CAMBORNE
SCHOOL OF MINES WAR MEMORIAL
World War 1 &
Boer War - detailed information
Compiled and copyright © Carol Richards 2018
additional information Martin Edwards
The
Camborne School of Mines war memorial is to be updated and the ceremony
in November 2018 will be at King Edward Mine. Those marked with an asterisk
['*'] are not listed on the original memorial. The names for each comflict
have been sorted into alphabetical order for ease of reading and research.
The
Camborne School of Mines (Cornish: Scoll Balow Cambron), commonly abbreviated
to CSM, was founded in 1888. Its research and teaching is related to
the understanding and management of the Earth's natural processes, resources
and the environment. It has undergraduate, postgraduate and research
degree programmes within the Earth resources, civil engineering and
environmental sectors. CSM is located at the Penryn Campus, near Falmouth,
Cornwall, UK. The school merged with the University of Exeter in 1993.
[Source: Wikipedia]
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Photographs
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In grateful memory of the men of Camborne School of Mines who gave their
lives for King and Country in the Great War 1914-19
AIRTH |
Rennie
Alexander |
Attended
CSM 1911-1914. Temporary Lieutenant, 7 Squadron, Royal Flying Corps
and 8th Battalion, Bedfordshire Regiment. Killed in action 29 July
1917 in Belgium. Aged 23. Son of George Rennie Airth and Alice Pemberton
Airth. South African, resident Transvaal. In the 1911 census he
was aged 17, a student, born Johannesburg, South Africa, resident
Trumpington Road, Cambridge. Buried in DOZINGHEM MILITARY CEMETERY,
West-Vlaanderen, Belgium. PLot II. Row A. Grave 1. See also Cambridge,
Ley's School World War 1 |
AVERY |
Edward
John |
Attended
CSM 1898-1901. Lieutenant, 4th Battalion (Territorial), Duke of
Cornwall’s Light Infantry. Died 1 February 1915 in India. Aged 36.
Resident Grampound. Buried 1 February 1915 in Karachi Cemetery (A/D.
M. 23.), Bombay (now Pakistan). Commemorated on DELHI MEMORIAL (INDIA
GATE), India. Face 1. |
BAKER |
Arthur
Forbes |
Attended
CSM 1906-1909. Flight Commander, 5nd Squadron, Royal Flying Corps
and 3rd Battalion, Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry. Died 11 April
1917 in France. Aged 26. Resident Wimbledon. Son of Frederick W.
and Winifred Baker, of 10, De Vere Gardens, Kensington, London.
Buried in GOUZEAUCOURT NEW BRITISH CEMETERY, Nord, France. Plot
V. Row E. Grave 20. |
BALCOMBE,
MC |
Charles
Percy Lionel |
Attended
CSM 1905-1908. Major, 11th Field Company, Royal Engineers. Died
of wounds 29 October 1918 in France. Aged 30. Resident Tunbridge.
Son of Stephen B. Balcombe; husband of Annie D. Balcombe, of The
Grey House, Camborne, Cornwall, married 1914 in Cornwall. Student
of Camborne School of Mines, and an Old Felstedian. Awarded the
Military Cross (M.C.) and Bar. Buried in AWOINGT BRITISH CEMETERY,
Nord, France. Plot I. Row F. Grave 11. |
BARRATT
* |
John
Rowland |
[Also
spelt Roland] Attended CSM 1911-1914. Lieutenant, No. 23 G.H.Q.
Reserve Mechanical Transport, 1144th Company, Royal Army Service
Corps. Died 24 January 1919 in France. Aged 25. Son of Harold and
Ruby Barratt, of Fernbank, Pittville Circus Rd., Cheltenham, Glos.
Resident Redmarley, Gloucestershire. Formerly Private 2286, Gloucestershire
Yeomanry. Buried in ETAPLES MILITARY CEMETERY, Pas de Calais, France.
Plot XLV. Row B. Grave 1. |
BECKERLEG |
Stephen
Trevor |
Attended
CSM 1913-1914. Lieutenant, 3rd Battalion attached to 2nd Battalion,
Duke of Cornwall’s Light Infantry. Killed in action 15 October 1915
in France. Aged 20. Resident Pietermaritzburg. Son of Stephen Colenso
Beckerleg and Mary Beckerleg, of "Glencoe," Pednolver
Terrace, St. Ives, Cornwall. Born at Pietermaritzburg, Natal. Educated
at Pietermaritzburg College. Student at Camborne (Cornwall) School
of Mines. Volunteered in 1914. Buried in HEATH CEMETERY, HARBONNIERES,
Somme, France. Plot V. Row F. Grave 6. See also St
Ives, Cornwall |
BELLASIS
* |
William
Joseph |
Attended
CSM 1903-1905. Private 115, East African Mounted Rifles. Died 3
November 1914 in German East Africa. Aged 29. Resident Ashby de
la Zouch. In the 1891 census he was aged 6, born London, Middlesex,
resident with his father, William Bellasis, at Basildine Lodge,
Ponsonby Road, Putney, Wandsworth, London & Surrey. In the 1901
census he was aged 16, a pupil, resident Park Dene, West Bourne
Park Road, Bournemouth, Christchurch, Hampshire & Dorset. Buried
in DAR ES SALAAM WAR CEMETERY, Tanzania. Plot 8. Row E. Collective
grave 6-13. |
BENNETT |
John
Francis |
Attended
CSM 1913-1915. Second Lieutenant, 9th (Cyclist) Battalion (Territorial),
Hampshire Regiment. Killed in action 26 August 1918 in France. Aged
22. Resident Camborne. Buried in MORY ABBEY MILITARY CEMETERY, MORY,
Pas de Calais, France. Plot V. Row A. Grave 13. |
BERRYMAN |
Morley |
Attended
CSM 1913-1914. Private 200315, 1st/4th Battalion, Duke of Cornwall’s
Light Infantry attached to 2nd Battalion, Dorsetshire Regiment.
Died (from disease probably) 20 August 1916 in Mesopotamia. Aged
21. Born and resident Camborne. Enlisted Truro, Cornwall. Son of
Ellen Berryman, of Ivy House, Basset Rd., Camborne, Cornwall, and
the late John Berryman. In the 1901 census he was aged 6, born Camborne,
Cornwall, son of John and Ellen Berryman, resident Laity Street,
Troon, Camborne, Redruth, Cornwall. In the 1911 census he was aged
16, born Camborne, Cornwall, a builder with his father, son of John
and Ellen Berryman, resident Pendarves Road, Camborne, Cornwall.
Buried in BAGHDAD (NORTH GATE) WAR CEMETERY, Iraq. Plot XXI. Row
H. Grave 24. |
BRAITHWAITE |
Humphrey
Layland |
Attended
CSM 1903-1906. Second Lieutenant, Royal Engineers. Killed in action
10 July 1916 in Belgium. Aged 31. Resident Acton, Suffolk. Son of
Mary Braithwaite, of Brook House, Long Melford, Suffolk, and the
late Rev. Prancis Joseph Braithwaite. In the 1901 census he was
aged 15, a schoolboy boarder, born Suffolk, boarding at Parsley
Newick House, Bath Road, Cheltenham, Gloucestershire. Buried in
BERKS CEMETERY EXTENSION, Hainaut, Belgium. Plot I. Row E. Grave
6. See also Long Melford,
Suffolk and also Great
Waldingfield, Suffolk |
CALVERT |
Cecil
Frederick Holcombe |
Attended
CSM 1912-1914. Second Lieutenant, 3rd Battalion, South Staffordshire
Regiment attached 179th Company, Royal Engineers. Died 14 September
1915 in France. Aged 21. Resident London. Son of Albert Frederick
and Florence Calvert, of 56, Eton Avenue, London. In the 1911 census
he was aged 16, a student, born Richmond, Surrey, resident with
his father, Albert F Calvert, at 56, Eton Avenue, Hampstead, London
& Middlesex. Buried in ALBERT COMMUNAL CEMETERY EXTENSION, Somme,
France. Plot I. Row A. Grave 3. |
CANE |
Maurice |
Attended
CSM 1903-1906. Second Lieutenant, 1st Battery, 153rd Brigade, Royal
Field Artillery. Killed in action 4 August 1917 in Belgium. Aged
35. Resident Celbridge, County Kildare. Son of Col. Claude Cane,
and Mrs. Cane (nee Mackintosh), of "St. Wolstans," Celbridge,
Co. Kildare; husband of Hilda Jessie Bisset Liddell (formerly Cane),
of "Balgonie," Branksome Park Rd., Camberley, Surrey.
Buried in NEW IRISH FARM CEMETERY, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium. Plot
III. Row H. Grave 5. |
CARTER,
DCM |
Noel
Conway |
Attended
CSM 1897-1900 est. Corporal 1549, 2nd South African Horse. Died
of disease 21 February 1917 in South Africa. Aged 38. Resident St
Erth. Son of the Rev. Conway M. D. and Mrs. Georgina M. Carter.
Awarded the Distinguished Conduct Medal (D.C.M.). In the 1881 census
he was aged 1, born Exeter, Devon, resident with his parents, Conway
and Georgina Carter, at 16, Bedford Circus, Exeter Bedford Circus,
Exeter, Devon. In the 1901 census he was aged 21, born Exeter, Devon,
a student, resident with his parents, Conway and Georgina Carter,
at Vicarage, St Erth Rural, Penzance, Cornwall. Buried in JOHANNESBURG
(BRIXTON) CEMETERY, Gauteng, South Africa. Grave reference E.C.
