Poperinghe New Military Cemetery
Roll of Honour
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Major
Thomas Ninian Elliott
"A"Company, 2nd Bn. Canadian Railway Troops
28th September 1917.
Plot II. H. 30.
Thomas Ninian Elliott
"A"Company, 2nd Bn. Canadian Railway Troops
28th September 1917.
Plot II. H. 30.
Second Lieutenant
Joseph Maurice Fairbairns
"B" Echelon, 8th Division, Ammunition Col. Royal Field Artillery
20th August 1917, aged 21.
Plot II. H. 22.
His headstone bears the inscription "Christ's Faithful Soldier And Servant Unto His Life's End R. I. P. "
Son of Thomas Richard and Elizabeth Jane Fairbairns, of Dulwich, London.
Joseph Maurice Fairbairns
"B" Echelon, 8th Division, Ammunition Col. Royal Field Artillery
20th August 1917, aged 21.
Plot II. H. 22.
His headstone bears the inscription "Christ's Faithful Soldier And Servant Unto His Life's End R. I. P. "
Son of Thomas Richard and Elizabeth Jane Fairbairns, of Dulwich, London.
805547 Sapper
Peter Foy Farr
2nd Bn. Canadian Railway Troops
7th June 1917, aged 27.
Plot I. E1. 13.
His headstone bears the inscription "Thy Soul Is Safe As God's Own Throne Sleep On My Hero Son Sleep On"
Son of Thomas and Sarah Ann Farr, of Tramore, Ontario.
Peter Foy Farr
2nd Bn. Canadian Railway Troops
7th June 1917, aged 27.
Plot I. E1. 13.
His headstone bears the inscription "Thy Soul Is Safe As God's Own Throne Sleep On My Hero Son Sleep On"
Son of Thomas and Sarah Ann Farr, of Tramore, Ontario.
Lieutenant
Thomas Harold Fennell
2nd Canadian Mounted Rifles Battalion
17th May 1916, aged 27.
Plot I. B. 31.
His headstone bears the inscription "May The Great Soul Be Greater For My Soul Lampman"
Son of Joshua and Louisa Anne Fennell, of Englehart, Ontario.
Thomas Harold Fennell
2nd Canadian Mounted Rifles Battalion
17th May 1916, aged 27.
Plot I. B. 31.
His headstone bears the inscription "May The Great Soul Be Greater For My Soul Lampman"
Son of Joshua and Louisa Anne Fennell, of Englehart, Ontario.
Lieutenant
Ian Calcutt Findlay
2nd Bn. York and Lancaster Regiment
10th August 1915, aged 18.
Plot I. D. 2.
His headstone bears the inscription "Third Son Of The Hon. Sir John Findlay New Zealand Aged 18 Years"
Son of the Hon. Sir John and Lady Findlay, of Wellington, New Zealand. Undergraduate of Jesus College, Cambridge, and student of Inner Temple, London.
Ian Calcutt Findlay
2nd Bn. York and Lancaster Regiment
10th August 1915, aged 18.
Plot I. D. 2.
His headstone bears the inscription "Third Son Of The Hon. Sir John Findlay New Zealand Aged 18 Years"
Son of the Hon. Sir John and Lady Findlay, of Wellington, New Zealand. Undergraduate of Jesus College, Cambridge, and student of Inner Temple, London.
Major
James Foord, M. C.
2nd Canadian Mounted Rifles Battalion
28th october 1917, aged 33.
Plot II. J. 23.
His headstone bears the inscription "To Memory Dear M. M. M."
Son of James and Margaret Foord, of 3, Seaforth Road, Ayr.
James Foord, M. C.
2nd Canadian Mounted Rifles Battalion
28th october 1917, aged 33.
Plot II. J. 23.
His headstone bears the inscription "To Memory Dear M. M. M."
Son of James and Margaret Foord, of 3, Seaforth Road, Ayr.
