All WW1 Names

DRAWBRIDGE BERTRAM REGINALD

Serjeant 115358  230th Siege Bty. Royal Garrison Artillery.  Died 2/8/1917 C. 6/8. PERTH CEMETERY(China Wall) Country, Belgium Ieperwest-Vlaanderen II.  Born Greenwich 1894, son of Samuel

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DRUITT BERNARD DONALD

Corporal, 1/12th London Regiment (The Rangers). Killed in action 7/10/1916, age 22. Pier and Face 9C. THIEPVAL MEMORIAL Son of Emily and the late George

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DRYSDALE HAMILTON DUNBAR

Capt  26th Punjabi Indian.  Died 1/9/1915 aged 27 H9. CAMBRIN CHURCHYARD EXTENSION. Born 12 May 1888 Exmouth  Sons of Alexander Tovey and Louisa Drysdale (nee

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DURLING ROBERT STEPHEN

62179 Royal Fusiliers. Died 19/3/1917, grave III.M.191 FAUBERG D’AMIENS ARRAS Son of Thomas & Mary Ann of Beckenham. Robert Durling of Kelsey Cottage was one

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DURRANT CHARLES

rifleman 4606 Rifle Brigade (The Prince Consort’s Own) 2nd Bn Killed in action 9/5/1915 PLOEGSTEERT MEMORIAL, Belgium, Comines-Warnetonhainaut Enlisted  London, born Penge, in 1911 lived

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DYBALL JAMES HENRY

 Private 35953 Loyal North Lancashire Regiment 1st Bn  Killed in action 18/9/1918, panel 7 VIS-EN-ARTOIS MEMORIAL    Born Carshalton, Surrey. 1911 115 Blandford Rd, Beckenham

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EARWICKER ROBERT P

Pte, driver, L/9588, Queens 2nd Bn, overseas in Gibraltar 1911. Also described as drummer.  Died 14/1/1916.  Born Penge, enlisted Colchester 1914.  In 1901 lived 123

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ECKETT CHARLES ARTHUR

Pte 41107 Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers 1st Bn Formerly 13428, Queens Royal West Surrey Regiment. Killed in action 19/5/1917 Addenda panel ARRAS MEMORIAL. Born abt 1881

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EDWARDS FREDERICK CHARLES

L/Corporal 41734 Fusiliers (City of London Regiment) 1st, Killed in action 4/11/1918 grave I. H. 9. CROSS ROADS CEMETERY, FONTAINE-AU-BOIS Connection with Beckenham uncertain. Several

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EDWARDS JOHN PERCIVAL

Company Sergeant Major B/19418 Royal Fusiliers 26th Bn. Died of wounds 7/10/1916 age 38 grave Y2.7206 BECKENHAM CREMATORIUM & CEMETERY. Husband of Florence Edwards of 

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EDWARDS R

Pte 2150 24th County of London,  Died 26/5/1915 Panels 46/47 LE TOURET, FRANCE.  Son of Mr B Edwards Albemarle Rd. Of 11 pages in the

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EDWARDS, ARTHUR

Private  8008 The Buffs (East Kent Regiment) 6th Bn.       Died 19/03/1918  Age 37 Grave XIII. F. 34. COLOGNE SOUTHERN CEMETERY  Son of Mr. W. T.

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EELY G H

Is in error and should be Charles Henry Eely born 1897 one of 5 sons of the builder Henry Eely born 1862 and his wife

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EELY WILLIAM

303682 Canadian Field Artillery 10th Bde.  Died 5/11/1917 aged 29 grave IX.C.2 VLAMERTINGHE. Born 1889 was the brother of Charles Henry Eely.

