Loos Memorial
Roll of Honour
C - G
7656 Company Quartermaster Serjeant
Edward Coe
2nd Bn. Cheshire Regiment
3rd October 1915, aged 27.
Panels 49 and 50.
Husband of Louisa Amy Read (formerly Coe), of 100, Canterbury Rd., Colchester.
"In loving memory" from Louisa, Ethel and Margaret
Picture courtesy of Margaret Thomas
Edward Coe
2nd Bn. Cheshire Regiment
3rd October 1915, aged 27.
Panels 49 and 50.
Husband of Louisa Amy Read (formerly Coe), of 100, Canterbury Rd., Colchester.
"In loving memory" from Louisa, Ethel and Margaret
Picture courtesy of Margaret Thomas
8531 Private
Horace Cowley
1st/5th Bn. South Staffordshire Regiment
13th October 1915, aged 18.
Panel 73 to 76
Killed during the attack on the Hohenzollern Redoubt 13/10/1915 and his body was never found.
Picture courtesy of great nephew, Andrew Cowley
Horace Cowley
1st/5th Bn. South Staffordshire Regiment
13th October 1915, aged 18.
Panel 73 to 76
Killed during the attack on the Hohenzollern Redoubt 13/10/1915 and his body was never found.
Picture courtesy of great nephew, Andrew Cowley
Captain
Arthur Edward Cresswell
6th Bn. South Staffordshire Regiment
13th October 1915, aged 32.
Panel 73 to 76.
Son of E. T. and Julia Cresswell, of Duncan, British Columbia, Canada.
Arthur Edward Cresswell
6th Bn. South Staffordshire Regiment
13th October 1915, aged 32.
Panel 73 to 76.
Son of E. T. and Julia Cresswell, of Duncan, British Columbia, Canada.
9193 Private
Harry Arthur Jelfs Dance
2nd Bn. Cheshire Regiment
3rd October 1915, aged 27.
Panel 49 and 50.
Son of the late Mr. and Mrs. Henry Howerth Dance and Brother of Ella Mary.
In Loving Memory
Remembered by Janet Henson-Webb (Great Niece)
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Harry Arthur Jelfs Dance
2nd Bn. Cheshire Regiment
3rd October 1915, aged 27.
Panel 49 and 50.
Son of the late Mr. and Mrs. Henry Howerth Dance and Brother of Ella Mary.
In Loving Memory
Remembered by Janet Henson-Webb (Great Niece)
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1718 Serjeant
George Ellis Davis
2nd/1st Bucks Bn. Oxford and Bucks Light Infantry
19th July 1916, aged 19.
Panel 83 to 85
Son of Louisa Davis, of 6, Portland Villas, Marlow, Bucks, and the late George Davis.
Pictures courtesy of Ruth Sheppard (Great Niece)
George Ellis Davis
2nd/1st Bucks Bn. Oxford and Bucks Light Infantry
19th July 1916, aged 19.
Panel 83 to 85
Son of Louisa Davis, of 6, Portland Villas, Marlow, Bucks, and the late George Davis.
Pictures courtesy of Ruth Sheppard (Great Niece)
Drawing Rations at Mount Nessing
Officers and NCOs A Company, Mount Nessing George Davis appears back row, 4th from the left
Captain
Bartholomew James Deighton
"C" Coy. 1st Bn. Middlesex Regiment
25th September 1915, aged 37.
Panel 99 to 101.
Son of the late John and Jane Deighton; husband of Ellen Elizabeth Deighton, of 17, Cavalry Crescent, Eastbourne.
Bartholomew James Deighton
"C" Coy. 1st Bn. Middlesex Regiment
25th September 1915, aged 37.
Panel 99 to 101.
Son of the late John and Jane Deighton; husband of Ellen Elizabeth Deighton, of 17, Cavalry Crescent, Eastbourne.
Captain
Henry Joseph De Trafford
3rd Bn. attd. 1st Bn. South Staffordshire Regiment
25th September 1915, aged 38.
