May 1917

Bedfordshire Regiment Roll of Honour

1st May 1917 

Killed in Action  

8th Battalion: front line opposite Cité-Saint-Élie 

• 20050 Private James REED (Philosophe British Cemetery, Mazingarbe) 

• 33213 Private Frank ROGERS, 35, son of James and Maria Rogers of Lawford [Essex] resided Great Bromley [Essex], husband of Florence Alice of Wignall Street, Lawford [Essex] (Philosophe British Cemetery, Mazingarbe) 

• 12488 Private John WOOLSTON, born Kettering [Northamptonshire], husband of E A Woolston of 8 Alpha Square, Olney Street, Walworth [London] (Philosophe British Cemetery, Mazingarbe) 

Died of Wounds  

1st Battalion 

• 9708 Acting Lance Corporal Charles Edward ANDREWS, 24, son of E M Andrews of 79 Church Lane, Mill End, Rickmansworth [Hertfordshire] (Boulogne Eastern Cemetery) 

2nd Battalion 

• 19568 Private Arthur BARRETT, born Thorpe [Northamptonshire], resided Stanground [Huntingdonshire] (Warlincourt Halte British Cemetery, Saulty) 

4th Battalion 

• 30996 Private Ambrose GOLDING, born and resided Cromer [Norfolk] (Aubigny Communal Cemetery Extension) 

8th Battalion 

• 33523 Private Bertram BLOY, 29, son of William and R Bloy of Litcham [Norfolk] (Béthune Town Cemetery) 

2nd May 1917 

Died of Wounds  

1st Battalion 

• 33625 Private Charles EATON, 28, ex-2490 Bedfordshire Yeomanry, son of Charles and Rose Emm Eaton of Sandy, husband of Sarah Jane of Saint Neots Road, Sandy (Bruay Communal Cemetery Extension) 

Died 

2nd Garrison Battalion 

• 35179 Sergeant John Richard EVANS, ex-9767 Worcestershire Regiment, born Manchester [Lancashire], resided Leicester (Hollybrook Memorial, Southampton) lost at sea 

3rd May 1917 

Killed in Action  

3rd Battalion: Battle of Arras: 7th Battalion unsuccessful attack on Chérisy 

• Temporary Second Lieutenant Lionel George ANGAS, 27, attached 7th Battalion, son of George Sample and Charlotte Gertrude Angas of 11 Winchester Road, Highgate [London], born Enfield [Middlesex]; BA (London) and a civil servant (Arras Memorial) 

• Temporary Second Lieutenant Chester Bishop KYDD, 19, attached 7th Battalion, son of Dr J G A and Jessie Bishop Kydd of Shantallagh, Coleraine [Londonderry], born Leavenworth [Kansas] (Arras Memorial) 

7th Battalion: Battle of Arras:  unsuccessful attack on Chérisy 

• 30849 Private Edward ANSTIE or ANSTEE, 35, husband of Louisa of 17 Cowper Street, Luton (Arras Memorial)  

• 31166 Private Charles Frederick ARMER, 39, born Netteswell Cross [Essex], husband of A M Armer of 77 Surbiton Road, Ipswich [Suffolk] (Arras Memorial)  

• 17156 Sergeant William BANWELL, born Tilsworth, resided Heath and Reach (Arras Memorial)  

• 33559 Sergeant Thomas Edward BARKER, ex-20702 Northamptonshire Regiment, born and resided Northampton (Arras Memorial)  

• 15339 Corporal William George BASS, 21, son of Samuel G and Kate Bass of Stanley Cottages, Westoning (Arras Memorial)  

• 15044 Sergeant Frank William BAYFORD MM, 22, son of Emily Bayford of Little Hallingbury [Essex] (Arras Memorial)  

• 30861 Private George Henry BLOTT, born and resided Farcet [Huntingdonshire] (Arras Memorial)  

• 40518 Private Joseph BOURNE, ex-29021 Essex Regiment, born and resided Matfield [Kent] (Arras Memorial)  

• 23292 Private Ernest BRAND, 31, son of Charles and Liza Brand of 16 Parkhurst Road, Bengeo [Hertfordshire], husband of Martha of 6 Cadmore Lane, Cheshunt [Hertfordshire] (Arras Memorial)  

• 16176 Company Sergeant Major Richard Morris BRAND DCM MM, born and resided Hertford (Arras Memorial)  

• 17651 Private Alfred Samuel BREESE, born and resided Birmingham [Warwickshire] (Arras Memorial)  

• 201555 Private William John BRUNT, born Haynes, resided Shefford (Arras Memorial)  

• Temporary Captain Wilfred Herbert BULL (Cérisy-Gailly French National Cemetery) 

