BUTCHER, WILLIAM GUY DEAME, Capt.. 5th Battn. (London Rifle Brigade) The London Regt. (T.F.), yst. s. of William Deane Butcher. of Holyrood, Cleveland Road, Ealing. W.. M.R.C.S., by his wife, Fanny, dau. of Lieut.-Co!. Bazett, 9th Bengal Cavalry (retired); b. Windsor, 29 Oct. 1891; educ. Harrow View School, and Stoke House, Slough, where he gained in 1904 Foundation Scholarship a at Eton, and entered there as King’s Scholar; in 1908, gained a minor Scholarship for Classics to Trinity College, Cambridge, also the Reynolds Scholarship and the Newcastle Scholarship; he took up his residence at Trinity in 1910, and in 1913 took First Class in the Classical Tripos. and in 1914 First Class in Part II. of the Classical Tripos, and in the same year gained the Craven Scholarship and the Chancellor’s Medal; was reading for a Trinity Fellowship in Aug. 1914, and as he had been a member of the Cambridge O.T.C. for three years, was gazetted 2nd Lieut. in the London Rifle Brigade Oct. 1914; promoted Lieut., and Capt. 1916; served with the Expeditionary Force in France from May, 1917, and was killed in action at Glencorse Wood 16 Aug. following. Buried in Glencorse Wood, where he fell.

His Colonel wrote: Capt. Butcher had not been with us very long, but in the actions he had taken part, he had always displayed a complete fearlessness and disregard of danger. He encouraged his men by his example and cheerfulness. and we have lost a splendid officer,” and an officer: “I cannot tell you what a loss he is to us. Our company was composed of officers, whose sole aim was to try to help each other cheerfully to perform our duty, and to make our hardships and inconveniences more bearable. To say that Capt. Butcher was the one person who, more than anyone else, succeeded in that aim, is not exaggerating a bit. He was tremendously popular with his fellow-officers, and was respected and loved by the men of our company. He will always remain in my memory as one of the finest types of men I have ever known-a man who had high ideals and tried to live them. He is spoken of by the men with the greatest respect. In him they saw a man they felt they could trust, and that trust was never misplaced.” Another also wrote: “I learned to respect, admire and love old Butch.’ His straightness, keenness, loyalty and invariable good temper, together with an infinite capacity for fun, made him a companion and friend that stood out in my mind, even in this war of innumerable associations. It was most noteworthy how he was liked by all; I have heard his men cheer him to the echo when a draft left.” The late Dr. Butler, of Trinity, wrote: “Your dear son’s Eton and Trinity career was indeed a brilliant one, and his character was not unworthy of his fine mental powers. He will not soon be forgotten at Trinity. He seemed to have fullness of life before him, and no common unfruitful life.

His loss is not only a personal but a national loss,” and a school and college friend : Guy Butcher died as he had lived, showing both in his life and in his death that he was on the side of all that was honourable and just and right. Guy’s memory to me will always be that of a gentleman and a scholar, who, in his manhood and his scholarship, was fighting not for self-interest, but to make the world better than he found it. His men had learned to love and respect him, and no man could wish for more, for to win the love and respect of the British Tommy is worth death itself, for the Tommy is a hard judge, rightly respecting only the just and the brave. I have lost a very dear friend, but Guy’s memory will always be an inspiration to me; I hope I may always be able to live up to his high standard of honour and scholarship.” Unm.

Source : De Ruvigny’s Roll Of Honour Vol 3

Burdge R T Rfn 305815 5th London Regiment

Source : Lloyd’s War Memorial 1914-1918

BUNKER, W. E., Rifleman, London Rifle Brigade. He joined in May, 1915, was sent to France in August, 1917, and was wounded at Bourlon Wood, having previously taken part in other engagements. He was invalided home as the result of his wounds in December, 1917, and remained on Home defence until discharged in April, 1918. He holds the General Service and Victory Medals.
63, Carlyle Avenue, Harlesden.

Source : The National Roll Of The Great War 1914-1918 Vol 1

BUCKINGHAM, R. J., Rifleman, London Rifle Brigade.
He joined in 1916, and served on the Western Front, taking part in the battles of Ypres, Cambrai, Somme and various other engagements. He was wounded while in action near Arras in October, 1918, and was discharged as the result of his wounds the same year.
He holds the General Service and Victory Medals.
38, I,itchfield Gardens, Willesden Green.

Source : The National Roll Of The Great War 1914-1918 Vol 1

Brownrigg, John Henry (1915-19); Corporal, 12th and 5th Bns. London Rgt.; France 1 year 7 months, Germany, prisoner of war, 8 months.

