World War I – Roll of Honour

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Wellesley Roe ALLEN
Capel Lisle Aylett BRANFILL
Archibald Viccars BRIGHT
Montmorency Beaumont CHECKLAND
Alexander Basil CRAWFORD
William Harold CULLEN
William Homer DEAN
George DIXON
Wilfrid Spencer ELLIS
Richard Cornforth ENGLISH
George Herbert FOWLER
Frederick Thomas GARDINER
Walter Stanley GIMSON
Roby Myddleton GOTCH
Donald Patrick Clarke GRANT
Everard Francis Sale HANDFORD
Henry Basil Strutt HANDFORD
James HEMINGWAY
Ralph Eustace HEMMINGWAY
Francis Joseph HICKING
George Graham HICKING
Harold Augustus HODGES
Charles Morley HOUFTON
William Henry HUNSTONE
Henry Archer JOHNSTONE
William McCall JOHNSTONE
Patrick Joseph KENT
Alfred Henry LONGDEN
Bernard McCRAITH
George Henry Reginald MELLERS
Reginald John Allen PALMER
Denis Fillingham PARR
Samuel PILKINGTON
Richard Goodwin PYATT
Arthur Percival PYCROFT
Samuel Boyd QUIBELL
Gervase Thorpe SPENDLOVE
Harvey Mayer STAUNTON
Ernest William Rokeby STEPHENSON
Frederic Herbert TALBOT
John Crosby WARREN

1914

2nd Lieutenant Gervase Thorpe SPENDLOVE
Born: 29th December 1895 at Nottingham, Nottinghamshire
Educated: Oundle School
Military: in the 2nd Battalion of the South Lancashire Regiment
Died: 17th November 1914 near Ypres, Flanders, BELGIUM; Aged 18 years and 323 days

1915

Lieutenant Colonel Ernest William Rokeby STEPHENSON
Born: 4th August 1864 at Hull, Yorkshire
Educated: Brackenbury’s School, Wimbledon; Royal Military Academy, Sandhurst
Military: in the 3rd Battalion of the Middlesex Regiment
Died: 23rd April 1915 at Ypres, Flanders, BELGIUM; Aged 51 years and 262 days

2nd Lieutenant James HEMINGWAY
Born: 4th August 1893 at North Berwick, East Lothian
Educated: Loretto School, Musselburgh; Trinity College, Oxford University
Military: in the 3rd Battalion of the Seaforth Highlanders
Died: 9th May 1915 at Port Arthur, Neuve Chapelle, Pas-de Calais, FRANCE; Aged 21 years and 278 days

2nd Lieutenant George DIXON
Born: 20th December 1881 at Bellingham, Northumberland
Educated: Royal Grammar School, Jesmond; Armstrong College, Newcastle; Newcastle & Durham Mining College
Military: in the 170th Tunnelling Company, Royal Engineers
Died: 6th August 1915 at Cuinchy, Pas-de-Calais, FRANCE; Aged 33 years and 229 days

2nd Lieutenant William Homer DEAN
Born: __ _______ 1882 at Liscard, Cheshire
Educated: _______
Military: in the 7th Battalion of the Sherwood Foresters
Died: 11th October 1915 at Hohenzollern Redoubt, Auchy-les-Mines, Nord-Pas-de-Calais, FRANCE; Aged 32 years and ___ days

Captain George Henry Reginald (Rex) MELLERS
Born: __ _______ 1886 at Nottingham, Nottinghamshire
Educated: Oxford University
Military: in the 7th Battalion of the Sherwood Foresters
Died: 13th October 1915 at Hohenzollern Redoubt, Auchy-les-Mines, Nord-Pas-de-Calais, FRANCE; Aged 28 years and ___ days

Lieutenant Richard Goodwin PYATT
Born: 24th September 1886 at Nottingham, Nottinghamshire
Educated: Nottingham High School
Military: in the 7th Battalion of the Sherwood Foresters
Died: 13th October 1915 at Hohenzollern Redoubt, Auchy-les-Mines, Nord-Pas-de-Calais, FRANCE; Aged 29 years and 19 days

