Lieutenant. Born 13th February 1887; 3rd son of George and Elizabeth Bagnall, of Fransham House, East Dereham, Norfolk. He was at Charterhouse [H] 1901 - 1905 then at Pembroke College, Cambridge. He practised as a solicitor. He was commissioned into the Rifle Brigade (The Prince Consort's Own), joined 6th Bn. and was later attached to 13th Bn. He was killed in action on 23rd April 1917. Aged 30. He is commemorated on the Arras Memorial, Pas de Calais, France. Bay 9.

Extract from England & Wales Government Probate Death Index 1917:

BAGNALL George Barry of 147 Oxford-street Middlesex second-lieutenant Rifle Brigade died 23 April 1917 in France on active service Probate London 21 July to George Bagnall farmer. Effects £146 19s. 7d.

Second Lieutenant. Born 25th May 1885, baptised 28 June 1885 in Stafford, St Paul (Forebridge), 2nd son of William Gordon Bagnall and Jessie Bagnall, of 69, Overstrand Mansions, Prince of Wales Rd., Battersea, London but became a ‘native of Stafford’. He was at Charterhouse [B] 1900 - 1902. He was commissioned into the Royal Garrison Artillery and joined 114th Heavy Battery. He was killed in action at the Battle of the Somme on 1st July 1916. His grave is at Bouzincourt Communal Cemetery Extension, Plot I. Row A. Grave 9.

Extract from England & Wales Government Probate Death Index 1916:

BAGNALL Richard Gordon of Steep Petersfield Hampshire second lieutenant R.G.A. died 1 July 1916 in France on active service Administration (with Will) London 26 October to Jessie Bagnall widow. Effects £2115 6s. 11d.

Lieutenant. Born 23rd September 1889, 1st son of Sir Duncan Colvin Baillie, K.C.S.I, Lt. Governor of the United Provinces. He was at Charterhouse [W] 1903 - 1908. He was commissioned into the 9th Ghurkha Rifles and joined 2nd Bn. He was killed in action on 2nd November 1914. His grave is at Cabaret-Rouge British Cemetery, Souchez, Pas de Calais, France, Ref. XXVII. E. 34.

Extract from Bond of Sacrifice: Officers Died in the Great War 1914-1916, volume 1, page 14:

LIEUTENANT DUNCAN BAILLIE, 9th GURKHA RIFLES, INDIAN ARMY, who was killed in action on the 4th November, 1914, was the eldest son of Sir Duncan Colvin Baillie, K.C.S.I., lately acting Lieutenant Governor of the United Provinces.

He was born on the 23rd September, 1889, at Muzzaffarnagar, India, and was educated at Charterhouse and the R.M.C., Sandhurst., at both of which he was distinguished as a long distance runner, gymnast, and swimmer. He passed first out of Sandhurst, and received the Sword of Honour. He obtained his first commission in September, 1909, and was selected for the Indian Army. After being attached for a year to the Highland Light Infantry at Lucknow, he was posted in October, 1910, to the 2/9th Gurkha Rifles, in which he became Lieutenant in 1911. He was attached for active service in the war to the 1st Battalion. The following account of the circumstances attending his death and of the remarks upon him, was received from Lieutenant-General Sir James Willcocks, Commanding the Indian Expeditionary Army Corps :—" The evacuation of Neuve Chapelle left, the trenches of the 2nd Gurkhas in a very vulnerable salient which was enfiladed by a German mortar at a range of 400 yards. The three right double Companies were in a short time blown out of their trenches. A movement in relief was organised and Duncan Baillie was sent with two platoons of the 9th to help. All his brother officers were unanimous in their praise of the manner in which he took up his men. After he had accomplished this he proceeded to reconnoitre to ascertain the exact situation amongst the 2nd Gurkhas. Whilst running across a road towards the 2nd Gurkha trenches he was hit by a rifle bullet through the temple and killed instantaneously. Although still quite a junior officer in the 9th Gurkhas he had already made his mark as a first-rate soldier, beloved alike by officers and men."

Extract from England & Wales Government Probate Death Index 1917:

BAILLIE Duncan lieutenant H.M. Indian Army died 2 November 1914 in France on active service Administration London 6 February to sir Duncan Calvin Bailie K.C.S.I. Effects £91 3s. 6d.

Captain. Born 19th April 1893; 2nd son of Sir Duncan Colvin Baillie, K.C.S.I. He was at Charterhouse [W] 1907 - 1911. He was commissioned into the Cameronaians (Scottish Rifles) and joined 10th Bn. He was killed in action on Hill 70 on 25th September 1915. He is commemorated on the Loos Memorial, Panels 57 - 59.

Extract from De Ruvigny's Roll Of Honour 1914-1918, volume 2, page 15:

BAILLIE, EVAN HENRY, Capt., 10th (Service) Battn. The Cameronians (Scottish Rifles), eldest surv. s. of Sir Duncan Colvin Baillie, K.C.S.I., by his wife. Julia Louisa, dau. of the late Rev. Henry Stern, Rector of Brampton; b. Rai Bareli, Oudh, India; 19 April, 1893; educ. Charterhouse, and Braze-nose College, Oxford, and when war broke out, was reading for a degree in Science and a diploma in Forestry. He obtained a commission as 2nd Lieut. in the 9th (Service) Battn. Cameronians (Scottish Rifles), 22 Aug. 1914; was subsequently transferred to the 10th Battn., in order to be with his brother Alan, and promoted Lieut. 15 Oct. 1914, and Capt. 1 Feb. 1915; went with that battalion to France in July, 1915, and was killed in action during the advance on Loos and Hill 70, 25-26 Sept. following. On that night Captain Baillie was the senior officer present with men of other Scottish Regts., who were endeavouring to entrench themselves on Hill 70. During the night there were many counter-attacks, all of which were repulsed; next day, Sunday, after midday, it was seen- that the troops on the left were falling back, allowing the men on the Hill to be enfiladed. Captain Baffle, after arranging for charge of the different parts of the line, went off to the left flank to try and rally the men who were retreating, and was not heard of again; unm.

Extract from England & Wales Government Probate Death Index 1917:

BAILLIE Evan Henry captain Scottish Rifles died 26 September 1915 in France on active service Administration London 15 February to sir Duncan Colvin Baillie K.C.S.I. Effects £198 5s. 10d.

[Listed as Edward Nugent BANKES on most records except Charterhouse who list him as Edward NUGENT-BANKES] Captain, 3rd Battalion attached 2nd Battalion, Royal Dublin Fusiliers. Killed in action 26 April 1915. Aged 39. Born 3 October 1875. Baptised 24 February 1876 in St John the Evangelist, Smith Square, Middlesex. Son of the late Henry Hyde Nugent Bankes and the Hon. Mrs. Lalage Letitia Caroline Nugent Bankes; husband of Lettice Adelaide Bankes, of "Meriden Hall," Coventry. Served in the South African Campaign with Lumsden's Horse and Dorset Imperial Yeomanry, subsequently in the 2nd Dragoon Guards (Queen's Bays). In the 1881 census he was aged 5, born Wraysbury, Buckinghamshire, son of Henry H N and Ellen C Bankes, resident 102, Buckingham Palace Road, St George Hanover Square, London & Middlesex. In the 1891 census he was aged 15, born Wraysbury, Buckinghmahsire, a school boarder, resident Charterhouse, T E Page, Sandy Road, Godalming, Guildford, Surrey. In the 1911 Electoral Register for Brentford, Middlesex, he was resident The Thatched Cottage, Sutton, Hounslow. In the 1914 and 1915 Electoral Register for Meriden, Coventry, he was resident at Meriden Hall, Meriden, Coventry. No known grave. Commemorated on YPRES (MENIN GATE) MEMORIAL, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium. Panel 44 and 46.

Nugent-Bankes, Edward. b. 3 Oct., 1875. (Hodgsonites); Left C.Q., 1892.-Served in S. African War with Lumsden's Horse & I.Y., 1901, '02; joined 2nd Dragoon Guards (Queen's Bays), 1901.

[Spelt Phillip on CWGC] Captain, Royal Munster Fusiliers. Killed in action 27 August 1914. Oxford University, B.A. In the 1911 census he is aged 34, born Farnham, Surrey, Captain in the Army, married 5 years, in barracks with 2nd Regiment, Munster Fusiliers, Staff Colony, Tidworth, Andover, Hampshire. Buried in ETREUX BRITISH CEMETERY, Aisne, France. Plot/Row/Section II. Grave 7.

