May 1918

Bedfordshire Regiment Roll of Honour

1st May 1918 

Died  

4th Battalion 

• 51238 Private Thomas Henry Clifford PANTER, born and resided Desborough [Northamptonshire] (Saint Sever Cemetery Extension, Rouen) 

2nd May 1918 

Died  

2nd Battalion 

• 19256 Private Leslie ALBONE, born Biggleswade, resided Luton (Roye New British Cemetery) 

• 12016 Private Arthur DYER, born Battersea [London], resided Stratford [Essex] (Sains-du-Nord Communal Cemetery) 

3rd May 1918  

Killed in Action  

2nd Battalion: camp north-west of Ouderdom 

• 18076 Private Oliver COOK, 33, born Husborne Crawley, husband of Lily of 29 Church Street, Ridgmont (Nine Elms British Cemetery) 

Died of Wounds   

2nd Battalion 

• 43067 Private Frederick John MILLS, ex-1189 Huntingdonshire Cyclists, born Abbotts Ripton [Huntingdonshire] resided Warboys [Huntingdonshire] (Premont British Cemetery) 

Died  

2nd Garrison Battalion  

• Temporary Captain Herbert Richard THOMPSON, 34, son of Thomas Richard and Ellen Thompson of Gillingham [Kent]; returned from Argentina to offer his services in 1914, served in France 1914-1915 (Karachi Cemetery) 

4th May 1918  

Killed in Action  

1st Battalion: work in the support line near Steenbecque 

• 205856 Corporal Ernest FORSTER, 30, ex-265102 Suffolk Regiment, son of John Forster, husband of Anna Laura of 13 Trafalgar Street,Lowestoft [Suffolk] (Merville Communal Cemetery Extension) 

Died of Wounds  

2nd Battalion 

• 29239 Private Edwin Bertie BROWN, born Marham [Norfolk], son of R Brown of Bradmore, Pentney [Norfolk] (Arneke British Cemetery)  

Died  

2nd Garrison Battalion 

• 205561 Acting Lance Corporal John Wright STANDLEY, ex-200090 Hampshire Regiment, born Godstone [Surrey], resided Alton [Hampshire] (Delhi Memorial (India Gate) 

5th May 1918 

Died of Wounds  

1st Battalion 

• 268162 Private Harry BYATT, 19, son of A Byatt of Little Barford Road, Eynesbury [Huntingdonshire] (Tannay British Cemetery, Thiennes) 

• 291342 Private Percy Leonard PUDNEY, 23, born Camberwell [Surrey], son of William and Minnie Pudney of 10 Kenilworth Avenue, Wimbledon [Surrey] (Aire Communal Cemetery) 

• 17423 Private Ernest SWEETING, 25, son of J Sweeting of Watford [Hertfordshire] (Aire Communal Cemetery) 

6th May 1918  

Killed in Action  

6th Battalion: front line near Bucquoy, killed by a bomb from an aeroplane 

• 16997 Lance Corporal Arthur David ISAAC, 22, ex-46790 Suffolk Regiment, son of T Isaac of Devon House, Market Harborough [Leicestershire], resided Welwyn [Hertfordshire], husband of Evie Green (ex-Isaac) of 49 Killigrew Road, Falmough [Cornwall] (Saint Amand British Cemetery) 

Died of Wounds  

1st Battalion 

• 271677 Private George Oliver CRACKLING, born and resided Elmstead [Essex] (Aire Communal Cemetery) 

7th May 1918 

Killed in Action  

2nd Battalion: front line west of Vierstraat, heavy gas shelling 

• 10716 Private Christopher BARTON, born and resided Luton (Kemmel No. 1 French Cemetery)  

Died of Wounds  

1st Battalion 

• 41109 Private Stanley Francis BAILEY, 24, ex-265513 Suffolk Regiment, son of James and Sarah Elizabeth Bailey, husband of Alice of 31 Alston Road, Ipswich [Suffolk] (Tannay British Cemetery, Thiennes) 

8th May 1918  

Killed in Action  

2nd Battalion: Battles of the Lys: successful German attack near Vierstraat, counter-attack failed  

• 9118 Sergeant Delacy BERRINGTON, 30, son of Thomas and Emily Berrington of Manor Cottage, Wilshamstead, resided Bedford (Tyne Cot Memorial)  

• 202789 Private Percy James BIRD, 25, son of John and Sarah of 16 Waterlow Road, Dunstable (Tyne Cot Memorial)  

