Ipoh
War Memorial,
Malaysia
World
War 1 & 2 & Post World War 2
Compiled & Copyright © Martin Edwards 2007
The
memorial to those who died now bears a commemorative plate only but
there are inserts into the sides of the memorial where name plaques
were orginally fixed, now missing. The memorial is in the form of
a cenotaph with a two-stepped base and stands outside the railway
station. To see all photographs follow this
link.
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Photograph
Copyright © Martin Edwards 2007 |
MEMORIAL
TO THE DEAD OF THE
TWO WORLD WARS
SACRED
TO THE MEMORY OF THE
MEN FROM THE STATE OF PERAK
WHO FELL IN THE GREAT WAR
1914-1918
AND
TO THOSE WHO DIED IN
THE 1939-1945 WAR.
The original
plaque was reinstalled in September 20008 and immediately vandalised.
The details are taken from the plaque as is.
IN
MEMORY OF
GALLANT MEMBERS OF THE
ARMED FORCES, POLICE AND CIVILIANS
WHO SACRIFICED THEIR LIVES
DEFENDING THE NATIONAL DURING
THE
MALAYAN EMERGENCY
1948 - 1960
INDONESIAN
CONFRONTATION
1962 - 1965
THE
RE-INSURGENCY PERIOD
1972 - 1990
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Photograph
Copyright © Martin Edwards 2009 |
ALL
MEN MUST DIE IT IS ONLY GIVEN TO THE FEW TO DIE FOR THEIR COUNTRY
SACRED TO THE MEMORY OF THE MEN FROM THE STATE OF PERAK
WHO FELL IN THE GREAT WAR 1914-1918
AND
TO THOSE WHO DIED IN
THE 1939-1945 WAR.
ALLEN |
Humphrey
Decius |
Temporary
Lieutenant, 10th Battalion, Prince of Wales's Own (West Yorkshire
Regiment). Killed in action 1 July 1916. Aged 28. Son of Theophilus
and Elizabeth Mary Allen, of Stanyards, Chobham, Surrey. In the
1891 census he was aged 5, born Surrey, resident Stanyards Hill
House, Chobham, Surrey. Entered France 13 July 1915. There is a
ship's passenger list listing him as sailing on the "Kliest"
24 October 1911 from Southampton to Singapore. Buried in FRICOURT
NEW MILITARY CEMETERY, Somme, France. Plot/Row/Section C. Grave
11. See also Kuala Lumpur Cenotaph |
ANDREWS |
W
E |
The
Straits Times, 4 January 1915, Page 7
Government Officers
The list of Government officers compiled to end of year 1914,
whose services have been placed at the disposal of the War Office
is as follows. ...
W.E. ANDREWS
See also Kuala Lumpur Cenotaph
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ANTHONY |
P |
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BASTOW |
William
Henry |
Flight
Sub-Lieutenant, Royal Naval Air Service and 'C' Battery, 66th Brigade,
Royal Field Artillery. Accidentally killed 26 November 1915. Sailed
from Liverpool to Penang, Federated Malay States on the "Eumaeus"
2 January 1914, occupation Planter, aged 19. Landed with Mesopotamian
Field Force 2 July 1915. Buried in LANCASHIRE LANDING CEMETERY,
Turkey. Plot/Row/Section K. Grave 53.
See also Kuala Lumpur Cenotaph
The
Straits Times, 3 December 1915, Page 7
PLANTER KILLED IN ACTION.
(from our own correspondent)
Ipoh, December 2.
it is officially announced that 2nd Lieut. W.H. Bastow, R.F.A.,
nephew of Mr. J. H. Bastow, of Pinji Estate, has been killed in
the Dardenelles. Deceased was for a time planting in this district,
being in charge of Lahat Rubber Estate. In November of last year
he proceeded gome and secured a commission in the Royal Artillery
and later wa engaged training as a pilot for the Naval Air Service.
At a meeting of the Ipoh Gymkhana Club, on Wednesday evening,
votes of condolence were passed to the relatives of the late Mr.
W.P. Smith and Mr. George Cumming.
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BLINCH |
Wilfrid
Joseph Hastings |
Second
Lieutenant, 13th Battalion, The King's (Liverpool Regiment) formerly
Lance Corporal 999, 15th (The King's) Hussars. Killed in action
16 August 1916. Son of Mrs. Blinch, of 25, Mountfield, Prestwich,
Manchester. A Reservist. Returned from Federated Malay States, November
1914. No known grave. Commemorated on THIEPVAL MEMORIAL, Somme,
France. Pier and Face 1 D 8 B and 8 C.
See also Kuala Lumpur Cenotaph
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BORTON |
Cyprian
Edward |
Major,
129th Duke of Connaught's Own Baluchis, Indian Army attached to
Malay States Guides, Indian Army. Killed in action 2 August 1917.
Aged 37. Son of the Rev. Neville Borton, Vicar of Burwell, Cambs.
In the 1891 c ensus he was aged 11, son of Rev A B and Annie Borton,
resident The Vicarage, High Town, Burwell, Cambridgeshire. Born
15 August 1879 in Barkly, Griqualand West, South Africa. Travelled
to Karachi, Pakistan, departed from Liverpool 24 December 1912,
aged 33, Captain in the Army. First theatre of War in the First
World War was Aden in October 1915. Address on Medal Card given
as Pesharrar, India. IN Hart's Annual Army List 1908n he is listed
as a Lieutenant in the Worcestershire Regiment from 3 August 1901.
Buried in MAALA CEMETERY, Yemen. Special Plot. 3. Grave 1.
See also Kuala Lumpur Cenotaph
Extract
from Du Ruvigny's Roll of Honour:
BORTON,
CYPRIAN EDWARD, Major, Malay States Guides, elder s.
of the Rev. Neville Borton, Vicar of Burwell, co. Cambridge, by
his wife. Annie Louisa, dam of the late Rev. Edward Heale. Incumbent
of All Saints', Jersey; b. Barkly, Griqualand West, South
Africa, 15 Aug. 1879; educ. Felsted School, and Selwyn College,
Cambridge, where he was an undergraduate when the South African
War broke out, and he obtained a University commission, being
gazetted 2nd Lieut. Worcester Regt. 23 May, 1900; promoted Lieut.
3 Aug. 1901; transferred to the Indian Army 15 May, 1903; promoted
Capt. 23 May, 1909; served in the South African War 1900-1 (Queen's
Medal with three clasps); proceeded to India in March, 1902, when
for a time he was attached to the Suffolk Regt., being subsequently
appointed to the 129th D.C.O. Baluchis, with which regiment he
served at Karachi, Hong-Kong and Ferozepore; was then appointed
for three years to the Malay States Guides, with the local rank
of Major; was in command at Penang when the Emden visited that
place in Oct. 1914; went to Aden early in 1915, and was killed
in action at Imad, near there, 2 Aug. 1917. Buried at Sheikh Othman.
While at Cambridge he was an ardent oarsman, and a keen sportsman
in India and South China, sending home many I heads and skins
from both places. Lieut.-Col. C. W. B. Lees wrote: “I cannot
tell you what his loss means to the regiment and to me personally.
He was one of the finest, soldiers that I have ever met, with
a fund of energy that I never got to the end of, and he was just
my right hand as regards this regiment; to me he is irreplaceably."
Unm.
Extract
from England & Wales, National Probate Calendar (Index
of Wills and Administrations), 1858-1966
BORTON
Cyprian Edward of Taiping Federated Malay State
of Perak major Malay States Guides died 2 August 1917
at Aden on active service Administration (with Will limited) London
27 September to Alfred Harold Ruston and Albert Alexander Ruston
solicitors the attorneys of William Neville Borton. Effects £723
3s. 2d.
Cambridge
Univeristy Alumni, 1261-1900 for Cyprian Edward.
Borton
Adm.
at SELWYN H. Oct. 1, 1898. [S. of Neville A. Blackley (1866),
clerk.] B. Aug. 15, 1879. [School, Felsted.] Matric. Michs. 1898.
Served in the South African War with the Worcestershire Regt.,
1900-1. Subsequently transferred to the Indian Army. Served in
the Great War (Major, Duke of Connaught's Own Baluchi Regt., and
Malay States Guides; mentioned in despatches). Killed in action,
Aug. 2, 1917, at Sheikh Uthman, near Aden. (Felsted Sch. Reg.;
Selwyn Coll. Cal., 1915-18; Univ. War List.)
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CALLARD |
Malcolm
Ernest |
Second
Lieutenant, 1st Battalion, Loyal North Lancashire Regiment. Died
of wounds 26 January 1915. Buried in BETHUNE TOWN CEMETERY, Pas
de Calais, France. Plot II. Row B. Grave 5.
See also Kuala Lumpur Cenotaph
Extract
from The Bond of Sacrifice - Volume 2:
2nd
LIEUTENANT (temp.) MALCOLM ERNEST CALLARD, RESERVE OF OFFICERS,
attd. 1st BATTN. LOYAL NORTH LANCASHIRE REGIMENT, was the
second son of Mr. and Mrs. Ernest Callard, Little Missenden, Bucks.
He was born in January, 1885, and was educated at Clifton, and afterwards
at Tours, under a private tutor. He received his commission as 2nd
Lieutenant in the 3rd Battalion, The Welsh Regiment, in. 1904 and
in November, 1905, was gazetted to the Loyal North Lancashire Regiment.
Invalided home from South Africa, he resigned his commission in
1903 and voluntarily entered the Reserve of Officers.
After spending five years in Malay as a planter, 2nd Lieutenant
Callard was recalled from Vancouver Island, British Columbia, on
the outbreak of war to rejoin his Regiment. He was sent to France
in November as Machine-gun Officer, in which capacity he saw severe
fighting, losing on one occasion three guns out of four by shell
fire. He was killed in action on the 25th January, 1915, at Beuvry,
near Bethune, being struck by a fragment of a high-explosive shell.
His younger brother, 2nd Lieutenant S. E. Callard, East Yorkshire
Regiment, was killed near Pilkem on 23rd April, 1915.
2nd Lieutenant M. E. Callard had only been married three months
previous to his death. |
CALLARD |
Stanley
Edwyn |
Second
Lieutenant, 2nd Battalion, East Yorkshire Regiment. Killed in action
23 April 1915. Aged 28. Son of Ernest and Isabella Callard, of Brownings
Manor, Blackboys, Uckfield, Sussex. Went to the front 20 March 1915.
Next of kin on Medal Card is E Callard, Esq., 49 Old Bond St, W.
Buried in NEW IRISH FARM CEMETERY, Ieper, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium.
Plot III. Row B. Grave 2.
See also Kuala Lumpur Cenotaph
Extract
from England & Wales, National Probate Calendar (Index
of Wills and Administrations), 1858-1966
CALLARD
Stanley Edwin of Little Missenden Abbey Little Missenden
Buckinghamshire lieutenant H.M. Army died 25
April 1915 at Ypres Flanders Probate London 13
October (1915) to Cuthbert Richard Callard solicitor.
Effects £930 17s. 10d.
The
Singapore Free Press and Mercantile Advertiser (1884-1942), 13
October 1915, Page 7
Second_Lieut. Stanley Edwyn Callard is now reported as killed
in action on April 23rd last near Ypres. He had previously been
reported as wounded and missing. Formerly an assistant on the
Bakap....
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CAMPBELL |
Cecil
Audrey |
[Listed
as Cecil Awdry Campbell on CWGC & SDGW and Cecil Andry on Medal
Card] Lieutenant, 250th Tunnelling Company, Royal Engineers. Drowned
while sailing on the Hirano Maru 4 October 1918. Aged 33. Son of
the late Lorne A. Campbell (I.C.S.) and Cecilia L. Campbell. Entered
France 29 April 1917. A Mr C Campbell, a Planter, travelled to Malacca,
aged 24, on the "Sunda" sailing from the Port of London
19 April 1913. No known grave. Commemorated on HOLLYBROOK MEMORIAL,
SOUTHAMPTON. See also Ipoh St John's
The
Singapore Free Press and Mercantile Advertiser (1884-1942), 17
October 1918, Page 247
THE
HIRANO MARU.
Messrs. Patersons Simons have received a telegram announcing the
names of the missing passengers. The cable reads:
"Hirano Maru following passengers of your port missing: Lieut
Cecil Campbell, Louis Mahler, Frederick Young, Percy Johnson,
Alexander Stroncah, Albert Hill, Mom Prabriddhi, Mom Akubandhu,
James Monro, David Robartson, William hall, Gysbartin Nusteleyn,
Johannes Debruyn, Henricus Stadiman, Jan Sendrikse, Pieter Vandenberg,
Grader Vandermaan, Roland Johns, Isaac Lemahieu. Twenty one in
all."
The
Singapore Free Press and Mercantile Advertiser (1884-1942), 24
October 1918, Page 269
Lieut. Cecil A Campbell, reported as missing in the
Hirano Maru disaster, was a brother of Mr F M Cambell, of Wardieburn
Estate, who we regret to learn has now received confirmation of
his death (M.M.)
The
New York Times 11 October 1918
A BRITISH PORT, Oct. 10.--Germany has added another to her long
list of sea crimes and again women and children are among the
victims. On Saturday night, off the Irish coast, the Hirano Maru,
a Japanese liner of about 7,700 tons, was torpedoed and sunk,
and of about 320 persons on board, 200 passengers and a crew of
120, only 29 were saved.