• 30928 Private Claude Hilton CALVER, 28, born Pakenham [Suffolk], husband of Lilian of 14 Golden Noble Hill, Colchester [Essex] (Arras Memorial)  

• 23758 Private Frederick CHAPMAN, born Towersey [Buckinghamshire], resided Marston Moretaine (Arras Memorial)  

• 26764 Private Sydney CHURCH, 22, son of William Thomas and Elizabeth Church of London Road, Bozeat [Northamptonshire] (Arras Memorial)  

• 14149 Private Albert John CLAPHAM, 37, B Company, born and resided Bengeo [Hertfordshire], son of James and Emma Clapham of Waterford Common, Hertford (Arras Memorial)  

• 15703 Sergeant Harry Albert CLARKE MM, born Hertingfordbury [Hertfordshire], resided Hertford (Arras Memorial)  

• 40531 Private Edward CRAWFORD, 39, ex-29101 Essex Regiment, born and resided Marsham [Norfolk], son of Robert and Elizabeth Crawford of 23 Brome [Suffolk], husband of Emma Jane of Brooke Terrace, Coltishall [Norfolk] (Arras Memorial)  

• 16945 Lance Corporal Frederick CRAWLEY, 25, son of Frank Crawley of London Road, Sandy (Arras Memorial)  

• 19873 Private George DAY, 35, born Wood Walton [Huntingdonshire] (Arras Memorial)  

• 19764 Lance Corporal Anthony DUNN, born Kildare [Kildare], resided Lambeth [London] (Arras Memorial)  

• 15373 Private Henry James FLETCHER, 21, born Greenwich [London], son of H J and Clara E Fletcher of 3 Vicarage Lane, Dunton Green, Sevenoaks [Kent] (Arras Memorial)  

• 26143 Private Sacchariah Oscar GENTRY, 24, C Company, son of Emma Gentry of Dyers Lane, Assington [Suffolk] (Arras Memorial)  

• 33540 Lance Sergeant Stanley Oswyn GEORGE, 28, ex-22688 Northamptonshire Regiment, son of Owen and Mary George of The Square, Raunds [Northamptonshire]; husband of Sarah Hannah of 3 Park Road, Raunds (Arras Memorial)  

• 40536 Private Arthur James GOLDFINCH, 39, A Company, ex-29056 Essex Regiment, born Willesborough [Kent], resided Sheerness [Kent], son of Robert Goldfinch of The Cottage, Prospect Hill, Herne Bay [Kent], husband of Alice C E of 64 Broad Street, Sheerness [(Arras Memorial)  

• 19203 Private Horace HARDING, born Hemel Hempstead [Hertfordshire], resided Watford [Hertfordshire] (Arras Memorial)  

• 29849 Private Ernest HAWES, 32, son of William and Fanny Hawes, husband of Jane Elizabeth of 26 College Place, Saint Albans [Hertfordshire] (Arras Memorial)  

• 29474 Private Ralph HIGBY, 19, son of William Walter and Ellen Elizabeth Higby of 50 High Street, Raunds [Northamptonshire] (Arras Memorial)  

• 20841 Private Joseph HOSIER, 27, son of late Joseph and Mary Ann Hosier of Bury Road, Hemel Hempstead [Hertfordshire], resided Two Waters [Hertfordshire]; husband of Ethel May Hunt (ex-Hosier) (Arras Memorial)  

• 14804 Private Edwin Frederick HUCKLE, born and resided Sandy (Cuckoo Passage Cemetery, Héninel) 

• 14737 Private George HUTCHIN, 32, son of late Elizabeth Hutchin, born and resided Bishop's Stortford [Hertfordshire] (Arras Memorial)  

• 15047 Private Ernest Frank KINGHAM MM, born and resided Harpenden [Hertfordshire] (Arras Memorial)  

• 17503 Private Thomas LANCASTER, 21, son of John and Sarah Lancaster of West End, Cranfield (Arras Memorial)  

• Temporary Second Lieutenant Edward Saint Hilary LINGWOOD, 24, son of Edward Thomas and Alice Mary Lingwood of Westleton [Suffolk] (Arras Memorial) 

• 23583 Private Albert George LOWE, 20, son of A Lowe of 15 Saint John’s Road, Mogerhanger (Arras Memorial)  

• 14577 Private John MANSFIELD, 30, born Little Berkhamsted [Hertfordshire], resided Hertford (Arras Memorial)  

• 3/7947 Private Alfred MEAD, 32, born Great Gaddesden [Hertfordshire], resided Little Gaddesden [Hertfordshire], son of William and Elizabeth Mead of 13 Saint Margaret’s, Hemel Hempstead [Hertfordshire]; husband of Isabella J of 1 Little Gaddesden (Arras Memorial)  

