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GODALMING,
CHARTERHOUSE SCHOOL MEMORIAL CHAPEL
World
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Wheeler 2008-2009
Copyright © Charterhouse School 2008
Extra detail Martin Edwards & Mal Murray
GREAT
WAR 1914-1918
SURNAMES K
| KANN |
Edward
Henry |
 Lieutenant
(Pilot), 102 Squadron, Royal Flying Corps. Missing presumed killed
in action flying in a Royal Aircraft Factory F.E.2b, serial number
A5678, over enemy lines 21 October 1917. Aged 21. Born 8 April 1897.
Son of Rene and Evelyn Kann, of 24A, Motcomb St., Belgrave Square,
London. Native of Bayswater, London. In the 1901 census he was aged
5. born London, Middlesex, son of Rene and Evelyn Kann, resident
37, Lancaster Gate, Paddington, London & Middlesex. In the 1911
census he was aged 15,born London, Middlesex, a school boarder,
resident Bodcites Godalming, Surrey. Accepted for admission to New
College, Oxford University. but did not matriculate Buried in ROESELARE
COMMUNAL CEMETERY, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium. Plot IV. Row B. Grave
3. Extract
from England & Wales Government Probate Death Index
1918:
KANN
Edward Henry of 37 Lancaster Gate Middlesex died
21 October 1917 in France administration London
10 September to Rene Michel Kann of no occupation.
Effects £92 13s. 4d. |
| KAY |
Geoffrey
Clarkson |
 Major,
5th Battalion (Territorial), Lancashire Fusiliers attached to 2nd
Battalion, Machine Gun Corps. Killed in action at Bucquoy 29 March
1918. Aged 30. Baptised 7 February 1888 in BUery, St Mary, Lancashire.
Son of John William and Constance Mary Kay, of Elton House, Bury,
Lancashire. Matriculated 1907 at New College, Oxford University,
B.A. Mobilised August 1914. Buried in BAILLEUL ROAD EAST CEMETERY,
ST. LAURENT-BLANGY, Pas de Calais, France. Plot II. Row H. Grave
18.
Extract
from England & Wales Government Probate Death Index
1919:
KAY
Geoffrey Clarkson of Elton House Bury Lancashire
gentleman a captain 5th battalion Lancashire Fusiliers Territorial
Force and Machine Gun Corps died 29 March 1918 in France or Belgium
Probate Manchester 29 May to Constance Mary Kay
widow.
Effects £7151 11s. 6d. |
| KEAY |
James
Gordon |
 Lieutenant,
2nd/5th Battalion (Territorial), Royal Warwickshire Regiment. Died
of wounds 2 July 1916. Aged 20. Son of Mr. and Mrs. E. C. Keay,
of 28, Westfield Rd., Edgbaston, Birmingham. In the 1901 census
he was aged 5, born Egbaston, Warwickshire. son of Ernest C and
Edith H Keay, resident 44, Westfield Road, Edgbaston, Kings Norton,
Warwickshire. In the 1911 census he was aged 15, born Birmingham,
Warwickshire. a school boarder, resident Charterhouse, Godalming,
Godalming Rural Detached, Surrey. Buried in MERVILLE COMMUNAL CEMETERY,
Nord, France. Plot VII. Row A. Grave 20.
Extract
from du Ruvigny's Roll of Honour 1914-1918, volume 3, page
162:
KEAY,
JAMES GORDON, Lieut., 5th (Territorial) Battn. The Royal
Warwickshire Regt., yr. s. of Ernest Charles Keay, of Longmynd,
Westfield Road, Edgbaston, Birmingham. Ironmaster and Engineer,
by his wife, Edith Helen, dau. of the late Thomas Hill, of Great
Barr, co. Stafford; b. Edgbaston, co. Warwick, 25 Aug.
1895; educ. Aldro School, Eastbourne; Charterhouse (Gownboys) (where
he was a member of the O.T.C., passing the examination for promotion),
and Clare College, Cambridge, leaving after one term in residence
to take a commission in the 2/5th Battn. The Royal Warwickshire
Regt.; gazetted 2nd Lieut. 4 Jan. 1915, and promoted Lieut. 3 Aug.
following; trained at Northampton, Essex, and on Salisbury Plain;
served with the Expeditionary Force in France and Flanders from
21 May, 1919; was seconded for duty with the 182nd Trench Mortar
Battery In June, and died at London Brigade Casualty Clearing Station
2 July following, from wounds received in action near Neuve Chapelle
the previous day. Buried at Her villa. One of his senior officers
wrote "He was in the same company as myself till he took up
trench mortars; we all got to love him and look forward to his return.
He was the absolute life of our mess, and we shall miss him sadl.
He died doing his second brave deed that night, and he was a brave
man through and through. He had buried his gun single-handed under
a terrific fire previously. Please allow me to join in your pride
of a brave man, who served England to the end unflinchingly,"
and the Chaplain: "He died a hero's death, for the men he loved."
His servant also wrote: "Lieut. Keay was like a brother to
us ail, and we would go with him anywhere, whether in danger or
not." He was fond of all sport, and while at Aldro School was
in the first football and cricket elevens, and at Charterhouse he
obtained his House Football and Swimmlng Colours; unm.
Extract
from Birmingham Daily Post - Friday 11 July 1916, page
8:
DIED
OF WOUNDS. LEETUT.
J. G. KEAY.
It
is announced that Lieut. J. G. Keay has died of wounds. He joined
one of the Territorial battalions of the Royal Warwickshire Regiment,
being given a commission in January, 1915. He was quickly promoted,
being made lieutenant in August of the same year.