• 28864 Private George Henry CARNELL, 36, son of late James Edward Carnell, born Hilgay [Norfolk], resided Downham Market [Norfolk] (Tyne Cot Memorial)  

• 9036 Private David CHAPMAN, born Melbourn [Cambridgeshire], resided Therfield [Hertfordshire] (Tyne Cot Memorial)  

• 27738 Private John EDGELEY, born Whittlesey [Cambridgeshire], resided Bedford (Tyne Cot Memorial)  

• 18431 Private Walter William FENSOM, 38, born Caddington, son of A Fensom of 64 Liverpool Road, Watford [Hertfordshire], husband of Clara of 15 Merton Road, Watford (Tyne Cot Memorial)  

• 39820 Private Jack HARDY, 34, born Great Chesterford [Essex], resided Cherry Hunton [Cambridgeshire], son of Kate Marriott of Barton [Cambridgeshire] (Tyne Cot Memorial)  

• 31949 Private Robert INGRAM, 20, son of William and Eliza Ingram of Aspley End, Shillington (Kemmel No. 1 French Cemetery) 

• 18814 Private Alfred William KING, 33, son of Alfred and Lucy King of Gustard Wood, Wheathampstead [Hertfordshire] (Godezonne Farm Cemetery, Ypres) 

• 13445 Private Harry MARSHALL, 31, son of George and Mary Ann Marshall of 6 Saint John’s Street, Huntingdon (Kemmel No. 1 French Cemetery) 

• 13324 Private Henry MILLER, 27, son of Charles and Mary of Higher Rads End, Eversholt (Tyne Cot Memorial)  

• 17766 Sergeant Albert PARISH, born Hogsthorpe [Lincolnshire], resided Luton (Tyne Cot Memorial)  

• 25194 Private Alfred PETTENGELL, 21, son of Rose Pettengell of 49 Albert Street, Stevenage [Hertfordshire] and late Arthur Pettengell (Tyne Cot Memorial)  

• 28974 Private Ernest RIX, born and resided Flitcham [Norfolk] (Tyne Cot Memorial)  

• 9388 Private Frederick Charles WALKER, born and resided Bedford (Tyne Cot Memorial)  

• 18208 Private Walter WHITE, born and resided Aspley Guise (Tyne Cot Memorial)  

9th May 1918  

Killed in Action  

2nd Battalion: relieved from the front line near Vierstraat 

• 31545 Sergeant Joseph CANNON, 21, born London, son of R and Teresa Cannon of 11 Bridge Street, Hemel Hempstead [Hertfordshire] (Tyne Cot Memorial)  

Died of Wounds  

1st Battalion 

• 41100 Private Percy Leonard HAYWARD, ex-265471 Suffolk Regiment, born Botsedale [Suffolk], resided Belton [Norfolk] (Morbecque British Cemetery) 

10th May 1918  

Killed in Action  

1st Battalion: front line near Steenbecque, German machine guns very active 

• 33630 Private Reginald GORDON, ex-2350 Bedfordshire Yeomanry, born Northampton, resided Kingsthorpe [Northamptonshire] (Merville Communal Cemetery Extension) 

4th Battalion: support lines at Acheux Wood 

• 39784 Private Ernest John SELF, 29, son of Harry Self of Rickinghall [Suffolk] husband of Annie E of The Street, Rickinghall (Englebelmer Communal Cemetery) 

• 41951 Private Charlie WARD, born New Cross [London ], resided Penge [Kent] (Englebelmer Communal Cemetery) 

Died  

7th Battalion 

• 41568 Private Harrison Ernest WILSDEN, born and resided Canterbury [Kent] (Berlin South Western Cemetery) as a prisoner-of-war 

11th May 1918  

Killed in Action  

7th Battalion: in reserve near Hénincourt 

• 49738 Private Percy William PLUMMER, born Camden Town [London], resided East Finchley [Middlesex] (Senlis Communal Cemetery Extension) 

Died of Wounds  

2nd Battalion 

• Second Lieutenant Frederick Charles BALDWIN, 26, son of Robert Henry and Emma Elizabeth Baldwin of 42 Albert Street, Bletchley [Buckinghamshire], born Fenny Stratford [Buckinghamshire] (Esquelbecq Military Cemetery) 

12th May 1918  

Killed in Action  

1st Battalion: front line near Steenbecque 

• 29074 Private Ernest Edward GRIEF, 30, D Company, born Hindolvestone [Norfolk], son of Robert and Emily Grief of Honingham [Norfolk], resided Honingham, husband of Elizabeth Ann of Pitt Farm, Ringland [Norfolk] (Tannay British Cemetery, Thiennes) 

