Butler C H L/Cpl PS/2457 21st Royal Fusiliers

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Butler Clifford Hicks L/Cpl PS/2457 21st Royal Fusiliers

Enlsited in 21st Royal Fusiliers (Public Schools Battalion)  21st Oct 1914

Comm in the Black Watch 28th Jul 1915

To France with the Black Watch 25th Sep 1916

Killed In Action at The Battle of Arras 23r Apr 1917

Butler C H 2nd Lt 6th Black Watch

BUTLER, CLIFFORD HICKS, 2nd Lieut., 5th (Territorial), attd. 6th (Territorial), Battn. The Black Watch (Royal Highlanders), eldest s. of Henry Jackson Butler, of Ber House, Norwich, Merchant, by his wife, Susanna, elder dau. of the late Charles Hicks, of The Bury, Felstead, co. Essex: b. Booton, near Norwich, 26 Sept. 1881: educ. Norwich Grammar School, and Jesus College, Oxford (Classical Exhibitioner), where he graduated with Honours, and was subsequently articled to the firm of Stevens, Miller & Jones, Solicitors, Norwich; came out First in Honours at the final examination of the Incorporated Law Society in 1908, receiving the Clement’s Inn and Daniel Reardon prizes, and the same year obtained an appointment as Assistant Solicitor to the East Riding Yorkshire County Council, which post he held until 1913, when he was appointed Assistant Solicitor to the Cambridgeshire County Council; joined the Public Schools Battn. of the Royal Fusiliers as a Private 21 Oct. 1914; obtained a commission in the Black Watch 28 July, 1915; served with the Expeditionary Force in France from 25 Sept. 1916, and was killed in action at the Battle of Arras 23 April, 1917.

Buried in Brown’s Copse British Cemetery, at Fampoux, near Arras. Lieut. Col. T. M. Booth wrote: “Your dear son fell while bravely leading his men in the terrific battle of 23 April. He was beloved by us all; his cheery and lovable disposition endeared him to us all, while it was evident that he was more than commonly gifted with the qualities of a leader,” and again: “I have rarely met a man who so impressed me with his character. I found him out pretty quickly, as I saw him for the first time at Courcellettesmin the trenches, and at once appreciated his worth.” Unm.

Source : De Ruvigny’s Roll Of Honour 3

Burrell D N Pte PS/3721 19th Royal Fusiliers

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Burrel D N Pte 19th Royal Fusiliers. Photo copied and cropped from The Past on Glass at Sutton Archives. Photographer David Knights-Whittome. Shared under the Creative Commons Non Commercial

Burrell Denys Nelthorpe Pte PS/3721 19th Royal Fusiliers

Born 1st Aug 1896 Scawby, Lincolnshire. Parents Harry & Jemima Burrell

To France with 19th Royal Fusiliers 14th Nov 1915

Comm 2nd Lt 3rd Oxford & Bucks Light Infantry

Wounded 15th Oct 1916

Discharged Awarded Silver War Badge

Married Ellen Wilson July 1933

Died 23rd Sep 1965 Age 69

Bunyan R M Rfn 2125 5th London Regiment (London Rifle Brigade)

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Bunyan R M Rfn 2125 5th London Regiment (London Rifle Brigade). Taken on 26th Jun 1915. Photo copied and cropped from The Past on Glass at Sutton Archives. Photographer David Knights-Whittome. Shared under the Creative Commons Non Commercial

Bunyan Reginald Montague Rfn 2125 5th London Regiment (London Rifle Brigade)

Born 22nd May 1893 Maidstone Kent. Parents George & Selina Bunyan

Enlisted in the 5th London Regiment (London Rifle Brigade)

To France 15th Oct 1915 with 5th London Regiment.

Wounded 6th Aug 1916

Comm 3rd London Regiment 29th Aug 1917

Awarded Military Cross London Gazette 18th Sep 1918

Citation : For conspicuous gallantry and devotion to duty. When he was the only officer left in the front trenches in his sector it was by his coolness and determination that during an enemy onslaught the line was held absolutely intact. When his flank was exposed he never wavered but held on until reinforcements arrived.

Address 114, Mount Pleasant Road, Lewisham.