Panel 73 to 76.
Son of Augustus Henry de Trafford, of Haselour Hall, Tamworth, Staffs.
Henry Joseph De Trafford
3rd Bn. attd. 1st Bn. South Staffordshire Regiment
25th September 1915, aged 38.
Panel 73 to 76.
Son of Augustus Henry de Trafford, of Haselour Hall, Tamworth, Staffs.
18779 Private
Thomas William Dixon
1st Bn. The Loyal North Lancashire Regiment
24th December 1915, aged 29.
Panel 89 to 91.
Husband of Jessie Francis Walsh (formerly Dixon), of 6, Peter St., Bolton.
He was born in Burnley in 1885 and son of William and Nellie Dixon, and was married in Bolton at St Matthews Church in 1908 to Jessie Francis, nee White, She also lost her brother the same year so it was a double tragedy for her and the family.
Picture courtesy of David Dixon
Thomas William Dixon
1st Bn. The Loyal North Lancashire Regiment
24th December 1915, aged 29.
Panel 89 to 91.
Husband of Jessie Francis Walsh (formerly Dixon), of 6, Peter St., Bolton.
He was born in Burnley in 1885 and son of William and Nellie Dixon, and was married in Bolton at St Matthews Church in 1908 to Jessie Francis, nee White, She also lost her brother the same year so it was a double tragedy for her and the family.
Picture courtesy of David Dixon
14674 Private
Thomas Drew
9th Bn. Devonshire Regiment
30th September 1915, aged 32.
Panel 35 to 37.
Son of Thomas and Charlotte Drew, of Glebe Cottage, Whitstone, Exeter; husband of Mary Ann Drew.
Picture courtesy of grandson, Bob Drew
Thomas Drew
9th Bn. Devonshire Regiment
30th September 1915, aged 32.
Panel 35 to 37.
Son of Thomas and Charlotte Drew, of Glebe Cottage, Whitstone, Exeter; husband of Mary Ann Drew.
Picture courtesy of grandson, Bob Drew
102088 Lance Corporal
John James Edney
254th Tunnelling Coy. Royal Engineers
22nd June 1916, aged 29.
Panel 4 and 5.
Son of Mrs. Edney, of Tame Valley Terrace, Wilnecote Tamworth; husband of Elizabeth Rollason (formerly Edney), of 7, Tamworth Rd., Two Gates, Tamworth, Staffs.
John James Edney
254th Tunnelling Coy. Royal Engineers
22nd June 1916, aged 29.
Panel 4 and 5.
Son of Mrs. Edney, of Tame Valley Terrace, Wilnecote Tamworth; husband of Elizabeth Rollason (formerly Edney), of 7, Tamworth Rd., Two Gates, Tamworth, Staffs.
18971 Private
Ernest J. Elsdon
8th Bn. Bedfordshire Regiment
12th July 1917, aged 20.
Panel 41.
Brother of Miss L. Elsdon, of 40, Collingdon St., Luton, Beds.
Ernest J. Elsdon
8th Bn. Bedfordshire Regiment
12th July 1917, aged 20.
Panel 41.
Brother of Miss L. Elsdon, of 40, Collingdon St., Luton, Beds.
Lieutenant
Ronald Whidborne Elverson
9th Bn. East Surrey Regiment
25th September 1915, aged 24/25.
Panel 138 (Addenda)
The information below supplied by 'The Ellesmerian Club', the alumni organisation for Ellesmere College where Ronald was a pupil.
Ronald Whidborne Elverson
9th Bn. East Surrey Regiment
25th September 1915, aged 24/25.
Panel 138 (Addenda)
The information below supplied by 'The Ellesmerian Club', the alumni organisation for Ellesmere College where Ronald was a pupil.
Ronald Whidborne Elverson, born in Kensington, London in 1890, is first mentioned as being at Ellesmere College in the 1914 Kalendar.