Extract from The Bond of Sacrifice Volume 1 Aug-Dec 1914:

CAPTAIN PHILIP GODFREY BARRETT, 2nd BATTN. ROYAL MUNSTER FUSILIERS, who is believed to have been killed in action in November, 1914, was born on the 17th April, 1876. He received his commission in the Royal Munster Fusiliers from the Militia in April, 1900. He proceeded almost at, once on active service in the South African War, being present at operations in Cape Colony in September, 1900, for which he received the Queen's medal with two clasps.

He was promoted Lieutenant in March, 1902; from November, 1907, to September, 1908, he was an Adjutant of Militia and of the Special Reserve, and was promoted Captain in August, 1908.

Extract from England & Wales, National Probate Calendar (Index of Wills and Administrations), 1858-1966 about Philip Godfrey Barrett:

BARRETT Philip Godfrey of Broom South Farnborough Hampshire captain Royal Munster Fusiliers died 27 August 1914 at or near Etreux France on active service Probate London 6 August [1915] to Jean Sherriff Molleson Barrett widow. Effects £8699 9s. 4d.

Extract from Ireland, Casualties of World War I, 1914-1922 for Philip Godfrey Barrett:

BARRETT, PHILIP GODFREY. Rank, Captain, Royal Munster Fusiliers; killed in action, August 27, 1914.

Second Lieutenant 2nd Battalion, Royal Sussex Regiment. 1st Division, Killed in action at the Battle of Loos 25 September 1915. Aged 18. Son of John Henry & Ethel Louisa Baxter of 'Fryern', Storrington. Educated at Charterhouse. Included on the Charterhouse School Roll of Honour. Buried in Dud Corner Cemetery F. 210 Also listed on the Storrington War Memorial

Extract from De Ruvigny's Roll Of Honour 1914-1918, volume 2, page 22:

BAXTER, RALPH FREDERICK, 2nd Lieut., Royal Sussex Regt., yst. s. of the late John Henry Baxter, of Gilston, Fife, by his wife. Ethel Louisa, dau. of Frederick King, of Fryern, Pulborough; b. Edinburgh, 25 May, 1897; educ. Ardvreck, Crieff, Charterhouse, and the Royal Military College, Sandhurst (winning a Prize Cadetship in Aug. 1914, and passing out in Dec. the same year); gazetted 2nd Lieut. 23 Dec. 1914, joining the 3rd Battn. Royal Sussex Regt.; was drafted to the 2nd Battn. at the front in May, 1915, and was killed in action at Hulluch, near Vermelles, France, 25 Sept. following. Buried at Le Rutoire; unm.

Major, "C" Battery, 301st Brigade, Royal Field Artillery. Killed in action 28 March 1918. Aged 29. Born 26 September 1888. Son of Frederic Walter and Honor Beck, of 21, Lime St., London, E.C.3. Embarked Palestine. Menioned in Despatches. Buried in JERUSALEM WAR CEMETERY, Israel and Palestine (including Gaza). Section V. Grave 66.

Beck, William Crabbe, b 26 Sept., 1888; 1 s. of Frederick Walter Beck, of Bromley, Solicitor; (Robinites-Weekrites); Left C.Q. 1907. - Joined 2nd Kent R..A. 1907.

Reverend, Royal Army Chaplain's Department attached to 1st Battalion, Princess Charlotte of Wales's (Royal Berkshire Regiment). Killed in action 23 August 1918. Aged 30. Son of the Rev. Canon James Bell and Mrs. Bell. Born at North Somercotes, Lincolnshire. Awarded the Military Cross (M.C.). Buried in DOUCHY-LES-AYETTE BRITISH CEMETERY, Pas de Calais, France. Plot II. Row G. Grave 10.

Bell, Charles Henry. b. 8 August, 1888: 1 s. of Rev. Canon James Bell, of Lincoln; (Gownboys); Left C.Q. 1906. - Christs's Coll., Camb.; B.A.

C.H. Bell, Esq., The Grove, Lincoln.

Extract from De Ruvigny's Roll Of Honour 1914-1918, volume 4, page 11:

BELL, CHARLES HENRY, M.C., C.F., 1st Battn. (49th Foot) Princess Charlotte of Wales's (Royal Berkshire Regt.), s. of the late Rev. Canon James Bell, Canon of Lincoln, by his wife, Eliza Mary (The Grove, Lincoln), dau. of Henry Peake; b. North Somercotes, co. Lincoln, 8 Aug. 1888; educ. Aysgarth School; Charterhouse, and Christ's College, Cambridge; was ordained in 1912; appointed Curate at Armley and St. Mark's, Woodhouse, Leeds; gazetted Chaplain 1 Aug. 1916; served with the Expeditionary Force in France and Flanders from Jan. 1918, and was killed in action near Motenville 23 Aug. following. Buried at Pouchy. The Senior Chaplain of the Division wrote : "He was such a gallant man, the bravest of the brave—I could write page after page of the good work he did here. I simply loved him—he was my ideal of a priest and a man. The whole division will greatly miss him—such a loyal colleague and friend." He was awarded the Military Cross (London Gazette, 23 March, 1918], for his courageous work in saving wounded during a retreat; unm.

Bell, Henry Hogarth. b. 17 Jan, 1896: 1 s. of George Hogarth Bell; (Pageites);

H.H. Bell, The Summerrods, Hexham-on-Tyne.

Extract from England & Wales Government Probate Death Index 1917:

BELL Henry Hogarth of The Summerrods Hexham Northumberland lieutenant 4th battalion Northumberland Fusiliers died 15 September 1916 in France Administration Newcastle-upon-Tyne 7 June to Katharine Bell widow.
Effects £111 13s. 3d.

Second Lieutenant Kenneth Frederick Hamilton Bell © IWM (HU 113649)

Second Lieutenant, 1st (City of London) Battalion (Royal Fusiliers), London Regiment. Killed in action 25 September 1915. Born 18 June 1889. Baptised 28 July 1889 in Penge, Surrey. Son of Frederick Hamilton and Edith Bell, of Croydon. No known grave. Commemorated on PLOEGSTEERT MEMORIAL, Hainaut, Belgium. Panel 10.

Bell, Kenneth Frederick Hamilton. b. 18 June, 1889: only s. of Frederick Hamilton Bell, of Croydon; (Robinites-Lockites); Left O.Q. 1906. - In firm of Messrs. Spillers & Bakers (Millers & Grain Merchants)

Lieutenant, 10th Battalion, Hampshire Regiment. Killed in action 10 August 1915. Aged 21. Son of Henry Bell, of 17, Berkeley Square, London. Educated at Charterhouse and St. John's College, Oxford. In the 1911 census he was aged 17, born New Brighton, a school boarder, resident Charterhouse Godalming, Surrey. No known grave. Commemorated on HELLES MEMORIAL, Turkey (including Gallipoli). Panel 126-135 or 223-226 228-229 & 328.

From the Charterhouse Register Vol 2, Cricket Quarter 1908:

Bell, Philip Lawrence. b. 16 March, 1894; 2 s. of Henry bell; (Saundertites).

Bell-Irving, William Ogle. b. 31 July, 1889: 2 s. of John Bell-Irving, of Hongkong, and of Lochesk; (Hodgsonites); Left O.Q. 1906. - Partner in firm of Messrs. Jardine & Matheson. - Joined Lanark I.Y., 1908.

Benson, Henry Laurence. b. 31 Jan., 1890: 1 s. of Harry Benson, of Newcastle-on-Tyne; (Gownboys); Junior Scholar; Left L.Q. 1907. - Articled Clerk to a Solicitor.

Benson, John Pencrice. b. 1 oct., 1877: s. of William Denman Benson, Barrister; (Verites); GFootball XI, 1895-'95; Left L.Q. 1895. - Joined E. Surrey Regiment., 1898; served in S. African War, wounded, 1899-1901; Adjutant, 1902; Capt. 1905.

Capt. J.P . Benson, 55, Courtfield Gardens, Kensington, W.

Extract from Bond of Sacrifice: Officers Died In The Great War 1914-1916, volume 1, page 27-28:

CAPTAIN JOHN PENRICE BENSON 1st BATTN. EAST SURREY REGIMENT, who was born at Kilvrough, Glamor-ganshire, on the 1st October, 1877, was the son of Judge William Denman Benson and Jane Penrice his wife. He had several relations in the Army and Navy, among them his grandfather, the late General H. R. Benson, C.B., 17th Lancers; Colonel H. W. Benson, D.S.O.; Colonel S. M. Benson, 17th Lancers; Colonel R. E. Benson, East Yorkshire Regiment, also killed in this war, and Admiral of the Fleet, Sir A. Lyons G.C.B.

