OLD WREKINIAN LIVES LOST 1914-18

Appendix II – Casualties by Rank & Regiment


The regiments/units listed are those with whom the deceased was serving, or attached to, at the date of death and in the rank shown.


Ronald Walker AYNSLEY

Second Lieutenant

1/5th Battalion, The Prince of Wales’s (North Staffordshire Regiment)

TF


Bailleul Communal Cemetery Extension, Nord, France


Ostcliffe Harold BEAUFORT

Second Lieutenant

1/6th Battalion, The Prince of Wales’s (North Staffordshire Regiment)

TF

The Loos Memorial, Dud Corner Cemetery, France


Graham Oscar Lloyd BRISBOURNE


Private


11th (Service) Battalion (Lonsdale), The Border Regiment


ii


Thiepval Memorial to The Missing, France


Eric Godwin CHANCE


Second Lieutenant


28 Squadron, Royal Flying Corps


ix


Padua Main Cemetery, Italy


Edward Watkin COLVER


First Lieutenant


1/1 (West Riding) Field Company, Corps of Royal Engineers


TF


Helles Memorial, Turkey


Henry COLVER


Captain


1/5th Battalion, The York & Lancaster Regiment


TF


Bard Cottage Cemetery, Ieper, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium


George Alfred Senior CRAVEN


First Lieutenant


Z62 Bde, Trench Mortar Battery, Royal Field Artillery


TF


St. Martin Calvaire British Cemetery, St. Martin-sur-Cojeul, France


John Whitworth DAVIDSON


First Lieutenant


10th (Service) Battalion, The Sherwood Foresters (Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment)


iii


Bray Military Cemetery, Bray-sur-Somme, France


Arthur Reginald Harry DAVIES


Corporal


6th (Service) Battalion, The King’s (Shropshire Light Infantry)


iv


Shrewsbury General Cemetery, Shropshire


John William DOVASTON


Private


7th (Service) Battalion, The King’s (Shropshire Light Infantry)


v


Shrewsbury General Cemetery, Shropshire


Stanley William DYSON


Captain


11th (Service) Battalion, The Manchester Regiment


vi


Dozinghem Military Cemetery, Poperinge, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium


Harry ESPLEY


Private


1st Battalion, Canterbury Regiment, New Zealand Expeditionary Force


vii


Caterpillar Valley (New Zealand) Memorial, Longueval, France


Tom Alec Edward EVANSON-JONES


Second Lieutenant


11th (Service) Battalion, The Manchester Regiment


vi


Helles Memorial, Turkey


Roland Ivor GOUGH, DSO


Captain


15th Battalion (2nd Birmingham), The Royal Warwickshire Regiment


viii


St Sever Cemetery, Rouen, France


Mervyn Bruce GRACE


First Lieutenant


2/6th Battalion, The Prince of Wales’s (North Staffordshire Regiment)


TF


Templeux-Le-Guerard British Cemetery, France


Ernest Brereton GREENHOUS


First Lieutenant


9 Squadron, Royal Flying Corps


ix


Mendinghem Military Cemetery, Poperinge, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium


Sidney Arthur GRIMWADE


Temporary Flying Officer


54th Training Depot Station, Royal Air Force


x


Stoke-on-Trent (Hartshill) Cemetery, Staffordshire


John HAMPTON


Assistant Bed Steward


Mercantile Marine, SS “Abosso” (London)


Tower Hill Memorial, London


George William Cave HARRIS


Lance Corporal


2nd Battalion, East Lancashire Regiment


xi


Ploegsteert Memorial, Berks Cemetery Extension, Comines-Warneton, Hainaut, Belgium


Alec Edmund Stuart HODGSON


Second Lieutenant


2nd Battalion, The York & Lancaster Regiment


xi


Thiepval Memorial to The Missing, France


Gerald Barford HORNBY


Second Lieutenant


10th (Service) Battalion, Alexandra Princess of Wales’s Own (Yorkshire) Regiment


xii


Dantzig Alley British Cemetery, Mametz, France


E P HOSKINS 1


Staff Sergeant


James Henry JARVIS


Able Seaman


Hawke Battalion, Royal Naval Division, RNVR


xiii


Wellington General Cemetery, Shropshire


John Massey JARVIS


Private


10th (Shropshire & Cheshire Yeomanry) Battalion, The King’s (Shropshire Light Infantry)


xiv


Vieille-Chapelle New Military Cemetery, Lacouture, France


Norman Lees JENNISON


Captain


20th (Service) Battalion (5th City), The Manchester Regiment, attached 22 nd Trench Mortar Battery


xv


Staglieno Cemetery, Genoa, Italy



Robert Nelson JONES



First Lieutenant


56th Machine Gun Company, Machine Gun Corps


xvi


Ypres, (Menin Gate) Memorial, Belgium.


