Cade W A Pte 6548 4th Middlesex Regiment

CADE, WILLIAM ALBERT, Private, No. 6548, 4th Battn. The Duke of Cambridge’s Own (Middlesex Regt.), 3rd s. of Walter Cade, of 18, Sperling Road, Bruce Grove, Tottenham, N., by his wife, Mary, dau. of Charles Tilbrook; b. London, 3 Feb. 1895; educ, Silver Street School, Edmonton. N.; was Foreman at Lebus & Co., Tottenham, N.; enlisted in the Middlesex Regt. in Nov. 1913; served with the Expeditionary Force in France and Flanders from 1914, and was killed in action at Neuve Chapelle 26 March, 1915. Buried where he fell; unm.

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Burt W C Pte G/11308 23rd Middlesex Regiment

BURT, WILLIAM CHARLES, Private, 23rd (Service) Battn. The Duke of Cambridge’s Own (Middlesex Regt.), eldest s. of Charles George Burt, of 5, Scott Villas, Hounds Green Road, New Southgate, N., Driver on the Great Eastern Railway, by his wife, Elizabeth, dau. of Samuel Lucking: b. Stratford New Town. London, E., 28 Feb. 1894 educ. Cornhall Road School, Leytonstone, E.; was a Coach Builder and Painter; enlisted 13 Nov. 1915; served with the Expeditionary Force in France and Flanders from May, 1916, and was killed in action 1 Oct. following. Buried at Martinpuich: unm.

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BUNN, ERNEST ARTHUR, Private. No. 1461. 4th (Reserve) Battn. The Duke of Cambridge’s Own (Middlesex Regt.), eldest s. of Arthur Bunn, of 19. Town Road, Edmonton, London, N., by his wife, Mary Ann. dau. of Charles Radley; and brother to Able Seaman A. Bunu (q.c.); b. Edmonton, N., in 1884; educ. St. James’s School there; enlisted in Aug. 1914; served with the Expeditionary Force in France and Flanders, and died 18 May, 1915, from wounds received in action at Bailleul. Buried there; unm.

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BROAD, FRANCIS BOASE, M.C., Capt., 1st Battn. (57th Foot) The Duke of Cambridge’s Own (Middlesex Regt.), 2nd 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., Watford; and brother to Lieut. J. E. Broad (q.v.): b. Watford, co. Hertford, 20 April, 1895; educ. St. Lawrence’s College, Ramsgate, and the Royal Military College, Sandhurst; volunteered for active. service on the outbreak of war, and enlisted in the Public Schools and University Battn. in Aug. 1914; received a commission, and was gazetted 2nd Lieut. 1st Middlesex Regt. 10 May, 1915; promoted Lieut. 1 Nov. 1916, and Capt. July, 1918; served with the Expeditionary Force in France and Flanders from May, 1915; was invalided home, suffering from injuries accidentally received, in Sept. of the same year; was severely wounded on the Somme in-1916, and again invalided home; returned to France in Nov. 1917, and was killed in action near Englefontaine 24 Oct. 1918. Buried behind the lines.

His Lieutenant wrote: “During the advance on the 24th Oct. we were held up by machine-gun fire, which was causing no end of trouble; we managed to get up to within 50 yards of it, then your our son gave us orders to charge it, which we did, and succeeded in capturing the position. Your son led the charge, and was the first to enter the position. As the enemy were retreating, he seized a rifle and commenced firing at them; it was while firing he got hit, and died instantly,” and a former Commanding Officer: “I was his Commanding Officer in Belvedere Camp and I learned to admire his splendid qualities from the first day I saw him. He was a very fine soldier, and a born leader of men, and, what counted more in my mind, he was the ideal of an upright, honourable, straightforward, English gentleman… His influence with the other boys in the camp was great, and invariably exercised for good.” A brother officer also wrote: “Everyone had the greatest admiration and regard for your boy. He was one of our very finest and most capable officers, possessed of wonderful courage and resourcefulness, and gifted with powers of leadership and forethought far beyond his years.” He was awarded the Military Cross [London Gazette, 24 Sept. 1918], for gallantry in the field; unm.

