A List of the Men by Surname G-I

Franklin Macaulay Gillespie 1872 - 1915;

Born at Colchester, Essex, on the 19th of August 1872.I have not found Franklin in the 1881 census.

Educated at Dover College, Dover, Kent, unknown dates.

Educated at the Royal Military College Sandhurst, Berkshire, unknown date.

Lodger at Stone House, Richmond, Surrey, in the 1891 census. Franklin aged 18, is a Gentleman Cadet at the Royal Military College, Sandhurst.

Commissioned as a 2nd Lieutenant, South Wales Borderers, on the 25th of July 1891. Published in the London Gazette, Issue 26186, Page 3943.

Promoted to Lieutenant, on the 22nd of February 1893.

Posted to West Africa, unknown date.

Posted on Special Extra Regimental Duty, with the Royal Niger Constabulary, on the 14th of November 1896, until the 5th of April 1897.

In 1886, when the Royal Niger Company was granted a charter by the British government, it became necessary to extend protection to British trading interests in the north. The Royal Niger Constabulary was thus formed as the second indigenous military force with the assignment of protecting all business interests of the Royal Niger Company in British West Africa.

"Franklin was sent up the Niger River, to Egbon, Bida and Ilorin, where the growing menace of the great slave trading Fulah Power threatened to drive us into the sea. He was in the fight at the capture of capital of Nupe and the subjugation of the smaller states."

Awarded the Royal Niger Company Medal 1886-97 with Clasp, Nigeria 1886-97.

Posted to the 1st Battalion, Northern Nigeria Regiment, West African Frontier Force, and served at Borgu between 1897 and 1898.

Promoted to Captain, on the 6th of March 1898. Published in the London Gazette, on the 1st of April 1898, Issue 26953, Page 2091

Awarded the East and West Africa Medal with Clasps, 1897-98

Franklin remained with the 1st Battalion, Northern Nigeria Regiment, until March 1900.

Posted to South Africa (2nd Boer War 1899-1902), rejoining the 2nd Battalion, South Wales Borderers, March 1900.

Present at the operation in the Orange Free State, between July 1900 and June 1901.

Appointed Commandant at Roodeval Spruit, unknown date, until the 10th of February 1901.

Present at the operations in the Transvaal, between June 1901 and May 1902.

Awarded the Queen's South Africa Medal with Clasps, Cape Colony, Orange Free State and Transvaal.

Awarded the King's South Africa Medal with Clasps, South Africa 1901 and South Africa 1902.

Posted back to England, unknown date.

Appointed Adjutant of the 5th Volunteer Battalion (later renamed the 7th Battalion Royal Welsh Fusiliers), at Newtown, Montgomeryshire, Wales, from the 18th of April 1903, until the 14th of July 1908.

Franklin married Agnes Rose Pryce-Jones, at Newtown, Montgomeryshire, Wales, on the 27th of July 1905. Agnes residence was given as 'Bromley', Camberley, Surrey.

Posted to the 2nd Battalion, South Wales Borderers, at Aldershot, Hampshire, July 1908.

Promoted to Major, on the 26th of September 1909.

Living at Military Barracks, South Africa, in the 1911 census. Franklin now aged 38, is a Major, serving with the 2nd Battalion, South Wales Borderers.

Posted to the 1st Battalion, South Wales Borderers, at Chatham, Kent, unknown date.

Promoted to Lieutenant-Colonel, unknown date.

Appointed Commanding Officer of the Regimental Depot, at Brecon, Montgomeryshire, Wales, from February 1914.

With the outbreak of war in August 1914, Franklin was appointed Commanding Officer of the newly formed 4th (Service) Battalion, South Wales Borderers, at Brecon, Montgomeryshire, Wales.

Posted to Gallipoli, Turkey, embarking the S.S. 'Megantic', at Avonmouth, Gloucestershire, on the 28th of June 1915, and sailing the next day via Malta and Egypt.

The 4th Battalion, South Wales Borderers landed at 'V' Beach, Gallipoli, on the 15th of July, and were soon posted to the trenches.

The Battalion War Diary notes that things were generally - save for the occasional bomb throwing and sniper activity - quiet. There were signs of a recent fight, however. The unburied dead of the Royal Dublin Fusiliers still lying think on the ground. Unbearable heat would also be a problem. The men's ration of Bully Beef had actually turned into liquid, which - "....few dared to tackle, and most people lived on dry biscuits with a little jam when the flies would let them eat it."

The Battalion went to Mudros on the Isle of Lemnos for a short rest and on the 3rd of August, they returned to Gallipoli in preparation for an attack on the strongly held ridge, Damakjelik Bair.

The 4th Battalion South Wales Borderers were to be the lead column, heading two miles north along the shore, and then head inland.

Moving out at 8.00pm on the 8th of August 1915, and after covering two miles of very broken and difficult ground covered with boulders and prickly scrub, the battalion reached the Achyl Dere, and immediately were under enemy fire.

The enemy fire came from a trench opposite the Achyl Dere, and 'D' Company in the lead, charged with a cheer and carried the trench with bayonet. The battalion crossed the trench moving to the right and after dealing with several parties of Turks, had captured its objective, Damakjelik Bair, by 1.30am.

Killed In Action on the 9th of August 1915, aged 42.

On the 9th of August 1915, the 4th Battalion, South Wales Borderers, met and defeated a determined counter-attack on the Damakjelik Bair, but in doing so Lieutenant-Colonel Franklin Macaulay Gillespie, was killed early in the attack, shot through the head by a sniper, whilst directing machine gun fire.

In this action, the 4th South Wales Borderers and their leader, would win the admiration of Commander-in-Chief, Sir Ian Hamilton. He wrote: "The rapid success of this movement was largely due to Lieutenant-Colonel Gillespie, a very fine man, who commanded the advance Guard, consisting of his own regiment....a corps worthy of such a leader."

Damakjelik Bair, was offically named 'Gillespie Spur', by the Allied Forces.

By the 22nd of August 1915, the 4th Battalion South Wales Borderers, had lost over 400 men out of the 775 that had landed at Gallipoli on the 15th of July 1915.

Mentioned In Despatches, published in the London Gazette, on the 28th of January 1916.

Originally buried at the 39th Casualty Clearing Station Cemetery. This cemetery no longer exists.

No known grave.

Remembered on the Helles Memorial, Gallipoli, Turkey.

Panel Reference: Panel 80 to 84 or 219 and 220.

Remembered on the Brecon War Memorial, St. Mary's, Brecon, Powys, Wales.

Remembered on the Camberley War Memorial.

Remembered on the Havard Chapel Memorial, Brecon Cathedral, Brecon, Powys , Wales.

Son of Lt. Col. Franklin Gillespie and Mrs. Gillespie, of Heath Hollow, Camberley; husband of Agnes Rose Gillespie, of Bromley, Camberley, Surrey.

William Thomas Gillett 1890 - 1917;

Born at West Pennard, Somersetshire between April and June 1890. Registered at Wells, Somerset.

Living at Parker's Well Cottages, St.Leonards, Exeter, Devonshire, in the 1891 census.

Living at Mona Villa, Cross Street, Farnborough, Hampshire, in the 1901 census.

Living at Mona Villa, Cross Street, Farnborough, Hampshire, in the 1911 census. William aged 20, is working as a house painter. His father is shown as working as a Storeman at a Balloon Factory (R.A.E Farnborough).

Enlisted at Aldershot, Hampshire, unknown date.

3rd (Reserve) Battalion,Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry Regiment

Rank: Private.

Service No. 27156.

William married Sarah Jane Dobson, at St. Mark's, Farnborough, Hampshire, on the 2nd of January 1916.

Posted to the B.E.F., in France and Flanders, unknown date. (After January 1916).

Transferred to the 8th Battalion, Devonshire Regiment, unknown date.

Rank: Private.

Service No. 33436.

Killed In Action on the 26th of October 1917, aged 27.

No known grave.

Remembered on the Tyne Cot Memorial, Zonnebeke, Belgium.

Panel Reference: Panel 38 to 40.

Remembered on the Camberley War Memorial.

Son of Mrs. William Charles Gillett, of Mona Villa, Cross St., Farnborough, Hants; husband of Sarah Jane Gillett (nee Dobson), of 20, Princes St., Camberley, Surrey.

William Goatley 1891 - 1918;

Born at Frimley, Surrey, on the 5th of July 1891.

Baptised at St. Peter's, Frimley, Surrey, on the 6th of September 1891

Living at New Barn Farm, Frimley Green Road, Frimley, Surrey, in the 1901 census.

Living at New Barn Farm, Frimley Green Road, Frimley, Surrey, in the 1911 census. William now aged 19, is working as a Farm Labourer.

Enlisted at Camberley, Surrey, on the 15th of February 1916.

1/6th (Cyclist) Battalion, Norfolk Regiment.

Rank: Private.

Service No. 3317.

Posted to the Reserve on the 16th of February 1916.

Mobilised and Posted for Service, on the 12th of October 1916.

William was given a new Regimental No. 266203.

The 1/6th (Cyclist) Battalion, Norfolk Regiment, were based in Norfolk, on coastal defence duties.

Discharged to re-enlist with the Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve, 63rd Royal Naval Division Reserve, on the 13th of June 1917.

Posted to the 4th Reserve Battalion, Royal Naval Division, on the 15th of June 1917.

Promoted to Able Seaman, on the 15th of June 1917.

Service No. R/3071.

Drafted to the Hawke Battalion, on the 4th of July 1917.

Posted to the B.E.F., in France and Flanders, embarking at Folkestone, Kent, on the 5th of July 1917, and disembarking at Boulogne, France, on the 6th of July 1917. William was then posted to the Base Depot, Calais.

Posted to join unit, on the 14th of July 1917.

Posted to the 13th Corps D.T. Depot on the 29th of July 1917.

Joined the Hawke Battalion, Royal Naval Division, In the Field, on the 28th of November 1917.

Admitted to the 149th Field Ambulance, on the 12th of November 1917. William was suffering with Piles.

Admitted to the 13th Casualty Clearing Station, on the 20th of November 1917.

Admitted to No.2 Australian General Hospital, at Wimereux, Rouen, France, on the 21st of November 1917.

Admitted to the 25th General Hospital, at Hardelot, Pas de Calais, France, on the 24th of November 1917.

Invalided to England, on the 21st of January 1918. William was suffering from Appendicitis.

Admitted to the 2nd Western General Hospital, at Manchester, Lancashire, on the 22nd of January 1918.

Discharged from Hospital on the 27th of February 1918.

Furlough from the 6th until the 15th of April 1918.

Posted to the Command Depot, reporting on the 15th April 1918.

Transferred to the 2nd Reserve Battalion, Royal Naval Division, at Aldershot, Hampshire, on the 15th of August 1918.

Drafted to the 'Hawke' Battalion, Royal Naval Division, on the 17th of September 1918.

Posted to the B.E.F. in France and Flanders, embarking at Dover, Kent, on the 18th of September 1918, disembarking at Calais, France, and sent to the Infantry Base Depot Calais, on the same day.

Joined the 'Hawke' Battalion, Royal Naval Division, In the Field, on the 22nd of September 1918.

Wounded and Missing In Action, on the 27th of September 1918, aged 27.

William's next of kin, his father, was informed on the 30th of October 1918.

No Known Grave.

Remembered on the Vis-en-Artois Memorial, Pas de Calais, France.

Panel Reference: Panel 1 and 2.

Remembered on the Camberley War Memorial.

Remembered on the St. Peter's Memorial, Frimley, Surrey

Son of George Thomas and Ruth Goatley, of 16, Elmcroft Cottages, Frimley Green, Surrey.

Albert Edwin Goddard 1890 - 1917;

Born at Frimley, Surrey.

Living at Golden Farmer Cottages, Camberley, Surrey, in the 1891 census.

Living at Golden Farmer Cottages, Camberley, Surrey, in the 1901 census.

Baptised at St. George's, Camberley, Surrey, on the 2nd of November 1904.

Living at 12 The Broadway, London Road, Staines, Middlesex, in the 1911 census. Albert now aged 20, is working as a Civil Service Clerk.

Albert married Dora Dowle, at St. Mary's, Staines, Middlesex, on the 12th of April 1914. Dora was a teacher at Yorktown School, Yorktown, Camberley, Surrey.

Resident at Sylwood, Grand Avenue, Camberley, Surrey, on enlistment.

Enlisted at Camberley, Surrey, unknown date.

1/1st (City of London) Battalion London Regiment (Royal Fusiliers).

Rank: Private.

Service No. GS/36080.

Posted to the B.E.F. in France and Flanders, unknown date. (After January 1916).

Promoted to Lance Corporal, unknown date.

Killed In Action on the 31st of July 1917, aged 27.

No known grave.

Remembered on the Menin Gate Memorial, Ypres, Belgium.

Panel Reference: Panel 6 and 8.

Remembered on the Camberley War Memorial.

Remembered on the St. George's Memorial, Camberley, Surrey. (St.George's was demolished in 1971. Stone Tablets recording those that fell are kept safe at St. Michael's, Camberley, Surrey.)

Son of John and Jane Goddard, of, Heatherview, Collingwood, Camberley, Surrey; Husband of Dora Goddard (nee Dowle), of, Sylwood, Camberley, Surrey.

Albert James Victor Goddard 1898 - 1917;

Born at Camberley, Surrey. Registered at Farnham, Surrey.

Baptised at St. Michael's, Yorktown, Camberley, Surrey, on the 13th of February 1898.

Living at 2 St. Michael's Cottages, The Avenue, Camberley, Surrey. (Next to the Fire Station).

Living at 4 Prospect Place, Camberley, Surrey, in the 1911 census. Albert aged 13, is attending school.

Enlisted at Guildford, Surrey, unknown date.

11th Battalion, Queen's (Royal West Surrey) Regiment.

Rank: Private.

Service No. G/37225.

Posted to the B.E.F. in France and Flanders, unknown date. (After January 1916).

Killed In Action on the 7th of June 1917, aged 19.

The 11th Battalion's War Diary recorded;

"June 7th 1917

3.10 a.m. ZERO HOUR. A large mine was blown (by us) on our Right in the ST ELOI CRATERS and our barrage opened on the enemy front line. The intensity of the barrage was extreme.

3.13 a.m. At zero plus 3 minutes the barrage lifted from the enemy front line & the leading wave entered it with no opposition as it appeared to unoccupied. The advance then continued to the enemy support line where the first halted for the purpose of mopping up. None was required as the trench was completely demolished & they advanced again. At this point the 5th Wave, which was employed as a carrying party, dumped its load & went forward as a fighting wave. The 2nd WAVE followed the barrage & halted at the RED LINE where a few enemy were encountered (About 8)

3.30 a.m. It was between this line and the enemy support that the enemy barrage fell, though it was very ragged. The 3rd, 4th & 6th moved straight on to the BLUE LINE. the 2nd objective (DAMSTRASSE) which they carried with considerable dash although enfiladed by M.G. fire from the direction of WHITE CHATEAU and THE STABLES. About 30 Germans taken prisoner & an equal number killed.

5 a.m. A line was rapidly dug in front of the DAMSTRASSE, protected by Lewis Gun posts pushed forward. This line afforded good cover by 5.a.m. Very little resistance was encountered at all during the attack and the prisoners taken were entirely demoralised. The line must of been lightly held or evacuated since few enemy dead were seen. The 8th LONDON REGT on our left were held up for some time by M.G. fire from WHITE CHATEAU. Whilst digging in afterwards during the day very little hostile shell fire was experienced. It was even possible to bring up pack animals to the DAMSTRASSE while it was still light. Battalion Headquarters were established at O 9 b 88.

DAMSTRASSE

6.50 a.m. At zero plus 3 Hours 50 Minutes the 122nd Inf. Brigade attacked through our line (BLUE LINE) accompanied by Tanks & captured the BLACK LINE (OBLONG RESERVE & OBSCURE TRENCH) This caused no hostile retaliation on our position.

3.10 p.m. At zero plus 12 hours the 24th Division also attack through our lines and captured a line of trenches about 150 yds in front of the BLACK LIne.

GROUND. The ground attacked over was very much cut up by shell fire & almost all trenches obliterated so that some difficulty was experienced in recognizing any particular portion of the enemy's lines. Early in the attack Major Wardell was seriously wounded in the head. Captain W. L. Spencer Cox them took command of the Battalion until the arrival of Captain T. Kelly M.C. who had been in reserve.

CASUALTIES. - KILLED - 4 Officers and 29 Other Ranks

WOUNDED. - 5 Officers and 157 Other Ranks."

No known grave.

Remembered on the Menin Gate Memorial, Ypres, Belgium.

Panel Reference: Panel 11 - 13 and 14.

Remembered on the Camberley War Memorial.

Son of Charles and Beatrice Goddard, of 4, Prospect Place, Camberley, Surrey.

Frederick Harry Goddard 1879 - 1921;

Born at Yateley, Hampshire, on the 23rd of July 1879.

Baptised at Holy Trinity, Blackwater, Hampshire, on the 1st of January 1880.

Living at Starve Acre, Yateley Common, Yateley, Hampshire, in the 1881 census.

Living at Vale Road, Camberley, Surrey, in the 1891 census.

Boarder at Frimley Green Road, Frimley, Surrey, in the 1901 census. Frederick now aged 21, is working as General Labourer.

Frederick married Emily Hoare, at St. Peter's, Frimley, Surrey, on the 18th of May 1901.

Living at Ivy Cottages, Vale Road, Camberley, Surrey, in the 1911 census. Frederick now aged 32, is working as a General Labourer.

Enlisted at Camberley, Surrey, on the 7th of December 1915.

Occupation given as Engine Driver. (Train)

5th Battalion Queen's (Royal West Surrey) Regiment.

Rank: Private.

Service No. 6126.

Frederick states in his enlistment papers, that he had previously served for 4 years with the 5th Queen's Regiment. (Unknown Dates).

Posted to the Army Reserve, on the 8th of December 1915.

Called up for Service on the 1st of June 1916

Posted to the B.E.F. in France and Flanders, disembarking on the 23rd of October 1916.

Posted to the 1st Battalion (Royal West Surrey) Regiment, In the Field, on the 9th of November 1916.

Transferred to the 63rd B.G.W.E.Company, Royal Engineers, as a skilled fitter, on the 5th of March 1917.

Rank: Sapper.

Service No. 310462.

Regimental No. changed to WR/277612, unknown date.

Regimental No. changed to 1849461, unknown date.

Granted Leave from the 5th until the 20th of November 1917.

Awarded Sapper's rate of pay, on the 1st of August 1918.

Granted Leave from the 24th of November 1918, until the 8th of December 1919.

Volunteered for 1 years Service, from the 1st of February 1919.

Appointed Acting Lance Corporal, on the 5th of January 1920.

Appointed Corporal, on the 1st of May 1920.

Appointed Acting Sergeant, on the 1st of August 1920.

Demobbed on the 21st of December 1920.

Frederick died aged 42, between January and March 1921, Registered at Hammersmith, London.

Remembered on the Camberley War Memorial. (As F.W. Goddard).

Son of James and Jane Goddard, of, Ivy Cottages, Vale Road, Camberley, Surrey; husband of Emily Goddard (nee Hoare), of, Ivy Cottages, Vale Road, Camberley, Surrey.

Herbert Edward Goddard 1894 - 1918;

Born at Blackwater, Hampshire, on the 28th of January 1894.

Baptised at Holy Trinity, Blackwater, Hampshire, on the 30th of March 1894.

Living at Blackwater Road, Blackwater, Hampshire, in the 1901 census.

Living at New Road, Blackwater, Hampshire, in the 1911 census. Herbert now aged 17, is working as an Ironmongery Apprentice.

Enlisted at Camberley, Surrey, unknown date.

12th Battalion Middlesex Regiment.

Rank: Private.

Service No. 6553.

Posted to the B.E.F. in France and Flanders, disembarking on the 11th of October 1916.

Transferred to the 2/2nd (City of London) Regiment (Royal Fusiliers), on the 13th of April 1918.

Rank: Private.

Service No. GS/83810.

Wounded In Action, unknown date

Died of Wounds on the 3rd of May 1918, aged 24.

