July 1915

Bedfordshire Regiment Roll of Honour

Thursday 1st July 1915 

Died of Wounds 

2nd Battalion 

• 13256 Private George SWEETING, born and resided Bristol (Lillers Communal Cemetery) 

Friday 2nd July 1915 

Died of Wounds 

1st Battalion 

• 3/7509 Private Ernest DARNELL, 39, son of John and Mary Jane Darnell of 1 Duncombe Street, Kempston (Kempston Cemetery) 

Saturday 3rd July 1915  

Killed in Action  

1st Battalion: in support of Hill 60 

• 3/7718 Private Joseph John WILSON, born Little Stukeley [Huntingdonshire], resided Cambridge (Menin Gate Memorial, Ypres)  

Monday 5th July 1915 

Died of Wounds  

2nd Battalion 

• 18006 Private James CHILDERLEY, 23, C Company, son of Benjamin and Jane Childerley of Brampton [Huntingdonshire] (le Treport Military Cemetery)  

Died  

1st Battalion 

• 10396 Private Sydney Thomas MOULDS, 19, son of Arthur Moulds of Dawson's Farm, Forty Foot Bridge, Ramsey [Huntingdonshire], born Wistow [Huntingdonshire], resided Warboys [Huntingdonshire] (Saint-Sever Cemetery, Rouen) 

Tuesday 6th July 1915 

Died of Wounds  

2nd Battalion 

• 9039 Acting Lance-Sergeant Frederick BAKER, husband of H C Trueman (ex Baker) of 89 Ponting Street, Swindon [Wiltshire], born and resided Ipswich [Suffolk] (Swindon (Radnor Street) Cemetery) 

Thursday 8th July 1915  

Died of Wounds  

1st Battalion 

• 8723 Acting Sergeant Charles GOLDSWAIN, born Reading [Berkshire], resided Aylesbury [Buckinghamshire] (Bailleul Communal Cemetery Extension) 

 2nd Battalion 

• 8485 Private Harold HOWE, 27, son of Samuel and Mary Anne Howe of 34 Houghton Road, Bedford, born in Lidlington (Berguette Churchyard) 

Died  

3rd Battalion 

• 20348 Private Harold PEGG, 19, son of Charles and Clara Pegg of 1 Addison Road, Bilton [Warwickshire], born Newbold-on-Avon [Warwickshire] (Felixstowe New Cemetery) 

Friday 9th July 1915 

Died of Wounds  

2nd Battalion 

• 4/6407 Private John Clarke JENNETT, 25, son of William Henry and Ellen Emma Jennett of Verulam Terrace, Barnet [Hertfordshire], born Somers Town [London] (Étaples Military Cemetery) 

• 17770 Private Alfred Frederick WILLMER, 24, son of Charles and Mary Willmer of George Street, Maulden (Lillers Communal Cemetery) 

Saturday 10th July 1915 

Killed in Action  

1st Battalion: front line trenches at Hill 60 

• 4/7245 Corporal Joseph FITZJOHN, born Hertford, resided Ware [Hertfordshire] (Menin Gate Memorial, Ypres) 

•  10426 Private Arthur William MEAD, 19, son of Emma Mead of 18 Bedford Street, Watford [Hertfordshire] (Menin Gate Memorial, Ypres) 

Died  

1st/5th Battalion 

• 3987 Private William Ernest ASHPOLE, 25, son of Frederick and Sarah Ann Ashpole of Hall End, Wootton (Wootton (Saint Mary) Churchyard and Extension) 

Sunday 11th July 1915  

Killed in Action 

1st Battalion: front line trenches near Hill 60, German mine blown up nearby 

• 10064 Private Frederick BAKER, 21, son of the late John and Eliza Baker, born Barnet [Hertfordshire], resided New Southgate [Middlesex] (Menin Gate Memorial, Ypres)  

• 4/7266 Private William CURRELL, born and resided Great Munden [Hertfordshire (Menin Gate Memorial, Ypres) 

• 6650 Private Ernest DEAR, 40, son of James Dear, husband of Rose Holmes (ex Dear) of 6 Moorland Cottages, High Street, Arlesey (Menin Gate Memorial, Ypres) 

• 10763 Private George DRAPER, born Markyate [Hertfordshire], resided Luton (Menin Gate Memorial, Ypres) 