He arrived via Dover College, Jesus College, Cambridge and the Université de Paris. In the 1911 Census he is described as an Army Student at Cambridge. A career in the forces was a family tradition for his father, Hamilton James was a retired infantry Major of the Queen’s West Surrey Regiment.
At Ellesmere, Ronald was 2nd Lieutenant in the Officer Training Corps. His Cambridge service saw him appointed as such in June 1911 in the Territorials.
In addition to serving with the O.T.C. Ronald taught French and German and helped with sports - he was a member of the Football Selection Committee in 1914. He also assisted with the Photographic Society. When he left Ellesmere in July 1914, having been on the staff for two years, he became a temporary 2nd Lieutenant (gazetted 25th September 1914) and temporary Lieutenant (gazetted 17th October 1914) in the 9th Battalion, the East Surrey Regiment.
The ‘East Surreys’ spent the first eight months of 1915 in training and preparing for trench warfare on such places as Clapham Common. On the last day of August, Ronald and the battalion moved to Boulogne, via Folkestone, and from there on to the Hambert area where the men spent more time digging and filling in trenches, shooting and bathing. The battalion’s War Diaries note that a heavy draught horse died from over eating on the 15th September!
Further training was undertaken on the erection of barbed wire entanglements and practising attacks. There were discipline problems in this period for there are reports of fighting and drunkenness amongst the men. On the 22nd September, however, the troops moved up to the front line around Bethune.
The 9th Battalion were to attack Hullock, Loos at 11.00 am on 26th September. The Hill 70 quarry was captured but they could advance no further as the wire had not been cut and they were vulnerable to machine gun fire from both flanks. The battalion took cover in the captured German trenches but now they were at the mercy of artillery bombardment and constant rifle fire. Many of the wounded were hit again.
During this attack, fourteen Officers and 438 Other Ranks were killed, including Lieutenant Elverson. He was reported missing on 26th September 1915, but his body was never discovered. His military service records have survived and are available to view at the National Archives, Kew. Included in his file are copies of the correspondence between his mother and the War Office as the family clung to the hope that Ronald had not died but had been taken prisoner of war.
Lance Corporal Stanbury, No. 4313, East Surrey Regiment wrote to Ronald’s mother on 22nd October to the effect:
“We made an advance about 12 noon on 26th (September). We all advanced like heroes and we got to the wires outside the German trenches. We were there firing for a while, then an order was passed along the line to retire and in the retirement I came into contact with Lieut. Elverson. It was hell on earth, what with our guns and the German guns, and machine guns that enfiladed us, also the snipers fire and the rifle fire from the German trenches and, as I aforesaid, Lieut. Elverson and I were retiring together. We then spotted our Major Welch of the East Surreys lying down badly wounded, close to the German wire entanglements. We goes over, and attends, dresses his wounds. He had, I think, two wounds in the head, and one in the leg above the knee. Lieut. Elverson dresses his head and with my handkerchief we made a tourniquet which we ties very tight around his leg above the wound to stop the bleeding. We also asked if we could assist him away – to which he refused. To my opinion the Major would die very soon but before we went we shook hands with him and wished him the best of luck and hopes to see him some time again. After this period of time had elapsed we looked round. We could see our fellows retiring a very long way off, in fact we were the only two left in the vicinity unharmed and the Germans still firing. We then keep on walking back together and we came across a South Wales Borderer officer badly wounded. He had been hit in the right shoulder and leg. Lieut. Elverson asked if we could do anything for him. He wished to be assisted away into safety. Lieut. Elverson and I then picked him up and helped him out of it. We had not gone very far when Lieut. Elverson got hit in the side or leg, which I am not sure, but I think it was in the leg, and fell. I were left by myself with the wounded officer. I asked Lieut. Elverson if I could do anything for him but he told me he would manage himself and for to go on the best I can with the wounded Welsh officer and that was the last I saw of Lieut. Elverson, but I will not fear the worst not yet awhile, if I were you. In all probabilities he may be taken as a prisoner of war….”
