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Bedfordshire Regiment

4th Battalion

BEDFORDSHIRE REGIMENT

190th Brigade / Royal Naval Division

 

6th October : Hedauville.

8th October : In front line in front of The Redan.

11th October : Mailly-Maillet Wood.

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30th October : Englebelmer.

1st November : In front line in front of Y Ravine.

7th November : Puchevillers.

12th November : North of Hamel.

13th November : Attack towards Beaucourt (in support).

14th November : Carrying parties to Beaucourt.

15th November : Englebelmer. Works in Hamel/Beaucourt sector.

18th November : Longuevilette.

 

98 names

Second Lieutenant

Sydney Herbert

AGATE

Killed in action on the 13th November 1916 - Age 22

Rest in peace in Knightsbridge Cemetery

 

22887    Private

William John

ANDERSON

Killed in action on the 13th November 1916

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

Captain

Francis George Coningsby

ASHMEAD-BARTLETT

Killed in action on the 13th November 1916

Rest in peace in Knightsbridge Cemetery

 

26026    Private

Sidney

BAINES

Killed in action on the 13th November 1916 - Age 23

Rest in peace in Ancre British Cemetery

 

40182    Private

Bertram Dawson

BERRIS

Killed in action on the 13th November 1916 - Age 24

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

27607    Lance Corporal

Arthur Charles

BOWLER

Died of wounds on the 17th November 1916 - Age 20

Rest in peace in Contay British Cemetery

 

18856    Private

Walter

BOYCE

Died of wounds on the 14th November 1916

Rest in peace in Mesnil Communal Cemetery Extension

 

Lieutenant

Richard Harvey

BOYS

Detached from The 2nd Bedfordshire

Killed in action on the 13th November 1916 - Age 27

Rest in peace in Knightsbridge Cemetery

Lieutenant

John

BRODIE

Killed in action on the 13th November 1916 - Age 21

Rest in peace in Knightsbridge Cemetery

 

19596    Private

Herbert Thomas

BROOKER

Killed in action on the 13th November 1916

Rest in peace in Ancre British Cemetery

 

28738    Private

Elijah

BROWN

Killed in action on the 13th November 1916

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

23712    Private

James William

BROWN

Killed in action on the 13th November 1916

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

26216    Private

George

BRYANT

Killed in action on the 13th November 1916 - Age 27

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

25411    Private

William

BRYANT

Died of wounds on the 23rd December 1916

Rest in peace in Amersham Unconsacrated Cemetery

 

40210    Private

Frank

BUSH

Killed in action on the 13th November 1916

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

20433    Private

Charles Thomas

CLACK

Killed in action on the 13th November 1916

Rest in peace in Ancre British Cemetery

 

23393    Private

Ernest

CLARK

Killed in action on the 13th November 1916

Rest in peace in Ancre British Cemetery

 

23066    Private

Percy Thomas

CLARK

Killed in action on the 13th November 1916

Rest in peace in Ancre British Cemetery

 

15710    Sergeant

Herbert

COLE

Killed in action on the 13th November 1916

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

23309    Private

William

COLEMAN

Died of wounds on the 17th November 1916 - Age 36

Rest in peace in Puchevillers British Cemetery

 

30146    Private

David James

COOK

Killed in action on the 13th November 1916 - Age 26

Rest in peace in Ancre British Cemetery

 

19399    Sergeant

George William

COOTE

Killed in action on the 13th November 1916

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

25244    Private

William

CROOK

Killed in action on the 13th November 1916

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

10296    Bandsman

George Peter

DENHAM

Killed in action on the 13th November 1916 - Age 31

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

23246    Private

Henry Thomas

DIGGINS

Killed in action on the 13th November 1916 - Age 19

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

25346    Private

William George

DOE

Killed in action on the 13th November 1916

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

23182    Private

John

DYSON

Killed in action on the 13th November 1916

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

26242    Corporal

George Frederick

EDE

Killed in action on the 31st October 1916

Rest in peace in Knightsbridge Cemetery

 

23123    Private

William Henry

FOOTE

Killed in action on the 13th November 1916 - Age 24

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

25406    Corporal

Percy Joseph

FOX

Killed in action on the 13th November 1916 - Age 23

Rest in peace in Ancre British Cemetery

 

Lieutenant

Bartlett Laurie Stuart

FRERE

Killed in action on the 13th November 1916 - Age 20

Rest in peace in Knightsbridge Cemetery

 

22900    Private

Richard

FULLER

Killed in action on the 13th November 1916 - Age 20

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

23055    Private

William

GATES

Died of wounds on the 26th November 1916 - Age 29

Rest in peace in Knebworth (St Mary) Churchyard

 

