November 1915

Bedfordshire Regiment Roll of Honour

Wednesday 3rd November 1915 

Died of Wounds  

2nd Battalion 

• 18805 Private Herbert Charles BLAND, 33, C Company, son of William and Sarah Bland of Clifton, husband of Margaret of Stockbridge, Henlow, resided Langford (Chocques Military Cemetery) 

Died  

1st/5th Battalion  

• 3816 Private Charles Ernest STAPLETON, 22, son of Frank and Sarah Ellen Stapleton of 14 Holme Street, Bedford (Pieta Military Cemetery, Malta) 

Thursday 4th November 1915 

Died 

7th Battalion 

• 3/8144 Private Alfred TUFFNELL or TUFNELL, son of A Tufnell of 226 Hitchin Road, Luton (Dartmoor Cemetery, Bécordel-Bécourt) 

Saturday 6th November 1915 

Killed in Action  

2nd Battalion: action around newly exploded mine craters at Givenchy-lès-la-Bassée 

• Second Lieutenant Frederick ANNS, formerly 4th Battalion, 28, son of Thomas and Mary Anne Anns of Brookville, Hale Lane, Edgware [Middlesex] (Guards Cemetery, Windy Corner, Cuinchy) 

• 4/6905 Private Reginald John RODNEY, 19, son of Henry Lewis and Mary E Rodney of 88a Judge Street North, Watford [Hertfordshire] (Guards Cemetery, Windy Corner, Cuinchy) 

Tuesday 9th November 1915 

Died of Wounds  

2nd Battalion  

• 17793 Private Christopher George SHARP, 23, son of E Sharp of 10 Sandpit Cottages, Hatfield Hyde [Hertfordshire], born Hatfield [Hertfordshire] (Chocques Military Cemetery) 

Wednesday 10th November 1915 

Killed in Action 

6th Battalion: front line at Hannescamps and killed by a shell 

• 17911 Lance Corporal George KITCHENER, son of E Kitchener of Valley Lane, Flamstead [Hertfordshire] (Bienvillers Military Cemetery) 

Died of Wounds  

2nd Battalion 

• 14418 Private Edmund SOLE, 26, born and resided Kelshall [Hertfordshire] (Abbeville Communal Cemetery) 

Died  

1st/5th Battalion 

• 3874 Lance Corporal Arthur Thomas HIGHTON, 18, son of Frederick George and Annie Highton, of 75 Havelock Road, Luton (Luton General Cemetery) 

Monday 15th November 1915 

Killed in Action 

1st Battalion: relieved from front line trenches near Fricourt 

• 10433, Private Harry GENTLE, born Saint Albans [Hertfordshire], resided Luton (Carnoy Military Cemetery) 

Wednesday 17th November 1915  

Died  

1st/5th Battalion 

• 3324 Private Herbert Alfred CROSHAM or CROSHAW, 21, son of Walter and Mary of 27 Britannia Road, Bedford (Pieta Military Cemetery, Malta) 

Sunday 21st November 1915 

Killed in Action  

7th Battalion: front line trenches at Fricourt 

• 13658 Lance Corporal Frederick Walter PAGE, 25, son of John and Susan Page of Rose Tree Cottage, Chigwell Row [Essex], born Chigwell (Dartmoor Cemetery, Bécordel-Bécourt) 

Monday 22nd November 1915 

Died of Wounds  

6th Battalion 

• Temporary Second Lieutenant Ernest DANN, 25, son of Rev George James and Hannah Dann of Patna [India], MA (Oxon) 1914, a native of Redland [Queensland] (Hénu Churchyard) 

Thursday 25th November 1915 

Died of Wounds 

7th Battalion 

• 16954 Private Oswald P DESBOROUGH, born Kimpton [Hertfordshire], resided Welwyn [Hertfordshire] (Saint-Sever Cemetery, Rouen) 

Saturday 27th November 1915 

Killed in Action 

2nd Battalion: front line trenches at Givenchy-lès-la-Bassée 

• 18612 Private Arthur Walter WOODCROFT, 27, son of Arthur and Emily Woodrcoft, husband of Beatrice of 66 May Street, Luton (Guards Cemetery, Windy Corner, Cuinchy) 

3rd Battalion 

• Second Lieutenant Walter Victor MITCHELL, attached Trench Mortar Battery (Loos Memorial)  

Died

3rd Battalion 

• 22805 Private Arthur DENTON, born and resided Wootton (Wootton (Saint Mary) Churchyard and Extension) 

Sunday 28th November 1915 

Killed in Action 

2nd Battalion: relieved from front line trenches at Givenchy-lès-la-Bassée 

• 17685 Private Leonard Ernest BECK, 18, C Company, son of John and Jane Beck of Potton Road, Hilton [Huntingdonshire] (Guards Cemetery, Windy Corner, Cuinchy) 

Died of Wounds 

10th Battalion 

• Temporary Lieutenant George WALKER, attached 10th Nigeria Regiment, West African Field Force, (Zaria Memorial, Nigeria)