Extract
from Birmingham Daily Post - Friday 7 July 1916, page 10:
KEAY.—
the 2nd inst., died of wounds. Lieutenant James Gordon Keay, Royal
Warwickshire Regiment, the beloved younger son of Mr. and Mrs. E.
C. Keay, 28, Westfield Road, Edgbaston, aged 20.
Extract
from Birmingham Daily Post - Friday 5 July 1916, page 7:
CASUALTIES
AMONG BIRMINGHAM OFFICERS.
LIEUT. KRAY KILLED.
Lieut.
James Gordon Ktay, the Royal Warwickshire Regiment (Territorials),
who is officially reported killed France on Sunday last, was the
son of Mr. and Mrs. E. C. Keay, of 28, Westfield Road, Edgbaston.
Lieut. Keay was twenty years of age, was educated at Eastbourne
and Charterhouse, and was in his first term at Cambridge when joined
the Warwickshire Regiment in 1914.
Extract
from Birmingham Mail - Wednesday 5 July 1916, page 3:
EDGEBASTON
OFFICER KILLED.
 Lieut.
James Gordon Ktay, the Royal Warwickshire Regiment (Territorials),
who is officially reported killed France on Sunday last, was the
son of Mr. and Mrs. E. C. Keay, of 28, Westfield Road, Edgbaston.
Lieut. Keay was twenty years of age, was educated at Eastbourne
and Charterhouse, and was in his first term at Cambridge when joined
the Warwickshire Regiment in 1914.
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| KEENLYSIDE |
Cecil
Alexander Headlam |
 Captain.
Born 23 October 1881, 3rd son of Francis Headlam Keenlyside and
Mary Ann Keenlyside, husband of Gladys Mary Keenlyside. Baptised
30 November 1881 in Surbiton, Surrey. He was at Charterhouse [S]
1895 - 1900. He went up to Trinity College, Oxford. In the South
African War he served with the Oxford University Volunteers. He
became Superintendent of Lands at Kelantan on the Malay Peninsula.
Matriculated 1900 at Trinity College, Oxford University. In the
1901 census he was aged 19, born Surbiton, Kent, son of Mary A
H Keenlyside (a widow), resident Gallilaw, St Georges Avenue,
Weybridge, Chertsey, Surrey. In the Great War. He was commissioned
into the Cambridgeshire Regiment and joined 1st Bn. He was killed
in action on 20 July 1915. His grave is at Cité Bonjean Military
Cemetery, Armentières, Nord, France. Plot IX. Row C. Grave 11.
From
the Charterhouse Register, Oration Quarter 1895:
Keenlyside,
Cecil Alexander Headlam. b. 23 Oct., 1881. (Saunderites); Cricket
XI, 1899; Left C.Q., 1900. Trin. Coll., Oxf.- Served in S. African
War with Oxford University Volunteers, 1901-'02.
C. A. H. Keenlyside, Esq., Gally Law, Weybridge.
Extract
from du Ruvigny's Roll of Honour 1914-1918, volume
1, page 212:
KEENLYSIDE,
CECIL ALEXANDER HEADLAM, Capt., 1st Cambridgeshire
Regt. (T.F.), 3rd s. of the late Francis Headlam Keenlyside,
of Gally Law, Weybridge, Barrister-at-Law, by his wife, Mary
Anne Hales, 2nd dau. of Edward Charles Hales Wilkie, Lieut.,
1st Dragoon Guards (gd. dau. of Lieut.-Col. Fletcher Wilkie,
35th and 38th Regt. and gt. gddau. of Thomas Wilkie, Lieut.
30th Regt., who died in the American War, 1781); b. Surbiton,
23 Oct. 1881; educ. Charterhousc, and Trinity College, Oxford;
and while at the latter joined the Oxfordshire L.I. and served
with them in the South African War. lie afterwards obtained
a commission as 2nd Lieut. in the Cambridge Territorials 24
Feb. 1913, and was promoted Lieut. 26 Aug. 1914, and Capt. 16
Sept. following. On the outbreak of the European War he volunteered
for Imperial service; went to France with his refit., 14 Feb.
1915, and was killed in action near Armentieres, 20 July, 1915.
He was struck by a splinter of shell in the throat and immediateIy
became unconscious, and died a quarter of an hour later. Col.
Coleman, Commanding 1st Cambridgeshires wrote to his widow "You
ought to be told that his death is the most grievous blow that
has yet befallen the Battn. That he was at all times an inspiration
and help to us all and his loss is irreparable." He was
a very keen cricket and racquet player; played cricket for his
school Charterhouse, and also several times for Cambridge county.
A very active member of the National Service League. He m.
at Weybrldge, 14 Sept. 1910, Gladys Mary. dau. of the late Henry
Ernest Milne, of Warrenhurst, Weybrldge, Barrister-at-Law, and
had two children: Francis Hugh, b. 7 July, 1911; and
Phoebe Lavender, b. 28 Aug. 1914. His brother, Capt.
G. F. H. Keenlyside, died of wounds (see following notice).
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| KEENLYSIDE |
Guy
Francis Headlam |
 Captain.
