Oakham School WWI
Oakham School Chapel built to commemorate those that died in WW1
The Panel on the left of the door QUASI CURSORES C E R ALBRECHT J E N ALBRECHT C F ATTER J E ATTER C J BAINES G C BARBER W H BATTS C P BERTIE E C B BOSANQUET J H H BRADLEY J P BROMHEAD R CHARLTON J N PICKERING-CLARKE B J F CROSSLEY T H F DAMPIER-CHILD J R DAVIES L J A DEWAR W H L DEWHIRST H E DYSON A C ENGLISH W R FAVELL C E FISHBOURNE E C FRANKS J GIBSON H P B GOUGH C H GREY D A HALL E R HANBURY H HILL W R HILL C C HORSLEY D H W HUMFREY F H JACKSON F A JACQUES W H BARRETT H M BAKER 
The panel to the right of the door
QUASI CURSORES J H JERWOOD W I JOHNSON L A KINGHAM E G LANGDALE F D LENTON D R C LLOYD B S MANN J W MARSHALL S A MEAKIN E A MITCHELL B F W MOGRIDGE O MURRAY-BROWNE H M MUSSON D F NEILSON M A NEILSON H K B NEVINSON O H C ODELL J B PARTINGTON L PLAYFAIR H L RAVENHILL B S ROBINSON E C A RUNNELS-MOSS D W RYAN G SANDERSON C D SCOTT C C SILLS T F E STANHOPE P M STEEDS C P TANNER A F TAVERNER F UNDERWOOD G H E VIDLER H A V WAIT B V WOOD G L PORTER 
This beautiful Crucifix was made from jewellery donated by Old Oakhamians and their families
It is now looked away and cannot be seen 
Headed ET QUASI CURSORES VITAI LAMPADA TRADUNT
1st Panel C E R ALBRECHT J E N ALBRECHT C F ATTER J E ATTER C J BAINES G C BARBER W H BATTS C P BERTIE E C B BOSANQUET J H H BRADLEY J P BROMHEAD R CHARLTON J N PICKERING-CLARKE B J F CROSSLEY 
2nd Panel
T H F DAMPIER-CHILD J R DAVIES L J A DEWAR W H L DEWHIRST H E DYSON W R FAVELL E C FRANKS J GIBSON H P B GOUGH C H GREY D A HALL E R HANBURY H HILL W R HILL 
3rd Panel
C C HORSLEY D H W HUMFREY F H JACKSON F A JACQUES J H JERWOOD W I JOHNSON L A KINGHAM E G LANGDALE F D LENTON D R C LLOYD B S MANN J W MARSHALL S A MEAKIN E A MITCHELL 
4th Panel
B F W MOGRIDGE O MURRAY-BROWNE H M MUSSON D F NEILSON M A NEILSON H K B NEVINSON O H C ODELL J B PARTINGTON L PLAYFAIR H L RAVENHILL B S ROBINSON E C A RUNNELS-MOSS D W RYAN G SANDERSON 
5th Panel
C D SCOTT C C SILLS T F E STANHOPE P M STEEDS C P TANNER A F TAVERNER F UNDERWOOD G H E VIDLER H A V WAIT B V WOOD C E FISHBOURNE A C ENGLISH E G L PORTER W H BARRETT H M BAKER |
The Fallen from WW1
Charles Esmond Redlin ALBRECHT Lieutenant, 2nd Battalion, The Prince of Wales’s Volunteers (South Lancashire Regiment), 7 Brigade, 3rd Division He was killed in action at the Battle of Mons on 24 August 1914. He was 21 He was the son of Charles E & Mabel F M Albrecht, Trevanion, Plympton, Devon He is remembered on La Ferté sous Jouarre Memorial Additional Information Oakham 1902-1910, Prefect, Rugby Colour. He attended RMC, Sandhurst John Ernest North ALBRECHT Second Lieutenant, 55 Battery, Royal Field Artillery, 33 Brigade He was killed in action on 2 August 1917. He was 19 He was the son of Charles E & Mabel F M Albrecht, Trevanion, Plympton, Devon. He was the younger brother of Charles He is buried in grave VI B 3 Vlamertinghe New Military Cemetery, Near Ypres, Belgium Additional Information Oakham 1908-1915, Rugby Colour He attended RMA, Woolwich Christopher Francis ATTER Lieutenant, 1st Battalion, The Leicestershire Regiment, 71 Brigade, 6th Division He was killed in action on 21 March 1918 at the Battle of St Quentin. He was 19 and he had been wounded previously He was the son of James & Margaret Atter, Windybrow, Melton Mowbray and the younger brother of James Atter He is remembered on Bay 5 of the Arras Memorial Additional Information Oakham 1910-1914, Rugby Colour. He attended RMC, Sandhurst having enlisted on 14 August 1914 James Edward ATTER Private, 1st/5th Battalion, The Leicestershire Regiment, 138 Brigade, 46th Division. Army no. 2064 He was killed in action on 16 April 1916. He was 19 He was the son of James & Margaret Atter, Windybrow, Melton Mowbray and the older brother of Christopher He is buried in grave I A 14 Ecoivres Military Cemetery, Mont St Eloi, near Arras Additional Information Oakham 1910-1914, Rugby and Cricket Colour He enlisted on 5 August 1914 from Oakham His Commanding Officer wrote " He was killed by a rifle shot fired at random." Cyril Johnson BAINES Sapper, 66 Field Company, 10 Division, Royal Engineers. Army no. 41380 He was killed in action on 16 August 1915 at Jephson’s Post near Kidney Hill, Suvla Bay. He was 19 He was the son of John R and Mary L Baines, South Street, Oakham He is remembered on panel 23-25 or 325-328 of the Helles Memorial, Dardanelles, Turkey Additional Information Oakham, 1908- Horace Morgan BAKER Captain, 1st Brigade, Australian Field Artillery, 1 Australian Division He died on 11 April 1916 from pneumonia. He was 39 He was the son of Joseph H and Louisa J Baker and the husband of Fannie L Baker, Church Street, Hunter's Hill, New South Wales. He is buried in grave IV A 26 Mazargues War Cemetery, Marseilles Additional information Oakham 1892-1893, he was born in Leicester in 1876 and attended University in Philadelphia and in Sydney. When he enlisted, he was a Veterinary Surgeon living in Australia where he had emigrated in 1902 The Australian records show that he had enlisted in Adelaide as a Captain (Veterinary Officer), 3 Infantry Brigade Headquarters and Australian Army Ordnance Corps, No. 1 Company (Oct 1914) He had suffered from Dysentery whilst he was in the Dardanelles Geoffrey Carew BARBER Captain, 1st/5th Battalion, Alexandra, Princess of Wales’s Own, (Yorkshire Regiment), 150 Brigade, 50th Division He was killed in action on 25 April 1915 at the Battle of St Julien. He was 24 He was the son of John W and Emmeline Barber of West Ayton, Yorkshire He is remembered on panel 33 of the Menin Gate Memorial, Ypres Additional information Oakham 1905-1908. Prefect, Rugby Colour William Henry BARRETT Oakham 1895-1899, he was 12 when he moved to Marlborough College whose comprehensive records show that he was a pupil from September 1900-July 1905 and that he had won a Foundation Scholarship there. He won an Exhibition to Balliol College, Oxford where he gained a 1st Class MA in Natural Sciences and became a teacher. He was a Science Master at Lancing College from 1911, then at Rossall School from 1913 and finally at Harrow from 1919 where he was Senior Science Master from 1933 until 1947. He married Melicent Helen and they sent 2 sons to Marlborough (1937 and 1942). He retired to St Issey, Wadebridge, Cornwall where he died in 1972. It is certain that he did not die during WW1 and should not be on the War Memorial His brother was George BARRETT Oakham School’s records do not show him as a pupil. He was a Foundation Scholar at Marlborough from September 1903-July 