The Surrey Advertiser reported on the 27th of May 1918;

"Pte. H. E. Goddard, signaller in the Middlesex Regt., and son of the late Mr. J. Goddard (who was for 28 years employed at the Royal Military College) and of Mrs. Goddard, London-road, Yorktown, has died of wounds sustained in France. His brother Sergt. P. Goddard , K.R.R., was wounded in March, and is a prisoner)."

Buried at Longpre-les-Corps Saints British Cemetery, Somme, France.

Grave Reference: B.16.

Remembered on the Camberley War Memorial.

Remembered on the St. George's Memorial, Camberley, Surrey. (St.George's was demolished in 1971. Stone Tablets recording those that fell are kept safe at St. Michael's, Camberley, Surrey.)

Son of John and Edith Goddard, of 133, London Road, Camberley, Surrey.

Percy John Harold Goddard 1895 - 1976;

Percy waated s born at Blackwater, Hampshire, on the 24th of July 1895.

Baptised at Holy Trinity, Hawley, Hampshire, on the 21st of August 1895. Percy's father John works as a Servant at the Royal Military College Sandhurst.

Living at Blackwater Road, Blackwater, Hampshire, in the 1901 census.

Living at New Road, Blackwater, Hampshire, in the 1911 census. Percy now aged 15, is working as a Kitchen Porter at the Royal Military College Sandhurst.

Enlisted in February 1915.

King's Royal Rifles Corps

Rank: Private.

Service No: 12963.

Promoted to Corporal, unknown date.

Posted to the B.E.F in France and Flanders, unknown date. (After January 1916).

Appointed Lance Sergeant, unknown date.

Wounded In Action on the 23rd of March 1918.

Captured as a Prisoner of War on the 23rd of March 1918.

Repatriated to England after the war's end in November 1918.

Promoted to Sergeant, unknown date.

Percy married Alice Geraldine Hall, at St. Michael's, Yorktown, Camberley, Surrey, on the 19th of July 1919. Percy is a Sergeant in the King's Royal Rifles Corps.

Posted to India, unknown date.

Percy was initiated into the United Grand Lodge of England Freemason on the 18th of September 1920. Percy was based at Mhow, Bombay, India and was a Sergeant in the King's Royal Rifles Corps.

Posted to England, unknown date.

Posted to India, embarking on the California on the 10th of October 1933. Percy aged 38, gave his address as Glyn Lodge, Camberley, and occupation as Army.

Discharged from Army Service, unknown date.

Living at 24 Park Road, Sunbury Common, Middlesex, in 1937. Percy is now a Grocer.

Living at 33 Monkswood Avenue, Waltham Abbey, Essex, in the 1939 Register. Percy is now a Police Constable for the War Department.

Percy died on the 17th of November 1976, aged 81. Percy was living 31 The Broadway, Sandhurst, Berkshire.

Son of John and Edith Goddard, of 133, London Road, Camberley, Surrey.

Arthur Henry Godwin 1876 - 1915;

Born on the 9th of April 1876 at Devizes, Wiltshire.

Baptised on the 11th of June 1876 at St. Mary's, Devizes, Wiltshire.

Living at 6 Barwick Cottages, Camberley, Surrey, in the 1881 census.

Living at 7 Princess Street, Camberley, Surrey, in the 1891 census. Arthur now aged 14, is working as a Telegraph Messenger.

Arthur married Elizabeth Ann Carter, at St. Peter's, Frimley, Surrey, on the 19th of January 1901.

Living at Nasely Villas, Park Street, Camberley, Surrey, in the 1901 census.

Arthur now aged 24, and his wife are living with Arthur's uncle and aunt. Arthur is working as a Postman.

Living at 9 Barossa Road, Camberley, Surrey, in the 1911 census. Arthur now aged 34, is still working as a Postman.

Enlisted at Camberley, Surrey, unknown date.

1/4th Battalion, Princess Charlotte of Wales's (Royal Berkshire) Regiment.

Rank: Private

Service No. 666.

The 1/4th Battalion was a Territorial Unit. On the 2nd of August was on its annual camp at Marlow, Buckinghamshire. They returned to Reading, Berkshire, where full mobilization begun.

Posted to the B.E.F. in France, disembarking at Boulogne, on the 30th of March 1915.

Promoted to Lance Corporal, unknown date.

Wounded In Action, unknown date.

Died of Wounds on the 6th of December 1915, aged 38.

The Reading Mercury reported the following on the 25th of December 1915;

"News has been received in Camberley that Corporal A. Godwin, of the (1st) 4th Royal Berks Regiment, has been killed in action. Corporal Godwin, who was 39 years of age, was a member of staff at Camberley Post Office, which he entered as a telegraph messenger 18 years ago. For many years he has been a Territorial, and at the outbreak of war volunteered for overseas service. He will long be remembered as a keen sportsman, especially in football and cricket. He was a member of the original St. Michael's F.C., which first brought the Junior Surrey Cup to Camberley. In recent years he played with marked success for the Camberley Post Office team. He leaves a widow and 3 young children, with whom the greatest sympathy is felt throughout the district."

Buried at Louvencourt Military Cemetery, Somme, France.

Grave Reference: Plot 1. Row C. Grave 17.

Remembered on the Camberley Post Office Memorial.

Remembered on the Camberley War Memorial.

Son of the late Emily Godwin (nee Macey 1854 - 1888) and Mark Godwin, of, 24 Princess Street, Camberley, Surrey; Husband of Elizabeth Ann Godwin (nee Carter), of, 9, Barossa Road, Camberley, Surrey. Arthur's brother Harry, and half brother Frederick both fell. (See Below).

Frederick Mark Godwin 1892 - 1915;

Born at Camberley, Surrey.

Baptised at St. Michael's, Yorktown, Camberley, Surrey, on the 17th of April 1892.

Living at 24 Princess Street, Camberley, Surrey, in the 1901 census.

Living at 24 Princess Street, Camberley, Surrey, in the 1911 census. Frederick now aged 17, is working as a Grocers Assistant.

Enlisted at London, unknown date. (Regimental No. Suggest about August 1914).

2nd Battalion, Queen's (Royal West Surrey) Regiment.

Rank: Private.

Service No. L/10666.

Posted to the B.E.F. in France and Flanders, disembarking on the 27th of October 1914.

Killed In Action on the 16th of May 1915, aged 23.

The War Diary for the 2nd Battalion Queen's (Royal West Surrey) Regiment recorded;

"16th May 1915

During the night 15/16th there were several showers of rain. At 2.30 a.m. there was an issue of rum. At 2.45 a.m. the bombardment of the enemy's trenches & wire commenced & continued till 3.15 a.m. At 3.15 a.m. precisely the leading platoons of A Coy scaled the ladders & rushed towards the German trenches to their front. It was now just daylight. As soon as our men showed their heads above our parapet the enemy intense rifle fire & it seemed no way affected by the artillery bombardment. The remaining two platoons of A coy followed the first line at an interval of 50 yds & B coy did likewise but when the first line of "C" coy had gone & the enemy's fire seemed as hot as ever our artillery was asked to open again on the enemy's trenches & this was done. The second bombardment, chiefly lyditte, took effect & lasted a quarter of an hour & then the remaining half of "C" coy & all "D" coy were enabled to get along & force the enemy to leave his trenches. It appears that most of the enemy ran along their trench to our right & excellent work was then done by the Brigade Grenade Coy who drove the Germans some considerable distance to our right.

The majority of casualties amongst officers and men occurred between our lines & those of the enemy. The remaining officers & men , Major Kirkpatrick, Lieuts. Furze, Philpot & Taylor Jones (& Lieut. Ross now lent from Bde Grenade Coy) & about 230 N.C.O's & Men advanced beyond the captured German line towards their final objective as shown on sketch. The 888 800 yds were covered quickly & with very slight opposition. Two more so-called German lines were passed & also LA QUINQUE RUE. The final objective, the German commn. trench M.6 was reached about 6 a.m. where we connected up with the Staffords on the right & a part of the Warwicks & Welsh Fusiliers on left.

This communication trench was only cover from view & in daylight it was impossible to consolidate the position to any appreciable extent. Owing to the inability of the 20th Bde (now advancing on our left) to push ahead we had our left exposed throughout the day. The Orchard at M.9 presented great difficulties & it seemed impossible to dislodge the enemy there. Major Kirkpatrick was again wounded at about 3.30 p.m. & had to retire. Lieut. Furze then took over command of the battalion. Throughout the day the enemy heavily shelled the original British line & the captured German first line & at about 3.30 p.m. we found ourselves subject to enfilade H.E. shell fire from both flanks. Many men were wounded & because the position became untenable & our left flank remained en l'air the remains of the Queen's, Welsh Fusiliers & Warwicks withdrew about 7.30 p.m. & occupied the first line of German trenches captured in the early morning. The battalion had done what was asked of it but at great cost. If the 20th Bde had been able to make headway our final objective would have been undoubtedly been possible.

Casualties

Officers Killed and Died of Wounds 11 Wounded 8

Other Ranks Killed 147 Wounded 237 Missing 42 Died of Wounds 6 Missing believed killed 2 Wounded and Missing 1

Total Casualties 437."

No known grave.

Remembered on the Le Touret Memoria, Pas de Calais, France.

Panel Reference: Panel 4 and 5.

Remembered on the Camberley War Memorial.

Son of Mark and Annette Sarah Godwin, of 24, Princess St., Camberley, Surrey. Frederick's half brothers Arthur and Harry both fell. (See above and below).

Harry Godwin 1887 - 1916;

Born at Camberley, Surrey.

Baptised at St. Michael's, Yorktown, Camberley, Surrey, on the 15th of January 1888.

Living at 7 Princess Street, Camberley, Surrey, in the 1891 census.

Private.

Living at 24 Princess Street, Camberley, Surrey, in the 1901 census. Harry now aged 13, is working as a Domestic Garden Boy.

Harry married Kate Herbert, Registered at Clutton, Somerset, between April, May, June 1909.

Living at 5 Westgate Cottages, Obelisk Street, Camberley, Surrey, in the 1911 census. Harry now aged 23, is working as a Domestic Gardener.

Enlisted at Guildford, Surrey, unknown date.

7th Battalion, Queen's (Royal West Surrey) Regiment.

Rank: Private.

Service No. G/1061.

Posted to the B.E.F. in France, embarked at Folkestone, Kent, and disembarking at Boulogne, France, on the 27th of July 1915.

Killed In Action on the 1st of July 1916, First Day of the Battle of The Somme, aged 28.

On the 1st of July 1916 the British Army opened its new offensive in the area to the north of the River Somme. On the first day of the battle, Harry and the other members of 7th Battalion Queen's Regiment, attacked as part of 55th Brigade to the right of the line of the 18th Division. 7th Queen's advanced on the left of the brigade, with 8th Battalion East Surrey Regiment to their right, 7th Battalion The Buffs (East Kent Regiment) in support and 7th Battalion Queen's Own (Royal West Kent Regiment) in reserve. The first wave left their trenches at 7.30am and advanced towards their objective, a German trench line 200 yards to the north of the Montauban - Mametz Road and the western end of the village of Montauban. The Queen's objective represented a frontage of 409 yards. In spite of several set backs, the 55th Brigade achieved its objectives by 1.30pm, and the 7th battalion Queen's first major action had cost them 7 officers and 174 other ranks killed in action, 9 officers and 284 other ranks wounded with a further 58 men missing in action. The battalion held the line until the 3rd of July, when they moved back to Bronfay Wood.

No known grave.

Remembered on the Thiepval Memorial, Somme, France.

Panel Reference: Pier and Face 5 D and 6 D.

Remembered on the Camberley War Memorial.

Son of Mark and Emily Godwin, of 24, Princess St., Camberley; husband of Kate Godwin, of 5, Westcott Cottages, Obelisk St., Camberley, Surrey. Harry's brother Arthur and half brother Frederick both fell. (See above).

Sydney Alexander Goldsmid 1893 - 1914;

Born at Southsea, Hampshire, on the 6th of May 1893.

Living at 4 Forest Road, Aberdeen, St Machar, Aberdeenshire, Scotland, in the 1901 census. Sydney living with step-father, is attending school.

Educated at the United Services College, Windsor, Berkshire between 1908 and 1911.

Boarder at the United Services College, 65, 67, 69 Alma Road, Windsor, Berkshire, in the 1911 census.

Educated at Royal Military College Sandhurst, between 1911 and 1912.

Commissioned as a 2nd Lieutenant, 3rd Battalion, Worcestershire Regiment, on the 4th of September 1912.

Posted to the B.E.F. in France, embarking the S.S.'Bosnian' on the 13th of August 1914, and disembarking at Harve, France, on the 16th of August 1914.

Promoted to Lieutenant, on the 20th of September 1914.

Mentioned In Despatches, on the 8th of October 1914, for "Important Reconnaissance Work". Published in the London Gazette, on the 19th of October 1914, Supplement 28942, Page 8354.

Killed In Action on the 7th of November 1914, aged 21.

Sydney was shot near to Ypres, whilst holding a trench which the Germans rushed during a fog.

Sydney's Commanding Officer, Colonel Stuart, wrote;

"I cannot speak too highly of him. He had done such excellent work throughout the campaign and was a capital officer and good comrade".

Sydney was a keen soldier and a good shot; his favourite pastime was riding and he was fond of sports.

The Surrey Advertiser reported on the 19th of December 1914;

"KILLED

Lieut. Sidney A. Goldsmid, who was killed in action at Ypres on November 7th, was the only surviving son of the late Mr. Sidney Goldsmid and Mrs. Annesley Smith, and stepson of Colonel Annesley Smith, of, The Chase, Camberley. He was gazetted second lieutenant in the 3rd Battalion Worcestershire Regiment on September 4th 1912, and received his promotion since the outbreak of war. He was 21 years of age."

Originally buried at Quesnoy-sur-Deule Communal Cemetery German Extension, Nord, France. German Grave Reference: Plot 21 Row E Grave 24.

Quesnoy-sur-Deule remained in German hands for most of the war and the Communal Cemetery was used by German troops, and extended by them to the east. After the Armistice the German graves in the Communal Cemetery were removed to the Extension, and 41 Commonwealth graves were removed from the Extension to Cabaret Rouge British Cemetery, Souchez, and the Commonwealth graves in the Communal Cemetery were regrouped.

Reburied at Cabaret Rouge British Cemetery, Souchez, Pas de Calais, France, on the 7th of August 1924.

Grave reference: XXI. E. 24.

Remembered on the Camberley War Memorial. (As S. A. Goldsmed)

Remembered on the Haileybury College Cloister Wall Memorial, Hertford Heath, Hertfordshire. (Imperial Service College in Windsor moved to Haileybury College, Hertford Heath in 1942).

Son of the late Sydney Goldsmid and Julie, now the wife of Lieutenant-Colonel George Annesley-Smith, of The Chase, Camberley, Surrey.

Sydney was second cousin to the late Sir Julian Goldsmid, Bart., and was related to the late Sir Isaac Lyon Goldsmid, Bart., and the late Sir Francis Goldsmid, Bart.

Sydney was the last of the male line of the Goldsmid family. According to a family legend, there was never to be a direct heir to the baronetcy, which is now in abeyance, and the family in the direct male line has now become extinct.

Rene Frankland Gosset 1892 - 1916;

Born at Camberley, Surrey.

Baptised at St. Michael's, Yorkrown, Camberley, Surrey, on the 12th of January 1895.

Living at 9 Branksome Terrace, Bournemouth, Hampshire (now Dorset), in the 1901 census.

Educated at Cheltenham College, Bath Road, Cheltenham, Gloucestershire, unknown dates.

Living at Boyne House, College Road, Cheltenham, Gloucestershire, in the 1911 census. Rene aged 16, is still a student at Cheltenham College.

Commissioned as a 2nd Lieutenant, East Yorkshire Regiment, on the 15th of August 1914.

Attached to the 2nd Battalion, Duke of Wellington's (West Riding Regiment), unknown date.

Posted to the B.E.F. in France and Flanders, disembarking on the 8th of September 1914.

Appointed Temporary Lieutenant, on the 3rd of November 1914.

Promoted to Lieutenant, on the 5th of February 1915.

Rejoined the East Yorkshire Regiment (1st Battalion), unknown date.

Appointed Acting Captain, on the 6th of September 1914. Published in the London Gazette, on the 11th of November 1916, Supplement 29820, Page 10939.

Killed In Action on the 25th of September 1916, aged 24.

The News of the World and Empire New reported on the 8th October 1916;

"GOSSIP of the DAY: Much sympathy is going out to Lord and Lady MOLESWORTH'S pretty eldest daughter, Miss Irene Moleworth, one of many prospective Brides who have their fiances on the Roll of Honour, for Captain Rene GOSSETT of the East Yorkshires to whom she was recently engaged, has fallen.

Lord Molesworth's father was a clergyman, but he himself has been a soldier, and served in the TARAH expedition. His family dates from the time of the Crusades. Sir Walter Molesworth accompanied EDWARD the First to Palestine and the third Peer saved the life of the great Duke of MARLBOROUGH at Ramillies in 1706.

Lord and Lady Molesworth live at Walter's Hall near Ramsgate, where they are neighbours of the late officer's parents, Colonel and Mrs Gossett of Dunkirk House, Dunkirk."

Buried at Serre Road Cemetery No.2, Somme, France.

Grave Reference: XVI. G. 9.

Remembered on the Eynsham War Memorial, Eynsham, Oxfordshire.

Remembered on the Dunkirk War Memorial, Dunkirk, Kent.

Son of Colonel and Mrs. Edward F. Gosset, formerly of The Gables, Newland Street, Enysham, Oxfordshire, now of, Dunkirk House, Dunkirk, Kent. Born at Camberley, Surrey.

Alan Moir Graham 1878 - 1914;

Born at Lucknow, India, on the 25th of June 1878.

Baptised at All Saint's Church, Lucknow, India, on the 27th of July 1878.

Living at 30 Hatherley Grove, Paddington, London, in the 1881 census.

Visitor at 15 Pelham Place, Seaford, Sussex, in the 1891 census.

Educated at Trevelyan House, Haileybury College, Hertford Heath, Hertfordshire, between 1892 and 1893, M.R.-1894, 2nd XI. 1894.

Educated at the Royal Military College Sandhurst, about 1895/6.

Commissioned as an Unattached 2nd Lieutenant, on the 4th of August 1897, serving his probationary period with the Devonshire Regiment.

Posted to the Indian Army Staff Corps, on the 25th of November 1898.

Posted to the North West Frontier, India, between 1898 and 1899.

Promoted to Lieutenant, on the 2nd of July 1900.

Promoted to Captain, 5th Gurkha Rifles (Frontier Force), on the 4th of August 1906.

Alan married Edith Margaret Still, at St.Thomas' Cathedral, Bombay, India, on the 4th of March 1907.

Awarded the Delhi Dubar Medal, for participation in the event. The Delhi Durbar was a mass celebration for the Coronation of King George V, who was the first and only monarch to attend the Durbar.

King George V announced the movement of the capital of India from Calcutta to New Delhi during the Durbar and also laid the foundation stone of New Delhi. Generally the Durbar achieved its purpose of cementing support for British rule among the ruling princes, as was demonstrated by the support given during the First World War.

Appointed the Command of the Assam Military Police, who were to escort a Surveying Party, and start of the political missions (Miri Mission) with the Abor Expedition, October 1911, until April 1912.

The objective of the Miri Mission was to establish friendly relations with the tribal Abors, located between the Assam region of India and Tibet, after the murder of Mr Williamson, on an earlier expedition in the region.

The Miri Mission, led by Mr. Kerwood, had left camp on the 8th of November 1911, the mission was hampered at every opportunity, by the smallness of the escort, the lack of coolies, the insufficiency of stores and general lack of medical arrangements in regards to moving sick and wounded, along the two hundred mile route travelled. If it wasn't for the experience of Captain Graham and Captains Beauchamp and Duff, the Miri Mission would have led to a disaster.

On the 11th of February 1912, near to Tali, Captain Graham was up on a ridge, when spotted about two hundred tribesman advancing on the head of his column, "For a moment the position was serious. The Convoy was straggling and the strength of the troops available was by no means sufficient to hold the position if a sudden attack was made. There was, therefore, no alternative to immediate action and Captain Graham, putting a bold front upon a bad situation, cleared the field after firing half-a-dozen shots." The tribesman retreated and the column reached the village of Tali, safely.

