Bush C G Major DSO Army Service Corps

BUSH, CHARLES GERALD, D.S.O., Major. Army Service Corps, s. of the late Henry Edward Bush, Merchant, by his wife, Jeannette (Normandy Lodge, Vanbrugh Park Road. Blackheath, S.E.), dau. of P. G. Dodd b. Newchway, North China, 16 Aug. 1876; edue. Forest School, Walthamstow, and on the Continent: was an Export Merchant: joined the Army Service Corps in 1914; was gazetted Lieut. 1 Feb. 1915; promoted Capt. 22 March, 1915. and Major, 11 Sept. 1916; served with the Expeditionary Force in France and Flanders, being appointed Senior Supply Officer to the 19th Division, and died at a casualty clearing station 25 Nov. 1918, from influenza, contracted while on active service. Buried at Anoingt Cemetery. His Commanding Officer wrote: “I cannot speak too highly of Major C. S. Bush’s work he was a man who gained the respect of everyone with whom he served, and was loved by everyone without exception. As his late Commanding Officer, I can only say he had my entire trust and confidence,” and a Colonel: “I don’t suppose in the whole army there was an officer who had a better knowledge of or did his work more conscientiously and efficiently: His death has he was a real loss to the army.” Another officer also wrote: “He left a gap in the train that we shall never now fill, as owing to his experience and business energy as Senior Supply Officer he had made a reputation upon which the division implicitly relied.” He was twice mentioned in Despatches [London Gazettes, 4 Jan, and 20 May, 1917] by F.M. Sir Douglas Haig, and was awarded the Distinguished Service Order [London Gazette, 3 June, 1917), for gallant and distinguished service in the field; unm

Source : De Ruvigny’s Roll Of Honour Vol 5

BOGLE, FRANK, Private, No. 175013, Motor Transport, Royal Army Service Corps, elder s. of the late Ernest Bogle, Wholesale Grocer and Provision Mer-hant, by his wife, Elizabeth Selina (124, Alfred Road, Handsworth, Birmingham), dau. of Joseph Bowley; b. Edgbaston, Birmingham, co. Warwick, 19 Dec. 1894; educ. Rookery Road County Council School there was a Machine Pattern Maker; enlisted in the Army Service Corps 5 April, 1916; served with the Expeditionary Force in France and Flanders from Sept. 1918, and in German East Africa from Sept. 1917, and died at No. 30 General Hospital, Calais, 17 Feb. 1919, of influenza following malaria, contracted while on active service. Buried in Les Barraques Cemetery, Calais; unm.

Source : De Ruvigny’s Roll Of Honour Vol 5

Avery W E T Major Army Service Corps  

MAJOR SIR WILLIAM ERIC THOMAS AVERY, M.C.

ARMY SERVICE CORPS

MAJOR SIR WILLIAM ERIC THOMAS AVERY, Bart., M.C. (c, 1903-1908) was born on March 16th, 1890-son of Sir William Avery, Bart., of Oskley Court, Windsor and came to Winchester from Rev. J. H. Wilkinson’s school, Woodcote House, near Reading: he was a Commoner Prefect his last year. He went up to University College, Oxford, in 1908 and going down four years later, travelled in Canada and British East Africa, where he shot many head of big game. On his return to England he took up engineering and worked at Rugby, for part of the time as a mechanic.

At the outbreak of war he obtained a commission in the A.S.C. and for many months had charge of the Guards’ Divisional Supply Column in France, receiving the M.C. and being mentioned in Despatches. He was taken ill with influenza in October 1918: bronchial pneumonia developed and he died in hospital at Rouen on November 20th following.

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

BLACKLEY, JOHN, Private, Remount Coy. Army Service Corps, eldest s. of the late William Blackley, of Patagonia, Argentine Republic, Rancher, by his wife, Frances, dau. of James Smith: b. Falkland Islands, 16 Jan. 1882; educ. Argentine; enlisted in the Army Service Corps 30 July, 1918, and died at Windyknowe Hospital, Blundellsands, 3 Jan. 1919, of pneumonia, contracted while on service. Buried at Carlaverock. He m. at Glasgow, 26 Sept. 1917, Mary Robson (20, Smith Street, Hillhead, Glasgow), dau. of George Miller, and had a son, William George, b. 13 June, 1918.

Source : De Ruvugny’s Roll Of Honour Vol 5

Biscoe A F Lt Army Service Corps

BISCOE, ARCHIBALD FAIRHEAD, Lieut., Motor Transport, Royal Army Service Corps, attd. 62nd Siege Battery, Royal Artillery, eldest s. of Henry Biscoe, of 48, Belvedere Road, Upper Norwood, by his wife, Kate, dau. of John (and Catherine) Mearns; b. Chatham, co. Kent, 15 Feb. 1881; educ. City of London School, and College of St. Armand, Ghent; was gazetted 2nd Lieut. Army Service Corps in May, 1916 : promoted Lieut. May 1917; served with the Expeditionary Force in France and Flanders from May, 1916; was attached to the 62nd Siege Battery, Royal Artillery, in June, 1917, and subsequently to the 406th Coy. Workshops, and died at No. 26 Casualty Clearing Station 22 Feb. 1919, of broncho-pneumonia, contracted while on active service. Buried in Cologne Cemetery. His Commanding Officer wrote: He was the most capable officer I have ever had.” He m. at Harrow, 20 Dec. 1916, Vyrnwy (Dee Bank, Corwen), dau. of the Rev. Owen Hughes, and had a son: Henry Edward Vaughan, b. 4 Sept. 1917.

Source : De Ruvigny’s Roll Of Honour Vol 5

BIRSS, JOHN STEPHEN, Private, Mechanical Transport, Army Service Corps, s. of John Birss, of 22, Maurice Road, Wallsend-on-Tyne, by his wife, Frances Jane, dau. of Robert Aberdeen; b. Walker, Newcastle-on-Tyne, co. Northumberland, 1 April, 1880; educ. Walker County Council School there; was a Motor Mechanic; enlisted in the 2nd Northumberland Fusiliers in 1899; served with his regiment in the South African War, 1901-2 (Medal with three clasps); served two years with the Colours, and joined the Reserve; was time expired; volunteered for active service, and enlisted in the Army Service Corps 15 Feb. 1915; served with the Expeditionary Force in France for two and a half years; then proceeded to Italy, and died at Montecchio 14 Oct. 1918, of pneumonia, contracted while on active service. Buried in the Communal Cemetery there. He m. at North Shields, 3 Sept. 1902, Mary Agnes (139, George Street, Blaydon-on-Tyne), dau. of John Campbell, and had four children: John Stephen, b. 10 Jan. 1906; Robert R., b. 3 June, 1907; Norman, b. 4 Nov. 1911, and Dorothy, b. 1 July, 1913.

Source : De Ruvigny’s Roll Of Honour Vol 5

BEST, WALTER HENRY, Private, No. 135929, Army Service Corps, eldest s. of Walter Henry Best, of 6. Tottenham Road, Kingsland, Dalston, N., by his wife, Annie, dau. of Cornelius Murphy; b. Islington, London, N.; educ. Tottenham County Council School; enlisted in Aug. 1915; served with the Expeditionary Force in France and Flanders, and was killed in action 1 Sept. 1918. Buried eight miles west of Arras. Major H. J. M. Howard wrote: “Your boy was a great favourite with all, and it was doing his duty so well, thinking of others, that he laid down his life.” Unm.

Source : De Ruvigny’s Roll Of Honour Vol 5

Bowles J Pte Army Service Corps

From East Molesey

Source : The Vivid 1st May 1915