William Hope JONES


Lance-Sergeant



1/3rd Battalion, The Monmouthshire Regiment



TF


Wimereux Communal Cemetery, Pas de Calais, France.


Harold Dale KEMBER


Private


16th (Service) Battalion (Public Schools), The Duke of Cambridge’s Own (Middlesex Regiment)


xvii


Hawthorn Ridge Cemetery No.1, Auchonvillers, Somme, France


Haden Mostyn KENDRICK


Second Lieutenant


12 Reserve Squadron, Royal Flying Corps


ix


Penn Fields (St.Philip) Churchyard, Staffordshire


Frank Stuart LLOYD


Major


13th (Service) Battalion (1st North Wales), The Royal Welsh Fusiliers


xviii


Dozinghem Military Cemetery, Poperinge, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium


John MARSH


First Lieutenant


1/1st Battalion, The Queen's Own Worcestershire Hussars (The Worcestershire Yeomanry)


TF


Baghdad (North Gate) War Cemetery, Iraq


James Duncan McTAVISH


Second Lieutenant


1/7th (Deeside Highland) Battalion, The Gordon Highlanders


TF


Arras Memorial, Faubourg-d'Amiens Cemetery, Arras, France


Harold Oswald MONRO


Second Lieutenant


1/9th (Glasgow Highland) Battalion, Highland Light Infantry


TF


Bucquoy Road Cemetery, Ficheux, France


Roland Creswell MORGAN


Private


1/2nd (City of London) Battalion (Royal Fusiliers), The London Regiment


TF


Combles Communal Cemetery Extension, Somme France


Allan Duncan MORRIS


First Lieutenant


13th (Service) Battalion (2nd Rhondda), The Welsh Regiment


xix


Vis-en-Artois Memorial, France


Harry MORRIS


Captain


2/5th Battalion, The Loyal North Lancashire Regiment


TF


Bedford House Cemetery, Ieper, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium


Bernard Julius PELMORE


First Lieutenant


247th Field Company, Corps of Royal Engineers


xx


Roclincourt Military Cemetery, France


William Henry PENNINGTON


Second Lieutenant


14th (Service) Battalion, The Prince of Wales’s Own (West Yorkshire) Regiment


xxi


Penzance Cemetery, Cornwall


Arthur Blakeway PHILLIPS


Second Lieutenant


1/12th (County of London) Battalion (The Rangers), The London Regiment


TF


Hebuterne Military Cemetery, France


Percy PIGGOTT


Private


16th (Service) Battalion (3rd Birmingham), The Royal Warwickshire Regiment


viii


Aire Communal Cemetery, Pas de Calais, France


Edwin PITCHFORD


Private


1st Battalion, Canadian Mounted Rifles


xxii


Ypres, (Menin Gate) Memorial, Belgium


Harry Stanyer POWELL, MC


Captain


1/6th Battalion, The Royal Warwickshire Regiment


TF


Dozinghem Military Cemetery, Poperinge, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium


Arthur PRICE


Second Lieutenant


7th (Service) Battalion, The King’s (Shropshire Light Infantry)


v


Serre Road Cemetery No.1, France


John Hedley RICHARDS, MM


Private


75th (Mississauga) Battalion, Canadian Infantry, Canadian Expeditionary Force


xxiii


Adanac Military Cemetery, Miraumont, Somme, France


Donald ROBINSON


First Lieutenant


15th (Service) Battalion (1st Leeds), The Prince of Wales’s Own (West Yorkshire) Regiment


xxiv


Arras Memorial, Faubourg-d'Amiens Cemetery, Pas de Calais, France


John ROBINSON 1


First Lieutenant


The Prince of Wales’s Own (West Yorkshire) Regiment


xxiv


Richard Arnold SEYMOUR-JONES


First Lieutenant


1/4th Battalion, The South Lancashire Regiment


TF


Dickebusch New Military Cemetery, Belgium


Harold George SKITT


Second Lieutenant


1st Battalion, Princess Victoria’s (Royal Irish Fusiliers)


