Clewer War Memorial Entry

Number Rank and Name

Regiment/Ship/Unit

Born/Enlisted/Residence (from Soldiers Died) and details of kin and address

Date and Place of Death

Place of Burial/Memorial

Remarks (Prior Service; Location of Cemetery/Memorial; etc)

ADEY E. A.

6061 Rifleman Edward A. Adey

1^st Battalion, The Rifle Brigade (Prince Consorts Own), 11^th Brigade, 4^th Division.

Clewer/Reading/Clewer

Died of Wounds 16 June 1917 in France and Flanders

St. Nicolas British Cemetery, Pas de Calais, France Grave Reference: II. A. 5.

The Cemetery was originally made and used by the British Divisions and Field Ambulances stationed on that side of Arras. St Nicolas British Cemetery was started a year later, in March 1917, and it was used until October 1918. There are now over 350, 1914-18 war casualties commemorated in this site.

ANSELL W.

7482 Private William Ansell

3rd Battalion, Coldstream Guards, 4^th (Guards) Brigade, 2^nd Division.

East Finchley/London/Windsor

Killed in Action 14 Sep 1914 in France and Flanders

La Ferte-Sous-Jouarre Memorial, Seine-et-Marne, France

La Ferte-sous-Jouarre is a small town 66 kilometres to the east of Paris, and the Memorial is situated in a small park on the south bank of the River Marne, just off the main road to Paris. The La Ferte-sous-Jouarre Memorial commemorates nearly 4,000 officers and men of the British Expeditionary Force who died in August, September and the early part of October 1914 and who have no known grave.

ANSTICE P: R.

87830 Private Percy R. Anstiss

11^th (Service) Battalion (Pioneers), The King's (Liverpool) Regiment, in 10^th Brigade and 14^th (Light) Division.

Tonbridge/Slough/Windsor

Killed in Action Thursday 21st March 1918 in France and Flanders

Pozieres Memorial, Somme, France Memorial Panel Number: Panel 21 to 23

See Pozieres Memorial notes

ASH F.

12833 Private Frederick George Ash

6^th (Service) Battalion, Princess Charlotte of Wales's (Royal Berkshire Regiment), 53^rd Brigade, 18^th (Eastern) Division, XIII Corps and 4^th Army.

Clewer/Reading/Clewer

Killed in Action 1 July 1916 in France and Flanders

Thiepval Memorial, Somme, France Panel Number: Pier and Face 11 D

Thiepval Memorial notes

ATTRIDE G. J

200412 Lance Corporal George James Attride

1/4^th Battalion, Princess Charlotte of Wales's (Royal Berkshire Regiment) (Territorial Force), 145^th Brigade, 48^th (South Midland) Division.

Second son of Mr and Mrs Attride of Clewer.

Killed in Action 23rd July 1916 in France and Flanders

Thiepval Memorial, Somme, France Panel Number: Pier and Face 11 D.

Thiepval Memorial notes

AUSTIN R.

2746 Private (Lance Corporal?) Roland William Austin (also recorded as 24746 and 36256?)

C Company, 6^th (Service) Battalion, Princess Charlotte of Wales's (Royal Berkshire Regiment), 53^rd Brigade, 18^th (Eastern) Division.

Son of William and Charlotte Austin, of 4, James Place, Ledgers Road, Slough, Bucks.; husband of Gertrude M. B. Austin, of 6, Park Place, Spital, Windsor, Berks.

Killed in Action 31 July 1917 in France and Flanders. Aged 34.

Ypres (Menin Gate) Memorial, Ieper, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium Panel Number: Panel 45

See Menin Gate notes.

BARNETT H. J.

17088 Private Horace John Barnett

12^th (Reserve) Battalion, East Surrey Regiment

Son of Mr. and Mrs. A. Barnett, of 48, Bexley Street, Windsor.

Killed in Action Thursday 19th September 1918 in France and Flanders. Aged 31.

Grootebeek British Cemetery, Reninghelst, Poperinge, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium Grave Reference: F. 13.

See Grootebeek British Cemetery Notes

BARTLETT F.

8^th (Service) Battalion, Princess Charlotte of Wales's (Royal Berkshire Regiment, 1^st Brigade, 1^st Division.

Son of Richard and Elizabeth Bartlett, of 11, Duke Street, Windsor.

Killed in Action Tuesday, 28 December 1915. In France and Flanders Age 19.

Mazingarbe Communal Cemetery, Pas de Calais, France Grave Reference: 44

See Mazingarbe Communal Cemetery Notes

BEASLEY G.

15875 Private George Beasley

7^th (Service) Battalion, The Northamptonshire Regiment

Killed in Action 31 July 1917 in France and Flanders

Panel Number: 43 and 45

See Menin Gate notes.

T/4/127042 Private Archibald Sydney Bedford

25th Division Mechanical Transport Company, Army Service Corps

Clewer/Reading/Reading, Husband of Mrs. G. S. Dormer (formerly Bedford), of 118, Kennett Side, Reading.

Died 1 November 1918 in France and Flanders

St. Sever Cemetery Extension, Rouen, Seine-Maritime, France Grave Reference: S. III. L. 24.

See St Sever Cemetery Notes

BEDFORD W.

12th Signal Company, Royal Engineers Signal Service

Son of Lydia and the late Alfred Bedford, of Oak Cottage, Finchampstead, Berkshire.

Killed in Action Saturday, 9 September 1916 in France and Flanders. Age 24.

Corbie Communal Cemetery Extension, Somme, France Grave Reference: Plot 2. Row C. Grave 69.

See Corbie Communal Cemetery Notes

BEESLEY H.