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CHAMPLIN |
William |
Sergeant
9139, 2nd Battalion, King's Own (Yorkshire Light Infantry). Killed
in action 18 September 1915. Born Rudstone, Bridlington, enlisted
Leeds. Prison Warder for Federated Malay States Government resident
Taiping, Perak, Malaysia. His resdence is listed as 6, Church
Hill Street, Rudston, Bridlington, Yorkshire. Son of Henry Champlin
and Elizabeth Champlin, of 72, Chapel Street Cottage, Rudston,
Bridlington, Yorkshire. In the 1911 census he was aged 22, born
Rudstone, Bridlington, Yorkshire, a Private serving with 1st The
King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry, billeted in Hong Kong, China.
Buried
in CARNOY MILITARY
CEMETERY, Somme, France. Row S. Grave 4. See
also Kuala Lumpur Cenotaph
The
Straits Times, 4 August 1915, Page 10
ROLL OF HONOUR.
MEN WHO ANDWERED THE CALL
MALAYA’S VOLUNTEERS FOR THE FRONT.
......
An asterisk is put against the names of those who have made the
great sacrifice or who have been wounded.
Champlin
W., Warder, F.M.S.
The
Straits Times, 16 March 1915, Page 8
F.M.S.
AND THE WAR.
Commissions and Service in New Army.
...
A list of officers who have been granted permission to serve with
the army is printed as follows:-
...
Camplin, W., European warder
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CHILL |
John
Metcalfe |
Second
Lieutenant 407, 7th Battalion, Malay States Volunteer Rifles, attached
to The Buffs (East Kent Regiment). Killed in action 18 [8 SDGW]
November 1916. Aged 35. Son of Robert Clint Chill; husband of Emma
Louise Metcalfe Chill, of 142A, Burmah Rd., Penang, Malay Peninsula.
No known grave. Commemorated on THIEPVAL MEMORIAL, Somme, France.
Pier and Face 5 D. See also Kuala
Lumpur Cenotaph
The
Straits Times, 9 March 1917, Page 8
DEATH.
CHILL.
- Killed in action in France, on November 18, 1916, 2nd Lieut.
J. Metcalfe Chill, of the Buffs, eldest son of the late Robert
Clint Chill; aged 34 years.
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CHOLMELEY |
Hugh
Ralph |
[Spelt
CHOLMLEY on SDGW] Second Lieutenant, 45th Battery, 42nd Brigade,
Royal Field Artillery. Died of wounds 14 June 1915. Aged 24. Son
of Robert Francis and Blanche Emily Roberta Cholmeley, of 7 Gray's
Inn Square, London, W.C.I. Buried in BAILLEUL COMMUNAL CEMETERY
EXTENSION (NORD), Nord, France. Plot I. Row C. Grave 137.
See
also Kuala Lumpur Cenotaph
Extract
from The Bond of Sacrifice - Volume 2, page 87:
2nd
LIEUTENANT HUGH RALPH CHOLMELEY, ROYAL FIELD ARTILLERY,
was the only son of Robert Francis Cholmeley, Headmaster of Owen's
School Islington, and was born, at Carleton Rode Rectory, Attleborough,
Norfolk, on the 24th April, 1891.
He was educated at Mr. W. M. Harvey's School, Eastbourne, and at
Sedbergh, which he had to leave after two terms owing to a breakdown
of health. Later he studied at Morton Hall, Redditch, and at Leverton
Lodge, Boston, and finally became a member of the Surveyors' Institution.
At the outbreak of the war he held an appointment in the Colonial
Survey, Federated Malay States, and he was a member of the Survey
and Police Probationers' Mess, Kuala Lumpur. On war being declared,
in 1914, Mr. Cholmeley decided to come home and offer his services.
He reached England in November, 1914, and early in the next month
was gazetted to a Temporary 2nd Lieutenancy in the Royal Artillery.
He went to France in February, 1915, and was shortly afterwards
posted to the 45th Battery, 42nd Brigade, IIIrd Division. On the
13th June, 1915, while he was returning from laying a telephone
wire to the forward trench near Ypres, he was shot through the head,
and he died the following day. He was buried in the cemetery at
Bailleul.
The
Straits Times, 1 May 1915, Page 12
Malaya's
Contingent.
THE MEN WHO HAVE ANSWERED THE CALL
List to End of April
List of Government officers whose services have been placed at the
disposal of the War Office and the Admiralty compiled up to April
30, 1915.
CHOLMELEY, H.R..
The
Straits Times, 4 August 1915, Page 10
ROLL OF HONOUR.
MEN WHO ANDWERED THE CALL
MALAYA’S VOLUNTEERS FOR THE FRONT.
......
An asterisk is put against the names of those who have made the
great sacrifice or who have been wounded.
Colmeley,
H.R., F.M.S., Surreys, 2nd Lt. R.F.A. Died of wounds June 14. |
COLLCUTT |
Philip
Martin Blake |
[Listed
as COLCUTT on memorial] Temporary Lieutenant, 7th Battalion, East
Yorkshire Regiment. Killed in action 12 May 1917. Formerly a Planter
on the Strathisla Estate, Perak, Malaysia. Embarked in France 13
October 1915. Mr P M B Colcutt sailed on 6 August 1909 from Liverpool
to Rangoon, Burma on the "Mandalay" and returned on 23
February 1913 to London, embarking at Singapore while sailing on
the ship "Sumatra". His occupation was given as Engineer
and his place of residence the Federated Malaya States. No known
grave. Commemorated on ARRAS MEMORIAL, Pas de Calais, France. Bay
4 and 5. Also listed on Totteridge War Memorial and Godalming
Charterhouse School
and also Kuala Lumpur Cenotaph
Extract
from De Ruvigny's Roll of Honour 1914-1918, volume 5,
page 35:
COLLCUTT,
PHILIP MARTIN BLAKE, Lieut., 7th (Service) Battn. The
East Yorkshire Regt., yst. s. of Thomas Edward Collcutt,
of Bloomsbury Square, W.C., and Totteridge, co. Hertford, Architect,
formerly President of the Royal Institute of British Architects,
and Architect of the Imperial Institute : b. London.
13 Jan. 1881 ; educ. at Charterhouse ; held a commission in the
Warwickshire Militia ; then obtained a commission in 2nd Battn.
The East Yorkshire Regt., with whom he served in Burmah, 1905-9
was rubber planting in the Malay States, 1909-14 ; on the outbreak
of war he immediately returned to England, and rejoined his regiment
in Sept. 1914 ; served with the Expeditionary Force in France
and Flanders, and was killed in action near Armentieres 12 May,
1917. His Commanding Officer wrote : " He was killed in action
leading his men to the attack on the 12th inst. He had done awfully
well all through the heavy fighting. I am quite sure that he died
as he himself would have chosen, at the head of his men, like
a true British officer and gentleman." Unm.Extract
from Hendon & Finchley Times - Friday 25 May 1917.
page 5:
LIEUT.
PHILIP M. COLLCUTT.
News
has been received that Lieut. Philip Martin Collcutt, of the East
Yorkshire Regiment, younger son of Mr. T. E. Collcutt, Totteridge,
was killed in action on May 12th.
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CORNWELL |
George
James |
Private
M/2/177135, Motorised Transport, Army Service Corps. Enlisted 11
May 1916. Disharged with Sickness 392 (xvi - Silver War Badge Roll
1914-1920 - Badge no 106919) 1 January 1917. Died January to March
Quarter 1918 in Portsmouth Registration District. Mr G J Cornwell
sailed from Southampton on 1 August 1911 to Penang, he is listed
as a Student, on the ship Gneisenau. In the 1911 census he is the
son of Elizabeth, aged 17, a student Civil Engineer, born Southsea,
Hampshire, resident 7 Clovelly Road, Portsmouth. See also Kuala
Lumpur Cenotaph |
CRAKE |
George
Cecil |
Trooper
199, 1 Australian Light Horse Regiment. Killed in action 14 May
1915 at Gallipoli. Aged 26. Son of Edward and Margaret Crake, of
Morpeth, Northumberland. Farmer by trade. Buried in QUINN'S POST
CEMETERY, ANZAC, Turkey (including Gallipoli). Plot/Row/Section
B. Grave 3.
See also Kuala Lumpur Cenotaph
The
Straits Times, 4 August 1915, Page 10
ROLL OF HONOUR.
MEN WHO ANDWERED THE CALL
MALAYA’S VOLUNTEERS FOR THE FRONT.
......
An asterisk is put against the names of those who have made the
great sacrifice or who have been wounded.
Crake,
G.C., Selaba, Pte. Australians. Killed Dardanelles, May 14.
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CUNNINGHAM |
Charles
Albert Glentworth |
Captain,
12th Battalion, Cameronians (Scottish Rifles). Killed in action
5 June 1915. Attested 1892, born 1871, in Woolwich, Kent, enlisted
with Welsh Reminent aged 21 years 9 months. Posted 1 June 1916 to
the Balkans. Husband of V M Cunningham. Recruits enrolled in the
Straits Settlement for Enlistment in England Employed as a Planter
[The Straits Times, 1 May 1915, Page 12] No known grave. Commemorated
on HELLES MEMORIAL, Turkey (including Gallipoli). Panel 92 to 97.
See
also Kuala Lumpur Cenotaph
The
Straits Times, 4 January 1915, Page 7
Malayan Contingent
The names and occupations of the recruits enrolled in the Straits
Settlements for enlistment in England, the cost of those passages
defrayed by Government, was as follows. ...
CUNNINGHAM, C.A.G. Planter
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DANIELS |
Edwin
Ambrose |
Captain,
8th Battalion, Prince of Wales's Volunteers (South Lancashire Regiment).
Killed in action 21 October 1916. Aged 25. Son of William and Elizabeth
Daniels, of Flint Cottage, Chigwell, Essex. Arrived at Tilbury on
the "Egypt" 7 April 1915, he had embarked at Penang and
his occupation was given as Rubber Planter and his place of residence
the Malaya States, his detination was given as Flint Cottage, Chigwell,
Essex. Formerly Private 3418, Honourable Artillery Company. Commissioned
11 December 1915. Went to France 18 August 1915. In the 1911 census
he was a Bank Clerk, aged 20, born Chigwell, Essex, resident Flint
Cottage, Chigwell. No known grave. Commemorated on THIEPVAL MEMORIAL,
Somme, France. Pier and Face 7 A and 7 B.
See also Kuala Lumpur Cenotaph
|
DAVIDSON |
Robert
Henry Walter |
Second
Lieutenant, 8th Battalion, Devonshire Regimnet. Killed in action
1 July 1916. Aged 31. Son of F. G. and Mary Davidson. in the 1901
census Robert H W Davidson was aged 16, a boarder at Tunbridge school,
born Singapore, resident Tunbridge, Kent. Buried in DEVONSHIRE CEMETERY,
MAMETZ, Somme, France. Plot/Row/Section A. Grave 2.
See
also Kuala Lumpur Cenotaph
Extract
from England & Wales, National Probate Calendar (Index
of Wills and Administrations), 1858-1966
DAVIDSON
Robery Henry Walter of 11 Bullingham-mansions Kensington Middlesex
second lieutenant Devonshire Regiment died 1 July 1916 in France
killed in action Administration (with Will limited) London
8 September (19160 to Samuel James Randle bank official syndic
of London and South Westeran Bank Ltd. Effects £3211 2s.
10d.
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DAVIES |
F
H |
F
H Davies travelled to Singapore bound for the Penang, Federated
Malay States from the Port of London on the "Khyber" on
22 April 1914, occupation Rubber Planter, aged 31. Born circa 1883.
Recruits enrolled in the Straits Settlement for Enlistment in England
Employed as a Planter Johore [The Straits Times, 1 May 1915, Page
12]
See
also Kuala Lumpur Cenotaph
The
Straits Times, 4 January 1915, Page 7
Malayan Contingent
The names and occupations of the recruits enrolled in the Straits
Settlements for enlistment in England, the cost of those passages
defrayed by Government, was as follows. ...
DAVIES, F.H. Planter, Johore.
|
ECCLES |
Charley
Gordon |
Captain,
41st Squadron, Royal Flying Corps and General List. Killed in action
25 May 1917. Aged 29. Son of R. Herbert Eccles and Jean M. Eccles,
of Dingleton, Melrose, Roxburghshire. Native of Darwen, Lancs. Sailed
from London to Penang, Malaya on the Moldavia on 5 September 1913.
His will details state "ECCLES Charley George of Chesham Bentham
Yorkshire captain in the general list and R.F.C. died 25 May 1917
in France Administration London 24 december to Richard Herbert Eccles
captain in the Roya West Kent Regiment. Effects £221 16s.
8d." Buried in MESSINES RIDGE BRITISH CEMETERY, West-Vlaanderen,
Belgium. Plot II. Row F. Grave 20. See
also Kuala Lumpur Cenotaph
|
FEATHERSTONHAUGH |
Harry |
Captain,
8th Battalion, Royal Fusiliers. Killed in action 8 July 1916. Next
of kin his brother living at 54, Fitzjohn's Avenue, Hampstead, N.W.3.
No known grave. Commemorated on THIEPVAL MEMORIAL, Somme, France.
Pier and Face 8 C 9 A and 16 A.
See
also Kuala Lumpur Cenotaph
Extract
from England & Wales, National Probate Calendar (Index
of Wills and Administrations), 1858-1966
FEATHERSTONHAUGH
Harry of 78 Warrior-square St. Leonards-on-Sea
captain 8th Service battalion Royal Fusiliers died 8 July 1916 in
France Administration (with Will) London 31 March
to Georgina Featherstonhaugh spinster.