L/10041 Lance Corporal
Percy Fray
1st Bn. The Buffs, (East Kent Regiment)
14th October 1915, aged 19.
Plot I. E. 22.
His headstone bears the inscription "Rest In Peace"
Son of Walter and Jane Fray, of Folkestone.
Picture courtesy of cousin, Trevor Robbie
Percy Fray
1st Bn. The Buffs, (East Kent Regiment)
14th October 1915, aged 19.
Plot I. E. 22.
His headstone bears the inscription "Rest In Peace"
Son of Walter and Jane Fray, of Folkestone.
Picture courtesy of cousin, Trevor Robbie
825052 Bombardier
Disney Fayle Grant
"A" Battery, 240th Brigade, Royal Field Artillery
20th July 1917, aged 33.
Plot II. G. 21.
Son of Higginson Fayle Grant and Lucy Jane Grant, of Chew Stoke, Somerset.
His headstone bears the inscription "Rest After Toyle Port After Stormy Seas Death After Life Doth Greatly Please"
The information below supplied by 'The Ellesmerian Club', the alumni organisation for Ellesmere College where Disney was a pupil.
Disney Fayle Grant
"A" Battery, 240th Brigade, Royal Field Artillery
20th July 1917, aged 33.
Plot II. G. 21.
Son of Higginson Fayle Grant and Lucy Jane Grant, of Chew Stoke, Somerset.
His headstone bears the inscription "Rest After Toyle Port After Stormy Seas Death After Life Doth Greatly Please"
The information below supplied by 'The Ellesmerian Club', the alumni organisation for Ellesmere College where Disney was a pupil.
Disney Fayle Grant, the youngest son and one of six children of Higginson Fayle , a retired bank manager and his wife, Lucy Jane, was born at Newport, Isle of Wight on 30th September 1883. Little is known of his childhood but by the time he was eight years old the family had moved to take up residence at ‘The Firs’ in Llanhenog, Caerleon, Monmouthshire. Here Disney attended Llanhennock School, in the centre of the village, for the three years prior to his admittance to the ‘Alfred’ dormitory at Ellesmere College on 25th January 1894 when just ten years old.
Thirty-one new boys arrived in north Shropshire that term and, when the call to arms came, many of them served in uniform. Disney, who boarded for five terms and left at the end of the summer term 1895, was the only entrant that January to die on active service during the conflict.
Bearing in mind his young age it is not surprising that there are almost no mentions of Disney during his time at the college other than the fact that he was placed in Form Lower I (B) under the instruction of Mr. F. M. Bassano, himself an Old Ellesmerian from 1888. There were one hundred and fifty-nine on the nominal roll.
Disney left Ellesmere just before his twelfth birthday but it is not known where he went on to continue his education. By the time of the 1901 Census the peripatetic lifestyle of a bank manager had led to the family relocating to Stanton Wick, Somerset and seventeen-year old Disney was recorded as living at home whilst employed as a bank clerk.
Ten years later, when Disney was 27 years old and single, the family were back on the Isle of Wight. He was still a bank clerk, presumably in Newport.
Disney’s military service records have not survived and very few other records refer to him. From his Medal Card and these other sources it can be seen that he was Bombardier Grant, Service No. 825052 (later changed to 699) with ‘A’ Battery, 240 Brigade, Royal Field Artillery and that he embarked for overseas service on 30th March 1915 with the 4th (South Midland) Division. This would indicate he enlisted soon after the outbreak of war.
On arrival in France, the Division concentrated on the area around Cassell and, in 1916 it took part in The Battle of the Somme, suffering just under 5,000 casualties on the 1st July when attacking the Quadrilateral (Heidenkopf). That year the Division also saw action at Bazentin Ridge, Pozieres Ridge, Ancre Heights and Ancre. The following year the Division occupied Peronne during the the German Retreat to the Hindenburg Line and were in action in the Third Battles of Ypres where Disney was probably killed on 20th July.
