June 1915

Bedfordshire Regiment Roll of Honour

Tuesday 1st June 1915 

Died of Wounds  

1st Battalion:  

• 9445 Private Ernest LARMAN, born and resided Langford (Bailleul Communal Cemetery Extension)  

Died  

7th Battalion 

• 13795 Lance Corporal George FENN, born Hotwells [Bristol], resided Bristol (Codford Saint Mary (Saint Mary) Churchyard) 

Wednesday 2nd June 1915  

Killed in Action  

1st Battalion: trenches at Hill 60 

• 16443 Private Joseph RUSHTON, 39, son of Robert and Esther Rushton of Parksvilla, Vancouver Island [British Columbia], husband of Susan of 22 Wood Street, Leek [Staffordshire] (Menin Gate Memorial, Ypres) 

Died of Wounds  

2nd Battalion 

• 7436 Private George William BRAND, 36, son of Emily Brand of 1 Sheringham Avenue, Manor Park [Essex], born Edmonton [Middlesex] (Boulogne Eastern Cemetery) 

Thursday 3rd June 1915 

Killed in Action  

1st Battalion: trenches at Hill 60 

• 7077 Private John BARLEY, D Company, son of Samuel and Isabel Barley of 32 Russell Street, Bedford (Menin Gate Memorial, Ypres) 

Died of Wounds  

2nd Battalion 

• 3/6456 Private Martin BYATT, 22, son of Arthur Byatt of Saint Neots [Huntingdonshire], born Eltiseley [Cambridgeshire] (Abbeville Communal Cemetery) 

Friday 4th June 1915  

Killed in Action  

10th Battalion  

• Second Lieutenant Walter Alfred LELAND, 22, son of Dr A B Leland of  5 Kensington Court, Kensington [London], attached 1st Battalion Royal Dublin Fusiliers (Helles Memorial) 

Saturday 5th June 1915 

Killed in Action  

1st Battalion: trenches at Hill 60 

• 8328 Acting Corporal George William FRANKLIN Order of Saint George 4th Class (Russia), 28, son of William and Lucy Franklin of 7 George Town, Sandy (Menin Gate Memorial, Ypres)  

Died of Wounds  

1st Battalion  

• 13616 Private Henry GEORGE, born Boxmoor [Hertfordshire], resided Hemel Hempstead [Hertfordshire] (Hemel Hempstead (Heath Lane) Cemetery) 

• 8817 Private Walter JUBY, born Ipswich [Suffolk], resided Stoke [Suffolk] (Bailleul Communal Cemetery Extension) 

Died 

3rd Battalion 

• 5126 Sergeant William INGREY, 38, son of Edward and Hannah Ingrey, husband of Beatrice May of Belle Vue, West Parade, Dunstable, born Wimpole [Cambridgeshire], he held the Long Service and Good Conduct Medal (Felixstowe New Cemetery) 

Sunday 6th June 1915 

Died of Wounds  

1st Battalion 

• 15393 Private Jack Sidney BUNTON, son of H Bunton of Steeple Bumpstead [Essex] (Steeple Bumpstead (Saint Mary's) Church Cemetery) 

Died  

1st Battalion  

• 4/7177 Private Levi Augustus WOOTTEN or WOOTTON, born Old Bradwell [Buckinghamshire], resided Wheathampstead [Hertfordshire] (Menin Gate Memorial, Ypres)  

1st/5th Battalion 

• 4219 Sergeant Albert Ernest GODFREY, 38, son of Albert and Annie Godfrey, husband of Maud of Prospect House, Newmarket [Suffolk], resided Luton (Luton Church Burial Ground, Crawley Green Road) 

Tuesday 8th June 1915 

Killed in Action  

1st Battalion: headquarters at Hill 60 shelled 

• 15728 Private Edwin BOND, 28, son of John and Jane M A Bond of 10 Rutland Street, Pimlico [London], born Westminster [London] (Menin Gate Memorial, Ypres) 

• 9436 Private Arthur George DENTON, born and resided Bedford (Larch Wood (Railway Cutting) Cemetery, Ypres) 

Died of Wounds  

1st Battalion 

• 10268 Acting Lance Corporal Sidney Herbert RUSH, 19, son of Mary Elizabeth Rush of 26 Brightwell Road, Watford [Hertfordshire] (Dickebusch New Military Cemetery) 

• 9450 Private William Wat TYLER, born and resided Haverhill [Suffolk] (Dickebusch New Military Cemetery) 

• 4/6556 Private Henry James WRIGHT, 21, son of Ernest William Wright of Hertford, husband of O V A Ilott (ex Wright) of Offley Holes [Hertfordshire], resided Great Munden [Hertfordshire] (Dickebusch New Military Cemetery) 