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ELLIOTT ROBERT HENRY

Lance Corporal G/6668 Regiment/Service: Queen’s Own (Royal West Kent Regiment) 6th Bn. Died 03/07/1916 Grave  VII. T. 7.  OVILLERS MILITARY CEMETERY. Born abt 1892 son

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ELLIOTT WILLIAM GILBERT

Pte G/15907, later 72763 The Queen’s (Royal West Surrey Regiment) 2nd Infantry Works Coy. transf. to (72763) 122nd Coy. Labour Corps.  Died 04/07/1918  Age: 26

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EMBLEM WILLIAM

Pte Royal Fusiliers (City of London Regiment)  Bn Posted 2/2nd London 82867 Formerly 87367, 12th Middx. Regt. Killed in action 24/4/1918 Grave  I.D.16 HANGARD WOOD

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EMSON FRANCIS REGINALD

Assistant paymaster, RNR, on armed merchant cruiser HMS Clan McNaughton that foundered off Scotland on Wednesday 3 February 1915 with no survivors, Chatham Naval Memorial,

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EVANS JANE

Sister Queen Alexandra’s Imperial Military Nursing Service  Died 26/02/1918 HOLLYBROOK MEMORIAL, SOUTHAMPTON  Daughter of Evan and Mary Rebecca Evans.

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FABER VICTOR EDMUND

Private M2/118983  Army Service Corps attd. 350th Elec. and Mechanical Coy Royal Engineers.  Killed in action 4/9/1918 Grave XII. C. 3.  VILLERS STATION CEMETERY, VILLERS-AU-BOIS

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FAULKNER, GORDON HENRY

Private 1658 Honourable Artillery Company.  Died 18/02/1919 Age 33 Grave U2. 296. BECKENHAM CREMATORIUM AND CEMETERY  Son of T. H. and Susie Faulkner, of “Willoughby,”

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FENNER, ALAN THOMAS

 Second Lieutenant North Staffordshire Regiment 2nd/6th Bn.  Died  08/12/1917 Age 18  Grave  III. F. 8. ABBEVILLE COMMUNAL CEMETERY EXTENSION  Son of George Arthur and Ellen

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FERGUSON FRANK LOUIS

 Pte G/75307 Royal Fusiliers 17th Bn.  Died 02/11/1918 Age: 19  Panel 3. Memorial VIS-EN-ARTOIS MEMORIAL  Son of James and Caroline Ferguson, of 50, Mackenzie Rd,

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FERGUSON JOHN RALPH

Private  63312 Royal Fusiliers 20th Bn.  Killed in action 07/11/1916 Age 24  Grave III. K. 25. Cemetery A.I.F. BURIAL GROUND, FLERS.  Brother of Frank Louis

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FIELD H

Just possible is from W Croydon 112 Wentworth Rd died 20.9.1917 from 4 pages of names on CWGC.

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FIELD WILLIAM FREDERICK

 L/Corporal, G/282 Queen’s (Royal West Surrey Regiment) 8th Bn. Killed in action 30/7/1917 II.B.10. CHESTER FARM CEMETERYFrance & Flanders  Born and lived Beckenham, enlisted Crovdon

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FINCH AUBREY MALCOLM CECIL

Captain Seaforth Highlanders (Ross-shire Buffs, the Duke of Albany’s) 4th Bn.   Killed in action 07/07/1919 Age 22 Grave  Mem. B40. ARCHANGEL ALLIED CEMETERY  (buried Semenovka

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FISHER F T A

There was Frederick T A Fisher who died in the June quarter of 1919 age 27 so born in 1892 and a Frederick Fisher from

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FLEMING JOHN ALLISTER

Second Lieutenant Queen’s Own (Royal West Kent Regiment) 1st Bn.  Died of wounds 22/07/1916 Age 23 Pier and Face 11 C.  THIEPVAL MEMORIAL  Son of

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FOLLEY HENRY JAMES

Private 6863  Royal Army Medical Corps H.M.H.S.  Death at sea  21/03/1917  “Asturias” Grave  M. 6. 14548.  TORQUAY CEMETERY AND EXTENSION  Born Beckenham 1893, Birkbeck Rd

