D'ALROY, Frank. 1822. Corporal 2KEH. Enlisted on 18/10/1915 and discharged on 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 on 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 on 8/06/1915 and entered France on 14/12/1915. Transferred as a Private, 4th Battalion, Royal Fusiliers, 59050 then Private, 21st Battalion, Northumberland Fusiliers, 59629. Discharged on 28/02/1918 with sickness. Awarded Silver War Badge 345753. Born in 1890. Returned to England to enlist from Trinidad and Tobago. Died in the 1960's. Entitled to 1914/15 Star trio.
DAVIDSON, William Close. 1585. Serjeant 2KEH. Enlisted and 1/05/1915 in Belfast. Transferred as Serjeant, 4th Battalion, Northumberland Fusiliers, 61256 then Serjeant 11th Battalion, Tank Corps, 302827. From Dunadry, Co Antrim, Belfast, Ireland and born in 1895 and died on 11/08/1974 in Dundonald, Down, Northern Ireland. Entitled to British War and Victory Medals.
DAVIES, Albert Alfred. 630. Private 2KEH. Enlisted on 25/08/1914, entered France on 4/0/1915 and discharged on 6/04/1916 due to sickness. Awarded Silver War Badge 65183. Awarded 1914/15 Star trio and in 1924 notified that he had 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. Requested his medals from 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 on 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.
DEED, Stanley Cornell. Stanley Cornell Deed was born in London on the 2/04/1881, and was educated at Horton Hall, Eastbourne College, and Merton College Oxford. He saw home service with the Berkshire Yeomanry 1899-1902 and subsequently devoted himself to farming in South Africa and Argentina, acquiring a profound knowledge of horses. He returned to England in 1914 and was commissioned in 2KEH, before transferring via the 11th Reserve Cavalry to the 10th Hussars in France in May 1915. The action for which he received the Military Cross was carried out at the Hog's Back, Vermelles, on the 2nd and 3rd February 1916, and is described in the citation as follows: "For conspicuous gallantry as Bombing Officer in the trenches. When the enemy suddenly and unexpectedly exploded a mine, he forstalled them and occupied the crater, and drove off their bombers. Later, when the enemy had occupied their lip of the crater he led out his bombers again and turned them out. "Deed went on to serve as Staff Captain with the 7th and then the 6th Cavalry Brigades. He was in Egypt and Palestine from October 1917, and was Liason Officer to the New Zealand Cavalry Brigade. He was made D.A.A.G. 5th Cavalry Division in Syria and Palestine in May 1918. He was twice Mentioned in Despatches, including that of General Allenby on the 5th of March 1919. He was honoured with the Order of the Nile (London Gazette 26/11/19) for services to the Egyptian government in connection with horse husbandry. Photograph shown of his Great War M.C. group to Major Stanley Cornell Deed, 10th Hussars: Military Cross, George V; 1914-15 Star (LIEUT. S. C. DEED. 10/HRS.); British War Medal 1914-20 and Victory Medal (MAJOR S. C. DEED.); 1939-45 Star; France & Germany Star; Defence Medal; War Medal 1939-45; Egypt: the Order of the Nile, 4th Class breast badge; Military Cross citation published in the London Gazette on 30/03/1916. Accompanying photograph courtesy of Woolley and Wallis auctioneers, UK and his medals were sold by them in Nov 2024.
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 on 4/05/1916 to Aug 1917. Awarded Distinguished Conduct Medal and 1914/15 Star trio. He was serving in South Staffordshire Regiment in 1921. Applied for medals from West Bromwich, South Staffordshire, born on 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 on 28/07/1915 and entered France on 2/10/1915. Transferred as Private, 11th Battalion, Tank Corps, 112095 on 7/08/1917 and served as a driver. He was WIA with a Gun Shot Wound to his neck and back on 27/08/1918. Born on 13/02/1893 and died in 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 on 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. He was KIA on 8/10/1918 and his sacrifice was 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 of the 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 on 4/05/1915. Discharged on 17/12/1919. Born circa 1882 in Brighton, Sussex, England and died in 1934. Awarded 1914/15 Star trio which was sold in July 1983 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 on 18/10/1915 with 1st Caribbean Merchant and Planters Contingent. Enlisted on 5/11//1915. Transferred to 11th Battalion, Tank Corps as Lance Corporal, 302933 on 7/08/1917. Transferred to 4th Battalion, Lancashire Fusiliers on 27/09/1917. Transferred to the Royal Army Medical Corps on 17/01/1918. Discharged on the 29/03/1919. Born on 4/10/1894 in Santa Cruz, Trinidad, West Indies and died on 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 on 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 on 2/07/1915. Transferred as a Private, Liverpool Regiment, 85707. Commissioned as a Second Lieutenant on 6/04/1918. Entitled to 1914/15 Star trio named to Liverpool Regiment.
DEVOS, Arthur Edward Graham. 1318. Private 2KEH. Entered France on 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 on 5/05/1915. Transferred as a Private, Tank Corps, 112182. He was KIA on 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 on 4/05/1915. He was KIA on 23/05/1915 at the Battle of Festubert. Born in Dalmeny, West Lothioan, Scotland in 1874. His sacrifice was 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 on 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 on 4/05/1915. Commissioned as a Second Lieutenant in the Wiltshire Yeomanry on 6/09/1916. Born on 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 Rawlings Street, Chelsea, London.