45515 Private Harry James Beesley

A Company, 8^th (Service) Battalion, Princess Charlotte of Wales's (Royal Berkshire Regiment), 53^rd Brigade, 18^th (Eastern) Division.

Son of Mr. and Mrs. H. Beesley, of 1, Abom's Cottages, Clewer New Town, Windsor.

Killed in Action 27 August 1918 in France and Flanders. Aged 18.

Vis-en-Artois Memorial, Pas de Calais, France Panel Number: Panel 7

See Vis-en-Artois Memorial notes

16592 Corporal Charles Victor Beesley

5^th (Service) Battalion, The Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry, 42^nd Brigade, 14^th (Light) Division

Son of John and Fanny Beesley, of Picton Villa, Langley, New Town, Slough, Bucks.

Killed in Action 24 September 1915 in France and Flanders Aged 28

Ypres (Menin Gate) Memorial, Ieper, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium Panel Number: 43 and 45

See Menin Gate notes.

9853 Acting Corporal Frank Beesley Military Medal

2nd Battalion, The Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry

Son of John and Fanny Beesley, of 2, Seymour Almshouse, Middle Green, Slough, Bucks.

Killed in Action 30 July 1916; Aged 21 in France and Flanders

Thiepval Memorial, Somme, France Panel Number: Pier and Face 10 A and 10 D

Thiepval Memorial notes

BELCHER H.

12^th (Service) Battalion (Central Antrim), Royal Irish Rifles

Windsor/Reading/Windsor

CWGC: died on Thursday, 6th June 1918

Klein-Vierstraat British Cemetery, Kemmel, Heuvelland, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium Grave Reference: V. A. 17.

See Klein-Vierstraat British Cemetery Notes

Base Horse Transport Depot, ASC, Salonika

Only son of Charles Belcher of Reading. Husband of Mrs H Belcher of Albert Street, Windsor.

Died 14^th September 1916 in Salonika, Greece. Age 35.

Salonika (Lambet Road) Military Cemetery, Salonika (Thessalaoniki), Greece; Grave No 406.

The Cemetery is on the north side of the town at Zeitenlik, on the left side of the road to Serrai. The British graves are at the far western end of the cemetery.

BELCHER W.

1st Battalion, Grenadier Guards, 3^rd (Guards) Brigade, Guards Division.

Son of Mr. and Mrs. H. Belcher, of Clewer Green, Windsor; husband of Elizabeth Hulton (formerly Belcher), of 47, Sutton, Stanton Harcourt, Eynsham, Oxon.

Died on Sunday, 25th August 1918; Age 24 in France and Flanders.

Mory Abbey Military Cemetery, Mory, Pas de Calais, France Grave Reference: V. C. 27.

See Mory Abbey Military Cemetery Notes

BENNINGTON J. S.

7th Company, 9th Battalion, Royal Defence Corps

Son of the late James Samuel Bennington; husband of Annie Bennington (formerly Mills), of 2, Augusta Place, Oxford Road, Windsor.

Died on Sunday, 31st March 1918; Age 51; at Home.

Clewer (St. Andrew) Old Churchyard, Berkshire, United Kingdom Grave Reference: In North-West part C/14.

Possibly died of natural causes. An interesting father/son headstone, also marking the grave of his son, who served in the Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry and died 13 July 1922.

33362 Private J. S. Bennington

The Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry

Of 2 Augusta Place, Oxford Road, Windsor

Died at Home on 13 July 1922

Clewer (St. Andrew) Old Churchyard, Berkshire, United Kingdom Grave Reference: In North-West part C/14.

Not a WWI casualty.

BETTERIDGE F.

18737 Private Frederick Alfred James Betteridge

5^th (Service) Battalion, Princess Charlotte of Wales's (Royal Berkshire Regiment), 35^th Brigade, 12^th (Eastern) Division.

Son of Mrs. E. M. and the late W. R. Betteridge, of 13, Bexley Terrace, Clewer, Windsor, Berks.

Died of Wounds 25 October 1916; Age 24 in France and Flanders

Etaples Military Cemetery, Pas de Calais, France Grave Reference: VIII. C. 13.

See Etaples Military Cemetery and Memorial notes

6627 Private George Frederick Bedford

1^st Battalion, Princess Charlotte of Wales's (Royal Berkshire Regiment)

Clewer/Reading/Theale

Died of Wounds 5 October 1914 France and Flanders Aged 32

Terlincthun British Cemetery, Wimille, Pas de Calais, France Grave Reference: X. A.B. 13.

See Terlincthun British Cemetery Notes

BIGGS H. F.

15386 Private Herbert Frederick Biggs

2nd Battalion, Princess Charlotte of Wales's (Royal Berkshire Regiment), 25^th Brigade, 8^th Division.

Son of Mr and Mrs Biggs of Clewer.

Died 18 February 1918 at Home Aged 21

Clewer (St. Andrew) Old Churchyard, Berkshire, United Kingdom Grave Reference In North-West part C/16.

Also commemorated on Dedworth War Memorial.

(late entry)

204468 Corporal Alfred Ernest Biggs

1/1^st Buckinghamshire Battalion, The Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry (Territorial Force), 145^th Brigade, 48^th (South Midland) Division.

Clewer/Slough/Bristol

Killed in Action 16 August 1917 in France and Flanders

Tyne Cot Memorial, Zonnebeke, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium Panel Number: Panel 96 to 98

See Tyne Cot Memorial notes.

BLACKFORD W. R.

7562 Private William R. Blackford

2^nd Battalion, Norfolk Regiment, 18^th (Indian) Brigade, 6^th (Poona) Division.

The only son of the late Mr and Mrs G Blackford of 9 Leworth Place (off Peascod Street), Windsor.