Born 9 January 1880, 2nd son of Francis Headlam Keenlyside and
Mary Ann Keenlyside; husband of Rose Margaret (nee Knyvett) Keenlyside,
of Evershot, Dorset, married 1906 in St Peter, Eaton Square, Pimlico,
Middlesex. In the 1891 census he was aged 11, born Surbiton, Surrey,
a school boarder, resident Hill Side, Hurtmore, Godalming, Guildford,
Surrey. He was at Charterhouse [S] 1893 - 1895. In 1899 He was
commissioned into the Queen's Own (Royal West Kent Regiment) and
joined 1st Bn. He died of wounds 29 October 1914. His grave is
at Boulogne Eastern Cemetery, Pas de Calais, France. Plot I. Row
A. Grave 4.
From
the Charterhouse Register, Oration Quarter 1893:
Keenlyside,
Guy Francis Headlam. b. 9 Jan., 1880. (Saunderites); Left O.Q.,
1895.-Joined R. West Kent Regt., 1899.
G. F. H. Keenlyside, Esq., Junior Naval d Military Club,
W.
Extract
from Bond of Sacrifice: Officers Died in the Great War 1914-1916,
volume 1, page 208-209:
CAPTAIN
GUY FRANCIS HEADLAM KEENLYSIDE, 1st BATTN. THE QUEEN'S OWN (ROYAL
WEST KENT REGIMENT), was born on the 9th of January,
1880, the son of the late Francis Head-lam Keenlyside, Barrister-at-Law,
of Gally Law, Weybridge, Surrey. He was educated at Charterhouse
(Saunderites) and the R.M.C., Sandhurst. He received his commission
in the Royal West Kent in August, 1899, becoming Lieutenant
in June, 1901, and Captain in September, 1904. He served with
his battalion at Aden, Malta, Shorncliffe, and Dublin. From
1906 to 1910 Captain Keenlyside was Adjutant at Blackheath,
of the 2nd Volunteer Battalion of the regiment, which during
his Adjutantcy became part of the 20th Battalion of the County
of London Territorial Force.
He accompanied his battalion to the Continent, was wounded at
Neuve Chapelle on the 26th October, and died in hospital at
Boulogne on the 29th October, 1914.
Captain Keenlyside married Rose Margaret, daughter of S. H.
Knyvett, Esq., I.S.O., and left two sons: Richard, born May,
1909; and Christopher, born May, 1915.
Extract
from du Ruvigny's Roll of Honour 1914-1918, volume
1, page 212:
KEENLYSIDE,
GUY FRANCIS HEADLAM, Capt., 1st Battn. Queen's Own
Royal West Kent Regt., 2nd s. of the late Francis Headlam
Keenlyside, of Gally Law, Weybridge, Barrister-at-Law, etc.
(see preceding notice); b. 9 Jan. 1880, educ. Charterhouse
and Sandhurst; gazetted 2nd Lieut., Royal West Kent Regt., 12
Aug. 1899, and promoted Lieut. 5 June, 1901, and Capt. 21 Sept.
1904; was Adjutant of Volunteers, 16 July, 1906, to 31 March,
1908, and of Territorials, 1 April, 1908, to Aug. 1911; served
with the Expeditionary Force in France and Flanders, and died
in Hospital at Boulogne, 29 Oct. 1914, of wounds received in
action at Neuve Chapelle. He m. 1906, Rose Margaret
(Braemar, Kingston Road, Staines), dau. of Seymour Henry Knyvett,
I.S.O., and had two sons: Richard Headlam, b. 13 May,
1909; and Christopher Headlam, b. 4 May, 1913.
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| KELLY |
Henry
Newton |
 Major,
33rd Punjabis, Indian Army. Died 25 September 1915. Born 24 January
1870. Aged 45. Son of Henry Russell Kelly; husband of Beatrice Maud
Alves (formerly Kelly), of The Priory, Lansdown Rd., Cheltenham,
married Beatrice Maud Ismay in Nagpur, All Saints, Bengal, 3 February
1904. Buried in PONT-DU-HEM MILITARY CEMETERY, LA GORGUE, Nord,
France. Plot X. Row G. Grave 12.
From
the Charterhouse Register, Long Quarter 1884:
Kelly,
Henry Newton. b. 24 Jan., 1870. (Gownboys); Left L.Q., 1888.-Joined
R. Irish Regt., 1890; Capt., 1897; served in N.W. Frontier of India
Campaign, 1897,'98; Adjutant, 1899-1903.
Capt.
H. N. Kelly, Northand Row, Dungannon.
Extract
from England & Wales Government Probate Death Index
1916:
KELLY
Henry Newton a major in the 33rd Punjabi Infantry died 25 September
1915 in France killed in action Probate Dublin to
Beatrice Maud Kelly widow. Effects-£1154. 6s. 7d. in England.
Sealed London 17 January.
Extract
from Freeman's Journal - Tuesday 5 October 1915, page 7,
and Wednesday 6 October 1915, page 6:
MAJOR
H. N. KELLY.
The
relativs of Major Henry Newton Kelly, 33rd Punjaubis, have received
official intimation that he has been wounded and is missing during
the recent severe fighting in Flanderd. Major Kelly was the eldest
son of the late Mr. Henry Kelly, solicitor, Dungannon, and cousin
of Mr. Robert Newton, J.P., Killymeal, Dungannon, and was a native
of that town. He had been educated at Charterhouse and Sandhurst,
and, adopting the military career as a profession, he held a commission
in the Royal Irish Regiment. He had afterwards joined the Indian
Army. Hie brother, Colonel Courtenay Russell Kelly, is commanding
the 113th Battery, Royal Field Artillery in Flanders.