The exact circumstances surrounding his death are not recorded but he was awarded the 1914-1915 Star, the Victory Medal and the British War Medal. He was buried in Poperinghe New Military Cemetery.
Thirty-one new boys arrived in north Shropshire that term and, when the call to arms came, many of them served in uniform. Disney, who boarded for five terms and left at the end of the summer term 1895, was the only entrant that January to die on active service during the conflict.
Bearing in mind his young age it is not surprising that there are almost no mentions of Disney during his time at the college other than the fact that he was placed in Form Lower I (B) under the instruction of Mr. F. M. Bassano, himself an Old Ellesmerian from 1888. There were one hundred and fifty-nine on the nominal roll.
Disney left Ellesmere just before his twelfth birthday but it is not known where he went on to continue his education. By the time of the 1901 Census the peripatetic lifestyle of a bank manager had led to the family relocating to Stanton Wick, Somerset and seventeen-year old Disney was recorded as living at home whilst employed as a bank clerk.
Ten years later, when Disney was 27 years old and single, the family were back on the Isle of Wight. He was still a bank clerk, presumably in Newport.
Disney’s military service records have not survived and very few other records refer to him. From his Medal Card and these other sources it can be seen that he was Bombardier Grant, Service No. 825052 (later changed to 699) with ‘A’ Battery, 240 Brigade, Royal Field Artillery and that he embarked for overseas service on 30th March 1915 with the 4th (South Midland) Division. This would indicate he enlisted soon after the outbreak of war.
On arrival in France, the Division concentrated on the area around Cassell and, in 1916 it took part in The Battle of the Somme, suffering just under 5,000 casualties on the 1st July when attacking the Quadrilateral (Heidenkopf). That year the Division also saw action at Bazentin Ridge, Pozieres Ridge, Ancre Heights and Ancre. The following year the Division occupied Peronne during the the German Retreat to the Hindenburg Line and were in action in the Third Battles of Ypres where Disney was probably killed on 20th July.
The exact circumstances surrounding his death are not recorded but he was awarded the 1914-1915 Star, the Victory Medal and the British War Medal. He was buried in Poperinghe New Military Cemetery.
778108 Sapper
Charles M. Greenbury 2nd Bn. Canadian Railway Troops 3rd October 1917. Plot II. J. 14. |
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Captain
Kenneth Rees Habershon
12th Bn. Rifle Brigade
12th February 1916, aged 26.
Plot I. F. 16.
His headstone bears the inscription "I Will Make Darkness Light Before Them And Crooked Things Straight"
Son of Dr. and Mrs. Habershon, of 88, Harley St., London.
Kenneth Rees Habershon
12th Bn. Rifle Brigade
12th February 1916, aged 26.
Plot I. F. 16.
His headstone bears the inscription "I Will Make Darkness Light Before Them And Crooked Things Straight"
Son of Dr. and Mrs. Habershon, of 88, Harley St., London.
70076 Sapper
William Hanna
115th Company, Royal Engineers
29th February 1916, aged 25.
Row I. F. 17.
His headstone bears the inscription "First Class Honours M. SC., B. SC. Manchester And Oxford Universities"
Son of William and Caroline Hanna, of 18, Brook Rd., Fallowfield, Manchester. Born Whitehaven.
William Hanna
115th Company, Royal Engineers
29th February 1916, aged 25.
Row I. F. 17.
His headstone bears the inscription "First Class Honours M. SC., B. SC. Manchester And Oxford Universities"
Son of William and Caroline Hanna, of 18, Brook Rd., Fallowfield, Manchester. Born Whitehaven.
Lieutenant
Maurice Russell Henderson 58th Bn. Canadian Infantry 13th June 1916, aged 22. Plot II. E. 3. His headstone bears the inscription "Younger Son Of Ernest G. & Agnes Henderson, Windsor, Ontario" Son of Ernest G. and Agnes Henderson, of Windsor, Ontario. |
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9046 Private
William Alexander Horley
1st/1st Bn. Hertfordshire Regiment
16th January 1917, aged 26.
