BROAD, JOHN ERIC, Lieut., 1st Battn. The Hertfordshire Regt., eldest s. of Thomas John Broad, of Earlsgate, Watford, H.M. Coroner for Watford Division of Herts, by his wife, Amelia Florence, yr. dau. of W. T. Coles, J.P., of Watford; and brother to Capt. F. B. Broad, M.C. (q.v.); b. Watford aforesaid, 26 April, 1894: educ. Aldenham School, Elstree; was a Law Student: joined the Artists’ Rifles on the outbreak of war in Aug. 1914; served with the Expeditionary Force in France and Flanders from early in 1915; was invalided home in Sept. of that year, and was given a commission as 2nd Lieut. The Hertfordshire Regt. on 2 Dec. 1915, being promoted Lieut. in Dec. 1916; returned to France in Oct. 1917, and was killed in action at Mont St. Quentin 23 March, 1918, while fighting a rearguard action, covering the retirement of the men under his command. He was at first reported as missing, but subsequently a letter was received from a private of the Black Watch, who was a wounded prisoner in Germany, giving an account of his death on the field on the 23rd. He was a good all-round athlete and a popular officer; unm.

Source : De Ruvigny’s Roll Of Honour Vol 5

Johnstone D H 2nd Lt Hertfordshire Regiment

SECOND LIEUTENANT DAVID HARRY JOHNSTONE, Hertfordshire Regiment, was the son of D. Y. Johnstone. He was born in 1881, and educated at Marlborough College.

Lieutenant Johnstone was an accomplished musician. After leaving school he studied at the Royal College of Music. He was one of the first violins in the Royal Amateur Orchestral Society, and he was also a brilliant pianist. Several of his compositions were published in the Stock Exchange Annual.

He was in partnership with his father on the Stock Exchange, having become a member in 1904.

On the outbreak of war he enlisted in the Anti-Aircraft Corps, and later was given a commission in the Hertfordshire Regiment. He had only just joined his regiment when he developed influenza, from which he died on 2 August 1916.

Source : The Stock Exchange War Memorial 1914-1918

Snowden H J Lt 1st Hertfordshire Regiment

JOHN SNOWDEN HARCOURT was the younger son of the Rev. Harcourt Charles Vaux Snowden, Preparatory Schoolmaster, and of Augusta Louisa Snowden, of St. Peter’s, Broadstairs.

He came to the School in 1901, won his Cap in 1905, and was in the XI in 1906.

He went to Trinity College, Oxford, in October, 1906, and took his degree in 1909, with Second Class Honours in the History School. At Oxford he played in the Freshmen’s Cricket Match, and, several times, for the University at Hockey.

From January, 1910, to July, 1914, he was a Master at Lockers Park Preparatory School, and during this time he joined the Hertfordshire Regiment, and was promoted Lieutenant in September, 1914.

He was killed in the early morning of January 11th, 1915, on the Rue du Bois, Richebourg St. Vaast, near Béthune. After seeing that the sentries were at their posts, he crossed the Rue du Bois, and in so doing was shot. Age 27.

His Major said :—

“I had such confidence in him that, when I was in his neighbourhood and knew that he was the Officer on duty, I never went round the posts to see that all was well.”

Another Officer wrote:-

“He was a fine example to all of us of a good and straight-living Englishman.”

Source : Memorials Of Rugbeians Who Fell In The Great War Vol 1

Snowden H J Lt 1st Hertfordshire Regiment

Source : The Sphere 30th Jan 1915

Snowden H J Lt 1st Hertfordshire Regiment

SNOWDEN, HARCOURT JOHN, Lieut., 1st Battn Hertfordshire Regt. (T.F.), yг. s. of the Rev. Harcourt Snowden, of St. Peter’s, Broadstairs, by his wife, Augusta, dau. of Martin Daniel; b. Ramsgate, 12 Dec. 1887; educ. Hildersham House, St. Peter’s; Park-ield, Haywards Heath; Rugby and Trinity College, Oxford. He joined the Hertfordshire Regt. under Lieut. Col. Viscount Hampden’s command, 2 June, 1913, and was promoted Lieut. 26 Sept. 1914. On the outbreak of war he volunteered for foreign service, served in France and Flanders, and was killed in action while visiting sentries early in the morning of 11 Jan. 1915; unm. He was buried near Richebourg L’Avoué. His Major said: “I had such confidence in him that, when I knew that he was the officer on duty, I never went round the posts to see that all was well.” Another officer wrote: “He was a fine example to us all of a good and straight living Englishman.”

Source : De Ruvigny’s Roll Of Honour Vol 1