Trouble was brewing in the local villages, led by the tribes headmen, and the tribesmen from the villages of Rugi and Tali, attacked early morning;

"Captain Graham was laying in his blankets at work; Mr Kerwood was asleep; the sepoys, except for a guard, were either cooking breakfast or cutting wood some little distance away. All was peaceful when suddenly the sentry fired his rifle and shouted 'Sahib, the enemy are upon us'. Captain Graham seizing his revolver, jumped out of his blankets to find but very few yards away a party of three hundred tribesman, armed with swords and spears, charging down upon the camp. Firing as rapidly as possible, Captain Graham held the enemy at bay, as, with extraordinary gallantry and coolness, he dropped men shot by shot, the last falling as near as eight yards from him in the actual perimeter of the camp. It was a fine and plucky action, and saved the situation until the sepoys were able to reach their rifles. So soon as the rifles began to speak, the raiders fled. Twenty dead were left behind in the field, no less than ten being killed by Captain Graham in his single-handed defence."

The villages of Rugi and Tali were punished, and burned to the ground in the few days after the attacks, and the Miri Mission was abandoned.

Awarded the King's Military Police Medal.

The official recommendation stated;

"Recommended for conspicuous gallantry and valuable political services.

Captain Alan Moir Graham is Assistant Commandant of the Lushai Hills Miltatry Police Battalion. He commanded the escort of the Miri Mission last cold weather. He was conspicuous for gallantry and presence of mind when a determined attack was made on the Miri Mission Force in the village of Tali, and it was entirely owing to his prompt and courageous action that the surpise attack was checked and finally repulsed. The Government of India held that Captain Graham should have taken precautions against an attack, but the Chief Commissioner trusts that his failure to do so will not debar him from credit for his gallantry."

Served on the Akhar Expedition, in the early part of 1914. Captain Alan Moir Graham, was once again in command of the Lushai Hills Battalion, Assam Military Police.

Awarded the India General Service Medal with Clasp, Abor Country 1911-12

Attached to the 2nd King Edwards Own Gurkha Rifles (Sirmoor Rifles), unknown date.

Posted to the B.E.F. in France and Flanders, about September/October 1914.

Killed In Action on the 20th of December 1914, aged 36.

Captain Alan Moir Graham was killed whilst covering the retreat of his company from an attack which had taken it in flank at Festubert, Artois, France.

No known grave.

Remembered on the Indian Memorial, Neuvelle Chapelle, Pas de Calais, France.

Panel Reference: Panel 28.

Remembered on the Camberley War Memorial.

Remembered on the St. George's Memorial, Camberley, Surrey. (St.George's was demolished in 1971. Stone Tablets recording those that fell are kept safe at St. Michael's, Camberley, Surrey.)

Alan was a member of the Naval and Military Club. (A private members club, for Officers and Gentleman of the British Armed Forces).

Son of Major General Sir Thomas Graham, K.C.B., and Lady Graham, of Heatherdale Lodge, Camberley, Surrey; Husband of Edith M. Graham, of 4, Iverna Court, Kensington, London.

Joseph Charles Grainger 1893 - 1921;

Born in June/July 1893 at Frimley, Surrey.

Baptised on the 9th of July 1893, at St. Andrew's, Frimley Green, Surrey.

Living at The Green, Frimley Green, Surrey, in the 1891 census.

Living at The Green, Frimley Green, Surrey, in the 1901 census.

Living at 7 Fields Lane, Frimley Green, Surrey, in the 1911 census. Joseph aged 17 is working as a Blacksmiths mate.

Enlisted on the 1st of April 1916.

1/5th Battalion Leicestershire Regiment

Rank: Private.

Service No: 5307.

Posted to the B.E.F. in France and Flanders, unknown date.

Joseph was posted to the 6th Battalion, Leicestershire Regiment.

Service No: 40327

Wounded In Action, unknown date.

Evacuated back to England, unknown date.

Discharged from Army Service, No Longer Physically Fit for Service Due to Wounds, aged 26.

Awarded the Silver War Badge, No. B81899.

Died on the 19th of July 1921, aged 28.

Buried at St. Peter's, Frimley, Surrey, on the 21st of July 1921.

Remembered on the St. Andrew's Lych Gate Memorial, Frimley Green, Surrey.

Son of Charles William and the late Alice Grainger (nee Wadey), of Boat House, Frimley Green, Surrey.

Arthur Edwin Charles Grove 1875 - 1904;

Born between July and September 1875 at Sandhurst, Berkshire. Registered at Easthampstead, Berkshire.

Living at Sandhurst, Berkshire, in the 1881 census.

Living at Yorktown Road, Sandhurst, Berkshire, in the 1891 census. Arthur age given as 13 years (actually 15 years)

Arthur enlisted and served with the 1st Volunteer Battalion, Hampshire Regiment, based at Winchester, Surrey, unknown dates. (The Volunteer Battalions were the re-organised Militia and Yeomanry Units forerunners of the Territorials and now called the Army Reserve).

The Reading Mercury reported on the 16th of October 1897;

"AN AFFRAY AT A PUBLIC HOUSE SANDHURST

Daniel Neville and Edward Cumnor, both of Sandhurst, were summoned for having assaulted Arthur Edward Chas. Grove, of Sandhurst, on Sept. 25th.

Defendants pleaded not guilty.

Neville was further summoned for assaulting Arthur Grove, the elder, at the same time and place, and pleaded not guilty.

In connection with the same affair John Rogers, of Sandhurst, was summoned for assaulting Maria Grove, on Sept. 5th. There was a cross-summons, and the assault on both sides was denied. Mr. St. Gerrans appeared for each of the complainants, and said all parties lived at Sandhurst. In the case of Rogers there seemed to be a family feud, but on the part of Neville and Cumnor there appeared to an altogether unjustifiable assault. Maria Grove was wife of Arthur Grove, the elder.

Arthur Grove, a labourer, of Sandhurst, said that on Sept. 25th he had been shopping with his wife and family. He then went to the "Wellington Arms," It was then about 9.40. Neville and Rogers were there. Witness and his family had some "half and half"." Witness' son Charles made some general remark, when Rogers began to abuse him and threatened to put him through the shutters. Defendant also abused witness' wife. Up to that time no word had been spoken by witness' family to defendant. Rogers then threw some beer at his wife and she threw some back. Defendant begun to assault witness. The landlord told them to leave the place. When witness went outside he saw his son on the ground. Three or four people, including Neville, Rogers and Cumnor, were around him. Witness did not see his son with a knife in his hand outside the "Wellington Arms."

Charles Grove, son of the last witness, deposed to the quarrel in the public-house, and said that when they got outside Neville came up and struck witness on the left eye. Witness fell down, and when he got up Cumnor knocked him down again. Neville wanted to hit witness' mother and witness as well, but he was held back. Witness's sister prevented defendant from striking him the third time. He had a knife with him.

Elizabeth Grove, sister of last witness, said she saw her elder brother come out of the "Wellington Arms" and also saw Neville knock him down. She tried to protect her brother. Her father, who was coming out just behind her brother, was also knocked down by Neville. Her brother was struck by Cumnor. He was stunned. Her brother did not have a knife. Defendants were sober.

Alfred New, a youth, who was subpoenaed, stated that when "sky larking" with Neville the latter struck him behind the ear. Rogers came up and said "Neville mistook you for Grove. I hope you won't summons him."

John Rogers, in defence, said that when the complainant came in, Arthur Grove jeered at him and Mrs. Grove abused witness. He went to speak to young Grove, when Mrs. Grove threw a glass of beer over witness' head. Witness did not throw any beer at all

Wm. Scott denied that the defendant Rogers threatened Arthur Grove. Maria Grove threw a glass of beer at defendant and used abusive language. He heard Mrs. Grove call out to her son to "knife em."

Daniel Neville also gave evidence and said that when outside, Arthur Grove, jun., took out his knife, opened it, and threatened witness, and witness struck him. The father then threatened to knock witness' brains out, and witness was obliged to strike him in self defence.

Sidney Hawkins, landlord of the Ale Stores, Sandhurst, said he someone shout out "knife 'im.", and young Grove rushed at Rogers, and witness to prevent him doing harm, knocked Grove down. He saw the knife fall out of Grove's hand.

P.c. Hadderell spoke to Arthur Grove making a complaint against the defendants. Grove and his wife were sober. All the summonses were dismissed, each party being ordered to pay their own costs."

Arthur was working as a Labourer on enlistment.

Enlisted at Aldershot, Hampshire, on the 10th of November 1898.

West Yorkshire Regiment.

Rank: Private.

Service No: 5265.

Posted to the 2nd Battalion West Yorkshire Regiment.

Posted to South Africa (2nd Boer War) disembarking on the 20th of October 1899.

Arthur was present on Operations at Orange Free State, Transvaal, Tugela Heights, Relief of Ladysmith and Laing's Nek.

Granted 1st Good Conduct Pay at 1d on the 10th of November 1900.

Posted to England, disembarking on the 9th of January 1901.

Living at 1 Oak Cottages, Yorktown Road, Sandhurst, Berkshire, in the 1901 census. Arthur aged 25 is a Private with the 2nd Battalion Yorkshire Regiment.

Found Medically Unfit for Further Army Service on the 10th of June 1901.

Discharged from Army Service after 2 years and 264 days, on the 31st of July 1901 at Reading, Berkshire.

Arthur died in April 1904 and was buried at St. Michael's, Sandhurst. Berkshire, on the 16th of April 1904.

Son of Maria Grove (nee Bowdery), of Belmont Cottages, Owlsmoor, Camberley, and the late Arthur Grove.

John Grove 1894 - 1955;

Born on the 3rd of December 1894, at Sandhurst, Berkshire.

Educated at Sandhurst School, admitted on the 18th of July 1898.

Living at 1 Oak Cottages, Yorktown Road, Sandhurst, Berkshire, in the 1901 census.

I have not found John in the 1911 census.

John was working as a Labourer on enlistment.

Enlisted on the 7th of September 1914, at Camberley, Surrey, aged 19.

Royal Field Artillery

Rank: Gunner

Service No: 15277.

Posted to Woolwich Depot, London, on the 24th of September 1914.

Posted to the 230th Battery, 73rd Brigade, at Bordon, Hampshire, on the 9th of October 1914.

Discharged from Army Service as Medically Unfit for Further Service, due to Pulmonary Tuberculosis on the 17th of November 1914.

Living at 2 Belmont Cottages, Sandhurst, Berkshire on discharge.

Enlisted on the 1st of January 1916, unknown place.

Royal Field Artillery

Rank: Gunner.

Service No: 121877.

Posted to the B.E.F. in France and Flanders, unknown date.

Discharged from Army Service due to Terms of Engagement on the 31st of March 1919.

Re-enlisted on the 1st of April 1919, In The Field.

Service No: 1048519

Discharged from Army at Fareham, Hampshire, on the 31st of March 1922 due to Terms of Engagement.

John married Ellen Jane King, between January and March 1925. Registered at Easthampstead, Berkshire.

Living at Rosemount Cottage, Rose Hill, Binfield, Berkshire, in the 1954 Electoral Rolls.

John died between April and May 1955. Registered at Windsor, Berkshire.

Son of Maria Grove (nee Bowdery), of Belmont Cottages, Owlsmoor, Camberley, and the late Arthur Grove. Husband of Ellen Jane Grove (nee King) of Rosemount Cottage, Rose Hill, Binfield, Berkshire.

Maurice Buller Grove M.M. 1896 - 1917;

Born at Sandhurst, Berkshire, on the 19th of December 1896.

Living at 1 Oak Cottages, Yorktown Road, Sandhurst, Berkshire, in the 1901 census.

Living at 4 Andover Cottages, Sandhurst, Berkshire, in the 1911 census. Maurice now aged 14, is working as a Butcher's Errand Boy.

Enlisted at Guildford, Surrey on the 22nd of August 1913, aged 16. Maurice said he was 18 years and 7 months old.

Royal Field Artillery

Rank: Gunner

Service No: 73499

Posted to the Royal Field Artillery Depot at Woolwich, London, on the 23rd of August 1913.

Discharged from Army Service on the 17th of September 1913, Having made a Mis-statement as to age on enlistment.

Enlisted at Camberley, Surrey, unknown date.

Royal Field Artillery.

Rank: Gunner.

Service No. 15278.

Posted to the B.E.F. in France and Flanders, disembarking on the 8th of July 1915.

Maurice served with "D" Battery, 70th Brigade, R.F.A.

Appointed Acting Bombardier, unknown date.

Awarded the Military Medal, for Gallantry and devotion to duty under fire. Published in the London Gazette, on the 20th of January 1917.

Killed In Action on the 9th of April 1917, aged 20.

The Surrey Advertiser published the following on the 21st of May 1917;

"A SON TO BE PROUD OF

Mrs. Grove, of Owlsmoor, Camberley, the widowed mother of Bombardier Maurice Grove, who, as already announced was killed in action in France, has been notified that the Military Medal awarded to her son will be presented to her. Lieut. C. L. Champion Marshall, of the deceased's battery, in a letter to Mrs. Grove, says: "When we were on the last front one of our gun-pits caught fire, and your son did most excellent work rescuing the gunners inside. As I told you he feared nothing, and he rushed into the burning pit with his usual courage and brought out the burning men. He was, indeed a son to be proud of, and once again we offer you our heartfelt sympathy."

Originally buried at Ronville British Cemetery, Pas de Calais, France.

After the Armistice, Maurice was reburied at Beaurains Road Cemetery, Beaurains, Pas de Calais, France.

Grave Reference: A. 12.

Remembered on the St. John the Baptist Lychgate War Memorial, Crowthorne, Berkshire.

Son of Maria Grove (nee Bowdery), of Belmont Cottages, Owlsmoor, Camberley, and the late Arthur Grove.

Raymond Edward Bowdery Grove 1890 - 1971;

Born at Sandhurst, Berkshire, on the 2nd of October 1890.

Living at Yorktown Road, Sandhurst, Berkshire, in the 1891 census.

Living at 1 Oak Cottages, Yorktown Road, Sandhurst, Berkshire, in the 1901 census.

Educated at St Michael's Church Of England Primary School, Sandhurst, Berkshire. In attendance term of 2nd of November 1897 and left on the 31st of January 1902 to attend the Wesleyan School, Sandhurst, Berkshire.

The Reading Mercury reported on the 26th of April 1902;

"WOKINGHAM COUNTY BENCH

Friday April 18

(Before S.A. Hankey and E.C. Hughes, Esqrs.)

UNPROVOKED ASSAULT

William Beswick, "Punch and Judy" owner, was summoned by Mrs. Maria Grove for assaulting her boy Raymond Grove, at Sandhurst, on April 16th. Defendant was further charged with using obscene language on the same occasion. He pleaded not guilty.

The evidence was to the effect that as he passed the defendant, the boy looked at a box and said "That's the box where the things are in." Defendant swore at him and boxed his ears.

The charge of assault was dismissed, and for the bad language defendant was fined 5s. and 8s. costs."

Raymond was working as a Butcher on enlistment.

Enlisted on the 23rd of June 1909, at Aldershot, Hampshire.

Royal Garrison Artillery.

Rank: Gunner.

Service No: 31835.

Living at Casemates Barracks, Gibraltar, in the 1911 census. Raymond aged 20, is a Gunner with No. 54 Company Royal Garrison Artillery.

Posted to the B.E.F. in France and Flanders, disembarking on the 5th of March 1915.

Raymond served with the 81st Siege Battery, Royal Garrison Artillery.

Siege Batteries RGA were equipped with heavy howitzers, sending large calibre high explosive shells in high trajectory, plunging fire. The usual armaments were 6 inch, 8 inch and 9.2 inch howitzers . Siege Batteries were most often employed in destroying or neutralising the enemy artillery, as well as putting destructive fire down on strongpoints, dumps, store, roads and railways behind enemy lines.

Promoted To Corporal, unknown date.

Promoted to Lance Sergeant, unknown date.

Discharged to Army Reserve Class B on the 18th of April 1919.

Mobilized from Army Reserve on the 9th of April 1921, unknown reason.

Service No: 20541

Discharged from Army Reserve on the 22nd of June 1921, at Dover, Kent.

Living at Belmont Cottages, Owlsmoor, Sandhurst, Berkshire on discharge.

Raymond married Lily V. Watson between October and December 1925. Registered at Easthampstead, Berkshire.

Living at No. 2 Belmont Cottages Owlsmoor Road, Owlsmoor, Sandhurst, Berkshire, in the 1939 Register. Raymond is working as a Bricklayer and is also and Air Raid Precaution (A.R.P.) Warden.

Edward died on the 1st of March 1971. Edward was still living at 2 Belmont Cottages, Owlsmoor, Sandhurst, Berkshire.

Son of Maria Grove (nee Bowdery), of Belmont Cottages, Owlsmoor, Camberley, and the late Arthur Grove. Husband of Lily Grove (nee Watson) of 2 Belmont Cottages, Owlsmoor, Sandhurst, Berkshire.

George Henry Samuel Haigh 1901 - 1918;

Born at Jullundur, India, on the 12th of May 1901. George's father is a Quarter Master Sergeant with the 2nd East Lancashire Regiment.

Baptised at Jullundur, India, on the 6th of June 1901.

Living at 115 St Albans Avenue, Bedford Park, Chiswick, Middlesex, in the 1911 census.

Enlisted with the Mercantile Marine (Merchant Navy), unknown date.

Rank: Cadet.

Served on the S.S. "Waipara."

Killed In Action on the 4th of August 1918, aged 17.

The S.S. Waipara was a British India Steam Navigation Company Steamer, cargo ship at GRT 6,994 tons, that by 1917 was being used as a Cadet training ship. Cadets serving in these ships took over the role of the deck crew whilst, at the same time, receiving a structured programme of training, which included classroom work under the guidance of a dedicated instructional officer.

On the 4th of August 1918 the S.S. Waipara was 16 miles South, thirteen degrees East of Dunnose Head, Isle of Wight, when she was hit by a torpedo fired by U-71. George was killed by the explosion the torpedo caused which only damaged the S.S. Wiapara which was towed back to safety by H.M.S. P32 (1916)

Buried at Aldershot Civil Cemetery, Aldershot, Hampshire.

Grave Reference: O. 71/72.

Awarded the Mercantile Marine War Medal.

The Mercantile Marine War Medal was awarded by the Board of Trade of the United Kingdom to members of the Merchant Navy for one or more voyages through a war or danger zone during the course of the Great War.

Son of George Fletcher Haigh and Blanche Emily Haigh (nee Chubb), of "Sunnyside," Glenmount Road, Frimley Green, Surrey.

Frank Daniel Hall 1895 - 1916;

Born at Frimley, Surrey.

Baptised at St. Peter's, Frimley, Surrey, on the 13th of October 1895.

Frank's mother Ada died on the 27th of November 1896

Living at Guildford Road, Frimley Green, Surrey, in the 1901 census.

Frank sang with the choir at St. Peter's, Frimley, Surrey.

Living at 10 Fields Lane, Frimley Green, Surrey, in the 1911 census. Frank now aged 15, is working as a Grocers Errand Boy.

Enlisted at Camberley, Surrey, on the 9th of September 1914.

7th Battalion, Queen's (Royal West Surrey) Regiment.

Rank: Private.

Service No: G/1969

Posted to the B.E.F. in France and Flanders, embarking at Southampton on the S.S. Mount Temple and disembarking at Havre on the 27th of July 1915.

Appointed Lance Corporal, unknown date.

Promoted to Corporal, unknown date.

Killed In Action on the 18th of November 1916, aged 21.

The 7th Battalion Queen's (Royal West Surrey) Regiment War diary recorded;

"On the night of 17-18th November, the battalion less "C" & "D" Companies moved from OVILLERS HUTS into the trenches. "B" Company to HESSIAN and "A" Company to ZOLLERN TRENCH; "C" Company moving up and taking over its attack front in REGINA TRENCH, "D" Company moving across into its attacking front. Dispositions for attack were completed by 2-30 a.m.

The morning of the 18th was extremely cold. A little snow fell and rain following, made the ground very slippery. There was very little light at ZERO hour except it was possible to see figures outlined against the little snow that had fallen, the conditions approximated to a night attack.