293. See also St Erth, Cornwall |
CLAYTON |
Charles
Cairns Wilson Fowler |
Attended
CSM 1899-1903. Private 158, 1st Rhodesia Regiment. Died 7 February
1915 in German South West Africa. Aged 33. Resident Rhodesia and
Newquay. Buried in SWAKOPMUND MUNICIPAL CEMETERY, Namibia. A/C.
on S.W. Panel 1. |
COXON |
Michael
Patrick Stackpole |
[On
the Australian First World War Nominal Roll he is listed as Coxon,
Patrick Michael] Attended CSM 1903-1906. Gunner 2267, 11th Australian
Field Artillery Brigade. Died 25 May 1925 in Australia. Aged 41.
Resident London. |
CRATHORNE |
Frederick |
Attended
CSM 1903-1906. Lieutenant, General List attached to 252nd Tunnelling
Company, Royal Engineers. Killed in action 14 January 1916 in France.
Aged 38. Resident KwaZulu-Natal. Sailed to Durban (Port Natal) from
the Port of London 21 October 1910 aboard the 'Umona', a shipof
the Natal Line. Buried in TOUTENCOURT COMMUNAL CEMETERY, Somme,
France. Plot I. Row B. Grave 5. |
CUNNACK,
MC |
George
James |
Attended
CSM 1913-1914. Captain, 180th Tunnelling Company, Royal Engineers.
Died of wounds 17 October 1918 in France. Aged 22. Resident Helston.
Awarded the Military Cross (M.C.). Buried in SERAIN COMMUNAL CEMETERY
EXTENSION, Aisne, France. Row B. Grave 11. See also Helston |
DAW |
William
Westaway |
Attended
CSM 1900-1904. Second Lieutenant, 171st Tunnelling Company, Royal
Engineers. Died 12 November 1918 in France. Aged 35. Resident Torquay.
Son of John Williams Daw and Fanny Elizabeth Daw, of Garry Lodge,
Torquay, Devon. Buried at TERLINCTHUN BRITISH CEMETERY, WIMILLE,
Pas de Calais, France. Plot X. Row D. Grave 36. |
DEMPSTER |
Ian
Mackay |
Attended
CSM 1916-1917. Second Lieutenant, 52nd Squadron, Royal Flying Corps.
Died from wounds 24 February 1918 in France. Aged 20. Resident Perth,
Australia. Son of the late James Pratt Dempster, J.P. and of Caroline
Charlotte Dempster. Born Addington, Western Australia. Attested,
for the duration of the war, 2 March 1916, occupation Mining Student,
initially served as Third Class Air Mechanic 88601, Royal Flying
Corps but was selected for a commission and was discharged 30 September
1917 at South Franborough, aged 19 years 7 months, height 5 feet
7 inches, chest 33 inches. Buried 28 February 1918 in ST. SOUPLET
BRITISH CEMETERY, Nord, France. Plot I. Row G. Grave 1. |
DICKSON,
MC |
Edward
John Quale |
Attended
CSM 1908-1911. Captain, 255th Tunnelling Company, Royal Engineers.
Killed in action 26 October 1917 in Belgium. Aged 28. Resident Castletown,
Isle of Man. Awarded the Military Cross (M.C.). In the 1911 census
he was aged 21, a lodger, a Mining Student, born Grahamstown, South
Africa, lodging in Basset Street, Camborne, Cornwall. Buried in
LIJSSENTHOEK MILITARY CEMETERY, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium. Plot XXVII.
Row A. Grave 19. |
FARRAR |
John
Harold |
Attended
CSM 1906-1908. Captain, 3rd Battalion attached 1st Battalion, Northamptonshire
Regiment. Killed in action 9 April 1915 in France. Aged 27. Resident
Cold Brayfield, Buckinghamshire. Son of Capt. J.P. Farrar, D.S.O.
and Mrs. A. Mary Farrar, of 110, Elm Park Gardens, Chelsea, London.
Gazetted, June, 1906. Twice Mentioned in Despatches. In the 1911
census he was aged 23, born Cape Colony, a Mining Engineer, resident
with his father, John Percy Farrar, at Chicheley Hall, Chicheley
Newport Pagnell, Buckinghamshire. No known grave. Commemorated on
LE TOURET MEMORIAL, Pas de Calais, France. Panel 28 to 30. See also
Milton Ernest,
Bedfordshire |
FERGUSON,
MC |
Harold
Gowans |
Attended
CSM 1911-1913. Major, Royal Engineers. Died 30 November 1918 in
England; death registered in the Barnet Registration District, Middlesex.
Aged 28. Resident London. Son of James and Joan Hill Ferguson. Served
in France. Awarded the Military Cross (M.C.). In the 1901 census
he was aged 10, born Hornsey, Middlesex, resident with his parents,
James and Joan Hill Ferguson, at 26, Connaught Road, Hornsey, Edmonton,
Middlesex. Buried in HIGHGATE CEMETERY, London. Grave reference
120. 25171. |
GARDENNER |
John
Vernon |
Attended
CSM 1914-1915. Second Lieutenant (Observer), 6th Squadron, Royal
Air Force. Died of wounds on 9 October 1918 in France from wounds
received 8 October 1918. Aged 20. Resident Camborne. Born 22 December
1897. Son of Frederick John and Cecilia Mary Gardenner, of "Eshiels",
Chapel St., Camborne, Cornwall. In the 1911 census he was aged13,
born Camborne, at school, resident with his parents at Bassel Road,
Camborne, Cornwall. In the 1901 census he was aged 3, born Camborne,
Cornwall, resident with his parenst at Lambert Villas, 1, Tehidy
Road, Camborne, Redruth, Cornwall. Buried in VADENCOURT BRITISH
CEMETERY, MAISSEMY, Aisne, France. Plot III. Row C. Grave 21.
Extract
from De Ruvigny's Roll of Honour 1914-1918, Volume 5,
Page 65:
GARDENNER,
JOHN VERNON, 2nd Lieut., Royal Air Force, yst. s.
of Frederick John Gardenner, of St. Denys, Basset Street, Camborne,
Head Master of the School of Art there, by his wife, Cecilia,
dau. of Henry Cave, of Swansea ; b. Camborne, co. Cornwall,
22 Dec. 1897 ; educ. County School, Redruth and Camborne School
of Mines, where he finished first of his year in June, 1915 ;
joined as a Corpl. in the Royal Engineers (Special Brigade) in
July, 1915 ; served with the Expeditionary Force in France and
Flanders from the following Aug., and took part in the attack
on Loos 25 Sept., and in the fighting at Hulloch 13 Oct. of the
same year, where he was gassed, and invalided home, returning
to France in the following Dec. ; was again invalided home 10
Nov. 1916 ; rejoined his regiment 28 March, 1917 ; was slightly
gassed 27 July following, and sent to hospital; transferring to
the Royal Flying Corps in Sept. of the same year, he returned
home for training ; obtained his Wings in July, 1918 ; gazetted
2nd Lieut. Royal Air Force the following month, and was attached
to No. 6 Squadron as Observer ; made repeated observations over
enemy lines, and died at Vandencourt 9 Oct. following, of wounds
received in aerial action the previous day. Buried in Vandencourt
New British Cemetery, north-north-west of St. Quentin. His Major
wrote " His death is greatly felt by us all ; I am awfully
sorry to lose him, he was such a stout fellow, and always so keen.
He had been out on contact patrol, and one of his wings was nearly
shot away by rifle fire. Just as he had dropped some most valuable
information the wing broke away, and he crashed." Unm.
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GATES |
Arthur
Noel |
Attended
CSM 1913-1915. Second Lieutenant, 176th Tunnelling Company, Royal
Engineers. Killed in action 1 March 1917 in France. Aged 23. Resident
London. Mentioned in Despatches. In the 1911 census he was aged
18, an Assayer, born London, visiting Thomas Nottle, at Lower Newton,
Liskeard, St Neot, Cornwall. In the 1901 census he was aged 8, born
Camberwell, London, resident with his parents, John B and Emma S
Gates, at 106, Camberwell Grove, Camberwell, London & Surrey.
No known grave. Commemorated on ARRAS MEMORIAL, Pas de Calais, France.
Bay 1. |
GREATWOOD |
Harold |
Attended
CSM 1905-1908. Second Lieutenant, "D" Battery, 36th Brigade,
Royal Field Artillery. Died of wounds 20 October 1917 in France.
Aged 30. Born 21 September 1887, baptised 22 October 1887 in Tiverton,
St Peter Parish Church, son of Henry Frederick and Mary Jane Greatwood.
Resident Southsea. Son of Col. Greatwood (East Surrey Regt.) and
Mrs. Greatwood, of 20, Nettlecombe Avenue, Southsea, Hants. Buried
in ST. JULIEN DRESSING STATION CEMETERY, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium.
Plot I. Row A. Grave 7. |
GROGAN |
Gerald
Forman |
Attended
CSM 1903-1906. Lieutenant, 183rd Company, Royal Engineers. Killed
in action 8 January 1918 in Belgium. Aged 34. Resident St Andrews.
