BRYANT, GEORGE, Private. The King’s Royal Rifle Corps, s. of George Bryant, of 14, Brentwood Street, Scacombe, Hydraulic Attendant; and brother-in-law to Private Harry Jones and Private James Jones (q.p.); b. Seacombe, 16 Dec. 1892; educ. Somerville Council School there; was employed as a Miller at Ranks Flour Mills; enlisted in Feb. 1915; served with the Expeditionary Force in France and Flanders, and was killed in action at Guillemont 3 Sept. 1916; unm.

Source : De Ruvigny’s Roll Of Honour Vol 5

BENTLEY, WILLIAM JOHN, Rifleman, King’s Royal Rifle Corps, s. of William John Bentley, Builder, by his wife, Edith Mary; b. Palmer’s Green, co. Middlesex, in 1894 educ. Hazelwood Lane C.C. School there was employed in the timber trade; enlisted in the King’s Royal Rifle Corps 6 June, 1915; served with the Expeditionary Force in France and Flanders. and died at Southsea Hospital 8 July, 1916, of wounds received in action in France. Buried in Southgate Cemetery; unm.

Source : De Ruvigny’s Roll Of Honour Vol 5

Barrand S Lt 1st King’s Royal Rifle Corps

Source : Yorkshire Rugby Union Roll Of Honour 1914-1918

BARRAND, SYDNEY, Lieut., 1st Battn. (60th Foot) The King’s Royal Rifle Corps, 2nd s. of Charles Barrand, of 134, Woodhouse Lane, Leeds, Furnisher and Cabinet Maker, by his wife, Alice, dau. of J. S. Bromley; b. Leeds educ. Leeds Modern School, and Henderson Bunnen Institute; was an Adjutant in the Leeds Boys’ Brigade; on the outbreak of war enlisted in the R.A.M.C. 14 Aug. 1914; served with the Expeditionary Force in France and Flanders from the following Oct.; returned to England in Jan. 1916, and after a period of training was gazetted 2nd Lieut. King’s Royal Rifle Corps 7 July following; and promoted Lieut. 7 Jan. 1918; went back to France in Aug. 1916; was wounded at Miramont in Feb. 1917; on recovery re-joined his unit in France, and was killed in action south-east of Arras 14 Aug. 1918. Buried at St. Amand, near Arras. An officer wrote: “We all knew him to be a brave, honest and true comrade.” Unm.

Source : De Ruvigny’s Roll Of Honour Vol 5

Kennet J Rfn King’s Royal Rifle Corps

From Burham

Source : The Vivid 1st May 1915

ANDREWS, HENRY GEORGE, Rifleman, No. 9300, 20th (Service) Battn. The King’s Royal Rifle Corps, s. of Henry Hall Andrews, Solicitor’s Clerk, by his wife, Frances, dau. of Charles Daniel Hubblock; b. Woolwich, co. Kent, 1 Oct. 1886; educ. Herbert Road C.C. School; was employed in the Royal Military Academy, Woolwich; joined the King’s Royal Rifle Corps in Oct. 1915; served with the Expeditionary Force in France and Flanders, and died 18 Oct. 1916, of wounds received in action on the Somme the same day. Buried in Corbie Communal Cemetery. He m. at Woolwich, S.E., 22 Sept. 1907, and had two children.

Source : De Ruvigny’s Roll Of Honour Vol 5

Upton E E M J Captain 2nd Kings Royal Rifle Corps

Source : The Illustrated London News 29th May 1915

Upton E E M J Captain 2nd Kings Royal Rifle Corps

UPTON, HON. ERIC EDWARD MONTAGU JOHN, Capt. and Adjutant, 2nd Battn. King’s Royal Rifle Corps, elder s. and heir of Henry Edward Montagu Dorington Clotworthy, 4th Viscount Temple own, of Castle Upton, Templepatrick, co. Antrim, by his wife, Lady Evelyn, nee Finch Hatton, dau. of George William, 10th Earl of Winchilsea and Nottingham; b.Steventon, co. Hants, 8 March, 1885; educ. at Eton (Mr. H. E. Luxmoore’s) and Sandhurst. He passed out of Sandhurst with honours, was gazetted 2nd Lieut. 16 Aug. 1905, and joined the 2nd Battn. King’s Royal Rifles in India, being promoted Lieut. 3 Oct. 1908, and returning with them in 1910. He was assistant Adjutant, 1910-13, and was appointed Adjutant, 1 Jan. 1914.

On the outbreak of war the 2nd Battn. mobilised on the Chobham Ridges and went out under Lieut.-Col. Pearce Serocold in the 2nd Infantry Brigade under Major-Gen. Bulfin. Capt. Upton served through the retreat from Mons, the Battles of the Marne and the Aisne. He was wounded at the first Battle of Ypres, was twice mentioned in Despatches, 31 May and 30 Nov. 1915 [London Gazette, 22 June, 1915, and 1 Jan. 1916], and promoted Tempy. Capt. 15 Nov. 1914. He was killed near Rue de Bois during the action of 9 May, 1915. His Colonel wrote of him: “Besides being an exceptionally gallant officer, the work he has done for the battn. will live and be felt by it for years. I need hardly say there was no more popular officer in the regt., and I personally have lost a very dear and loyal friend, and those who knew him well realised that his character and abilities had marked him out for a great career in the Service.”