The assaulting waves moved off at ZERO hour in good line with the 7th Buffs Regt on the right. The connection with Brigade on the left was not maintained. The Party of dug-out clearers had both N.C.O's knocked by a shell and failed in its mission. The enemy seems to have been unusually alert, as soon as our barrage opened a large numbers of Very lights were sent up from his line and he opened a very heavy barrage on REGINA TRENCH, and to a less degree on HESSIAN TRENCH at 6-12 a.m. This barrage slackened about 7 a.m. Our barrage was somewhat ragged and not nearly so heavy as had been expected.

The right of first wave suffered some casualties from short bursts. At 8. a.m. 4 prisoners were brought to Battalion report centre. 1 of them stated he had ben captured in DESIRE TRENCH.

At about 9-30 a.m. as no news had been received from assaulting Companies, runners were sent out to try and gain touch with them. These runners after crossing REGINA TRENCH were in every case held up by rifle fire fairly soon after crossing REGINA TRENCH, and except for finding some wounded, failed to get any connection with assaulting Companies. About 11 a.m. a wounded Sergeant of "D" Company (who was consider quite reliable) was brought in. He stated that he had seen the assaulting Companies almost reach DESIRE TRENCH and that they had not suffered very heavily, although considerable rifle and machine gun fire was coming from STUMP ROAD.

As runners were still unable to get touch with the front line and no runners came back from "C" & "D" Companies it was deduced that there were enemy snipers who had been passed over in the darkness by the assaulting waves between REGINA & DESIRE TRENCHES, whose presence made inter-communication impossible. A similar situation existed in front of the 7th Buffs Regt. No information as to progress of Brigade on left had been received.

At 12-10 p.m. permission was asked to use third Company for clearing ground between REGINA & DESIRE TRENCHES. This permission was granted and at 4-15 p.m. "B" Company (Captain J. M. DuBUISSON) in conjunction with 1 Company 7th Buffs Regt moved forward to attack from HESSIAN TRENCH.

The leading wave (2 platoons) under 2nd Lieut. H. W. HEWETT, got forward to with 100 yards of REGINA TRENCH. He then met strong opposition from enemy holding STUMP ROAD, and as these platoons had suffered fairly heavily and become disorganised in the growing darkness, the remainder of the Company was not pushed into the attack, but used to hold REGINA TRENCH for the night.

Patrols during the night of 18-19th November and on morning of 19th failed to gain any touch with "C" or "D" Companies, though getting as far forward as the junction of DESIRE TRENCH and STUMP ROAD. During the 19th it was plain that DESIRE TRENCH was not being held by the enemy, but parties of them were on several occasions seen moving about R.15. Central. Patrols during the 19th except for finding wounded of "D" Company could gain no touch with assaulting Companies. At dusk on the 19th "A" Company less 2 platoons relieved "B" Company in REGINA TRENCH, having received instructions to be prepared to occupy STUMP ROAD and DESIRE TRENCH in conjunction with party of 7th Buffs Regiment who had made good the latter as far as about R.15.d.77 by dusk 19th.

Orders were received about 6 p.m. that the occupation of STUMP ROAD and DESIRE TRENCH were not to take place. "A" Company therefore continued to hold REGINA TRENCH and established posts at R.15.c.62 in STUMP ROAD. A patrol of "A" Company under Corporal ANSCOMBE during the night of 19-20th reached R.15.c.85, and heard parties of enemy moving near to this point. A number of dead of the Battalion were found about R.15.c.93. No trace could be found of any Officer nor of "C" or "D" Companies.

From survivors of "C" & "D" Coys the following information has been obtained. Survivors have proved to be far from the best men of the Companies and their statements are accepted with reserve.

For the first 200 yards of the advance the attacking waves met little fire and the Battalion appeared to advancing straight on to its objective. At about 100 yards before reaching DESIRE TRENCH, it was seen that the left assaulting Company was inclining to its left and losing direction, part of the company crossing STUMP ROAD and that the whole Battalion was being assailed with heavy rifle and machine gun fire from both flanks. The enemy apparently emerged from dug-outs in STUMP ROAD and GRANDCOURT ROAD. (The dug-outs in STUMP ROAD R.26.a.79 were afterwards carefully patrolled and found to be equipped with trap door M.G. emplacements and it seems probable that these further North were of like pattern.)

Heavy casualties were suffered about DESIRE TRENCH. The remainder of assaulting Companies were taken in flank and rear from STUMP ROAD and some parties of British Prisoners were seen to be marched to the rear. One survivor states that "It was all over in 10 minutes."

Casualties for 18-19th November;

Officers; Killed 0, Wounded 2, Missing 5

Other Ranks; Killed 10, Wounded 75, Missing"

(Sergeant Arthur Tyrell M.M. was also killed in this attack. See Surnames S-U)

Buried at Stump Road Cemetery, Grandcourt, Somme, France.

Grave Reference: A.76.

Remembered on the St. Peter's Memorial, Frimley, Surrey.

Remembered on the St. Andrew's Lych Gate Memorial, Frimley Green, Surrey.

Remembered on the Camberley War Memorial.

Son of John and the late Ada Mary Hall (nee Collins), of 10, Fields Lane, Frimley Green, Surrey.

George Herbert Hall 1895 - 1918;

Born in Old Alresford, Hampshire between July and September 1895. Registered at Alresford, Hampshire

Living at Old Alresford, Hampshire, in the 1901 census.

Living at The Glyn Stables, Seaton Road, Camberley, Surrey, in the 1911 census. George now aged 15, is working as a Tea Grocers Apprentice.

Enlisted, unknown date.

2/4th Battalion, Queen's (Royal West Surrey) Regiment.

Private.

No. 205843.

Promoted to Corporal, unknown date.

Promoted to Sergeant, unknown date.

Unknown if George served overseas before being posted to Africa. His Medal Index Card shows that he was not entitled to the 1914-15 Star, so if he did go overseas, it was after January 1916.

The 2/4th Battalion, Queen's (Royal West Surrey) Regiment, were based in Egypt in guarding the Suez Canal zone, before taking in part the Palestine Campaign 1916-18.

Posted to West Africa and attached to the Stokes Gun Company, West African Service Brigade (West African Frontier Force), unknown date.

Served in the 'Adubi War', often called the Egba Uprising, near to Abeokuta and Lagos, Colonial Nigeria, between June and August 1918.

The Egba people from outside Abeokuta, began revolting in June 1918, as a result of the loss of independence in 1914, the introduction of colonial taxation and indirect rule in 1918. The war consisted of thirty thousand Egba fighters destroying much of the railway and telegraphs lines south of Abeokuta and concluded with the death of one British official and an Egba Chief.

George embarked on the Akabo at Lagos, Nigeria, and disembarked at Liverpool, England, on the 7th of December 1918.

Died on the 23rd of December 1918, aged 23, at Frensham Hill Military Hospital, Frensham, Surrey.

Awarded the Africa General Service Medal, with Clasp Nigeria 1918.

Buried at St. Michael's, Yorktown, Camberley, Surrey, on the 28th of December 1918.

Remembered on the Camberley War Memorial.

Remembered on the St. George's Memorial, Camberley, Surrey. (St. George's was demolished in 1971. Stone Tablets recording those that fell are kept safe at St. Michael's, Camberley, Surrey.)

Son of Mr. Willam James and Mrs. Alice Maud Hall (nee Beard), of Glyn Lodge, The Avenue, Camberley.

Phillip Roy Hall 1893 - 1915;

Born between April and June 1893 at Frimley, Surrey.

Baptised at St. Peter's, Frimley, Surrey, on the 4th of June 1893.

Living at Lake Road, Frimley Green, Surrey, in the 1901 census.

Enlisted at Aldershot, Hampshire, 1909, aged 16. Date of birth given as 1891.

Hampshire Regiment.

Rank: Private.

Service No: 8361.

Posted to South Africa, joining the 2nd Battalion, Hampshire Regiment, unknown date.

Living at Military Barracks, Wynberg, Cape of Good Hope, South Africa, in the 1911 census. Age given as 20 but Phillip was only 17.

Posted to Mauritius, Indian Ocean, 1911.

Posted to Mhow, India, December 1913.

The 2nd Battalion Hampshire Regiment had been in India for only 8 months at the outbreak of war August 1914. On the 31st of August it was directed to leave Mhow at once for Bombay to take over from the Sherwood Foresters. The Battalion stayed at Colaba (were they removed ammo from a ship on fire in the dockyard) until the middle of November, when the 1/7th Hampshire relieved them.

Posted to England, which saw 21 officers, 43 sergeants, 15 drummers, and 816 rank and file board the 'Gloucester Castle' on the 16th of November and head for England. On the 22nd of December 1914 the convoy reached Plymouth, then Romsey, Hampshire. They joined the 29th Division and were attached to the 88th Brigade at Stafford-on-Avon and Warwick.

The 2nd Hampshire was at first allotted to go to France, but then was dispatched to Gallipoli. Before they left on the 12th of March 1915 the 29th division passed in review of the King.

Posted to Gallipoli, embarking at Avonmouth, Gloucestershire, on the 29th of March 1915.

W and X companies embarked on the H.T. 'Aragon', Y and Z on the 'Manitou', 26 officers, 993 other ranks. Calling in at Malta and Alexandria, Egypt on the 2nd of April, and the island of Lemnos. On April 24th Headquarters, Y and Z companies left Lemnos on the 'Alaunia' for Tenedos, where they transferred to the River Clyde.

Phillip took part in the Gallipoli Landings on the 25th of April 1915, he was with Z Company, 2nd Battalion Hampshire Regiment

The Gallipoli Campaign begun on the 19th of February 1915, with Naval operations attempting to force the Dardanelles, but by the 18th March 1915 the Turks had defeated the British and French attacks, three Battleships had struck mines and sunk, with a further three battleships and the battlecruiser H.M.S. Inflexible badly damaged.

On the 22nd of March 1915 at a conference between General Sir Ian Hamilton, General Officer Commanding of the Mediterranean Expeditionary Force and Vice-Admiral John de Robeck, it was decided to make an amphibious landing on the Gallipoli peninsular.

V Beach was three hundred yards long with Cape Helles and Fort Etrugrul (Fort No.1) on the left and the old Sedd el Bahr castle on the right. The beach was defended by a Company from the 3rd Battalion, 26th Regiment Turkish Army, equipped with four machine guns. At 6.00am on the 25th of April 1915 the first Allied troops begun to land from boats that were towed or rowed to the beach, and as the 1st Battalion Royal Fusiliers approached all was quiet. As the men begun to land the Ottoman defenders open fired with deadly accuracy, from the guns in the forts and castle. Some of the Fusiliers made it onto the beach, but were pinned down behind a sandbank where they remained. Out the seven hundred men of the 1st Battalion Royal Fusiliers who went in, only three hundred had survived and many of those were wounded.

Close behind the first landing was the SS River Clyde, a 4,000 ton converted collier, with eleven machine guns on the bow and sally ports cut into the hull to allow the disembarkation of the two thousand men of the 1st Battalion Royal Munster Fusiliers including two Companies from the 2nd Btn, the 2nd Battalion Hampshire Regiment and one Company from the Royal Dublin Fusiliers.

To connect the River Clyde to the beachhead, the Argyll a steam hopper was to be beached to form a bridge. The Argyll ended up broadside to the beach, so the Captain led his crew outside to manhandle transport boats into position to form a bridge and only now could disembarkation commenced.

Two companies of The Royal Munster Fusiliers begun to emerge from the sally holes and were immediately cut down suffering seventy percent casualties. The men from the next company attempted to move about 9.00am but this also failed. At 9.30am another attempt to get ashore by the Hampshire Regiment failed with most of the men killed.

Brigardier General Napier was killed attempting to lead his men ashore from the River Clyde, before General Hamilton issued orders at 10.21am for the main force to land at W Beach, leaving the thousand men still on the SS River Clyde to wait until nightfall before attempting to come ashore.

Six Victoria Crosses were won on V Beach on the 25th of April, and all belong to the sailors and men of the Royal Naval Reserve, who had attempted to hold the transport boats in position as a bridge between the Argyll and the River Clyde, and for also rescuing the wounded.

Although the landing on V Beach had so far failed, a further 29,000 men had been landed on six beaches along the Gallipoli peninsular, in face of desperate resistance by strong Turkish forces, that were well dug in and supported by artillery.

By 12.30am on the 26th the remaining men aboard the River Clyde had disembarked and made their way ashore where they would spend a wet, cold and miserable night and some were wavering as they had either been stuck in the Hull of the River Clyde or stuck behind the sandbank on the beach unable to move and surrounded by the dead and wounded. A lack of experienced Officers after so many casualties led the Officers of the Staff to intervene and lead the men by personal example.

Led by Lieutenant-Colonel Doughty-Wylie and Captain Garth Neville Walford the surviving men from the Munster Fusiliers, Royal Fusiliers and two companies from the Hampshire Regiment, moved as one large mass and stormed the castle. The castle was taken with all the Turkish snipers found within bayoneted.

By 8.00am the Sedd el Bahr castle had been occupied and the men turned their attention to the Ottoman Forces in the Etrugrul Fort and those overlooking the beach. The Allied advances were held off on the 26th and 27th of April and as Ottoman reinforcements arrived, and counter-attacks ensued, the possibility of a swift Allied victory on the peninsula disappeared and the fighting bogged down into a battle of attrition.

Killed In Action on the 29th of June 1915, aged 22.

The Commanding Officer of Z Company, 2nd Battalion Hampshire Regiment wrote the following;

"September 6th 1915

Dear Madam,

Your son No. 8361, Lance-Corporal PHILLIP HALL, met his death while rescuing wounded comrades from the burning furze, like a true British Soldier. I am sure the whole of the Company greatly regretted his death, as he was well liked by everyone, and we all condole with you in your sad loss.

E. F. LANE, Captain, Commanding Z Company, 2nd Hants Regiment."

No known grave.

Remembered on the Helles Memorial, Gallipoli, Turkey.

Panel Reference: Panel 125-134 or 223-226 228-229 & 328.

Remembered on the St. Peter's Memorial, Frimley, Surrey.

Remembered on the St. Andrew's Lych Gate Memorial, Frimley Green, Surrey.

Remembered on the Camberley War Memorial.

Son of George William and Emily Hall (nee Cobbett), of, The Haven, Wharf Road, Frimley Green, Surrey. Philip's brother William also fell (see below)

William James Hall 1882 - 1919;

Born at Frimley, Surrey.

Baptised on the 5th of February 1882.

Living at Frimley Green, Surrey, in the 1891 census.

Boarder at Guildford Road, Frimley Green, Surrey, in the 1901 census. William now aged 19, is working as a Contractors Carman.

William married Eveline Jane Jones, at St. Peter's, Frimley, Surrey, on the 8th of July 1905. William gave his occupation as Gardener.

Living at 1 Cromwell Road, Camberley, Surrey, in the 1911 census. William aged 29, is working as a Domestic Gardener.

Living at Ashford Cottage, Wharf Road, Frimley Green, Surrey, on enlistment.

Enlisted at Guildford, Surrey, on the 31st of May 1917.

340th Company, Labour Corps.

Rank: Private.

Service No. 180906.

Posted to the 301st Company, Labour Corps, on the 20th of June 1917.

Posted to the B.E.F. in France and Flanders, disembarking on the 30th of July 1917.

Posted to the 20th Company, Labour Corps, unknown date.

Appointed Paid, Acting Lance Corporal, on the 6th of January 1918.

Promoted to Corporal, on the 6th of April 1918.

Posted to the 195th Company, Labour Corps, on the 29th of December 1918.

Demobbed and Posted to Class Z, Army Reserve, on the 9th of March 1919.

Residence after demob was, Ashford Cottage, Wharf Road, Frimley Green, Surrey.

Died on the 11th of October 1919, from Malignant Endocarditis, aged 37.

Buried at St. Peter's, Frimley, Surrey, on the 15th of October 1919.

Remembered on the St. Andrew's Lych Gate Memorial, Frimley Green, Surrey.

Remembered on the Camberley War Memorial.

Son of George William and Emily Hall (nee Cobbett), of The Haven, Wharf Road, Frimley Green, Surrey; Husband of Eveline Jane Hall, of Ashford Cottage, Wharf Road, Frimley Green, Surrey. William's brother Phillip also fell (see above).

Sydney Walter Hammomd M.M. 1885 - 1917;

Born between October and December 1885 at Bagshot, Surrey. Registered at Chertsey, Surrey.

Living at Tanyard Cottage, London Road, Bagshot, Surrey, in the 1891 census.

Living at 14 O Donovan Road, Vale Road, Yorktown, Camberley, Surrey, in the 1901 census. Sidney now aged 15, is working as an Oilmans Assitant.

Enlisted into the Militia, at Reading, Berkshire, on the 30th of October 1903. Name given as Walter Sidney Hammond.

Sidney had previously been rejected for Military Service, reason given as 'Under Chest Measurement', unknown date.

3rd Battalion, Princess Charlotte of Wales's (Royal Berkshire Regiment)

Rank: Private.

Service No. 7063.

Posted to India, unknown date. Sidney joined the 2nd Battalion, Royal Berkshire Regiment.

Awarded 3 Battalion Sporting Medals for Cricket in 1907 and 1908.

Living at Military Barracks, Meerut, India, in the 1911 census.

Awarded the King George V Coronation and Delhi Durbar Medal 1911.

The 2nd Battalion Princess Charlotte of Wales's (Royal Berkshire Regiment), was based at Jhansi, India, at the outbreak of war August 1914.

Posted to England, disembarking at Liverpool, Lancashire, on the 22nd of October 1914.

Posted to the B.E.F. in France and Flanders, disembarking on the 6th of November 1914.

The 2nd Battalion Royal Berkshire Regiment took part in the Christmas Truce of 1914. The war diary records:

"Men got up on parapet and advanced half way towards German trenches and in some cases conversed with them. Orders given at 11 am prohibiting men from going beyond parapet. Much work done in improving trenches during this day, the enemy protested against barb wire being repaired and we stopped enemy from repairing theirs. (5 men to hos, 7 from hos)."

Wounded In Action, during the Battle of Neuve Chapelle, March 1915.

Evacuated to England, unknown date.

Posted to the B.E.F. in France and Flanders, unknown date.

Transferred to the 5th Battalion, Princess of Wales's (Royal Berkshire Regiment), unknown date.

Service No: 7493.

Appointed Lance Corporal, unknown date.

The 5th Battalion Royal Berkshire Regiment recorded the following on the 20th of August 1916;

"G.O.C. 12th Division presented decorations given to Officers and men for operation on July 3rd/1916. Honours awarded (only those marked with asterisk were able to be present for decoration by G.O.C.) Military Cross 2Lt H.M. BROWN (since died of wounds) 2Lt A.D. BREACH (since sick to England) Distinguished Conduct Medal 8000 Cpl Howard C * 10375 Sgt Nicholls H. Military Medal 10291 Sgt Woodley E * 11129 Pte Smith A.L. * 9499 " Bunce J * 9284 " Gardiner J 7493 Corp Hammond W * 10254 " Purchell A. 11875 " Pearmine W * 12016 " Macfarlane J 11117 Pte Alston P * 15996 " Robins E."

Awarded the Military Medal for Bravery In the Field. Published in the London Gazette on the 22nd of August 1916.

Promoted to Corporal, unknown date.

Promoted to Sergeant, unknown date.

Killed In Action on the 27th of April 1917, aged 32, during the Battle of Arras.

The Surrey Advertiser reported on the 9th of June 1917;

"SERGT. S. W. HAMMOND KILLED

"A SPLENDID SOLDIER BELOVED BY OFFICERS AND MEN"

Sergt. Sidney Walter Hammond, Royal Berkshire Regiment, has been killed in action on April 27th, the news of death having just been received. Sergt. Hammond was a son of Mr. G. Hammond, of Bagshot, but when home on leave made his home with his sister, Mrs. F. Armstrong, of Princess-street, Camberley, where he was very popular. A smart soldier, he had about 14 years Army service, having joined the Royal Berks in 1903. He was with the 2nd Battalion in India for 11 years, and while there made a great reputation as a cricketer, winning four cricket championship medals while playing for the Regimental XI. On the occasion of the King and Queen's visit to India he was presented the Durbar medal. Coming to England since the outbreak of the present war he transferred to another battalion of the Royal Berks, with which he went to France, and was badly wounded at Neuve Chapelle. After hospital treatment in England he recovered and returned to the Front. He took part in the fighting on the Somme, and was awarded the Military Medal.

