June 1917

Bedfordshire Regiment Roll of Honour

1st June 1917 

Killed in Action  

2nd Battalion: front line at Observatory Ridge near Zillebeke 

• 33039 Private James KERWIN ex-9064 Queen's (Royal West Surrey Regiment) born Dover [Kent] resided Canning Town [Essex] (Vlamertinghe Military Cemetery) 

2nd June 1917 

Killed in Action 

2nd Battalion: front line at Observatory Ridge near Zillebeke 

• 19166 Acting Sergeant Albert MULLETT, born and resided Luton (Menin Gate Memorial, Ypres)  

3rd June 1917  

Died of Wounds  

2nd Battalion 

• 26659 Private Arthur William MEAD, 24, born Mildenhall [Suffolk], resdided Darsham [Suffolk], son of John and Emma Mead of 12 Simper Street, Oakham [Rutland] (Hop Store Cemetery) 

4th June 1917  

Died of Wounds  

1st Battalion 

• 33614 Private William John EATON ex-2487 Bedfordshire Yeomanry, born and resided Sandy (Aubigny Communal Cemetery Extension) 

Died  

5th Battalion 

• 5287 Private E ENDERSBY, 20, son of C Endersby of Dartford House, Hatley End, Wrestlingworth (Wrestlingworth Burial Ground) 

1st Garrison Battalion 

• 24509 Lance Sergeant Edward GASKELL, 44, ex-17953 Middlesex Regiment, born and resided Hackney Wick [London], son of John and Louisa Gaskell, husband of Sarah Ann of 3 Netley Street, Paddington [London] (Kirkee 1914-1918 Memorial) exhumed from Bombay (Sewri) Cemetery 1962 and reburied in mass grave at Kirkee 

7th June 1917 

Killed in Action  

2nd Battalion: Battle of Messines: guarding the flank of the main attack, patrolling and dealing with counter-attacks 

• 29310 Private Ernest Frederick DOCKERING, born Little Francham [Norfolk], resided Snettisham [Norfolk] (Menin Gate Memorial, Ypres)  

• 29062 Private John William HARMER, 32, son of Mary Ann Jickells (ex-Harmer) of 25 Itteringham [Norfolk] (Menin Gate Memorial, Ypres)  

• 29299 Private Robert Harry LEGGETT, 34, son of Henry and Mary Ann Leggett of Salhouse [Norfolk] (Menin Gate Memorial, Ypres)  

• 35986 Sergeant John MCPHEAT, 36,born Perth [Perthshire], husband of Jessie M of 33 John Street, Luton, son of late Stewart and Margaret McPheat (Menin Gate Memorial, Ypres)  

• 23176 Private Edward ODELL, born Goldington, resided Bedford (Menin Gate Memorial, Ypres)  

• 28857 Private Isadore Jacob YOUNGS, 27, son of Isaac and Sarah Ann Youngs, born and resided Haddiscoe [Norfolk] (Perth Cemetery (China Wall)) 

8th June 1917  

Killed in Action  

2nd Battalion: Battle of Messines: front line at Observatory Ridge near Zillebeke 

• 39811 Private Edward George BISHOP, 36, born and resided Long Buckby [Northamptonshire], son of G and A Bishop, husband of Juliana Townsend (ex-Bishop) of Church View, Long Buckby (Perth Cemetery (China Wall)) 

• 200290 Private David HALL, 19, son of Sarah Jane Barnett (ex-Hall) of Keysoe Brook End (Perth Cemetery (China Wall)) 

• 27447 Private Ernest Victor PURKISS, 36, son of Jeremiah and Harriet Purkiss of Thornton Heath [Surrey], resided Hoddesdon [Hertfordshire] (Vlamertinghe Military Cemetery)  

Died of Wounds  

2nd Battalion 

• 28838 Private Henry Frederick HARMER, 34, son of Rosetta Harmer of Chapel Field, Stalham [Norfolk] (Perth Cemetery (China Wall)) 

• 9787 Private Ernest Frank KEDGE, 24, born Clophill, husband of W D Kedge of 27 Union Street, Bedford (Lijssenthoek Military Cemetery) 

• 202802 Private Bertram William POULTON, 27, born Dunstable, son of Lionel and Louie Poulton, husband of Fanny Elizabeth of Rose Cottage, Princess Street, Dunstable (Mendinghem Military Cemetery) 