1909. He was a College Prefect who then attended University College, Oxford where he gained a BA Lieutenant, 12th Battalion, The Royal Warwickshire Regiment attached to 2nd Battalion, The Hampshire Regiment He was killed in action on 6 August 1915 at Achi Baba. He was 25 He was the son of The Rev. and S Emily Barrett, Braunston Vicarage, Rutland. He is remembered on panel 35 to 37 of the Helles Memorial, Turkey Comment I believe that the name of William Henry BARRETT appears in error and that his brother George Barrett did not attend Oakham and should not appear either William Henry BATTS Lance Corporal, 1st/4th Battalion, The Hampshire Regiment, 30 Indian Brigade, 12th Indian Division. Army no. 200721 He was captured at Kut al Mara and died of fever whilst he was a Prisoner of War of the Turks on 26 December 1916. He was 32 He was the son of William & Ann Batts, Southam Cottage, Oakham He is buried in grave Angora Mem 19 North Gate War Cemetery, Baghdad, Iraq Additional Information Oakham 1900- Cricket Colour in 1908 Claude Peregrine BERTIE Captain, 59 Squadron, Royal Flying Corps previously with 6 London Brigade, Royal Field Artillery He was killed in action on 19 March 1917. He was 26 He was the son of Lieutenant Colonel, the Hon. George & Mrs Blanche Bertie, 36 Eccleston Square, London and the Isle of Wight He is buried in grave I C 8 Mory Abbey Military Cemetery Additional Information Oakham 1902-1907 59 Squadron were equipped with RE 8 and were engaged in artillery spotting and aerial reconnaissance Edward Claude Bernard BOSANQUET Captain Edward C B and Dorothy S Bosanquet drowned on 12 September 1918 whilst on board SS Galway Castle. He was 33 years and she 29 years 10 months. There is no National Monument to either him or his wife although he had served until he was invalided out of the Royal Garrison Artillery on 27 March 1918 and he and his wife died as a result of enemy action He had served as a Corporal in the 2nd Battalion, Imperial Light Horse during the fighting in German South West Africa. Additional information Oakham 1901-1902 At 07.30 hours on 12 September 1918, SS Galway Castle was torpedoed by U82 which broke her back. On board were 400 South African walking wounded, 346 passengers and 204 crew members. It was thought that she would sink immediately and it appeared that U82 was lining up for another attack. Several lifeboats were swamped by heavy seas and many passengers finished up in the sea. Other ships rescued survivors who were taken back to Plymouth. 143 people had died. John Henry Heathcote BRADLEY Rifleman, 1st/7th Battalion, Prince of Wales's Own (West Yorkshire Regiment) 146 Brigade, 49th Division Army no. 86421 He died on 21 November 1918. He was 18 He was the son of Cuthbert & Lucy Bradley, The Lodge, Folkingham, Lincolnshire He is buried in the churchyard of St Andrew’s Church, Folkingham Additional information Oakham 1913-1918 John Paul BROMHEAD MM Private, 8th Battalion, The Royal Fusiliers (City of London Regiment), 36 Brigade, 12th Division. Army no. 9898 He was killed in action on 3 August 1916 near Pozières. He was 22 He was the son of the late Newton B & Mary E Bromhead, Nonnan Cottage, West Road, Oakham He is remembered on pier & face 8C, 9A & 16A of the Thiepval Memorial Additional Information Oakham 1904-1912 Prefect, Rugby (Captain) and Cricket Colour He won a Scholarship and was a Johnson Exhibitioner, Sidney Sussex College, Cambridge where he gained 2nd Class Classical Tripos The posthumous award of his Military Medal is in the Supplement to the London Gazette dated 19 September 1916 Robert CHARLTON Private, 2nd Battalion, The Sherwood Foresters, (Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment) 18 Brigade, 6th Division. Army no. 17584 He was killed in action on 9 August 1915 at the Battle of Hooge. He was 19 He was the son of James S & Elizabeth Charlton, The Chestnuts, Burley, Oakham, He is remembered on panel 39 & 41 of the Menin Gate Memorial, Ypres Additional Information Oakham 1907- Bertram James Forman CROSSLEY Captain, 5th Battalion, The Sherwood Foresters, (Nottinghamshire and DerbyshireRegiment), 139 Brigade, 6 Division He had left the Army and had been awarded the Silver War Badge in 1916. He died at home on 13 January 1918. He was 36. He was the son of James and Elizabeth J Crossley of Ripley, Derbyshire and the husband of Lillie M Crossley, Derwent House, Milford, Derbyshire Additional information Oakham 1895-1899 The London Gazette 29 September 1914 states that Captain Bertram J F Crossley was transferred from the Territorial Force Reserve to be Captain, 5th Battalion, The Sherwood Foresters (Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment) with effect from 5 August 1914. The issue of the Derby Mercury of Friday, 18 January 1918 has a short obituary for him which includes “His health broke down during training and it was always a regret to him that the state of his health prevented him from accompanying his battalion on active service.” The records held by the Sherwood Foresters show that he was awarded the Silver War Badge confirming that he had been discharged due to sickness or wounds caused by war service after 4 August 1914. Thomas Henry Fielder DAMPIER-CHILD Engineer Lieutenant-Commander, HMS Opal, Royal Navy He drowned when HMS Opal ran ashore in very severe weather on 12 January 1918. He was 37 He was the son of Richard and Mary Dampier-Child of Sandown, Isle of Wight and the husband of Isabel A F Dampier-Child He is remembered on 28 of the Portsmouth Memorial Additional Information Oakham 1894-1897 and then he attended Dartmouth College. Two British destroyers, HMS Opal and HMS Narborough ran ashore on South Ronaldsay, Orkney in very poor visibility during a snowstorm in January 1918. There was only one survivor, Able Seaman William Sissons. 