• 203956 Private Harry SENIOR, 20, son of John and Elizabeth Senior of 18 Stanmore Road, Watford [Hertfordshire] (Merville Communal Cemetery Extension) 

• 17747 Private Edgar SWANNELL, 24, born Felmersham, son of Robert and Charity Swannell of Hill Farm Cottages, Willington (Merville Communal Cemetery Extension) 

4th Battalion: front line at Aveluy Wood 

• 33198 Lance Corporal John BANWELL, 24, son of Arthur and Caroline Banwell of 23 Tudor Road, Prittlewell [Essex] (Mesnil Communal Cemetery Extension) 

6th Battalion: front line near Rettermoy Farm, shelling 

• 27588 Private Isaac SHELTON, 37, son of William and Louisa Shelton of Offord D’Arcy [Huntingdonshire] (Bienvillers Military Cemetery) 

Died of Wounds  

1st Battalion 

• 291381 Private Alfred Harold BOOTH, born and resided Croydon [Surrey] (Aire Communal Cemetery) 

2nd Battalion 

• 9524 Private George Thomas RANSOME, 27, son of Mary Ann Ransome of 9 Church Walk, Bury Saint Edmunds [Suffolk] and late Edward Ransome (Boulogne Eastern Cemetery) 

7th Battalion 

• 49220 Private George Alfred BYE, 19, born Willesden [Middlesex], son of Alfred and Edith Bye of Harlesden [Middlesex] (Pernois British Cemetery, Halloy-les-Pernois)  

Died  

1st/5th Battalion 

• 200315 Private Frederick Archer MARSHALL, born and resided Luton (Kantara War Memorial Cemetery) 

13th May 1918 

Died of Wounds  

1st/5th Battalion 

• 200616 Private Robert PARROTT MM, 22, B Company, son of Robert and Emma Jane Parrott of Church End, Marston Moretaine (Ramleh War Cemetery) 

14th May 1918  

Killed in Action  

4th Battalion: front line at Aveluy Wood 

• 41942 Lance Corporal John BRIGHTON, 19, son of John and Cecile Brighton of 29 Frobisher Road, Hornsey [Middlesex] (Mesnil Communal Cemetery Extension) 

• 51336 Private John Edward FARLEY, 19, son of Arthur George and Emily Farley of 23 Bower Street, Maidstone [Kent] (Mesnil Communal Cemetery Extension) 

Died of Wounds  

2nd Battalion 

• 9599 Private Frank SILVERS, husband of F Silvers of 16 Lawley Street, Birmingham [Warwickshire] (Arneke British Cemetery) 

Died  

7th Battalion 

• 29883 Private William BATES, born Amersham [Buckinghamshire], resided Watford [Hertfordshire] (Hautmont Communal Cemetery), as a prisoner-of-war 

15th May 1918  

Died of Wounds  

6th Battalion 

• 204249 Private Arthur George AMOS, 20, born Little Irchester [Northamptonshire], resided Northampton, son of Joseph and Mary Ann Amos of 64 Elsden Road, Wellingborough [Northamptonshire] (Saint Sever Cemetery Extension, Rouen)  

Died  

2nd Battalion 

• 25310 Private Thomas William BARNARD, 22, born Old Weston [Huntingdonshire], son of Elizabeth Barnard of Molesworth [Huntingdonshire] and late John Barnard (Berlin South Western Cemetery) as prisoner-of-war 

16th May 1918 

Killed in Action  

1st Battalion: At Villorba Camp, working in the front line 

• 200925 Private Leonard GRAY, 19, son of William and Fanny Gray of Biggleswade (Tannay British Cemetery, Thiennes) 

• Second Lieutenant Frederick Lee RAY, 24, son of Frederick and Alice Ray of Bedford (Steenbecque British Cemetery, Thiennes) 

Died of Wounds  

2nd Battalion 

• 18927 Lance Corporal Percy Charles BRAY, 21, son of George and Sarah Bray of 18 Salisbury Road, Baldock [Hertfordshire] (Baldock Cemetery)  

4th Battalion 

• 45048 Private James ROGERS, 29, born Earls Barton [Northamptonshire], resided Northampton, son of Joseph and Kate Rogers of Horse Shoe Inn, Sywell [Northamptonshire], husband of Kate Emeline of 55 Manfield Road, Northampton (Bagneux British Cemetery, Gezaincourt) 

6th Battalion 

• 29267 Private George Archer SAWYER, attached 153 Field Company, Royal Engineers, born Old Catton [Norfolk], resided Horsford [Norfolk] (Saint Sever Cemetery Exension, Rouen) 