Effects £167 17s 11d. |
FROST |
Evelyn
Fairfax Meadows |
Captain,
5th (City of Glasgow) Battalion (Territorial), Highland Light Infantry.
Died of wounds 20 December 1915. Aged 37. Born Birkenhead, Cheshire
1878. Son of Meadows and Rosalie Croshaw Elizabeth Frost, of Stonyhurst,
The Oatlands, West Kirby, Birkenhead. Buried in LANCASHIRE LANDING
CEMETERY, Turkey (including Gallipoli). Plot/Row/Section L. Grave
13. See
also Kuala Lumpur Cenotaph
Extract
from Du Ruvigny's Roll of Honour:
FROST,
EVELYN FAIRFAX MEADOWS, Capt., 1/5th Battn. The Highland
Light Infantry (T.F.), 2nd s. of Meadows Frost, of The
Oatlands, West Kirby, co. Chester, by his wife, Rosalie Croshaw
Elizabeth, elder dau. of the late Rev. John Fuller Russell, Rector
of Greenhithe; b. Claughton, Birkenhead, 14 April, 1878;
educ. there, and Liverpool University (Engineering Section); served
his apprenticeship as an engineer at Messrs. Carmel) Laird's works
at Birkenhead; then went to Messrs. John Brown & Co., of Clydebank,
and subsequently became Manager of a Rubber Estate in the Federated
Malay States; obtained a 2nd Lieutenancy in the 5th Highland L.1.
2 May, 1907; was promoted Lieut. 1 April, 1908, and Capt. 6 Sept.
1913, passing his Musketry, Maxim Gun and Signalling courses.
On the outbreak of war in Aug. 1914, he joined the Singapore Command,
when he acted as D.A.A. and D.A.Q.G.; but after the Mutiny there
was quelled, returned home and joined his regiment; went to Gallipoli
5 Nov. 1915, and died in Belles Point Hospital 20 Dec. following,
from wounds received in action the previous day. Buried in Lancashire
Landing Cemetery. His Commanding Officer, Col. Morrison, C.B.,
wrote: “His death was a splendidly honourable one. On 19
Dec. he was shot down, we think by fire of a machine gun, while
leading his company to the assault of an enemy trench which the
regiment had been ordered to capture, and eventually did capture,
at terrible cost. 1 actually saw him fall and then crawl painfully
back to where his men were hesitating to cross the fire-swept
zone. Though hit in several places, he urged them forward and
continued to cheer them on until he fainted through weakness and
exhaustion." Unm.
|
GAMBLE |
Richard
Sumner |
Second
Lieutenant, 7th Battalion, East Lancashire Regiment attached 1st
Battalion attached 1st King George's Own Gurkha Rifles (The Malaun
Regiment). Reported missing, believed killed 22 May 1915. Aged 33.
Son of Sidney G. and Harriet A. Gamble, of 16, Queen Anne's Gardens,
Bedford Park, London. Gazetted January 1915. No known grave. Commemorated
on LE TOURET MEMORIAL, Pas de Calais, France. Panel 18. See
also Kuala Lumpur Cenotaph
Extract
from Du Ruvigny's Roll of Honour:
GAMBLE,
RICHARD SUMNER, 2nd Lieut., 7th (Service) Battn. East
Lancashire Regt., eldest s. of Sidney Gompertz Gamble,
some time Borough Surveyor of Grantham and since Feb. 1892, second
in command of the London Fire Brigade, by his wife, Harriet Annie,
eldest dau. of John Sumner, of Blyth, Coleshill; b. Grantham,
8 Oct. 1881; educ. at Coleshill School and Luneburg, Germany.
On returning to England in 1899 he was apprenticed as mechanical
engineer at the Hunslet Engine Works, Leeds, and afterwards continued
his engineering studies at the Battersea Polytechnic. On 7 Jan.
1905, he left England to take up an appointment as Assistant Manager
of the Kallina Tea Estate, India, afterwards holding similar positions
at Konapara and Jellalpore. Owing to ill-health he returned to
England in Oct. 1910. He, however, recovered and left in Dec.
1911, to take up an appointment as Assistant Manager of the Sungei
Rubber Estate, Perak, F.M. States. He was an enthusiastic volunteer
and attained the rank of Sergt. in the Leeds Rifles and the Surma
Valley Light Horse. Being a good horse and swordsman he carried
off many of the best prizes at their competitions. The news of
the outbreak of war coincided with the end of the first period
of his engagement in the Malay States. He therefore returned to
England and at once placed his services at the disposal of the
India Office, hoping that with his intimate knowledge of German,
French, Hindustani, etc., and his great ability to control and
manage the Coolies, he might be able to be of considerable use
to the Indian troops, then on their way from India. On 16 Jan.
1915, he was gazetted 2nd Lieut., and was attached to the 7th
Battn. East Lancashire Regt. He remained with this battn. at Cliveden,
Somerset, until 24 March, 1915, when he received orders to report
himself at Southampton, Havre, Rouen and Marseilles, where he
was attached to the 6th .Jat Light Infantry, Dehra Dun Division.
On 30 April, with 14 other officers, he left for Boulogne, and
was sent up to the Front on 12 May, and was transferred on 16
May to the 1st Gurkha Rifles, who were then in the trenches. The
last letter received from him, dated 20 May, 1915, concludes with
“I have just received orders to go and bomb some Germans
out of a trench, so must say good-bye." From subsequent information
it appears that the actual attack took place on the night of 21-22
May in the trenches running through Ferme Du Bois, 3,000 metres
north-east of Festubert and 2,500 metres south-west of Neuve Chapelle;
1,000 metres west of the main road from La Bassee to Estaires.
The attack was a comparatively small local affair. He was leading
and was described by the observation officer as being well in
front of his men, and deliberately cut a large gap through the
wire and then, thinking his men were just behind him, jumped over
into the German trench. The German fire was so intensely hot that
the men had to lie down, and never reached the trench; the casualties
were all the European officers and 45 per cent. of the men killed
and wounded. The India Office record “2nd Lieut. R. S. Gamble,
7th East Lancashire Regt., attached 1st Gurkha Rifles, officially
reported missing, believed killed 22 May."
The
Straits Times, 4 August 1915, Page 10
ROLL OF HONOUR.
MEN WHO ANDWERED THE CALL
MALAYA’S VOLUNTEERS FOR THE FRONT.
......
An asterisk is put against the names of those who have made the
great sacrifice or who have been wounded.
Gamble,
R.S. Sungei Buloh, Lt. 1st Gurkhas, missing and believed killed.
The
Straits Times, 29 June 1915, Page 6
SOCIAL
AND PERSONAL.
Information has been received that Mr. R. S. Gamble, formerly
of Sungei Kloh Estate. Sungkai, was officially reported missing
and believed to be killed on May 22. Mr. Gamble had received a
lieutenancy in the 7th East Lancashire Regiment, and was attached
to the 1st Gurkha Rifles.
|
GERRARD |
Percy
Netterville |
Captain,
Malay States Volunteer Rifles. Died 15 February 1915. Aged 45. Son
of Thomas and Elizabeth Gerrard, husband of Clare Gerrard, of 66D,
Princes Square, Bayswater, London. Born in Dublin. Sailed to Singapore
on 19 May 1891 on the Agamemnon. Buried in KRANJI WAR CEMETERY,
Kranji, Singapore. Plot 37. Row F. Grave 12. |
GILFILLAN |
H |
No
further information currently available |
GILLMAN |
Bernard
[Taite] |
[Spelt
in various records as Chute, Tuite, Tinte or Taite for the 2nd forename]
Second Lieutenant 12094, 49th Squadron, Royal Air Force. Died 24
September 1918. Son of John and Mary Ann Gillman. Birth registered
in 6 July 1893 in Lambeth Registration District, London. Baptised
Clapham Park St James, Lambeth, 23 July 1893. Admitted into Stockwell
College (Stockwell Road, Lambeth), aged 3, 28 September 1896 (reference:
LCC/EO/DIV08/STC/AD/009). In the 1911 census he was aged 17, a Clerk
to a Chartered Accountant, born Lambeth, resident with his mother
Mary Ann Gillman (a widow) at 71 Arodene Road, Brixton Hill, London
SW. Formerly Inns of Court, O.T.C. No known grave, Commemorated
on ARRAS FLYING SERVICES MEMORIAL, Pas de Calais, France. See
also Kuala Lumpur Cenotaph
|
GORTON |
Arthur
Llewellyn |
Lieutenant,
Indian Army Reserve of Officers attached 1st Battalion 10th Gurkha
Rifles. Died 29 October 1918. In the 1911 census he was aged 23,
a clerk by trade, born Denchworth, Berkshire, resident The Cottage,
Little Stanhope St, London W. Birth registered in the January to
March Quarter 1888 in the Wantage Registration District, Berkshire.
In the 1891 census he is aged 3, born Denchworth, Berkshire, son
of Arthur H and Albina H Gorton, resident with his grandparents
at Kirkby Laythorpe, Lincolnshire. No known grave. Commemorated
on BASRA MEMORIAl, Iraq. Panel 43 and 65.
See
also Kuala Lumpur Cenotaph
Extract
from England & Wales, National Probate Calendar (Index
of Wills and Administrations), 1858-1966
GORTON
Arthur LLewellyn of 85 Lauderdale-mansions Maida Vale
Middlesex lieutenant 10th Gurkha Rifles died
29 October 1918 at Hawaish Mesopotamia Administration London
13 October to Marian Albina Gorton spinster.
Effects £447 4s. 7d.
|
GREENER,
MC |
Arthur
Stephen |
Captain,
1st Battalion, Northumberland Fusiliers, Died of wounds 18 April
1918, Aged 28. Son of Marie Elizabeth and the late William John
Greener, of Pemberton, Wigan, Lancs. Sailed from the Port of London
13 December 1912, aged 22, on the "Morea", destination
Penang, Federated Malay States, occupation Mining Engineer. In the
1901 census he is aged 11, son of Maria E Greener, born Pemberton,
Lancashire, resident Kirkby, Lancashire. In the 1911 census he was
a Student in Mining, aged 21, born Pemberton, Lancashire, resident
The Park, Kirkby, Lancashire. Awarded the Military Cross (M.C.).
Buried in PERNES BRITISH CEMETERY, Pas de Calais, France. Plot I.
Row B. Grave 5.
Extract
from England & Wales, National Probate Calendar (Index
of Wills and Administrations), 1858-1966
GREENER
Arthur Stephen of Langdale Kirkby Lancashire
captain 3rd Northumberland Fusiliers died 18 April 1918 in France
Probate London 3 December to Martin James Greener
solicitor.
Effects £601 6s. 10d.
|
GRIPPER |
Walter
Vincent Thomas |
Captain,
3rd Battalion attached 1st Battalion, East Surrey Regiment. Killed
in action 24 July 1916. Aged 27. Son of Walter and Evelyn Hayes
Gripper, of Park House, Park Lane, Willingdon, Eastbourne. Birth
registered in the October to December Quarter 1888 in the Croydon
Registration District, Surrey. In the 1891 census he is the son
of Walter and Evelyn Gripper. aged 2, born Surrey, resident The
Poplars, Maldon Road, Wallington, Surrey. In the 1901 census he
is aged 12, a pupil, born Wallington, Surrey, resident The Grange,
St Annes Road, Eastbourne. In the 1911 census he was aged 18, a
Student, born Wallington, Surrey, resident South Eastern, Agricultural
College, High Street, Wye, Kent. [Note the discrepancy of ages between
census] Disembarked France 13 November 1914. Buried in DANTZIG ALLEY
BRITISH CEMETERY, MAMETZ, Somme, France. Plot VIII. Row F. Grave
8. See
also Kuala Lumpur Cenotaph
Extract
from England & Wales, National Probate Calendar (Index
of Wills and Administrations), 1858-1966
GRIPPER
Walter Vincent Thomas of Walpole House Wallington Surrey
captain 3rd battalion East Surrey regiment died 24 July 1916 in
France Administration London 9 December to Walter
Gripper medical practitioner.
Effects £819 5s. 5d.
|
HAWKINS |
H
E |
either
Herbert Edward HAWKINS, Second Lieutenant, 1st/14th (County of London)
Battalion (London Scottish), London Regiment. Killed in action 11
May 1917. Aged 30. Son of the Rev. Canon Edward Hugh Hawkins, R.D.
and Eliza Louisa Hawkins, of Holy Trinity Vicarage, Stroud, Glos.
Birth registered April to June Quarter 1887 in Stroud Registration
District, Gloucestershire. In the 1901 census he was a son, aged
14, born Stroud, resident with his parents, Edward H and Eliza L,
in Whitehall, Stroud. Buried in TANK CEMETERY, GUEMAPPE, Pas de
Calais, France. Plot/Row/Section C. Grave 24.
or
Herbert Edwin HAWKINS, Captain, 10th Battalion, Essex Regiment.
Killed in action 1 July 1916. Aged 21. Son of Edwin James and
Mary Susanna Hawkins, of 89, Coventry Rd., llford, Essex. In the
1901 census he was aged 5, born Stoke Newington, London, resident
Pembroke Road, Ilford. Birth registered in the April to June Quarter
1895 in the Hackney Registration District, London. Buried in CARNOY
MILITARY CEMETERY, Somme, France. Plot/Row/Section J. Grave 34.
