Roll of Honour - Surrey - Godalming, Charterhouse School

The Royal British Legion

Lieutenant Burnet George James
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Lieutenant (Observer), 7th Squadron, Royal Flying Corps and 1st South Midlands Brigade, Royal Field Artillery. Killed in aerial combat flying in a BE2c, serial number 1719, behind enemy lines 26 September 1915. Aged 28. Born 26 October 1886. Baptised 24 November 1886 in Clifton, St Paul, Gloucestershire. Son of Sir Edward Burnet James, Kt., and Lady Mabel Amelia James, of Springfort, Stoke Bishop, Bristol. His father was a Tobacco Manufacturer. In the 1891 census he was aged 4, born Clifton, Gloucestershire, son of Edward Burnet and Mabel Amelia James, resident Woodborough, Sneyd Park, Westbury on Trym, Barton Regis, Gloucestershire. In the 1901 census he was aged aged 14, a boarder at Charterhouse Road, Godalming, Guildford, Surrey. In the 1911 census he was aged 24, born Bristol, Gloucetsershire, a Tobacco Manufacturer, resident with his brother, Gilbert Sidney James, at Woodlands, Leigh Woods, Bristol, Long Ashton, Somerset. Buried in CEMENT HOUSE CEMETERY, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium. Plot XIII. Row D. Grave 37.

B.G. James, Stoke Lodge, Stoke Bishop, Bristol.

Extract from England & Wales Government Probate Death Index 1916:

JAMES Bristol tobacco manufacturer died 26 September 1915 at Langemarck Belgium Probate Bristol 4 April to Kathleen Mary James spinster. Effects £11231 3s. 5d.

Lieutenant, North Somerset Yeomanry assigned post of Censor of Foreign Cables, Central Telegraph Office. Died 8 January 1918. Member of the Exchange. Born 24 November 1861, baptised 12 January 1862 in Peakirk, Northamptonshire, 1st son of Rev. Edward and Emily James of Peterborough. He was at Charterhouse [V] 1875 - 1879, then at St. John’s College, Oxford. He made a career on the Stock Exchange. In 1895 he joined the Somerset Yeomanry, retiring in 1902. His name does not appear on the C.W.G.C. register. The Charterhouse War List states that during the Great War he worked as a Cable Censor. He died in London on 8 January 1918. Buried 14 January 1918, aged 56, in St Pega burial ground, Peakirk, Northamptonshire (Late Rector of Peakirk). See also Stock Exchange War Memorial

James, Walter. b. 1 Jan., 1884. (Robinites-Girdlestoneites); Left C.Q., 1899.-Joined 3rd Leicestershire Regt., 1902; Durham L.I., 1903.

W. James, Esq., Plas Heaton, Trefnant, N. Wales

Extract from Bond of Sacrifice: Officers Died in the Great War 1914-1916, volume 2, page 252:

CAPTAIN (temp.) WALTER JAMES, 10th (SERVICE) BATTN. THE DURHAM LIGHT INFANTRY, who was killed in action at Ypres on the 25th June, 1915, was the youngest son of the late Walter James, of Elvaston Hall, Ryton-on-Tyne, and of Lady Campbell, of Kilbryde. He was born on the 1st January, 1884, and was educated at Charterhouse, and received his commission as 2nd Lieutenant in the Durham Light Infantry in September, 1903. Owing to a bad accident at polo in India, he had to retire from the Army, and settled in Rhodesia. Returning to England in 1914, with a view to serving in the war, he was appointed in the same "Gazette" (3rd February, 1915) Temporary Lieutenant, 28th November, 1914, and Temporary Captain, 2nd January, 1915, in the Durham Light Infantry. Captain James married Isolde Mary, eldest daughter of the Rev. G. and Mrs. Henniker-Gotley.

