Walker A T 2nd Lt 8th Rifle Brigade

Source : Yorkshire Rugby Union Roll Of Honour 1914-1918

Walker A T 2nd Lt 8th Rifle Brigade

WALKER, ANTHONY THORNTON, 2nd Lieut., 8th (Service) Battn. Rifle Brigade, 2nd s. of John Walker, of Bawtry, co. York, by his wife, Dorothy Mary, dau. of Thomas Taplin Wickham, of Bideford, N. Devon; b. Bawtry, 9 May, 1894; educ. Dulwich Preparatory School, from which he obtained a scholarship to Uppingham School, and from Uppingham secured an open scholarship and exhibition at University College, Oxford; joined the Public Schools Battn. Middlesex Regt. Aug. 1914, and was given a commission as 2nd Lieut. in the 8th Rifle Brigade, 2 Dec. following; left for France, 25 July, 1915, and was killed in action at Hooge, 30 July, 1915, the day after he joined his battn. in the trenches; unm. At Uppingham he was captain of football, and played for his college at Oxford. He was also very musical, and was leader of the orchestra at Uppingham.

Source : De Ruvigny’s Roll Of Honour Vol 1

Trevelyan W 2nd Lt 4th Rifle Brigade

SECOND LIEUTENANT W. TREVELYAN

4TH BATTALION THE RIFLE BRIGADE (THE PRINCE CONSORT’S OWN)

LIEUTENANT WILFRED TREVELYAN was the second son of Sir Ernest J. Trevelyan (O.R.), D.C.L., Reader in Indian Law to the University of Oxford, and of Julia Isabel his wife. He entered the School in 1907, and left in 1912. After leaving School he became an undergraduate of Manchester University, in preparation for Engineering work in India. Soon after the War broke out he was gazetted to the 5th (Reserve) Battalion of the Rifle Brigade, and in March, 1915, was transferred to the 4th Battalion, with which he went to France in the same month. He died on the 5th May from injuries received the previous day near Ypres, being hit by a shrapnel shell while employed on improving a communication trench. He was buried in the garden of the Château of Hooge. Age 21.

A brother Officer wrote to his father:-

“All his men wish me to tell you that they had a great respect for him and would have followed him anywhere.”

Source : Memorials of Rugbeians Who Fell in the Great War 1914-1918 Vol 1

Trevelyan W 2nd Lt 4th Rifle Brigade

TREVELYAN, WILFRED, 2nd Lieut., 4th Battn. Rifle Brigade, 2nd s. of Sir Ernest John Trevelyan, of 1, Marston Ferry Road, Oxford, D.C.L., Reader in Indian Law to the University of Oxford, etc. [gdson. of the Ven. George Trevelyan, Archdeacon of Taunton, 3rd s. of Sir John Trevelyan, of Nettlecombe, 4th Bart.], by his 2nd wife, Julia Isabel, dau. of Edward Walhouse Mark, late Consul at Marseilles; b. Calcutta, 10 Oct. 1893; educ. Rugby, and at Manchester University; gazetted from the Officers’ Training Corps to the 5th (Reserve) Battn. Rifle Brigade, 15 Aug. 1914, was transferred to the 4th Battn. 8 Sept. following, served with his regt. in France and Flanders, and died at Ypres, 5 May, 1915, from wounds received in action the previous day. He was buried in the grounds of Hooge Chateau, France; unm.

Source : De Ruvigny’s Roll Of Honour Vol 1

Barrett J Pte Rifle Brigade

Barrett Joseph M Pte 9534 1st Rifle Brigade

Of Bridgwater, Prisoner Of War

Source : The Vivid 20th Feb 1915

Born 22nd Feb 1883 Cannington Somerset Parents Hugh and Louisa Barrett

Enlisted 21st Sep 1900 Age 18 in 41st Foot (The Welsh Regiment)

Married Florence Annie Lomus 3rd Aug 1908

To France 23rd Aug 1914

Taken Prisoner Of War 26th Aug 1914

Address recorded on Princess Mary’s Gift Box POW list, 1914 – High Street, Cannington, Bridgewater, Somerset.

1939 Register Address : 6 Gurney Street Cannington, Somerset. Occupation : Road And Quarryman

Died Jul 1947 Age 64

THOMAS, EDWARD THOMAS, Rifleman, No. 9867, 3rd Battn. Rifle Brigade, eldest s. of John Thomas, Shearer, Raglan Bays Works, Briton Ferry, by his wife, Susanah, dau. of David Hopkins; b. Pontudlais, co. Glamorgan, 2 Feb. 1884; educ. Hammonford; was employed at Port Talbot; enlisted in the Rifle Brigade, 5 May, 1903; served three years with the Colours; and then joined the Reserve; was called up no mobilisation in Aug. 1914; went to France in Aug. 1914, and was killed in action at the Battle of the Aisne, 23 Oct. 1914. Buried near Chapelle d’Armentières. He was a member of the Silver Band, Briton Ferry. He m. at Neath, 6 March, 1909, Catherine (Lowther Street, Briton Ferry, Glamorgan), dau. of David Hopkins, and had four children: Thomas Ivor Gwyn, b. 18 Dec. 1913; Edward Ypres, b. (posthumous), 16 April, 1915; Jane Ellen, b. 9 Jan. 1910; and Mary Catherine, b. 27 April, 1911.

