Ovillers Military Cemetery
Roll of Honour
A - H
17410 Private
Horace Angier
2nd Bn. Royal Berkshire Regiment
1st July 1916, aged 21.
Plot XVII. G. 6.
Horace Angier was born on the 23rd October 1894 at 12 Vansittart Street, Deptford, south-east London.
He was the third child of Frederick William Angier and Keziah Jane Angier -'Holly', as he was known, had various jobs on leaving school and at one time worked a a kitchen porter. His family, originally from London's East End, lived at 4 Walker Street, Limehouse. They then moved via Bermondsey to 23 Wellfield road, Streatham, where Holly attended Wellfield Infants School. He went on to attend Sunnyville School and was a regular at the Band of Hope Sunday School.
Sometime after the turn of the century the Angier family moved once more, to 58 Corsehill Street, Streatham, and it remained an Angier household until 1998.
It was from this home that Holly left for the Great War in 1914, enlisting at the age of twenty at Lambeth into the 2nd Battalion Royal Berkshires. On joining the battalion he was placed into A Company, where he became the company runner, and it was while carrying out this duty he lost his life.
On July 1st 1916 in Mash Valley, he was sent with a message to the Machine Gun Team at the Glory Hole at La Boisselle. On reaching his destination a shell exploded amongst them killing him and the entire machine gun team. Almost a year later, the Red Cross found an eye-witness who gave a true account of what happened to Private Angier and the Machine Gun Team. 19937 Private Hubert Hemmings, 2nd Royal Berkshires, gave a statement to the British Red Cross from his bed in the Red Cross Hospital at Torquay: On July 1st, at La Boisselle, in the Glory Hole, Private Angier was killed by a shell which came over and killed all the machine gun team. Private Angier had only been there a few minutes, having been a runner with a message to the team. "I was doing sentry duty and saw it all happen and afterwards heard enquiries made for the runner. It was in the middle of a summer morning. The 2nd Royal Berks had a terrible time from the Germans and when they were relieved that night, only 36 left the trenches."
First image and text courtesy of Harry Angier
Horace Angier
2nd Bn. Royal Berkshire Regiment
1st July 1916, aged 21.
Plot XVII. G. 6.
Horace Angier was born on the 23rd October 1894 at 12 Vansittart Street, Deptford, south-east London.
He was the third child of Frederick William Angier and Keziah Jane Angier -'Holly', as he was known, had various jobs on leaving school and at one time worked a a kitchen porter. His family, originally from London's East End, lived at 4 Walker Street, Limehouse. They then moved via Bermondsey to 23 Wellfield road, Streatham, where Holly attended Wellfield Infants School. He went on to attend Sunnyville School and was a regular at the Band of Hope Sunday School.
Sometime after the turn of the century the Angier family moved once more, to 58 Corsehill Street, Streatham, and it remained an Angier household until 1998.
It was from this home that Holly left for the Great War in 1914, enlisting at the age of twenty at Lambeth into the 2nd Battalion Royal Berkshires. On joining the battalion he was placed into A Company, where he became the company runner, and it was while carrying out this duty he lost his life.
On July 1st 1916 in Mash Valley, he was sent with a message to the Machine Gun Team at the Glory Hole at La Boisselle. On reaching his destination a shell exploded amongst them killing him and the entire machine gun team. Almost a year later, the Red Cross found an eye-witness who gave a true account of what happened to Private Angier and the Machine Gun Team. 19937 Private Hubert Hemmings, 2nd Royal Berkshires, gave a statement to the British Red Cross from his bed in the Red Cross Hospital at Torquay: On July 1st, at La Boisselle, in the Glory Hole, Private Angier was killed by a shell which came over and killed all the machine gun team. Private Angier had only been there a few minutes, having been a runner with a message to the team. "I was doing sentry duty and saw it all happen and afterwards heard enquiries made for the runner. It was in the middle of a summer morning. The 2nd Royal Berks had a terrible time from the Germans and when they were relieved that night, only 36 left the trenches."
First image and text courtesy of Harry Angier
Second Lieutenant
Thomas Eyre Barton
14th Bn. attd. 2nd Bn. Royal Irish Rifles
16th July 1916.
Plot IX. K. 8.
Thomas Eyre Barton
14th Bn. attd. 2nd Bn. Royal Irish Rifles
16th July 1916.
Plot IX. K. 8.
Second Lieutenant
Arthur Horace Mortimer Brown
27th Bn. Manchester Regiment
10th July 1916, aged 29.
Plot XVII. O. 9.
