OY/QOOH Roll of Honour
Remembered This Month - April
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During this month we pay our tributes and due reverence to those soldiers who gave their lives in pursuit of peace for the Nation. And especially that we are able to live our lives as we wish, without fear of dictatorships, race, or creed.
The names of the Officers, Non-Commissioned Officers, and Other Ranks who were either killed in action (K), died of wounds (DW), died in captivity (DC) or otherwise died in service (D) for remembrance during April are listed below. Age at date of death, if known, is in brackets following date of death.
1900
5/4/1900 Capt Cecil William Boyle K, Boshof, Orange Free State Province, S Africa
6/4/1900 Pte W Fawcett D, De Aar, Northern Cape Province, S Africa
1901
17/4/1901 Tpr H Lay D, Elandsfontein, Gauteng Province, S Africa
28/4/1901 Pte Edward J Hicks D, Naauwpoort, Northern Cape Province, S Africa
28/4/1901 Sgt Daniel Legge D, Krugersdorp, Gauteng Province, S Africa
1902
16/4/1902 LSgt George Henry Turner D, Kroonstad, Free State Province, S Africa
28/4/1902 Pte Charles Reginald B Plim K, Steinkopf, Northern Cape Province, S Africa
1915
21/4/1915 (25) Pte Henry Wood D, France
27/4/1915 (29) Sgt Charles Frederick Hyde K, Vlamertinghe, Ypres, Belgium
28/4/1915 Pte Joseph Edward Batchelor DW, Vlamertinghe, Ypres, Belgium
28/4/1915 (26) Pte Reginald James Paice DW, Potijze, Ypres, Belgium
1917
10/4/1917 (23) Sgt Ernest Harold Price K, Arras, Pas-de-Calais, France
23/4/1917 (38) Lt Col John Willoughby Scott, DSO, MiD K, near Arras, Pas-de-Calais, France
1918
1/4/1918 (33) Pte James Anthony K, Rifle Wood, near Amiens, Somme, France
1/4/1918 Pte Bert Atkins K, Rifle Wood, near Amiens, Somme, France
1/4/1918 Sdlr George Avery K, Rifle Wood, near Amiens, Somme, France
1/4/1918 (25) LCpl David Cyril Carter K, Rifle Wood, near Amiens, Somme, France
1/4/1918 (22) Pte Ernest William Didcock K, Rifle Wood, near Amiens, Somme, France
1/4/1918 (45) 2Lt Lewis Dove DW, near Amiens, Somme, France
1/4/1918 Pte William James Dunn K, Rifle Wood, near Amiens, Somme, France
1/4/1918 Pte Edmund Ford K, Rifle Wood, near Amiens, Somme, France
1/4/1918 (22) Pte Harold Alfred French K, Rifle Wood, near Amiens, Somme, France
1/4/1918 (29) Pte Frederick George Hunnisett K, Rifle Wood, near Amiens, Somme, France
1/4/1918 (25) Pte Clarence Wilfred Cyril Maasz K, Rifle Wood, near Amiens, Somme, France
1/4/1918 (30) Pte Albert Percy Miles K, Rifle Wood, near Amiens, Somme, France
1/4/1918 Pte William James Mortimer K, Rifle Wood, near Amiens, Somme, France
1/4/1918 (21) Pte Harry Neville Parker K, Rifle Wood, near Amiens, Somme, France
2/4/1918 (30) Sgt Alfred Hawtin DW, Rifle Wood, near Amiens, Somme, France
2/4/1918 (23) LCpl Frederick Joseph Rouse DW, Rifle Wood, near Amiens, Somme, France
2/4/1918 Pte Reginald George Farmbrough DW, Rifle Wood, near Amiens, Somme, France
10/4/1918 Pte George H Hicks DW, Rifle Wood, near Amiens, Somme, France
14/4/1918 (27) Lt John Philip Higgs DW, Rifle Wood, near Amiens, Somme, France
15/4/1918 Sgt James Johnston, MM DW, Rifle Wood, near Amiens, Somme, France
18/4/1918 (22) Cpl John Clift D, England
Rank abbreviations - 2Lt – Second-Lieutenant; Bdr – Bombardier (artillery equivalent to Corporal); BQMS – Battery Quarter Master Sergeant (artillery equivalent to Company QMS); Capt – Captain; Cpl – Corporal; Gnr – Gunner (artillery equivalent to Private); LBdr – Lance-Bombardier (artillery equivalent to Lance-Corporal); LCpl – Lance-Corporal; LSgt – Lance-Sergeant (a local promotion of a Corporal by his commanding officer, usually with extra pay); Lt – Lieutenant; Lt Col – Lieutenant-Colonel; Maj – Major; Pte – Private; QMS – Quarter Master Sergeant; RSM – Regimental Sergeant Major; Sdlr – Saddler; Sgt – Sergeant; SSgt – Staff Sergeant; SSM – Squadron Sergeant Major; Tpr – Trooper (cavalry equivalent to Private-a soldier within a Troop); Tptr – Trumpeter (cavalry equivalent to Bugler).
Post-nominal letters, are letters placed after a person's name to indicate that that individual holds a military decoration, or honour:-
DSO – Distinguished Service Order (awarded for meritorious or distinguished service by officers of the armed forces during wartime)
MM – Military Medal (other ranks' equivalent to the Military Cross – awarded for bravery in battle)
MiD – Mentioned in Dispatches (is one whose name appears in an official report written by a superior officer and sent to the high command, in which his or her gallant or meritorious action in the face of the enemy is described)
These awards in the British Armed Forces, are published in the London Gazette.
As more details of soldiers who have served with the OY and QOOH become available, this Roll of Honour list will be updated. This is very much a 'work-in-progress' item.
If you know of any person whom you think should be remembered in the Roll of Honour, please inform any of these people – Mick Luxford, Mike Cross, or Harry Staff – for consideration, thank you.