Another statement was made by Private Wooley, No. 6243 whilst at No. 10 General Hospital, Etaples:
“I and another fellow helped to bandage Lieut. Elverson up, close to the German wire. He was hit by a bullet right through the side of the chest and was also lamed by shrapnel in the leg. He was calling out for the Captain. We started carrying him back but he told us to put him down and soon after we got the order to retire. We left him and Major Welch together. He was breathing rather rough and could not bear to be moved. He was quite conscious and asked for a cigarette and gave me one myself. I never saw or heard of him after that”.
An addendum to this statement adds:
“Lieut. Elverson was his (Wooley’s) platoon commander so there could be no mistake about him. The bullet or piece of shrapnel entered the right side of the chest and came out under the left arm, where the wound was very large. There was a great deal of loss of blood. The wounds were bound up with three bandages which were available. Lieut. Elverson smoked a cigarette and took some tablets he had with him. He was quiet cheerful and said to Major Welch when the men had to retire “never mind our chaps will soon be back” but when Wooley and others of the regiment got back hours later in the morning all the wounded had disappeared. Lieut. Elverson had only one wound”.
Private Morrisey, No. 6393 was also wounded in the battle and made a statement from his hospital bed:
“After I was hit I saw Lieut. Elverson walking. He seemed to me to be delirious. He was retreating, there was heavy fire going on, he seemed to have his trousers off and was bleeding from wounds in both thighs, he ought not to have been standing under such fire. I think he must have been killed”.
Private Gilbert, No. 5810 added:
“On 25th September 1915 at about 11a.m.at Loos we charged on level ground, gained and lost, and gained and ultimately lost ground. Lt. Elverson was my own officer. When about 70 yards from him I saw him hit in (I think ’left’) leg by bullet. He fell and turned over. I saw and heard no more of him”.
In the chaos of war, especially when in the heat of battle, it is hardly surprising that there was confusion and Ronald was only officially declared dead three years later on 26th September 1918.
Ronald’s life is remembered on the Loos Memorial; the Dover War Memorial; the memorial in the parish church, St James the Apostle, Dover; at Jesus College, Cambridge and at Ellesmere College.
Ronald was born in Kensington, London on 23rd July 1890 and he was baptised on 3rd October when the family lived at Clanrichards Gardens. By 1901, however, his parents, Hamilton James and Anna Eliza and the family of two elder brothers and two elder sisters had settled permanently in Victoria Park, Dover.
He was posthumously awarded the British War Medal, the Victory Medal and the 1915 Star. They were sent to his brother, Arthur, to whom probate was granted in 1921.
He arrived via Dover College, Jesus College, Cambridge and the Université de Paris. In the 1911 Census he is described as an Army Student at Cambridge. A career in the forces was a family tradition for his father, Hamilton James was a retired infantry Major of the Queen’s West Surrey Regiment.
At Ellesmere, Ronald was 2nd Lieutenant in the Officer Training Corps. His Cambridge service saw him appointed as such in June 1911 in the Territorials.
In addition to serving with the O.T.C. Ronald taught French and German and helped with sports - he was a member of the Football Selection Committee in 1914. He also assisted with the Photographic Society. When he left Ellesmere in July 1914, having been on the staff for two years, he became a temporary 2nd Lieutenant (gazetted 25th September 1914) and temporary Lieutenant (gazetted 17th October 1914) in the 9th Battalion, the East Surrey Regiment.
The ‘East Surreys’ spent the first eight months of 1915 in training and preparing for trench warfare on such places as Clapham Common. On the last day of August, Ronald and the battalion moved to Boulogne, via Folkestone, and from there on to the Hambert area where the men spent more time digging and filling in trenches, shooting and bathing. The battalion’s War Diaries note that a heavy draught horse died from over eating on the 15th September!
Further training was undertaken on the erection of barbed wire entanglements and practising attacks. There were discipline problems in this period for there are reports of fighting and drunkenness amongst the men. On the 22nd September, however, the troops moved up to the front line around Bethune.