Married Mary Egan July 1927

Died 11th Aug 1980 Age 87

 

Peyton-Bruhl H A Pte Royal Fusiliers Comm To Queen’s Royal West Surrey Regiment

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Peyton-Bruhl H A Pte Royal Fusiliers Comm To Queen’s Royal West Surrey Regiment. Taken on 30th 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

Horace Ambrose Peyton-Bruhl was born on the 5th Jan 1890 at Douglas, Isle of Man

Parents Leopold & Lavinia Bruhl

Enlisted in the Royal Fusiliers Public School Battalions 1914

Married Carmen Summers in 1915

Commissioned 7th Queen’s Own Royal West Surrey Regiment

Served in France and Italy 19th Dec 1916 to 27th Feb 1917 Returned to England Sick

Invalided Out Of Army

Died 1965 Rochford Essex Age 75

Bruce C K Lt 24th London Regiment (The Queens)

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Bruce C K Lt 24th London Regiment. Taken on 5th Jan 1917
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Bruce Charles Ken Lt 24th London Regiment (The Queens)

Born 10th Feb 1880 Parents Michael & Margaret Bruce

Enlisted in 14th London Regiment Pte C K Bruce 2467

To France 19th May 1915

Commissioned in  24th London Regiment 4th Aug 1916

Married Lily Leonard 24th Nov 1928

Died Jan 1955 Age 75

Browning O W Pte PS/4420 20th Royal Fusiliers

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Browning O W Pte PS/4420 20th Royal Fusiliers. Photo Taken on 16th Feb 1915 Photo copied and cropped from The Past on Glass at Sutton Archives. Photographer David Knights-Whittome. Shared under the Creative Commons Non Commercial

Browning Oscar William Pte PS/4420 20th Royal Fusiliers

Born 30th Jun 1892 Plymouth Devon. Only son of Oscar & Rhoda Browning

Enlisted in 20th Royal Fusiliers (3rd Public School Battalion)

To France 14th Nov 1915

Wounded Gun Shot Wound Left Arm 3rd Sep 1916

Discharged from army 25th Apr 1918

Died 8th Sep 1974 Age 82

Turner W S Lt 10th Kings Liverpool Regiment

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Turner W S Lt 10th Kings Liverpool Regiment

LIEUT. WILLIAM STEWART TURNER, OF THE 10th SCOTTISH (Service) BATTALION KING’S LIVERPOOL REGIMENT.

The elder of two brothers who nobly and unselfishly have both laid down their lives, Lieutenant William Stewart Turner was the son of W. N. Turner, Esq., of Mossley Hill Drive, Sefton Park, Liverpool. Born on March 19th, 1883, he was educated at Greenbank School, Liverpool, and Sedbergh, Yorkshire.

Although he did not attain to the same height of fame in the athletic world as his younger brother, yet he gained a considerable reputation for prowess both on the cricket field and as a rugby three-quarter back. He played both games in the teams of both of his schools and afterwards for Liverpool. He was a member of the Liverpool Cricket Club the Lancashire County Cricket Club and the Northern Nomads etc. In 1909 – 10 he captained the Liverpool rugby team. On the outbreak of War he enlisted in the Liverpool Scottish and was gazetted a Second Lieutenant in November 1914. On January 10th 1915 his brother Lieutenant F.H Turner was killed in Belgium and at the special request of his brother’s men he was sent out to take his place, leaving England the day after the memorial service for his brother.

Writing at the time, his pen traced these prophetic words:-

“Fred has just written urging me to come and join him, but alas! it will “not be on earth.”

He was promoted to Lieutenant in May, 1915, and just a month after, on the 16th June, the Liverpool Scottish passed through a terrible ordeal of fire, bore themselves with splendid gallantry, and won for themselves an immortal name, and on that day Lieutenant W. S. Turner passed into the keeping of the Eternal Father. He fell whilst leading his men in the charge on Bellewards Farm at Hooge, having just captured a German trench.

The Rev. A. Connell, M.A. speaking from the pulpit used the following touching words :-

“Lieut. Turner, with his quiet and modest ways, his unassuming but steadfast character, his filial devotion, his brotherly fidelity, his patient faithfulness to duty, and his unaffected sincerities, alike in time of peace and in the sterner tasks of war, might elude the casual eye at first, through his very lack of pretension and the self-forgetfulness of his bearing and disposition. Yet this man played a hero’s part. He stepped without fuss, and at once, into his fallen brother’s place. He won the affection and confidence of his men. Some of them, who have also fallen, have sworn as we know that for his own sake, as for his brother’s, if any hour of peril called them they should be found by his side living or dying. I know of no greater tribute, I know of no more enduring monument to his name than this enthusiasm of loyalty and trust which he earned from men who knew him through some of the severest tests that can befall the fibre and the temper of a human soul.”

