May 1916

Bedfordshire Regiment Roll of Honour

1st May 1916 

Killed in Action  

1st Battalion: front line near Arras 

• 3/7366 Private Ernest MORGAN, 19, born Dunstable, resided The Haven, Toddington Road, Luton (Faubourg d'Amiens Cemetery, Arras) 

Died of Wounds  

7th Battalion 

• 3/8002 Private Bert Edwin SOMERS, 32, born Bristol, resided 282 Newfoundland Road, Saint Paul's, Bristol (Saint Ouen Communal Cemetery)  

Died  

5th Battalion: a believed suicide, found in a canal at Aylesbury  

• 6572 Private Robert William WEBB, born and resided Huntingdon (Aylesbury Cemetery) 

2nd May 1916  

Killed in Action  

7th Battalion: front line near Carnoy 

• 17514 Private Charles WILSHER MM, born and resided Tewin [Hertfordshire], son of John and Emily Wilsher of 88 Hartley Road, Luton (Carnoy Military Cemetery) 

3rd May 1916 

Died  

3rd Battalion 

• 27002 Private Ernest HOUSDEN, 28, son of Edwin and  Emma Housden of Bury [Huntingdonshire] (Bury Cemetery, Huntingdonshire) 

5th Battalion 

• 3916 Lance Corporal Gilbert HORSLER, 21, son of Henry Thomas and Jane Elizabeth Horsler of Houghton Regis (Houghton Regis Baptist Churchyard) 

4th May 1916 

Killed in Action  

6th Battalion: intense bombardment and a German raid on front line at Monchy-au-Bois 

• 20605 Private John Thomas BISHOP, born Upwood [Huntingdonshire], resided Ramsey [Huntingdonshire], husband of L M Bishop of 18 Askew Row, Swavesey [Cambridgeshire] (Bienvillers Military Cemetery) 

• 16219 Private John BOYCE, born Lambeth [London], husband of E Boyce of 287 City Road, Islington [London] (Bienvillers Military Cemetery) 

• 3/8543 Sergeant Harry George CLARKE, 42, husband of Agnes of 3 College Road, Bedford (Bienvillers Military Cemetery) 

• 17587 Private Stanley COOTE, 21, B Company, born Flamstead [Hertfordshire], son of Abel and J Coote of Annable's Cottages, Kinsbourne Green [Hertfordshire] (Bienvillers Military Cemetery) 

• 12000 Private Frederick George DAVIS, son of J Davis of 3 Springfield Road, Ashford [Middlesex] (Bienvillers Military Cemetery) 

• 19690 Private George FLOATE, born Bangalore [India], resided Rangoon [Burma] (Bienvillers Military Cemetery) 

• 17530 Private Albert Walter LODGE, 19, born High Roding [Essex], son of Mary Ann Lodge of Broomshawbury, Hatfield Broad Oak [Essex] (Bienvillers Military Cemetery) 

• 12026 Sergeant Percy Henry MAWSON, 36, son of Richard and Ann Mawson of Oakly Park, Bromfield [Shropshire] resided Royston [Hertfordshire], husband of Lucy Vipond Mawson of 8 Ivy Road, Bedford (Bienvillers Military Cemetery) 

• 14091 Private John MYERS, 23, born Shephall [Hertfordshire], son of J W Myers of Titmore Green Farm Stevenage [Hertfordshire] (Bienvillers Military Cemetery) 

• 19892 Private Reginald OAKENS, born Potten End [Hertfordshire], son of A Oakens of 8 Frithesden (Bienvillers Military Cemetery) 

• 12114 Private Leslie Cecil SPITTAL, born Oxford, resided Lower Clapton [London], son of Mrs S Spittal of 8 Pelham Road, Wimbledon [Surrey] Bienvillers Military Cemetery) 

• 12661 Private Wallace TYLER born Harrow-on-the-Hill [Middlesex], resided Leyton [Essex] (Bienvillers Military Cemetery) 

• 12311 Private Cyril Percy Alfred VERNON, born Paddington [London], resided Bayswater [London], son of late William Percy Vernon and Elizabeth Maria Watson (ex-Vernon) of Caistor Road, laceby [Lincolnshire] (Bienvillers Military Cemetery) 

• 19001 Private William Thomas WATSON, born King's Cross [London], resided West Ham [Essex], husband of M Sutton (ex-Watson) of 1 Curtis Street, West Ham (Bienvillers Military Cemetery) 

• 14628 Private James William WELCH, 19, son of Joseph and Martha Welch of Mill Green, Essendon [Hertfordshire] (Bienvillers Military Cemetery) 

• 13223 Corporal Arthur Henry WHITE, 23, son of L J White of Whitwell [Yorkshire] (Bienvillers Military Cemetery) 