95 men who died on HMS Opal and 93 on HMS Narborough John Rhys DAVIES Second Lieutenant, 2nd/23rd (County of London) Battalion, The London Regiment, 181 Brigade, 60th Division. He died of his wounds on 28 November 1917, he was probably wounded in the Battle for Jerusalem. He was 38 He was the son of the late John and Katherine Davies, Stanford Hall, Lechlade and previously of Springfield, Oakham He is buried in grave C 44 Jerusalem War Cemetery, Israel Additional Information Oakham 1890-1892. He had been a Classics Scholar at Caius College, Cambridge gaining a BA in 1902 His Battalion had served in France, Salonika and in June 1917 they had arrived in Egypt Lancelot John Austen (Jack) DEWAR Second Lieutenant, 2nd Royal Marine Battalion, 63rd (Royal Naval) Division He died, age 20, on 13 November 1916 of wounds received at the Battle of the Ancre He was the son of the late Reverend David Dewar MA and of Annie M I Dewar, 31 Gledhow Gardens, South Kensington, He is buried in grave II C 38 Ancre British Cemetery, Beaumont-Hamel Additional information Oakham 1911-1915 Prefect, Rugby and Cricket (Captain) Colour William Horace Lantsbery DEWHIRST Private, 8th Battalion, The Royal Fusiliers, (City of London Regiment), 36 Brigade, 12th Division. Army no. 10136 He was killed in action on 7 October 1916 at the Battle for Transloy Ridge. He was 42 He was the son of William A Dewhirst JP & Mary Dewhirst, Granby Road, Harrogate He is remembered on pier & face 8C, 9A & 16A of the Thiepval Memorial Additional information Oakham, 1886-1890 Harold Edward DYSON Second Lieutenant, 1st/4th (Hallamshire) Battalion, The York & Lancaster Regiment, 148 Brigade, 49th Division, He was killed in action on 31 July 1916 near Pozières. He was 23 He was the son of Henry & Hannah Dyson, 89 Cowlishaw Road, Sheffield He is buried in grave I A 25 Blighty Valley Cemetery, Authuille Wood Additional Information Oakham 1904-1909, Rugby Colour. He is known to have been working as a Bank Clerk in 1914. Harold Dyson's CO wrote "He, with two other officers, was in a dugout which had a direct hit killing all three. Your son was a charming companion and a splendid officer loved by all who knew him. His death is a great loss to me personally and also to the regiment" Alfred Cecil ENGLISH Second Lieutenant, 1st/28th County of London Battalion (Artists' Rifles), The London Regiment, 190 Brigade, 63rd Division He was killed in action on 30 December 1917 near Cambrai. He was 30 He was the third son of the late Alfred English and of Laura M English, 79 Edith Road, West Kensington, London previously of The Avenue, Wisbech He is remembered on pier & face 12C of the Thiepval Memorial Additional information Oakham 1898-1900, he moved to Oundle 1900-1903, and joined the 28th Battalion, London Regiment (Artists' Rifles) in 1904. He went to France in 1914, returned to England and was granted a commission William Reginald FAVELL Second Lieutenant, 4th (Hallamshire) Battalion, The York & Lancaster Regiment, 148 Brigade, 49th Division He was killed in action on 2 July 1916 at the Battle of Albert. He was 34 He was the son of Richard & Ada Favell, Glossop Road, Sheffield He is buried in grave F 4 Authuille Military Cemetery Additional information Oakham 1896-1900, Prefect, Rugby Colour Charles Edward FISHBOURNE Lieutenant Colonel, 1st Battalion commanding 8th Battalion, The Northumberland Fusiliers, 34 Brigade, 11th Division He died of his wounds received near Thiepval on 6 October 1916 in the Battle of the Somme. He was 47 He was the son of Joseph and Mrs Fishbourne of Ashfield Hall, Co. Carlow and the husband of Elizabeth L Fishbourne of Edenbridge He is buried in grave Officers, A 12 3 St Sever Cemetery, Rouen Additional Information Oakham 1879-1886 and then Trinity College, Dublin. He served in South Africa where he had fought at the Battles of Belmont and Omdurman where he was wounded In 1914, Charles Fishbourne was a Major commanding the Northumberland Fusiliers depot in Newcastle according to the Oakham School Magazine His name also appears on the War Memorial in Adderbury and in Beaconsfield Edward Cartwright FRANKS Sergeant, 1st/5th Battalion, The Leicestershire Regiment, 138 Brigade, 46th Division. Army no. 1097 He died of wounds that he received at Hohenzollern Redoubt in the Battle of Loos on 13 October 1915. He was 22 He was the son of William & Ellen Franks, 2 Station Road, Oakham He is remembered on panel 42-44 of the Loos Memorial Additional Information Oakham 1905-1910. He had been an engineer working for the Post Office John GIBSON Corporal, 1st/1st Battalion, Leicestershire Yeomanry (Prince Albert’s Own), 7 Cavalry Brigade, 3rd Cavalry Division. Army no. 1972 He was killed in action near Vermelles on 6 February 1916. He was 20 He was the son of George E & Esther A Gibson, Highfield House, Oakham He is buried in grave II A 3 Vermelles British Cemetery Additional information Oakham 1905-1912. He was studying to be a Veterinary Surgeon and his family were Vets based in both Oakham and Melton Mowbray Harry Percy Bright GOUGH MC & Bar Major, 17th Battalion (1st Glamorgan), The Welsh Regiment, 119 Brigade, 40th Division He died from wounds received during the Battle of Lys on 22 April 1918. He was 38 He was the son of Frederick G & Sarah Ann Gough of Llanelly, Carmarthenshire and the husband of Martha R Gough, Gowerton, Glamorgan He is buried in grave I C 22 Arneke British Cemetery, France Additional Information He was a member of Staff, Science Master 1911-1915 at Oakham School. He was awarded the Military Cross in August 1917 and then the Bar to Military Cross in November 1917. London Gazette, 12 March 1918 records that for a period he was Lieutenant Colonel commanding a Battalion Charles Horace GREY Lance Corporal, 3rd Regiment, South African Infantry, South African Brigade, 9th Division. Army no. 8527 He died on 20 September 1917 at the Battle of Menin Road Ridge. He was 38 He was the son of Helen S Albert Grey of Oakham and of the late Willoughby Grey He is buried in enclosure No. 4 XIV C 17 Bedford House Cemetery, Ypres Additional information Oakham 1892-1894 He been served with the Imperial Light Horse in the Anglo-Boer War and had elected to remain in South Africa serving as a Sergeant in the South African Army for a time before returning to civilian life. He then re-enlisted in the South African Infantry in 1914 Douglas Alexander HALL Captain, 10th Battalion, The York & Lancaster Regiment, 63 Brigade, 37th Division He was killed in action on 23 April 1917 at the second Battle of the Scarpe. He was 22 He was the son of Major Douglas (late 1st Life Guards) & Minnie C M Hall of Burley He is buried in grave Sp Mem B 3 Chili Trench Cemetery, Gavrelle, France Additional Information Oakham 1911-1914 Prefect, Rugby and Cricket Colour. Notes from Oakham School Magazine: Lieutenant Douglas Alexander Hall, York and Lancaster Regiment, joined the Leicester Regiment on the outbreak of war at the age of 19 and was promoted to a 2nd Lieutenancy in the York and Lancs Regiment in the following December. After being wounded at the end of 1915, he returned to the front in the following summer and was invalided home in November 1916. He returned to the front again on March 14th 1917" Evan Robert HANBURY Major, Leicestershire Yeomanry (Prince