The Badges, History, Uniforms, Medals and Nominal Rolls of the King's Colonials, King Edward's Horse and 2nd King Edward's Horse

A guide to determining genuine badges

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The King’s Colonials (KC) were a unique yeomanry Regiment in the British Army in the opening years of the 20th century. Although formed in the final stages of the Boer War, the Regiment itself did not see service there although a number of its individual members had. The King's Colonials were comprised of Colonial volunteers resident in Britain initially from those living in London but in time extending to Cambridge, Oxford and Liverpool. A combination of colourful characters, rich and flamboyant uniforms, iconic badges proudly reflecting Dominion heritages and Royal patronage ensured that the King’s Colonials became a much talked about Regiment. The King’s Colonials bore a number of distinctions and among them that they were the only Colonial unit administered from Whitehall.  

Re-named in 1910 as the King Edward’s Horse (King’s Overseas Dominions Regiment) (KEH/KODR) the Regiment went on to see active service in the Great War. Service in the King Edward's Horse proved to be a highly-regarded training ground for future Officers. Some 550 men were transferred from the King Edward’s Horse to become Officers in other units. The men of the King Edward's Horse were discharged to the Reserve upon their return to England in 1919 and were never re-embodied and were disbanded as a Regiment in 1924.

Much of the time in the Great War, the King Edward’s Horse were kept in reserve waiting for breakthroughs in the line which rarely if ever occurred. They spent much of their time foraging for themselves and their horses and delivering messages. The infantry took their abbreviated title of ‘KEH KODR’ and jeeringly called them the ‘King’s Own Despatch Riders’.

The truth is that the King Edward’s Horse had an exemplary wartime service record. During the war the Regiment lost ten Officers, two Staff Serjeants (Sergeants) and 69 Other Ranks (Private is used but Trooper is often used in different sources) killed in action (KIA), died of wounds (DOW) or died on service. They were awarded four Distinguished Service Orders, one with bar; eleven Military Crosses, one with bar; ten Distinguished Conduct Medals, one with bar; five Meritorious Service Medals and twenty-five Military Medals plus a number of Foreign service awards and Mentioned in Despatches.

The 2nd King Edward’s Horse (2KEH) have nothing more than a namesake as a link to the King Edward's Horse (1st). They too have a proud history of service including having fought as dismounted troops in France. I am currently collating information regarding their gallantry medal entitlements as part of compiling their Nominal Roll. This includes a Private of the 2KEH, John Sherwood-Kelly, a South African with considerable Colonial military service passed through their ranks albeit briefly before being commissioned into the Norfolk Regiment. He went on to command the 1st Battalion, The Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers and was awarded the Victoria Cross for his actions on 20 November 1917, during the Battle of Cambrai.

The King’s Colonials/King Edward’s Horse and 2nd King Edward's Horse represent a tremendous topic for research. The badges of these Regiments in particular make a fascinating study. This was my initial interest in the Regiments which grew over time to a fuller appreciation of their uniforms, medals, service history and place in history.

I am currently adding additional information about individuals who served in the King's Colonials from the Regimental history and other sources. It is my intention to build comprehensive Nominal Rolls for the King's Colonials, King Edward's Horse and 2nd King Edward's Horse. This is possible for the King Edward's Horse and 2nd King Edward's Horse using medal entitlements from the Medal Index Cards (MICs) as per the attached illustrative images of a MIC to a 2nd KEH Officer. The KEH and 2KEH both saw service in the Great War and more often than not the MICs do not distinguish between them nor does the naming of the service medals themselves which causes much confusion and incorrect attribution. As far as I can determine there are no surviving Official Rolls for the King's Colonials and so the task of building a Nominal Roll is in that case much more difficult. I acknowledge the pioneering effort of Peter Nemeric www.kingedwardshorse.net to piece one together for the King's Colonials and King Edward's Horse. The Nominal Rolls on my own website are similarly being complimented with photographs of individuals, gravestones and medals. Hopefully the Nominal Rolls on this website will aid in the identification of the actual Regiment a medal recipient served in. Names and biographical details are recorded in italics were the individual was Killed in Action (KIA) or Died of Wounds (DoW). Those that appear in bold are where there is an accompanying photograph. I am using multiple sources of information for the Nominal Rolls including 'ANGLO-ARGENTINE RAILWAYMEN WHO SERVED IN THE GREAT WAR, 1914 - 1918', Caribbean Roll of Honour, Lieutenant Colonel Neil C. Smith AM's 'Under Friendly Flags', Cambridge and Oxford University Memorials, schools and colleges, irishwarmemorials.ie, medal sales, Ancestry, Robert Bicker's "SS Suwa Maru" Shanghai Contingent list, the Australian War Memorial records and those of the Auckland Online Cenotaph. The Nominal Rolls are being regularly updated and I am currently focusing on the 1914/15 Star trio lists for the King Edward's Horse having completed this for the 2nd King Edward's Horse. Information and photographs of any members of the King's Colonials/King Edward's Horse and 2nd King Edward's Horse is welcomed via the Contact page. Full acknowledgement will be given.

There are many myths, mistruths and misunderstandings regarding the history, uniforms and badges of the King’s Colonials, King Edward’s Horse and 2nd King Edward’s Horse. Their headdress badges have been heavily copied and I have set out to try and advise the reader as to how best to distinguish an original headdress badge from a copy. In attempting to do so I have purposely chosen not to disclose certain characteristics and images of badges which I believe would help copiers of badges "improve their game".

As this website is intended for research purposes only I have included several images from websites where I have been unable to make contact with the owner and apologise in advance should the owner not wish the image to be used. I would hope to hear from them and seek their permission to support this project. All images without a specific attribution are from my own collection. The hyperlinks are embedded in the text in blue to allow the original source and additional information to be accessed.

Contemporary photographs provide a unique insight into the uniforms and badges of the King’s Colonials, King Edward’s Horse and 2nd King Edward’s Horse and the manner in which they were worn.  A friend and major collaborator on this project whom I met on the Great War Forum, Darren O’Brien was very fortunate to have acquired a collection of photographs with annotations of the King’s Colonials by R. J. (Bob) Smith who made a detailed study of the uniforms of the British yeomanry regiments. The access to these photographs and notes was a turning point in being able to more critically detail the uniform and badges of the King's Colonials and King Edward's Horse. This material was supplemented through the purchase of a photograph album of the King’s Colonials on annual camp in the period 1902-04. I am indebted to Simon Jervis for sourcing it.

I am deeply grateful to several friends and acquaintances who have generously provided copies of photographs, measurements and notes on the badges, buttons and uniforms of the King’s Colonials, King Edward’s Horse and 2nd King Edward’s Horse. My thanks to an unnamed Sydney collector, Robert Andrews, Del Badiuk, Ian Baker, Gardner Bell, Mike Bekkett, Pat Birley, John Burridge, Timothy Connolly, the late Ron Cook, Steve Bosley, Iain Davidson, Michael T. Finchen, the late Rod Flood, the late Phil Garland, Luke Halls, Keith Hook, Daniel Irving, Simon Jervis, David Knight, Paul Liddell, Rob Miller, Jon Mills, Ray Mitchell, Griff Morgan-Jones, Geoff Newman, the late David Oldham, Laurie Osborne, the late Peter Parodi, Ed Parsons, Alex Rice, Paul Spellman, James Stevenson, David Stewart, Victor Taboika, Pierre Vandervelden and Garry White.  Many of these friends I have met through the British & Commonwealth Military Badge Forum which is an invaluable resource for any badge collector.  

I would like to thank and pay tribute to the following descendants and biographers of those who served in the King’s Colonials, King Edward’s Horse and 2nd King Edward’s Horse. They have all identified individuals in photographs and have generously assisted in providing biographical details, stories and additional photographs. My very good friend, Owen Dobson has generously provided biographical details for a number of those who served in these Regiments. Owen's biographical narrative of Private Osborne Lean, 1704, 2nd King Edward's Horse I have included in full in the Nominal Roll section of this website. It is the most detailed account of service life in these Regiments that I have come across. Many thanks Owen. Ray Mitchell and I met through this website and our grandfathers service on the Somme crossed over. Thanks to his research Ray was able to work with the Office of the Australian War Graves to have his grandfather Trooper Jack Fraser Mitchell's headstone replaced with an official war grave surmounted with the emblem of the 2KEH badge.  

Captain Frank Vans Agnew MC, 1112, 2nd King Edward's Horse - Jamie Vans (Great nephew and biographer).

Lieutenant Hugh James Aitchison MID, King Edward's Horse - Debra Brock (Granddaughter). 

Bandmaster Peter Anderson, King's Colonials and King Edward's Horse - Philip Mayer, Fusiliers Museum (Biographer).

Captain Andrew (Kaid) Belton, 2nd King Edward's Horse - Squadron Leader Howard Toon (Biographer).

Second Lieutenant Walter Bolus, 1481, King Edward's Horse - Walter Stevens (Grandson). 

Private John (Jack) Ryther Steer Bowker, 8, King Edward's Horse - Robin Hyland (Biographer).

Captain William Ernest Horatio Bradburn, King Edward's Horse - Diane Moss (Biographer).

Private Keith Cooper Brockman, 1316, 2nd King Edward's Horse - Owen Dobson (Biographer). 

Acting Serjeant Charles William Brownell, 1344, King Edward’s Horse - Owen Dobson (Biographer).

Squadron Quarter Master Serjeant John Eayre Kellman Bynoe, 1, King Edward's Horse - Michael Chalk (Relative).

Squadron Serjeant Major Harry Campbell Calvert, 279, King's Colonials and King Edward's Horse then Captain Royal Field Artillery - James Morgan (Great Grandson) and Rob Bull (2x Great Grandson).

Private Alfred Capper, 433, King Edward's Horse and 2nd King Edward's Horse - Robert Cruickshank (Grandson).

Second Lieutenant Leonard Arthur Carey, 2nd King Edward's Horse - Trevor Harkin (Biographer).

Private Harold Cyril Corder, 1187, 2nd King Edward' Horse - Helen Peach and Doug Corder (Descendants).

Serjeant Edwin (Ted) C. Cowley, 2nd King Edward's Horse - Bob Hakewill (Local historian).

Lance Corporal Eric H. Cowan, 393, King Edward's Horse - Richard Daglish (Biographer). 

Private Reginald John Daws, 595, King Edward's Horse - Nick Daws (Grandson).

Private Edward Feron Devine, 1128, King Edward's Horse - Giles F. Russell (Descendant).

Private William Leonard Denman, 2nd King Edward's Horse, KIA 11th Battalion, Tank Corps- Dana Cowie (Great Granddaughter).

Major Sir Ralph Dolignon Furse MC and bar, King Edward's Horse - Frances Whistler (Grandson). 

Lieutenant William Eric Gilbert MC, 980, King Edward's Horse - Robin Martin and Sean Wright (Great Grandson).

Private Douglas Arthur Gordon MM, King's Colonials later King Edward's Horse then Royal Garrison Artillery - Jean Paxton, (Granddaughter).

Private Charles (Charlie) Ernest Hakewill, 1553, 2nd King Edward's Horse - Bob Hakewill (Grandson and local historian).

Private Robert C. Harris. 619, King Edward's Horse. His WW1 medal trio, Hotchkiss Machine Gun arm badge and shoulder titles were a kind gift of Malcolm Johnston (ex-3rd Battalion, The Royal Regiment of Fusiliers) and were originally with his Father's (ex-Royal Signals, who was captured at the fall of Singapore and interned in Japan) possessions. I would be happy to hear from a descendent of Private Harris to pass the medals on to them.

Serjeant Sydney Bywater Harris, King Edward's Horse - Carole McEntee-Taylor (Biographer).

Private William Hannen Hunn, King Edward's Horse - Richard Hannen-Williams (Descendant).

Colonel Lionel James CBE DSO, King Edward's Horse - Michael James (Grandson).

Private Carl Edward Jessop, 600, King Edward's Horse - Carl Hopkins (Great grandson).

Corporal Romer Frank Johnstone, 1316, King Edward's Horse - Helen Pollock (Niece).

Private Robert Philip Johnstone OBE, 1312, King Edward's Horse and 2nd King Edward's Horse - Helen Pollock (Niece).

Private Frank W. Jones, 926, 2nd King Edward's Horse - Bob Hakewill (Local historian).

Private Wilfred Sidney Knox, 1826, 2nd King Edward's Horse - Paul Sandford (Descendant).

Private Harold (Harry) Dudley Knox, 1827, 2nd King Edward's Horse, DoW - Paul Sandford (Descendant).

Private John Arthur Lange, 1352, King Edward's Horse - Jon Farmer (Military historian).

Private Osborne Lean, 1704, 2nd King Edward's Horse - Owen Dobson (Biographer).

Serjeant Edward (Ned) John Leake, MM, C de G, Medale Militaire, King Edward's Horse - Thomas McKernan (Descendant).

Serjeant Leslie John Leake, DCM, King Edward's Horse - Thomas McKernan (Descendant).


Private Jack Fraser Mitchell MM, 1338, 2nd King Edward's Horse - Ray Mitchell (Grandson and biographer).

Private William Morris MM, 1506, 2nd King Edward's Horse - Owen Dobson (Biographer).

Lance Corporal Charles Francis O'Donnell, 1587, 2nd King Edward's Horse - (Gerry Rogers - Descendant). 

Private Victor Irvine Ernest Reid, 2248, 2nd King Edward's Horse - (Jim Lees, 1st Royal Dragoons historian).

Lieutenant Colonel George Gray Russell DSO, King Edward's Horse - Natalie Wilson (Biographer).

Lance Corporal Patrick Ryan, 1530, 2nd King Edward's Horse - Marie Cooper (Granddaughter).

Private Ernest Gordon Saunders, -, 2nd King Edward's Horse - Peter Saunders (Son).

Private Harry James Scott, 252, 2nd King Edward's Horse - Robert Scott (Grandson).

Regimental Quarter Master Serjeant Frederick Willet Skepelhorn, 388, King Edward's Horse - Jenny Willis (Great grand daughter). 

Corporal John (Jack) Francis Stewart. 1376. King Edward's Horse - Derek Wignall (Descendant).

Private Robert (Albert) Swinfen, 905, 2nd King Edward's Horse - Bob Hakewill (Local historian).

Private Thomas (Tom) Tibbits, 911, 2nd King Edward's Horse - Bob Hakewill (Local historian).

Private Albert D. J. Van Blerck (alias of Edward Bertram Price), 315. 2nd King Edward's Horse - David Drury (Researcher).

Private William (Billy) Jack West, 811, 2nd King Edward's Horse - Bob Hakewill (Local historian).

Peter Nemaric deserves special thanks for sharing several excellent photographs of the King’s Colonials and King Edwards Horse. Peter created and manages the King Edward’s Horse website and I am deeply indebted to him for allowing them to be used and hope that the information on my website compliment the years of meticulous research he has invested in the King Edward's Horse.

My thanks go to the exhaustive research made available to me by Richard Breislin of www.blackthorn-antiques.com on the swords of the King's Colonials and King Edward's Horse. This invaluable information is detailed against his photograph of a British 1899 Pattern Cavalry Trooper’s Sword, King Edward's Horse in Figure 132 and under the Kings Colonials (KC) Officer's Full Dress Uniform 1901-04 section of this website.

I would also like to especially thank Carole McEntee-Taylor for her permission to use the photographs of Sydney Harris from her excellent biography of this remarkable man (From Colonial Warrior to Western Front Flyer: The Five Wars of Sydney Herbert Bywater Harris. London: Pen and Sword, 2015). Similarly I would like to sincerely thank Jamie Vans, great nephew of Captain Frank Vans Agnew, MC for his permission to use photographs and the vivid biography published as "Veteran Volunteer: Memoirs of the Trenches, Tanks & Captivity 1914-1918". London: Pen and Sword, 2014.

Since this website went live an article by Keith Hook and David Knight entitled ‘The Badges, Titles and Buttons of King Edward’s Horse’ was published in the Journal of the Military Historical Society. 251:70-78, 2018. This excellent article contains a number of additional pieces of information regarding the badges and uniforms of the King's Colonials and King Edward's Horse which I now reference on my site. I am appreciative of their efforts to document their research and subsequent correspondence with Keith and David has yielded a significant amount of fresh information and photographs regarding their badges, uniforms and history.  Many of the King's Colonials and King Edward's Horse badges featured on this website came from Keith's original collection. Photographs of these badges were used by Arthur L. Kipling and Hugh L. King in their treatise 'Head-dress Badges of the British Army 1800-1918: v.1'.  My eternal thanks to Keith.

My heartfelt thanks go to my brother Stephen for his extensive and patient proof-reading, and encouragement. The badge photography was a considerable challenge. I would like to especially thank my father-in-law Michael for all his experimentation and technical tuition to assist.

I was encouraged to write this article by my close friend and badge muse John Longstaff who has sought to teach me much about the badges of the British Empire. The learning continue and I sincerely thank John for his edits, guidance and friendship.

My good friend Pat Birley has been a tower of strength and guidance to me in helping curate my collection and sourcing items for me in the United Kingdom. If I was to learn half of what Pat knows about shoulder titles then I would be a very satisfied.

There is no doubt in my mind that this project would have been accomplished without the guidance and practical support of Ivan Machin. Having read Ivan’s tremendous book on the ‘Badges of the York and Lancaster Regiment’ I eagerly contacted him to seek his guidance on how to go about tackling the compilation of my notes and assemblage of photographs into something concrete that I could share with others.  Ivan has been generous with his time in supporting me on this journey and has openly shared with me his own experience of converting to a badges of York and Lancaster website so that fresh additions to a collection can be accommodated. I was very fortunate to be introduced to Michael Wood, who has published a splendid and authoritative guide to the 'Badges and Insignia of the Essex Yeomanry' and am very appreciative of his friendship, support and practical encouragement. Michael has also created a wonderful website to the badges of the County of Essex. I encourage readers to click on the links to these websites which provide terrific reference sources.

I am indebted to the love and support of Anna, my wife and four wonderful children Cameron, Elisabeth, Alexander and Charlotte for their infinite patience and tolerance for their Father’s fascination with badges and their history.

Lest We Forget.

Dr Dean Moss




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This project is dedicated to the memory of the proud military service of my late Father, Kenneth Moss (Corporal, Royal Lincolnshire Regiment) and his brothers Alan (Private, King’s Royal Rifle Corps and Parachute Regiment), Wallace (Aircraftsman, Royal Air Force) and Gordon (Craftsman, Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers, Died as a Prisoner of War of the Japanese in 1945); my Grandfather Charles Herbert Moss (Sergeant, ‘C’ Company, 18th Lord Durham Pals Battalion, Durham Light Infantry, wounded at Ypres and on the Somme) and my maternal great Grandfather Harry Morley (Private, 2nd Battalion, Leicestershire Regiment, Died of Wounds 21st May 1915, Battle of Festubert) and his brother John (Private, ‘A’ Company, 1st Battalion Leicestershire Regiment, Died of Wounds 22nd November 1914, Battle of the River Aisne).

Lest We Forget the service and sacrifice of the men of the King’s Colonials, King Edward’s Horse and the 2nd King Edward’s Horse.
The Second Boer War had proven a very difficult political and military campaign for Great Britain to positively conclude. By 1900 the combination of the vastness of the South African veld and the ravages of disease and hard soldiering for men and horses meant that more men were required to be released from home service units to fight overseas. Patriotic fervour was running high across the British Empire and many citizens from the British Colonies had enlisted to serve in Lord Roberts, Commander in Chief’s army in South Africa. As described by Lieutenant Colonel Lionel James DSO in his history of the unit (The History of King Edwards Horse (The King's Overseas Dominions Regiment). London: Sifton, Praed & Co, 1921), George Hamilton (Figure 1), a solicitor and a member of the Committee of the Colonial Club in London, suggested that there should be a home defence yeomanry unit, raised purely from overseas volunteers’ resident in England.

Figure 1: Lieutenant Colonel George Hamilton (wearing Officers Service Dress uniform with the cap bearing the later King Edward's Horse headdress badge) who first conceived of the formation of the King’s Colonials, circa 1910-12.  He joined the King’s Colonials upon its formation in 1901 and although having retired in 1912, he served extra-regimentally during the Great War (Lieutenant Colonel Lionel James. The History of King Edwards Horse (The King's Overseas Dominions Regiment). London: Sifton, Praed & Co, 1921).

Together with fellow Committee member, Lieutenant Colonel Nesbit Willoughby Wallace (Figure 2) they sought endorsement of the proposal from all the Colonial representatives in London of the senior members of the Empire: Australia, New Zealand, Canada, South Africa and India. Although supportive, the New Zealand Agent General had doubts that there were sufficient numbers of New Zealanders living in England to enlist.

Figure 2:  Lieutenant Colonel Nesbitt Willoughby-Wallace, first Commanding Officer of the 4th County of London (King’s Colonials) Imperial Yeomanry 1901-04 (Lieutenant Colonel Lionel James. The History of King Edwards Horse (The King's Overseas Dominions Regiment). London: Sifton, Praed & Co, 1921). 

Some seventy men came forward as being willing volunteers when a recruiting advertisement was run in the London papers in the summer of 1900. Having gained the approval of Lord Roberts, the 4th County of London Imperial Yeomanry (King’s Colonials) was formed on the 29th November 1901 at Charing Cross, London. The Regiment was 50th in precedence within the yeomanry. The Lord Lieutenant of the County of London, Lord Fife become Colonel in Chief and His Royal Highness the Prince of Wales and Duke of Cornwall and York, K.G. (later King George V) became the Regiment’s Honorary Colonel in December 1901 (see Figure 3). His Royal Highness was the first Officer gazetted to the Regiment and his enthusiastic support saw the unit fulfill numerous ceremonial duties as a highly-popular overseas Dominion unit raised in the County of London. The King’s Colonials have the distinction of being the only Colonial unit administered from Whitehall.

Figure 3:  His Royal Highness the Prince of Wales and Officers of the 4th County of London (King's Colonials) Imperial Yeomanry in Full Dress uniform at the Inspection and  Official Opening of  the Drill Hall in the King's Road, Chelsea on 6th May 1902 (Lieutenant Colonel Lionel James. The History of King Edwards Horse (The King's Overseas Dominions Regiment). London: Sifton, Praed & Co, 1921).

The first recruit sworn into the King's Colonials was Private Henry S. Cubitt who was curiously given 32 as his Regimental Number on 4th January 1902.  The first muster of the Regiment was held on 11th February 1902.

Lieutenant Colonel Willoughby Wallace became the first Commanding Officer and Captain Robert Roland Thompson (late of the Australian Horse) was appointed Adjutant; Captain Sir Robert Bailie (Australia) and Mr John Howard (Canada) were appointed as Captains; and George Hamilton (South Africa and Chile) and A. G. Berry (Australia) as Lieutenants (Figure 4). Volunteers came from the upper echelons of society from Colonial outposts and funding came from the Dominion Government’s that sponsored their own particular Squadrons. A cavalry or yeomanry Squadron is the equivalent of a company in an infantry Regiment and was comprised of about 120-150 Officers and Other Ranks. A cavalry or yeomanry Regiment would generally be made up of four Squadrons.

Figure 4: The Officers of the 4th County of London (King’s Colonials) Imperial Yeomanry from left to right, back row: Lieutenant Lionel James, Captain J. Howard, Lieutenant P. Hare and Surgeon-Lieutenant L. J. H Oldmeadow, MD.  Second row: Second Lieutenant H. C. Corlette, Colonel Sir E. W. D. Ward (K.C.H Under-Secretary of State for War), Lieutenant G. Hamilton, Captain Sir Robert Baillie, Bart., Lieutenant A. G. Berry, Second Lieutenant W. J. Ratcliffe, Lieutenant Hamar Greenwood, and Lieutenant G. Seymour Fort. Front row: Major J. M. Vereker, Lieutenant Colonel Willoughby Wallace, and Captain and Adjutant Robert Roland Thompson in Undress uniform circa 1902 (Navy and Army Illustrated. London: Elliot & Fry, Volume XIV: Number 274, 147-148, May 3rd 1902). 

The King’s Colonials established their Headquarters at 30 Charing Cross Road and drilled in a hall at 304 King’s Road in Chelsea (Figure 4). By April 1902, the Regimental strength was 190 and a Regimental band had been formed. A representative Squadron was present at King Edward’s Coronation Review on 12th June 1902 and Lieutenant George Hamilton, one NCO and eight Troopers attended the King Edward VII’s coronation on 9th August 1902.

Figure 5: The permanent staff of the King’s Colonials as of 19th April 1902 from left to right are Regimental Sergeant Major Fezan (former 4th Royal Irish Dragoon Guards), Squadron Quarter Master Sergeant Palmer (former 10th Hussars); Captain and Adjutant R. R. Thompson; and Squadron Sergeant Major Thompson (former 13th Hussars) (Navy and Army Illustrated. London: Elliot & Fry, Volume XIV: Number 274, 147-148, May 3rd 1902). 

In 1903 it was proposed that the Regiment initially form "Colonial" Squadrons to represent each of the overseas Dominions:

  • ‘A’ Squadron - British Asians (mostly Indian)
  • ‘B’ Squadron - British Americans (actually Canadians)
  • ‘C’ Squadron - Australasian (Australian & New Zealanders
  • ‘D’ Squadron - British African (South African & Rhodesian)
  • ‘E’ Squadron – attempts were made to form an entirely New Zealand Squadron but was unsuccessful. The New Zealanders became the 3rd Troop of ‘D’ Squadron (South African) and this left ‘C’ Squadron as wholly Australian in make-up and so ‘C’ Squadron was re-named the Australian Squadron.  
The same year, the Regiment commenced training at Latimer Park with a strength of 18 Officers and 202 Other Ranks.

It was again divided into four Squadrons with three Troops per Squadron:

  • ‘A’ Squadron (British Asian) commanded by Captain L. James with 1st Troop (Asian) 2nd Lieutenant Stockwell, 2nd Troop (Asian) 2nd Lieutenant Radcliffe and 3rd Troop (Australian) Lieutenant Corlette. 
  • ‘B’ Squadron (Canadian) commanded by Major J. Howard with 1st Troop (Canadian) Lieutenant Hamar Greenwood, the 2nd Troop (Canadian) Captain G. Hamilton and the 3rd Troop (Australian).
  • ‘C’ Squadron (Australasian) commanded by Major Sir Robert Baillie, Bart with 1st Troop (New South Wales) 2nd Lieutenant J. Armstrong, 2nd Troop (New South Wales) Lieutenant G. S. Fort and 3rd Troop (Victoria) Captain A. G. Berry.
  • ‘D’ Squadron (South African) commanded by Major J. M. Vereker with 1st Troop (African) -, 2nd Troop (African) Lieutenant P.  R. Hare and 3rd Troop (New Zealand) Captain R. S. Vaile. 
The King’s Colonials purchased a Pegasus car for conveying their Officer’s for inspection duties in 1902 and were a fully independent unit with their own battery of machine guns (see Annual Camps section), a corps of signalers and an ambulance corps.

Upon retirement of Lieutenant Colonel Willoughby Wallace on the 19 April 1904, command of the Regiment passed to Lieutenant Colonel Honourable Herbert Alexander Lawrence, late of the 17th Lancers (Figure 6). The Regimental Headquarters moved to Gloucester Terrace, London. The early years of the King's Colonials were not without difficulties as the Regiment was short of funds for many years. The assumption had been made that wealthy Colonials and Dominion Governments would financially support the newly formed Regiment but the reality was quite different.

Figure 6: Portrait of Lieutenant Colonel Honourable Sir Herbert Alexander Lawrence (Courtesy of the National Portrait Gallery).

On the 7th April 1905, the Regimental title was shortened to the simpler "King’s Colonials Imperial Yeomanry”. The Regiment thanks to Royal patronage and colourful uniforms provided a Guard of Honour for numerous overseas dignitaries.
By 1906, recruitment had stalled and so the catchment for volunteers was expanded with subsequent addition of detachments in Cambridge and Oxford plus a Liverpool Troop from the Dominion residents of Liverpool. Today there is little physical evidence of the association of the King's Colonials with these localities or for that matter their headquarters in London except mementos like that shown in Figure 7. The Liverpool Troop were attached to ‘A’ Squadron (British Asian) for training and housed in the Headquarters of the Liverpool Scottish.  

The entry from the 1911 edition of Gore's Liverpool Directory provides the address of the Liverpool Troop as King Edwards Horse, The Kings Overseas Dominions Regiment, Northern District Detachment, HQ 2 Church Street W, Liverpool under the command of Captain W. Bancroft Pearch.

The King's Colonials Rifle Club had been formed and the Freeman Challenge Cup was competed for annually for the best shot in the Regiment. In 1906, the winner was Corporal H. C. Cramhall and a photograph of his silver medal can be seen against his entry in the Nominal Roll section of this website.

Figure 7: A repoussed silver sugar shaker given as a wedding gift to Trooper Edward Thornton, 776 engraved by his comrades of the Liverpool Detachment of the King’s Colonials (Courtesy of The saleroom.com).

Political maneuvering within the War Office by 1907 led to several of the self-governing Dominions seeing advantage in recognising the value of the King’s Colonials as a volunteer force in which they could be boldly represented. This then led to several alliances being formed between Colonial units namely the 8th (Princess Louise’s) New Brunswick Hussars in 1907 and the 1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th and 6th Australian Horse and Border Light Horse (Cape Colonial Forces) in 1908. The year of 1908, saw changes to the structure of the Army and the creation of the Territorial Force which led to the Regiment no longer being administered through the County of London Territorial Force Association but under its own association.

In 1909, due the Crown Colonies having gained Dominion status, the term ‘Colony Squadrons’ was abolished. From this time on the Squadrons were mixed in composition with new recruits allocated to the Squadron best suited to their training needs rather than on the traditional Dominion association or origin. At this time, the Regimental strength stood at 27 Officers and 444 Other Ranks. From April 1909 to January 1913, the Commanding Officer was Colonel H. Fortescue CBE, late of the 17th Lancers.

Figure 8: Church parade of an Officer, Serjeant (wearing the earlier Australasian Squadron headdress badge as an NCO arm badge) and Other Ranks 'C' Squadron (Australian) King's Colonials in Full Dress uniform circa 1907 (Photograph courtesy of David Knight). 

Figure 9: King's Colonials Coronation detachment in Full Dress uniform marching to Church Parade circa 1905-1910 (Gale and Polden series postcard). 
The photograph in Figure 10 depicts one of the last formal engagements of the King’s Colonials when a small detachment marched in the funeral procession of King Edward VII on 20th May 1910.

Figure 10: King’s Colonials in Full Dress uniform marching in the funeral procession of King Edward VII on 20th May 1910 near Paddington station, London (R. J. Smith collection).

In 1910, an exchange relationship was established between the 8th Australian Light Horse Regiment (Victorian Mounted Rifles) and ‘C’ Squadron (Australian) of the King’s Colonials. Again Colonial interest in the Regiment continued to grow and alliances were formed with the 13th, 14th and 15th Light Horse (Queensland Mounted Infantry) and the 10th, 11th and 19th Light Horse (Victorian Mounted Rifles) and the 1st, 5th and 8th Regiments, New Zealand Mounted Rifles.

Following the death of King Edward VII in 1910 it was decided that, due to the self-governing Dominions dislike of being referred to as Colonials, the Regiment should be renamed. On the 12th July 1910, the Regimental title changed to the 4th County of London Yeomanry, King Edward's Horse (the King's Overseas Dominions Regiment) (Figure 11).

Figure 11:  A King Edward’s Horse (The King’s Overseas Dominions Regiment) recruiting postcard. This example was posted to Major E. W. Hermon (later KIA with the Northumberland Fusiliers) in Cowfold, Sussex on 5 July 1913 with a note that states that a dozen of these cards can be obtained from the Regimental Headquarters for a shilling. 

Lord Strathcona made a donation of £10,000 to the Regimental funds for the King’s Colonials to finance the change of name and the adoption of new uniforms and badges for the King Edward’s Horse

King George V became Colonel in Chief of the 4th County of London Yeomanry, King Edward's Horse (the King's Overseas Dominions Regiment on 2nd September 1910.

The Regimental Headquarters was at Grove House, Holywood Road in Fulham and moved to the Duke of York’s Headquarters, King’s Road, Chelsea in 1911.

In 1912, ‘A’ Squadron was broken up and the Liverpool Troop under Major Pearch became ‘A’ Squadron in its entirety, while the original two Troops of ‘A’ Squadron were transferred to ‘D’ Squadron. It is reported that recruitment in Liverpool became so brisk that the change was inevitable.

Figure 12:  An unused parade attendance slip for the 1st Troop of 'B' Squadron of the King Edward's Horse. 

The Regiment, comprising 29 Officers and 401 Other Ranks was transferred from the Territorial Force to the Special Reserve on the 31st August 1912 as part of the London Mounted Brigade.
Lieutenant Colonel Victor Sandeman (Figure 13), having seen service in the 17th Lancers joined the King’s Colonials on the 20th July 1904.  He became Commanding Officer of the 4th County of London Yeomanry, King Edward's Horse (the King's Overseas Dominions Regiment) from January 1913 to June 1914 and again after a period of ill health from the outbreak of the Great War in August 1914 to June 1916.

Figure 13: Lieutenant Colonel Victor Sandeman, Commanding Officer from January 1913 to June 1914 and August 1914 to June 1916. One of his King Edward's Horse collar badges is evident in the photograph. 

Figure 14: King George V inspecting a Guard of Honour furnished by the King Edward's Horse July 1913 (Courtesy of The Daily Mirror).  

The King Edward’s Horse was mobilised for war on the 4th August 1914. For many it was a card to loved ones and off to ‘the grand adventure’ (Figure 15).

Figure 15: A mounted Trooper (Ernest ---) of King Edward’s Horse writes home to his sister as he sets off to war. He is equipped with a .303 Short Medium Lee Enfield Mark 1 rifle (in its holster) and 1908 pattern cavalry sword (Image from an online auction site).


The King Edward's Horse were embodied 4th August 1914 in Chelsea where it was training with the 4th Cavalry Brigade.  They were mobilised to Watford and moved to Bishop Storford in March 1915.

Figure 16: No. 3 Troop of ‘C’ Squadron at Gammons Farm, Watford in 1914 the captioning ‘en route for Berlin’ by the Troopers capturing the optimism and excitement of the early stages of the Great War (The King Edward’s Horse Senior and Junior Comrades’ Association Annual Bulletin. 19: 16, 1952).

Figures 17 and 18: Front and rear of a postcard depicting a group of King Edward's Horse at Garston, Watford on 14 December 1914. The sender of the card is Private John Callum Newlans Eastick and he wrote on the back of the card that he wasn't actually in the postcard as these were Troopers of 'C' Squadron who had among their ranks many former members of the original Cambridge and Oxford university troops of the King Edward's Horse. He also notes that all leave had been cancelled and he thinks it unlikely he will be home for Christmas.
  
‘C’ Squadron (Australasian) together with Regimental HQ landed at Havre on 22nd April 1915 and initially joined the 47th (London) Division and then joined IV Corps Cavalry Regiment on 1st June 1916
Figure 19: Lieutenant Colonel Victor Sandeman (seated centre front row, as shown in Figure 13) with Captain R. D. Furse (third from left front row) and other Officers as named of King Edwards Horse at Bishop’s Storford in April 1915 (The King Edward’s Horse Senior and Junior Comrades’ Association Annual Bulletin. Number 20: 12, 1953).   

  • Numbered 1st King Edward’s Horse but served with the Divisional Cavalry as independent Squadrons until 1st June 1916.
In April 1915, the Regiment was split up:

  • ‘A’ Squadron (British Asian) was attached to 12th Division at Aldershot from 23rd May 1915 and landed at Havre, France on 2nd June 1916 to join IV Corps Cavalry Regiment
  • ‘B’ Squadron (Canadian) landed at Havre on 22 April 1915 and joined 48th (South Midland) Division and then IV Corps Cavalry Regiment on 1st June 1916.
Figure 20: Self signed postcard of Private Arthur Mathias Roberts, 1038 in June 1915 showing his service Dress complete with British 1899 Pattern Cavalry Trooper’s Sword and his slung Lee Enfield SME Rifle. 

Figure 21: A Corporal and Lance Corporal with several Privates of the King Edward's Horse outside their tent circa 1914-16. All un-named.
  • The three Squadrons and Regimental HQ was concentrated at Valhuon as IV Corps Cavalry Regiment on 1st June 1916 (see Figure 22). The Regiment moved to XVIII Corps on 17th July 1917 returning to IV Corps in November 1917.
Figure 22: A King Edward’s Horse Hotchkiss Gun Team at Valhuon June 1916. Originally captioned with following names (now with the full name and service number where they have been matched from the Nominal Roll): Alexander (three possibilities from Nominal Roll); Watts? (three possibilities from Nominal Roll), Rees/Reeves? (likely to be Private David J. Rees, 1129 KIA 19/08/1917 rather than Captain Alfred Henry Reeves); Smith (multiple Smith's on Nominal Roll); Johnston (two possible from Nominal Roll); Pristley (Private Charles Priestley, 1095); Mathieson (Private John D. Mathieson, 1557); O’Connor (one of two bothers from Nominal Roll); Molloy (Private Henry S. Molloy, 1554); Ferreira (Private Edwin L. Ferreira, 1296); Willis (Serjeant Ernest Willis, 786); MeVoy, Watts? (three possibilities from Nominal Roll); McCracken (Lance Corporal Edward McCracken, 1105), - and Sadler (Private F. Sadler, 915). The originally un-named figure seated second from left has since been identified by his grandson Robert Cruickshank as Private Alfred Isidore Capper) (The King Edward’s Horse Senior and Junior Old Comrades’ Association Bulletin. 20: 22, 1953).

  • The Regiment then moved to Italy on 15th December 1917 joining XI Corps.

  • On 16th March 1918 the Regiment moved back to France with XI Corps.

  • In May 1918, ‘A’ Squadron stayed with XI Corps, while ‘B’ Squadron went to I Corps and ‘C’ Squadron to XIII Corps (moving to XIII Corps in October 1918). (Figure 23).
Figure 23: 4th Troop of ‘C’ Squadron in France in December 1918. Captioned with - back row from left: 3rd Barton (Private William L. Barton, 1151), 4th Charters (likely to be Private Walter G. Charter, 1567), 6th Tetley (Private Henry Tetley, 1548) and 7th McCormack (either Private Albert McCormack, 1731 or Private Percy James McCormack, 1278). Centre row: Milroy (either Private Joseph Milroy, 1152 or Private Robert Milroy, 1164), Fisher (five possibilities from the Nominal Roll), Roberts (five possibilities from the Nominal Roll), Wooding (Private Wooding) and Glasspool (James A. Glasspool, 438 from rank in the Nominal Roll with three Glasspool's). Front row second from left: Barton? (named twice - Private William L. Barton, 1151). The Trooper far left in the back row wears a ribbon for a gallantry decoration as does the Trooper far left centre row and the Sergeant next to him. The Sergeant in the middle of the centre row wears two gallantry medal ribbons and a brass wound stripe on his lower left forearm of his tunic. Great War service medals and ribbons were generally not worn until late 1918 for the 1914/15 Star and later for the British War Medal and Victory Medal (The King Edward’s Horse Senior and Junior Comrades’ Association Annual Bulletin. 19: 13, 1952).  

Figure 24: Several Privates of the King Edward's Horse circa 1914-18.
Lieutenant Colonel Lionel James DSO, (Figure 25) became Commanding Officer in June 1916 and served in that capacity until 1922.  He had joined the King’s Colonials as a Lieutenant in February 1902 and was promoted to Captain, a year to the day on 2nd February 1903 and then to Major on 11th June 1906.

Figure 25: Lieutenant Colonel Lionel James, CBE DSO, Commanding Officer June 1916 to 1922. Lieutenant Colonel James is wearing the Officer’s Service Dress uniform of the King Edward’s Horse (Darren O’Brien collection).

The Colonial spirit and camaraderie certainly lived on with the King Edward’s Horse and even though the individual Squadrons were no longer known by their Dominion association, the Troopers were often photographed with their comrades from the Dominion (see Figures 26 and 28).

Figure 26: Photograph of some of the Rhodesian members of the King Edward’s Horse circa 1914-19 (National Archives of Zimbabwe). 
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A Reserve Squadron of the King Edward's Horse was formed at Chelsea in August 1914 to provide a cadre of Troopers to the other four Squadrons.  The Reserve Squadron moved to Bishop Storford in May 1915, crossed to Ireland in July 1915. They were attached to the 8th Reserve Cavalry Regiment at the Curragh (Figure 28).

Figure 28: Australians in the 4th Troop, Reserve Squadron at the Curragh circa 1915. Back row: John (Jack) Stanley Haddin (1224), Kevin Irving Sullivan (1216), Samuel Stretch (1218), Leslie Leake (1221) and Thomas Hawkins (1219). Centre row: W. R. Withers, Lieutenant Montgomery, Lieutenant Syme and Corporal Gilbert Boileau (1075). Front row: -, Edward J. Leake (1221), -, James Leslie Rood Fry (1235) (The King Edward’s Horse Senior and Junior Old Comrades’ Association Annual Bulletin. Number 19: 19, 1952). 

The Reserve Squadron moved to Longford, Ireland in April 1916 (Figure 29) and then to Dublin in February 1917 where it was expanded to a Reserve Regiment.

Figure 29, bottom image: 1st and 2nd Troops of the Reserve Squadron of King Edward’s Horse taken at Longford, Ireland in 1916 (The King Edward’s Horse Senior and Junior Old Comrades’ Association Annual Bulletin. Number 20: 20, 1953). 
Figure 31: Group of Australians serving in the Reserve Squadron of King Edward’s Horse taken at Longford, Ireland in 1916. The Officers are captioned as MacBean? and Moffat. The Private on the far right in the front row is identified as John Gardiner (The King Edward’s Horse Senior and Junior Old Comrades’ Association Annual Bulletin. Number 19, 13, 1952). 

In 1917 the Reserve Squadron was commanded by Major (Temporary Lieutenant Colonel Martin Foster Dick (Figure 32). Major Dick had been the Officer in Command of the Mounted Party of the King Edward’s Horse at the 1911 Coronation Parade. He went on to commanded the Regiment in France in 1917-18.
 
Figure 32: Major (Temporary Lieutenant Colonel Martin Foster Dick who commanded the Reserve Squadron of King Edward’s Horse in Ireland in 1917 (Lieutenant Colonel Lionel James. The History of King Edwards Horse (The King's Overseas Dominions Regiment). London: Sifton, Praed & Co, 1921).  

Lieutenant Colonel Lionel James returned to command the Reserve Regiment in 1917-18.

Figure 33: Marlborough Barracks Dublin 1918. Back row: 2/Lt. Swaine, 2/Lt. Brownell, 2/Lt. Freeman, 2/Lt. Bolus, Lt. Tutt, 2/Lt. Alexander, 2/Lt. Crompton, 2/Lt. Campbell and 2/Lt. Meikle.  Sitting: Lt. Patell, Capt. Bradburn (Adjt.), Lt.-Col. L. James (C.O.), Capt. Ramsey and Capt. Hope. Front row: 2/Lt. Orr-Ewing, 2/Lt. Churchouse, 2/Lt. Herapath, 2 Lt. Baker and 2/Lt. Cox. (The King Edward’s Horse Senior and Junior Old Comrades’ Association Annual Bulletin. Number 14, 1947).  
The following Great War Battle Honours were awarded to the Regiment:

  • Loos
  • Ypres 1917
  • Pilckem
  • Cambrai 1917
  • Lys
  • Estaires
  • Hazebrouck
  • Pursuit to Mons
  • France and Flanders 1915-17
  • Italy 1917-18.
The Regiment fought with great distinction at La Bassee Canal on the 12th April 1918 where it held three bridges near Vieille Chapelle at a cost of 10 Officers and 150 Other Ranks as casualties out of a unit strength of 450.

The Regiment was disembodied in August 1919 and honourably disbanded on the 31st March 1924 (Figures 34 and 35).

Figure 34: Letter communicating the honourable disbandment of King Edward’s Horse to the Commonwealth of Australia from the British Government on 14th March 1924 (Reproduced with the permission of the Australian War Memorial).

Figure 35: New Zealand First Day Cover issued to commemorate the 55th anniversary of the disbandment of King Edward’s Horse on the 31st March 1924.  


The Masonic Lodge of the King's Colonials had been formed in 1909. As the number of surviving members of the disbanded Regiment dwindled, membership of the Regimental Lodge was opened to all interested persons, and passed all Regimental traditions to the Lodge. The Worshipful Master of the Lodge has an official entitlement to wear the regimental tie (now the only living person with that entitlement), and the Lodge became the custodians of all Regimental property, including the Regimental silver valued at many thousands of pounds. The Lodge continues to function, and to maintain Regimental traditions. The regimental property is stored by the Lodge in a secure vault at Haileybury College. The Lodge continues to tend Regimental graves, and to lay wreaths at the regimental memorials in London and France.

Manchester businessman Charles Campbell May was one of several Freemasons who died on the first day of the Battle of the Somme. Born in New Zealand, he had served six years with the King's Colonials/King Edward’s Horse (The King’s Overseas Dominions Regiment) before 1914 and then founded a volunteer unit at the outbreak of war. Charles was a member of King’s Colonials Lodge, No. 3386 and a Lodge membership badge is shown in Figure 36.
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Figure 36: King's Colonials Masonic Lodge membership badge (Peter Nemaric collection).
There was an additional King Edward’s Horse Regiment formed as cavalry in 1914 and it bears no relation to the original King Edward’s Horse Regiment of yeomanry.  The Regiment became known as the 2nd King Edward's Horse which resulted in references to the original King Edward's Horse during the Great War being sometimes referred to as the (1st) King Edward's Horse.  I have chosen not to adopt this nomenclature for the original King Edward's Horse.  

The 2nd King Edward's Horse was raised by John (later Sir John) Norton-Griffiths (see Nominal Roll for a short biography), a colonial adventurer and Captain/Adjutant of the bodyguard of Lord Robert’s as Commander-in-Chief in the Second Boer War, at his own expense (40,000 pounds).  A very good short history of the 2nd King Edward’s Horse was written by David Miller (Journal of the Society for Army Historical Research, 83: 1-10, 2005) and I have drawn heavily on that article for the summary which follows.

The 2nd King Edward’s Horse assembled in White City, London from the 10th August 1914 and initially trained at Langley Park between Slough and Uxbridge. The Earl of Lonsdale became their Colonel-in-Chief and they were commanded by Lieutenant Colonel Montagu Cradock CB CMG (see Nominal Roll). In December 1914 they replaced the Essex Yeomanry in the Eastern Mounted Brigade of the 1st Mounted Division whilst stationed in Essex. On the 1st February 1915 they transferred to the Canadian Cavalry Brigade at Maresfield. The Brigade was later called 1st Canadian Cavalry Brigade but since there were no others raised they were commonly just called the Canadian Cavalry Brigade.
 
Figure 37: Copy of a recruiting poster for the 2nd King Edward’s Horse circa 1915. 

The Canadian Cavalry Brigade was made up of the 2nd King Edward's Horse, the Royal Canadian Dragoons, Lord Strathcona's Horse and the Royal Canadian Horse Artillery.  The Brigade deployed to France on 4th May 1915 and the 2nd King Edward’s Horse Regiment fought dismounted as Seely’s Detachment attached to the 1st Canadian Division until September 1915 before re-joining the Canadian Cavalry Brigade.

From January 1915 until January 1916 they were brigaded with the Fife & Forfar Yeomanry until they were replaced by the Fort Garry Horse. The 2nd King Edward’s Horse acquired a Talbot armoured car in 1915 but it was not used overseas on active service (Figure 38). On the 27th January 1916, the 2nd King Edward’s Horse re-gained their mounts and formed as a two Squadron Cavalry Regiment with General HQ troops. In 1915, the 2nd King Edward’s Horse Regimental HQ and ‘A’ Squadron remained with General HQ whilst ‘B’ Squadron went to the 56th Division as Divisional cavalry on the 23rd March 1916 until 30th May 1916.

Figure 38: Photograph of the 2nd King Edward’s Horse Talbot armoured car acquired in 1915 but not used overseas on active service (Original copyright of the Tank Museum, Bovington and reproduced by David Miller in the Journal of the Society for Army Historical Research, 83:1-10, 2005).
 
In June 1916, the 2nd King Edward’s Horse were expanded with the addition of a Service Squadron of the 21st Lancers from England and became XIV Corps Cavalry Regiment. The unit became broken up in August 1917 with the 2nd King Edward’s Horse leaving France for Wareham, England on the 5th August 1917 to be absorbed into the Tank Corps. The Squadron from the 21st Lancers went to No. 5 Base Depot on the 29th August 1917 and was broken up.

A Reserve Squadron was formed which crossed to Ireland in July 1915. This Squadron was expanded to a Regiment being stationed at Kilkenny in 1917.

The biographical narrative of Private Osborne Lean in the 2nd King Edward's Horse Nominal Roll section of this website provides a tremendous insight into the background and service experiences of a soldier in the Regiment.

Figure 39: Postcard of NCOs and Other Ranks of the 2nd King Edward’s Horse on church parade at Hampton Court Palace.  Many of the Privates are wearing Service Dress caps without cap badges consistent with them being new recruits. The postcard is dated May 1915 and sent to a Master Leslie Read, Sussex. 
The annual camp was an important training activity for all British army regiments especially the volunteers. A fortnight under canvas annually was supplemented for the King’s Colonials by intermediate trainings at Easter and Whitsuntide holidays which became annual features from 1904.

The first annual camp of the newly formed King’s Colonials was held at Sidcup in Kent from 14th to 29th June 1902. The Regiment in camp totaled fourteen Officers and 201 Other Ranks with a strong Squadron released under the command of the Adjutant for the Coronation Review. Figures 41, 41a & 42 are photographs taken from that first annual camp.

Figure 41: Some of the attendees of the Sidcup camp, 1902. 

Privates Foster (four possibilities from KEH Nominal Roll but with 202 Other Ranks enrolled by 1903 it is unlikely to be any of these as the Regimental numbers are all higher - 603, 652, 731 and 1373), Henry S. Cubit, 32 (enlisted 4/01/1902) and Price (possibly Elias W. Price, 415 but again unlikely) with Herbert MacIntosh, 57 (standing). Private Herbert MacIntosh was from New Zealand (note the New Zealand flag proudly displayed on their tent) and went on to be a Squadron Quarter Master Serjeant and his photograph appears as Figure 105 with his uniform depicted in Figures 103-104 and 106-111.

Figure 41a: Named attendees of the Sidcup camp, 1902. Private Kennedy-Bouch, Collins, Carter and Woodford.

Figure 42: Quarter Guard at Sidcup Camp being mounted by several Troopers of the Australasian Squadron.



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In 1903, the annual camp was held at Latimer Camp in Chesham, Buckinghamshire in August of that year under the encouraging and watchful eye of the land holder, Lord Chesham. Unlike some irregularities with the previous camp the Latimer Park experience was very soldierly. The camp was attended by eighteen Officers and 202 Other Ranks illustrating its humble beginnings. The band didn't attend the opening of the camp due to a dispute over pay and under Band Master Ambrose Hulley all sixteen members were absentees. This became a police matter and all eventually joined the camp.

The annual camps were great training opportunities for marching, parading and horsemanship.

Figure 44: Captain Robert R. Thompson (an Australian who had served as a Sergeant in the 4th Dragoon Guards and Adjutant of the 1st (Volunteer) Australian Horse) and Squadron Sergeant Major Ernest S. Wells (who had served as Regimental Sergeant Major in the 4th Hussars and was promoted to Regimental Sergeant Major in the later King Edward’s Horse in 1911) passing and inspecting recruits at Latimer Camp in 1903.

On Sunday 9th August 1903 the Regiment attended an open-air church service at Latimer. Colonel Willoughby Wallace gave the readings and present at the service were the men of the 'D' (Chesham) Squadron, The Buckinghamshire Imperial Yeomanry (Royal Buckinghamshire Hussars). In the afternoon games were played and the Chesham prize band played music.








Tent pegging with a lance, lemon cutting with the sword and wrestling on horseback were popular sports competitions at the annual camps. The link for wrestling on horseback will take you to a short YouTube clip which is the only footage I have seen of the King Edward's Horse. In the Museum section of this website I have noted that there was even an Officer's Mess Cup for wrestling on horseback.

Figure 55: Tent pegging at Latimer Camp in 1903.

Figure 56: Serjeant Herbert MacIntosh who became the Squadron Quarter Master Sergeant of ‘D’ Squadron ready for tent pegging at Latimer Camp in 1903.  

Figure 57: Lemon cutting, whereby a Trooper mounted on horseback attempted to cut a lemon which had been mounted on a post with his sword during sports at Latimer Camp in 1903. 
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Figure 58: Rifle training in St Albans camp in 1904. Trooper DuFoy is the individual named wearing the distinctive Lemon-Squeezer headdress of the New Zealand armed forces and later adopted by the Canadian forces.    

Figure 59: Corporal Percy Alfred Ely (left) with Troopers Pemberton and Liddle stand to their horses. Corporal Ely was born in 1884 and went on to serve as a Lieutenant in King Edward’s Horse. He was attached to the New Zealand Expeditionary Force as Assistant Paymaster to the New Zealand Forces and died of pneumonia on 17/11/1918. All three Troopers were from New Zealand and were members of the 3rd Troop (New Zealand) of ‘D’ Squadron (British African) of the King's Colonials in 1904.  
The location of the 1905 annual camp was Ovingdean near Brighton in East Sussex. Attendance had grown again with 19 Officers and 331 Other Ranks in camp.

Figure 61: Photographs of the annual camp in Ovingdean near Brighton in 1905 (The Bystander: 35, August 16, 1905).

The location of the 1906 annual camp of the King’s Colonials was Stowe Park in Buckinghamshire. The Regiment was really coming of age now in its development and discipline and this camp was the most well attended to date with 22 Officers and 353 Other Ranks swelled by the addition of two Troops from the Liverpool detachment.

Figure 62: Photograph of the annual camp in Stowe Park in East Sussex in 1906. The Officer seated in the centre of the front row is Colonel Lawrence, Commanding Officer and the Officer on the far right is Captain Hamar Greenwood, 'B' Squadron. 

Much of the time spent at camp was of course devoted to the care of the horses. In many of the anecdotes I have from former members of the King's Colonials and King Edward's Horse and their forebears was the love they had for their horses.

Figure 63: Caring for the horses at camp.
The annual camps for the King’s Colonials were held at Churn Camp, near Blewbury, Oxfordshire in 1907 and 1908.  The 1907 camp was attended by 21 Officers and 375 Other Ranks this time swelled by the addition of the Cambridge and Oxford detachments.  Attendance was much lower in 1908 with 19 Officers and 294 Other Ranks.  A feature of these particular camps was the inclusion of a Machine Gun Troop within the Regiment.  A Dundonald carriage was used for transporting a Maxim gun and it's ammunition as shown in Figure 64.

Figure 64: Machine Gun Troop of the King’s Colonial Imperial Yeomanry at Churn Camp in 1907 (The King Edward’s Horse Senior and Junior Comrades Association Annual Bulletin. No 20: 15, 1953).  

We know from the attendance of one of the more famous members of the King’s Colonials, J.R.R. Tolkien who as an undergraduate student of Oxford University attended their annual camp in 1909 at Pond Farm Camp, Tidworth Pennings on Salisbury Plain (John Garth: Tolkien and The Great War: The Threshold of Middle-earth. London: HarperCollins, 2003).  Here they were camped as a Brigade with the other four mounted regiments of the London Command and were in strength with 24 Officers and 415 Other Ranks.

The 1910 camp was also held on Salisbury Plain at Shorncliffe Camp with reduced numbers at 20 Officers and 327 Other Ranks. This was the first camp for the Regiment as King Edward's Horse.

Figure 65: Officers and Other Ranks from ‘A’ Squadron, King Edward’s Horse at Shorncliffe Camp in 1910 (R. J. Smith collection). The headdress badge being worn is the new pattern of the King Edward’s Horse see later section of the website.  

Figure 66: King Edward’s Horse at Shorncliffe Camp in 1910 (The King Edward’s Horse Senior and Junior Comrades Association Annual Bulletin. No 14: 1947).  




The efficiency of the Regiment was questioned in the official report on the 1910 camp which had some bearing on the push by the Commanding Officer for the 1911 camp of the King Edward’s Horse to be held at Aldershot and closer to army command. A total of five senior Officers including General Sir John French inspected the Regiment at this camp and this time the report to the Colonel-in-Chief was thankfully much more positive.

Figure 67: Sergeant H. I. Freeman,103 and Corporals Henry Lewis Balfour Soden, 82; Leonard Latreille, 268; Lionel R. Daines and Bernard J. Poole, 61 at Colchester camp 1911 (may have been an additional camp to the annual camp at Aldershot). 

Figure 68: Officers of King Edward's Horse with General French at Aldershot camp in 1911 (Courtesy David Knight). Left to right seated front: 1. Staff Officer, 2. Major Hamilton, 3. Captain Coote, Adjutant 17th Lancers, 4. Major Lionel James, 5. Major Sanderman, 6. General Sir John French, 7. Colonel Fortescue, 8-11. Staff Officers, 12. Major Howard. Left to right standing: 8th from left Major Harmon with raised hand. Middle row standing 4th from left Lieutenant G. G. Russell later Colonel. 

Figure 69: King Edward’s Horse Troopers from ‘C’ Squadron mucking out at annual camp at Aldershot in 1911. The postcard is amusingly labelled 'Afternoon Off’. The khaki service caps have white bands as opposed to cap covers which might have been worn to distinguish 'foe from friend' whilst on maneuvers.  




Figure 70: Postcard of the King Edward's Horse training at Aldershot in 1911.

The July-August 1912 annual camp of King Edward’s Horse was held at Dibgate Plateau, Shorncliffe in Kent with severe gales a noted feature.

Figure 71: Unique photographs of ‘A’, ‘B’, ‘C’ and ‘D’ Squadrons of King Edward’s Horse assembled in mounted and dismounted order at annual camp on Dibgate Plateau, Shorncliffe in Kent in July-August 1912 (R. J. Smith collection).

Figure 72: Postcard of a group of King Edward's Horse training at annual camp at Aldershot in 1911 including Private Wally Elliott, 43 C' Squadron.
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The annual camp for 1913 was held in July-August at Bulford on Salisbury Plain in Wiltshire.  

Figure 73: King Edward’s Horse with the Regimental band on church parade in Bulford in July-August 1913.  

Figure 74: Troopers of ‘A’ Squadron of King Edward’s Horse at camp in Bulford in 1913 (The King Edward’s Horse Senior and Junior Old Comrades’ Association Annual Bulletin. Number 20: 12, 1952). 

Figure 75: Trooper of King Edward's Horse on the left of a Maxim Machine Gun (the chin strap of his cap has been curiously been looped over his KEH cap badge) alongside members of the Middlesex Yeomanry. The figure seated behind the Maxim looks to also to be Trooper with KEH from his collar badges which are likely to be King's Colonials Squadron collar badges and his single shoulder title looks to be the two line KEH over KODR. The postcard is dated August 1913 and would have been from the annual camp (courtesy of Toby Brayley). 


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The last annual camp of the King Edward's Horse was held in Canterbury in the summer of 1914.

Figure 75a: Troopers of King Edward’s Horse at camp in Canterbury in 1914 (The King Edward’s Horse Senior and Junior Old Comrades’ Association Annual Bulletin. Number 20: 12, 1952).

One of the most comprehensive descriptions of the uniforms of the King's Colonials appeared in an article by R. J. Smith (see acknowledgement of photographs and annotations) with illustrations by R. J. Marrion in the July 1984 edition of 'Military Modelling' magazine. The following sections sample that description.  

On formation in November 1901, the Officers and Other Ranks of the King’s Colonials adopted a distinctive Full Dress uniform of khaki serge tunic and overalls set off by a garish, tall, high-crowned, drab felt hat which was not dented at the top. The Tyrolean-shaped top hat was set off by a scarlet plume at the front and a broad brim which was turned up and fastened to the left side of the crown. Another unique feature of the top hat was that it bore three badges (see headdress badge section). The plume on the Officer’s hat was made up of scarlet hackle feathers which stood much taller than the simple Hussar-type short brush worn by Other Ranks. Around the base of the top hat was a two-inch scarlet band with a bow on the right-hand side and scarlet cap lines were secured by a spring clip to a ring at the rear of the brim. This style of headdress was worn until 1904.

The Officer’s and Other Rank’s Full Dress uniform was worn with tan wrist gloves and tan Wellington boots for Officers and tan ankle boots and leggings for Other Ranks, all fitted with plated box spurs. D. J. Knight and R. J. Smith in their description of the uniform of the King's Colonials note that all ranks wore brown Elcho boots (The Uniforms of the Imperial Yeomanry 1901-1908, The Military Historical Society, Arrow Press, London 2009). The waist belt for Officer's and Other Ranks was of brown brindle leather.  A pouch belt of 2 ½ inch brown brindle leather and a brown brindle leather pouch to the rear with a rounded flap was worn by Officers. The pouch belt was adorned with gilt front ornaments consisting of a lion’s head holder with three chains and a whistle. The pouch belt was worn over the Sam Browne belt for parades.

Officers carried swords in a leather scabbards suspended from the Sam Browne belt with a leather sword knot. The Officers are wearing the 1896 Pattern Cavalry Officer's Sword, as one would expect for the time periods. Although only part of Major John Howard's sword can be seen in Figures 304-305, that is an 1896 pattern from the blade shape and period. If newly commissioned Officers after 1912 did purchase the new pattern sword, they would have made quite a contrast with the Other Ranks in terms of equipment. Officers did of course have much more latitude to vary from the uniform regulations, so there is no guarantee without photographic evidence.

The Officer’s and Other Rank’s tunic had a stand-and-fall (Prussian) collar with two ¾ inch scarlet cloth rings with pointed ends to the front. The pointed cuffs were piped in scarlet cloth and bore five vertical stripes of ¾ inch scarlet cloth. Each stripe was furnished with a small button at the top edge of the cuff. The tunic was fastened with five larger buttons and bore four breast pockets each fastened with a smaller button. The buttons were gilt for Officers and gilding metal for Other Ranks. The front edge of the tunic was not piped but there was scarlet lancer piping to the back seams. Shoulder chains were mounted on a scarlet cloth backing and were secured by four hooks. A scarlet aiguillette was worn looped across and behind the left shoulder with the pommel ends finishing below the right shoulder.

Officers and Other Ranks wore overalls of khaki serge with double scarlet cloth stripes.

Other Ranks wore a Boer War pattern, 50-round Mills equipment webbing bandolier diagonally across the left shoulder in place of the Officer’s pouch belts.

Non-Commissioned Officer’s (NCO's) chevrons were of gold lace on a scarlet cloth backing. Khaki skill-at-arms badges were worn on the left cuff on scarlet cloth backings. The overalls had a double scarlet cloth stripe running down the outer seam for Officers and a single scarlet cloth stripe for Other Ranks.

The Regimental badges and buttons of the 4th County of London (King’s Colonials) Imperial Yeomanry are described in detail in additional sections.

The Undress uniform of the Officers of the King’s Colonials Imperial Yeomanry was a Second Pattern, peaked blue cloth forage cap with a scarlet band bearing a gilt Regimental badge, scarlet piping around the crown seam and black patent leather peak and chin strap held in place with two gilt Regimental pattern buttons. Plain blue trousers with turn-ups and black ankle boots completed the Officer’s Undress uniform. Field Officers had a gold embroidered edge to the peak of the forage cap; a blue serge coat with optional shoulder chains with four patch pockets, five gilt buttons to the front, one on each breast pocket and two buttons on each cuff.

The Undress uniform of the Other Ranks of the King’s Colonials Imperial Yeomanry was as per the Full Dress uniform except that a khaki forage cap with scarlet band but no piping and a dark brown leather peak and chin strap with brass buttons and a brass Regimental pattern badge. The King’s Colonials were one of the first regiments to be equipped with the khaki forage caps which became widespread throughout the British Army from about 1906. The forage caps were often worn with a white oilskin cover to protect the top of the cap from finger marks and foul weather. This uniform was also worn as Walking Out Order with the addition of a khaki cape, tan leather gloves and a whip. 
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The Service Dress uniform worn by the 4th County of London (King’s Colonials) Imperial Yeomanry from 1901-1904 was of a plain regular cavalry pattern khaki tunic with a stand-and-fall (Prussian) collar and overalls for Officers and Other Ranks. In Officers Service Dress only the Sam Browne belts were worn with the whistle attached to the shoulder brace. The distinctive scarlet cap lines worn by all ranks in Full Dress were dispensed with. From 1901 to 1904 a plain khaki peaked cap was worn with three scarlet welts. Other Ranks wore webbing bandoliers without cartridge covers.

Service Dress was first introduced into the British Army in 1902 and became largely universal from 1903. From 1904, a new khaki Service Dress was adopted with a second pattern, scarlet and khaki peaked cap.

Figure 91: A group from the 1st or 2nd Troop (British African) and 3rd Troop (New Zealand) of ‘D’ Squadron (British African) of the King’s Colonials Imperial Yeomanry circa 1904. They are wearing the Service Dress uniform with the second pattern khaki forage cap. The Officer of the 3rd Troop in the centre of the front row is wearing  his Undress uniform with the Australasian Squadron headdress badge. To his immediate left is the Regimental Quarter Master Sergeant wearing a Second Pattern Regimental pattern headdress badge. The Squadron Sergeant Major of the 1st or 2nd Troop with the ‘D’ Squadron (British African) headdress badge is at the very left of the front row. Sergeant MacIntosh is seated second from the right-hand end in the front row. Several of the Other Ranks are equipped with Boer War pattern, 50-round Mills equipment webbing bandoliers.  

Figure 92: Comparison of the King's Colonials tunic and headdress for a Private, Full Dress 1902 (left panel) and Service Dress 1904 (right panel) (D. J. Knight and R. J. Smith. The Uniforms of the Imperial Yeomanry 1901-1908. The Military Historical Society, Arrow Press, London, 2009).
King's Colonials Mess Dress

Officer’s Mess Dress was of a dark blue jacket with a ribbed scarlet silk rolled collar. The lapel badges worn on Mess Dress differ from the small gilt Regimental collar badges shown in Figure 94 as they lack the motto scrolls. The Mess Dress lapel badges are shown in Figure 298. The cuffs were round unlike the pointed cuffs of Full Dress and in a further change from Full Dress had four rather than five stripes of ¾ inch scarlet cloth of equal length without buttons. Shoulder straps were in blue cloth with a single stripe again of ¾ inch scarlet cloth down the centre. Badges of rank were in gold. The jacket was worn with a white Marcella waistcoat and shirt with a black bow tie. The overalls were blue with double stripes in scarlet cloth complimented by black Wellington boots (not tan as with Full Dress) and dress spurs.

Figure 94: King’s Colonials Officer’s Mess Dress 1902-05 (Reproduced with permission of Griff Morgan-Jones).

Other Ranks Mess Dress consisted of a khaki jacket with scarlet silk roll collar upon which was worn a variation of the Regimental badge in gilt (see collar badge section). The cuffs were khaki and pointed with four stripes (unlike the five for Full Dress and Undress) of ¾ inch scarlet cloth without buttons and followed the shape of the cuff. The waistcoat was khaki with three small gilt buttons (see button section) was worn over a white shirt with a black bow tie. The Mess Dress uniform was completed with khaki overalls and black Wellington boots again not tan with Full Dress.

King Edward's Horse Mess Dress

Officer’s Mess Dress was of a dark blue jacket with a ribbed scarlet silk rolled collar. Additional sections provide more information as to the lapel badges worn on Mess Dress which were gilt Regimental collar badges. The cuffs were round unlike the pointed cuffs of Full Dress and in a further change from Full Dress had four rather than five stripes of ¾ inch scarlet cloth of equal length without buttons. Shoulder straps were in blue cloth with a single stripe again of ¾ inch scarlet cloth down the centre. Badges of rank were in gold. The jacket was worn with a white Marcella waistcoat and shirt with a black bow tie. The overalls were blue with double stripes in scarlet cloth complimented by black Wellington boots (not tan as with Full Dress) and dress spurs.

Figure 95: Officers and Other Ranks Mess Dress Uniforms of King Edward’s Horse 1910-24 (Reproduced with permission of Griff Morgan-Jones). 

Other Ranks Mess Dress consisted of a khaki jacket with scarlet silk roll collar upon which was worn a variation of the Regimental collar badge in gilded metal. The cuffs were khaki and pointed with four stripes (unlike the five for Full Dress and Undress) of ¾ inch scarlet cloth without buttons and followed the shape of the cuff. The waistcoat was khaki with three small gilt buttons was worn over a white shirt with a black bow tie. The Mess Dress uniform was completed with khaki overalls and black Wellington boots again not tan with Full Dress. The Other Ranks Mess Dress uniform is shown being worn by Corporal (later Staff Quarter Master Serjeant) Henry Cecil Shaw, 52, 'B' Squadron King Edward's Horse in 1912.

Figure 96: Corporal (later Staff Quarter Master Serjeant) Henry Cecil Shaw, 52, 'B' Squadron King Edward's Horse wearing Mess Dress circa 1912 (Courtesy David Knight). 

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In 1905, the regimental title was simplified to the King’s Colonials Imperial Yeomanry and a less flamboyant Second Pattern of headdress known as the ‘Sombrero hat’ was introduced for the Full Dress uniform. The Sombrero hat had a significantly reduced crown now in proportion and was a light shade of drab felt with a wide brim bound with drab silk. The brim was curled around the edge sweeping up on the left side.  A scarlet silk puggaree made up of three deep folds was worn around the base.  A plume socket on the left side brim held a plume of long black cock’s feathers which swept down to the wearer’s left shoulder Bersaglieri fashion. The plume of black cock’s feathers was longer for Officer’s relative to that of the Other Ranks. The cap lines disappeared and all bar one of the headdress badges was dispensed with as detailed in a later section. Officer's swords were now carried on parade in a steel scabbard from leather slings beneath the tunic.  

Figure 99: Photograph showing the Second Pattern headdress being worn as part of the Full Dress uniform of the 3rd (New Zealand) Troop of ‘D’ (South African) Squadron of the King’s Colonials Imperial Yeomanry mounted circa 1905-06 (David Stewart collection).



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The tunic depicted here bears a label with the name MacIntosh on it with a D for 'D' Squadron and SMS for Squadron Quarter Master Sergeant signifying that it belonged to Squadron Quarter Master Sergeant (SQMS) Herbert MacIntosh of the 3rd (New Zealand) Troop of ‘D’ Squadron (British African) of the King’s Colonials Imperial Yeomanry. The tunic, trousers and leathers were acquired in New Zealand together with several copies of The King Edwards Horse Senior and Junior Comrades’ Association Annual Bulletins. This style of tunic does not bear breast pockets and buttons.

The manufacturers label sewn into the King’s Colonials’ Service Dress overalls was that of Hobson and Sons of London. Hobson and Sons are still in business today in Golden Grove, London and were a preferred manufacturer of Officer’s and Other Rank’s British and Colonial regimental and ceremonial, uniforms and buttons. It is noted that the uniforms of the Australian Contingent attending the coronation of King Edward VII in 1902 were also manufactured by Hobson and Sons. There may have been other manufacturers of the uniforms of the King’s Colonials which is certainly true for the buttons on their tunics.

The King's Colonials uniform shown was originally accompanied by a New Zealand Squadron water bottle with felt cover and leather strap. The felt cover was marked on the front with 'KC 57' (which is assumed to be SQSM MacIntosh's Regimental Number) and the top of metal stopper marked 'NZ'.

Figure 105: Squadron Quarter Master Sergeant Herbert MacIntosh of the 3rd (New Zealand) Troop of ‘D’ Squadron (British African) of the 4th County of London (King’s Colonials) Imperial Yeomanry.  He is wearing his Full Dress tunic (shown in the photographs which follow) and Second Pattern, Sombrero hat (without the plume of cock’s feathers) bearing the New Zealand headdress badge, khaki overalls and tan wrist gloves and leather gaiters. This photograph was taken after his visit to England in 1939 (The King Edwards Horse Senior and Junior Comrades’ Association Annual Bulletin. 15: 22, 1948).   
The public interest in the King’s Colonials was considerable thanks to their prominence in many parades and ceremonial occasions coupled with the richness of their Full Dress and Undress uniforms. These two postcards illustrate how the uniforms and demeanour of the King’s Colonials was expressed in caricature.

Figure 112: Postcard of a caricature of a King’s Colonial circa 1906.

Figures 113-114: Front and reverse of a postcard depicting a tongue in cheek caricature of a King’s Colonial posted in 1910.  The sender writes ‘of course no one suggests you look like this’.  
The Officers and Other Ranks of the King’s Colonials Imperial Yeomanry wore the standard British Army Service Dress khaki tunic with a stand-and-fall collar with or without shoulder chains from about 1904. Regulation Service Dress replaced both Full Dress and Undress uniforms for the King’s Colonials Imperial Yeomanry from about 1907 when it became standard uniform for the cavalry and yeomanry. The Officers rank was displayed on the cuff from 1907/08.


The Regiment's Military Band was known as the Band of His Majesty's King's Colonials. Members of the band wore the First Pattern felt hat with the Full Dress uniform but it differed from that of the regular 4th County of London (King’s Colonials) Imperial Yeomanry felt hat in that its plume had a white base. The Bandmaster's felt hat is noted by Keith Hook as having a gilt lyre badge below the Regimental badge to the front and turned up side of the headdress with the other band members wearing a Second Pattern Regimental badge in their Full Dress hats and Undress caps as as can be seen in the accompanying photographs with matching collar badges. Sergeant Henry C. Bottle, a clarinetist in the military band of the King Edward’s Horse describes the uniform in The King Edward’s Horse Old Comrades Association Bulletin, Number 32: Cap - Brown with a red band; Jacket – Brown, small gilt buttons, heavy red braid epaulettes and red braid cords with two-pointed gilt metal tabs at end; Belt (Lancer waist belt in King Edwards Horse colours – King Edward VII racing colours); Overalls – Brown with double red stripes; Boots – Black wellingtons inside overalls. The Undress uniform khaki forage cap again differed from that worn by the regular 4th County of London (King’s Colonials) Imperial Yeomanry by having a scarlet top of the crown and was worn with a gilt King's Crown lyre badge to the front (similar in style to that worn as worn as a British Army bandsman's arm and cap badge (1902-1952). Interestingly in the photograph taken in 1904 of the band, the Bandmaster has the Second Pattern Regimental badge in his Undress cap (and on his cross belt) as per the other band members. The Bandmaster's tunic is worn with shoulder scales and not the red braid epaulettes and red braid cords with two-pointed gilt metal tabs at end worn by the other members of the band.

His Majesty's band of the King's Colonials/King Edward's Horse released a number of recordings as phonographs and early gramophone recordings including the Chocolate Soldier Waltz (Straus), Teddy Bears Picnic and the Bravada March recorded circa 1910-14.


The King Edward's Horse bandsman's tunic was of khaki cloth with scarlet mohair lace to the collar and cuffs as per the Full Dress tunic of the Officer's and Other Ranks (Figures 130-131). A distinctive feature of the bandsman's tunic was the broad scarlet shoulder cords with the left adorned with a scarlet aiguillette, terminating with metal tangs (these can be seen in the photograph of the band taken in 1913-14 depicted in Figure 132). A pair of King Edward's Horse Regimental collar badges and King Edward's Horse brass buttons are shown on the tunic. The trousers bore a double vertical scarlet stripe. The cap (Figure 131) bears the additional scarlet line to the crown that set it apart from the regular King Edward's Horse service cap as was the case with the King's Colonials Service Dress cap. The badge worn in the cap was the Saxon Crown first pattern KEH headdress badge.

The photograph of the KEH band depicted in Figure 132 shows them wearing the first pattern KEH headdress badge. It clearly shows the distinctive shoulder cords and scarlet aiguillettes of the bandsman's tunics. A number of the bandsman are wearing girdles which were introduced in 1913 which helps date this particular photograph. The bandmaster shown is Quarter Master Serjeant Major Frederic Willet Skepelhorn (see Nominal Roll).

Figure 130: The King Edward's Horse bandsman's tunic circa 1910-14 (Photograph courtesy Stephen Bosley, Bosley's auction catalogue, lot number 865, March 2008).

Figures 131: The King Edward's Horse bandsman's Service Dress cap circa 1913 (Photograph courtesy Victor Taboika).

The band of the King Edward’s Horse as again described by Sergeant Bottle comprised 26 members: Bandmaster, eight Clarinetists, four Cornets, French Horn, Eb Clarinet, Flute, Oboe, Euphonium, Saxophone, two tenor Trombones, one Bass Trombone, Bombardon, Bass Drum, Side Drum and Cymbals.

The band of King Edward’s Horse was led by Quarter Master Serjeant Major Frederic Willet Skepelho 

Figure 132: Band of the King Edward's Horse led by Quarter Master Serjeant Major Frederick Willet Skepelhorn, Bandmaster (second from left) in Undress Bandsman's uniform circa 1913 (R. J. Smith collection). 
The Officers and Other Ranks Full Dress uniform (except for the headdress and collar badges, shoulder titles and buttons remained unchanged in 1910 when the Regimental title changed to King Edward’s Horse. In 1913, a girdle of gold lancer pattern was introduced for Officer’s Full Dress with two crimson silk outer horizontal stripes and Other Rank’s Full Dress made of web striped ¼” inch yellow, ½ inch in red, 1 inch khaki, ½ inch red and ¼ inch in yellow.

The accompanying photographs show a KEH Officer's tunic worn in 1914 by Lieutenant William Charles Phillips Harvey, an Australian (see KEH Nominal Roll entry) who was seconded to the Colonial Office following the outbreak of war. His tunic and trousers are in excellent condition and have his name on the Hobsons and Sons makers label. The uniform came with his lancer-style girdle made by Appleton & Sons and marked 1914 and named to Sykes (as yet unidentified KEH Officer). The hat that came with the uniform bears the correct plume and 1910 'spikey' crown KEH cap badge. The cap badge is incorrectly positioned to the side of the correct scarlet pagri. That hat itself is not original but is a 1944 dated slouch hat. The 20mm tunic breast buttons and 16mm cuff buttons are all KEH pattern marked Hobson & Sons The tunic is missing his shoulder pips and shoulder titles.

The KEH Other Ranks were equipped with the British 1899 Pattern Cavalry Trooper’s Sword. This pattern sword was introduced on the 19th October 1899, eight days after the Second Boer War broke out. It was intended to be a refinement on the 1890 Pattern, with a slightly shorter blade, greater protection for the hand and a longer grip. Users generally considered it on the heavy side and much more effective in the thrust than the cut: this cemented the growing consensus that cavalry swords should be built entirely for thrusting. Photographs taken on active service show that KEH troopers carried the 1899 Pattern sword into WW1. This was not uncommon for reserve units – the newer 1908 Pattern was issued first and foremost to the regular cavalry and older patterns were retained as long as they were serviceable. The sword shown in the following page is marked with the post-1910 form of the unit’s name, KEH and this combined with its grey-green field paint scheme, makes it even more likely to be one of these WW1-used examples. The sword and scabbard bear different markings and are not an original pair, although their similar condition suggests they have been together a long time. It may well be the case that the regiment used the same swords it was initially supplied with in 1901 as the King's Colonials through to the end of WW1. Photograph and information courtesy of Richard Breislin www.blackthorn-antiques.com


 
The Officers and Other Ranks Undress uniform of King Edward's Horse was as per that of the King’s Colonials (1905-10) except with new Regimental badges and buttons were worn with the forage cap and tunic.  

Figure 142: The Undress uniform tunic of a Sergeant of the King Edward’s Horse with Lancer pattern girdle shown draped over the shoulder. Noted on the tunic are a khaki proficiency trade badge of a harness maker above a King Edward’s Horse cap badge worn as a senior NCO's arm badge above gold rank chevrons, a pair of ‘C’ Squadron (Australian) collar badges and brass King Edward’s Horse tunic buttons. The medal ribbons denotes that the wearer had served in the Great War and were awarded the 1914/15 Star trio. Great War service medals were not awarded until the early 1920s (Electronic auction site image). 

Figure 143: The Undress uniform tunic of a Sergeant of the King Edward’s Horse with a khaki proficiency trade badge of a harness makers above a King Edward’s Horse arm badge above gold rank chevrons, a pair of ‘C’ Squadron (Australian) collar badges and gilding metal King Edward’s Horse tunic buttons circa 1910-14 (Peter Nemaric collection). The harness maker's badge was originally to distinguish the trade of a collar maker but was more broadly used over time for saddle maker, saddle tree maker and harness maker. Referenced as 3A in Denis Edwards's and David Langley's: British Army Proficiency Badges. The Sherwood Press Nottingham, 1984.   

Figure 143a: The Service Dress forage cap of the King Edward's Horse. Khaki with scarlet band and piping with brown leather peak and chinstrap, lining marked "V.V. Pedlar King Edwards Horse". This example is fitted with a King Edward's Horse Officer's Service Dress cap badge in bronze  attached with east-west loops (authors collection).  V. V. Pedlar was Vyvian Vercoe Pedlar see Nominal Roll entry. 
The Service Dress of the King Edward’s Horse remained unchanged from 1910 through to the disbandment of the Regiment in 1924. This uniform for both Officers and Other Ranks was of standard cavalry pattern of khaki forage cap, tunic and overalls. Shoulder chains were dispensed with for Service Dress.

Officers of the King Edward's Horse and 2nd King Edward's Horse wore the 1896 Pattern Cavalry Officer's Sword, as one would expect for the time periods. Although only part of Major John Howard's sword can be seen in Figures 304-305, this is also an 1896 Officer's pattern from the blade shape and period (Information courtesy of Richard Breislin www.blackthorn-antiques.com). The Officer's swords were privately purchased often with an engraved blade (as shown for an earlier King's Colonial sword of Major Howard in Figures 304-305) and they were also armed with a service revolver. The Webley Revolver (also known as the Webley Top-Break Revolver or Webley Self-Extracting Revolver) was the most common pistol carried by Officers. The Webley is a top-break revolver and breaking the revolver operates the extractor, which removes cartridges from the cylinder. The Webley Mark IV rose to prominence during the Boer War of 1899–1902 and would have been carried in 1914 and was replaced by the Mark VI in 1915. Firing large .455 Webley cartridges, Webley service revolvers are among the most powerful top-break revolvers ever produced. Other Ranks were equipped with .303 SMLE Mark 1 rifles and 1903 pattern, Mounted Infantry leather 50 round bandoliers. The leather bandolier was 50 inches long and 3.25 inches wide and held 50 .303 cartridges. It was made up of four sections each x ten cartridges, plus one section x six cartridges and one section x four cartridges. Towards mobilisation for war in 1914, Other Ranks were equipped with the 1908 pattern cavalry sword which was basically the same as the Officer's 1912 pattern cavalry sword with a plain blade and simpler grip and guard. The Officer's 1912 pattern and Other Ranks 1908 pattern cavalry swords were described as 'cut and thrust' weapons with a blade length of 34 3/4 inches which with an extended sword arm could counter a lance or rifle bayonet.

The Officer's of the King Edward's Horse wore a standard tunic with brass KEH buttons instead of bronzed OSD buttons with Sam Browne belt and cloth rank badges (single crown of a Major) on the shoulder lapels. The tunic shown in Figures 145-147 is of a Staff Officer with red gorget patches to the front lapels of the tunic.

Figures 145-147. Staff Officer's (Major) Service Dress tunic 1914-18 (courtesy of Victor Taboika).
As a unit raised only for service during the Great War they did not wear a Full Dress uniform. The Officers and Other Ranks of the 2nd King Edward’s Horse wore standard cavalry pattern khaki Service uniforms with and without shoulder chains and Undress khaki uniforms. Khaki forage caps were worn with a 2nd King Edward’s Horse Regimental headdress badge. Box spurs and puttees were worn by Other Ranks. As a war-raised unit, the Service Dress uniform of the 2nd King Edward’s Horse was all that was functionally required. The Service Dress uniform was not distinct from that of the Full Dress uniform. There are no records of Mess Dress for the 2nd King Edward’s Horse and as a unit raised for service in the Great War it is unlikely there was a Mess Dress uniform.

The headdress badges of the King’s Colonials and later as King Edward’s Horse (the ‘Regiment’) have been extensively copied. The Regiment was a volunteer unit and the uniforms, headdress and collar badges were all privately purchased and are of a superior quality and finish. Copies of the Regimental headdress badges although generally of an inferior quality and finish can be difficult to distinguish from an original badge without experience. This is especially the case when looking at badges offered for sale on the internet where the images may not show the fine details particularly well. There is no real substitute for having the actual badge in your hand for close-up examination under a magnifying loop. To date the Regiment’s collar badges, shoulder titles and buttons do not appear to have been copied. All the examples of collar badges and shoulder titles examined to date have been of a high quality and lacking imperfections in their finish and loop attachment that commonly occur when badges are copied. Anecdotally, the collar badges and shoulder titles unlike headdress badges are much harder to find being offered for sale, consistent with them not having been copied.

Purchasing headdress badges of the Regiment without provenance and/or from other than a reputable dealer without close inspection is not recommended unless you are buying a copy to perhaps use as a representative badge or gap filler.

A significant problem with authenticating headdress badges to the Regiment is to determine what are correct reference sets of genuine badges to compare them with. It is possible that pattern cards exist (or existed) for the badges of the Regiment. Figure 163 shows a collection of the Regiment’s headdress and collar badges from the J. R. Gaunt & Son Ltd Pattern book circa 1904 on a red background. This set was sold a number of years ago by John Burridge Military Antiques, Australia. These headdress badges have a distinctive gilt finish and are Officer’s badges except for the later King Edward’s Horse headdress badge (bottom left hand corner) which was worn by Other Ranks. The collar badge in the top left hand is also an Officer’s gilt badge whereas the collar badge towards the centre is gilding metal and is assumed to be an Other Rank’s collar badge. This set was originally sold at auction in the United Kingdom in 2011 by auctioneers Dix Noonan Webb.

Figure 163: A collection of King’s Colonials and King Edward’s Horse headdress and collar badges from the J. R. Gaunt & Son Ltd. Pattern book on a red background (Photograph courtesy of John Burridge Military Antiques, Australia).

A collection of the Regiment’s headdress and collar badges and shoulder titles was donated by R. C. Whittock to the National Army Museum (Figure 164) and were described in an article by him (R. C. Whittock: The Military Historical Society, XVII: 61-65, 1967). These badges also have a distinct gilt finish or yellow brass finish.

Figure 164: A collection of King’s Colonials and King Edward’s Horse headdress, collar badges and shoulder titles donated by R. C. Whittock to the National Army Museum on a black background (Photograph courtesy of Griff Morgan-Jones).

Several of the King’s Colonials headdress and collar badges in the authors collection were part of a display set of badges manufactured but not marked by Firmin of London. To date the only other maker ascribed, genuine Regimental headdress or collar badges that have been noted are the first pattern King Edward’s Horse headdress badge (annotated as number 14) made by the Goldsmiths and Silversmiths and Co. London in the collection of W. Y. Carman (a respected author and authority on British badges and military uniforms), illustrated in Figure 165 and the King Edward's Horse Officers circlet pattern headdress and collar badges in bronze. A Jennens & Co London marked Officer's circlet headdress badge is shown in Figure 338 and Figure 339 shows one marked by Firmin London. Officer's Circlet collar badges are also maker marked by Jennens & Co London. Given that the Regiment was predominantly based in London in addition to Goldsmiths and Silversmiths, Jennens & Co and Firmin it is likely that other manufacturers of genuine King's Colonials and King Edward's Horse badges are likely to include J. R. Gaunt & Son and Bent & Parker.

Figure 165: The W. Y. Carman collection of King’s Colonials and King Edward’s Horse headdress and collar badges with the annotations of R. J. Smith (R. J. Smith collection).

Many of the King's Colonials and King Edward's Horse badges featured on this website came from Keith Hook's original collection. Photographs of these actual badges were used by Arthur L. Kipling and Hugh L. King for their treatise 'Head-dress Badges of the British Army 1800-1918: v.1'.  The badges featured were for the most part Officer's gilt examples.  I have only seen a handful of examples outside of this collection and these have been in auction lots shown on the following page. 
One of the most extensive collections of Australian military badges was amassed by Bob Gray from 1927 and donated to the Army Museum of South Australia in the 1980s. This collection contained several genuine King’s Colonials and later King Edward’s Horse headdress and collar badges, a shoulder title and buttons (Figure 166). A number of collections of King's Colonials and King Edward's Horse headdress and collar badges have been sold at auction in the UK including a fine set by Dix Noonan Webb in 2011 shown in Figure 167.  

Figure 166: The Bob Gray collection of King’s Colonials and King Edward’s Horse headdress and collar badges, shoulder titles and buttons (Photograph courtesy of a Sydney collector).  The stylised and intertwined KC shoulder title shown as the bottom badge is actually a Kinross-shire Constabulary shoulder title. 

Figure 167: A collection of King’s Colonials and King Edward’s Horse headdress and collar badges (Courtesy of Dix Noonan Webb auctioneers, UK). 

The determination that a King’s Colonials headdress badge is genuine example requires a thorough examination of the badge. The characteristics that can be used to help determine if a King’s Colonials headdress badge is genuine or a copy are the metal finish of the badge; the sharpness of the badge details; the type and position of the fastening loops; the appearance of the solder used to braze the loops to the rear of the badge; and the size and weight of the badge. The key characteristic is the relative sharpness of the finely detailed features on the badge. The sizes and weights of badges are not stated in this analysis as to retain key information which may otherwise allow for more accurate copying of badges. It should not be understated that these characteristics are only a guide and are by no means definitive or exhaustive.

The headdress and collar badges of the King’s Colonials were manufactured by either die-striking sheet brass using male (rear side) and female (front side) dies or by die-casting with a single female die. Die-struck badges have detail present on both the front and rear surfaces of the badge whereas die-cast badges have detail only on the front of the badge with a semi-flat or flat back.

Copies of the headdress badges of the King’s Colonials have been made using the genuine manufacturing dies or copies of them. A female die for the Australasian Squadron headdress badge (see later section) was noted as having sold on an electronic auction site and this die was marked with the badge maker’s name of Lambourne & Co Birmingham and 'Trial'. Lambourne's are known to have made badges for the War Department from 1915 onwards and only a single Imperial Yeomanry shoulder title bearing their makers mark has been identified as a pre-war badge hence it is very unlikely that this die was original for a badge made from 1902 onwards.

Figure 168: Copy of an Australasian Squadron badge (left) produced from a copy of a female manufacturing die marked Lambourne & Co Birmingham (right) sold on an electronic auction site. 

This is a spurious mark as badge making dies were not maker marked. Over time the surface of the dies becomes worn through continued striking and so copy badge have less well-defined lines and blurred edges to the detailed features on the badges on both die-struck and die-cast copies. Some die-struck copies lack the voids present on genuine badges to the extent that some of the poorest copies have no voids at all.

As was the practice with many other Regiments, Officer’s badges and buttons of the King’s Colonials have a gilt (gold wash) finish whereas Other Ranks were manufactured in brass or gilding metal. Other Rank’s headdress and collar badges of the King’s Colonials were initially made using yellow-brass replaced over time with gilding metal. Yellow-brass is the term used to describe badges made with 67% copper and 33% zinc. Gilding metal was defined in the British Army Dress Regulations of 1904 as being eight parts copper to one part zinc (War Office: Dress Regulations for the Officers of the Army (Including the Militia). London: HMSO, 1904. Gilt badges are a rich golden colour whereas gilding metal badges are a duller brass colour.

The identification of headdress badges is based upon the use of Arthur L. Kipling and Hugh L. King’s ‘Headdress Badges of the British Army. Volume I; up to the end of the Great War’ (Frederick Muller Ltd., London, 1978) and follows the numbering system commonly attributed to them for example as KK xxxx. Collar badges are referenced against Colin Churchill and Ray Westlake’s ‘British Army Collar Badges’ (London: Arms & Armour Press Limited, 1986) and similarly follows their numbering system as Churchill and Westlake Ref No xxx. Shoulder titles are referenced against Ray Westlake’s ‘Collecting Metal Shoulder Titles’ (London: Leo Cooper, 1969) as Westlake Ref No xxx. Buttons are referenced against Howard Ripley’s ‘Buttons of the British Army, 1855-1970: An illustrated guide for collectors’ (London: Arms & Armour Press, 1979) and Howard Ripley's and Denis Darmanin’s ‘Yeomanry Buttons 1830-2000’ (The Military History Society Special Number 2005) as Ripley and Darmanin Ref No xxx.

As a unit, the King’s Colonials did not see service in the Second Boer War, however, most references on military badge dealer sites refer to their headdress badges as being Boer War slouch hat badges. The Colonial unit links to the Boer War provide a misleading connotation.
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One of the key considerations with determining whether a King’s Colonial headdress badge is genuine or not is in relation to what type of loops it has. The loops used to fasten the King’s Colonials badges to the uniform on genuine badges were made of copper wire and were brazed onto the back of the badge by hand. These loops have a shank with an end which has the same or only marginally greater, cross-sectional area as the shank itself.

Figure 169 shows a selection of different loops used in the manufacture of badges by J. R. Gaunt & Sons in London from a salesman’s catalogue circa 1904 (Rob Miller: British and Commonwealth Badge Forum). Several of these loops have small feet and several have no feet at all. Copies of King’s Colonials headdress badges that have been made from the genuine dies have been finished off by brazing on loops with a different shape than the genuine loops. The loops on copy badges (Figure 170) have a broader base with a larger contact area on the rear of the badge as compared with genuine loops (Figure 171). The loops on copies are often referred to as being footed.

The issue of knowing what is a genuine badge to use as a reference again comes into play. I have been fortunate to acquire a number of original King's Colonials Officers gilt and Other Ranks gilding metal badges which came from a collection started in the 1940s before their was large scale copying of badges from the original dies. The badges in this collection are actually the Regimental and Squadron headdress badges of the King's Colonials and the Regimental badges of the King Edward's Horse and 2nd King Edward's Horse which were loaned to Arthur L. Kipling and Hugh L. King for photographing when they were preparing their 'definitive' reference book ‘Headdress Badges of the British Army. Volume I; up to the end of the Great War’ (Frederick Muller Ltd., London, 1978). These badges serve as a reference set. Additionally, the King’s Colonials collar badges have not been copied to date and the loops on these badges were produced in the same period as would genuine headdress badges. Close examination of forty or so King’s Colonials collar badges reveals that none have broad-footed loops. The conclusion which can be drawn from this is that genuine King’s Colonial headdress badges should lack broad-footed loops.

The brazing solder on genuine badges was of the same basic composition of the badge with a golden braze on Officer's badges and a yellow-brass on Other Ranks badges which is often darkened with age more so than the golden braze of Officer's badges. This is because the solder was made from the trimmings, filing or sawdust produced during the manufacture of badges from sheet brass. The solder was sparingly applied to genuine badges but sufficient to hide any trace of the base of the loop and often extends into the gap between the two arms of the loop. On copy badges the solder rarely covers the footed loop especially those with more pronounced broad feet. The types of loops and solder used on genuine headdress badges is difficult to fully validate given the inherent difficulty in authenticating a genuine headdress badge as a reference. However, the type of loop and solder used on collar badges which have not been copied serve as a surrogate for the headdress badges. Hence, the photographs and images of King’s Colonials headdress and collar badges which follow generally include an angled view of the rear of the badge to more clearly show the loops and brazing solder.

Figure 169: Selection of different loops used in the manufacture of badges by J. R. Gaunt & Sons in London from a salesman’s catalogue circa 1904-08 (Courtesy of Rob Miller: British and Commonwealth Badge Forum).  

Figure 170: Close-up of a non-footed loop with golden braze between the arms of the loop and at its base on a genuine badge and a footed loop on a copy badge. 

 
Contemporary photographs serve as a guide as to what was worn and when provided of course the photographs themselves are or can be dated. However, the quality of the strike and details of the loop positions on badges cannot be determined from photographs of them being worn unless it is an exceptionally high resolution portrait photograph.
 
The 1901-05 King’s Colonials Full Dress felt hat shown in Figures 172-173 was unique in bearing three badges: a first pattern Regimental badge (KK 1370) on the front crown of the hat, below that a second pattern Regimental badge (KK 1371) for Officer's of the Regimental Headquarters (Staff Officers) or a unique Squadron badge (KK 1372-1376) for Squadron Officer's and Other Ranks plus a second pattern Regimental badge (KK 1371) worn on the side of the hat. This combination of badges would have been worn in gilt for Officers and in gilding metal for Other Ranks. An exception to this was that the Bandmaster wore a gilt lyre badge in place of both second pattern Regimental badges as noted by Keith Hook and David Knight (Journal of the Military Historical Society, 251:70-78, 2018).  

Figure 172: Close-up photographs of the first pattern Regimental headdress badge (KK 1370) above the second pattern Regimental headdress badge (KK 1376) with additional second pattern Regimental badge on the upturned side brim on the first pattern King’s Colonials Full Dress Officers felt hat circa 1903. 

This array of badges can be fully appreciated by examining Figure 173 which is a colour photograph of the bush hat (less plume) worn by King George V’s (Colonel-in-Chief of the Regiment) in 1911. This bush hat is adorned with three gilt badges; a first pattern Regimental badge and two second pattern Regimental badges. As noted above, this combination of badges would have been worn by Officers of the Regimental (Headquarters) staff hereafter referred to as Regimental Staff Officers.

The first pattern Regimental headdress badge was only worn in the period 1901-05 on the first pattern Full Dress felt hat and the newly introduced khaki Service Dress cap. The first pattern Regimental headdress badge was superseded in 1905 with the introduction of replacement forms of headdress, a second pattern Full Dress bush hat and the Service Dress cap. The badges on these forms of headdress were either the second pattern Regimental headdress badge for Regimental Staff Officers and Squadron headdress badges for the Officers and Other Ranks of the Squadrons.

Squadron headdress badges were worn by both Officers (gilt) and Other Ranks (gilding metal) of the Squadrons on both patterns of the Full Dress hat and Undress caps from 1902-1910.

Figure 173:  The bush hat worn by King George V adorned with three King’s Colonials headdress badges circa 1911 © National Army Museum, Accession Number, NAM. 1963-05-3-1.

Figure 174: The first pattern Regimental Officer's headdress badge (KK 1370) in gilt above the second pattern Regimental Officer's headdress badge (KK 1376) in gilt with additional second pattern Regimental Officer's headdress badge (KK 1376) in gilt on the right hand side as worn on the first pattern King’s Colonials Full Dress Officers felt hat circa 1902-04. 

The first pattern Regimental headdress badge is in the form of the complete arms of His Royal Highness The Prince of Wales (St Edward's Crown) above his motto Ich Dien (I serve), above a title scroll reading "The King’s Colonials" (KK 1370) in gilt for Officers and gilding metal for Other Ranks. This badge was only worn on the front crown of the first pattern Regimental felt hat from 1901-1904. An interesting observation about this badge is that it is adorned with St Edward's Crown and motto which is appropriate as the Prince of Wales was the Honorary Colonel of the King's Colonials, however, several badge reference sources incorrectly describe it as being the Queen Victoria Crown and hence the wrong period for a post-1901 badge.  

A genuine example of the first pattern Regimental headdress Officer's badge (KK 1370) is shown in Figure 175. It is a die-struck Officer’s headdress badge in gilt with east-west positioned copper loops.  The loops lack broad feet and have gold braze running down their stem and into their base. The badge retains its original rich gilt finish which is a glowing golden hue. It is beautifully made with a very crisp strike with sharp details to all the features with no blurring of the margins of the garter strap letters for example. This was the actual badge used by Arthur L. Kipling and Hugh L. King’s as KK 1370 in their book ‘Headdress Badges of the British Army. Volume I; up to the end of the Great War’ (Frederick Muller Ltd., London, 1978).

The first pattern Regimental Officer's headdress badge would be expected to be the least abundant of all of the King's Colonials headdress badges given the short date range it was worn together with the limited numbers of Regimental Staff Officers who would have worn it.

Figure 175: A genuine first pattern Regimental King’s Colonials Officer’s headdress badge in gilt (KK 1370) worn 1901-1904.  

A genuine example of the first pattern Regimental headdress Other Ranks badge (KK 1370) in gilding metal is shown in Figure 176. It is a die-struck Other Ranks headdress badge in gilding metal with copper loops positioned east-west again without broad feet and similarly with gold braze running down the stem and into the base of the loops. This badge is a very crisp strike with sharp details to all the features with no blurring of the garter strap letters.

Figure 176: A genuine first pattern Regimental King’s Colonials Other Ranks headdress badge in gilding metal (KK 1370) worn 1901-1904.  

Copies of the first pattern Regimental King’s Colonials Other Ranks headdress badge (KK 1370) can be found in either white or gilding metal. An example of a copy badge in gilding metal is shown in Figure 177. There are no genuine examples known in either silver of white metal. The majority of copies have footed loops and the Unicorn's tail is often non-voided. They are a poorer strike than genuine badges and lack the crisp detail of the chain and lettering on the title scroll and garter strap. There are clear differences in size and weight between genuine examples and copies of the first pattern Regimental King’s Colonial headdress badge.

Figure 177: A copy of the first pattern Regimental King’s Colonials Other Ranks headdress badge (KK 1370) in darkened gilding metal with footed loops and non-voided Unicorn's tail (KK 1370). 






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The second pattern Regimental headdress badge bears the 'KC' cypher surmounted by Prince of Wales’s plumes and coronet all resting on a tri-part scroll inscribed “Regi Adsumus Coloni” (Colonials venturing for the King) (KK 1371). This badge was worn beneath the first pattern Regimental badge on both the front and on the turned-up, left brim of the first pattern Full Dress felt hat by Officer’s of the Regimental Headquarters staff from 1901 to 1905. It was also worn on the front of the Undress uniform first pattern forage cap from 1901 to 1905 by Officers of the Regimental Headquarters staff as shown in Figure 184.  

Figure 184: Close-up image from the group photograph in Figure 91 of the second pattern Regimental headdress badge (KK 1371) being worn on the Undress peaked cap with matching collar badges by the Regimental Quartermaster Sergeant of the King’s Colonials circa 1905 (Courtesy of David Knight).

From 1905, the second pattern Regimental headdress badge was worn on the turned-up side of the second pattern Full Dress bush hat and on the front of the Undress second pattern peaked service cap by Officers of the Regimental Headquarters Staff. In 1909-10, when the Squadron badges were abandoned as the Dominion associations and designations were lost (as noted in the section on the Regimental history), they were said to have been replaced by the second pattern Regimental headdress badge (KK 1371) on the Full Dress bush hat and Undress peaked service cap. The photographic evidence, however, supports that the Squadron badges were worn up until the Regiment became the King Edward's Horse in 1910 and then King Edward's Horse headdress badges were worn from that time onward.

Kipling and King state that the second pattern Regimental badge (KK 1371) were made in gilt, bronze, and gilding-metal and in two sizes. The reference to two sizes stems from Kipling and King who noted that the second pattern Regimental badge worn on the upturned side of the Full Dress headdress was smaller than the one worn on the front of the headdress. Furthermore, the smaller version of the badge was also worn on the front of the Undress forage and peaked caps. To date, no genuine examples of different sizes of this headdress badge have been identified. The Officer's pouch belt badge is the same size as the headdress badge as shown in Figures 185-6, however, a small version of this badge with screw posts was worn on the Officer's pouch as shown in Figures 286-287. This badge is the same size as an Officer's collar badge and It could have been this smaller sized pouch badge which Kipling and King were referring to.

Second pattern Regimental headdress badges are found in either gilt or bronze metal finishes for Officers and in gilding metal for Other Ranks. Figure 185 shows a genuine second pattern Regimental headdress badge in Officer's gilt. The badge is die struck and of exceptional quality with three loops that lack feet. Additional examples of Officer's badges in both gilt and bronze finishes are shown on the following page.

Examples of the second pattern Regimental badge of the King's Colonials in gilt and bronze finishes are shown here. Badges with the bronze finish were intended for wear as Officer's Service Dress. One of the Regimental Officer's in the the group photograph in Figure 122 (circa 1907) is wearing a darkened second pattern Regimental headdress badge in his Undress cap.

Figure 187 shows two genuine second pattern Regimental Officer's headdress badges (KK 1371) in die-cast gilt with loops. The left-hand badge has a flat back and the right-hand badge a flat back with a recess behind the plumes and pinched loops. The badge with pinched loops was part of a display set made by Firmin & Sons, London.

Figure 188 shows a genuine second pattern Regimental Officer's headdress badge (KK 1371) in gilt and fitted with four blades for attaching to the Full Dress hat or Undress or Service Dress Cap. 

A pair of genuine second pattern Regimental Officer’s headdress badges (KK 1371) in die-cast bronze and fitted with three or four blades are shown in Figure 189. 


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A genuine second pattern Other Ranks headdress badge (KK 1371) in gilding metal is shown in Figure 190. This badge is die struck and has three loops that lack feet. The strike is very crisp and the lettering is very distinct at the edges.  

Figure 191 is a copy of the second pattern Other Ranks headdress badge (KK 1371) in die struck, gilding metal with two loops.

This copy has only two lower loops which are positioned east-west and lacks the third loop normally positioned behind the Prince of Wales' feathers. The badge is a poor strike relative to a genuine badge lacking the detail especially with the lettering of the motto. Another characteristic of poorer copies of this badge are the quality of the void at the base of the Prince of Wales feathers with voided/cut away area between the feather quills being irregular in shape and instead of being between the quills on the genuine example it cuts into the quills on poor copies. Copies of the second pattern Regimental headdress badge (KK 1371) in gilding metal are also known with a slider fitted to the rear behind the Prince of Wales' feathers. Based on my experience, sliders were not fitted to any genuine King's Colonials headdress badges.

The quality of the strike; differences in weight and size; and the number, positioning and presence of broad footed loops (or sliders) are all characteristics of copies of the second pattern Regimental headdress badges.


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Shown in Figure 193 is a second pattern Staff Officer’s Regimental King’s Colonials Regimental badge embroidered in gold on a scarlet ground with garter-blue scrolls. This badge was worn from 1904-1910 on the Sombrero hat as shown in Figure 194. The wearing of bullion badges for yeomanry regiments of the Edwardian period is well documented.  

Figure 193: A genuine embroidered second pattern Regimental King’s Colonial headdress badge as worn by Staff Officers (in the style of KK 1371).
 

Figure 194: Photograph of the embroidered second pattern Regimental King’s Colonial headdress badge as worn by a Staff Officer (in the style of KK 1371) on the second pattern Sombrero hat (Noted and also pictured in Keith Hook and David Knight: The Badges, Titles and Buttons of King Edward’s Horse. Journal of the Military Historical Society. 251:70-78, 2018). 
From 1901 until 1905 the Other Ranks of the King’s Colonials wore a pair of unique Regimental collar badges with a ‘KC’ monogram inter-twined in gilding metal. These collar badges were worn as a non-opposing pair as shown in Figure 196 in a close-up image of Private Angel. These collar badges are referenced by Churchill and Westlake as 4th County of London (King’s Colonials) Imperial Yeomanry first pattern in gilding metal (Churchill and Westlake  Ref No 114) and are shown in Figure 263. A stylised version of this collar badge is also depicted in an Edwardian-period Gaunt catalogue.

Figure 196: Close-up image of the first pattern Regimental Other Ranks collar badges of the King’s Colonials (Churchill and Westlake Ref No 114) being worn by Private Angel circa 1904 (Courtesy David Knight).

The first pattern Regimental collar badges were manufactured as die-struck badges with a flat back in gilding metal and are fitted with north-south copper loops as shown in Figure 197.

Figure 197: First pattern Regimental Other Ranks collar badge of the King’s Colonials (Churchill and Westlake Ref No 114) worn 1901-05.

As a distinction of Other Ranks attached to the Regimental Headquarters (1901-05), the first pattern die-struck collar badges were worn with square-shaped, scarlet backing cloths. These cloth backed collar badges can be seen in the photograph of Private Angel (Figure 196). These also featured in part of the Colin Churchill collection, sold by C & T Auctioneers in November 2015 (Figure 197).

Figure 197: A pair of first pattern Regimental Other Ranks collar badges in gilding metal with scarlet backing cloths worn by when attached to the King’s Colonials Regimental Headquarters (Churchill and Westlake Ref No 114) among a selection of King's Colonials and later King Edward's Horse collar badges from an auction lot of part of the Colin Churchill collection (Images reproduced with kind permission C&T Auctioneers, United Kingdom).


On formation in 1901 until 1910 the Officers of the King’s Colonials wore pairs of second pattern Regimental collar badges (Churchill and Westlake Ref No 115). These collar badges are a smaller version of the second pattern, Regimental headdress badge (KK 1371) worn with the Officer’s Full Dress, Undress and Service Dress uniforms as shown in Figure 199. These collar badges bear the Prince of Wales feathers atop inter-twined the letters KC above the motto.

Figure 199: Close up photograph of an Australasian Squadron Officer of the King' Colonials showing the second Regimental Pattern collar badges circa 1904.

Officer’s wore these collar badges in gilt and a pair are shown with an Officer's second Regimental pattern headdress badge in Figure 200. These collar badges are semi-die cast with a flat back with an indent at the bottom of the Regimental motto scroll. This pair of collar badges have gilt loops but flat backed Officer's collar badges are noted with copper loops again positioned north-south. Also shown in Figure 200 is a single bronzed flat backed die cast second Pattern Regimental collar badge. These were made to be worn as Officer's Service Dress and match an OSD headdress badge as shown in Figure 189. There was another example of this bronzed collar badge in the Colin Churchill collection sold in 2015.

Figure 200: A pair of second pattern Regimental Officer’s headdress and collar badges (Churchill and Westlake Ref No 115) semi-die cast in gilt with an additional collar badge in bronze.

There are also examples of the second pattern Regimental collar badges in die struck gilding metal as shown in Figure 201. It is my opinion that these gilding metal collar badges were worn by the Regimental Serjeant Major and senior NCOs of the Regimental Headquarters staff.

Figure 201: A pair of second pattern Regimental Officer’s headdress and collar badges (Churchill and Westlake Ref No 115) in die cast gilding metal.






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On the hat-band of the first pattern, tall-felt hat introduced in 1901 and worn until 1905, all Squadron members wore a distinctive Squadron headdress badge. These were worn in gilt for Officers and gilding metal for Other Ranks. Figure 196 shows the headdress badges of the Squadrons in Officer's gilt as: ‘A’ (British Asian) elephant; ‘B’ Squadron (British American) beaver; ‘C’ Squadron (Australasian) kangaroo on a backing of ferns when it was a combined Australian and New Zealand Squadron; ‘D’ Squadron (British African) ostrich; later 'C' Squadron (Australian) kangaroo (Other Ranks gilding metal) and the short lived 'E' Squadron (New Zealand) fern badge which once disbanded in 1903 continued to be worn by the 3rd New Zealand Troop of ‘D’ Squadron. The Squadron badges were worn on the front of the second pattern Regimental Full Dress Sombrero hat from 1905-1910. They were also worn on the Undress and Service Dress first and second pattern caps from 1901-1910.

Figure 196: Photograph of the Squadron badges of the King's Colonials. These are Officer's badges in gilt with the exception of the Australian Squadron kangaroo which is an Other Ranks badge in gilding metal. 

The King’s Colonials group photograph (Figure 197) shows five different Squadron headdress badges being worn, many with matching pairs of collar badges.

Figure 197: A group of Officers and Other Ranks from all of the different Squadrons of the King’s Colonials Imperial Yeomanry showing the second pattern Forage Cap in khaki with a white cap cover circa 1906-07. The Officer, second from left in the middle row is denoted as a Field Officer as he bears gold braid to the peak of his forage cap. Captain Sir Hamar Greenwood (later Viscount Greenwood), ‘B’ Squadron (British American) is third from the left in the rear row holding a cane (Peter Nemaric collection).

From 1905, the first pattern Regimental collar badges worn by Other Ranks were replaced by Squadron collar badges of a similar pattern to the Squadron headdress badge. Officers continued to wear the second pattern Regimental collar badges.

The Squadron collar badges were worn as facing pairs with the heads of the Australian kangaroo, Asian elephant, Canadian beaver and African ostrich all facing inwards. The tips of the New Zealand Squadron fern leaf on their collar badges face outwards. The loops on genuine collar badges also lack broad feet. The one notable exception to the wearing of matching collar badges was the Australasian Squadron. Photographs of Troopers of ‘C’ Squadron (Australasian) do not show them to be wearing a collar badge modelled on the Australasian Squadron headdress badge (KK 1376). There has been no photographic evidence identified of Australasian collar badges being worn nor have any ever appeared on the market or in private or publicly available collections. Contemporary photographs show that the Australasian headdress badges were either worn without collar badges or with the first pattern Regimental inter-twined KC collar badges or with the later Australian Squadron collar badges.

In 1909, the term "Colony Squadrons" was abolished and consequently the wearing of Squadron headdress and collar badges was to be discontinued. All ranks were now to wear the smaller King’s Colonials second pattern Regimental headdress badge (KK 1371) on the bush-hat and the newly introduced khaki service dress cap with matching second pattern Regimental collar badges. I have seen no photographic evidence of these badges being adopted by all ranks.  Squadron collar badges continued to be worn beyond the change of title of the Regiment from King’s Colonials to King Edward’s Horse in 1910. There are several photographs of members of the King Edward’s Horse wearing the former Squadron collar badges. Additionally, the King Edward’s Horse tunic shown in Figure 142 has a pair of the ‘C’ Squadron collar badges (KK 1376) with a King Edward’s Horse headdress badge as a NCO arm badge and KEH buttons.

The King’s Colonials Squadron headdress and collar badges are arguably among some of the most iconic and emblematic badges worn within the British Dominions. The choice of native animals as icons of the senior members of the Dominions was fitting as the members of the King’s Colonials were recruited from Dominion residents in Great Britain amidst the patriotic fervour evoked by the Second Boer War.




The headdress and collar badges of 'A' (British Asian) Squadron are as described for the headdress badge by Kipling & King (KK) with the badge reference number:

‘Depicted a large (Asian, short-eared) Elephant with a palm-tree background and a scroll at the base inscribed British Asian, the two words divided by a star and crescent. In brass’ (KK 1373).

The ‘A’ Squadron headdress badge is shown being worn with matching collar badges in Figure 208.

Figure 208: Portrait photograph of the ‘A’ Squadron (British Asian) Other Ranks’ headdress badge (KK 1373) and matching collar badges being worn by Squadron Sergeant Major C. H. Cooke circa 1905-1909.

A genuine ‘A’ Squadron (British Asian) Officer's headdress badge in die cast gilt is shown in Figure 209. This headdress badge is of exceptional quality and has loops which lack feet.

A genuine ‘A’ Squadron (British Asian) Officer's headdress badge in semi-die cast gilt is shown in Figure 209a. This headdress badge is of exceptional quality and has one of its two original blades remaining.
A significant distinction between the genuine headdress badge in Figure 211 and the copy in Figure 212 is the positioning of the loops. On this copy they are incorrectly positioned relative to genuine examples of this Squadron headdress badge. Another readily identifiable feature on copies of the ‘A’ Squadron (British Asian) headdress badge is that the tip of the elephant’s trunk is not voided where it curls back up towards the head. On the genuine badge in Figure 211 the trunk is voided. The quality of the strike particularly the voided sections like the trunk, positioning of the loops and differences in the weight and sizes can all be used to differentiate between genuine and copies of the ‘A’ Squadron (British Asian) headdress badge.

There are three distinct irregularly-shaped voids between the bottom of elephant’s stomach and the tops of the trees. These three voids are often not present on poorer quality copies which have been incompletely struck from the old dies. The lines on the elephant’s body and detailed folds where the ear meets the head are sharp and clearly defined on the genuine badge but are blurred and less-well defined on the copy in Figures 212-213 and on additional copies. There are also a pair of curved skin folds on the left-hand side of the belly of the elephant on the genuine badge which are absent on the copies. Poorer quality copies also do not have a distinct void between the elephant’s tail and its hindquarters. The stars at the ends of the scroll are also very distinct on genuine badges and are less angular on poorer quality copies.

A pair of genuine 'A' Squadron (British Asian) collar badges are also shown in Figure 211. They are die struck in gilding metal with copper loops positioned east-west and were worn as a facing pair. There is a continuous void between the elephant’s stomach and the tree tops. The curl of the elephant’s trunk is voided but the tail and hindquarters are not.

Figure 211: A genuine ‘A’ Squadron (British Asian) Other Ranks’ headdress badge (KK 1373) with matching collar badges all in gilding metal.

Figure 212: A copy of an ‘A’ Squadron (British Asian) Other Ranks’ headdress badge (KK 1373) in gilding metal. 

An additional copy shown in Figure 213 is marked to the rear as being silver, which it is not, and has blades as to suggest it is an Officer’s headdress badge. Silver or white metal headdress badges were not worn by the King's Colonials.

Figure 213: A copy of an ‘A’ Squadron (British Asian) headdress badge (KK 1373) in white metal and marked silver to the reverse and fitted with blades for attaching to the cap.

An ‘A’ Squadron (British Asian) headdress badge in white metal with east-west loops and a non-voided tail has also been noted. It was sold as a commemorative badge and is also a copy.




‘A beaver with a maple-leaf background and a scroll at the base British American. Officers and senior NCOs in gilt, Other Ranks’ in brass’ (KK 1374).

The ‘B’ Squadron (British American) Other Ranks’ headdress badge is shown being worn with matching collar badge(s) in Figure 214 and by several senior NCOs in Figure 215.

Figure 214: A group of a King’s Colonials Staff Officer with ‘B’ (British American) Squadron senior NCOs circa wearing Undress uniforms with second pattern forage caps circa 1907. A number of them are also wearing the headdress badge as a NCO's arm badge above their rank chevrons. Regimental Sergeant Major Daniel Fegan, (Regimental number 13 KC and 274 KEH) is stood at the rear left, wearing his Khedive Star and Egypt medals. A number of the NCOs are wearing cloth marksman's badges on their lower left sleeve, the NCO rear centre has a farrier's trade badge above his NCO arm badge. Squadron Quarter Master Serjeant J. E. K. Bynoe, 1 is seated at the left in the middle  row (Courtesy David Knight).

Figure 215: A group of King’s Colonials Regimental Staff Officers and ‘B’ (British American) Squadron Officers and senior NCOs circa wearing Undress uniforms with second pattern forage caps circa 1906. The Officer second from the left in the second row is a Field Officer as he bears gold braid to the peak of his forage cap. Regimental Sergeant Major Daniel Fegan, (Regimental number 13 KC and 274 KEH) is stood at the rear, second from the right wearing his Khedive Star and Egypt medals. Sergeant Sydney Harris is seated at the front right. He and the Sergeant to his left are both wearing cloth marksman's badges on their lower left sleeve. Squadron Quarter Master Serjeant J. E. K. Bynoe, 1 is seated at the right in the second row (Courtesy David Knight).

Figure 216 shows a pair of genuine ‘B’ Squadron Officer’s headdress badges, the left hand side example is die cast and the other is die struck, both are gilt with non-footed loops positioned east-west at the same attachment points on both badges.  The edges of the maple leaves on both badges are sharp and finish at distinct points and the vein details are very crisp.
Figure 217 shows a genuine ‘B’ Squadron Officer’s headdress badge which is semi die-cast gilt with three blades remaining from the original two sets of attaching blades. One set of blades is located at the base of the maple leaf and the other at the ends of the title scroll. The edges of the maple leaves on this badge are sharp and finish at distinct points and the vein details are very crisp.

Figure 217: A genuine example of a ‘B’ Squadron (British American) Officer’s headdress badge (KK 1374) in gilt with three of the four original blades to the rear. 

Figure 218 shows a genuine ‘B’ Squadron Other Rank's headdress badge with a pair of collar badges. The Other Rank's headdress badge is die-struck gilding metal with non-footed loops that are positioned east-west. The collar badges are die-struck in gilding metal with copper loops positioned north-south.

Figure 218: A genuine example of a ‘B’ Squadron (British American) Other Rank's headdress badge (KK 1374) in gilding metal with a pair of collar badges in gilt and gilding metal.

Figure 219 shows a copy ‘B’ Squadron Other Rank's headdress badge in darkened gilding metal with footed loops.

Figure 219: A copy of a ‘B’ Squadron (British American) Other Rank's headdress badge (KK 1374) in darkened gilding metal.
‘A kangaroo on a rising-sun with a fern-leaf in the foreground and a scroll at the base inscribed Australasian.  In brass’ (KK 1376).

The ‘C’ Squadron (Australasian) Other Ranks’ headdress badge is shown being worn in Figure 226 which is a close-up image from a King’s Colonials group photograph (Figure 116). The Australasian headdress badge was not worn with matching collar badges and as can be seen in Figure 226 it was generally worn without collar badges. The exception to this is shown in Figure 228 where the Australasian headdress badge is being worn with the later Australian 'kangaroo' collar badges.

Figure 226: Close-up image of the ‘C’ Squadron (Australasian) headdress badge (KK 1376) being worn circa 1905 from the group photograph in Figure 116.

The Australasian Squadron headdress badge was worn from 1901 and appears in several photographs of the King’s Colonials at that date. There are notes in several publications as to this King’s Colonials badge being the first depiction of the Rising Sun motif on a badge associated with the Australian Military Forces. This is, however, not correct, as it has been established by Lieutenant Colonel Vernon that Lieutenant H.J. Cox Taylor was the first Staff Officer of the Australian Rifles in 1897 and he designed their badge and it used the Rising Sun as a backdrop to the crown to symbolise that ‘The Sun Rising Over the Crown of The Empire on Which It Never Sets’ (Sabretache: Journal of the Australian Military Historical Society, 7:21-23, October, 1959). Lieutenant Cox Taylor subsequently submitted the rising sun and crown as a design of the badge for the newly formed Australian Commonwealth Horse in January 1902 following Australia’s Federation in 1901. The design was accepted and once re-drawn it became the badge of the Australian Imperial Forces and the Rising Sun remains the device used by the Australian Army today.

A genuine ‘C’ Squadron (Australasian) Officer's headdress badge is shown in Figure 227. This badge has very clear fine details to the front and rear of the badge from a quality strike in rich gilt and non-footed loops with brazing solder of the same tone as the rear of the badge.

Figure 227: A genuine ‘C’ Squadron (Australasian) Officer's headdress badge (KK 1376) in die cast gilt with east-west, non-footed loops. 

As noted above, the King's Colonial photographed in Figure 228 is wearing the Australasian headdress badge with a pair of kangaroo collar badges. These kangaroo collar badges can be attributed to ‘C’ Squadron after it had become an entirely Australian Squadron in 1904 after the New Zealanders has left to temporarily form a separate ‘E’ Squadron (New Zealand). The Australian kangaroo collar badges were then worn with the introduction of the ‘C’ (Australian) Squadron headdress badge in 1905 and are detailed in a later section.

Figure 228: Close-up image of the ‘C’ Squadron (Australasian) Officer’s headdress badge (KK 1376) being worn with a pair of Australian Squadron collar badges circa 1905 from the group photograph in Figure 209  (Iain Davidson collection). 




Examples of a genuine and a copy of the ‘C’ Squadron (Australasian) Other Ranks’ headdress badge are shown in Figures 229-230. Compared with the genuine badge in Figure 229, the copy badge has a darkened metal finish unlike the gilding meal finish of the genuine example. The copy also lacks the fine lines on the sun’s rays and leaves, and the background of the Australasian scroll is seeded on the front but the seeding does not carry through in the striking to the rear of the badge, and has footed loops.

The ‘C’ Squadron (Australasian) headdress badge is one of the most difficult to authenticate among the King’s Colonials badges. In the late 1970's copies of this badge first really became apparent to collectors in Australia mainly as a result of the increased numbers of examples appearing on dealer's mail order lists and at militaria shows. An article by K.R. White from 1980 notes that copies of this badge were of a copper gold irregular colour relative to the light gold finish of die-struck genuine badges (Sabretache: Journal of the Australian Military Historical Society, 21 (3):14-15, July-September, 1980). Although die-struck the copy in the article lacked the fine detail of the genuine and was of a different size.  

As with all King's Colonials headdress badges the quality of the strike is very good guide to whether the badge is genuine or not as is the position of the loops and their lack of feet. As noted on the first of three copies the lack of seeding is a characteristic of the badge not being genuine. Collectively these are important characteristics that can be used to help differentiate between a copy and a genuine ‘C’ Squadron (Australasian) headdress badge. In my own opinion, the most readily identifiable and reliable feature on a genuine example are the fingers on the front paws of the kangaroo which can clearly be seen in Figure 241 (left image) as individual fingers versus the copy in Figure 242 (right image) with clubbed and indistinguishable fingers.

Figure 241, left image: Close-up image of the fine detail of the fingers of the front paw of the kangaroo of the genuine 'C' Squadron (Australasian) headdress badge.

Figure 242, right image: Close-up image of the lack of fine detail of the clubbed front paw of the kangaroo of the copy 'C' Squadron (Australasian) headdress badge.



Figure 229: A genuine ‘C’ Squadron (Australasian) Other Ranks headdress badge (KK 1376) in gilding metal with east-west, non-footed-loops.

Figure 230: A copy of the ‘C’ Squadron (Australasian) Other Ranks headdress badge (KK 1376) in darkened gilding metal with east-west, footed-loops.
The Australian Squadron headdress and collar badges depict a kangaroo on a scroll inscribed Australia.  In brass (KK 1375).

In 1903, upon formation of the ‘E’ Squadron (New Zealand), ‘C’ Squadron (Australasian) was left with an entirely Australian make-up. It was re-named the ‘C’ Squadron (Australian).

The ‘C’ Squadron (Australian) headdress badge is shown being worn in Figure 256.

Figure 256: Close-up image of the ‘C’ Squadron (Australian) headdress badge (KK 1375) taken from the group photograph of mounted King’s Colonials (Figure 121) (Iain Davidson collection). 

Figure 257: Close-up image of the ‘C’ Squadron (Australian) collar badge on a post-1910 King Edward's Horse tunic collar (Peter Nemaric collection). 

I have been unable to identify an Officer's gilt example of this badge. Figure 257 is a genuine Other Ranks’ headdress badge in gilding metal. The headdress badge is die struck and has copper loops which lack feet and are positioned north-south. The quality of the strike is very good with fine detail evident on the front and rear of the badge.

Figure 257: A genuine ‘C’ Squadron (Australian) Other Ranks’ headdress badge (KK 1375) in gilding metal with north-south loops. 

An additional example of the Australian Squadron Other Ranks headdress badge is shown in Figure 258. This headdress badge is shown with a pair of Australian Squadron Officer's gilt collar badges. The collar badges are die-struck in gilt with service wear to their front surfaces and have north-south gilt loops without feet. These collar badges were worn as a facing pair.

Figure 258: A genuine ‘C’ Squadron (Australian) Other Ranks’ headdress badge (KK 1375) in gilding metal with Officer's gilt collar badges. 

Unlike bronzed OSD versions of the 'A' Squadron (British Asian), 'B' Squadron (British American) and 'E' Squadron (New Zealand) collar badges, a bronzed OSD version of the 'C' Squadron (Australian) collar badges has not been noted.
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The copy in Figures 259 has a coppery appearance and is a poor quality die-struck badge with north-south loops which are footed. The loops are often positioned east-west on copy badges.
 
Figure 259: A copy of the ‘C’ Squadron (Australian) Other Ranks headdress badge (KK 1375) in gilding metal with north-south loops. 

A comparison of the close-up of the head and jaw bones on the genuine badge shown in Figure 257 and the copy in Figure 259 shows them to be much broader on a genuine badge than on an example of a copy.  

Figure 260: Close-up of a genuine example (upper) and a copy (lower) of the ‘C’ Squadron (Australian) Other Ranks headdress badge (KK 1375).

The British African headdress and collar badges bear an ostrich with a background of mountains and a scroll at the base inscribed British African.  In gilt, bronze and brass finish (KK 1372). This badge has a similar background design to the Australasian Squadron headdress badge.

The headdress badge and matching collar badges worn by ‘D’ Squadron (British African) are shown in the close-up image (Figure 244) taken from the group photograph of King’s Colonials (Figure 121).

Figure 244: Close-up image of the ‘D’ Squadron (British African) headdress badge (KK 1372) worn by several Other Ranks with the Private on the right hand end wearing matching collar badges.

The headdress badge shown in Figure 245 is a genuine Officer’s headdress badge which is a die struck in rich gilt with loops also in gilt positioned east-west which lack feet.

Figure 245: A genuine ‘D’ Squadron (British African) Officer’s headdress badge (KK 1372) in gilt.

The headdress badge shown in Figure 246 is a genuine Officer’s headdress badge from the Firmin display set. It is a die struck badge in rich gilt with loops also in gilt positioned east-west which lack feet.

Figure 246: A genuine ‘D’ Squadron (British African) Other Ranks headdress badge (KK 1372) with matching pair of collar badges all in gilding metal. 

The pair of ‘D’ Squadron (British African) ostrich collar badges shown in Figures 246 are die-struck in gilding metal and were worn as a facing pair. They have copper loops which lack feet and are positioned east-west.

As with the bronzed OSD versions of the 'A' (British Asian), 'B' (British American) and 'E' (New Zealand) Squadron collar badges, in my collection I have a pair of bronzed OSD  'D' Squadron (British African) collar badges.
British African Other Ranks' Headdress Badge - Copy imageBritish African Other Ranks' Headdress Badge - Copy image
The ‘D’ Squadron Other Ranks' headdress badge shown in Figure 247 is a copy.  The strike of the badge is poor with the badge surface being relatively flat and missing the pronounced raised ground the ostrich is standing on found on genuine examples. One of the loops has prominent feet.  

Figures 247: A copy of a ‘D’ Squadron (British African) Other Ranks’ headdress badge (KK 1372) in gilding metal with footed, east-west loops.

Copies of the 'D' Squadron headdress badge typically are a poor strike with a lack of the fine lines around the eye and neck. The majority of copies have footed loops. There are notable differences in size and weight between original badges and copies.

As described for the second pattern Regimental headdress badge examples are known in bronze for wear with Officer's Service Dress (OSD). Figure 248 shows a bronze genuine ‘D’ Squadron (British African) Officer's headdress badge (KK 1372) with matching pair of collar badges all in bronze again for wear with Officer's Service Dress. I have not been able to find photographic evidence of bronze Squadron headdress or collar badges being worn by the King's Colonials.

Figure 248: A genuine ‘D’ Squadron (British African) Officer's headdress badge (KK 1372) with matching pair of collar badges all in bronze.
The ‘E’ Squadron – (an entirely New Zealand Squadron) headdress and collar badges depict a fern-leaf inscribed with the letters NZ.  In brass (KK 1377).

The silver fern headdress badge first appears in photographs of the Kings’ Colonials at their annual camp in St. Albans in the summer of 1904. In 1903 an attempt to create an entirely New Zealand ‘E’ Squadron proved unsuccessful due to insufficient numbers of New Zealanders being recruited. By the summer of 1904, the New Zealanders constituted the 3rd Troop of ‘D’ Squadron (British African).

The ‘E’ Squadron (New Zealand) headdress badge is shown being worn in Figure 250.

Figure 250: The ‘E’ (New Zealand) Squadron headdress badge (KK 1377) and matching collar badges being worn by a group of New Zealand Squadron Officers and Other Ranks circa 1907. Serjeant Herbert MacIntosh is seated third from the right with the marksman badge to his left sleeve. (Photograph courtesy of Dave Stewart).

Figure 251 shows the New Zealand collar badges on a King's Colonials tunic collar as worn by Serjeant Herbert MacIntosh circa 1907.

Figure 251: The New Zealand collar badges on a King's Colonials tunic collar as worn by Serjeant Herbert MacIntosh circa 1907.

Figure 252 shows a genuine ‘E’ Squadron (New Zealand) Officer's headdress badge in gilt. The headdress badge is die struck and has prominent full stops after the letters N and Z and the veins on the silver fern leaf are sharp and crisp. The east-west positioned loops are an old replacement with pairs of wire loops.

Figure 252: A genuine ‘E’ Squadron (New Zealand) Officer's gilt headdress badge (KK 1377) with an old replacement of the loops with pairs of wire loops. 
 

Figure 253 shows a genuine ‘E’ Squadron (New Zealand) (or later 3rd (New Zealand) Troop, ‘D’ Squadron (British African)) Other Ranks headdress badge and matching pair of collar badges all in gilding metal. The headdress badge is die struck and has prominent full stops after the letters 'N' and 'Z', and the veins on the silver fern leaf are sharp and crisp. The copper loops are positioned east-west and are lacking feet.

Figure 253: A genuine ‘E’ Squadron (New Zealand) Other Ranks headdress badge (KK 1377) with a matching pair of collar badges. 

The 'E' Squadron (New Zealand) collar badges were worn as a facing pair with the tips facing outwards. The pair of collar badges shown in Figure 253 are die-struck in gilding metal and have copper loops positioned east-west.

A copy of the ‘E’ Squadron (New Zealand) headdress badge is shown in Figure 254. This copy is a very good strike but has loops with broad feet.

Figure 254: A copy of an ‘E’ Squadron Other Ranks’ headdress badge (KK 1377) in gilding metal with east-west loops.  

In addition to gilding metal Other Ranks collar badges for the New Zealand Squadron these can be found in both gilt and bronze for Officers. A gilt ‘E’ Squadron collar badge is shown in Figure 255. This is an Officer’s collar badge with its rich gilt finish. The collar badge is die-cast badge with a flat back.

Figure 255: An example of a genuine ‘E’ Squadron (New Zealand) Officer's collar badge (in the style of KK 1377) in fire-gilt (David Stewart collection).

The ‘E’ Squadron headdress and collar badges are sometimes confused with several different patterns of fern leaf badges worn by New Zealand Volunteer Officers who formed part of the Second Boer War contingent and by New Zealand Permanent Staff. These fern leaf badges have differently shaped leaf stems, dimensions, loop positions and some but not all patterns lack the full stops after the letters 'N' and 'Z '.

Serjeant Sydney Harris (shown in Figure 200) who joined ‘B’ Squadron (British American or Canadian) in 1905 states that because there was no special Squadron for New Zealanders (from 1904) they could wear a fern badge to indicate their Nationality. New Zealand fern headdress and collar badges were worn by members of the 3rd Troop of ‘D’ Squadron (British African).


In the Colin Churchill collection there were two pairs of die-struck ‘A’ (British Asian) Squadron and 'B' (British American) Squadron collar badges in bronze with east-west copper loops (Figures 205-206) together with a single ‘E’ (New Zealand) Squadron cast bronze collar badge. An example of another New Zealand Squadron bronze collar from my own collection is shown in Figure 207. On a previous page, there is a photograph of my pair of bronze collar badges for the British African Squadron with a matching headdress badge in bronze. Bronze collar badges have not been identified for the Australian Squadron. The bronze British African Squadron headdress badge is the only bronze Squadron badge I have seen to date but it is possible that examples exist for the other Squadrons. As already noted, these bronze badges were for wear with Officer's Service Dress (OSD).

The Colin Churchill collection also contained a single King’s Colonials second pattern Regimental collar badge in bronze with a flat back and I have shown my own example earlier. There is photographic evidence of the bronze second pattern Regimental headdress badge being worn but not bronze Squadron badges.

Figure 205: Front and rear images of a ‘A’ Squadron (British Asian) Officer’s collar badge in bronze (Images reproduced with kind permission C&T Auctioneers, United Kingdom).

Figure 206: Front and rear images of a ‘B’ Squadron (British American) Officer’s collar badge in bronze (Images reproduced with kind permission C&T Auctioneers, United Kingdom).

Figure 207: Front and rear images of an 'E' Squadron (New Zealand) Officer's collar badge in bronze with a flat back.



To the best of my knowledge, the wearing of arm badges by some Squadron Non-Commissioned Officers (NCOs) of the King’s Colonials in the same pattern as the Squadron headdress badges has not been previously documented. A photograph of Squadron Sergeant Major C. H. Crooke of 'A' Squadron (British Asian) shows the side profile of his 'elephant' arm badge being worn above his rank chevrons on his right arm (Figure 277). He is wearing his Sergeant Major's crown above his arm badge.  

Figure 277: Squadron Sergeant Major C. H. Cooke of ‘A’ Squadron (British Asian) wearing an 'A' Squadron (British Asian) headdress pattern badge above his rank chevrons circa 1905-09.  SSM Cooke is wearing the Egypt medal (1882-1889) with a single clasp (13 possible) and the Khedive's Star (1882-1891).

A close-up image of the Squadron Quarter Master Sergeant and the Squadron Sergeant Major from the group photograph of ‘B’ Squadron (British American) Officers and Senior NCOs circa 1905-06 (Figure 215) show arm badges being worn above the rank chevrons of their right sleeves (Figure 278). The Squadron Sergeant Major wears his Sergeant Major's crown above his arm badge. The front of these arm badges appears identical to the Squadron headdress badges.

Figure 278: Close up image of ‘B’ Squadron (British American) Sergeant wearing 'B' Squadron (British American) headdress pattern badge above his rank chevrons as a Senior NCO arm badges taken from the group photograph in Figure 209 circa 1905-06 (Peter Nemaric collection).

Arm badges were also worn by some NCOs in 'C' Squadron (Australasian) as can be seen in the photograph of Sergeant MacIntosh in Figure 56. A close-up image (Figure 279) of this Squadron from a photograph at annual camp (Figure 90) shows that they were worn by the rank of Corporal and above. Figure 282 in the next section shows the later Australian Squadron headdress badge being worn as an NCOs arm badge.

Figure 279: Close up image of a ‘C’ Squadron (Australasian) Corporal at annual camp in 1903 (from Figure 50) wearing a 'C' Squadron (Australasian) Headdress pattern badge as an NCO’s arm badge above his rank chevrons.


The wearing of arm badges by NCOs of ‘D’ Squadron (British African) may be evident in Figure 274.

Figure 280: Photograph of a group of ‘D’ Squadron (British African) Troopers at annual camp in 1904 with two Sergeants wearing what appears to be 'D' Squadron (British African) headdress pattern badges above their rank chevrons as NCO's arm badges. The shape of the badge looks slightly different on the angle of the photograph and it may be that these are trade badges and not NCO's' arm badges.  

Figure 281 shows an NCO's arm badge of ‘E’ Squadron (New Zealand) on the tunic of Sergeant MacIntosh. The arm badge is die-struck gilding metal with non-footed loops. It is of the same size as that of the headdress badge.

Figure 281: An NCO's arm badge of ‘E’ Squadron (New Zealand) on the tunic of Sergeant MacIntosh.

Photographic evidence of the ‘E’ Squadron (New Zealand) arm badge actually being worn by an NCO has not been identified.

A close up from the postcard from the annual camp of the KEH at Aldershot in 1911 (Figure 70) shows that the Serjeant is wearing his KEH Regimental pattern cap badge (likely to be the first pattern 'Saxon' crown variety KK 1506) as they changed to this pattern of headdress badge with the name change from King's Colonials to KEH in 1910. What is fascinating is that he is wearing an Australian 'C' Squadron headdress badge as his NCOs arm badge (KK 1375) and what looks to be matching Australian 'C' Squadron collar badges.

It is the first photograph I have found of this Squadron headdress badge (1905-1910) being worn as an NCOs arm badge. This is not when he was a pre-1910 King's Colonial and wearing a Squadron headdress badge but after he should have changed over to a KEH headdress and KEH NCOs arm badge. The wearing of Squadron collars with KEH headdress badges is well represented in photographs on this website but not NCOs arm badges.

To me this illustrates the pride they showed in their Squadrons and iconic badges of the Dominions they represent.

Figure 282: An NCO's arm badge being worn by a Serjeant of ‘C’ Squadron (Australian) King Edward's Horse from  a close up of Figure 70.

Unlike other yeomanry or cavalry senior NCO arm badges it is interesting that the King’s Colonials wore an arm badge of the same size and pattern as the headdress badge. It is also likely that these arm badges have the same fixing loops as the headdress badge. The tradition of cavalry and yeomanry senior NCOs wearing arm badges above or on their rank chevrons started in the late 19th century and is carried on today (Linaker, David and Dine, Gordon: Cavalry Warrant Officers And Non-Commissioned Officers Arm Badges. Military Historical Society, London 1997).
A close-up image (Figure 283) of Captain Hamar Greenwood of ‘B’ Squadron (British American) shows him wearing a pouch belt with a second pattern Regimental pouch belt badge (in the style of KK 1371) between the lion’s head holder with three chains and a whistle.

Figure 283: Close-up image of the pouch belt badge being worn by Captain Hamar Greenwood (later Viscount Greenwood) of ‘B’ Squadron (British American) circa 1907. His ‘B’ Squadron (British American) headdress (KK 1374) and matching collar badges can clearly be seen.

The Officer’s and senior NCOs pouch belt, pouch and fittings are detailed in Figure 284. The second pattern Regimental pouch belt badge was finished in gilt and was attached using three screw posts. The pouch belt badge was the same size as the headdress badge and the pouch itself bore a smaller size second pattern Regimental badge in gilt attached using two screw posts as shown in Figure 285. This badge is the same size as an Officer's second pattern Regimental collar badge and is of the same manufacture with a flat back. Pouch belt and pouch badges are usually attached using screw posts as is the later King Edward's Horse pouch badge shown in Figure 344.

Figure 284: Close-up image of the Officer's Full Dress brown brindle pouch belt and smaller pouch badge worn 1901-1910 (R. J. Smith collection).

Figure 285: Officer's Full Dress pouch belt badge and smaller pouch badge as worn 1901-1910.
Shoulder titles were worn by the King’s Colonials on both Full Dress, Undress and Service Dress directly on the tunic or on shoulder chains as shown in Figure 283.  

Figure 289: Close-up image of the KC shoulder title worn by an NCO of ‘B’ Squadron (British American) from the King’s Colonial group photograph (Figure 215) circa 1905-06 (Peter Nemaric collection).

The first type of shoulder titles worn were the letters ‘KC’ in gilding metal (Figures 290-291). These have loops positioned east-west which lack feet. This pattern of shoulder title is referenced, but not illustrated or numbered in Westlake under King Edward’s Horse. This pattern of shoulder titles were worn from 1901-10.
 
Figures 290-291: Pair of King’s Colonials shoulder titles in gilding metal with loops. 

A KC stylised and intertwined gilding metal shoulder title (see the bottom of Figure 167) has been incorrectly attributed to the King's Colonials, however, it is actually a Kinross-shire Constabulary shoulder title.


A white metal version of the letters ‘KC’ has also been noted (Figure 292). This shoulder title is the same size and style of the gilding metal version and is unlikely to be a copy. The white metal version has attaching loops positioned east-west. It is plausible that the white metal shoulder titles were worn by the King’s Colonials for ceremonial occasions such as the Coronation of King Edward VII in August 1902. It is difficult to distinguish between white metal and gilding metal shoulder titles in period photographs.

Figure 292: A King’s Colonials shoulder title in white metal shown with gilding metal title for comparison.

There is also a larger version of the King’s Colonials shoulder title badge again in white metal (Figures 293-294). This shoulder title has separate letters attached to two bars with north-south loops but closely resembles the pattern of the regular King’s Colonials shoulder titles. This larger pattern shoulder title could also have been produced and worn for ceremonial occasions and again is unlikely to be a copy.

Figures 293-294: Front and rear images of a pair of large King’s Colonials shoulder titles in white metal. One retains its ‘original’ backing cloth (Patrick Birley collection).
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The King’s Colonials Full Dress and Service Dress tunic breast and cuff buttons were in gilt for Officers and brass for Other Ranks. They are referenced as Ripley Ref No 419 for the cuff button and as Ripley and Darmanin Ref No 140 for the tunic button under KEH. They are of the same design as the second pattern Regimental badge with the Prince of Wales’s plumes over ‘KC’ letters and Regimental motto “REGI ADSUMUS COLONI”. A selection of different size King’s Colonials buttons are shown in Figure 295.

Officer's gilt buttons are noted by Keith Hook as being rimmed and in three sizes and different makers: 26mm QVC wreath and Firmin; 20mm QVC wreath and Firmin, and Hobson; and 16mm QVC wreath and Firmin. He has also noted Other Ranks buttons as an brass un-rimmed 26mm Hobson, 20mm Hobson, 18mm brass rimmed with a blank back and a 15mm blank back.

Ripley and Darmanin note that there are also white metal King’s Colonials tunic buttons. These would be consistent with the white metal King’s Colonials shoulder titles noted in Figure 286 thought to have been manufactured and worn for ceremonial occasion/s. To date I have not seen a white metal King's Colonial button. A further note from the authors describes a domed button with silver Regimental device on gilt which may have been for an Officer’s cap or Mess Dress. This actual button is shown at the bottom of Figure 295 and it is a three-piece button with the white metal Prince of Wales’s plumes over ‘KC’ letters and Regimental motto “REGI ADSUMUS COLONI” pinned to the front of the sealed back button. The button measures 16mm.

Figure 295: King’s Colonials Officer's and Other Rank's brass tunic breast and cuff buttons (Ripley and Darmanin Ref No 140) with a King's Colonials Officer's cap or Mess Jacket bi-metal button by Firmin & Son.
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The King’s Colonials Officer’s Mess kit was a dark blue jacket with rolled, ribbed collar of scarlet silk which bore small gilt badges. These Mess Dress badges were intertwined ‘KC’ letters of the same design used for the first pattern Regimental Collar badges, surmounted by the Prince of Wales’s plumes but lacking the Regimental motto. David Knight and Keith Hook (Journal of the Military Historical Society. 251:70-78, 2018) describe two different sized Mess Dress lapel badges and the badges that they describe are shown in Figure 298. These badges measure 27mm in length and the other 21mm. The larger examples have an indent behind the centre of the plume whereas the smaller one is flat backed. The loops are positioned north-south on these badges. The larger Mess Dress badges are believed to have been worn by Officer's and the smaller badges by senior NCOs. Figure 96 show the smaller pattern Mess Dress lapel badges being worn by a King's Colonial senior NCO.

Unlike the Full Dress and Service Dress tunics, the Mess Dress cuffs were rounded with four rather than five, equal length stripes of ¾ inch scarlet cloth without buttons.

Figure 298: Two different size King’s Colonials Mess Dress lapel badges.

An Officer’s Mess Waiters tunic breast and cuff buttons have also been identified for the King’s Colonials and these are shown in Figure 299. Unlike tunic buttons, Mess Waiters buttons were not officially sanctioned and were chosen by the Officers of the Regiment. The King’s Colonials Mess Waiters buttons bear the inter-twined letters ‘KC’ in script within the Garter strap surmounted by St Edward’s crown. The tunic breast and cuff buttons are gilt, convex in shape and measure 27 and 17mm in diameter, respectively. They are open backed with a back mark of Firmin London for the larger tunic breast button and the smaller cuff button is unmarked.

 Figure 299: King’s Colonials Mess Dress tunic breast and cuff buttons in gilt (Ian Baker collection).

Figure 300: A pair of the larger sized King’s Colonials Mess Dress lapel badges.
King’s Colonials sweetheart badges are commonly brooched versions of their collar badges. The first example of these is shown in Figures 301 which is a brooched (north-south) version of a die-struck, second pattern Regimental collar badge (as per Figures 271-272). There are also similar versions of the flat backed, die cast, Officer's second pattern Regimental collar badge worn with an east-west brooch fitting as a sweetheart badge. Another example, the rear of which is shown in Figure 303 is a brooched 'A' Squadron (British Asian) collar badge.

Figure 301: Rear image of a brooched version of a die-struck, second pattern Regimental collar badge worn as a Regimental sweetheart badge. 

Another type of sweetheart badge is in the form of a cravat pin (Figure 302) similarly fashioned from a flat-backed, die-cast, Officer’s second pattern Regimental collar badge (Figures 269-270). This is the second of these cravat pins that I have seen and this may not be surprising as cravat pins were popular items of an Edwardian gentleman’s attire. These are not converted collars as there are no stumps from loops having been once attached but were made as sweetheart badges from the casting moulds of the collar badges.

Figure 302: Composite image of the front and rear of a King’s Colonial cravat pin fashioned from a flat-backed, die-cast, Officer’s second pattern Regimental collar badge. 


Figure 303: Rear image of a brooched version of a die-struck ‘A’ Squadron (British Asian) collar badge worn as a Regimental sweetheart badge. 
Images of the sword of Major John Howard who commanded ‘B’ Squadron (Canadian) of the King’s Colonials and later King Edward’s Horse (circa 1902-1913) are shown in Figures 304-305.  

The Officers shown in Figures 76-78 and 97-98 are wearing the 1896 Pattern Cavalry Officer's Sword.. Although only part of Major John Howard's sword can be seen in Figures 304-305, it is also an 1896 Pattern from the shape of the blade (Information courtesy of Richard Breislin www.blackthorn-antiques.com).

Major Howard's sword bears the Regimental device in the style of the second pattern Regimental headdress badge (KK 1371). It was made by John Chalk and Dawson of London and bears Major Howard’s initials JH.

Figures 304-305: Upper section of the sword blade of Major John Howard of ‘B’ Squadron (Canadian) of the King’s Colonials and later King Edward’s Horse (1902-13) and the Regimental motif from the sword (Peter Nemaric collection).

Figure 306: King’s Colonials Regimental motif on an Officer's or NCO's cane (Photograph courtesy Paul Liddell, UK).  

There are three different patterns of the King Edward’s Horse headdress badge. The first and second patterns differ in the style of the crown on a large shield badge and the third pattern is a small circlet design referred to hereafter as the circlet pattern. These three patterns of headdress badges were all worn with pairs of matching collar badges as shown on this page (Figures 307-09) with the badges described and depicted on the following pages.

The first and second pattern King Edward's Horse headdress badges were in gilt for Officer's Full Dress, in bronze for Officer's Service Dress and gilding metal for Other Ranks. These are large badges which depict a shield of the Royal Standard to the centre of a wreath of oak and laurel that bears the names of the Commonwealth countries involved, surmounted by the Royal Crest. Beneath the Crown there is a scroll bearing the title and to the lower edge the motto and tablet "KODR" for the King’s Overseas Dominion Regiment (KK 1506).

The first pattern headdress badge shown being worn in Figure 307 is surmounted with a distinctive ‘spikey’ Saxon Crown not found on any other headdress badge worn by the British army. This badge was referred to as the Goldsmiths & Silversmiths pattern by collectors from the 1940s as the trial badge for this pattern was made by Goldsmiths & Silversmiths of London as noted in the collection of W. Y. Carman (labelled as badge 14 in Figure 171). This badge was worn with a matching pair of Saxon crown collar badges of the same design as the headdress badge.

Figure 307: The first pattern King Edward’s Horse Other Ranks headdress badge (KK 1506) in gilding metal worn by Private Jim Kerr, 379 circa 1914 (Peter Nemaric collection).

The crown on the second pattern headdress badge (Figure 308) is a regular Imperial crown synonymous with the period 1902-1952 and is generally referred to as the King's or Imperial crown. This headdress badge was most often worn with first pattern collar badges but I have a single collar badge in the second pattern with an Imperial crown.

Figure 308: Portrait photograph of Private John (Jack) Ryther Steer Bowker, 8 showing the second pattern King Edward’s Horse Other Ranks headdress badge (KK 1507) © Imperial War Museum (HU 118517).

The third pattern King Edward's Horse headdress (Figure 309) and collar badges were only worn by Officer's and was for wear on Service Dress. These headdress and collar badges were small circlet badges bearing the KEH cypher surrounded by the Regimental motto and were only produced in bronze for officer's Service Dress.

Figure 309: Major Humphrey Swann of King Edward’s Horse wearing an Officer’s circlet headdress badge (KK 1509) with a pair of second pattern collar badges in non-voided bronze ©Imperial War Museum (HU 118798). 

The first pattern headdress badges were worn from the re-naming of the Regiment to King Edward's Horse in 1910 until at least 1916. The second pattern headdress badge was worn from 1916 by Other Ranks and the circlet pattern by Officer's from 1916.


The Officers of the King Edward's Horse adopted the first pattern headdress badge (KK 1506) in bronze for Service Dress. An example of this badge is shown in Figure 310 on a Bandsman's Service Dress cap.

Figure 310: A first pattern King Edward's Horse Officer's headdress badge (KK 1506) on a Bandsman's Service Dress Cap circa 1913. This particular badge is secured to the cap with loops and is believed to be original to the cap (Victor Taboika collection).

The Officer's version of the first pattern headdress badge can be found fitted with blades or loops (Figure 312) and was worn with a pair of bronzed collar badges (Figure 311) which are either voided or non-voided (Figures 312 and 314) with east-west or north-south copper loops.

Figure 311: Portrait photograph of Lieutenant Colonel C. Harding KCMG, King Edward's Horse showing the non-voided first or second pattern collar badge ©Imperial War Museum (HU 120500).

Figure 312: A first pattern King Edward's Horse Officer's headdress badge (KK 1506) die cast in bronze with north-south loops and a pair of non-voided first pattern collar badges, one that is die struck cast in bronze and the other die cast in gilding metal with the front surface bronzed, both with north-south loops circa 1910-16.



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Figure 313: Portrait photograph of Lieutenant A. J. Mackintosh showing the voided King Edward’s Horse collar badges (Churchill and Westlake Ref No 116) ©Imperial War Museum (HU 117631).


Figure 314: A first pattern King Edward's Horse Officer's headdress badge (KK 1506) die cast in bronze with folded east-west blades and a pair of voided collar badges, one that is die cast in bronze and the other die struck in gilding metal and with the front surface bronzed both with north-south loops circa 1910-16.





Officers of the King Edward's Horse in Full Dress wore the first pattern headdress badge with matching collar badges which were either voided or non-voided again all in yellow brass. The first pattern collar badges with Saxon Crown as of the style of the voided headdress badge (KK 1506) are referenced as Churchill and Westlake Ref No 116 in yellow brass. In photographs of King Edward’s Horse dating from 1910 like Figure 316 senior NCOs in Full Dress wore first pattern King Edward's Horse headdress badges (and as senior NCOs arm badges) with original King's Colonials Squadron collar badges reflecting their pride in their Dominion heritage and service with the former King's Colonials. The King Edward's Horse collar badges are only being worn by the Quarter Master Serjeant Major on the far left and these look to be yellow brass.

Figure 316:  'B' Squadron (British American) senior NCOs in walking out order (Full Dress) circa 1911 (Courtesy David Knight).

Two different examples of the Other Ranks first pattern headdress badge and matching collar badge/s are shown in Figures 317 and 318. The headdress badges are die-struck with north-south or east-west loops. To date, I have not come across a version of the first pattern headdress badge (KK 1506) with a slider fitting.

Figure 317: A genuine first pattern King Edward’s Horse Officer’s headdress badge (KK 1506) in yellow brass with east-west loops and matching pair of non-voided first pattern collar badges in gilding metal circa 1910-16. 

Figure 318: A genuine first pattern King Edward’s Horse Officer’s headdress badge (KK 1506) in yellow brass with north-south loops and a single example of a voided first pattern collar badge in gilding metal circa 1910-16.  






A later version of the King Edward’s Horse headdress badge known as the second pattern badge (KK 1507) has a rounded King’s Crown in place of the Saxon crown of the first pattern badge (KK 1506). The War Office sealed the second pattern King Edward’s Horse headdress badge as Pattern Number 8676/1916 in gilding metal on the 22/2/1916 and it was worn until the KEH was disbanded in 1924.

An Officer's version of this headdress badge is shown in Figure 319 with a single matching second pattern collar badge both in die cast bronze. The headdress badge has east-west blades (folded) and the collar badge has east-west loops. Bronzed versions of the die-struck gilding metal version of the headdress badge fitted with a slider are also known where a bronze finish has been applied to the front of the badge only. This is likely to be a field conversion for an Other Rank commissioned in the field.
 
Figure 319: A genuine second pattern King Edward’s Horse Officer’s headdress badge (KK 1507) with a King’s Crown and east-west blades with service wear to edges of the blades and a single matching second pattern collar badge both in bronze circa 1916-24. 


The headdress badges shown in Figure 320 are second pattern Other Ranks badges which are die-struck, gilding metal and are fitted with sliders. There are two variants of this second pattern headdress badges which differ in the spelling of the Latin word Adsumus (translated to English as 'Here we are') as Ausumus as shown in Figure 320. Badges with either spelling are genuine and points to there being at least two sets of manufacturing dies in existence for the second pattern KEH headdress badge.

Original second pattern KEH headdress badges have sliders that have been crimped from the original manufacture process which together with the voiding on the badge and the quality of the strike constitute features characteristic of a genuine badge.

Figure 320: Two genuine second pattern King Edward’s Horse Other Ranks headdress badges in gilding metal with rounded King’s Crowns (KK 1507), one with the correct Adsumus spelling and the other with variant Ausumus spelling circa 1916-24.

In my collection and again courtesy of Keith Hook is an unmarked die cast silver version of the second pattern King Edward's Horse headdress badge fitted with three prominent loops again in silver. This is possibly an Officer's badge or presentation badge. The loops are very similar to those found on a number of late Victorian Officer's cap badges. 

Figure 320a: A possibly genuine second pattern King Edward’s Horse Officer's headdress badges in unmarked silver with rounded King’s Crowns (KK 1507) circa 1916-24.

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The King Edward’s Horse second pattern headdress badge has been extensively copied.  Copies were first noted by Laurence Archer in the 1970's and are referenced by Kipling and King. Thankfully the copies are relatively easy to distinguish from an original badge. The most commonly encountered copy is a die-struck badge in white metal with a slider or loops as shown in Figure 322.

Figure 322: A copy of a King Edward’s Horse Other Ranks’ headdress badge in die-struck white metal with a rounded King’s Crown (KK 1508), variant Ausumus spelling and east-west lugs.  

The Australian War Memorial has a copy of the King Edward’s Horse headdress badge (KK 1507) i n its online collection which is in die-struck, white metal with a slider marked JR. GAUNT.LONDON in a large font. An example of a Gaunt marked copy of the KEH badge is shown in Figure 323. Frederick Wilkinson in his book 'Cavalry and Yeomanry Badges of the British Army 1914' (Arms and Armour Press, London, 1973) shows both a gilding metal (Ref No 2350 and white metal version (Ref No 236). The white metal version is a copy.

Figure 323: A copy of a King Edward’s Horse Other Ranks’ headdress badge in die-struck white metal with a rounded King’s Crown (KK 1508), variant Ausumus spelling and Gaunt marked slider.  

Other copies of this badge can be found in die-struck, gilding metal and either lacking the voids around the central shield and within the Crown. On some gilding metal copies the voids in and around the crown look as if they have been drilled as they are circular holes rather than the irregular shaped voids on original badges.


Officers of the King Edward’s Horse also wore as a third pattern badge a bronzed circlet headdress badge (KK 1509) with a KEH monogram to the centre surrounded by the Regimental motto in a circlet surmounted by the King’s Crown. This badge can be seen in the portrait photograph of Major Twopenny MC and bar in Figure 337.

Figure 337: Major Richard Ernest Noel Twopenny MC and bar circa 1916 wearing Officer's circlet bronze headdress (KK 1509) and matching collar badges (Peter Nemaric collection).

The KEH Officer's circlet collar badges can also be found in a polished finish where they appear more base brass than bronzed and these are thought to be later War examples when Other Ranks tunics were worn by some Officer's.
 
Figure 338: King Edward’s Horse Officer’s circlet headdress badge (KK 1509) with blades together with a matching pair of collar badges with loops, all in bronze and maker marked J&Co for Jennens & Co, London, worn 1916-1924. 


Figure 339: Three different examples of the King Edward’s Horse Officer’s circlet headdress badge (KK 1509) all with blades in bronze - an unmarked badge, maker's marked Gaunt London on a tablet and maker's marked Jennens & Co, London, worn 1916-1924. 
There is evidence from the diaries of King Edward’s Horse members that at least some of the Regiment continued to wear their old King’s Colonials Squadron headdress and collar badges through into the Great War. Lieutenant Allan Wettenhall Lade writes in a letter to his mother on the 13th December 1914, ‘I have just bought one of my own a very smart affair riding breeches and now have collar badges of Australian birth…the Kangaroo. Every man in our troop has the distinctive badge of his Colony – India an Elephant, Africa an Ostrich, Canada a beaver and so on.’ Corporal Brian (Frederick) Wade, King Edward’s Horse writes: ‘For some time I have been trying to obtain a cap-badge to complete the set, and tonight I am posting to you a set of three; cap, collar and shoulder badges (Brian Wade. Peace, War & Afterwards (1914-1919). Halifax: Sentinel Projects, 1996). The largest is worn on the front of the cap, the smallest on the collar-lapel, and the numerals on the shoulder- badge mean “King Edward’s Horse = “Kings Overseas Dominions Regiment”. The collar badges are, I think, the most interesting, the ostrich with a background of ‘koppies’ and mountains backed by the sun which is so typically South Africa.’  

The photograph in Figure 340 of Trooper Godfrey John Buckland, King Edward’s Horse shows the ‘C’ Squadron (Australian) kangaroo collar badges being worn with a King Edward’s Horse headdress badge. The ‘C’ Squadron (Australian) collar badges are also shown on the King Edward’s Horse tunic in Figure 143. The original King’s Colonials Squadron collar badges were still favoured by some members of King Edward’s Horse up until at least 1915.

Figure 340: Photograph of Private Godfrey John Buckland (Regimental number 583) of King Edward’s Horse in Service Dress uniform circa 1914 with 1903-pattern, Mounted Infantry leather 50 round .303 bandolier and King Edward’s Horse Regimental headdress badge and ‘C’ Squadron (Australian) collar badges (Peter Nemaric collection).

Officer's wore the third pattern circlet headdress badge with either the circlet pattern collar badges or with earlier first or second pattern collar badges as in the photograph of Lieutenant Colonel James shown in Figure 341.

Figure 341: Lieutenant Colonel Lionel James DSO wearing a King Edward’s Horse (KK 1509) Officer's circlet headdress badge with first or second pattern collar badges (Lieutenant Colonel Lionel James The History of King Edward's Horse (The King's Overseas Dominions Regiment). London: Sifton, Praed & Co, 1921).

Collar badges were generally not worn by Other Ranks of the King Edward’s Horse from 1915 onwards (Figure 342).

Figure 342: Sergeant G. H. Tiplady (seated centre of the second row) and his Troop of ‘A’ Squadron of King Edward’s Horse at Canterbury in August 1914 without collar badges (The King Edward’s Horse Senior and Junior Comrades Association Annual Bulletin. Number 20: 13, 1953). 
Officers of the King Edward's Horse wore a leather pouch belt and pouch across the left shoulder adorned with distinctive KEH badges on the belt and pouch as shown in Figure 343.

Figure 343: A King Edward’s Horse Officer’s leather pouch belt and pouch with chains and badges in fire gilt made by Hobson's and Sons circa 1910-1924 (Originally acquired by Del Badiuk who kindly allowed me to add it to my own collection). 

The badges were finished in fire gilt and have the letters KEH intertwined into a distinctive cypher not seen on any other KEH badge. They were attached to the belt and pouch with three retaining screws as shown in Figure 344.

Figure 344: A King Edward’s Horse Officer’s pouch belt/pouch badge in fire gilt with three screw posts circa 1910-1924. 

The Officer’s pouch belt can be seen in the photograph of the KEH mounted party on Royal Parade Day in 1911 see Figure 345.

Figure 345: The mounted party of King Edward’s Horse riding through St. Leonards Terrace, Chelsea prior to taking their part in the procession on Royal Parade Day 23rd June 1911. The Officer on the far left is wearing a pouch belt and pouch belt badge (R. J. Smith and R. G. Harris. The Yeomanry Force at the 1911 Coronation (The Uniforms of the British Yeomanry Force 1794-1914. Picton Publishing, Chippenham, 1988).  

The mounts of the King Edward’s Horse wore ear boss badges that were white metal, circular discs mounted with a gilding metal Officer’s badge (images available). These are of the same design as the Officer’s pouch badge. The badge was attached to the metal disc with three wire prongs which protruded through three small holes in the backing disc.
 

The senior NCOs of the King Edward's Horse continued the practice of the senior NCOs of the King's Colonials in wearing the Regimental badge also as an arm badge above their rank chevrons. Figure 346 is an image of the King Edward’s Horse tunic (originally shown in Figures 142-143) of Sergeant with an arm badge about the rank chevrons and below the trade badge (harness maker on this tunic) of the right sleeve. The arm badge is in the same style as the ‘spikey’ Saxon Crown headdress badge (KK 1506) (Figures 310-312) and it would follow that arm badges may also be found of the pattern of the later King’s Crown headdress badge (KK 1507). The senior NCO arm badges would have had been modified from a slider to loops so that the badge was retained on the upper arm of the tunic.

Figure 346: Close-up photograph of the upper right arm of the Undress uniform tunic of a Sergeant of the King Edward’s Horse (from Figures 136-137) circa 1914. A khaki trade proficiency badge for a harness maker is worn uppermost on the right sleeve above the gilding metal King Edward’s Horse Regimental badge (KK 1506) and above the gold on khaki backing cloth rank chevrons (Peter Nemaric collection).

Figures 347: A group photograph (with wrinkles from a covering that was coated onto the original photograph) of King Edward's Horse serjeants in 1911 (Courtesy of David Knight). The KEH headdress badge is being worn above the chevrons. 

Officers and Other Ranks of the King Edward’s Horse wore a distinctive two-tier shoulder title in gilding metal bearing KEH over KODR for King Edward’s Horse - King’s Own Dominion Regiment (Westlake Ref No 204). The shoulder titles were worn on the Full and Undress tunics on the shoulder chains (Figure 347) or directly on the Service Dress tunic (Figure 348).

Figure 348: A shoulder title of the King Edward’s Horse in gilding metal on shoulder chains of the Undress tunic (Figures 142-143) circa 1914 (Peter Nemaric collection). 



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The Sealed Pattern card for the King Edward's Horse shoulder title is held by the Imperial War Museum.  

Figure 349 shows the front and rear of a pair of the King Edward's Horse shoulder titles in gilding metal with copper loops.

Figure 349: A pair of shoulder titles of the King Edward’s Horse in gilding metal with copper loops circa 1910-1924.

Maker marked shoulder titles for King Edward’s Horse have not been encountered nor examples with coffin-shaped lugs. The shoulder titles were worn with a brass backing plate under the tunic on the Service Dress uniform when shoulder scales were not being worn (Figure 350).

Figure 350: A pair of shoulder titles of the King Edward’s Horse in gilding metal with copper loops and brass backing plates circa 1910-1924.

A cloth slip-on shoulder strap title with a straight K.E.H. over a semi-circular K.O.D.R. embroidered in white on khaki background was approved by the Army Clothing Department on 13/9/1916 as Pattern No. 9114/1916 with the Sealed Pattern card held by the Imperial War Museum. There is no photographic proof to show that this cloth shoulder title was ever issued or worn. The existence of a Sealed Pattern card for a cloth shoulder title for the Essex Yeomanry is also noted as never having been issued and worn (Michael Wood, personal communication).





The tunic large-sized breast (25mm), medium-sized cuff (19mm) and small cap (17mm) buttons of King Edward’s Horse all depict a King’s Crown surmounting the letters KEH as shown in Figure 352.

Figure 352: A selection of King Edward’s Horse Other Ranks Full Dress brass tunic breast and cuff buttons (Ripley Ref No 420) and an Officer's gilt cap button. Makers marks are Hobson & Son, London; Firmin & Sons, London and JR Gaunt & Sons, London. 

The cuff button is referenced as Ripley Ref No 420 as King Edward’s Horse (The King’s Overseas Dominion Regiment) 1910-24 with a similar depiction in Ripley and Darmanin Ref No 141 who note gilt for Officers and brass for Other Ranks.

The buttons shown in Figure 352 have sealed backs with either fixed or floating shanks. The button back marks for King Edward's Horse identified to date are Hobson & Son, London; JR Gaunt & Sons, London; Firmin & Sons, London and Jennens & Co, London. Some King Edward's Horse buttons are unmarked. A KEH 19mm cuff button has been noted which has as a back mark of a laurel wreath surmounted by Queen Victoria's crown see Figure 352a.

A simple version of a sweetheart badge is shown in Figure 353 which is a King Edward’s Horse brass button made by Hobson and Son of London which has the shank replaced by a brooch fitting.

Figure 353: A King Edward’s Horse Other Ranks Full Dress tunic button in brass converted with a brooch fitting to a sweetheart badge. 


Several different examples of King Edward’s Horse sweetheart badges have been noted. The most commonly encountered are enameled versions of a scaled down headdress badge with brooch fittings as per the example in Figure 355. This particular example was sold with the British War Medal of Serjeant John Clare Newland Eastick.

Figure 355: A King Edward’s Horse enamel sweetheart badge with a brooch fitting, attributed to Serjeant John Clare Newland Eastwick. 

Another sweetheart badge with this version a sterling silver miniature King Edward’s Horse headdress badge mounted on a sword as shown in Figure 356.

Figure 356: A sterling silver King Edward’s Horse enamel sweetheart badge mounted on a miniature sword with a brooch fitting made by Atkin Bros in Sheffield. 

There were also sweetheart badges for the King Edward's Horse which were worn as tie pins.

The headdress badge of the King Edward’s Horse was also featured in a stylised form on a silk cigarette card from 1913, image available.

Figure 357: A splendid King Edward’s Horse enamel sweetheart badge with white enamel background bordered by plain brass curicules attributed to Private Edward Feron Devine, 1128 (Image courtesy of Russell F. Giles, descendant).


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To date only a single example of KEH trench art has been identified. Like many pieces of theatre produced trench art this is an 18 pounder shell case with an etched KEH badge, King Edward' Horse 1914-1918 and battle honours of ARRAS, CAMBRAI and VALENCIENNES. It was sold at auction in the UK in 2023 and is shown in the centre of Figure 357a.
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The 2nd King Edward's Horse headdress badge (KK 1134) was slightly larger than the first and second pattern (1st) King Edward’s Horse headdress badges (KK 1506 and 1507). The badge as described in Kipling & King is:  "A wreath of laurel on the left and oak on the right, surmounted by an Imperial crown. Across the top of the wreath a scroll inscribed King Edward's Horse, with a small label between the centre of the scroll and the crown inscribed 2nd. Scrolls on the wreath inscribed: (left) Canada,  N. Zealand and (right) Australia, S. Africa. In the centre  a shield bearing the Royal Arms, and below this three scrolls inscribed: (top) India, (centre) Crown Colonies and (bottom) 1914. Below the wreath a scroll inscribed Empire and Liberty.  In gilding metal also in bronze".

The 2nd King Edward’s Horse headdress badge (KK 1134) was sealed as Pattern Number 8598/1915 and approved on the 17/12/1915 in gilding metal for Other Ranks. Officers wore this headdress badge in bronze as Officer's Service Dress with matching collar badges as shown being worn in Figure 358.  

Figure 358: Portrait photograph showing the Officer’s headdress badge and non-voided collar badges in bronze of Lieutenant Colonel Montagu Cradock CB CMG, 2nd King Edward’s Horse circa 1917. ©Imperial War Museum (HU 120500).

Figure 359 shows a Second Lieutenant wearing an Officer's Service Dress headdress badge and a Warrant Officer wearing the headdress badge in gilding metal as are the NCOs and Other Ranks. The Warrant Officer is wearing gilding metal collar badges.

Figure 359: A postcard produced in France of a group of 2nd King Edward Horse circa 1915-17. The Second Lieutenant (seated third from the left) is wearing an OSD headdress badge and the Warrant Officer (seated second from left with crowns on both lower sleeves) senior NCOs and Other Ranks are all wearing gilding metal headdress badges. The Warrant Officer is wearing gilding metal 2KEH collar badges. The Trooper immediately behind and to the right of the Second Lieutenant closely resembles Trooper Poulain in Figure 161.   

Other Ranks of the 2KEH did not wear collar badges.

The collar badge depicted in Figures 369 is gilding metal and is die struck consistent with it being an Other Ranks collar badge.


The headdress badge was in bronze for Officers and in gilding metal for Other Ranks. An example of Officers' headdress badge and matching pair of non-voided collar badges is shown in Figure 359. These bronzed badges were worn with the Officers Service Dress uniform.

Figure 359: A 2nd King Edward's Horse Officer’s headdress badge and pair of non-voided collar badges all in bronze. The headdress badge is die-cast with east-west blades and the collar badges are also die cast with east-west copper loops circa 1915-1917. One of the collar badges looks to have been polished and is lighter bronze tone than the other principally because it is a gilded metal badge which has only had its front surface bronzed rather than the badge being cast in bronze as is the other collar badge and the headdress badge. It is apparent that the practice in the field later in the war to polish OSD collar badges back to the base gilded metal finish. 

Figure 360 shows an additional Officer's headdress badge with a single voided collar badge all in bronze. This example of the headdress badge is again die cast but has loops rather than blades. The die cast collar badge has east-west loops and there are examples fitted with coffin shaped lugs as shown in Figure 361.

Figure 360: A 2nd King Edward's Horse Officer’s headdress badge and a voided collar badges all in bronze.

Figure 361: A pair of Officer’s voided collar badge of 2nd King Edward’s Horse in die cast bronze with hexagonal loops circa 1915-1917 (With permission The Irish Grenadier).
Figure 362 shows a further genuine example of the Officer's headdress badge with this one fitted with a slider. Note the different tones of the bronze finish relative to the Officer's badges with blades and loops. There were at least two different sets of manufacturing dies for the 2nd KEH headdress badges with differences in the crown. In Figure 362, the first and third badges have a curved base of the crown whereas the central badge has a flat base to the crown.

Figure 362: Three original Officer’s headdress badges of 2nd King Edward’s Horse showing an Officer's bronzed headdress badge with a crimped slider and two Other Ranks in gilding metal with crimped sliders, one with a flat base to the crown and one which is curved, circa 1915-1917.  

Copies of the 2nd King Edward’s Horse headdress badge can be found in silver, white metal or gilding metal with a J.R GAUNT LONDON makers mark on the slider which lacks a crimp mark. Copies of the headdress badge in white metal can be found with both sliders and loops and have been well documented in John Gaylor's Military Badge Collecting book (Sixth Edition. London: LeoCooper, 1996). The most commonly encountered copies of the 2nd King Edward’s Horse headdress badge are readily identified by the fact that they are non-voided and are fitted with loops as per the example shown in Figure 363.  

Figure 363: A non-voided copy of the 2nd King Edward’s Horse headdress badge with loops.  

A smaller non-voided gilding metal Other Ranks version is noted by Reginald H. Cox (Military Badges of the British Empire 1914-18. London: Ernest Benn Limited, 1982). An example of this is shown in Figure 364 with the non-voided badge being die struck in gilding metal with a slider. This badge is a copy. The 2nd King Edward’s Horse did not wear side caps or other forms of headdress other than the peaked cap and so pagri badges and the like were not worn. The regular size voided badge is the only genuine headdress badge that was worn
 
Figure 364: A non-voided, small copy of the 2nd King Edward’s Horse headdress badge with a modern, non-crimped slider of an incorrect shape.  
The 2nd King Edward’s Horse Officers and Other Ranks wore a distinctive gilding metal shoulder title of 2 over KEH (Westlake Ref No 205) which is shown being worn on the Service Dress tunic in Figure 370 and on a shoulder chain in Figure 372. A pair of 2KEH shoulder titles are shown in Figure 371.  

Figure 370: An unknown Private of 2nd King Edward’s Horse wearing a voided headdress badge and 2KEH shoulder titles (Westlake Ref No 205) on his shoulder chains circa 1915-17.  

Figure 371: A pair of 2nd KEH shoulder titles (Westlake Ref No 205) in gilding metal with rounded loops circa 1915-17.  


Figure 372: A 2nd KEH shoulder title (Westlake Ref No 205) shown as worn on a shoulder chain.  
The 2nd King Edward’s Horse Officers and Other Ranks shoulder titles were also made with hexagonal loops as shown in Figure 373.  

Figure 373: The rear of a 2nd KEH shoulder title (Westlake Ref No 205) with hexagonal loops circa 1915-17. 

A size variant has also been identified being smaller than the standard 2KEH shoulder title. This title was theatre-adapted from a King Edward's Horse (King's Overseas Dominion Regiment) KEH/KODR which has had the KODR part removed and a crudely cut 2 brazed on above the KEH piece. The wearer is known to have transferred between King Edward's Horse and 2nd King Edward's Horse hence the shoulder title modification.

Figure 374: A theatre-adapted 2KEH shoulder title (left) compared with a standard 2KEH shoulder title.  

A slip-on shoulder strap title with 2 over KEH embroidered in white on a trapezoid shaped olive-green cloth patch (Imperial War Museum Catalogue Number INS 31138) was approved by the Army Clothing Department on 22/6/1917 as Pattern No. 9552/1917 with the Sealed Pattern card held by the Imperial War Museum. This Pattern was over-stamped obsolete on the 7/10/1919 and there is no photographic evidence supporting it ever having been issued and worn. The existence of a Sealed Pattern card for a cloth shoulder title for the Essex Yeomanry is also noted as never having been issued and worn (Michael Wood, personal communication).

There is also a variant King Edward’s Horse Officer’s shoulder title which is straight pattern 2nd KEH in a gilt finish (Figure 375).

Figure 375: A variant 2nd KEH shoulder title that is a single line of 2nd KEH rather than 2 over KEH in gilding metal with rounded loops circa 1915-17 (Patrick Birley collection).

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The 2nd King Edward's Horse buttons were in gilt for Officers and brass for Other Ranks (Figure 376) with a simple design of 2 over KEH (Ripley and Darmanin Ref No 142). They have sealed backs and fixed shanks. Ripley and Darmanin only note a brass button and do not differentiate between Officers and Other Ranks. The buttons are in two sizes, 25mm for the breast of the tunic and 17mm for the cuff.

The buttons of the 2nd King Edward's Horse have been noted with back marks for Armfield & Co, Birmingham and Firmin, London. There are also examples with a back mark pattern which is often referred to as the 'Hammer' or 'Hammer-key' see Figure 377. There is no definite answer as to which manufacturer used this pattern and why they didn't use their own name. One thought was that they were cheaper/lower quality than the buttons usually produced and the manufacturers didn't want their name associated with the cheap/low quality buttons. It could be a Firmin produced button as they seemed to use the same button dies (information courtesy of Ian Baker).

Figure 376: Front and back of a pair of 2nd King Edward’s Horse Other Ranks brass tunic buttons (Ripley and Darmanin Ref No 142). 

Figure 377: The back of a 2nd King Edward’s Horse Other Ranks brass tunic button with 'hammer -key' pattern. 
Several different examples of 2nd King Edward’s Horse sweetheart badges have been noted several of which are shown in Figures 379-381.

Figure 379: A 2nd King Edward’s Horse enamel sweetheart badge with brooch fitting.

Figure 380: Two 2nd King Edward’s Horse sweetheart badges in blackened and gilding metal with brooch fittings. 


Figure 381: A 2KEH shoulder title converted from loops to a brooch fitting and worn as a sweetheart badge. 
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The King Edward’s Horse Old Comrades Association held their first annual reunion in 1919 and these continued until the last in 1972.  Branch gatherings were also held in Argentina, South Africa and Australia.

A King Edward’s Horse Old Comrades (Senior and Junior) Annual Bulletin was first produced in 1933. The Annual Bulletin contained a member’s contact list and ran until Bulletin 39 in 1972.

The first Reunion dinner of the King Edward’s Horse was held on the 1st August 1919 at the Holborn Restaurant in London and the menu card (shown on the following page) is signed by several of the attendees including Colonel Lionel James CB DSO and Major Sir Ralph D. Furse KCMG DSO and Bar.

The accompanying photograph is of a King Edward's Horse regimental tie worn for occasions like the reunion dinners.  


Selections of King’s Colonials and King Edwards Horse uniforms, badges and mementos were originally on display at the National Army Museum which opened in Sandhurst in 1960. Among the items on display were a King Edward’s Horse Sergeant’s tunic and a King Edward’s Horse Recruiting Poster. Noted as being in storage was an Officer’s Mess Dress uniform, sundry items of uniform and a case of Regimental badges mainly of the King’s Colonials period that had been presented in memory of F. G. Corbett.

In 1960, the Imperial War Museum in London had on display a King's Colonials headdress badge, shoulder titles and two buttons in its Badge Room.

Today there is no permanent display of King’s Colonials, King Edward’s Horse and 2nd King Edward’s Horse uniforms or badges at either the National Army Museum or the Imperial War Museum. The collections of both museums list and detail a number of King’s Colonials, King Edward’s Horse and 2nd King Edward’s Horse items but the images are not available on-line. The majority of these items are photographs, uniforms, badges and some correspondence and these are tabulated below:

ItemObject TypeAccession Number 
Slouch hat, three badges and plume, King's Colonial Yeomanry, worn by King George V, 1911 (c).Uniforms1963-05-3
Cap badge and collar badge, Imperial Legion, 4th County of London (King's Colonials) Imperial Yeomanry, 1905 (c).Badges1985-06-68
Five uniform and equipment items, King's Colonial Yeomanry, worn by HM King George V, 1901-1911.Uniforms1963-05-24



Slouch hat, King's Colonials, nd.Uniforms1964-01-5
Badge and uniform items, King's Colonials, 1902 (c).Badges1958-07-80
Badge and uniform items, King's Colonials, 1902 (c).Uniforms1958-07-80
12 picture postcards (5 with messages written on them) and 6 small photographs depicting King Edward's Horse on summer manoeuvres at Salisbury (1913) and Canterbury (1914); the postcards were sent by V. V. Pedlar (1892-1979).Photographs1997-01-54
Box spurs, 1914; belonging to the uniform of Squadron Quartermaster Sergeant (SQMS) Patrick E. McEvoy, 170, King Edwards Horse.Horse Furniture1991-08-226
Ammunition pouch, 1914; belonging to the uniform of SQMS P. E. McEvoy, 170, King Edwards Horse.Equipment, general1991-08-227
Copy photograph of a Trooper of King Edward's Horse, taken from an original photograph in the FJS Military Series, 1906 (c); copy photograph of a Church Parade of 202 Infantry Brigade (?) and featuring men of The Buffs, Canterbury, taken from an original photograph by a Tonbridge photographer, 1914-1915.Photographs1992-05-51
Collection of 79 photographs relating to King Edward's Horse, 1902 (c)-1968; subjects include portraits, groups, reunion, parades, a funeral, a Coronation, camp and kit inspection.Photographs1989-09-60
28 postcard photographs collected by SQMS P. E. McEvoy, 170, King Edward's Horse, 1911-1916.Photographs1990-10-48
Cap badge, other ranks' and shoulder title, other ranks', worn by Robert Bruce Campbell, 2nd King Edward's Horse, 1915 (c); Campbell was commissioned to 2/Lt Labour Corps, 1918.Badges1991-03-125
Medal group awarded to Private Albert Thomas Pennifold, 11th Lancashire Fusiliers, also previously attached to 1st Bn Royal Warwickshire Regiment, 6th Bn Dragoon Guards, 3rd Bn Dragoon Guards and King Edward's Horse.Medals2002-10-1
Medal group awarded to Private Ronald Lashley Bynoe, King Edward's Horse, 1914 (c)-1918 (c): 1914-15 Star; British War Medal 1914-20; Allied Victory Medal 1914-1919; associated with World War One (1914-1918).Medals2003-10-2
Small metal plate with screw fastening at the back, nd; inscribed, 'Presented By/ Lady Brake, MBE.,/ To The Memory Of Her Husband/ Sir Francis Brake, M.I.E.E, M.I.Prod. E., F.R.S.A.,/ Who Served With Distinction In/ King Edward's Horse/ In The 1914-18 War'; it is unknown where this plate came from and to what it was attached; associated with World War One (1914-1918).Equipment, general2003-12-43
Papers relating to King Edward's Horse: Regimental Orders, 15 Jul 1914; manuscript report of an address by Lt Gen R C B Hacking, XI Army Corps, concerning the importance of the regiment's action, 9 Apr 1918; two copies of a printed report to the regimental committee on the action of 9 Apr 1918; manuscript letters from Lt Col Lionel James to Denbigh, requesting and acknowledging receipt of further details of the action; letters drafted 6 and 13 Dec 1918; autographed menu, C Coy No 6 Officers' Cadet Bn, Worcester College Oxford, Dominion Day Dinner 1916; King Edward's Horse Association Bulletins - No 15 1948, No 32 1965, No 35 1968; ticket and application form for 50th Anniversary Luncheon and subscription form 1968; sketch and description of King Edward's Horse flag at Haileybury Imperial Service College; three page history of the unit from the MHS Bulletin; words and music of 'Land of Hope and Glory'.Archives1989-09-59
Papers, 1898-1918; associated with Robert Bruce Campbell, Assam Valley Light Horse, 2nd King Edward's Hope and Indian Labour Corps.Archives1991-03-151
Postcard photograph of Trooper C. F. Burr, King Edward's Horse, 1917 (c).Photographs1984-06-66
Flag of 1st King Edward's Horse The King's Oversea Dominions Regiment. Pencil with crayon, 1918; associated with World War One (1914-1918).Drawings and Watercolours1989-09-62
Photograph and autograph album of 1st King Edward's Horse (The King's Overseas Dominions Regiment), 1914-1915; associated with World War One, Home Front and Western Front (1914-1918).Archives2004-09-230
Photograph and autograph album of 1st King Edward's Horse (The King's Overseas Dominions Regiment), 1914-1915; associated with World War One, Home Front and Western Front (1914-1918).Photographs2004-09-230
Photograph album of 29 photographs relating to King Edward's Horse (Kings Overseas Dominions Regiment camp, 1905 (c). (Album dimensions: 17.75 x 24 x 2 cm).Photographs1989-09-58
Hotchkiss gun ammunition clip, nd; used at the Battle of Lys, 1918, during the Spring offensive when King Edward's Horse (King's Overseas Dominions Regiment), held up large forces of Germans between 9th and 12th April 1918; associated with the Battle of Lys, World War One, Western Front (1914-1918) 1918.Ammunition1958-07-81
Twelve photographs associated with regimental silver of King Edward's Horse (King's Overseas Dominions Regiment), 1904 (c)-1917; deposited at Haileybury College.Photographs1981-01-82
Shoulder title, King Edward's Horse (The King's Overseas Dominions Regiment), nd; standard pattern, sealed pattern, 1916.Badges1992-07-156
Three photographs associated with Leinster Regiment, King Edward's Horse and King's Own Royal Regiment, 1880 (c)-1918 (c).Photographs1982-09-52
Lapel badge, British Legion, associated with SQMS P. E. McEvoy, 170, formally of King Edward's Horse (King's Overseas Dominions Regiment), 1950 (c).Badges1992-03-67
Five buttons, associated with SQMS P. E. McEvoy, formally of King Edward's Horse (King's Overseas Dominions Regiment), 1913 (c)-1918.Badges1992-03-68
Three shoulder titles, 2nd King Edward's Horse, 1916; sealed pattern, 1916.Badges1992-02-181
Two shoulder titles, King Edward's Horse (King's Overseas Dominions Regiment), 1916; sealed pattern, 1916.Badges1992-02-180
Cap badge, all ranks', King Edward's Horse (King's Overseas Dominions Regiment), 1916; sealed pattern, 1916.Badges1992-02-179
Five lapel badges associated with SQMS P. E. McEvoy, King Edward's Horse (King's Overseas Dominions Regiment), 1914 (c).Badges1991-08-231
Five buttons worn by SQMS P. E. McEvoy, King Edward's Horse (King's Overseas Dominions Regiment), 1914 (c).Badges1991-08-230
Collar badge, other ranks', King Edward's Horse (King's Overseas Dominions Regiment), 1911-1924 (c).Badges1985-06-69
Cap badge, other ranks', King Edward's Horse (King's Overseas Dominions Regiment), 1910 (c).Badges1985-08-42
Photograph of King Edward's Horse Association Lunch, Jun 1962.Photographs1963-09-108
Uniform and equipment items, King Edward's Horse (The King's Oversea Dominions Regiments), worn by SQMS P. E. McEvoy, 1913 (c)-1918 (c).Uniforms1991-08-224



Eleven uniform and equipment items, King Edward's Horse (The King's Overseas Dominions Regiment), worn by Major Sir Ralph Furse, 1913 (c).Uniforms1958-07-79






Nine uniform and equipment items, King Edward's Horse (The King's Oversea Dominions Regiment), 1905-1919.Equipment, uniform1959-07-97
Cap badge, King Edward's Horse, 1916.Badges1955-03-254
Shoulder titles, King Edward's Horse, 1916.Badges1955-03-309
Shoulder titles, King Edward's Horse, 1916.Badges1955-03-310
Pair of shoulder chains, officers', 2nd King Edward's Horse, worn by 2/Lt R. B. Thompson, 1900 (c).
(Author's note - these are either King Edward's Horse or the date is 1914-17).
Uniforms1991-04-35
Mess jacket, Majors', King Edward's Horse (King's Overseas Dominions Regiment), worn by Lt Col L James, 1910 (c).Uniforms1960-04-93
All ranks' shoulder title, 2nd King Edward's Horse, 1914-1917.Badges1985-10-112
Forage cap, three jackets, buttons and pair of collar badges, King Edward's Horse, worn by Crosbie Alfred Norman Garstin, nd.Uniforms1961-08-79
Officer's sword associated with King Edward's Horse, belonged to Col Lionel James, nd; with leather scabbard, sword knot and steel scabbard.Edged Weapons1960-05-47
Cavalry sword, other ranks, associated with King Edward's Horse (King's Overseas Dominions Regiment), 1912 (c)-1918 (c); hilt stamped '12.1912 D1G', with label, 'Presented by Lady Brake, MBE, to the Memory of her Husband, Sir Francis Brake ... K.E.H., in the 1914-18 War'; associated with World War One (1914-1918).Edged Weapons1960-11-156
Cap badge, other ranks', 2nd King Edward's Horse, 1914.Badges1959-04-253
Twenty badge items, King Edward's Horse, nd; contained in a frame.Badges1959-07-98
King Edward's Horse / The King's Overseas Dominions Regiment Special Reserve. Colonel in Chief His Majesty the King. Coloured chromolithograph after Hassall, 1908 (c).Prints1959-07-99

The majority of the badges tabulated above are noted within this website. The R. C. Whittock collection of King's Colonials badges are held by the National Army Museum (see Figure 173 under Badge Manufacture). I would be delighted to hear from anyone if they get an opportunity to visit and obtain clear photographs of any of these items which they could do by arranging to see these objects in advance.