Referring to these two gallant brothers the Sedberghian says:-

“No school has had two better friends than these two brothers. They were devoted to each other. Each had his own charm, and the unselfishness and the kindness of the elder were a fitting complement to the brilliance of the younger. The loss of two such men will be long felt at Sedbergh, for they were indeed charming in their lives.”

“Different in many ways, they were very much alike; strong in character, straightforward and cheery, they were always ready in any honest fun to carry it through with that good nature which was so typical of them both. “Their consideration of others and their mutual love and respect for each other was beautiful in its simple sincerity. In their lives as in their athletics, of which we at Sedbergh were so proud, they played the game, and now they have been taken from us, the one “sniped” in the trenches, the other while gallantly leading his men, and “we are left to mourn their loss, proud of the lives they have lived, proud of the death they have died, thanking God for the example they have left us as a sacred memory.”

With Lieutenant W. S. Turner fell his great friend Lieut. Christian Dunlop ; in the days of peace they had been drawn together, and together they took up the sword. They went to the front at the same time and together endured several months of the strain and hardship of trench life.

“They were lovely and pleasant in their lives and in death they were not divided.”

Source : The British Roll Of Honour Vol 1

Turner W S Lt 10th Kings Liverpool Regiment

TURNER, WILLIAM STEWART, Lieut., 1/10th (Liverpool Scottish) Battn. King’s Liverpool Regt. (T.F.), elder 8. of William Neil Turner, of Mossley Hill Drive, Sefton Park, Liverpool, by his wife, Jessie Stewart, dau. of the late Thomas Holder, of Liverpool, J.P.; b. Liverpool, 19 March, 1883; educ. Greenbank School, Liverpool, and Sedbergh (Mr. Wilson’s House, 1898-1901), and on leaving there entered the firm of Turner & Dunnett, of Liverpool, of which his father is senior partner. In Aug. 1914, when war broke out, he enlisted in the Liverpool Scottish and received his commission in the Reserve Battn. 17 Nov. just before the regt. left for the Front. He was in England when his yr. brother, Lieut. F. H. Turner, was killed in action, and it was immediately after this that he proceeded to the Front (18 Jan. 1915), where, following upon a petition from the men, he was attd. to the platoon with which his brother had been so popular an officer. He was killed in action while leading his men in the advance on Bellewarde Farm, Hooge, 16 June, 1915. They had just captured a German trench, when a heavy shell burst, killing him and Sergt. J. B. Jones instantly He had been promoted Lieut. May, 1915, and was unm.

Like his brother, Lieut. W. S. Turner was a keen athlete. He was in the cricket, and Rugby football teams at both Greenbank and Sedbergh, and gained both his cricket and football colours the year he left Sedbergh, being a useful three-quarter and a good cricketer. Afterwards he played regularly at cricket and football for the Liverpool Club, and was captain of the latter club in the season 1909-10. In 1908 the two brothers did a remarkable performance against Sedbergh in the Old Sedberghian Match ; in the first innings W. S. took 5 wickets for 8 runs and F. H. 5 for 16, then after scoring 66 runs between them, they took 9 wickets in the second innings, F. H. taking 7 for 26 and W. S. 2 for 10-in all taking 19 wickets for 60 runs.

Source : De Ruvigny’s Roll Of Honour Vol 1

Turner W Pte 1204 5th Lincolnshire Regiment

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Turner W Pte 1204 5th Lincolnshire Regiment

TURNER, WALTER, Private, No. 1204 (Barton Coy.), 1/5th Battn. Lincolnshire Regt. (T.F.), s. of Charles Henry Turner, of Halton Villa, New Holland, Hull, Signal Lineman, G.C. Railway, by his wife, Mary Ann, dau. of the late George Parker; b. New Holland, co. Lincoln, 19 July, 1893; educ. there; was an Engine Cleaner, G.C. Railway; joined the Lincolnshire Territorials, 5 March, 1911, and on the outbreak of war in Aug. 1914 at once volunteered for foreign service; trained at Luton and Stanstead, Aug. 1914 to Feb. 1915, during which time he was orderly to Lieuts. Fieldsend and Riggall; went to France, 26 Feb.; was doing his third period in the trenches when he was taken ill with spotted fever and died 15 days later in No. 10 Stationary Hospital, St. Omer, 27 April, 1915; unm.