Died 30 Jul 1917 in Mesopotamia, Age 28.

Kut-al-Amara Military Cemetery, Iraq Grave Reference: N. 26

See Kut War Cemetery Notes

BLAKE S. J.

T/205413 Private Sidney Blake Military Medal

6^th (Service) Battalion, Queen's (Royal West Surrey Regiment), 37^th Brigade, 12^th (Eastern) Division.

Stokenchurch/Windsor/Clewer Hill Husband of Mrs Margaret Clara Blake, of 4, Bude Terrace, Spital, Windsor.

Killed in Action 24 Aug 1918 in France and Flanders, Age 34.

Meaulte Military Cemetery, Somme, France Grave Reference: G. 32.

See Meaulte Cemetery notes.

BLAKE W. H.

68900 Private William Henry Blake

11^th (Service) Battalion, The Royal Welsh Fusiliers, 67^th Brigade, 22^nd Division

Clewer/Reading/Clewer

Killed in Action 18 September 1918 in Serbia, aged 27.

Doiran Cemetery, Salonika, Greece. Grave Reference III, E, 15.

Doiran Cemetery is found in the north of Greece, close to the Macedonia border and near the south-east shore of Lake Doiran.

BOSHER A.

337th Brigade, Royal Field Artillery

Son of William Bosher, of 39, Arthur Road, Windsor; husband of Rose Bosher, of 23 Rays View, Surly Hall Road, Clewer.

Died on Saturday, 15th March 1919. Age 35.

Clewer (St. Andrew) Old Churchyard, Berkshire, United Kingdom Grave Reference: North of Church Ref C/20.

Brother of 9982 Private George Jesse Bosher, who served in the 1st Battalion, Princess Charlotte of Wales's (Royal Berkshire Regiment), killed 17 September 1915 buried at Bethune in France, and remembered on the Windsor War Memorial outside the Parish Church in the High Street.

BOWCOTT H.

11992 Private Herbert Bowcott

6th (Service) Battalion, Dorsetshire Regiment, 50^th Brigade, 17^th (Northern) Division.

Son of George and Elizabeth Bowcott, of 263, St. Leonard's Road, Windsor.

Died on Saturday, 1st January 1916; Age 26 in France and Flanders.

Menin Road South Military Cemetery, Ieper, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium Grave Reference: I. A. 2.

See Menin Road Military Cemetery notes.

BOWLEY L.

14483 Lance Corporal Luke Bowley

3^rd Battalion, Coldstream Guards, 1^st (Guards) Brigade, Guards Division.

Son of Thomas and Sarah Bowley, of 2, Hagues Cottages, Clewer New Town, Windsor, Berks.

Killed in Action 15 September 1916 Aged 22; in France and Flanders

Thiepval Memorial, Somme, France Grave Reference/Panel Number: Pier and Face 7 D and 8 D

Thiepval Memorial notes

G/24274 Private Alfred Frederick Boyce

2^nd Battalion, The Duke of Cambridge's (Middlesex Regiment)

Clewer/Finsbury Barracks Middlesex/Hammersmith, Husband of Kate Boyce, of 7, Claro Terrace, Earl's Court, London.

Died of Wounds Saturday 29 July 1916; Age 28 in France and Flanders

Abbeville Communal Cemetery, Somme, France Grave Reference/ V. D. 12.

See Abbeville Communal Cemetery Notes

7702 Private Henry Bernard Bradley

2^nd Battalion, The Duke of Wellington's (West Riding Regiment)

Son of Timothy Patrick and Lucy Bradley, of "Windermere," Wellington Street, Slough; husband of Kate Elizabeth Bradley, of 3, Victoria Place, Chalvey, Slough, Bucks.

Killed in Action 11 November 1914; Aged 31 in France and Flanders

Ypres (Menin Gate) Memorial, Ieper, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium Panel Number: Addenda Panel 59.

See Menin Gate notes.

BRIGHT A. J.

T/205332 Private Alfred John Bright

1st Battalion, The Queen's (Royal West Surrey Regiment), 19^th Brigade, 33^rd Division.

Son of H. J. Bright, of 146, Oxford Road, Windsor, Berks.

Died on Friday, 12th April 1918; Age 21 in France and Flanders.

Ploegsteert Memorial, Comines-Warneton, Hainaut, Belgium Panel Number: Panel 1 and 2

See Ploegsterrt Memorial details.

6629 Sergeant Albert Thomas Mark Brown

3rd Battalion, Coldstream Guards

Birmingham/Birmingham/Clewer

Killed in Action 26 September 1916 in France and Flanders

Guards' Cemetery, Lesboeufs, Somme, France Grave Reference/ XII. I. 10.

See Guards' Cemetery, Lesboeufs Notes

BROWN F.

2^nd Battalion, Queen's Own (Royal West Kent Regiment), 34^th Brigade, 15^th (Indian) Division.

Windsor/Woolwich/?

Killed in Action Sunday 31^st December 1916

Baghdad (North Gate) War Cemetery, Iraq Grave Reference: XXI. X. 2.

See Baghdad Cemetery Details

2nd Battalion, Princess Charlotte of Wales's (Royal Berkshire Regiment)

Son of John and Flora Brown, of 17, Park Street, Slough, Bucks; husband of Nellie Margaret Johnson (formerly Brown), of 26, Townsend Road, Rugby.

Died on Thursday, 16th August 1917. Age 26.

Grave Reference/Panel Number: XXVII. F. 17.

See Tyne Cot Memorial notes.

BUCKELL G.