The Australian War Museum lists a single King Edward’s Horse headdress badge in its collection but it is not available to view on-line. The badge is actually a copy with a Gaunt makers mark on the slider.

Figure 385: A photograph of a three foot long brass and timber plaque of the King Edward's Horse that was thought to have hung in the barracks of the Liverpool Troop in Aigburth, Liverpool. It was purchased by Chris Owen, a member of the Great War Forum about 20 years ago from a pawn brokers shop in North Wales where it had sat on the wall for 30 years.

Regimental Silver

The Regimental silver of the King’s Colonials and later King Edward’s Horse was donated for custodial safe-keeping and display on special occasions to the Haileybury and Imperial Service College in the UK.

The items held are:

• King’s Colonials Bowl
• Challenge Cup for Posts and Heads
• Cup presented to the Asian Squadron by Colonel H. Fortescue
• Hotchkiss Rifle Competition Cup
• Reconnaissance Challenge Cup
• Musketry Field Firing Challenge Cup
• Table Candelabrum
• Cape Town Challenge Cup
• Officer’s Mess Cup – Wrestling on Horseback.

The school has in its safe-keeping the Dewar Shield and the Australia Shield again competed for by the Squadrons of the King's Colonial/King Edwards Horse. There is also a large painted wood representation of the King Edward’s Horse headdress is on display in the School and is shown in Figure 460.

Figure 386: A large painted wood representation of the King Edward’s Horse headdress badge at the Haileybury and Imperial Service College (Darren O’Brien collection). 

2nd King Edward's Horse Memorial Plaque

There is a 1990 photograph taken by Colin Mctyre of a memorial plaque (Figure 387) to the 2nd King Edward's Horse that was on the wall at the New Zealand High Commission in Haymarket, London. In subsequent renovations to the building the plaque was lost.

Figure 387: A 2nd KEH Memorial Plaque
There is a monument to the King Edward's Horse at Vieille Chapelle which is a small village located to the north-east of Bethune in northern France. The King Edward's Horse defended the village on the 9-11th April 1918. In 1921, the Mayor of Vieille Chapelle suggested that a memorial stone (Figure 388-389) be placed in a prominent position in the village recording the valiant action of King Edward’s Horse and those that fell there. The monument was subsequently moved to the village cemetery (Vieille-Chapelle New Military Cemetery, Lacouture) where it stands today.
 
Figures 388-389: Memorial stone honouring those men of the King Edward’s Horse who were killed or wounded at Vieille Chapelle on the 9th-11th April 1918 (Lieutenant Colonel Lionel James. The History of King Edwards Horse (The King's Overseas Dominions Regiment). London: Sifton, Praed & Co, 1921). 

The King Edward's Horse memorial as it looks today in the communal cemetery at Vieille Chapelle. The name of Lieutenant George Henry Havelock-Sutton MC was added to the rear of the memorial after it had been officially opened in 1921. He died of his wounds received in the action.

Figure 390: The King Edward's Horse memorial photographed in 2018 (Pierre Vanvervelden collection). 
Australian who served in the King's Colonials (KC) and/or King Edward's Horse (KEH) or 2nd King Edward's Horse (2KEH)

Unless indicated with 2KEH the individual served in KC/KEH.

Image of an unknown Australian serving in the Australian Squadron, King's Colonials (dates to 1903-10 from Squadron headdress badge) photograph courtesy of the Upway Museum, Victoria (with thanks to the late Phil Garland). 

ABBOTT, Bertie. 1517. Private. Born in New South Wales, Australia in 1895. Discharged to the Reserve 18/06/1919. Entitled to British War Medal and Victory Medal. Lived in Bauple, Queensland post-War.

ALLEN, Albert E. 1373. Private. Transferred to the Reserve 27/06/1919. Noted in Old Comrades Bulletin No 1. as living in Adelaide, Australia.

ANTHONY, A. L. 2055. Private. 'C' Squadron. Entered France Nov 1915. Served with KEH pre-war possibly whilst at university in England. Commissioned as a Second Lieutenant later Captain, Royal Army Medical Corps and applied for 1914/15 Star trio named to RAMC from Ashanti, West Africa. Noted in 'Under Friendly Flags' by Lieutenant Colonel Neil C. Smith AM as having been Australian and had served with KEH.

ARCHIBALD, William Rae. 1064. Private. 4th Section, 1st Troop, 'C' Squadron. Discharged 18/06/1919. Born in 1887 in Brunswick, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia the son of Barbara Rae and John Archibald. He married Nellie Elizabeth (Nell) Barrington in 1938 in Victoria. He took up a Soldier's Settlement of 370 acres of land at Pomonal, Victoria which was sold on in 1940. He died in 1958. Entitled to British War Medal and Victory Medal.

BENNETT, Walter. Private. No records identified.

BERCOVITZ, Solomon. 1104. Private KEH. Entered France 15/09/1915. Taken Prisoner of War at Defence of Vieille Chapelle 9-11/04/1918. Interred Dulmen Camp, Westphalia, Germany. Repatriated 29/11/1918. Discharged 22/06/1919. From Perth, West Australia. Entitled to 1914/15 Star trio.

BLACK, J. G. Private. No records identified.

BOILEAU, Gilbert Elliot. 1075. Corporal. Entered France 14/09/1915. Severely injured his leg 13/11/1918 and discharged 25/06/1919 due to the injury. Prior service in the Boer War with the Border Horse as Corporal 1473 and awarded Queen's South Africa (QSA) medal with Transvaal clasp. Born in 26/12/1875 in Mt Moriac, near Geelong, Victoria the son of Edmund William Pollen Boileau and Bridget Mary Walsh. Brother John Peter Boileau born 29/03/1876 in Mitiamo, Victoria also served with the Border Horse as a Trooper 1474 (John Pollen Boileau on QSA medal roll with Pollen being a middle name of his father) and awarded Queen's South Africa medal with Transvaal clasp. The brothers obviously enlisted together given their service numbers are consecutive. Gilbert died in 1952 in Cheltenham, Victoria and his brother John died in 1951.

BOWKER, John (Jack) Ryther Steer. 8. Private. Entered France 27/07/1915. Discharged 14/12/1918. Born 29/07/1888 in Darling Point, New South Wales, Australia to Florence Mary Marks and Dr Robert Steer Bowker (surgeon). He was educated at Barker College, Sydney 1902-06 and then studied medicine like his father at Middlesex Hospital, England in 1909. He married (unofficially) Elsie Emily Boyten in 1915 in England whom he met when he was boarding with her grandmother's family when he was in England studying to become a doctor. They had a daughter Beryl S. Bowker Boyten born in 1919. After living in Middlesex he then moved to Sydney without his family. He died on the 29/06/1944 in Darlinghurst, Sydney, Australia. Biography courtesy of Robin Hyland. Full length portrait photograph of a postcard sent to Elsie in 1915 courtesy of Robin Hyland under Nominal Roll entry and another photograph of him on enlistment in 1914 is shown in Figure 307.

BROOKER, Harry Hill. 1162. Private. Entered France Jun 1916. Commissioned as a Second Lieutenant Royal Fusiliers 26/06/1917. Later Lieutenant. From Wilkawatt, South Australia.

BROOKMAN, Charles J. 498. Squadron Quartermaster Sergeant. Staff Quarter Master Serjeant. Served pre-war KEH. Entered France 22/04/1915. Was with 'B' Squadron up until 1916 and then 'A' Squadron and then back to 'B' Squadron in 1918. Discharged 7/03/1919. Mentioned in Despatches as Serjeant. Born in Australia and lived in England post-war.

BUCKLAND, Godfrey John. 583. Private. Born in Charters Towers, Queensland, Australia on the 30/01/1893 and enlisted on 26/08/1914 in England. He was killed in action by a German rifle grenade on 7/08/1915 after seeing action at Ploegsteert Wood in July 1915. Buried in the RIFLE HOUSE CEMETERY, BELGIUM. Portrait photograph shown in Nominal Roll (courtesy of Peter Nemaric). Remembered on the Commemorative Roll of the Australian War Memorial.  

BUCKNELL, William Wentworth. 537.  Private. Enlisted when at Cambridge University. Commissioned as a Second Lieutenant Royal Field Artillery Jan 1915. Promoted to Lieutenant. KIA 10/08/1917 'A' Battery 103rd Brigade from shellfire. Mentioned in Despatches. Born in Lewisham, Sydney, Australia in 1891. The son of Mr and Mrs William Wentworth Bucknell, Quambone Station, Coonamble, New South Wales. Portrait photograph of him pre-war under Nominal Roll entry. 

BULL, George. 1603. Private KEH. Discharged 9/05/1919. Served in same Troop as Lieutenant Francis 529. Australian. Married in 1936. Friend of Private Reginald (Bill) Wilson 456 and corresponded in 1957 whilst living on the Mornington Peninsula, Victoria. Entitled to British Medal and Victory Medals.

BULTEAU, Victor Horace. 1879. Private 2KEH. Transferred as Private,12/13th Battalion, Northumberland Fusiliers 39988. Born 21/04/1892 in Glebe, Sydney, New South Wales and died 16/08/1978 in War Veterans Home, Narrabeen, New South Wales, Australia. Entitled to British War and Victory Medals.

BUTLER, Geoffrey Travers. Private KEH. Entered France 8/05/1915. Commissioned as a Second Lieutenant 48th Field Artillery Battery, Royal Field Artillery. Later Captain. Served in Volunteer Defence Corps WW2 as a Captain in 2nd Tasmanian Battalion. Born in Hobart, Tasmania, Australia on 15/03/1890 the son of Charles William Butler and Beatrice (nee Travers). He married firstly Constance Lee and secondly Beatrice Gore Jones (nee Jones). He had one daughter Janet to his first marriage. When he returned to Tasmania he became a farmer at several places including Bagdad and Rowella. Claimed his 1914/15 Star, British War Medal and Victory Medal from an address in Sandy, Bay, Hobart, Tasmania. He died 6/03/1962. Extensive series of his letters in the Tasmanian Library Archives.

CAMERON, Donald Keith. Private. Commissioned as a Second Lieutenant KEH 4/09/1914. Attached to Machine Gun Service 7-29/05/1915. Temporary Captain 26/07/1915. Entered France 15/01/1917. Transport Officer and Quarter Master 17/03/1917 - 17/11/1917.  Attached to the Honourable Artillery Company 9/04/1918. Transferred to the Cameron Highlanders (Special Reserve) 23/04/1918 then 1st Battalion 17/06/1918 as Acting Captain. Staff Captain 4/01/1919 - 12/01/1920 as General Staff Officer at Army Headquarters in Germany. Captain 11/05/1920. Mentioned in Despatches 28/05/1918 for service in Italy. Born 1/05/1888 in Chudleigh, Tasmania the son of Donald Norman Cameron and Anne Lillias Scott and returned in 1931. In 1934 he was elected to the Tasmanian House of Assembly as a Nationalist member for Wilmot, holding his seat until his defeat in 1937. He died In Nunawading, Victoria on 6/06/1967.  Photograph on kingedwardshorse.net and as a Lieutenant in 1915 see Figure 19.

CHENERY, Harold. 1608. Private 2KEH. Died of a self-inflicted wound 3/11/1917 aged 24 at Moore Park Camp, Kilworth, County Cork, Ireland whilst attached to the 7th Officer Cadet Battalion. Correspondence from his Australian family to the Army regarding his place of burial indicate that his death by discharge of his rifle to his head was regarded as an accident. Harold was the son of Charles and Alice Chenery of the The Cedars, 24 Hillside Crescent, Launceston, Tasmania. He was born at Shoreham, Sussex and is buried in the KINGSTON-UPON THAMES CEMETERY, Surrey, UK with his body being repatriated for burial in Surrey by his relatives. Remembered on the Commemorative Roll of the Australian War Memorial.  

CHURCHOUSE, Reginald Rufus. 995. Private. 'A' Squadron. Entered France 1/06/1915. Commissioned as a Second Lieutenant 22/02/1918. Born in Aston, Warwickshire, England in Oct 1892, emigrated to Australia 1911 and worked in Queensland and returned post-war to Sydney. He married Laura Ballard in 1920 in Queensland and was married again this time to Josephine Isaacson in 1941 in Sydney and died there on 8/01/1957. Shown in a group photograph taken at Marlborough Barracks, Dublin 1918 see Figure 33.

CLAREY, John Charles Lee. 1788. Prior service in the British East Africa campaign potentially as a Private in the Northumberland Fusiliers 40115. Private 2KEH and transferred as a Private to the 11th Battalion, Tank Corps 302868. Died of Wounds 1/04/1918 aged 24. Born in Bairnsdale, East Gippsland, Victoria, Australia the son of John King Clarey and Emma Beatrice Clarey of Fernbrook, Western Australia. Buried in Roclincourt Military Cemetery, Roclincourt, Arras, Nord Pas de Calais, France. Photograph of gravestone available online.

COOKE, Ewin Edgar. 1580 Private. On 12 April 1918 Ewing sustained a gunshot wound to his leg and elbow in the Defence of Vieille Chapelle. He was admitted to 24th General Hospital, Etaples, France. Discharged from KEH 13/02/1919. Born on 22/01/1892 in Bexhill, Lismore, New South Wales, Australia the son of Samuel Robert Cooke and Isabella King. Married Dorothy Francis Hunter 31/03/1925 and they had one daughter Lorna Jean Cooke. Ran a champion dairy cattle stud at Bexhill, Lismore, New South Wales and died there on 4/01/1972.

CORLETTE, Hubert Christian. The Honourable. Second Lieutenant 1902. Commanded 3rd Troop (Australian) 'A' Squadron (British Asian) King's Colonials as Lieutenant 1/02/1903. Major in command of the Reserve Squadron KEH 11/06/1914. Placed on half pay 5/06/1915 and transferred as Temporary Major Royal Field Artillery, East Anglia Brigade 14/11/1915. He served as a Staff Officer in the RFA until the end of the war. He was born on 26/06/1869 in Concord, New South Wales, Australia the son of Reverend James Christian Corlette and Frances Edith (nee Manning) Corlette and educated at Sydney Grammar School, Sydney University, London University and the Slade School. He married Florence Gwynnedd Davies Berrington on 7/10/1903 in Llanfair Kilgeddin, Monmouthshire and worked as an architect and was awarded an Order of the British Empire. They had three children during their marriage. He died on 23/04/1956 in Hendon, Middlesex, at the age of 86. Brother was Brigadier General James Montagu Christian Corlette AIF awarded CMG DSO. Photograph of Major H. C. Corlette see Figure 4 and portrait photograph as a Major in 1917 wearing his KEH headdress badge shown under Nominal Roll entry courtesy of the Norfolk Museums Collection.

CRAMPTON, Vivian Moore. 1896. Private 2KEH. Entered German West Africa 20/10/1914 as Private 82 in the Rhodesia Regiment then transferred to 2KEH. Commissioned as a Second Lieutenant 3rd Battalion attached to 2/4th Battalion, Dorsetshire Regiment attached to 496th Field Company, Royal Engineers. Born 1/05/1890 in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia and died 5 /05/1957 in South Africa. Applied for British War and Victory Medals from Durban, South Africa and not entitled to 1914 Star.

CRESWICK, Harry Forbes. Captain. 'A & B' Squadrons. Born in Brighton, Victoria, Australia on 24/01/1886. Arrived in England Aug 1906 and was a Second Lieutenant in the KEH in 1907 then Lieutenant in 1910. Commissioned Lieutenant 11/06/1914 (London Gazette 7/09/1914) later Captain. Married Alice Reid in 1910. Major attached to Australian Light Horse in 1935. Killed in a motor vehicle accident 17/08/1935 in Melbourne, Australia where he lived in Toorak. Captain in 1915 see Figure 19.

CROWLEY, John Nicholas. 1425. Corporal. Born 6/05/1894 in Newcastle, New South Wales, Australia. Enlisted KEH 17/01/1916 and arrived in France 12/09/1916. Posted to the Reserve 21/02/1919. WW2 Corporal DROEC 15/01/1941-30/07/1941. Died April 1950 in Darlinghurst, Sydney. Five family members served in WW1 of whom three (father, his brother and one of the three sons were KIA/DOW). See Nominal Roll entry for a portrait photograph from a montage entitled 'Fighting for the Flag, circa 1916' courtesy of the Australia War Memorial.

CUNINGHAME, Charles Lennox. Second Lieutenant 9th Cavalry Reserve, KEH, Lieutenant 3rd Hussars, Captain Reserve Regiment of Cavalry. Applied for medals from an address in East Africa. Awarded 1914/15 Star, British War Medal and Victory Medal. Born in 1877 in Australia and died 8/04/1931 in Bayonne, France.

DAVIDSON, Douglas. 640. Private. 'B' Squadron. KIA 09/04/18 at Defence of Vieille Chapelle aged 34. Killed with Lieutenant Pinckney when trying to break through the German troops who had enveloped the bridge head at Vieille Chapelle. One of three sons of George D. and Emma Davidson, of "Geraldra", Cootamundra, New South Wales, Australia. Name commemorated on the LOOS MEMORIAL, FRANCE. Portrait photograph shown in Nominal Roll entry. Remembered on the Commemorative Roll of the Australian War Memorial.  

DAWSON, Oswald Charles. 1106. Corporal. Enlisted after arriving in England 22/05/1915. Entered France 2/10/1915. Commissioned as a Second Lieutenant Royal Engineers attached Royal Flying Corps 3/11/1916. Awarded Distinguished Flying Cross 8/02/1919 when acting as Observer supporting the Desert Mounted Corps 19-26/09/1918 attached to 1 Squadron, Australian Flying Corps. Brother of Private Robert Dyer Dawson 1526 who also served in the KEH. Born Bombala, New South Wales, Australia on 1/01/1887 the son of Robert Weston Dawson and Eleanor Mary Bowler. Married Kathleen Elsie Fedden in Fiji on 17/03/1920. He died on 1/05/1974.

DAWSON, Overend William James. 1668. Private. KIA 27/10/17. Buried in BARD COTTAGE CEMETERY, BELGIUM. Born 11/11/1881 in Glenelg, Adelaide, South Australia the son of Robert Potter and Louisa Potter and grew up in Lancashire, England. Not related to the Dawson brothers, above and below. Photograph of gravestone shown under Nominal Roll entry.

DAWSON, Robert Dyer. 1526. Corporal. Discharged 22/06/1919. Entitled to British War Medal and Victory Medal. Brother of Corporal Oswald Charles Dawson 1106 who also served with KEH. Born in Bombala, New South Wales, Australia on 5/07/1884 and died in 5/03/1955 in Nyngan, New South Wales, Australia.

DEARLOVE, John George. 1017. Corporal. Enlisted 23/03/1915 and entered France 2/10/1915. Wounded at Defence of Vieille Chapelle 9-11/04/1918 and awarded Silver War Badge 458230. Discharged 6/01/1919. Possibly born in Kooringa, South Australia on 23/11/1896 and died in Broken Hill in 1938.

DEVINE, Edward Feron. 1128. Discharged 14/04/1919. Born in South Shields in 1893 and went to South Shields Marine School. Then at 15 was serving on the merchant vessel Pythomene. He followed his elder brother, also a mariner, to Australia in about 1905 and both settled in Sydney, followed by his wife and her mother in 1911. His brother Charles Lawford Devine volunteered for the Royal Naval Reserve and as a Lieutenant Commander on the monitor HMS M-28 was killed on 20/01/1918 aged 30 by a direct hit from the battlecruiser Goeben when it and the light cruiser Breslau sought to escape from the Dardanelles. Charles and Edward were the sons of Charles Feron Divine and Ellen R. L. Divine of 'Primera', Ryde Road, Hunters Hill, New South Wales; Australia. Charles was the husband of Joan Divine, of Buckfastleigh, Devon, England and is commemorated on a Memorial at the Lancashire Landing Cemetery. Edward died on 26/10/1937 when 5 days earlier he fell into the hold of the postal ship Olympia in Sydney Harbour. His wife never got over it. Entitled to British War Medal and Victory Medal. Photograph of Edward in maritime uniform circa 1908 and biographical information courtesy of Giles F. Russell, descendant.

DIGHT, Alfred. 474. Acting Squadron Quarter Master Serjeant 2KEH. Entered France 4/05/1915. Commissioned Lieutenant Wiltshire Yeomanry 6/09/1916. Born 31/10/1877 from New South Wales, Australia, married Mary H. Rose on 22/01/1913 in Boston, Massachusetts, USA and died in 1941 in Paddington, London, England. Entitled to 1914/15 Star Medal Trio and applied for his medals from an address in Rawlings Street, Chelsea, London.

DRYSDALE, Cluny Leslie. 1206. Private. 'B' Squadron. Injured in railway accident 13/03/1918. Discharged 15/03/1919. Born Armadale, Victoria, Australia 1895 the son of George Russell Drysdale and Mary Drysdale Russell and died in Herbert, Queensland 4/07/1931.

DUNSTAN, John Llewellyn. Private. Served pre-WW1 KEH. Commissioned as a Second Lieutenant Royal Artillery and served in WW2 as a Private 31 with the Australian Garrison Battalion 1941-1944.

DUUS, William Hanson. 892. Lance Corporal. Enlisted in London. Born in Chewton, Victoria, Australia and KIA 23/05/1915 aged 31 at the Battle of Festubert. Name commemorated on Le Touret Memorial, France. 

EASTICK, Arthur George. 49. Serjeant. Serjeant. 'B' Squadron. Enlisted 8/03/1911 from Melbourne, Australia aged 22 having been a British citizen. Entered France 22/04/1915. Discharged 7/03/1916. Chemist by trade. Entitled to 1914/15 Star Medal trio. Brother of Private Arthur George Eastick, 379 and Serjeant John Clare Newland Eastick.

EASTICK, Arthur George. 379. Private. Enlisted 8/03/1911 aged 19. Chemist by trade with his Father's John Joseph Eastick & Sons business. Born in St Kilda, Melbourne, Australia and service with the Armadale School Cadet Corps. British citizen and resided in Clapham Common, London at enlistment. Died 24/04/1922 in Eastbourne, Sussex, England. Brother of Private Arthur Gerald Eastick, 49 and Serjeant John Clare Newland Eastick.

EASTICK, John Clare Newland. 51. Serjeant. Went to France with 1st Troop, 'B' Squadron as a Serjeant 22/4/15 and was commissioned on 14/09/ 1915 as a Lieutenant KEH after Officer training and instructed on Anti-Gas and Poisonous Gas being a chemist by trade. Lieutenant in a caption of a photograph of him taken at Longford in 1915. His promotion to Captain 14/5/19 published in the London Gazette. He was born in Leytonstone, Essex, England on 4/03/1889 and emigrated with his family to Australia in 1890 returning to England in 1906. He died in London in 1971. Medal address 137 Upper Clapton Road, London on MIC. Brother of Private Arthur Gerald Eastick, 49 and Private Arthur George Eastick, 379. Entitled to 1914/15 Star Medal Trio. Serjeant on British War Medal which was sold with his sweetheart badge on an electronic auction site in 2019. He sent the postcard shown in Figures 17 and 18.

ELLIOTT, G. M. Private. Australian died 4/03/1957 noted in Old Comrades Bulletin.

EVANS, Rupert. Private. Not on Medal Rolls but Rupert could have been a nickname for Private Gerard Evans 1183.

FEARNLEY, William George. 1503. Private. Died of Wounds 26/08/1917 aged 25. Son of Mr. and Mrs. R. Fearnley of 31 St. James St., Leeds. Born in Norwich, Norfolk, England in 1892. Returned from Australia in 1915 to enlist. Buried in Duhallow Advanced Dressing Station Cemetery, Ypres, Flanders, Belgium. Brother of Private Ernest Walter Fearnley, 1504 KIA 31/07/1917. Remembered on the Commemorative Roll of the Australian War Memorial.  

FIELDING, Morris Glanville. 201. Corporal. 2nd Troop, 'C' Squadron KEH 1915. Joined the Oxford University Troop of KEH 2/01/1912. Entered France 22/04/1915. Commissioned as a Second Lieutenant 5/05/1916, Captain from Jan 1917 in the 2nd Battalion Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry. Wounded three times and awarded the Military Cross 13/11/1916 for gallantry at Beaumont Hamel. Born in Parramatta, Sydney, Australia on 30/06/1892 and after being ordained he worked as Curate then Rector in Sydney before his death there on 27/11/1972. Taken from an excellent article on Captain Fielding MC by Peter Nemaric published in the 'Sabretache' XXXVII: 34-36, 1996 with several photographs of him.

FITZ-HERBERT, John Aloysius. 326. Private KEH. Born in Launceston, Tasmania on 19/05/1892. Enlisted in KEH in 1913 whilst at Trinity College, Cambridge and originally attended Sydney University. Arrived in France 22/04/1915 with 'C' Squadron. Commissioned Second Lieutenant Royal Garrison Artillery 20/10/1915 and absorbed into Anti-Aircraft Section, Royal Artillery 7/06/1916. Lieutenant 1/07/1917. Seconded to Royal Flying Corps 31/08/1917. Observor with 15 Squadron RAF 1/04/1018 and wounded 2/05/1918 in aeroplane crash near Amiens. Returned to England 3/06/1918 and transferred to Royal Garrison Artillery 3/06/1918. Awarded Military Cross 1917 and Mentioned in Despatches. Became a Professor at Adelaide University from 1928 and died in South Australia 15/04/1970. Commemorated on Sydney University Roll.

FRANCIS, Ernest (Jim) William. 529. Private. Entered France 2/06/1915. Commissioned as a Second Lieutenant 14/09/1915. Lieutenant KEH. Same Troop as Private George Bull. Born 6/02/1891 in South Yarra, Victoria, Australia. Ran a riding school at Cranbourne, Victoria. Two sons one of whom was killed in WW2. Served in the Citizen Military Forces in WW2. Died 21/09/1960 in Moorooduc, Victoria.

FRASER, John Neville (known as Neville). Private. Enlisted KEH 24/08/1914. Entered France 24/08/1915. Commissioned as a Second Lieutenant Royal Field Artillery attached to 'D' Battery, 105th Brigade, 23rd Division. Promoted to Lieutenant in Jan 1916. Wounded 25/08/1917. Promoted to Captain in 1918. Returned to Victoria, Australia on 24/12/1918. Born the son of the Honourable Simon Fraser, Senator for Victoria on 6/08/1890 in Toorak, Melbourne, Victoria. He was educated at Melbourne Grammar School, before going up to Trinity College, Melbourne. From there he studied in England at Magdalen College, Oxford and became a first class cricketer. He served in the Royal Australian Air Force in WW2 and he died in the Sydney suburb of Lindfield in January 1962. His son Malcolm would serve as the Prime Minister of Australia from 1975 to 1983.

FULLER, Charles S. Lieutenant. Corporal. 2KEH. Entered France 4/05/1915. Commissioned Second Lieutenant 3rd Battalion Manchester Regiment 24/10/1916. Second Lieutenant 1st Squadron Royal Flying Corps. Awarded Military Cross.  KIA 11/11/1917 while on an offensive patrol  when the wings of Nieuport Scout aircraft B6798 folded and collapsed during a dive on Dickebusch Lake, the aircraft crashed and he was drowned. Born 21/12/1887 in Hobart, Tasmania the son of Sidney Holgate Fuller and Emma Davis. Buried in Bailleul Communal Cemetery Extension (Nord), Lille, Nord Pas de Calais, France. Commemorated on the Australian War Memorial Commemorative Roll.


GARDINER, Jack D. G. (Puss). 1323. Private. Australian transferred to reserve 17/06/19. Likely to have been born in 1885 (David Jack Gardiner) and married on 16/11/1929 in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia to Jessie Hedwig Eustazia de Kierski. Died in Sydney 1/06/1951. Photograph see Figure 31.

GREEN, Roland. Private. Australian. No records identified beyond note in Old Comrades Association bulletin.

GREGORY, Warwick E. C. Private. Living in Sydney in 1950. No records identified beyond note in Old Comrades Association bulletin.

HADDIN, John Stanley (Jack). 1224. Sergeant. Born in Albion Park, New South Wales, Australia on 10/07/1894 the son of James Fleming Haddin and Sophie Mary King. Discharged 4/11/1919. Married Stella Hilditch Mayne on 28/02/1921 at Tamworth, New South Wales. Died in St. Leonards, Sydney, New South Wales in 1967. Entitled to British War Medal and Victory Medal. Shown in photograph of Australians in the 4th Troop of the Reserve Squadron at the Curragh in 1915 (Figure 28).

HAGGER, Robert Lawrence. Private. King's Colonials for a year and 68 days prior to 1910. Enlisted in Australian Imperial Forces (AIF) 27/02/1917 as Private 18111 in the Army Medical Corps and was discharged 21/10/1919. Next of kin on AIF enlistment papers given as his wife Leonora G. Matilda Young who lived in Darlinghurst, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia having emigrated in 1910. Born in March 1885 in Royston, Cambridgeshire, England and died in Sydney in 1978.

HAM, Frank Livingstone. Second Lieutenant.  Commissioned 22/07/1915. Born in St Kilda, Melbourne, Vctoria, Australia on 25/05/1878 the son of The Honourable Cornelius Job Ham and Hattie White Latham. Attended Geelong Grammar School and death reported in 'The Corian' School magazine May 1916. Died suddenly in service 13/02/16 of acute laryngitis reported dead in his quarters by Lieutenant Alan W. Lade. Full military funeral. Buried in CURRAGH MILITARY CEMETERY, IRELAND. Commemorated on the Australian War Memorial Commemorative Roll.

HARRIS, Hubert Lacell. 133. Private KEH. Acting Company Serjeant Major Royal Engineers. Commissioned as a Second Lieutenant Northumberland Fusiliers 29/05/1917. Royal Field Artillery. Lieutenant . He was born at Leichardt, Sydney in 1866 and educated at James-street School and Perth Technical. He was married to Marjorie Arrow, daughter of Lena and the late James Arrow, on the 27/03/1915. He was mobilised with the KEH in England in August, 1914, and proceeded to France as a Private on the 21/04/1915. In December, 1916, he returned to England and went through a Cadet School, and was later posted to No. 17 Officer Cadet Battalion, and three months later was gazetted to the Northumberland Fusiliers as a Second Lieutenant. From the 4/10/1917 until the 6/12/1917 he passed through the Army Signal School at Dunstable, obtaining Officer Instructor' s Certificate. He was then drafted to France, and posted to the 8th Battalion, Northumberland Fusiliers, but on the 6/07/1918, returned to England to go through six months signal course at Hayne Park, Signal Depot, Bedford. Later he was transferred to the Royal Engineers Signal Section. He was gazetted Lieutenant on the 30/11/1918, and demobilised on the 15/02/1919. He left Newcastle-on-Tyne for Australia in May, 1919. Settled in Claremont, Western Australia and died in 1967. His brother Lieutenant Ernest William Harris born in 1889 in New South Wales was KIA on 5/5/1917 at Bullecourt, Pas-de-Calais, Nord-Pas-de-Calais, France with the 3rd Australian Machine Gun Corps.

HARVEY, William Charles Phillips. Lieutenant. Served in pre-war KEH. Promoted from Second Lieutenant to Lieutenant in 11/06/1913. Seconded to the Colonial Office 24/08/1914. Born in Newtown, New South Wales, Australia in 1881 and died in 1961 in Victoria.

HANCOCK, Albert Leslie. 1191. Private.  Commissioned 21/10/1915 as a Second Lieutenant, 1/7th London Regiment. KIA 21/05/1916. Commemorated on the Arras Memorial, France. Born in 1891 in Maryborough, Victoria, Australia. His father J. B. Hancock applied for medals from Warracknabeal, Wimmera, Victoria.

HAWKINS, Thomas. 1219. Private. Enlisted 11/08/1915 and wounded at Defence of Vieille Chapelle 9-11/04/1918 and discharged 11/09/1918. Awarded Silver War Badge 16881. Born 31/03/1895 in Ballarat, Victoria, Australia. Served in WW2 with the Australian Salvage Section 1941-44. Died in Brisbane on 19/06/1953. Identified in a photograph take at The Curragh in 1915 shown in Figure 28.

HELLMAN, Arthur L. 1936. Private. Served in the Australian Imperial Force as a Driver 62 in the 1st Divisional Signal Company from 17/08/1914 until discharged on medical grounds on 20/04/1916. Supported troop landings at Gallipoli and return of wounded to Mudros, did not go ashore but was shelled. Applied for Gallipoli medallion. Served with South African Expeditionary Force from 17/10/1916 until Oct/1917. Discharged in England he then joined KEH and served in France until discharged 9/05/1919. He then served with the Malay States Volunteer Regiment from 1920-32 being commissioned as a Captain in 1928. Further served in WW2 1940-43 as a Warrant Officer Class 2 NX14481 seeing action at Tobruk with 2/17th Battalion, Signal Section where he was wounded. He was born on 4/07/1892 in Paddington, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia and married in 1945 in Katoomba, New South Wales. He died on 11/08/1976 in Sydney.

HESP, George. Private. Born 8/02/1865 in West Heslerton, Yorkshire, England and died 29/09/1953 in Gordonvale, Queensland, Australia.

HOPE, Roland Wallace (Rowlie). 1048. Lieutenant. Enlisted 21/04/1915 and entered France 2/06/1915. Commissioned as a Second Lieutenant 10/07/1915. On 5/10/1915 went back to Hare Park Camp, The Curragh, County Kildare, Ireland for further training until late in 1916. Severely wounded neck and shoulder with gunshot wounds 9/04/1918 at Defence of Vieille Chapelle and admitted 14th General Hospital, Wimereux. Promoted to Lieutenant in 1919. Born 2/01/1896 the son of George Hope and Agnes Gray nee Wallace of ‘Gnotuk’, Camperdown and died 9/11/1970. Educated at Camperdown Grammar School and Geelong College. Lived in Geelong, Victoria, Australia post-war and served as a Lieutenant Colonel 6th Battalion, Volunteer Defence Corps in WW2. Captain in photograph taken at Marlborough Barracks, Dublin 1918 see Figure 33.

JEFFREY, Sidney William. 1831. Private 2KEH. Enlisted 9/11/1915. Discharged 14/09/1916. 'Came from Australia in March 1915' noted on British War Medal Roll which is his sole entitlement. Born in 1892. Applied for British War Medal from Wellington, New Zealand.

JONES, Harry. 1750. Private 2KEH. Acting Serjeant Royal Engineers WR12815, 205598. No 205598 served in Inland Water Transport section. Died in service 30/4/18 on board H.M.A.T. "Suevic" en-route to Australia of lymphadenonia. Next of Kin, Mr W. Jones, Salop Street, North Kensington, Adelaide and Mrs. J. Lawn (Aunt), Main Street, Mordialloc, Victoria. Entitled to British War and Victory Medals.

JONES, Robert W. 1888. Private. Discharged 14/04/1919. Did not serve in France. Entitled to British War Medal and Victory Medal. Noted as being from Australia.

JONES, Wilfred. 1560. Private. Enlisted 15/06/1916. Wounded at the Battle of Paschendaele, France in 1917 with a gun shot wound to the hand, which damaged his nerves in the his hand and it became almost a claw. Discharged in Longford, Ireland on 28/08/1918 due to being classed as physically unfit. Awarded Silver War Badge 16880. Born 1897 in Ramsbury, Wiltshire, England, married Catherine Stewart in Longford, Ireland in 1917 and he died in Putney, England. Appears to have emigrated to Australia.

JUDD, William Mouatt. 1261. Private. KIA 09/04/1918 at the Defence of Vieille Chapelle 9-11/04/1918. The son of W. H. Judd from Mittagong, New South Wales. Awarded British War Medal and Victory Medal. Commemorated on the LOOS MEMORIAL, FRANCE.

KENDALL, Harry Wilson Hume. 1374. Private KEH. 3rd Troop, 'C' Squadron. Enlisted 13/12/1915 and discharged 5/02/1918 physically unfit. Awarded Silver War Badge 325,147. Born on 24/01/1872 in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia and emigrated to England prior to marriage their in 1897. Served in the Boer War with 51st (Paget's Horse) Company, 12th Battalion, Imperial Yeomanry and awarded Queen's South Africa Medal with Cape Colony clasp. Harry died 27/07/1936 in Brooklyn Hospital, New York, USA. Entitled to British War and Victory Medals.

KEYS, John Hunt. 1602. Private. 2nd Troop, 'C' Squadron. Transferred to Rifle Brigade S/29116 Dec 1916. Commissioned as a Second Lieutenant 12th Battalion Cheshire Regiment 3/08/1917. Born in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia in 1881, claimed British War Medal and Victory Medal in 1920 from an address in Bengalla, New South Wales in 1920.

KIBBLE, Sydney George. 1228. Sergeant Major. Serjeant then Acting Warrant Officer Class 2. Born in Redfern, New South Wales on 19/05/1876, educated at Hawkesbury Agricultural College and was a grazier at Mt Tambourine in Queensland. He served as Private 122 in the 2nd Queensland Mounted Infantry and saw service in the 2nd Boer War having enlisted on 1/01/1900 in Brisbane. He sailed to South Africa on the 13/01/1900 aboard the S.S. Maori King. He transferred to the Transvaal Mounted Police on the 19/06/1900 and returned to Australia on 3/05/1901 and was discharged 17/05/1901. He enlisted in the King Edward's Horse on the 11/08/1915 and was in 1st Section of the 1st Troop, 'C' Squadron in June 1917. Shot and wounded in the knee by a sniper at Pilkem Ridge, Passchendale on 31/07/1917 and discharged physically unfit on 6/10/1917. Awarded Silver War Badge 304,165. He died of natural causes in Battersea, London in March 1944. Photograph in the uniform of the King Edward's Horse from "The Australasian Traveller" dated 4/03/1916. Courtesy of the State Library of Queensland and biographical information from the Virtual War Memorial, Sydney https://vwma.org.au/explore/people/786363.

KING, Charles Stanley. Private 2KEH. Served with pre-war KEH from 1911 whilst a Rhodes scholar at Oxford University. Entered France 10/09/1915. Commissioned as a Second Lieutenant Royal Field Artillery later Lieutenant. .Awarded Military Cross as Forward Observation Officer at the Battle of Loos. Mentioned in Despatches. WIA twice with wounds received at Battle of Messines resulting in 12 month hospitalisation. Born in 1890 and educated at Hutchins School, Tasmania, Australia and died in Montagu Bay, Tasmania 26/04/1959. Entitled to 1914/15 Star trio.

KINSMORE, Samuel Lincoln. 1122. Corporal KEH. Discharged 5/04/1919. Born 10/10/1869 in Bright, Victoria, Australia and died 10/10/1948 in Thurrock, Essex, England. Entitled to British War and Victory Medals. His brother Edwin Kinsmore born 1871 in Bright, Victoria, Australia and KIA 8/06/1917 as Private 1489, 35th Battalion, Australian Imperial Forces in West Flanders and commemorated on the Menin Gate Memorial, Belgium.

LADE, Allan Wettenhall. 710. Corporal. 1st Troop, 'C' Squadron KEH. Entered France 22/04/1915. Commissioned as a Second Lieutenant 11/08/1915 later Lieutenant. Brother of Sam Wade 711. Born 27/03/1890 in Ringarooma, Tasmania, Australia the son of the son of John Harvey Lade Snr. and Mrs Edith Maria Warde Wettenhall (nee Wilks) and died 12/07/1974 at Balnarring Beach, Victoria.

LADE, John Harvey (Sam). 711. Private. 'C' Squadron KEH. Entered France 22/04/1915. Commissioned as a Second Lieutenant Warwickshire Yeomanry 14/08/1916 attached to 1/5th Battalion Warwickshire Regiment. Brother of Allan Wade 710. Died of Wounds 5/10/1917. Buried at DOZINGHEM MILITARY CEMETERY, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium.

LAMB, Harold Benjamin. 22. Squadron Sergeant Major. Served pre-war KEH. Commissioned as a Second Lieutenant, Leutenant 22/10/1915 and Temporary Captain 24/10/1917 with the Army Service Corps Entered France Jan 1917. Awarded Territorial Forces Efficiency Medal 1/07/1913. Born Turnham Green, Middlesex, England on 3/06/1883 and died in Manly, New South Wales, Australia on 6/07/1939. Awarded British War and Victory medals as a Captain in the Army Service Corps. Territorial Forces Efficiency Medal held in a private collection in Australia.

LAVERS, H. H. 6. Lance Corporal. Awarded Coronation medal 1911 as a Private (Trooper). Became an Infantry Officer and served in France. Possibly with Royal West Kent Regiment as a Lieutenant.

LAWRENCE, Dennis Herman. 1422. Lance Corporal 2KEH. Enlisted 1/03/1915 in Hamstead and entered France 5/05/1915. Twice WIA 25/08/1915 and 29/09/1918. Transferred as Private, 11th Battalion, Tank Corps 112024. Born on 8/06/1892 in Fitzroy, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia and his father was a doctor in Collins Street, Melbourne. Dennis died in Perth, Australia. Discharged 19/02/1919. Entitled to 1914/15 Star trio named to Tank Corps.

LEAKE, Edward (Ned) J. 1220. Serjeant 'A' Squadron. Born in Warnambool, Victoria, Australia. Brother of Leslie. Enlisted 11/08/1915 and awarded the Military Medal, French Croix de Guerre and the French Medaile Militaire as a Lance Serjeant. Posted to the Reserve 5/04/1919. Photograph of Serjeant Leake mounted 5/11/15 (Courtesy Great War Forum) shown under Nominal Roll entry.

LEAKE, Leslie 1221. Serjeant. Born in 1894, brother of Edward. Awarded Distinguished Conduct Medal. Posted to the Reserve 5/4/19.

LOADER, Ernest. 976. Private. 'A' Squadron. Entered France 2/06/1915. Sniper at La Bourse 18/03/1916. Discharged 26/04/1919 from Trench Mortar Battery. From Australia.

LOWE, Rupert. 1943. Private. Served as Lance Corporal, 552, 4th Victorian Mounted Rifles in the Boer War before KEH. Born in Geelong, Australia. Saw service with Citizen's Military Forces in WW2. Died 22/07/1965 aged 86. Further details in an article by Peter Nemaric: 'Sabretache': XLI, 8-14, March 2000.

LUCAS, Frederick J. 648. Lance Corporal KEH. Private Corps of Hussars 80211, Private 13th Hussars 535929. Entered France 21/04/1915. Noted as being an Australian and wounded at Defence of Vieille Chapelle 9-11/04/1918 with head arm and leg shrapnel and gunshot wounds. Noted as serving as a Private in 13th Hussars in Jan 1920 in medal roll. Mentioned in Van Agnew's book 'Memoirs of a Veteran Volunteer'.

MACBEAN, Ian Bryce. 121. Sergeant. Entered France 22/04/1915. Commissioned KEH 24/11/1915 as a Second Lieutenant KEH upon return to the Curragh, Ireland. Lieutenant Royal Air Force.  Address on Medal Index Card is form the Mercantile Club, Durban, South Africa. Born in Middlesbrough, Yorkshire, England in 1888 the son of John MacBean and Marion Watt (Hendrie) MacBean and left from Claremont, Western Australia to enlist  ('The Daily News' newspaper, Perth, 3/02/1916).  Brother Second Lieutenant Colin Hendrie MacBean, 10th Australian Light Horse Mentioned in Despatches was born 1892 in Fairfield, Victoria but grew up in Claremont was KIA 29/08/1915 at Gallipoli. Photograph of Ian B. MacBean as a Lieutenant shown in Figure 31.

MacDONALD, John Norman. Major. Sergeant of the Cambridge troop in 1907. Second Lieutenant 'C' Squadron KEH 1910. Major in command of 'B' Squadron during WW1. KEH 1910. Captain in 1915 see Figure 19. Wounded at Vieille Chapelle 9-11/04/1918. Awarded Mentioned in Despatches. Studied as a Rhodes Scholar at Caius College, Cambridge. Born in Australia 8/04/1888 at Woollhara, New South Wales, Australia; married Iris Hughes in Bombay, India on 28/01/1926 and died 2/04/1972 at Eastbourne, England.

MACINTOSH, E. Private. No records identified.

MacKINNON, Donald. Captain. Served pre-war KEH. 'A, B and C' Squadrons. Commissioned as a Second Lieutenant March 1914. Entered France 04/1915. Promoted to Lieutenant 5/06/1915. Attached to 21st London Regiment and sustained shrapnel wound 29/03/1916 and was invalided to England. In 1916-17 he commanded reserve units in Ireland. He returned to France as a captain in 1918 and, following the Armistice, again embarked for Ireland. At All Saints Church, Grangegorman, Dublin, on 12/06/1917 he had married Minella Beatrice Seymour. Discharged 25/03/1919. He was born on 30/04/1892 at Prahran, Melbourne, eldest of six children of Victorian-born parents Donald MacKinnon, barrister, and his wife Hilda Eleanor Marie, née Bunny. Attended Geelong Grammar School, Victoria and New College, Oxford, England 1911-13 and served with the KEH University Troop from 1911. Post-war he lived in England then South America and attended the third KEH re-union there in 1945. Awarded a Companion of the British Empire in 1958 and served as the Australian Ambassador to Brazil in 1957. He died on 2/05/1975 in Terang, Victoria. Photograph as a Lieutenant in KEH in 1915 see Figure 19.

MARTIN, Cecil Charles. 1725. Private 2KEH. Transferred as Private 389719 to the 655th Company, Labour Corps in Jul 1917. Enlisted 2KEH 12/07/1915 at Hampton, London. Invalided from France 20/02/1916 with rheumatism. Prior service with New South Wales Imperial Bushmen as Private 818 in the Boer War. Born in Madely, Staffordshire, England 27/12/1874. Traveled to England to enlist from Mudgee, New South Wales on SS 'Mooltan' 27/06/1915. Medals received by his brother 25/08/1921 as Cecil died 24/02/1921.

MAXWELL, A. 2057. Private. Australian. No records identified.

McARTHY, Justin Ernest. 1101. Private. Entered France 19/10/1915. Private Labour Corps 424157. Discharged 8/06/1919. Born in Bathurst, New South Wales, Australia on 24/12/1878 and died 10/05/1929 in Moss Vale, New South Wales.

McCRACKEN, Edward. 1105. Sergeant. Entered France 8/09/1915. Discharged 3/04/1919. Australian. Awarded Military Medal and bar. Bar to Military Medal awarded for gallantry at the Defence of Vieille Chapelle 9-11/04/1918. No additional records identified - several E. McCracken arrivals in Australia from England circa 1890.

McCULLOCH, William B. (Wally). 1047. Lieutenant. 'A' Squadron. Entered France 2/06/1915. Commissioned as a Second Lieutenant 21/12/1915. Commanded 1st Troop 'C' Squadron in 1918. Awarded the Military Cross as a Lieutenant for gallantry 9/11/918 at Maulde. Born 17/03/1889 in Warbreccan, Deniliquin, New South Wales, Australia, educated at Geelong College, married Mary Viola Molly Atherton on 5/01/1926 and died in 1/11/1969 at Balranaid, New South Wales.

McGREGOR Alan W. 1130. Private. Entered France 20/10/1915 and discharged 5/04/1919. From Australia.

McINTOSH, Alexander James. 1046. Acting Corporal. 'A' Squadron. Entered France 2/06/1915. Commissioned as a Second Lieutenant 16/02/1917 later Lieutenant. Born 10/12/1890 in Hawthorn, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. Attended Geelong Grammar School, Victoria, Australia. Traveled to England on RMS 'Medina' Aug 1914 to enlist in KEH. Married Islay Stewart McArthur (from South Yarra, Victoria) in Dublin, Ireland on 28/05/1917. Applied for medals from England in 1921. Noted in Old Comrades Association as active in Australia in 1965. Died in 25/05/1973 in Armadale, Victoria.

McLAY, James. 1499.  Lance Corporal KIA 9/04/18 at the defence of Vieille Chapelle. Born in Marong, Victoria, Australia on 23/10/1883 the son of Mrs. and the late J. McLay of Narrandera, New South Wales, Australia. Worked in Argentina and left there in Aug 1916 to enlist in England. Commemorated on the LOOS MEMORIAL, FRANCE. Awarded British War Medal and Victory Medal. Remembered on the Honour Roll of the Marong Presbyterian Church and the Commemorative Roll of the Australian War Memorial.  

MENKENS, William Edgar. 1568. Private 2KEH. Enlisted 3/05/1915 at Hampton Court. Transferred as Serjeant, Royal Engineers (Railways) WR/275822, 306757 on 1/05/1917. Born on 13/12/1884 in Tenterfield, New South Wales, Australia and resided in Subiaco, Perth, Western Australia working for the Western Australian Railways pre-war then in the Traffic Department, Campana, Argentine as Anglo-Argentinian Railway staff. Discharged 8/05/1919. Awarded Meritorious Service Medal named to Royal Engineers. Entitled to British War and Victory Medals.

MOFFAT, Leslie Palmer. 'C' Squadron. Commissioned as a Temporary Second Lieutenant KEH on 9/12/1915. Awarded the Military Cross as a Lieutenant for gallantry at the defence of Vieille Chapelle 9-11/04/1918. Transferred as a Lieutenant to the 31st Lancers, Indian Army. Awarded British War Medal and Victory Medal and Indian General Service Medal with clasps for Afghanistan and North West Frontier 1919. May have married Elizabeth Aloysius Doyle in March 1920 in Baltinglass, Wicklow, Ireland and had a son in Australia. Lieutenant Palmer is known to have lived in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia and applied for his medals from there in 1925. Photograph shown as Figure 31.

MONTGOMERY, John McLean. 1049. Private. Enlisted in 1915 and entered France 2/06/1915. Commissioned as a Second Lieutenant 12/07/1915. Temporary Lieutenant Mar 1917. Lost his commission and was Court Martialed in April 1918 as a result of chronic alcoholism after the death of his father 1916. Born in Balaclava, Melboure, Victoria, Australia on 12/01/1890 the son of Dr J. P. Montgomery who practiced in Camperdown, Victoria and he died 9/09/1922 in Terang, Victoria. AIF attestation papers for service abroad.

MOORE, Albert William (Bertie). 1091. Serjeant. Entered France 15/09/1915. Served with 2nd Troop, 'B' Squadron in 1916. Gunshot wound to right hand sustained in Defence of Vieille Chapelle 9-11/04/1918. Discharged 17/01/1919. Born in 1881 in Fremantle, Western Australia (WA) and married Dora Margaret (Daisy) FERGUSON on 5/02/1908 in Swan, WA and he died in the Williams District, WA on 9/03/1957.

MURRAY, Eric Moray. 966. Private. Lieutenant. Australian. 'C' Company. Arrived in France 22/04/1915 and commissioned as a Second Lieutenant in the KEH 15/04/1917 later Lieutenant. A sniper who had a lucky escape when a shot by a German sniper passed down the barrel of his own rifle as he was about to take a shot. Born in North Adelaide, South Australia 13/05/1894 and died 23/07/1953. A series of his letters to his fiancee Miss Jean Marjorie Knox whilst in the KEH are (held by the Australian War Memorial) whom he married on 17/02/1918 in Manhattan, New York, USA. The letters contain little detail of his military service but provide an interesting insight into the hopes for peace and a return to 'normal' lives.

MURTON, Herbert Murray 1093. Private. 'C' Squadron KIA 16/01/16 aged 29 by shellfire. A sniper and entered France 16/06/1915. Son of Mr. W. A. Murton of "Kerribree" 661 Inkerman Road, Caulfield, Victoria, Australia. Born in Rochester, Kent, England on 8/12/1886 and attended Hamilton College, Victoria. Buried in MAROC BRITISH CEMETERY, GRENAY, FRANCE.  Entitled to 1914/15 Star, British War Medal and Victory Medal. Remembered on the Commemorative Roll of the Australian War Memorial. 

NOTT, Edward Ross. Private. Entered France 11/09/1915. Commissioned as a Second Lieutenant 10th Battalion, York and Lancaster Regiment before transferring to the 9th Battalion, King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry. Severely wounded at the Battle of Loos in Sep 1915 and invalided back to England. Returned to France Apr 1916. Served as Intelligence Office and commanded Battalion snipers. DoW 13/07/1916 received on the first day of the Battle of the Somme 1/07/1916. Buried in Abbeville Communal Cemetery, the Somme, Picardie, France. Awarded Military Cross 25-26/09/1915 for gallantry at Hill 70. Mentioned in Despatches. Medals claimed by his father A. R. Nott, c/o David Jones Ltd, Finsbury Court, London, England. Born in Strathfield, Sydney, Australia on 15/11/1893 and his mother was Alice May (Ross) Jones. Portrait photograph and notice of his death in the 'Sydney Morning Herald' newspaper 18/07/1916 shown under Nominal Roll entry.

O'HALLORAN-GILES, Hugh (Hew). Private. Pre-war King's Colonials/KEH with University Troop whilst attending Trinity Hall, Cambridge 1909-12 studying law after attending Tonbridge School, England 1907-08. Enlisted 1914 and commissioned as a Second Lieutenant in the Royal Field Artillery in Dec 1914. Entered France 19/08/1915. Served in Salonika with 'C' Battery, 114th Brigade, 26th Division 1916-19. Promoted to Major and awarded French Croix de Guerre and Mentioned in Despatches 11/06/1918. Born 27/10/1889 in Mitcham, Adelaide, South Australia. Served in WW2 as a Major, 57th Brigade Royal Field Artillery SX24509, Australian Military Forces. Died 7/04/1987 at the age of 97 as one of the last of the King's Colonials/KEH. Brother of Second Lieutenant Robert O'Halloran Giles KEH.

O'HALLORAN GILES, Robert. Private Hussars 34111. Second Lieutenant KEH promoted to Lieutenant Dec 1917. Taken Prisoner of War 9/04/1918 at defence of Vieille Chapelle with 4th Troop, 'A' Squadron and DOW 26/04/18 aged 21. Son of Thomas O'Halloran Giles and Jean O'Halloran Giles, of Adelaide, Australia. Attended Geelong Grammar School, Victoria, Australia. Buried in TOURNAI COMMUNAL CEMETERY ALLIED EXTENSION, BELGIUM. Remembered on the Commemorative Roll of the Australian War Memorial. Brother of Hew O'Halloran Giles, KEH.
Hew. Lieutenant. Portrait photograph on www.kingewardshorse.net

PAIN, Kenneth Wellesley. 225. Private KEH. Article in Sydney Morning Herald in 1916 states that in August 1914 he re-joined the King Edward's Horse indicating prior-service in pre-war 1914 possibly whilst attending Cambridge or Oxford University. From Australia. Commissioned as a Second Lieutenant Royal Field Artillery (RFA) 8/12/1914. Embarked for France 19/09/1915. Served in Salonika as Adjutant to 117th Brigade RFA from Feb 1916. Severely wounded 27/02/1916. Captain RFA on British War Medal and Victory Medal roll. Mentioned in Despatches. Born 18/01/1889 in Sydney New South Wales the son of the Bishop of Gippsland, Sale, Victoria, Australia and married Mabel Naish 19/08/1915 in Woking, England and died 01/02/1959 in Sydney. Lived in Concord, Sydney in 1924. His son Graeme Kenneth KIA with the Royal Australian Air Force in 1944. Named in 'Our Forgotten Volunteers: Australians and New Zealanders with Serbs in World War One' by Bojan Pajic.

PEEL, A. R. (John). Private. Australian. No records identified.

PHILP,  Richard William Manning Haigh. 495. Private. Commissioned 9/11/1914 as a Captain 91st Brigade Royal Field Artillery and entered France 21/07/1915. KIA 5/10/1916. Buried in Carnoy Military Cemetery, Piacardie, the Somme, France. Born 9/11/1888 in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia the son of Richard Philp and Gertrude Manning from Geelong, Victoria.  Married Kathleen Philp in Sussex, England in Jan 1915. Awarded 1914/15 Star, British War Medal and Victory Medals and Mentioned in Despatches (London Gazette) 4/01/1917. Medals claimed by his widow from an address in Toorak, Melbourne. Commemorated on the Commemorative Roll of the Australian War Memorial.

PORTUS, Garnet Vere (Jerry). Private King's Colonials. Served 1909 from comments made about serving under the same Serjeant-Major as Watson Douglas Shennen in his obituary in 1937. Born 7/06/1883 in Morpeth, New South Wales and died 15/06/1954 in Adelaide, South Australia. An academic historian, author and theologian who studied at Sydney University and Oxford University 1909-1911 where no doubt he enlisted in the King's Colonials. A Rhodes scholar and played rugby for England.

PRIESTLEY, Charles. 1095. Private. Entered France 15/09/1915 and discharged 4/04/1919. Australian. Shown in photograph in Figure 22 of Hotchkiss Machine Gun team at Valhuon in 1916. Entitled to 1914/15 Star, British War Medal and Victory Medal.

RANDERS, Harold K. 1722. Private. 'B' and 'C' Squadron. Posted as missing at the defence of Vieille Chapelle 9-11/04/1918. Discharged 15/03/1919. Born in Denmark but grew up pre-war in Australia. Settled in Argentina after the war. Died 13/02/1943 after being attacked by a co-worker on a ranch. Entitled to British War Medal and Victory Medal.

ROSS, Outram (Rossie). 703. Acting Corporal. 2nd Troop 'B' Squadron in 1915. Entered France 22/04/1915. Commissioned Second Lieutenant Machine Gun Corps 27/05/1917 later Temporary Lieutenant Tank Corps. Born in the Cedars near Mackay, Queensland, Australia 27/05/1886 the son of Henry Ross. Was in America when war was declared and went to England to enlist. Married Sylvia May Burbidge in Brisbane 11/08/1919. Settled in New Zealand where he died in KatiKati, Bay of Plenty, New Zealand in 1961.

SADLIER, John Raymond. 1102. Private. Entered France 18/11/1915. Commissioned 26/03/1918 as a Second Lieutenant in the Somerset Light Infantry. Born in Grange, South Australia in 1893 the son of Nicholas Clarke and Johanna Georgina (nee' Sturgess) Sadlier and he was raised in the McLaren Vale, Onkaparinga, South Australia. Educated at St Peter's College, Adelaide, South Australia and employed as a Bank Clerk. He left for England to enlist in February 1915. He was later invalided to England suffering from trench fever and when it was determined he was not likely to recover sufficiently to return to the firing line, was posted to the Palace Barracks in Belfast, Ireland as an instructor. He died of a war related illness in England on 26/11/1918.  He was buried in Grantham Cemetery, Lincolnshire. Commemorated on the Adelaide National War Memorial, Hackney St Peter's College Fallen Honour Board and the Australian Virtual War Memorial (with portrait photograph). Note that his name is incorrectly recorded as Sadleir on many documents. Brothers DeVere and Charles both enlisted from the Argentine and served in the British Army and their sister Angela served in Queen Alexandra's Imperial Military Nursing Service Reserve.

SAILL, Edward C. 935. Private. Entered France 22/04/1915. Commissioned as a Second Lieutenant 5/04/1918. Born 25/05/1891 in Croydon, Surrey, England, married Lillian Rose Rice and lived post-war Peakhurst, Sydney, Australia until his death on 4/07/1976. Portrait photograph as a Lieutenant in the KEH shown under Nominal Roll entry.

SAYER, William Thomas. Private.  Entered France 22/04/1915. Commissioned as a Second Lieutenant 160th Field Company, Royal Engineers 20/09/1915. KIA 5/06/1916 while preparing to set mines close to German workings at Vermilles. Born in 1888 and raised in Geelong, Victoria, Australia educated at Geelong Grammar School and Ballarat School of Mines. He was a mine manager in Queensland before travelling to the United States of America in 1912 to further his mining experience. Second son of the late J. W. Sayer and Mrs. Sayer, Newtown, Geelong. Commemorated on the Arras Memorial, Arras, Nord Pas de Calais, France and the Commemorative Roll of the Australian War Memorial. Photograph shown under Nominal Roll entry.

SIMPSON, Brian George Cannon. Private KEH. Second Lieutenant, 20th Trench Mortar Battery, Royal Horse Artillery, B.E.F., France. Enlisting in England, where he was studying sculpture, 4th August, 1914, joined KEH and later commissioned as a Second Lieutenant in the Royal Horse Artillery, 1st Cavalry Division, volunteering for Trench Mortar Section. Early education at Sydney Church of England Grammar School. Later at St. Paul's College, University of Sydney 1910-1912 Bachelor of Arts. He gave his life through an act of initial bravery, climbing a tree in full view of the German Lines to shoot a sniper and was hit coming down. Died of Peritonitis 29/07/1915 ensuing from wounds received on 22nd July aged 22. Son of the late George Hamilton Cassan Simpson and Lilian Thompson of Sydney New South Wales. Born 1 Nov 1892 in New South Wales, Australia and buried in Lijssenthoek Military Cemetery, Poperinge, West Flanders (West-Vlaanderen), Belgium. Photograph in RHA uniform.

SIMPSON, George Barre Goldie. Private. King's Colonials 1906-09. Born in Woolahra, New South Wales in 1887. Served with 'A' Company 4th Battalion AIF as Lance Corporal 866. Embarked Australia 20/10/1914. KIA at Gallipoli 6/09/1915. Son of Archibald Henry and Alice Marion Simpson. Buried in Johnston's Jolly Cemetery.

SLY, Alec Foushew. 873. Private 2KEH. Entered France 5/05/1915. Commissioned as a Second Lieutenant 1st Battalion Cheshire Regiment 8/03/1916, later a Lieutenant in the Nigeria Regiment. Australian but unable to identify any additional records.

SMITH, John. 1397. Private. Enlisted 11/01/1916 and entered France 7/09/1916. Wounded at the Defence of Vieille Chapelle 9/04/1918 with gun shot wound shoulder and face. Commissioned as a Reverend in the Australian Imperial Force 6/02/1919. Born in Stewarton, Ayrshire, Scotland in 1875. Applied for medals from Kattaning, Western Australia where he was a Minister pre and post-war. British War Medal and Victory medal held by the Western Australian museum. Brother Private David Smith, 1427 with the 7th Battalion, Australian Imperial Force was KIA at Gallipoli on 8/08/1915 and buried in Johnston's Jolly Cemetery.

STEWART, William Malcolm. 918. Private. Commissioned as a Second Lieutenant 3rd Battalion, Devonshire Regiment 6/04/1915. Entered France 5/01/1916. Later Captain attached to the 23rd Battalion Machine Gun Corps. He attended St Peter’s College, Adelaide 1894 -1899 and sometime after leaving went to South Africa, where at 19 years of age he joined the Natal Light Horse. He subsequently joined the Third Australian Contingent. After being present in several engagements he returned to the Commonwealth with them. Captain Stewart obtained a commission in the Rhodesian Military Police, and thence went to England to enlist. Died of Wounds  27/10/1916 at the Battle of Flers-Courceletteon on the Somme. Mentioned in Despatches. Born in Port Pirie, South Australia in Apr 1881 the son of Robert Walter and Gertrude Theodora Fydell Stewart (nee Lindsay). Buried in Grove Town Cemetery, Meaulte, France. Commemorated on the Hackney St Peter's College Fallen Honour Board.

STRETCH, Samuel Alexander Cliffe. 1218. Private. Enlisted 6/08/1915. Discharged 12/07/1919. Served in WW2 as Corporal V236291 with 7th Volunteer Defence Corps 1942-45. Born 23/06/1894 in Rokewood, Victoria, Australia and educated at Geelong College. Married Agatha Mary Crawford in 1924 in Victoria and they had two children during their marriage. He died 5/07/1957 in Ballarat, Victoria.

SULLIVAN, Kevin Irving. 1216. Acting Corporal. Enlisted 13/08/1915. Promoted to Acting Corporal 17/03/1916 and reverted to Lance Corporal on being charged with gambling in Corporals Room 19/03/1916 at Curragh with 4th Troop, Reserve Squadron. Served in France from 17/07/1916, promoted to Lance Corporal 17/04/1917 as a Machine Gunner. Served in Italy 20/12/1917 until 10/03/1918. Taken Prisoner of War 5/11/1918 having been and posted as Missing in Action 9/04/1918 and interred in a camp at Gardelegen, Germany. Treated for Exposure incurred whilst a Prisoner of War at Lille Hospital. Repatriated to Dover 19/11/1918. Discharged 22/06/1919. Born in Glebe, New South Wales in 1894 and was employed as a farmer at a a cattle station at Coonamba, New South Wales and family home was at Darling Point, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. Post war worked in Queensland and died in 1955 in Newtown, New South Wales. Details from Service papers and Red Cross Missing In Action and Wounded record, Australian War Memorial. Appears in photograph of 4th Troop Reserve Squadron, Curragh, 1915 as shown in Figure 28.

SYME, David Allan. Private. 'C' Squadron. Born in Kew, Victoria, Australia in 1893 the son of Mr and Mrs Francis Syme. Educated at Brighton Grammar School and Clare College, Cambridge. Went to England in 1913. Enlisted KEH and likely to have seen service with University Troop pre-War whilst at Cambridge. Commissioned in KEH and went to France and then transferred to Tank Corps where he was commissioned as a Second Lieutenant and then promoted to Captain. Trained in England before returning to France and wounded in 1917. Served post war in the Berkshire Regiment then joined Royal Tank Regiment as a Major. KIA 8/08/1944 in Normandy as a Lieutenant Colonel and buried in BRETTEVILLE-SUR-LAIZE CANADIAN WAR CEMETERY, Calvados, France. Awarded Military Cross. Obituary in the 'Melbourne Age' newspaper 31/08/1944. Brother Sergeant Noel Herbert Syme born in January 1892 in Palmerston North, New Zealand and KIA 10/05/1917 with 1st Australian Divisional Supply Column. Noel is buried in the Grevillers British Cemetery, Grevillers, France.

TEARE, John Stewart. 437. Private KEH. Entered France Dec 1915. Commissioned as a Second Lieutenant in the attached to 108th Battery, Royal Field Artillery. Awarded the Military Cross in 1916. KIA 31/07/1917.  Born in Blawyn, Victoria, Australia in 1893 the son of John Corlett and Marion Melville Teare of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. He was working for Bennie, Teare and Co. and he enlisted in England in 1914, when he was at Birmingham University studying electrical engineering. His name is commemorated on the Menin Gate, Belgium and the Australian War Memorial. His elder brother, Athol M. Teare, served in the Australian Imperial Force, New South Wales Division and gained an Military Cross for conspicuous gallantry and devotion to duty. He was wounded in this action and hospitalised in England before returning to the front. He returned to Australia after the war. His younger brother Philip Teare joined the Australian Imperial Force becoming a Captain in the artillery. Photograph of John Teare in the uniform of the RFA available.

THOMAS, David Lewis. 1280. Private KEH. Commissioned as a Second Lieutenant 253rd Tunnelling Company, Royal Engineers Sep 1916. KIA 30/03/1918. Born in 1881 the son of William and Ann Thomas of Happy Valley, Victoria, Australia and was educated at the Dana Street School, Buley's Grenville College and then the Ballarat School of Mines. He went to South Africa in 1906 and managed a gold mine in Rhodesia where he enlisted as a Private in the KEH. Buried in the ADELAIDE CEMETERY, VILLERS-BRETONNEUX, France. Biography and civilian portrait photograph can be found at https://bih.federation.edu.au/index.php/David_L._Thomas. His brother William Thomas noted as in service in West Africa.

THOMSON, Ninian Alan. 1065 Private. Commissioned as a Second Lieutenant 20/07/1915 KEH. Lieutenant KEH 08/1916 and became Signaling Officer HQ staff 04/1917 to 10/1918. Lived in Queanbeyan, New South Wales. Director of Mauri Brothers and Thomson. Died 2/04/1952 in Sydney.

TOOGOOD, Percy William. 653. Private. KIA 25/08/1915 aged 27. Percy was born at Rosehill, Parramatta, Sydney, New South Wales on 15th June, 1888 to parents Laurence William and Eliza Toogood (nee Jones). From newspaper reports Percy was practising dental surgery in the town of Condobolin, in the central west region of New South Wales, between 1911 & 1912. From newspaper reports Percy went to New Zealand then on to England & had arrived in England a fortnight before war broke out. In early January, 1915, Percy wrote to Mr Stenmark, for whom he had worked for in his dental practice at Parramatta, advising that he joined the KEH in London & expected to be on active service soon. Percy enlisted at Watford with the Household Cavalry and Cavalry of the Line. Percy died on 25/08/1915 at Much Hadham, Hertfordshire. Information from UK Army Registers of Soldiers’ Effects records that Percy committed suicide, however, Australian newspaper reports state that he died from wounds received in action. The death of Percy was registered in the September quarter, 1915 in the district of Bishops Stortford, Hertfordshire, England. Private Percy William Toogood was buried in St. Andrew’s Churchyard, Much Hadham, Hertfordshire, England. He has a private headstone – marble cross & curb but his death is still acknowledged by the Commonwealth War Graves Commission. Percy is remembered on the Pitt Row Public School Roll of Honour which is located in what is now Parramatta at the West Public School, Parramatta, NSW. He is also remembered on the Parramatta and District Great War Roll of Honour located at Parramatta Town Hall, Church Street, Parramatta, NSW and on the Commemorative Roll of the Australian War Memorial. Photograph shown in Nominal Roll entry.

TWOPENY, Richard Ernest Noel. Major. 'C' Squadron. Awarded Military Cross (London Gazette 11/05/1917) and bar (Reported in the 'Observer' newspaper 18/08/1917) as a Lieutenant. Major Twopeny was born on 25/11/1893 in Hammond, South Australia and schooled at St Peter's College, Adelaide. He was commissioned into the KEH on 25/05/1915 as a Second Lieutenant and returned to Australia on 13/04/1920 .He married Edna Nancie Deeley in 1927 in Sydney, New South Wales. He died on 8/04/1946 in Adelaide having worked as a journalist in Melbourne. Served in the Citizen Military Forces in WW2. Hackney St Peter's College Honour Board, Quorn Remembrance of Those Who Served in the Great War Honour Board. His brother Private Thomas Nowell Twopeny was born in 1891 in South Australia and Died of Wounds on 23/10/1917 with the 13th Australian Infantry Battalion, AIF in France. He was buried in Etaples Military Cemetery, Etaples, Nord Pas de Calais, France. Major Twopeny's portrait photograph courtesy of Peter Nemaric is also shown as Figure 331.

WADDY, Richard Granville. Second Lieutenant KEH 1910, Lieutenant KEH. Lieutenant Royal Army Medical Corps, Captain Special Reserve. Entered France 25/05/1915. Born in 1885, attended St Paul's College, University of Sydney 1905-09. Rhodes Scholar. Worked as an ophthalmologist in Egypt pre-war. Lived in Sydney after the war and died in 1974.

WELBOURN, Herbert. 674. Private. Entered France 22/04/1915. Promoted to Serjeant 23/01/1919. Discharged 19/02/1919. Born 6/04/1887 in Jamestown, South Australia. Married Jessie Thomas in Grantham, Lincolnshire, England on 23/02/1911. Churchwarden at St. Mary's pre- and post-war and Clerk Bottesford Parish Council, Leicestershire, England. Died 30/01/1956 in Nottingham, England. 1914/15 Star trio sold on eBay UK.

WHITEMAN, A. K. From New South Wales, Australia on Old Comrades Association members list No. 1 in 1933.

WILSON, Reginald. 456. Private. 'A' Squadron. Entered France 2/06/1915 and discharged 4/04/1919. Born 22/07/1889 at West Maitland, New South Wales, Australia and married Victoria Olga Williams on 20/04/1922 in Sydney. They had three children during their marriage. Reginald died 17/02/1971 in Balmain, Sydney. Two photographs on kingedwardshorse.net

WITTHERS, Ivan. 678. Private. Enlisted 12/11/1914 at Watford and discharged 18/12/1916 due to sickness (epilepsy). Awarded Silver War Badge 115731. Born in Perth, Western Australia in 1887. Married Ellen Brown 7/09/1914 in Newcastle, England.

New Zealanders who served in the King's Colonials and/or King Edward's Horse or 2nd King Edward's Horse

Unless indicated with 2KEH the individual served in KC/KEH.

ABRAHAM, Lionel Martyn.  Serjeant KEH. Commissioned as a Second Lieutenant in the Royal Field Artillery on 4/12/1914 (London Gazette). Entered France 24/08/1915. Wounded once. Born in July 1893 in Palmerston North, Wellington, New Zealand the son of Lionel Augustus Abraham and Constance Palgrave Martyn OBE and attended Wanganui College 1907-12. He saw service in the King Edward's Horse joining the University Squadron in 1912 when at Pembroke College, Cambridge.  Was living in Palmerston North, New Zealand in 1914 and returned post war. 1914/15 Star trio medal entitlements confirmed on MIC. Served as a Second Lieutenant with the 12th Company, National Reserve in New Zealand in 1940. Died in New Zealand 31/12/1986. Portrait photograph of Second Lieutenant Abraham in the Royal Field Artillery courtesy of the Imperial War Museum. Commemorated on the Auckland Online Cenotaph.

ADAMS, Noel Percy. Captain. Transferred to New Zealand Field Artillery. Awarded Companion of the Most Distinguished Order of St Michael and St George (CMG) on 4 June 1917. Barrister in civilian life. Promoted to Colonel and became Commandant of the Military Training Camp at Featherston, Wairarapa, New Zealand during the First World War. See image on the Auckland Online Cenotaph.

ARMSTRONG J. Private. New Zealander who enlisted in 1902 and was commissioned as a Second Lieutenant in the King's Colonials in 1903 and shown with that rank on 1905 Officer's List.

ARTHUR, Beckham Paikawa. 111. Serjeant KEH. 2nd Troop, 'A' Squadron at Hutton Bridge, Hertfordshire noted in the 'Auckland Star' newspaper 9/03/1915. Saw service in the Boer War with the NZ Mounted Rifles (Rough Riders) as Serjeant 1383 and embarked with the 4th Contingent on the SS 'Gymeric' 31 March 1900 and also served as Captain with the 9th Contingent leaving on the SS 'Devon' 19 March 1902. Gazetted as 2nd Lieutenant in March 1915, and posted to Motor Machine Gun Service (of the Royal Artillery) at Bisley. Promoted Captain June 1915, entered France 8/07/1915, Major March 1916 and Lieut-Colonel November 1918 to command the 1st Motor Brigade Machine Gun Corps. Wounded at Loos September, 1915. Awarded Companion of the Distinguished Service Order (DSO) 26 July 1918 and Mentioned in Despatches (MiD) Three Times. Born in 1876 in Tokomaru Bay the son of Alexander Creighton Arthur & Mere Inoi nee' Ward of Tokomaru Bay & Gisborne hence of Maori descent. He married Pheroze Sorabji in 1902 in London. He died in Devon, England on the 11/03/1922. Entitled to Queen's South Africa and King's South African medals and 1914/15 Star WW1 trio. Commemorated on the Auckland Online Cenotaph with family records and photographs added and the South African War Memorial, Gisbourne, New Zealand. Photograph shown under Nominal Roll entry.

BAKER, Richard Henry. Private KEH. May have transferred to Royal Field Artillery then served as a Gunner 79439, 43rd Reinforcements, New Zealand Field Artillery, New Zealand Expeditionary Force, 2/10/1918-5/12/1918 sailed on HMNZT 111 'Matatua'. Commemorated on Auckland Online Cenotaph.

BALE, F. J. Private. From New Zealand, worked in Peru, South America and returned to England to enlist. Commemorated on Auckland Online Cenotaph.

BANKS, Donald William. 2134. Private. Born at Kimbolton, Wellington, New Zealand 24/11/1898 the son of William Banks. Enlisted 2/04/1918, served in Ireland and discharged 3/02/1919. Joined Royal Army Ordnance Corps 24/04/1919 as a Private 5/9361 and served in Russia 12/05/1919 and discharged 12/02/1920. Commemorated on Auckland Online Cenotaph.

BARRY, A. V. 335. Serjeant KEH. 4th Section, 1st Troop, 'C' Squadron. Royal Army Service Corps M/41355 (Auckland Online Cenotaph). Entered France 22/04/1915. Likely to be Serjeant Barry who was severely wounded whilst patrolling at Anneux near Cambrai on 20/11/1917 when Major Tutt was also severely wounded. Wounded at the defence of Vieille Chapelle 9-11/04/1918.

BAXTER, Gordon Eyre. 929. Private. Enlisted 5/02/1915 and entered France 22/04/1915. Commissioned as a Second Lieutenant Devonshire Regiment 26/06/1917. Prior service Royal East Kent Yeomanry 1908-11. Born Hinton, Ashton Steeple, Trowbridge, Wiltshire, England. Son of Stanley Eyre Bagter and Emma Louisa Baxter, of Waranga, Omapere, Hokianga, New Zealand. Educated at South Eastern Agricultural College Wye, Ashford, Kent, England. KIA 8/10/1918 near Arras aged 28 and buried in St. Nicholas British Cemetery, Pas de Calais, France. Two brothers also KIA. Bernard Eyre Baxter born 2 July 1893 - died 29 April 1915 served as Private 10/275 West Coast 'A' Company, Wellington Infantry Battalion, Emigrated to New Zealand 1909 with family. Cadet at Weraroa Agricultural Farm. Fought at Turkish attack on Suez Canal Feb 1915 before serving at Gallipoli where he was killed. Commemorated on the Lone Pine Memorial. Cedric Eyre Baxter 22/08/1895 - died 29/04/1915 (same day as his brother Bernard) unable to find further details. Gordon and Bernard are commemorated on Auckland Online Cenotaph.

BELL, Cheviot Wellington Dillon. 2104 Private. Served pre-WW1 KEH. Promoted to Corporal in 1913. Commissioned as a Second Lieutenant 15/08/1914 in KEH. Transferred to 10th Royal Hussars and then Royal Flying Corps and crashed aircraft nine times and promoted to Captain. Became a Squadron Leader in WW2 with RNZAF 1944 OTC Blenheim. Born 18/08/1892 the son of the Hon. Sir Francis Bell, G.C.M.G. (NZ Prime Minister 1925), and Lady Bell. Married Dorothy Mary Newton 21/04/1920 and died in Masterton, NZ in 26/09/1960. Brother of William Bell who also served with KEH and was KIA.

BELL, William (Hal) Henry Dillon. Serjeant commissioned as a Lieutenant pre-war KEH. Served as a Staff Officer (Captain) 1/10 with the New Zealand (NZ) expedition to Samoa in 1914. Rejoined KEH, entered France 21/04/1915 promoted to Captain and KIA 31/07/17 aged 33 shot by a German sniper at Ferdinand Farm whilst in temporary command of 'C' Squadron during the great attack on Passchendael Ridge. Mentioned in Despatches. Born 1/03/1884 in Wellington, NZ, the son of Hon. Sir Francis Bell, G.C.M.G. (NZ Prime Minister 1925), and Lady Bell. Brother of Cheviot Bell who also served with KEH. Hal went to school at Wellington College. On completion of his schooling he went to England and studied at Cambridge University. From Cambridge he read for the bar at the Inner Temple and was admitted as a barrister in 1908. While in England he got married, to Gladys on 8 March 1907. He also held a temporary commission in the KEH. Bell and his wife returned to New Zealand in late March 1908. He became a member of NZ Parliament for Wellington and the first Member of Parliament to go on active service in WWI rejoining the KEH in December 1914 as a Lieutenant. Name commemorated on the YPRES (MENIN GATE) MEMORIAL, BELGIUM. Photograph of him mounted on his charger from Miss Enid Bell shown in Nominal Roll entry. Commemorated on a plaque at Trinity College Cambridge, the Auckland Online Cenotaph and is included among the names on the memorial bronze tablet to lawyers and law clerks in the Wellington Library of the New Zealand Law Society. Photograph of him as Lieutenant in KEH in 1915 see Figure 19.

BLACK, Ralph (Ralf) Wemyss. 1070. Private KEH. Born in New Zealand in 1874 the son of James Black and Mary Harcourt and died 1/10/1962 in Auckland. Entitled to British War Medal and Victory Medal. Brother Trooper Colin Black, Auckland Mounted Rifles, 22nd Reinforcements, Mounted Rifles Brigade, New Zealand Expeditionary Force. Died of Wounds 17/11/1917 in Palestine. Colin was the fifth son of Mr. James Black, "Telpal," Prospect Terrace, Mt. Eden. He was an old Grammar School boy, and for many years has been on the clerical staff in the firm of Buckland and Co. Colin Black is buried in Deir el Belah War Cemetery, Palestine, Israel. Brother Hugh Black served with Australian Light Horse in Palestine. Commemorated on the Auckland Online Cenotaph.

BRENNAN, John. 1069. Serjeant KEH. 3rd Section, 1st Troop 'C' Squadron. Wounded Passchendaele Jul 1917. Transferred to Tank Corps 305381. From New Zealand.

BRIDGEMAN, Robert J. J. 1335. Private. Discharged 13/04/1919. From New Zealand. Entitled to British War Medal and Victory Medal. Commemorated on the Auckland Online Cenotaph

BRISTED, Geoffrey Thornborrow. 329. Lance Corporal. 'C' Squadron. Enlisted KEH 22/08/1913 with University Troop whilst at Cambridge University, promoted to Lance Corporal 20/08/1914 and Commissioned as a Second Lieutenant 13/11/1914 10th Regiment Cavalry Reserve which was affiliated with the 4th and 8th Hussars. Transferred to Royal Engineers (RE) on 8/08/1915 and went to Aldershot to attend a 3-week course, probably in field engineering. Upon completion of the course he was posted to the 3rd Field Squadron, RE, a mounted unit of the R.E. assigned to the 3rd Cavalry Division. He entered France 25/11/1915. Mentioned in Despatches 4/01/1917. Promoted to Captain 18/05/1918 and discharged 21/10/1919. Served in Iraq 1920-22. Awarded General Service Medal with IRAQ clasp. Born 16/01/1891 in Wellington, New Zealand the son of Richard Bower and Constance Bristed. Geoffrey was living with his mother and his siblings in Buxton, Derbyshire in 1901 and studied at Clifton College, Bristol 1906-08 where he served with the Engineering Cadet Corps as a Cadet Sapper then worked in South America before entering King's College Cambridge 1913. His father also served in WW1 as Major R.B. Bristed, RE. His occupation post war was as a banker in London and he died on 7/11/1969. Geoffrey is commemorated on the Auckland Online Cenotaph. See a full biography of Captain GEOFFREY THORNBORROW BRISTED, Royal Engineers, (formerly Trooper, King Edward's Horse) by Lieutenant Colonel Edward De Santis http://www.reubique.com/GTBristed.htm with an image of his medals held in that authors collection.

BROMFIELD, Sydney Lewis (Sid). 62. Private in pre-war KEH.  Serjeant entered France 22/04/1915 and commissioned 26/06/17 Acting Captain Lincolnshire Regiment. Lived/born in New Zealand then lived with parents at 636 Fishponds Road, Fishponds, Bristol.  Attended annual camp 1913. Went to France 22/04/15. Captain in the Middlesex Regiment Home Guard in WW2. He was living at Iver Heath in 1946.  Serjeant Bromfield (far right) sent this postcard of his section to his mother to 636 Fishponds Road, Fishponds, Bristol after having 'a very good time' attending annual camp in Bulford in July 1913. He is wearing 'B' Squadron (British American) collar badges of the King's Colonials. He is also shown with his section in Figures 146 and 149 attending signal training. Commemorated on the Auckland Online Cenotaph.

CHENNELLS, Cyril Alfred. Private KEH. Transferred to the British section of the NZEF. 8/01/1916-8/02/1916 to Suez, Egypt on HMNZT 37 'Maunganui' as a Private 11/2057, Reinforcements, Wellington Mounted Rifles, 'B' Squadron, New Zealand Expeditionary Force. Born in 1892 in Masterton, New Zealand with stated occupation of shepherd and next-of-kin on embarkation roll his uncle William Boyce Chennells a Land Agent in Masterton. Cyril died in 1965. Name recorded on Wanganui Collegiate and Auckland Online Cenotaph.

CHING, William Thorne Wilmot. Sergeant KEH. Private KEH. Born in Remeura, New Zealand in 1888 and attended King’s College, Auckland and embarked on a promising architectural career in the offices of A.B. Wilson before setting sail for the UK, where he is first recorded as an Architects Association (AA) member in 1909. From 1911-13 he attended the AA’s Evening School, followed by a final year at the Day School in 1913/14. On the outbreak of war, Ching volunteered for the King Edward’s Horse, received a Lieutenant’s commission in the 351st Brigade, 5th Division Royal Field Artillery and was sent to the front in March 1915. He saw action at the infamous battle of ‘Hill 60’, near Ypres, where he gained the Military Cross for heroism, rescuing two injured colleagues trapped with burning ammunition in a gun pit under severe enemy shelling. He himself was the victim of a poison gas attack and, remarkably enough, was seriously injured three times within the space of two years. After recuperation, Ching returned to the AA and in 1919 he was appointed ‘House Master’, his duties including overseeing the administrative and logistical arrangements for the AA studios and atelier within the newly acquired Bedford Square premises. Ching’s stint as House Master stretched only for four years and in 1923 he resigned in order to set up a firm of heating engineers with F. Broadhurst Craig. He married later that year but in the summer of 1924 went into hospital for an operation to mitigate the side-effects of the war-time poison gassing, only to die on the 21st July, 1924 after a second, unsuccessful operation. See Nominal Roll entry for a photograph of William Ching under his name and also in a group of four Aucklanders in the KEH under John Hellaby. Commemorated on the Auckland Online Cenotaph.

COOPER, Henry Mark Hugh. Lieutenant. 'B' Squadron. Embarkation date 21/05/1915. Died of Wounds 29/07/1915 age 29 and buried in Nunhead (All Saints) Cemetery, London, United Kingdom. Son of Emma Elizabeth Freeman (formerly Cooper), of Reefton, Westland, South Island, New Zealand, and the late Rev. H. S. Cooper, of St. George's, Canterbury, England. Date of birth: 10th March 1886. He was born at Lancing College on the 10th of March 1886, the eldest son of the Reverend Henry Samuel Cooper, house master of Seconds House at Lancing, and Emma Elizabeth (nee Green later Foreman) later of 26 St George's Place, Canterbury. He was christened at Lancing on the 11/04/1886. He was educated at the Junior King's School from September 1898 and at the King's School Canterbury from September 1899 to June 1901. He worked in the Canadian Pacific Railway offices before joining the Cranbrook Branch of the Canadian Bank of Commerce as a junior on the 6th of February 1905. In 1907 he transferred to Vancouver in Canada where he worked as a clerk but he left their employ on the 31st of December 1909 and returned to the UK on board the SS "Campania", landing at Liverpool on the 4th of May 1910. On his return he worked as a clerk for the stockbrokers W. H. Trott. He was commissioned as a 2nd Lieutenant in the KEH on the 5/041913 and was promoted to Lieutenant on the 28/11/1914. He embarked for France at Southampton with his Squadron on board the Transport “Palm Branch" on the 21/04/1915 and arrived at Le Havre at 2.30am the following morning. Disembarkation was complete by 8.15am and the troopers made their way up the hill to No. 6 Base Camp. On the 23rd of April they entrained for Steenwerek in Belgium; they then marched to Nieppe where their Division was headquartered. On the evening of the 29/04/1915 the Squadron was ordered to employ all available men for the construction of a strong point behind the front line at Wulverghem about 200 yards northwest of La Plus Douvre Farm. They paraded at 6.30pm and marched up to within half a mile of the position where their horses were picketed. As soon as it was dark they moved up and began work that night. Henry Cooper was in command of fifty men who were detailed to construct a redoubt. They were engaged in this construction for about nearly four weeks during which time they suffered six casualties. Henry Cooper was wounded on the 13/05/1915, becoming the first officer casualty of the Squadron, and was evacuated back to England where he died two months later at the 1st London General Hospital in Camberwell. He is commemorated on the war memorial at the King's School Wimbledon, the memorial at the Royal Military College Sandhurst and  on the Auckland Online Cenotaph.

COX, Alfred Graeme. 64. 2KEH. Squadron Quarter Master Serjeant. Commissioned Royal Army Service Corps 5/03/1917. From New Zealand.

DARREL, Richard (Dick) Frederick William. 1051. Serjeant. Entered France 20/10/1915. Commissioned as a Second Lieutenant Tank Corps 3/02/1918. Died 26/02/1919.  Son of William Darrel, of New Zealand; husband of Annie Darrel, of Bangkok, Siam. Medals claimed by widow living in Siam. Buried in Manor Green Cemetery, England. Commemorated on the Auckland Online Cenotaph.

DENNISTON, John Geoffrey. 221. Lieutenant. 3rd Troop, 'C' Squadron. Served in re-War KEH with University Squadron. Mobilised 4/08/1914, promoted to Corporal 11/10/1914, Serjeant 5/01/1915, entered France 22/04/1915 and commissioned 9/09/1915 as a Second Lieutenant and Lieutenant 1/7/1917. Served in Italy after France and Ireland. Discharged 3/12/1918. Born in 1890 to His Honour John Edward Denniston, Supreme Court in Canterbury, New Zealand. Studied at Christ's College Cambridge University. Returned to teach in Australia and New Zealand in Christchurch. Died in 1965. Noted in 'Southland Times' newspaper article 17/09/1915 as having been offered a commission and had served pre-War with the Regiment.

DONALD, Walter Alan. Sergeant KEH. Student at University College, Oxford University. Commissioned Second Lieutenant 2nd Reserve of Cavalry, transferred to the 6th Inniskilling Dragoons. Entered France 17/10/1915. Noted in the 'Otago Witness' newspaper 21/04/1915. From Auckland, New Zealand. Commemorated on the Auckland Online Cenotaph.

DRUBE, Frederick Peter. 524. Lance Corporal. Entered France 22/04/1915 and discharged 5/04/1919. From New Zealand. Commemorated on the Auckland Online Cenotaph.

EARLE, Lionel. 700. Private. Entered France 22/04/1915 and discharged 5/04/1919. From New Zealand. Commemorated on the Auckland Online Cenotaph.

EARLE, Robert (Bob) Charles. 1319. Private. Born 14/12/1871 in Wanganui, New Zealand the son of the late Dr Robert Charles and Mrs. Eliza Ellen (Mason) Earle and died 17/05/1964. 'Wanganui Herald' newspaper 21/076/1918 reported he was wounded and presumed to have been killed in action at Vieille Chapelle 9-11/04/1918. He was taken prisoner having been shot in the stomach and right elbow. He had served in Ireland in 1916 then France and Italy. Discharged 5/03/1919 after receiving medical treatment in Cologne. Commemorated on the WANGANUI COLLEGIATE SCHOOL ROLL OF HONOUR 1914 - 1918, attended 1882-84. Entitled to British War Medal and Victory Medal. Commemorated on the Auckland Online Cenotaph.

ELY, Percy Alfred. 4. Staff Quarter Master Serjeant, King's Colonials. Corporal Ely was born in 1884 and went on to serve as a Lieutenant in KEH. Freemason in King's Colonials Masonic Lodge. He was attached to the New Zealand Expeditionary Force as Assistant Paymaster to the New Zealand Forces and died of pneumonia on the 17/11/1918 aged 34.  Son of George and Louisa Ely (nee Valentine); husband of Lillian Ely (nee Hunt). Buried in KENSAL GREEN (ALL SOULS) CEMETERY, UK. Photograph from 1904 camp shown in Nominal Roll entry.

FEARNLEY, Ernest Walter. 1504. Private. Killed in Action. Commemorated on Auckland Online Cenotaph.

FEARNLEY, William George. 1503, Trooper. Killed in Action. Commemorated on Auckland Online Cenotaph.

FETHERSTON, Guy. Private KEH. Entered France 2/1915. Reported in Auckland Star 11/01/1915 that he had joined KEH. Commissioned as a Second Lieutenant in the 45th Brigade, 8th Division Royal Field Artillery. Later Major (as noted in the Chronicles of the NZEF, 2/05/1917) and awarded the Distinguished Service Order, Military Cross and Croix de Guerre (London Gazette 6/11/1918) and was Mentioned in Despatches. Applied for 1914/15 Star trio from the Department of Overseas Trade, Whitehall, London.

GRACIE, T. S. Private. Transferred to East Lancashire Regiment. Commemorated on Auckland Online Cenotaph.

GRAY, Roland. Sergeant. From Wellington, New Zealand. Commissioned Royal Field Artillery later Captain. Engineering student in South Kensington, London. Noted as serving in the KEH in the Taranaki Herald 1/10/1914. Commemorated on Auckland Online Cenotaph.

HANDFORD, J. R. Second Lieutenant, 3rd Troop 'C' Squadron KEH in Aug 1914. Entered France 13/04/1915. Lieutenant, 5th Battalion, York and Lancaster Regiment later Captain. Studied at Queen's College, Cambridge University noted in 'The Dial' No. 22, 1915. Commemorated on the Auckland Online Cenotaph.

HANNAY, James. 578. Private KEH. Entered France 22/04/1915. Commissioned as a Second Lieutenant 16th Battalion, King's Royal Rifle Corps 27/03/1917. Wounded. Awarded Military Cross 18/03/1918. Prisoner of War 16/04/1918 and repatriated Dec 1918. From New Zealand and commemorated on the Auckland Online Cenotaph.

HARRISON, Charles Fancourt. Sergeant. Commissioned as a Second Lieutenant 1st Troop, 'C' Squadron KEH 2/07/1915 on Probation. Commissioned as a Lieutenant 10/06/1916 and by 1918 Captain and Adjutant 6th Battalion, Dorsetshire Regiment. Awarded Military Cross. Captain Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry then Major in WW2. Son of Charles Fletcher Harrison and grandson of Archedeacon Fancourt, Wellington, New Zealand. Born in Wanganui, New Zealand and studied at Cambridge University and likely to have served with the University Troop of KEH pre-war. Married Gertrude Alice Pryor on 5/12/1918. Died in 1964 in Cheshire, England. Commemorated on the Wanganui Collegiate School Roll of Honour and Auckland Online Cenotaph.

HAYTER, Frank Goodenough. 607. Private KEH. Second Lieutenant 5/07/1916 then Lieutenant 4th Battalion, Manchester Regiment . Entered France 22/04/1915. Article in the 'Temuka Leader' newspaper 17/05/1917 states that he was wounded fighting in the Balkans campaign in December 1916 and is in a London hospital and has had an operation to remove a bullet. Born in Timaru, South Canterbury, New Zealand on 4/04/1887. Son of Francis & Eugenie Elizabeth (nee HUDDLESTON) HAYTER, of Rollesby Station, Burkes Pass, Fairlie. Brother Cyril HAYTER born 4/02/1891 - KIA 28/08/1915 as a Lieutenant 7/63 in the Canterbury Mounted Rifles, Mentioned in Despatches and is buried in the Hill 60 Cemetery at Gallipoli. Brother Chilton Goodenough HAYTER born 1/02/1889 - died 14/12/1967 also served in WWI as a Major 7/1167, awarded Military Cross and Mentioned in Despatches also in the Canterbury Mounted Rifles. Late father was Captain HAYTER, naval officer. 17/10/1918 he married Muriel MORTIMER-SCOTT, at St Mary Abbot's Church, Kensington, London, England. At this time he was Lieutenant. On active service from beginning of the war & considerable service practically throughout the war. His only child, Joyce, was born in 1919 in England. April 1920 returning to New Zealand. Discharged January 1920. Died in Devon, UK 12/12/1941. Commemorated on the Auckland Online Cenotaph.

HELLABY, Frederick Allen. Private KEH. Commissioned Second Lieutenant 1st Battalion, Devonshire Regiment 1914 From Officers Training Battalion. Entered France 18/12/1914. Mentioned in Despatches 1/1/1916. Lieutenant 3RD (AUCKLAND) REGIMENT (COUNTESS OF RANFURLY'S OWN) NZEF 1917. Also noted a Captain later Major Frederick Allan Hellaby awarded Military Cross with the Auckland Machine Gun Corps. From Auckland, New Zealand one of four brothers.

HELLABY, John. Private KEH. Commissioned as a Second Lieutenant Royal Horse Artillery, 2nd Indian Cavalry Division 27/02/1915 later Lieutenant. Mentioned in Despatches. Noted in 'The Wellingtonian' 1919, Wellington College, New Zealand. See photograph under Nominal Roll entry.

HELLABY, Richard Sydney. Private KEH. 'B' Squadron. Commissioned Second Lieutenant 129th Battery, Royal Field Artillery 27/02/1915. Entered France 14/11/1915. Promoted to Temporary Captain 15/04/1916 later Captain. Mentioned in Despatches 23/12/1918. Born in 1887. Son of Richard Hellaby (1849-1902) and Amy Maria (nee Briscoe) (1864-1955). Richard was the founder with his brother William, of R & W Hellaby’s, the great New Zealand meat processors. When war broke out in 1914 all the young Hellaby men joined the army. Amy Hellaby sold Bramcote and took her two younger unmarried daughters to London for three years, buying a house in Bayswater to provide a home for the men when they were on leave. Educated at Wellington College. Civilian occupation as an artist. Living in Auckland in 1951 and died in 1971 in Cape Town, South Africa. Noted in a 'Hail to the Hellabys' article in the 'Fielding Star' newspaper in Auckland 7/09/1915 as one of four brothers all serving as Commissioned Officers. Lieutenant J. Arthur B. Hellaby serving with the Royal Engineers. Richard first took up art seriously when he joined the Lambeth School of Art, London. Later he studied at the Julian Academy and the Ecole des Beaux Arts, Paris. After serving in the war he exhibited at the Royal Academy. In 1923-24 he visited New Zealand and the South Sea Islands, exhibiting and studying, and on his return to England he held a one-man exhibition of the work he had done on his tour. He has exhibited extensively in England and France. Commemorated on Auckland Online Cenotaph. See photograph under Nominal Roll entry.

HELLABY, Frederick Allen. Private KEH. Commissioned Second Lieutenant 1st Battalion, Devonshire Regiment 1914 from Officers Training Battalion. Entered France 18/12/1914. Mentioned in Despatches 1/1/1916. Lieutenant 3RD (AUCKLAND) REGIMENT (COUNTESS OF RANFURLY'S OWN) NZEF 1917. Also noted a Captain later Major Frederick Allan Hellaby awarded Military Cross with the Auckland Machine Gun Corps. From Auckland, New Zealand one of four brothers. Commemorated on Auckland Online Cenotaph.

HELLABY, Richard Sydney. Private KEH. 'B' Squadron. Commissioned Second Lieutenant 129th Battery, Royal Field Artillery. Entered France 14/11/1915. Promoted to Captain. Mentioned in Despatches 23/12/1918. Born in 1887. Son of Richard Hellaby (1849-1902) and Amy Maria (nee Briscoe) (1864-1955). Richard was the founder with his brother William, of R & W Hellaby’s, the great New Zealand meat processors. Educated at Wellington College. Civilian occupation as an artist. Living in Auckland in 1951 and died in 1971 in Cape Town, South Africa. Noted in a 'Hail to the Hellabys' article in the 'Fielding Star' newspaper in Auckland 7/09/1915 as one of four brothers all serving as Commissioned Officers. Lieutenant J. Arthur B. Hellaby serving with the Royal Engineers. Richard first took up art seriously when he joined the Lambeth School of Art, London. Later he studied at the Julian Academy and the Ecole des Beaux Arts, Paris. After serving in the war he exhibited at the Royal Academy. In 1923-24 he visited New Zealand and the South Sea Islands, exhibiting and studying, and on his return to England he held a one-man exhibition of the work he had done on his tour. He has exhibited extensively in England and France. Commemorated on Auckland Online Cenotaph.

HELLABY, John. Trooper. Transferred to Royal Field Artillery. Commemorated on Auckland Online Cenotaph.

HERAPATH, Basil Arthur Conrad. 371. Serjeant. Entered France 2/06/1915. Commissioned as a Second Lieutenant KEH 24/09/1917, promoted to Lieutenant. Born 6/11/1886 in New Zealand. Second Lieutenant in photograph at Marlborough Barracks, Dublin 1918 see Figure 33. Died in Sep 1937 in Wellington, New Zealand. One of three Herapath brothers from Auckland, New Zealand who served in the KEH, all sons of Samuel March and Clara Herapath. Commemorated on Auckland Online Cenotaph.

HERAPATH, Cyril Alexander. 94. Private. Born in Auckland, New Zealand in 1891. Served in KEH 1/11/1910 to 28/02/1913. Re-enlisted 1/03/1913 in Colchester, promoted to Corporal 31/01/1914, Sergeant 30/11/1914 and discharged 31/11/1915. Studied at Queen's College, Cambridge University (The Dial No. 22, 1915) likely to have been in University Troop. Died in Oxford in 1952. One of three Herapath brothers from Auckland, New Zealand who served in the KEH, all sons of Samuel March and Clara Herapath.

HERAPATH, H. L. Private. KEH. 'D' Squadron. One of three Herapath brothers from Auckland, New Zealand who served in the KEH, all sons of Samuel March and Clara Herapath. Immigration records show a H. C. C. Herapath aged 24 arrived in England in 1912 from New Zealand and likely to be same person.

HINDLE, Harold Burn. 332, Trooper. "Educated here until 1912 and afterwards at Cambridge, was in camp with King Edward's Horse when war broke out. He was given a commission in the Royal Field Artillery (RFA) as early as December, 1914, and went over to France two months later. The following September he was wounded at Loos, but returned to France, after six months, with a howitzer brigade. He subsequently received two appointments as officer orderly, and in October went to England on short leave. His health giving way he was unable to get back, and during March of last year was appointed instructor in a cadet school at Bournemouth. In six months time the school closed and he re-joined the R.F.A., being appointed Staff-Captain on Christmas Day, 1917. Returning in February, he stayed in the firing line until he was killed on March 29th, 1918 (with G Battery Royal Horse Artillery). He was in the School XV. for three years in succession." (In Memoriam, 1914-1918 [Wanganui Collegiate School]). The Commonwealth War Graves Commission website gives Hindle's date of death as 27 March 1918. He is commemorated on the Pozieres Memorial, Somme, France. Commemorated on the Auckland Online Cenotaph. 

HINDLESMITH, Arthur. 563. Private. Enlisted KEH 12/08/1914 and promoted to Serjeant 1/04/1916. Entered France 22/04/1915. Posted to No. 7 Officers Cadet Battalion 9/03/1917 and commissioned as a Second Lieutenant 29/05/1917 in the 3rd Battalion, Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders. Transferred as a Second Lieutenant 2nd Battalion, Wellington Infantry Regiment 28046, New Zealand Expeditionary Force on 6/05/1918. Born to Edmund and Florence Hindlesmith on 27/07/1889 in Dunedin, New Zealand where he spent 14 years prior to emigrating to London. Married Doris Beard in Hornsey, North London on 6 June 1918 and left for the front the next day. Wounded 29/09/1918 with gun shot wound to head and Died of Wounds on 1/10/1918. Buried in Grevillers British Cemetery, Pas-de-Calais, France. Commemorated on the Auckland Online Cenotaph with detailed records of service available.

HINDLESMITH, H. B. 332. Sergeant.

HOBBS, Charles R. Private KEH. Driver then Gunner Royal Field Artillery 47237 and entered France 19/09/1915. Commissioned Second Lieutenant 84th Brigade RFA in 1915 later Captain. Born in Hastings the son of Reverend J. Hobbs and lived in Hawke's Bay, New Zealand. Died in 1966 in Bristol, UK. Student at Cambridge University. Noted as having served with KEH prior to RFA in wedding notice as best man at the wedding of Second Lieutenant Kenneth W. Pain 1915 also ex-KEH and RFA. Portrait photograph in RFA (IWM HU 115689) available. Commemorated on the Auckland Online Cenotaph.

HOMANN, Leslie Roy. 1406. Private 2KEH. Entered France 5/05/1915. Transferred to Machine Gun Corps (Heavy Section) as a gunner reported in the Chronicles of the NZEF 2/05/1915. 7th Battalion, Tank Corps as Acting Serjeant 69846. Born 7/04/1887 in Nelson, New Zealand and died 21/11/1963 in Stratford, Taranaki, New Zealand. Awarded 1914/15 Star Trio.

IZARD, Theodore Arthur (Pongo). Private. Commissioned as a Second Lieutenant 6/12/1914 in the KEH and promoted to Lieutenant in 1915 later Captain before transferring at that rank to the Machine Gun Corps. Entered France 21/04/1915 as a Second Lieutenant. Born 20/10/1882 in the Bay of Islands, New Zealander. Prior service as a Lieutenant in 'B' Squadron the Amuri Mounted Rifles (North Canterbury Mounted Rifles) 1909-11. Named in KEH photograph taken at Longford in 1915 as a Lieutenant from the Old Comrades Association Bulletin. Became an Assistant District Officer in Nigeria, West Africa. British War Medal sold at auction in the UK in 2010. Commemorated on the Auckland Online Cenotaph.

JACOB, Arthur Cecil. Private. From Fielding, New Zealand. Student at Cambridge University and likely to have been in University Troop. Entered France 29/05/1915. Commissioned as a Second Lieutenant in the 65th Brigade, Royal Field Artillery. Born in 1890 the son of William Frederick and Henrietta Marie Jacob of Te Marama, Kiwitea, Fielding, educated at Whanganui Collegiate College. Address for receipt of 1914/15 Star, British War Medal and Victory Medal provided as 14 O'Connell Street, Auckland, New Zealand. Commemorated on the Auckland Online Cenotaph.

JEFFERY, Sidney William. 1831. Private. Commemorated on the Auckland Online Cenotaph.

JOHNSTON, Guy Featherston. 2KEH Farrier Serjeant may have served KEH prior. Served in the Boer War as a Lieutenant 1363 with 8th Company, 4th New Zealand Contingent Left Wing 19/06/1901 after four years in 'D' Battery, New Zealand Artillery. Sailed on the 'Gymeric' 31/03/1900. Captain in the New Zealand Militia in 1902. After serving in France with 2KEH returned to New Zealand as a Lieutenant 12701 in the 13th Reinforcements, New Zealand Field Artillery, New Zealand Expeditionary Force from 15/12/1915 with an embarkation Date 27 May 1916 on HMNZT 54 'Willochra'. From Wellington, New Zealand in Boer War and Auckland in WW1. Born 2/9/1872 the son of Hon. C. J. Johnston, MP, Karori, Wellington, New Zealand and died 2/01/1941.Brother of Brigadier-General Francis Earl Johnston, CB KIA 7/08/1917. Born in Wellington, he was educated in England. Joining the British Army, he served with the Prince of Wales’s North Staffordshire Regiment in the Sudan and later in the Second Boer War in South Africa. In New Zealand on secondment to the New Zealand Military Forces when the First World War began, he was posted to the NZEF as commander of the New Zealand Infantry Brigade. He led the brigade through most of the Gallipoli Campaign. Later, on the Western Front, he commanded the 1st Infantry Brigade and, for a brief period, the New Zealand Rifle Brigade. He died as a result of sniper fire on 7 August 1917, one of three New Zealand brigadier generals killed during the war. Lieutenant Johnston noted as serving in the 2KEH in the Taranaki Herald 1/10/1914. Commemorated on the Auckland Online Cenotaph.

JONES, Fred. 445. Lance Corporal. From New Zealand. KIA 13/03/1918. Accidentally killed in a railway accident. Buried in ST. GERMAIN-AU-MONT-D'OR COMMUNAL CEMETERY EXTENSION, FRANCE. Entered France 22/04/1915. Commemorated on the Auckland Online Cenotaph.

KELLY, . Private. Footballer from Wellington. One of three possible Kelly's in Nominal Roll.

KINDER, Thomas Harry. Private. A son of Mr Harry Kinder who lived in Arney Road in Remuera, Thomas had his secondary education at Wanganui Collegiate where he served as head prefect in his last year. He then went to study at Caius College in Cambridge. When war was declared, he signed up with KEH and transferred to the 7th Battalion, Suffolk Regiment and went to France. He was killed in action at the Somme on the 3 July 1916. He is remembered on the Thiepval Memorial, Authuile, Somme, France and by a memorial plaque, St Mark’s Anglican Church, 95 Remuera Road, Remuera, Auckland, New Zealand. Commemorated on the Auckland Online Cenotaph. 

KING, Charles Stanley. Private 2KEH. Served with pre-war KEH from 1911 whilst a Rhodes scholar at Oxford University. Entered France 10/09/1915. Commissioned as a Second Lieutenant Royal Field Artillery later Lieutenant. .Awarded Military Cross as Forward Observation Officer at the Battle of Loos. Mentioned in Despatches. Born in 1890 and educated at Hutchins School, Tasmania, Australia and died in Montagu Bay, Tasmania 26/04/1959. Entitled to 1914/15 Star trio.

KINGSFORD, Arthur. 979. Serjeant. From New Zealand. Entered France 5/06/1915. Commissioned as a Second Lieutenant 176th Tunneling Company, Royal Engineers 10/09/1915. Later Acting Captain. Commemorated on the Auckland Online Cenotaph.

KRO(U)GH, Henry (Shorty) Charles. 1377. Squadron Quarter Master Serjeant. 'A' Squadron. Born in 1896 in Napier, New Zealand. Awarded Military Medal as a Lance Corporal for actions at Vieille Chapelle Nov 1918. Discharged 19/10/1919. Died 3/06/1967 in Rotorua, New Zealand. Commemorated on the Auckland Online Cenotaph.

LIGHTBOUND, Austin. 9. Serjeant 'A' Squadron. Commissioned as a Second Lieutenant 8th Battalion, East Lancashire Regiment 12/03/1916 later Captain. Entered France 1/06/1915. Mentioned in Despatches 4/01/1917. Invalided out of service. Born in New Zealand. Commemorated on the Merseyside Roll of Honour and Auckland Online Cenotaph.

MACONNELL, Connal. Trooper. Commemorated on the Auckland Online Cenotaph.

MACDONALD, Ritchie. 2019. Private 2KEH. Injured in fall from horse in training in Kilkenny, Ireland in 1916. From Mt Eden, Auckland, New Zealand. Born 8/09/1895 in Scotland and died 14/03/1987 in Auckland, New Zealand. Was a politician of the Labour Party. Would have been one of the last 2KEH to have passed away. Commemorated on the Auckland Online Cenotaph as incorrectly having served KEH.

MACDOUGALL, Thomas M. 990 Private. From New Zealand. Commissioned Second Lieutenant 18th Battalion London Regiment 5/03/1916.

MACINTOSH, Herbert. Squadron Quarter Master Serjeant (SQMS). 3rd (New Zealand) Troop of ‘D’ Squadron (British African) of the 4th City of London (King’s Colonials) Imperial Yeomanry. Born in Nelson, New Zealand on 2/12/1870 and served with the King’s Colonials from 1902 until 1906 and died in Christchurch on 10/12/1956. He married Alice Maude Barker in 1897 in England and they had two sons. An engineer by profession, he returned to England for a holiday in 1939. SQMS MacIntosh wrote proudly in the Old Comrades Association Bulletin in 1946 that he still prized owning his tunic and was disappointed not to be able to wear it and ride in the Procession as part of the Christchurch Centennial Celebrations in 1950 (The King Edward’s Horse Senior and Junior Old Comrades Association Bulletin. 18: 18, 1951). The Full Dress tunic he wore is shown in Figures 60-66. See photograph under Nominal Roll entry.

McCOMB, William (Will) Collingwood. 806. Private. Born in 1881 in England, enlisted Legion of Frontiersman in 1909 in Liverpool. Discharged KEH 8/04/1919. Owned a printery in Auckland in 1950. Died 17/02/1961 in Auckland. Entitled to British War Medal and Victory Medal. Commemorated on the Auckland Online Cenotaph.

McCONNOL, . Private 2KEH.

McCORMACK, Percy James. 1278. Serjeant. (Possibly photograph Figure 23). Awarded Military Medal 20/08/1919 as a Corporal. Discharged 17/06/1919. Entitled to British War Medal and Victory Medal. Also known as Percy James McCallum. Commemorated on the Auckland Online Cenotaph.

McDOUALL, Philip Hastings. 959. Lance Serjeant. Acting Corporal. Entered France 4/05/1915. Commissioned as a Second Lieutenant, 185th Tunnelling Company Royal Engineers 29/01/1916 later Lieutenant. Mentioned in Despatches (London Gazette 7/07/1919). Born on 29/08/1884 in Ammaroo, New Zealand and died in Alphington, Exeter, England 17/04/1978. Attended Waitaki High School, educated with a Bachelor of Engineering and serving KEH December 1914. Entitled to 1914/15 Star Medal Trio and applied for from Alphington, Exeter.

McKEAN, Archie. 384. Serjeant. From New Zealand. Entered France 22/04/1915. Wounded at the Defence of Vieille Chapelle 9-11/04/1918. Rank of Acting Squadron Quarter Master Serjeant on medals. Discharged 19/04/19. Photograph on www.kingedwardshorse.net. Commemorated on the Auckland Online Cenotaph.

McLEAN, Frank S. Private KEH. From Wanganui, New Zealand. Student at Cambridge University. Commissioned as a Second Lieutenant 117th Brigade Royal Field Artillery (RFA). Disembarked for France 20/09/1915. Lieutenant RFA on British War Medal and Victory Medal roll. Commemorated on the Auckland Online Cenotaph.

McLEAN, John A. 780. Private. 'A' Squadron. Entered France 1/06/1915. Commissioned as a Second Lieutenant Army Service Corps 26/07/1918. Commemorated on the Auckland Online Cenotaph.

MOUTRAY-READ, Hugh Arthur. Private 2KEH. Noted as being at camp with 2KEH at Melton Hutments near Woodbridge, Suffolk. Born 15/03/1876 in Cheltenham, Gloucestershire, England one of six children (three boys and three girls) born to Colonel John Moutray Read and Edith Isabelle Read. Lived in Auckland, New Zealand and worked as reporter. Married Florence Jane Islip in 1904 in Lambeth, London. Served in Boer War arriving in South Africa 20/01/1900 on SS 'Waiwera' as a Private, 529, 1st Company, New Zealand Mounted Rifles (NZMR), 2nd Contingent. Awarded Queen's South Africa Medal with clasps Johannesberg, Cape Colony and Orange Free State (with correspondence on entitlement to Diamond Hill clasp) and King's South Africa medal with class South Africa 1901-02. Discharged from NZMR 20/06/1900 and then served as a Private with the with South African (Transvaal) Constabulary after discharge from 2nd Contingent. Living in Folkestone, England in 1906 and died in 1939. His brother Captain Anketell Moutray-Read VC (1884–1915) was born on 27/10/ 1884 and was commissioned in the Gloucestershire Regiment in November 1903 and served in India until 1911. While in India he was the Army’s heavyweight boxing champion eight times and middleweight twice. On the outbreak of WWI, he was transferred to France with the 9th Lancers. Wounded in September 1914 during an engagement on the Aisne, he recovered and returned to France with the 1st Northamtonshire Regiment in May 1915. Captain Read’s citation read: "On 25th September 1915 near Hulluch, France, Captain Read, although partially gassed, went out several times in order to rally parties of different units which were disorganized and retiring. He led them back into the firing line and regardless of danger to himself, moved about under withering fire, encouraging them, but he was mortally wounded while carrying out this gallant work." He was buried in the Dud Corner Cemetery at Loos. As he had never married, his Victoria Cross was presented to his mother at Buckingham Palace by King George V on November 29, 1916. His VC is held in the Northamptonshire Regimental Museum, Abington Park, Northamptonshire. Hugh is commemorated on the Auckland Online Cenotaph.

MUIR, James McLean. 287. Lance Corporal. Enlisted at White City, London.  KIA 10/08/1915. Born in Kinross, Scotland and emigrated to South Dunedin, New Zealand. Entered France 4/05/1915. Buried at LA PLUS DOUVE FARM CEMETERY, Hainaut, Belgium. Gratuity claimed by Miss Maud McLean Muir. Commemorated on the Auckland Online Cenotaph.

NATHAN, Harold Lawrence. Private KEH. From Auckland, New Zealand. Commissioned as a Second Lieutenant Royal Field Artillery. Entered France 9/04/1916. Later Captain. May have been Mentioned in Despatches but no record found as noted on Medal Index Card. Commemorated on the Auckland Online Cenotaph.

NICCOL, George (Tally) McLaughlin. 499. Private KEH. Entered France 22/07/1915, Acting Captain Royal Field Artillery 91st Brigade, 20th Division. Mentioned in Despatches 18/05/1917 and awarded Military Cross. Died in England 30/10/1918 of Spanish flu exacerbated due to the effects of being gassed twice and is buried in Putney Vale Cemetery, London. Son of Ada Beatrice and George Turnbull Niccol of Auckland, New Zealand and husband of Enid Norma Reed, whom he married in New Zealand, 1918. He attended King's College from 1898 to 1900 and is commemorated in their Roll of Honour. George Niccol appears on the list of New Zealanders in other forces. Born in Auckland in 1888 he entered Auckland Grammar School in 1900. Commemorated Devenport School, Auckland. Auckland Online Cenotaph has good detail and photographs from his family. He is also in a group photograph of Aucklanders in the KEH under John Hellaby in the Nominal Roll.

NORTHCOTE, Thomas (Tom) Francis. 324. Private. Enlisted KEH 4/08/1914 aged 18. Corporal 13/11/1914. Sergeant KEH 27/12/1914. Commissioned as a Second Lieutenant 25/05/1915. Went to France Jan 1916. Transferred to Royal Flying Corps Sep 1916 as an Observer/Air Gunner. Wounded by machine gun bullet to the leg in aerial combat Jan 1917. Returned to flying Nov 1917. Mentioned in Despatches. Discharged 20/08/1919. Lieutenant on British War Medal and Victory Medal. Attended Emmanuel College, Cambridge and likely to been in University Troop KEH. Born 10/04/1894 in Wellington, New Zealand and died 15/06/1977 in Christchurch. Photograph as Second Lieutenant KEH available on www.kingedwardshorse.net

OLIVER, Charles Frederick. 424. Private 2KEH. Entered France 4/05/1915. Chronicles of the NZEF of 2/05/1917 notes that he has been wounded and is in hospital in France. Commissioned as a Second Lieutenant in the Tank Corps 23/10/1918. Awarded Military Medal. Entitled to 1914/15 Star Medal Trio and medals applied for from an address in Symonds Street, Auckland, New Zealand.

PERRY, C. M. Private. From Masterton, New Zealand. Army Lists note he served as Lieutenant 9th (Wellington East Coast) Mounted Rifles 1912-1918. Service with KEH noted in list of New Zealander's serving with Imperial Forces.

PHILLIPS, Ernest Ivor. 238. Private. Born in 1890 in Christchurch, New Zealand as recorded on Attestation papers. Enlisted pre-war KEH 11/06/1913 and attended annual training camp. Discharged as medically unfit 13/08/1914. Re-enlisted South Irish Horse and commissioned as a Second Lieutenant 30/07/1915 and later promoted to Temporary Lieutenant. Died 20/03/1937 in Bath, Somerset, England. Brother of Horace Vivian Phillips 237 KEH who was born in London. Commemorated on the Auckland Online Cenotaph.

PINCKNEY John (Jack) William. 505. Corporal, Lieutenant KIA 11/04/1918 aged 23 in defence of Vieille Chapelle. Entered France 21/04/1915. Commissioned Second Lieutenant 14/09/1915. Born in 1895 in Orari Bridge, Canterbury, New Zealand. Son of George and Edith Howard Pinckney, of Waikaia, Southland, New Zealand. Buried in BAILLEUL ROAD EAST CEMETERY, ST. LAURENT-BLANGY, FRANCE. Name commemorated on plaque in St Peters Church, Buntingford, East Hertfordshire, Hertfordshire, UK.

PRYCE, E. O. Private. From Halcombe, New Zealand. Studied at Cambridge University and likely to have been in the University Troop. Commissioned as a Second Lieutenant Royal Field Artillery. Entered France 6/08/1915. Temporary Lieutenant 2/11/1917 later Major on British War Medal and Victory Medal Rolls. Awarded Military Cross 3/05/1919 as Temporary Lieutenant.

PYE, Allan. 1154. Private. From New Zealand. Wounded at Defence of Vieille Chapelle 9-11/04/1918. Discharged 27/03/1919. Entitled to British War Medal and Victory Medal.

RIDGEWAY, William Kemp. 1593. Private KEH. From New Zealand. Enlisted 28/07/1916 in Longford with Reserve Squadron after service with New Zealand forces having resigned to serve overseas 14/03/1916. Discharged 19/03/1917 through illness and awarded Silver War Badge #39056.  Born in 1889  the son of Thomas Gamage Ridgeway who was living in Surrey, England post-war. Commemorated on the Auckland Online Cenotaph.

ROBBIE, Alexander Bertram. 1053. Private. From New Zealand. Entered France 4/05/1915. Discharged 4/01/1918. Born 17/10/1881 in New Plymouth, New Plymouth, Taranaki, New Zealand and died 19/01/1951 in Waitomo, Waikato, New Zealand. Entitled to 1914/15 Star trio.

ROBERTON, James Basil Wilkie. Private KEH. Born 29/01/1896 at Wright St-Clair, Auckland, New Zealand. Studied at King's College, Auckland and then started in medicine at Cambridge University 1913. Likely to have served with the University Troop of KEH. Commissioned Second Lieutenant 11th Battalion, Northumberland Fusiliers. Wounded twice and served as a Signal Officer in France and Italy. Awarded Companion of the Distinguished Service Order (DSO) in 1918. After returning to Cambridge after the war he became a doctor in civilian life in New Zealand. He then served as a Major in World War 2 attached to the Headquarters of the New Zealand Medical Corps, Second New Zealand Expeditionary Force, Service Number 462018. Was an authority on Maori history and culture. Died aged 99 January 1996 at Te Awamutu, Waikato. Commemorated on the Auckland Online Cenotaph.

ROGERS, Harry William. 1440. Lance Corporal. Killed in action 9/04/1918 at Defence of Vieille Chapelle. Buried in VIEILLE-CHAPELLE NEW MILITARY CEMETERY, LACOUTURE, FRANCE. Lance Corporal Harry William Rogers KEH was born in Feilding, New Zealand and grew up in South Africa and is commemorated on a grave in Braamfontein Cemetery in Johannesburg, South Africa. Commemorated on the Auckland Online Cenotaph.

RUSSELL, George Gray. Lieutenant Colonel. Born in New Zealand and attended Wanganui Collegiate School and then University of Cambridge from 1902. He served in the Cambridge University Officer Training Corps prior to joining the Oxford University Troop of the King's Colonials. He appears on the 1910 Officers Nominal Roll as a Second Lieutenant and was promoted to Captain on the 5/11/1912.  As Major Russell he commanded 'A' Squadron of King Edward's Horse in France before being promoted to Lieutenant Colonel in command of the combined KEH.  He was awarded the Distinguished Service Order 4/02/1918 and Mentioned in Dispatches three times. Lieutenant Colonel Russell died on the 7 August 1965. See Nominal Roll entry for photograph taken as a Captain circa 1912-August 1914. Captain in 1915 see Figures 19 and 135. A solicitor in civilian life.  

SAUNDERS, Ernest Valdrent. 1265. Lance Corporal. 4th Troop 'B' Squadron. KIA 9/04/18 at Defence of Vieille Chapelle from direct hit from minewerfer shell on Hotchkiss gun team he was in charge of. Buried in the CABARET-ROUGE BRITISH CEMETERY, SOUCHEZ, FRANCE. Awarded Queens South Africa Medal (Orange Fee State, Cape Colony and Transvaal clasps) and King's South Africa Medal, British War Medal and Victory Medal, Croix de Guerre (Belgium) as a Lance Corporal KEH. Prior service as Trooper 1435 New South Wales Imperial Bushmen Mounted Rifles and Quarter Master Serjeant 3080 Canadian Scouts. Born in 1875 the son of Alfred Godfrey Saunders and Anna Connell in Hereford, England and raised in Christchurch, New Zealand. Commemorated on the Auckland Online Cenotaph.

SHENNAN, Watson Douglas. 508. Lance Corporal KEH. Captain Royal Engineers. Born 30 June 1887 in Dunedin, New Zealand where his father Watson Shennan was a prominent pastoralist in Otago. Student at Cambridge University 1908 and joined the University Troop of the King's Colonials. Obituary notes he was serving with them in 1909. He became a Barrister in London. Re-enlisted KEH aged 27 on 8/08/1914 at Alexandra Palace. 17/11/1914 appointed Lance Corporal. 4/02/1915 commissioned Second Lieutenant Signalling Section of the Royal Engineers, 47th (London) Division. Entered France Jun 1915. Promoted to Lieutenant 8/04/1916 and Captain 8/06/1918 Royal Engineers. Awarded Military Cross at Loos 26/09/1915 and Mentioned in Despatches 30/11/1915. After the Armistice saw service in Egypt. Came to South Australia in 1921 via New Zealand and took over a vineyard at Modbury. Married Miss Florence Ellison, of Melbourne and had two children, Richard and Mary. He died in Melbourne on 25/10/1937. Commemorated on the Auckland Online Cenotaph. See Nominal Roll for portrait photograph whilst serving with the Royal Engineers.

SHERMAN, W. D. Private. no records found. Commemorated on the Auckland Online Cenotaph.

SMEETON, Warwick James. Private KEH. 3rd Troop 'C' Squadron in Aug 1914. After 4 months transferred to 13th Battery, 123rd Brigade, Royal Field Artillery (RFA). Entered France 28/07/1915. Promoted to Captain then Major. Awarded Military Cross. Mentioned in Despatches (London Gazette 11/12/1917). Born in Auckland, New Zealand on 29/09/1895 and died 1/11/1970 in Waikato, New Zealand. Attended St. Peter's College, Cambridge, Waikato and was in the School Cadets for 7 years. Arrived in England 9/05/1914 on a family holiday. Noted in article in the New Zealand Herald 14/12/1914 as serving in the KEH and then in the Auckland Star 10/02/1915 as commissioned as a Second Lieutenant in the RFA. Lieutenant Colonel in New Zealand Staff Corps in WW2. Awarded 1914/15 Star trio. Commemorated on the Auckland Online Cenotaph.

STEWART, John (Jack) Francis. 1376. Corporal. 'A' Squadron. Wounded at the Defence of Vieille Chapelle 9-11/04/1918. Discharged 5/04/1919. Of Maori heritage, born in 1894 the son of David (Heta Reweti) Stewart and Emere (Emily) Apanui Mair from Thames, North Island of New Zealand. Died in Auckland, New Zealand 18/10/1968. Entitled to British War Medal and Victory Medal. A younger brother David (Pareiha) Apanui Stewart was born in 1895 and Died of Wounds received at Gallipoli with the 6th Hauraki Company, New Zealand Maori Contingent and was buried at sea 16/08/1915 while being evacuated to Lemnos Island. Photograph of John Stewart shown under Nominal Roll entry (courtesy of Derek Wignall shared on Ancestry). Commemorated on the Auckland Online Cenotaph.

SUNDERLAND, Geoffrey. 509. Sergeant. 'C' Squadron KEH. Served with pre-war KEH whilst attending Cambridge University as part of the University Troop. Entered France 2/06/1915. Commissioned Second Lieutenant in 'C' Company, 2nd Battalion Royal Sussex Regiment Feb 1916 later Captain. Wounded at the battle of High Wood in Aug 1916, and invalided to England returning to to France June 1917. KIA 24/09/1918 at Gricourt, St Quentin. Born 21 May 1889 in Swarthmoor, Poverty Bay, New Zealand. Enlisted 1914. Son of John William and Agnes Henrietta Sunderland; husband of Grace Lilian Sunderland of Ambletts Cottage, Chithurst, Petersfield, Hants (married 3/10/1916) Buried at BERTHAUCOURT COMMUNAL CEMETERY, PONTRU, Aisne, France.

TOMLINSON,  David Mitchell. 75. Private 2KEH. Died of wounds received on active service 13/05/1916. His name was recorded in the General Headquarters Casualty List published in the press on 22/05/1916. He was 37 years of age, and his progress in the army had been rapid and striking. He joined as a Private in the 2KEH, early in the war and entered France 9/07/1915, and was soon advanced to Lance-Corporal. After 6 months he was awarded a commission in the 13th Battalion Royal Scots and so rapid was his promotion that at the time of his death, 14 months later, he had reached the rank of Major. Son of Thomas and Annie P. Tomlinson, of New Zealand. Mentioned in Despatches. He was educated in New Zealand, and was an Associate in mining of Otago University School of Mines. He also held a B.Sc. in metallurgical engineering of New Zealand University. In 1906, Mr. Tomlinson went to New South Wales in the capacity of assayer at the cyanide works of the Australia Gold Recovery Co. at Lucknow, and remained in the district until 1908, when he went northwards to Queensland to take up an appointment as manager of a gold mine at Gympie, which he held for about a year. He then returned to New South Wales, and while he was there passed the State examination for a certificate as mine manager. His last appointment, which he held from May, 1910, until April, 1914, was that of geologist to the Collbran-Bostwick Development Co. at Doten, Korea. He had been in London for about three months when war broke out and evoked his prompt response to the country’s demand for volunteers. Buried at BETHUNE TOWN CEMETERY, Pas de Calais, France. Biography courtesy of the Northern Mines Research Society.

WATSON, W. E. Sergeant. Commemorated on the Auckland Online Cenotaph.

WHITCOMBE, E. A. H. Private. Born in Christchurch, New Zealand. Commissioned as a Second Lieutenant Royal Air Force.

WILDING, A. F. Second Lieutenant King's Colonials 4/08/1905 recorded in 'Hart's Annual Army List' 1908. From New Zealand.

WILLIAMS, Samuel (Sam) Roy. 184. Corporal. From New Zealand. Served pre-war KEH. 3rd Troop, 'C' Squadron Aug 1914. Entered France 28/07/1915. 2nd Troop, 'B' Squadron 1916. Discharged 28/02/1919. Educated at Huntley School, Wanganui Collegiate School and Caius College, Cambridge. Born Pukehous 7/02/1893 the son of William Temple of "Te Aute" Station and Annie Matilda Sophia (nee Puckey) Williams. At Cambridge when war broke out and served in France, Ireland and Italy with the KEH 'C' Squadron entirely made up of Oxford & Cambridge men. Came back to NZ in Oct 1919 farmed at Hawkesbury College then settled on Mangakuri Station at Hawkes Bay on the Mangakuri river originally purchased by his grandfather Rev Samuel Williams. Married: Joyce daughter of Patrick Burr farmer of Pakowhai NZ 4/07/1924 and had two sons John Samuel, Patrick and one daughter Jennifer Mary. Commemorated on the Auckland Online Cenotaph.

WILLIAMS, Selwyn Coldham. Private. Transferred to Royal Field Artillery, 189th Brigade, 'C' Battery and promoted to Lieutenant. "At School here from the beginning of 1906, left with a number of others in May 1912, to go to Cambridge. While there he joined King Edward's Horse, and being liable for service abroad, expected to be called upon immediately the war broke out. With others, however, he was given a commission in the R.F.A., and for a time did special work at Home before going to France. He saw active service near Armentieres, in September 1915, but was invalided home again in the following January. Returning in April to the Somme front, he was associated with the New Zealanders in the attack on Fleurs, where, on his senior officer being wounded, he took command of his battery, and was recommenced [sic] for a decoration, which was never granted. His unit was later moved to some other part of the front, where he was killed on January 18th, 1917." (In Memoriam, 1914-1918 [Wanganui Collegiate School]). He is buried in Klein-Vierstraat British Cemetery, Heuvelland, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium. Commemorated on the Auckland Online Cenotaph.

YOUNGHUSBAND, Leigh Norman. Trooper. Transferred to Royal Field Artillery and promoted to Major. Mentioned in Despatches. Commemorated on the Auckland Online Cenotaph.

British West Indies

Members of King Edward's Horse (not noted against rank) and 2nd King Edward's Horse (specifically noted as 2KEH against rank) known to have left Trinidad for England in the Great War with whereabouts in 1946 if known (King Edward's Horse Senior and Junior Old Comrades Association Bulletin 14: 1947) and names from Caribbean Roll of Honour with contingent number.

To England before 18/10/15

BISHOP, Wilfred. Private KEH. Commissioned as a Temporary Second Lieutenant 3rd Battalion Border Regiment then transferred to the 11th Battalion after training with Inns of Court Officer's Training Corps 25/10/1916. DoW 06/07/1917 from indirect machine gun fire whilst on a working party midnight 5/07/1917 in the Nieuport sector. Eldest son of the late Clement Bishop and Emily Maud Garcia born 24/04/1884 in Oxford Street, Port of Spain, Trinidad. Buried in RAMSCAPPELLE ROAD MILITARY CEMETERY, Belgium. Commemorated on Port of Spain Cenotaph. Educated at the College of the Immaculate Conception (now called St Mary's College) in Trinidad. Portrait photograph shown of Second Lieutenant Bishop in the uniform of the Border Regiment circa 1916 courtesy of Angela Owens, Ancestry. 

DIAS, Stephen Smeethe. 1454. Private 2KEH. Entered France 5/05/1915. Transferred as  Private Tank Corps 112182. KIA 23/08/1918. Born on 10/06/1888 in Jamaica, West Indies the son of David Mortimer Dias and Medora Jane Dias, of Trelawney, Jamaica. Buried in CABARET-ROUGE BRITISH CEMETERY, SOUCHEZ, FRANCE. Entitled to 1914/15 Star trio named to Tank Corps. 

 
HERRERA, Lionel Ralph Martin. 949. Private KEH. Entered France 1/06/1915 and served with them until 30/03/1917. Private 4th Battalion Royal Fusiliers 59126 from 12/10/1917 until 14/10/1917 then 24th Battalion 15/10/1917 until discharge on 21/03/1919. Born in Port of Spain, Trinidad on 30/01/1897 and left Trinidad for UK before 18/10/1915. Living in Trinidad in 1946. Died 28/06/1977 in Perth, Western Australia. Photograph available on www.kingedwardshorse.net

LANGE, Marc. 1094. Private KEH. Royal Fusiliers G/59466, Private 1st Battalion East Surrey Regiment G/26244, Sapper Royal Engineers 361856 with Field Survey Corps. Born in Port of Spain, Trinidad 29/07/1887 and left Trinidad for UK before 18/10/1915. Living in Trinidad in 1946.

JOHNSTONE, Robert Philip. 1312. Private KEH then 2KEH. Enlisted 23/12/1914. Entered France 5/05/1915. Discharged 2/09/1916 due to wounds with Silver War Badge 177,131. Awarded OBE for cultural activities in Trinidad. Born in 1890 in San Fernando, Trinidad and Tobago and died in 1967. Brother of Corporal Romer Johnstone, 1316 KEH. Awarded 1914/15 Star, British War Medal and Victory Medals. Information courtesy of Helen Pollock.

SHORT, Walter Mayhow Burgoyne. 1549. Private. Commissioned as a Second Lieutenant 9/05/1918. Later Lieutenant KEH. Left Trinidad for UK before 18/10/1915. Prior service with Royal North West Mounted Police. Born in Trinidad in 1893, living their in 1946 and died in 1951 in England.

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BALFOUR, Cecil. 1298. Corporal KEH. Left Trinidad for UK 18/10/1915 with 1st Caribbean Merchant and Planters Contingent. Served with KEH 21/09/1916 until 11/11/1918. Military Mounted Police P/12933. Awarded Military Medal Nov 1917. Living in Canada 1946.

BYNOE, Clive Vickers. B/200735. Private 2KEH. Left Trinidad for UK 18/10/1915 with 1st Caribbean Merchant and Planters Contingent. Enlisted 8/12/1915 and claimed prior service Trinidad Light Horse. Entered France 29/11/1916, gassed and discharged medically unfit 31/05/1917. Repatriated 27/07/1917. Tried to re-enlist with 15th Contingent 20/03/1918 but rejected. Born in San Fernando, Trinidad in 1895.

CAMPBELL, James Alphonse. 1311. Private KEH. Left Trinidad for UK 18/10/1915 with 1st Caribbean Merchant and Planters Contingent. Discharged 5/07/1919. Living in Trinidad in 1946.

CLARKE, Stanley Radcliffe. 1855. Private 2KEH. From Trinidad with 1st Caribbean Merchant & Planters Contingent 18/10/1915. Transferred as a Private Northumberland Fusiliers 61215 then Private Tank Corps 302872.

COLLINS,  Victor Leon Monier. 1308. Lance Corporal. Killed in Action in France at Defence of Vieille Chapelle 09/04/1918. Son of F. A. Collins, Deputy Registrar of the Courts, Trinidad. Born 25/09/1896 at Port of Spain. Educated Queens Royal College, Port of Spain, Trinidad. Sailed with the 1st Caribbean Merchants and Planters Contingent on 18/10/1915. Buried in the CABARET-ROUGE BRITISH CEMETERY, SOUCHEZ, France. Commemorated on Port of Spain Cenotaph. Awarded 1914/15 Star medal trio. Photograph from Jerome Lee's Caribbean Roll of Honour under Nominal Roll entry.

DE GANNES, Raphael. 1302. Private. 4th Section, 1st Troop, 'C' Squadron Jun 1917. Left Trinidad for UK 18/10/1915 with 1st Caribbean Merchant and Planters Contingent. Wounded Bourlon Wood 26/11/17. Discharged 8/10/1918.

DE NOBRIGA, Joseph Oliver. 1295. Private. Left Trinidad for UK 18/10/1915 with 1st Caribbean Merchant and Planters Contingent. Enlisted 6/111/1915. Served with machine gun section. Discharged medically unfit 14/08/1918 with Silver War Badge, B24035 awarded and returned to Trinidad 6/11/1918. Born in Trinidad in 1897 and died there prior to 1946.

DE SOUSA, Alexander Ramsay. 1306. Private. Left Trinidad for UK 18/10/1915 with 1st Caribbean Merchant and Planters Contingent. Discharged 3/11/1919. Brother of George De Souza, 1305.

DE SOUSA, George. 1305. Private. Left Trinidad for UK 18/10/1915 with 1st Caribbean Merchant and Planters Contingent. Taken prisoner of war 9/04/1918 and returned to England 20/11/1918. Discharged 5/07/1919. Brother of Alexander Ramsay De Souza, 1306.

DE VERTEUIL, Leo. 1828. Private KEH. Left Trinidad for UK 18/10/1915 with 1st Caribbean Merchant and Planters Contingent. Enlisted 5/11//1915. Transferred to Tank Corps as Lance Corporal 302933 7/08/1917. Transferred to 4th Battalion Lancashire Fusiliers 27/09/1917. Transferred Royal Army Medical Corps 17/01/1918. Discharged 29/03/1919. Born 1894 in Brasso, Trinidad.

FAHEY, Frederick O'Brien. 1315. Private. Left Trinidad for UK 18/10/1915 with 1st Caribbean Merchant and Planters Contingent. Served in France and Italy, gassed. Discharged physically unfit 13/06/1919. Born in Trinidad in Jul 1891 and noted as living there in 1946.

FERREIRA, Edwin Lionel. 1296. Private. From Trinidad having sailed 18/10/1915 with 1st Caribbean Merchant and Planters Contingent. Served in France and Italy. Discharged to Reserve 13/04/1919. Died Sep 1948 in Port of Spain, Trinidad. Named in photograph of Hotchkiss Gun team at Valhuon 1916 see Figure 22. Brother potentially Private Albert Joseph Ferreira, 2nd/6th Battalion Devonshire Regiment, 2nd Contingent.

GALT, Kenneth Victor. 1309. Private. 'A' Squadron. From Trinidad having sailed 18/10/1915 with 1st Caribbean Merchant and Planters Contingent. Wounded at Savy Wood near Arras, France on 22/3/17. Transferred to the Reserve 15/07/1919. Born on 4/10/1894 in Chaguanas, Trinidad, British West Indies and died Aug 1979 in Monticello, Piatt, Illinois, USA.

GONZALES, Andres. 1307. Private KEH. Private Labour Corps 414475. Left Trinidad for UK 18/10/1915 with 1st Caribbean Merchant and Planters Contingent. Died in Trinidad in 1945.

HALE, William. 1294. Private. Commissioned as a Second Lieutenant 15/03/1918 then Lieutenant, Labour Corps. Left Trinidad for UK 18/10/1915 with 1st Caribbean Merchant and Planters Contingent. Awarded Member of the British Empire medal.

INCE, Louis. 1299. Private. Left Trinidad for UK 18/10/1915 with 1st Caribbean Merchant and Planters Contingent. Enlisted 9/11/1915. Returned 07/1916 upon discharge as medically unfit with chronic lung disease. Born 1896 in Trinidad. Living in USA in 1946.

JOHNSTONE, Romer Frank. 1316. Corporal. 'B' Squadron. Left Trinidad for UK 18/10/1915 with 1st Caribbean Merchant and Planters Contingent. Enlisted Nov 1915 and entered France 30/12/1916. Wounded Ypres 1917 and Battle of Lys 04/1918. Discharged 8/06/1919. Born in 1881 in San Fernando, Trinidad and Tobago. Died in 1963 in San Fernando General Hospital, Trinidad. Brother of Private Robert Philip Johnstone OBE, 1312 KEH and then 2KEH. Information courtesy of Helen Pollock.

KNOX, Wilfred Sidney. 1826. Private 2KEH. Left Trinidad for UK 18/10/1915 with 1st Caribbean Merchant and Planters Contingent. Private Northumberland Fusiliers 61244, Private Royal Army Ordnance Corps 043721. Discharged to the Reserve 21/02/1919. Did not serve in France and entitled to British War Medal and Victory Medal. Born 29/05/1895 and died in Goodwood, Trinidad and Tobago. Brother of Harold (Harry) Dudley Knox, 1827.

KNOX, Harold (Harry) Dudley. 1827. Private 2KEH. 'A' Squadron. Left Trinidad for UK 18/10/1915 with 1st Caribbean Merchant and Planters Contingent. DoW 3/06/1917 aged 22. Born in 1895 the son of William and Celeste Knox, of William's Ville, Trinidad, British West Indies and educated at St. Mary's College, Port-of-Spain, Trinidad and Tobago. Buried at DUISANS BRITISH CEMETERY, ETRUN, Pas de Calais, France. Brother of Wilfred Sidney Knox, 1826. Portrait photograph shown under Nominal Roll entry.

McINROY, William. 1330. Lance Corporal. Left Trinidad for UK 18/10/1915 with 1st Caribbean Merchant and Planters Contingent and discharged 14/04/1919. Died in Scotland prior to 1946.

O'CONNOR, Brian. 1300. Lance Corporal. Left Trinidad for UK 18/10/1915 with 1st Caribbean Merchant and Planters Contingent and discharged 3/11/1919. Wrote a vivid account as a machine gunner in the fighting at the Defence of Vieille Chapelle in 'Letters from the Front (From the War Memorial Number, CIC St. Mary's College Annual, 1919). Born 18/02/1895 in Caura, Trinidad, British West Indies and died 23/01/1984 in San Fernando, Trinidad. Brother of Roderick O'Connor, 1301.

O'CONNOR, Roderick. 1301. Private. 'A' Squadron. Left Trinidad for UK 18/10/1915 with 1st Caribbean Merchant and Planters Contingent, wounded at Defence of Vieille Chapelle and discharged 5/07/1919. Born 12/09/1889 in Trinidad where he died in Feb 1970. Brother of Brian O'Connor, 1300.

RODRIGUEZ, George Harold. 1304. Private. Left Trinidad for UK 18/10/1915 with 1st Caribbean Merchant and Planters Contingent. Discharged 8/07/1919.

SEHEULT, Andre. 1310. Private. Left Trinidad for UK 18/10/1915 with 1st Caribbean Merchant & Planters Contingent and discharged 3/11/1919. Died in Trinidad. Brother of Robert Seheult.

SEHEULT, Robert.1303. Private. Left Trinidad for UK 18/10/1915 with 1st Caribbean Merchant & Planters Contingent and discharged 30/07/1919. Died in Trinidad in 1946. Brother of Andre Seheult.

SELLIER, Numa Joseph. 1839. Private 2KEH. Enlisted 18/11/1915. Transferred to RAF Private 139295. Discharged medically unfit. Repatriated. Left Trinidad for UK 18/10/1915 with 1st Caribbean Merchant & Planters Contingent. Born 1887 in Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago and died there in 1947.

To England after 1917:

AGOSTINI, Edgar Barnard. Private. Oxford University OTC then KEH. Left Trinidad for UK 17/10/1917 with 11th Caribbean Merchant and Planters Contingent. Home service 08/1917 to 11/11/1918. Did not serve overseas as was born in 1900 and too young. Living in USA in 1946.

AGOSTINI, J. Leon. Private. Left Trinidad for UK 5/06/1917 with 6th Caribbean Merchant and Planters Contingent.

BELGRAVE, Donald Carlisle. 76098. Private 2KEH. Left Trinidad for UK with 7th Caribbean Merchant and Planters Contingent. Enlisted 2/08/1917 1st Hussars then transferred to Duke of Lancaster's Own Yeomanry 32111 on 18/04/1919 then the Sherwood Rangers. Discharged 26/12/1919. Born on 7/07/1896 in Georgetown, British Guiana and died in New York, USA on 8/11/1947. Granted an Army pension as a result of contracting malaria during military service in Egypt. Awarded Silver War Badge 454,860.

COLLINS, V. N. Trinidad

CONTANT, Lionel E. Private. Left Trinidad for UK 20/03/1918 with 15th Caribbean Merchant and Planters Contingent. Living in USA in 1946.

COX, Hampden Trevor Ashby. 2090. Private. Left Trinidad with 10th Caribbean Merchant and Planters Contingent 3/10/1917. Prior service with the Naparima Light Horse. Born in Barbados, West Indies on 9/03/1895. Died of pneumonia whilst serving in in Ireland 09/05/18. Buried in GRANGEGORMAN MILITARY CEMETERY, Ireland. 

ESPINDULA, Felix. Private. Left Trinidad for UK 27/05/1918 with 16th Caribbean Planters and Merchants Contingent. Living in Trinidad in 1946.

HAMEL-SMITH, Eugene Sidney. Private. Left Trinidad for UK 3/10/1917 with 10th Caribbean Merchants and Planters Contingent. Brothers Lionel Hamel-Smith, 14th Contingent served with King's Royal Rifles and Arnold Harcourt Hamel-Smith, 1st Contingent served as a Second Lieutenant 5th Battalion, Royal Berkshire Regiment before transferring to the RAF. Eugene died in Trinidad.

HATT, Ernest Leslie. Private. Left Trinidad for UK 20/03/1918 with the 15th Caribbean Merchants and Planters Contingent. Served in Dublin.

MARQUES Noble. Private. Left Trinidad for UK 20/03/1918 with 15th Caribbean Merchants and Planters Contingent. Living in Trinidad in 1946.

SELLIER, Ferdinand. Private. 15th Caribbean Merchant & Planters Contingent. Residing in the USA in 1946.

SOWLEY, Sidney Carlton. 1099. Private. 'B' Squadron. Enlisted 17/05/1915 at Bishops Stortford and entered France 14/09/1915. Posted as Missing in Action at Defense of Vieille Chapelle 9/04/1918. Interred as a Prisoner of War in Germany from 11/04/1918 - 18/11/1918. Discharged 17/04/1919 with address of 52 Albany Rd, Cardiff, Wales, United Kingdom. Member of the St Andrew Company of the Jamaica Reserve Regiment prior to departing to England to enlist in May 1915. Born on 29/11/1893 in Kingston, Surrey, Jamaica and died 4/05/1984 in South Miami, Miami-Dade, Florida, USA. Entitled to 1914/15 Star trio.

SPENCER, Hugh. Private. Left Trinidad for UK 20/03/1918 with 15th Caribbean Merchant & Planters Contingent.

THREADKELL, Edwin. Private 2KEH. Born in Trinidad. 27/06/1917 traveled to England to enlist with 7th Caribbean Merchant & Planters Contingent. Served in Ireland.

South Americans who served in the KEH/2KEH - (KEH unless individual is specifically denoted as 2KEH)

A list of Anglo-Argentine Railway men who came to England to enlist has been used to extract the majority of the following names. These men were entitled to a special lapel badge as per Army Order no 1067, War Office dated 27 September 1918.

1. The King has been graciously pleased to approve of a special badge to be worn by those officers and soldiers who were residing in South America (inc. Central America and Mexico) at the outbreak of the war and who voluntarily came to this country to join the Army.

2. The badge consists of the letters B.V.L.A. (British Volunteer Latin America) in a diamond worked in yellow on a blue ground. It will be worn on the right breast, immediately above the breast pocket of the service dress jacket.

BOWEN, Horace Courthorpe. 628 Corporal KEH. 'B' Squadron. Enlisted 7/09/1914 at Watford. Entered France 21/04/1915. Promoted to Lance Corporal 1/03/1917. Served in Italy 10/12/1917 to 9/03/1918. Taken prisoner at Defense of Vieille Chapelle 19/04/1918. Interred as a Prisoner of War from 9/04/1918 to -2/12/1918. Discharged 2/05/1919 physically unfit to parents address of 14 Castletown Road, Kensington, United Kingdom. Born in Georgetown, Demerara, Guyana in 1884. and died in 1952 in the UK. Educated at Bloxham School, Oxfordshire, United Kingdom. Prior service with Royal North West Mounted Police and Penang Volunteers, Malaya where he worked as a rubber planter. Entitled to 1914/15 Star trio.

CARR, Talbot (Tiny) Effingham. 921. Private. 'A' Squadron. Enlisted 27/01/1915, entered France 1/06/1915 and served in Trench Mortar section. Discharged 29/05/1917 due to sickness. Served overseas. Born 1883, lived in Argentina and died there in 1968.

CHADWICK, Clifford Norman. 623. Serjeant. 4th Troop, 'A' Squadron. Entered France 1/06/1915. Wounded at defence of Vieille Chapelle 9/04/1918. Discharged 2/03/1919. Anglo-Argentinian Railway staff. Born in Southern Rhodesia and died there in 1946.

CLANCY, William M. Joseph. 1297. Private KEH. Private 1/10th Battalion Liverpool Regiment 91433 in 1915. Commissioned as a Second Lieutenant Army Service Corps in 1917. Entered France 5/05/1015. Anglo-Argentinian Railway staff. Died in hospital of meningitis 16/10/1918 aged 38. Son of John and Winifred Clancy of Moore Street, Kilrush, Co. Clare, Ireland. Buried in GREENWICH CEMETERY, United Kingdom.

COLE, Arthur Diggs. 900. Private. Anglo-Argentinian Railway staff.

COOPER, Herbert James. 735. Serjeant. Entered France 22/04/1915. Awarded Military Service Medal 3/06/1918. Discharged 22/02/1919. Anglo-Argentinian Railway staff.

DAVIE, Algernon M. 994. Private. Anglo-Argentinian Railway staff.

DAVIS, William. Private. Anglo-Argentinian Railway staff. Discharged medically unfit.

DINWOODIE, Edwin Maxwell. 896. Private. 'C' Squadron. Anglo-Argentinian Railway staff. Discharged 27/03/1919. Lived in South America and attended third re-union in 1945. Brother Allegne Maxwell Dinwoodie was also with the Anglo-Argentinian Railway staff and served with Army Service Corps.

DODDS, Reginald Charles. 1562. Private 2KEH. Private 10th Battalion Northumberland Fusiliers 39906, Private Lancashire Fusiliers 40553, Private 11th Tank Corps 302777. Entered France 7/07/1915. Anglo-Argentinian Railway staff. Living In Hounslow, London in 1919. 1914/15 Star medal Trio.

DOHERTY, Joseph. 1273. Private. Royal Engineers 193768, WR/126881. Did not serve in France. Anglo-Argentinian Railway staff.

EDWARDS, Frederick (Fred). 1266. Serjeant. 3rd Troop 'A' Squadron. From Bolivia. Anglo-Argentinian Railway staff. Discharged 31/05/1919. Not entitled to British War Medal and Victory Medal. Lived in South America and attended the third re-union there in 1945.

FELLGETT, Sidney James.1642. Serjeant. Anglo-Argentinian Railway staff.

FINKLE, James. 1565. 2KEH. Corporal. Transferred as a Corporal Tanks Corps 302860 then Corporal Northumberland Fusiliers 61225. Argentinian who enlisted from Argentinian Railway staff.

GEPP, Charles William. 1322. 2KEH. Private. Enlisted at Hampton Court, London. KIA 9/07/1915. Born in Valparaiso, Chile. Buried in LA PLUS DOUVE FARM CEMETERY, Hainaut, Belgium.

GIBBS Richard Tysdall. 1456. 2KEH. Private. Enlisted 29/03/1915, entered France 5/05/1915 and discharged 16/06/1916 due to wounds. Awarded British War Badge B10540. Anglo-Argentinian Railway staff.

GOULD, John Ringrose. 1008. 2KEH. Private. Entered France 4/05/1915. Commissioned 2KEH 1/10/1915. Second Lieutenant then Major Royal Air Force. Wounded 8/7/16. Mentioned in Despatches (London Gazette 15/05/1917). Entitled to 1914/15 Star Medal Trio and applied for medals from West Byfleet, Surrey. Worked for the BUENOS AYRES WESTERN RAILWAY, LTD prior to enlistment.

GRIFFIN, Arthur Owen. 977. Private. Entered France 2/06/1915. Discharged 5/04/1919. Anglo-Argentinian railway staff. Entitled to 1914-15 Star Medal trio.

HAWTON, Robert Bond. Private. Anglo-Argentinian railway staff.

HAYHOW, William (Bill). 914. Serjeant 1st Troop, 'A' Squadron. Anglo-Argentinian Railway staff. Entered France 17/06/1916 and discharged 4/04/1919. Awarded Military Medal.

HEARNE, Guillermo. Ramon. 1233. Lance Corporal. Accidentally killed 10/10/1915. Born in Buenos Ayres, Argentina. Buried in BAILLEUL COMMUNAL CEMETERY EXTENSION, NORD, France.

HOLTUM, Robert W. Private. Anglo-Argentinian railway staff.

HOWE, Trevor Guy. 2247. Private. Anglo-Argentinian Railway staff. Enlisted 6/11/1918 aged 32. Wounded and discharged 6/01/1919. Claimed Silver War Badge No. B127054.

MACDONALD, Charles Edward Victor. 617. Private. 'A' Squadron. Anglo-Argentinian Railway staff. Awarded the Distinguished Conduct Medal as Corporal. Attended third re-union in South America in 1945.

MARR, James (Jimmy) Edward. 1511. Corporal. 2nd Section 1st Troop 'C' Squadron. Wounded in the defence of Vieille Chapelle 9-11/04/1918. Discharged 23/05/1919. Anglo-Argentinian Railway staff. Born in Cuba and attended re-union in South America in 1946. Awarded British War Medal and Victory Medal.

McCRIMMON, John Thomas. 1889. Private. The Anglos South American Depot, London on 28/04/1917 on enlistment papers. Transferred as a Private 6th Battalion, Royal Fusiliers then as a Private 3rd Battalion, East Surrey Regiment 26249 later 1st Battalion. Granted 90 days leave to return to Chile 25/03/1918. and British War Medal and Victory Medal issued to him in that Regiment. Discharged 26/02/1919. Born 1882 in Valperaiso, Chile, South America.

MCPHERSON, Herbert. 1210 Private. KIA 22/3/17 at Savy. Born in Valparaiso, Chile in 1878. Name commemorated on the THIEPVAL MEMORIAL, FRANCE.Entitled to British War Medal and Victory Medal.

MENKENS, William Edgar. 1568. Private KEH. Serjeant Royal Engineers WR/275822, 306757. Anglo-Argentinian Railway staff.

O'DONNEL, Charles Francis. 1587. Lance Corporal. Charles was an Irishman who came over to enlist from Argentina in 1916.  Arrived from La Plata, Argentina, into Falmouth, 20/07/1916, on the SS DRINA.  His occupation was “Traffic Inspector” and he was aged 33 years. He enlisted in the King Edwards Horse as Private 1587 in Liverpool. He then transferred to the Rifle Brigade. His entitlement was BWM and Victory Medal.  He is listed as S/29108 Private Charles F. O’Donnell on MIC and BWM and VM Roll. He served with the 13th and 2nd Rifle Brigades. He was born 25/2/1883. Unpaid L/Cpl.  KIA 17-19 November 1917. Widow was Kathleen (Bray), Rathmullen, Ireland and they had two children Charles Joseph (DOB 10/10/13) and John Patrick (DOB 7/6/17). He emigrated to Argentina shortly after his marriage in 1911. His wife joined him a year later. Their first child seems to have been born in Argentina in 1913. His second child was born in June 1917. Name commemorated on the TYNE COT MEMORIAL, Belgium. Information courtesy of Gerry Rogers, Charles was his great uncle.

OLIVER, Harry James Gordon. 1269. Private. 2KEH. Entered France 4/05/1915. Commissioned Second Lieutenant Tank Corps 8/10/1918. Wounded. Anglo-Argentinian Railway staff.

PARSONS, Henry Arthur. 903. Private KEH. Entered France 2/06/1915. Commissioned Second Lieutenant Royal Engineers 30/01/1918. Anglo-Argentinian Railway staff.

PEARCE, Edward Lithgow. Lieutenant. Anglo-Argentinian railway staff.

PERRIER, James Black. 1064. Private. Enlisted at Langley Park, London. Died in service 19/01/1915. Buried at HESTON (ST. LEONARD) CHURCHYARD, Middlesex, United Kingdom. Born in Tongaz, Chile. 

RICHARDS, Richard. 1627. Private KEH. Private Royal Engineers WR/285721. Anglo-Argentinian Railway staff. Did not serve in France and awarded British War Medal and Victory Medal.

ROBERTS, Arthur Mathias. 1038. Lance Corporal. Anglo-Argentinian Railway staff. Enlisted 12/04/1915 and entered France 28/07/1915. Discharged on account of wounds 24/01/1917 aged 26. Awarded Silver War Badge No. B24036 (Photograph shown in Figure 20).

SHELDON, George. 1572. Private. Enlisted in Liverpool having traveled back to England from Valparaiso, Chile. KIA 25/09/1915. Name commemorated on the YPRES (MENIN GATE) MEMORIAL, Belgium.

TUDOR, W. J. Private. Anglo-Argentinian Railway staff.

TURNER, Edward G. 1872 Private KEH. Enlisted 23/03/1916. Transferred to Machine Gun Corps Heavy Branch 7/08/1917. Private Northumberland Fusiliers (NF) 61210 27/08/1917. Transferred 7th Battalion NF 14/11/1917. Transferred as Private Tank Corps 302785 1/02/1918. Discharged 24/03/1919. Born in Nuninco, Chile in 1898.

WALROND,  George Basil Stewart. Private KEH. Commissioned in the 6th Battalion, Somerset Light Infantry later Captain. Prior service in the Boer War. Entered France 20/05/1915. KIA 19/03/1916 and buried in Agny Military Cemetery, France. Born in 1876. Anglo-Argentinian Railway staff. Son of the late Colonel Walrond of Dulford House, Cullomton, Devon; husband of Mabel Walrond (nee Bloxsome) of Poley Street, London.  Mentioned in Despatches and entitled to 1914-15 Star medal trio.

WARNER, Stanley (Bill) Edward. 797. Private. 'C' Squadron. Mentioned in Despatches. Anglo-Argentine Railway staff. Returned to South America and attended third South American re-union in 1945.

WEITZEL Reginald Harben Private KEH. Commissioned as a Lieutenant in the Deccan Horse. Anglo-Argentinian Railway staff.

WILLIAMS, Horace N. S. 1342. Private KEH. Serjeant Tank Corps 302823. Anglo-Argentinian Railway staff.

WILLIAMS, Ivor. 1242. Private KEH. Entered France 5/05/1915. Private Military Mounted Police P/14035. Discharged 11/11/1918. Anglo-Argentinian Railway staff.

WORTHINGTON, James Edward. Private. Anglo-Argentinian Railway staff.


KC/KEH Officer's Nominal Rolls - 1902, 1905, 1910, Aug 1914 & 1919 imageKC/KEH Officer's Nominal Rolls - 1902, 1905, 1910, Aug 1914 & 1919 image
The Officer's of the 4th County of London (King’s Colonials) Imperial Yeomanry from left to right, back row: Lieutenant Lionel James, Captain J. Howard, Lieutenant P. Hare and Surgeon-Lieutenant L. J. H Oldmeadow, MD.  Second row: Second Lieutenant H. C. Corlette, Colonel Sir E. W. D. Ward (K.C.H Under-Secretary of State for War), Lieutenant G. Hamilton, Captain Sir Robert Baillie, Bart., Lieutenant A. G. Berry, Second Lieutenant W. J. Ratcliffe, Lieutenant Hamar Greenwood, and Lieutenant G. Seymour Fort. Front row: Major J. M. Vereker, Lieutenant Colonel Willoughby Wallace, and Captain and Adjutant Robert Roland Thompson in Undress uniform circa 1902 (Navy and Army Illustrated. London: Elliot & Fry, Volume XIV: Number 274, 147-148, May 3rd 1902). Lieutenant later Sir Hamar Greenwood was born in Canada in 1870 and notably served as the last Chief Secretary of Ireland between 1920 and 1922.  He died a Viscount in 1948 and a close-up photograph of him is shown in Figure 156.

Portrait photograph of Lieutenant Colonel Lionel James DSO, circa 1919.

KC Officer's Nominal Roll - 1902

Lieutenant Colonel N. Willoughby Wallace

Major J. M. Vereker

Captains Sir Robert A. Baillie, Bart.
J. Howard
R. S. Vaile

Lieutenants G. Hamilton
A. G. Berry
P. R Hare
Lionel James
Hamar Greenwood
G. S. Fort

2nd Lieutenants H. C. Corlette
W. T. Radcliffe

Adjutant Captain R. R. Thompson

Quarter-Master Lieutenant E. C. Hides

Medical Officers Surgeon Lieutenant L. J. Oldmeadow, M.D.

Surgeon Lieutenant Charters J. Symonds, M.D.

Chaplains Reverend Canon C. H. Wallace
Reverend A. Hunns, M.A., D.C.L.

Regimental Sergeant-Major J. T. McGowan

KC Officer's Nominal Roll - 1905

Lieutenant Colonel Colonel Honourable H. A. Lawrence

Senior Major Colonel H. Fortescue

Majors J. M. Vereker
J. Howard
Sir Robert A. Baillie, Bart.

Captains R. S. Vaile
G. Hamilton
P. R Hare
Lionel James
Hamar Greenwood
G. S. Fort

Lieutenant H. C. Corlette

2nd Lieutenants C. F. Stockwell
L. W. Just
R. G. Finlay
J. Armstrong
C. H. Hill
W. C. Robinson
R. M. Chirnside
A. F. Wilding

Adjutant Captain G. H. Earle (6th Dragoons)

Quarter-Master Captain W. Kennedy

Medical Officer Surgeon Lieutenant Charters J. Symonds, M.D.

Chaplain Reverend A. Hunns, M.A., D.C.L.

Regimental Sergeant-Major J. T. McGowan

KEH Officer's Nominal Roll - 1910

Lieutenant Colonel Colonel H. Fortescue

Senior Major Lieutenant Colonel V. S. Sandeman

Majors J. Howard
G. Hamilton
Lionel James

Captains Hamar Greenwood
H. C. Corlette
W. B. Pearch

Lieutenants R. G. Finlay
W. C. Robinson
M. F. Dick
P. O. H. Jones
J. A. McDonald

2nd Lieutenants W. P. C. Greene
H. F. Creswick
A. G. Cameron
G. G. Russell
F. P. Day
J. N. MacDonald
R. D. Furse
A. J. Gibson
R. G. Waddy
M. G. D. Murray
C. A. Shaw

Adjutant Captain R. A. Coote (17th Lancers)

Quarter-Master Major W. Kennedy

Medical Officers Surgeon Captain W. Saville Henderson, M.D.
Surgeon Lieutenant Donald J. Armour, F.R.C.S.

Veterinary Officer Lieutenant R. F. Wall

Chaplain Reverend A. Hunns, M.A., D.C.L.

Regimental Sergeant-Major E. S. Wells.

KEH Officer's Nominal Roll - 1914

Lieutenant-Colonel  Lieutenant Colonel V. S. Sandeman

Senior Major Major Lionel James

Majors    E. W. Hermon
                W. B. Pearch
                M. F. Dick
                H. C. Corlette

Captains   N. P. Adams (seconded and joined the New Zealand Forces)
                   George Gray Russell
                   J. M. F. Wilkinson
                   J. N. MacDonald

Lieutenants Ralph Dougnon Furse
                        R. G. Waddy (seconded)
                        C. A. Shaw  
                        H. Swann
                        B. H. Barber
                        W. C. P. Harvey

2nd Lieutenants      H. F. Creswick (seconded)
                                  A. G. Cameron (seconded)
                                  S. T. Ravenscroft
                                  F. G. Ling
                                  W. D. A. Holland
                                  H. M. H. Cooper
                                  Hon. H. S. Fielding
                                  D. MacKinnon
                                  D. K. Cameron
                                  F. J. Romanes
                                  P. D. Stevenson
                                  C. W. D. Bell
                                  A. G. Finlay
                                  H. F. Buxton
                                  N. G. Addison
                                  H. M. Tulloch
                                  G. H. Havelock-Sutton
                                  T. A. Izard

Adjutant Captain A. B. Reynolds (12th Lancers)

Quarter-Master Major W. Kennedy

Medical Officer Surgeon Captain W. Saville Henderson, M.D.

Chaplain Reverend A. Hunns, M.A., D.C.L.

Regimental Sergeant-Major M. O’Donnell.
 
KEH Officer's Nominal Roll - 1919

Lieutenant-Colonel   Lieutenant Colonel Lionel James DSO

Senior Major   Major M. F. Dick

Majors  G. G. Russell DSO
              J. N. MacDonald
              W. B. Pearch
              R. D. Furse DSO
              H. Swann

Captains    B. H. Barber MC
                    H. F. Creswick
                    A. G. Cameron
                    D. MacKinnon

Lieutenants   W. C. P. Harvey (seconded)
                         P. D. Stevenson
                         G. H. Havelock-Sutton MC
                         H. J. Aitchinson
                         T. A. Izard
                         L. C. Ramsey
                         D. A. Syme
                         E. G. Linton MC
                         R. E. N. Twopeny MC
                         T. F. Northcote
                         R. Girvan
                         R. W. Hope
                         N. A. Thomson
                         W. E. Watt AFC
                         A. W. Lade
                         J. Stewart
                          I. R. B. Stein MC
                         C. A. N. Garstin
                         J. C. N. Eastwick
                         V. Rathbone VC
                         J. F. Brackell
                         E. W. Francis
                          I. B. McBean
                          L. P. Moffat MC
                          L. L. Lacey
                          W. B. McCulloch MC
                          J. W. Patell
                          A. J. McIntosh
                         W. E. Gilbert MC
                          E. M. Murray
                          G. H. Matterson
                          E. E. Hyde
                          V. G. Fannin
                          O. S. Grape
                          B. A. C. Herapath
                          W. J. Pretorius
                          A. Y. MCormick
                          T. S. Robertson
                          A. Aagaard

2nd Lieutenants      W. M.Keay
                                   E. R. Ewels
                                   G. M. Meikle
                                   F. R. B. Thompson
                                   T. D. Bell
                                   G. B. Blaker
                                   W. Bolus
                                   C. W. Brownell
                                   R. R. Churchouse
                                   F. L. Cox
                                   R. A. Crompton
                                   J. C. Freeman
                                   W. J. H. Murdoch
                                   H. T. Swain
                                   A. G. Ewing
                                   E. C. Saill
                                   R. D. Alexander
                                   N. H. Campbell
                                   W. M. B. Short
                                   K. L. Hunter
                                   G. E. Robinson
                                   K. W. Armstrong- Lushington-Tulloch

Adjutants Captain G. H. Matterson (Acting)

Captain W. E. H. Bradburn (Reserve Regiment)

Quarter-Masters  Lieutenant J. R. Smith
                               Captain W. Acheson (Reserve Regiment)

Medical Officer Surgeon Captain W. Saville Henderson, M.D.

Chaplain Reverend A. Hunns, M.A., D.C.L.

Regimental Sergeant-Majors  E. E. Bond
                                                     A. Cole (Reserve Regiment).
AAGAARD, Andrew (Anders). 1008. 'A' Squadron. Private. Entered France 22/05/1915 and commissioned Second Lieutenant, KEH on 22/02/1918. Originated from Argentina. Died in 1957. Awarded 1914/15 Star trio. Photograph of him attending the third re-union of South American KEH members in 1945 available.

ABBOTT, Bertie J. 1517. Private. Born in New South Wales, Australia in 1895. Australian. Discharged to the Reserve 18/06/1919. Entitled to British War and Victory Medals. Lived in Bauple, Queensland post-War.

ABRAHAM, Lionel Martyn. Serjeant KEH. Commissioned as a Second Lieutenant in the Royal Field Artillery on 4/12/1914 (London Gazette). Entered France 24/08/1915. Wounded once. Born in July 1893 in Palmerston North, Wellington, New Zealand the son of Lionel Augustus Abraham and Constance Palgrave Martyn OBE and attended Wanganui College 1907-12. He saw service in the King Edward's Horse joining the University Squadron in 1912 when at Pembroke College, Cambridge. Was living in Palmerston North, New Zealand in 1914 and returned post war. Awarded 1914/15 Star trio. Served as a Second Lieutenant with the 12th Company, National Reserve in New Zealand in 1940. Died in New Zealand 31/12/1986. Portrait photograph of Second Lieutenant Abraham in the Royal Field Artillery courtesy of the Imperial War Museum. Commemorated on the Auckland Online Cenotaph. 

ABSON, D. Member of KEH Old Comrades Association in 1933 with address of Shepperton, England.

ADAMS, Frank. 1913. Private. Discharged 30/10/1919. Awarded British War and Victory Medals which were re-issued in 1931.

ADAMS, Lionel L. 1433. Serjeant. Discharged 26/06/1919. Awarded British War and Victory Medals now held in a private collection with image shown of his Victory Medal when sold on electronic auction site 2014. His address given as Bristol on the 1933 KEH Old Comrades Association Member's List.

ADAMS, Noel Percy. Captain. A New Zealander who served in 'A' Squadron of the King Edward's Horse from 1909 after service in command of the Cambridge University Mounted Rifles as Lieutenant. Commanded the four University troops as a Squadron. Returned to New Zealand in 1916 as Colonel of the Base Training Camp for which he was awarded the Most Distinguished Order of Saint Michael and Saint George (CMG). Died in Clevedon, New Zealand in 1951. Referenced in KEH History. Photograph courtesy of the Auckland War Memorial.  

ADAMS, Norman (Bill) Clarke. 670. Serjeant. Entered France 20/10/1915. Commissioned as a Second Lieutenant, Royal West Surrey Regiment 5/02/1919. Served with 6th Battalion, Dorset Regiment (Home Guard) in WW2. Born 28/09/1886 in Reading, Berkshire, England and died in 1975 in Parkstone, Poole. Awarded 1914/15 Star trio, and 1939-45 Star and Defence Medal pair held in a private collection. Serjeant Clarke received a 'token of esteem' gift of a silver cigarette case and two pipes from the Australian members of No. 4 Troop in May 1918. Pictures of the accompanying note and case are shown on the accompanying page. His Full Dress and Service Dress marksman badges and Serjeant chevrons are shown under the KEH uniform photographs section of this website. These items and photographs are from a private collection. 

ADAMSON, W.  From Argentina - details not confirmed on MIC but noted in Old Comrades Association bulletins. 

ADDISON, Noel Goodricke. 191. Private. Born in Natal on 25/12/1892 the son of W. H. and Florence Addison, of Natal, South Africa. Educated at New College, Oxford and joined the Oxford Troop of KEH. Commissioned as a Second Lieutenant on 12/11/1914 and arrived in France on 1/06/1915 with 'A' Squadron KEH. Killed in action 9/04/1918 at the defence of Vieille Chapelle aged 25 as a Lieutenant. His name is commemorated on the Loos Memorial, France and on a plaque at New College, Oxford. Awarded a posthumous Military Cross. Mentioned in Despatches. Awarded 1914/15 Star trio. Lieutenant in 1915 see Figure 19.

AFFLECK, Johnson Morris. 724. Serjeant. Entered France 22/04/1915. Commissioned as a Second Lieutenant 7th Battalion, Northumberland Fusiliers 29/12/1916 later Lieutenant. Awarded Military Cross 18/01/1918. Born 17/10/1886 in Gateshead, England and went to St. Bees School 1900-03. Emigrated to Canada in 1906. Enlisted in British Columbia but was told his poor eyesight would preclude him from active service. Paid for his own passage to England and enlisted in KEH. Escorted German POWs back to Germany when the war ended and discharged late 1919 and returned to Canada in 1920. He died 10/1971. Entitled to 1914/15 Star trio.

AGATE, Ronald W. 969. Private. 'A' Squadron. Canadian. Entered France 2/06/1915. Wounded in defence of Vieille Chapelle 9-11/04/1918. Discharged 17/03/1919. He died in Oct 1947 in British Columbia. Entitled to 1914/15 Star trio.

AGOSTINI, Edgar Barnard. Private. Oxford University OTC then KEH. Left Trinidad for UK 17/10/1917 with 11th Caribbean Merchant and Planters Contingent. Home service 08/1917 to 11/11/1918. Did not serve overseas as was born in 1900 and too young. Living in USA in 1946. Likely to be a relative of J. Leon Agostini.

AGOSTINI, J. Leon. Private. Left Trinidad for UK 5/06/1917 with 6th Caribbean Merchant and Planters Contingent. Likely to be a relative of Edgar B. Agostini.

AINSWORTH, C. Member of KEH Old Comrades Association in 1933 with address of Oxton, Cheshire, England.

AIREY, George R. Private KEH. D/17046. Transferred to KEH from 3rd Dragoon Guards as Private D/17046. Later transferred to Corps of Dragoons as Private D/17046. Discharged 18/10/1919. Awarded British War and Victory Medals named to Corps of Dragoons.

AITCHISON, Hugh James. Lieutenant KEH. Joined as a Scottish Volunteer as Lieutenant 6th Volunteer Battalion, The Royal Scots from 1895 to 1900. He then joined the Imperial Yeomanry as Sergeant, 12559 being promoted in the field to Lieutenant. He served with the 70th (Sharpshooters) Company, 18th Battalion Imperial Yeomanry and awarded a QSA with four clasps Cape Colony, Orange Free State, Transvaal and Rhodesia. He was also awarded a KSA with two clasps. His address for his medals was recorded as Elsmwood, Loanhead, Midlothian, Scotland. He stayed in South Africa after the Boer war in the Thaba Nuchu Commando through to the 1914 Rebellion and then in German East Africa from May 1916 with the 9th South African Horse as Serjeant, 2991 then Lieutenant. He then served as a Lieutenant in France with the KEH and was Mentioned in Despatches in October 1918. In the Second World War, he was a Captain in the Reserve Brigade, South African army from 1940 to 1943. Awarded Efficiency Decoration in 1940. Born 1/07/1877 in Loanhead, Scotland and died on 22/11/1944 in Likatlong, Orange Free State, South Africa. Photographs of Hugh in the uniform of the KEH, his medals and Mentioned in Despatches courtesy of Debra Brock, his granddaughter.

AITCHISON, Philip Arnold. 107. Squadron Quarter Master Serjeant. Enlisted King's Colonials 7/12/1905. Commissioned into the Staffordshire Yeomanry 17/01/1916. Awarded Indian General Service Medal (Afghanistan, North West Frontier 1919 clasps) whilst attached to 2nd/4th Border Regiment as Lieutenant Staffordshire Yeomanry. Awarded the Special Reserve Long Service and Good Conduct medal named to P. A. Aitchison 107 SQMS KEH (King's Colonials/KEH) May 1921 and Special Constable Long Service and Good Conduct medal as a Sub. Commander. He was not entitled to the British War Medal. Medals held in a private collection in Australia. Image courtesy British Medal Forum. 

AITKEN, D. B. Private KEH. Commissioned as a Second Lieutenant Royal Flying Corps later Captain. Ineligible for 1914/15 Star recorded on Medal Index Card with service number not recorded. Awarded British War and Victory Medals.

ALBERTSON, Armand Harold. 1003. Private KEH. 'A' then 3rd Troop 'B' Squadron in 1916. Entered France 13/09/1915. Wounded at Savy in 1917. Transferred as Private Machine Gun Corps 107480. Commissioned as a Second Lieutenant, 'C' Company, 2nd Battalion, Tank Corp 20/12/1917. KIA 9/08/1918 and buried Rosieres Communal Cemetery Extension, the Somme, France. Born in 1893 in Western Australia and lived in Rhodesia. Entitled to 1914/15 Star trio.

ALBRECHT, Frederick. Private KEH. D/10936. Transferred from Corps of Dragoons as Private D/10936. Entitled to British War and Victory Medals.

ALDERSON, E. C. 1276. Private KEH. Entered France 5/05/1915. Transferred to Military Mounted Police as P/12405. Discharged 19/06/1919. Entitled to 1914/15 Star trio.

ALDERTON, Charles Frederick Carruthers. 490. Squadron Quarter Master Serjeant. 'B' and then 'C' Squadron. Entered France 21/04/1915. Accidently killed 08/05/16 when thrown from his horse and run over by a lorry. Buried in QUATRE-VENTS MILITARY CEMETERY, ESTREE-CAUCHY, FRANCE. Born on 18/09/1880 in Chislehurst, England. Educated at Merchant Taylors' School, Charterhouse Square, London from 1891 - 1896. Entitled to 1914/15 Star trio. Photograph of headstone shown on the accompanying page.  

ALEXANDER, Frederick Vionee. 4. Private. 'A' Squadron. Commissioned as a Second Lieutenant Royal Engineers 28/10/1915 later Lieutenant. Entered France 1/06/1915. Born 13/06/1892 in Liverpool, Lancashire, UK. Married 27/01/1917 Lived with his wife Ina Florence Limerick Alexander in Colne , Lancashire. Died 16/07/1963 in Lancashire. Entitled to 1914/15 Star trio. Son Lieutenant Derrick Vionee Alexander, 155 Battery, 52nd Light Anti Aircraft Regiment, Royal Artillery KIA on 26/04/1941 at Raffina Beach, Greece.

ALEXANDER, Ralph Douglas. 958. 'A' Squadron. Entered France 1/06/1915. Commissioned as a Second Lieutenant 10/05/1918 and shown in photograph taken at Marlborough Barracks, Dublin 1918 see Figure 33. Member of KEH Old Comrades Association in 1933 with address of British West Indies.

ALEXANDER, William. Corporal. Name commemorated on the Kilkenny War Memorial, MacDonagh Station, Dublin Road, Kilkenny, Ireland. No Medal Index Card or Medal Roll located.

ALEXANDRA, Walter. 862. Private KEH. Enlisted 3/09/1914 at White City, London. Entered France 5/05/1915. Appointed Trumpeter 11/03/1916. Transferred as Private, 39969, 3rd Battalion Northumberland Fusiliers in Aug 1917 then Private Army Service Corps R/41311. Discharged 25/04/1919. Born in Mar 1891 in Windsor, Berkshire, England and died 11/08/1990 in Fulham, London, England having resided in Fulham, London at time of enlistment. Entitled to 1914/15 Star trio. Would be the last KEH soldier to die from the Great War.

ALLAN, James. 1293. Private. Died by accidentally drowning on 15/05/16 during the Easter Rising. Buried in Longford Presbyterian Churchyard, Co. Longford, Ireland and now commemorated on a Memorial Wall in Grangegorman Military Cemetery. James Allan was born c.1873 (1871-1875) in Dundee, Scotland, and was the fourth son in his family; his father, William, was a shipmaster. Private Allan enlisted in the Household Cavalry in London. He died close to the bridge in Carrick-on-Shannon, in a drowning accident. At the time Allan was in Carrick as part of a flying column from Longford barracks like for the purpose of investigating and arresting potential rebels after the Easter Rising. When Allan died, he was on night-time sentry duty and fell into the river at around midnight on the 14 May 1915. An inquest was held and no evidence of foul play noted. It was noted that he had taken alcohol, and that he had arrived in Carrick for the first time that day (Sunday) and was unfamiliar with the town and the river. His brothers, William and David were listed as his next-of-kin. No Medal Index Card or Medal Roll entry located but would have been entitled to 1914/15 Star trio. Photograph of his name on the Memorial Wall in Grangegorman Military Cemetery wall shown. 

ALLAN, John. 1427. Private KEH. Entered France 15/07/1915. Commissioned Machine Gun Corps 14/04/1916 as a Second Lieutenant and then Captain, Machine Gun Corps. Transferred Heavy Section, Machine Gun Corps 26/4/16 (London Gazette). Awarded Military Cross for conspicuous gallantry in action at Courcellette on 9/06/1917 (London Gazette 15/9/17) whilst commanding Tank C6 (Cordon Rouge) attacking Messines Ridge. DoW 9/06/1917. Buried at Bailluel. From Aberdeen. Entitled to 1914/15 Star trio.

ALLEN, Albert E. 1373. Private. Transferred to the Reserve 27/06/1919. Noted in Old Comrades Bulletin No 1. as living in Adelaide, Australia.

ALLEN, Ernest Rawson. 1032. Private KEH. Entered France 1/06/1915. Commissioned as a Second Lieutenant, 172nd Tunnelling Company, Royal Engineers 29/10/1915 (London Gazette 27/11/1915. Promoted to Lieutenant May1916. Awarded Military Cross (Edinburgh Gazette 18/05/1915. Born 21/10/1888 in Toronto, Ontario, Canada and died there. Awarded 1914/15 Star trio.

ALLEN, Hamilton J. 557. Private. 'A' Squadron. Entered France 2/06/1915. Discharged 23/2/1919. Entitled to 1914/15 Star trio.

ALLIOTT, John Alfred. 1086. Private KEH. Discharged 7/06/1919. Prior service South African Constabulary in the Boer War and awarded Queen's South Africa Medal with Cape Colony and Orange Free State clasps. Born JULY 1878 in Bishops Stortford, Hertfordshire, England and died 9/06/1923 in South Africa. Entitled to British War and Victory Medals.

ALLUM, Ephraim. 1926. Private. KIA 08/11/18. Buried at ST. SEVER CEMETERY EXTENSION, ROUEN, FRANCE. Born in Oct 1887 in Langley, Langley Marish, Eton District, Buckinghamshire, England. Entitled to British War and Victory Medals. Photograph of headstone.

ALMACK, Alfred. 1346. Private. Discharged 7/02/1919. Entitled to British War and Victory Medals.

ALSOP, George. 282. Private. Enlisted 14/08/1913 and discharged 06/10/1914 due to sickness and did not serve overseas. Awarded Silver War Badge 19194.

ALSOP, John W. Private, former Private 1st Dragoons D/18482, Private Corps of Dragoons D/18482. Entitled to British War and Victory Medals.

AMBROSE, Herbert. 543. Private. Entered France 21/04/1915. Discharged 10/08/1919. Entitled to 1914/15 Star trio.

AMOTT, John. Private in 1918

ANDERSON, Andrew. 1875. Private. Discharged 10/08/1919. British War Medal and Victory Medal awarded and listed for sale in Feb 2021 on eBay UK. Photograph of his medals shown in accompanying page. 

ANDERSON, Claude W. 1693. Corporal. Discharged 10/03/1919. Entitled to British War and Victory Medals.

ANDERSON, Donald Alex. 169. Serjeant. 'A' Squadron. Enlisted 1/03/1913 and entered France 1/06/1915. Discharged 19/12/1916. Awarded Silver War Badge 100909 due to sickness. Born 19/01/1893 in Birkenhead, Cheshire and died 20/09/1952 in Wirral, Cheshire, England. Entitled to 1914/15 Star trio. Served in WW2 as a Captain, No. 8 Anti Aircraft Rocket Z Battery, Royal Artillery.