Captain Benson was educated at Charterhouse and the R.M.C., Sandhurst, having been at both a cricketer and a footballer. He received his commission in the East Surrey Regiment in 1897, and served with it through the whole of the South African War, having been wounded on Pieter's Hill, at the Relief of Ladysmith. He received the Queen's medal with five clasps and the King's medal with two clasps.

In September, 1902. he was appointed Adjutant of his battalion and subsequently passed to the Reserve of Officers having become a Captain in October, 1904.

On the outbreak of the war he rejoined his old regiment, and went with it to the front. At the Battle of Mons he was wounded by a machine gun while fighting in the first line of trenches on the 23rd August; he was taken down to a convent school hospital at Boussu, left there on the retirement, and died there, probably on the 24th August, 1914.

Captain Benson, who was a member of the Army and Navy Club, married Laura Annette Rideout, daughter of General Rideout and grand-daughter of the late Admiral Montresor. He left two children, William Frank Montresor, born 7th October, 1907, and Jane Penrice, born 2nd January, 1915.

Extract from De Ruvigny's Roll Of Honour 1914-1918, volume 1, page 30:

BENSON, JOHN PENRICE, Capt., 1st Battn. East Surrey Regt., eldest s. of William Denman Benson, of 10, William Street, Knightsbridge, County Court Judge, LL.D., J.P., by his wife, Jane, dau. of Thomas Penrice, D.L., and nephew of Lieut.-Col. R. E. Benson, who died of wounds, 27 Sept. 1914 (see following notice); b. Klivrough, co. Glamorgan, 1 Oct. 1877; educ. Charterhouse and the Royal Military College, Sandhurst; gazetted 2nd Lieut. 18 Feb. 1898, and promoted Lieut. 24 Feb. 1900, and Capt. 8 Oct. 1904; served in the South African War, 1899-1902; took part in the relief of Ladysmith, including action at Colenso; operations of 17 to 24 Jan. 1900, and action at Spion Kop; operations of 5 to 7 Feb. 1900, and action at Vaal Kranz, and operations on Tugela Heights (wounded 23 Feb. 1900); operations in Natal, March to June, 1900, including action at Laings Nek; operations in the Transvaal, 30 Nov. to 31 May. 1902, including those in the Orange River Colony in May, 1901 (Queen's medal with five clasps and King's medal with two clasps); afterwards going to India with his regt. He was Adjutant of his Battn., 10 Sept. 1902, to 31 May, 1905, and of Militia and Special Reserve Battn., 15 April, 1907, to Feb. 1913, when he went on half-pay. On the declaration of war, 4 Aug. 1914, he immediately rejoined, was given his company, and went to France on 12 Aug. He proceeded with his regt. to La Cateau, and then to the defence of the Conde Canal, where he was shot through the lower part of the body by a machine gun on the 25th, and died in the Convent School at Boussu, Belgium, the following day, 28 Aug. 1914. He was buried in the Convent School grounds He m. at St. Stephen's, Gloucester Road, S.W., Laura Annette, 2nd dau. of Major-Oen. Francis Goring Hideout, and had issue a son and dau.: William Frank Montague, b. 7 Oct. 1907, and Jane Penrice, 5. 2 Jan. 1915.

Lieutenant, 5th Battalion, Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Ligth Infantry. Killed in action 16th June 1915. Aged 27. Son of Julius and Elizabeth Berlein, of Johannesburg. Born at Kimberley, South Africa. Buried in VLAMERTINGHE NEW MILITARY CEMETERY, Ieper, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium. Plot II. Row A. Grave 2. See also Berkhamstead War Memorial

Berry, Thomas Lonsdale. b. 13 April, 1885: s. of M. Berry, of Heywood, Lancs.; (Bodeites); Left O.Q. 1901. - In Shipping Business..

Bertram, Cyril Robertson. b. 25 April, 1892: s. of R.S. Btertram, of Cape Town; (Laleham-Gopwnboys); Left C.Q. 1909. - Vine-grower..

C.R. Bertram, Esq., Constantia, Cape Town.

Extract from England & Wales Government Probate Death Index 1917:

BERTRAM Cyril Robertson of High Constantia Cape Province South Africa second-lieutenant R.F.C. died 18 June 1916 at Palms German East Africa on active service Administration (with Will limited) London 23 April to Bertram Lowndes assistant bank manager attorney of Elizabeth Maude
Bertram. Effects £194 14s. 1d.

Bilton, Edward Barnard. b. 18 June, 1887: s. of E.S. Bilton, of Wimbledon; (Hodgsonites); Left C.Q. 1906. Clare Coll., Cambr; B.A.

E.H. Bilton, Esq., Graylands, Wimbledon Park. S.W.

Extract from de Ruvigny' s Roll of Honour 1914-1918, volume 3, page 24:

BILTON, EDWARD BARNARD, Capt., 1/1st The Highland Cyclist Battn. (T.F.), attd. 2/5th (Territorial) Battn. The King's Own (Yorkshire Light Infantry), elder s. of the late Edward Stanton Hilton, by his wife, Susanna (late of Coombe, Wimbledon Park, S.W.), dau. of the late William Barnard; b. Benwell, co. Northumberland, 18 June, 1887; educ. Charter-house, and Clare College, Cambridge; was a Barrister and a member of the Inner Temple; obtained a commission as 2nd Lieut. in the Highland Cyclist Battn. 14 Nov. 1914; was promoted Lieut. 31 March, 1915, and Capt. 16 June, 1916, when he was attached to the 2/5th Battn. The King's Own (Yorkshire Light Infantry), and served at the Battn. Headquarters as Intelligence Officer; served with the Expeditionary Force in France and Flanders from Jan. 1917, and was killed in action near Albert 15 March following, while making a reconnaissance towards the enemy during an advance. Buried on the battlefield near Achiet-le-Petit. His Commanding Officer wrote : "He was one of the finest and bravest soldiers it has been my privilege to know. He possessed great natural gifts, and would, I know, have gone far in any profession. He was my Intelligence Officer, and did extraordinarily good work all the time, and will be quite impossible to replace. We, both officers and men, were devoted to him. He died a hero's death; none in the war have done more. He is a fine example to us all," and a brother officer "He was a very valuable officer. He acted with splendid courage and judgment in our last operation. He was on duty in a dangerous situation for 36 hours, was slightly wounded, but carried on undaunted, and gave us very valuable information, saving many lives." Another brother officer also wrote : "He was a splendid fine fellow, loved by his brother officers, fearless to a degree, and he met his death in an advanced position, endeavouring to ascertain the movements of the enemy. No man could wish to die under nobler circumstances, and the great consolation is that this fearless duty with which he was entrusted was in the act of being carried out when he was killed." He was mentioned in Despatches [London Gazette, 25 May, 1917] by General Sir Douglas Haig, for gallant and distinguished service in the field; unm.

Extract from England & Wales Government Probate Death Index 1917:

MILTON Edward Barnard of Coombe Inner Park-road Wimbledon Surrey captain 2/5th battalion King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry died 15 March 1917 in France on active service Probate London 2 May to Susanna Bilton widow.
Effects £14459 5s. 5d.

Major, 9th Battalion, Sherwood Foresters (Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment). Killed in action 22nd August 1915. Aged 42. Son of John George Lees Blackburne and Mary Shadforth Boger Blackburne, of Dryclough, Oldham; husband of Lilian Monica Blackburne, of New Century Club, Hay Hill, London, W.1. Mentioned in Despatches (MiD). Buried in GREEN HILL CEMETERY, Turkey. Plot I. Row C. Grave 2. See also Lord's Members Cricket World War 1 Memorial

Blades, Laurence Turner. b. 28 July, 1896: s. of A. F. Blades; (Laleham-Girdlestoneites).

L.T. Blades, Rookfield, Reigate.

Lieutenant. Born 16th August 1897 at Durban, Natal, only son of John and Adelaide Sophie Ramsden Bland. He was at Charterhouse [P] 1911 - 1914. He was commissioned into the Royal Berkshire Regiment and joined 3rd Bn. He was awarded the M.C. and the Croix de Guerre with Palms (France). He was killed in a mutiny of Russian troops at Archangel on 7th July 1919. His grave is at Archangel Allied Cemetery, Ref. Semenovka (Bereznik) Cem. Extension, Sp. Mem. B9.

Extract from England & Wales Government Probate Death Index 1920:

BLAND Cecil Francis Ramsden of Talana Beechwood-avenue Boscombe Hampshire lieutenant H.M. Army died 7 July 1919 in North Russia Administration (with Will) London 5 January to Adela Marie Bland spinster.
Effects £4221 19s. 6d.