• 14690 Private Robert FISHER, born and resided Battersea [London] (Menin Gate Memorial, Ypres) 

• Temporary Lieutenant Rupert Edward GASCOYNE-CECIL, 20, son of William Gascoyne-Cecil, Bishop of Exeter and Florence Cecil, born Hatfield [Hertfordshire] (Railway Dugouts Burial Ground (Transport Farm) Ypres); his brothers also died: Lieutenant Randle William Gascoyne-Cecil, Royal Horse Artillery, 1st December 1917 (Cambrai Memorial, Louverval) and Captain John Arthur Gascoyne-Cecil, 75th Field Battery, Royal Field Artillery, 27th August 1918 (Bucquoy Road Cemetery, Ficheux) 

• 10389 Private George William ROGERS, born Chesham [Buckinghamshire], resided Watford [Hertfordshire] (Menin Gate Memorial, Ypres) 

• 19913 Private Edward SOUTH, son of Eliza J South of Buckland [Hertfordshire](Menin Gate Memorial, Ypres)  

• 3/5650 Corporal Herbert WILSHER, 32, son of Minnie Millard of 368 Icknield Way, Letchworth [Hertfordshire], born Stotfold (Menin Gate Memorial, Ypres)   

Friday 16th July 1915 

Killed in Action  

2nd Battalion: front  line south-east of Richebourg-l’Avoué 

• 3/7611 Private George William BRITTON, born and resided Godmanchester [Huntingdonshire] (le Touret Memorial)  

Saturday 17th July 1915  

Died of Wounds 

2nd Battalion 

• 18064 Private Frederick BOWLER, born and resided Beaconsfield [Buckinghamshire] (Hinges Military Cemetery)  

Died  

3rd Battalion 

• 20312 Private Albert Charles STONE, son of Eliza Stone of 10 Pageant Road, Saint Albans [Hertfordshire] (Saint Albans (Hatfield Road) Cemetery) 

Tuesday 20th July 1915 

Died of Wounds  

1st Battalion 

• 13553 Private Joseph SMITH, 25, son of David and Mary Ann Smith of 11 Regent Street, Leighton Buzzard (Leighton Buzzard Cemetery) 

Wednesday 21st July 1915 

Died  

1st Battalion: 

• 3/7803 Private Arthur FREEMAN, 44, husband of Fanny of Castle Road, Lavendon [Buckinghamshire], born Lavendon, resided Turvey (Menin Gate Memorial, Ypres) 

Sunday 25th July 1915 

Killed in Action  

2nd Battalion: front line trenches south-east of Richebourg-l’Avoué 

• 4/7236 Private Joseph SMITH, 25, son of David and Mary Ann Smith of 11 Regent Street, Leighton Buzzard, born Hertford, resided Saint Albans [Hertfordshire] (Leighton-Linslade (Leighton Buzzard) Cemetery) 

Wednesday 28th July 1915 

Killed in Action  

2nd Battalion: front line trenches south-east of Richebourg-l’Avoué 

• 13330 Private Frank DOVE, 24, son of G T Dove of Middleton-on-the-Wolds [Yorkshire] (Saint-Vaast Post Military Cemetery, Richebourg l'Avoué) 

Died  

Bedfordshire Yeomanry 

• 1442 Private Harold Clarke FLETCHER, 27, son of Daniel Fletcher of 4 Church Lane, Chatteris [Cambridgeshire] (Chatteris (New Road) Cemetery) 

Thursday 29th July 1915 

Died  

3rd Battalion 

• 20520 Private Michael Anselm O'CONNELL, son of Bridget O'Connell of 9 Sheridan Street, Shadwell [London], born Holborn [London], resided Newington Butts [London] (Felixstowe New Cemetery) 

Saturday 31st July 1915 

Killed in Action 

2nd Battalion: front line trenches south-east of Richebourg-l’Avoué 

• 7925 Sergeant Thomas EUSTACE DCM, born Colchester [Essex], resided Peterborough (Saint-Vaast Post Military Cemetery, Richebourg-l'Avoué) 

• 9852 Private Edward Timothy Michael MOYNIHAM, born and resided Northampton (Saint-Vaast Post Military Cemetery, Richebourg-l'Avoué) 

Died of Wounds 

1st Battalion 

• 6236 Acting Sergeant Joseph CROSS, born and resided Cork [Ireland] (Norwich Cemetery, Norfolk)