Extract
from Irish Independent - Tuesday 5 October 1915, page 3:
Major
Henry Newton Kelly, 33rd Punjabis, has been wounded during
the recent severe fighting in Flanders and is missing. The eldest
son of the late Mr. Henry Kelly, solicitor. Dungannon, and tcousin
of Mr. Robert Newton, J.P., Killymeal, Dungannon, he held a commission
in the Royal Irish Regiment, and afterwards the Indian Army. |
| KEMBLE,
DSO, MC |
Henry
Herbert |
 Lieutenant
Colonel, Commanding 23rd Battalion, London Regiment formerly 15th
Battalion. Died of wounds received in action at Messines Ridge 7
June 1917. Aged 40. Born at Purneah, India, 11 May 1877, baptised
4 August 1877 in Purneah, Bengal, India, son of William and Elizabeth
Emma Kemble. Son of William Kemble, (I.C.S.), and Elizabeth Emma
Kemble. Awarded the Distinguished Service Order (D.S.O.) [London
Gazette 1 January 1917] and the Military Cross (M.C.). Educated
Queen's College, Oxford University, matriculated 1896, M.A. In the
1911 census he was aged 33. born Bengal, India, a Scoolmaster at
Charterhouse School, resident Hogsoniter, Godalming, Surrey. In
the 1901 census he was aged 23, born India, a Tutor, unmarried,
resident with his parents William, and Elizabeth Kemble, in Beechfield,
Bathampton, Bath, Somerset. In the 1891 census he was aged 13, born
India, a scholar, resident with his mother in Beechfield, The Elms,
Bathampton, Bath, Somerset. Buried in LIJSSENTHOEK MILITARY CEMETERY,
West-Vlaanderen, Belgium. Plot X. Row A. Grave 46. See also Bath
College
Extract
from The Distinguished Service Order 1916-1923, volume
3:
KEMBLE,
H. H. (D.S.O. LG 1.1.17); Lt.-Col. 5th Batt. London R.
He died of wounds 7.6.17; M.C.
Extract
from Somerset Standard - Friday 15 June 1917, page 4, and
Western Daily Press - Tuesday 12 June 1917, page 4:
LIEUT.-COL.
H. KEMBLE, D.S.O., KILLED.
Lieut.-Col.
Henry Herbert Kemble, who, while at Bath College, was one of the
finest athletes in the school, being in the football XV., the cricket
XI., and the rowing four, is the latest Bath officer who is known
to have fallen. He was mortally wounded on June 7th, and died the
same day. Deceased was the third son of the late Mr. W. W. Kemble,
of Bathampton, formerly of the B.C.S., and his mother still resides
in that suburb of Bath. Obtaining a mathematical scholarship at
Queen's College, Oxford, he adopted tuition as his profession, and
was a master at Charterhouse when the war broke out. Being a captain
in the O.T.C., he went into the London regiment, and was one of
the first Territorial officers to go to France. He was mentioned
in despatches in January, 1916, and awarded the Military Cross in
January, 1917, again mentioned, and given the D.S.O.
Extract
from Surrey Advertiser - Saturday 29 September 1917, page
13 and Wednesday 3 October 1917, page 3:
The
will of Lieut.-Ciolonel Henry Herbert Kemble. D.S.O., M.C., London
Regt., of Godaiming, master at Charterhouse School, has been proved
at £2,591. |
| KENION
|
Hugh
Cyril |
Second
Lieutenant, 2nd Battalion, Lancashire Fusiliers. Killed in action
1 July 1916. Born 20 December 1883. In the 1901 census he was aged
17, born Rock Ferry, Cheshire, a school boarder, resident Charterhouse
Block, Godalming Rural, Guildford, Surrey. In the 1911 census he
was aged 27, unmarried, born Rock Ferry, Cheshire, an accountant,
resident 228 Worple Road, Wimbledon, London S.W. & Surrey. Educated
Charthouse School left Oration Quarter, 1901, resident TYhe Rosslands,
Rock ferry, Cheshire. Clerk to Messrs. Harwood, Banner, & Sons
(Chartered Accountants). A member of the All England Lawn Tennis
club at Wimbledon and is commemorated on the honour board outside
the Chairman’s office. Buried in SERRE ROAD CEMETERY No.1,
Pas de Calais, France. Plot VIII. Row A. Grave 6.
From
the Charterhouse Register, Oration Quarter 1898:
Kenion,
Hugh Cyril. b. 20 Dec., 1883. (Robinites-Saunderites); Left O.Q.,
1901.-Clerk to Messrs. Harwood, Banner, & Sons (Chartered Accountants).
H. C. Kenion, Esq., The Rosslands, Rock Ferry, Cheshire.
Extract
from England & Wales Government Probate Death Index
1916:
KENION
Hugh Cyril of Liverpool second lieutenant
2nd Lancashire Fusiliers died 1 July 1916 in France on active service
Probate London 4 August to John Graham Kenion solicitor.
Effects £1180 9s. 11d.
Extract
from Liverpool Daily Post - Saturday 8 July 1916, page
8:
MERSEY
YACHTSMAN’S DEATH.
Hugh
Cyril Kenion, second-lieutenant in the Lancashire Fusiliers, was
killed in action the 2nd inst. He was the youngest son of Mr. John
H. Kenion, solicitor, Liverpool and of Roselands, Egerton Park,
Rock Ferry, and clerk to the Higher Bcbington Urban District Council.
He was educated at Mostyn House School and Charterhouse, at each
of which schools he was a member of the cadet corps. He was at one
time connected with the Naval Volunteers and with King Edward’s
Horse. Going to the front, he soon obtained a commission. He was
a fearless and excellent soldier, and was liked by everybody. He
was for some time in the chartered accountancy business.
