September 1914

Bedfordshire Regiment Roll of Honour

9th September 1914

Killed in Action

1st Battalion: crossing of the Marne

• 8552 Private William JACKSON, born Islington [London], lived at Hanwell [Middlesex] (la Ferte-sous-Jouarre Memorial)
• 9023 Private Harry James STANFORD, born West Ham [Essex], he lived at Eagle [Lincolnshire] (la Ferte-sous-Jouarre Memorial)

10th September 1914

Died of Wounds

1st Battalion

• 7894 Private Henry SHEAD, born and lived at Bishop's Stortford [Hertfordshire] (la Ferte-sous-Jouarre Memorial)
  

12th September 1914

Killed in Action

1st Battalion: advance to the River Aisne

• 7943 Private Isaac HAWKES, born and lived in Sheering [Essex] (la Ferte-sous-Jouarre Memorial)

13th September 1914

Killed in Action

1st Battalion: in the front line at Missy-sur-Aisne

• 8616 Lance Corporal Solomon BROWN, 27, son of the late George Brown and Elizabeth Sinfield (formerly Brown) of 68 Church End, Redbourn [Hertfordshire] (Cement House Cemetery, Ypres)

14th September 1914

Died of Wounds

1st Battalion

• 9014 Private William SMITH, 25, son of T and A Smith of 38 Hartopp Avenue, Fulham [London] (BuzancyMilitaryCemetery)

15th September 1914

KiIled in Action

1st Battalion: in support to the front line at Missy-sur-Aisne and heavily shelled

• 9472 Private Herbert Victor BURGE, born and lived in Hastings [Sussex] (la Ferte-sous-Jouarre Memorial)
• 8140 Private Herbert FENSOME, born and lived in Luton (la Ferte-sous-Jouarre Memorial)
• 7567 Private Frederick GIBSON, born in Bethnal Green [London] and lived in Bow [London] (VauxbuinFrenchNationalCemetery)
• Captain Cecil Howard KER, aged 30, son of G D Ker of Tavistock [Devon], husband of Dorothy Ker (VendresseBritishCemetery)
• 7789 Private Edward LAKE, aged 32, husband of Bessie West (formerly Lake) of Lathbury [Buckinghamshre] (la Ferte-sous-Jouarre Memorial)
• 7736 Private Thomas LAW, 32, born in Berkhamstead [Hertfordshire], lived in Bovingdon [Hertfordshire] brother of Alfred Law of Ashley Green [Hertfordshire] (la Ferte-sous-Jouarre Memorial)
• 8487 Private Percy MANN, born and lived in Blunham (la Ferte-sous-Jouarre Memorial)

18th September 1914

Died of Wounds

1st Battalion:

• Captain Robert James MCCLOUGHIN or MCLOUGHIN (VendresseBritishCemetery)
• 8949 Lance Corporal Arthur George ROBINSON, 29, son of John and Matilda Robinson of Great Stukeley [Huntingdonshire]; he enlisted in the 2nd Bedfords in 1906 (Bécourt Military Cemetary, Bécordel-Bécourt)

25th September 1914

Died

7th Battalion

• 16519 Private Jesse COOPER, 27, son of Thomas and L Cooper of 15 Church End, Redbourn [Hertfordshire] (AldershotMilitaryCemetery)

26th September 1914

Died of Wounds

1st Battalion

• 9104 Private Edward William LANGFORD, 23, son of Lewis Edward and Elizabeth Ann Langford of Church Mews, Eastbourne [Sussex] (Eastbourne (Ocklynge) Cemetery)

28th September 1914

Died of Wounds

1st Battalion

• 7837 Drummer Herbert Henry CHEQUER, 26, son of George R and Emma S Chequer of Croydon [Surrey]; he was mentioned in despatches (LesGonardsCemetery, Versailles)