Plot II. B. 13.
His headstone bears the inscription "Though In A Foreign Country Always Present In Mind At Home"
Son of William Edward Alexander Horley and Emily Horley, of Toddington Beds.
William Alexander Horley
1st/1st Bn. Hertfordshire Regiment
16th January 1917, aged 26.
Plot II. B. 13.
His headstone bears the inscription "Though In A Foreign Country Always Present In Mind At Home"
Son of William Edward Alexander Horley and Emily Horley, of Toddington Beds.
Lieutenant
Francis Desmond Hoskins
1st Bn. North Staffordshire Regiment
2nd October 1915, aged 19.
Plot I. C. 18.
His headstone bears the inscription "In Proud And Loving Memory for King And Country"
Son of Horatio Francis Alexander Hoskins and Amy Kate Hoskins, of 43, Gloucester Gardens, Bayswater, London.
Francis Desmond Hoskins
1st Bn. North Staffordshire Regiment
2nd October 1915, aged 19.
Plot I. C. 18.
His headstone bears the inscription "In Proud And Loving Memory for King And Country"
Son of Horatio Francis Alexander Hoskins and Amy Kate Hoskins, of 43, Gloucester Gardens, Bayswater, London.
22622 Private
Marmaduke William Huitson
2nd Bn. Durham Light Infantry
3rd March 1916, aged 36.
Plot I. F. 24.
His headstone bears the inscription "Greater Love Hath No Man Than This That Lay Down His Life For His Friends"
Husband of Katie B. Huitson, of 14, Prospect Place, Thornaby-on-Tees.
Marmaduke William Huitson
2nd Bn. Durham Light Infantry
3rd March 1916, aged 36.
Plot I. F. 24.
His headstone bears the inscription "Greater Love Hath No Man Than This That Lay Down His Life For His Friends"
Husband of Katie B. Huitson, of 14, Prospect Place, Thornaby-on-Tees.
135 Private
Horace Hull
42nd Bn. Australian Infantry, A. I. F.
30th September 1917, aged 20.
Plot II. H. 31.
His headstone bears the inscription "And Those Who Think Of Him To-Day Are Those Who Loved Him Best"
Son of David and Mary Hull, of Avondale, via Bundaberg, Queensland.
Horace Hull
42nd Bn. Australian Infantry, A. I. F.
30th September 1917, aged 20.
Plot II. H. 31.
His headstone bears the inscription "And Those Who Think Of Him To-Day Are Those Who Loved Him Best"
Son of David and Mary Hull, of Avondale, via Bundaberg, Queensland.
Captain
Charles Acland Keele
12th Bn. Rifle Brigade
12th July 1916, aged 22.
Plot II. E. 5.
His headstone bears the inscription "Floreat Etona To Win Eternal Life Through Death"
Son of Charles Edward and Ella Emily Rose Keele.
Charles Acland Keele
12th Bn. Rifle Brigade
12th July 1916, aged 22.
Plot II. E. 5.
His headstone bears the inscription "Floreat Etona To Win Eternal Life Through Death"
Son of Charles Edward and Ella Emily Rose Keele.
13887 Guardsman
Kenneth Malcolm Kennedy
2nd Bn. Scots Guards
2nd May 1916, aged 26.
Plot I. C. 31.
His headstone bears the inscription "Our Kenneth We Thank God Upon Every Remembrance Of You"
Son of Mary and the late Peter Kennedy, of Dundee.
Kenneth Malcolm Kennedy
2nd Bn. Scots Guards
2nd May 1916, aged 26.
Plot I. C. 31.
His headstone bears the inscription "Our Kenneth We Thank God Upon Every Remembrance Of You"
Son of Mary and the late Peter Kennedy, of Dundee.
Major
Edward Charles Randolph Kilkelly, M. C.
"A" Battery, 186th Brigade, Royal Field Artillery
26th June 1917, aged 21.
Plot II. E. 13.