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FOORD GEORGE HOWARD

Lieutenant  Army Service Corps 176th Depot  Died of wounds 13/10/1915 Age 31 Grave A. 77.  LANCASHIRE LANDING CEMETERY.  Son of Thomas Herbert Edward and Ida

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FORSTER JOHN

Second Lieutenant King’s Royal Rifle Corps 2nd Bn. Killed in action 14/09/1914 Age 21  LA FERTE-SOUS-JOUARRE MEMORIAL  Son of Mr. H.W. Forster, M.P. and the

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FOX WILLIAM JAMES

Pte 67412 Machine Gun Corps infantry 50th Bn. Died  27/5/1918 SOISSONS MEMORIAL. Wife  65 Churchfields rd, Beckenham. Had worked as clerk for 15 years to

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FRASER, HUGH McNEILL

Private  3132 London Regiment (London Scottish) 1st/14th Bn Died of wounds 03/02/1915 Age 21  Grave  I. A. 28. LE TOUQUET-PARIS PLAGE COMMUNAL  CEMETERY  Son of

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FREDERICK ROBERT KILLICK

Private G/3711 The Queen’s (Royal West Surrey Regiment)  3/4th Bn.  Killed in action 29/07/1918 SOISSONS MEMORIAL Born abt 1895 , lived 30 Ancaster Rd, Elmers

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FULLER CHARLES

Private  400985 Essex Regiment 17th Bn. tranfr. to (460188) Labour Corps. Died 01/11/1918 Age 27  Grave  54. 527.  NORWICH CEMETERY, NORFOLK  Son of Mrs. F.

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FULLER WILLIAM

 28327, North Hants Reg 7th Bn, died of wounds 15/5/1917 in hospital. Husband of Kathleen of the Kent House Rd PO, 2nd son of Emily

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FULLER, HENRY DALE

Rifleman 32448 South Lancashire Regiment 1st/5th.  Died 09/04/1918 Age 36 Panel 76 LOOS MEMORIAL.  Son of Henry and Emily Fuller, of 117, Lennard Rd., Beckenham

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FULLEX. A.M

Alfred Mathew Fullex Pte 40421 Middlesex Regiment 2nd Bn formerly 12665 Royal Sussex. Killed in action 23/10/1916 FONCQUEVILLERS MILITARY CEMETERY. Born abt 1885 West Wickham,

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FURZE CLAUDE

Captain London Regiment (London Rifle Brigade) 1st/5th Bn Died of wounds 06/04/1918 Age 27 Grave Plot 4. Row A. Grave 1. FORCEVILLE COMMUNAL CEMETERY AND

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GARDINER, HENRY GEORGE

Serjeant  26675 Royal Flying Corps.  Died 08/09/1917 Age 38  Grave  O. 592.  SHORNCLIFFE MILITARY CEMETERY   Husband of Caroline Frances Louisa Gardiner, of 13, Sheringham Rd.,

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GARLICK, PERCY JAMES

Private  9533 Oxford and Bucks Light Infantry 2nd Bn.  Killed in action 25/09/1915   Birth Place: Brittwell, Oxon.  Enlisted Oxford. Husband of Mary Harman 1906. Lived

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GARRARD Percy

DSO Major London Regiment (The Queens) 24th Bn. attd. 2nd/4th King’s African Rifles  Died in German Hands (as POW?) at Malawi 18/09/1918 Grave 44 MANGOCHI

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GARWOOD, HARRY

Rifleman S/27128 Rifle Brigade “C” Coy. 1st Bn.  Died 22/04/1918 Age 20 Grave  A. 15. LE VERTANNOY BRITISH CEMETERY, HINGES  Son of Richard and Louisa

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GEE LEONARD FRANCIS

Private  G/15602 The Buffs (East Kent Regiment) 7th Bn.  Killed in action 30/09/1916 Pier and Face 5 D. THIEPVAL MEMORIAL  Born Sydenham, 1911 2 Linden