See
also Kuala Lumpur Cenotaph
|
HAZARD |
D |
|
HEAD |
A
G |
A
Private A G Head 43327, Northaptonshire Regiment, enlisted 24 February
1916 and was discharged due to wounds 10 May 1917. See
also Kuala Lumpur Cenotaph
The
Straits Times, 4 January 1915, Page 7
Government Officers
The list of Government officers compiled to end of year 1914,
whose services have been placed at the disposal of the War Office
is as follows. ...
A.G. HEAD
|
HENDRIKS |
George
M |
Private
P.S.3290, 17th Battalion, Duke of Cambridge's Own (Middlesex Regiment).
Killed in action 8 August 1916. Aged 23. Born Perak, Straits Settlements,
enlisted Warrington, Lancashire, resident Liverpool. Son of Alfred
Jacob Robert and Eusebia Hendriks, of Monte Rosa Rubber Plantation,
Taiping, Perak, Straits Settlements. Formerly 26558, South Lancashire
Regiment. No known grave. Commemorated on THIEPVAL MEMORIAL, Somme,
France. Pier and Face 12 D and 13 B. |
HEPWORTH,
MC |
Arthur
Montagu |
Lieutenant,
Royal Air Force and 2nd/4th Battalion (Territorial), The Queen's
(Royal West Surrey Regiment). Killed in action 4 May 1918. Aged
32. Son of Alice Hepworth, of Hedsor Priory, Bourne End, Bucks,
and the late Montagu Hepworth. Awarded the Military Cross (M.C.).
In the 1911 census he was the son of Monrtagu and Alice Hepworth,
aged 24, a Stock Exchange Clerk, born Hedsor, Buckinghamshire, resident
The Priory, Hedsor House, Bourne End, Bucks. Birth registered in
the October to December Quarter 1886 in the Wycombe Registration
District, Buckinghamshire. Formerly Royal Flying Corps. First went
to Gallipoli August 1915. His address at the time of death was 12
Cornwall Terrace, Regents Park, London N.W.1. Sailed from the Port
of London on the "Nile" 16 December 1911 to Penang. Returned
from the Federated Malay States, aged 22, occupation Broker, landed
at Plymouth from the ship "Medina" on 27 December 1914.
Buried in RAMLEH WAR CEMETERY, Israel and Palestine (including Gaza).
Section D. Grave 15. See
also Kuala Lumpur Cenotaph
Extract
from England & Wales, National Probate Calendar (Index
of Wills and Administrations), 1858-1966
HEPWORTH
Arthur Montagu of Priory Hedson Buckinghamshire lieutenant
Royal West Surrey regiment died 4 May 1918 in Palestine Administration
London 24 March to Paul Montagu Hepworth member Stock Exchange.
Effects £241 1s. 1d.
The
Straits Times, 23 June 1919, Page 2
The Roll of Honour.
SETTLEMENT OF PENANG AND KEDAH STATE
Official List
The details given are name in full, last residence, occupation,
rank at death, regiment, and date of death:-
Penang
Hepworth, Arthur Montagu,
Hoefeld(?) and Co., Broker, captain, R.F.C., 4.5.18
|
HOPKINS |
L
[B] |
|
HUGHES |
C
[P] |
|
HUGHES |
J
C |
|
HUTCHINS |
William
Henry |
Sergeant
3/3469, 2nd Battalion, King's Own (Yorkshire Light Infantry). Killed
in action 18 April 1915. Aged 29. Son of Joseph and Selina Hutchins,
of 192, Yardley Rd., Acock's Green, Birmingham. Inspector of Police,
Federated Malay States. Re-enlisted, December 1914. No known grave.
Recruits enrolled in the Straits Settlement for Enlistment in England
Employed by Government Services, F.M.S. [The Straits Times, 1 May
1915, Page 12] Commemorated on YPRES (MENIN GATE) MEMORIAL, Ieper,
West-Vlaanderen, Belgium. Panel 47.
See
also Kuala Lumpur Cenotaph
The
Straits Times, 4 January 1915, Page 7
Malayan Contingent
The names and occupations of the recruits enrolled in the Straits
Settlements for enlistment in England, the cost of those passages
defrayed by Government, was as follows. ...
HUTCHINS, W.H. Govt. Services, F.M.S.
|
IRELAND |
J
B |
Mr
J B Ireland sailed from the Port of London on 8 July 1911 aboard
the "Kamo Maru" to Singapore, occupation Merchant. See
also Kuala Lumpur Cenotaph
|
KINGDON |
Robert
Claude Hawker |
Second
Lieutenant, 123rd Battery, Royal Field Artillery. Killed in action
at Vimy Ridge, France, 19 April 1917. Aged 27. Born 21 April 1890.
Baptised 27 April 1890 in Bridgerule, Devon. Son of Frank Hawker
Kingdon and Jessie Freyberg Kingdon, of Bridgerule Vicarage, Holsworthy,
Devon.Employed as Malaysia Civil Servant, Cadet Federated Malay
States Government. Religious denomination Church of England. In
the 1891 census he was newborn, born Bridgerule, Devon, son of Frank
H and Jessie Kingdon, resident Vicarage, Bridgerule Village, East
Bridgerule, Holsworthy, Devon. In the 1901 census he was aged 10,
born Bridgerule, Devon, son of Frank H and Jessie Kingdon, resident
Vicarage, East Bridgerule, Holsworthy, Devon. In the 1911 census
he was aged 20, born Bridgerule, Devon, a Student, son of Frank
Hawker and Jessie Kingdon, resident Vicarage Bridgerule Holsworthy,
East Bridgerule, Devon. Educated Charterhouse and Hertford College,
Oxford University (B.A.). Matriculated 1909 Hertford College, Oxford
University. Buried in ECOIVRES MILITARY CEMETERY, MONT-ST. ELOI,
Pas de Calais, France. Plot VI. Row D. Grave 25. Also commemorated
on a brass plaque on the North wall of St Peter and St Paul Church,
Holsworthy, Devon and on Charterhouse
War Memorial, Godalming, Surrey, England.
Extract
from Probate Calendars of England & Wales 1917:
KINGDON
Robert, Claude Hawker, of the Vicarage Bridgerule Devonshire
second-lieutenant R.F.A. died 9 April 1917 in action in France
Administration (with Will) Exeter 10 August to
the reverend Frank Hawker Kingdon clerk.
Effects £886 11s. 5d.
|
KINGSTON |
Harold
William Fellemans |
Lieutenant,
9th Battalion, The Queen's (Royal West Surrey Regiment) attached
1st Battalion, Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers. Killed in action 21
August 1915. Aged 29. Son of Louise Marie Therese Kingston (nee
Fellemans), of 4, Scarsdale Terrace, Kensington, London, and the
late Thomas William Kingston. Birth registered in the July to September
Quarter 1886 in the Marylebone Registration District, London. Baptised
17 October 1866 ib St Marylebone Parish, Westminster, son of Thomas
William and Louise Maris Therese Kingston. In the 1901 census he
was a baorder, aged 14, born London, resident at Grammar School,
King Street, Wimborne Iminbster, Dorset. No known grave. Commemorated
on HELLES MEMORIAL, Turkey (including Gallipoli). Panel 30 and 31.
See
also Kuala Lumpur Cenotaph
The
Straits Times, 1 May 1915, Page 12
Malaya's
Contingent.
THE MEN WHO HAVE ANSWERED THE CALL
List to End of April
We are in receipt from the Governmen of the following lists of
men who have gone home from malaya in connection with the war....
KINGSTON, H.W.F. Planter
Extract
from England & Wales, National Probate Calendar (Index
of Wills and Administrations), 1858-1966
KINGSTON
Harold William Fellemans of 3 Scarsdale-terrace Kensington
Middlesex lieutenant Royal West Surrey (Queen's)
regiment died on or since 21 August 1915 at Gallipoli on active
service Probate London 18 August to William James
Jackson Gossling schoolmaster. Effects £169 19s. 6d.
|
LANE |
Henry
Clarence Horsburgh |
Second
Lieutenant, 1st Battalion, Border Regiment. Died 10 July 1917. Baptised
15 February 1887 in Penge, Surrey, son of John Macdonald and Margaret
Augusta Lane. In the 1891 census he was aged 4, son of John M and
Marharegt A Lane, born Penge, Surrey, resident Shanklin, Kingsmead,
Lambeth, London. No known grave. Commemorated on YPRES (MENIN GATE)
MEMORIAL, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium. Panel 35.
See
also Kuala Lumpur Cenotaph
Extract
from Du Ruvigny's Roll of Honour:
LANE,
HENRY CLARENCE HORSBRUGH, M.A., 2nd Lieut., 11th (Service)
Battn. The Border Regt., s. of Mr. and Mrs. Joint Macdonald
Lane, of Devonia, Kew Road, Richmond. co. Surrey; b.
at Sydenham. S.E., 16 Dec. 1886; educ. Dean Close School, Cheltenham,
where he obtained an Exhibition; graduated at St. John's, Cambridge.
taking Second Class Honours in the Classical Tripos and a Musical
Scholarship; held a high appointment in the Government Educational
Department in the Federated Malay States for nearly five years;
in 1916 he asked leave to return to England to join the Forces.
He trained at the Officers' Cadet Corps, Newmarket; received his
commission in four and a half months, on 19 Dec. 1917; ordered
to France in Feb., and was killed in action in the Nieuport Battle
10 July, 1917, falling at the head of his men after having gallantly
led them through the fiercest, shell fire to the support of another
company. The Capt. of his company wrote: “Who can express
the loss we have all sustained? How he was loved by everyone,
and how he did his duty like the brave fellow that he was? Can
I ever forget how cheerful he was when the orders came, and how
he looked at me when he left me, saying, 'Cheery 0. sir,' then
led his men away? A better officer I have never had, a firmer
friend I can never hope for, so I trust I may be allowed to share
in the grief that this letter must bring you, and to offer on
behalf of the officers and men of his company our deepest, and
most heartfelt sympathy in your distress." The Chaplain wrote:
“I had known your son ever since he had joined our regiment,
and am intensely sorry to think he has been taken away front us.
I believe his men and all the officers had the greatest respect
for him, and one of them was telling me yesterday how he was seen
walking fearlessly round with his head up, encouraging his men
in the thickest of the bombardment on that memorable day, 10 July.
He will be a great loss to us." Mr. Lane's father was an
officer in the Indian Navy, and served in the Persian War, 1856,
and Indian Mutiny; unm.
|
LAWFORD |
E
E |
Lieutenant,
Indian Army Reserve of Officers attached 20th Deccan Horse. Died
13 June 1917. Son of Anne Lawford, of Argoed, Dalgelley. No known
grave. Commemorated on NEUVE-CHAPELLE MEMORIAL, Pas de Calais, France.
Panel 1.
See
also Kuala Lumpur Cenotaph |
LECLERC |
G
E E |
The
Straits Times, 4 January 1915, Page 7
Malayan Contingents.
Other Contingents
The steamer Oriental of the P. and O. companuy took away the last
batch of French reservists on August 25. This time the Belgian
flag was displayed in the bunting, Belgian reservists being aboard.
... There were on board 39 reservists as follows:
Perak - G. LECLERC
See
also Kuala Lumpur Cenotaph
|
LEIGH |
H
W |
There
is a William Henry LEIGH, Private, Malay States
Volunteer Rifles. Died 15 February 1915. Aged 25. Son of Joseph
and Ellen Leigh. Born at Almondbury, Huddersfield. Mr W H Leigh
travelled from the Port of London on the 'Macedonia' 21 February
1913 disemabarking at Penang, Federated Malay States, aged 23, an
Accountant by trade. Buried in KRANJI WAR CEMETERY, Singapore. Plot
37. Row G. Grave 1. |
LESLIE |
W |
|
MacGREGOR |
Colin
Alexander |
[Listed
as McGREGOR on Kuala Lumpur memorial] Second Lieutenant, 9th Battalion,
Gordon Highlanders. Killed in action 26 September 1915. No known
grave. Commemorated on LOOS MEMORIAL, Pas de Calais, France. Panel
115 to 119. See
also Kuala Lumpur Cenotaph |
MacKAY |
N
M |
|
MacLEAN |
Moira
Francis Allan |
Captain,
Royal Garrison Artillery. Killed in action 15 February 1915 [CWGC]
or 17 February 1915 [SDGW]. Aged 30. Son of Allan and Emily Elizabeth
Maclean. Buried in KRANJI WAR CEMETERY, Kranji, Singapore. Plot
37. Row G. Grave 2. |
MACMILLAN |
S
A |
Lieutenant,
Indian Army Reserve of Officers attached 58th Vaughan's Rifles (Frontier
Force). Died 9 May 1915. A Captain S A Macmillan arrived on the
Hirano Maru, from Singapore, in the Port of London 8 July 1910.
Buried in BETHUNE TOWN CEMETERY, Pas de Calais, France. Plot II.
Row B. Grave 18. |
MARSLAND |
Eric
[Forbes] |
Second
Lieutenant, 6th Battalion attached 8th Battalion, Royal Fusiliers
(City of London Regiment). Missing believed killed in action 7 October
1916. Sailed from Singapore on the 'Yasaka Maru', aged 25, a Planter,
and arrived at the Port of London 3 January 1915. Entered France
14 November 1915. Formerly Private 6347, 19th Battalion, Royal Fusiliers.
Commissioned into 6th Battalion, Royal Fusiliers on 4 August 1916.