Source : London County Council Record Of War Service

Brown W W Rfn 608406 5th London Regiment

Brown W W Rfn 608406 5th London Regiment

s., Mr. & Mrs. G. Wall Brown, 18 Lon Rd., T. Heath. Educ, Boro. Sec. Sch., Croydon. Empl. in Accountant’s Office, L.B. & S.C.R. Enl., Dec, ’14. D., of wounds in Notre Dame Hosp., Cambrai, 25 Mar., ’18.

Source : Croydon In The Great War 1914-1918

Brown P G M Pte 9704 5th London Regiment (London Rifle Brigade)

Brown P G M Pte 9704 5th London Regiment (London Rifle Brigade)

Born 15th October, 1896. He joined the London Rifle Brigade early in 1914, and left for France with his battalion in November, 1914. He was in and out of the trenches throughout the winter, except for a short period in hospital with frozen feet, until killed in action by shell fire on 3rd May, 1915, while attending to some wounded comrades.

Source : Dulwich College War Record 1914-1919

Brown P G M Pte 9704 5th London Regiment (London Rifle Brigade)

BROWN, PHILIP GEORGE MORTIMER, Private, No. 9704, 5th Battn. (London Rifle Brigade) The London Regt. (T.F.), only s. of the late Frederick Robert Brown, Solicitor, by his wife, Emily Louisa (Thirlmere, Dukesthorpe Road, Sydenham, S.E.), dau. of George Phillips, of Beckenham; b. Sundridge Park, co. Kent, 15 Oct. 1896; educ. The Hall, Sydenham Preparatory School, and Dulwich College. He joined the London Rifle Brigade early in 1914, and on the outbreak of war was with his regt. at Eastbourne for the midsummer manœuvres. Volunteering for foreign service, he left with his regt. for France early in Nov. 1914, and was killed in action at Ypres, 3 May, 1915; unm. His commanding officer wrote: “He died doing his duty to the last, and was buried the same night. After he was slightly wounded himself, he spent all his time attending to other wounded friends, and it was whilst performing this duty that he was killed,”

Source : De Ruvigny’s Roll Of Honour Vol 1

BRENT, DOUGLAS LESLIE, Private, No. 305580, 5th Battn. (London Rifle Brigade) The London Regt. (T.F.), s. of William Henry Thomas Brent, of Victoria Road, Mortlake, by his wife, Sarah Kate; b. Mortlake, co. Surrey, 1 March, 1892; educ. National School there; was in the employ of the London and South Western Railway Company; was a member of the 8th Battn. The Surrey Volunteers, in which he served as Bugler; joined the London Rifle Brigade 12 April, 1917; served with the Expeditionary Force in France and Flanders from 4 Aug., and died at No. 29 Casualty Clearing Station 3 June, 1918, of wounds received in action at the Somme the same day. Buried in Bagneux British Cemetery, one and a half miles south-west of Doullens; unm.

Source : De Ruvigny’s Roll Of Honour Vol 4

BRADDON, OTTO JAMES, Rfimn., L.R.B. (5 Lond. Regt.) b., Montana, Coolgardie, W. Australia, 4 Oct., ’99; s., Frank W. & Edith H. Braddon, 6 Tylecroft Rd., Norbury. Educ., Winterbourne Rd. Sch., T. Heath, & Boro. Sec. Sch., Croydon; matriculated, Lond. Univ., Jun., ’16. Empl. by Messrs. Annan, Dexter and Co., chartered accountants. Enl., 4 Oct., ’17. Fell, 8 Aug., ’18.

Source : Croydon In The Great War 1914-1918

Bradbury W A Rfn 1069 5th London Regiment (London Rifle Brigade)

BRADBURY, WILLIAM ARTHUR, Rifleman, No. 1069, 5th (City of London Battn. (London Rifle Brigade) The London Regt. (T.F.), eldest s. of James Arthur Bradbury, of Rosemorran, Kent Gardens, Ealing, W. (late of Strawberry Hill, co. Middlesex); b. Brentford, co. Middlesex, 28 Nov. 1892; educ. King’s College School, Wimbledon, and on leaving there entered his father’s business (Wholesale Provision Merchant); joined the London Rifle Brigade in Sept. 1914, after the outbreak of war; served with the Expeditionary Force in France and Flanders from June, 1915, and was killed in action near St. Eloi 2 Dec. following. Buried on the battlefield. Captain A. L. Lintott wrote: “I was in command of No. 2 Coy. up to almost the end of Nov., and I had often noticed your two boys. They were both very good and keen on their work and always took the cheerful side of things. W. A. B. will be a sad loss to the company and regiment, and he will be another who has laid down his life for King and Country and Regiment,” and Rifleman W. E. Calow: “I cannot in mere words tell you how I feel the loss of such a comrade. After a year’s continual friendship, working together under all conditions, it seems that I have lost one who was more than a brother.” Unm.

Source : De Ruvigny’s Roll Of Honour Vol 2