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GIBBINS, ERNEST ARTHUR MM

Private  G/11077 Queen’s Own (Royal West Kent Regiment) 1st. Bn.           Died 11/04/1917 Age 25 Grave VIII. A. 174.  BOULOGNE EASTERN  Son of Fanny Turner (formerly

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GIBLIN ERNEST

Private  G/11107 Queen’s Own (Royal West Kent Regiment) 6th Bn Killed in action  03/07/1916. Grave VIII. A. 4.  OVILLERS MILITARY CEMETERY  Born Beckenham, Enlisted Bromley,

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GIBSON, CECIL MERVYN

 Second Lieutenant York and Lancaster Regiment 1st/5th Bn.  Died 05/05/1917 Age 23 Grave III. B. 20. PONT-DU-HEM MILITARY CEMETERY, LA GORGUE  Son of Charles Mervyn

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GILLINGHAM, SYDNEY JOHN

Stoker 1st Class Royal Navy H.M.S. “Conquest.” 311026 Date of Death 28/03/1916. Grave  WALTON-ON-THE-NAZE (OR WALTON-LE-SOKEN) (ALL SAINTS) CHURCHYARD EXTENSION  (Served as John CASH). The

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GLADWIN WALTER GEORGE

Private 1946 London Regiment 1st/20th Bn.   Killed in action  25/09/1915  age 21. Panel 130 to 135. LOOS MEMORIAL.   Enlisted Blackheath. Address 1911 62 Bromley Road

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GLEN HARRY

Private  8058  London Regiment (Royal Fusiliers) 1st Bn.  Killed in action 08/10/1916 Pier and Face 9 D and 16 B. THIEPVAL MEMORIAL. Born Beckenham abt

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GOLDER ROBERT WILLIAM

Private 104300  Machine Gun Corps (Infantry) 17th Coy. Formerly 48705, Royal Fusiliers    Killed in action 25/08/1918 Grave  II. F. 10.  A.I.F. BURIAL GROUND, FLERS.  Enlisted

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GOLDSMITH FRANK

Private : 9121 The Queen’s (Royal West Surrey Regiment) 2nd Bn.  Died of wounds 28/10/1914 Age 23 . Grave  III. A. 19. Cemetery BOULOGNE EASTERN

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GOODIER ALBERT GEORGE

Private  G/3755 The Queen’s (Royal West Surrey Regiment) 1st Bn. Died 16/05/1916  Age 40 Grave  V. C. 73. BETHUNE TOWN CEMETERY.  Husband of 2nd wife

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GOULD, RALPH BOHN

Second Lieutenant South Wales Borderers 4th Bn.  Died 20/12/1916 Age 26 Grave  XXI. L. 1. AMARA WAR CEMETERY Son of Mr. A. K. and Mrs.

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GOVER WILLIAM ARTHUR

Captain  7th Duke of Connaught’s Own Rajputs 1st commission  20.1.1900.Awards: Mentioned in Despatches  Died Mesopotamia 03/03/1915 Panel 21. Column 1. TEHRAN MEMORIAL.  Born 29 Jan

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GRAHAM HORACE WILLIAM

Lance Corporal  562317 Royal Engineers  Died 19/10/1918 Age: 26  Grave  Q5. 7700. BECKENHAM CREMATORIUM AND CEMETERY  Eldest son of John Albert and Rose C. Graham,

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GRANT HARRY T

Private M2/031818 Royal Army Service Corps G.H.Q. Anti-Aircraft Gunnery School Died 13/02/1919 Grave II. C. 4. COLOGNE SOUTHERN CEMETERY

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GRANT HENRY TYLOR

Private 201694 Regiment/Service: Royal Sussex Regiment “A” Coy. 4th Bn.  British Expeditionary Force enlisted Bromley. Died of wounds 16/01/1918 Age 40  Grave IX. C. 20.

