Boyd E F 2nd Lt 1st Northumberland Fusiliers

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Boyd E F 2nd Lt 1st Northumberland Fusiliers

2nd Lt E F Boyd 1st Northumberland Fusiliers

SECOND LIEUTENANT E. F. BOYD

IST BATTALION THE NORTHUMBERLAND FUSILIERS

EDWARD FENWICK BOYD was the only son of Robert Fenwick Boyd (O.R., 1864-69), a Mining Engineer, and of Annie his wife. He entered the School in 1904, and was in the XV in 1908. He went to University College, Oxford, in 1909, obtained his Football Blue in 1912, and played for the Army v. Navy in 1914. He was gazetted to the Northumberland Fusiliers in February, 1912, and went out to France with the First Expeditionary Force in August, 1914, took part in the Retreat from Mons, and the Battles of the Marne and of the Aisne, and fell in action at Vailly-sur-Aisne, on September 20th, 1914. He was mentioned in Despatches of October 8th, 1914. Age 24.

His Colonel wrote:-

“I don’t know what you used to call your splendid son, but everyone in the Battalion always called him Edward, and by that name he will always be remembered as long as any of his comrades live. Edward’s is indeed a character to remember and to endeavour to copy; his splendid courage and coolness under fire, without the smallest touch of bravado or undue recklessness, marked him out as a born leader of men. Before this last action I had already recommended him for some recognition on account of his extremely courageous leading and devotion to duty in the field, and only a day or two before he was killed I personally saw him steadying his men in the trenches, under a terrific shell fire, as calmly as if he was on peace manoeuvres. It was a magnificent example of cool and dauntless courage, and I am thankful that I was privileged to see it and to thank him for the glorious example he set to all ranks. He is buried in a little cemetery in the N.W. corner of the town of Vailly, about a mile from where he fell.”

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

Bowden-Smith W A C Captain 4th Royal Fusiliers

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Bowden-Smith W A C Captain 4th London Regiment

Captain W A C Bowden-Smith 4th London Regiment

CAPTAIN W, A. C. BOWDEN-SMITH 4TH BATTALION THE ROYAL FUSILIERS

(CITY OF LONDON REGIMENT)

WALTER ADRIAN CARNEGIE BOWDEN-SMITH was the only son of Walter Baird Bowden-Smith, of Vernalls, Lyndhurst, Hants, and of his wife, Julia Wiggett, daughter of W. C. Humphrys, J.P., High Sheriff of the County of Hants.

He entered the School in 1894. He was in the Shooting VIII in 1899, and, the same year, passed into the R.M.C., Sandhurst. He was gazetted to the Royal Fusiliers in 1900, and obtained his Com-pany in 1909. He took part in the Tibet Expedition of 1903-04, when he was wounded at Gyantse, and received the Medal with Clasp.

He was wounded on August 23rd, 1914, at the Battle of Mons, so severely that he was left as a prisoner in the hands of the Germans, and died of his wounds, on August 27th, or 28th, at the Convent of St. Joseph, Maisières, Belgium. Age 32.

Letters from brother Officers stated that “Captain Bowden-Smith was, very gallantly, bringing up reinforcements at Mons, under a fierce fire, when he was wounded in the right arm and abdomen. Out of the fifty men he brought up, all but three were shot down.”

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

 

Blake E A C Major 2nd Durham Light Infantry

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Major E A C Blake 2nd Durham Light Infantry

MAJOR E. A. C. BLAKE

2ND BATTALION THE DURHAM LIGHT INFANTRY

EDWARD ALGERNON CLEADER BLAKE was the younger son of Edward Frederick Blake, of Shanklin, Isle of Wight.

He entered the School in 1886 and left in 1887. He received his Commission in the 1st Battalion of the Durham Light Infantry in 1893, was promoted Lieutenant in 1896, and Captain in 1900. He served through the South African War, from 1899 to 1902, as Adjutant of the 1st Battalion, and was present at the Relief of Ladysmith as well as in the actions of Colenso and Spion Kop. He was severely wounded at Vaal Krantz, was mentioned in Despatches and received the rank of Brevet- Major. He held the Queen’s Medal with two Clasps and the King’s Medal with two.