Source : De Ruvigny’s Roll Of Honour Vol 1

Thal M M V Rfn Rifle Brigade

THAL, MORRIS MARCUS VAN, Rifleman, No. Z2641, B Coy., 25th Brigade, 8th Division, Rifle Brigade, Interpreter to Commanding Officer, only child of Marcus van Thal, of 91, Addison Gardens, Kensington, employee at the War Office, by his wife, Marie, dau. of Meyer Poole; b. Catford, co. Kent, 10 Oct.1897; educ. St. John’s College, Southend-on- Sea, Brussels, and Hanover, and passed the Senior Cambridge Local Exam., with also oral French and German, 1913; enlisted in the Rifle Brigade, 11 Sept. 1914; went to France, March, 1915, and was killed in action at Fromelles, 9 May, 1915. Corpl. Leigh Knight wrote: “I was your son’s section commander, and am very sorry to have to tell you that I myself saw him fall. He was a good soldier, and when we charged he went forward very gallantly. He was killed by a German shell, and it was practically instantaneous death”; and Rifleman E. Allen wrote: “On 9 May we made an attack on Fromelles, where I saw your son carrying a machine-gun into action. I could not say whether he was killed, but I saw him go under, when I was wounded.”

Source : De Ruvigny’s Roll Of Honour Vol 1

Stewart J A L Lt 1st Rifle Brigade

STEWART, JAMES ALEXANDER LOGAN, of Alltyrodyn, Lieut., 1st Battn The Rifle Brigade, elder s. of the late Lieut. James Logan Stewart, 7th Hussars (died v.p. 29 June, 1898), by his wife, the Hon. Eveline Mary (Alltyrodyn, Llandyssul, co. Cardigan), sister of Roland John, 13th Baron Dormer, and dau. of the Hon. Sir James Charlemagne Dormer, K.C.B., and grandson of the late James Stewart, of Alltyrodyn, J.P., D.L.; b. Bombay, India, 7 March, 1893; educ. Winchester, and Trinity College, Cambridge; suc. his grandfather, 23 April, 1908; gazetted 2nd Lieut. in the Reserve Battn. of the Rifle Brigade, 2 Sept. 1913; and promoted Lieut., 1st Battn., 30 Nov. 1914; went to France and joined his regt. at Ploegsteert Wood in Dec. following, and was killed in action at Shell Trap Farm, near Ypres, 13 May, 1915. On this occasion the position he was in command of was heavily shelled and temporarily captured, by the Germans, and on the Rifle Brigade. subsequently retaking the position, no trace could be found of his body or of those of his men; unm. In 1911, he played for Winchester against Eton; was a good all-round sportsman, being a first-rate shot, fisherman and cricketer. His brother, 2nd Lieut. Douglas Stewart, is now (1916) on active service with the Royal Hussars.

Source : De Ruvigny’s Roll Of Honour Vol 1

Abrahams M N Major 16th Rifle Brigade

M AJOR MONTAGUE NATHAN ABRAHAMS, Rifle Brigade, was the son of Louis Abrahams of Northgate House, Regent’s Park. Born in 1875, he was educated at University College School. He entered his father’s business and in 1909 became a member of the Stock Exchange. He married in 1902 Annette, daughter of the late Sir Joseph Duveen.

On the outbreak of war he enlisted in the Old Boys’ Corps and became a platoon-commander. In April 1915 he was granted a commission as Captain, and with Lieut.-Colonel H. F. Darrell was mainly responsible for raising the 16th Battalion, Rifle Brigade. After training at Winchester and Aldershot, he was promoted Major before the battalion went to France in March 1916, in time to take part in much of the heaviest fighting of the Somme battle.

He was killed while leading his men in the assault on Beaumont Hamel on 3 September 1916, being then forty-one years of age. His Commanding Officer (Lieut.-Colonel Darrell, D.S.O.) wrote: “Every day Monty became dearer to me as a friend and more valuable as an officer. . . . When I say that he was unequalled as a Company Commander in the New Armies, I am not using terms of exaggerated praise but stating an absolute fact that was recognised by all who came into contact with him, from generals downwards. His men absolutely adored him, as well they might, and not only the officers of this regiment loved him but all the officers of the Brigade who had the honour of knowing him.”

Source : The Stock Exchange War Memorial 1914-1918

Selby-Smith M B Captain 4th Rifle Brigade

Source : De Ruvigny’s Roll Of Honour Vol 1