Albert’s Own), attached to 14th Battalion, Machine Gun Corps (Infantry), 14th Division He was killed in action on 24 March 1918 during the Battle of St Quentin. He was 30 He was the son of Gwendoline Hanbury and the late Evan Hanbury, Braunston Manor, Oakham and the husband of Sophia O M Hanbury, 15 Mansfield Street, Portland Place, London He is remembered on panel 6 of the Pozières Memorial Additional Information Oakham 1895-1896 when he moved to Eton College, he then went to New College Oxford before joining the family brewing business Truman, Hanbury, Buxton usually known as Trumans Harold HILL Private, 11th Battalion, The East Yorkshire Regiment, 92 Brigade, 31st Division. Army no. 28150. He was formerly with The Lincolnshire Regiment. Army no. 11875 He was killed in action on 3 May 1917. He was 24. He was the son of Joseph G and Elizabeth A Hill, Carisbrooke, South Parade, Skegness formerly of Pilton, Rutland He is remembered on bay 4 & 5 of the Arras Memorial Additional Information Oakham 1906-1910, Rugby Colour Harold was one of the six sons of Joseph G and Elizabeth A Hill who enlisted. At the time he was an Assistant Schoolmaster William Reginald HILL MC and Bar Lieutenant, 4th Battalion attached to 8th Battalion, The Durham Light Infantry He died on 6 November 1918 whilst a Prisoner of War. He was 22 He was the son of William and Katharine Hill, Sunnycroft, Tamworth He is buried in grave XIX A 8 Berlin South Western Cemetery Additional Information Oakham, Prefect, Rugby Cricket Colour 1911-1914. Exhibitioner at Corpus Christi, Cambridge The award of his MC was gazetted on 16 August 1917 The Bar to his MC was awarded: “For conspicuous gallantry and devotion to duty during a raid. While the raiding party, who had secured a prisoner, were withdrawing under heavy machine-gun fire and bombing, this officer rushed forward and picked up one of his wounded from the enemy wire, so that the enemy might not secure an identification. He had previously carried out several daring patrols and shown fine leadership.” Supplement to the London Gazette, 20 September 1918 The book "List of British Officers taken prisoner in the various theatres of War between August 1914 and November 1918" states that WR Hill was captured on 27 May 1918 on the Chemin des Dames whilst in the 8th Battalion DLI which is supported by the Oakham School Magazine which records him as being "Captured on the Craonne Plateau, 28 May 1918" Claude Cressy HORSLEY Lieutenant, 4th Battalion, The Prince of Wales’s (North Staffordshire Regiment), 106 Brigade, 35th Division. He was wounded on 17 November 1917 and died on 28 November 1917. He was 35 He was the son of the late Charles C & of Mary Horsley, Heronshaw, Ightam, Kent and the husband of Katharine M Horsley, Stockall, Stewkley, Buckinghamshire He is buried in grave IV J 4 Wimeraux Communal Cemetery Additional Information Oakham 1898-1899. He was previously wounded in June 1916 near Ypres The War Diary for 4th North Staffs states that on 17 November 1917 they were in the line west of Cambrai (area Morchies to Lagnicourt) and Horsley is reported as wounded. He died of wounds on 28 November. He is buried at Wimereux near Boulogne which was hospital centre. Douglas Herbert Washington HUMFREY Lieutenant, 3rd Battalion attached to 2nd Battalion, The Oxfordshire & Buckinghamshire Light Infantry, 5 Brigade, 2nd Division He was killed in action 16 May 1915 during the attack on Fromelles during the Battle of Aubers. He was 27 He was the son of the Reverend Algernon G P and Catherine C L Humfrey, Thorpe Mandeville Rectory, Banbury He is remembered on Panel 26 of the Le Touret Memorial Additional Information Oakham 1902-1907, Prefect and Head Prefect, Rugby and Cricket Colour. He gained a BA at Lincoln College, Oxford and had worked for a time as a private Tutor in Russia Frederick Howard JACKSON Captain, 4th Battalion attached to 2nd Battalion, Connaught Rangers, 5 Brigade, 2nd Division He died on 28 October 1914 in the fighting around Ypres. He was 31 He was the son of Captain and Mrs Jackson, Coed Maes, Oakham He is remembered on panel 42 of the Menin Gate Memorial, Ypres Additional information Oakham, 1892-1896. The Army List for August 1914 states that had obtained his Captaincy in 1905 and thus was a regular soldier. One of the most popular songs among the British, German and Russian armies during WW1 "It's a long way to Tipperary," sold a million copies in 1914. The Daily Mail correspondent, George Curnock, first heard the tune in Boulogne in August, 1914 - "a company of the 2nd Battalion Connaught Rangers passed us singing, with a note of strange pathos in their rich Irish voices, a song I had never heard before…" It's a long way to Tipperary, It's a long way to go, It's a long way to Tipperary, To the sweetest girl I know! Goodbye Piccadilly! Farewell Leicester Square! It's a long, long way to Tipperary, But my heart's right there! Francis Augustus JACQUES Lieutenant Colonel, 14th King George's Own Ferozepore Sikhs He was killed in action at Krithia, Gallipoli on 4 June 1915. He was 48 He was the son of the Reverend Canon Kinton and Caroline Jacques and the husband of Olivia K Jacques of San Diego, California He is remembered on Panel 256 to 262 of the Helles Memorial Additional Information Oakham 1880-1881 Oakham Magazine records that he saw service in the Black Mountains and Chitral campaigns and the Chinese expedition, for each of which he gained medals and clasps. Before proceeding to the Dardanelles he was engaged with his regiment in connection with the Turkish attack on the Suez Canal. The third Battle of Krithia, 4 June 1915 was a general attack along the whole length of the Allied front at Helles. It was a complete failure. In Gully Ravine, Lieutenant-Colonel Jacques led No. 2 Company forward with great gallantry in face of very heavy fire. They encountered numerous machine guns in hidden positions on both sides of the ravine and both officers were killed almost immediately. In this battle the 14th Sikhs lost 371 officers and men killed or wounded. Out of fifteen British officers only 3 were left unwounded. Never has any battalion displayed more courage and devotion to duty as were displayed by the 14th Sikhs. John Hugh JERWOOD MC Major, 10th Battalion, Durham Light Infantry attached to 6th Battalion, Prince Albert’s (Somerset Light Infantry) 43 Brigade, 14th Division. He was killed in action on 21 March 1918 at the Battle of St Quentin near Cerisy. He was 28 He was the son of the Reverend Canon Thomas F & Dorathea E Jerwood, Little Bowden