The 9th Battalion were to attack Hullock, Loos at 11.00 am on 26th September. The Hill 70 quarry was captured but they could advance no further as the wire had not been cut and they were vulnerable to machine gun fire from both flanks. The battalion took cover in the captured German trenches but now they were at the mercy of artillery bombardment and constant rifle fire. Many of the wounded were hit again.
During this attack, fourteen Officers and 438 Other Ranks were killed, including Lieutenant Elverson. He was reported missing on 26th September 1915, but his body was never discovered. His military service records have survived and are available to view at the National Archives, Kew. Included in his file are copies of the correspondence between his mother and the War Office as the family clung to the hope that Ronald had not died but had been taken prisoner of war.
Lance Corporal Stanbury, No. 4313, East Surrey Regiment wrote to Ronald’s mother on 22nd October to the effect:
“We made an advance about 12 noon on 26th (September). We all advanced like heroes and we got to the wires outside the German trenches. We were there firing for a while, then an order was passed along the line to retire and in the retirement I came into contact with Lieut. Elverson. It was hell on earth, what with our guns and the German guns, and machine guns that enfiladed us, also the snipers fire and the rifle fire from the German trenches and, as I aforesaid, Lieut. Elverson and I were retiring together. We then spotted our Major Welch of the East Surreys lying down badly wounded, close to the German wire entanglements. We goes over, and attends, dresses his wounds. He had, I think, two wounds in the head, and one in the leg above the knee. Lieut. Elverson dresses his head and with my handkerchief we made a tourniquet which we ties very tight around his leg above the wound to stop the bleeding. We also asked if we could assist him away – to which he refused. To my opinion the Major would die very soon but before we went we shook hands with him and wished him the best of luck and hopes to see him some time again. After this period of time had elapsed we looked round. We could see our fellows retiring a very long way off, in fact we were the only two left in the vicinity unharmed and the Germans still firing. We then keep on walking back together and we came across a South Wales Borderer officer badly wounded. He had been hit in the right shoulder and leg. Lieut. Elverson asked if we could do anything for him. He wished to be assisted away into safety. Lieut. Elverson and I then picked him up and helped him out of it. We had not gone very far when Lieut. Elverson got hit in the side or leg, which I am not sure, but I think it was in the leg, and fell. I were left by myself with the wounded officer. I asked Lieut. Elverson if I could do anything for him but he told me he would manage himself and for to go on the best I can with the wounded Welsh officer and that was the last I saw of Lieut. Elverson, but I will not fear the worst not yet awhile, if I were you. In all probabilities he may be taken as a prisoner of war….”
Another statement was made by Private Wooley, No. 6243 whilst at No. 10 General Hospital, Etaples:
“I and another fellow helped to bandage Lieut. Elverson up, close to the German wire. He was hit by a bullet right through the side of the chest and was also lamed by shrapnel in the leg. He was calling out for the Captain. We started carrying him back but he told us to put him down and soon after we got the order to retire. We left him and Major Welch together. He was breathing rather rough and could not bear to be moved. He was quite conscious and asked for a cigarette and gave me one myself. I never saw or heard of him after that”.
An addendum to this statement adds:
“Lieut. Elverson was his (Wooley’s) platoon commander so there could be no mistake about him. The bullet or piece of shrapnel entered the right side of the chest and came out under the left arm, where the wound was very large. There was a great deal of loss of blood. The wounds were bound up with three bandages which were available. Lieut. Elverson smoked a cigarette and took some tablets he had with him. He was quiet cheerful and said to Major Welch when the men had to retire “never mind our chaps will soon be back” but when Wooley and others of the regiment got back hours later in the morning all the wounded had disappeared. Lieut. Elverson had only one wound”.
Private Morrisey, No. 6393 was also wounded in the battle and made a statement from his hospital bed:
“After I was hit I saw Lieut. Elverson walking. He seemed to me to be delirious. He was retreating, there was heavy fire going on, he seemed to have his trousers off and was bleeding from wounds in both thighs, he ought not to have been standing under such fire. I think he must have been killed”.
