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CROYDON AND THE GREAT WAR
Town Hall, Croydon
From the official Photograph, 1896, in commemoration of its opening
by the Prince of Wales (King Edward VII.)
^CROYDON AND THE
GREAT WAR
The Official History of the War Work of the Borough
and its Citizens from 19 14 to 1919
TOGETHER WITH
The Croydon Roll of Honour
Edited by
Ald. H. KEATLEY MOORE,
B.A., B.MUS., J.P.
Honorary Freeman of the Borough ; Mayor from 1906 to 1908
Assisted by
W. C. BERWICK SAYERS,
F.L.A. (HONS.)
■Chief Librarian ; Author of " Samuel Coleridge-Taylor, Musician," etc.
WITH ILLUSTRATIONS AND PORTRAITS
Prepared under the direction
and at the cost of the Corporation
of Croydon and pubUshed at the
Central Public Library,
Town Hall, Croydon.
1920
CONTENTS.
Part One— INTRODUCTORY
Page
Chapter I. Introduction . . . . , . . 13
„ II. The Course of Events in Croydon during the War 18
„ III. Croydon County Borough Council, 1914 to 1919 47
Part Two— THE MILITARY RECORD
Chapter I.
II.
III.
IV.
V.
VI.
VII.
VIII.
IX.
X.
XI.
XII.
XIII.
XIV.
Before the Great War
The Queen's .
The Fourth Queen's
The I /4th Queen's .
The 2/4th Queen's .
The 3 /4th Queen's .
The 4/4th Queen's .
The Fourth Reserve Queen's
The 69th Provisional Battalion (The 19th Queen's)
The Surrey (Queen Mary's Regiment) Yeomanry
( " C " Squadron ) .
The South Eastern Mounted Brigade ; Transport
and Supply Column, A.S.C.
The National Reserve .....
The Volunteers ......
The Boy Scouts ......
57
59
61
6S
70
79
88
90
91
93
98
100
102
116
Part Three— SEMI-MILITARY SERVICES
Chapter I. Recruiting .......
„ II. The Military Tribunals
,, III. Munitions Work, and War Work of the Electricity
Committee ......
125
133
Part Four— THE CIVILIAN FORCES
Chapter I.
II.
., III.
IV.
The Croydon Sub-Division of the " W " Division
of the Metropolitan Special Constabulary
The Thornton Heath and South Norwood Sub-
Division of the M.S.C
The Women Patrols .....
The Fire Brigade ......
137
150
156
157
Part Five— HOSPITAL, AID & RELIEF
SERVICES
Pa^e
Chapter I.
Medical and Hospital Services .
. 163
II.
Croydon War Hospital Supplies Depot
• 173
III.
Croydon War Supplies Clearing House
175
IV.
Mayor's Committee
180
V.
War Pensions Committee .
184
VI.
Mayoress's Needlework Committee
191
, VII.
Mayoress's War Fund Committee
194
, VIII.
Mayoress's Flag Day Committee
195
IX.
Belgian Refugees Fund
197
X.
Soldiers' and Sailors' Recreation Rooms
200
XI.
Croydon Local Central War Savings Committee . 204
, XII.
Croydon District Association of Voluntary
Organizations ....
. 208
Part Six— FOOD AND FUEL
Chapter I,
The Allotments Movement
. 213
II.
National Kitchens ....
. 217
HI.
The Control of Food
219
„ IV.
Women's Land Army
. 227
,
V.
The Control of Fuel and Light .
228
Part Seven— VICTORY
Chapter I. Armistice Day
„ II. Peace Day
235
237
THE CROYDON ROLL OF HONOUR
The Glorious Dead 247
Military Honours ........ 424
Returned Prisoners-of-War ....... 434
LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS.
(Excluding the Roll of Honour.)
Page
I. — Town Hall, Croydon ; from the official photograph, 1896,
in commemoration of its opening by the Prince of Wales
(King Edward VII). . . . . . . Frontispiece
2. — ^Alderman Frank Denning, J.P., First War-Mayor (Nov.,
1913, to Feb., 1916) ....... 20
— Mrs. Denning (Mayoress, Nov., 1913 to Feb., 1916) . 21
— Ruined Houses in Beech House Road ; Zeppelin Air-raid
(13th Oct., 1915) 28
, — Ruined Houses in Edridge Road ; Zeppelin Air-raid
(13th Oct., 1915) 29
Alderman Howard Houlder, D.L., J.P., Second War-
Mayor (Feb., 1916 to Nov., 1919) ; Hon. Freeman of the
Borough, 1920 ......
Nov.,
Police
Mayor
32
33
34
35
46
47
7. — Mrs. Howard Houlder (Mayoress, Feb., 1916 to
19 iq) ; Hon. Freeman of the Borough, 1920 .
8. — Searchlights at Croydon ; Winter of 19 17- 18 .
9. — Firing Maroons as warning for Air-raid, at Croydon
Station .......
10. — Councillor Charles Heath Clark, J.P., " Peace "
(from Nov., 1919) .....
II. — Mrs. Heath Clark (Mayoress from Nov , 19 19)
12. — ^JoHN Montague Newnham, O.B.E., D.L., LL.D., B.A.,
Town Clerk from Sept., 1913 ; Hon. Lt.-Colonel, i Vol.
Bat., The Queen's 48
13. — Councillor Percival George Allen Cosedge, East Surrey
Regiment (died on active service in France, i6th Dec, 1914) 52
14. — Councillor Captain John Cyril Crowley, M.A., i/4th
Queen's (killed in action in Alesopotamia, nth Sept., 1916) 53
15.— (i) R. Vfitch Clark, M.A., M.B., Ch.B., B.Sc, D.P.H.,
Medical Officer of Health ; (2) Wm. Gunner, Borough
Treasurer ; (3) J. H. McCall, F.S.A.A., Borough
Accountant ; (4) James Smyth, Clerk to the Education
Committee ........ 54
16. — (i) Edward F. Morgan, Borough Road Surveyor ; (2) Tho.s.
BoYCE Goodyer, O.B.E., A.I.E.E., Tramways Manager ;
(3) Samuel Jacobs, Assistant-Town Clerk ; (4) Albert
C. GowER, Chief Clerk, Town Clerk's Department. . 55
17. — Addiscombe College : Main Front (Hon. East India Com-
pany, 1S09-1861) ....... 58
18. — Addiscombe College : North Front (Hon. East India Com-
pany, 1809-1861) ....... 59
Page
19. — Lord Roberts presenting the Colours to the Fourth Queen's
on^Duppas Hill ........ 60
20. — Alderman Sir Frederick Thomas Edridge, D.L., J.P., Hon.
Colonel, Fourth Queen's ; Mayor, 1890 — 92, 1894 — 96,
1902 ; Hon. Freeman of the Borough .... 61
21. — Mobilisation of the Fourth Queen's, Croydon Barracks,
Sth August, 1914 ....... 64
22. — Mobilisation of the Fourth Queen's, London Road, Croydon,
5th August, 1 914 ....... 65
23. — Colonel Norman Edward Cutler, i/4th Queen's . . 68
24. — Lt.-Colonel S. D. Roper, i/4th Queen's and 2/4th Queen's . 69
25. — Lt.-Colonel Harold R. Atkins, i/4th Queen's . . 76
26. — Welcome Home to the i/4th Queen's (15th Nov., 1919) . 77
27. — Lt.-Colonel Utten Lamont Hooke, 3/4th Queen's (Jell in
France, 2ist June, 1917) ...... 80
28, — Major (Acting Lt.-Colonel) Kenneth Allan Oswald,
D.S.O., 3/4th Queen's 81
29. — Inspection of the 4/4th Queen's at Crowborough by Col.
Sir Frederick T. Edridge, D.L., accompanied by the
Mayor (Aid. Houlder) and the Town Clerk ... 82
30. — The 4/4th Queen's at Crowborough ; group of Officers ;
left to right — Captain Chard, the Town Clerk, the Mayor,
Col. Sir Frederick Edridge, Group-Commander Col.
Gloster, and Major Kenneth William Elder, CO. . 83
31. — Major Stanley R. Docking, T.D., CO. Croydon Column
S.E. Mounted Brigade, Transport and Supply Column
A.S C 94
32. — Major John Edward Fox, T.D., J.P. (Alderman) ; Mayor,
Nov., 1908 to Nov., 1910 ; First CO. of Croydon Column
S.E. Mounted Brigade, Transport and Supply Column,
A.S.C 95
33. — Croydon National Reservists being inspected at Guildford
by F.M. Lord Roberts (May, 191 1) .... 100
34. — Major James Petrie, O.B.E., CO. ist Volunteer Battalion,
The Queen's ........ loi
35. — Bombing practice : ist Volunteer Battalion, The Queen's . 108
36. — Machine Gun Team : ist Volunteer Battalion, The Queen's 109
37. — Councillor Colonel John Franklin Worlledge, District
Commissioner, Croydon Boy Scouts . . . .118
38. — Captain David Barrie, H.L.L, Recruiting Officer for
Croydon . . . . . . . . .119
39. — Recruiting Procession (Derby Scheme), Croydon, 2nd
October, 1915 ........ 122
40. — Colonel Frank William Chatterton, CLE., J.P., Military-
Representative for Croydon Military Tribunals . . 123
41 .—Alex. C Cramb, M.LE.E., M.I.Mech.E., Borough Electrical
Engineer ......... 134
42. — Assistant Commander Henry Craven Swaine, in command
of Croydon Special Constabulary . . . . . 135
43. — (i) Water Tower, Croydon, Observation-Post of Special
Constabulary ; (2) Altazimuth . . . . .138
Page
44. — Miss Rhoda Brodie, M.B.E., Patrol Leader, Croydon
Women-Patrols . . . . . . . -139
45. — Councillor Thomas W. Wood Roberts, Chairman, Fire
Brigade Sub-Committee (Auxiliary Fireman, Croydon
and London ; Special Constable) . . . .160
46. — John William Dane, Chief Officer, Croydon Fire Brigade. 160
47. Colonel H. E. Deane, R.A.M.C., Officer Commanding,
Croydon War Hospitals . . . . . . i6o
48. — Lady Edridge, Hon. Freeman of the Borough, 1920 . . 161
49. — Exterior of " The Crescent " War Hospital (Borough
Secondary Schools) . . . . . - .164
50. — One of the wards of " The Crescent " War Hospital
(Borough Secondary Schools) . . . . .165
51. — Coffer of 17th century pattern, made for the War
Supplies Clearing House Red Cross Auction by R. F.
CoLAM, K.C., Recorder of Croydon .... 172
52. — Councillor Francis Allen, M.B.E., J.P., War Pensions
Committee ........ 173
53. — Mrs. Redfern, who received from the King of the Belgians
the Medaille de la Reine Elizabeth in recognition of work
in Croydon for Belgian refugees ; and who was also on
many War Committees ...... 208
54. — Mrs. Colchester, M.B.E., Croydon War Savings Com-
mittee, etc. ........ 209
55. — Mark B. F. Major, Founder of the Croydon Vacant Lands
Cultivation Society ....... 224
56. — George Fearnley Carter, M.Inst.C.E., Borough Engineer,
Surveyor and Water Engineer ; Local Fuel Overseer . 225
57. — Peace Celebration Day (19th July, 1919), Street Procession.
Naval Contingent, heading the Procession . . . 242
58. — Peace Celebration Day (19th July, 191 9), Street Procession.
School Girls ........ 243
59. — (i) The Hon. Editor : Alderman H. Keatley Moore, J.P.,
B.A., Mus. Bac ; Mayor, Nov., 1906 to Nov., 1908 ; Hon.
Freeman of the Borough ; (2) The Assistant Editor :
W.C. Berwick Sa\'ers, F.L.A. (Hons.), Borough Librarian ;
1/12 Surrey Vol. Regt., and i Vol. Bat., The Queen's . 244
Note. — The portraits which illustrate the Roll of Honour appear on
numbered plates I. — XXXVI. which are included in the Roll itself.
The references at the end of some of the entries in the Roll form the
index {e.g., " Plate XXIX., 5, " means that the fifth portrait on
plate XXIX. is that of the subject of the entry ^
The portraits also include a few of living soldiers, amongst whom
are {Councillor) S.Sgt.J. A. Clarke, V.,i, and 2nd Air Mech. A. J.
Clarke, R.A.F., VI., 5, and others from whose names reference is
similarly made in the list of Naval and Military Honours .