Blunt, Duncan Hamilton. b. 1 May, 1878: 4 s. of G H Blunt, of Leicester; (Hodgsonsites); Winner of Public Schools fencing, 1896; Left C.Q. 1896. - Joined Devon Regt., 1899; served in S. African War, 1899-1902; Officer Commanding Rest Camps, Machadadorp and Helvetia; Capt., 1903; Adjutant, 3 Batt., Devon Regt., 1906; of 2nd Batt., 1909.

Capt. DH. Blunt, Messrs. Cox & co,, 16, charing Cross, S.W.

Extract from Leicester Daily Post - Saturday 13 October 1917, page 3:

DEATH OF LIEUT.-COLONEL D. H. BLUNT.

Our obituary column contains the announcement of the death of Lieut. Colonel Duncan Hamilton Blunt, D.S.O., of the Devonshire Regiment. This gallant officer, who died of wounds received on October 3rd, was the youngest son of the late Mr. G. H. Blunt, of Leicester (a member of the firm of Freer, Blunt, Rowlatt, and Winterton, solicitors) and Mrs. Blunt, of Woodlands, Kirby Muxloe. He was in the army for a considerable time previous to the war. His brother, colonel Bruce Blunt, of the Lancashire Regt., was killed in the South African war.

Lieutenant Cecil Herbert Bodington © IWM (HU 114012)

Temporary Captain, Royal Horse Guards attached to Household Battalion. Killed in action 11 April 1917. Aged 37. Born 20 January 1880. Baptised 22 February 1880 at Suffield, Norfolk, son of Herbert James (Rector of the Parish) and Louise Augusta Boddington. Son of Herbert James and Louise Augusta Bodington, of Upton Grey, Hants; husband of Lilias May Bodington (nee Somerville). No known grave. Commemorated on ARRAS MEMORIAL, Pas de Calais, France. Bay 1.

Bodington, Cecil herbert. b. 20 Jan., 1880: 2 s. of Rev. Herbert James Bodington, Vicar of Upton Grey, Hants; (Saunderites); Junior Scholar; Left O.Q. 1895. Peterhouse, Camb.; B.A. - Hampshire Cricet XI, 1902-'03.

D.G. Bois, Esq., Hillside, Auckland Road, Upper Norwood, S.E.

Extract from de Ruvigny' s Roll of Honour 1914-1918, volume 2, page 32:

BOIS, DUDLEY GILLESPY, Lieut., Royal Garrison Artillery, only s. of Percy Bois, of Northanger, Godalming, Surrey, by his wife, Margaret, dau. of John It. Gillespy; b. Sutton, co. Surrey, 21 June, 1889; educ. Tonbridge School (Capt. of School 1907-8; a School Præpostor 1908; Sergt. School Cadet Corps, Jan. 1907, and 2nd Lieut. Sept. 1907), and the Royal Military Academy, Woolwich; gazetted a 2nd Lieut. R.G.A., 23 July, 1910, and promoted Lieut. 23 July, 1913; joined the 102nd Coy., R.G.A., in Malta in March, 1912, and from there went to the Dardanelles in June, 1915, being attached to the 6th Howitzer Battery of the Australian and New Zealand Division, at Anzac; was in the fighting line during 13 weeks, and was sent down from the front 30 Sept. 1916, with an attack of dysentery, and died on board H.M. Hospital Ship Maheno, off Cape Relies, 4 Oct. following. Buried at sea off Cape Relies, Gallipoli Peninsula. Sergt.-Major wrote : "I was -Lieut. Bois's Sergt.-Major all the time he was in Malta, and he was dearly loved in the 102nd Coy., R.G.A., as a gallant officer and sportsman," and an officer of the Coy.: "As a brother officer of your son, I can assure you of his popularity both on the island and with his men."

Extract from England & Wales Government Probate Death Index 1916:

BOIS Dudley Gillespy of Northanger Godalming Surrey lieutenant R.G.A. 6th Howitzers H.M. Army died 4 October 1915 at sea on active service Administration (with Will) London 18 January to Percy Bois merchant. Effects 10s. 11d.

F.C. Boosey, Esq., Knightons, Keston, Kent.

Extract from de Ruvigny' s Roll of Honour 1914-1918, volume 2, page 34:

BOOSEY, FREDERICK CECIL, M.C., Lieut., 1st Battn. (9th Foot) The Norfolk Regt., 2nd s. of Charles Thomas Boosey, of Knightons, Keaton, Kent, by his wife, Julia May, dau. of Francis Atterbury; and brother to 2nd Lieut. R. G. Boosey (q.v.); b. Short-lands, co. Kent, 26 May, 1891; educ. Charter-house; gazetted 2nd Lieut. (from Special Reserve) to the Norfolk Regt., 4 Dec. 1912, and promoted Lieut. 25 Oct. 1914; went to France with his Regt. in Aug. 1914; served through the retreat from Mons, the Battles of Le Cateau, the Marne and the Aisne; was mentioned in Despatches [London Gazette, 17 Feb. 1915], for gallant and distinguished service in the field, and awarded the Military Cross; was severely wounded in action at Festubert on 4 Nov. 1914, and invalided home; on recovery was attached to the 2nd Battn. of his regiment in Mesopotamia; joined it there in June, 1915, and after taking part in several engagements, was killed in action at the Battle of Ctesiphon 22 Nov. following. Colonel W. Corrie Tonge wrote : "Among all our gallant and much-loved brother officers who went down before Bagdad, none is more deplored and regretted than poor Cecil. He was the very greatest credit in every way to the regiment, and he proved himself, I am told, over and over again a most gallant and unselfish soldier," and Major Brudenell Bruce: "Your son did sterling work for the 1st Battn. till he was wounded. He was in my company, so I know what a lot he did. I suppose he lost his life, as I always feared he would, by not thinking enough of himself and always of his men." Colonel Ballard, Commanding 1st Battalion, also wrote when Lieut. Boosey was wounded at Festubert: "Your boy's wound was a nasty one, and the doctor here hoped for the best, but was very anxious. I cannot tell you how thankful I was to get your letter. You ought to be, indeed, proud of him. I am proud of the whole regiment, but can honestly say that your boy was the best subaltern we had. He is a gallant soldier, and we are all very fond of him." Unm.

Boosey, Rupert George. b. 6 Nov., 1894: 4 s. of Charles Alfred Boosey; (Girdlestoneites).

R.G. Boosey, Esq., Knightons, Keston, Kent.

Extract from de Ruvigny' s Roll of Honour 1914-1918, volume 2, page 34:

BOOSEY, RUPERT GEORGE, 2nd Lieut., 4th (Royal Irish) Dragoon Guards, 4th and yst. s. of Charles Thomas Boosey, of Knightons, Keston, Kent, by his wife, Julia May, dau. of Francis Atterbury; and brother to Lieut. F. C. Boosey (q.v.); b. Shortlands, co. Kent, 6 Nov. 1894; educ. Charterhouse, and the Royal Military College, Sandhurst; gazetted 2nd Lieut. 4th Dragoon Guards, 12 Aug. 1914; served with the Expeditionary Force in France and Flanders from Nov. 1914, and was killed in action near Ypres 24 May, 1915. His name was included in the "Register of Recommendations for Honours and Rewards, 4th Dragoon Guards," as follows : "On May 13th, 1915, near Vieltje, for maintaining communications between the 1st and 2nd Cavalry Brigades; he successfully carried out this duty whilst lying in the open for five hours under very heavy artillery fire. He was slightly wounded whilst carrying out this mission," and he was mentioned in Despatches [London Gazette, 1 Jan. 1916] by F.M. Sir John (now Lord) French, for gallant and distinguished service in the field. Colonel Sewell wrote : "We have had many losses in the war, but no better or more promising subaltern than your boy. He was always bright and cheery, however bad things seemed, and his Troop was devoted to him. I was wounded on the 13th May; on that day your son carried out a difficult and very dangerous reconnaissance; he came back and made his report, the information he had got being of the greatest value. I think my last action before leaving the regiment was to send in a report to the Brigadier recommending your sou's good work and gallant behaviour under very exceptional fire, for mention. You have lost a noble son, and we have lost a good brave officer," and Sergt. H. F. Allaby "I can honestly say that not one of our heavy losses that we had ever received before stung more bitterly to us than his death. I was with him in every action he took part in, and only last week was out alone with him twice in the night almost in the enemy trenches. Adventures of this description tend to draw closer the bond of friendship between officers and N.C.O.'s. His hundred-and-one daily actions stamped him thoroughly, as he always was, an officer and a gentleman." Unm.