RMA/10679 Bombardier George Henry Buckell

HMS Defence, Royal Marine Artillery

Son of John and Ruth Buckell, of Clewer, Windsor; husband of Jane Emily Buckell, of Pennington Common, Lymington, Hants.

Died on Wednesday, 31st May 1916. Age 29.

Portsmouth Naval Memorial, Hampshire, United Kingdom. Memorial Panel Number: 21.

See Portsmouth Memorial details

37979 Private Charles Buckel

8^th (Service) Battalion, The Gloucestershire Regiment, 57^th Brigade, 19^th (Western) Division

Hampstead Norris, Berks/Faringdon/Clewer

Died 10 July 1917 in France and Flanders

Ypres (Menin Gate) Memorial, Ieper, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium Panel Number: 22 and 34.

See Menin Gate notes.

BUSH E.

19993 Sergeant Ernest Frederick Bush

15th (Service) Battalion (Carmarthen), The Welsh Regiment, 114^th Brigade, 38^th (Welsh) Division

Son of George and Margaret Bush, of 59, Victor Road, Windsor.

Died on Tuesday, 25th January 1916; Age 23 in France and Flanders.

St. Vaast Post Military Cemetery, Richebourg-L'avoue, Pas de Calais, France Grave Reference/Panel Number: II. N. 4

The strong point from which the cemetery was named was in turn named from the hamlet of St. Vaast, between the village of Richebourg-St. Vaast and Goix-Barbee. It stands in an old orchard between two farm buildings, where a trench tramway had its terminus and a Dressing Station was established. It was begun in May, 1915, at the time of the Battle of Festubert, and used by fighting units and Field Ambulances until July, 1917.

(late entry)

33432 Private William Butler

2nd Battalion, Princess Charlotte of Wales's (Royal Berkshire Regiment)

Greengrocer

Killed in Action 10 August 1917 in France and Flanders

Tyne Cot Memorial, Zonnebeke, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium Panel Number: Panel 105 to 106 and 162

See Tyne Cot Memorial notes.

165155 Private William Richard Butler

101^st Company, Machine Gun Corps

Eldest son of Mrs Butler of 9 Adalaide Square, Windsor.

Died 23 October 1918 in France and Flanders. Age 21.

Tyne Cot Memorial, Zonnebeke, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium Panel Number: Panel 154 to 159.

See Tyne Cot Memorial notes.

BUTTRESS W. H.

43056 Private William Hillam Buttress

8^th (Service) Battalion, Prince of Wales's (North Staffordshire Regiment), 56^th Brigade, 19^th (Western) Division.

Son of William Frederick and Julia Louisa Buttress, of West Cottage, Parsonage Lane, Clewer, Windsor.

Killed in Action 7 June 1918; Age 23 in France and Flanders

Soissons Memorial, Aisne, France

The town of Soissons stands on the left bank of the River Aisne, approximately 100 kilometres north-east of Paris. The Soissons Memorial, which will be found in the public square, commemorates nearly 4,000 war dead from the 1914-1918 War who have no known grave. Its particular reference is to the Battles of the Aisne and Marne, 1918, in which comparatively small bodies of British troops played a conspicuous part in defeat and in victory.

CARTER A. H.

13804 Private Albert Henry Carter

1^st Battalion, Coldstream Guards, 2^nd (Guards) Brigade, Guards Division.

Windsor/Windsor/?

Killed in Action Tuesday 28 September 1915 in France and Flanders

Loos Memorial, Dud Corner Cemetery, Loos, France. Panel 7 and 8.

See Loos Memorial Notes

616151 (2073?) Driver G Carter

attd. XX Corps, Heavy Artillery H.Q., Royal Horse Artillery

Son of Robert and Sarah Jane Carter, late of Bell Farm Cottage, Clewer.

Died on Sunday, 4th April 1920. Age 28 at Home

Clewer (St. Andrew) Old Churchyard, Berkshire, In South-West part.

Not recorded in KS Archive.

CHURCH A. E.

315443 Rifleman Alfred Ernest Church

1/15^th Battalion, County of London Regiment (Civil Service Rifles) (Territorial Force), 140^th Brigade, 47^th (2^nd London) Division.

Son of the late George and Charlotte Church, of 3, Clifton Place, Fulham Road, London.

Killed in Action 30 Aug 1918 France and Flanders, Aged 32.

Boisguillaume Communal Cemetery Extension, Seine-Maritime, France Grave Reference: F. 25A.

See Boisguillaume Communal Cemetery Notes.

CHURCH F. R.

3760 Lance Corporal Frederick Reginald Church

2/4^th Battalion, Princess Charlotte of Wales's (Royal Berkshire Regiment) (Territorial Force), 184^th Brigade, 61^st (2^nd South Midland) Division.

Son of Thomas and Alice Church, of 64, Oxford Road, Windsor, Berks.

Killed in Action Wednesday 19^th July 1916 in France and Flanders. Age 29.

Laventie Military Cemetery, La Gorgue, Nord, France Grave Reference: II.

See Laventie Military Cemetery Notes

CLARKE A.

11020 Lance Corporal Alfred Clarke Military Medal

5^th (Service) Battalion, Princess Charlotte of Wales's (Royal Berkshire Regiment), 35^th Brigade, 12^th (Eastern) Division.

Son of Mrs. A. Clarke, of 8, Bude Terrace, Spital, Windsor.

Died of Wounds Wednesday 27th June 1917

Duisans British Cemetery, Etrun, Pas de Calais, France Grave Reference: IV. N. 12.

See Duisans British Cemetery Notes

CLARKE H.

There are 308 entries in the CWGC. Nothing shown in Ken Shepherd Archive.

CLARK E. W.

