BEAUMONT, HAROLD, Sergt., No. 12979, 1st Battn. (4th Foot) The King’s Own (Royal Lancaster Regt.), s. of the late Willie Beaumont, by his wife, Sarah Elizabeth (-); b. Longwood, near Huddersfield, co. York, 11 Oct. 1887; was an Electrical Engineer; volunteered for active service soon after the outbreak of war, and enlisted in the Royal Lancaster Regt. in Sept. 1914; served with the Expeditionary Force in France and Flanders from July, 1915; was subsequently appointed Instructor of the Lewis Gun School in France; rejoined his regiment in Oct. 1918, and was killed in action at the capture of Pressiens, near Valenciennes, 2 Nov. following. Buried in the Communal Cemetery Extension there. His Commanding Officer wrote: “Your brother was killed instantly by machine-gun fire whilst commanding a platoon, just after a most successful attack by the company. I had known him for some months, but it was the first time he had actually served under me in the line, and I was much struck by his coolness under fire and his good leadership.” Unm.

Source : De Ruvigny’s Roll Of Honour Vol 5

BARTLETT, GEORGE, Sergt., The King’s (Liverpool Regt.), yst. s. of George Bartlett, of 1, Spital Walk, Boughton, Engine Driver, by his wife, Margaret, dau. of John Broderick; b. Boughton, near Chester, 26 March, 1896; educ. St. Werburgh’s Schools there was an Apprentice Cabinet Maker; volunteered for active service on the outbreak of war, and and enlisted in the Liverpool Regt. in Aug. 1914; served with the Expeditionary Force in France and Flanders from Aug. 1916, and was killed in action by the bursting of a shell at the Battle of Arras 8 April, 1917. Buried in the Civil Cemetery, near Arras. His brother, Private T. Bartlett, wrote: At about 6.10 p.m. on Easter Sunday, George and his company were assembling to go into the trenches. While they were assembling, a German shell exploded in the cellar (where they had been billeted), killing and wounding several of George’s companions. He immediately left the assembly, and went down to help the wounded. He rescued one man, and carried him up into the open streets. While he was carrying him a second shell burst in the street. It killed poor George instantly. The wounded man, however, received no additional injury. None feared death less; his smile was as perpetual as it was fearless… During all dangers, “Don’t worry'”was his advice, and “Carry on” his command. He m. at Whitchurch, in Aug. 1916, Edith Williams; s.p.

Source : De Ruvigny’s Roll Of Honour Vol 5

Johnson J W Pte King’s Own Royal Lancaster Regiment

Source : The Vivid 1st May 1915

From Leonardgate

Alldred C T Pte 8th King’s Own Royal Lancs Regiment

Pte Clarence T Alldred 15877 8th King’s Own Royal Lancaster Regiment. Of Cadishead.

Source : The Vivid 24th April 1915

Killed In Action 2nd March 1916

Stokes H D Lt 2nd Kings Own Royal Lancaster Regiment

LIEUT. HALDANE DAY STOKES, M.V.O. 2ND BATTN. THE KING’S OWN ROYAL LANCASTER REGT.

KILLED IN ACTION AT THE TUILLERIES, ZILLEBEKE, FEBRUARY 17TH, 1915. AGED 29.

At the School 1896-1902 (School House).

Lieut. H. D. Stokes was the only son of Lieut.-Col. Henry Haldane Stokes, late R.A.M.C., of Devonshire House, Cowley, Oxford, who retired in 1902, after serving with distinction in India, and grandson of the late Lieut.-Col. P. D. Stokes, of Tralee, Co. Kerry.

Entering the School in May, 1896, he left from the Army Class at Christmas, 1902, as a Lance-Corporal in the Cadet Corps, as it then was, and joined the Militia in 1904, receiving a commission in the Militia Battalion The King’s Own Royal Lancaster Regiment. In 1905, on the occasion of the presentation of Colours to the 3rd and 4th Battn., he and another O.T., Captain, then 2nd Lieut., Percy Bruce Lendon (Sc. 1897-1901), who also gave his life in the War, being killed on October 21st, 1914, carried the King’s Colours of these Battalions, and they were both appointed to the 5th Class of the Victorian Order.

In 1907 he transferred to the line, and was posted to the 2nd Battn., with which he served at Colchester, in Jersey, at Dover, and in India. He was promoted Lieutenant June 26th, 1910, and he was serving with the 2nd Battn. in India when war broke out. He left India with his Battalion on November 19th, 1914, and served with it in France in the 83rd Brigade, 28th Division, mainly in the trenches near Ypres, from January 16th, 1915, till he was killed in action at the Tuilleries, at Zillebeke, on February 17th, 1915.

Source : Tonbridge School And The Great War Of 1914-1919

STOKES, HALDANE DAY, M.V.O., Lieut., 2nd Battn. King’s Own Royal Lancaster Regt., only s. of Lieut.-Col. Henry Haldane Stokes, of Devonshire House, Cowley, co. Oxford, late R.A.M.C., by his wife, Florence, dau. of Samuel Browne, and grandson of the late Lieut.-Col. Patrick Day Stokes, of Tralee, co. Kerry; b. Dublin, 21 Sept. 1885; educ. Tonbridge School; joined the Earl of Derby’s 3rd Royal Lancaster (Militia) Regt. in 1904, and received a regular commission in the 2nd Battn. 6 July, 1907, and was promoted Lieut. 26 June, 1910; served in India, and returned with his regt. after the outbreak of the European War, landing in England 23 Dec. 1914; left for the Front 15 Jan. following, and was killed in action near Ypres, 17 Feb. 1915; unm. Buried at Zillebeke. He received the fifth class of the Victorian Order in June, 1905, when only 19 years of age.

Source : De Ruvigny’s Roll Of Honour Vol 1

Eccles J V W 2nd Lt Kings Own Royal Lancaster Regiment

L IEUTENANT JOHN VIVIAN WILLIAM ECCLES, King’s Own (Royal Lancaster) Regiment, the eldest son of the late John Lamont Eccles of Trinidad, was born in 1879 and educated at St. John’s College, Hurstpierpoint.

At the age of seventeen he joined the firm of Price Bros. and became a member of the Stock Exchange in 1904. A member of Coombe Hill and Acton Golf Clubs, he was a keen golfer and won many prizes in competitions. On the outbreak of war he immediately enlisted in the H.A.C. and obtained his commission in the 8th Battalion, King’s Own Royal Lancasters in the December following. He went out to Egypt and Salonica in January 1916, being attached to the 9th Battalion of his regiment. In November of that year he was transferred to G.H.Q., Salonica.

He came home on leave in April 1917, and on his return to Salonica in H.M. Transport Transylvania, the vessel was torpedoed on 2 May. Lieutenant Eccles was among those reported “Missing.”

“Both I and my Staff are deeply shocked at the news,” wrote his Chief at G.H.Q., Major-General Webb Gillman. “I miss him greatly, as he was so reliable. His work, though perhaps tedious, was one of great responsibility and he never betrayed the trust that was imposed on him.”

An officer who served with him at home and in Egypt and Salonica wrote: “After he came down from the line (where his job, I know none of the easiest, was well done) he became a frequent and always welcome visitor. . . . We all feel his loss personally and keenly, and all are absolutely sure that he died gallantly and consistently with his quality, which, by some considerable experience, we have found to be of the finest.”

Source : The Stock Exchange War Memorial 1914-1918