Wednesday 9th June 1915  

Died of Wounds  

1st Battalion 

• 9276 Bandsman Luther Lionel LANGFORD, son of Lewis Edward and Elizabeth Ann Langford of Church Mews, Wellesley Road, Eastbourne [Sussex], born Northampton (Dickebusch New Military Cemetery) 

• 14415 Private Frederick WATSON, 24, son of James and Jane Watson of The Bank, Therfield [Hertfordshire] (le Touquet-Paris Plage Communal Cemetery) 

Thursday 10th June 1915  

Killed in Action 

1st Battalion: headquarters at Hill 60 shelled 

• 10245 Private Albert Henry CLARK, 21, son of James and Emma Clark of 46 Saint Saviour's Crescent, Luton (Menin Gate Memorial, Ypres)  

Saturday 12th June 1915 

Killed in Action  

1st Battalion: headquarters at Hill 60 shelled 

• 9485 Private Percy IMPEY, born Flamstead [Hertfordshire], resided Luton (Larch Wood (Railway Cutting) Cemetery, Ypres) 

Sunday 13th June 1915 

Killed in Action  

1st Battalion: railway embankment in support of Hill 60 

• 3/8116 Private William CADE, 40, son of Samuel and Laura Cade of Abbotsley [Huntingdonshire] (Menin Gate Memorial, Ypres) 

• 10415 Private Stanley CATCHPOLE, born Ickleford [Hertfordshire], resided Bradfield [Essex] (Menin Gate Memorial, Ypres)  

• 13510 Private Alfred William RAWLE, born and resided Brislington [Somerset] (Larch Wood (Railway Cutting) Cemetery, Ypres)  

Died of Wounds  

1st Battalion 

• 3/8759 Private Frank MONK, born and resided Broxted [Essex] (Bailleul Communal Cemetery Extension) 

Monday 14th June 1915 

Killed in Action  

1st Battalion: railway embankment in support of Hill 60 

• 13264 Private Harry PRITCHARD, 19, C Company, son of Amos and Elizabeth Pritchard of 89 Flaunden [Hertfordshire] (Larch Wood (Railway Cutting) Cemetery, Ypres) 

Died  

2nd Battalion 

• 14212 Private Frederick MANSFIELD, born Leyton [Essex], resided Leytonstone [Essex] (le Touret Memorial)  

Tuesday 15th June 1915 

Killed in Action  

2nd Battalion: in support to an unsuccessful attack on Givenchy-lès-la-Bassée and attack on The Crater 

• 9867 Private Leonard SMITH, son of William and Lucy Smith of Souldrop (France (1914-1918) Memorial - there is no memorial on the ground) 

• 9607 Lance Corporal William John WALE, 23, son of Alma and Eliza Wale of The Avenue, Sandy; husband of Ethel of Rolfe Bungalow, New Romney [Kent] (le Touret Memorial)  

Wednesday 16th June 1915  

Killed in Action  

2nd Battalion: unsuccessful attack in the vicinity of The Crater near Givenchy-lès-la-Bassée 

• 7771 Private Joseph ABBIS, 29, husband of R Traynor (ex Abbis) of 2 Kents Place, Paddington Green [London], born Marylebone [London], resided Hoxton [London] (Cabaret-Rouge British Cemetery, Souchez) 

• 17571 Private Charles Russel ABBOTT, born and resided Bluntisham [Huntingdonshire] (le Touret Memorial) 

• 16471 Private William Joseph ALLEN, born Hatfield [Hertfordshire], resided Colney Heath [Hertfordshire] (le Touret Memorial) 

• 14409 Private Fred ATKINS, born and resided Southwark [London] (le Touret Memorial) 

• 15712 Acting Corporal Albert Victor BRANDON, 21, son of Ellen Elizabeth Smith (ex Brandon) of 58 Gloucester Road, Regent's Park [London] and the late Charles Alexander Brandon (le Touret Memorial)  

• 154266 Private Edward BURGESS, 25, son of George and Jane Burgess of 19 Toftwood, East Dereham [Norfolk] (le Touret Memorial) 

• 4/6175 Private Alfred Reginald BUSH, 24, son of James Timothy and Charlotte Bush of Bentfield Green [Essex], born Farnham [Essex] (le Touret Memorial) 

• 10773 Private James Elias David CANEY, born Aldershot [Hampshire], resided Lambeth [London] (le Touret Memorial) 

• 19087 Private George Taft CARMAN, born Islington [London], resided Lakenheath [Suffolk] (le Touret Memorial) 

• 17963 Private Thomas Stephen CHAMBERS, 22, B Company, son of Thomas Chambers, born and resided Watford [Hertfordshire] (le Touret Memorial) 