Son of Brig. Gen. E. G. Grogan, C.B., C.B.E. and Ida Mary Georgina
Grogan, of Torrevagh, St. Andrews. Formerly 1395, 1st Battalion,
Honourable Artillery Company. Buried in BARD COTTAGE CEMETERY, West-Vlaanderen,
Belgium. Plot V. Row C. Grave 44. |
HUDDY |
Edward |
Attended
CSM 1910-1913. Second Lieutenant, 11th Battalion attached to 12th
Battalion, Gloucestershire Regiment. Killed in action 30 July 1916
in France. Aged 24. Resident Taunton. In the 1911 census he was
a boarder, aged 19, born Dowlish Wake, Somerset, a Mining Student,
boarding at South Terrace, Camborne, Cornwall. In the 1901 census
he was aged 9, born Dowlish Wake, Somerset, resident with his parents,
Edmund J and Rosa Huddy, at the Farm House, Dowlish Wake, Chard,
Somerset. No known grave. Commemorated on THIEPVAL MEMORIAL, Somme,
France. Pier and Face 5 A and 5 B. |
HUTCHINSON |
John
McMaster |
[Spelt
HUTCHISON on CWGC and SDGW] Attended CSM 1906-1909. Lieutenant,
9th Battalion, Gordon Highlanders. Killed in action 22 October
1916 in France. Aged 29. Resident Ayr. Formerly Lovat Scouts.
He went to CSM at the age of 18 from Scotland and gained a 1st
Class certificate on leaving in 1909. He was a top student at
CSM winning 1906-07 Geometry First Prize 10 shillings (10/-) and
Hydrostatics First Prize 10 shillings (10/-). He was a student
member of the IMM 1909-1916. Buried in ADANAC MILITARY CEMETERY,
MIRAUMONT, Somme, France. Plot VIII. Row C. Grave 2.
Extract
from an account of 'The Hillsfoots in World War 1';
'Second son of Robert and Mrs Hutchinson, of Alderston,
Ayr, educated at Dollar Academy. He boarded with Dr. Thom. He
left in 1906 to study at the Camborne School of Mines. From there
he won a scholarship, which took him to Broken Hill Australia
for three years. He was home on leave from his work when war broke
out and joined the Lovat's Scouts. He received a commission in
the Seaforth Highlanders in June 1915. He was transferred to the
Gordon Highlanders when he went to the front in February 1916.
Killed in action on 22/10/1916. France ADNAC Military Cemetery.
Also commemorated at Dollar Academy. The Dollar Academy war memorial
takes the form of a freestone cenotaph crowned with the bronze
life-size sculpture of a robed and kneeling youth with hands outstretched
in appeal by sculptor George Henry Paulin.'
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INGLIS |
James
Arthur Chetwynd |
Attended
CSM 1910-1911. Lieutenant, 4th Battalion, Highland Light Infantry
attached to Seaforth Highlanders. Killed in action 9 May 1915 in
France. Aged 32. Resident Edinburgh. In the 1911 census he was aged
27, born Calton, Edinburgh, employed in Mettaliferous Mining, a
patient at Nightingale Nursing House, Bassel Road, Camborne, Cornwall.
Served in the South African (Boer) War as Trooper 33957, 86th (Rough
Riders) Company, 22nd Battalion, Imperial Yeomanry. No known grave.
Commemorated on LE TOURET MEMORIAL, Pas de Calais, France. Panel
37 and 38.
Extract
from Bond of Sacrifice: Officers Died in the Great War Volume
2 January to June 1915, page 246:
CAPTAIN
(temp.) CHARLES JOHN ALTON CHETWYND, VISCOUNT INGESTRE, M.V.O.,
ROYAL HORSE GUARDS, (THE BLUES) LIEUTENANT, RESERVE OF OFFICERS,
only son of the Earl and Countess of Shrewsbury and Talbot, died
on the 8th January, 1915, of pneumonia contracted while on military
duty.
He was born at Alton Towers, Staffordshire, on the 8th September,
1882, was educated at Eton College, and joined the Royal Horse
Guards from the Militia in April, 1900, becoming Lieutenant in
July, 1907. He subsequently retired from the Active List and joined
the Reserve of Officers, from which he was called up for the war
and appointed Captain (temp.) in the Royal Horse Guards.
He had received the Coronation medal, and was a member of White's,
Lord's, and the Turf Clubs. Viscount Ingestre married, in 1904,
Lady Winifred Constance Hester Paget, sister of the Marquis of
Anglesey, and left four children : the Honourable Ursula Chetwynd
Talbot, born September, 1907 ; the Honourable Victoria Chetwynd
Talbot, born March, 1910 ; Honourable Joan Chetwynd Talbot, born
October, 1911 ; and John George Henry Alton Alexander Chetwynd
Talbot, now Viscount Ingestre, born December, 1914.
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INMAN |
[Frank]
Desmond Hague |
Attended
CSM 1910-1913. Lieutenant, 80th Field Company, Royal Engineers.
Killed in action 17 February 1917 in France. Aged 23. Resident Scarborough.
Only son of Francis and Hannah Scholes Inman, of The Grange, Scalby,
Scarborough. Mining Engineer. Enlisted Sept., 1914. IN the 1911
census he was aged 17, a boarder, born London, a Tin Mining Student,
boarding in Kings Road, Camborne, Cornwall. In the 1901 census he
was aged 7, born Paddington, London, resident with his mother at
Ashworth Mansions Flats, 38, Paddington, London & Middlesex.
Buried in REGINA TRENCH CEMETERY, GRANDCOURT, Somme, France. Plot
VII. Row G. Grave 29. See also Bath
College |
JOHNS |
Arthur |
Attended
CSM 1906-1908. Second Lieutenant, 183rd Tunnelling Company, Royal
Engineers. Killed in action 25 September 1917 in Belgium. Aged 29.
Resident Keswick. Born 1 July 1888, attending Brigham C of E School,
Keswick in 1900, son of Bennet Johns. in the 1901 census he was
aged 13, born Keswick, son of Bennet and Sarah Johns, resident 29
Station Road, Keswick. In 1902 he wa admitted to kendal Grammar
School, resident 29 Station Road, Keswick, son of B Johns (manager
of Late Works). Buried in DOZINGHEM MILITARY CEMETERY, West-Vlaanderen,
Belgium. Plot V. Row E. Grave 1. See also Keswick |
JOHNSON |
Alexander
Downing |
[Transcribed
as JOHNSTON] Attended CSM 1900-1903. Captain, 3rd Battalion attached
to 2nd Battalion, South Staffordshire Regiment. Killed in action
25 September 1915 in France. Aged 20. Resident Carbury, Co. Kildare.
Son of the Rev. Henry Johnson (Canon of Kildare) and Mrs. Johnson
(nee Kuon). Born at Carbury, Co. Kildare. Mine manager in Rhodesia
(Bindura). at outbreak of war. Buried in CAMBRIN MILITARY CEMETERY,
Pas de Calais, France. Row B. Grave 5. |
KELLY
* |
Terence
O’Neil [William] |
Attended
CSM 1910-1913. Second Lieutenant, 4th Battalion, Gordon Highlanders.
Died of wounds 8 May 1917 in France. Aged 24. Resident Aberdeen.
Son of the late William and Ellen Mary Kelly, of Madras; husband
of Vaurie Ross Fraser Kelly, of Aberdeen. In the 1911 census he
was aged 18, a boarder, born Ouetta B, Beluchistan, India, a Student
in Mining, boarding in Cross St, Camborne, Cornwall. Buried in ETAPLES
MILITARY CEMETERY, Pas de Calais, France. Plot XVII. Row C. Grave
13. |
KNOX |
Andrew
Ronald |
Attended
CSM 1900-1903. Second Lieutenant, 185th Tunnelling Company, Royal
Engineers. Killed in action 12 December 1915 in France. Aged 33.
Born 8 July 1882 and baptised 15 August 1882 in Nuneaton. Resident
Nuneaton. Son of James and Florence Elizabeth Knox, of The Chase,
Nuneaton. In the 1901 census he was aged 18, a baorder, born Stockingford,
a Mining Student, boarding at 11, South Terrace, Camborne, Redruth,
Cornwall. Buried in ALBERT COMMUNAL CEMETERY EXTENSION, Somme, France.Plot
I. Row A. Grave 4. |
LANGWORTHY |
William
Southmead |
Attended
CSM 1913-1914. Lieutenant, 7th (Cyclist) Battalion (Territorial),
Devonshire Regiment. Killed in action 4 October 1917 in Belgium.
Aged 22. Resident Kingsbridge, Devon. Son of William Southmead Langworthy,
M.R.C.S., L.R.C.P., and Ethelind Marian Langworthy, of Brock's Holt,
Galmpton, Brixham, Devon. In the 1901 census he was aged 5, born
Penryn, Cornwall, resident with his parents, William S and Ethelrind
M. Langworthy, at The Retreat, Village, Yealmpton, Plympton St Mary,
Devon. No known grave. Commemorated on TYNE COT MEMORIAL, West-Vlaanderen,
Belgium. Panel 38 to 40.
Extract
from Du Ruvigny's Roll of Honour 1914-1918, Volume 4,
page 104:
LANGWORTHY,
WILLIAM SOUTHMEAD, Lieut., 7th (Territorial) Battn. (Cyclist.)
The Devonshire Regt., elder s. of Capt. William Southmead
Lang-worthy, of Belle Vue, Dartmouth, R.A.M.C., by his wife, Ethelind
Marion, dau. of the late Dr. Langworthy, of Salcombe, South Devon
; b. Penryn, co. Cornwall, 28 Aug. 1895 ; educ. Plymouth
College, and St. Paul's, London ; was a Mining student at Camborne,
co. Cornwall ; joined the Honourable Artillery Company on the
commencement of war ; obtained a commission in the Cyclist Battn.
The Devonshire Regt. July, 1.915 ; was promoted Lieut. Dec. 1916
; served with the Expeditionary Force in France and Flanders from
May, 1917, and was killed in action 4 Oct. following ; unm.