Next of Kin H H Marsland, Esq., c/o Bank of New South Wales, Sydney,
New South Wales, Australia. In the 1901 census he was a schoolboy,
a boarder, aged 10, born Queensland, Australia, resident Colet Court,
Hammersmith Road, Hammersmith, London. No known grave. Commemorated
on THIEPVAL MEMORIAL, Somme, France. Pier and Face 8 C 9 A and 16
A. See
also Kuala Lumpur Cenotaph |
MAUPRAT |
Charles |
The
Straits Times, 4 January 1915, Page 7
Malayan Contingents.
Other Contingents
The steamer Oriental of the P. and O. companuy took away the last
batch of French reservists on August 25. This time the Belgian flag
was displayed in the bunting, Belgian reservists being aboard. ...
There were on board 39 reservists as follows:
Perak - C. MAUPRAT
The
Singapore Free Press and Mercantile Advertiser (1884-1942), 13
April 1916, Page 12
THE
IMMORTAL PAGES.
LES MARIE LOUISES AU FRONT
... His death brings to five the number of the Malaya Frenchment
killed at the front Rev. father A Menard, of Penang, killed in
Belgium, on November 1914; Charles Mauprat, of la Society des
Etains de Kinta, fallen in Argonne at th end of 1914, Charles
Munie, of the local Branch of la Banque de l'Indo-China, killed
in Artois on October 1915, Julien Vuillaumie of La Societe Oxygene
et Acetylene here, killed in Upper Alsace on November of last
year, not very far from his native place.
|
MORGAN |
Ralph
Lewis |
Second
Lieutenant, 3rd Battalion attached 13th Battalion, Welsh Regiment.
Killed in action 14 January 1917. Aged 29. Son of Joshua and Matilda
Morgan, of 37, Brisbane Rd., Reading. Of Swansea. Birth registered
in the October to December Quarter 1887 in the Swansea Registration
District, Glamorgan. In the 1891 census he is aged 3, son of Joshua
M and Matilda Morgan, born St James, Swansea, Glamorgan, resident
8 Church Park, Mubles, Glamorgan. In the 1901 census he is aged
13, a boarder, born Swansea, G;amorgan, resident Seaford College,
Seaford, Eastbourne. Buried in ESSEX FARM CEMETERY, Ieper, West-Vlaanderen.
Belgium. Plot III. Row H. Grave 11.
See
also Kuala Lumpur Cenotaph
Extract
from England & Wales, National Probate Calendar (Index
of Wills and Administrations), 1858-1966
MORGAN
Ralph Lewis of Hillcrest Bishopston Swansea second-lieutenant
H.M. Army died 14 January 1917 in France Administration London
20 May to Matilda Morgan widow. Effects £68 9s. 11d.
|
MORRIS |
Philip
Henry |
[Spelt
MORRISS on Kuala Lumpur] Second Lieutenant, 114th Battalion, Machine
Gun Corps (Infantry). Killed in action 9 October 1917. Aged 26.
Son of the late Arthur Morris and Marian C. S. Morris, of "Glen
Rosa," Southborough, Tunbridge Wells. Born at Edinburgh. In
the 1911 census he is aged 20, son of Arthur and Marian Charlott
Susanna Morris, an apprentice engineer, born Burgh, Edinburgh, Scotland,
resident 6 Lee Park, Blackheath, London S.E. Born 20 Deceber 1890
in North Leith, Edinburgh, Scotland. A Mr P H Morris arrived from
Singapore, Federated Malay States, at the Port of London on the
"Somali" 25 March 1917, an engineer, aged 27. Buried in
POELCAPELLE BRITISH CEMETERY, Ieper, West-Vlaanderen. Belgium. Plot
XIV. Row A. Grave 10.
See
also Kuala Lumpur Cenotaph
|
ORR |
Walter
Leslie |
Second
Lieutenant, 4th Battalion attached 2nd Battalion. Royal Irish Rifles.
Killed in action 25 September 1915. Aged 25. Son of Constance Orr,
of 7, Claremont Villas, Glenagcarey, Kingstown, Co. Dublin, and
the late F. Harman Orr. Birth registered in the Rathdown Registration
District, Ireland in the April to June Quarter 1890. In the 1901
census he was aged 10, son of Fingal and Constance Orr, resident
31 March 1901 at Longford Terrace, Kingstown, Dublin. Departed for
Penang from the Port of London on 12 January 1912 on the "Marmora".
Arrived at the Port of London from Penang on the 'Hitachi Maru'
27 February 1914, aged 23, a Planter. No known grave. Commemorated
on YPRES (MENIN GATE) MEMORIAL, Ieper, West-Vlaanderen. Belgium.
Panel 40.
See
also Kuala Lumpur Cenotaph
|
OSBORNE |
G
W |
probably
Geoffrey William OSBONE, Second Lieutenant, 7th Squadron, Royal
Air Force. Died 29 June 1918. Aged 26. Son of F. C. and Annie S.
Osborne, of 82, Vincent Square, Westminster, London. Enlisted 1
November 1917. Buried in LONGUENESSE (ST. OMER) SOUVENIR CEMETERY,
Pas de Calais, France. Plot V. Row C. Grave 28.
See
also Kuala Lumpur Cenotaph
|
PARSONS |
D
S |
Mr
D S Parsons landed at the Port of London on the "Miyazaki-Maru"
from Penang, Malaya, 18 January 1915, listed as a Planter, aged
26, permanent residence listed as England. Recruits enrolled in
the Straits Settlement for Enlistment in England Employed as a Planter,
F.M.S. [The Straits Times, 1 May 1915, Page 12]. See
also Kuala Lumpur Cenotaph
The
Straits Times, 4 January 1915, Page 7
Malayan Contingent
The names and occupations of the recruits enrolled in the Straits
Settlements for enlistment in England, the cost of those passages
defrayed by Government, was as follows. ...
PARSONS, D.S. Planter, F.M.S.
|
PARSONS |
Mevyn
Merefield |
Rifleman
S/7709, "A" Company, 7th Battalion, Rifle Brigade (The
prince Consort's Own). Killed in action 8 September 1915. Aged 26.
Born Tipperary, Ireland, enlisted London, resident Willesden, Middlesex.
Son of Herbert and Mary Sortain Parsons, of Merefield House, 17,
Heathfield Park, Willesden Green, London. Gave up his position as
1st Assistant on a Rubber Estate at Sungei Siput, Malay States,
to come to England to enlist. Recruits enrolled in the Straits Settlement
for Enlistment in England Employed as a Planter, F.M.S. [The Straits
Times, 1 May 1915, Page 12] Buried in POTIJZE BURIAL GROUND CEMETERY,
Ieper, West-Vlaanderen. Belgium. Plot/Row/Section X. Grave 28.
See
also Kuala Lumpur Cenotaph
The
Straits Times, 4 January 1915, Page 7
Malayan Contingent
The names and occupations of the recruits enrolled in the Straits
Settlements for enlistment in England, the cost of those passages
defrayed by Government, was as follows. ...
PARSONS, M.M.. Planter, F.M.S.
|
PERFECT |
Cyril
St Lawrence |
Second
Lieutenant, 3rd Battalion, King's Own (Royal Lancaster Regiment)
attached 1st Battalion, The Queen's (Royal West Surrey Regiment).
Died of wounds at the Battle of Loos 13 October 1915. Born 10 August
1886, baptised 27 August 1886, son of George and Florence Perfect
at Bareilly, Bengal, India. Son of Mr. and Mrs. G. W. Perfect of
Bara Banki, Oudh, India. Sailed on the 'Nore' from the Port of London
2 November 1911 to Penang, Federated Malay States. In the 1911 census
he was a boarder, aged 23, born Bareilly, India, a Student Civil
Engineer, resident Laurnsford Hotel, Upper Bedford Place, London
WC. Entered the French Theatre of War 1 October 1915. Buried in
CAMBRIN CHURCHYARD EXTENSION, Pas de Calais, France. Plot/Row/Section
H. Grave 29. See
also Kuala Lumpur Cenotaph
There
are two extracts from England & Wales, National Probate
Calendar (Index of Wills and Administrations), 1858-1966
PERFECT
Cyril St. Laurence of Fort Stamford Plymouth
second-lieutenant Lancaster regiment died 13 October 1915 at Loos
France Administration London 26 September to
George Perfect planter.
Effects £175 1s. 11d.
PERFECT
Cyril St. Lawrence of Fort Stamford Plymouth
died 13 October 1915 at Loos France Administration London 16 October
to The Standard Bank of South Africa Limited. Effects £159
6s. 3d.
Formert Grant P.R. 26 September 1921.
|
POORE |
Roger |
Lieutenant,
"A" Battery, 48th Brigade, Royal Field Artillery. Killed
in action 19 September 1915. Aged 29. Son of Admiral Sir Richard
Poore, Bt., and Lady Poore, of Winsley, Wilts. Late of Royal Navy.
In the 1901 census he was a school boarder, aged 14, born Lyndhurst,
Hampshire, resident Crooms Hill, Greenwich. His birth was registered
in the New Forest Registration District, Hampshire in the July to
September Quarter 1886. Sailed from the Port of London on the 'Morea'
4 April 1913 to Singapore. Buried in DUHALLOW A.D.S. CEMETERY, West-Vlaanderen.
Belgium. Plot VI. Row C. Grave 12. See
also Kuala Lumpur Cenotaph
|
PRINCE |
Alick
Lancelot |
Captain,
1st Battalion, The Loyal North Lancashire Regiment. Died 8 November
1914. A Captain A L Prince, Soldier, aged 35, sailed on the "Nore"
from Singapore to the Port of London, 12 June 1913. No known grave,
Commemorated on YPRES (MENIN GATE) MEMORIAL, West-Vlaanderen. Belgium.
Panel 41 and 43.
Extract
from The Bond of Sacrifice - Volume 1:
CAPTAIN
ALICK LANCELOT PRINCE, 1st BATTN. THE LOYAL NORTH LANCASHIRE REGIMENT,
was officially reported "killed" in action on 8th November,
1914; but a subsequent Casualty List shows him as having been
officially reported "not killed but missing," and a
still later Casualty List, of 7th June, 1915, shows him as having
been "unofficially reported killed." He was the sixth
son of the late T. T. Prince, of Laurel Lodge, Barnet, and of
Mrs. Prince, 44, Grange Road, Ealing, was born on the 12th September,
1878 and was educated at Malvern College, and Emanuel College,
Cambridge, where he took his degree of B.A. in 1899. He received
his commission in the Manchester Regiment in May 1901, becoming
Lieutenant in the following December. He took part in the South
African War, in which he was slightly wounded, being present at
operations in the Transvaal, in 1901-02, receiving the Queen's
medal with three clasps. In February 1908 he was transferred to
the Loyal North Lancashire Regiment and from April 1910 to May
1913 was employed with the Malay States Guides, being promoted
Captain in September 1912. He rejoined the 1st Battalion of his
Regiment shortly before war broke out, and for his services was
mentioned in Sir John French's Despatch of the 30th November,
1915.
As regards the Officer's death, enquiries through the Red Cross
showed that Private Mulholland of the Battalion informed a R.C.
representative that he saw Captain Prince shot in the head some
time in the first or second week in November, and the Private,
who was in Captain Prince's Company, is certain the Officer is
dead, and thinks he was buried at a place he called Linden Forest
near Ypres, which may be Lindenhoek, close to Kemmel. A Corporal
of the Battalion also wrote most circumstantially that he was
next to the Captain and saw him shot in the head, and that he
saw him lying dead twenty hours after, but too near the German
lines to be reached. A Major of his Battalion writing in December
1914, said that from enquiries he had made he feared it was true
that Captain Prince was killed. Captain Prince married Emma Caroline,
daughter of William Beadell Bacon, Tunbridge Wells, and left two
sons, Harold, born in November, 1911, and Ralph Bacon, born in
February, 1914.
|
RAWLINS |
Guy
Vernon Chapman |
Captain,
Royal Engineers attached 7th Field Battalion, Tank Corps. Died 30
January 1919. Aged 35. Born at Armadale, Melbourne, Australia. Son
of Charles Champion Rawlins and Mary Macgregor Rawlins, husband
of Eileen M. E. Rawlins, of 67, Morehampton Rd., Donnybrook, Dublin.
In the 1901 census he was aged 16, a Mercantile Clerk, son of Mary
M Rawlins, born Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, resident 4 Membury
Road, Hornsey. resident Landed at the Port of London on the 'Yasaka
Maru' 3 January 1915 from Penang, Federated Malay States, aged 31,
an engineer. Recruits enrolled in the Straits Settlement for Enlistment
in England Employed as a Contractor, F.M.S. [The Straits Times,
1 May 1915, Page 12] Buried in DOULLENS COMMUNAL CEMETERY EXTENSION
NO. 2, Somme, France. Plot I. Row E. Grave 31.
See
also Kuala Lumpur Cenotaph
The
Straits Times, 4 January 1915, Page 7
Malayan Contingent
The names and occupations of the recruits enrolled in the Straits
Settlements for enlistment in England, the cost of those passages
defrayed by Government, was as follows. ...
RAWLINS, G.V. Contractor, F.M.S.
|
RAWSON |
Hubert
Wyatt Hay |
Captain,
3rd Battalion attached 2nd Battalion, Oxford and Bucks Light Infantry.