Rectory, Market Harborough and the husband of Cecilia Jerwood, 3 Paulton's Square, Chelsea He is remembered on panel 68-72 of the Pozières Memorial Additional Information Oakham 1899-1909 Prefect and Head Prefect for two years, Rugby and Cricket Colour. He gained a BA at Jesus College and Stroked First Boat Head of River for 3 years He was promoted Captain in April 1916 and Major in January 1918 His MC was awarded: “For conspicuous gallantry and devotion to duty. He maintained his position, regardless of withdrawals on his right and left and of the fact that the enemy had penetrated the line on both his flanks. He displayed a coolness and fearlessness which inspired all ranks with confidence” Supplement to the London Gazette, 7 March 1918 He was twice wounded and once invalided home William Inglis JOHNSON Captain, 1st/4th Battalion, The Lincolnshire Regiment, 138 Brigade, 46th Division He died of his wounds on 15 October 1915 at No. 6 Field Ambulance Station. He was probably wounded during the attack on the Hohenzollern Redoubt on 13 October 1915, part of the Battle of Loos. He was 34 He was the son of the late George W and of Emma M Johnson of Stamford He is buried in grave II K 8 Bethune Town Cemetery Additional Information Oakham 1895-1899. In civilian life he was a Solicitor Leonard Arthur KINGHAM Lieutenant, 1st Battalion attached to 6th Battalion, Princess Charlotte of Wales’s Own, (Royal Berkshire Regiment), 53 Brigade, 18th Division He was killed in action at Inverness Copse during the Battle of Ypres 10 August 1917. He was 20 He was the son of Herbert A & Jeannie Kingham, Crooksbury, Northcourt Avenue, Reading He is buried in grave Sp Mem 8 Birr Cross Roads Cemetery, Zillebeke, Ypres Additional Information Oakham 1910-1915, Prefect, Rugby and Cricket Colour He attended RMC Sandhurst when he left Oakham. Edward George LANGDALE MiD Captain, 5th Battalion, The Leicestershire Regiment, 138 Brigade, 46th Division, He was killed in action on 13 October 1915 during the Battle of Loos. He was 32 He was the son of Frederick W & Ada M Langdale, formerly of Croydon and the husband of Dora J Langdale, 18 St Mark's Court, Abercorn Place, St John's Wood He is remembered on Panel 42-44 of the Loos Memorial Additional Information He had attended Merton College, Oxford and gained a BA before joining Oakham as a member of the Staff 1912-1914 Frank Donald LENTON Private, No. 3 Company, Honourable Artillery Company, 7 Brigade, 3rd Division. Army no. 2218 He was wounded at Bailleul on 24 March and died on 26 March 1915. He was 22 He was the son of John & Kate Lenton, Bank House, Horncastle, Lincolnshire He is buried in grave J 48 Bailleul Communal Cemetery (Nord), France Additional Information Oakham 1906- In his civilian life, he had been an Articled Clerk in Lincoln. David Rhys Cadwgan LLOYD Lieutenant, Royal Flying Corps, He was killed in action over Marquion on 16 June 1917. He was 20 He was the son of Llewellyn & Annie G Lloyd, The Yew Trees, Kirby-le-Soken, Essex He is buried in grave VIII B 8 HAC Cemetery, Ecoust St Mein, Somme Additional information Oakham 1911-1914, Rugby Colour He had been a member of the British Expeditionary Force. He was wounded in 1916 then he transferred to the RFC and returned to France in April 1917 60 Squadron Combat Claims 1916-18 give three ‘victories’ to Lloyd: on the afternoon of 11 May, 1917, flying Nieuport B1610 DD he destroyed an Albatros at Ecourt-St. Quentin. On 15 June flying the same Nieuport he destroyed an Albatros D00C at 21.00 hours. And just a day later Lieutenant Lloyd was last seen following an enemy aircraft down to 2,000 feet and his Nieuport collided with an Albatros flown by Vfw Robert Riessinger of Jasta 12. Both pilots were killed. David Rhys Cadwgan Lloyd was 22nd in direct male descent from Belddyn ap Cynfyn, Prince of Powys and North Wales. Basil Stainforth MANN Captain, 2nd/6th Battalion, The Duke of Wellington's (West Riding Regiment), 186 Brigade, 62nd Division He was killed in action at Bourlon Wood during the Battle of Cambrai on 27 November 1917. He was 21 He was the son of William H and Alice J Mann, Fernbank, Ilkley He is remembered on panel 6 & 7 of the Cambrai Memorial, Louverval Additional Information Oakham, 1910-1913 He was involved in the wool business and had worked on the Continent before the war. Oakham School Magazine "His CO writes: We had no officer so devoted to his company and so keen in his duty as your son, and his loss is a great blow to us all. I think the death of your son stirred his men, for they advanced rapidly in the face of machine gun fire, and captured their objective without any officer to lead them. That fact alone proves the value of the work done by your son whilst training his men. November 27 was a sad but honourable day for the battalion." John Woodall MARSHALL MC Lieutenant, 27th Battalion (4th Tyneside Irish), The Northumberland Fusiliers, 103 Brigade, 34th Division He was killed in action 1 July 1916 on the first day of the Battle of the Somme. He was 24 He was the son of Dr Thomas and Mrs Rebecca Marshall, 5 St Michael's Terrace, Westoe, South Shields. He is buried in grave IX B 2 Gordon Dump Cemetery, Ovillers la Boisselle Additional Information Oakham, 1906-1910, Rugby Colour and then a Law Student. His MC was awarded: “For conspicuous gallantry. He went to the assistance of a NCO wounded on patrol and carried him into safety under heavy fire” London Gazette Supplement 16 May 1916 Sidney Arthur MEAKIN Lieutenant, 4th Battalion attached to 1st Battalion, The Prince of Wales’s Own (North Staffordshire Regiment), 17 Brigade, 6th Division He was killed in action near Armentières on 17 December 1914. He was 20 He was the son of the late Lewis and of Sarah Meakin of Welford, Ashby-de-la-Zouche formerly of Needwood Manor, Tutbury He is buried in grave A 3 Chapelle d’Armentières Old Military Cemetery Additional information Oakham 1909-1914 Eric Arthur MITCHELL Second Lieutenant, 2nd Battalion, The Prince of Wales’s Volunteers (South Lancashire Regiment), 7 Brigade, 3rd Division He was killed in action attacking Neuve Chapelle on 27 October 1914. He was 19 He was the son of the Reverend William M and Margaret Mitchell, Elson Vicarage, Gosport, formerly of the Rectory, Wing He is remembered on panel 23 of Le Touret Memorial Additional information Oakham 1908-1912 Prefect, Rugby and Cricket Colour Notes from the Northampton Independent: "2nd Lieutenant Eric Arthur Mitchell was the eldest surviving son of the Reverend W M Mitchell of Elson Vicarage, Gosport. He was attached to