Died  

1st Battalion 

• 10221 Sergeant Frank WHIDDETT, 30, born Sheerness [Kent], son of Alfred and Ethel Whiddett, husband of Catherine Freeman (ex-Whiddett) of 3 Harringay Terrace, Eaton Socon (Eaton Socon churchyard) 

10th June 1917 

Died of Wounds  

2nd Battalion 

• 18331 Private James FIELD, 31, husband of May M of 6 California, Baldock [Hertfordshire]  (Lijssenthoek Military Cemetery) 

7th Battalion 

• 202660 Private Frederick Wesley GREEN, born and resided Elton [Northamptonshire] (Achiet-le-Grand Communal Cemetery Extension)  

Died  

8th Battalion 

• 33830 Private Thomas WILLIAMS, 38, born Walworth [London], husband of Jane Julia of 54 Common View, Letchworth [Hertfordshire] (Philosophe British Cemetery, Mazingarbe) 

11th June 1917  

Died of Wounds  

2nd Battalion 

• 33005 Private John Edward GOLDING, 29, ex-12557 Queen's (Royal West Surrey Regiment), born and resided Custom House [Essex], son of Thomas and Elizabeth of Bonny Down, East Ham [Essex] (Wimereux Communal Cemetery) 

13th June 1917  

Killed in Action  

7th Battalion: Battle of Arras: front line near Fontaine-lès-Croisilles 

• 27903 Private Eli SCOTT, born Waddesdon [Buckinghamshire], resided Watford [Hertfordshire] (Wancourt British Cemetery) 

• Temporary Lieutenant Ferdinand Nigel SHERWELL (Rookery British Cemetery, Héninel) 

Died of Wounds  

8th Battalion 

• Corporal Eben George CROOT, 23, son of Frederick and Catherine Croot of Waresley [Huntingdonshire] (Béthune Town Cemetery) 

Died  

3rd Battalion 

• 31598 Acting Corporal Harry KITCHENER, 19, son of H J and Sarah Kitchener of 27 Bartholomew Road, Bishop's Stortford [Hertfordshire], resided Biggleswade (Bishop’s Stortford Old Cemetery) 

6th Battalion 

• 43131 Private Alfred Charles VALLER, 19, ex-2229 Essex Regiment (Cyclists), attached 112th Trench Mortar Battery, son of Alfred Charles and Charlotte Valler of North Woolwich [Essex] (Delettes Communal Cemetery) 

14th June 1917 

Died of Wounds  

7th Battalion 

• 202664 Private William Francis Daniel EVERETT, born and resided Luton (Achiet-le-Grand Communal Cemetery Extension) 

• 14766 Sergeant William George JOHNSON, son of James and Sophie Johnson of 3 Wharf Road, Bishop's Stortford [Hertfordshire] (Achiet-le-Grand Communal Cemetery Extension)  

Died  

1st/5th Battalion 

• Lieutenant and Quartermaster Gerald Owen LYDEKKER, 29, son of Richard Lydekker FRS and Lucy Marianne Lydekker, educated Haileybury College, born Harpenden [Hertfordshire] (Alexandria (Hadra) War Memorial Cemetery) 

8th Battalion 

• 202282 Private Frederick William HOROBIN, 32, born Doncaster [Yorkshire] husband of Minnie Quarmby Horobin of 17 Robert Road, Sheffield [Yorkshire], son of Thomas Crewe Horobin (Sheffield (City Road) Cemetery) 

16th June 1917 

Killed in Action  

7th Battalion: Battle of Arras: front line near Fontaine-lès-Croisilles 

• 29872 Private Charles Edward James BUTLER, born Langley [Hertfordshire] husband of R E Butler of 13 Parker Street, Watford [Hertfordshire] (Wancourt British Cemetery) 

Died of Wounds  

2nd Battalion 

• 14810 Private Alfred GAME, 30, son of Charles and Ann Game of Hertford (Mont Huon Military Cemetery, le Tréport) 

17th June 1917 

Killed in Action  

1st Battalion: Battle of Arras: front line near Oppy 

• 27629 Private Fred DAVIS, 21, born Croydon [Surrey], resided Leagrave (Orchard Dump Cemetery, Arleux-en-Gohelle) 

• 7739 Private Samuel UNDERWOOD, born Sawtry [Huntingdonshire], resided Peterborough (Orchard Dump Cemetery, Arleux-en-Gohelle) 