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LAWFORD
* |
Edward
Enfield |
Attended
CSM 1901-1904. Lieutenant, Indian Army Reserve of Officers attached
tp 20th Deccan Horse. Died 13 June 1917 in France. Aged 34. Resident
London. In the 1901 census he was aged 18, born Notting Hill, London,
Middlesex, resident with his parents, Percy and Anne Lawford, at
Woodcote, Redington Road, Hampstead, London & Middlesex. No
known grave. Commemorated on NEUVE-CHAPELLE MEMORIAL, Pas de Calais,
France. Panel 1. |
LAWSON |
Arthur
Cyril |
Attended
CSM 1914-1914. Second Lieutenant, 7th Battalion, Rifle Brigade (The
Prince Consort's Own). Died of wounds 6 July 1917 in England. Aged
20. Resident Cranleigh., Surrey. Son of Arthur E. Lawson, C.I.E.,
and Mrs. Lawson, of " Barcroft", Cranleigh, Surrey. Buried
in BROMPTON CEMETERY, London, Grave reference E.2. 174322.
Extract
from Du Ruvigny's Roll of Honour 1914-1918, Volume 4,
page 106:
LAWSON,
ARTHUR CYRIL, 2nd Lieut., The Rifle Brigade (The Prince
Consort's Own), only s. of Arthur Ernest Lawson, C.I.E.,
of Chesney, West Byfleet, co. Surrey, and of Madras, by his wife,
Lillie, dau. of R. S. Mair, M.D. ; b. Madras, India,
26 July, 1896 ; educ. Elstree ; Wellington College, and The School
of Mines, Camborne ; joined the Artists' Rifles in Sept. 1914
; obtained a commissioned in the Worcestershire Regt. in Jan.
1915 ; transferred to the Rifle. Brigade ; served with the Expeditionary
Force in France and Flanders from the beginning of Aug. 1915 ;
was wounded at Arras in March, 1916, and died at No. 4 London
General Hospital, Denmark Hill, S.E., 6 July, 1917. Buried in
Brompton Cemetery.
|
LEES |
Percy
Beresford |
Attended
CSM 1908-1911. Second Lieutenant, 3rd Battalion attached to 2nd
Battalion, Northamptonshire Regiment. Killed in action 11 March
1915 in France. Aged 24. Resident Oundle. In the 1911 census he
was aged 20, born Middlewick, Cheshire, a Mining Student, a boarder,
resident Wellington Road, Camborne, Cornwall. No known grave. Commemorated
on LE TOURET MEMORIAL, Pas de Calais, France. Panel 28 to 30. See
also Oundle and
Ashton War Memorial and also Manchester
University
Extract
from De Ruvigny's Roll of Honour 1914-1918, Volume 1,
page 223:
LEES,
PERCY BERESFORD,
2nd Lieut., End Battn. Northamptonshire Regt., s. of
Col. Charles Percy Lees, of Herne Lodge, Oundle, co. Northampton,
by his wife, Anna Madeleine, dau. of Edward Whetham Allpress;
b. Newton Hall, Middlewich, co. Chester, 12 June, 1890;
educ. Wellington College and the School of Mines, Camborne, where
he took his degree; was engaged in mining in Canada When war broke
out, and at once returned to England, applied tor a commission,
and was gazetted 2nd Lieut. 3rd Northamptons, 14 Oct. 1914; went
to France, 1 March, 1915, where he joined the 2nd Battn., and
was killed in action at the Battle of Neuve Chapelle, 12 March,
1915. Buried at Neuve Chapelle; unm.
|
MACLAVERTY |
Colin
Johnston |
Attended
CSM 1887-1900. Captain, 1st Battalion, King's Shropshire Light Infantry.
Killed in action 18 September 1916 in France. Aged 37. Baptised
30 March 1879 in Llangattock Vibon Avel, Monmouthshire, Wals, son
of Alexander and Mary Eugina Maclaverty. Resident Monmouth. Son
of the Rev. Alexander Maclaverty and Mary Eugenia Maclaverty (nee
Tombs); husband of Geraldine Antoinette Dodgson (formerly Maclaverty
nee Hewat), of The Elms, Hereford. The Rossal Svhool Register 1902
lists him as born 20 February 1879, resident Llangattock Manor,
Monmouth. Trooper, South African Constabulary, in the South African
War (1899-1902). No known grave. Commemorated on THIEPVAL MEMORIAL,
Somme, France. Pier and Face 12 A and 12 D.
Extract
from De Ruvigny's Roll of Honour 1914-1918, Volume 3,
page 183:
MACLAVERTY,
COLIN JOHNSTONE, Capt.,
1st Battn. (53rd Foot) The King's (Shropshire Light Infantry),
s. of the Rev. Alexander Maclaverty, Vicar of Llangattock,
co. Monmouth, by his wife. Mary Eugenia, dau. of the Rev. Charles
Tombs; b. Llangattock aforesaid, 20 Feb, 1879; educ.
Rossall ; served in the South African War 1899-1902 (Queen's Medal
with four clasps) ; joined the 4th Battn. The King's (Shropshire
Light Infantry) 1908, and on the abolition of the battalion transferred
as Capt. to the 3rd Battn. The Scottish Rifles, from which he
resigned in May, 1914. On the outbreak of war in 1914 he was in
Northern Nigeria, prospecting, and immediately volunteered for
service with the Nigerian troops; landed at Duala with the original
Expeditionary Force, being attached to the 1st Battn. The Nigeria
Regt.; took part in the main actions until wounded at Boga June,
1915, and was invalided to England ; rejoined the King's (Shropshire
Light Infantry) on recovery: was gazetted as Regular Capt.. in
the 1st Battn. 30 .June, l916; proceeded to France. and was killed
in action 18 Sept. 1916, on the Quadrilateral, near Leuze Wood.
Buried on the railway bank there. An officer wrote "His company
was the leading company, and it was thanks to his fine and gallant,
leading the whole attack was such a magnificent success. After
having captured the first trench he was killed, collecting his
men to go and attack the second." He m. at Hereford,
14 Oct. 1915, Geraldine Antoinette, dau. of Lieut.-Col. Henry
Roper Curzon Hewat, and had a son, Colin Arthur Morris, b. 16
Sept. 1916.
|
MADORE |
William
Douglas |
Attended
CSM 1906-1908. Captain, 254th Tunnelling Company, Royal Engineers.
Died of wounds 10 February 1917 in France. Aged 30. Resident Bethlehem,
South Africa/London. Son of Alexander Charles and Jane Madore, of
Bethlehem, Orange Free State, South Africa. In 1902 he was admitted
to Bedford Middle Class Public School, Bedford (Elstow Bedford County
School), in Russell House, 1902-1905, address given as Theatre Royal,
Durban, Natal, South Africa. Sailed from London to Durban (Port
Natal) aboard the Dover Castle (The Union-Castle Mail Steamship
Co. Ltd.) 2 November 1911. Buried in BETHUNE TOWN CEMETERY, Pas
de Calais, France. Plot III. Row K. Grave 51. See also Bedford
County School, Elstow |
MARSHALL
|
Evelyn
Safffery |
Attended
CSM 1905-1908. Captain, "D" Company, 9th Battalion, Royal
Warwickshire Regiment. Died of
wounds 6 April 1916 in Mesopotamia. Aged 29. Resident Ely.
Son of Canon Edward Thory (formerly
Vicar of Sutton) and Mrs. Lucy Charlotte Emma Marshall, of
2, Old Town, Stratford-on-Avon. Also served at Gallipoli.
Born Manea, Cambridgeshire, 28 January 1887, baptised 9 March 1887
in Manea. Joined Royal Fusiliers as despatch rider, commissioned
2nd Lieutenant, 25 January 1915, Royal Warwickshire Regiment; Captain
7 August 1915. To Gallipoli 19 June 1915. To Mesopotamia March 1916.
Unmarried. Twice Mentioned in Despatches. No known grave.
Commemorated on BASRA MEMORIAL, Iraq. Panel 9. See also
Sutton, Cambridgeshire. |
MASON |
Wilfrid
Howard |
Attended
CSM 1902-1905. Second Lieutenant, 72nd Field Company, Royal Engineers.
Killed in action 9 March 1917 in Iraq. Aged 34. Resident Ipswich.
Son of George Calver and Loetitia Maria Mason, of Ipswich; husband
of Gladys Mason, of "Choisy," Probus, Cornwall. Borh 5
April 1884 and baptised 11 May 1884 in Ipswich, St. Peter. In the
1901 census he was aged 16, born Ipswich, a Pupil, a student at
the Grammer School, 25 Henley Road, St Margarets, Ipswich. In the
1891 census he was aged 7, born Ipswich, a scholar, resident with
his parents, George and Loetitia, at Lonsdale House, Belstead Road,
St Mary Stoke, Ipswich. Buried in BAGHDAD (NORTH GATE) WAR CEMETERY,
Iraq. Plot XX. Row G. Grave 13. See also Belstead,
Suffolk. |
MILTON |
Ernest
Edward |
Attended
CSM 1906-1909. Second Lieutenant, 113th Battery, Royal Garrison
Artillery. Killed in action 23 January 1917 in France. Aged 32.
Resident London. Son of Matthew Harman Milton and Jessie Milton,
of 23, Sussex Place, Regent's Park, London. Brother of George (below).