ANDERSON, George Reid. 1245. Serjeant. Awarded Military Medal (London Gazette 20/08/1919). Entitled to British War and Victory Medals. Discharged 6/04/1919.

ANDERSON, John M. 754. Private. Discharged to re-enlist in Royal Flying Corps (RFC) as Private, 14315 on 22/12/1915. Entitled to British War and Victory medals administered by RFC.

ANDERSON, Peter. Bandmaster. King's Colonials and King Edward's Horse 1902-1914. Died in 1940. Photograph shown in Figures 118 - 121. Peter Anderson was well known in his day as a bandmaster; a cornet, trumpet, coach horn and post horn soloist as well as a pioneer recording artist both as a soloist and conductor of military bands. Anderson was born in Edinburgh on 8/08/1874. He began his musical career in the Royal Scots Greys then at Newbridge enlisting in May 1891. He became Colonel’s trumpeter in March 1892 before moving into the band, eventually becoming the solo cornet player. Due to a riding accident with left him with a hernia, Peter Anderson was discharged medically unfit in June 1894. His medical pension record states, “Fit to earn his living at any light occupation and at his former trade.” He received a pension of 6d a day in 1895 rising to £15/10/6 per year from September 1936. By 1901 Peter Anderson had moved to Barnes in London and was earning his living as an instrumental musician.  At some subsequent date he become Bandmaster of 4th County of London Imperial Yeomanry (The King’s Colonials). This band, under Anderson, enjoyed a high reputation and its performances included two command concerts, played to great acclaim, for Edward VII at Buckingham Palace. The King’s Colonials could also furnish a string band if required and as such, in July 1909, under Anderson’s direction, performed at a Board of Trade Garden Party for a fee of twelve guineas. Anderson recorded a number of 78rpms on the Edison Bell and Pathe labels (among others) before World War One with the King Edward’s Horse/King’s Colonials Band. Anderson would still appear to be bandmaster in 1912, as one of the 78s under the King Edward’s Horse Band title and conducted by Anderson has been dated to that year. Peter Anderson’s debut as a solo recording artist (cornet and post horn), on cylinders in those days of course, was in 1904 for Electra Records and he went on to record with various bands and orchestras on a number of labels including Sterling Gold Moulded Cylinder Records from 1905; Pathe Disques in 1908; Polyphon, Klingsort, Favourite and Jumbo records in 1909 and Edison Bell from 1910. In 1913 Anderson was appointed Musical Director for Odeon, Fonotypia and Jumbo recording companies until the Great War put paid to their activities. Anderson was never out of the recording studio and except for years 1918, 1919 & 1920 appeared on records as a solo artist until close of the 1920s. In April 1918 Anderson took on the role as the first Director of Music of the London Fire Brigade Band, a post he held until 1932. Together with Sir Landon Ronald, then Principal of the Guildhall School of Music, Anderson provided musical training for the band at the Guildhall School of Music where he was also Professor of Trumpet, rehearsing the band four days a week beginning at 9.30am. At the same time he was playing with Sir Thomas Beecham’s Orchestra in Birmingham, which meant a considerable amount of daily commuting between London and Birmingham. By 1922 the London Fire Brigade Band, under his direction, were rehearsing daily and making great strides. The band soon became part of the London musical scene, giving weekly concerts on the bandstand at the Brigade’s HQ plus regular public performances in the London parks as well as playing at Brigade and public events. An annual concert was also presented at the Queen’s Hall, Westminster. Under Anderson the band made a number of 78s on Piccadilly and Crystalato labels recording such items as Martial Moments and a selection of Leslie Stuart songs. Anderson was also engaged at this time as principal cornet at a leading London theatre as well as teaching privately. As well as principal trumpet in Sir Thomas Beecham’s Opera Orchestra, Anderson played in the Royal Albert Hall Orchestra and Orchestra of Philharmonic Society among others. He was also conductor of a number of other bands including the London Military Band and  his own Anderson’s Military Band, (which often recorded under other names), which was certainly in existence by 1932 and made up of professional musicians, which recorded on 78s on the Imperial label and was regularly employed by the London County Council in the parks; Anderson’s Symphonic Orchestra, Imperial Military Band (for Imperial record label), Peterson Band, the British Legion (Balham & South Clapham Branch) Military, his local band as he was living in Balham at this time which was another band made up of professional musicians which played in the London Parks c1932; London County Council Tramways Band (appointed conductor in 1935) and Reigate Town Brass Band leading them to a 1st prize in the 2nd section of the 1937 Southern Counties Contest where he also conducted the massed brass bands at the evening concert following the contest. Peter Adamson died on 23rd May 1940 aged sixty-five in Battersea, London. Biography courtesy of Phil Mather published IMMS UK Branch Newsletter 75, March 2008. Revised and updated 1st October 2020.

ANDERSON, William Louis. 215. Serjeant. Served pre-war KEH while attending Cambridge University. 3rd Troop, 'C' Squadron Aug 1914. Entered France 22/04/1915. Commissioned as a Sub Lieutenant, Royal Naval Air Service 9/05/1916 later promoted to Captain, Royal Flying Corps. Awarded Distinguished Flying Cross (London Gazette 20/07/1917) for sinking an enemy submarine. Transferred to the Royal Navy and became Bishop of Salisbury. Born on 11/02/1892 in Assam, India. Attended wedding of Richard St Barbe Baker (ex-KEH) in 1946. Died 5/03/1972 Fordingbridge, England. Applied for 1914/15 Star trio from Cambridge, England.

ANDREWS, Leonard H. D/16438. Private KEH. Transferred as Private, Corps of Dragoons. Discharged 20/04/1919. Entitled to British War and Victory Medals.

ANGEL, . Private. King's Colonials. Portrait photograph in Full Dress uniform walking out order circa 1902.

ANSTEY, Herbert L. 967. Private. Entered France 28/07/1915. Discharged 6/04/1919. Entitled to 1914/15 Star trio.

ANTHONY, A. L. 2055. Private. 'C' Squadron. Entered France Nov 1915. Served with KEH pre-war possibly whilst at university in England. Commissioned as a Second Lieutenant later Captain, Royal Army Medical Corps and applied for 1914/15 Star trio named to RAMC from Ashanti, West Africa. Private Anthony is noted in 'Under Friendly Flags' by Lieutenant Colonel Neil C. Smith AM as Australian and had served with KEH.

ARCHDALL, Montgomery. Private. Transferred to KEH as Private, 6th Dragoons D/21216. Entitled to British War and Victory Medals.

ARCHIBALD, William R. 1064. Private. 4th Section, 1st Troop, 'C' Squadron. Discharged 18/06/1919. Born in 1887 in Brunswick, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia the son of Barbara Rae and John Archibald. He married Nellie Elizabeth (Nell) Barrington in 1938 in Victoria. He took up a Soldier's Settlement of 370 acres of land at Pomonal, Victoria which was sold on in 1940. He died in 1958. Entitled to British War and Victory Medals.

ARGENT, Edward Albert. 1061. Private. Enlisted 22/09/1914 and discharged 18/11/1914 due to sickness. Born in Toppers Field, Halstead, Essex in 1876 and had served in the 2nd Battalion Northumberland Fusiliers as Private 4746 from 1895 to 1907 with last 5 years in the Reserves. Saw active service in the Sudan Expedition 1898, Occupation of Crete 1898, South Africa 1898-1900, 1900-02. Wounded whilst fighting in the Transvaal 25/02/1902. Awarded Sudan Medal 1898 with clasp Khartoum, Queen's South Africa Medal with clasps Belmont, Modder River, Transvaal, Orange Free State and King's South Africa with clasps 1901 and 1902. Died 26/12/1957 in Kensington, London. No Great War Medal entitlement.

ARGENT, W. K. Serjeant Major KEH in 1911

ARIZA, Louis Francis 1110. Private. Discharged 28/05/1915 as Private 315 from 18th (Service Battalion), West Yorkshire Regiment. Enlisted 29/05/1915 and entered France 14/09/1915. Sustained a gun shot wound to arm at defence of Vieille Chapelle 9/04/1918. Discharged 2/11/1918. Awarded Silver War Badge B44307. Born in 1888 in Bradford, Yorkshire and was killed 12/05/1935 in Argentina when shot by a drunk whilst working as Anglo-Argentine railways staff. Entitled to 1914/15 Star trio.

ARKELL, William J. 1345. Private. Discharged 15/02/1919. Entitled to British War and Victory Medals.

ARMOUR, Donald J. Lieutenant and Surgeon KEH 1910

ARMSTRONG, Frederick. 1209. Private. Discharged 13/03/1919. Entitled to British War and Victory Medals.

ARMSTRONG, James. Private. New Zealander who enlisted in 1902 and was commissioned as a Second Lieutenant in the King's Colonials in 1903 in command of 1st Troop (New South Wales) 'C' Squadron (Australasian) and shown with that rank on 1905 Officer's List. Living in the South Island, New Zealand in 1946. One of the first fifty to enlist.

ARMSTRONG, John W. Private. D/17279. Transferred to KEH as Private, 1st Dragoons then Private, Corps of Dragoons. Entitled to British War and Victory Medals.

ARNOLD, Charles. Private. Name commemorated on the Kilkenny War Memorial, MacDonagh Station, Dublin Road, Kilkenny, Ireland. Likely to be entitled to 1914/15 Star trio but no Medal Index Card or Medal Roll entry located.

ARNOLD, Jack. 991. Private 'B' Squadron. Born in South Africa. Entered France on 15/09/1915 and was discharged 9/07/1919.  Awarded 1914/15 Star trio. Medals sold at auction by Dix Noonan Webb, UK, March 2014). 

ARNOTT, John. 1482. Private. 'B' Squadron. Enlisted 8/03/1916 and discharged due to sickness 31/08/1918. Awarded Silver War Badge 28212 and born 1898. Entitled to British War and Victory Medals.

ARTHUR, Beckham Paikawa. 111. Serjeant KEH. 2nd Troop, 'A' Squadron at Hutton Bridge, Hertfordshire noted in the 'Auckland Star' newspaper 9/03/1915. Saw service in the Boer War with the NZ Mounted Rifles (Rough Riders) as Serjeant 1383 and embarked with the 4th Contingent on the SS 'Gymeric' 31 March 1900 and also served as Captain with the 9th Contingent leaving on the SS 'Devon' 19 March 1902. Gazetted as Second Lieutenant in March 1915, and posted to Motor Machine Gun Service (of the Royal Artillery) at Bisley. Promoted Captain June 1915, entered France 8/07/1915, Major March 1916 and Lieutenant Colonel November 1918 to command the 1st Motor Brigade Machine Gun Corps. Wounded at Loos September, 1915. Awarded Companion of the Distinguished Service Order (DSO) 26 July 1918 and Mentioned in Despatches (MiD) Three Times. Born in 1876 in Tokomaru Bay the son of Alexander Creighton Arthur & Mere Inoi nee' Ward of Tokomaru Bay & Gisborne hence of Maori descent. He married Pheroze Sorabji in 1902 in London. He died in Devon, England on the 11/03/1922. Entitled to Queen's South Africa and King's South African Medals and 1914/15 Star trio. Commemorated on the Auckland Online Cenotaph with family records and photographs added and the South African War Memorial, Gisborne, New Zealand. Photograph from Auckland Online Cenotaph of Lieutenant Colonel Arthur, DSO, Motor Machine Gun Corps. 

ASHDOWN, James Reginald. 1618. Corporal. Enlisted 11/08/1916. Promoted to Lance Corporal 6/04/1916 and entered France 8/04/1917. Discharged 25/05/1919. Prior service with Durban Light Infantry and discharged in 1915. Born in 1896 and resided in Durban, South Africa after the Great War. Served in South African army in WW2 and saw action in Italy. Entitled to British War and Victory Medals.

ASLETT, G. Noted in Old Comrades Association as having served with King's Colonials or KEH. Prior service with T Battery, Royal Horse Artillery in the Boer War under the alias of Gunner E. Tansome, 76279 and awarded King's South Africa Medal with South Africa 1901 and 1902 clasps. Died Oct 1940.

ASTLEY, William P. 807. Acting Corporal KEH. Entered France 2/06/1916. Discharged 24/02/1919. Entitled to 1914/15 Star trio.

ATKINS, John. 567. Private KEH. Enlisted 12/08/1914. Entered France 22/02/1916. Transferred as Private, 47th Battalion, Royal Fusiliers GS/142659 in 1919 on discharge from KEH on 9/07/1919. Eight years prior service with 6th Dragoon Guards,. Born in 1880 in Ealing, Middlesex, England and died there in Jun 1951. Entitled to British War and Victory Medals.

ATKINS, Leslie J. 1327. Private KEH. Enlisted 16/11/1915 whilst employed in England as an electrical engineer. Discharged 16/02/1919. Born in Paddington, New South Wales, Australia on 23/11/1893 and died 5/07/1986 in Daw Park, South Australia. Served as a Corporal, S69458 in the 2nd Australian Imperial Force from Apr 1942 to Oct 1945. Entitled to British War and Victory Medals.

ATKINSON, R. F. G. 1050. Private KEH. 'A' Squadron. Served pre-war KEH. Noted in 'Under Friendly Flags' by Lieutenant Colonel Neil C. Smith AM as an Australian having served with KEH.

AUDY, P. J. 271. Serjeant. King's Colonials. Awarded Imperial Yeomanry Long Service and Good Conduct Medal, Aug 1908.

AUSTEN, Cecil Alexander. 987. Private KEH. Entered France 2/06/1915. Commissioned as a Second Lieutenant (31/07/1917) and later Lieutenant, 5th Battalion, Royal Fusiliers. Born 7/04/1897 in Queenstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa and died 29/09/1954 in Que Que, Rhodesia. Applied for 1914/15 Star trio.

AYLWARD, Gordon. 1371. Private KEH. Discharged 13/04/1919. Entitled to British War and Victory Medals.


BACON, Herbert. 785. Private KEH. Entered France 22/04/1915 and discharged 6/03/1919. Entitled to 1914/15 Star trio

BACKUS, Alfred F. 1020. Private KEH. Entered France 28/07/1915 and discharged 6/02/1919. Entitled to 1914/15 Star trio.

BAGNALL, George William. 2042. Private KEH. 'B' Squadron. Enlisted 20/05/1916 as Private 1933 2KEH then transferred to KEH 15/06/1916. Entered France 6/07/1917. Taken Prisoner of War at the defence of Vieille Chapelle 9-11/04/1918 and interned at Leuze, Germany. Discharged 21/05/1919. Born 11/09/1892 in Westwell Manor, Burford, Oxfordshire, England and died 20/9/1953 in Suipacha, Buenos Aires, Argentina. Entitled to British War and Victory Medals.

BAILEY, Alexander F. Private KEH. Transferred from 6th Dragoon Guards as Private 8209. Entered France 6/08/1914. Awarded 1914 Star trio with 1914 Star named to 6th Dragoon Guards.

BAILEY, Edward. 1712. Private KEH. Entered France 18/08/1915. Transferred as Private Lincolnshire Regiment 50111. Entitled to 1914/15 Star trio.

BAILLIE, Robert Alexander. Captain Sir Bart. 'C' Squadron. 4th Baron of Polkemmet. An original Officer in the King's Colonials joined 1/02/1903. Major Baillie commanded 'C' Squadron (Australasian) King's Colonials in 1903 having joined 1/02/1903.  Born 24 August 1859 in Linlithgow, West Lothian, Scotland and died 16/10/1907 in Colchester, Essex, England aged 48 years old. Group photograph of Officers in 1902 see Figure 4.

BAILLON, Cyril Bernard. 768. Private KEH. 'C' Squadron. Entered France 2/06/1915 and discharged 13/05/1919. Born 2/04/1887 in Nottingham, Nottinghamshire, England and died 21/11/1977 in Moose Jaw, Saskatchewan, Canada. Entitled to 1914/15 Star trio. Photograph of headstone shown noting his KEH service.

BAILLON, Joseph Aloysius. Private KEH. 'A' Squadron. Enlisted in 1912. Commissioned as Second Lieutenant, South Staffordshire Regiment (London Gazette 1/02/1915). Awarded 1914/15 Star trio and Military Cross and mentioned in Despatches. Extensive service in WW2 and promoted to Major General and awarded OBE, CBE, CB. Died in Ireland in April 1951. Portrait photograph shown on enlistment in 1912 (Old Comrades Association Bulletin No 16, 1949.

BAKER, Arthur M. 26. Private KEH. Entered France 4/05/1915. Transferred as Private MR/478830 later T4/343298, Royal Army Service Corps (RASC). Applied for his 1914/15 Star trio named to RASC.

BAKER, Augustine. Enlisted August 1914 KEH. Commissioned 2nd Lieutenant December 1914 Royal Field Artillery, Lieutenant April 1915, Captain September 1915, A/Maj May 1917, A/Lt Col September 1918, retired 1919. Awarded Distinguished Service Order (London Gazette 3 June 1918) & Bar (LG 16 September 1918). Military Cross (LG 19 November 1917). Mentioned in Despatches (x3) (LG's 15 June 1915, 21 May 1918, 23 December 1918). Died 1937 in Shanghai.

BAKER, Charles F. 1631. Private KEH. Entered France 30/09/1915. Transferred as Private 61205, Northumberland Fusiliers then commissioned as a Second Lieutenant, Machine Gun Corps (MGC). Applied for his 1914/15 Star trio named to KEH whilst serving with MGC.

BAKER, Frederick. 115. Private. Discharged 11/01/1919. British War Medal issued by the Admiralty with later service in the Royal Navy and 1914/15 Star and Victory Medal sold at auction in the UK March 2020 by Dix Noonan Webb and photograph shown on the accompanying page. 

BAKER, George Norman. 1073. Corporal KEH. Entered France 4/10/1915. Discharged 27/04/1919. Born in 1894 in East Brunswick, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia and died 6/11/1977 in Cheltenham, Charles Sturt City, South Australia, Australia. Entitled to 1914/15 Star trio.

BAKER, James H. 800. Private KEH. Entered France 1/06/1915. Transferred as Private Labour Corps 340258. Discharged 10/07/1919. Entitled to 1914/15 Star trio.

BAKER, Ralph Cleighton. 1711. Private. Transferred to KEH as Private, Hertfordshire Yeomanry 2205 on 22/06/1915. Arrived Egypt 12/11/1914. Awarded Silver War Badge 25542 with Herts Yeomanry due to sickness. Lived in Sedwitch, Hertfordshire.

BAKER, Richard Henry. Private KEH. From New Zealand. May have transferred to Royal Field Artillery then served as a Gunner 79439, 43rd Reinforcements, New Zealand Field Artillery, New Zealand Expeditionary Force, 2/10/1918-5/12/1918 sailed on HMNZT 111 'Matatua'. Commemorated on Auckland Online Cenotaph.

BAKER, William H. 1969. Private KEH. Discharged 10/03/1919. Entitled to British War and Victory Medals.

BAKER, William J. 743. Acting Corporal KEH. Entered France 22/04/1915. Discharged 24/02/1919. Entitled to 1914/15 Star trio.

BALE, F. J. Private KEH. From New Zealand, worked in Peru, South America and returned to England to enlist. Commemorated on Auckland Online Cenotaph.

BALFOUR, Cecil. 1298. Corporal KEH. Left Trinidad for UK 18/10/1915 with 1st Caribbean Merchant and Planters Contingent. Served with KEH 21/09/1916 until 11/11/1918. Military Mounted Police P/12933. Awarded Military Medal Nov 1917. Living in Canada 1946.

BALL, B. Corporal. Served in the King's Colonials and was proprietor of the Fox and Hounds Inn, Bourne End. The Fox and Hounds is depicted in a King's Colonials postcard with members of a Troop having their lunch in the garden of the Inn.

BALL, Samuel A. D/14418. Private KEH. Transferred to Corps of Dragoons. Discharged 2/04/19120. Entitled to British War and Victory Medals.

BALLARD, Arnold. 482. Private. Entered France 1/06/1915. Noted as part of the Machine Gun Section in 1916. Commissioned as a Second Lieutenant, King's Shropshire Light Infantry 10/07/1918 then transferred as a Second Lieutenant South Wales Borderers. Applied for 1914/15 Star trio from Southbourne, Hants.

BANCROFT (WILSON), Douglas. 1002. Private. Entered France 4/05/1915. Commissioned as a Second Lieutenant, Essex Regiment 29/01/1918. Eligible for Silver War Badge 27/11/1919. Changed his name by deed poll to Douglas Bancroft Wilson prior to application for 1914/15 Star trio from Liverpool, England with 1914/15 Star re-named.

BANKES, Robert W. L. 744. Private. Entered France 22/04/1915. Discharged 24/02/1919. Served in WW2. Awarded Special Constabulary Medal and 1914/15 Star trio. With WW2 Defence Medal. Medals held in a private collection.

BANKS, Donald William. 2134. Private. Born at Kimbolton, Wellington, New Zealand 24/11/1898 the son of William Banks. Enlisted 2/04/1918, served in Ireland and discharged 3/02/1919. Joined Royal Army Ordnance Corps 24/04/1919 as a Private 5/9361 and served in Russia 12/05/1919 and discharged 12/02/1920. Commemorated on Auckland Online Cenotaph. No service medal entitlement.

BANNERMAN-SMITH, John. 2207. Private. 'A' Squadron. Enlisted 16/08/1918. Discharged 24/01/1919 after suffering from bouts of malaria and influenza. No medal entitlement recorded.

BANNOCK, William Herbert. 1363. Serjeant. Discharged 23/02/1919. Born in 1890 in England and died in South Africa in 1961. Applied from Durban, Natal, South Africa for British War and Victory Medals.

BARBER, Basil Hastings. Major. 'C' Squadron. Born 11/05/1890 in Brisbane, Queensland, Australia and matriculated from Oxford University in 1911, commissioned KEH 22/7/11, to France Apr 1915, appointed T/Major while seconded 13/4/18, appointed Third Secretary in Diplomatic Service 17/11/19, Second Secretary 15/12/20, relinquished commission 7/6/24, he died aged 35 in Poland of scarlet fever while serving as First Secretary and Charge d'Affaires at the British Legation Warsaw on 29th July 1925 and is buried in Brompton Cemetery, London. Lieutenant in 1915 see Figure 19. WWI Military Cross, 1914-15 Star trio and French Croix de Guerre with Star to Major B.H. Barber (MC un-named as issued, Lieut B.H. Barber K. Edw H. on star). Basil Hastings Barber's MC was announced in the London Gazette dated 1st January 1919 with KEH attached British Mission French GHQ, his C de G was announced in the London Gazette dated 10th October 1918. His medals were sold at auction by Warwick & Warwick in Dec 2015 and are held in a private collection. Photograph of his medals and gravestone shown. 

BARBER, Joseph A. 1527. Private. Discharged 26/02/1919. Entitled to British War and Victory Medals.

BARKER, Augustine. Private KEH. Commissioned into the Royal Field Artillery. Entered France 22/09/1915. Awarded Distinguished Service Order G.V.R. (London Gazette 3/06/1918) with Second Award Bar (London Gazette 16/09/1918); Military Cross, G.V.R. (London Gazette 19/11/1917); 1914-15 Star (Lieut.); British War and Victory Medals M.I.D. Oakleaf (Lt. Col.). Lieutenant Colonel Augustine Barker D.S.O., M.C. (1887-1937), entered the Royal Artillery as a Temporary Second Lieutenant 4.12.1914; Temporary Lieutenant 8.4.1915; Captain 9.9.1915; Acting Major Commanding C/156 R.F.A. 22.5.1917; Acting Lieutenant Colonel 24.9.1918 in command of 33rd Division R.F.A. (reverts to Acting Major 25.9.1918); Mentioned in Despatches three times (London Gazette 15.1.1916, 21.5.1918 and 23.12.1918) and wounded at Zonnebeke, 25.4.1918; relinquished commission 13.3.1919, retaining the rank of Major. Only eight combinations of D.S.O. and Bar, and M.C. to the Royal Artillery for the Great War.

BARKER, William. Private KEH. D/15087. Transferred from 3rd Dragoon Guards as Private GS/14786. Transferred to Corps of Dragoons as Private D/15087 from KEH. Discharged 16/07/1919. Entitled to British War and Victory Medals named to Corps of Dragoons.

BARLOW, Geoffrey Petrie. 287. Private KEH, Second Lieutenant 6th Battalion, Notts and Derby Regiment. Born at Southport 16/05/1895 the son of John James and Emily Barlow. Educated at Holmwood School, Freshfield, Formby, Liverpool and at Haileybury College, Hertfordshire. Employed at the Head Office of the Royal Insurance Company in Liverpool. Joined the Liverpool Squadron of the KEH in 1913 and was at camp in Canterbury when the war broke out. Served in France from June 1915 and returned to England for training in March 1916 at Lichfield and gazetted Second Lieutenant Sherwood Foresters on 5/09/1916. Joined Battalion in France Nov 1916 and wounded at Gommecourt 9/03/1917. Awarded Military Cross for trench raid with 1/5th Battalion Sherwood Foresters 25/06/1917 (London Gazette 18/10/1917). KIA by machine gun fire whilst supervising a wiring party near Hulluch, France 2/09/1917. Buried in the Philosophe British Cemetery, Mazingarbe, France. Photograph of pre-war student at Haileybury College and as a Second Lieutenant, Sherwood Foresters.

BARLOW, George T. 67. Private, Private Essex Regiment 32746 MIC

BARNARD, William H. Private KEH.  Private, Corps of Dragoons D/13185. Discharged 11/10/1919. Awarded British War medal and Victory Medal. Victory Medal in the authors collection (courtesy of Ed Parsons, Gradia Militaria) and shown with box of issue.

BARNES, William C. D/17098. Private KEH. Transferred from 3rd Dragoon Guards then Corps of Dragoons, retained service number throughout transfers. Discharged 15/02/1919. Entitled to British War and Victory Medals.

BARRATT, Gaston Frederick Sharpe. 1420. Private KEH. Transferred as Private, Royal Engineers 313096. Born in 1875 in Kingwilliamstown, South Africa and died 08/03/1940 in Rhodesia, Salisbury. Entitled to British War and Victory Medals.

BARRETT, Archibald. 1431. Private. Discharged 15/04/1919. Entitled to British War and Victory Medals.

BARRETT, Reginald Thomas. 1729. Corporal. Transferred to the Labour Corps as Warrant Officer Class 2, 679732. Entitled to British War and Victory Medals.

BARRY, Arthur V. 335. Serjeant KEH. 4th Section, 1st Troop, 'C' Squadron. Transferred to Royal Army Service Corps M/41355 (Auckland Online Cenotaph) in late 1918. Entered France 22/04/1915. Serjeant Barry was severely wounded whilst patrolling at Anneux near Cambrai on 20/11/1917 when Major Tutt was also severely wounded. Wounded at the defence of Vieille Chapelle 9-11/04/1918. Entitled to 1914/15 Star trio.

BARTLETT, Ashmead. Lieutenant attached from 1st Regiment of Cavalry, former British South African Police MIC

BARTON, William L. 1151. Private. 3rd Section, 1st Troop, 'C' Squadron in 1918. Discharged 2/04/1919. Entitled to British War and Victory Medals.  Named in photograph shown as Figure 23. 

BATES, George E. 2040. Private KEH. Transferred as Private, Corps of Hussars 56048. Entitled to British War and Victory Medals.

BATES, Joseph (Joe) C. 720. Acting Staff Quarter Master Serjeant. 'A' Squadron. Entered France 2/06/1915. Discharged 22/02/1919. Mentioned in Despatches as a Serjeant. Lived in Margate, Kent and died in 1965. Entitled to 1914/15 Star trio.

BATTERBURY, William Charles. 19. Lance Corporal. Second Lieutenant 5th Battalion, Royal Fusiliers 26/06/1917. Entered France 22/04/1915 and discharged 1/01/1919. Applied for 1914/15 Star trio from Westcliff-on-sea, Essex, England. Biography available on www.kingedwardshorse.net.

BATTENSBY, Eric William. 885. Serjeant. 'A' Squadron. Enlisted 29/12/1914, entered France 1/06/1915 and discharged 28/01/1918. Born on 21/01/1891 in Fulham, London, England and died fleeing Singapore on 13 /02/1942 in Banka Straits, Malaysia when HMS Giang Bee was sunk by a Japanese destroyer. He was wounded in the chest in the shelling of the ship and subsequently drowned. He was a plantation manager in Malaya. Parents were Jane and William Battensby of Berkshire, England. Awarded Silver War Badge 325229. Entitled to 1914/15 Star trio.

BAUER, Leonty N. 1666. Private. 'B' Squadron. Discharged 21/05/1919. Entitled to British War and Victory Medals.

BAXTER, Gordon Eyre. 929. Private. Enlisted 5/02/1915 and entered France 22/04/1915. Commissioned as a Second Lieutenant Devonshire Regiment 26/06/1917. Prior service Royal East Kent Yeomanry 1908-11. Born Hinton, Ashton Steeple, Trowbridge, Wiltshire, England. Son of Stanley Eyre Baxter and Emma Louisa Baxter, of Waranga, Omapere, Hokianga, New Zealand. Educated at South Eastern Agricultural College Wye, Ashford, Kent, England. KIA 8/10/1918 near Arras aged 28 and buried in St. Nicholas British Cemetery, Pas de Calais, France. Two brothers also KIA. Bernard Eyre Baxter born 2/071893 - died 29/04/1915 served as Private 10/275 West Coast 'A' Company, Wellington Infantry Battalion, Emigrated to New Zealand in 1909 with the family. Cadet at Weraroa Agricultural Farm. Fought at Turkish attack on Suez Canal Feb 1915 before serving at Gallipoli where he was killed. Commemorated on the Lone Pine Memorial. Cedric Eyre Baxter 22/08/1895 - died 29/04/1915 (on the same day as his brother Bernard) unable to find further details. Gordon and Bernard are commemorated on Auckland Online Cenotaph.

BAYLEY, Lewis S. 513. Private. Entered France 23/08/1915. Discharged 8/08/1919. Born 8/04/1886 in Birmingham, Warwickshire and died Sep 1962 in Birmingham South, Warwickshire, England. Entitled to 1914/15 Star Trio.  British War Medal - 513 PTE. L. S. BAYLEY. K. EDW. H. and Victory Medal - 513 PTE. L. S. BAYLEY. K. EDW. H. shown with a copy of the Medal Index Card. The 1915 Star was noted as missing. Image from an electronic auction site, UK, 2014.  

BAYLIS, Gerald William. Quarter Master & Lieutenant. Gerald William Baylis was 20 years old when he attested in May 1889 into the 19th Hussars. He was discharged September 1909 after 18 years of service. He had served in the East Indies for 8 years and South Africa for 5 and a half years. His place of discharge was Norwich with intended residence of the Maidenhead Advertiser Officer, Maidenhead, Berkshire. His award of the clasps Orange Free State, Laing’s Nek, Belfast and Cape Colony is confirmed on the medal roll of the 19th Hussars. Hart’s Army List 1915 states - ‎retired military personnel entry – Gerald William Baylis to be Qc.-Mr. with honourary rank of Lt. ( London Gazette 5 Feb 1915). Baylis re-enlisted for Great War service as Lieutenant Quartermaster King Edward’s Horse. His address is given on the Medal Index Card at Mayoville, Furze Platt, Maidenhead. Entered France 2/06/1915. Evacuated to England in Feb 1918 and awarded Silver War Badge 84054 on 1/07/1918. Group of 7 named medals comprises – Queen’s South Africa Medal with Orange Free State, Laing’s Nek, Belfast and Cape Colony clasps ( 3437 Serjt. G.W. BAYLIS. 19 / Hrs. ), King’s South Africa Medal with SA 1901, SA 1902 clasps ( 3437. QR. MR. SERJT. G. W. BAYLIS. 19TH HUSSARS. ). 1914/15 Star ( Q.M. & LIEUT. G. W. BAYLIS. K. EDW. H. ), British War Medal and Victory Medal pair ( Q.M. & LIEUT. G. W. BAYLIS. ), Long Service and Good Conduct Medal (GVR) ( 3437 Q. M. SJT. G. W. BAYLIS. 19 / HRS. ), Meritorious Service Medal ( GVIR) ( Q.M. SJT. G.W. BAYLIS. 19 – HRS.) Born on 20 Mar 1866 in Gloucester, Gloucestershire, England, married in 1905 in Naas, Kildare, Ireland and died on 1st Mar 1942 in Maidenhead, Berkshire, England. Accompanying photograph as a Lieutenant in KEH in 1915 (also shown as Figure 19), his medal group and in civilian clothes courtesy Ancestry. Medals listed for sale on Medals and Memorabilia https://www.medalsandmemorabilia.com/product/19th-hussars-king-edwards-horse-medal-group/ and some biographical information and medal image courtesy of this site.

BAYLISS, Louis. 1099. Serjeant, Serjeant Yorkshire Dragoons 3681, Serjeant Machine Gun Corps Cavalry 100103

BEALE, Cecil George. 635. Serjeant KEH. 4th Troop, 'A' Squadron. Entered France 2/06/1915, wounded at defence of Vieille Chapelle 9/04/1918 with gun shot wound to his leg and discharged 13/04/1919. Born 23/09/1887 in Chatham, Kent, England and died 15/05/1967 in Rustington, Sussex, England. Entitled to 1914/15 Star trio. Contributed a photograph taken at the Colchester camp in 1911 of Serjeant Freeman and a number of named Corporals to the Old Comrades Association bulletin suggesting that he himself was serving from at least 1911.

BEALL, Leonard  Grierson. 2045. Private KEH. Entered France 4/05/1915. Transferred to KEH from 2KEH as Private 87. Discharged 24/02/1919. Born in 1876 in Billericay, Essex, England, Father William Grierson Beall 1842-1915 and mother Mary Annie Lucas 1846 - .  A brother Lawrence L. Beall 1878 –  and a sister Janet Mary Beall (1884–1931). Prior service with Cape Mounted Rifles and awarded Queen's South Africa medal with Cape Colony clasp. Awarded 1914/15 Star Trio. Photographs of medals courtesy of Rory Reynolds.

BECKETT, Arthur Henry Frederick. 1682. Private. 'A' Squadron. Discharged 25/04/1919. Born in Gorleston on Sea, Great Yarmouth, England on 6/04/1898 and lived in South America post-war and attended third re-union in 1945.Died in 1963 in Buenos Aires. Awarded British War and Victory Medals.

BECKMAN, George E. 996. Private. Discharged 2/09/1919. Entitled to British War and Victory Medals.

BEDFORD, Alfred. 298. Corporal KEH. Entered France 22/04/1915. Transferred as Corporal, Royal Engineers 91590. Discharged 19/07/1919. Entitled to 1914/15 Star trio. Prior service with pre-war KEH as Staff Serjeant. Additional prior service with Prince of Wales Light Horse in the Boer War as Private 33733 and awarded Queen's South Africa Medal with South Africa 1901 clasp. Prior to this he served as Private 547 with the Kaffrarian Rifles. Noted in 'Under Friendly Flags' by Lieutenant Colonel Neil C. Smith AM as an Australian having served with KEH. Alfred's prior service with the Prince Of Wales Light Horse is consistent with him being an Australian either by birth or by upbringing.

BEENKEN, Frederick Carl. 850. Private KEH. 'A' Squadron. Enlisted 19/12/1914 and entered France 1/06/1915. Discharged 29/05/1917 as physically unfit. Awarded Silver War Badge 217,928. Resided in Stretford post service. Entitled to 1914/15 Star trio.

BEGBIE, Alfred Vincent 960. Private. 'C' Company. Entered France 21/04/1915. Sniper spotted for Lieutenant Murray 966 KEH. Commissioned as a Second Lieutenant 6th Battalion, Cameron Highlanders 27/09/1916. Became a Bombing Officer after attending Cadet School at Blenderques in 1916. Born on 7/04/1894 the son of Rev. Alfred John Begbie. Educated at Haileybury College 1897-99. Lived at Simla, Bloomfield Park, Bath before he emigrated to Kelowa, British Columbia, Canada in 1902 and returned to England in 1914 to enlist in KEH. KIA 11/04/1917 leading his men at Monchy-le-Preux and was buried at Faubourg-d'Amiens Cemetery, Arras (listed on Arras Memorial). Commemorated on the Haileybury College Cloister Wall Memorial, Hertford Heath, England. Photograph in uniform of Cameron Highlanders from De Ruvigny's Roll of Honour.

BELL, Cheviot Wellington Dillon. 2104 Private. Served pre-WW1 KEH. Promoted to Corporal in 1913. Commissioned as a Second Lieutenant 15/08/1914 in KEH. Transferred to 10th Royal Hussars and then Royal Flying Corps and crashed aircraft nine times and promoted to Captain. Became a Squadron Leader in WW2 with RNZAF 1944 OTC Blenheim. Born 18/08/1892 the son of the Hon. Sir Francis Bell, G.C.M.G. (NZ Prime Minister 1925), and Lady Bell. Married Dorothy Mary Newton 21/04/1920 and died in Masterton, NZ in 26/09/1960. Brother of William Bell who also served with KEH and KIA.

BELL, Percy. 753. Private. Enlisted 1/12/1914 and entered France 1/06/1915. Discharged 26/03/1919. Born in 1887. Awarded Silver War Badge 183292. Entitled to 1914/15 Star trio.

BELL, Thomas Davie. 741. Private. Entered France 21/04/1915. Commissioned as a Second Lieutenant, KEH on 22/02/1918 from London Gazette not 1915 as shown on British War and Victory Medal Roll. Born Deanland, Haddington, Lincolnshire on 15/02/1892 and died in Dublin in Mar 1956. Applied for 1914/15 Star trio c/o Kingston, County Dublin, Ireland.

BELL, William (Hal) Henry Dillon. Serjeant commissioned as a Lieutenant pre-war KEH. Served as a Staff Officer (Captain) with the New Zealand (NZ) expedition to Samoa in 1914. Rejoined KEH, entered France 21/04/1915  promoted to Captain and KIA 31/07/17 aged 33 shot by a German sniper at Ferdinand Farm whilst in temporary command of 'C' Squadron during the great attack on Passchendaele Ridge. Mentioned in Despatches. Born 1/03/1884 in Wellington, NZ, the son of Hon. Sir Francis Bell, G.C.M.G. (NZ Prime Minister 1925), and Lady Bell. Brother of Cheviot Bell who also served with KEH. Hal went to school at Wellington College. On completion of his schooling he went to England and studied at Cambridge University. From Cambridge he read for the bar at the Inner Temple and was admitted as a barrister in 1908. While in England he married Gladys on 8/03/1907. He also held a temporary commission in the KEH. Bell and his wife returned to New Zealand in late March 1908. He became a member of NZ Parliament for Wellington and the first Member of Parliament to go on active service in WWI rejoining the KEH in December 1914 as a Lieutenant. Mentioned in Despatches. Name commemorated on the YPRES (MENIN GATE) MEMORIAL, BELGIUM. Photograph of him mounted on his charger from Miss Enid Bell. Commemorated on a plaque at Trinity College Cambridge, the Auckland Online Cenotaph and is included among the names on the memorial bronze tablet to lawyers and law clerks in the Wellington Library of the New Zealand Law Society. Photograph of him as Lieutenant in KEH in 1915 see Figure 19.

BELLMAN, Henry E. 1324. Private KEH. Attached to Stockwell's Force Oct-Nov 1918. Gassed 9-11/11/1918.. Discharged 25/03/1919. Entitled to British War and Victory Medals.

BELSON, Frederick. 1487. Acting Corporal. Discharged 22/06/1919. Entitled to British War and Victory Medals.

BENN, William W. 1253. Private. Discharged 30/08/1919. From Rhodesia and was servant to Lieutenant Alan W. Lade. Resided in Holbeck, Leeds, England post-war. Entitled to British War and Victory Medals.

BENNETT, Arthur W. 1357. Private. Discharged 19/06/1919. Entitled to British War and Victory Medals.

BENNETT, C. 239. Private KEH. No Medal Index Card or Medal Roll entry identified and so is likely to have been pre-war KEH. Noted in 'Under Friendly Flags' by Lieutenant Colonel Neil C. Smith AM as having been an Australian who served with KEH.

BENNETT, H. C. S. 2063. Private KEH. No Medal Index Card or Medal Roll entry identified and so is likely to have been pre-war KEH. Noted in 'Under Friendly Flags' by Lieutenant Colonel Neil C. Smith AM as having been an Australian who served with KEH.

BENNETT, James Henry. 947. Private KEH. Entered France 19/10/1915. Transferred as Private, Labour Corps 423041. Discharged 17/06/1919. Entitled to 1914/15 Star trio.

BENNETT, John Frederick. 55. Serjeant KEH. 'B' Squadron. Entered France 21/04/1915. Discharged 21/03/1919. Mentioned in Despatches. WIA and taken prisoner of war at the defense of Vieille Chapelle 8-11/04/1918. Lived in Eltham Park, London post-war. Served in the same Troop as Private F. S. Gardner. Member of the King's Colonial Lodge. Entitled to 1914/15 Star Trio.

BENSTEAD, Geoffrey. 668. Serjeant KEH. 2nd Troop, 'C' Squadron. Entered France 21/04/1915. Commissioned as a Second Lieutenant, 3rd Battalion, Royal Canadian Regiment. Born 15/10/1886 at Hermannsburg Mission Finke River, Northern Territory, Australia. His full name was Julian Geoffrey Barrow Benstead but he was generally known as Geoffrey Benstead. Married Gladys Mary Isabel Fleming in London in 1930. In 1939 he was a Film Distribution Agent living in Fulham, London. He died in Westminster, London, England in 1951. A talented snooker player and played regularly in British Amateur Snooker Championships. In fact, he made quite a name for himself by developing a one-handed technique, which was the subject of the Pathé news film https://www.britishpathe.com/video/one-handed-snooker. Awarded 1914/15 Star trio held in a private collection. 

BERCOVITZ, Soloman. 1104. Private KEH. Entered France 15/09/1915. Taken Prisoner of War at the defence of Vieille Chapelle 9-11/04/1918. Interred Dulmen Camp, Westphalia, Germany. Repatriated 29/11/1918. Discharged 22/06/1919. From Perth, West Australia. Entitled to 1914/15 Star trio.

BERKELEY, John Ernest Lee. 982. Corporal. 'C' Squadron. Entered France 2/06/1915. Awarded Belgian Decoration Militaire as a Private KEH (London Gazette 15/04/1918). Discharged 9/03/1919. Born 7/07/1888 in St Saviour Southwark, London, England and died 9/19/1957 in Salisbury, Wiltshire, England. Entitled to 1914/15 Star trio. Photograph of him with his wife Elizabeth taken post-war in Canada where they farmed, courtesy of Ancestry.

BERRY A. G. Lieutenant. King's Colonials 1902. Commanded 3rd Troop (Victoria) 'C' Squadron (Australasian) in 1903 (Photograph see Figure 4).

BERRY, Alfred Richard. 792. Lance Serjeant. 'A' Squadron. Enlisted 3/12/1914, entered France 1/06/1915 and was wounded at the defence of Vieille Chapelle 9-11/04/1918 and discharged 24/07/1919. Awarded Silver War Badge 494533. Entitled to 1914/15 Star trio. Lived in Argentina and born in 1886. Also noted in 'Under Friendly Flags' by Lieutenant Colonel Neil C. Smith AM as having been an Australian who served with KEH and likely to have ben born in Australia and emigrated to Argentina post-war.

BERTRAM, Cyril Robertson. Second Lieutenant, Flying Officer Royal Flying Corps MIC

BERTRAND, Walter R. 1398. Private KEH transferred as Private Tank Corps 112244

BESTOW, Frederick W. 1001. Private. 'A' Squadron. Entered France 2/06/1915 and discharged 7/03/1919. Entitled to 1914/15 Star trio.

BESWICK, Rodney Knight. 664. Private KEH. Commissioned as Second Lieutenant (19/12/1915), later Lieutenant then Captain 21st Battalion, Lancashire Fusiliers, transferred as Captain 52nd Manchester Regiment. Born 1890 in London, Middlesex, England and died Jun 1953 in Liverpool South, Lancashire, England. Awarded Military Cross and Bar, 1914/15 Star trio.

BETHELL, Frank. 422. Private. Entered France 2/06/1915. Transferred and then commissioned as a Second Lieutenant, Machine Gun Corps 104491 on 25/09/1917. Applied for 1914/15 Star trio from Middlesex.

BETTINGTON, John H. G. 646. Private. Entered France 22/04/1915. Commissioned as a Second Lieutenant 1st Reserve (Garrison) Battalion, Worcestershire Regiment 12/05/1917, Lieutenant 11/1917. Born in Canada and died in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada in 1950.

BETTS, Walter Bowden. Private. Enlisted after arriving from Shanghai in Dec 1914. Commissioned as a Second Lieutenant with the Royal Field Artillery 9/06/1915. Entered France 2/09/1916. Wounded as applied for Silver War Badge. Died in 12/05/1921 and medals applied for by his brother G. Betts.

BETTS, Reginald John. 1044. Corporal. Enlisted 15/04/1915 having traveled to England as part of the SS Suwa Maru contingent from Shanghai on 16/10/1914 where he was working in the Shanghai Municipal Council, Electricity Dept.  Entered France 28/07/1915. Wounded by shell blast at Maissemy Ridge. Discharged 29/10/1917, awarded Silver War Badge. Born in England in 1880, one of seven siblings and died 12/05/1921 in Rochester, England. Photo taken in 1916 at home courtesy of Imperial War Museum Lives of the First World War.  Entitled to 1914/15 Star trio.

BEVAN, Percy. 659. Serjeant. 'B' Squadron. Enlisted Nov 1914 in Maidstone, Kent and entered France 22/04/1915. "Sergt. P. Bevan, King Edward's Horse, of the Central Hotel, Ramsgate, is home on leave from France, and is receiving the congratulations of his friends on having been awarded the Military Medal. The honour was conferred for gallantry in carrying despatches to his troop leader under heavy fire" from the Thanet Advertiser Saturday 15 June 1919. Discharged 4/02/1919. Born in 1880 and died in Sep 1960. Award of Military Medal for gallantry at defence of Vieille Chapelle 9-11/04/1918 published in London Gazette 16/07/1918. Entitled to 1914/15 Star Medal trio with 1914/15 Star named as Private and British War and Victory Medals as Serjeant. His group of four medals are held in a private collection in the UK.

BEYNON, R. T. 1816. Private. Private KEH. Private Royal Air Force 319759 and discharged 26/03/1919. Entitled to British War and Victory Medals.

BIDDLES, Graham A. 1013. Private. 3rd Troop, 'A' Squadron. Entered France 28/07/1915. Discharged 24/03/1919. Resided in South America and attended third re-union there in 1945. Died 6/09/1966. Entitled to 1914/15 Star trio.

BILLMAN, Walter Melville. Private KEH. Transferred as Private, 16th Battalion, Middlesex Regiment then commissioned as a Second Lieutenant, 6th Battalion attached 1st Battalion 9/05/1915. Died of Wounds 5/11/1916 and buried in Grove Town Cemetery, Meaulte, the Somme, France. Born in Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada in 1892 the son of James and Grace Billman. Attended Dalhousie University and then was a Rhodes Scholar at Oxford in 1913. His brother Ralph S. Billman, Military Cross was a Lieutenant Colonel with the Canadian Artillery.

BINGHAM, William. Private. D/10855. KEH. Transferred to Corps of Dragoons D/10855. Photograph of British War and Victory Medals named to Corps of Dragoons from auction sale.

BINKS, Harris Jonathan. Private. KEH. Commissioned as a Second Lieutenant, Royal Engineers. Resided in Salisbury, South Africa after the Great War and served in the Special Reserve, South African Army in WW2.

BIRD, Henry. 1006. Corporal. 'C' Squadron. Enlisted late Feb 1915 at Great Scotland Yard and entered France 1/06/1915. Born in 1890 and resided in South African pre-war and in Bristol post-war. Discharged 1/12/1919. Entitled to 1914/15 Star trio.

BISHOP, Hugh Seddons. 461. Private. Entered France 22/04/1915. Commissioned as a Second Lieutenant, Tank Corps on 23/11/1916 later Captain. Applied for 1914/15 Star trio from Bedford Park, London.

BISHOP, Wilfred. Private KEH. Commissioned as a Temporary Second Lieutenant 3rd Battalion Border Regiment then transferred to the 11th Battalion after training with Inns of Court Officer's Training Corps 25/10/1916. DoW 06/07/1917 from indirect machine gun fire whilst on a working party midnight 5/07/1917 in the Nieuport sector. Eldest son of the late Clement Bishop and Emily Maud Garcia born 24/04/1884 in Oxford Street, Port of Spain, Trinidad. Buried in RAMSCAPPELLE ROAD MILITARY CEMETERY, Belgium. Commemorated on Port of Spain Cenotaph. Educated at the College of the Immaculate Conception (now called St Mary's College) in Trinidad. Portrait photograph shown of Second Lieutenant Bishop in the uniform of the Border Regiment circa 1916 courtesy of Angela Owens, Ancestry.  

BIZLEY, Walter Carter. 1485. Trumpeter. Transferred as Private, 14th London Regiment. Discharged 19/04/1919. Resided in St Johns Wood, London, England. Entitled to British War and Victory Medals.

BLACK, Hugh K. 1965. Private, Private Royal Army Medical Corps 135536 MIC

BLACK, Ralph (Ralf) Wemyss. 1070. Private KEH. Born in New Zealand in 1874 the son of James Black and Mary Harcourt and died 1/10/1962 in Auckland. Entitled to British War Medal and Victory Medal. Brother Trooper Colin Black, Auckland Mounted Rifles, 22nd Reinforcements, Mounted Rifles Brigade, New Zealand Expeditionary Force. Died of Wounds 17/11/1917 in Palestine. Colin was the fifth son of Mr. James Black, "Telpal," Prospect Terrace, Mt. Eden. He was an old Grammar School boy and for many years has been on the clerical staff in the firm of Buckland and Co. Colin Black is buried in Deir el Belah War Cemetery, Palestine, Israel. Brother Hugh Black served with Australian Light Horse in Palestine. Commemorated on the Auckland Online Cenotaph. Photograph of Ralf Black in KEH uniform courtesy of J. Kang.

BLACKBURN, Edward H. 723. Serjeant. 3rd Troop, 'A' Squadron KEH at defense of Vieille Chapelle 9-11/04/1918. Entered France 22/04/1915. Discharged 14/02/1919. Awarded the Distinguished Conduct Medal (named to Serjeant) published in the London Gazette 3/09/1919 and Member of the Order of the British Empire (MBE). 1914/15 Star Medal Trio named as Private on 1914/15 Star and Serjeant on British War and Victory Medals. MBE unnamed as issued. Awarded civilian OBE in 1953. Born in British Columbia, Canada and died in 1968. Photograph from Old Comrades Bulletin of Serjeants of 'A' Squadron in 1918 in France. Serjeant Blackburn is stood on the left at the back. His group of five medals are held in a private collection in the UK with a photographs of them with their courtesy shown on the accompanying page.

BLACKWELL, Arthur E. Private former Private 7th Dragoon Guards D/12610, Private Corps of Dragoons MIC

BLAKER, Geoffrey Beckett. 651. Private. Entered France 21/04/1915. Promoted to Acting Corporal. Commissioned as a Second Lieutenant 22/02/1918. Second Lieutenant in photograph Marlborough Barracks, Dublin 1918 see Figure 33. Served RAF in South Africa in WW2. Born 15/03/1893 in Petersfield, Hampshire, England and died 2/05/1963 at Chase Cottage, West Bergholt, Essex, England. His brother Lieutenant Arthur Wilfred Blaker, Royal Navy was born 27/03/1889 in Lewes, Sussex, England and DoW 19/03/1915 received after HMS "Inflexible" was involved in the attack on the Dardanelles, Turkey. Geoffrey applied for 1914/15 Star trio from Colchester, Essex, England.

BLAMEY, Marshall. 1916. Private. 'A' Squadron. Discharged 9/06/1919. Died Apr 1947 in Natal, South Africa. Entitled to British War and Victory Medals.

BLANCHARD, James F. J. 222. Serjeant. Entered France 22/04/1915. Commissioned as a Second Lieutenant 20/09/1915. Transferred to Canadian Field Artillery later as a Captain. Applied for 1914/15 Star Trio from Winnipeg, Canada.

BLAYLOCK, Johnathan A. 1270. Private. 'C' Squadron. Discharged 31/05/1919. Died Buenos Aires in 1946. Entitled to British War and Victory Medals.

BLETSOE, William Bruce. Serjeant, Second Lieutenant 18th Hussars MIC

BLISS, William Stanley. 787. Corporal (Trumpeter). Enlisted Nov 1914 and served in France and Italy. Awarded Military Medal London Gazette 1918 for action at the defence of Vieille Chapelle 9-11/04/1918. Discharged 23/02/1919. Born 11/05/1898 and died 13/02/1980 in Watford, England. Entitled to British War and Victory Medals.

BLOUNT, Maurice Bertie. 1542. Private. Enlisted 11/05/1916 and discharged due to sickness 25/01/1917 with chronic dysentry. Awarded Silver War Badge 45745. Born in Clapham, London in 1887, lived in Winbourne, Dorset and had served with the Ceylon Planters Rifles for 5 years whilst working as a tea planter. No WW1 service medal entitlement.

BOILEAU, Gilbert Elliot. 1075. Corporal. Entered France 14/09/1915. Severely injured his leg 13/11/1918 and discharged 25/06/1919. Prior service in the Boer War with the Border Horse as Corporal 1473 and awarded Queen's South Africa (QSA) Medal with Transvaal clasp. Born in 26/12/1875 in Mt Moriac, near Geelong, Victoria the son of Edmund William Pollen Boileau and Bridget Mary Walsh. His brother John Peter Boileau born 29/03/1876 in Mitiamo, Victoria also served with the Border Horse as a Trooper 1474 (John Pollen Boileau on QSA Medal roll with Pollen being a middle name of his father) and awarded QSA Medal with Transvaal clasp. The brothers obviously enlisted together given their service numbers are consecutive. Gilbert died in 1952 in Cheltenham, Victoria and his brother John died in 1951.

BOLLARD, John Cyril. 1255. Acting Serjeant. Enlisted 18/09/1915. Transferred as Acting Serjeant, Labour Corps 443401. Prior service with Shanghai and Hong Kong Volunteer Corps. Born in 1893. Entitled to British War and Victory Medals.

BOLTON, George William. 872. Serjeant (Saddler). 3rd Troop, 'B' Squadron in 1916. Entered France 22/04/1915. Wounded at defence of Vieille Chapelle 9-11/04/1918. Discharged 10/04/1919. Born in Apr 1891 in Radcliffe, Northumberland and died Jun 1945 in Blyth, Northumberland, England. Entitled to British War and Victory Medals.

BOLUS, Walter 1481. Private. Arrived in France June 1916. Commissioned as a Second Lieutenant in the Special Reserve of Officers on 23/02/18 after attending an Officers Cadet Unit, see Figure 33 for photograph as a Second Lieutenant in 1918. Promoted to Lieutenant 23/8/19 and resigned his commission 1/4/19. Born 4/07/1900 in London, London, England and died 14/04/1976 in Johannesburg, Gauteng, South Africa. Awarded British War and Victory Medals from Johannesburg, South Africa. Photographs and family history from his grandson Walter Stevens regarding his grandfather's service and noting his riding trophies. Lieutenant Bolus won many Irish Show Jumping Championships as shown in the accompanying photograph taken of him competing at the Irish War Counties Hospital in September 1918. He was devastated not to be able to have his mount, Japie released to him from the Army. The family retain Lieutenant Bolus's stirrups and riding trophies.  

BOND, Ernest E. 381. Corporal. Temporary Regimental Serjeant Major (T. R. S. MJR). Entered France 2/06/1915. 'A' Squadron, Transport Warrant Officer Class 1. Awarded the Distinguished Conduct Medal as Regimental Serjeant-Major for gallantry in the advances at St Quentin, Cambrai and Fosse in 1917-18. Discharged 16/01/1920. Died in Southport, England on 3/03/1957. Entitled to 1914/15 Star Medal Trio. Distinguished Conduct Medal held in a private collection in the UK and named to T. R. S. MJR. E.E.BOND 1/K.ED.H with photographs of his medal shown on the accompanying page.

BONESS, George. Private KEH. Transferred from 1st Dragoon Guards as Private D/18387 then KEH to Corps of Dragoons as Private D/18387. Discharged 16/02/1919. Born 10/04/1886 in Bulwell, Nottingham, Nottinghamshire and died there on 12/09/1961. Entitled to British War and Victory Medals.

BONNER, Thomas. Private KEH. Transferred from 7th Dragoon Guards as Private D/17034 then after KEH to Corps of Dragoons as Private D/17034. Discharged 3/03/1919. Entitled to British War and Victory Medals.

BOOR, Alexander Richard. 1043. Private. A' Squadron. Enlisted 15/04/1915 and entered France 16/06/1915. Discharged 10/03/1919. Born on 28/12/1882 in Snow Hill, Ocho Rios, Saint Ann, Jamaica and died 26/12/1929 in Kingston, Kingston, Jamaica, British West Indies. Entitled to 1914/15 Star trio. Civilian portrait shown courtesy of Ancestry. 

BORLEY, Geo. D. Private KEH. Enlisted 2/05/1915, transferred as Private and Labour Corps 585703 discharged due to sickness 6/12/1915. Awarded Silver War Badge B197046 and no medal entitlement.

BORNS, Frank. 1336. Private. Entered France 5/05/1915. Transferred to Lancashire Fusiliers 40533. Entitled to 1914/15 trio. Medals to be destroyed noted on Medal Index Card.

BOTHWELL, Edwin I. 1891. Private KEH. Discharged 19/05/1919. Entitled to British War and Victory Medals.

BOTTLE, Harry C. 340. Serjeant KEH later Warrant Officer Class 2. Entered France 15/05/1915. Prior service 1905-13 with the Civil Service Rifles. Played clarinet in the military band. Became Orderly Room SQMS. Staff Officer, Ministry of Health in civilian life. In group photograph of Warrant Officers and Sergeants at Bishop's Stortford. Discharged 10/11/1919. Entitled to 1914/15 Star trio.

BOUCH, W. Kennedy. 11. Serjeant. Served in pre-war KEH. Awarded the Territorial Forces Efficiency Medal 1/04/1912.

BOUCHER, Henry. 74. Serjeant. Enlisted 25/08/1914 and discharged 7/11/1917 as medically unfit. Awarded British War Medal and Victory Medal.

BOWEN, Horace Courthorpe. 628 Corporal KEH. 'B' Squadron. Enlisted 7/09/1914 at Watford. Entered France 21/04/1915. Promoted to Lance Corporal 1/03/1917. Served in Italy 10/12/1917 to 9/03/1918. Taken prisoner at Defense of Vieille Chapelle 19/04/1918. Interred as a Prisoner of War from 9/04/1918 to -2/12/1918. Discharged 2/05/1919 physically unfit to parents address of 14 Castletown Road, Kensington, United Kingdom. Born in Georgetown, Demerara, Guyana in 1884. and died in 1952 in the UK. Educated at Bloxham School, Oxfordshire, United Kingdom. Prior service with Royal North West Mounted Police and Penang Volunteers, Malaya where he worked as a rubber planter. Entitled to 1914/15 Star trio.

BOWKER, John (Jack) Ryther Steer. 8. Private. Entered France 27/07/1915. Discharged 14/12/1918. Born 29/07/1888 in Darling Point, New South Wales, Australia to Florence Mary Marks and Dr Robert Steer Bowker (surgeon). He was educated at Barker College, Sydney 1902-06 and then studied medicine like his father at Middlesex Hospital, England in 1909. He married (unofficially) Elsie Emily Boyten in 1915 in England whom he met when he was boarding with her grandmother's family when he was in England studying to become a doctor. They had a daughter Beryl S Bowker Boyten born in 1919. After living in Middlesex he then moved to Sydney without his family. He died on the 29/06/1944 in Darlinghurst, Sydney, Australia. Entitled to 1914/15 Star trio. Biography courtesy of Robin Hyland. Full length portrait photograph of a postcard sent to Elsie in 1915 courtesy of Robin Hyland and another photograph of him on enlistment in 1914 shown on the accompanying page.

BOYCE, Percy. Private. Name commemorated on the Kilkenny War Memorial, MacDonagh Station, Dublin Road, Kilkenny, Ireland. Entitled to 1914/15 Star trio but no Medal Index Card or Medal Roll entry located.

BOYER, Charles Joseph. 1082. Private. Enlisted 12/05/1915 and entered France 13/09/1915. Transferred as Sapper, Royal Engineers 359692 on 28/02/1918. Prior service with British Columbia Horse for two years. Entitled to 1914/15 Star trio.

BOX, Thomas. 552. Private. 'A' Squadron. Entered France 2/06/1915. Discharged 15/02/1919. Entitled to 1914/15 Star trio.

BRADBURN, William Ernest Horatio. Colonel W. E. H. Bradburn, Inspector-General of Police, British Guiana, late 8th Hussars and King Edward’s Horse. The Order of St John of Jerusalem, Officer (Brother) silver breast badge; King’s Police Medal, G.V.R., 2nd issue (Col. William E. H. Bradburn, Insp-Gen. of Police, British Guiana); Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 4 clasps, Cape Colony, Orange Free State, Transvaal, South Africa 1902 (1556 Tpr., S.A.C.); 1914-15 Star (13319 Pte.-A-Cpl., 8th Hrs.); British War and Victory Medals (13319 A.Cpl., 8/Hrs.). K.P.M. London Gazette 1 January 1932. The recommendation states: ‘Has a specially distinguished record in administrative and detective services. Has successfully organised the Police Force of the Colony.’ William Ernest Horatio Bradburn was born in Derby on 26 May 1884, son of a pattern maker. As a young man of some 17 years of age, he served during the Boer War, with the Imperial Yeomanry in 1901, and later in the ranks of the South African Constabulary until October 1907. On the outbreak of the Great War, Bradburn joined the 8th Hussars and served overseas with this regiment until April 1917. Bradburn was granted a commission from an Officer Cadet Unit as a Second Lieutenant in King Edward’s Horse on 17 April 1917. He was appointed Adjutant of the Reserve Regiment of King Edward’s Horse in September 1917, with acting rank of Captain, but appears to have remained stationed in Ireland for the remainder of the war. He was promoted Lieutenant in the regiment in October 1918, and subsequently returned to their pre-war Head Quarters in Chelsea. In July 1919 he was selected for an appointment in the Cyprus Military Police, and in the following October was appointed a local Commandant. He served in Cyprus until 1927, and held a number of appointments there during this period, including those of Deputy Coroner, in the district of Larnaca, and later Nicosia, a Member of the Prison Board, and a Visitor of the Central Prison. He held acting and deputy appointments as Chief Commandant of the Cyprus Police at various times, as well as acting as A.D.C. to the High Commissioner on several occasions, becoming Honorary A.D.C. from October 1924. In August 1926 he was nominated an Official Member of the Legislative Council. In January 1927, Bradburn was appointed Inspector-General of Police and Commandant of the Local Forces in British Guiana, and from May to December 1927 he was in addition acting Inspector of Prisons. He was nominated Official Member of the Legislative Council from August 1928 to June 1930, and of the Executive Council from May to December 1929. During his tenure in British Guiana, Bradburn did much work with and for the St John’s Ambulance Association, and for his services was appointed an Officer (Brother) of the Order of St John of Jerusalem, as notified in the London Gazette of 25 June 1935. Bradburn held the rank of Colonel in the British Guiana Militia, and was President of the British Guiana Local Forces Rifle Club. His only son, William Stewart Bradburn, was later an officer in the Trinidad Police, and as a Sub-Inspector was killed in riots in Trinidad during 1937. He was shot in the chest and killed on 21 June of that year in rioting in South Trinidad in the course of a strike by 5000 oilfield workers over higher wages and shorter hours. Colonel Bradburn retired in 1937 and the following year approval was granted for him to retain his rank with permission to wear the prescribed uniform. In due course he returned to England and in 1968 was living in Budleigh Salterton, Devon. Medals sold at auction by Dix Noonan Webb, UK in April 2003 bu no image available. Captain and Adjutant in photograph Marlborough Barracks, Dublin 1918 see Figure 33. Extensively researched by Diane Moss as part of https://www.sixstreetsderby.org/local-history/lest-we-forget.

BRADNEY, . Private served in Dublin

BRAGG, Robert (Bob) Charles. 227. Corporal KEH. Commissioned as a Temporary Second Lieutenant, 'A' Battery Royal Field Artillery (RFA), 58th Brigade. Disembarked at Gallipoli 14/07/1915. DoW sustained to both legs from a shell hitting his dugout 1/09/1915 at Suvla Bay, Gallipoli.  He was evacuated to a hospital ship but died the next day on the voyage to Malta. He had served in the pre-war KEH.  Born 25/11/1892 in North Adelaide, South Australia. Son of Sir William Bragg KBE and Lady Bragg, The Royal Institution, London. Awarded 1914/15 Star trio. Robert’s father, Professor William Henry Bragg came to Adelaide from Cambridge in 1885 and was professor of mathematics and physics at the university for more than twenty years. In 1899, Professor Bragg designed a two-storey home on East Terrace Adelaide where no doubt, Robert and his siblings enjoyed many happy days together exploring the open land nearby which is today the East Park land. Robert and his brother William later attended the School and while there William proved to be a highly gifted student and Robert distinguished himself as a sportsman. Following the example of his father, William Lawrence Bragg showed an early interest in science and mathematics while Robert, also a good student  made the most of his spare time playing football and rowing. Robert developed into an outstanding sportsman and this along with his happy disposition ensured he was always popular among his peers. Due to his brilliant scientific research into alpha, beta, and gamma rays, Robert’s father was offered a professorship at Leeds, England. In 1909, he accepted the post, Robert, and William continued their studies at Trinity College Cambridge. While there, Robert rowed in the Cambridge University Eight but by 1910, while at Oundle School in Northamptonshire he wrote back to his friends in Adelaide telling them how he was not enjoying his new school nearly as much as he had enjoyed his time at St Peter's. Upon completing his studies at Cambridge, William collaborated with his father and in 1915 jointly published a paper, X-Ray and Crystal Structure, for which they gained the highly prized Barnard medal. William served as a technical adviser with the British General Headquarters in France and Flanders and was overseas when it was announced that he and his father had been jointly awarded the Nobel Prize (Physics) for their services in the analysis of crystal structure by means of X-rays. Both were later knighted and remain at the time of writing, the first and only father and son team to be jointly awarded the Nobel Prize in Physics; William was only 25 years of age.  Bob is commemorated on the Hackney St Peter's College Fallen Honour Board and the Helles Memorial, Gallipoli. Biography and portrait photograph in RFA uniform courtesy Australian Virtual War Memorial.


BRAGG, William Lawrence. Private KEH. Served pre-war KEH 1909-13. Commissioned as a Second Lieutenant, Leicestershire Royal Horse Artillery and worked in a Royal Engineers section using sound waves to locate German artillery. Awarded Order of the British Empire, Apr 1918 and Military Cross and Mentioned in Despatches. Awarded 1914/15 Star trio. Born in North Adelaide, South Australia on 31/03/1890. Educated at St. Peter's College, and University of Adelaide, South Australia then Trinity College, Cambridge, England. Son of William Henry BRAGG and Gwendoline nee TODD. Jointly awarded the Nobel Prize for Physics with his father William in 1915. Professor W. L. Bragg, M.A., has been appointed to the Langworthy Chair of Physics, Manchester University. He is the son of Professor W. H. Bragg (who from 1885 to 1908 filled the Chair of Mathematics and Physics in the Adelaide University), and the grandson of the late Sir Charles Todd, F.R.S., - who was during many years Postmaster-General of South Australia. Professor W. L. Bragg was born in South Australia, and educated at St. Peter's College and the Adelaide University, where he graduated B.A. in 1908. In conjunction with his father, he was awarded, in 1915, the Nobel Prize, and also the Barnard Medal from Columbia University, for work on X-rays and crystals.  At Manchester he has succeeded Sir Ernest Rutherford, one of the most distinguished of living physicists, who is a native of New Zealand, and has recently taken the place of Sir J. J. Thomson, O.M., as Cavendish Professor at Cambridge. Brother of Corporal later Second Lieutenant Robert Charles Bragg KIA. Commemorated on the Hackney St Peter's College Honour Board. Civilian photograph courtesy of the Nobel Foundation. 

BRAKE, Francis Joseph Edwin. 56. Squadron Quarter Master Serjeant 'C' Squadron. Commissioned Second Lieutenant 24/03/1917 in the Royal Field Artillery later 18th Wing Royal Air Force. Entered France 22/04/1915. Born 10/12/1889 in Hong Kong and died 13/06/1960 in Westminster, London. Awarded 1953 Coronation medal and became a Knight of the Bath in 1946 for service as Controller of Construction and Regional Services and served on the Air Supply Board in WW2. Senior roles in the aviation and telecommunications industries. Life governor of Haileybury and ISC. An aluminium dog tag impressed to F. Brake, Service No. 56 noted as having been acquired by a member on the Great War Forum in 2005. His brother Frederick Carlton James Brake was born in 1894 and KIA 21/03/1918 as Second Lieutenant, 10th Battalion, Worcestershire Regiment. Sir Francis Brake applied for 1914/15 Star trio from Grove Park, London in 1921.

BRAKELL, James Forster. 410. Serjeant. Entered France 2/06/1915. Commissioned as a Second Lieutenant, KEH on 14/9/1915. Taken Prisoner of War 31/07/1917 and repatriated 23/12/1918. Served in the Mersey Division, Royal Navy and awarded a silver medal (sold on electronic auction site Feb 2020) for "Interpart of Ship Heavy Gun Competition 1908" to Able Boatman J. F. Brakell. Applied for 1914/15 Star from Liverpool.

BRAND, Jonathan. 1530. Private. Discharged 7/03/1919. Died in 1960. Entitled to British War and Victory Medals.

BRANDON, Frederick. 574. Private. Entered France 22/04/1915 and discharged 15/2/1919. Entitled to 1914/15 Star trio.

BRANT, Arthur. 626. Serjeant. 'B' Squadron. Entered France 21/04/1915. Discharged 10/03/1919. Born 7/09/1887 in East Dulwich, London, England and died 9/10/1972 in Lewisham, Greater London, England. Entitled to 1914/15 Star trio. Civilian portrait shown on accompanying page.

BRANWOOD, Alfred J. 917. Private Entered France 2/06/1915. WIA at defense of Vieille Chapelle 9-11/04/1918. Discharged 24/02/1919. Entitled to 1914/15 Star trio.

BRAVERY, Charles. 519. Private. 1st Section, 1st Troop, 'C' Squadron. Entered France 27/07/1915. Hotchkiss gunner and fought at Defense of Vieille Chapelle 9-11/04/1918 supporting 'A' Squadron. Discharged 9/08/1919. Entitled to 1914/15 Star trio.

BRAZIER, Dyckon C. (E. on letter to family and C. on Medal Index Card and Medal Roll). 1384. Lance Corporal. 'B' Squadron. Taken prisoner of war at the defense of Vieille Chapelle. Lived in South America post-war and attended the third re-union 1945. Wrote to Lieutenant Pinckney's family regarding his death at Vieille Chapelle on 9/04/1918. Discharged 31/03/1919. Noted in 'Under Friendly Flags' by Lieutenant Colonel Neil C. Smith AM as being an Australian having served with KEH but unable to substantiate this. Entitled to British War and Victory Medals.

BREBNER, Norman G. 1601. Corporal. Discharged 9/09/1919. Entitled to British War and Victory Medals.

BREBNER, William Masson. 1640. Private. Enlisted 8/09/1916. Transferred as Private, 542nd Home Service Company, Labour Corps 416793. Discharged 28/03/1919. Prior service in the Infantry from Oct 1914 to Aug 1916 in West Africa and suffered shell shock and deafness after being blown up by a shell. Born 29/09/1889 in Aberdeen, Scotland and died 1/07/1962 in Cape Province, South Africa. Applied for British War Medal as sole entitlement.

BRENCHLEY, Mark. 1071. Private KEH. Enlisted 6/05/1915 and entered France 28/07/1915. WIA at Passchendaele Jul 1917. Discharged 16/10/1917 due to wounds. Born in 1888 in Cliffe, Kent and died in 1962 in Chatham, Kent, England. Awarded Silver War Badge 323,101 and 1914/15 Star trio.

BRENNAN, John. 1069. Serjeant KEH. 3rd Section, 1st Troop, 'C' Squadron. Wounded Passchendaele Jul 1917 Transferred to Tank Corps 305381. From New Zealand. Entitled to British War and Victory Medals named to Tank Corps.

BRENT, Stewart. 558. Private. Entered France 21/04/1915. Reported as Missing in Action at Defense of Vieille Chapelle 9/04/1918. Discharged 7/4/1919. Entitled to 1914/15 Star trio.

BRETON, Albert. Private KEH. Transferred from 1st Dragoon Guards, as Private D/17023 then after KEH to the Corps of Dragoons. Discharged 18/12/1919. Entitled to British War and Victory Medals.

BRETT, Thomas. 1204. Private. Discharged 19/04/1919. Entitled to British War and Victory Medals.

BRETT, William. 1156. Private. Reported as Missing in Action at defence of Vieille Chapelle 9-11/04/1919. Discharged 1/05/1919. Entitled to British War ad Victory Medals.

BREWSTER, John A. 2111. Entered France 4/09/1915. Transferred from 2KEH as Private 25. Discharged 23/05/1919. Entitled to 1914/15 Star trio.

BRICE, Cyril Sidney. 488. Private. Enlisted 8/08/1914 and discharged 22/10/1914 as medically unfit. Born in Christchurch, New Zealand in 1893. No medal entitlement. Name commemorated on the Auckland online Cenotaph.

BRIDGEMAN, Robert J. J. 1335. Private. Discharged 13/04/1919. From New Zealand. Commemorated on the Auckland Online Cenotaph. Entitled to British War Medal and Victory Medal.

BRIDGER, David Edgar. 738. Private. Enlisted at Watford in late 1914 and died of cerebral meningitis at Bishop Stortford, England 19/04/1915. Born in 1892 in Uruguay the ninth son of the late Robert Bridger, of Greywell, Winchfield, Hants. On leaving school he went to the Argentine, where he was employed at Estancia " La Argentina," Cuenca, and on 30/11/1914 returned to England to enlist and refused a commission. Educated at St George's College, Quilmes, Argentina and the Manor House, Tonbridge, England 1905-09. Buried in BIGGLESWADE CEMETERY, UK. Civilian photograph on www.ukphotoarchive.org.uk  Not eligible for medals with short service. Civilian photograph courtesy of Tonbridge School. Not eligible for service medals with short home service. His was the first death in the KEH during the war.

BRIDGES, Herbert Throsby. 1207. Private. Discharged 8/4/1919. Born in 1873 in Australia and died 20/01/1934 in Eastbourne, Sussex, England. Entitled to British War and Victory Medals.

BRIGGS, Bertram H. 1486. Private. Discharged 9/07/1919. Residing in Essex in 1970. Awarded British War and Victory Medals with Victory medal sold on an electronic auction site in 2020.

BRINN, John Frederick Thomas. 256. Serjeant. 4th Section, 1st Troop, 'C' Squadron. Entered France 22/04/1915. Discharged 5/04/19. Born 7/04/1882 in St James, London, England and died 28/01/1951 in London. Enlisted with address of Pimlico, South West London. Entitled to 1914/15 Star trio. Portrait photograph in uniform of KEH courtesy of Ancestry.

BRISTED, Geoffrey Thornborrow. 329. Lance Corporal. 'C' Squadron. Enlisted KEH 22/08/1913 with University Troop whilst at Cambridge University, promoted to Lance Corporal 20/08/1914 and commissioned as a Second Lieutenant 13/11/1914 with the 10th Regiment Cavalry Reserve (affiliated with the 4th and 8th Hussars). Transferred to Royal Engineers (RE) on 8/08/1915 and went to Aldershot to attend a 3-week course, probably in field engineering. Upon completion of the course he was posted to the 3rd Field Squadron, RE, a mounted unit of the R.E. assigned to the 3rd Cavalry Division. He entered France 25/11/1915. Mentioned in Despatches 4/01/1917. Promoted to Captain 18/05/1918 and discharged 21/10/1919. Served in Iraq 1920-22. Awarded General Service Medal with IRAQ clasp. Born 16/01/1891 in Wellington, New Zealand the son of Richard Bower and Constance Bristed. Geoffrey was living with his mother and his siblings in Buxton, Derbyshire in 1901 and studied at Clifton College, Bristol 1906-08 where he served with the Engineering Cadet Corps as a Cadet Sapper then worked in South America before entering King's College, Cambridge in 1913. His father also served in WW1 as Major R.B. Bristed, RE. His occupation post war was as a banker in London and he died on 7/11/1969. Geoffrey is commemorated on the Auckland Online Cenotaph. See a full biography of Captain Geoffrey Thornborrow Bristed, Royal Engineers, (formerly Trooper, King Edward's Horse) by Lieutenant Colonel Edward De Santis at http://www.reubique.com/GTBristed.htm with an image of his medals held in that authors collection.

BRISTOW, Charles. Private. 'C' Squadron. Served with Cambridge University Squadron, King's Colonials and in the pre-war KEH. Acting Governor of India and knighted.

BRISTOW, Wilfred Holditch. 2049. Originally Private 1135 2KEH. Entered France 4/05/1915. Transferred to KEH as Private 2049. Died of Wounds 30/10/17 aged 33. Son of Henry Barnes Bristow (former British Consul in China) and Kathleen Sara Bristow (nee Holditch) of The Chantry House, Steyning, Sussex. Born in King's Lynn Norfolk, UK and lived in Canada as a farmer pre-war. Buried in DOZINGHEM MILITARY CEMETERY, BELGIUM. Photograph of Casualty letter to family shown and photograph of his gravestone available online. Name commemorated on the Canadian On-line War Memorial, Bedford School Memorial Panel and Steyning War Memorial, St. Andrew's Church, Surrey. Entitled to 1914/15 Star trio.


BRITTON, Thomas S. Private, Private Corps of Dragoons D/18316

BRITTS, Malcolm. H. G. 319. Private. Entered France 19/04/1915. Corporal, Royal Engineers 94042. Commissioned as a Second Lieutenant, Royal Army Service Corps (Supply Transport) 7/06/1916. Entitled to 1914/15 Star trio issued by Indian Army Office

BROADHEAD, William Smithson. 705. Private KEH. Entered France 24/05/1915. Commissioned as a Second Lieutenant Reserve Regiment of Cavalry 14/02/1919 and discharged in 1920. Made sketches during service with KEH as per one shown of KEH drilling. Wounded in France and invalided home. Studied at the Sheffield School of Art and the Royal College of Art. Became a famous horse painter after working as an illustrator for 'Cosmopolitan' and other magazines in the USA and Canada. Born 24/11/1888 in Barrow-In-Furness, England and died 17/06/1960 in Winchester, Frederick, Virginia, USA. Applied for 1914/15 Star trio from Chelsea, London, England.   

BROCKWELL, Francis J. 1661. Private KEH. Entered France 30/09/1915. Transferred as Private, Corps of Hussars 56040. Discharged 12/06/1919. Entitled to 1914/15 Star trio.

BROMFIELD, Sydney Lewis (Sid). 62. Private in pre-war KEH.  Serjeant entered France 22/04/1915 and commissioned 26/06/17 Acting Captain Lincolnshire Regiment. Born in 1891 in New Zealand then lived with parents at Fishponds, Bristol until he married Elizabeth Emma Howard Collins on 26/07/1921. They had one child during their marriage. Attended annual camp 1913. Went to France 22/04/15. He served as a Captain in the Middlesex Regiment Home Guard in WW2. He was living at Iver Heath in 1946 and died in 1972. Serjeant Bromfield (far right in the accompanying postcard) sent the postcard of his section to his mother to 636 Fishponds Road, Fishponds, Bristol after having 'a very good time' attending annual camp in Bulford in July 1913. He is wearing 'B' Squadron (British American) collar badges of the King's Colonials. He is also shown with his section in Figures 146 and 149 attending signal training. Commemorated on the Auckland Online Cenotaph. 

BROOKER, Harry Hill. 1162. Private KEH. Entered France June 1916. Commissioned as a Second Lieutenant Royal Fusiliers 26/06/1917 later Lieutenant. From Wilkawatt, South Australia.

BROOKMAN, Charles J. 498. Staff Quarter Master Serjeant KEH. Served pre-war KEH. Entered France 22/04/1915. Was with 'B' Squadron up until 1916 and then 'A' Squadron and then back to 'B' Squadron in 1918. Discharged 7/03/1919. Mentioned in Despatches as Serjeant. Born in Australia and lived in England post-war. Entitled to 1914/15 Star trio.

BROOM, William. 1061. Private KEH. Transferred as Rifleman, King's Royal Rifle Corps R/34551 then Sapper, Royal Engineers 311025. Entitled to British War and Victory Medals.

BROSTER, Harold Broughton. 363. Private KEH. Entered France 22/04/1915. Commissioned as a Second Lieutenant King's Royal Rifle Corp 27/03/1917. Acting Second Lieutenant Royal Field Artillery. KIA 30/11/1917 with 11th Battalion, King's Royal Rifle Corps at Cambrai.  Born in 1886 the son of Charles and Lois Broster of Queenstown, Cape Province, South Africa. Educated at St. Andrew's College, Grahamstown. Name recorded on the Cambrai Memorial. 1914/15 Star trio applied for by Mrs E. Broster in 1919 from Queenstown, Cape Province, South Africa. Portrait photograph shown in the uniform of the King's Royal Rifle Corps courtesy of the Imperial War Museum. 

BROWN, George Gordon. 964. Private KEH. Enlisted 19/02/1915, entered France 2/06/1915 and discharged 16/01/1918 due to sickness. Awarded Silver War Badge 317902. Born in 1891, resided in Paxton, Berwick-upon-Tweed initially post war and died in 1952 in Bella Vista, Argentina. Entitled to 1914/15 Star trio.

BROWN, George William Farrer. 1080. Serjeant. Transferred as Private Northumberland Fusiliers 63245 then Serjeant, Royal East Kent Regiment 1080. Applied for 1914/15 Star trio from London. His brother Lieutenant Claude Joseph John Brown, 3rd Battalion Northamptonshire Regiment attached 1st/2nd King African's Rifles. Died in service 18/11/1918 in Nairobi, Kenya aged 32 the son of George Henry and Rosamond Amy Brown of Crouch Hill, London.

BROWN, John. 1426. Private KEH. DOW 23/04/20 aged 42. Son of Margaret and the late Henry Brown of Cresswell House, Station Road, Cullercoats, Northumberland. Buried in WHITLEY BAY (ST. PAUL) CHURCHYARD, UK. No Great War Medal entitlement suggesting did not serve in France. 

BROWN, Orlando Moray. 682. Private KEH. Entered France 22/04/1915. Commissioned as a Second Lieutenant, Royal Engineers 22/08/1915 later Temporary Captain then Major. Born in 1880 in Perthshire, Scotland and died 10/08/1965 in Cowichan Bay, British Columbia, Canada. Applied for 1914/15 Star trio from Queen Camel, Somerset. His brother Captain Alan Moray Brown, Military Cross, 47th Sikhs who was born 6/09/1881 in Torquay, Devon, England and KIA 12/03/1915 having served with them from 1900 and is buried in GUARDS CEMETERY, WINDY CORNER, CUINCHY, France.

BROWNE, Austin Elmitt. 1386. Private. Commissioned as a Second Lieutenant, West Riding Regiment 26/06/1917. Entitled to British War and Victory Medals.

BROWNE, William Edward. 904. Private. 'A' Squadron. Entered France 2/06/1915. Awarded the French Croix de Guerre as a Serjeant KEH. Discharged 19/06/1919. Entitled to 1914/15 Star trio.

BROWNELL, Charles William. 1344. Private, Acting Serjeant, Second Lieutenant, Lieutenant. A South African who served with the 5th South African Mounted Rifles / Imperial Light Horse in 1915. Previously 5517 Private, South Lancashire Regiment (entitled to 5 Clasp QSA - OFS, T’Vaal, Tug Hts, RofL & L’Nek + KSA, clasps 1901 & 1902). Landed in France 24/04/1916 with KEH. Commissioned as Second Lieutenant 22/02/1918 and named in a KEH photograph taken at Marlborough Barracks, Dublin 1918 as a Second Lieutenant see Figure 33. Applied for his medals in 1921 with an address in Swaziland, South Africa. WW1 medal trio correctly named to him as follows: 1914-15 Star (SJT C.W. BROWNELL 5TH M.R); British War and Victory Medals (1344 A.SJT. C.W. BROWNELL. K.EDW.H.). Photograph of WW1 trio and service details courtesy of Owen Dobson. 

BROWNING, Harry G. 2107. Private former 1st Royal Dragoon D/3709. Died in service 27/01/19. Gravestone located in GRANGEGORMAN MILITARY CEMETERY, IRELAND. Entitled to British War and Victory Medals.

BROWNLESS, Alfred R. 1251. Private. Discharged 5/03/1919. Entitled to British War and Victory Medals.

BROXUP, John H. 906. Private. 'A' Squadron. Entered France 2/06/1915. Discharged 5/04/1919. Resided in South America and attended third re-union in 1945. Died in 1959. Entitled to 1914/15 Star trio.

BRUCE, Hugh M. 1714. Private. Discharged 12/07/1919. Entitled to British War and Victory Medals.

BRYANT, Ernest William C. 1290. Acting Serjeant. Enlisted 1/11/1915 and discharged 9/02/1917 as medically unfit. Awarded Silver War Badge 22964. Prior service in the 16th Lancers for 12 years. Born in 1875 in Harlesden, London.

BUCHANAN, George Frederick. 1242. Corporal, KIA 13/03/18 aged 42 as a Private. Son of George and Caroline Buchanan. Buried in the ST. GERMAIN-AU-MONT-D'OR COMMUNAL CEMETERY EXTENSION, FRANCE.

BUCKLAND, Godfrey John. 583. Private. Enlisted on 26/08/1914 in England and entered France 2/06/1915. He was killed in action whilst standing by his dugout by a German rifle grenade on 7th August 1915 after seeing action at Ploegsteert Wood in July 1915.  Buried in RIFLE HOUSE CEMETERY, BELGIUM. Born in Charters Towers, Queensland, Australia on the 30/01/1893. Awarded 1914/15 Star trio which is held in a private collection. Portrait photograph circa 1914 wearing a King Edward's Horse headdress badge and Australian Squadron collar badges (courtesy of Peter Nemaric). 

BUCKLEY, Herbert Morris. 473. Private. Enlisted 8/08/1914 and discharged 6/09/1918. Awarded Silver War Badge 129565. Address for medals is stated as the 'Bull Dog' Soldiers Club and lived in Chiswick, London, England.

BUCKLEY, M. Francis Sapper, Major Royal Field Artillery

BUCKNELL, William Wentworth. Private. Enlisted when at Cambridge University. Commissioned as a Second Lieutenant Royal Field Artillery Jan 1915. Promoted to Lieutenant. KIA 10/08/1917 'A' Battery 103rd Brigade from shellfire. Mentioned in Despatches. Born in Lewisham, Sydney, Australia in 1891. The son of Mr and Mrs William Wentworth Bucknell, Quambone Station, Coonamble, New South Wales. Portrait photograph of him pre-war. 

BULL, George. 1603. Private. Discharged 9/05/1919. Served in the same Troop as Lieutenant Francis, 529. He married in 1936 and was a friend of Private Reginald (Bill) Wilson, 456 and corresponded in 1957 whilst living on the Mornington Peninsula, Victoria. Entitled to British War and Victory Medals.

BURBIDGE, Herbert John Charles (Bert). Private KEH. Served for four years in the pre-war KEH. Emigrated to Australia and enlisted at Keswick, South Australia on 28/06/1915 in the Australian Imperial Forces as Private 411 with the 32nd Battalion. KIA 20/07/1916 as Serjeant. Born in London in 1888. He has no known grave and is commemorated at the VC Corner Australian Cemetery and Memorial, Fromelles, Lille, Nord Pas de Calais, France. He is also commemorated on the Adelaide National War Memorial and the Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour. Photograph courtesy of  https://www.awm.gov.au/collection/P11075565.

BURDETT, John Burdett. 80. Corporal KEH. Commissioned as a Second Lieutenant, Royal Fusiliers

BURGE, Frank. 707. Corporal KEH. Entered France 22/04/1915. Discharged 2/03/1919. Entitled to 1914/15 Star trio.

BURGESS, Charles Frederick. 1002. Private. 'A' Squadron. Enlisted 19/03/1915 and entered France 1/06/1915. Severely wounded in several places 24/06/1915 when defending trench from German attack at Steenwerck. Awarded Silver War Badge 81,406. Discharged 17/08/1916. Name commemorated on the Leighton Buzzard Roll of Honour. Entitled to 1914/15 Star trio.

BURGESS, John. 1616. Private. Discharged 6/04/1919. Entitled to British War and Victory Medals.

BURNETT, Sidney C. 1212. Private. Enlisted 8/08/1915 and discharged 22/10/1917 physically unfit. Awarded Silver War Badge 279,245. Born in 1890. Entitled to British War and Victory Medals.

BURNIE, Charles. 848. Private. Part of Shanghai Contingent on board the "SS Suwa Maru" 16/10/1914 and was serving with the Shanghai Municipal Police since 1908. Discharged 6/04/1919. Awarded British War and Victory Medals.

BURNSIDE, Joseph Augustus. 667. Private KEH, Corporal Royal Engineers 57422. Entered France 9/11/1915. Commissioned as a Second Lieutenant then Acting Captain 1/4th Loyal North Lancashire Regiment.

BURTON, Richard Newton. R. 1445. Private KEH.  Acting Warrant Officer Class 2, Inland Water Transport, Royal Engineers 213817, WR/354913 then commissioned as a Second Lieutenant 17/11/1918. Deceased recorded on Medal Index Card. British War and Victory Medals applied for by his widow Mrs. L. Burton in 1931 from Carshalton-on-Hill, Surrey.

BUSH, Robert W. 1817. Corporal. Transferred as Corporal, Royal Defence Corps 71971. Entitled to British War and Victory Medals.

BUTLER, Geoffrey Travers. Private. Entered France 8/05/1915. Commissioned as a Second Lieutenant, 48th Field Artillery Battery, Royal Field Artillery later Captain. Served in Volunteer Defence Corps WW2 as a Captain in 2nd Tasmanian Battalion. Born in Hobart, Tasmania, Australia on 15/03/1890 the son of Charles William Butler and Beatrice (nee Travers). He married firstly Constance Lee and secondly Beatrice Gore Jones (nee Jones). He had one daughter Janet to his first marriage. When he returned to Tasmania he became a farmer at several places including Bagdad and Rowella. Claimed his 1914/15 Star trio from an address in Sandy, Bay, Hobart, Tasmania. He died 6/03/1962. Extensive series of his letters in the Tasmanian Library Archives.

BUTLER, Adrian Illingworth. 936. Corporal KEH. Entered France 2/06/1915. Active as a sniper at La Bourse 18/03/1916. Royal Engineers 198254. Commissioned as a Second Lieutenant, Royal Field Artillery 6/03/1917. Born 8/07/1896 in Tiverton, Devon, England and died 20/03/1945 in Tehran, Iran as Captain, Military Cross, General List, 263799. Son of Samuel Illingworth and Sarah Butler; husband of Vera Beatrice Butler of Staffordshire, England. Applied for 1914/15 Star trio from Reading, Berkshire, England and entitled to WW2 service medals.

BUTLER, Robert William (Bertie). 1367. Private. Discharged 22/02/1919. Born 24/09/1880 in Wiltshire, England, and educated at Cranleigh. Settled in British Columbia from 1900 and he died there in July, 1948. Entitled to British War and Victory Medals.

BUTLER, William Mahoney. Major KEH. Entered France 27/06/1915. Later Lieutenant Colonel 9th Tank Battalion. Served with Imperial Yeomanry 1900-02 and awarded Queen's South Africa medal with three clasps Cape Colony, Orange River Colony and Transvaal and King's South Africa medal with two clasps. Awarded Distinguished Service Order 18/12/1918. Applied for 1914/15 Star trio with Mentioned in Despatches emblem from Callan in County Kilkenny, Ireland. Name commemorated on the Callan Great War Memorial and on the Kilkenny War Memorial, MacDonagh Station, Dublin Road, Kilkenny, Ireland.

BUTTERFIELD, Ernest. 699. Private KEH. Entered France 22/04/1915. Transferred as Acting Corporal, Royal Engineers, 311020. Entitled to 1914/15 Star trio named to Royal Engineers.

BUTTERWORTH, Christian name possibly C. from name on manufacturers label in bandsman's tunic, 1913.

BUXTON, Gordon Ottford (Buckin). 500. Private. Entered France 22/04/1915. Born in England. Man servant to Lt Col Hermon from 1908 and up until his death in Apr 1918 with the 24th Battalion, Northumberland Fusiliers. Gordon then returned to the KEH. Discharged 14/02/1919. Born 11/04/1884 at Wimbledon, Surrey, England and died 28/10/1951 in Brighton, East Sussex. Entitled to 1914/15 Star trio.

BUXTON, Hugh Forster. Second Lieutenant KEH on probation 1/09/1914. Transferred to 2nd Battalion, Rifle Brigade and deployed to France 8/12/1915. Transferred to the 5th Battalion and was promoted to Lieutenant 30/03/1916. DoW 3/11/1916 at 34 Casualty Clearing Station during the Battle of the Somme. Buried in Grove Town Cemetery, Meaulte, France. Born 6/04/1882 at St George Hanover Square, London, England. Entitled to 1914/15 Star trio.

BUXTON, V. H. Major. KEH. Resided in Salisbury, South Africa after the Great War and served in the Special Reserve, South African Army in WW2.

BYNOE, John Eayre Kellman. 1. Staff Quarter Master Serjeant (SQMS). 'B' Squadron. Born in Barbados in 1867 and died on 19/05/1935 in Depford, London. Awarded 1911 Coronation Medal and Territorial Forces Efficiency Medal 1/04/1912 as Squadron Quarter Master Serjeant. He did not serve with the KEH in France during the Great War. He was a member of the King's Colonial Masonic Lodge from 1924 until his death in 1935 and his family have his regalia. He worked as a school master until 1918 when he began to work as a dentist, unqualified, from his home in Loampit Hill, Lewisham, London. He was buried in Greenwich Cemetery. There were two Bynoe brothers who served with the King's Colonials from 1902. The junior of which had a son who served in France 1915-19 presumably Private Ronald L. Bynoe. The accompanying photograph courtesy of a family relative Michael Chalk, is of J.E.K. Bynoe's wedding to Annie Kathleen Gore which took place at Lewisham High Road Congregational Church on 5/04/1913. Note the members of the KEH who formed a guard of honour for the occasion including Regimental Serjeant Major Daniel Fegan, 274 on the right with his medal group. SQMS Bynoe is also shown in Figure 209.

BYNOE, Ronald Lashley. 532. Private. Entered France 27/07/1915. Discharged 13/04/1919. Born 4/07/1896 in Southsea, Hampshire, England and died Mar 1970 in Harrow, Greater London, England. Awarded 1914/15 Star trio now held by the National Army Museum.

BYSOUTH, Sydney. Private, 653rd Company Labour Corps 416807.


CADIC, Joseph Edward. 1097. Private KEH. Enlisted 17/05/1915, entered France 20/10/1915 and discharged 16/07/1918 as physically unfit. Born in 1878 and died 2/06/1964. Awarded Silver War Badge 427986 and 1914/15 Star Trio. Victory Medal listed for sale on dracomedals.com and corresponding photograph with their courtesy.

CAILES, Stephen Lyall. 893. Acting Serjeant. Entered France 22/04/1915. Commissioned as a Second Lieutenant, Royal Marine Light Infantry 29/05/1917 later Lieutenant. Entitled to 1914/15 Star trio.

CALNAN, George. 330. Private. Enlisted 9/09/1914 and discharged 23/08/1916 due to sickness. Awarded Silver War Badge 117844. Did not serve overseas. From St Peters, Buckinghamshire. No Great War Medal entitlement.

CALVERT, Harry Campbell. 279. Squadron Serjeant Major, 'A' (British Asian) Squadron, King's Colonials. He served for ten years with the King's Colonials and King Edward's Horse with his last day of service being 24/04/1914. Eighteen years and 201 days prior service with the Royal Garrison Artillery and then with 'J' Battery, Royal Horse Artillery in the Boer War as Serjeant 42817 having enlisted as a boy when he was 14 ½ years in 1884. Discharged at his own request 10/12/1902 and joined the King's Colonials. On 30/08/1914 he transferred back to the Royal Horse Artillery as Serjeant 88002 with 15th Brigade. He entered France 6/10/1914 and fought in Flanders from Oct 1914 to Feb 1915 an then on the Somme until Dec 1915. He was promoted to Regimental Serjeant Major, 114th Brigade, Royal Field Artillery 3/03/1915. Harry served in Salonika from Jan 1916 to 19/07/1916 where he was wounded. Discharged to commission 7/11/1916. Commissioned as a Lieutenant and Quartermaster 13/11/1916. Transferred to Royal Air Force (RAF) on 1/07/1918 as Lieutenant. Promoted to Staff Officer, 3rd Class, RAF on 2/02/1919. Demobilised as a Lieutenant 11/06/1919. Total service 33 years and 84 days. Harry was awarded the Queen's South Africa and King's South Africa Medals with seven clasps (Johannesburg, Diamond Hill, Belfast, Cape Colony, Orange Free State, South Africa 1901 and South Africa 1902), a Long Service and Good Conduct Medal (Special Reserve) in July 1914, 1914 Mons Star trio and a Long Service and Good Conduct Medal (Regular Army). His medals were lost from the family upon the death of his second wife in 1968 and the family property in Wimbledon was sold. He published a book entitled "Yeomanry Vade Mecum" in 1913. Harry was born 7/11/1869 in Galle, Ceylon. Harry married Agnes Louisa Morrison and they had five children: Hector Morrison Calvert 1893 died in infancy, Dorothy May Calvert 1894-1979, Cyril Hugh Trevor Calvert 1897-1917, Victor Campbell Calvert 1898-1904 and Marjorie Winifred Calvert 1899-1992. His son Cyril Hugh Trevor Calvert was KIA on 7/10/1917 while serving with the Royal Field Artillery in France as Corporal (Gunner) 940310. Harry Campbell Calvert is the son of Henry Buchanan Calvert b.1847 Southampton, England (Royal Artillery) and is the son of Duncan Campbell Calvert b. 1822 Canterbury, England (Royal Artillery) and is the son of Duncan Campbell Calvert b.1792 Quebec, Canada (Royal Artillery) and is the son of William Calvert b.1776 Tollerton, England (Royal Artillery) and is the son of Joseph Calvert b.1748 (Royal Scots Regiment). Hence five generations of Harry's family had prior service in the British Army and two further generations have also served which is a remarkable family service record. Harry died in 11/03/1941 in Wimbledon, London and was interred at St Mary's Churchyard, Merton. Accompanying photographs of Harry as a Lieutenant in the RHA, his King's Colonials Certificate of Service (the only one that I have seen), details of his book entitled "Yeomanry Vade Mecum" and biography courtesy of James Morgan (grandson) and Rob Bull (2x grandson). Rob identified a photograph of Harry on this website as an un-named Squadron Serjeant Major.

CAMERON, Arthur Garfield. Lieutenant KEH 1910 who joined as Rhodes scholar at Oxford university. Second Lieutenant in 1907 in command of the Oxford university detachment attached to 'D' Squadron. Rejoined the KEH at the outbreak of WW1 as a Lieutenant in command of a Troop of 'A' Squadron and become Acting Major in command of 'C' Squadron KEH. Transferred as a Major in the Royal Berkshire Regiment in 1918. Born 6/03/1882 on Prince Edward Island and died 1/04/1965 in Trail, British Columbia, Canada. Lieutenant in KEH in 1914 at Hunton Bridge. Entitled to 1914/15 Star trio. 

CAMERON, Donald Keith. Private. Commissioned as a Second Lieutenant KEH 4/09/1914. Attached to Machine Gun Service 7-29/05/1915. Temporary Captain 26/07/1915. Entered France 15/01/1917. Transport Officer and Quarter Master 17/03/1917 - 17/11/1917. Attached to the Honourable Artillery Company 9/04/1918. Transferred to the Cameron Highlanders (Special Reserve) 23/04/1918 then 1st Battalion 17/06/1918 as Acting Captain. Staff Captain 4/01/1919 - 12/01/1920 as General Staff Officer at Army Headquarters in Germany. Captain 11/05/1920. Mentioned in Despatches 28/05/1918 for service in Italy. Born 1/05/1888 in Chudleigh, Tasmania the son of Donald Norman Cameron and Anne Lillias Scott and returned in 1931. In 1934 he was elected to the Tasmanian House of Assembly as a Nationalist member for Wilmot, holding his seat until his defeat in 1937. He died In Nunawading, Victoria on 6/06/1967. Photograph on kingedwardshorse.net and as a Lieutenant in 1915 see Figure 19.

CAMERON, Herbert J. 984. Private/ Promoted to Lance Corporal and attached to Trench Mortar Battery. Entered France 2/06/1915. Awarded Military Medal as Lance Corporal, KEH. Commissioned as a Second Lieutenant, 13th Battalion, Northumberland Fusiliers on 9/09/1916 and transferred as a Lieutenant, 1st Battalion, King's African Rifles. Applied for 1914/15 Star trio from London address of his father, Richard.

CAMLIN, Edward. Private. D/17238. Transferred as a Private, Royal Dragoons D/17238 to KEH, then as a Private, Corps of Dragoons. Discharged 18/10/1919. Entitled to British War and Victory Medals.

CAMPBELL, James Alphonse. 1311. Private KEH. Left Trinidad for UK 18/10/1915 with 1st Caribbean Merchant and Planters Contingent. Discharged 5/07/1919. Living in Trinidad in 1946. Entitled to British War and Victory Medals.

CAMPBELL, Nigel Harry. Second Lieutenant. From Officer Cadet Unit to Second Lieutenant 10/05/1918 (London Gazette). Served in Russia May - Sep 1919. Born in 1899 in Natal, South Africa and died 6/09/1981 in Barberton, Transvaal, South Africa. Applied for British War and Victory Medals. Named in photograph Marlborough Barracks, Dublin 1918 see Figure 33.

CAMPBELL, Richard. Acting Captain. Name commemorated on the Kilkenny War Memorial, MacDonagh Station, Dublin Road, Kilkenny, Ireland. Medal Index Card or Medal Roll entry not located but likely to be entitled to 1914/15 Star trio unless incorrectly recorded Christian name on War Memorial see Nigel Harry Campbell above.

CAMPION, Austin Bernard Lodge. Private KEH and served pre-war. Re-enlisted 1914. Entered France 24/10/1915. Commissioned as a Second Lieutenant, Welsh Regiment later Lieutenant. He served with his four brothers, Captain Rowland B. Campion, RAMC; Captain Gifford Campion, RFA; Lieutenant Oliver St. Leger Campion, RAMC; Lieutenant Jasper T. Campion, RGA all of whom survived the war. Austin served in WW2 with the Australian Corps of Electrical and Mechanical Engineers as Corporal 76937. Born 15/06/1893 in Bulimba, Queensland, Australia and died 28/05/1942 in service at Concord West, New South Wales. His father C. A. B. Campion, London Manager, Commonwealth Bank of Australia applied for his 1914/15 Star trio. Photograph in uniform of the Welsh Regiment and with his brothers courtesy of the Great War Forum.

CANNON, William (Tom). 1168. Private. WIA and posted Missing in Action at defence of Vieille Chapelle 9-11/04/1918. Discharged 3/03/1919. Entitled to British War and Victory Medals.

CAPPER, Isidore Alfred. 433. Private. Transferred as Acting Corporal, Northumberland Fusiliers, 61202. Alfred Capper was born Alfred Friedlander and changed his name by deed poll Nov 1914 because of his surnames Germanic tone. He served in the 2nd King Edward's Horse as a Private later transferring to the King Edward's Horse as a Private 433 with him appearing in Figure 22 in a Hotchkiss machine gun section of King Edward's Horse in 1916. He finally transferred to the Northumberland Fusiliers as an Acting Corporal 61202. He was rumoured to have worked in South Africa and this could have been sufficient connection for the appeal of the 2nd KEH as it was made up of Colonial volunteers. The family recall that although he didn't speak about his wartime experiences at one stage he was shot off his horse and buried by the earth thrown up by the shell but escaped unscathed, and that eventually they had to fight dismounted.  Alfred died in 1945 and was awarded the 1914/15 Star trio. The family retain his 2nd King Edward's Horse cap badge (With thanks for the portrait (shown in the 2nd King Edward's Horse Nominal Roll section) and other photograph and correspondence from his maternal grandson Robert Cruickshank).

CARLTON, Edward. Private KEH. D/15338. Former Private, 1st Dragoons D/15338 then following KEH transferred as Private, Corps of Dragoons D/15338. Entitled to British War and Victory Medals.

CARR, George. 1049. Serjeant. Born at St. Anne's, Nottingham in 1877 the son of George Edmund and Eliza Carr in 1894. KIA 21/11/1917. Served in Boer War and enlisted 20/12/1899 with the 12th Company (South Nottingham), 3rd Battalion, Imperial Yeomanry, 3362 and discharged 15/06/1907 having transferred from South Notts Yeomanry Cavalry.  Awarded Queen's South Africa medal with South Africa 1899-02, Cape Colony, Orange Free State and Transvaal clasps. Buried in Anneux British Cemetery, France. Entitled to British War and Victory Medals.

CARR, Isaac. Private KEH. D/352. Entered France 31/10/1914. Former Private, 3rd Dragoon Guards D/352. Entitled to 1914/15 Star trio.

CARR, Talbot (Tiny) Effingham. 921. Private. 'A' Squadron. Enlisted 27/01/1915, entered France 1/06/1915 and served in the Trench Mortar section. Discharged 29/05/1917 due to sickness. Awarded Silver War Badge. Born in 1883, lived in South America and died there in 1968. Applied for 1914/15 Star trio from the Argentine.

CARRIG, Edward. 1260. Private. Enlisted 26/09/1915 and discharged 9/02/1917 as medically unfit. Awarded Silver War Badge 273709 and did not serve overseas. Born 1868 in Secunderabad, India. Prior service as Private 4379, 1st Battalion, Royal Irish Regiment from 16/12/1879 until discharged in 1901 and awarded Egypt Medal and Nile clasp 1884-85, Khedives Star, India General Service Medal with Naga 1889-90 Clasp and South Africa Medal 1899-1900. Died of natural causes on 27/05/1919 at Clondra, Longford, Ireland. No WW1 medal entitlement.

CARSON, Robert Edward. 152204. Private 2/1st Scottish Horse 4057. Entered the Balkans 1/09/1915. Transferred as Private, KEH 152204 then Private, 6th Battalion, Royal Fusiliers 59098 and then Private, 2nd Battalion, Border Regiment 260587. Entitled to 1914/15 Star trio.

CARSON,  William (Harry) Henry Lambert. Serjeant KEH in Sep 1914. Estranged from his father, Sir Edward Carson. Commissioned as a Second Lieutenant, 1st Battalion, South Staffordshire Regiment in the Boer War having initially joined the Royal Welsh Fusiliers from Rhodesia where he had been working on a farm since leaving school in Dublin. He resigned his commission in 1903 and then served with the Cape Mounted Police. He served in the Great War initially as a Serjeant with King Edward's Horse then the Rifle Brigade. He refused a commission and preferred to serve in the ranks. Severely wounded by a sniper's explosive bullet to the right shoulder in June 1917 at Ypres he then returned to England. After the war he joined the Royal Army Ordnance Corps as a clerk. Born 2/10/1880 in Dublin, Ireland the son of Sir Edward Carson (Baron Carson, an Irish Unionist leader and barrister) and died penniless on 5/05/1930 in Northamptonshire, England. William's brother was Hon. Walter Seymour Carson who was a Commander in the Royal Navy in WW1. Harry was named in group photograph of Nationalists and Ulstermen in Sep 1914 from the front page of The Daily Citizen (Manchester) - Monday 14 September 1914 shown on the accompanying page.

CARTER, Bertrand Stanley. 544. Serjeant KEH. Commissioned as a Second Lieutenant, Machine Gun Corps later Lieutenant, Tank Corps. Bertrand Stanley Carter was born on 28/01/1878 and educated at a Public School in England and was employed by an English company which had an interest in coffee plantations in Malaya well before World War 1. Soon after the commencement of hostilities he, like many of his colonial Malayan compatriots, travelled back to the ‘old country’ as he felt the country was in great danger and joined the KEH. He first entered the Theatre of War in France on 2/06/1915. He was subsequently commissioned as a Second Lieutenant in the Machine Gun Corps on 25/01/1917, and later as Captain, Tank Corps. He was appointed Temp. Lieutenant on 26/07/1918 and advanced to the rank of Acting Captain when he was appointed as Reconnaissance Officer finally relinquishing this rank when he ceased to be Reconnaissance Officer (28/03/1919). After the end of the War he acted as Demobilization Officer. His Military Cross was presented by H.M. King George V to Captain B.S. Carter, Tank Corps for Distinguished Service in France”, May 8th 1919); 1914/15 Star 544 Cpl. B.S. Carter, K. Edw. H.; BWM; AVM (Brit) Capt. B.S. Carter. He was recommended for the the immediate award of a Military Cross for gallantry at the Battle of Meteren on 16 April 1918. It would seem that confirmation of this was gazetted on 3/06/1918 in which the award is referred to as a Bar to a Military Cross. The award of a Military Cross was later published in the Supplement to London Gazette dated 16/09/1918 - it would seem probable that this further act of gallantry preceded his immediate award during the Battle of Meteren in April 1918. (For the action during the Battle of Cambrai 23/11/1917). Information courtesy of the British Medal Forum.

CARTER, Edwin Righton. 1409. Trumpeter. Died at Sea with the sinking of the SS Connemara after colliding with another vessel when sailing between Glenoore and Anglesey 03/11/16. Son of R. A. Carter of 13 Somali Road, Cricklewood, London. Buried in CARLINGFORD (HOLY TRINITY) CHURCH OF IRELAND CHURCHYARD, IRELAND and name commemorated on the Grangegorman Military Cemetery Memorial Wall, Dublin.

CARTER, Herbert Thompson. 92. Private. Enlisted 25/08/1914. Discharged 16/05/1915. due to sickness. Awarded Silver War Badge 238687. No medal entitlement as did not serve overseas.

CARTER, . Private. Served in the King's Colonials. Named in a photograph taken at the Sidcup camp in 1902 (Old Comrades Association Bulletin, No. 8, 1940).

CARTY, John Benedict. 1150. Private Discharged 5/03/1919. Born 15/10/1895 in Liverpool, Lancashire, England. His brother Lance Corporal Augustus Leo Carty, 10811 (born 1/06/1897) was KIA 10/10/1915 with the 1st Battalion, Cheshire Regiment. John was awarded British War and Victory Medals. His Victory Medal is held in a private collection.

CASEY, Reginald. 540. Private. 'A' Squadron. Enlisted 10/08/1914 and entered France 21/04/1915. Discharged 24/05/1919. Likely to have been born 2/04/1891 and died in 1948 in Littlemore, Oxfordshire, England. Entitled to 1914/15 Star trio.

CASTLE, Archibald Crisp. Private KEH. Entered France Jun 1916. Transferred from 13th Battalion, Rifle Brigade as Private S/29094. After service with KEH transferred to 10th Cadet Battalion before being commissioned as a Second Lieutenant, 1/4th Leicestershire Regiment on 3/08/1917. Applied for British War and Victory Medals named to Leicestershire Regiment from London, England.

CASTLE, Gordon. 2069. Private KEH. Transferred from 2KEH as Private 2010. Discharged 8/07/1919. Entitled to British War and Victory Medals.

CASTLE, William Stephen. 704. Private KEH. Enlisted 18/11/1914, entered France 1/06/1915, returned to England 12/08/1917 and discharged 13/02/1918 as physically unfit. Born on 20/10/1890 in Ramsgate, Kent, England and died at Thanet, Kent in Mar 1958. Awarded Silver War Badge 364421 and 1914/15 Star trio. Newspaper photograph of him as a driver for Prince of Wales on his visit to Ramsgate in 24/11/1926.

CAVANAGH, Albert John. 1018. Private. 'B' Squadron. Enlisted 26/03/1915. Entered France 16/06/1915. Posted as Missing in Action at defence of Vieille Chapelle 9-11/04/1918 and then noted as Prisoner of War repatriated 25/03/1919. Discharged 29/08/1919. Born on 8/06/1894 in Waterloo, Sydney and died 6/06/1934 in Randwick, Sydney, Australia. Awarded 1914/5 Star trio which is held in a private collection.

CHADWICK, Clifford Norman. 623. Serjeant. 4th Troop, 'A' Squadron. Entered France 1/06/1915. Wounded at defence of Vieille Chapelle 9/04/1918. Discharged 2/03/1919. Anglo-Argentinian Railway staff. Born in Southern Rhodesia and died there in 1946. Entitled to 1914/15 Star trio

CHAFEN, Harold S. D-13012. Private KEH. Prior service as Private 'B' Squadron 5th Dragoon Guards 10681. Born in 1899. British War Medal and Victory Medals named to KEH and sold by C&T Auctioneers, UK in June 2020 together with his Dragoon Guards identity disc and his wife's VAD Nursing medals and badges.

CHALKLEY, Albert William. 553. Private. Enlisted Aug 1914 and entered France 2/06/1915. Died of heart disease in hospital in Rouen 12/06/1918 and had been attached to the Northumberland Hussars. Buried in ST. SEVER CEMETERY EXTENSION, ROUEN, FRANCE. Born APR 1892 in St Ippollitts, Hertfordshire. The son of William George and Agnes Chalkley. Entitled to 1914/15 Star trio. Commemorated on the St Ippolyts Village Memorial, Roll of Honour, St Ippolyts Church. Portrait photograph shown courtesy of Herts at War. 

CHAMBERLAIN, Arthur Henry. 859. Acting Corporal. 'B' Squadron. Born in Warwickshire on 23/12/1891, a Private in 1914 at Watford having enlisted 15/12/1914 and entered France 21/04/1915. Part of Shanghai Contingent on board the SS Suwa Maru 16/10/1914 and was serving with the Shanghai Municipal Police since 1911. Discharged 21/11/1918 as physically unfit with Silver War Badge 74387 after being wounded in the arm at the Defence of Vieille Chapelle 9-11/04/1918. Interred by the Japanese in Shanghai in WW2 as Police Superintendent. Living in Birmingham, UK in 1946 and died in 1958. Awarded 1914-15 Star (859 Pte. A. H. Chamberlain, K. Edw. H.); British War and Victory Medals (859 A. Cpl. A. H. Chamberlain. K. Edw. H.); Shanghai Municipal Council Emergency Medal 1937, bronze, unnamed as issued, mounted for wear, with riband bar. His medals were sold with photograph of recipient in uniform on horse, damaged letter of reference from the Colonel Commanding King Edward’s Horse, dated 15/02/1922, and a typed resume of recipient’s service career by Dix Noonan Webb auctioneers, UK in Nov 2020.

CHAMBERS, Alexander E. 725. Private. Entered France 22/04/1915. Transferred as Private, King's Shropshire Light Infantry 8192 then Private, Military Mounted Police P12039. Discharged 27/06/1919. Applied for 1914/15 Star trio from Montreal, Canada.

CHAPPELL, Cyril Thomas. 1946. Corporal. Born in Dunstable, Bedfordshire and died of wounds on the Western Front 11 March 1918. Buried in St Marie Cemetery, Le Havre, France. Image of memorial plaque (death penny) shown from when it was sold at auction February 2019. Entitled to British War and Victory Medals. 

CHARLES, B. Staff Serjeant Major KEH since 1910 and retired in 1912 but returned to the Regiment and probably an original member of the King's Colonials since 1902.

CHARLES, John. 1905. Private KEH served pre-war. Entered France 24/02/1916. Transferred as Private, Expeditionary Force Canteens, Army Service Corps. Discharged 16/06/1917. Awarded the Territorial Forces War Medal which was issued in 1942. Entitled to British War and Victory Medals.

CHARTER, Walter G. 1567. Private. 4th Troop, 'C' Squadron in 1918. Discharged 27/04/1919. Died in June 1946 in the Transvaal, South Africa (Figure 23). Awarded British War and Victory Medals now in a private collection.

CHASE, Percival. 1894. Private. KIA 09/04/18 at the defence of Vieille Chapelle. Name recorded on the LOOS MEMORIAL, FRANCE. Born in 1885 in Bungay, Suffolk, England. Commemorated on the Bungay Roll of Honour. Entitled to British War and Victory Medals.

CHEESEMAN, James Alfred. 894. Private. 'A' Squadron. Part of Shanghai Contingent on board the SS Suwa Maru 16/10/1914 and was serving with the Shanghai Municipal Police since 1908. Entered France 20/10/1915 and wounded by rifle grenade at La Bourse 24/03/1918. Discharged 7/03/1919. Returned to Shanghai after the war and worked as a draper for Weeks & Co. Awarded British War and Victory Medals.

CHEETHAM, Arthur R. 712. Private. Arrived France 21/04/1915. Deserted 20/07/1916. Entitled to no medals.

CHENNELLS, Cyril Alfred. Private KEH. Transferred to the British section of the NZEF. 8/01/1916-8/02/1916 to Suez, Egypt on HMNZT 37 'Maunganui' as a Private 11/2057, Reinforcements, Wellington Mounted Rifles, 'B' Squadron, New Zealand Expeditionary Force. Born in 1892 in Masterton, New Zealand with stated occupation of shepherd and next-of-kin on embarkation roll his uncle William Boyce Chennells a Land Agent in Masterton. Cyril died in 1965. Name recorded on Wanganui Collegiate and Auckland Online Cenotaph.

CHEYNE, James D. 901. Private. . 3rd Troop 'B' Squadron then 'A' Squadron in 1917. Entered France 22/04/1915. Wounded at Savy on 21/03/1917. Discharged 15/03/1919. Served in West Surrey Regimental Home Guard in WW2 as a Serjeant. Born in 1880. From the Transvaal, South Africa and died in Surrey, UK in October 1946. Entitled to 1914/15 Star trio.

CHILD, Arthur J. 1498. Private. Discharged 11/03/1919. Entitled to British War and Victory Medals.

CHING, William Thorne Wilmot. Private KEH. Born in Remeura, New Zealand in 1888 and attended King’s College, Auckland and embarked on a promising architectural career in the offices of A.B. Wilson before setting sail for the UK, where he is first recorded as an Architects Association (AA) member in 1909. From 1911-13 he attended the AA’s Evening School, followed by a final year at the Day School in 1913/14. On the outbreak of war, Ching volunteered for the King Edward’s Horse, received a Lieutenant’s commission in the 351st Brigade, 5th Division Royal Field Artillery and was sent to the front in March 1915. He saw action at the infamous battle of ‘Hill 60’, near Ypres, where he gained the Military Cross for heroism, rescuing two injured colleagues trapped with burning ammunition in a gun pit under severe enemy shelling. He himself was the victim of a poison gas attack and, remarkably enough, was seriously injured three times within the space of two years. After recuperation, Ching returned to the AA and in 1919 he was appointed ‘House Master’, his duties including overseeing the administrative and logistical arrangements for the AA studios and atelier within the newly acquired Bedford Square premises. Ching’s stint as House Master stretched only for four years and in 1923 he resigned in order to set up a firm of heating engineers with F. Broadhurst Craig. He married later that year but in the summer of 1924 went into hospital for an operation to mitigate the side-effects of the war-time poison gassing, only to die on the 21/07/1924 after a second, unsuccessful operation. Photograph of William Ching (centre), G.M. Niccol (left) and unknown Private all in KEH uniform from Auckland Weekly News 14/01/1915.

CHIRNSIDE, R. M. Second Lieutenant King's Colonials 1905

CHITTY, John. 571. Private KEH. Entered France 28/04/1915. Discharged 14/02/1919. Entitled to 1914/15 Star trio.

CHRISTERSON, Cecil C. 2143. Private KEH. From South Africa. Entitled to British War Medal only.

CHRISTIE, James Vigne. 1331. Private KEH. 'B' Squadron. KIA 09/04/18 aged 38 at defence of Vieille-Chapelle.  Born 22/03/1881 the son of James John and Teresa Christie (nee Vigne) in Kimberley, Northern Cape, South Africa. Buried in VIEILLE-CHAPELLE NEW MILITARY CEMETERY, LACOUTURE, FRANCE. Entitled to British War and Victory Medals. Photograph of headstone shown. Portrait photograph courtesy of Alison Christie on Ancestry. 

CHUBB, W. S. R. Saddler. 1881. Casualty. BWM and Victory medals sold at auction. Details not confirmed on MIC.

CHURCHOUSE, Reginald Rufus. 995. Private. 'A' Squadron. Entered France 1/06/1915. Commissioned as a Second Lieutenant 22/02/1918. Born in Aston, Warwickshire, England in Oct 1892, emigrated to Australia 1911 and worked in Queensland and returned post-war to Sydney. He married Laura Ballard in 1920 in Queensland and was married again this time to Josephine Isaacson in 1941 in Sydney and died there on 8/01/1957. Shown in a group photograph taken at Marlborough Barracks, Dublin 1918 see Figure 33. Awarded 1914/15 Star trio.

CHURCHWARD, Hubert Alan. Serjeant KEH. Lieutenant H. A. Churchward, Royal Flying Corps, late 2nd County of London (Westminster Dragoons) Yeomanry, an R.E.8. pilot who was killed in action during a photo-reconnaissance operation near Boesinhge, 16/08/1917. Hubert Alan Churchward was born in Aldershot, 25/11/1891, and was educated privately and at Corpus Christi, Cambridge. He joined the 2nd County of London Yeomanry in September 1914, having formerly served with the West Kent Yeomanry and King Edward’s Horse. Attaining the rank of Sergeant with the County of London Yeomanry in October 1914, he was discharged to a commission in the regiment on 20/05/1915. He entered the Gallipoli theatre of war on 16/10/1915, and transferred to the Royal Flying Corps for training as a pilot in May 1917. Churchward was posted as a pilot for operational service with 9 Squadron (R.E.8’s) at Quevenvillers in July 1917. He was driven down by an enemy aircraft whilst carrying out a photo-reconnaissance operation with Lieutenant W. Nuttall as his Observer near Boesinghe, 12/08/1917. Just four days later, Chuchward was killed in action over France, aged 25 years. 1914-15 Star (2. Lieut. H. A. Churchward. 2/Co. Of Lond. Y.); British War and Victory Medals (Lieut. H. A. Churchward.); Memorial Plaque (Hubert Alan Churchward) sold at auction in the UK by Dix Noonan Webb, December 2010. Name is commemorated on the Arras Flying Services Memorial.

CHURCHYARD, Archibald. 1510. Enlisted 24/03/1916. Transferred from Sapper, Royal Engineers 229154 (Territorial Army) then KEH then Royal Engineers Railway Transport Department WR/287661. Discharged 5/08/1919 with Silver War Badge. Repatriated to Jerilderie, New South Wales, Australia in 1919 with army disability pension with wife and infant son. Born in 1887 in East Ham, London, England and died on 23/03/1953 in DeeWhy, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. Entitled to British War and Victory Medals and Territorial Decoration.

CHURMS, William H. 351. Lance Corporal. Entered France 22/04/1915. Played side drum in the KEH band. Discharged 10/11/1919. Civil Servant in the Colonial Office and died of TB 3/05/1938 in East Dulwich, London. Entitled to 1914/15 Star trio.

CLACY, Walter. 1273. Lance Corporal MIC

CLANCY, William (John) M. Joseph. 1297. Private KEH. Private 1/10th Battalion King's Liverpool Regiment 91433 in 1915. Commissioned as a Second Lieutenant Army Service Corps in 1917. Entered France 5/05/1015. Anglo-Argentinian Railway staff. Died in hospital of meningitis 16/10/1918 aged 38. Son of John and Winifred Clancy of Moore Street, Kilrush, Co. Clare, Ireland. Buried in GREENWICH CEMETERY, United Kingdom. Civilian portrait photograph courtesy of the Activities-of-the-british-community-in-argentina-during-the-great-war-1914-1919. 

CLARK, Reginald. 1622. Acting Corporal. Discharged 25/01/1919. Resided in London. Died in 1965. Entitled to British War and Victory Medals.

CLARK, William D. 804. Private. Entered France 22/04/1915. Commissioned as a Second Lieutenant, Durham Light Infantry 28/02/1917 and later promoted to Lieutenant, Royal Air Force. Applied for 1914/15 Star trio from Jamaica, British West Indies.

CLARKE, Albert Edmond (Nobby). 1405. Corporal KEH.  'A' Squadron. DOW 15/03/19 received at Vieille Chapelle 9/04/1918. A policeman who returned from Shanghai to enlist. Buried in GOOLE CEMETERY, UK. His father applied for his British War and Victory Medals. 

CLARKE, Eric Ossulston. 952. Private. Entered France 21/04/1915. WIA at the defence of Vieille Chapelle 9-11/04/1918. Discharged 8/06/1919. Applied for 1914/15 Star trio from Dublin, Ireland.

CLARKE, Horace Vernon. 1120. Private. Entered France 19/11/1915. Commissioned as a Second Lieutenant, Machine Gun Corps 28/01/1918 later Captain. Mentioned in Despatches. Applied for 1914/15 Star trio from Ilfracombe, Devon, England.

CLEGG, Reginald A. D/11696. Private. Transferred as Private, Company of Dragoons. Discharged 8/11/1919. Entitled to British War and Victory Medals.

CLYNE, Joseph Vincent. 2050. Private KEH. Entered France 5/05/1915. Transferred to KEH as Private 2050, 'B' Squadron. Posted as Missing in Action at the defence of Vieille Chapelle but was taken prisoner of war and interred in Lindburg Camp. Discharged 5/04/1919. Born in 12/10/1886 in Longford Ireland, lived in Argentina, South America pre- and post-war and died in 1960. Name commemorated on the Kilkenny War Memorial, MacDonagh Station, Dublin Road, Kilkenny, Ireland. 1914/15 Star earned with 2nd KEH and British War and Victory Medals to KEH.

COATES, Charles. 406. Private. 2nd Troop, 'B' Squadron in 1916. Entered France 22/04/1915. Discharged 31/03/19. Born 23/10/1894, educated at Emanuel School, London from 1904-11 (possibly with an elder brother Walter John Coates) and died 1963-64. Entitled to 1914/15 Star trio.

COATES, James Henry Smith. 751 and 151187. Private. Serjeant. Entered France 22/04/1915. Resided in Cheltenham, Gloucester and enlisted in Dunkeld, Scotland on 9/09/1914 in 3rd Reserve Regiment of Scottish Horse as Private, 491. Transferred to 2KEH on 30/01/1917 as Serjeant, 2088. Transferred back to Scottish Horse on 14/06/17 as Serjeant, 491. Transferred to KEH 14/01/1918 as Serjeant, 751 with 'B' Squadron. Missing at defence of Vieille Chapelle 9/04/1918 and reported as a Prisoner of War. Returned to KEH 6/12/1918 and discharged 13/03/1919 as Serjeant, 151187. Awarded Silver War Badge 209311. 9 years prior service as a Serjeant, 3681 with the 1st King's Dragoon Guards having enlisted 10/10/1893 in Dublin and served in South Africa during the Boer War from 31/01/1899 to 30/08/1902. Awarded Queen's South Africa Medal with Cape Colony and South Africa 1901 clasp and King's South Africa Medal with South Africa 1902 clasp. Born in Bloxham, Oxford, England on 7/02/1873 and died in Nottingham on 8/02/1944. Entitled to 1914/15 Star trio. Medals held in a private collection.

COCKER, William Edward. 875. Private. Enlisted 21/12/1914 and discharged 28/04/1915 due to sickness and did not serve overseas. Awarded Silver War Badge 19191. No service medal entitlement.

COETZEE, Hendrick S. 1321. Private KEH. 4th Section, 1st Troop, 'C' Squadron in Jun 1917. Wounded in Action at Passchendaele 31/07/1917. Discharged 22/06/1919. Entitled to British War and Victory Medals.

COGHLAN, Alfred John Patrick. 858. Warrant Officer Class 2 KEH. 'C' Squadron. Part of Shanghai Contingent on board the SS Suwa Maru 16/10/1914 and was serving with the Shanghai Municipal Police since 1908 with prior service in the South African Constabulary 1902-07. Entered France 22/04/1915 and discharged 23/08/1919. Returned to Shanghai Municipal Police service until 1933. Entitled to 1914/15 Star Medal trio. Born in England 25/02/1878 and died in Bournemouth, England on 29/11/1940.

COGHLAN, Gerald Nicholas Patrick. 981. Private KEH. Enlisted in Liverpool, England. KIA 19/08/17 aged 22 at Passchendaele. Son of Matthew Patrick and Mary Ellen Coghlan, of New Rath Lodge, Waterford, Ireland born 9/12/1984 in Cavan, Ireland. Buried in GWALIA CEMETERY, BELGIUM. Name commemorated on the Kilkenny War Memorial, MacDonagh Station, Dublin Road, Kilkenny, Ireland. Entitled to British War Medal and Victory Medal. 

COLE, A. Squadron Serjeant Major KEH. Transferred from the 4th (Royal Irish) Dragoon Guards appointed as Staff Serjeant Major KEH in 1911.

COLE, Arthur Diggs. 900. Private. Anglo-Argentinian Railway staff. Discharged 25/03/1919. Entitled to British War and Victory Medal.

COLEMAN, John James. 1118. Lance Corporal KEH. 'A' Squadron. Entered France 27/08/1915. Awarded Military Medal for action with a Lewis gun at defense of Vieille Chapelle 9-11/04/1918 (London Gazette 16/07/1918). Discharged 12/10/1919. Awarded 1914/15 Star trio. Born 11/05/1893 at Port Stanley, Falkland Islands and died 6/04/1965 in Buenos Aries, South America. Military Medal in a private collection.

COLLEY, Frank W. 1080. Private KEH. Reported missing at Defense of Vieille Chapelle 9-11/04/1918. Discharged 18/04/1919. Entitled to British War and Victory Medals.

COLLINS, . Private. Served in the King's Colonials. Named in a photograph taken at the Sidcup camp in 1902 (Old Comrades Association Bulletin, No. 8, 1940).

COLLINS, Vernon N. 2040. Private. Left Trinidad for England to enlist on 5/06/1917. Discharged 4/04/1920. Entitled to British War and Victory Medals.

COLLINS, Victor Leon Monier. 1308. Lance Corporal. Killed in Action in France at Defence of Vieille Chapelle 09/04/1918. Son of F. A. Collins, Deputy Registrar of the Courts, Trinidad. Born 25/09/1896 at Port of Spain. Educated Queens Royal College, Port of Spain, Trinidad. Sailed with the 1st Caribbean Merchants and Planters Contingent on 18/10/1915. Buried in the CABARET-ROUGE BRITISH CEMETERY, SOUCHEZ, France. Commemorated on Port of Spain Cenotaph. Awarded 1914/15 Star medal trio. Image from Old Comrades Association Bulletin.

COLLINS, William L. (Lottie). 695. Private KEH. Entered France 22/04/1915. Discharged 4/04/1919. Resided in South Africa post-war. Entitled to 1914/15 Star trio.

COLLYMORE, Robert. Private KEH. Robert Collymore initially served in the ranks of King Edward’s Horse and the 5th Battalion, Seaforth Highlanders, before being commissioned Second Lieutenant in the 2nd Battalion, London Regiment on 2 January 1915. He was promoted Lieutenant on 1 July 1915, and temporary Captain on 22 September 1915, and served during the Great War on the Western Front from January 1917. Group of four medals: Captain R. Collymore, 2nd (City of London) Battalion (Royal Fusiliers), London Regiment. British War and Victory Medals (Capt. R. Collymore.); Territorial Force War Medal 1914-19 (Lieut. R. Collymore. 2-Lond. R.); Defence Medal, the first three mounted for wear, the last loose; together with the related four miniature awards sold at Noonans Auctions in the UK in Oct 2023 and accompanying photograph with their courtesy.

COLVIN, Jonathan MacDonald. 689 Private KEH. Entered France 22/04/1915. Commissioned as a Second Lieutenant, Special Reserve, East Lancashire Regiment on 29/05/1917 later Lieutenant. Awarded Military Cross. Born 10/09/1887 in Alves, Moray, Scotland and died 8/03/1976 in Bexhill, Sussex, England. Applied for 1914/15 Star trio from Bromley, Kent, England.

CONDER, Albert Edward. Private from Argentina. Employee Hume Hnos. Buenos Aires. Died of Wounds received in Nov 1918 (age 33). Taken from The Roll of Honour in the "Activities of the British Community in Argentina During the Great War 1914 - 1919"

CONNELLY, John. 810. Private KEH. 'A' Squadron. Entered France 2/06/1915. Commissioned as a Lieutenant, RNVR on 29/05/1917. Awarded Silver War Badge 15/08/1918. Applied for 1914/15 Star trio from Leicester, England.

CONTANT, Lionel E. 2197. Private. Left Trinidad for UK 20/03/1918 with 15th Caribbean Merchant and Planters Contingent. Living in USA in 1946. British War Medal is sole entitlement.

COOK, Frederick James. 466. Corporal, Second Lieutenant later Captain Border Regiment MIC

COOK, William Stanley. 854. Private. Enlisted in the KEH 15/12/1914 having sailed to London from Shanghai on board the SS Suwa Maru 16/10/1914. Born 10/08/1873 in London and educated St. John's College, Hurstpierpoint and King's College, London. Served in Cape Mounted Rifles 1894-97 then KEH 1914-16 for 1 year and 8 months and did not serve in France. Discharged 15/08/1916 due to sickness and awarded Silver War Badge 19193. Died 7/03/1956 in Hamstead, England.

COOKE, C. H. Squadron Serjeant Major. 'A' Squadron (British Asian) King's Colonials. Portrait photograph circa 1905-09.

COOKE, Ewin Edgar. 1580 Private. On 12 April 1918 Ewing sustained a gunshot wound to his leg and elbow at the defence of Vieille Chapelle. He was admitted to 24th General Hospital, Etaples, France. Discharged from KEH 13/02/1919. Born on 22/01/1892 in Bexhill, Lismore, New South Wales, Australia the son of Samuel Robert Cooke and Isabella King. Married Dorothy Francis Hunter 31/03/1925 and they had one daughter Lorna Jean Cooke. Ran a champion dairy cattle stud at Bexhill, Lismore, New South Wales and died there on 4/01/1972. Entitled to British War and Victory Medals.

COOKE, James Edward. 1444. Private. Enlisted 23/03/1915, entered France 5/05/1915 and discharged 4/07/1916 as physically unfit. Awarded Silver War Badge 265844. Born in 1886 in Derby, England and married in Hong Kong in 1915. Prior service in a South African Colonial regiment. Entitled to 1914/15 Star trio.

COOKE, John Edwin (Ed). 1254. Private. KIA 09/04/18. Born 29/09/1888 in Hamilton, Ontario Canada. Commemorated on the LOOS MEMORIAL, FRANCE and the Canadian Virtual War Memorial. Entitled to British War Medal and Victory Medal.  

COOMBES, Valentine Henry. 493. Serjeant, Warrant Officer Class 2.  'B' Squadron. Entered France 22/04/1915. KIA 22/03/1917 aged 28 at Savy as Squadron Serjeant Major. Son of Frank Crouchman Coombes and Priscilla Margaret Coombes, of "Cronulla", Dufferin Terrace, Church Path, Deal, Kent; husband of Elsie Coombes of Tooting, London. Born at Notting Hill, London and employed as a Junior Assistant, Kensington Public Libraries. Buried in SAVY BRITISH CEMETERY, FRANCE. Commemorated on the British Librarian's Roll of Honour. The Kensington News and West London Times of 13/04/1917, page 6 (BNA), reports: “PUBLIC LIBRARIES OFFICIAL KILLED IN ACTION.  Councillor Bruce-Johnston moved the reception of the Finance Committee’s reports in which they stated that the War Office have notified that Mr V.H. Coombes, a junior assistant in the Public Libraries since 1904, who has been serving with the Army in France for over two years, must be regarded as having been killed on or about March 22nd.  Mr Coombes, who was the son of Mr F. C. Coombes, one of the Relieving Officers in the service of the Kensington Guardians, was in the 1st King Edward’s Horse, and had attained the of sergeant-major in his squadron being described by his superior officers as one of the best non-commissioned officers in the regiment. The blow to the parents is intensified by the fact that another son, who at the outbreak of the war joined HM Navy, went down in HMS “Indefatigable”. The committee recommended “That the Council do pass a vote of condolence with the relatives of the deceased in their bereavement” This was unanimously agreed to.” Entitled to 1914/15 Star trio. Portrait photograph shown. 

COOPER, Christopher Laird. 78. Private. Joined King's Colonials as Private, 196 on 7/10/1908 for 4 years service. Attended 1909, 1910 and 1911 annual camps. Discharged 28/02/1913. Re-enlisted 15/05/1913 and entered France 22/04/1915. Discharged 5/10/1915 at term of engagement. Born in Jan 1886 in S. Hornsey, Middlesex, England and died Apr 1921 in Military Hospital in Hackney, London, England. Entitled to 1914/15 Star trio.

COOPER, E. 207. Squadron Quarter Master Serjeant. Awarded the Special Reserve Long Service and Good Conduct medal April 1915.

COOPER, Henry Mark Hugh. Lieutenant. 'B' Squadron. Embarkation date 21/05/1915. Died of Wounds 29/07/1915 age 29 and buried in Nunhead (All Saints) Cemetery, London, United Kingdom. Son of Emma Elizabeth Freeman (formerly Cooper), of Reefton, Westland, South Island, New Zealand, and the late Rev. H. S. Cooper, of St. George's, Canterbury, England. Date of birth: 10th March 1886. He was born at Lancing College on the 10th of March 1886, the eldest son of the Reverend Henry Samuel Cooper, house master of Seconds House at Lancing, and Emma Elizabeth (nee Green later Foreman) later of 26 St George's Place, Canterbury. He was christened at Lancing on the 11/04/1886. He was educated at the Junior King's School from September 1898 and at the King's School Canterbury from September 1899 to June 1901. He worked in the Canadian Pacific Railway offices before joining the Cranbrook Branch of the Canadian Bank of Commerce as a junior on the 6th of February 1905. In 1907 he transferred to Vancouver in Canada where he worked as a clerk but he left their employ on the 31st of December 1909 and returned to the UK on board the SS "Campania", landing at Liverpool on the 4th of May 1910. On his return he worked as a clerk for the stockbrokers W. H. Trott. He was commissioned as a 2nd Lieutenant in the KEH on the 5/041913 and was promoted to Lieutenant on the 28/11/1914. He embarked for France at Southampton with his Squadron on board the Transport “Palm Branch" on the 21/04/1915 and arrived at Le Havre at 2.30am the following morning. Disembarkation was complete by 8.15am and the troopers made their way up the hill to No. 6 Base Camp. On the 23rd of April they entrained for Steenwerek in Belgium; they then marched to Nieppe where their Division was headquartered. On the evening of the 29/04/1915 the Squadron was ordered to employ all available men for the construction of a strong point behind the front line at Wulverghem about 200 yards northwest of La Plus Douvre Farm. They paraded at 6.30pm and marched up to within half a mile of the position where their horses were picketed. As soon as it was dark they moved up and began work that night. Henry Cooper was in command of fifty men who were detailed to construct a redoubt. They were engaged in this construction for about nearly four weeks during which time they suffered six casualties. Henry Cooper was wounded on the 13/05/1915 with a gun shot wound near his spine which paralysed him. He was the first Officer casualty of the Squadron, and was evacuated back to England where he died two months later at the 1st London General Hospital in Camberwell. He is commemorated on the war memorial at the King's School Wimbledon, the memorial at the Royal Military College Sandhurst and  on the Auckland Online Cenotaph. Lieutenant in KEH in 1915 see Figure 19 and weathered gravestone show on accompanying page.

COOPER, Herbert J. 735. Serjeant. Entered France 22/04/1915. Awarded Military Service Medal 3/06/1918. Discharged 22/02/1919. Anglo-Argentinian Railway staff.

COOPER, Thomas Wilson. 2328. Corporal. Enlisted in Aug 1914 and entered France 20/09/1914 as Private, 9724, 1st Battalion, Leicestershire Regiment and discharged on 17/02/1916 with Silver War Badge noted on Medal Index Card but unable to identify record for it being awarded. Wounded twice noted on Roll of the Great War. Re-enlisted in KEH. British War and Victory Medals forfeited recorded on Medal Index Card. Entitled to 1914 Star. Roll of the Great War has him awarded 1914/15 Star trio and invalided in 1917. Further research required.

COOTE, Andrew L. 1953. Private. Discharged 1/03/1919. Entitled to British War and Victory Medals.

COOTE, Ralph Algernon. Sir (13th Bart). Adjutant and Captain in KEH 1910-12. Prior service with the North West Mounted Police from 1894 and then 17th Lancers from 1898 -1913 retiring as Captain and Adjutant. Re-enlisted in Aug 1914 in 17th Lancers and seconded to Royal Flying Corps as Temp. Captain. Transferred to Royal Naval Air Service. Promoted to Captain in the Technical Branch, Royal Air Force in Apr 1918. Born in London in 1874 and died in Carmel, California, USA on 2/07/1941. Awarded 1914 Star trio.

COPE, John Raymond. 1203. Private. WIA Mar 1917 with injury to abdomen sustained during shelling. Discharged due to injuries 1/09/1917. Born in 1868 with prior service with Imperial Guides during Zulu Rebellion, Transvaal Rebellion and German West Africa Campaign. Resided in the Transvaal, South Africa post-war. Entitled to British War and Victory Medals.

CORBETT, Frank G. 59. Serjeant KEH. 'A' Squadron. Entered France 22/04/1915. Discharged 4/04/1919. Born 18/09/1887 and served in the KEH pre-war. Served in the Surrey Home Guard in WW2. Died in London 3/04/1955. Entitled to 1914/15 Star trio.

CORLETTE, Hubert Christian. The Honourable. Second Lieutenant 1902. Commanded 3rd Troop (Australian) 'A' Squadron (British Asian) King's Colonials as Lieutenant 1/02/1903. Major in command of the Reserve Squadron KEH 11/06/1914. Placed on half pay 5/06/1915 and transferred as Temporary Major Royal Field Artillery, East Anglia Brigade 14/11/1915. He served as a Staff Officer in the RFA until the end of the war. He was born on 26/06/1869 in Concord, New South Wales, Australia the son of Reverend James Christian Corlette and Frances Edith (nee Manning) Corlette and educated at Sydney Grammar School, Sydney University, London University and the Slade School. He married Florence Gwynnedd Davies Berrington on 7/10/1903 in Llanfair Kilgeddin, Monmouthshire and worked as an architect and was awarded an Order of the British Empire. They had three children during their marriage. He died on 23/04/1956 in Hendon, Middlesex, at the age of 86. Brother was Brigadier General James Montagu Christian Corlette AIF awarded CMG DSO. Portrait photograph of Major H. C. Corlette as a Major in 1917 wearing his KEH headdress badge shown (courtesy of the Norfolk Museums Collection) and additional photograph of him see Figure 4.

CORNISH, Charles Herbert. 971. Private KEH. Enlisted 24/02/1915 and entered France 1/06/1915. Discharged 30/08/1918 as physically unfit. Awarded Silver War Badge B5582. Born in 1877. Entitled to 1914/15 Star trio.

COSTELLO, Patrick. 1131. Private. 'C' Squadron. Entered France 20/10/1915. Discharged 19/04/1919. Lived in South America and attended third re-union there in 1945. Entitled to 1914/15 Star trio.

COSTER, Thomas Edmund. 1083. Private KEH. Died in service in an asylum in Cork, Ireland on 27/10/18 aged 33. Buried in CORK MILITARY CEMETERY PARK, IRELAND. Name commemorated in the Ilford War Memorial Gazette and on the Ilford War Memorial Hall, London. No medal records identified. 

COTMAN, Robert A. 1364. Private, Private Essex Regiment, Second Lieutenant Royal Flying Corps MIC

COTTON, Frederick C. 1676. Private. Discharged 8/07/1919. Entitled to British War and Victory Medals.

COUNLEY, Harry. 1045. Private. Discharged 10/07/1919. Entitled to British War and Victory Medals.

COUPAR Charles. 954. Corporal. Entered France 22/04/1915 and discharged 22/02/1919. Born 4/11/1890 in Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland and died 12/12/1958 in Middlesex, England. Entitled to 1914/15 Star trio.

COUVE, Noel. 264. Private, Commissioned as a Second Lieutenant Royal Flying Corps 24/01/1917

COWAN, Eric Hamilton. 393. Lance Corporal, Second Lieutenant ex-Royal Garrison Artillery Territorial Force MIC. Liverpool (Rugby) Football Club member – full-back in the legendary 1913-14 XV. Joined King Edward’s Horse in February 1914 and was a Lance-Corporal by the outbreak of war. London Gazette: 6/4/15: to be 2/Lieut, 1st Lancs RGA, dd. 1/4/15. A younger brother, D.W. Cowan, Lieut., Royal Field Artillery is commemorated on the same grave and an elder brother, G.K. Cowan, served in the Liverpool Scottish (10th Battalion), King’s Liverpool Regiment. E.H. and D.W. Cowan are commemorated on the Liverpool College chapel memorial. G.K. Cowan was also at Liverpool College. Post & Mercury 2/3/16: Eric Cowan was with the Liverpool firm of Balfour, Williamson, merchants. Eric Cowan named on the memorial at Liverpool CC, Aigburth. Like his brothers, Eric was educated at Liverpool College. On his KEH service record the place of birth - Melbourne, Australia. This may have been necessary to join an outfit which had so many Empire connections, but his birth was registered in the Toxteth Park district of Liverpool in 1894, and the 1901 and 1911 censuses show him, and his brothers, as born in Liverpool. Died at Canterbury after an operation and buried with full military honours 28/02/1916 in LIVERPOOL (TOXTETH PARK) CEMETERY. Son of George R. Cowan of 28 Sydenham Avenue, Sefton Park, Liverpool.

COWELL, Stanley Thomas. 1625. Private. Enlisted 26/08/1916. Ex-Sapper, Royal Engineers 229156 and then transferred to Railway Transport Depot as Sapper W.R.263359. Discharged 16/07/1919. Born in 1890. Awarded Silver War Badge 260,907. Entitled to British War and Victory Medals.

COWIE, Graham Robertson. 503. Corporal. Served in pre-war KEH whilst at Oxford University studying medicine and promoted to Corporal, 1570, 'C' Squadron in Mar 1913. Re-enlisted 8/08/1914 at Alexandra Palace and commissioned as a Second Lieutenant in the Royal Field Artillery on 26/12/1914. Entered France May 1915. Mentioned in dispatches at the Battle of Loos. Returned to England in June 1916 to complete his studies and graduated 1917 as a medical doctor. Captain South African Medical Corps. DoW 3/12/1918 whilst serving as a Medical Officer to South African Royal Garrison Artillery. Born in Natal, South Africa to Dr John Cowie (Senior) and Elizabeth Cowie of Upper Norwood, South Africa. 

COX, Frederick Leslie. 610. Private. 2nd Troop, 'B' Squadron. Entered France 21/ 04/1915. Commissioned as a Second Lieutenant in KEH 22/02/1918. Born in Liverpool in 1895. Applied for 1914/15 Star trio from Silverton Station, Manitoba, Canada. In WW2 was a Staff Serjeant Rand Light Infantry and wounded at Battle of El-Alemein 23/10/1942 and served throughout the war. Awarded Africa Star 39-45 Star, British War Medal, African Service Medal and Victory Medal for WW2. Medals in a private collection. Brother in-law of Serjeant R. Ewbank, KEH, 775, DCM and bar. Shown in group photograph Marlborough Barracks, Dublin 1918 see Figure 33. Commemorated on the Liverpool College, Sefton Park Memorial Service Roll.

COX, Hampden Trevor Ashby. 2090. Private. Left Trinidad with 10th Caribbean Merchant and Planters Contingent 3/10/1917. Prior service with the Naparima Light Horse. Born in Barbados, West Indies on 9/03/1895. Died of pneumonia whilst serving in in Ireland 09/05/1918. Buried in GRANGEGORMAN MILITARY CEMETERY, Ireland. No service medal entitlement.

CRAM, Jonathan. 1007. Private KEH. Saw service with the British Columbia Horse then enlisted in KEH as a Private on 20/03/1915 with occupation stated as rancher and arrived in France 20/10/1915. Wounded with gun shot wound to the leg before injuring both arms when his horse reared and fell on him. Born 1886 in Newport, Fifeshire, Wales and lived in Canada. Died circa 1965-66. Entitled to 1914/15 Star trio.

CRAMHALL, H. C. Corporal. King's Colonials. Winner of the Freeman Challenge Cup from the King's Colonials Rifle Club in 1906. Photograph of his commemorative medallion is shown. This was sold at Noonans auction in London in May 2023.

CRAMPTON, Vivian Moore. 1896. Private KEH. Born in Rhodesia and served as a Private 82 in the Rhodesia Regiment then KEH then commissioned Second Lieutenant, 2/4th Dorsetshire Regiment attached to 496th Field Company, Royal Engineers.

CRANSTON, Herbert David. 856. Lance Corporal KEH. Enlisted as a Private in the KEH having sailed to London on board SS Suwa Mara 16/10/1914. Entered France 1/06/1915 and deployed as a Regimental sniper. Wounded in action at Vieille Chapelle 9-11/04/1918 as a Lance Corporal and discharged 4/04/1919. Born in Manchester, England in 1885 and worked as an Apprentice Maritime Engineer in Shanghai. Returned to Shanghai post war.

CRAWFORD, Charles A. 795. Private KEH discharged 23/02/1919. Entitled to British War and Victory Medals.

CRAWFORD-GREENE, W. P. Born in England and served KEH. Died in 1959.

CRAWSHAY, Lionel R. 1066. Private KEH. Entered France 28/07/1915. Transferred to Royal Engineers as Private 312892 and served as an Instructor with Computations, Field Survey Company, Royal Engineers. Born Honiton, UK on 9/07/1868 and educated at Harrow and then Oxford university 1903-05. Served as Colonial Officer in the Bahamas, retired 1934 and died 9/07/1968. Entitled to 1914/15 Star trio.

CRAYFORD, William. 1116. Serjeant. Discharged 5/04/1919. Entitled to British War and Victory Medals.

CRESSWELL, Charles Edward. 2046. Private. Reported missing at defence of Vieille Chapelle 9-11/04/1918. Discharged 22/05/1919. Resided in Leyland, Lancashire, England post-war. Entitled to British War and Victory Medals.

CRESWICK Henry Forbes. Captain. 'A' & 'B' Squadrons. Born in Brighton, Victoria, Australia on 24/01/1886. Arrived in England Aug 1906 and was a Second Lieutenant in the KEH in 1907 then Lieutenant in 1910. Commissioned in the KEH as Lieutenant 11/06/1914 (London Gazette 7/09/1914) later Captain. Entered France 1/06/1915. Married Alice Reid in 1910. Served as a Major attached to Australian Light Horse in 1935. Tragically killed in a motor vehicle accident 17/08/1935 in Melbourne, Australia where he lived in Toorak. Captain in 1915 see Figure 19. Applied for 1914/15 Star trio.

CROFTS, Gordon. Born in England and served KEH.

CROMPTON, Robert (Bobbie) Allen. 399. Corporal. Entered France 21/04/1915, Serjeant 3rd Troop, 'B' Squadron in 1916 and commissioned as a Second Lieutenant 22/02/1918. Second Lieutenant in photograph Marlborough Barracks, Dublin 1918 see Figure 33. His Father, Robert Crompton was a Queen's Counsel and was made a Companion of the British Empire for his services to civil administration in Fiji. Robert A. Crompton was born in Fiji, became Chief Commissioner of the Fiji Islands Group and died there in 1965. Entitled to 1914/15 Star trio.

CRONE, Percy Alexander. Private. Entered France 6/09/1915. Commissioned as a Second Lieutenant, 4th Battalion, Royal Munster Fusiliers. Posted as MIA then confirmed KIA 8/09/1916 in Salonika, Thessaloniki, Central Macedonia, Greece. Born in 894 in Waterford, Ireland. !914/15 Star trio applied for by his Father Reverend Alexander Crone from County Cork, Ireland.

CRONJE, S. W. Private King's Colonials. Attended the 1908 annual camp as part of the Oxford University detachment. Born in South Africa and was a nephew of the Boer General Cronje.

CROSBY, Harold Parker. 44. Private KEH. Enlisted 25/08/1914 and discharged 29/07/1915 on medical grounds and did not serve overseas. Awarded Silver War Badge 147563.

CROSS, Reginald George Whitfield. 530. Private KEH. 'A' Squadron. Enlisted 10/08/1914 and arrived in France 1/06/1915. Discharged 29/11/1915 due to sickness and awarded Silver War Badge 5195. Born Jul 1887 in New Cross, Surrey, England and died 4/04/1935 at the Government Hospital, Durban, South Africa. Awarded 1914/15 Star trio and Victory Medal held in a private collection.

CROSSLAND, Frank James. 1096 Private KEH. Entered France 1/10/1915. Transferred as a Private, 4th Battalion then 24th Battalion then 1st Battalion, Royal Fusiliers GS/59100 on 12/10/1917 until discharge 10/03/1919. Entitled to 1914/15 Star trio.

CROWE, Walter William. 577. Lance Corporal KEH. 'C' Squadron. Entered France 22/04/1915 and then commissioned as a Second Lieutenant 3rd Battalion, East Yorkshire 21/01/1916. Promoted to Lieutenant 22/07/1917. Placed on retired Officer's list 21/08/1919 due to wounds. Eligible for Silver War Badge 15/08/1919 published in London Gazette 20/08/1919. Born 14/04/1887 and educated Brentwood School, Brentwood, Essex from Sep 1897 to Aug 1903. Applied for 1914/15 Star trio from Auckland, New Zealand. 1914/15 Star (K.Edw.H), British War and Victory Medals sold by Sotherby's auctioneers, UK on 23/11/2004.

CROWLEY, John Nicholas. 1425. Corporal KEH. Born 6/05/1894 in Newcastle, New South Wales, Australia. Enlisted KEH 17/01/1916 and arrived in France 12/09/1916. Posted to the Reserve 21/02/1919. WW2 Corporal DROEC 15/01/1941-30/07/1941. Died April 1950 in Darlinghurst, Sydney. Five family members served in WW1 of whom three (father, his brother and one of the three sons were KIA/DOW). Entitled to British War and Victory Medals. Portrait photograph from a montage entitled 'Fighting for the Flag, circa 1916'  courtesy of the Australia War Memorial.

CROWTHER, Owen 1945. Private. Born Cape Town, South Africa in 1898. Ex-5th South African Infantry 3857, served in German East Africa and discharged 9/04/1917. Enlisted KEH 9/06/1917 and did not go to France as vision impaired by malaria contracted whilst serving in German East Africa in 1916.

CUBITT, Henry S. 32. First enlisted recruit of the King's Colonials on 4/01/1902. No MIC record for the Great War.

CULLEN, Fred. 1999. Private. Born in Hong Kong and served with the Hong Kong Royal Garrison Artillery until at least 1927 after service in KEH. Applied for British War Medal as sole entitlement.

CULVERHOUSE, Edward. 1011. Private KEH. Entered France 2/06/1915. Transferred as Private Corps of Lancers L/18297. Entitled to 1914/15 Star trio named to Corps of Lancers with Star named to 5th Lancers despite having deserted twice on 28/09/1918 and 17/03/1919 and discharged 13/11/1919.

CUMMING, H. L. KEH

CUMINGS, Frank G. 633. Corporal. Entered France 2/06/1915. Discharged 13/02/1919. Born in Southern Rhodesia and died there 03/1946. Entitled to 1914/15 Star trio.

CUNINGHAME, Charles Lennox. Second Lieutenant 9th Cavalry Reserve, KEH, Lieutenant 3rd Hussars, Captain Reserve Regiment of Cavalry. Applied for medals from an address in East Africa. Awarded 1914/15 Star trio. Born in 1877 in Australia and died 8/04/1931 in Bayonne, France.

CUNNINGHAM, Cecil Robert. 54. Lance Corporal/Trumpeter. 'B' Squadron. Enlisted in the King's Colonials on 19/03/1909 in Colchester as Trooper, 309. Entered France 22/04/1915. Discharged 18/03/1916 and died 29/10/17 aged 30. Born in Crondall, India in 1886, the son of John Cunningham of Tufnell Park, London. HIGHGATE CEMETERY, LONDON, UK. Entitled to 1914/15 Star trio.

CUNNINGHAM, Hugh P. L. Born in England and was a Corporal in the 1st Troop, 'A' Squadron King's Colonials/KEH 1909-12. Served as Medical Officer in the Royal Naval Division in WW1. Died in 1960.

CURLING, Aubrey Frank John. 1400. Private. Transferred as Private, Ordnance Corps 040723. Entitled to British War and Victory Medals.

CURTIS, Stanley William. 2099. Private born in Madras, India in 1898 and enlisted in the KEH 21/02/1918. Transferred to the Rifle Brigade RB/82203 and discharged 29/01/1919. No service medal entitlement.

CUTHILL, George H. 1998. Born in Hong Kong and saw service in the Hong Kong Volunteer Defence Corps after service with the KEH until at least 1927. Applied for British War Medal as sole entitlement.

CUTLACK, Frederick Morley. Private in the pre-war KEH. Born in England in 1886. Commissioned in the Royal Field Artillery and became a war correspondent and visited Australia in 1913. Supported Australian war historian C. E. W. Bean and worked in the Australian Prime Minister's office in the 1920s. Died in the UK in 1967.

CUTLER, Thomas. Private, 1672, 'B' Squadron. Killed in Action 9/04/1918 in the defense of Vieille Chapelle, Huits Maisons and Fosse Bridgeheads. Born in Weybridge in 1895. Youngest son of Mrs Annie Cutler, 2 Yew Cottages, Military Road, Dover. Name recorded on the Dover War Memorial. (Reference - Lionel James: The History of King Edward's Horse (The King's Overseas Dominions Regiment). Sifton, Praed, 1921. (Gravestone photograph courtesy of Pierre Vandervelden). Entitled to British War and Victory Medals.


DAINES, Lionel. R. Colonel. Private in the King's Colonials having enlisted on 17/03/1905 and discharged from service 17/03/1914. Served in the Indian Army in WW1. Saw extensive service in WW2 at Dunkirk, North Africa, Sicily, Salerno, Anzio, Normandy and the Rhine. Promoted to Lieutenant Colonel in the South African army and was living in Rhodesia in 1951. Awarded Military Cross. Named in a photograph at Colchester camp in 1911 see Figure 67.

DALE, Thomas W. 975. Corporal KEH. 3rd Section, 1st Troop, 'C' Squadron. Entered France 8/09/1915 and discharged 4/04/1919. Entitled to 1914/15 Star trio.

DALGARNO, William A. 840. Acting Corporal KEH. 3rd Troop 'B' Squadron. Enlisted in the KEH having sailed to London on board "SS Suwa Mara" 16/10/1914 from Shanghai. Entered France 22/04/1915 and discharged 13/04/1919 and returned to Shanghai. Born in Gateshead in 1887 and emigrated to Shanghai as a boy. Served with Light Horse SVC from 1904 until the outbreak of the war and post-war until retiring with the rank of Serjeant Major in 1928. Served as a Private in the 6th Battalion, Suffolk Regiment in WW2. A popular horse racing identity. Entitled to 1914/15 Star trio.

DALTON, Harry. 721. Serjeant KEH. 'C' Squadron. Enlisted 23/11/1914 and entered France 21/04/1915.Promoted to Lance Corporal 8/02/1916, Corporal 25/05/1917 and Serjeant 13/12/1917. WIA at the defence of Vieille Chapelle 9-11/04/1918 with Gun Shot Wound right hand and returned to England 13/04/1918. Discharged 1/03/1919. Born 1891 in Uxbridge, Middlesex. Entitled to 1914/15 Star trio.

DALTON, Henry (Dickie) Joseph. 948. Private. 1st Section, 1st Troop, 'C' Squadron. Born in 1880 and died April 1949 in London. Master of Regimental Masonic Lodge. Discharged 5/03/1919. Entitled to British War and Victory Medals. Discharge certificate of identity available on Imperial War Museum website.

DANIEL, C. P. C. 19. Serjeant King's Colonials

DARE, Arthur Charles Coker. 1533. Private. Entered France 26/12/1916 and served in KEH until 4/12/1917. Commissioned as a Second Lieutenant, Somerset Light Infantry. Died 24/11/1929. Applied for British War and Victory Medals whilst serving in the Alberta Provincial Police, Canada.

DARE, Geoffrey. 992. Serjeant. Entered France 2/06/1915 and discharged 8/03/1919. Died in 1968. Entitled to 1914/15 Star trio.

DARREL, Richard (Dick) Frederick William. 1051. Serjeant KEH. Entered France 20/10/1915. Commissioned as a Second Lieutenant Tank Corps 3/02/1918. Died 26/02/1919 of pneumonia. Son of William Darrel, of New Zealand; husband of Annie Darrel, of Bangkok, Siam. His 1914/15 Star trio claimed by his widow who was living in Siam. Buried in Manor Green Cemetery, England. Commemorated on the Auckland Online Cenotaph.

DAVENPORT, Anthony. 726. Private. 'C' Squadron. Entered France 22/04/1915. WIA and interred as a POW at Bois d'Holnon, Savy on 23/03/1917. Discharged 16/03/1919. Entitled to 1914/15 Star trio.

DAVEY, Albert. Private KEH. Transferred from 1st King Dragoon Guards as Private D/17020 to KEH then to Corps of Dragoons as Private D/17020. Discharged 1/12/1919. Entitled to British War and Victory Medals.

DAVIDSON, Douglas. 640. Private KEH. 'B' Squadron. Entered France 22/04/1915. KIA 09/04/18 at defence of Vieille Chapelle aged 34. Killed with Lieutenant Pinckney when trying to break through the German troops who had enveloped the bridge head at Vieille Chapelle. One of three sons of George D. and Emma Davidson, of "Geraldra", Cootamundra, New South Wales, Australia. Name commemorated on the LOOS MEMORIAL, FRANCE. Entitled to 1914/15 Star trio and Medal Index Card notes 1914/15 Star issued 22/10/1982. Photograph shown in 'War Services of Old Melbournians' compiled and edited by J. Beacham Kiddle OBE. Remembered on the Commemorative Roll of the Australian War Memorial.  

DAVIE, Algernon M. 994. Private. Entered France 2/06/1915 and discharged 5/04/1919. Argentinian who enlisted from Argentinian Railway staff. Entitled to 1914/15 Star trio.

DAVIES, Frederick R. 69. Serjeant. Entered France 22/04/1915 and discharged 28/02/1915. Entitled to 1914/15 Star trio.

DAVIS, Harold Brereton. Private, 1st Hertfordshire Yeomanry then transferred as Private, King Edward's Horse. Commissioned as a Second Lieutenant later Captain, Royal Field Artillery. Awarded Military Cross. Applied for 1914/15 Star trio from Transvaal, South Africa.

DAVIS, Harold N. 265. Warrant Officer Class 2. 3rd Troop, 'B' Squadron. Enlisted in 1913 in pre-war KEH. Entered France 22/04/1915. Discharged 1/07/1919. Born in Bath, England on 29/10/1891 and died 12/05/1977. Photograph on kingedwardshorse.net. Entitled to 1914/15 Star trio.

DAVIS, Henry G. 1214. Private. Discharged 3/03/1919. Entitled to British War and Victory Medals.

DAVIS, Hugh Campo. 2215. Private. Enlisted 2/09/1918. Discharged 30/04/1919. Born 12/09/1895 in Araucania, Chile and died 13/09/1980 in Chester, England. Shown in KEH uniform in 1918 in a group photograph and portrait courtesy of Ancestry. No Great War service medal entitlement.

DAVIS, William. Private. Anglo-Argentinian Railway staff. Discharged medically unfit.

DAVISON, Edward Summer. 1031. Private. Entered France 1/06/1915. Commissioned as a Second Lieutenant, Royal Engineers 28/10/1915 (London Gazette 27/11/1915). Serving with 81st Wing, Royal Air Force (RAF) in 1919 as a Lieutenant when he applied for his 1914/15 Star trio administered by RAF c/o a Canadian address.

DAVISON, William. 1459. Private. Discharged 10/07/1919. Entitled to British War and Victory Medals.

DAWS, Reginald John. 595. Private. Enlisted in KEH in 1910. 'B' Squadron. Entered France 22/04/1915. Discharged 10/03/1919. Born 17/11/1890 in Beckenham, Bromley, Kent, England and died 31/12/1973 in Salisbury, Rhodesia. Entitled to 1914/15 Star trio.

DAWSON, Guy 'Pop' Harnett. 675. Corporal. 'B' and 'C' Squadrons. Entered France 22/04/1915. Commissioned as a Second Lieutenant 2nd Battalion Seaforth Highlanders 23/1/1916. Later Captain Labour Corp. Prior service with Border Horse as Lance Corporal and awarded Queen's South Africa Medal with Wepener, Wittebergen, Cape Colony and Transvaal clasps. Born 13/11/1888 in Bombala, New South Wales, Australia and died 24/01/1962 in San Martin de los Andes, Neuquen, Argentina. Attended 3rd reunion in South America. Awarded 1914/15 Star trio.

DAWSON, James. 1452. Private. Entered France 14/07/1915. Transferred as Private, Army Service Corps M/354262 on 25/01/1918. Entitled to 1914/15 Star trio.

DAWSON, Oswald Charles. 1106. Corporal. Enlisted after arriving in England 22/05/1915. Entered France 2/10/1915. Commissioned as a Second Lieutenant, Royal Engineers attached Royal Flying Corps 3/11/1916. Awarded Distinguished Flying Cross 8/02/1919 when acting as Observer supporting the Desert Mounted Corps 19-26/09/1918 attached to 1 Squadron, Australian Flying Corps. Brother of Corporal Robert Dyer Dawson 1526 also in KEH. Born in Bombala, New South Wales, Australia on 1/01/1887 the son of Robert Weston Dawson and Eleanor Mary Bowler. Married Kathleen Elsie Fedden in Suva, Fiji on 17/03/1920. He died on 1/05/1974. Entitled to 1914/15 Star trio.

DAWSON, Overend William James. 1668. Private. KIA 27/10/17. Buried in BARD COTTAGE CEMETERY, BELGIUM. Born 11/11/1881 in Glenelg, Adelaide, South Australia the son of Robert Potter and Louisa Potter and grew up in Lancashire, England. Entitled to British War and Victory Medals. 

DAWSON, Robert Dyer. 1526. Corporal. Discharged 22/06/1919. Entitled to British War and Victory Medals. Brother of Corporal Oswald Charles Dawson 1106 who also served with KEH. Born in Bombala, New South Wales, Australia on 5/07/1884 and died in 5/03/1955 in Nyngan, New South Wales, Australia. Victory Medal held in a private collection.

DAWSON, Thomas. 1226. Private. Discharged 13/06/1919. Entitled to British War and Victory Medals.

DAY, F. P. Second Lieutenant KEH 1910 who joined as Rhodes scholar at Oxford university. Became a Professor at the Carnegie Institute of Technology in Pittsburgh, USA in the early 1920s.

DEADMAN, Ernest H. 1730. Entered France 14/10/1915. Transferred as a Private, Army Pay Corps 24936. Applied for 1914/15 Star trio from Selhurst, London, England.

DEARLOVE, John George. 1017. Corporal. Enlisted 23/03/1915 and entered France 2/10/1915. Wounded at defence of Vieille Chapelle 9-11/04/1918 and awarded Silver War Badge 458230. Discharged 6/01/1919. Possibly born in Kooringa, South Australia on 23/11/1896 and died in Broken Hill in 1938. Entitled to 1914/15 Star trio.

DE BALLARDIE, J. 5. Private. King's Colonials. Awarded Imperial Yeomanry Long Service and Good Conduct Medal, Nov 1907.

DE COSTA, Errold. 2059. Private KEH. Discharged 9/04/1919. Entitled to British War Medal only.

DE GANNES, Raphael. 1302. Private. 4th Section, 1st Troop, 'C' Squadron Jun 1917. Left Trinidad for UK 18/10/1915 with 1st Caribbean Merchant and Planters Contingent. Wounded at Bourlon Wood 26/11/17. Discharged 8/10/1918. Entitled to British War and Victory Medals.

DEMPSTER, Chas Henry. 1483. Private. Enlisted 6/04/1915 and discharged 23/08/1916 due to sickness. Awarded Silver War Badge 228676 and did not serve overseas. No Great War service medal entitlement.

DENBIGH, Arthur E. 320. Warrant Officer Class 2. 3rd Troop, 'B' Squadron. Reported as Missing in Action at the defence of Vieille Chapelle 9-11/04/1918. Discharged 6/11/1919. From Wrexham in North Wales. Entitled to British War and Victory Medals.

DENING, Douglas Montgomery. Private. Entered France Feb 1915. Commissioned as a Second Lieutenant, Royal Field Artillery Dec 1915 later served as a Captain No 1 Balloon Section, Royal Flying Corps from Aug 1917. Wounded twice. Awarded Military Cross 26/07/1918. Discharged 10/08/1919. Born in 1877 and married Mary Elizabeth Glenton-Kerr on 7/09/1904, in Brixton, Surrey, England. They had one child during their marriage. He died as a result of accidental drowning on 7/11/1922 in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Entitled to 1914/15 Star trio.

DENNISTON, John Geoffrey. 221. Lieutenant. 3rd Troop, 'C' Squadron. Served in the pre-War KEH with the Cambridge University Squadron. Mobilised 4/08/1914, promoted to Corporal 11/10/1914, Serjeant 5/01/1915, entered France 22/04/1915 and commissioned 9/09/1915 as a Second Lieutenant and Lieutenant 1/7/1917. Served in Italy after France and Ireland. Discharged 3/12/1918. Born in 1890 to His Honour John Edward Denniston of the Supreme Court in Canterbury, New Zealand. Studied at Christ's College Cambridge University. Returned to teach in Australia and New Zealand in Christchurch. Died in 1965. Noted in 'Southland Times' newspaper article 17/09/1915 as having been offered a commission and had served pre-War with the Regiment. Entitled to 1914/15 Star trio.

DE NOBRIGA, Joseph Oliver. 1295. Private. Left Trinidad for UK 18/10/1915 with 1st Caribbean Merchant and Planters Contingent. Enlisted 6/111/1915. Served with machine gun section. Discharged medically unfit 14/08/1918 with Silver War Badge, B24035 awarded and returned to Trinidad 6/11/1918. Born in Trinidad in 1897 and died there prior to 1946. Entitled to British War and Victory Medals.

DE ROUX, Louis Herbert Austin Evelyn. 1691. Acting Corporal. Entered France 28/09/1915. Transferred to Northumberland Fusiliers as Private 61200. Commissioned as a Second Lieutenant (General List) 8/03/1919. Applied for 1914/15 Star trio from Jamaica then Toronto, Canada.

DE SOUSA, Alexander Ramsay. 1306. Private. Left Trinidad for UK 18/10/1915 with 1st Caribbean Merchant and Planters Contingent. Discharged 3/11/1919. Entitled to British War and Victory Medals. Brother of Private George De Souza, 1305, KEH.

DE SOUSA, George. 1305. Private. Left Trinidad for UK 18/10/1915 with 1st Caribbean Merchant and Planters Contingent. Taken prisoner of war 9/04/1918 and returned to England 20/11/1918. Discharged 5/07/1919. Entitled to British War and Victory Medals. Brother of Private Alexander Ramsay De Souza, 1306, KEH.

DETTLEFF, William 1408. Private. Discharged 31/05/1919. Entitled to British War and Victory Medals.

DEVINE, Edward Feron. 1128. Private. Discharged 14/04/1919. Born in South Shields in 1893 and went to South Shields Marine School. Then at 15 was serving on the merchant vessel Pythomene. He followed his elder brother, also a mariner, to Australia in about 1905 and both settled in Sydney, followed by his wife and her mother in 1911. His brother Charles Lawford Devine volunteered for the Royal Naval Reserve and as a Lieutenant Commander on the monitor HMS M-28 was killed on 20/01/1918 aged 30 by a direct hit from the battlecruiser Goeben when it and the light cruiser Breslau sought to escape from the Dardanelles. Charles and Edward were the sons of Charles Feron Divine and Ellen R. L. Divine of 'Primera', Ryde Road, Hunters Hill, New South Wales; Australia. Charles was the husband of Joan Divine, of Buckfastleigh, Devon, England and is commemorated on a Memorial at the Lancashire Landing Cemetery. Edward died on 26/10/1937 when five days earlier he fell into the hold of the postal ship Olympia in Sydney Harbour. His wife never got over it. Entitled to British War and Victory Medals. Photograph of Edward in maritime uniform circa 1908, sweetheart badge (see Figure 351) and biographical information courtesy of Giles F. Russell, descendant.

DE WHALLEY, John Joseph Arthur. 76. Private KEH. 'A' Squadron. Entered France 2/06/1915 and discharged 14/02/1916 at term of engagement and eligible for an army pension. Student of University of London. Born March 1891 in Greenwich, London, England and died April 1973 in Maidstone, Kent. Entitled to 1914/15 Star trio but forfeited due to desertion.

DICK, Martin Forster. 46. Lieutenant Colonel KEH. As Corporal Dick he originally served in the King's Colonial and served throughout Great War in KEH. Only Corporal Dick and Lionel James achieved this. Corporal Dick had seen service in the Boer War with Lord Strathcona’s Horse (Canadian Horse) before joining the King’s Colonials in 1902. He was commissioned in 1906 as a Second Lieutenant, Lieutenant KEH 1910 and Major in 1913. Commanded 'B' Squadron, KEH in France 1915-16. Rose to the rank of Lieutenant Colonel and commanded the Reserve Regiment 1917-18 and then commanded the KEH for the last three months of the Great War. Born 3/01/1877 in Newcastle Upon Tyne, Northumberland, England and died 17/12/1932 in London. Awarded Queen's South Africa medal and 1914/15 Star trio and Mentioned in Despatches twice. Medals held in a private collection. Portrait photograph shown as Figure 48.

DICKINSON, Michael W. 988. Private KEH. 'B' Squadron in 1916. Discharged 5/03/1919. Died in Braunton, Devon in 1943. Entitled to British War and Victory Medals.

DIDSBURY, Albert B. 1402. Private KEH. Discharged 5/03/1919. Entitled to British War and Victory Medals.

DIMMOCK, Thomas. 693. Private KEH. Entered France 2/06/1915. Discharged 7/03/1919. Entitled to 1914/15 Star trio.

DINES, Ernest. 1051. Trumpeter. Enlisted 21/09/1914 and discharged 16/08/1915 due to sickness. Awarded Silver War Badge 157035. Died in London 8/07/1955. No Great War medal entitlement.

DINWOODIE, Edwin Maxwell. 896. Private. 'C' Squadron. Entered France 20/10/1915. Discharged 27/03/1919. Anglo-Argentinian Railway staff and returned to South America post-war and attended third re-union there in 1945. Entitled to 1914/15 Star trio. His brother Allegne Maxwell Dinwoodie was also with the Anglo-Argentinian Railway staff and served with the Army Service Corps.

DODDS, Walter Melbourne. 1005. Entered France 7/01/1916. Commissioned as a Second Lieutenant later Captain, 8th Battalion, Northumberland Fusiliers, Born 20/05/1885 in Elswick, Newcastle upon Tyne. Died 14/10/1918 as a Prisoner of War. Buried in the Poland Malbork Commonwealth War Cemetery, Poland. Entitled to British War and Victory Medals. Photograph of headstone shown on accompanying page. 

DOHERTY, Joseph. 1273. Private. Transferred as Sapper, Royal Engineers 193768, WR/126881. Did not serve in France. Anglo-Argentinian Railway staff. Awarded British War and Victory Medals.

DONALD, James William. 924. Private. Enlisted 2/02/1915 and discharged 10/04/1915. Awarded Silver War Badge 22965 and did not serve overseas. No Great War medal entitlement.

DONALD, Walter Alan. Sergeant KEH. Student at University College, Oxford University. Commissioned Second Lieutenant 2nd Reserve of Cavalry, transferred to the 6th Inniskilling Dragoons. Entered France 17/10/1915. Noted in the 'Otago Witness' newspaper 21/04/1915. From Auckland, New Zealand. Commemorated on the Auckland Online Cenotaph. Entitled to 1914/15 Star trio.

DONALD, William. 1840. Private. Enlisted 5/08/1914 in Kintore, Aberdeenshire with 1st/2nd Scottish Horse as Private, 4300 then 152167 at Gallipoli landing from 1/09/1915 until evacuated to Egypt serving there until 1/10/1916. Hospitalised 12/10/1916 to 11/12/1916 with shortness of breath. Transferred to KEH as Private 1840 but on some records as Private 152167 on 30/03/1917 until discharged 6/05/1919. Born 1890 in Inverurie, Aberdeenshire, Scotland. Entitled to British War and Victory Medal as Acting Corporal 1/2nd Scottish Horse 152167.

DONNELLY, John Lawler. Private pre-war KEH. Commissioned as a Second Lieutenant, 24th Battalion, Northumberland Fusiliers 1/06/1915 then Lieutenant, Royal Sussex Regiment from Dec 1916. Entered France Jan 1916. Discharged 16/11/1919. Commissioned in the Indian Army Medical Services from 1926 and rose to rank of Lieutenant Colonel by 1940. Born 15/03/1896 in Widnes, Lancashire, England and died in Mar 1962 in Tunbridge Wells, England. Applied for British War and Victory Medals from Liverpool. Applied for Territorial Forces Medal but ineligible.

DORMAN, James. 2113. Serjeant KEH. Transferred as a Private 1558 from 2KEH. Entered France 14/07/1915 and discharged 21/07/1919. Sergeant 1558 on British War and Victory Medals. Pictured are his British War and Victory Medals with a KEH gilding metal headdress badge in an oak frame. Entitled to 1914/15 Star to complete trio (Photograph courtesy of Margaret Gledhill).

DOUGLAS-HILL, Arthur Percy. 762. Private. Enlisted 1/12/1914 and discharged 12/07/1916 due to sickness. Awarded Silver War Badge 65160 and did not serve overseas. Born in 1882 in Urmston, Cheshire, England. No Great War medal entitlement.

DOWDING, William Elliott. Private KEH. Served in Ireland before transferring to Rifle Brigade as Private S/29117. Entered France Aug 1916. Commissioned as a Second Lieutenant, 19th Battalion, Welsh Regiment 27/06/1917. Born 6/04/1884 in Southampton, Hampshire, England and died 30/12/1970 in Amersham, Buckinghamshire. Applied for British War and Victory Medals from Liverpool, England.

DOWLE, Maurice. 2070. Private. Transferred to KEH as Private, 2051 with 2KEH. Discharged 31/01/1919. Born 29/05/1891 in Southgate, London, England and died Jan 1975 in Worthing, West Sussex. Awarded British War and Victory Medals with the pair sold by the Medal Centre in Jan 2022 as per accompanying photograph.

DOWLING, Geoffrey B. 412. Private KEH. Entered France 17/06/1915. Discharged 14/12/1918. Entitled to 1914/15 Star trio.

DOWN, Albert H. 715. Private KEH. Entered France 21/04/1915. Deserted 12/10/1915. Forfeited his 1914/15 Star trio entitlement.

DOWNES, Leonard A. D/13356. Private KEH. Transferred to Corps of Dragoons, Private D/13356. Discharged 1/12/1919. Entitled to British War and Victory Medals named to Corps of Dragoons.

DOWNIE, Harry. 749. Acting Corporal KEH. Entered France 2/06/1915 and rank changed to Sapper. Discharged 23/02/1919. Entitled to 1914/15 Star trio.

DOWNING, Edward James. 1578. Private KEH. Discharged 10/07/1919. Resided in Holloway, London. Entitled to British War and Victory Medals.

DOWNS, Alfred. 1713. Private KEH. Discharged 18/06/1919. Shanghai Municipal Police 1909-10. Applied for British War and Victory Medals from Missouri, USA.

DRAPER, William E. 518. Private KEH. Enlisted 10/08/1914 and entered France 1/06/1915. Awarded Silver War Badge 242,692 . Discharged as physically unfit 6/06/1917. Born in 1890 and lived in New Brighton, Cheshire where he died in 1947. Name commemorated on Liverpool College Roll of Honour. Entitled to 1914/15 Star trio.

DRENNAN, J. E. 24. Staff Quarter Master Serjeant, King's Colonials.

DREW, Thomas Kenneth. 1248. Private. Enlisted 15/09/1915 and discharged 14/02/1918 due to sickness. Awarded Silver War Badge 337155. Born on 29/11/1897 in Peterborough, Ontario, Canada and died in July 1957. Entitled to British War and Victory Medals.

DRUBE, Frederick Peter. 524. Lance Corporal. Entered France 22/04/1915 and discharged 5/04/1919. From New Zealand. Entitled to 1914/15 Star trio. Commemorated on the Auckland Online Cenotaph.

DRUMMOND, Oswald. 1416. Acting Serjeant. Discharged 20/06/1919. Entitled to British War and Victory Medals.

DRURY, Charles James. 2015. Private 4th Dragoon Guards 5561. Entered France 23/11/1914. Transferred as Private, Dorsetshire Regiment 14049. Commissioned as a Lieutenant Devonshire Regiment, 6/12/1915 then transferred to the KEH as a Private. Transferred to Royal Engineers on 11/01/1917 as Sapper 228674, 312095 and 613905. Discharged 5/09/1918. Born in 1873. Awarded Silver War Badge 445966 and 1914 Star trio applied for from London.

DRYSDALE, Cluny Leslie. 1206. Private. 'B' Squadron. Injured in railway accident 13/03/1918. Discharged 15/03/1919. Born Armadale, Victoria, Australia 1895 the son of George Russell Drysdale and Mary Drysdale Russell and died in Herbert, Queensland 4/07/1931. Entitled to British War and Victory Medals.

DUDLEY, Thomas. Private. Private, 1st Dragoons, Transferred to KEH then Corps of Dragoons. Discharged 11/02/1919. Entitled to British War and Victory Medals.

DUFF, Peter. Private. Transferred to KEH from 3rd Dragoon Guards as Private D/18470. Then transferred as Private, Corps of Dragoons. Discharged 23/02/1919. Entitled to British War and Victory Medals.

DUFOY . Private. New Zealander who served with King's Colonials (see Figure 52, 1904).

DUIRS, Mearns William. 379. Entered France 10/07/1915. Commissioned as a Second Lieutenant, 7th Battalion, King's Own Scottish Borderers. KIA 25/09/1915 at Loos. Born 23/01/1893 at Kimberley, Northern Cape, South Africa the son of Dr David Peter Duirs and Agnes Emily Norman. Commemorated on the Loos Memorial. Awarded 1914/15 Star trio.

DUKES, Sydney Owen. 999. Private. 'A' Squadron. Entered France 2/06/1915. Discharged 15/04/1919. Born 17/05/1890 in Tisbury, Wiltshire and died Sep 1976 in Kingsclere and Whitchurch, Hampshire, England. Entitled to 1914/15 Star trio.

DUNCAN, Alec. 763. Private KEH. Entered France 16/06/1915 and discharged 22/03/1919. Was a Temporary Major in the Royal Field Artillery in WW2. Awarded 1914/15 Star trio and British War Medal sold on eBay Sep 2021.

DUNCAN, Thomas Mitchell. Second Lieutenant KEH. Served pre-war KEH. Entered France Aug 1915. Promoted to Major, Royal Field Artillery. Discharged 5/06/1919. From Blundellsands, Liverpool, England and died in Stroud, England 15/07/1956. Entitled to 1914/15 Star trio.

DUNCKLEY, Percy St. John. 834. Served in the King's Colonials from 1902. Part of Shanghai Contingent on board the SS Suwa Maru 16/10/1914 from Shanghai and was employed in the Shanghai Municipal Council. Went to France 22/04/1915 and commissioned as a Second Lieutenant, 3/6th Battalion, Sherwood Foresters 29/12/1915 then Lieutenant, 1/3rd Battalion, Ghurka Rifles. Entitled to British War and Victory Medals named to KEH

DUNKIN, Alfred Davey Hoskins. 1144. Private KEH. Enlisted 14/06/1915. Commissioned as a Second Lieutenant, 3rd Battalion, Notts and Derby Regiment 29/01/1918. KIA 3/10/1918. Born 12/12/1889 in Camborne, Cornwall and buried in BELLICOURT British Cemetery, Aisne, France. Entitled to British War and Victory Medals.

DUNSTAN, John Llewellyn. Private. Served pre-WW1 KEH. Served with AIF 30th Battalion in France 22/07/1915 until discharged on medical grounds 14/05/1918 from 29th Battalion. Served in WW2 as a Private 31 with the Australian Garrison Battalion 1941-1944. Born 16/01/1896 in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia and died 22/07/1959. Entitled to British War and Victory Medals issued by the Australian Army.  
EARLE, George Hughes. Captain and Adjutant King's Colonials 1905 and retired in 1910 London Gazette 1/04/1908. Former 6th (Inniskilling) Dragoons, rejoined them in WW1 and served as a Captain. Born 30/11/1877 in Hampstead, Middlesex, England and died 20/12/1930 in Monaco. A brother Frances William Earle, DSO MID was Lieutenant Colonel, 1st Battalion, East Lancashire Regiment in WW1.

EARLE, Lionel. 700. Private KEH. Entered France 22/04/1915 and discharged 5/04/1919. From New Zealand. Commemorated on the Auckland Online Cenotaph. Entitled to 1914/15 Star trio.

EARLE, Robert (Bob) Charles. 1319. Private KEH. Born 14/12/1871 in Wanganui, New Zealand the son of the late Dr Robert Charles and Mrs. Eliza Ellen (Mason) Earle and died 17/05/1964. 'Wanganui Herald' newspaper 21/076/1918 reported he was wounded and presumed to have been killed in action at Vieille Chapelle 9-11/04/1918. He was taken prisoner having been shot in the stomach and right elbow. He had served in Ireland in 1916 then France and Italy. Discharged 5/03/1919. Commemorated on the WANGANUI COLLEGIATE SCHOOL ROLL OF HONOUR 1914 - 1918 which he attended from1882-84. Entitled to British War and Victory Medals. Commemorated on the Auckland Online Cenotaph.

EAST, Reginald Walter. 620. Private KEH. 'A' Squadron. Entered France 2/06/1915. Discharged 14/07/1919. Born Jul 1894 in Hemel Hempstead, Hertfordshire, England and died there on 3/04/1965. He is noted in the 1950 edition (No. 17) of the KEH Old Comrades Association bulletin as having benefited from the KEH Endowment Fund in 1950. Awarded 1914/15 Star trio now in authors collection with images shown on accompanying page together with a photograph of him with other KEH members in France in Feb 1919 including Serjeant 'Molly' Morgan DCM MM from the same edition of the Old Comrades Association bulletin.