xi


Dadizeele New British Cemetery, Belgium


Victor Louis SNELSON


Second Lieutenant


12th (Service) Battalion (3rd Gwent), The South Wales Borderers


xxv


Fins New British Cemetery, Sorel Le Grand, France


Charles STEWARD


Second Lieutenant


2nd Battalion, The King’s (Shropshire Light Infantry)


xi


Ypres, (Menin Gate) Memorial, Belgium


Kenneth Claude SYMONDS


First Lieutenant


3/4th Battalion, The King’s (Shropshire Light Infantry)


xxvi


St Andrew’s Church, Shifnal, Shropshire


Evan William Harris VAUGHAN


Ordinary Seaman


Royal Navy, HMS Vanguard


Chatham Naval Memorial, Chatham, Kent


Rodric Mathafarn WILLIAMS


Captain


32 Squadron, Royal Flying Corps


ix


Arras Flying Services Memorial, Faubourg-d'Amiens Cemetery, Arras, France


Wilfred Henry WILMOT


Flight Sub-Lieutenant


10 Naval Squadron, Royal Naval Air Service


xxvii


Dadizeele New British Cemetery, Belgium

William Arthur WILMOT

Air Mechanic 2nd Class

Royal Naval Air Service, HMS President II

xxvii

Stretford Cemetery, Stretford, Lancashire


Notes


i. These OW’s have yet to be formerly located on the official War Office records of the period and in the case of 1/Lt J. Robinson, [listed in the school archives as having served with The Prince of Wales’s Own (West Yorkshire) Regt] the perpetuating regiment of today, The Yorkshire Regiment, have no knowledge of this officer. Research continues.

ii. Formed at Penrith, Carlisle, Kendal and Workington on 17 September 1914 by the Earl of Lonsdale and an Executive Committee;; a “Pals” Battalion

iii. Formed at Derby in September 1914 as part of K2 Army Group [Kitchener's New Army].

iv. Formed at Shrewsbury in September 1914 as part of K2 Army Group [Kitchener's New Army].

v. Formed at Shrewsbury in September 1914 as part of K3 Army Group [Kitchener’s New Army].

vi. Formed at Ashton-under-Lyne in August 1914 as part of K1 Army Group [Kitchener’s New Army].

vii. Formed at Canterbury, New Zealand in August 1914 recruiting on a Territorial basis.

viii. Formed at Birmingham in September 1914 by the Lord Mayor and a local committee; a “Pals” Battalion.

ix. Established by a royal warrant signed by King George V on 13 April 1912.

x. Formed on 1 April 1918.

xi. Regular Army battalion.

xii. Formed at Richmond on 30 September 1914, as part of K3 Army Group [Kitchener’s New Army].

xiii. Formed at the outbreak of the war from RN and RM reservists and volunteers who were not needed for service at sea.

xiv. Formed at Cairo on 2 March 1917, from the two dismounted Yeomanry regiments of Cheshire and Shropshire.

xv. Formed at Manchester on 8 November 1914 by the Lord Mayor and City; a “Pals” Battalion.

xvi. Formed in October 1915 in response to the overwhelming need for more effective use of machine guns on the Western Front.

xvii. Formed at 24 St James's Street, London on 1 September 1914 by Lt-Col J.J.Mackay; a “Pals” Battalion.

xviii. Formed at Rhyl on 3 September 1914 by the Denbigh and Flint TF Associations, a “Pals” Battalion.

xix. Formed at Cardiff on 23 October 1914; a “Pals” battalion.

xx. Originally within the remit of the Admiralty before transferring to War Office control on 29 April 1916.

xxi. Formed at Falmouth in November 1914 as part of K4 Army Group [Kitchener’s New Army].

xxii. Formed on 7 November 1914 in Brandon, Manitoba as a mounted infantry unit reverting to dismounted status on 1 January 1916.

xxiii. Formed on 10 July 1915 in Toronto, Ontario.

xxiv. Formed at Leeds in September 1914 by the Lord Mayor and City; a “Pals” battalion.

xxv. Formed at Newport in March 1915 by the Welsh National Executive Committee; a “Pals” battalion.

xxvi. Formed at Shrewsbury in May 1915 [Home Service only].

xxvii. Formal existence under the direction of the Admiralty's Air Department from 1 July 1914 to 1 April 1918.



TF The Territorial Force [TF] was the volunteer reserve component of the British Army from 1908 to 1920, when it became the Territorial Army [TA] and in 2014 reorganised once again to become the Army Reserve [AR].