Killed in action 15 November 1916. Aged 29. Son of Admiral Sir Harry
Rawson, K.C.B., M.V.O., C.B., etc.; husband of Esther Mildred Rawson,
of 49, Iverna Gardens, Kensington, London. In the 1911 census he
was aged 23, an analytical Chemist Rubber, born Esh, Cheshire, resident
5 Cadogan Court, Draycott Avenue, Chelsea S W. Birth registered
in the October to December Quarter 1887 in the Wirral Registration
District, Cheshire. Mr H W Rawson landed in Plumouth from Singapore
on the "Mooltan" 8 March 1915. Married in the April to
June Quarter 1915 in St George Hanover Square Registration District
London to Esther Mildred Rawson. Entered France 2 October 1915.His
wife was resident at 49 Iverna gardens, London W8 according to his
medal card. Buried in MUNICH TRENCH BRITISH CEMETERY, BEAUMONT-HAMEL,
Somme, France. Plot/Row/Section C. Grave 18.
See
also Kuala Lumpur Cenotaph
Extract
from England & Wales, National Probate Calendar (Index
of Wills and Administrations), 1858-1966
RAWSON,
Hubert Wyatt Hay of The Wyvern Bracknell Berkshire
died 15 November 1916 in France killed in action probate London
30 March to Esther Mildred Rawson widow Harry Christopher Shaw
Rawson lieutenant-commander R.N. and Thomas Henry Corfield solicitor.
Effects £946 11s. 2d.
The
Straits Times, 4 January 1915, Page 7
Temporary Commissions
The following is a list of those to whom his Excellency
the Govenor has, on thie authority of the Army Council, offered
temporary commissions for the duration of the war in the new service
battalions now being raised. The list is cmplete up to the end
of December 1914
RAWSON, H.W.H. Planter
|
REID |
R |
The
Straits Times, 1 May 1915, Page 12
Malaya's
Contingent.
THE MEN WHO HAVE ANSWERED THE CALL
List to End of April
We are in receipt from the Governmen of the following lists of
men who have gone home from malaya in connection with the war....
REID, R. St. C. Planter
See
also Kuala Lumpur Cenotaph
|
REID |
W
McN |
Recruits enrolled in the Straits Settlement for Enlistment in England
Employed as an Engineer [The Straits Times, 1 May 1915, Page 12]
The
Straits Times, 4 January 1915, Page 7
Malayan Contingent
The names and occupations of the recruits enrolled in the Straits
Settlements for enlistment in England, the cost of those passages
defrayed by Government, was as follows. ...
REID, W McN. Engineer
See
also Kuala Lumpur Cenotaph
|
RICHMOND |
Harold
Stedman |
[Also
listed as Harold Steadman Richmond] Captain, 9th Battalion, King's
Royal Rifle Corps. Killed in action 24 August 1916. Aged 26. Son
of Robert and Fanny Richmond, of Heathwood, Leighton Buzzard, Beds.
Sailed to Penang, federated Malay States, on the "Nyanya"
from the Port of London 29 November 1913. Arrived back in the Port
of London on the 'Nagoya' 15 February 1915, from Penang, Federated
Malay States, aged 24, Civil Servant. Entered France 2 August 1915.
Brother of Major G W Richmond. No known grave. Commemorated on THIEPVAL
MEMORIAL, Somme, France. Pier and Face 13 A and 13 B. See
also Kuala Lumpur Cenotaph
Extract
from England & Wales, National Probate Calendar (Index
of Wills and Administrations), 1858-1966
RICHMOND
Harold Stedman of Leighton Buzzard Bedfordshire
captan 9th battalion Kings Royal Rifle Corps died 24 August 1916
at Delville Wood France killed in action Administration Northampton
17 March (1917) to Robert Richmond gentleman. Effects £267
5s. 9d.
The
Straits Times, 4 January 1915, Page 7
Temporary Commissions
The following is a list of those to whom his Excellency
the Govenor has, on thie authority of the Army Council, offered
temporary commissions for the duration of the war in the new service
battalions now being raised. The list is cmplete up to the end
of December 1914
RICHMOND, H.S. F.M.S. Govt. Services
|
RIGBY |
Edward
William |
Captain,
7th Battalion, King's Shropshire Light Infantry. Killed in action
14 July 1916. Aged 32. Son of Frederica E. Baynes (formerly Rigby),
of 43, Collingwood Avenue, Muswell Hill, London, and the late John
Cooke Rigby; husband of the late Alice Mabel Rigby. There is an
entry for Mr & Mrs E W Rigby sailing to Singapore from the Port
of London 19 May 1912 on the "Maloja", he as a Rubber
Planter. There is a further entry for Mr & Mrs E W Rigbysailing
to Singapore from the Port of London 31 May 1912 on the "Maloja".
Entered France 27 September 1915. No known grave. Commemorated on
THIEPVAL MEMORIAL, Somme, France. Pier and Face 12 A and 12 D.
See
also Kuala Lumpur Cenotaph
Extract
from England & Wales, National Probate Calendar (Index
of Wills and Administrations), 1858-1966
RIGBY
Edward William of 10 Hillfield-gardens Muswell Hill Middlesex
and of Elphil rubber estate Sungei Siput Perak F.M.S. died 14
July 1916 Probate London 10 November (1916) to Frederica Emma
Baynes (wife of George Whitefield Baynes). Effects £1047
19s. 6d.
The
Straits Times, 4 January 1915, Page 7
Temporary Commissions
The following is a list of those to whom his Excellency
the Govenor has, on thie authority of the Army Council, offered
temporary commissions for the duration of the war in the new service
battalions now being raised. The list is cmplete up to the end
of December 1914
RIGNY, E.W. Planter
|
ROBERTSON |
Walter
Raymond |
Second
Lieutenant, 2nd Battalion, Border Regiment. Killed in action 1 July
1916. Son of Joseph Robertson, of Abbey Rd., Llangollen, Denbighshire,
also listed as Craigievar, Lllangollen, North Wales (Medal Card).
Entered France 1916. Formerly Private 5082, Inns of Court O.T.C..
Commissioned to 12 Border Regiment. Buried in CITADEL NEW MILITARY
CEMETERY, FRICOURT, Somme, France. plot II. Row D. Grave 9. See
also Kuala Lumpur Cenotaph
|
ROBINSON |
Arthur
Limnell |
Second
Lieutenant, 8th (Reserve) Battalion, Northamptonshire Regiment attached
to 173rd Tunnelling Company, Royal Engineers. Died of wounds 25
February 1916. Aged 34. Son of the late Major Mark Robinson, I.M.S.,
and Elizabeth Robinson; husband of the late Grace Leefe Robinson.
Born at Mercara, Coorg, India. Associate of the Royal School of
Mines. In the 1891 census he is aged 9, born India, son of Mark
and Elizabeth Robinson, resident 88 North Side, Wandsworth, London.
In the 1901 census he is aged 19, born India, son of Mark and Elizabeth
Robinson, resident 79 East Hill, Wandsworth, London. Buried in LAPUGNOY
MILITARY CEMETERY, Pas de Calais, France. Plot I. Row B. Grave 13.
See
also Kuala Lumpur Cenotaph
|
ROBINSON |
Charles
Surtees |
Capain,
9th Battalion, Norfolk Regiment. Died of wounds 13 September 1916.
Aged 42. Son of Mr. Charles T. and Mrs Marian Robinson, of Hunstanton,
Norfolk. Birth registered in the October to December Quarter 1873
in the King's Lynn Registration District, Norfolk. In the 1881 census
he was aged 7, a scholar, son of Charles T and Marian Robinson,
born Lynn, Norfolk, resident Mansfield House, Hunstanton, Norfolk.
in the 1891 census he was aged 17, a Second Lieutenant, 11th Battalion,
Norfolk Regiment, born Lynn, Norfolk, resident Britannia Barracks,
Norwich. Buried in CORBIE COMMUNAL CEMETERY EXTENSION, Somme, France.
Plot 2. Row D. Grave 59. See
also Kuala Lumpur Cenotaph
Extract
from England & Wales, National Probate Calendar (Index
of Wills and Administrations), 1858-1966
ROBINSON
Charles Surtees of Stanhoe King's Lynn Norfolk
captain 9th Norfolk Regiment died 13 September 1916 in France
killed in action Probate London 10 February (1917)
to Georgie Lucy Flora Robinson widow Berners George Sumpter surgeon
and Surtess George Wilkinson solicitor. Effects £18138 6s.
4d.
|
ROOTS |
Lionel
Victor |
Mr
L V Roots landed at the Port of London on the "Miyazaki-Maru"
from Penang, Malaya, 18 January 1915, listed as a Miner, aged 27,
permanent residence listed as London. Recruits enrolled in the Straits
Settlement for Enlistment in England Employed as an Engineer [The
Straits Times, 1 May 1915, Page 12] - see also Ipoh
St John's
The
Straits Times, 4 January 1915, Page 7
Malayan Contingent
The names and occupations of the recruits enrolled in the Straits
Settlements for enlistment in England, the cost of those passages
defrayed by Government, was as follows. ...
ROOTS, L.V. Engineer
|
RORISON |
William
Gilbert Don [Gurdon] |
Captain,
3rd attached 10/11th Battalion, Highland Light Infantry. Killed
in action 4 September 1918. Aged 39. Son of the late Vincent L.
Rorison, D.D., Dean of St. Andrews, and Mrs. Rorison. Served in
the South African Campaign. 9 years' service in 1st Battalion. Born
6 February 1881 in Forfar, Anglus, Scotland, son of Vincent Lewis
and Edith Alice Susan Rorison. No known grave. Commemorated on PLOEGSTEERT
MEMORIAL, Hainaut, Belgium. Panel 9. See
also Kuala Lumpur Cenotaph
Extract
from England & Wales, National Probate Calendar (Index
of Wills and Administrations), 1858-1966
RORISON
William Gilbert Don Gurdon of Justfield Newport Fifeshire died
9 April 1918 in France Confirmation of Edith Anna Sinclair Rorison.
Sealed 2 October (1918).
|
SCRATTON,
MC |
Geoffrey
Howell |
Lieutenant,
4th/5th Battalion, Princess Louise's (Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders).
Killed in action 1 August 1917. Recruits enrolled in the Straits
Settlement for Enlistment in England Employed as a Planter, F.M.S.
[The Straits Times, 1 May 1915, Page 12] No known grave. Commemorated
on YPRES (MENIN GATE) MEMORIAL, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium. Panel
42 and 44. See
also Kuala Lumpur Cenotaph
Extract
from Du Ruvigny's Roll of Honour:
SCRATTON,
GEOFFREY HOWEL, M.C., Lieut., 13th (Service) Battn. Princess
Louise's (Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders), s. of the
late William Howel Stratton, M.A., by his wife, Edith (18, Homefield
Road, Wimbledon, S.W.), dau. of Sir Michael Kennedy, K.C.S.I.; b.
Grahamstown, South Africa, 25 July, 1893; educ. St. Paul's School;
was engaged in Rubber Planting in the Malay States ; on the outbreak
of war he joined the Malay States Contingent, and returned to England,
when he joined the Inns of Court O.T.C. in Jan. 1915 ; obtained
a commission as 2nd Lieut. Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders the
following March ; served with the Expeditionary Force in France
and Flanders from the following Nov.; was attached to the 4th Battn.
The Black Watch, and appointed Adjutant in Jan. 1916, and was killed
in action near St. Julien 1 Aug. 1917. Buried in Kitchener's Wood.
He was awarded the Military Cross for “conspicuous gallantry
in action," and was mentioned in F.M. Sir Douglas Haig's Despatch
of Jan. 1918, for gallant and distinguished service in the field.
His Commanding Officer wrote: “I cannot conceive a greater
loss to his battalion or myself. Always reliable, willing, enthusiastic
and hard-working . . even-tempered and exceptionally cool, loyal,
true and trustworthy." Unm. |
SEGRAVE |
William
Henry |
Lieutenant,
Royal Flying Corps and General List and Malay States Volunteer Rifles
(Private 9). Killed 12 February 1917. Aged 31. Son of Maj. O'Neal
Segrave, D.S.O. and Beatrice Segrave, of Kiltyneon, Newtown, Mount
Kennedy, Co. Wicklow; husband of Mrs. W H Segrave, 55 Rusholme Road,
Putney, London S.W. Recruits enrolled in the Straits Settlement
for Enlistment in England Employed as a S.R.E (V.)[The Straits Times,
1 May 1915, Page 12 - listed as SEAGRAVE] Buried in ANNITSFORD (ST.
JOHN) ROMAN CATHOLIC CHURCHYARD, Northumberland. Plot/Row/Section
C. Grave 16. See
also Kuala Lumpur Cenotaph
|
SHAW |
[James]
Rowan |
Second
Lieutenant, 9th Battalion, Cheshire Regiment. Killed in action
22 February 1916. Originally attested at Nerwbridge 8 January
1900 as 9641, Imperial Yeomanry Volunteers (Kent), aged 20, an
Undergraduate T.C.D., single, height 5 feet 9½ inches,
weight 129lbs, chest 32¾-34¼, dark complexion, brown
eyes, dark hair, religious denomination Presbyterian, discrhaged
at his own request 19 January 1901. Buried in PONT-DU-HEM MILITARY
CEMETERY, LA GORGUE, Nord, France. Plot I. Row D. Grave 5.
