November 1917

Bedfordshire Regiment Roll of Honour

1st November 1917  

Died of Wounds 

1st Battalion 

• 39409 Private Ronald Albert ATKINS, 23, ex-4733 Army Pay Corps, son of Ben and Sarah Atkins of Holloway [London]. Husband of F Gryson (ex-Atkins) of 38 Orchard Road, Highgate [London] (Lijssenthoek Military Cemetery) 

4th Battalion 

• 25426 Private Herbert Thomas DAY, 23, born and resided Stevenage [Hertfordshire], son of Thomas and Mary Day of Walkern [Hertfordshire] (Dozinghem Military Cemetery) 

• 30994 Private Louis George LANCASTER, 33, born Thorpe Saint Andrew's [Norfolk], husband of Alice Mary of 19 Victoria Cottages, Mundesley [Norfolk] (Dozinghem Military Cemetery) 

• Lieutenant Cecil Hooten WAREING, 26, son of Henrietta Helena Wareing of 46 Southgates, Chichester [Sussex] (Dozinghem Military Cemetery)  

Died  

4th Battalion 

• 23284 Private Frederick FOSTER, born Eynesbury [Huntingdonshire], resided Saint Neots [Huntingdonshire] (la Brique Military Cemetery No. 2)  

2nd November 1917 

Killed in Action  

1st/5th Battalion: 3rd Battle of Gaza: successful attack on Sheikh Hasan. 

• 21494 Private Albert BAILEY, 29, born Shimpling [Suffolk] husband of May of Needham Road, Combs [Suffolk] ,son of Joseph Bailey (Gaza War Cemetery) 

• 201034 Private Herbert BYSOUTH resided Luton (Gaza War Cemetery) 

• 31616 Private Harold James Thomas CHAPMAN, born and resided Rickmansworth [Hertfordshire] (Gaza War Cemetery) 

• 21478 Private George CLAMPTON, 25, son of Joseph and Emily Clampton of Bauchiers Hall, Aldham [Essex] (Gaza War Cemetery) 

• 201169 Private John DARRINGTON, 22, son of Samuel and Alice Eliza Darrington of Begwary, lived Colmworth (Gaza War Cemetery) 

• 200582 Private Frederick DICKENS, resided Luton (Gaza War Cemetery) 

• 201266 Sergeant Arthur James HILL, 29, son of Elizabeth Emma Hill of Harpenden [Hertfordshire] (Gaza War Cemetery) 

• 200938 Private Edward HOLMES, 21, son of Thomas and Lizzie Holmes of 58 Hockliffe Street, Leighton Buzzard (Gaza War Cemetery) 

• 201303 Private Sidney Charles PECK, 23, son of W F G and E Peck of 66 Oak Road, Luton (Gaza War Cemetery) 

• 200151 Corporal George RICHARDSON, 22, son of William and Ellen Richardson of 27 East Street, Olney [Buckinghamshire] (Gaza War Cemetery) 

• 200453 Private Sidney Walter SEABROOK, 27, son of Walter and Sarah Seabrook of 7 Baker Street, Luton (Gaza War Cemetery) 

• 37200 Private George William SWALLOW, born Barkway [Hertfordshire], resided Wormley [Hertfordshire] (Gaza War Cemetery) 

• 201401 Lance Corporal William TEAT, born and resided Abbots Ripton [Huntingdonshire] (Gaza War Cemetery) 

Died of Wounds  

2nd Battalion 

• 33678 Private Sidney George WARD, 28, ex-2379 Bedfordshire Yeomanry, born Stopsley, son of Herbert John Ward of 94 Dallow Road, Luton (Irish House Cemetery) 

1st/5th Battalion 

• 203118 Private Victor James CARTER, 20, ex-851 Royal Field Artillery, born Bethnal Green [London], son of James and Isabella Clara Carter of 1 Carlton Road, Manor Park [Essex] (Gaza War Cemetery) 