• 40523 Private Edmund MORTIMER, ex-29089 Essex Regiment, born Easton [Norfolk], resided East Dereham [Norfolk] (Arras Memorial)  

• 43322 Private George MUTCH, 23, ex-27755 Manchester Regiment, born Stockport [Cheshire]. Son of James Mutch of 83 Lord Street, Dukinfield [Cheshire] (Cabaret-Rouge British Cemetery, Souchez) 

• 43270 Lance Corporal Herbert ODELL, born and resided Goldington (Arras Memorial)  

• 26375 Private Albert OSBORNE or OSBORN, 22, born and resided Ickleford [Hertfordshire], son of A T Osborn or Osborne of Upper Green, Letcheford [Hertfordshire] (Arras Memorial)  

• 10116 Private William Alfred PACKHAM, 24, son of Alfred Richard and Emily Amelia Packham of 86 Danbrook Road, Streatham [London] (Arras Memorial)  

• 23015 Private Raymond Cyril PEARCE, born and resided Saint Albans [Hertfordshire] (Arras Memorial)  

• 20832 Private William RACHER, born and resided Bassingbourn [Cambridgeshire] (Arras Memorial)  

• 31176 Private Leslie Thomas REEVE, born and resided Lowestoft [Suffolk] (Arras Memorial)  

• 30618 Private Charles William SADDINGTON, born and resided Eynesbury [Huntingdonshire] (Arras Memorial)  

• 23288 Private John Ernest SAMMONS, 25, born Whittlesey [Cambridgeshire], son of John Sammons of Bury [Huntingdonshire] (Arras Memorial)  

• 13328 Lance Corporal Edward SHORT, 29, born Houghton Regis, son of Thomas and Elizabeth Short of 48 Capron Road, Dunstable (Arras Memorial)  

• 14519 Corporal Edward Thomas SMITH, 19, son of E E Smith of 37 Rumbold Road, Rye Park [Hertfordshire] (Arras Memorial)  

• 10750 Lance Corporal George Henry SMITH, born and resided Bath [Somerset] (Arras Memorial)  

• 22714 Private James SMITH, 18, born Caddington, resided Arlesey, son of Aaron and Susan Smith of 9 Luton Road, Markyate [Hertfordshire] (Arras Memorial)  

• 25813 Private Fred SOUTHGATE, 19, born and resided Harwich [Essex], son of John Southgate of 1 Hill Cottage, Station Lane, Dovercourt Bay [Essex] (Arras Memorial)  

• 14850 Sergeant Henry Joseph STONE, 27, son of Albert James and Georgiana Stone of Frampton Cotterell [Gloucestershire] (Arras Memorial)  

• 30601 Private George SUMMERLIN, born and resided Luton (Arras Memorial)  

• 15341 Lance Corporal Charles TAYLOR, born Yeovil [Somerset], resided Swanley Junction [Kent] (Arras Memorial)  

• 43363 Private Walter TEBBUTT, ex-18293 Northamptonshire Regiment, born and resided Northampton (Arras Memorial)  

• 30619 Private Charles TOKENS, born Saint Neots [Huntingdonshire], resided Eynesbury [Huntingdonshire] (Arras Memorial)  

• 31254 Private William George TOMPKINS, 39, born Dunstable, husband of Laura Rose of 21 Clarendon Road, Hornsey [Middlesex] (Arras Memorial)  

• 3/7607 Lance Corporal George TROTT MM, 34, son of late Jophis and Rose Trott, husband of Bertha of 33 Ramridge End Road, Round Green, Luton (Arras Memorial) 

• 25959 Lance Corporal Maurice TRUNDLE, born White Roding [Essex], resided Ware [Hertfordshire] (Arras Memorial)  

• 12957 Private Leonard Arthur TYE, 21, born Caston [Norfolk], brother of R W Tye of 248 Ley Street, Ilford [Essex], previousy wounded in 1916 (Arras Memorial)  

• 15502 Private George Laurance VASSAR, born Hammersmith [London], son of  T H and E Vassar of 68 Ormeley Road, Balham [London] (Cuckoo Passage Cemetery, Héninel) 

• 19164 Private Charles WAITE, 25, son of Richard Walter and Elizabeth Jane Waite of 65 Southeron Road, Watford [Hertfordshire] (Arras Memorial)  

• 25167 Private Fred WHITTLE, born Northampton, resided Kingsthorpe [Northamptonshire] (Arras Memorial)  

• 29301 Private Robert Noah WILBY, born and resided North Elmham [Norfolk] (Arras Memorial)  

• 15553 Corporal James WINTERBOURNE MM, 21, born and resided Tewin [Hertfordshire], son of James and Florence Winterbourne of 31 Judge Street, Watford [Hertfordshire] (Arras Memorial)  