Lieutenant
Kenion was a fine athlete and enthusiastic sportsman, being a member
of the Royal Mersey Yacht Club and the Birkenhead Park Football
Club. |
| KENRICK |
Herbert
William Mascall |
Captain,
11th (Prince Albert's Own) Hussars attached to Reserve of Officers.
Died 24 March 1919. Aged 49. Born 22 May 1869. First son of William
Mascall Kenrick and Mary Catherine Kenrick; husband of Helen Clara
Campden Kenrick (nee Campden, daughter of Frederick Campden Little,
married 1905), of Ellingham, Westgate-on-Sea, Kent, married 1905
in Kensington, London. In the 1891 census he was aged 21, Lieut
3d Queens R W T, born Dublin, visiting Springfield House, Springfield,
Rye, Sussex. In the 1911 census he was aged 41, born Dublin, Ireland,
married to Helen, retired Captain in the Army Reserve, visiting
his widowed mother at Lindsay Lodge, Sea Road, Westgate On Sea,
Kent. Educated Charterhouse School, Surrey, left Orartion Quarter
1886. Joined 11th Hussars, 1891; served on N.W. Frontier of India,
1897-98; Captain 1898; attached to the Egyptian Amry, 1900-1902;
Adjutant, Lanarkshire Imperial yeomanry, 1904; retired 1908. Member
of the Cavalry Club, London W. Buried in COLOGNE SOUTHERN CEMETERY,
Nordrhein-Westfalen, Germany. Plot I. Row F. Grave 12. See also
Westgate on Sea, Kent
From
the Charterhouse Register, Oration Quarter 1883:
Kenrick,
Herbert William Mascall. b. 22 May, 1869. (Weekites); Left O.Q.,
1886.-Joined 11th Hussars, 1891; served on N.W. Frontier of India,
1897, '98; Capt., 1898; attached to the Egyptian Army, 1900-'02.
Capt. H. W. M. Kenrick, Cavalry Club, W.
Extract
from Probate Calendars of England & Wales 1919:
KENRICK
Herbert William Mascall of Whitehall House Cranbrook Kent
died 24 March 1919 at Cologne in Germany Administration (with
Will) London 28 July to Helen Clara Campden Kenrick
widow. Effects £5297 0s. 11d.
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| KENYON |
Geoffrey |
Lance
Corporal 10721, 8th Battalion, Royal Fusiliers (City Of London Regiment).
Killed in action 7 October 1916. Aged 30. Born 29 October 1885 Thorne,
Yorkshire, resident and enlisted Thorne, Yorkshire. Son of George
and Rachel Burn Kenyon, of Thorne, Doncaster, Yorks; husband of
Henrietta Eugenie Kenyon, of Maryborough, Queen's Co. In the 1891
census he was aged 5, born THorne, Yorkshire, son of George and
Rachel B Kenyon, resident The Magles, South Parade, Thorne, Yorkshire
& Yorkshire (West Riding). In the 1901 census he was aged 15,
born Thorne, Yorkshire, a boarder at Hindhead Road, Godalming, Guildford,
Surrey. In the 1911 census he was aged 25, born Thorne, Yorkshire,
a Solicitor, resident with his brother-in-law at The Hall, East
Markham, Newark, Nottinghamshire. No known grave. Commemorated on
THIEPVAL MEMORIAL, Somme, France. Pier and Face 8 C 9 A and 16 A.
From
the Charterhouse Register, Oration Quarter 1899:
Kenyon,
Geoffrey. b. 29 Oct., 1885. (Hodgsonites); Left L.Q., 1903. -Articled
Clerk to Messrs. Kenyon and Son (Solicitors).
G. Kenyon, Esq., The Maple, Thorne, Doncaster.
Extract
from Probate Calendars of England & Wales 1916:
KENYON
Geoffrey of Thorne Yorkshire lance-corporal 8th
Royal Fusiliers died 7 October 1916 in France on active service
Probate London 28 December to Harold Godfrey Kenyon
solicitor and Henrietta Eugenie Kenyon widow.
Effects £10655 6s. 9d.
Extract
from Sheffield Independent - Saturday 21 October 1916,
page 4:
THORNE
SOLICITOR KILLED.
Mr.
Geoffrey Kenyon, Royal Fusiliers, has been killed action just as
he was about to receive his commission. He was a member of the firm
Messrs. Kenyon and Sons, solicitors, of Thorne, and was clerk to
the Rural District Council. He was the second son of the late George
Kenyon, and was 30 years of age and married. His brother is Major
Kenyon, clerk to the Thorne justices.
Extract
from Dublin Daily Express - Wednesday 25 October 1916,
page 1:
KENYON.—
Killed in action on the 7th October, Geoffrey Kenyon, Lance-Corporal,
Royal Fusiliers, dearly-loved husband of Etta Kenyon, Field House,
Throne, York, and younger son of the late George Kenyon, The Maples,
Thorne. |
| KERR,
DSO, MiD |
Frederic
Walter |
 Colonel,
1st Battalion, Gordon Highlanders attached as G.S.O. 1, 1st Division
H.Q., General Staff (Commands And Staff). Killed in action 31 October
1914. Aged 47. Born 20 May 1867. Son of Admiral Lord Frederic Kerr
and Lady Frederic Kerr (nee Maitland); husband of Lady Helen V.
L. Kerr, of Lavender Cottage, Breamore, Salisbury. Awarded the Distinguished
Service Order (D.S.O.), Twice Mentioned in Despatches (MiD). In
the 1911 census he was aged 43, born London, married, resident 43,
Elvaston Place, London S.W., Kensington, London & Middlesex.
