Second Lieutenant, 1st/4th Battalion (Territorial), Lincolnshire Regiment. Died of wounds 13 November 1917. Aged 20. Son of George Henry and Florence Mary Jacob, of 34, Burleigh St., Cambridge. Formerly Acting Sergeant 326123, Cambridgeshire Regiment. In the 1901 census he is aged 3, born Royston, living with his parents at Gower Road, Royston, Hertfordshire. In the 1911 census he is aged 13, born Royston, hertfordshire, schoolboy, resident with his parents at 85 High St Kings Lynn, St Margarets, Norfolk. His birth was registered in the July to September Quarter 1897 in the Royston Registration District. Commissioned in the LIncolnshire Regiment 30 May 1917. Buried in CHOCQUES MILITARY CEMETERY, Pas de Calais, France. Plot V. Row B. Grave 2. See also Cambridge Guildhall and Cambridge Hills Road Weslyan Methodist, Cambridge St Barnabas and also King's Lynn King Edward VII Grammar School

Extract from de Ruvigny's Roll of Honour Volume 1, Part 2, Page 186

JOLLEY, JOHN ANDREW BENJAMIN, 2nd Lieut., 9th (Service), attd. 5th (T.F.), Battn. The Lincolnshire Regt.. 2nd s. of John Thomas Jolley, of Green Bank, Lightcllffe, M.A. (Cantab.), Senior Mathematical Master, Heath Grammar School, Halifax, by his wife, Harriet, 2nd dau. of Thomas Irvine Graham, of Aughnacloy; b. Anghnacloy, co. Tyrone, 12 Aug. 1895; educ. Perse Grammar School, Cambridge, where for many years he was a member of the Cadet Corps, obtaining Certificate A; subsequently gained a Classical Exhibition, and had just entered his name on the books of St. Catharine’s College, Cambridge, when war broke out; volunteered for foreign service, joining the Public Schools Battn. of the Royal Fusiliers; trained at Epsom, where he held the post of Acting Sergt.-Instructor; obtained a commission in the 9th Lincolnshire Regt. 17 Oct. 1914; served with the Expeditionary Force In France and Flanders, attached to the 5th Lincolns, from Aug. to 13 Oct. 1915, on which latter date he was killed in action during the storming of the Hohenzollern Redoubt; unm.

See also Perse School and Cambridge Guildhall

Corporal L/2583, 16th Lancers (The Queen's). Killed in action 8 September 1914. Aged 24. Born, resident and enlisted Cambridge. Embarked France 17 August 1914. Son of Edward and Elizabeth Kerry, of 55, Arbury Rd., Cambridge. His birth was registered in the April to June Quarter 1890 in the Cambridge Registration District. Buried in PERREUSE CHATEAU FRANCO BRITISH NATIONAL CEMETERY, Seine-et-Marne, France. Plot 1. Row B. Grave 43. See also Cambridge Guildhall and Cambridge Short Street Wesleyan Methodist (below)

Extract from a local paper (unknown paper and date):

"DIED LIKE A MAN."
Cambridge Lancer Killed In
Action.

Mr. and Mrs. Kerry of 275, Mill-road. Cambridge, have received news of the death of their son, Corporal Walter Birbeck Kerry, of the 16th Lancers, who was mortally wounded in action at Le Glairet. The sad news conveyed to them in the following letter from Squadron-Sergeant A. V. Cobb. of the same regiment:

“Just a few lines to let you know that poor Walter passed away on the 8th, the day before yesterday. I was with him on patrol when he was shot, and fetched him back. Poor young Horlock, of Cambridge, was thrown from his horse and hurt at the same time, but he is not seriously injured. Walter was shot about one o'clock, and died about 4.30 p.m. He was conscious up to the finish I was not with him when he died but the two fellows who were with him told me he had a very respectable funeral. He was buried by the side of Lieut. Gough, of the R.A. He was shot and buried at a place called Le Glairet. When I left him he told me to tell you all at home and his young lady that his last thoughts were of you all, and that he died like a man. I cannot explain all to you in this letter, but if I should live to return to Cambridge to see you and let you know all. I daresay you heard Walter speak of me. I live at Palgrave, just outside, Diss, and I know your brother well who lives at Diss. I cannot explain any more now, but will see you if I should be spared. I will close with deepest sympathy, remaining yours respectfully, A. V. Cobb.

Lance Corporal 6052, 3rd Regiment, South African Infantry. Died 15 July 1916. His birth was registered in the July to September Quarter 1891 in the Chesterton Registration District. In the 1891 census he was aged 9, son of Ephram and Harries Thoday. born Willingham, resident Willingham. In the 1901 census he was aged 19. born Willingham, a boarder, resident in Corby, Northamptonshire. On the 2 September 1910 Mr L Thoday sailed from Southampton on the Walmer castle (The Union-Castle Mail Steamship Co, Ltd) destined for Cape Town, South Africa. Buried in SUCRERIE MILITARY CEMETERY, COLINCAMPS, Somme, France. Plot I. Row BB. Grave 36.