Writing to Mrs. Armstrong, Lieut. A. D. Breach, the officer commanding Sergt. Hammond's company, says that he was killed in the front line trench on April 27th, and that his death was instantaneous. Lieut. Breach adds "He was a splendid soldier, and was beloved by both his officers and men. He had a charming personality, and did not know the meaning of the word 'fear.'"

No known grave.

Remembered on the Arras Memorial, Arras, Pas de Calais, France.

Panel Reference: Bay 7.

Remembered on the Camberley War Memorial. (As S.W. Hammond).

Remembered on the St. George's Memorial, Camberley, Surrey. (As Sydney Hammond). (St.George's was demolished in 1971. Stone Tablets recording those that fell are kept safe at St. Michael's, Camberley, Surrey.)

Son of George and Hannah Hammond (nee Draper), of, 41 Princess Street, Camberley, Surrey.

The Museum for the Berkshire And Wiltshire Regiments, holds Walter's medals and also has a few photos of him. Details can be found online at;

http://www.thewardrobe.org.uk/home

Edward Albert Hampton 1893 - 1917;

Born at Yorktown, Camberley, Surrey.

Baptised at St. Michael's, Yorktown, Camberley, Surrey, on the 5th of March 1893.

Living at Moorlands Villas, Vale Road, Yorktown, Camberley, Surrey, in the 1901 census.

Living at 18 Moorlands Place, Vale Road, Yorktown, Camberley, Surrey, in the 1911 census. Edward now aged 18, is working as a Grocers Errand Boy.

Enlisted at Camberley, Surrey, on the 31st of August 1914.

7th Battalion, Queen's (Royal West Surrey) Regiment.

Rank: Private.

Service No. G/1198.

Posted to the B.E.F. in France, embarking the S.S. 'Victoria' on the 27th of July 1915, disembarking at Boulogne, France, on the same day.

Wounded In Action, unknown date.

Probably the 3rd of May 1917, during the Battle of Arras. The 7th Battalion's War Diary shows that they attacked on the 3rd of May and were relieved from the trenches in the early hours of the 4th of May 1917.

Died of Wounds on the 8th of May 1917, aged 24.

The Surrey Advertiser reported on the 25th of June 1917;

"Mrs. Hampton, of 18, Moorlands Place, Vale Road, Camberley, has received the sad news her son, Pte. Edward Hampton, The Queen's Royal West Surrey Regt., has died of wounds in France."

Buried at Warlincourt Halte British Cemetery, Saulty, Pas de Calais, France.

Grave Reference: IX. H. 8.

Remembered on the Camberley War Memorial.

Remembered on the St. George's Memorial, Camberley, Surrey. (St.George's was demolished in 1971. Stone Tablets recording those that fell are kept safe at St. Michael's, Camberley, Surrey.)

Son of James and Eliza Hampton (nee Wooff), of 18, Moorlands Place, Vale Road, Yorktown, Camberley, Surrey.

Albert Henry Handford 1895 - 1920;

Born at Plymouth, Devonshire, on the 1st of August 1895.

Living at Town Barracks, Howell Road, Exeter, Devonshire, in the 1901 census. Albert aged 6, is attending school, and his father is a soldier serving with the Devonshire Regiment.

Enlisted, unknown date. (About 1910).

Rank: Boy.

Service No. Unknown.

Living at Lucknow Barracks, North Tidworth, Andover, Hampshire, in the 1911 census. Albert aged 15, is serving as a Boy with the 1st Battalion, Devonshire Regiment.

Discharged after 4 years 122 days service.

Enlisted at Guildford, Surrey, on the 2nd of March 1916.

Posted to the Army Reserve, on the 3rd of March 1916.

Called up for Service, on the 6th of June 1917.

Devonshire Regiment.

Rank: Private.

Service No: Unknown

Albert married Mabel Harriet Bretel at All Saints, Jersey, Channel Islands, on the 1st of August 1917.

Transferred to the 33rd (City of London) Battalion, London Regiment, on the 14th of June 1918.

Rank: Private.

Service No. 860819

Posted to the B.E.F. in France and Flanders, disembarked at Boulogne, France, on the 3rd of July 1918.

Confined to Barracks for 3 days after being Dirty on Parade on the 10th of December 1918.

Demobbed and transferred to Class Z Army Reserve, on the 11th of June 1919.

Died on the 10th of December 1920, aged 25, from pernicious anemia, at 18 Charing Cross, Jersey, Channel Islands.

Buried at St. Helier(Mont-A-L'Abbe) New Cemetery, Jersey, Channel Islands.

Grave Reference:

Remembered on the Camberley War Memorial. (As A. A. Handford).

Son of Henry and Mary Handford (nee Murphy), of, 2 Spring Cottages, Frimley Road, Camberley, Surrey; Husband of Mabel Harriet Handford (nee Bretel), of, 18 Charing Cross, Jersey, Channel Islands. Albert's brother Frederick also fell. (See below).

Frederick John Handford 1890 - 1918;

Born at Aldershot, Hampshire on the 16th of August 1890. (CWGC records birthplace as Barnstable, Devon).

Baptised St. Michael & St. Sebastian, Aldershot, Hampshire, on the 15th of September 1890.

I have not found Frederick in the 1891 census. Frederick's father was a soldier serving with the Devonshire Regiment, and was posted to Egypt in January 1891.

Living at Town Barracks, Howell Road, Exeter, Devonshire, in the 1901 census. Frederick aged 11, is attending school.

Enlisted at Cardiff, Wales, unknown date. (Regimental No. suggests about the 4th Quarter of 1908).

Welsh Regiment.

Rank: Private.

Service No. 9912.

Living at Llanion Barracks, Pembroke Dock, Pembrokeshire, Wales, in the 1911 census. Frederick now aged 20, is serving with F Company, 2nd Battalion, Welsh Regiment.

Posted to the B.E.F. in France and Flanders, disembarking on the 16th of January 1915.

Transferred to the 6th Battalion, Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers, after May 1918.

The 6th Battalion, Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers only disembarked in France, on the 2nd of May 1918.

Rank: Private.

Service No. 48912.

Killed In Action on the 7th of November 1918, aged 28.

The 6th Battalion Inniskilling war diary recorded;

"NOYELLES 7th NOVEMBER 1918

0600 Brigade left NOYELLES and marched off to jumping off point at STREMY CHAUSSE (D 13.C.5.1)

0815 Advanced from jumping off point, to 1st objective on ST. AUBIN-AVESNES Road.

ST AUBIN 1115 After severe opposition, 1st objective gained and consolidated by 11.15

1345 Advance continued to final objective MAUBEUCE-AVESNES Road. Very considerable opposition encountered and advance held up.

1600 Line consolidated for the night in sunken road D.18.D. and along ST. AUBIN-MONT DOURLERS Road, from D.18.D.77 to E.13.C.0.8."

Buried at St. Aubin Churchyard, Nord, France.

Grave Reference: In South-East part.

Frederick is the only Commonwealth burial from the Great War at St. Aubin.

Remembered on the Camberley War Memorial.

Remembered on the St Tarcisius Memorial, Camberley, Surrey.

Son of Henry and Mary Handford (nee Murphy), of 2, Spring Cottages, Frimley Road, Camberley, Surrey. Frederick's brother Albert, is also remembered on the Camberley War Memorial.

Albert Hanks 1883 - 1914;

Born on the 28th of October 1883, at Frimley, Surrey. Registered at Farnham, Surrey.

Baptised at St. Peter's, Frimley, Surrey, on the 2nd of March 1884.

Living at London Road, Yorktown, Camberley, Surrey, in the 1891 census. Albert aged 7, is attending school.

Albert was working as a Tailors Assistant.

Enlisted on the 7th of October 1899, at London.

Royal Marine Light Infantry.

Service No. 11237

Posted to the Royal Marine Recruit Depot at Deal, Kent, on the 7th of October 1899.

Passed course in Musketry at Deal, Kent, January 1900.

Passed course in Musketry at Milton, February 1900.

Passed School Education 3rd Class on the 27th of March 1900.

Posted to Chatham, Kent, on the 30th of August 1900.

Passed course in Gunnery on Sea Service, 21st of January 1901.

Posted to H.M.S. Jupiter on the 26th of January 1901

Crew Member aboard H.M.S. Jupiter, in the 1901 census. Albert age given as 20 but actually 18 is a Private with the Royal Marine Light Infantry.

Posted to H.M.S. Narcissus on the 8th of August 1901.

Posted to Chatham (at Fort) on the 9th of August 1901.

Discharged from Royal Naval Service on the 7th of January 1902 as Invalided.

Albert gave his address on discharge as High Street, Crowthorne, Berkshire.

Living at Yorktown, Camberley, Surrey on enlistment.

Enlisted at Guildford, Surrey, on the 7th of March 1903. Occupation given as Tailor.

Queen's (Royal West Surrey) Regiment.

Rank: Private.

Service No. L/7795.

Posted to South Africa, disembarking on the 15th of July 1903, joining the 2nd Battalion Queen's (Royal West Surrey) Regiment, then stationed in South Africa.

Awarded Certificate of Army Education 3rd Class, on the 20th of January 1904.

Posted to India, disembarking on the 20th of September 1904, joining the 1st Battalion Queen's (Royal West Surrey) Regiment, then stationed in India.

Posted to England, disembarking on the 31st of March 1906.

Discharge to Army Reserve, on Expiration of his period of Army Service, at Gosport, Hampshire on the 2nd of April 1906.

Albert lived at 3 Weston Villas, Gordon Road, Camberley, Surrey.

Mobilised with the outbreak of war, August 1914.

Both of Albert's parents had died by 1914, so next of kin details were for his elder brother;

Arthur Hanks, of , 166 London Road, Yorktown, Camberley, Surrey.

Posted to the B.E.F. in France, embarking the S.S. 'Braemar Castle', on the 12th of August 1914, and disembarking at Havre, on the 13th of August 1914.

Killed In Action on the 22nd of September 1914, aged 31.

The 1st Battalion, Queen's (Royal West Surrey) Regiment war diary for the 22nd of September states;

"A & B Coys relieved C & D at 6.30am. Alarm at 1.pm & whole Battn. reinforced 18th Bde. and remained in reserve. The 3rd Bde. replaced the 18th Bde. in their trenches at 6.pm. Our own Arty shelled short and caused 5 casualties. Total Casualties today 1 K and 9 wounded."

Originally buried at Troyon Churchyard, Aisne, France.

The village of Troyon and it's Church were completely destroyed by shell fire, and was never rebuilt.

After the Armistice, Albert was reburied at Sissonne British Cemetery, Aisne, France.

Grave Reference: O. 12.

Remembered on the Camberley War Memorial.

Son of the late William and Sarah Hanks, of Camberley, Surrey; Brother of Arthur Hanks, of, 3 Wentworth Villas, Brook Road, Camberley, Surrey.

Arthur James Victor Harden 1897 - 1915;

Born at Royal Leamington Spa, Warwickshire, on the 15th of May 1897.

Baptised at St. Mark's, Leamington Priors, Warwickshire, on the 15th of July 1897.

Living at 53 Lansdowne Place, Hove, Sussex, in the 1901 census.

Educated at Wellington College, Crowthorne, Berkshire, unknown dates.

Boarder at Wellington College, Crowthorne, Berkshire, in the 1911 census.

Educated as a Gentleman Cadet at the Royal Military College Sandhurst, unknown dates.

Commissioned as a 2nd Lieutenant, Royal Sussex Regiment, on the 13th of January 1915. Published in the London Gazette, on the 13th of January 1915, Issue 29038, Page 387.

Posted to the B.E.F. in France and Flanders, disembarking on the 25th of May 1915, joining the 2nd Battalion, Royal Sussex Regiment.

Killed In Action on the 25th of September 1915, aged 18, during the Battle of Loos.

The Battle of Loos took place from the 25th of September until the 8th of October 1915 in France. It was the biggest British attack of 1915, the first time that the British used poison gas and the first mass engagement of New Army units. The French and British tried to break through the German defences in Artois and Champagne to restore a war of movement.

The 2nd Battalion Royal Sussex Regiment's war diary recorded;

"The Battalion was detailed in Operation Orders as Supporting Battalion for the attack on the German Line on Sept. 25th + was assigned a position in the old Support Line from Boyau 2 on the left to Boyau A5 on the right + with one Coy ("B") in the old forming line, its left resting on B2. This position was taken up at 1.50 AM on Sept 25th,

My orders were that immediately the two assaulting Battns. (1st L. N. Lancs and 2 K.R.R.S.) advanced the Royal Sussex were to move forward + occupy their trenches in the front line in readiness to move forward again in support of the Assault as soon as I could ascertain that the assaulting Battns. had obtained a footing in the German front line trench. at 6.30 am the assaulting Battns. advanced and the Royal Sussex immediately pushed on to our own front line trench. Owing to the dense smoke from the smoke candles it was not possible to see how the advanced was progressing but the wind had veered round and had carried some of the gas back over our Front Trench casusing a good deal of confusion for the amongst the troops of the assaulting line. My Company Commanders then on their own initiative at once advanced and pushed on to the assault the Battalion thus becoming part of the assaulting line at a very early stage of the attack.

This advance was pushed right up to the German wire which was not cut and at this stage all our officers and men who had reached or or close to the wire were either killed or wounded. The Ryl Sussex Machine Gun Section which had advanced with the Battalion endeavoured to reach the German Line but were annihilated about 50 yds in front of Lone Tree.

Meanwhile the 15th Division on our right and the 1st Brigade on our left had succeeded in driving the Germans out of their Front Line Trenches, owing to the fact that almost all of my officers and N.C.O's were either killed or wounded it was very difficult to obtain reliable information as to the progress of the attack but it was evident that in front of the 2nd Bde the Germans were holding their front line in strength. My second in Command Major Willett went forward to endeavour to obtain information as to the progress of the attack, he was able to get as far as Lone Tree but beyond this it was impossible for anyone to advance in the face of German Machine Gun and Rifle fire.

at about 11.45 AM Green's force attacked but at this time did not get any further forward than Lone Tree. a second attack delivered by the same force later in the day was able to push on further and at about 3.40 PM the Germans in front of 2nd Bde surrendered.

At about 3,15 PM I and Major Willett with Lieuts Baker & Wallington, collected all the men of the Battn whom we could get hold of some 70 in all and found a line close to LONE TREE + when the Germans in the front line surrendered I occupied their trenches and from thence pushed on to CHALK PIT where by order of G.O.C. 2nd Bde, we entrenched ourselves along the LENS-LA BASSEE ROAD with our right resting on the CHALK PIT. This line we held until relieved at about 3 AM on Sept. 26th when we returned to the old British Line in front of BOIS CARREE."

Originally buried at Le Rutoire British Cemetery. The cemetery was close to Le Rutoire Farm, which is on Loos Plain, near the village of Vermelles. It was used in 1915, and contained the graves of 82 soldiers from the United Kingdom and six French soldiers.

After the armistice, Arthur was reburied at Dud Corner Cemetery, Loos, Pas de Calais, France.

Grave Reference: VII. E. 16.

The name "Dud Corner" is believed to be due to the large number of unexploded enemy shells found in the neighbourhood after the Armistice.

Remembered on the Camberley War Memorial.

Remembered on the Wellington College Memorial, Crowthorne, Berkshire.

Son of Lieutenant-Colonel George Harden and the late Mabel Elliott Harden (nee Angelo), of, 'Maida', Branksome Park Road, Camberley, Surrey.

Robert George Harrington 1891 - 1914;

Born at Wrecclesham, Farnham, Surrey.

Baptised at St. Andrew's, Farnham, Surrey, on the 22nd of May 1892. Living at The Hatches, Wrecclesham, Farnham, Surrey.

Living at 29 Princess Street, Camberley, Surrey, in the 1901 census. Robert's father is a Barber.

Robert was working as a Butcher on enlisting.

Enlisted at Guildford, Surrey, unknown date. (Regimental No. suggest about 1910).

2nd Battalion Dragoon Guards (Queen's Bays)

Rank: Private.

Service No. D/5074.

Living at Wellington Lines, Aldershot, Hampshire, in the 1911 census. Robert aged 20, is a Private with the 2nd Dragoon Guards, 1st Cavalry Brigade.

Posted to the B.E.F. in France, disembarking on the 15th of August 1914.

Wounded In Action, unknown date.

Evacuated to England and admitted to No.1 Western General Hospital, Liverpool, Lancashire, unknown date.

Died of Wounds on the 10th of November 1914, aged 24.

Buried at Liverpool (Kirkdale) Cemetery, Liverpool, Lancashire.

Grave Reference: Screen Wall. IV. C.E. 41.

Remembered on the Camberley War Memorial.

Remembered at St. Michael's, Blackmoor, Hampshire

Remembered on the St. George's Memorial, Camberley, Surrey. (St. George's was demolished in 1971. Stone Tablets recording those that fell are kept safe at St. Michael's, Camberley, Surrey.)

Son of George and Emily Harrington (nee Gates), of, 6 Obelisk Street, Camberley, Surrey.

William George Stanley Harrington 1896 - 1917;

Known as Stanley.

Born at Bagshot, Surrey.

Baptised at St. Anne's, Bagshot, Surrey, on the 26th of July 1896. Residence shown as College Ride, Bagshot, Surrey.

Living at the White Hart Inn, Bagshot, Surrey, in the 1901 census. Father's occupation is given as Beer House Keeper.

Living at High Street, Bagshot, Surrey, in the 1911 census.

Enlisted at Camberley, Surrey, about September 1915. Year of birth given as 1892.

Served as Stanley Harrington.

Coldstream Guards.

Rank: Private.

Service No. 17205.

Posted to the B.E.F. in France and Flanders, unknown date. (After January 1916). Joined the 1st Battalion, Coldstream Guards.

Wounded In Action on the 31st of July 1917.

The 1st Battalion Coldstream Guards war diary records;

"31 July. Zero hour 3.15 a.m.. Our barrage came down in German Line. 1st Bn Scots Guards and 2nd Bn Irish Guards took the BLUE line and pushed out to the BLACK line where some resistance was encountered and No. 3 Coy, 1st Bn Coldstream Guards, coming forward with the leading wave of the Battalion rendered material assistance in clearing the enemy. No.2 Coy were employed in "mopping up" behind the 1st Scot Guards and 2nd Bn Irish Guards. These two Battalions remained in and consolidated the BLACK line. The 1st Bn Coldstream Guards formed up behind the BLACK line and after a halt of 1 hour and 15 minutes (approx.) there, the 1st Bn Coldstream Guards (with 3 Bn Grenadier Guards on the right, and between them and the STADEN Railway) advanced to attack the GREEN line, their objective , which was obtained within 40 minutes of their advance from the BLACK line. There the Battalion dug in under heavy shell fire. At 9.15 a.m. the 1st Guards Brigade went through the GREEN line and attacked the GREEN DOTTED line.

The Casualties were comparatively slight, and many prisoner's taken. 1 Officer (Lieut. T. K. Barnsley) was killed, and 4 (Lt. O.S. Leigh-Bennett, Lt G.G. Boyd, 2/Lt R.S. Maitland-Edwards, 2/Lt C.I.P. Smith-Ryland) were wounded. Other Ranks (approx.) Killed 22, Wounded 140, Missing 17."

Died of Wounds on the 1st of August 1917, at the 3rd Field Ambulance aged 21. (CWGC states age as 25 years).

Buried at Bleuet Farm, Ypres, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium.

Grave Reference: I. H. 15.

Bleuet Farm was used as a dressing station during 1917 Allied offensive on this front. The cemetery was begun in a corner of the farm and was in use from June to December 1917, though a few of the burials are of later date.

Remembered on the Bagshot War Memorial. (As S. Harrington)

Remembered on the Camberley War Memorial. (As S. Harrington)

Son of Mr. William John Harrington and the late Elizabeth Harrington (nee Bishop), of Brookside, Bagshot, Camberley, Surrey.

George Richard Harrison 1897 - 1918;

Born on the 18th of March 1897 at Frimley, Surrey. Registered at Farnham, Surrey.

Living at Rorkes Drift, Mytchett, Frimley, Surrey, in the 1901 cen'feldlazsus.

Living at 6 Rorkes Drift, Mytchett, Frimley, Surrey, in the 1911 census. George now aged 14, is shown as having no occupation.