Son of Arthur Mortimer and Susanah Kate Brown of 2 Wilkinson St., South Lambeth, London.
Arthur Horace Mortimer Brown
27th Bn. Manchester Regiment
10th July 1916, aged 29.
Plot XVII. O. 9.
Son of Arthur Mortimer and Susanah Kate Brown of 2 Wilkinson St., South Lambeth, London.
101123 Private
James Graham Brown
31st Bn. Canadian Infantry
15th September 1916, aged 28.
Plot XI. U. 8.
Son of Mrs. Ina Brown, of Gorebridge, Midlothian, Scotland; husband of Carrie Evelyn Emrick (formerly Brown), of Osoyoos, British Columbia, Canada.
James Graham Brown
31st Bn. Canadian Infantry
15th September 1916, aged 28.
Plot XI. U. 8.
Son of Mrs. Ina Brown, of Gorebridge, Midlothian, Scotland; husband of Carrie Evelyn Emrick (formerly Brown), of Osoyoos, British Columbia, Canada.
12952 Private
Adam Burrell
103rd Company, Machine Gun Corps (Infantry)
1st July 1916, aged 20.
XV. W. 8.
Son of Mrs. Burrell, of Craigs, Polmont, Stirlingshire.
His headstone bears the inscription "Ever Remembered"
Adam Burrell; Born 1896 Channelkirk near Lauder son of Adam and Agnes Burrell, family moved to Polmont, near Falkirk, late 1914 Adam enlisted into the Gordons Highlanders, sent to France Feb 1915 took part in the battle of Neuve Chapelle, 12th march 1915 discharged with Debility ( Shell shock) Late 1915 re-enlisted into Machine Gun Corp killed in action aged 20 1st July 1916 at Mash Valley Ovillers ( the Somme).
The pictures and text relating to Adam are courtesy of Iain Jamieson (Great Nephew). Iain also had another two Great Uncles who died in the war. Daniel Mason who is buried in Athies Communal Cemetery Extension and is brother Neil who is buried in Duhallow A. D. S. Cemetery in Belgium.
Adam Burrell
103rd Company, Machine Gun Corps (Infantry)
1st July 1916, aged 20.
XV. W. 8.
Son of Mrs. Burrell, of Craigs, Polmont, Stirlingshire.
His headstone bears the inscription "Ever Remembered"
Adam Burrell; Born 1896 Channelkirk near Lauder son of Adam and Agnes Burrell, family moved to Polmont, near Falkirk, late 1914 Adam enlisted into the Gordons Highlanders, sent to France Feb 1915 took part in the battle of Neuve Chapelle, 12th march 1915 discharged with Debility ( Shell shock) Late 1915 re-enlisted into Machine Gun Corp killed in action aged 20 1st July 1916 at Mash Valley Ovillers ( the Somme).
The pictures and text relating to Adam are courtesy of Iain Jamieson (Great Nephew). Iain also had another two Great Uncles who died in the war. Daniel Mason who is buried in Athies Communal Cemetery Extension and is brother Neil who is buried in Duhallow A. D. S. Cemetery in Belgium.
Adam Burrel 1915 standing with swagger stick and kilt protector.
21997 Private
James Cordall
1st Bn. Sherwood Foresters (Notts and Derby Regiment)
5th July 1916.
Plot XI. S. 6.
James Cordall
1st Bn. Sherwood Foresters (Notts and Derby Regiment)
5th July 1916.
Plot XI. S. 6.
4475 Private
Cecil Augustus Dean
45th Bn. Australian Infantry, A. I. F.
8th August 1916, aged 22.
Plot XIV. O. 7
Son of Charles A Dean, of Sandringham, NSW. A commercial traveller prior to enlisting, he embarked from Sydney aboard HMAT Wandilla (A62) on 3 February 1916. He was killed in action on 8 August 1916 near Pozières, France, aged 22. His name was originally recorded on the Villers-Bretonneux Memorial, France, but in 1936 his remains were discovered and re-interred in Ovillers Military Cemetery, Ovillers-La Boiselle, France.
Cecil Augustus Dean
45th Bn. Australian Infantry, A. I. F.
8th August 1916, aged 22.
Plot XIV. O. 7
Son of Charles A Dean, of Sandringham, NSW. A commercial traveller prior to enlisting, he embarked from Sydney aboard HMAT Wandilla (A62) on 3 February 1916. He was killed in action on 8 August 1916 near Pozières, France, aged 22. His name was originally recorded on the Villers-Bretonneux Memorial, France, but in 1936 his remains were discovered and re-interred in Ovillers Military Cemetery, Ovillers-La Boiselle, France.