Extract from England & Wales, National Probate Calendar (Index of Wills and Administrations), 1858-1966 for Laban Thoday:

THODAY Laban of Johannesburg South Africa lance-corporal South African Expeditionary Force died 15 July 1916 in France Probate London 15 April (1918) to William Thoday fruit grower. Effects £1208 14s.

WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES IN THE
GREAT WAR 1914-1918

Short Street Memorial

TO THE GLORY OF GOD
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THIS ORGAN IS ERECTED AS A MEMORIAL OF THE GREAT WAR 1914-1918
AND IN AFFECTIONATE REMEMBRANCE OF THE FOLLOWING
MEN WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES THEREIN

 

Second Lieutenant, 3rd Battalion, The Loyal North Lancashire Regiment. Killed in action 24 March 1915. Aged 21. Son of Charles William and Ellen Andrews, of 11, Mortimer Rd, Ealing, London. In the 1901 census he was aged 7, born Syston, Leicestershire, resident 3, Bromwich Street, Bolton, Lancashire; his father was a Wesleyan Minister. Buried in RUE-DES-BERCEAUX MILITARY CEMETERY, RICHEBOURG-L'AVOUE, Pas de Calais, France. Plot II. Row E. Grave 2.

Extract from Du Ruvigny's Roll of Honour Volume 4, Page 3:

ANDREWS, CHARLES NEVILLE, 2nd Lieut., 3rd (Reserve) Battn. The Loyal North Lancashire Regt., s. of the Rev. Charles William Andrews, of 11, Mortimer Road, Ealing, W., General Secretary of the Wesleyan Methodist Missionary Society, by his wife, Ellen, dau. of R. Alcock, J.P.; and brother to Lieut. R. F. Andrews [see Vol. III., page 7] ; b. Syston, co. Leicester, 3 March, 1894; educ. Bolton Grammar School, Leeds Grammar School, and Pembroke College, Cambridge; gazetted 2nd Lieut. 3rd Battn. The Loyal North Lancashire Regt. 2 Oct. 1914; served with the Expeditionary Force in France and Flanders from Feb. 1915, and was killed in action at Richebourg St. Vaast 24 March following. Buried there; unm.

Captain, 1st Battalion, Coldstream Guards. Killed in action 31 July 1917. Aged 25. Son of Brig. Gen. Sir John Barnsley and Lady Barnsley, of 20, Westfield Rd., Edgbaston, Birmingham. Buried in CANADA FARM CEMETERY, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium. Plot II. Row E. Grave 9. [Tie with Cambridge unknown]

Chaplain 4th Class, Royal Army Chaplains' Department. Died 8 March 1919 in the 1st Eastern General Hospital, Cambridge. Aged 39. Son of T. A. and M. Bedale, of Eccles, Manchester; husband of Dorothy Rendel Bedale, of "Fieldside", Barton Rd., Cambridge. Born 1879 in Eccles Lancashire. Marriage registered in the July to September Quarter 1907 in the Chesterton Registration District to Dorothy Rendel Whibley. Buried in CAMBRIDGE (HISTON ROAD) CEMETERY, Cambridgeshire. Plot 24. Row B. Grave 26.

Extract from England & Wales, National Probate Calendar (Index of Wills and Administrations), 1858-1966:

BEDALE Charles Lees of Woodhurst Madingley-road Cambridge died 8 March 1919 at the 1st Eastern General Hospital Cambridge Probate London 12 June (1919) to Dorothy Rendel Bedake widow. Effects £1590 12s. 7d.

Extract from Cambridge University Alumni, 1261-1900:

Charles Lees Bedale, CLARE College, Entered Michelmas 1898. Adm. at CLARE, Apr. 22, 1898. [S. of —, of Worsley, Lancs.] School, Manchester. Matric. Michs. 1898; B.A. (Class. Trip., 1st Class) 1901; M.A. 1905. Of Didsbury College, Manchester. In the Great War, Chaplain to the Forces, at the 1st Eastern Military Hospital, Cambridge. Died Mar. 8, 1919, aged 39, at Cambridge. (Scott, MSS.; The Times, Mar. 15, 1919; Univ. War List.)

