July 1918
Bedfordshire Regiment Roll of Honour
1st July 1918
Killed in Action
1st Battalion: front line near Merville
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42069 Private George SPARROW, born Queen Adelaide, Ely [Cambridgeshire], resided Denver Sluice [Norfolk] (Tannay British Cemetery, Thiennes)
2nd Battalion: front line north-west of Albert
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41991 Private Horace William ARNOLD, ex-328370 Cambridgeshire Regiment, born Watton [Hertfordshire] resided Chipperfield [Hertfordshire] (Bouzincourt Ridge Cemetery, Albert)
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41324 Private Horace BERWICK, born and resided Kettering [Northamptonshire] (Pozieres Memorial)
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41546 Private Albert Ernest BITHREY, born Islington [London], resided Luton (Warloy-Baillon Communal Cemetery Extension)
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17368 Private James BROOKS, 21, son of George and Elizabeth Brooks of 46 Rosher Road, Stratford [Essex] (Pozieres Memorial)
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30822 Private Thomas CHILDS, 34, born London Colney [Hertfordshire], husband of Lizzie of 2 Alban Cottages, Leverstock Green [Hertfordshire] (Pozieres Memorial)
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4/6982 Lance Corporal George CURL, born Northchurch [Hertfordshire], resided Berkhamsted [Hertfordshire] (Bouzincourt Ridfe Cemetery, Albert)
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33184 Private William Benjamin DICKS, 20, born and raised Portsmouth [Hampshire], son of late Benjamin Henry and Henrietta Dicks (Pozieres Memorial)
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266422 Private Edward Joseph FAIRBANK, ex-1st Battalion Hertfordshire Regiment, son of Alice Ruth Fairbank of49 Saint John’s Road, Boxmoor [Hertfordshire] (Pozieres Memorial)
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29669 Private Llewellyn Cadwallader LAMB, 26, B Company, son of Margaret Lamb of 18 Gilmour Street, Thornaby-on-Tees [Yorkshire], resided Luton (Pozieres Memorial)
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31076 Private Harry Maurison LANGDALE, born Barnet [Hertfordshire], resided Watford [Hertfordshire] (Pozieres Memorial)
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41990 Private Simon SOLOMAN, formerly 327837 Cambridgeshire Regiment, born Mile End [London], resided Stamford Hill [London] (Pozieres Memorial)
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49778 Private William TIBBLES, born and resided Ramsey [Huntingdonshire] (Pozieres Memorial)
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43060 Private Charles WILES, ex-1161 Huntingdonshire Cyclist Battalion, born Eaton Socon, resided Saint Neots [Huntingdonshire] (Pozieres Memorial)
4th Battalion: front line near Aveluy Wood
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12150 Private Frederick George BRANSGROVE, 34, born and resided Bromley [Kent], son of George and Elizabeth Bransgrove (Louvencourt Military Cemetery)
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48255 Private Alfred Harvey HAYDEN, 24, son of William and Clara Hayden of Poplar [London], called up as a reservist in 1914 and served in France and Salonika (Louvencourt Military Cemetery)
Died of Wounds
2nd Battalion
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21607 Private George PRICE, 20, ex-M/283065 Army Service Corps, son of Jesse George and Sarah Ann Price of Warminster [Wiltshire] (Pernois British Cemetery, Halloy-les-Pernois)
7th Battalion
2nd July 1918
Killed in Action
2nd Battalion: front line north-west of Albert
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Lieutenant John Luxton ASH, aged 29, formerly 8th Battalion, Bedfordshire Regiment, son of C J and R E M Ash of 48 Cromwell Avenue, Highgate [Middlesex], husband of Freda of 13 Holdenhurst Road, Bournemouth [Hampshire] (Warloy-Baillon Communal Cemetery Extension)
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13507 Corporal John Arthur BAYLES, born and resided Metheringham [Lincolnshire] (Warloy-Baillon Communal Cemetery Extension)
