June 1918

Bedfordshire Regiment Roll of Honour

1st June 1918  

Killed in Action  

1st Battalion: front line near Steenbecque 

• 26331 Private George William JORDAN, 29, son of Alfred and Emma Jordan of High Street, Henlow (Tannay British Cemetery, Thiennes) 

• 33762 Private Ernest NORMAN, 36, husband of Lilian Alice of 68 Hartington Street, Bedford (Tannay British Cemetery, Thiennes) 

4th Battalion: relieved from the front line at Aveluy Wood 

• 16597 Private Frank BALDREY, 24, son of William and Elizabeth Baldrey of High Street, Sandy (Mesnil Communal Cemetery Extension) 

Died of Wounds  

1st Battalion 

• 15736 Lance Corporal Edward Henry ROLPH MM, 33, born Islington [London], resided Kentish Town [London], son of Edward Henry and Eliza Rolph, husband of Ellen Mary of 3 Castle Place, Kentish Town (Aire Communal Cemetery) 

2nd June 1918 

Killed in Action  

4th Battalion: front line near Aveluy Wood 

• 3/7703 Private John WHITE, 32, born Tring [Hertfordshire], son of Henry William and Sarah White of 4 Wright’s Buildings, Saint Albans Road, Watford [Hertfordshire] (Mesnil Communal Cemetery Extension) 

Died of Wounds  

4th Battalion 

• 41737 Private Adam TORRANCE, 33, ex-45828 South Staffordshire Regiment, son of Andrew and Agnes Torrance of Kimberley [Nottinghamshire], resided Long Eaton [Derbyshire], husband of Alice Hardy (ex-Torrance) of 48 Victoria Road, Sandiacre [Nottinghamshire] (Englebelmer Communal Cemetery Extension)  

3rd June 1918 

Killed in Action 

1st Battalion: front line near Steenbecque 

• 23733 Private Ernest COOPER, son of James Cooper of Salford, resided Woburn Sands [Buckinghamshire] (Thiennes British Cemetery) 

• 21858 Private Ernest Ambrose MANN, 20, son of Ambrose and Alice Mann of Norwich [Norfolk] (Thiennes British Cemetery) 

• 30792 Private William PHILLIPS, 22, born Barking [Essex], son of Elizabeth Phillips of Clay Cottage, Beacontree Heath [Essex] (Thiennes British Cemetery) 

• 21262 Private Christopher RADCLIFFE, 25, ex-56207 Royal Field Artillery, resided Ashton-under-Lyne [Lancashire], husband of A Radcliffe of 37 Stamford Street, Stalybridge [Cheshire] (Thiennes British Cemetery) 

• 27700 Private Thomas TAYLOR, 34, son of Thomas and Florence Taylor of 15 Chester Road, Watford [Hertfordshire] (Thiennes British Cemetery) 

4th Battalion: front line near Aveluy Wood 

• 22671 Sergeant Arthur Edward BURR, 20, C Company, son of Lizzie Burr of Clipstone Cottages, Barton-le-Clay and late Arthur Burr (Mesnil Communal Cemetery Extension)  

Died  

1st Garrison Battalion 

• 24722 Private William Edward BREWSTER, 40, ex-5959 Queen’s (Royal West Surrey Regiment), born Battersea [London], son of William Henry and Mary Ann Brewster of 41 Kay Road, Stockwell [London] (Delhi War Cemetery) 

4th June 1918  

Killed in Action  

1st/5th Battalion: struck on the head by a falling bullet near Ras-el-Ain 

• 201304 Private Reginald Stanley LYONS, 20, born Southall [Middlesex], resided Rye Park [Hertfordshire], son of Martha Mary Wetmore (ex-Lyons) of 26 Portman Road, Boscombe [Hampshire] and late George Edmund Lyons (Ramleh War Cemetery) 

6th June 1918 

Died of Wounds  

2nd Battalion 

• 43352 Lance Corporal Albert CLIBBON resided Ware [Hertfordshire] (Ham British Cemetery, Muille-Villette) 

• 203990 Private Arthur Adam PARKER, 20, ex-331072 Cambridgeshire Regiment, son of Frederick and Susan Mary Parker of 1 The Pightle, Haverhill [Suffolk] (Pernois British Cemetery, Halloy-les-Pernois) 

7th June 1918  

Died  

3rd Battalion 

• 20537 Private G Fensome (Bedford Cemetery)  

52nd (Graduated) Battalion 

• TR/9/45203 Private Cyril Gordon WEBB, born and resided Swindon [Wiltshire] (Swindon (Radnor Street) Cemetery) 

