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Albury John Alfred
British
Private
17th Bn.  Lancashire Fusiliers
32

21 november 1917

Married

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Plot IV , Row B , Stone 24

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Andrews Horace Clive
British
Private
Royal Fusiliers posted to 2nd/4th Bn. London Regiment (Royal Fusiliers)

1899
26 october 1917
Son of Horace and Harriet Andrews and Harriet , Mile End , London
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Cement House Cemetery
Plot X , Row A , Stone 45

Military Footsteps

14 september 1915
26 october 1917

​Enlisted
​Killed during advance at Poelkapelle either by bullet or shrapnel while with two others.  
Lance Corporal checked him and then continued forwards.  
The three wounded men remained  in water filled shell holes.  
Mud knee deep and walking difficult.
Body recovered September 1919 and buried in Cement House Cemetery 

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Ashton Harry
British
Lance Sergeant
11th Bn. The Rifle Brigade


14 august 1917
Son of Samuel, who worked at the Beeston Boiler Company and Hannah Ashton of 49 Derby Street ,Beeston ,Nottingham


Worked for Messrs. Cookson, Hazzledine & Manderfield in lace manufacture. 
Cement House Cemetery
Plot V , Row B , Stone 18

Military Footsteps

November 1914
22 july 1915

15 august 1917

He volunteered in the 11th (Service) Battalion, Rifle Brigade. 
After initial training at Hamilton Camp, near Stonehenge, the battalion was posted abroad and landed at Boulogne 
Killed in action during attack on the road towards Langemarck. 
They had to cross the Steenbeek (a stream) running almost north-south, 400metres east of land that is now the cemetery. 
The 11th Battalion suffered heavy casualties in reaching their objective, a mill, some 200metres further on, but they could not take this heavily fortified position so they withdrew. 
This action resulted in 1 Officer and 43 men of the 11th Battalion killed on the 14th/15th August. 

In a letter received by Lance Sergeant Ashton’s parents, his Commanding Officer wrote :
'Harry was sent on an important mission with his platoon in which he lost his life. 
The work was dangerous but he went about his duty as always. 
I always appreciated his sterling qualities under a quiet manner and you may well be proud of such a son.' 

He was a member of the 17th (Beeston) Nottingham Company Boys Brigade and a scout

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Bowden-Smith Walter Adrian Carnegie
British
Captain
4th Bn. Royal Fusiliers
32
25 september 1881 , Guernsey
28 august 1914
Son of Walter Baird Bowden Smith and Julia Wiggett Bowden Smith, of Vernalls, Lyndhurst, Hants.
His great-great-grandfather was William , seventh Earl of Northesk, who was third in command at Trafalgar.

Educated at Rugby, where he was in the Shooting and Gymnastic Eights and at R.M.C. Sandhurst.
Career soldier
Cement House Cemetery
Plot XVIII , Row D , Stone 1-16

Tibet Campaign medal 
1903-04

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August 1900
1903-04

February 1904
November 1909
23 august 1914
27-28th auust 1914

Gazetted Second Lieutenant 
Served in the Tibet Campaign being wounded at Gyantse.
He received the medal and clasp
Promoted Lieutenant
Promoted Captain
He was dangerously wounded at Mons while bringing up reinforcements under a fierce fire.
Died in the Convent of St. Joseph , Maisières , Belgium

He was a member of the Junior Army and Navy Club.

Rugby School

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R.M.C. Sandhurst

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Chisnall George Henry
British
Lieutenant
Royal Army Medical Corps attached to the 1st Bn. Cameron Highlanders
28
4 april 1886 , Great Bentley , Essex
24 october 1914
Son of Charles Henry and Mrs. Chisnall, of Frating Abbey, Colchester
Single
Educated at Framlingham College and London Hospital Medical College
He held the degrees of M.B. , B.S. London , F.R.C.S. , England
Cement House Cemetery
Plot VIIA , Row E , Stone 10

Military footsteps

6 august 1914

14 august 1914


23 october 1914

Volunteered for active service and received his commission as temporary Lieutenant.
Proceeded to France
He was attached to and started work in the surgical ward of N°7 General Hospital set up at Amiens , France.
This had to be abandoned in the retreat from Mons, and he was afterwards attached to the 1st Bn. Cameron Highlanders.
Was wounded by shell fire while attending to a wounded man in the open,during an engagement between the villages of Bixschoote and Langemarck, and died the next day in a hospital at Elverdinghe.
He was originally buried on Elverdinghe Churchyard.