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Private James BURNS, born Cripplegate [London], resided Clerkenwell [London] (Pozieres Memorial)
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49818 Private Ernest Alfred BUTLAND, 19, ex-M/321223 Army Service Corps, son of Ernest Adam Butland of 18 Jacobs Wells Road, Clifton [Bristol], resided Pembroke Dock (Warloy-Baillon Communal Cemetery Extension)
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41436 Private Harold Thomas FREEMAN, 19, son of George and Annie Freeman of 14 West Villa Cottages, Oxford Road, Wellingborough [Northamptonshire] (Pozieres Memorial)
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51201 Private James HAYNES, 19, son of James and Caroline Alice Haynes of 441 Chapter Road, Willesden Green [Middlesex] (Pozieres Memorial)
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21541 Private Alfred Henry LEMON, 34, born Hoxton [London], resided Tottenham [Middlesex] son of late Thomas and Eliza Lemon (Pozieres Memorial)
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19125 Private Albert Edward MEAD, 25,born Kimpton [Hertfordshire], husband of Bertha Emily Mead of 70 Park Corner, Saint Albans [Hertfordshire] (Warloy-Baillon Communal Cemetery Extension)
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16719 Private Henry John ONAN, 34, son of Alfred and Emily Louisa Onan of Higham Ferrers [Northamptonshire], resided Wellingborough [Northamptonshire] (Warloy-Baillon Communal Cemetery Extension)
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40809 Private Thomas Frederick TAYLOR, ex-29936 Leicestershire Regiment, ex-7th Battalion, Bedfordshire Regiment, son of Joseph Taylor of 5 Gas Row, Cowpen Colliery, Blyth [Northumberland] (Pozieres Memorial)
Died of Wounds
2nd Battalion
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37591 Corporal Edward Henry BRISTON, 20, son of R H and Ellen Briston of Hitchin [Hertfordshire] (Pernois British Cemetery, Halloy-les-Pernois)
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Second Lieutenant Arthur PRATT, 25, attached 6th Battalion, Northamptonshire Regiment, son of Edward and Emily Pratt of 52 Thundridge [Hertfordshire] (Bouzincourt Ridge Cemetery, Albert)
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8643 Lance Corporal John SNIDER, 30, born Spitalfields [London], son of Solomon and Esther Snider of 84 Abingdon Buildings, LCC Estate, Shoreditch [London] (Pernois British Cemetery, Halloy-les-Pernois)
Died
53rd (Young Soldier) Battalion
3rd July 1918
Killed in Action
1st Battalion: front line near Merville – enemy shelling
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40249 Private Bertie Stephen ENGLISH, 27, ex-5281 Norfolk Regiment, son of Maria and late Richard English of Stoke Ferry [Norfolk] (Tannay British Cemetery, Thiennes)
2nd Battalion: relieved from the line near Warloy-Baillon
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21155 Private Robert HARTUP MM, 24, ex-46727 Royal Garrison Artillery, son of G Hartup of 5 Bambury Villas, Southfleet [Kent] (Bouzincourt Ridge Cemetery, Albert)
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49712 Private Wilfred John MAPLESDEN, born and resided Folkestone [Kent] (Pozieres Memorial)
Died of Wounds
2nd Battalion
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203292 Private John WHEATLEY, son of late James and Rhoda Wheatley of Blunham , resided Blunham, husband of F Wheatley of Newton Blossomville [Buckinghamshire] (Ribemont Communal Cemetery Extension, Somme)
Died
2nd Garrison Battalion
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205386 Private Walter FRANKS, 32, ex-305874 Hampshire Regiment resided Bournemouth [Hampshire], son of Walter Franks of Guildford [Surrey] (Kirkee 1914-1918 Memorial, buried Jullundur Cantonment Cemetery)
53rd (Young Soldier) Battalion
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TR/9/47081 Private William Thomas WEBB, 18, born Forest Gate [Essex], son of William and Maud Webb of Pilgrim’s Hatch, Brentwood [Essex] (Bentley Common (Saint Paul) Churchyard)
4th July 1918
Killed in Action
1st Battalion: front line near Merville
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17721 Lance Corporal Alfred Victor DEBNAM, 20, son of Mark Debnam of Clapgate, Albury [Hertfordshire], resided Bishops Stortford [Hertfordshire] (Tannay British Cemetery, Thiennes)