Lieutenant, 3rd Battalion attached to 2nd Battalion, Dorset Regiment. Died of wounds 7 October 1918. Aged 22. Son of Henry and Anne Jenks, of Dunairds, Birnam, Perthshire. In the 1901 census he was aged 4, born Rubon, Denbighshire, son of Henry and Anne Jenks, resident The House, Barrow Hedges, Carshalton, Epsom, Surrey. In the 1911 census a baorder and schoolboy, aged 14, born Ruabon, Denbightshire, at school, resident Charterhouse School, Godalming Rural, Godalming, Surrey. Buried in KANTARA WAR MEMORIAL CEMETERY, Egypt. Section F. Grave 3. See also Dunkeld War Memorial, Perthshire.

Extract from The Scotsman - Wednesday 16 October 1918, page 10:

JENKS.—At Jiantara Hospital, on the 7th inst., of wounds received, Lieut. ARTHUR LESLIE JENKS, of the Dorscts, youngest son of the late Henry Jenks and of Mrs Jenks of Dunairds, Birnam, Perthshire , and Barrow Hedges, Carshalton, age 22.

Extract from England & Wales Government Probate Death Index 1920:

JENKS Arthur Leslie of Dunairds Birriam Perth North Britain lieutenant H.M. Army died 7 October 1918 in Egypt Administration London 24 December to Anne Jenks widow. Effects £263 12s 9d.

Jennings, George Montgomery. b. 31 July, 1879. (Robinites Saunderites); Left O.Q., 1895.-Joined R. Inniskilling Fusiliers, 1901.

G. M. Jennings, Esq., Brookfield House, Cork.

Extract from England & Wales Government Probate Death Index 1917:

JENNINGS George Montgomery of Brookfield House Cork private Australian Imperial Force died 6 August 1916 at 3rd Casualty Clearing Station in France Administration (with Will) Cork to Catherine Helen Jennings spinster. Effects £1907 7s. 3d. in England.
Sealed London 5 February.

Staff Sergeant P/90. Born 13th January 1859, 2nd son of Jasper Wilson and Emily Theresa Johns of Slough. He was at Charterhouse [G] 1872 - 1875. Resigned his commission in the Royal Bucks 3 May 1880; he emigrated to South Africa. He served in the Matabele, Basuto and 2nd Boer Wars; and in the Great War in the South African Pay Corps. He died in a military hospital in Durban S.A. on 14 April 1918. In the 1861 census he was aged 2, born Kensington, Middlesex, son of Jasper Wilson and Emily T Johns, resident 46, Cumberland Street, St Marylebone, Marylebone, London & Middlesex. In the 1871 census he was aged 12, born London, Middlesex, resident Holly Mount, Great Malvern, Upton on Severn, Worcestershire. In the 1891 census he was aged 32, born Bayswater, Middlesex, son of Jasper Wilson and Emily Theresa Johns, resident Grenville Place, Kensington, London & Middlesex. His grave is at Durban (Stellawood) Cemetery, South Africa. Section F. Grave 75.

From the Charterhouse Register, Oration Quarter 1872:

Johns, Sydney Eustace. b. 13 Jan., 1859. (Gownboys); Left L.Q., 1875. Emigrated to S. Africa.

S. E. Johns, Esq.

Lieutenant Colonel. Born 7 May 1890, baptised 5 July 1890 in Marple, Cheshire, 1st son of Charles Frederick and Lizzy Benton Johnson, of Wharfe Bungalow, Henley-on-Thames, husband of Dolly Johnson. He was at Charterhouse [D] 1904 - 1909. He went up to Christ Church College, Oxford. In the 1891 census he was newborn. born Marple, Cheshire, son of Charles F and Lizzie Johnson, resident Promenade, North Meols, Ormskirk, Lancashire. Married Dorothy Lord at Buxton, St. John, 1917. In the Great War he was commissioned into the Sherwood Foresters (Notts. and Derby Regiment) and joined 1st/6th Bn. He was 3 times Mentioned in Dispatches (MiD). He was killed in action on 21 September 1917, aged 27. His grave is at Sailly-Labourse Communal Cemetery Extension, Pas de Calais, Frace. Row C. Grave 8.