A.C.H. Borough, Esq., Chetwynd Park, Newport, Salop.

Extract from de Ruvigny' s Roll of Honour 1914-1918, volume 3, page 30:

BOROUGH, ALARIC CHARLES HENRY, Lieut., Welsh Guards, yr. s. of John Sidney Burton Borough, of Chetwynd Park, Newport, co. Salop, by his wife, Edith M., dau. of the Rev. H. G. Jebb; b. Newport aforesaid, 9 April, 1892; educ. Fonthill, East Grinstead, Stubbington, Fareham, and Charterhouse; was studying Tea Planting in Ceylon; returned to England in Dec. 191d; Joined the Inns of Court O.T.C.; was gazetted 2nd Lieut. Inniskilling Fusiliers in May, 1915; subsequently transferred to the Welsh Guards; served with the Expeditionary Force in France and Flanders from the middle of March, 1917, and was killed in action near Cambrai 1 Dec. following. Burled near Gouzeaucourt; unm.

L.C. Boustead, Esq., Bleak House, Broadstairs.

Extract from Bond of Sacrifice: Officers Died in the Great War 1914-1916, volume 2, page 51-52:

LIEUTENANT LAWRENCE CLIVE BOUSTEAD, 1st BATTN. THE ROYAL DUBLIN FUSILIERS, born on the 26th July, 1893, at Stonycliff, Kotugala, Ceylon, was the eldest son of Lawrence T. Boustead, Esq., late of Oliphant, Nuwara Eliya, Ceylon, and Bangor Lodge, Ascot, and Ethel Margaret, youngest daughter of Jameson Alers-Hankey, Esq., of Bexley, Kent.

He was educated at Horton School (Ickwell Bury), Charterhouse, and the R.M.C., Sandhurst, and he played for the last at golf. In September, 1913, he was gazetted 2nd Lieutenant in the Royal Dublin Fusiliers, and joined the 1st Battalion of his regiment at Madras two months later. He was promoted Lieutenant in July, 1914, and returned to England with his battalion in December for active service in the Great War, sailing with the XXIXth Division for the Dardanelles in March, 1915. He took part in the landing at "V" Beach on the 25th April, 1915, and was wounded next day at the taking of Sedd-el-Bahr under the following circumstances, as reported by a Press correspondent :—

"Leaving the men, who had momentarily taken cover from the machine-gun fire, he ran fearlessly to an opening in the fort and repeatedly fired his revolver, and it is thought he must have killed or wounded some of the gunners, as the fire from the fort became reduced. He escaped miraculously. Soon after the British rushed the fort and cleared out the enemy. It was in passing a loophole in the fort that Lieutenant Boustead was wounded, receiving a bullet through the cheek."

After recovering from his wounds at Malta, Lieutenant Boustead rejoined his battalion in Gallipoli Peninsula at the beginning of June. He was killed in action at the Battle of Gully Ravine in the early hours of the morning of the 29th June, 1915, during one of three night attacks made by the Turks, " after doing excellent work " (wrote his Commanding Officer) " under very trying circumstances, and whilst encouraging and keeping his men together." " A man of no fear, greatly loved by all his men, he had been mentioned in Despatches for bravery at our landing on the 25th April, 1915." He was buried at Gaegan Bluff, Gallipoli.

For his services in the war, Lieutenant Boustead was mentioned in Sir Ian Hamilton's Despatch of the 22nd September, 1915.

Captain Geoffrey Grenside Bowen © IWM (HU 114153)

Captain. Born 8th August 1895, 1st son of Mr. J. C. G. and Mrs. W. M. Bowen, of Durmast Cottage, Burley, Brockenhurst, Hants. He was at Charterhouse [g] 1909 - 1913. He was commissioned into the Lancashire Fusiliers and joined 2nd Bn., "B" Company. He was twice wounded. He was mentioned in despatches and awarded the Military Cross (M.C.). He was killed in action on 2nd September 1918. In the 1911 census he was aged 15, born Hounslow, a school boarder, boarding at Charterhouse, Godalming, Surrey. His grave is at Windmill British Cemetery, Monchy-le-Preux, Plot. II. Row D. Grave 18.

Extract from England & Wales Government Probate Death Index 1919:

BOWEN Geoffrey Grenside of Durmast Cottage Burley Hampshire captain H.M. Artillery died 2 September 1918 in France on active service Administration (limited) London 8 March to James Foyster Bowen solicitor attorney of John Cuthbert Grenside Bowen. Effects £504 9s. 9d.

T.R. Bowley, Esq., 17, Fairfax Road, South Hampstead, N.W.

Extract from Bond of Sacrifice: Officers Died in the Great War 1914-1916, volume 2, page 52:

CAPTAIN THOMAS RUPERT BOWLBY, 3rd (RESERVE) attd. 1st BATTN. THE NORFOLK REGIMENT, born at Wilton Lodge, Lancaster Road, Hampstead, on the 28th September, 1882, was the elder son of Charles Cotsford Bowlby, of 17, Fairfax Road, Hampstead. He was a nephew of Sir Anthony Bowlby, K.C.M.G., K.C.V.O., F.R.C.S., Temporary Surgeon-General, Army Medical Service, and Principal Consulting Surgeon at the front to the British Expeditionary Force in France.

Educated at The Grange, Folkestone, and at Charterhouse, Captain Bowlby first served in the 5th Battalion, Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers, appointed 2nd Lieutenant in December, 190 and was promoted Lieutenant in June, 1903 In February, 1904, he received his commission as 2nd Lieutenant in the Norfolk Regimen from the Militia, becoming Lieutenant in January, 1906. In February, 1908, he w seconded for service with the West Afri Frontier Force in Northern Nigeria, and took part in the operations in the Dekka Kerr! country in June and July of that year. He rejoined the 1st Battalion, Norfolk Regiment, in May, 1912, and was promoted Captain in the following January. In March, 1913, he entered the 3rd (Reserve) Battalion, but on the outbreak of the Great War he was attached for active service to his old battalion, the 1st, which formed part of the Vth Division of the British Expeditionary Force. Captain Bowlby took part in the Battles of Mons and Le Cateau, in the subsequent fighting in the retirement, and in the Battles of the Marne and Aisne. He wag reported " missing " on the 14th September 1914, and it was later unofficially stated that he was killed in a wood on Chivres Hill, near Missy-sur-Aisne, on that date. For his services in the war Captain Bowlby was mentioned in Sir John French's Despatch of 8th October, 1914.

Captain Bowlby was a member of the Junior Naval and Military Club. He was fond of motoring and hunting, and shot bison, hart beeste, kob, and buck in West Africa.

J.P. Boyd, Warfield Dale, Bracknell, Berks.

Extract from England & Wales Government Probate Death Index 1917:

BOYD James Peter of ft Eaton-place Middlesex captain Gordon, Highlanders died 25 September 1915 in France on active service Administration London 15 January to Walter Colquhoun Boyd retired major H.M. Army.
Effects £3117 2s. 8d.

Lieutenant Colonel. Born 21st November 1860, 6th son of Charles John Boyle and Mrs. Zacyntha Boyle. He was at Charterhouse [L] 1874 - 1878. He served in the South African War, then in the Great War in 1st Bn. Honourable Artillery Company. He was he was mentioned in despatches and awarded the D.S.O. He was killed in action near Grandcourt on 7th February 1917. His grave is at Hamel Military Cemetery, Beaumont-Hamel, Ref. I. E. 2.

Extract from England & Wales Government Probate Death Index 1917:

BOYLE Ernest Charles Patrick of Good Hope Mavis Bank Jamaica D.S.O. died 7. February 1917 in France on active service Probate London 19 June to Lionel Richard Cavendish Boyle M.V.O. colonel H.A.. company.
Effects £3397 16s. 10d.
Double probate 12 Dec 1921

R.W.McK. Bradley, 42, Alexandra Road, Upper Norwood.

Extract from England & Wales Government Probate Death Index 1918:

BRADLEY Thomas William McKenzie of Greenfields Horley Surrey R.G.A. died 21 March TOTS in France or Belgium Administration (with Will) London 30 May to Augusta Lucy McKenzie Bradley widow.
Effects £443 17s. 11d.

A.W.A. Bradshaw, Osmington, Bexhill-on-Sea.

Extract from England & Wales Government Probate Death Index 1917:

BRADSHAW Arthur William Archibald of Sandhurst Kent lieutenant R.W. Surrey regiment died 25 September 1915 in France on active service Administration London 5 January, to Arthur Evelyn Bradshaw of independent means.
Effects £274 5s. 9d.