Lieutenant Everard Francis Sale HANDFORD
Born: 3rd May 1895 at Nottingham, Nottinghamshire
Educated: Rugby School
Military: in the 8th Battalion of the Sherwood Foresters
Died: 14th October 1915 at Hohenzollern Redoubt, Auchy-les-Mines, Nord-Pas-de-Calais, FRANCE; Aged 20 years and 164 days

Captain Henry Basil Strutt HANDFORD
Born: 15th February 1894 at Nottingham, Nottinghamshire
Educated: Rugby School; Trinity College, Cambridge University
Military: in the 8th Battalion of the Sherwood Foresters
Died: 14th October 1915 at Hohenzollern Redoubt, Auchy-les-Mines, Nord-Pas-de-Calais, FRANCE; Aged 21 years and 241 days

2nd Lieutenant Ralph Eustace HEMINGWAY
Born: 15th December 1877 at Macclesfield, Cheshire
Educated: Rugby School
Military: in the 8th Battalion of the Sherwood Foresters
Died: 14th October 1915 at Hohenzollern Redoubt, Auchy-les-Mines, Nord-Pas-de-Calais, FRANCE; Aged 37 years and 303 days

Lieutenant Colonel George Herbert FOWLER
Born: __ January 1877 at Basford, Nottinghamshire
Educated: Rugby School; New College, Oxford University
Military: in the 8th Battalion of the Sherwood Foresters
Died: 15th October 1915 at Hohenzollern Redoubt, Auchy-les-Mines, Nord-Pas-de-Calais, FRANCE; Aged 38 years and ___ days

Lieutenant Charles Morley HOUFTON
Born: 20th June 1887 at Manchester, Lancashire
Educated: Sophia Taylor Preparatory School, Belper; Queen Elizabeth School, Mansfield; Leys School, Cambridge; City and Guilds Technical College, London
Military: in the 8th Battalion of the Sherwood Foresters
Died: 12th November 1915 at near Richebourg, Pas-de-Calais, FRANCE; Aged 28 years and 145 days

1916

Major Samuel Boyd QUIBELL
Born: 19th November 1890 at Newark, Nottinghamshire
Educated: Miss Wallis’ Private School, Newark; Magnus Grammar School, Newark; Leys School, Cambridge
Military: in the 4th Battalion of the East Yorkshire Regiment
Died: 5th February 1916 at 10th Casualty Clearing Station, Ypres, Flanders, BELGIUM; Aged 25 years and 78 days

2nd Lieutenant William McCall JOHNSTONE
Born: 14th June 1892 at Nottingham, Nottinghamshire
Educated: Nottingham High School, Sedbergh School
Military: in the 152nd Brigade of the Royal Field Artillery
Died: 13th February 1916 near Armentieres Nord-Pas-de-Calais, FRANCE; Aged 23 years and 244 days

Captain Alexander Basil CRAWFORD
Born: 24th May 1891 at Coleshill, Warwickshire
Educated: Coleshill Grammar School; King Edward’s School, Edgbaston; Nottingham High School, Oundle School
Military: in the 17th West Yorkshire Regiment
Died: 10th May 1916 at Ferme du Bois Sector, Neuve Chapelle, Pas-de Calais, FRANCE; Aged 24 years and 352 days

Captain Capel Lisle Aylett BRANFILL
Born: 29th August 1884 at Velho, Ceara, BRAZIL
Educated: Harrow School
Military: in the Glamorgan Yeomanry
Died: 11th May 1916 at Cairo, EGYPT; Aged 31 years and 256 days

Captain Roby Myddleton GOTCH
Born: 4th September 1889 at Kettering, Northamptonshire
Educated: Rugby School; New College, Oxford University
Military: in the 7th Battalion of the Sherwood Foresters
Died: 1st July 1916 at Gommecourt, Somme, FRANCE; Aged 26 years and 301 days