See
also Kuala Lumpur Cenotaph
Extract
from England & Wales Government Probate Death Index
1916:
SHAW
James Rowan of Ipoh Perak Federated Malay States and of 39 Merrion-square
Dublin died on or about 23 February 1916 in France
on, active service Administration (with Will) Dublin
to Margaret Woods married woman.
Effects £2286 9s. 7d. in England. Sealed London 17 April.
Extracted
from The Straits Times, 1 May 1915, Page 12
Malaya's
Contingent.
THE MEN WHO HAVE ANSWERED THE CALL
List to End of April
We are in receipt from the Governmen of the following lists of
men who have gone home from malaya in connection with the war....
SHAW, Rowan Barrister-at-Law
Extracted
from The Straits Times, 4 April 1916, Page 7:
Lt
Rowan Shaw Killed
The
death is announced of Lieut. Rowan Shaw, who was killed in Flanders
in the early morning of February 23. The manner of his death,
says the Times of Malaya, was as follows: On the evening
of the 22 he was asked to make a reconnaissance of the German
trenches and select a place for the driving of a sap. He went
out, carried out his duty, returned safely, and wrote a detailed
account of the ground for his superiors. There, however, was some
point on which he was not quite certain, and again about 8 pm
on the 23rd he went out with a sergeant and two men towards the
enemy trenches. ... when within 30 yards of the enemy a German
patrol appeared, making towards him, but it suddenly disappeared,
and Lieut. Shaw jumped up on a sort of parapet in order to catch
sight of it when he was hit by a sniper. He was at once carried
back and was attended to by a doctor within five minute, but it
was found that he was dead.
Extract
from Irish Officers Died In The Great War, 1914-1919:
Second
Lieutenant Rowan Shaw, 9th Cheshire Regiment, who was killed in
France on February 23rd, was the elder son of the late Judge Shaw,
Recorder of Belfast. He was educated at St. Columba's College
and Dublin University, and served through the South African War
with the Imperial Yeomanry, for which he held the South African
medal with three clasps. He was called to the Irish Bar, and subsequently
went to the Federated Malay States. On the outbreak of this war
he volunteered for service, and received a commission in the 9th
Battalion Cheshire Regiment last April.
|
SHEFFIELD |
Surtees |
Lieutenant,
13th Battalion attached 2nd Battalion, Hampshire Regiment. Killed
in action 6 August 1915. Sailed to Penang, Federated Malay Sates
2 May 1913 from the Port of London on the ship "Medina".
Went with the Mesopotamian Field Force 6 May 1915. Next of kin Miss
Sheffield, The Gateway, Langport, Sussex. No known grave. Commemorated
on HELLES MEMORIAL, Turkey (including Gallipoli). Panel 125-134
or 223-226 228-229 & 328. See
also Kuala Lumpur Cenotaph
Extract
from Du Ruvigny's Roll of Honour:
SHEFFIELD,
SURTEES, Lieut., 13th (Service), attd. 2nd (67th Foot),
Battn. The Hampshire Regt., yst. s. of the late Isaac
Sheffield, D.D.S.; b. Stratford Place, London, W., 8
June, 1878; educ. Godolphin School; was a Medical Student at Guy's
Hospital, London, but after the outbreak of the South African
War, enlisted as a Trooper in the Middlesex Yeomanry early in
1900, and obtained a commission soon after; served through that
campaign, for which he was mentioned in Despatches; received the
Queen's Medal with three clasps, and the King's Medal with two
clasps, the latter being personally presented to him by King Edward
at Buckingham Palace in July, 1901, in recognition of his distinguished
gallantry at Retief's Nek. On the termination of the war he resigned
his commission and went to Malaya, where he was engaged in rubber
planting when war was declared in Aug. 1914. He returned to England
at once and took up his commission, becoming Lieut. 13th Hampshire
Regt. 29 Jan. 1915; went to Gallipoli 25 May, with a draft for
the 2nd Battn.; was wounded in July, and sent to a hospital at
Alexandria; returned to his regiment 1 Aug. 1915, and was killed
in action five days later, while leading his company in an attack
on the Turkish trenches before Achi Baba. He was mentioned in
Despatches by Sir Ian Hamilton [London Gazette, 5 Nov. 1915],
for gallant and distinguished service in the field; unm.
|
SIMPSON |
William
Charles Lawrence |
Serjeant
9346, 2nd Battalion, King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry. Died 21
March 1915. Aged 27. Son of William and Dina Jane Simpson, of Sheffield.
Attested on 29 July 1907 at Sheffiedl, born 1887 in St Mathews Parish,
Sheffield, Yorkshire, aged 20, a Town Labourer, height 5 feet 35/8
inches, weight 104lbs, girth 34½ inches, complexion fresh,
eyes grey, hair dark brown; relgious denomination Church of England.
Formerly 9794, 3rd Battalion, King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry.
Baptised 18 October 1887 at St Matthew, Carver Street, Sheffield.
Buried in RAMPARTS CEMETERY, LILLE GATE, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium.
Plot/Row/Section F. Grave 15. See
also Kuala Lumpur Cenotaph
|
STEPHENSON |
Arthur
Frederick Vere |
Lieutenant,
4th Battalion (Territorial), Gordon Highlanders. Killed in action
23 July 1916. Aged 33. Son of William Stephenson, M.D., and Janie
Tydd Stephenson, of Aberdeen. He is listed as arriving from Penang,
aged 32, residence 11 Bon Accord Crescent, Aberdeen, aboard "Malwa",
arriving in the Port of London 15 May 1915. In the 1911 census he
was with the 1st Battalion, King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry
in China and Hong Kong, boern St Matthews, Sheffield. No known grave.
Commemorated on THIEPVAL MEMORIAL, Somme, France. Pier and Face
15 B and 15 C. See
also Kuala Lumpur Cenotaph
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STRINGER |
Guy
Frederick |
Lieutenant,
North Midland Heavy Battery (Territorial Force), Royal Garrison
Artillery. Killed in action 17 June 1915. Aged 29. Son of F. S.
and E. S. Stringer, of The Views, Penkhull, Stoke-on-Trent. In the
1901 census he was aged 15, son of Frederick S and Eliza S Stringer,
born Penkhull, Staffordshire, resident The Villas, Stoke on Trent.
In the 1911 census he was a Bank Clerk, aged 25, a boarder, born
Stoke on Trent, Staffordshire, resident 57 Francis Road, Edgbaston,
Birmingham. His birth was registered as Fredrick Guy Stringer, October
to December Quarter 1885 in the Stoke on Trent Registration District.
He sailed from the Port of London to Penang, Federated Malay States
as a Planter on 6 February 1913, aged 27, on the ship 'Nore'. Buried
in HOSPITAL FARM CEMETERY, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium. Plot/Row/Section
A. Grave 10. See
also Kuala Lumpur Cenotaph
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TATE |
Frederick
Thomas Howard (aka Tom) |
Private
1729, 2nd Battalion (County of London), City of London Yeomanry
(Rough Riders). killed in action 22 September 1915. Aged 19. Born
Herne Bay, Kent, enlisted London, resident Richmond. Son of Walter
Howard Tate and Ellen Florence Tate, of Taiping, Perak, Federated
Malay States. Buried in GREEN HILL CEMETERY, Turkey. Plot I. Row
C. Grave 16. See
also Kuala Lumpur Cenotaph
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TATHAM |
Basil
Owen |
Captain,
3rd Battalion attached 2nd Battalion, East Yorkshire Regiment. Killed
in action 23 April 1915. Born 25 January 1884. Aged 31. Baptised
11 February 1884 in Weybridge, St James, Surrey. Son of Arthur Thomas
and Elena Hale Tatham, of 65, Oakwood Court, Kensington, London,
and formerly of Doddlespool Hall, Staffordshire, and the late Eliza
Hale Tatham. In the 1901 census he was aged 17, born Weybridge,
Surrey, a student boarder, resident Hindhead Road, Godalming, Guildford,
Surrey. Manager of a rubber plantation in the Federal Malay States
after resigning his commission in the 3rd Battalion, East Yorkshire
Regiment, which he had attained in June 1902. Sailed to Singapore
11 March 1909 aboard the "Somali" from London. Returned
to his old unit following the outbreak of war. No known grave. Commemorated
on YPRES (MENIN GATE) MEMORIAL, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium. Panel
21 and 31. See also Charterhouse
School, Godalming, Surrey and
also Kuala Lumpur Cenotaph
Extract
from the Charterhouse Register, Cricket Quarter 1898:
Tatham,
Basil Owen. b. 25 Jan., 1884. (Bodeites); Left C.Q., 1901.-Joined
3rd E. Yorkshire Regt., 1902.
B. O. Tatham, Esq., Docldlespool Hall, Crewe.
Extract
from England & Wales Government Probate Death Index
1916:
TATHAM
Basil Owen of Doddlespool Hall Crewe captain
3rd battalion East Yorkshire regiment died 23 April 1915 in France
Probate London 9 February to Arthur Thomas Tatham
esquire and Cyril Eade solicitor. Effects £574 13s. 10d.
Extract
from Nantwich Guardian - Tuesday 4 May 1915, page 3:
DEATH
OF CAPTAIN TATHAM.
Captain
Basil Owen Tatham, East Yorkshire Regiment, who was killed April
25th. was 31 years of age. The elder surviving son of Mr. Arthur
Thomas Tatham. Doddiespool Hall, Betley, Crewe, was educated at
Charterhouse, and was gazetted to the 3rd East Yorkshire Regiment
in June, 1902. On taking up the managership of a rubber plantation
in the Federal Malay States in 1912, he resigned his commission,
but the outbreak of the present war at once offered his services,
returned home, and was gazetted to his old reigment in the same
rank in September last. He took a draft to the front last February,
and at the time of his death was attached to the 2nd Battalion.
Extract
from Broad Arrow - Friday 7 May 1915, page 28:
Capt.
Basil Owen Tatham, East Yorkshire Regiment. who was killed
on the 25th ult., aged thirty-one, was the elder surviving son of
Mr. A. T. Tatham, of Daddlespool Hall, Crewe. He was educated at
Charterhouse and was gazetted to the 3rd Bn. East Yorkshire Regiment
in 1902. On taking up the managership of a rubber plantation in
the Federated Malay States in 1912 he resigned his commission, but
on the outbreak of the present war he offered his services and returned
home, being posted to his old regiment in the same rank in September
last. At the time of his death he was attached to the 2nd Bn.
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THUNDER |
Michael
Hubert Francis |
Second
Lieutenant, Royal Flying Corps. Died of burns in Norwich Hospital
29 September 1916 due to a flying accident during a Zepplin raid
24 September 1916. Aged 34. Born 6 September 1879 in Ramsgate. Mining
engineerr. Son of the late Maj. George Thunder (7th Bn. Royal Fusiliers),
and of Margaret Pugin (formerly Thunder). Buried in near the west
boundary of RAMSGATE (ST. AUGUSTINE) ROMAN CATHOLIC CHURCHYARD,
Kent. See
also Kuala Lumpur Cenotaph
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TWYNAM |
Godfrey |
Second
LIeutenant, 11th Battalion, Border Regiment. Died 18 November 1916.
Son of the late John and Mary Twynam, of Soberton House, Droxford,
Bishop's Waltham, Hants; brother of Mrs G Culley, of Corscombe House,
Maiden Newton, Dorset. Buried in WAGGON ROAD CEMETERY, BEAUMONT-HAMEL,
Somme, France. Plot/Row/Section A. grave 24. See
also Kuala Lumpur Cenotaph
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VANRENEN |
Arthur
Saunders |
Lieutenant
Colonel, Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers late 5th Battalion, Lincolnshire
Regiment. Killed in action 15 August 1915. Aged 52. Son of the
late Gen. Donald Vanrenen (Royal Bengal Artillery) and Mrs. Vanrenen;
husband of Louise Frances Vanrenen, of Four Winds, Rodwell, Weymouth.
Entered the Militia in 1879; was gazetted Lieut. from it to the
Lincolnshire Regt., 12 may 1883; and promoted Capt. 23 Dec 1893;
served with the Malay States Guides, 19 Nov. 1897-1908, being
acting Commandant from 1905. He retired from the Lincolnshire
Regt. on 3 Jan. 1903, but on the outbreak of war in Aug. 1914
offered his services and was gazetted Major, 7th Battn. Lincolnshire
Regiment, 23 Sept. 1914, and Lieut-Col. commanding 5th Royal Inniskilling
Fusiliers, 3 March 1915. Mentioned in Despatches. No known grave.
Commemorated on HELLES MEMORIAL, Turkey. Panel 97 to 101.
Extract
from The Belfast Evening Telegraph, 24 August 1915:
Lieut-Col.
Arthur Sanders Vanrenen, 5th Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers, killed
on August, 15th, was the eldest surviving son of General D.C.
Vanrenen, and was 52 years of age. He was first gazetted to the
Lincoln Regiment in 1883 retiring with the rank of Captain in
1903. He was appointed to command the 5th Inniskillings last March.
Extract
from Our Heroes, Supplement to Irish Life, 24 September
1915:
Colonel
Arthur Sandars Vanrenan, 5th Batt. Inniskilling Fusiliers, who
was killed in action on August 15th last at the Dardanelles, was
the second son of the late General Donald Vanrenan, R.A. (Indian
Army). He was born in December 1862, and was educated at Cheltenham.
In 1883 he was gazetted to the Lincolnshire Regiment with whom
he served until 1897, when he was seconded for service with the
Malay State Guides, and was appointed Commandant. Last February
he was given command off the 5th Batt. Inniskilling Fusiliers,
and left with the 31st (Irish) brigade for the Dardanelles in
July last.