3rd November 1917 

Killed in Action  

1st/5th Battalion: front line at Gaza under heavy shell fire 

• 200194 Acting Lance Sergeant Alfred CARR, 21, son of William and Mary Ann Carr of 16 Bank Road, Biggleswade (Gaza War Cemetery) 

• 201186 Private Alfred Thomas EVERETT, born and resided Bishop's Stortford [Hertfordshire] (Gaza War Cemetery) 

• 200646 Private Percy FIDDLER, 25, resided Ledburn [Buckinghamshire], son of W Fiddler (Gaza War Cemetery) 

• 201227 Corporal Herbert Edward Bichens HAWKINS, 20, born Finsbury [London], son of Edward Hawkins of 109 Ebberns Road, Apsley End [Hertfordshire] and late Henrietta Hawkins (Gaza War Cemetery) 

• 204600 Private George LONGLAND, born Huntingdon, resided Ashwell [Hertfordshire] (Gaza War Cemetery) 

• 201042 Private Reginald MARKHAM resided Sandy (Gaza War Cemetery) 

• 200847 Private Percy Herbert MOULDEN, resided Luton (Gaza War Cemetery) 

• 203144 Private Herbert PARKER, 24, ex-735 Huntingdonshire Cyclist Battalion, son of George and Lucy Parker of High Street, Sawtry [Huntingdonshire] (Gaza War Cemetery) 

• 200962 Private William STENHOUSE resided Luton (Gaza War Cemetery)  

Died of Wounds  

1st Battalion 

• 21854 Private Frank MEAD, 19, born and resided Hemel Hempstead [Hertfordshire] son of Fred and Fanny Mead of Saint Margaret’s [Hertfordshire] (Wimereux Communal Cemetery) 

1st/5th Battalion 

• 200054 Private Albert Edward HILL, 24, born and resided Luton, brother of Minnie of 38 Cowper Street, Luton (Deir el Belah War Cemetery) 

• 200010 Sergeant George GREEN, born Stoke Goldington [Buckinghamshire], resided Olney [Buckinghamshire] (Gaza War Cemetery) 

• 203454 Private Ralph SPARY, 21, ex-524395 Royal Engineers, son of Frank and Agnes Elizabeth Spary of 2 Pickford Road, Markyate [Hertfordshire] (Deir el Belah War Cemetery) 

4th November 1917  

Died of Wounds  

4th Battalion 

• 26850 Corporal Herbert LEGATE, born Henlow, husband of Emily of 95 Shortmead Street, Biggleswade (Lijssenthoek Military Cemetery) 

1st/5th Battalion 

• 200823 Private Arthur STOUE resided Harlington (Kantara War Memorial Cemetery) 

6th November 1917 

Died of Wounds  

4th Battalion 

• 240455 Private Robert Charles LOWNE, 38, born Poplar [London], son of Elizabeth Lowne of 15 Lytchett Road, Bromley [London] (Dozinghem Military Cemetery) 

1st/5th Battalion 

• 37102 Private Edward Wallace JORDAN, born Bow [London], resided Crouch Hill [London] (Jerusalem Memorial) 

8th November 1917  

Died of Wounds  

4th Battalion 

• 30402 Private Robert George DYNES, 41, born Wilshamstead, husband of Elizabeth of 103 Hartington Street, Bedford (Dozinghem Military Cemetery) 

9th November 1917  

Killed in Action  

6th Battalion: 3rd Battle of Ypres: front line near Hollebeke 

• 28203 Private Herbert RODWELL, born West Dereham [Norfolk], resided King's Lynn [Norfolk] (Perth Cemetery (China Wall)) 

10th November 1917  

Died of Wounds  

4th Battalion 

• 203259 Private Richard BRIGHTMAN, 24, son of S Brightman of Great Bramingham (Étaples Military Cemetery) 