7th Battalion: Battle of Arras: front line near Fontaine-lès-Croisilles 

• 15366 Private Joseph SUMMERFIELD, 27, born Sundon, resided Luton, son of Elizabeth Summerfield of 17 Storey Street, Apsley [Hertfordshire] and late William (Arras Memorial)  

8th Battalion: front line near Hulluch 

• 33202 Private Charles Henry CRUMPLIN, 41, son of William Crumplin of Hartley Wintney [Hampshire] husband of Adela of Batford Mills [Hertfordshire] (Philosophe British Cemetery, Mazingarbe) 

• 22840 Private William HENMAN born and resided Lidlington (Philosophe British Cemetery, Mazingarbe) 

18th June 1917 

Killed in Action  

8th Battalion: front line near Hulluch 

• 16820 Sergeant Percival William Lewis CAREY, 28, son of Henry and Annie Carey of 26 Beaconsfield Road, Bexhill-on-Sea [Sussex], born and resided Bexhill, husband of Elizabeth Maria of 464 12th Street NW, Hillhurst, Alberta [Canada] (Philosophe British Cemetery, Mazingarbe)  

Died of Wounds  

7th Battalion 

• 14942 Private Dan BLOOR, 31, born Rickmansworth [Hertfordshire], son of Daniel and Harriet Bloor of Lock House, Hunton Bridge, King's Langley [Hertfordshire] (Cologne Southern Cemetery) as a prisoner-of-war 

8th Battalion 

• Temporary Captain Frank Lydford BODY, 25, son of Charles Ash Body JP of The Cedars, 34 Sydenham Hill, Sydenham [London] (Béthune Town Cemetery) 

19th June 1917

Died of Wounds  

1st Battalion 

• 40054 Private Herbert Victor CHAPMAN, 19, ex-28876 Suffolk Regiment, son of Samuel and Mildred Chapman of 69 Mount Pleasant, Wisbech [Cambridgeshire] (Niederzwehren Cemetery, Kassel) as a prisoner-of war 

20th June 1917 

Killed in Action  

1st Battalion: relieved from the front line near Oppy 

• 19191 Private Thomas BATES ex-14080 Machine Gun Corps, born and resided Bethnal Green [London] (Orchard Dump Cemetery, Arleux-en-Gohelle) 

21st June 1917 

Killed in Action 

8th Battalion: front line near Hulluch 

• 9044 Corporal John Robert CLARK, 32, husband of Sarah of 7 Morris Street, Peterborough (Philosophe British Cemetery, Mazingarbe) 

Died of Wounds  

2nd Battalion 

• 19017 Private Alfred BRITTAIN, 22, born Old Warden, son of A E Brittain of 14 Hartington Street, Bedford (Lijssenthoek Military Cemetery) 

22nd June 1917 

Killed in Action  

8th Battalion: front line near Hulluch, German trench mortars active 

• 39555 Private Albert John CAMP, 26, C Company, ex-M/222316 Army Service Corps, born Stepney [London], resided Manor Park [Essex], son of Peter and Annie Camp of 43 Coleridge Avenue, manor Park, husband of Anna Bella Steel (ex-Camp) of 276 Mortlake Road, Ilford [Essex] (Loos Memorial)  

• 202783 Private Frank Harold JACOBS, 34, born Islington [London], husband of Ethel Mary of Saint Kilda, Oliver Road, Leyton [Essex] (Philosophe British Cemetery, Mazingarbe) 

• 33407 Lance Corporal William Scott LITTLE, 25, ex-24759 Northamptonshire Regiment, son of Robert and Agnes Little of Edinburgh [Midlothian], resided Pitsea [Essex], husband of A L G Reeves (ex-Little) of 13 Ingrebourne Road, Rainham [Essex] (Philosophe British Cemetery, Mazingarbe)  

• 203082 Private Harry LIVOCK, 27, son of Edward and Sarah of 50 Langley Street, Norwich [Norfolk] (Philosophe British Cemetery, Mazingarbe)  

• 15421 Private George WEBSTER, 29, born Kneesworth [Cambridgeshire], son of Emily Mary Webster of Wendy [Cambridgeshire] (Philosophe British Cemetery, Mazingarbe)  

23rd June 1917  

Killed in Action  

2nd Battalion: in camp at Dickebusch with men on working parties 

• 202669 Private Harry Morris MEDCRAFT, 24, born Stanbridge, son of Joseph and Emma Medcraft of 19 Saint Leonard’s Avenue, Bedford (Dickebush New Military Cemetery Extension)  