Part One
INTRODUCTORY
I. Introduction
Without doubt the World War of 4th August, 1914 to nth
November, 1918, was the greatest crime in history. Look at
it which way you will, the length and magnitude of Germany's
preparation, the subtlety and meanness of her espionage, her
colossal lying, her inhuman brutality, her callous shamelessness
towards friend and foe alike, her reckless defiance of all decency,
her innumerable and in many cases indescribable cruelties to
old men, women and children, prisoners and wounded, her
diabolical inventions of air- warfare, and of the still more infamous
submarine warfare (waged not only against our naval and
mercantile marine but also against peaceful fishermen, ordinary
civilian crews and passengers, nay even, though it sound
incredible, against hospital ships), and the wholesale use of
poison-gases and well-poisonings, made up together an immense
villainy too bad for adequate description, a heap of iniquity too
colossal to grasp, the fierceness and especially the unexpectedness
of which nearly overthrew the world. Even the failure of
Germany leaves us maimed and exhausted, though our spirit
is undaunted ; for as the Duke of Wellington always declared,
*' Nothing is more horrible than a Victory, except a Defeat."
In naming nth November, 1918, the date of the armistice >
as the end of active war, we may indeed be called to account ;
for even when Peace with Germany was signed on 28th June,
1919, and even when, after many vicissitudes it was ratified on
loth January, 1920, war was still active in many quarters of the
world, and it will be long subsequent to the pubHcation of this
book before peace with Germany's many accomplices can be
achieved.
Englishmen stood shoulder to shoulder in this gigantic
life-and-death struggle, and the blows England dealt were heavy
with the weight of the whole nation.
Croydon sent 25,000 men to the War, and 2,500 of these,
alas, never came back ; 10,000 returned wounded, and they and
the unwounded (the more fortunate remaining half of Croydon's
fighters) received many medals and honours for their bravery^
besides having acquired the esteem and admiration of their
fellow citizens.
Every town has, published or unpublished, its Roll of
Honour ; and behind its contribution to the military, naval, or
air forces engaged at the front, or supporting the actual
14 CROYDON AND THE GREAT WAR
combatants, it has a noble record of money raised and supplies
sent and work done by non-combatants ; by the weak, the
middle aged, the old, and above all by the women ; without
which support the armies in the field could not have won
through.
As regards the Roll of Honour it is more than three years
ago that the Chief Librarian suggested to the Libraries
Committee the necessity of compiling a record of every Croydon
man and woman who had sacrificed life for King and Country
in the Great War, or who had won naval or military honours . The
Town Council unanimously adopted the proposal and the Roll
of Honour was at once started. It is only just that I should
record here the large share in this work performed so excellently
by the Deputy Librarian (Mr. H. A. Sharp) ; by the former
Deputy Librarian (Mr, John Warner, now the Librarian of
Newport, Monmouth) ; by Miss Kathleen Snow, and especially
by the Reference Librarian (Mr. L. Roy McColvin). An
attempt was made to add a list of the wounded to our list of
honours to the living and to our glorious melancholy list of the
noble dead, but the difficulties proved altogether insurmountable,
and it had to be abandoned.
At the Croydon Council Meeting on 21st July, 19 19, the
Chairman of the Libraries Committee (Councillor J. O, Pelton)
proposed that an account of the military activities of Croydon
men at home and on the various battle-fronts, and further a
history of what we civihans did and suffered in Croydon, and
the efforts we made to support the army and the country during
the War should be added to this Roll of Honour, and that the
whole should be published as the record of Croydon in the War.
His proposal was unanimously adopted, and the work was
entrusted to the Libraries Committee, with the Chief Librarian
(Mr, W, C. Berwick Sayers) as secretary and sub-editor ; and
the great honour of the editorship of the whole was placed upon
my own shoulders. The Mayor (Alderman Howard Houlder),
the Town Clerk (Dr, J. M, Newnham), and the Borough
Accountant (Mr. J. H. McCall) kindly joined the Chairman in
the small Editorial Committee then formed ; and those
responsible for the several divisions of the town's war- work
took much trouble to give us particulars of the activities over
which they so efficiently presided. [After November, 1919,
the new Mayor, Councillor C. Heath Clark, also came to our
assistance.]
To keep the book within reasonable dimensions we have
condensed our record to the extreme limit, but we hope we have
not destroyed its interest. And those who wish for fuller details
INTRODUCTION 15
(especially as to the Roll of Honour) are referred to the Reference
Library at the Town Hall, where the full text of the whole work
as originally compiled may be inspected.
We have wished to show that Croydon had a worthy military
history and that her own regiment " The Queen's " maintained
in this last great test an already glorious record. The prowess
of our Croydon Yeomanry and Croydon A.S.C. men must also
be properly narrated with due acknowledgment. These and the
Roll of Honour were to be the cardinal features of the book.
But we desired to do more ; to give as faithful a picture as might
be of the state of our town in war-time, and especially to show
that those who stayed at home threw themselves ardently into
every kind of work that would help the fighters, maintain civil
order, and provide for the many needs that a war inevitably
brings with it, in war-manufactures, in the provision of clothing,
money, food and fuel. A glance through the list of contents
will show what has been included.
There are, I fear, omissions from the work. For example,
we have found it impossible to give more than a passing reference
to the work of all the churches for the country in its hour of
need. A volume might be written on that work alone, and all
people must be grateful for it ; but such a record seemed beyond
the scope of this book. Other matters of much private and
public interest, such as the work of individual firms, the coming
forward of the women to take the place of men in business
houses, on the railways, on the trams, on the farms, in the Army
as W.A.A.C.'s, in the Navy as W.R.N. S.'s, in War hospitals as
V.A.D.'s, in the Police as Women Patrols, and in many ways
not before generally deemed to be within the scope of women's
work or possible to women's nerves or physical strength — these
things receive only a brief mention.
The gathering of the material, and the collating and bringing
it into a literary form has been arduous, but it has been a labour
of love. We deeply regret that artistic difficulties have prevented
us from reproducing all the photographs which were kindly
sent us by the sorrowing relatives of those who laid down their
lives for us. We can assure them, and our readers, however,
that we have published the largest number possible.
There must be many shortcomings in a work of this
complexity, many omissions, and many errors. For these we must
throw ourselves upon the mercy of our readers, entreating them
to believe that we have done our best to obtain complete records,
availing ourselves of official documents wherever possible, and
of the exceedingly great kindness of many qualified persons who
checked the correctness of the facts we had brought together.
i6 CROYDON AND THE GREAT WAR
These good friends, who gave us so generously of their time,
must not, however, be chargeable with defects in the work as
produced. For the actual book as it stands I am responsible
(except the Roll of Honour, for which Mr. Sayers is exclusively
answerable), and I must bear the blame for all its imperfections.
These would have been far greater if it had not been for the
great amount of work Mr. Sayers has done, and for the fine
literary sense he has brought to my assistance. So much is
our work intermingled that no part can be said to be wholly
his or wholly mine.
I must be permitted especially to thank, for innumerable
services rendered to the book, the Town Clerk (Dr. J. M.
Newnham), the Borough Engineer (Mr. G. F. Carter), the
Borough Medical Officer (Dr. Veitch Clark), the Borough
Accountant (Mr. J. H. McCall), the Assistant Town Clerk
(Mr, S. Jacobs), the Chief Clerk in the Town Clerk's Department
(Mr. A. C. Gower), and the Clerk to the Education Committee
(Mr. James Smyth). And to all others of the Town Hall Staff,
who were always ready to take trouble over my queries, I tender
my best thanks ; every one was helpful and cordial. The help
received from all these gentlemen was continuous throughout
the work. Assistance in procuring special facts, and in checking
the following special chapters must be gratefully acknowledged
to the undermentioned ladies and gentlemen in regard to the
subjects following their names : The Mayor from 191 6 to
1920, Alderman Howard Houlder, and the present Mayor,
Councillor C. Heath Clark (Mayor's Committee, Military
Tribunals, etc.) ; The Chairman of the Libraries Committee,
Councillor J. O. Pelton (Croydon's Military Record before the
Great War) ; Colonel Phillipps, Secretary, Surrey Territorial
Force Association (The Queen's) ; Colonel N. E. Cutler
(The Fourth Queen's) ; Colonel N. E. Cutler, Lt. Col
S. D. Roper, Lt. Col. H. A. Atkins (The i/4th Battalion,
The Queen's) ; Captain and Adjutant P. C. Duncan, M.C,
(The 2/4th Battalion) ; Major (Acting Lieut. Col.) K. A.
Oswald, D.S.O. (The 3/4th Battalion) ; Major K. W.
Elder (The 4/4th Battahon) ; Lieut. Col. N. T. Rolls (Fourth
Reserve Queen's) ; Major Stanley R. Docking, T.D., Sergeant
McConnell and ex-Sergeant Latham (Croydon " C " Squadron
Surrey Yeomanry) ; Major T, E. Fox, T.D., and Captain
Brooks (Croydon Transport and Supply Column, A.S.C.) ;
Major James Petrie, O.B.E. (Volunteers) ; Colonel John F.
Worlledge (Boy Scouts) ; Assistant Commander H. C. Swaine
(Special Constabulary) ; Miss Rhoda Brodie, M.B E. (Women
Patrols) ; Councillor T. W. Wood Roberts and Chief Officer
John W. Dane (Fire Brigade) ; Dr. Edward H. Willock, Dr. J. J.
Redfern, Col. H. E. Deane, R.A.M.C, Dr. J. J. Douglas, and
INTRODUCTION 17
Miss Cooper (Medical and Hospital Services) ; Miss Edith Carr,
Mr. Jones, and Miss Cooper (Soldiers' and Sailors' Recreation
Rooms) ; Mrs. John Major (War Hospital Supply Depot) ; Mr.
Albert G. Norris and Mr. Leonard S. Rogers (War Supplies
Clearing House) ; Mr. Councillor Francis Allen, M.B.E., J.P.
(War Pensions Committee) ; Lady Edridge (Mayoress's Needle-
work Committee) ; Mrs. Houlder (Mayoress's Committees) ;
Mr, Bryan S. Harland and Mrs. Redfern (Belgian Refugees) ;
Mrs. Colchester, M.B.E. (Croydon Local Central War-Savings
Committee) ; Mr. Henry Berney (District Association of Volun-
tary Organizations, and many other chapters); Mr. A. C. Cramb
(Munitions Committee, etc.) ; Miss E. L. Hudson (Allotments
Movement) ; Councillor Arthur Peters, C.B.E., J.P., and Mrs.
T. W. Wood Roberts (National Kitchens) ; Mr. J. T. Tompkins
(Control of Food) ; and Mr. George F. Carter (Control of Fuel
and Light).
Acknovi^ledgment is also made to the various friends who
have lent photographs or blocks ; and to the various photographers
who have permitted the reproduction of the illustrations.
In addition to those whom I have named above, I have
also to thank many other kind and helpful friends whose names
I have not set down (for which they must forgive me, and must
by no means think me, therefore, unrecognizing towards their
services), and I beg them to believe that I am very grateful to
them for their assistance.
The record closes with an account of the rejoicings of
the Armistice (nth November, 1918) and the celebration of the
Peace with Germany (28th June, 1919) on the day appointed for
that glad ceremony (Saturday, 19th July, 1919) ; and last of all
we add a reference to the beautiful thanksgiving performance of
the " Messiah " at the Parish Church, on the following Tuesday
(22nd July, 1919). This solemn and reverent service, deeply
impressive to all who were privileged to attend it, fitly closed
(as far as Croydon is concerned) the commemoration of England's
escape from the greatest danger which ever beset her, and the
uprising of the whole civilised world from beneath the heel of
a blood-thirsty and debased tyranny.
H. KEATLEY MOORE.
Croydon,
March, 1920.
II. The Course of Events in
Croydon during the War
1914
Croydon was no more prepared for the world-calamity than
any other place in England. The murders at Serajevo on that
fatal Sunday, 28th June, 1914, had stirred the whole world,
but few outside Germany and Austria realized that the spark
had been set thereby to a train of events which were to lead to
world-conflagration before the end of the next month. We
knew, as July drew to a close, that intense communications of
the gravest import were passing between the European Powers ;
but we believed that by some means or other Sir Edward Grey
would accomplish the usual miracle, and keep us and Europe
out of war. Then came the news that the German Armies
were marching, and with the news the story of the violation
of Belgium, and almost immediately Great Britain declared war.
At first the enormous character of the catastrophe did not
dawn upon the average man. He knew that we were opposed
by the greatest military and the second greatest naval power on
earth ; but the statement did not then convey the appalling facts
that we now know. We knew only that the business was serious,
and as tale after tale came to us of the struggle for Liege, the fall
of that place, and the calculated savagery of the German advance
into Belgium, an advance in hordes such as the world had never
known, our people braced themselves for their greatest war
effort. There was bewilderment at first, but there was no panic.