the 2nd South Lancashire Regiment and was killed in action near the Belgian border on October 27th. He was educated at Oakham School where he excelled in sports, obtaining his colours for both cricket and football, and was one of the first to join the OTC. Subsequently he entered the Royal Military Academy, Sandhurst. He passed through the course with distinction and was a member of the Champion Company at Arms. Last season he played several times for the College Rugby fifteen. He was gazetted Second Lieutenant in the South Lancashires on 7 August and sailed from Southampton on the following day, his first engagement being the Battle of the Aisne." Basil Fullelove West MOGRIDGE Second Lieutenant, 1st/4th Battalion, The Leicestershire Regiment, 138 Brigade, 46th Division He was killed in action on 13 October 1915 at Hohenzollern Redoubt, Battle of Loos. He was 19 He was the son of the Reverend Henry T & Fanny Mogridge, Scalford Vicarage, Melton Mowbray He is remembered on panel 42-44 of the Loos Memorial Additional Information Oakham 1910-1914, Prefect and Rugby Colour He was a Scholar of St John's College, Cambridge Orde MURRAY-BROWNE Private 14th Battalion, Canadian Infantry (Royal Montreal Regiment), 3 Brigade, 1st Canadian Division. Army no. 463657 He died on 12 June 1916. He was 28 He was the son of the late Reverend Charles C and of Marion C Murray-Browne, The Vicarage, Hucclecote, Gloucestershire He is remembered on panel 24-26-28-30 of the Menin Gate Memorial, Ypres Additional information Oakham 1899-1904 He emigrated to Canada in 1908 sailing from Liverpool to Halifax and he had become a rancher in Vernon His brother Granville was Lieutenant-Commander, HMS Indefatigable, Royal Navy who had been killed on 31 May 1916 at the Battle of Jutland age 32 Harold Methven MUSSON MC Second Lieutenant, D Battery, 149 Brigade, Royal Field Artillery, 30th Division He died of his wounds on 26 September 1917. He was 33 He was the son of Christopher J and Kate Musson and the husband of Constance M Musson, 79 Belsize Park Gardens, Hampstead He is buried in grave XXVIII A 9 Étaples Military Cemetery Additional Information Oakham 1899-1902, Rugby and Cricket Colour He had returned from Argentina to enlist where he had been working as a rancher. His MC was awarded: “For conspicuous gallantry and devotion to duty during a raid. He was acting as FOO and established himself close to the objective. When the advance was held up he went forward under heavy fire and joined the infantry, and returned with information of their position. Throughout he sent in most valuable information.” Supplement to the London Gazette, 17 July 1917 Donald Francis NEILSON DSO MC Captain, 1st Battalion, The Lincolnshire Regiment, 62 Brigade, 21st Division He was killed in action on 15 April 1918 at Wytschaete near Kemmel Hill in the Battle of the Lys. He was 25 He was the son of Anna H Neilson of Lyddington, and of the late William F Neilson and the older brother of Malcolm, see next entry He is remembered on panel 35-37 & 162-162A of the Tyne Cot Memorial Additional Information Oakham 1901-1902 and Keble College, Oxford The announcement of his being awarded the Military Cross is in the London Gazette, 29 December 1916: “For conspicuous gallantry and devotion to duty. When in charge of a company he met an enemy breakthrough by forming a defensive flank and checked it. With much cheerfulness and courage he organised several bombing attacks, and held his original trenches intact. Subsequently during the retirement, he was conspicuous for good leadership, carrying out difficult operations with complete disregard for personal danger. Later, he held an exposed forward position completely isolated from his brigade, and the stubborn resistance he made was of incalculable value to the success of the operation.” The award of his DSO is in the Supplement to the London Gazette, 26 July 1919 Malcolm Arthur NEILSON Major, 2nd Battalion, Canadian Infantry (Eastern Ontario Regiment) attached to 1st Battalion, The Worcestershire Regiment, 23 Brigade, 8th Division He was killed in action during the Battle of Vimy Ridge on 9 April 1917. He was 23 He was the son of Anna H Neilson of Lyddington, and of the late William F Neilson and the younger brother of Donald He is buried in grave V D 5 Ecoivres Military Cemetery, Mont St Eloi, Near Arras Additional Information Oakham 1908-1912, Prefect, Rugby and Cricket Colour. At the outbreak of war, he had been a student at Ontario Agricultural College Notes from Oakham School Magazine "Captain MA Neilson returned to England just over two years ago with the Canadian forces holding the rank of Sergeant and after short training went to the front. He was soon commissioned to a Lieutenancy. Early last year he received head injuries at a Grenade school and was incapacitated for about six months. He returned to the Front in the middle of the summer." Humphrey Kaye Bonney NEVINSON Second Lieutenant, 1st/10th Battalion, The Manchester Regiment, 126 Brigade, 42nd Division He died of his wounds on 5 June 1915 probably received during the third Battle of Krithia Vineyard in the Dardanelles. He was 23 He was the son of the Reverend Thomas K B & Ethel M Nevinson, Medbourne Rectory, Market Harborough He is remembered on panel 158 to 170 of the Helles Memorial, Turkey Additional Information Oakham 1905-1909, Prefect and Rugby Colour who won an open Scholarship to Keble Cottage, Oxford Oliver Henry Cecil ODELL Second Lieutenant, 1st/3rd (City of London Battalion) Royal Fusiliers, The London Regiment, 167 Brigade, 56th Division He was killed in action on 10 September 1916 at the Battle of Ginchy. He was 21 He was the son of Thomas H and Annie A Odell, Adderley Street, Uppingham He is buried in grave III I 4 Flatiron Copse Cemetery, Mametz Additional Information Oakham 1907-1911. The records of the Commonwealth War Graves Commission give his name as O'Dell, his birth registration and Oakham records have Odell John Bertram PARTINGTON Captain, 1st/4th Battalion, The Devonshire Regiment, 37 Indian Brigade, 14th Indian Division He was killed in action on 3 February 1917 at the Battle of Kut al Amara, Iraq. He was 32 He was the son of the late Reverend Thomas Partington and of Jessie Partington, 45 Gloucester Terrace, London formerly of Netherfield Vicarage, Battle, Sussex, He is buried in grave XXI J 5 Amara War Cemetery, Iraq Additional information He was at Radley College 1898-1902 and won an Exhibition to Pembroke College, Cambridge where he gained a Classics Tripos in 1903. He was then an Assistant