8th Battalion: front line near Hulluch  

• 40134 Private Edwin George HODGES ex-16046 Essex Regiment born East Ham [Essex], son of Thomas Hodges of 12 Cyprus Place, New Beckton [Essex] (Philosophe British Cemetery, Mazingarbe)  

24th June 1917  

Killed in Action  

8th Battalion: front line near Hulluch, drawing enemy fire during a raid by the neighbouring battalion 

• 33777 Sergeant Robert James BEAUMONT, born Norwich [Norfolk], resided Kempston, husband of B E Newman (ex-Beaumont) of 3 Parker Road, Grays [Essex] (Philosophe British Cemetery, Mazingarbe)  

• 4/7124 Private Alma HILL, born and resided Stoke Newington [London] (Philosophe British Cemetery, Mazingarbe)  

25th June 1917 

Killed in Action  

8th Battalion: front line near Hulluch 

• 39664 Private Harry BOOTH, 19, ex-DM.2.230987 Army Service Corps, son of Alfred and Annie Booth of 31 School Lane, Berry Brow [Yorkshire] (Philosophe British Cemetery, Mazingarbe)  

• 27903 Private George ELLISTON, 39, son of Emily and late James Elliston of Lavenham [Suffolk], born and resided Lavenham, husband of Constance Gertrude of Stows Hill, Cockfield [Suffolk] (Philosophe British Cemetery, Mazingarbe)  

26th June 1917  

Died of Wounds  

8th Battalion 

• 31204 Private Bertie Walter PARKINS, 23, son of W Parkins of 19 Redbourne Road, Hemel Hempstead [Hertfordshire], husband of A M Parkins of 51 Chapel Street, Hemel Hempstead (Béthune Town Cemetery) 

27th June 1917 

Killed in Action  

8th Battalion: in billets near Mazingarbe furnishing working parties at night 

• 28525 Private Ernest ANDREWS, 23, born London, son of Annie Ellen Andrews of 127 George Street, Great Berkhamsted [Hertfordshire] (Philosophe British Cemetery, Mazingarbe)  

• 22066 Private John William BEETON, 22, son of M Beeton of Hitchin [Hertfordshire] (Philosophe British Cemetery, Mazingarbe)  

• 22065 Corporal Ernest COOPER, born Milton Ernest, son of J Cooper of Dropshort, Radwell (Philosophe British Cemetery, Mazingarbe)  

• 202037 Corporal Alfred HUNT, 33, born Earlswood [Warwickshire], son of Richard and Emily Hunt 21 Medlicott Road, Sparkbrook [Warwickshire] (Philosophe British Cemetery, Mazingarbe)  

• 33237 Private Ernest Albert MAYNARD, 27, A Company, ex-27282 Essex Regiment, son of Emma Maynard of Chelmsford Road, Blackmore [Essex] and late George Maynard (Philosophe British Cemetery, Mazingarbe)  

• 27768 Private Arthur MEAD, 36, son of James and Louisa Mead of Clay Hill, Wigginton [Hertfordshire] (Philosophe British Cemetery, Mazingarbe)  

• 202761 Private John MOORE, 19, son of Thomas and Elizabeth Moore of 8 Jackson’s Cottages, High Barnet [Hertfordshire] (Philosophe British Cemetery, Mazingarbe)  

• 33465 Private Alfred William NEWCOMBE, born Marylebone [London] resided Watford [Hertfordshire], son of William Newcombe of 96 Southville, Clapham Common [London] (Philosophe British Cemetery, Mazingarbe)  

• 203055 Private Walter William WICK, husband of E M Wick of Brent Pelham [Hertfordshire] (Philosophe British Cemetery, Mazingarbe)  

Died  

3rd/5th Battalion  

• 203249 Private Harry GREENWOOD, 23, son of Henry Greenwood of 10 Field Road, Ramsey [Huntingdonshire] (Ramsey Cemetery)  

2nd Garrison Battalion 

• Temporary Captain Malcolm Gerald PAWLE, 44, son of F C Pawle of Reigate [Surrey] (Karachi 1914-1918 War Memorial) 

28th June 1917 

Killed in Action  

1st Battalion: successful attack at Oppy Wood 

• 31817 Private George Arthur ALLEN, 19, born Battersea [London], son of George Cecil and Margaret Allen of 8 India Road, Slough [Berkshire] (Arras Memorial)  

• 37585 Private John ANDERSON, born Luton, resided Aston [Warwickshire] (Arras Memorial)  