Rather, in those early days, the motto was " business as usual."
Nor was there any war-fever, that enthusiasm which finds
expression in flag-flapping, cheering, boasting, and the singing
of patriotic songs. It was, as one acute observer remarked,
" a war without a cheer ; " it was too serious a matter : for
surely not one of us supposed that our *' contemptible little
army " of 170,000 men, which was on its gallant and glorious
way to Mons, could be more than the mere spear-head of the
great force that must follow it — from somewhere— if we were to
arrest the rush of the nine million men whom the Kaiser was
reputed to have set into motion. Everyone felt that sooner or
later he or his would be involved in the great vortex. Lord
Kitchener had been stopped on his way to Egypt, had taken
EVENTS IN CROYDON DURING THE WAR 19
his seat at the War Office as Secretary of State, and already had
issued his appeal for " one hundred thousand men " to enlist
for " three years or the duration of the War, whichever should
be the longer." Three years ! It seemed a life-time, an
impossible period. Three months had been our hope, and for
a time was our expectation, because even the German strategic
optimists, such as Von Bernhardi, had declared that Germany
could succeed only by a rapid overwhelming of Europe ; but the
great sphinx-like soldier statesman at Whitehall knew his task.
We had yet to learn ours.
With the history of the War in general we are not expected
to deal here, and in other pages of this work we treat of the
gallant deeds of the soldiers who went from Croydon, and of
the work of the many organizations which were called into
being by the developing necessities of our great days. Here we
are concerned only with the current of events in our own home-
town ; and even in that brief compass there is much that we
must pass over in our endeavour to preserve a characteristic
view of Croydon in war-days.
Anyone walking through Croydon streets on the day after
War had been declared, would hear that in the night a military
train had passed along the London, Brighton and South Coast
Railway, and had dropped guards, who were men drawn from
the City of London Volunteers, at bridges, signal boxes and
other vulnerable points ; there were sentries already in position
at water reservoirs, gas and electricity works and similar places.
Already, too, stories of spies were whispered, although so far as
We know, none were ever detected in Croydon. All wireless
Systems in private hands, and there were several in and around
Croydon, were dismantled. Grave-faced knots of people dis-
cussed the situation at every corner, and in every shop, office and
restaurant. If we enter the swimming bath we shall see the
swimmers stop to ask the new-comers if "there is anything
new." Moving quietly through the streets are Volunteers of
the Croydon National Reserve selecting and commandeering
horses and vehicles from firms who are considered to be able to
spare them. We hear, then, that the Territorials who are away
on Salisbury Plain in camp have been properly mobilized, and
all reserve men from the Post Office, the Gas Company, the
Corporation and many a firm have been called up. Next day
we learn that the train services have been severely restricted, all
cheap tickets being withdrawn ; a particularly hard matter for
those on holidays or about to take them. Some, indeed, may
have started on holidays at the fateful hour, but the holiday
spirit has gone from the air entirely, and is not to return for
many a weary day. We learn, too, that on the Continent all
passenger railway services for civilians have been suspended to
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allow the free and rapid movement of troops. Several Croydon
people are held up in Switzerland and elsewhere, without any
provision in some cases for a long stay, and with little prospect
of getting home again ; and are victims of the wildest rumours
of the German advance, the fall of Paris, and the invasion of
England. Their experiences fill many columns of the news-
papers of the day.
Yet a few hours, and the walls of the town were plastered
with the words, TO THE RECRUITING OFFICE, with huge
arrows all pointing the way. It was a day of intense voluntary
recruiting. Boys who left home in the morning convinced and
palpable civilians returned home to their apprehensive, but still
approving, families in the evening as convinced and palpable
soldiers in their khaki. And not a few who were no longer boys
went with them to take the " one day's pay " and sign the oath
of military allegiance. Men of forty-five persuaded recruiting
officers that they were " just thirty," in order " to do their bit,"
as the simple phrase for a great service fashioned itself in the
speech of the soldiers. Khaki became famihar in our streets ;
but soon even the khaki gave out, so great was the demand for
it, and men paraded in make-shift uniforms — particularly a vile
dark-blue uniform with a black forage cap. In fact England
was not prepared for equipping a vast army, and the whole of
the organization and materiel had to be improvised while the
army was growing. In these early days the Boy Scouts did
much useful work as messengers, in calling up the soldiers, etc.,
and two patrols of our Croydon Boy Scouts were dispatched in
the course of the month to patrol the Kent coast for forty-five
miles. During the first week the rifle clubs of the Croydon and
District League held a meeting to consider the best means of
promoting the national cause. At first the rifle ranges were
thrown open for practice, and out of the meeting just mentioned
sprang the volunteer movement which, so far as Croydon is
concerned, eventuated in the fine Volunteer Training Corps
with its successors the First and First-Twelfth battalions of the
Surrey Volunteers, who were finally amalgamated into the First
Volunteer battalion of the " Queen's " Royal West Surrey
Regiment. We tell of their doings upon another page. Already
too, the people were awake to the fact that war must bring
suff^ering at home and in the field, and schemes for relief were
soon under way.
The most prominent of such schemes was that great out-
pouring of private charity to which the King's son lent his name.
The Prince of Wales' Fund was initiated for Croydon by the
Mayor, Alderman Frank Denning, on yth August ; and within
a week ,^4,000 had been subscribed. It was intended to alleviate
Photo by \V. F. Skewes
Alderman Frank Denning, J.P.
First War-Mayor (Nov., 1913 to Feb., 1916)
Mrs. Denning
Mayoress, Nov., 1913 to Feb., 1916
Photo by K. Norton Collins
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the inevitable financial hardships of war, and, from first to last
Croydon raised ^(^21,108 in this way. People gave willingly
enough ; and it must not be forgotten that all the circumstances
in which men went to the Front differed enormously from those
prevailing in former wars. Many employers made allowances to
their men. The Government gave its employees who enlisted
their full pay while on service ; many banks did the same ;
corporations like that of Croydon gave half-pay to married men,
and third-pay to single men ; and many public and private
companies made similar provision ; but, even so, there were
many small employers who could not afford such assistance to
their workers, and the need for help from other sources was
widespread and real. There was a general determination, too,
that so far as was humanly possible the hardships of previous
wars should be reduced for the sailors and soldiers to the
minimum ; and the minimum indeed exceeded in horror all
previous human experience. The determination took practical
shape almost immediately in the formation of public and private
societies for making or otherwise providing comforts for the
forces. Meetings of these were held in various parts of the
Borough in connexion with the Churches — who worked for such
objects freely and selflessly throughout — and with many other
organizations. It was only August as yet, but the prevision of
the people was such that they were already making warm woollen
clothing, comforters, helmets, etc., against the coming winter.
The sick and wounded were to be prepared for too ; this seemed
a strangely serious business, but it was accepted cheerfully and
willingly by hundreds here as elsewhere. There was a little
overlapping, possibly a little confusion, at first, but all the work
was admirably apt, and was soon directed into well-organised
channels, as in turn the county, borough and village became
co-ordinate units in one large system of service.
Croydon was fortunate in the men who had the control of
her affairs. The Mayor, Alderman Frank Denning, was a man
of great courage, industry and initiative ; a self-made, self-
educated man, who had from humble beginnings built up the
large business of Welford's Surrey Dairies and was a controlling
force in many commercial concerns ; a man, too, who had also
built up a reputation for straight speech and high character. He
was the head of a Council which was of equally determined and
well balanced character, and which under his guidance threw
itself into all schemes of recognised value for the promotion of
the purposes of the War ; and behind these was the Town Clerk,
Dr. John Montague Newnham, who became chairman or honorary
secretary of a hundred movements for the general good, and
worked untiringly as their organiser, adviser, and executive
officer. We wish to emphasise the services of Dr. Newnham, as
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the work of the Town Clerk is quiet and unobtrusive and is too
often altogether overlooked ; and in doing so we do not forget
the admirable services — in, and, more often, out of office hours
— of the other principal officers and staff of the Corporation.
Everybody who could be spared from the staff, and that included
practically every eligible man, was encouraged to enlist, and
those who remained had anything but the '* cushy job " with
the possession of which most stay-at-home workers were credited.
That the work of the town was carried on smoothly is sufficient
tribute in itself to the Corporation and its officers.
Except for the extension of the activities we have mentioned
there is no startling fact to record for the first two or three
months of the war. An example of prevision must be mentioned
on the part of Mr. Mark Major, who on 15th August wrote to
The Croydon Times announcing that Mr. Douglas Young had
placed vacant land at the disposal of Croydon people for allot-
ments. This led to the whole allotments movement in which
the borough was to win the record of having the largest number
of plots under cultivation by amateurs in the country. The great
civilian force, the Special Constabulary, came into being in the
first month of the war, and actually held its first regular parade
on 1 6th August, when 130 men were inspected by Captain
Vincent. Our later pages tell of their invaluable work in detail ;
we need only say here that they were twitted frequently by the
unthinking in the earliest days, but the blue and white brassard
was soon accepted by the people, and when the days and
nights of air-raids were upon us, there were few who did not
recognise gratefully how efficient and meritorious were their
services. The smart specially-designed uniform which became
their regulation dress later on won a respect equal to that which
the Englishman bestows involuntarily upon that of the regular
constables ; and, in fact, a prominent Croydon magistrate
declared publicly that if he were contemplating a misdemeanour
he would rather attempt it in an area guarded by the regular
police than in one watched over by " Specials." Late in August
arrangements were made for the reception and maintenance of
numbers of Belgian refugees, who arrived in the first week of
September, and who received cordial hospitality in the days of
their exile here, the children being taken into many Croydon
homes.
All this time Captain David Barrie, Croydon's recruiting
officer, conducted a vigorous campaign from his headquarters
at Mitcham Road Barracks, the home of the old Royal Foot
Guards. Later this work was transferred to the Town Hall.
Parties of men left Croydon every morning. Amongst the first
to go were three members of the Council, Messrs. J. C. Crowley,
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P. G. A. Cosedge and John A. Clarke. Councillor Clarke, who
was on a motor holiday at the declaration of war, returned
immediately, and served in the Thornton Heath Special Con-
stabulary for about a month, becoming one of the first three
inspectors elected by the men, as was then the rule. In October
he enlisted in the R.A.S.C. (Remounts) as Farrier Sergeant,
and was promoted to Staff Sergeant later ; and before the end
of the month he went out to France in charge of twenty-two
shoeing smiths, settled down in the danger zone, and had the
unique experience of being shelled out of Poperinghe on his
fiftieth birthday. He has a fine record of strenuous and
responsible work, including the charge of a large forge at the
base, until September, 1918, when he was returned to England
and discharged as unfit. It is fair to add that he made no claim
against the Government on account of unfitness.
His colleagues, Messrs. J. C. Crowley and P. G. A. Cosedge
were not to return.
It was in October that the words " Roll of Honour," now
so sadly familiar to us, began to appear in the local newspapers.
Several Croydon men were lost when the Germans torpedoed
H.M. Ships " Aboukir," Hogue," and " Cressy " in the North
Sea ; and almost simultaneously the first of the Croydon school-
teachers to fall in the war gave his life on the battle-fields of
France — Lieutenant T. R. Bottomley, B.A., of the ist East
Yorkshire Regiment, a fine, promising young soldier-scholar.
These were the first of a very long list.
Sir Frederick Edridge had announced on August 27th that
the Fourth Queen's had been selected for foreign service. It
was some disappointment to them to learn that this was not to
be service on the Western Front, but in India, for which country
they departed on November 25th. The attitude of the home folk
towards the troops deserves commemoration. Parcels were sent
profusely and regularly containing things good to eat, cigarettes,
pipes and tobacco, things useful, and not a few things alleged to
be useful to soldiers by enterprising tradesmen. There is no
doubt that all this helped to sustain the men in their long, and
often wearisome and monotonous training.
One of the important social features of the later part of
1914 was remarked upon by the Borough Recorder, Mr. R. F.
Colam, K.C., in his address to the Grand Jur\' at the Quarter
Sessions in October, and that was the remarkable decrease in
crime which showed itself already and which continued until
the end of the war. This has been attributed to the rigorous
restrictions imposed upon the drink traffic during the war, and
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it may be that these restrictions did have their part in main-
taining the good record, but at the time the comment was made
by Mr. Colam the ordinary hours of public houses were still in
force. Others have ingeniously supposed that the adventurous
spirits who found an outlet for their energies in burglary and other
heinous offences, now found it in the struggle with the enemy.
We record the fact, and do not attempt to explain it.
