Tombs J B E Cpl 2367 9th Attd 10th Middlesex Regiment

Tombs J B E Cpl 2367 9th Attd 10th Middlesex Regiment

TOMBS, JOHN BERNARD EVELYN, Corpl., No. 2367, 2/9th Battn., attd. 2/10th Battn., The Middlesex Regt. (T.F.), yr. s. of Thomas Charles Tombs, of 60, Harrow View, Harrow, Middlesex, by his wife, Mary Frances, dau. of John Airey, of Oakdene, Holly Park Gardens, Finchley, N.; b. Aylesbury, co. Bucks, 28 Jan. 1894; educ. Holmwood House School, Hampstead, and the William Ellis Endowed School, Gospel Oak; was in the employ of the Sun Life Office, Threadneedle Street, E. C., and was a Probationer of the Institute of Actuaries; volunteered after the outbreak of war and joined the 2/9th Middlesex in Sept. 1914; trained at Staines, Cambridge and Bedford; left England for the Dardanelles, 17 July, 1915, and was attached to the 2/10th Battn.; was in action at Suvla Bay, 8-12 Aug. 1915, when he was invalided to Alexandria and died there in the 15th General Hospital, 23 Sept. 1915; unm. He was buried in the Chatby Military Cemetery.

Source : De Ruvigny’s Roll Of Honour Vol 1

Beeman J N Lt MC 1st Middlesex Regiment

Beeman J N Pte Royal Fusiliers

Beeman J N Pte Royal Fusiliers Comm 1st Middlesex Regiment.  Photo taken on 19th Dec 1914. Photo copied and cropped from The Past on Glass at Sutton Archives.
Photographer David Knights-Whittome. Shared under the Creative Commons Non Commercial

 

Born 2nd Jun 1898  St Martins in the Fields, London. Parents Harry Neville and Kate Ellen Beeman.

Commissioned 2nd Lt Middlesex Regiment 7th Apr 1916

To France 16th Jun 1917

Killed In Action 29th Sep 1918 Age 20

Awarded Military Cross Gazette Date 11th Oct 1918

Gazette Number 30801, M.C., His majesty the King has been graciously pleased to approve of the following award in recognition of their gallantry and devotion to duty in the field: For conspicuous gallantry and devotion to during an attack. He led his platoon with great dash and ability, and was about to capture a machine gun single-handed when it was blown to pieces by a shell. He secured his objective, and captured a machine gun and twelve prisoners. He did splendidly.

Buried Villers Hill British Cemetery, Villers-Guislain, Departement du Nord, Nord-Pas-de-Calais, France.

Bass A J Pte 1830 11th Middlesex Regiment

Bass A J Pte 11th Middlesex Regiment

Bass Albert J Pte 1830 11th Middlesex Regiment trans to 8th East Surrey Regiment (28358)

Of Harrow

Source : The Vivid 6th Feb 1915

To France 31st May 1915

Attained rank of Acting Sergeant

Wounded. Report date 22nd Nov 1916.

Wounded. Report date 23rd Sep 1918

Discharged 28th Jan 1919

Abell W H Major 4th Middlesex Regiment

Major W H Abell 4th Middlesex Regiment

MAJOR W. H. ABELL 4TH BATTALION THE DUKE OF CAMBRIDGE’S OWN (MIDDLESEX REGIMENT)

School House

WILLIAM HENRY ABELL was the second son of Martin Abell, of Norton Hall, Worcestershire, Banker, and of Caroline his wife. He entered the School in 1887, went to Brasenose College, Oxford, in 1892, joined the Middlesex Regiment from the Militia in 1896, served through the South African War, for which he received the Queen’s Medal, was in charge of the Boer prisoners at St. Helena, and was promoted Major in 1912. He was killed in action at Obourg, near Mons, on August 23rd, 1914, when the Battalion was cut to pieces. Age 40. A brother Officer, who was with him at the time, wrote : “I had the opportunity, when I was taken prisoner, of seeing all our people who were wounded or died in hospital. I think you may be quite certain that he was buried on the ground that he defended and gave his life for. The men of his Company told me many tales of his bravery, but that is only what one would have expected.” He married, in July, 190s, Lilian, second daughter of J. Wright Hassall, of Leamington, and left a daughter and a son.

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

 

Abell W H Major 4th Middlesex Regiment

MAJOR WILLIAM HENRY ABELL, 4th BATTN. DUKE OF CAMBRIDGE’S OWN (MIDDLESEX REGIMENT),

who was stated in the Casualty List published by the War Office in the November Army List to have been “reported killed in action,” it is believed at Obourg, near Mons, was the second son of the late Martin Abell, of Norton Hall, Worcestershire. He was born. on the 20th September, 1873, and joined the Middlesex Regiment from the Militia in December, 1896, becoming Lieutenant in October, 1899. Major Abell served in St. Helena during the South African War from March to May, receiving the Queen’s medal. From September, 1907, to March, 1908, he was an Adjutant of Volunteers, and from April, 1908, to March, 1910, an Adjutant of the Territorial Force; he was promoted to his Majority in September, 1912. Major Abell left a widow.

Source : The Bond Of Sacrifice Vol 1

Source : De Ruvigny’s Roll Of Honour Vol 2