Private Gilbert, No. 5810 added:
“On 25th September 1915 at about 11a.m.at Loos we charged on level ground, gained and lost, and gained and ultimately lost ground. Lt. Elverson was my own officer. When about 70 yards from him I saw him hit in (I think ’left’) leg by bullet. He fell and turned over. I saw and heard no more of him”.
In the chaos of war, especially when in the heat of battle, it is hardly surprising that there was confusion and Ronald was only officially declared dead three years later on 26th September 1918.
Ronald’s life is remembered on the Loos Memorial; the Dover War Memorial; the memorial in the parish church, St James the Apostle, Dover; at Jesus College, Cambridge and at Ellesmere College.
Ronald was born in Kensington, London on 23rd July 1890 and he was baptised on 3rd October when the family lived at Clanrichards Gardens. By 1901, however, his parents, Hamilton James and Anna Eliza and the family of two elder brothers and two elder sisters had settled permanently in Victoria Park, Dover.
He was posthumously awarded the British War Medal, the Victory Medal and the 1915 Star. They were sent to his brother, Arthur, to whom probate was granted in 1921.
Private 3958
George Henry Eyers
2nd/7th Bn. Royal Warwickshire Regiment
25th September 1915
Panel 24.
Private 3958 George Henry Eyers 2nd/7th (Birmingham) Battalion Royal Warwickshire Regiment was born 1886 in Birmingham. He volunteered to go to war in 1914 and fought at Neuve Chappelle, Festubert, and Givenchy before being reported missing presumed dead on 25/09/1915 the first day of the battle of Loos; regimental records indicate that after 'going over the top' at 06.00 hrs the regiment were fighting towards the Hulluch quarries which can still be seen today. LIke so many who sacrificed their lives, he was never seen again. He has no known grave.
George left a wife, and young daughter Minnie Eyers later to become Minnie Taylor my Grandmother on my fathers side. A photo of George taken before he enlisted aged around 22 is the only record we have of him, along with his medals, five postcards sent from the front written in pencil, and a 'Dead Mans Penny'' with his name on.
It would be nice to remember the life that he gave in order that his family could remain free.
Picture courtesy of great grandson Iain Drew-Taylor
George Henry Eyers
2nd/7th Bn. Royal Warwickshire Regiment
25th September 1915
Panel 24.
Private 3958 George Henry Eyers 2nd/7th (Birmingham) Battalion Royal Warwickshire Regiment was born 1886 in Birmingham. He volunteered to go to war in 1914 and fought at Neuve Chappelle, Festubert, and Givenchy before being reported missing presumed dead on 25/09/1915 the first day of the battle of Loos; regimental records indicate that after 'going over the top' at 06.00 hrs the regiment were fighting towards the Hulluch quarries which can still be seen today. LIke so many who sacrificed their lives, he was never seen again. He has no known grave.
George left a wife, and young daughter Minnie Eyers later to become Minnie Taylor my Grandmother on my fathers side. A photo of George taken before he enlisted aged around 22 is the only record we have of him, along with his medals, five postcards sent from the front written in pencil, and a 'Dead Mans Penny'' with his name on.
It would be nice to remember the life that he gave in order that his family could remain free.
Picture courtesy of great grandson Iain Drew-Taylor
Lieutenant
Edgar Faulks
Royal Army Medical Corps attd. 95th Bde. Royal Field Artillery
26th September 1915, aged 36.
Panel 136.
Son of Arthur and Emma Faulks, of Sparrow Hill, Loughborough.
My great uncle Edgar was the son of Arthur & Emma Faulks of Sparrow Hill, Loughborough. He qualified as a doctor via Nottingham University and Guy's Hospital and worked at the London County Asylum, Bexley, Kent. He joined the R.A.M.C. in June 1915. 21st Division was hurriedly committed to action shortly after its arrival in France on the second day of the battle of Loos, 26th September 1915.