Enlisted at Camberley, Surrey, unknown date.

Queen's (Royal West Surrey) Regiment.

Rank: Private.

Service No: L/10968

Appointed Lance Corporal, unknown date.

Promoted to Corporal, unknown date.

Posted to the B.E.F. in France and Flanders, unknown date. (After January 1916).

Served with the 8th Battalion, Queen's (Royal West Surrey) Regiment.

Wounded In Action, unknown date.

Captured as a Prisoner of War by the Germans, unknown date.

Died of Wounds on the 18th of August 1918, aged 21.

Originally buried by the Germans near to the village of Tincourt, Somme, France, but grave was destroyed by shell fire.

Remembered on the Tincourt German Cemetery Special Memorial 18, at Tincourt New British Cemetery, Somme, France.

The Memorial is known as the 'Kipling Memorial' and the inscription reads;

"To the memory of these 9 soldiers of the British Empire, who died as Prisoners of War in 1918, and were buried at the time in TINCOURT CEMETERY OF HONOUR, but whose graves are now lost.

Their Glory shall not be blotted out."

Remembered on the St. Andrew's Lych Gate Memorial, Frimley Green, Surrey.

Remembered on the Camberley War Memorial.

Remembered on the Frimley Green Working Man's Club Memorial.

Son of William John Harrison and Ellen Harrison (nee Parker), of, 6, Rorkes Drift, Mytchett Road, Frimley, Surrey. George's brother William also fell (See below).

William George Harrison 1895 - 1916;

Born between April and June 1895 at Frimley, Surrey.

Baptised at St. Peter's, Frimley, Surrey, on the 30th of June 1895.

Living at Rorkes Drift, Mytchett, Frimley, Surrey, in the 1901 census.

Living at 6 Rorkes Drift, Mytchett, Frimley, Surrey, in the 1911 census. William now aged 16, is working as a Wash House Boy.

Enlisted at Camberley, Surrey, unknown date.

2/5th Battalion Queen's (Royal West Surrey) Regiment.

Rank: Private.

No. T/1944.

Posted to the Mesopotamia Expeditionary Force, disembarking on the 21st of November 1915.

The 2/5th Battalion were captured as Prisoners of War when the garrison at Kut-al-Amara surrendered on the 29th of April 1916.

Died on the 13th of October 1916, aged 21.

Buried at Basra War Cemetery, Basra, Iraq.

Grave Reference: V. A. 11.

Whilst the current climate of political instability persists it is not possible for the Commonwealth War Graves Commission to manage or maintain its cemeteries and memorials located within Iraq. Alternative arrangements for commemoration have therefore been implemented and a two volume Roll of Honour listing all casualties buried and commemorated in Iraq has been produced. These volumes are on display at the Commonwealth War Grave Commission's Head Office in Maidenhead, Berkshire, and are available for the public to view.

Remembered on the St. Andrew's Lych Gate Memorial, Frimley Green, Surrey.

Remembered on the Camberley Memorial.

Son of William John Harrison and Ellen Harrison (nee Parker), of, 6, Rorkes Drift, Mytchett Road, Frimley, Surrey. William's brother George also fell. (See above).

Edward Elers Delaval Henderson V.C. 1878 - 1917;

Born at Simla, Bengal, India, on the 2nd of October 1878.Baptised at Simla, Bengal, India, on the 21st of November 1878.

Educated at Dunstable Grammar School, Dunstable, Bedfordshire, unknown dates.

Educated as a Gentleman Cadet, at the Royal Military College Sandhurst, unknown dates.

Commissioned as a 2nd Lieutenant, 5th Battalion Worcestershire Regiment, on the 10th of April 1900. Published in the London Gazette on the 17th of April 1900, Issue 27183, Page 2510.

Seconded for Service with the West African Frontier Force, on the 25th of July 1900. Published in the London Gazette, on the 24th of July 1900.

Granted local rank of Lieutenant, whilst employed with the West African Frontier Force, on the 9th of August 1900. Published in the London Gazette, on the 18th of June 1901.

Posted to Africa, embarking the S.S 'Sobo', at Liverpool, Lancashire, on the 9th of August 1900, disembarking at Forçados, Nigeria.

Edward served in Africa with the 1st Battalion, Northern Nigeria Regiment.

Posted to England, unknown date.

Posted to Africa, embarking the 'Fantee', at Liverpool, Lancashire, on the 22nd of February 1902, disembarking at Forçados, Nigeria.

Promoted to Lieutenant and Seconded for Service with the West African Frontier Force, on the 25th of March 1902. Published in the London Gazette, on the 3rd of June 1902, Issue 27439, Page 3609.

Posted to England, unknown date.

Posted to Africa, embarking the 'Fantee', at Liverpool, Lancashire, on the 5th of December 1903, disembarking at Forçados, Nigeria.

Posted to England, unknown date.

Posted to Africa, embarking the 'Karina', at Liverpool, Lancashire, on the 8th of July 1905, disembarking at Sierra Leone.

Posted to England, unknown date.

Awarded the African General Service Medal with Clasps, North Nigeria, Nigeria 1902 and Nigeria 1903.

Posted to Jamaica, embarking the 'Port Henderson', at Plymouth, Devonshire, on the 21st of April 1906, disembarking at Kingston, Jamaica.

Posted to England, unknown date.

Promoted to Captain, North Staffordshire Regiment (Prince of Wales's), unknown date.

Edward married Madeline Fish, at All Saint's, Knightsbridge, London, on the 2nd of February 1910.

Posted to Africa, embarking the 'Akabo', at Liverpool, Lancashire, on the 30th of March 1910, disembarking at Forçados, Nigeria.

Posted to England, unknown date.

Posted to the Mediterranean Expeditionary Force, disembarking at Gallipoli, Turkey, July 1915. Edward served with the 7th Battalion, North Staffordshire Regiment (Prince of Wales's)

Promoted to Major, 7th Battalion, North Staffordshire Regiment (Prince of Wales's), on the 1st of September 1915. Published in the London Gazette, on the 4th September 1915, Issue 29284, Page 8809.

Posted to Mesopotamia Expeditionary Force, in Mesopotamia (now Iraq), April 1916.

Appointed Acting Lieutenant-Colonel, and Commanding Officer of the 9th Battalion, Royal Warwickshire Regiment, on the 6th of July 1916.

Appointed Temporary Lieutenant-Colonel, on the 13th of November 1916, with seniority from the 6th of July 1916. Published in the London Gazette, on the 16th of February 1917.

Killed In Action on the 25th of January 1917, aged 38, near the River Hai, Kut, Mesopotamia (now Iraq).

For the second half of 1916 the Mesopotamia Expeditionary Force was to spend time on building up a force strong enough to resume the offensive towards Baghdad and to drive the Turkish Army out of the country. The beginning of the British offensive took place on the 25th January 1917 at the Hai salient to the south-west of Kut, which was to become the Second Battle of Kut-el-Amara.

Two battalions, the 9th Battalion, Worcestershire Regiment and the 7th Battalion, North Staffordshire Regiment, got within 50 yards of the enemy front, protected by artillery fire, and after the bombardment lifted they entered the enemy lines. Although the 7th North Staffs suffered heavy casualties, they still managed to carry out their objectives. However, the Turks made a series of counter-attacks and were supported by shrapnel fire, trench mortar and bombs, which forced the North Staffs back on to the Worcestershire battalion.

It was at this point that the 9th Battalion, Royal Warwickshire Regiment were brought up from brigade reserve to make a counter-attack of their own. Lieutenant-Colonel Edward Henderson personally led the leading troops through the retiring troops across 500 yards of open ground in order to recapture the objectives lost by the North Staffordshire Regiment.

Awarded the Victoria Cross for Valour. Citation published in the London Gazette, on the 8th of June 1917;

"Date of Award: 25th of January 1917;

For most conspicuous bravery, leadership and personal example when in command of his battalion ( West Bank of the Hai, Mesopotamia ).

Lt.-Col. Henderson brought his battalion up to our two front trenches, which were under intense fire, and his battalion had suffered heavy casualties when the enemy made a heavy counter-attack, and succeeded in penetrating our lines in several places, the situation becoming critical.

Although shot through the arm, Lt.-Col. Henderson jumped on to the parapet and advanced alone some distance in front of his battalion, cheering them on under the most intense fire over 500 yards of open ground. Again wounded, he nevertheless continued to lead his men on in the most gallant manner, finally capturing the position by a bayonet charge. He was again twice wounded, and died when he was eventually brought in."

Lying out wounded in the open Lieutenant-Colonel E. E. D. Henderson was rescued by his adjutant Lieutenant Robert Phillips, who was to earn the Victoria Cross on the same day.

Buried at Amara War Cemetery, Amara, Iraq.

Grave Reference: XXIV.B.31.

In 1933, all of the headstones were removed from this cemetery when it was discovered that salts in the soil were causing them to deteriorate. Instead a screen wall was erected with the names of those buried in the cemetery engraved upon it.

Whilst the current climate of political instability persists it is not possible for the Commonwealth War Graves Commission to manage or maintain its cemeteries and memorials located within Iraq. Alternative arrangements for commemoration have therefore been implemented and a two volume Roll of Honour listing all casualties buried and commemorated in Iraq has been produced. These volumes are on display at the Commonwealth War Graves Commission's Head Office in Maidenhead, Berkshire, and are available for the public to view.

Remembered at the Garrison Church, Whittington Barracks, Lichfield, Staffordshire.

Probate records show that Edward's residence at the time of his death was; 'Dalhousie', Gordon Road, Camberley, Surrey.

Son of Major-General Philip D. Henderson and Rosannah Augusta Henderson (nee Cherry); Husband of Mrs.Madeline Henderson (nee Fish), of "Tall Trees," Park Road, Camberley, Surrey.

George Herbert Henty 1887 - 1917;

Born at Emsworth, Hampshire, on the 10th of April 1887. Registered at Westbourne, Sussex.

Baptised at Parish Church, Terrington St. Clement, Norfolk, on the 15th of May 1887.

Living at Hambrook House, Funtingdon, Sussex, in the 1891 census.

Educated at Eton College, leaving in 1903.

Educated as a Gentleman Cadet at the Royal Military College Sandhurst, unknown date.

Commissioned as a 2nd Lieutenant, 3rd Battalion, Royal Sussex Regiment, on the 4th of October 1905. Published in the London Gazette, on the 6th of October 1905, Issue 27842, Page 6707.

Promoted to Lieutenant, 3rd Battalion, Royal Sussex Regiment, on the 22nd of May 1907. Published in the London Gazette on the 18th of June 1907, Issue 28031, Page 4175.

George married Ethel Maud Moody between April and June 1909. Registered at Reading, Berkshire.

Living at Longmoor Camp, East Liss, Hampshire, in the 1911 census. George now aged 23, is a Lieutenant, serving with the 2nd Battalion, Suffolk Regiment.

Promoted to Captain, unknown date.

Posted to the B.E.F. in France and Flanders, disembarking on the 30th of May 1915.

Promoted to Captain, on the 2nd of October 1915. Published in the London Gazette on the 1st of July 1916, Supplement 29649, Page 6573.

Appointed to Temporary Major, on the 20th of October 1915. Published in the London Gazette on the 14th of April 1916, Issue 29549, Page 4001.

Wounded In Action on the 13th of October 1915, attacking the "Hair Pin" during the Battle of Loos, Gunshot Wound to the Shoulder.

George was evacuated back to England and admitted into the Queen Alexandra's Military Hospital At Millbank, London, on the 19th of October 1915.

Discharged to the Royal Free Hospital, London, on the 26th of November 1915.

Posted to the B.E.F. in France and Flanders, unknown date.

Killed In Action on the 30th of November 1917, aged 29, during the Battle of Cambrai.

The Battle of Cambrai begun on the 20th of November 1917, and saw initial advances by the British forces. The 7th and 9th Battalions of the Suffolk Regiment had cause to celebrate. Their gains had been nothing short of spectacular, ground taken, minimal casualties and vast amounts of materiel and prisoners taken.

As they consolidated their gains; the 7th around the rear of Lateau Wood and the ground that dropped off it is rear, and the 9th, around the bridges and the hills to the east of Marcoing, they felt that they had thoroughly routed the Germans and that this might be well on the way to a large scale breakthrough. This was not to be and the German's on the 30th of November unleashed the biggest counter-attack against the B.E.F. since 1914.

After a ferocious artillery barrage, the Germans counterattacked and broken through in a number of places along the Allied front line. Forging a wedge below Lateau Wood, they drove westwards between 7th Suffolk in Reserve lines near Pam Pam Farm, and their counterparts to the north, then swung round and retook the wood. In minutes the Battalion were in retreat and moving southwards. Those who had been wounded in the barrage had to be left. Everybody was pushed in a disorganised retreat heading southwest towards Gouzeaucourt. By the end of the battle, the British retained some of the ground captured in the north and the Germans a smaller amount taken in the south.

The 7th Battalion Suffolk war diary recorded;

“Enemy counterattacked. 13 officers and 219 o-ranks missing. HQ and A Company surrounded and captured. Enemy broke through the division on the right and attacked Battalion in the rear”

No known grave.

Twice mentioned in Despatches, unknown dates.

Remembered on the Cambrai Memorial, Louverval, Nord, France.

Panel Reference: Panel 4.

Remembered on the Sturminster Marshall War Memorial, Sturminster Marshall, Dorset.

Remembered on the Camberley War Memorial.

Son of Lieutenant-Colonel Charles Percival Henty and Charlotte Ellen Henty; Husband of Ethel Maud Henty (nee Moody), of, Ferndale, Gordon Road, Camberley, Surrey.

Hubert Herrington 1893 - 1916;

Born at Farnham, Surrey, on the 5th of April 1893.

Baptised at St. Andrew's, Farnham, Surrey, on the 13th of June 1893.

Living at Lynchford Road, Farnborough, Hampshire, in the 1901 census.

Enlisted on the 5th of September 1910. Occupation given as Butcher, aged 17. Hubert gave his year of birth as 1892.

Royal Navy.

Rank: Ordinary Seaman.

Service No: S.S.3389

Posted to H.M.S. Victory, on the 5th of September, until the 29th of October 1910.

Posted to H.M.S. Jupiter, on the 30th of October 1910, until 10th of January 1911.

Living at Portsmouth Naval Base, Portsea Island, Hampshire, in the 1911 census.

Promoted to Able Seaman, May 1912.

Posted to H.M.S. Neptune, on the 18th of May 1912, until the 27th of October 1913.

Posted to General Service, on the 28th of October 1913.

Service No: J/28604.

Posted to H.M.S. Neptune, on the 28th of October, until the 31st of December 1913.

Posted to H.M.S. Excellent, on the 1st of January 1914, until the 20th of April 1914.

Posted to H.M.S. Black Prince, on the 21st of April 1914.

H.M.S. Black Prince was one of the four armoured cruisers serving in the 1st Cruiser Squadron of the Mediterranean Fleet, at the outbreak of war in August 1914.

She participated in the pursuit of Goeben and Breslau. Following the escape of the two German ships to neutral Turkey, Black Prince and Duke of Edinburgh were sent into the Red Sea to search for German merchant ships, with the Black Prince capturing the German ocean liners Südmark and Istria.

Killed In Action on the 31st of May 1916, aged 23, during the Battle of Jutland.

The circumstances under which she sank were mysterious for some years after. As the British had lost contact and did not see the ship destroyed, they were unsure as to whether a submarine or surface ship was responsible for sinking. During the battle, the First Cruiser Squadron was deployed as part of a screening force several miles ahead of the main force of the Grand Fleet, but H.M.S. Black Prince lost contact with the rest of the Squadron as it came into contact with German forces, at about 5.42pm, on the 31st of May 1916.

There were no positive sightings of H.M.S. Black Prince by the British fleet after that, although a wireless signal from her was received at 8.45pm, reporting a submarine sighting.

German accounts of the sinking of H.M.S. Black Prince, show that she briefly engaged the German battleship Rheinland at about 11.35pm, scoring two hits with 6-inch shells. Separated from the rest of the British fleet, H.M.S. Black Prince approached the German lines at approximately midnight. She turned away from the German battleships, but it was too late. The German battleship Thüringen fixed H.M.S. Black Prince in her searchlights and opened fire. Up to five other German ships, including battleships Nassau, Ostfriesland, and Friedrich der Grosse, joined in the bombardment, with return fire from H.M.S. Black Prince being ineffective.

Most of the German ships were between 750 and 1500 yards of the H.M.S. Black Prince, point blank range for naval gunnery, and she was hit by at least twelve heavy shells and several smaller ones, sinking within 15 minutes, with the loss of all 857 hands.

Remembered on the Portsmouth Naval Memorial, Portsmouth, Hampshire.

Panel Reference: Panel 13.

Remembered on the St. Andrew's Lych Gate Memorial, Frimley Green, Surrey.

Remembered on the Camberley War Memorial.

Son of Hubert and Alice Isabel Herrington (nee Laker), of, 'Westbourne', Frimley Green, Surrey.

Reverend Frederick Whitmore Hewitt 1880 - 1915;

Born at 8 Russell Road, Kensington, Middlesex, on the 5th of March 1880.

Baptised at St Luke's, Hammersmith, Middlesex, on the 6th of April 1880.

Living at Elmhurst, Castlebar Road, Ealing, Middlesex, in the 1881 census.

Living at Satubyn, London Road, Kingston Vale, Surrey, in the 1891 census.

Educated at Charterhouse School, Godalming, Surrey, until 1896.

Admitted to Corpus Christie, Cambridge University, as Pensioner, on the 1st of October 1898. (Matric. Michs.).

Living at Nevern Square, Kensington, Middlesex, in the 1901 census. Frederick aged 21, is an Under Graduate at Cambridge University.

Awarded Bachelor of Arts (B.A.), 1901.

Ordained as Deacon, at Chichester 1903.

Granted Priesthood, 1904.

Curate of St Peter's, Brighton, Sussex, with W. Blatchington, 1903-8.

Granted a Master's Degree, Master of Arts (M.A.), 1908.

Curate of St. Michael's, Yorktown, Camberley, Surrey, 1908 until 1910.

Vicar of Brixton, Devonshire, 1910 until 1915.

Living at Brixton Vicarage, Brixton (near Plymouth), Devonshire, in the 1911 census. Frederick now aged 31, is a Clerk In Holy Orders.

Commissioned as Chaplain to the Forces 4th Class, Army Chaplains' Department, on the 10th of July 1915. Published in the London Gazette, on the 30th of July 1915, Issue 29247, Page 7481.

Chaplains are the only British Army officers who do not carry standard officer ranks. They do, however, have grades which equate to the standard ranks and wear the insignia of the equivalent rank. Chaplains are usually addressed as 'Padre', never by their nominal military rank.

Chaplain 4th Class is the equivalent rank of Captain.

Posted to the B.E.F. in France and Flanders, disembarking August 1915. Attached to the 20th Infantry Brigade.

Killed In Action on the 27th of September 1915, aged 35.

Frederick was killed by shell fire.

West Sussex Gazette reported on the 7th of October 1915;

"HEWITT - About Sept. 27th, killed by a shell at Vermelles, France. Frederick Whitmore Hewitt , Chaplain to the Forces, son of Mr. and Mrs. Hughes Hewitt, of Camberley."

179 Chaplains died during the war. In recognition of their devoted work since 1914, King George V conferred the prefix 'Royal' on the Army Chaplains' Department.

Buried at Vermelles British Cemetery, Pas de Calais, France.

Grave Reference: I. G. 31.

Remembered on the Brixton War Memorial, Brixton, Devon.

Son of Stanley and Louisa Hughes Hewitt; husband of Blanche Ethel Mary Hewitt, of Heatherley, Camberley, Surrey.

Henry Jephson Hilary 1875 - 1917;

Born at Tonbridge, Kent, on the 30th of June 1875.

Living at Dry Hill Park, Park Crescent, Tunbridge, Kent, in the 1881 census. Henry aged 5, is attending school.

Educated as a Day Boy at Tunbridge School, between May 1887 and 1894.

Henry gained gained the Judd Scholarship and a Foundation Scholarship in August, 1888.

Attended the Sixth Form from 1890 and played for the school football XI 1892 and 1894 an attack of mumps preventing him playing in 1893.