In the 1891 census he was aged 6, born Middlesex, resident with
his parents, Mathew H and Jessie Milton, and his brother George,
in Elgin Avenue, Paddington, London & Middlesex. Attended Elstow,
Bedford County School, Bunyan House, 1896 to 1901, resident 23,
Sussex Place, Regents Park, London W. In the 1901 census he is aged
16, resident Bedford County School, Ampthill Road Kempston, born
1885 in London. Buried in COURCELLES-AU-BOIS COMMUNAL CEMETERY EXTENSION,
Somme, France. Row E. Grave 5. See also Bedford
County School, Elstow |
MILTON |
George
Herbert |
Attended
CSM 1907-1909. Second Lieutenant, 21st Battery, 2nd Brigade, Royal
Field Artillery. Killed in action 25 October 1916 in France. Aged
29. Resident London. Son of Matthew H. and Jessie Milton, of 90,
Clifton Hill, St. John's Wood, London. Brother of Ernest (above).
In the 1891 census he was aged 4, born Middlesex, resident with
his parents, Mathew H and Jessie Milton, and his brother Ernet,
in Elgin Avenue, Paddington, London & Middlesex. Attended Elstow,
Bedford County School, Bunyan House, 1896 to 1903, resident 23,
Sussex Place, Regents Park, London W. In the 1901 In the 1901 census
he is aged 14, resident Bedford County School, Ampthill Road Kempston,
born 1887 in London. Buried in BECOURT MILITARY CEMETERY, BECORDEL-BECOURT,
Somme, France. Plot I. Row Y. Grave 21. See also Bedford
County School, Elstow |
MORGAN |
Percy
David |
Attended
CSM 1904-1907. Private 12067, 3rd Regiment, South African Infantry.
Died 24 September 1917. Aged 33. Son of John Edgar and Lucy Elizabeth
Morgan, of Brunswick House, Admirals Hard, Stonehouse, Plymouth.
Born Gunnislake, Tavistock. Previously served in German East Africa.
His father was a teacher. In the 1891 census he was aged 6, born
Calstock, Cornwall, a scholar, son of John Edgar (schoolmaster)
and Lucy Elizabeth Morgan, resident 16 Chapel Street, Calstock,
Cornwall. In the 1901 census he was aged 16, born Calstock, Cornwall,
an Apprentice Iron Foundry, son of John Edgar (schoolmaster) and
Lucy Elizabeth Morgan, resident Chapel Street, Gunnislake, Calstock,
Cornwall. Buried in MENDINGHEM MILITARY CEMETERY, West-Vlaanderen,
Belgium. Plot VII. Row D. Grave 15. |
MORTON |
Bertram |
Attended
CSM 1900-1903. Bimbashi (Major), Egyptian Army. Died 2 February
1917 in Egypt. Aged 40. Resident Halstead, Essex. Son of Robert
Rutherford Morton and Jessie Mary Morton, of Halstead, Essex. In
the 1881 census he was aged 4, born Halstead, Essex, resident with
his parents, Robert R and Jessie M Morton, at Stor Stile, Halstead,
Essex. In the 1901 census he was aged 24, born Halstead, Essex,
resident with his parents, Robert R and Jessie M Morton, at Stor
Stile, Halstead Rural, Halstead, Essex. Buried at CAIRO WAR MEMORIAL
CEMETERY, Egypt. Section H. Grave 71. |
MORTON |
William
Thomas |
Attended
CSM 1913-1916. Lance Serjeant S/14861, 8th Battalion, Seaforth Highlanders
(Ross-shire Buffs, the Duke of Albany's). Killed in action 22 August
1917 in Belgium. Aged 21. Born Brazil, South America. Enlisted Camborne,
Cornwall. Resident St Austell. Son of Annie Morton, of Poltair,
St. Austell, Cornwall, and the late Thomas Richard Morton. No known
grave. Commemorated on TYNE COT MEMORIAL, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium.
Panel 132 to 135 and 162A. |
NEWTON |
Charles
Hercules Augustus Francis |
[Listed
as Charles Herbert Francis Augustus on CWGC and British Army Service
Records] Attended CSM 1910-1912. Lieutenant, 10th Battalion, King’s
Royal Rifle Corps. Killed in action 13 March 1916 in Belgium. Aged
26. Resident London. Son of Francis James and Henrietta Strachey
Newton, of Crown House, Aldwych, London. Buried in ESSEX FARM CEMETERY,
West-Vlaanderen, Belgium. Plot II. Row D. Grave 15. Also commemorated
on Hillingdon War Memorial, Middlesex. |
O'BEIRNE |
John
Ingram Mullanniffe |
Attended
CSM 1911-1914. Second Lieutenant, 25th Squadron, Royal Flying
Corps and Royal Warwickshire Regiment. Killed in action 3 April
1917 in France. Aged 24. Baptised 24 May 1893 in Monks Kirby,
Warwickshire, resident Street, Aston House. Resident Banbury.
Son of Maj. Arthur Mullaniffe O'Beirne and Gertrude Sophia Mary
O'Beirne, of Astrop Grange, Banbury, Oxon. No known grave. Commemorated
on ARRAS FLYING SERVICES MEMORIAL, Pas de Calais, France.
Extract
from National Probate Calendar (Index of Wills and Administrations),
1921:
O'BEIRNE
John Ingram Mullaniff of Astrop Grange Banbury Oxfordshire
lieutenant R.A.F. died 3 April 1917 in France Administration London
9 February to Arthur Mullaniff O'Beirne major H.M. Army. Effects
£5563 10s. 4d.
Extract
from De Ruvigny's Roll of Honour 1914-1918, Volume 4,
page 146:
O'BEIRNE,
JOHN INGRAM MULLANIFFE, Lieut.,
3rd (Reserve) Battn. The Royal Warwickshire Regt., yr. s.
of Major Arthur Mullaniffe O'Beirne, Royal Warwickshire Regt.,
of Astrop Grange, near Banbury; and Augherea, co. Longford, Recruiting
Officer at Budbrooke Barracks, Warwick, by his wife, Gertrude,
dau. of James C. Harter ; and brother to Lieut. A. J. L. O'Beirne
(q.v.) ; b. Leamington, co. Warwick, 24 April, 1893 ;
educ. Summerfields, Oxford ; Radley College, and the School of
Mining, Camborne, co. Cornwall ; obtained a commission in the
Reserve Battn. The Royal Warwickshire Regt. 25 Aug. 1914 ; underwent
training at Lyndhurst ; served with the Expeditionary Force in
France and Flanders, being attached to the 2nd Battn. ; took part
in the First Battle of Ypres ; was invalided home in Nov., suffering
from poisoning, contracted through drinking polluted water ; on
his recovery entered the Royal Military College, Sandhurst ; was
again gazetted to the Royal Warwickshire Regt. 19 Oct. 1915 ;
transferred to the Royal Flying Corps in Feb. 1916 ; returned
to France in May, 1916, as an Observer ; was sent to England on
sick leave in Aug. 1916, but returned to France in Dec., and was
killed 3 April, 1917, while with the 25th Squadron on a photographic
expedition over Vimy Ridge. A brother officer wrote : "As
an observer he was in my opinion second to none, and I would have
gone anywhere with him. He was the finest fellow I have ever known,
and I wish we had more like him. He was always one of the most
cheerful in the squadron, and we all feel his loss most fearfully.
I don't think there was anyone more popular than he was."
Unm.
|
PARGETER |
Reginald
Arthur Amherst |
Attended
CSM 1910-1911. Second Lieutenant, 3rd Battalion attached to 1st
Battalion, Suffolk Regiment. Killed in action 8 May 1915 in Belgium.
Aged 22. Resident Hounslow. Son of Mr. E. T. Pargeter, of Reculver
Hatch. Herne Bay, Kent. Native of Aldeburgh, Suffolk. In the 1911
census he was aged 17, a Mining Student, born Hampstead, London,
visiting his friend, Clive E Pargeter, at Bassel Road Camborne,
Cornwall. No known grave. Commemorated on YPRES (MENIN GATE) MEMORIAL,
West-Vlaanderen, Belgium. Panel 21. See also Aldeburgh,
Suffolk. |
PASCOE |
William
Robert |
Attended
CSM 1912-1915. Corporal 106329, 2nd Battalion Special Brigade, Royal
Engineers. Killed in action 21 April 1916 in France. Aged 24. Born
and resident St Austell. Enlisted London. Baptised 4 May 1892 at
Bodmin, Cornwall. Son of Tom and Eliza Pascoe, of Cleaves, Stenalees,
St. Austell, Cornwall. In the 1901 census he was aged 9, born St.
Austell, Cornwall, at school, resident with his parents, Tom and
Eliza Pascoe, at Cheynouth, St. Austell Rural, St Austell, Cornwall.
In the 1911 census he was aged 19, born St Austell, Cornwall, a
Stoker, esident with his parents, Tom and Eliza Pascoe, at Stenalees,
St. Austell Rural, Cornwall. Buried in CERISY-GAILLY MILITARY CEMETERY,
Somme, France. Plot II. Row G. Grave 4. |
PAYNTER |
John |
Attended
CSM 1905-1907. Second Lieutenant, 174th Tunnelling Company, Royal
Engineers. Killed in action 8 October 1915 in France. Aged 30. Resident
St Ives. Son of the late Capt. and Mrs. Paynter of Shun Lee, St.
Ives, Cornwall. He gave up his position as Mining Engineer in South
Africa to come home and volunteer. In the 1891 census he was aged
6, born St. Ives, Cornwall, son of William John (Retired Master
Mariner) and Elizabeth Tankin Paynter, resident Skeen Lee House,
Trelyon, St Ives, Cornwall. In the 1901 census he was aged 16, born
St. Ives, Cornwall, son of William J (Retired Master Mariner) and
Elizabeth S Paynter, resident Porthminster Hill, St Ives, Cornwall.