Second Lieutenant. 7th (Robin Hood) Battalion (Territorial), Sherwood Foresters (Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment). Killed in action 26 July 1918. Son of Charles C and Ida Brodbeck, of 5 Melbourne Road, West Bridgford, Nottingham. First went to the front 28 August 1915. Formerly Acting Corporal 1666 and Temporary Corporal 534098, Royal Army Medical Corps. In Edwin Charles Brodbeck's Service Record it states that when he attested, he was of 40 Marlow Road Cambridge; enlisted on the 8 August 1914. He enlisted on the 8 August 1914 into the 1st Eastern General Hospital, Royal Army Medical Corps; in 1914 the 1st Eastern General Hospital, Royal Army Medical Corps, was at Trinity College, Cambridge. No known grave. Commemorated on LOOS MEMORIAL, Pas de Calais, France. Panel 87 to 89.

Extract from England & Wales, National Probate Calendar (Index of Wills and Administrations), 1858-1966:

BRODBECK Edwin Charles of 5 Melbourne-road West Bridgford Nottinghamshire second-lieutenant H.M. Army died 26 July 1918 in France Probate Nottingham 17 September (1918) to Charles Christian Brodbeck gymnastic teacher. Effects £272 7s. 5d.

Second Lieutenant, 1st Battalion, Devonshire regiment. Died of wounds 4 October 1916. Aged 26. Son of Richard I. and Annie L. Clifton, of The Manse, Lyminge, Folkestone. His father is listed as Rev. R. I. Clifton on his medal card, a Wesleyan Minister. Awarded the Military Cross (M.C.). Embarked France 15 June 1915. Buried in TORQUAY CEMETERY AND EXTENSION, Devon. Plot D. Row 19. Grave 14348. [Tie with Cambridge unknown]

Lieutenant, 2/4th Battalion (Territorial), Devonshire Regiment (Kut Garrison). Died in Turkish hands 3 June 1916 at Mosul. Aged 21. Only son of Alfred T (retired Major) and Ada Gregory, of Hillside, Tiverton, Devon. Birth registered in the January to March Quarter 1895 in the Tiverton Registration District, Devon. In the 1901 census he is a son aged 6, born Tiverton, Devon, resident with his parents at Hillside Lodge Estate, Tiverton, Devon. In the 1911 census he is aged 16, a srudent, born Tiverton, Devon, resident Trumpington Road, Cambridge. His assets are listed under Inventories & Accounts of Deceased Estates - Bombay 1798-1937, archive reference L-AG-34-27-416, page 7, held in the British Library. No known grave. Commemorated on BASRA MEMORIAL, Iraq. Panel 11. See also Cambridge Ley's School

Extract from De Ruvigny's Roll of Honour 1914-1918, Volume 3, Page 121:

GREGORY, STEPHEN BARNES, Lieut., 4th (Territorial) Battn. The Devonshire Regt., only s. of Alfred Thomas Gregory, J.P., Mayor of Tiverton 1911 to 1917, and Proprietor and Editor of the “Tiverton Gazette,” by his wife, Ada, dau. of James Barnes, J. ; b. Tiverton, co. Devon, 17 Feb. 1895; educ. Blundell's School there; The Leys School, Cambridge, and Clare College, Cambridge (Scholarship in Law, 1914); was in the O.T.C. at The Leys, and in the Shooting VIII.; entered at Clare College in 1913; passed first in First Division Law Examination, May, 1914; joined the Territorial Force as 2nd Lieut. Oct. 1913; gazetted Lieut. 4th Devonshire Regt. 12 Nov. 1914 went to India with his battalion the following Dec.: thence to Mesopotamia in Aug. 1915, in command of a draft of 40 picked men to reinforce the Royal West Kent Regt.; was with the besieged force in Kut-el-Amara 2 Dec. 1915, to 29 April, 1916, and on the surrender of the garrison became a prisoner of war, being marched to Mosul, Mesopotamia, where he died of enteritis 3 June following ; unm.

Extract from England & Wales, National Probate Calendar (Index of Wills and Administrations), 1858-1966:

GREGORY Stephen Barnes of Hillside Tiverton Devonshire second-lieutenant Devonshire regiment died between 29 April and 15 August 1916 at Mosul in Mesopotamia Administration London 2 January to Alfred Thomas Gregory mewspaper proprietor. Effects £615 6s. 10d.