Extract from England & Wales Government Probate Death Index 1918:

JOHNSON Cyril Benton of the Coburg Hotel Mayfair Middlesex lieutenant-colonel Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire regiment died 21 September 1917 in France Probate London 25 January to Lewis Henry Grundy solicitor. Effects £1058 6s. 11d.

Extract from Buxton Advertiser - Saturday 19 February 1910, page 5:

The following notification has appeared in the London Gazette Territorial Force, 6th Battalion, the Sherwood Foresters (Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment), Cyril Benton Johnson, gentleman, to be Second Lieutenant, dated 1st January, 1910.

Extract from Leicester Daily Post - Friday 5 October 1917, page 5:

Another Association football Blue, Lieut.-Colonel Cyril Benton Johnson, Sherwood Foresters, has fallen. Educated at Charterhouse and Christ Church, Oxford, he played against Cambridge in 1912. He was killed in action on Sept. 21, aged 27.

Extract from The Sportsman - Monday 8 October 1917, page 4:

It was with much regret that I heard of death in action of yet another Soccer Blue, Old Carthusian, Lt-Col Cyril Benton Johnson, who was a member of a Buxton family, and fell on the 21st ult., in his twenty-eighth year. He was a member the defeated Oxonian side of 1911-12 under A. H. G. Kerry, others in the team beaten at Queen's by three goals to one being I. P. F. Campbell, J. C. Gow. A. L. Hosie, W I. F. Macdonald, and R. F. Popham.

Extract from Illustrated Sporting and Dramatic News - Saturday 13 October 1917, page 5:

The death is reported of Lt.-Col. Cyril Benton Johnson, Sherwood Foresters, who was killed in action in Flanders on September 21st. Educated at Charterhouse School, the late officer proceeded to Christ Church, Oxford, where he graduated B.A. Besides winning honours as a scholar he exhibited much ability on the athletic field, both as a runner and as an Association football player. At the latter game he won his Blue. He was quite one of the best footballers up at Oxford during his residence, and but for the war intervening would have undoubtedly gained much greater fame. At holiday times he also assisted the Buxton XI., and was besides a capable golfer, well known on the Buxton and High Peak Club's course. He went to the front with his battalion in 1914, and during his period of active service gained rapid promotion, being in turn captain, adjutant of the battalion, major, and subsequently lieut.-colonel. He was only aged twenty-seven, and was the eldest son of Mr. C. F. Johnson, clerk to the Stockport Board of Guardians, and Mrs. Johnson, of Buxton.

Extract from Manchester Evening News - Wednesday 26 September 1917, page 2:

LIEUTENANT-COLONEL AT 27.
Stockport Officer Killed.

Official news was received to-day that Lieutenant-Colonel CYRIL BENTON JOHNSON, of the Sherwoods, eldest son Mr. C. F. Johnson, clerk to the Stockport Board of Guardians, of Stockport and Buxton, has been killed in action.

The deceased officer was one of the youngest colonels in the British Army, being only 27 years of age. He was educated at Charterhouse and Christ Church, Oxford, and obtained his "blue" for Association football. Subsequently he was articled to a firm of solictiors in London.

As a Second-Lieutenant in the Territorials he went to the front in 1914, and gained quick promotion, being commanding officer of his battalion before he was 26 years of age. He had previously been wounded. In May last he was married to Miss Dorothy Lord, only daughter Mr. Charles Lord, solicitor, of Manchester and Buxton.

Lieut.-Colonel Johnson had only returned to the front a fortnight ago.

Extract from Derbyshire Times and Chesterfield Herald - Saturday 6 October 1917, page 4:

Lieutenant-Colonel Cyril Benton Johnson, Sherwood Foresters, who was killed September 21st, aged 27, the eldest son of Mr C. P. Johnson, clerk to Stockport Board of Guardians. He was educated under Mr C. J. Doble, of Moorland House, Heswall, and afterwards proceeded to Charterhouse, and from there to Christ Church, Oxford, where he graduated B.A. He was a fine athlete, and obtained his blue for Association football. On leaving Oxford he was articled with Mr Walter Norton, of the firm of Norton, Rose, Barrington, and Co., of Old Broad Street, London, E. C., and was about to take his final examination when war broke out. He was an officer in the Sherwood Territorials, and he immediately offered himself for service and went to the front with his battalion in 1914, During his active service he was wounded with shrapnel and home, but on recovery returned to the front. He gained rapid promotion, being captain, adjutant of the battalion, major, and then lieutenant-colonel. Last May he was married to Miss Dorothy Lord, only daughter of Mr Charles Lord, solicitor, of Manchester and Buxton, and returned to the front about a fortnight ago.