A good cricketer and football player, and an experienced big game shooter in India, and deeply devoted to his regt., he had a remarkable power of gaining the affection of all with whom he came in contact, rich and poor alike, and his loyalty to his friends was one of his most marked characteristics. He was unm., and was buried in the Soldiers’ Cemetery, near the Rue de Bois, Richebourg St. Vast. His yr. brother, the Hon. Henry Upton, is now (1916) on active service as a 2nd Lieut. in the Royal East Kent Yeomanry.

Source : De Ruvigny’s Roll Of Honour Vol 1

Ionides A C Lt 15th Attd 9th Kings Royal Rifle Corps

LIEUTENANT AMBROS CONSTANTINE IONIDES, King’s Royal Rifle Corps, was the second son of the late Alexander Ionides, Consul-General for Greece. He was born in 1878 and educated at Eton.

After leaving school he became a member of the Stock Exchange in 1900.

On the outbreak of war he joined the Inns of Court O.T.C. and obtained his commission in the following January in the 15th Battalion, King’s Royal Rifle Corps.

He went to the Front in August 1915 and was drafted to the 9th Battalion of his Regiment.

He was killed on 16 October, whilst out with a wiring party in front of the trenches. The mist, under cover of which they had been working, suddenly lifted. Lieutenant Ionides ordered his men to lie down, but remained standing himself till all his men had got the order. In so doing he himself was seen by the Germans.

His colonel wrote: “Although he had only been with us for a few months he was extremely popular, and had proved himself an excellent soldier. We all liked him and are proud to have had him as a brother officer.”

The sergeant of his platoon wrote: “He was loved by his men for his kindness, his bravery and his many soldierly qualities. He set us a good example of coolness under fire, and his platoon was willing and ready to follow him anywhere.”

Lieutenant Ionides married in 1911, Effie, daughter of the late D. M. Spartali, and left a son and a daughter.

Source : The Stock Exchange War Memorial 1914-1918

Hichens J B Lt 16th Kings Royal Rifle Corps

L IEUTENANT JAMES BYRN HICHENS, 16th Battalion, King’s Royal Rifle Corps, was the son of the late J. K. J. Hichens of Sunninghill, a former chairman of the Stock Exchange Committee. While at Winchester he lost the sight of one eye playing football. He went to Magdalen College, Oxford, in 1891, took a First in Moderations and a Second in “Greats” and graduated in 1895. He became a member in 1900 and joined his father’s firm (Hichens, Harrison and Co.).

He always took a keen and active interest in local affairs and in 1900 helped to found the Sunninghill Church Lads’ Brigade, to which he never ceased to devote a good deal of his time, becoming Captain of the company. Though over forty-one when war was declared, he at once offered himself for the Army. He was three times rejected but persisted in his efforts, until he at length obtained his commission in a K.R.R. Battalion that was mainly recruited from the Church Lads’ Brigade.

In the autumn of 1915 he went to France. He took part in various engagements before the Battle of the Somme opened, and was injured in a German gas attack. Speedily recovering, he re- joined his Battalion. He was killed in action near High Wood on 15 July 1916. Earlier in the day he had been wounded but refused to retire and went on with his men.

‘He was one of the pluckiest of men I ever met,” wrote his Major, “and was most popular with both officers and men.”

Source : The Stock Exchange War Memorial 1914-1918

Chinnery H B Lt 13th Kings Royal Rifle Corps

LIEUTENANT HARRY BRODRICK CHINNERY, King’s Royal Rifle Corps, second son of the late W. M. Chinnery of Hatchford Park, Cobham, Surrey, was born in 1876 and educated at Eton.

His name was long famous in the cricketing world. He played for Eton against Harrow in 1894 and 1895, and was afterwards a regular member first of the Surrey and then of the Middlesex Eleven. He became a member of the Stock Exchange in 1898, and a partner in his late father’s firm, Chinnery Bros.

As soon as war broke out he offered his services to the War Office and was given a commission in the 13th (Service) Battalion of the 60th (King’s Royal Rifles).

He was killed in France on 28 May 1916, in circumstances that are thus described by his Company Commander: “He was in the middle of his men, encouraging them in a moment of danger. He was killed by the last shell fired at a night working party which was advancing our line nearer to the enemy. It was a trying night, and he did splendidly all the earlier part of it in keeping them at their work and keeping up their spirits.”

His Colonel wrote: “He will be greatly missed by his brother- officers and the men of his Company, while by his death the Battalion has lost a valuable officer whom it would be difficult to replace.”

Lieut. Chinnery’s popularity with his men may be judged by the following extracts from a letter written by a rifleman “on behalf of the fellows in his Platoon and myself”:

“Mr. Chinnery was loved and respected by all of us that he came in contact with. While in charge of the Machine Gun Section in England, and last Autumn out here, he was looked upon as something more than a good officer and a perfect gentleman; and although he had only been with No. 6 Platoon six weeks, yet no Officer was more respected and had their complete confidence.”

“Many are the stories told by his men of his splendid courage and coolness on Sunday night (the night of his death); always first in his area to go to a wounded man, to assist and cheer with a kindly word.”

Source : The Stock Exchange War Memorial 1914-1918