Lieutenant Chisnall was a plucky rider with the Essex and Suffolk foxhounds

London Hospital Medical College

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Framlingham College

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Crawshay Mervyn
Welsh
Captain
5th Dragoon Guards 
33

31 october 1914
Son of Mr. T. Crawshay, of Dimlands, Glamorganshire.
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Plot VIIA , Row F , Stone 6

​* Served in the South African war

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Cunningham - Reid Duncan Flower
British
Second Lieutenant
12th Sqdn.Royal Flying Corps formerly 29th Lancers (Deccan Horse)
26

19 december 1915
Son of Arthur Reid and Agnes Kingscote (formerly Reid), of 5, Gloucester Place, Kensington, London.
Single


​Cement House Cemetery
Plot VIIA , Row  D , Stone 8
* ​Transferred to the R.F.C. in October 1915

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Hunt Henry Rainford
British
Bombardier
"D" Bty. 286th Bde. Royal Field Artillery
23
10 july 1894 , Sefton Park , Liverpool
11 october 1917
Son of Sophie Hunt, of 95A, King St., Wallasey, and the late Edwin Hunt. ​
Single
Educated at Hope Street British School, Liverpool
Went to Australia in 1912 and settled on a farm in New South Wales
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Plot I , Row  G , Stone 6

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August 1914-October 1915
November 1915
February 1917
12 october 1917

​Served on HMS Transport 'Suevic'
Enlisted in the Royal Field Artillery
Served in France and Flanders
Killed in action

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Hutton John Smith
Scottish
Serjeant
1st/6th Bn. Black Watch
22
Cambus, Alloa, Clackmannanshire
31 july 1917
Son of Thomas and Jessie Smith Hutton, of 3, Hillyland Crescent, Crieff Rd., Perth



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Knowles Jonathan Edward
Australia born
Captain
4th Bn. Middlesex Regiment
32
21 may 1882 , Sandgate , Queensland , Australia
23 august 1914
Son of Edward Sugden Knowles and Frances Mary Knowles, of Rawdon, Leeds
Husband of Viva Brabazon Knowles, of Whitehill Chase, Bordon, HantsChildren : - Nina Mary , born 1910
                    - Viva Joan , born 1912
                    - Jonathan Maynard ,born 1913
Educated at Sedbergh and Bradford Grammar School , Yorkshire
Career soldier
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Plot XVIII , Row  D , Stone 1-16

Queen's medal with 3 clasps

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1903
january 1906
february 1914
13 august 1914
23 august 1914

He originally held a commission in the 2nd West Yorkshire Volunteer Battalion and served withthe 4th Durham Light Infantry Militia in the South African War.
He was present at the operations in the Orange River and Cape Colonies , receiving the Queen's Medal with 3 clasps.
He obtained a commission, Second Lieutenant, in the 1st Middlesex Regiment 
Becoming Lieutenant 
Promoted Captain into the 4th Bn.
He embarked for active service with his battalion .
Fell at Mons , while cheering and encouraging his men with great bravery.

He was a very keen sportsman, a very good shot with the rifle, obtaining many good heads in India and Burmah, and was also keen on regimental sports.

Sedbergh School

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Bradford Grammar School

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Orr John Boyd
British
Major
1st Bn. Norfolk Regiment
43
16 august 1871
24 august 1914
Son of the late Col. Spencer Edward and Mrs Orr, of Dullatur, Camberley, Surrey

Educated at Dover College
Distinguished Service Order
Cement House Cemetery
Plot  XVIII , Row B , Stone 6

D.S.O.

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August 1896
November 1900-October 1901





December 1901
December 1906 - 
                          September 1908
May 1910- December 1913
January 1913
24 august 1914

Gazetted ,Second Lieutenant , to the Norfolk Regiment from the Militia
Becoming Lieutenant
He took part in the South African Campaign, in which he was employed on the Staff as A.D.C. to the Brigadier General Commanding the Mounted Infantry Brigade.
He took part in the relief of Kimberley, and was present at operations in the Orange Free State, at Paardeberg and in the Transvaal including actions at Poplar Grove , Driefontein , Vet River , Zand River , near Johannesburg , at Pretoria and Diamond Hill.

Promoted Captain
He was employed with the Transvaal Volunteers

With the West African Frontier Force
Received his Majority.
Died , while a prisoner of war, of wounds received on the 24th at the Battle of Mons .
He was originally buried at Thulin but later removed.

He was a member of the Caledonian Club.

Dover College

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Taplin Nelson
British
Private
7th Bn. The Buffs (East Kent Regiment)
19

12 october 1917
Son of  William & Delia Taplin of 5 Southsea Road, Stevenage
​His older brother, Ernest, was also killed in action and remembered on Thiepval Memorial


Employed by Mr. F.Ashwell, a butcher, in Stevenage and in December 1916 his employer had made an application for Nelson to be exempt from military service. Sadly, this was refused .
Cement House Cemetery
Plot  VI , Row C , Stone 27

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Wigg Arthur Harry
British
Private
1st Bn. Honourable Artillery Company
24
16 october 1890 , West Derby , Liverpool
16 june 1915
Son of Mr Harry Owen Wigg and  Mary Walmsley of Ealing , W. London
Single
Educated at Elstow School , Bedford
​Was in the service of Messrs. Dalton & Young, Fenchurch Street, E.C. London
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Plot  XVI , Row B , Stone 11

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26 april 1915
26 june 1915




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Volunteered for Imperial service after the outbreak of War and joined the H.A.C.
Proceeded to France as one of a draft to the 1st Battalion
Killed in action at Hooge
He volunteered to go in support of an advanced company to hold a captured trench and while advancing was hit in the head by a piece of high explosive shell and killed instantaneously.
He was originally buried by the side of a path leading to the Sunken Road between Hooge and Potijze.

He was a very keen sportsman , being vice-captain of the Old Elstonian Hockey Club and a member of the Ealing Cricket Club, upon the committee of which he served.

Elstow School

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