1st/5th Battalion 

• 203185 Private Albert James HAZEL, 37, born Windsor [Berkshire], husband of Mary Ann Louisa of New Town, Codicote [Hertfordshire] (Kantara War Memorial Cemetery) 

11th November 1917 

Died of Wounds  

2nd Battalion 

• 9471 Private William George CARRINGTON, born and resided Hemel Hempstead [Hertfordshire] (Kemmel Château Military Cemetery) 

• 19427 Private George William GODFREY, 36, son of William and Sarah Godfrey of Ramsey [Huntingdonshire], husband of Jane Ann of 6 Longlands Yard, Ramsey (Kemmel Château Military Cemetery) 

12th November 1917  

Killed in Action  

1st Battalion: front line at Polygon Racecourse near Hooge 

• 30275 Private Harry CARTER, born Stockbridge [Hampshire], resided King's Langley [Hertfordshire] (Hooge Crater Cemetery) 

• 25494 Private Harry COOPER, 24, born London Colney [Hertfordshire], son of Fanny Cooper of 5 Baydown Cottages, Sandridge [Hertfordshire] (Hooge Crater Cemetery) 

• 23228 Private Leonard HODGKINS, 28, son of Henry and Elizabeth Hodgkins of Yelden (Tyne Cot Memorial) 

• 28207 Sergeant James SINCLAIR DCM, MM, born on the high seas off Chile, resided Wisbech [Cambridgeshire] (Hooge Crater Cemetery)  

7th Battalion: Baboon Camp near Ypres, working parties carrying up Royal Engineers equipment to the front line 

• 40726 Private Charles William HIGGINSON, ex-36320 South Staffordshire Regiment,  bornWolverhampton [Staffordshire], resided Bradley [Staffordshire] (Tyne Cot Memorial) 

Died of Wounds  

2nd Battalion 

• 8937 Private George HILLS MM, 31, son of L Harding of Delve House, New Road, Chatteris [Cambridgeshire] (Bailleul Communal Cemetery Extension, Nord) 

13th November 1917  

Killed in Action  

1st Battalion: front line at Polygon Racecourse near Hooge 

• 12951 Private Andrew WOOD MM, born Falkirk [Stirlingshire], resided Luton (Tyne Cot Memorial)  

7th Battalion: took over front line at Houthulst Forest 

• 40497 Private Jonathan Valentine GEDGE, ex-29112 Essex Regiment, born and resided Paston [Norfolk] (Tyne Cot Memorial) 

Died  

3rd Battalion 

• 22549 Private Arthur Frederick DOBNEY, son of Emma Dobney of Cross Hall Ford and late Joseph Dobney (Eaton Socon churchyard) 

14th November 1917  

Killed in Action  

1st Battalion: front line at Polygon Racecourse near Hooge 

• 13357 Private Frederick James MEASURES, 28, born Stukeley [Huntingdonshire], son of Hannah Measures of 41 Great Northern Street, Huntingdon and late Charles Measures (Tyne Cot Memorial) 

Died of Wounds  

2nd Battalion 

• 29328 Private Albert BUDREY, born Foulsham [Norfolk], resided East Dereham [Norfolk] (Trois Arbres Cemetery, Steenwerck)  

Died  

1st/5th Battalion 

• 200280 Private William Thomas LOUGHTON, 32, husband of Edith of 49 Adelaide Street, Luton , son of William Loughton (Gaza War Cemetery) 

15th November 1917 

Killed in Action  

1st Battalion: relieved from the front line at Polygon Racecourse near Hooge 

• 40957 Private George Albert FORD, ex-56189 Labour Corps, born Old Southgate [Middlesex], resided South Mimms [Middlesex] (Tyne Cot Memorial)   

7th Battalion: front line at Houthulst Forest, repelling a German attack 

• 3/7659 Sergeant Bertie William MEEKS, born Chatteris [Cambridgeshire], son of John William and Alice Meeks of 14 Adelaide Terrace, Godmanchester [Huntingdonshire] (Poelcapelle British Cemetery) 