17th May 1918 

Died of Wounds  

7th Battalion 

• 203496 Private Clarence Cecil FRANCIS, born Cambridge, resided Kimbolton [Huntingdonshire], son of W W Francis of 36 Cross Street, Sudbury [Suffolk] (Sudbury Cemetery) 

18th May 1918 

Killed in Action  

7th Battalion: front line near Laviéville 

• 31055 Private Frederick Abel PETCHEY, born and resided Albury [Hertfordshire] (Dernancourt Communal Cemetery Extension) 

Died of Wounds  

7th Battalion 

• 26540 Private Horace PINNOCK, born and resided Irthlingborough [Northamptonshire] (Franvillers Communal Cemetery Extension)  

Died  

7th Battalion 

• 43591 Private Henry Robert LOOSLEY, ex-202523 Suffolk Regiment, attached 53rd Trench Mortar Battery, born Bedford, resided Luton (Annois Communal Cemetery) 

21st May 1918 

Killed in Action  

4th Battalion: support line at Forceville 

• 51143 Private Arthur BELL, 19, born Streatham [London], son of William and Rose Bell of Tooting [London], husband of Winifred of 92 Glasford Street, Tooting (Mesnil Communal Cemetery Extension) 

7th Battalion: front line near Laviéville 

• 47831 Private James Thomas POTTER, ex-48743 Suffolk Regiment, born Folkestone [Kent], resided Eastbourne [Sussex] (Dernancourt Communal Cemetery Extension) 

Died of Wounds  

7th Battalion 

• 291274 Lance Corporal Ernest George SMART, born and resided Sutton [Surrey] (Saint Sever Cemetery Extension, Rouen) 

22nd May 1918 

Killed in Action  

4th Battalion: support line at Forceville 

• 43657 Private Reginald John JONES, 25, ex-18734 Royal Engineers, son of John and Elizabeth Mary Jones of Ellwood House, Ellwood [Gloucestershire] (Englebelmer Communal Cemetery Extension) 

Died of Wounds   

2nd Battalion 

• 40257 Private Archibald Albert GALLANT, ex-5643 Norfolk Regiment, born Norwich [Norfolk], resided Old Catton [Norfolk] (Harlebeke New British Cemetery) 

6th Battalion 

• 203992 Private Samuel George PINNY or PINNEY,32, ex-331126 Cambridgeshire Regiment, son of Lewis and Louise Pinn(e)y of Wellingborough [Northamptonshire], husband of Lilian of 10 Doddington Road, Wellingborough (Wellingborough (Doddington Road) Cemetery)  

7th Battalion 

• 14675 Private Lawrence Sidney Curtis MOON, 27, born Plumstead [London], resided Shepherd’s Bush [London], son of Walter and Clara Moon of Fishponds [Bristol] (Pernoy British Cemetery, Halloy-les-Pernois) 

24th May 1918 

Killed in Action 

7th Battalion: relieved from the front line near Laviéville 

• 40224 Private Albert BURTON, ex-5599 Norfolk Regiment, son of J Burton of Calthorpe [Norfolk] (Montigny Communal Cemetery, Somme) 

• 30794 Private Joseph Beresford SHIELDS, 39, son of Richard and Emily Shields of 12 Victoria Avenue, Stockton-on-Tees [Durham], resided Leigh-on-Sea [Essex] (Pozieres Memorial)   

25th May 1918  

Killed in Action  

4th Battalion: support line at Forceville, gas attack 

• 43705 Private James BARRETT, ex-35509 South Wales Borderers, born Southwark [London], resided Walworth [London] (Pozieres Memorial)  

• 43706 Private Herbert BATES, 19, ex-43904 Worcestershire Regiment, son of Henrietta Bates of 12 Milroy Street, Edge Hill, Liverpool [Lancashire] (Pozieres Memorial)  

• 29227 Private Arthur R BUCK, born Stibbard [Norfolk], resided East Dereham [Norfolk] (Pozieres Memorial)  

• 51164 Private Geoffrey CLARKE, 19, B Company, son of Edward Clarke of Keeper’s House, Woodrow, Amersham [Buckinghamshire] (Pozieres Memorial)  

• 51339 Private Walter Elijah EGLEN, born and resided King’s Lynn [Norfolk] (Aveluy Wood Cemetery (Lancashire Dump) Mesnil-Martinsart) 