85238 Corporal Edmund William Clark

31^st Battalion (?), Machine Gun Corps

Husband of Mrs W Clark of Stoke Poges.

Killed in Action Saturday 13 April 1918 in France and Flanders

Ploegsteert Memorial, Comines-Warneton, Hainaut, Belgium Panel Number: Panel 11

See Ploegsteert Cemetery Details

COCKING E.

2510 Private Edward George Cocking

1/4^th Battalion, Princess Charlotte of Wales's (Royal Berkshire Regiment) (Territorial Force), 145^th Brigade, 48^th (South Midland) Division.

Son of John Thomas and Mary Ellen Cocking, of 4, Rays View, Surley Hall Road, Windsor, Berks.

Killed in Action Monday 14 August 1916 Age 21 in France and Flanders

Thiepval Memorial Pier and Face 11 D

Thiepval Memorial notes

COCKING J.

202402 Private John Henry Albert Cocking

1/4^th Battalion, Princess Charlotte of Wales's (Royal Berkshire Regiment) (Territorial Force), 145^th Brigade, 48^th (South Midland) Division.

Son of Mr. and Mrs. J. S. Cocking, of 4, Rays View, Surly Hall Road, Clewer, and husband of Mrs. H. Cocking, of 5, Anns Place, Clewer, nr. Windsor.

Killed in Action Friday 1 November 1918 Age 31 in Italy

Granezza British Cemetery, Italy Grave Reference: Plot I. Row F. Grave 5.

One of 5 cemeteries situated on the Asiago Plateau, Vicenza province. Granezza British Cemetery is 9 kilometres south of the town of Asiago in the commune of Lusiana. It is located from Cesuna, about 5 km east to a T junction, then right for about 2 km. The cemetery is permanently open, though from November to May it is rarely accessible due to deep snow falls. There are now over 100, 1914-18 war casualties commemorated in this site.

267925 Private Alfred Cook

1/6^th Battalion, The Cheshire Regiment (Territorial Force)

Clewer/Birmingham/ ?

Killed in Action Thursday 31 July 1917 in France and Flanders

Ypres (Menin Gate) Memorial, Ieper, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium Panel Number: Panel 19 - 22

See Menin Gate notes.

COLMAN W.

25562 Private W Colman

Duke of Edinburgh's (Wiltshire Regiment)

[CWGC]

Died Saturday 7 April 1917 in King George’s Hospital. London; Age 24.

Clewer (St. Andrew) Old Churchyard, Berkshire, United Kingdom Grave Reference: In south part.

According to the Windsor Express of 28 April 1917, Private Colman received shrapnel wounds in chest and spine on the 7 June 1916 but did not die until ten months later "after months of suffering".

COOPER C. T.

2772 Private Charles Thomas Cooper

1/1^st Buckinghamshire Battalion, The Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry (Territorial Force), 145^th Brigade, 48^th (South Midland) Division.

Clewer/Slough/?

Killed in Action 25 Jun 1915 in France and Flanders

Ploegsteert Wood Cemetery, Belgium; Grave Reference: Plot 4, Row B, Grave 2.

See Ploegsteert Cemetery Notes

COOPER E:

4514 Private Ernest Walter Cooper

32^nd Australian Infantry

His family lived in Clewer.

Killed in Action Tuesday 25 June 1918 in France and Flanders. Age 31.

Vignacourt British Cemetery, Somme, France Grave Reference: IV. A

See Vignacourt British Cemetery Notes

COOPER H.

5761 Private Harry Cooper

A Company, 1/4^th Battalion, Princess Charlotte of Wales's (Royal Berkshire Regiment) (Territorial Force), 145^th Brigade, 48^th (South Midland) Division.

Son of George and Mary Ann Cooper, of Wokingham, Berkshire. Husband of Mrs H Cooper, Clewer.

Died of Wounds Tuesday 15 August 1916 age 30 in France and Flanders

Warloy-Baillon Communal Cemetery Extension, Somme, France Grave Reference: VII. C. 14.

See Warloy Baillon Communal Cemetery Notes

CORNISH C. P.

Not identified in the Ken Shepherd archive.

COVENTRY W. J.

29595 Private Walter James Coventry

2^nd Battalion, Duke of Edinburgh's (Wiltshire Regiment), 21^st Brigade, 30^th Division.

Son of Ann Coventry, of 80, Gardner Cottages, Windsor.

Killed in Action Saturday 8 September 1917 in France and Flanders. Age 32.

Cabin Hill Cemetery, Wytschaete, Heuvelland, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium Grave Reference: B. 14.

See Cabin Hill Cemetery Notes

COX F.

16713 Private Frederick Cox

6^th (Service) Battalion, Princess Charlotte of Wales's (Royal Berkshire Regiment), 53^rd Brigade, 18^th (Eastern) Division.

Spital/Windsor/Windsor

Killed in Action Saturday 1 July 1916 France and Flanders.

Thiepval Memorial, France Pier and Face 11 D

Thiepval Memorial notes

CULVERT A. E.

Not identified in the 24 Calvert A in CWGC for WWI.or the 4 Culver As.

DARBY J. S.

Captain John Sprake Darby

2/4^th Battalion, Princess Charlotte of Wales's (Royal Berkshire Regiment) (Territorial Force), 184^th Brigade, 61^st (2^nd South Midland) Division, XVIII Corps, 5th Army.

Son of Annie Maria Darby, of 2, Lynton Villas New Road, Windsor, and the late William Sugden Darby.

Died on Thursday, 28th March 1918; Age 27 in France and Flanders.

Villers-Bretonneux Military Cemetery, Somme, France Grave Reference: XIV. E. 2.