Died of Wounds  

1st Battalion 

• 203966 Corporal Percy WINTER, 34, ex-31232 Suffolk Regiment, resided Ware [Hertfordshire], youngest son of John Winter of 3 Park Street, Cirencester [Gloucestershire], husband of Harriet of 48 Winstonian Road, Cheltenham [Gloucestershire] (Lijssenthoek Military Cemetery) 

• 290901 Private Jack Alfred WOLFE, born Otford [Kent], resided Sevenoaks [Kent] (Tyne Cot Memorial)  

Died  

8th Battalion 

• 33286 Private James KEEMER, ex-22121 Suffolk Regiment, born Brighton [Sussex], son of James and Anna Keemar of 77 Colebrook Road, High Brooms [Kent] (Leeds (Harehills) Cemetery) 

16th November 1917  

Killed in Action  

1st Battalion 

• Temporary Major Eric Aylmer Goldney SNELL, 25, mentioned in despatches, attached 4th King's African Rifles, son of Dr George Snell of 29 Cecil Court, West Brompton [London], born Berbice [Guyana]; Assistant Commissioner, Uganda; educated at Bedford School and Royal Military College, Sandhurst (Dar-es-Salaam War Cemetery) 

Died of Wounds  

2nd Battalion 

• 200569 Private William Samuel HAYES, 30, resided Dunstable, son of Robert Henry and Elizabeth Hayes, husband of Adah Eliza Andrews (ex-Hayes) of 9 Britain Street, Dunstable (Bailleul Communal Cemetery Extension, Nord) 

17th November 1917 

Died of Wounds  

1st/5th Battalion: 

• 201151 Corporal Robert Richard CHARGE MM, born Southall [Middlesex], resided Paddington [London] (Cairo War Memorial Cemetery) 

• 200864 Corporal Thomas Henry LODGE, 31, son of William and Esther Lodge of Luton (Alexandria (Hadra) War Memorial Cemetery) 

20th November 1917 

Killed in Action  

5th Battalion 

• Second Lieutenant Hugh Frederick Raleigh AMESBURY, 27, attached 8th Battalion, D Company, son of Major Frederick Cholmondeley Dering Amesbury, Indian Army, and Henrietta Ferris Amesbury; husband of Emma Mary of London; born Gujranwala [India], served with 1st Division, Canadian Expeditionary Force and 2nd Battle of Ypres and on the Somme, wounded at Thiepval, July 1916 (Ribecourt British Cemetery) 

• Second Lieutenant Henry Noel Francis FORGE, 19, attached 8th Battalion, son of Rev John Francis and Anna Louisa Forge of Walmley Vicarage [Warwickshire] (Villers-Plouich Communal Cemetery) 

8th Battalion: Battle of Cambrai: successful attack at Highland Ridge near Villers-Plouich 

• 16816 Private Frederick BOURNE, 21, born Deptford [London], son of James and Mary Bourne of 50 Godolphin Road, Shepherd's Bush [London] (Ribecourt British Cemetery) 

• 22792 Private Jack BUCKLE, 21, son of Rebecca Buckle of Chalton (Mogerhanger) (Ribecourt British Cemetery) 

• 40239 Private Sidney Walter DANN, ex-5512 Norfolk Regiment, son of Alfred Dann of 113 Bull Close Road, Norwich [Norfolk], and late Maria Dann (Ribecourt British Cemetery) 

• 40253 Private Sidney FOSTER, 23, ex-5346 Norfolk Regiment, born Norwich [Norfolk], son of M A Matthews of Millers Square, Attleborough [Norfolk] (Ribecourt British Cemetery) 

• 203058 Private Francis Charles FREESTONE, born and resided Wansford [Peterborough] (Villers-Plouich Communal Cemetery) 

• 33801 Private William GROOM, 20, son of Avis Groom of 16 Bower Lane, Eaton Bray (Ribecourt British Cemetery) 