• 40512 Private James Thomas WOOD, 40, ex-29006 Essex Regiment born Chatham [Kent], resided Dover [Kent]; son of George and Emily Wood, husband of Matilda Emily of Saint James’ Parish Hall, Dover (Arras Memorial)  

9th Battalion  

• Temporary Second Lieutenant Gridland John LUSCOMBE, 19, attached 7th Battalion, son of J and I E Luscombe of Ugborough [Devon] (Arras Memorial)  

Died of Wounds  

3rd Battalion 

• Lieutenant Percival Frank HART, attached 1st Battalion (Wimereux Communal Cemetery) 

4th Battalion 

• 35964 Private Isaac William THOMPSON, 30, son of William Thompson of Gladstone Street, Peterborough; husband of Eva G of The Limes, 2 Buckle Street, Peterborough (Boulogne Eastern Cemetery) 

7th Battalion 

• 3/7785 Private John BODDY, born Middlesborough [Yorkshire], resided Stockton-on-Tees [Durham] (Bucquoy Road Cemetery, Ficheux) 

• 14707 Private Joseph CORKETT, born and resided Hitchin [Hertfordshire] (Bucquoy Road Cemetery, Ficheux) 

• 16287 Private Charles COSTER, son of late Charles Coster of Watford [Hertfordshire] (Bucquoy Cemetery, Ficheux) 

• 19845 Private Edward Henry WILES MM, 24, son of Ezra and Deborah Wiles of Ravensden (Étaples Military Cemetery) 

Died  

3rd Battalion 

• Acting Major Charles Alan Smith MORRIS, 21, son of Charles Smith and Maud Mary Morris of Llandaff House [Glamorgan], born Bridgend [Glamorgan], attached 1st Battalion, died as a prisoner-of-war (Point-du-Jour Military Cemetery, Athies) 

2nd Garrison Battalion 

• 37645 Private John George Roots HARRIS, 30, son of James Chittenden and Fanny Harris of 23 Knightrider Street, Maidstone [Kent], resided Tonbridge [Kent]; husband of Maud Albinia Mallinson (ex-Harris) of 52 Harrowby Road, Grantham [Lincolnshire] (Hollybrook Memorial, Southampton) lost at sea 

• 35206 Private William WESTWOOD, ex-24028 Essex Regiment, born Woodford [Essex], resided Woodford Green [Essex] (Hollybrook Memorial, Southampton) lost at sea 

4th May 1917 

Killed in Action  

7th Battalion: Battle of Arras: relieved from trenches at Chérisy 

• 12606 Private Guy DENNY, born Dulwich [London], resided Honor Oak [London] (Arras Memorial)   

Died of Wounds  

6th Battalion 

• 32151 Private Archie Walter PATTEN, 24, son of Alfred and Mary E Patten of 109 Ash Road, Luton (Étaples Military Cemetery) 

7th Battalion 

• 16576 Corporal Archibald ASHFORD, born and resided Little Paxton [Huntingdonshire] (Bucquoy Road Cemetery, Ficheux) 

• 31067 Private John WILLIAMS born Deal [Kent] (Arras Memorial)  

5th May 1917 

Died of Wounds  

4th Battalion 

• 31150 Private William Frederick DEW, 43, son of William and Annie Dew of 43 Salisbury Road, High Barnet [Hertfordshire], resided High Barnet; husband of Sarah of 15 Bow Lane, North Finchley [Middlesex] (Étaples Military Cemetery) 

8th Battalion 

• 33256 Private Louis COLLIS, 32, ex-30443 Essex Regiment, born Cheam [Surrey] resided Peaslake [Surrey]; husband of Emily of 6 Tannery Cottages, Gomshall [Surrey] (Lillers Communal Cemetery)  

Died  

6th Battalion 

• 39585 Private John Wheatley MILNES ex-DM/2/232055 Army Service Corps, 26, born and resided Scarborough [Yorkshire] (Calais Southern Cemetery) 

51st (Graduated) Battalion  

• TR/9/2604 Private Ernest George SMITH, 18, son of John and Hannah Smith of Park Lane, Herongate [Essex] (Dovercourt (All Saints) churchyard) 

2nd Garrison Battalion 

• 35281 Private Florence Edward ELLWOOD, 32, ex-15428 Norfolk Regiment, son of William and Hannah Ellwood of Langham Blakeney [Norfolk] (Hollybrook Memorial, Southampton) lost at sea 

6th May 1917 

Died of Wounds  

7th Battalion 

• 15500 Lance Corporal Albert COSGROVE, 29, born Nottingham, son of James and Elizabeth Cosgrove of 85 Birstall Street, Leicester (Bucquoy Road Cemetery, Ficheux)  