Lieutenant Edgar Faulks met his death while he had been attending to the wounded all the morning of Sunday September 26th, and was well in the fire zone. Lieutenant G. T. Dacton of the Regiment to which Dr. Faulks belonged, writing to Mr. A. Faulks said:
"It was between two and three o'clock on the afternoon of Sunday September 26th. We were having a rough time, being heavily shelled. Faulks did sterling work with the wounded. He was attending a wounded gunner by one of the guns when he was hit through the chest. He said I've got it this time, and then collapsed. It must have been through the lungs. I suppose for he died in about 30 seconds or less. It was a good death in the act of doing his duty. I buried him close to where he fell by the side of a rough road, which runs from Vermelles to Loos."
Picture and information courtesy of great nephew, Chris Robinson
Edgar Faulks
Royal Army Medical Corps attd. 95th Bde. Royal Field Artillery
26th September 1915, aged 36.
Panel 136.
Son of Arthur and Emma Faulks, of Sparrow Hill, Loughborough.
My great uncle Edgar was the son of Arthur & Emma Faulks of Sparrow Hill, Loughborough. He qualified as a doctor via Nottingham University and Guy's Hospital and worked at the London County Asylum, Bexley, Kent. He joined the R.A.M.C. in June 1915. 21st Division was hurriedly committed to action shortly after its arrival in France on the second day of the battle of Loos, 26th September 1915.
Lieutenant Edgar Faulks met his death while he had been attending to the wounded all the morning of Sunday September 26th, and was well in the fire zone. Lieutenant G. T. Dacton of the Regiment to which Dr. Faulks belonged, writing to Mr. A. Faulks said:
"It was between two and three o'clock on the afternoon of Sunday September 26th. We were having a rough time, being heavily shelled. Faulks did sterling work with the wounded. He was attending a wounded gunner by one of the guns when he was hit through the chest. He said I've got it this time, and then collapsed. It must have been through the lungs. I suppose for he died in about 30 seconds or less. It was a good death in the act of doing his duty. I buried him close to where he fell by the side of a rough road, which runs from Vermelles to Loos."
Picture and information courtesy of great nephew, Chris Robinson
16598 Private
William Fielden
10th Bn. Cameronians (Scottish Rifles)
25th September 1915
Panel 57 to 59.
Lived at 5 Yatefield Fold, Burnley.
William Fielden
10th Bn. Cameronians (Scottish Rifles)
25th September 1915
Panel 57 to 59.
Lived at 5 Yatefield Fold, Burnley.
13872 Private
John Robert Fletcher
10th Bn. Cameronians (Scottish Rifles)
25th September 1915, aged 28.
Panel 57 to 59.
Son of Mr & Mrs Fletcher, 10 Blair Street, Burnley. Husband of Mrs Fletcher, 17 Guildford Street, Burnley, Lancashire.
Known as "Bob," he was killed on the first day of the Battle of Loos, his friend and fellow member of the 10th Cameronians, Albert Bridge wrote the following letter to Bob's parents;
"It was on September 25th we made the advance on the German trenches. We had only just got over the parapet and extended out when a shell came and burst among our section, and Bob must have been killed then, as he was never seen after. He is a great loss to his platoon, as he was a good soldier and a cheery sort of fellow. We spent many a happy hour together with the rest of the Burnley lads. We have to pay the price of victory, and I am sorry to say that Bob was one of the unlucky ones. My comrades as well as myself send their deepest sympathy for the loss of your son."
Sadly, Albert Bridge would be killed in August 1916, he is buried in Contalmaison Chateau Cemetery
John Robert Fletcher
10th Bn. Cameronians (Scottish Rifles)
25th September 1915, aged 28.
Panel 57 to 59.
Son of Mr & Mrs Fletcher, 10 Blair Street, Burnley. Husband of Mrs Fletcher, 17 Guildford Street, Burnley, Lancashire.
