Stubbs B C Pte 2655 9th London Regiment
STUBBS, BERNARD CASTLE, Private, No. 2655, 9th Battn. (Queen Victoria Rifles) The London Regt. (T.F.), 3rd s. of the late Charles Stubbs, of 20, Grafton Road, Worthing, by his wife, Kate Marian (141, Gladstone Road, Watford, Herts.), dau. of Thomas Henry Castle; b. Worthing, 6 March, 1891; educ. Slough School (1899- 1907), and on leaving there entered the London offices of the Union Castle Line; volunteered on the outbreak of war and joined the Queen Victoria Rifles, Sept. 1914; went to France with a draft for the 1st Battn. in Feb., and was sent direct to the firing line; took part in the fight on Hill 60, during the night of 20-21 April, under Lieut. G. H. Woolley, who then gained the first Victoria Cross conferred on a Territorial officer; was wounded in the head by a piece of shell, 22 June, 1915, and died in the Receiving Hospital, Bailleul, without recovering consciousness; unm. At Slough he was head boy of the school during his last few terms, the holder of a cup for the school championship at “fives,” and the winner of the swimming medal of the school. He later captained the Old Boys’ Football Team.
Source : De Ruvigny’s Roll Of Honour Vol 1