It will be remembered that the Germans startled the world
in general and the people of Antwerp in particular by the bombing
of that city from the air by means of Zeppelins as early as August,
1914, A few may have anticipated the rapid and extraordinary
development both in power and in range of air-craft, but at this
time the majority of us were sceptical and not at all alarmed.
The Spectator assured us that it was hardly likely that Zeppelins
would be able to find their way to London, or even to travel so
far in view of the variability of weather conditions ; and Mr.
Winston Churchill was no less confident in his assurances, that
any Zeppelin which ventured into our skies would be attacked
by a veritable " cloud of hornets " in the shape of defending
aeroplanes. Still it was not long before precautions were quietly
taken which showed that in high quarters this assurance was not
completely shared. The middle of October, 1914, saw a very
drastic reduction in our street lighting as a precautionary measure
against aerial attack. It was not yet the " horror of darkness "
which came a year later, but by contrast with our brilliantly
illuminated streets of the immediate past, it was dismal enough.
Old residents told us that it resembled the " good lighting "
(by gas, of course) of fifty years before. The lighting was
further reduced in November, but was still sufficient for the
usual practical purposes.
Mr. Frank Denning was unanimously re-elected Mayor in
November. In an inaugural speech, in which he made no rash
promises, he pointed out the amount of work already done for
war-purposes, in the way of relief through the Prince of Wales's
Fund ; the Soldiers' and Sailors' Families Association ; the
Belgian Hostels, which already contained 500 refugees ; and the
Croydon General Hospital, where wounded soldiers were being
treated.
In December was held the first of the many " Flag Days "
which were a peculiar and picturesque feature of the whole of
war-time. They were a variant of the Queen Alexandra Rose
Day, initiated a few years before, on which charming ladies
dressed charmingly, stood at street corners, railway station
entrances and in other public places, with large trays of tiny
artificial wild-roses which they sold to very willing buyers at
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prices ranging from a penny to several pounds, and the proceeds
were devoted to the hospitals. To escape undue and irresistible
importunity, and to show that they have done their duty in
buying, the buyers wore their roses as a buttonhole. In similar
manner, on flag days ladies sold miniature paper flags that might
be worn on the lapel of the coat. Our flrst flag day, as was the
case everywhere else, was devoted to the relief of Belgium, the
land which had suffered most in the first days of the war, when
the Belgian flag was sold, and the takings amounted to ^£400.
In our chapter on the Mayoress' Flag Day Committee
(Part v., Chapter VIII.) we give a list of the many flag days and
their variants, and we need say no more here than that m general
they were cordially approved of by the people, and supported by
them, even when they were repeated so often that they became
weekly, or even half-weekly, occurrences. Through them much
private generosity was tapped which otherwise might not have
found so satisfactory an outlet.
Our first War Christmas was a sober one, although some of
the former festival spirit survived. The war situation was not
immediately menacing, but was obscure as to the future, and
we heard much of the cold and privations of the opposing armies
who now faced one another in the frozen trenches of t landers
and France. The Marne had been won, the German armies
had been pushed back to the Aisne, but a deadlock seemed now
to have set in, and the world was far too anxious to spend a
" merry Christmas." On Boxing Day we learned that the war
had taken its first toll of the Council and that Councillor Percival
George Allen Cosedge had died on active service, at No. 8
Casualty Clearing Station, on i6th December. He was only
thirty-sLx years of age, and had been an old Volunteer, and a
member of the Croydon National Reserve. He became a
Councillor in 191 2 and during the two years of his service had
given evidences of an able concern for the public welfare and
keen well-controlled powers of debate. At the outbreak of war
he joined the " B " Company of the 3rd East Surrey Regiment.
" His action in putting his name down as a Volunteer," writes
one of his colleagues, " was done with calm dehberation and a
clear appreciation of all the risks he ran, for the one sufiicient
reason that he conscientiously believed it to be his duty ....
He has died at an age when his character and talents were begin-
ning to be at their best, and would have been, as 1 well know,
freely and modestly placed at the service of those who were poor
and oppressed."
Looking back from the present to the first year of the war
it is curious to see how many prophecies were falsified by the
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event. A great shortage of food and money, unemployment,
bankruptcy generally, and much other disaster were prophesied,
but none of them came to pass. Later there were to be various
shortages, but none within measurable distance of those foretold.
I915
We need not dwell at length on the events of 191 5. It is
a record in which a brief summary may be made to serve for
intense and continuous activity. On 19th January the Special
Constabulary received and responded to the first of many
emergency calls. The same date was Khaki Day at Thornton
Heath when presents for the troops were given by five hundred
people. Large recruiting demonstrations were held from time
to time, a memorable one occurring on 22nd February, when Mr.
Will Crooks, M.P., made one of his characteristically vigorous
appeals to the patriotism of our young men. Other happenings
in Croydon make rather curious reading in the light of sub-
sequent knowledge. For instance, the cost of living had gone up
aggressively it seems, and a protest meeting on 25th March was
held at the North End Hall, when Mr. W. C. Anderson, M.P.,
and other speakers participated. " A few days ago," declared
Councillor Bradshaw, " the people of Croydon were paying
IS. lid. a cwt. for coal," and " Shame ! " cried the audience.
In fact all the necessaries of life had gone up 25 per cent, and the
meeting demanded that the Government should take control of
transport, fix maximum prices, and control food to prevent the
exploitation of the people. The advice of the meeting was
good, but the British Government moved slowly ; still, it did
move towards the policy which our meeting recommended, and
ultimately accepted every one of these demands. It should be
recorded that in the first years of the war certain articles of food
became scarce and this was in no small measure due to the
selfishness of people who hoarded supplies beyond their immediate
needs. In ordinary circumstances it was counted a virtue in a
housewife to keep a well-stocked store cupboard ; but war
transposes the values of things, and at a time of scarcity, the
hoarding of more than the individual needed at the moment
proved to be dangerously unpatriotic.
At the Council meeting a few days before, the first of the
war-bonuses had been given to the Corporation workmen as a
contribution towards the increased cost of living. The grant
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was 3^. weekly to men earning less than 30J. weekly, of 2s. for
those earning between 30^. and 355., and is. for those earning
from 355. to 40J.. The clerical and administrative staffs were
not included. At that same meeting a Councillor ventured to
forecast an unlikely event : *' Supposing," said he, " the war
lasted another six months ! " We were optimists still, it will be
observed.
• On 22nd April Princess Clementine Napoleon, cousin of
King Albert of Belgium, visited Croydon to receive gifts, the
collection of which had been organized by The Croydon Advertiser
and The Croydon Guardian (then separate newspapers) to be sent
to Belgian soldiers at the front. At the same time an appeal was
made by these journals and supported by the Mayor for a
" Croydon " ambulance for the Belgian armies, and this was
provided and sent out in due course.
Recruiting for the " Queen's " and for the army generally
continued for the whole first war year. It was at about May,
1915, that the traders everywhere were faced with the fact that
they would have to relinquish more and more of their men for
naval and military service. The voluntary system still persisted,
but the demands of the armies were straining it to breaking point.
Women were gradually replacing men at the railway stations,
in shops, and in business houses. This was in many cases a
complete innovation, but it was one forced upon the country by
the exigencies of the time, and one in which the women as a whole
justified themselves completely. On 17th May a Thornton Heath
woman, Mrs. Florence Earle Lamont, was killed at Ramsgate
in a Zeppelin raid. This was the first raid in which any Croydon
civilian resident is known to have been killed. In June over
2| tons of food, collected by the Primrose League, were sent
out for the prisoners of war in Germany. The same month
saw the notorious attacks on Lord Kitchener in connexion with
shell shortage. There was no doubt need of more ammunition
at this time ; and towards the end of the month an appeal was
made for persons to come forward as voluntary munition workers,
a large open air meeting being conducted by the Mayor in
Katharine Street on 29th June. Money was also required for
all war purposes, and it was now that the Government floated
its great War Loan, to which on the following Monday, 5th July,
the Council subscribed a first ^50,000. August brought us news
that the 2/4th Queen's, which had proceeded to the Dardanelles
in July had been in action and had suffered severely. Mention
must be made, too, of the curious but effective " no treating "
order which was enforced in Croydon, as elsewhere, from
nth October, an order which cancelled the right of any man to
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offer a friend intoxicating liquor on licensed premises. It was
probably the most intimate check on the individual will that the
Government contrived, and it could only be justified by necessity,
and by its success in achieving its object. Never was there
greater sobriety ; never was there less crime than in the years
when it was in force.
This, in the baldest summary is an outline of the events
in Croydon until October, an outline which conceals a mul-
tiplicity of good deeds, of sacrifices, of energy spent in one way
or another for the public good.
On the memorable night of the 13th October, Croydon
came as a town definitely into the war area. Zeppelins had
reached London in the spring of this year, and during September
they raided London on two consecutive nights. It was on the
second of the September raid nights that the " thud-thud " of
an airship's engines was first heard locally, approaching Croydon
from the north-west, disappearing as the machine passed over
South Norwood with engines shut off, and re-appearing in the
direction of Elmer's End as the Zeppelin went on her way
apparently to the mouth of the Thames. No public warning
had been given, the authorities having conceived the curious
notion that English people would be less liable to panic if danger
came upon them suddenly than they would be if they had notice
of its coming. One only gathered that " something was on "
from the sudden silence and comparative darkness that fell upon
the streets, and one missed the more distant sound of the trains,
which stopped during raids.
On 13th October a somewhat heavy Zeppelin attack was
made on London at a little before nine in the evening. Bombs
had been dropped near Trafalgar Square, and the attack passed
away. Soon after eleven o'clock a listener in Croydon heard
what he thought was the syphoning of a street gas-lamp, then
what appeared to be an exhausting of steam through a near-by
factory chimney, and then it seemed that a very heavy motor-
vehicle was drawing nearer up an adjacent street ; only, all the
time, he had an impression that the sound was from the air.
A few seconds later a flash from the sky, a sudden illumination
of the whole neighbourhood, a deafening explosion and violent
tremors of the ground showed that the German invaders had
actually reached Croydon. Explosions followed in rapid and
terrifying succession as the Zeppelin crossed over Addiscombe,
passed south and east of the London, Brighton, Railway line and
then throbbed away towards Woolwich. It has not been dis-
covered with certainty which way the airship approached ; but
Photo by WaLshams
Ruined Houses in Beech House Road
Zeppelin Air-raid (13th October, 1915)
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the general impression is that she had made an expedition to
attack an old powder-works near Guildford, which was marked
on the maps, and a few bombs were dropped outside the county
town without doing any serious damage. It is supposed that
she then followed the railway line towards London. Over
Croydon, the first great town on her route, her crew probably
imagined that they had reached London, and began to discharge
their bombs. Another theory is that the network of railway
lines at East Croydon Station and the munitions factory at the
corner of Cherry Orchard Road were the objects of the attack ;
but, if this is so, both objectives were missed, if only by a narrow
margin. To one in Addiscombe it seemed that the Zeppelin
approached from Waddon, picked up the railway, and then
followed it through Norwood Junction, turning south-east from
that point. The first bomb fell in Edridge Road, where two
houses were wrecked, and a mother and daughter who were in
bed in one of them were thrown, bedstead and all, into the
street, A baby boy in the other was pinned down by a falling
roof but wonderfully escaped injury. The second bomb was
far more disastrous in its effects. It fell on a house in Beech
House Road, where the household consisted of a father and three
sons, 10, 14 and 15 years of age, and a house-keeper. The bomb
went through the house, completely wrecking the building and
hurling debris long distances around. " I was fast asleep," said
the house-keeper, " when I heard an awful explosion which
awoke me. I seemed to spring from the top of the bed to the
bottom. Then I groped my way to the door, which I found was
on the floor. I stayed there because the side wall had fallen in
on the stairs and landing. I called out to the father, asking if
he was all right. He repUed ' I'm all right, but I can't move.'
The next thing I called for the boys. Only the elder one
answered." The fire brigade arrived, and the unfortunate
people were extricated. The youngest boy was dead when they
reached him, the second was dead when he reached hospital,
and the eldest died a little later from shock, while the father
was injured and in mental collapse from his terrible loss.