EASTICK, Arthur George. 49. Serjeant KEH. 'B' Squadron. Enlisted 8/03/1911 from Melbourne, Australia aged 22 having been a British citizen. Entered France 22/04/1915. Discharged 7/03/1916. Chemist by trade. Entitled to 1914/15 Star trio. Brother of KEH members Private Arthur George Eastick, 379 and Serjeant John Clare Newland Eastick, 51.

EASTICK, Arthur George. 379. Private KEH. Enlisted 8/03/1911 aged 19. Chemist by trade with his Father's John Joseph Eastick & Sons business. Born in St Kilda, Melbourne, Australia and service with the Armadale School Cadet Corps. British citizen and resided in Clapham Common, London at enlistment. Died 24/04/1922 in Eastbourne, Sussex, England. Brother of Private Arthur Gerald Eastick, 49 and Serjeant John Clare Newland Eastick, 51.

EASTICK, John Clare Newland. 51. Serjeant KEH. Went to France with 1st Troop, 'B' Squadron as a Serjeant 22/4/15 and was commissioned on 14/09/ 1915 as a Lieutenant KEH after Officer training and instructed on anti-gas and poisonous gas being a chemist by trade. His promotion to Captain 14/5/19 published in the London Gazette. He was born in Leytonstone, Essex, England on 4/03/1889 and emigrated with his family to Australia in 1890 returning to England in 1906. He died in London in 1971. He applied for his medals from Upper Clapton Road, London. Brother of Private Arthur Gerald Eastick, 49 and Private Arthur George Eastick, 379. Entitled to 1914/15 Star Medal Trio. Serjeant on British War Medal which was sold with his sweetheart badge on an electronic auction site in 2019. He sent the postcard shown in Figures 17 and 18. Lieutenant in a caption of a photograph of him taken at Longford in 1915 as shown on accompanying page.

EATON, Roland Wynne. 441. Private KEH. Roland Wynne Eaton served in France from 1/06/1915. He started his service as a Private in KEH and was commissioned from the rank of Acting Corporal into the Royal Garrison Artillery as a Second Lieutenant on 6/07/1916. Address given as 41 North John Street, Liverpool. Military Cross engraved to Lieutenant R. W. Eaton announced in the London Gazette 01/01/1919. Awarded 1914/15 Star trio and 1937 Coronation medal.  Died 29/12/1957. Medals sold at auction by Dixons Medals, dixonmedals.co.uk, 2018. 

EDDOWES, Cecil Stanton. 2242. Private KEH. From Chile. Born May 1900 in Sao Paulo, Brazil. British War Medal as sole entitlement.

EDKINS, Raymond J. 1176. Private KEH. Enlisted 14/07/1915. Discharged 24/02/1919. Entitled to British War and Victory Medals.

EDWARDS, Albert. Lieutenant. Name commemorated on the Kilkenny War Memorial, MacDonagh Station, Dublin Road, Kilkenny, Ireland. Medal Index Card or Medal Roll entry not located.

EDWARDS, Francis W. 286. Serjeant. Entered France 2/06/1915. Discharged 8/09/1919. Entitled to 1914/15 Star trio.

EDWARDS, Frederick. 1266. Serjeant. 3rd Troop, 'A' Squadron. Discharged 31/05/1919. Entitled to British War and Victory Medals and noting that his Medal Index Card noted medals to be destroyed. Returned from Bolivia to enlist and was an Anglo-Argentinian Railway staff member. Lived in South America post-war and attended third KEH re-union in South American in 1945.

EDWARDS, Harry. 779. Corporal. Entered France 20/10/1915. Discharged 4/04/1919. Corporal H. Edwards, King Edward’s Horse, late Loyal North Lancashire Regiment. Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 2 clasps, Cape Colony, South Africa 1902 (7618 Pte., L.N. Lanc. Regt.); 1914-15 Star (779 Pte., K. Edw. H.); British War and Victory Medals (779 Cpl., K. Edw. H.). Medals sold at auction by Dix Noonan Webb, UK, March 2015 and photograph shown with their courtesy.

EDWARDS, John G. D/14515. Private KEH. Transferred as Private, 3rd Dragoon Guards GS/13226 to KEH then Corps of Dragoons as Private D/14515. Entitled to British War and Victory Medals.

ELLENBERG, Martin. 1848. Private KEH. Enlisted 22/11/915 and transferred as a Private Labour Corps 230737 on 7/07/1917. Discharged 7/06/1919. Born in 1883 in London, England. Brother of Private Edward Albert Ellenberg, 1737, 2KEH who was KIA 28/12/1917 with the 1/7th Battalion Northumberland Fusiliers. Private Martin Ellenberg was entitled to British War and Victory Medals.

ELLIOTT, G. M. Private KEH. Australian died 4/03/1957 noted in Old Comrades Bulletin.

ELLIOTT, Walter (Wally). 43. Private KEH. 'C' Squadron. Born 18/12/1886 at Weudy Side, Durham, England, married Maude Emily Newling on 24/12/1917 and he died 23/05/1976 in Bexhill, Surrey, England. One of several photographs taken in 1910/1911 as a Private in Undress uniform of the Australian 'C' Squadron with Squadron kangaroo headdress badge and collars worn pre-1910 as the King's Colonials. Marksman arm badge on lower left sleeve. 43/C Squadron written by Wally on the back of a postcard.

ELLIS, John H. 1955. Private. Enlisted 11/06/1917 and discharged 27/11/1918. Awarded Silver War Badge 520607 and did not serve overseas. Born in 1886.

ELLIS, Lyle Fullam. 154. Serjeant later Squadron Quarter Master Serjeant KEH. 'C' Squadron. Entered France 22/04/1915. Commissioned as a Second Lieutenant 9/08/1917 later Lieutenant Royal Field Artillery. Awarded Distinguished Service Order (DSO) 16/09/1918. Mentioned in Despatches 23/12/1918. Born 5/09/1887 in Liverpool, Lancashire, England and died Sep 1951 in Crosby, Lancashire. Lived in Grassendale, Liverpool post-war. Educated at the Liverpool Institute and worked for the Bank of Liverpool. Award of his DSO reported in the 'Liverpool Echo' newspaper 10/07/1918. Applied for 1914/15 Star trio.

ELLIS, Rowland. 1257. Private. Transferred as a Private, Labour Corps 416787 then Acting Serjeant, Royal Engineers 369295. Entitled to British War and Victory Medals.

ELLISON, Arthur David. Private. KEH. Born 2 June 1894 in Dunga Gali, India. Attended Cambridge and Enlisted in the King Edwards Horse 4.8.1914 and obtained a commission in December 1914 as 2nd Lieutenant in the Royal Field Artillery. Promoted Captain in 1917 he took part in the battles of Vimy, Loos, Somme, Ypres, Messines, Sanctuary Wood and Menin Road, in October 1917 he was severely wounded and gassed, returned to France in October 1918 as Acting Major and demobilised in 1919. Awarded Military Cross. In August of 1919 he sailed to Siam as the Surveyor to the Siamese Government, in 1921 he transferred to the Borneo Company. He died from burns received during the destruction of the Borneo Companies Office by fire in Siam 21/01/1924.

ELMORE, Leslie John. 1112. Private. Enlisted 31/05/1915, wounded at the defence of Vieille Chapelle 9-11/04/1918 and discharged 8/10/1918. Awarded British War and Victory Medals.

ELY, Percy Alfred. 4. Staff Quarter Master Serjeant, King's Colonials. Corporal Ely was born in 1884 and went on to serve as a Lieutenant in King Edward’s Horse. Freemason in King's Colonials Masonic Lodge. He was attached to the New Zealand Expeditionary Force as Assistant Paymaster to the New Zealand Forces and died of pneumonia on the 17/11/1918 aged 34. Son of George and Louisa Ely (nee Valentine); husband of Lillian Ely (nee Hunt). Buried in KENSAL GREEN (ALL SOULS) CEMETERY, UK. Photograph from 1904 camp. 

EMERY, Harold. 2012. Private. Enlisted 1/03/1916, posted to Dublin 26/04/1917 and discharged 14/12/1918 due to sickness. From Congleton, Cheshire, England and born in 1891. No Great War Medal entitlement as did not serve overseas.

EMOND, George. 1030. Private. Entered France 13/09/1915. KIA 22/3/17. Born in Montreal, Canada on 2/01/1894. Did not use his Christian name (Joseph). Commemorated on the THIEPVAL MEMORIAL, FRANCE (photograph shown) and Canadian Virtual War Memorial. Entitled to 1914/15 Star trio.

EMTAGE, William Lashley. 97. Private KEH attached 3rd Dragoon Guards. Entered France Oct 1914. Commissioned as a Second Lieutenant later Captain, British West Indies Regiment. Ineligible for 1914/15 Star and awarded British War and Victory Medals having applied for a trio from Harrow, England.

ENGLAND, Russell. 1353. Private. Enlisted 21/11/1914 and discharged 28/03/1919. Entitled to British War and Victory Medals.

ENGLEY, Ernest Robert. 845. Private. Enlisted in the KEH 15/12/1914 having sailed to London from Shanghai where he was serving with the Shanghai Municipal Police on board the "SS Suwa Maru" on 16/10/1914. Invalided due to sickness 24/02/1915 with Silver War Badge 71626 and did not serve overseas. Returned to Shanghai and in 1918 commissioned as a Second Lieutenant, Supply and Transport Corps (Remount Office) and then Lieutenant. Awarded Indian General Service Medal with Iraq clasp. Born on 25/07/1885 in Marylebone, London and died in Shanghai on 14/10/1944.

ERSKINE, James M. D/17243. Private. Transferred as Temporary Corporal, Corps of Dragoons D/17243. Discharged 10/11/1919. Entitled to British War and Victory Medals.

ESCHINI, Eschilo (Edward). 661. Private KEH. Served pre-war KEH. Enlisted 10/11/1914 and entered France 21/04/1915. Transferred to Royal Engineers as Sapper, 244932. Discharged 3/04/1919. Born in Drayton, Somerset in 1888. Cartoonist for Vanity Fair. Entitled to 1914/15 Star trio named to Royal Engineers. British War Medal sold on eBay in 2015.

ESPINDULA, Felix. Private. Left Trinidad for UK 27/05/1918 with 16th Caribbean Planters and Merchants Contingent. Living in Trinidad in 1946.

ESSAYIE, Joseph H. 424. Private. 2nd Troop, 'B' Squadron. Enlisted 15/05/1914 in re-war KEH. Entered France 21/04/1915. Shrapnel wound to the head. Discharged physically unfit 1/06/1918. Awarded Silver War Badge 411,808. Born in Bombay on 5/12/1896, resided in south west London post war and died on 19/02/1989 in Palm Beach, Florida, USA having emigrated in 1931. Married three times. Awarded 1914/15 Star trio with Victory medal sold on eBay in 2015. With his passing in 1989, Joseph would be one of the most long lived of those who served in the KEH in the Great War.

EVANS, Claude Victor. 1260. Serjeant. Enlisted 15/12/1914 and discharged 14/09/1916 due to sickness. Awarded Silver War Badge 52326 and did not serve overseas.

EVANS, Eric. 849. Private. Entered France 22/04/1915. Commissioned as a Second Lieutenant, 17th Battalion, King's Royal Rifle Corps on 23/11/1916. Resided in Rhodesia post-war. Entitled to 1914/15 Star trio.

EVANS, Ernest W. 1424. Transferred as Private, King's Royal Rifle Corps 34560 then Private, Royal Engineers 247743 and later WR266781. Entitled to British War and Victory Medals.

EVANS, Gerald. 1183. Private. Discharged 27/02/1919. Entitled to British War and Victory Medals.

EVANS, Harry Percival. 862. Private. Enlisted in the KEH 15/12/1914 having sailed to London from Shanghai where he was with the Shanghai Customs Service on board the "SS Suwa Maru" on 16/10/1914. Invalided due to sickness 28/04/1915. Awarded Silver War Badge 107483 and did not serve overseas. Re-enlisted with Royal Flying Corps. Born in 1892. No medal entitlement.

EVANS, Herbert C. 2041. Private KEH. Discharged 30/04/1919. From South Africa. Entitled to British War and Victory Medals.

EVANS, Rupert. Private KEH. Australian not found on Medal Rolls but Rupert could have been a nickname for Private Gerard Evans 1183.

EVERILL, Jack V. 973. Private KEH. Discharged 5/12/1919. Entitled to British War and Victory Medals.

EWBANK, Reginald R. 775. Serjeant KEH. Enlisted in Nov 1914 and entered France 2/06/1915. Recommended for the Victoria Cross he was awarded the Distinguished Conduct Medal (DCM) (London Gazette 3/09/1918 ) to which he was awarded a bar (London Gazette 12/03/1919). Discharged 10/02/1919. He was born in Liverpool in 1890 and worked in New Zealand, Australia and Canada before enlisting in the KEH. After the war he served in the North West Mounted Police, then farmed in Wales before settling to farm in South Africa where he died on 20/7/53. Serjeant Ewbank's DCM and 1914/15 Star trio are held in a private collection in Australia. Obituary and photograph from Old Comrades Association Bulletin.

EWELS, Ernest Rae. Second Lieutenant KEH. Entered France 29/06/1918. Born in 1892 in South Africa and died there in 1943. Applied for British War and Victory Medals from Cape Province, South Africa.

(ORR-) EWING, Arthur (Dick) George. 507. Private. Noted in the Regimental history as being one of the first to enlist at the outbreak of war. Entered France 22/04/1915. Promoted to Serjeant then commissioned as a Second Lieutenant 5/04/1918 in KEH. Born in Jamalpur, India on 5/04/1893 and died Jan 1975 in Poole, Dorset, England. Awarded 1914/15 Star Trio and General Service Medal with Iraq clasp. Applied for medals from Calcutta, India where he was employed as an engineer having gone to study at Cambridge after the war and dropping Orr from his real surname of Orr-Ewing. Awarded Medal of the British Empire for his services in Iraq. Noted in Joseph Gray's "Camouflage: A Memoir of Art, Love and Deception".



FAHEY, Frederick O. 1315. Private KEH. Left Trinidad for UK 18/10/1915 with 1st Caribbean Merchant and Planters Contingent. Served in France and Italy, gassed. Discharged physically unfit 13/06/1919. Born in Trinidad in July 1891 and noted as living there in 1946. Entitled to British War and Victory Medal.

FAIRBROTHER, Walter Henry. 250. Staff Serjeant. Entered France 22/04/1915. Awarded the Special Reserve Long Service and Good Conduct Medal in April 1917 as Shoeing Smith Corporal. Discharged 1/07/1920. Entitled to 1914/15 Star trio.

FAIRBURN, Frederick A. 953. Private. Entered France 2/06/1915. Commissioned as a Second Lieutenant, 63rd Royal Naval Division Reserve on 26/06/1917. Awarded 1914/15 Star trio.

FALCONER, Reginald Keith. 255. Private. Entered France 22/04/1915 and discharged 5/04/1919. Born in 1892 and died on 27/01/1959. Photographs of his 1914/1915 Star trio are shown on the accompanying page (author's collection).

FANNIN, Valentine Gowen. Second Lieutenant then Lieutenant KEH. 2nd Troop, 'B' Squadron attached to 1st Army Corps, 55th Division in October 1918. Prior service with Umvoti Mounted Rifles 1912-14 then as a Second Lieutenant, 4th South African Horse in East Africa but not eligible for 1914 or 1914/15 Star. Lieutenant Colonel in South African Army in WW2. Born 14/02/1884 and died 23/09/1961 in Hilton, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa. Awarded British War and Victory Medals.

FARRELL, Joseph. 1556. Private. Born in County Longford, Ireland in 1876. Discharged in February 1919. No Great War medal entitlement with home service.

FAWCETT, Frank Edward. 986. Private. 1st Section, 1st Troop, 'C' Squadron in 1917. Enlisted in 1914 and entered France 8/09/1915. WIA. Discharged 5/04/1919. Emigrated to Bolivia and worked on the Bolivian Railway returning to England to enlist. Died La Paz, Bolivia in 1948.

FAWCETT, Reginald. 1884. Private. Discharged 4/12/1919. Entitled to British War and Victory Medals.

FEARNLEY, Ernest Walter. 1504. Private. KIA 31/07/1917 aged 26. Son of Mr. R. and Mrs. F. Fearnley, of 31 St. James Street, Leeds. Commemorated on the YPRES (MENIN GATE) MEMORIAL, BELGIUM. Private Ernest Walter Fearnley, born around 1890 in Norwich, Norfolk, served with the KEH during the Battle of Passchendaele. In July 1917 all KEH Squadrons were positioned near Watou, under direct command of the XVIII corps. “A” Squadron was instructed to control traffic. “B” Squadron came under orders of the 39th Division and “C” Squadron under the 51st Division. The following days were spent preparing for the operation on 31st July. The 39th Division would be on the right of the 51st Division and would attack the village of St Julien, so at 10 pm, 30th July, “B” Squadron moved to Hospital Farm. The 51st Division would be on the left and advanced towards Maison Bulgare. “C “Squadron moved an hour later to Trois Tours. As the 39th Division met its objective with relative ease, there had been no need to deploy “B” squadron during the operation. “C” Squadron on the other hand, was called upon and went via Below Farm to Gournier Farm, where they arrived around 11am. At 12.30 pm the 1/6th Seaforths called on the “C” Squadron after they had crossed the Steenbeek stream. The squadron mounted and hurried past Vanackert Farm to Ferdinand Farm, where they veered left to cross the Steenbeek. Just before they could cross the stream, heavy machine-gun fire was opened from Maison Du Rasta. The Squadron dismounted and dug in along the road to Ferdinand Farm. At 11.30 p.m. an order was sent that said that the horses and as many men as could be spared were to return to Essex Farm. Only 10 men and the Hotchkiss gunners were left at Ferdinand Farm. At 8 a.m. they also withdrew and at 11 a.m. the whole squadron was sent to Essex Farm, where they mounted and returned to Watou. Private Ernest Walter Fearnley was presumably killed near Ferdinand Farm, when “C” Squadron tried to cross the Steenbeek. He was the only man from the other ranks who was killed in action on the 31st. Captain William Henry Dillon was also killed during the operation, Major Swann was wounded and 2nd Lieutenant Brakell went missing. Seven other ranks were wounded, two were injured and 51 horses were either killed or went missing. Ernest has no known grave and is remembered on the Ypres (Menin Gate) Memorial. His brother, William, was killed nearly a month later, while working on a road near Ypres. Civilian photograph of both brothers shown. Ernest was entitled to the British War and Victory Medals.

FEARNLEY, William George. 1503. Private. KIA 26/08/1917 aged 25. Son of Mr. R. and Mrs. F. Fearnley of 31 St. James Street, Leeds. Born Norwich, Norfolk. Returned from Australia in 1915 to enlist. After partaking in the opening day of the offensive on the 31st of July 1917, the KEH was stationed near Watou. The troops were engaged in working parties and were ordered to regulate traffic. But the supply routes along which the men were to regulate traffic were well known by the Germans and the roads were frequently shelled by the German artillery. In the period up until 27th August, four men were killed during traffic control duty. On August 27th it was reported that three men died of their wounds. These three soldiers were probably Trooper William George Fearnley, Trooper Percy Welstead H. Noble and Trooper James McCloskey. All three of them seem to have been wounded while being on a road construction party near Ypres. They were brought to Duhallow Advanced Dressing Station, where they died of their wounds. The three soldiers were buried at Duhallow A.D.S. cemetery, Ypres, Flanders. Brother of Private Ernest Walter Fearnley 1504 and tragically both KIA within a month of each other. Remembered on the Commemorative Roll of the Australian War Memorial. Civilian photograph of both brothers shown. William was entitled to the British War and Victory Medals. 

FEGAN, Daniel. 13. Regimental Sergeant Major (RSM). RSM Fegan was born in 1851 in Ireland and saw service with the 4th Royal Irish Dragoon Guards, the King’s Colonials and then King Edward’s Horse. He saw out the final years in service as a Yeoman of the Guard. Photograph of RSM Fegan, 274 (his KEH service number) in Full Dress uniform of ‘B’ Squadron, KEH circa 1911 (Image Copyright Imperial War Museum Q 69197). Image of medals worn by RSM Fegan with a set of miniatures: the 1902 and 1911 Coronation Medals; Egypt Medal with ‘Tel-el-Kebir’ bar, Khedives Star; Army Long Service and Good Conduct Medal; Army Meritorious Service Medal and the Territorial Force Efficiency Medal (Reproduced courtesy of Richard Winterton Auctioneers Ltd, UK). Photograph of RSM Fegan in Ireland in 1917 courtesy of Peter Saunders from his father's (Private Ernest Gordon Saunders) album of KEH and 2KEH photographs taken during his service in Ireland in 1917. 

FEILDING, Henry Simon. The Honourable. Lieutenant in KEH in 1915 see Figure 19. Accidentally wounded 30/06/1915 at Divisional Bombing School. Second Lieutenant, Captain Coldstream Guards. KIA 11/10/1917 aged 23 with 2nd Battalion, Coldstream Guards. Son of the Earl and Countess of Denbigh of Newnham Paddox, Lutterworth, Rugby. Buried in DOZINGHEM MILITARY CEMETERY, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium.

FELL, David N. Farrier Serjeant. Commissioned as a Second Lieutenant, Royal Navy commanding submarine A12 reported 20/02/1915. Lieutenant Commander, Central Reserve Minesweepers on 20/02/1920. Served in the Boer War. Son of Mr. A. Fell, Member of Parliament, New Zealand. Born 30/11/1886 in Wimbledon, Surrey and died 17/07/1948 in Suffolk, England. Entitled to 1914/15 Star trio and commemorated on the Auckland Online Cenotaph.

FELLGETT, Sidney James. 1642. Serjeant. 'B' Squadron. Enlisted 29/08/1916 and entered France 5/04/1918. Discharged 24/06/1919. Born in East Bergholt, Suffolk, England in 1899 and returned from the Argentine to enlist from the Argentinian Railway staff. Entitled to British War and Victory Medals.

FERGUSON, Thomas. 2114. Private KEH. Transferred to KEH as Private 1487 from 2KEH. Arrived in France 30/07/1915 and discharged 29/07/1919. Entitled to 1914/15 Star trio.

FERREIRA, Edwin Lionel. 1296 Private. From Trinidad having sailed 18/10/1915 with 1st Caribbean Merchant and Planters Contingent. Served in France and Italy. Discharged to Reserve 13/04/1919. Died Sep 1948 in Port of Spain, Trinidad. Entitled to British War and Victory Medals. Named in photograph of Hotchkiss Gun team at Valhuon in 1916 see Figure 22. Brother potentially Private Albert Joseph Ferreira, 2nd/6th Battalion, Devonshire Regiment, 2nd Contingent.

FERRIER, Alexander. 2071. Private. Transferred from 2KEH as Private 2058. Discharged 25/10/1918. Entitled to British War and Victory Medals.

FETHERSTON, Guy. Private KEH. Entered France 2/1915. Reported in Auckland Star 11/01/1915 as being from Auckland and that he had joined the KEH. Commissioned as a Second Lieutenant in the 45th Brigade, 8th Division Royal Field Artillery. Later Major (as noted in the Chronicles of the NZEF, 2/05/1917) and awarded the Distinguished Service Order, Military Cross and Croix de Guerre (London Gazette 6/11/1918) and was Mentioned in Despatches. Applied for 1914/15 Star trio from the Department of Overseas Trade, Whitehall, London.

FEZAN, . Regimental Serjeant Major, King's Colonials in 1902 with prior service with 4th Royal Irish Dragoon Guards (Photograph see Figure 5).

FFRENCH, V. T. H. 372. Private. Commissioned as a Second Lieutenant, Royal Naval Air Service 22/03/1918.

FIELDING, Morris Glanville. 201. Corporal. 2nd Troop, 'C' Squadron KEH 1915. Joined the Oxford University Troop of KEH on 2/01/1912. Entered France on 22/04/1915. Commissioned as a Second Lieutenant on 5/05/1916, promoted to Captain from Jan 1917 in the 2nd Battalion Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry. Wounded three times and awarded the Military Cross 13/11/1916 for gallantry at Beaumont Hamel. Awarded Silver War Badge B230838. Applied for 1914/15 Star trio. Born in Parramatta, Sydney, Australia on 30/06/1892 and after being ordained he worked as Curate then Rector in Sydney before his death there on 27/11/1972. Biography from an excellent article on Captain Fielding MC by Peter Nemaric published in the 'Sabretache' XXXVII: 34-36, 1996 which includes several photographs of Captain Fielding.

FILLIS, Cecil Edward. 1941. Private. Prior service in WW1 as Corporal, 126 with 4th Mounted Rifles. WIA at defence of Vieille Chapelle 9-11/04/1918. Born 7/11/1892 in Brisbane, Queensland, Australia, resided in Durban, South Africa and died 26/10/1962 in Malvern, Victoria, Australia. Discharged 13/03/1919. Entitled to 1914/15 Star trio.

FILMER, Geoffrey F. 863. Private. 'A' Squadron. Entered France 1/05/1915. Commissioned as Second Lieutenant later Acting Captain, Surrey Yeomanry 14/01/1916. Severely wounded upper arm 22/06/1915. Entitled to 1914/15 Star trio.

FINCH, William. 1384. Private. Transferred to Corps of Dragoons as Private D/32095. Discharged 13/08/1920. Entitled to 1914/15 Star trio.

FINLAY, Alan Gordon. Second Lieutenant KEH late Second Lieutenant, Gordon Highlanders 4/09/1914 and Temporary Captain, 9th Battalion, Devonshire Regiment 12/1914.

FINLAY, Reginald Gedye. Second Lieutenant, King's Colonials in 1905 and then Lieutenant on 1/05/1907. Lieutenant KEH 1910. Captain Special List 2/04/1913 KEH. KEH attached to 6th Dragoon Guards Cyclist Division and arrived in France 8/11/1914. Born in England, lived Henley-on-Thames and died 20/02/1952 aged 70. Lieutenant in 1915 see Figure 19. Awarded 1914 Star trio.

FINNELLY, William Abel. 1634 Private. Discharged 14/12/1918. Entitled to British War and Victory Medals.

FINNEY, A. Private. Born in South Africa and died in 1943 in Johannesburg, South Africa. Noted in Old Comrades Bulletin and service in King's Colonials more likely than Great War with no matching Medal Index Card or medal Roll entry identified with King Edward's Horse.

FINNEY, Vincent Joseph. 1223. Private KIA 09/04/1918 aged 42 defending Vieille Chapelle. Son of Mr. and Mrs. Lude Finney of 19 Witham Road, Isleworth, Middlesex born Apr 1875. Commemorated on the LOOS MEMORIAL, FRANCE. Entitled to British War and Victory Medals. Commemorative plaque from Commonwealth War Graves Commission shown.

FISH, Joseph. 499. Private. Enlisted 26/08/1914 and discharged due to illness 25/02/1916 and did not serve overseas. Awarded Silver War Badge 19187 as sole entitlement.

FISHER, Alexander. 436. Staff Serjeant. Arrived in France 22/04/1915 with 4th Troop, 'C' Squadron and discharged 5/04/1919. Entitled to 1914/15 Star trio. (Possible photograph see Figure 23).

FISHER, Edward Henry. 397. Private. Entered France 22/04/1915. Commissioned Second Lieutenant 26/01/1917 'B' Squadron. Orderly Officer 'A' Squadron when he was KIA 09/04/1918 aged 21 defending Vieille Chapelle. Son of Henry Edward and Matilda Ann Fisher of 64 Westover Road, Wandsworth, London. Also served in Italy. Entitled to 1914/15 Star trio. Name commemorated on the LOOS MEMORIAL, FRANCE. (Possible photograph Figure 23). 

FISHER, Hyman. 202169 Private. Enlisted 25/9/1917 and deserted 24/10/1917 and discharged. Medal Index Card notes additional Regimental number of 202169. No medal entitlement.

FISHER, Walter. 1125. Private KEH. Enlisted 31/05/1915 and entered France 1/10/1915. Transferred as Private, Machine Gun Corps 71547. Discharged 18/08/1917 due to sickness. Awarded Silver War Badge 133,907. Born in 1886. (Possible photograph Figure 23). Entitled to 1914/15 Star trio.

FISHER-DEANE, . Private. Service with the King's Colonials from 1904-07 with 'B' Squadron and then pre-war KEH.

FISHLOCK, Aynsley Charles. 1621. Lance Corporal KEH. Transferred as Private, 3rd/6th Dragoon Guards 393869. From Ireland. Awarded Military Medal (London Gazette 20/08/1919). Transferred to the Reserve 7/03/1919. Born 12/07/1894 in Green Lane, Liverpool, England. Entitled to British War and Victory Medals. Portrait photograph in Dragoon Guards uniform shown on accompanying page.

FITTON, John. 1098. Private. 'B' Squadron 1916. Transferred to Reserve 18/02/1919. Private (Trooper) in accompanying photograph at the Curragh, Ireland alongside Trooper Mulley, KEH in 1915. Entitled to British War and Victory Medals.

FITZGERALD, William Patrick Gerald. 1313. Private. 2nd Troop, 'C' Squadron. Enlisted in Blackpool, England. Awarded Military Medal (London Gazette 23/07/1919). Discharged 13/04/1919. Born in Ireland. Saw service in the Boer War. Applied for British War and Victory Medals from Brixton, London. Military Medal in a private collection in the UK. Portrait photograph from an account he wrote for the "The World Wide Magazine" published in 1920 entitled "The Maddest Exploit of the War" shown on the accompanying page with photographs of his medals courtesy of the private collector.  

FITZ-HERBERT, John Aloysius. 326. Private KEH. Born in Launceston, Tasmania on 19/05/1892. Enlisted in KEH in 1913 whilst at Trinity College, Cambridge and originally attended Sydney University. Entered France on 22/04/1915 with 'C' Squadron. Commissioned Second Lieutenant, Royal Garrison Artillery 20/10/1915 and absorbed into Anti-Aircraft Section, Royal Artillery 7/06/1916. Lieutenant 1/07/1917. Seconded to Royal Flying Corps 31/08/1917. Observer with 15 Squadron RAF 1/04/1018 and wounded 2/05/1918 in an aeroplane crash near Amiens. Returned to England 3/06/1918 and transferred to Royal Garrison Artillery 3/06/1918. Awarded Military Cross 1917, Mentioned in Despatches and 1914/15 Star trio. Became a Professor at Adelaide University from 1928 and died in South Australia 15/04/1970. Commemorated on the Sydney University Roll.

FITZPATRICK, Clement. 983. Private. Born in England in 1882, enlisted 1/03/1915 and arrived in France 21/04/1915 with 'C' Squadron. Attended Cadet School 8/09/1916 and commissioned Second Lieutenant 20/10/1916 in the Indian Army Reserve of Officers. Prior service of two years with Uttar Pradesh Light Horse Volunteers and occupation on enlistment with KEH stated as Police Officer. Entitled to 1914/15 Star trio.

FITZWATER, Charles F. Private. D/12428. Transferred as Private, Corps of Dragoons D/12428. Discharged 18/10/1919. Entitled to British War and Victory Medals.

FLASHMAN, Frank Francis. 6. Saddler Serjeant. Enlisted 7/04/1913, entered France 2/06/1915 and discharged 2/07/1918. Entitled to 1914/15 Star Trio. Born circa 1879 in Lambeth, Surrey, England and married 10/06/1905 to Nellie Mills with two children. Prior service in the Royal Artillery as Gunner 99042 from 1/09/1893 until 31/08/1909 including service in Gibraltar. Entitled to 1914/15 Star trio.

FLEMING, Royd. 1189. Private. 2nd Troop, 'B' Squadron in 1916. Commissioned as a Second Lieutenant, 15th Battalion, Suffolk Regiment 27/05/1917. Entitled to British War and Victory Medals.

FLIGHT, Frederick Herbert. 2084. Private. Discharged 27/03/1919. Awarded the Territorial Forces War Medal, British War and Victory Medals.

FLOYD, Sidney. 1058. Private. Entered France 4/05/1915. Private Corps of Dragoons D/32706. Entitled to 1914/15 Star trio. Medals applied for c/o requested from The Office of the Commissioner, Royal Canadian Mounted Police, Ottawa.

FOGARTY, Harry Richard. 1632. Private. WIA at the defense of Vieille Chapelle 9-11/04/1918. Discharged 14/02/1919. Entitled to British War and Victory Medals.

FORD, Frank E. 1726. Signaller. Discharged 14/02/1919. Entitled to British War and Victory Medals with Medal Index Card noting they were to be administered by the Metropolitan Police.

FORD, Stanley. 1115. Corporal. 'B' Squadron. Entered France 15/09/1915. Wounded at Savy 21/03/1917 and awarded the Military Medal. Discharged 16/04/1919. Attended third KEH re-union in South America in 1945. Died in 1966 in South America. Applied for 1914/15 Star trio from Dublin, Ireland.

FORD, William Henry. 25. Farrier Quarter Master Serjeant. Regimental number 100 with KEH. Farrier Quartermaster Sergeant Major William Henry Ford was born on 18/04/1874 in Berrington, Surrey, England and served with the 106th (Staffordshire) Company, Imperial Yeomanry as Farrier Serjeant, 20679 in the Boer War before enlisting in the King’s Colonials Imperial Yeomanry on the 16th March 1903. His enlistment papers state prior service in the Royal Field Artillery. He re-enlisted in King Edward’s Horse on 1st March 1913, was embodied 5th August 1914, landed in France 2nd June 1915 and was discharged on the 15th March 1916 due to his age. Awarded Silver War Badge 71432 and 1914/15 Star trio. Shown in accompanying photograph with his field blacksmith's forge at Latimer Camp in 1903.

FORREST, Harold Archibald. 940, Private. 1914-15 Star (940 Pte. H. A. Forrest. K. Edw. H.); British War and Victory Medals (940 Pte. H. A. Forrest. K. Edw. H.). Harold Archibald Forrest was born in Streatham in 1889 and attested for General Service on 4/09/1914, giving his profession as Assistant Riding Master. He served during the Great War with King Edward's Horse on the Western Front from 5/05/1915, and, having subsequently transferred to the 2nd Battalion, Lancashire Fusiliers, was discharged on account of wounds on 9/08/1918 (entitled to Silver War Badge). He died in Rochford, Essex, in 1948. His 1914/15 Star trio sold by Dix Noonan Webb auctioneers, UK in 2017.

FORT, George Seymour. Honourable. Lieutenant King's Colonials 1902 and commanded 2nd Troop (New South Wales), 'C' Squadron (Australasian) in 1903 (Photograph see Figure 4). Captain in King's Colonials 2/07/1904.

FORTESCUE, Henry. Senior Major, King's Colonials 1905 joined 20/07/1904. Colonel, Commanding Officer April 1909 - January 1913, late 17th Lancers. Awarded Coronation Medal 1911. Born in Pimlico, Middlesex 15/05/1856, enlisted 17th Lancers 15/07/1876 and died 23/07/1940 in Weybridge, Surrey, England. (Photograph from The King Edward’s Horse Senior and Junior Comrades’ Association Annual Bulletin.19: 1952).   

FOSTER, David. 603. Private KEH. Discharged 19/03/1919. Entitled to British War and Victory Medals.

FOSTER, Henry. 652. Acting Corporal KEH. Entered France 22/04/1915. Discharged 25/09/1919. Entitled to 1914/15 Star trio.

FOSTER, Theodore. 731. Private KEH. Entered France 22/04/1915. Commissioned as Second Lieutenant, Royal Field Artillery on 22/06/1917 then transferred as Second Lieutenant, Royal Flying Corps. Entitled to 1914/15 Star trio.

FOTHERGILL, William H. 961. Private. 'A' Squadron. Private. 'A' Squadron. Emigrated to Argentina before the Great War and returned to join up in 1914/15. Entered France 28/07/1915 and discharged 3/03/1919. Awarded 1914/15 Star trio and a note on the Great War Forum indicates that his British War and Victory Medals are held in a private collection. Brother Captain Reginald Hannay Fothergill, Royal Army Medical Corps was Mentioned in Despatches as a Temporary Lieutenant (London Gazette 1/01/1916) and survived the war. He served in Battle of Loos in the Hohenzollern redoubt area for over a year before moving down to the Somme where he was wounded. He never claimed his medals. He was with 36th Field Artillery, 12th Division, 7th East Surrey Regiment and 134th Field Artillery.

FOTHERGILL, Reginald Hannay. Private. 'A' Squadron. Brother of William Hannay Fothergill noted on Great War Forum as having been hospitalised.

FOUNTAIN, Anthony P. 1715. Serjeant. Transferred as Serjeant, Royal Engineers 206086 then Serjeant WR/553257 with Inland Water Transport Section. Entitled to British War and Victory Medals.

FRANCIS, Ernest (Jim) William. 529. Private. Entered France 2/06/1915. Commissioned as a Second Lieutenant 14/09/1915 later Lieutenant with KEH. Same Troop as Private George Bull. Born 6/02/1891 in South Yarra, Victoria, Australia. Ran a riding school at Cranbourne, Victoria. He had two sons, one of whom was killed in WW2. Jim served in the Citizen Military Forces in WW2. Died 21/09/1960 in Moorooduc, Victoria. Applied for 1914/15 Star trio.

FRANKLIN, Brian. 425. Corporal. 3rd Troop, 'B' Squadron. Entered France 20/10/1915. Discharged 13/02/1919. Served in home guard in WW2. Born JULY 1889 in Fareham, Hampshire, England and 27/11/1956 in Ealing, Middlesex. His brother Lance Serjeant Geoffrey Franklin, 1st Battalion, Wiltshire Regiment was born in Oct 1891 also in Fareham, Hampshire, England and was KIA 19/10/1914 in France and commemorated on the Le Touret Memorial. Brian was awarded 1914/15 Star trio and WW2 Defence medal and these are held in a private collection.

FRANKLIN, John G. 1422. Private KEH. Transferred as Sapper, Royal Engineers 229158 and later Sapper, Royal Engineers WR263360. Entitled to British War and Victory Medals.

FRASER, Douglas Galloway. Lance Corporal. Commissioned as a Second Lieutenant, Royal Flying Corps. Entitled to British War and Victory Medals.

FRASER, Ernest F. 1921. Private. Transferred as Private, Machine Gun Corps (Motor) 80437. Discharged 15/03/1919. Entitled to British War and Victory Medals.

FRASER, John Neville (Neville). Private. Enlisted KEH 24/08/1914. Entered France 24/08/1915. Commissioned as a Second Lieutenant, Royal Field Artillery attached to 'D' Battery, 105th Brigade, 23rd Division. Promoted to Lieutenant in Jan 1916. Wounded 25/08/1917. Promoted to Captain in 1918. Returned to Victoria, Australia on 24/12/1918. Born the son of the Honourable Simon Fraser, Senator for Victoria on 6/08/1890 in Toorak, Melbourne, Victoria. He was educated at Melbourne Grammar School, before going up to Trinity College, Melbourne. From there he studied in England at Magdalen College, Oxford and became a first class cricketer. He served in the Royal Australian Air Force in WW2 and he died in the Sydney suburb of Lindfield in January 1962. His son Malcolm would serve as the Prime Minister of Australia from 1975 to 1983.

FRASER, William. S. 879. Private. Entered France 2/05/1915. Discharged 5/04/1919. Entitled to 1914/15 Star trio.

FRAZER, Donald. 974. Private KEH. 'A' Squadron. Enlisted 26/02/1915 at Liverpool on return from USA and entered France 1/06/1915. Discharged 19/04/1919. Born in 1890 in Brighton, England. Entitled to 1914/15 Star trio.

FREEMAN, Frank. 1645. Private KEH. KEH. Reported as Missing in Action at defence of Vieille Chapelle 9-11/04/1918. Discharged 17/03/1919. Entitled to British War and Victory Medals.

FREEMAN, H. I. 103. Squadron Quarter Master Serjeant, King's Colonials then KEH. Serjeant Freeman pictured at Colchester Camp 1911 see Figure 61. Second Lieutenant in photograph Marlborough Barracks, Dublin 1918 see Figure 33. Awarded Special Reserve Long Service and Good Conduct Medal April 1914.

FREEMAN, John Christian. 1565. Private. 3rd South African Mounted Regiment 2329. Served in South West Africa. Commissioned as a Second Lieutenant 22/02/1918 KEH. Prior service in the Boer War with 1st Imperial Light Horse as Private, 1033 and awarded Queen's South Africa Medal with South Africa 1900 clasp. Born 17/11/1893 in Steenkoolspruit, South Africa and died 14/10/1953 in Johannesburg, Gauteng, South Africa. Awarded 1914/15 Star trio with 1914/15 Star issued by the South African Ministry and British War and Victory Medals by the British Army. Post war portrait photograph shown on accompanying page in South African Army uniform courtesy of Ancestry.

FRODSHAM, Henry Freer. 852. Private KEH. Record identical to Private John William Thompson 852 on Medal Index Card.

FRODSHAM, Hugh Rose Swire. 584. Serjeant KEH. Entered France 22/04/1915. Awarded the Distinguished Conduct Medal for gallantry at Maulde 9/11/1918 and 1914/15 Star trio. Discharged 14/04/1919. Born in Bengal, India on 5/12/1883 and died at Bridport on 13/02/1950. Served in pre-war KEH after service with South African Constabulary and North West Mounted Police. He served as the Chief Royal Observer, Dorset in WW2.

FRY, James Leslie Rood. 1235. Private. Enlisted 19/08/1915. Discharged 17/06/1918. Awarded Silver War Badge B4615 after service in France. Had enlisted 12/06/1915 in No. 2 Depot Company, AIF and discharged at own request 26/06/1915. Born in Armadale, Victoria in 1891 and died on 11/08/1961 in Gembrook, Victoria, Australia. Entitled to British War and Victory Medals. His brother Lieutenant George Vincent Fry, AIF also served in the Great War.

FULLER, Charles C. 141. Corporal. 'A' Squadron. Entered France 1/06/1915. Later promoted to Serjeant. Served in pre-war KEH and March 1913 Regimental Orders show him as Shoeing Smith, 1128. Discharged 8/05/1919. Entitled to 1914/15 Star trio. Brother of Shoeing Smith Thomas C. Fuller, 248, KEH and they were both promoted to Shoeing Smith in March 1913 in the pre-war KEH as Troopers 1128 and 1129.

FULLER, Charles Drury. Private, Flying Officer Royal Air Force

FULLER, E. A. 47. Farrier Serjeant. Awarded the Special Reserve Long Service and Good Conduct medal April 1917.

FULLER, Percy. 536. Shoeing Smith, Serjeant. Entered France 21/04/1915. Discharged 19/04/1919. Entitled to 1914/15 Star trio.

FULLER, Stanley. 28. Farrier Staff Serjeant, Farrier Quarter Master Serjeant. Originally in King's Colonials enlisted 20/07/1906. With 'A' Squadron when entered France 22/04/1915 then 3rd Troop 'B' Squadron in 1916 and discharged 19/07/1916. Awarded Silver War Badge 255364 and the Special Reserve Long Service and Good Conduct medal in April 1917. Entitled to 1914/15 Star trio. Photograph and biography available www.kingedwardhorse.net. Father or brother of E. A Fuller and/or Percy Fuller and/or Thomas C. Fuller?

FULLER, Thomas C. 258. Shoeing Smith, Corporal. 'A' Squadron. Pre-war service in KEH with Regimental orders for March 1913 noting Trooper T. C. Fuller 1129 to be Shoeing Smith. Entered France 22/04/1915. Reported Missing in Action at Defense of Vieille Chapelle 9-11.04/1918. Discharged 6/04/1919. Entitled to 1914/15 Star trio. Brother of Farrier Serjeant Charles C. Fuller, 141, KEH and they were both promoted to Shoeing Smith in March 1913 in the pre-war KEH as Troopers 1128 and 1129.

FURSE, Ralph Dougnon. He was Private when attending training camp in 1908 as part of the Oxford university detachment. Commissioned as a Second Lieutenant KEH 1910, Lieutenant, Captain, as a Major commanded a Squadron of the KEH in WW1. Major Sir Ralph Furse, Colonial Service, late King Edward's Horse. ORDER OF ST. MICHAEL AND ST. GEORGE, K.C.M.G., neck badge and breast star in silver, gilt and enamels, the set contained in its Garrard case of issue, some minor chips to the enamel on the reverse of the badge, DISTINGUISHED SERVICE ORDER, G.V.R.,with second award bar suspension ring re-soldered; 1914-15 STAR (Capt., K. Edw. H.); BRITISH WAR AND VICTORY MEDALS, Mentioned in Despatches (twice) (Major); JUBILEE 1935; CORONATION 1937, the group mounted as worn and sold with a copy of his autobiography 'Aucuparius - Recollections of a Recruiting Officer' London, 1962. DSO., London Gazette 26th July, 1918: 'For conspicuous gallantry and devotion to duty during a hostile attack when he held for over five hours, 900 yards of a system with a hundred men and a weak company of infantry, ultimately withdrawing in good order, in spite of hand-to-hand fighting in the trenches. His skill and courage were most marked.' Bar to DSO., London Gazette, 8th March, 1919: (details 4th October, 1919). 'He handled the advance guard of Corps Mounted Troops in a most skillful and dashing manner during the advance from Lille to the Escaut on the 18th and 19th October, 1918. Under heavy machine-gun fire he turned the enemy's flanks and drove them out with the loss of one man killed and one wounded. He showed cool courage and able leadership throughout.' M.I.D., London Gazette, 20th December, 1918 and 5th July 1919. Major Sir Ralph Dolignon Furse, K.C.M.G., D.S.O., made a unique personal contribution to the history of the British Colonial Service. Born in September, 1887, the son of J. H. M. Furse, he was educated at Eton and Balliol College. In 1909 he was brought into touch with the Secretary of State for the Colonies, Lewis Harcourt, who was looking for an additional Assistant Private Secretary, to help his co-called 'patronage' work. Up to that time apart from the Eastern Cadetships, which were filled by competitive examination, recruitment for the Colonial Service had been sporadic and not on such a scale as to call for any special organization. The rapid development from 1900 onwards, of the hitherto un-administered inland territories of Tropical Africa changed all that. When Furse came to the Colonial Office in 1910 the administrative staffs alone of the Tropical African Dependencies had increased from a mere handful to a total of nearly 500. To deal with this situation was the task offered to Ralph Furse, he undertook it with alacrity. Though in form a personal Private Secretary to the Minister, and liable to discharge on a change in the incumbency, he was too good to lose, and he was kept on until 1914, by which time he had established a close relationship with University Appointments Boards and other sources of supply and had built up a system of selection based on the candidate's personal record and the impression made by him at interview. After his service in King Edward's Horse in the First World war, the Colonial office again turned to Furse, and in 1919 he was once more installed as Assistant Private Secretary (appointments). From 1919 onwards, Furse, though still holding no official position and still nominally a member of the personal entourage of the Secretary of State, was in practice the head of an efficient and growing Recruitment Department. The separation of the Dominions Office from the Colonial Office in 1925, and the appointment of a Colonial Governor, Sir Samuel Wilson, as Permanent Under-Secretary of State, enabled attention to be given to the need for reorganization of the office. Furse felt that satisfactory recruitment would be made possible only if the Colonial public services could be unified on a functional basis instead of being regarded as entirely separate territorial organizations. Largely as a result of Furse's representations that Leo Amery, as Secretary of State, decided in 1929 to set up a committee, under the chairmanship of Sir Warren Fisher to go into the question of recruitment. As a result of this committee's recommendation, the policy of unification was accepted by the succeeding Secretary of State, Lord Passfield; a Personnel Division was set up in the Colonial Office and Furse, along with his team of assistants, was admitted by special dispensation to the established Civil Service to form that half of the new division which was to be responsible for recruitment and training. Furse took a full share in the subsequent working out of the unification policy, and under his direction (he was now styled Director of Recruitment) the staffing of the Colonial Service went ahead until the outbreak of war in 1939. One of Furse's major concerns was the establishment of Colonial Administrative Service courses at Oxford and Cambridge, and also, subsequently, at London University. During the Second World War he initiated further study of the problem which was undertaken by a committee under the chairmanship of the late Duke of Devonshire when Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State. As a result the well known 'Devonshire' courses were established after the war. Furse retired officially in 1948 but continued until 1950 to act as part-time adviser to the Colonial Office on training questions. He published 'Aucuparius: Recollections of a Recruiting Officer' in 1962 and died in Exeter on the 1st October, 1973 aged 87. Only four DSO's were awarded to the KEH during the Great War and only Furse went on to win a bar to the decoration. Eleven uniform and equipment items of Major Furse's are held in the National Army Museum. Medals sold at auction by Dix Noonan Webb, UK in December 1992. Photograph of Major Furse taken at the Royal Review 5th July, 1953 (King Edward's Horse Senior and Junior Old Comrades Association Bulletin 20: 1953) and in 1915 see Figure 19.

FUTCHER, Cyril (G.H.C. initials noted on Shirburnian record). 1380. Corporal. KEH 1915-17. Commissioned as a Second Lieutenant 4th Battalion (10th Battalion shown on 'Old Shirburnian Navy and Army List, 1914-19' and attended Sherborne School, Dorset 1905-07) Notts & Derby Regiment 30/04/1918. Entitled to British War and Victory Medals and applied for medals from an address in Salisbury, England.

GABBUTT, James Frederick. 890. Serjeant. Part of Shanghai Contingent on board the "SS Suwa Maru" 16/10/1914 and was serving with the Shanghai Municipal Police 1912-23. Entered France 22/04/1915 and discharged 5/04/1919. Born 5/08/1889 in Maiden Newton, Dorset, England and died in Apr 1938 in Shanghai. Awarded 1914/15 Star trio.

GABBUTT, L. 1705. Private KEH. Transferred as a Private Military Foot Police P13611 on 29/06/1916 until 11/11/1918. Awarded British War and Victory Medals named to Military Foot Police.

GABRIELSEN, Maurice (Morris). 376. Corporal. 'A' Squadron. Enlisted pre-war KEH 17/12/1912. Entered France 1/06/1915. Died 10/12/1918 aged 25 after being discharged with tuberculosis 7/09/1918. Son of David and Rose Gabrielsen of 3 Windermere Terrace, Prince's Park, Liverpool. Buried in LIVERPOOL (BROAD GREEN) JEWISH CEMETERY, UK. Name commemorated on a plaque - PRINCES ROAD SYNAGOGUE - ROLL OF HONOUR; OLD HEBREW SYNAGOGUE and commemorated on Liverpool Town Hall Roll of Honour, Toxteth, Liverpool, Merseyside, UK; and Liverpool College, Sefton Park, Merseyside. Entitled to British War and Victory Medals. Awarded Silver War Badge 30526.

GAIR, Samuel. 1387. Private. Discharged 15/07/1919. Entitled to British War and Victory Medals.

GALLAGHER, Charles. 1624. Private. Transferred as Private, Labour Corps 570488. Entitled to British War and Victory Medals.

GALLOWAY, James. 1292. Private. Born in South Africa in 1882. Prior service of 12 years with Diamonds Field Artillery. Enlisted KEH 10/11/1915. Discharged 10/04/1916 charged with misconduct. No medal entitlement.

GALLOP, Betram Powell. 594. Private. Entered France 22/04/1915 and commissioned Second Lieutenant 10th Reserve Battalion, King's Liverpool Regiment 4/08/1916 later Captain Cheshire Yeomanry. Born 8/03/1883 in Newfoundland, Canada and died Jul 1965 in Ironbridge, Shropshire, England. Applied for 1914/15 Star trio c/o Bank of England, Liverpool.

GALT, Horace Vernon. 937. Private. Born Southsea, Hants in 1876. Enlisted 11/02/1915. Discharged on medical grounds 17/07/1918. Prior service of twelve years in the Natal Mounted Rifles as Private 1442. Entitled to British War and Victory Medals.

GALT, Kenneth Victor. 1309. Private. 'A' Squadron. From Trinidad having sailed 18/10/1915 with 1st Caribbean Merchant and Planters Contingent. Wounded at Savy Wood 22/3/17 near Arras, France. Transferred to the Reserve 15/07/1919. Born on 4/10/1894 in Chaguanas, Trinidad, British West Indies and died Aug 1979 in Monticello, Piatt, Illinois, USA. Entitled to British War and Victory Medals.

GAMMEN, Harry. 2186. Private. Enlisted 3/03/1916. Discharged 21/10/1918. Awarded Silver War Badge 120794. Born in 1886 and applied for Silver War Badge from Huntingham, London and died Mar 1962 in Wandsworth, London, England. Did not serve overseas and no service medal entitlement.

GANN, Felix. 1432. Private. Enlisted 22/01/1916. Transferred to 6th Battalion Royal Fusiliers 59231 then 1st Battalion, East Surrey Regiment 26231. Entered France 12/10/1917 and discharged 26/12/1917 due to sickness. Born in 1889. Awarded Silver War Badge 300892. Entitled to British War and Victory Medals.

GARDINER, Jack D. ('Puss', John). 1323. Private. Australian transferred to reserve 17/06/19. Likely to have been born in 1885 (David Jack Gardiner) and married on 16/11/1929 in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia to Jessie Hedwig Eustazia de Kierski. Died in Sydney 1/06/1951. Photograph see Figure 31.

GARDNER, S. F. Private KEH. 'B' Squadron. Master of the King's Colonials Lodge from Dec 1939. Died 24/11/56 at Sanderstead, London.

GARRETT, Alfred John Wilton. 66. Serjeant KEH. Born in Cape Town, South Africa in 1884. Served in KEH 8/01/13 - 28/02/13 then re-enlisted 1/03/13. Embodied 5/08/14. Corporal 27/12/14, Serjeant 25/11/15, OR Serjeant 11/03/17. Arrived in France 21/04/15, wounded during service and discharged 31/03/19. Awarded Silver War Badge 514149 and entitled to 1914/15 Star trio.

GARRIOCH, Ernest Archibald. 333. Acting Serjeant KEH. Entered France 17/06/1915. Transferred as Acting Corporal, 10th Battalion, Royal Fusiliers G/595608. Entitled to 1914/15 Star trio.

GARRISON, Robert Harold. 236. Private. Born in 1892 in Montreal, Canada. Enlisted KEH 28/11/1911 and served to 28/02/1913. Re-enlisted 23/06/1913. Discharged 31/08/1914 as a student.

GARRONE, E. G. Service with KEH noted in Old Comrades Association bulletin. Prior service in the 21st Lancers and Secretary to Employment Bureau Headquarters, British Legion. Died Dec 1940.

GARSTIN, Crosbie 612. Second Lieutenant KEH. Crosbie was born in Mount Vernon, Newlyn, Cornwall to Norman Garstin and Louisa ‘Dochie’ née Jones. He was the eldest of three children; Denys (later Denis) (1890 – 1918) and Alethea (1894 – 1978). He was educated at Brandon House, Cheltenham, Elstow School, Bedford and in Germany. He was head-boy of his school due to sporting prowess in rugby union and swimming. As a young man he traveled and worked as a bronco buster in Montana, United States and as a lumberjack in Canada. He also traveled to China, Hawaii, Japan and Morocco. On returning home his father, fed-up with Crosbie's inability to get suitable qualifications and hold down a job, sent him to South Africa. From 1912, he ran a cattle ranch in Bechuanaland, and acted as a bush ranger to the Tati Concessions. With the outbreak of World War I he came back to Britain and in October 1914 joined 'B' Squadron of the KEH as a Private. The regiment left for France on 21/04/1915 and Garstin was promoted to Lance Corporal shortly before leaving. He was commissioned on the battlefield as a Second Lieutenant on 14/09/1915, and joined 'C Squadron, which was attached to the 47th (London) Division at Nœux-les-Mines and was involved in the Battle of Loos and on the Italian Front. In 1916, he was posted to Dublin as an Intelligence Officer during the rebellion there. As well as writing poetry he made contributions to Punch magazine which were well received. Garstin disappeared when returning from a party to a friend's yacht Osprey in the Salcombe estuary on 19/04/1930. The rowing boat capsized and his body was never found despite Garstin being a strong swimmer and other two occupants of the boat surviving. His widow, Lillian (née Barkworth) was Mayor of Penzance in 1962–63. Entitled to 1914/15 Star trio. Items of his uniform and equipment from his service in the KEH in the collection of the National Army Museum. Photograph of Lieutenant Crosbie Garstin in 1914 from Old Comrades Association Bulletin 19: 23, 1952.

GATTEY, F. W. 8. Squadron Quarter Master Serjeant. King's Colonials. Presumably relative of W. V. Gattey.

GATTEY, W. V. 3. Squadron Quarter Master Serjeant. King's Colonials. Presumably relative of F. V. Gattey.

GEDDES, James Gordon. 1027. Private. Entered France 2/06/1915. Commissioned Second Lieutenant 9/07/1916 then Lieutenant 176th Company, Royal Engineers. Died 1946 in Scotland. Applied for 1914/15 Star trio from Southern Rhodesia.

GEOGHEGAN, Robert Gerrard. 690. Private KEH. Entered France 2/06/1915 and discharged 30/07/1919. Born on 19/03/1873 in Wexford, Ireland. Entitled to 1914/15 Star trio.

GIBLIN, James. 752. 'A' Squadron. Arrived in France 2/06/1915 and discharged 3/03/1919. Entitled to 1914/15 Star trio.

GIBSON, Alfred John. King's Colonials. Second Lieutenant KEH 1910 commanded the 1st Troop 'A' Squadron. Promoted to Lieutenant 11/06/1913. Became a highly regarded General Practitioner in Brentwood after the Great War having served as Medical Officer of 4th Battalion Essex Regiment from when he qualified , through 1914-18 in Gallipoli and Palestine and after till he reached the age limit. The Essex Regiment museum has his photo album which starts with Dulwich College Cadet Corps, Cambridge University Cadet Rifle Volunteers, King's Colonials, KEH and then 4th Essex. Died in Brentwood, Essex in Sep 1949. Information courtesy of Keith Hook.

GIBSON, Fenton Manifold. 1281. Private. Commissioned as a Second Lieutenant, Royal Marine Light Infantry 22/06/1917. Awarded British War and Victory Medals with British War Medal sold on eBay.

GIDDINGS, Joseph. 1475. Private. Enlisted 4/04/1916 and transferred as Private 29077 to 13th Battalion, Rifle Brigade 12/12/1916. Entered France 23/05/1917, wounded 5/05/1918 and discharged 22/03/1919. Born in 1893 in England. Entitled to British War and Victory Medals.

GILBERT, William Eric. 980. Private. C Squadron. Returned from prospecting in Rhodesia to enlist. Entered France as 980 Private with KEH on 22/05/1915  two Squadrons were sent to France on 21/22 April 1915, as Divisional Cavalry.  ‘C’ Squadron joined the 47th Division. Commissioned as a Second Lieutenant , within KEH, from Sergeant, 16/04/1917. "The History of KEH" (Lt Col Lionel James),  page 249 (The Italian Front) “The changes in the Officers’ personnel in Italy included besides Captain Creswick the arrival of the following Second Lieutenants from the Reserve Unit in Dublin: A.J. McIntosh, R O’H Giles, J.W. Patell, E.H. Fisher, W.E. Gilbert and R.A.B. Hunter”. Page 379 (Nominal Roll of Officers in 1919), Lieutenant W.E. Gilbert M.C. Awarded the Military Cross as a Lieutenant for his actions at Leuze on 9/11/1918. There is a very good Post Operational Report on the ‘doings’ of ‘Stockwell’s Force’ and the part played by Gilbert.  Returned to Rhodesia after the Great War as a District Commissioner. He was appointed a Lieutenant in the ‘National Defence Companies’ with effect 2/08/1939. Photograph of Lieutenant Gilbert and his wife after receiving his Military Cross from the King at Buckingham Palace in 1919 courtesy of Robin Martin and Lieutenant Gilbert's great grandson Sean Wright. He is wearing the Officer's round pattern headdress badge (KK 1509). Robin and Sean also generously provided a copy of a photograph of Lieutenant Gilbert's Commission parchment which is shown on the Introduction & Acknowledgements page of this website. This is the only known surviving example of a Commission parchment to an Officer of the KEH.

GILLIANT, L. A. Lieutenant. Born in England and died in 1935.

GIPSON, George 2032. Private. Born in Hong Kong. Entered France 19/07/1918. Commissioned as a Second Lieutenant, Chinese Labour Corps.

GIRVAN, Robert L. Commissioned as a Second Lieutenant 26/06/1915. Temporary Lieutenant with Territorial Force Artillery Training School. No matching Medal Index Card or Medal Roll entries located.

GLADSTONE, Stuart L. 163. Lance Corporal. 'A' Squadron then 2nd Section, 1st Troop, 'C' Squadron in June 1917. Entered France 17/06/1915. Transferred as a Lance Corporal to the Royal Flying Corps 318002 on 16/04/1918. Born in Babington, Birkenhead, Cheshire, England in 1892 and died in 1970. Entitled to 1914/15 Star trio.

GLADWISH, Edward Lovell. 841. Serjeant. Born in Ore, Sussex, England 23/07/1879. Prior service in the South African Constabulary 1902-07 and as Private 1721, 1st Service Company, 1st Royal Sussex Regiment and awarded Queen's South Africa Medal with Cape Colony, Orange Free State and Transvaal Clasps. Enlisted in the KEH having sailed to London from Shanghai where he was serving with the Shanghai Municipal Police on board the SS Suwa Maru on 16/10/1914. Entered France 22/04/1915. Awarded Distinguished Conduct Medal (DCM) for the defence of Vieille Chapelle 9-11/04/1918 (London Gazette 3/09/1918). Discharged 5/04/1919. Served with the Shanghai Municipal Police 1908-24. Photo from newspaper cutting when he was awarded the DCM.

GLASSPOOL, George. 116. Farrier Quarter Master Serjeant. Enlisted 1/03/1913 and discharged 2/02/1919. Served with Reserve Regiment and did not see service in France. Awarded Silver War Badge 216878. Possibly brother of James and son of Walter Glasspool.

GLASSPOOL, James A. 438. Private. Discharged 5/04/1919 (Shown in photograph Figure 23 as named Glasspool and a Private in the photograph). Possibly brother of George and son of Walter Glasspool.

GLASSPOOL, Walter. T. 269. Farrier Serjeant (Warrant Officer Class 2). 4th Troop, 'C' Squadron. Discharged 5/04/1919 and died in Dec 1940. Possibly the father of George and/or James Glasspool by age at date of death.

GLEABELL, W. J. Private. Enlisted from the Argentine. Medal Index Card does not record any medal entitlement just his Argentine address.

GLEADELL, William. 1119. Private. Enlisted 31/05/1915 and discharged 12/11/1918. Awarded Silver War Badge 210640. Served overseas. Born 1896. Entitled to British War and Victory Medals.

GLEN, John Arthur. 1077. Private. Born in Islington and enlisted at Bishops Stortford. KIA 09/04/1918 aged 31 defending Vieille Chapelle. Son of John and Charlotte Glen and lived at Cavendish Avenue, Eastbourne. Commemorated on the LOOS MEMORIAL, FRANCE.  Information courtesy of the Eastbourne War Memorial Copyright www.rollofhonour.com 

GLENIE, Julian William. Born in Ceylon. Private KEH. Commissioned as a Lieutenant 3rd Battalion, 70th Burma Rifles, Indian Army. Accidentally killed 26/09/1920 aged 23. Son of Reginald and Elizabeth Glenie of Ceylon. Buried in BASRA WAR CEMETERY, IRAQ.

GLENIE, Walter Bernard. 1598. Private. Born in Ceylon in 1893 and previous 2 years service Ceylon Planters Rifle Corp. Enlisted KEH 1/08/1916 and transferred to Rifle Brigade as Private S/29113. Entered France 13/06/1917 and discharged 3/08/1919. Entitled to British War and Victory Medals.

GLOVER, Arthur Harding. 455. Private KEH. Commissioned as a Second Lieutenant, Middlesex Regiment. Awarded the Military Cross on 12/04/1918 for gallantry between Steenwerk Station and De Seule during the Battle of Lys whilst commanding 'A' Company of the 20th (Shoreditch) Battalion of the Middlesex Regiment (London Gazette 16/09/1918). Second Lieutenant Glover was married in India in 1920 and commissioned Lieutenant in the Royal Army Pay Corps in 1940 (Military Cross, 1914/15 Star trio sold at auction 11/2019 by Dix Noonan Webb, UK).

GLOVER, Frank. 1960. Private KEH having transferred as Private, Royal Fusiliers 59121 then Private, Royal Engineers 360838 then 328834. Entitled to British War and Victory Medals.

GLYNN, C. B. 145. Corporal. Born in Liverpool in 1893. Served in KEH 21/10/1910 to 28/02/1913. Re-enlisted 3/06/1913 and discharged 7/08/1914. Re-enlisted as a Corporal 30/05/1914.

GODFRAY, Edwin de Vismes. Private. Served for 8 years with KEH then served as Private, M2/019718, 621st Motor Transport Company, Royal Army Service Corps having enlisted 17/11/1914 and entered France 5/12/1914. Discharged 2/08/1916 due to sickness and awarded Silver War Badge 90,760. Died of paralysis on 4/06/1917 and buried in Lancaster Municipal Borough Cemetery. Born in 1887 in St. Martin, Jersey, Channel Islands. Husband of Margaret Frances Godfray (nee Sprague). Entitled to 1914/15 Star trio. Commemorated on the Bailiwick of Jersey Roll of Honour.  

GODWIN, Charles Cayley. 679. Private KEH. Commissioned as a Second Lieutenant, 1 Squadron, Royal Flying Corps and KIA 17/10/1916. Awarded British War and Victory Medals. Civilian portrait taken in 1895 shown on accompanying page courtesy of "Lives of the First World War".

GOLDEN, Albert. 1437. Private. Discharged 9/04/1919. Entitled to British War and Victory Medals.

GONZALES, Andres. 1307. Private KEH. Transferred as Private, Labour Corps 414475. Left Trinidad for UK 18/10/1915 with 1st Caribbean Merchant and Planters Contingent. Died in Trinidad in 1945. Entitled to British War and Victory Medals.

GOOD, Frederick Leopold. 430. Private. Born in 1893 in India and saw service in the pre-war KEH. Re-enlisted 14/06/1914 and discharged 8/10/1914. No WW1 service medal entitlement recorded.

GOODE, Arthur Hedley. Private. Australian served in pre-war KEH. Service details available on www.kingedwardshorse.net

GOODING, Oscar. 933. Serjeant. Born in England, worked in India 1911-14 and was on the Indian Army Officers Reserve. Returned to England in 1914 and enlisted in KEH. Entered France 22/04/1915 and discharged 1/01/1918 with the rank of Acting Serjeant Major. Returned to India in 1919 and emigrated to Western Australia in 1948.

GOODWIN, Arthur E. 2073. Private. Entered France 14/10/1915 with 2KEH as Private 1775. Transferred to KEH as Private 2073. Discharged 10/04/1919. Entitled to 1914/15 Star trio.

GOODWIN, P. H. Private. Died in London on 22/11/1956. Noted in Old Comrades Association bulletin.

GORDON, Douglas Arthur. Private. Transferred to Royal Artillery. Douglas, a native of Hoylake, Cheshire, was born in 1884 and attested for the Royal Garrison Artillery on 10/12/1915, having previously served with the British Asian squadron of the King's Colonials and then with the KEH. He was called up on 7/07/1917 and served as a gun layer with the 157th Siege Battery on the Western Front from 20/11/1917. He was twice wounded (newspaper article with medal lot refers), and was promoted to Sergeant. He was awarded the Military Medal (London Gazette 9/10/1918.). Gordon served with the Royal Air Force Voluntary Reserve during WW2 as a Pilot Officer (temporary Squadron Leader) with a training unit, and resigned his commission in September 1947. Emigrating to Southern Rhodesia the following year, he served as Mayor of Gwelo, the fourth largest town in Southern Rhodesia, from 1953 to 1955. Military Medal, G.V.R. (171226 Bmbr: D. A. Gordon. 157/Sge: By: R.G.A.); British War and Victory Medals (171226 Cpl. D. A. Gordon. R.A.) auctioned  by Noonans, UK, June 2022. Portrait photographs in the uniform of the King's Colonials and the Royal Garrison Artillery shown with his medal group courtesy of Jane Paxton, his granddaughter. 

GORDON, John. 1142. Lance Corporal. 'B' Squadron. KIA 15/08/17 at Passchendaele. Born 6/09/1887 in Aberdeenshire, Scotland. Son of James Gordon and Elizabeth Chalmers of Middlemuir, Methlick, Aberdeenshire, Scotland. Enlisted from Fiji and entered France 19/11/1915. Buried in the BRANDHOEK NEW MILITARY CEMETERY, BELGIUM. Entitled to 1914/15 Star trio.

GORDON, R. 153021. Private. Transferred as Private. Military Mounted Police P/17400. Served in France 6/03/1918 until discharged. Entitled to British War and Victory Medals.

GOSS, Sydney. 1483. Private. Enlisted from the Falkland Islands. Reported missing in the defence of Vieille Chapelle 9-11/04/1918 and taken Prisoner of War. Discharged to the reserve 1/04/1919. Born 2/04/1890 in the Falkland Islands and died there 11/08/1944. Entitled to British War and Victory Medals.

GOSTLING, Arthur. Private. Name commemorated on the Kilkenny War Memorial, MacDonagh Station, Dublin Road, Kilkenny, Ireland. Medal Index Card or Medal Roll entry not located.

GOW, . Lance Corporal. Noted in KEH History.

GRACIE, T. S. Private. From New Zealand. Transferred to the East Lancashire Regiment. Commemorated on the Auckland Online Cenotaph.

GRAHAM, B. S. L. Private. Reported missing at defence of Vieille Chapelle 9-11/04/1918 in KEH History. Not recorded as Died of Wounds or Killed in Action.

GRANT, Fred. D/18075. Private 1st Dragoons, Private KEH, Private Corps of Dragoons with same regimental number for all - entitled to British War and Victory medals with no overseas service recorded on Medal Index Card. British War Medal offered for sale on electronic auction site March 2020.

GRANT, Lewis Alexander. 912. Private. Entered France 22/04/1915. Commissioned as a Second Lieutenant 16/07/1915 later Captain 3rd/6th Battalion, Seaforth Highlanders. Born 1890 in Trinidad, British West Indies and died there 10/04/1954. Mentioned in despatches. Applied for 1914/15 Star trio from Trinidad.

GRAPE, Owen Sidney. 931. Private. Entered France 2/06/1915. Commissioned Second Lieutenant KEH 24/09/1917 later Lieutenant. Applied for 1914/15 Star trio from Leytonstone, London, England.

GRATER, Montague 408. Private served pre-WW1 KEH with 'D' Squadron. Born in 1880 in Stoke Newington, England and prior service with 1st Volunteer Company, Royal Fusiliers in South Africa 11/05/1900-10/06/1901 attached to the 2nd Battalion. Promoted to Colour Sergeant, Royal Fusiliers by 1912. Arrived in France 21/04/1915 as a Private 'B' Squadron. Commissioned as a Second Lieutenant Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry 17/11/1917. Died in 1951 in Islington, London. Awarded Queen's South Africa medal with bars Cape Colony, Transvaal and South Africa 1901 and the Territorial Forces Efficiency Medal. Applied for 1914/15 Star trio from St John's Park, London. Deemed ineligible for Silver War Badge. Noted in Old Comrades Association 1952. Photograph shown of him as Colour Serjeant, Royal Fusiliers in 1912. 

GRAVES, Walter F. 1734. Private, Private Royal Engineers WR204579, Private Machine Gun Corps 112125, Private Liverpool Regiment 857713

GRAY, Archibald. Private. Transferred and commissioned Captain Motor Machine Gun Service (MMGS). Entered France 6/02/1916. Promoted to Major 14/07/1916 in command of 19th Battery MMGS. Owner of A. Gray and Co. Auto Engineers in Guilford per-war likely to be rationale for transfer to MMGS. Died in England Feb 1960. From Great War Forum and his passing noted in KEH Old Comrades Association bulletin.

GRAY, Roland. Sergeant. From Wellington, New Zealand. Commissioned Royal Field Artillery later Captain. Engineering student in South Kensington, London. Noted as serving in the KEH in the Taranaki Herald 1/10/1914. Auckland Online Cenotaph.

GREEN, Arthur H. 1267. Private. Transferred to Reserve 4/03/1919. Applied for British War and Victory Medals from Rotherham, Yorkshire, England.

GREEN, Ellis W. 1687. Private. Transferred to Reserve 17/06/1919. Entitled to British War and Victory Medals.

GREEN, James William. 1995. Private. Born in 1882 and enlisted 13/05/1917. Discharged 15/05/1919 and did not serve in France. Awarded Silver War Badge 334457 and was born 1883.

GREEN, Ralph. 771. Private KEH. Entered France 22/04/1915. Discharged 24/01/1919. Entitled to 1914/15 Star trio.

GREEN, Roland. Private. Australian. No records identified.

GREENACRE, Charles William. 1179. Private KEH. Enlisted 16/11/1914 and discharged 6/03/1916 due to sickness. Awarded Silver War Badge 52328 and served overseas.

GREENE, W. P. C. Second Lieutenant KEH 1910. Served in the cavalry in WW1.

GREENLAND, Henry John. 1665. Private. Entered France 30/07/1915. Private, Lancashire Fusiliers 45474 then commissioned as a Second Lieutenant, Royal Air Force 28/11/1917 and then Second Lieutenant, Royal Naval Air Service. Entitled to 1914/15 Star Medal trio. Applied for medals from Kingston-upon Thames.

GREENWOOD, Thomas Hamar. 7 February 1870 – 10 September 1948. 1st Viscount Greenwood, Sir Hamar Greenwood. As an original member of the King's Colonials he as a Lieutenant commanded 2nd Troop, 'B' (British American) Squadron King's Colonials. Captain 3/07/1905 and Member for York and then Sunderland, last Chief Secretary for Ireland 1920-22 (Photograph see Figures 4, 209 and 277).

GREGG, Theophilus George. 1393. Private. DoW received at the defense of Vieille Chapelle on 05/05/1918 aged 27. Born 20/03/1891 the son of Edwin and Agnes Gregg, of East London, South Africa. Buried in RONCHIN COMMUNAL CEMETERY, FRANCE. Entitled to British War and Victory Medals. Photograph of gravestone and portrait courtesy of the South African War Graves project. 

GREGORY, Lionel H. 1516. Private. Discharged 6/01/1919. Entitled to British War and Victory Medals and Medal Index Card notes they are to be destroyed.

GREGORY, Warwick E. C. Private. Living in Sydney in 1950. No records identified beyond note in Old Comrades Association bulletin.

GREGSON, Frank. Private.  Second Troop, 'A' Squadron. Entered France Aug 1916. Commissioned as a Second Lieutenant, 19th Battalion, King Liverpool Regiment on 1/07/1917 later Lieutenant. Born in 1891 in Liverpool, England. Applied for British War and Victory Medals from Liverpool, England. Photographs shown of his C P Goerz Berlin binoculars and case which was engraved F Gregson No 2 'A" Squadron KEH sold on eBay UK in Jan 2023.

GRICE, William H. 1222. Private. Discharged 5/04/1919. Entitled to British War and Victory Medals. (Possible photograph see Figure 23).

GRIFFIN, Arthur Owen. 977. Private. Entered France 2/06/1915. Discharged 5/04/1919. Anglo-Argentinian railway staff. Entitled to 1914/15 Star trio.

GRIFFIN, Rowland Arthur. 867. Private KEH. Enlisted Nov 1914. Transferred as an Air Mechanic Class 1, Royal Flying Corps 1491 on 29/11/1915 and then commissioned as a Second Lieutenant, Royal Engineers on 11/08/1917. Promoted to Temporary Captain. Prior service with Legion of Frontiersmen. Awarded 1914/15 star trio (only 1914/15 Star named to KEH) which was sold on eBay in Dec 2015.

GRIFFITHS, William T. 2116. Private KEH. Arrived in France 4/05/1915 as Private 2 in 2nd KEH and discharged 19/04/1919 as Private 2116 KEH. Previous service 10th Hussars as Private 3562 discharged 1907. Awarded Queens South Africa Medal with clasps Paardeberg, Driefontein, Relief of Kimberley. Entitled to 1914/15 Star trio with British War Medal in a private collection in the UK.

GROOM, William. 257. Shoeing Smith, Serjeant. Entered France 21/07/1915. Discharged 24/05/1919. Entitled to 1914/15 Star trio.

GROOMBRIDGE, Noble. 516. Shoeing Smith later Corporal. Entered France 22/04/1915. Discharged 9/07/1919. Entitled to 1914/15 Star trio.

GROSVENOR, Gilbert. Major the Honourable Gilbert Grosvenor, Rifle Brigade, King's Colonials, 2KEH and Nottinghamshire Yeomanry. Awarded Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 2 clasps, Transvaal, Cape Colony (Lieut: Hon. G. Grosvenor, Rifle Bde:); King’s South Africa 1901-02, 2 clasps (Lt. Hon. G. Grosvenor. Rifle Bde.); 1914-15 Star (Lieut. Hon. G. Grosvenor. K. Edw. H.); British War and Victory Medals (Major Hon. G. Grosvenor.) The Honourable Gilbert Grosvenor was born on 22 August 1881, the second son of the 1st Baron Stalbridge and his wife Eleanor, and the grandson of the 2nd Marquess of Westminster. He was educated at Eton, and was commissioned Second Lieutenant in the Rifle Brigade, serving with them in South Africa during the Boer War. He transferred to the King's Colonials in 1908. He then served with the 2KEH as a Second Lieutenant from Oct 1914 before transferring in 1916 to the Nottingham Yeomanry (Sherwood Rangers) with the rank of Major. Grosvenor married Miss Effie Cree, the daughter of the Reverend Edward Cree, on 4 July 1913. He died on 15 June 1939. His medals were sold by Dix Noonan Webb, UK at auction in December 2016 and a photograph of them is shown against Grosvenor on the 2KEH Nominal Roll. Lieutenant in 'C' Squadron KEH photographed at Woodbridge in 1914.

GROULX, Henry 1617. Sapper KEH. Transferred as a Sapper, Royal Engineers 208129 then WR503875. Deserted and not entitled to British War and Victory Medals.

GRUNDY, . Private. Fought at the defence of Vieille Chapelle 9-11/04/1918. Noted in KEH history for supporting Lewis Gun action on 10/04/1918 for which Private Hartle was awarded the Military Medal. No corresponding Medal Index Card or Medal Roll entry located.

GUILLET, J. C. 12. Serjeant. No additional information identified beyond a Lieutenant J. C. Guillet awarded British War and Victory Medals with the Manchester Regiment could be the same individual.

GUISE, Percy. 828. Private. Entered France 22/04/1915. Discharged 5/04/1919. Entitled to 1914/15 Star trio.

GUNTER, Charles H. 816. Private. Entered France 17/06/1915. Discharged 15/11/1919. Died Dec 1944. Entitled to 1914/15 Star trio.

GURD, Robert (Bob). 559. Lance Corporal 4th Section, 1st Troop, 'C' Squadron. Enlisted 12/08/1914 and entered France 21/04/1915. Awarded Silver War Badge 406,790. Discharged 2/04/1918. Prior service as a regular soldier in the 5th Dragoon Guards and served as personal groom to Captain Ralph Furse. Described by Furse as "a huge and formidable man, with a face of granite" (A History of the British Cavalry: Volume 7: 1816-1919). Lived in Salisbury post war. Entitled to 1914/15 Star trio.

GUTHRIE, George Watson. Lieutenant. Temporary Medical Officer KEH. Returned from Lima, Peru to enlist in Apr 1916 hence the link to KEH. Transferred to Royal Army Medical Corps. KIA 13/11/1916 with 3rd (Royal Navy) Field Ambulance, Royal Marines Medical Unit. Buried in Knightsbridge Cemetery, Mesnil-Martinsart, France. Entitled to British War and Victory Medals. Civilian portrait shown on accompanying page.

GUTHRIE, Harry Welrond. 821. Private. 'A' Squadron. Enlisted 11/12/1914 and entered France 2/06/1915. Attached to Head Quarters 15th Wing Royal Flying Corps from Aug 1916. Transferred as Private Army Service Corps R/39900 with Remounts. Discharged 31/03/1920. Born 1872 in Seacomb, Cheshire. Resided in Calgary, Canada pre and post-war. Entitled to 1914/15 Star trio.

GWARORICK, F. Permanent Staff Instructor and Regimental Serjeant Major King's Colonials. Prior service with the 2nd Life Guards and 21st Lancers 2/9/98 having fought at the Battle of Omdurman and awarded the Distinguished Conduct Medal. Photograph in 21st Lancers in the authors collection.

GWYER, A. G. Captain in the 6th Dragoon Guards became Adjutant KEH 1912.


HACKWELL, William Henry. 1287 KEH. Private 12th London Regiment 1271, Acting Corporal KEH 1287, Lance Serjeant 12th London Regiment 6642236. Entered France 24/12/1914 and served until 10/05/1915 with 12th London Regiment before transferring to KEH (Term of Engagement). Discharged 16/02/1919. Awarded 1914 Star trio with British War and Victory Medals named to KEH. Awarded the Territorial Efficiency Medal in 1928.

HACKWORTH, Raymond. 676. Shoeing Smith. Private KEH. Entered France 22/04/1915 and discharged 14/04/1919. Born in June 1887 in Haswell, County Durham, England and died in Roodepoort, Transvaal, South Africa (where after being employed as a miner and then he owned a hotel) in July 1948. Entitled to 1914/15 Star trio with British War and Victory Medals sold on eBay UK.

HADDIN, John (Jack) Stanley. 1224. Serjeant KEH. Born in Albion Park, New South Wales, Australia on 10/07/1894 the son of James Fleming Haddin and Sophie Mary King. Discharged 4/11/1919. Married Stella Hilditch Mayne on 28/02/1921 at Tamworth, New South Wales. Died in St. Leonards, Sydney, New South Wales in 1967. Entitled to British War and Victory Medals. Shown in a photograph of Australians in the 4th Troop of the Reserve Squadron at the Curragh in 1915 (Figure 28).

HADLEY, Richard K. 843. Private KEH. Enlisted in the KEH having sailed to London from Shanghai where he was serving with the Shanghai Municipal Police on board the "SS Suwa Maru" on 16/10/1914. Entered France 17/06/1915. Discharged 31/05/1919. Born 12/09/1897 in Amoy, China and lived in Scotland in 1901 and then in Argentina and Uruguay post-war. Died 30/05/1936 in Purley, Surrey, England. Portrait photograph in uniform available.

HAGGER, Robert Lawrence. Private. Served in the King's Colonials for a year and 68 days prior to 1910. Enlisted in Australian Imperial Forces (AIF) 27/02/1917 as Private 18111 in the Army Medical Corps and was discharged 21/10/1919. Next of kin on AIF enlistment papers given as his wife Leonora G. Matilda Young who lived in Darlinghurst, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia having emigrated in 1910. Born in March 1885 in Royston, Cambridgeshire, England and died in Sydney in 1978.

HAKEWELL, Charles Ernest. 1553. Private. Entered France 30/07/1915. Transferred as a Private, Royal Army Medical Corps 136683. Discharged 8/08/1919. Entitled to 1914/15 Star trio.

HALE, William. 1294. Private. Commissioned as a Second Lieutenant 15/03/1918 then Lieutenant, Labour Corps. Left Trinidad for UK 18/10/1915 with 1st Caribbean Merchant and Planters Contingent. Awarded Member of the British Empire Medal.

HALFORD, James E. 938. Private. Entered France 2/06/1915. Served with Trench Mortar team with T. E. (Tiny) Carr. Entitled to 1914/15 Star trio.

HALL, Arthur James. 881. Private. 'B' Squadron and transferred to 'A' Squadron on 13/08/1915. Enlisted 31/12/1914 and entered France 21/04/1915. Discharged 11/04/1919. Resided in Bartlow, Cambridgeshire post-war. Entitled to 1914/15 Star trio.

HALL, Basil Richard. 1274. Private. Entered France 5/05/1915. Transferred as Private, Labour Corps 329911. Entitled to 1914/15 Star trio.

HALL, Edward B. D. 908. Private KEH. Entered France 2/06/1915. Discharged 15/03/1919. Re-enlisted as a Signaller, Royal Field Artillery 291069 on 13/05/1919. Was a Veterinary Surgeon in Somerset post-war. Entitled to 1914/15 Star trio.

HALL, James Hatton. 1476. Private KEH. Enlisted 28/02/1916. WIA at defense of Vieille Chappelle 9-11/04/1918. Discharged 12/01/1919 as a result of Gun Shot Wound. Born in 1891. Awarded Silver War Badge B117140. Entitled to British War and Victory Medals.

HALL, William. 1730. Private. Discharged 11/03/1919. Entitled to British War and Victory Medals.

HALLIFAX, Eric Philip. 334. Private KEH. 'B' Squadron. Enlisted 6/11/1913. Entered France 22/04/1915. Discharged 5/08/1915. Re-enlisted on 5/08/1915 as Corporal, Royal Engineers 94093. KIA 24/09/1916 with Head Quarters 5th Special Company, Royal Engineers. Buried in Combles Communal Cemetery and Extension, Guards Cemetery, Combles, France. Born in 1895 in Penang, Straits Settlements the son of James Wilson and Florence Hallifax. Entitled to 1914/15 Star trio. Name commemorated on the Singapore Cenotaph. Portrait photograph in Royal Engineers uniform shown courtesy of 'Lives of the First World War'.

HALLIGAN, John. 1471. Private KEH. Transferred as a Private to 7th Battalion, Lancashire Fusiliers, 2477 then 280565. Entered Balkans 5/05/1915. Discharged 4/07/1918. Awarded Silver War Badge. Entitled to 1914/15 Star trio.

HAM, Frank Livingstone. Commissioned 22/07/1915. Born in St Kilda, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia on 25/05/1878 the son of The Honourable Cornelius Job Ham and Hattie White Latham. Attended Geelong Grammar School and death reported in 'The Corian' School magazine May 1916. "Died suddenly in service 13/02/16 of acute laryngitis reported dead in his quarters by Lieutenant Alan W. Lade. Full military funeral". Buried in CURRAGH MILITARY CEMETERY, IRELAND. Commemorated on the Australian War Memorial Commemorative Roll.

HAM, Winston. 1178. Acting Corporal KEH. Mentioned in Despatches as a Lance-Corporal. Entitled to British War and Victory Medals.

HAMEL-SMITH, Eugene Sidney. Private. Left Trinidad for UK 3/10/1917 with 10th Caribbean Merchants and Planters Contingent. Brothers Lionel Hamel-Smith, 14th Contingent served with King's Royal Rifles and Arnold Harcourt Hamel-Smith, 1st Contingent served as a Second Lieutenant, 5th Battalion, Royal Berkshire Regiment before transferring to the RAF. Eugene died in Trinidad.

HAMILTON, George. Honourable. Captain commanded 2nd Troop 'B' Squadron (British American) King's Colonials in 1903 and then as a Major from 22/01/1906 commanded 'C' Squadron (British American). Commanded KEH contingent on Coronation Day 1911 and awarded the 1911 Coronation Medal. Lieutenant Colonel Hamilton first conceived of the formation of the King’s Colonials and joined upon its formation in 1901 and although having retired in 1912, he served extra-regimentally during the Great War (Photograph shown in Figures 1 and 4 and portrait photograph Figure 71).

HAMMOND, Herbert G. 1469. Private. Commissioned as a Second Lieutenant, Royal Field Artillery 9/11/1917. Entitled to British War and Victory Medals.

HAMMOND, Leslie. 1239. Private. Discharged 7/03/1919. Entitled to British War and Victory Medals.

HANCOCK, Albert Leslie. 1191. Private. Commissioned 21/10/1915 as a Second Lieutenant, 1/7th London Regiment. KIA 21/05/1916. Commemorated on the Arras Memorial, France. Born in 1891 in Maryborough, Victoria, Australia. His father J. B. Hancock applied for his 1914/15 Star trio from Warracknabeal, Wimmera, Victoria.

HANDFORD, J. R. Second Lieutenant, 3rd Troop 'C' Squadron KEH in Aug 1914. Entered France 13/04/1915. Promoted to Lieutenant, 5th Battalion, York and Lancaster Regiment later Captain. From New Zealand and studied at Queen's College, Cambridge University noted in The Dial No. 22, 1915. Commemorated on the Auckland Online Cenotaph.

HANNA, Thomas. 761. Private KEH. Entered France 21/04/1915. Discharged 8/04/1919. Entitled to 1914/15 Star trio.

HANNAH, William. 2075. Private. Entered France 2/07/1915 as Private 1529 2KEH and transferred to KEH as Private 2075 on 17/10/1917. Wounded at the defense of Vieille Chapelle 9/04/1918 with gunshot wound to the chest, hospitalised and returned to England on the "Princess Elisabeth" 15/04/1918. Discharged 5/04/1919. Born 1892 in Annan, Dumfries, Scotland. Awarded 1914/15 Star trio.

HANNAY, James. 578. Private KEH. Entered France 22/04/1915. Commissioned as a Second Lieutenant 16th Battalion, King's Royal Rifle Corps 27/03/1917. Wounded and awarded Military Cross 18/03/1918. Prisoner of War 16/04/1918 and repatriated Dec 1918. Entitled to 1914/15 Star trio. From New Zealand and commemorated on the Auckland Online Cenotaph.

HARE, Percy Richard. Lieutenant in 1902 and commanded 2nd Troop (African) 'D' Squadron (British African) as Captain 3/07/1905. Photograph see Figure 4.

HARE, Ralph R. W. 60. Serjeant KEH. Entered France 22/04/1915. Discharged 28/02/1919. Entitled to 1914/15 Star trio. Portrait photograph available on www.kingedwardshorse.netDied May 1940.

HARES, Richard. 663. Private KEH. Entered France 22/04/1915. Discharged 11/09/1919. Entitled to 1914/15 Star trio.

HARLE, Edwin. 822. Private KEH. Entered France 17/06/1915. Discharged to re-enlist in Royal Flying Corps (RFC) as Private 14092 on 29/11/1915. Entitled to 1914/15 Star trio named to RFC.

HARLEY, Tom A. 1521. Acting Serjeant KEH. Enlisted in 1916. 3rd Section, 1st Troop, 'C' Squadron in June 1917. Awarded the Belgian Croix de Guerre as a Lance Corporal KEH for saving his Captain on 31/07/1917. The Captain later died of his wounds. Promoted to Acting Serjeant for this action in which he was also wounded. Wrote to his wife from Leeds 2nd Northern General Hospital in 1914 and required a leave pass to do so inferring he had enlisted in the KEH in 1914. Discharged 18/02/1919 as physically unfit. Had worked as a foreman for Col WF Cody on his ranch in Wyoming and had walked from there to Calgary. Enlisted in the Canadian Mounted Rifles in the Boer War. Resigned after 9 months service and joined the Cape Colony Mounted Police. Served in the Rhodesian Air Force Service Police for 2 years when he was aged 60. Entitled to British War and Victory Medals. No medal records identified for Boer War service.

HARRAWAY, Douglas. Private KEH. Commissioned as a Second Lieutenant then Lieutenant, Lincolnshire Regiment. Awarded Silver War Badge 291168. Address for Silver War Badge given as Streatham Hill, South West London in Feb 1918. No medal entitlement recorded on Medal Index Card.

HARRIGIN, Sidney G. 1674. Private. Discharged 4/03/1919. Entitled to British War and Victory Medals.

HARRINGTON, L. 280. Serjeant Trumpeter. Awarded the Special Reserve Long Service and Good Conduct Medal April 1917.

HARRIS, Ernest. 1411. Acting Corporal. Discharged 24/02/1919. Entitled to British War and Victory Medals.

HARRIS, Hubert Lacell. 133. Private KEH. Acting Company Serjeant Major Royal Engineers. Commissioned as a Second Lieutenant Northumberland Fusiliers 29/05/1917. Royal Field Artillery. Lieutenant. He was born at Leichardt, Sydney in 1866 and educated at James-street School and Perth Technical. He was married to Marjorie Arrow, daughter of Lena and the late James Arrow, on the 27/03/1915. He was mobilised with the KEH in England in August 1914, and proceeded to France as a Private on the 21/04/1915. In December, 1916, he returned to England and went through a Cadet School, and was later posted to No. 17 Officer Cadet Battalion, and three months later was gazetted to the Northumberland Fusiliers as a Second Lieutenant. From the 4/10/1917 until the 6/12/1917 he passed through the Army Signal School at Dunstable, obtaining Officer Instructor' s Certificate. He was then drafted to France, and posted to the 8th Battalion, Northumberland Fusiliers, but on the 6/07/1918, returned to England to go through six months signal course at Hayne Park, Signal Depot, Bedford. Later he was transferred to the Royal Engineers Signal Section. He was gazetted Lieutenant on the 30/11/1918, and discharged on the 15/02/1919. He left Newcastle-on-Tyne for Australia in May 1919. Settled in Claremont, Western Australia and died in 1967. His brother Lieutenant Ernest William Harris, born in 1889 in New South Wales, was KIA on 5/5/1917 at Bullecourt, Pas-de-Calais, Nord-Pas-de-Calais, France with the 3rd Australian Machine Gun Corps. Hubert applied for 1914/15 Star trio (awarded) and Territorial Efficiency Medal but was ineligible.

HARRIS, Robert C. 619. Private. Entered France on 21/04/1915 and was demobilised on 11/02/1919. Address from Absent Voters List 1918 given as Amblecote Road, Lewisham, London. England in 1918. Awarded 1914/15 Star trio (now in the authors collection). His medals, Hotchkiss Machine Gun arm badge and shoulder titles were a kind gift of Malcolm Johnston (ex-3rd Battalion, The Royal Regiment of Fusiliers). They were with his Father's (ex-Royal Signals, captured at the fall of Singapore and interned in Japan) possessions. I would be happy to hear from a descendent of Private Harris to pass the medals on to them.

HARRIS, Sydney Herbert Bywater. Serjeant. ‘B’ Squadron (British American). Born in London on 15/06/1881 and in 1898, at the age of 17, he left home in Ilford for the Klondike gold rush. Arriving too late to make his fortune he decided to join the US Army. Two and a half years later, after seeing action in the Boxer Rebellion and the Philippines Insurrection, Sydney returned to England where he met and married Elsa de Verde Verder, a lady from an affluent Vermont family. A year later Sydney joined the Kings Colonials Imperial Yeomanry, later renamed the King Edward's Horse. In August 1914 he transferred to the Royal Flying Corps and was commissioned as a Second Lieutenant on 9/03/1915. Promoted to Lieutenant 29/06/1915 and in 1916 went to France with 23 Squadron to fly the FE2b. He was badly wounded while gun-spotting over enemy lines. After several months recovering he was posted to Turnberry as Chief Instructor and on the 13/08/1917, he was posted to Marske (by-the-Sea), with the rank of Lieutenant Colonel, to form and command No.2 Fighting School. In 1919 he was awarded the Air Force Cross. But war was not quite finished with Sydney. In 1936, fleeing imminent bankruptcy, he became involved with the International Brigades in the Spanish Civil War. Returning back to England he joined the RAFVR (Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve) and when the Second World War broke out he was posted to Turnhouse as Section Controller. This really didn't suit him and, determined to see more action, at the age of 58, he arranged a transfer to France as Adjutant with No 1 Squadron where his duties included liaising with the French Air Force. He later transferred to 1 ATS near Perpignan and was one of the last to leave France with the German Blitzkrieg only a few hours away. Despite his ill health he continued to serve throughout the war and in 1947 became Commander at Marchwood Park where the members of the 'Guinea Pig' club went to recover. Sydney died in Bath in September 1960. Biography and photograph of Serjeant Harris, King Edward's Horse wearing Service Dress uniform circa 1914 courtesy of Carole McEntee-Taylor. "From Colonial Warrior to Western Front Flyer: The Five Wars of Sydney Herbert Bywater Harris". London: Pen and Sword, 2015). Additional photograph of Sydney and his brother, Percy Bywater Harris in Royal Flying Corps uniforms, courtesy of RootsChat.

HARRISON, Charles Fancourt. Sergeant. Commissioned as a Second Lieutenant 1st Troop, 'C' Squadron KEH 2/07/1915 on Probation. Commissioned as a Lieutenant 10/06/1916 and by 1918 Captain and Adjutant 6th Battalion, Dorsetshire Regiment. Awarded Military Cross. Captain Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry then Major in WW2. Son of Charles Fletcher Harrison and grandson of Archdeacon Fancourt, Wellington, New Zealand. Born in Wanganui, New Zealand and studied at Cambridge University and likely to have served with the University Troop of KEH pre-war. Married Gertrude Alice Pryor on 5/12/1918. Died in 1964 in Cheshire, England. Commemorated on the Wanganui Collegiate School Roll of Honour and Auckland Online Cenotaph.

HARRISON, Charles G. 414. Serjeant KEH. 'C' Squadron. Entered France 21/04/1915. Commissioned as a Second Lieutenant in the Somerset Light Infantry on 26/03/1918. An identity bracelet named to him in the Somerset Light Infantry sold at auction in 2020. Entitled to 1914/15 Star trio.

HARRISON, James A. 770. Private KEH. Entered France 2/06/1915 and discharged 2/03/1919. Entitled to 1914/15 Star trio.

HARRISON, Michael. D/16695. Private KEH. Transferred to KEH as Private, 7th Dragoon Guards GS/21389 then following KEH as Private, Corps of Dragoons. Discharged 10/03/1919. Entitled to British War and Victory Medals.

HARRISON, William Henry. 1016. Private KEH. Entered France 2/10/1915. Commissioned as a Second Lieutenant, 4th Battalion, Essex Regiment 31/12/1915 later Lieutenant attached to the Nigeria Regiment, West African Field Force.  KIA 24/01/1917 in Tanzania and commemorated on the Nairobi British and Indian Memorial, Kenya. His wife Mrs. L. Harrison from Clapton, London applied for his 1914/15 Star trio.

HARRISON, Thomas. Private KEH. Transferred to Scottish Horse as Private 151540. Entitled to British War and Victory Medals. Prior service as Trooper, 25856 with 1st Scottish Horse in the Boer War and awarded Queen's South Africa Medal with Cape Colony, Transvaal, Orange Free State and South Africa 1901 clasp, discharged 24/7/1901. Entitled to British War and Victory Medals. Name with KEH and Scottish Horse service recorded on the Record of Enlistments 1914-18 St. Cuthbert, Bedlington.

HARTLE, Albert Daniel. 2008. Private KEH. 'A' Squadron. Transferred as Private, 13412 from 2nd Dragoon Guards on KEH British War and Victory Medal roll. Entered France 11/12/1914 as Private 5235 with 6th Dragoon Guards. Discharged 6th Dragoon Guards as Private 5235 on 14/09/1915 on 6th Dragoon Guards roll with service in 3rd Dragoon Guards noted. Born in 1887 in New Bradwell, Buckinghamshire, England and died Sep 1952 in Chelsea, London, England. Awarded Military Medal (London Gazette 16/07/1918) for action with a Lewis Gun at the defence of Vieille Chapelle 10/04/1918. Discharged 19/03/1919. Awarded 1914/15 Star named to 6th Dragoon Guards and British War and Victory Medals named to KEH applied for from Earlsfield, London. Military Medal and 1914/15 Star trio in a private collection.

HARTNOLL, Eric Stewart. Private KEH. The eldest son of Sir Henry Sullivan Hartnoll, the Puisne Chief Judge of Lower Burma, was born in Bassein, Burma, on 5 January 1892. Educated at Rugby School and St. John’s College, Oxford, he attested as a Trooper into King Edward’s Horse on 16 June 1913. Commissioned into the 1/70th Burma Rifles, he served during the Great War with his regiment in Egypt and Palestine. Post-War, he returned to his work with the Indian Forest Service as an Assistant Conservation Officer. During the Second World War, at the time of the Japanese invasion in 1942, he was Conservator of Forests, and was evacuated to the United Kingdom, where he was commissioned into the Royal Air Force, serving at home. He died, aged 77, in the New Forest, Hampshire, on 18 December 1970. Group of three medals named to Captain E. S. Hartnoll, 1/70th Burma Rifles British War and Victory Medals (Capt. E. S. Hartnoll); Coronation 1937, unnamed as issued, mounted for wear, suspension on British War Medal bent. Sold at auction in Sep 2023 by Noonans Auctioneers, UK and accompanying photograph of his medals with their courtesy.

HARVEY, Douglas. 1694. Private. Enlisted 15/11/1916 and discharged 23/11/1918. Reported missing at the defence of Vieille Chapelle and likely to have been wounded there and awarded Silver War Badge 65211. Born 1896. Entitled to British War and Victory Medals.

HARVEY, William Charles Phillips. Lieutenant KEH. Served pre-war. Promoted from Second Lieutenant to Lieutenant on 11/06/1913 (London Gazette 7/10/1913). Seconded to the Colonial Office 24/08/1914 (London Gazette 3/03/1915). An article regarding the King Edward's Horse published in the Australian newspaper 'The Ballarat Courier' of 5/02/1915 names Lieutenant Harvey as serving in the KEH at that rank in December 1914. He was born in Newtown, New South Wales, Australia in 1881, lived in Sydney post-war and died in 1961 in Victoria.

HASWELL, James Oliver. 702. Private KEH. Entered France 22/04/1915. Discharged 6/03/1919. Born 24/01/1897 in Sunderland, Tyne and Wear, England and died there in Jun 1983. His brother Private Ernest Haswell, 23499 (1896–1916) was KIA 12/05/1916 with the 1st Battalion, Northumberland Fusiliers in France. James was entitled to the 1914/15 Star trio.

HATHORN, Walter Blaickie. Lance Corporal KEH, Second Lieutenant 6th Dragoon Guards then Lieutenant 3rd Dragoon Guards. Entered France 18/05/1915. Mentioned in Despatches 20/12/1918. Applied for medals from an address in Natal, South Africa in 1923. Born 10/02/1893 in Pietermaritzburg, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa and died 24/10/1941 whilst on leave in WW2 as a Captain in the Royal Natal Carabineers. Brother Charles Nicholls Hathorn was KIA at Gallipoli 9/08/1914 as a Second Lieutenant, The Loyal North Lancashire Regiment.

HATT, Ernest Leslie. Private. Left Trinidad for UK 20/03/1918 with the 15th Caribbean Merchants and Planters Contingent. Served in Dublin.

HATTON, Edgar W. 2226. Sapper Royal Engineers 342290. Transferred to KEH as a Sapper. Awarded British War and Victory Medals. Victory medal auctioned on eBay in 2019 named to Sapper E. W. Hatton, Royal Engineers.

HATTON, Ernest Robert. L-13242. Regimental Serjeant Major KEH. Born in the St. Martin in the Fields district of London on 18 December 1879, Ernest was the son of William Hatton and his wife Hannah. The couple had seven other children – William Jnr, Herbert, Katherine, Percy, Alfred, Theresa and Leonard. In 1891 the family was living in the Malvern Hotel, Kensington, where William Snr was a licensed Victualler. Ernest and his siblings attended the Oxford Gardens School in Kensington. In 1897 at the age of 18, he joined the army at Ballincollig, Ireland and became a private with the 17th Lancers. This was a cavalry brigade, noted for its participation in the infamous Charge of the Light Brigade during the Crimean War. Ernest’s military papers describe him as a Clerk, 5 feet 6 inches tall, weighing 126 lbs, with a 34 inch chest, blue eyes and brown hair. Ernest enlisted for a period of seven years, followed by 15 years as a reserve. Ernest rose through the ranks fairly quickly, with a promotion to Lance Corporal in 1899, Corporal in 1900, Sergeant in 1901 and Squadron Quarter Master Sergeant in 1904. He served with the Lancers for 18 years and fought in the Second Boer War in South Africa (February 1900 to October 1902). During this period the 17th fought at the Battle of Elands River in September 1901, where they suffered heavy losses before surrendering to the Boers. The regiment returned to Britain in 1902 and spent nearly three years on home service. Ernest married Edinburgh-born Jemima Riddle on 3 July 1905. She accompanied him when the 17th Lancers were posted to India between 1905 and March 1913. The couple had two children during this period – Doris born in Meerut in 1906 and Ronald, born in Lahore in 1911. Ernest joined King Edward’s Horse Regiment in 1913, achieving the rank of temporary Regimental Sergeant Major. The regiment was mobilised for war in London during August 1914 and remained there until April 1915. Ernest entered France 1/06/1915. The men were then sent to the Western Front and dispersed amongst separate divisions. In April 1918, Ernest was awarded a commission as 2nd Lieutenant in the 2nd Battalion, Wiltshire Regiment and posted to Flanders. The following month the 2nd battalion was involved in fighting near Vierstraat. The regimental War Diary entry written on 9 May describes events at the time as follows: (Front Line near Vierstraat, Belgium). “Quiet day. The party attached to 2nd BEDFORDSHIRE Regt rejoined in the evening. This party consisted of 2/Lieuts, RS GALLIERS and AC DAVIE and 71 Other Ranks. It was ascertained that this party had been in action on the 8th inst & sustained the following casualties:- 2/Lieut EW PLUMMER and ER HATTON wounded. 7 O Ranks killed, 18 wounded and 37 missing.” Ernest died of his wounds on 8 May 1918 and his courage was recognised with a mention in dispatches from General Humer. He is commemorated on the Tyne Cot Memorial to the Missing in West-Vlaanderen, Belgium and his name also appears on the Mitcham War Memorial. Following Ernest’s death, his widow Jemima lived at ‘Rondos’, Dorset Road, Merton Park. Their son Ronald died in 2001 at the age of 89 in Stroud, Gloucestershire. Awarded 1914/15 Star trio. 

HAVELOCK-SUTTON, George Henry. Second Lieutenant KEH, Captain Royal Air Force. Awarded the Military Cross as a Lieutenant. Lieutenant in KEH in 1915 see Figure 19.

HAWKES, Ernest W. 1199. Staff Serjeant. Enlisted 22/07/1915. Discharged 25/07/1918. Awarded Silver War Badge 440440. Born in 1888. Entitled to British War and Victory Medals.

HAWKINS, Thomas. 1219. Lance Corporal. Enlisted 11/08/1915 and wounded at the defence of Vieille Chapelle 9-11/04/1918 and discharged 11/09/1918. Awarded Silver War Badge 16881. Born 31/03/1895 in Ballarat, Victoria, Australia. Served in WW2 with the Australian Salvage Section 1941-44. Died in Brisbane on 19/06/1953. Shown in photograph of Australians in the 4th Troop of the Reserve Squadron at the Curragh in 1915 (Figure 28).


HAY, Andrew S. 1019. Private. Entered France 6/06/1915. Deserted 9/01/1916. 1914/15 Star trio still issued. Further research required.

HAY, Robert C. B. 1952. Private. Commissioned as a Second Lieutenant, Royal Garrison Artillery 27/07/1918. Entitled to British War and Victory Medals.

HAYHOW, William (Bill). 914. Serjeant 1st Troop 'A' Squadron. Anglo-Argentinian Railway staff. Entered France 17/06/1916 and discharged 4/04/1919. Awarded Military Medal. Entitled to 1914/15 Star trio.

HAYNES, Douglas. 1973. Private. Discharged 5/03/1919. Entitled to British War and Victory Medals.

HAYTER, Charles. 1231. Private. Entered France 15/09/1915. Transferred as Private, Gold Coast Regiment. Discharged 31/05/1919. Entitled to 1914/15 Star trio.

HAYTER, Frank Goodenough. 607. Private KEH. Second Lieutenant 5/07/1916 then Lieutenant 4th Battalion, Manchester Regiment. Entered France 22/04/1915. Article in the 'Temuka Leader' newspaper 17/05/1917 states that he was wounded fighting in the Balkans campaign in December 1916 and is in a London hospital and has had an operation to remove a bullet. Born in Timaru, South Canterbury, New Zealand on 4/04/1887. Son of Francis & Eugenie Elizabeth (nee HUDDLESTON) HAYTER, of Rollesby Station, Burkes Pass, Fairlie. Brother Cyril HAYTER born 4/02/1891 - KIA 28/08/1915 as a Lieutenant 7/63 in the Canterbury Mounted Rifles, Mentioned in Despatches and is buried in the Hill 60 Cemetery at Gallipoli. His brother Chilton Goodenough HAYTER born 1/02/1889 - Died 14/12/1967 also served in WWI as a Major 7/1167, awarded Military Cross and Mentioned in Despatches also in the Canterbury Mounted Rifles. Late father was Captain HAYTER, a naval officer. On 17/10/1918 Frank married Muriel MORTIMER-SCOTT, at St Mary Abbot's Church, Kensington, London, England. At this time he was Lieutenant. On active service from beginning of the war & considerable service practically throughout the war. His only child, Joyce, was born in 1919 in England. April 1920 returning to New Zealand. Discharged January 1920. Died in Devon, UK 12/12/1941. Entitled to 1914/15 Star trio.

HEALY, Lawrence. 1512. Private, Acting Corporal Northumberland Fusiliers 61190

HEAMAN, William Herbert. 1368. Private. Discharged 8/07/1919. Entitled to British War and Victory Medals. Applied for Imperial War Service Gratuity from Canada in 1920.

HEARSEY, George W. 496. Private. Entered France 21/04/1915. Transferred as Private, Army Service Corps (ASC) M/41071. Entitled to 1914/15 Star trio named to ASC.

HEATH, Edward Hugh. Lieutenant

HEATH, Edgar W. 1514. Private. Discharged 15/03/1919. Born 28/11/1886 in Woodmancote, Dursley, Gloucestershire, England and died in Victoria, Australia after 1939. Entitled to British War and Victory Medals. Brother of Private Gordon Hooper Heath, 1515, KEH.

HEATH, Gordon Hooper. 1515. Corporal. WIA at the defense of Vieille Chapelle 9-11/04/1918. Discharged 17/06/1919. Born 15/08/1890 in Woodmancote, Dursley, Gloucestershire, England and died in 1976 in Bingara, Gwydir Shire, New South Wales, Australia. Entitled to British War and Victory Medals. Brother of Private Edgar Walter Heath, 1514, KEH.

HEATH, Lindsay Christopher. 880. Serjeant. 'C' Squadron. Entered France 22/04/1915. Commissioned as a Second Lieutenant later Captain, 24th Battalion, Northumberland Fusiliers 23/11/1916. Applied for 1914/15 Star trio from London, England.

HEATH, Samuel. 755. Private.  Entered France 21/04/1915. Discharged 14/12/1918. Born in Chester in 1881, resided at Cerencester, Gloucester post-war and died 22/02/1924 in Liverpool, Lancashire. Entitled to 1914/15 Star trio. Portrait photograph at time of discharge 6/12/1918 shown on accompanying page courtesy of Ancestry.

HEELEY, J. 916. Private. Enlisted 12/01/1915. Transferred as Private. Military Mounted Police P/5567 on 1/10/1916. Accidentally WIA in a detonator accident. Discharged 1919. Brother of Private Joseph Encelle Heeley, 968, KEH, KIA.

HEELEY, Joseph Encelle. 968. Private. 'A' Squadron.  KIA 24/06/15 when the KEH fought their first action at Messines in June 1915 defending their trench from a German attack. Private Heeley became the first casualty of the KEH. Son of Joseph and Emerald Heeley of Everton, Liverpool. Buried in MAPLE LEAF CEMETERY, BELGIUM. Died aged 27 and commemorated on Liverpool Town Hall Roll of Honour. Entitled to 1914/15 Star trio. Brother of Private Jason Heeley, 916, KEH.

HEGARTY, Cecil J. 2085. Private. Enlisted 6/11/1917 and discharged 4/09/1918. Awarded Silver War Badge 520608 and did not serve overseas. Born 1891.

HELLABY, Frederick Allen. Private KEH. Commissioned Second Lieutenant 1st Battalion, Devonshire Regiment 1914 From Officers Training Battalion. Entered France 18/12/1914. Mentioned in Despatches 1/1/1916. Lieutenant 3RD (AUCKLAND) REGIMENT (COUNTESS OF RANFURLY'S OWN) NZEF 1917. Also noted a Captain later Major Frederick Allan Hellaby awarded Military Cross with the Auckland Machine Gun Corps. From Auckland, New Zealand and was one of four brothers.

HELLABY, John. Private KEH. Commissioned as a Second Lieutenant Royal Horse Artillery, 2nd Indian Cavalry Division 27/02/1915 later Lieutenant. Mentioned in Despatches. Noted in 'The Wellingtonian' 1919, Wellington College, New Zealand. Photograph from the Auckland Weekly News 11/02/1915. From left to right: Richard Sydney Hellaby, G. M. Nicol, John Hellaby and Wilmot Ching, King Edward's Horse. 

HELLABY, Richard Sydney. Private KEH. 'B' Squadron. Commissioned Second Lieutenant, 129th Battery, Royal Field Artillery 27/02/1915. Entered France 14/11/1915. Promoted to Temporary Captain 15/04/1916 later Captain. Mentioned in Despatches 23/12/1918. Born in 1887. Son of Richard Hellaby (1849-1902) and Amy Maria (nee Briscoe) (1864-1955).  Richard was the founder with his brother William, of R. & W. Hellaby’s, the great New Zealand meat processors. When war broke out in 1914 all the young Hellaby men joined the army. Amy Hellaby sold Bramcote and took her two younger unmarried daughters to London for three years, buying a house in Bayswater to provide a home for the men when they were on leave. Educated at Wellington College. Civilian occupation as an artist. Living in Auckland in 1951 and died in 1971 in Cape Town, South Africa. Noted in a 'Hail to the Hellabys' article in the 'Fielding Star' newspaper in Auckland 7/09/1915 as one of four brothers all serving as Commissioned Officers. Lieutenant J. Arthur B. Hellaby serving with  the Royal Engineers. Richard first took up art seriously when he joined the Lambeth School of Art, London. Later he studied at the Julian Academy and the Ecole des Beaux Arts, Paris. After serving in the war he exhibited at the Royal Academy. In 1923-24 he visited New Zealand and the South Sea Islands, exhibiting and studying, and on his return to England he held a one-man exhibition of the work he had done on his tour. He has exhibited extensively in England and France. Commemorated on Auckland Online Cenotaph.

HELLMAN, Arthur L. 1936. Private. Served in the Australian Imperial Force as a Driver 62 in the 1st Divisional Signal Company from 17/08/1914 until discharged on medical grounds on 20/04/1916. Supported troop landings at Gallipoli and return of wounded to Mudros, did not go ashore but was shelled. Applied for Gallipoli medallion. Served with South African Expeditionary Force from 17/10/1916 until Oct/1917. Discharged in England he then joined KEH and served in France until discharged 9/05/1919. He then served with the Malay States Volunteer Regiment from 1920-32 being commissioned as a Captain in 1928. Further served in WW2 1940-43 as a Warrant Officer Class 2 NX14481 seeing action at Tobruk with 2/17th Battalion, Signal Section where he was wounded. He was born on 4/07/1892 in Paddington, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia and married in 1945 in Katoomba, New South Wales. He died on 11/08/1976 in Sydney. Entitled to British War and Victory Medals.

HELM, Cecil Von Puttkamer. 1255. Private, Private Lancashire Fusiliers 40569, Second Lieutenant London Regiment

HELME, John. Corporal/Gym Instructor

HEMMINGS, Joseph E. 1612. Private KEH. Discharged 14/04/1919. From Argentina. Entitled to British War and Victory Medals.

HEMPHILL, Edmund. 1140. Private. Entered France 20/10/1915. Transferred as Private, Labour Corps 416781. Discharged 28/06/1919. Entitled to 1914/15 Star trio named to Labour Corps.

HENDERSON, Charles. 808. Serjeant. 'B' Squadron. Entered France 22/04/1915. 1st place in 7th (London) Brigade open horse jumping competition in Aug 1915. Discharged 22/02/1919. Entitled to 1914/15 Star trio.

HENDERSON, Thomas. 697. Private KEH. 'C' Squadron. Entered France 22/04/1915.Awarded Military Medal for defence at Vieille Chapelle 9-11/04/1918. Transferred as a Private Corps of Lancers L/18743 21/07/1919. Resided in Sowton, East Devon. Entitled to 1914/15 Star trio. Military Medal sold by Spinks Noble in July 2015.

HENDERSON, W. Savile. Surgeon-Lieutenant (M.D.) in King's Colonials noted on 1/04/1908 in the London Gazette. Major in KEH see Figure 19. Died Nov 1940.

HENDY, Ronald Alexander. 606. Private. Enlisted KEH 8/10/1914 and entered France 22/04/1915. Commissioned as a Second Lieutenant 19/01/1916 with the 14th Battalion, Royal Warwickshire Regiment. Severely wounded in the right arm by a bomb 3/03/1917. Home service with 369th Employment Company at Reading. Promoted to Lieutenant 16/02/1918 and attached to 3rd Battalion, Royal Warwickshire Regiment and returned to France 1/11/1918 with 1st Battalion, Royal Warwickshire Regiment. Attached to 1st/6th Battalion, Staffordshire Regiment and posted to Ireland with General Head Quarters on Intelligence duties 17/12/1920. Together with two other British Army Officers and a Private they were 'arrested' by members of the IRA on 26/04/1922 and executed on 29/04/1922 at Macroom, County Cork and buried in Kilgoblet, Ireland. Their bodies were recovered and returned to Aldershot for full military burial. Ronald was born In Edinburgh on 29/10/1892. Applied for 1914/15 Star trio from his father's, a Professor at Oxford, address.

HEPSWORTH, Douglas R. D/13415. Private KEH. Transferred as Private, Company of Dragoons D/13415. Discharged 30/01/1919. Entitled to British War and Victory Medals.

HEPWORTH, Percival Glover. 696. Private KEH, Entered France 22/04/1915. Commissioned as a Second Lieutenant, 11th Battalion, Gloucestershire Regiment on 21/01/1916 then transferred to the Royal Welsh Fusiliers and promoted to Lieutenant. Mentioned in Despatches. Applied for 1914/15 Star trio from Upper Tooting, London.

HERALD, Walter R. 1686. Private KEH. Discharged 10/07/1919. Entitled to British War and Victory Medals.

HERAPATH, Basil Arthur Conrad. 371. Serjeant KEH. Entered France 2/06/1915. Commissioned as a Second Lieutenant, KEH 24/09/1917, promoted to Lieutenant. Born 6/11/1886 in New Zealand. Second Lieutenant in photograph at Marlborough Barracks, Dublin 1918 see Figure 33. Died in Sep 1937 in Wellington, New Zealand. One of three Herapath brothers from Auckland, New Zealand who served in the KEH, all sons of Samuel March and Clara Herapath. Applied for 1914/15 Star trio. Commemorated on Auckland Online Cenotaph.

HERAPATH, Cyril Alexander. 94. Private. Born in Auckland, New Zealand in 1891. Served in KEH 1/11/1910 to 28/02/1913. Re-enlisted 1/03/1913 in Colchester, promoted to Corporal 31/01/1914, Sergeant 30/11/1914 and discharged 31/11/1915. Studied at Queen's College, Cambridge University ("The Dial" No. 22, 1915) likely to have been in University Troop. Died in Oxford in 1952. One of three Herapath brothers from Auckland, New Zealand who served in the KEH, all sons of Samuel March and Clara Herapath.

HERAPATH, H. L. Private. KEH. 'D' Squadron. One of three Herapath brothers from Auckland, New Zealand who served in the KEH, all sons of Samuel March and Clara Herapath. Immigration records show a H. C. C. Herapath aged 24 arrived in England in 1912 from New Zealand and likely to be same person.

HERBERT, Reginald. 1508. Private, Private Lancashire Fusiliers 40567

HERMON, Edward William. Junior Major in the KEH in 1910 late 7th (Queen's Own) Hussars, commanded the Oxford and Cambridge Squadron, then 'C' Squadron and Mentioned in Despatches (London Gazette Supplement 16/06/1916). He then transferred in June 1916 to become Lieutenant Colonel, 24th (Tyneside Irish) Battalion, Northumberland Fusiliers. He was KIA 09/04/17 aged 38 leading an attack at Arras having been shot through the heart. In total, he was mentioned in despatches three times, and posthumously awarded the DSO. Born Preston, Lancashire 10/061878.  Went to Christ College Oxford in 1898. At the outbreak of the Boer War he joined the 2nd Volunteer Battalion, the Royal Sussex Regiment. On 9/05/1900 he was gazetted to be a Second Lieutenant in the 7th Hussars. In 1904, he married his first cousin, Ethel. Their fathers were brothers and were both in the cotton spinning and manufacturing business. Their eldest child, Betty, was born in the Transvaal in 1906. At the time of the birth of their eldest son Robert Arthur, the following year, they were living in Norwich. Mary was born in Farnborough in 1909. Olga in 1911, and Kenneth in 1915, were born at Brook Hill House, Cowfold, Horsham. Sussex. Throughout these years, it seems that Edward remained on the Army Retired list and had no formal occupation. Son of Mr. and Mrs. Sidney A. Hermon of The White House, Balcombe, Sussex; husband of Ethel Hermon, of Brook Hill House, Cowfold, Sussex. Buried in ROCLINCOURT MILITARY CEMETERY, FRANCE. Name commemorated on Balcombe Victory Hall And Frescoes, West Sussex; Christ Church College, Oxford and St Peters Church, Cowford, West Sussex, UK. Wrote 'For love and courage: the letters of Lieutenant Colonel E.W. Hermon from the Western Front 1914-1917'. Major in 1915.

HERRERA, Lionel Ralph Martin. 949. Private KEH. Entered France 1/06/1915 and served with them until 30/03/1917. Private 4th Battalion Royal Fusiliers 59126 from 12/10/1917 until 14/10/1917 then 24th Battalion 15/10/1917 until discharge on 21/03/1919. Born in Port of Spain, Trinidad on 30/01/1897 and left Trinidad for UK before 18/10/1915. Living in Trinidad in 1946. Died 28/06/1977 in Perth, Western Australia. Photograph available on www.kingedwardshorse.net

HERRIDGE, Lionel (Baby) Hugh James. 81. Lance Corporal. Commissioned as a Second Lieutenant, 16th Battalion, Royal Fusiliers 21/01/1916 later Lieutenant, Royal Engineers Inland Waterways and Docks. Entered France 22/04/1915. Captain in the King's African Rifles in WW2. Born in 1895 in Eastbourne, Sussex, England and died 8/03/1965 in Mwambani, Tanga, Tanzania. Applied for 1914/15 Star trio from Alexander Road, Watford, London.

HERRING, Ned. KEH. Living in Australia in 1965.

HESP, George. Private. Born 8/02/1865 in West Heslerton, Yorkshire, England and died 29/09/1953 in Gordonvale, Queensland, Australia.

HICKEY, Nicholas. 846. Serjeant. Enlisted 25/08/1914 and entered France 5/05/1915. Discharged 23/08/1916 as physically unfit. Awarded Silver War Badge 346420. Entitled to 1914/15 Star trio. Born in 1876 and died on 15/09/1921. Entitled to 1914/15 Star trio.

HICKS, Arthur. 1012. Private. 'A' Squadron. Enlisted 22/03/1915 in Liverpool having arrived from Toronto, Canada where he resided. Entered France 2/06/1915. Discharged 7/09/1915. Sentenced to three years imprisonment 31/07/1915 and discharged7/09/1915. His 1914/15 Star trio was forfeited.

HICKS, Charles Albert. 1078. Private. 'A' Squadron. Returned from Argentina to enlist. Entered France 28/07/1915. Active as a sniper at La Bourse 18/03/1916. Commissioned as a Second Lieutenant 12th Battalion, Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers 29/05/1917 then 6th Battalion. KIA 3/10/1918 at St Quentin. Buried in Bellicourt British Cemetery, Picardie, France. Born in Manchester, England in 1890.

HIDES, E. C. Quarter Master, Lieutenant, King's Colonials in 1902

HIGGS, John A. W. D/17124. Private KEH. Transferred from 1st Dragoon Guards then Corps of Dragoons, retained service number throughout transfers. Discharged 29/11/1919. Entitled to British War and Victory Medals.

HILL, Archibald Douglas. 1908. Private. Applied for war medals from Southampton, England. No entitlement recorded.

HILL, Cecil Henry. Second Lieutenant King's Colonials in 1905. Joined King's Colonials 24/10/1903 as Second Lieutenant.

HILL, Claude. 1067. Private. Enlisted 26/04/1915. Entered France 13/09/1915. Discharged 2/04/1918. Replacement Silver War Badge 463270 issued 25/03/1920 replacing 375211. Born in 1878. Applied for 1914/15 Star trio from Tucuman, Argentina.

HILL, Douglas Arthur Percy. See DOUGLAS-HILL, Arthur Percy.762. Private.

HILL, John C. 1703. Private. Discharged 18/06/1919. Entitled to British War and Victory Medals.

HILL, Norman Gray. 147. Serjeant KEH. Entered France 22/04/1915. Commissioned as a Second Lieutenant, 3rd/1st Duke of Lancaster's Own Yeomanry 5/12/1916. Applied for 1914/15 Star trio from Stockbridge, Hants. Born July 1894 in West Derby, Lancashire and saw service in WW2 as Lieutenant Colonel Sir Norman Gray Hill, 31523, Military Cross, Territorial Decoration, 2nd Battalion, Royal Army Medical Corps, MB, MRCS, FRCP. He was KIA 24/02/1944 in Sicily, Italy.

HILLIER, Edward Thomas (Tom). Private KEH. A New Zealander and friend of Serjeant Herbert Mackintosh, King's Colonials and likely to have served in the King's Colonials/King Edward's Horse per-war before enlisted in the 2KEH during the war (see Private Hillier, 658, 2KEH Nominal Roll entry).

HILL-LOWE, Arthur Noel Vernon. Private KEH. Prior service with Malay States Volunteer Rifles. Commissioned as a Second Lieutenant later Captain, North Irish Horse 18/04/1915. Born on 1/06/1892 in Stoke Damerel, Devon and died 30/06/1964 in Eton, Buckinghamshire, England. Awarded 1914/15 Star trio.

HINCKESMAN, Richard Boycott. (Percy). 497. Lance Corporal KEH. 'B' Squadron. Entered France 22/04/1915. Accidentally killed 20/10/1915 aged 28 whilst loading a wagon in a chalk pit at La Basse. Born on 11/11/1886 at Astley Botterell near Bridgnorth, Shropshire, the second of the three sons of Thomas Boycott Hinckesman and his wife, Georgiana of Tan-Y-Graig, Trinity Road, Aberystwyth in Wales. The Hinckesman's had connections with Shropshire since at least the seventeenth century. T.B. Hinckesman had been a corn merchant living at Charlcotte House Bridgnorth but died in Tati Matabeleland in November 1896. Richard was educated at Ashby-de-la-Zouch Grammar School and came up to Christ Church, Oxford University in the Lent Term of 1906. After Christ Church, he became a schoolmaster and was teaching at Northampton School in 1911, living in the Billing Road. He was in Canada in 1914, returned on the Tunisian arriving at Liverpool and enlisted at Alexandra Palace on 14/08/1914. He is buried in Louvencourt Military Cemetery, remembered on the Northampton Memorial Roll, Bridgnorth War Memorial and at the Aberystwyth Town Football Club. Entitled to 1914/15 Star trio. Copy of death notice from the Northampton Mercury 5/11/1915 and portrait photograph shown courtesy of the Bridgnorth War Memorial. 

HINDLE, Harold Burr. Private KEH. From Auckland New Zealand. Second Lieutenant, Royal Field Artillery then Lieutenant, Royal Horse Artillery then Staff Captain (photograph) later Captain, 'G' Battery, Royal Horse Artillery. Educated in Auckland until 1912 and afterwards at Cambridge, was in camp with KEH when war broke out. He was given a commission in the Royal Field Artillery as early as December, 1914, and went over to France two months later. The following September he was wounded at Loos, but returned to France, after six months, with a howitzer brigade. He subsequently received two appointments as officer orderly, and in October went to England on short leave. His health giving way he was unable to get back, and during March of last year was appointed instructor in a cadet school at Bournemouth. In six months' time the school closed and he rejoined the Royal Horse Artillery. He was KIA on March 29th, 1918 with 'G' Battery. He was in the School XV for three years in succession (In Memoriam, 1914-1918). Name commemorated on the Pozieres Memorial, Somme, France and Auckland On Line Cenotaph.

HINDLESMITH, Arthur. 563. Serjeant. Enlisted KEH 12/08/1914 and promoted to Serjeant 1/04/1916. Entered France 22/04/1915. Posted to No. 7 Officers Cadet Battalion 9/03/1917 and commissioned as a Second Lieutenant 29/05/1917 in the 3rd Battalion, Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders. Transferred as a Second Lieutenant, 2nd Battalion, Wellington Infantry Regiment 28046, New Zealand Expeditionary Force on 6/05/1918. Married Doris Beard in Hornsey, North London on 6/06/1918 and left for the front the next day. Wounded 29/09/1918 with gun shot wound to head and Died of Wounds on 1/10/1918. Born to Edmund and Florence Hindlesmith on 27/07/1889 in Dunedin, New Zealand where he spent 14 years prior to emigrating to London. Buried in Grevillers British Cemetery, Pas-de-Calais, France. Commemorated on the Auckland Online Cenotaph with detailed records of service available. Entitled to 1914/15 Star trio.

HIRD, John Butler. 2079. Saddler/Lance Corporal. Enlisted 9/02/1915 and discharged 12/11/1918. Awarded Silver War Badge B107482 as medically unfit. Born on 30/03/1886 in Ellesmere Port, Cheshire, England and died 09/05/1942 in Woolton, Liverpool, Lancashire, England. No medal entitlement as he did not serve overseas.

HIRST, William A. 1274. Private. 'D' Squadron. WIA at defence of Vieille Chapelle 9-11/04/1918. Discharged 3/02/1919. Entitled to British War and Victory Medals.

HOBBS, Charles R. Private KEH. Driver then Gunner Royal Field Artillery (RFA) 47237 and entered France 19/09/1915. Commissioned Second Lieutenant 84th Brigade RFA in 1915 later Captain. Born in Hastings the son of Reverend J. Hobbs and lived in Hawke's Bay, New Zealand. Died in 1966 in Bristol, UK. Student at Cambridge University. Noted as having served with KEH prior to RFA in wedding notice as best man at the wedding of Second Lieutenant Kenneth W. Pain 1915 also ex-KEH and RFA. Portrait photograph in RFA (IWM HU 115689) available.

HOBBS, Frederick Finnian Baden. 234. Private. Born in Mauritius in 1893. Served pre-WW1 KEH 4/12/1912 to 28/02/1913. Re-enlisted 1/03/1913 and discharged 8//08/1914 on medical grounds. He was a medical student.

HODDINOTT, Richard James. 796. Private. 'B' Squadron. Enlisted 4/12/1914, entered France 21/04/1915 and discharged 12/10/1917 aged 34 after contracting trench fever. Awarded Silver War Badge 265843 and served overseas. Born in Frome, Somerset, England and enlisted from Argentina. Entitled to 1914/15 Star trio.

HODGKINSON, Sidney H. 1741. Private. Discharged 4/12/1919. Entitled to British War and Victory Medals.

HODSON, Donald A. P. D/17134. Private KEH. Transferred to Corps of Dragoons as Private D/17134. Discharged 1/12/1919. Entitled to British War and Victory Medals.

HODSON, Geoffrey Norman. 1328. Private KEH. 'B' Squadron KIA 07/10/17 aged 23. Son of Albin and Isabella Hodson of Gowerlands, Salisbury, Southern Rhodesia born in Estcourt, Natal. Buried in MINTY FARM CEMETERY, BELGIUM. Entitled to British War and Victory Medals. Photograph of gravestone shown on accompanying page. 

HOEY, John Randolph. 36. Corporal. 'A' Squadron. Enlisted 4/08/1914 in Canterbury and entered France 1/06/1915. Hospitalised with trench fever and awarded part pension when discharged 5/03/1919. Born in 1887 in Lancashire. Lived at Grassendale, Liverpool. Entitled to 1914/15 Star trio.

HOFFE, John E. 1205. Corporal KEH. WIA at defense of Vieille Chapelle 9-11/04/1918. Discharged 18/12/1918. Entitled to British War and Victory Medals.

HOLLAND, Harold A. 2227. Private KEH. Transferred to Royal Fusiliers 59053 then Private, 1st Battalion, East Surrey Regiment 26238 then Private, 23rd Battalion, London Regiment 718466 then Private, Royal Engineers 620813. Entitled to British War and Victory Medals.

HOLLAND, John Dixon Cuyler. 550. Private. Commissioned as a Second Lieutenant, 2nd Battalion Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry 21/05/1916. KIA 13/11/1916. Buried in MUNICH TRENCH BRITISH CEMETERY, BEAUMONT-HAMEL, Belgium. Born Feb 1890 in Victoria, British Columbia, Canada the son of Cuyler Armstrong Holland and Beatrice Maud Holland (nee Galpin), of Strand, London. His brother was Major Walter Glen Cuyler Holland, born in 1889 of the Canadian Scottish Regiment. Second Lieutenant Holland was entitled to 1914/15 Star trio. Photograph courtesy of Imperial War Museum © IWM HU 115791.

HOLLAND, Michael James. Captain, Honorary Major East Africa Political Department. Lieutenant in 1915 see Figure 19.

HOLLAND, Thomas Ward. 1354. Reported as Missing in Action at the defence of Vieille Chapelle 9-11/04/1918. Discharged 4/12/1918. Died in South America in 1960. Entitled to British War and Victory Medals.

HOLLINGDALE, E. T. Staff Lieutenant, Lieutenant Reserve Regiment of Cavalry

HOLMDEN, Edgar Clarence. (Ned). 1501. Private KEH. A' Squadron. Batman to Lieutenant Francis. Half section with Bill Wilson and Arthur C. Hull at the defence of Les Huits Maison 9-11/04/1918. Discharged 14/04/1919. Born in Kent, England in Dec 1882 and died in Johannesburg, South Africa on 14/09/1957. Prior service with the South African Mounted Police in the Boer War. Entitled to British War and Victory Medals.

HOLMES, Ernest. Acting Serjeant KEH. Transferred from 7th Dragoon Guards as Acting Serjeant D/17005 then KEH to Corps of Dragoons, Acting Serjeant D/17005. Discharged 5/04/1919. Entitled to British War and Victory Medals.

HOLTUM, Robert Drayson. Private KEH. 978. Enlisted 26/02/1915. Transferred as Private, 416779, Labour Corps on 26/11/1915 then Private, 802737, 30th Battalion, London Regiment from 9/08/1918. Discharged 13/03/1919 and returned to employment in South America with the Anglo-Argentinian railway staff. Born in 1881 in Hackney, Middlesex, England and died Dec 1942 in Bideford, Devon, England. Resided in Holloway, London prior to emigrating in South America pre-war. No record of medal entitlement with home service.

HOMANN, Leslie R. 1402. Private KEH. Transferred as Acting Serjeant, Tank Corps 69846

HOMER, Frederick. 502. Private KEH. Enlisted 12/08/1914 and discharged 11/03/1915 due to being medically unfit.

HOOPER, S. Private in Reserve Regiment 1918, photograph on kingedwardshorse.net

HOPE, Duncan. 1217. Private. Discharged 25/01/1917. Resided in Scotland post-war. Entitled to British War and Victory Medals.

HOPE, Roland Wallace (Rowlie). 1048. Lieutenant. Enlisted 21/04/1915 and entered France 2/06/1915. Commissioned as a Second Lieutenant in the KEH on 10/07/1915. On 5/10/1915 went back to Hare Park Camp, The Curragh, County Kildare, Ireland for further training until late in 1916. Severely wounded neck and shoulder with gunshot wounds 9/04/1918 at the defence of Vieille Chapelle and admitted 14th General Hospital, Wimereux. Promoted to Lieutenant in 1919. Born 2/01/1896 the son of George Hope and Agnes Gray nee Wallace of ‘Gnotuk’, Camperdown and died 9/11/1970. Educated at Camperdown Grammar School and Geelong College. Lived in Geelong, Victoria, Australia post-war and served as a Lieutenant Colonel 6th Battalion, Volunteer Defence Corps in WW2. Captain in photograph taken at Marlborough Barracks, Dublin in 1918 see Figure 33. Entitled to 1914/15 Star trio.

HOPKINS, Frank Mitchell. 230. Private. King's Colonials. Born in Hanwell, Middlesex on 21/12/1879. Employed from 4/12/1894 as a Solicitor’s Clerk at Paddington Station in the service of the Great Western Railway Company, a note against his name in the Railway Employment Records states: ‘Volunteered for South Africa. Absent on leave from 1/01/1900 to 2/12/1900.’ Having earlier joined the 2nd Volunteer Battalion, Middlesex Regiment in 1895, he served in South Africa with “A” Company, Infantry Battalion, City Imperial Volunteers during the Boer War, marching the full 1,218 miles covered by the regiment during the war. As the only representative from Hanwell to serve with the City of London Imperial Volunteers, extracts from three letters to his relatives were published in the Ealing Gazette and West Middlesex Observer on 19/05/1900. Hopkins later served with the 4th County of London (King’s Colonials) Imperial Yeomanry and was awarded one of just four Imperial Yeomanry Long Service Good Conduct Medals issued to this unit (Army Order 1905) in Feb 1908. Enlisting in the Royal Flying Corps as an Air Mechanic 2nd Class on 9/03/1917, Hopkins served during the Great War on the Western Front with them and their successor, the Royal Air Force, from 4/04/1917 until 8/03/1919. Promoted Air Mechanic 1st Class on 1/01/1918, he was discharged on 20/04/1920, and died at Boscombe, Bournemouth in 1942. Medals - Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 4 clasps, Cape Colony, Orange Free State, Johannesburg, Diamond Hill (279 Pte. F. M. Hopkins, C.I.V.); Imperial Yeomanry L.S. & G.C., E.VII.R. (230 Pte. F. Hopkins. The King’s Colonials I.Y.); British War and Victory Medals (64875. 1.A.M. F. M. Hopkins. R.A.F.). sold at auction by Dix Noonan Webb, UK in Aug 2020. A photograph of his medals is shown under the Introduction & Acknowledgements section of this website.

HOPPER, George H. 2009. Private 2118 on MIC as well.

HORN,, K. K. 970. Private, Second Lieutenant then Major Royal Flying Corps, Second Lieutenant Royal Marines.

HORNBLOWER, Austin. 150. Private. Entered France 2/06/1915. Discharged 8/12/1918. Entitled to 1914/15 Star trio.

HORNE, William Frederick Warner. 394. Acting Serjeant. 3rd Troop, 'B' Squadron in 1916. Entered France 22/04/1915. Wounded Apr 1917 by shellfire at Maissemy Ridge, France. Commissioned 1/12/18 as Second Lieutenant, Royal Field Artillery. Born Feb 1895 and died Dec 1969 in Surrey, England. Applied for 1914/15 Star trio from Tooting, London.

HOWARD, Edward Percy. Lieutenant.

HOWARD, Frank H. 1041. Serjeant. Entered France 15/09/1915. Discharged 6/05/1919. Entitled to 1914/15 Star trio.

HOWARD, Henry W. 1484. Private. 'C' Squadron. Discharged 5/04/1919. From Argentina and died there in Jan 1960. Entitled to British War and Victory Medals.

HOWARD, John. Major. Major Howard was born in Halifax, Nova Scotia on 17th June 1856 and died in March 1929 in London. He was an original Officer in the King’s Colonials having joined 1/02/1903 after service with the Canadian 66th Regiment. Commanded 'B' Squadron (British American) in 1903. Major Howard reverted to the rank of Captain in 1913 and did not see service in the Great War. He went on to become Agent General of Nova Scotia in 1892 (For photograph see Figure 4 and images of Major Howard's sword are shown in Figures 298-299).

HOWARD, Sydney. 2076. Private KEH. Transferred as Private, 1724 from 2KEH. WW1 medals forfeited as he deserted 7/08/1918.

HOWARD, Walter A. 68. Corporal KEH. Private Royal Berkshire Regiment 39814, Private Northumberland Fusiliers 61235, Private Labour Corps 478082

HOWE, Trevor Guy. 2247. Private KEH. Anglo-Argentinian Railway staff. Enlisted 6/11/1918 aged 32. Wounded and discharged 6/01/1919. Claimed Silver War Badge 127054. Awarded British War Medal as his sole entitlement.

HUGHES, Edward R. 1194. Private KEH. Private Liverpool Regiment 88714, Private Lancashire Fusiliers 70471. 10/02/1916 KEH trial hearing noted whilst stationed at the Curragh.

HUGHES, Robert G. 1009. Private KEH. 'A' Squadron. Entered France 2/06/1915 and discharged 22/03/1919. Entitled to 1914/15 Star trio.

HULL, Arthur (Shooey) Charles. 1635. Staff Serjeant KEH, Shoeing Smith. 'A' Squadron. Enlisted 26/05/1915, arrived in France in 1917 and discharged 4/09/1918. Wounded by machine gun fire at the defence of Vieille Chapelle 9-11/04/1918. Awarded Silver War Badge 18776. Served in a half section with Bill Wilson and Private Edgar (Ned) Holmden, 1501 from South Africa. Prior service with Natal Mounted Rifles. Secretary of the KEH Old Comrades Association in South Africa. Born in South Africa in 1890 and died 16/03/1966 in Durban, South Africa. Entitled to British War and Victory Medals.

HULL, Herbert. 1441. Private. DOW 10/05/18 aged 24. Son of Mr. and Mrs. Henry Hull; husband of Rosina Hull, of North Kensington, London. Buried in ETAPLES MILITARY CEMETERY, FRANCE and photograph of headstone shown. Entitled to British War and Victory Medals.

HULL, John A. 1735. Private. 'C' Squadron. Discharged 27/03/1919. Died in 1964. Entitled to British War and Victory Medals.

HULLEY, Ambrose. Band Master King's Colonials 1903. Charged with being an absentee from Latimer Camp along with other band members (Article in the Orchestral Times, 1903).

HUMPHRYS, Basil Godfrey. 432. Lance Corporal KIA 20/11/1917. Born in Ottawa, Canada. Enlisted London and was living at West Norwood. Entered theatre of war 22/04/15. Commemorated on CAMBRAI MEMORIAL, LOUVERVAL, FRANCE and on Original Bank of Liverpool & Martins WW1 Memorial and Service Roll & Canadian Virtual War Memorial.   Brother of Second Lieutenant Stewart Francis Humphrys, KEH then Royal Fusiliers who was KIA and Second Lieutenant Leslie Palmer Humphrys, Honourable Artillery Company who DoW see below. 

HUMPHRYS, Stewart Francis. 70. Serjeant. 'B' Squadron. Entered France 22/04/1915. Commissioned as a Second Lieutenant, 4th Battalion, Royal Fusiliers 7/01/1916.  KIA 26/08/1916. Buried in Thistle Dump Cemetery, Longueval, the Somme, France. Born in 1892 in Sydenham, Kent, England.  Mentioned in despatches (London Gazette 4/01/1917). Father William Barclay Humphrys applied for his sons 1914/15 Star trio from Croydon, Surrey. Brother of Private Basil Godfrey Humphrys ,432 (see above) also with the KEH and KIA 20/11/1917. Brother of Second Lieutenant Leslie Palmer Humphrys, 1st Battalion, Honourable Artillery Company aged 28 and DoW received at Beaumont Hamel 13/12/1916 and buried in Etaples Military Cemetery, Etaples, France. Mother was Emma Maria Humphrys and they lost three of six sons in the Great War, two with service in the KEH. Portrait photograph available on www.kingedwardshorse.net

HUNN, William Hannen. Private. Prior military Service in the Boer War as Trooper 4241, 2nd Brabant's Horse. Born 6/07/1875 in Topsham, Devon, England and died 25/02/1959 in London. Portrait photograph taken at Kilkenny, Ireland in 1916 showing a Boer War medal ribbon.

HUNNS, A. Reverend. Chaplain in the King's Colonials from 1902 through to 1910 with the KEH.

HUNT, F. W. J. 2052. Private. Transferred as Private, Sherwood Rangers 76046. Entered Egypt 8/04/1919. Ineligible for WW1 Service Medals.

HUNT, John A. P. 1519. Serjeant. Commissioned as a Second Lieutenant Royal Air Force 20/09/1918. Entitled to British War and Victory Medals.

HUNT, William. D/10828. Private KEH. Transferred to Corps of Dragoons as Private, D/10828. Entitled to British War and Victory Medals.

HUNTER, Ian B. 2062. Private. Discharged 10/07/1919. Entitled to British War and Victory Medals.

HUNTER, Robert Alan Bertram. 831. Serjeant. Entered France 22/04/1915. Commissioned as a Second Lieutenant, KEH 16/04/1917 (London Gazette 28/04/1917). Returned to England in Aug 1918 unfit for further service after being gassed. Entitled to 1914/15 Star trio. Eligible for Silver War Badge 28/04/1919 (London Gazette 3/05/1919). Deceased after retirement from the army in Dec 1918 as a result of having been gassed.

HUTCHINGS, Robert. 1171. Private. Entered France 4/05/1915. Transferred as Private, Labour Corps 425735. Discharged 10/04/1919. Entitled to 1914/15 Star trio.

HUTCHINS, Alfred. 1401. Lance Corporal. Awarded Military Medal for patrol work October 1918. Discharged 9/03/1919. Entitled to British War and Victory Medals.

HUTCHINSON, Cecil. 2177. Private. Enlisted 26/06/1918 aged 26 and discharged 10/12/1918 medically unfit. From Liverpool. No medal entitlement.

HUTCHINSON, Charles Francis. 1643. Private KEH. Transferred as a Private, Machine Gun Corps (MGC) 105383. Discharged 12/03/1919. Entitled to British War and Victory Medals named to MGC.

HYAMS, Julius. Private. Name commemorated on the Kilkenny War Memorial, MacDonagh Station, Dublin Road, Kilkenny, Ireland. Medal Index Card or Medal Roll entry not located.

HYDE, Ernest Elmer. Second Lieutenant. Awarded British War and Victory Medals.



ILLINGWORTH, Walter. Private 6th Dragoon Guards GS/14801 then Private 1/1st Essex Yeomanry GS/14801 then Private KEH D/15099 then Private Corps of Dragoons D/15099. Discharged 14/04/1919. Born in 1892 and resided West Midlands. Awarded British War and Victory Medals named to Corps of Dragoons.
INCE, Louis. 1299. Private KEH. Left Trinidad for UK 18/10/1915 with the 1st Caribbean Merchant and Planters Contingent. Enlisted 6/11/1915, discharged 12/06/1916 and returned to Trinidad 07/1916 upon discharge as medically unfit with chronic lung disease. Born 1896 in Trinidad and was living in USA in 1946. Not entitled to service medals due to short home service.

INGLE, Terence. 1614. Private KEH. Enlisted 11/05/1915. Transferred as Private Royal Dublin Fusiliers 21089. Discharged 24/01/1919 due to sickness. Awarded Silver War Badge 108,545. Born in 1894 in Cork, Ireland. Awarded British War and Victory Medals named to Royal Dublin Fusiliers.

INSKIPP, Norman. 2098. Private 2nd Battalion Rhodesia Regiment 879 from 9/03/1915 until 14/04/1917 with South African Infantry Brigade. Awarded 1914/15 Star trio.

IRVING, Arthur George. 750. Private. Enlisted 1/12/1915. Entered France 21/04/1915. Discharged 26/03/1919. Born in 1896. Awarded Silver War Badge 464, 470 and 1914/15 Star trio.

ISAAC, . Captain. KEH. Died Mar 1940.

IZARD, Theodore Arthur (Pongo). Private. Commissioned as a Second Lieutenant 6/12/1914 in the KEH and promoted to Lieutenant in 1915 (as shown in accompanying photograph taken at Longford) later Captain before transferring at that rank to the Machine Gun Corps. Entered France 21/04/1915 as a Second Lieutenant. Born 20/10/1882 in the Bay of Islands, New Zealander. Prior service as a Lieutenant in 'B' Squadron the Amuri Mounted Rifles (North Canterbury Mounted Rifles) 1909-11. Named in KEH photograph taken at Longford in 1915 as a Lieutenant from the Old Comrades Association Bulletin. Became an Assistant District Officer in Nigeria, West Africa. Awarded 1914/15 Star trio with his British War Medal sold at auction in the UK in 2010. Commemorated on the Auckland Online Cenotaph.

JACK, Mathus McPherson. 1746. Private KEH. Commissioned as a Second Lieutenant, King's Royal Rifle Corps in June 1918.

JACKS, Oliver Lawrence. 708. Private KEH. 'C' Squadron. Entered France 22/04/1915. Commissioned as a Second Lieutenant, 5th Battalion, Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry on 5/03/1916 then transferred and promoted to Captain, 18th Battalion, Gloucestershire Regiment. Applied for 1914/15 Star trio from Newton Hyde, Cheshire. Captain in Cheshire Home Guard in WW2.

JACKSON John C. 698. Private KEH. Entered France 22/04/1915. Discharged 14/07/1919. Died in 1972. Entitled to 1914/15 Star trio.

JACKSON, Percy Singleton. 13. Private KEH. 3rd Troop, 'B' Squadron. Died in service, took his own life 05/01/1917 aged 23.  Served with Liverpool Troop of King Edward's Horse prior to the war. Entered France 22/04/1915. Born in 1885 in Liverpool the son of John Charles and Beatrice Irene Jackson of 6 Hertford Drive, Wallasey, Cheshire. Buried in HIGHGATE CEMETERY, UK. Commemorated on plaque at Liverpool College and Liverpool Town Hall Roll of Honour. Entitled to 1914/15 Star trio. 

JACOB, Arthur Cecil. Private. From Fielding, New Zealand. Student at Cambridge University and likely to have been in University Troop. Entered France 29/05/1915. Commissioned as a Second Lieutenant in the 65th Brigade, Royal Field Artillery. Born in 1890 the son of William Frederick and Henrietta Marie Jacob of Te Marama, Kiwitea, Fielding, educated at Whanganui Collegiate College. Address for receipt of 1914/15 Star trio provided as Auckland, New Zealand. Commemorated on the Auckland Online Cenotaph.

JACOBS, David Henry (Henry). 30. Serjeant. Awarded the Special Reserve Long Service and Good Conduct medal April 1917 as Squadron Quarter Master Serjeant. Entitled to 1914/15 Star trio.

JAMES, Edwin M. 815. Serjeant KEH. Entered France 21/04/1915. Discharged 15/03/1919. Entitled to 1914/15 Star trio.

JAMES, George. 2173. Private KEH. Entered France 22/04/1915. Transferred to KEH from Army Service Corps as Private T/1810. After service with KEH transferred as Private, Army Service Corps T/4/240948. Discharged 15/02/1919. Entitled to 1914/15 Star trio.

JAMES, Henry A. D/16496. Private KEH then Private, Corps of Dragoons D/16496. Discharged 24/02/1919 to re-enlist as Acting Corporal 31383. Entitled to British War and Victory Medals.

JAMES, Lionel. Lieutenant Colonel, DSO CBE. Commanded 'A' Squadron (British Asian) in 1903, Major from 11/06/1906 and then became Commanding Officer, King Edward's Horse June 1916-1922. Colonel L. James, CBE, DSO., King Edward’s Horse, War Correspondent for Reuters and The Times, Order of the British Empire, 1st type, Military Division, silver-gilt and enamel; Distinguished Service Order, G.V.R., gold and enamel, complete with top bar; India General Service, 4 clasps, Relief of Chitral 1895, Punjab Frontier 1897-8, Malakand 1897, Tirah 1897-8; Queen’s South Africa, 6 clasps, Cape Colony, Elandslaagte, Defense of Ladysmith, Orange Free State, Johannesburg, Diamond Hill; India General Service 1908-35, 1 clasp, North West Frontier 1908; 1914 Star; British War and Victory Medals; Italy, Order of the Crown, Officer’s, silver-gilt and enamel, obverse centre missing; Khedive’s Sudan 1896-1908, 1 clasp, Khartoum; Japan, Russo-Japanese War Medal. Colonel Lionel James was born in 1871 and educated at Cranleigh. Employed as a journalist, he was Reuter’s special correspondent in the Chitral, Mohmand, Malakand and Tirah Expeditions and for the Sudan in 1898. On the staff of The Times from 1899 until he retired in 1913. Among his many assignments he was special correspondent in South Africa 1899-1901, Manchuria 1904, with the Spanish Army in Morocco in 1909, with the Turkish Army in Albania in 1910, with the Turkish Army in Thrace in 1912 and with the Bulgarians again in Thrace in 1913. With the onset of the Great War he commanded King Edward’s Horse in the B.E.F., France and Italy, 1915-18. He was awarded the DSO ( London Gazette 16.9.1918) and Mentioned in Despatches (twice). He was awarded the CBE in 1924. Miniature medals sold at auction by Dix Noonan Webb, UK in September 2002 (For additional photograph see Figure 4).

JAMESON, Andrew McClure. 1439. Private KEH. Enlisted 29/01/1916 and entered France 28/01/1917. Promoted to Lance Corporal 22/02/1916 and then Lance Serjeant 16/09/1916 but reverted to Private 3/01/1917. Discharged 27/05/1918 as was physically unfit to continue to serve and was awarded Silver War Badge 443729. Born in 1868 in Carrick On Shannon, County Leitrim, Ireland and died 22/10/1946 in Manorhamilton, County Leitrim. Married in Dublin 25/01/1917. Prior service as Private 2522, 1st Royal Dragoons and then transferred as Private 3306, 18th Hussars from 13/10/1884 to 2/02/1897. Served in the Boer War as Private 11179 in the 61st (South Irish) Company, 17th Battalion, Imperial Yeomanry from 15/01/1900 to 15/06/1901 and then as Private 11179 in the 119th Company, 26th Battalion, Imperial Yeomanry from 9/10/1901 to 17/07/1902. Awarded Queen's South Africa and King's South Africa Medals. Served in 2nd Imperial Light Horse in German West Africa until 12/06/1915 when the unit was disbanded. Entitled to British War and Victory Medals.

JELLMAN . Corporal. 'B' Squadron. Wounded and taken prisoner at Vieille Chapelle 10/04/1918.

JENKIN, Arthur T. 985. Private. Entered France 8/09/1915 and discharged 5/04/1919. Entitled to 1914/15 Star trio.

JENKINS, Charles. 1208. Private. Discharged 2/07/1919. Entitled to British War and Victory Medals.

JENKINS, John W. D/14603. Private South Wales Borderers 40232, Private Dragoon Guards GS/13449, Private KEH D/14603, Private Corps of Dragoons D/14603

JENKS, Charles E. 1920. Private. Discharged 9/04/1919. Entitled to British War and Victory Medals.

JENKS, Ernest B. 826. Private, Acting Serjeant. Served with 27th Battalion Imperial Yeomanry in South Africa as a Lance Corporal and then with King Edward's Horse Group entering France on 2/06/1915 as a Private and promoted to Acting Serjeant. Group of four medals: Queen's South Africa 1899-1902 with Cape Colony and South Africa 1902 clasps named to L.Cpl. E. B. Jenks, 27th Bn. Imp. Yeo., 1914-15 Star (826 Pte. E. B. Jenks K. Edw. H.) and British War Medal and Victory Star (826 A. Sjt. E. B. Jenks. K. Edw. H.). Sold at Dix Noonan Webb auction, July 2019.  

JENNINGS, Basil Spencer. Private KEH. Commissioned as a Second Lieutenant, 14th Battalion, West Yorkshire Regiment attached to the 6th Battalion, Yorkshire Regiment. Died 7/11/1915 aged 25 two days after being shot by a sniper at Gallipoli. Buried in Hill 10 Cemetery. Portrait photograph courtesy of Chris Foster's "Craven's part in the Great War". 

JERMANY, Robert. D/13680. Private KEH. Transferred as Private, Corps of Dragoons D/13680. Discharged 14/02/1919. Entitled to British War and Victory Medals.

JESSOP, Edgar Carl. 600. Private. Christened Carl Edgar but reversed his name to Edgar Carl to avoid sounding Germanic. 1914/15 Star trio retained by the family. Enlisted in England, arrived in France 22/04/1915 and was discharged 10/03/1919. Born in 1878 and died November 1952 in Huntington, UK. (Source - personal correspondence with the family).

JESSOP, Francis Philip. 1449. Corporal KIA 09/04/1918 aged 25. Son of Katherine Mead (formerly Jessop), of Chiswick, London, and the late William Raymond Jessop. Buried in CABARET-ROUGE BRITISH CEMETERY, SOUCHEZ, FRANCE. His mother applied for his British War and Victory Medals from Edmonton near Cairns, Queensland, Australia.

JEWELL, Samuel (Jerry). 1342. Private KEH. Discharged 15/03/1919. From Southern Rhodesia. Born in 1888 and resided in Cornwall post-war. Entitled to British War and Victory Medals.

JOHNSON, Frederick 629. Private KEH. Entered France 22/04/1915 and discharged 19/11/1919. British War and Victory Medal Roll notes Penal Servitude and No Medals. Medals forfeited.

JOHNSON, John Alexander. 877. Lance Corporal KEH. 'A' Squadron. Entered France 2/06/1915 and wounded Jul 1915. KIA 9/04/18 at the defence of Vieille Chapelle. Commemorated on the LOOS MEMORIAL, FRANCE and Caithness Roll of Honour. Born in Wick, Caithness, Scotland, the son of Mrs Dolina Johnson. 

JOHNSON, George Henry. 777. Private. 'A' Squadron. Enlisted 1/12/1914, arrived in France 1/06/1915 and discharged 11/01/1918. Awarded Silver War Badge 325228. Born 1875 and lived in Burton-on-Trent, England. Entitled to 1914/15 Star trio.

JOHNSON, Gordon R. 1033. Commissioned as a Second Lieutenant, 177th Company, Royal Engineers 29/10/1915 later Captain. Entered France 1/06/1915. Awarded Military Cross published 1/01/1918 in the London Gazette and Mentioned in Despatches.

JOHNSON, Henry E. D/17063. Private KEH. Transferred to Corps of Dragoons as Private D/17603. Discharged 15/02/1919. Awarded British War and Victory Medals named to KEH and Victory Medal sold on eBay in Sep 2023 with naming shown on accompanying page. 

JOHNSON, John A. 877. Lance Corporal. 'A' Squadron. Entered France 2/06/1915 and wounded Jul 1915. KIA 9/04/18 at the defence of Vieille Chapelle. Commemorated on the LOOS MEMORIAL, FRANCE and Caithness Roll of Honour.  Born in Wick, Caithness, Scotland, the son of Mrs Dolina Johnson. Entitled to 1914/15 Star trio.

JOHNSON, Leonard Robert. 1955. Private. Transferred as Private Royal Air Force 317719. Commissioned as a Second Lieutenant, RAF. Discharged 2/03/1919. Applied for British War and Victory Medals from Cricklewood, London, England.

JOHNSON, Percy Adolph. 1136. Private. Commissioned as a Second Lieutenant, Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve 29/01/1918.

JOHNSTONE, Robert Philip. 1312. Private KEH then 2KEH 1312. Enlisted 23/12/1914. Entered France 5/05/1915. Discharged 2/09/1916 due to wounds with Silver War Badge 177,131. Awarded OBE. Born in 1890 in San Fernando, Trinidad and Tobago and died in 1967. Brother of Corporal Romer Frank Johnstone, 1316, KEH. Awarded 1914/15 Star, British War and Victory Medals. Information on both Johnstone brothers courtesy of Helen Pollock.

JOHNSTONE, Romer Frank. 1316. Corporal. 'B' Squadron. Left Trinidad for UK 18/10/1915 with 1st Caribbean Merchant and Planters Contingent. Enlisted Nov 1915 and entered France 30/12/1916. Wounded Ypres 1917 and Battle of Lys 04/1918. Discharged 8/06/1919. Born in 1881 in San Fernando, Trinidad and Tobago. Died in 1963 in San Fernando General Hospital, Trinidad. Brother of Private Robert Philip Johnstone OBE, 1312, KEH and then 1312 2KEH. Information on both Johnstone brothers courtesy of Helen Pollock. Entitled to British War and Victory Medals.

JONES, Alick W. 288. Private. 'A' Squadron. Entered France 2/06/1915. Discharged 8/09/1919. Entitled to 1914/15 Star trio.

JONES, Arthur R. D/12211. Private KEH. Transferred as Private, London Regiment 388291

JONES, Charles. 1161. Private. Discharged 2/04/1919. Entitled to British War and Victory Medals.

JONES, Edward Henry. 1034. Serjeant DOW 28/12/18. Awarded Military Medal for patrol work at Leutze and Ath 10/11/1918. Buried at Etaples Military Cemetery, Pas-de-Calais, France. Born in Chichester, Sussex and returned from working in the Argentine to enlist. Entitled to British War and Victory Medals. Photograph of headstone shown.

JONES, Fred. 445. Lance Corporal. Entered France 22/04/1915. KIA 13/03/1918. Accidentally killed in a railway accident. Buried in ST. GERMAIN-AU-MONT-D'OR COMMUNAL CEMETERY EXTENSION, FRANCE. Born in Birkenhead, Cheshire, England. Entitled to 1914/15 Star trio.

JONES, Ivan R. 2063. Private KEH. Commissioned as a Second Lieutenant, Scottish Horse. Served in the Balkans from Sep 1915. Also served with Royal Army Service Corps. Discharged 14/08/1917. Entitled to 1914/15 Star trio named to Scottish Horse.

JONES, Picton O. H. Lieutenant in KEH in 1910. Nephew of Sir Alfred Jones, shipping and West African magnate who managed a shipping company in the Great War vital to the war effort.

JONES, Reginald I. Vickers. 745. Private. Entered France 2/06/1915. Commissioned as a Second Lieutenant (29/05/1917) later Acting Captain, South Staffordshire Regiment. Mentioned in Despatches 18/01/1920. Born 14/04/1871 in King's Norton, Worcestershire, England and died 31/03/1949 in Romford, Essex, England. Awarded 1914/15 Star trio.

JONES, Arthur Richard. D/12211. Private KEH. Transferred as Private, 8th Battalion, London Regiment 388291 on 20/04/1918 and served until 11/11/1918. Entitled to British War and Victory medals.

JONES, Robert William. 1888. Private. Discharged 14/04/1919. Did not serve in France. Entitled to British War and Victory Medals. Noted as being from Australia.

JONES, Wilfred. 1560. Private. Enlisted 15/06/1916. Wounded at the Battle of Paschendaele, France in 1917 with a gun shot wound to the hand, which damaged his nerves in the his hand and it became almost a claw. Discharged in Longford, Ireland on 28/08/1918 due to being classed as physically unfit. Awarded Silver War Badge 16880. Born 1897 in Ramsbury, Wiltshire, England, married Catherine Stewart in Longford, Ireland in 1917 and he died in Putney, England. Appears to have emigrated to Australia.

JORDAN, Harold (Howard) D. 494. Private. 'B' Squadron. Entered France 21/04/1915. Discharged 9/01/1919. Died 22/07/1944. Entitled to 1914/15 Star trio.

JOYCE, Joshua J. 1284. Private KEH. Transferred to be  Private, 567807 in the Labour Corps. Discharged 12/03/1919. Awarded British War and Victory Medals. Photograph of British War Medal sold at Dix Noonan Webb, UK auction in Jan 2022 shown.

JUDD, Reginald A. 2023. Private. Transferred from 2KEH as Private 2023. Discharged 4/12/1919. Entitled to British War and Victory Medals.

JUDD, William Mouatt. 1261. Private KIA 09/04/1918 at the defence of Vieille Chapelle 9-11/04/1918. The son of W. H. Judd from Mittagong, New South Wales, Australia. Awarded British War and Victory Medals. Name commemorated on the LOOS MEMORIAL, FRANCE.

JUST, Leonard Wolfgang. 1045. Second Lieutenant in the King's Colonials 21/04/1903. Private 2KEH then commissioned as a Second Lieutenant, 2nd/6th Battalion, Gloucestershire Regiment 10/10/1915 later Lieutenant.

KALE, Percy. Corporal. Name commemorated on the Kilkenny War Memorial, MacDonagh Station, Dublin Road, Kilkenny, Ireland. Medal Index Card or Medal Roll entry not located.

KARKARIA, Nawrian Marwanji. 1859. Interpreter KEH. Private, 1st Battalion then 2/10th Battalion then 3rd Battalion, Middlesex Regiment 3213 then Private, Border Regiment 52076. Born in Bombay in 1892. Prior service with Indian army before returning to live in London. Served from 13/12/1915 until 20/12/1915 as Interpreter. Awarded British War and Victory Medals named to Border Regiment.

KEAY, William Murray. Second Lieutenant KEH. Entered France 13/07/1918. Born 6/04/1896 in Concepción, Chile and died 18/03/1959 whilst at sea near Bau-Bau, Indonesia. Brother George Herbert Keay, 177086 served with Royal Flying Corps in 1918. William was awarded British War and Victory Medals.

KEBBELL, George Kuth. 249. Lance Corporal. Entered France 22/04/1915. Commissioned Second Lieutenant, 5th Battalion, Royal Sussex Regiment 28/05/1918. Transferred as a Second Lieutenant, Royal Air Force. Applied for 1914/15 Star trio from North West London.

KELLY, Arthur F. 177. Farrier Serjeant. Entered France 3/06/1915. Discharged 13/12/1918. A talented rugby union and rugby league player from Wellington, New Zealand who toured England as a player-coach pre-war. Joined KEH at the outbreak of war. Passed away in 1965 in Oldham. Entitled to a 1914/15 Star trio. Commemorated on the Auckland On-line Cenotaph.

KELLY, Fred Norman Chevers. 1970. Private KEH. Prior service in the Boer War as Private, 9565 with 54th (Belfast) Company, 13th Battalion, Imperial Yeomanry then as Private, 33584 with the 61st (Dublin) Company, 17th Battalion, Imperial Yeomanry. Awarded Queen's South Africa and King's South Africa medals with South Africa 1901 and South Africa 1902 clasps. No Great War medal entitlement but service in KEH confirmed on pension record card.

KELLY, Francis. 17297. Private. Transferred as Private, 25776, Company of Dragoons then transferred to KEH as Private, 17297 then Labour Corps as Private, 607293 then Private, 90753, Royal Welsh Fusiliers. Entitled to British War and Victory Medals named to Royal Welch Fusiliers.

KENDALL, Edward Hext. Private KEH. Entered France 6/05/1915. Commissioned as a Second Lieutenant, Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry (DCLI) in 1914. Transferred as a Temporary Sub Lieutenant, Royal Naval Air Service (RNAS). Born Sep 1895 in Chester, Cheshire and died in 1923 in Sculcoates, Yorkshire, England. 1914/15 Star trio applied for by his father Captain Edward Chambers Kendall from Devon then London addresses. 1914/15 Star named to DCLI and British War and Victory Medals named to RNAS.

KENDALL, Harry Wilson Hume. 1374. Private KEH. 3rd Troop, 'C' Squadron. Enlisted 13/12/1915 and discharged 5/02/1918 physically unfit. Awarded Silver War Badge 325,147. Born on 24/01/1872 in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia and emigrated to England prior to marriage there in 1897. Served in the Boer War with 51st (Paget's Horse) Company, 12th Battalion, Imperial Yeomanry and awarded Queen's South Africa Medal with Cape Colony clasp. Harry died 27/07/1936 in New York, USA. Entitled to British War and Victory Medals.

KENION, Hugh Cyril. 31. Serjeant. 'A' Squadron. Entered France 2/06/1915 commissioned Second Lieutenant 2nd Battalion, Lancashire Fusiliers 5/03/1916. KIA 1/07/1916 at Beaumont Hamel on the first day of the Battle of the Somme. Buried in Serre Road Cemetery No. 1 Hebaterne, France. CWGC notes that his body was identified by the initials H.C.K engraved on his watch. Born in 1884 in Rock Ferry, Cheshire, England the son of John Hamer and Rhoda Kenion with four brothers and six sisters. He was living in Lancashire, England in 1914. 1914/15 Star trio applied for by his father with the address of his brother John G. Kenion of Cook Street, Liverpool.

KENNEDY, Kenneth Leslie. 487. Private. Entered France 22/04/1915. Commissioned as a Second Lieutenant, Machine Gun Corps 25/01/1917. Married Jessie Marguerite Crerar in Finchley, London in 1923. Applied for 1914/15 Star trio.

KENNEDY, William Havildar. Major. DOW 29/05/1915 (aged 61). Husband of Jessie Catherine Kennedy, of 10/118, Long Acre, London. Served in the Zulu War (1879) and the Boer War with 17th Lancers. Quarter Master Captain King's Colonials 1905, Quarter Master and Honorary Major KEH 1911. Awarded 1911 Coronation Medal. Buried in STREATHAM CEMETERY, UK.

KENNEDY-BOUCH, W. 11. Serjeant. Served in the King's Colonials as a Private and pre-war KEH. Awarded the Territorial Forces Efficiency Medal 1/04/1912. Named in a photograph taken at the Sidcup camp in 1902 (Old Comrades Association Bulletin, No. 8, 1940).

KENT, William Arthur. 374. Acting Serjeant. Enlisted in Liverpool and entered France 22/04/1915. Awarded Military Medal (London Gazette 23/07/1919) for action at the bridges at Maffle and Attre on 10/11/1918. Discharged 10/12/1919. Entitled to 1914/15 Star trio.

KERNAHAN, Cyril C. 1435. Private KEH. Enlisted 29/01/1916 and discharged 30/12/1917. Re-enlisted Canadian Light Horse 1/12/1917 as Private 229464. Born in 1887 in Canada. Entitled to British War and Victory Medals.

KERR, Horatio Nelson. Lieutenant KEH. Trooper Life Guards 3635. Enlisted 7/12/1914. Entered France 13/08/1915. Commissioned as Second Lieutenant later Lieutenant, KEH. Born in Greenock, Renfrew, Scotland in 1896 and died 17/03/1968 in Saanich, British Columbia. Applied for 1914/15 Star trio from London, England.

KERR, James (Jim). 379. Corporal. 2nd Troop, 'B' Squadron. Entered France 22/04/1915. Discharged 13/01/1920. Entitled to 1914/5 Star trio. Portrait photograph circa 1914 as a Private (courtesy of Peter Nemaric).  

KERR, Louis William Howard. Born on 25 November 1894, the son of Captain W. R. Kerr and educated at Lower Canada College, Montreal and later Trinity College, Cambridge. While still in Canada he was awarded with the Royal Canadian Humane Association Medal, with Bravery suspension, for rescuing Effie Dunlop from drowning at Caribou Lake in July 1909. Enlisting with King Edward's Horse in 1913, he was commissioned 2nd Lieutenant with the Cheshire Yeomanry in 1914 and transferred to the 11th Hussars in 1915. Kerr joined the Regiment in France in February 1916 and was with them when they were transferred to Egypt in 1919. He was appointed A.D.C. to Viscount Fitzalan of Derwent - the Lord Lieutenant of Ireland - from 1921-22. Appointed Equerry to H.R.H. Prince Henry, Duke of Gloucester in 1924, he remained with him for some time, notably joining the Garter Mission to Japan in 1929 and the visit to Australasia in 1934-35. On the outbreak of the Second World War, Kerr joined the Duke as his Personal Assistant during the Battle of France. At this time the Duke was serving as the Chief Liaison Officer to Lord Gort, the G.O.C. of the British Expeditionary Force. This appointment was not without its dangers as the Duke himself was almost killed during bombing raids more than once. Returning to Britain as the Blitz began he is reported to have said: 'Wherever I went or had been, I was bombed.' Kerr was appointed Chief of Staff for the Duke as he began a programme of tours and visits to various locations, notably the Middle East, India and Ceylon. Later they were attached to American Forces in France, Belgium and Holland. After long and faithful service Kerr retired in 1950. He died on 11 July 1977. The superb mounted group of sixteen miniature dress medals worn by Lieutenant-Colonel Sir H. Kerr, K.C.V.O., C.M.G., O.B.E., 11th Hussars. Royal Victorian Order, Badge, silver-gilt and enamel; The Most Distinguished Order of St. Michael and St. George, Badge, silver-gilt and enamel; The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire, Civil Division, Badge, silver-gilt; British War and Victory Medals; Territorial Force War Medal 1914-19; 1939-45 Star; Africa Star; France and Germany Star; Defence and War Medals 1939-45; Jubilee 1935; Coronation 1937; Coronation 1953; Belgium, Kingdom, Order of Leopold, with Swords, silver and enamel, mounted as worn, in a Spink & Son case, sold together with his Royal Canadian Humane Association Medal engraved 'Awarded to Howard Kerr, for Courage in the rescue of Effie Dunlop from drowning at Caribou Lake, July 1909', besides another unnamed example of similar type. K.C.V.O. London Gazette 10 June 1948. C.M.G. London Gazette 2 April 1935. O.B.E. London Gazette 1 January 1923. Accompanying photograph of his medals courtesy of Spink, London.

KERSLEY, John T. 434. Private. 'A' Squadron. Entered France 2/06/1915. Discharged 14/02/1919. Entitled to 1914/15 Star trio.

KESTEVEN-BALSHAW, Newton. Private. Entered 31/10/1915. Commissioned as a Second Lieutenant (Dec 1914) then Captain, 16th Battalion, King's Royal Rifle Corps. KIA 13/04/1918. Commemorated on the Ploegsteert Memorial, Belgium. Born in 1893 in Crawley, Hampshire, England. His Mother Mrs. Kesteven-Balshaw applied for 1914/15 Star trio from Toronto, Canada.                   

KEYS, John Hunt. 1602. Private. 2nd Troop, 'C' Squadron. Transferred to Rifle Brigade S/29116 Dec 1916. Commissioned as a Second Lieutenant, 12th Battalion, Cheshire Regiment 3/08/1917. Born in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia in 1881, claimed British War and Victory Medals in 1920 from Bengalla, New South Wales in 1920.

KIBBLE, Sydney George. 1228. Serjeant then Acting Warrant Officer Class 2. Born in Redfern, New South Wales on 19/05/1876, educated at Hawkesbury Agricultural College and was a grazier at Mt Tambourine in Queensland. He served as Private 122 in the 2nd Queensland Mounted Infantry and saw service in the 2nd Boer War having enlisted on 1/01/1900 in Brisbane. He sailed to South Africa on the 13/01/1900 aboard the S.S. Maori King. He transferred to the Transvaal Mounted Police on the 19/06/1900 and returned to Australia on 3/05/1901 and was discharged 17/05/1901. He enlisted in the KEH on the 11/08/1915 and was in 1st Section of the 1st Troop, 'C' Squadron in June 1917.  He was shot and wounded in the knee by a sniper at Pilkem Ridge, Passchendaele on 31/07/1917 and discharged physically unfit on 6/10/1917. Awarded Silver War Badge 304,165. He died of natural causes in Battersea, London in March 1944. Entitled to British War and Victory Medals. Photograph in the uniform of the King Edward's Horse from "The Australasian Traveller" dated 4/03/1916.  Courtesy of the State Library of Queensland and biographical information from the Virtual War Memorial, Sydney https://vwma.org.au/explore/people/786363.  

KIFF, Charles. D/19860. Acting Corporal, 3rd Dragoon Guards D/19860 then transferred as Acting Corporal, KEH D/19860 then Acting Corporal, Company of Dragoons D/19860. Discharged 13/03/1919. Born 27/08/1897 in Lambeth, Surrey, England and died 28/06/1995 in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. Entitled to British War and Victory Medals. At age 97 in 1995 Charles would have been last surviving member of the KEH. Portrait photograph as a policeman wearing his British War and Victory Medal ribbons courtesy of Ancestry.

KILBY, Haniel Haddon. 1187. Private. 'C' Squadron. Entered France 15/09/1915. Commissioned as a Second Lieutenant, 7th Battalion, Royal Canadian Regiment 19/02/1916. later Lieutenant, Royal Air Force. Born in Bishop's Stortford, Hertfordshire in Oct 1889 and died 18/05/1955 in Concord, New South Wales, Australia. Wing Commander Kilby, who came to Melbourne shortly after World War I to establish the first school of aeronautics at Point Cook for the Australian Flying Corps. Shortly before the armistice he joined the Royal Flying Corps. Wing Commander Kilby was on the personal staff of the Prince of Wales during his Australian tour and later became ADC to the Governor General. At the outbreak of World War II he was put in charge of the RAAF Training School at Victor Harbor in South Australia, and later held commands in various States. Applied for 1914/15 Star trio from Melbourne, Australia.

KILLICK, Henry T. D/17151. Private KEH. Transferred from 1st Dragoons as Private D/17151 then Private, D17151, Company of Dragoons. Discharged 15/02/1919. Entitled to British War and Victory Medals.

KIMBER, Cyril H. C. D/18315. Private KEH. Transferred from Light Dragoons as Private, D/18315, then transferred as Private, D/18315 Company of Dragoons. KIA 25/03/1918. Entitled to British War and Victory Medals.

KINDER, Thomas Harry. Captain. Son of Harry Allen Kinder and Emily Kinder, of Remuera, Auckland. Educated at Wanganui Collegiate. ""Now officially reported killed in action, was Head Prefect for the first term of 1912. He came in September, 1904, and gained a considerable reputation for his athletic ability before leaving. He was Captain of the Fifteen in 1911, a year to be remembered in the annals of School football. In company with a number of boys who left at the same time, he went to Caius College, Cambridge, where on the outbreak of war he enlisted in King Edward’s Horse. Learning that they were ordered to Egypt, and being anxious to go over to France, he was transferred to the 7th Battalion Royal Sussex Regiment." (In Memoriam, 1914-1918 [Wanganui Collegiate School]). Born in 1892. Thiepval Memorial, Authuile, Somme, France. Memorial plaque, St Mark's Anglican Church, 95 Remuera Road, Remuera, Auckland, New Zealand. Auckland War Memorial Museum, World War 1 Hall of Memories AWMM. This biography was transcribed, researched and written by Margaret Nash of Panmure Branch of NZSG. Following portrait from In Memoriam, 1914-1918 [Wanganui Collegiate School], 1919 in the uniform of the Suffolk Regiment.

KING, Alfred Nelson. 230. Private. Entered France May 1915. Commissioned as a Second Lieutenant then Lieutenant "C" Battery, 52nd Brigade, Royal Field Artillery. KIA 10/05/1916. Buried in RIFLE HOUSE CEMETERY, Belgium. A Rhodes scholar at Oxford in 1912 from McGill University, Victoria, British Columbia, Canada and saw service in the KEH pre-war with University Troop.

KING, Bernard Lovelace Henham. 959. Private. Entered France 17/06/1915. Commissioned as a Second Lieutenant later Captain, Royal Engineers 29/10/1915. Born 4/02/1884 in Cardiff, Glamorgan, Wales and died 28/09/1939 in Bethnal Green, London, England. Worked pre- and post-war on Federated Malay States Railway as an engineer. Entitled to 1914/15 Star trio. Photograph in Royal Engineers uniform available.

KING, F. M. 882. Private. Entered France 1/06/1915. Transferred as Private, Military Foot Police P16854. Entitled to 1914/15 Star trio.

KING, Leonard Walter. 385. Squadron Quarter Master Serjeant. Entered France 2/06/1915. Awarded Meritorious Service Medal as Acting Serjeant attached to IV Corps HQ (London Gazette 3/06/1919). Discharged 25/11/1920. Entitled to 1914/15 Star trio.

KING, William. 1412. Private. Discharged 28/03/1919. Entitled to British War and Victory Medals.

KINGS, Francis Charles. 1355. Private. Enlisted 18/11/1915 and discharged 30/08/1918 as physically unfit. Awarded Silver War Badge 8290. Suffered gun shot wound to the head at the defense of Vieille Chapelle. Born 1891. Prior service with 3rd South African Mounted Rifles in German South Africa after service with Natal Police. Awarded British War and Victory Medals.

KINHEAD, Charley Laurence. 1126. Private. Transferred as Private, Labour Corps 441750. Entitled to British War and Victory Medals with British War Medal being re-issued due to loss of the original in 1936.

KINSEY, Thomas F. 2120. Corporal. Transferred as Corporal, Labour Corps 515083. Entitled to British War and Victory Medals.

KIRBY, George N. 1628. Private. Reported MIA at defence of Vieille Chapelle 9-11/04/1918. Discharged 13/03/1919. Resided in Liverpool post-war and died Dec 1960. Entitled to British War and Victory Medals.

KIRBY, Lewis. 1059. Private. Entered France 28/07/1915. Discharged 27/03/1919. Entitled to 1914/15 Star trio.

KIRBY, William Claude. Serjeant Major in 1908 and promoter of the King's Colonial Lodge. Served from 1915. Chairman of the Chelsea Football Club 1905-35. Born on 7/02/1868, resided in Fulham, London and died 24/10/1935.

KINSMORE, Samuel Lincoln. 1122. Corporal KEH. Discharged 5/04/1919. Born 10/10/1869 in Bright, Victoria, Australia and died 10/10/1948 in Thurrock, Essex, England. Entitled to British War and Victory Medals. His brother Edwin Kinsmore born 1871 in Bright, Victoria, Australia and KIA 8/06/1917 as Private 1489, 35th Battalion, Australian Imperial Forces in West Flanders and is commemorated on the Menin Gate Memorial, Belgium.

KIRKWOOD, John Michael. 2194. Private KEH. Enlisted 4/07/1918 and discharged 9/11/1918 as medically unfit. Born in 1896 and died on 22/03/1919. Buried in TOTTENHAM CEMETERY, UK. Awarded Silver War Badge 107,480. No Great War Medal entitlement as did not serve overseas.

KNAPP, Wynford W. 1940. Private. 'B' Squadron. Reported MIA at defence of Vieille Chapelle 9-11/04/1918. Discharged 11/01/1919. From Natal, South Africa. Entitled to British War and Victory Medals

KOCK, Johannes Hendricus Lambertus. 706. Serjeant KEH. Entered France 22/04/1915. Transferred as a Private, 6th Dragoon Guards D/35226 then Private, Corps of Dragoons. Born 18/03/1876 in Potchefstroom, North West, South Africa and died 29/12/1930 in Harrismith, Free State, South Africa. Entitled to 1914/15 Star trio.

KOEKKOEK, Patrick Robert. Pre-WW1 service KEH. Served with 8th Battalion, East Lancashire Regiment then commissioned as a Second Lieutenant later Lieutenant, Special Brigade, Royal Engineers. Photographs he took in WW1 are in the National Army Museum collection.

KOYD, John W. R. 1410. Serjeant KEH. Transferred to Royal Engineers 201663 then Serjeant, Royal Engineers WR2963. Entitled to British War and Victory Medals.

KRO(U)GH, Henry (Shorty) Charles. 1377. Squadron Quarter Master Serjeant. 'A' Squadron. Born in 1896 in Napier, New Zealand. Awarded Military Medal as a Lance Corporal for actions at Vieille Chapelle in Nov 1918. Discharged 19/10/1919. Died 3/06/1967 in Rotorua, New Zealand. Awarded British War and Victory Medals. Commemorated on the Auckland Online Cenotaph.

KUYS, Andrew James Lambert. 1438. Private. Enlisted 24/01/1916. Entered France 7/06/1916. Promoted to Lance Corporal 2/05/1916 then Corporal 5/05/1916. Discharged 5/03/1918 due to sickness. Awarded Silver War Badge 426407. Born 24/07/1894 in Cape Town, South Africa. Prior service with South African Mounted Rifles from 1914-1916. Entitled to British War and Victory Medals.

KYLE, Thomas. 2086. Private. Discharged 16/01/1919. Entitled to British War and Victory Medals which were not applied for and were returned to be destroyed.

LACEY, Lewis Lawrence. Lieutenant KEH. 'C' Squadron. Entered France 12/04/1917 and returned to England 26/06/1918. Born in Montreal, Quebec, Canada on 17/02/1887. Lived in Argentina and was a champion polo player. Attended third South American KEH re-union 1945. Died Nov 1966 in Hurlington, Buenos Aires, Argentina. The main field at the Hurlington Polo Club in Buenos Aires is named after him and his name is recorded in the US Polo Hall of Fame. His younger brother William George Lacey was KIA with the Royal Flying Corps in Nov 1918. Lewis was awarded the British War and Victory Medals and his Medal Index Card notes that they were issued 23/08/1961. Photograph shown of him as a polo player.

LADE, Allan Wettenhall. 710. Corporal KEH. 1st Troop, 'C' Squadron. Entered France 22/04/1915. Commissioned as a Second Lieutenant 11/08/1915 later Lieutenant. Brother of Sam Wade 711. Born 27/03/1890 in Ringarooma, Tasmania, Australia the son of John Harvey Lade Snr. and Mrs Edith Maria Warde Wettenhall (nee Wilks) and died 12/07/1974 at Balnarring Beach, Victoria. Entitled to 1914/15 Star trio. Portrait photograph shown on the accompanying page.

LADE, John Harvey (Sam). 711. Private KEH. 'C' Squadron. Entered France 22/04/1915. Commissioned as a Second Lieutenant Warwickshire Yeomanry 14/08/1916 attached to 1/5th Battalion Warwickshire Regiment. Brother of Allan Wade 710. Died of Wounds 5/10/1917. Buried at DOZINGHEM MILITARY CEMETERY, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium. Entitled to 1914/15 Star trio.

LAING, George MacDonald. 824. Private. Enlisted 14/12/1914. Discharged as physically unfit 16/04/1917. Awarded Silver War Badge 174,440 and served in France. 1914-15 Star (824 PTE. G.M. LAING. K. EDW. H.) and Victory Medal (824 PTE. G.M. LAING. K. EDW. H.) sold in the US by eMedals Inc.

LAMB, George E. 2089. Private. Discharged 2/07/1919. Resided in South Africa after the Great War. Entitled to British War and Victory Medals

LAMB, Harold Benjamin. 22. Squadron (Staff) Serjeant Major. Served pre-war KEH. Commissioned as a Second Lieutenant, Lieutenant 22/10/1915 and Temporary Captain 24/10/1917 with the Army Service Corps Entered France Jan 1917. Awarded Territorial Forces Efficiency Medal 1/07/1913. Born Turnham Green, Middlesex, England on 3/06/1883 and died in Manly, New South Wales, Australia on 6/07/1939. Awarded British War and Victory Medals as a Captain in the Army Service Corps. Territorial Forces Efficiency Medal held in a private collection in Australia.

LAMB, James C. 2141. Corporal. Born in Salisbury, Rhodesia and died there in Feb 1953. Home service with no Great War Medal entitlement.

LAMBOURNE, Thomas. 1132. Private. Discharged 12/04/1919. Born 29/11/1896 in Poplar, Middlesex and died 7/04/1923 in Islington, Middlesex. Entitled to British War and Victory Medals.

LAMPINEN, Constantine Richard. 1669. Private KEH. Enlisted 12/10/1916. Discharged 29/06/1918. Awarded Silver War Badge 418,298 and discharged due to sickness. Born in 1892. Entitled to British War and Victory Medals.