DIXON, John B. 1603. Private. Entered France on 5/07/1915. Commissioned as a Second Lieutenant, Montgomeryshire Yeomanry on 5/12/1916 later Lieutenant, Machine Gun Corps then Captain. Applied for 1914/15 Star trio from 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 on 5/05/1915. Commissioned as a Second Lieutenant, 2nd Battalion, Royal East Kent Regiment on 21/09/1915. Entitled to 1914/15 Star trio and medals requested from Travancore, Southern India.
DODDS, Reginald Charles. 1562. Private 2KEH. Entered France on 7/07/1915. Transferred as Private, 10th Battalion Northumberland Fusiliers, 39906 then Private, Lancashire Fusiliers, 40553 then Private, 11th Battalion, Tank Corps, 302777. He was Anglo-Argentinian Railway staff. Living In Hounslow, London in 1919. Entitled to 1914/15 Star trio.
DOLPHIN, John. 1514. Private 2KEH. Entered France on 28/07/1915. Transferred as a Private, Labour Corps, 650271. Discharged on 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 on 7/07/1915 and entered France on 2/10/1915. Discharged on 14/10/1916 due to sickness. Awarded Silver War Badge 65182 which was lost and re-issued as 221501. 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 on 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. He was KIA on 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 on 14/07/1915 and discharged on 21/07/1919. Photograph of British War and Victory Medals 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 on 12/03/1916. He was KIA on 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 on 5/07/1915. Commissioned 2KEH on 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. He was KIA on 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 on 5/05/1915. Commissioned as a Second Lieutenant then Lieutenant, 3rd Battalion, Northamptonshire Regiment on 21/01/1916. Awarded the Croix de Guerre in Aug 1919. Born on 22 /11/1879 in Ayr, Ayshire, Scotland and died on 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 on 4/05/1915. Discharged on 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 on 31/01/1919. Born on 29/05/1891 in Southgate, London, England and died on 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, Chester. Corporal. Chester is likely to be a preferred or nickname of Terrence Patrick Dowling below and is the name captioned below the accompanying photograph, courtesy of Joanna Bacon and now in the author's collection.
DOWLING, Terence Patrick. 1369. Private 2KEH. Entered France on 4/05/1915. Commissioned as a Second Lieutenant, 1st/5th Battalion, Seaforth Highlanders on 23/04/1916 as a Second Lieutenant then Lieutenant. Born on 27/12/1887 probably in India and died on Mar 1969 in Luton, Bedfordshire, England. Applied for 1914/15 Star trio from a London business address.
DOWSETT, James. 1102. Private 2KEH. Entered France on 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 on 5/07/1915. Commissioned as a Second Lieutenant, 3rd Battalion, West Yorkshire Regiment on 15/10/1918. Applied for 1914/15 Star trio from Hollyfort, Gorey, Ireland.
DOYLE, Edward Percival. 1410. Private 2KEH. Entered France on 5/07/1915. Commissioned as a Second Lieutenant, 11th Battalion, West Yorkshire Regiment on 20/01/1916. He DoW on 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 on 5/07/1915. Died of illness on 30/04/1917 and is buried in Rathcooney Cemetery, Glanmire, County Cork, Ireland. Born 1880 in Winton, Norfolk, UK. Photograph of his headstone shown.
DROVER, Alfred Percy Frederick. 2211. Private. Enlisted on 18/05/1917. Transferred to 3rd then 10th Battalion, Lincolnshire Regiment on 1/03/1918 then Private, 63137, Middlesex Regiment and posted to 7th (City of London) Battalion, London Regiment 13/08/1918. He was DoW on 30/08/1918. Born in Brentham, Ealing in 1885 and married on 1/06/1915 with three children. His widow Mary Norah Drover received an army pension. Awarded British War and Victory Medals.
DUMOULIN, Charles A. 1354. Private 2KEH. Entered France on 5/09/1915. Commissioned as a Second Lieutenant, Essex Regiment on 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 on 4/05/1915. Discharged 16/11/1918. Entitled to 1914/15 Star trio and Silver War Badge.
DUNERE, Charles C. 1742. Private 2KEH. Commissioned as a Second Lieutenant, Royal Engineers 12/03/1916.
DUNN, Ralph Ellis. 1413. Private 2KEH. Entered on 4/05/1915. Commissioned as a Second Lieutenant, 1st Battalion, Somerset Light Infantry on 13/03/1916. He DoW on 1/07/1916. His sacrifice is commemorated on the THIEPVAL MEMORIAL, France. His 1914/15 Star was applied for by his father the 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 on 2/05/1915. Commissioned as a Second Lieutenant, 2/2nd Lovat Scouts on 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 on 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 his 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 on 4/05/1915. Born in Chewton, Victoria, Australia and was KIA on 23/05/1915 aged 31 at the Battle of Festubert. His sacrifice was commemorated on Le Touret Memorial, France. His death was noted in the Bendigo Advertiser (newspaper) on 19/07/1915. Entitled to 1914/15 Star trio. Medals to be disposed of in 1921 under King's Regulations.