Buried in POINT 110 OLD MILITARY CEMETERY, FRICOURT, Somme, France.
Plot/Row/Section G. Grave 3. See also St.
Ives, Cornwall |
PEARCE,
MC |
Henry
Goold |
Attended
CSM 1905-1906. Captain, 171st Company, Royal Engineers. Killed in
action 15 July 1917 in Belgium. Aged 31. Resident Brighton. Son
of Henry and Margaret Pearce; husband of Ina Pearce, of 77A, Nightingale
Lane, Balham, London. Born Hurstpierpoint, Sussex. Awarded the Military
Cross (M.C.) and Mentioned in Despatches. In the 1891 census he
was aged 4, born Sussex, resident with his parents, Henry and Margaret
M Pearce, at Halton, Hurstpierpoint, Cuckfield, Sussex. Buried in
POPERINGHE NEW MILITARY CEMETERY, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium. Plot
II. Row B. Grave 44. See also Hove,
Sussex |
PENNEY |
Ian
Campbell |
Attended
CSM 1902-1905. Captain, 13th Battalion, Royal Scots (Lothian Regiment).
Killed in action 26 September 1915 in France. Aged 30. Resident
Perth, Scotland. Son of the late William and Jemima A. Penney. No
known grave. Commemorated on LOOS MEMORIAL, Pas de Calais, France.
Panel 10 to 13. |
PHILLIPS |
John
Harold Montague |
Attended
CSM 1913-1914. Second Lieutenant, 4th (London) Field Company, Royal
Engineers. Died of wounds 23 January 1916 in France. Aged 20. Resident
Culham, Oxfordshire. In the 1901 census he was aged 5, born Hammersmith,
Middlesex, resident with his parents, John H S and Charlotte M Phillips,
at 33, Bridge Avenue, Hammersmith, Fulham, London & Middlesex.
In the 1911 census he was aged 15, born Hammersmith, London, at
school, resident with his parents, John Henley Shawe Phillips and
Charlotte Marie Phillips, at The River House, St Peters Road, St
Margarets, Isleworth, Middlesex. Formerly 2824, Honourable Artillery
Company. Buried in BETHUNE TOWN CEMETERY, Pas de Calais, France.
Plot II. Row M. Grave 8. |
PICOT |
Philip
Simons |
Attended
CSM 1910-1913. Captain, 14th Battalion, Sherwood Foresters (Nottinghamshire
and Derbyshire Regiment). Killed in action 11 July 1915 in Gallipoli.
Aged 26. Resident Southsea. In the 1901 census he was aged 1,
born London, Middlesex, resident with his parents, Francis Slater
Picot and Ada Melvill Picot, at The Hawthorns, Langley Road, Langley
Burrell, Chippenham, Wiltshire. In the 1911 census he was aged
21, born London, a Mining Student, resident at the C S M Club,
Camborne, Cornwall. Buried in TWELVE TREE COPSE CEMETERY, Turkey
(including Gallipoli). Grave lost. Special Memorial Row C. Grave
149. See also Singapore
Cenotaph
Extract
from The Straits Times, 23 June 1919, Page 2:
The
Roll of Honour.
SETTLEMENT OF PENANG AND KEDAH STATE
Official List
The details given are name in full, last residence, occupation,
rank at death, regiment, and date of death:-
Penang
Picot, Philip Simons, Eastern Smelting, Metallurgical Chemist,
Captain, 14th Sherwood F.
|
PLAYFORD |
Patrick
Randal |
Attended
CSM 1909-1912. Lieutenant, "A" Battery, 1st (West Lancs)
Brigade, Royal Field Artillery. Killed in action 1 July 1917 in
France. Aged 25. Resident Bognor. Eldest son of Randal and Agnes
Randal Playford, of 4, Marine Parade, Bognor, Sussex. In the 1901
census he was aged 9, born South Kensington, London, Middlesex,
staying with his aunt at Wyndhurst, Station Road, Egham, Windsor,
Surrey and also resident with his parents, Randal and Agnes M S
B Playford, Marlborough Mansions, Flat, 9, Hampstead, London &
Middlesex. In the 1911 census he was aged 19, a boarder, born London,
a Mining Student, boarding at Tehidy Road, Camborne, Cornwall. Buried
in VLAMERTINGHE NEW MILITARY CEMETERY, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium.
Plot IV. Row A. Grave 9. |
PRICHARD |
Richard
Gerald Mauncell |
Attended
CSM 1898-1901. Major, Glamorgan Yeomanry attached to 38th King George's
Own Central India Horse. Died of wounds 7 June 1918 in Palestine.
Aged 42. Baptised 22 March 1876 in Margam, Glamorganshire. Resident
Bridgend. Son of Richard Knight Prichard and Bridget Prichard, of
Bryn Tirion, Bridgend, Glam., husband of Evelyne Bertha Prichard,
of Braemount, Drake's Avenue, Exmouth. Served in the South African
War (Mentioned in Despatches), attested at Cardiff 15 Februay 1900,
aged 23 years 11 months, Sergeant 9884, 4th Company, Imperial Yeomanry,
a Mining Engineer, heoght 5 feet 8¼ inches, weight 148lbs,
chest 34 inches, fresh complexion, blue eyes, red hair, religious
denomination Church of England. In 1891 he was a Schiolar, aged
15, born Glamorganshire, boarding at Green Hill, Sherborne, Dorset.
Buried in JERUSALEM WAR CEMETERY, Palestine (including Gaza). Section
P. Grave 58. |
PRYOR |
Joseph
Stoneman |
Attended
CSM 1894-1897. Second Lieutenant, 228th Field Company, Royal Engineers.
Killed in action 25 March 1918 in France. Aged 38. Resident Saltash.
Son of Joseph Pryor, of Westbourne, Saltash, Cornwall. In the 1881
census he was newly born in Redruth, Cornwall, resident with his
parents, Joseph and Catherine Pryor, at 3, Mt Ambrose Terrace, Redruth,
Cornwall. No known grave. Commemorated on POZIERES MEMORIAL, Somme,
France. Panel 10 to 13. See also Saltash
St Nicholas and St Faith, Cornwall
and also Saltash St John |
RICHARDS |
Norman
Frederick Kynaston |
Attended
CSM 1895-1898 est. Second Lieutenant, 12th Battalion, Gloucestershire
Regiment. Killed in action 24 July 1916 in France. Aged 39. Resident
Chile & Mary Tavy. In the 1891 census he was aged 14, born Chile,
Coquembo Province registered as a British Citizen, a Scholar, resident
with his parents, Thomas and Jane Richards, at Endsleigh Terrace,
Tavistock, Devon. In the 1911 census he was aged 34, born Chile,
a Clerk Sugar Broker, resident with his parents, Thomas and Jane
Richards, at The Denny, Portishead, Somerset & Gloucestershire.
No known grave. Commemorated on THIEPVAL MEMORIAL, Somme, France.
Pier and Face 5 A and 5 B. |
RICKARD
* |
Henry
Cecil |
Attended
CSM 1913-1916. Corporal S/14862, 1st/5th Battalion, Seaforth Highlanders
(Ross-shire Buffs, the Duke of Albany's). Died of wounds 28 August
1918 in France. Aged 21. Born Briouxe, France. Resident Newquay.
Enlisted Newquay, Cornwall. Son of J. Henry and Annie Rickard, of
Newquay, Cornwall. Buried at LIGNY-ST. FLOCHEL BRITISH CEMETERY,
AVERDOINGT, Pas de Calais, France. Plot II. Row C. Grave 15.
Extract
from De Ruvigny's Roll of Honour 1914-1918, Volume 4,
page 168:
RICKARD,
HENRY CECIL, Corpl.,
No 14862 1/5th (Territorial) Battu. Seaforth Highlanders (Ross-shire
Buffs, The Duke of Albany's), yst. s. of John Henry Rickard,
of 3, Colchester Villas, Newquay, co. Cornwall, Mining Engineer,
by his wife, Mary Annie, dau. of James Mitchell ; b.
Brionde, Haute Loire, France, 9 June, 1897 ; educ. Truro College,
and the Metalliferous Mining School, Cornwall (where he obtained
a first-class certificate) ; enlisted in the 3rd Battn. The Seaforth
Highlanders 5 July, 1916 ; was subsequently appointed Gas Instructor
at Cromarty, N.B. ; served with the Expeditionary Force in France
and Flanders from April, 1918, being transferred to the 5th Battn.
; was gassed on the 27th of the following month, and sent to Le
Tréport Hospital ; on recovery rejoined his regiment on
8 Aug., and died at No. 7 Casualty Clearing Station on the 26th
of the same month, of shell-gas poisoning, received while holding
the line near Arras on the previous day. His Commanding Officer
wrote : "I can't express my sorrow at the death of your son,
one of the best N.C.O.'s of my company." Unm.
|
ROACH,
MC * |
Matthew |
Attended
CSM ?. Captain, 255th Tunnelling Company, Royal Engineers. Killed
in action 2 July 1916 in France. Aged 28. Resident Penzance. In
the 1901 census he was aged 13, born Towednack, Cornwall, at school,
resident with his parents, William and Ann, at Crofthooper, Ludgvan,
Penzance, Cornwall. Awarded the Military Cross (M.C.). No known
grave. Commemorated on ARRAS MEMORIAL, Pas de Calais, France. Bay
1. See also Paul, Cornwall |
ROBERTS |
George
Jewell |
Attended
CSM 1906-1909. Second Lieutenant, 250th Company, Royal Engineers.