• 32978 Private Bernard COHEN, ex-80090 Royal Army Medical Corps, born Birmingham [Warwickshire], resided Northampton (Arras Memorial)  

• 28311 Private Walter Augustine DARTFORD, born Dartford [Kent], resided Hackney [London] (Arras Memorial)  

• 8095 Sergeant William FALLA DCM, 31, son of William and Emma Falla of Wood House Street, Ipswich [Suffolk], husband of Ethel of 107 Cemetery Road, Ipswich (Arras Memorial)  

• 203933 Private Horace FENSOME, ex-32186 Suffolk Regiment, born and resided Luton (Orchard Dump Cemetery, Arleux-en-Gohelle) 

• 203932 Private Jabez Arthur FORD, ex-32647 Suffolk Regiment, born and resided Eastbourne [Sussex] (Arras Memorial)  

• 37556 Private Herbert HOWARD, 30, born Hinxworth [Hertfordshire], son of Charley and Constantia Howard of Kinsbourne Green [Hertfordshire] (Arras Memorial)  

• 12784 Private William Frederick HYDE, 24, born Stevington, son of Vashni Hyde of Bromham (Arras Memorial)  

• 31846 Private Herbert William LOVITT, born and resided Saint Neots [Huntingdonshire] (Orchard Dump Cemetery, Arleux-en-Gohelle) 

• 13579 Private Alfred Leonard MAYES, born and resided Welwyn [Hertfordshire] (Arras Memorial)  

• 23248 Private Harry NICHOLLS, 19 born Simpson [Buckinghamshire], son of Harry Samuel and Annie Nicholls of Bury Ware, Lidlington (Arras Memorial)  

• 203947 Private George Reeves PERRIN, ex-225409 Northamptonshire Regiment, born East Grinstead [Sussex] resided Uckfield [Sussex] (Arras Memorial)  

• 31509 Private Wilfred Ernest RENSHAW, born Battersea [London], resided Watford [Hertfordshire] (Orchard Dump Cemetery, Arleux-en-Gohelle) 

• 43449 Corporal John Albert RIMES, 22, D Company, ex-1246 Huntingdonshire Cyclist Battalion, son of Robert James and Janet Rimes of Bridge Street, Farcet [Huntingdonshire] (Arras Memorial)  

• 203957 Private Arthur Gilbert SIMMONDS or SIMMONS, 36, ex-31791 Suffolk Regiment, son of George and Louisa Simmonds or Simmons of 3 Mercer Street, Tunbridge Wells [Kent], husband of Clara of 69 Camden Road, Sevenoaks [Kent] (Arras Memorial)  

• 203962 Private William James SPENCER, ex-225834 Northumberland Fusiliers, born and resided Merton [Surrey] (Orchard Dump Cemetery, Arleux-en-Gohelle) 

• 9183 Acting Company Sergeant Major Walter James SUMMERFIELD DCM, 28, son of Frank and Ellen Summerfield of Wilshamstead, resided Farnham [Surrey] (Orchard Dump Cemetery, Arleux-en-Gohelle) 

2nd Battalion: brigade reserve at English Wood near Dickebusch 

• 202680 Private Sidney Lawrence BAKER, born Westhall [Suffolk], resided Wangford [Suffolk] (Dickebusch New Military Cemetery Extension) 

Died of Wounds  

1st Battalion 

• 3/7830 Private David BENNETT, born Finchley [Middlesex], resided East Finchley [Middlesex] (Cologne Southern Cemetery) died as a prisoner of war 

2nd Battalion 

• 9267 Sergeant Frank BIRD, born and resided Sheering [Essex] (Lijssenthoek Military Cemetery) 

30th June 1917 

Died of Wounds  

1st Battalion 

• 13375 Private Lionel ALTMAN, 18, born Poplar [London], resided Stoke Newington [London], son of Solomon Lewes and Esther Altman of 29 Stamford Hill [London] (Aubigny Communal Cemetery Extension) 

• Lance Corporal Sydney FRANCKLIN of FRANKLIN, 23, born Peterborough, son of William and Ann Francklin or Franklin of Woodstone [Peterborough] (Aubigny Communal Cemetery Extension) 

Died  

1st Garrison Battalion 

• 24863 Private Richard MINGAY, ex-21449 Suffolk Regiment, born and resided Pakenham [Suffolk] (Colombo (Kanatte) General Cemetery)