Buried in YPRES TOWN CEMETERY EXTENSION, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium.
Plot III. Row AA. Grave 4.
From
the Charterhouse Register, Long Quarter 1880:
Kerr,
Frederic Walter. b. 20 May, 1867. (Saunderites); Left C.Q., 1884.-Joined
Gordon Highlanders, 1886; Adjutant, 1892-'96; served with Chitral
Relief Force,* 1895; D.S.O.; Capt., 1896; served with Tirah Expeditionary
Force, 1897-'98; in S. African War,* 1899-1901; Brevet of Major,
1900; Brigade-Major, 23rd Brigade, 1900-'01.
Major F. W. Kerr, D.S.O., Messrs. Holt & Co., 3, Whitehall
Place, S.W.
Extract
from Bond of Sacrifice: Officers Died in the Great War 1914-1916,
volume 1, page 212-213:
COLONEL
FREDERIC WALTER KERR, D.S.O., p.s.c., GENERAL STAFF OFFICER, 1st
GRADE, was the son of the late Admiral Lord Frederic
H. Kerr and Emily, daughter of the late General Sir Peregrine
Maitland, G.C.B.
He was born on the 20th May, 1867, educated at Charterhouse, and
was appointed a Page of Honour to Queen Victoria at the age of
twelve years, which post he held until he left that school. He
proceeded to the R.M.C. Sandhurst, and after entering the Gordon
Highlanders as Lieutenant in August, 1886, had a long and varied
career on the Staff and on active service. From January, 1892,
to January, 1896, he was Adjutant of his battalion. In 1895 he
took part in operations in Chitral, being with the Reliet Force,
and being present at the storming of the Malakand Pass. He was
mentioned in Despatches ("London Gazette," 15th November,
1895), was awarded the D.S.O., and received the medal with clasp.
Becoming Captain in 1896 he was again on service in 1897-98 on
the north-western frontier of India, with the Tirah Expeditionary
Force, and took part in the action at Dargai, receiving two additional
clasps to his medal. After serving for some time with his battalion
in the South African War he was appointed a Brigade-Major in April,
1900, holding that appointment till December, 1901. He took part
in the advance on Kimberley, including the action at Magersfontein;
was present at operations in the Orange Free State, at Paardeberg,
and the actions at Poplar Grove and Driefontein; in Cape Colony,
1899-1900; and at operations in the Orange River Colony in 1900
and 1901. He was mentioned in Despatches ("London Gazette,"
16th April, 1901), was promoted Brevet-Major on the 29th November,
1900, and received the Queen's medal with four clasps.
From February, 1904, to November, 1905, having received his substantive
Majority in December of the former year, he was D.A.Q.M.G. of
the 1st Division at Aldershot; and from November, 1905, to October,
1908, D.A.A.G. and General Staff Officer, Second Grade, in the
same command. In October, 1908, he was appointed Deputy Assistant
Director of Movements at the headquarters of the Army, and did
valuable work in connection with the new mobilisation scheme,
which has stood so successfully the test imposed on it by the
war.
In the spring of 1913 he was appointed General Staff Officer.
First Grade, in the Scottish Command, and in the Great War he
went out as General Staff Officer, First Grade, on the lines of
communication, his appointment dating from the 5th August, 1914.
On the 21st September he was appointed General Staff Officer,
First Grade, with the 1st Division.
Hle
was killed by a bursting shell at the headquarters of the 1st
and IInd Divisions at Château Hooge, near Ypres, on the
31st October, 1914.
For his services in the Great War he was mentioned in Sir John
French's Despatch of the 8th October, 1914.
Colonel Kerr was a member of the Naval and Military Club. He married
Lady Helen Kerr, daughter of the ninth Marquess of Lothian, and
left two sons: Schomberg David Frederic, born 1903; and Ronald
William, born 1906.
Extract
from Dalkeith Advertiser - Thursday 05 November 1914, page 2:
LIEUTENANT-COLONEL.
FREDERICK WALTER KERR KILLED. —The Marchioness
of Lothian has received official intimation of the death of her
son-in-law, Lieutenant-Colonel Frederick Walter Kerr, D.S.O. Colonel
Kerr was the son of the late Admiral Lord Frederick Kerr, and
was born in 1867. In 1902 he married Lady Helen Kerr, daughter
of the late Marquis of Lothian. He joined the Gordon Highlanders
in 1886, and more recently served as Lieutenant- Colonel on the
General Staff of the Scottish Command in Edinburgh. He was attached
to General French's Staff in France. The deceased officer had
seen considerable active service. In Chitral Relief Expedition
he served as Adjutant, and was present at the storming of Malakand
Pam. He was mentioned in dispatches, and received the honour of
D.S.O. He was also attached to the Tirah Expeditionary Force,
and took part in the famous charge at Dargai. In South Africa-1889-1901—he
acted as Brigade Major, and was again mentioned in dispatches.
Extract
from Probate Calendars of England & Wales 1915:
KERR
Frederic Walter D.S.O. of the Gordon Highlanders Abingdon
Lodge Cramond Bridge Midlothian killed in action
31 October 1914 at Chateau Hooge near Ypres France Confirmation
of the honourable the Lady Helen Victoria Lilian Kerr widow. Sealed
London 12 May.
Extract
from Birmingham Daily Post - Monday 9 November 1914,
page 4:
KERR. Col F. W., D.S.O.