BRADSHAW.—On the 25th September, in France, Arthur William Archibald Bradshaw, 2nd Lieutenant. "The Queen's," Royal West Surrey Regiment, the dearly-loved elder son of Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Evelyn Bradshaw, Royal Beach Hotel, Southsea, late of Osmington, Bexhill, aged 20.

Major. Born 12th November 1875, 1st son of Mr. and Mrs. George Brakspear, of Glenwood, Silverdale Rd., Eastbourne, Sussex, and of Copse Hill, Henley-on-Thames. He was at Charterhouse [S] 1889 - 1992. He became a director of W.H. Brakspear & sons, Brewers. He served in the South African War 1900 - 1902, in the 3rd Oxfordshire Light Infantry, then in the Great War with 8th Bn. Royal Berkshire Regiment. He died on 2nd October 1915 of wounds received at the Battle of Loos. His grave is at Etaples Military Cemetery, Polt I. Row B. Grave 8. See also Lord's Cricket Ground Members World War 1 and Henley On Thames Memorial

Lieutenant Colonel. Born 8th August 1866, only son of Mr. & Mrs. William Gower Brakspear; husband of the late Dorothy M. Brakspear. He was at Charterhouse [S] 1881 - 1883. In 1887 he was commissioned into the Norfolk Regiment, he then pursued a regular army career. In 1889 he joined the Indian Staff Corps. He served in India, Burma and China. In the Great War he served with 2nd Bn., 3rd Queen Alexandra's Own Gurkha Rifles. He was mentioned in despatches. He was killed in action in France on 25th September 1915. He is commemorated on the Neuve-Chapelle Memorial. (This is a memorial to the Dead of the Indian Army on the Western front 1914-1918 who have no known grave.) See also Datchet War Memorial

Extract from England & Wales Government Probate Death Index 1917:

BRAKSPEAR William Rae of 31 Brunswick-gardens Kensington Middlesex lieutenant-colonel 3rd battalion Ghurka Rifles died 25 September 1915 in France on active service Probate London 26 April to Dorothy Lilian Muir Brakspear widow and Frederick Chauncy Maples solicitor. Effects £780.

Capt. E.S. Brand, Junior Naval & Military Club, W.

Extract from Bond of Sacrifice: Officers Died in the Great War 1914-1916, volume 1, page 46:

CAPTAIN ERNEST STANLEY BRAND, ROYAL FUSILIERS (CITY OF LONDON REGIMENT), who was killed in action while serving with the West African Regiment in the Cameroons, West Africa, was the son of W. B. Brand, Esq., late of The Grange, Finchley, and Boxwood, Herts. He was born on the 3rd December, 1878. at Stoke Newington, and was educated at Arlington House, Brighton, and Charterhouse, joining the 3rd Battalion Royal Fusiliers from the Militia in January, 1897, becoming Lieutenant in January, 1900. He served in Malta, Gibraltar, and China for five years, and while at the latter obtained his Company in October, 1904, and passed in the Chinese language.

From July, 1906, to December, 1910, he served with the West African Regiment, to which he was transferred in September, 1912, and with which he did useful work until he was killed. He was ordered to the Cameroons on the outbreak of the war and was acting as Second-in-Command, West African Regiment, when he was shot in the neck and killed instantaneously in the attack on Yabassi on the 8th October, 1914.

Captain Brand was a member of the Junior Naval and Military and Sports Clubs, and his recreations were steeplechasing, shooting, hunting, and polo.

Second Lieutenant, 1st Battalion, York and Lancaster Regiment. Died on service 15 April 1915. Aged 18. Born 1 November 1896. Son of Sir John and Lady Brickwood, of Hindhead and Portsmouth. Buried 21 April 1915 in GRAYSHOTT (ST. LUKE) CHURCHYARD, Hampshire. Grave reference 25A. 126.

A.C. Brickwood, Brankesmere, Southsea.

Extract from Bond of Sacrifice: Officers Died in the Great War 1914-1916, volume 2, page 56:

2nd LIEUTENANT ARTHUR CYRIL BRICKWOOD, 1st BATTN. YORK AND LANCASTER REGIMENT, was born at South-sea on the 1st November, 1896, the son of Sir John and Lady Brickwood, of Brankesmere, South-sea, and Hazelgrove, Hindhead.

He was educated at Twyford, near Winchester, and at Charterhouse, and entered the R.M.C., Sandhurst, in February, 1914.

He was gazetted to the York and Lancaster Regiment in September, 1914, and went to the front in February, 1915.

After seven spells of duty in the trenches he, on the 11th April, developed a septic throat from his severe work, and was removed to the Military Hospital at Boulogne, where he died on the 15th April, 1915, a few hours after an operation had been performed (tracheotomy). His body was brought to England, and he was buried at Grayshott, Hants.

Extract from De Ruvigny's Roll of Honour 1914-1918 Volume 1, Page 51:

BRICKWOOD. ARTHUR CYRIL, Lieut., 1strt Platoon, A Company, 1st Battn. York and Lancaster Regt., elder s. of Sir John Brickwood, of Southsea and Hindhead, by his 2nd wife, Jessie, dau. of the late John Cooper, of Burghfield; b. South-sea, 1 Nov. 1896; educ. Twyford, near Winchester, and Charterhouse; entered Sandhurst, Feb. 1914; gazetted to York and Lancaster Regt., 30 Sept. and was engaged on coast defence at Cleadon and South Shields. On 2 Feb. 1915, he took out drafts of Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders to France, and on arrival was sent to Rouen Hospital suffering from a sharp attack of influenza. On recovery he rejoined, and was in and out of the trenches seven times. He was taken ill in the trenches with septic throat, 11 April, and was sent back to the base hospital at Boulogne, where, after two operations, he died 15 April, 1915; buried at Grayshott.

Lieutenant. Born 18th January 1895, only son of Frederick Duckworth Briggs and Charlotte Briggs, of Pytchley House, Chapel Allerton, Leeds. He was at Charterhouse [S] 1909 - 1913. He went up to Emmanuel College, Cambridge. In the 1911 census he was aged 16, born Leeds, Yorkshire. a school boarder, resident Sanatorium, Paperharow Road, Godalming, Surrey. He was commissioned into the West Yorkshire Regiment (Prince of Wales's Own) and joined 7th Bn (Leeds Rifles) (Territorial). He was killed in action on 29th July 1915. His grave is at Essex Farm Cemetery, Plot I. Row F. Grave 11. See also Emmanuel College, Cambridge University

Extract from England & Wales Government Probate Death Index 1915:

BRIGGS Richard Stanley of Pytchley House Chapel Allerton Leeds a lieutenant in the 1st-7th West Yorkshire Regiment of His Majesty's Army died 29 July 1915 on active military service in Belgium Administration Wakefield 21 October to Frederick Duckworth Briggs maltster.
Effects £335 6s. 11d.

R.O. Bristiwe, Esq., The Depot, Exeter.

Extract from Bond of Sacrifice: Officers Died in the Great War 1914-1916, volume 2, page 57:

LIEUTENANT ROBERT OWEN BRISTOWE, 2nd BATTN THE DEVONSHIRE REGIMENT, only son of the late Stanley Bristowe, member of the Stock Exchange, and of his wife, Ethel, daughter of John Pike, and afterwards wife of William Henry Harrison, of No. 13, Oakley Street, Chelsea, S.W., was born at Sydenham on the 5th September, 1888.

He was educated at Parkfleld, Hayward's Reath, at Charterhouse, and the R.M.C., Sandhurst, receiving his commission in the Devonshire Regiment in October, 1908. In the following month he joined the 2nd Battalion of Ws regiment at Plymouth, afterwards serving in Crete, Malta, and Egypt. He was promoted Lieutenant in May, 1911, and obtained a " distinguished " in both Rifle and Machine-gun Courses at the Hythe School of Musketry in March, 1913. He was Acting-Adjutant in Cairo and at the front.

When the war broke out Lieutenant Bristowe was home on leave from Cairo, and whilst waiting for orders was sent to Saltash, Cornwall Re rejoined his battalion at Hursley Park Camp on its return from Egypt to form part of the VIIIth Division, and proceeded with it to Prance on the 5th November, 1914. He was killed in action at the battle of Neuve Chapelle on the 10th March, 1915.

For gallant and distinguished conduct in the field, Lieutenant Bristowe was mentioned in Sir John French's Despatch of 31st May, 1915.

"His loss," writes the Second-in-Command of the battalion, " to the regiment is immense, and to me Personally more than I can say. . . . He was always so Cheery. and the whole of the officers, N.C.O.s and men of the battalion share your grief. . . . He was cool and collected—as he always was under all circumstances—and he led his platoon splendidly."