Master at St. Edward's School, Oxford before joining Oakham as a member of Staff 1910-1913 Notes from Oakham School Magazine For some years he was 2nd Lieutenant in the Oakham School OTC. At the outbreak of war he was Classics Master at St Edwards School, Oxford and received his Commission in the Devonshire Regiment in October 1914. He was made temporary Captain in December 1914 and went out to India with his Battalion. During 1915 he was sent to Australia in command of a military escort for German prisoners, returning to India in the autumn. In October 1916 he was transferred Mesopotamia. John Norman PICKERING-CLARKE Second Lieutenant, 10th Battalion attached to 7th Battalion, The Leicestershire Regiment, 110 Brigade 21st Division He was killed in action on 14 July 1916 at the Battle of Bazentin. He was 21 He was the son of Mr and Mrs H Pickering-Clarke, 85 Clarendon Park Road, Leicester He is remembered on pier and face 2C and 3A of the Thiepval Memorial Additional information Oakham 1907-1911 His Battalion had landed in France on 7 July and he was killed just a week later Lambert PLAYFAIR Lieutenant, 1 Squadron, Royal Flying Corps, previously with 1st Battalion, The Royal Scots (Lothian Regiment) He died on 6 July 1915. He was 21 He was the son of the late Sir Harry and of Lady Jessie Playfair, 57 Gloucester Terrace, Hyde Park formerly of Dalaguri, Letekujan PO, Sibsagar, Upper Assam, India He is buried in grave B 9 Hospital Farm Cemetery, Elverdinghe near Ypres Additional Information Oakham, 1905 -1910 Passed into Sandhurst, 1910, with a Prize Cadetship and he was gazetted to the 1st Battalion, Royal Scots in January 1913 Notes from Oakham School Magazine: "When engaged in signalling to our guns the position of the German batteries, Lieutenant Playfair's aeroplane was assailed first by one enemy machine and then another. These were driven off in turn whenever they approached, Lieutenant Playfair in the intervals resuming his observation duties. Then two German machines of superior speed made a combined assault but he and his pilot rather than give way attacked the two enemy machines though they had only five rounds left. Lieutenant Playfair was shot through the head and his body skilfully brought back to our lines by his pilot who writes "His conduct was splendid, we are all very proud of him."" (Edward) Geoffrey Lancelot PORTER Private 7th Battalion, Canadian Infantry (British Columbia Regiment) 2 Brigade, 1st Canadian Division, Army no. 16806 He died on 24 April 1915 at the battle of St Julien. He was 30 He was the son of the late Edward P Porter and the late Edith Porter. He is remembered on panel 18, 28, 30 of the Menin Gate Memorial, Ypres Additional Information Oakham 1900-1901. He had emigrated to Canada in 1904 His Birth Registration and Military records show him as Geoffrey Lancelot PORTER and the error is on the War Memorial Whilst we cannot offer any explanation, it is a fact that Geoffrey Lancelot PORTER has an Army no. 16806 and Horace Leslie RAVENHILL has the number 16812 just 6 apart. They were in the same Battalion of the same Regiment and died on the same day Horace Leslie Cunningham RAVENHILL Private, 7th Battalion, Canadian Infantry (1st British Columbia Regiment), 2 Brigade, 1st Canadian Division. Army no. 6812 He died on 24 April 1915 at the Battle of St Julien. He was 25 He was the son of Mr and Mrs Horatio T Ravenhill, 23 Dallas Avenue, Victoria and the husband of Eleanor F Ravenhill He is remembered on panel 18-28–30 of the Menin Gate Memorial, Ypres Additional Information He was educated at Weymouth and then Oakham School 1903-1905 Benjamin Stanley ROBINSON Lieutenant, 2nd Battalion, Princess Charlotte of Wales’s, (Royal Berkshire Regiment), 25 Brigade, 8th Division He was killed in action on 1 July 1916 at the Battle of Albert. He was 21 He was the son of Harry & Annie Robinson, Avenue Terrace, Spilsby, Lincolnshire He is buried in grave VIII D 3 Ovillers Military Cemetery, near Albert, France Additional information Oakham 1906-1909 then Sherborne School, (Harper House 1910-1913) and he then attended RMC Sandhurst Eric Cross Arnold RUNNELS-MOSS Second Lieutenant, 2 Brigade, Royal Field Artillery, 6th Division He died of his wounds whilst a PoW of the Germans on 9 July 1918 at the Fortress Hospital, Mainz. He was 20 He was the son of the Reverend Arthur and Emily S Runnels-Moss, Ladywood Vicarage, Edgbaston He is buried in grave III H 3 Niederzwehren Cemetery, Kessel Additional Information Oakham 1913-1917, Prefect, Rugby Colour. He was captured on 21 March 1918 in the general area of Lagnicourt Donald Whitmore RYAN Second Lieutenant, 2nd Battalion, The Northamptonshire Regiment, 24 Brigade, 8th Division He was killed in action on 9 May 1915 during the Battle of Aubers. He was 20 He was the son of Lieutenant Colonel Henry W & Penelope Ryan, 12 Longridge Road, Earl's Court and the grandson of Colonel T Maxwell & Colonel E M Ryan. He is remembered on panel 7 of the Ploegsteert Memorial Additional Information Oakham 1904-1912, Prefect, Rugby (Captain) and Cricket Colour Gordon SANDERSON Lieutenant, Machine Gun Company, 2nd Battalion, 2nd King Edward's Own Gurkha Rifles (The Sirmoor Rifles), 19 Dehra Dun Brigade, 7th Meerut Division He died of his wounds on 13 October 1915 probably received during a diversionary attack by his Division as part of the Battle of Loos. He was 28 He was the son of William and Alice Sanderson, Field House, Settle and the husband of Agnes R. Sanderson, 2 Mentone Gardens, Edinburgh He is buried in grave E 11 Gorre British and Indian Cemetery, Somme Additional Information Oakham 1900-1903, Prefect, Rugby and Cricket Colour. He was an Architect, Public Works Dept, Egypt, and Superintendent, the Archaeological Survey of India. Extracts from War Diary WO95/3942 24 September 1915. Two machine guns, under Lieutenant Sanderson, are with the battalion. 