His headstone bears the inscription "Born Nov. 19. 1895 Requiescat In Pace"
Son of Lt.-Col. C. R. Kilkelly, Grenadier Guards (Retired), and Florence Kilkelly (nee Petre), of Drimcong, Moycullen, Co. Galway.
Edward Charles Randolph Kilkelly, M. C.
"A" Battery, 186th Brigade, Royal Field Artillery
26th June 1917, aged 21.
Plot II. E. 13.
His headstone bears the inscription "Born Nov. 19. 1895 Requiescat In Pace"
Son of Lt.-Col. C. R. Kilkelly, Grenadier Guards (Retired), and Florence Kilkelly (nee Petre), of Drimcong, Moycullen, Co. Galway.
Lieutenant
Norman McLeod MacDonald
5th Canadian Mounted Rifles Battalion
19th May 1916, aged 25.
Plot II. G. 8.
Son of Lt.-Col. R. T. Macdonald (C.A.M.C.) and Annie Elizabeth Macdonald, of Sutton, P.O. Quebec. Educated at Trinity College School, Port Hope, and a Graduate of McGill College, Montreal, as B.Sc.
Norman McLeod MacDonald
5th Canadian Mounted Rifles Battalion
19th May 1916, aged 25.
Plot II. G. 8.
Son of Lt.-Col. R. T. Macdonald (C.A.M.C.) and Annie Elizabeth Macdonald, of Sutton, P.O. Quebec. Educated at Trinity College School, Port Hope, and a Graduate of McGill College, Montreal, as B.Sc.
41804 Gunner
Douglas Roy Manley
"D" Battery, 174th Brigade, Royal Field Artillery
26th July 1917.
Plot II. E. 41.
Douglas Roy Manley
"D" Battery, 174th Brigade, Royal Field Artillery
26th July 1917.
Plot II. E. 41.
Captain
John Maughan, Mentioned In Despatches
4th Bn. Yorkshire Regiment
17th February 1916, aged 26.
Plot I. G. 25.
Son of John and Annie Maughan, of Jervaulx, Middleham, Yorks.
John Maughan, Mentioned In Despatches
4th Bn. Yorkshire Regiment
17th February 1916, aged 26.
Plot I. G. 25.
Son of John and Annie Maughan, of Jervaulx, Middleham, Yorks.
Lieutenant
Edmund Joseph Maxwell-Stuart
175th Company, Royal Engineers
26th April 1916, aged 23.
Plot I. B. 29.
His headstone bears the inscription "Eternal Rest Give To Him O Lord May He Rest In Peace"
Son of Edmund and the Hon. Mrs. Maxwell Stuart, of Balworth Park, Arundel, Sussex. One of four brothers killed in the War.
Edmund Joseph Maxwell-Stuart
175th Company, Royal Engineers
26th April 1916, aged 23.
Plot I. B. 29.
His headstone bears the inscription "Eternal Rest Give To Him O Lord May He Rest In Peace"
Son of Edmund and the Hon. Mrs. Maxwell Stuart, of Balworth Park, Arundel, Sussex. One of four brothers killed in the War.
Lieutenant
Alexander Balmer McAllister
9th Bn. Canadian Railway Troops
23rd September 1917.
Plot II. H. 28.
Alexander Balmer McAllister
9th Bn. Canadian Railway Troops
23rd September 1917.
Plot II. H. 28.
550 Private
Theodore Carlisle McLean
11th Coy. Australian Machine Gin Corps
29th September 1917, aged 21.
Plot II. H. 33.
Only son of Lachlan and Mary Anne McLean, of Kunghur, via Uki, Tweed River, New South Wales. Born Cooma, New South Wales.