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BLICK, GILBERT REXTONE, Sergt., No. 200413, 1/7th (Territorial) Battn. The Duke of Cambridge’s Own (Middlesex Regt.), s. of Alfred James Blick, of 33, Cottenham Road, Holloway, London, N., by his wife, Annie Louisa, dau. of Thomas Gilbert; b. Holloway, N., 12 Oct. 1892; educ. Grafton Road and Yerbury Road Council Schools there; was a Booking Clerk on the London Electric Railway; joined the Territorial Force in 1909; completed his four years’ service in Nov. 1913; again volunteered for service on the outbreak of war in Aug. 1914; trained at Sittingbourne; went to Gibraltar, but returned to England in Jan. 1915; served with the Expeditionary Force in France and Flanders; was wounded during the operations on the Somme in Sept. 1916, and invalided to hospital; rejoined his regiment on recovery, and was killed in action at Arras 3 May, 1917. A comrade wrote: “Our battalion was in action on 3 May, and amongst the missing the same night was your son. On the morning of the 4th I met several of his platoon, and one man told me he saw him wounded and afterwards hit again and killed instantly. He died in the charge with all my company officers. We all miss him very much, as he was our best sergeant and one of the old original boys.” Unm,

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Beanlands F A Pte 54072 23rd Middlesex Regiment

BEANLANDS, FREDERICK ALEXANDER, Private, No. 54072, 23rd (Service) Battn. The Duke of Cambridge’s Own (Middlesex Regt.), s. of William Beanlands, of 59, Millbrook Road, Lower Edmonton, N., by his wife, Florence, dau. of Frederick Grimaldi; b. Clerkenwell, E.C., 23 Sept. 1899; educ. Croyland Road School there; was employed in the Powder Mill at Waltham Abbey; enlisted in Nov. 1917; served with the Expeditionary Force in France from 2 April, 1918, and was killed in action there 13 Oct. following; unm.

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BASS, JOHN, Private, No. 34886, A Coy., 1st Platoon, 1st Battn. (57th Foot) The Duke of Cambridge’s Own (Middlesex Regt.), s. of H. W. J. Bass, Licensed Victualler; b. Chiswick, London, W., 27 Feb. 1891; educ. Kingston Public School; enlisted 27 Nov. 1916; served with the Expeditionary Force in France and Flanders, and was killed in action 23 April, 1917; unm.

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BARRETT, ALFRED, Private, No. 219, 18th (Service) Battn. The Duke of Cambridge’s Own (Middlesex Regt.), s. of the late John Barrett; b. at Cambridge in 1876; educ. there; enlisted 2 March, 1915; served with the Expeditionary Force in France and Flanders, and died on 10 Jan. 1916, from wounds received in action. Buried at Bethune. He m. Annie Elizabeth (28, Brook Street, Tottenham, N.), dau. of (-), and had four children: Alfred, Arthur Florence and Lillian.

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BARRELL, WILLIAM HERBERT, Private, No. 12362, The Duke of Cambridge’s Own (Middlesex Regt.), yst. s. of Harry Barrell, of 8, Victoria Road, South Tottenham, N., by his wife, Emma, dau. of Andrew Bredhall; and brother to Private H. Barrell (q.v.); b. Tottenham, N.; educ. there; enlisted in 1915; served with the Expeditionary Force in France and Flanders, and was killed in action 6 Feb. 1917; unm.

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BARRELL, HENRY, Private, No. 14044, 5th (Reserve) Battn. The Duke of Cambridge’s Own (Middlesex Regt.), eldest s. of Harry Barrell, of 8, Victoria Road, South Tottenham, N., by his wife, Emma, dau. of Andrew Bredhall; and brother to Private W. H. Barrell (q.v.); b. Tottenham, N.; educ. Page Green there; enlisted in 1912; was mobilized on the outbreak of war in Aug. 1914; served with the Expeditionary Force in France and Flanders, and was killed in action in May, 1915; unm.

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