He went to France with the First Expeditionary Force, and took part in the Retreat from Mons and the Battles of the Marne and of the Aisne. Later, in the defence of the village of Ennetières, near Lille, the Colonel of the Sherwood Foresters asked for the help of two Platoons of the Durhams, as his Regiment was being heavily shelled. Major Blake gallantly took them and arrived in time to drive back a strong attack. The trenches being full, he took up his position in, and defended, a sugar factory, on which a shell burst, killing him and many men. He fell on October 20th, 1914. Age 43.

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

Benham J R 2nd Lt Royal Field Artillery

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2nd Lt J R Benham Royal Field Artillery

SECOND LIEUTENANT J. R. BENHAM

ROYAL FIELD ARTILLERY

JOHN RUSSELL BENHAM was the only son of Edwin Arthur Russell Benham (O.R., 1867-69), Tea Planter, Ceylon, and his wife Grizzel Hamilton, elder daughter of John Leveson Douglas Stewart, of Glenogil, Forfarshire.

He entered the School in 1909, and passed on to the R.M.A., Woolwich, in 1913. He received his Commission, at the age of 19, in November, 1914, and went to the Front in the following January. His Section had just completed a difficult piece of work near Ypres when he was mortally wounded. He was taken to the Field Hospital at Brabant. “Perfectly calm and collected, he had a cheery smile and reply to all.” He died on the evening of the same day, May 4th, 1915. Age 19. The men of his Section spoke of his great courage, and his Commanding Officer wrote:- “During the all too short time he served with us I always found him brave, honourable, and zealous. Throughout the trying time at Zonnebeke he showed himself a soldier for all his youth.”

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

Beausire C E 2nd Lt 12th London Regiment

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Beausire C E 2nd Lt 12th London Regiment

2nd Lt C E Beausire 12th London Regiment

SECOND LIEUTENANT C. E. BEAUSIRE

12th (COUNTY OF LONDON) BATTALION, THE LONDON REGIMENT (THE RANGERS), T.F.

CHARLES EDWARD BEAUSIRE was the third son of Robert L. Beausire, Banker, and of Letitia his wife. He entered the School in 1908 and left in 1911. After leaving School he spent a year abroad, attending the École de Commerce in Geneva, and was afterwards in Manchester, on the Cotton Exchange.

On the outbreak of War he enlisted as a Private in the 23rd Battalion, The London Regiment, obtained his Commission in the Rangers on November 1st, and left with his Regiment for France in December, 1914. He was in action, in a very exposed and difficult trench in the first line of defence, near Ypres, and was killed, with two of his men, by shell fire, on February 14th, 1915. Age 20.

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

Bailward T Lt Indian Army

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Lt T Bailward Indian Army

LIEUTENANT T. BAILWARD

26TH KING GEORGE’S OWN LIGHT CAVALRY, INDIAN ARMY

THEODORE BAILWARD was the third son of T. H. M. Bailward, J.P., of Horsington Manor, Templecombe. He entered the School in 1901, passed on to the R.M.C., Sandhurst, in 1905, and received his Commission in 1906, in the Somerset Light Infantry, then quartered at Poona. In the following year he was trans-ferred to the 26th Native Cavalry, stationed at Bangalore, and in 1913 was appointed A.D.C. to the Governor of Madras. In the expedition to the Persian Gulf he was attached to the 7th Hariana Lancers, and was killed in a reconnaissance on April 29th, 1915, and buried at Imamzadeh. Age 27.

Extract from a letter of the Commandant, 26th Light Cavalry :- “He was a dear good fellow, and very popular in the Regiment.” From a Native Officer of the 26th Light Cavalry “I have no words of energy to express my grief toward Bailward Sahib. I am exceedingly sorry to hear the death of our kind-hearted Officer. The whole Regiment, especially the ‘D’ Squadron, lamented much on the loss of their beloved master. May God bless him.”

