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Blackmore Arthur James Cyril
British
Private
1st /6th Bn. Gloucestershire Regiment
20

29 may 1915
Son of Frederick C. and Augusta Susan Wesley Blackmore, of 38, Summerhill Rd., St. George, Bristol.
Single

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Bready Walter Hilton
Welsh
Private
1st Bn. East Lancashire Regiment
19

29 november 1914
Son of Albert and Sarah Jane Bready, of 13, Duffryn St., Aberbargoed, Bargoed, Cardiff.
Single

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Plot I , Row C , Stone 1

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Cane Lionel Alfred Francis
British subject - India born
Captain
1st Bn. East Lancashire Regiment
29
19 december 1884 , Poona , India
7 november 1914
Son of the Rev. Alfred Granger Cane and Mrs. Emily Annette Cane, of Great Paxton Vicarage, St. Neots, Hunts
Single
Educated at Haileybury
Lancashire Cottage Cemetery
Plot I , Row B , Stone 4

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February 1903
December 1904
1910-1913


September 1914

Joined the Sherwood Foresters 
Transferred to the 2nd Bn. East Lancashire Regiment
Adjutant of his battalion at the Cape , South Africa
On his expiration of his Adjutancy he returned to England on leave and was , almost at once , posted to the Depot at Preston.
While serving there the war broke out and he applied to join the 1st Battalion in the field.
He was ordered to the Front and when Major Green , Captain Cane took charge of his two companies "C" and "D", and was in command of them , when he fell , on 7 november 1914 , while leading them to attack a trench , which was captured just after he was killed.

He won the Hunt Point-to-Point and the Regimental Steeplechase at Wynberg, South Africa , in 1914, riding his own horse.

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Clayhills George
British
Captain
1st Bn. East Lancashire Regiment
36

2 november 1914
Son of Thomas and Elizabeth Clayhills, of Invergowrie, Forfarshire
Single
Educated at Cheltenham College and Trinity Hall , Cambridge
Queen's medal with 4 clasps
King's medal with 2 clasps
Distinguished Service Order
Lancashire Cottage Cemetery
Plot I , Row B , Stone 7

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8 september 1896
4 january 1899
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2 november 1914

Received his commission and joined the 4th Militia Battalion of the Cheshire  Regiment 
Gazetted 2nd Lieutenant to the 1st Bn. East Lancashire Regiment 
Promoted Lieutenant 
Promoted Captain 
He was Adjutant from April 1906 to April 1909.
He went with his regiment to South Africa and served with the 8th Mounted Infantry during the war 1900-1902 and took part in the operations at Paardeberg , Poplar Grove, Dreifontein, Karee Siding ,Vet River and Zand River.
He was twice mentioned in despatches ( London Gazette 10 september 1901 and 17 may 1902).
For his particpation in the South African War he received the Queen's Medal with 4 clasps ,the King's medal with 2 clasps and the Distinguished Service Order.

On the outbreak of the First World War he left with his regiment for the Front .
He was killed in action while his battalion was holding the line 3 miles north of  Armentieres.    

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Cheltenham College

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Trinity Hall , Cambridge

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Cook Samuel
British
Lance Corporal
1st Bn. East Lancashire Regiment
29

18 march 1915

Husband of Ethel Cook, of 19, No.1 Court, Eldon St., Oldham.
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Coventry Edgar Ernest
British
Captain
1st Bn. East Lancashire Regiment
38
14 september 1876
1 november 1914
Son of the late Edward Coventry, of Bolingbroke Grove, Wandsworth Common.

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 King's medal with 2 clasps

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November 1900 - May 1902

1 november 1914

Joined the East Lancashire Regiment
Promoted Lieutenant
He took part in the South African War, being present at operations in the Orange Free State, including actions at Karee Siding and the Vet and Zand Rivers.
Operations in the Transvaal and Orange River Colony.
He received the Queen's medal with three clasps and the King's medal with two clasps.
Obtained his Company.
Killed in action at the Battle of Messines. 

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Deakin Horace Rupert
British
Lance Corporal
1st Bn. East Lancashire Regiment
25

​30 march 1915 by a sniper
Son of Henry A. and M. Deakin, of Bridgnorth, Salop
Husband of Annie E. Deakin, of 30, Highfield Place, King Cross, Halifax.
​Children : 1 baby


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Linney Samuel
British
Lance Corporal
1st Bn. East Lancashire Regiment
26

​10 november 1914

​Husband of Mrs. Jane Linney, of 53, Artizan's Dwellings, Queen St., Salford, Manchester.


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Mathews Thomas Hugh
British
Lieutenant
"C" Coy. 1st Bn. East Lancashire Regiment
19
16 november 1894 , The Rectory , Great Warley , Essex
2 november 1914
Son of Mr. J. H. and Mrs. L. E. Mathews, of 14, Park Crescent, Worthing
Single
Educated at Rottingdean School , Brighton and at Repton and finally R.M.C. Sandhurst
Career soldier
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Plot I , Row B , Stone 9

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September 1913
2 november 1914

Gazetted Second Lieutenant to his Regiment from Military Academy
Killed in action on the last day of the Battle of Messines ,12 october - 2 november 1914

In the London Gazette , 27 april 1915, his promotion to Lieutenant was notified to take effect from September 1914.