8th Battalion 

• 40106 Private George CUNDALL, 27, ex-3903 Essex Regiment, born and resided Bishop's Stortford [Hertfordshire] (Bishop’s Stortford Old Cemetery) 

Died  

12th (Transport Worker) Battalion 

• 38985 Private Frank ALLEN, 40, ex-9027 Royal Sussex Regiment, son of Thomas Beacon Allen of Lewes [Sussex] (Croydon (Queen’s Road) Cemetery) 

2nd Garrison Battalion 

• 37245 Private George FARRANT, born Brighton [Sussex], resided Worthing [Sussex] (Kirkee 1914-1918 Memorial - Poona) – grave in Bombay (Sewri) Cemetery, exhumed and buried in mass grave at Kirkee 1962 

• 35378 Private John MAGUIRE ex-19389 Loyal North Lancashire Regiment, born and resided Haydock [Lancashire] (Hollybrook Memorial, Southampton) lost at sea 

7th May 1917  

Died of Wounds  

1st Battalion 

• 19836 Lance Corporal William Herbert SMITH, born New Barnet [Hertfordshire], resided Stevenage [Hertfordshire] (Boulogne Eastern Cemetery)  

4th Battalion 

• 40580 Private Charles BUSH, 31, ex-29839 Northamptonshire Regiment, born and resided Halstead [Essex], son of M Bush of 4 Hill Street, Ipswich [Suffolk] (Étaples Military Cemetery) 

8th Battalion 

• 33480 Lance Corporal Edmund HIGH, 23, son of James and Mary High of Cross Street, Salthouse [Norfolk], resided West Runton [Norfolk] (Longuenesse (Saint-Omer) Souvenir Cemetery) 

8th May 1917 

Died of Wounds  

1st Battalion 

• Second Lieutenant John Titcombe RYDE, attached 12th Battalion, Gloucestershire Regiment (Arras Memorial) 

6th Battalion 

• 18858 Private Thomas John ANDREWS, born Steeple Claydon [Buckinghamshire], resided Westoning (Westoning (Saint Mary Magdalene) church cemetery) 

8th Battalion 

• 16409 Sergeant Albert William RUMBOLD, 34, born Saint Albans [Hertfordshire], son of Albert and Caroline Rumbold of Bushey [Hertfordshire] (Noeux-les-Mines Communal Cemetery) 

Died  

52nd (Graduated) Battalion 

• TR/9/6010 Private Albert WEST, 18, son of A West of Hookland Farm, Redford [Kent] (Dovercourt (All Saints) churchyard) 

9th May 1917 

Died of Wounds  

2nd Battalion 

• 43455 Private Robert NANSON MM, 30, ex-8089 Loyal North Lancashire Regiment, husband of Francis E of 10 Walker Street, Askham-in-Furness [Lancashire] (Arras Memorial)   

6th Battalion  

• 32209 Private Walter Ernest BOSKETT, 38, resided Luton, son of Joseph and Clara Boskett of Dunstable; husband of Maud of 19 Warwick Road, Luton (Douai Communal Cemetery) died as a prisoner-of war  

Died  

4th Battalion 

• 27608 Private Albert Gordon EDMUNDS, 33, son of W H and Elizabeth Ann Edmunds of 27 Council Houses, Station Road, Langford (Langford (Saint Andrew) churchyard) 

10th May 1917 

Died of Wounds  

1st Battalion 

• 32968 Private Richard COOK, 25, ex-8807 Queen's (Royal West Surrey Regiment) born Shadwell [London] resided Barking [Essex], husband of Florence Edith of 27 Gedling Street, Bermondsey [London] (Wimereux Communal Cemetery) 

6th Battalion 

• 32110 Private Albert Henry DOBBS, son of George and Ann Dobbs of Harlesden [Middlesex], resided Boreham Wood [Hertfordshire] (Wimereux Communal Cemetery) 

8th Battalion 

• 33542 Lance Corporal Reginald James BUTLER, 22, A Company, ex-22645 Northamptonshire Regiment, son of Ada J Butler of 15 Victoria Road, Northampton (Calais Southern Cemetery) 

12th May 1917 

Died of Wounds  

1st Battalion 

• 18184 Private James William BARTRAM, 31, born and resided Kempston (Boulogne Eastern Cemetery) 

7th Battalion 

• 13966 Private John WATTS, 34, born Kensal Rise [London], husband of Florence E of 7 Woodstock Road, Shepherd's Bush [London]; son of James Watts (Hammersmith Old Cemetery) 

8th Battalion 

• 40154 Private George Frank DORLING, 33, ex-28270 Essex Regiment, born and resided Cockfield [Suffolk] (Cockfield (Saint Peter) churchyard) 