A farmer before enlisting in August 1916, Pte McLean left Australia for England with the 8th Reinforcements in February 1917 and arrived in France for service on the Western Front in June 1917. Accordong to the 11th Machine Gun Company Unit War Diary, Pte McLean was one of eleven men killed on the night of 29 September 1917 whilst in camp south of Poperinge, when an "enemy aeroplane dropped two bombs close to the tents in which the company was camped". According to Pte McLean's Roll of Honour circular filled out by his father "The deceased was our only son, and was anxious to enlist when war broke out, but owing to a severe illness was unable until 7th July 1916". He was aged 21 at the time of his death.
Theodore Carlisle McLean
11th Coy. Australian Machine Gin Corps
29th September 1917, aged 21.
Plot II. H. 33.
Only son of Lachlan and Mary Anne McLean, of Kunghur, via Uki, Tweed River, New South Wales. Born Cooma, New South Wales.
A farmer before enlisting in August 1916, Pte McLean left Australia for England with the 8th Reinforcements in February 1917 and arrived in France for service on the Western Front in June 1917. Accordong to the 11th Machine Gun Company Unit War Diary, Pte McLean was one of eleven men killed on the night of 29 September 1917 whilst in camp south of Poperinge, when an "enemy aeroplane dropped two bombs close to the tents in which the company was camped". According to Pte McLean's Roll of Honour circular filled out by his father "The deceased was our only son, and was anxious to enlist when war broke out, but owing to a severe illness was unable until 7th July 1916". He was aged 21 at the time of his death.
35693 Gunner
Samuel John McClure
"D" Battery, 108th Brigade, Royal Field Artillery
24th June 1917, aged 20.
Plot II. A. 21.
His headstone bears the inscription "Thy Will Be Done"
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Eldest son of Samuel and Mary J. McClure, of Whiteabbey, Co. Antrim.
Samuel John McClure
"D" Battery, 108th Brigade, Royal Field Artillery
24th June 1917, aged 20.
Plot II. A. 21.
His headstone bears the inscription "Thy Will Be Done"
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Eldest son of Samuel and Mary J. McClure, of Whiteabbey, Co. Antrim.
Second Lieutenant
Allan Smith Milne
5th Bn. Gordon Highlanders
26th June 1917, aged 37.
Plot II. A. 32.
Son of George and Isabella Ironside Milne. M.A. and B.L. of Aberdeen University. Born Aberdeen.
Allan Smith Milne
5th Bn. Gordon Highlanders
26th June 1917, aged 37.
Plot II. A. 32.
Son of George and Isabella Ironside Milne. M.A. and B.L. of Aberdeen University. Born Aberdeen.
42657 Private
Albert Edward Morfee
11th Bn. Suffolk Regiment
29th April 1918, aged 20.
Plot II. K. 16.
His headstone bears the inscription "Our Ollie Of 14 Hill St., Hastings, Sussex, Sadly Missed"
Son of Fanny Hatch, of Hastings.
Albert Edward Morfee
11th Bn. Suffolk Regiment
29th April 1918, aged 20.
Plot II. K. 16.
His headstone bears the inscription "Our Ollie Of 14 Hill St., Hastings, Sussex, Sadly Missed"
Son of Fanny Hatch, of Hastings.
33416 Private
Stephen Crocker Morris
3rd Field Ambulance, Canadian Army Medical Corps
29th July 1916.
Plot II. C. 5.
His headstone bears the inscription "He Died That We Might Live"
Brother of Fredk. Morris, of Trinity, Newfoundland.
Stephen Crocker Morris
3rd Field Ambulance, Canadian Army Medical Corps
29th July 1916.
Plot II. C. 5.
His headstone bears the inscription "He Died That We Might Live"
Brother of Fredk. Morris, of Trinity, Newfoundland.
Major
Robert John Mutrie 2nd Canadian Mounted Rifles Battalion 5th April 1916, aged 33. Plot I. F. 32. His headstone bears the inscription "Greater Love Hath No Man Than He Gave His Life For Humanity" Son of Col. John and Margaret Mutrie; husband of Alice E. T. Mutrie, of 44, Bellevue Place, Guelph, Ontario. Born Eramosa Township, Ontario. |
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