Train C W Cpl VC 14th London Regiment (London Scottish)

Train C W Cpl VC 14th London Regiment (London Scottish) Original Photo

Source :  The War Illustrated 30th Mar 1918

BREMNER, HUNTLY WILLIAM BRUCE, Private. No. 6547, 14th Batth. (The London Scottish) The London Regt. (T.F.). s. of William Bremner, by his wife. Diana, dan, of the late Major-General Alexander James Bruce, Madras Staff Corps; and gdson. of the late Lieut. Alexander Robertson Bremner. H.E.L.C.S. and brother to Capt. A. B. Bremner; b. Edinburgh, 21 Sept. 1880, edue. by a private tutor at St. Marychurch, co. Devon; went to Ceylon in Jan. 1902. where he was a Tea Planter; returned to England in Oct. 1915: joined the London Scottish 19 Jan. 1916; served with the Expeditionary Force in France from the following June: was reported missing after the fighting on the Somme 1 July, 1916, and was afterwards known to have been killed in action on that date. He was a well-known athlete; Unm.

Source : De Ruvigny’s Roll Of Honour Vol 5

WALFORD, LESLIE FRANCIS, Private, No. 2048, 1/14th Battn. (London Scottish), The London Regt. (T.F.), second s. of the lat. Thomas Charles Walford, of Maidenhead, Mineral Manager, Great Western Railway, by his 1st wife, Mary Ann Ashford, dau. of Thomas Hobbs, of Tiverton; b. Southall, 6 Aug. 1891; educ. Maidenhead College; was Clerk to Wm. Cory’s, Mark Lane; joined the Jondon Scottish, May, 1914; volunteered for Imperial Service on the outbreak of war; went to France, 15 Sept. 1914; was wounded and taken prisoner during the charge of the London Scottish at Messines, 31 Oct. 1914, and died the following day; unm. Buried at Messines-Wytschaete.

Source : De Ruvigny’s Roll Of Honour Vol 1

WALFORD, HERBERT ASHFORD, Private, No. 2026, 1/14th Batt. (London Scottish) The London Regiment (T.F.), eldest s. of the late Thomas Charles Walford, of Maidenhead, Mineral Manager, Great Western Railway, by his 1st wife, Mary Ann Ashford, dau. of Thomas Hobbs, of Tiverton; b. Southall, co. Middlesex, 26 Feb. 1889; educ. Maidenhead College; was on the staff of Messrs. Eveson & Co., Coal Merchants; joined the London Scottish, Feb. 1914; volunteered for foreign service on the outbreak of war; went to France, 15 Sept. 1914, was reported missing after the charge of the London Scottish at Messines, 31 Oct. following, and is now assumed to have been killed in action on that date. He was unm. His younger brother, Private L. F. Walford, who was in the same battn. was wounded and taken a prisoner on this occasion and died the next day (see following notice).

Source : De Ruvigny’s Roll Of Honour Vol 1

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

Sutherland G A Pte 3238 14th London Regiment

SUTHERLAND, GEORGE ALEXANDER, Private, No. 3238, 1/14th Battn. (London Scottish) The London Regt.(T.F.), s. of Alexander Gair Sutherland, Superintendent, Metropolitan Police, Vine Street Station, Piccadilly, W., by his wife, Mary, dau. of A. Rugg, of Bower, Caithness, Scotland, Farmer; b. Hammersmith, 27 Sept. 1886; educ. South Western Polytechnic, Chelsea; was employed at H.M. Patent Office as assistant clerk; joined the London Scottish on the outbreak of war, 9 Sept. 1914, and was subsequently seven months in the firing line, during which time, according to a letter received from his commanding officer, he proved an excellent and cheery soldier. He was killed in a charge at Hulluch, near Loos, 13 Oct. 1915; unm.

Source : De Ruvigny’s Roll Of Honour Vol 1

Smeaton W D Pte 4208 14th London Regiment (London Scottish)

Source : De Ruvigny’s Roll Of Honour Vol 1