• 14998 Private Frederick Alfred DAY, 20, son of Frederick Samuel and Ellen Day of 17 Wellclose Street, Saint Albans [Hertfordshire] (le Touret Memorial) 

• 4/6823 Private Frederick DEAR, born and resided Hitchin [Hertfordshire] (le Touret Memorial) 

• 17966 Private Walter DEWEY, 32, son of John Freeman and Elizabeth Dewey of Witchford [Cambridgeshire], husband of Annie of Church Street, Somersham Street, Saint Ives [Huntingdonshire] (le Touret Memorial) 

• 10725 Private Douglas DONALD, 30, son of James Donald of 35 Dimsdale Road, Fulham [London] (le Touret Memorial)  

• 17995 Private James DOUGHTON, 19, son of William and Elizabeth Doughton of The Ram and Hurdle, Luffenhall [Hertfordshire] (le Touret Memorial) 

• 18040 Private Charles EADE, 18, son of Simeon and Mary Ann Eade of Dove Cottage, Weeley Heath [Essex] (le Touret Memorial) 

• 17897 Private Frederick EASTON, born and resided Needingworth [Huntingdonshire] (le Touret Memorial) 

• 3/7422 Private John HARDY, born and resided Norwich [Norfolk] (le Touret Memorial)  

• Lieutenant Thomas Gavin Moor HORSFORD, 22, eldest son of the late Colonel T M A Horsford of Bosvathick [Cornwall] (le Touret Memorial)  

• 13815 Private George JUKES, born and resided Battersea [London] (le Touret Memorial) 

• 17846 Private Eric KNIGHT, born Notting Hill [London], resided Stepney [London] (le Touret Memorial) 

• 14972 Private Thomas Henry LITCHFIELD, 25, born Basford [Nottinghamshire], resided Cranfield (le Touret Memorial) 

• 3/7723 Private Henry LYON, 42, son of Henry Lyon of Falkirk [Stirlingshire], resided Luton (le Touret Memorial) 

• 17960 Private James Terence MACAULAY, son of Mary Ann Macaulay of 16 Heath Road, Clapham [London], born and resided Wandsworth [London] (le Touret Memorial) 

• 13533 Lance Corporal James MANSFIELD, born Latton [Essex], resided Epping Green [Essex] (le Touret Memorial) 

• 9597 Lance Corporal Frederick James MOORE, born and resided Wootton (le Touret Memorial) 

• 17973 Private Albert OAKLEY, 26, husband of Annie of Goose Green Hoddesdon [Hertfordshire], born Weston [Hertfordshire] (le Touret Memorial) 

• 14130 Acting Sergeant Joseph PATERNOSTER, 30, only son of George and Sarah Paternoster of Brookfield Cottage, Aston [Hertfordshire] (le Touret Memorial) 

• 13835 Private Sidney PAYNE, born and resided Islington [London] (le Touret Memorial) 

• 10123 Lance Corporal Harry PERRY, born Fenny Stratford [Buckinghamshire], resided Bedford (le Touret Memorial) 

• 16501 Private Albert PORTENS, born and resided York [Yorkshire] (le Touret Memorial) 

• 14522 Private Jack SELLARS, 22, son of John and Elizabeth Ann Sellars of The George Hotel, Whittlesey [Cambridgeshire] (le Touret Memorial) 

• 19359 Private George William SHELTON, 31, son of Elijah and Fanny Shelton of Upwood, Ramsey [Huntingdonshire]; husband of Albina of Old Mills Road, Ramsey (le Touret Memorial)  

• 13515 Private Arthur SHEPHERDSON, 23, son of John Henry and Sarah Ann Shepherdson, born and resided Nottingham (le Touret Memorial) 

• 12614 Private Albert Edward SIMMONDS, 18, son of Elizabeth Simmonds of 128 Bridge Street, Bow [London], born Mile End [London] (le Touret Memorial)  

• 13411 Private George William SMITHWHITE, 22, B Company, son of W R and L M Smithwhite of 6 Bridal Path, Beddington [Surrey], born and resided Battersea [London] (le Touret Memorial)  

• Second Lieutenant Laurence TURNBULL (le Touret Memorial) 

• 10100 Private Harry WILLBYE, born and resided Cambridge (le Touret Memorial) 

• 13530 Private Thomas William WILLIAMS,  born Barton Hill, Bristol, resided Brislington [Somerset] (Guards Cemetery, Windy Corner, Cuinchy) 

1st/5th Battalion: Gallipoli 

• 5077 Private Frank FOWLER, 19, son of Wallace and Ellen Fowler of 23 Council Estate, Church End, Arlesey (Helles Memorial)  