LANCE, Edwin Christopher. A Great War Distinguished Service Order (DSO) group of seven awarded to Captain E. C. Lance, Somerset Light Infantry, late King Edward’s Horse and West Yorkshire Regiment, who was twice honoured by Franco for his part in rescuing a hundred nationalists in the Spanish Civil War: high on the republicans’ wanted list as “The Man in the Tartan Jacket”, Lance was eventually captured by them and sentenced to death, but ultimately lived to tell the tale after 15 months of hellish imprisonment - an extraordinary story vividly retold by C. E. Lucas Phillips in The Spanish Pimpernel. DSO, G.V.R., silver-gilt and enamel; 1914-15 Star (17929 L. Cpl. E. C. Lance, W. York. R.); British War and Victory Medals, M.I.D. oak leaf (Capt. E. C. Lance); Russia, Order of St. Anne, Third Class breast badge, with swords, bronze-gilt and enamel, unmarked; Spain, Order of the Yoke and Arrows, fascist regime issue, breast badge, gilt and enamel, with clasp, ‘Christopher Lance’, in its case of issue; Spain, City of Madrid, Presentation Gold Medal, in its fitted Juan Feu, Madrid case of issue, together with related miniature dress medals including Russian Order of St. Anne, with swords, in silver-gilt and enamel, the fascist piece extremely rare, so, too, the D.S.O. to such a junior Officer. D.S.O. London Gazette 26 September 1917: ‘For conspicuous gallantry and devotion to duty. He was the only officer left of his battalion when the final objective was reached. Both flanks of his battalion were exposed and they were almost surrounded by the enemy. Thereupon he skillfully withdrew his men from a difficult position to a strong one 200 yards in the rear, checked the advance of the enemy, and held on under intense artillery fire until relieved two days later. The sound tactics, cool judgement and the daring example which he set his men undoubtedly secured a very important position.’ Edwin Christopher Lance was born in Taunton, Somerset in June 1893, and was educated at Lancing College prior to enlisting in King Edward’s Horse in December 1912. Advanced to Corporal in January 1915, he deserted shortly afterwards, his father later stating in a letter to the authorities that he did not wish to disclose the reasons for his son’s sudden departure - instead he confirmed that Lance had enlisted in the West Yorkshire Regiment at York a few days later, which, after further investigation, proved entirely true. Medals sold at auction by Dix Noonan Webb, UK in May 2011.

LA NAUZE, Brazil W. 491. Private. 'B' Squadron. Private Royal Engineers 198926. Discharged 16/02/1919. Served pre-war KEH. Died in 1968. Portrait photograph in Figure 136. 

LANE, Marshall. 2160. Private KEH. Enlisted 1/06/1918. Discharged 31/03/1920. Re-enlisted 17/11/19121 and discharged 16/11/1923. Prior service with 2nd Dragoon Guards in India. Fitter, Tank Corps 35280 included in service history. Born in 1887 in Grantham, Lincolnshire and died in 1958 in Watford, England. No WW1 service medal entitlement.

LANGDON, John Stafford. 911. Private KEH.  'A' Squadron. Entered France 2/06/1915. Commissioned as a Second Lieutenant Royal Engineers. KIA 24/10/1918. Buried in Les Baraques Military Cemetery, Sangatte, France. Born 1887 the son of John Harris Langdon and Elizabeth Louisa Langdon of Hill View, Barnstaple, Devon, England. 1914/15 Star named to K. Edw. H. and British War Medal and Victory Medal named to Royal Engineers. 1914/15 Star and Victory Medals sold on eBay UK in 2011 with photograph available.   

LANGE, John Arthur. 1352. Trumpeter. John Arthur Lange was born in Lambeth, Surrey 21st February 1899, the 1911 census records he is a scholar residing with his father Arthur a Restaurant Carver, mother Alice and three sisters at 10 Pawsons Road, West Croydon, Surrey. Attesting for the 1st King Edward’s Horse in London 29th November 1915 he stated his occupation as Accountant and age as 16 years 10 months. Serving in France after January 1916, he was admitted to the Lord Derby War Hospital, Warrington 19th October 1917 suffering from debility and pyrexia of unknown origin, the result of service in France. In December 1917 he is recorded as serving Dublin and does not appear to have returned to active service. Discharged at the end of hostilities, the 1939 Register records he is a Commercial Traveller residing with his wife Winifred at 243 Rayners Lane, Harrow, Middlesex, he died in Poole, Dorset in 1985 aged 86 years. British War and Victory Medals sold by J. Collins Medals, UK in February 2020.

LANGE, Marc. 1094. Private KEH. Royal Fusiliers G/59466, Private 1st Battalion East Surrey Regiment G/26244, Sapper Royal Engineers 361856 with Field Survey Corps. Born in Port of Spain, Trinidad 29/07/1887 and left Trinidad for UK before 18/10/1915. Living in Trinidad in 1946.

LANGRISH, Ernest. 464. Serjeant. 'A' Squadron. Entered France 2/06/1915. Discharged 26/07/1916 at end of term of engagement as Warrant Officer Class 2. Entitled to 1914/15 Star trio.

LANGSHAW, Frank. 1390. Private KEH. Enlisted 6/01/1915. Entered France 5/05/1915. Transferred as Private, Labour Corps, 230752. Discharged 16/08/1917 due to sickness. Born in 1892. Awarded Silver War Badge 260009. Entitled to 1914/15 Star trio.

LATREILLE, Leonard. 268. Private KEH. Entered France 22/04/1915. Commissioned 16th Battalion, Royal Fusiliers 1/01/1916. Transferred to 14th Reserve Cavalry Regiment in early 1916 and then to the 15th Hussars until Apr 1917. He was then posted with the Labour Corps as Captain to S2 Prisoner of War Company and finished the war as Adjutant at the POW Base at Havre. Named in a photograph at KEH Colchester Camp 1911 see Figure 61. Born 25/09/1892 in Limehouse, London, England and died 29/11/1982 on the Isle of Wight, Hampshire, England. Applied for 1914/15 Star trio from London with Star named to KEH and British War and Victory Medals named to Labour Corps.

LAURENSON, Daniel George. Warrant Officer Class 1 KEH. Serjeant, 7/77. Canterbury Mounted Rifles named to this unit on 1914/15 Star now in a private collection (sold in 2017). 1914/15 Star to 7/77 WO1 D. G. LAURENSON, N.Z.E.F. sold in New Zealand by Military Memorabilia together with a 9ct gold fob with ferns & crossed rifles on the obverse, the reverse engraved ‘IN RECOGNITION OF LIEUT. D.G. LAURENSEN’S SERVICE TO THE EMPIRE IN WAR WITH CENTRAL POWERS, 1914-18 FROM PT. PT. PATRIOTIC SOCIETY ‘, an 8th Southland MR cap badge (missing lugs), a KEH hat badge, NZMR brass shoulder title & brass number ‘8’. Daniel George Laurenson, enlisted Canterbury Mounted Rifles on 14/08/1914, embarked Wellington 16/10/1914 with the Main Body, served in Egypt, posted to England 18/08/1916, posted to No.2 Cavalry Cadet Squadron, Kildare, Ireland on 1/09/1916, Commissioned Lieutenant in the KEH in the U.K and was discharged from the NZEF 13/01/1917, saw service at Passchendaele, and later in Italy with XIth Corps, returning to France in March 1918. During the German offensive on the Channel Ports in 1918, the Regiment was put in on 9 April, to stiffen the right of the Portuguese Division. When the regiment reached the position, it was found to be unoccupied and for 10 hours the KEH took the brunt of the German offensive. They fought a German Division at short range, unsupported by any British Artillery for eight hours, that enabled the British Division to fill the gap. When the Infantry withdrew across the La Bassee Canal, the Regiment were ordered to save three threatened bridges. The KEH drove the Germans from the bridge they were to hold and on 11th April they were instructed to blow up the bridge when they found themselves completely surrounded. In the four days of fighting the regiment, 450 strong, had 10 officers & 150 other ranks killed. To save further casualties, the regiment surrendered, and Lieutenant Laurenson found himself to be a Prisoner of War. He was held at a camp in Pforzheim in Germany and was repatriated to England on 3/12/1918. Laurenson was issued the 1914/15 Star on 16/05/1922 but does not appear to have ever been issued the 1914/18 War & Victory Medals which were supposed to be issued in the UK. Born 17/09/1891 at Pleasant Point, New Zealand and died 2/06/1961 at Wanganui, New Zealand. Accompanying image of medal and badges sold courtesy of Military Memorabilia.

LAVERS, H. H. 6. Lance Corporal KEH. Awarded Coronation medal 1911 as a Private (Trooper). Became an Infantry Officer and served in France. Possibly with Royal West Kent Regiment as a Lieutenant.

LAW, Archibald Abraham. 1736. Private KEH. Entered France 28/07/1915. Transferred as a Lance Corporal Northumberland Fusiliers 61305 then commissioned as a Second Lieutenant later Captain, Cheshire Regiment. Applied for 1914/15 Star trio all named to Northumberland Fusiliers from Pretoria, South Africa

LAWRANCE, Frederick E. 1924. Private. Transferred as Private, Army Pay Corps 17080. Entitled to British War and Victory Medals.

LAWRENCE, Douglas John. 883. Private. Entered France 22/04/15. KIA 9/04/18 at the defence of Vieille Chapelle. Born 24/05/1874 in Islington, London, Middlesex the son of Frank Thomas Lawrence and Isabella Campbell. Name commemorated on the LOOS MEMORIAL, FRANCE. A brother Corporal Frank David Lawrence, 202054, 2/4th Battalion, The Queen's Regiment was born 20/02/1879 and DoW received at Parcy Tigny, France on 30/07/1918. Douglas entitled to 1914/15 Star trio.

LAWRENCE, Honourable Herbert Alexander. Brevet Lieutenant Colonel/Temporary Brigadier General. Colonel Lawrence had seen prior service in the 17th Lancers and was the son of Lord Lawrence, Viceroy of India and was the second Commanding Officer of the King's Colonials from 19th April 1904 until April 1909 (Portrait photograph Figure 12).

LAWS, Arnold Alfred. 853. Staff Quarter Master Serjeant (SQMS). Enlisted in the KEH having sailed to London from Shanghai on board the "SS Suwa Maru" 16/10/1914. Served in the Shanghai Municipal Police 1912-14. Entered France 22/04/1915. Mentioned in Despatches as Serjeant KEH. Transferred to the Corps of Dragoons as SQMS D/24573. Born 19/12/1888 in Litcham, Norfolk, England and died on 11/05/1946 in Dereham, Norfolk, England.

LAWSON, Ernest J. 1923. Private. Entered Balkans 7/08/1915 as Private, 1472, 1/7th Battalion, Essex Regiment. Discharged term of engagement 3/03/1916 and enlisted KEH. Discharged from KEH 5/04/1919. Entitled to 1914/15 Star trio.

LAYLAND, Thomas Dawson. 1232. Private KEH. Entered France on 4/04/1915. Commissioned into the Dorset Yeomanry on 2/02/1916. Later served as a Lieutenant (Temporary Captain) with the South Lancashire Regiment. Born on 14/02/1874. Post war he lived in British Columbia. British War and Victory Medals sold at auction by Dix Noonan Webb, UK, November 2015).

LEACH, James L. D/17066. Private KEH. Transferred to KEH from 1st Dragoons as Private D/17066 then transferred to Corps of Dragoons as Private D/17066. Discharged 10/12/1919. Entitled to British War and Victory Medals.

LEAKE, Edward (Ned) John. 1220. Acting Serjeant 'A' Squadron. Enlisted 11/08/1915. Awarded the Military Medal, French Croix de Guerre and the French Medaile Militaire as a Lance-Serjeant. Discharged 5/04/1919. Born in Ellerslie, near Warrnambool, Victoria, Australia and died in 1968 in Malvern, Victoria. Awarded British War and Victory Medals. Brother of Serjeant Leslie Thomas Joseph Leake, 1221, KEH. Photograph of Serjeant Leake mounted on his horse in France 5/11/15 (Courtesy of the Great War Forum) portrait photograph of Serjeant Leslie Leake also shown on accompanying page courtesy of Thomas McKernan, descendant. 

LEAKE, Leslie Thomas Joseph. 1221. Serjeant. Enlisted 11/08/1915. Awarded Distinguished Conduct Medal for actions during the advance on Lille in Oct 1918 up until the cessation of hostilities. Posted to the Reserve 5/4/19. Born in 1894 in Mailors Flat, Victoria, Australia and died in Boorowa, New South Wales on 1/04/1923. Awarded British War and Victory Medals. Brother of Acting Serjeant Edward (Ned) John Leake, 1220, KEH. Photograph of Serjeant Leslie Leake shown on accompanying page courtesy of Thomas McKernan, descendant.

LEARED, Frank Harvey.1443. Private. Died of Wounds (KIA on MIC and Medal Rolls) 09/04/1918 aged 42 at the defence of Vieille Chapelle near Hazebrouck, Lys. Born 2/11/1876. Polo player from Argentina with Lewis Lacey. Son of Mr. Richard H. Leared and Mrs. Sarah M. Leared of Glenville, Wexford, Ireland. Buried in HAVERSKERQUE BRITISH CEMETERY, FRANCE. Commemorated on Watford Borough Roll of Honour and the Wexford St. Iberius Church WW1 Memorial. Entitled to British War and Victory Medals. Brother Major Paul Lupus Leared, Croix de Guerre born 22/07/1880 in Glenville, Wexford of the 7th Battalion, Gurkha Rifles KIA 7/03/1918 in Iraq. Husband of Jessie Kathleen Leared of 6 Gillsland Road, Edinburgh. Mentioned in the London Gazette 1910. Served in the South African War.

LEAP, George Frank. 685. Private KEH. Enlisted 13/11/1914 and entered France 21/04/1915. Sustained gun shot wound to the left hand 28/07/1917 requiring hospitalisation. Discharged 23/02/1919. Prior service as Private 4797, 44th (Suffolk) Company, 12th Battalion, Imperial Yeomanry and awarded Queen's South Africa Medal with Cape Colony, Transvaal, Wittebergen, South Africa 1901. Born in 1879 in Darlington and died 2/08/1954 in Bulawayo, Rhodesia. Entitled to 1914/15 Star trio.

LEEVES, Henry. 361. Lance Corporal. Enlisted 11/11/1913, promoted to Lance Corporal 23/01/1915 and discharged 5/07/1915, did not serve overseas. Awarded Silver War Badge 84141 due to illness. Born in 1886 in England. No Great War Service Medal entitlement.

LETHBRIDGE, Patrick Lionel. Private KEH. Commissioned as a Second Lieutenant later Captain, 7th Battalion, King's Own Scottish Borderers. KIA 25/09/1915 Loos. Born in South Africa. Entitled to 1914/15 Star trio. 

LEVETT, Emet Frank. 1749. Private. Enlisted 24/07/1915 and discharged 29/06/1917 as medically unfit. Awarded Silver War Badge 228677. No medal entitlement as did not serve overseas.

LEWIS, Harry. 2102. Private. Enlisted 25/02/1918 and discharged 14/11/1918. Born in 1893. Awarded Silver War Badge B107481. No medal entitlement as did not serve overseas.

LEWIS, L. C. 117. Squadron Quarter Master Serjeant. Awarded the Special Reserve Long Service and Good Conduct medal July 1917.

LEWIS, Reginald Cameron. 307. Private. Commissioned as a Second Lieutenant later Captain, 2nd Battalion, Royal Berkshire Regiment 23/12/1914. Entered France 24/04/1915. KIA 1/07/1916 aged 27. Buried in OVILLERS MILITARY CEMETERY, France. His father Professor Charles Lewis applied for his 1914/15 Star trio from Cape Town, South Africa. 

LEWIS, Wilfred. 1134. Private. Died of wounds after an operation in Manchester 18/09/1915. Buried in Liverpool Kirkdale cemetery (Headstone photograph courtesy of Tony Brown). Commemorated on Liverpool Town Hall Roll of Honour. 

LIDDIARD, Arthur. 1328. Private KEH. Entered France 4/05/1915. Transferred as Private, 2nd Battalion, Lancashire Fusiliers 40577 the commissioned as Second Lieutenant, Machine Gun Corps on 24/09/1918. Applied for 1914/15 Star trio named to Lancashire Fusiliers from Streatham, London.

LIDDLE, . Private. King's Colonials in 1904. Photograph see Figure 53.

LIGHTBOUND, Austin. 9. Serjeant 'A' Squadron. Commissioned as a Second Lieutenant 8th Battalion, East Lancashire Regiment 12/03/1916 later Captain. Entered France 1/06/1915. Mentioned in Despatches 4/01/1917. Awarded Silver War Badge 240609. Invalided out of service. Born in New Zealand. Applied for 1914/15 Star trio from "The Beeches", Maghull, near Liverpool, England. Commemorated on the Merseyside Roll of Honour and Auckland Online Cenotaph.

LILLEY, George. 832. Private. Enlisted 25/08/1914 and discharged 22/05/1916 due to sickness. Awarded Silver War Badge 92291 with no service medal entitlement. Possibly 2KEH as 2KEH noted on the index to his pension record.

LINDOP, Erskine Vernon Augustine. 891. Private KEH. Transferred to 5th Cavalry and then commissioned as a Second Lieutenant later Lieutenant, Indian Army Reserve of Officers. Born Jan 1892 in Southsea, Hampshire, England, the son of Lieutenant Colonel Lindop and died in 1966 in Mashonaland Central, Zimbabwe. His brother Captain Eugene L. Erskine Lindop, Military Cross, 41st Dogras, Indian Army (born 1884) was KIA on 30/01/1916 and buried in Basra War Cemetery, Iraq. Erskine applied for 1914/15 Star trio from Durban, South Africa.

LING, Graham Fergus. Lieutenant, Captain, Mentioned in Despatches. Died in service from pneumonia in Northampton, UK. 16/12/1918 aged 35. Son of Christopher and Sarah Ling. Born at Wetheral and attended Bradfield School, Berkshire, UK. Served in the Household Cavalry and Cavalry of the Line (incl Yeomanry and Imperial Camel Corps). Buried in WETHERAL CEMETERY, UK. Lieutenant in KEH in 1915 see Figure 19.

LINTON, Esme. Gordon. Captain. 'A' Squadron. Commissioned as Second Lieutenant (London Gazette 2/03/1915). Entered France 2/6/1915. Officer in Charge Hotchkiss gun detachment. Promoted to Lieutenant and then Captain. Awarded the Military Cross as a Lieutenant for forward scouting and reporting on any positions (London Gazette 6/07/1918). Lieutenant in KEH in 1915 see Figure 19. Served as a Major in WW2. Born 15/01/1881 in Willesden, Middlesex, England and died Jun 1952 in Wokingham, Berkshire, England. Applied for 1914/15 Star trio from Sale, Cheshire, England.

LITTLE, Edwin Charles. 1971. Private KEH. Enlisted 4/06/1916 and discharged 13/03/1918 Awarded Silver War Badge 394496 and did not serve overseas.

LIVINGSTONE, Duncan T. 1332. Serjeant KEH. Discharged 14/12/1919. Entitled to British War and Victory Medals.

LOADER, Ernest. 976. Private KEH. 'A' Squadron. Entered France 2/06/1915. Sniper at La Bourse 18/03/1916. Discharged 26/06/1919 from Trench Mortar Battery. From Australia. Noted in 'Under Friendly Flags' by Lieutenant Colonel Neil C. Smith AM as having served with KEH. Entitled to 1914/15 Star trio.

LOCATELLI, Richard Giovanni Mattia Francesco. 1569. Acting Corporal. Attached Intelligence Corps, 5th Army. Transferred as Acting Corporal, 10th Battalion, Royal Fusiliers G/95484 then Acting Corporal, Royal Munster Fusiliers G/40251. Served as a bodyguard to Lloyd George in 1917. Discharged 31/03/1920. Captured in Italy in 1940 as an agent of the British Special Operations Executive. Born in Fulham, London in 1889 and died in New York, USA in 1969. His brother Peter Cyril Francis Locatelli (1923–1941) was lost at sea when his ship "SMS Almeda" was sunk by a U-boat on 17/01/1941. His son Lieutenant Edward Pompeo, Duke of Wellington's Regiment attached to the 2/2nd Battalion, The King's African Rifles was KIA in Eritrea, 27/11/1941. Richard was awarded the British War and Victory Medals with the latter in a private collection. Civilian photograph shown courtesy of Ancestry.

LOCK, Lambert E. 1670. Private KEH. Discharged 22/04/1919. Likely to have been Private L. E. Lock, 571, Johannesburg Mounted Police in the Boer War. And awarded Queen's South Africa Medal with South Africa 1901 and South Africa 1902 clasps. Entitled to British War and Victory Medals.

LONG, Thomas. Private. Name commemorated on the Kilkenny War Memorial, MacDonagh Station, Dublin Road, Kilkenny, Ireland. Medal Index Card or Medal Roll entry not located.

LONGFIELD, Lloyd. Private KEH. Noted in 'Under Friendly Flags' by Lieutenant Colonel Neil C. Smith AM as having served with KEH. No Medal Index Card or Medal Roll entry identified.

LOUDON, Geoffrey Marcus. 884. Private KEH. Entered France Jun 1915. Commissioned as a Second Lieutenant, 8th Battalion, East Lancashire Regiment 3/10/1915. Born 25/10/1892 in Arundel, East Preston, Sussex, England and died 26/08/1956 in Dorset, England. Applied for 1914/15 Star trio from West Norwood, London, England.

LOUGH, Thomas J. 2015. Private, 2nd Reserve Regiment of Cavalry 35185 then Private, KEH 2015 then 4th Battalion, Private Royal Fusiliers 59463 then Private, 1st Battalion, East Surrey Regiment 26295 and Driver, Royal Engineers 624555. Entitled to British War and Victory Medals.

LOUW, Marthinus Basson. 655. Corporal KEH. 1st Section, 1st Troop, 'C' Squadron, in June 1917. Enlisted 10/11/1914, entered France 22/04/1915 and discharged 29/11/1917 physically unfit. Awarded Silver War Badge B906. Likely to have been Private M. B. Louw, 23 who served with the Paul District Mounted Troops in the Boer War and was awarded the King's South Africa Medal with 1901 clasp. Born in 1886 in South Africa. Entitled to 1914/15 Star trio.

LOWE, Rupert 1943. Private KEH. Prior service as Lance Corporal, 552, 4th Victorian Mounted Rifles in Boer War. Australian from Geelong. Rejected due to a knee injury from joining the AIF. Went to England for knee surgery and joined the KEH in Dublin and saw service until the end of the war in France, discharged 17/06/1919. Saw service with Citizen's Military Forces in WW2. Born in Sydney, New South Wales in 1879 and died 22/07/1965 aged 86. Biography detailed in an article by Peter Nemaric: Sabretache: XLI, 8-14, March 2000. Entitled to British War and Victory Medals. Photo as a Boer War veteran courtesy of Ancestry.

LOWE, William George. 972. Corporal KEH. 1st Section, 1st Troop, 'C' Squadron until June 1917. Wounded at Passchendaele July 1917. With 'A' Squadron when KIA 09/04/1918 aged 31 at the Defence of Vieille Chapelle. Born 2/11/1887 the son of George and Jane Lowe, of Lurgan House, Moate, Co. Westmeath. Buried in VIEILLE-CHAPELLE NEW MILITARY CEMETERY, LACOUTURE, FRANCE and photograph of headstone available.

LOWRY, William J. 1885. Private KEH. Transferred as Private, 11th Hussars 80653 then Private, Royal Engineers 622873. Entitled to British War and Victory Medals named to Royal Engineers.

LUCAS, Alymon. Second Lieutenant

LUCAS, Frederick J. 648. Lance Corporal KEH. Private Corps of Hussars 80211, Private 13th Hussars 535929. Entered France 21/04/1915. and wounded at defence of Vieille Chapelle 9-11/04/1918 with head arm and leg shrapnel and gunshot wounds. Noted as being an Australian from Preston, Victoria in 'Under Friendly Flags' by Lieutenant Colonel Neil C. Smith AM. Noted as still serving in 13th Hussars in 1919. Mentioned in Van Agnew's book 'Memoirs of a Veteran Volunteer'. Entitled to 1914/15 Star trio.

LUCAS, Herbert. 647. Private KEH. Entered France 22/04/1915. Discharged 5/04/1919. Entitled to 1914/15 Star trio.

LUCAS, Robert. 2159. Private. Discharged 13/09/1918. Applied for British War Medal as sole entitlement from Morocco.

LUCK, Albert P. 1619. Private KEH. Transferred as Private Northumberland Fusiliers 61275

LUKEY, G. E. 26. Staff Serjeant Major KEH.

LUSCHER, (Otto) Sidney P. 956. Private KEH. 1st Troop 'A' Squadron. Entered France 2/06/1915. WIA at defense of Vieille Chapelle 9-11/04/1918. Discharged 22/02/1919. Born in Jul 1891 in Brixton, Derbyshire, England and died in Ontario, Canada in 1965. Entitled to 1914/15 Star trio.

LYONS, Harold Marsh Lyle. 402. Private KEH. 'A' and 'B' Squadrons. Entered France 22/04/1915. Commissioned as a Second Lieutenant, 3rd/1st Cheshire Yeomanry 28/2/17 and rose to rank of Lieutenant Colonel with the Royal Army Service Corps (RASC) in WW2 having attained the rank of Captain in the RASC in 1932. Awarded 1936 Coronation Medal. Africa Star, Defence 39-45 Star and War Medal with Mentioned in Despatches awarded for WW2 service Awarded Territorial Decoration. Born in 1893 in Liverpool, England. Applied for 1914/15 Star trio from Wallasey, Cheshire. Medals sold at auction in the UK in 2019.



MACAULAY, Frederick. Charles. 729. Serjeant (posthumously promoted to Lieutenant) KEH. 'C' Squadron. Enlisted 30/11/1914 and entered France 22/04/1915. NCO in charge of the Divisional snipers. Killed in action 14/01/1916 from a shrapnel wound at Vaudricourt near Loos and was buried in North Maroc Cemetery, France. The first ‘C’ Squadron man to be killed in action. Went to South Africa in Jan 1896 and joined the Matabele Mounted Police and served during the Matabele Rebellion. Awarded the British South African Company Medal and Clasp for Rhodesia 1896. Served as a District Commissioner in North Rhodesia for 12 years. Name recorded on a commemorative tablet upon the War Memorial, Victoria Falls (Photograph in The King Edward’s Horse Senior and Junior Comrades Association Annual Bulletin No 14, 1947). Born in Dera Ismail Khan, India on 18/10/1874 and resided at Skelmore, Ayrshire, Scotland. Father Colonel Charles Edward Macaulay late Probyn's Horse. A brother, Lieutenant Percy John Frederick Macaulay, Royal Engineers was KIA 3/11/1894 in Wana, North West Frontier, India and another Lieutenant Kenneth Zachary Pollock Macaulay, Loyal North Lancashire Regiment DoW 30/01/1900 at Middlebury, Transvaal during the Boer War. Entitled to 1914/15 Star trio with Medal Index Card noting medals to be destroyed of deceased men as unclaimed in 1921. Gravestone photograph courtesy Commonwealth War Graves Commission. Civilian portrait photograph courtesy of 'The Sphere' newspaper 26/02/1916.

MACAULIFFE, William. 1932. Private KEH. Discharged 13/04/1919. Entitled to British War and Victory Medals.

MacBEAN, Ian Bryce. 121. Serjeant KEH. Entered France 22/04/1915. Commissioned 24/11/1915 as a Second Lieutenant KEH upon return to the Curragh, Ireland. Lieutenant Royal Air Force. Address on Medal Index Card when he applied for 1914/15 Star trio is from the Mercantile Club, Durban, South Africa. Born in Middlesbrough, Yorkshire, England in 1888 the son of John MacBean and Marion Watt (Hendrie) MacBean and emigrated to Australia. Returned to England to enlist from Claremont, Western Australia ('The Daily News' newspaper, Perth, WA 3/02/1916). A brother Second Lieutenant Colin Hendrie MacBean, 10th Australian Light Horse, Mentioned in Despatches was born in 1892 in Fairfield, Victoria but grew up in Claremont was KIA 29/08/1915 at Gallipoli. Photograph of Ian B. MacBean as a Lieutenant shown in Figure 31.

MacDONALD, Charles Edward Victor. 617. Private KEH. 'A' Squadron. Entered France 2/06/1915. Anglo-Argentinian Railway staff. Awarded the Distinguished Conduct Medal as Corporal (London Gazette 1/1/1918). Discharged 19/03/1919. Attended third re-union in South America in 1945. Entitled to 1914/15 Star trio.

MacDONALD, Hugh. 1286. Private KEH. Discharged 1/09/1919. Entitled to British War and Victory Medals.

MacDONALD, John Norman. Major KEH. Sergeant of the Cambridge troop in 1907. Second Lieutenant 'C' Squadron KEH 1910. Major in command of 'B' Squadron during WW1. KEH 1910. Captain in 1915 see Figure 19. Wounded at Vieille Chapelle 9-11/04/1918. Awarded Mentioned in Despatches and 1914/15 Star trio. Studied as a Rhodes Scholar at Caius College, Cambridge. Born in Australia 8/04/1888 at Woollhara, New South Wales, Australia; married Iris Hughes in Bombay, India on 28/01/1926 and died 2/04/1972 at Eastbourne, England.

MacDONALD, Oscar. 1946. Private. Enlisted 25/05/1916 and discharged 10/10/1916 due to sickness. Awarded Silver War Badge 39910 as sole entitlement.

MacDOUGALL, Thomas M. 990. Private. From New Zealand. Entered France 22/04/1915. Commissioned Second Lieutenant, 18th Battalion, London Regiment 5/03/1916. Applied for 1914/15 Star trio from Rhodesia.

MACEFIELD, Walter. D/8469. Private KEH. Transferred to Corps of Dragoons as Private D/8469. Entitled to British War and Victory Medals.

MacGILLIVRAY, Henry Alexander. 1948. Private. Enlisted 29/05/1917 and discharged 14/12/1918 due to sickness. Awarded Silver War Badge 117129. Born 1893 and served overseas.

MacINTOSH, E. Private. No records identified.

MacINTOSH, Herbert. Squadron Quarter Master Serjeant (SQMS). 3rd (New Zealand) Troop of ‘D’ Squadron (British African) of the 4th City of London (King’s Colonials) Imperial Yeomanry. Born in Nelson, New Zealand on 2/12/1870 and served with the King’s Colonials from 1902 until 1906 and died in Christchurch on 10/12/1956. He married Alice Maude Barker in 1897 in England and they had two sons. An engineer by profession, he returned to England for a holiday in 1939. SQMS MacIntosh wrote proudly in the King Edward’s Horse Senior and Junior Old Comrades Association Bulletin in 1946 that he still prized owning his tunic and was disappointed not to be able to wear it and ride in the Procession as part of the Christchurch Centennial Celebrations in 1950 (The King Edward’s Horse Senior and Junior Old Comrades Association Bulletin. 18: 18, 1951). The Full Dress tunic he wore is shown in Figures 60-66.

MACKAY, Charles Stuart. 289. Private KEH. Commissioned as Second Lieutenant later Lieutenant, 3rd/7th Battalion, King's Liverpool Regiment then Lieutenant, 15th Battalion, London Regiment. 1914-15 Star (289 Pte., K. Edw. H.); Victory Medal 1914-19 (Lieut.) sold by Dix Noonan Webb, UK at auction in April 2006.

MACKAY, Donald P. 334. Serjeant KEH. Entered France 4/05/1915. Transferred as a Serjeant, Tank Corps 111997 then Serjeant, Machine Gun Corps 147831. Discharged 8/03/1919. Entitled to 1914/15 Star trio.

MACKAY, William David. 369. Serjeant. 'A' Squadron. Entered France 2/06/1915. Commissioned as a Second Lieutenant, Royal Field Artillery 24/03/1917. Awarded Special Constabulary Long Service and Good Conduct (LSGC) Medal and 1937 Jubilee Medal. Died Oct 1955. Applied for 1914/15 Star trio from Catford, London. 1914/15 Star trio, WW2 pair, Jubilee 1937 and LSGC sold on eBay 2013.

MacKENZIE, Ernest. 1232. Private KEH. Discharged 22/06/1919. Entitled to British War and Victory Medals.

MACKEY, Robert. 793. Private KEH. Enlisted 3/12/1914 and discharged 26/07/1915 due to sickness and did not serve overseas. Awarded Silver War Badge 19189 as sole entitlement.

MacKINNON, Donald. Captain. Served pre-war KEH from 1911. 'A, B and C' Squadrons. Commissioned as a Second Lieutenant March 1914. Entered France 04/1915. Promoted to Lieutenant 5/06/1915. Attached to 21st London Regiment and sustained shrapnel wound 29/03/1916 and was invalided to England. In 1916-17 he commanded reserve units in Ireland. He returned to France as a Captain in 1918 and, following the Armistice, again embarked for Ireland. Discharged 25/03/1919. Entitled to 1914/15 Star trio. He was born on 30/04/1892 at Prahran, Melbourne, eldest of six children of Victorian-born parents Donald MacKinnon, barrister, and his wife Hilda Eleanor Marie, née Bunny. Attended Geelong Grammar School, Victoria and New College, Oxford, England 1911-13 and served with the KEH University Troop from 1911. At All Saints Church, Grangegorman, Dublin, on 12/06/1917 he married Minella Beatrice Seymour. Post-war he lived in England then South America and attended the third KEH re-union there in 1945. Awarded a Companion of the British Empire in 1958 and served as the Australian Ambassador to Brazil in 1957. He died on 2/05/1975 in Terang, Victoria. Photograph as a Lieutenant in KEH in 1915 see Figure 19.

MacKINTOSH, A. J. Lieutenant. Portrait photograph see Figure 320 Copyright Imperial War Museum HU 117631.

MACKRELL, Henry R. 944. Private. 'A' Squadron. Entered France 2/06/1915. Groom to a KEH Officer. Discharged 5/04/1919. Likely to have been born in Jul 1874 in St John's Wood, Middlesex, England. Entitled to 1914/15 Star trio.

MacLAGAN, William C. 979. Private, Lieutenant London Regiment.

MacLEAN, Archibald (Archie). 470. Private. Entered France 21/04/1915. Commissioned as a Second Lieutenant, 3rd Battalion King's Own Scottish Borderers on 27/03/1917. KIA 18/08/1918 during the British attempt to capture Hoegenacker. Buried in Borre British Cemetery, France. Born in Portee, Skye in 1894 and worked for Lloyd's Register in London. His mother applied for 1914/15 Star from Broomhill, Glasgow.

MACPHERSON, John. Corporal KEH. Student of University of London on absentee voters list.

MacQUINN, Oliver. 1677. Private. Transferred as Private, Labour Corps 515080. Entitled to British War and Victory Medals.

MacVEAN, John. 1173. Private. WIA at Savy in March 1917. Discharged 19/03/1919. Address noted as the Argyle County Sanatorium, Oban post-war. Entitled to British War and Victory Medals.

MANDERS, George Benjamin. 472. Private. Commissioned as a Second Lieutenant (20/01/1915) later Lieutenant, 66th Battery, 4th Brigade, Royal Field Artillery. DOW 24/04/1916. Buried in Amara War Cemetery, Iraq. Entitled to 1914/15 Star trio.

MANN, Charles. 570. Saddler. Entered France 21/04/1915. Discharged 9/02/1919. Entitled to 1914/15 Star trio.

MANN, Hugh H. 1890. Private. Discharged 4/03/1919. Entitled to British War and Victory Medal.

MANSFIELD, Wilfred Stephen. Second Lieutenant KEH. Major 8th Hussars. Embarked for France 27/06/1915. Awarded 1914/15 Star, British War Medal and Victory Medal. Medals applied for from an address in Cambridge, England in 1921. Born Apr 1894 in Cambridge where he died in Dec 1968.

MARGUTTI, Chartrey Louis Henry. 1076. Private. Enlisted 6/05/1915 and discharged 22/09/1915 due to sickness and did not serve overseas. Awarded Silver War Badge 19192 as sole entitlement.

MARKS, L. H. Master of the King's Colonials Lodge. Stepped down as Master in Dec 1939. (Old Comrades Bulletin No. 8, 1940). No record of service with KEH in the Great War and could have been pre-war and/or a member of the King's Colonials.

MARR, James (Jimmy) Edward. 1511. Corporal. 2nd Section 1st Troop 'C' Squadron. Wounded in the defence of Vieille Chapelle 9-11/04/1918. Discharged 23/05/1919. Anglo-Argentinian Railway staff. Born in Cuba and attended re-union in South America in 1946. Awarded British War Medal and Victory Medal.

MARRIOT, Charles. 526. Acting Corporal. Enlisted 10/08/1914 and entered France 21/04/1915. Discharged 26/03/1919. Promoted to Lance Corporal 21/10/1915. Born in 1875 in Brackley, Northampton. Prior service with 5th Lancers as Private 4618 having enlisted 7/02/1895 and served until discharged 6/02/1907. Served in India and South Africa where he was slightly wounded at the Defense of Ladysmith. Entitled to Queen's South Africa Medal with Elandslaagte and Defense of Ladysmith clasps. Awarded 1914/15 Star trio which is held in a private collection.

MARSH, Joseph George. 1374. Private. Enlisted 7/01/1915 and discharged 28/03/1915 due to sickness. Awarded Silver War Badge 98006 and as did not serve overseas not entitled to WW1 service medals.

MARSHALL, John C. D/16406. Private KEH. Transferred as Private, Corps of Dragoons then Private, Army Service Corps ES/50319 then Private, Scottish Horse 395418. Discharged 7/07/1919. Entitled to British War and Victory Medals.

MARSHALL, Julis Thomas. 1704. Serjeant KEH, Transferred as a Serjeant, Machine Gun Corps 105385. Discharged 24/03/1919. Entitled to British War and Victory Medals named to MGC.

MARTIN, Archibald Roland. 1699. Acting Serjeant KEH. Transferred as Acting Serjeant Machine Gun Corps 105386. Discharged 15/02/1919. Entitled to British War Medal and Victory Medals named to MGC.

MARTIN, O. N. 48. Staff Serjeant

MARTIN, William Henry Ernest. 1462. Private. Commissioned as a Lieutenant, East Surrey Regiment 7/06/1916. Served with South African Burger Forces in 1915. Returned to England to enlist from Transvaal, South Africa. Applied for British War Medal as sole entitlement.

MARTINGELL, Frederick John. 1610. Wounded at defence of Vieille Chapelle. Discharged 14/02/1919. Born in Kenley Surrey, England and living in Wandsworth, London on 1919 census.

MARTINGELL, G. Private.

MARTINSON, William Farrell. 860. Private. 'C' Squadron. Enlisted upon return from Shanghai in Dec 1914 on the SS Sawu Maru where he had been employed with the Shanghai Maritime Customs. Entered France 22/04/1915. Commissioned as a Second Lieutenant 23/01/1916 in the 13th Battalion, Essex Regiment. Held the rank of Lieutenant Colonel in WW2. Born China 1892. Aug 1920 joins Auxiliary Division of the Royal Irish Constabulary (ADRIC) as Company commander and later Adjutant. Married in Sep 1922 in Sussex. His residence at the time was Downpatrick, Co. Down, and his occupation is given as DI Ulster Constabulary. Had four children all born in Northern Ireland. Rejoined the army in 1940 as a Lieutenant in the Essex Regiment and rose to the rank of Lieutenant-Colonel. Lt-Col Martinson died in Mirpur Khas, Sind, Pakistan of chronic malaria on 28/11/1948. Portrait photographs in ADRIC uniform and Essex Regiment in 1945 available online.

MARTYN, Ronald Flower. Private KEH. Born 20/04/1893 in Norfolk, England. Studied at Cambridge University and possible served in pre-war KEH 1912 with University Troop. Lieutenant Royal Army Service Corps, Captain Royal Field Artillery (Special Reserve). Awarded Italian Medal for Military Valour.

MARQUES, Noble. Private. Left Trinidad for UK 20/03/1918 with 15th Caribbean Merchants and Planters Contingent. Living in Trinidad in 1946.

MASKELL, Ernest. 1092. Private. Entered France 2/10/1915. Transferred as Private Army Service Corps M/28056. Entitled to 1914/15 Star trio and Medal Index Card notes medals to be destroyed as unclaimed.

MASON, Charles E. D/17027. Private KEH. Transferred to Corps of Dragoons as Private D/17027. Discharged 29/11/1919. Entitled to British War and Victory Medals

MASON, Ernest George. 739. Private. Entered France 15/09/1915. Commissioned as a Second Lieutenant (30/04/1918) later Captain, Royal Berkshire Regiment. Awarded Military Cross. Applied for 1914/15 Star trio from North Finchley, London.

MASON, Henry Walter. 1999. Private. Enlisted 16/11/1915 and discharged on medical grounds 10/10/1916. Awarded Silver War Badge 32968.

MASSEY, Walter. 608. Private. 'B' Squadron. Enlisted 20/08/1914 and entered France 16/06/1915. Discharged 9/02/1919. Born 1867 in St Thomas, Dudley, Worcestershire, England. Prior service as Lance Corporal, 2987 1st King Dragoon Guards from 27/08/1886 to 17/08/1898 serving in India and Egypt. Entitled to 1914/15 Star trio.

MASTERS, Norman E. J. 591. Trumpeter. Entered France 24/05/1915. Discharged 13/02/1919. Lieutenant Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve, 66537 in WW2 and awarded RNVR Long Service Medal on 16/08/1948. Address in 1948 of Watford, Hertfordshire. Noted as attended the last KEH reunion 20/05/1972. Entitled to 1914/15 Star trio.

MATHERS, Henry Samuel. 998. Corporal. Entered France 2/06/1915. Commissioned as a Second Lieutenant, Suffolk Regiment 5/11/1918. Born 10/07/1887 in London. His widow applied for 1914/15 Star trio from Kent, England.

MATHEW, Augustus Earle. 1750. Lance Corporal. Enlisted 24/02/1917. Entered France 6/02/1918. Discharged 19/03/1919. Born in 1887 in South Africa. Prior service in the Natal rebellion with Royston's Horse and in the Natal Carabineers in the German West Africa Campaign. British War and Victory Medals sold at Noonans Auction UK in Oct 2023. 

MATHEW, David Hinchlif. 920. Private. Entered France 22/04/1915. Commissioned as a Second Lieutenant, 3rd/4th East Anglian Brigade, Royal Field Artillery 27/12/1915 later Lieutenant. Applied for 1914/15 Star from Essex, England.

MATTERSON, George Hardwick. 1359. Private. Commissioned as a Second Lieutenant 7/07/1917 later Lieutenant. Born in Pietermaritzburg, South Africa on 28/09/1887 and died Sep 1973 in Cockermouth, Cumberland, England. Entitled to British War Medal and Victory Medal.

MAWDSLEY, Robert. 1283. Private. Discharged 6/04/1919. Entitled to British War and Victory Medals.

MAXWELL, A. 2057. Private. Australian. No records identified.

MAXWELL, Lionel George. 1298. Private, Corporal East Lancashire Regiment 30746, Corporal then Second Lieutenant Cheshire Regiment

MAY, Charles Campbell. Captain. Born in Otago, New Zealand in 1889. Served in King's Colonials/KEH 1908-1914. Freemason and member of King's Colonials Lodge, No. 3386. KIA 1/07/1916 with 22nd Battalion (7th City Pals), Manchester Regiment at Mametz at the Battle of the Somme. Mentioned in Dispatches. Only son of Major Charles Edward May, New Zealand Forces and was married to Bessie Maude Earles in 1912 with a baby daughter Maude Pauline May. At the outbreak of war he founded and commanded the Legion of Volunteers in Manchester. Buried at Dantzig Alley British Cemetery, Mametz, France. Diary in the Imperial War Museum collection and now published as 'To Fight Alongside Friends'.

MAY, Fred. 549. Private. Entered France 22/04/1915. Discharged 10/03/1919. Entitled to 1914/15 Star trio.

McALIER, Patrick. 1297. Private 2nd Dragoon Guards 2DG/5812, Acting Corporal Dragoon Guards D/19537, Acting Serjeant KEH.

McARDLE, Hugh Francis. 33. Serjeant. KIA 18/09/1917. Entered France 2/06/1915 commissioned as a Lieutenant KEH 14/09/1915. Transferred to 41st Squadron Royal Flying Corps. KIA18/09/1917. Hugh was educated at St. Francis Xaviers College and he entered the Bank of British West Africa in Liverpool where he was a clerk. Sturdily patriotic in outlook he had identified himself with the Territorial movement before the war began, and on the outbreak of hostilities he was actually in camp with the KEH. On 2/06/1915 he went with the KEH to France, and in due course was recognised by the offer of a commission which he was given in his regiment. Later when the cavalry had not furnished him all the excitement he craved for he was attracted to aviation as a new and adventurous sphere of military usefulness, and to this end he came back to England to train for his wings.   Unhappily his career on active service with the Royal Flying Corps was brief, for within three weeks he was reported missing. Going up on patrol duty in September, 1917, he and his squadron were attacked by four enemy aeroplanes, and the challenge was inevitably accepted. What happened in his own case if still rather vague. During the day a very strong wind was blowing, and at the time of the fight they were above the clouds at 15,000 feet over Recourt, which is south-East of Arras. Seemingly the British airmen, still desperately combating their opponents, drifted Eastwards with the wind to a point above Ecourt St. Quentin. That, of course, was well within the German lines, and the last McArdles Flight Commander saw of him was that he was planing down quite under control and making for the British side. By this time the enemy had been driven away.   It was possible, of course, that he was either slightly wounded or experienced trouble with his engine, and was thus forced to land on hostile territory by reason of the very strong wind prevailing. Below the scene of the combat there was much marsh land and water, but it was a fair distance behind the enemy's lines, and it seemed improbable that a descending machine should not be seen by anyone. The Commanding Officer of McArdle's squadron at first entertained optimistic views with regard to the fate of the young officer and he was posted as Missing in Action on 18 September 1917. Nevertheless no news was ever received to point more precisely to the circumstances surrounding his fate, and intimation that his death was officially presumed was sent to his parents in the following April. Hugh Francis McArdle was born at Wavertree on the 17th November 1889. He was the son of Henry McArdle and Mary (nee Bullen). His father was born at Liverpool and his mother at Bootle. They were married at St. Francis Xavier's R.C. Church, Everton in 1877. Ten children were born to the marriage; Joseph Henry (born 1880), Henry Angelo (born 1881), Mary Catherine (born 1883), Robert (born 1884), Etheldreda Mary (born 1886), Harold (born 1887), Laura Angela (1888-1889), Hugh Francis (born 1889), Winifred Mary (1892-1912) and Peter Paul (born 1893). Peter's father was a merchant dealing in paper, canvas and jute. In 1911 his business address was 24 Irwell Chambers, Fazakerley Street, Liverpool. The family were living at Haydon Villa, Marlborough Road, West Derby in 1881. They lived at Ashleigh, Sandown Park, Wavertree, in 1891, 1901 and 1911. His mother applied for his 1914/15 Star trio from an address in Liverpool. He is commemorated on the Arras Flying Services Memorial. An extensive biography appeared in Liverpool's Scroll of Fame. His photo appeared in the biography and is reproduced here with the kind permission of Liverpool Record Office. 

McARTHUR, Basil. 2164. Private Middlesex Regiment G/50687, Private KEH alias Arthur B. Bradney. Deserted 23/05/1918 and re-enlisted KEH 6/06/1918. Discharged 5/04/1919. No WW1 service medal entitlement.

McARTHY, Justin Ernest. 1101. Private. Private. Entered France 19/10/1915. Private Labour Corps 424157. Discharged 8/06/1919. Born in Bathurst, New South Wales, Australia on 24/12/1878 and died 10/05/1929 in Moss Vale, New South Wales.

McBEAN, Ian Bryce. 121. Serjeant KEH. Commissioned KEH 24/11/1916 as Lieutenant KEH. Lieutenant Royal Air Force. Photograph as Lieutenant shown in Figure 31.

McCALMAN, Frank. 970. Corporal KEH. Entered France 22/04/1915. Reported Missing in Action at defence of Vieille Chapelle 9-11/04/1918. Discharged 17/03/1919. Entitled to 1914/15 Star trio.

McCARTER, Frank O. A. 1564. Acting Corporal KEH. Discharged 22/06/1919. Prior service with South African Mounted Rifles. Entitled to British War and Victory Medals.

McCARTHY, Justin Ernest. 1101. Private KEH. Entered France 19/10/1915. Transferred as Private Labour Corps 424157. Discharged 8/06/1919. Born in Bathurst, New South Wales, Australia on 24/12/1878 and died 10/05/1929 in Moss Vale, New South Wales. Entitled to 1914/15 Star trio.

McCLENNAN, Alexander. 957. Private. Discharged 30/09/1919. Entitled to British War and Victory Medals.

McCLOSKEY, James. 1347. Private KEH. KIA 26/08/1917 aged 39. Son of Patrick and Mary McClosky of Donegal; husband of Catherine McCloskey of New Row, Donegal. Buried in DUHALLOW Advanced Dressing Station CEMETERY, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium.

McCOMB, William (Will) Collingwood. 806. Private. Born in 1881 in England, enlisted Legion of Frontiersman in 1909 in Liverpool. Discharged KEH 8/04/1919. Owned a printery in Auckland in 1950. Died 17/02/1961 in Auckland. Entitled to British War Medal and Victory Medal. Commemorated on the Auckland Online Cenotaph.

McCORMACK, Albert. 1731. Private

McCORMACK, Percy James. 1278. Serjeant. (Possibly photograph Figure 23). Awarded Military Medal 20/08/1919 as a Corporal. Discharged 17/06/1919. Entitled to British War Medal and Victory Medal. Also known as Percy James McCallum. Commemorated on the Auckland Online Cenotaph.

McCORMICK, Andrew. 1107. Acting Serjeant. 1st Troop, 'B' Squadron in 1918. Entered France 28/07/1915. Commissioned as a Second Lieutenant, KEH 13/12/1917. Applied for 1914/15 Star trio from Argentina.

McCORMICK, J. V. 289. Private

McCRACKEN, Edward. 1105. Sergeant. Entered France 8/09/1915. Discharged 3/04/1919. Australian. Awarded Military Medal and bar with his bar awarded for gallantry at the defence of Vieille Chapelle 9-11/04/1918. Entitled to 1914/15 Star trio. No additional records identified - several E. McCracken arrivals in Australia from England circa 1890.

McCRIMMON, John Thomas. 1889. Private. The Anglos South American Depot, London shown on 28/04/1917 enlistment papers. Transferred as a Private 6th Battalion, Royal Fusiliers then as a Private 3rd Battalion, East Surrey Regiment 26249 later 1st Battalion. Granted 90 days leave to return to Chile 25/03/1918. Discharged 26/02/1919. Born 1882 in Valperaiso, Chile, South America. Awarded British War and Victory Medals named to East Surrey Regiment.

McCULLOCH, Archibald Hood. 2248. Private. British War Medal is sole entitlement.

McCULLOCH, William Bennett. 1047. Lieutenant. 'A' Squadron. Entered France 2/06/1915. Commissioned as a Second Lieutenant 21/12/1915. Commanded 1st Troop 'C' Squadron in 1918. Awarded the Military Cross as a Lieutenant for gallantry 9/11/918 at Maulde. Born 17/03/1889 in Warbreccan, Deniliquin, New South Wales, Australia, educated at Geelong College, married Mary Viola Molly Atherton on 5/01/1926 and died in 1/11/1969 at Balranaid, New South Wales. Applied for 1914/15 Star Trio.

McDONALD, Frank. 357801. Private KEH. Transferred as a Private then commissioned as a Second Lieutenant, 2/10th Battalion, King's Liverpool Regiment 28/05/1918. Entitled to 1914/15 Star trio.

McDONALD, George. 1771. Private KEH transferred from 2/2nd Scottish Horse as Private 4961 then transferred to Royal Engineers as Private WR/285723. Entitled to British War and Victory Medals.

McDONALD, J. A. Lieutenant KEH 1910.

McDOWALL, Thomas. 564. Private. Entered France 22/04/1915. Commissioned as a Second Lieutenant, KEH on 17/01/1916. Entitled to 1914/15 Star trio.

McDOWELL, T. Second Lieutenant (question same record as above noting different spelling)

McEVOY, Patrick E. 170. Serjeant then Squadron Quarter Master Serjeant. 2nd Section, 1st Troop, 'C' Squadron with Hotchkiss Gun Team. Served pre-war KEH from 1911. Entered France 28/07/1915. Admitted to Gloucester City Hospital 4/05/1918 as a result of wounds. Discharged 28/02/1919. Born 18/04/1881 in Seaforth, Lancashire, England and died 8/12/1952 in Settle, Yorkshire, England. A number of his uniform items within the National Army Museum collection. Entitled to 1914/15 trio. Named in photograph shown as Figure 22.

McGAFFIN, George. D/21284. Private KEH. Transferred to 6th Dragoons as Private, UD/303 then Private, Corps of Dragoons D/21287. Discharged 15/02/1919. Entitled to British War and Victory Medals.

McGINITY, Francis G. 830. 2nd Troop, 'B' Squadron 1916. Entered the France 22/04/1915. Reported Missing in Action at defence of Vieille Chapelle 9-11/04/1918. Discharged 9/04/1919. Born in 1896 in Stonyhurst and died in Paigton, Devon in 1948. Awarded 1914-15 Star trio (830 Pte. McGinity, K. Edw. H.); British War and Victory Medals (830 Pte. McGinity, K. Edw. H.). His medals are held in a private collection and photographs of them are shown on the accompanying page courtesy of the owner.

McGOWAN, John. Medals worn by Squadron Sergeant-Major McGowan (Regimental number 2139) 4th Dragoon Guards, King's Colonials and later Yeoman of the Guard. India General Service medal 1895-1902 with two clasps, Punjab Frontier 1897-98, Tirah 1897-98 (S.Q.M.S. J. McGowan, 4th Dragoon Gds); Army Long Service and Good Conduct medal (L.S & G.C. VR., small letter reverse VR crown; Meritorious Service Medal GVR; Khedive's Star 1882. John McGowan was born at Liverpool and enlisted there into the 4th Dragoon Guards on 21/09 September 1877, aged 18, a cabinet maker by trade. He was promoted to Corporal in March 1880; Lance-Sergeant, May 1882; Sergeant, July 1882; Troop Sergeant-Major, November 1891; Squadron Sergeant-Major, May 1898. He served in Egypt from 9/08/1882 to 22/10/1882 (Medal and Bronze Star), and in India from September 1894 to November 1901, and took part in the Tirah campaign of 1897-98 (Medal with 2 clasps). He was awarded the L.S. & G.C. medal with gratuity £5 in Army Order 10 of January 1896. He was posted to the Permanent Staff Yeomanry Cavalry as Regimental Sergeant-Major on 20/12/1901, sanctioned to raise the ‘King’s Colonials’ whose name was changed in 1911 to King Edward’s Horse. McGowan was discharged from the Permanent Staff of the King’s Colonials Yeomanry on 12/05/1909, and almost immediately appointed to H.M. Bodyguard on 18/06/1909. His M.S.M. without annuity was announced in Army Order 163 of 1932 and issued to him as a Yeoman of the King’s Bodyguard. He attended and also received medals for the Coronation in 1911, the Silver Jubilee in 1935 and the Coronation in 1937.  He died on 11/01/1942. 

McGRATH, John Thomas. 1931. Lance Corporal KEH. Enlisted 12/08/1915 and discharged 30/04/1919. Awarded Silver War Badge 337899 and served overseas. Born in 1886. Entitled to British War and Victory Medals.

McGREGOR, Alan W. 1130. Private KEH. Entered France 20/10/1915 and discharged 5/04/1919. From Australia. Entitled to 1914/15 Star trio.

McINROY, William. 1330. Lance Corporal KEH. Left Trinidad for UK 18/10/1915 with 1st Caribbean Merchant and Planters Contingent and discharged 14/04/1919. Died in Scotland prior to 1946. Entitled to British War and Victory Medals.

McINTOSH, Alexander James. 1046. Acting Corporal. 'A' Squadron. Entered France 2/06/1915. Commissioned as a Second Lieutenant 16/02/1917 later Lieutenant. Born 10/12/1891 in Hawthorn, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. Attended Geelong Grammar School, Victoria, Australia. Traveled to England on RMS 'Medina' Aug 1914 to enlist in KEH. Married Islay Stewart McArthur (from South Yarra, Victoria) in Dublin, Ireland on 28/05/1917. Applied for medals from England in 1921. Noted in Old Comrades Association as active in Australia in 1965. Died in 25/05/1973 in Armadale, Victoria. Applied for 1914/15 Star trio from London. Accompanying photograph shown as a Lieutenant courtesy of Imperial War Museum.

McINTOSH, Ernest. 1659. Private. Discharged 5/04/1919. Entitled to British War and Victory Medals.

McKAY, William (Willie) Kellock. 1509. Private. Enlisted March 1916. Discharged 14/12/1918. He had emigrated from England to Canada in July 1914 and enlisted in the North West Mounted Police. Unable to obtain a discharge he deserted in Alaska in Feb 1916, returned to England and enlisted in KEH. Pardoned by the Canadian Government in Feb 1920 for his desertion. Studied medicine post-war and worked as a doctor and died of influenza in Persia. Entitled to British War and Victory Medals.

McKEAN, Archibald (Archie). 384. Sergeant KEH. From New Zealand and born in 1892. Entered France 22/04/1915. Wounded at the defence of Vieille Chapelle 9-11/04/1918. Rank of Acting Squadron Quarter Master Serjeant on 1914/15 Star trio. Discharged 19/04/19 on an army disability pension. Resided in Queen's Park, Glasgow, Scotland post-war. Name commemorated on the Auckland Online Cenotaph.

McKENZIE, A. G. Second Lieutenant in command of the Cambridge university detachment attached to 'C' Squadron. Son of Colonel McKenzie of the Natal Forces and who had seen distinguished service in the Boer War. Became Colonel in Command of the 1st Royal Natal Carabiniers after service as a Captain in the 6th Dragoon Guards in France 1917-19.

McKENZIE, Alexander J. 1177. Private KEH. 'A' Squadron. WIA at Savy in March 1917. Discharged 21/03/1919. Died in Sep 1935 in England. Entitled to British War and Victory Medals.

McKENZIE, Fred. 203. Private. Entered France 4/05/1915. Transferred as Corporal, Army Pay Corps 17580. Resided in Newcastle-upon-Tyne post-war. Entitled to 1914/15 Star trio.

McKENZIE, Frederick William. Private. 1902. Enlisted 9/12/1915 and entered France 10/12/1915. Transferred to Labour Corps as Private 416802 on 1/05/1917 and discharged 8/10/1918 due to sickness. Born in 1882. Awarded Silver War Badge B177020. Entitled to 1914/15 Star trio.

McKINELL, Ronald Johnston. KEH. Born on 28 March 1894, and was raised in Dumfries by his mother, Margret Bryden McKinnell, as his father, Williams James McKinnell had died on 18 January 1910. He attended Sedbergh (Hart House) from March 1910 to July 1911, before attending Dumfries Academy. Ronald probably lived with his mother at North Laurie Knowe House, Maxwell Town in Dumfries, before moving to the Liverpool area; ‘Nithsdale’, Valentia Road, Hoylake. After finishing his education, he became an articled clerk with Messrs Deane & Davidson, Charted Accountants. In 1914, Ronald became a trooper with the King Edward’s Horse, based at King’s Langley in Hertfordshire. The following year, on 28 April 1915, he joined the 10th (Scottish) Battalion King’s Liverpool Regiment (Territorial), attesting at Tunbridge Wells; private with regimental number 4493. On 20 June, he was commissioned as a Second Lieutenant and posted to the 2/10th Battalion in Blackpool. [A few days earlier, on 16 June 1915, his brother, Captain Bryden McKinnell was killed in action at Hooge (the battalion’s first major action of the war). For actions prior to this day, he had been awarded the Military Cross, the first to the 10th (Scottish) King’s Liverpool Regiment.] He was later sent on sick leave (reasons not known) and returned to duty on 21 September, and posted to the 3/10th Battalion. He was promoted to Lieutenant on 1 June 1916. On 4 February 1917, Ronald joined the 2/10th Battalion and was sent to France a few days later on 17 February. While patrolling the barded-wire at Armentieres he was accidently wounded on 25 May 1917, and was returned to England. On 11 January 1918, he was posted back to the 3/10th Battalion at Oswestry. On 1 June 1918, he was promoted to Captain. Prior to his promotion being published he had transferred to the Royal Air Force as a lieutenant on 10 September 1918. He might have tried to become a pilot, as he was struck of the strength of the R.A.F. only a few months later on 11 February 1919; having attended a course at the School of Military Aeronautics at Reading. He returned to the 5th Battalion of the Liverpool Regiment. He was formally demobilised in 1919, and was awarded the British War Medal 1914-20, the Victory Medal and the Territorial Force Medal. (He probably remained in the Territorial Army). In 1923, he married Marguerite West and in 1928 she gave birth to twins; Peter and Sheila. Following the outbreak of WW2, Ronald returned to active service (regimental number 107915). In 1940, he had been appointed as a General Staff Officer (Intelligence) (G.S.O. (I)) with ‘Avonmouth Force’ (the British forces assigned for operations in Norway). The force was re-designated ‘Rupert-Force’ (a divisional-size naval/army task force) and was commanded by Major General P.J. Mackesy; joint naval commander was Admiral The Earl of Cork. On 12 April 1940, Ronald sailed with as part of the advance party, along with Mackesy and his staff, departing Gourock aboard HMS Southampton. Two days later, they arrived at Harstad. Ronald and another staff officer were dispatched to the Island of Hinnoy to assess German activity. They met with local officials and returned with several Norwegian Army Officers who confirmed that Hinnoy was clear of enemy. Ronald was the first British soldier ashore in Norway (confirmed by letter written by Major General Dowler dated 6 October 1943). He then escorted a number of Norwegian officials and the British Vice-Consul back to England on H.M.S. Southampton. Returning to Norway, he took part in the doomed land campaign as an intelligence officer serving under the later Major General A.A.B. Dowler. Following the end of the Norwegian campaign, Ronald was transferred to the General List as a lieutenant on 14 July: regimental number 107915. The following day, he was transferred to the Intelligence Corps (Gazette dated 26 November 1940). The Intelligence Corps was formally constituted that same day (notification issued on 19 July) and as such Ronald was one of the first Corps officers of WWII. By 3 November 1942, Ronald was based at Camp 020 at Ham Common, Reading. It was here that M.I.5 held and interrogated captured German agents and spies. There interrogation would be conducted under the direction Colonel Robin ‘Tin Eye’ Stephens who famously ‘broke’ every prisoner without the use of physical violence. The prisoners were then either selected for suitability to be run as double-agents by M.I.5 or hanged. Ronald was later promoted to Captain (October 1943) and would later hold the rank of temporary Major. At some point Ronald served in the North-West Europe campaign (he was awarded the France and Germany Star). A group photograph would indicate that he was a member of the military administration in occupied-post war Germany; responsible for policing. In 1946, he was demobilised and granted the rank of honorary captain. He was awarded the 1939-45 Star, the France and Germany Star, the Defence Medal and the British War Medal 1939-45. Ronald died on 27 May 1977, aged 83 years old. Accompanying photograph of him and his medals courtesy of Facebook. 

McLARTY, Lachlan. 2052. Private. Discharged 6/07/1919. Entitled to British War and Victory Medals.

McLAY, James. 1499. Lance Corporal KIA 9/04/18 at Defence of Vieille Chapelle. Born in Marong, Victoria, Australia on 23/10/1883 the son of Mrs. and the late J. McLay of Narrandera, New South Wales, Australia. Worked in Argentina and left there in Aug 1916 to enlist in England. Commemorated on the LOOS MEMORIAL, FRANCE. Awarded British War Medal and Victory Medal. Remembered on the Honour Roll of the Marong Presbyterian Church and the Commemorative Roll of the Australian War Memorial.  

McLEAN, Frank S. Private KEH. From Wanganui, New Zealand. Student at Cambridge University. Commissioned as a Second Lieutenant 117th Brigade Royal Field Artillery (RFA). Disembarked for France 20/09/1915. Lieutenant RFA on British War Medal and Victory Medal roll. Commemorated on the Auckland Online Cenotaph.

McLEAN, John Archibald. 780. Private. 'A' Squadron. Entered France 1/06/1915. Commissioned as a Second Lieutenant Army Service Corps 26/07/1918. Commemorated on the Auckland Online Cenotaph. Applied for 1914/15 Star trio c/o American Express Co, London.

McPHERSON, Herbert 1210. Private. KIA 22/3/17 at Savy. Born in Valparaiso, Chile in 1878. Name commemorated on the THIEPVAL MEMORIAL, FRANCE. Entitled to British War Medal and Victory Medal.

McPHERSON, Ian W. 1751. Private. Discharged 9/07/1919. Entitled to British War and Victory Medals.

McSWINEY, Walter M. 1263. Private. Transferred as Private, Royal Army Service Corps S/391313 then Private, Royal Engineers 604696. Entitled to British War and Victory Medals.

McVEAGH, James. 542. 'A' Squadron. Surname miss-spelt McVeogh on 1914/15 Star and MIC. Entered France 1/06/1915. Discharged 9/07/1919. Awarded 1914/15 Star trio and sold by London Medals in November 2015.

MEAD, John H. 1123. Private. Discharged 24/03/1919. Entitled to British War and Victory Medals.

MEADS, Robert A. 2042. Private, Private Lancashire Fusiliers 45487, Private Army Service Corps R/384020

MEAKIN, Reginald A. 1383. Corporal KEH. Transferred as Sapper, Royal Engineers (RE) 311019 and finished the war as a Major and returned to Canada in 1919. Born 23/09/1890 in Burton on Trent, Staffordshire, England and died 20/06/1934 in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. Served with North West Mounted Police in Canada from 1905-1912. Entitled to British War and Victory Medals named to RE.

MEARS, George. 605. Private. Entered France 22/04/1915. Discharged 3/03/1919. Entitled to 1914/15 Star trio.

MEARS, John Loxton. 1749. Private (Signaller, Second Class). 'B' Squadron. Enlisted in KEH on 6/03/1917 and general service enlistment recorded for Singapore Royal Engineers (Volunteers) from 9/08/1915 until 9/01/1917. Served in France 9/03/1918 26/09/1918. Discharged 22/03/1919. Born in 1898 and enlisted having returned to England from Shanghai, China. Entitled to 1914/15 Star trio.

MEE, F. 871. Private. Served from 17/01/1917 until 11/11/1918 then transferred as Private, Military Mounted Police P/12000. Entitled to British War and Victory Medals.

MEEK, David Joseph Maurice 836 Private. Enlisted 19/12/1914. Entered France 1/06/1915. Transferred as Private, Labour Corps 443834 on 28/11/1917. Sustained a Gun Shot Wound to the head 20/05/1918. Discharged 29/10/1918. Prior service with Queensland Bushmen for one year in the Boer War. Born io 23/07/1879 in Larne, Antrim, Ireland and died 5/09/1941 in Gwelo, Mashonaland West, Zimbabwe. Entitled to 1914/15 Star trio.

MEIKLE, George Mather. 789. Acting Serjeant. 'A' Squadron. Entered France 2/06/1915. Commissioned Second Lieutenant on 13/12/1917. Second Lieutenant in photograph Marlborough Barracks, Dublin 1918 see Figure 33. Enlisted in the 3rd Regiment of Tullibardine's Horse (Scottish Horse) on 14/09/1914 and discharged 1/12/1914 to join KEH. Born in Glasgow, Lanarkshire in 1890 and died 11/05/1929 in Ardmore, Newtownards, County Down, Ireland. Applied for 1914/15 Star Trio from Ireland.

MEIKLE, Thomas Brand. 350. Private KEH. Enlisted 11/11/1913. Entered France 21/04/1915. Transferred as Private, 542 H.S.E. Company, Labour Corps 585705. Discharged 31/10/1918 due to sickness. Awarded Silver War Badge B72280. Born in 1877. Awarded Imperial Service Medal and Territorial Forces Efficiency Medal as Bandsman, 15th Civil Service Rifles. Entitled to 1914/15 Star trio.

MEIKLEJON, Robert Wright. 1239. Private, Second Lieutenant Hussars. Portrait photograph as a civilian.

MEIKLEM, John. 1037. Private. Entered France 28/07/1915 and discharged 11/04/1919. Awarded 1914/15 Star trio and Victory Medal sold at auction in the UK in 2018.

MEKERLE, Alexander. 757. Private KEH. Enlisted 18/12/1914. Transferred as Private, Machine Gun Corps (MGC) 105382. Entered France 21/04/1915. Discharged due to wounds 31/05/1918 and awarded Silver War Badge 412816. Born in 1881 and resided in Birmingham. Awarded 1914/15 Star trio with Star named to KEH and British War and Victory Medals named to MGC. Photograph of medals when they were offered for sale in the UK in 2019 (Courtesy Bill Friar Medals).

MERCER, Alex W. 2172. Private. 'C' Squadron. Entered France 22/04/1915. Transferred from the Army Service Corps as Private T/1775 then T/4240941. Discharged 14/02/1919. Lived in South America. Died Dec 1955 in Florida, USA. Entitled to British War and Victory Medals.

MERCER, Thomas Melbourn 382. Lance Corporal. C' Squadron. Enlisted on 19/01/14. Entered France on 22/04/15 & was transferred to the Machine Gun Corps (Tank Corps) on 04/12/16.  On 04/01/17 he was accepted for training with the No 5 Officer Cadet Battalion at Trinity College, Cambridge & he was promoted to Second Lieutenant on 30/01/17.  He died at the Battle of Cambrai on 23/11/17 while commanding Tank B30 Bally Hackle 11.  The tanks were attacked by German lorry-mounted anti-aircraft guns.  Six commanders & many of the crew members died alongside Thomas. Born in Croxteth, Lancashire in 1893. Commemorated on the Cambrai Memorial at Louverval, Northern France. Father applied for 1914/15 Star trio from Liverpool, England. Portrait photograph and group photograph shown courtesy of Ancestry.

MERCHANT, William John. 1160. Lance Corporal KEH. Commissioned as a Second Lieutenant, London Regiment. Deceased 7/10/1916. His mother Mrs. W. B. Merchant applied for his British War and Victory Medals from Wallasey, Cheshire.

MERKIN, Raphael. 1341. Private KEH. Re-enlisted Royal Fusiliers as Private J/1669. Entitled to British War and Victory Medals named to Royal Fusiliers. Commemorated in the Jewry Roll of Honour 1914-1918. Student of the University of London.

MERRICK, Arthur L. 202. Corporal KEH. Transferred as Serjeant Labour Corps 672693

METCALFE, J. C. 7. Serjeant

MILES, John 1257. Private. Entered France 5/05/1915. Transferred as Private, Labour Corps 230745. Entitled to 1914/15 Star trio.

MILLER, George Alfred (Albert) 1039 Private KIA 19/08/17 aged 30. Son of Dr. George Foy, F.R.C.S., and Annie Miller, his wife. Born at Clontarf, Dublin. Buried in GWALIA CEMETERY, BELGIUM. Commemorated on Liverpool Town Hall Roll of Honour. Entitled to British War and Victory Medals.

MILLER, Timothy. 2121. Private KEH. Transferred from Private 1641 2KEH to KEH. Arrived in France 15/07/1915 and discharged 14/05/1919. Entitled to 1914/5 Star trio.

MILLETT, Frederick (Fred) G. 554. Private. 3rd Troop, 'B' Squadron. Entered France 22/04/1915. Served as batman to Captain Ralph Furse and retired from pre-war service with 6th Dragoon Guards and a Pal of Lance Corporal Robert Gurd (A History of the British Cavalry: Volume 7: 1816-1919) and described by Furse as "considerable, long, rather weepy sandy moustache, watery or was it beery eyes, I took him on as batman and never regretted it". Discharged 9/07/1919. Entitled to 1914/15 Star trio.

MILLS, Thomas. 1909. Private. Discharged 17/06/1919. Entitled to British War and Victory Medals.

MILNE, William F. 1108. Corporal. Transferred as Corporal, Labour Corps 565814. Entitled to British War and Victory Medals named to Labour Corps.

MILNES, Harold Harvey. 2021. Private 30/10/1918. Died in service. Buried in GRANGEGORMAN MILITARY CEMETERY, IRELAND.

MILROY, Joseph. 1152. Private. 2nd Section, 1st Troop, 'C' Squadron in June 1917. Entered France 20/10/1915. Discharged 5/04/1919. Entitled to 1914/15 Star trio. Possibly named in photograph shown as Figure 23.

MILROY, Robert. 1164. Private KEH, Private Machine Gun Corps 105387. Entered France 22/12/1915. Discharged 19/03/1919. Entitled to 1914/15 Star Trio with Star named to KEH and British War Medal and Victory Medal named to MGC. (Possible photograph Figure 23).

MINTER, Frank. 1024. Private. Machine Gun Section,'C' Squadron in 1916. Entered France 28/07/1915. Transferred as Private 104511 then Commissioned as Second Lieutenant, 32nd Machine Gun Corps on 25/07/1917. KIA 28/10/1918. Born in London in 1894 with his Father W. Minter applying for his 1914/15 Star trio from St John's Wood, London.  

MITCHELL, Archibald McKerrow. 791. Private KEH. Entered France 21/04/1915. Commissioned as a Second Lieutenant 1/23rd Battalion London Regiment 3/07/1916. Prior service in the Boer war with the Scottish Rifles. Medals awarded - QUEEN'S SOUTH AFRICA 1899-1902, 3 clasps, Cape Colony, Transvaal, Laing's Nek (7893 Pte., Scottish Rifles); KING'S SOUTH AFRICA, 2 clasps (1695 Pte., Cape Town Hdrs.); 1914-15 STAR (791 Pte., K. Edw. H.); BRITISH WAR AND VICTORY MEDALS (2.Lieut.). Military Cross. KIA 7/07/1917. Brother of James Mitchell of "Strathallan," Greenock Avenue, Old Cathcart, Glasgow. Buried at OAK DUMP CEMETERY, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium. Boer War and WW1 Medals sold at auction by Dix Noonan Webb, UK in December 1992.

MITCHELL, George D. 781. Private. Entered France 22/04/1915. Discharged 23/03/1919. Entitled to 1914/15 Star trio.

MITCHELL, J. J. 814. Private. Entered France 19/10/1915. Transferred as Private, Royal Engineers 348828 then WR/204568. Awarded Silver War Badge but unable to identify record for badge number or discharge date. Entitled to 1914/15 Star trio named to Royal Engineers.

MITCHELL, John F. 1338. Private KEH. Enlisted 24/12/1914 and entered France 5/05/1915. Transferred as Private 447031. Discharged 28/09/1919. Awarded Silver War Badge B293485 and repatriated. Entitled to 1914/15 Star trio.

MOFFAT, Leslie Palmer. 'C' Squadron. Commissioned as a Temporary Second Lieutenant KEH on 9/12/1915. Awarded the Military Cross as a Lieutenant for gallantry at the defence of Vieille Chapelle 9-11/04/1918. Transferred as a Lieutenant to the 31st Lancers, Indian Army. Awarded British War and Victory Medals, and Indian General Service Medal with clasps for Afghanistan and North West Frontier 1919. May have married Elizabeth Aloysius Doyle in March 1920 in Baltinglass, Wicklow, Ireland and had a son in Australia. Lieutenant Moffat lived in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. Photograph shown as Figure 31.

MOIR, David G. 152389. Serjeant, Scottish Horse 152389 attached to KEH. Transferred as Serjeant KEH, 152389 then Serjeant, Corps of Dragoons D/35278 and then Acting Warrant Officer, 7th Dragoon Guards D/35278. Discharged 13/11/1921. Entitled to British War and Victory Medals, and General Service Medal with Iraq clasp.

MOLLOY, Henry Stephen. 1554. Private KEH. Entered France 15/07/1915. Member of Hotchkiss Gun Team in June 1916. Transferred as Private, Royal Engineers 12606. Born 12/02/1887 in Arran Quay, Dublin, Ireland and died Mar 1951 in Dublin North, Ireland. Entitled to British War and Victory Medals.

MONTGOMERY, John McLean. 1049. Private KEH. Enlisted in 1915 and entered France 2/06/1915. Commissioned as a Second Lieutenant 12/07/1915. Temporary Lieutenant Mar 1917. Lost his commission and was Court Martialed in April 1918 as a result of chronic alcoholism after the death of his father in 1916. Born in Balaclava, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia on 12/01/1890 the son of Dr J. P. Montgomery who practiced in Camperdown, Victoria. Lieutenant Montgomery died 9/09/1922 in Terang, Victoria. AIF attestation papers for service abroad. Entitled to 1914/15 star trio. Accompanying photograph shown while at Curragh in 1916. 

MOORE, Albert William (Bertie). 1091. Serjeant KEH. Entered France 15/09/1915. Served with 2nd Troop, 'B' Squadron in 1916. Gunshot wound to right hand sustained in defence of Vieille Chapelle 9-11/04/1918. Discharged 17/01/1919. Born in 1881 in Fremantle, Western Australia (WA) and married Dora Margaret (Daisy) Ferguson on 5/02/1908 in Swan, WA and he died in the Williams District, WA on 9/03/1957. Entitled to 1914/15 Star trio.

MOORE, Basil Oates. 592. Private KEH. 'A' Squadron. Arrived France 2/06/1915. Commissioned as a Second Lieutenant later Captain Royal Field Artillery 13/07/1916. Twice Mentioned in Despatches (London Gazette 11/12/1917). Born Jan 1890 in Bromley, Kent, England and died 27/06/1974 in Karen, Nairobi, Kenya. Applied for 1914/15 Star trio from Lugari Station, Kenya Colony.

MOORE, Frederick E. 2123. Private KEH. Transferred to KEH from 2KEH as Private 840. Entered France 4/05/1915 and discharged 28/03/1919. Entitled to 1914/5 Star trio.

MOORE, Reginald Joseph. Private KEH. Entered Cameroon 16/06/1915. Commissioned as a Second Lieutenant, Royal Field Artillery then Lieutenant also with Gold Coast Regiment. Died 19/02/1920. Awarded Silver War Badge. His widow applied for his 1914/15 Star trio from Stoke-on-Trent, England

MOORHOUSE, Eric Godfrey. 144. Serjeant KEH. 'A' Squadron. Entered France 2/06/1915. Commissioned as a Second Lieutenant 3rd/1st Lancashire Fusiliers 5/12/1916, Lieutenant Lancashire Hussars, Lieutenant Indian Army in 1922. Likely to have been born 16/06/1893 in Formby, Lancashire, England and died Mar 1976 in Camborne-Redruth, Cornwall, England. Applied for 1914/1 Star trio from Petersfield, Hants.

MORANT, Arthur Francis Harford. 1088. Private. Enlisted 13/05/1915. Entered France 29/07/1915. Discharged 14/12/1918. Born in 1866 in Grahams Town, South Africa and died 10/10/1945 in Towcester, Northamptonshire, England. Gave year of birth on enlistment as 1877. Entitled to 1914/15 Star trio

MORGAN J. 1396. Private KEH. Served with KEH 7/07/1916 to 11/11/1918. Transferred as a Lance Corporal, Military Mounted Police P/12038. Entitled to British War and Victory Medals named to Military Mounted Police.

MORGAN, Oswald William. 717. Serjeant KEH. Enlisted at Watford on 21/11/1914 and entered France 21/04/1915. Promoted to Corporal 3/03/1915 and Serjeant 12/09/1915. Commissioned as a Second Lieutenant Royal Field Artillery 17/10/1915. Transferred to Royal Flying Corps (RFC) and promoted to Flying Officer on 14/07/1916. Captain attached to Royal Artillery from RFC. Killed in a  flying accident 3/02/1918 when flying from Lopcombe Corner airfield when his Avro 504J stalled on take off. Buried in NETHER WALLOP (ST. ANDREW) CHURCHYARD, Hampshire. Prior service with South Rhodesian Volunteers. Born 21/06/1888 in Pietermaritzburg, uMgungundlovu District Municipality, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa. Commemorated on the Wallop Memorial. His widow Mrs O. W. Morgan applied for his 1914/15 Star trio from London.  Photograph of his gravestone shown on accompanying page. 

MORGAN, Victor. 889. Lance Corporal KEH. Entered France 2/06/1915. 'A' Squadron and 'C' Squadron in 1918. Awarded Distinguished Conduct Medal (the first to be awarded to the KEH) for work with Trench Mortars as a Corporal for action 13-15/10/1915 and Military Medal in the defense of Vieille Chapelle 9-11/11/1918 as Lance Corporal when he was wounded. Discharged 4/04/1919. Died 12/04/1956 in Weston Super-Mare, England. Entitled to 1914/15 Star Medal Trio with 1914/15 Star named as Private and British War and Victory Medals as Acting Corporal. His group of five medals in a private collection in the UK.

MORLEY, Alfred C. 1436. Sapper KEH. Transferred as Sapper, Royal Engineers 208130 then Acting Corporal, Royal Engineers WR/509534. Entitled to British War and Victory Medals.

MORLEY, F. 177. Lance Corporal. King's Colonials. Awarded Imperial Yeomanry Long Service and Good Conduct Medal, Aug 1907.

MORLEY, Harold J. 772. Private KEH. Entered France 22/04/1915. Discharged 27/02/1919. Entitled to 1914/15 Star trio.

MORRIS, Joseph Henry. 892. Private KEH. Entered France 15/09/1915. KIA 11/04/1918 (aged 29) at the defense of Vieille Chapelle. Son of Mrs. Emily Morris of Dudley Road, Northfield, Worcs; husband of the late Margaret Morris. Commemorated on the LOOS MEMORIAL, FRANCE. Entitled to 1914/15 Star trio and medals destroyed as unclaimed. 

MORRISON, Alexander. 1896. Private. Enlisted in Dublin 30/04/1917. Served in Italy 9/02/1918 then France where he was taken Prisoner of War 11/04/1918 at Defense of Vieille Chapelle until 7/12/1918 in Prisoner of War Hospital in Lille. Discharged 21/03/1919. Born in 1888 and from Valparaiso, Chile. Entitled to British War and Victory Medals.

MORRISON, Henry. 1592. Private KEH. Transferred as Drummer 4th Battalion, King's Liverpool Regiment 5961. Discharged 9/07/1919. Entitled to British War and Victory Medals named to KEH.

MORTON, Lewis. 1512. Corporal. Returned from Transvaal, South Africa to enlist. Enlisted 24/03/1916 and entered France 30/12/1916. Served in Italy 5/12/1917. Discharged 1/03/1919. Born in 1885 in Huddersfield, Yorkshire, England. Entitled to British War and Victory Medals.

MOSSMAN, Bertie Alan. 1023. Lance Corporal. 'C' Squadron. Enlisted 6/04/1915 at Bishops Stortford and entered France 16/06/1915. Hospitalised with trench fever 31/03/1918. Discharged 24/05/1919. Born in Jamaica in 1895. Brother of Private Ellis Leopold Mossman, 1022, KEH and Owen Vincent, 270905, Royal Flying Corps born 1899. Entitled to 1914/15 Star trio.

MOSSMAN, Ellis Leopold. 1022. Private KIA 09/04/1918 aged 29. Enlisted in Bristol. Arrived in France 2/05/1915. Son of Hubert Leopold Mossman and Emily Mossman of "Upton", Lodge, Jamaica, British West Indies. Commemorated on the LOOS MEMORIAL, FRANCE and on a MEMORIAL PLAQUE IN ST. DUNSTAN'S CHAPEL, JAMAICA COLLEGE CAMPUS, WEST INDIES. Brother of Private Bertie Allan Mossman, 1023, KEH and Owen Vincent, 270905, Royal Flying Corps born 1899. Entitled to 1914/15 Star trio

MOSSMAN, James 'Dilworth' Bradly. Private. Enlisted in KEH at the outbreak of the war and on 11/12/1914 transferred to the 3rd Auckland Mounted Rifles. New Zealand Expeditionary Force as Trooper 13/187B. KIA at Gallipoli 19/05/1915 aged 21. Born 27/03/1894 , the son of William John and Marion Mossman of Gisborne, New Zealand. Buried in Walker's Ridge Cemetery, Gallipoli. Served in College Rifles, Auckland as a cadet. Obituary in the Auckland Grammer School Chronicle 1915 and commemorated on the Auckland War Memorial. Awarded 1914/15 Star trio and memorial plaque. Five brothers all served in WW1  and one brother, Thomas Henry Mossman died of diptheria in Cairo on 12/04/1915 as Trooper 9/728, 2nd Reinforcements, Otago Mounted Rifles and had seen pre-war service in the Gisborne Squadron of the Legion of Frontiersmen from 1912. Photograph courtesy of the Auckland Weekly News 1915.

MUGFORD, Richard Henry. 855. Serjeant KEH. Commissioned as a Second Lieutenant Devonshire Regiment 5/02/1919. Awarded Military Medal (MM) as Serjeant KEH for reconnaissance at Anneux 21/11/1917. Enlisted in the KEH having sailed to London from Shanghai on board SS Suwa Maru 16/10/1914 where he had been employed in the Shanghai Maritime Customs. Entered France 2/06/1915. Group of four medals sold at Spink Noble auction in the UK Nov 2005. Military Medal (GVR type 1); 1914-15 Star; British War Medal 1914-18; Victory Medal 1914-19. 855 Sjt: R.H. Mugford, 1/King Edw:H. on first medal, 855 Pte. R.H. Mugford, K. Edw. H. on second medal, 855 Sjt R.H. Mugford. K. Edw. H. on last two medals. All medals impressed. Swing mounted. Ex-Trevor Bushell Taylor Collection. MM award published in a supplement to London Gazette 13/3/1918. Lived in Chelmsford, Essex, England post war. A brother, Harold Sandford Mugford (31/08/1894 – 16/06/1958) served with the Essex Yeomanry from 1912 before transferring to the Machine Gun Corps in 1916 and was awarded the Victoria Cross. As a 22 years old Lance-Corporal in 8 Squadron, Machine Gun Corps on 11/04/1917 at Monchy-le-Preux, France, under intense fire, Lance-Corporal Mugford got his machine-gun into a forward, very exposed position from which he dealt very effectively with the enemy. Almost immediately his No. 2 was killed and he was severely wounded. He was ordered to go to a new position and then have his wounds dressed but this he refused to do, staying to inflict severe damage on the enemy with his gun. Soon afterwards a shell broke both his legs, but he still remained with his gun and when he was at last removed to the dressing station he was again wounded. His Victoria Cross is displayed at the Imperial War Museum (London, England) and there is a memorial to him in Chelmsford Cathedral. A younger brother, Pte Percy Mugford, of the 4th Battalion Essex Regiment, who had been reported ‘wounded and missing' following the First Battle of Gaza on 26 March 1917, was KIA. He is commemorated on the Jerusalem Memorial.

MULCAHY, Francis P. 1474. Private. Discharged 20/06/1919. Born in Liverpool in 1894. Entitled to British War and Victory Medals.

MULES, Phillip Austin. 871. Corporal. Entered France 5/05/1915. Commissioned as a Second Lieutenant, KEH 1/10/1915. Transferred to 23rd Battalion, Tank Corps as Captain. Prioe Service with Imperial Yeomanry from 8/03/1900 as Private, 9049. Joined Cape Mounted Police in South Africa 3/10/1900. Awarded Queen's South Africa Medal with Cape Colony and South Africa 1899-1902 clasps. Born Jan 1878 in Bowdon, Cheshire, England and died 16/04/1939 in Uxbridge, Middlesex, England. Applied for 1914/15 Star trio from Wrexham, Wales.

MULLEY, Reginald. 1215. Corporal KEH. Entered France 3/01/1916 and served with KEH until 18/04/1917. Transferred as Corporal, 4th Battalion Royal Fusiliers GS/59470 (12/10/1917 to 14/10/1917) later 24th Battalion 12/10/1917 to 15/04/1918). Photograph taken at the Curragh in Ireland in 1915 as Trooper Mulley together with Trooper Fitton. Died in 1963.

MUNN, . Private served in Dublin

MUNRO, Donald. 1600. Entered France 13/12/1916. Transferred as Private, Rifle Brigade 29115, Commissioned as a Second Lieutenant 26/11/1917 later Acting Captain and Adjutant 26th Group, Labour Corps. Applied for 1914/15 Star trio from Punta Arenas, Chile.

MURDOCH, Wills. John Hughes. 1333. Acting Corporal KEH. Commissioned 22/02/1918 in KEH. Resided Brook Green, London post-war. Awarded British War and Victory Medals.

MURPHY, David. 2097. Private KEH. Entered France 30/07/1915 with 2KEH. Transferred from 2KEH as Private 1598. Discharged 16/02/1919. Entitled to 1914/15 Star trio.

MURPHY, Louis. 1244. Private KEH. Died in service 16/04/16. Husband of M. Murphy of 36 Little Strand Street, Dublin. Buried in CURRAGH MILITARY CEMETERY, IRELAND. No medal entitlement.

MURRAY, Eric Moray. 966. Lieutenant KEH. 'C' Company. Arrived in France 22/04/1915 and commissioned as a Second Lieutenant in the KEH 15/04/1917 later Lieutenant. A sniper who had a lucky escape when a shot by a German sniper passed down the barrel of his own rifle as he was about to take a shot. Born in North Adelaide, South Australia 13/05/1894 and died 23/07/1953. A series of his letters to his fiancée Miss Jean Marjorie Knox whilst in the KEH are (held by the Australian War Memorial) whom he married on 17/02/1918 in Manhattan, New York, USA. The letters contain little detail of his military service but provide an interesting insight into the hopes for peace and a return to 'normal' lives.  

MURRAY, Laugham D. 310. Lance Corporal KEH. Entered France 20/10/1915. Awarded the Distinguished Conduct Medal (London Gazette 28/03/1918) as a Lance Corporal. Reported Missing in Action at Defense of Vieille Chapelle 9-11/04/1918. Discharged 2/11/1919. Entitled to 1914/15 Star trio.

MURRAY, M. G. D. Second Lieutenant in KEH 1910.

MURTON, Herbert M. 1093. Private KEH. 'C' Squadron. KIA 16/01/16 aged 29 by shellfire. A sniper. Entered France 16/06/1915. Son of Mr. W. A. Murton of "Kerribree," Inkerman Road, Caulfield, Victoria, Australia. Born in Rochester, Kent, England on 8/12/1886 and attended Hamilton College, Victoria. Buried in MAROC BRITISH CEMETERY, GRENAY, FRANCE. Entitled to 1914/15 Star trio.

NASH, Frederick Charles. 2043. Private KEH. Transferred from 2KEH on 14/06/1917 having enlisted 12/12/1915 as Private 2055. Discharged 4/06/1919 as physically unfit. Born in 1892 in Middlesex. Entitled to British War and Victory Medals.

NATHAN, Harold Lawrence. Private KEH. From Auckland, New Zealand. Commissioned as a Second Lieutenant Royal Field Artillery. Entered France 9/04/1916. Later Captain. May have been Mentioned in Despatches but no record found although noted on Medal Index Card. Commemorated on the Auckland Online Cenotaph.

NAUDE, Benjamin. 1234. Private KEH. Enlisted 18/08/1915. Discharged 6/09/1918 as physically unfit. Awarded Silver War Badge 8289. Born 1886. Lived post-war in Pretoria, South Africa and re-enlisted in the South African army. Entitled to British War and Victory Medals.

NAYLOR, Benjamin Birchall. 168. Private. 'B' Squadron. Enlisted in Liverpool and entered France 22/04/1915. Died of a self-inflicted wound 19/06/17 aged 26. Born in Litherland, Lancashire the son of Benjamin Shepherd Naylor and the late Caroline Naylor of Grasmere, Blundellsands, Liverpool. Buried in BOULOGNE EASTERN CEMETERY, FRANCE. Commemorated on Hightown Club WW1 Roll Of Honour, Hightown and Blundellsands Wesleyan Sunday School Plaque, Liverpool, Merseyside. Entitled to 1914/15 Star trio. Photograph of gravestone shown courtesy of "Remembering The Dead Of World War 1". His younger brother Serjeant James William Naylor, 252 also served with KEH. 

NAYLOR, James William. 252. Serjeant. Entered France 22/04/1915. Discharged 28/02/1919. Born in 1893 in Great Crosby, Lancashire, England. His elder brother was Private Benjamin Birchall Naylor, 168, KEH who tragically died from a self-inflicted wound 19/06/1917. Entitled to 1914/15 Star trio.

NEL, Johannes Petrius. 1356. Corporal KEH. Severely wounded at the defence of Vieille Chapelle 9-11/04/1918. Discharged 13/02/1919. From South Africa. Entitled to British War and Victory Medals.

NELSON, Gilbert H. 2047. Private KEH. Posted as Missing in Action at Vieille Chapelle 9-11/04/1918. Discharged 12/04/1919. Entitled to British War and Victory Medals.

NEUWIRTH, Arthur. 1997. Private KEH. Discharged 14/03/1919. Entitled to British War and Victory Medals.

NEVILLE, John B. 1712. Private KEH. Discharged 10/04/1919. Entitled to British War and Victory Medals.

NEWBURY, Christopher. 1318. Private KEH. 'B' Squadron in 1916. Discharged 8/07/1919. Entitled to British War and Victory Medals.

NEWMAN, Eric John. 1706. Private KEH. Enlisted 2/12/1916. Saw service in Italy from 20/02/1918 then France 10/03/1918. Reported Missing in Action at defence of Vieille Chapelle 9-11/04/1918 but subsequently reported as taken Prisoner of War. Repatriated 15/01/1919 and discharged 13/07/1919. Prior service with South African Defence Force for one year. Born in 1897 and resided in South Africa. Entitled to British War and Victory Medals.

NEWSTEAD Horace. 2124. Private KEH. Transferred to KEH as Private 1569 from 2KEH. Entered France 26/10/1915 and discharged 29/06/1919.

NEWTON, Frank. 1180. Private KEH. Discharged 16/07/1919. Entitled to British War and Victory Medals.

NIBLETT, George. 1461. Private KEH. Discharged 1/03/1919. Entitled to British War and Victory Medals.

NICCOL, George (Tally) McLaughlin. 499. Private KEH. Entered France 22/07/1915, Acting Captain, Royal Field Artillery, 91st Brigade, 20th Division. Mentioned in Despatches 18/05/1917 and awarded Military Cross with 1914/15 Star trio. Died in service when he was in England 30/10/1918 of Spanish flu exacerbated due to the effects of being gassed twice. He was buried in Putney Vale Cemetery, London. Son of Ada Beatrice and George Turnbull Niccol of Auckland, New Zealand and husband of Enid Norma Reed, whom he married in New Zealand, 1918. He attended King's College from 1898 to 1900 and is commemorated in their Roll of Honour. George Niccol appears on the list of New Zealanders in other forces. Born in Auckland in 1888 he entered Auckland Grammar School in 1900. Commemorated Devenport School, Auckland. The Auckland Online Cenotaph has good detail and photographs from family including standing portrait photograph in Royal Field Artillery uniform shown courtesy of Deborah Quilter, 2018. 

NICHOLLS, Phillip G. 1681. Private KEH

NICHOLS, William. D/10690. Private KEH. Transferred to Corps of Dragoons as Private D/10690. Entitled to British War and Victory Medals.

NICKSON, R. G. 1015. Lance Corporal KEH.

NIELSON, Louis. 2231. Private KEH. Transferred from 194th Company, Machine Gun Corps 55135. Discharged 11/10/1919. Entitled to British War and Victory Medals named to KEH.

NOBLE, Percy Welstead Honnom. 642. Private. Enlisted at Watford. Entered France 22/04/1915. DoW 26/08/1917. Buried in DUHALLOW A.D.S. CEMETERY, BELGIUM. Born in Newbottle, Northamptonshire in Jan 1884. Resided in Basingstoke. Entitled to 1914/15 Star trio. 

NORTHCOTE, Thomas (Tom) Francis. 324. Private. Enlisted KEH 4/08/1914 aged 18. Corporal 13/11/1914. Sergeant KEH 27/12/1914. Commissioned as a Second Lieutenant 25/05/1915. Went to France Jan 1916. Transferred to Royal Flying Corps Sep 1916 as an Observer/Air Gunner. Wounded by machine gun bullet to the leg in aerial combat Jan 1917. Returned to flying Nov 1917. Mentioned in Despatches. Discharged 20/08/1919. Rank of Lieutenant on his British War and Victory Medals. Attended Emmanuel College, Cambridge and likely to been in University Troop KEH. Born 10/04/1894 in Wellington, New Zealand and died 15/06/1977 in Christchurch. Photograph as Second Lieutenant KEH available on www.kingedwardshorse.net

NOTT, Edward Ross. 463. Private. Entered France 11/09/1915. Commissioned as a Second Lieutenant 10th Battalion, York and Lancaster Regiment before transferring to the 9th Battalion, King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry. Severely wounded at the Battle of Loos in Sep 1915 and invalided back to England. Returned to France Apr 1916. Served as Intelligence Office and commanded Battalion snipers. DoW 13/07/1916 received on the first day of the Battle of the Somme 1/07/1916. Buried in Abbeville Communal Cemetery, the Somme, Picardie, France. Awarded Military Cross 25-26/09/1915 for gallantry at Hill 70. Mentioned in Despatches. Medals claimed by his father A. R. Nott, c/o David Jones Ltd, Finsbury Court, London, England. Born in Strathfield, Sydney, Australia on 15/11/1893 and his mother was Alice May (Ross) Jones. Portrait photograph shown with notice of his death from the 'Sydney Morning Herald' newspaper 18/07/1916. 

NUTT, Ernest E. D/6372. Private 3rd Dragoon Guards D/6372. Transferred to KEH as Private KEH D/6732. Entered France 27/12/1914. Discharged 11/03/1919. Entitled to 1914/15 Star trio.

NUTTALL, Walter E. 1238. Private. WIA at Passchendaele in Aug 1917. Discharged 28/03/1919. Entitled to British War and Victory Medals.

O'BRIEN, Pierce Francis. Private. Broke his leg due to a fall from his horse whilst on maneuvers in England. From the Argentine and with Railway Staff.

O'CONNOR, Brian. 1300. Lance Corporal. Left Trinidad for UK 18/10/1915 with 1st Caribbean Merchant and Planters Contingent and discharged 3/11/1919. Wrote a vivid account as a machine gunner in the fighting at the defence of Vieille Chapelle in 'Letters from the Front' (From the War Memorial Number, CIC St. Mary's College Annual, 1919). Born 18/02/1895 in Caura, Trinidad, British West Indies and died 23/01/1984 in San Fernando, Trinidad. Brother of Roderick O'Connor, 1301. Entitled to British War and Victory Medals.

O'CONNOR, Roderick. 1301. Private. 'A' Squadron. Left Trinidad for UK 18/10/1915 with 1st Caribbean Merchant and Planters Contingent, wounded at the defence of Vieille Chapelle and discharged 5/07/1919. Born 12/09/1889 in Trinidad where he died in Feb 1970. Brother of Brian O'Connor, 1300. Entitled to British War and Victory Medals.

O'DONNELL, M. Serjeant Major in 1911 and was a Lieutenant in the 4th (Royal Irish) Dragoon Guards in the 1920s.

O'HALLORAN GILES, Hugh (Hew). Private. Pre-war King's Colonials/KEH with University Troop whilst attending Trinity Hall, Cambridge 1909-12 studying law after attending Tonbridge School, England 1907-08. Enlisted 1914 and commissioned as a Second Lieutenant in the Royal Field Artillery in Dec 1914. Entered France 19/08/1915. Served in Salonika with 'C' Battery, 114th Brigade, 26th Division 1916-19. Promoted to Major and awarded French Croix de Guerre and Mentioned in Despatches 11/06/1918. Born 27/10/1889 in Mitcham, Adelaide, South Australia. Served in WW2 as a Major, 57th Brigade Royal Field Artillery SX24509, Australian Military Forces. Died 7/04/1987 at the age of 97 as one of the last of the King's Colonials/KEH. Brother of Second Lieutenant Robert O'Halloran Giles KEH.

O'HALLORAN GILES, Robert. Private Hussars 34111. Second Lieutenant KEH promoted to Lieutenant Dec 1917. Taken Prisoner of War 9/04/1918 at defence of Vieille Chapelle with 4th Troop, 'A' Squadron and DOW 26/04/18 aged 21. Son of Thomas O'Halloran Giles and Jean O'Halloran Giles, of Adelaide, Australia. Attended Geelong Grammar School, Victoria, Australia. Buried in TOURNAI COMMUNAL CEMETERY ALLIED EXTENSION, BELGIUM. Remembered on the Commemorative Roll of the Australian War Memorial. Brother of Hew O'Halloran Giles, KEH. Portrait photograph on www.kingewardshorse.net

O'HARA, Terence. 1721. Private. Posted as Missing in Action at defence of Vieille Chapelle 9-11/04/1918. Transferred as Private, Corps of Hussars 80209 and serving with 19th Hussars in 1920. Entitled to British War and Victory Medals.

O'KELLY, A. N. Captain attached Tank Corps, later promoted to Lieutenant Colonel.

OKIE, Howard Chesebrough. 932. Private. Enlisted 2/02/1915 and entered France 17/06/1915. Discharged 1/11/1915 as he was an American citizen having been born on the 16/12/1895 in Manhattan, New York and died there on the 17/10/1932. Entitled to 1914/15 Star trio. Accompanying civilian photograph from his identity card in 1915 courtesy of Ancestry.

OLDMEADOW, L. J. Surgeon. Lieutenant King's Colonials 1902 (Photograph see Figure 4).

OLIPHANT, Marcus. Private King's Colonials 1902.

OLIVER, A. J. Enlisted from Argentina.

OLIVER, George Isaac Broughton. 1711. Private. Enlisted 19/12/1916. Entered France 15/06/1918. WIA 27/09/1918 with GSW to his elbow. Transferred to 1/7th Battalion, Manchester Regiment as Private 57455. Discharged 24/01/1919. Born in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia in 1887. Entitled to British War and Victory Medals.

OLLEY, Martin Cope. 1653. Private KEH. Transferred as a Private, Machine Gun Corps (MGC) 105388. Discharged 10/07/1919. Entitled to British War Medal and Victory Medals named to MGC.

O'NEILL, Conrade. 1540. Acting Corporal. Enlisted from Argentina. Discharged 9/03/1919.

O'REGAN, Michael. 838. Private. 'A' Squadron. Enlisted in the KEH 15/12/1914 having sailed to London on board SS Suwa Maru 16/10/1914 from Shanghai where he was serving with Shanghai Municipal Police 1904-20. Entered France 1/06/1915 and attached to bodyguard of G.O.C Royal Naval Division from 24/06/1916 to 6/10/1916. Discharged 10/06/1919 and briefly returned to Shanghai after the war. Prior service Private, 4521, 5th Lancers 23/11/1894 and served in Boer War from 1898 to 1902 then Royal Irish Constabulary 1902-04. Born 7/12/1875 in Listowel, County Kerry, Ireland and died 5/04/1951. Awarded South Africa Medal with 1901 and 1902 clasps.

ORMSBY, Richard Gilbert. 2083. Private. KIA 19/10/18. Born in Dec 1888 in Slaidburn, Clitheroe, Lancashire, England the son of Dr. George Henry Mason Ormsby and Mrs. Lucy Josephine Ormsby, of, Rondebosch, Cape Town, South Africa. Buried in CAMBRIN MILITARY CEMETERY, FRANCE. Entitled to British War and Victory Medals. 

ORR-EWING, . Second Lieutenant in photograph at Marlborough Barracks, Dublin 1918 see Figure 33.

OSBORNE, Arthur. 1114. Private. Mentioned in Despatches. Discharged 5/04/1919. Entitled to 1914/15 Star trio.

O'SULLIVAN, M. S. Private. Enlisted in the KEH having sailed to London on board the "SS Suwa Maru" 16/10/1914 from Shanghai. Invalided by Nov 1916.

OTTREY, C. E. 2020. Private KEH. Medal Index Card shows post-KEH service as Private, Royal Scots Greys then Private, Sherwood Rangers then Private, Middlesex Yeomanry. No Great War service medal entitlement recorded.

OWEN, Henry Belton. 997. Private KEH. Transferred as Private, British West Indies Regiment 4959. His widow applied for his British War and Victory Medals from Port of Spain, Trinidad, British West Indies.


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PAGE, Harry. D/18319. Private KEH. Transferred to Corps of Dragoons. Discharged 8/04/1919. Entitled to British War and Victory Medals.

PAGE, William Augustus. 458. Squadron Quarter Master Serjeant KEH. 'A' Squadron. Regimental Police Serjeant. Enlisted 8/08/1914, promoted to Corporal 8/12/1914, Lance Serjeant 8/01/1915, Serjeant 12/02/1915 and Transport Serjeant 19/06/1915. Entered France 1/06/1915 and discharged 7/03/1919. Awarded Meritorious Service Medal as a Squadron Quarter Master Serjeant and Mentioned in Despatches 8/11/1918. Born in Quetta, India 17/04/1888, resided in Highgate, London post war and died on 19/05/1946 in South Harrow, England. Entitled to 1914/15 Star trio. Portrait photograph as a Serjeant, KEH courtesy of Ancestry.

PAIN, Kenneth Wellesley. 225. Private KEH. An article in Sydney Morning Herald in 1916 states that in August 1914 he re-joined the KEH indicating prior-service in pre-war 1914 possibly whilst attending Cambridge or Oxford University. Commissioned as a Second Lieutenant, Royal Field Artillery (RFA) 8/12/1914. Embarked for France 19/09/1915. Served in Salonika as Adjutant to 117th Brigade RFA from Feb 1916. Severely wounded 27/02/1916. Captain RFA on British War and Victory Medal rolls. Mentioned in Despatches. Born 18/01/1889 in Sydney New South Wales the son of the Bishop of Gippsland, Sale, Victoria, Australia and married Mabel Naish 19/08/1915 in Woking, England and died 01/02/1959 in Sydney. He was living in Concord, Sydney in 1924. His son Graeme Kenneth was KIA with the Royal Australian Air Force in 1944. Kenneth is named in 'Our Forgotten Volunteers: Australians and New Zealanders with Serbs in World War One' by Bojan Pajic.

PAINE, James Spark. 1336. Lance Corporal KEH. KIA 18/10/1918 aged 30. Enlisted from Canada. Son of George and Elizabeth Susan Paine of Forest Gate, Essex. Buried in LILLE SOUTHERN CEMETERY, FRANCE with photograph of headstone shown. Entitled to British War and Victory Medals. Commemorated on the Canadian Virtual War Memorial.

PALING, Ernest John. 928. Private KEH. Enlisted 8/02/1915, entered France 28/07/1915 and discharged 15/02/1918 due to being physically unfit. Awarded Silver War Badge 515226. Born 1876 in Brightling, Sussex, England and died 8/10/1946 in British Columbia, Canada.

PALMER, J. H. Noted as T. H. in the Regimental history by Colonel James. Squadron Quarter Master Serjeant (ex-10th Hussars) on the Permanent Staff of the King's Colonials in 1902. Squadron Serjeant Major in 1909 and promoter of the King's Colonial Lodge. Retired in 1911. For photograph see Figure 5.

PAPWORTH, Edward. D/6035. Private KEH. Transferred from 6th Dragoons. Entered France 16/12/1914. Discharged 15/02/1919. Entitled to 1914/15 Star trio.

PARISH, Edward Albert. 1225. Private. Transferred as Private, Royal Fusiliers GS/140947. Attached to A. P. M. 48 Division. Entitled to British War and Victory Medals.

PARKER, Arthur B. 1103. Private. 2nd Section, 1st Troop, 'C' Squadron. Discharged 11/03/1919. Entitled to British War and Victory Medals.

PARKER, Ernest Harry Thomas. Private. Entered France 10/07/1915. Commissioned as a Second Lieutenant later Lieutenant, Royal Field Artillery. Awarded Silver War Badge 46344/4. Lived in Northwood Park, Winchester, Hampshire, England.

PARKER, Rudolph Ommaney. 1664. Private. Entered France 1/10/1917. Commissioned as Second Lieutenant, Royal Engineers. Applied for British War and Victory Medals from Paraguay, South America.

PARR, Charles D. 939. Private KEH. Entered France 21/04/1915. Transferred as Private, Royal Fusiliers GS/59500. Entitled to 1914/15 Star trio.

PARRY, Harold. 157. Private. 'A' Squadron machine gun section. Enlisted KEH 10/10/1912. Entered France 1/06/1915. Severely wounded in his right arm by a German rifle grenade at Rabot 6/08/1915. Discharged 14/12/1918. Born in Southport, Lancashire, England in Jul 1894 and died 3/08/1932 in Kent, England. Entitled to 1914/15 Star trio.

PARSON, Ernest Edward. Second Lieutenant, Royal Field Artillery later Temporary Lieutenant, Royal Field Artillery.

PARSONS, Harold Leslie. 1663. Corporal KEH. Transferred as Corporal, Machine Gun Corps (MGC) 105389. Discharged 28/11/1919. Entitled to British War and Victory Medals named to MGC.

PARSONS, Harry. 502. Private. Entered France 22/04/1915. Groom to Lt. Col. Hermon pre-war and up until Lt. Col. Hermon's death in Apr 1918 with the 24th Battalion, Northumberland Fusiliers. Harry then returned to the KEH. Discharged 15/02/1919. Awarded 1914/15 Star trio which was sold in the UK in 2010.

PARSONS, Henry Arthur. 903. Private KEH. 'A' Squadron. Entered France 2/06/1915. Commissioned Second Lieutenant, Royal Engineers 30/01/1918. Anglo-Argentinian Railway staff pre-war. Applied for 1914/15 Star trio c/o Barclays Bank, South Kensington, London.

PARSONS, Percy J. 1470. Private. Discharged 8/07/1919. Died in Hatfield, England in Apr 1954. Awarded British War and Victory Medals which are now in a private collection.

PATELL, Jack William. Second Lieutenant. Commissioned 21/12/1916. Entered France 22/12/1917. Wounded at Defense of Vieille Chapelle 9-11/04/1918. Born in 1885 in Notting Hill, London, England and died in Cape Province, South Africa on 1/02/1957. Named in photograph taken at Marlborough Barracks, Dublin in 1918 as Second Lieutenant see Figure 33. Applied for British War and Victory Medals from Portuguese East Africa.

PATERSON, James. 1379. Private. 2nd Troop, 'B' Squadron in 1916. Wounded at the defence of Vieille Chapelle 9-11/04/1918. Discharged 29/10/1918. Entitled to British War and Victory Medals.

PATERSON, James. 1654. Acting Corporal KEH. Transferred as Acting Corporal, Machine Gun Corps (MGC) 105390. Discharged 15/03/1919. Entitled to British War and Victory Medals named to MGC.

PATTERSON, Frederick. 1716. Private. Enlisted 9/07/1915 and discharged 21/10/1916 as medically unfit.

PATTISON, Albert. 1403. Serjeant. Enlisted 30/12/1915.Promoted to Lance Corporal 29/03/1916.then Serjeant 11/09/1916. Entered France 13/09/1916. WIA 27/11/1917. Returned to England 15/01/1918. Discharged 6/01/1919. Born in 1886 and died 21/09/1954 in Dewsbury, Yorkshire, England. Entitled to British War and Victory Medals.

PAUL, Horatio Wilmot. Private KEH. Second Lieutenant Welsh Mounted Brigade, Transport & Supply Column, Royal Army Service Corps on 9/10/1914. Entered France 1/04/1917. Promoted to Captain. Born in Birkenhead, England in 1889 and died in York in 1964. Applied for Territorial Forces War Medal but ruled ineligible. Photograph available on www.kingedwardshorse.net

PAUL, Randall 691. Acting Corporal KEH. Entered France 22/04/1915. Discharged 15/02/1919. Born in Stoke Newington, Middlesex and died in 1969. Awarded 1914/15 Star trio, with his British War Medal in a private collection.

PAYNE, Alfred. 1966. Private. Enlisted 11/12/1915 and discharged 9/10/1918. Awarded Silver War Badge B107492. Born in 1888. No medal entitlement shown on Medal Index Card as did not serve overseas.

PAYNE, John R. (Joe) 548. Private. 'B' Squadron. Entered France 22/04/1915. Listed as Prisoner of War 24/03/1917. Discharged 2/03/1919. Born 24/01/1893. Entitled to 1914/15 Star trio.

PAYNE, Robert McGeorge. 1922. Private. Enlisted 10/05/1917 and discharged 23/01/1919 aged 24. Awarded Silver War Badge 187863. Served overseas and awarded British War and Victory Medals.

PAYNE, Stanley James. 130 & 1555. Lance Corporal. Entered France 21/04/1915. Born on 8/07/1893 in Forest Gate, Essex, England and died Sep 1976 at Leigh-on-Sea, Essex. His father was Charles Arthur Payne a maritime Captain (1859–1916) who was born in Sutton Forest, New South Wales, Australia. Stanley served with the pre-war KEH from 6/02/1911 to 28/02/1913 then re-enlisted 1/03/1913. Promoted to Lance Corporal 19/10/1915. Discharged with end of his term of engagement 5/02/1916 and re-enlisted 6/06/1916 with new Regimental number of 1555. Awarded Military Medal at Cambrai in Dec 1917. Discharged 11/02/1919. His brother Private Walter Damyon Payne, 474 also served with KEH as detailed below. Another brother, Second Lieutenant Charles Arthur Frank Payne, Army Service Corps (born in 1885) was KIA 15/10/1918. Stanley was entitled to 1914/15 Star trio.

PAYNE, Walter Damyon. 474. Private. 'B' Squadron. Enlisted 8/08/1014 and entered France 21/04/1915. Served in France and Italy. Captured at Defense of Vieille Chapelle and prisoner of war in Germany 11/04/1918 to 29/11/1918. Discharged 24/03/1919. Born Jan 1891 at Forest Gate, Essex, England and died 29/01/1966 at Southend on Sea, Essex. His brother Lance Corporal Stanley James Payne, Military Medal, 130 & 1555 KEH detailed above. Another brother Second Lieutenant Charles Arthur Frank Payne, Army Service Corps (born in 1885) was KIA 15/10/1918. Walter was entitled to 1914/15 Star trio.

PAYNE-GALLWEY, Frankland Maurice Hylton. 923. Private. Entered France 22/04/1915. Commissioned as a Second Lieutenant in Sep 1915 later Lieutenant, 4th (Reserve) Battalion, Grenadier Guards. KIA 25/09/1916. His mother applied for his 1914/15 Star trio from Ealing, London, England. Noted in De Ruvigny's Roll of Honour.

PEACH, Walter H. 1391. Private. Discharged 21/03/1919. Entitled to British War and Victory Medals.

PEARCE, Edward Lithgow. Private KEH. Commissioned as a Temporary Lieutenant, Royal Field Artillery. Anglo-Argentinian railway staff. Limited information sourced from Medal Index Card.

PEARCE, Vivian. Private. South African and saw service in France in WW1.

PEARCH, Walter Bancroft. Captain King Edward's Horse 1910. Commanded the Liverpool Troop as a Lieutenant which was attached to the 'A' (British Asian) Squadron from 16/03/1906. Walter Bancroft Pearch was born on the Wirral in 1877 and was first commissioned into the 1st Lancashire Volunteer Artillery Corps in November 1899. He was then with the Imperial Yeomanry in the Boer War, serving with 29th Squadron, IX I.Y as a Lieutenant. In WW1 he seems to have served only within UK, probably on staff duties, and was not entitled to Boer War medals. After WW1 he lived in London and then in Folkestone. He retained his military rank in all entries in directories and electoral registers until his death in 1952; his civilian occupation in 1912 was stockbroker. In 1939 he was listed as ‘Lieutenant Colonel retired'.

PEARSON, Cyprian Thomas. 774. Private. Entered France 17/06/1915.  Commissioned as a Second Lieutenant, 'A' Battery, 91st Brigade, Royal Field Artillery. Born in 1892 in Warminster, Wiltshire the son of William George and Mary Pearson of Birkenhead. A teacher on enlistment and attended the Birkenhead Institute probably with poet Wilfred Owen and the KEH Regimental Serjeant Major Ernest Bond. DoW 6/10/1917. Buried in Bard Cottage Cemetery, West Flanders, Belgium. Entitled to 1914/15 Star trio. Photograph of his gravestone shown on accompanying page. His brother Private Richard Alexander Person, 201919 was KIA 24/03/1918 with 15th Battalion, Cheshire Regiment and is commemorated on the Pozieres Memorial, France. 

PEARSON, Henry (Herbert) E. 1273. Private. Discharged 2/07/1919. Died in 1966. Entitled to British War and Victory Medals.

PEATTIE, Henry R. 1417. Private. Discharged 5/03/1919. Born in Dundee, Scotland in 3/11/1887 and died on 11/03/1964 in Durban, South Africa. Entitled to British War and Victory Medals.

PEDLAR, Vyvian Vercoe. 39. Private. Enlisted 27/05/1913 as Private 1111. Re-enlisted and discharged same day 7/08/1914. Served in the Royal Naval Air Service (RNAS) with the rank of Petty Officer in 1918. Transferred to the Royal Air Force in Apr 1918. Discharged 30/04/19120. Born on 6/04/1892 in Birkenhead, Cheshire, England. Entitled to 1914/15 Star trio. His Service Dress cap is shown as Figure 143a. The cap is fitted with a King Edward's Horse Officer's Service Dress cap badge inferring that he was an Officer prior to the outbreak of war, however, given he served in the RNAS initially as an Other Rank it is likely that the badge on the cap is not original. It is more likely that he  would have worn a gilding metal King Edward's Horse cap badge as a Private whilst serving with them.

PEDLEY, John Edward. Pre-war KEH. Born in Rangoon, Burma in December 4, 1891, the son of Surgeon Lieutenant-Colonel T. F. Pedley of the Rangoon Port Defence Volunteers. He was educated at Repton Officer Training College and Trinity College, Oxford, England. Upon finishing his education, he was commissioned into the Kings Royal Rifle Corps in December 1914, from the ranks of King Edward's Horse which he had joined in November 1911. He first went to France on July 25, 1915, where he served in the 12th Battalion, attached to the 6th Battalion, and won his Military Cross in 1916. He was subsequently wounded in the right leg on April 25, 1917, documented in his service records as "several small fragments of shell in the right calf and below the knee joint" at Bilhem and was transferred to the Indian Army Reserve of Officers at the end of the year. Five months later, he was declared fit to return to service. He was subsequently employed in the Third Afghan War as a Captain in the 57th (Wilde's) Rifles, I.A. In 1920 Pedley joined the Indian Civil Service and a long and distinguished career ensued, one of his final appointments being as a Member of the Board of Revenue in the United Provinces shortly after the 1939-45 War. Among other appointments in the interim, Pedley was placed in charge of the Gorakhpur district in the late 1930s, an unenvious position that resulted in the award of his C.I.E. in 1939. In 1946, he was awarded his C.S.I. and then retired to the Isle of Man. He died in April 1972 at the age of 80 years. Medals as follows were sold in the US by eMedals Inc: A fine C.S.I., C.I.E., Great War M.C. group of eight awarded to Captain J. E. Pedley, Indian Army, late Kings Royal Rifle Corps, who was latterly a senior member of the Indian Civil Service. The Most Exalted Order of the Star of India, C.S.I., Companion's neck badge, gold and enamel, with central onyx cameo bust of Queen Victoria and rose diamond set legend, a few stones lacking, with full neck ribbon, in case of issue, maker marked GARRARD & Co. LONDON, extremely fine condition; The Most Eminent Order of the Indian Empire, C.I.E., Companion's neck badge, gold and enamels, with full neck ribbon, contact marks on reverse, extremely fine condition; Military Cross, George V; 1914-15 Star (2. LIEUT: J.E. PEDLEY, K.R. RIF: C.); British War and Victory Medals (CAPT. J. E. PEDLEY.); India General Service Medal 1908-35, 1 clasp - AFGHANISTAN N.W.F. 1919 (CAPT. J. E. PEDLEY, 57 RFLS. F.F.); Jubilee Medal 1935, Four medals are officially impressed in capitals. mounted as worn, some contact wear, very fine condition. Also included is copies from the London Gazette documenting his C.S.I. (June 13, 1946, John Edward Pedley, Esq., C.I.E., M.C., Indian Civil Service, lately Adviser to His Excellency the Governor of the United Provinces.), his C.I.E. (June 8, 1939, John Edward Pedley, Esq., M.C., Indian Civil Service, Collector, Gorakhpur, United Provinces.) and his M.C.(January 1, 1917, Temp. Lt. John Edward Pedley, K. R. Rif. C.); original warrants for the C.S.I. (dated June 13, 1946) and C.I.E. (dated June 8, 1939) (edges slightly cut and damaged); a letter from the Central Chancery of the Orders of Knighthood, St. James's Palace, Warrant under King's Sign Manual granting the Dignity of a Companion of the Order of the Star of India (undated); two Investiture Programs, Government House, Lucknow by Governor, United Provinces, dated Wednesday, January 3, 1940 and Thursday, December 19, 1946; eleven pages of copies of his Service Records from The National Archives; a copy listing his qualification for 1914-15 Star for service in the Theatre of War: France, Belgium July 25, 1915, qualifying date July 22, 1915; War Diary of Intelligence Summary document stating "wounded, Capt. J.R. Pedley" at Bilhem (April 25, 1917); his Release from Military Service issued by India Office (November 4, 1919); Indian Army Reserve of Officers Appointment document (February 21, 1919); Covenant of J.E. Pedley, Member of the Civil Service of India, at the Presidency of Fort William in Bengal (August 23, 1920); six pages of copies, Indian Army Reserve of Officers Appointment of Probationers; Indian Civil Service, Civil Service Commissioners recommendation for Selected Candidates for the I.C.S.; three officially issued lists in regards to wearing of orders and medals; three newspaper clippings (tribute from Pandit Pant; announcement of "Companionship of the Most Eminent Order of the Indian Empire"; Selection Board's Decisions for Civil Service Appointments); congratulatory letters for the C.I.E. from the Governor of the United Provinces, June 7, 1939 and the Governor's wife, June 8, 1939.

PEEL, A. R. (John). Private. Australian. No records identified.

PEMBERTON, . Private King's Colonials 1904. Photograph see Figure 53.

PENNEFATHER, John William Seward. 1000. Private. Enlisted 13/03/1915, entered France 19/05/1915 and discharged 13/12/1917 medically unfit. Awarded Silver War Badge 337154. Born on 29/09/1882 in Ingham, Queensland, Australia. Returned to Australia and re-enlisted in Australian Imperial Forces as Private 58387 in the 7th Reinforcements on 9/08/1918. Entitled to British War and Victory Medals. Portrait photograph shown from AIF service.

PENNEFATHER, Ronald H. 1753. Sapper Royal Engineers 342459. Transferred to KEH as Sapper 1753. Entitled to British War Medal as sole entitlement.

PERKINS, Charles B. 618. Acting Serjeant. 'A' Squadron. Entered France 1/06/1915. Awarded the Belgian Croix de Guerre as a Corporal KEH. Discharged 21/07/1919. Entitled to 1914/15 Star trio.

PERRETT, Albert H. D/11603. Private. Transferred as Private, Corps of Dragoons. Entitled to British War and Victory Medals.

PERRY, . Serjeant. King's Colonials. Noted in Regimental History

PERRY, John Anthony. 2051. Private KIA 9/04/18 defending Vieille Chapelle. LOOS MEMORIAL, FRANCE. Name commemorated on SOUTH FULHAM CONSTITUTIONAL CLUB, Hammersmith and Fulham, London, UK.

PERRY, C. M. Private. From Masterton, New Zealand. Army Lists note he served as Lieutenant, 9th (Wellington East Coast) Mounted Rifles 1912-1918. Service with KEH noted in list of New Zealander's serving with Imperial Forces.

PERRYMAN, Alfred Humphrey. 1165. Private. 'B' Squadron. Enlisted 10/07/1915 at Bishop Stortford aged 21. Disembarked for Rouen, France from Southampton 3/01/1916. Wounded at Savy 21/03/1917 with gun shot wound to the back. Invalided to England on H. S. Warilda and treated at the Southern General Hospital in Birmingham. Served in Dublin 1917-19. Promoted to Lance Corporal 5/02/1918. Reverted to Private from Lance Corporal for letting a soldier arrested in his charge to escape 14/08/1918. Promoted to Acting Corporal 25/02/1919. Transferred to the Reserve 8/06/1919. Born in Meerut, India and worked as a clerk in Nottingham prior to enlisting. Lived in Clapham Common, London post war. Entitled to British War and Victory Medals.

PETCH, Albert D/15352. Corporal, 1st Dragoons then transferred as Corporal, KEH then Corporal, Corps of Dragoons. Discharged 7/07/1919. Entitled to British War and Victory Medals.

PETT, Frederick John. 1201. Private. Enlisted 23/07/1915 and discharged 27/01/1917 due to being medically unfit.

PETTITT, John Charles Mason. 112176. Second Lieutenant, Royal Field Artillery. Entered France 14/12/1915. Transferred as Second Lieutenant, Royal Engineers then dismissed from service. Re-enlisted as Lance Corporal, KEH 112176 on 9/04/1917 then transferred to Tank Corps. Born in 1898 in Pimlico, London, England and died 10/03/1953 in Dublin, Ireland. Applied for 1914/15 Star trio named to Royal Field Artillery from Chelsea, London.

PHILLIPS, Charles G. 833. Private. 'A' Squadron. Part of Shanghai Contingent on board the SS Suwa Maru 16/10/1914 from Shanghai and was employed in the Shanghai Municipal Police 1914-39. Entered France 2/06/1915 and discharged 8/07/1919. Returned to Shanghai after the war. Entitled to 1914/15 Star trio.

PHILLIPS, Ernest Ivor. 238. Private. Born in 1890 in Christchurch, New Zealand as recorded on Attestation papers. Enlisted pre-war KEH 11/06/1913 and attended annual training camp. Discharged as medically unfit 13/08/1914. Re-enlisted South Irish Horse and commissioned as a Second Lieutenant 30/07/1915 and later promoted to Temporary Lieutenant. Died 20/03/1937 in Bath, Somerset, England. Brother of Horace Vivian Phillips 237 KEH who was born in London. Entitled to 1914/15 Star trio named to South Irish Horse.

PHILLIPS, Horace Vivian. 237. Private. Entered France 22/04/1915. Discharged 17/06/1919. Born in Marylebone, London 13/12/1893 and died 8/05/1941 in Paddington, London, England. Brother of Ernest Ivor Phillips 238 KEH born in New Zealand. Entitled to 1914/15 Star trio named to KEH.

PHILLIPS, Leonard Wilkin. 357. Private. Enlisted 25/08/1914 and discharged 6/03/1915 on medical grounds. Awarded Silver War Badge 32967.

PHILP, Richard William Manning Haigh. 495. Private. Commissioned 9/11/1914 as a Captain 91st Brigade Royal Field Artillery and entered France 21/07/1915. KIA 5/10/1916. Buried in Carnoy Military Cemetery, Piacardie, the Somme, France. Born 9/11/1888 in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia the son of Richard Philp and Gertrude Manning from Geelong, Victoria.  Married Kathleen Philp in Sussex, England in Jan 1915. Awarded 1914/15 Star, British War and Victory Medals and Mentioned in Despatches (London Gazette) 4/01/1917. Medals claimed by his widow from an address in Toorak, Melbourne. Commemorated on the Commemorative Roll of the Australian War Memorial.

PHIPPS, Alfred George. 657. Private KEH. Entered France 22/04/1915. Commissioned as a Second Lieutenant, 1st Reserve Battalion, Suffolk Regiment later Lieutenant, Royal Welsh Fusiliers. Born 22/06/1894 in Bishops Lydeard, Somerset, England and died Oct 1966 in Surrey, England. Applied for 1914/15 Star trio from Great Bardfield, Braintree, Essex.

PIKE, Francis J. 2112. See PYKE, Francis J.

PILBEAM, Edward Ernest. 857. Acting Serjeant KEH. Part of Shanghai Contingent on board the SS Suwa Maru 16/10/1914 and was serving with the Shanghai Municipal Police 1910-24. Entered France 22/04/1915 and discharged 13/04/1919. Returned to Shanghai after the war until 1924. Born in Sussex, England and served in South African Constabulary 1901-07. Brothers: William J. Pilbeam & Arthur Edward Pilbeam, Royal Navy. Son or Nephew: William J Pilbeam, Royal Engineers. Civilian portrait photo on Ancestry. Civilian portrait photo on Hastings & Rotherham Family History. Entitled to 1914/15 Star trio.

PILCH, George Henry. 105. Serjeant KEH. Awarded Special Reserve Long Service and Good Conduct Medal April 1915. Entered France 7/08/1915. Commissioned as a Second Lieutenant, Army Service Corps rising to rank of Lieutenant Colonel, Royal Army Service Corps by 1940. Died In Oxford on 25/03/1944. Entitled to 1914/15 Star trio.

PILE, Arthur Douglas. 1084. Private KEH. 1914-15 Star, War and Victory Medals (1084 Pte. A. D. Pile, K. Edw. H). Arthur Douglas Pile died on the 21st August, 1917 and is buried in the Divisional Collecting Post Cemetery Extension at Leper, West-Vlaanderen, in Belgium. KIA by shellfire near Ypres 21/08/1917 aged 21. Born 10th April 1896. Son of Richard and Beatrice Pile of Netton, Salisbury. Commemorated on plaque in St Andrew's Church, Salisbury, Wiltshire (Image of medals courtesy of Woolley and Wallis Auctioneers, UK, 2006).

PINCKNEY John (Jack) William. 505. Lieutenant KEH. 'B' Squadron. KIA 11/04/1918 aged 23 in defence of Vieille Chapelle. Entered France 21/04/1915. Commissioned Second Lieutenant 14/09/1915. Born in 1895 in Orari Bridge, Canterbury, New Zealand. Educated at Moreland's School House, Christ College Grammar School, New Zealand, 1908-13. Son of George and Edith Howard Pinckney, of Waikaia, Southland, New Zealand. Buried in BAILLEUL ROAD EAST CEMETERY, ST. LAURENT-BLANGY, FRANCE and photograph of headstone shown. His father claimed his 1914/15 Star trio. Name commemorated on plaque in St Peters Church, Buntingford, East Hertfordshire, Hertfordshire, UK. Portrait photograph as a Lance Corporal in 1914 courtesy of the Auckland Online Cenotaph. On 16th April 1918 Lieut-Colonel L. James wrote from France to Herbert Pinckney in England, Jack's uncle: "Dear Sir, My gallant little officer Lieut Pinckney, gives you as next of kin. I think that you are his uncle. I have to regret that he is reported missing. I hope, and shall continue to hope for a long time, that he is a prisoner. The circumstances are these, and it is difficult for one to speak temperately about them. My B Squadron was ordered to hold a particular bridgehead and it received a sustained and fierce attack by the enemy. So important was this bridgehead that I had to order the squadron to die to the last man rather than give ground to the enemy. How gallantly this little band performed their duty may be seen from the fact that they held their part for thirty-six hours and the enemy had eventually to bring up trench mortars to dislodge them. Apart from the grief which comes to a commanding officer in these distressing circumstances I had a real attachment for young Pinckney, who had been a recruit officer under me in Ireland. I can ill spare such a gallant boy, but though it is a small consolation to his relatives his sacrifice was not in vain, for his gallantry and that of those with him saved the local situation at a most grave and critical moment. I shall still continue to hope that we shall hear of him as a prisoner and living, but as the whole line was pressed back the enemy are in possession of the pass we helped to hold gallantly. I remain, Yours faithfully, L. James, Lt-Colonel, King Edward's Horse". The Christ's College register of August 1919 carried this letter and record of Jack Pinckney: A LETTER FROM THE FRONT. The following is a copy of a letter sent to Mrs Empson, December 18, 1918: "Madame, Mr Pinckney having been my troop officer for over twelve months in France and Italy, and having been chosen by him for especial work on several occasions, I feel it is my bounden duty, seeing that I was one of the last men to see him, to write and let you know the little I do know. Of all the brave men that held the bridge at Vieille Chapelle, Mr Pinckney was the bravest. I am not alone in saying this; write yourself to any of the boys that are now returning from Prison Camp, and you will find them all as proud of Mr Pinckney as I am. Mr Pinckney's coolness and courage held us together, and kept our spirits up. He walked about from one outpost to the other, rifle in hand "potting Jerries", and giving us encouraging words, and after two days' hard fighting he said he would never be taken prisoner, and when all our ammunition was spent Mr Pinckney still had a few rounds left, and there he stood, even after we were all captured, "potting Jerries". I intend, on rejoining my regiment, to speak to Corporal Murray, DCM, and others, and see if we can't get Mr Pinckney's bravery acknowledged. But your name was given to me as being a relation, and I thought you would like to know. Yours sincerely, Dyekon E. Brazier, L/c, 1st K.E.H." on 18 Dec 1918.

PITT, John. 767. Private KEH. 'C' Squadron. Entered France 20/10/1915. Transferred as Private, Labour Corps 575684. Discharged 4/12/1919. Entitled to 1914/15 Star trio named to Labour Corps.

PITTMAN, William R. D/17002. Acting Serjeant KEH. Transferred from 7th Dragoon Guards as Acting Serjeant D/17002 then KEH to Corps of Dragoons as Acting Serjeant D/17002. Discharged 5/04/1919. Entitled to British War and Victory Medals.

PIZER, Ernest Justius. 1179. Private KEH. Enlisted 15/07/1915. Discharged 8/06/1918 physically unfit. Awarded Silver War Badge 380551. Born in 1884 in Birmingham, Warwickshire, and resided in Edgbaston, Birmingham post-war and died 15/04/1925 in Chelsea, London. Entitled to British War and Victory Medals.

PLANT, Albert Edwin 866. Private KEH. Enlisted 21/12/1914 and discharged 10/04/1915 due to being medically unfit.

PLAYLL, Charles Edwin. 63. Private KEH. Entered France 22/04/1915. Discharged 5/04/1919. Born in 1888 in Louth, Lincolnshire, England and died in 1986 in Taunton, Somerset, England aged 98. Entitled to 1914/15 Star trio.

POCOCK, Arthur J. 946. Serjeant KEH. 4th Troop, 'C' Squadron. Enlisted in the pre-war KEH and entered France 22/04/1915. Discharged 5/04/1919. Batman to Lieutenant William Sarum. Served with the Home Guard in WW2. Entitled to 1914/15 Star trio.

POLCHET, Gaston. 1174. Private KEH. Entered France 19/11/1915. Discharged 14/04/1919. Prior service with 'L' Squadron, Cape Colony Defence Force as Private, 27 and awarded Queen's South Africa Medal with South Africa 1902 clasp. Entitled to 1914/15 Star trio.

POLDING, Hubert. 876. Acting Corporal KEH. 'A' Squadron. Entered France 1/06/1915. Discharged 23/02/1919. Resided post war at Fallowfield, Manchester, England. Entitled to 1914/15 Star trio.

PONTON, Alfred G. 919. Private. 'A' Squadron. Entered France 2/06/1915 and discharged 24/02/1919. Entitled to 1914/15 Star trio.

POOLE, Bernard J. 61 (112). Private KEH. Entered France 16/06/1915. Transferred as Private, Army Service Corps S/343580 when war was declared. Pre-war service in the KEH was as Private 112. Discharged 12/02/1919. Corporal Poole is shown in an 1911 KEH Colchester Camp photograph see Figure 61. Entitled to 1914/15 Star trio. Awarded Special Reserve Long Service and Good Conduct Medal May 1921.

POOLE, Bertie S. 2044. Private KEH. Discharged 5/07/1919. Entitled to British War and Victory Medals.

POPHAM, John Francis Watson. Private. Commissioned as Second Lieutenant later Captain and Adjutant, 8th Battalion, Leicestershire Regiment 7/01/1915. KIA 3/10/1916. Born 1889 the son of John Francis and Florence Eveline Popham of Ealing, London, England. Buried in St. Sever Cemetery, Rouen, France. Entitled to 1914/15 Star trio.

PORTER, Hubert W. 601. Private KEH. Entered France 22/04/1915. Transferred as Sapper, Royal Engineers, 311021. Awarded 1914/15 Star trio named to Royal Engineers 1914/15 Star sold on eBay in 2016.

PORTER, John (Jack) Charlton. 846. Private KEH. Enlisted in the KEH having sailed to London from Shanghai where he was employed with the British Cigarette Company on board the SS Suwa Mara on 16/10/1914. Entered France 22/04/1915. Commissioned as a Second Lieutenant, Machine Gun Corps 30/01/1917, F Battalion. KIA 24/07/1917 with 6th Battalion, Tank Corps when a shell hit his dugout. Buried in DOZINGHEM MILITARY CEMETERY, Belgium. Born 1888 and had 3 years prior service with Shanghai Volunteers. His medals were claimed by eldest brother Thomas Henry Porter from Shanghai.

PORTUS, Garnet Vere (Jerry). Private King's Colonials. Served 1909 from comments made about serving under the same Serjeant-Major as Watson Douglas Shennen in his obituary in 1937. Born 7/06/1883 in Morpeth, New South Wales and died 15/06/1954 in Adelaide, South Australia. An academic historian, author and theologian who studied at Sydney University and Oxford University 1909-1911 where no doubt he enlisted in the King's Colonials. A Rhodes scholar and played rugby for England.

POTTER, Frederick. 1641. Private KEH. Transferred as a Private Machine Gun Corps (MGC) 105391. Discharged 2/04/1919. Entitled to British War and Victory Medals named to MGC.

POWELL, Edgar Ernest. 1796. Enlisted 16/08/1915. Transferred as Private Labour Corps 640838, discharged 27/06/1919. From Wealdstone, London and born 1895. Entitled to British War and Victory Medals.

POWELL, Edward L. 1392. Private. Discharged 12/03/1919. Entitled to British War and Victory Medals.

POWELL, Frank E. D/11604. Private. Transferred as Private, Corps of Dragoons. Entitled to British War and Victory Medals.

POWELL, Henry. 1454. Private. Discharged 22/02/1919. Resided in Glasgow, post-war. Entitled to British War and Victory Medals.

PRESTON, Charles J. 688. Serjeant KEH. Entered France 22/04/1915. Wounded at defense of Vieille Chapelle 9/04/1918. Discharged 23/03/1919. Entitled to 1914/15 Star trio.

PRETORIUS, Wessel Johannes. 126. Serjeant KEH. 4th Troop, 'B' Squadron. Entered France 22/04/1915. Commissioned Second Lieutenant KEH 24/09/1917. Applied for 1914/15 Star trio from Zeerust, Transvaal, South Africa.

PRIESTLEY, Charles Turton. 1095. Private KEH. Entered France 15/09/1915 and discharged 4/04/1919. Born in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. Shown in photograph in Figure 22 of Hotchkiss Machine Gun team at Valhuon in 1916. Entitled to 1914/15 Star trio.

PRITCHARD, Harold Quayle. 1633. Private KEH. KIA 20/11/1917 aged 19 near Cambrai. Son of William Henry and Anne Jane Pritchard of 27 Woodhall Road, Liverpool, UK. Buried in the ANNEUX BRITISH CEMETERY, FRANCE. Commemorated on Liverpool Town Hall Roll of Honour. Entitled to British War and Victory Medals.

PRITCHARD, William. Second Lieutenant, Royal Field Artillery. Entered France 28/09/1915. Transferred to KEH then promoted to Lieutenant, Royal Field Artillery. Applied for 1914/15 Star trio from Stoneycroft, Liverpool, England.

PROCTER, Frederick G. S. 1042. Private. Entered France 20/10/1915. WIA at defence of Vieille Chapelle 9-11/04/1918. Discharged 28/02/1919. Entitled to 1914/15 Star trio.

PROCTOR, Cecil Harry. D/13901. Private. Transferred as Private, Corps of Dragoons D/13901. Discharged physically unfit 14/03/1919. Born 15/04/1899 in Sudbury, Suffolk, England and died there in Jun 1972. Entitled to British War and Victory Medals named to Corps of Dragoons.

PRYCE, E. O. Private. From Halcombe, New Zealand. Studied at Cambridge University and likely to have been in the University Troop. Commissioned as a Second Lieutenant Royal Field Artillery. Entered France 6/08/1915. Temporary Lieutenant 2/11/1917 later Major on British War and Victory Medal rolls. Awarded Military Cross 3/05/1919 as Temporary Lieutenant.

PURSER, James Hartnell. Private. Born in England and emigrated to Australia after 6 years service in the KEH. Served in the AIF 1916-19. Biography in www.kingedwardshorse.net

PYE, Alan. 1154. Private. From New Zealand. Wounded at the defence of Vieille Chapelle 9-11/04/1918. Discharged 27/03/1919. Entitled to British War and Victory Medals.

PYE, Arthur. 85. Private. Had seen service in the King Edward's Horse pre-war and re-enlisted in 5/09/1914 but was discharged as medically unfit on 5/10/1914. Awarded Silver War Badge 152144.

PYKE, Francis John. 2112. Acting Serjeant KEH. Arrived in France 4/05/1915 as Private 241 in 2nd KEH and transferred to KEH 13/04/1918 as Acting Serjeant 2112 KEH. Discharged 7/05/1919. Prior service in the Boer War as Serjeant F. J Pyke, 31879, 112th Company (Middlesex), 11th Battalion, Middlesex Imperial Yeomanry and awarded the Queen's South Africa Medal with clasps Cape Colony, Orange Free State, Transvaal, and King's South Africa 1901 and 1902. Invalided Imperial Yeomanry Hospital in Pretoria. Entitled to 1914/15 Star trio and surname mis-spelt PIKE on KEH British War and Victory Medal roll.

QUICK, Ernest James. 950. Private. 'A' Squadron. Entered France 1/06/1915. Taken a Prisoner of War at defence of Vieille Chapelle 9-11/04/1918. Discharged 17/03/1919. Enlisted in the Tank Corps as private 541882 in 1921. Born in Monmouthshire in 1892 and grew up in an orphanage but stowed away to India in 1911. Died in Newport, Wales in 1943. Entitled to 1914/15 Star trio.

RABIN, Benjamin. 1458. Private KEH. Transferred as Private, Royal Engineers 251857 then Private, Royal Fusiliers GS/128840. Entitled to British War and Victory Medals named to Royal Fusiliers.

RAEBURN, Douglas Alfred. 415. Private KEH. Born in Singapore in 1894. Attested 1/04/1914 in London. Discharged 8/12/1914 as unfit for medical service. Lived in Surbiton, London. No medal entitlement.

RAINER, Christopher. 2125. Private KEH. Transferred from 2KEH as Private 912. Entered France 4/05/1915. Discharged 23/02/1919. Entitled to 1914/15 Star trio.

RAMPLEN, Thomas. 1419. Private KEH. Prior service in Botha's Natal Horse in German West Africa in 1915. Saw service with KEH 12/01/1916 to 26/11/1916 in France. Awarded Sliver War Badge 312,539. Later Lance Corporal in the South African Engineer Corps and died aged 72 on 22/01/1945. Son of George A Ramplen and Matilda Ramplen. Buried at PORT ELIZABETH (SOUTH END) CEMETERY, Eastern Cape, South Africa. Entitled to British War and Victory Medals.

RAMSDEN, Ludlam. D/15347. Corporal, 7th Dragoon Guards then transferred as Corporal, KEH then Corporal, Corps of Dragoons. Discharged 27/02/1919. Entitled to British War and Victory Medals.

RAMSEY, C. Lieutenant KEH. Captain in photograph Marlborough Barracks, Dublin 1918 see Figure 33. Portrait photograph wearing second pattern Officer's KEH headdress badge (Copyright Imperial War Museum HU 124675). 

RANDALL,  . Private. Trooper Randall named in 1904 King's Colonials St Albans camp photograph and Trooper Stevens also named (photograph shown under STEVENS in Nominal Roll 'S' photographs).

RANDERS, Harold K. 1722. Private KEH. 'B' and 'C' Squadron. Posted as missing at the defence of Vieille Chapelle 9-11/04/1918. Discharged 15/03/1919. Born in Denmark but grew up pre-war in Australia. Settled in Argentina after the war. Died 13/02/1943 after being attacked by a co-worker on a ranch. Entitled to British War and Victory Medals.

RATCLIFFE, Thomas (Tommy) Massey. 666. Private KEH. Entered France 21/04/1915. Discharged 24/09/1919. Born in 1884 in Colne, Lancashire, England. Served as a Captain with the Volunteer Reserve, in Manitoba, Canada. Entitled to 1914/15 Star trio.

RATCLIFFE, W. J. Second Lieutenant King's Colonials 1902 and commanded 2nd Troop, 'A' Squadron (British Asian) in 1903 (Photograph Figure 4).

RATHBONE, Victor. 106. Squadron Serjeant Major. Commissioned as a Second Lieutenant 14/08/1915 later Lieutenant when at Longford in 1915. Entered France 2/06/1915. Awarded the Military Cross as a Lieutenant (as shown in accompanying photograph at Longford in 1915). Applied for Special Reserve Long Service and Good Conduct Medal but was ineligible. Applied for 1914/15 Star trio from parents address in Liverpool, England. Born in Leeds, England 4/04/1886 and lived in Uruguay, South America, died in Montevideo in 16/08/1947. He wrote a tribute to a German Jewish soldier killed whilst attacking the KEH trench https://www.thejc.com/news/features/first-world-war-max-seller-1.446088?highlight=Stephen+Daisley. Brother of Captain Philip St. John Basil Rathbone MC (13 June 1892 – 21 July 1967), Military Cross who served with the Liverpool Scottish. Another brother, John was KIA with the Dorset Regiment on 4/06/1918. He is wearing Round Pattern KEH Officer's Service Dress collar badges in the accompanying photograph and his cap badge although not visible but would be of the same pattern.  

RAW, Frederick C. 740. Private. 'C' Squadron. Entered France 22/04/1915. Transferred as a Private, Royal Flying Corps (RFC) 14090 on 29/11/1915. Resided in Durban, South Africa post-war. Invented and built a new type of Armoured Tank-Destroyer during WW2. Entitled to 1914/15 Star trio with British War and Victory Medals named to RFC.

RAY, Kenneth. 20. Private. Entered France 22/04/1915. Commissioned Royal Engineers 24/02/1917. From South Africa. Entitled to 1914/15 Star trio. Photograph and biography available www.kingedwardhorse.net

RAYMOND, William G. 1723. Private. B' Squadron. Discharged 17/06/1919. Died in 1966. Entitled to British War and Victory Medals.

RAYNER, Harris S. D/13631. Private KEH. Transferred as Private, Corps of Dragoons D/13631. Discharged 4/12/1919. Entitled to British War and Victory Medals.

READ, Albert Henry. 209. Private. Enlisted 25/08/1914. Discharged due to sickness 15/06/1915. Awarded Silver War Badge 87322. Did not serve overseas and no service medal entitlement.

REDFORD, Daniel Benjamin. 259. Private. Enlisted 28/11/1911 to 28/02/1913. Re-enlisted 1/03/1913 and discharged 5/07/1915 due to sickness and did not serve overseas. Awarded Silver War Badge 19186. Born Aufield, Liverpool, England in 1891.

REES, David Jenkin. 1129. 'A' Squadron. Entered France 15/09/1915. KIA 19/08/17 at Passchendaele aged 40. Born Oct 1878 in Camberwell, Lambeth, London England the son of Evan and Anne Rees. Buried in GWALIA CEMETERY, BELGIUM. Entitled to 1914/15 Star trio. 

REEVES, Allan S. 747. Corporal. 'A' and 'B' Squadrons. Entered France 1/06/1915. Discharged 18/04/1919. Died in Southern Rhodesia on 14/06/1958. Spent time before WW1 in Patagonia, South America. Entitled to 1914/15 Star trio.

REID, Andrew. 152188. Private. Died in service in Boulogne of influenza 21/11/1918 aged 32. Son of Andrew and Margaret Reid, of Collickreich, Ballater; husband of Isabella Reid, of Ballater, Aberdeenshire. Buried in TERLINCTHUN BRITISH CEMETERY, WIMILLE, FRANCE. No service medal entitlement.  

REID, Harry. 1491. Sapper KEH . Transferred to Royal Engineers as Sapper 229155 then Sapper Royal Engineers WR/263358. Entitled to British War and Victory Medals named to Royal Engineers.

REID, Jeremiah. 1597. Private KEH. Enlisted 6/05/1915. Transferred as Private Lancashire Fusiliers 45521. Discharged 1/05/1918. Born in 1893 and resided in Cork, Ireland. Awarded Silver War Badge B31 and 1914/15 Star trio.

REID, Oswald Douglas. 1418. Private. Enlisted Feb 1915. Accidentally drowned Baldoyle, near Dublin, Ireland 18/08/16. Born on 1/10/1891 the son of Thomas and Catherine Reid. Buried in ANNAN CEMETERY, Dumfriesshire, Ireland. No medal entitlement with short home service. 

REISSLAND, Charles F. 1143. Private KEH. Enlisted 12/06/1915. Discharged 17/03/1919. WIA and awarded the Military Medal for defense of Vieille Chapelle 9-11/04/1918. Born on 28/03/1897 in Depot, Kempston, Bedfordshire, England and died Oct 1976 in Claro, North Yorkshire, England. Entitled to British War and Victory Medals.

REMMETT, Charles William. 873. Lance Corporal KEH. 'A' Squadron cook. Enlisted Nov 1914 from Legion of Frontiersman. Entered France 2/06/1915. Discharged 27/02/1919. Awarded Meritorious Service Medal as a Lance Corporal (London Gazette 3/06/1919). Entitled to 1914/15 Star trio.

RENDALL, Richard W. 1605. Private. Discharged 28/02/1919. Entitled to British War and Victory Medals.

REYNOLDS, Allan Boyd. Captain in KEH 1915 photograph Figure 19. Major (1915-18) and then Lieutenant Colonel, 12th Royal Lancers until 1930. Commanded the 1/1st Northumberland Hussars Mar 1917-Mar 1919. Pre-war service as a Lieutenant, 12th Royal Lancers Army List 1902 having enlisted 23/05/1900. Entered France 2/06/1915. Born in Hornsey, Middlesex, London, England 12/03/1879 and was a first class cricketer and attended Oxford University. Mentioned in Despatches 2nd Boer War. Awarded Distinguished Service Order, QSA, KSA and 1914/15 Star trio. Died 2/06/1940 in Marylebone, London.

REYNOLDS, Alfred N. 1361. Corporal KEH. Discharged 12/03/1919. Entitled to British War and Victory Medals.

RICH, Geoffrey Gordon. Second Lieutenant, Canterbury Mounted Rifles 7/424, New Zealand Expeditionary Forces then transferred as a Second Lieutenant later Lieutenant, 1st Troop 'A' Squadron KEH at Vieille Chappelle 1918.   Entered Egypt 3/12/1914. Serjeant, Canterbury Mounted Rifles 7/424 on enlistment and transferred as a Second Lieutenant, KEH. Fought at the defense of  Vieille Chappelle 9-11/04/1918 for which he was awarded the Military Cross as a Lieutenant. Commissioned as a Lieutenant in the MacKenzie Battalion, New Zealand Army in WW2 from 1/08/1941. Born 19/03/1889 in Fortrose, Southland, New Zealand and died 14/09/1975 in Timaru, Canterbury, New Zealand. Applied for 1914/15 Star trio from Port Levy, New Zealand. Photograph in uniform of the Canterbury Mounted Rifles shown on accompanying page plus photograph and short caption stating he had been wounded from the "Auckland Weekly News" 30/12/1915 courtesy of the Auckland Online Cenotaph and a photograph of his prismatic compass from the Great War courtesy of the South Canterbury Museum.  

RICHARDS, John. D/17226. Private 1st Dragoons then transferred as Private, KEH then Private, Corps of Dragoons all with regimental number D/17226. Entitled to British War and Victory Medals.

RICHARDS, Richard. 1627. Private KEH. Private Royal Engineers WR/285721. Anglo-Argentinian Railway staff. Did not serve in France and awarded British War and Victory Medals.

RICHARDSON, Arthur. 1326. Private KEH. 2nd Troop, 'C' Squadron. Enlisted 116/11/9195. Entered France 13/07/1916. Injured at Matigny, France on 13/04/1917 by his horse kicking him and sustained multiple leg fractures. Discharged1 4/08/1919. Prior service with 1st Rhodesian Regiment in German West Africa and discharged Jul 1915. Born in Yorkshire in 1879. Entitled to British War and Victory Medals.

RICHARDSON, William Roland. Private KEH. Commissioned as a Second Lieutenant, Royal Engineers later Captain. From Vaucluse, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. Noted in 'Under Friendly Flags' by Lieutenant Colonel Neil C. Smith AM as having served with KEH. Awarded 1914/15 Star trio.

RICKARD, Joseph Charles. 1969. Private KEH. Enlisted 1/04/1917 and discharged 21/02/1919. Awarded Silver War Badge 216877. Born 1896. Awarded British War and Victory Medals which were sold on eBay UK Sep 2020.

RIDGEWAY, William Kemp. 1593. Private KEH. Enlisted 28/07/1916 in Longford with Reserve Squadron after three years service with New Zealand Expeditionary Forces Forces as Serjeant, 8/90 with the Otago Infantry Battalion having resigned to serve overseas 14/03/1916. Discharged 19/03/1917 through illness and awarded Silver War Badge 39056. Born in 1889 in Otago the son of Thomas Gamage Ridgeway who was living in Surrey, England post-war. Service commemorated on the Auckland Online Cenotaph. Entitled to British War and Victory Medals.

RIDGWAY, George. D/16746. Private, 6th Dragoon Guards GS/21465 transferred as Private, KEH D/16746 then Private, Corps of Dragoons D/17646. Discharged 22/02/1919. Born in 1882 in Macclesfield, Cheshire, England and died 4/03/1945. Entitled to British War and Victory Medals.

RIGG, Robert G. 1494. Private. Discharged 30/01/1919. Entitled to British War and Victory Medals.

RINDER, Robert Toynbee. 1446. Lance Corporal KEH. 'A' Squadron. Promoted to that rank 10/10/1917. Enlisted 9/02/1916, entered France 16/11/1916 and discharged 20/05/1919. Wounded with gun shot wound right wrist at defence of Vieille Chapelle 9-11/04/1918 and awarded Silver War Badge 294195. Born in 1890 in Canada. Entitled to British War and Victory Medals.

RITCHIE, Ernest. 1763. Serjeant, Serjeant Tank Corps 112012

RITSON, Ralph Gerald. Captain. Commanded the Reserve Squadron from 22/05/1915. Attached from the 6th Inniskilling Dragoons whilst invalided from service in France. Entered France 18/11/1914 and was Staff Captain 8th Cavalry Brigade from 20/11/1914. Held the rank of Brevet Lieutenant Colonel in 1919. Born on 17/01/1880 in Hexham, Northumberland, England and died on 22/10/1966 in South Africa. Champion polo champion. His brother Ward Cuthbert Ritson served as a Lieutenant Colonel with the Rifle Brigade in WW1 and was awarded an OBE. Gerald was awarded the 1914 Star trio.

ROBARTS, Geoffrey Ward. Private KEH. Commissioned as as a Second Lieutenant, Royal Field Artillery later Lieutenant, Royal Air Force.

ROBBIE, Alexander Benjiman. 1053. Private KEH. From New Zealand. Entered France 4/05/1915. Discharged 4/01/1918.

ROBERTO, J. H. 1213. Private KEH

ROBERTON, James Basil Wilkie. Private KEH. Born 29/01/1896 at Wright St-Clair, Auckland, New Zealand. Studied at King's College, Auckland and then started in medicine at Cambridge University 1913. Likely to have served with the University Troop of KEH. Entered France 25/08/1915. Commissioned Second Lieutenant 11th Battalion, Northumberland Fusiliers. Wounded twice and served as a Signal Officer in France and Italy. Mentioned in Despatches. Awarded 1914/15 Star trio named to Northumberland Fusiliers. Awarded Companion of the Distinguished Service Order (DSO) in 1918. After returning to Cambridge after the war he became a doctor in civilian life in New Zealand. He then served as a Major in World War 2 attached to the Headquarters of the New Zealand Medical Corps, Second New Zealand Expeditionary Force, Service Number 462018. Was an authority on Maori history and culture. Died aged 99 January 1996 at Te Awamutu, Waikato. (Reference - Auckland Online Cenotaph).

ROBERTS, Arthur Mathias. 1038. Lance Corporal. Anglo-Argentinian Railway staff. Enlisted 12/04/1915 and entered France 28/07/1915. Discharged on account of wounds 24/01/1917 aged 26. Awarded Silver War Badge No. B24036. Entitled to 1914/15 Star trio. 

ROBERTS, Charles Ewart. 1240. Private. KIA at the defence of Vieille Chapelle 09/04/1918. Born in 1889 the son of Henry Roberts, of Pool Crescent. Newtown. Montgomeryshire. Buried in VIEILLE-CHAPELLE NEW MILITARY CEMETERY, LACOUTURE, FRANCE. Entitled to British War and Victory Medals. Name commemorated on the Newtown War Memorial. (Possible photograph Figure 23). Civilian portrait shown courtesy of Imperial War Museum 'Lives of the First World War'.

ROBERTS, Donald Trevor. 83. Acting Squadron Serjeant Major. 'A' Squadron and 4th Troop, 'C' Squadron in 1918. Entered France 22/04/1915, wounded at Savy in March 1917 and discharged 3/03/1919. Awarded the Roumanian Medaille-Barbartie St. Credinta 2nd Class and Meritorious Service Medal with rank of Serjeant. Possibly born 10/05/1895 in Barry, Glamorgan, Wales and died 17/08/1955 in Warwickshire, Warwick, England. Possible photograph Figure 23. Entitled to 1914/15 Star trio.

ROBERTS, John Henry. 1213. Serjeant. Entered France 20/10/1915. Awarded Military Medal for defence at Vieille Chapelle Nov 1918 (Possible photograph Figure 23). Discharged 18/06/1919. Additional photograph of him as a member of the Local Defence Volunteers (later the Home Guard) speaking with His Majesty King George VI at an LDV inspection at Woodford, Essex on 20/07/1940 (Old Comrade Bulletin, No 8, 1940). Member of the King's Colonials Lodge. Awarded 1914/15 Star trio.

ROBERTSON, John. 446. Acting Corporal. 'A' Squadron. Entered France 2/06/1915. Commissioned as a Second Lieutenant later Captain, 3rd Battalion, Cameron Highlanders 6/07/1916. Awarded Military Cross. Served with 7th Battalion King's Liverpool Regiment as an Officer from 1934-39 and was a Lieutenant Colonel in WW2. He died 1/08/1944 in Oxton. His mother Grace applied for 1914/15 Star trio from Oxton, Cheshire, England.

ROBERTSON, Thomas Struan. Second Lieutenant

ROBINSON, Frank. D/9137. Private KEH. Transferred to Corps of Dragoons as Private D/9137. Entitled to British War and Victory Medals.

ROBINSON, Harry. 1076 Private KEH. Private Northumberland Fusiliers 39914

ROBINSON, Nichol. 1710. Private KEH. Discharged 3/03/1919. Entitled to British War and Victory Medals.

ROBINSON, Peter. 1322. Private KEH. Discharged 31/03/1919. Resided in Kilburn, London post-war. Entitled to British War and Victory Medals.

ROBINSON, Robert. 1555. Private KEH. Entered France 14/07/1915. Transferred as Private, Royal Engineers WR/282206 then Private, Rifle Brigade B/200727. Entitled to 1914/15 Star trio.

ROBINSON, William Cowper. Named in 1902 camp photograph. Second Lieutenant King's Colonials 1905, Lieutenant 1/05/1907.

ROBOTTI, William L. 649. Private KEH. Commissioned as a Second Lieutenant later Lieutenant, Drake Battalion Royal Naval Division. Awarded Military Cross and applied for 1914/15 Star trio from Highbury, London.

RODEN, Tom Corbitt. 809. Private KEH. 'A' Squadron. Enlisted 7/12/1914. Entered France 2/06/1915. Discharged 6/09/1918. Born in July 1881 in Whitby, Yorkshire, resided in Jesmond, Newcastle-upon-Tyne post-war and died 27/03/1961 in Nottingham, Nottinghamshire, England. Entitled to 1914/15 Star trio.

RODNEY-RICKETTS, Stewart Arthur. 91. Serjeant KEH. Entered France 26/07/1915. Commissioned as a Second Lieutenant 7/01/1915 later Captain 'D' Battery, Royal Field Artillery 82nd Brigade. KIA 31/10/1917 aged 23. Son of Arthur Rodney-Ricketts and Ellie Ricketts from Johannesburg, Transvaal, South Africa. Attended Exeter College, Oxford University as a Rhodes Scholar in 1911. Buried in VLAMERTINGHE NEW MILITARY CEMETERY, Belgium. Awarded Military Cross 10/01/1917. Commemorated on the St. George's College War Memorial, Harare, Zimbabwe.

RODRIGUEZ, George Harold. 1304. Private. Left Trinidad for UK 18/10/1915 with 1st Caribbean Merchant and Planters Contingent. Discharged 8/07/1919. Entitled to British War and Victory Medals.

ROGERS, Harry William. 1440. Lance Corporal. Killed in action 9/04/1918 at the defence of Vieille Chapelle. Buried in VIEILLE-CHAPELLE NEW MILITARY CEMETERY, LACOUTURE, FRANCE. Lance Corporal Harry William Rogers was born in Feilding, New Zealand and grew up in South Africa. He is commemorated on a grave in Braamfontein Cemetery in Johannesburg, South Africa (photograph available). Commemorated on the Auckland Online Cenotaph. Entitled to British War and Victory Medals.

ROMANES, Francis John. Captain. 3rd Troop, 'B' Squadron. Second Lieutenant on probation 1/09/1914. Entered France 18/06/1915. Commissioned as a Second Lieutenant 24/06/1915. Lieutenant in photograph at Longford 1915 see Figure 19. Married Doris Helena McNaughton Wright on 5/08/1918 in Dublin. Awarded Silver War Badge on (London Gazette 26/04/1919). Born in Nigg, Scotland in 1887 and died in Dunmow, Essex, England on 2/07/1944. Applied for 1914/15 Star trio.

ROPER, George Elliot. Second Lieutenant. Served pre-war KEH. Granted 12 months leave of absence (commenced 15/01/1912) from 20th (Corangamite) Light Horse (Australia) to attend Sheffield University and was attached to KEH. Returned to Australia and served with 20th Light Horse and promoted to Lieutenant in 1916. Noted in 'Under Friendly Flags' by Lieutenant Colonel Neil C. Smith AM as having served with KEH.

ROSE, William. 1920. Serjeant. Transferred as a Serjeant, Royal Engineers 208131 then Serjeant, Inland Transport Section, Royal Engineers WR/503876. Entitled to British War and Victory Medals named to Royal Engineers.

ROSS, Carl Frederick William. 679. Private. 'A' Squadron. Entered France 2/06/1915. Awarded Military Medal for gallantry at Cambrai 12/12/1917. Discharged 4/03/1919. Born 6/08/1893 in Capetown, South Africa. Arrived in England in 1904 and studied at Christ's College, University of London. Died 17/11/1943 in Ealing, Middlesex, England. Portrait photograph circa 1915-16 courtesy of J. Smith on Ancestry.  Entitled to 1914/15 Star trio.

ROSS, Outram (Rossie). 703. Private. 2nd Troop 'B' Squadron in 1915. Entered France 22/04/1915. Commissioned Second Lieutenant Machine Gun Corps 27/05/1917 later Temporary Lieutenant Tank Corps. Born in the Cedars near Mackay, Queensland, Australia 27/05/1886 the son of Henry Ross. Was in America when war was declared and went to England to enlist. Married Sylvia May Burbidge in Brisbane 11/08/1919. Settled in New Zealand where he died in KatiKati, Bay of Plenty, New Zealand in 1961.

RUECROFT, John W. 1196. Private. Discharged due to felony 29/05/1919. No medals recorded on Medal Index Card would have been entitled to British War and Victory Medals.

RUFFHEAD, Arthur W. 427. Lance Corporal. Machine Gun Section, 'A' Squadron. Enlisted 25/05/1914. Entered France 1/06/1915. Wounded by shrapnel at Windy Corner, Le Caury 8/01/1916. Promoted to Lance Corporal 23/12/1916. Gun Shot Wound to upper left arm 23/03/1917 at Savy. Discharged physically unfit 12/12/1917. Prior service in the Royal Field Artillery (London) 1909-11. Born 9/10/1890 in Bedford, England and died Dec 1971 in Droxford, Hampshire, England. Living in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada prior to enlistment. Awarded Silver War Badge 304/166 and entitled to 1914/15 Star trio.

RUSSELL, Ernest Gordon. Lieutenant KEH. Captain Royal West Kent Regiment then Major Royal Army Service Corps. Born 17/06/1870 in Grange, Banffshire, Scotland and died 23/10/1953 in Kampala, East Africa. Mentioned in Despatches. Awarded OBE (London Gazette 3/06/1919). Image of Victory Medal sold on eBay UK shown. 

RUSSELL, George Gray. Lieutenant Colonel. Born in New Zealand and attended Wanganui Collegiate School and then University of Cambridge from 1902. He served in the Cambridge University Officer Training Corps prior to joining the Oxford University Troop of the King's Colonials. He appears on the 1910 Officers Nominal Roll as a Second Lieutenant and was promoted to Captain on the 5/11/1912.  As Major Russell he commanded 'A' Squadron of King Edward's Horse in France before being promoted to Lieutenant Colonel in command of the combined KEH.  He was awarded the Distinguished Service Order 4/02/1918 and Mentioned in Dispatches three times (one of which was published in the London Gazette Supplement 16/06/1916). Lieutenant Colonel Russell died on the 7 August 1965. Photograph taken as a Captain circa 1912-August 1914. Captain in 1915 see Figures 19 and 135. A solicitor in civilian life.  

RUTHERFORD, John. 1689. Private. Enlisted 9/11/1916 and discharged 30/09/1918 due to being medically unfit. From Wallsend-on-Tyne. Awarded British War Medal and Victory Medal and Silver War Badge 356658.

RUTTER, William. 1243. Private. Discharged 13/03/1919. Born on 16/10/1885 in Stanley, Falkland Islands and died 15/07/1966. Prior service in the Falkland Island Defence Force. Entitled to British War and Victory Medals

RYAN, Frank Dowland. Reverend. Acting Chaplain in 1914 and  Chaplain to  KEH from 1918. Entered France 30/05/1915. Applied for 1914/15 Star Trio from the Chaplaincy, Bangkok, Siam in 1921.  Photograph from "The Sketch", Wednesday 4/09/1918, page 4.  Noted to have been awarded the Military Cross with medal ribbon shown in photograph.

RYAN, Martin. Second Lieutenant KEH. Transferred to 25th Battalion, Royal Fusiliers and entered East Africa Apr 1915. Promoted to Captain later Acting Major. KIA 18/10/1917. Lieutenant Fred Ryan, Special List attached 3rd Battalion, Nigeria Regiment WAFF, and his brother Major Martin Ryan, 40, of the 25th Royal Fusiliers, killed in action at Nyangao, East Africa. Sons of H. V. and A. Ryan of Ootacamund, Nilgiri Hills, Madras, India, both are buried in Dar Es Salaam War Cemetery. An “In Memoriam” notice published in The Times on 17 October 1919 stated that they “were killed in action on the same day, at the same place, and near the same spot”. Mrs S. V. Stewart as next of kin applied for Martin's 1914/15 Star trio. Photograph of Captain Ryan in 25th Royal Fusiliers in East Africa shown. 

RYAN, Patrick Joseph. 1230. Corporal. Entered France 4/05/1915. Transferred as Private, Lancashire Fusiliers, 40593. Commissioned as a Second Lieutenant, Royal Munster Fusiliers 25/09/1918. Applied for 1914/15 Star trio from Thurles, Tipperary, Ireland.

SADLER, Frank. 915. Private KEH. Entered France 22/04/1915. Commissioned as a Second Lieutenant in the Army Service Corps 20/01/1918. Entitled to 1914/15 Star trio.

SADLIER, John Raymond. 1102. Private KEH. Entered France 18/11/1915. Commissioned 26/03/1918 as a Second Lieutenant in the Somerset Light Infantry. Born in Grange, South Australia in 1893 the son of Nicholas Clarke and Johanna Georgina (nee' Sturgess) Sadleir (he changed the spelling of his surname on enlistment) and he was raised in the McLaren Vale, Onkaparinga, South Australia. Educated at St Peter's College, Adelaide, South Australia and employed as a Bank Clerk. He left for England to enlist in February 1915. He was later invalided to England suffering from trench fever and when it was determined he was not likely to recover sufficiently to return to the firing line, he was posted to the Palace Barracks in Belfast, Ireland as an instructor. He tragically died of a war related illness in England on 26/11/1918. He was buried in Grantham Cemetery, Lincolnshire. Awarded 1914/15 Star trio. Commemorated on the Adelaide National War Memorial, Hackney St Peter's College Fallen Honour Board and the Australian Virtual War Memorial (with portrait photograph shown). Brothers DeVere and Charles both enlisted from the Argentine and served in the British Army and their sister Angela served in Queen Alexandra's Imperial Military Nursing Service Reserve.

SAGE, Arthur William. 737. Private. 'B' Squadron. Enlisted in Watford and entered France on 22/04/1915. KIA 22/3/17 aged 22. Son of Mr. and Mrs. G. Sage, of High Elms Cottages, Leavesden, Watford, Herts. Commemorated on the THIEPVAL MEMORIAL, FRANCE. Arthur was born 1893 in Bedmond, Herts and resided in Leavesden. Awarded 1914/15 Star trio.

SAILL, Edward Charles. 935. Private. Entered France 22/04/1915. Commissioned as a Second Lieutenant 5/04/1918. Born  25/05/1891 in Croydon, Surrey, England, married Lillian Rose Rice and lived post-war Peakhurst, Sydney, Australia until his death on 4/07/1976. Awarded 1914/15 Star trio. Portrait photograph as a Lieutenant in the KEH. 

SANDERMAN, Victor Staunton. Born on Jersey in 1866. Major in King's Colonials in 1906. Served as a Major in the 6th Inniskilling Dragoons then 17th Lancers and fought in Boer War. Became Lieutenant Colonel in command of the KEH in 1912 and mobilised them for war 4/08/1914. Commanded KEH until invalided in 1916. Died 26/08/1943. Photograph shown in Figure 13.

SANDERSON, Frank Ernest. 764. Private KEH. 'A' Squadron. Entered France 1/06/1915 and discharged 22/06/1919. Born in 1878 on Portsea Island, Hampshire and resided Newcastle upon Tyne post-war. Entitled to 1914/15 Star trio.

SANDERSON, William Andrew. 104. Squadron Quarter Master Serjeant. 'A' Squadron. Enlisted 1904 in King's Colonials. Entered France 22/04/1915. Awarded Silver War Badge 2/11/1917. Awarded Special Reserve Long Service and Good Conduct Medal in April 1918 and 1914/15 Star, British War Medal and Victory Medal. Died 1964/65.

SANDFORD, Lewis Gordon. Private KEH. Enlisted Sep 1914. Commission as Lieutenant in the Royal Field Artillery later Captain and then Major. Entered France Mar 1915. Awarded the Military Cross and Mentioned in Despatches. . Born 11/02/1885 in Semaphore, Port Adelaide, South Australia and died 17/12/1965 in London. Farmed in Kyambu in East Africa in 1908. The newspaper 'The Advertiser' (Adelaide, South Australia) 8/08/1916 - A cable message has been received from the War Office London intimating that Lieutenant L. G. Sandford, Royal Field Artillery, had been wounded. Noted in 'Under Friendly Flags' by Lieutenant Colonel Neil C. Smith AM as having served with KEH. Awarded 1914/15 Star trio.

SARUM, William. Lieutenant. Batman was Serjeant Pocock. No Medal Index Card or Medal Roll entry identified.

SAUNDERS, Ernest Valdrent. 1265. Lance Corporal KEH. 4th Troop 'B' Squadron. KIA 9/04/18 at Defence of Vieille Chapelle from direct hit from minewerfer shell on Hotchkiss gun team he was in charge of. Buried in the CABARET-ROUGE BRITISH CEMETERY, SOUCHEZ, FRANCE. Awarded Queens South Africa Medal (Orange Fee State, Cape Colony and Transvaal clasps) and King's South Africa Medal, British War Medal and Victory Medal, Croix de Guerre (Belgium) as a Lance Corporal KEH. Prior service as Trooper 1435 New South Wales Imperial Bushmen Mounted Rifles and Quarter Master Serjeant 3080 Canadian Scouts. Born in 1875 the son of Alfred Godfrey Saunders and Anna Connell in Hereford, England and raised in Christchurch, New Zealand. Commemorated on the Auckland Online Cenotaph.

SAVAGE, Albert Henry. 855. Private. Enlisted 25/08/1914 and discharged 20/08/1915 due to sickness. Awarded Silver War Badge 87321. Did not serve overseas and no service medal entitlement.

SAVILLE, W. Captain and Surgeon in KEH 1910.

SAYER, William Thomas. 692. Private KEH. Entered France 22/04/1915. Commissioned as a Second Lieutenant 160th Field Company, Royal Engineers 20/09/1915. KIA 5/06/1916 while preparing to set mines close to German workings at Vermilles. Born in 1888 and raised in Geelong, Victoria, Australia educated at Geelong Grammar School and Ballarat School of Mines. He was a mine manager in Queensland before travelling to the United States of America in 1912 to further his mining experience. Second son of the late J. W. Sayer and Mrs. Sayer, Newtown, Geelong. Commemorated on the Arras Memorial, Arras, Nord Pas de Calais, France and the Commemorative Roll of the Australian War Memorial. Entitled to 1914/15 Star trio. Photograph on horseback courtesy of the Australian War Memorial.

SCARF, Benjamin. 251. Private. Enlisted 25/08/1914 and discharged 28/10/1914. No WW1 service medal entitlement.

SCHOFIELD, Harry. D/15928. Private KEH. Transferred as Private, Corps of Dragoons. Discharged 6/03/1919. May be related to Private William Schofield D/15844. Entitled to British War and Victory Medals.

SCHOFIELD, William. D/15844. Private, 1st Dragoons GS/19277 transferred as Private, KEH then Private, Corps of Dragoons. Discharged 23/02/1919. May be related to Private Harry Schofield D/15928. Entitled to British War and Victory Medals.

SCHONKEN, William (Willem) Peter (Petrus). 1004. Corporal. 'A' Squadron. Enlisted 10/03/1915 and entered France 1/06/1915. Noted as a marksman. Promoted to Lance Corporal 1/09/1917 and then Corporal 24/01/1919. Sustained a gunshot wound to the right thigh at the defence of Vieille Chapelle 9/04/1918. Discharged 18/06/1919. Born on 2/10/1892 in Helibran, Orange Free State, South Africa and died in Durban 3/10/1936. Entitled to 1914/15 Star trio.

SCOLTOCK, Benjamin Careswell. 1109. Private. Entered France 20/10/1915. Reported Missing in Action at defence of Vieille Chapelle 9-11/04/1918. Discharged 19/04/1919. Born in 1892 and resided in Ardentinny, Scottish Highlands. Entitled to 1914/15 Star trio.

SCULLY, Thomas. 1227. Private. 'B' Squadron in 1916. Reported as Missing in Action at the defence of Vieille Chapelle 9-11/04/1918. Discharged 27/03/1919. Entitled to British War and Victory Medals.

SEARIES, Charles Horace. 572. Private. 3rd Section, 1st Troop, 'C' Squadron. Enlisted 13/08/1914 and entered France 21/04/1915. Wounded in both legs at the defence of Vieille Chapelle 9/04/1918. Discharged 7/04/1919. Awarded Silver War Badge 190522. Born in 1892 in Addlestone, Surrey and died in 1953 in Sussex, England. Entitled to 1914/15 Star trio.

SEHEULT, Andre. 1310. Private. Left Trinidad for UK 18/10/1915 with 1st Caribbean Merchant & Planters Contingent and discharged 3/11/1919. Died in Trinidad. Brother of Private Robert Seheult, 1303. Entitled to British War and Victory Medals.

SEHEULT, Robert. 1303. Private. Left Trinidad for UK 18/10/1915 with 1st Caribbean Merchant Contingent and discharged 30/07/1919. Died in Trinidad in 1946. Brother of Private Andre Seheult, 1310. Entitled to British War and Victory Medals.

SELLAR, William. Private. Commissioned as Second Lieutenant King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry. Received a superficial head wound and exhaustion. Cousin of Captain Francis John MacCunn KIA 26/09/1916 at the Battle of Loos. Noted in 'Hamish MacCunn (1868-1916): A Musical Life' by Jennifer L. Oates.

SELLIER, Ferdinand. Private KEH. 15th Carribbean Merchant & Planters Contingent. Not related to Private Numa Joseph Sellier 1839, 2KEH.

SEXTON, Edward. 1883. Private KEH. (Signaller 1st Class). 'B' Squadron. Enlisted 27/04/1917 and entered France 13/08/1918. Discharged 5/04/1919. Born in 1893 and resided in Southland-on-Sea. Entitled to British War and Victory Medals.

SEYMOUR, Edward O. D/17033. Private KEH. Transferred to Corps of Dragoons as Private D/17027. Discharged 5/03/1919. Entitled to British War and Victory Medals

SHARMAN, Robert Palmer. 1919. Private KEH. Enlisted 8/12/1915 and discharged 9/04/1919. Awarded British War Medal and Victory Medal and British War Badge 228404. Born Apr 1884 in Twickenham, London, England and died in Apr 1949 in Hatfield, Hertfordshire, England.

SHARP, Frederick John Milton. 627. Serjeant. Entered France 22/04/1915. Commissioned as a Second Lieutenant Coldstream Guards 26/07/1917. Entitled to 1914/15 Star trio.

SHAW, Charles Athelstan. Second Lieutenant KEH 1910, promoted to Captain 11/1914 and commanded Machine Gun Section. KIA 09/01/16 as result of head wounds from a shell burst behind the front line. Member of King's Colonials Masonic Lodge. Son of the late Charles and Marianne Shaw. Born in Victoria, Australia on 19/06/1878 and emigrated with his family to England in 1888. Educated at Dean Close School in Cheltenham. Served in the South African Campaign for 19 months with the Yorkshire Dragoons. Worked for National Provincial Bank of England. Buried in BETHUNE TOWN CEMETERY, FRANCE. Commemorated on National Provincial And Union Bank Of England Memorial, London.

SHAW, Henry Cecil. 52. Staff Quarter Master Serjeant. 'B' Squadron. Entered France 2/06/1915. Saw service in France and Italy. Commissioned as a Temporary Lieutenant Army Ordnance Corps 18/06/1916. Member of Regimental Masonic Lodge. Applied for 1914/15 Star trio from Herbert Road, Woolwich, London.

SHAW, Herbert Harris. Corporal, ‘C’ Squadron (Australasian) of the 4th County of London (King’s Colonials) Imperial Yeomanry. Corporal Shaw was born in 1893 in Teignmouth, Devon, England and served in ‘C’ Squadron (Australian) of the 4th County of London (King’s Colonials) Imperial Yeomanry from 1902 to 1907. Prior to this service, he served in the Bechuanaland Border Police 1894-95 and the Matabele Mounted Police in 1896. Having emigrated to Sydney, Australia he enlisted as a Private in the 35th Battalion (Newcastle’s Own), 9th Brigade of the 1st Australian Imperial Force on the 12th April 1916. He embarked for England on board the HMAT Anchises A68 on the 24th August 1916. Attaining the rank of Extra Regimental Sergeant, he was wounded in action on the 12th October 1917. He was a photographer by profession and assisted the noted Australian World War One photographer Frank Hurley after the war. His British War and Victory medals are held in the Dave Harrower Collection in New South Wales, Australia and Corporal Shaw's portrait photograph is shown courtesy of Peter Nemaric, Victoria, Australia as Figure 83.

SHAW, Jack William. Private, Lieutenant Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry

SHAW, Neville Lancaster. Private commissioned as a Second Lieutenant on 18/04/1915. Promoted to Lieutenant on 1/07/1917 and transferred to Tank Corps on 7/08/1917. Discharged on4/10/10918. Born in Ross, Herefordshire in 1890 and educated at Sherborne School. Emigrated to Jamaica and arrived back in England 31/08/1914. Served in WW2 from July to December 1940 as a Lieutenant with the Royal Welsh Fusiliers. Director of Hammonds United Brewery post-war and died in Pershore 5/11/1953. British War Medal and Victory Medal sold at auction in the UK Apr 2020 by Dix Noonan Webb and photograph of them follows. Name commemorated on the Kilkenny War Memorial, MacDonagh Station, Dublin Road, Kilkenny, Ireland.

SHENNON, Watson Douglas. 508. Lance Corporal KEH. Captain Royal Engineers. Born 30/06/1887 in Dunedin, New Zealand where his father Watson Shennon was a prominent pastoralist in Otago. Student at Auckland Grammer School then Cambridge University in 1908 and joined the University Troop of the King's Colonials. Obituary notes he was serving with them in 1909. He became a Barrister in London. Re-enlisted KEH aged 27 on 8/08/1914 at Alexandra Palace. 17/11/1914 appointed Lance Corporal. 4/02/1915 commissioned Second Lieutenant Signalling Section of the Royal Engineers, 47th (London) Division. Entered France Jun 1915. Promoted to Lieutenant 8/04/1916 and Captain 8/06/1918 Royal Engineers. Awarded Military Cross at Loos 26/09/1915 and Mentioned in Despatches 30/11/1915. After the Armistice saw service in Egypt. Came to South Australia in 1921 via New Zealand and took over a vineyard at Modbury. Married Miss Florence Ellison, of Melbourne and had two children, Richard and Mary. He died in Melbourne on 25/10/1937. Auckland Online Cenotaph. Portrait photograph whilst serving with the Royal Engineers available at www.kingedwardshorse.net.

SHEPPARD, Albert E. 719. Private KEH. 2nd Troop, 'C' Squadron. Entered France 21/04/1915. Discharged 25/03/1919. Prior service with South African Constabulary in the Boer War as Lance Corporal, 1456 and served 14/05/19101 until 3/01/1902 and awarded Queen's South Africa Medal with Transvaal, South Africa 1901 and South Africa 1902 clasps. Died in Hull in Aug 1949. Entitled to 1914/15 Star trio.

SHILTON, Alfred. 758. Private 'A' Squadron. Entered France 2/06/1915. WIA at defense of Vieille Chapelle 9-11/04/1918. Discharged 4/03/1919. Entitled to 1914/15 Star trio.

SHIRCORE, David. 951. Private KEH. Enlisted 10/02/1915 and entered France 27/07/1915. Discharged due to sickness 14/12/1916 with Silver War Badge 100910. Entitled to 1914/15 Star trio.

SHORT, Walter Mayhow Burgoyne. 1549. Private. Commissioned as a Second Lieutenant 9/05/1918. Later Lieutenant KEH. Left Trinidad for UK before 18/10/1915. Prior service with Royal North West Mounted Police. Born in Trinidad in 1893, living their in 1946 and died 1951 in England. Entitled to British War and Victory Medals.

SIDDALL, Horace Victor. 1397. Lance Corporal. Entered France 6/05/1915. Transferred as a Flight Cadet, Royal Flying Corps (RFC) 318091 and commissioned 7/02/1919. Applied for 1914/15 Star trio named to RFC from Sowerby Bridge, Yorkshire, England.

SIM, William Roland. 847. Lance Corporal. Enlisted in the KEH having sailed to London from Shanghai where he was employed with the Shanghai Tug & Lighter Co on board the "SS Suwa Maru" on 16/10/1914. Entered France 1/06/1915 and was captured, escaped and rejoined his Regiment at the defence of Vieille Chapelle 9-11/04/1918. Discharged 27/05/1919 and returned to Shanghai post war. His 1914/15 Star trio were applied for by his mother from Southsea, England.

SIMONS, William Utten. 818. Private. 'A' Squadron. Entered France 1/06/1915 with Machine Gun Section and severely wounded by German rifle grenade 7/08/1915 at Rabot. Commissioned as a Second Lieutenant Labour Corps 15/09/1917. Born 1882 in Sydenham, Kent, England and died in Havana, Cuba 1/12/1973. Entitled to 1914/15 Star trio. William had eight brothers and two sisters. Brother Private Henry Lovell Simons 754473 KIA 3/11/1915 at Ypres, Belgium with 29th Battalion, Canadian Infantry and was buried in WULVERGHEM-LINDENHOEK ROAD MILITARY CEMETERY, Belgium

SIMPSON, A. E. Signaler.

SIMPSON, Brian George Cannon. Private KEH. Second Lieutenant, 20th Trench Mortar Battery, Royal Horse Artillery (RHA), B.E.F., France. Enlisting in England, where he was studying sculpture, 4th August, 1914, joined KEH and later commissioned as a Second Lieutenant in the RHA, 1st Cavalry Division, volunteering for Trench Mortar Section. Early education at Sydney Church of England Grammar School. Later at St. Paul's College, University of Sydney 1910-1912 Bachelor of Arts. He gave his life through an act of initial bravery, climbing a tree in full view of the German Lines to shoot a sniper and was hit coming down. Died of Peritonitis 29/07/1915 ensuing from wounds received on 22nd July aged 22. Son of the late George Hamilton Cassan Simpson and Lilian Thompson of Sydney New South Wales. Born 1 Nov 1892 in New South Wales, Australia and buried in Lijssenthoek Military Cemetery, Poperinge, West Flanders, Belgium. Photograph in RHA uniform circa 1915.

SIMPSON, George Barre Goldie. Private. King's Colonials 1906-09. Born in Woolahra, New South Wales in 1887. Served with 'A' Company 4th Battalion AIF as Lance Corporal 866. Embarked Australia 20/10/1914. KIA at Gallipoli 6/09/1915. Son of Archibald Henry and Alice Marion Simpson. Buried in Johnston's Jolly Cemetery.

SIMPSON, Walter Scott. 1236. Private. C' Squadron. KIA 9/04/18 aged 27 at the Defence of Vieille Chapelle. Son of William Francis and Eliza Simpson born Islington, London, England. Commemorated on the LOOS MEMORIAL, FRANCE. Entitled to British War and Victory Medals. 

