of Wounds  

4th Battalion 

• 3/7876 Lance Corporal Frederick WEEDON, 35, D Company, born Saint Albans [Hertfordshire], husband of Florence of 8 Chater's Yard High Street, Watford [Hertfordshire](Bois-Guillaume Communal Cemetery Extension) 

Died  

53rd (Young Soldier) Battalion 

• TR/9/44659 Private Jonathan Rowland CLOUTING, 18,son of Eliza Ann and late W E Clouting of 1 Bawdsey [Suffolk] (Bawdsey (Saint Mary) Churchyard) 

12th January 1918  

Killed in Action  

4th Battalion: trenches near Villers-Plouich 

• 33874 Private John RAYNER, born Barton Bendish [Norfolk], resided Leighton Buzzard (Fifteen Ravine British Cemetery, Villers-Plouich) 

Died  

1st/5th Battalion 

• 200233 Regimental Quarter Master Sergeant Edward SCOTT, born and resided Luton (Jerusalem War Cemetery) 

14th January 1918 

Killed in Action  

4th Battalion: counter-attack area near Villers-Plouich 

• 40272 Private Herbert HOLMAN, ex-5307 Norfolk Regiment, born and resided Cley-next-the-Sea [Norfolk] (Fifteen Ravine British Cemetery, Villers-Plouich) 

Died of Wounds  

7th Battalion 

• 3/7165 Private Percy WHITTAKER, 22, son of Arthur and late Emily Whittaker of Deepcar [Yorkshire] (Wimereux Communal Cemetery) 

Died  

53rd (Young Soldier) Battalion 

• TR/9/44975 Private Frederick Charles NEWBY, 18, son of George David and Emma Newby of 17 Osborne Road, Wisbech [Cambridgeshire] (Wisbech (Mount Pleasant) Cemetery) 

15th January 1918 

Killed in Action  

7th Battalion: relieved another unit in the Houthulst Forest Sector front line 

• 41567 Lance Corporal Angelo Fry POLLARD, 19, born Ashford [Kent], son of Angelo and Sophia Pollard of 33 Salisbury Avenue, Westcliff-on-Sea [Essex] (Tyne Cot Memorial)  

Bedfordshire Yeomanry 

• 30795 Private Archie RICHARDSON, born and resided Bedford, Saint Peter de Merton (Vadencourt British Cemetery, Maissemy) 

• 30387 Private Cyril Osborne SMITH, 20, A Squadron, son of Frederick William and Annie Elizabeth Smith of 3 Salisbury Road, Luton (Vadencourt British Cemetery, Maissemy) 

• 32077 Private Harry Ernest WARREN resided Bristol (Vadencourt British Cemetery, Maissemy) 

Died  

4th Battalion 

• 41223 Lance Corporal Sidney Arthur FISH, 26, ex-291043 Suffolk Regiment, son of William and Sarah Fish of 70 Silver Street, Norwich [Norfolk] (Rocquigny-Equancourt Road British Cemetery, Manancourt)  

1st Garrison Battalion 

• 24822 Lance Corporal Frederick William HANBERGER ex-20922 Middlesex Regiment, born Clerkenwell [London], resided Lower Edmonton [Middlesex] (Delhi War Cemetery) 

Bedfordshire Yeomanry 

• 30263 Private Joseph Henry NEWMAN, 27, son of Elizabeth and late Thomas Henry Newman of Leicester (Saint-Pierre Cemetery, Amiens) 

16th January 1916 

Killed in Action  

4th Battalion: front line near Villers-Plouich 

• 43522 Private Harry GARDNER, 41, ex-242380 East Surrey Regiment born Keighley [Yorkshire], husband of Sarah Ellen of 17 Derby Street, Middlesborough [Yorkshire] (Thiepval Memorial)  

• 40650 Private Ralph Joseph NEWSTEAD, 31, ex-45222 Suffolk Regiment, born Mile End [London], husband of Jessie Elizabeth of 2 Primrose Villas, Beehive Lane, Ilford [Essex] (Thiepval Memorial)  

Died of Wounds  

4th Battalion 

• 40591 Private Frederick John HILLING, 32, ex-25673 Northamptonshire Regiment, attached 190th Trench Mortar Battery, born Hautbois [Norfolk], son of Edward and Mary Ann Hilling; resided East Ruston [Norfolk]; husband of Florence of Brampton [Norfolk] (Mont Huon Military Cemetery, le Treport) 

• 37050 Private George Arthur WIGGINS, born Stoke Newington [London], resided Hoddesdon [Hertfordshire] (Mont Huon Military Cemetery, le Treport) 

Bedfordshire Yeomanry  

• 30605 Private Arthur Wilfred SABEY resided Henlow (Tincourt New British Cemetery) 

Died  

6th Battalion 

• 15049 Private Benjamin Herbert WOODS, 28, born High Wych [Hertfordshire], son of Jane Woods of Gilston [Hertfordshire] (le Grand Hasard Military Cemetery, Morbecque) 

