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Hughes John Stanley (Stan) Pte 406064 5th King’s Liverpool Regiment

Born 1897 in Liverpool.

Parents John And Harriet Hughes.

Lived at 4 Heyes St, Everton, Liverpool.

Enlisted 7th Sep 1914 in 5th Liverpool Regiment

To France 21st Feb  1915.

Attained rank of Lance Corporal and transferred to Military Foot Police.

Married Florence Mabel Avant a housemaid at 80 Alexandra Road, Hamsptead, London on the 4th June 1917 while on leave.

Discharged from the army November 1918 age 22 years 3 months as no longer fit for military service.

Died in 1963 aged 66.

Tanner R E Captain 1st Kings Liverpool Regiment

TANNER, RALPH EYRE, Capt., 1st Battn. The King’s Liverpool Regt., elder s. of Ralph Tanner, of 2, Little Dean’s Yard, Westminster Abbey, S.W., M.A., Senior Assistant Master at Westminster School, by his wife, Lucy Lawrence Le Grice, dau. of George Lewis Phipps Eyre; b. Regent’s Park, 16 July, 1885; educ. South Kensington Preparatory School; Westminster, and Sandhurst. He was gazetted on 16 Aug. 1905, as 2nd Lieut. to the King’s Liverpool Regt., which had formerly been commanded by his great-uncle, Major-Gen. Edward Tanner, C.B. He was promoted Lieut. 25 Sept. 1908, and Capt. 16 Sept. 1912, and served for a year with the 1st Battn. in India, 1908-9. On the outbreak of war he went to the Front with the Expeditionary Force, and was in the retreat from Mons, behaving in the first action in which the regt. was engaged, as his Colonel wrote, “with great coolness under a murderous fire.” On 14 Sept. 1914, during the Battle of the Aisne, while leading his company through thickly wooded country he was seriously wounded by a party of Germans upon whom they came suddenly. Owing to heavy shell fire it was impossible to move from the wood, and during the course of the day another shell. bursting near, killed the two stretcher-bearers and wounded Capt. Tanner again. By the devotion of his men he was carried back some 4 miles to the dressing station, where he was skilfully doctored by Major A. Martin Leake, V.C., who, like Capt. Tanner, was an old Westminster. After seven days he reached Versailles, where he died from his wounds at No. 4 General Hospital, 23 Sept. 1914. He was buried in the Cimitière des Guards with full military honours, a guard of honour being furnished by a detachment of French cavalry and a large number of French officers attending. Col. Bannatyne, who was afterwards himself killed, wrote: “We in the regt. are sustained by the knowledge that Capt. Tanner met his death when leading the van in a magnificent attack on the enemy, who were holding an enormously strong position. The regt. was advance guard to the whole Division. Capt. Tanner and Capt. Feneran, both of whom were wounded, most gallantly sustained the honour of the King’s. Our great sorrow at his loss will consequently be mingled with pride at his most gallant conduct.” Letters from his brother officers and from privates in the regt. testified to the affection in which he was held and how deeply his loss was felt. Capt. Tanner m. at Westminster Abbey, 11 June, 1913, Edith Vere Marjorie, 4th and yst. dau. of John Henry Brodie, then of Chart’s Edge, Westerham, co. Kent, and had one son : Peter Ralph Eyre, b. 13 Sept. 1914.

Source : De Ruvigny’s Roll Of Honour Vol 1

Sweet-Escott M R Lt 3rd Attd 1st The King’s (Liverpool Regiment)

Source : The Navy And Army Illustrated

LIEUTENANT MURRAY ROBERTSON SWEET-ESCOTT (1900-2). 3rd Battalion The King’s Liverpool Regiment.

Born 14th December, 1887. He was gazetted 2nd Lieutenant to the Special Reserve of The King’s Liverpool Regiment in December, 1909, and after a year’s training with the Irish Fusiliers was promoted Lieutenant. In January, 1912, he was appointed A.D.C. to Sir E. B. Sweet- Escott, K.C.M.G., Governor of the Leeward Islands, and in the same year followed him in the same position to Fiji. He returned in the autumn of 1913, and at outbreak of war was attached to the 1st Battalion of his regiment, proceeding to France with it in August, 1914. He was killed in action near Missy, on the Aisne, on 20th September, 1914. He was the younger son of the Rev. E. H. Sweet-Escott, late assistant master of Dulwich College.

Source : Dulwich College War Record 1914-1919

SWEET-ESCOTT, MURRAY ROBERTSON, Lieut., 1st Battn. King’s Liverpool Regt., yr. s. of the Rev. Edward Herbert Sweet-Escott, of Hartrow Manor, Taunton, a Master of Dulwich College, S.E., by his wife, Anna Frances, dau. of Henry Robertson, of Over Stowey; b. Over Stowey, Bridgewater 14 Dec. 1887; educ. Dulwich College, and Marlborough ; gazetted 2nd Lieut. 3rd Battn. King’s Liverpool Regt. (Special Reserve), in Dec. 1909, and, after a year’s training with the Irish Fusiliers, was promoted Lieut. 24 Feb. 1911. Three years later he was seconded for service as A.D.C. to Sir E. B. Sweet-Escott, K.C.M.G., the Governor of the Leeward Islands, and in the same year followed him in the same position to Fiji He returned in the autumn of 1913, and on the outbreak of war at once volunteered for foreign service, being transferred to the 1st Battn. 5 Aug. 1914. He went with his battn. to the Front, and was killed in action on the Aisne, close to Missy and near the town of Brayne, 20 Sept. 1914, and was buried where he fell; unm.

His commanding officer wrote: “Your son was killed while leading his platoon to repel a very heavy attack made on my battn. by six German battns.; and it was in great part due to the gallant behaviour of his company that we were eventually able to repel the attack. I cannot speak too highly of your son’s behaviour, and, although he had been with us so short a time, he had endeared himself to both officers and men.

Source : De Ruvigny’s Roll Of Honour Vol 1

Stephenson H Pte 4020 10th Kings Liverpool Regiment

STEPHENSON, HAROLD, Private, No. 4020, 10th Battn. (Liverpool Scottish) King’s Liverpool Regt. (T.F.), 8. of John James Stephenson, of Shepstone Avenue, Walton, Liverpool, by his wife, Isabella, dau. of James Rigby; b. Liverpool, 7 March, 1893; educ. Venice Street School there; was a Pattern Maker; volunteered after the outbreak of war and joined the Liverpool Scottish, 2 Nov. 1914; went to France end of Jan., and was killed in action at Hooge, 16 June, 1915; unm.

Source : De Ruvigny’s Roll Of Honour Vol 1

Source : De Ruvigny’s Roll Of Honour Vol 1