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GRANT, JOHN CARDROSS

Captain Cameronians (Scottish Rifles) 10th Bn. Awards: M C  Died 27/01/1916 Age  23 Grave I. K. 24. NOEUX-LES-MINES COMMUNAL CEMETERY.   Son of Cardross and Sophia

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GRAVENEY, WILLIAM KILLEEN

Sergeant 75004 Canadian Infantry 29th Bn.   Died 26/09/1916 Age 28   Grave VII. E. 15. ADANAC MILITARY CEMETERY, MIRAUMONT.  Son of Elizabeth Green, of 12, Stodart

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GREGORY THOMAS FRANK

Private 27391 Suffolk Regiment 2nd Bn, formerly G/16187, Middx. Regt. Died 07/11/1917 Grave  II. B. 12. FAVREUIL BRITISH CEMETERY. Killed instantly due to a shell

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HAINES, FREDERICK ARTHUR

Private 315561 Middlesex Regiment 1st Bn. Died 27/09/1918 Age 19  Grave VI. B. 32. VILLERS HILL BRITISH CEMETERY,  VILLERS-GUISLAIN  Brother of Charles Frederick.

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HALL CHARLES

2nd Lt The Buffs East Kent Regiment 8th Bn. Light Trench Mortar Bty. Died attempting to throw out a live shell 28/3/1917 age 23 I.D.4.

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HALL E M

There is Edgar Montague of the Canadian Infantry from High Wycombe and E E M Hall from the London Regiment died 1918, both from the

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HALL SIDNEY

2nd Lt RAF 4th sqdn. Died 18.10.1918 and given a military funeral by the populace TOURCOING CEMETERY. Son of Mr & Mrs R Hall of

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HAMMOND HARRY

294 RWK 6th Bn.  Died 13/10/1915 Pas de Calais, grave IV, F. 15, BETHUNE TOWN CEMETERY, age 24.  Son of C and Alice Maud Hammond

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HARDING JOHN CHARLES

Pte 11884 Royal Welsh Fusiliers 8th Bn. Died 7.8.1915 age 39, grave IV.F.18 SHRAPNEL VALLEY CEMETERY. Husband of Florence Emily Harding 26 Clifton Terrace, Parish

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HARDWICK H

There are three possibles on the CWGC lists; a driver in the Royal Field Artillery died 2/8/1918, a Pte in the RAMC died 19/7/1917 and

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HARROD, GEORGE JOSEPH

Private 240520 Queen’s Own (Royal West Kent Regiment) 1st/5th Bn. Mesopotamian Expeditionary Force sent to relieve the siege of Kut. His brother Harry of the

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HARTNOLL, JAMES HENRY

Private 41731 Worcestershire Regiment 14th Bn.  Died 16/04/1918  Panel 41. POZIERES MEMORIAL  Birth Place: Winchester, Hants, lived Penge, enlisted Bromley, Kent. Married Lilian Pharo 1909.

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HASTINGS THOMAS EMANUEL

Private L/10478 Queen’s Own (Royal West Kent Regiment) 7th Bn. Killed in action Trones Wood 13/07/1916  Pier and Face 11 C. THIEPVAL MEMORIAL.  Born Sydenham, 

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HATFIELD, HENRY JAMES

Lance Corporal  G/40656  Middlesex Regiment 12th Bn.  Died 03/05/1917 Age 21  Bay 7. ARRAS MEMORIAL  Son of Mr. and Mrs. H. A. Hatfield, of 11,

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HAWKER ALBERT JOHN

Butcher aboard Mercantile Marine HMHS Llandovery Castle. The prewar ship of the Union Castle line was at first used as a troopship. Died 27/6/1918 age

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HAWLEY, NELLIE

Probationer Nurse 83/11/1057 Queen Alexandra’s Imperial Military Nursing Service attd. H.M.S. “Osmanieh”  Died 31/12/1917  age 29 when the troopship hit a mine from the German

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HEASMAN ARTHUR NEAL

Bombardier 95408 Royal Field Artillery “D” Bty. 8 2nd Bde.  Died 04/11/1917 Age 21  Panel 4 to 6 and 162.  TYNE COT MEMORIAL  Son of

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