See Villers-Bretonneux Military Cemetery Notes

T/202993 Lance Corporal Sidney William Davis

2/4^th Battalion, Queen's (Royal West Surrey Regiment)

Clewer/Camberley/Southall

Killed in Action 27 December 1917 in Palestine

Jerusalem War Cemetery, Israel Grave Reference: S. 119

See Jerusalem War Cemetery Notes

DELLER F. E.

25007 Sapper Frederick Ernest Deller

26th Field Company, Royal Engineers

Son of Arthur Ernest Deller, of 51, Springfield Road, Windsor.

Died on Saturday, 8th April 1916; Age 23 in France and Flanders.

Grave Reference: III. J. 12.

See Loos Memorial Notes

DELLER H. W.

37256 Private Harold William Deller

1/5^th (Pioneer) Battalion, Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry (Territorial Force), 61^st (2^nd South Midland) Division

Son of Arthur Ernest and Elizabeth Bernedine Deller, of 51, Springfield Road, Windsor.

Killed in Action 17 April 1918 France and Flanders. Aged 19.

Loos Memorial, Pas de Calais, France Grave Reference/ Panel Number: Panel 68

See Loos Memorial Notes

DENTRY L.

2477 Lance Corporal B Dentry

2nd Battalion, The Queen's (Royal West Surrey Regimentt)

?

Died on Tuesday, 18th May 1915.

Chocques Military Cemetery, Pas de Calais, France Grave Reference: I. C. 14

See Choques Military Cemetery Notes

DENYER H. G.

15707 Corporal Harold Graham Denyer

6^th Battalion, The Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry, 60^th Brigade, 20^th (Light) Division.

Son of Alfred and Florence Charlotte Denyer, of Clewer, Windsor, Berks.

Died of Wounds Saturday, 12th February 1916; Age 31 in France and Flanders

Poperinge New Military Cemetery, Poperinge, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium; Grave Reference: I. F. 15.

See Poperinge Military Cemetery Notes

DIBBS F.

16020 Private F Dibbs

1st Battalion, Princess Charlotte of Wales's (Royal Berkshire Regiment), 6^th Brigade, 2^nd Division.

Enlisted 19 Oct 1914, in Windsor.

Died on Friday, 20th August 1915 in France and Flanders.

Vieille-Chapelle New Military Cemetery, La Couture, Pas de Calais, France, Grave Reference: II. A. 18.

See Vieille Chapelle New Military Cemetery Notes

47800 Private Henry George Rolph Dickinson

25^th Battalion, (Tyneside Irish), The Northumberland Fusiliers

Husband of Alice Ellen Dickinson, of 15, Prince Consort Cottages, Alexandra Road, Windsor, Berks.

Killed in Action Monday, 9th April 1917, Age 34 in France and Flanders

Grave Reference: II. C. 18.

See Roclincourt Valley Cemetery Notes

DUNN F. J.

3114 Private Frederick James Dunn

5th (Service) Battalion (Pioneers), Royal Irish Regiment supporting 10^th (Irish) Division

Husband of Edith Mary Dunn, of 1, Manor Terrace, Clewer Green, Windsor.

Died on Monday, 16th August 1915; Age 33. In Gallpoli

Helles Memorial, Turkey. Grave Reference/Panel Number: Panel 55

See Helles Memorial Notes

EADES F.

37326 Private Frederick Eades

2nd Battalion, Princess Charlotte of Wales's (Royal Berkshire Regiment), 25^th Brigade, 8^th Division.

Clewer/Reading/Dedworth

Died of Wounds Thursday 9 November 1916 in France and Flanders. Age 22.

Grave Reference: XII. D. 15A.

Formerly 3048 in The Berkshire Yeomanry. See Etaples Military Cemetery and Memorial notes.

S/4406 Lance Corporal William George Eastland

13^th (Service) Battalion, The Rifle Brigade (Prince Consort's Own)

Son of George and Clara Eastland, of Woodmansterne, Surrey.

Died of Wounds Tuesday, 14th November 1916; Age 23 in France and Flanders

Contay British Cemetery, Contay, Somme, France. Grave Reference: II. F. 7.

See Contay British Cemetery Notes

EAMES W. A.

1521 Gunner William Alfred Eames

1st City of London Brigade, Royal Field Artillery

Son of Mr. and Mrs. Eames, of Windsor.

Died on Tuesday, 17th August 1915; Age 21 at Home

Grave Reference: In North-West part.

ELKES J. H.

209739 Able Seaman John Henry Elkes

H.M.S. "Glory.", Royal Navy

Husband of Rosalie Elkes, of 72, Varcoe Road, Bermondsey, London.

Died on Friday, 31st December 1915. Age 33.

Alexandria (Chatby) Military and War Memorial Cemetery, Egypt. Grave Reference: B. 25.

Possible a Gallipoli casualty who died in hospital? Chatby is a district on the eastern side of the city of Alexandria, between the main dual carriageway to Aboukir (known as Al Horaya) and the sea. The Cemetery is located centrally within the main Alexandria Cemetery complex, which is bordered by Al Horaya on the south and the electric tramway which is parallel with Sharia Champollion on the north.

ESSEN R. M.

Nothing on CWGC or Soldiers Died. [Not identified in Clewer Archive by Ken Shepherd.]

FIELD M. A.

20233 Private Maurice Alfred Field

1/4^th Battalion, The Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry (Territorial Force), 145^th Brigade, 48^th (South Midland) Division.

Son of William Henry Phillips Field, of 50, Crimsworth Road, Wandsworth Road, South Lambeth, London; husband of Beatrice Rose Barham (formerly Field), of 32, Thetis Road, Cowes, Isle of Wight.

Killed in Action Wednesday, 29th November 1916; Age 30; in France and Flanders.