Died  

3rd Battalion 

• 37194 Private Walter Charles CAMBERS, 19, son of C H Cambers of Church End, Ravensden (Colchester Cemetery) 

1st Garrison Battalion 

• 24793 Private William Arthur FROST, ex-19372 Norfolk Regiment, born Saint Barnabas [Norfolk] resided Norwich [Norfolk] (Delhi War Cemetery) 

13th May 1917  

Killed in Action  

7th Battalion: Battle of Arras: front line near Neuville-Vitasse 

• 12795 Private S Thomas BROOKS, born and resided Kempston (London Cemetery, Neuville-Vitasse) 

8th Battalion: front line near Hulluch 

• 22833 Private Herbert DEIGHTON, 21, D Company, son of Sarah Ann Deighton of Chapel Row, Ellington [Huntingdonshire] and late Joseph Deighton (Philosophe British Cemetery, Mazingarbe) 

Died of Wounds  

1st/5th Battalion 

• 200870 Private George PRATT, 19, born Luton, son of Sophia Pratt of Pyne Cottages, Chalton, Toddington and late William Pratt (Deir el Belah War Cemetery, Palestine) 

Died  

6th Battalion 

• 15602 Corporal E DRURY, son of Robert and Sarah Drury of 68 Station Road, Harpenden [Hertfordshire] (Harpenden (Saint Nicholas) churchyard) 

14th May 1917  

Killed in Action  

1st Battalion: battle of Arras: front line near Arleux-en-Gohelle 

• 3/6620 Private Albert Charles SMITH, born and resided Luton (Arras Memorial)  

Died of Wounds  

7th Battalion 

• 13944 Private Noah FAULKNER, 31, son of Frederick and Rosina Faulkner; husband of Edith of Stanford (Mont Huon Military Cemetery, le Treport) 

15th May 1917  

Died of Wounds  

4th Battalion 

• 30829 Private William SCOTNEY, 37, husband of Mary E of High Street, Elton [Northamptonshire] (Duisans British Cemetery, Étrun) 

Died  

Depot 

• 23562 Private Martin BRYAN resided Hemel Hempstead [Hertfordshire] (Kempston Cemetery) 

16th May 1917 

Killed in Action  

1st Battalion: Battle of Arras: front line near Arleux-en-Gohelle 

• 20956 Private Walter SKINNER, 28, born Sandy, son of Walter and Naomi Skinner of Beeston Green (Duisans British Cemetery, Étrun) 

Died of Wounds 

6th Battalion 

• 33071 Private William Albert Charles PAGE, 19, born Leighton Buzzard, resided Bedford, son of Albert and Annie Page of 73 High Street, Newport Pagnell [Buckinghamshire] (Étaples Military Cemetery) 

Died  

Depot 

• 22220 Private Albert WATLING, 37, born Bow [London], resided Waltham Cross [Hertfordshire], son of Harley and Annie Eliza Watling of Oak House, Enfield Highway [Middlesex], husband of Ethel E Mallpress (ex-Watling) of 1 Ryde Villa, Saint Mary Cray [Kent] (Edinburgh (Comely Bank) Cemetery)  

4th Battalion 

• 23749 Private Bertie Edward Malkin JOHNSON, 25, son of H Johnson of The Green, Creaton [Northamptonshire], resided Souldrop (Great Creaton (Saint Michael) churchyard) 

17th May 1917  

Killed in Action 

1st Battalion: Battle of Arras: front line near Arleux-en-Gohelle 

• 18607 Private John Huckle or Hucklesby BAKER, 34, husband of Elizabeth A of Leighton Road, Toddington (Orchard Dump Cemetery, Arleux-en-Gohelle) 

• 32010 Corporal Reginald Arthur SAWFORD, 21, son of Charles and Charlotte Ellen Sawford of 60 Shortlands Road, Kingston-upon-Thames [Surrey] Watford [Hertfordshire] (Orchard Dump Cemetery, Arleux-en-Gohelle) 

Died of Wounds  

7th Battalion 

• Temporary Second Lieutenant Sidney Charles TREMEER, 28, son of Charles George and Eleanor Agnes Tremeer of Chiswick [Middlesex] (Mount Huon Military Cemetery, le Treport) 

18th May 1917  

Died of Wounds  

8th Battalion 

• 33785 Private William James Alfred BELL, 35, born Finchley [Middlesex], resided Radlett [Hertfordshire], son of Walter Bell of Barnet [Hertfordshire] (Calais Southern Cemetery) 

19th May 1917 

Killed in Action  

1st Battalion: Battle of Arras: front line near Arleux-en-Gohelle 

• 3/7044 Sergeant David SIMPKINS, born and resided Barton-le-Clay (Bois-Carré British Cemetery, Thélus) 