Buried in the Souvenir Cemetery there. Capt. Wilson wrote: “Personally I feel his death very much, as he was one of the members of my company who had been with me for several years, and was one of the original band who joined from New Holland, and who have all turned out to be splendid fellows. I liked him very much he was a good soldier and he must have been a good son”; and Lieut. Fieldsend: “I can assure you that no man in the company was more popular and more respected by both officers and men than your son.” Lieut. Riggall also said: “He was an excellent man, one of the best and nicest in the company. He was always cheerful and willing, never grumbled and would do anything for anyone. We shall all feel his loss intensely and myself especially.”

Source : De Ruvigny’s Roll Of Honour Vol 1

Turner R C Lt Com HMS Pegasus Royal Navy

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Turner R C Lt Comm HMS Pegasus Royal Navy

LIEUT.-COMMANDER RICHARD CHASE TURNER, R.N., OF H.M.S. “PEGASUS.”

LIEUTENANT-COMMANDER R. C. TURNER, of H.M.S. Pegasus, was the second son of Edward Turner, Esq., of the Indian Civil Service, and Mrs. Turner, of Sherborne Lodge, Leamington.

He was born at Madura, South India on January 12th 1884 and educated at Stubbington House, Fareham. He joined the Britannia in 1898 and in 1900 became Midshipman on HMS Ocean being stationed first in the Mediterranean, and afterwards in China, later he served on the Triumph and the Swiftsure went in the Home Fleet, 1908 to 1911, he was on HMS Pandora on the South African station 1911, he joined the Blonde in the Home Fleet and in March 1913 became First and Gunnery Lieutenant on the Pegasus being promoted Lieutenant Commander in December the same year. It was on the light cruiser Pegasus that he was mortally wounded when in action against the German Cruiser Koenigsberg, of Zanzibar on September 20th 1914. After the Outbreak of the war the Pegasus rendered to the cause of the Allies very useful services including the destruction of the wireless station at Dar-es-Salaam (which had been carried out under the command of Lient. Turner) Subsequently she was stationed off Zanzibar to undergo certain repairs, and was having her boilers cleared, when she was attacked, thus being taken at a great disadvantage, in addition to being outranged by the Keenigsberg’s newer four inch guns. The Koenigsberg approached her opponent at full speed at 5 a.m., Sunday morning, September 20th, “Little Peggy” (as she was affectionately known in the Service) being at anchor in Zanzibar Harbour. The Germans first disabled a patrol boat with three shots, and then opened fire on the Pegasus, from a distance of more than five miles, and all they had to do was to remain outside the range of the guns of the Pegasus and pepper away at practically a fixed target, well knowing that her opponent could not retaliate.

The crew, however, worked bravely, but after about fifteen minutes the broadside guns of the Pegasus, facing the enemy, were disabled, and firing had to cease, for, being at anchor, the guns on the other broadside could not be brought into action. The Koenigsberg continued its firing, and the Pegasus became badly holed on the water line and listed heavily. Her fires were extinguished, and she was moved into shallow water, where her forepart grounded, but being driven by the wind and tide into deeper water she eventually sank.

Whilst at the guns, and very early in the action, Lieutenant Turner was very bally wounded and was sent ashore to the hospital, where he died under a necessary operation.

Captain John A. Inglis, of H.M.S. Pegasus, writing to express his sympathy with Lieut-Commander Turner’s mother, thus speaks of him:-

“He showed tremendous fortitude all through, and all hands were loud in their praise of his pluck and endurance under his terrible wounds.

I had only been seven months with the Officers and men, but we had so much to do in that time, that I had great opportunities of finding out what a splendid fellow your son was, and of seeing how conscientiously he carried out his duties. In a small ship of this sort everything depends on the tact, energy, straightforwardness and professional knowledge of the First Lieutenant, with all of which he was so highly endowed. The men loved him, and would have done anything that was humanly possible to bring him success. The little ship, though old and outclassed, was kept as fit as possible to do anything that was required, and it was due to him to a great extent that she was able to get about as she did in the early part of the War. He was so fond and proud of the little craft, that I am thankful to say he did not see her sink, which she did some little time after the action,”

Lieutenant Turner enjoyed the complete confidence of the crew, with whom he was a great favourite, as indeed he was with all who knew him, as the subjoined extracts from letters received by his family bear testimony. One of his friends at Simon’s Town (a Freemason) writes:-

On the ship he was the one great personality that stood out among a set of the finest fellows you could get together; he was head and shoulders above the lot of them, and they worshipped him. In his new command he blossomed out and a few years would have seen him the finest and most popular Admiral in the Fleet. We have lost our worthy master, brother, comrade, and the Empire one of her finest sons.”

