|
|
|
|
|
Name:
Nationality: Rank: Regiment: Age: Born : Date of Death: Additional information: Marital status : Schooling: Occupation : Cemetery : |
Bridgeman Henry
British Private 1st Bn. Wiltshire Regiment 25 january 1915 died of wounds Formerly a Labourer in the Signal Department Great Western Railroad Locre Churchyard Plot II , Row F , Stone 17 |
|
|
Name:
Nationality: Rank: Regiment: Age: Born : Date of Death: Additional information: Marital status : Schooling: Ocupation : Cemetery : |
Fowler Christopher Richard
British Private 1st Bn. Honourable Artillery Company 22 27 february 1893 , London 13 march 1915 Son of Laura Jennie Fowler, of 12, Grange Park, Ealing, London and the late Arthur Christopher Fowler. Single Educated Xaverian College , Mayfield , Sussex and St. Edmund's College , Old hall , Ware , Co. Herts. Was apprenticed to his father as a Printer and Bookbinder through Stationer's Company Locre Churchyard Plot II , Row C , Stone 11 |
|
Military footsteps
13 march 1915 |
On the outbreak of War enlisted in the Honourable Artillery Company. Served in France and Flanders and died of wounds . His Captain, Ernest Boyle , wrote: ' An attack was made upon the German position, and our company held a trench immediately in front. We were subject to very heavy firing from german machine guns and your son was unhappily hit in the head. He was unconscious from the first and cannot have een been aware that he was hit, so he suffered no pain at all. He survived his wounds some hours. As he still lived, as soon as it was dark he was taken away to the hospital, where he died, so I do not know whether he ever recovered consciousness, but I do not think he did. Two others of his company gave their lives for their country the same day... . Personally I had not known your son very long, as I have recently joined his company, but I soon came to know him and greatly admired him. He was the heart and soul of the football teams, and I had a long talk with him on the morning of his death about future matches.' Sergeant Geoffrey Ernst wrote : ' At the time we were supporting an attack by keeping up a heavy rifle fire on the German trenches , and unfortunately they turned a machine gun on us, which, I am afraid, was the cause of all our trouble. At the time, too, he was blazing away with his rifle lost cheerily." Private Brown also wrote to his own father : ' During the last time up I have lost my great pal, Dicky Fowler... We have had a very hot time, and this last time up we had twelve good days of it. Dick was hit on the Friday (12th) in the afternoon and died early on Saturday morning. Glad to say the old boy lived long enough to be brought back to this village, as now he is buried in the churchyard. He was a grand fellow and such a 'White man'. We were always together whether in the firing line or back here; naturally I feel his loss, but it must be cruel for his people and his girl. He hadn't missed a single trench , and both he and I were proud of our record,but he could not have died a finer death, as his shoulder was hard against the parapet. This was how it happened. We were assisting in a charge by some well-known regulars (great pals of ours) by firing straight in front of us to keep the Huns opposite down below their parapet, and avoid them firing on our chaps , who were making the charge on our right. We were to firre straight and then sweep along to the left as our boys came along, but the blighters swept a machine gun along the top of our parapet and poor Dick got one right through the head. When I got to him he was unconscious and he never regained his senses. Of course I was with him until night, and then he was carried back on the stretcher. The bullet went right through his head and i was a marvel he lived so long, but he was a fine healthy chap and any amount of natural pluck.' Private Fowler was a keen sportsman and played cricket and football for the Neasden Sports Clubs. |
Xaverian College , Mayfield, Sussex
|
St. Edmunds College, Old Hall , Ware
|
|
|
Name:
Nationality: Rank: Regiment: Age: Born : Date of Death: Additional information: Marital status : Schooling: Occupation: Cemetery : |
Nisbet John Charles Tawse
British Lance Corporal 10th Bn. The King's (Liverpool Regiment) 25 21 july 1889 23 february 1915 Son of the late Dr. J. T. Nisbet, of Liverpool Single Educated at Marlborough College from April 1903 to Christmas 1906 Locre Churchyard Plot II , Row A , Stone 6 |
Marlborough College
|
|
Name:
Nationality: Rank: Regiment: Age: Born : Date of Death: Additional information: Marital status : Schooling: Occupation: Cemetery : |
Roberts James Roderic Trethowan
British Lieutenant 2nd Bn.Suffolk Regiment 19 4 march 1896 , London SW 4 march 1915 Elder son of William and Adelaide Nodder Roberts, of 18, King's Avenue, Clapham Park, London. Single Educated at St. Olave's Grammar School , London and the RMC Sandhurst Career soldier Locre Churchyard Plot II , Row C , Stone 21 |
|
Military footsteps
1 october 1914 December 1914 3 march 1915 |
Gazetted Second Lieutenant in the 2nd Suffolks Proceeded to Ypres Shot near his trench by a sniper |
St. Olave's Grammar School , London
|
RMC Sandhurst
|
|
|
Name:
Nationality: Rank: Regiment: Age: Born : Date of Death: Additional information: Marital status : Schooling: Occupation: Cemetery : |
Strong Robert Harold
British Lieutenant 2nd Bn.East Surrey Regiment 29 12 march 1915 Son of Mrs. L. E. Turner, (formerly Strong), of Woodbine Cottage, Gig Lane, Heath and Reach, Leighton Buzzard, and the late Robert Bennett Strong. His brothers were also killed : - Strong Benjamin Clarence Private - 9th Bn East Surrey Regiment 17 may 1918 Annois Communal Cemetery - Strong Francis William Cooper (served as Stewart) Private - 2nd Bn. Wiltshire Regiment 29 july 1917 Ypres Menin Gate Memeorial Scholar of the Royal Military School of Music , Twickenham Was acting Bandmaster in India prior to the War Locre Churchyard Plot II , Row C , Stone 20 |
Royal Military School of Music , Twickenham
|
|
Name:
Nationality: Rank: Regiment: Age: Born : Date of Death: Additional information: Marital status : Schooling: Occupation: Cemetery : |
Venning Edwin Gerald
British Captain 3rd Bn. attached 1st Bn. Suffolk Regiment 32 7 june 1883 , Southsea 6 august 1915 Son of the late Reverend Edwin J. Venning , British Chaplain of Cassel , Germany Single Educated at St. Edmund's , Canterbury Well-known classical Actor From about 1911 he travelled in the provinces with touring companies , playing important parts , and when war broke out he was acting at Brighton Locre Churchyard Plot II , Row B , Stone 18 |
|
Military footsteps
7 september 1914 1 january 1915 9 june 1915 3 may 1915 6 august 1915 |
Enlisted in the Royal Sussex Regiment Gazetted Lieutenant 3rd Bn . Suffolks Promoted Captain He proceeded overseas Killed in action at Ypres, as he was observing the German positions from behind the British lines, he was spotted by a sniper and shot. He died instantly |
St. Edmund's , Canterbury