SIMSON, Donald Petrie. Captain KEH. From Auckland, New Zealand. Transferred to NZEF British Section. Knight Commander of the Order of the British Empire, (K.B.E, 2nd type civil), Queens South Africa Medal with clasps Transvaal, SA 1902, cape Colony (Lieut. NZMR 8th Cont.); 1914/15 Star, 1914/18 War & Victory Medals (4/642 Capt. NZEF), Coronation Medal. 4/642A Captain Sir Donald Petrie Simson - 8th N.Z.M.R./King Edward's Horse/1st N.Z.E.F, O.B.E. 1934, C.B.E 1937, K.B.E. 1939, Lieutenant (later Sir) Donald Simson served in the Boer War with D Squadron, 8th Contingent, New Zealand Mounted Rifles and later with King Edward's Horse. He served in South Africa between 1899 and 1902. In 1902 he was appointed Staff Officer to Colonel THORNEYCROFT, commander of the Australian and New Zealand Forces in South Africa. He enlisted in England with the British Expeditionary Force on 23 September 1914. and was commissioned as Captain by 28 September 1914 and allotted to the New Zealand Engineers, Field Engineers (British Section). He he suffered a serious gunshot wound to neck and face Gallipoli in May 1915, was taken to Heliopolis; invalided to New Zealand and was discharged as medically unfit for active service on 9 June 1916. In 1934 was awarded a K.B.E. He was knighted in 1939 for services to the British Empire Services League, of which he was the Honorary Secretary. He was the main force behind the formation and establishment of the New Zealand Returned Solders' Association (RSA), and was elected first President on 29 April 1916. He and the RSA held the first Anzac Day in 1916. His medals were sold at auction by Dunbar Sloane in Auckland, New Zealand in Jul 2012. Portrait photograph courtesy of the Auckland Online Cenotaph.

SINCLAIR, John H. 1758. Private. Transferred as Private, Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders S/16657. Entitled to British War and Victory Medals.

SINGLETON, Richard. 803. Corporal. Enlisted 25/08/1914 and entered France 2/07/1915. Transferred as Corporal, Labour Corps 413788. Discharged 28/03/1918. Awarded Silver War Badge 376208. Born in 1885. Entitled to 1914/15 Star trio.

SIZER, Percy K. 844. Private. 'A' Squadron. Entered France 2/06/1915. Died of Wounds 24/03/1917 in action at Villeveque. Buried in NESLE COMMUNAL CEMETERY, FRANCE and photograph of headstone shown. Born Jul 1879 in Great Bentley, Essex, England and traveled to England to enlist from Japan. Prior service as Shoeing Smith 6415, 35th Middlesex Company, 11th Battalion Imperial Yeomanry awarded Queen's South Africa Medal with clasps Wittebergen, Cape Colony, Transvaal and South Africa 1901. Commemorated on the Great Bentley war memorial. Entitled to British War and Victory Medals. His brother Trooper Edward Chisnall Sizer, 527, East African Mounted Rifles KIA 2/03/1916 at Kajiado, Rift Valley, Kenya.

SKEPELHORN Frederick Willet. 338. Quarter Master Serjeant Major, KEH.  Born 30/10/1873 to William and Sarah nee Lock at 14 West Square London Road, Saint Saviour, Southwark, Surrey.  In 1881 he is recorded as living at 118 Buckingham Palace Road, Westminster. Attended St. Michael’s National School, Westminster. 4/02/1890 rejected from Military Service due to a varicocele, a vein abnormality in the scrotum. 10th January, 1891 attested for Military Service as Private, 3773, 4th Royal Irish Dragoon Guards, occupation as musician. Admitted to hospital 21/01/1891 and discharged from hospital with “debility" 20/02/1891 after surgery on his varicocele. 21/02/1891 discharged from Service as “not being likely to become an efficient soldier" as he was unable to ride as a consequence of pain in his groin. 9/05/1894 marriage to Annie Emily Church in the Register office Chelsea with his home address being 158 Oakley Street, Chelsea and occupation as salesman. 16/05/1894 daughter Ethel Maud Willet is born at 116 Uxbridge road, Shepherd’s Bush, Hammersmith. 03/1896 Louisa Frances second daughter is born in Chelsea. In 1896 involved in the Mashonaland uprising just before he attested to the British South Africa (BSA) Police force in the Matabeleland Mounted Police , 629. Awarded British South African Co. Medal reverse Omashonaland (Trumpeter F. W. Skepelhorn, 18970 BSA Police). 24/02/1897- 28/01/1899 he served with the South African Police Force and lived in Zimbabwe, Africa leaving his wife and family at home. Reference to Matabeleland also implies he may have been part of the Matabeleland Division of the BSA Coy Police, possibly prior to attestation. The medal appears to be a War Medal for operations in Mashonaland during the 1896 uprising, which is shortly before the attestation above.  24/03/1899 leaves Cape Town, South Africa to return home via Southampton having been a diamond miner. 20/05/1899-31/10/1900 served with the East Surrey Regiment. 1/11/1900–25/05/1908 served with the Middlesex Regiment. 28/02/1900 third daughter Irene Gladys is born at 4B Prince of Wales Road, Battersea. 21/08/1901 son Richard Walter born 29 Prince of Wales road, Battersea. 2/07/1903 fourth daughter Jessie Sarah born 29 Prince of Wales road, Battersea. In 1904 family were living at 12 Kelmscott road, Clapham, Wandsworth. 26/01/1905 fifth daughter Dorothy Evelyn born 4 Belleville road, Battersea. 1905 – 1908 family lived at 4 Belleville Road, Wandsworth, Clapham. 1906 sixth daughter Phyllis Maisie was born. 1/08/1908- 9/11/1913 served in the City of London Regiment Territorial Force. 1909 family living 46 Broomwood Road, Wandsworth. 1911 - 1922 family living at 26 Spencer Road, New Wandsworth, Battersea. Worked as fruit salesman in partnership with Henry Cherry at Covent Garden from 1911-1926. 11/11/1913–4/08/1914 served as Regimental Quartermaster Sergeant, 338 with King Edward’s Horse Special Reserve where he was Regimental Band Master. 9/05/1914 Greenwich Park, London – “The Prince of Wales Military band conducted by F. W. Skepelhorn (Source - London Standard). 2/06/1915–25/09/1915 BEF France and Flanders with KEH. 29/09/1917 Warrant Officer R.A.S.C - BEF France and Flanders. 30/09/1917-9/01/1919. Appointed Temporary Second Lieutenant, R.A.S.C. 9/01/1919 relinquished his commission and retained the rank of Second Lieutenant.  Entitled to the 1915 Star, British War Medal and Victory Medal. 1919 - Musical Director to the City of London Police. In 1922 living at Ravenhurst, Westbury Road, New Malden, Surrey. 1925-30 living at Wighill, Old Malden, Worcester Park, Surrey. He was musical director to the City of London Police in 1919. “Lieutenant Frederick Skepelhorn, late of the Royal Irish Dragoon Guards, is the popular conductor of the band of the Royal Artillery 92nd London Brigade (Territorial), the City of London Police band and the organisation known as Lt. Skepelhorn’s military band. All these bands enjoy a tremendous popularity particularly with the audiences of the National Sunday League Concerts both in the London Parks on Sundays, in the summer and at various places of amusement in and around London during the winter months. The members of these bands are almost exclusively recruited from ex-army bands, many of them being ex-guardsmen and they form some of the finest military combinations in London, being all expert musicians. In addition to their Sunday League engagements, Lt. Skepelhorn’s bands are constantly retained by the London County Council and the best known sports clubs around the metropolis, they are also frequently engaged during the year at the Crystal Palace and Alexandra Palace, as well as many other public and private functions. 31/10/1928 discharged from T.A. Para 193(1) T.A. Regs. 14/11/1929 applied to be a Freeman of the City of London. Killed in a hit and run accident on the Kingston bypass, Kingston Hill on 22/06/1930 and buried 26/06/1930 in Battersea cemetery, Morden, Surrey (With thanks to Jenny Willis, great grand daughter for his biography).

SLAPE, R. H. D/12957. Private, 6th Dragoon Guards GS/6709. Entered France 15/06/1915. Transferred as Private, KEH D-12957 then Private, Corps of Dragoons D/12957. Discharged 13/02/1919. Entitled to 1914/15 Star trio.

SLEATH, Joseph Henry. 1173. Serjeant. Entered France 4/05/1915. Transferred as a Serjeant, Labour Corps 409714. Discharged 6/03/1919. Entitled to 1914/15 Star Trio.

SLY, Harry. 546. Private. Enlisted 11/09/1914, injured whilst training in Ireland 11/12/1914 and discharged 22/07/1915 due to sickness. Awarded Silver War Badge 52329 and did not serve overseas.

SMEETON, Warwick James. Private KEH. 3rd Troop 'C' Squadron in Aug 1914. After 4 months transferred to 13th Battery, 123rd Brigade, Royal Field Artillery (RFA). Entered France 28/07/1915. Promoted to Captain then Major. Awarded Military Cross. Mentioned in Despatches (London Gazette 11/12/1917). Born in Auckland, New Zealand on 29/09/1895 and died 1/11/1970 in Waikato, New Zealand. Attended St. Peter's College, Cambridge, Waikato and was in the School Cadets for 7 years. Arrived in England 9/05/1914 on a family holiday. Noted in article in the New Zealand Herald 14/12/1914 as serving in the KEH and then in the Auckland Star 10/02/1915 as commissioned as a Second Lieutenant in the RFA. Lieutenant Colonel in New Zealand Staff Corps in WW2. Awarded 1914/15 Star trio.

SMITH, Alan Kincaird. 1264. Private, Lieutenant Highland Light Infantry

SMITH, Arthur Cyril Godwin. Second Lieutenant KEH. Entered France in 1915, Promoted to Captain, Royal Field Artillery and later transferred as a Captain Royal Air Force. Born in Hereford on 12/01/1888 and died in Hereford in June 1973. One of four brothers to Arthur Hiles Smith and Fanny (nee Godwin) Smith. Awarded 1914/15 Star trio.

SMITH, Charles. 802. Acting Serjeant. Entered France 22/04/1915. Transferred as Acting Serjeant, 10th Battalion, Royal Fusiliers G/95609 attached to Intelligence Corps. Entitled to 1914/15 Star Trio.

SMITH, Charles B. 278. Acting Corporal. Entered France 22/06/1915. Transferred as Acting Corporal, Royal Engineers 246469. Entitled to 1914/15 Star trio.

SMITH, Edward Stratton. 701. Serjeant. Enlisted 9/09/1914 and discharged 16/06/1916 due to sickness. Did not serve overseas. Awarded Silver War Badge 81,400. Born in 1882 in Norfolk, England. Saw service with Imperial Yeomanry as Private 21271, 69th Company (Sussex), 7th Battalion enlisted 22/01/1901 and discharged time expired 11/08/1902. Awarded Queen's South Africa medal with Cape Colony, Transvaal and South Africa 1901 clasps and King's South Africa with  South Africa 1902 clasp. Brother Sapper Harry Barnard Smith KIA 9/08/1916 with 208th Field Company, Royal Engineers 85189, born in Norwich in 1886. Family portrait with Edward in KEH uniform on the right and Harry on the left.

SMITH, Ernest. 1117. Private. Acting Serjeant. Entered France 19/11/1915 and discharged 24/02/1919. Entitled to 1914/15 Star trio.

SMITH, E. S. 166. Corporal

SMITH, F. H. 15. Corporal

SMITH, Frederick Walter. 2048. Private KEH. Transferred from 2KEH as Private 690. Enlisted at White City, London in 2KEH and entered France 4/05/1915. KIA 9/04/18 at the defence of Vieille Chapelle. Son of Catherine and Hilton Smith and had five brothers and six sisters.  Commemorated on the LOOS MEMORIAL, FRANCE. Born in Faversham, Kent and lived in Croydon, London. Entitled to 1914/15 Star trio.

SMITH, Harold Broadfield. 262. Private. 4th Troop, 'B' Squadron. Enlisted 2/07/1913 and discharged 2/07/1915 due to sickness. Awarded Silver War Badge 107384. Did not serve overseas. No WW1 medal entitlement.

SMITH, Harry. 1526. Private. Entered France 30/07/1915. Transferred as Private, Royal Army Medical Corps 137450. Discharged 29/09/1919. Entitled to 1914/15 Star trio.

SMITH, H. 1184. Private. Enlisted 19/07/1915. Discharged 27/05/1918. From Cambridge. No record of Great War service medal entitlement and Silver War Badge (SWB) likely to have been awarded but not located on SWB Roll.

SMITH, Humphrey. 611. Private. 'A' Squadron. Entered France 2/06/1915 and discharged 19/03/1919. Entitled to 1914/15 Star trio.

SMITH, Ignatius. 1697. Private. Reported missing at Defense of Vieille Chapelle 9-11/04/1918. Discharged 25/05/1919. Awarded British War Medal and Victory Medals.

SMITH, John. 784. Private. Enlisted 1/12/1914 in Bristol, arrived in France 21/04/1915 and discharged 12/03/1919. Born in Sunderland, Durham, England in 1884. 1914/15 Star, British War Medal and Victory medal sold at auction 2017 and re-sold 2019. Prior service with Northumberland Imperial Yeomanry, time expired.

SMITH, John. 1397. Private. Enlisted 11/01/1916 and entered France 7/09/1916. Wounded at the Defence of Vieille Chapelle 9/04/1918 with gun shot wound shoulder and face. Commissioned as a Reverend in the Australian Imperial Force 6/02/1919. Born in Stewarton, Ayrshire, Scotland in 1875. Applied for medals from Kattaning, Western Australia where he was a Minister pre and post-war. British War Medal and Victory medal held by the Western Australian museum. Brother Private David Smith, 1427 with the 7th Battalion, Australian Imperial Force was KIA at Gallipoli on 8/08/1915 and buried in Johnston's Jolly Cemetery.

SMITH, John Robert. 638. Private. 2nd Troop, 'B' Squadron in 1916. Entered France 22/04/1915. Promoted to Warrant Officer Class 2. Commissioned as Second Lieutenant 21/10/1917 later Lieutenant and Quartermaster. Applied for 1914/15 Star trio from Aylesbury, Salisbury, England.

SMITH, L. G. D. 14. Private

SMITH, Martin Dayton. 1479. Private, Private Tanks Corps 112080, Private Lancashire Fusiliers 45505, and also served Heavy Branch, Machine Gun Corps but not recorded on MIC. Born in Boston, Massachusetts on 13/08/1892 and enlisted in KEH in Ireland around 08/04/1915 and deserted from British Army 14/09/1917 and enlisted in the US Army as a Private and deployed to France 22/04/1918. Died 09/07/1980 (Information provided by Keith on the Great War Forum).

SMITH, Norman Frankling. 435. Serjeant KEH. 'B' Squadron. Promoted from Corporal Trumpeter. Entered France 22/04/1915 and discharged 2/03/1919. Born in Leyton, Essex, England in 1897 and died in Surrey in 21/04/1958. Brother Private Arthur Wellesley Smith, 514539 in the 14th County of London Battalion, London Regiment was KIA 16/08/1917 in Belgium. Norman was entitled to 1914/15 Star trio. 

SMITH, Radnor H. 1701. Acting Serjeant KEH. Discharged 12/06/1919. Entitled to British War Medal only.

SMITH, Reginald J. 16. Private KEH. Entered France 22/04/1915 and discharged 18/05/1919. Born in Barbados in 1893 and died in England in 1963. Entitled to 1914/15 Star trio.

SMITH, Richard B. 1679. Private KEH. Transferred as Private, Corps of Dragoons D/34019. No medal entitlement as deserted 7/12/1919.

SMITH, Roy. Private KEH. Transferred and commissioned as a Second Lieutenant later Captain, Royal Field Artillery. Mentioned in Despatches. Applied for British War and Victory Medals from Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.

SMITH, Sidney Albert. 248. Lance Corporal. 'A' Squadron. Enlisted 1/02/1913, entered France 1/06/1915 and discharged 3/02/1919. Awarded Silver War Badge 209292. Born in 1885 and died Apr 1960. His 1914/15 Star Medal trio sold on electronic auction site in Jul 2018.

SMITH, Walter. 349. Lance Corporal. 'B' Squadron. Served in the pre-war KEH. Entered France 22/04/1915. Killed in a railway accident 12/03/1918 aged 38 at Modane, France. Played bass trombone in KEH band. Son of Alfred and Jane Smith. Buried in ST. GERMAIN-AU-MONT-D'OR COMMUNAL CEMETERY EXTENSION, FRANCE. Entitled to 1914/15 Star trio. 

SMITH, William. 2147. Private Army Service Corps T4/241940. Entered France 16/03/1915 then transferred as Private KEH. Discharged 10/03/1919. Entitled to 1914/15 Star trio.

SMITHSON, Arthur L. 1320. Private KEH. Reported Missing in Action at the defence of Vieille Chapelle 9-11/04/1918. Discharged 24/03/1919. Entitled to British War and Victory Medals.

SMYE, William T. 1646. Private KEH. Acting Serjeant Tank Corps 302781, Acting Serjeant Northumberland Fusiliers 61226

SNAPE, Herbert. 760. Private KEH. A' Squadron. Entered France 1/06/1915. Discharged 12/02/1919. Born in 1883 and died 10/05/1944 in Birkenhead, Cheshire. Entitled to 1914/15 Star trio.

SODEN, Henry Lewis Balfour. 82. Corporal KEH. Private, 256 in KEH 1911 at Colchester Camp (see Figure 61) served 26/02/1909 to 28/02/1913. Re-enlisted 1/03/1913 then Serjeant KEH, 'A' Squadron from 14/11/1914. Entered France 17/06/1915 and Squadron Serjeant Major from 12/09/1915. Commissioned as a Second Lieutenant Army Service Corps 25/02/196 later Lieutenant then Captain Supply and Transport Corps Indian Army Reserve of Officers. Entered France 17/06/1915. Born in 1889 in Alford, Lincolnshire, England and died 3/12/1955 in Woking, England. Applied for 1914/15 Star trio from Oakham, Surrey (held in a private collection).

SOLMAN, Ernest. 1083. Private KEH. Entered France 5/05/1915. Transferred as Private, Labour Corps 414408. Entitled to 1914/15 Star trio.

SOUTHWELL, Harry. D/9047. Private KEH. Transferred as Private, Corps of Dragoons D/9047. Entitled to British War and Victory Medals.

SOWLEY, Sidney Carlton. 1099. Private. 'B' Squadron. Enlisted 17/05/1915 at Bishops Stortford and entered France 14/09/1915. Posted as Missing in Action at Defense of Vieille Chapelle 9/04/1918. Interred as a Prisoner of War in Germany from 11/04/1918 - 18/11/1918. Discharged 17/04/1919 with address of 52 Albany Rd, Cardiff, Wales, United Kingdom. Member of the St Andrew Company of the Jamaica Reserve Regiment prior to departing to England to enlist in May 1915. Born on 29/11/1893 in Kingston, Surrey, Jamaica and died 4/05/1984 in South Miami, Miami-Dade, Florida, USA. Entitled to 1914/15 Star trio.

SPENCER, Hugh. Private. Left Trinidad for UK 20/03/1918 with 15th Caribbean Merchant & Planters Contingent.

SPRIGGS , G. Private. Noted in military trial dated 2/06/1917 in Dublin.

SPROULL, Alexander Wallace. Private KEH. Commissioned Royal Engineers (Special Reserve) in 1914; served European War, 1914–18 (wounded). Major-General Alexander Wallace Sproull, CB 1947; CBE 1944; FCGI; BSc (Eng.); MIMechE, MIEE. Born 24/12/1892; son of A. M. Sproull, BE; married in 1918 to Adeline Frances Godby; and died 12/03/1961. Educated at St Lawrence College, Ramsgate; City and Guilds College. ); (Regular) 1921; Staff Captain, War Office, 1919–23; Assistant Inspector Engineer Stores, 1926–31; Dep. Assistant Director, WO, 1933–37; Inspector Engineer and Signal Stores, 1937; Dep. Chief Insp., 1937–40; special appt Air Ministry (Radar), 1940; Chief Inspector Engineer and Signal Stores, 1940–42; Chief Inspector Electrical and Mechanical Equipment, 1942–46; Dir-Gen. of Armament Production, Ministry of Supply, 1946–47. Pres. Institution of Engineering Inspection, 1943–44; Pres. Junior Institution of Engineers, 1946–47. Captain, RE, 1924; Brevet Major 1931; Major, RE, 1933; Brevet Lt-Col 1936; Lt-Col 1939; Acting Brigadier, 1942; Temp. Brigadier 1943; Acting Major-General 1944; Temp. Maj.-Gen. 1945; retired from Army, 1947. Special Appointment Ministry of Supply, 1947; relinquished appointment, 1948. Director British Photographic Industries, Ltd and associated companies, 1948–54; Deputy Chm. Ross Ltd, 1948–51, Chairman, 1952, Director 1953–54; Director: Phoenix Telephone and Electric Holdings Ltd, 1950–; Sewell & Hulton, Ltd, 1952–; John Oakey & Sons Ltd, 1954.

SPRUCE, Robert. 865. Private. 'A' Squadron. Enlisted 21/12/1915 and entered France 1/06/1915. Discharged 21/08/1916. Awarded Silver War Badge 59585. Entitled to 1914/15 Star trio.

STACEY, Reginald A. 1648. Private KEH. Discharged 22/06/1919. Served in WW2 with South African Army. Entitled to British War and Victory Medals.

STANLEY, Jack. 1264. Private. Enlisted 28/09/1915. Born in 1895. From Durban, South Africa. Wounded 23/03/1917 and taken Prisoner of War. Prior service with 4th Mounted Rifles with Private, 19 and served in German West Africa. Discharged 13/07/1919 after release as a Prisoner of War. Entitled to British War and Victory Medals.

STANTON, C. J. 1675. Private. Transferred as Lance Corporal, Military Foot Police P/14552. Served France 8/04/1917 to 11/11/1918. Entitled to British War and Victory Medals.

STAPLES, Osric Osmond. 1612. Serjeant. Commissioned as a Second Lieutenant 6th Battalion, Royal Scots Fusiliers 7/12/1914. KIA 25/09/1915. Born 1/09/1892 in Eastern Cape, South Africa and educated at Oxford as a Rhodes scholar (1911). Name commemorated on the Loos Memorial, Pas-de-Calais, Nord-Pas-de-Calais, France. Medals claimed by his father Mr A. W. Staples of Clifton, Bristol, England. 

STEELE, Ivan G. 727. Private. Enlisted 24/11/1914 and entered France 22/04/1915. Discharged 17/06/1918. Awarded Silver War Badge 422955. Born in 1890. Entitled to 1914/15 Star trio.

STEIN, Ian Ramsey Bonthron. 413. Corporal. 'A' and 'B' Squadrons. Entered France 2/06/1915. Commissioned as a Second Lieutenant 2/09/1915. Awarded the Military Cross as a Lieutenant. Taken Prisoner of War 9/04/1918 and repatriated 10/12/1918. Born in 1897 in Liverpool, Lancashire and died Mar 1972 in Midhurst, Sussex, England.  Applied for 1914/15 Star trio from West Kirby, Cheshire, England. Noted on British Jewry Roll of Honour 1914-18. Named in a group photograph at Longford 1915 shown on accompanying page.

STEPHENS, Harry. 1127. Private KEH. Entered France 2/07/1915. Transferred as a Private, Labour Corps 416780. Discharged 15/03/1919. Entitled to 1914/15 Star trio.

STEPHENSON, Daniel Pike. 515. Serjeant KEH. Commissioned as a Second Lieutenant, 4th Battalion, South Staffordshire Regiment. DoW 24/05/1915 whilst attached to the Cheshire Regiment and was wounded whilst throwing bombs into a German trench and died in a Boulogne Hospital. Buried in Boulogne Eastern Cemetery, France. Born in Kingston, Jamaica, British West Indies on 4/09/1889 and was a Rhodes scholar at Lincoln College, Oxford University and may have served with pre-war KEH as a member of the University Troop. 1914/15 Star trio applied for by his mother from Kingston, Jamaica. Portrait photograph shown on accompanying page courtesy of Ancestry.

STESSIGER, H. P. Serjeant Major in 1908 and promoter of the King's Colonial Lodge.

STEVEN, Hugh. 1576. Private KEH. Discharged 14/04/1919. Died in 1952 in Scotland. Entitled to British War and Victory Medals.

STEVENS, George Percival. 48. Serjeant KEH. Enlisted in the King's Colonials on 21/11/1907 and served until 28/02/1913. Re-enlisted 10/05/1913 and embodied 5/08/1914 with 'A' Squadron KEH. Entered France 1/06/1915 and discharged 23/11/1915. Commissioned as a Second Lieutenant 23/11/1915 in Royal Field Artillery. KIA 21/05/1918 as a Lieutenant, 232 Brigade RFA attached Royal Engineers. Born in 1890 in Peckham, London, UK and educated at Askes's School, Hatcham. Son of Frank & Gertrude Stevens of Herne Hill, London. Mrs. Stevens applied for 1914/15 Star trio from Danecroft  Road, Herne Hill, London. Commemorated on the POZIERES MEMORIAL, France.  

STEVENS, Rupert (Steve) M. 1463. Private KEH. Born in Durban, South Africa and served with the KEH in Ireland, France and Italy. Secretary and President of KEH South African branch for many years. Named in photograph at 1904 camp in St Albans of the King's Colonials with Trooper Randall. Had several horses shot from beneath him. Discharged 5/04/1919. Died 9/05/1960. Entitled to British War and Victory Medals. His head and shoulders portrait photograph taken in 1914 is from The King Edward’s Horse Senior and Junior Comrades Association Annual Bulletin (No 14, 1947) and is shown on the accompanying page. 

STEVENSON, Alexander. 1329. Private (Saddler) KEH. Enlisted 8/11/1915. Discharged 13/12/1918. Born in 1874 and resided in Drumcondra, Dublin, Ireland post war. Awarded Silver War Badge 120,879 due to sickness. Entitled to British War and Victory Medals.

STEVENSON, Cecil B. 1740. Private (KEH). Discharged 4/12/1919. Entitled to British War and Victory Medals.

STEVENSON, Philip Despard. 1025. Acting Captain. With Liverpool Contingent, "A" Squadron then Troop Leader and Adjutant "C" Squadron. Served in the KEH pre-war. Regimental Orders Mar 1913 promoted from Corporal to Serjeant 1025. Twice Mentioned in Despatches (London Gazette 11/12/1917 & TBD). Lieutenant in KEH in 1915 see Figure 19. Discharged 20/12/1918. Commissioned as a Second Lieutenant in the Cheshire Cadet Force 17/09/1944 with service number 114615. Born 8/05/1889 in Toxteth Park, Lancashire, England and died 1/07/1968 in Chester, Cheshire, England. Entitled to 1914/15 Star trio. Commemorated on the Liverpool College, Sefton Park (Roll of Active Service).

STEVENSON, Ralph Cornwallis. 909. Private. 'B' Squadron. Enlisted 8/01/1915 and entered France on 16/06/1915. Attached to Intelligence Staff of the 3rd Army from 1916 then the 63rd Division. Taken Prisoner of War 23/03/1918. Discharged 20/03/1919. Awarded a Companion of the British Empire. Appointment as Consul General to Rio de Janeiro in 1939, Croatia & Montenegro in 1948 and Naples in 1952. Born in Hanover, Germany in 1894 and died 10/12/1967 in Folkestone, Kent, England. Entitled to 1914/15 Star trio.

STEVENSON, Thomas. 520. Private. 'A' Squadron. Machine Gun section. Enlisted 10/08/1914 and entered France 1/06/1915. Slightly wounded by a shrapnel at Le Cauroy 29/12/1915. Discharged 10/08/1916 as physically unfit due to wounds. Awarded Silver War Badge 186,364. Entitled to 1914/15 Star trio.

STEWART, John (Jock). 165. Staff Serjeant Major. Pre-war service in KEH and promoted from Lance Corporal to Corporal in Mar 1913 with Regimental number 1072. Entered France 22/04/1915. Commissioned KEH 24/08/1915. Captain attached Tank Corps and was Mentioned in Despatches. Died Sep 1947 in Great Crosby, Liverpool. Applied for 1914/15 Star trio from Waterloo, Liverpool, England.

STEWART, John (Jack) Francis. 1376. Corporal KEH. 'A' Squadron. Wounded at the Defence of Vieille Chapelle 9-11/04/1918. Discharged 5/04/1919. Of Maori heritage, born in 1894 the son of David (Heta Reweti) Stewart and Emere (Emily) Apanui Mair from Thames, North Island of New Zealand. Died in Auckland, New Zealand 18/10/1968. Entitled to British War and Victory Medals. A younger brother David (Pareiha) Apanui Stewart was born in 1895 and Died of Wounds received at Gallipoli with the 6th Hauraki Company, New Zealand Maori Contingent and was buried at sea 16/08/1915 while being evacuated to Lemnos Island. Standing portrait photograph of John Stewart courtesy of Derek Wignall shared on Ancestry. Commemorated on the Auckland Online Cenotaph.

STEWART, Sidney Joseph. 713. Private. Entered France 22/04/1915. Commissioned as a Second Lieutenant, Royal Flying Corps 4/08/1916. later Lieutenant. Royal Air Force. Applied for 1914/15 Star trio c/o his father's address in Alton, Hampshire.

STEWART, William Malcolm. 918. Private KEH. Commissioned as a Second Lieutenant, 3rd Battalion, Devonshire Regiment 6/04/1915. Entered France 5/01/1916. Later Captain attached to the 23rd Battalion Machine Gun Corps. He attended St Peter’s College, Adelaide 1894 -1899 and sometime after leaving went to South Africa, where at 19 years of age he joined the Natal Light Horse. He subsequently joined the Third Australian Contingent. After being present in several engagements he returned to the Commonwealth with them. Captain Stewart obtained a commission in the Rhodesian Military Police and went to England to enlist. Died of Wounds 27/10/1916 sustained at the Battle of Flers-Courceletteon on the Somme. Mentioned in Despatches. Awarded British War and Victory Medals. Born in Port Pirie, South Australia in Apr 1881 the son of Robert Walter and Gertrude Theodora Fydell Stewart (nee Lindsay). Buried in Grove Town Cemetery, Meaulte, France. Commemorated on the Hackney St Peter's College Fallen Honour Board.

STEYN, Stephanus (Stephen) Sebastian Lombard (aka The Beak). 185. Lance Corporal KEH. Commissioned as a Second Lieutenant (Nov 1914) later Lieutenant, 'B' Battery, 117th Brigade, Royal Field Artillery. KIA 8/12/1917. He was a Scottish rugby international. He went to Oxford University as a Rhodes Scholar and studied medicine, and while there he represented Scotland in two Tests in 1911 and 1912. He was a resident doctor at Guy's Hospital, London in 1913. He fought in the Sinai and Palestine campaigns, where he was killed in action aged 28. Born 10/11/1897 the son of Margaret Fraser Steyn, of Moorreesburg, Cape Province, South Africa, and the late Dr. Steyn. Scottish Rugby International. He was buried in the Jerusalem War Cemetery, Israel. His mother applied for his 1914/15 Star trio from the Western Cape, South Africa. Photograph shown of him as a Rugby International and of his gravestone.   

STILWELL, Egerton. 1500. Private. Discharged 14/02/1919. Entitled to British War and Victory Medals.

STIMPSON, Richard. 936. Private KEH. Entered France 5/05/1915. Transferred and then commissioned as a Second Lieutenant, Royal Flying Corps 319684. Discharged 16/05/1919. Entitled to 1914/15 Star trio.

STOCKWELL, Colin Francis St Clair. Second Lieutenant commanded 1st Troop, 'A' Squadron (British Asian) King's Colonials in 1903. London Gazette 8/05/1903. Served with Scottish Horse 12/11/1914 and then transferred to Royal Horse Artillery then Royal Field Artillery 4/05/1915 in France. Awarded Legion de Honneur Croix de Chevalier 5/06/1917. 5th March 1917 - Attached to Headquarters Units Asst. Prov. Marshalls. Temporary Captain C F Stockwell, Gen List. 9/02/1921 - Asst. Prov. Marshal (Cl. FF).Temp. Capt. C. F. Stockwell, 'Gen. Last, and, relinquishes the temp, rank of Maj. 31/01/1921. Major Colin Francis STOCKWELL. Auxiliary Forces. Born 26/04/1882 in Hong Kong and died in Shantung, China on 11/04/1936.

STOREY, John. 1158. Lance Corporal KIA 9/04/1918. VIEILLE-CHAPELLE NEW MILITARY CEMETERY, LACOUTURE, FRANCE and photograph of headstone available.

STRACHAN, Alan. G. 732. Private. Entered France 23/04/1915. Commissioned as a Second Lieutenant, Royal Field Artillery 7/07/1917. Major in the South African Army in WW2. Entitled to 1914/15 Star trio.

STRALENDORFF, Richard. 622. Lance Corporal. Enlisted 8/11/1914, entered France 22/04/1915 and discharged 26/07/1915 due to sickness. Awarded Silver War Badge 98007. Born 1883 in Manchester, England. Entitled to 1914/15 Star trio.

STRATHDEE, William. 913. Private. Entered France 22/04/1915. Commissioned as a Second Lieutenant, 3rd/6th Battalion, Seaforth Highlanders 114724 on 16/07/1915. Transferred to KEH as Corporal, Royal Garrison Artillery 114724. Applied for 1914/15 Star trio from Ontario, Canada

STREET, James. 907. Private KEH. 'B' Squadron. Enlisted 7/01/1915 and entered France 21/04/1915. Fractured his leg as a result of a horse falling whilst on active service in France in Nov 1917. Discharged 21/04/1919. Born in 1881 in Marsworth, Buckinghamshire. Entitled to 1914/15 Star trio.

STRETCH, Samuel Alexander Cliffe. 1218. Private. 4th Troop, Reserve Squadron. Enlisted 6/08/1915. Discharged 12/07/1919. Served in WW2 as Corporal, V236291 with the 7th Volunteer Defence Corps 1942-45. Born 23/06/1894 in Rokewood, Victoria, Australia and educated at Geelong College. Married Agatha Mary Crawford in 1924 in Victoria and they had two children during their marriage. He died 5/07/1957 in Ballarat, Victoria. Named in photograph of 4th Troop, Reserve Squadron, Curragh, 1915. Entitled to British War and Victory Medals.

STUBBING, Harold R. 2001. Private. Discharged 14/02/1919. Entitled to British War and Victory Medals.

STUART, John (Jack) Roland Smeaton. 80. Corporal KEH served 1912-14. Commissioned as a Second Lieutenant in the Royal Field Artillery in Jan 1915 later Lieutenant. His brass 1907 pattern identity disk is shown in the accompanying photograph inscribed with his Regimental number 80, named to J. R. S. Stuart, religion as CoE (Church of England) and K.E.H. dating it to post-1910. Born in the Straits Settlement, Singapore circa 1894 and educated at Raffles School and later attended Eastbourne College, England in 1910-11. He wrote “Safari for Gold” which was published in Jan 1942 about his life and travels in Kenya where he settled post WW1. He was a member of the British Union of Fascists. His name also appears in the book on 'Fascism in Britain' from Oswald Mosley's "Blackshirts to the National Front”. His son was Captain J. Smeaton-Stuart, Royal Ulster Rifles, awarded General Service Medal 1918-62, one bar, Cyprus (2/Lt.J.Smeaton-Stuart. R.U.R.) and Campaign Service Medal 1962, two bars, Borneo, Radfan (Capt.J.Smeaton-Stuart. R.U.R.). His Father's medals (Three to Lieutenant J.R.S.Stuart, Royal Artillery, 1914-15 Star (2.Lieut.J.R.S.Stuart. R.F.A.); British War and Victory Medal (Lieut.J.R.S.Smith.). Mounted as worn. Official correction to Regiment on the second medal) and his medals, tunic, sword and badges were sold at auction in the UK in 2016.

SULLIVAN, Kevin Irving. 1216. Acting Corporal. Enlisted 13/08/1915. Promoted to Acting Corporal 17/03/1916 and reverted to Lance Corporal on being charged with gambling in Corporals Room 19/03/1916 at Curragh with 4th Troop, Reserve Squadron. Served in France from 17/07/1916, promoted to Lance Corporal 17/04/1917 as a Machine Gunner. Served in Italy 20/12/1917 until 10/03/1918. Taken Prisoner of War 5/11/1918 having been and posted as Missing in Action 9/04/1918 and interred in a camp in Gardelegen, Germany. Treated for exposure incurred whilst a Prisoner of War at Lille Hospital. Repatriated to Dover 19/11/1918 and discharged 22/06/1919. Born in Glebe, New South Wales in 1894 and was employed as a farmer at a a cattle station at Coonamba, New South Wales and family home was at Darling Point, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. Post war worked in Queensland and died in 1955 in Newtown, New South Wales. Details from Service papers and Red Cross Missing In Action and Wounded record, Australian War Memorial. Entitled to British War and Victory Medals. Appears in photograph of 4th Troop, Reserve Squadron, Curragh, 1915 as shown in Figure 28. 

SUNDERLAND, Geoffrey. 509. Sergeant. 'C' Squadron KEH. Served with pre-war KEH whilst attending Cambridge University as part of the University Troop. Entered France 2/06/1915. Commissioned Second Lieutenant in 'C' Company, 2nd Battalion Royal Sussex Regiment Feb 1916 later Captain. Wounded at the battle of High Wood in Aug 1916, and invalided to England returning to to France June 1917. KIA 24/09/1918 at Gricourt, St Quentin. Born 21 May 1889 in Swarthmoor, Poverty Bay, New Zealand. Enlisted 1914. Son of John William and Agnes Henrietta Sunderland; husband of Grace Lilian Sunderland of Ambletts Cottage, Chithurst, Petersfield, Hants (married 3/10/1916) Buried at BERTHAUCOURT COMMUNAL CEMETERY, PONTRU, Aisne, France. Geoffrey is commemorated on an individual plaque in Graffham Parish Church, Graffham War Memorial, the Memorial Plaque in Graffham Parish Church and on the Board in Midhurst Rother College. He is also mentioned in the War List of the University of Cambridge 1914-1918, edited by G V Carey,  as “Sergeant – King Edward’s Horse; Captain – Royal Sussex Regiment; Killed in action at Gricourt 24th September 1918.” Entitled to 1914/15 Star trio. 

SUTTON, Herbert F. 1258. Private. 'C' Squadron. WIA Jan 1916 with Gun Shot Wound to the leg. Discharged 22/06/1919. Entitled to British War and Victory Medals.

SWAIN, Henry Thomas. 1547. Lance Corporal. Entered France Nov 1916. Commissioned 22/08/1918 as a Second Lieutenant later Lieutenant KEH. Born on 8/03/1884 in London, England. Applied for British War and Victory Medals in 1921 from Charlotte, North Carolina, USA where he died on 19/08/1940. Named in photograph shown in Figure 33 as Second Lieutenant Swaine.

SWAN, John O. 1707. Private. Discharged 27/06/1919. Entitled to British War and Victory Medals.

SWANN, Humphrey. Major. Born 18/04/1885 in Wimbledon, Surrey, UK and enlisted in the KEH after leaving King's College at Cambridge university and commissioned in 1910. Went to France at the outbreak of the war with 'B' Squadron. Promoted to Captain in 1915 and became second in command of 'A' Squadron. As a Major he commanded 'C' Squadron in 1917 and was shot by a sniper and had a leg broken. After nine months he rejoined 'A' and then 'C' Squadron serving out the war. Major Swann died in November 1960 in Truro, Cornwall, UK (See Figure 19 and portrait photograph Figure 328 Copyright IWM HU 118798).

SWANEPOEL, Christiaan Nicholas. 788. Private. 2nd Troop, 'C' Squadron. Entered France 22/04/1915. KIA whilst sniping at Arras, France 7/05/16. Born 3/09/1894 in Rouxville, Orange River Colony, South Africa. Buried in CABARET-ROUGE BRITISH CEMETERY, SOUCHEZ, FRANCE. Entitled to 1914/15 Star trio.

SWARBRICK, F. W. Staff Serjeant Major 21st Lancers appointed Acting Serjeant Major KEH in 1911. Saw service in the Sudan with 21st Lancers. No Great War records identified.

SWEET, Arthur Charles. 221. Private. King's Colonials. Leather riding cuff marked with Trooper Arthur Charles Sweet, 221, 2nd Squadron, King's Colonials Imperial Yeomanry and dated 26/09/1902. Born on 8/8/1883 in Dulwich, London, and he lived until 1963. Arthur had two brothers and he and another worked in Colonial administration hence how Arthur would have been eligible for entry into the King's Colonials. No record of service found for WW1. Accompanying civilian photograph shown at age 10 with his two brothers and another of his riding cuff both courtesy of Dan Burrowes. Arthur was  his grandmother's uncle.

SYME, David Allan. Private. 'C' Squadron. Born in Kew, Victoria, Australia in 1893 the son of Mr and Mrs Francis Syme. Educated at Brighton Grammar School and Clare College, Cambridge. Went to England in 1913. Enlisted KEH and likely to have seen service with University Troop pre-War whilst at Cambridge. Commissioned in KEH and went to France and then transferred to Tank Corps where he was commissioned as a Second Lieutenant and then promoted to Captain. Trained in England before returning to France and wounded in 1917. Awarded 1914/15 Star trio. Served post war in the Berkshire Regiment then joined Royal Tank Regiment as a Major. KIA 8/08/1944 in Normandy as a Lieutenant Colonel and buried in BRETTEVILLE-SUR-LAIZE CANADIAN WAR CEMETERY, Calvados, France. Awarded Military Cross. Obituary in the 'Melbourne Age' newspaper. 31/08/1944. Brother Sergeant Noel Herbert Syme born in January 1892 in Palmerston North, New Zealand and KIA 10/05/1917 with 1st Australian Divisional Supply Column. Noel is buried in the Grevillers British Cemetery, Grevillers, France. Appears in photograph at Curragh in 1916 4th Troop, Reserve. 

SYMONDS, Charters J. Surgeon. Lieutenant King's Colonials in 1902.

SYMONS, William H. 1072. Private. Entered France 4/05/1915. Transferred as Private to the Army Service Corps M/40922. Entitled to 1914/15 Star trio.



TANNER, Charles A. 1455. Private KEH. Discharged 21/05/1919. Entitled to British War and Victory Medals.

TAPPLY, Sidney Lansdell. 643. Private KEH. Enlisted 9/11/1914 and entered France 21/04/1915. Discharged physically unfit 16/02/1918 and awarded Silver War Badge 357730 and entitled to 1914/15 Star trio. Born on 24/09/1881 in Lambeth, Surrey, England, resided in Streatham and died 25/01/1969 In Guilford, Surrey.

TAYLOR, Claude Arthur. 1230. Private KEH. Enlisted 17/08/1915 and discharged 28/01/1918 due to sickness. Awarded Silver War Badge 348,794. Born in 1882. Awarded British War and Victory Medals. Medal Index Card notes re-issued in 1963.

TAYLOR, Jervoise Graham. Private. Oxford Troop of KEH in 1914. Commissioned as a Second Lieutenant, 3rd Battalion, Leicestershire Regiment. KIA 15/05/1915 at the Battle of Festubert. Born on 18/07/1892 the third son of Major Henry Graham Taylor. Educated at Winchester College and New College, Oxford. Buried in Le Touret Military Cemetery and commemorated on the Lindfield War Memorial. Entitled to 1914/15 Star trio. Portrait photograph in the uniform of the Leicestershire Regiment shown on accompanying page courtesy of Winchester College.

TAYLOR, John Colegrove. 905. Private KEH. 1st Troop 'A' Squadron. Entered France 1/06/1915. Transferred as Private, Royal Berkshire Regiment 55523. Entitled to 1914/15 Star trio named to Royal Berkshire Regiment.

TAYLOR, Maurice. 1362. Private KEH. Discharged 8/07/1919. Entitled to British War and Victory Medals.

TAYLOR, Patrick Jackson. 14. Private KEH. 'A' Squadron. Entered France 2/06/1915. Transferred to Royal Engineers as Private, 363111 on 9/10/1918. Discharged 14/07/1919. Born in 1889 in Armagh, Northern Ireland. Awarded 1914/15 Star trio which is held in a private collection.

TAYLOR, Robert Gladstone. 714. Private. Entered France 22/04/1915. Commissioned as a Second Lieutenant Royal Field Artillery 7/07/1917. Born Oct 1886 in Wolverhampton, Staffordshire and died Jan 1966 in Wolverhampton, Staffordshire, England. Awarded 1914/15 Star trio.

TAYLOR, S. 1429. Private KEH. Served with KEH 27/01/1917 to 23/09/1918. Transferred as Private, Military Mounted Police P/12037. Entitled to British War and Victory Medals named to Military Mounted Police.

TEARE, John Stewart. 437. Private KEH. Entered France Dec 1915. Commissioned as a Second Lieutenant in the attached to 108th Battery, Royal Field Artillery (RFA). Awarded the Military Cross in 1916. KIA 31/07/1917. Born in Balwyn, Victoria, Australia in 1893 the son of John Corlett and Marion Melville Teare of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. He was working for Bennie, Teare and Co. and he enlisted in England in 1914, when he was at Birmingham University studying electrical engineering. His name is commemorated on the Menin Gate, Belgium and the Australian War Memorial. Awarded 1914/15 Star trio. His elder brother, Athol M. Teare, served in the Australian Imperial Force, New South Wales Division and gained an Military Cross for conspicuous gallantry and devotion to duty. He was wounded in this action and hospitalised in England before returning to the front. He returned to Australia after the war. His younger brother Philip Teare joined the Australian Imperial Force becoming a Captain in the artillery. Photograph of John Teare in the uniform of the RFA available.

TEMPLE, Edwin William Henry. 462. Private. 'A' Squadron. Entered France 2/06/1915. Commissioned as a Second Lieutenant, The Queen's Regiment on 26/07/1917 and transferred to 10th Battalion, Royal West Surrey Regiment on 21/08/1917 later Lieutenant. Likely to have been born 23/02/1890 in Istanbul, Istanbul, Turkey and married 31/08/1918 at Herne Hill, Surrey, England and died 13/12/1973 in Camberwell, Surrey, England. Applied for 1914/15 Star trio from Marseille, France in 1921.

TEMPLE, H. 37. Corporal, King's Colonials

TETLEY, Henry. 1584. Private. 4th Troop, 'C' Squadron in 1918. Transferred as Private, Corps of Dragoons D/30978. (Photograph see Figure 23). Awarded British War and Victory Medals with Victory medal offered for sale Mar 2020 on electronic auction site.

THIRLWELL, Robert M. Private. Transferred to KEH from 3rd Dragoon Guards as Private D/18423. Then transferred as Private Corps of Dragoons. Discharged 16/01/1919. Entitled to British War and Victory Medals.

THOMAS, David Lewis. 1280. Private KEH. Commissioned as a Second Lieutenant, 253rd Tunnelling Company, Royal Engineers Sep 1916. KIA 30/03/1918. Born in 1881 the son of William and Ann Thomas of Happy Valley, Victoria, Australia and was educated at the Dana Street School, Buley's Grenville College and then the Ballarat School of Mines. He went to South Africa in 1906 and managed a gold mine in Rhodesia where he enlisted as a Private in the KEH. Buried in the ADELAIDE CEMETERY, VILLERS-BRETONNEUX, France. His biography and civilian portrait photograph can be found at https://bih.federation.edu.au/index.php/David_L._Thomas. His brother William Thomas noted as in service in West Africa. Entitled to British War and Victory Medals. 

THOMAS, Sidney. 1036. Private. Enlisted 9/04/1915 and discharged 19/11/1918. Entitled to British War and Victory Medals.

THOMPSON, F. Squadron Serjeant Major King's Colonials Permanent Staff 1902 former 13th Hussars (Photograph see Figure 5).

THOMPSON, Frederick Roland Blyth. Second Lieutenant promoted to Lieutenant KEH. Entered France 29/06/1918. Born 13/03/1893 and died in Butterworth, South Africa in Mar 1953. Applied for British War and Victory Medals.

THOMPSON, George H. 1252. Private. Transferred to Royal Flying Corps (RFC) 30/12/1917 as Private 114634. Entitled to British War and Victory Medals administered by RFC.

THOMPSON, John William. 852. Private. Enlisted in the KEH having sailed to London from Shanghai where he had family on board the "SS Suwa Maru" 16/10/1914. Transferred as a Private, Machine Gun Corps Cavalry 105526. Commissioned as a Second Lieutenant later Captain, Labour Corps 19/10/1917. Awarded British War and Victory Medals. Addresses for medals given as Liverpool and then Western Australia.

THOMPSON, Robert Roland. Captain and Adjutant. King's Colonials circa 1902. Australian who served as a Serjeant with 4th Dragoon Guards and Captain (Commanding) and Adjutant with 1st (Volunteer) Australian Horse (see photograph, Figures 4, 5 & 42). Joined King's Colonials 1/02/1903 as Permanent Staff on Hart's List with rank of Hon. Lt. Colonel. Prominent in the formation of the King's Colonials. Prior service with 1st Australian Commonwealth Horse in Boer War as Captain (Commanding). Awarded Queen's South Africa Medal with Dreifontein, Belfast, Cape Colony and South Africa 1901 clasps. Served alongside Captain John Frederick Moore Wilkinson in 1st Australian Horse and KEH. Australian as noted in 'Under Friendly Flags' by Lieutenant Colonel Neil C. Smith AM as having served with KEH. Did not see service overseas in WW1. Name commemorated on the South African War Memorial, Millers Point, Sydney.

THOMSON, Arthur Stewart. 1233. Private. KEH. Commissioned as a Second Lieutenant, 7th Battalion, London Regiment 12/1915. From South Africa KIA 15/09/1916 aged 23 in France and commemorated on the Thiepval Memorial. Son of Fred and Harriet Thomson of Stutterheim, Cape Province, South Africa. Entitled to 1914/15 Star trio.

THOMSON, Ninian Alan. 1065. Private. Commissioned as a Second Lieutenant 20/07/1915 KEH. Lieutenant KEH 08/1916 and became Signaling Officer HQ staff 04/1917 to 10/1918. Lived in Queanbeyan, New South Wales. Director of Mauri Brothers and Thomson. Died 2/04/1952 in Sydney. Applied for British War and Victory Medals from London.

THOMSON, Kenneth Sinclair. New Zealand. Lieutenant. Transferred to 21st Prince Albert Victor's Own Cavalry (Daly's Horse), Frontier Force. Kenneth Thomson was the son of Mr. and Mrs. J. Sinclair Thomson, of The Crossing, Geraldine, New Zealand. Was born in Wellington on October 7th, 1886. He entered Wanganui Collegiate School in 1900, and remained there for five years, being a Prefect during his last year. From Wanganui he went for about a year to the Otago Medical School, and thence to St. John’s College, Cambridge. While at Cambridge he obtained a commission in the King’s Colonials and became so much interested in military matters that he decided to give up his medical career and go into the army. After taking his B.A. degree with honours in 1909, he obtained a commission in the Indian Army, leaving in February to join the 21st Cavalry, Frontier Force. He was on leave in New Zealand for six months in 1913 and visited Wanganui. His death in action occurred in the neighbourhood of Basra, in the Persian Gulf, on March 3rd, 1915, he had been attached for service to the 16th Cavalry and put in command of a machine-gun section. He can have only been a very short time at the front before he fell. (In Memoriam, 1914-1918, Wanganui Collegiate School). He is buried in Basra War Cemetery, Iraq (III.C.17). (Reference - Auckland Online Cenotaph). Photograph available of him in the uniform of a Lieutenant in the 21st Prince Albert Victor's Own Cavalry (Daly's Horse) circa 1914-15.

THORNTON, Edward. 776. Lance Corporal. 'A' Squadron. Entered France 2/06/1915. Likely to have served in the Liverpool Troop of the King's Colonials. Photograph of name engraved wedding gift (Figure 5). From Hightown, Manchester, England and discharged with a disability on 21/02/1919. Died in Salop in Dec 1944. Entitled to 1914/15 Star trio.

THORPE, John S. 801. Private. 2nd Troop, 'B' Squadron in 1916. Entered France 22/04/1915. Discharged 14/02/1919. Died in 1/11/1937 in Teignmouth, England. Entitled to 1914/15 tar trio.

THURSTON, George H. 604. Private KEH. Transferred as Private, Labour Corps 613024. Entitled to British War and Victory Medals named to Labour Corps.

TICEHURST, Hubert (Herbert). 1348. Private. Wounded In Action at the defence of Vieille Chapelle 9-11/04/1918. Transferred as Private, Labour Corps 665131. Likely to have been born in 1888 in Heathfield, Sussex, England and died 28/03/1966 in Hailsham, Sussex. Entitled to British War and Victory Medals.

TILLEY, Harold William. Private KEH. Entered France 27/03/1915. Commissioned as a Second Lieutenant then Lieutenant, Royal Field Artillery. Applied for 1914/15 Star trio from Brazil.

TIMBRELL, James. 942. Private KEH. Entered France 1/06/1915. Transferred as a Sapper, Royal Engineers (Railways) WR/259726 and 198255. Entitled to 1914/15 Star trio with Medal Index Card noting deceased presumably while in service.

TINKLER, John Cecil. 139. Serjeant. 'A' Squadron. Entered France 2/06/1915. Commissioned as a Second Lieutenant, 9th Battalion, Yorkshire Regiment on 1/09/1915. Discharged 1/9/1915. Died in Apr 1949 in Llanwrst, North Wales. Applied for 1914/15 Star trio from Liverpool.

TINKLER, Lionel Maughan. 405. Serjeant. 'A' Squadron. Entered France 1/06/1915. Commissioned as a Second Lieutenant later Captain in the 9th Battalion, Yorkshire Regiment 23/02/1917. Awarded Military Cross and made an Officer of the British Empire (London Gazette 3/02/1920) for service in the South Russia Campaign. Mentioned in Despatches. Born 12/05/1886 in Chester, England and died on 5/03/1947 in Johannesburg, South Africa. His sister was Sister Beatrice Stanhope Tinkler and was awarded Royal Red Cross Class 2 Medal. Applied for 1914/15 Star trio from Liverpool.

TIPLADY, G. H. Serjeant. 'Tiplady's Troop. 'A' Squadron Aug 1914 photograph at Canterbury. Died in 1963. 

TITILAH, James. 2078. Private KEH. Transferred from 2KEH as Private 1823. Discharged 15/06/1919. Entitled to British War and Victory Medals.

TITUS, Patrick J. 1398. Private. Discharged 22/05/1919. Entitled to British War and Victory Medals and did not serve in France.

TOBIAS, N. 80465. Signaler. Noted in British Jewry Roll of Honour as Private 1454, KEH. No additional record identified.

TOLKIEN, John Ronald Reuel. Private. Served pre-Great War KEH when at Oxford University enlisted 28/11/1911 and discharged at his own request 28/02/1913. Commissioned as a Second Lieutenant in the Lancashire Fusiliers in the Great War then, Lieutenant. One of the world's great literary figures.

TONG, William G. 993. Serjeant. Discharged 8/07/1919. Entitled to British War and Victory Medals.

TOOGOOD, Percy William. 653. KIA 25/08/1915 aged 27. Percy was born at Rosehill, Parramatta, Sydney, New South Wales on 15th June, 1888 to parents Laurence William and Eliza Toogood (nee Jones). From newspaper reports Percy was practising dental surgery in the town of Condobolin, in the central west region of New South Wales, between 1911 & 1912. From newspaper reports Percy went to New Zealand then on to England & had arrived in England a fortnight before war broke out. In early January, 1915, Percy wrote to Mr Stenmark, for whom he had worked for in his dental practice at Parramatta, advising that he joined the KEH in London & expected to be on active service soon. Percy enlisted at Watford with the Household Cavalry and Cavalry of the Line. Percy died on 25/08/1915 at Much Hadham, Hertfordshire. Information from UK Army Registers of Soldiers’ Effects records that Percy committed suicide, however, Australian newspaper reports state that he died from wounds received in action. The death of Percy was registered in the September quarter, 1915 in the district of Bishops Stortford, Hertfordshire, England. Private Percy William Toogood was buried in St. Andrew’s Churchyard, Much Hadham, Hertfordshire, England. He has a private headstone – marble cross & curb but his death is still acknowledged by the Commonwealth War Graves Commission. Percy is remembered on the Pitt Row Public School Roll of Honour which is located in what is now Parramatta at the West Public School, Parramatta, NSW. He is also remembered on the Parramatta and District Great War Roll of Honour located at Parramatta Town Hall, Church Street, Parramatta, NSW and on the Commemorative Roll of the Australian War Memorial. Some biographical details and grainy photograph (The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate, Parramatta, NSW - 17 July 1915) shown here courtesy of Cathy Sedgwick, 2016. 

TRACEY, Austin J. 2126. Private KEH. Transferred from 2KEH as Private 1372. Entered France 4/05/1915. Discharged 30/03/1919. Entitled to 1914/5 Star trio.

TREADWELL, Alfred (Arthur). 864. Enlisted in KEH in Manchester and serving in KEH November 1914 and involved in recruiting drive. Entered France 2/06/1915. Serjeant 2nd Troop, 'A' Squadron KEH at defence of Vielle Chappelle. KIA 9/04/18. Born in 1882 the son of Joseph Edward and Eliza E. Treadwell; husband of Mary Treadwell, of Failsworth, Manchester. Commemorated on the LOOS MEMORIAL, FRANCE. Entitled to 1914/15 Star trio. 

TREMEARNE, William Crew. 538. Serjeant KEH. Born in Leamington Spa, England on 13/01/1893 and attended Blackheath School, London and then undertook an engineering apprenticeship in Kilmarnock, Scotland 1903-10. Studied at Christ's College, Cambridge where he undertook Mechanical Sciences Courses and then later a Bachelor of Arts 1910-13. Serjeant Cambridge Troop, KEH 19/05/1911 - 13/01/1913. Private, 538 in KEH 10/08/1914-21/10/1914 having enlisted at Alexandra Palace. Temporary commission 20/11/1914 as Second Lieutenant Machine Gun Officer 8th Battalion, Seaforth Highlanders 31/10/1914 - 26/09/1915. Landed France 8/07/1915. Shot in the leg at Hill 70, Loos in Belgium 25-26/09/1915 and reported missing with death not reported until 04/1917. Commemorated at Loos Memorial, Pas de Calais, France. Photograph in the uniform of the Seaforth Highlanders available online courtesy Imperial War Museum.

TRICKETT, Ronald Arthur. 2079. Private KEH. Enlisted 30/06/1916. Transferred from 2KEH as Private 1974 on 17/10/1917 then transferred as Private, Royal Engineers 359811 on 31/01/1918. Discharged 14/03/1919. Born 18/03/1891 in Lancashire, England and died 3/12/1984 in Pinjarra, Western Australia. Rejected by the Australian Imperial Forces he travelled back to England from Pinjarra, Western Australia to enlist in the Royal Field Artillery 24/10/1915 and discharged 8/04/1916. Entitled to British War and Victory Medals. Portrait photograph in 2KEH uniform courtesy of Ancestry.

TUDOR, W. J. Private. Anglo-Argentinian Railway staff.

TULLOCH, Herbert Maurice. Second Lieutenant later Lieutenant KEH. Lieutenant Royal Air Force. Lieutenant, 33rd Light Cavalry (QVO Poona Horse) Jhansi, India. Commissioned Second Lieutenant 28/11/1914. Entered France 24/09/1915. Lieutenant in 1915 see Figure 19. Born 2/10/1893. Studied at Queen's College, Cambridge University in 1911 as noted in 'The Dial' No. 22, 1915.

TURCOLE, Edward. KEH. Noted in the Volunteers from Argentina list but no Medal Index Card or medal roll entry located.

TURCOTT, Edgar. 1029. Private KEH. Entered France 14/09/1915. Discharged 14/12/1918 Likely to have been Edgar Adolphus Turcotte Turcott born 19/11/1893 in Wotton, Les Sources, Quebec, Canada and died 18/12/1942 in Franklin, Merrimack, New Hampshire, USA who enlisted in the US army in WW2. Entitled to 1914/15 Star trio

TURNER, James. 343. Private KEH. Enlisted 11/11/1913. Discharged 29/04/1915 on medical grounds. Prior service with 15th Battalion, County of London Regiment. Born in 1879 in St Giles, Bloomsbury, London. Awarded Silver War Badge 96565 and no medal entitlement as did not serve overseas.

TURNER, James H. E. 417. Private KEH. Entered France 1/06/1915. Transferred as a Private, Royal Air Force 319034 on 15/08/1918. Entitled to 1914/15 Star trio administered by Royal Air Force.

TURNER, Walter Richard. 1423. Private KEH. DOW 21/04/1918. Born in Adelaide, South Australia in 1880. Enlisted in London. Buried in BRISTOL (ARNOS VALE) CEMETERY, GLOUCESTERSHIRE, UK. Entitled to British War and Victory Medals.

TURNER-DAUNCEY M. J. Captain. Lived in Kenya and returned to UK 1965.

TUTT, Arthur Richmond. Lieutenant KEH. Joined the Surrey Yeomanry in 1909 and served in France and Mesopotamia as Serjeant, 1248. Recommended for a commission in 1916 and went to Nethercorn for training. Posted to the KEH as a Second Lieutenant in 1917. For gallantry at an action near Anneux he was awarded the Belgian Croix de Guerre and with his second-in-command Serjeant Barry who was severely wounded. His wounds kept him from serving in France again and he served as Lieutenant with the Reserve Regiment in Ireland and is named in a photograph at Marlborough Barracks, Dublin 1918 see Figure 33. He rejoined the army in 1939 as a Second Lieutenant in the Royal Army Service Corps becoming a Major before discharge on medical grounds in 1943. Photograph shown attending Royal Review 1946. He died on 4/08/1960.

TWOPENY, Richard Ernest Noel. Major. 'C' Squadron. Awarded Military Cross (London Gazette 11/05/1917) and bar (Reported in the 'Observer' newspaper 18/08/1917) as a Lieutenant. Major Twopeny was born on 25/11/1893 in Hammond, South Australia and schooled at St Peter's College, Adelaide. He was commissioned into the KEH on 25/05/1915 as a Second Lieutenant and returned to Australia on 13/04/1920. He married Edna Nancie Deeley in 1927 in Sydney, New South Wales. He died on 8/04/1946 in Adelaide having worked as a journalist in Melbourne. Served in the Citizen Military Forces in WW2. Hackney St Peter's College Honour Board, Quorn Remembrance of Those Who Served in the Great War Honour Board. His brother Private Thomas Nowell Twopeny was born in 1891 in South Australia and Died of Wounds on 23/10/1917 with the 13th Australian Infantry Battalion, AIF in France. He was buried in Etaples Military Cemetery, Etaples, Nord Pas de Calais, France. Richard's portrait photograph courtesy of Peter Nemaric is also shown as Figure 331. 

ULYATE, Alfred. 1068. Private. Enlisted 4/05/1915 and discharged 26/01/1917 medically unfit. Born in Cape Town, South Africa in 1885. Awarded Silver War Badge Number 270266. No service medal entitlement as did not serve overseas.

UNIACKE, Evelyn William Pierripont. Captain KEH. Mentioned in Despatches 4/01/1917 (London Gazette) promoted to Major, Royal Irish Fusiliers then Lieutenant Colonel KEH attached Lancashire Fusiliers. Awarded Distinguished Service Order. Prior service with 4th Battalion (Militia) Devonshire Regiment then from 26/01/1900 as Private, 13079, 51st Company, Imperial Yeomanry served in South Africa 16/03/1900 until 21/11/1900 and discharged 24/07/1901. Awarded Queen's South Africa Medal with Cape Colony, Transvaal and South Africa 1899-02 clasps. Born in 1873 in Torbay, Devonshire. 1914/15 Star trio named to KEH.

UNSTEAD, George. 1121. Private. “Mr. and Mrs. Unstead, of Grove Hill road, have received news that their son, Trooper G. Unstead, of King Edward’s Horse, has been wounded in France, and was admitted to the Military Hospital at Rouen on March 23rd (1917). He joined in June, 1915, and went to France in September (15/09/1915) of the same year.” The Kent & Sussex Courier of Friday 6 April 1917, page 3 (BNA), reports. He was wounded in fighting at Savy Wood. He is listed in the "Activities of the British Community in Argentina During the Great War 1914-1919”, published in 1920, with lists of the British volunteers from Argentina who served in WW1. Discharged 11/04/1919. Possible born in 1884 in West Firle, Sussex, England. Entitled to 1914/15 Star trio.

UREN, Thomas Albert. 927. Serjeant. DOW 02/03/1917 at home aged 40. Son of H. Uren of Penzance; husband of Margaret Uren of Regent's Park, London. Buried in WANDSWORTH (EARLSFIELD) CEMETERY, UK. Entitled to British War and Victory Medals. 

VACHELL, Frank Tanfield. Private. Entered France 31/07/1915. Studied at Cambridge University and may have served in University Troop. Major, 134th Battery, Royal Field Artillery. Awarded Military Cross. Came from Evesham, Worcestershire, England. Entitled to 1914/15 Star trio.

VAILE, R. S. Captain, King's Colonials in 1902 and commanded 3rd Troop (New Zealand) 'D' Squadron (British African) in 1903.

VALLANCE, Robert. 1548. Private. Volunteered from Argentina. Discharged 10/03/1919. Entitled to British War and Victory Medals.

VALLENTINE, Philip. 1089. Serjeant KEH. Transferred as Serjeant, 1st then 10th Battalion, Royal West Kent Regiment G/20164. Surname spelt Vallending on another list. Address given as Johannesburg, South Africa. Entitled to British War and Victory Medals.

VARDON, Evelyn Francis Claude. Private. Entered France 9/08/1915. Commissioned as a Second Lieutenant, 5th Battalion, Royal Dublin Fusiliers 16/09/1915. KIA 10/05/1916. Buried in Noeux-Les-Mines Communal Cemetery , Pas de Calais, France. Entitled to 1914/15 Star trio.

VELHO, Saturinio Francisco. 1665. Private. Transferred as a Private, Army Pay Corps 22981. Born 06/06/1896 in Hampstead, London and died 4/04/1975 in Stump Cross, Halifax, England. Entitled to British War and Victory Medals named to KEH. British War Medal in a private collection.

VENTER, Gert Henry. 2094. Private KEH. Enlisted 11/01/1918 and discharged 5/04/1918. Awarded Silver War Badge 242373 and did not serve overseas. Born in 1896. No service medal entitlement.

VEREKER, John Medlicott. Major in the King's Colonials 1902 with commission date published in Hart's List of 26/03/1902. Commanded 'D' Squadron (British African) in 1903 (Photograph see Figure 4). Resigned June 1906.

VICK, Frank. 521. Private KEH. Discharged 1/03/1919. Entitled to British War and Victory Medals.

VICKERS, Rupert A. 1350. Acting Serjeant KEH. 'C' Squadron. Enlisted 2/02/1915 and entered France 6/07/1915. Promoted to Lance Corporal 1/08/1917, Corporal 25/12/1917 and Acting Serjeant 27/05/1918. Awarded Military Medal for gallantry at Passchendaele as Lance Corporal. Commissioned as a Second Lieutenant Royal Flying Corps 15/02/1919. Discharged 14/03/1919. Born in Uralla, New South Wales, Australia on 16/10/1894 and died 18/05/1976 in Tamworth, New South Wales. Noted in 'Under Friendly Flags' by Lieutenant Colonel Neil C. Smith AM as having served with KEH. Entitled to British War and Victory Medals.

VINCENT, Edward. 1623. Private KEH. Discharged 4/03/1919. Entitled to British War and Victory Medals.

VINCENT, Tom. 64. Serjeant KEH. 1st Troop, 'A' Squadron later Warrant Officer Class 2. Served with KEH pre-war in Signals section of 'B' Squadron. Entered France 2/06/1915 and discharged 28/02/1919. Awarded the Distinguished Conduct Medal as Squadron Serjeant-Major for distinguished service in Italy (London Gazette 3/06/1918). Entitled to 1914/15 Star trio. Portrait photograph available on www.kingedwardshorse.net

VINCENT, William Henry Hillman. 1495. Private KEH. Took his own life 29/08/16 due to temporary insanity while stationed at the Military Barracks, Longford. William was born in Great Yarmouth, England in 1874. In 1901 he was living in Co. Cork with his family, including his father James who worked for the Ordinance Survey. William later enlisted in London. He left behind a widow, Christina who was not entitled to an Army pension as William had served for less than six months. Son of James Henry Vincent and Catherine Sluman, Bishopstown, Co. Cork. Buried in LONGFORD (BALLYMACORMICK) CEMETERY, IRELAND and photograph of gravestone shown. No medal entitlement. 

VINER, Frederick Gordon. From South Africa and served in the King's Colonials Imperial Yeomanry from 6/01/02 as the first named recruit. Re-enlisted in the KEH in November 1914. Commissioned as a Second Lieutenant in Feb 1915 later Lieutenant, Royal Field Artillery. Entered France 21/01/1918. Born Jun 1885 in Stroud Green, England and died 23/11/1939 in Sheffield, England. Applied for British War and Victory Medals from Maidenhead, Berkshire, England. Photograph shown courtesy of Ancestry of Frederick Gordon Viner with his two brothers. Conrad Charles Viner seated with George Noel (Rex) Viner on the arm of the chair and Frederick Gordon standing behind them. Conrad is wearing the uniform of a Lieutenant in the Royal Field Artillery with pre-war medal ribbons. George Viner was KIA as a Captain in the 4th Battalion, Middlesex Regiment on 12/10/1918 and has a wound stripe to his lower left sleeve. Frederick Gordon is also wearing pre-war medal ribbons and the uniform of the Royal Field Artillery.

VINER, Reginald George. Second Lieutenant Reserve Regiment of Cavalry attached KEH. Second Lieutenant Royal Air Force. Awarded Silver War Badge 243376. Noted deceased on his Medal Index Card.

WADDY, Richard Granville. Second Lieutenant KEH 1910, Lieutenant KEH. Lieutenant Royal Army Medical Corps, Captain Special Reserve. Entered France 25/05/1915. Born in 1885, attended St Paul's College, University of Sydney 1905-09. Rhodes Scholar. Worked as an ophthalmologist in Egypt pre-war. Lived in Sydney after the war and died in 1974.

WADE, Brian (Frederick). Corporal who saw service in WW1.

WADE, Charles Ernest. 1942. Private. 'C' Squadron. Discharged 8/07/1919. Born in 1899 in Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa and died in Durban, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa on 18/07/1955. Entitled to British War and Victory Medals.

WAKEFIELD, Thomas Butler. 447. Serjeant. Entered France 22/04/1915.  Commissioned as a Second Lieutenant, 2nd/6th Battalion, West Yorkshire Regiment on 29/05/1917. KIA 8/09/1917. Buried in Favreuil British Cemetery in Nord-Pas-de-Calais, France. Born in 1889 in Leeds, West Yorkshire to Reverend Thomas Wakefield and Esther Susannah Sommers and attended Ashville College, Harrogate 1902-04. His brother Second Lieutenant Leonard John Wakefield who was born in 1890 was KIA 16/06/1917 with the 8th (City of London) Battalion (Post Office Rifles), London Regiment. Thomas's mother applied for his 1914/15 Star trio from Waterloo, Liverpool, England. 

WALKER, Andrew J. 2080. Private. Transferred from 2KEH as Private 2034. Discharged 9/03/1919. Entitled to British War and Victory Medals.

WALKER, Hugh Percy Wonham. 773. Private KEH. Prior service as a a member of the with Legion of Frontiersmen enlisting with them in Sep 1914 and then transferring to KEH in Oct 1914. Entered France 22/04/1915. Commissioned as a Second Lieutenant, 5th Battalion, Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders on 4/08/1916. KIA 23/04/1917 during the Arras Offensive. Buried in Fourbourg D'Amiens Cemetery, Arras, France. Born 3/03/1885 in Greenock, Renfrewshire, Scotland the son of John Willim and Jeanie (nee Neall) Walker. A noted oarsman with wins in multiple Irish and Scottish regattas. Commemorated on Finnart St Paul's church. His 1914/15 Star trio was applied for by his mother Mrs Jeanie Walker. Photograph of his gravestone shown on accompanying page courtesy of Inverclyde's Great War 1914/18. 

WALKER, John K. 1014. Private. Entered France 15/09/1915. Discharged 8/05/1919. Entitled to 1914/15 Star trio.

WALKER, John Stuart. 368. Private. Entered France 22/04/1915. Commissioned as a Second Lieutenant, Royal Field Artillery Special Reserve 21/01/1918. Applied for 1914/15 Star trio from Bayswater, West London, England.

WALKER, Joseph. 1657. Private KEH. Discharged 6/04/1919. Entitled to British War and Victory Medals.

WALKER, Samuel Richard. 367. Corporal. 3rd Troop, 'B' Squadron in 1916. Enlisted 8/12/1913 in KEH. Master of Farriers Company. Commissioned as a Second Lieutenant, 4th (B) Reserve Brigade, Royal Field Artillery 19/05/1917. Prior service with Queen Victoria's Rifles Feb 1909 to Feb 1913. Born in 1892. Member of the Common Council of the City of London since 1937, made a CBE in 1953 and Chief Commoner in 1954. Applied for 1914/15 Star trio and Territorial Efficiency medal (deemed ineligible) from Sussex.

WALL, R. F. Lieutenant and Veterinary Officer in KEH 1910. A Major in WW2. Noted as being a Lieutenant in Army List of 1914 in Army Veterinary Corps and Captain on British War and Victory Medal Roll as serving in Canada. Died in 1960.

WALL, Percy Douglas. 1428. Private KEH. Enlisted 20/01/1916 and entered France 22/04/1915. Transferred as Sapper, 19th Survey Company, Royal Engineers 311022. Discharged 1/10/1918 due to sickness and awarded Silver War Badge B19722. Born JULY 1884 in Wandsworth, London, England and died 24/01/1933 in Kensington, London. Entitled to 1914/15 Star trio named to the Royal Engineers.

WALLACE, Nesbit Willoughby. Lieutenant Colonel, King's Colonials first Commanding Officer (1901-04) saw service in the Red River campaign in 1870 with King's Royal Rifle Corps. Lieutenant Colonel Willoughby Wallace (20 April 1839 – 31 July 1931) was born in Canada, was a first class cricketer but is perhaps best remembered for his co-design of the Slade Wallace leather 1888 Pattern valise equipment. He was 75 at the outbreak of the Great War but remained active in recruiting for the King Edward's Horse. His name is listed against the rank of Honourary Lieutenant Colonel in the July 1915 Army List (Portrait photograph Figure 2 and Figure 4).

WALLIKER, T. G. 1544. Private. Transferred to the 2nd Dragoon Guards. Home service with no medal entitlement shown on Medal Index Card.

WALLIS, Reginald G. 573. Private. 'A' Squadron. Entered France 2/6/1915 and discharged 15/2/1919. Entitled to 1914/15 Star trio. Postcard photograph of Private Wallis mounted with 'Patient' written on the back presumably whilst stationed at the Curragh in Ireland in 1914/15 courtesy of the Great War Forum.

WALROND, George Basil Stewart. Private KEH. Commissioned in the 6th Battalion, Somerset Light Infantry later Captain. Prior service in the Boer War. Entered France 20/05/1915. KIA 19/03/1916 and buried in Agny Military Cemetery, France. Born in 1876. Anglo-Argentinian Railway staff. Son of the late Colonel Walrond of Dulford House, Cullomton, Devon; husband of Mabel Walrond (nee Bloxsome) of Poley Street, London. Mentioned in Despatches and entitled to 1914-15 Star trio. 

WALSH, Henry James. 292. Corporal. Commissioned South Staffordshire Regiment 31/01/1916. Captain and Adjutant Leicestershire Regiment, Captain South Staffordshire Regiment

WANGFORD, Walter Henry John. 53. Staff Quartermaster Serjeant. Enlisted KEH 5/11/1908. Entered France 22/04/1915. Commissioned as a Second Lieutenant (9/11/1915) latter Lieutenant Royal Engineers. Born about 1884 in Holloway, Islington, London and died in Edmonton, London 16 Feb 1942. Applied for 1914/15 Star trio from Newquay, Cornwall.

WARD, George Frederick. 756. Acting Corporal. 'B' Squadron. Enlisted Dec 1914. Commissioned as a Second Lieutenant, 3rd Battalion, Royal Warwickshire Regiment on 31/07/1917 later Lieutenant. Applied for 1914/15 Star trio from Belsize Park, London.

WARD, Vincent Aubrey. Private. Served pre-war with the KEH University Squadron. Son of New Zealand Prime Minister Sir Joseph Ward. Born 4/01/1886 in The Bluff, New Zealand and died 9/02/1946. He was a New Zealand businessman, Member of Parliament and a Member of the Legislative Council. Awarded Commander of the Order of the British Empire. Entitled to British War and Victory Medals and served with Motor Boat Patrol in which he was commissioned in 1915.

WARNER, Stanley (Bill) Edward. 797. Private. 'C' Squadron. Entered France 22/04/1915. Mentioned in Despatches. Anglo-Argentine Railway staff. Returned to South America and attended third South American re-union in 1945. Entitled to 1914/15 Star trio.

WARREN, James. 12. Private. Entered France 4/05/1915. Entitled to 1914/15 Star trio.

WARRINGTON, Harold Gordon. 449. Private. Entered France 17/06/1915. Commissioned as a Second Lieutenant, Royal Field Artillery (RFA) on 20/09/1915 later Lieutenant, 63rd Anti-aircraft section, RFA. KIA 6/12/1917 in Italy. Buried in GIAVERA BRITISH CEMETERY, ARCADE, Italy. Born in 1884 the son of J. T. & Margaret E. Warrington of Liverpool. Awarded 1914/15 Star trio.

WATERS, David John. 1671. Private KEH. KIA 25/10/1917. Commemorated on the TYNE COT MEMORIAL, BELGIUM. Born in Marylebone, London. Entitled to British War and Victory Medals. 

WATSON, Albert Edward. 1388. Private. KEH. Transferred to the Tank Corps as Private, 302930. Awarded British War and Victory Medals named to Tank Corps.

WATSON, Arthur Donald. 2022. Private. KEH. Prior service in the Australian Imperial Force as Private, 1271 with 1st Australian Light Horse Regiment and as 25 year old grazier from Gerogery, New South Wales having enlisted 9/06/1915. Transferred to the 10th Battery, 4th Field Artillery Brigade in France and promoted to Second Lieutenant with the Y2A Mounted Mortar Battery (MTMB), Dismissed while in the UK for drunkenness on 18/07/1918. Re-enlisted in the British Army as Private, 2022 in the KEH on 25/07/1918. Served with the Reserve Regiment in Marlborough Barracks, Dublin at the end of the war. Forfeited his 1914/15 Star trio from the AIF and not entitled to any from the British Army as he did not serve overseas.

WATSON, Harry. 665. Serjeant. 'B' Squadron. KIA 9/04/18 aged 33 at the defence of Vieille Chapelle. Entered France 22/04/1915. Son of the late Matthew and Harriot Watson of Ighten Grove, Padiham Road, Burnley; husband of the late Florence Martha Watson (nee Peck). Commemorated on the LOOS MEMORIAL, FRANCE. His 1914/15 Star trio was sold by Lockdales auctioneers, UK in  2012.  

WATSON, Oswald. 825. Private. 'A' Squadron. Entered France 2/06/1915 and discharged 27/03/1919. Entitled to 1914/15 Star trio.

WATSON, W. E. Serjeant. Noted as being from New Zealand. Commemorated on the Auckland Online Cenotaph.

WATT, Norman Lindley. 644. 'C' Squadron. Private. Entered France 22/04/1915. Commissioned as a Second Lieutenant KEH 27/07/1915. Transferred as a Second Lieutenant Royal Flying Corps DoW 27/07/1917. Born in Belfast and a Rhodes scholar having gone to Natal University College before attending Oxford. Brother of Private William Edward Watt, KEH, 569 who was commissioned into the Royal Flying Corps and awarded the Air Force Cross.

WATT, William Edward. 569. Corporal. Commissioned as a Second Lieutenant KEH then transferred as a Second Lieutenant Royal Flying Corps (observer then pilot) and awarded Air Force Cross for brilliant night flying exploits. Born 11/05/1881 at Lindley, Orange Free State where his father was a medical practioner. Died in Sep 1971 and was one of South Africa's most distinguished foresters. Like his brother Private Norman Lindley Watt, KEH, 644 he was a Rhodes scholar.

WATTS, Laurie. 72. Acting Quartermaster Serjeant. Entered France 21/04/1915 and discharged 7/05/1919. Served pre-war KEH. Entitled to 1914/15 Star trio.

WATTS, Robert W. 922. Private. Enlisted at Watford in early 1915 after arriving from Chile. Entered France on 2/06/1915 with 'A' Squadron, fought with their first action at Messines. Invalided back with Reserve in Ireland. Discharged 7/04/1919. Entitled to 1914/15 Star

WATTS, Samuel F. 2081. Private. Transferred from 2KEH as Private 1988. Discharged 25/04/20. Entitled to British War and Victory Medals

WAYNE, Claud Anthony. 1358. Lance Corporal. Enlisted 22/11/1915 and discharged 2/05/1918 physically unfit aged 30. Awarded Silver War Badge 35321, British War and Victory Medals.

WEATHERBY, Norman Thomas. 910. Private. Enlisted 8/01/1915 and discharged 9/03/1915 as medically unfit. Awarded Silver War Badge 117130 on 28/04/1917. Born in 1899 in Faversham, Kent, England and did not serve overseas.

WEAVER, Hubert Eric. 1608. Private. 'B' Squadron. Returned from Argentina to enlist 5/07/1916. Taken Prisoner of War at defense of Vieille Chapelle 9-11/04/1918. Repatriated 30/12/1918 and discharged 19/04/1919. Lived in Patagonia, South America. Attended third re-union in South America in 1945. Born in Herefordshire in 1884 and died in England in 1959. Entitled to British War and Victory Medals.

WEBB, Louis Montague. 555. Saddler. 'C' Squadron. Enlisted 12/08/1914 at Alexandra Palace, London. Entered France 4/10/1915. Discharged 4/05/1919. Born on 18/07/1878 in North Weald, Essex, England and died Mar 1951 in Surrey, England. Entitled to 1914/15 Star trio. Awarded 1937 Coronation Medal. Medals held in a private collection. Portrait photograph 1914 from (The King Edward’s Horse Senior and Junior Comrades Association Annual Bulletin No 14, 1947).

WEBSTER, Ernest. 1692. Private. Transferred from 2nd London Regiment (Field Ambulance) as Private 3311. Entered Egypt 30/08/1915 and discharged 7/07/1916. British War and Victory Medal roll for KEH states discharged 19/04/1919. Awarded Silver War Badge but unable to identify its number. Applied for 1914/15 Star trio from South Belgravia, London, England.

WEITZEL, Reginald Harben. Private KEH. Commissioned as a Lieutenant in the Deccan Horse. Anglo-Argentinian Railway staff.

WELBOURN, Herbert. 674. Private. Entered France 22/04/1915. Promoted to Serjeant 23/01/1919. Discharged 19/02/1919. Serjeant KEH. Entered France 22/04/1915. Promoted to Serjeant 23/01/1919. Discharged 19/02/1919. Born 6/04/1887 in Jamestown, South Australia. He was second son of William Welbourn, born in 1857 at Thirsk, Yorkshire, in 1856, and Amelie Sussbier, born 1859, from Tanunda, South Australia. Their children were William, Herbert, Myrtle, Beatrice and Harold. The family returned to England in August, 1899, aboard the “Gera”, which sailed from Sydney to Southampton via Melbourne, Adelaide and Colombo. In 1901, they had settled into a house at the northern end of Queen Street, opposite to Samuel Winn’s shop. Mr Welbourn was a watchmaker, William employed as a commercial clerk, and Herbert was a butcher’s apprentice. The Census of 1901 also records that Edward Welbourn, a 68 years old retired watchmaker born in Bottesford. He lived on Belvoir Road with his wife Anne, 54, from Mold in Flintshire, and their 18 year old grand-daughter, Annie Welbourn, who was born in Pontefract, Yorkshire. It seems probable that William and Edward Welbourn were related. Edward may have been William’s uncle. The 1911 Census records that at Albert Street lived Drusella Morgan, a 67 years old widow from Carmarthen, with her adopted daughter Jessie Welbourn, aged 23, from Cefn Coed, Breconshire, and son-in-law (Jessie’s husband) Herbert Welbourn, also aged 23, a book-keeper born in Jamestown, South Australia. Herbert and Annie Thomas had married on the 23/02/1911. Herbert’s older brother, Harold Welbourn was an apprentice baker living nearby with his widowed mother Emilie at Chapel Street. He joined the Royal Navy as ABS J15373 and served on HMS Blenheim for much of the war. Herbert Welbourn became the churchwarden at St Mary’s before he became a yeoman in WW1.  On the 23/01/1919 the Grantham Journal reported: “Demobilized – Sgt. Herbert Welbourn, of King Edward’s Horse, has been demobilized, and has returned home this week. Herbert resumed his duties as the Rector’s Churchwarden, as reported by the Grantham Journal in 1920. Herbert and Jessie lived on Queen Street after his return, and remained there through the 1930s. In the 1939 register their entry records them on Queen Street: Herbert Welbourn, solicitor’s clerk born on the 6/04/1887, and Jessie Welbourn, born 21st November 1887. He served as Clerk to Bottesford Parish Council for many years. They did not have any children. Herbert and Jessie died in the same year, 1956, and were buried in St Mary’s churchyard. 1914/15 Star trio sold on eBay UK. Photograph of medals shown.   1914/15 Star trio (named to Pte. on 1914/15 Star and Sjt. on British War and Victory Medals) sold on eBay UK and photograph of medals shown.

WELCH, Herbert Llewellyn. 44. Squadron Serjeant Major 'B' Squadron. Served in KEH pre-1914. Entered France 22/04/1915. Mentioned in Despatches as Squadron Serjeant Major (London Gazette 13/06/1916). Commissioned as a Second Lieutenant later Lieutenant Army Ordnance Depot. Born on 13/10/1877 in Merton, Surrey and died in 1952. Secretary of the King's Colonials lodge since 1934. Applied for 1914/15 Star trio from Lancaster Road, West Norwood, London.

WELLS, Ernest S. Squadron Serjeant Major, King's Colonials circa 1903. Served as Regimental Serjeant Major in the 4th Hussars and promoted to Regimental Serjeant Major, King Edward's Horse in 1910 (see 1911 photograph, Figure 42).

WELLS, Lovell Samuel William. 1382. Private. Discharged 23/06/1919. Entitled to British War and Victory Medals.

WEST, Harold Richard Alfred. 799. Enlisted 4/12/1914 and discharged 5/07/1916 due to sickness. Awarded Silver War Badge 81,398. Entitled to 1914/15 Star trio.

WEST, William Jack. 811. Private. 'A' Squadron KEH. Entered France 2/06/1915. Commissioned as a Lieutenant, Surrey Yeomanry on 14/08/1916. Wounded 24/06/1915 when defending a trench from German attack. Applied for 1914/15 Star trio from Valencia, Spain.

WESTERHOUT, Eric Gomes. 266. Private KEH. 'A' Squadron. Entered France 17/06/1915. Injured as a result of falling from his horse in Jul 1915. Discharged 8/07/1919. Born 4/02/1894 in Singapore and died Apr 1964 in Hammersmith, London, England. Entitled to 1914/15 Star trio.

WHEATLEY, Edward. 898. Private KEH. Entered France 22/04/1915. Commissioned as a Second Lieutenant, Royal Engineers on 24/02/1917. Was a Member of Parliament in Canada post-war. Entitled to 1914/15 Star trio.

WHEELER, Walter G. 2128. Private KEH. Transferred from 2KEH as Private 321. Entered France 4/05/1915. Discharged 14/05/1919. Awarded 1914/15 Star trio with British War Medal named to 321. Pte. Wheeler. K.EDW.H. (his 2KEH number) sold on electronic auction site Feb 2013 and image shown.

WHELAN, Henry George. 718. Corporal. Entered France 22/04/1915. Commissioned as a Second Lieutenant (5/03/1916, London Gazette 4/04/1916), later Lieutenant, 2nd Battalion, Royal Munster Fusiliers. Awarded Military Cross (London Gazette 25/08/1916). Posted as MIA 12/04/1918 and DoW as a POW on 11/04/1918. Buried in Niederzwehren Cemetery CWGC Cemetery/Memorial, Hessen, Germany. Born in 1890 in South Africa. His father applied for his 1914/15 Star trio from Durban, South Africa.

WHELAN, John. 1268. Private. Awarded British War and Victory Medals.

WHITE, Deyereaux Henry Corles. 1010. Private. 'A' Squadron. Enlisted 23/03/1915 and entered France 27/07/1915. Discharged 24/09/1919. Entitled to 1914/15 Star trio.

WHITE, Henry George. 34. Shoeing Smith. Entered France 22/04/1915 and discharged 5/04/1919. Awarded 1914/15 Star trio and applied for replacement medals from Bristol Gardens, Paddington, London.

WHITE, Henry George. 551. Private. 'A' Squadron. Served as Captain Creswick's servant. Corporal 2nd Dragoon Guards for 10 years. Private KEH. Enlisted Alexander Palace 12/8/14 (aged 46) born in Marylebone, London in 1869. Married in 1904. with four children. Entered France 1/06/1915 and returned to Ireland 15/04/1917 due to sickness. Returned to France 23/2/18. Discharged 6/03/1919. Died in 1942 in Cheshire. Entitled to 1914/15 Star trio. Photograph on kingedwardshorse.net. Entitled to 1914/15 Star trio.

WHITE, Samuel. 1277. Private. DoW 09/04/1918 at Defence Of Vieille Chapelle. Born in Wragby, Yorkshire the son of Alice H. White, of 1, Ellison Terrace, Clifton Green, York, and the late Arthur White in 1892. Buried in BETHUNE TOWN CEMETERY, FRANCE. Name commemorated on the Wragby War Memorial. Entitled to British War and Victory Medals. 

WHITE, Sidney C. D/16163. Private KEH. Transferred as Private, Corps of Dragoons. Discharged 15/02/1919. Entitled to British War and Victory Medals.

WHITEMAN, A. K. From New South Wales, Australia on Old Comrades Association members list No. 1 in 1933.

WHITMEE, Ernest Sidney. 576. Sergeant. Entered France 2/06/1915. Discharged 5/04/1919. Entitled to 1914/15 Star trio. Likely to be the brother of Private Sidney Whitmee, 639.

WHITMEE, Sidney. 639. Serjeant. 'A' Squadron. Enlisted 9/11/1914. Entered France 1/06/1915 and promoted to Lance Corporal 27/04/1918. Posted as Missing in Action at the defence of Vieille Chapelle 9-11/04/1918. Discharged 18/03/1919 and living in Putney, London. Born in 1885 in England and died in 1966. Entitled to 1914/15 Star Trio. Likely to be the brother of Private Ernest Sidney Whitmee, 576. Photograph shown on www.kingedwardshorse.net

WICKENDEN, Percy. 869. Private 'A' Squadron. Entered France 2/06/1915. DoW 25/06/1915 aged 33 whilst defending a trench from a German attack at Steenwerk. Son of the late William Henry and Harriet Wickenden; husband of Mary Ann Wickenden of Lincoln, England. Born Leigh, Tonbridge, Kent. Buried in HYDE PARK CORNER (ROYAL BERKS) CEMETERY, BELGIUM. Entitled to 1914/15 Star trio.

WICKHAM, C. G. Became KEH Adjutant in 1912 late of the Norfolk Regiment.

WICKS, Edward. 1060. Private. Returned to England from working in Chile and enlisted 1/05/1915 and discharged 21/09/1915 after contracting pneumonia. Returned to Chile and died there shortly after. Born in 1879. No medal entitlement. Brother of Private Louis Wicks,1135, KEH.

WICKS, Louis. 1135. Entered France 15/09/1915. Commissioned as a Second Lieutenant, 3rd Battalion, York and Lancaster Regiment 27/08/1918. Returned from working in Chile to enlist at Bishop's Stortford 7/06/1915, moved to Bus Les Artois 13/09/1915 with 'B' Squadron. His brother Private Edward Hicks, 1135 also served with KEH but as stated above contracted pneumonia at Bishops Stortford, discharged unfit and returned to Chile where he died soon after. Born in 1894. Served as a Lieutenant in the Royal Artillery in WW2. Applied for 1914/15 Star trio from Tonbridge, Kent, England.

WICKSTEED, A. F. 9. Staff Serjeant Major, King's Colonials

WIGGINS, Frank Valentine. 602. Private KEH. Enlisted 24/09/1914. Discharged 22/05/1915 with sickness and did not serve overseas. Awarded Silver War Badge 65,229. No Great War medal entitlement.

WILDER, John C. 1200. Private. Discharged 8/05/1919. Entitled to British War and Victory Medals.

WILDEY, Alfred. J. D/14011. Private KEH. Transferred as Private, Corps of Dragoons D/14011. Discharged 8/11/919. Entitled to British War and Victory Medals.

WILDING, A. F. Second Lieutenant, King's Colonials 4/08/1905 recorded in 'Hart's Annual Army List' 1908. From New Zealand.

WILKIE, Hugh Graham. Second Lieutenant then Captain Royal Field Artillery

WILKINS, Harry. 580. Private. Entered France 22/04/1915 and discharged 5/01/1920. Entitled to 1914/15 Star trio.

WILKINSON, John Frederick Moore. Captain KEH. Served pre-war KEH and Captain in 1915 see Figure 19. Temporary Captain Royal Field Artillery 12/05/1915 later Major. Entered France 27/05/1915. Prior service with 1st Australian Commonwealth Horse in Boer War as Lieutenant promoted to Captain 1/01/1901. Served with Captain Robert Roland Thompson as Captain (Commanding), 1st Australian Horse and as Honourary Lieutenant Colonel, King's Colonials. Awarded Queen's South Africa Medal with Dreifontein, Belfast, Cape Colony and South Africa 1901 clasps. Born in 1871 in Lochinvar, Maitland, New South Wales, Australia and died 27/01/1958 in Worthing, Sussex, England. Entitled to British War and Victory Medals.

WILLIAMS, Ivor. 1242. Private KEH. Entered France 5/05/1915. Private Military Mounted Police P/14035. Discharged 11/11/1918. Anglo-Argentinian Railway staff.

WILLIAMS, John. 1025. Private KEH. Entered France 7/09/1915. Transferred as Private, Royal Berkshire Regiment 43433. Deserted 15/07/1918. Joined the Royal Navy 8488TS. Entitled to 1914/15 Star trio and his 1914/15 Star was forfeited but re-issued in 1936 due to his re-enlistment in the Royal Navy.

WILLIAMS, Kenneth S. 124. Serjeant KEH. Entered France 22/04/1915. Commissioned 7/01/1916 as Second Lieutenant 1st Battalion, Lancashire Hussars. Born in 1889 in Liverpool. Mentioned in Despatches with Lancashire Hussars. 1914/15 Star trio medals named to Captain Kenneth S Williams 1st King Edwards Horse / 1/1st Lancashire Hussars / Tank Corps. 1914/15 Star Sgt 124 (1st KEH), British War Medal and Victory Medal Captain (1/1 Lanc Hussars / HQ Tank Corps), Special Reserve LSGC (Sgt 1st KEH) awarded Apr 1915, Defence Medal and Special Constable (Superintendent) for WW2 service. Medals in a private collection in Australia.

WILLIAMS, Michael John. 805. Private. Enlisted 7/12/1914. Discharged 5/07/1915 on medical grounds. Previous service with Royal Garrison Artillery including in South Africa during the Boer War 1899-1902. Born in 1876 in Galway, Ireland. No Great War medal entitlement

WILLIAMS, Samuel. Private KEH, Private, Royal Berkshire Regiment, Private Labour Corps. Ineligible for War Medals noted on Medal Index Card.

WILLIAMS, Samuel (Sam) Roy. 184. Corporal. From New Zealand. Served pre-war KEH. 3rd Troop, 'C' Squadron Aug 1914. Entered France 28/07/1915. 2nd Troop, 'B' Squadron 1916. Discharged 28/02/1919. Born at Te Aute, New Zealand on 7/02/1893 the son of William Temple and Annie Matilda Sophia (nee Puckey) Williams and died 27/12/1968 in Hastings, New Zealand. Educated at Huntley School, Wanganui Collegiate School and Caius College, Cambridge, England. At Cambridge when war broke out and served in France, Ireland and Italy with the KEH 'C' Squadron entirely made up of Oxford & Cambridge men. Came back to New Zealand in Oct 1919 farmed at Hawkesbury College then settled on Mangakuri Station at Hawkes Bay on the Mangakuri river originally purchased by his grandfather Rev Samuel Williams. Married: Joyce daughter of Patrick Burr farmer of Pakowhai NZ 4/07/1924 and had two sons John Samuel, Patrick and one daughter Jennifer Mary. Entitled to 1914/15 Star trio.

WILLIAMS, Selwyn Coldham. 98. Private, Lieutenant Royal Field Artillery. Son of Mr George Williams of Hawkes Bay, New Zealand. Brother Noel Williams Died Of Wounds received at Gallipoli. At School here from the beginning of 1906, left with a number of others in May, 1912, to go to Cambridge where he was a student at Gonville & Caius College. University of Cambridge, 1912 While there he joined King Edward's Horse, and being liable for service abroad, expected to be called upon immediately the war broke out. With others, however, he was given a commission in the R.F.A., and for a time did special work at Home before going to France. He saw active service near Armentieres, in September, 1915, but was invalided home again in the following January. Returning in April to the Somme front, he was associated with the New Zealanders in the attack on Fleurs, where, on his senior officer being wounded, he took command of his battery, and was recommenced [sic] for a decoration, which was never granted. His unit was later moved to some other part of the front, where he was killed on January 18th, 1917." (In Memoriam, 1914-1918 [Wanganui Collegiate School]). Buried in Klein-Vierstraat British Cemetery, Heuvelland, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium.

WILLIAMS, Walcond. 1682. Private

WILLIAMSON, Leonard H. 1133. Private. Discharged 31/05/1919. Resided in Ealing, London post-war. Entitled to British War and Victory Medals.

WILLIS, Ernest. 786. Serjeant. Entered France 22/04/1915. Commissioned as a Second Lieutenant King's Own Royal Lancaster Regiment 26/06/1917. Later Major, Kite Balloon Section Royal Air Force. Died 1/07/1918. Photograph shown as member of Hotchkiss Gun team at Valhuon in June 1916 in Figure 22. Entitled to 1914/15 Star trio.

WILLIS, Frederick W. 746. Private. 'A' Squadron. Entered France 2/06/1915. Discharged 5/03/1919. Entitled to 1914/15 Star trio.

WILLIS, Percy Ayscough. 1136. Private

WILLIS, Vivian V. 711. Private, Second Lieutenant Tank Corps

WILMOT, John F. 1351. Private. Discharged 2/11/1919. Entitled to British War and Victory Medals.

WILSON, David. 1742. Private. Discharged 8/02/1919. Entitled to British War and Victory Medals.

WILSON, Frederick William. 2129. Corporal KEH. Enlisted 7/04/1916 in 2KEH as Private, 1883. Entered France 11/09/1916. Transferred to KEH as Corporal, 2129 on 13/04/1918 then as Corporal, 653644 to 328 Company, Labour Corps 17/10/1918. Discharged 19/01/1919. Born in 1879 probably in Felixstowe, England and resided in Morpeth, England post-war. Prior service for 5 1/2 years with the Royal Horse Artillery. Entitled to British War and Victory Medals.

WILSON, Harold John Fossick. 1381. Private, Private Machine Gun Corps 22991, Second Lieutenant Labour Corps, DOW 17/02/1919 aged 27. Son of Henry Fossick Wilson and Jessie Dagmar Wilson, of Parkhurst Bridge Road, Weybridge. Buried in WEYBRIDGE CEMETERY, England. Name commemorated on War Memorial at Monument Hill, Weybridge.

WILSON, Ralph M. 819. Private. 'A' Squadron. Entered France 1/06/1915 and discharged 30/04/1919. Resided in Birkdale, Southport, Lancashire, England post-war. Likely to be born 4/09/1880 in Liverpool, Lancashire, England and died 16/10/1957 in Magill, Norwood, South Australia, Australia. Entitled to 1914/15 Star trio.

WILSON, Reginald. 456. Private KEH. 'A' Squadron. Entered France 2/06/1915 and discharged 4/04/1919. Born 22/07/1889 at West Maitland, New South Wales, Australia; married Victoria Olga Williams on 20/04/1922 in Sydney, New South Wales. They had three children during their marriage. Reginald died 17/02/1971 in Balmain, Sydney. Two photographs on kingedwardshorse.net. Entitled to British War and Victory Medals.

WILSON, Robert A. 599. Private KEH. 'B' Squadron. Entered France 22/04/1915. Discharged 15/03/1919. Serjeant Major 1st Battalion King's Royal Rifle Corps in WW2. Served as a police constable pre-WW2. Entitled to 1914/15 Star trio.

WILSON, Thomas. D/18093. Private 1st Dragoons. Transferred to KEH as Private then Private Corps of Dragoons. Discharged 4/03/1919. Entitled to British War and Victory Medals.

WILSON, William. D/17166. Private 6th Dragoon Guards D/17166 then transferred as Private D/1766 KEH then Private, Corps of Hussars 75900. Entitled to British War and Victory Medals.

WILSON, William T. (Bill). 822. Private. Australian. Fought at the defence of Les Huits Maison 04/1918. Served in half section with Arthur C. Hull and Ned Holmden. Died of self inflicted wounds 1/03/1919 and gravestone is located in the Kilkenny (St. John) Church of Ireland Cemetery, Ireland. Entitled to 1914/15 Star trio.

WILSON-JONES, Harold. 857. Entered France 5/05/1915. Commissioned as a Temporary Captain, Royal Artillery 25/06/1915 with British Slavic Legion. Applied for 1914/15 Star trio from Pullborough, Sussex, England.  

WINTER, Henry F. 1453. Private KEH. KIA 10/04/18 aged 27. Son of William and Kate Winter, of Southall; husband of Florence Mabel Winter, of Southall, Middlesex. Buried in LAPUGNOY MILITARY CEMETERY, FRANCE.

WISE, Charles (Charlie) Furlong. Private KEH. Commissioned as a Second Lieutenant Royal Field Artillery. Captain and Adjutant from 26/05/1917 (London Gazette 10/08/1917). Mentioned in Despatches while serving with B/177TH Bde (London Gazette 23/12/1918). Father applied for 1914/15 Star trio as Charles emigrated to California, USA post-war. A letter to his sister in Africa from the trenches survives: www.thephraser.com/2014/04/08/just-nineteen-the-words-for-winter-and-war-are-not-easy/#more-2431 Brother of Private, 512 Lancelot Charles Wise who died of illness while serving with North Irish Horse.

WISE, Lancelot Charles. 512. Private KEH. Entered France 1/05/1915. Commissioned as a Second Lieutenant North Irish Horse (NIH) 4/05/1915 with 'D' Squadron, NIH, 51st Division. Attached to 3rd Lancers (Skinner's Horse) in 1916 in India and died in service in 1917. Born 10/03/1894 in Toddington, Gloucestershire, England and died 2/05/1917 in Rawalpindi, Punjab, Pakistan. His brother Charles Furlong Wise served with Royal Field Artillery as a Captain but family notes suggest he may also enlisted with KEH (no record identified) and both brothers enlisted straight from Edinburgh University where they were students. Commemorated on the Edinburgh University Roll of Honour. Photograph in KEH uniform circa 1914 courtesy of Ancestry.

WISE, H. D. 1587. Corporal KEH. 'C' Squadron. Promoted to Corporal Mar 1913. Commissioned as a Second Lieutenant 18th Hussars in 1914. Entered France 19/05/1915. Awarded Military Cross 31/12/1918. Awarded Sudan Medal and Garjak Nuer clasp. Colonel and Commanding Officer 6th Battalion, Suffolk Regiment in WW2 where he served with former KEH Private William A. Dalgarno.

WITHERS, William R. D/8006. Private KEH. Entered France 8/10/1914. Transferred to KEH from 1st Royal Dragoons as Acting Corporal then Acting Corporal, Corps of Dragoons and retained same Regimental number. Discharged 5/04/1919. Awarded 1914 Star trio. Named on a letter that accompanied a 'token of esteem' gift of a silver cigarette case and two pipes presented to Serjeant Norman Clarke Adams, 670 from the Australian members of No. 4 Troop in May 1918.

WITTHERS, Ivan. 678. Private KEH. Enlisted 12/11/1914 at Watford and discharged 18/12/1916 due to sickness (epilepsy). Awarded Silver War Badge 115731. Born in Perth, Western Australia in 1887. Married Ellen Brown 7/09/1914 in Newcastle, England. Appears in photograph of 4th Troop Reserve Squadron, Curragh, 1916. No medal entitlement recorded. 

WOOD, Charles. 1680. Private. Enlisted 19/10/1916 and discharged 14/01/1919. From Chipping Norton, London, England. Awarded British War and Victory Medals.

WOOD, Lancelot. 765. Private KEH. Entered France 21/04/1915 and discharged 5/03/1919. Born 31/10/1882 in Sleekburn, Northumberland, England and died 19/11/1953 in Stannington, Northumberland. Joined a Hussars of the Line Regiment claiming to be 18 years old. His father Joseph reported to the regiment that Lancelot was underage at just 16 years old and he subsequently had to return home. Lancelot subsequently joined the 101st (Northumberland) Company, 5th Imperial Yeomanry (service number 28581) and served in the 2nd Boer War (1899-1902) awarded Queen's South Africa medal with Cape Colony, Orange Free State, Transvaal, South Africa 1901 and South Africa 1902 clasps . On the 24/08/1901 he was slightly wounded near Maritzani, west of Johannesburg. He is discharged on the 15/09/1902. Entitled to 1914/15 Star trio.

WOOD, Percival Edward. 1087. Private KEH. Enlisted 12/05/1915 and discharged 14/12/1918. Awarded Silver War Badge 294196, served overseas and born 1879. Entitled to British War and Victory Medals.

WOOD, William George. 1448. Private. Enlisted 1/02/1916 and discharged 30/08/1918 as physically unfit. Awarded Silver War Badge 10,539 due to illness. From Double Bay, New South Wales, Australia as noted in 'Under Friendly Flags' by Lieutenant Colonel Neil C. Smith AM as an Australian who served with KEH. Entitled to British War and Victory Medals.

WOODCOCK, George A. 244. Private. Travelled from Fiji to England to enlist in 1915. Entered France 22/04/1915. Discharged 4/03/1919. Entitled to 1914/15 Star trio.

WOODCOCK, John W. 1334. Corporal KEH. Discharged 6/04/1919. Entitled to British War and Victory Medals.

WOODERS, . Private served in Dublin.

WOODFORD, . Private. Served in the King's Colonials. Named in a photograph taken at the Sidcup camp in 1902 (Old Comrades Association Bulletin, No. 8, 1940).

WOOLETT, W. Late Kings Hussars

WOOLGAR, Frederick. 1480. Private. 'C' Squadron. Enlisted 25/03/1916.. WIA 1917 at Bourlon Wood, Cambrai and at defence of Vieille Chapelle 9-11/04/1918 resulting in the loss of an arm. Discharged 7/03/19191. Born 16/10/1890 in Tunbridge Wells, Kent and died 16/01/1962 in Farnborough, Kent. Awarded Silver War Badge 174,202. Entitled to British War and Victory Medals.

WORTHINGTON, James Edward. Private. Anglo-Argentinian Railway staff.

WRAY, Edgar. 1673. Private KEH. Discharged 17/06/1919. Edgar was born in Queensland, Australia and was noted in 'Under Friendly Flags' by Lieutenant Colonel Neil C. Smith AM as an Australian who had served with KEH. Awarded British War and Victory Medals which were sold on eBay in Jan 2013.

WRIGHT, A. Private KEH. Transferred as Private, Labour Corps 230755. His Medal Index Card states he applied for his medals but it does not specify which medals he was applying for or entitled to. Address provided was Dartmouth Park, North West London.

WRIGHT, Ellison. W. 616. Private. 'A' Squadron. Entered France 2/06/1915. Commissioned as a Second Lieutenant on 17/12/1916 with 2nd/1st Suffolk Yeomanry. Entitled to 1914/15 Star trio.

WRIGHT, Henry Kenning. 528. Serjeant. 'A' Squadron. Commissioned as a Second Lieutenant later promoted to Captain 8th Battalion, Royal West Kent Regiment 5/03/1916. Entered France 2/06/1915. Died 2/08/1953 in Hastings, Sussex. Applied for 1914/15 Star trio from Dulwich, London.

WRIGHT, John H. 716. Private. Entered France 22/04/1915. Commissioned as a Second Lieutenant, King's Shropshire Light Infantry on 10/09/1918. Entitled to 1914/15 Star trio.

WRIGHT, Oswald Lawrence. 324. Staff Serjeant Major KEH. Entered France 5/05/1915. Commissioned as a Second Lieutenant later Acting Major, Tank Corps 11/06/1915. Applied for 1914/15 Star trio from Canterbury, Kent, England.

WRIGHT, Thomas. Lance Corporal KEH. Enlisted Feb 1913. Commissioned as a Second Lieutenant, 2nd Battalion, Royal Berkshire Regiment. Entered France 30/1041915. KIA 2/05/1915 having volunteered to have gone out on a reconnoitering patrol on 24/12/1914. Buried in Fauquissart Military Cemetery, France. Thomas’ younger brother, Trooper 1383 Stephen Charles Wright, served with the Lincolnshire Yeomanry and survived the war. Portrait of Second Lieutenant Thomas Wright shown on accompanying page in Royal Berkshire uniform.

WRIGHT, William R. 1390. Private. Discharged 21806/1919. Entitled to British War and Victory Medals.

WRIGHTSON, Cerdic W. 1372. Private KEH. Transferred as Sapper, Royal Engineers 229157 then WR/20284. Entitled to British War and Victory Medals.

WYNN, Leslie A. D/12459. Private 6th Dragoon Guards GS/5521. Entered France 17/10/1915. Transferred to KEH as Private D/12459 then Private, Corps of Dragoons D/12459. Discharged 12/03/1919. Entitled to British War and Victory Medals.

YEAR(R)ON, William Henry. Lieutenant. Served with 21st Battalion, Lancashire Fusiliers then KEH before the Machine Gun Corps. Entitled to Silver War Badge 233482. Entered France 5/06/1916. Applied for British War and Victory Medals from Westcliff-on-Sea, Essex and worked post-war in South Africa. Photograph of his British War Medal sold on eBay UK in Mar 2023 shown on accompanying page.

YENCKEN, Arthur Ferdinand. Private KEH. Yencken joined the British Army at the outbreak of the First World War, entered France 17/03/1915 and was commissioned as Second Lieutenant into the 6th London Brigade, Royal Field Artillery on 21/08/1914. He was raised to Temporary Lieutenant on 28/07/1915, which was made substantive on 1/06/1916 when he was also confirmed as a Temporary Captain. He was made a substantive Captain on 1/07/1917. He was further promoted to Acting Major on 22/05/1918. On 26/09/1917 he was awarded the Military Cross (London Gazette 10/01/1918). Relinquished his commission on 7/06/1919 as a Major. For his service as an Acting Major with 236 London Brigade, Royal Field Artillery he was Mentioned in Despatches by Sir Douglas Haig in the (London Gazette 7/07/1919). Made a Companion of the Order of St Michael and St George (CMG). Born in Melbourne, Australia on 1/04/1894 and was killed in an air crash in Spain on 18/05/1944)whilst serving with the British Diplomatic Service. The son of Edward Yencken and his English-born wife Florence (née Orr), he was educated at Melbourne Church of England Grammar School and Corpus Christi College, Cambridge (B.A., 1919). Noted in 'Under Friendly Flags' by Lieutenant Colonel Neil C. Smith AM as having served with KEH. Awarded 1914/15 Star trio.

YEWER, Frederick James. 1090. Private. 'B' Squadron. Enlisted 4/05/1915 and discharged 15/03/1919. Awarded Silver War Badge 182759. Born 1893. and died on 30/04/1969. Entitled to British War and Victory Medals.

YOUNG, Alfred. 1949. Private. Discharged 4/03/1919. Entitled to British War and Victory Medals.

YOUNG, Desmond. Private. Attended Oxford university but did not serve in the OTC. Commissioned in the 9th King's Royal Rifle Corps. Brigadier Desmond Young served with distinction in two world wars. He was wounded in the first liquid-fire attack at Ypres in 1915, winning a Military Cross. He was a battalion commander before he was twenty-five. In World War II, he served in Abyssinia, Syria and the western desert. He was twice capture and twice escaped. Between the wars he ran a salvage company and then became a journalist in South Africa and India. Biographer of Field Marshall Erwin Rommel.

YOUNG, George MacLellan. 1050. Private. WIA at defence of Vieille Chapelle 9-11/04/1918. Discharged 4/04/1919. Born in 1883 in Durris, Kincardinshire, Scotland and died 11/03/1934 in Umtali Hospital, Rhodesia. Entitled to British War and Victory Medals.

YOUNG, W. R. 1605. Promoted to Lance Corporal, KEH 03/1913. Likely to have served with Paget's Horse, 51st & 73rd Squadrons, Imperial Yeomanry in the Boer War. Unable to find details of Great War service and likely to have been transferred.

YOUNGHUSBAND, Leigh Norman. KEH commissioned Second Lieutenant Royal Field Artillery 4/12/1914. Major Leigh Norman Younghusband was a student at Pembroke College, University of Cambridge, 1912 and likely to have served in the KEH University Troop. He received the Military Cross (London Gazette of 3 June 1918 and was Mentioned in Despatches (London Gazette of 18/05/1917. By September 1917 Younghusband was Adjutant of 91st Brigade, Royal Field Artillery in the 20th Divisional Artillery. Born in Wanganui, New Zealand.

ZIEGEL, Frank. 1917. Private. Enlisted 11/12/1915 and served in Reserves before posting 9/05/1917 to KEH. Awarded Silver War Badge 166597 and did not serve overseas. Born 1888 in Islington, London, England. No service medal entitlement.

ADAMS, Fred Thomas Cooper. 106. Private 2KEH. Enlisted 20/08/1914. Trumpet Major 17/02/1917 to 7/08/1917 in France with 2KEH. Transferred as Private, Northumberland Fusiliers 61234 as Serjeant Trumpeter, 4th Reserve Battalion 27/08/1917. Discharged 17/01/1919. Prior service with the The Royal Dragoons having enlisted at age 14 in Newbridge 3/05/1884 until discharged at term of engagement 1/03/1897. Born 28/03/1869 in Swinton, Yorkshire, England and died Jul 1954 in Lewisham, London, England. Awarded British War and Victory Medals.

ALAZIA, Charles. 1528. Private. Enlisted 20/04/1915 and entered France 15/07/1915. Discharged 20/05/1916 due to wounds. From Great Shefford, Lambourne. Awarded Silver War Badge 47,679. Entitled to 1914/15 Star Trio.

ALEXANDER, David Arthur Henry. 1400. Private. KIA 23/05/1915 aged 30. Only son of David and Edith Alexander born on Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada. Buried in the GUARDS CEMETERY, WINDY CORNER, CUINCHY, France. His name is commemorated on the Canadian Virtual War Memorial and portrait photograph taken in 1914 courtesy of that site.

ALLAN, John. 1427. Private. Entered France 15/07/1915. Commissioned Machine Gun Corps 14/04/1916 as a Second Lieutenant and then Captain Machine Gun Corps. Transferred Heavy Section Machine Gun Corps 26/4/16 (London Gazette). Awarded Military Cross for conspicuous gallantry in action at Courcellette on 15/9/17 whilst commanding Tank C6 (Cordon Rouge) (picture shown on the following page) with 6th Battalion, Tank Corps. Died of wounds 9/06/1917 with 'B' Battalion, Tank Corps. Buried in BAILLEUL COMMUNAL CEMETERY EXTENSION, France where he lies in a double plot with Second Lieutenant W. Hesketh of the 10th Cheshire Regiment - shared headstone and both died the same day. Attended Glasgow High School. Entitled to 1914/15 Star Trio.

ALLEN, John Irwin. 2313. Private. Enlisted Tooting, London, England. Son of John and Frances C. Allen of Upper Tooting Road, London and born King's Lynn, Norfolk, England. Private Allen died in service on the 3/11/1918 aged 27. His gravestone is located in the Kilkenny (St. John) Church of Ireland Cemetery, Ireland, photograph of headstone shown. Also recorded on 1918 Absentee Voters List as 16523, Sapper John Irwin Allen, 2KEH Depot.

ALSTON, John F. 1395. Private 2KEH. Entered France 4/05/1915. Commissioned as a Second Lieutenant, Lincolnshire Yeomanry 22/01/1916 then Lieutenant, Machine Gun Corps. Applied for 1914/15 Star trio from Cromer, Cornwall.

AMBROSE, John Guy. 1865. Private 2KEH. Enlisted 21/02/1916 and discharged 16/09/1916 due to sickness. Re-enlisted in the Canadian Garrison Artillery as a Gunner (Siege Battery) on 14/05/1917. Born 6/11/1880 in Ontario, Canada, died of broncho-pneumonia 25/02/1919 and buried in Halle Communal Cemetery, Halle, Belgium.

ANDREWS, Charles James William. Captain 2KEH. Prior service Private British South African Police, Private South Rhodesia Column A1, Private 1st Rhodesian Regiment 7. Entered German West Africa 3/10/1915. Discharged as medically unfit 30/09/1916. Then served as a Captain, 1st Battalion, King's African Rifles. Lived in Concession, Southern Rhodesia. Awarded British War and Victory Medals.

ANDREWS, William E. 1367. Private 2KEH. Entered France 5/05/1915. Discharged 13/04/1919. Entitled to 1914/15 Star Trio.

ANGOLD, Harry. 1287. Private 2KEH. 'C' Squadron. Enlisted at Hampton Court, London.  Entered France 4/05/1915. KIA 23/09/1915 aged 23. Born in Diss, Norfolk and lived in Wortham, Norfolk as the son of Mrs. Rosa Angold of Shelfanger Road, Diss, Norfolk. Lived in Canada from 1912 and returned to England to enlist 22/12/1914 from St John, New Brunswick to Liverpool, England. Buried in LA PLUS DOUVE FARM CEMETERY, France. Entitled to 1914/15 Star Trio. Photograph of commemorative tablet shown from the Wortham War Memorial - Great War Panel 1.

ARMSTRONG, Bertie MacVicar. 671. Serjeant. Entered France 5/05/1915. Commissioned Second Lieutenant 2KEH 1/10/1915 and promoted to Acting Captain 16/08/1917. Awarded Military Cross as Captain 2KEH. Newspaper report (Luton Reporter - Tuesday 23 July 1918, page 1) states that he had some prior experience of military life which is likely to be as Staff Serjeant, 21833, 106th (Staffordshire) Company, 4th Regiment Imperial Yeomanry in the second Boer War as Bernard Benjamin McIver Armstrong. "The Military Cross has been awarded to Capt. B. Mac. V. Armstrong. King Edward's Horse, of Church-square. Toddington, for distinguished service on the field in France. Capt. Armstrong went out to Canada on important business early in 1914, and when war broke out at once left, for England and volunteered. A good horseman with some previous experience of military lift, he was accepted for King Edward's Horse, and soon pined promotion in France where he is now acting captain of his company. The gallantry for which he has been decorated was displayed on an occasion when the horse lines of two troops were being heavily shelled by the enemy. He at once went to the spot and encouraged and assisted his men in the difficult task of getting the houses away, and by the promptness, energy and disregard of danger he showed he accomplished this task with very light casualties.” Born April 1882 in East Barkwith, Lincolnshire, England and died 15/04/1951 in Chilliwack, British Columbia, Canada. Entitled to 1914/15 Star Medal Trio. Commemorated on the Toddington Roll of Honour.

ASH, Arthur Hugh. 1893. Private 2KEH. Transferred as Private, 6th Battalion, Lancashire Fusiliers 45520. Entitled to British War and Victory Medals.

ASHBEE, Michael Freeman. 1753. Private 2KEH. Entered France 30/09/1915. Lance Corporal 23rd Battalion Lancashire Fusiliers 45428. Transferred to Machine Gun Corps Heavy Branch 7/08/1917. Transferred 4th Battalion Lancashire Fusiliers 27/08/1917. Discharged 27/03/1919. From Greystones, County Wicklow, Ireland. Entitled to 1914/15 Star Medal trio. Victory Medal sold on eBay UK and image shown.

ASHFORD, William. 104. Lance Corporal. Entered France 4/05/1915. Commissioned as a Second Lieutenant 3rd Battalion The Royal West Surrey Regiment 26/06/1917, Lieutenant Royal Air Force. Requested 1914/15 Star Trio from an address in Ealing, London, England.

AUCUTT, Richard E. 1325. Private. Entered France 5/05/1915. Commissioned 5th Battalion, East Surrey Regiment 29/05/1917. Applied for 1914/15 Star Trio c/o the Chile Exploration Company, Chile.

AUERBACH, Willy Herbert Alexander. 1145. Private. Entered France 5/05/1915. KIA on 23/05/1915 at the Battle of Festubert. Commemorated on Le Touret Memorial, France. Born Hampstead, Middlesex in 1879 and enlisted Hounslow, Ealing, London. Prior service with Hertfordshire Yeomanry and saw service in Boer War with 50th (Hampshire) Company, 17th Battalion Imperial Yeomanry enlisted 24/01/1901 as Private 21107, commissioned as a Second Lieutenant 30/03/1901 and awarded Queen's South Africa Medal with South Africa 1901 clasp. Entitled to 1914/15 Star Trio. A bayonet stamped WA 1145 was incorrectly attributed to him on the British Jews in the First World War site but as kindly pointed out by Daniel Irving 'it would in fact be a bayonet issued to Western Australia and includes its serial number (WA 1145), it is a common pre-1914 marking (marked on the outermost side of the pommel when worn). The bayonet appears to be an 1888 pattern". 

AUKETT, Arthur E. 1997. Serjeant. Attached King's African Rifles.

AULIFF, Harry. 93. Serjeant. Transferred to Royal Flying Corps 12/12/1917 115528. BWM and Victory medal named RFC.


BACK, Arthur. 1302. Private. Entered France 4/05/1915. Commissioned 24th Battalion, Middlesex Regiment 6/07/1916. Entitled to 1914/15 Star trio.

BAGNALL, George William. 1933. Private. 'B' Squadron. Enlisted 20/05/1916 as Private 1933 2KEH then transferred to KEH 15/06/1916 as Private 2042. Entered France 6/07/1917. Taken Prisoner of War at Defence of Vieille Chapelle 9-11/04/1918 and interned at Leuze, Germany. Discharged 21/05/1919. Born 11/09/1892 in Westwell Manor Burford, Oxfordshire, England and died 20/9/1953 in Suipacha, Buenos Aires, Argentina. Entitled to British War and Victory medals.

BAILLIE, Robert. W. Lieutenant 2KEH.  1914-15 Star (368 Cpl R. W. Baillie 2nd King Edward's Horse) British War and Victory medals named to Lieut. R. W. Baillie Highland Light Infantry) and Mentioned in Dispatches oak leaves. Robert (assumed his Christian name is Robert from the naming of his son) W. Baillie was commissioned Second Lieutenant in the Highland Light Infantry, and served during the Great War on the Staff as a Railway Traffic Officer with the rank of Temporary Lieutenant from 30/03/1918. M.I.D. unconfirmed. His son was The Reverend Iain Robert Cullen Baillie was born in 1928 and was educated at the Royal Military Academy, Sandhurst. Commissioned Second Lieutenant in the Royal Artillery on 15/07/1948, he was promoted Lieutenant on 15/07/1950, before resigning his commission on 1/10/1951, and was granted the honorary rank of Lieutenant. Taking Holy Orders, he was commissioned Anglican Chaplain to the Forces, 4th Class, on 1/09/1958, and was promoted Chaplain to the Forces, 3rd Class, on 24/02/1965. He served with the Chaplains’ Department in South Arabia, Cyprus, and Northern Ireland, before retiring on account of disability on 8/10/1980. He died in 1999. Medals sold with his son's medals - Chaplain to the Forces the Reverend I. R. C. Baillie, Royal Army Chaplains’ Department General Service 1962-2007, 2 clasps, South Arabia, Northern Ireland, second clasp unofficially attached, as issued (The Rev. I. R. C. Baillie. C.F.3. R.A. Ch. D.); U.N. Medal, UNFICYP riband together with the related miniature awards by Dix Noonan Webb, UK May 2018.

BAIN, Bertram R. 1978. Private 2KEH. Transferred and then commissioned as a Second Lieutenant, 2nd/8th Battalion, King's Liverpool Regiment, 85788 on 25/09/1918. Entitled to British War and Victory Medals.

BAIRD, Charles A. 1523. Private 2KEH. Commissioned Royal Dublin Fusiliers 30/01/1918. Prior service with 29th Battalion (Irish Horse), 131st (Irish Horse) Company, Imperial Yeomanry from 2/01/1902 as Private 38586, enlisted in Dublin and discharged at Aldershot on 28/10/1902. Awarded Queen's South Africa Medal with Cape Colony and South Africa 1902 clasps. Born in 1881 the son of William Baird. Entitled to 1914/15 Star trio.

BALDOCK, Hugh. 1275. Private 2KEH. Entered France 4/05/1915. Commissioned Second Lieutenant Essex Regiment 29/01/1918. Applied for 1914/15 Star trio from Grosvenor Crescent, London.

BALDWIN, Cornelius. 1648. Private 2KEH. Entered France 14/07/1915. Transferred as Private Labour Corp 230751. Discharged 3/03/1919. Born in 1895 and resided in Cork, Ireland post-war. Entitled to 1914/15 Star trio named to Labour Corps.

BANTA, Frederick Bartholf. 1774 Private 2KEH. Enlisted 27/08/1915. Transferred as Private (Gunner) Tank Corps 112239. Discharged 14/02/1918 due to sickness. Awarded Silver War Badge 320,927. Born in 1883 and lived in the US pre and post-war. Entitled to British War and Victory Medals.

BARDELL, Arthur George. 1732 Private 2KEH. Transferred as Private, 85700 in the 20th Battalion, King's Liverpool Regiment and then as Private, 302884 in the Tank Corps 302884. Entitled to British War and Victory Medals named to the Tank Corps.

BARNWELL, Alfred Charles. 1545. Private. Entered France 2/07/1915. Transferred as Private 11th Battalion, Tank Corp 302817 then Lance Corporal, 10th Battalion, Northumberland Fusiliers 39905 and Lance Corporal, 2nd Battalion, Lancashire Fusiliers 40536. Is likely to have been born 20/09/1869 in Wilton, Wiltshire, England and died 26/02/1933 in Islington, Greater London, England as was a stationary engine driver in 1911 census and would fit with transfer to Tank Corps. Entitled to 1914/15 Star trio.

BARRETT, John. 1522. Private. Entered France 4/05/1915. Driver Royal Field Artillery 261135, Royal Naval Reserve 7243 Training Ship with rank of Trimmer. 1914/15 Star trio issued by Royal Navy.

BARRON, George H. 1066. Lieutenant G. H. Barron, South Nottinghamshire Hussars, late 2nd King Edward’s Horse (not 1st KEH as in medal auction listing but correct on 2KEH Nominal Roll) and Imperial Yeomanry. Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 2 clasps, Cape Colony, Orange Free State (4323 Pte., 33rd Coy., 11th Imp. Yeo.); King’s South Africa 1901-02, 2 clasps, South Africa 1901, South Africa 1902 (966 Cpl., C.P. Dist. 2); 1914-15 Star (1066 Pte., K. Edw. H.); British War and Victory Medals (Lieut.). George Harrison Barron was born in the Parish of St. Martins-in-the-Fields, London and attested for the Imperial Yeomanry on 8 January 1900, aged 27 years. He served with the 33rd (Royal East Kent) Company, 11th Battalion Imperial Yeomanry in South Africa between 28 January and 27 November 1900 when he was invalided. In the latter years of the war he served with the Cape Mounted Police and during 1903-04 was Acting Chief Constable of Phillipstown, in South Africa. He attested for the 2KEH on 22/09/1914, entered France 5/05/1915 and on 7/02/1916 was commissioned into the 3rd/1st South Nottinghamshire Hussars. Medals sold at auction by Dix Noonan Webb, UK in Sep 2003.

BARTELLE, James. 1296. Private. Enlisted 21/12/1914 and entered France 4/05/1915. Discharged 23/10/1916 due to wounds. Awarded Silver War Badge 209,565 and 1914/15 Star trio.

BARTLETT, John Royston. 1674. Private. Entered France 14/07/1915. Commissioned as a Second Lieutenant, 3rd Battalion, Border Regiment 29/02/1917 later a Lieutenant in the Royal Air Force. Entitled to 1914/15 Star trio. Awarded Military Cross with 2nd Battalion, Border Regiment in France in 1917. During the Second World War he was a Squadron Leader of the 72nd Squadron of the Air Training Corps. His son Gordon Bartlett, was killed over Holland on service with the Royal Australian Air Force. John was born 18/08/1891 in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia and died NOV 1950 in Hobart, Tasmania, Australia. Portrait photograph from the (Sydney) Daily Telegraph 5/09/1917 in 2KEH uniform. 

BARUGH, William Garnett. 1337. Private 2KEH. Entered France 5/05/1915. Commissioned as a Second Lieutenant 19th Machine Gun Corps 26/10/1917. Born DEC 1882 in Stockton, Durham, England and died 30/04/1954 in Buenos Aires, Argentina. Entitled to 1914/15 Star trio.

BASSETT, Alfred Peter. 54. Private 2KEH. Enlisted 25/08/1914, entered France 4/05/1915 and discharged 14/09/1916 due to wounds. Awarded Silver War Badge 65184. Entitled to 1914/15 Star trio.

BASSIL, James F. 1657. Private 2KEH. Entered France 27/09/1915. Transferred as Private D/32103, Corps of Dragoons. Discharged 6/11/1919. Entitled to 1914/5 Star trio.

BATTYE, Francis Montague. 1370. Private 2KEH. Enlisted 30/12/1914 and entered France 5/05/1915. Discharged 16/06/1916 due to wounds. Returned to Australia and featured in an article in The Age, a Melbourne newspaper on 23/09/1916 about King Edward's Horse. The regiment was actually 2KEH as Battye is on its medal roll and he talks about being under General Seeley's command which 2KEH and not KEH were. He returned to Sydney wounded and states he was the first soldier to return from 2KEH to Australia. Awarded Silver War Badge 47,680. He states that his family is one of fighting traditions in India (his Father Albert Battye?) and that he has two brothers on active service in France. Born 31/10/1884 in Bingara, New South Wales, Australia and died 29/08/1954 in Manly, New South Wales, Australia. Applied for 1914/15 Star Trio from a rubber estate in Federated Malay Estates. His brothers are possibly Tom Littlewood Battye and Albert Wilkinson Battye. Sergeant Albert Wilkinson BATTYE Military Medal, 3020 was born at Encounter Bay on 24/06/1889, the third of six children of Albert Battye (born 1852 in Yorkshire, England) and Ruth Battye (nee Battye, born 1858 at Waitpinga, South Australia). Enlisted: 24/07/1915, Melbourne, Victoria and was a Sergeant in the 8th Infantry Battalion. He lived in Victor Harbor, Fleurieu Peninsula, South Australia. Awarded Military Medal 28/09/1917. Died of wounds in Belgium on 5/10/1917 aged 28 years and is buried in Lijssenthoek Military Cemetery. Tom Battye, 677 was a Driver, 32nd Australian Infantry Battalion, Mention in Despatches 9/10/1918. Francis Battye had traveled in New Guinea, Java, Malaya Peninsula and Egypt prior to enlistment. He was discharged as a result of his wound 16/06/1916 and so would have been entitled to a Silver War Badge and a WW1 medal trio. Portrait photograph in 2KEH uniform from Discovering the ANZACS but mis-identified (note correction comment on website).  Likely to be a pal of Frank Mitchell, MM 2KEH as they both spent time in Malaya and although travelled to England to enlist separately their regimental numbers are only 32 apart.  Information courtesy of Ray Mitchell. 

BAYNES, Robert A. 1813. Private 2KEH. Discharged 12/03/1919. No record of transfer to another regiment in Aug 1917 upon disbandment but presume Tank Corps. Entitled to British War and Victory Medals.

BEALL,  Leonard Grierson. 87.  Private 2KEH.  Entered France 4/05/1915. Transferred to KEH as Private 2045. Discharged 24/02/1919. Born in 1876 in Billericay, Essex, England, Father William Grierson Beall 1842-1915 and mother Mary Annie Lucas 1846 - .  A brother Lawrence L. Beall 1878 –  and a sister Janet Mary Beall (1884–1931). Prior service with Cape Mounted Rifles and awarded Queen's South Africa medal with Cape Colony clasp. Awarded 1914/15 Star trio. Photographs of medals courtesy of Rory Reynolds.

BEARDON, Joseph Dudley. 1251. Private 2KEH. Entered France 5/05/1915. Transferred as a Private Labour Corps 329908. Discharged 4/02/1918. Entitled to 1914/15 Star trio.

BEAUMONT, Frank Vans. 986. Private 2KEH. Entered France 4/05/1915. Commissioned Royal Flying Corps 18/01/1916 as a Second Lieutenant then Lieutenant. Applied for 1914/15 Star trio from Henlow, Bedfordshire.

BELGRAVE, Donald Carlisle. 76098. Private 2KEH. Left Trinidad for UK with 7th Caribbean Merchant and Planters Contingent. Enlisted 2/08/1917 1st Hussars then transferred to Duke of Lancaster's Own Yeomanry 32111 on 18/04/1919 then the Sherwood Rangers. Discharged 26/12/1919. Born on 7/07/1896 in Georgetown, British Guiana and died in New York, USA on 8/11/1947. Granted an Army pension as a result of contracting malaria during military service in Egypt. Awarded Silver War Badge 454,860.

BELL, Erwin. 1537. Private 2KEH. Entered France 18/08/1915. Discharged as a Minor American Citizen. Entitled to 1914/15 Star trio.

BELL, Harold Cecil Alexander. 1389 Private 2KEH. Entered France 5/05/1915. Commissioned as a Second Lieutenant, Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders attached to the London Regiment 28/08/1917. Applied for 1914/15 Star trio named to Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders from Peace River, Alberta, Canada.

BELTON, Andrew. Private. 2KEH. Born 17/04/1882 and died in 1970). He was a British Army officer and veteran of campaigns in South Africa and Morocco. He was an early exponent of the use of aircraft for military purposes, enrolling at the Chicago School of Aviation in April, 1911. Following the deaths of two of his brothers during the Second Boer War, and though under age, Belton enlisted and saw service in Africa. On his return to England, he became aware of the developing military dispute in Morocco, subsequently known as the First Moroccan Crisis. Having apparently resigned his military commission, he assisted Abdelhafid, Caliph of Marrakesh pretender to the sultanate, in overthrowing his brother Abdelaziz, then sultan of Morocco, in a coup d'état known as the Hafidiya. This is how Belton acquired the title 'Kaid', or Commander. During the Spanish Civil War, he was arrested in Seville having crossed the border from Gibraltar. He was instrumental in establishing the Independent Overseas Command of the Legion of Frontiersmen in Africa. His et of miniature medals was sold at auction in South Africa after his death: Listed as follows: The Order of the Medjidieh; The order of the Osmanieh; Queen’s South Africa Medal (3rd type reverse) (Transvaal, Orange Free State & Cape Colony clasps); King’s South Africa Medal (South Africa 1901 & 1902 clasp); 1902 Coronation Medal; Natal Rebellion Medal (1906 clasp); 1914-15 Star; British Empire Medal; Victory Medal 1914-20 and British War Medal 1914-20. Photograph of the Legion of Frontiersman badge he adopted styled on that of the 2KEH plus portrait and medals he was awarded.  A thoroughly interesting personal life and service career with much more detail to be added in the future courtesy of his biographer Squadron Leader Howard Toon.

BENNET, Charles. 1240. Private. Entered France 4/05/1915. Discharged 15/02/1919. Entitled to 1914/15 Star trio.

BENTLEY, Alfred Harry. 1166 Serjeant. Entered France 6/05/1915. Commissioned Second Lieutenant Essex Regiment 26/01/1918 later Lieutenant Royal Air Force. 1914/15 Star trio applied for from Great Wakering, Essex, England.

BENTLEY, Richard William. 1443. Private. Enlisted 30/03/1915, entered France 5/05/1915 and discharged 29/05/1916 due to sickness. Awarded Silver War Badge 65157 and served overseas. Entitled to 1914/15 Star trio.

BENWELL, Arthur Christopher. 1304. Private. 2KEH. Entered France 5/05/1915. Transferred as a Private, Durham Light Infantry 101546. Entitled to 1914/15 Star trio.

BERRILL, Ralph. Second Lieutenant 2KEH. Commissioned as a Second Lieutenant, Worcestershire Regiment. Transferred as a Captain, Labour Corps. Applied for British War and Victory Medals from Oak Bay, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.

BERTRAND, Walter Randolph. 1398. Private 2KEH. Enlisted 20/01/1915 at Hampton Court. Entered France 4/05/1915. Private (Gunner) Tank Corps 112244. Discharged 9/02/1919. Four years prior service with Grenada Volunteer Corps. Born in 1882 in Grenada, British West Indies. His brother Lieutenant Lancelot Joseph Bertrand (1892–1917) was KIA on 15/08/1917 at Hill 70 with the 7th Battalion, Canadian Infantry (British Columbia Regiment). Walter was entitled to 1914/15 Star trio named to Tank Corps.

BEYNON, Alexander William. 1803. Private 2KEH. Transferred as Private, 1st/4th Battalion, Northumberland Fusiliers 61214 then Private, 11th Battalion, Tank Corps 302800. KIA 27/08/1918 aged 30. Buried in FEUCHY CHAPEL BRITISH CEMETERY, WANCOURT, Pas de Calais, France. Son of Mrs. Clara Beynon, of 88, St. George's Street, Durban, South Africa; husband of Florence Blow (formerly Beynon), of  Yrbury Road, Tufnell Park, London. Commemoration stone in Durban (West Street) Cemetery. Entitled to British War and Victory medals. Alias Alexander William Wyatt. Photograph of headstone shown courtesy of the South African War Graves Organisation.

BILL, Kenneth. 1450. Private 2KEH. Enlisted in Liverpool. Entered France 14/07/1915. Transferred as Private 61204 Northumberland Fusiliers then 11th Battalion, Tank Corps as Private 302784. KIA 18/04/1918 aged 24 by shellfire whilst a member of a Lewis Gun team. Buried in BROWN'S ROAD MILITARY CEMETERY, FESTUBERT, France. Returned from Argentina in May 1915 to enlist. Born in Swansea, Glamorgan, Wales the son of Ronald Edward and Eugenie Bill of Ealing, London. Awarded 1914/15 Star trio with his Victory Medal held in a private collection in the UK. Elder brother Captain John Francis Bill, 1st Battalion, South Wales Borderers KIA 28/03/1918 at Aubers Ridge, France. Died of wounds received near Neuve Église, 28/03/1915. Obituary in the 'Radleian' of 23/06/1915.

BINGLEY, Alfred. 1726. Private 2KEH. Enlisted 14/07/1915 and discharged 22/06/1917. Awarded Silver War Badge 253417 and served overseas. Born 1888.

BIRCH, Thomas Newbery. 650. Private 2KEH. Enlisted 26/08/1914 and discharged 10/02/1915 due to sickness. Awarded Silver War Badge 433579 and did not serve overseas. Born Sep 1878 in Thame, Oxfordshire, England. Prior service Kimberley Light Horse, time expired. Died 2/11/1925 in Tintagel, Cornwall.

BIRD, Frank. 1683. Private 2KEH. Entered France 14/10/1915. Transferred to Tank Corps as Corporal 302987. Entitled to 1914/15 Star trio.

BISPHAM, Frederick. 1214. Serjeant 2KEH. Transferred as Serjeant, 10th Battalion, Northumberland Fusiliers 39884 then Serjeant, 2nd Battalion, Lancashire Fusiliers 40532 then Serjeant, 7th then 11th Battalion, Tank Corps 302909. Wounded in action 8/10/1918. Discharged 28/03/1919. Born in 1893 in Salford, Manchester, Lancashire and died 17/12/1953 in Blackpool, Lancashire, England and resided in Oldham, Manchester. Returned from working in Canada to enlist. Entitled to British War and Victory Medals named to Tank Corps.

BLACK, Ernest Charteris. 722. Private 2KEH. Enlisted Aug 1914 and entered France 24/09/1915. Commissioned as a Second Lieutenant, 9th Battalion, Royal Scots Fusiliers (RSF) KIA 22/11/1915 as a result of shellfire while attached to 7th Battalion, RSF. Buried in VERMELLES BRITISH CEMETERY, France. Born on 10/10/1885 the son of James Buyers and Jessie Charteris Black of The Park, Nottingham, and later Florentine Gardens, Glasgow. Educated at Nottingham High School. His two brothers who also served were Lieutenant Colin Charteris Black, Queen's Own Royal Glasgow Yeomanry and Second Lieutenant Howard Charteris Black, Highland Light Infantry and Royal Air Force (born Nottingham 15/08/1897). Ernest's father J.B. Black applied for his 1914/15 Star trio. Civilian portrait shown in “The Sphere” newspaper of Saturday 1 January 1916, page 29 (Image © Illustrated London News Group. Image created courtesy of THE BRITISH LIBRARY BOARD.)

BLACKMAN, Harold. 1249. Private 2KEH. Commissioned Second Lieutenant Northumberland Yeomanry 13/12/1917. Temporary Lieutenant Royal Engineers

BLAKE, Guy Philip. 1747. Corporal 2KEH. Commissioned 6th Battalion East Kent Regiment 19/03/1916. Second Lieutenant Royal Air Force. Australian who is noted in 'The Torch-Bearer, The Magazine of the Sydney Church of England Grammar School' in December 1915 as having been beaten by only three points for first place in the Regimental shooting. He was noted as having trained in Ireland and had gone to Flanders.

BLAKELEY, Leighton Hubert. 1575. Private 2KEH. Enlisted 23/06/1915, entered France 18/08/1915 and discharged 26/03/1918. Born in Jan 1890 in Tong, Yorkshire, England and died in Mar 1955 in Wakefield, Yorkshire. Mentioned in Despatches. Awarded 1914/15 Star trio with Silver War Badge 347130.

BLIGH, Leslie Richard. 1897. Private 2KEH. Transferred as Private 12th/13th Battalion, Northumberland Fusiliers 40117 then Private, Tank Corps 302862. Entitled to British War and Victory Medals.

BLUNN, Gordon J. 1969. Private 2KEH. Transferred as Private, Liverpool Regiment 857222. Entitled to British War and Victory Medals.

BOARD, Albert Edward. 425. Serjeant 2KEH. Entered France 3/06/1915. Transferred to Labour Corps as Serjeant 585366. Discharged 29/07/1919. Entitled to 1914/15 Star trio.

BODDY, Osbert Harold. 812. Acting Serjeant 2KEH. Enlisted 25/08/1914 at White City, London and entered France 4/05/1915. Wounded 29/06/1916. Discharged 15/03/1917. Awarded Silver War Badge 172345 due to wounds. Born 1879 near Westhampton, Staffordshire, England. Prior service in the South Staffordshire Yeomanry, time expired. Entitled to 1914/15 Star trio.

BORNS, Frank Fairfield. 1336. Private 2KEH. Lance Corporal Lancashire Fusiliers 40533. Entered France 5/05/1915. KIA 9/10/1917 with the 2nd Battalion Lancashire Fusiliers. Born in Wimbledon, Surrey in 1888 and enlisted in KEH at Hampton Court, London. Son of George Maximilian Borns and Marion Ewer Thomas. Commemorated on the Tyne Cot Memorial and on a plaque (see following photograph courtesy of the Imperial War Museum) in ST MARTINS CHURCH, Ruislip, Hillingdon, Greater London with the following inscription "THIS FLAG IS PLACED HERE/ IN MEMORY OF/ LANCE-CORPORAL FRANK FAIRFIELD BORNS/ 2ND KING EDWARDS HORSE/ KILLED IN ACTION/ WITH THE LANCASHIRE FUSILIERS/ IN FLANDERS, OCTOBER 9TH 1917./ R I P". Awarded 1914/15 Star trio named to Lancashire Fusiliers. Star returned and re-issued in 1922 and disposed of in 1923.

BORROW, Edward. Private 2KEH. Commissioned 13th Battalion, Durham Light Infantry (DLI). Entered France 25/08/1915. Temporary Major in March 1917 and wounded at 3rd Battle of Ypres. Awarded the Distinguished Service Order in Nov 1917 (Gazetted 22/03/1918) and Mentioned in Despatches three times. Served in Italy in 1918 and appointed to the General Staff in April 1919. Retired in December 1920. Awarded the Silver Medal for Valour by the Italian Government. 1914/15 Medal Trio named to 13th Battalion, DLI. Prior service in the Imperial Yeomanry and awarded the Queen's South Africa (1899-02) Medal with clasps: CAPE COLONY, SOUTH AFRICA 1901, SOUTH AFRICA 1902 and TRANSVAAL (1900-02) to 2323 LCE CPL E. BORROW. 69TH COY IMPERIAL YEOMANRY. Born in 1879 and died on 26/12/1960. His only son, Captain George Borrow MC, was Aide de Camp to Major General Orde Wingate, commander of the Chindits, and was killed with him in India in March 1944 in a plane crash. Major Borrow's medals are held by the DLI Museum. Portrait photograph shown. 

BOOTH, Sydney G. 738. Corporal 2KEH. Entered France 4/05/1915. Wounded in 1915. Commissioned Labour Corps 18/08/1917. Son of Mr C. Booth of Cheriton, Kent, England. Portrait photograph from the 'Folkestone, Hythe, Sandgate & Cheriton Herald' newspaper - 18/09/1915. Entitled to 1914/15 Star trio.

BOUCHER, Henry. 74. Serjeant 2KEH. Entered France 4/05/1915 and discharged 7/11/1917. Entitled to 1914/15 Star trio.

BOUCHER, Montague George. 1158. Private 2KEH. Entered France 4/05/1915. Transferred as Private 12th/13th Battalion, Northumberland Fusiliers then Lance Corporal, 'A' Company, 11th Battalion.Tank Corps 302859. KIA 23/08/1918. Born in Bridport, Dorset on 1/11/1888. Montague was killed in action along the Amiens/Arras front during the Second Battles of the Somme. Son of Sidney & Lily Boucher, of The Coach and Horses Hotel. Montague was a native of West Bay, Bridport. He is buried in Bucquoy Road Cemetery, Ficheux, France. Commemorated on the CHARMOUTH WAR MEMORIAL as per accompanying photograph. He was awarded a 1914-15 Star trio.

BOWE, Henry. 120. Private 2KEH. Entered France 4/05/1915. Transferred as Private, 18th Battalion, Lancashire Fusiliers 45443. Entitled to 1914/15 Star trio.

BOWYER, William George. 1664. Private 2KEH. Enlisted 7/07/1915 at Hampton Court, London. Transferred as Private, 61178, 4th Battalion, Northumberland Fusiliers then Private, 302789, 11th Battalion, Tank Corps. Born in 1896. Entitled to 1914/15 Star trio.

BOYD, Francis Abercrombie Steggal. Private 2KEH. Transferred as a Rifleman Rifle Brigade, 7th Battalion. KIA at Baupaume, France 10th March 1917 (age 19). Born in 1898 and lived in Zarate, Argentina. Only son of James Gammie Boyd and Frances M. C. Steggall of Buenos Aires, and Highgate, London. Commemorated on the Holt Memorial in Ibicuy, Entre Rios, Argentina. Portrait photograph in the uniform of the 2KEH.

BOYLETT, Herbert Isaac. 1630. Private 2KEH. Enlisted at Hampton Court on 22/05/1915 and entered France Jul 1915. Transferred as Corporal 4th Battalion, Northumberland Fusiliers 39960; Corporal 2nd Battalion, Lancashire Fusiliers 40540 then Corporal, 11th Battalion, Tank Corps 302804. Discharged 2/05/1919. Born in 1888 in East Molesey, Surrey. Brother Private William Boylett, 18554, 1st Battalion, Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry KIA 4/10/1917 and name commemorated on the Tyne Cot Memorial, Belgium. Herbert was awarded 1914/15 Star trio.

BOXALL, Alfred Charles. 1081. Private 2KEH. Enlisted 5/10/1914 and discharged due to age on 28/05/1915 and did not serve overseas. Awarded Silver War Badge 113,731. Lived at George Green, Langley, Bucks on discharge.

BOXALL, Herbert Stanley. 2070. Private 2KEH. Transferred as Private, 12th/13th Battalion, Northumberland Fusiliers 61178 then Private, 2nd Dragoon Guards D-21018 then Private, Corps of Dragoons D/21018. Discharged 22/02/1919. Born 10/08/1894 in Lomas de Zamora, Buenos Aires, Argentina. Entitled to British War and Victory Medals.

BRADSHAW, Arthur. 1228. Private 2KEH. Entered France 5/05/1915. Transferred as Private Labour Corp 421715. Discharged 21/02/1919. Entitled to 1914/15 Star trio.

BRADSHAW, William J. 1975. Serjeant 2KEH. Attached King's African Rifles. Entitled to British War and Victory Medals.

BRAGG, Arthur C. 48. Private 2KEH. Entered France 4/05/1915. Discharged 27/07/1916. Entitled to 1914/15 Star trio and Silver War Badge (wounded?).

BRAMBLEBY, Percy M. 81. Staff Quarter Master Serjeant (Warrant Officer Class 2). Entered France 4/05/1915. Warrant Officer Class 2. Commissioned RFC 24/01/1917. Requested 1914/15 Star trio from an address in Solway Road, East Dulwich, London, England.

BRANDON, Lionel. 797. Private 2KEH. Entered France 5/05/1915 Commissioned Second Lieutenant 13/08/1915 and then Captain Royal Army Service Corps. Entitled to 1914/15 Star trio and applied for medals from an address in Graham Street, Eaton Square, South West London.

BRAY, Alexander Frederick. 1829. Private 2KEH. Transferred as Private, 10th Battalion, Northumberland Fusiliers 61175. Entitled to British War and Victory Medals.

BREWSTER, Francis James. 1442. Private 2KEH. Postcard of portrait dated 2/07/1915. Transferred to 1/4th Battalion Northumberland Fusiliers and then 11th Battalion, Tank Corps 302788. From Bournemouth, England and billeted at Staunton Road, Kingston-upon Thames. Arrived in France 5/07/1915. Initially posted as Presumed Dead and confirmed KIA 25/08/1918. Commemorated on the VIS-EN-ARTOIS MEMORIAL, France. Entitled to 1914/15 Star trio.

BREWSTER, John A. 25. Private 2KEH. Entered France 4/09/1915. Transferred to KEH as Private 2111. Discharged 23/05/1919. Entitled to 1914/15 Star trio.

BRIDGES, William. 643. Private 2KEH. Discharged 23/02/1919. Entitled to 1914/15 Star trio.

BRINSDEN, Horace W. 1841. Private 2KEH. Transferred as Private 7th Battalion Rifle Brigade B/200737. British War and Victory Medals named to Rifle Brigade. Discharged 20/04/1919.

BRISCO, Richard Brown. 1075. Warrant Officer Class 2 2KEH. Entered France 4/05/1915. Commissioned 172nd Tunnelling Company, Royal Engineers 17/09/1915. KIA 9/04/1917 aged 39.He was killed by a shell while on his way to make a report to Brigade. Son of Richard Brisco, of Wreay, Cumberland. Buried in ECOIVRES MILITARY CEMETERY, MONT-ST. ELOI, France. 1914/15 Star trio claimed by his eldest sister Mrs Stubbs, Great Missenden, Buckinghamshire.

BRISTOL, Samuel Stewart. 1324. Serjeant 2KEH. Entered France 5/05/1915. Transferred as Serjeant, 29th Battalion, Durham Light Infantry 10165. Prior service as Corporal, 16107, 20th Battalion, Imperial Yeomanry (Rough Riders) in the Boer War and awarded Queen's South Africa Medal with South Africa 1901 clasp. Born 29/12/1878 and resided in Surrey. Entitled to 1914/15 Star trio.

BRISTOW, Wilfred Holditch. 1135. Private 2KEH. Disembarked 1/05/1915. Transferred to Private 2049 KEH. Died of Wounds 30/10/17 aged 33. Son of Henry Barnes Bristow (former British Consul in China) and Kathleen Sara Bristow (nee Holditch) of The Chantry House, Steyning, Sussex. Born in King's Lynn Norfolk, UK and lived in Canada as a farmer pre-war. Buried in DOZINGHEM MILITARY CEMETERY, BELGIUM. Photograph of Casualty letter to family shown under corresponding Bristow entry in the KEH Nominal Roll and photograph of his gravestone available online. Name commemorated on the Canadian On-line War Memorial, Bedford School Memorial Panel and Steyning War Memorial, St. Andrew's Church, Surrey.

BROADWOOD, Stewart Henry Tschudi. Second Lieutenant 2KEH. Transferred to the 2nd Scots Guards, 1915 (With thanks to Tom from the Great War Forum).

BROCK, Oliver, W. 1624. Private 2KEH. Entered France 5/07/1915. Discharged 9/06/1919. On Nigeria WAFF Egba Expedition Medal Roll and issued 1914/15 Star trio and the Africa General Service Medal with 2 clasps Nigeria and 1918 in 1926.

BROCKMAN, Keith Cooper. 1316. Private 2KEH. Entered France 2/07/1915. Wounded whilst in the trenches at St. Jan-Cappel near Baillieul in the Ypres sector 25/11/1915. Private, Tank Corps 112090, commissioned Second Lieutenant, King's Own Royal Lancaster Regiment 30/04/1918. Attached Royal Air Force 7/11/1918. After the war he worked in Spanish Guinea and became Vice Consul at Fernando Po. Photograph(s) of his 1914/15 Star trio, 2KEH shoulder title and King's Own Royal Lancaster identity bracelet and biographical details courtesy of Owen Dobson.

BROOKE, Charles. Lieutenant Oct 1914 formerly Lieutenant Colonel 2/1st Yorkshire Dragoons.

BROOKE, John Warwick. 606. Serjeant 2KEH. Born 30/05/1886 in London and died 1929 at Uxbridge aged 42. Joined Royal Navy 1901. Press photographer with Topical Press Agency. Enlisted 1915, arrived in France as a Serjeant 5/05/1915 and commissioned as Second Lieutenant in the Intelligence Corps 2/07/1916. Awarded the Distinguished Conduct Medal 14/01/1916 for conspicuous bravery and resource. "Our communications were repeatedly cut by the heavy shell fire, and most of the linesmen were killed or wounded. Serjeant Brooke continued to repair the wires regardless of personal danger, and it was owing to his courageous action that communication was maintained at a most critical time" (London and Edinburgh Gazette 1/04/1916). Became the second British official war photographer. Awarded OBE 2/11/1920. Joined the Auxiliary Division Royal Irish Constabulary (ADRIC) 4/05/1921 and discharged in 1922 with the rank of Captain. Photograph in 2KEH uniform.

BROOKER Jack. 1365. Wing Commander 2 KEH. Wing Commander J. Brooker, Royal Air Force, late Royal Flying Corps (RFC), Welsh Regiment and King Edward´s Horse 1914-15 Star (1365 Pte. J. Brooker, K. Edw. H.); British War and Victory Medals (Lieut. J. Brooker. RFC); Defence Medal; War Medal, M.I.D. Oakleaf. Medals addressed to recipient at The Brewers Arms, Sinderby, Thirsk, Yorkshire. M.I.D. London Gazette 1/01/1946 Wing Commander J. Brooker (73568), R.A.F.V.R. Wing Commander Jack Brooker, born Argentina, 1891; enlisted as a Trooper 2KEH, January 1915; served with the regiment on the Western Front, from 4/05/1915; commissioned Second Lieutenant, 10th Battalion, Welsh Regiment, Jan 1916; promoted Lieutenant before transferring to the Royal Flying Corps, 23/10/1916; Temporary Flying Officer (Observer), 2/02/1917; postings included to a number of Training Squadrons between February - December 1917, before being posted as a Ferry Pilot to No. 2 (N) Aircraft Repair Depot, Sheffield, 16/08/1918; discharged 31/01/1919; re-engaged as a Flying Officer for service during the Second War and was employed for Operations Room Duties, including Control, at Abbotsinch, Dyce, Shetlands and Lough Erne Stations, between August 1939 - March 1941; served in the Operations Room, H.Q. Iceland, 21/08/1941-19/11/1942 and in the same capacity with H.Q. Coastal Command, from the end of November 1942 - June 1945; advanced Wing Commander 21/08/1941; retired 10/02/1954. Photograph of his medal group shown.

BROOM, Francis Hubert. 831. Private 2KEH. Entered France 4/05/1915. Temporarily attached to the 93rd Company, Machine Gun Corps from 28/07/1916 and saw action at Neuve Chapelle. Commissioned as a Second Lieutenant, Machine Gun Corps 22844 on 28/11/1917. Likely to be in the Frank Vans Agnew photograph of 2KEH draft to the MGC taken 21/06/1916. Applied for 1914/15 Star trio from Shamua, Southern Rhodesia.

BROOMAN, Ernest Peter. 1343. Private. Entered France 30/07/1915. Transferred as Private, 18th Battalion, Lancashire Fusiliers 45448. Born in 1881 in Margate, Kent, England. Prior service with the 36th (West Kent) Company, 9th Battalion, Imperial Yeomanry as Private 40179 from 13/01/1902 to 12/01/1903 in South Africa. Had served with 1st Cadet Battalion, East Kent Regiment. KIA 22/10/1917. Commemorated on the Tyne Cot Memorial, France. Entitled to 1914/15 Star trio.

BROWN, Albert Thomas. 1435. Private 2KEH. Entered France 14/07/1915. Transferred as Private Labour Corp 421716. Discharged 12/04/1919. Entitled to 1914/15 Star trio.

BROWN, Arthur Edwin Hollinsworth. 1761. Private 2KEH. Enlisted Burton-on-Trent, London. Entered France 14/10/1915. Seriously wounded whilst in the trenches at St. Jan-Cappel near Baillieul in the Ypres sector 25/11/1915 and subsequently DoW 1/12/1915. Buried at BAILLEUL COMMUNAL CEMETERY EXTENSION, NORD, France.

BROWN, Charles Bradshaw (Cecil). 1718. Private 2KEH. Enlisted 8/07/1915 and entered France 14/10/1915. Transferred as Private, 12th Battalion, Tank Corps 112224 on 7/08/1917. WIA 31/08/1918. Awarded the Military Medal (London Gazette 13/03/1919. Discharged 31/03/1920. Born on 1/08/1892 and resided in Belfast and then emigrated to Montreal, Canada from where he returned to enlist. Died in Jan 1990 in Montreal. Entitled to 1914/15 Star trio.

BROWN, Herbert Cavis. 1341. Private 2KEH. Born in Stratford-on-Avon, England in Jan 1884 and enlisted Hampton Court, London. Entered France 5/05/1915 and KIA 25/05/1915 aged 31 at the Battle of Festubert. Son of William and Mary Brown, of Stratford-on-Avon. Commemorated on Le Touret Memorial, France. Awarded 1914/15 Star trio. 

BROWN, Peter Henry. 1227. Private 2KEH. Enlisted 10/08/1914 and entered France 5/05/1915. Transferred as Private 11th Battalion, Tank Corps 112018. Discharged in 1919. Born in Ufford, Woodbridge, Suffolk and married Eva Ward in April 1915. Entitled to 1914/15 Star trio named to Tank Corps.

BROWN, Thomas Christie. 1482. Private 2KEH. Transferred as Private, King's Liverpool Regiment (KLR) 85718. Entitled to British War and Victory Medals named to KLR.

BROWN, Y. Farrier Lance Corporal, Second Lieutenant 51st Middlesex Regiment

BRUNTON, Preston. 52. Enlisted White City, London. Entered France 5/05/1915. KIA 25/05/1915 aged 33 at the Battle of Festubert. Son of Fred S. and Mary Brunton of 29 Twickenham Road, Teddington, Middlesex; husband of the late Janet Taylor and born Richmond, Surrey. Commemorated on the Le Touret Memorial, France and the St. Neot War Memorial, Cornwall, UK (pictured). Entitled to 1914/15 Star trio.

BUCK, Charles William. 1352. Private 2KEH. Private KEH and then transferred to the Machine Gun Corps (Tank Corps) as Private, 300485. Enlisted 2/01/1915 and entered France 5/05/1915. Discharged 11/12/1918. Born in England in 1886 and died a war related illness 4/03/1920 in Alberta, Canada. Awarded Silver War Badge 320928 and 1914/15 Star trio. (Portrait photograph courtesy of South Peace 298.34 & Imperial War Museum).

BUCKLAND, James Andrew. 1840. Private 2KEH. Enlisted 22/11/1915. Transferred as Corporal, Military Mounted Police P/11922 on 12/07/1917. Discharged 12/09/1919. Born 29/06/1891 in Hackney, Greater London, London, Middlesex and died 14/11/1966 in Ipswich, Suffolk, England. Awarded British War and Victory Medals. Photograph shown in Military Mounted Police courtesy of Ancestry.

BUCKLEY, Charles. 1650. Private 2KEH. Entered France 14/11/1915. Transferred as Private Northumberland Fusiliers 61272. Deserted 9/11/1917. Entitled to 1914/15 Star trio.

BUCKLEY, Millard. 1142. Private 2KEH. Entered France 5/05/1915. Private, 13th Royal Scots. Commissioned as a Second Lieutenant, Labour Corps 18/05/1918. Applied for 1914/15 Star trio from Woodchurch, West Ashford, Kent.

BULL, Percy William. 1293. Private 2KEH. Enlisted 23/12/1914 and entered France 4/05/1915. Discharged 8/03/1916 due to sickness. Awarded Silver War Badge 233,961 and 1914/15 Star trio. Born in 1884 and lived in Hampstead Heath, London. Prior service with Middlesex Volunteer Battalion for two and a half years, time expired 1904. Died in Manitoba, Canada in 24/12/1952.

BULTEAU, Victor Horace. 1879. Private 2KEH. Transferred as Private,12/13th Battalion, Northumberland Fusiliers 39988. Born 21/04/1892 in Glebe, Sydney, New South Wales and died 16/08/1978 in War Veterans Home, Narrabeen, New South Wales, Australia. Entitled to British War and Victory Medals.

BURBIDGE, Arthur Henry. 40. Private 2KEH. Entered France 4/05/1915. Transferred as Private, 2nd Battalion, Lancashire Fusiliers 40543. Commissioned as a Second Lieutenant, 3rd Battalion, Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry. Born 20 /06/1893 in Chipping Norton, Oxfordshire, England and died there on 22/06/1928. Applied for 1914/15 Star trio from Oxford, England.

BURDETT, John, B. 80. Serjeant 2KEH. Entered France 4/05/1915. Commissioned 5th Battalion Royal Fusiliers 25/09/1916. Requested 1914/15 Star trio and Silver War Badge (wounded) from an address in Winn Road, Southampton, England.

BURKE, Michael L. 1001. Serjeant 2KEH. Entered France 4/05/1915. Commissioned as a Second Lieutenant 2KEH 1/10/1915. Entitled to 1914/15 Star trio.

BURKE, William John. 742 Private 2KEH. Entered France 4/05/1915. Transferred as Corporal, Northumberland Fusiliers 61170. Entitled to 1914/15 Star trio.

BURNETT, Horace Edgerton. 1000. Serjeant 2KEH. Private, Machine Gun Corps, 25253 and commissioned as a Second Lieutenant 27/11/1917. Applied for 1914/15 Star trio from Edgbaston, Birmingham.

BURROUGHS, John Reginald. 1509. Private 2KEH. Entered France 4/05/1915. Transferred as Corporal 10th Battalion, King's Liverpool Regiment 91422 then Corporal, 11th Battalion, Tank Corps 302775. Entitled to 1914/15 Star trio.

BURT, David. 960. Private. Entered France 4/05/1915. Commissioned Royal Flying Corps 25/07/1916. Entitled to 1914/15 Star trio. Applied for medals from an address in Newcastle, New South Wales, Australia.

BURTON, Archer R. 1054. Serjeant. Entered France 4/05/1915. Commissioned Royal Field Artillery 30/06/1918. Entitled to 1914/15 Star trio.

BURTON, Charles William Gordon. 1375. Private. Arrived France 2/10/1915. Commissioned 6th Battalion, Royal Fusiliers 26/06/1917. KIA 22/11/1917 while attached 2nd Battalion. Commemorated at CAMBRAI MEMORIAL, LOUVERVAL, France. J. Johnstone applied for his 1914/15 Star trio from Basinghall Street, East Central London.

BUTLER, . Second Lieutenant. Arrived Merris, France 28/06/1915 from Reserve Cavalry Regiments in England.

BYNOE, Clive Vickers. B/200735. Private 2KEH. Left Trinidad for UK 18/10/1915 with 1st Caribbean Merchant and Planters Contingent. Enlisted 8/12/1915 and claimed prior service with the Trinidad Light Horse. Entered France 29/11/1916, gassed and discharged medically unfit 31/05/1917. Repatriated 27/07/1917. Tried to re-enlist with 15th Contingent 20/03/1918 but rejected. Born in San Fernando, Trinidad in 1895.






CALLAGHAN, Charles. 1519. Private 2KEH. Transferred to Tanks Corps as Private, 302947 and entered France with them on 30/07/1915. Then transferred to the Northumberland Fusiliers as Private, 40118. Entitled to 1914/15 Star trio named to the Tank Corps.

CAMPBELL, James Charles. 1583. Private 2KEH. Entered France 4/07/1915. Transferred as Private, 13th Battalion, King's Liverpool Regiment 85698. KIA 13/12/1917. Unable to identify a memorial to him. Entitled to 1914/15 Star trio named to KLR.

CAMPBELL, Robert Bruce. 1794. Private 2KEH. Served with the Assam Valley Light Horse from 1897. Served 2nd KEH 1915-17 then Tank Corps as Private 112048. Commissioned Second Lieutenant, Labour Corps 1/2/1918 and then Indian Army. His 2KEH cap badge and shoulder title together with his British War Medal, Victory Medal and Volunteer Long Service Medal (India) are in the collection of the National Army Museum. Entitled to Silver War Badge.

CAPELL, Henry Addison Devereaux. 1977. Private 2KEH. Commissioned as a Second Lieutenant, Highland Light infantry then Lieutenant Labour Corps. Eligible for Silver War Badge 1/09/1919. Applied for British War and Victory Medals from London.

CAPPER, Alfred Isidore. 433. Private 2KEH. Having transferred as Private KEH then Acting Corporal, Northumberland Fusiliers 61202. Born in London named Alfred Isidore Friedlander and worked in South Africa. Changed his name to Alfred Isidore Capper by deed poll in November 1914 due to the Germanic overtone of his birth surname. He enlisted in the 2nd KEH in 1914 and went to France 2/07/1915. Alfred then appears in a 1916 photograph of a Hotchkiss machine gun team of King Edward's Horse (see Figure 22) which he must have been transferred or attached to. He was then transferred as an Acting Corporal to the Northumberland Fusiliers 61202. He didn't speak about much of his wartime experiences with his family but did re-call that he had been shot off his horse, been buried by the earth thrown up by a shell but had escaped unscathed and that he had fought dismounted. He married in 1930 and died in London in 1945. Entitled to 1914/15 Star trio. The family retains his 2KEH cap badge and portrait photographs which are shown on the following page courtesy of Robert Cruickshank (his grandson).

CAREY, Leonard Arthur. 1288. Private 2KEH. Entered France 4/05/1915. Commissioned 2nd Battalion, Devonshire Regiment 23/04/1916. KIA 1/07/1916 and commemorated on the Thiepval Memorial. Born in January 1892 in Finchley, Middlesex, England and lived in New York from 1909. Son of Ernest E. and May Carey; husband of Ethel Carey, of Grove House, Hadley, Barnet, Hertfordshire. His father applied for his late son's 1914/15 Star trio from Muswell Hill, London. Brother was Captain Mansel Ernest Carey, M.C. born 15/07/1895 and KIA 30/11/1917. Entered Keble College, Oxford in Michaelmas Term, 1914. B.A., 1917. Commenced service on 4/04/1917. Second Lieutenant, 4th Battalion, The Buffs (Royal East Kent Regiment), 1917; Captain, 1917. Served in France. Awarded the Military Cross in 1918: For conspicuous gallantry and devotion to duty. He led his platoon with the utmost skill, and his personal example was a great incentive to all ranks. Later, when his company commander became a casualty, he assumed command and led his company to its final objective, where his energy and powers of organisation in carrying out the consolidation were most marked. (‘Supplement to The London Gazette’, 22 April 1918), Missing, believed killed in action, 30 November 1917. Commemorated on the CAMBRAI MEMORIAL, LOUVERVAL.

CASTLE, Gordon. 2010. Private 2KEH. Transferred from 2KEH as Private 2010. Discharged 8/07/1919. Entitled to British War and Victory Medals.

CHALKIN, Herbert. 732. Private 2KEH. Entered France 4/05/1915. Transferred as Private, 36th Battalion, Northumberland Fusiliers 61254. Entitled to 1914/15 Star trio named to Northumberland Fusiliers.

CHANDLER, James William. 1221. Private. 2KEH. Entered France 5/05/1915. Transferred as a Private, Lancashire Fusiliers 40551. Applied for 1914/15 Star trio from Fulham, London.

CHARLES, Thomas. 77. Private 2KEH. Entered France 2/07/1915. Transferred as Corporal, Northumberland Fusiliers (NF) 61302. Entitled to 1914/15 Star trio with Star named to KEH and British War and Victory Medals named to NF.

CHAPMAN, Charles Thomas. 1181. Squadron Quartermaster Serjeant 2KEH. Transferred as Colour Serjeant, 11th Battalion, Tank Corps 302849 then Colour Serjeant 1st/4th Battalion, Northumberland Fusiliers 61295. Entitled to British War and Victory Medals.

CHENERY, Harold. 1608. Private 2KEH. Enlisted in Plymouth, England and entered France 30/07/1915. He died of a self-inflicted wound 3/11/1917 aged 24 at Moore Park Camp, Kilworth, County Cork, Ireland whilst attached to the 7th Officer Cadet Battalion. Correspondence from his Australian family to the Army regarding his place of burial indicate that his death by discharge of his rifle to his head was regarded as an accident. Harold was the son of Charles and Alice Chenery of the The Cedars, 24 Hillside Crescent, Launceston, Tasmania. He was born at Shoreham, Sussex and is buried in Kingston-UPON THAMES CEMETERY, Surrey, UK with his body being repatriated for burial in Surrey by his relatives. Remembered on the Commemorative Roll of the Australian War Memorial. 1914/15 Star trio to be disposed of at the request of the Canterbury Records Office.  

CHESTER, . 2046. Private. 3rd Troop, 2KEH.

CHIPPERFIELD, Edward. 1195. Private 2KEH. Enlisted 20/11/1914, entered France 5/05/1915 and discharged 1/12/1916 due to sickness. Awarded Silver War Badge 65,156 and entitled to 1914/15 Star trio.

CHRISTIE, James. 1436. Private 2KEH. Enlisted in Cleveland Square, London and entered France 5/05/1915. KIA 26/05/1915 aged 31 at the Battle of Festubert. Commemorated on Le Touret Memorial, France.  Born in Stanmore, Middlesex, England. Entitled to 1914/15 Star trio. Soldiers Effects record notes alias Wrigley Christopher James Oswald and war gratuity to Oswald Wrigley.

CHRYSTAL, John. 1919. Acting Corporal Royal Engineers 208117, Acting Corporal 2nd KEH, Second Lieutenant Royal Engineers.

CHUBB, William S. R. 1881. Private 2KEH. Saddler. Enlisted Plymouth, England. Born Plympton St. Mary, Devon and died 30/03/1918. Buried in LES BARAQUES MILITARY CEMETERY, SANGATTE, France.

CLACY, Walter Cleveland. 1213. Serjeant. Enlisted 24/11/1914, entered France 5/05/1915 and discharged 23/12/1918. Born in 1873 and lived in Welbeck, Worksop, Nottinghamshire. Granted a disability pension and died 8/09/1957. Entitled to 1914/15 Star trio.

CLAPHAM, Graham Windyer. 774. Corporal 2KEH. Entered France 4/05/1915. Commissioned Second Lieutenant 71st Royal Field Artillery 30/01/1916 aged 36. DoW 10/05/1917. Buried in Duisans British Cemetery, Etrun, France. Son of Lawrence Clapham and Mary Frederica Clapham. Born Thorney, Cambridgeshire, England. Entitled to 1914/15 Star trio.

CLAREY, John Charles Lee. 1788. Private 2KEH. Prior service in the British East Africa campaign potentially as a Private in the 12th/13th Battalion, Northumberland Fusiliers 40115. Private 2KEH and transferred as a Private to the 11th Battalion, Tank Corps 302868. Died of Wounds 1/04/1918 aged 24. Born in Bairnsdale, East Gippsland, Victoria, Australia the son of John King Clarey and Emma Beatrice Clarey of Fernbrook, Western Australia. Buried in Roclincourt Military Cemetery, Roclincourt, Arras, Nord Pas de Calais, France. Photograph of gravestone available online.

CLARK, Thomas. 2024. Private 2KEH. Transferred as a Private, 61179 with 2nd/4th Battalion, Northumberland Fusiliers and then Private, 302873 with the 11th Battalion, Tank Corps. British War and Victory Medals named to Tank Corps.

CLARKE, Alured C. 1695. Private 2KEH. Entered France 2/10/1915. Discharged 31/08/1916. Entitled to 1914/15 Star trio.

CLARKE, Stanley Radcliffe. 1855. Private 2KEH. From Trinidad with 1st Caribbean Merchant & Planters Contingent 18/10/1915. Service from 8/12/1915 and in France from 29/06/1916 with 2KEH then transferred as a Private, 61215 in the 4th Battalion Northumberland Fusiliers on 3/11/1917 then 7th Battalion, Northumberland Fusiliers on 14/11/1917 then Private, 302872 in the 11th Battalion, Tank Corps from 14/03/1918. Discharged 3/04/1919. Born in 1877 in Port of Spain, Trinidad. Entitled to British War and Victory Medals named to Tank Corps.

CLEARY, Arthur 616. Private 2KEH. Enlisted 28/8/1914 and entered France 8/07/1915. Transferred to Labour Corps as Private 233754. Discharged 7/03/1919. Entitled to 1914/15 Star trio named to Labour Corps.

CLELLAND, Daniel. 1333. Private 2KEH. Enlisted 29/12/1914 in Liverpool and entered France 5/05/1915. Transferred as Acting Lance Corporal, 1st/5th Battalion, Northumberland Fusiliers 61307 then Acting Lance Corporal, 11th Battalion, Tank Corps 302822 from 9/08/1917. Discharged 3/03/1919. Born 26/02/1896 in Dalry, Ayrshire, Scotland and died 20/11/1972 in Shrewsbury, Shropshire, England. Entitled to 1914/15 Star trio.

CLEWLON, R. D. Private 2KEH.

CLOUTT, Harry. 1899. Private 2KEH. Transferred as Private, 1/4th Battalion, Northumberland Fusiliers 61251. Entitled to British War and Victory Medals.

CLYNE, Joseph Vincent. 1469. Private 2KEH. Entered France 5/05/1915. Transferred to KEH as Private 2050, 'B' Squadron. Posted as Missing in Action at Vieille Chapelle but was taken prisoner of war and interred in Lindburg Camp. Discharged 5/04/1919. Born in 12/10/1886 in Longford Ireland, lived in Argentina, South America pre- and post-war and died in 1960. Name commemorated on the Kilkenny War Memorial, MacDonagh Station, Dublin Road, Kilkenny, Ireland. 1914/15 Star earned with 2nd KEH and British War and Victory Medals to KEH.

COATES, James Henry Smith. 2088. Serjeant. Resided in Cheltenham, Gloucester and enlisted in Dunkeld, Scotland on 9/09/1914 in 3rd Reserve Regiment of Scottish Horse as Private, 491. Entered France 22/04/1915 with KEH as Private, 751. Transferred to 2KEH on 30/01/1917 as Serjeant, 2088. Transferred back to Scottish Horse on 14/06/17 as Serjeant, 491. Transferred to KEH 14/01/1918 as Serjeant, 751 with 'B' Squadron. Missing at Defence of Vieille Chapelle 9/04/1918 and reported as a Prisoner of War. Returned to KEH 6/12/1918 and discharged 13/03/1919 as Serjeant, 151187. Awarded Silver War Badge 209311 and 1914/15 Star trio. Nine years prior service as a Serjeant, 3681 with the 1st King's Dragoon Guards having enlisted 10/10/1893 in Dublin and served in South Africa during the Boer War from 31/01/1899 to 30/08/1902. Awarded Queen's South Africa Medal with Cape Colony and South Africa 1901 clasp and King's South Africa Medal with South Africa 1902 clasp. Born in Bloxham, Oxford, England on 7/02/1873 and died in Nottingham on 8/02/1944. Medals in a private collection.

COATS, George. 116. Serjeant 2KEH. Entered France 5/05/1915. Transferred as Serjeant SR/45 Veterinary Corps. Entitled to 1914/15 Star trio named to Veterinary Corps.

COLE, John. 1539. Birth name John Jacobs. Private. Enlisted in Liverpool. KIA 13/12/1916. Served as John Cole. Born in Surrey, England. Buried at ST. SEVER CEMETERY, ROUEN, Seine-Maritime, France. Entitled to British War and Victory Medals.
  
COLLING, John. 1808. Private. (Shoeing Smith) 2KEH. Entered France 1/09/1915. Transferred as Private, 2nd Battalion, Lancashire Fusiliers 40546 then Private, Northumberland Fusiliers then commissioned as a Second Lieutenant, Tank Corps on 15/02/1919 before being transferred to Royal Air Force. Born 1/05/1884 in New Zealand and died 10/11/1959 in Cromwell, Otago, New Zealand. Applied for 1914/15 Star trio.

COLLINGWOOD, Alan R. G. 1984. Private. Discharged 22/04/1919. Applied for British War and Victory Medals from Long Island, USA.

COLLINS, Patrick F. 1556. Private. Deserted 3/09/1916 but had enlisted as Private 3569 in the 2nd Battalion, Leinster Regiment on 20/11/1915. No medals awarded.

COLTON, Albert. 1210. Lance Corporal 2KEH. Entered France 4/05/1915. Transferred as Private, 4th Battalion, Lancashire Fusiliers 45458. Entitled to 1914/15 Star trio.

CONRICK, Rupert Love. 2011. Corporal 2KEH. Transferred as Corporal, 1st/4th Battalion, Northumberland Fusiliers 61252 then Corporal, 11th Battalion, Tank Corps 302850. KIA 23/08/1918 at Arras. Buried in Douchy Les Ayette Brit Cemetery, France. Born 6/12/1885 in Warrnambool, Victoria, Australia, the son of Christina Love Conrick and the late Michael Francis Conrick of Warrnambool, Victoria, Australia. Associated with Sir Frank Benson's Shakespearian company for 4 years as an actor. Brother of Lieutenant Colonel H. V. P. Conrick, DSO, Australian Army Medical Corps, Australian Imperial Force. Entitled to British War and Victory Medals. Commemorated on the Australian War Memorial and photograph of headstone shown.

COOK, Herbert Henry. 805. Serjeant. Regimental Serjeant Major. Warrant Officer Class 2. Entered France 4/05/1915. Commissioned 16/02/1919 Temporary Second Lieutenant 4th Reserve Cavalry. Entitled to 1914/15 Star trio and requested from an address in Mill Lane, Bedminster, Bristol.

COOKE, David Robert. 1340. Private. Entered France 4/05/1915. Commissioned 6th Gordon Highlanders 4/09/1916. Awarded Silver War Badge 137,141 with an Oxford address as a Lieutenant. Applied for 1914/15 Star trio from Edinburgh, Scotland.

COOKE, Edwin B. 1806. Corporal 2KEH. Entered France 4/09/1915. Prior service with Corporal, 5th Dragoon Guards 3834 in the Boer War and awarded Queen's South Africa Medal with Natal clasp. From Ceylon. Applied for 1914/15 Star trio from Islington, London.

COOKE, James E. 1444. Private. Entered France 5/05/1915. Discharged 4/07/1916. Entitled to 1914/15 Star trio.

COOKE, Frederick W. 1751. Private 2KEH. Entered France 2/10/1915. Discharged 10/03/1919. Entitled to 1914/15 Star trio.

COONEY, Jonathan. 1309. Private 2KEH. Entered France 4/05/1915. Transferred as Private, Tank Corps 303024 then Private, Lancashire Fusiliers 45460. Entitled to 1914/15 Star trio named to Tank Corps.

COOPER, Frank. 1014. Corporal. Discharged 13/02/1919. Entitled to 1914/15 Star trio.

CONRAN, Rueben H. 1003. Corporal. Entered France 4/05/1915. Commissioned as a Second Lieutenant, Royal Engineers 16/06/1916 later Royal Flying Corps. Entitled to 1914/15 Star trio. Mentioned in Despatches (London Gazette 16/01/1918).

CONSTABLE, Clifford Edward. Second Lieutenant 2KEH. Later Captain. Awarded the Military Cross. Mentioned in Despatches (London Gazette 4/01/1917). Awarded Order of the British Empire 1/06/1919. Born 20/08/1876 in Southampton, Millbrook and died 13/09/1937 and was buried at Vittel, France. The son of Marmaduke Constable, of Milbrook, Southampton. He was educated at Eastman's Royal Naval Academy, H.M.S."Britannia," and the Royal Naval College, and was formerly a Sub-Lieutenant in the Navy. Midshipman on the twin-screw battleships: a) San Pareil, 1893 and b) Volage, 1896; Sub-Lt. (act. Lt.) on the battleship Thunderer, 1897. 15 Jan 1895 he was an Acting Sub-Lieutenant, RN. He joined as a Midshipman in 1894. During the Boer War Clifford Constable served with the British South Africa Mounted Police. After the outbreak of the Great War he became a trooper in the 2KEH. Second Lieutenant on probation 21/11/1914. Confirmed in rank 20/01/1916. 1/01/1918 Captain 2KEH. In 1917, he was attached to the Welsh (38th) Division, he was given Captain's rank and also was made Adjutant. Published two Catholic guide books. Applied for 1914/15 Star trio from Pimlico, London.

COPE, Arthur Selywn. 1330. Private 2KEH. Entered France 4/05/1915. Transferred as Private, Lancashire Fusiliers 40552 then commissioned as a Second Lieutenant, 2/5th Battalion, Gloucestershire Regiment. Applied for 1914/15 Star trio from Coleport, Gloucestershire.

CORDER, Harold Cyril. 1187. Private 2KEH. Enlisted 17/11/1914 and entered France 4/05/1915. Acting Serjeant, 10th Battalion, Northumberland Fusiliers 39947 then 2nd Battalion, Lancashire Fusiliers 40547 then Serjeant, 11th Battalion, Tank Corp 302806. Discharged 27/01/1919. Born on 10/03/1894 in Slough, Buckinghamshire and died Jun 1967 in Windsor, Berkshire, England. Entitled to 1914/15 Star trio. Portrait photograph  in 2KEH uniform sent to his wife to be as a postcard plus mounted on his horse 'Dolby' courtesy of his descendants Helen Peach and Doug Corder.

CORNER, Leonard. 1907. Private 2KEH. Enlisted 6/04/1916. Entered France 8/04/1917. Transferred as Private 4th Battalion, Northumberland Fusiliers 61283 then Private, 11th Battalion, Tank Corps 302824 from 7/08/1917. Discharged 4/05/1919. Born 14/07/1891 in Stockton on Tees, Yorkshire, England and died Dec 1972 in Claro, Yorkshire, West Riding, England. Served with Yorkshire Hussars and then Hong Kong Volunteer Artillery from the commencement of the war until 25/01/1916 when he returned to England to enlist in the 2KEH. Entitled to British War and Victory Medals.

CORIN, Thomas. 1160. Private. Enlisted Hounslow and entered France 5/05/1915. DoW 29/05/1915 aged 33. Brother of W. T. Corin of East Divine St., Sarnia, Ontario, Canada. Served in the South African Campaign. Born in Holborn, Middlesex, England. Buried in CHOCQUES MILITARY CEMETERY, Pas de Calais, France. Entitled to 1914/15 Star trio.

COTMAN, Robert Arthur. 1364. Private. Entered France 5/05/1915. Commissioned 10th Battalion, Essex Regiment 30/04/1916. Second Lieutenant 4th Squadron, Royal Flying Corps. KIA France. 26th March 1918 (age 28). Buried in CHOCQUES MILITARY CEMETERY, France. From Lomas. British Community of the Southern Suburbs, Argentina. 1914/15 Star trio applied for by Commander J. O. Wyatt, Royal Navy (retired) with address of Mrs Victoria A. Cotman, Buenos Aires.

COUSINS, Harry W. 114. Private. Discharged Civil Employment Authority 27/06/1917. Awarded 1914/15 Star trio and Silver War Badge.

COHEN, Joseph M. 1772. Acting Serjeant 2KEH. Entered France 30/09/1915. Transferred as Acting Serjeant, 38th Battalion, Royal Fusiliers J/13615. Entitled to 1914/15 Star trio.

COWLEY, Edwin (Ted) Charles. Serjeant. Entered France in 1915 (exact date not recorded but likely to be in May). Commissioned as a Second Lieutenant, 2nd KEH and went on to become a Major in the 2/1st Norfolk Yeomanry. Prior service in the 7th (Leicestershire) Company, 4th Battalion (attached 1st Provincial Battalion), Imperial Yeomanry in the Boer War as Farrier Serjeant, 2240 having enlisted 8/01/1900 and discharged 23/07/19101. Awarded Queen's South Africa Medal with Cape Colony, Transvaal, Wittebergen and South Africa 1901 clasps. Born in Ashley St. Ledgers, Rugby, Northampton in 1872 and and enlisted in WW1 from the village of Braybrooke, Market Harborough. He was shot and killed in 1932 by  a former employee of the farm which he managed. Recruited several school friends for the 2nd KEH and penned an article on the 2nd KEH for the Press Handout that was reported in the 1st Feb 1916 issue of the Market Harborough Advertiser page 6 (from local sources courtesy of W. R. (Bob) H. Hakewill a published local historian in Market Harborough, UK). Photograph shown in the uniform of the Norfolk Yeomanry. Awarded 1914/15 Star trio all named to KEH. Eligible for Silver War Badge.

COX, Alfred, Graeme. 64. 2KEH. Squadron Quarter Master Serjeant. Entered Egypt 22/04/1915. Commissioned Royal Army Service Corps 5/03/1917. From New Zealand. Applied for 1914/15 Star trio, Mentioned in Despatches emblem and General Service Medal with Iraq clasp from an address in Bedford, England.

CRADOCK, Sheldon William Keith. Major 2KEH. Entered France 4/05/1915. MID (London Gazette 16/06/1916). Entitled to 1914/15 Star trio and applied for medals from Richmond, Yorkshire. He was born 1/10/1858, eldest son of Christopher Cradock, of Hartforth, Yorkshire, and of his wife, Georgina, third daughter of Major Duff. Major Sheldon Cradock was formerly a Captain in the 5th Dragoon Guards. He served in the Egyptian Campaign of 1882, receiving the Medal with clasp and the Khedive's Star. For his services in the South African War of 1899-1902 he was mentioned in despatches; received the Queen's Medal with five clasps, and was created a Companion of the Distinguished Service Order [London Gazette, 27/09/1901]: "Sheldon William Keith Cradock, Captain, 16th Battalion Imperial Yeomanry. In recognition of services during the operations in South Africa". He died unmarried on 5/07/1922 at Hartforth Hall. Brother to Lieutenant Colonel Montagu Cradock who commanded the 2KEH and Rear Admiral Sir Christopher Cradock, RN who was KIA at the Battle of Coronel 1/11/1914.