Thiepval Memorial, Somme, France; Panel Number: Pier and Face 10 A and 10 D

FINCH J. F. C.

558210 Corporal Joseph Frederick C. Finch

56^th Divisional Signal Company, Signal Service, Royal Engineers

Son of Joseph Finch, of 50, Lothian Road, North Brixton, London; husband of the late Lucy Harriet Finch

Died Thursday 20 Feb 1919 Age 31, at Home

Nunhead (All Saints) Cemetery, London, United Kingdom Grave Reference: Screen Wall Panels 1 To 6

The first burial in the cemetery took place in 1840. There are two Screen Walls inside the main entrance gate to the right, one for 1914-1918 war casualties and one for 1939-1945 war casualties, buried in this cemetery. The Canadian Plot (containing also New Zealand and South African graves) and the Australian Plot are marked by small obelisks bearing incised crosses. The area covers approximately 65 acres.

FOUNTAIN H. E.

3974 Corporal Harold Ernest Fountain

2/4th Battalion, Princess Charlotte of Wales's (Royal Berkshire Regiment) (Territorial Force), 184^th Brigade, 61^st (2^nd South Midland) Division.

Shown as a Lance Sergeant living at Clewer in the Reading Mercury of 12 Aug 1916.

Killed in Action Wednesday, 19th July 1916; Age 36 in France and Flanders

Laventie Military Cemetery, La Gorgue, Nord, France; Grave Reference: II. G. 16.

See Laventie Military Cemetery Notes.

FRANCIS C.

C/680 Rifleman C E Francis

16^th (Service) Battalion (Church Lads Brigade), King's Royal Rifle Corps, 100^th Brigade, 33^rd Division.

Son of Mrs. E. Francis, of 10, Jutland Lane, Clewer, Clewer Green, Windsor.

Died on Saturday, 15th July 1916. Age 31; in France and Flanders.

Caterpillar Valley Cemetery, Longueval, Somme, France; Grave Reference: XV. B. 3.

See Caterpillar Valley Cemetery Notes.

FREEMAN G. (C?)

Unable to see match in either C or G Freeman in CWGC or Soldiers Died. [Not identified in Clewer Archive by Ken Shepherd.]

FRESTON H. R.

Second Lieutenant Hugh Reginald Freston

3^rd Battalion, attached 6th (Service) Battalion, Princess Charlotte of Wales's (Royal Berkshire Regiment), 53^rd Brigade, 18^th (Eastern) Division.

Son of Reginald Henry Brettingham Freston and Elizabeth Mathilde Freston, of Worthen, Shrewsbury. Author of "The Quest of Truth," and other poems.

Died on Monday, 24th January 1916. Age 25 in France and Flanders.

Grave Reference: I. E. 16.

See Becourt Military Cemetery Notes.

FULLER E.

PO/2397 Marine Ernest Alfred Fuller

1^st Battalion, Royal Marine Light Infantry, Royal Marine Brigade, 63^rd (Naval) Division.

Son of Mary Fuller, of The Post Office, Clewer Green, Windsor, and the late Benjamin Fuller.

Died on Sunday, 29th September 1918, Age 30 in France and Flanders.

Grave Reference/ Panel Number: Panel 1

See Vis-en Artois Memorial Notes.

(late entry)

636359 Private George Fuller

Labour Corps

Husband of Kate Fuller, of 1, Box Grove, Dedworth Green, Windsor

Died on Wednesday, 23rd February 1921. Age 47 at Home.

Grave Reference: In North-West part. C/62

Formerly 14170 5th Dragoon Guards (Princess Charlotte of Wales's). Not in CWGC register. [Not identified in Clewer Archive by Ken Shepherd.]

GARLAND F.

8489 Lance Corporal Frederick Garland

1st Battalion, The Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry, 17^th (Indian) Brigade, 6^th (Poona) Division.

Windsor/Browndown/Windsor

Died 22 July 1916 in Mespotamia

Basra Memorial, Iraq; Panels 26/63.

See Basra Memorial Notes

GARWOOD A. L.

72328 Bombardier Arthur Lionel Garwood

85th Small Arms Ammunition Column, Royal Field Artillery

Son of Henry Waite Garwood and Isabella Garwood, of 37, Bexley Street, Windsor.

Died on Monday, 24th December 1917. Age 21, in Egypt

Cairo War Memorial Cemetery, Egypt. Grave Reference: O. 81.

This cemetery is within the Old Cairo cemetery area, which is situated approximately 5 kilometres south east of the centre of Cairo.

(late entry)

24679 Private Arthur Goatley

7^th (Service) Battalion, Princess Charlotte of Wales's (Royal Berkshire Regiment), 78^th Brigade, 26^th Division.

Son of James and Sarah Goatley, of Chaddleworth, Wantage; husband of Alice Goatley of 5, Bell Cottages, Clewer, Windsor.

Killed in Action Monday, 23rd April 1917. Age 31, in Salonika.

Karasouli Military Cemetery, Greece; Grave Reference: E. 1102.

[Not identified in Clewer Archive by Ken Shepherd.]

GODDARD S.

9485 Private Stephen Goddard

2nd Battalion, Princess Charlotte of Wales's (Royal Berkshire Regiment), 25^th Brigade, 8^th Division.

Resident St Leonards Road, Windsor.

Killed in Action 9 May 1915 in France and Flanders

Ploegsteert Memorial, Berks Cemetery Extension, Ploegsteert, Belgium; Panels 7/8.

See Ploegsteert Memorial notes

3257 Private William Goddard

Coldstream Guards

Son of the late Mrs. Harriet Goddard; husband of Mary A. Goddard, of 3, Waterloo Square, Spital, Windsor.