Extract from Alderley & Wilmslow Advertiser - Friday 28 September 1917, page 2:

ROLL OF HONOUR.
Lt-COL. CYRIL B. JOHNSON KILLED.
A BRILLIANT CAREER.

Mr. C. F. Johnson, the esteeemed Clerk to Stockport Board of Guardians, on Wednesday received the sad official information of the death in action of his eldest son Lieut.-Colonel Cyril Benton Johnson, of the Sherwoods.

On Tuesday a telegram was received in Buxton conveying the news, and on Wednesday Mr Johnson a letter from his second son, Captain B. E. Johnson, who is in the same battalion, stating that his brother, Colonel. Johnson, was killed last Friday.

The deceased officer had had a brilliant career, and was one of the youngest Colonels in the British Army. He was 27 years of age last May, but for more than a year he had held the rank of Lieut.-Colonel. He was educated under Mr C. J. Doble, of Moorland House, Heswall, and afterwards proceeded to Charterhouse, and from there to Christ Church, Oxford, where he graduated B.A. He was a fine athlete, and obtained his Blue for Association football. Upon leaving Oxford he was articled with Mr Walter Norton, of the firm of Norton, Rose, Barrington, and Co., of Old Broad Street, london, and he was about due for his final euamination when war broke out. He was an officer in the Sherwood Territorials, and he immediately offered himself for service and went to the front with his battalion in 1914. During his active service he was wounded with shrapnel and came home, but on recovery returned to the front. He gained rapid promotion, being Captain, Adjutant of the Battalion, Major, and then Lieut.-Colonel, and he was looked upon as an officer of great ability.

On the 17th of May last he was married t0 Miss Dorothy Lord, the only danghter of Mr Charles Lord, of Manchester and Buxton, and he returned to the front about a fortnight ago. Great sympathy will be felt for his young Widow and for Mr and Mrs Johnson in their great loss.

Surgeon Lieutenant. Born 16th February 1880, 1st son of the late George William Moore Johnson and Mary Elizabeth Johnson, of 27, Beckenham Grove, Shortlands, Kent; husband of Mrs Johnson, of Woodville, Shortlands, Kent. He was at Charterhouse [D] 1893 - 1897, he went up to Magdalen College Oxford where he read medicine. Listed in the Medical Register 1913 as being resident Union Club, Trafalgar Square, London S.W., first registered 27 January 1908, M.B., Bachelor of Surgery, 1908, Oxford University. He joined the Royal Navy. In the Great War he served aboard H.M.S. Defence. He died at the Battle of Jutland on 31 May 1916 when H.M.S. Defence, as the flagship of Rear Admiral Sir Robert Arbuthnot, leading the First Cruiser Squadron, was blown up and sunk with all hands. Her wreck has been designated an official war grave. No known grave. He is commemorated on the Plymouth Naval Memorial, Devon. Panel 10.

From the Charterhouse Register, Oration Quarter 1893:

Johnson, George Moore. b. 16 Feb., 1880. (Daviesites); Left C.Q., 1897. Magd. Coll., Oxf.; B.A.

G. M. Johnson, Esq., Moat Lodge, Beckenham, Kent

Extract from England & Wales Government Probate Death Index 1916:

JOHNSON George Moore of H.M.S. Defence surgeon Royal Navy died 31 May 1916 at sea Probate London 22 July to Coulter Hancock solicitor and George Henry Crosfield civil servant. Effects £409 3s. 4d.

Johnston, Frank. b. 10 Nov., 1885. (Gownboys); Football XI, 1903.