Died of wounds 17 June 1916 in France. Aged 27. Resident Perranporth.
Baptised 28 October 1888 in Perranzabuloe, Cornwall. Son of James
and Emily Jane Roberts, of Perran House, Perranporth, Cornwall.
In the 1901 census he was a Pupil, aged 12, born Perranporth, Cornwall,
attending Truro College, St Clement Urban, Truro, Cornwall. In the
1911 census he was a boarder, aged 22, a Tin Mining Engineer, born
Perranporth R.S.D., Cornwall, boarding at Trelowarren Street, Camborne,
Cornwall. Buried in BAILLEUL COMMUNAL CEMETERY EXTENSION, NORD,
Nord, France. Plot II. Row E. Grave 207. |
SEPPINGS-WRIGHT
* |
Frank
Thomas |
Attended
CSM 1902-1905. Lieutenant, 113th Indian Infantry attached to 6th
Jat Light Infantry, Indian Army. Died 21 July 1915 in France. Aged
30. Resident London. Son of H.C. and Mrs. Marie Sepping-Wright,
of 1, Cecil Court, Holly Wood Road, South Kensington, London S.E.
Buried at MERVILLE COMMUNAL CEMETERY, Nord, France. Plot V. Row
A. Grave 26. |
SIMPSON |
George |
Attended
CSM 1901-1904. Lieutenant, 18th Battalion, Durham Light Infantry.
Killed in action 4 July 1916 in France. Aged 31. Resident Devizes.
Son of George and Emily Simpson, of Quorndon, Forest Row, Sussex.
Native of Devizes. Buried in EUSTON ROAD CEMETERY, COLINCAMPS, Somme,
France. Plot I. Row B. Grave 59. |
STABLES |
Robert
Cecil |
Attended
CSM 1909-1912. Lieutenant, Indian Army Reserve of Officers attached
to 3rd Sappers and Miners. Died on active service (probably killed
in action) 13 May 1917 in Mesopotamia. Aged 25. Resident Barrow-in-Furness.
Son of Matthew and Mary Anne Stables, of Newbarns House, Barrow-in-Furness.
Born 18 March 1892. Admitted to Barrow Grammar School For Boys 26
August 1902, left 23 July 1909. In the 1901 census he was aged 9,
born Barrow, Lancashire, resident with his parents, Matthew and
Mary Anne Stables, at 19, Cheltenham Street, Barrow, Barrow in Furness,
Lancashire. In the 1911 census he was aged 19, born Barrow in Furness,
Lancashire, a Mining Student, resident at 16 Tehidy Road., Camborne,
Cornwall. No known grave. Commemorated on BASRA MEMORIAL, Iraq.
Panel 43 and 65. |
STOCKER |
Thomas
Fuller |
Attended
CSM 1912-1914. Second Lieutenant, 171st Company, Royal Engineers.
Died 19 May 1915 in Belgium. Aged 20. Resident St Austell. Son of
Maj. Edward Gaved Stocker (R.A.M.C., T.F.) and Ethel Fuller Stocker,
of Calartha, St. Austell, Cornwall. Buried in VLAMERTINGHE MILITARY
CEMETERY, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium. Plot I. Row D. Grave 8.
Extract
from Bond of Sacrifice: Officers Died in the Great War 1914-1915,
volume 2, page 452:
2nd
LIEUTENANT (temp.) THOMAS FULLER STOCKER, 171st (MINING) COMPANY,
ROYAL ENGINEERS, born at Weedon, Northamptonshire, on
the 12th March, 1895, was the elder son of Surgeon-Major Edward
(laved Stocker, Royal (Wessex) Engineers, T.F., on active service
as Medical Officer in charge 27th Divisional R.E., British Expeditionary
Force, and Ethel Fuller Stocker, of Cam Brea, Cornwall.
He was educated at Blundell's School, Tiverton, Devon, where he
was a member of the O.T.C., matriculated at London and Bristol
Universities, and passed through the Cornwall School of Mines
; at the latter he obtained several first class certificates,
and two bronze medals, twice being first in all England for Surveying.
When the War broke out he was on the staff of the West of England
China Clay Co. He was Assistant Scout Master of the St. Austell
Troop of Boy Scouts, and was fond of golf and motoring.
On the outbreak of war he enlisted as a sapper in the Wessex Field
Company, R.E., his father's corps, and in six weeks was promoted
Lance-Corporal, and was gazetted temporary 2nd Lieutenant in the
R.E. in April, 1915.
He was shot through the heart on the 19th May, 1915, in the trenches
near Ypres, by a German sniper, and was buried at Vlamertinghe
in the British Officers' annexe.
In writing to Surgeon-Major Stocker, Captain E. W. Wellesley,
R.E., says : "I was most grieved to hear this evening of
your son's death in the trenches. He was so full of interest and
enjoyment in his work, and I could not have wished for a better
Subaltern. He was always ready to do everything to help me ho
could, and was, I know, most popular with the men under him."
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SWEET |
Frederick
Gordon |
Attended
CSM 1902-1905. Lieutenant, 3rd Battalion attached to 1st/4th Battalion,
Essex Regiment. Killed in action 26 March 1917 in Palestine. Aged
32. Born 1 May 1885, baptised 26 July 1885 in Torquat, St John,
son of Frederick Joseph and Emma Sweet. Resident St Austell. Son
of Mrs. Emma Sweet, of 10, Talbot Rd., Cliftonville, Margate. Buried
in GAZA WAR CEMETERY, Israel and Palestine (including Gaza). Plot
II. Row E. Grave 5. |
THOMAS
* |
Frank
Hender |
Attended
CSM 1903-1905. Lieutenant, 175th Company, Royal Engineers. Killed
in action 1 October 1915 in Belgium. Aged 31. Resident St Just.
Son of Richard and Wilmot Thomas, of St. Just, Cornwall. In the
1891 census he was aged 6, born Cornwall, a scholar, resident with
his parents, Richard and Wilmot Thomas, in Market Place, St Just,
Penzance, Cornwall. In the 1901 census he was aged 16, born St.
Just, Cornwall, a Tin & Copper Miner, resident with his parents,
Richard and Wilmot Thomas, at 18, Market Place, St Just, St Just
in Penwith, Penzance, Cornwall. Buried in LARCH WOOD (RAILWAY CUTTING)
CEMETERY, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium. Plot I. Ro F. Grave 8. See also
St. Just in Penwith, Cornwall |
TORIN |
Richard
Maynard |
[Transcribed
as Richard Gerald Mauncell] Attended CSM 1900-1903. Lieutenant,
Royal Engineers. Killed in action 24 April 1915 in France. Aged
35. Born 21 September 1879 and baptised 16 October 1879 in Lucknow,
All Saints, Bengal (India), son of Ernest Richard Hope and Dora
Torin. Resident Shrewsbury. Son of Mrs. Dora Torin, of Wellington
Hotel, Wellington College, Berks, and the late Lt. Col. E. R. H.
Torin (13th Hussars). In the 1891 census he was aged 11, born India,
a scholar, resident with his parents, Earnest (sic) R H and Dora
Torin, in Durham Road, Duddingston, Midlothian, Scotland; he is
also listed as aged 11, born India, a boarder, a Pupil, resident
Aysgarth School, Newton Le Willows, Leyburn, Yorkshire & Yorkshire
(North Riding). Buried in GUARDS CEMETERY, WINDY CORNER, CUINCHY,
Pas de Calais, France. Plot I. Row G. Grave 20. |
TREVARTHEN
* |
Fred |
Attended
CSM 1915-1917. Private 20228, 1st Battalion, Dorsetshire Regiment.
Killed in action 28 August 1918 in France. Aged 20. Born and resident
Illoga, Cornwall. Enlisted Redruth, Cornwall. Formerly 357151, Hampshire
Regiment. In the 1901 census he was aged 2, son of Frederick and
Carrie Trevarthen, resident Voguebloth, Illogan, Redruth, Cornwall.
In the 1911 census he was aged 12, at school, son of Frederick and
Annie Trevarthen, resident Whote Field Illogan, Illogan, Cornwall.
Buried in ASSEVILLERS NEW BRITISH CEMETERY, Somme, France. Plot
II. Row B. Grave 2. See also Illogan, Cornwall |
TURNER,
MM |
William
Roland |
Attended
CSM 1913-1914. Lieutenant, 254th Tunnelling Company, Royal Engineers.
Died of wounds 10 November 1917 in Belgium. Aged 29. Resident London.
Son of Mr. and Mrs. Michael John Turner, 92, Bethune Rd., Stoke
Newington, London. Awarded the Military Medal (M.M.). Birth registered
in the April to June Quarter 1888 in the Shoreditch Registration
District, London. Buried in LIJSSENTHOEK MILITARY CEMETERY, West-Vlaanderen,
Belgium. Plot XXVII. Row A. Grave 1. |
TYSER |
George
Beaumont |
Attended
CSM 1896-1899. Major, 7th Battalion, East Lancashire Regiment. Died
5 July 1916 in France. Aged 39. Resident Mortimer, Berkshire. Youngest
son of George Walter and Annie Tyser, of Oakfield, Mortimer, Reading.
In the 1891 census he was aged 13, a scholar, resident with his
parents, George W and Annie Tyser, in Bere Court Mansion, The Marsh,
Pangbourne, Bradfield, Berkshire. In the 1911 census he was aged
33, born Reigate, Surrey, a Stock Broker's Clerk, married to Lucy
Norah Tyser, resident 64, St Mary's Mansions, St Mary's Terrace,
Paddington W., London & Middlesex. Buried in BAPAUME POST MILITARY
CEMETERY, ALBERT, Somme, France. Plot I. Row B. Grave 7. See also
London Stock Exchange
Extract
from the Stock Exchange Memorial Book:
MAJOR
GEORGE BEAUMONT TYSER,
East Lancashire Regiment, was born in 1876, and educated at Harrow
and Camborne Mining College.
