Allen J H Lt 13th Worcestershire Regiment

ALLEN, JOHN HUGH, Lieut., 13th (Service) Battn. Worcestershire Regt., attd. Essex Regt., s. of Col. the Hon. James Allen, Minister of Defence, New Zealand, by his wife, Mary J., dau. of (-) Richards, of Alford, co. Somerset; b. Dunedin, N.Z., 1 March, 1887; educ. at Wanganiu Collegiate School and Otago University, and went to Jesus College, Cambridge, in 1907, where he took the degrees of B.A. and LL.B. in 1911. While at Cambridge he took a leading part in politics and public affairs, and was President of the Union and of the New Carlton Club. He was keenly interested in Imperial problems, and contributed articles to the “Saturday Review” and the “Oxford and Cambridge Review.” His intention was to devote himself to law and politics in New Zealand, and his early career gave promise of great service to the Empire. He was called to the Bar at the Inner Temple early in 1914, and his passage home was booked when war broke out in August. He at once joined the Inns of Court O.T.C., and after three months’ training with them was gazetted Lieut. 20 Oct. 1914. He was killed in action at the Dardanelles, near Krithia, Hellis, 6 June, 1915. while gallantly leading his men.

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BUGLER, WILLIAM GEORGE, Corpl.. No. 202244. 1/7th (Territorial) Battn The Worcestershire Regt., 2nd s. of Charles (and Mary Jane) Bugler. of Clifton Maubank, near Yeovil, co. Somerset; b. Yeovil aforesaid, 15 June, 1891 educ. Council School there was a Commercial Traveller joined the Worcestershire Regt. 3 April, 1916; served with the Expeditionary Force in France and Flanders from the following Aug.: subsequently proceeded to Italy, and was killed in action 15 June, 1918. Buried in the Cestuna British Cemetery, south-south-west of Asigo unm.

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BARNSLEY, HARRY, Private, No. 43874, 2/8th (Territorial) Battn. The Worcestershire Regt., s. of Harry Barnsley, of 423, Park Road, Hockley, Birmingham, Painter; b. Handsworth, Birmingham, 27 Jan. 1883, educ. Benson Road Board School, Soho, Birmingham; enlisted 25 June, 1918; served with the Expeditionary Force in France and Flanders, and was killed in action at Levantie 2 Oct following, during his first day in the firing line. Buried in Anzac Cemetery, Sailly-sur-la-Lys. He m. at St. Luke’s, Bristol Road, Birmingham, 23 Dec. 1906, Elizabeth May (101, Albert Road, Handsworth, Birmingham), fourth dau. of Joseph Yates, and had two children: Stanley Eric, b. 4 Oct. 1911, and Margaret Elizabeth, b. 16 March, 1916.

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Lowe H S Lt 2nd Worcestershire Regiment

LIEUTENANT H. S. LOWE

2ND BATTALION THE WORCESTERSHIRE REGIMENT

HENRY STANLEY Lowe was the youngest son of the Rev. Edward Lowe, Vicar of Hallingborough, Lincolnshire, and of Elizabeth his wife.

He entered the School in 1904 and passed into the R.M.C., Sandhurst, in 1908. He went out to India in 1910, was promoted Lieutenant in 1913, and returned with his Regiment in the same year.

He went to the Front with the First Expeditionary Force, was present at the Retreat from Mons and in the Battles of the Marne and of the Aisne. He was wounded in the last of these, on September 20th, and died of his wounds, in Paris, on October 21st, 1914. Age 24.

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

LOWE, HENRY STANLEY, Lieut., 2nd Battn. The Worcestershire Regt., yst. s. of the late Rev. Edward Jackson Lowe, Vicar of Stallingborough, and only s. by his 2nd wife; b. Stallingborough, co. Lincoln, 7 Feb. 1891; educ. Glengarth Preparatory School, Cheltenham; Bilton Grange, near Rugby; Rugby, and in Sandhurst Company at Woolwich; gazetted 2nd Lieut., Northamptonshire Regt., 6 Nov. 1909, and promoted Lieut. 5 March, 1913; joined his regt. in Jhansi, India, in Jan. 1910; returned to Aldershot in 1913; went to France, and died at Paris, 21 Oct. following, of wounds received in action during the Battle of the Aisne, 20 Sept.; unm. Buried at St. Germain-en-Laye.