CRADOCK, Montagu. Lieutenant Colonel CB CMG. Lieutenant Colonel Cradock commanded the 2KEH throughout 1914-17, was Mentioned in Despatches (London Gazette Supplement 16/06/1916) and was awarded the CMG in 1916. He was born in Giling East, North Yorkshire on the 16/10/1859 and died unmarried in London on the 14/12/1929. Having first enlisted in the Durham Fusilier Militia in 1877, as a Second Lieutenant he saw active service in Afghanistan in 1879-1880 with the 6th Dragoon Guards. Having retired from the army as a Captain in the 6th Dragoon Guards he emigrated to New Zealand in 1893. In 1900, Major Cradock took command of the 2nd New Zealand Contingent in the Second Boer War. He was promoted to Lieutenant Colonel and commanded the 3rd Mounted Infantry Corps and Bushmen’s Brigade under General Paget. He was mentioned in dispatches 2/04/1901 and participated in the following battles/campaigns: Johannesburg, Diamond Hill, Rhenoster Kop, Pretoria, Kroonstad, Rustenberg, and Barberton. He was awarded the Most Honourable Order of the Bath (CB), the Companion of the Most Distinguished Order of St Michael and St George (CMG), the Queen's South Africa Medal (Cape Colony, Orange Free State, Johannesburg Diamond Hill, South Africa 1901 and South Africa 1902 Clasps). In 1913 he published 'Diary of Second New Zealand Mounted Rifles' a brief chronological account of 2nd Contingent's role spearheading the invasions of the Transvaal and Orange Free State and the beginnings of the Guerilla Campaign.  He also published ‘A Sporting Life in New Zealand’. A brother Major Sheldon William Keith Cradock 2KEH and Rear Admiral Sir Christopher Cradock, RN who was KIA at the Battle of Coronel 1/11/1914. (Portrait photograph of Lieutenant Colonel Cradock Copyright Imperial War Museum HU 102500 shown as Figure 439 and portrait on horseback shown courtesy of Jamie Vans. 

CRAMER, Roland Henry. 1286. Private. Enlisted in London. Entered France 4/05/1915. KIA 23/09/1915 aged 33. Aged 33. Born in Newlands, Cape Colony, South Africa the son of Mr. and Mrs. G. A. Cramer, of Rowland Villa, Vasco, Cape Town, South Africa. Buried at LA PLUS DOUVE FARM CEMETERY, Hainaut, Belgium. Entitled to 1914/15 Star trio. Brother Private Richard Bernard Cramer, 4th South African Infantry took his own life 1/05/1918 at Kingston, Hampshire, England.

CRAMPTON, Charles Stanhope. 1100. Lance Corporal. Entered France 4/05/1915. Commissioned Royal Army Service Corps 2/04/1916. Awarded Silver War Badge. 1914/15 Star trio in a private collection in the UK. Named to 1100 L/Cpl. C S CRAMPTON K.EDW.H. on 1914/15 Star and Lieut C S CRAMPTON on pair. Medals applied for from Twickenham, London.

CRAMPTON, Vivian Moore. 1896. Private 2KEH. Entered German West Africa 20/10/1914 as Private 82 in the Rhodesia Regiment then transferred to 2KEH. Commissioned as a Second Lieutenant 3rd Battalion attached to 2/4th Battalion, Dorsetshire Regiment attached to 496th Field Company, Royal Engineers. Born 1/05/1890 in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia and died 5 /05/1957 in South Africa. Applied for British War and Victory Medals from Durban, South Africa and not entitled to 1914 Star.

CRANE, Arthur Albert. 769. Private 2KEH. Enlisted in 2KEH 1/12/1914 then transferred to 653 Company, Labour Corps as a Corporal 416776. Entered France 1/06/1915 and discharged 28/05/1918 due to sickness. Awarded Silver War Badge 392,361. Born in 1875. Entitled to 1914/15 Star trio named to Labour Corps.

CREIGHTON, Bertram B. 1215. Private 2KEH. Enlisted 24/11/1914. Entered France 4/05/1915. Transferred to 4th Battalion, Northumberland Fusiliers 61255 then Gunner, 11th Battalion, Tank Corps, 302825 on 7/08/1917. Wounded 27/09/1918 with Gun Shot Wound right arm and leg. Discharged 10/02/1919. Born April 1879 in Newent, Gloucestershire and died April 1951 in Eton, Buckinghamshire, England. Awarded Military Medal (London Gazette 24/01/1919) and 1914/15 Star trio.

CREIGHTON, James Captain. 1146. Private. Enlisted 10/11/1914 and entered France 5/05/1915. Discharged 16/06/1916 due to sickness. Entitled to 1914/15 Star trio and awarded Silver War Badge 107385.

CRONIN, Thomas. 1461. Enlisted 30/03/1915 in Dublin. Transferred as Private 1st/4th Battalion, Northumberland Fusiliers 61180 then Private 11th Battalion, Tank Corp 302787. Discharged 31/03/1921. Prior service as a Serjeant in the Leinster Regiment. Born 1891 in Dublin. Entitled to 1914/15 Star trio.

CROSS, Harold Calvert. 1886. Private 2KEH. Enlisted 7/04/1916 then transferred to 4th Battalion, Northumberland Fusiliers 61253 then Driver, 11th Battalion, Tank Corps 302826. Wounded with Gun Shot Wound to the leg 22/12/1917. Wounded 24/08/1918 by shrapnel to back and legs. Awarded Military Medal 11/02/1919. Discharged 20/03/1920. From Worthing, Sussex and born 25/02/1881. Settled in the Argentine post-war. Awarded British War and Victory Medals.

CROSS, James. 127. Serjeant. Entered France 4/05/1915. Commissioned as a Second Lieutenant Royal Field Artillery 15/10/1915. Entitled to 1914/15 Star trio.

CROUCH, Edwin Cleveland. 1152. Private 2KEH. Born in Orange in 1893. He studied dentistry at the Sydney University and was registered as a dentist in January 1915. Later that year, he enlisted in 2KEH from Canada and arrived in France in July 1915. While on attachment with the 93rd Coy MGC, he fought at Serre on the first day of the Battle of the Somme (covering the advance of companies of my Grandfather Serjeant Chas H. Moss, 'C' Company, 18th (Lord Durham Pals) Battalion, Durham Light infantry regiment) and was awarded the Distinguished Conduct Medal for action taken at Neuve Chapelle in late July 1916. The citation (London Gazette 22/09/1916) reads: ‘Pte CROUCH and L/Cpl SHARP remained with their gun in an exposed position under heavy shell fire and when the enemy advanced, repulsed the attack aided by 20 infantrymen. 28 of the enemy’s dead were counted later.’ Following this action, Edwin was transferred permanently to the 93rd Coy MGC as Private, 22977. A commission in the Machine Gun Corps on 27/06/1917 as a Second Lieutenant was followed by a transfer to the Tank Corps followed in June 1917, before a move to the newly-formed RAF in 1918, where he trained as an aerial observer. After a period of illness following the war, Lt Crouch DCM was discharged from the RAF in February 1920. On his return to Australia, Edwin initially lived at Neutral Bay, however by 1924 he had established a dental practice at Innisfail in Qld, where he spent his remaining years. Edwin Crouch died from cardiac failure during an appendectomy in May 1938, aged 44. As he was unmarried and his family was in Sydney, Edwin’s body was transported there by train for burial, his coffin draped in the Union Jack in recognition of his war service. His 1914/15 Star trio was administered by the Air Ministry. Edwin had an older brother Frank (also a dentist), who served with the Lancashire Fusiliers. Captain Frank Crouch MC was killed in action at Templeaux in March 1918 and is remembered with honour at the Pozieres Memorial. Information courtesy of Ray Mitchell.

CROWLEY, Douglas Russell. 2025.  Private 2KEH. 2nd Troop. Enlisted 8/07/ 1916 and served in France. Also served in 6th Reserve Cavalry Regiment. Discharged 29/07/1919. Served as a Captain with Cardiff Group Headquarters Glamorgan Home Guard in WW2. Awarded Member of the British Empire in 1943. Born 1898 in Southend on Sea, Essex, England and died 4/03/1963 in Salisbury Avenue, Penarth, Glamorgan. Entitled to British War and Victory Medals and likely the 1939-45 Star and Defense Medal for his WW2 service. His original Certificate of Transfer to the Reserve is shown on the accompanying page.

CULLINANE, Michael. 1632. Private 2KEH. Enlisted 20/05/1915. Served in France 15/07/1915 until Apr 1918. Suffered from trench fever. Private 11th Battalion, Tank Corps 302852 from 4/08/1917 then Private 3rd then 10th Battalion, Northumberland Fusiliers 39916 from 25/08/1917 and then Private 2nd Battalion, Lancashire Fusiliers 40545 from 15/09/1917. Buried by a shell 10/10/1917. Wounded in Action 19/04/1918 with Gun Shot Wound to wrist. Discharged 3/02/1919 as no longer physically fit for service. From Limerick, Ireland and born in 1897. Entitled to British War and Victory Medals.

CURTEIS, Edmund Croft. 1025. Private. Entered France 4/05/1915. Commissioned Second Lieutenant 3rd Battalion Royal West Kent Regiment 15/08/1916 later Lieutenant. Awarded 1914/15 trio and claimed from an address in Leinster Gardens, London.

CUSACK, Bernard Leigh. 1393. Private 2KEH. Entered France 4/05/1915. Transferred as Private, 2nd Battalion, Lancashire Fusiliers, 40550. Born 5/11/1892 in England and died 12/12/1976 in Stratford-upon-Avon, Warwickshire, England. Entitled to 1914/15 Star trio.

CUTHBERT, Robert Lancelot. 340. Private. Enlisted at White City, London. Entered France 5/05/1915. DoW 07/07/1915 aged 47. Born on 19/06/1869 in Greenock, Scotland the son of Anne Wilkinson Cuthbert, of 49 Cluny Drive, Edinburgh, and the late Hugh Cuthbert. Chartered Accountant (Scotland) and Certified Public Accountant (U.S.A.). Member of New York Yacht Club. Born at Greenock, Renfrew, Scotland. Buried in LA PLUS DOUVE FARM CEMETERY, Belgium. Entitled to 1914/15 Star trio. Commemorated in De Ruvigny's Roll of Honour, 1914-1919 Volume 2 with civilian portrait shown together with a photograph of his original wooden grave marker and it's replacement Commonwealth War Graves Commission gravestone.

D'ALROY, Frank. 1822. Corporal 2KEH. Enlisted 18/10/1915 and discharged 11/04/1918. Born in 1874. Awarded Silver War Badge 366179. Entitled to British War and Victory Medals named to Northumberland Fusiliers.  

DALTON, Donald. 1677. Private 2KEH. Entered France 14/10/1915. Transferred as a Corporal, 1/5th Battalion, Northumberland Fusiliers (NF) 61250. Entitled to 1914/15 Star trio named to NF.

DATE, Hugh Ackland. 1671. Private 2KEH. Enlisted 8/06/1915 and entered France 14/12/1915. Transferred as a Private, 4th Battalion, Royal Fusiliers 59050 then Private, 21st Battalion, Northumberland Fusiliers 59629. Discharged 28/02/1918 with sickness. Awarded Silver War Badge 345753. Born in 1890. Returned to England to enlist from Trinidad and Tobago. Died between 1960 and 1969. Entitled to 1914/15 Star trio.

DAVIDSON, William Close. 1585. Serjeant 2KEH. Enlisted 1/05/1915 in Belfast. Transferred as Serjeant 4th Battalion, Northumberland Fusiliers 61256, Serjeant 11th Battalion, Tank Corps 302827. From Dunadry, Co Antrim, Belfast, Ireland and born in 1895 and died 11/08/1974 in Dundonald, Down, Northern Ireland. Entitled to British War and Victory Medals.

DAVIES, Albert Alfred. 630. Private 2KEH. Enlisted 25/08/1914, entered France 4/0/1915 and discharged 6/04/1916 due to sickness. Awarded Silver War Badge 65183. Entitled to 1914/15 Star trio and medals issued and in 1924 notified that he lost his trio and Queen's South Africa Medal. Prior service as Trooper 24533 in the 2nd Battalion, 22nd (Cheshire) Company, Imperial Yeomanry which was raised in 1900. Address on medal request stated as South Kensington, London.

DAVIES, Harold John. 1602. Lance Corporal 2KEH. Transferred as Private, 15th Battalion, Royal Welsh Fusiliers 57148. Entitled to British War and Victory Medals.

DAVIES, William Stanley. Second Lieutenant 2KEH. Commissioned as a Second Lieutenant from an Officer Cadet unit on 21/12/1916 (London Gazette 5/01/1917). Deemed ineligible for 1914/15 Star as was in Singapore in 1915 and did not enter France until 1917. Awarded British War and Victory Medals applied for from Sherborne, Dorset, England.

DAVISON, Alexander Richard. Second Lieutenant 2KEH. Entered France 27/05/1915. Private 1st Dragoons, GS/15059. Commissioned as a Second Lieutenant from an Officer Cadet unit on 21/12/1916 (London Gazette 5/01/1917). Transferred to the Irish Guards on disbandment of 2KEH in Aug 1917. Applied for 1914/15 Star trio from Uruguay, South America. Possibly related to Second Lieutenant Claude Reginald Davison.

DAVISON, Claude Reginald. Second Lieutenant 2KEH. Commissioned as a Second Lieutenant from an Officer Cadet unit on 21/12/1916 (London Gazette 5/01/1917). No Medal Index Card or Medal Roll entry identified. Possibly related to Second Lieutenant Alexander Richard Davison.

DEAN, George H. 2014. Private 2KEH. Transferred as Corporal, 14th Battalion, King's Liverpool Regiment (KLR) 85702. Entitled to British War and Victory Medals named to KLR.

DE KLERK, David D. 1869. Private 2KEH. Transferred as Private, Yorkshire Regiment 63005. Prior service as Private 45 with 1st Namaqualand Border Scouts in the Boer War and awarded Queen's South Africa Medal with Cape Colony clasp. Entitled to British War and Victory Medals.

DEELEY, Frank Glover. 1188. Private 2KEH. Commissioned as a Second Lieutenant with a Service Battalion, South Staffordshire Regiment attached Gloucestershire Regiment later Lancashire Fusiliers 40554. Served in France 4/05/1916 to Aug 1917. Awarded Distinguished Conduct Medal and 1914/15 Star trio. Serving in South Staffordshire Regiment in 1921. Applied for medals from West Bromwich, South Staffordshire, born 4/07/1888 in Staffordshire and died there in Mar 1967 having spent time pre-war in Chile. Civilian portrait photograph shown circa pre-war.

DEMPSEY, Earl Ford. 1968. Private 2KEH. Enlisted 28/07/1915 and entered 2/10/1915. Transferred as Private, 11th Battalion, Tank Corps 112095 on 7/08/1917 and served as a driver. Wounded in Action with gunshot wound to neck and back 27/08/1918. Born 13/02/1893 and died Oct 1966. His address on enlistment was Middleborough, Massachusetts, USA. Discharged 10/04/1919. Entitled to 1914/15 Star trio.

DENMAN, William Leonard. 1685. Private 2KEH. Enlisted at Hampton Court. Entered France 14/10/1915. Transferred as a Private 1st/4th Battalion, Northumberland Fusiliers 61181 then Private 11th Battalion, Tank Corps 302803. Born in Ifield, Sussex in 1870. Prior service with 2nd Life Guards from 1891. KIA 8/10/1918 and name commemorated on the Memorial in Vis-en-Artois. Entitled to 1914/15 Star trio. Photograph in uniform of 2nd Life Guards with patrol jacket courtesy of Ancestry.

DESPARD, Richard. 1720. Private. Richard Despard of Richmond Hill, Monkstown, was born on 14 October 1865 at Rathmolyon, County Meath, son of landowner and estate agent Richard Despard and his wife Sophia Louise (nee Noble). Educated at Fulneck School, Yorkshire, and The Abbey School, Tipperary, Despard lived for some years in Burma, where he served in the Police Force, and South Africa, where he farmed. He served in the South African War and the Natal Rebellion as a Trooper in the 1st Battalion, Imperial Light Horse (No.868) and in Roystons Horse. He took part in the Relief of Ladysmith, Relief of Mafeking, and in Transvaal. On the outbreak of war he sought a commission in the North Irish Horse and was made a Lieutenant in the regiment on 16 January 1915. However he resigned his commission on grounds of ill-health on 12 June that year, the resignation being sought on the grounds of "intemperance and inefficiency", the North Irish Horse's commanding officer stating that "... he would never be likely to make an efficient officer". The following month Despard enlisted at Kingstown as an ordinary soldier in the 2nd KEH (No.1720). He gave his age as 40, understating his real age by nine years. Despard joined his Regiment in France on 20/10/1915. After almost two years, on 7 August 1917 he left for England to transfer to the Machine Gun Corps, Heavy Branch (the Tank Corps) (No.112193). He was posted to K Battalion at Bovington, but by the end of the month had again transferred, to the 10th (Reserve) Battalion, King's Liverpool Regiment, at Oswestry (Nos.360279 and 91428). Two weeks later he transferred to the Inland Waterways & Docks section of the Royal Engineers (Nos. WR/354958 and RE/369923), the same day applying for a commission in that unit. Despard's commission as a 2nd lieutenant came through on 1 December. He was posted to the Royal Engineers Canal Depot at Mary Hill, Glasgow. Despard was promoted to the rank of Lieutenant on 1 June 1919, and relinquished his commission on 14 January 1920. Biography courtesy North Irish Horse in the Great War http://www.northirishhorse.com.au/NIH/Images/People/Full%20pictures/Despard%20R.html Applied for 1914/15 Star trio from Monkstown, Dublin. Name commemorated on Monkstown Parish Church Roll of Honour.

DEVELIN, Robert Henry. 963. Serjeant and founding member of 2nd KEH. Entered France 4/05/1915. Discharged 17/12/1919. Born circa 1882 in Brighton, Sussex, England and died in 1934. Entitled to 1914/15 Star trio which was sold in 1988 to a private collector in the UK and then at auction by Spink & Son, London in July 2017 with photograph of medals courtesy of Spink & Son.

DE VERTEUIL, Leo. 1828. Private 2KEH. Left Trinidad for UK 18/10/1915 with 1st Caribbean Merchant and Planters Contingent. Enlisted 5/11//1915. Transferred to 11th Battalion, Tank Corps as Lance Corporal 302933 7/08/1917. Transferred to 4th Battalion Lancashire Fusiliers 27/09/1917. Transferred Royal Army Medical Corps 17/01/1918. Discharged 29/03/1919. Born on 4/10/1894 in Santa Cruz, Trinidad, West Indies and died 3/12/1978 in Leon, Florida, United States. Entitled to British War and Victory Medals. Likely to be related to Private Maurice De Verteuil, 1356, 2KEH.

DE VERTEUIL, Maurice. 1356. Private 2KEH. Entered France 4/05/1915. Transferred as Private, 11th Battalion, Tank Corps, 302867 then Corporal, 12th/13th Battalion, Northumberland Fusiliers, 40119. Entitled to 1914/15 Star trio which is now held in a private collection. Likely to be related to Private Leo De Verteuil, 1828, 2KEH.

DEVINE, William. 1854. Private 2KEH. Transferred as Private, 36th Battalion, Northumberland Fusiliers 61239. Entitled to British War and Victory Medals.

DEVLIN, Paul. 1290. Private 2KEH. Entered France 2/07/1915. Private Liverpool Regiment 85707. Commissioned 6/04/1918. Entitled to 1914/15 Star trio named to Liverpool Regiment.

DEVOS, Arthur Edward Graham. 1318. Private 2KEH. Entered France 4/05/1915. Transferred as Private, 1st Battalion, Rifle Brigade B200730. Commissioned as a Second Lieutenant, Chinese Labour Corps on 4/09/1917 later Lieutenant. Applied for 1914/15 Star trio from Kingsthorpe, Northampton.

DIAS, Stephen Smeethe. 1454. Private 2KEH. Entered France 5/05/1915. Transferred as  Private Tank Corps 112182. KIA 23/08/1918. Born on 10/06/1888 in Jamaica, West Indies the son of David Mortimer Dias and Medora Jane Dias, of Trelawney, Jamaica. Buried in CABARET-ROUGE BRITISH CEMETERY, SOUCHEZ, FRANCE. Entitled to 1914/15 Star trio named to Tank Corps.

DICKSON-HILL, John. 150. Private. Enlisted White City, London. Entered France 4/05/1915. KIA 23/05/1915 at the Battle of Festubert. Born in Dalmeny, West Lothioan, Scotland in 1874. Name commemorated on Le Touret Memorial, France. Noted in Van Agnew's book. Entitled to a 1914/15 Star trio and medals returned as per King's Regulations.

DIGBY, Basil Robert. 1587. Private 2KEH. Entered France 15/07/1915. Transferred as Private, Lancashire Fusiliers 45465 then Lieutenant, Royal Naval Air Service (RNAS). Applied for 1914/15 Star trio named to RNAS from The Strand, London.

DIGHT, Alfred Raworth. 474. Acting Squadron Quarter Master Serjeant. Entered France 4/05/1915. Commissioned Lieutenant Wiltshire Yeomanry 6/09/1916. Born 31/10/1877 from New South Wales, Australia, married Mary H. Rose on 22/01/913 in Boston, Massachusetts, USA and died in 1941 in Paddington, London, England. Entitled to 1914/15 Star trio and applied for his medals from an address in Rawlings Street, Chelsea, London.

DIXON, John B. 1603. Private. Entered France 5/07/1915. Commissioned Montgomeryshire Yeomanry 5/12/1916 later Lieutenant Machine Gun Corps then Captain. Applied for 1914/15 Star trio from Hill Street, Tamworth, New South Wales, Australia. John Brownlow Dixon was born in 1882 in Tamworth, New South Wales, his father, Richard, was 49 and his mother, Annie, was 22. He married Doris M. Hardy in 1922 in his hometown. He died on 22 June 1961 in Tamworth, New South Wales, at the age of 79, and was buried there. Portrait photograph shown together with memorial plaque.

DIXSON, William J. 663. Private 2KEH. Entered France 5/05/1915. Commissioned as a Second Lieutenant 2nd Battalion, Royal East Kent Regiment 21/09/1915. Entitled to 1914/15 Star trio and medals requested from Travancore, Southern India.

DODDS, Reginald Charles. 1562. Private 2KEH. Transferred as Private 10th Battalion Northumberland Fusiliers 39906 then Private Lancashire Fusiliers 40553 then Private 11th Battalion, Tank Corps 302777. Entered France 7/07/1915. Anglo-Argentinian Railway staff. Living In Hounslow, London in 1919. Entitled to 1914/15 Star trio.

DOLPHIN, John. 1514. Private 2KEH. Entered France 28/07/1915. Transferred as a Private, Labour Corps 650271. Discharged 8/10/1919. Applied for 1914/15 Star trio named to Labour Corps as a Warder at Galway Prison, Ireland.

DONALDSON, Roland Mallinson. 1713. Private 2KEH. Enlisted 7/07/1915 and entered France 2/10/1915. Discharged 14/10/1916 due to sickness. Awarded Silver War Badge 65,182 which was lost and re-issued as 221,501. Applied for 1914/15 Star trio from Denver, Johannesburg, South Africa. Born in Yorkshire in 1892.

DORE, James F. 1462. Corporal 2KEH. Transferred as Corporal, 1st Battalion, Royal Dublin Fusiliers 30894. Entitled to British War and Victory Medals.

DORGAN, James. 1658. Corporal 2KEH. Entered France 15/07/1915. Transferred as Corporal, 10th Battalion, Northumberland Fusiliers 39847 then Corporal 2nd Battalion, Lancashire Fusiliers 40555 then Corporal 11th Battalion, Tank Corps 302807. KIA 23/08/1918. Born on 22/01/1893 in Riverstown, Cork, Ireland the son of John Dorgan and Bridget Barry. Buried in Cabaret-Rouge British Cemetery, Souchez, Departement du Pas-de-Calais, Nord-Pas-de-Calais, France. Entitled to 1914/15 Star trio.

DORMAN, James. 1558. Private 2KEH. Transferred to KEH and promoted to Serjeant 2113. Entered France 14/07/1915 and discharged 21/07/1919. Photograph of British War and Victory Medal framed with his KEH cap badge are shown against the KEH Nominal Roll entry for Serjeant James Dorman 2113 courtesy of Margaret Gledhill.

DOUDNEY, Hugh Denslan. 123. Private. Commissioned as a Second Lieutenant then Captain 'A' Company, 12th Battalion, Royal Fusiliers 12/03/1916. KIA 31/07/1917 aged 33. Son of Edwin Doudney, M.R.C.S., L.R.C.P., and Ada Doudney, of 4B, Oxford and Cambridge Mansions, Marylebone Rd., London. Commemorated on the YPRES (MENIN GATE) MEMORIAL, Belgium. 

DOUGALL, Alfredo (Alfred) Baudraz. 1586. Private. Entered France 5/07/1915. Commissioned 2KEH 28/08/1917 later Lieutenant. Born 19/07/1887 in Tigre, Buenos Aires, Argentina. Applied for 1914/15 Star trio from Anglo Argentine Tramways Ltd, Buenos Aires, Argentine Republic.

DOUGHTY, Frederick Stanley. 1504. Private. Enlisted in Maresfield, England. Entered France 5/05/1915. KIA 23/05/1915 aged 27. Born in Wincanton, Somerset, England and husband of Ethel Florence Doughty of 26 Bishopstrow, Warminster, Wiltshire. Buried in BROWN'S ROAD MILITARY CEMETERY, FESTUBERT, France. He is also honoured in the Casualties of World War 1 Diocese of Salisbury Memorial Book and on the 1914 -1919 Roll of Honour located inside St. John the Evangelist Church at Sutton Veny, Wiltshire. Entitled to 1914/15 Star trio. Photograph of gravestone shown courtesy of the Sutton Veny Roll of Honour.

DOUGLASS, George Cecil. 1147. Private. Entered France 5/05/1915. Commissioned Second Lieutenant then Lieutenant 3rd Battalion, Northamptonshire Regiment 21/01/1916. Awarded the Croix de Guerre in Aug 1919. Born 22 /11/1879 in Ayr, Ayshire, Scotland and died 30/10/1952 in Saanich, British Columbia, Canada. Son of Colonel F. Wingfield Douglass. Entitled to 1914/15 Star trio and medals applied for from Braemer Lodge, Calgary, Canada. Photograph pre-war on arrival in Canada when he emigrated there in 1898, returned to England to enlist.

DOWDY, James E. 1211. Private. Entered France 4/05/1915. Discharged 14/12/1918. Entitled to 1914/15 Star Trio and British War and Victory Medals returned to be destroyed under King's Regulations.

DOWLE, Maurice. 2051. Private 2KEH. Transferred to KEH as Private 2070. Discharged 31/01/1919. Born 29/05/1891 in Southgate, London, England and died Jan 1975 in Worthing, West Sussex. Awarded British War and Victory Medals with the pair sold by the Medal Centre in Jan 2022 as per accompanying photograph.

DOWLING, Terence Patrick. 1369. Private 2KEH. Entered France 4/05/1915. Commissioned 1st/5th Battalion Seaforth Highlanders 23/04/1916 as a Second Lieutenant then Lieutenant. Born 27/12/1887 likely to have been in India and died Mar 1969 in Luton, Bedfordshire, England. Applied for 1914/15 Star trio from a London work address.

DOWSETT, James. 1102. Private 2KEH. Entered France 6/05/1915. Transferred as a Private then commissioned as a Second Lieutenant Tank Corps, 69606 on 8/10/1918. Awarded Military Medal as a Private. Applied for 1914/15 Star trio from Maidenhead, England.

DOYLE, Edward John. 1600. Private 2KEH. Entered France 5/07/1915. Commissioned 3rd Battalion West Yorkshire Regiment 15/10/1918. Applied for 1914/15 Star trio from Hollyfort, Gorey, Ireland.

DOYLE, Edward Percival. 1410. Private 2KEH. Entered France 5/07/1915. Commissioned as a Second Lieutenant, 11th Battalion, West Yorkshire Regiment 20/01/1916. DoW 5/07/1916. Buried in Heilly Station Cemetery. Born in 1890 in San Fernando, Trinidad, British West Indies and was a barrister. His father Dr A. E. G. Doyle of Brockley, London applied for his 1914/15 Star trio. Portrait photograph shown in uniform of West Yorkshire Regiment.

DRIVER, William. 1599. Private 2KEH. Enlisted in Cork, Ireland. Entered France 5/07/1915. Died of illness 30/04/1917 and is buried in Rathcooney Cemetery, Glanmire, County Cork, Ireland. Born 1880 in Winton, Norfolk, UK. 

DUMOULIN, Charles A. 1354. Private 2KEH. Entered France 5/09/1915. Commissioned Second Lieutenant Essex Regiment 29/01/1918 later Captain attached 19th Hussars. Possible Du Moulin-Browne in Burke's Peerage. Entitled to 1914/15 Star trio.

DUNBAR, Frederick Digby. 106. Staff Serjeant Major. 2nd Troop, 2KEH. Entered France 4/05/1915. Discharged 16/11/1918. Entitled to 1914/15 Star trio and Silver War Badge.

DUNERE, Charles C. 1742. Private 2KEH. Commissioned Royal Engineers 12/03/1916.

DUNN, Ralph Ellis. 1413. Private 2KEH. Entered 4/05/1915. Commissioned as a Second Lieutenant, 1st Battalion, Somerset Light Infantry 13/03/1916. DoW 1/07/1916. Name commemorated on the THIEPVAL MEMORIAL, France. 1914/15 Star applied for by his father Reverend H. Ellis Dunn of Wiveliscombe, Somerset. Portrait photograph in the uniform of the Somerset Light Infantry shown courtesy of the Imperial War Museum.

DURRANT, Ward. 728. Private 2KEH. Entered France 2/05/1915. Commissioned 2/2nd Lovat Scouts 1/01/1916. Entitled to 1914/15 Star trio.

DUTCH, Ernest J. 675. Private 2KEH. Enlisted in August 1914 at White City, London. Entered France 5/05/1915. Promoted to Lance Corporal he was wounded in the back by shrapnel 27/07/1915 near St. Yves and spent four weeks recovering in hospital. Wounded by a machine gun bullet to the left thigh on 23/09/1915 near Wulverghem and was treated in England at Norfolk War Hospital until Christmas Eve 1915. Commissioned as a Second Lieutenant in the 14th Battalion, Royal Fusiliers on 3/01/1916 and then volunteered to serve overseas with the 25th (Service) Battalion, Royal Fusiliers (which was known as the 'Legion of Frontiersmen') in March 1916. Arrived in British East Africa on 3/05/1916. From 3/01/1917 he went into action at Beho Beho and on 4/01/1917 the Company Commander Captain F. C. Selous, the famous South African hunter was KIA leading his men. Second Lieutenant Dutch took command and was 'riddled with bullets' leading his men to carry the action. He was carried back to Dakawa but succumbed to his wounds on 6/01/1917. He was buried in Morogoro Cemetery, Morogoro, Tanzania. He was the son of James and Louisa Dutch of West Lavington, Wiltshire, England and was born 9/11/1880 in Great Cheverell, Wiltshire. He was educated at Westminster City School, London (1895-97) and at King's College, London (1897-99). After further study at The Polytechnic, London he was employed as a Manager in an Electrical Engineering company. Prior service in the Boer War having enlisted in 1897 with 1st Volunteer Battalion, King's Royal Rifle Corps and arrived in South Africa in April 1900. Transferred to the newly formed 25th (The King's Royal Rifle Corps) Mounted Infantry Battalion in October 1900 and served until end of hostilities returning to England in 1902. Awarded Queen's South Africa and King's South Africa medals with Cape Colony, Orange Free State, Transvaal, South Africa 1901 and South Africa 1902 clasps. Entitled to 1914/15 Star trio and hos medals were requested by his widow Mrs. E. J. Dutch from an address in Earl's Court, London. Portrait photograph in the uniform of the 14th Battalion, Royal Fusiliers circa 1916 courtesy 'UK, Electrical Engineer World War I and World War II Rolls of Honour, 1924, 1949'.

DUUS, William Hanson. 892. Lance Corporal 2KEH. Enlisted in London. Entered France 4/05/1915. Born in Chewton, Victoria, Australia and KIA 23/05/1915 aged 31 at the Battle of Festubert. Name commemorated on Le Touret Memorial, France. Entitled to 1914/15 Star trio. Medals to be disposed of in 1921 under King's Regulations.
EASY, Alfred Joseph Clinton. 1589. Private 2KEH. Enlisted 12/11/1914 and transferred from 4th Supernumerary Company, 2nd/4th Battalion, Royal Sussex Regiment as Private 6614 to 2KEH on 28/04/1915. Entered France 7/07/1915. Transferred as Private, 555644 to Labour Corps 555644 after a transfer to the 3rd Battalion, Royal Irish Regiment. Discharged 27/04/1919 to an address in Sussex. Died in Brighton, Sussex in 1976. Awarded Silver War Badge 279728. Entitled to 1914/15 Star trio.  

EDLINGTON, Charles John. 766. Staff Serjeant 2KEH. Trumpeter. Enlisted White City, London and entered France 4/05/1915. Transferred to 53 Squadron Royal Flying Corps and KIA 16/02/1917 aged 27. Frank William Harris Simpson and Sergeant Trumpeter Charles John Edlington were killed when their BE2c (6313) broke up in vertical nose dive after descending out of control from 9,000 feet near Nieppe. Born in Shorncliffe, Kent as the son of John and Kate Edlington of 82 Havelock Road, Brighton, England. Buried in Pont-de-Nieppe Communal Cemetery, Nieppe, Departement du Nord, Nord-Pas-de-Calais, France. Entitled to 1914/15 Star trio. Named in a photograph taken at Meaulte, December 1916.

EGAN, Thomas Francis. 1573. Private 2KEH. Enlisted 23/06/1915 at Hampton Court, London with an address in Liverpool, Lancashire. Transferred as Private, 61279 with 4th Battalion, Northumberland Fusiliers on 29/11/1917 and then as Private, 302874 with the 11th Tank Corps from 24/03/1918 as a gunner. Served in France 2/01/1916 until 23/06/1918. Discharged 19/05/1919. Born in 1886 in Liverpool and died 28/07/1959 in Sydney, Australia. Applied for British War and Victory Medals from Windsor, New South Wales, Australia in 1928.

ELEMENT, Alfred George. 97. Private 2KEH. Entered France 4/05/1915. Transferred to Labour Corps as Private, 230732. Discharged 27/02/1919. Served from 1901-03 with Rough Riders Imperial Yeomanry as a Farrier. Awarded Queen's South Africa Medal with Cape Colony, Orange Free State, Transvaal, South Africa 1901 and South Africa 1902 clasps. Born 8/03/1875 in Islington, London, Middlesex, England and died 20/07/1930 in Battersea, London, England. Entitled to 1914/15 Star trio named to Labour Corps. Portrait taken in 1911 courtesy of Ancestry.

ELLARD, Michael Joseph. 1524. Private 2KEH. Entered France 4/05/1915. Transferred as Private Labour Corps 404592. Discharged 24/02/1919. Entitled to 1914/15 Star trio.

ELLENBERG, Edward Albert. 1737. Private 2KEH. Entered France 27/10/1915. Transferred as Private, 1/4th Battalion then 1/7th Battalion, Northumberland Fusiliers 61182 then Private 112219, Tank Corps. KIA 28/12/1917 and commemorated on the Tyne Cot Memorial, Belgium. Enlisted in Putney, Surrey. Brother of Private Martin Ellenberg, 1848, KEH. Relationship between brothers noted on Army Registers of Soldiers' Effects. Born 8/05/1891 in London, England. Edward was entitled to 1914/15 Star trio.

ENFIELD, William. 1909. Private 2KEH. Enlisted 17/04/1916 and entered France 25/04/1917. Transferred as Private 1st/4th Battalion, Northumberland Fusiliers 61183 then Private 11th Battalion, Tank Corps 302801. Discharged 12/02/1919. Born Apr 1889 in Earith, Huntingdonshire, England, resided in Ilford, Essex and died Oct 1968 in Redbridge, Greater London, England. Entitled to British War and Victory Medals.

EVANS, Herbert Nunan. 1050. Corporal 2KEH. Entered France 4/05/1915. Discharged 31/08/1918. Entitled to 1914/15 Star trio.

EVANS, Robert. M. 1219. Private 2KEH. Entered France 4/05/1915 and commissioned 5th Battalion, South Staffordshire Regiment 4/08/1916. Applied for 1914/15 Star trio from General Headquarters, Northern Command, York.

EVERETT, Raymond Charles. Second Lieutenant 2KEH. Entered France 4/05/1915. Later Captain. Mentioned in Despatches 30/01/1919. Prior service with South African Constabulary and Marshall's Horse in Boer War and awarded King's South Africa Medal with South Africa 1901 and South Africa 1902 clasps. Born 15/01/1879 in Swaffham, Norfolk and died 23/03/1961 in Exmouth, Devon, England. Awarded Order of the British Empire. Applied for 1914/15 Star trio from Worthing, England. Photograph in South African Constabulary shown courtesy of Laurence Everett on Ancestry. 

EVETTS, Hubert. 176. Private 2KEH. Entered France 4/05/1915. Discharged 12/03/1919. Entitled to a 1914/15 Star trio.

FANCOTT, . 1862. Serjeant. 2nd Troop, 2KEH. Taken from burnt portion of 2nd Troop, Nominal Roll. 18-2 for Regimental number and name F--cott.

FARRELL, John V. 1310. Serjeant 2KEH. Discharged 23/04/1919. Entitled to British War and Victory Medals.

FARRER-BROWN, P. Y. 1080. Lance Corporal 2KEH. Commissioned as a Second Lieutenant, 51st Middlesex Regiment. Applied for 1914/15 Star trio from Crouch Hill, London.

FAULKNER, Albert Brown. 642. Private 2KEH. Entered France 3/05/1915. Transferred as Private, King's Liverpool Regiment (KLR) 88745. Commissioned as a Second Lieutenant (29/10/1918) later Lieutenant, Machine Gun Corps. Mentioned in Despatches. Born 25/10/1889 and died in 1958 in Stockport, Cheshire. Applied for 1914/15 Star trio (with British War and Victory Medals named to KLR) from Portsmouth.

FAULKNER, Arthur. 1360. Corporal 2KEH. Transferred as Corporal, 2nd/8th Battalion, King's Liverpool Regiment (KLR) 85720. Entitled to British War and Victory Medals named to KLR.

FEATHERSTONE, . 17394. Private. 3rd Troop.

FEILING, Reginald Ernest. 144. Acting Warrant Officer Class 2, 2KEH. Entered France 4/05/1915. Commissioned Second Lieutenant 1/10/1915 later Captain. Awarded Military Cross inscribed to Captain R. E. Feiling and published in London Gazette 3/06/1919 to Lieutenant (A/ Capt.) Reginald Ernest Feiling. Military Cross sold by Dix Noonan Webb auctioneers, UK in Oct 1995. Entitled to a 1914/15 Star Trio and medals applied for from Army Agents in Whitehall, London. Born 21/03/1876 in Eltham, Kent, England and presumed to have died in South Africa.

FELL, Vincent. 785. Serjeant 2KEH. Entered France 4/05/1915. Transferred as Serjeant, Northumberland Fusiliers 61296. Awarded 1914/15 Star trio.

FERGUSON, Clifford C. 1466. Private. Enlisted 3/04/1915 and entered France 5/07/1915. Awarded Silver War Badge 113330 due to illness and discharged 14/09/1916. Born 1887. Living at St Germains V Co Road, Dalkey Co Dublin on enlistment. Entitled to 1914/15 Star trio.

FERGUSON, Thomas. 1487. Private 2KEH. Transferred to KEH as Private 2114 from 2KEH. Arrived in France 30/07/1915 and discharged 29/07/1919. Entitled to 1914/15 Star trio.

FERRARIO, John Ernest. 1133. Private KEH (incorrect spelling on British War and Victory Medal rolls as Ferraris under 2KEH). Entered France 5/05/1915. Lieutenant commissioned 2KEH 1/10/1915 then Captain 11th Battalion Tank Corps. Left Trinidad for UK 18/10/1914. Awarded Military Cross (MC) and Bar with the Tank Corps. MC and Bar group of four awarded to Captain J. E. Ferrario, 16th Battalion, Tank Corps, and King Edward’s Horse, the bar being awarded for conspicuous gallantry at Mortho Wood on 8/10/1918. Military Cross, G.V.R., with Second Award Bar, reverse of cross inscribed ‘Lieut., King Edward’s Horse’; 1914-15 Star (1133 Pte., K. Edw. H.); British War and Victory Medals (Capt.) M.C. published in the London Gazette 18/06/1917, (2nd Lieut., King Edward’s Horse). ‘For conspicuous gallantry and devotion to duty, while on reconnaissance. He displayed great coolness and skill in withdrawing his patrol under heavy fire, covering the retirement himself. His personal example was splendid.’ Bar to Military Cross published in the London Gazette on 15/02/1919. The recommendation states ‘For conspicuous gallantry and devotion to duty at Mortho Wood, Villers-Outreaux, on 8/10/1918, when he assisted his company reconnaissance officer in successfully laying tape under heavy shell fire through German posts to German main line. Later he tried to get into a burning tank to rescue some of the crew; the tank was being heavily shelled. Again, later, he went forward under heavy shell and machine-gun fire to make sure that the last tank of his section had got into action. During the whole action he displayed total disregard to his personal safety.’ Born 1/10/1887 in Harrow, Middlesex, England and died in 1931 in Darvel Hall, Robertsbridge, TB Sanatorium, Sussex, England. Name commemorated on the Kilkenny War Memorial, MacDonagh Station, Dublin Road, Kilkenny, Ireland. His medals were sold at auction by Sotherby's in 1985 and then by Dix Noonan Webb, UK in April 2004 and an image of his medals are shown on the accompanying page. His sword, engraved with his name, was sold in the UK in 2019 and photographs of it are also shown. 

FERRIER, Alexander. 2058. Private. Transferred to KEH as Private 2071. Discharged 25/10/1918. Entitled to British War and Victory Medals.

FIELD, Albert. 1055. Private 2KEH. Entered France 18/08/1915. Transferred as Private, Tank Corps 300509. Entitled to 1914/15 Star trio named to Tank Corps.

FINCH, James Walter. 157. Serjeant. Entered France 5/05/1915. Wounded at Pont Fixe 20/06/1915. Transferred as Warrant Officer Class 2, 1st/4th Battalion, Northumberland Fusiliers 61293 then Warrant Officer Class 2, 11th Battalion, Tank Corps 302774. Entitled to 1914/15 Star trio.

FINKLE, James. 1565. Corporal. Entered France 5/07/1915. Transferred as a Corporal, 11th Battalion, Tanks Corps 302860 then Corporal, 12th/13th Battalion, Northumberland Fusiliers 61225. Argentinian who enlisted from Argentinian Railway staff. Discharged 27/08/1919. Entitled to 1914/15 Star trio.

FINNEY, Alexander. 61187. Private. Transferred as Private, 1st/7th Battalion, Northumberland Fusiliers 112091 and then Private, 11th Battalion, Tank Corps 302802. Medal Index Card states eligible for Silver War Badge but unable to find record. Discharged 24/07/1919. Entitled to British War and Victory Medal.

FISHER, Alwyn George Edmond. 1006. Private.  Enlisted at Shepherd's Bush. Entered France 4/05/1915. Born in East Finchley, London and KIA 25/05/1915 aged 31 at the Battle of Festubert. Second surviving son of George Fisher, of Hurst, Sutton, Surrey, formerly partner in the firm of Messrs. Robinson and Fisher, of Willis' Rooms, St. James', and of Katie, daughter of Samuel Heath. Manager of an estancia near Bahia, San Bias, Argentina. Educated at Harrow. Trooper Fisher, being in England on a holiday at the time, joined the Legion of Frontiersmen on the first day of the War, afterwards exchanging to the 2nd King Edward's Horse. He went to France in April, 1915, and saw much fighting near Cuinchy and in the Battle of Festubert. He was killed on 25/05/1915, advancing with hand-grenades, for the second time, on the German trenches. A friend, who was with him at the time, writes: " I was running with him down the side of a trench, under heavy fire, when a chance shot must have skimmed a low part of the trench. He was struck in the head, and death was immediate; he could never have known anything." Commemorated on Le Touret Memorial, France. (Possible photograph Figure 23). Entitled to 1914/15 Star trio and medals applied for by his mother Mrs E. R. Fisher.
 

FITCH, Stephen. 1963. Private 2KEH. Transferred as Private 1st/5th Battalion, Northumberland Fusiliers 61209 then Private, 11th Battalion, Tank Corps 302820. Entitled to British War and Victory Medals.

FITZGERALD, Francis John. 1168. Private 2KEH. Entered France 4/05/1915. Transferred as Lance Corporal, 2nd Battalion, Lancashire Fusiliers, 40559 later commissioned as a Second Lieutenant, Loyal North Lancashire Regiment. Applied for 1914/15 Star trio from Westcliffe-On-Sea with British War and Victory Medals named to Second Lieutenant FitzGerald, Loyal North Lancashire Regiment sold by Christie's auctioneers, UK in Sep 2001.

FLETCHER, Edward Addenbrooke. 1496. Lance Corporal 2KEH. Entered France 1/06/1915. Transferred as a Lance Corporal, 1/5th Battalion, Northumberland Fusiliers 61174 formerly Lance Corporal, 112013, Tank Corps. KIA 10/04/1918. Born in 30/07/1886 in Weston, Lincolnshire and he had originally gone to Australia in 1914 with his brother Henry Mossop Fletcher for a new life. When war broke out he came back in 1915 to serve in the British Army but Henry stayed and died there. Name commemorated on the Australian War Memorial and on the Ploegsteert Memorial, Ploegsteert, Belgium. Entitled to 1914/15 Star trio.

FOARD, Frederick. 1601. Private 2KEH. 3rd Troop. Entered France 5/07/1915. Discharged 20/04/1919. Entitled to 1914/15 Star trio.

FOLEY, James. 1850. Private 2KEH. Transferred as Private, 85683 2nd/8th King's Liverpool Regiment and then as Private, 302883 in the Tank Corps. Entitled to British War and Victory Medals named to the Tank Corps.

FOOT, Thomas Morey. 1717. Private 2KEH. Enlisted 7/07/1915 and entered France 14/10/1915. Discharged 14/09/1916 due to sickness. Awarded Silver War Badge 81,401. Entitled to 1914/15 Star trio. Born in Jan 1883 in St Pancras, London and was living at St Hilde First Avenue, Hendon, London on discharge. Died 9/06/1938 in Honiton, Devon.

FORD, . Private. Named in group photograph taken in Ireland in 1917 shown under the 2KEH Uniforms section of this website and repeated on the accompanying page. Photograph courtesy of Simon Jervis.

FORD, Stanley. 1244. Private 2KEH. Enlisted 10/12/1914. Discharged on medical grounds on 31/03/1915. Born in Feltham, Middlesex, London in 1893. No medal entitlement.

FORDE, Jeremiah. 1642. Private 2KEH. Entered France 15/07/1915. Transferred as Private 1st/4th Battalion, Northumberland Fusiliers 61186 then Private 11th Battalion, Tank Corps 302791. KIA 14/04/1918 and buried in Lapugnoy Military Cemetery, Calais, France. Born in St. Finbarres, Co. Cork in 1878. Entitled to 1914/15 Star trio.

FORREST, Harold Archibald. 940. Private 2KEH.  Private H. A. Forrest, King Edward’s Horse, later Lancashire Fusiliers. 1914-15 Star (940 Pte. H. A. Forrest. K. Edw. H.); British War and Victory Medals (940 Pte. H. A. Forrest. K. Edw. H.). Harold Archibald Forrest was born in Streatham in 1889 and attested for General Service on 4/09/1914, giving his profession as Assistant Riding Master. He served during the Great War with 2KEH on the Western Front from 5/05/1915, and, having subsequently transferred to the 2nd Battalion, Lancashire Fusiliers, was discharged on account of wounds on 9/08/1918 (entitled to Silver War Badge). He died in Rochford, Essex in 1948. Photograph of 1914/15 Star trio sold by Dix Noonan Webb UK at auction July 2017 shown.

FORSTER, Alfred Chapman. 1077. Private 2KEH. Entered France 5/05/1915. Transferred as Private, Royal Defence Corps 68938 on 6/08/1917. Entitled to 1914/15 Star trio.

FOSTER, William. 1373. Serjeant 2KEH. Entered France 5/05/1915. Transferred as a Serjeant, Machine Gun Corps 25294. Commissioned 25/01/1918 as a Second Lieutenant, Machine Gun Corps. Entitled to 1914/15 Star trio.

FOUNTAIN, Owen George William. 1669. Private 2KEH. Enlisted 31/05/1915 and entered France 15/07/1915. Transferred as Private, 11th Battalion, Tanks Corps 302795 on 7/08/1917 then Private Northumberland Fusiliers 61185 from 27/08/1917 until discharged 15/02/1919. From Hampton Hill, Middlesex, England. Born 13/06/1892 and died Oct 1975 in Chelsea, London. Awarded British War and Victory Medals.

FRASER, Ernest Albert. 1727. Private 2KEH. Enlisted in London having travelled back from Vereenging, Transvaal, South Africa. Entered France 30/09/1915. KIA 1/07/1916 and commemorated on Thiepval Memorial. Entitled to 1914/15 Star trio. 

FRASER, Guy Basil. Captain in 1914. Entered France June 1915. Wounded at Pont Fixe 21/06/1915. Later Captain Head Quarters, No 1 Training Group, Royal Air Force. Awarded 1914/15 Star trio.

FRYER, Horace Walter. 687. Corporal 2KEH. Entered France 5/05/1915. Transferred as Corporal, 2nd Battalion, Lancashire Fusiliers 40558. KIA 9/10/1917. Born in St. Pancras, Middlesex on 12/08/1887. Commemorated on the Tyne Cot Memorial, France. Entitled to 1914/15 Star trio.

FULLER, Albert. 1078. Private 2KEH. Entered France 5/05/1915. Discharged 14/12/1918. Entitled to 1914/15 Star trio.

FULLER, Charles S. Lieutenant. Corporal 2KEH. Entered France 4/05/1915. Commissioned Second Lieutenant 3rd Battalion Manchester Regiment 24/10/1916. Second Lieutenant 1st Squadron Royal Flying Corps. Awarded Military Cross. KIA 11/11/1917 while on an offensive patrol  when the wings of Nieuport Scout aircraft B6798 folded and collapsed during a dive on Dickebusch Lake, the aircraft crashed and he was drowned. Born 21/12/1887 in Hobart, Tasmania the son of Sidney Holgate Fuller and Emma Davis. Buried in Bailleul Communal Cemetery Extension (Nord), Lille, Nord Pas de Calais, France. Commemorated on the Australian War Memorial Commemorative Roll. Entitled to 1914/15 Star trio.


FUTTER, John Alfred. 1503. Private 2KEH. Enlisted 15/04/1915 and entered France 5/05/1915. Discharged 18/08/1916. From Butterworth, South Africa born 27/08/1884 and died in 1918. Prior service with District Mounted Rifles in South Africa. Entitled to 1914/15 Star trio.

GALBRAITH, Lawrence Lovel. 1906. Serjeant 2KEH. Returned from the Argentine to enlist. Attached 1st Battalion, King's African Rifles. Discharged 13/09/1919. Born 25/02/1889 in Kilkenny, Ireland. Entitled to British War and Victory Medal.

GALE, Edgar G. 972. Private 2KEH. Entered France 4/05/1915. Discharged 13/02/1919. Entitled to 1914/15 Star trio.

GARDINER, Frederick Cecil. 1313. Private 2KEH. Entered France 5/05/1915. Transferred as Lance Corporal, Machine Gun Corps (MGC) 154614. Discharged 13/03/1919. Entitled to 1914/15 Star trio named to MGC.

GARDINER, George Hy. 1738. Private 2KEH. Transferred as a Private, 2nd/9th Battalion, King's Liverpool Regiment 85786. Entitled to British War and Victory Medals.

GARDYNE, Thomas M. B. 438. Private 2KEH. Entered France 4/05/1915 and discharged 2/02/1919. Entitled to 1914/15 Star trio.

GARLAND, Charles (Dick). 932. Private 2KEH. Entered France 4/05/1915. Lieutenant Yorkshire Dragoons 15/08/1916. Dick was born in Canada and educated at Brighton Grammar School in Victoria, Australia as his father Richard was General Manager of Dunlop Pty Ltd in Melbourne, Australia. Dick and his brother Ewart were living in London at the outbreak of the war and Dick enlisted in 2KEH in April 1915. He saw service with the 2KEH during the Easter uprising in Ireland and wrote a letter that was published in 'The Age' newspaper in Victoria on 1st July 1916 which caused a stir as to the scale of civilian losses during the uprising and the plight of the Irish people. Entitled to 1914/15 Star trio. Ewart trained to be a pilot with the Royal Flying Corps in July 1916. Photograph of Dick Garland in India in 1943 courtesy of the State Library of Queensland. http://blogs.slq.qld.gov.au/ww1/2016/03/28/charles-garland-easter-rising-1916/.

GARRETT, Roland. 1380. Private 2KEH. Came to England in Nov 1914 and enlisted 4/01/1915 at Whitehall and entered France 5/05/1915. Transferred as Private Royal Engineers 244333, Private Liverpool Regiment 112117. Commissioned as a Second Lieutenant, Royal Engineers 7/03/1919. A surveyor like his father and was working in the Malay States pre-war. Born 26/04/1876 in Wanganui, New Zealand and died there on 14/10/1954. Entitled to 1914/15 Star trio.

GAUSDEN, Nelson. 1634. Private 2KEH. Transferred as Private Machine Gun Corps 22978. Temporarily attached to the 93rd Company, Machine Gun Corps from 28/07/1916 and saw action at Neuve Chapelle. Likely to be in the Frank Vans Agnew photograph of 2KEH draft to the MGC taken 21/06/1916.

GEARY, Valentine. 1533. Private 2KEH. Enlisted 16/04/1915 and entered France 5/07/1915. Transferred to 11th Battalion, Tank Corps 302605, Private Northumberland Fusiliers 39907, Private 2nd Battalion Lancashire Fusiliers 40564. Gun Shot Wound to the neck sustained in Aug 1917 required hospitalisation. Posted as Missing in Action 29/09/1918 and repatriated as a Prisoner of War 9/12/1918. Discharged 31/03/1920. Born in Cork, Ireland in 1896 and died there in Jun 1946. Awarded 1914/15 Star trio.

GEDDES, Evans J. 134. Private 2KEH. Entered France 4/05/1915. Commissioned as a Second Lieutenant 13th Battalion Welsh Regiment 19/03/1916. Entitled to 1914/15 Star trio.

GEORGE, Edward Royston. 957. Private 2KEH. Entered France 4/05/1915. Commissioned as a Second Lieutenant in the 264th Field Company, Royal Engineers 15/2/1916 and later promoted to Captain. Died 12/08/1917 at casualty clearing station. Buried in Mendinghem Military Cemetery, Poperinge, West Flanders (West-Vlaanderen), Belgium. Entitled to 1914/15 Star trio. Applied for his medals via cousin Mrs Draper, Swan Hotel, Leighton Buzzard, Bedfordshire. 

GEPP, Charles William. 1322. Private 2KEH. Enlisted at Hampton Court London. Entered France 5/05/1915. KIA 9/07/1915. Born on 9/05/1894 in Valparaiso, Chile. Buried in LA PLUS DOUVE FARM CEMETERY, Hainaut, Belgium. Awarded 1914/15 Star trio.

GERRETT, Leopold Eustace. 668. Private 2KEH. Enlisted 25/08/1914 and entered France 5/05/1915. Transferred as Acting Corporal Tank Corps 112115 on 7/08/19197. Discharged 19/02/1919. Born on 10/05/1885 in Chelsea, London, England and died 16/12/1942 in Middlesex, England. Entitled to 1914/15 Star trio named to Tank Corps.

GIBBES, Francis Gruzelier Vincent. 1368. Private 2KEH. Entered France 5/05/1915. Transferred as Private, King's Liverpool Regiment (KLR) 85730. Commissioned as Second Lieutenant, 3rd Battalion, Border Regiment 30/10/1918. Born 27/07/1891 in Chile. Applied for 1914/15 Star trio (with British War and Victory Medals named to KLR) from Mailef, Chile.

GIBBON, Oliver V. 1411. Private 2KEH. Entered 5/07/1915. Commissioned as a Second Lieutenant, 12th Battalion, West Yorkshire Regiment 30/01/1916. Entitled to a 1914/15 Star trio.

GIBBS, Richard Teasdale. 1456. Private 2KEH. Enlisted 29/03/1915, entered France 5/05/1915 and discharged 16/06/1916 due to wounds. Awarded British War Badge 10,540. 10914/15 Star Trio applied for c/o Stores Department, Central Argentine Railway as was Anglo-Argentinian Railway staff. Name recorded on the Church of St John the Baptist, Clontarf, Dublin Roll of Honour.

GIDWELL, John. 463. Private 2KEH. Entered France 4/05/1915. Transferred as Serjeant, 4th Battalion, Lancashire Fusiliers 45473. Served in Germany post Armistice. Likely to have had prior service in the Boer War with 2nd Kitchener's Fighting Scouts as Private, 95. Awarded Queen's South Africa Medal with Cape Colony and Orange Free State clasps. Entitled to 1914/15 Star trio named to Lancashire Fusiliers. Name and service commemorated in the London County Council Record of War Service 1914-19.

GILES, Samuel Charles. 1096. Private 2KEH. Entered France 4/05/1915. Transferred as Private Labour Corps 460121. Discharged 6/03/1919. Entitled to 1914/15 Star trio.

GLOVER, Arthur Harding. 435. Private 2KEH. Entered France 4/05/1915. Commissioned as a Second Lieutenant 9th Battalion, Middlesex Regiment 25/09/1917 later Lieutenant. Awarded Military Cross. Applied for 1914/15 Star trio from Surbiton, Surrey and later Dunlop Plantation, Malacca.

GLYNN, John. 1471. Private 2KEH. Entered France 4/5/1915. Deserted 16/11/1916. Entitled to 1914/15 Star trio but forfeited.

GODSMARK, Harry S. 992. Private 2KEH. Entered France 4/05/1915. Discharged 10/02/1916. Entitled to 1914/15 Star Medal trio. A Harry Sharpley Godsmark who served in Kitchener's Horse in the Boer War appears to be unrelated.

GOODWIN, Arthur E. 1775. Private 2KEH. Entered France 14/10/1915 with 2KEH as Private 1775. Transferred to KEH as Private 2073. Discharged 10/04/1919. Entitled to 1914/15 Star trio.

GORDON, . 157633. Private. 3rd Troop. 2KEH.

GORDON, William. 1544. Private 2KEH. Enlisted in Waterford, Ireland. Transferred as Private (Gunner) 12th Battalion, Tank Corps 112196. KIA 29/08/1918 aged 24. Son of James G. Gordon, of Kilclooney, County Galway and buried in MORY ABBEY MILITARY CEMETERY, MORY, France. Born in Fairymount, Roscommon, Ireland. Entitled to British War and Victory Medals.

GORDON, William. 1783. Private 2KEH. Private 25th Indian Cavalry, Second Lieutenant Indian Army Reserve of Officers 7/04/1918.

GOUGH, Frederick. 1169. Private 2KEH. Entered France 5/05/1915. Transferred as Private, Machine Gun Corps (MGC) 152602. Discharged 27/03/1919. Entitled to 1914/15 Star trio named to MGC and to be issued by the Police Force.

GOULD, John Ringrose. 1008. Private 2KEH. Entered France 4/05/1915. Commissioned 2KEH 1/10/1915. Second Lieutenant then Major Royal Air Force. Wounded 8/7/16. Mentioned in Despatches (London Gazette 15/05/1917). Entitled to 1914/15 trio and applied for medals from West Byfleet, Surrey. Worked for the BUENOS AYRES WESTERN RAILWAY, LTD prior to enlistment.

GRAHAM, Gordon. 1467. Private 2KEH. Transferred as Private, Army Service Corps R/384007 on 22/02/1918. Entitled to British War and Victory Medals.

GRAHAM, Malcolm Hewley. 977. Private 2KEH. Entered France 4/05/1915. Commissioned Royal Garrison Artillery 6/07/1916. Born 7/07/1875 in Huddersfield, Yorkshire, England and died 14/12/1958 in Guildford, Surrey, England Entitled to 1914/15 Star trio. Medals applied for from Burnham-on-Crouch then the Lees Hotel, Westcliff-on-Sea.

GRAINGER, E. 1098. Private 2KEH. Entered France 5/05/1915. Transferred as Lance Corporal, Military Mounted Police P12030. Entitled to British War and Victory Medals.

GRANT, James. 1189. Private 2KEH. Entered France 5/05/1915. Transferred as a Serjeant, Tank Corps 111990. Entitled to 1914/15 Star trio named to Tank Corps.

GRAVES, Walter F. 1734. Private 2KEH. Entered France 14/10/1915. Transferred as Acting Corporal, Royal Engineers (Railway Troops) WR204579, Private K Battalion, Machine Gun Corps, Heavy Branch (Tank Corps), 112125 but transferred as unsuitable for Tank Corps after 20 days as Private, 3rd (Reserve) Battalion, Liverpool Regiment, 857713. Entitled to 1914/15 Star trio.

GRAY, Charles Cecil. 1419. Private 2KEH. Enlisted 12/02/1915 and entered France 5/05/1915. Discharged 16/04/1917. Awarded Silver War badge B908. Born in 1882 and resided in Devon post war. Awarded 1914/15 Star trio.

GREEN, Alfred. Charles. 1510. Private 2KEH. Entered France 5/05/2023. Transferred as Private, 662nd Company, Labour Corps 230750. Discharged 29/08/1918. Entitled to 1914/15 Star trio.

GREENE, Richard Alexander Maddon. 1232. Corporal 2KEH. Entered France 5/05/1915. Transferred as Serjeant, Northumberland Fusiliers 61298 then commissioned as a Second Lieutenant, Northumberland Fusiliers. Born in 1880 in Warbleton, Sussex, England. Applied for 1914/15 Star trio from Buenos Aries, Argentine.

GREENWAY, Mather. 1621. Lance Corporal 2KEH. Entered France 29/07/1915. Transferred as Lance Corporal, 22979 then commissioned as a Second Lieutenant, Machine Gun Corps on 25/06/1917. Born 17/08/1887 in Hampenden, Hertfordshire England and died 18/08/1922 in Hendon, Middlesex, England. 1914/15 Star trio applied for by his widow Mrs. M. Greenway, North Bournemouth, Hampshire, England.

GREENLAND, John. 140. Lance Serjeant. 2KEH. Entered France 4/05/1915. Awarded Croix de Guerre. Transferred as Serjeant, Labour Corps 471845. Discharged 17/02/1919. Entitled to 1914/15 Star trio

GREENWAY, Thomas. 1134. Private 2KEH. Enlisted 9/11/1914 an promoted to Corporal 14/11/1914 then Serjeant 8/12/1914. Entered France 2/10/1915 and reverted to Private at his own request on 20/08/1915. Transferred as Private 4th Battalion, Northumberland Fusiliers 61289 on 7/08/1917 as then as Private 11th Battalion, Tank Corps 302864 on 23/03/1918. Discharged 2/03/1919. Born 20/08/1886 in Hendon, Middlesex and died 16/01/1958 in Kent, England. Entitled to 1914/15 Star trio named to Tank Corps.

GRIERSON, Alexander Stewart. Private 2KEH. Entered France 15/05/1915. Transferred as Private, Tank Corps 300523. Likely to have been born in 1892 in Barrhead, Renfrewshire, Scotland. Entitled to 1914/15 Star trio named to Tank Corps.

GRIEVE, William Grant. 1453. Serjeant 2KEH. Second Lieutenant Royal Engineers 26/01/1916. Entitled to 1914/15 Star trio.

GRIFFITHS, William. T. 2. Private 2nd KEH. Arrived in France 4/05/1915 as Private 2 in 2nd KEH and discharged 19/04/1919 as Private 2116 KEH. Previous service 10th Hussars as Private 3562 discharged 1907. Awarded Queens South Africa Medal with clasps Paardeberg, Driefontein, Relief of Kimberley. Entitled to 1914/15 Star trio with British War Medal in a private collection in the UK.

GROSVENOR, Gilbert. Major the Honourable Gilbert Grosvenor, Rifle Brigade, King's Colonials, 2KEH and Nottinghamshire Yeomanry. Awarded Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902 with two clasps Transvaal, Cape Colony (Lieut: Hon. G. Grosvenor, Rifle Bde:); King’s South Africa 1901-02, 2 clasps (Lt. Hon. G. Grosvenor. Rifle Bde.); 1914-15 Star (Lieut. Hon. G. Grosvenor. K. Edw. H.); British War and Victory Medals (Major Hon. G. Grosvenor.) The Honourable Gilbert Grosvenor was born on 22 August 1881, the second son of the 1st Baron Stalbridge and his wife Eleanor, and the grandson of the 2nd Marquess of Westminster. He was educated at Eton, and was commissioned Second Lieutenant in the Rifle Brigade, serving with them in South Africa during the Boer War. He transferred to 'C' Squadron, King's Colonials in 1908. He then served with the 2KEH as a Second Lieutenant from Oct 1914 before transferring in 1916 to the Nottingham Yeomanry (Sherwood Rangers) with the rank of Major. Grosvenor married Miss Effie Cree, the daughter of the Reverend Edward Cree, on 4 July 1913. He died without issue on 15 June 1939. Photograph of his medals sold by Dix Noonan Webb, UK at auction in December 2016 shown. Lieutenant in 'C' Squadron KEH photographed at Woodbridge in 1914. 

GULLY, Frederick Percival. 916. Lance Corporal 2KEH. Entered France 4/05/1915. Transferred as Sapper, Labour Corps 630151. Discharged 3/04/1919. Applied for 1914/15 Star trio from Caton Rectory, Church Stretton, Salop.

GUNNELL, Leonard Daniel. 2206. Private 2KEH. Listed as with 2KEH Reserve Regiment on 1919 Absent Voter List and living in Islington, London.


HAINSSELIN, Adrian Howard Thomas. 1501. Private 2KEH. Entered France 2/07/1915. Transferred as Private, 20th then 25th then 22nd Battalion, Northumberland Fusiliers (NF) 39942. Discharged 2/06/1919. Born 2/06/1896 in Harringay, London, England and died Jul-Sep 1977 in Lichfield Staffordshire, England. Entitled to 1914/15 Star trio named to NF.

HAINSWORTH, Wright. 1635. Corporal 2KEH. Entered France 15/07/1915. Corporal, 4th Battalion, Northumberland Fusiliers, 61258 then Corporal, 11th Battalion, Tank Corps, 302830. Entitled to 1914/15 Star trio.

HAKEWILL, Charles (Charlie) Ernest. 1553. Private 2KEH. Transferred as Private, Royal Army Medical Corps 136683. Born in 1880 as the third son of Reverend J. R. Hakewill of Maidstone, he attended Market Harborough Grammar School where his father was headmaster. He married Ida Ethel Maude Davies in 1908 in Chester and commuted to his stockbrokers business in London. In Braybrooke, the Cowley family farmed Lower Lodge Farm. Edwin C. (Ted) Cowley had served in the Boer War in the volunteer yeomanry cavalry and when volunteer recruiting started ahead of the First World War, Serjeant Cowley was recruiting for the 2KEH among his friends and contacts in the area of Braybrooke, Arthingworth, Harborough and Leicestershire. Names on the serving list for September 1914 were Arthur Gamble of Harborough; Albert (Robert) Swinfen of Kelmarsh, Arthingworth; Tom Tibbits of Clipston, and Billy West of East Farndon. The second list of December 1914 included Frank W. Jones of Great Bowden. Charlie may well have known all the other local recruits from Grammar School days. Although Charlie was a stockbroker in London he volunteered and is pictured in his uniform dated September 1914. Charlie served in France and Belgium in 1914/15 earning the 1914/15 Star trio (reverse with naming shown). When the 2KEH was disbanded in 1917, Charlie transferred to the Royal Army Medical Corps as a Private. Charlie died in 1953. Information and photographs from local sources by W. R. (Bob) H. Hakewill, a published local historian in Market Harborough, UK.

HALL, Richard. 1030. Private 2KEH. Entered France 5/05/1915. Transferred as Warrant Officer Class 2 in the Tank Corps 11193. Applied for 1914/15 Star trio from Chiswick, London.

HALLORAN, Maurice George Campbell. 923. Private 2KEH. Enlisted 7/09/1914 in White City, London and entered France 30/09/1915. Transferred to Machine Gun Corps as Acting Serjeant, 73576 on 21/03/1917 then commissioned as a Second Lieutenant, Labour Corps 9/08/1917 at Boulogne. Australian born in Gundagai, New South Wales in 1881 and noted in Scots All Saints College, Bathurst, New South Wales Australia Roll of Honour. Maurice died in 1926. Applied for 1914/15 Star trio from Madulsima, Ceylon in 1924.

HALLOWES, George S. 1220. Second Lieutenant 2KEH. Entered France 5/05/1915. Commissioned 2KEH 1/10/1915. Applied for 1914/15 Star trio from Kensington, London.

HALSEY, Arthur Raymond. 2198. Corporal. Listed on Absentee Voters List 1918 as with the 2KEH Reserve Regiment. Lived in Wandsworth, London England. Name appears on a burnt portion of a 2KEH Nominal Roll.

HAMILTON-WHITEFORD, R. Lieutenant Royal Air Force

HAMMILL, Maurice William. 607. Private 2KEH. Enlisted 4/09/1914 and discharged due to sickness 20/02/1915. Awarded Silver War Badge 65159. Died 18/08/1964. No medal entitlement as did not serve overseas.

HAMPSHIRE, Cyril Norman. 1258. Private 2KEH. Entered France 4/05/1915. Commissioned Royal Field Artillery 16/12/1915 as a Second Lieutenant then Lieutenant. Born in about 1888 in Santon, Brazil and died 11/05/1971 in Cape Town, South Africa. Eligible for Silver War Badge. 1914/15 Star trio applied for from Mossel Bay, South Africa.

HAMPTON, Herbert Brooke. 180. Private 2KEH. Transferred as Private, 16th Battalion, Northumberland Fusiliers 39970 then Private, Machine Gun Corps 140856 then Private, Tank Corps 302946. Discharged 31/03/1920. Entitled to British War and Victory Medals.

HANCOCK, Dennis. 1334. Private 2KEH. Enlisted 30/12/1914 and entered France 5/05/1915. Transferred as Private, 10th Battalion, Northumberland Fusiliers 61189. Discharged 20/09/1919. Awarded Silver War Badge B304355. Entitled to 1914/15 Star trio.

HANNAH, William. 1529. Private 2KEH. Entered France 2/07/1915 as Private 1529 2KEH and transferred to KEH as Private 2075 on 17/10/1917. Wounded at the defense of Vieille Chapelle 9/04/1918 with gunshot wound to the chest, hospitalised and returned to England on the "Princess Elisabeth" 15/04/1918. Discharged 5/04/1919. Born 1892 in Annan, Dumfries, Scotland. Awarded 1914/15 Star trio.

HANRAHAN, Eugene Rupert. 1331. Private 2KEH. Entered France 4/05/1915. Transferred to 2nd Battalion, Lancashire Fusiliers as Private 40571. KIA 9/10/1917 aged 28. Killed at the battle of Poelcapelle (an unsuccessful attempt to capture more of the Passchendaele Ridge in the lead up to the First Battle of Passchendaele on 12 October 1917. Son of the late Thomas Hanrahan, of Ballinacurra, Midleton, Co. Cork, and of Nora Hanrahan, of Glenbrook, Passage West, Co. Cork. Born at Guildford, Surrey. Enlisted 1914. Buried in CEMENT HOUSE CEMETERY, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium. Entitled to 1914/15 Star trio. Name commemorated on the Midleton World War 1 Memorial. Accompanying photographs in 2KEH uniform taken in 1914 on enlistment courtesy of Rose Muller on Ancestry. 

HARDEN, Horace. 1319. Private 2KEH. Entered France 5/05/1915. Transferred as Private, Machine Gun Corps 157198 then Private, Lancashire Fusiliers 40570. Discharged 16/02/1919. Entitled to 1914/15 Star trio.

HARDIMAN, Ernest. 1628. Private 2KEH. Entered France 15/07/1915 as a Private, 11th Battalion, Tank Corps 302856 then Private, 12th/13th Battalion, Northumberland Fusiliers 40120. Lived at Kingston Hill, Surrey post war. Applied for 1914/15 Star trio.

HARDING, Colin. Lieutenant Colonel CMG DSO 2KEH. Born 15/08/1864 in Montacute, Somerset, England a son of Charles Harding and died 3/01/1939. Arrived in Bulawayo in 1894 and attained the rank of Corporal in the Rhodesia Horse. Saw action in the Matabele Rebellion in 1896 as a sub-inspector of the Mashonaland Mounted Police soon to become amalgamated into the British South Africa Police (BSAP). A brother Officer was John Norton-Griffiths, founder of the 2KEH. Harding was awarded a CMG for his services and promoted to Captain in 1897 and in November of that year a Major and Chief Inspector in command of the Native Police. In 1899, he was appointed Acting Resident Commissioner in Barotseland. Promoted to Colonel he commanded the Barotse Native Police after being refused service in a fighting unit. He resigned from the British South Africa Company on 31/03/1906. He became a District Commissioner in the Gold Coast where he left to assist in the raising of the 2KEH. He went to France with the 2KEH in May 1915 succeeding his old BSAP colleague Norton-Griffiths as Second-in-Command. In September 1915, he was appointed to command the 15th (2nd Birmingham Battalion) Royal Warwickshire Regiment at Codford St Mary. Returned to France 22/11/1915 and after an operation for appendicitis on 1/09/1916 he was no longer fit for operational service. He was awarded the Distinguished Service Order on 1/01/1917. He returned to the Gold Coast and served as Provincial Commissioner and Member of the Legislative Assembly before returning in August 1921. He published an autobiography entitled 'Far Bugles' in 1933 and died 3/01/1939. Biographical details from an article by Tim Wright in the Journal of the Society for Army Historical Research, 83: 255-257, 2005. Portrait photograph (see Figure 319, Copyright Imperial War Museum HU 122864).

HARDIE, John Jackson. 1540. Private 2KEH. Entered France 2/07/1915. Transferred as Private, Liverpool Regiment 85721. Commissioned as a Second Lieutenant on 26/03/1918. 1914/15 Star issued by Indian Army Office. John was born on 8 November 1894 at Troon, Ayrshire, Scotland, son of James Hardie, master mariner, and his wife Agnes Hawthorn, née Johnstone. Educated at Troon and at the Royal Academy, Irvine, he migrated to Australia in 1911 and was a jackeroo at Avon Downs, Northern Territory. On the declaration of war, he rode to Cloncurry, Queensland, to enlist in the Light Horse. Rejected, he reached Townsville and shipped to England to join the 2KEH in April 1915. He served in France from July until August 1917 and was attached to the 59th Training Battalion from October. Commissioned as temporary Second Lieutenant in March 1918, he joined the Indian Army in September and served with the 3rd Skinners Horse on the North-West Frontier, in the 3rd Afghan War. He returned to Australia in 1920. From 1921 to 1925 Hardie grew bananas at Highfields, Terranora Broadwater, near Tweed Heads, New South Wales. Driven out by bunchy-top infestation, he learned wool-classing and, in 1926, joined the Graziers' Co-operative Shearing Co. Ltd. He joined the company permanently in 1938 as technical services officer and was responsible for checking wool purchases in New South Wales and Queensland. Well-liked and widely known, he had a sound grasp of stockowners' and breeders' problems and bridged effectively the traditional gap between pastoral research and rural practitioner. His articles in agricultural journals and the Bulletin's 'Man on the Land' page were expanded into three practical manuals. Hardie wove his experiences into four well-written and popular minor novels. All relayed an authenticity which gained him a wide readership. Cattle Camp (1932) is the romance of a Scots-born bushman and his war experiences; it won third prize in the Bulletin's novel competition; its two main characters reappear in Lantana (1933). The other novels are The Bridle Track (1936) and Pastoral Symphony (1939), the first of an unfinished trilogy. At St Patrick's Vestry, Sydney, on 30 November 1935 Hardie married a typist Margot (Marguerite) Ernestine Daly, from New Caledonia; they lived at Neutral Bay. Hardie's knowledge of cattle and fluency in French enabled him to act as agent for the French government between the Noumea veterinary office and Australian stockbreeders for bulls to improve New Caledonian livestock. An initial draft of stud cattle was selected at the Sydney Royal Show (1940). In November 1940 Hardie was placed on the Reserve of Officers as a Captain. He joined the Volunteer Defence Corps in 1942 as a Private and was promoted Lieutenant (1942) and Captain (1943). In September 1945 he was discharged and returned to his previous status in the Reserve. Died 26/09/1951 in Noumea, New Caledonia. Applied for 1914/15 Star trio from Drummoyne, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.

HARDY, Valentine Irving. 1579. Private 2KEH. Traveled from Port Stanley, Falkland Islands to enlist 29/04/1915 in Liverpool and entered France 5/05/1915. Enlisted a Transferred as Acting Corporal, 11th Battalion, Tank Corps 112042. Discharged 31/03/1920. Born in 1892. Applied for 1914/15 Star trio from Buenos Aries, Argentina.

HARGREAVES, Thomas. 1771. Private 2KEH. Enlisted 2/08/1915 and discharged 14/10/1916 due to sickness. Awarded Silver War Badge 65,228. Did not serve overseas and no medal entitlement.

HARRIS, . 2230. Private. 3rd Troop.

HARPER, Charles Gordon. 1283 (not 1282 as shown on some records). Private 2KEH. Enlisted 19/12/1914. Entered France 5/05/1915. Transferred as a Private, Tank Corp 112192 early in 1917 and then commissioned as a Second Lieutenant, 3rd Battalion, Royal Munster Fusiliers 27/02/1918. On 7/11/1918 he was posted to the RAF 76th Wing Training Squadron, presumably for pilot training. Posted to 231 Training Squadron, Felixstowe on 13th March 1919 then transferred back to the Royal Munster Fusiliers. From Ontario, Canada. Discharged 16/09/1919. Applied for 1914/15 Star trio. Photograph shown as a Private in 2KEH (courtesy of Marion Harper, Great War Forum).

HARRIS, Leopold Jonas. 166. Private 2KEH. Entered France 4/05/1915. Commissioned Lieutenant Royal Engineers 29/05/1916. Mentioned in Despatches 11/12/1917 as a Temporary Lieutenant, Royal Engineers. Entitled to a 1914/15 Star trio. Awarded General Service Medal with Iraq clasp and medals applied for from King's Gardens, London on service in Jerusalem, Palestine. Awarded the Order of the British Empire.

HARRISON, Harry William. 1616. Private 2KEH. Entered France 20/07/1915. Commissioned in the Tank Corps 3/02/1918. Applied for 1914/15 Star trio from an address initially in Cologne and then from Balham, England.

HARRY, Charles William. 1311. Corporal 2KEH. Entered France 30/09/1915. Transferred to the Tank Corps as Corporal 112214. Commissioned as a Second Lieutenant, 1st Battalion, London Regiment 26/02/1918. Transferred to the Royal Air Force. Applied for 1914/15 Star trio named to Tank Corps from Saskatchewan, Canada.

HART, Henry (Harry) George. 1538. Private 2KEH. Entered France 4/05/1915. Commissioned Second Lieutenant in the Royal Engineers 25/10/1917. Born 30/08/1894 in Forbes, NSW, Australia and died 8/02/1964 in Kesh, Co Fermanagh, Ireland and studied medicine. Returned to Clonelly House, Peltigo, County Fermanagh, Ireland in 1914 where his mother Mrs Margaret Hart moved there. Noted by grandson Jan Hart on Great War Forum in 2014. Had a letter to his mother published in the paper in which he notes a big gun firing named 'Silent Sue". Applied for 1914/15 Star trio c/o his mother's address in Ireland.

HARVEY, L. Y. 136. Private 2KEH. Entered France 4/05/1915. Transferred as Private, Military Mounted Police P/12031. Prior service with South African Constabulary and awarded Queen's South Africa Medal with South Africa 1901 and South Africa 1902 class as Trooper C410. Entitled to 1914/15 Star trio.

HARVEY, William A. 152. Corporal 2KEH. Entered France 26/10/1915. Transferred to Special Reserve 23/02/1919. Entitled to a 1914/15 Star Medal trio.

HARWARD, John Ernest. 1835. Private 2KEH. Enlisted 12/1/1915 and discharged 18/04/1918. Awarded Silver War Badge 364,422. Born Sep 1897, living in Richmond, London at enlistment and died in Eastborne, Hampshire in 1979. Entitled to British War and Victory Medals.

HATTON, Percy Edwin. 23. Serjeant 2KEH. Enlisted at White City, Middlesex, London and entered France 4/05/1915. Transferred as Serjeant, 11th Battalion, Tank Corps. Awarded Distinguished Conduct Medal and Chevalier of the Order of Leopold II with Palm. KIA 29/09/1918 aged 42. Son of Mrs. Hannah Hatton of Acton, London, England. Prior service in the Boer War. His name is commemorated on the Memorial in Vis-en-Artois, Pas de Calais, France. Entitled to 1914/15 Star trio named to Tank Corps.

HAWTON, Robert Bond. 1925 Private. Enlisted 11/05/19196. Anglo-Argentinian railway staff. Fractured his arm whilst on duty 6/12/1916 at Curragh and hospitalised for three months. Transferred to Labour Corps as Private 230738 with 662 Home Service Company on 7/07/1917. Discharged 15/03/1919. Born in Jul 1883 in Clerkenwell, London, England and died 17/03/1946 in Chelsea, London, England. Anglo-Argentinian railway staff. Home service with no medal entitlement.

HEALY, Lawrence. 1512. Private 2KEH. Transferred as Corporal, 1/4th and 1/7th Northumberland Fusiliers 61190. Entered France 5/07/1915. Awarded Military Medal as Corporal, Northumberland Fusiliers. Trained with an Officer Cadet Battalion. Prior service with Irish Police Force. Awarded 1914/15 Star trio named to Northumberland Fusiliers.

HEARD, Edward Terence. 1202. Corporal 2KEH. Enlisted 9/11/1914 and served in France from 5/05/1915 and promoted to Corporal after fighting at Ypres, Festubert and Givenchy. Returned to England Feb 1917 and commissioned Second Lieutenant, Royal Flying Corps 20/06/1917 then Lieutenant April 1918 with 8 Squadron. Killed in a flying accident 17/05/1918 aged 28 as a Ferry pilot (Lympne Aircraft Acceptance Park) at Weeley Heath, Little Clacton. Returned from the Sudan to enlist where he was an employee of the Sudanese Government from 1909. Commemorated at GOLDERS GREEN CREMATORIUM, England. Son of Mrs. Florence Heard, of 61, Newcastle House, Northumberland St., Marylebone, and the late Edward Heard. Born Greenhithe, Kent. His mother applied for his 1914/15 Star trio. Noted in De Ruvigny's Roll of Honour.

HEARNE, Guillermo Ramon. 1233. Lance Corporal 2KEH. Entered France 5/05/1915. Accidentally killed 10/10/1915. Born in Buenos Aires. Buried at BAILLEUL COMMUNAL CEMETERY EXTENSION, NORD, France. Entitled to 1914/15 Star trio. Civilian photograph and headstone shown.

HEASMAN, George Harry. Private 2KEH. Transferred to 2KEH from 11th Hussars. Commissioned Royal Flying Corps 24/11/1914. Entered France May 1916. Killed in a flying accident whilst instructing a student in an Avro 504 aircraft (serial B3241) on 20/01/1918 with 85 Squadron at Pewsey, Wiltshire, England. He was an up and coming jockey pre-war and his father Henry Heasman was a race horse owner. Entitled to British War Medal and Victory Medal. Born in East Grinstead on 26/08/1890 and buried in EAST GRINSTEAD (MOUNT NODDY) CEMETERY, Sussex, England. His brother Lieutenant Frederick James Heasman, Military Cross (3 June 1918) Mentioned in Despatches, Royal Artillery served in WW1 in the Ceylon Planters Rifles, Punjabi Regiment then Grenadier Guards died in service from meningitis in WW2 and is buried beside his brother.

HEATH, E. H. Second Lieutenant 2KEH. From Reserve Squadron in England and arrived in Merris, France 28/06/1915.

HEATLEY, Robert. 1458. Serjeant 2KEH. Entered France 4/05/1915. Transferred to 2nd Battalion, Lancashire Fusiliers as Serjeant, 40566. Entitled to 1914/15 Star trio.

HELM, Cecil Von Puttkamer. 1255. Private 2KEH. Entered France 4/05/1915. Transferred as Private, 2nd Battalion, Lancashire Fusiliers 40569. Commissioned as a Second Lieutenant, 5th Battalion, London Regiment on 10/09/1918. Born 10/04/1890 at Hope Fountain, Bulawayo, Rhodesia and died in 1948 in Salisbury, Rhodesia. Applied for 1914/15 Star trio from Bulawayo, Rhodesia.

HELPMAN, Walter Gordon. 1029. Second Lieutenant 2KEH. Entered France 5/05/1915. Commissioned as a Second Lieutenant in 2KEH 1/10/1915 then as a Lieutenant, Royal Flying Corps later Captain, 11th, Battalion, Tank Corps. Mentioned in Despatches London Gazette 25/01/1917. Address provided for 1914/15 Star trio as Orangeria Bay Government Plantation, Papua.

HENDERSON, Bertram H. 1793. Private 2KEH. Transferred as Private, King's Liverpool Regiment (KLR) 85717. Entitled to British War and Victory Medals named to KLR.

HENDERSON, David Ebenezer. 1777. Serjeant 2KEH. Enlisted in London and was living in Blackrock, Dublin. Died 13/04/1917. Buried in St. Server Cemetery Extension, Rouen, France. He was born in Glasgow, Scotland 31/08/1868 and married Florence Mary Jones in Kent in Oct 1903. Widow Florence emigrated to Western Australia with five children on 15/01/1921 and applied for his British War and Victory Medals from Kalgoorlie, Western Australia. She lived to be 90. 

HENDERSON, Donald. 1655. Private 2KEH. Entered France 14/07/1915. Transferred as Private, Tank Corps 112151. Prior service in the Demareu Mounted Rifles stated in his Service Record and further research required. Entitled to 1914/15 Star trio named to Tank Corps.

HENRY, Charles. 1193. Serjeant 2KEH. Entered France 4/04/1915. Transferred as Serjeant, Labour Corps 611865. Discharged 19/02/1919. Entitled to 1914/15 Star trio.

HERBERT, Arthur. 1129. Private 2KEH. Entered France 4/05/1915. Transferred as Private, Lancashire Fusiliers 40573. Entitled to 1914/15 Star trio.

HERBERT, Basil Chambers. 1246. Private 2KEH. Entered France 4/05/1915. Commissioned 2KEH 1/10/1915. Born Dec 1890 in Pendlebury, Lancashire, England and died Jun 1932 in Richmond, Surrey, England. Applied for 1914/15 Star trio from Richmond, Surrey.

HERBERT, Reginald. 1508. Shoeing Smith 2KEH. Shoeing Smith, 40567 2nd Battalion, Lancashire Fusiliers. Second son of Thomas Herbert of Stilton, Peterborough. Brother to Private Charles Herbert (Private, 6071, 23rd Battalion, 5th Brigade, Australian Imperial Force from Cootamundra, New South Wales born 24/03/1887 and KIA 9/10/1917 at Passchendaele Ridge one year after enlisting, the same day as his older brother Reginald Herbert  was KIA in the same action and buried in Aeroplane Cemetery, Ypres, Belgium and Albert Herbert (Born 01/09/1894 in Steeple Gidding, Huntingdonshire  and KIA 26/04/1915 as Private 13092, 2nd Battalion, Northamptonshire Regiment at Aubers Ridge and buried at Rue-Petillon Military Cemetery, Fleurbaix, Nord-Pas-de-Calais, France). Born 26/12/1888 in Steeple Gidding, Huntingdonshire and educated at Denton and Stilton. Butcher in the UK and US. Enlisted 19/04/1915 and KIA at Passchendaele Ridge on 9/10/1917. Entitled to 1914/15 Star trio. All three Herbert brothers are commemorated in De Ruvigny's Roll of Honour. Photo courtesy of De Ruvigny's Roll of Honour.

HERRIG, Alfred Eric Max. 2039. Private 2KEH. Enlisted in Croydon, London. Died in Curragh Military Hospital, Ireland on 11/07/1918 aged 20. Son of Mr. and Mrs. M. Herrig of 8 Langley Road, South Norwood, London. Widow Martha Helen F. Herrig. Name commemorated on the London - Estate Duty Office (Shepherd's Bush) War Memorial as AEM Herrig.

HEWETT,  Henry Meyrick. 1474. Corporal. Enlisted at Hampton Court, London. Entered France 4/05/1915 and badly wounded when blown out of his trench during the Battle of Loos. Killed in the Irish Rebellion 13/05/1916 aged 42. He was in the list of soldiers mentioned in the War Office dispatch of 25th January, 1917, for distinguished service in connection with the war. With his companion, Corporal D'Alroy of the same regiment, Hewett performed magnificent services in clearing the neighbourhood of Thomas Street, Cork Hill, Dame Street, and South Gt. George's Street, Parliament street, and the lines of the quays, during Easter week. He was wounded five times in all, the final wound which killed him, having been sustained on the Thursday while he and his companion D'Alroy were engaged bombing a rebel barricade in North King street. They had just jumped over the military barricade in their rush when Hewett fell shot through the heart. On the previous Tuesday, Corporals Hewett and D'Alroy took a prominent part in the recapture of The Daily Express and Evening Mail Offices. Born in Barnet, London Borough of Barnet, Greater London, England in 1874. He left Plymouth aged 17 and served for two years with Rhodes Mounted Police though the Matabele War. Then he served with Plumer's Horse though out the Boer War being wounded once. He was a war correspondent in the East during the Russo-Japanese War. Buried in Grangegorman Military Cemetery, Cabra, County Dublin, Ireland . Name commemorated on the 1916 Easter Rising Memorial Wall in Glasnevin Cemetery. Awarded Mentioned in Despatches and 1914/15 Star trio. Son of Lieutenant General Edward Osborne Hewett C.M.G. (Royal Engineers) the first Commandant of the Royal Military College of Canada. Brother George Osborne Hewett was a Lieutenant Commander on Royal Navy ship HMS Daring and another brother was believed to have commanded a Welsh Regiment. Photograph of memorial gravestone shown. 

HICKEY, Nicholas. 846. Serjeant. Entered France 4/05/1915. Discharged 23/08/1916. Awarded Silver War Badge. Entitled to 1914/15 Star trio. Died 15/09/1921.

HICKOX, Walter Edwin Cecil. 1041. Corporal. Entered France 15/05/1915. Commissioned Tank Corps 20/12/1917. Address provided for 1914/15 Star trio as Addiscombe, Surrey. Born 12/05/1887 in Clapham, Surrey, England and died Jun 1960 in Croydon, Surrey.

HIDE, George C. 1317. Private 2KEH. Entered France 5/05/1915. Discharged 6/08/1919. Entitled to 1914/15 Star trio.

HILDER, Frank. 3/10/1864 – 23/4/1951. Lieutenant 13/02/1902; Captain 20/12/1902 and second in command of D Squadron, Essex Imperial Yeomanry. On formation of the Territorial Force on 1st April 1908 he was posted and promoted to Major and Officer in Command of the newly formed Essex Royal Horse Artillery. Later he served as a Major in the 2KEH before moving to command the 2/3rd South Midland Brigade, Royal Field Artillery. His final appointment was as commander of the XXI Corps Ammunition dumps in the Egyptian Expeditionary Force. In 1895 he married Evelyn Mary Wood, the daughter of Lieutenant Colonel G.W. Wood of Ingatestone. A stockbroker who having made his fortune by the 1930s set himself up to support various causes and pursuits. He and his wife were joint honorary secretaries of the Essex Branch of the National Service League which was founded in 1907. He also subsidised the publication of the monthly journal The Patriot. Later he was elected MP (Conservative) for the seat of South-East Essex (1918 – 1923). He was High Sheriff of Essex in 1935, a Justice of the Peace and a Deputy Lieutenant of Essex. He was awarded the Territorial Decoration. Owned Huskards at Ingatestone which operated as a 55-bed VAD auxiliary hospital from September 1914 to January 1919, with Mrs Evelyn Hilder as the Commandant. In June 1908 he presented the "Hilder Jug" silver to Colonel Colvin and Officers to be used as a Best Troop challenge cup which was regularly awarded up to 1961 (Biographical information courtesy of Michael Wood).

HILL, Jeremiah Charles Holmes. 1140. Private 2KEH. Entered France 5/05/1915. Commissioned 9th Battalion, Essex Regiment 19/03/1916. DoW 2/05/1917 and buried in Duisans British Military Cemetery, Etrun, France. Born about 1894 in Brentwood, Essex, England. Awarded 1914/15 Star trio and claimed by his father, C. J. Hill of Maida Vale, West London.

HILL, John Dickson. 150. Private 2KEH. 1st Troop, 'C' Squadron. Enlisted White City, London. Entered France 4/05/1915. KIA 23/05/1915 at the Battle of Festubert. Born in Dalmeny, West Lothioan, Scotland on 25/07/1874  the son of John Hill of Carlourie. Name commemorated on Le Touret Memorial, France and on family gravestone in Dalmeny Churchyard. He is noted in 'Veteran Volunteer: Memoir of the Trenches, Tanks and Captivity 1914 - 1918' by Frank Vans Agnew MC. John was entitled to a 1914/15 Star trio.

HILL, Leonard Rowland. 1692. Private 2KEH. Entered France 15/07/1915. Transferred as Private, 10th Battalion, Northumberland Fusiliers 39944 then Private, 2nd Battalion, Lancashire Fusiliers 40568 then Private 11th Battalion, Tank Corps 302778. Discharged 4/03/1919. Entitled to 1914/15 Star trio.

HILL, Sidney George. Second Lieutenant 2KEH. Commissioned as a Second Lieutenant from an Officer Cadet unit on 21/12/1916 (London Gazette 5/01/1917) later Lieutenant. Transferred as a Lieutenant, 3rd Battalion, King's African Rifles on disbandment of 2KEH in Aug 1917. Entitled to British War and Victory Medals.

HILLIER, Edward (Tom) Thomas. 658. Private 2KEH. Entered France 1/06/1915. Transferred to Labour Corps as Private, 62997. A New Zealander and friend of Serjeant Herbert Mackintosh, King's Colonials which may infer he to served in the King's Colonials prior to service in the 2KEH. Discharged 13/02/1919. Entitled to 1914/15 Star trio named to Labour Corps.

HIME, John Robert Wilbroham. 72. Serjeant 2KEH. Entered France 5/05/1915. Commissioned Second Lieutenant, 4th Battalion, Devonshire Regiment 29/09/1915, promoted to Lieutenant n the King's African Rifles. Requested 1914/15 Star trio from Bank Farm, Nantwich, Cheshire, England.

HINES, Henry. 1673. Private 2KEH. Commissioned Royal West Kent Regiment 26/06/1917.

HINGSTON, Geoffrey. 1491. Private. Entered France 5/07/1915. Commissioned Somerset Light Infantry 29/01/1918. Entitled to 1914/15 Star trio.

HIRTZEL, Bernard Turner. 462. Serjeant. Enlisted at White City, London and entered France 4/05/1915. KIA 29/07/1915 aged 35. Born in Shillingford, Devon, England 2/09/1871 the son of George and Ellen Mary. Name commemorated on the Ploegsteert Memorial and www.devonhonour.org.uk. Entitled to 1914/15 Star trio. 

HOBDEN, Jubery. 1449. Private. 3rd Troop. Entered France 15/07/1915. Discharged 10/03/1919. Entitled to 1914/15 Star trio.

HODGSON, Ferdinand. R. 399. Private. Entered France 5/05/1915. Commissioned as a Lieutenant 700th Motor Transport Company Royal Army Service Corps 10/1/1916. Entitled to 1914/15 Star trio and medals applied for from The Strand, London.

HODGSON, Henry. 1475. Private. Entered France 5/05/11915. Discharged 6/09/1919. Entitled to 1914/15 Star trio.

HOGG, Theodore C. Mack T. Major 2KEH. From 13/11/1914 (Feb 1915 Army List). Retired Lieutenant Colonel Indian Army. Captain in 1896 in 38th King's Own Central India Horse.

HOLLAND, John. 872. Private 2KEH. Entered France 4/05/1915. Discharged 22/05/1916. Entitled to 1914/15 Star trio.

HOLLAND, Michael James. Captain 2KEH. On probation as a Second Lieutenant 13/10/1914. Honorary Major, East Africa Political Department in 1916 with General Smuts. Awarded Military Cross for successful defence of the fort at M'Kalamain East Africa against a numerically superior German force. Active in the Home Guard in WW2. Lieutenant in 1915 see Figure 19. Born: 25/10/1870 and died 14/05/1956 at Lullings, Balcombe, West Sussex. Son of Rev Francis James Holland (1828-1907) and Mary Sibylla Lyall (1836-1891). Responsible for mapping copper deposits in Nyasaland, the Belgian Congo and Angola when acting as Private Secretary to the Governor of the Gold Coast in 1896-7. Applied for 1914/15 Star trio from Balcombe, Sussex, England.

HOLLIMAN, John Herbert. 1972. Private 2KEH. Entered Egypt 5/11/1914 with 2nd County of London Yeomanry, 1964. Transferred as Private, 1/7th Battalion, Manchester Regiment 4266 then Private, 2KEH 1972 then Private, 7th Battalion, Tank Corps 112086. Entitled to 1914 Star trio.

HOLMES, Ernest D. 1637. Private 2KEH. Entered France 30/07/1915. Commissioned 2nd London Regiment 4/09/1916 later Lieutenant Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve. Applied for 1914/15 Star trio from China Coast Officer's Guild, Hong Kong.

HOLMES, William. 1321. Serjeant 2KEH. Entered France 5/05/1915. Serjeant, 11th Battalion, Tank Corps 302858, Serjeant 12th/13th Battalion, Northumberland Fusiliers 61304. Discharged 9/10/1919. Entitled to 1914/15 Star trio.

HOLMWOOD, Ernest Somers. Second Lieutenant 2KEH. Commissioned as a Second Lieutenant from an Officer Cadet unit on 21/12/1916 (London Gazette 5/01/1917). No Medal Index Card or Medal Roll entry identified.

HOMANN, Leslie Lloyd (Roy). 1402. Private 2KEH. Entered France 5/05/1915. Transferred as Acting Serjeant, 7th Battalion, Tank Corps 69846. Transferred to Machine Gun Corps (Heavy Section) as a gunner as reported in the Chronicles of the NZEF 2/05/1915. Enlisted in Otago Mounted Rifles 15/08/1914 as Private 2/292 and served 61 days before travelling to England to enlist. Two years prior service with 'H' Battery, Nelson. Born 7/04/1887 in Nelson, New Zealand and died 21/01/1963 in Stratford, Taranaki, New Zealand. Enlisted in the New Zealand Military Forces in July 1940 and requested to serve in the Tank Corps but discharged on enlistment. Entitled to 1914/15 Star trio.

HONIWELL, Edwin Carlton. 1696. Private 2KEH.Enlisted 22/06/1915. Entered France 2/01/1916. Transferred as Private, 1st/4th Battalion, Northumberland Fusiliers 61277 on 7/08/1917 then Private, 11th Battalion, Tank Corps 302828. Wounded 23/08/1918 with Gun Shot Wounds to the knee, buttock and back. Discharged 23/02/1919. Born 8/02/1894 in Buckfastleigh, Devon, England and died Apr 1982 in Ealing, Greater London. Entitled to British War and Victory Medals.

HOOD, . 151651. Serjeant. 2nd Troop, 2KEH. Burnt portion of 2nd Troop, 2KEH Nominal Roll.

HOOGTERP, Jan (John) Albert. 421. Private. Entered France 4/05/1915. Commissioned Second Lieutenant, 1st Battalion, Royal East Kent Regiment 11/06/1916. Lieutenant, Royal Air Force. Entitled to 1914/15 Star trio.

HOOK, Charles. 1176 Serjeant 2KEH. Entered France 4/05/1915. Serjeant 61232, 1st/4th Battalion, Northumberland Fusiliers and then Serjeant 302838, 11th Battalion, Tank Corps. Entitled to 1914/15 Star trio.

HORE, Joseph. 1564. Private 2KEH. Entered France 3/07/1915. Transferred as Private (Gunner) 11th Battalion, Tank Corps 112276. Died of meningitis 17/07/1918 aged 24. Son of Francis John and Martha of Argentine. Buried in Etaples Military Cemetery, Etaples, France. Entitled to 1914/15 Star trio. Portrait photograph in 2KEH courtesy of "Activities of the British Community in Argentina During the Great War 1914". 

HORNE, Charles 781. Enlisted 9/09/1914, entered France 5/05/1915 and discharged due to illness 10/12/1915. Awarded Silver War Badge 81399. Served with Belgian Army in 1914. Applied for 1914 Star trio from South West London but was deemed ineligible for 1914 Star but was awarded British War and Victory Medals.

HOPE, William R. 1733. Private. Entered France 30/07/1915. Commissioned as a Second Lieutenant, 3rd Battalion, Border Regiment 31/07/1917. Entitled to 1914/15 Star trio.

HOPPER, George H. 2118. Private. KEH. Transferred to KEH as Private 2009. Discharged 7/06/1919. Entitled to British War and Victory Medals.

HOWARD, Daniel. 1212. Private. Entered France 5/05/1915. Discharged 6/12/1919. Entitled to 1914/15 Star trio.

HOWARD, Frank M. 1440. Private 2KEH. Entered France 5/07/1915. Discharged 12/08/1916. Entitled to 1914/15 Star trio but medals returned to stock under King's Regulations.

HOWARD, Sydney. 1724. Private 2KEH. Transferred to KEH as Private 2076. Deserted 7/08/1918. WW1 medals forfeited.

HUBBARD, Jesse. 1377. Serjeant. 2KEH. Enlisted 7/01/1915. Transferred as Serjeant, Northumberland Fusiliers 61282 on 27/08/1917 then Serjeant, Tank Corps 302829 from 9/03/1918. Discharged 4/03/1919. Born in 1890 in Wortham, Suffolk, England. Entitled to British War and Victory Medals.

HUGHMAN, Harold R. Private 2KEH. Trial date of 18/01/1915 noted whilst stationed at Woodbridge.

HUNGERFORD, Mervyn Walter. 1362. Private 2KEH. Enlisted 4/01/1915 and entered France 4/05/1915. Transferred as Corporal 4th Battalion, Northumberland Fusiliers 61203 then Corporal, 11th Battalion, Tank Corps 302792. Discharged 1/03/1919. Was living in North Sydney, New South Wales Australia at time of enlistment and had served with Queensland Light Horse as a volunteer until 1911. Lived in Wyong, New South Wales, Australia post war. Service No N67890; enlisted 24/10/1939 in Newcastle; 20th Garrison Battalion; Lance Corporal; discharged 25/07/1942. Born 5/09/1890 in Moonbi near Tamworth, New South Wales, Australia and died 20/09/1966 in Repatriation General Hospital, Concord, New South Wales, Australia Awarded 1914/15 Star trio.

HUNT, Clarence Charles. 1544. Private 2KEH. Enlisted 1/05/1915. Transferred as Private, 60th Company, Royal Defense Corps 91327 on 11/08/1917 to allow him to return to his employer Major the Honourable A. C. Murray, DSO, Member of Parliament as his valet. WIA at Etaples 21/11/1915. Discharged 11/03/1919. Awarded Silver War Badge 521026. Born in 1876 in Kensington, Middlesex, England and died 29/06/1939 in London, England. Prior service in the army noted as 2nd Battalion, and then illegible on his Service Record possibly with Major Murray. Awarded 1914/15 Star trio.

HUNT, Harry Kingswell. 1148. Private 2KEH. Enlisted at Croydon, Surrey, entered France 4/05/1915 and KIA 23/05/1915 aged 32 at the Battle of Festubert. Son of Mr. and Mrs. G. H. Hunt of Bramley Hill, South Croydon; husband of Rhoda L. Hunt of West Croydon. Name commemorated on Le Touret Memorial, France. Entitled to a 1914/15 Star trio.

HUNT, Phillip, Walter. 1559. Private 2KEH. Entered France 4/05/1915. Commissioned Second Lieutenant 9th Middlesex Regiment 1/10/1915 then transferred to the London Regiment. Lieutenant 19th Rifle Brigade. Applied for 1914/15 Star trio from Littlehampton, Sussex, England.

HUNT, Stanley Brookes. Private 2KEH. 1898-1955. Injured and went to Ireland to recover and noted that he was only one to come out of a hospital ward alive. A silver spoon engraved "Marksman Trooper S B Hunt 2KEH 1918" held by the family. Information courtesy of the Wartime Memories Project.

HUNT, Walter Robert. Quarter Master and Honourary Captain later Major 2KEH. Entered France 4/05/1915. Mentioned in Despatches (London Gazette 4/01/1917). Applied for 1914/15 Star trio from Wandsworth Common, South West London.

HURT, Arthur Wellesley. 1414. Private 2KEH. Entered France 4/05/1915. Transferred as Private Tank Corps 112240. Awarded 1914/15 Star trio and his British War Medal is held in a private collection 2016.

HUTCHINGS, Lionel Frederick. 1199. Private 2KEH. Then transferred as Private, 85724 in the 3rd Battalion, King's Liverpool Regiment then as Private, 85724 in the 11th Tank Corps. Entitled to British War and Victory Medals named to the Tank Corps.


IDDON, Harry. 1495. Private 2KEH. Enlisted 10/04/1915 in Liverpool and entered France 30/07/1915. Transferred as Private, 4th Battalion, Northumberland Fusiliers 611188 then Private, 11th Battalion, Tank Corps 302799. Discharged 5/03/1919. Born 10/03/1887 in Everton St Ambrose, Lancashire and died Mar 1964 in Preston, Lancashire, England. Entitled to 1914/15 Star trio.

INGE, Walter Charles. Second Lieutenant 2KEH. Transferred to South Staffordshire Regiment (London Gazette 26/02/1916) later Captain. Entered France 16/12/1916. Born 22/05/1868 in South Norwood, Surrey, England and died 6/02/1940 at 116 Victoria Road, Kilburn, London, England. Applied for British War and Victory Medals from Broad Green, London.

INSKIP, Edward Digby. 1272. Private. Returned to England from Buenos Aires, Argentina to enlist 16/12/1914. Entered France 4/05/1915. Commissioned 3rd/4th Battalion Suffolk Regiment 4/09/1916. Later served as a Second Lieutenant with 57 Squadron of the Royal Flying Corps. Born 1894 in Framlingham, Suffolk, England and died 8/10/1964 in Punto Fijo, Falcon, Venezuela. His brother was Roland 'Tim' Debenham Inskip CB CIE DSO MC (17 September 1885 – 23 November 1971) was an English first-class cricketer and British Army officer. Inskip served in the British Indian Army from 1905 to 1947, seeing action in the First World War, the Waziristan campaign and the Second World War. He was highly decorated in these campaigns and eventually reached the rank of Major-General. Edward applied for 1914/15 Star trio from Santiago, Chile. Civilian portrait shown from 1950s courtesy of the Imperial War Museum' Lives of the First World War'.

IRONSIDE, David Cooper. 1699. Private 2KEH. Private 20th then 18th then 14th Battalion, Northumberland Fusiliers 61207. Born 5/03/1886 in Aberdeen, Aberdeenshire, Scotland. Awarded British War and Victory Medals named to Northumberland Fusiliers.

JACOBS, John. 539. Served as John COLE. Private 2KEH. Enlisted in Liverpool. Entered France 14/10/1915. DOW 13/12/1916 and died 10 General Hospital Rouen. Born in Surrey, England and living at time of enlistment in Canning Town, London. Buried at ST. SEVER CEMETERY, ROUEN, Seine-Maritime, France. Entitled to 1914/15 Star trio.

JACKSON, Joseph J. 1421. Corporal 2KEH. Transferred as Corporal, 14th Battalion, Liverpool Regiment 85705. Entitled to British War and Victory Medals.

JAMES, Francis Henry. 824. Private 2KEH. Entered France 2/07/1915. Transferred as Private, Northumberland Fusiliers (NF) 39908. Entitled to 1914/15 Star trio named to NF.

JAMES, Maurice. 1345. Private 2KEH. Entered France 15/07/1915. Commissioned 2KEH 15/04/1917. Awarded Silver War Badge 45925 in 2KEH attached to the Machine Gun Corps. Applied for 1914/15 Star trio from Shirley Road, Cardiff. Name commemorated on the Kilkenny War Memorial, MacDonagh Station, Dublin Road, Kilkenny, Ireland.

JAMIESON, John McCuill. 30. Private. Entered France 5/05/1915. Commissioned as a Second Lieutenant 7th Battalion Notts & Derby Regiment 28/02/1917. Entitled to 1914/15 Star trio which he applied for from an address in Scotland.

JARVIE, Norman Alexander. 405. Private KIA 13/12/1914 aged 40. Born in 1874 in Anderson, Glasgow. Received a commission as a Second Lieutenant in the 3rd /4th Battalion of the Highland Light Infantry, dated to the 27/05/1895, 28/07/1896 promotion to full Lieutenant. On 10/10/1899, The London Gazette announced Jarvie’s promotion to Captain. The very next day, the Second Anglo-Boer War broke out and on 25/01/900, the Dundee Evening Telegraph reported that Jarvie had been attached to the 1st Battalion and was soon to depart for South Africa. The 1st Battalion had suffered heavy casualties at the Battle of Magersfontein (11/12/1899) and Issue no 13, vol 2 of the HLIC stated that he was leading a detachment of 50 NCOs and men to replace these losses. On 5th February Jarvie had departed Devonport with his 50 men and was to sail that afternoon from Southampton on the ship Majestic. In late March, reinforcements from the 4th Battalion (likely including Jarvie) finally caught up with the 1st Battalion in the Orange Free State capital of Bloemfontein. The very next day, the battalion had to make a forced march to join the Highland Brigade at Reitfontein. Assuming that Jarvie was not one of them, he almost certainly accompanied the 1st Battalion on its march to Heilbron, during which they lost 70 men to constant harassment from Boer guerrillas. The HLI’s roll for the Queen’s South Africa Medal lists that Jarvie qualified for the Wittebergen clasp, which required him to be in the area of Harrismith and Bethlehem in July of 1900. This means he probably took part in the HLI’s capture of Retief’s Nek on 23rd July. He may also have been present for the action at Spitz Kop on 15th August. Jarvie boarded the ship Britannic from Capetown on 6th October and was on his way back to Britain. On 16/11/1900, the London Gazette published a notice that Jarvie had been removed from the army, ‘the Queen having no further occasion for his services’. This dismissal immediately caused a minor scandal, with half a dozen newspapers printing the story. On 24th November, the Worcester Chronicle published the story under the headline ‘Officers Cashiered’. The manner of his dismissal and the reporting around it suggests that Jarvie’s military career may have ended in a court martial. When the next war broke out 14 years later, he was 41 and technically too old to enlist. However, he appears to have enlisted as a simple trooper in the 2KEH. Jarvie may have lied about his age to join up, but as he was physically capable and passed the tests, many examiners would happily have passed him. Furthermore, he may have omitted to state his previous service, since many battalions didn’t want court martialled soldiers in the ranks. However, the 2KEH was made up primarily of ex-patriot Britons from the colonies and Jarvie’s family connections with Singapore and the Far East may have been a factor in his acceptance. He died of illness 13/12/1914 aged 41 in Brentford Hospital, Middlesex, United Kingdom and is buried in Middlesex. Name commemorated on the Glasgow Necropolis. Jarvie’s Officer’s sword was first recorded in Dix Noonan Web’s Auction of the 14/12/2006. It later appeared in Bonhams’ auction on the 5/12/2012. The sword carries the following Inscription: “Norman A Jarvie, Captain, 4th Ban., Highland Light Infantry, South Africa, 1899 -1900”.

JARVIS, Charles Wemyn Barron. 1011. Entered France 5/05/1915. Commissioned as a Second Lieutenant 3rd Battalion Royal West Kent Regiment 14/05/1915 later Captain. KIA 30/07/1916. 1914/15 Star trio claimed by mother from Tayport, Fife, Scotland.

JEFFREY, Sidney William. 1831. Private. Enlisted 9/11/1915. Discharged 14/09/1916. 'Came from Australia in March 1915' noted on British War Medal Roll which is his sole entitlement. Born in 1892. Applied for British War Medal from Wellington, New Zealand.

JENKINSON Christopher Russell. 1117. Squadron Quarter Master Serjeant KEH. Entered France 30/09/1915. Wounded at Pont Fixe in 1915. Transferred as Colour Serjeant, Lancashire Fusiliers 45481 then commissioned into the Royal Army Service Corps 28/03/1918. Born Jul1873 and died Jan-Mar 1938 at Lilliputian, Poole, Dorset, England. Applied for 1914/15 Star trio from Stoke Newington, London.

JEPSON, John B. 1437. Private 2KEH. Entered France 5/05/1915. Private, Machine Gun Corps 52909. Transferred Class 'Z' A Reserve 2/02/1919. Entitled to 1914/15 Star trio.

JERVIS, Ivan. 609. Serjeant 2KEH. Entered France 4/05/1915. Transferred as Serjeant, 101654, 29th Battalion, Durham Light Infantry. Entitled to 1914/15 Star trio.

JOHNSON, Albert H. 161. Private. Entered France 4/05/1915. Discharged 19/04/1919. Entitled to a 1914/15 Star trio.

JOHNSON, Louis H. 61709. Trooper, British Columbia Horse transferred as a Driver 2KEH then Air Mechanic Second Class, Royal Air Force Photographic Section. Entitled to 1914/15 Star trio.

JOHNSTON, Andrew Archibald (Archie). 1162. Serjeant. Entered France 5/05/1915. Born in Singapore on 10 December 1881, the son of an East India Merchant. He enlisted as a Trooper in 2KEH on the Army Reserve in November 1914, when he stated that his former occupation was that of 'rancher'; he would later state that he had also been a 'prospector' and 'trawler hand'. Rapidly advanced to Sergeant, he reverted to the rank of Private at his own request in April 1915, shortly before he was embarked for France. By January 1916, however, he was once again wearing Sergeant's stripes and he remained on active service until July 1917, when he was posted to No. 1 Cavalry Cadet Squadron at Netheravon. He was subsequently commissioned 2nd Lieutenant in the 1st (Reserve) Lancers and relinquished his commission in March 1919. He served with 20th Middlesex Rifle Volunteers prior to Private 13538, 68th Company (Paget's Horse), 19th Battalion, Imperial Yeomanry 3/01/1900 to Jul 1901. Awarded Queen's South Africa Medal with Cape Colony, Transvaal and South Africa 1900-01 clasps. Applied for 1914/15 Star Trio from Richmond, Surrey, England. He died on 6 November 1927 in Kapuskasing, Ontario, Canada, at the age of 46 in a railway accident. His 1914-15 Star (1162 Pte. A. A. Johnston, K. Edw. H.); British War Medal 1914-20 (1162 Sjt. A. A. Johnston, K. Edw. H.) was sold at auction by Spink in the UK.

JOHNSTON, Guy Featherston. 2KEH Farrier Serjeant may have served KEH prior. Served in the Boer War as a Lieutenant 1363 with 8th Company, 4th New Zealand Contingent Left Wing 19/06/1901 after four years in 'D' Battery, New Zealand Artillery. Sailed on the 'Gymeric' 31/03/1900. Captain in the New Zealand Militia in 1902. After serving in France with 2KEH returned to New Zealand as a Lieutenant 12701 in the 13th Reinforcements, New Zealand Field Artillery, New Zealand Expeditionary Force from 15/12/1915 with an embarkation date of 27/05/1916 on HMNZT 54 'Willochra'. From Wellington, New Zealand in Boer War and Auckland in WW1. Born 2/9/1872 the son of Hon. C. J. Johnston, MP, Karori, Wellington, New Zealand and died 2/01/1941.Brother of Brigadier-General Francis Earl Johnston, CB KIA 7/08/1917. Born in Wellington, he was educated in England. Joining the British Army, he served with the Prince of Wales’s North Staffordshire Regiment in the Sudan and later in the Second Boer War in South Africa. In New Zealand on secondment to the New Zealand Military Forces when the First World War began, he was posted to the NZEF as commander of the New Zealand Infantry Brigade. He led the brigade through most of the Gallipoli Campaign. Later, on the Western Front, he commanded the 1st Infantry Brigade and, for a brief period, the New Zealand Rifle Brigade. He was shot and killed by a sniper on 7 August 1917, one of three New Zealand brigadier generals killed during the war. Lieutenant Johnston noted as serving in the 2KEH in the Taranaki Herald 1/10/1914. Commemorated on the Auckland Online Cenotaph.

JOHNSTON, Hector Camden. 1670. Private. Entered France 2/10/1915. Commissioned Border Regiment 26/06/1917. Awarded Silver War Badge 341,142. Applied for 1914/15 Star trio from Eureka, Richmond River, New South Wales, Australia. Born 9/07/1887 in Eureka, New South Wales, Australia and died 13/11/1939 in Eureka.

JOHNSTONE, James. 723. Private. Entered France 4/05/1915. Commissioned 4th Battalion, King's Shropshire Light Infantry 24/01/1917. Entitled to 1914/15 Star trio.

JOHNSTONE, Robert Philip. 1312. Private KEH then Private 2KEH, 1312. Enlisted 23/12/1914. Entered France 5/05/1915. Discharged 2/09/1916 due to wounds with Silver War Badge 177,131. Awarded OBE. Born in 1890 in San Fernando, Trinidad and Tobago and died in 1967. Brother of Corporal Romer Johnstone, 1316 KEH. Awarded 1914/15 Star trio. Information courtesy of Helen Pollock.

JONES, Edward Arthur. 1593. Private. Enlisted 29/04/1915 and entered France 15/07/1915. Discharged 9/08/1917. Born in 1888. Awarded Silver War Badge 14,571. Entitled to 1914/15 Star trio.

JONES, Frank (Fred) Wright. 927. Private 2KEH enlisted December 1914 and served in Serjeant Cowley's troop. Transferred to the Army Service Corps on 28/09/1917 as Lance Corporal R/39963. The very grainy photograph shown of Private Frank Jones with Private Charlie Hakewill, 2KEH appeared in the Market Harborough Advertiser 9 November 1915 taking a break. The article about the photograph explains Charlie was nicknamed “Peter the Painter” and Fred W. Jones was “Jockey” enjoying a “well earned rest,” and we might also add, a well earned refreshment. Both send cheery greetings to their Harborough friends. They are in 2KEH, The Canadian Mounted Brigade. An additional photograph of Private Jones, 2KEH who was a cross country horseman from a village in Market Harborough, UK on horseback is shown in Figure 39d from local sources by W. R. (Bob) H. Hakewill a published local historian in Market Harborough, UK.

JONES, Harry. 1750. Private 2KEH. Enlisted in London on 24/07/1915. Acting Serjeant Royal Engineers WR12815, 205598. No 205598 served in Inland Water Transport section. Discharged 21/4/18 as over military service age. Died 30/4/18 on board H.M.A.T. "Suevic" en-route to Australia of lymphadenonia. Next of Kin, Mr W. Jones, Salop Street, North Kensington, Adelaide and Mrs. J. Lawn (Aunt), Main Street, Mordialloc, Victoria. Awarded Silver War Badge 360150 due to sickness and entitled to British War and Victory Medals.

JONES, John H. 1571. Private 2KEH. Transferred to Royal Flying Corps (RFC) 6/11/1917 107453. British War and Victory Medals named to RFC.

JORDAN, Edward. 1156. Corporal 2KEH. Entered France 2/07/1915. Transferred as Corporal, 1st Battalion then 7th Battalion, Rifle Brigade 200715. KIA 22/02/1917 aged 27. Son of Mr. and Mrs. Jordan, of Co. Carlow; husband of Edith Jordan, of Scholefield Road, Upper Holloway, London. Buried in MONT HUON MILITARY CEMETERY, LE TREPORT, France. Entitled to 1914/15 Star trio.

JOYCE, James Bailey. 1864. Corporal 2KEH. Transferred as Corporal, 3/85725 in the 20th Battalion, King's Liverpool Regiment and then to the 11th Battalion, Tank Corps as Corporal, 302886. Entitled to British War and Victory Medals named to the Tank Corps.

JOYCE, Percy F. 1350. Private 2KEH. Entered France 4/05/1915. Commissioned Royal Engineers 29/1/1916 later Captain.1914/15 Star Trip applied for c/o Messrs. Brown Shipley & Co, Pall Mall, London. British War and Victory Medals issued by Government of India.

JOYCE, Reuben (Robert) Jacob. 1305. Private 2KEH. Entered France 5/05/1915. Discharged 19/04/1919. Born in Singapore in 1892 and lived in Princess Gate, Knightsbridge, London. Multiple hospital admissions when serving with 2KEH as a result of venereal disease. Died in Nov 1919. Entitled to 1914/15 Star trio with British War and Victory Medals returned to be destroyed as unclaimed due to premature death.

JUDD, Henry Alexander. Commissioned as a Second Lieutenant in 1914. Promoted to Lieutenant in Oct 1914. Acting Captain then Captain with the 3rd Canadian Cavalry. Entered France 3/05/1915. Twice Mentioned in Despatches (London Gazette 11/12/1917 and 20/12/1918). Lieutenant Colonel on 1914/15 Star trio application. Awarded Order of the British Empire (OBE) in 1919 list in the London Gazette as Lieutenant 2KEH.

JUDD, Reginald A. 2023. Private 2KEH. Transferred to KEH as Private 2077. Discharged 4/12/1919. Entitled to British War and Victory Medals.

JUDGE, Arthur George. 1668. Private. Remembered with honour Belgrade Cemetery, Namur, Belgium: Plot V, Row D, Grave 6. He enlisted in London 16/10/1917, and was formerly Private 1668, 2KEH and then transferred as Private 59058 Royal Fusiliers. He was entitled to the British War and Victory Medals, and died at 48 Casualty Clearing Station, France, of pneumonia. Son of Elizabeth Jane (nee WITHERS) JUDGE of Watford, and the late James JUDGE. Arthur was born 1897 in Westminster, London, and resided in Balcombe, Sussex. On the 1901 Census, aged 3 he lived in Leweston, Dorset, with his parents and two siblings. On the 1911 Census, at school aged 13, he lived in Berkeley Square, London W, with his parents and no siblings.

JUST, Leonard Wolfgang. 1045. Second Lieutenant in the King's Colonials 21/04/1903. Private 2KEH. Entered France 4/05/1915 then commissioned as a Second Lieutenant\, 2nd/6th Battalion, Gloucestershire Regiment 10/10/1915 later Lieutenant. Entitled to 1914/15 Star trio.

KANE, Denis. 1457. Private 2KEH. Entered France 4/05/1915. Transferred as Private 2nd/10th Battalion, King's Liverpool Regiment 91429 then Private, 10th then 11th Battalion, Tank Corps 202818, KIA 2/09/1918. Buried at Dury Crucifix Cemetery, France. Born in Fiarveiw, Co. Dublin the son of Denis Kane and Bridget Prendergast. Entitled to 1914/15 Star trio.

KANE, Michael Douglas. 1542. Private 2KEH. Enlisted 21/04/1915 in Dublin aged 25. Lance Corporal Military Mounted Police P/15732. From Rush, Dublin, Ireland.

KEARNEY, John. 1498. Private. Entered France 4/05/1915. Deserted 29/10/1915 and awarded no medals.

KEEN, Arthur William. 1917. Private 2KEH. Transferred as Private 1st/7th Battalion, Northumberland Fusiliers 61191, Private 11th Battalion, Tank Corps 302790. Entitled to British War and Victory Medals.

KEESHAN, Daniel Joseph. 1513. Lance Corporal. 2KEH. Serjeant, 85715, King's Liverpool Regiment. Born July 1885 in Ireland and served as a boy soldier in the Leinster Regiment, 6102 from 01/1900-10/07/1903 then Private in the Irish Guards 11/07/1903-11/03/1908, Corporal 12/03/1908-19/03/1914. Transferred to 2KEH then Serjeant, King's Liverpool Regiment, 85715 from 14/04/1914-14/12/1918. Lance Corporal KEH, 1513. Re-joined Dublin Metropolitan Police 8/11/1918 and difficult to ascertain when he served pre-war given succession of army service. Died in Dublin 1/11/1944. Photograph of 1914/15 Star trio shown named to King's Liverpool Regiment. 

KELLY, Arthur F. 177. Serjeant. Farrier. Entered France 3/06/1915. Discharged 13/12/1918. Entitled to a 1914/15 Star Medal trio.

KELLY, John George. 1619. Private. Birth name Joaquim Vitali. Transferred to 3rd Battalion, Rifle Brigade as Private S/29120. Entitled to British War and Victory Medals named to Rifle Brigade.

KELLY, Joseph. 760. Private. Enlisted 26/08/1914 and discharged 11 days later on 5/09/1914. Passed his medical examination but Short Service Attestation papers state not appointed signed by Lt Col Montagu Cradock, Commanding Officer. Born in 1884 in Ratoath, County Meath, Ireland. No medal entitlement.

KELLY, Joseph. 1651. Private. Transferred to 1st/4th Northumberland Fusiliers as Private, 39987 and then Tank Corps as Private, 302919. Prisoner of War 29/09/1918 to 11/11/1918. Entitled to British War and Victory Medals named to Tank Corps.

KELLY, Robert. 806. Private. Enlisted 25/08/1914 and entered France 4/05/1915. Transferred as Private 85716 in the 19th Battalion, King's Liverpool Regiment then transferred to Machine Gun Corps (Heavy Branch - Tank Corps 27/08/1917 as Private 302779. Discharged 4/03/1919.. Prior service as Private 1505 with Nesbitt's Horse in the Boer War and awarded Queen's South Africa Medal with Cape Colony clasp and King's South Africa Medal with South Africa 1901 and 1902 clasps. His medals were sent to his brother C. H. Kelly, Warder, Her Majesty's Prison, Lincoln. Born in York, England in 1880. Entitled to 1914/15 Star trio with 1914/15 Star named to 2nd KEH and British War and Victory Medals named to Tank Corps.

KELSON, Gerald Miles. Private 2KEH. Lieutenant 24/01/1917. Transferred and promoted to Major 11th Battalion, Tank Corps. Served in German West Africa arrived 26/09/1914 with Enslin's Horse as Trooper 93 until 26/05/1915. Awarded Military Cross for gallantry 8/10/1918 at Villers Otreaux as Lieutenant (Acting Captain, Tank Corps) (London Gazette 30/07/1919). Died 27/12/1919 of an overdose of chlorodyne and buried Plumsead Cemetery, Cape Town, South Africa. Awarded 1914/15 Star trio.

KEMP, Joseph. 1765. Private. Discharged 22/06/1919. Entitled to British War and Victory Medals.

KEYS, Charles. 190. Serjeant. Warrant Officer Class 2. Warrant Officer Class 2, 2KEH. Entered France 5/05/1915. Commissioned as a Second Lieutenant, 11th Battalion, Devonshire Regiment on 4/08/1916. Lived in Muswellbrook, NSW, Australia. Awarded Silver War Badge 149868. Awarded 1914/15 Star trio.

KIDDELL, Arthur James Bartram. 1420. Private 2KEH. Entered France 5/05/1915. Transferred as Lance Corporal, Northumberland Fusiliers 39957. Commissioned as a Second Lieutenant, Royal Garrison Artillery. Applied for 1914/15 Star trio from Charing Cross, London, England.

KIERNAN, Christopher. 1825. Private 2KEH. Transferred to 1st/4th Battalion, Northumberland Fusiliers, 61281 then 11th Battalion, Tank Corps, 302831. Died in service of sickness 7/11/1918. Buried in ST. SEVER CEMETERY EXTENSION, ROUEN, France. Born 20/05/1895 in Mullingar, Co Westmeath, Ireland. Entitled to British War and Victory Medals.

KINCAID, Alfred William. 1480. Private 2KEH. Enlisted 8/04/1915 and entered France 4/05/1915. Transferred as Corporal, 11th Battalion, Tank Corps 112281. Discharged 5/02/1919. Prior service with South Irish Horse. Surname corrected from KINCAIRD on Medal Index Card. Born in 5/09/1899 in St Peters Parish, Dublin and died 19/11/1978 in Santa Barbara, California, United States of America. Entitled to 1914/15 Star trio named to Tank Corps.

KINCAIRD-SMITH, Alan. 1264. Private. Entered France 5/07/1915. Commissioned 12th Battalion, Highland Light Infantry 12/03/1916. Eligible for Silver War Badge. Applied for 1914/15 Star trio from Salisbury, Rhodesia.

KING, Alfred Marston. 681. Private 2KEH. Enlisted 11/12/1915. Entered France 5/05/1915. Transferred as Private 1st/5th Battalion, Northumberland Fusiliers 61260 then Private, 11th Battalion, Tank Corps 302821. Discharged 7/01/1919. Born in 1895. Resided Brithdir, Glamorgan, South Wales. Entitled to 1914/15 Star trio.

KING, Charles Stanley. Private 2KEH. Served with pre-war KEH from 1911 whilst a Rhodes scholar at Oxford University. Entered France 10/09/1915. Commissioned as a Second Lieutenant, Royal Field Artillery later Lieutenant. Awarded Military Cross as a Forward Observation Officer at the Battle of Loos. Mentioned in Despatches. WIA twice with wounds received at Battle of Messines resulting in 12 month hospitalisation. Born in 1890 and educated at Hutchins School, Tasmania, Australia and died in Montagu Bay, Tasmania 26/04/1959. Entitled to 1914/15 Star trio.

KING, Daniel Bagett. 442. Private. Enlisted at White City, London on 25/08/1914. Entered France 4/05/1915 and discharged 16/01/1919. Born in Dublin, Ireland in 1867 and was married and living in Lambeth, London. Prior service with Bechuanaland Border Police, time expired. Entitled to 1914/15 Star trio. Rank shown as Bombardier on MIC but this is not a yeomanry rank so is an error.

KING, George Ernest. 2033. Private. 3rd Troop. Enlisted 23/08/1916 at Kilkenny, Ireland. Served in Ireland for two and half years. Discharged 19/03/1919. Born in 1888 and lived at Erdington, Birmingham and died in 1973. Applied for disability pension as a result of military service with deafness in both ears. Brewer at South Berks Brewery Co, Newbury. Entitled to British War and Victory Medals.

KING, William S. 2053. Private 2KEH. Transferred as a Lance Corporal, Royal Engineers 229178 then Pioneer, Royal Engineers 604663. Entitled to British War and Victory Medals named to Royal Engineers.

KINGSFORD, Arthur. 979. Serjeant. From New Zealand. Entered France 5/06/1915. Commissioned as a Second Lieutenant 176th Tunneling Company, Royal Engineers 10/09/1915. Later Acting Captain. Entitled to 1914/15 Star trio.

KIRK, Charles William. 483. Squadron Quarter Master Serjeant (Warrant Officer Class 2) later Regimental Quarter Master Serjeant 2KEH. Entered France 4/05/1915. Commissioned Second Lieutenant 5th Battalion Notts & Derby Regiment 25/09/1916. Joined 1st/6th Battalion Dec 1917. Wounded 3/01/1918 by shrapnel from a shell burst and did not rejoin the Battalion but worked with Ministry of Munitions in Westminster, London. From Durban, South Africa. Entitled to 1914/15 Star trio which he applied for.

KIRWAN, Patrick. 1518. Private 2KEH. Transferred to Royal Flying Corps (RFC) 17/02/1917 as Private 65465. British War Medal and Victory Medals named to RFC. Name commemorated on the Kilkenny War Memorial, MacDonagh Station, Dublin Road, Kilkenny, Ireland.

KITNEY, George. 1268. Private 2KEH. Entered France 5/05/1915. Transferred as Private, 12th Battalion, Loyal North Lancashire Regiment 55484. Entitled to 1914/15 Star trio.

KNAPP, Terrand Jeffery Cuthbert. 1418. Private 2KEH. Enlisted 12/02/1915 and entered France 5/05/1919. Transferred as Private Labour Corps 230744. Discharged 29/11/1917 as physically unfit for service. Born in 1874 and resided at enlistment at Southsea, Hampshire. Prior service with Robert's Horse as Private 4608 and discharged with enteric fever in 1902. Entitled to 1914/15 Star trio named to Labour Corps,

KNOWLES, Benjamin. 389. Serjeant 2KEH. Attested 24/08/1914 at White City, London. Entered France 4/05/1915. Promoted to Serjeant 9/07/1916. Commissioned as a Second Lieutenant 9/11/1916 later Captain and then Major, attached 88th Field Ambulance, Royal Army Medical Corps *RAMC). Awarded Military Medal as a Serjeant in 2KEH 21/11/1916 and Military Cross as a Captain RAMC (London Gazette 24/08/1918) when was himself wounded while attended to the wounded) and Mentioned in Despatches 30/04/1916. Born in Aberdeen on 26/05/1885 and died on the 25/10/1933 in London. Prior service Scottish Horse. Entitled to 1914/15 Star trio and applied for medals from an address in Richmondhill Road, Aberdeen, Scotland. His brother Private John Forbes Knowles, 2719 born 26/02/1891 and KIA Ypres 5/05/1915 with 4th Battalion, Gordon Highlanders.

KNOX, Wilfred Sidney. 1826. Private 2KEH. Private Northumberland Fusiliers 61244, Private Royal Army Ordnance Corps 043721. Discharged to the Reserve 21/02/1919. Did not serve in France and entitled to British War and Victory Medals. Born 29/05/1895 and died in Goodwood, Trinidad and Tobago. Brother of Harold (Harry) Dudley Knox, 1827.

KNOX, Harold (Harry) Dudley. 1827. Private 2KEH. 'A' Squadron. Left Trinidad for UK 18/10/1915 with 1st Caribbean Merchant and Planters Contingent. Died of Wounds 3/06/1917 aged 22.  Born in 1895 the son of William and Celeste Knox, of William's Ville, Trinidad, British West Indies and educated at St. Mary's College, Port-of-Spain, Trinidad and Tobago. Buried at DUISANS BRITISH CEMETERY, ETRUN, Pas de Calais, France. Brother of Wilfred Sidney Knox, 1826. Portrait photograph of Harry Knox shown and additional information on the Knox brothers courtesy of Paul Sandford (Great uncle was Harold Knox).

KNOX-LITTLE, . Second Lieutenant. Arrived Merris, France 28/06/1915 from Reserve Cavalry Regiments in England.

KOECHLIN, Marcel Charles. 649. Serjeant. Enlisted 8/09/1914 at age 40, entered France 5/05/1915 and sustained Gun Shot Wound to the scalp in Aug 1917 with no ill effect. Discharged 14/12/1918. Entitled to 1914/15 Star trio and awarded Silver War Badge due to sickness. Applied for his medals from Vine House, Church Walks, Llandudno, Wales.                                                    

KRUGER, Charles Horace. 1919. Private 2KEH. Enlisted in London. Private, 1/5th Battalion, Northumberland Fusiliers 61259. KIA. 19/12/1917. Only son of the late John and Edith Kruger, of Las Palmas, Grand Canary. Commemorated on the TYNE COT MEMORIAL, Belgium. Entitled to British War and Victory Medal. Victory Medal sold on eBay UK and image shown.


LAHEE, Edward Sansom. 1204. Corporal. Entered France 4/05/1915. Commissioned Second Lieutenant 2KEH 24/08/1917 later Lieutenant. Born Jan 1880 in Islington, London, Middlesex, England and died in 1949 in Cape Province, South Africa. Prior service with the Cape Mounted Rifles in the Boer War. One of nine brothers who served in the Great War see details under Serjeant Herbert Micah Lahee, 669, 2KEH.  Edward was entitled to 1914/15 Star trio.

LAHEE, Herbert Micah. 669. Serjeant 2KEH. Enlisted 26/08/1914 at White City and entered France 4/05/1915. Appointed Lance Corporal 22/07/1916, promoted to Corporal 26/02/1917 and Serjeant 13/06/1917. Transferred as a Serjeant Tank Corps 111992 on 7/08/1917. Appointed Warrant Officer Class 2 on 7/04/1918 and served as Regimental Quartermaster Serjeant. Discharged 21/05/1919. Born in 1888 and resided in Middlesex on enlistment. Entitled to 1914/15 Star trio. One of nine sons of Mrs. Lahee of Winchmore Hill, London who served in the Great War with Corporal Edward Sansome Lahee,1204 also serving with the 2KEH. The sons were Henry Lahee, Union Defence Forces, South Africa; Serjeant Herbert Micah Lahee, 669, 2KEH; Frank Lahee in France with Queen Victoria's Rifles; Terence Lahee in France with Queen Victoria's Rifles; Sidney Lahee in Malta with 3rd Royal Fusiliers (City of London); Roy Lahee, Royal Canadian Rifles in Bermuda; Arthur Lahee, Union Defence Force, South Africa; Corporal Edward Sansome Lahee, 1204, 2KEH and Percy Lahee, Royal Field Artillery. Five sons had emigrated to South Africa per-war. Two sons, Arthur and Terence were KIA.

LAMBERT, William. 841. Private. Entered France 4/05/1915. Commissioned as a Second Lieutenant 18th Battalion, Highland Light Infantry 23/04/1916. KIA 2/06/1916. Son of William Lambert (late of Madras) and Henrietta Mary Lambert, of "The Limes", Haddenham, Bucks, England. Buried in BETHUNE TOWN CEMETERY, Pas de Calais, France. Entitled to 1914/15 Star trio.

LANDON, John Robert. Private 2KEH. Entered France 5/05/1915. Commissioned as a Second Lieutenant later Captain, 15th Battalion, Royal Warwickshire Regiment. KIA 3/09/1916. Commemorated on the Thiepval Memorial. Born 27/04/1888 in Romford, Essex, England and had service with the Essex Royal Horse Artillery prior to 2KEH. His father, Harcourt Palmer Landon from Brentwood, Essex claimed his 1914/15 Star trio. Civilian portrait shown courtesy of Ancestry. 

LANDRY, Romes. 1536. Private. Entered France 5/07/1915. Discharged 16/06/1916. Entitled to 1914/15 Star trio.

LANGE, Pierre M. 1358. Private. Enlisted in the KEH as a Private 21/12/1914 and arrived in France 4/05/1915. Commissioned as a Second Lieutenant, Indian Army Reserve of Officers 25/09/1917. Transferred as a Second Lieutenant, 1st Battalion Brahmans. Born on 12/05/1885 in Port of Spain, Trinidad and was employed as a Planter before the war. Entitled to 1914/15 Star trio. Listed on British West Indies list in KEH Old Comrades Association article and photograph in St Mary's College yearbook shown.

LANGLOIS, Wilfred Seymour. 1371. Private 2KEH. Entered France 4/05/1915. Transferred as Private, 2nd Battalion, Lancashire Fusiliers 40578. Entitled to 1914/15 Star trio.

LANGSHAW, Frank. 1390. Private 2KEH. Enlisted 6/01/1915 and entered France 5/05/1915. Transferred to Labour Corps as Private 230752 and discharged 16/08/1917 due to sickness. Awarded Silver War Badge 260,009. Born in 1882 and resided post-war in Salford, Manchester. Entitled to 1914/15 Star trio named to Labour Corps.

LAROQUE, A. Louis Robert. 1382. Lance Corporal 2KEH. Entered France 1/05/1915. Commissioned as a Second Lieutenant, Royal Engineers 29/01/1916 later Captain. Entitled to 1914/15 Star trio.

LAW, Ernest. 1431. Serjeant 2KEH. Entered France 5/05/1915. Transferred as Serjeant, 11th Battalion, Tank Corps 300520. KIA 27/09/1918 and buried in Vis-en-Artois British Cemetery and Memorial, Haucourt, France. Born in Canton, Hong Kong, China in 1885. Entitled to 1914/15 Star trio named to Tank Corps.

LAWRENCE, Dennis Herman. 1422. Lance Corporal 2KEH. Enlisted 1/03/1915 in Hamstead and entered France 5/05/1915. Twice WIA 25/08/1915 and 29/09/1918. Transferred as Private, 11th Battalion, Tank Corps 112024. Born on 8/06/1892 in Fitzroy, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia and his father was a doctor in Collins Street, Melbourne. Dennis died in Perth, Australia. Discharged 19/02/1919. Entitled to 1914/15 Star trio named to Tank Corps.

LAWRENCE, Frederick John. Major 2KEH then Machine Gun Corps, late Rhodesian Field Force. Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 2 clasps, Cape Colony, Rhodesia (Lieut., Rhod. F.F.); King’s South Africa 1901-02, 2 clasps (Capt., Rhodesian F.F.); 1914-15 Star (Lieut., K. Edw. H.); British War and Victory Medals (Capt.). Frederick John Lawrence served as a commissioned officer in the Royal Monmouthshire Militia, 1891-95. In the Boer War he was served a Lieutenant with the Rhodesian Field Force from 7/03/1900 to 29/06/1901, at which date he was promoted to Captain (Acting Press Censor) and served with the Press Censors Department in Capetown and East London until 20/09/1902. In the Great War he was appointed a Lieutenant in 2KEH on 10/08/1914, being promoted to Captain and entering the France/Flanders theatre of war on 4/05/1915. In his papers he states he received an eye injury from a shell explosion when in the trenches on 23/05/1915. Promoted to Major on 17/04/1917 as Second in Command, 2KEH, he transferred to the Machine Gun Corps on 4/08/1917, then HQ Staff, Cork, 1919. Born 13/02/1870 and educated at Cheltenham College 1885-88 and lived in Jersey post war, England. Medals sold with copied research details; clasps confirmed at auction by Dix Noonan Webb, UK in December 2006.

LAYLAND, Thomas Dawson. 1282. Private. Entered France 4/05/1915. Commissioned 2nd/1st Dorset Yeomanry 2/02/1916. Born 14/02/1873 in Wallasey, Cheshire, England and died 21/06/1943 in Cumberland, Comox Valley, British Columbia, Canada. 1914/15 Star trio applied for from British Columbia, Canada.

LAYTON, Horace. 1291. Private. Enlisted 22/12/1914 and entered France 4/05/1915. Wounded and discharged 28/04/1916. Awarded Silver War Badge 71433. Entitled to 1914/15 Star trio.

LEADER, Sidney. 1196. Private. Entered France 4/05/1915. Commissioned Second Lieutenant Royal Highlanders, Second Lieutenant Indian Army Reserve of Officers. Applied for 1914/15 Star trio from Feltham, Middlesex.

LEANE, Arthur B. 696. Lance Serjeant. Entered France 4/05/1915. Commissioned 173rd Tunneling Company, Royal Engineers 22/09/1915. Entitled to 1914/15 Star trio. Possibly Trooper Arthur Bryant Leane, 14 who saw service in Boer War with District Mounted Troop Sir Lowry's Pass.

LEGGETT, Cecil. 195. Serjeant 2KEH. Entered France 4/04/1915. Transferred as a WO Class 2 Labour Corps 414290 then Warrant Officer Class 2, 11th Battalion, Tank Corps. Entitled to 1914/15 Star trio.

LEWIS, Frederick Sydney James McKay. 1404. Private 2KEH. Commissioned as a Second Lieutenant, 3rd Battalion Welsh Regiment 29/05/1917 later Lieutenant. Born 14/10/1896 in St Leonards, New South Wales and died 21/09/1983 in Seaford, Victoria, Australia. Served in WW2 with Australian Citizen Military Forces as Private, V357438 from 1939-48. Applied for 1914/15 Star trio from St Kilda Road, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. Civilian photograph courtesy of Ancestry.

LEWIS, William T. 1894. Acting Serjeant, 2KEH. Transferred as Acting Serjeant, Royal Engineers 238524 then Acting Serjeant, Royal Engineers WR/553458. Entitled to British War and Victory Medals.

LINDSAY, William K. 1451 Private 2KEH. Entered France 5/05/1915. Transferred as Private, Royal Engineers WR/215422 then Sapper, Royal Engineers 338724. Applied for 1914/15 Star trio from Hilton Village, Virginia, USA.

LINNEY, Edgar Walter. 1687. Private 2KEH. Entered France 14/10/1915. Commissioned 3rd Battalion, East Surrey Regiment 30/04/1918. Applied for 1914/15 Star trio from Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Born 21/07/1889 in Lambeth, London and died 11/01/1950 in Calgary, Alberta, Canada.

LINSTEAD, Douglas Walter. 1151. Private 2KEH. Entered France 5/07/1915. Commissioned Second Lieutenant 3rd Company, 12th Battalion Royal Fusiliers 12/03/1916. KIA 6/05/1916 aged 24. Son of the late Walter and Elizabeth Linstead. Born at Hammersmith, London, England. Buried in BERKS CEMETERY EXTENSION, Belgium. Entitled to 1914/15 Star trio and medals applied from by mother Mrs E. Anderson from Prahran, Melbourne, Australia.

LIVINGSTONE, Robert Duncan. 1936. Private 2KEH. Attached 1st/5th Battalion Northumberland Fusiliers, 61201. Worked at Stewart & Lloyd, Clyde Tubeworks and for Agar, Cross & Co. in London and Buenos Aires before joining Harrods in 1914. Came to Buenos Aires in 1910. Born in Rothesay, 20 July 1887 the only son of the late Duncan and Sarah Livingstone (née McFarlane). Educated at Rothesay. Came from Buenos Aires to enlist. Member of the Tigre Boat Club. Missing Estaires 10/04/1918 presumed KIA. Entitled to British war and Victory Medals. Commemorated on the Ploegsteert Memorial, Belgium. Portrait photograph shown.

LLOYD, Alfred Mostyn. 1289. Private. Enlisted 22/12/1914 and discharged 28/04/1916 due to sickness and awarded Silver War Badge 65158. Did not serve overseas. No medal entitlement.

LLOYD, Henry. 1719. Private 2KEH. Transferred as Private, Army Service Corps M Russia/47663. Re-enlisted Royal Army Service Corps 9/06/1919 as Private M/354264. Entitled to British War and Victory Medals.

LONG, Charles Ernest. Captain 2KEH. Prior service as a Second Lieutenant with the South African Irregular Forces became Second Lieutenant 2KEH Oct 1914, entered France 27/06/1915 and promoted Captain 24/01/1917. From Reserve Squadron in England and arrived in Merris, France 28/06/1915. Later Captain Royal Army Service Corps. Awarded 1914/15 Star trio.

LONG, Vincent William. 197. Serjeant 2KEH. Entered France 4/05/1915. Transferred as Serjeant, 1/4th then 1/5th Battalion Northumberland Fusiliers 61297. Entitled to 1914/15 Star trio.

LONGHURST, . 2329. Serjeant. 2nd Troop, 2KEH. From burnt portion of 2nd Troop, 2KEH Nominal Roll.

LOOKER, Ernest John. 1698. Private 2KEH. Transferred as Lance Corporal, 12/13th Battalion, Northumberland Fusiliers 61224. Likely to have been born in 1890 in England and died in 1963 in South Africa. Entitled to British War and Victory Medals.

LOWE, John Worthington. 199. Private 2KEH. Entered France 4/05/1915. Transferred as Private, Labour Corps 580504. Discharged 11/12/1918. Entitled to 1914/15 Star trio.

LOXSTON, George Hugh. 1714. Private 2KEH. Enlisted 10/07/1915 at Hampton Court, London, England. Entered France 29/06/1916. Private Tank Corps 112126 on 7/08/1917 and Acting Company Quarter Master Serjeant 24/02/1919. Discharged 30/05/1919. From Kensington, London and born in 1892. Awarded British War and Victory Medals.

LUCAS, Algernon. Second Lieutenant 2KEH. Falsely executed during Easter Rising 29/04/1916. Born 1879 in Bishops Cannings, Wiltshire, England. Died in service 29 Apr 1916 (aged 36–37). Son of Thomas Sloper Lucas and Mary (Clemments) Lucas of Bishops Cannings, Wiltshire. Brother of Arthur Lucas, Richard Lucas, Margaret Lucas, and Maud Lucas. Christened 28 December 1879 at Saint Mary the Virgin Church, Bishops Cannings, Wiltshire. He was a graduate of Selwyn College, University of Cambridge (1908). He subsequently went to Montreal, Quebec where he established a school and began a career in teaching. With the start of the First World War, he returned to Britain and was commissioned a Second Lieutenant in 2KEH. Recovering from wounds in Dublin, Lieutenant Lucas was executed on a false charge of being a spy and without trial at the Guinness Brewery by Company Quartermaster Sergeant (CQMS) Robert Flood of the Royal Dublin Fusiliers. It is alleged that CQMS Flood mistook him as a participant in the Easter Rising supposedly because of his American-sounding accent. Executed along with Lucas was the Guinness Brewery's night clerk, the equally innocent William John Rice, who had accompanied him to Flood's position. When neither Lucas nor Rice returned to their position, Lieutenant Basil Worsley-Worswick and Cecil Eustace Dockeray (a friend of Rice and fellow Guinness employee) went to investigate and Flood then ordered their execution as well. The murderous Sergeant was finally disarmed by a certain Captain Mariott. Astonishingly, Flood was acquitted of the four murders at his court-martial. Yet more surprisingly, he was later awarded the Good Conduct and Long Service Medal. The following year, he was killed in action in Salonika (now known as Thessalonika) in Greece. Lieutenant A. Lucas, Lieutenant B. Worswick, Mr W. J. Rice, and Mr C.E. Dockeray: requiescat in peace. Algernon Lucas was a recipient of the 1915 Star, British War Medal, and Victory Medal. Buried in Grangegorman Military Cemetery, Cabra, County Dublin, Ireland. Side profile photograph shown.

LUCK, Albert Percy. 1619. Private 2KEH. Entered France 14/10/1915. Transferred to 1st/4th Northumberland Fusiliers as Private, 61275 then 11th Battalion, Tank Corps as Private, 302832. KIA 8/10/1918. Buried in Prospect Hill Cemetery, Gouy, France. Born in 1897 in Guilford, Surrey, the son of Henry and Sarah Jane Luck of Spring Grove, Kingston-on-Thames, Surrey. Entitled to 1914/15 Star trio.

LUDLOW, Edgar Robert.  1192. Private 2KEH. Entered France 4/05/1915. Transferred as a Private 4th Battalion, Northumberland Fusiliers 61243 then commissioned as a Second Lieutenant later Lieutenant Royal Air Force. Born 30/12/1895 in St Eve, Cornwall, England and died 15/12/1941 in India. Applied for 1914/15 Star trio from Aske, Richmond, Yorkshire. Civilian photograph as a young boy shown courtesy of Ancestry.

LUDLOW, Frank. 1849. Acting Corporal 2KEH. Commissioned as a Second Lieutenant, East Lancashire Regiment on 25/06/1918. Applied for British War and Victory Medals from Aske, Richmond, Yorkshire.  

LUTTMAN, Henry Christian. 1278. Serjeant Major 2KEH. Enlisted 8/09/1914 and entered France 4/05/1915. Transferred as a Warrant Officer Class 2, 15th Battalion, Tank Corps 111989. Discharged 21/02/1919. Prior service as Corporal, 5th Dragoon Guards. Born in 1865 and resided in Islington, London at enlistment. Awarded 1914/15 Star trio named to Tank Corps. Named in a photograph taken at Meaulte, December 1916.

LYNCH, William. 1532. Private 2KEH. Enlisted 16/04/1915 in Cork and entered France 5/07/1915. Transferred as Private 10th Battalion, Northumberland Fusiliers 39912 then Private 2nd Battalion, Lancashire Fusiliers 40579 then Private 11th Battalion, Tank Corps 302808. Born in 1893 and resided in Cork, Ireland. Discharged 5/04/1919. Entitled to 1914/15 Star trio.

LYNCH-STAUTON, Leonard Alfred. 1027. Serjeant 2KEH. Entered France 15/05/1915. Commissioned 2KEH 22/6/1915 then Acting Captain Tank Corps. Born on 6/09/1875 in Fareham, Hampshire. Entitled to 1914/15 Star trio. He had three brothers and two sisters. His brother Lieutenant Colonel Reginald Kirkpatrick Lynch-Staunton DSO and Bar, Mentioned in Despatches five times, 220th Brigade HQ, Royal Field Artillery was born on 9/04/1880 in London and DoW 7/11/1918 in Baghdad, Iraq. Leonard died in 1925 at the age of 50.

LYON, Harry. 817. Private 2KEH. Entered France 5/05/1915. Transferred as Private Labour Corps 421711. Discharged 23/04/1919. Entitled to 1914/15 Star trio named to Labour Corps.


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Many of those that served in King Edward’s Horse (KEH) or 2nd King Edward’s Horse (2KEH) had prior service in the Second Boer War and other Colonial conflicts.  To enlist in either regiments, Colonial heritage and/or prior military service were key recruitment criteria. The following biographical narrative provides a fascinating insight into the social and service life of such a soldier of the 2KEH.  

The story of Private Edward Lean, 2KEH was brought to light through the meticulous research of my good friend Owen Dobson. Owen has an interest in both regiments of King Edward’s Horse having medal groups to both. He could not resist this WW1 ‘Tobacco Fund’ Active Service Post Card. Owen deciphered the sender’s name and with a cross check with this website’s Nominal Roll for the 2KEH (and for KEH) struck gold with four minutes to spare on bids closing on an electronic auction site - “Osborne Lean” and there was only one, namely 1704 Private Osborne LEAN, 2KEH, who was commissioned into the 1/6th Durham Light Infantry on 4/06/1916. Owen won the postcard and now his research could begin.

WW1 ‘Tobacco Fund’ “On Active Service” post card, postmarked and also hand dated (by the sender), 9 November 1915, sent from “Somewhere in France”, by “Osborne Lean” (his signature), a soldier in “The 2nd King Edwards Horse”. The card is addressed to “C/O Miss E. Wood, Colenso Station, Natal, South Africa”. The card also bears a “Passed by Censor 127” stamp, a post mark “ARMY POST OFFICE/R.X.2.” and a Natal stamp “CO(LONSO) / NATAL”.  There is a ‘slogan’ to the front, in which a sketched soldier is saying “More ‘Baccy’, Better Fighting, Quicker Peace”.

Transcript of Osborne’s message: “This morning I received a parcel of tobacco and cigarettes (two words crossed out) and this post card was in the parcel so presume you sent the parcel. Thank you so much for the smokes. It may interest you to know that I was born in Natal and have always lived in South Africa. I only came over for the War and am going back to dear old South Africa when it is all over. Once more thanking you for your kindness. Yours faithfully, Osborne Lean the 2nd King Edwards Horse”. Noted in the bottom left corner is "Somewhere in France 9.11.15".

Lean’s South African heritage pricked Owen’s attention into searching for prior service history in the Colonial wars that dogged that country.

Brabant’s Horse – Queens South Africa Medal Rolls

A search of the Anglo Boer War website and the Queens South Africa Medal Roll 1899-1902 (South African Colonial Corps, Brabant´s Horse) reveal the following:

20747 SSM (Squadron Sergeant Major) O. Lean, 1st Brabant’s Horse, QSA medal date clasps: 1901 and 1902.

20747 Sergeant O. Lean, 2nd Brabant’s Horse, QSA medal clasps: Cape Colony, Orange Free State and Transvaal.

20747 Squadron Sergeant Major Osborne Lean, 1st Brabant’s Horse (Later Brabant’s Horse), clasp Cape Colony.

Squadron Sergeant Major Osborne Lean earned his “Cape Colony” clasp with the 1st Brabant’s Horse, having joined from 2nd Brabant’s Horse.

The ‘Anglo-Boer War Records 1899-1902’ record set from The National Archives, Kew, Ref WO 126 – “Local Armed Forces Enrolment Forms, South Africa War” states that 20707 Sergeant Osborne Lean, 2nd Brabant’s Horse, was “Wounded Slightly on 25/02/1901 at Nr Toverwaterpoort”.

WW1 and Enslins Horse – South Africa 1914-15

Before he joined 2KEH, Osborne served in the South African Forces, as a Corporal with Enslins Horse (regimental number 176), entitled to a 1914-15 Star with them “to be issued by Pretoria”. It is deduced that 176 Corporal Osborne Lean, Enslins Horse, served during the Union’s WW1 campaign in German South West Africa (GSWA) and that this was what he earned his 1914-15 Star for and one would expect that his Star will be named to him with Enslins Horse. It also seems possible that Osborne saw service during the Maritz Rebellion in 1914 and this awaits confirmation.

WW1 – 1915, South Africa to England and 2nd King Edward’s Horse

Like so many of his comrades in arms, once the campaign in GSWA had been won, many re-enlisted into Union, Colonial or Imperial units to continue the fight. For many, this involved a self-funded voyage to England. We know, from his postcard, that Osborne traveled over to England, from South Africa “It may interest you to know that I was born in Natal and have always lived in South Africa. I only came over for the War...”. So, a search of the shipping passenger lists on Ancestry soon located his voyage.

We find that “Mr Osborne Lean”, aged 39 (born about 1876) and a farmer by occupation, arrived into Plymouth, Devon, England, from Cape Town, South Africa, on 30/06/1915, aboard the Union-Castle Mail Steamship Company Ltd ship ‘RMS Saxon’ (official number 112713).

Osborne’s father was Joel Lean (as was his father before him) and he was born in 1836 in Cornwall, England and he died in Pretoria, Transvaal, South Africa in 1884 aged 48. Osborne was one of seven children to Joel and Mary Lean.

Given Osborne’s arrival into England, on 30 June 1915, and his entry to France and Flanders, just one month later, on 30/07/1915, we can assume that he joined 2nd King Edward’s Horse almost immediately. He is likely to have been responding to an advert for new recruits to the regiment, posted in the Colonial newspapers of the day.

His British War Medal and Victory Medal were issued to him as a 2nd Lieutenant with the 1/6th Battalion (Territorial Force) of the Durham Light Infantry.

The “Theatre of War first served in” was France which he entered on 30/07/1915 with 2 KEH.

His commissioning into the Durham Light Infantry is confirmed as 4/06/1916 and he applied for his medals on 8 January 1923, from “103 Walker Avenue, Toronto, Canada”. A second address is noted “C/O Rev. O.S. Watkins, 20 Mortimer Rd, West Ealing, London W.13”, which Owen suspects is where his medals were to be sent. We now know (from his Wesleyan marriage record, below) that this is his wife’s father, the Reverend Owen S. Watkins, the same person who is provided as a C/O address on Osborne’s Silver War Badge list entry (below).

Lance Corporal Osborne Lean’s last effective day, as a member of A Squadron, 2KEH was 4/06/1916. We know this because in the regiment’s War Diary, for the period January 1916 – August 1917, (download from TNA, Ref WO 95/919/1), is a single diary entry for 4/06/1916, which reads “4 June 1916. Hesdin. 1704 L/Corpl O. LEAN appointed to a Commission 1/6 Battalion Durham Light Infy”. This ties to the commissioning date on Osborne’s Medal Index Card and Medal Roll entry. It is this War Diary which also, gives us the Squadron he served with, at this period in France, i.e. ‘A’ Squadron.

1/6th Durham Light Infantry (TF) – Commissioned 2nd Lieutenant, 3 June 1916

Osborne’s commission was promulgated in the Supplement to the London Gazette, dated 21 September, 1916, Issue 29757 (page 9196): “Durham L.I. – Lce.-Corporal Osborne Lean, from 2nd King Edward’s Horse, to be 2nd Lt. (on prob.). 3rd June 1916.”.

The War Diaries for 6th Battalion, Durham Light Infantry during the period June 1915 – November 1918 (TNA Ref WO 95/2840/2) tell us that 6th DLI were part of the 151st Infantry Brigade, 50th Division (50th (Northumbrian) Division of the Territorial Force). The ‘Durham at War’ website’s page for Durham Light Infantry, 1st/6th Battalion (https://www.durhamatwar.org.uk/story/12537/), provides an excellent overview and Owen uses this source for an introduction to the Battalion and its operations:

“The 6th Battalion DLI, formed in 1908 from the old 2nd Volunteer Battalion DLI, was a Territorial Force battalion with headquarters in Bishop Auckland and eight companies in drill halls in Barnard Castle, Consett, Crook, Spennymoor, Stanhope, and Bishop Auckland. On 3 August 1914, 6 DLI was on annual camp in North Wales with the rest of the Northumbrian Division, when the order came to return home and prepare for war. Over the next nine months, the battalion’s part-time volunteer soldiers, formed into four companies (named ‘A’, ‘B’, ‘C’, and ‘D’) were trained at Boldon, Ravensworth, and Bensham for full-time active service overseas. Meanwhile, in September 1914, a reserve battalion was formed at Ravensworth Park as the 2nd/6th Battalion DLI. Later still, in June 1915, a 3rd/6th Battalion was formed for home service.

The 1st/6th Battalion, commanded by Lieutenant Colonel Harry Watson, a well-known solicitor in Barnard Castle, left Newcastle railway station for France on 19 April 1915. Within days, the raw Durham soldiers were fighting for their lives in the Second Battle of Ypres, suffering heavy casualties from shelling and gas attacks at Frezenberg and in the GHQ line, the last trench defence before Ypres itself.

As part of the 151st Brigade of 50th (Northumbrian) Division, the 1st/6th Battalion served until August 1916 in the trenches of the Ypres Salient, Armentieres (where the four companies were re-named as ‘W’, ‘X’, ‘Y’, and ‘Z’), and Kemmel. The last two places were supposedly ‘quiet’, but the battalion rarely enjoyed days free from casualties. Moved south to join the Battle of the Somme in September 1916, the battalion again suffered heavily at High Wood and Eaucort l’Abbaye, where Roland Bradford took temporary command of the 1st/6th Battalion”.

The War Diaries for 6 Battalion, Durham Light Infantry during the period June 1915 – November 1918, downloaded from The National Archives, Kew, via ‘Discovery’ (TNA Ref WO 95/2840/2) then pick up Second Lieutenant Lean’s story.
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“La Clytte (sic) 5 June 1916. A quiet day. Corporal Lean from the 2KEH on appointment to the Battalion as 2nd Lieutenant. He left for England to get Officers clothes”.

“La Clytte. 16 June 1916. 2 Lieut Goldwynn and 2 Lt Lean returned from leave. At 10-30 pm a sudden heavy bombardment to the south. This presently died down and a very heavy bombardment continued in the Ypres salient. This continued till 11-30 am.”

“Locre. 9 August 1916. 2 Lieut Lean took over command of the Lewis Gun”.

“The Story of the 6th Battalion, The Durham Light Infantry. France, April 1915-November 1918” (Edited by Captain Sir Ralph Bignell Ainsworth M.C. and originally published London 1919 by The St. Catherine Press, Stamford Street, S.E) references the actions of the following days and weeks.

On the 26th September Lieut.-Col. Jeffreys left the Battalion to proceed to England for three months' rest, and Major Wilkinson took over command. The following day a move was made to Hook trench, where the men lived in small shelters and provided working parties at nights. This trench was on the skyline, and as a result received considerable attention from the enemy gunners. To prevent casualties, and also to provide more room, two Companies were pushed forward on the 28th to Starfish trench. From these positions, in the afternoon, the Battalion relieved the 9th Battalion in the front line. The relief was observed, and the communication trench shelled. The disposition of Companies was, from right to left: Y, Z, W, X, each Company having two Platoons in the front line (North Durham Street) and two Platoons in the support line (South Durham Street). At night they occupied battle positions and extended the trench they occupied by 150 to 300 yards. The 9th Battalion was in support in Crescent Alley. On the left were the 5th Border Regiment, and on the right the 47th Division, but it was not possible to get into touch with the flanks during the night. The Company Commanders were now W Company, 2nd Lieut. Barnett; X Company, 2nd Lieut. Lean; Y Company, Lieut. Catford; and Z Company, Capt. Peberdy. By dawn all preparations, including the alteration of watches to winter time, were completed for the attack, which had been ordered for the 1st October.

The preliminary bombardment commenced at 7 a.m. and continued till zero (3.15 p.m.), when it changed to a barrage. Unfortunately, there were some casualties from shells falling short, the total casualties for the day being about 40, including the Commanding Officer wounded. Lieut.-Col. R.B. Bradford, now commanding the 9th Battalion, asked for and was given permission to take command of the two Battalions, and for his subsequent work that day was awarded the V.C. He arrived at Battalion Headquarters at zero, and at once went up to the front line.

The attack commenced at 3.15 p.m., but, partly on account of the failure of the 47th Division on the right, and partly owing to the wire not being properly cut, the attackers were held up by machine-gun fire and suffered heavy casualties. After considerable fighting with bombs and rifles three Lewis gun teams of X Company, under 2nd Lieut. T. Little and 2nd Lieut. C. L. Tyerman, and one team of W Company under 2nd Lieut. Barnett, succeeded in getting a footing in the first objective. These organised the position and carried on bombing attacks, 2nd Lieut. Little being killed. During these operations Lieut.-Col. Bradford arrived on the scene, and immediately took charge of the situation, and under his direction and leadership the whole of the first objective was gained. A Company of the 9th Battalion then came up, and using the new position as a starting point, advanced and took the final objective after dark.

About dusk a counter-attack was attempted by the enemy on the right front. Advancing in extended order, about twenty of the enemy were challenged, and they all cheered, shouting "Hooray." As they showed no further friendly signs they were fired on and driven off. During the night a further counter-attack developed from the valley on the right, but this also was repulsed.

The following day, by organised bombing, the whole of the final objective was captured and held, and communication trenches were dug back to North Durham Street.

The casualties during the two days had been very heavy, and included amongst the officers, in addition to those already mentioned, 2nd Lieut. Peacock, killed, and 2nd Lieut. Lean, Capt. Peberdy, Lieut. Cotching, 2nd Lieut. Barnett and 2nd Lieut. Appleby wounded. Amongst the decorations gained were Military Medals awarded to Corporal Dixon and Privates Rushforth and Atkinson, all signallers, and Private Turnbull of Y Company. Good work was also done by Sergeants Gowland and Winslow.

The corresponding section of the War Diary has the following entry is part of a larger entry, regarding the above Battalion assault on 1 October. It reads:

“Somme ... 3.15 pm. Assault delivered. 1st objective gained, 1st on the left later on the right also, 2nd Lieuts Lean, Cotching, Barnett & Appleby wounded”.

So, we leave the Battalion at this point. In the aftermath of the assault, the wounded Osborne Lean would have been passed back up the medical evacuation chain, arriving, two weeks later, at The Queen Alexander Hospital, Millbank, London, on 14 October 1916 (more on this below), but first, what was the assault?

A Wikipedia entry for this assault, on 1 October 1916, tells us that it was the ‘Battle of Le Transloy’; “the last big attack by the Fourth Army of the British Expeditionary Force (BEF) in the 1916 Battle of the Somme in France, during the First World War”. The part played by 6 Battalion Durham Light Infantry is described:

“The 50th Division (Major-General P. S. Wilkinson) attacked with the 151st Brigade. On the right the 1/6th Durham Light Infantry (1/6th DLI) was exposed by the repulse of the 1/17th London, had many casualties from German machine-gun fire and was only able to capture a short length of Flers Trench. The 1/9th DLI (Lieutenant-Colonel R. B. Bradford) came up from reserve and Bradford managed to organise another attack, capturing the rest of Flers Trench by 9:30 p.m. In the centre, a composite battalion of the 1/5th Border, 1/8th DLI and the 1/5th Northumberland Fusiliers attached from the 149th Brigade on the left, benefitted from an excellent barrage to advance and capture the Flers trenches before the defenders could react”.

Left wondering what injuries Osborne Lean might have suffered on 1 October 1916, it is not long before we find out. At ‘Find My Past’ (FMP), we discover the digitised “First World War Soldiers' Medical Records”, available to view and download. Within these records is an entry for 2nd Lt Osborne Lean, of 6 Durham Light Infantry, aged 40, who was admitted to the “Queen Alexandra's Military Hospital”, at Millbank, London, on 14 October 1916, suffering multiple gunshot wounds “GSW legs rt shld & lt hand” (Gun Shot Wounds to legs, right shoulder and left hand) and admitted from “British Expeditionary Force in France, officers, nurses, Colonials and Royal Navy”.

Osborne was discharged, from “Queen Alexandra's Military Hospital”, on 29 January 1917 – and we discover the significance of this date below.

Marriage in England – 29 January 1917 (Wimbledon, Surrey)

A general Ancestry search on Osborne’s name, had turned up this Wesleyan Marriage Record for Osborne, from which we discover that on the day he was discharged from hospital, he got married!

At the Wesleyan Church, Junction of Ravensbury and Durnsford Roads, Wimbledon, Kingston, Surrey (outer London), on 29 January 1917, 2nd Lieutenant Osborne Lean, 6th Durham Light Infantry (Farmer and Bachelor, aged 40), then resident at 45 Marlborough Road, Wimbledon, married Eleanor Watkins (aged 34 years, Spinster), also resident at 45 Marlborough Road, Wimbledon. Osborne gave his father’s name as “Joel Lean”, a “Merchant”, and Eleanor gave her father’s name as Owen Watkins, a Wesleyan Methodist Minister. So, now we know, either Osborne was released from hospital to get married, or he set his wedding for the date of his discharge. Either way, Owen suspects it helped that his future father-in-law was a Wesleyan Minister!

Re-admitted “Queen Alexandra's Military Hospital”, Millbank, London

Osborne was re-admitted to the “Queen Alexandra's Military Hospital”, Millbank, on 1 March 1917 (still noted to be for Gun Shot Wounds to legs, right shoulder and left hand). He was discharged again (to home) on 11 April 1917.

Awarded Silver War Badge

We mentioned, earlier in this write-up that Osborne’s MIC listed an entitlement to the Silver War Badge. Given his wounds, an important record to check was the Silver War Badge index book for other ranks and the lists for Officers. These have been digitised and are available to view / download at Ancestry.

We did find an entry in the Officers List No. Off/456, recording that 2nd Lieutenant Osborne Lean of the 6th Battalion Durham Light Infantry was awarded Silver War Badge No. 290570. Whilst there is no mention, in the officers SWB list, re why he was awarded the badge, we think we know why!

Of interest is the address given for Osborne: “c/o Rev. O.S. Watkins, C.M.G., 20, Mortimer Road, West Ealing, London, W.13.”, for, as we now know (from his Wesleyan marriage record), this was his father-in law, the Reverend Owen S. Watkins, and the same person provided as a c/o address on Osborne’s MIC.

To the Non-Effective / Retired List 1917

We must ask the question, did Osborne Lean return to 1/6 Durham Light Infantry after treatment and recovery? The answer is, no.

‘Find My Past’ carries digitised copies of the Army List for the period 1839-1946 and in the Quarterly Army List for 31 March 1918, Part 3 (page 2048), I found 2nd Lieutenant Osborne Lean listed among “Non-Effective Officers”. This record is headed “Officers who held Temporary Commissions, Officers of the Special Reserve and Territorial Force, &c., in receipt of Non-Effective Pay (The War of 1914-18)”. Osborne is listed as “LEAN, Osborne (Hon. 2nd Lt. Late Terr. Force Bn. Durh. L.I.”, with Date of Birth 2 July 1876, “Rank When Last Serving” 2nd Lt., and “Regiment, &c., from which Retired and Date of Retired Pay” being “Terr. Force Bn. Durh. L.I. 2 Dec 1917”.

So, 2nd Lieutenant Osborne Lean retired on 2 December 1917 and, from that date was in receipt of ‘Non-Effective’ or most probably ‘Retired Pay’. Fortunately, ‘Find My Past’ carries digitised copies of the record series “British Armed Forces, First World War Disability & Retirement Payments for Officers & Nurses”, in which we find a record, for Osborne Lean, 6 Durham LI, of his “Army. Non-Effective Services. Retired Pay.”, which commenced on 2 December 1917 and ceased on 15 August 1918.

The Supplement to the London Gazette, 30 November 1917, Issue 30410 (page 12642) records: “2nd Lt. O. Lean resigns his commission on account of ill-health, caused by wounds received in action, and is granted the hon. rank of 2nd Lt. 2nd Dec. 1917.”

The officers’ service papers for 2nd Lieutenant Osborne Lean, Durham Light Infantry are available to order from or view in person at The National Archives, Kew under their Reference WO 374/41282. With the ongoing closure of TNA due to the COVID-19 emergency, this is something that will have to wait.

To Canada – 23 February 1918

Before the Great War ended, with the armistice on 11 November 1918, Osborne Lean’s war was prematurely already over. In early 1918, now retired, with a few months of army pay still to run, he and Eleanor emigrated to Canada. Osborne’s heartfelt desire, to return to South Africa post war, as expressed in his card, “... I only came over for the War and am going back to dear old South Africa when it is all over...”, was not fulfilled. Funny how marriage (and perhaps a machine gun) can influence a man’s mind!

Shipping Records – Arrival in North America 1918

We return to Ancestry to find the shipping passenger list(s) recording the separate arrival of Osborne and Eleanor in Canada. On 23 February 1918, Osborne Lean, left Liverpool aboard the “S.S. Grampion” and arrived at St. John on 17 March 1918. According to this record, Osborne, aged 42, was travelling alone. It was recorded that he was born South Africa and was now destined for Toronto, Ontario. He gave his occupation in South Africa as “Farmer’ and stated that “Farmer” was his “intended occupation in Canada”. He further stated that he had been a farmer for 20 years and his religion was “Wesleyan”.

On 8 April 1918, Eleanor left Liverpool, aboard the ‘SS Mauritania’, and arrived at Halifax Nova Scotia on 15 April 1918, at 11 a.m. According to this record, Eleanor, aged 35, was travelling alone. It was recorded that she was born South Africa and was now destined for Toronto, Ontario and was “going to husband – Clerk”. She gave her occupation as “Housewife” and religion as “Methodist”.

Whilst Osborne and Eleanor arrived in Canada one month apart, we have a digitised copy of a 1918 entry in the “U.S. Index to Alien Arrivals at Canadian Atlantic and Pacific Seaports, 1904-1944”, for

Osborne Lean (aged 42) and Eleanor Lean (aged 35), which records their arrival together as a “Canadian Landing” in records held at St. Albans Port in Vermont. We don’t have a date for this, but perhaps this was Osborne collecting his wife upon her arrival?

Employment in Canada

Osborne had stated his intent to farm in Canada, but perhaps that was a desired occupation at the time and facilitated his emigration to Canada. From Eleanor’s shipping record, she states that she was going to join her husband who she says was a “Clerk”. Clearly, he had found work, but whether he made it into farming later on, we don’t yet know, however see the 1921 Census below.

June 1921 Census – Canada

‘My Heritage’ genealogy website carries the digitised returns for the Canada Census of June 1921. There is a return for Osborne and Eleanor, and their child Hawey R. Lean. They are living at 251 Avenue Road, Toronto North, Ontario. Osborne is aged 44, Eleanor 39 and Hawey (Richard Harvey named after Osborne’s elder brother) just 1 year old. Both Osborne and Eleanor are stated to have been born in South Africa. They also have a lodger family, namely Alex (aged 49) and Georgina (aged 41) Henderson and their son Jim Henderson (aged 7). Interestingly, both Osborne and Eleanor are now Canadian citizens. The record states that they arrived in Canada in 1918 and they now give their religion as Church of England and Presbyterian respectively. Osborne is employed as an “Office Assistant”.

Death of Osborne and Eleanor in Canada: 23 June 1952 & 21 February 1967 respectively

Osborne Lean died in Canada, on 23 June 1952, and was buried at Parklawn Cemetery, 2845 Bloor Street West, Toronto, Ontario, Canada. His wife Eleanor (nee Watkins), who died on 21 February 1967, is buried in the same plot. Their headstone and grave details are free to look at on the ‘Find a Grave’ website. Their headstone reads: “LEAN / IN LOVING MEMORY OF / OSBORNE LEAN / BORN IN SOUTH AFRICA 1876 / PASSED ON JUNE 23RD 1952 / BELOVED HUSBAND OF / ELEANOR WATKINS / BORN IN SOUTH AFRICA 1882 / PASSED ON FEB 21ST 1967”. Added to the same headstone is “RICHARD HARVEY / BOMBER PILOT R.C.A.F. / GAVE HIS LIFE OVERSEAS / FEB 11TH 1942 / IN HIS 23RD YEAR / RESTING IN BROOKWOOD CEMETERY / ENGLAND”.

Sergeant Pilot Richard Harvey Lean, R/85630 Royal Canadian Air Force

Osborne and Eleanor’s only son, Sergeant Pilot Richard Harvey Lean, Royal Canadian Air Force was killed on active service on the 11th February 1942 aged 22. Sergeant Pilot Lean was with the 98th Toronto Group, Canada. He was killed whilst flying an Armstrong Whitworth Whitley V, N1439 of No 10 (Abingdon RAF) Officer Training Unit. This aircraft took off at 21.29 for night circuit training only to crash a minute later, coming down in Upwood Park, Besselsleigh on the A420. The aircraft burst into flames and three of the crew died. The record card states that the cause of the crash was an error of judgement on the part of the trainee pilot. The fourth member of the crew Sgt David Eric Hughes was taken to the Oxford Radcliffe Infirmary recovered and survived the rest of the war.

This must have been a tragic loss to Osborne and Eleanor to lose their only son.

MacCONNAL, Connell. 662. Private 2KEH. Entered France 5/05/1915. Transferred as Private, Royal Army Service Corps (RAMC) M/40308. Discharged 18/06/1918. Entitled to 1914/15 Star trio named to RAMC.

MACDONALD, Ritchie. 2019. Private 2KEH. Injured in fall from horse in training in Kilkenny, Ireland in 1916. From Mt Eden, Auckland, New Zealand. Born 8/09/1895 in Scotland and died 14/03/1987 in Auckland, New Zealand. Was a politician of the Labour Party. Would have been one of the last 2KEH to have passed away. Commemorated on the Auckland Online Cenotaph.

MACKEY, William Graham. 277. Lance Corporal 2KEH. Enlisted 25/08/1914 and discharged 23/08/1916 due to sickness. Awarded Silver War Badge 65154. Did not serve overseas.

MACKENZIE, Thomas Henry. 614. Private 2KEH. Enlisted 25/08/1914 and entered France 5/05/1915. Transferred as Serjeant Machine Gun Corps. Discharged 25/12/1917. Awarded Silver War Badge 395,613. Born in 1888 and resided in Johannesburg, South Africa post-war. Entitled to 1914/15 Star trio named to Machine Gun Corps.

MacQUEEN, John Norman Rees. 1891. Serjeant 2KEH. Born 05/02/1883 in Edinburgh. No medal entitlement shown on Medal Index Card.

MAIR, George H. 961. Private 2KEH. Entered France 4/05/1915. Commissioned as a Second Lieutenant, Royal Welsh Fusiliers 5/07/1915. Entitled to 1914/15 Star Medal Trio.

MAISONVILLE, Oliver Francis. 1057. Serjeant 2KEH. Enlisted 22/09/1914 at Langley Park, Slough. Entered France 5/05/1915. Gun shot wound scalp 11/08/1915 required treatment at a hospital in Rouen, France. Commissioned into the Canadian Forces 17/09/1916 as Lieutenant, Canadian Machine Gun Corps, Borden Battery, 1st Motor Machine Gun Brigade. Born 15/10/1879 in Sandwich, Essex, Ontario, Canada and died 16/03/1961 in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. Served with the Legion of Frontiersman. Applied for medals from British Columbia, Canada.

MALCOLM, Henry Alexander Drummond. 260. Private 2KEH. Entered France 4/05/1915. Commissioned Royal Field Artillery 5/01/1916. Served with "Z' 33rd Trench Mortar Battery, Royal Horse Artillery (RHA) and DoW 17/02/1917 aged 29 years. Buried at HEM FARM MILITARY CEMETERY, HEM-MONACU, France. Born 15/08/1888 in Dundee, Angus, Scotland the son of Henry Alexander and Blanche Evelyn Malcolm, of Chestnut Bungalow, Dane Road, Margate. Entitled to 1914/15 Star Medal Trio. Portrait photograph in uniform of the RHA available. Medals applied for by his mother Mrs. B. E. Malcolm on behalf of her two late sons from an address in Windsor Avenue, Cliftonville, Margate, England on 1/09/1919. Brother Temporary Captain John Evelyn Malcolm 271st Railway Company, Royal Monmouthshire Engineers formerly Private 107241 Canadian Mounted Rifles having enlisted whilst living in Canada. Died on Active Service 19/02/1919 aged 26. Born 12/11/1892 also in Dundee. Buried at TOURNAI COMMUNAL CEMETERY ALLIED EXTENSION, Belgium. Entitled to 1914/15 Star Medal Trio. Portrait photograph in the uniform of the Canadian Mounted Rifles available. The headstones of both sons bear the same inscription "AT THE GOING DOWN OF THE SUN AND IN THE MORNING WE WILL REMEMBER THEM". 

MALEHAM, Frederick. 1640. Serjeant 2KEH. Transferred as Serjeant, 15th Battalion, Tank Corps 304891. Discharged 21/02/1919. Born 19/12/1891 in Egremont, Cumberland, England and died 17/04/1969. Entitled to British War and Victory Medals.

MANNING, Norman. 1722. Private 2KEH. Enlisted 18/07/1915 and entered France 28/10/1915. Transferred as Private 4th Battalion, Northumberland Fusiliers 61193 then Private 11th Battalion, Tanks Corps 302798. Admitted to hospital in Etaples, France due to being gassed 27/04/1918. Posted as KIA but was taken Prisoner of War 25/09/1918 until repatriated 9/12/1918. Discharged 5/03/1919. Born in 1896 and resided in Brixton, London. Entitled to 1914/15 Star trio.

MANSFIELD, Wilifred Stephen. Second Lieutenant. Arrived Merris, France 28/06/1915 from Reserve Cavalry Regiment in England. Later a Major in a Hussars Regiment.

MARKEY, Patrick C. A. 1760. Private. Entered France 2/10/1915. Commissioned as a Second Lieutenant Royal Field Artillery then transferred as a Second Lieutenant, Royal Irish Fusiliers. Discharged 6/03/1919.

MARLOWE, John E. 991. Staff Serjeant Major (Warrant Officer Class 2). Enlisted 1/09/1914. Entered France 4/05/1915. Discharged 6/03/1916 due to sickness and awarded Silver War Badge 86327. Entitled to 1914/15 Star trio. Born in King's Langley, Hertfordshire, England in 1896. Prior service with 'G' Battery Royal Horse Artillery enlisted 27/03/1893, Johannesburg Police and Scottish Horse. Awarded Queen's South Africa Medal with Belfast and Orange Free State clasps and King's South Africa Medal with South Africa 1901 clasp and Natal Rebellion 1906 Medal.

MARRION, James Lyon. 1914. Sapper 2KEH. Sapper 221581, 3rd Army Wireless Company, Royal Engineers.Enlisted 2KEH 4/12/1915 and entered France 15/04/1917. KIA 14/05/1917. Resided at Coleshill, Warwickshire. Prior service in the North of Ireland Yeomanry and released by purchase in 1904. Born on 6/01/1885 and married 15/03/1915. Son of William and Ellen Marrian; Husband of Henrietta Marrian, of Handsworth, Birmingham. Buried in Honourable Artillery Company Cemetery, Ecoust-St. Mein, Pas de Calais, France. Awarded British War and Victory Medals. Name commemorated on the Kilkenny War Memorial, MacDonagh Station, Dublin Road, Kilkenny, Ireland.

MARTIN, Cecil Charles. 1725. Private 2KEH. Transferred as Private 389719 to the 655th Company, Labour Corps in Jul 1917. Enlisted 2KEH 12/07/1915 at Hampton, London. Invalided from France 20/02/1916 with rheumatism. Prior service with New South Wales Imperial Bushmen as Private 818 in the Boer War. Born in Madely, Staffordshire, England 27/12/1874. Travelled to England to enlist from Mudgee, New South Wales on "SS Mooltan" on 27/06/1915. Medals received by his brother 25/08/1921 as Cecil died 24/02/1921.

MARTIN, Henry Frederick George. 1164. Private 2KEH. Entered France 6/05/1915.  KIA 24/05/1915 aged 26. Buried in the Guards Cemetery, Windy Corner, Cuinchy. Born at Bethnal Green, London. Entitled to 1914/15 Star trio.

MARSHALL, Tom. 1332. Private 2KEH. Enlisted 28/12/1914. Transferred as Private, 22982 Machine Gun Corps. Discharged 12/09/1917 due to wounds. Born in 1885 and resided in Huddersfield, Yorkshire. Awarded Silver War Badge 260,897. Entitled to 1914/15 Star trio.

MATHIESON, George R. 261. Serjeant 2KEH. Entered France 4/05/1915. Commissioned as a Second Lieutenant, 5th Battalion, Gordon Highlanders on 5/08/1918 later promoted to Lieutenant. Entitled to 1914/15 Star trio. Applied for medals c/o Barrow Hedges School, Carshalton, Surrey, England where it is likely he was employed.

MATHIESON, John David. 1557. Private 2KEH. Entered France 15/07/1915. Transferred as Acting Quartermaster Serjeant 10th Battalion, Northumberland Fusiliers 29887 then 2nd Battalion, Lancashire Fusiliers 40581 then Private, 11th Battalion, Tank Corps 302809. Entitled to 1914/15 Star trio.

MATTHEWS. Donald M. 1238 Private. Entered France 4/05/1915. Commissioned Royal Naval Air Service 25/09/1917. Entitled to 1914/15 Star trio.

MAUL, Richard Selby Lowndes. 1124. Private. Entered France 4/05/1915. Commissioned 2nd Battalion, Oxfordshire & Buckinghamshire Light Infantry 5/03/1916 later Lieutenant. Posted as missing in action 30/07/1916 presumed dead which was sadly confirmed. Commemorated on the Thiepval Memorial. Awarded 1914/15 Star trio and claimed by his father, Major Henry Compton Maul of Horley House near Banbury, Oxfordshire. Born in October 1886 in Healey, Oxfordshire.  Richard's brother was Temporary Captain Gerald Broughton Maul, 8th Battalion, Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry. Pre-war photograph shown.

MAULSBURY, John Roderick. 1748. Private 2KEH. Commissioned as a Second Lieutenant, 1st Battalion, King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry 29/05/1917.

