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Boast T T 2nd Lt 1st Norfolk Regiment

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Boast T T 2nd Lt 1st Norfolk Regiment

BOAST, THOMAS TOWNSEND, End Lient., 3rd (Reserve), attd. Ist (9th Foot), Battn. The Norfolk Regt., eldest a. of George John Boast, of New Mills, Stockport (late of Holt), by his wife, Mary Ann (-); &. Holt, co. Norfolk, 30 Oct. 1890; edue, there was a Bootmaker’s Manager volunteered for active service on the outbreak of war in Aug. 1914, but was rejected as medically unit; after a second unsuccessful attempt to join up in May, 1916, he was eventually accepted, and enlisted in the Norfolk Regt. & Nov. following: served with the Expeditionary Force in France and Flanders from 7 March, 1916; returned home to train for a commission 21 Feb. 1917, and was gazetted 2nd Lieut. Ist Norfolk Regt. 1 Ang. following joined his battalion in France in the following Sept., where he saw much fighting: proceeded with his regiment to Italy in Nov. of the same year, but subsequently returned to France in April, 1918, and was killed in action by a sniper, after fulfilling a most successful and gallant act, capturing a position and number of prisoners. at Neuville, near Cambral, 30 Sept. 1918. Buried in the British Military Cemetery. Neuville Bourjonval, south-west of Cambral. His Major wrote: Your husband was one of my best officers, always cheerful under any circumstances, thoroughly efficient in all his work, and one of the nicest fellows I’ve ever met. All the men had the very highest opinion of him, and would follow him anywhere frequently I have overheard them talking about him, and all the splendid things he had done with the regiment. It is a sad loss to us all, and his death is a bitter grief to us,” and a Private: He was always one of the best of our officers, and always did his best to look after the welfare of his boys.” Another also wrote: He was a fine example to us all, and he would never send one of us where he would not go himself.” He . at Banbury, 6 July, 1918, Doris Adelaide (20, Southam Road, Banbury), 2nd dan. of William Bashette.

Boarer W Pte MM G/21069 11th East Kent Regiment

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BOARER, WALTER, M.M., Private, 11th (Service) Battn. The Buffs (East Kent Regt.), 8. of William Boarer, of Old Half Moon, Friars Gate, Withyam, co. Sussex, by his wife, Mary; b. St. John’s, Crowborough, co. Sussex, 28 Nov. 1892; educ. St. John’s School there was a Carter; enlisted 12 Feb. 1917; served with the Expeditionary Force in France and Flanders from the following May, and died at Abbeville 21 June, 1918, from wounds received in action near St. Quentin the previous day. Buried in the Communal Cemetery Extension, Abbeville. He was awarded the Military Medal [London Gazette, 12 Oct. 1917], for carrying a wounded officer half a mile under heavy shell fire, and for devotion to duty. He m. at St. John’s Church, Crowborough, Jane Ann (5, Brook Terrace, Crowborough), dau. of John (and Ada) Smith, and had two children: Mary Ada Annie, b. 20 Aug. 1914, and Alice Matilda, b. 19 Aug. 1916.

Source : De Ruvigny’s Roll Of Honour Vol 5

Bloor H B Sergt 55071 Machine Gun Corps

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BLOOR, HAROLD BERTRAM, Sergt., No. 55071, 34th Battn. Machine Gun Corps, only s. of the late Richard Bloor, by his wife (-) (now wife of S. Westwood, of 3 back, 22 Guest Street, Hockley, Birmingham), dau. of W. H. Tongue; b. Great Hampton Street, Birmingham, 14 Feb. 1900; educ. Warstone Lane there; was a Cycle Worker; enlisted in March, 1916; served with the Expeditionary Force in France and Flanders from 16 April, 1917, and died at No. 12 General Hospital, Rouen, 11 Aug. 1918, from wounds received in action at Bethune on or about the 1st of that month. Buried in the St. Séver’s Cemetery Extension, Rouen; unm.

Source : De Ruvigny’s Roll Of Honour Vol 5

Blogg E B Major DSO Royal Engineers

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BLOGG, EDWARD BASIL, D.S.O., Major, Royal Engineers (T.F.), s. of the late Rev. Fowler Babington Blogg, formerly Rector of Great Mongeham, near Deal, by his wife (-) (Shearfold, Brede, co. Sussex); b. Walmer Vicarage, co. Kent, 31 July, 1887; educ. West Wratting Park, co. Cambridge; was appointed to the Lord Chamberlain’s Office in 1907, and joined the Territorial Force in 1909; gazetted Lieut. 3 July, 1911; on the outbreak of war he volunteered for active service; promoted Capt. in March, 1915; served with the Expeditionary Force in France, and on the death of his Major, April, 1915, took command of 1/4th Coy. Royal Engineers. While on short leave in England, his company had been moved up to the line north of the Hulluch Road, and he was killed in action near that road, 16 March, 1916, when in the front-line trenches. Buried at Bethune. He was awarded the Distinguished Service Order for his service at the Battle of Loos 25 Sept. 1915, and was twice mentioned in Despatches, for gallant and distinguished service in the field; unm.