9th June 1918 

Died  

Bedfordshire Yeomanry 

• 30901 Private Frank ADAMS, 21, son of William Richard and Sarah Ann Adams of Eaton Ford (Wimereux Communal Cemetery) 

10th June 1918  

Killed in Action  

2nd Battalion: front line near Hénencourt 

• 266717 Private John COOTE, born Grays [Essex], resided Royston [Hertfordshire] (Bouzincourt Ridge Cemetery, Albert) 

• 15453 Private Arthur William EDWARDS, born and resided Fairfield [Hertfordshire] (Bouzincourt Ridge Cemetery, Albert) 

12th June 1918 

Died  

1st Garrison Battalion 

• 24143 Private William Robert BUCKSEY, ex-3/9928 East Surrey Regiment, born Southwark [London], resided Bermondsey [London] (Delhi War Cemetery) 

14th June 1918 

Died of Wounds  

1st Battalion 

• 23431 Private Harry CARTER, 27, B Company, son of Frederick and Mary Ann Carter of Potton (Aire Communal Cemetery) 

• 23706 Private Frederick JONES, 37, son of Frederick and Elizabeth Jones of Roxton, resided Bedford (Aire Communal Cemetery) 

Died  

2nd Battalion 

• 29302 Private William Friday PAYNE, 39, son of William and Elizabeth of Tower Lane, Sidestrand [Norfolk] (Aulnoye Communal Cemetery) 

15th June 1918 

Killed in Action  

1st Battalion: support line near Steenbecque 

• 17842 Private Alfred George STEVENS, 43, son of Jacob and Frances Stevens of The Quay, Saint Ives [Huntingdonshire], resided Vauxhall [London] (Tannay British Cemetery, Thiennes) 

Died  

13th (Transport Worker) Battalion 

• 59909 Private James Edward FULLER, ex-83307 Middlesex Regiment, born Battersea [London], resided Putney [London] (Putney Vale Cemetery and Crematorium) 

16th June 1918 

Died of Wounds  

1st Battalion 

• 21143 Corporal William Beal DIXON, 22, ex-46636 Royal Garrison Artillery, son of Sarah E Dixon of Sunderland [Durham] (Aire Communal Cemetery)  

Bedfordshire Yeomanry  

• 30447 Private George BATES, 25, son of George and Mary Ruth Bates of Grange Mill, Heath and Reach resided Leighton Buzzard (Abbeville Communal Cemetery Extension) 

17th June 1918 

Died of Wounds  

Bedfordshire Yeomanry  

• 31102 Private Arthur DAY, born and resided Ashwell [Hertfordshire] (Abbeville Communal Cemetery Extension) 

18th June 1918 

Died of Wounds  

1st Battalion 

• 3/6527 Sergeant Alfred Edward PAGE, 26, born Clothall [Hertfordshire], son of Frederick and Annie Isaline Page of Baldock [Hertfordshire], resided Baldock, husband of Phullis Annie of 204 Union Street, Maidstone [Kent] (Aire Communal Cemetery) 

19th June 1918  

Died of Wounds  

2nd Battalion 

• 41347 Private John Arthur GARROD, 19, born Blakenham [Suffolk], resided Norwich [Norfolk] son of George and Kate Garrod of 7 Handford Cut, Ipswich [Suffolk] (Berlin South Western Cemetery) as prisoner-of-war  

Died  

1st Battalion 

• 4/7251 Private Alfred SMITH, 38, born Saint Albans [Hertfordshire], resided Aylesbury [Buckinghamshire], son of D Dormer of Hamlet Hill, Roydon [Essex] (Staglieno Cemetery, Genoa) 

21st June 1918 

Killed in Action  

2nd Battalion: front line near Hénencourt 

• 41370 Private Harry Charles PLUMB, 19, son of William and Agnes Plumb of Epping [Essex] (Warloy-Baillon Communal Cemetery Extension) 

• 41527 Private Thomas Henry THORN, 19, son of Samuel Stephen and Sarah Thorn of 10 Denmark Opening, Norwich [Norfolk] (Warloy-Baillon Communal Cemetery Extension) 

• 49209 Private Francis John Henry WALSH, 19, D Company, born Chichester [Sussex], son of F and F Walsh of Broadstairs [Kent] (Warloy-Baillon Communal Cemetery Extension) 

Died of Wounds  

1st Battalion 

• 32256 Lance Corporal Fred RICHARDS, 21, B Company, resided Bedford, son of Charles and Alice Frances Richards of Leaf Road, Eastbourne [Sussex] (Aire Communal Cemetery) 