13 October 1915 (The battalion took part in a diversion near Festubert involving the release of smoke whilst the main attack on the Hohenzollern Redoubt at Loos took place)... "Lieutenant G Sanderson was hit in the head by a fragment of shell and rendered unconscious. He was looking through a periscope at the time near one of his guns. He has since died of his wounds. His loss to the Battalion will be deeply felt. We had no keener officer and he was never content unless he was strafing. Claude Douglas SCOTT Sergeant, 32nd Battalion, Canadian Infantry (Manitoba Dragoons). Army no. 4/22562 He died of pneumonia in London on 30 November 1915. He was 25 He was the son of Joseph and Annie Scott, Waller Hill House, Frittenden, Kent He is buried in grave 173 8 of the Churchyard of All Saints, Kensal Green Additional Information Oakham 1899-1901. He had emigrated in 1910 to Canada sailing to Halifax, Nova Scotia Charles Caldwell SILLS Second Lieutenant, 1st Battalion, The South Wales Borderers, 3 Brigade, 1st Division He died on 26 September 1914. He was 30 He was the son of George T & Alice Sills, Coed Maes, Oakham He is remembered on La Ferte sous Jouarre Memorial Additional information Oakham 1905-1912, Prefect, Rugby and Cricket (Captain for 2 years) Colour. He then passed into Sandhurst in 1912, where he was a double blue, being in the athletic team and Cricket XI, scoring 103 for Sandhurst v Woolwich in 1913. He was gazetted to the 1st South Wales Borderers (the 24th Regiment) in September 1913." Talbot Fitzroy Eden STANHOPE Lieutenant, 2nd Battalion, The Rifle Brigade (The Prince Consort’s Own), 25 Brigade 8th Division He was killed in action during the attack on Fromelles, Battle of Aubers on 9 May 1915. He was 18 He was the son of Dudley H E Stanhope, 9th Earl of Harrington & Kathleen, Countess of Harrington, Elvaston Castle, Derby He is remembered on panel 10 of the Ploegsteert Memorial Additional Information Oakham, 1910-1913. He was admitted to RMC Sandhurst on 4 February 1914 as a Prize Cadet. He had won a scholarship to RMC Sandhurst which reduced his fees from £150.00 to £80.00. He was commissioned into the Rifle Brigade on 9 September 1914 Paul Meredith STEEDS Private, 2nd Battalion, Canterbury Regiment, New Zealand Expeditionary Force, 2 Brigade, New Zealand Division. Army no. 12/4095 He was killed in action at Passchendaele on 12 October 1917. He was 23 He was the son of Edwin P & Marian Steeds, 2 Marina Court, Bexhill-on-Sea He is remembered on NZ Apse, panel 2 of the Tyne Cot Memorial Additional Information Oakham 1908-1911, Rugby Colour The records in New Zealand state that Private Paul Meredith Steeds had been a labourer and that his Mother was M. Steeds, 20 Friar Lane, Leicester. Paul Steeds had enlisted in 11th Reinforcements A Company, Auckland Infantry Battalion, NZEF. On 1 April 1916 they had embarked at Wellington on New Zealand Transport HMNZT 49 (Maunganui) and HMNZT 50 (Tahiti) Charles Philip TANNER Engineer Sub-Lieutenant, HMS Indefatigable, Royal Navy He died on 31 May 1916. He was 22 He was the son of the late Reverend George A & of Josephine E Tanner, Ebor House, Godwin Road, Hastings formerly of Cold Overton Rectory He is remembered on panel 10 Plymouth Naval Memorial Additional Information Oakham, 1905-1911 Rugby Colour. He was a Whitworth Scholar at Glasgow University gaining a BSc in Engineering HMS Indefatigable, Jutland Bank, 31 May 1916. Extract from the Official History; "Naval Operations" by Sir Julian S Corbett. 1923 ....At the other end of the line the duel between HMS Indefatigable and the Von der Tann had been growing in intensity till, a few minutes after 04.00 hours, the British ship was suddenly hidden in a burst of flame and smoke. A salvo of three shots had fallen on her upper deck and must have penetrated to a magazine. She staggered out of the line, sinking by the stern when another salvo struck her; a second terrible explosion rent her, she turned over and in a moment all trace of her was gone........ Arthur Frederick TAVERNER Second Lieutenant, 1st Battalion, The King's (Shropshire Light Infantry), 16 Brigade, 6th Division He died on 11 October 1916 of his wounds probably received during the attack on Transloy Ridge. He was 19 He was the son of the Reverend Frederick J W & Frances E Taverner, Wing Rectory, Oakham He is buried in grave I B 1 Grove Town Cemetery, Meaulte Additional Information Oakham 1909-1915, Prefect, Rugby and Cricket Colour and RMC, Sandhurst Extracts from Battn War Diary WO95/1609: 12 October 1916 Battalion detailed to attack German positions as part of an assault on the main Transloy line. The attack was unsuccessful due to hidden machine guns being left in advance of our barrage line. During these operations 2nd Lieutenant AF Taverner was wounded 18 October 1916 2nd Lieutenant AF Taverner died of wounds Francis UNDERWOOD Second Lieutenant, 4th Battalion, The Queen's Own (Royal West Kent Regiment) attached to 2nd Battalion, The King's Own (Yorkshire Light Infantry), 92 Brigade, 32nd Division He died of his wounds on 18 April 1917 at 36th Casualty Clearing Station. He was 27 He was the son of Francis and the late Elisabeth M Underwood, 26 Westland Road, Watford formerly of Cranoe Grange, Market Harborough. He is buried in grave I D 3 Cayeux Military Cemetery, The Somme Additional Information Oakham 1902-1907 Prefect, Rugby and Cricket Colour The National Archives WO374/70200 states that he and joined 18th (Service) Battalion as a private on 15 September 1914. He was gazetted 2nd Lieutenant in 4th Battalion, The Queen's Own (Royal West Kent Regiment) on 8 July 1916. He gave his trade as Civil Engineer. There is a letter from the OC 36 Casualty Clearing Station to his regiment reporting that he had died on 18 April 1917 from "wounds received in action". His Division had been engaged in the German retreat to the Hindenburg line. George Holbrook Eric VIDLER Lieutenant, 2nd Battalion, Duke of Edinburgh’s (Wiltshire Regiment), 21 Brigade 30th Division He was killed in action on 9 July 1916 at Trones Wood during the Battle of Albert. He was 19 He was the eldest son of George P & Elsie M Vidler, The Cottage, Bramshaw, Lyndhurst He is remembered on pier & face 13A of the Thiepval Memorial Additional Information Oakham 1910-1914. He attended RMC Sandhurst Herbert Alfred Vincent WAIT Lieutenant, D Company, 2nd Battalion, Princess Charlotte of Wales’s (Royal Berkshire Regiment), 25 Brigade, 8th Division He was killed in action on 2 December 1917 during the Battle of Passchendaele. He was 19 He was the son of George V and Mary Wait, 45 Eastern Avenue, Reading He is remembered on panel 105-106 & 162 of the Tyne Cot Memorial, Belgium Additional Information Oakham, 1910-1915 Rugby and Cricket Colour. He attended RMC Sandhurst Basil Vaughan WOOD Second Lieutenant, 6th Battalion, Queen's Own (Royal West Kent Regiment), 37 Brigade, 12th Division He was killed in action at the Battle of Albert on 3 July 1916. He was 28 He was the son of Edward J & Ethel V Wood, Torr House, Yealmpton, Devon He is remembered on pier & face 11C of the Thiepval Memorial Additional Information Oakham 1900-1906, Rugby and Cricket Colour. Before the war had broken out, he had been a Tea Planter |