F. Johnston, 72, FitzJohn's Avenue, Hampstead, N.W

Extract from England & Wales Government Probate Death Index 1918:

JOHNSTON Frank of. Albuera Barracks Aldershot Hampshire captain Shropshire- Light Infantry died 31 May 1918 in France Probate London 13 September to Marjorie Hyde Johnston widow. Effects £4378 3s. 5d.

Captain, 6th Battalion, Royal Irish Fusiliers. Killed in action 9 August 1915. Aged 34. Born Co Fermanagh 31 December 1880, resident Magheramena Castle, Belleek, Co Fermanagh. Served in the South African war with the 14th Lancers. Husband of Violet Myrtle Johnston, of Magheramena Castle, Belleek, Co Fermanagh. Religious denomination Church of Ireland. Educated at Charterhouse and Sandhurst. No known grave. Commemorated on HELLES MEMORIAL, Turkey (including Gallipoli). Panel 179 to 182.

Johnston, James Cecil. b. 31 Dec., 1880. (Robinites-Girdlestoneites); Left L.Q., 1897.-Joined 14th Hussars, 1901; served in S. African War, 1901-'02.

J. C. Johnston, Esq., Messrs. Cox d Co., 16, Charing Cross, S. W

Jones, Arthur Mervyn. b. 13 Oct., 1874. (Girdlestoneites); Left C.Q., 1892. Univ. Coll., Oxf.; B.A.-Clerk in Bank of Messrs. Barclay & Co.

A. M. Jones, Esq., 1, Pall Mall East, S.W.

Extract from England & Wales Government Probate Death Index 1917:

JONES Arthur Mervyn of Pall-mall East Middlesex lieutenant H.M. Army died 21 November 1916 in France Probate London 12 May to Charles Ruthven Jones captain H.M. Army. Effects £3090 12s. 5d.
Resworn £4756 12s 10d.

Lieutenant Acting Major, commanding 227th Field Company, Royal Engineers. Died of wounds 18 August 1917. Aged 23. Son of Henry Hope Joseph, of 112, Belgrave Rd., London, and the late Helen Christina Joseph (nee Porter). Educated Charterhouse and Royal Military Academy, Woolwich. Three times Mentioned in Despatches (MiD). In the 1901 census he was aged 7, born China. son of Henry Hope Joseph (a widower), resident 40, Gloucester Gardens, Paddington, London & Middlesex. In the 1911 census he was aged 17, born China, Hong Kong resident, a school boarder, resident Charterhouse Godalming, Surrey. Buried in VOORMEZEELE ENCLOSURES NO.1 AND NO.2, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium. Plot I. Row G. Grave 5.

Extract from England & Wales Government Probate Death Index 1917:

JOSEPH Stewart Hugh of 112 Belgrave-road Middlesex lieutenant RE. died 18 August 1917 in France Probate London 14 November to Henry Hope Joseph esquire and Christopher Reginald Walter Heath solicitor.
Effects £20501 17s. 7d.

Lieutenant "D" Company, 7th Battalion, Royal Dublin Fusiliers. Died of wounds, at sea (H.S. “Valdivia”) 8 August 1915. Aged 36. Born Dublin 28 July 1879). Resident Dublin. Enlisted September 1914. Son of the late John and Margaret (nee parsons) Julian, of Drumbane, Birr, King's County(Co. Offaly); nephew of, Lt. General Lawrence W. Parsons, KCB, and General Officer Commanding, 16th (Irish) Division 1914-1915. Religious denomination Church of Ireland. Practising Barrister at Law. Educated at Strangways School Dublin, Charterhouse and Trinity College Dublin (Held the Reid Professorship of Criminal Law, Trinity College, Dublin).

Julian, Ernest Lawrence. b. 28 July, 1879. (Lockites); Junior & Senior Scholar; Left C.Q., 1897. Scholar of Trin. Coll., Dublin; Senior Moderator in Classics & Brooke Prize; B.A.- Barrister; Iish Bar.

E. L. Julian, Esq., 24, Crosthwaite Park, Kingstown, Co. Dublin.

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