The Officer in command of his company at the time wrote " To me it seems impossible that such a catastrophe could have happened to the most wonderful nature I have ever met. His death has left all of us that remain in the battalion simply stupefied. . . You will remember that he took his platoon over that machine-gun and rifle-swept ground, losing half his platoon, and when they arrived at the German trench the remnant lay down under the German parapet, while 'Bristles ' knelt up and fired from two to three dozen shots at Germans who were firing at our troops advancing further to the left. There seems no doubt at all that he accounted for at least a dozen and a half of them, until one of them spotted him and hit him behind the left ear . . . . Only eighteen men now remain of his platoon . . . . More than one gulped down a lump when reminded of their beloved officer and friend. They just 'loved' the old lad. I have never known any person so universally admired and loved as he was by everyone.

The Platoon Sergeant, in a letter, stated : " I trust you can now realise how bravely and fearlessly our gallant leader met his death, not caring about himself, as long as he could make the attack successful."

A Private wrote : "I feel sure that I am expressing not only my own thoughts, but those of my comrades of the platoon which has had the honour of serving under the leadership of so brave a gentleman as the late Lieutenant Bristowe. It is hardly necessary for me to add that his loss is most keenly felt by us all."

Extract from De Ruvigny's Roll of Honour 1914-1918 Volume 1, Page 51:

BRISTOWE, ROBERT OWEN, Lieut., 2nd Battn. Devonshire Regt., only s. of the late Stanley Bristowe, Member of the London Stock Exchange, by his wife, Ethel (now wife of William Henry Harrison, of 13, Oakley Street, Chelsea, S.W.), dau. of John Pike, and grandson of Robert Henry Bristowe, of Wavertree, Sydenham Hill, S.E.; b. Sydenham, 5 Sept. 1888; educ. Parkfleld, Haywards Heath; Charterhouse, and Sandhurst; gazetted 2nd Lieut. to the Devonshire Regt., 14 Oct. 1908, and joined at Plymouth 21 Nov. following; served in Crete, Malta and Egypt, and was promoted Lieut. 4 May, 1911. He obtained a "distinguished" in both the rifle and machine gun courses at the Hythe School of Musketry between Jan. and March, 1913, and was Acting Adjutant in Cairo and at the front. When 'the European War broke out he was home on leave from Cairo and was sent to the camp at Saltash, Cornwall. He rejoined his battn. on its return from Egypt, and proceeded with it to the front on 5 Nov. 1914; came home on short leave 21 Jan. 1911, returning to the front on the 27th of the month, and was killed in action at Neuve Chapelle, 10 March, 1915; unm. He was mentioned for gallant and distinguished conduct in the field in F.M. Sir John French's Despatch of 5 April, 1915 [London Gazette, 22 June, 1915]. The second in command of the battn. wrote : " His loss to the refit. is immense, and to me, personally, more than I can say . . .; he was always so cheery, and the whole of the officers, N.C.O.'s and men of the battalion share your grief. . . . He was cool and collected as he always was under all circumstances, and he led his platoon splendidly." The officer commanding his company at the time said : " To me it seems impossible that such a catastrophe could have happened to the most wonderful nature I have ever met. His death has left all of us that remain in the battn. simply stupefied . . . You will remember that he took his platoon over that machine gun and rifle swept ground, losing halt his platoon, and when they arrived at the German trench the remnants laid down under the German parapet, while Bob knelt up and fired from two to three dozen shots at Germans who were firing at our troops advancing further to the left. There seems no doubt at all that he accounted for some dozen and a-half of them, until one of them spotted him and hit him behind the left ear. . . . Only 18 men out of 53 now remain of his platoon . . . more than one gulped down a lump when reminded of their beloved officer and friend. They just loved the old lad. I have never known any person so universally admired and loved as he was by everyone "; adding : " his advance greatly helped to cause the whole German line to retire." A private wrote : " I feel sure that I am expressing not only my own thoughts but those of my comrades of the platoon which has had the honour of serving under the leadership of so brave a gentleman as the late Limit. Bristowe. It is hardly necessary for me to add that his loss is most keenly felt by us all." The platoon sergt. wrote " I trust you can now realise how bravely and fearlessly our gallant leader met his death, not caring about himself as long as he could make the attack successful." His cousin, Private Stanley Bristowe, died on active service 18 June, 1915 (see following notice).

S. Bristowe, Roundwood, Hutton, Essex.

Extract from De Ruvigny's Roll of Honour 1914-1918 Volume 1, Page 52:

BRISTOWE, STANLEY, Private, No. 2083, Hon. Artillery Company, eldest s. of Percy Robert Bristowe, of Roundwood, Hutton Essex, member of the London Stock Exchange by his wife, Elizabeth Frances Mary, dau. of Henry Edward Milner (late of) Woodlawn, Kingswood Road, Norwood, and grandson of Robert Henry Bristowe, of Way Sydenham Hill, S.E.; b. Waverley, Bromley Kent, 29 May, 1893; educ. Charterhouse joined the Hon. Artillery Company in Sept 1914, and died in hospital, St. Omer, France, illness contracted while on active service France, 18 June, 1915. He was burled In th Souvenir Cemetery, St. Omer; unm. His cousin german, Lieut. R. O. Bristowe, was killed in action 14 March, 1915 (see preceding notice).

Lieutenant General. Born 14th March 1862 in London, baptised 9 May 1862 in St Peter, Eaton Square, Pimlico, Middlesex, son of Thomas and Mary Aletha Broadwood of Holmbush Park, Surrey. He was at Charterhouse [g] 1876 - 1878. In 1881 he was commissioned into the 12th (Prince of Wales’ Royal) Lancers, then followed a regular army career. He was appointed C.B. In the Great War he commanded 57th Division. He died of wounds on 21st June 1917. His grave is at Anzac Cemetery, Sailly-Sur-La-Lys, Plot II. Row I. Grave 6.

Extract from Aberdeen Press and Journal - Monday 25 June 1917, page 3:

DEATH OF GEN. BROADWOOD

The death is announced of Lieutenant-General Robert George Broadwood as the result of his wounds received in action. He was given his commission in the 12th Lancers in 1881, and was appointed Colonel of the regiment in 1909. General Broadwood served with distinction the campaigns of Earl Kitchener in the Soudan and of Earl Roberts in South Africa. He had retired in 1913, but in September, 1914, he was re-employed and gazetted a division commander. General Broadwood was made a Companion of the Order of the Bath, and appointed A.D.C. to King Edward in 1900.

Extract from Hampshire Telegraph - Friday 29 June 1917, page 9:

General Broadwood.

The death is announced of Lieut.-General R. G. Broadwood C.B. from wounds received in action. The gallant officer obtained his commission in the 12th Lancers in 1881, and served for some years in the Soudan, where he fashioned the efficient native cavalry which rendered such good service in the Khartoum expedition. Later he commanded the 2nd Regular South African Light Horse in the South African War, and was in the affair at Sanna's Poet. He afterwards commanded troops in Natal and South China. Durirg the early part of this war General Broadwood held a command in East Anglia.

Extract from Dublin Daily Express - Monday 2 July 1917, page 6:

GENERAL BROADWOOD
Commander who Disregarded Lord Kitchener

The death of General Broailwood is a distinct loss to the Army and the country, he was a man of great and varied abilities. "He was something more than a dashing cavalry captain and an ardent sportsman," Mr. J. Saxon Mills says."I remember how surprised I was when he informed me that he had once been undecided whether to join the Army or beecome a professional jockey. He was certainly a great horseman, but his strong literary and philosophical tastes seemed rather incongruous with a professional jockeyship. He was a great reader. I remember once visiting him at the hospital at Wynburg and finding his bed encumbered with the works of Herbert Spencer and other by no meanslight literature. He took the deepest interest in all the political and scientific thought of the day, and urmistakably a Liberal in his views."

"General Broadwood’s habits." Mr. Saxon Mills says, "were singularly austere. He did not smoke, and he once told me that he had never in his life had drink, because he was invited to have one by a friend. He was, either temperamentaily or by moral discipline, absolutely fearless, a fact which was proved and illustrated by his conduct in the Soudan war. His heroic decision at Omdurman to disregard Lord Kitchener’s order and to keep his cavalry outside in order to divert large bodies cf Dervish forces from the Britishzareba had a great deal to do with winning that battle."

G.B. Browne, Esq., Messrs. Cox & Co., 16, Charing Cross.

W.F. Bullen, Esq., Whinmoor, Bidston, near Birkenhead.