MAY,  Laurence S. 1385. Private 2KEH. Commissioned 8th Battalion King's Liverpool Regiment 24/09/1918. Applied for British War and Victory Medals from Pine Lake, Alberta, Canada in 1939.

MAY, Percival Frederick W. 1186. Private2KEH. Discharged 22/12/1915 due to wounds. A Great War Distinguished Conduct Medal (DCM) group of four awarded to Private P.  F. W. May, 2KEH, attached Canadian Mounted Brigade. Distinguished Conduct Medal, G.V.R. (1186 Pte. P. F. W. May. 2/K. Edw: H.); 1914-15 Star (1186 Pte. P. F. W. May. K. Edw. H.); British War and Victory Medals (1186 Pte. P. F. W. May. K. Edw. H.) DCM. London Gazette 14 January 1916; citation 11 March 1916: Private P. F. W. May, late 2KEH (attached Canadian Mounted Brigade). ‘For consistent good work, notably when rendering first aid to wounded under fire.’ M.I.D. London Gazette 27 January 1916.  Percival Frederick W. May served with 2KEH in France and Flanders from 4/05/1915 and enlisted 17/11/1914. Awarded Silver War Badge 84684 for wounds. Born 11/04/1888 in Reading, Berkshire, England and died 19/02/1972 in Colchester, Essex. Medals sold with copied gazette entries and Medal Index Card at auction by Dix Noonan Webb, UK in July 2016 with photograph of his medals shown.

MAYBANK, John Gunter. 1315. Private 2KEH. Entered France 4/05/1915. Commissioned 2nd Battalion Yorkshire Light Infantry 19/03/1916. KIA 15/09/1916 at Arras, Pas De Calais, France. Born  4/08/1889 in Richmond, Surrey, England the son of John Dudney Maybank. Buried in CAMBRIN CHURCHYARD EXTENSION, France. Mother Mrs. Broad applied for 1914/15 Star trio from Peacehaven, Sussex.

McALPINE, George Rodney. 747. Private 2KEH. Enlisted 25/08/1914 at White City, London and entered France 4/05/1915. Transferred as Lance Corporal, 10th Battalion, Northumberland Fusiliers 39842 then Lance Corporal 2nd Battalion, Lancashire Fusiliers then Lance Corporal, 11th Battalion, Tank Corps 302810. Discharged 1/03/1919. Born in 1874 and resided at North Sheen, London. Prior service as a Trooper, 1420, 'A' Squadron, 3rd New South Wales Mounted Rifles in the Boer War arriving 17/04/1901, promoted to Corporal 15/03/1902 and returned to Australia 3/06/1902. Awarded Queen's South Africa and King's South Africa medals. Boer War service with an Australian unit suggests he grew up in Australia or was born in Australia. Entitled to 1914/15 Star trio.

McCARTHY, Justin. 1266. Private 2KEH. Enlisted 21/12/1914 at Hampton Court. Discharged 14/06/1915 as medically unfit. Home service. From Bendigo, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia and born in 1881. No medal entitlement.

McCARTHY, . Regimental Serjeant Major (RSM), 1st Troop, 2KEH. Note he is wearing an Officer's Service Dress bronzed finish 2KEH cap badge without collar badges. He is wearing RSM rank badges on both sleeves and has a number of medal ribbons. Named portrait courtesy of Peter Saunders from his father's (Private Ernest Gordon Saunders) photographs of service with 2KEH in Ireland in 1917. 

McCONNOL, . Private 2KEH.

McCORMICK, James V. 289. Private 2KEH. Enlisted 25/08/1914, entered France 2/07/1915 and discharged 25/05/1916 due to sickness. Awarded Silver War Badge 19190 and entitled to 1914/15 Star trio.

McCORRY, Edward Montague. 1021. Private 2KEH. Enlisted 14/09/1914 and entered France 4/05/1915. Discharged 25/11/1916 due to sickness. Awarded 1914/15 Star Medal Trio and Silver War Badge 86,329 which was lost and a duplicate issued in 1920.

McDOUALL, Philip Hastings. 959. Lance Serjeant 2KEH. Entered France 4/05/1915. Commissioned as a Second Lieutenant, 185th Tunneling Company, Royal Engineers 29/01/1916 later Lieutenant. Mentioned in Despatches (London Gazette 7/07/1919). Born on 29/08/1884 in Ammaroo, New Zealand and died in Alphington, Exeter, England on 17/04/1978. Attended Waitaki High School, educated with a Bachelor of Engineering and serving KEH December 1914. Entitled to 1914/15 Star trio and applied for from Alphington, Exeter.

McGLASHIN Colin Lewis. 1446. 2KEH. Entered France 15/07/1915. Transferred as Private, 20th Battalion Northumberland Fusiliers 61208. Born 30/08/1890 in King William's Town, Eastern Cape, South Africa and died in Gauteng, South Africa. Entitled to 1914/15 Star trio.

McISAAC, Donald. 2282. Private 1st Lovat Scouts Yeomanry 2835. Entered Balkans 26/09/1915. Transferred to the 4th Royal Reserve Dragoons as Private, 125189 then 2KEH as Private 2282. Discharged 6/02/1919. Born in 1895 and resided in Lennie Brae Corstorphine, Glasgow, Scotland. Entitled to 1914/15 Star trio.

McNAMA, Joseph. 617. Corporal 2KEH. Entered France 4/05/1915. Commissioned as a Second Lieutenant, Royal Army Service Corps 15/12/1915 later Lieutenant. Mentioned in Despatches published London Gazette 29/05/1915 as Temporary Second Lieutenant. Applied for 1914/15 Star trio from South West London.

McPHEE, Hugh. 490. Private 2KEH. Entered France 4/05/1915. Discharged 19/02/1918. Born in 1874 and pension record from Fazakerley Sanatorium Liverpool notes that he died 20/11/1921. Entitled to 1914/15 Star trio.

McROBB, David Campbell. 1769. Private 2KEH. Entered France 30/09/1915. Transferred as a Corporal, 1st Battalion, Northumberland Fusiliers (NF) 61263. Awarded the Military Medal (London Gazette 16/07/1918. WAs a Police Officer with the London Metropolitan Police from 1909-13. Born on 13/10/1888 in Nigg, Aberdeen and died there on 26/07/1965. Entitled to 1914/15 Star trio with Star named to 2KEH and British War and Victory Medals to NF.

MEIKLEJON, Robert Wright. 1239. Private 2KEH. Commissioned as a Second Lieutenant, 18th Hussars on 17/04/1917. Mentioned in Despatches in Mar 1917 for action on the Somme although Medal Index Card noted that he entered France 7/02/1918. Early service in theatre of war supported by his award of 1914/15 Star trio. His Medal Index Card notes that in 1943 (from a Naval base in Florida, USA) he applied for the 1914 Star citing service with Lord Strathconas Horse and Royal Canadian Dragoons which were deemed ineligible units. Born 01/09/1879 in Lasswade, Edinburgh, Scotland, served as a Midshipman in the Royal Navy in 1898 and died Jun 1969 in Volusia, Florida, USA.

MENKENS, William Edgar. 1568. Private 2KEH. Enlisted 3/05/1915 at Hampton Court. Transferred as Serjeant, Royal Engineers (Railways) WR/275822, 306757 on 1/05/1917. Born on 13/12/1884 in Tenterfield, New South Wales, Australia and resided in Subiaco, Perth, Western Australia working for the Western Australian Railways pre-war then in the Traffic Department, Campana, Argentine as Anglo-Argentinian Railway staff. Discharged 8/05/1919. Awarded Meritorious Service Medal named to Royal Engineers. Entitled to British War and Victory Medals.

MERCER, Frederick Ernest. 1618. Private 2KEH. Enlisted 17/05/1915 at Hampton Court, London and entered France 15/07/1915. Transferred as Corporal, 4th Battalion, Northumberland Fusiliers 61192 then Corporal, 11th Battalion, Tank Corps 302783. Discharged 14/03/1919. Born 1893 in Orpington, Kent. Entitled to 1914/15 Star trio.

MILES, Henry Frederick. 1378 Private 2KEH. Enlisted 9/01/1915 and entered France 5/05/1915. Discharged 18/05/1916 due to sickness. Awarded Silver War Badge 7456 and 1914/15 Star trio.

MILES, Horace. 1062. Corporal 2KEH. Entered France 4/05/1915. Commissioned Lieutenant Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry 4/08/1916. Entitled to 1914/15 Star trio and applied for from Wells, Norfolk, England then Moon River, Natal, South Africa in 1920.

MILLER, Arthur G. P. 1604. Private 2KEH (Special Reserve) in 1912 and commissioned in 03/1914 in the 5th Cavalry Reserve (Royal Scots Greys and 1st Royal Dragoons). Transferred to No. 3 Squadron as Privatet, Royal Flying Corps 103243 in 11/1914. Recruited for the RFC from South Africa. Became a Major and awarded the Distinguished Service Order and Order of the British Empire. British War and Victory Medals named RFC.

MILLER, Timothy. 1641. Private 2KEH. Transferred from 2KEH to KEH as Private 2121. Arrived in France 15/07/1915 and discharged 14/05/1919. Entitled to 1914/15 Star trio.

MILLER, Wallace. 1421. Corporal 2KEH. Entered France 30/07/1915. Transferred as Corporal, 302871 in the 11th Battalion, Tanks Corps then transferred as Corporal, 61237 in the 4th Battalion, Northumberland Fusiliers. Entitled to 1914/15 Star trio named to Tank Corps. Possibly brother of Lance Corporal Walter Edgar Miller, 1137.

MILLER, Walter Edgar. 1137. Lance Corporal 2KEH. Entered France 4/05/1915. Acting Serjeant, 302870 11th Tank Corps , Acting Serjeant, 61171 in the 4th Battalion, Northumberland Fusiliers. Entitled to 1914/15 Star trio. Possibly brother of Corporal Wallace Miller, 1421.

MILNER, Robert H. 1154. Private. Entered France 5/07/1915. Commissioned Yorkshire Dragoons 15/08/1916. Entitled to 1914/15 Star Trio and applied for medals from Mile End, Adelaide, South Australia.

MILTON, Alex Chatterton. 1690. Serjeant 2KEH. Enlisted 15/06/1915. Transferred as Serjeant, Northumberland Fusiliers 61299. Discharged 30/01/1919. Awarded Silver War Badge 133834. May have had prior service in the Boer War with Scottish Horse as Private 507. Applied for British War and Victory Medals from Hammersmith, London, England.

MITCHELL, Jack Fraser. 1338. Australian who had seen service in the 2nd Boer War under his birth name as Private Joseph Norman Greer, 83 with the Fourth Queensland Imperial Bushmen. He enlisted as Private Jack Fraser Mitchell 1338 in the 2nd King Edward's Horse in London on 24/12/1914 aged 35 and deployed to Bolougne on 5/05/1915 having sailed on HMTS Onward from Folkestone. He fought dismounted at Festubert, Givenchy and Ploegsteert Wood and then transferred to the 93rd Company of the Machine Gun Corps (MGC) 7/02/1916. He saw action at the Battle of the Somme supporting the 93rd Brigade attack on Serre and was awarded the Military Medal in this action. This was the same action in which my grandfather Serjeant Charles Herbert Moss, 18th Lord Durham Pals Battalion, Durham Light Infantry fought as part of 93rd Brigade, 31st Division. Jack was gassed in 1917, transferred to the Labour Corps, 447031 and discharged 29/08/1919 medically unfit and returned to Australia in 1919. He died from bronchial pneumonia on 15/12/1933 as a complication of being gassed. He was awarded the Queen's South Africa (QSA) medal with four bars (South Africa 1902, Cape Colony, Transvaal and Orange Free State), the Military Medal, 1914/15 Star, British War Medal and Victory medal, all medals except his original QSA are held by the family. In 2022, his grandson Ray Mitchell arranged through the Office of Australian War Graves for his grave to have a new headstone surmounted with the 2KEH badge. This is the only KEH or 2KEH serviceman's grave marked in this manner in Australia. Accompanying photographs are of Jack in MGC uniform from November 1916, his new 2KEH headstone plus his medals (Photographs and biographical information courtesy of his grandson and my friend Ray Mitchell).

MONCK-MASON, Adrian. 1052. Private 2KEH. Entered France 4/05/1915. Commissioned as a Second Lieutenant, Reserve Brigade, Royal Horse Artillery 24/06/1915 later Lieutenant. Entitled to 1914/15 Star trio.

MONK, Albert Victor. Lieutenant 2KEH. Entered France 5/11/1914. Promoted to Lieutenant from 24/01/1917 and promoted to Captain 6/05/1917. Awarded Military Cross. Transferred to 'A' Company, 3rd Battalion, Tank Corps and promoted to Major. Awarded 1914/15 Star trio and applied for from Shanghai.

MONTGOMERY, Albert Victor. 787. Second Lieutenant. Entered France 4/05/1915. Commissioned Second Lieutenant 2KEH 10/12/1916 later Lieutenant 4th Battalion, King's African Rifles (KAR). Supplement to the London Gazette 30375 10/11/17 states:- Second Lieutenant. A.V. Montgomery, KEH to be temporary Lieutenant for service with KAR 29/08/1917. Supplement to the London Gazette 30842 14/8/18 states:- 2KEH. The undermentioned Second Lieutenant to be Lieutenant: - 21/06/1918. A.V. Montgomery. Supplement to London Gazette 3/06/1919 Mentioned in Despatches KEH (was 2KEH) attached to 4th Battalion KAR. Supplement to the London Gazette 31853 7/4/20 states:- 2KEH. - Lieutenant A. V. Montgomery resigns his communication, 8/04/1920, and retains the rank of Lieutenant. Entitled to 1914/15 Star Trio and applied for medals and Emblems from an address in Clifton, Bristol, Gloucestershire, England. Prior service as served in South Africa as 15487 Trooper Albert Victor Montgomery 75th (Sharpshooters) Company, 18th Battalion, Imperial Yeomanry and South African Constabulary. Born in 1882 at the Victoria Rooms, Clifton, Bristol and died 21/08/1967 on Norfolk Island. Brother Major Gilbert Montgomery born 25/04/1885 in Victoria Rooms, Clifton, Bristol and died Sep 1982 in Newton Abbot, Devon, England. Major Gilbert Montgomery served in Nebbi, Uganda with 17th Battalion, Kings Royal Rifle Corps (KRRC) and was wounded whilst serving in East Africa. Entered France 9/07/1916. “From Inns of Court O.T.C., to be temp. 2nd Lt.: —2 June 1916. Gilbert Montgomery, Kings Royal Rifle Corps  (KRRC) (see London Gazette (LG) Issue 29617 – 4th Supplement to LG of 6/06/1916). K.R.R.C.— Maj. Gilbert Montgomery, late Service Battalion, to be Major, 1st July 1921, with seniority 17/11/1919 (see LG Issue 32552 - Supplement to LG of 16/2/21). Entitled to British War Medal and Victory Medal and awarded Emblem as was Mentioned in Despatches 6/05/1918. Portrait photograph shown of Victor and Gilbert Montgomery with Victor in the uniform of the 2KEH with medal bar for QSA and KSA (Courtesy of Flo Montgomery, Ancestry).

MOON, Frederick George. 1267. Private 2KEH. Entered France 4/05/1915. Transferred as Private, 45489 Lancashire Fusiliers. Commissioned 2/03/1918 as Second Lieutenant, Royal Army Service Corps. Entitled to 1914/15 Star trio.

MOON, Winfield A. 1347. Private. Entered France 4/05/1915. Commissioned 6th Battalion East Kent Regiment 30/04/1916. Later Lieutenant then Major Machine Gun Corps. Applied for 1914/15 Star trio from Ilford, Essex.

MOORE, Ernest G. 233. Private. Entered France 4/05/1915. Discharged 14/09/1916 and awarded Silver War Badge. Entitled to 1914/15 Star trio.

MOORE, Frederick. E. 840. Private 2KEH. Transferred to KEH then Private 2123. Entered France 4/05/1915 and discharged 28/03/1919. Entitled to 1914/15 Star trio.

MOREWOOD, Edward E. 205. Private. Enlisted in London. Died in service at St. Bartholomew Hospital, London. 18/10/1914. Buried in WILLESDEN OLD CEMETERY, United Kingdom. Born in London. Not entitled to WW1 Medals as did not serve overseas theatre of war. 

MORGAN, Charles. 273. Private 2KEH. Entered France 4/05/1915. In field court trial 4/08/1917. Transferred as Private, 2nd/9th Battalion, King's Liverpool Regiment (KLR) 85735. Entitled to 1914/15 Star trio with British War and Victory medals named to KLR.

MORGAN. James. 1681. Corporal 2KEH. Transferred as Corporal 2nd/13th Battalion, Northumberland Fusiliers 40121 then Corporal 11th Battalion, Tank Corps 302863. Discharged 20/08/1919. Entitled to British War and Victory Medals.

MORRIS, Albert Edgar. 2305 Sapper. Listed on Absentee Voters List 1918 as with the 2KEH Reserve Regiment. Lived in Duddeston, Birmingham, England.

MORRIS, Dan. 1047. Warrant Officer Class 2 as a Squadron Serjeant Major 2KEH. Entered France 15/05/1915. Commissioned 1st Reserve Regiment of Lancers 22/02/1918. Entitled to 1914/15 Star trio.

MORRIS, Eyre Percival. Second Lieutenant (Pilot) E. P. Morris, No. 8 Squadron, Royal Flying Corps, and East Kent Regiment, formerly 2nd King Edward’s Horse. Born in Valparaiso, Chile 28/10/1893. Eyre Percival Morris was killed in action on 1 May 1917 whilst flying a BE2e over Wancourt on an artillery observation patrol. His plane received a direct hit from a shell killing both him and his Observer (Lieutenant V. R. Pfrimmer). They are both buried in Warlincourt Halte British Cemetery, France. The following is an un-sourced quote, stated to have been made by his C.O. ‘Percy’s loss was a severe blow to the squadron. We truly believe he was destined to be one of our top aces and expected him to be awarded the Military Cross for his exploits.’ The following biographical detail is taken from the South Pacific Mail, which includes photographs of both recipients, who were residing in Chile on the outbreak of the Great War: Percival Eyre Morris: ‘Left for England in November 1914, and enlisted in the 2nd King Edward’s Horse. In May 1915, Percy Morris went to France with the 2nd KEH., remaining on active service for 16 months and obtaining his commission as Second Lieutenant in the East Kent Regiment to which he was transferred early in 1916. On his return to England in September 1916, he joined the Royal Flying Corps (RFC) and three months later went to France again as a pilot. He was then the youngest aviator to gain the pilot certificate, being only 23 years of age. On May 1st, 1917, he was killed in action after bringing down 5 enemy machines. Lieutenant Morris took part in the following engagements: Festubert, Givenchy, Messines, Vierstraate and Ploegsteert...’. 1914-15 Star (1253 Pte., K. Edw. H.); British War and Victory Medals (2. Lieut.); together with memorial plaque (Eyre Percival Morris); illuminated memorial scroll; and a fine quality portrait miniature of recipient in RFC uniform, painted on ivory, in oval arts and crafts style copper frame, signed ‘O.H. 1918’ sold at auction Dix Noonan Webb, UK June 2002. Commemorated  on the headstone memorial of his father in Milton Cemetery Weston-super-Mare, North Somerset. Photograph shown of him as a Second Lieutenant in the Royal East Kent Regiment (The Buffs). Brother of Henry Hugh Morris, 2KEH as per below.

MORRIS, Hugh Henry. 1306. Second Lieutenant Henry Hugh Morris, East Kent Regiment, formerly 2nd King Edward’s Horse, invalided out of the army in March 1916 suffering from severe shell shock. Henry was born on 4/01/1889 in Carcovillos, Portugal and died on 28/01/1932 in Brentford, Middlesex, England. He left Chile with his younger brother Percy in November 1914, to join the forces and enlisted in King Edward’s Horse. After training in England he was sent to France where he served in the trenches with the 2nd K.E.H. for over a year. He then trained for a commission and was gazetted 2nd Lieutenant to the East Kent Regiment. In March 1916, he was reported to be dangerously ill at Calais suffering from shell shock. He was invalided to England for treatment but has never recovered his normal health being partly paralysed with loss of speech. Awarded Silver War Badge 290,893 on 13/02/1918. 1914-15 Star (1306 Pte., K. Edw. H.); British War and Victory Medals (2. Lieut.) sold at auction Dix Noonan Webb, UK June 2002 with the medals of his late brother Eyre Percival Morris (above). Photograph shown as a Second Lieutenant Royal East Kent Regiment in 1916.

MORRIS James (Jim). 1710. Private. Entered France 14/10/1915. Private 1st/4th Battalion, Northumberland Fusiliers 61312 then Private 'C' Company, 11th Battalion, Tank Corps 302834. KIA 28/09/1918. Son of George and Pamela Morris, of Lewisham, London and born in Oxford in 1894. Buried in FIFTEEN RAVINE BRITISH CEMETERY, VILLERS-PLOUICH, France. Awarded the Distinguished Conduct Medal for gallantry at Festubert in 1918. Entitled to 1914/15 Star trio. Younger brother Lawrence Morris, 1709 was also was a Private in 2KEH and was also transferred to the Northumberland Fusiliers and then the Tank Corps. The Morris brothers were working at a butchers shop in Streatham when they enlisted in 1915 to clear dead horses from the battlefield. A number of letters from the brothers to their parents, along with James Morris’ medal group and memorial plaque, cap badges, sweetheart brooches and photographs of the brothers were showcased in the ‘Warhorse to Horsepower’ exhibition, which opened in April 2014 at the Tank Museum, Bovington. Accompanying photographs courtesy of the Tank Museum.

MORRIS, Joseph. Private 2KEH. Arrived in France 29/07/1915. Commissioned as a Second Lieutenant, 13th Battalion, Rifle Brigade and promoted to Temporary Major in the Machine Gun Corps then Lieutenant Colonel. From Bulawayo, South Africa. Awarded Distinguished Service Order and 1914/15 Star trio.

MORRIS, Lawrence Henry. 1709. Private 2KEH. Entered France 14/10/1915. Private 1st/4th Battalion, Northumberland Fusiliers 61310 then Private 'C' Company, 11th Battalion, Tank Corps 302833. Born in 1894. Entitled to 1914/15 Star trio. Brother of Private James Morris, 1710.

MORRIS, Walter J. 1776. Private. Entered France 30/09/1915. Discharged 14/12/1918. Entitled to 1914/15 Star trio. 

MORRIS, William. 1506. Private 2KEH. Private 61273, 1/4th & 5th Battalion, Northumberland Fusiliers. Arrived in Liverpool on 11/05/1915 from Argentina on the SS Demerara as an Anglo-Argentine Railwayman volunteer. Disembarked for France 15/07/1915. Awarded Military Medal for the third battle of Ypres (31/07 – 10/11/1917). Private 302840, 11th Battalion, Tank Corps then likely to have transferred to the 12th Battalion, Tanks Corps (Rhine Army of Occupation). Discharged 3/09/1919. Details and photograph of medal group courtesy of Owen Dobson who owns the British War Medal which is named to 1506 W. Morris K.Ed.H and unraveled his service and civilian details. The British War Medal is the only medal of the representative group named to Morris.

MORRISH, Cyril George. 1770. Private. Commissioned as a Second Lieutenant, Herefordshire Regiment (attached).

MORTLOCK, Ernest. 847. Acting Serjeant. Enlisted 25/08/1914, entered France 4/05/1915 and discharged 11/10/1918. Awarded Silver War Badge 28212. Born 1851 and was 67 when he applied for Silver War Badge in 1918. The Regimental War Diary notes “No. 847 L Sgt E. Mortlock left for England under War Office authority as being too old (61 years of age) to withstand the strenuous duties expected of a Cavalry NCO”. Entitled to 1914/15 Star trio.

MORTON, John. 1688. Private. Entered France 30/07/1915. Commissioned Royal Engineers 22/09/1917 later Lieutenant. Entitled to 1914/15 Star Trio. Possible Mention in Despatches from Medal Index Card.

MORTON, John Henry. 1259. Private 2KEH. Private Labour Corps 230747. Henry Joseph Morton of Eastham, Cheshire also known as John Henry Morton (same Regimental numbers). Prior service as 9339 Private, 1st Wilts Yeomanry (discharged 1901 time expired). Enlisted 2KEH: 15/12/1914 at Hampton Court, London. Occupation: self-employed Rancher. Disembarked Boulogne, 4/05/1915. 6/10/1915 – Reported Sick in the field and admitted to General Hospital at Etaples with chronic bronchitis. 13/10/1915 arrived England. 17/12/1915 discharged from City of London War Hospital Epsom. 5/07/1916 admitted to Military Hospital, Kilkenny, Ireland. Transferred 1/07/1917 to Labour Corps (230747 Private): 662nd Home Service Employment Company. Discharged 2/02/1919 at Nottingham, aged 52 to Army Z Reserve. Born circa 1867 with home address Bournemouth. 1914/15 Star sold on eBay Sep 2020.

MOSS, John Albert. 242. Private. Enlisted 25/08/1914 aged 39 and entered France 4/05/1915. Discharged 9/10/1917 and awarded Silver War Badge 133,372 which was reported as lost in Jan 1918. Entitled to 1914/15 Star Medal Trio and applied for from an address in Alma Road, Windsor, London. Portrait photograph shown of Private Moss wearing Other Ranks Service Dress uniform of the 2KEH circa 1915-1917 (Copyright Imperial War Museum HU 124478).

MOSS, Sydney. 1638. Private. Entered France 15/07/1915. Commissioned Middlesex Regiment 29/01/1918 later Lieutenant. Applied for 1914/15 Star trio from Dering Road, South Croydon, Surrey, England.

MOSS, Thomas. 1686. Private 2KEH. Entered France 2/10/1915. Transferred as Private, Royal Defence Corps 68940 on 7/08/1917. Entitled to 1914/15 Star trio.

MOSS, Thomas Alfred. 1898 Private 2KEH. Shoeing Smith. Died 9/01/1924.

MOUTRAY-READ, Hugh Arthur. Private 2KEH. Noted as being at camp with 2KEH at Melton Hutments near Woodbridge, Suffolk. Born 15/03/1876 in Cheltenham, Gloucestershire, England one of six children (three boys and three girls) born to Colonel John Moutray Read and Edith Isabelle Read. Lived in Auckland, New Zealand and worked as reporter. Married Florence Jane Islip in 1904 in Lambeth, London. Served in Boer War arriving in South Africa 20/01/1900 on the SS 'Waiwera' as a Private, 529, 1st Company, New Zealand Mounted Rifles (NZMR), 2nd Contingent. Awarded Queen's South Africa Medal with clasps Johannesburg, Cape Colony and Orange Free State (with correspondence on entitlement to Diamond Hill clasp) and King's South Africa medal with South Africa 1901-02 clasp. Discharged from NZMR 20/06/1900 and then served as a Private with the with South African (Transvaal) Constabulary after discharge from 2nd Contingent. Living in Folkestone, England in 1906 and died in 1939. His brother Captain Anketell Moutray-Read VC (1884–1915) was born on 27/10/1884 and was commissioned in the Gloucestershire Regiment in November 1903 and served in India until 1911. While in India he was the Army’s heavyweight boxing champion eight times and middleweight twice. On the outbreak of WWI, he was transferred to France with the 9th Lancers. Wounded in September 1914 during an engagement on the Aisne, he recovered and returned to France with the 1st Northamptonshire Regiment in May 1915. Captain Read’s citation read: "On 25th September 1915 near Hulluch, France, Captain Read, although partially gassed, went out several times in order to rally parties of different units which were disorganized and retiring. He led them back into the firing line and regardless of danger to himself, moved about under withering fire, encouraging them, but he was mortally wounded while carrying out this gallant work." He was buried in the Dud Corner Cemetery at Loos. As he had never married, his Victoria Cross was presented to his mother at Buckingham Palace by King George V on 29/11/1916. His VC is held in the Northamptonshire Regimental Museum, Abington Park, Northamptonshire.

MOXHAM, Arthur William. 908. Private 2KEH. Enlisted in London. Entered France 5/5/1915. Corporal 2nd Battalion, Lancashire Fusiliers 40580. KIA 9/10/1917 during the Third Battle of Ypres (Passchendaele). Born to Charles E. and Henrietta Moxham on 25/01/1873 in Wycombe, Buckinghamshire, England. Commemorated on the Tyne Cot Memorial in Belgium and High Wycombe Cemetery. Served with the 38th (Buckinghamshire) Company, 10th Battalion Imperial Yeomanry from 3/01/1900 to 4/02/1901 as Private 4996 and awarded Queen's South Africa medal with Orange Free State, Cape Colony, Transvaal and South Africa 1900 clasps. Member of the Eton Masonic Lodge. Death plaque sold on an electronic auction site.

MUGGLEWORTH, Harry. 1782. Private 2KEH. Military Foot Police P8556. Discharged 10/03/1919.

MUIR, George John. 827. Private. Enlisted 28/08/1914 and entered France 4/05/1915. Discharged 2/10/1917. Awarded Silver War Badge 266693. Born in 1878. Entitled to 1914/15 Star trio.

MUIR, James McLean. 287. Lance Corporal. Enlisted at White City, London. Entered France 4/05/1915. KIA 10/08/1915. Born in Kinross, Scotland and emigrated to South Dunedin, New Zealand. Buried at LA PLUS DOUVE FARM CEMETERY, Hainaut, Belgium. Gratuity claimed by Miss Maud McLean Muir. Commemorated on the Auckland Online Cenotaph. Entitled to a 1914/15 Star Medal trio and rank shown as Lance Corporal on 1914/15 Star and Private on British War and Victory Medals.

MULES, Philip Austin. 871. Acting Serjeant. Entered France 5/05/1915. Commissioned 2KEH 1/10/1915. Captain 23rd Battalion Tank Corps. Entitled to 1914/15 Star trio. Applied for medals from Bersham Road, Wrexham, North Wales.

MULLORD, Eric Charles. 2047. Private. 3rd Troop. Transferred as Private, Staffordshire Yeomanry 76096. Entitled to British War and Victory Medals.

MUNRO, Hector Hugh. Enlisted 2KEH then transferred to 22nd Battalion Royal Fusiliers as Lance Serjeant, 225 on 25/08/1914. Entered France 16/11/1915. KIA at the Battle of Ancre 14/11/1916 aged 44 shot in the head by a sniper and made infamous by last words of "Put that bloody cigarette out!". A leading satirist on Edwardian society under the pen-name Saki. Born in Burma. Entitled to 1914/15 Star trio and medals claimed by his father, Charles Munro, Governor of H. M. Prison, Mountjoy, Dublin. 

MURPHY, David. 1598. Private 2KEH. Entered France 30/07/1915 with 2KEH. Transferred to KEH as Private 2097. Discharged 16/02/1919. Entitled to 1914/15 Star trio.

MURPHY, Thomas. 1607. Private 2KEH. Entered France 15/07/1915. Deserted 16/07/1916 no medals awarded.

MURPHY, Timothy. 1649. Private 2KEH. Entered France 29/07/1915. Transferred as Private, Army Service Corps M/405027 on 2/11/1918 from 6th Battalion, Royal Fusiliers as Private G/59064 on 8/09/1917. Discharged 15/03/1919. Entitled to 1914/15 Star trio.

MURRAY, The Honourable Arthur Cecil. Major. 2KEH. Born 27/03/1879 and died 5/12/1962. Awarded Distinguished Service Order (1916) and Mentioned in Despatches (London Gazette 1/01/1916). 12th Lord Elibank and 3rd Viscount of Elibank. Born 27/03/1879 in Lindfield, Sussex, England and died 5/12/1962 at 602 Carrington House, Hertford Street, London. He entered the Royal Military College Sandhurst and was commissioned as a Second Lieutenant in the Indian Staff Corps on 20 July 1898. In the same year he became Aide-de-Camp to the Lieutenant Governor of Bengal, Sir John Woodburn. He served as part of the international force that intervened to suppress the Boxer Rebellion in China in 1900 and commanded a Mounted Infantry Company, protecting the Sinho-Shanhaikwan Railway. He subsequently served on the North-West Frontier and in Chitral. In 1907 he was promoted to captain in the 5th Gurkha Rifles (Frontier Force). In March 1908 John William Crombie the member of parliament for Kincardinshire died, and Murray was selected by the Liberal Party to contest the resulting by-election. He won the seat, and remained MP for Kincardineshire and its successor constituency, Kincardine and Aberdeenshire West, until 1923. From 1910 until the outbreak of war in 1914 he was Parliamentary Private Secretary to Sir Edward Grey, Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs. He served from 1914 to 1916 with the 2KEH. He was Assistant Military Attaché in Washington from 1917 to 1918, and was awarded the CMG in 1919 with the rank of Lieutenant Colonel. Applied for 1914/15 Star trio. Civilian portrait shown.



NAGLE, Cornelius. 1647. Private 2KEH. Transferred to Labour Corps as Private, 230753. Enlisted 26/05/1915, entered France 29/07/1915 and discharged 17/06/1918 due to sickness. Awarded Silver War Badge 387552. Born in 1896. Entitled to 1914/15 Star trio named to Labour Corps.                                                                                                          
NASH, Nowell Okey. 1344. Private 2KEH. Entered France 4/05/1915. Commissioned 6th Reserve Battalion, London Regiment 28/02/1917 later Captain. Born 22/12/1892 in London, England and died 1960 in Hove, Sussex, England Applied for 1914/15 Star Trio from British Greece.

NEALE, Horace. 795. Private 2KEH. Entered France 4/05/1915. Transferred as Private, 10th Battalion, Northumberland Fusiliers, 39890 then Private, 2nd Battalion, Lancashire Fusiliers, 40584 then Private 11th Battalion, Tank Corps 302812. Discharged 20/03/1919. Entitled to 1914/1915 Star trio.

NEALE, Patrick E. 1019. Serjeant 2KEH. Entered France 4/05/1915. Commissioned 2KEH 30/04/1917 and transferred to Machine Gun Corps. Awarded Military Cross attached to the 6th Squadron Machine Gun Corps (London Gazette 3/06/1919). His horse being shot dead under him, the animal then falling crushed one of his feet, he was placed on home service in Kilkenny when with 2KEH. Served pre-war with the Irish Police Force. Applied for 1914/15 Star Medal Trio from an address in Sutton, Surrey. Born 3/12/1891 in Hardham, Sussex, England and died in 1973 in Surrey, England. His brother Colin Francis Neale served as a Temporary Sub Lieutenant, Drake Battalion, Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve and was KIA 23/04/1917 and buried in Orchard Dump Cemetery, Arleux-en-Gohelle, France.

NELSON, John. 1460. Serjeant. 3rd Troop. Entered France 4/05/1915. Machine Gun Corps 111987, Northumberland Fusiliers 61219. Discharged 1/01/1919. Entitled to 1914/15 Star Trio.

NEWBURY, George Grinsted. 1198. Private. Transferred to Royal Flying Corps (RFC) 13/02/1917 Private 65143 later commissioned as a Second Lieutenant, Royal Air Force. British War and Victory Medals named to RFC. Brother of Private Robert S. Newbury, 1197.

NEWBURY, Robert S. 1197. Private 2KEH. Transferred to Royal Flying Corps (RFC) 17/02/1917 as Private 65111. 1914/15 Star named to KEH, British War Medal and Victory Medal named to RFC. Brother of Private George G. Newbury, 1198.  1914/15 Star sold on eBay Oct 2022 and shown on accompanying page.

NEWSTEAD, Horace. 1569. Private 2KEH. Transferred to KEH as Private 2124. Entered France 26/10/1915 and discharged 29/06/1919. Entitled to 1914/15 Star trio.

NICHOLLS, Henry. 1459. Private 2KEH. Entered France 5/05/1915. Transferred to Tank Corps 112277, Private. Discharged 6/02/1918. Entitled to 1914/15 Star Medal Trio. Enlisted April 1915, discharged unfit for further military duty and being found unfit for service in the Dublin Military Police (prior service pre-war) was discharged on pension from the force 6/02/1918.

NICHOLS, William. 996. Private 2KEH. Entered France 5/05/1915. Transferred to Labour Corps as Private 421740. Discharged 21/12/1917. Entitled to 1914/15 Star trio.

NORMAN, Edward A. 1481. Private 2KEH. Entered France 5/05/1915. Transferred as Private Northumberland Fusiliers 39913 then Private, Lancashire Fusiliers 40585 then Private, Tank Corps 159047. Discharged 26/06/1919. Entitled to 1914/15 Star trio.

NORMAN, Reginald. 1676. Private 2KEH. Entered France 30/09/1915. Transferred as Private, 24th then 2nd Battalion, Royal Fusiliers GS/59068 on 7/12/1917 then Private, 29th Battalion, London Regiment 783503 until 29/01/1918. Entitled to 1914/15 Star trio.

NORTON-GRIFFITHS, John. Member of Parliament. Founded the 2nd King Edward's Horse. Lieutenant-Colonel Sir John Norton-Griffiths, 1st Baronet, KCB, DSO was born in Somerset, UK on 27/09/1871 and died 27/09/1930. He was an engineer, British Army officer during the Second Boer War and the First World War. A colourful figure in his day, known as "Empire Jack", he was also the grandfather of Jeremy Thorpe, a leading British politician. Norton-Griffiths had a meteoric rise as a mining entrepreneur seeking to capitalise on the opportunities emanating from the British Empire. In 1889 he gained his first experience working in the gold mines of Johannesburg, learning about the use of tunnelling and dynamite for the extraction process. He quickly became a deputy manager at one of the gold mines and was involved and arrested in the botched Jameson Raid (1895–96) in the Transvaal. His first big mining operation came in 1902, excavating the terrain of the Ivory Coast for its gold reserves. From 1905–08 he led on the construction of the Benguela railway in what is now Angola. With the backing of financiers, he had formed his own company in 1909 and won a multitude of contracts that included Yarmouth and Weston-Super-Mare piers, Southsea promenade, parts of the London Underground and work as far afield as Canada and Azerbaijan. However, more significantly, he had been tasked with constructing the Battersea to Deptford drainage system and also in 1913 was contracted to lay the sewage system in Manchester.  In January 1910 he was elected as a Conservative MP for Wednesbury, standing on a platform to protect British trade and extolling the virtues of the British Empire. Some of his earliest contributions in the Commons included asking for reform of the House of Lords, albeit allowing territories that were part of the British Empire to have representation. In 1913 he also asked Ministers to provide relief to the families and children of workers striking in the Midlands. As Whitehall prepared for war at the end of July 1914, Norton-Griffiths was like many enthused by the prospect of a decisive and quick victory against the Germans. Advertising in the Pall Mall Gazette, he encouraged former soldiers in the Boer War to enlist, leading to the formation of the 2nd King Edward's Horse regiment. By January 1915 fighting had resulted in deadlock and there were already signs that the German military were adapting to the new conditions. Norton-Griffiths believed that his experience in tunnelling and engineering could counter anything the Germans had at their disposal. His ideas filtered up the military chain and Lord Kitchener ordered 10,000 'clay kickers' to be recruited. Drawing on men from his own projects and tapping into mining regions, he recruited over 200 men in the first week. They had the unique distinction of being in a military unit yet with no actual military training or experience. Nine tunnelling companies were quickly created that fell under the remit of the Royal Engineers. As no formal military command existed for the miners, Norton-Griffiths instructed the men to use their skills for defensive purposes in order to detect German tunnels approaching British positions. Norton-Griffiths introduced a range of innovations to assist with the tunnelling, in what was an an incredibly dangerous and arduous process: "The tunneller lay on his back, at 45 degrees to the floor of the tunnel, and facing the work-face, supported by a wooden back-rest shaped like a crucifix. He dug away at the wall into clay before him, using a special long-bladed light spade between his feet. The clay was hauled out by the digger's mate, who worked behind him with another man who helped him load it into sacks to be dragged to the rear. A second team lined the tunnel with wooden props to prevent it from collapsing. "One of the keys to British success lay in detecting enemy tunnels before their efforts alerted German miners. Norton-Griffiths equipped miners with the geo-phone, having seen demonstrations at the University of Paris. The device was essentially an adapted stethoscope but was incredibly effective when used. Miners could monitor German progress from a distance of 100ft in clay and 260ft in chalk tunnels. The British had experienced some success in April 1915 at the Second Battle of Ypres. Having detected a German tunnel close by they managed to detonate it with explosives before the Germans could. However, it did mean that British tunnellers were constantly reacting to the tactics of German mining without offering a more targeted strategy. Norton-Griffiths felt a more aggressive approach was needed and he facilitated a number of measures to aid this. Firstly was the introduction of ammonal, an explosive far more powerful than TNT that would lead to some of the biggest detonations of the First World War. The issue of pay was also a major source of friction for the miners and almost led to strike action. Norton-Griffiths acted as the negotiator between military command and the miners, managing to introduce an escalating pay scale based on experience and skills. Finally, Norton-Griffiths was a keen proponent of deeper tunnels, which led to digging some 70-125ft beneath no man's land and ultimately under enemy lines. Two infamous operations were to define the operations of the miners and the frightening destruction that was now possible. The first happened on 1/07/1916, at the start of the Battle of the Somme. Two separate tunnels had been painstakingly dug in the Picardy region with 900 men working on each one. Packed with 40,000 lbs of explosives in one and 60,000 in the other, the blast was to rip through the ground with a crater 450ft wide at La Boiselle. However, German soldiers had detected the tunnelling just 24 hours before and retreated to safer ground. The blast was so powerful that German soldiers were still killed but as British infantry troops flowed over the top they were massacred by well positioned German machine guns. 11,000 soldiers were killed just along this section and by the end of the day's fighting there were over 57,000 British casualties. Subsequently, in 1917, a co-ordinated attack created a blast so powerful, it could allegedly be heard in London. Tunnelling began in mid-1915 and it would take until June 1917 to reach their intended target, the Messines Ridge in West Flanders, Belgium. 22 tunnels were finally completed, with nearly one million lbs of explosives laid. The resulting blast vaporised all life in its path and the strategy first devised by Norton-Griffiths had proved to be as ruthless as it was destructive. It is hard to gauge the impact of the detonation but estimates have predicted that 10,000 German soldiers were killed and thousands more captured in a state of shell-shock. By 1917 Norton-Griffiths' involvement in the tunnelling process had to come an end. Military Intelligence Department called him up for one final yet hugely significant mission and he was asked to destroy the oil fields of Romania before they fell into German hands. As German troops closed in on the oil fields, Norton-Griffiths arrived just in time to carry out a trail of devastation and damage with the aid of British engineers. Going from town to town with his team of engineers he managed to wipe out the entire infrastructure of the oil fields. The Romanian government and oil producers were promised compensation but eventually received nothing as it was offset against their war debt to Britain. In 1918 Norton-Griffiths stood down from his seat in Wednesbury and was elected to Wandsworth (1918–24). He also helped to form the 'Great War Association', a forerunner of the Royal British Legion. His extraordinary life was to take one final twist. Visiting Alexandria, Egypt on 29/09/1930 he took a rowing boat out to sea. About an hour later his body was seen floating in the water. When the search party arrived he was found with a bullet through his temple but with no sign of the gun. The coroner's conclusion was suicide and his body was eventually brought back to rest in Mickleham, Surrey. Portrait image copyright: National Portrait Gallery.

NORWOOD, John. 268. Serjeant 2KEH. Entered France 30/07/1915. Lance Corporal, 11th Battalion, Tank Corps 302861, Lance Corporal, 12th/13th Battalion, Northumberland Fusiliers 61223. No medals (would have entitled to 1914/15 Star trio) awarded as declared a deserter 30/10/1919.

NUNN, George Richard. 1216. Private. Entered France 5/05/1915. Discharged 27/07/1916. Entitled to 1914/15 Star Trio.

O'BRIEN, Pierce F. 1206 Private. Enlisted 21/11/1914 at Hounslow, London. Discharged as medically unfit 25/11/1915 due to injury sustained when his horse fell on him 2/12/1914. Awarded Silver War Badge 112052. Born in Brighton, Sussex, England in 1883. Returned from Buenos Aires, Brazil to enlist.

O'DONNEL, Charles Francis. 1587. Lance Corporal. Charles was an Irishman who came over to enlist from Argentina in 1916.  Arrived from La Plata, Argentina, into Falmouth, 20/07/1916, on the SS DRINA.  His occupation was “Traffic Inspector” and he was aged 33 years. He enlisted in the King Edwards Horse as Private 1587 in Liverpool. He then transferred to the Rifle Brigade. His medal entitlement was British War Medal (BWM) and Victory Medal.  He is listed as S/29108 Private Charles F. O’Donnell on MIC and BWM and Victory Medal Roll. He served with the 13th and 2nd Rifle Brigades. He was born 25/2/1883. Unpaid L/Cpl.  KIA 17-19 November 1917. Widow was Kathleen (Bray), Rathmullen, Ireland and they had two children Charles Joseph (DOB 10/10/13) and John Patrick (DOB 7/6/17). He emigrated to Argentina shortly after his marriage in 1911. His wife joined him a year later. Their first child is likely to have been born in Argentina in 1913. His second child was born in June 1917. Name commemorated on the TYNE COT MEMORIAL, Belgium. Information courtesy of Gerry Rogers and Charles was his great uncle.

O'DONNELL, Albert Bernard. 1790. Private. Commissioned 10th Battalion Royal Warwickshire Regiment 13/04/1916 later Captain.

O'DONNELL, Bryan. 1468. Private. Entered France 4/05/1915. Discharged 17/02/1919. Entitled to 1914/15 Star Trio and Commissioner of Metropolitan Police forwarded roll to support 1914/15 Star claim.

O'HEA, James Joseph 1128 Private. Entered France 5/05/1915. Commissioned West Kent Yeomanry 14/11/1915. Second Lieutenant Life Guards, Lieutenant Colonel King's Liverpool Regiment. Entitled to Silver War Badge and 1914/15 Star Trio with Star stamped J. only noted on MIC. Medals applied for from Brooke's Club, St. James Street, London.

O'KEEFE, Charles John. xx96? (page of Attestation record burnt and only 96 visible) Private. Enlisted in 2KEH 3/08/1916 aged 23 at Kilkenny, Ireland. Served with the 6th Battalion, Royal Fusiliers from 8/09/1917 as Private 59070 then transferred with 4th Battalion, Royal Fusiliers to the 1st Battalion East Surrey Regiment o 14/11/1917 as Private 26262. Wounded gunshot to the head and shrapnel wound to right shin. Discharged 10/06/1919. Born 5/03/1892 in Manchester, New Hampshire, USA and died 4/07/1940 in US Marine Hospital, New York. Lived in Fort Erie, Canada. Name commemorated on the Kilkenny War Memorial, MacDonagh Station, Dublin Road, Kilkenny, Ireland. Awarded Silver War Badge B262871 and entitled to British War and Victory medals.

OLDEN, James. 1531. Private 2KEH. Entered France 5/05/1915. Deserted 13/10/1916 and court martialed at Le Quesnoy. Awarded no medals.

OLIVER, Charles Frederick. 424. Private 2KEH. Entered France 4/05/1915. Chronicles of the NZEF of 2/05/1917 notes that he has been wounded and is in hospital in France. Commissioned as a Second Lieutenant Tank Corps 23/10/1918. Awarded Military Medal. Entitled to 1914/15 Star Medal Trio and medals applied for from an address in Symonds Street, Auckland, New Zealand.

OLIVER, Cuthbert Hanson. Second Lieutenant KEH. Transferred as a Lieutenant, Army Service Corps. Prior service as Private, 44595 with the 134th Company (Irish Horse), 29th Battalion Imperial Yeomanry. Awarded Queen's South Africa Medal with South Africa 1902 clasps. Eligible for Silver War Badge 9/07/1919. Applied for 1914/15 Star trio from Barnes, London, England.

OLIVER, Harry James Gordon. 1269. Private 2KEH. Entered France 4/05/1915. Commissioned Second Lieutenant Tank Corps 8/10/1918. Wounded. Spent time in Argentina pre and post war with Anglo-Argentinian Railway staff before settling in London. Rejoined the army and served in the Royal Engineers then the Pioneer Corps as Lieutenant 144248 and died 29/04/1942 in an air raid while in service at Cavalry Barracks, York and was buried in Fulford, York. Born 03/12/1889 in Victoria Road, East Barnet, Greater London, Hertfordshire, Middlesex, United Kingdom.

OLIVER, William John. 1379. Private 2KEH. Entered France 5/05/1915. Transferred as Private Labour Corps 230749. Discharged 17/03/1919. Entitled to 1914/15 Star trio.

O'NEILL, Fergus. 1576. Private 2KEH. Enlisted 27/04/1915 in Dublin and entered France 5/07/1915. Transferred in August 1917 as Private, Tank Corps 317936 then Private Lancashire Fusiliers 45491. Born in 1881 in Drumnigh, Dublin and died there on 9/07/1956. Awarded 1914/5 Star trio named to Tank Corps.

O'NEILL, Patrick. 1511. Private 2KEH. Entered France 5/07/1915. Discharged 31/01/1919. Entitled to 1914/15 Star Trio.

ORR, Walter. 6329. Private 5th Dragoon Guards 6329, (Attached 2KEH), Private 5th Dragoon Guards 12858. Entered France 24/07/1915. KIA 25/03/1918.  Born 28/05/1895 in Glasgow Maryhill, Lanarkshire, Scotland the son of Walter and Isabelle G. (nee Garvie) Orr. Commemorated on the Pozieres Memorial, the Somme, France. 

OSBORNE, H. E. Captain. Military Cross, G.V.R., 1914-15 Star (Lieut. H.E. Osborne. K. Edw. H.) c) British War and Victory Medals (Capt. H.E. Osborne.) M.C. London Gazette 4/10/1919 Capt. Herbert Edward Osborne, 2nd Res. Regt. of Cav., K. Edward´s Horse. (Mesopotamia) ´For conspicuous gallantry and devotion to duty during a retirement from Tickmedash to Mianeh on 5-7/09/1918. He conducted the withdrawal of his small command in face of strong enemy forces over a distance of 55 miles in a most skillful and cool manner. He caused the enemy many casualties, and eventually brought his force through to safety with comparatively few losses.´ Captain Herbert Edward Osborne MC served on the Western Front from May 1915; severely wounded in the head by shell shrapnel at Guivenchy 7/06/1915, and was subsequently rescued under heavy shell fire by Machine Gunner P. J. Pellam, 15th Battalion, Canadian Highlanders; Promoted to Captain, 24/1/1917; retired, 1/4/1920. Enlisted from Argentina. Photograph of Military Cross and 1914/15 Star Medal Trio shown.

O'SHEA, Michael. Second Lieutenant. Enlisted from Argentina.

OSWALD, Cecil A. H. 1428. Serjeant. 3rd Troop. Entered France 5/07/1915. Discharged 7/04/1919. Entitled to 1914/15 Star Trio.

OTTA, J. J. Enlisted from Argentina. Private J. A Otta is noted as having served in the National Scouts in the Boer War. Possible the same individual.

OWEN, Henry. 1578. Private 2KEH. Served from 29/07/1915 to 12/03/1917. Transferred as Private, 4th Battalion, Royal Fusiliers GS/59071 then 24th Battalion, 13th Battalion and 9th Battalion between 12/10/1917 and 2/09/1918. Entitled to British War and Victory Medals.

OYLER, Archibald George. 1396. Private 2KEH. Entered France 4/05/1915. Private Northumberland Fusiliers 61286. Enlisted from Argentina. Entitled to 1914/15 Star Medal Trio.

OZZARD, Harold T. 1256. Private 2KEH. Entered France 4/05/1915. Commissioned as a Second Lieutenant, 9th Battalion, Royal Irish Fusiliers on 5/03/1916 later Lieutenant. Discharged after 12 days service in the General Reserve in 1914 as found to be medically unfit but re-enlisted. Awarded Silver War Badge. Awarded Military Cross (London Gazette 16/08/1917) for gallantry on a successful trench raid and 1914/15 Star trio. Born in 1892 in George Green, Demerara, South America and died Jan-Mar 1945 in Hailsham, Sussex, England. Medal Index Card notes eligible for Silver War Badge but no record identified. Resided in Ripon, Yorkshire then London.


PAGE, Lance St Allard March.  921. Private 2KEH. Enlisted 5/09/1914. Transferred to Royal East Kent Mounted Rifles 30/03/1915. Commissioned as a Second Lieutenant, Royal East Kent Mounted Rifles on 23/09/1915 then Captain, Royal Flying Corps. Mentioned in Despatches (MID) 12/03/1918 (London Gazette) and additional MID noted. KIA 20/08/1918 whilst flying in Mesopotamia. Buried in BAGHDAD (NORTH GATE) WAR CEMETERY, Iraq. Born in 1890 the son of C. W. H. and Mary Page, of Chelsea, London. Attended Felsted Prep and School from May 1901 to Dec 1908 then served for three years with KEH pre-war (time expired). Resided in Montreal, Canada prior to enlistment. 1914/15 Star trio applied for by his mother. Group photograph courtesy of the Canadian Virtual War Memorial. Felsted School, CCF, 1907. Back row, second left.  

PAGE, William George. 329. Private 2KEH. Enlisted 25/08/1914 and admitted to Gloucester City Hospital 22/01/1916 with wound/illness from France and discharged 14/10/1916 due to sickness. Awarded British War and Victory Medals with Silver War Badge 52327.

PALTON, . 2030. Corporal, 2nd Troop, 2KEH. Burnt portion of 2nd Troop, 2KEH Nominal Roll.

PAPE, Thomas. 1645. Private 2KEH. Enlisted 23/05/1915. Transferred as Private Tank Corps 302819 from 7/8/1917 then Private 10th Battalion, King's Liverpool Regiment 91424 from 27/08/1918. Discharged 22/03/1919. Born in 1881 and resided in Cork prior to enlistment. Awarded British War and Victory Medals.

PARE, Arthur Edward. 1281 Private 2KEH. Entered France 4/05/1915. Commissioned Royal Engineers 25/01/1917 later Captain. Applied for 1914/15 Star from Richmond, Natal, South Africa.

PARKE, George. 1888. Private 2KEH. Enlisted 7/04/1916. Transferred as Private Army Service Corps M/403853 on 12/09/1918. Discharged 13/01/1919. Entitled to British War and Victory Medals.

PARKER, Percy Horace. Private 2KEH. Entered Egypt 27/03/1917. Commissioned as a Second Lieutenant later Major, East Riding Yeomanry attached Machine Gun Squadron. Born 24/11/1883 in Enfield, London, England and died 9/09/1976 in Hastings, Hawke's Bay, New Zealand. Applied for British War and Victory Medals.

PARKER, William H. 1300. Lance Corporal 2KEH. William Parker was a New Zealander from Wellington who enlisted in the 2KEH in London on 23/12/1914. He served with the Regiment throughout WW1 and entered France 5/05/1915 and was wounded in action on 15/09/1915. Parker left 2KEH on 29/01/1918 to take up a commission with the Manchester Regiment as a Second Lieutenant. He was discharged on 13/07/1919 and returned to New Zealand. During WW2 he was commissioned into the NZ forces with whom he had home service. Photograph of his WW1 medals, 1914/15 star named 1300 Pte W H Parker K. EDW.H, BWM and Victory 2.LIEUT W H Parker and unnamed WW2 medal, mounted as worn, shown. Medals were sold with numerous papers, including WW2 commission document, dog tags, and also a sterling silver engraved cigarette case given to him by his NZ soldiers in WW2.

PARKES, Henry Gordon. 384.  Private 2LKEH. Commissioned as a Second Lieutenant, 6th Battalion, Worcestershire Regiment 2/02/1915. Served at Gallipoli from 27/05/1915 and KIA 4/06/1915 with 4th Battalion, Worcestershire Regiment. Born Oct 1884 in Handsworth, Staffordshire, England. Father applied for his son's 1914/15 Star trio of medals from an address in Sutton Coalfield, Birmingham, England.

PARKHURST, Clive Reginald. 1693. Private 2KEH. Entered France 14/07/1915. Transferred as Sapper, Labour Corps, Home Service Company, 236746. Also spelt Pankhurst on another MIC. Discharged 15/12/1917. Born in 1893 and resided in Faversham, Kent. Entitled to 1914/15 Star trio.

PARSON, Ernest Edward. Private 2KEH. Enlisted Jan 1915. Entered France 17/04/1915. Second Lieutenant later Temporary Lieutenant 124th Brigade Royal Field Artillery. Ernest was attached to an infantry regiment as a Special Observation Officer. He was at Arras for a major British offensive from 9 April and was awarded the Military Cross for his action on 23/04/1917. Died of wounds 1/06/1917 and is buried at Sunken Road Cemetery, Boisleux-St Marc. He was born in Lucknow, India, in 1894 the son of Rev Joseph Parson and he attended Oxford University. 

PARSONS, Gerald M. 383. Private 2KEH. Enlisted 26/08/1914 at White City, London and discharged 28/05/1915 due to being medically unfit suffering from recurrent malaria since time in Rhodesia in 1894. Aged 40 years at discharge and was from Brighton, Sussex, England. Awarded Silver War Badge 242691.

PASCOE, Claude Alfred Leonard. 1560. Private 2KEH. Entered France 5/07/1915. Commissioned 4/2nd London Regiment 1/02/1915 attached Machine Gun Corps and noted as Bombing Officer. Promoted to Acting Captain (15/03/1919 London Gazette). Awarded OBE (16/07/1920 London Gazette) as Temporary Major attached to the 16th Battalion, Machine Gun Corps as Chief Instructor. Wounded on the Somme. Born 21/12/1887 in Camberwell, London. Emigrated to Canada in 1912 and worked as a reporter on the Toronto Star and returned to England to enlist 17/08/1914.  Mentioned in Despatches emblem approved 8/10/1920. Awarded 1914/15 Star Trio from Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Served after the war with British military mission to Russia and holds three Russian decorations and a Roumanian decoration. Served as an Intelligence Officer in Ireland for three years. Died in Canada and buried at Saint James Cemetery, Toronto. Photograph of medals shown - Group of Six to Major Claud Alfred Leonard Pascoe court mounted; OBE Military (1st type); 1914-15 Star impressed to 1560 Pte C.A.L. Pascoe; British War Medal and Victory Medal (MID) impressed to Major C.A.L. Pascoe; Russian Order of St Vladimir 4th Class with swords; Order of St Stanislaus 2nd Class (records also indicate Pascoe's entitlement to the Order of St Anne 3rd Class in addition to the above named group, but the breast badge is not present). OBE (London Gazette 16th July 1920) Pascoe, Lt (Temp. Major) Claud Alfred Leonard, 2nd Bn Lon Reg attd MGC in recognition of valuable services rendered in connection with military operations in South Russia MID (London Gazette 16th July 1920) for valuable and distinguished services rendered with the British Military Mission in South Russia WO/0137/6178 (MS3B, FD) 1st July 1920 entitled to Order of St Vladimir 4th Class with swords; Order of St Anne 3rd Class; Order of St Stanislaus 2nd Class PRO.AIR/204 confirms Order of St Anne 3rd Class by Armed Forces of South Russia Order No.2783 dated 22nd Nov 1919 at Theodosia in Crimea, PRO. AIR/1960 confirms Captain C.A.L. Pascoe attached as Machine Gun Instructor at Rostov 17th July 1919. 

PATTEN, Stanley Leonard. 1741. Private 2KEH. Enlisted at Hampton Court, London. Entered France 14/10/1915. Attached to the Machine Gun Corps. KIA 1/07/1916 aged 18 and is buried Euston Road Cemetery, Colincamps, France. Born Bexley Heath, Kent, England in Jan 1898 the son of Mr. and Mrs. G. Patten of Fern Villa, Church Road, Bexley Heath, Kent. Entitled to 1914/15 Star Medal trio. Portrait photograph of Private Patten in uniform of 2KEH standing with hand on hip from Ancestry. 

PATTERSON, Frederick. 1716. Private2KEH. Enlisted 9/07/1915 and discharged 21/10/1916 as medically unfit. Born in 1891 in Cape Town, South Africa. Prior service with South African Service Corps. Entitled to British War and Victory Medals.

PATTINSON, Jeffrey. 1271. Private 2KEH. Entered France 4/05/1915. Commissioned Border Regiment 5/02/1916 Later Lieutenant. Applied for 1914/15 Star Trio medals from West London.

PEARMAN, Arthur T. 1018. Corporal 2KEH. Entered France 4/05/1915. Discharged 16/02/1919. Entitled to 1914/15 Star Trio. Name commemorated on the Kilkenny War Memorial, MacDonagh Station, Dublin Road, Kilkenny, Ireland.

PEARSON, Hugh Almack. Second Lieutenant 2KEH. On probation from 23/02/1915. Entered France 4/05/1915. Transferred as Acting Captain, Machine Gun Corps later Captain. Resigned his commission 19/12/1918. Applied for 1914/15 Star trio from London address.

PEART, James R. 1548. Private 2KEH. Entered France 4/05/1915. Discharged 3/03/1919. Entitled to 1914/15 Star Trio. Likely to be James Robert Peart born 24/07/1882 in St Saviour, Southwark, London and died 22/01/1943 in Hertford, Hertfordshire, England. Brother Lance Corporal Harold Peart, 40460, New Zealand Machine Gun Battalion who was KIA 31/08/1918 and buried in Bagneux British Cemetery, Gezaincourt, the Somme, France.

PEASE, Edward. 1391. Private 2KEH. Enlisted in 1914 and entered France 5/05/1915. Wounded in 1915. Commissioned Second Lieutenant, General List of Officers then East Lancashire Regiment 25/04/1917. Born 15/12/1880 in Pinchingthorpe, Yorkshire, England and died 14/01/1963 in Cleveland, Yorkshire, England. Educated at Cambridge University and served in the Sudan Civil Service 1903-11 then farmed in East Africa until 1914. Became 3rd Baronet in 1939. His brother Captain Christopher York Pease was KIA at Givenchy 8/05/1918 with the Yorkshire Hussars attached to the 9th Battalion, West Yorkshire Regiment. Edward was awarded  1914/15 Star trio. Civilian portrait shown on accompanying page.

PEET, James William. 1284. Private 2KEH. Enlisted 19/12/1914 and entered France 4/05/1915. WIA 26/11/1915. Transferred as Private Tank Corps 112116. Discharged 19/04/1919. Born in Dec 1886 and resided in Wilden, Bedfordshire, England. Returned to England from Shanghai to enlist where he worked for the Chinese government railways as an "overseer". Post war worked for the French railways after marrying a French women. His brother Private Albert Peet (born in 1879) was KIA on the 19/04/1916 with the 6th Battalion, Queen's West Surrey Regiment. James was entitled to 1914/15 Star trio.

PEGG, William. 1622. Acting Serjeant 2KEH. Entered France 29/05/1915. Transferred as Private, Serjeant Machine Gun Corps 22984. Awarded Military Medal. Discharged 3/03/1919. Entitled to 1914/15 Star trio.

PENN, Sidney Herbert. 1320. Private. Entered France 4/05/1915. Transferred as Private, 2nd Battalion, Lancashire Fusiliers 40589. KIA 9/10/1917. Born in Old Swinford, Worcester, England. Entitled to 1914/15 Star trio. Commemorated on the Tyne Cot Memorial, France.

PENNIE, Oliver John. 1818. Private 2KEH. Enlisted 19/09/1915 and joined the BEF in France 29/06/1916 and transferred to the Tank Corps as Private 300531 on 7/08/1917. Born 7/11/1891 in Camberwell, London and died 28/02/1968 in St Pancras, London, England. Entitled to British War and Victory Medals. Portrait photograph shown on accompanying page in 2KEH uniform noting his yeomanry shoulder chains courtesy of Ancestry.

PENNIFOLD, Albert Thomas. 1109. Private 2KEH. Enlisted in Aug 1914. Entered France 4/05/1915. Transferred to the Labour Corps as Private, 609026. Prior service in the 1st Battalion, Royal Warwickshire Regiment as Private 4187 and fought in the Sudan 1896-98, 6th Dragoon Guards (Carabiniers) and 3rd Dragoon Guards. Left the army in 1910. Worked for Michael Holland on his estate in Balcombe, Lullings, Sussex. Awarded Sudan Medal with Khartum clasp. Born 9/03/1875 in Lambeth, Surrey, England and died 12/03/1941 in Balcombe, Sussex. Brother of Private Sidney Harry Marchant, East Surrey Regiment KIA 9/08/1917 (born in 1892) and name commemorated on the Arras Memorial, France. Albert was entitled to 1914/15 Star Trio named to Labour Corps.

PEREGRINE, James Nicholas. 1800. Rifleman Natal Light Horse 26. Private 2KEH. Commissioned Manchester Regiment 29/01/1918.

PERHAM, Robert Ivor. 1472. Private 2KEH. Died of sickness. 17/04/1915 aged 22. Son of Mr. T. R. and Mrs. A. E. Perham of Manor Farm, Ryme Intrinseca. Buried in RYME INTRINSECA (ST. HIPPOLYTE) CHURCHYARD, Dorset, UK.

PERKS, Charles. 1095. Corporal 2KEH. Entered France 4/05/1915. Transferred as Corporal Tank Corps 112272. Entitled to 1914/15 Star trio.

PERRIER, James Black. 1064. Private 2KEH. Enlisted at Langley Park, London. Died in service 19/01/1915. Buried at HESTON (ST. LEONARD) CHURCHYARD, Middlesex, United Kingdom. Born in Tongaz, Chile. No WW1 Medals awarded as didn't serve in a war theatre. 

PERRYMAN, Edward. 1229. Private 2KEH. Enlisted 3/12/1914 and discharged 16/06/1916 due to sickness and served overseas. Awarded Silver War Badge 19188.

PETERS, Leonard. 254. Private. Enlisted 28/06/1914 and entered France 4/05/1915. Transferred as Private, 3rd Battalion, Northumberland Fusiliers, 39967. Discharged 18/12/1918 due to sickness. Born in 1892. Awarded Silver War Badge 344157. Entitled to 1914/15 Star trio.

PETITT, John Charles Mason. 2055. Private 2KEH. Enlisted 18/9/1914 and entered France 14/12/1915. Transferred as Private to 11th Battalion, Tank Corps. Appears to have re-enlisted 9/04/1917 after prior service as a Second Lieutenant, Royal Field Artillery (RFA) and Royal Engineers. Discharged 18/02/1919. Entitled to 1914/15 Star trio named to RFA. Born in 1895 in Pimlico, London, England. Applied for British War and Victory medals named to Tank Corps from Chelsea, London. Suspended List noted on Medal Index Card but subsequently authorised for medals to be issued. Further research required.

PHELAN, Patrick Joseph. 1959. Private 2KEH. Enlisted 14/06/1916. Transferred as Private 1st/7th Battalion, Northumberland Fusiliers 61209 then Private, 11th Battalion, Tank Corps 302820. Born in 1898 and resided in Waterford, Ireland. Discharged 13/03/1919. Awarded Silver War Badge B184,189. Entitled to British War and Victory Medals.

PIERSON, Horace. 1366. Private 2KEH. Transferred to Royal Flying Corps 14/03/1917 as Private 65247. BWM and Victory medals named to RFC.

PIGGOTT, Arthur Vincent. Lieutenant 2KEH attached to KEH from May 1918. Commissioned as a Second Lieutenant from an Officer Cadet unit on 21/12/1916 (London Gazette 5/01/1917). Entered France April 1918. Born in 1886 in Willesden, Middlesex, England and died 10/07/1950 in London, England. Awarded Military Cross (London Gazette 5/06/1919). Joined the Royal Irish Constabulary post-war until 1922. Awarded British War and Victory medal and applied for from Twickenham, Middlesex. Name commemorated on the Kilkenny War Memorial, MacDonagh Station, Dublin Road, Kilkenny, Ireland. Photograph shown of Lieutenant Vincent with fellow 2KEH Officers in 1917 in Kilkenny, Ireland in Figure 161 and on accompanying page.

PILBROW, Stanley Smith. 253. Private 2KEH. Died in service on 9/12/1915 of pneumonia whilst at Slough, Buckinghamshire from sleeping on the icy ground. Prior service with the Scottish Horse as Quarter Master Serjeant and served in the Boer War and awarded Queen's South Africa Medal with clasps: Orange Free State, Transvaal and Cape Colony and King's South Africa Medal. Born in 1874 Buried in Sutton Road Cemetery, Southend. Son served with Shropshire Light Infantry. Commemorated on the South Benfleet War Memorial and Southend Roll of Honour.

PLANTE, Cecil Percy. 1784. Lance Corporal 2KEH. Enlisted in London. Entered France 28/10/1915. KIA 20/01/1917 aged 37 and buried in Sutton Cemetery, England. Born in Sutton, Surrey, England the son of Alfred Pope Plante and Jessie Plante, of "Lulworth" Egmont Road, Sutton. Entitled to 1914/15 Star Medal trio. 

PLOWMAN, Harry Francis Stanley. 1190. Private 2KEH. Entered France 5/05/1915. Commissioned Second Lieutenant Royal Field Artillery (RFA) 13/10/1915 later Lieutenant 4th Reserve Battery. Mentioned in despatches. Applied for 1914/15 Star Trio from Hampstead, London. Commissioned as Lieutenant in the RFA again in 1940.

POLLARD Ernest 219 Private. Entered France 4/05/1915. Transferred as Sapper, Royal Engineers WR/276845 then 309132. Applied for 1914/5 Star trio from Balham, London.

POOL, Arthur Harry William. 1439. Private 2KEH. Entered France 5/07/1915. Commissioned as a Second Lieutenant Royal Field Artillery 7/12/1917. Born 19/10/1896 in Kingston, Surrey, England and died 31/12/1955 in Teddington, Middlesex, England. 1914/15 Star Trio applied for from Kingston-on-Thames, London.

PORTEOUS, Leonard G. 1708. Private 2KEH. Transferred to Royal Flying Corps 24/09/1917 Private 103712. BWM and Victory medals named to RFC.

POTTER, Frank. 930. Corporal 2KEH. Transferred as Serjeant 2nd Battalion, Lancashire Fusiliers 40588. Entered France 5/07/1915. Entitled to 1914/15 Star trio all named to Lancashire Fusiliers.

POTTER, Walter Henry. 1666. Private 2KEH. Entered France 15/07/1915. Transferred as Lance Corporal 4th Battalion, Northumberland Fusiliers 61217 then Lance Corporal 11th Battalion, Tank Corps 302796. Entitled to 1914/15 Star trio.

POULAIN, Paul Bernard. Private 2KEH. He transferred in 1917 at age 21 to the Royal Fusiliers as Private, 2248 then transferred to the Labour Corps as Private, 319419. He was injured in a raid circa 1916/17 and bears a Good Conduct Stripe in the accompanying photograph. Born in London.  His family holds his British War and Victory Medals and a copy of the accompanying photograph also shown in Figure 164 (courtesy of Simon Jervis).

POULTER, Herbert John. Second Lieutenant 2KEH. Entered France June 1916. Transferred from Company Quarter Master Serjeant, 2998 with the Leicestershire Yeomanry to 2KEH when commissioned as a Second Lieutenant from an Officer Cadet unit on 21/12/1916 (London Gazette 18/07/1917). Transferred back to Leicestershire Yeomanry on disbandment of 2KEH in Aug 1917 and promoted to Lieutenant. Born 31/12/1884 in Leicester, Leicestershire, England and died 29/01/1955 in Peterborough, England. Entitled to British War and Victory Medals.

POWELL, Matthew Alexander. 1261. Private 2KEH. Entered France 4/05/1915. Commissioned 3rd/1st Lincolnshire Yeomanry 28/06/1917. Likely to have been born 10/08/1884 in Welshpool, Montgomeryshire, Wales and died 11/02/1964 in Emsworth, Hampshire, England. 1914/15 Star Trio applied for from Hants

PRESNAIL, Albert. 1954. Acting Corporal 2KEH. Enlisted 6/06/1916. Transferred as Acting Corporal, Tank Corps 302270. Discharged 11/06/1919. Born in 1884 in Chatham, Kent and returned to England from working in Canada to enlist. Died on 21/10/1952 in Croydon, Surrey, England. Prior service with West Kent Yeomanry. Entitled to British War and Victory Medals.

PRESNALL, Edward J. 1792. Private 2nd KEH. Attached to the King's African Rifles. Discharged 26/08/1919. Entitled to British War and Victory Medals.

PRESTON, Michael J. 1485. Private 2KEH. Enlisted 8/04/1915, entered France 5/04/1915 and discharged 30/06/1916. Awarded Silver War Badge 381187. Born 1893. Entitled to 1914/15 Star Trio.

PRICE , Elias William. 415. Lance Corporal 2KEH. Enlisted 25/08/1914 and entered France 27/07/1915. Transferred as Private, Labour Corps 597325. Discharged 30/11/1918 due to sickness. Awarded Silver War Badge 496,094. Entitled to 1914/15 Star trio.

PRIVETT, Robert. 1639. Lance Corporal 2KEH. Enlisted 27/05/1915 and entered France 14/10/1915. Discharged 20/09/1917. Awarded Silver War Badge 261,485 and entitled to 1914/15 Star trio. Born in 1896 and was living in New Maldon, Surrey in 1917.

PRODGER, Alfred Dennis. 1200. Private 2KEH. Enlisted 16/11/1914 and entered France 5/05/1915. Private Tank Corps 112084. Discharged 20/02/1919. Awarded Silver War Badge 525,954. Entitled to 1914/15 Star trio.

PULHAM, William. 2284. Private 2KEH. Died in service 17/11/1918. Gravestone is located in the Kilkenny (St. John) Church of Ireland Cemetery, Ireland. Name commemorated on the Kilkenny War Memorial, MacDonagh Station, Dublin Road, Kilkenny, Ireland. Medal Index Card not located but would have been entitled to 1914/15 Star trio from length of service shown on Soldiers effects record. Photograph of headstone shown.

PYKE, Francis John. 241. Private 2nd KEH. Arrived in France 4/05/1915 as Private 241 2nd KEH and discharged 7/05/1919 as Acting Serjeant 2112 KEH. Prior service in the Boer War as Serjeant F. J Pyke, 31879 with 112th Company (Middlesex),11th Battalion, Middlesex Imperial Yeomanry and awarded Queens South Africa Medal with clasps Cape Colony, Orange Free State and Transvaal and King's South Africa 1901 and 1902. Invalided Imperial Yeomanry Hospital Pretoria.  Entitled to 1914/215 Star Trio and mis-spelt PIKE on KEH BWM and Victory Medal Roll.

QUAYLE, Charles Malcolm. 1127. Corporal 2KEH. Entered France 4/05/1915. Commissioned 2KEH 28/06/1917 as a Second Lieutenant attached Machine Gun Corps Cavalry, later Lieutenant. Awarded 1914/15 Star Trio and applied for medals from an address in Broadgreen, Liverpool. Born 1887 in Shirehampton, Bristol and died 13/04/1928.

QUINN, William. 1447. Private 2KEH. Entered France 5/07/1915. KIA 27/11/1915 aged 27. He was killed by a sniper but his burial place was lost. Born in 1888 in Cranstaw, Berwick, Northumberland, UK the son of Edward and Margaret Quinn of Windywalls, Kelos, Roxburghshire and commemorated on the Ploegsteert Memorial, Belgium. Entitled to 1914/15 Star Medal trio. Also named on the Edrom Parish War Memorial and on the Our Lady Immaculate & St. Margaret Church memorial in Duns, Berwickshire (see following photograph, courtesy of the Scottish Military Research Group). His brother Private Adam Blackie Quinn, age 22 was Private (7235) 1st/4th (Border) Battalion, King's Own Scottish Borderers. Adam enlisted in November 1914 and he landed with his battalion at Gallipoli in June 1915 but he was killed a month later during the battle at Achi Baba Nullah. Born 1893 in Swinton, Berwickshire as Quin. Son of Edward and Margaret (Blackie) Quin of Whitelaws, Edrom, of Whitsome Laws, Whitsome, of Leetside, Chirnside, all in Berwickshire, and of Windywalls, Sprouston, Roxburghshire. Posted as Missing in Action on 12/07/1915 and named on the Helles Memorial, Gallipoli, Turkey. Also named on the Edrom Parish War Memorial and on the Our Lady Immaculate & St. Margaret Church memorial in Duns, Berwickshire. Full length portrait photograph of Private William Quinn in 2KEH uniform courtesy Imperial War Museum and another of him with a pal, Private Frederick Joseph Rowe, 1488 (standing) also sadly KIA.  



RADDON, Kenneth Hugh Hunter. 1339. Private 2KEH. Enlisted 30/12/1914 and discharged 21/09/1916 due to sickness. Awarded Silver War Badge 65155. Awarded 1914/15 Star Trio and applied for by New Zealand Treasury, Wellington. Served with New Zealand Expeditionary Force in World War 2 as 414544. Listed as 17747 RADDON Kenneth Hugh Hunter, Pioneer on Legion of Frontiersmen (New Zealand) Command website and was awarded Legion Pioneer Axe [1957] and Legion Long Service & Efficiency Medal [1957]. Born 6/03/1885 Papanui, Christchurch, New Zealand, died 20/02/1963 in Christchurch, New Zealand and was buried there. Photograph shown as a young man with his sister and mother taken by his father Charles Alfred Winn, an early New Zealand photographer.  

RADFORD, Herbert Charles. 1643. Private 2KEH. Enlisted 25/05/1915 at Hampton Court, London. Entered France 5/07/1915. Discharged 22/12/1915. Born in 1896 and living at Mount Road, New Malden, Surrey on enlistment. Discharged as being under 17 years of age at enlistment as had stated 19 years old. Entitled to 1914/15 Star trio.

RAINBOW, Arthur George. 1667. Private 2KEH. Entered France 15/07/1915. Transferred as Private, 1st/4th Battalion, Northumberland Fusiliers 61274 then Private 11th Battalion, Tank Corps 302835. Died of Wounds 13/04/1918. Born in Oct 1887 the son of George and Mary Rainbow of Potter's Bar, Middlesex. Entitled to 1914/15 Star trio. Name commemorated on the Pozieres Memorial.

RAINER, Christopher. 912. Private 2KEH. Transferred to KEH as 2125. Entered France 4/05/1915. Discharged 23/02/1919. Entitled to 1914/15 Star trio.

RANSSON, Sidney Leon. 1627 Private 2KEH. Enlisted 20/05/1915 at Hampton Court and entered France 15/07/1915. Transferred as a Private Machine Gun Corps 300510 on 7/08/1917 then Private, 3rd Battalion, Liverpool Regiment 85734 on 27/08/1915 then Sapper Royal Engineers WR/42276 from 11/04/1918. Discharged 28/02/1919. Born in 1873 and resided London Wall, London at enlistment. Prior service in Boer War with Imperial Buchland Horse, Cape Town Police, Warwick's Scouts and Lieutenant, 58, Western Province Mounted Rifles and was awarded Queen's South Africa and King's South Africa Medals with South Africa 1901 and 1902 clasps. Entitled to 1914/15 Star named to Royal Engineers.

RAPSEY, Horace Edwin. 1203. Private 2KEH. Entered France 4/05/1915. Transferred as a Private, Machine Gun Corps 22985 then Sapper, Royal Engineers 246398. Discharged 7/02/1919. Born 15/11/1892 and died 25/12/1947 in British West Indies. Entitled to 1914/15 Star trio named to Royal Engineers.

RAW, Richard Trotter. 2060. Private 2KEH. Transferred to the Northumberland Fusiliers as Lance Corporal, 61196. Commissioned as a Second Lieutenant Royal Flying Corps 9/03/1918 (London Gazette 16/03/1918). Entered France 27/04/1917. Temporary Flying Officer, RAF in 1939 and Flying Officer RAF 8/10/1940. Born 11/08/1897. Entitled to British War and Victory Medals and service medals for WW2.

RAY, Edward Percy. 1723. Corporal 2KEH. Enlisted 13/07/1915. Transferred as a Corporal, 3rd Battalion then 13th Battalion, King's Liverpool Regiment 85787. Saw action in France from Apr 1917 and WIA Oct 1918 with a gunshot wound to his chest and side, resulting in his capture. Released as Prisoner of War in Dec 1918, then Corporal, Army Service Corps A/454648 and discharged 13/05/1919. Re-enlisted Royal Army Service Corps 18/07/1919 and discharged 24/06/1920. Prior service as Private 38849 with 130th (Westminster Dragoons) Company, 28th Battalion, Imperial Yeomanry enlisted 1/01/1902 and discharged 20/12/1902. Awarded Queen's South Africa Medal with Cape Colony and South Africa 1902 clasps. Born 17/11/1878 in Brentwood, Essex, England and died on 7/02/1949 in Lambeth, London. Entitled to British War and Victory Medals.

RAYBOULD, Walter Ebenzer. 1721. Corporal 2KEH. Transferred as Corporal 10th Battalion, Liverpool Regiment then Corporal 11th Battalion, Tank Corps 302776. Entitled to British War and Victory Medals. Accompanying portrait photograph courtesy of the Imperial War Museum 'Lives of the First World War'.

REARDON, Jos D. 1251. Lance Corporal 2KEH. Enlisted 14/12/1914. Transferred as Lance Corporal, Labour Corps, Irish Command 329908. Discharged 4/02/1918 due to sickness. Awarded Silver War Badge 323220. Born in 1870. Entitled to 1914/15 Star trio.

REDFERN, Thomas. 423. Private 2KEH. Entered France 4/05/1915. Private 1/4th Battalion, Northumberland Fusiliers (NF) then 12/13th Battalion, Northumberland Fusiliers 61276. Entitled to 1914/15 Star trio with Star named to 2KEH and British War and Victory medals named to NF.

REES, Caesar D. 1434. Private 2KEH. Entered 4/05/1915. Commissioned Liverpool Regiment 19/03/1916.Born circa 1890 in Tenbury, Worcestershire, England. Entitled to 1914/15 Star Trio.

REEVES, Alfred Henry. Captain 2KEH. Quarter Master. Honourary Lieutenant (Temporary) 15/03/1917 enlisted 24/08/1914. Name commemorated on the Kilkenny War Memorial, MacDonagh Station, Dublin Road, Kilkenny, Ireland. Entitled to 1914/15 Star trio but no Medal Index Card or Medal Roll entry located.

REEVES, William George. 1798. Corporal 2KEH. Transferred as Corporal 4th Battalion, Northumberland Fusiliers 61195 then Corporal, 11th Battalion, Tank Corps 302794. Entitled to British War and Victory Medals.

REID, Hugh Douglas. 220. Acting Regimental Serjeant Major 2KEH. Enlisted at White City, London. Entered France 4/05/1915. Died of a Self Inflicted Wound 20/02/1917 at 34 Casualty Clearing Station Grovetown with a diary entry of Brought in Dead. Buried in Grovetown Cemetery, Meaulte near Albert, France. Awarded Distinguished Conduct Medal 1/01/1917 (London Gazette) as a Squadron Serjeant Major and published with citation 13/02/1917 (London Gazette) which reads 'For conspicuous gallantry and devotion to duty. He has shown himself a most efficient N.C.O. throughout the campaign'. Born 5/07/1873 at St Hellier, Jersey, United Kingdom. Enlisted in 3rd Volunteer Battalion, King's Royal Rifles in 1890. Then saw service as 3444 Hugh Douglas Reid, 3rd Dragoon Guards enlisted on 20/06/1891 in Canterbury, England and awarded Boer War medals with 1st Imperial Light Horse, 3127 for his King's South Africa medal with South Africa 1902 clasp and Cape Police Department, Serjeant 650 (11/10/1899 to 11/1/1902) Queen's South Africa medal with Defence of Mafeking, Orange Free State and Transvaal clasps. He served in Natal 1893-1895 then home 1895 to 1898 and then on A/Reserve until 1903. Married in 1904 to Marguerite Ada Gladstone. Entitled to 1914/15 Star Medal trio with SSM/RSM on 1914/15 Star and A/WO1 on British War Medal and Victory Medal. 1914/15 Star returned as per King's Regulations. Photograph of gravestone shown.

REID, Victor Irvine Ernest. 2248. Private 2KEH. Son of the late Robert Reid of Valparaiso, Trooper Victor I.E. Reid was born in the south of Chile, and was 26 years of age. He left Valparaiso with his parents in 1905 for Buenos Aires, where he was employed with Messrs. Gibson Hermanos. At the end of 1916 he left Buenos Aires to volunteer for service in the British Army. On arrival at London, he enlisted in the 1st Royal Dragoons and commenced his training at Dunbar, Scotland. Next, he was sent to York and from there he went to Tidworth, near London. He passed all is training exams A1 being a crack shot and a good horseman He asked to be transferred into 2KEH, where he met several of his South American school mates. In this Regiment he was stationed for several months in Kilkenny, Ireland, the yeomanry then doing guard during the troublesome uprising of the Sinn Feiners. He was next transferred into the 1st Battalion, Royal Fusiliers as Private 59075 and drafted to France from Dover on 12/10/1917. Arriving at the front along with several others Reid was put into the 1st Battalion, East Surrey Regiment as Private 26270, and was not three weeks in the trenches when, at the Battle of Cambrai in charge of a Lewis Gun along with other two comrades on 7/11/1917, he met his death. He was buried in Tyne Cot Cemetery. Entitled to British War and Victory Medals. Trooper Reid was very musical and had a well trained tenor voice and was much in demand at concerts, etc., and had the honour of singing at a concert in Kilkenny Castle. His eldest brother John P. Reid late of Valparaiso, resides at Rancagua being employed at the offices of the Braden Copper Co. Two brothers, Robert William, and Irvine George, reside in Buenos Aires, while his four sisters live in Glasgow, Scotland. Biography and photograph in 1st Royal Dragoons courtesy of Royal Dragoons historian, Jim Lees.

RELIHAN, Matthew. Private 2KEH. Enlisted 14/04/1915 and entered France 5/05/1915. At Vendin lez Bethune on 25/06/1915 received a promulgated sentence of one years hard labour having been found guilty of “Using threatening language to a superior officer.” Transferred as Private, 662nd Home Service Company, Labour Corps 23075. Discharged 5/03/1918. Awarded Silver War Badge 336,869 due to sickness. Born in 1886. Entitled to 1914/15 Star trio named to Labour Corps.

REYNOLDS, Francis Orpen. 1838. Private 2KEH. Enlisted in London and was living in Piccadilly at the time. KIA 1/05/1917 aged 26 at the Second Battle of Arras. Buried in FAUBOURG D'AMIENS CEMETERY, ARRAS, France. Entitled to British War Medal and Victory Medal. Photograph of gravestone shown.

RICHARDS, . Private 2KEH. Photograph captioned as Trooper Richards courtesy of Peter Saunders from his father's (Private Ernest Gordon Saunders) photograph album taken in Ireland in 1917. 

RICHMOND, Frank George. 1121. Corporal 2KEH. Entered France 5/05/1915. Transferred as Serjeant, Machine Gun Corps 22986. Discharged 18/03/1919. Entitled to 1914/15 Star trio.

RICHMOND, Robert. 1567. Private 2KEH. Entered France 26/10/1915. Discharged 15/03/1919. Entitled to 1914/15 Star Trio.

RING, John. 1534. Private 2KEH. Entered France 5/07/1915. Transferred as Private 10th Battalion, Northumberland Fusiliers 39915 then Private 2nd Battalion, Lancashire Fusiliers 40592 then Private 11th Battalion, Tank Corps 302811. Entitled to 1914/15 Star trio.

RIPPINGALE, Ernest. 746. Squadron Quarter Master Serjeant 2KEH. Warrant Officer Class 2. Entered France 4/05/1915. Commissioned Second Lieutenant 2KEH 27/06/1917. Entitled to 1914/15 Star Medal trio. Requested medals from an address in Tooting, London.

RITCHIE, Ernest. 1763. Serjeant 2KEH. Transferred as a Serjeant 11th Battalion, Tank Corps 112012. DoW 2/09/1918 aged 40. Buried in LIGNY-ST. FLOCHEL BRITISH CEMETERY, AVERDOINGT, FRANCE. Born in Umtata, Cape Colony, South Africa on 18/10/1883 the son of Mr and Mrs Adam Ritchie. Prior service in the Boer War with Gorringe's Flying Column as Corporal, 13. British War and Victory Medals applied for by his widow Mrs. D. A. Ritchie from Fratton, Portsmouth, England.

ROACH, Robert Bain. 1349. Private 2KEH. Entered France 4/05/1915. Commissioned Northamptonshire Regiment 23/11/1916. Lieutenant Tank Corps. Awarded Silver War Badge 13653 17/10/1918. Applied for 1914/15 Star Trio c/o SMC Electricity Department, Shanghai. Born in 1893. Killed in a flying accident 18/07/1944 as a Major in the Royal Indian Engineers and is buried in Karachi Cemetery, Pakistan. His son Robert James Bain Roach served with the RAF in WW2 as a Spitfire pilot and fought in the Battle of Britain.

ROBBIE, Alexander Bertram. 1053. Private 2KEH. From New Zealand. Entered France 4/05/1915. Discharged 4/01/1918. Born 17/10/1881 in New Plymouth, New Plymouth, Taranaki, New Zealand and died 19/01/1951 in Waitomo, Waikato, New Zealand. Entitled to 1914/15 Star trio.

ROBERTS, Joseph Ensley. 1086 Private 2KEH. Entered France 5/05/1915. Transferred as Corporal 10th Battalion, Northumberland Fusiliers 39969 then Corporal 2nd Battalion, Lancashire Fusiliers 40595 then Corporal 11th Battalion, Tank Corps 302813. Entitled to 1914/15 Star trio. (Possible photograph Figure 23).

ROBINSON, Philip. 1951. Private 2KEH. Transferred as Acting Serjeant, 2nd/8th Battalion then 2nd/6th Battalion, King's Liverpool Regiment (KLR) 85719. Pension record shows him residing at Kingstown, Cumbria, England post-war. Entitled to British War and Victory Medals named to KLR.

RODGERS, Allan M. 721. Private 2KEH. Entered France 4/05/1915. Discharged 8/05/1919. Entitled to 1914/15 Star Medal trio.

ROGERS, Frederick Clyde. 1543. Private 2KEH. Entered France 15/07/1915. Transferred as Acting Serjeant Tank Corps 112005. Discharged 28/02/1919. Entitled to 1914/15 Star trio.

ROLLS, John. 283. Serjeant 2KEH. Enlisted at White City, London 25/08/1914 and was living in Surrey. Entered France 4/05/1915. Posted Machine Gun Corps Heavy Branch 9/08/1917 then re-posted as a Serjeant Lancashire Fusiliers 45519 on 27/08/1917. Discharged 18/03/1918 as no longer fit for active service. Re-enlisted Royal Engineers as Serjeant, 1858867 on 11/08/1918 and discharged 31/03/1921. Mentioned in Despatches with 2KEH 15/05/1917. He was born in 1874. Attestation papers for 2KEH note prior service with Plummer's Horse, 7th Hussars 24/10/1891 as Private, 3623 and 14th Hussars with 11 years service for pension entitlement. Awarded Queen's South Africa Medal with Cape Colony and Orange Free State clasps and King's South Africa Medal with 1901 and 1902 clasps. Awarded Silver War Badge 357,842 and 1914/15 Star Medal trio named to Lancashire Fusiliers.

ROUGHTON, John W. 1234. Private 2KEH. Entered France 4/05/1915. Discharged 23/02/1919. Entitled to 1914/15 Star trio.

ROWEN, Frederick Joseph. 1488. Private, 'A' Squadron, 2KEH. Enlisted in Donegal, Ireland. DoW 25/09/1915 aged 20. Born in Bonnybrook, Dublin, Ireland in 1895 and arrived in France 20/07/1915. Son of Thomas T. A. and Helena M. Rowen, of Bonnybrook House, Santry, Dublin. Buried in TROIS ARBRES CEMETERY, STEENWERCK, Nord, France. Noted in De Ruvigny's Roll of Honour, 1914-1919 and in St Johns Great War Memorial, Church of St. John the Evangelist, Tonlegee Road, Coolock, Dublin. Entitled to 1914/15 Star Medal trio. Standing portrait photograph, photograph with 2KEH pals including Private William QUINN 1447 KIA 27/11/1915 and headstone shown on accompanying page. The close up phototroph of his standing portrait shows him to be wearing a 2KEH tunic button in place of his cap badge in his service cap. He had either lost his or hadn't been issued with one. He is wearing 2KEH shoulder titles. Images courtesy of Kelly/Rowen/McDermott families as shown on ancestry. 

RUSSELL, Richard Somerville. Private 2KEH. Entered France 28/05/1918. Commissioned as a Second Lieutenant in the King's Own Scottish Borderers. Lived in Lenzie, Dunbartonshire, Scotland and was a Commercial Traveler by occupation as listed on daughter's birth certificate. Information courtesy Great War Forum post by a relative.

RYAN, John Hayes. 1486. Private 2KEH. Entered France 2/10/1915. Transferred as Serjeant 11th Battalion, Tank Corps 112109. Entitled to 1914/15 Star trio named to Tank Corps.

RYAN, Morgan. 1577. Private 2KEH. Entered France 30/07/1915. Discharged 18/03/1919. Entitled to 1914/15 Star trio.

RYAN, Patrick. 1530. Lance Corporal. Enlisted 15/04/1915, entered France 15/07/1915 and discharged 2/11/1917 aged 34 due to disability with his residence given as the Dublin Police Station. Awarded Silver War Badge 354961 as a Lance Corporal. Awarded 1914/15 Star Trio and British War Medal and Victory Medal named to Private P. Ryan K.Edw.H. Victory Medal held by his family.


SANDERS, John Frederick. 660. Acting Serjeant 2KEH. Entered France 4/05/1915. Commissioned as a Second Lieutenant 23rd Battalion Royal Fusiliers 29/01/1918 (London Gazette 22/02/1908). Awarded Military Medal. Died of Wounds 6/08/1918. Buried in GEZAINCOURT COMMUNAL CEMETERY EXTENSION, France.

SANDY, L. E. A. Second Lieutenant 2KEH promoted to Lieutenant 19/02/1915 (Monthly Army List). Attached Gloucestershire Yeomanry from 5/11/1915. No Medal Index Card or Medal Roll entry identified.

SANSOM, Thomas Henry. 1934. Private 2KEH. Enlisted 3/02/1916. Private, 1st/4th Battalion, Northumberland Fusiliers 61268 then Private, 11th Battalion, Tank Corps 302851. Discharged 22/1/1919. Prior service 14 years with 19th Middlesex Rifle Volunteers. Born in Holloway, Middlesex, England in 1887. Lived in Golders Green, London. Entitled to British War and Victory Medals.

SAUNDERS,  Ernest Gordon.  Private 2KEH.  Served in Ireland in 1917. Enlisted from the Imperial Yeomanry Cadets. Likely to have been discharged on disbandment of the 2KEH in August 1917 due to injury. Born Twickenham, Middlesex on the 29th/06/1899 and died in Hereford on the 27/01/1972. Photographs of 2KEH and KEH comrades including senior NCOs together with service anecdotes were kindly provided by his son Peter from a section of his father's original photograph album entitled "Memories of service with 2KEH". 

SAUNDERS, Harry Alfred. 226. Lance Corporal 2KEH. Enlisted 25/08/1914 and entered France 4/05/1915. Discharged 14/10/1916 due to sickness and awarded Silver War Badge 81407. Entitled to 1914/15 Star Medal Trio.

SCALLON, Ernest Wilmot. 1172. Private. Enlisted at Hounslow, London. KIA 23/05/1915 at the Battle of Festubert aged 24. He was born in January 1891 at Great Malvern, Worcestershire the son of Edward Brand and Frances Bradley Scallon and was educated at Malvern College as a day boy 1907 – 1909 at House IV. He was a school prefect and Head of House. On leaving school he went out to an uncle in the Argentine and for two or three years held a good post on one of the estancias (cattle ranches) there. A fearless horseman, he and several hundred others sailed for England when War broke out; after visiting his parents in Malvern, he refused two commissions and joined as a Trooper in the 2nd  King Edwards Horse. Arrived in France 4/05/15 and later in May 1915, after the Canadians were so badly cut up in their famous charge, the Lord Strathcona’s and 2KEH volunteered to act as infantry, Trooper Scallon was amongst these volunteers and was killed by a shell blast on the 23rd May. A friend later wrote to his parents: “I can assure you that his death was instantaneous and that he was doing his duty at the time.” He was the third son of the Master and Secretary to Malvern College, Mr Edward Brand Scallon and Frances Bradley Scallon of St Martins, Malvern and nephew of Lieutenant-General Sir Robert Scallon of the Indian Army and Mr H B Bennet of Malvern Link. Malvern News 5/6/15, 12/6/15, Malvern College Register. Commemorated on Le Touret Memorial, France. Entitled to 1915 Star, British War Medal and Victory Medal.1914/15 Star returned as per King's Regulations. British War Medal held in a private collection in the UK. Portrait as a Private in 2KEH shown. 

SCOTT, David. 1351. Private. Enlisted 2/01/1915 at Whitehall, London. Entered France 2/07/1915. Transferred to Armstrong Whitworth & Co on Munitions work 26/01/1916 as was an engineer by trade. Transferred back to 2KEH16/10/1917. Attached to 24th Officer Cadet Battalion 4/05/1918. Transferred to 18th County of London Battalion 26/09/1918 and discharged 19/12/1918. Born in 1885 in Northumberland, England, married 27/07/1903 in Layton, Essex and living in West Jesmond, Newcastle on enlistment. Awarded Silver War Badge B89024 due to illness on service. Entitled to 1914/15 Star Trio.

SCOTT, John Arthur Alderson. 981. Private. Entered France 4/05/1915. Commissioned Royal Army Service Corps 2/03/1916 later Lieutenant. Brother of Private George Scott, 982. Entitled to 1914/15 Star Medal Trio and medals applied for c/o father Mr. M. A. Scott, 'The Trenches', Middle Green, Slough, England. Born 9/03/1893 in Langley, Buckinghamshire, England.

SCOTT, George. S. A. 982. Private. Entered France 4/05/1915. Commissioned Royal Army Service Corps 3/12/1915. Eligible for Silver War Badge. Brother of Private John Scott, 981. Entitled to 1914/15 Star Medal Trio and medals applied for from Balfour House, Finsbury Pavement, London the 'The Trenches' . Born 23/03/1891, in Langley, Buckinghamshire, England and died in June 1969 in Aldershot, Hampshire, England, at the age of 78.

SCOTT, Harry James. 252. Private 2KEH. Acting Company Serjeant Major, 2nd Battalion, Lancashire Fusiliers 40598 then Acting Company Serjeant Major, 10th Battalion, Northumberland Fusiliers 39825 then Acting Company Serjeant Major, 11th Battalion, Tank Corps 302814. Sustained a shrapnel wound to right arm 1/10/1917. Awarded the Military Medal with the Tank Corps for conspicuous gallantry at Boyelles 23/08/1918 when in command of his tank knocking out five enemy machine guns and a large number of enemy infantry then while on foot he directed the pulling out a bogged tank under fire. Discharged 25/03/1919. Prior service with Sussex Imperial Yeomanry including service in Boer War 24/01/1901 to 16/08/1902 and Johannesburg Mounted Police in the Transvaal 29/12/1905 to 30/06/1908. Born 19/10/1880 at St. John's, Hackney, London, Middlesex and died 18/09/1947 at 3 Chaseville Park Road, Winchmore Hill, London. Awarded 1914/15 Star trio. Civilian photograph and Military Medal citation shown on accompanying page courtesy of his grandson Robert Scott.

SCOTT, Robert. 1433. Private 2KEH. Entered France 5/05/1915. Transferred as Lance Corporal, Machine Gun Corps 22987. Temporarily attached to the 93rd Company, Machine Gun Corps from 28/07/1916 and saw action at Neuve Chapelle. Likely to be in the Frank Vans Agnew photograph of 2KEH draft to the MGC taken 21/06/1916. Discharged 19/02/1919. Awarded Military Medal and 1914/15 Star trio.

SCOTT, Walter G. 1131. Private 2KEH. Entered France 5/05/1915. Commissioned as a Second Lieutenant, Machine Gun Corps 25/09/1916. Entitled to 1914/15 Star Trio.

SCRIVEN, Joseph Bernard. 1430. Private. Entered France 5/05/1915. Transferred as Private, 7th Battalion, Liverpool Regiment 112762. Born in 1888 in Aberford, Yorkshire, England and died 5/07/1960 in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada. Entitled to 1914/15 Star trio. Does not appear to be related to Corporal William John Scriven.

SCRIVEN, William John. 1535. Corporal 2KEH. Entered France 2/07/1915. Transferred as Corporal, 4th Battalion, Northumberland Fusiliers 61240 then Corporal, 11th Battalion, Tank Corps 302793. Entitled to 1914/15 Star trio. Does not appear to be related to Corporal Joseph Bernard Scriven.

SELLIER, Numa Joseph. 1839. Private 2KEH. Enlisted 18/11/1915. Transferred to RAF 139295. Discharged medically unfit. Repatriated. Was part of the 1st Caribbean Merchant & Planters Contingent. Born 1887 in Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago and died there in 1947. Not related to Private Ferdinand Sellier, KEH.

SEVILLE, Richard. 1515. Private 2KEH. Enlisted in Dublin 10/04/1915. Discharged 19/06/1915. Prior service with 74th (Dublin) Company, Imperial Yeomanry. Born 1879 and married 18/03/1901 in Dublin. No Great War medal entitlement.

SHARP, C. Basil C. 1125. Lance Corporal 2KEH, Serjeant Tank Corps 309545, Serjeant attached Machine Gun Corps 22988. Discharged 22 Feb 1919. Crouch and Sharp were both awarded the DCM while serving with the 93rd Coy MGC. The 93rd Coy war diary entry for 14 August 1916 reads: ‘A/Sergt SHARP and a/L/Cpl CROUCH informed that they had been awarded D.C.M. for good work on 27/28 July.’ Corroborating this, the 2KEH war diary entry for 15 October 1916 reads: ‘1152 Pte CROUCH (initials undecipherable), 1125 L/Cpl SHARP B. 2ND K.E.H. attached 93rd Machine Gun Company awarded D.C.M. for conspicuous gallantry. Pte CROUCH and L/Cpl SHARP remained with their gun in an exposed position under heavy shell fire and when the enemy advanced repulsed the attack aided by 20 infantrymen. 28 of the enemy’s dead were counted later.’ Information courtesy of Ray Mitchell.

SHAW, Frank. 1623. Lance Corporal 2KEH. Entered France 15/07/1915. Discharged 27/03/1919. Entitled to 1914/15 Star trio.

SHAW, Robert. 1780. Private 2KEH. Entered France 30/09/1915. Transferred as Private. Army Service Corps M/354265 on 25/01/1918. Discharged 14/06/1919. Entitled to 1914/15 Star trio.

SHEED, O. J. 1728. Private 2KEH. Entered France 14/10/1915. Transferred as Private, 5th Battalion, Tank Corps 78798. Born 7/11/1891 in Camberwell, London and died 23/11/1964 in Hertfordshire, Hertford, England. Awarded Meritorious Service Medal 17/06/1918 as Corporal (Acting Serjeant). Entitled to 1914/15 Star trio named to the Tank Corps.

SHELDON, George. 1572. Private. Enlisted in Liverpool having traveled back to England from Valparaiso, Chile. Entered France 20/07/1915. KIA 23/09/1915. Name commemorated on the YPRES (MENIN GATE) MEMORIAL, Belgium. Entitled to 1914/15 Star Medal trio.

SHERRIS, Guy. 1279. Private. Enlisted Hampton Court, London and entered France 4/05/1915. KIA 23/05/1915 at the Battle of Festubert. Born in Catford, Kent, England and worked for the Argentine railways. Name commemorated on Le Touret Memorial, France. Noted in 'Veteran Volunteer: Memoir of the Trenches, Tanks & Captivity, 1914–1919' by Jamie Vans. Entitled to 1914/15 Star Medal trio. Civilian photograph shown courtesy of "A Street Near You".

SHERWOOD-KELLY, Edward. Private 2KEH. Younger brother of John Sherwood-Kelly VC. Prior service in the Ulster Volunteers.

SHERWOOD-KELLY, John. Private 2KEH. John Sherwood-Kelly VC was born in the Eastern Cape Province, South Africa on 13/01/1880 and served from the age of 16 in various corps in the Matabele War, Boer War, Somaliland Campaign, Zulu Bambatha Rebellion, Ulster Volunteers, First World War (Gallipoli and Western front), and briefly in the invasion of North Russia. He enlisted in the 2KEH in Aug 1914 and within days was transferred to the Norfolk Regiment as a Lieutenant given his prior military service. On 22/04/1916, he married Nellie Elizabeth Crawford Greene, the sister of a fellow Private in the 2KEH William Pomeroy Crawford Greene (KEH not 2KEH). He was 37 years old when, as an Acting Lieutenant-Colonel in the Norfolk Regiment, he assumed command of the 1st Battalion, The Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers. He was awarded the Victoria Cross for his actions on 20/11/1917, during the Battle of Cambrai at Marcoing, France. When he returned from Russia and wrote letters published by the Express newspapers in Sep-Oct 1919, the Army prosecuted him for a breach of King's Regulations. Although his letters openly opposed the war against the Bolsheviks it was decided that the substance of the charges against him would be confined to communicating his opinions to the press 'without special authority'. He was found guilty at his court martial on 28/10/1919, was awarded a severe reprimand. Kelly retired several weeks later with the honorary rank of Lieutenant Colonel. He died aged 51 on 13/08/1931 and is buried in Brookwood Cemetery, London. His Victoria Cross is in the collection of the National Museum of Military History in Johannesburg, South Africa. Portrait photograph shown in uniform of the Norfolk Regiment.

SHUTTLE, David Charles. 1678. Private. 2KEH. Enlisted 9/06/1915. Entered France 15/07/1915. Gassed and hospitalised 9/04/1918. Transferred to Private, 11th Battalion, Tank Corps 302837 then Private, 1st/4th Battalion, Northumberland Fusiliers 61266. Born in Froxfield, Wiltshire in 1883 and died in Wycombe, Buckinghamshire in 1945. Entitled to 1914/15 Star trio.

SHINNER, Edgar. 1071. Private 2KEH. Entered France 5/05/1915. Transferred as Corporal, 1/5th then 2nd Battalion Northumberland Fusiliers 61249. Likely to have been born 11/04/1896 in London, England and died in 1963 in Bunbury Western Australia. Entitled to 1914/15 Star trio.

SIMMONDS, Derwent Gerald. 1207. Private. Entered France 5/05/1915. Commissioned 1st Battalion, South Wales Borderers (attached 45th Battalion Royal Fusiliers) 24/07/1915 later Captain. Born 16/03/1896 in Bloomsbury, London and died 6/05/1980 in Gosforth, Newcastle Upon Tyne, Northumberland. Applied for 1914/15 Star Trio from Jesmond, Newcastle-upon-Tyne.

SIMPSON, Ronald Everest. 1490. Private 2KEH. Came from Canada to join 2KEH.Entered France 15/07/1915. Private 18th Battalion Lancashire Fusiliers 45503. KIA 16/04/1918 aged 32. Youngest son of Henry Simpson, of Oxton, Birkenhead.  MARTINSART BRITISH CEMETERY, Somme, France. Commemorated on the Canadian Virtual War Memorial. Entitled to 1914/15 Star trio all named to Lancashire Fusiliers. 

SINNOTT, Edwin. 1263. Private 2KEH. Enlisted at Hampton Court. Transferred as Private, 2nd Battalion Lancashire Fusiliers 40600. Entered France 4/05/1915. KIA 9/10/1917. Born in Bradford, Yorks and lived in Harrogate, Yorks. Name commemorated on the TYNE COT MEMORIAL, Belgium. Entitled to 1914/15 Star trio all named to Lancashire Fusiliers.

SKEY, Arthur James. Private. 232. Major Arthur James Skey M.C. and Bar, A Battery, 58th Brigade Royal Field Artillery was born on 9/05/1886 in Kilburn, London, the son of Arthur and Edith Amy Skey.  In 1891 the family were living in Chalfont St. Giles, Bucks, and in 1901 were in Amersham, Bucks where the 14-year old Arthur James Skey was working as a printer’s apprentice. Later, he acted as assistant to Harold H Child, then editor of the literary periodical, “The Academy”, before taking over as editor when Child retired. He was living at Grange House, Cuffesgrange, County Kilkenny when he joined 2KEH as a Trooper on 25/09/1914 with service number 232 and was then based at Hounslow Barracks.  On 21/11/1914 he applied for a commission hoping to join the cavalry or the RFA and was commissioned into the RFA as a temporary 2/Lt on 17/12/1914.He was posted to C/60 Bde RFA and sailed from Devonport on 4 Jul 1915, arriving in Alexandria on 19/07/1915.  He spent 16-30/08/1915 in hospital in Port Said before sailing from Alexandria on 18 Oct 1915, disembarking at Suvla Bay on 25/10/1915.  When British forces withdrew from Gallipoli, he re-embarked at Suvla Bay on 18/12/1915, arriving back in Alexandria on 22 Dec 1915.  He was granted temporary rank of Lt on 25/02/1916, though this does not appear to have been officially confirmed until 4 May 1916. When the brigade moved to France, he sailed with them from Alexandria on 2 Jul 1916, arriving in Marseilles on 10/07/1916.  A few days later he was posted as an instructor at the Trench Mortar School on 16/07/1916 and was therefore appointed A/Capt the following day.  In his role which he described as being the Divisional Officer Trench Mortars he attended a demonstration of Toby Mortars on 31/07/1916 during which 2/Lt Atwill of X/11 Trench Mortar Battery was slightly wounded and so gave evidence at the subsequent enquiry.  He was awarded the Military Cross (MC) in the New Year’s Honours of 1917 and was appointed Staff Capt for 11 Division Artillery on 25/01/1917, replacing Capt A F B Cottrell.  He was attached to A/58 on 21/06/1917 and formally left the post of Staff Capt on 23/07/1917 when he was posted to join A/58 at which point he was replaced as Staff Capt by Lt H L Farrar.  He was posted for a month to 59 Bde RFA, serving with them between 28/07 and 21/08/1917, after which he returned to A/58 to learn how to be a battery commander.  On 5/09/1917 he was appointed an A/Maj since he was now in command of A/58, a 6-gun battery, and was granted 10 days’ leave to the UK on 10 Sep 1917. While he was on leave, he was appointed T/Capt on 18/09/1917 (though was still an A/Maj). Shortly after his return he was slightly wounded on 27/09/1917 but was able to remain at duty.  He returned to the UK to attend the Overseas Artillery Course on 23/11/1917, rejoining his battery on 8 Jan 1918.  Along with many other members of the brigade he was gassed on 9 Apr 1918 and retired to the wagon lines. Although he returned to duty two days later, on 11 Apr 1918, he appears not to have been fit because three days after that, on 14 Apr 1918 he was admitted to 1 Corps Officers’ Rest Station with debility, rejoining his unit on 2 May 1918.  When 58 Bde held a Horse Show on Sunday 23 Jun 1918, Maj Skey acted as the “Hon. Secretary, Stakeholder and Clerk of the Course”.  The following month he stood in for the 11 Divisional Artillery Brigade Major when that officer went on leave on 23 Jul 1918.  As the Germans started falling back and mobile warfare started again, Maj Skey was detached from 58 Bde to command a mobile battery comprising four 18pdrs of A/58 and 2 howitzers of D/58 on 26 Aug 1918.  The guns would be pulled by mobile traction, rather than by horses and the battery, designated “A” Mobile Battery was attached to the Cavalry Corps.  He returned to 58 Bde on 26 Oct 1918, and was awarded a bar to his MC “For conspicuous gallantry and determination during operations from 4th to 11th November, 1918, at Estinne. He handled his battery with great courage and skill, keeping up with the advancing infantry, and constantly going forward to obtain information under heavy machine-gun fire”.  The day after the Armistice was posted from the brigade on 12 Nov 1918 to join 8 Division Artillery on 15 Nov 1918 to command 1/45 Bde RFA.  He was granted leave to the UK between 2 and 16 Jan 1919 and in March 1919 he was instructed to return to the UK and report to SD 4 in Room 270 at the War Office because he was required for duty in Russia.  The London Gazette reported that he relinquished the acting rank of Maj on 29 Mar 19 presumably because that was when he ceased to command 1/45 Bde and was posted to Russia.  This caused him subsequent difficulties because he joined the ill-fated Northern Russian Intervention at Murmansk on the understanding that he would still do so as a Major. There he formed and acted as Commandant of a new White Russian Artillery School where he trained, equipped and put into action five White Russian artillery batteries.  After the British withdrawal from Murmansk that autumn, he went to the Officers’ Dispersal Unit in London on 28 Nov 1919 for demobilisation. He then found it difficult to find employment and so wrote to the War Office on 9 Nov 1921 believing there to be opportunities to re-enlist and serve in the Tank Corps in Egypt, but the rumour turned out not to be true: the War Office had no such plans.  Instead, he set up a school, Southminster Grammar School in Southminster, Essex, and on 1 Feb 1922 was successful in his application to join the Reserve of Officers, though since he did not report he was moved from Class I to Class II in the Reserve of Officers in 1925. Arthur Skey married three times: on 8 Dec 1905 he married Elizabeth Rutherford Riddell in the Presbyterian Church on Highgate Hill in London; in 1925 he married Margaret Beatrice Marion Dewhurst in St George’s Church, Hanover Square, London and they had a son, Giles Skey Brindley, born on 30 Apr 1926 in Woking, Surrey; in about 1930 he abandoned his wife and son, and on 2 Feb 1933 he married Henrietta Maria Lilian Shaw.  Arthur Skey died 3 years later on 12 Feb 1936, aged 49. British War Medal and Victory Medal sold on eBay UK in March 2021 and image of medals shown.

SLADE, Alfred. 1626. Private. Discharged physically unfit 23/08/1916. 1914/15 Star named to 1626 PTE A. E. SLADE K. EDW. H. Enlisted 20/05/1915 and entered France 15/7/15 and discharged sick 23/8/16. Awarded Silver War Badge 86,328 and 1914/15 Star trio. 1914/15 Star sold by greatwarmedals.com in 2018. Photograph of Star shown.

SLOMAN, William. 243. Private 2KEH. Entered France 4/05/1915. Transferred as Private, Labour Corps 674063. Discharged 7/04/1919. Entitled to 1914/15 Star trio named to Labour Corps.

SLY, Alec Foreshaw. 873. Private 2KEH. Entered France 5/05/1915. Commissioned as a Second Lieutenant 1st Battalion Cheshire Regiment 8/03/1916, later a Lieutenant in the Nigeria Regiment. Entitled to 1914/15 Star Medal Trio. Applied for medals from Commercial Road, Portsmouth. Listed on the Australian War Memorial as having served with 2KEH. Noted in 'Under Friendly Flags' by Lieutenant Colonel Neil C. Smith AM as having served with KEH (actually 2KEH).

SMITH, Arthur C. G. Captain. 2KEH. Transferred as Lieutenant Royal Field Artillery (RFA) 8/12/1914 (London Gazette 8/04/1915). Awarded 1914/15 Star trio named to RFA.

SMITH, Frederick Walter. 690. Private 2KEH. Transferred to KEH as Private 2048. Enlisted at White City, London in 2KEH and entered France 4/05/1915. KIA 9/04/18 at Defence of Vieille Chapelle. Son of Catherine and Hilton Smith and had five brothers and six sisters. Commemorated on the LOOS MEMORIAL, FRANCE. Born in Faversham, Kent and lived in Croydon, London.  

SMITH, George Ernest Turner. 1327. Private 2KEH. Entered France 5/05/1915. Transferred and then commissioned as a Second Lieutenant, Machine Gun Corps 22989 on 26/10/1917. Temporarily attached to the 93rd Company, Machine Gun Corps from 28/07/1916 and saw action at Neuve Chapelle. Likely to be in Frank Vans Agnew photograph of a 2KEH draft to the MGC dated 21/06/1916. Applied for 1914/15 Star trio from Winnipeg, Canada.

SMITH, George Macfarlane Ogilvie. 1781. Private 2KEH. Entered France 2/10/1915. Transferred as Acting Corporal, 4th Battalion, Lancashire Fusiliers 45504. Entitled to 1914/15 Star trio.

SMITH, Joseph. 1861. Private 2KEH. Transferred as a Private, 1/4th Battalion then 1/7th Battalion, Northumberland Fusiliers 61241. Entitled to British War and Victory Medals.

SMITH, Malcolm Lees. 1911. Private 2KEH. Enlisted 24/11/1915. Transferred as Private, 12/13th Battalion, Northumberland Fusiliers 40114. Discharged 20/01/1919 due to sickness. Awarded Silver War Badge B92864. Born 17/02/1884 in Longsight, Lancashire and died Sep 1970 in Aylesbury, Buckinghamshire, England. Entitled to British War and Victory Medals.

SMITH, Percy N. 1245. Private 2KEH. Entered France 5/05/1915. Transferred to Royal Flying Corps (RFC) 7/04/1917 as Private 78354. Entitled to 1914/15 Star trio named to RFC.

SMITH, R. E. T. Private 2KEH. Entered France May 1915. Commissioned as a Second Lieutenant, Machine Gun Corps. Entitled to 1914/15 Star trio.

SMITHERS. Charles Frederick. Private 2KEH. 1209. Entered France 5/05/1915. Transferred as a Private, Roads and Quarries, Royal Engineers WR163 then Private, Machine Gun Corps 112270 then Private, King's Liverpool Regiment 85732 and then Private, Royal Engineers 323494. Entitled to 1914/15 Star trio named to Royal Engineers. Born in 1883 and died 1932. Photograph of family gravestone shown.

SMYTH, Charles Douglas. 1658. Private 2KEH. Entered France 15/07/1915. Commissioned Leinster Regiment 19/03/1916. Entitled to 1914/15 Star trio.

SORZANO, Fermando. 1412. Private 2KEH. Entered France 2/07/1915. Transferred as Private, Liverpool Regiment 85685. Entitled to 1914/15 Star trio.

SPENCER, George Edward. 1043. Serjeant 2KEH. Commissioned 30/04/1917 as a Second Lieutenant later Captain. Entered France 4/05/1915 and commissioned 30/04/1917 as a Second Lieutenant later Captain. Prior service in the 15th Company (Northumberland and Durham), 5th Battalion Imperial Yeomanry) as Private 3289 enlisted 12/01/1900 and discharged 18/06/1901 having served in South Africa. Born in 1877. Applied for 1914/15 Star Medal trio from an address in Gosforth, Newcastle on Tyne.

STACEY, Reginald Howard. 1115. Lieutenant R. H. Stacey, Royal Air Force, late King Edward’s Horse, Royal Sussex Regiment and Bedfordshire Yeomanry and Royal Flying Corps, who was seriously wounded in a combat over Bailleul in May 1918. 1914-15 Star (1115 Pte., K. Edw. H.); British War and Victory Medals (Lieut., R.A.F.). Reginald Howard Stacey was born at Houghton, near Arundel, Sussex in October 1892 and was educated at Haileybury.   Lieutenant R. H. Stacey, Royal Air Force, late Private King Edward’s Horse, Royal Sussex Regiment and Bedfordshire Yeomanry and Royal Flying Corps, who was seriously wounded in a combat over Bailleul in May 1918. 1914-15 Star (1115 Pte., K. Edw. H.); British War and Victory Medals (Lieut., R.A.F.). Reginald Howard Stacey was born at Houghton, near Arundel, Sussex in October 1892 and was educated at Haileybury. Enlisting in the Royal Fusiliers in September 1914, he transferred to 2KEH as a Trooper in the following month and served in the same capacity out in France from 4/05/1915 to January 1916, when he returned to the U.K. and was commissioned as a 2nd Lieutenant in the 2/4th Royal Sussex Regiment 14/01/1916. Having then transferred to the Bedfordshire Yeomanry, he applied to the Royal Flying Corps for pilot training and qualified for his “Wings” in February 1917 (Certificate No. 4405). He subsequently served out in France in 29 and 11 Squadrons, May to August 1917, but was invalided home to hospital in the latter month. Returning to duty in the U.K. with No. 85 Squadron that November, he transferred to No. 41 Squadron, an S.E. 5a unit out in France, shortly afterwards, and must have flown numerous sorties prior to being seriously wounded in a combat over Ecquedecques in the early evening of 11 May 1918, most probably by enemy ace Leutnant Kurt Monnington of Jasta 18. His wounds - caused by a brace of machine-gun bullets - resulted in the amputation of his left leg below the knee, and he was invalided out of the Royal Air Force in April 1919, following a special medical board held at Caxton Hall in London. Lived post war in Southern Rhodesia. Awarded Silver War Badge 117299 and  1914/15 Star trio and applied for in 1921 from an address in Horsham, Sussex. Medals sold at auction by Dix Noonan Webb, UK in June 2008.

STAFFORD, Arthur Heneage. A Second World War O.B.E. group of eight awarded to Lieutenant-Colonel Arthur Heneage Stafford, Fiji Defence Force, late Machine Gun Corps and King Edward’s Horse, latterly Chief of Staff, Fiji Military Forces. The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire, O.B.E. (Military) Officer’s 2nd type breast badge, silver-gilt; British War and Victory Medals (Lieut.); Defence and War Medals; Coronation 1937; Coronation 1953, these unnamed; Efficiency Decoration, G.V.R., Fiji, reverse inscribed, ‘Mjr. A. H. Stafford’, mounted as worn; together with National Rifle Association Medal, obverse, an archer and a rifleman (Capt. A. H. Stafford, Fiji Defence Force 1934). O.B.E. London Gazette 13 June 1946; Fiji Royal Gazette 21 June 1946. Arthur Heneage Stafford was born on 23 November 1895, and was educated at Chatham House School, Ramsgate. During the Great War he served in the Army. As an Officer Cadet, he was granted a commission in the Special Reserve of Officers as a 2nd Lieutenant in the 2nd King Edward’s Horse, 21 December 1916. He was transferred to the Machine Gun Corps (Cavalry) as a 2nd Lieutenant on 14 January 1918; he was promoted Lieutenant, King Edward’s Horse, 21 June 1918. He entered the France/Flanders theatre of war on 23 April 1918. He resigned his commission on 1 April 1920 and retained the rank of Lieutenant. Stafford then spent the next 30 years in Fiji, being ‘temporarily and provisionally and subject to the approval of the Secretary of State for the Colonies, Adjutant, Fiji Defence Force, with effect from 1st February 1924’ (Fiji Royal Gazette 1 February 1924). From the same date he was appointed Secretary of the Fiji War Pensions Board. Ranked as a Captain, he was confirmed as Adjutant in June the same year. Captain Stafford was appointed an Honorary A.D.C. to His Excellency Administering the Government on 19 November 1932; and again on 11 May 1934 when he was appointed an Honorary A.D.C. to His Excellency the Governor. As a Major, Stafford was awarded the Efficiency Decoration (Fiji), published in the Fiji Royal Gazette of 30 April 1937. In the same year he was awarded the Coronation Medal (Fiji Royal Gazette 12 May 1937). During the Second World War he was actively engaged with the Fiji Defence Forces. On 6 November 1940 he was appointed Second in Command of the 2nd Battalion Fiji Defence Force and early in 1941 he was appointed temporarily Commanding Officer of the 2nd Battalion, and he was also Commandant of the Natabua Training Camp. In June 1941 he was transferred to the 1st Battalion as Second in Command. In 1942 he became Staff Officer, Administrative H.Q., and later on in August 1942 he was promoted to Lieutenant-Colonel and appointed C.O. of the 2nd (T) Battalion. From 1 June 1943 he commanded the Base Training Depot and in October 1944 he was appointed to Administrative H.Q. as Senior Staff Officer. For his military services during the war he was awarded the O.B.E. After the War he was Acting Commandant of the Fiji Military Forces and later Chief of Staff. In 1953 he was awarded the Coronation Medal (Fiji Royal Gazette 2 June 1953). Lieutenant-Colonel Stafford, O.B.E., E.D., was placed on the Retired List on 20 November 1954. The Efficiency Decoration, by J. M. A. Tamplin, lists a total of 25 Efficiency Decorations (Fiji) listed in the Fiji Royal Gazette between 1936-74. Sold at auction with copied photograph and copied research, including extracts from The History of the Fiji Military Forces 1939-1945 which have reference to Stafford by Dix Noonan Webb, UK in March 2009.

STANFORD, Frederick Edward Gordon. 1441. Private 2KEH. Entered France 4/05/1915. Second Lieutenant Royal West Surrey Regiment 28/01/1916. Born 18/10/1888 in New Malden, Surrey, England and died 18/12/1958 in Surrey Mid eastern, Surrey, England.  Applied for 1914/15 Trio from Hampton Hill, Middlesex and Palestine medal in 1941 from Carshalton, Surrey in 1941 but was ineligible. Civilian photograph shown on accompanying page. 

STANNING, Thomas Graham. 1520 Private 2KEH. Enlisted in Winnipeg, Canada 3/03/1915 and returned to England in Apr 1915. Entered France 5/05/1915 with 2KEH. Transferred as Acting Corporal, 168th Protection Company, Royal Defence Corps (RDC) 68942 in Oct 1917. Discharged 15/02/1919. Returned to Canada post-war. Entitled to 1914/15 Star trio named to RDC.

STARK, Lawrence Edward. 1937. Private 2KEH. Enlisted 20/05/1916 and discharged 25/05/1918. Transferred as a Private, 18th Battalion, Lancashire Fusiliers 45507. Born in 1886 in Watford, Hertfordshire, England and died Mar 1938 in Hammersmith, London. Awarded Silver War Badge 391093. Entitled to British War and Victory Medals.

STARLING, Arthur Henry. 1392. Serjeant 2KEH. Entered France 4/05/1915. Transferred as Serjeant, Machine Gun Corps 112264 then Serjeant, Northumberland Fusiliers 39903 then Serjeant, 2nd Battalion, Lancashire Fusiliers 40597. Commissioned as a Second Lieutenant, 13th Battalion, Royal Fusiliers on 24/09/1918 later Lieutenant.  Likely to have been born 21/10/1897 in St Pancras Kentish, London, England and died Dec 1976 in Tring, Hertfordshire, England. Applied for 1914/15 Star trio from Kentish Town, London, England.                                                                                                                 

STEWART, . 131477. Serjeant. 2nd Troop, 2KEH. From burnt portion of 2nd Troop, 2KEH Nominal Roll.

STEWART, Charles R. H. 990. Warrant Officer Class 2. 2KEH. Entered France 4/05/1915. Commissioned Royal Naval Air Squadron 25/02/1916 later Captain. Entitled to 1914/15 Star Medal Trio and applied for medals from an address in Mowbray Road, North West London.

STEWART, Christopher Henry. 1438 Private 2KEH. Entered France 4/07/1915. Transferred as Acting Lance Serjeant, Northumberland Fusiliers 61173. Entitled to 1914/5 Star trio named to Northumberland Fusiliers.

STEWART, Frank Algernon. 845. Serjeant 2KEH. Entered France 4/05/1915. Commissioned Lieutenant 3rd/1st Norfolk Yeomanry 27/07/1916. Entitled to 1914/15 Star Medal Trio. Applied for medals from an address c/o Belfast War Hospital, Belfast in May 1919 and then from Bickley, Kent in 1921.

STONARD, Jack William. 1845 Private 2KEH. Transferred as Private, 2nd/8th Battalion, King's Liverpool Regiment (KLR) 85729. Entitled to British War and Victory Medals named to KLR.

STONE, James Bruce. 216. Private 2KEH. Enlisted 31/08/1914 and entered France 4/05/1915. Transferred to Labour Corps as Private 230743. Discharged 11/11/1917 due to sickness. Awarded Silver War Badge 278856. Born in 1875. Entitled to 1914/15 Star trio.

STONER, Henry Blackett. 1250. Private 2KEH. Enlisted 14/12/1914 and entered France 4/05/1915. Transferred as Private, 11th Battalion, Tank Corps, 112179. Discharged 16/02/1919. Born in 1887 in Charlwood, Surrey, England and died 22/03/1963 in Devon, England. Entitled to 1914/15 Star trio.

STOW, Sidney. 1617. Private 2KEH. Entered France 17/10/1915. Transferred as Private, 8th Battalion, Royal Fusiliers 59077 then Private, 21st then 12/13th Battalion, Northumberland Fusiliers 59637. Entitled to 1914/15 Star trio.

STRATFORD, Charles J. Private 2KEH. Commissioned as a Second Lieutenant later Captain, 1st Battalion, King's African Rifles. Entitled to 1914/15 Star trio. 

STRATTON, George W. 1505. Private 2KEH. Entered France 4/05/1915. Discharged 19/02/1919. Entitled to 1914/15 Star trio.

STRONG, John. 220. Private 2KEH. Entered France 4/05/1915. Transferred to Labour Corps as Corporal 385230. Entitled to 1914/15 Star trio.

STUART-FORBES, Hugh. 1762. Private 2KEH. Entered France 13/10/1915. Commissioned as a Second Lieutenant, 21st Battalion, London Regiment 25/06/1918. Entitled to 1914/15 Star trio. 

STUDDY, Robert Frank Barton. 835. Private 2KEH. Entered France 14/11/0915. Commissioned as a Second Lieutenant , 5th Battalion, Northamptonshire Regiment 9/03/1917. Awarded Silver War Badge and 1914/15 Star trio.

SULLY, Frederick Stanley. 1609 Private 2KEH. Enlisted 5/05/15. Entered France 15/07/1915. Transferred as Private 1st/4th Battalion, Northumberland Fusiliers 61264 on 27/08/1917. Transferred as Private, 11th Battalion, Tank Corps 302836 on 21/02/1918 but earmarked for transfer 7/08/1917. Discharged 10/02/1919. Born in 1893 in Kingston on Thames, London. Entitled to 1914/15 Star trio as added to Tank Corps roll and note Medal Index Card states British War and Victory Medal. His brother Private John Sully, 18th Battalion, Lancashire Fusiliers born 1899 and KIA 1/06/1918 in Flanders, France and buried at Pozieres.

SUMMERHAYES, Joseph William. 1097. Private. Enlisted 13/10/1914 at Langley Park, Slough. Entered France 4/05/1915. Discharged being a minor American citizen 8/11/1915. Born Montreal, Canada in 1894. Application for Silver War Badge declined as ineligible in 1917. Died in New York 21/01/1923 of tuberculosis and army pension applied for. Entitled to 1914/15 Star trio.

SWAIN, Alec John. 733. Private. Enlisted in London. Entered France 4/05/1915. DoW 04/07/1915. Born North Killworth, Warwickshire. Buried in MAPLE LEAF CEMETERY, Belgium. Entitled to 1914/15 Star Medal trio. 

SWAIN, Robert Ernest. 1355. Private. Entered France 4/05/1915. Commissioned Royal Welsh Fusiliers 12/03/1916. KIA 8/07/1916. Commemorated on the THIEPVAL MEMORIAL. 1914/15 Star Trio applied for 5/11/1920 by his sister T. L. Swain of Hampton Road, Forest Gate, London.

SWEENEY, William. 1541. Private 2KEH. Enlisted 21/04/1915 and entered France 14/10/1915. Returned to Ireland 7/08/1917. Transferred to Heavy Branch Machine Gun Corps (Tank Corps) 7/08/1917 then served as a Private Army Service Corps Motor Transport section M/404885. Discharged 18/02/1919. Born in County Dublin, Ireland in 1894.

SWINFEN, Albert. 905. Private 2KEH having enlisted in September 1914. Discharged 5/09/1915. Photograph of Private Swinfen, 2KEH from Kelmarsh, UK on horseback shown in Figure 165b from the Market Harborough Advertiser of 8/09/1914 courtesy of W. R. (Bob) H. Hakewill, a published local historian in Market Harborough, UK. 

SWINLEY, Gordon Noel Balfour. 1113. Private 2KEH. Enlisted in Aug 1914 and then commissioned as a Lieutenant 3rd Battalion, King's Own Scottish Borderers in Dec 1914 and entered France 21/05/1915. KIA 22/06/1915 whilst attached to the 2nd Battalion at Ypres. Born in Assam, India in July 1890 the son of Gordon and Margaret Swinley from Newbury, Berkshire, England. Acting British Vice-Consul in Marrakesh. Buried in New Irish Farm Cemetery, Belgium. 1914/15 Star, British War Medal and Victory Medal sold at auction by Dix Noonan Webb, UK on 24/25 Jun 2009.

SMYE, William T. 1646. Private 2KEH. Enlisted 23/05/1915 at Cork, Ireland. Transferred as Acting Serjeant 4th Battalion, Northumberland Fusiliers 61226 then Acting Serjeant 11th Battalion, Tank Corps 302781. Discharged 17/02/1919. Born 1892 and resided in Cork, Ireland. Awarded Distinguished Conduct Medal (London Gazette 15/11/1918) and 1914/15 Star trio.


TABUTEAU, Frederick. 1596. Private KEH. Enlisted 7/05/1916 and entered France 2/07/1915. Transferred as Private, Labour Corps 466866. Discharged 22/05/1918. Born in 1879 and resided in Cork, Ireland post-war. Awarded Silver War Badge 390778. Entitled to 1914/15 Star named to Labour Corps.

TALBOT, Leonard L. 1015. Serjeant 2KEH. Entered France 5/05/1915. Commissioned as a Second Lieutenant, Reserve Brigade Royal Field Artillery 10/05/1915. Entitled to 1914/15 Star trio.

TAYLOR, Charles Walter. 673. Sergeant 2KEH. Enlisted at White City, London. Entered France 4/05/1915. KIA 3/01/1916 aged 29, shot through the heart whilst on a working party. Son of Walter and Alice L. Taylor of 17 Cromford Road, Wirksworth, Derbyshire. Buried in BERKS CEMETERY EXTENSION, Belgium. Entitled to 1914/15 Star Medal trio with 1914/15 Star named as Private and British War Medal and Victory Medal as Serjeant.  

TAYLOR, Edward G. S. 1830. Private 2KEH. Transferred as Private 85682 1/8th then 2/7th Battalion, King's Liverpool Regiment. Entitled to British War and Victory Medals.

TAYLOR, Edye Cecil. 629 Corporal 2KEH. Enlisted 25/08/1914 in White City, London and entered France 5/05/1915. Transferred as Corporal 1st/7th Battalion, Northumberland Fusiliers 61236 then Corporal 11th Battalion, Tank Corps 302780. Severely wounded with gun shot wound to the right foot sustained 24/05/1915. Born 18/04/1870 in Parramatta, New South Wales, Australia and died in 1940 un• North Sydney, New South Wales British War Medal named to E. G. Taylor K.Edw.H on electronic auction site in the UK May 2020.

TAYLOR, James Nichols. 1223. Private 2KEH. Entered France 5/05/1915. Commissioned Second Lieutenant, Royal Garrison Artillery 24/08/1917. Lieutenant Lincolnshire Yeomanry. Applied for 1914/15 Star trio from Victoria, British Columbia.

TAYLOR, Percy Charles. 1805. Lance Corporal 2KEH. Enlisted in London. Died 13/12/1916 aged 25. Son of Charles and Harriet Taylor, of "Windyridge," Westley, Bury St. Edmund's. Native of King's Lynn. Buried in St. Sever Cemetery Extension Rouen, France. Entitled to British War Medal and Victory Medal.

TENNANT, Charles Percy. 1399. Private 2KEH. Enlisted 3/10/1914 as Gunner, 627 in 'A' Battery, Honourable Artillery Company and joined 2KEH 21/01/1915 discharged 9/06/1915 due to sickness and awarded Silver War Badge 32969. Born in Hull, Yorkshire, England in 29/07/1885 and had prior service in the Royal Navy as an Armourer 1904-1910 and obtained a discharge through purchase.

THOMAS, Albert Victor. 1174. Private 2KEH. Entered France 4/05/1915 as a Private 11th Battalion, Tank Corps 302865 then Private 12th/13th Battalion, Northumberland Fusiliers 40116. Born 27/07/1883 in Wandsworth, London, England and died 12/11/1966. Applied for 1914/15 Star trio.

THOMAS, Francis (Frank) Henry. 1065. Acting Corporal. Entered France 4/05/1915. Commissioned Royal Fusiliers 29/01/1918. Entitled to 1914/15 Star Medal Trio and applied for medals from an address in Brook Green, London.

THOMPSON, John Blake. 1105. Private KEH. Entered France 5/05/1915. Transferred as Corporal, Northumberland Fusiliers 61199 then commissioned as Second Lieutenant, Army Service Corps. Applied for 1914/15 Star trio from Chile.

THOMPSON, R. B. Second Lieutenant 2KEH. Pair of his Officer's shoulder chains are held in the collection of the National Army Museum.

THOMSON, Alexander Guthrie. 311. Squadron Serjeant Major (SSM). Enlisted White City, London. Entered France 4/05/1915. Died of Wounds 20/06/1915 sustained at Pont Fixe, Le Bassée, France. Born in Methringham, Devon, England. Living in Argentina and was in England at the outbreak of the Great War. Prior service in the Boer War. Taken from The Roll of Honour in the "Activities of the British Community in Argentina During the Great War 1914 - 1919". Buried in BETHUNE TOWN CEMETERY, France. Entitled to 1914/15 Star trio and 1914/15 Star named to SSM and British War and Victory Medals named to WO Class II.  

THOYTS, Harry Newman Morgan. Brevet Colonel Thoyts (often mis-spelt Thoytes), late 8th Hussars, who assumed command of the Reserve Squadron, 2nd KEH (and simultaneously Officer in Command of Kilkenny Barracks), 17/3/1917 named in Figure 160.

THREADKELL, Edwin. Private. Born in Trinidad. 27/06/1917 traveled to England to enlist with 7th Merchant & Planters Contingent. Served in Ireland.

TIBBITS, Thomas (Tom). 911. Private 2KEH. Enlisted in September 1914 as noted in 8/09/1914 press cutting in the 'Market Harborough Advertiser'. Entered France 18/08/1915. Served in Serjeant Cowley's Troop, 2KEH then a Serjeant, Northumberland Fusiliers 61300 and finally commissioned as a Second Lieutenant in the 8th Battalion, Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment. Awarded 1914/15 Star trio. Accompanying photograph of Private Tibbits, 2KEH from the village of Clipston, Market Harborough on horseback (second from left) with three pals from local sources by W. R. (Bob) H. Hakewill a published local historian in Market Harborough, UK. Photograph incorrectly attributed to Nottinghamshire Yeomanry  in "Around Welland Valley in Old Photographs" collected by Stef Mastoris the then Curator of the Market Harborough Museum.

TITILAH, James. 1823. Private 2KEH. Transferred to KEH as Private 2078. Discharged 15/06/1919. Entitled to British War and Victory Medals.

TOD, Alexander. 1122. Acting Serjeant. Entered France 28/07/1915. Commissioned 4th Reserve Battalion, Hampshire Regiment on 4/09/1916 attached King's African Rifles later Lieutenant. Awarded 1914/15 Star trio and applied for from Salisbury, Southern Rhodesia in 1920 and sent to his brother J. Tod living in Fife, Scotland.

TOMLIN, Alfred Edward. 790. Private 2KEH. Enlisted 28/08/1914 at White City and entered France 4/05/1915. Acting Serjeant Tank Corps 112211. WIA 23/05/1915. Prior service with Bethune's Mounted Infantry (Light Horse) and Imperial Light Horse Volunteers. Resided in Lambeth, London at enlistment at age 35. Discharged 28/03/1919. Entitled to 1914/15 Star trio. Likely to be a brother of Serjeant Henry George Tomlin, 307.

TOMLIN, Henry George. 307. Serjeant 2KEH. Enlisted Aug 1914 and entered France 18/08/1915. Serjeant, 11th Battalion, Tank Corps 302839 then Serjeant, 1st/4th Battalion, Northumberland Fusiliers 61220. Born 22/01/1893 in Aston Manor, Warwickshire, England and died Sep 1977 in Birmingham, West Midlands, England. Prior service in the Boer war as Saddler, 22292, 80th Company (Sharpshooters), 21st Battalion, Imperial Yeomanry 1901-02. Resided at Hanwell, England on enlistment. Entitled to 1914/15 Star trio. Likely to be a brother of Private Alfred Edward Tomlin, 790.

TOMLINSON, David Mitchell. 75. Private 2KEH. Died of wounds received on active service 13/05/1916. His name was recorded in the General Headquarters Casualty List published in the press on May 22nd, 1916. He was 37 years of age, and his progress in the army had been rapid and striking. He joined as a Private in the 2nd King Edward’s Horse, early in the war and entered France 9/07/1915, and was soon advanced to Lance-Corporal. After 6 months he was awarded a commission in the 13th Battalion Royal Scots and so rapid was his promotion that at the time of his death, 14 months later, he had reached the rank of Major. Son of Thomas and Annie P. Tomlinson, of New Zealand. Mentioned in Despatches. He was educated in New Zealand, and was an Associate in mining of Otago University School of Mines. He also held a B.Sc. in metallurgical engineering of New Zealand University. In 1906, Mr. Tomlinson went to New South Wales in the capacity of assayer at the cyanide works of the Australia Gold Recovery Co. at Lucknow, and remained in the district until 1908, when he went northwards to Queensland to take up an appointment as manager of a gold mine at Gympie, which he held for about a year. He then returned to New South Wales, and while he was there passed the State examination for a certificate as mine manager. His last appointment, which he held from May, 1910, until April, 1914, was that of geologist to the Collbran-Bostwick Development Co. at Doten, Korea. He had been in London for about three months when war broke out and evoked his prompt response to the country’s demand for volunteers. Buried at BETHUNE TOWN CEMETERY, Pas de Calais, France. Information courtesy of the Northern Mines Research Society.

TONGE, Reginald Severn. 825. Private 2KEH. Enlisted aged 35 at White City, London on 28/08/1914 and promoted to Serjeant 29/09/1914. Embarked for France 16/11/1915. Prior service noted as a Volunteer A. L on Service Record. Entry in 'Croydon and the Great War' shows he served with the Royal Warwickshire Regiment in the Boer War and was awarded Queen's South Africa Medal with three claps and then joined South African Mounted Constabulary. Transferred to 22nd (Local Reserve) Battalion Royal Fusiliers 20/08/1915 as a Private 237 at own request and promoted to Lance Corporal 20/08/1915. Died of Wounds 17/02/1917. Bought in dead with multiple serious wounds to 1/1 S Mid Casualty Clearing Station. Born in Selhurst, Surrey, England on 8/11/1878 the son of the late Arthur Wellington and Julia Scott Tonge (nee Whitby) from Norwood, London and educated at Sellwood Park College. Lived in Kojonup, Swan, Western Australia in 1906. Buried in Dernancourt Communal Cemetery Extension near Albert, France. Awarded 1914/15 Star, British War Medal and Victory Medal in addition to 3 clasp QSA. Portrait photograph in Royal Fusiliers uniform available. 

TOWEY, Martin. 1464. Private 2KEH. Enlisted 2/04/1915 and entered France 5/05/1915. Transferred as Private, Army Service Corps (ASC) T/364128 on 25/10/1917. Discharged 20/04/1918. Awarded Silver War Badge 362200. Born in 1895. Entitled to 1914/15 Star trio named to ASC.

TRAVIS, Robert Walter. 1416. Private 2KEH. Entered France 4/05/1915. Commissioned as a Second Lieutenant, 15th Battalion, Royal Warwickshire Regiment 19/03/1916 later Lieutenant. Mentioned in Despatches. Applied for 1914/15 Star trio from Ravenscourt Park, London.

TRICKETT, Ronald Arthur. 1974. Private 2KEH. Enlisted 30/06/1916. Transferred to KEH as Private 2079 on 17/10/1917 then transferred as Private, Royal Engineers 359811 on 31/01/1918. Discharged 14/03/1919. Born 18/03/1891 in Lancashire, England and died 3/12/1984 in Pinjarra, Western Australia. Rejected by the Australian Imperial Forces he travelled back to England from Pinjarra, Western Australia to enlist in the Royal Field Artillery 24/10/1915 and discharged 8/04/1916. Entitled to British War and Victory Medals. Portrait photograph in 2KEH uniform courtesy of Ancestry.

TRELEAVEN, Conrad V. 1551. Private 2KEH. Entered France 15/07/1915. Commissioned 2/1st Warwickshire Yeomanry 5/12/1916 as a Second Lieutenant later Lieutenant, Indian Army Reserve of Officers. Served as a Lieutenant in the East Surrey Regiment in 1941. Born 15/09/1889 in Balaclava, Saint Elizabeth, Jamaica and died Oct 1969 in Kensington, Greater London, England. Applied for 1914/15 Star Trio from West Kensington, London with British War and Victory Medals issued by Indian Army.

TRINGHAM, Henry Vincent. 1394. Serjeant, Lieutenant King's Own Royal Lancaster Regiment. Born in Ceylon 17/02/1984 the son of a well known tea planter. Landed in France 11/08/1915 as a Serjeant in the 2KEH. Commissioned King's Own Royal Lancaster Regiment 31/07/1917. He was Mentioned in Despatches by Sir Douglas Haig's on 8/11/1918 and relinquished his commission in March 1920. Returned to Ceylon Jan 1920. Name commemorated on the Kilkenny War Memorial, MacDonagh Station, Dublin Road, Kilkenny, Ireland. Victory Medal in an Australian private collection in 2016.

TRUDGETT, George Douglas. 1584. Private. Entered France 4/07/1915. Transferred to Labour Corps 230731. Discharged 17/03/1919. Likely to have been born in 1872 in Bexleyheath, Kent, England. Entitled to 1914/15 Star trio named to Labour Corps.

TRUNDLE, Charles. 1357. Serjeant. Entered France 5/05/1915. Commissioned 2nd Battalion Reserve Regiment of Cavalry 30/09/1917 as a Second Lieutenant. Applied for 1914/15 Star Trio c/o Royal Canadian Mounted Police, Ottawa, Canada in which he served as an Inspector through to at least 1930.

TULL, Frederick James. 498. Lance Corporal 2KEH. Enlisted 25/08/1914 at White City, London and entered France 5/05/1915. Transferred as Acting Serjeant, 10th Battalion, Northumberland Fusiliers 39889 then Acting Serjeant 2nd Battalion, Lancashire Fusiliers then Serjeant, 11th Battalion, Tank Corps 302815. Discharged 26/02/1919. Prior service with 26th (Younghusband's Horse) Battalion, Imperial Yeomanry in Boer War. Born Oct 1878 in Reading, Berkshire, England and died on 29/11/1935 in Elgin, Ontario, Canada. Awarded 1914/15 Star trio.

TURNER, Augustine John. 1101. Private. Enlisted 18/10/1914 and discharged 18/02/1915. Awarded Silver War Badge 103663 on medical grounds. Prior service with 9th Lancers, time expired. Born 1/06/1873 in Stoke Newington, Middlesex, England and died Mar 1929 in Brentford, Middlesex.

TURNER, Charles Wood. 310. Serjeant. Entered France 4/05/1915. Commissioned as a Second Lieutenant 1st Reserve Regiment of Cavalry 5/04/1918. Entitled to a 1914/15 Star Medal trio. Applied for medals from a London address.

TURNER, Edward George. 1872. Private KEH. Enlisted 23/03/1916. Transferred to Machine Gun Corps Heavy Branch 7/08/1917. Private Northumberland Fusiliers (NF) 61210 27/08/1917. Transferred 7th Battalion NF 14/11/1917. Transferred as Private Tank Corps 302785 1/02/1918. Discharged 24/03/1919. Born in Nuninco, Chile in 1898. Noted as a Volunteer from Argentina. Entitled to British War and Victory Medal.

TURNER, John. W. 1743. Private. Entered France 2/10/1915. Commissioned General List 8/03/1919. Applied for 1914/15 Star Trio from Venterrpat, Transvaal, South Africa.

TURNER, Max. 1882. Entered France 3/1917 and transferred as a Private 112172 in the Tank Corps. Commissioned as a Second Lieutenant Tank Corps 25/06/1918. Name recorded on Kilkenny Free Masons Lodge membership list from 1917 to 1920 and on the Kilkenny War Memorial, MacDonagh Station, Dublin Road, Kilkenny, Ireland. Applied for British War and Victory medals from Groombridge, Tunbridge Wells.

UPTON, William. 1465. Private 2KEH. Entered France 28/07/1915. Transferred as Private, 17th Battalion, Lancashire Fusiliers, 45510 attached to the Royal Engineers. Entitled to 1914/15 star trio.

VAN BLERCK, Albert D. J. 315. Private. Enlisted in London. Entered France 4/05/1915 and KIA 26/05/1915 aged 33 at the Battle of Festubert. Born in Cape Town, South Africa. Research by David Drury (see below) identifying his pension papers has subsequently shown that he had enlisted under the Van Blerck name as an alias and his birth name was Edward Bertram Price (born in Paarl, South Africa) with his birth name shown against Jane Price, his wife's name. His alias name is commemorated on Le Touret Memorial, France as Van Blerck. The Commonwealth War Graves Commission has his name incorrectly as Van Blerk. Entitled to 1914/15 Star trio and additional biography and photographs of his 1914/15 Star are shown courtesy of the owner and researcher David Drury, UK. 

VAN COLLER, Louis. 1745. Private 2KEH. Entered France 2/10/1915. Transferred as Lance Corporal, Northumberland Fusiliers 61212. Commissioned as a Second Lieutenant, 7th Battalion, London Regiment later 16th Battalion. Applied for 1914/15 Star Trio from Pretoria, South Africa.

VANS AGNEW, Frank. 1112. Private 2KEH. Served in Roosevelt's Rough Riders (1st United States Volunteer Cavalry) in the Spanish-American War. Frank Vans Agnew left America in 1914 and claiming to be 40 (rather than 46) enlisted in 2nd King Edward’s Horse. He arrived in France on 5/05/1915 at Festubert and was given a commission in the 2KEH 1/10/1915. After attending the Machine Gun School he was at the Somme before volunteering for the Tank Corps. In 1917 he was wounded at Messines, where he won his Military Cross 17/07/1917. He demonstrated his tank for King George. He fought at 3rd Ypres and was wounded and captured at Cambrai in November 1917. Over the next 12 months he was held as a POW at Hannover, Karlsrűhe, Heidelberg and Furstenberg. Military Cross, G.V.R., reverse neatly inscribed ‘Captain Frank Vans Agnew, Tank Corps, Messines, 6.7.17’; 1914-15 Star (1112 Pte, K. Edw. H.); British War and Victory Medals (Capt.) M.C. London Gazette 16 August 1917. The recommendation states ‘On 7 June 1917, this officer guided his tank with great coolness and judgment up to the Oosttaverne Line and rendered considerable assistance to the infantry. When the camouflage carried on the tank was set on fire he got out, under heavy machine-gun and rifle fire, to assist in putting it out. He was wounded in doing this, but continued to command his tank and brought it back to its rallying point after the action.’ Only six Military Crosses were awarded to the Tank Corps for the Battle of Messines, 7/06/1917.  He was born in Madras, India in 1868 and died in 1955. A stone tablet with his name and iron gates with his family initials and life dates were erected at the entrance of Kirkinner cemetery, Wigtown, Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland where he was buried alongside his wife in 1965. Extensively researched in 'Veteran Volunteer: Memoir of the Trenches, Tanks and Captivity 1914 - 1918' by Frank Vans Agnew MC edited by his great nephew Jamie Vans and Peter Widdowson, Pen & Sword Books, 2014. Medals sold at auction by Dix Noonan Webb, UK in April, 2004.

VARRIE, William James. 1502. Private. Enlisted 13/04/1915 and entered France 4/05/1915. Discharged 14/03/1916 due to sickness. Born 1887 in Kimberley, Cape Province, South Africa and died 3/09/1928 in Kimberley, Cape Province, South Africa. Awarded Silver War Badge 210,361. Applied for 1914/15 Star Trio from Southern Rhodesia.

VASSALLI, Alfred Jerome. 305. Corporal. 'C' Squadron, 2KEH. Enlisted in London. Died in service 1/10/1914 aged 35 at King Edward VII Hospital, Windsor from pneumonia (contracted whilst in camp at Slough). Born in Whitby, Yorkshire. Son of John and Hannah Vassalli, husband of Anne Pembroke Vassalli of Ravenglass, Cumberland with three children. Born in Whitby, Yorkshire. Served in the South African Campaign with the British Navy at the Relief of Ladysmith and operations in the Transvaal, Orange Free State and Natal. He then became a despatch rider for General Bethune and later served in his cavalry regiment. Awarded Queen's South Africa Medal with five bars. As a Naval Reservist he failed his call-up medical but joined the 2KEH. Buried in MUNCASTER (ST. MICHAEL) CHURCHYARD, United Kingdom. Name commemorated inside St. Peter's Church, Drigg, Cumbria where he was a District Councilor. Additional information, portrait wearing his 2KEH service dress tunic with shoulder chains and headstone photographs courtesy of Ruth Mansergh's book 'Whitehaven in the Great War'. Not entitled to 1914/15 Star medal trio. 

VINER-JOHNSON, Hugh. 1913. Private 2KEH. Transferred as Private, Lancashire Fusiliers 45512. Entitled to British War and Victory Medals.







WALKER, Andrew J. 2034. Private. Transferred to KEH as Private 2080. Discharged 9/03/1919. Entitled to British War and Victory Medals.

WALKER, John Scott. Private 2KEH. Entered France Jul 1915 at Havre. Commissioned as Lieutenant 1st/4th Battalion, Loyal North Lancashire Regiment then transferred as a Captain, Machine Gun Corps. Applied for 1914/15 Star trio from Buenos Aires, Argentina.

WALKER, Laurence Hall. Private 2KEH. Laurence Hall Walker was born in Altrincham, Cheshire, on 22/08/1893 and was educated at Malvern College, before emigrating to Canada. Following the outbreak of the Great War he joined the 2KEH, before obtaining a commission in the Special Reserve Battalion, Bedfordshire Regiment, on 10/02/1915. He served with the 2nd Battalion on the Western Front from October 1915, and was Mentioned in Despatches (London Gazette 4/01/1917). Walker was killed in action on the Somme on 12/10/1916. His Captain subsequently wrote to Walker’s parents: ‘We had just entered a German trench and your son had, as usual, done magnificently. During the attack we were held up by their machine guns, and your son at once got hold of a rifle and began firing at the Germans, who were about 100 yards from us. He was marked down and shot through the head and I am so thankful to tell you that death was instantaneous. He has several times been recommended for bravery and good work.’ 1914-15 Star (2. Lieut. L. H. Walker. Bedf. R.); British War and Victory Medals (Lieut. J. L. Walker.); Memorial Plaque (Laurence Hall Walker) with Buckingham Palace enclosure; Memorial Scroll ‘2nd Lieut. Lawrence Hall Walker, Bedfordshire Regt.’, the Scroll in somewhat relic condition; the medals and plaque nearly extremely fine (Noonans Auctioneers, UK). Portrait photograph in uniform of Bedfordshire Regt. and 1914/15 Star trio and Death Plaque.

WALROND, Francis Hillier. 1063. Private. 'C' Troop, 2KEH. Named in a photograph by Private Frank Vans Agnew (Photograph courtesy of Jamie Vans, grandson of Private Frank Vans Agnew). Entered France 4/05/1915. Commissioned 5th Battalion Oxfordshire & Buckinghamshire Light Infantry 5/03/1916. DoW 15/08/1916 aged 34 years old. Buried at BRIGHTON (WOODVALE) BOROUGH CEMETERY, United Kingdom. Entitled to 1914/15 Star trio.

WALTERS, George. 1294. Private 2KEH. Entered France 3/07/1915. Transferred as Private, 2nd Battalion Northumberland Fusiliers 61216. Entitled to 1914/15 Star trio.

WALTHEW, Frederick. 1594. Corporal 2KEH. Entered France 5/07/1915. Commissioned 3rd Notts & Derby Regiment 25/09/1917 later Lieutenant. Applied for 1914/15 Star Trio and Territorial Efficiency Medal (TEM) but was ineligible for the TEM but awarded Trio. Applied from an address in Lake Saskatoon, Alberta, Canada.

WARD, Joseph Bert. 1268. Private 2KEH. Entered France 4/05/1915. Commissioned Royal Army Service Corps 2/03/1916. Acting Captain. Applied for 1914/15 Star Trio from Weybridge, Surrey.

WARD, Robert. 378. Warrant Officer Class 2. 2KEH. Enlisted 25/08/1914 and entered France 4/05/1915. Transferred as Warrant Officer Class 2 Northumberland Fusiliers 61230 and promoted to Company Serjeant Major with 4th Battalion. Discharged due to sickness 5/02/1918 and awarded Silver War Badge 345,986. Born in 1874. Entitled to 1914/15 Star trio.

WARING, James L. 1432. Private 2KEH. Commissioned as a Second Lieutenant, 4th Battalion, Liverpool Regiment 27/07/1915. Transferred and promoted to Captain, Royal Ordnance Corps later Captain, Wellesley's Rifles in the Indian Army.

WARING, Samuel. 1478. Private 2KEH. Entered France 15/07/1915. Commissioned as a Second Lieutenant Northumberland Fusiliers 29/01/1918. 1914/15 Star trio applied for from Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada.

WARNES, William George. 370. Private 2KEH. Entered France 4/05/1915. Private 'C' Company, 11th Battalion, Tank Corps (Machine Gun Corps Heavy Branch) 112043 transferred 7/08/1917. Enlisted in London on 25/08/1914 and discharged 9/03/1919. Prior service in the Cape Mounted Police, time expired. Born in 1876 in Norwich, Norfolk, England. London. Awarded 1914/15 Star Medal trio.

WARREN, James. 12. Private. Entered France 4/05/1915. Discharged 16/08/1917. Entitled to 1914/15 Star Trio.

WARREN, John B. 1610. Private 2KEH. Entered France 15/07/1915. 2KEH, 1/2063 Machine Gun Corps, 3/85696 3rd King's Liverpool Regiment and returned to 2KEH. Discharged 8/02/1919. Entitled to 1914/15 Star Trio.

WARREN, Thomas. 1801. Private 2KEH. Private 10th Battalion, Northumberland Fusiliers 39839, Private 2nd Battalion, Lancashire Fusiliers 40605 then Private, 11th Battalion, Tank Corps 302816. Entitled to British War and Victory medals.

WARWICK, Frederick. 341. Private 2KEH. Entered France 4/05/1915. Transferred as Private, Labour Corps 407924. Discharged 24/03/1919. Entitled to 1914/15 Star trio named to Labour Corps.

WATSON, Desmond. 1549. Private 2KEH. Entered France 4/05/1915. Transferred as Acting Corporal, Machine Gun Corps (MGC) 22990 and temporarily attached to the 93rd Company, Machine Gun Corps from 28/07/1916 and saw action at Neuve Chapelle. Commissioned to MGC 23/09/1916. Later Lieutenant then Captain Tank Corps. Mentioned in Despatches. Likely to be in the Frank Vans Agnew photograph of 2KEH draft to the MGC taken 21/06/1916. Applied for 1914/15 Star trio from Wellington, New Zealand. 1914/15 Star named to MGC and issued by Australia and British War and Victory medals to Tank Corps.

WATSON, Ernest. 1217. Private 2KEH. Enlisted 25/11/1914, entered France 4/05/1915 and discharged 15/06/1916 due to wounds. Awarded Silver War Badge 84142. Entitled to 1914/15 Star Trio.

WATSON, John, 1670. Private 2KEH. Discharged 23/01/1918. Entitled to British War and Victory Medals.

WATTON, Walter Hyla Jennens. 1314. Private 2KEH. 'A' Squadron. Entered France 5/05/1915. DoW received at Plougstraat Wood on 12/08/1915 aged 19 in the 2nd Canadian General Hospital. Son of the late Capt. and Mrs. W. H. Watton, of Hong Kong. Buried at LE TREPORT MILITARY CEMETERY, Seine-Maritime, France and photograph of headstone shown. Entitled to 1914/15 Star Medal trio. 

WATTS, Samuel F. 1988. Private 2KEH. Transferred to KEH as Private 2081. Discharged 25/04/20. Entitled to British War and Victory Medals

WEAVER, Robert Osborne. 1299. Private 2KEH. Entered France 4/05/1915. DoW 30/07/1915 aged 20. Born in Middlesex, London in October 1894 the son of Annie M. Weaver, of 7 High Street, Cobham, Surrey, and the late Thomas Weaver. Was living in Lewes , Surrey when he enlisted. Buried at BAILLEUL COMMUNAL CEMETERY EXTENSION, NORD, France. Entitled to 1914/15 Star Medal trio.  

WEBB, Edwin Gilbert Lumley. 966. Serjeant 2KEH. Entered France 4/05/1915. Commissioned as a Second Lieutenant Royal Field Artillery 7/07/1916 later a Lieutenant. Awarded Military Cross as Lt. Edwin Gilbert Lumley Webb, R.F.A., Spec. Res. For conspicuous gallantry and devotion to duty. He went forward with teams in broad daylight under machine-gun fire, and succeeded, by his great perseverance and utter disregard of personal danger, in withdrawing two guns from " No Man's Land." It was only by the excellent example set by him that the task was successfully accomplished (London Gazette 16/09/1918). Entitled to 1914/15 Star Medal Trio and medals applied for from an address in Bengal, India where he was a manager of tea plantations. Born 27/02/1891 in India and died Dec 1980 in Uckfield, West Sussex, England. Father was Major Alexander Banness Lumley Webb with the family living in India.

WEBB, John Montague. Captain 2KEH. Entered France 5/05/1915. Second Lieutenant on probation. Awarded Order of the British Empire. Born 4/08/1888 in Hampstead, West Ham, Middlesex, England and died 3/03/1973 in Barnet, Greater London, England. Applied for 1914/15 Star from Hampstead, London.

WEEDON, Sydney. 1625. Private 2KEH. Enlisted 20/05/1915 in Hampton Court, London. Serjeant 1st/7th Battalion, Northumberland Fusiliers 61197 then Temporary Serjeant 11th Battalion, Tank Corps 302782. Wounded by shrapnel to scalp 11/08/1915 and hospitalised in Rouen, France. Discharged 28/04/1920. Born in 1897 and resided in Teddington. Entitled to 1914/15 Star trio.

WEBB, Walter Victor, 1235. Private 2KEH. Enlisted 4/12/1914 and discharged 3/06/1915 on medical grounds. Awarded Silver War Badge 241423. Prior service with 12th Lancers and Reserve Regiment of Lancers, time expired. Born in 1873 in Kent, England.

WELD, Charles M. 1489. Private 2KEH. Enlisted at age 19 into the 2KEH. Entered France 15/07/1915. Commissioned Second Lieutenant 7th Battalion, Leinster Regiment 19/03/1916 later Captain. Fought on the Somme. Diaries are subject of a BBC article www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/articles/1xpTqlTTgdXBt0JKBBzVggD/charles-weld. Born 31/08/1895 in Somerton , Naas, Kildare, Ireland and died in 1963. Applied for 1914/15 Star Trio from Someston, Kildare. Photograph shown with his family, his mother Eleanor with her son Charles (in Leinster Regiment uniform), daughter Helen (Dolly) & son-in-law Sidney (courtesy Ancestry).

WELLS, Reginald John Francis. 1644. Private 2KEH. Entered France 30/07/1915. Commissioned Royal Flying Corps 29/11/1917 later Lieutenant. Applied for 1914/15 Star trio from Ashburton, Devon.

WEST, William George. 1629. Private 2KEH. Enlisted 21/05/1915 and entered France 14/10/1915. Transferred as Private Northumberland Fusiliers 61198. Discharged 11/09/1918 due to amputation of right arm (presumably as a result of a war wound) and awarded Silver War Badge B1424. Born in 1895. Entitled to 1914/15 Star trio.

WEST, William (Billy) Jack. 811. Private 2KEH. Enlisted in September 1914 and served in Serjeant Cowley's Troop and became a Lieutenant in the Surrey Yeomanry. Photograph shown of Private West, 2KEH from the village of East Farndon, Market Harborough on horseback  from local sources by W. R. (Bob) H. Hakewill, a published local historian in Market Harborough, UK.

WESTALL, John H. 1844. Private 2KEH. Transferred as 6th Battalion, King's Rifle Regiment, Reserve Regiment Horse Guards.. Commissioned as a Second Lieutenant, Guards Machine Gun Corps 28/02/1917. Served in Egypt 1/11/1917 to 12/03/1918. Entitled to British War and Victory Medals.

WESTON, Frederick Ivor. 303. Corporal. Entered France 4/055/1915. Commissioned as a Second Lieutenant 2KEH 1/10/1915. Captain 23rd Battalion Tank Corps. Entitled to 1914/15 Star Medal Trio. Applied for medals from Bayswater, London and then moved to Chippenham, Wiltshire.

WETTON, Thomas C. 354. Corporal 2KEH. Entered France 5/05/1915. Commissioned Second Lieutenant in the 52nd Garrison Battalion, Devonshire Regiment 25/02/1918 later Lieutenant. Was a Freemason and member of the King's Colonial Lodge. 1914/15 Star Medal Trio applied for c/o Imperial Veterans in Canada, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada where he lived.

WHAITES, Henry. 1582. Private 2KEH. Enlisted 4/05/1915, entered France 29/11/1916 and transferred as a Lance Corporal to the Military Foot Police P/10403 on 9/11/1917. Discharged 2/08/1919. Prior service in the Norfolk Volunteers 1895-97. Born on 14/04/1870 in Gressenhall, Dereham, Norfolk and died on 29/09/1948 in North Finchley, Middlesex.

WHEATLEY, Charles. 1633. Private 2KEH. Entered France 2/10/1915. Transferred as Private, 9th Battalion, Lancashire Fusiliers 45517. Entitled to 1914/15 Star trio.

WHEELER, Walter G. 321. Private 2KEH. Transferred to KEH as Private 2128. Entered France 4/05/1915. Discharged 14/05/1919. Awarded 1914/15 Star trio with British War Medal named to 321 as his 2KEH number sold on electronic auction site Feb 2013.

WHITBY, L. A. 319. Private 2KEH. No Medal Index Card or Medal Roll entry identified for KEH or 2KEH. Noted in 'Under Friendly Flags' by Lieutenant Colonel Neil C. Smith AM as having served with KEH and as service number 319 appears on the KEH Medal Index Card and Medal Rolls with another name it is likely that L. A. Whitby served with 2KEH but there is no other note/record to support it. A Captain L. A. Whitby served in the Rifle Brigade but no link to Australia identified.

WHITE, Edward Victor. 1183. Private 2KEH. Arrived in France 4/05/15. Commissioned Second Lieutenant Tank Corps 3/02/1918. 1914/15 Star Trio applied for from Cricklewood, London.

WHITE, George W. 1132. Serjeant. 2nd Troop, 2KEH. Listed on Absentee Voters List 1918 as living in Lewisham, London. Named on burnt piece of 2nd Troop, 2KEH Nominal Roll.

WHITE, Horace Chesterfield Ford. 1248. Private 2KEH. Entered France 4/05/1915. Enlisted in London. Born on 16/12/1893 in Putney, London, England and returned from Canada to enlist. KIA 25/05/1915 aged 22 and buried Guards Cemetery, Windy Corner, Cuinchy. "An old Honitonian" noted on gravestone hence educated at Allhallows School or Allhallows College at Honiton, Devon, England. Entitled to 1914/15 Star Medal trio. His brother Frank Kelly White died of enteric fever whilst serving as a Sapper with the Royal Engineers in 1901 during the Boer War. Photograph in 2KEH tunic with 2KEH headdress badge, clear 2KEH shoulder titles on his shoulder chains and white lanyard looped under his left shoulder courtesy of Ancestry record. 

WHITE, Thomas C. Private 2KEH. Name recorded on membership list of the Kilkenny Free Masons Lodge, Ireland in 1918 and commemorated on the Kilkenny War Memorial, MacDonagh Station, Dublin Road, Kilkenny, Ireland. Medal Index Card or Medal Roll entry not located.

WHITEFORD, B. E. Hamilton. Lieutenant 2KEH. Entered France Nov 1914 as a Second Lieutenant with the Royal Field Artillery then commissioned in the2 KEH then transferred as a Lieutenant, Royal Air Force. Awarded Military Cross. Applied for 1914/15 Star trio from The Strand, London.

WHITWORTH, Frank. Second Lieutenant 2KEH. Commissioned as a Second Lieutenant from an Officer Cadet unit on 21/12/1916 (London Gazette 5/01/1917) later Lieutenant. Applied for British War and Victory Medals from Pulborough, Sussex, England.

WIGHTWICK, Rex Ranyer. 1170. Private 2KEH. Entered France 4/05/1915. Commissioned 5th Battalion Middlesex Regiment 25/09/1917 as a Second Lieutenant, Middlesex Regiment. Lieutenant 16th Machine Gun Corps (MGC). The sixth son, R. E. Wightwick came home from Buenos Aires, enlisted in KEH in November, 1914, and served in France with KEH from May 1915, till March 1917, being slightly wounded at Festubert on 24th/05/1915. Having been gazetted Temporary Second Lieutenant attached Middlesex Regiment, 26/09/1917, he served in France from January to March, 1918, with the 11th and 4th Battalions. He was then transferred to the M.G.C., and after training at home served in France with the 16th Battalion M.G.C., from July, 1918, till he was invalided home in January, 1919, to undergo an operation for deafness contracted on active service. 1914/15 Star trio applied for from Staplehurst, Kent, England. Born APRIL 1888 in Tonbridge, Kent, England and died 14/10/1956 in Kent, England. His brother Second Lieutenant SYDNEY WIGHTWICK, 9TH BATTN. LONDON REGT. (QUEEN VICTORIA'S RIFLES) (T.F.). DIED SEPTEMBER 9TH, 1917, OF WOUNDS RECEIVED IN ACTION AT ST. JULIEN THE PREVIOUS DAY. AGED 28. Lieut. Sydney Wightwick was the seventh son of the late William Jeffrey Wightwick, O.T. (D.B. 1862—65), and of the late Mrs. W. J. Wightwick, of Highbury, Staplehurst, Kent, and formerly of Hilden, London Road, Tonbridge. The eldest son, H. G. Wightwick, M.I.E.E. (D.B. 1891—96), is an electrical engineer in Singapore and holds a commission as Lieutenant in the Chinese Company of the Singapore Volunteers. He was home on leave in 1917 and was married, and then returned to Singapore. The Mongolia, by which he sailed on June 1st, was mined, but he was rescued after spending twenty-four hours in an open boat. The second son, W. J. Wightwick (D.B. 1891—97), was in business in Mexico, but came home and enlisted in the H.A.C. in 1916. He was in France for a year with the H.A.C. from March, 1916, and his Battalion served as an O.T.C. at G.H.Q. till July, 1916, but took part in the Battles of the Somme. In March, 1917, he met with an accident to the knee and was invalided from the Front with synovitis, and this resulted in his discharge in April, 1918. The third son, C. Wightwick (D.B. 1891—1900; Pembroke College, Cambridge ; B.A. 1903), is in the N. Nigeria Political Service, and after holding a commission as Temporary Lieutenant, T. & S. officer to the Maidaguri Infantry,, for two years from August 1914, returned to his civil duties, September 6th, 1916. The fourth, Stewart Wightwick (D.B.. 1894—1902), is in business in New York. The fifth, Leslie Wightwick (D.B. 1895—1902) had been wounded and discharged, as is told below. Sydney Wightwick, after leaving School, was with a London firm for five years, and during this time served for four years in the 9th Battalion of the London Regt., Queen Victoria's Rifles. In 1910 he left London to take up farming in Kent, and in April, 1913, went out to Canada to join his brother Leslie, who was farming near Nelson, in British Columbia. They both volunteered in October, 1914, were sent to Victoria for training in the 30th Battn. Canadian Infantry, and coming to England in March, 1915, were stationed for a few weeks at Shorncliffe, and then went out on May 2nd, with a draft to the 7th Battn., which had suffered heavily in the second battle of Ypres. On May 22nd they fought at the battle of Festubert, and Leslie Wightwick was wounded in the leg near Richebourg, being eventually sent back to Canada and discharged. Sydney remained with the Battalion till, being recommended for a commission, he was gazetted to the London Regt., November 23rd, 1915. After fourteen months' training in England he returned to the Front in January, 1917, and was in the trenches off and on from this till the date of his death. He was Temporary Lieutenant from January 23rd to March 31st. He took part in the operations that resulted in the German retirement to the Hindenburg Line, then in the Battle of Bullicourt and the capture of the remaining part of the village on May 17th, and finally in the Battles of Ypres, 1917. On September 8th, 1917, his Company made an attack at St. Julien, and he and his platoon came under exceptionally heavy fire. He was hit, and though he received prompt attention, died before he could reach the aid post.

WILLCOX, Alfred. 356. Serjeant 2KEH. Enlisted 25/08/1914, entered France 4/05/1915 and discharged 29/05/1917 due to sickness. Awarded Silver War Badge 197611 and entitled to 1914/15 Star trio.

WILD, Edward Ashford. 1280. Private 2KEH. Entered France 4/05/1915. Commissioned Northamptonshire Regiment 23/03/1917 later Lieutenant. 1914/15 Star trio applied for from Wandsworth Common, London.

WILD, George. 1067. Private 2KEH. Entered France 5/05/1915. Discharged 14/03/1919. Entitled to 1914/15 Star trio.

WILD , Walter. 2064. Private 2KEH. Enlisted 11/12/1915. Transferred as Private, 3rd Battalion, Liverpool Regiment 85711. Discharged 16/05/1919. Entitled to British War and Victory Medals.

WILLIAMS, Horace Newton Spencer. 1342. Private 2KEH. Enlisted 2/01/1915. Promoted to Corporal 25/01/1917. Transferred to 4th Battalion Northumberland Fusiliers then 11th Battalion, Tank Corps 302823 on 7/08/1917 and promoted to Serjeant 1/09/1918. Discharged 24/03/1919. Born in 1894 in Smethwick, Staffordshire, England. Prior service for 3 years with Territorial Field Artillery. Anglo-Argentinian Railway staff prior to enlistment. Post-war lived in Edgbaston, Birmingham. Awarded 1914/15 star trio.

WILLIAMS, Thomas. 1563. Private 2KEH. Entered France 5/07/1915. Commissioned Northumberland Fusiliers 29/01/1918 later Captain. Entitled to 1914/15 Star trio.

WILLIAMS, Walrond. 1682. Private 2KEH. Enlisted 13/06/1915 and discharged due to sickness 10/12/1916. Awarded Silver War Badge 65201.

WILLIAMS, William. 917. Corporal 2KEH. Entered France 7/07/1915. Transferred as Private, 40602 to 2nd Battalion, Royal Fusiliers (RF). Discharged 5/09/1915. Entitled to 1914/15 Star Medal Trio with Star named to 2KEH and British War and Victory Medals named to RF.

WILLIS, Vivian V. 711. Private 2KEH. Entered France 5/05/1915. Commissioned Second Lieutenant, 8th Battalion, Tank Corps 3/12/1918. Entitled to 1914/15 Star trio.

WILLS, George. 319. Farrier Serjeant 2KEH. Enlisted 25/08/1914 and entered France 3/07/1915. Transferred as Acting Quarter Master Serjeant, Northumberland Fusiliers 61294. Awarded Silver War Badge 311,846 when discharged with a leg fracture from 4th Reserve Battalion 17/01/1918. Born in 1879. Entitled to 1914/15 Star trio.

WILSON, Alleyne Wallis. 1153. Private 2KEH. Entered France 5/05/1915. Commissioned Second Lieutenant Warwickshire Yeomanry 18/10/1915. Lieutenant later Temporary Captain, Guards Machine Gun Regiment. Born Jan 1882 in Westbourne, Sussex, England and died 27/06/1955 in North Cotswold, Gloucestershire, England. Entitled to 1914/15 Star Trio and medals claimed from the Wellington Club, Grosvenor Place, London. A brother Second Lieutenant Belford Alexander Wallis Wilson, Military Cross and Bar, 2nd Battalion attached 14th Battalion, Hampshire Regiment was KIA 26/09/1917 and is commemorated on the Tyne Cot Memorial, Belgium.

WILSON, Douglas Bancroft. 1002. Serjeant. Entered France 4/05/1915. Commissioned Essex Regiment 29/01/1918. Awarded Silver War Badge. Entitled to 1914/15 Star trio. Changed name by Deed Poll from Douglas Bancroft to Douglas Bancroft Wilson. Moved from an address in Riverview Gardens, Barnes, London to Mersey Road, Aigburth, Liverpool.

WILSON, Frederick William. 1883. Private. Enlisted 7/04/1916. Entered France 11/09/1916. Transferred to KEH as Corporal, 2129 on 13/04/1918 then as Corporal, 653644 to Labour Corps 17/10/1918. Discharged 19/01/1919. Born in 1879 probably in Felixstowe, England and resided in Morpeth, England post-war. Prior service for 5 1/2 years with the Royal Horse Artillery. Entitled to British War and Victory Medals.

WILSON-JONES, Harold. 857. Corporal. Entered France 5/05/1915. Commissioned Royal Field Artillery 25/06/1915. Temporary Captain Royal Artillery Slavo British Legion. Applied for 1914/15 Star trio from Pulborough, Sussex.

WILSSON, William Thomas. Private. Entered France 4/05/1915. Died of a Self Inflicted Wound 1/03/1919 in Kilkenny, Ireland. Born in 1880 in Trumpington, Cambridgeshire. Entitled to 1914/15 Star Medal Trio. Gravestone is located in the Kilkenny (St. John) Church of Ireland Cemetery, Ireland and his name is commemorated on the Kilkenny War Memorial, MacDonagh Station, Dublin Road, Kilkenny, Ireland.

WINCHESTER, Percival John. 1588 Private 2KEH. Entered France 3/07/1915. Transferred as a Private, Labour Corps 407929. Discharged 6/04/1919. Entitled to 1914/15 Star trio named to Labour Corps.

WINCHESTER, Philip George Dalton. 1989. Private. 2KEH and served in France. Transferred as a Private 4th Battalion, Lancashire Fusiliers 45514 then Flight Cadet, 63rd Training Squadron, Royal Flying Corps 27/04/1918 until he died in an aeroplane accident in a Sopwith Camel serial C8291 on 29/08/1918. Born on   10/06/1894 the son of Philip Alfred George Douglas Winchester and Mary Winchester; husband of Rosina Maude Apted (formerly Winchester), of Winchelsea Road, Eastbourne and buried in Ocklynge Cemetery, Eastbourne. Entitled to British War and Victory Medals. Photograph shown in uniform of 2KEH. 

WINGROVE, Charles Leslie. 1191. Private. Enlisted 18/11/1914 and discharged 6/01/1915 due to sickness. Awarded Silver War Badge 179254. Prior service with 1st London Hussars and Guiana Garrison Artillery. Born in Paddington, London in 1876.

WOGAN, Thomas. 1521. Private 2KEH. Private Machine Gun Corps 112158, Private Liverpool Regiment 85704, Sapper Royal Engineers WR/290205. Attested at the Curragh, Dublin for 2 KEH on 12/04/1915 (given No. 1521), aged 19 years and 40 days, of 6 Knockloin Road (on his final discharge this is noted as Knocklyon Road), Templeogue, Co. Dublin. A coachman by occupation. His attestation form was signed by Colonel Craddock C.B., as Approving Officer. His mother was Rosanna Wogan of the same address. He deployed to France with a draft to KEH in October 1915 and stayed with them until the Tank Corps. He transferred to the MGC (Tanks) on 7/081917. He moved to the Royal Engineers, as a Sapper, on 25/09/1917. But when he embarked, in England, for Egypt on 2/12/1917, his Sapper Rank is crossed out and over-written “Pioneer”. Disembarked Alexandria on 30/12/1917. Appears to have been with 96th Light Railway. “On 2 December 1917 the 96th Light Railway Operating Company, numbering around 200 men, embarked on the former Royal Mail steamer Aragon at Southampton, with over 2000 other troops bound for the port of Alexandria on the coast of Egypt. After an uneventful voyage which included a pleasant Christmas stopover anchored off Malta the Aragon approached the Egyptian coast on 30/12/1917. Accounts differ as to the reasons why the steamer failed to secure a safe haven in the harbour – some say she was kept out at sea as no berth was available, others that she was warned off due to the suspected presence of mines. Whatever the reason the Aragon found herself at anchor within a few miles of Alexandria, but without an escort. A terrible price was paid for this decision when she was torpedoed by the German submarine UC-34 and sank within minutes. To add to the tragedy the destroyer HMS Attack, coming to the rescue of survivors, was herself torpedoed and sank with yet more loss of life. A total of 610 soldiers and crew from the Aragon were lost. According to Commonwealth War Graves Commission records some 76 men of the 96th Light Railway Operating Company died that day. It is estimated that about half of these were railway employees, with at least ten different railway companies being represented”. As if that near miss was not enough, on 25/04/1918 he suffered “Shell Gas Wound mild”. He was finally discharged from the RASC, with No. EMT / 46707, from 1166 MT Company RASC, to Limerick, on 20/11/1920. Entitled to 1914/15 Star trio with his 1914 Star and Victory Medal were sold on eBay UK from a seller in the US in Dec 2020, images shown on the accompanying page.

WOOD, Ralph. 1820. Corporal 2KEH. Transferred as Private to King's Liverpool Regiment 85712. Commissioned as a Second Lieutenant Royal Flying Corps 9/09/1918. Deceased 17/10/1918. British War and Victory Medals applied for by his father Mr J. Wood from Port Elizabeth, South Africa.

WOOTEN, John Galloway. 1694. Private 2KEH. Embarked for France 2/10/1915. Private, Northumberland Fusiliers 61280. Entitled to 1914/15 Star trio and address on medal request given as Te Kuiti, New Zealand.

WORSLEY-WORSWICK, Basil Henry. 876. Private. Entered France 4/05/1915. Commissioned as a Second Lieutenant 2KEH 1/10/1915. Second Lieutenant Worsley-Worswick was executed in the Easter Rising in Ireland 29/04/1916 aged 35. Lieutenant Lucas was executed on a false charge of being a spy and without trial, at the Guinness Brewery by Company Quartermaster Sergeant (CQMS) Robert Flood of the Royal Dublin Fusiliers, who mistook him as a participant in the Easter Rising, supposedly because of his American-sounding accent. Executed along with Lucas was the Guinness Brewery's night clerk, the equally innocent William John Rice, who had accompanied him to Flood's position. When neither Lucas nor Rice returned to their position, Lieutenant Basil Worsley-Worswick and Cecil Eustace Dockeray (a friend of Rice and fellow Guinness employee) went to investigate and Flood then ordered their execution as well. The murderous CQMS Flood was finally disarmed by Captain Mariott. Second Lieutenant Worsley-Worswick was born in April 1881 in Sarnesfield Weobley, Herefordshire England, the son of Major William Worsley-Worswick, of Normanton Hall, Leicestershire. Formerly buried in Dublin Castle Grounds, Co. Dublin) in GRANGEGORMAN MILITARY CEMETERY, RC. (Officers Sect.) Grave 5, Republic of Ireland (Portrait photograph shown of Second Lieutenant Worsley-Worswick in 2KEH uniform). Entitled to 1914/15 Star Medal Trio and medals claimed by his mother from an address in Kensington Square, London. 1914/15 Star sold at Dix Noonan Webb, auction in the UK in Feb 2021 by a collector who already owned his British War and Victory Medals, acquired 30 years prior.

WRENCH, James Charles. 317. Serjeant. Attested 31/08/1914 aged 38 in Whitehall, London as a bridge constructor. Entered France 5/05/1915. Promoted from Private to Lance Corporal 17/05/1915 and then to Serjeant 29/05/1915. Returned from France 19/11/1916. Reduced to rank of Corporal 6/08/1917 for being absent without leave. Discharged 14/12/1918 and awarded Army pension due to chronic stomach condition brought on by military service. Lived in Hackney, London and married in 1912 with two daughters. Prior service with Bethune Mounted Infantry and Bushveldt Carbineers (later Pietersburg Light Horse) and awarded Queen's South Africa Medal with Transvaal Clasp and King's South Africa Medal with South Africa 1902 clasp and was injured twice. Entitled to 1914/15 Star trio and medals returned as per King's Regulations.

WRIGHT, John. 637. Corporal. Entered France 4/05/1915. Transferred as Serjeant Northumberland Fusiliers 61231. Entitled to 1914/15 Star trio.

WRIGHT, Robert Armstrong. 342 Corporal 2KEH. Enlisted 27/08/1914 and entered France 4/05/1915. Transferred as Corporal, Labour Corps 230755. Discharged 21/11/1918 as physically unfit and awarded Silver War Badge 54,634. Born in 1875 in Highgate, Middlesex, England. Entitled to 1914/15 Star trio named to Labour Corps.

WRIGHT, Robert Kenneth. 1092. Serjeant. Entered France 4/05/1915. Commissioned 1st Battalion Bedfordshire Regiment 12/03/1916 later Captain. 6th Battalion, Bedfordshire Regiment. Awarded Military Cross. KIA 29/09/ 1918 and buried at PIGEON RAVINE CEMETERY, EPEHY, France. (Late Corporal, Cape Mounted Rifles), attached 2nd Battalion, Worcestershire Regiment. Born in 1883 in the Transvaal, South Africa. Entitled to 1914/15 Star Trio. Medals applied for by Lady Peyton of 1 Chesterfield Gardens, Mayfair, London applied for his medals on 17/3/1920. Lady Peyton's hospital charity in Isleham, Cambridge has helped needy families since 1575.

WRIGHT, Oswald Lawrence. 324. Squadron Serjeant Major. Warrant Officer Cass 2. Entered France 4/05/1915. Commissioned 2KEH 11/06/1915. Acting Major Tank Corps. Entitled to 1914/15 Star trio and claimed from an address in Chatham, Canterbury, Kent, England.

WRIGLEY, Christopher James Oswald. Private. 315. 2KEH. Born 1894 in Hendon, educated Harrow and Trinity College, Cambridge. Elder son of Mr. & Mrs. Oswald Osmond Wrigley of Shackleford House, Shackleford. Joined 2KEH soon after the outbreak of WW1, arrived in France on 2/05/1915 aged 21. He was shot in the head and died instantaneously whilst standing by his machine gun three weeks later on 26/05/1915 at the Battle of Festubert. No known grave, commemorated on Le Touret Memorial (Panel 1). In memory of their son Mr. and Mrs. Wrigley presented to the Shackleford Parish Church a window and lights in 1916. The work of Messrs. Powell & Son, it is of beautiful design and workmanship. The principal figures are of St. Michael and St. Gabriel and in the lower lights are groups respectively representing the Virgin Mary, St. Joseph and John the Baptist and the Virgin and St. John at the foot of the Cross (Portrait photograph as a civilian).

WYLIE, Alfred. 1323. Private 2KEH. Enlisted in Hampton Court, London and entered France 5/05/1915. Private, 25th Battalion (Tyneside Irish), Northumberland Fusiliers, 39848. KIA 12/10/1917 and buried in Cement House Cemetery, Belgium.. Born in Valparaiso, Chile. Entitled to 1914/15 Star trio named to Northumberland Fusiliers.

YOUNGMAN, Jack. J. Second Lieutenant 2KEH. Entered Balkans 8/10/1915. Commissioned 1/05/1917 from Norfolk Yeomanry as Serjeant, 1009. Entitled to 1914/15 Star trio.


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