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203937 Private William Isaac HAMMOND, 34, ex-28368 Suffolk Regiment, born High Easter [Essex], resided Leaden Roding [Essex], husband of Ruth Annie of Aythorpe Roding [Essex] (Special memorial at Merville Communal Cemetery Extension)
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23512 Private William STAPLETON, 22, son of Harry and Elizabeth Sarah Stapleton of Ampthill (Tannay British Cemetery, Thiennes)
Died of Wounds
2nd Battalion
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19671 Private Thomas Robert Henry SIBLEY, 34, son of Thomas Robert and Doishia Sibley, born Walworth [London], resided Marylebone [London], husband of Emma of 188 Great Titchfield Street, London (Bagneux British Cemetery, Gezaincourt)
5th July 1918
Died of Wounds
1st Battalion
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7742 Private George BAILEY, 32, son of Isaac and Elizabeth Bailey of Loughton [Essex], resided Broxted [Essex] (Aire Communal Cemetery)
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43117 Private Percy BEEBY, 26, ex-1636 Huntingdonshire Cyclist Battalion, son of Alfred and Eliza Beeby of Kettering [Northamptonshire] (Terlincthun British Cemetery, Wimille)
Died
3rd Battalion
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29776 Private Frank Theodore SHERRINGTON, son of Samuel and Emma Sherrington of New Barnet [Hertfordshire], husband of Mabel Florence of Chard Villa, Hexham Road, New Barnet (Friern Barnet (Saint James the Great) Churchyard)
7th July 1918
Died of Wounds
2nd Battalion
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41422 Private Howard Joseph FORTEY, ex-M/273390 Army Service Corps, son of John and Laura Fortey of Birmingham [Warwickshire], twice wounded (Pernois British Cemetery, Halloy-les-Pernois)
9th July 1918
Died of Wounds
1st Battalion
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205872 Corporal Alan George WHEELER, 20, C Company, ex-265068 Suffolk Regiment, son of William Thomas and Mary Ann Wheeler of Parkfield, East Bergholt [Suffolk] (East Bergholt Cemetery)
2nd Battalion
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200267 Acting Lance Corporal George MATTHEWS, 25, son of Thomas and Sarah Matthews of Arlesey (Pernois British Cemetery, Halloy-les-Pernois)
13th (Transport Worker) Battalion
11th July 1918
Died
12th (Transport Worker) Battalion
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34723 Private William John GOLDING, 28, ex-173683 Royal Field Artillery, son of Elizabeth Golding of 5 Sandle Street, Stratford [Essex] (West Ham Cemetery)
12th July 1918
Died of Wounds
1st Battalion
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39806 Private William Henry SCOTT, 20, son of Burton William Scott of Norwich [Norfolk], resided Chelmsford [Essex] (Aire Communal Cemetery)
Died
Unspecified Battalion
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48611 Private Joe LEACH, 23, husband of Ida of 27 Frodsham Street, Walton [Lancashire] (Liverpool (Kirkdale) Cemetery)
13th July 1918
Died
4th Battalion
14th July 1918
Died
4th Battalion
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51223 Private Arthur LATTER, 19, son of Benjamin and Alice Latter of 92 Milton Street, Maidstone [Kent] (Gezaincourt Communal Cemetery Extension)
7th Battalion
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23097 Private Arthur James SMITH, 20, born Stansted [Essex], son of Elijah and Edith Smith of Building Yard, Elsenham [Essex] (Cologne Southern Cemetery) as a prisoner-of-war
16th July 1918
Died of Wounds
1st Battalion
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33345 Lance Corporal Ernest James JOLLEY, 24, ex-23684 Norfolk Regiment, son of Thomas K and Sarah B Jolley of Ecton [Northamptonshire] (Mont Huon Military Cemetery, le Treport)
17th July 1918
Died of Wounds
1st Battalion
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41159 Private Herbert D WHITEHURST, 26, ex-10704 4th Reserve Cavalry Regiment, born Manchester [Lancashire], son of George and Charlotte E Whitehurst of Harpurhey [Lancashire] (Aire Communal Cemetery)
19th July 1918
Died of Wounds