22819    Private

George William

GELL

Killed in action on the 13th November 1916

Rest in peace in Ancre British Cemetery

 

23272    Private

Albert

GEORGE

Killed in action on the 13th November 1916

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

27584    Private

Frederick James

GIDDENS

Killed in action on the 13th November 1916 - Age 35

Rest in peace in Ancre British Cemetery

 

40180    Lance Corporal

John William

GILBY

Killed in action on the 13th November 1916

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

23782    Private

William

GREEN

Killed in action on the 13th November 1916

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

18621    Private

Frederick John

GREGORY

Killed in action on the 13th November 1916

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

23372    Corporal

Charles

GUDGIN

Killed in action on the 13th November 1916 - Age 19

Rest in peace in Ancre British Cemetery

 

25214    Lance Corporal

Hubert George

HALL

Killed in action on the 13th November 1916 - Age 20

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

417001    Sergeant

Herbert

HAMMOND

Killed in action on the 13th November 1916 - Age 29

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

20768    Private

Charles

HARDWICK

Killed in action on the 13th November 1916 - Age 24

Rest in peace in Ancre British Cemetery

 

25127    Private

Frederick George

HARRIS

Killed in action on the 13th November 1916 - Age 19

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

23465   Private

Albert James

HARVEY

Killed in action on the 13th November 1916 - Age 28

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

23614   Private

George Arthur

HAYNES

Killed in action on the 13th November 1916 - Age 20

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

19421   Private

Arthur

HELLIWELL

Killed in action on the 13th November 1916

Rest in peace in Y Ravine Cemetery

 

23268    Lance Corporal

Arthur

HILL

Killed in action on the 13th November 1916 - Age 20

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

Second Lieutenant

Thomas Hooton

HILL

Killed in action on the 13th November 1916

Rest in peace in Knightsbridge Cemetery

 

23301    Private

Herbert

HOLLIMAN

Killed in action on the 16th November 1916

Rest in peace in Serre Road Cemetery n°1

 

Second Lieutenant

Harold Baldwin

HUDSON

Killed in action on the 13th November 1916 - Age 23

Rest in peace in Knightsbridge Cemetery

 

20671   Private

Stanley

HUTCHIN

Killed in action on the 13th November 1916

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

18505    Private

Charles

IZZARD

Killed in action on the 13th November 1916 - Age 35

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

22967    Lance Corporal

Sidney Brydon

IZZARD

Killed in action on the 13th November 1916

Rest in peace in Ancre British Cemetery

 

23310    Private

Fred

KILBY

Killed in action on the 13th November 1916 - Age 27

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

23617    Private

John William

KINGSTON

Killed in action on the 11th November 1916

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

23295    Private

William George

KITSON

Killed in action on the 13th November 1916 - Age 29

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

23752    Private

Arthur Ernest

KNIGHT

Killed in action on the 13th November 1916

Rest in peace in Y Ravine Cemetery

 

23305    Private

William Richard

LEWIS

Died of wounds on the 23rd November 1916 - Age 31

Rest in peace in St Sever Cemetery Extension

 

23111    Lance Corporal

William Henry

MARSTON

Killed in action on the 13th November 1916

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

23730    Private

Percy Sidney

MARTIN

Killed in action on the 13th November 1916

Rest in peace in Ancre British Cemetery

 

18354    Sergeant

Henry William

MILLER

Killed in action on the 13th November 1916 - Age 26

Rest in peace in Ancre British Cemetery

 

23518    Private

Reginald

MOSS

Killed in action on the 13th November 1916

Rest in peace in Ancre British Cemetery

 

23581    Private

Melburne

MUSKETT

Killed in action on the 13th November 1916

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

22863    Private

William Frederick

NEWBURY

Killed in action on the 13th November 1916

Rest in peace in Ancre British Cemetery

 

29721    Private

Percival A.J.

NORMAN

Killed in action on the 13th November 1916

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

22856    Private

John Stewart

OAKLEY

Killed in action on the 13th November 1916

Rest in peace in Serre Road Cemetery n°1

 

22378    Private

John Abraham

PEACHEY

Died of wounds on the 16th November 1916 - Age 35

Rest in peace in Wimereux Communal Cemetery

 

4/6926    Private

Horace Leslie

PIKE

Killed in action on the 13th November 1916

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

40119    Private

George Harry

PUDDEPHATT

Killed in action on the 13th November 1916 - Age 19

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

23496    Private

John

RADFORD

Died of wounds on the 14th November 1916 - Age 19

Rest in peace in Puchevillers British Cemetery

 