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

Arnold F F W Captain 1st Suffolk Regiment

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Captain F F W Arnold 1st Suffolk Regiment

CAPTAIN F. F. W. ARNOLD

1st BATTALION THE SUFFOLK REGIMENT

FERDINAND FRANCK WILLIAM ARNOLD, who entered the School in 1902, came of an old Suffolk family, established at Lowestoft for the last four cen-turies, several members of which served with distinction in the Navy during the 18th century, and from a branch of which Dr. Arnold, of Rugby, was descended. He was the elder son of Franck Thomas Arnold (O.R., 1875- 80), and Edith Maud, daughter of Samuel William Kelly, J.P., of Cardiff, and grandson of the Rev. Charles Thomas Arnold (O.R., 1831-36), for many years Assistant Master at Rugby. After leaving School in 1905 he went to the R.M.C., Sandhurst, was gazetted to the 1st Battalion Suffolk Regiment, and served with it in Malta, Cairo, and Khartoum. After War broke out he was appointed Machine- gun Officer to the 84th Infantry Brigade, and returned subsequently to regimental work as Commander of a double Company. He was killed in the trenches, near Ypres, on April 23rd, 1915. Age 27.

A brother Officer wrote:-“He did most excellent work while commanding his Company and was always cheerful and merry under the most adverse circumstances, setting an example to all, both Officers and men.”

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

Armstrong-Lushington-Tulloch G de M Lt Connaught Rangers

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Lt G de M Armstrong-Lushington-Tulloch Connaught Rangers

LIEUTENANT G. DE M. ARMSTRONG-LUSHINGTON-TULLOCH

1st BATTALION THE CONNAUGHT RANGERS

GRAHAM DE MONTMORENCY ARMSTRONG-LUSHINGTON-TULLOCH was the eldest son of William Cairns Armstrong-Lushington-Tulloch, of Shambolard, Moyard, County Galway. He entered the School in 1899, and passed on to the R.M.C., Sandhurst, in 1903. He was promoted Lieutenant in 1905, and in the following year passed a course of Instruction in Signalling with a Special Certificate which entitled him to act as Brigade Signalling Officer. He held a Certificate for Musketry, and won several shooting competitions in his Regiment. He served with his Regiment for a year in Malta, and for six or seven years in India. He qualified for his Captaincy in 1911, but was not gazetted Captain until after his death, which took place under the following circumstances :— At Neuve Chapelle the Rangers were forced, by enfilade fire to retire from their advanced trench which was then occupied by the Germans. At night the order was given to retake the trench and fill it in. This was done, and Lieut. Tulloch was wounded in the head. He refused to retire, saying, “No, the position must be held,” and continued to lead and encourage his men, until he was shot through the forehead and died instantly, on November 5th, 1914. Age 28.

His former Colonel wrote:-

“He died the death of a most gallant Officer, and kept up the best traditions of the Regiment and of a true Irish gentleman. His brother Officers, while deeply deploring his loss, admire his pluck and gallant leadership.”

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

Allen W L Major 2nd Border Regiment

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Major W L Allen 2nd Border Regiment

MAJOR W. L. ALLEN, D.S.O.
2ND BATTALION THE BORDER REGIMENT

WILLIAM LYNN ALLEN was the third son of Bulkeley Allen (O.R., 1853), J.P., of West Lynn, Altrincham, Cheshire.
He entered the School in 1885, and left in 1888. He was gazetted to the 3rd (Militia) Battalion, The King’s Own Yorkshire Light Infantry, in 1891, and to the Border Regiment in 1893. He was promoted Lieutenant in 1896, and Captain in 1902.
He served in the 1st Battalion, with much distinction, in the South African War, and was present at the Battles of Colenso, Spion Kop, Pieter’s Hill, and other Natal actions, as well as in the Transvaal and the Orange River Colony. For his services he received the D.S.O., was twice mentioned in Despatches, and received the Queen’s Medal with five Clasps and the King’s with two. During the later stages of this War he was Adjutant, and continued to hold this position afterwards. He obtained his Majority in the 2nd Battalion in 1913.

Early in October, 1914, he went to the front with the 7th Division, which defended the town of Ypres from October 18th to November 6th. From October 18th he occupied a salient point on the extreme left of his Regiment between the villages of America and Krusseik. On the evening of the 25th about a hundred of the enemy made their way over trenches occupied by a neighbouring Regiment and appeared in the vicinity of a farm-house in the rear. They were at first mistaken for Belgians who were expected in support, but, the mistake being realised, firing took place and a considerable number were shot down. The rest then signified their wish to surrender and asked for an English Officer. Major Allen advanced from his trench with two men and was at once treacherously shot by the enemy, on the night of October 25th, 1914. Age 43. He married, in 1898, Adeline Miriam, daughter of Isaac Garbutt Dickinson, of Maybury, Woking, and left three children.

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

Abell W H Major 4th Middlesex Regiment

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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