• 19684 Private Alfred James HAMPTON, born Clerkenwell [London], resided Camden Town [London] (Ribecourt British Cemetery) 

• 40495 Private Leonard Augustus MAYNARD, ex-2505 Middlesex Regiment, born Dalston [London], resided Kilburn [London] (Ribecourt British Cemetery) 

• 22599 Private Henry Ernest MORTIMER, 21, son of Henry and Ethel Mortimer of 104 Spring Road, Kempston (Villers-Plouich Communal Cemetery) 

• 33285 Private Leonard PELLETT, 35, ex-19566 Suffolk Regiment, son of Albert and Elizabeth Pellett of Petworth [Sussex], resided Petworth, husband of Rose B M of Rumbold’s Hill, Midhurst [Sussex] (Ribecourt British Cemetery) 

• 25387 Private William James SCOTT, 23, born Leavesden [Hertfordshire], son of Flora Mary Scott of 59 Brighton Road, Watford [Hertfordshire] and late William Scott (Ribecourt British Cemetery) 

• 19673 Lance Corporal William Charles SIMS, born Islington [London], resided Kentish Town [London] (Villers-Plouich Communal Cemetery) 

• 20953 Private George Leslie WOODING, born Bedford, resided Luton (Ribecourt British Cemetery) 

Died of Wounds  

7th Battalion 

• 40803 Private Thomas WATSON, 29, ex-34353 Leicestershire Regiment, son of Henry and Mary Watson of Bradford [Yorkshire] (Abbeville Communal Cemetery Extension) 

8th Battalion 

• 33181 Sergeant George Stephen BABBINGTON, 27, son of Harry and Harriet Babbington of Stagsden (Rocquigny-Equancourt Road British Cemetery, Manancourt) 

• 32935 Private George Henry BAILEY, born Kettering [Northamptonshire], resided Sharnbrook (Cambrai Memorial, Louverval) 

21st November 1917 

Died of Wounds  

8th Battalion 

• 31143 Private Arthur HOLLAND, born Harpenden [Hertfordshire], resided Colney Heath [Hertfordshire] (Tincourt New British Cemetery) 

Died  

2nd Garrison Battalion 

• 34967 Lance Corporal Raymond KERSHAW, 20, ex-49422 Royal Fusiliers, son of William and Margaret Ann Kershaw of Darwen [Lancashire], resided Wandsworth [London] (Kirkee New Cemetery) 

4th Battalion 

• 23634 Private W C PEARCE (Hitchin Cemetery) 

22nd November 1917 

Died of Wounds  

Bedfordshire Yeomanry 

• 30894 Private William Frederick LANCASTER born and resided Cranfield (Cambrai Memorial Louverval) 

23rd November 1917 

Killed in Action  

8th Battalion: Battle of Cambrai: front line at Nine Wood, heavy shelling 

• 39622 Private Joseph John TERRY, born Daventry [Northamptonshire], resided Drayton [Northamptonshire] (Cambrai Memorial, Louverval) 

24th November 1917  

Killed in Action  

Bedfordshire Yeomanry 

• 30117 Corporal William John ENGLAND, 22, son of A England of 15 Lovers Walk, Dunstable (Anneux British Cemetery) 

25th November 1917 

Died of Wounds  

7th Battalion 

• 43198 Private George HILL, ex-2269 Essex Regiment, resided Southend-on-Sea [Essex] (Abbeville Communal Cemetery Extension)  

Bedfordshire Yeomanry 

• Second Lieutenant Norman Henry CLARK, 21, son of H A Clark of Brushford, Amersham [Buckinghamshire] (Rocquigny-Equancourt Road British Cemetery, Manancourt) 

26th November 1917 

Died of Wounds  

7th Battalion 

• 30856 Private James BUTTERWORTH, 34, husband of Florence Louise of 5 Hillside Terrace, High Barnet [Hertfordshire] (Dozinghem Military Cemetery) 