Known as "Bob," he was killed on the first day of the Battle of Loos, his friend and fellow member of the 10th Cameronians, Albert Bridge wrote the following letter to Bob's parents;
"It was on September 25th we made the advance on the German trenches. We had only just got over the parapet and extended out when a shell came and burst among our section, and Bob must have been killed then, as he was never seen after. He is a great loss to his platoon, as he was a good soldier and a cheery sort of fellow. We spent many a happy hour together with the rest of the Burnley lads. We have to pay the price of victory, and I am sorry to say that Bob was one of the unlucky ones. My comrades as well as myself send their deepest sympathy for the loss of your son."
Sadly, Albert Bridge would be killed in August 1916, he is buried in Contalmaison Chateau Cemetery
8/8487 Private
Ernest Franklin 7th Bn. Seaforth Highlanders 25th September 1915, aged 19. Panel 112-115. Son of Arthur and Jessie Franklin, of 20 Croft Street, Penicuik, Midlothian. Picture and extract from Ernest's diary courtesy of Great, great nephew, Chris Leavy |
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50691 Private
William Arthur Edward Fullerton
2nd Bn. Lancashire Fusiliers
23rd April 1918, aged 19.
Panel 45 and 46.
Son of the late Mr. and Mrs. Fullerton.
He is shown sitting with his mother Flora Fullerton (nee Mills). William was blown up on 23rd April 1918 at the age of 19 years. He is remembered on the Loos Memorial. May he rest in peace.
Picture courtesy great niece, Karen Alldritt
William Arthur Edward Fullerton
2nd Bn. Lancashire Fusiliers
23rd April 1918, aged 19.
Panel 45 and 46.
Son of the late Mr. and Mrs. Fullerton.
He is shown sitting with his mother Flora Fullerton (nee Mills). William was blown up on 23rd April 1918 at the age of 19 years. He is remembered on the Loos Memorial. May he rest in peace.
Picture courtesy great niece, Karen Alldritt
28263 Lance Corporal
Frank Garraway
10th Bn. Royal Warwickshire Regiment
25th September 1918, aged 31.
Panel 22-25
Picture courtesy of Dawn Dean, great granddaughter
Frank Garraway
10th Bn. Royal Warwickshire Regiment
25th September 1918, aged 31.
Panel 22-25
Picture courtesy of Dawn Dean, great granddaughter
SD/2093 Private
Jack Gearing
12th Bn. Royal Sussex Regiment
30th June 1916.
Panel 69 to 73
Jack Gearing
12th Bn. Royal Sussex Regiment
30th June 1916.
Panel 69 to 73
235283 Private
Horace Gough
1st/4th Bn. South Lancashire Regiment
11th April 1918, aged 31.
Panel 76.
Son of the late Jack and of Harriet Ann Gough, of 7, Temple St., Nelson; husband of Jane Gough, of 2c, Palace St., Burnley.
Enlisted October 24th, 1916, prior to which he worked as a joiner for Clegg Bros., Blakey Street. He was married with one child.
Horace Gough
1st/4th Bn. South Lancashire Regiment
11th April 1918, aged 31.
Panel 76.
Son of the late Jack and of Harriet Ann Gough, of 7, Temple St., Nelson; husband of Jane Gough, of 2c, Palace St., Burnley.
Enlisted October 24th, 1916, prior to which he worked as a joiner for Clegg Bros., Blakey Street. He was married with one child.
G/3072 Private
Alfred George Gumbrell
9th Bn. Royal Sussex Regiment
25th September 1915.
Panel 69 to 73.
Picture courtesy of Neil Bertram
Alfred George Gumbrell
9th Bn. Royal Sussex Regiment
25th September 1915.
Panel 69 to 73.
Picture courtesy of Neil Bertram
Dedications
17406 Private Thomas Duke, 1st Bn. Royal Welsh Fusiliers, 25th September 1915, aged 25.
Remembered by George and Albert Duke
17406 Private Thomas Duke, 1st Bn. Royal Welsh Fusiliers, 25th September 1915, aged 25.
Remembered by George and Albert Duke
