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Todderingham W 1st Class Stoker K/12824 HMS Monmouth Royal Navy

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TODDERINGHAM, WILLIAM, 1st Class Stoker, No. K. 12824, R.N., eldest s. of the late William Todderingham, Seaman, by his wife, Bridget (40, Tredegar Street, Cardiff), dau. of (-) Landers, of Cardiff; b. Cardiff, 10 May, 1892; educ. St. Peter’s R.C. Schools there; entered the Navy, 1909, and was lost when H.M.S. Monmouth was sunk in the Battle off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914; unm.

Source : De Ruvigny’s Roll Of Honour

Tod B D Pte 1828 14th London Regiment

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Tod B D Pte 1828 14th London Regiment

TOD, BERNARD DOUGLAS, Private, No. 1828, A Coy. 1/14th Battn. (London Scottish) London Regt. (T.F.), only s. of James Tod, of 7, Bennochy Terrace, Kirkcaldy; b. North Berwick, East Lothian, 30 Jan. 1896; educ. Kirkcaldy High School (where he was a member of the O.T.C.), and Rouen; was a member of the staff of Messrs. Steel Bros. & Co., Ltd., East India Merchants, of 6, Fenchurch Avenue, E.C.; joined the London Scottish about March, 1913; volunteered for Imperial Service on the outbreak of war, and left for France, 15 Sept. 1914; took part in the charge of the London Scottish at Messines, and in the gallant defence of the trenches at Zillebeke, and was killed in action in the trenches at Givenchy, 23 Dec. 1914. Buried in a disused part of the trench; unm. A comrade wrote: “He was without fear, and his whole thought was to do his duty for those at home.”

Source : De Ruvigny’s Roll Of Honour Vol 1

Titterington R Pte 11281 3rd Coldstream Guards

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Titterington R Pte 11281 3rd Coldstream Guards

TITTERINGTON, ROGER, Private, No. 11281, 3rd Battn. Coldstream Guards, 1st s. of James Titterington, of Elim Grove, Bowness on Windermere, co. Westmoreland, by his wife, Sarah, dau.of Roger Aldren, of Carnforth, Lancs.; b. Bowness on Windermere, 30 March, 1894; educ. Bowness Elementary School; en- listed 31 Aug. 1914, and was killed in action at Rue de l’Epinette, 31 Dec. 1914; unm. Buried in Soldiers’ Cemetery, Rue du Bois, on road from Bethune to Richebourg, about a mile beyond Le Touret.

Source : De Ruvigny’s Roll Of Honour Vol 1