Extract
from De Ruvigny’s Roll of Honour, Part 1, Page
359:
VANRENEN,
Arthur Saunders, Lieut-Col., 5th (Service) Battn. Royal
Inniskilling Fusiliers, eldest surviving s. of the late General
Donald Campbell Vanrenan, Indian Army, by his wife, Julia (9 Lansdowne
Place, Cheltenham), dau. of the late J. S, Sullivan, Bengal Medical
Service; b. Meerut, India, 14 Dec. 1862; educ. Cheltenham; entered
the Militia in 1879; was gazetted Lieut. from it to the Lincolnshire
Regt., 12 may 1883; and promoted Capt. 23 Dec 1893; served with
the Malay States Guides, 19 Nov. 1897-1908, being acting Commandant
from 1905. He retired from the Lincolnshire Regt. on 3 Jan. 1903,
but on the outbreak of war in Aug. 1914 offered his services and
was gazetted Major, 7th Battn. of that regt., 23 Sept. following,
and Lieut-Col. commanding 5th Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers, 3
March 1915; went to the Dardanelles, 10 July 1915, and was killed
in action at Kapanya Dagh, 15 Aug. 1915, after the landing at
Suvla Bay. He was buried on the hill where the battle took place.
He m. at Bruges, Belgium, 28 Oct. 1897, Louisa Frances (Holmhurst,
Bideford), dau. of Edwin Empson Isemonger, Colonial Treasurer
of the Straits Settlements, and had two children; Emme Mildred,
b. 2 Aug. 1898; and Joyce Marguerite, b. 12 May 1903.
Extra
research courtesy Mal Murray
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VAUGHAN |
Kenelm
Cuthbert |
Second
Lieutenant, 2nd Battalion, Irish Guards. Killed in action 13 September
1916. Buried in BERNAFAY WOOD BRITISH CEMETERY, MONTAUBAN, Somme,
France. Plot/Row/Section O. Grave 59.
See
also Kuala Lumpur Cenotaph
The
Straits Times, 26 October 1916, Page 6
SOCIAL
AND PERSONAL.
His many friends in Telok Anson and district will regret to learn
that Lieut. K.C. Vaughan, brother of Mr. R.H. Vaughan, Nova Scotia
Estate, was killed in action in France on September 13. Mr. K.C.
vaughan was first assistant on Rubana Estate, Telok Anson, and
left to join the Imperial Forces last November. He obtained a
commission in the 2nd Battalion of the Irish Guards.
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VENIS |
Arthur
Raymond |
Second
Lieutenant, Indian Army Reserve of Officers, Indian Army attached
48th Indian Pioneers. Died 22 November 1915. Aged 28. Son of E.
C. Venis, of Benares, India, and the late Dr. Arthur Venis, C.I.E.
No known grave. Commemorated on BASRA MEMORIAL, Iraq. Panel 43 and
65. See
also Kuala Lumpur Cenotaph
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VESEY,
MC |
George
Waller |
Captain,
9th (North Irish Horse) Battalion, Royal irish Fusiliers. Died of
wounds 26 March 1918. Aged 34. Of Derrabard, Fintona, Co. Tyrone.
Son of G. Lendrum, J.P., D.L., and Mrs. Lendrum, of Corkill, Kilskeery,
Co. Tyrone; husband of Sybilla S. Vesey, of Down Lodge, East Harting,
Petersfield, Hants. Buried in VIGNEMONT FRENCH NATIONAL CEMETERY,
Oise, France. Plot/Row/Section F. Grave 3. See
also Kuala Lumpur Cenotaph
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WAGNER |
Ethelbert
Godwin Stockwell |
Second
Lieutenant, 32nd Squadron, Royal Flying Corps and Royal Warwickshire
Regiment. Killed in action 7 January 1917. In the 1901 census he
was the son of Christian and Annie F Wagner, born Taiping, Perak,
Federated Malaya States, resident 4 Woburn Road, Bedford. First
went to France 22 August 1914. Formerly Corporal 28015, Royal Engineers.
His medal card gives the address as 10 Revenscroft Park, Barnet,
hertfordshire and the Executior of his will as Mrs A Pritchard,
of 2 Priory Road, Egbaston. Buried in ACHIET-LE-GRAND COMMUNAL CEMETERY
EXTENSION, Pas de Calais, France. Plot II. Row M. Grave 25.
See
also Kuala Lumpur Cenotaph
Extract
from England & Wales, National Probate Calendar (Index
of Wills and Administrations), 1858-1966
WAGNER
Ethelbert Godwin Stockwell of 110 Bristol-road Birmingham
medical student a temporary second-lieutenant in the Royal Warwickshire
regiment and Royal Flying Corps died on or since 7 January 1917
either in France or in Belgium Probate Birmingham 18 February
(1918) to Alice Pritchard (wife of Henry Pritchard).
Effects £89 9s. 10d.
The
Great Britain, Royal Aero Club Aviators’ Certificates,
1910-1950 for Wagner Ethelbert Godwin Stockwell reads
WAGNER,
Ethelbert Godwin Stockwell
110, Bristol Road, Edgbaston, Birmingham
Born 12th Mar. 1893 at Taiping F.M.S.
Nationality British
Rank, Regiment, Profession 2nd Lieutenant,
1st Royal Warwickshire Regt.
Certificate taken on Maurice Farman
Biplane
At Military School, Birmingham
Date 6th September 1916.
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WELLESLEY |
Edmund
Ernest Charles |
[In
various transacriptions he referred to a Edmund, Edmond and Edward]
Captain, 9th Battalion, Nofolk Regiment. Killed in action 30 April
1916. Aged 29. Second son of the late E. E. C. Wellesley, of Alton,
Hants, and of Mrs. A. J. Burr, of The Grange, Bramley, Surrey; husband
of Gwendolyn Wellesley, daughter of Major and Mrs. Samuels, of Llanfairfechan.
On 6 April 1916 he was aged 29 and married Gwendolyn Samuels, aged
26, at St Marylebone All Saints, his father is listed as Edmond
Ernest Charles Wellesley and her father as John Samuels. There is
a refernce to a Mr Edward Ernest Charles Wellesley, aged 28, arring
at the Port of London from Penang, Federated Malay States on the
"Atsuta Maru" 19 December 1914. A Mr E C WEllesley set
out for Malaya via Singapore, aged 26, a Rubber Planter, sailing
from the Port of London on the "Mantua" 18 October 1912.
Recruits enrolled in the Straits Settlement for Enlistment in England
Employed as a Planter, F.M.S. [The Straits Times, 1 May 1915, Page
12] Buried in LA BRIQUE MILITARY CEMETERY NO.2, West-Vlaanderen,
Belgium. Plot I. Row N. Grave 22. See
also Kuala Lumpur Cenotaph
Extract
from England & Wales, National Probate Calendar (Index
of Wills and Administrations), 1858-1966
WELLESLEY
Edmund Ernest Charles of Bramley Grange near Guildford
captain 9th Norfolk Regiment died 30 April 1916 in France Administration
(with Will) London 26 July (1917) to Gwendolyn
Wellesley widow. Effects £221 17s. 6d.
The
Straits Times, 4 January 1915, Page 7
Malayan Contingent
The names and occupations of the recruits enrolled in the Straits
Settlements for enlistment in England, the cost of those passages
defrayed by Government, was as follows. ...
WELLESLEY, E.E.C. Planter, F.M.S.
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WILLIAMS |
Lionel
Murray |
Captain,
6th Battalion, Duke of Cambridge's Own (Middlesex Regiment) attached
2nd Garrison Battalion, Essex Regiment formerly 3rd Battalion, Duke
of Cambridge's Own (Middlesex Regiment). Died 9 April 1917. Birth
registered in the April to June Quarter 1890 in the Headington Registration
District, Oxfordshire. Went to France February 1915. A L M Williams
arrived on the "Yasaka Maru" at the Port of London from
Penang, Federated Malay States, 3 January 1915, a Planter, aged
27. In the 1911 he was aged 20, an Officer in Special Reserve, born
Oxford, resident in Strand Palace Hotel, Strand, London W.C. In
the 1901 census he is aged 10, son of Walter E and Elizabeth M Williams,
born Oxford, resident 26 Marnborough Road, Oxford. In the 1891 census
he was a son aged 10 months, sonm of Walter Ellis and Elizabeth
mary Williams, born Oxford, resident 4 Kimpton Road, Oxford. Recruits
enrolled in the Straits Settlement for Enlistment in England Employed
as a Planter, F.M.S. [The Straits Times, 1 May 1915, Page 12] Buried
in NASIRABAD GOVERNMENT CEMETERY, India. Plot E. Row B. Grave 21.
Extract
from England & Wales, National Probate Calendar (Index
of Wills and Administrations), 1858-1966
WILLIAMS
Lionel Murray of The Priory North Hinksey Berkshire
captain 6th battalion Middlesex regiment attached 2nd garrison
battalion Essex regiment died 9 April 1917 at Nasirabad India
Probate Oxford 28 April to William Francis Tilby
house agent. Effects £6479 17s. 10d.
The
Straits Times, 4 January 1915, Page 7
Malayan Contingent
The names and occupations of the recruits enrolled in the Straits
Settlements for enlistment in England, the cost of those passages
defrayed by Government, was as follows. ...
WILLIAMS, L.M. Planter, F.M.S.
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WOODFORD |
Harold
Vivian |
Second
Lieutenant, 8th Battalion, Princess Charlotte of Wales's (Royal
Berkshire Regiment). Killed in action 13 October 1915. Aged 22.
Younger son of the late Charles Morris Woodford, C.M.G., and of
Florence Margaret Woodford, of Bowshotts Cottage, West Grinstead,
Sussex. Mr H V Woodford landed at the Port of London on the "Miyazaki-Maru"
from Penang, Malaya, 18 January 1915, listed as a Planter, aged
26, permanent residence listed as England. Recruits enrolled in
the Straits Settlement for Enlistment in England Employed as a Planter,
F.M.S. [The Straits Times, 1 May 1915, Page 12] No known grave.
Commemorated on LOOS MEMORIAL, Pas de Calais, France. Panel 93 to
95. See
also Kuala Lumpur Cenotaph
Extract
from De Ruvigny's Roll of Honour:
WOODFORD,
HAROLD VIVIAN, 2nd Lieut., 8th (Service) Battn. Princess
Charlotte of Wales's (Royal Berkshire Regt.), 2nd s. of Charles
Morris Woodford, of The Grinstead, Partridge Green, co. Sussex,
C.M.G. formerly Resident Commissioner of the British Solomon Islands
Protectorate, by his wife, Florence Margaret, dau. of the late John
Palmer, of Bathurst, New South Wales; b. Epsom, co. Surrey, 23 Jan.
1893; ethic. Tonbridge School, where he was a member of the O.T.C.,
and on leaving there went to Australia, where he entered the Hawkesbury
Agricultural College, near Sydney, with a view to qualifying for
tropical agriculture; subsequently spent a year in the British Solomon
Islands, being an active member of the Legion of Frontiersmen, and
in 1914 proceeded to the Straits Settlements, where he held an appointment
on the Cicely Rubber Plantation in Perak; returned to England on
the outbreak of war and obtained a commission in the Berkshire Regt.
6 Feb. 1915; trained at Bedford, Reading, Warminster Camp and Wool;
served with the Expeditionary Force in France and Flanders from
2 Oct. following, and was killed in action at Hulluch on the 13th.
A brother officer wrote on 17 Oct. 1915: “He led his men over
splendidly, but so far has not returned. and we are all very much
afraid that he must be 'missing, believed killed.' Of course, there
is just a glimmer of hope that he may have been taken prisoner,
though how anyone could live through that hail of machine-gun fire
I do not know," and the Adjutant wrote in Dee. : "On the
night of 22 Dec. a Lance-Corporal of our regiment went out from
the front trench which we were occupying in order to search for
any of our dead who were still thought to be lying between the English
and German lines from the engagement, of 13 Oct. When he returned
he reported that he had found the body of your son Harold. ... The
Lance-Corporal was a brave boy and went out quite voluntarily. He
says that the body was lying about twenty yards in front of our
barbed wire, and that there was a bullet wound in the head."
Unm.
The
Straits Times, 4 January 1915, Page 7
Malayan Contingent
The names and occupations of the recruits enrolled in the Straits
Settlements for enlistment in England, the cost of those passages
defrayed by Government, was as follows. ...
WOODFORD, H.V. Planter, F.M.S.
The
Straits Times, 14 January 1916, Page 6
Malaya's Roll of Honour.
Another name has to be added to the list of killed at the front
of men from Malaya who volunteered for active service. Our Kuala
lumpur correspondent telegraphs that H.V. Woodford, who was a 2nd
lieutenant in the 8th Royal Berkshires, and formerly a planter on
Cicely Estate, Perak, has been killed in action in France. |
Not
on memorial but listed on SDGW |
COWAN |
Louis
Victor |
Private
1832, "C" Company, 9th Battalion, Royal Scots (Lothian
Regiment). Killed in action 8 May 1915. Born Ipoh, Malay States,
enlisted and resident Edinburgh. Son of William Cowan, of 16,
Woodburn Terrace, Edinburgh, and the late Kate Amelia Cowan. Buried
in SANCTUARY WOOD CEMETERY, Ieper, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium. Plot
V. Row E. Grave 12.
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