Lieutenant George Graham HICKING
Born: 14th September 1893 at Ruddington, Nottinghamshire
Educated: Broadgate School, Nottingham; Uppingham School
Military: 6th Battalion of the York and Lancaster Regiment
Died: 1st July 1916 at Fricourt, Somme, FRANCE; Aged 22 years and 291 days

2nd Lieutenant Francis Joseph HICKING
Born: 20th May 1897 at Ruddington, Nottinghamshire
Educated: Bramcote School, Scarborough; Uppingham School
Military: in the 10th Battalion of the West Yorkshire Regiment
Died: 1st July 1916 at Fricourt, Somme, FRANCE; Aged 19 years and 42 days

2nd Lieutenant Denis Fillingham PARR
Born: 3rd February 1897, Nottingham, Nottinghamshire
Educated: Bedford Modern School; University College, Nottingham
Military: in the 10th Battalion of the Sherwood Foresters
Died: 7th July 1916 near Mametz Wood, Somme, FRANCE; Aged 19 years and 155 days

2nd Lieutenant William Harold CULLEN
Born: 23rd November 1889 at Nottingham, Nottinghamshire
Educated: Nottingham High School, Mill Hill School, London
Military: in the 113th Company of the Machine Gun Corps
Died: 11th July 1916 at Mametz Wood, Somme, FRANCE; Aged 26 years and 231 days

2nd Lieutenant Frederic Herbert TALBOT
Born: __ _______ 1893, _______, Nottinghamshire
Educated: _______
Military: in the 15th Battalion of the Sherwood Foresters
Died: 20th July 1916 at _______ Somme, FRANCE; Aged 23 years and ___ days

Lieutenant Reginald John Allen PALMER
Born: 9th March 1896 at Wimbledon, Surrey
Educated: Weymouth College
Military: in the 1st Battalion of the Wiltshire Regiment
Died: 22nd July 1916 at Amiens, Somme, FRANCE; Aged 20 years and 135 days

Lieutenant Richard Cornforth ENGLISH
Born: 19th April 1887, Stamford, Lincolnshire
Educated: Rugby School
Military: in the Army Service Corps (Motor Transport)
Died: 25th July 1916 at Grantham, Lincolnshire; Aged 29 years and 97 days

2nd Lieutenant Patrick Joseph KENT
Born: __ _______ ____ at Cardiff, Glamorgan
Educated: _______
Military: in the 15th Battalion of the Sherwood Foresters
Died: 2nd September 1916 at Cardiff, Glamorgan; Aged __ years and ___ days

1917

Lance Corporal Donald Patrick Clarke GRANT
Born: 1st November 1889 at Loanhead, Midlothian
Educated: Nottingham High School; Edinburgh High School
Military: in the 7th Battalion of the Cameron Highlanders
Died: 12th April 1917 at Monchy le Preux, Pas-de-Calais, FRANCE; Aged 27 years and 162 days

Lieutenant Archibald Viccars BRIGHT
Born: 20th July 1884, Nottingham, Nottinghamshire
Educated: Uppingham School
Military: in the 3rd Battalion of the Sherwood Foresters
Died: 7th June 1917 at Battle of Messines Ridge, Flanders, BELGIUM; Aged 32 years and 322 days

Lieutenant Arthur Percival PYCROFT
Born: 4th March 1893 at Nottingham, Nottinghamshire
Educated: Woodhouse Grove School, Calverley
Military: in the Royal Flying Corps
Died: 16th June 1917 at Bulford, Wiltshire; Aged 24 years and 104 days

Captain Samuel PILKINGTON
Born: 5th June 1878 at Bolton, Lancashire
Educated: Sedbergh School
Military: in the 4th Battalion of the Leicester Regiment
Died: 2nd July 1917 at Lens, Pas-de-Calais, FRANCE; Aged 39 years and 27 days