Died of Wounds  

6th Battalion 

• 12281 Private Philip DAVIES, born and resided Hanley [Staffordshire], brother of J Davies of 56 Kelvin Street, Dalton Brook [Yorkshire] (Saint Amand British Cemetery) 

• 12033 Private George KEEN, born Linslade [Buckinghamshire], resided Leighton Buzzard (Saint Amand British Cemetery) 

• 18215 Private John Robert PALSER, 20, born Islington [London], son of John and Ellen Palser of 18 Somerford Grove, Stoke Newington [London] (Doullens Communal Cemetery Extension No. 1) 

• 19910 Private Alfred SMITH, ex 14375 Essex Regiment, born Boxmoor [Hertfordshire], son of N Smith of 23 Mill Street, Apsley End [Hertfordshire] (Saint Amand British Cemetery) 

• 12139 Private Henry WALKER, 28, born Holborn [London], resided Islington [London], son of Albert and Frances Ann Walker of 49 Northampton Street, Clerkenwell [London] (Doullens Communal Cemetery Extension No. 1) 

8th Battalion 

• 20700 Private Charles William HOBBS born and resided Boxmoor [Hertfordshire] (Lijssenthoek Military Cemetery) 

Died  

6th Battalion 

• 12022 Private William Henry RUSKIN,  born and resided Hertford (Fillievres British Cemetery) 

5th May 1916 

Killed in Action  

6th Battalion: front line at Monchy-au-Bois 

• 14152 Private Henry Amos SELL, 27, born Bassingbourn [Cambridgeshire], son of late Thomas and of Hannah Sell of 6 Ashwell Grove, Upper Edmonton [Middlesex] (Bienvillers Military Cemetery) 

Died of Wounds  

2nd Battalion 

• 4/6392 Private William Thomas BROWN, born Hatfield Broad Oak, [Essex], resided Hockerill [Hertfordshire] (Kensal Green (All Souls) Cemetery) 

6th Battalion 

• 12319 Private Frederick TOWNSEND, 28, son of W and Jane Townsend of Hemel Hempstead [Hertfordshire] (Doullens Communal Cemetery Extension No 1) 

7th Battalion 

• 19118 Private Harry John WARNER, born Lambeth [London], resided Westminster [London] (Saint Pierre Cemetery, Amiens) 

6th May 1916  

Died of Wounds 

6th Battalion 

• 12812 Private Francis CLARKE, 24, born Hertingfordbury [Hertfordshire], son of Frederick and Agnes Clarke of 6 Birch Green, Hertford (Doullens Communal Cemetery Extension No. 1) 

Died 

10th Battalion 

• Temporary Second Lieutenant John Leonard DAWSON, 20, attached 1st/5th Battalion, son of William Charles Dawson of Lima [Peru] and Annie Florence Dawson of 4 Manor Road, Richmond [Surrey], gazetted from the London Scottish (1st/14th Battalion, London Regiment) (Suez War Memorial Cemetery)  

1st Garrison Battalion 

• 24646 Private William Charles STYLES, ex-21033 Middlesex Regiment born Saint Pancras [London] , resided Kentish Town [London] (Delhi War Cemetery) 

7th May 1916  

Died of Wounds 

1st Battalion 

• 3/7248 Private Walter JEFFS, 22, born Stoke Goldington [Buckinghamshire], resided Bedford (Faubourg d'Amiens Cemetery, Arras) 

9th May 1916  

Killed in Action 

1st Battalion: front line near Arras 

• 7384 Sergeant John James FREEMAN, 29, born Saint Pancras [London], son of Thomas Letts and Agnes Freeman, husband of Florence Sarah of 158 Angel Road, Lower Edmonton [Middlesex] (Faubourg d'Amiens Cemetery, Arras) 

Died 

9th Battalion 

• 27578 Private John Lewis BEHAGG, 25, son of George and Mary Ann Behagg of Wood Lane, Forty Foot Bridge, Ramsey Hollow [Huntingdonshire] (Markbeech (Holy Trinity) Churchyard, Hever) 

10th May 1916 

Killed in Action  

1st Battalion: front line near Arras 

• 10331 Private James HAWLEY, born and resided Northampton (Faubourg d'Amiens Cemetery, Arras) 

11th May 1916 

Died of Wounds 

1st Battalion 

• 15476 Private Christopher BYE, 23, born Anstey [Hertfordshire], son of David and Mary Bye of Cave Hall, Wydial [Hertfordshire] (Harbacq Communal Cemetery Extension) 

12th May 1916 

Killed in Action 

2nd Battalion: front line near Maricourt, bombardment 

• 10438 Private Albert George FARNHAM, born and resided Battersea [London] (Cérisy-Gailly Military Cemetery)  