• 4/7360 Private Joseph PARKER, born Cottered [Hertfordshire], resided Buntingford [Hertfordshire] (Artillery Wood Cemetery) 

Died  

4th Battalion 

• 26758 Acting Corporal Frank Arthur BOTTERILL, 21, born Wollaston [Northamptonshire], son of William and Annie Botterill of Bozeat [Northamptonshire] (Étaples Military Cemetery) 

27th November 1917  

Killed in Action  

7th Battalion: front line at Canal Bank, Ypres 

• 40815 Private John Thomas HOWARD, 26, ex-16364 Northamptonshire Regiment, born March [Cambridgeshire], husband of Lucy Ethel of Middleton’s Lane, Yaxley [Huntingdonshire] (Artillery Wood Cemetery) 

• 43312 Private Peter KELLY, ex-3698 Manchester Regiment, born Roscommon [Connaught], resided Manchester [Lancashire] (Cement House Cemetery) 

Died of Wounds  

1st Battalion 

• 19553 Private James William GILBERT, born Luddington [Northamptonshire], resided Stanground [Huntingdonshire] (Bois-Guillaume Communal Cemetery Extension) 

1st/5th Battalion 

• Captain Thomas Alderman FRANKLIN MC (Jerusalem War Cemetery) 

• Lieutenant George Harold PINCHIN, 24, son of George Staples and Gertrude Elizabeth Pinchin of Lynton, Sevenoaks [Kent] (Alexandria (Hadra) War Memorial Cemetery) 

8th Battalion 

• 22681 Private Charles HART, 27, son of Emma Atkin (ex-Hart) of Tyttenhanger Green [Hertfordshire] and late William Hart (Rocquigny-Equancourt Road British Cemetery, Manancourt) 

28th November 1917 

Killed in Action 

4th Battalion: at Houtkerke 

• Second Lieutenant Graham Sidney GILBERTSON, 19, attached 7th Battalion, son of George H and Beatrice M Gilbertson of Hitchin [Hertfordshire] (Tyne Cot Memorial)  

Died of Wounds  

8th Battalion 

• 43421 Private Raymond Walter TREVOR, 26, born Stoke-on-Trent [Staffordshire] resided Tetford [Lincolnshire], son of Frederick Walter and Gertrude Trevor of Cecil House, West Street, Horncastle [Lincolnshire] (Étaples Military Cemetery) 

29th November 1917 

Killed in Action  

1st/5th Battalion: repulsed a Turkish attack on Zeify Hill near Gaza 

• 200832 Private Arthur Henry LANCASTER, 20, resided Leighton Buzzard, son of Harry and Florence Lancaster of 42 Clifford Street, Watford [Hertfordshire] (Ramleh War Cemetery)  

• 34231 Private Joshua PERRY, 28, ex-7284 Middlesex Regiment, born Bow Common [London], resided Bromley-by-Bow [London], husband of Elizabeth Emily of 145 Upper North Street, Poplar [London] (Ramleh War Cemetery) 

3rd/5th Battalion: 1st/5th Battalion repulsed a Turkish attack on Zeify Hill near Gaza 

• Second Lieutenant John Edward Mary Claude Pius Augustine WATERTON, attached 1st/5th Battalion (Ramleh War Cemetery) His brother Joseph Charles Edward Mary John Reginald Waterton died 18th February 1915 with 5th Battalion and is buried in Campton and Shefford Cemetery  

Died  

8th Battalion 

• 22842 Private Israel John GOODMAN, 30, husband of Louisa of Church End,  Marston Moretaine (Saint-Sever Cemetery Extension, Rouen) 

30th November 1917  

Died of Wounds 

8th Battalion 

• 19608 Private Frederick BAGNALL, attached 16th Trench Mortar Battery, born Birmingham [Warwickshire], resided Southwark [London] (Rocquigny-Equancourt Road British Cemetery, Manancourt)