Extract from England & Wales Government Probate Death Index 1920:

BULLEN William Francis of Whinmoor Bidston Cheshire second-lieutenant 10th King's Liverpool regiment died on or since 16 June 1915 in France Administration London 30 July to Bullen solicitor. Effects £741 4s.

L.V. Burgoyne Johnson, Esq., Greencroft Park, Lanchester, Durham.

Extract from Bond of Sacrifice: Officers Died in the Great War 1914-1916, volume 2, page 255:

CAPTAIN LUTHER VINCENT BURGOYNE JOHNSON, 1/8th BATTN. (TERRIT.) THE DURHAM LIGHT INFANTRY, born at Middlemoor, near Richmond, Yorkshire, on the 5th September, 1890, was the eldest son of Lieutenant- Colonel John Burgoyne Johnson, 8th (Reserve) Battalion, Durham Light Infantry, of Brockley, Saltburn-by-the-Sea, J.P. for the County of Durham.

He was educated at Charterhouse and at King's College, Cambridge, where he took his B.A. degree. He was gazetted 2nd Lieutenant in the Territorial Force in April, 1910; promoted Lieutenant in May, 1912, and Captain in September, 1914; and had qualified with distinction in musketry and machine-gun courses at Hythe. On the outbreak of the war in August, 1914, he undertook Imperial Service obligations, and was killed in action at Grafenstafel Ridge, near Ypres, on the 25th April, 1915.

Extract from De Ruvigny's Roll of Honour 1914-1918 Volume 1, Page 206:

JOHNSON, LUTHER VINCENT BURGOYNE, Capt.. 8th Batt Durham L.I. (T.F.), eldest s. of Major John Burgoyne Johnson, of Brockley, Saltbum-by-the-Sea, 8th Batt. Durham L.I., J.P., co. Durham; b. Middlemoor, near Richmond. co.York, 5 Sept. 1890; educ. Aysgarth School, Newton-le-Willows, Yorkshire; Charterhouse, Godalming; and King's College, Cambridge (B.A.); joined the Hamsteels Company of the 8th Durham L.I., being gazetted 2nd Lieut. 8 April, 1910; Lieut. 12 May, 1912. and Capt. 12 Sept. 1914. He went to the Front. in April, and was killed a few days later, in action at Grafenstaffel Ridge, N.E. of Ypres, 25 April 1915. At the outbreak of war Capt. Johnson was serving his articles as a solicitor with the firm of Messrs. Cochrane and Belk, of Middlesbrough. He was well known in cricket and football circles, and had qualified in musketry course and machine gun course (distinguished) at Hythe.

L.R. Burrows, Esq., the Vicarage, Hove.

Extract from De Ruvigny's Roll of Honour 1914-1918 Volume 2, Page 49:

BURROWS, LEONARD RIGHTON, 2nd Lieut., 9th (Service) Battn. The Northumberland Fusiliers, 2nd s. of the Rt. Rev. Leonard Hedley Burrows, D.D., Bishop of Sheffield, by his wife, Anna Louisa, dau. of John Bovill, of Sondes Place, Dorking; b. Godalming, co. Surrey, 10 Oct. 1888; educ. Warden House, Upper Deal; Charterhouse, and Oriel College, Oxford. On leaving College he worked for a year at the Oxford and Bermondsey Mission, and in 1912 went to India to work under the Rev. W. E. S. Holland in the Educational Missions at Allahabad and at Calcutta, where he was on the teaching staff of the St. Paul's College; but on the outbreak of the European War immediately returned to England and joined the Inns of Court O.T.C. in Oct. 1914, being given a commission in the Northumberland Fusiliers 3 Dec. following; went to France in July, and was killed in action near Hill 60, Ypres, 2 Oct. 1915. Buried near Reninghelst. A brother officer, in writing of him, said : "The truest, bravest, kindest friend a man could have, has been taken from us. Righton died as one would have expected. He died for his country—going to the aid of a wounded soldier. I feel his loss terribly. He was a magnificent character, and I had always held such a high opinion of Righton ever since I came across him at Charterhouse. He was a man to follow. There were not many dry eyes when we carried Righton out. His year in the Army has inspired many." While at Charterhouse he won both Junior and Senior Scholarships, and a leaving Exhibition, also an open Scholarship at Oriel College, where he took a First Class in Honour Moderations, and a Second Class in Lit. Hum. He was for three years in the Charter-house Cricket XI., being captain his last year, and, later, in both the Cricket XI. and Football XI. of his college, and played for the Oxford Authentics Cricket Club and the Corinthians Football Club; unm.

Second Lieutenant. Born 4th October 1884, only son of John William and Mary Stanley Burton, of 15, Gledhow Gardens, London, S.W.5; husband of Lilian Burton, of Fife Lodge, Great Bookham, Surrey. He was at Charterhouse [g] 1899 - 1902. He went up to Exeter College, Oxford, then became a timber merchant. In 1909 he was commissioned into the East Surrey Regiment and joined 5th Bn. In the Great War he was attached to 2nd Bn. Grenadier Guards He was killed in action on 16th May 1916. His grave is at Ypres Reservoir Cemetery, Plot I. Row D. Grave 80.

Extract from England & Wales Government Probate Death Index 1916:

BURTON John Stanley of Fife Lodge Great Bookham Surrey second-lieutenant Grenadier Guards died 16 May 1916 at Ypres in Belgium on active service Probate London 29 June to Lilian Burton widow and Lionel Ernest Reeves stockbroker. Effects £3230 11s. 7d.

F.M. Butler, Esq., Westfield, Farringdon, Berkshire.

Extract from De Ruvigny's Roll of Honour 1914-1918 Volume 5, Page 27:

BUTLER, FRANCIS MOURILYAN, Capt., 93rd Army Brigade, Royal Field Artillery (Special Reserve), 2nd s. of the late Charles Butler, by his wife, Frances E. J.; b. Norbiton, co. Surrey, 27 Oct. 1876; educ. Charterhouse obtained a commission 3 June, 1915; served with the Expeditionary Force in France and Flanders, and was killed in action at Mont-du-Hibou, near Poelcappelle, 8 Oct. 1917. Buried In Canada Farm, near Everdinghe. His Commanding Officer wrote : " I have lost a splendidly gallant and capable officer, a good friend and a man of sound judgment, who was mad keen on his work. He never spared himself, and was particularly loved by his men, as he must have been by his horses, for they were his first care. He was in command of his battery at the time," and a brother officer: " He was always doing almost more than his bit in this hard struggle; the final chapter was Indeed characteristic of him, for he was on the drag ropes hauling a gun into action under heavy shell fire." He m. In New York, 15 Oct. 1902, Josephine Brown, dau. of the late Capt. Joseph J. Lawrence, and had three children : Vera Lawrence, b. 26 July, 1903 Patience Mourilyan, b. 20 April, 1908, and Francis Charles Joseph, b. 24 March, 1915.

Captain. Born 28th May 1888, son of Albert and Catherine Elizabeth Agnes Butter, of Duntanlich, Perth, Scotland. He was at Charterhouse [g] 1902 - 1906. He went up to Trinity College, Oxford then became a tea planter in Ceylon. In the Great War he was commissioned into the Black Watch and joined 8th Bn. He was killed in action on 14th July 1916. He is commemorated on the Thiepval Memorial, Pier and Face 10 A.

Extract from England & Wales Government Probate Death Index 1917:

BUTTER Henry John of Duntanlich Perthshire captain Royal Highlanders (Black Watch) died 15 July 1916 in France on active service Confirmation of Mrs. Catherine Elizabeth Agnes Butter and Alice Marjorie Butter spinster.
Sealed London 16 March.

Extract from The Scotsman - Friday 21 July 1916, page 6:

CAPT . H . J . BUTTER , BLACK WATCH .

Capt. Henry John Butter, Black Watch (killed), aged 28, was elder son of Mr Albert Butter, Duntanlich, Perth, and grandson of the late Mr Archibald Butter of Faskally, Perthshire. He was educated at Charterhouse and Trinity College, Oxford, and received his commission in the Black Watch in September 1914 . He was wounded at Loos on September 25, 1915, and was gazetted Captain on 13th May 1916, to date from September 26, 1915. When war broke out Capt. Butter was home on leave after four years' teaplanting in Ceylon.

Also listed under Henry Vivian Byatt Robinson. Captain, Royal Army Medical Corps attached to 2nd Battalion, Rifle Brigade. Killed in action 14 March 1915. Born 16 December 1882. Listed on his grave as being of Summerfields, Charterhouse, Clare College Cambridge and London Hospital. Buried in ESTAIRES COMMUNAL CEMETERY AND EXTENSION, Nord, France. Plot II. Row U. Grave 2.