He served in the South African War for two years, acting as Lance
Bearer to Lord Methuen. On returning home he went on the Stock
Exchange and became a member in 1911, joining the firm of Robinson
and Glyn.
On the outbreak of war he was given a commission in the 7th East
Lancashire Regiment, and was promoted to Captain soon afterwards.
He went to France in July 1915 and later was given his Majority.
He was killed at the head of his men in the attack on La Boiselle
on 5 July 1916.
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VAUGHAN
LEWES |
Martyn
Tulloch |
Attended
CSM 1911-1912. Lieutenant, Royal Flying Corps and and 3rd Battalion,
Welsh Regiment. Died of wounds 11 July 1916 in France. Aged 21.
Resident London. Son of the late Capt. Price Vaughan Lewes, R.N.,
C.B., D.S.O. and Mrs. Vaughan Lewes, of Glenroy, West Lulworth.
Buried at BAILLEUL COMMUNAL CEMETERY EXTENSION, NORD, Nord, France.
Plot II. Row F. Grave 57.
Extract
from England & Wales, National Probate Calendar (Index
of Wills and Administrations), 1917:
LEWES
Martyn Tullock Vaughan of Glenroy Cottage West Lulworth Wareham
Dorsetshire lieutenant H.M. Army died 22 July
1918 in France Administratin London 4 June to
Anne Josephine Lewes widow. Effects £6774 6s. 3d.
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WALKER |
Percival
George |
Attended
CSM 1907-1911. Sergeant 4366, 2nd Australian Pioneers, Australian
Expeditionary Force. Died of illness in Plymouth 3 November 1918
in England. Aged 28. Resident Plymouth/Camborne/Kalgoorlie. Son
of George Thomas and Ada Mary Walker, of 5, Hill Crest, Mannamead,
Plymouth. Mining Engineer by trade. In the 1911 census he was aged
21, born Aruba Island, Dutch West Indies, British subject due to
parentage, a Student at the School of Mines, Camborne, resident
Trelawney Road, Camborne. Emigrated aged 22. Australian Roll of
Honour states: "Was twice wounded, twice gassed, gell in a
shell hole and dislocated his knee, was an expert on poisonous gas,
attended school in France for three months for the study of the
subject." He was aprt of 28 Infantry Battalion - 9 to 18 Reinforcements
(February-December 1916) who emabrked at Fremanlt aboard H.M.A.T.
Schropshire A9 31 March 1916. Buried in PLYMOUTH (EFFORD) CEMETERY
Devon. Grave reference Church C. 7541. See Australian
Roll of Honour |
WELMAN |
Henry
Bolton |
Attended
CSM 1910-1913. Lieutenant, H.M.S. "Victory", Royal Marine
Light Infantry. Killed in action 13 November 1916 in France. Aged
23. Resident Grampound, Cornwall, Naval records states born at
8 St Andrews Square, Surbiton. Son of Henry Acton Welman and Mary
Laetitia Welman, of Trewarthenick, Grampound Road, Cornwall, later
of 5, Winchester Rd., Oxford. In the 1911 census he was a boarder,
aged 17, a Mining Student, born Surbiton, Surrey, boarding at
Fore Street, Camborne. Born 20 May 1893, attended Bedford Grammar
School in 1904. Served in Malta and Mudros. Embarked Mudros 7
May 1916, disemabarked Marseilles 12 May 1916 from H.M.T. Briton.
Buried in MAILLY WOOD CEMETERY, MAILLY-MAILLET, Somme, France.
Plot I. Row B. Grave 28.
See
Australian War memorial for photograph
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WHITEHEAD,
MC, MSM |
Percy
Neil |
[Listed
as Lieutenant on CSM] Captain, 174th Tunnelling Company, Royal Engineers.
Killed in action 21 March 1918 in France. Aged 29. Born 16 December
1888, baptised 9 June 1889 in Collaton St Mary, Devon, son of Percy
and Elizabeth Reid Whitehead. Resident Paignton. Son of Mrs. Whitehead,
of Orchardleigh, Paignton, Devon, and the late Percy Whitehead;
brother of Hugh (both died on the same day). Educated Charterhouse
and Camborne School of Mines (1910-1913). Also served in German
South West Africa. Awared the Military Cross (M.C.) and Meritorious
Service Medal (M.S.M.). In the 1891 he was aged 2, born Essex, resident
with his mother, Elizabeth R Whitehead, at Barton Pines, Oakleigh
Terrace, Paignton, Totnes, Devon. No known grave. Commemorated at
ARRAS MEMORIAL, Pas de Calais, France. Bay 1. See also Charterhouse
School, Godalming, Surrey
Extract
from National Probate Calendar (Index of Wills and Administrations),
1918:
WHITEHEAD
Percy Neil of South Mount Paignton Devonshire
captain R.E. M.C. died 21 March 1918 in France Administration
London 26 September to Elizabeth Reid Whitehead
widow. Effects £1073 18s. 8d.
Extract
from Evening Mail - Monday 21 August 1916, page 6:
Temp.
Lt. (temp Capt.) PERCY NEIL WHITEHEAD. R.E.
For conspicuous gallantry. When a party of out troops
had lost their direction during an attack, he immediately went
out and led them to the correct line. At the enemy's parapet
he was wopunded in two places at a point blank range, but was
rescued. His gallant act saved a serious situation
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WHITWORTH |
Herbert
Clifford |
Attended
CSM 1911-1913. Captain, 7th Battalion, Prince Albert's (Somerset
Light Infantry). Killed in action 26 March 1918 in France. Aged
24. Resident Truro. In the 1901 census he was aged 6, born Truro,
Cornwall, son of Richard and Jane Whitworth, resident Robartes Terrace,
Kenwyn Urban, Truro, Cornwall. In the 1911 census he was aged 17,
born Truro, Cornwall, at school living with his uncle in Bassel
Road, Camborne, Cornwall. No known grave. Commemorated on POZIERES
MEMORIAL, Somme, France. Panel 25 and 26. |
WILSON |
Arthur
James |
Attended
CSM 1906-1910. Private 8074, 12th Battalion, Royal Fusiliers (City
Of London Regiment). Killed in action 31 July 1917 in France. Aged
29. Jesmond, Northumberland. Resident Newcastle. Enlisted Truro.
Son of Henry Bainbridge Wilson and Emily Wilson, of 7, Osborne Villas,
Newcastle-on-Tyne. In the 1891 census he was aged 4, born Northumberland,
son of Henry Bainbridge and Emily Jane Wilson, resident Osborne
Villas, Osborne Avenue, Jesmond, Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland.
In the 1901 census he was aged 14, born Newcastle on Tyne, resident
with his brother and sister at Osborne Villas, 7, Newcastle on Tyne,
Jesmond, Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland. In the 1911 census
he was aged 24, born Newcastle-on-Tyne, a Mining Engineer, boarding
at Newbiggin by the Sea, Northumberland. No known grave. Commemorated
on YPRES (MENIN GATE) MEMORIAL, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium. Panel
6 and 8. |
And also from the Boer War 1899-1902 |
DOBLE
* |
George
Charles Robert |
Attended
CSM before 1900. Stretcher Bearer, Natal Volunteer Ambulance Corp.
Killed 20 January 1900 at Venter's Spruit, Spion Kop. Aged 22. Resident
Durban. Enlisted 9 December 1899. |
FAWCUS
* |
Crighton
William Mabey |
Attended
CSM before 1900. Trooper 3111, Thorneycroft’s Mounted Infantry.
Killed 24 January 1900 at Spion Kop. Aged 34. Resident Falmouth.
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HUNT |
Francis
John Teasdale |
Attended
CSM before 1899. Trooper 54, Imperial Light Horse. Killed in action
21 October 1899 at Elandslaagte. Aged 28. Resident Conway. Index
to Death Duty Registers gives his place of residence as Wakefield.
Buried in Battlesridge, Elandslaagte. |
LITKIE |
Edgar
Charles |
Attended
CSM before 1900. Corporal 6081, Thorneycroft’s Mounted Infantry.
Killed 24 January 1900 at Spion Kop. Aged 23. Resident Park Lane,
London. Attended Rugby School. |
TARBUTT
* |
Charles
Arthur Percy |
Attended
CSM before 1900. Lieutenant, South African Light Horse. Died of
typhoid fever 13 February 1900 at Pretoria. Aged 27. Resident
Bulawayo. Son of Percy Tarbutt, of the Consolidated Gold Fields
of South Africa.
Extract
from The Last Post - Roll of Officers who fell in South Africa
1899-1902 by Mildred G Dooner, published by Naval and Military
Press:
Tarbutt.
- Lieut. Charles A. Percy Tarbutt, South African Light Horse,
died of typhoid fever at Pretoria, Feb. 13th, 1900. He was the
eldest son of Percy Tarbutt, Esq., of the Consolidated Gold Fields
of South Africa. Lieut. Tarbutt was twenty-six years of age, and
was educated at University College School (where he was in the
football XV.), and at the Bedford Grammar School. When Lieut.
Tarbutt landed in South Africa he was given a commission as lieut.
in the South African Light Horse. After the battle of Colenso
he was reported missing, but it was subsequently discovered that
he had been wounded and captured. (15 December 1899)
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