The Secretary of the Commander-in-Chief writes:-

“Your son died a fine death, and if you are as proud of him as we all are out here who knew him, you do not need my sympathy.”

Many other letters have also been received from brother Officers in the Navy, testifying to their appreciation of him when serving with him in other ships.

He was an ardent Freemason, and was Master of Lodge No. 900, Simon’s Town, Kilwinning, Cape Colony, and also belonged to the Shakespeare Lodge, 284. The Secretary to the Lodge, Simon’s Town, Kilwinning, when expressing the regret felt by them all for his death, added:

“He was a keen Freemason and one who lived up to the spirit of our ancient Craft. His manly character and deep interest in the affairs of  this Lodge and Freemasonry generally will ever be remembered by his Brethren in admiration and gratitude.”

The District Grand Master (Cape Town), in writing to the Lodge, No. 900, to express the sympathy of the District Grand Lodge with them in the loss of their Master, says:-

“A fine man, a good Mason and a splendid patriot has been called to render his account to the Great Architect of the Universe, and his welcome in the Eternal Mansions will be all the more glorious in that he died serving his God, his King, and his Country.”

And the “Royal Alfred,” Royal Arch Chapter, No. 103, S.C., Simon’s Town, wrote to Lieutenant Turner’s father, October 10th, 1914, that at the last Ordinary Convocation of the Chapter the following resolution had been unanimously adopted :-

“That this Chapter places on record the loss it has sustained in the death of Companion Lieutenant-Commander Richard Chase Turner, R.N., killed in action on board H.M.S. Pegasus, on Sunday, 20th September, 1914, off Zanzibar, and desires to express its sincere sympathy and condolence with the relatives of our deceased Companion and Brother.”

Lieutenant-Commander R. C. Turner was a very keen sportsman, and when serving in the Pandora, and also in the Pegasus, was able to enjoy some big game shooting in the Nairobi Country.

Source : The British Roll Of Honour Vol 1

TURNER, RICHARD CHASE, Lieut.-Com., R.N., 2nd s. of Edward Turner, of Sherbourne Lodge, Leamington, retired I.C.S., by his wife, Georgiana, dau. of T. A. N. Chase, late I.C.S.; b. Madora, South India, 12 Jan. 1884; educ. Stubbington House, Fareham, Hants; entered H.M.S. Britannia in 1898, and became Midshipman, 1900; Sub-Lieut. 1903; 1st.Lieut. 1905 and Lieut.-Com. 31 Dec. 1914; served on H.M. ships Ocean, Ocean, Triumph, Swiftsure, Pandore (1908-11 on South African Station), and Blonde (1911-13), and was appointed Gunnery Lieut. to H.M.S. Pegasus, 1 March, 1913. The Pegasus rendered useful services after the outbreak of war, including the destruction of the Wireless Station at Dar-es-Salaam carried out under Lieut.-Com. Turner’s command, and when attacked by the German cruiser Konigsberg off the coast of Zanzibar on 20 Sept. 1914 was having her boilers cleaned. In this action Lieut.-Com. Turner was mortally wounded and died the same day in hospital at Zanzibar. He was unm. and was buried in the English Cemetery there.

The Commander of the Pegasus wrote: “In a small ship of this sort everything depends on the tact, energy, straightforwardness and professional knowledge of the 1st Lieut., with all of which he was so highly endowed. The men loved him, and would have done anything that was humanly possible to bring him success. The little ship, though old and out-classed, was kept as fit as was possible to do anything that was required, and it was due to him to a great extent that she was able to get about as she did in the early part of the war.” He was a Freemason, and was Master of Lodge No. 900, Simon’s Town, Kilwinning, Cape Colony.

Source : De Ruvigny’s Roll Of Honour Vol 1

Browning C Le C Pte Royal Fusiliers Comm Royal Naval Air Service

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Browning C Le C Pte Royal Fusiliers Comm Royal Naval Air Service. Taken on 16th Feb 1915. Photo copied and cropped from The Past on Glass at Sutton Archives. Photographer David Knights-Whittome. Shared under the Creative Commons Non Commercial.

Born 29th Jan 1883 Hampstead Middlesex. Parents George & Fanny Browning.

Married Violet Mary Byass April 1911.

Enlisted in Royal Fusiliers.

Commisioned Royal Naval Air Service.

Died 23rd Mar 1953 Age 70.