1st Battalion
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41154 Private Fred SMITH, ex-36982 Suffolk Regiment, born Macclesfield [Cheshire], resided Ashton-under-Lyne [Lancashire] (Longuenesse (Saint Omer) Souvenir Cemetery)
20th July 1918
Killed in Action
1st Battalion: successful attack on the Platebecque north of Merville
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203923 Private Robert Leonard COOPER, 21, son of Robert Henry and Margaret Cooper of 6 Victoria Terrace, East Runton [Norfolk] (Ploegsteert Memorial)
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Temporary Second Lieutenant Herbert Walter CORNELIUS (Ploegsteert Memorial)
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23028 Lance Corporal George Henry DEEM, 22, son of Henry and Emma Deem of Ashperton [Herefordshire], resided Ledbury [Herefordshire] (Tannay British Cemetery, Thiennes)
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17679 Lance Corporal Harry HUBBARD, born and resided Hitchin [Hertfordshire] (Ploegsteert Memorial)
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8721 Company Sergeant Major Reginald Thomas LANSBURY, DCM, MM born Chislehurst [Kent], resided Bromley [Kent] (Ploegsteert Memorial)
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41128 Private George Henry SPECK, 25, ex-266150 Suffolk Regiment, born Royston [Hertfordshire], son of G Speck of 4 Western Cottages,Lewes [Sussex]; husband of Mrs Nye (ex-Speck) of 28 Saint John Street, Lewes ((Ploegsteert Memorial)
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204475 Private Albert Edward TAYLOR, born Colliers End, Ware [Hertfordshire], resided Barwick [Hertfordshire] (Tannay British Cemetery, Thiennes)
Died of Wounds
1st Battalion
21st July 1918
Killed in Action
1st Battalion: front line north of Merville, artillery active
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27623 Private Charles Maurice WHITING, 36, son of Frederick and Susannah of 26 Cavendish Street, Bedford (Tannay British Cemetery, Thiennes)
Died
Bedfordshire Yeomanry
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12533 Regimental Sergeant Major William Densley COLDRIDGE DCM, 49, born Saint Sidwell's [Devon], husband of H K Coldridge of Haxby Road,York (Abbeville Communal Cemetery Extension)
22nd July 1918
Died of Wounds
1st Battalion
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15192 Private Arthur MILES, 23, attached Trench Mortar Battery, born Layston [Hertfordshire], son of T Miles of Bank Cottage, Baldock Road, Buntingford [Hertfordshire] (Aire Communal Cemetery)
2nd Battalion
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39832 Private Bertie FORSTER, 28, born Sittingbourne [Kent], resided Stanstead Abbotts [Hertfordshire], son of Leonard Thomas and Emma Forster, husband of Ada Mary of 4 Myddleton Villas, Church Lane, Wormley [Hertfordshire] (Cologne Southern Cemetery) as a prisoner-of-war
23rd July 1918
Died
7th Battalion
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14990 Private George Raglan STACEY, 28, born Saint Phillip’s Marsh [Bristol], son of John Raglan and Edith Stacey of 6 Normanby Road, Easton [Bristol] (Cologne Southern Cemetery) as a prisoner of war
27th July 1918
Died
3rd Battalion
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Lieutenant Harold Agnew REANEY MC, 37, son of Robert Agnew Reaney of Rosemead, Saint Peter's Hill, Huntingdon (Huntingdon (Priory Road) Cemetery)
29th July 1918
Died
8th Battalion
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19694 Private F J G HAYES, 41, born Stratford [Essex], husband of Lucy Amy Hayes of 26 Danbury Street, Islington [London] (City of London and Tower Hamlets Cemetery)
30th July 1918
Died
2nd Battalion
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4/6914 Private Frederick Herbert BLUNT, 25, son of E Blunt of 7 Silver Hill, Royston [Hertfordshire] (Cologne Southern Cemetery) as a prisoner of war
31st July 1918
Killed in Action
6th Battalion
Died
1st Garrison Battalion
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206686 Private Maurice William WEBBER, 21, ex-355177 Hampshire Regiment, son of Walter William and Jessie Webber of 15 London Street, Basingstoke [Hampshire] (Alexandria (Hadra) War Memorial Cemetery)