Died of Wounds  

8th Battalion 

• 40233 Private Alfred COOPER, ex-5089 Norfolk Regiment, born and resided Norwich [Norfolk] (Longuenesse (Saint-Omer) Souvenir Cemetery) 

20th May 1917 

Died of Wounds  

1st Battalion 

• 27831 Corporal Frederick CLARK, 24, son of George and Fanny Clark of High Street, Langford (Duisans British Cemetery, Étrun) 

7th Battalion 

• 17559 Private Frederick Cecil ABRAHAMS son of John and Alice Abrahams of Lambeth [London], resided South Lambeth [London] (Mont Huon Military Cemetery, le Tréport)

21st May 1917 

Killed in Action  

6th Battalion: Battle of Arras: support trenches near the River Cojeul, heavy enemy shelling 

• 17782 Lance Corporal William DRAPER, 22, born Wilden, resided Thurleigh, son of Fred and Elizabeth Draper of Bridge End, Carlton (Tank Cemetery, Guemappe) 

• 13821 Corporal George SHARP, 32, born Hitchin [Hertfordshire], husband of Sarah of Glenview, 20 Putters way, Hitchin (Tank Cemetery, Guemappe) 

8th Battalion: front line trenches near Hulluch 

• 39634 Private Willie WOODS, husband of C E Woods of 49 Bury Road, Hemel Hempstead [Hertfordshire] (Philosophe British Cemetery, Mazingarbe) 

Died of Wounds  

1st Battalion 

• 20739 Private George HAYDEN, 20, son of William and Alice Hayden of Mill Lane, Bassingbourn [Cambridgeshire] (Calais Southern Cemetery) 

4th Battalion 

• 43050 Private Raymond Frederick LOOP, ex-1075 Huntingdonshire Cyclist Battalion, born East Ruston [Norfolk], resided Great Stukeley [Huntingdonshire], son of Thomas Loop of 7 Broadway Avenue, Saint Margaret’s, Twickenham [Surrey] (Duisans British Cemetery, Étrun)

6th Battalion 

• 28277 Private John BREWER, resided Shillington (London Cemetery, Neuville-Vitasse) 

22nd May 1917  

Killed in Action 

6th Battalion: Battle of Arras: support trenches near the River Cojeul, very heavy shelling 

• 204244 Lance Corporal Edwin John CURLE, born Camberwell [London], resided Bow [London] (Tank Cemetery, Guemappe) 

• 29176 Private Arthur Philip GEORGE, 41, born Witton [Norfolk], son of Philip and Anna Maria of Little Plumstead [Norfolk] (Tank Cemetery, Guemappe) 

• 204266 Private Thomas MURRAY, born Birmingham [Warwickshire], resided Leagrave (Tank Cemetery, Guemappe) 

• 28043 Private Percy John PESTELL, 28, son of G Pestell of 11 Saint Mary’s Terrace, Newtown, Huntingdon, husband of Maud of Church Street, Shillington (Tank Cemetery, Guemappe) 

• 33580 Private John Robert WILLFORD, 19, ex-27642 Northamptonshire Regiment, born Northampton, son of G Willford of 81 Cambridge Street, Semilong [Northamptonshire] (Tank Cemetery, Guemappe) 

Died of Wounds  

8th Battalion 

• 27571 Private Henry Harry ROBERTS, born and resided Harpenden [Hertfordshire] (Béthune Town Cemetery)  

Died  

52nd (Graduated) Battalion 

• TR/9/6057 Private Edward Richard CORKE born and resided Bexhill [Sussex] (Dovercourt (All Saints) churchyard) 

23rd May 1917  

Killed in Action  

4th Battalion: Battle of Arras: digging a support trench at night 

• 204413 Private Christopher Henry GOUGH, son of C F Gough of 2 Ridgeway Road, Redhill [Surrey] (Albuera Cemetery, Bailleul-sire-Bertholt) 

6th Battalion: Battle of Arras: support trenches near the River Cojeul 

• 25189 Private Harry GRUMMITT resided Biggleswade (Arras Memorial)  

• 204255 Private Stanley Victor LAMB, 19, born Lexden [Essex], son of James E and Katherine Lamb of 18 Burlington Road, Colchester [Essex] (Arras Memorial)  

• 204240 Private Charles PAINE, born Ashford [Kent], resided Folkestone [Kent] (Tank Cemetery, Guemappe) 

• 39469 Private Oliver Blake REEVES, 25, ex-5420 Army Pay Corps, son of Henry William and Jane Reeves of 338 High Road, Willesden [Middlesex]  (Tank Cemetery, Guemappe) 

• 37879 Private Stanley Morgan THOMAS, 20, son of W Sidney Thomas of 11 Canadian Avenue, Catford [London] (Arras Memorial)  