Other bombs fell in rapid succession. Three fell in one
road destroying all the windows far and nea;". A big splinter
from the bomb which did damage in Chatsworth Road caught
the main carrying the chief water supply of the town, where it
crosses the Railway ; fortunately it only cracked the pipe, had
it broken it Croydon would have been almost waterless, and the
railway dangerously flooded. The lights at Creed and Bille's
Factory had now been turned off, but the Zeppelin passed over
it, and discharged what seemed to be a shower of bombs a little
beyond it on Oval Road, destroying much property, shattering
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windows and furniture, and killing three people, a woman who
had taken refuge in a cellar, and two young men who were in
the street, one of them having run outdoors at the sound of the
first explosion. Another missile burst through " Glendalough,"
the house of Dr. J. H. Thompson, at the corner of Morland Road,
half demolishing it, but most fortunately not injuring anyone,
although Mrs. Thompson and others were in the house at the
time. The last effective bomb hit the upper story of a villa in
Stretton Road, with fatal results to three people, a mother, son
and daughter. A sad feature of the tragedy was that the husband,
a sergeant-major, and another son, a lieutenant, were both
away on active service. After this one more bomb was
dropped in Howard Road, but this failed to explode.
The noise of the exploding bombs was something that will
not easily be forgotten. We can only describe it as resembling
the crack of a thousand rifles and the clashing of a myriad titanic
cymbals, all heard simultaneously. It was indeed awful and
terrific.
Beyond the outstanding tragedies of the raid considerable
damage was done in the neighbourhood in which it occurred.
Fragments of steel were found imbedded in trees, in walls, and
deep in the ground, sometimes having pierced walls at some
distance. Particles of wood, plaster, and brick were scattered
everywhere, and minute fragments of glass seemed to have rained
on the pavement. The Fire Brigade, the Special Constabulary,
and the R.A.M.C. section of the Volunteers rendered invaluable
aid, and did much to alleviate the pain and to restrict the damage
caused by the visitation.
What may be called the era of darkness now set in.
" Darkness and composure " had long ago been prescribed as
the preventive against the Zeppelin, and this gradually became
an inflexible rule, rigidly required of the people. To read the
regulations of'D.O.R.A." in regard to lighting was to experience
a feeling of eeriness. Street lighting was so reduced that it
only made the general opacity more obvious and depressing, the
street lamps being so obscured that a circle of illumination about
three yards in diameter was carved out of the night upon the
ground, and no rays whatever were thrown upward. Every
house and other building was compelled to possess dark blinds
or have its lights shaded in order that no direct ray should emerge.
The results were inconvenient in the extreme. Such streets as
Katharine Street were tunnels of blackness on moonless winter
nights. When people were about one felt their presence very
literally by bumping into them ; one apologized, and immediately
EVENTS IN CROYDON DURING THE WAR 31
bumped into someone else. On nights of fog or mist one felt
one's way home rather than traced it. Later on, hand electric
flash lamps of low power were allowed to be carried ; these
lighted the way for their possessors, but they had an extremely
unpleasant effect on others ; one was in momentary danger of
temporary blindness by receiving the flash of one of these lamps
in one's eyes, sometimes as a result of accident, often as a result
of thoughtlessness or actual impertinence on the part of the
person carrying it. Frequent accidents of a minor kind occurred
in the darkness ; people collided with trees, posts, and other
street obstacles. One such accident occurred in North End when
a respected Alderman collided with a young lady, and to prevent
her falling backwards threw his arms around her. At that very
moment a motor 'bus passed and its lights were strong enough
to reveal the delicate situation. Whereupon the young lady
remarked, somewhat tartly we believe, " You are old enough to
know better." As no doubt the innocent well-meaning gentle-
man was.
To return to the chronicle of our doings. October, 1915
saw the beginning of " Derby " recruiting, and a local military
tribunal was appointed on 2nd November. We deal with the
energetic and very remarkable campaign elsewhere, which did
not indeed save England from the necessity of imposing con-
scription, but which, nevertheless, almost did so, and in any case
provided a sound foundation upon which the Military Service
Act of 1916 could be worked.
I916
The year 191 6 opened with a great loss to the town. On
7th February, the Mayor, Alderman Frank Denning, passed
away without warning, at his house. The Elms, Cargreen Road,
South Norwood, dying quietly in his sleep. He had attended
assiduously to his public work all through the previous week,
and had seemed in his normal health ; although looking at the
matter after the event, it seems that he taxed his strength in-
cessantly beyond endurance. He had served the town as
councillor and alderman for over thirteen years, and his broad
and statesmanlike abilities, his courage, frankness, integrity and
human sympathy, together with his invaluable work in the first
two war-years, have given him a place which is quite his own in
the history of Croydon. His death was mourned as a public
bereavement, and some months later his portrait was hung in
32 CROYDON AND THE GREAT WAR
the Town Hall, and on the wall opposite was placed a bronze
tablet with a simple and dignified inscription, as follows :
To the Memory of
FRANK DENNING
Alderman and Justice of the Peace
of this Borough
who served the office of
MAYOR
during the first eighteen months
(August 1 9 14 to February 191 6) of
THE GREAT EUROPEAN WAR
Elected Mayor loth November 191 3
died in office 7th February 191 6
He was distinguished throughout
his mayoralty by his assiduity and
devotion to duty both as a
PATRIOT AND CITIZEN
Mrs. Denning, who had shared his enthusiasms and public
services in a marked degree, survived him for little more than a
year, herself dying on i6th April, 191 7. Not only by their life
has Croydon benefited. They bequeathed the bulk of the
by no means inconsiderable fortune which Alderman Denning
had built up to trustees for the purposes of scientific and technical
education, especially for Croydon people.
Councillor (now Alderman) Howard Houlder, then chairman
of the Education Committee, was elected to the vacant office,
and as our second War Mayor it may be said that he fulfilled
amply the high expectations to which his election gave rise.
As chief magistrate, chairman of the Military Tribunal, advocate
for war-loans and for all funds for the support and comfort of
sailors and soldiers and their families, as an indefatigable social
worker in every field where influence was to be exercised for the
public good, the new Mayor succeeded completely ; and what
he began, with a thoughtful eloquent inaugural speech on the
2 1 St February, 191 6, he continued until November, 1919 ; for
he was re-elected no less than three times and held the office for
a longer continuous period than any of his predecessors. In all
this he was seconded completely by Mrs. Houlder, to whom he
has declared publicly is due the credit not only for much that he
accomplished, but also for many activities in which she herself
was the presiding spirit. Our ensuing pages will fully corroborate
him.
Fhut.il.y Howar
Alderman Howard Houlder, D.L., J. P.
Second War-Mayor (Feb., 1916 to Nov., 1919)
Hon. Freeman of the Borough, 1920
Mrs. Howard Houlder
Mayoress, Feb., 1916 to Nov., 1919
Hon. Freeman of the Borough, 1920
EVENTS IN CROYDON DURING THE WAR 33
The events of 19 16 may be summarised briefly. In May
the Government War Pensions Committee came into existence,
having for its province the administration of national pensions
for the fighters and their dependents, and much valuable
ameliorating work has resulted. The Derby recruiting scheme
came to an end altogether on 7th June, when there was an
extraordinary rush of men who preferred (as was promised if
they attested) to be regarded as volunteers and not as conscripts.
The day before the whole Empire and its Allies had been
shocked and saddened by the tragic death by drowning of the
master-soldier Earl Kitchener, the veritable creator of the great
voluntary armies. A memorial service was conducted by the
Vicar of Croydon (Canon White-Thomson) on 13th June.
A word may be said about the Daylight Saving Bill, which
became operative this year. Advocated long before the war by
the late William Willett, the suggestion that the clock should be
advanced one hour during summer months had not received the
enthusiastic support of the conservative Britisher. Germany,
however, being restrained by no democratic scruples, saw the
advantages of the plan, and imposed daylight-saving upon her
people quietly and effectively. England now followed suit, and
the result was to lengthen the light evenings for work, drilling,
gardening, and the other urgencies of the day. There were
objections from farmers who regarded the clock as a Divine
institution, and occasionally from mothers who found difficulty
in getting children to bed an hour before their usual time ; but
they did not counterbalance the obvious advantages of the new
system.
July found us with some apprehensions but with high hopes.
A great allied offensive began this month on the Western Front,
which we fondly believed would end the war. It led to terrible
and bloody fighting, as History has already recorded ; with such
splendid heroism as was shown in the abortive British attack
upon Gommecourt. We were concerned deeply, and yet we
were proud to learn that the East Surrey Regiment had taken a
prominent part in the opening of this " Great Push." The
quixotic, thoroughly British heroism of the East Surreys in
the attack on the Warren (near Montauban) will long be
remembered. Each platoon officer threw down a football and
called upon his men to play it forward, which they did
through a swathe of hostile machine gun fire and the enemy's
curtain of shrapnel, and shot their goals in the German line.
News came to us daily of gigantic battles fought and great deeds
done, and the roll of honour grew longer and longer in its
melancholy splendour ; so that before the year was ended
there was scarcely a Croydon home which the Angel of Death
had not visited.
34 CROYDON AND THE GREAT WAR
In 1 91 6 building came to a standstill everywhere. There
had been much development in the few years preceding, especially
in outer Addiscombe and in Norbury ; but from 1916 to 1919
we believe that not a single dwellinghouse was erected. This
was, of course, caused by the shortage of labour and materials,
both of which were needed for sterner purposes. With the
cessation of building there was also a cessation of road-making,
and of road-repairing on any sufficient scale. To do either was
an impossibility. Here were two of the most serious social
factors of the time, and it is safe to say that one year of inaction
in these things cannot be recovered in twice the time afterwards.
The collection of house-refuse, and a certain amount of street-
cleaning and watering were maintained, but only enough for
the preserving of the public health. And now that the War is
over. Government and the Municipality are making strenuous
efforts to make good the alarming deficiencies in housing
accommodation and in the state of the public streets ; but there
is still much leeway to be made up. A glance at the chapter on
Food Control will show how great are the movements of a
population such as that of Croydon, and the dearth of houses is
seen in its really serious aspect when it is related to the figures
given there. A certain drab character gradually descended upon
the town ; shop-fronts became dingy, houses almost dilapidated
looking, paint was lacking. It was a minor, but nevertheless,
a characteristic feature of war-time.
Zeppelin raids occurred several times during 191 6, one of
which was particularly startling, although no injury was done in
Croydon itself. The darkness of which we have already made
such feeling mention was our preserver, and it is said that the
town lights were so well obscured that Croydon could not be
seen from the sky. Even on moonlit nights, we are told, the
town presented the appearance of a wood, an illusion also partly
due to the leafy character of many of our streets. The raid of
which we were speaking was one in which the raiders passed
over Croydon, and dropped brilliant flares to illuminate their
route. Several such flares were seen over the Borough, but it
is said that they obscured the district immediately below while
showing what was well in front. However that may be, bombs
were dropped south of the town, and north also ; on Streatham
(where it must be said the street lighting was more generous
than in Croydon), and on several other parts of the road from
thence to London — Croydon escaped. On 3rd September,
many Croydon people saw what seemed to be the northern sky
on fire when the first Zeppelin to be destroyed in England fell
at Cuffley, beneath the attack of Lieutenant W. Lief Robinson ;
on the 23rd of the same month the sight was repeated when two
Zeppelins fell in flames, and again on ist October. We began
Photo by Lewis
Firing Maroons, as warning for Air-raid,
at Croydon Police Station
E\TENTS IN CROYDON DURING THE WAR 35
to believe that at last the authorities had found means to engage
the raiders, who hitherto had come and gone with perfect
impunity.
The Military Service Act had come into full operation on
25th May, 1 91 6, and in a very brief time all men between the
ages of 18 and 41 were either in the Army or Nav}', or had been
exempted upon sufficient grounds. To ensure that none should
evade military service occasional raids were made by the
authorities upon places of amusement in search of absentees.
One such was made in Croydon, on 8th September, but we are
glad to record that only one man was discovered who could not
then and there give a satisfactory account of himself.
We learned with deep regret that Captain John Cyril Crowley
had been killed in Mesopotamia on nth September, while
covering with his machine gun company the retreat of a raiding
party. He was a man greatly valued in the borough, as a member
of the Town Council, on which he served from 1909 as a represen-
tative of the Central Ward to the time of the outbreak of war,
as a business man (he was a member of the well-known Croydon
firm of brewers), as well as for his fine personal qualities.
Another Croydonian whose death in action this month was much
lamented was Lieutenant H. A. Link, son of Councillor Charles
Link (then Chairman of the Education Committee), in honour
of whom a memorial service was held at George Street Con-
gregational Church on 17th September. A royal visit was made
to Croydon, on 26th October, when Their Majesties the King
and Queen inspected the Croydon War Hospitals. On 9th
November, Mr. Howard Houlder, who had been made an
alderman a month earlier, was re-elected Mayor.
This review of the year omits many things ; for instance,
it makes no reference to the flag days, or the Y.M.C.A.'s Hut
week, which towards the end of the year realized ,(^6,200 ; nor
have we commented upon the fact that by October twenty-eight
of the panel doctors under the Croydon Insurance Committee
were away with the forces ; nor can we trace the innumerable
war-activities that were pursued daily in public and in private.