[Colonel
Frederick Walter Kerr, D.S.O., the third son of the late Admiral
Lord Frederic H. Kerr, served as adjutant in the Relief Expedition,
when he was mentioned in despatches and received his D.S.O., and
in the Tirah Expeditionary Force. From 1898 to 1901 he was brigade
major in South Africa, being present at the relief of Ladysmith
and the actions of Spion Kop and Laing’s Nek, and a second
was mentioned in despatches. On August 5 last he was appointed
as the General Staff officer of the 1st grade.]
Extract
from Birmingham Mail - Monday 9 November 1914, page 4:
Colonel Frederick Walter Kerr, D.S.O., who was born on May 20,
1867, served with distinction in Chitral and South Africa. He
was Deputy- Assistant Director of Movements, Headquarters cf the
Army, and Deputy-Assistant Director of Movements, War Office,
from October, 1908, to October, 1912; and General Staff Officer,
firrt grade, Scottish Command, from May, 1913. On August 5 this
year was appointed the General Staff Officer the first grade.
Extract
from Dundee Courier - Monday 17 May 1915, page 4:
Colonel
Frederick Walter Kerr, D.S.O., Gordon Highlanders, of Abingdon
Lodge, Cramond Bridge, Midlothian, formerly Page of Honour to
the late Queen Victoria, and who was killed in action at Chateau
near Ypres, on the 31st October, aged 47 years, grandson of the
sixth Marquis of Lothian, left unsettled personal estate in the
United Kingdom valued at £5544.
Extract
from Aberdeen Press and Journal - Tuesday 18 May 1915,
page 4:
Colonel
Frederick Walter Kerr, D.S.O., Gordon Highlanders, of Abingdon
Lodge, Cramond Bridge, Midlothian, who has (sic) killed action
at Chateau Hooge, near Ypres, on the 31st October last, aged 47
years, left unsettled personal estate in the United Kingdom valued
as £5544.
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| KIMBER |
Henry
Cecil Dixon |
 [Listed
as Henry Cyril Dixon KIMBER on SDGW and in Newspaper] Lieutenant,
19th Battery, 7th (London) Brigade, Royal Field Artillery. Died
of wounds 22 June 1916. Aged 22. Son of Henry Dixon Kimber and the
late Florence Sarah Kimber, of Streatham, London. Undergraduate
of Unversity College, Oxford. In the 1901 census he was aged 7,
born Streatham, Surrey, son of Henry D and Florence S Kimber, resident
8, Oakdale Road, Streatham, Wandsworth, London & Surrey. Buried
in BARLIN COMMUNAL CEMETERY EXTENSION, Pas de Calais, France. Plot
I. Row J. Grave 64.
Extract
from The Graphic - Saturday 15 July 1916, page 28:
That
veteran Londoner, Sir Henry Kimber, has lost a grandson, Lieut.
Henry Cyril Dixon Kimber, R.F.A. (T.F.), elder son of Mr. Henry
Dixon Kimber. Educated in France, Germany and at Charterhouse, he
had completed one year at University j College, Oxford, when war
broke out. He started soldiering in the 19th Battery 7th London
Brigade of the 47th (originally 2nd London) Division, and fought
at Loos with the 18th Battery, to which he was then temporarily
attached. Wounded on June 21, 1916, by a minenwerfer whilst acting
as observation officer in infantry trenches, he died next day, aged
twenty-two. |
| KING,
MC, DFC, Croix de Guerre |
Cecil
Frederick |
Captain (Flying Instructor), 33rd Squadron and 1 Fighting School,
Sedgford, Royal Air Force. Accidentally killed when he collided
with another machine flying Sopwith F.1 Camel, serial number C8318,
24 January 1919. Aged 19. Born 19 February 1899. Son of Frederick
H. and Nora King, of Lingwood, East Liss, Hants. Born and resident
at Springfield Dukes, Chelmsford. Awarded the Military Cross (M.C.),
Distinguished Flying Cross (D.F.C.) and Croix de Guerre. In the
1901 census he was aged 2, born Sevenoaks, Kent. son of Frederick
H and Nora King, resident South Park, Sevenoaks, Kent. In the 1911
census he was aged 12. born Sevenoaks, Kent, a pupil at school,
resident Hildersham House, High Street, St Peters, St Peter Intra,
Kent. Buried 28 January 1919 in North-West part of DOCKING (ST.
MARY) CHURCHYARD, Norfolk. See Wikipedia
for a biography. Listed on Chelmsford
War Memorial
Court
of Inquiry - C016363
The
cause of the accident was in our opinion due to the fact that Capt
King so manouvered his machine that he was invisible to Lt. Daniel
& Lt. Daniel was invisible to him, with the result that a collision
ensued which caused the fusilage of Capt. King;s machine to break
in the air. The Court wish to poinjt out that both these officers
were very experienced pilots and no blame can be attached to any
one.
Extract
from Probate Calendars of England & Wales 1919:
KING
Cecil Frederick of Springfield Dukes Chelmsford
M.C. D.F C captain R.A.F. died 24 January 1919 at Sadgeford Norfolk
Administration London 17 June to Frederick Hamilton
King bill broker. Effects £871 4s. 5d. |
| 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 Ipoh War
memorial, Ipoh, Malaysia.