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​Repton School

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McLeod Frank
Scottish
Private
1st Bn. East Lancashire Regiment


8 january 1915

Husband of Mrs. H. McLeod, of 131, Main St., Gorbals, Glasgow.
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Pike Edwin
British 
Private
"D" Coy. 1st Bn. Hampshire Regiment
33

19 december 1914
Son of Albert and Ann Pike, of St. Mary Bourne, Andover, Hants

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Preston Thomas Haworth
British
Captain
1st Bn. East Lancashire Regiment
33

17 november 1914
Son of John and Elizabeth Mary Preston, of Mearbeck, Long Preston, Yorks
Single
Educated at Haileybury College
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Plot I , Row B, Stone 13

Queen's medal with 3 clasps

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17 november 1914

Was employed in the South African Campaign with the Mounted Infantry , being present at the operations in the Orange Free State and in  the Orange River Colony.
He was mentioned in despatches , London Gazette 29 july 1902, and received the Queen's medal with three clasps.
He joined the East Lancashire Regiment in India, where he served between two and three years.
After being invalided home he was transferred to the 1st Battalion, and was with them at the Curragh and Woking.
Promoted Lieutenant and joined the Special Reserve
Became Captain in the 3rd East Lancashire Regiment
Was awarded the Royal Geographical Society's diploma.
Went to France in charge of the first draft to reinforce the 1st Bn. East Lancashire Regiment , which he joined at Le Cateau and fought with at the Marne and the Aisne.
He also took part in the severe fighting in Flanders , round Ploegsteert, surving many narrow escapes until 17 november 1914, when he was fatally hit by a piece of shrapnel.

He was a member of the Junior Army and Navy Club, was an excellent all-round sportsman, a splendid game shot, either with rifle of gun, a good fisherman and a daring rider.

Haileybury College

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The Curragh 1900

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Stanley George Hopkins
Welsh 
Second Lieutenant
"D" Coy. 1st Bn. East Lancashire Regiment
38
9 november 1875 , Pontypool , Monmouthshire
31 october 1914
Son of William Stanley
Husband of Fannie Stanley, of 2, Belgrave Terrace, Rathmines, Dublin
Left three children , two girls and a boy

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16 september 1914
31 october 1914

He served through the South African Campaign, for which he held the Queen's medal and King's medal with claps and also the Long Service and Good Conduct medal.
He went to the front at the commencement of the war , and received his commission for services in the field.
Killed in action , in the Ploegsteert area, during the Battle of Messines , 12 october - 2 november 1914.

His Commanding Officer sent the following account to his widow:
'Your husband was killed in the trenches on Saturday, 31 october 1914 , by a portion of shell that struck him in the back.
I had, as you know, a great regard for your husband. I had known him many years in the regiment and at the depot, and had always a very high opinion of him.
Consequently I was delighted when he was given a commission in the 30th , and now he has passed away from us.
He had done excellent service out here, and I had intended , if he had lived, to have sent his name in for mention in despatches at the first opportunity.
He was killed outright, and we buried him the same night in a grave close to three of his brother officers and several men who have all been killed during the shelling of the last five days."

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Troughton  J.W.
British 
Private
8th Bn.  Border Regiment


7 november 1915
Son of Mrs. M. A. Troughton, of "Sunny Bank," Underbarrow, Kendal, Westmorland.

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Warner Evan
British 
Serjeant
5th Bn.  London Regiment 
                  (London Rifle Brigade)
34
25 november 1880
11 december 1914
Son of John and Alice Warner, of Waddon House, Croydon.



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Waud Lionel Douglas
British 
Lieutenant
1st Bn. East Lancashire Regiment
19
5 june 1895 , Cranleigh Court , Guildford
8 november 1914
Second son of Major William Henry Waud and Denise Caroline ( sister of Baroness de la Bori de la Batut).
Single
Educated at the Army School , Holyport -Maidenhead and passed into R.M.C. Sandhurst 1913 
He held the record score for revolver shooting and won first prize in the bayonet competition.
He represented Sandhurst in the bayonet competition at the Royal Military Tournament at Olympia in May 1914 obtaining third prize.
He passed first out of Sandhurst for the English Army.
Career soldier
Mentioned in despatches
Lancashire Cottage Cemetery
Plot I , Row B , Stone 6

 Mentioned in despatches

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8 august 1914
27 august 1914
2 november 1914
8 november 1914

Gazetted Second Lieutenant into the 1st Battalion East Lancashire Regiment.
Proceeded to the Front.
Promoted Lieutenant in the field.
Killed in action near Armentieres.

His Commanding Officer wrote:
' Short as was the time your son has been with us, he had quickly gained the respect and affection of all ranks in the battalion... I grieve for the loss of a splendid officer. He was absolutely fearless, and I think he had the pleasure of officially bringing his excellent work to the notice of our Commanding Officer on the occasion on which the battalion obtained much credit for an attack on the Germans on the 21st October. During the following day, under heavy shell and rifle fire, he continued to ecourage his men very much by his personal example and gallantry and cheerfulness."

Captain Melville Richards  of the battalion wrote:
'His only fault was he would take risks. He was too tall for the trenches and would'nt trouble to stoop.
He was very brave , and his action-which I remember well - of running along, knocking down the rifles of his men to make them fire low, was one of the finest things I have seen out here.'

Some corroborative particulars of the occasion were received from a wounded German officer, who, decribing the German assault, said:
'Our whole front was stricken down by a volley from a point much nearer than the trench we had been shelling."

This was at Le Gheer, and it seems that when the mitrailleuse fire from the German attack began, and there was a momentary loss of fire-control of his own company, Lieutenant Waud, to regain control sprang from the trenches ,and , running in front of them with the flat of his sword struck down the men's rifles and so prevented the Germans finding out where the trenches really were.

He was mentioned in Sir John French's Despatch of 14 january 1915 in connection with his gallantry at Le Gheer.

 R.M.C. Sandhurst

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 Le Gheer crossroads 1914

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