We may mention, however, that during the year much billeting
was done in Croydon. A labour battalion of the Bedfordshire
Regiment was sent here for training and was billeted in London
Road, Park Hill and Park Lane, with headquarters in Wellesley
Road ; and the Army Service Corps was stationed at South
Norwood and Upper Norwood. Khaki now dominated the
streets everywhere ; a young man in civilian clothes was rare ;
and men between forty and fifty who had perhaps hitherto
thought themselves middle-aged found that they had become the
young men of the home population.
36 CROYDON AND THE GREAT WAR
As regards the War the year had been one of high hopes and
much optimism, but had been disappointing in many ways.
In it was fought the great inconclusive Battle of Jutland, which
indeed proved that England still held the seas, but which was,
in the first instance, reported to our people in so abrupt a manner
that the impression of a defeat was given. The great offensive
of July on the Western Front had not swept the German armies
back across the Rhine as some had fondly hoped it would ;
the maximum depth of the British advance had been only three
miles, won at an appalling cost. But mihtary critics now say
that in reality it was the crushing blow which really meant
inevitable victory. Roumania had declared war on Germany on
27th August, and we believed that her ill-timed entry spelt the
earlier attainment of victory, but by December Falkenhayn had
carried the German standard to Bukarest, and had entirely
routed the Roumanians. Moreover, the offensive power of Russia
had gradually worn itself out, and she had been unable to aid
Roumania, or indeed any of her allies. Casualties everywhere
had become so heavy that several of the belligerent governments
ceased to publish the casualties of their armies, and all settled
down grimly to a war of attrition, in which it was believed that
the side possessing the greatest staying power rather than the
most dramatic military skill would emerge triumphant.
I9I7
These circumstances were indeed very serious, but the
human mind cannot dwell for ever upon catastrophe, and, in
spite of anxieties for absent ones, increasing cost of living, and
nightly expectations of raids, the home population managed to
keep Christmas cheerfully. The first note struck publicly in
January, 1917, was by the Rt. Hon. Arthur Henderson, M.P.,
who prophesied " victory this year," at the anniversary meeting
of the North End Brotherhood ; but, it must be confessed that
we had become confirmed sceptics so far as such prophecies
were concerned. On 19th January, 19 17, a tremendous, but
distant, explosion was heard, the concussion of which shook
every house in Croydon ; it was the disaster of Silvertown,
more than twelve miles away, where an explosives factory blew
up, wrecking the district and causing much loss of life. Another
great national financial effort, called the Victory Loan, was made
this January, and the Croydon Town Council gave a good lead
to the town by investing ,{^250,000. A system by which the
Mayor and other trustees obtained bonds and re-sold them to
EVENTS IN CROYDON DURING THE WAR 37
the public on an instalment plan, proved most successful,
5^94,000 being invested in this way by 2,094 subscribers. In
the same month the Council took over the control of the allot-
ments movement in the Borough. March was shadowed by the
sudden death of the Deputy-Mayor, Alderman Samuel Rogers,
J. P., which occurred on the loth. He had served the South Ward
as a councillor from 1902 to 1916, when he was elected an alder-
man, and had filled the office of Mayor with dignity and success
in the year 191 2-1 3. He had rendered great public service
during the War, and he died honoured by the respect and esteem
of his fellow citizens.
It will be remembered that 31st January, 19 17, saw the
beginning of *' official " unrestricted submarine warfare by
the Germans, when, to quote its author, the notorious Von
Tirpitz, " it was clear from the outset that the existing rules of
maritime law, which in the main dated from the days of sailing
vessels, did not properly cover the circumstances of the present
day." This infamous repudiation of international law had, of
course, existed in actual fact for two years, as the bombardment
of Scarborough, and the sinking of the passenger ships Falaba
and Lusitania, and the hospital ship Sussex, had already demon-
strated, but now Germany openly defied the law of civilised
nations. In a remarkable story written before the War called
Danger, Sir Arthur Conan Doyle had pictured an England
starved into submission by a daring and unscrupulous submarine
campaign. As Kipling makes his " Big Steamers " sing : —
For the bread that you eat and the biscuits you nibble,
The sweets that you suck and the joints that you carve.
They are brought to you daily by all us Big Steamers —
And if any one hinders our coming you'll starve.
Catastrophe after catastrophe followed ; long lists of lost
vessels, torpedoed without warning, and often with the loss of
the whole ship's company, appeared daily, ranging from great
liners to small coast-wise vessels. Then the names were omitted ;
and we were given only monthly lists of the total tonnage lost
by enemy action ; and the huge figures covered infinite tragedy
as well as heroism. We never came within measurable distance
of actual starvation, but it must be remembered that the English
nation was entirely unequipped for such an emergency, and
with vanishing food-stocks, and this enormous interference with
our sea traffic, food began to become dearer, then scarcer, and
finally some foods seemed to vanish entirely. Various measures
were adopted. In the first place an energetic campaign for
economy in food was carried on with much success on a voluntary
basis ; but under any voluntary system there may be some
carelessness or greed in individual cases, and at the end of April
38 CROYDON AND THE GREAT WAR
the situation was felt so keenly in Croydon that a mass meeting
was held at the Grand Theatre which passed resolutions demand-
ing that the food supply should pass under Government control.
The Government was forced by circumstances to move at last,
and the Ministry of Food, itself a war institution, set up national
rationing during the summer. Croydon's Food Committee was
appointed by the Council to carry this out for the Borough on
28th August, 1917. The account given in chapter III of Part
Five of this book is a most interesting and significant story of
successful effort to maintain and equalize food supplies. An
experiment which we record in a later chapter (National Kitchens)
was commenced this year on 30th May, when the Mayor opened
the first communal kitchen at Beulah Road Schools.
On 15th June the Mayor informed the Town Council that
he had received news of the death of Lieutenant-Colonel U. L.
Hooke, commanding officer of the 3/4th Queen's, who was killed
by a shell at Roeux, and of the Rev. C. H. Schooling, a curate at
the Parish Church, who had fallen in action.
The year 19 17 will remain in the memory of the home
population as a year of air-raids. By this time the Zeppelin had
been superseded by the far more formidable aeroplane as a
long-distance raider. During the early part of 1917 single
German aeroplanes had paid lightning visits to the south-east
coast towns, Dover and elsewhere, dropping bombs from great
heights and darting away immediately. On 7th May one of the
machines reached north-east London and dropped four bombs,
which killed one man and injured two women ; on 25th May a
large squadron of them attacked Folkestone and its neighbour-
hood, inflicting 250 casualties ; and on 13th June fifteen machines
of the Gotha type raided the East End of London, killing 104
people and injuring 423. On 7th July the largest squadron yet
recorded visited London, apparently approaching from the south-
east. The machines, like a flock of diminutive black birds,
high out of the range of the gun-fire then available, came sailing
through a bright blue sky directly towards Addiscombe. The
business of the Police Court here was suspended, and everybody
took such shelter as was available. Fortunately, however, the
squadron wheeled north before it reached Croydon, steering over
the Crystal Palace and thence right over the City of London,
where, as it will be remembered, it did damage, which although
of no military consequence, was serious enough, and inflicted
240 casualties, according to the official record. In September a
new terror was added to raiding when the enemy began to make
his visits by moonlight.
Air-raids are so essentially part of our memories of the
Great War, that it seems desirable to make as accurate a record
EVENTS IN CROYDON DURING THE WAR 39
as possible of the impression they made upon our people. But
it must be claimed from the outset that their moral effect from
the enemy's standpoint, was entirely the reverse of what they
were intended to achieve. He desired primarily to destroy
what he impudently called our " will to war," and by terrorising
our civil population he hoped that they would compel the
Government to make peace — on his terms. In the history of
the world no more egregious psychological miscalculation has
been made. After a raid, people looked tired, sad perhaps, but
there was a general clenching of the teeth and always an increased
determination to destroy the power which used these means of
war. The exclamation of an elderly man listening to the
defending guns during a raid, " By God, I wish I could help
with that gun," was the spirit that our would-be terrifiers created.
But, even so, the raids were a great strain, especially as casualties
occurred in every one of them, and there was no adequate shelter
in most of the areas. In a place like Croydon there were
thousands of women and children as well as men in daily or
nightly peril. We were all astronomers of a kind in those days,
even those amongst us who had hitherto scarcely noticed the
night-sky before. The ZeppeUn preferred a moderately dark
night as offering concealment, but the more fatal aeroplane
greatly preferred a night when the moon was near to the full,
as the peculiar quality of the moonlight made it practically
impossible to see machines flying at great heights, except when
they actually crossed the disc of the moon. The phases of the
moon were therefore watched with anxiety, and the cry of
Hippolyta, " I am weary of this moon ; would he would change,"
represented a general thought. But later the aeroplane came
occasionally even on moonless nights ; only on the nights of
storm, rain and fog were we reasonably sure of safety.
The defences of London were entirely inadequate for the
first three war-years. There were too few guns and insufficient
fighting aeroplanes, and during some Zeppelin raids not a
defending gun-report had been heard. After the midsummer
aeroplane raids of 1917, however, anti-aircraft guns were installed
all round London, the chief Croydon guns being one in Gonville
Road, Thornton Heath, a most rapid firing French gun, known
quizzically as the " cough-drop," because of its dry, coughing
sound, and a much heavier gun with a deeper note at Elmer's
End. The searchlight service was gradually improved and
extended so that at night the sky was frequently a maze of
wheeling shafts of intense light, and to these were added peculiar
spot-lights which threw blobs of light on the sky. As many as 100
separate searchlight beams have been counted from Croydon,
seeming to converge from all sides on the sky above the town.
We are fortunate in having a sketch of the effect, by Miss
40 CROYDON AND THE GREAT WAR
Gledstanes. On 23rd July, 1917, the authorities, having reached
the conclusion that to warn people of the approach of a raid was
probably better than to allow them to become aware of it by
bombs dropping upon their heads, ordered a warning to be
given by the firing of two maroons in quick succession from
every police station in the raid area. Raids that had been
silent hitherto, except for the occasional exploding bomb, now
became orgies of noise. We learned this to the full in Sep-
tember, 1917, when raids became nightly affairs.
It would happen thus. One would be walking on an early
night, with that brightness of the rising moon which we always
associate with September. Suddenly a " boom " would shatter
the silence, and, turning, one would see the expiring red sparks
of the waning rocket. A moment of tense silence, and then the
sound would be repeated. The enemy had crossed the English
coast-line. Then everyone quickened his steps homeward, or,
if too far from home, took cover in one of the places which had
been set aside as air-raid shelters. People who owned basements
betook themselves to them. Others vacated top floors, turned
round arm-chairs with their backs towards the windows — and
waited. This was the most trying time perhaps in the raid.
Would it materialize ? Usually it did, about twenty minutes
later. Far off poppings began, at first in desultory fashion, then
in increasing numbers and without pause. Then, with deep,
deliberate reverberations, the Elmer's End gun came into action,
making the ground vibrate. Immediately afterwards, the Gon-
ville Road gun, which had the special quality of making all the
windows rattle, followed on. We counted the discharges of this
gun on one occasion, and found them to be twenty-one a minute.
As the raid got nearer the shrapnel necessarily also fell nearer.
The shells in their flight made a noise resembling the wailings
of cats, and the bursting shell had a distinct whine about it.
Then was heard the whirr, or drone, or hum — all these expres-
sions have been used to describe it — of aeroplanes. Were they
our own or the enemy's ? A difference between them could be
detected. It was said that the British machines made a more
droning sound, and one on a higher note, than the German.
The latter made a noise of a more grinding type — " whirr —
pause — whirr, whirr — pause — whirr." We were forbidden to
look out of the windows, and had small inclination to do so ;
but when we did venture to look out we could see only search-
lights, wheeling faintly against a sky so bright that it cancelled
the greater part of their power ; while away in the direction of
Woolwich great fan-shaped bursts of white light marked the
continuous guns of the barrage. Sounds of machines throbbed
everywhere in the sky, and one machine at least always seemed
to be immediately above one's own roof ; and now and then the
EVENTS IN CROYDON DURING THE WAR 41
snapping of a machine gun told of work a-doing overhead.