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. |
| KIRKPATRICK |
Edward
Hartley |
Captain
(Brevet Major), 2nd Battalion, Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light
Infantry. Killed in action 15 May 1915. Aged 37. Born 17 September
1878. Son of Eliza Kirkpatrick, of 52, Grange Road, Edinburgh. Educated
Christ Church College, Oxford University. Served in South African
War as 37143, 1st Battalion, Imperial Yeomanry, born Edinburgh,
St George, Midlothian, enlisted 1 November 1901 in Edinburgh, as
21 years, a Clerk, single, height 5 feet 7½ inches, weight
120lbs, chest 33-35 inches, fresh complexion, grey eyes, brown hair,
religious denomination Presbyterian, discharged 3 September 1902.
No known grave. Commemorated on LE TOURET MEMORIAL, Pas de Calais,
France. Panel 26.
From
the Charterhouse Register, Oration Quarter 1893:
Kirkpatrick,
Edward Hartley. b. Sept., 1878. (Lockites); Left L.Q., 1894.
E. H. Kirkpatrick, Esq
Extract
from Probate Calendars of England & Wales 1917:
KIRKPATRICK
Edward Hartley of Wellington Club Grosvenor Place Middlesex
major died 16 May 1915 in France Probate London
12 September to Florence Mary Scott (wife of Lionel Folliott Scott).
Effects £16268 13s. 10d.
Extract
from Truth - Wednesday 21 November 1917, page 13:
I
have received from Messrs. Taylor, Kirkman, and Mainprice, of Manchester,
the gratifying information that the late Major Edward Hartley Kirkpatrick,
of the Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry, has bequeathed
a legacy of £100 to the TRUTH Toy Fund. Major Kirkpatrick
was reported missing on May 16, 1915. For some years before his
death he had been a regular annual subscriber to the Truth Toy Fund,
though always anonymously. He is the second officer fallen in the
present war who has made such a bequest, and I hope that many children
will profit by their generosity—after the war.
Extract
from Oxford Chronicle and Reading Gazette - Friday 21 September
1917, page 7:
Major
Edward Hartley Kirkpatrick, Oxford and Rucks L. I., of the Wellington
Club, Grosvenor Place. S.W.. who died on or since May 16, 1915,
on service, left estate amounting to £16,268. |
| KNOWLES |
Arthur
Yalden |
 Lieutenant,
2nd Reinforcement Company, Fifth Army, Royal Field Artillery. Died
of wounds 26 August 1917. Aged 21. Born 20 July 1896. Baptised 16
August 1896 in Thursley, St Michael & All Angels, Surrey, resident
Heath Hall Thursley. Youngest son of Mrs. Ada Jane Knowles, of Heath
Hall, Thursley, Godalming, Surrey, and the late Yalden Henry Knowles.
In the 1901 census he was aged 4, born Thursley, Surrey, son of
Yalden H and Ada J Knowles, resident Heath Hall, Thursley, Hambledon,
Surrey. In the 1911 census he was aged 14, born Thursley, Surrey,
a patient under treatment, at school, resident School Sanitorium,
Peterbawn Road, Godalming, Surrey. Buried in ETAPLES MILITARY CEMETERY,
Pas de Calais, France. Plot XVII. Row B. Grave 27.
Extract
from Surrey Advertiser - Saturday 1 September 1917, page
12:
THURSLEY
LT. A, YALDEN KNOWLES.
SUCCUMBS TO WOUNDS RECEIVED
Residents
of Thursley and district will extend their deepest sympathy to Mrs.
Knowles, of Heath House, in the death of her son, Lieut. Arthur
Yalden Knowles, R.F.A., who succumbed on Sunday to wounds received
in action. It was on the 29th July that Lieut. Knowles was wounded,
and a few daye later his mother received an intimation that his
condition was critical.
Deceased,
who was only 21, was the youngest son of the late Mr. Yalden H.
Knowles, J.P., for many years chairman of the Hambledon Board of
Guardians and Rural District Council. He was educated at Charterhouse,
and passed through Woolwich, obtaining his commission in 1914. He
had seen good deal of service in France. His battery was in action
for nine weeks on the Somme, and also in the taking of Vimy Ridge.
Lieut. Knowles received his second star in October. 1916. |
Of
the Carthusian family there also died in the Great War - although
understandably his name does not [yet] appear on the memorial panels: |
| KORTEGARN |
Walter
Hermann |
 Oberstleutnant
(Lieutenant-Colonel [1915]). Born 19th November 1868 in Bonn,
1st son of Dr. Arthur Kortegarn. He was at Charterhouse [D] 1883
- 1884. He joined the 3 Grossherz-Hess. Regt. of the German army.
In the Great War he commanded the Kaiser Alexander Garde-Grenadier-Regiment
Nr. 1, 19th September 1914 - 6th October 1914, in the rank of
Major. He is recorded as relinquishing this command through serious
wounds sustained in fighting near Arras on 5th October 1914 and
most likely then saw no further front-line service. In 1915 he
held a post at the War Ministry. He was awarded the Iron Cross,
1st Class, the Hessian Medal for Bravery and the Saxon War Service
Cross. He died at Freiburg, apparently from natural causes or
from late effects of his wounds, on 26th March 1917 in Freiburg,
Diakonissenhaus. His father was probably headmaster of the Anglo-American
school in Bonn referred to in Prussian Memories 1864 - 1914 by
the American author Poultney Bigelow. Details held on the German
War Dead Database
From
the Charterhouse Register, Oration Quarter 1883:
Kortegarn,
Walter Hermann. b. 19 Nov., 1868. (Daviesites); Left C.Q., 1884.-Joined
the German Army.
Herr Oberleutnant W. H. Kortegarn, 3 Gronherz-Hess. Regt.,
Mainz, Hesse, Germany.
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