• 43691 Lance Sergeant Edward FINDLAY, ex-T/4/069991 Army Service Corps, born Knole Park [Kent], resided Aberdare [Glamorgan] (Pozieres Memorial)  

• 51188 Private Clifford Charles FORD, 19, born Folkestone [Kent], son of Charles and Katie Ford of 8 Helena Avenue, Margate [Kent] (Pozieres Memorial)  

• 51198 Private Percy John HALL, 19, C Company, son of William and Alice Mary Hall of 62 Gordon Road, Rosherville [Kent] (Mesnil Communal Cemetery Extension) 

• 48035 Private John Walter HARRISON, born and resided Luton (Pozieres Memorial)  

• 43648 Private Tom HOWARTH, 33, ex-23959 South Wales Borderers, son of Samuel Henry and Selina Howarth of 42 Melton Street, Heywood [Lancashire] (Pozieres Memorial)  

• 43728 Private Robert JACKSON, ex-38683 South Wales Borderers, son of James Jackson of 27 Phethean Street, Moses Gate, Bolton [Lancashire], resided Farnworth [Lancashire] (Aveluy Wood Cemetery (Lancashire Dump) Mesnil-Martinsart) 

• Second Lieutenant William MATHIESON, 37, son of James Mathieson of 19 Lyndhurst Gardens, Glasgow, husband of Mabel Nellie of 22 Rose Street, Haxby [Yorkshire] (Pozières Memorial)  

• 27709 Private Reuben SHELTON, born Berkhamsted [Hertfordshire], resided Upwood [Huntingdonshire] (Aveluy Wood Cemetery (Lancashire Dump) Mesnil-Martinsart) 

• 16081 Lance Corporal Albert George WATTS, 22, son of Charles and Eliza Ann Watts of Black Horse, Eaton Socon (Pozieres Memorial)  

• 41845 Private Claude George WETHERALL, born Crayford [Kent], residee Haughley [Suffolk] (Aveluy Wood Cemetery (Lancashire Dump) Mesnil-Martinsart) 

Died of Wounds  

4th Battalion 

• 265541 Corporal Harry WEBB, 22, son of John and Sarah Webb of Pond Hill, Hatfield [Hertfordshire] (Bagneux British Cemetery, Gezaincourt) 

26th May 1918 

Died of Wounds  

4th Battalion 

• 51271 Private Richard Fred TAYLOR, born and resided Ramsgate [Kent] (Bagneux British Cemetery, Gezaincourt) 

Died  

6th Battalion 

• 16899 Private Horace SWEETING, 23, born and resided Watford [Hertfordshire] (Watford Cemetery) 

27th May 1918  

Killed in Action  

Bedfordshire Yeomanry 

• 30565 Private Walter Maurice BARTRAM, 33, son of Ann Lydia Bartram of Cotton End (Abbeville Communal Cemetery Extension)  

Died of Wounds  

1st Battalion 

• 41671 Private Frank SIMPSON, 19, ex-1st Battalion, Hertfordshire Regiment, born Leeds [Yorkshire], son of Eva and John Bowers of The Orchard, Halton [Yorkshire] (Saint Sever Cemetery Extension, Rouen) 

29th May 1918  

Died  

4th Battalion 

• 31890 Private Arthur Henry CARTER, 20, son of George and Caroline Carter of High Street, Walkern [Hertfordshire] (Peronne Communal Cemetery Extension) 

52nd (Graduated) Battalion 

• TR/9/10503 Private Charlie William WOODHATCH, born Alfold [Surrey], son of C Woodhatch late of The Laurels, Bucks Green Rudgwick [Sussex] (Rudgwick (Holy Trinity) Churchyard) 

3rd Garrison Battalion 

• 305215 Private George WESTERN, 36, ex-241448 Somerset Light Infantry, resided Taunton [Somerset], husband of S J Myers (ex-Western) of 130 East Reach, Taunton (Taunton (Saint Mary’s) Cemetery) 

30th May 1918  

Died of Wounds  

1st Battalion 

• 18695 Private Josiah SWAIN, 34, born Weston [Hertfordshire], resided Hitchen [Hertfordshire], husband of Annie Caroline of 33 Letchmore Road, Stevenage [Hertfordshire] (Thiennes British Cemetery) 

Died  

2nd Battalion 

• 41326 Private Sydney Bancroft BRYANT, 19, born Hornsey [Middlesex], resided Saint Albans [Hertfordshire], son of Patience Bryant of Queen’s Arms, Bury Road, Hemel Hempstead [Hertfordshire] and laye Alfred Stephen Bryant (Saint Souplet British Cemetery)