Thus we sat, for one, two, and sometimes three hours, reading,
smoking, or talking hard of anything but raids, but obviously
thinking of nothing else, and " wondering where the next one
would go," when a sudden shaking of the whole house pro-
claimed that somewhere a bomb had dropped. More adven-
turous spirits slept through raids. The late coroner, Dr. Thomas
Jackson, advised people to go to bed as usual, and the present
Editor considers he was right, as no bomb ever fell on Croydon
after the fatal 13th October, 1915 ; but many had not the courage
to do this. Gradually the firing would die away ; the sound
of our own returning machines would be heard, and then would
come silence. Sometimes it was broken by a return of the
raiders ; sometimes also when an enemy, trying to escape from
the barrage on the north, sought the way out south ; but more
frequently the silence lasted, until, faint and welcome, came the
thin bright notes of the buglers coming nearer with the most
welcome sound we heard in that September, the " G.-C." of
the *' All Clear." All the locomotives on the railway also blew
a " cock-a-doodle-do " note on their whistles. Then with
devout thankfulness for one more escape, those who had stayed
up all went to bed.
Officially the raid was more complicated. Some time before
the maroons were fired, the police and special police received
the call known as the " Field Marshal," telling them that the
raiders were on the way. Then came the " stand-by," and all
the special constables were called up. The public warning
followed when the raid became practically certain ; but there
were many alarms received officially of which the public heard
nothing.
We have described a typical raid. There were about eight
such raids in September, and they occurred at each full moon
until May, 1918, when the defences became too strong for them
and the conditions of the Western Front were such that machines
could not be hazarded in attacks upon London. Certain places
in Croydon, as we have hinted, were used as raid shelters. The
principal of these was the basement of the Town Hall, which
was well filled, and sometimes more than crowded, on raid
nights. Churches, furniture repositories, breweries, libraries and
business premises were also used in this way. Dug-outs were
not constructed in many places ; we are only aware of two ;
one, which a resident in Carlyle Road had made for his household,
and a much larger one which several residents on the Ashburton
Estate, Addiscombe, had dug out of the bank on the side of
Addiscombe Road next to Sandpits Farm. It happened,
rather ironically, that no real raid occurred after the latter dug-out
42 CROYDON AND THE GREAT WAR
was finished. During the raids the Special Constabulary made
valuable observations from several points, which assisted the
defences. The principal of these was the Water Tower, the
equipment and work of which we record later. Both here and
from the Town Hall tower a minute-to-minute observations-
record was made, an example of which we give in Part IV.,
chapter I.
It is remarkable how slightly vital public business was retarded
by air-raids. Naturally there was a cessation of work when they
occurred, but an hour afterwards everything seemed to resume
as usual. We have noted that the Police Court stopped work on
7th July, 1917. On 24th September the Education Committee
adjourned, and took cover in the basement of the Town Hall.
We believe one or two Committees continued their discussion
in the basement during raids. On iSth February, 1918, the
Town Council, while sitting, received an air-raid warning, but
decided to " carry on." It may be stated that there were no
unnecessary speeches, and that the business of the Council
proceeded with a dispatch which was probably unique. So much
so that most of the members got away before the raid materialised.
Very little damage was done by the raids. Shrapnel was
picked up in many of the streets. A few windows were broken
and ceilings were brought down by shrapnel, as might be expected
when it is remembered that the whole district was peppered with
faUing pieces of metal. A few minor casualties resulted from the
same cause ; but none, so far as we know, fatal or even serious.
On 1 8th December, 1917, the death occurred of Captain
David Barrie, who from the beginning of the War had acted as
recruiting officer for Croydon. Plis work had been strenuous,
exacting and often irritating, but he combined organizing ability
with excellent good temper and was universally popular. His
death was much regretted.
I918
Looking over the impressions that remain of the year 1918,
we see three outstanding features of that eventful time. The
first was the food question ; the second the devastating outbreak
of war-time influenza ; and the third the crowning of all war
efforts by the signing of the Armistice. By the beginning of
191 8 the food question had reached its cHmax. The Food
Control Committee was very active at this time in its efforts to
solve the problem of the queue. The streets were filled with
EVENTS IN CROYDON DURING THE WAR 43
housewives and others who were seeking for food. Fortunately,
as the record in our later pages shows, there was food enough in
the country, if only it were equitably distributed, and when the
ration cards came into full working order, as they did before the
end of Februar)^ 1918, the situation became tolerable, and
considering all the circumstances most satisfactory.
On the 13th February the town sustained a loss in the
death of Sir Reuben V. Barrow, who had been Mayor of the
Borough in 1885-6, and had been an alderman from the year of
his election in 1883 until the year 191 6, when he retired from the
Council. His long services to the Borough were important and
far-reaching. He was elected a freeman on the 4th October,
1909, and his portrait hangs in the vestibule of the Town Hall.
The month of March was notable for a " Tank Day," when
our townsfolk were invited to subscribe to the Victory Loan.
It proved to be a huge success, the total sum received being
5^460,000. It is a sad thing to recall that the day was shadowed
by the tragic death of a young airman, whose evolutions over the
Town Hall had much interested the spectators. His engine
failed, and he crashed to the ground, being killed instantly.
It was about the i6th March that the Mayor received the news
that his eldest son, Sergt. H. F. Houlder, M.M., R.A.M.C,
who was serving with the Ambulance on the Western Front,
was missing. He proved afterwards to have become a prisoner
of war in Germany, and fortunately he returned safe and sound,
after the Armistice.
The 23rd March, St. George's Day, will remain for ever in
the memory of the English people because of the heroic attack
on Zeebrugge by H.M.S. " Vindictive " and her companion ships.
Croydon had an intimate interest in the event because Captain
Alfred Francis B. Carpenter, V.C., the commander of the
expedition, is the son of our neighbour, Captain Alfred Carpenter,
R.N.,D.S.O., of Sanderstead. Later on, in July, a " Vindictive "
week on behalf of the War Loan was held in Croydon and East
Surrey, at which the Officers of the " Vindictive " spoke, and
in the course of which ^600,000 was invested in War Loan, as
the contribution of the district towards the cost of a new
" Vindictive," and a picture of the famous attack was presented
to the new ship, as we record elsewhere.
July, 1918, was marked by the sudden outbreak of war-time
influenza. This scourge was called Spanish Influenza at first,
and although it spread amongst the population like a conflagration,
it was not very fatal in its results. It recurred, however, in a
much more dangerous form in October, accompanied by a most
deadly species of septic pneumonia ; and again a third wave
44 CROYDON AND THE GREAT WAR
occurred at the beginning of 191 9. In many houses whole
famihes were down with the sickness together, and were without
help. In some cases we know that families would have
starved without the help of sympathetic neighbours. Doctors
were given latch-keys in order to gain access to houses in
which everybody was prostrate. The death rate was
higher than any recorded for more than twenty years.
Each wave of the epidemic lasted about five weeks, and
although every precaution was taken by the authorities, and
schools were shut, the doctors were so overworked and the
national medical organization was so bad that proper treatment
and certainly proper nursing were not available for a large part
of the community. It was really out of this trouble that the
Ministry of Health came into existence, and it is hoped that
in any future epidemic a fuller medical and nursing service will
be available for homes which at present cannot afford them.
From the national point of view 191 8 was during its first
half a most critical year. The great German offensive on 20th
March had thrust back the whole Allied Western line, with
enormous losses, almost to where it had stood in 1914. Parliament
immediately extended the Military Service Acts to make men
from 40 to 50 years of age liable for service. Many men who
had hitherto been prevented from serving because of their age
now joined up, among them Mr. Councillor James Stevenson,
who subsequently became a captain in the Royal Army Service
Corps. The Volunteers were called upon to furnish a garrison
for the East Coast in order to release the regular troops for
service in France, and a sufficient number of Volunteers for this
purpose were obtained. The time was one of great strain. For
three months the tension lasted ; while the enemy made attack
after attack in the direction of Paris, his last desperate bid for
victory or for a peace satisfactory to himself. Then, in July,
Marshal Foch launched his counter stroke, and the gradual
rolling back of the German Armies began. From that time the
issue was never in doubt, but recruiting and the work of the
tribunals continued industriously. There was also recruiting for
the W.A.A.C.'s, or, as the Corps was now called, Queen Mary's
Auxiliary Army Corps. A demonstration was held in connexion
with the last on 27th July which brought in a large number of
recruits.
A feature of August, 1918, was a strike of the tramway men,
the second that had occurred during the war. The first occurred
from April to July, 19 16, when the Council resisted and the
strike failed. This second strike was to enforce the claim that
women should be paid at the same rate as the men whose work
they were doing ; and the matter was concluded, in this instance
successfully, by arbitration.
EVENTS IN CROYDON DURING THE WAR 45
October saw another campaign on behalf of the War Loan,
a week being devoted to the purpose. Guns captured from the
enemy were exhibited under the guard of Volunteers in Katharine
Street, and were inspected by thousands of people. During
" Gun Week," as it was called, the total investment of the Croydon
people was ^^319,595.
By November the international atmosphere had cleared
enormously. The British and French troops were advancing
rapidly, Bulgaria had capitulated, Austria-Hungary was defeated,
the Central Powers were on the verge of collapse ; and in Croydon
as elsewhere hopes, long restrained, began to run high. On 9th
November, Mr. Alderman Houlder was elected Mayor for the
fourth successive time. He told the Council that they
approached the new mayoral year under very different conditions
from those of the last three or four years. Triumph was coming
near. In his speech he made reference to the fact that the Vicar
of Croydon, the Rev. Canon White-Thomson, had been elevated
to the Archidiaconate of Canterbury. The Vicar had been in
the forefront of every movement for the successful prosecution
of the war and for the amelioration of the lot of the soldiers
and their dependents. His preferment reflected honour upon
the Borough. In a spirit appropriate to the hour, the Mayor
invited the members to attend the Parish Church with him on
the next day, Sunday. It would be fitting, he thought, that the
representatives of the Borough should meet together in the
Parish Church and unitedly and publicly give thanks for the
mercies of the past and ask for Divine guidance in carrying out
the responsible duties which would rest upon them in the coming
year. The prophecies of the day were realized two days later.
All Sunday there was an intense feeling in the air. Messages
were passing to and from the battlefields and the homeland,
showing that negotiations were in progress and that any minute
might mean peace.
And at last, early on Monday, the nth, we heard that
the Armistice had been signed at 5 o'clock in the morning,
and that the "cease fire" would be given at 11 o'clock. It
was a drab November morning with intervals of falling rain ;
but thousands of people were in the streets, and there was a
quiet cheerfulness amongst them that had long been absent.
At II o'clock the maroons, hitherto the heralds of air attack,
now proclaimed the cessation of war by the signing of an
armistice. The flag was hoisted upon the Town Hall, and the
Croydon Parish Church bells rang gaily. Of the doings of the
day we give a detailed account elsewhere. At the impromptu
meeting in Katharine Street, which occurred immediately on the
hoisting of the flag, the Mayor said a few words which deserve
46 CROYDON AND THE GREAT WAR
to be remembered. He said : " Fellow people of Croydon, —
Events have moved at a tremendous pace in the last few days.
The hour we have been waiting for has now come. We rejoice
at it. The news being so sudden this is not the time for a
speech. But I am sure I may, on behalf of the town, express
humble and hearty thanks for the deliverance we have had from
the menace which has threatened us for more than four years.
Prussian militarism has received its final blow. Autocracy
has disappeared from the earth. If there is one thing more true
than another that result is due to the courage, steadfastness and
tenacity of purpose of the British people. It is not for us to be
unduly proud over what we have done, but it is right that we
should recognise it. Further, it is our duty, aided by our
glorious Allies, to recognise the responsibility that rests upon us
concerning the days to come. We are the inheritors of a great
heritage. The duty is incumbent upon us to lead the van in
the reconstruction of the world. Just as it is a general duty, so,
I hope and believe, and have every confidence, the people of
Croydon will make it their particular duty to do whatever Ues
in their power to carry that principle out. We shall, no doubt,
have other occasions of celebrating the joyous news of to-day.
I appeal to the people of Croydon to comport themselves with
restraint under the new conditions that have come ; and with
that confident expectation and hope, I say, ' God bless Croydon
and all the people who live in the town.' "
Thus ended the Great War ; and within a few weeks the
boys began to come home again. But even now, as we write,
more than a year after the event, we still are battling with the
many problems which the delays and waste of the war have
created. At the end of the war, Croydon, as we have hinted
before, presented a strained and shabby appearance, with a
crowded population, streets out of repair, shops and houses
badly in need of repainting, and arrears to make up in all
directions. We have much to be thankful for to those who
directed the war in the Field and in the Central Government,
but we have also a sense of gratitude to those who looked after
the interests of our own town. Everybody worked, officially or
unofficially, who remained at home ; there was a home front as
well as a fighting front. Our gratitude to those who fought
transcends words, and will never find adequate expression or
acknowledgment. That is beyond us. They and we know that
but for their efforts the heritage of freedom which our fathers
gave us would have perished for ever from the earth.
lO
Councillor Charles Heath Clark, J. P.