20575 Lance Corporal
Thomas Dunn
10th Bn. Worcestershire Regiment
3rd July 1916
Plot XIII. H. 6.
Picture courtesy of Jon Dunn
Thomas Dunn
10th Bn. Worcestershire Regiment
3rd July 1916
Plot XIII. H. 6.
Picture courtesy of Jon Dunn
14106 Private
Edward Fines
9th Bn. Sherwood Foresters, (Notts and Derby Regiment)
19th September 1916, aged 26.
Plot I. C. 17.
Son of Mrs. Catherine Fines, of 20, Butler St., Radford, Nottingham.
Edward Fines
9th Bn. Sherwood Foresters, (Notts and Derby Regiment)
19th September 1916, aged 26.
Plot I. C. 17.
Son of Mrs. Catherine Fines, of 20, Butler St., Radford, Nottingham.
Second Lieutenant
John Leslie Fish
7th Bn. Suffolk Regiment
3rd July 1916, aged 23.
Plot VII. K. 3.
Son of Ellen Maria Fish, of Belmont, Chigwell, Essex, and the late Frank Fish.
John Leslie Fish
7th Bn. Suffolk Regiment
3rd July 1916, aged 23.
Plot VII. K. 3.
Son of Ellen Maria Fish, of Belmont, Chigwell, Essex, and the late Frank Fish.
2652B Private
Sydney Leo Greenham
7th Bn. Australian Infantry, A. I. F.
18th August 1916, aged 23.
Plot XII. X. 9.
Son of Alfred Greenham, of Balranald, New South Wales.
4191 Private, A. V. Elliott reported that he saw Sydney Greenham "Wounded in the head at Pozieres about the middle of August." It was thought that he may have been taken prisoner, this was not the case and his body was later found and buried at Ovillers.
Sydney Leo Greenham
7th Bn. Australian Infantry, A. I. F.
18th August 1916, aged 23.
Plot XII. X. 9.
Son of Alfred Greenham, of Balranald, New South Wales.
4191 Private, A. V. Elliott reported that he saw Sydney Greenham "Wounded in the head at Pozieres about the middle of August." It was thought that he may have been taken prisoner, this was not the case and his body was later found and buried at Ovillers.
1685 Private
Ernest Henry Gregor
50th Bn. Australian Infantry, A. I. F.
16th August 1916, aged 19.
Plot XI. U. 6.
A farm hand from Quorn, South Australia, prior to enlistment, he embarked with the 2nd Reinforcements from Adelaide on 11 April 1916 aboard HMAT Aeneas for Suez. The 50th Battalion relocated to the Western Front, France, in early June 1916. Pte. Gregor was reported missing in action on 16 August 1916 during the Battle of Pozieres and was subsequently confirmed as being killed in action on that date and is buried in the Ovillers Military Cemetery, France. He was aged 19 years.
Ernest Henry Gregor
50th Bn. Australian Infantry, A. I. F.
16th August 1916, aged 19.
Plot XI. U. 6.
A farm hand from Quorn, South Australia, prior to enlistment, he embarked with the 2nd Reinforcements from Adelaide on 11 April 1916 aboard HMAT Aeneas for Suez. The 50th Battalion relocated to the Western Front, France, in early June 1916. Pte. Gregor was reported missing in action on 16 August 1916 during the Battle of Pozieres and was subsequently confirmed as being killed in action on that date and is buried in the Ovillers Military Cemetery, France. He was aged 19 years.
Second Lieutenant
William Christie Hickman
175th Bde. Royal Field Artillery
1st July 1916.
Plot II. A. 1.
William Christie Hickman
175th Bde. Royal Field Artillery
1st July 1916.
Plot II. A. 1.
Lieutenant
John Baldwin Hoyle, M. C.
7th Bn. South Lancashire Regiment
1st July 1916, aged 23.
Plot I. B. 15.
Son of Edward Lascelles Hoyle and Margaret Hoyle, of Holme Hall, Bakewell, Derbyshire. Born at Knutsford, Cheshire.
His headstone bears the inscription; "He Asked Life of Thee And Thou Gavest It Him."
John Baldwin Hoyle, M. C.
7th Bn. South Lancashire Regiment
1st July 1916, aged 23.
Plot I. B. 15.
Son of Edward Lascelles Hoyle and Margaret Hoyle, of Holme Hall, Bakewell, Derbyshire. Born at Knutsford, Cheshire.
His headstone bears the inscription; "He Asked Life of Thee And Thou Gavest It Him."