Living at 22 Dry Hill Road, Tunbridge, Kent, in the 1891 census.

In 1894 he won the Greek Prose Prize, the 2nd Judd Exhibition for Classics and the Lampard Exhibition.

Admitted to Trinity College, Cambridge University, as Sizar, 1894. (Matric. Michs.)

Awarded Bachelor of Arts (B.A.), (Classical Tripos, 1st Class), 1897.

Living at Oak Villa, Dry Hill Road, Tunbridge, Kent, in the 1901 census. Henry now aged 25, is working as an Insurance Office Clerk.

Henry moved to India, 1903 as a Junior Secretary to the East Indian Railway.

Appointed as Secretary of the Indian Railways Conference in 1904.

Henry married Isobel Mary Grant, at Calcutta, Bengal, India, on the 10th of December 1904. Henry gave his Occupation as E.B. Railway.

Appointed Secretary to the Port Commissioners of Calcutta and Assistant to the Vice- Chairman of the Port Trust in 1906.

Henry's son Richard Mounteney Hilary, was born at Camberley, Surrey, on the 9th of August 1909 and was Baptised at St George's, Camberley, Surrey, on the 2nd of October 1909.

Henry and his family returned to India, embarking the 'Sicilia' at London, on the 17th of March 1910, disembarking at Calcutta, India.

Succeeded Sir Frederick Dumayne as Vice-Chairman of the Ports Trust in 1913 and was also in the same year made a member of the Bengal Legislative Council.

Enlisted with the Calcutta Volunteer Artillery.

In 1916 he applied for leave and came home with his wife and children. Immediately on his arrival in England, he applied at the War Office for a commission into the Artillery, having served for some time in the Calcutta Volunteer Artillery, He was promised the commission if he could obtain permission to from the Government of India, which he obtained via cable.

George joined No.1 Cadet Unit, Royal Artillery on the 9th of June 1916 and completed training courses at St. John's Wood, Shoeburyness and Forest Row.

Commissioned as a 2nd Lieutenant, on Probation, Royal Field Artillery, 8th of October 1916. Henry was on the Special Officers Reserve, Officers Cadet Unit. Published in the London Gazette on the 24th of October 1916, Issue 29801, Page 10389.

Posted to the B.E.F. in France and Flanders, disembarking on 19th of December 1916. Henry served the 92nd Battery, 17th Brigade Royal Field Artillery.

Admitted to No 34 Casualty Clearing Station on the 24th of January 1917. Henry was suffering from Pleurisy and Bronchitis. Transferred to the 10th Ambulance Train on the 25th of January 1917.

Returned to duty, unknown date.

Wounded In Action on the 2nd of June 1917 at Monchy-le-Preux whilst on duty with his Battery he was very badly wounded in the head by a splinter of shell, which broke through his steel helmet and fractured the skull. He died at the Casualty Clearing Station next day without having recovered consciousness.

Died of Wounds on the 3rd of June 1917, aged 42.

The 17th Brigade Adjutant wrote;

"The whole Brigade has felt his loss. There was no one for whom we all felt greater affection out here."

The Brigade Chaplain said;

" From the very first he was in the very highest degree liked and respected by all. I used thoroughly to enjoy talking with him about Cambridge and the Classics. He will never be forgotten here. I admired him greatly."

A fellow Officer who went through training at St. John's wrote to his wife Isobel;

"I was privileged to go all through the course with your husband and I feel myself that I have lost a very valued and gallant friend. The only consolation is that he died as I am sure he would have had it. He was imbued with a stronger and finer patriotism than any man I ever met and his sacrifice was not altogether wasted, if only for the fine example he set to the younger men at St. John's Wood. I certainly should not think my life had been wasted if I could think that I had had so good an influence as your husband had on the very many men he knew and by whom he was held in deep admiration amongst our fellow cadets at St. John's Wood. You and your children at least have the consolation of the memory of a brave and very fine man."

His Commanding Officer wrote;

" I , who had learned in these few months to love and respect him, can only act as the mouthpiece of the few of us still left with the Brigade in tendering you our deep sympathy. I know nothing to equal the splendour of the last few months of his life. To give up a great position to accept a junior position as a soldier, far below that to which his talents entitled him ; to master what was, to him, a novel work, full of difficulties and intricacies; to accept with unfailing cheerfulness the sufferings and the hardships and the dangers of a subaltern's life ; to have been an example as a soldier to us all—all this, and more, was pre-eminent in him, and will live in our memories."

The Statesman, published in Calcutta, India on the 12th of June 1917;

" We announce with much regret the death of Mr. H. J. Hilary, the Vice-Chairman of the Calcutta Port Trust. Mr. Hilary, it will be remembered, took leave a year ago, in order to go on active service, and he has now succumbed to wounds. A heroic death has completed the noble self-sacrifice which led him to exchange a great position in the commercial world of India for the battlefields of France. The records of this war contain many glorious examples of such devoted patriotism, and Mr. Hilary would have been the last to claim any special merit for himself. Nevertheless, for those who knew him and the work which lay before him, much sadness mingles with the admiration which they feel for the career thus prematurely ended. He had gained at a comparatively early age a post of much honour and responsibility. A vast scheme for the improvement of the Port of Calcutta had been settled after considerable controversy, and in its execution Mr. Hilary's grasp of the affairs of the port, his sound judgment and administrative ability would have been invaluable. He bade fair to earn a high reputation and to receive every recognition which the Government and the commercial community could bestow. All these prospects of usefulness and dignity he gave up for a commission in the Royal Field Artillery, because he thought he could thus best serve his country. While such a gallant spirit breathes among Englishmen there need be no fear for the future of the British Empire."

Buried at Duisans British Cemetery, Etrun, Pas de Calais, France.

Grave Reference: IV. F. 12.

Remembered on the Trinity College, Cambridge University Memorial, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire.

Son of Henry and Alice Hilary, of Tonbridge, Kent; Husband of Isobel Mary Hilary, of Heatherley, Camberley, Surrey.

William Cyril Hiles 1887 - 1914;

Born at Oxford, Oxfordshire.

Living at 8 1/2 George Street, St. Clement, Oxford, Oxfordshire, in the 1891 census.

Living at 32 George Street, St. Clement, Oxford, Oxfordshire, in the 1901 census. William aged 12, is a Newspapers Errand Boy.

William enlisted into the 2nd Volunteer Battalion, Oxford Light Infantry Regiment, unknown date.

Enlisted into the Militia, at Abingdon, Berkshire, on the 21st of March 1904. William was aged 17 years 8 months and gave his occupation as a Grocers Assistant. William was still living at 32 George Street, St, Clement, Oxford, Oxfordshire.

William passed his fitness test at Reading, Berkshire on the 22nd of March 1904.

3rd Battalion, Royal Berkshire Regiment.

Rank: Private.

Service No. 7166

William was present at the Militia's Annual Summer Training Exercises, 1904 and 1905.

Posted to the Regular Army, on the 2nd of August 1905. William was working as a photographer on enlisting full time into the army.

1st Battalion Grenadier Guards.

Rank: Private.

Service No. 12285.

Appointed Lance Corporal, unknown date.

Promoted to Corporal, unknown date.

Living at Wellington Barracks, London, in the 1911 census. William is an Officers Servant.

William married Alice Daisy Redman, at St. Michael's, Yorktown, Camberley, Surrey, on the 10th of October 1912. William is an Officers Servant at the Royal Military College Sandhurst.

Posted to the B.E.F. in Belgium, disembarking at Zeebrugge, Belgium, on the 7th of October 1914.

Appointed Lance Sergeant, unknown date.

Killed In Action on the 20th of October 1914, aged 28, during the First Battle of Ypres. (CWGC records the 26th of October 1914, SDGW records 20th of October 1914)

After the German retreat on the Marne, both warring parties tried to flank the opponent. The "race to the sea" in October and November 1914 extended the front to the North Sea coast in a desire to reach and secure the ports on the northern French coast. With the agreement of the French Commander-in-Chief (General Joffre), the British Commander-in-Chief (Field-Marshal Sir John French) withdrew British forces of the British Expeditionary Force (B.E.F.) from their positions on the Aisne battlefield. They moved to Artois and Flanders to extend the left flank of the French Army and hold back the German advance towards the coast. It becomes a desperate epic fight east of the city of Ypres which finally results in stalemate and entrenched warfare. It takes place at the same time as the Battle of the Yser, fought nearby by the Belgian Army against the Germans, and the battles to the south at Messines, Armentieres and La Bassee.

After the battle only 4 Officers and 200 men remained of the 1st Battalion, Grenadier Guards.

Buried at Zandvoorde British Cemetery, Zonnebeke, Belgium.

Grave Reference: V. F. 12.

Zantvoorde British Cemetery was made after the Armistice when remains were brought in from the battlefields and nearby German cemeteries. Many were those of soldiers who died in the desperate fighting round Zantvoorde, Zillebeke and Gheluvelt in the latter part of October 1914.

Remembered on the Camberley War Memorial.

Son of William and Lydia Hiles (nee Harris), of Oxford, Oxfordshire; Husband of Alice D. Hiles (nee Redman), of 2, Vale Road, Yorktown, Camberley, Surrey.

Arthur Hill 1893 - 1918;

I have not confirmed birth or census records for Arthur.

Born at Stratford.

Resident of Paddington, London, on enlistment.

Enlisted at Marylebone, London, unknown date.

Cavalry Reserve Regiment

Rank: Private

Service No: H/18112.

Posted to the M.E.F. in Gallipoli, disembarking on the 25th of August 1915.

2nd Battalion, Royal Fusiliers (City of London Regiment)

Rank: Private.

Service No. G/16436.

The 2nd Battalion, Royal Fusiliers (City of London Regiment) evacuated Gallipoli to Egypt in January 1916.

Posted to the B.E.F. in France and Flanders. The 2nd Battalion Royal Fusiliers landed in Marseille, France, in March 1916.

Transferred to the 4th Battalion, Royal Fusiliers (City of London Regiment), unknown date.

Killed In Action on the 28th of March 1918, aged 25, during the German Spring Offensive,

The 1918 Spring Offensive, or Kaiserschlacht ("Kaiser's Battle") was a series of German attacks along the Western Front, beginning on the 21st of March 1918. The Germans had realised that their only remaining chance of victory was to defeat the Allies before the United States could fully deploy its resources. The German Army had gained a temporary advantage in numbers as nearly 50 divisions had been freed by the Russian withdrawal from the war. The German Army made the deepest advances either side had made on the Western Front since 1914, but struggled to maintain the momentum, partly due to logistical issues. The Allied armies concentrated their defences around the channel ports and the railway junction at Amiens, with strategically worthless ground, which had been devastated by years of conflict, left lightly defended. The Germans suffered heavy casualties in return for land that was of little strategic value and hard to defend and the danger of a German breakthrough passed, though related fighting continued until July.

No Known Grave.

Remembered on the Arras Memorial, Arras, Pas de Calais, France.

Panel Reference: Bay 3.

Adopted son of Mrs. Jessie Emmeline Morton (nee Robbins), formerly of, Grovelly Villa, West Street, Frimley Road, Camberley, Surrey; Now of, 24 Oakley Road, Camberley, Surrey. (Jessie was married to John Morton see Surnames M-O for John's profile)

Leonard William Hodges 1891 - 1916;

Born at Southsea, Hampshire, on the 29th of September 1891.

Living at 4 Garden Terrace, St. Vincent Road, Portsmouth, Hampshire, in the 1901 census.

Living at 19 Florence Road, Southsea, Hampshire, in the 1911 census. Leonard now aged 19, is working as a Articled Clerk for an Estate Agent.

Leonard married Gladys Susan Hodges between October and December 1914. Registered at Farnham, Surrey.

Commissioned as a Probationary Flight Sub-Lieutenant, Royal Naval Air Service, on the 6th of May 1915. Published in Flight Magazine on the 14th of May 1915.

Posted to Hendon Aerodrome, Colindale, Middlesex, on the 12th of May 1915. Leonard begun training to become a Pilot, at Grahame-White's School.

Leonard completed his Pilot training and received Royal Aero Club Aviator's Certificate No. 1667, flying a Grahame-White Bi-plane, at Grahame-White School, Hendon, Middlesex, on the 29th of August 1915.

Leonard gave his residence as 'St. Kilda', 114 London Road, Camberley, Surrey, at the time of his pilot training.

Posted to Calshot Naval Air Station, Calshot, Hampshire, on the 2nd of September 1915.

Confirmed in rank, Flight Sub-Lieutenant, with original seniority, and reappointed to 'President' additional, for Royal Naval Air Service, on the 21st of September 1915. Published in Flight Magazine, on the 1st of October 1915.

Leonards daughter Beryl was born on the 13th of September 1915 and Baotised at St. Michael's, Yorktown, Camberley, Surrey, on the 3rd of October 1915.

Posted to the Mesopotamia Expeditionary Force, landing there on the 3rd of January 1916. Leonard joined Squadron Commander Bowhull's squadron.

Transferred to the 'Books of Alert', on the 7th of April 1916.

Died on the 31st of May 1916, aged 23, at Basra, Mesopotamia (now Iraq).

Leonard died from Cholera.

Buried at Basra War Cemetery, Basra, Iraq.

Grave Reference: III. M. 7.

Whilst the current climate of political instability persists it is not possible for the Commonwealth War Graves Commission to manage or maintain its cemeteries and memorials located within Iraq. Alternative arrangements for commemoration have therefore been implemented and a two volume Roll of Honour listing all casualties buried and commemorated in Iraq has been produced. These volumes are on display at the Commonwealth War Graves Commission's Head Office in Maidenhead, Berkshire, and are available for the public to view.

Son of Aaron and Jessie Teresa Hodges, of Portsmouth, Hampshire; Husband of Gladys S. Hodges, of 'St. Kilda', London Road, Camberley, Surrey.

Albert Edward Holdaway 1896 - 1917;

Born between January and February 1896 at Frimley, Surrey.

Baptised at St. Peter's, Frimley, Surrey, on the 2nd of February 1896.

Living at Guildford Road, Frimley Green, Surrey, in the 1901 census.

Living at 11 The Hatches, Frimley Green, Surrey, in the 1911 census. Albert now aged 15, is working as a Domestic Garden Boy.

Enlisted at Guildford, Surrey, on the 16th of December 1914, aged 19 years. Albert was working as a Gardener

King's Royal Rifle Corps.

Rank: Rifleman.

Service No: R/8186.

Posted to the 5th Battalion, King's Royal Rifle Corps, on the 21st of December 1914.

Posted to the B.E.F. in France and Flanders, disembarking on the 12th of March 1915. Albert joined the 2nd Battalion King's Royal Rifle Corps.

Wounded In Action, on the 21st of May 1915. Admitted first to a Field Ambulance, then to the 4th Casualty Clearing Station. Shell wound to the left arm.

Rejoined the 2nd Battalion, King's Royal Rifle Corps, In The Field, on the 16th of July 1915.

Appointed Lance Corporal, on the 10th of November 1915.

Granted leave to England, March 1916.

Wounded In Action, on the 1st of July 1916, First day of the Battle of the Somme. Albert was admitted via a Field Ambulance, to the 3rd Casualty Clearing Station, Gunshot Wound to the left arm.

Admitted to the 20th General Hospital, at Etaples, France, on the 2nd of July 1916.

Discharged to Infantry Base Depot, on the 8th of October 1916.

Transferred to the 18th (Service) Battalion (Arts & Crafts), King's Royal Rifle Corps, on the 14th of October 1916.

Promoted to Sergeant, on the 28th of December 1916.

Killed In Action on the 7th of June 1917, aged 21.

The Surrey Advertiser reported on the 30th of June 1917;

"SERT. HOLDAWAY KILLED.

"HONEST AND FEARLESS TO THE LAST"

Mr. and Mrs. Holdaway, of, Frimley Green, have received imtiation that their only son, Sergt. Albert Holdaway, of the King's Royal Rifles, has been killed in action. The late Sergt. Holdaway was an old Frimley School boy. He was wounded in June, 1916, and again later last year. He took an active part in the boxing competitions of his division, and just prior to being killed was well in the running for championship honours. He was promoted on the field last Christmas to the rank of King's sergeant. Writing to the deceased's parents his officer says: "In every sense of the word he was a soldier of the very best type- honest and fearless to the last"

No known grave.

Remembered on the Menin Gate Memorial, Ypres, Belgium.

Panel Reference: Panel 51 and 53.

Remembered on the St. Peter's Memorial, Frimley, Surrey.

Remembered on his mum and dad's grave at St. Peter's, Frimley, Surrey.

Remembered on the St. Andrew's Lych Gate Memorial, Frimley Green, Surrey.

Remembered on the Camberley War Memorial.

Son of Albert Edward and Harriet Annie Holdaway (nee Ware), of 11, The Hatches, Frimley Green, Surrey.

Frank Holden 1879 - 1919;

Born on the 23rd of January 1879 at Petworth, Sussex. Registered at Petworth, Sussex.

Living at East Street, Petworth, Sussex, in the 1881 census.

Living at the White Hart, Back Street, Petworth, Sussex, in the 1891 census. Frank aged 12, is attending school, and his father is Inn Keeper.

Frank married Maud Mary Young, at St. Mary's, Reading, Berkshire, on the 24th of December 1898.

Living at London Road, Camberley, Surrey, in the 1901 census. Frank now aged 22, is a Saddler and Harness Maker, and is also an employer.

Enlisted into the 2nd Volunteer Battalion Royal Sussex Regiment, unknown date.

Rank: Private.

Service No: 1495.

Discharged as Time Expired, unknonw date.

Enlisted at Camberley, Surrey, on the 23rd of February 1911.

B Squadron, Surrey Yeomanry.

Rank Private.

Service No. 1694.

Living at 20 London Road, Camberley, Surrey, in the 1911 census. Frank now aged 32, is still a Saddler and Harness Maker, and employer.

Transferred to the 2/1st Sussex Yeomanry, on the of December 1913.

Service No: 170061

Appointed Lance Corporal on the 24th of May 1914

Promoted to Corporal, on the 5th of August 1914.

Appointed Lance Sergeant, on the 19th of May 1915.

Promoted to Sergeant, on the 6th of July 1915.

Posted to Supernumerary for Munitions, No Saddler Work at Walsall Stables, on the 5th of March 1916.

Posted to the 2/1st Sussex Yeomanry, on the 16th of June 1916.

Discharged as No Longer Physically Fit For War Service, at Canterbury, Kent, on the 23rd of March 1918. FRank was suffering from Tuberlocis.

Died on the 26th of March 1919, aged 40.

Probate records show that Frank was now a Licensed Victualler, living at the White Hart, Petworth, Sussex.

Buried at St. Mary's Churchyard, Fittlewood, Sussex.

Son of John and Emma Holden; Husband of Maud Mary Holden (nee Young), of 27, London Road, Camberley, Surrey.

John Herbert Butler Hollings 1887 - 1914;

Known as Jack.

Born on the 29th of April 1887 at Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea, London.

Baptised at St. Peter's, Frimley, Surrey, on the 24th of June 1887.

Living at The Watchetts, Frimley, Surrey, in the 1891 census.

Educated at H.V. Macnaghten’s House. Eton College, Eton, Windsor, Berkshire, from 1900 to 1903.

Boarder at Eton College, Eton, Windsor, Berkshire, in the 1901 census.

Jack applied for a cadetship at the Royal Miltary College Sandhurst in JUne 1906 but was unsuccesful due to a failed eye-test.

Commissioned as a 2nd Lieutenant, Hampshire (Carabiners) Imperial Yeomanry, on the 1st of November 1907. Published in the London Gazette, on the 6th of December 1907.

Appointed to Regiment as a 2nd Lieutenant, Hampshire (Carabiners) Imperial Yeomanry, on the 1st of April 1908. Published in the London Gazette, on the 25th of August 1908, Issue 28171, Page 6225.

Appointed to the 21st (Empress of India) Lancers, Indian Army, as a 2nd Lieutenan t on Probation, on the 28th of November 1908. Published in the London Gazette on the 27th of November 1908, Issue 28200, Page 9027.

Appointed 2nd Lieutenant, on the 28th of November 1910. Published in the London Gazette on the 2nd of December 1910, Issue 28443, Page 9039.

Living at Military Barracks, Abbasia, Cairo, Egypt, in the 1911 census

Posted to India, unknown date.