Source : De Ruvigny’s Roll Of Honour Vol 5

Blick G R Sergt 200413 7th Middlesex Regiment

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BLICK, GILBERT REXTONE, Sergt., No. 200413, 1/7th (Territorial) Battn. The Duke of Cambridge’s Own (Middlesex Regt.), s. of Alfred James Blick, of 33, Cottenham Road, Holloway, London, N., by his wife, Annie Louisa, dau. of Thomas Gilbert; b. Holloway, N., 12 Oct. 1892; educ. Grafton Road and Yerbury Road Council Schools there; was a Booking Clerk on the London Electric Railway; joined the Territorial Force in 1909; completed his four years’ service in Nov. 1913; again volunteered for service on the outbreak of war in Aug. 1914; trained at Sittingbourne; went to Gibraltar, but returned to England in Jan. 1915; served with the Expeditionary Force in France and Flanders; was wounded during the operations on the Somme in Sept. 1916, and invalided to hospital; rejoined his regiment on recovery, and was killed in action at Arras 3 May, 1917. A comrade wrote: “Our battalion was in action on 3 May, and amongst the missing the same night was your son. On the morning of the 4th I met several of his platoon, and one man told me he saw him wounded and afterwards hit again and killed instantly. He died in the charge with all my company officers. We all miss him very much, as he was our best sergeant and one of the old original boys.” Unm,

Source : De Ruvigny’s Roll Of Honour Vol 5

Blease F S L/Cpl 251066 6th Manchester Regiment

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BLEASE, FRANK SHIRLEY, L.-Corpl., No. 251066, 1/6th (Territorial) Battn. The Manchester Regt., s. of the late Walter Duncan Blease, by his wife, Hannah (10, Richmond Grove, Levenshulme); b. Cheetham Hill, Manchester, co. Lancaster, 24 Sept. 1894; educ. Stockport Commercial School; was in the employ of the Manchester Chamber of Commerce; joined the Manchester Regt. in May, 1915; served in Egypt from Jan. 1916, and subsequently with the Expeditionary Force in France and Flanders from March, 1917, and died at Grévillers 29 Sept. 1918, of wounds received in action on the 27th. Buried at Grévillers. His Commanding Officer wrote: “I have known him since before he came from England, and of all the men I have had under me since then none have been finer than L.-Corpl. Blease. He was one of the finest N.C.O.’s in the company, and one we could ill spare. His section was the best in the company, and all thought the world of him. I never ask to have a finer soldier or a braver man under my charge, and I wish I had more like him. If ever I wanted a job done, I could always give it to him, and rest content that it would be done, and done well.” Unm.

Source : De Ruvigny’s Roll Of Honour Vol 5

Bland P C Pte 27th 442940 Canadian Expeditionary Force

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BLAND, PERCIVAL CHARLES, Private, No. 442940, 27th Battn. Canadian Expeditionary Force, elder s. of the late Charles Bland, by his wife, Margaret Harman (79, Ryland Road, Edgbaston, Birmingham), dau. of the late Edward Skinner, of Edgbaston, Birmingham; and brother to Gunner A. E. Bland (q.v.); b. Birmingham, co. Warwick, 30 Jan. 1889; educ. St. George’s School, Edgbaston; went to Canada in 1913, and settled at Nelson, British Columbia, as an Accountant on the Staff of the Hudson Bay Company; volunteered for foreign service and joined the Canadian Infantry 2 June, 1915; served with the Expeditionary Force in France and Flanders from April, 1916; was reported missing after the fighting on the Somme 15 Sept. following, and is now assumed to have been killed in action on that date. His Commanding Officer wrote: “He was loved by all the officers of his platoon, and all men thought so much of him throughout his regiment.”