Captain Frederick Thomas GARDINER
Born: 10th August 1891, Shardlow, Derbyshire
Educated: Heanor Secondary School; St John’s College, Battersea
Military: in the 12th Battalion of the Highland Light Infantry
Died: 31st July 1917 near Ypres, Flanders, BELGIUM; Aged 25 years and 355 days

Captain Walter Stanley GIMSON MC
Born: 3rd March 1885 at Leicester, Leicestershire
Educated: _______
Military: in the King’s Own Yorkshire Light Infantry
Died: 16th August 1917 at Langemarck, Flanders, BELGIUM; Aged 32 years and 166 days

Lieutenant Montmorency Beaumont CHECKLAND MC
Born: 16th November 1883 at Hove, Sussex
Educated: Newton College, Devon; Uppingham School; St John’s College, Cambridge University
Military: in the 2nd Regiment of the West Somerset Yeomanry
Died: 17th August 1917 near Langemarck, Flanders, BELGIUM; Aged 33 years and 274 days

1918

Captain (Chaplain 4th Class) Harvey Mayer STAUNTON
Born: 21st November 1870 at Staunton, Nottinghamshire
Educated: Bromsgrove School; Selwyn College, Cambridge University
Military: in the Royal Army Chaplin’s Department
Died: 14th January 1918 at Arzizieh, MESOPOTAMIA; Aged 47 years and 54 days

Major Henry Archer (Harry) JOHNSTONE
Born: 26th April 1890 at Nottingham, Nottinghamshire
Educated: Nottingham High School; Sedbergh School
Military: in the 152nd Brigade of the Royal Field Artillery
Died: 21st March 1918 near Bullecourt, Pas-de-Calais, FRANCE; Aged 27 years and 329 days

Major John Crosby WARREN MC
Born: 13th April 1889, Lichfield, Staffordshire
Educated: Sedbergh School; Trinity College, Oxford University
Military: in the 7th Battalion of the Sherwood Foresters
Died: 21st March 1918 at Bullecourt, Pas-de-Calais, FRANCE; Aged 28 years and 342 days

Captain Harold Augustus HODGES
Born: 22nd January 1886 at Mansfield Woodhouse, Nottinghamshire
Educated: Roclareston School, Nottingham; Sedbergh School; Trinity College, Oxford University; Sorbonne, Paris
Military: in the 11th Battalion of the South Lancashire Regiment
Died: 24th March 1918 at Eppeville, Somme, FRANCE; Aged 32 years and 61 days

Post WWI (as a result of WWI)

Major Bernard McCRAITH
Born: 2nd May 1880 at Nottingham, Nottinghamshire
Educated: Clifton College; Royal Engineering College
Military: in the 1st Base Park Company, Royal Engineers
Died: 26th January 1919 at Calais, Pas-de-Calais, FRANCE; Aged 38 years and 269 days

Major William Henry HUNSTONE
Born: __ _______ 1874 at Salford, Lancashire
Educated: _______
Military: in the Royal Marines
Died: 18th February 1919 at Newcastle-upon-Tyne, Northumberland; Aged 45 years and ___ days

Captain Alfred Henry LONGDEN
Born: 11th July 1880 at Blackwell, Derbyshire
Educated: _______
Military: in the 5th Battalion of the Sherwood Foresters
Died: 2nd March 1919 at Ruckley, Shropshire; Aged 38 years and 234 days

Captain Wellesley Roe ALLEN
Born: __ August 1883
Educated: Uppingham School; Trinity College, Dublin
Military: in the Royal Army Medical Corps
Died: 11th March 1919 at Cairo, EGYPT; Aged 35 years and ___ days

Captain Wilfrid Spencer ELLIS MC
Born: 13th April 1887, Leicester, Leicestershire
Educated: Sedbergh School
Military: in the Battalion of the King’s Own Royal Lancaster Regiment
Died: 26th March 1922 at Eastbourne, Sussex; Aged 34 years and 347 days