Captain, 11th Battalion, Suffolk regiment commanding 101st Trench Mortar Battery (Special List). Killed in action 1 July 1916. Aged 24. IN the 1901 census he was the son of Isaac A and Martha S Mack, aged 8, born and resident Bootle, Lancashire. In the 1911 census he is aged 18, a Student, born Bootle, N. Liverpool, resident at Leys School, Trumpington Road, Cambridge. First embarked in France 8 January 1916. Father's address on medal card was Manhattan, Balliol Road, Bootle, Lancashire. Mentioned in The Leys Schhol, Cambridge, pub. 1912 as Leys School and Jesus College, Cambridge. Buried in GORDON DUMP CEMETERY, OVILLERS-LA BOISSELLE, Somme, France/ Plot IV. Row F. Grave 4. See also Cambridge Ley's School

Second Lieutenant, 14th Battalion, attached 12th Battalion, Manchester Regiment. Killed in action 4th August 1916. Aged 24. In the 1911 census he was the son of James Hope and Elizabeth Helling Moulton, aged 19, a Student at Didsbury College Manchester, born Cambridge, Cambridgeshire. Buried in BERNAFAY WOOD BRITISH CEMETERY, Somme, France. Row C Grave 1.

Extract from England & Wales, National Probate Calendar (Index of Wills and Administrations), 1858-1966:

MOULTON William Ralph Osborn of Baslow Derbyshire second-lieutenant of the Manchester regiment who was killed in action 5 August 1916 in France Administration (limited) Derby 30 January (1917) ro William Fiddian Moulton wesleyan minister the attorney of James Hope Moulton. Effects £326 18s. 6d.
Further Grant Derby July 1917.

See also Cambridge Ley's School and Cambridge Perse School

Second Lieutenant, Royal Garrison Artillery attached to Field Survey Company, Royal Engineers. Killed in action 10 March 1917. Aged 23. Son of Sir Charles John Ough Sanders, K.B.E., and Lady Agnes J. Sanders, of "Lyndhurst," Northbrook Rd., Lee, London. Senior Scholar of Trinity College, Cambridge. Formerly Private 3062, London Regiment. In the 1901 census he was aged 7, born Leyton, Essex, resident 60, St Georges Road, Low Leyton, West Ham, Essex. IN the 1911 census he was aged 17, at school, born Leyton, Essex, resident 6 East India Dock Road, Poplar East, Poplar Borough, London. Buried in WARLINCOURT HALTE BRITISH CEMETERY, SAULTY, Pas de Calais, France. Plot VI. Row C. Grave 12. See also Cambridge University Trinity College

From London, England, School Admissions and Discharges, 1840-1911:

Leslie Yorath Sanders, aged 4, born 5 July 1893, attending Atley Road School, Tower Hamlets, admitted 23 May 1898. [Atley Road School opened in 1873. Remodelled in 1910. Renamed George Lansbury Primary School in 1951]

Captain,"D" Company, 1st/4th Battalion (Territorial), Leicestershire Regiment. Kiilled in action 8 June 1917. Aged 23. Son of Arthur and Bertha Elizabeth Wakerley, of Crown Hill, Leicester. Educated at Leys School and Peterhouse, Cambridge. Buried in LOOS BRITISH CEMETERY, Pas de Calais, France. Plot XIX. Row C. Grave 23.

See also Cambridge Ley's School

Captain, 11th Battalion, Suffolk Regiment. Died of wounds 11th October 1917. Aged 26. Born at Nottingham. Son of Arthur Wootton and Julia Emma Wootton; husband of Barbara Wootton, of 56, Abbey Road Mansions, London, N.W.8. In the 1901 census he was aged 10, son of Arthur and Julia E Wootton, born Nottingham, resident at 137, Foxhall Road, Nottingham. In the 1911 census he was aged 20, son of Arthur and Julia Emma Wootton, born Nottingham, resident at 137, Foxhall Road, Nottingham. He was married in the Chesterton Registration District in the July to September Quarter 1917 to Barbara F Adam. Buried in LONGUENESSE (ST. OMER) SOUVENIR CEMETERY Pas de Calais, France. Plot IV. Row E. Grave 38. See also Cambridge St Marks and Cambridge Guildhall

Lieutenant Royal Air Force and Cheshire Regiment. Killed in a flying accident 13 January 1919. Aged 25. Son of the Rev H. Lefroy Yorke and Margaret Yorke (nee Warrington). Buried in SUNDERLAND (BISHOPWEARMOUTH) CEMETERY, Durham. Plot 20. Row CC. Grave 2094.

Extract from School & Univerity Registers for King's College, Cambridge, Register of Admissions to King's College Cambridge, pub 1929, page 471:

Yorke, Frederick : son of the Rev. Henry Lefroy Yorke of 16 Wellington Road, Birkenhead, Wesleyan Minister.
School : Merchant Taylors' School, Crosby.
Admitted 10 Oct. 1912; Scholar ; Prizeman ; 2nd Class Mathematical Tripos, Pt. I, 1913.
During the Great War served as Trooper Cheshire Yeomanry ; Lieutenant Cheshire Regiment (T.F.) ; Lieutenant (A.) R.A.F. ; twice wounded, May 1916, September 1917.
Killed in a flying accident 13 Jan. 1919.