Source : De Ruvigny’s Roll Of Honour Vol 5

Bland A E Gnr 837020 Royal Field Artillery

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BLAND, ALFRED ERIC, Gunner, No. 837020, Headquarters Staff S.M., 241st Brigade, 48th Division, Royal Field Artillery, 3rd s. of the late Charles Thomás Bland, by his wife, Margaret Harman (79, Ryland Road, Edgbaston), dau, of the late Edward Skinner, of Edgbaston, Birmingham; and brother to Private P. C. Bland (q.v.); b. Edgbaston, Birmingham, co. Warwick, 23 July, 1894; educ. St. George’s School; was in the employ of the Deritend Stamping Company, Birmingham; volunteered three times for active service, but was rejected as medically unfit (twice); was eventually accepted, and enlisted in the R.F.A. 2 Oct. 1916; served with the Expeditionary Force in France and Flanders from 30 March, 1917; subsequently proceeded to Italy, where he was employed as Clerk on the Headquarters Staff S.M., 241st Brigade, 48th Division R.F.A., and died at Montecchie, Precalcino, Italy, 15 Nov. 1918, of influenza, contracted while on service. Buried in Montecchie, Precalcino, Italy. His Commanding Officer wrote: “The work was very responsible, and it was owing to his working so hard and keeping up when he should have given in, that caused him to take the disease. He was loved by all officers and men.”

Source : De Ruvigny’s Roll Of Honour Vol 5

Bates S G Captain 7th Hussars

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Bates S G Captain 7th Hussars

CAPTAIN STANES GEOFFREY BATES

7TH HUSSARS

CAPTAIN STANES GEOFFREY BATES (E, 1898-1901)-son of G. T. Bates Esq., of Mells Park, Somerset was born on June 2nd, 1884, and before coming to Winchester was with Mr. Carter at Farnborough. He was gazetted from Sandhurst in 1908 to the 7th Hussars, and served with them in South Africa and Bangalore. In August 1918 he returned to England and was appointed Adjutant to the North Somerset Yeomanry.

He accompanied them to France in November 1914, and was wounded shortly afterwards at Vlamertinghe. He fell at Bellewarde Farm on May 13th, 1915, during the First Battle of Ypres.

Source : Wykehamists Who Died In The War 1914-1918 Vol 2

Bates S G Captain 7th Hussars

BATES, STANES GEOFFREY, Capt., 7th Queen’s Own Hussars, and Adjutant, North Somersetshire Yeomanry, only s. of Gilbert Thompson Bates, tenant of Mells Park, Frome, Somerset, J.P. [2nd s. of Sir Edward Bates, 1st Bt., M.P.]. by his wife, Charlotte Thaxter, dau, of George Warren, of Woolton; b. London, 2 June, 1884; edue. Farnborough, Winchester, and Sandhurst. He joined the 7th Queen’s Own Hussars, 22 April, 1903, and was promoted Lieut. 27 April, 1907, and Capt. 11 May, 1912. He spent two and a half years in South Africa, and returned with his regt. in Dec. 1906, when they were quartered at Norwich and afterwards at Aldershot. In Oct, 1911 the regt. went to Bangalore, where he remained until July, 1913, when he returned to England on leave, shortly afterwards (1 Nov.) receiving the Adjutancy of the North Somersetshire Yeomanry. He went to the front with this regt, and was wounded at Vlamertinghe during the 1st battle of Ypres, 16 Nov. 1914, but was able to return to the front from the Base Hospital in a few days. At the 2nd battle of Ypres he was killed instantaneously in the trenches at Hooge by a shell explosion, 13 May, 1915; unm.

He was buried there the same day, amid a few trees behind the line held by the North Somersets. For their conduct on this occasion the North Somersets were specially mentioned in Despatches. He was much beloved by his men in both regts., and his loss deeply regretted by his Colonel and brother officers in the 7th Hussars. A good all-round sportsman and well-known with the Blackmore Vale Hounds.

Source : De Ruvigny’s Roll Of Honour Vol 1

Barkworth K A W Captain MC East Yorkshire Regiment

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Barkworth K A W Captain MC East Yorkshire Regiment

CAPTAIN KENNETH ARTHUR WILSON BARKWORTH, M.C.

EAST YORKSHIRE REGIMENT

CAPTAIN KENNETH ARTHUR WILSON BARKWORTH, M.C. (E, 1899-1902) was born on February 18th, 1885-son of A. B. Wilson Barkworth Esq., LL.D. (E, 1868-1872) of Kirk Ella, Hull and before coming to Winchester was at St. Andrew’s School, Eastbourne. He went on to Cambridge and took his degree there.

At the outbreak of war he obtained a commission in the 4th Battalion East Yorkshire Regiment. He was killed between Ypres and Poperinghe on October 26th, 1917.

Source : Wykehamists Who Died In The War 1914-1918 Vol 2