Jack became engaged to Miss Florence Fletcher, the daughter of a Lieutenant-Colonel in the Royal Army Medical Corps, about 1914.

Jack was on leave in England when war was declared on the 4th of August 1914.

Posted to the B.E.F. in France and Flanders, disembarking on the 25th of September 1914. Attached to the 9th (Queen's Royal) Lancers as replacements for casualties amongst the 9th Lancers’ officers by the end of the Battle of the Aisne were required.

The 9th Lancers were involved in the Battle of Messines in October 1914 – part of the ‘Race to the Sea’, in which the British and German armies tried to outflank one another.

Killed In Action on the 30th of October 1914, aged 26.

On the 30th of October, the 9th Lancers received orders to take over trenches in front of the town of Messines. A report written by Lieutenant Colonel David Campbell in the regiment’s official War Diary makes clear that the 9th Lancers were overstretched and needed reinforcements. German forces attacked in the night of the 30th–31st of October and the 9th Lancers retreated through Messines. The regiment experienced ferocious fighting in the streets of Messines, during which Jack went missing.

The first news that the Hollings’ family had of the fate of Jack came in a War Office telegram dated the 5th of November 1914, stating that he had been wounded on 30/31 October, how seriously being unknown. A further letter, sent on the 22nd of December to Hollings’ father with a copy to Lt-Colonel Fletcher, who had been making enquiries on behalf of his daughter, quoted a report from the Adjutant of the 9th Lancers: ‘Lt. Hollings was wounded at Messines on night of 30/31 October. He with others was put in a house and since then nothing further has been heard of him’. A day later the B.E.F.’s Deputy Adjutant General’s department informed the War Office that Hollings was wounded and a prisoner of war. This led to Florence Fletcher initiating an official enquiry to Berlin, which elicited the reply, ‘unbekannt’ (unknown).

There matters stood until early February 1915, when a Lieutenant Charles W.N. Moncrieff, of the 2nd Battalion King’s Own Scottish Borderers, wrote to the British Red Cross Society describing what he had seen on the night of the 31st of October at Messines. ‘With regard to Lt J. H. B. Hollings, 21st Lancers, reported missing on the 30th October’, he wrote:

"I regret to say that in Messines on the night of 31st October, in the garden of the Convent school there, I found the body of a subaltern of the 21st Lancers. He seemed to have been standing on a ladder looking out over the garden wall, and to have been killed by a shell which had brought down the wall at this place, as well as the ladder on which he was standing. As the hour was very late, the night dark, and much to be done, I did not look for his identity disc, and next morning before I had been to the place again to identify and to arrange for his burial, we were ordered to retire from Messines; but if the casualty lists of the time do not allow for the death of any other subaltern of the 21st Lancers at that time and place, I am afraid that he must be identified as Mr. Hollings. He was in a remote corner of the garden, and it is probable that no one else of the Cavalry Brigade saw him killed.

It was not until May 1917 that the War Office officially recognised that Jack was dead and his family did not respond to the offer of Hollings’ name being published as a casualty although Jack’s mother, Nina, seems to have accepted that her son was dead by 1915, when she travelled to France to serve in a military hospital. Later in the War, she and her friend, Lady Helena Gleichen, trained in radiography and gained prominence operating a mobile X-ray unit treating wounded soldiers on the Italian Front.

Buried at La Brique Military Cemetery No. 2, Le Brique, Ypres, Belgium.

Grave Reference: I. D. 6.

Jack’s body was originally buried as that of an unknown soldier and he is therefore named on the Menin Gate. Following the work of the Grave Registration Service immediately after the war, his Regiment and Officer status were established through clothing and buttons found with the body, though the body itself remained unidentified. However, subsequent to an investigation in 1992 in which all the evidence conclusively linked Jack to this grave

Remembered on the Eton College Memorial.

Remembered on the 9th (Queen's Royal) Lancers Memorial, Canterbury Cathedral.

Remembered on the Camberley War Memorial.

Son of Herbert John Butler Hollings, D.L., J.P. and Nina Hollings of "Watchetts", Frimley, Surrey.

Thomond Edward (Herbert) O'Bryen Horsford 1892 - 1915;

Some records record Thomas with middle names Herbert O'Bryen, while others record Edward O'Bryen.

Born on the 14th of September 1892, at Clifton, Bristol. Registered at Barton Regis, Gloucestershire.

Baptised at Christ Church, Clifton, Bristol, on the 23rd of October 1892. Address given as 11 Cornwallis Crescent.

I have not found Thomond in the 1901 census.

Educated at Merchant Taylors School, Moor Park, Hertfordshire from 1902 until 1907.

Educated at Storrington College, Storrington, West Sussex, unknown dates.

Visitor at Naval And Military Hotel, Harrington Road, Kensington, London, in the 1911 census. Thomond now aged 18, is a Student of Law.

Educated as a Gentleman Cadet at the Royal Military College Sandhurst, admitted in 1912.

Commissioned as a 2nd Lieutenant, 2nd Battalion, Prince of Wales's Own (West Yorkshire) Regiment, January 1914.

Posted to the B.E.F. in France, disembarking at Havre, on the 5th of November 1914.

Promoted to Lieutenant, Prince of Wales's Own (West Yorkshire) Regiment, on the 15th of November 1914. Published in the London Gazette, on the 8th of December 1914, Supplement 29001, Page 10555.

Appointed (Temporary) Lieutenant, on the 21st of November 1914. Published in the London Gazette, on the 27th of April 1915, Issue 29145, Page 4065.

Wounded In Action, December 1914. Gunshot Wound to the Right Arm.

Evacuated to England and admitted to Queen Alexandra Hospital, Millbank, London, on the 23rd of December 1914.

Discharged to the care of Mrs Hall-Walker for convalescent on the 28th of December 1914.

Mrs Hall-Walker opened the Hall-Walker Hospital for Officers in August 1914. She was the wife of Colonel William Hall-Walker and used their residence Sussex Lodge, 27 Sussex Place, Regent's Park, London, for the convalescent of Officers. By December 1914 it had 16 beds and was full.

Posted to the B.E.F. in France and Flanders, February 1915.

Wounded In Action, March 1915, near to Neuvelle Chapelle, France.

Thomond was walking with another officer at night behind the trenches in a lull of the fighting and was shot by a sniper.

Died of Wounds on the 14th of March 1915, aged 22.

Buried at Estaires Communal Cemetery and Extension, Nord, France.

Grave Reference: II. M. 5.

Remembered on the Mercant Taylor's School Great Hall Memorial, Moor Park, Hertfordshire.

Son of the late Frederick O'Bryen Horsford and Cecilia Benvenuta Horsford (nee Macready), of "Summerhill", Camberley, Surrey.

Alfred Francis George, Howes 1894 - 1916;

Born at Paddington, London, on the 25th of August 1894

Baptised at St. Mary's, Marylebone, Middlesex, on the 14th of October 1894.

Living at 230 Shirland Road, Paddington, London, in the 1901 census.

Living at Point Cottages, Salisbury Grove, Mytchett, Surrey, in the 1911 census. Alfred now aged 16, is working as an Errand Boy in a China Shop.

Enlisted at Aldershot, Hampshire, unknown date.

Hampshire Regiment

Rank: Private.

Service No: 3/3687.

Posted to the B.E.F. in France, on the 16th of March 1915. Alfred served with the 1st Battalion, Hampshire Regiment.

Killed In Action on the 1st of July 1916, aged 21, First day of the Battle of the Somme.

The 1st Battlion Hampshire Regiment, serving as part of 4th Division, were assigned to attack north of the heavily fortified village of Beaumont Hamel. The lead units were the East Lancashires, attacking from the right, and the Rifle Brigade from the left. The second line consisted of the 1st Hampshires on the right, and the Somersets on the left. The Hampshires had A, B and half of C companies in the attack, D was in reserve and the rest of C was detailed to look after a trench on the right flank.

The Battalion took up position on the 30th of June with Zero H set for 7.30am the following day. At 7.20am the British exploded a huge mine under the German redoubt on Hawthorn Ridge. While this obliterated the German defenders there, it also gave away the element of surprise. The Germans in the Beaumont Hamel area had sufficient time to leave their dug-outs, man their positions and get machine guns into place.

The Hampshires left their trench at 7.40am after the East Lancashires had already been practically wiped out. The Hampshires fared little better. In a letter home one soldier described it as being ‘mown down like corn by machine gun fire and shell fire’. The majority of Hampshires were brought down just short of the German barbed wire, although the Commanding Officer, Colonel Laurence Palk, barely made it halfway across. The few men who did reach the wire had only one choice: to seek shelter in the shell holes in No Man’s Land. Here, mixed with survivors from the East Lancashires, they remained for the next 14 hours, pinned down and under constant artillery bombardment. Not until sometime after 10pm, when darkness fell, did these troops finally get an opportunity to scramble back to the safety of their own lines.

Plans were put in motion for the 2nd Battlion Hampshire Regiment and the Worcestershires to be utilised to support the 4th Division. However, heavily congested trenches meant orders reached them long after the hour the attack was ordered for; the plan was eventually abandoned, preventing further loss of life.

Overall, 4th Division suffered almost 6,000 losses. Casualties among the 1st Hampshire were particularly heavy – 11 officers were killed and 15 wounded (a casualty rate of 100 per cent) while among the other ranks 310 were listed as dead or missing and 250 wounded. In total, 586 members of the 1st Battalion Hampshire Regiment were killed or wounded on the 1st of July 1916.

Buried at Redan Ridge Cemetery No.2, Beaumont-Hamel, Somme, France.

Grave Reference: A. 22.

Remembered on the St. Andrew's Lych Gate Memorial, Frimley Green, Surrey.

Remembered on the Camberley War Memorial. (As A. C. E. Howes)

Son of William Albert and Annie Howes (nee Lawes), of 1 Point Cottages, Salisbury Grove, Mytchett, Frimley Green, Surrey.

Frank Howitt 1893 - 1917;

Born at Stoke, Lincolnshire

Living at 18 Westbury Place, Hunslet, Leeds, Yorkshire, in the 1901 census.

Boarder at Gib Lane, Skelmanthorpe, Huddersfield, Yorkshire, in the 1911 census. Frank age given as 14 is a Wirer for a Rug Manufactorer.

Living at Leeds, on enlistment.

West Yorkshire Regiment (Prince of Wales's Own).

Rank: Private.

Service No. 4783.

Posted to the B.E.F. in France, unknown date.

Frank served with the 2nd/8th (Leeds Rifles) Battalion, West Yorkshire Regiment (Prince of Wales's Own).

Service No.306789.

Appointed Lance Corporal, unknown date.

Wounded In Action, November 1917.

Died of Wounds on the 22nd of November 1917, aged 21, at the 48th Casualty Clearing Station, Ytres, France.

Buried at Rocquigny-Equancourt Road British Cemetery, Manacourt, Somme, France.

Grave Reference: II. F. 13.

Son of Mrs Edith Howitt of Chapelmeade, Frimley, Surrey and the late JohnThomas Howitt. (Frank's army pension records give mothers name as Charlotte as do the 1901/11 census results)

Arthur James Hudson 1880 - 1917;

Born between July and September 1880 at Wallingford, Berkshire. Registered at Wallingford, Berkshire.

Living at High Street, Wallingford, Berkshire, in the 1881 census.

Living at Croft Road, Wallingford, Berkshire, in the 1891 census.

Living at Albion Road, Sandhurst, Berkshire, in the 1901 census. Arthur now aged 20, is working with his father as a Carriers Assistant

Arthur married Lillian Helen Purvey, Registered at Easthampstead, Berkshire, between April and June 1906.

Living at 56 Cholmeley Road, Reading, Berkshire, in the 1911 census. Arthur now aged 30, is a Grocers Manager.

Enlisted at Camberley, Surrey, unknown date.

Coldstream Guards.

Rank: Private.

Service No. 19248.

Posted to the B.E.F. in France and Flanders, unknown date. (After January 1916). Arthur served with 1st Battalion Coldstream Guards.

Missing In Action on the 27th of November 1917, aged 37, at Bourlon Wood during the Battle of Cambrai.

No Known grave.

Remembered on the Cambrai Memorial, Louverval, Nord, France.

Son of John and Louisa Hudson; Husband of Lillian Helen Hudson, of The Stores, College Town, Camberley, Surrey.

Cecil Edwin Hunt M.C. 1880 - 1914;

Born at Kobe, Japan, on the 13th of October 1880.

Baptised at Kobe, Japan, on the 30th of October 1880.

Living at 12 Linden Road, Bedford, Bedforshire, in the 1891 census. Cecil aged 10, is living with his Uncle.

Commissioned as a 2nd Lieutenant, on the 28th of July 1900.

Posted to India, Serving with the 34th Sikh Pioneers, unknown date.

Promoted to Lieutenant, on the 28th of October 1902.

Served in Tibet, on the Gyantse Expedition, between December 1903 and September 1904. Cecil served with 23rd Sikh Pioneers.

Awarded the Tibet Medal 1903-04, with Clasp; Gyantse.

Served on the Mohmand Expedition 1908.

Awarded the India General Service Medal, with Clasp; North West Frontier 1908.

Promoted to Captain, on the 28th of July 1909.

Cecil married Ethel Helen Crookshank, at Eastbourne, Sussex, on the 7th of September 1909.

Living at 6 St. Johns Road, Leatherhead, Surrey, in the 1911 census.

Awarded the Delhi Medal 1911. This medal was awarded to Servicemen that were present at the Delhi Durbar, in December 1911.

Passed Sandhurst College 1913-1914

Posted to the B.E.F. in France and Flanders

Killed In Action on the 19th of December 1914, aged 34.

Cecil's death was mentioned in the book; 'Indian Corps in France' page158: The Battle of Givenchy:

"In the meantime our Sappers and Miners were hard at work, under Captain Hunt, 34th Pioneers, at the dangerous task of trying to connect the saphead by a shallow communication trench with our original line; but the enemy's fire swept them away, and all were killed. Needless to remark, with their usual bravery, the Sappers renewed the attempt again and again."

Buried at Pont-du-Hem Military Cemetery, La Gorgue, Nord, France.

Grave Reference: V. J. 23.

Awarded the Military Cross, Published in the London Gazette, on the 23rd of June 1915.

'His Majesty the King has been graciously pleased to approve of the undermentioned Honours and Rewards for distinguished service in the Field, with effect from 3rd June, 1915. inclusive:

34th Sikh Pioneers.

Awarded the Military Cross.

Captain C. E. Hunt.'

Probate records show that Cecil's residence at the time of his death was; 'Glerawley', Gordon Road, Camberley, Surrey.

Remembered on the Camberley War Memorial.

Son of Henry Joseph and Clara Louisa Hunt, of Crawley Wood House, Crawley Hill, Camberley, Surrey; Husband of Ethel Helen Hunt, of Waverley Court, Camberley, Surrey.

At the time of Cecil's death he had two children, aged four and five. One would become Brigadier Henry Cecil John Hunt, Baron Hunt KG, CBE, DSO, PC best known as the leader of the successful 1953 British Expedition to Mount Everest. The other Hugh Sydney Hunt became one of the most successful theatre directors in post war Britain and the first executive director of the newly founded Australian Elizabethan Theatre Trust.

Alexander Wighton Ingles 1869 - 1914;

Born at Apsley, Hertfordshire, on the 20th of May 1869.

Living at Apsley, Hertfordshire, in the 1871 census.

Educated at Haileybury College, Edmonstone House 1883 until 1886.

Served with the Militia, 6th Battalion Royal Irish Rifles.

Commissioned as a 2nd Lieutenant, unknown date.

Promoted to Lieutenant, 6th Battalion Royal Irish Rifles, on the 19th of April 1890. Published in the London Gazette, on the 18th of April 1890, Issue 26043, Page 2276.

Commissioned as a 2nd Lieutenant, The Prince of Wales's (West Yorkshire Regiment), on the 12th of March 1892. Published in the London Gazette, on the 11th of March 1892, Issue 26266, Page 1436.

Promoted to Lieutenant, The Prince of Wales's (West Yorkshire Regiment), on the 1st of February 1894.

Alexander married Eugenia Ellen Owen, at Winchfield, Hartley Wintney, Hampshire, between January and March 1897.

Posted to South Africa (2nd Boer War), disembarking November 1899.

Promoted to Captain, The Prince of Wales's (West Yorkshire Regiment), on the 26th of March 1900. Published in the London Gazette, on the 3rd of August 1900, Issue 27217, Page 4786.

Alexander served with the 2nd Battalion, The Prince of Wales's (West Yorkshire Regiment), including the operations in the Transvaal, from the 30th of November 1900, until December 1901.

Awarded the Queen's South Africa Medal, with Clasps; Transvaal, South Africa 1901 and South Africa 1902.

Appointed Adjutant, 1st Volunteer Battalion, Prince of Wales's (West Yorkshire Regiment), on the 10th of January 1902, until the 9th of January 1907.

Posted to India, unknown date. Alexander served with the 1st Battalion, The Prince of Wales's (West Yorkshire Regiment).

Living at Connaught Barracks, Rawalpindi, Punjab, India, in the 1911 census.

Posted to England, 1911. The 1st battalion, The Prince of Wales's (West Yorkshire Regiment), were based at Lichfield, Staffordshire, at the outbreak of war in August 1914.

Promoted to Major, unknown date.

Posted to the B.E.F. in France, disembarking at St. Nazaire, on the 10th of September 1914.

Killed In Action on the 20th of September 1914, aged 45, during the Battle of the Aisne.

The 2nd in Command of the 1st Battalion, The Prince of Wales's (West Yorkshire Regiment) wrote the following to Alexander's widow;

"You will be proud to know that he died a glorious death at the head of his Coy. The companies on the firing line were tricked by the Germans, who advanced under cover of the white flag, and then opened fire and enfiladed our men in the trenches. Your husband then shouted out 'All who will not surrender follow me,' and retired fighting to the trenches on the left and was soon shot down and killed by a rifle bullet. He was buried where he fell with others of the Coy. I know no more details as no officers have returned from A, B, or D Coy."

He was a keen shot, a good rider and a member of the Yorkshire Gentleman's Cricket Club.

No known grave.

Remembered on the La Ferte-sous-Jouarre Memorial, Seine-et-Marne, France.

Son of the Reverand Canon David and Anna Ingles (nee Scrivenor), of Witham, Essex; Husband of Eugenie Ellen Ingles, of Heatherhurst, Camberley, Surrey.

Arthur Inglis 1882 - 1914;

Born at Yorktown, Camberley, Surrey.

Baptised at St. Michael's, Yorktown, Camberley, Surrey, on the 18th of June 1882.

Living at a Grocers Shop, London Road, Blackwater, Hawley, Hampshire, in the 1891 census.

Enlisted with the Militia, 1st Volunteer Battalion, Hampshire Regiment, unknown date.

Living at 1 Lower Charles Street, Camberley, Surrey, in the 1901 census. Arthur aged 19, is working as a House Painter.

Enlisted at Winchester, Hampshire, on the 22nd of August 1901.

3rd Battalion Hampshire Regiment.

Rank: Private.

Service No. 9847.

Posted to the Regular Army Hampshire Battalions (1st or 2nd Battalion) on the 5th of October 1901.

Rank: Private

Service No: 6318.

Discharged to the Reserve, unknown date.

Arthur married Edith May Burkinshaw, at St. George's, Camberley, Surrey, on the 26th of December 1910.

Lodger at Gardey Cottage, Hawley Road, Church Road, Blackwater, Hampshire, in the 1911 census. Arthur now aged 29, is working as an Indoor Servant, at the Royal Military College Camberley.

Called from the Reserve, August 1914.

1st Battalion, Hampshire Regiment.

Rank: Private.

Service No. 6318.

Posted to the B.E.F. in France, disembarking on the 31st of August 1914.

Killed In Action on the 7th of November 1914, aged 32.

No known grave.

Remembered on the The Ploegsteert Memorial, Comines-Warneton, Hainaut, Belgium.

Panel Reference: Panel 6.

Remembered on the Camberley War Memorial.

Son of Robert and Sarah Inglis, of, Lower Charles Street, Camberley, Surrey. Husband of Edith May Inglis (nee Burkinshaw) of Camberley, Surrey.

Lest We Forget.

Lee Thomas April 2021