Thursday 17th June 1915 

Killed in Action  

2nd Battalion: front line near Givenchy-lès-la-Bassée 

• 4/6570 Private Ronald AUSTIN, born and resided Weston [Hertfordshire] (le Touret Memorial) 

• 14083 Private George Macdougall KIRKLAND, born Glasgow, resided Radlett [Hertfordshire] (le Touret Memorial)  

Died of Wounds  

2nd Battalion  

• 10215 Private Thomas WAGSTAFF, born Girtford, resided Sandy (Phalempin Communal Cemetery) 

Friday 18th June 1915 

Died of Wounds 

2nd Battalion 

• 4/6671 Private William Richard POLLARD, 24, son of Robert and Martha Jane Pollard of 28 Park Road, Bushey [Hertfordshire], born Rickmansworth [Hertfordshire] (Lillers Communal Cemetery) 

Saturday 19th June 1915  

Killed in Action  

1st Battalion: front line trenches at Hill 60 

• 14864 Private Ernest William Stephen MAYES, 24, son of Herbert and Jane Elizabeth Mayes of Benington [Hertfordshire], born Peterborough (Larch Wood (Railway Cutting) Cemetery, Ypres) 

• 15882 Private Reginald Jack WARNER, 24, son of David and Mary Ann Warner of Church Hill, Benington [Hertfordshire] (Menin Gate Memorial, Ypres) 

Died of Wounds  

2nd Battalion 

• 9127 Sergeant Alfred Albert CAMP, born and resided Luton (Lillers Communal Cemetery) 

• 13503 Private Arthur DARLOW, son of E Darlow of Factory Cottage, Ramsey [Huntingdonshire] (Lillers Communal Cemetery) 

Sunday 20th June 1915  

Killed in Action  

1st Battalion: front line trenches at Hill 60 

• 4/7383 Private Charles WALKER, born Willian [Hertfordshire], resided Hitchin [Hertfordshire] (Menin Gate Memorial, Ypres) 

Monday 21st June 1915  

Killed in Action  

1st Battalion: railway embankment in support of Hill 60 

• 3/7844 Private William James CHAMBERLAIN, born Bengeo [Hertfordshire], resided Rotherhithe [London] (Menin Gate Memorial, Ypres) 

Died of Wounds  

1st Battalion 

• 3/8151 Private James Henry BAILEY, 23, son of Charles and Susan Bailey of 80 Triangle, Malmesbury [Wiltshire] (Boulogne Eastern Cemetery) 

Wednesday 23rd June 1915  

Died of Wounds  

2nd Battalion 

• 10775 Private John ROBINS, 18, son of Harry and Ada Robins of Little Staughton (Boulogne Eastern Cemetery) 

Thursday 24th June 1915 

Died of Wounds  

1st Battalion 

• 14264 Private Charles HIBBIT, born Brixton [London], resided Balham [London] (Streatham Cemetery, Surrey) 

Friday 25th June 1915 

Died of Wounds  

1st Battalion 

• 12339 Private Edward TOOLE, born Saint Luke's [London], resided Hoxton [London] (Railway Dugouts Burial Ground (Transport Farm), Ypres) 

Sunday 27th June 1915 

Killed in Action  

2nd Battalion  

• Captain James Charles Frederick NESS, 19, son of Major James Alexander and Winifred Isobel Ness of Kinkell, Woking [Surrey] (le Touret Memorial) 

Monday 28th June 1915  

Killed in Action  

1st Battalion: front line trenches at Hill 60 

• 12717 Private Walter James PERRY, born Nazeing [Essex], resided Roydon [Essex] (Larch Wood (Railway Cutting) Cemetery, Ypres) 

2nd Battalion: front line in front of Festubert 

• 3/7631 Private George Thomas SMITH, born Friern Barnet [Middlesex], resided New Southgate [Middlesex] (le Touret Memorial)  

Died of Wounds 

1st Battalion 

• 18734 Private Walter George WARMAN, born Stanton [Hertfordshire], resided Ware [Hertfordshire] (Bailleul Communal Cemetery Extension) 

Tuesday 29th June 1915 

Killed in Action  

1st Battalion: front line trenches at Hill 60 

• 9775 Private Rixom IZZARD, born and resided Daventry [Northamptonshire] (Menin Gate Memorial, Ypres) 

Wednesday 30th June 1915  

Killed in Action 

1st Battalion: front line trenches at Hill 60 

• 14905 Private Ralph SALVIN, 28, B Company, son of Philip Salvin of Curzon Street, Netherfield [Nottinghamshire], husband of Emily of 52 Deatrill Street, Netherfield, born Carlton [Nottinghamshire] (Menin Gate Memorial, Ypres)