17th January 1918  

Killed in Action 

4th Battalion: front line near Villers-Plouich 

• 23602 Acting Sergeant Francis John PALMER born London, resided Maulden (Thiepval Memorial)   

Died of Wounds 

1st/5th Battalion 

• 201353 Private Arthur RICHARDSON, born Clophill, resided Willian [Hertfordshire] (Ramleh War Cemetery) 

18th January 1918 

Killed in Action  

4th Battalion: relieved from the front line at Villers-Plouich 

• 43523 Private George HOPKINS, 31, ex-23271 Somerset Light Infantry, son of Stephen Henry and Sarah Ann Hopkins of Wilderness Row, Pewsey [Wiltshire] (Thiepval Memorial)  

• 27139 Private Bertie Charles MEDLER, 27, son of W and Emily Medler of Aylmerton [Norfolk] resided West Runton [Norfolk] (Thiepval Memorial) 

• 39261 Private John William MORGAN ex-7745 Army Pay Corps, born Clapton [London], son of William and Elizabeth Morgan of 3 Kelvin Grove, Sydenham [London] (Thiepval Memorial)  

Died of Wounds  

Bedfordshire Yeomanry  

• 30560 Private Charles Alfred BLAND, 23, son of J Bland of Rabanna Terrace, Clapham (Tincourt New British Cemetery) 

Died  

13th (Transport Worker) Battalion 

• 36200 Private William James KEELING, 41, born Regent’s Park [London], husband of M E Keeling of 6 Truro Road, Wood Green [Middlesex] (Manchester Southern Cemetery) 

19th January 1918 

Died of Wounds  

4th Battalion 

• 17488 Private George DIGBY Debden [Essex] (Rocquigny-Equancourt Road British Cemetery, Manancourt) 

20th January 1918  

Died of Wounds  

8th Battalion 

• 32031 Private John Friend DE GRUCHY, 20, ex-21680 Middlesex Regiment, born Hastings [Sussex], resided Bermondsey [London], son of John and Emily de Gruchy (Manchester Southern Cemetery) 

Died  

1st Battalion 

• 41085 Private John GILBERT, 19, ex-37560 Leicestershire Regiment, born Great Bowden [Leicestershire], son of John and Letitia Gilbert of Lorne House, Fairfield Road, Market Harborough [Leicestershire] (Mazargues War Cemetery, Marseilles)  

21st January 1918  

Died  

2nd Battalion 

• 8118 Private H C FORDER, son of H C Forder of 31 North Road, Stevenage [Hertfordshire] (Stevenage (Saint Nicholas) Churchyard 

22nd January 1918 

Killed in Action  

6th Battalion: Maida Camp finding working parties 

• 204284 Acting Corporal Lawrence Alfred SMITH, 23, son of Frederick and Jane Smith of 93 Mandeville Road, Enfield Wash [Middlesex], resided Bow [London], formerly of K Division, Metropolitan Police (Dickebusch New Military Cemetery Extension)  

Died of Wounds  

4th Battalion  

• Second Lieutenant George Wilmot CHILDS, 35, son of G W C and Agnes V Childs of Ilford [Essex] (Rocquigny-Equancourt Road British Cemetery, Manancourt)  

Died 

7th Battalion 

• 19823 Private William MERRYWEATHER, 39, son of John and Ann Merryweather of London Road, Sandy (Dozinghem Military Cemetery) 

23rd January 1918  

Died of Wounds  

6th Battalion 

• 41487 Private Sidney George MANSFIELD, 19, son of Charles and Emily Mansfield of 31 George Street, Chesterton [Cambridgeshire] (Bailleul Communal Cemetery Extension, Nord)   

Bedfordshire Yeomanry  

• 30809 Private Arthur FRANCIS, born Bedford, Saint Paul, son of Emily Francis of 5 Duncan Road, Queen's Park, Bedford (Tincourt New British Cemetery) 

27th January 1918 

Died of Wounds  

8th Battalion  

• 4/7349 Corporal George Herbert NEGUS, son of James and Mary Negus; husband of Constance Mary of Mill Cottage, Offley [Hertfordshire] (Abbeville Communal Cemetery Extension) 

30th January 1918 

Died of Wounds 

6th Battalion 

• 41501 Private Rupert Edward BALLARD, 19, born Paddock Wood [Kent], son of Edward Joseph Ballard of 50 Union Street, Maidstone [Kent] (Bedford House Cemetery) 

Bedfordshire Yeomanry  

• 30146 Private John Langford WILLOUGHBY, 22, son of John and Annie Willoughby of Sharnbrook (Tincourt New British Cemetery) 

Died  

2nd Garrison Battalion 

• 34920 Private Edgar WARDLE, 35, ex-12303 Royal Sussex Regiment born Nottingham, resided Selsey [Sussex], husband of Florence Louisa of 21 Conley Road, Willesden [Middlesex] (Karachi Cemetery, now Delhi Memorial (India Gate))