Killed in Action Thursday, 29th October 1914, Age 35 in France and Flanders

Panel Number: Panel 11

See Menin Gate notes.

11739 Private Francis Goodall

2nd Battalion, Princess Charlotte of Wales's (Royal Berkshire Regiment)

Clewer/Reading/Wokingham

Killed in Action Saturday 1 July 1916 in France and Flanders

Ovillers Military Cemetery, Somme, France; Grave Reference: XIII. Y. 6.

See Ovillers Military Cemetery Notes

GOLDSWAIN F W.

70823 Private Francis William Goldswain

"C" Squadron, Berkshire Yeomanry, 6^th (Mounted) Brigade, Yeomanry Division.

Son of Mr. and Mrs. F. Goldswain, of 1, Rose Villa, Arthur Road, Windsor.

Died on Wednesday, 21st November 1917; Age 22 in Palestine.

Jerusalem War Cemetery, Israel; Grave Reference: D. 32.

See Jerusalem War Cemetery Notes.

GOODCHILD C.

9036 Lance Corporal Charles John Goodchild

2nd Battalion, Princess Charlotte of Wales's (Royal Berkshire Regiment), 25^th Brigade, 8^th Division.

Clewer/Maidenhead/Windsor

Died of Wounds 25 October 1916 in France and Flanders

Pier II, Face D.

Thiepval Memorial notes

(late entry)

4th Battalion, Grenadier Guards, 4^th Brigade, 31^st Division.

Son of Thomas Edwin and Mary Jane Leigh Gower, of 4, Park Place, Spital, Windsor.

Died on Saturday, 13th April 1918; Age 26 in France and Flanders

Ploegsteert Memorial, Comines-Warneton, Hainaut, Belgium Grave Reference/Panel Number: Panel 1

See Ploegsteert Memorial details

11782 Lance Corporal Edward Gray

2nd Battalion, Princess Charlotte of Wales's (Royal Berkshire Regiment)

Clewer/Reading/Windsor

Died of Wounds Tuesday 6 March 1917 in France and Flanders

Hem Farm Military Cemetery, Hem-Monacu, Somme, France; Grave Reference: I. G. 12.

[Not identified in Clewer Archive by Ken Shepherd.]

GROVES A. W.

9643 Serjeant A W Groves

6th (Service) Battalion, Bedfordshire Regiment, 112^th Brigade, 37^th Division.

India/Bermuda/?

Died on Monday, 6th August 1917 in France and Flanders.

Derry House Cemetery No. 2 , Wytschaette (now Wiijtschate), Heuvelland, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium; Grave Reference: I. D. 1.

See Derry House Cemetery No 2 Note.

GROVES J.

28783 Private John Isaac Groves

5^th (Service) Battalion, Princess Charlotte of Wales's (Royal Berkshire Regiment), 35^th Brigade, 12^th (Eastern) Division.

Son of Anne Jane Groves, of 2, Box Grove, Dedworth Green, Windsor, and the late William Groves.

Killed in Action Friday, 13th July 1917; Age 29; in France and Flanders

Arras Memorial, Arras, Pas de Calais, France Panel Number: Bay 7

See Arras Memorial Notes

HABGOOD G. E.

15324 Private George Edward Habgood

10th (Service) Battalion, West Yorkshire Regiment (Prince of Wales's Own), 15^th Brigade, 17^th (Northern) Division.

Son of Mary Elizabeth Habgood, of 36, Bexley Street, Windsor.

Died of Wounds on Wednesday, 5th July 1916; Age 21 in France and Flanders.

Abbeville Communal Cemetery, Somme, France. Grave Reference: IV. C. 14.

See Abbeville Communal Cemetery Notes.

HABGOOD F. A.

J/5218 Leading Signalman Frederick Albert Habgood

HMS Victory, Royal Navy

Son of Mary E. Habgood, of 36, Bexley Street, Windsor, Berks, and the late Albert Habgood.

Died on Tuesday, 22nd October 1918. Age 25 at Home.

Haslar Royal Naval Cemetery, Hampshire, United Kingdom; Grave Reference: B. 14. 8.

Gosport is a fortified seaport, parish and market town in the south of Hampshire, occupying a peninsula on the western side of Portsmouth Harbour.

HAM R. F.

411 Sergeant Frederick Robert Ham

1/4^th Battalion, The Hampshire Regiment (Territorial Force), 30^th (Indian) Brigade, 12^th (Indian Division.

Son of William and Elizabeth Ham, of Toddon Villa, Windsor, Berks.

Killed in Action Saturday, 24th July 1915; Age 29; in Mesopotamia

Basra War Cemetery, Iraq Grave Reference: II. R. 10.

Basra is a town on the west bank of the Shatt-al-Arab, 90 kilometres from its mouth in the Persian Gulf.

200634 Private Frank Ham

1/4^th Battalion, The Hampshire Regiment (Territorial Force)

Clewer/Aldershot/Alton, Hampshire

Died Tuesday, 30th January 1917; in Mesopotamia

Baghdad (North Gate) War Cemetery, Iraq; Grave Reference:XXI. W. 26.

[Not identified in Clewer Archive by Ken Shepherd.]

HATCH H.

9656 Private John Hatch

1^st Battalion, Princess Charlotte of Wales's (Royal Berkshire Regiment), 6^th Brigade, 2^nd Division.

Son of Mr and Mrs Hatch of Clewer.

Killed in Action Friday, 29th January 1915 in France and Flanders. Age 19.

Le Touret Memorial, Pas de Calais, France; Panel Number: Panel 30

See Le Touret Memoria Notes

HARMAN P. E