Died of Wounds  

9th Battalion 

• Temporary Second Lieutenant Leslie Croom TELFER, 22, son of Henry John and Emily Telfer of 5 Elgin Court, Maida Vale [London], a native of Saint Albans [Hertfordshire] (Boulogne Eastern Cemetery) 

14th May 1916 

Killed in Action  

2nd Battalion: front line near Maricourt 

• 18754 Private Frederick George KING, born and resided Turvey (Cérisy-Gailly Military Cemetery) 

15th May 1916 

Died  

9th Battalion 

• 28853 Private William Richard KNIGHTS, 26, born Martham [Norfolk], son of Richard and Frances of West Somerton [Norfolk] (Fort Pitt Military Cemetery, Kent) 

16th May 1916 

Died of Wounds  

2nd Battalion 

• 9449 Private Charles Percy FLINT, 24, son of James and Sarah of 25 Burritt Road, Norbiton [Surrey] (Corbie Communal Cemetery Extension) 

Died  

Unknown Battalion 

• 4288 Private W TOTTINGHAM (Luton Church Burial Ground, Crawley Green Road) 

17th May 1916 

Died of Wounds  

8th Battalion 

• 19909 Private Thomas Richard COAKLEY, 26, born and resided Peckham [London] (Wimereux Communal Cemetery) 

18th May 1916 

Died of Wounds 

1st Battalion 

• Lieutenant Reginald Cumberland GREEN, 31, son of brewer John W and Mary A Green of The Larches, Luton (Faubourg d'Amiens Cemetery, Arras) 

19th May 1916 

Killed in Action  

8th Battalion: front line around Yser Canal bank 

• 23112 Private Samuel CLARK, 35, son of James and Ann Clark of Sandon [Hertfordshire] (Essex Farm Cemetery, Ypres) 

• 17468 Private John HANLON, born and resided Widnes [Lancashire] (Essex Farm Cemetery, Ypres) 

Died of Wounds  

8th Battalion 

• 18827 Private Joseph SUMMERFIELD, 36, A Company, born Northill, son of Alfred and Sarah Summerfield of Warden Lane, Ickwell Green (Lijssenthoek Military Cemetery) 

20th May 1916 

Killed in Action  

8th Battalion: front line at Yser Canal bank 

• 20239 Private Charles LEE, born Spalding [Lincolnshire], resided Marston Moretaine (Essex Farm Cemetery, Ypres) 

21st May 1916  

Died  

7th Battalion: drowned whilst bathing near Bray-sur-Somme 

• 15653 Private Frederick Edmund James GROVES, 21, son of Arthur and Dora Annie Groves of 12 Epirns Road, Fulham [London] (Bray Military Cemetery)  

22nd May 1916 

Killed in Action 

8th Battalion: front line at Yser Canal bank 

• 13498 Private Samuel BURTON, born Ramsey Hollow [Huntingdonshire], resided Buckden [Huntingdonshire] (Essex Farm Cemetery, Ypres) 

24th May 1916 

Died 

1st Garrison Battalion 

• 24884 Acting Corporal Percy Reginald RUDDOCK, 20, son of Thomas Alfred and Hannah Ruddock of The Heath, Norton [Suffolk] (Meerut Cantonment Cemetery) 

27th May 1916  

Died 

1st Garrison Battalion 

• 24263 Private John Edward JAMES, 53, born Saint Pancras [London], husband of Emily of 4 Bulstrode Road, Hounslow [Middlesex] (Delhi War Cemetery) 

Bedfordshire Yeomanry 

• 1821 Private Percy SHOTBOLT, 22, son of Walter and Elizabeth Shotbolt of 15 Arthur Street, Ampthill (Ampthill (Saint Andrew) Churchyard) 

30th May 1916  

Killed in Action 

6th Battalion: front line at Monchy-au-Bouis, bombardment 

• 20672 Private Thomas BALDWIN, son of A Baldwin of Walnut Tree Cottage, Farnham [Essex] (Bienvillers Military Cemetery) 

• 12430 Private Arthur Percy TILLEY, born Swindon [Wiltshire], resided Marylebone [London] (Bienvillers Military Cemetery) 

8th Battalion: front line at Yser Canal bank 

• 17476 Private Douglas ENTICKNAP, 19, born Pagham [Sussex], resided Essendon [Hertfordshire], son of Alfred and Ellen Enticknap of Glenirsk, London Colney [Hertfordshire] (Essex Farm Cemetery, Ypres) 

• 15651 Lance Corporal George KIME, 21, son of John and Elizabeth Kime, born and resided Cheshunt [Hertfordshire] (Essex Farm Cemetery, Ypres)