22042    Sergeant

Frederick

RAY

Killed in action on the 2nd November 1916

Rest in peace in Knightsbridge Cemetery

 

25126    Private

Sidney

RISELEY

Died of wounds on the 15th November 1916

Rest in peace in Varennes Military Cemetery

 

4/6980    Private

Frank Harold

ROBINSON

Killed in action on the 13th November 1916

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

26325    Private

Harry

ROWLETT

Killed in action on the 13th November 1916

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

3/7955    Sergeant

Benjamin Charles

ROWSE

Killed in action on the 13th November 1916 - Age 34

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

25348    Private

Ernest

SAUNDERS

Killed in action on the 13th November 1916

Rest in peace in Ancre British Cemetery

 

23595    Private

George

SAVAGE

Killed in action on the 13th November 1916 - Age 19

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

22976    Private

Arthur Joseph

SEARS

Killed in action on the 13th November 1916

Rest in peace in Serre Road Cemetery n°1

 

23436    Private

William

SHEARMAN

Killed in action on the 13th November 1916 - Age 23

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

30166    Private

Henry

SPARROW

Killed in action on the 13th November 1916

Rest in peace in Y Ravine Cemetery

 

40205    Private

John Alexander

TAYLOR

Killed in action on the 13th November 1916

Rest in peace in Ancre British Cemetery

 

Lieutenant

William Arthur

TURNBULL

Killed in action on the 13th November 1916 - Age 23

Rest in peace in Knightsbridge Cemetery

 

25523    Private

Ernest

TWYDELL

Killed in action on the 31st October 1916 - Age 22

Rest in peace in Knightsbridge Cemetery

 

25522    Corporal

Frank Samuel

TWYDELL

Died of wounds on the 19th November 1916 - Age 22

Rest in peace in Contay British Cemetery

 

23489    Private

Sidney John

VASS

Died of wounds on the 24th November 1916 - Age 18

Rest in peace in Boulogne Eastern Cemetery

 

18593    Private

George Richard

WARD

Killed in action on the 13th November 1916 - Age 19

Rest in peace in Ancre British Cemetery

  

23500    Private

Joseph

WARD

Died of wounds on the 21st November 1916 - Age 24

Rest in peace in Etaples Military Cemetery

 

23621    Private

Walter John

WATSON

Killed in action on the 13th November 1916

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

13367    Lance Sergeant

John Frank

WATT

Killed in action on the 13th November 1916

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

23189    Private

Herbert Charles

WEBB

Killed in action on the 13th November 1916 - Age 23

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

23458    Private

Walter James

WELCH

Killed in action on the 13th November 1916

Rest in peace in Ancre British Cemetery

 

22168    Private

William

WILKIN

Killed in action on the 13th November 1916

Rest in peace in Ancre British Cemetery

 

Second Lieutenant

Roger Leslie Stuart

WILKINSON

Died of wounds on the 21st November 1916 - Age 18

Rest in peace in Etaples Military Cemetery

 

13396    Sergeant

John Charles

WILSON

Killed in action on the 13th November 1916 - Age 34

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

23696    Private

Percy

WOODS

Killed in action on the 31st October 1916 - Age 24

Rest in peace in Knightsbridge Cemetery

 

40201    Private

Edward Wilfred

WRIGHT

Killed in action on the 13th November 1916

Rest in peace in Ancre British Cemetery

 

 

 

23543    Private

Ernest William

WRIGHT

Killed in action on the 13th November 1916 - Age 20

Rest in peace in Ancre British Cemetery

 

Thiepval Memorial

44

Ancre British Cemetery

23

Knightsbridge Cemetery

12

Y Ravine Cemetery

3

Serre Road Cemetery n°1

3

Contay British Cemetery

2

Etaples Military Cemetery

2

Puchevillers British Cemetery

2

Amersham Unconsacrated Cemetery

1

Boulogne Eastern Cemetery

1

Knebworth (St Mary) Churchyard

1

Mesnil Communal Cemetery Extension

1

St Sever Cemetery Extension

1

Varennes Military Cemetery

1

Wimereux Communal Cemetery

1

MEN SERVING IN OTHER UNITS

Second Lieutenant

Douglas Bowhill

CANDY

1st Bedfordshire

Died of wounds on the 25th September 1916 - Age 26

Rest in peace in Bronfay Farm Military Cemetery

Second Lieutenant

Leslie Herbert

FOX

2nd Bedfordshire

Killed in action on the 11th July 1916

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

Second Lieutenant

Thomas Josceline Gordon

REYNOLDS

2nd Bedfordshire

Died of wounds on the 11th October 1916

Rest in peace in Thistle Dump Cemetery