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ALFORD, ADOLPHE JOHN, Private, No. 57837. 2/8th (Service) Battn. The Worcestershire Regt., s. of Fred Alford, of North Lodge, Cadewell, near Torquay, Head Gardener, by his wife, Blanche, daughter of Adolphe (and Louise) Meystre; b. Broad Clyst. co. Devon, 6 July, 1898; educ. Upton Church of England School. Torquay: was a Railway Porter at Torre enlisted in the Worcestershire Regt. 20 Aug. 1917; served with the Expeditionary Force in France from April, 1918, and died at Napsbury War Hospital, St. Albans, 10 Nov. following, from wounds received in action. Buried in Torquay Cemetery; unm.

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Curtler F G O Lt 2nd Worcestershire Regiment

LIEUTENANT F. G. O. CURTLER

2n BATTALION THE WORCESTERSHIRE REGIMENT

FREDERICK GWATKIN OLDHAM CURTLER was the only son of Frederick Lewis and Nannie Gwatkin Curtler, of Bevere House, Worcester. He entered the School in 1907, and left in 1909. He obtained a Commission in the Special Reserve in 1912, and went with the First Expeditionary Force to France at the beginning of the War. He was present at the Retreat from Mons and in the Battles of the Marne and of the Aisne, and in the first Battle near Ypres. He was killed in action near the village of St. Julien, on October 21st, 1914. Age 21.

A man of his Company describing the action in which he fell wrote of

him in the following terms:-“I cannot see any mention in the papers of one very brave young Officer, my Platoon Commander. We were ordered to advance across some open country in face of the enemy’s guns. We kept on, losing many of our comrades, until within range of the German rifles, when we were ordered to dig ourselves in. I dug head-cover for myself and Mr. Curtler, as he was running from place to place with orders, and in doing this he was shot. We have lost one of our best Officers and a true British soldier.”

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Clarke W H 2nd Lt 3rd Worcestershire Regiment

SECOND LIEUTENANT W. H. CLARKE

3RD BATTALION THE WORCESTERSHIRE REGIMENT

WILLIAM HAMILTON CLARKE was the second son of Lieut.-Col. Sir Edward H. St. Lawrence Clarke, Bart., of Rossmore, Co. Cork, Ireland, whose elder son had also been killed in the War.

He entered the School in 1906. He was Head of the School House in 1911, in the XV from 1910 to the Spring term of 1912, when he was Captain, and in the XI in 1912. He was one of the Racquet Pair in 1911 and 1912, and helped to win the Public Schools’ Championship for Rugby in 1911. He entered Queen’s College, Oxford, in October, 1912, and on the declaration of War joined the 5th Special Reserve Battalion of the Worcestershire Regiment and went out to join the 3rd Battalion at the end of December, 1914.

He was killed at Spanbroek Molen, near Kemmel, in Flanders, on March 12th, 1915. Two Companies were ordered to assault a section of German trenches and were exposed to very heavy front and flank fire. All the Officers of “A Company, to which he belonged, were killed. He reached the trench with about 40 men, but was killed as he arrived.

Age 22.

The assault was described by Col. Stuart, Commanding the Battalion, as magnificently carried out.

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

CLARKE, WILLIAM HAMILTON, 2nd Lieut., 5th, attd. 3rd Battn. The Worcestershire Regt., yr. s. of Lieut.-Col. Sir Edward Henry St. Lawrence Clarke, of Rossmore, co . Cork, 4th Bart., Commanding 12th (Service) Battn: The Worcestershire Regt., by his wife, Susan Douglas, dau. of Charles Langton, of Barkhill, Aigburth, Liverpool ; and brother to Lieut. John Edward Langton Clarke (q.v.) b. Henwick, near Worcester, 25 Dec. 1892 ; educ. Hamilton House, Bath ; Rugby, and Queen’s College, Oxford ; was gazetted 2nd Lieut. 5th Worcestershire Regt. 5 Aug. 1914 ; went to France at the end of Dec., when he was attached to the 3rd Battn., and was killed in action at Spanbrock Molen, near Kemmel, 12 March, 1915. Buried at Kemmel. While at Rugby he was head of the School House in 1911 and 1912 ; in the XV. from 1910 to the spring term of 1912, when he was captain ; in the XI. in 1912, being also one of the Racquet Pair in 1911 and 1912, and helping to win the Public Schools Championship for Rugby in 1911 ; unm.

Source : De Ruvigny’s Roll Of Honour Vol 2