2nd Battalion 

• 50232 Private Louis David Martin CHITTY, 19, born Ashstead [Surrey], resided East Sheen [Surrey], son of George and Ada Martha Chitty of 93 Clacton Road, Walthamstow [Essex] (Pernois British Cemetery, Halloy-les-Pernois) 

Died  

2nd Garrison Battalion 

• 205593 Private Frederick George RICKETTS, ex-305630 Hampshire Regiment, born and resided Bournemouth [Hampshire] (Delhi Memorial (India Gate), buried Quetta Government Cemetery) 

24th June 1918 

Died 

1st Garrison Battalion 

• 24741 Private Alfred BALLS, 39, ex-20781 Middlesex Regiment, born Edmonton [Middlesex], resided Hornsey [Middlesex] (Agra Cantonment Cemetery)  

25th June 1918 

Killed in Action  

2nd Battalion: relieved from the front line near Hénencourt 

• 20432 Private Ernest ARMITAGE, born Welwyn [Hertfordshire], resided Luton (Warloy-Baillon Communal Cemetery Extension) 

• 21168 Private James KIDD, 24, ex-45460 Royal Garrison Artillery, son of Albert and Janet Kidd of Dysart [Fife] (Warloy-Baillon Communal Cemetery Extension) 

• 33655 Private Charles PERKINS, 20, ex-2004 Bedfordshire Yeomanry, son of Isaac and Rosa Eleanor Perkins of Olney [Buckinghamshire] (Warloy-Baillin Communal Cemetery Extension) 

Died of Wounds  

1st Battalion 

• 15490 Private George SPICER, 24, son of Walter and Annie Spicer of Great Hormead [Hertfordshire] (Thiennes British Cemetery) 

27th June 1918 

Killed in Action  

1st Battalion: killed with Royal Field Artillery on liaison 

• 43059 Lance Sergeant William Thomas DIGHTON or DEIGHTON, ex-1152 Huntingdonshire Cyclists, born and resided Godmanchester [Huntingdonshire] (Tannay British Cemetery, Thiennes) 

29th June 1918  

Died  

2nd Battalion 

• 39779 Private William OLLEY, born and resided Ipswich [Suffolk] (Sarralbe Military Cemetery) 

5th Battalion 

• 3730 Private F YOUNG (Luton Church Burial Ground) 

7th Battalion 

• 20496 Private Edgar SEAR, born and resided Marsworth [Buckinghamshire] (Sarralbe Military Cemetery) 

30th June 1918 

Killed in Action  

2nd Battalion: active operations north-west of Albert  

• 40268 Private Arthur William HANCOCK, 22, ex-5013 Norfolk Regiment, son of Robert Hancock of The Common, East Runton [Norfolk] (Pozieres Memorial)  

• Second Lieutenant George Augustus L'Estrange KERR, 19, son of Rev George William and Frances Isabella Kerr, educated at Merchant Taylor's School, Saint John's College, Oxford and Sandhurst Royal Military Academy (Bouzincourt Ridge Cemetery, Albert) 

• 240856 Private James KIRKHAM, ex-290802 Royal Welch Fusiliers, born and resided Manchester [Lancashire] (Pozieres Memorial)  

• 4/6917 Private Frederick NORRIS, 22, son of George and Elizabeth Norris of 22 Fearnley Street, Watford [Hertfordshire] (Warloy-Baillon Communal Cemetery Extension) 

• 35918 Private Arthur Allen ROW, 26, born Ashbourne [Derbyshire], son of Jephthah Row of 179 Magdalen Street, Colchester [Essex] (Pozieres Memorial)  

• 41997 Private William TURNER, ex-28826 Suffolk Regiment, resided Battersea [London] (Warloy-Baillon Communal Cemetery Extension) 

4th Battalion: front line at Aveluy Wood 

• 49115 Private Edward James SMITH, 19, born Walton [Surrey], son of Thomas and Emily Smith of Stud Farm, Little Preston [Kent] (Louvencourt Military Cemetery) 

Died of Wounds  

1st Battalion 

• 21621 Lance Corporal Victor BLOWERS, 22, ex-13255 Suffolk Regiment, son of Thomas and Mabel Blowers of Kessingland Beach [Suffolk] (Aire Communal Cemetery) 

4th Battalion 

• 41937 Private Leonard WAGNER, born and resided Islington [London] (Saint Sever Cemetery Extension, Rouen)