24th May 1917 

Died of Wounds  

4th Battalion 

• 23606 Private Arthur William HOUSDEN, 23, son of Albert William and Lilla Housden of Biggleswade, resided Luton (Étaples Military Cemetery) 

6th Battalion 

• 26629 Private John JOBSON, 26, son of William and Eliza Jobson of Sand Street, Soham [Cambridgeshire] (Arras Memorial)  

25th May 1917  

Died of Wounds  

4th Battalion 

• 23433 Private Walter RISEBERO, 22, son of Reuben and Betsy Risebero of 1 Saint Peter’s Cottages, New Town, Hatfield [Hertfordshire] (Aubigny Communal Cemetery Extension)  

8th Battalion 

• 15485 Private Albert STACEY, 28, son of Frederick and Mary Jane Stacey of The Cross, Bassingbourn [Cambridgeshire] (Lillers Communal Cemetery) 

26th May 1917  

Killed in Action  

6th Battalion: Battle of Arras: front line near the River Cojeul 

• 43215 Lance Corporal John Robert RUDDICK, 21, ex-1416 Essex Regiment, born Old Ford [London], resided East Ham [Essex], son of John Robert and Ellen Eliza Ruddick of 122 Geere Road, West Ham [Essex] (Arras Memorial)  

Died of Wounds  

8th Battalion 

• 40138 Private John STRINGER MM, 29, ex-28735 Essex Regiment, born Ilford [Essex], resided South Woodford [Essex], husband of J Stringer of 17 High Street, Barkingside [Essex] (Boulogne Eastern Cemetery) 

Died  

6th Battalion 

• 35942 Private Jonas FREEMAN, husband of Annie of Queen’s Head, Hadstock [Essex] (Duisans British Cemetery, Étrun) 

27th May 1917  

Killed in Action  

4th Battalion: Battle of Arras: front line near Gavrelle 

• 204378 Private Henry Robert AUSTIN, 29, husband of Ellen of 4 Salisbury Cottages, Roden Street, Ilford [Essex] (Arras Memorial)   

6th Battalion: front line near the River Cojeul 

• 15250 Private William Freeman BUTTON, 22, C Company, born Belgravia [London], resided Wheathampstead [Hertfordshire], son of George Henry and Agnes Button of Old Reasons, Harpenden [Hertfordshire] (Arras Memorial)  

• 32224 Private Joseph HARDING, 29, son of Joseph and Ann Harding of 16 High Street, Kempston (Vis-en-Artois British Cemetery, Haucourt) 

• 39458 Private Herbert James POLLINGTON, 20, born Saint Germans [Norfolk], resided Wisbech [Cambridgeshire], son of late John and Rebecca Pollington (Arras Memorial)  

Died  

3rd Battalion 

• 37093 Private George PAYNE, born and resided Grays [Essex] (Grays New Cemetery) 

28th May 1917  

Died of Wounds  

6th Battalion 

• 33076 Private Mark ROLLINGS, son of Jane Rollings of 14 Victoria Terrace, Eaton Bray (Duisans British Cemetery, Étrun) 

29th May 1917 

Killed in Action  

4th Battalion: Battle of Arras: constructing Railway Trench near Gavrelle 

• 16030 Private Harry Edward HASKELL, 24, born Hampstead [London], son of Anna Haskell of 44 Harwood Terrace, Fulham [London] and late Edward Ainsworth Haskell (Arras Memorial)  

• 23521 Acting Sergeant George MONEY, born Maulden, resided Ampthill (Arras Memorial)  

• 20436 Private Walter WILSON, 21, born Long Stanton [Huntingdonshire], son of John and Rosetta of School Lane, Earith [Huntingdonshire] (Arras Memorial)  

Died of Wounds  

1st Battalion 

• 19268 Private George MATTHEWS, born Battlesden, resided Milton Bryan (Niederzwehren Cemetery, Kassel) died a prisoner-of-war 

Died  

3rd Battalion 

• 21205 Private John METCALF, 34, born Sunderland [Durham], resided Deptford [Durham], son of John and Mary Ann Metcalf, husband of Henrietta A  of 1 Palmer Street, Sunderland (Sunderland (Bishopwearmouth) Cemetery) 

31st May 1917  

Killed in Action  

4th Battalion: Battle of Arras: constructing Railway Trench near Gavrelle 

• 22799 Private Percy MASLEN, 25, son of Henry Ormond Maslen of 27 Saint Leonard’s Avenue, Bedford (Arras Memorial)  

Died of Wounds 

4th Battalion  

• 43239 Private Victor William COTGROVE, 20, ex-2285 Essex Regiment (Cyclist), resided Southend-on-Sea (Southend-on-Sea (Sutton Road) Cemetery)