Peace-Mayor (from Nov., 1919)
Photo l)v Lewis
Mrs. Heath Clahk
Mayoress from Nov., 1919
Jhoto by Lewis
. Croydon County Borough
Council, 1914 to 1919
LIST OF WAR COMMITTEES.
[ The numbers after the names indicate the lyar-Cotnniittees on which the Members
served, as given in the list le/ozv.]
1. Belgian Refugees Fund. 2. Corporation Employees (Discharged SoldiersJ.
3. Croydon District Association of Voluntary Organisations. 4. Croydon Local Central
War Savines. 5. Food Control. 6. Mayor's Committee. 7. Mayoress's Committee-
8. Mayoress's Flag Day. 9. National Kitchens. 10. National Registration. 11. National
Service. 12. National Service (Corporation Employees). 13. Small Holdings and Allot-
ments. 14. Tribunals. 15. War Charities. 16. War Pensions.
I. MAYORS.
Alderman Frank Denning, J.P.
(Counc, 1903-15 ; Aid., 1915-16 ; Mayor, Nov., 1913, to
Feb., 1916.) I, 6, 10, 13, 14.
Mayoress — Mrs. Denning, 6, 7, 8.
Alderman Howard Houlder, D.L., J.P.
(Counc, igo6-i6 ; Aid., 1916- ; Mayor, Feb., 1916, to
Nov., 1919.) I, 3, 4, 5, 6, 9, 10, 12, 14, 16
Mayoress — Mrs. Houlder, 3, 4, 7, 8, 9, 11, 16.
Sons who served — Sergt. H. F. Houlder, M.M., R.A.M.C.,
1 9 14- 19 ; served in France, pris. of war in Germany,
March, 1918-Nov., 1919.
2/Lt. A. C. Houlder, Queen's, volunteered from Ceylon.
Councillor Charles Heath Clark, J.P.
(Counc, 1915- ). 4, 5, 13, 14, 16.
Mayoress — Mrs. Heath Clark, 16.
II. ALDERMEN.
Allen, George John, J.P.
(Counc, 1893-99 'j Aid., 1899- ). 2, 6, 12, 14, 16.
Sons who served — Lt. Col. Clarence Allen, M.C, R.A.S.C
Col. Allen (then Capt.) took out the Surrey Brigade,
T. & S. Company, with 27th Division to France. Many
times mentioned in despatches.
Capt. J. R. Allen, R.A.S.C, Surrey Brigade. Mentioned
in despatches.
Major Stanley R. Docking, T.D. {son-in-law).
Barrow, Sir Reuben Vincent, J.P.
(Counc, 1883 ; Aid., 1883-1916).
Betteridge, Thomas, J.P.
(Counc, 1894-1910 ; Aid., 1910- ). i, 11, 13, 14, 16.
Edridge, Sir Frederick Thomas, D.L., J.P. ; Hon. Colonel 4th Queen's
(Counc, 1889-91 ; Aid., 1891- ). 2, 3, 6, 11, 14, 16.
48 CROYDON AND THE GREAT WAR
Fox, Major John Edward, T.D., J.P.
(Counc, 1906-09 ; Aid., 1909- ).
Raised Croydon Column of South Eastern Mounted Brigade,
A.S.C.
Hancock, John Appleby.
(Counc, 1898-1917 ; Aid,, 1917- ). 5, 9.
HiLLiER, Thomas.
(Counc, 1883-1903 ; Aid., 1903-15),
JosLiN Peter.
(Counc, 1887-98 ; Aid., 1898-1917),
King, Francis William Mark, J.P.
(Counc, 1889-1905 ; Aid., 1905- ). 14, Chairman, Local
Pensions Committee, South Norwood.
LiLLico, William, J.P.
(Counc, 1889-1903 ; Aid., 1903- ). 2, 6, 7, 10, 13, 15, i6.
Miller, David Buck, J.P.
(Counc, 1883-91 ; Aid., 1891-1919).
Moore, Henry Keatley, B.A., B.Mus., J.P.
(Counc, 1893-98, 1902-08 ; Aid., 1908- ). i, 6. Chairman,
War Refugees' Committee.
Daughter who served — Helena R. Moore, W.R.N,S.
Price, George Nicoll.
(Counc, 1890-1906 ; Aid., 1906- ).
Rogers, Samuel, J.P.
(Counc, 1902-16 ; Aid., 1916-17). 2, 6, 10, 13, 14.
Southwell, William Baines.
(Counc, 1906-19 ; Aid., 1919- ). 2, 5, 9, 11, 12, 16.
So7i who served — Lt. William Baines Southwell, i/4th
Buffs (still serving).
Taylor, Martin.
(Counc, 1883-96 ; Aid., 1896- ), 15.
Grandson zuho served — Ronald Martin Panniers.
R.W. Kent Regt. Wounded in Somme Offensive, 1915.
Was wounded on Somme, and lost an eye at Messines.
Trumble, James, J. P.,
(Counc, 1893-1905 ; Aid., 1905- ), 4, 6, 9, 15, 16,
Trythall, John Anthony, J.P,
(Counc, 1901-17 ; Aid., 1917- ). 9, 13,
Sons who served — Lt. Horace John Trythall, ist Queen's
R.W.S. Regt. Badly wounded in France.
Gunner Harold Goodman Trythall, R.H.A.
III. COUNCILLORS.
Adams, William.
(1913- ), 13.
Addison, George Schooley.
(1894-1900 ; 1909- ),
Allen, Francis, M.B.E., J.P,
(1917- ). 4, 6, 15, 16.
Son who served — 2/Lt. G. P. Allen, 3/4th Queen's R.W.S.
Regt. Died of wounds received in bombing accident.
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John Montague Newnham, O.B.E., D.I.., LL.D., B.A.
Town Clerk from Sept., 1913
Hon. Lieut. Colonel, i Vol. Bat., " The Queen's."
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Ambler, William.
(1905-18).
Barker, David William.
(1906- ). 5.
Sons who served — Edward T. Barker, i/4th Queen's
R.W.S. Regt. Died in India, May i8th, 1915.
Frederick Christopher Barker, Vishna Rifles.
Wounded at Jericho.
Leonard David Barker, London Rifles. Wounded and
gassed in France.
Stanley Barker, Middlesex Regt. Pris. of war in
Germany for zk years.
Barnett, Edward Watson.
(1903-18).
Son zvho served — Major Erik E. Barnett. R.A.F., served
throughout the war in various parts of the Mediterranean,
etc.
Bishop, Samuel William.
(1902- ). 2.
Son who served — A. W. Bishop, R.A.F., May, 1917-Aug.,
1920. Another son, H. Bishop, having only one eye, was
refused by the Army and served as Special Constable from
Dec, 1917, until demobilization.
Bradshaw, Joseph.
(1913- ). 2, 13, 16.
Chamberlain, Walter John.
(1911- ).
Chapman, Charles Tobias.
(1912-19).
Chown, Frank Herbert.
(1919- ).
West London Mounted Rifles and Motor Volunteers
(station and hospital work), 19x5-19. Mr. Chown served
in the Boer War in 1900.
CLARKE, JOHN ARTHUR.
(1907-16, 1917- ). 13.
Served as Farrier StafT-Sergeant, Remounts, attached
R.A.S.C., Sept., I9i4-Jan., 1918.
Son who served — 2/A.M., A. J. Clarke, R.A.F.
Coldrey, Francis.
(1915- ). 6. 13,
COSEDGE. PERCIVAL GEORGE ALLEN.
(1912-14).
Served in E. Sur. Regt. Died of wounds at 8th C.C.S.,
France, i6th Dec, 19 14.
CROWLEY. JOHN CYRIL, M.A.
(1909-15). 13.
Served as Captain in i/4th " Queen's ' R.W.S. Regt.,
1906-iith Sept., 1916. Fell in Mesopotamia.
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50 CROYDON AND THE GREAT WAR
Docking, Frederick Reynolds.
(1898-1903 ; 1918-19).
Sons who served — Lieut. C. W. Docking, R.A.S.C., May,
i9iS-Sept., 1919, in Egypt and Palestine.
Capt. F. L. Docking, joined Australians, 1914, and was
in original landing at Gallipoli, and in Egypt, France and
Flanders, and the Army of Occupation, Germany, till
Oct., 1919.
Fagg, William Henry.
(1913-16). 13.
Field, Albert James Camden.
(1910-13 ; 1915- ). 5. IS. 16.
Son who served — Albert Joseph Camden Field, 9th City
of London Regt. (Queen Victoria's Rifles). Wounded at
Hebuterne, May, 1916, and in the advance on Cambrai,
Nov., 1917.
Cough, Ernest William.
(1913- ). 6.
Served also on Demobilised Officers' Panel Committee, Horrex
Hotel, London.
So?is who served — Lt. Edward Ernest Gough, R.G.A., S.R.
2/Lt. William Eric Gough, R.M.L.L
Hammond, James Charles.
(1919- ).
Heighton, James Hughes, M.A.
(1917- )-
Hicks, John.
(1918- ). 13.
Son who served— Wii^hiAM John Hicks, Wireless Officer,
R.N.V.R., on various ships ; last ship torpedoed.
Hussey, Charles, J.P.
(1909-15).
Jackson, Albert.
(1918- ).
Lewis, Thomas Arthur.
(1911- ). 6.
Son who served — Lt. C. A. Lewis, R.F.A., 1914-19.
LiGHTON, Thomas,
(1904-16.)
Link, Charles William.
(1906-19). 4.
Sons who served — 2/Lt. Horace A. Link, H.A.C. Fell,
near Bully Grenay, France, Sept., 1916.
Lt. Charles Ernest Link, R.N.V.R., attached R.N.A.S.
Mardell, Robert William.
(1919- ).
MOIR, ALFRED.
(1919- ). 4.
ist Quartermaster i/ist (Croydon) Surrey, V.T.C. Took part in
Public Recruiting and War Savings campaigns. Enlisted, June,
1917, in 5th E. Surrey Regt. ; commissioned Nov., 1917, in
Highland Light Inf. ; Capt., Oct., 1918. Served in France,
Feb., 1918-May, 1919-
Sons who served — Corp. A. Douglas Moir, R.F.A., Aug.,
1915-Feb., 1919. Twice wounded.
2/Lt. Leslie J. A. Moir, E. Surrey Regt. (formerly in
Artists' Rifles), Feb., 1918.
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MoRLAND, Harold John, M.A.
(1912-19). 9, 10, 12.
Moss, Henry Vincent.
(1899-1918).
MUGGERIDGE, HeNRY ThOMAS.
(1911- ). 5, 9.
Sons who served — Lt. Harry Douglas Muggeridge, ist
Leicesters. 3 Times wounded in France, and is now lame.
i/A.M., Stanley William Muggeridge, R.A.F., 2J years
in Egypt.
Musselwhite, Miss Clara.
(1919- ). 6, 16.
Oliver, Douglas William.
(1919- ). 13.
Special Constable, Sanderstead and Croydon.
Son who served — a/Lt. D. C. M. Oliver, R.W. Kent Regt.
Was pris. of war for 11 months.
Peck, Joseph, J. P.
(1889-1916).
Peck, Stanley.
(1916-18). 9, 13.
Peet, William, F.C.A.
(1911- ). 2, 3, 4, II, 12, IS, 16.
Pelton, John Ollis, J.P.
(1905- ). 5, 14-
1/12 Surrey Vol. Regt., and i Vol. Btn., The Queen's.
Daughter who served — Dorothy G. (Mrs. S. Dickins).
Purley War Hospital 1915-1917 ; Canteen work, etc., with
Y.M.C.A., Le Havre, May, I9i7-Feb., 1919.
Peters, Arthur, C.B.E., J.P.
(1916- ). 5, 9, ir, 13.
Also Secretary Parliamentary Recruiting Committee, and Sec-
retary, National War Aims Committee.
PiCKFORD, William James.
(1915-18). 4.
PoRRiTT, Thomas Herbert.
(1912- ). Special Constable.
Read, Sidney Augustus, J.P.
(1907- ). 5, 9, 15.
Robarts, William Brown.
(1901- ). 5, 6.
Roberts, Thomas William Wood.
(1908- ). 2, 10, II, 16.
Hon. Naval Recruiting Officer, Croydon Sc District. Special
Constable. Voluntary Fireman, Croydon & London.
Son who served — Lt. John Wood Roberts, R.M.L.L, of
H.M.S. " Ajax," H.M.S. " Curlew," H.M.S. " Curacoa,"
H.M.S. " Canterbury," H.M.S. " Dunedin."
Robinson, George.
(1919- ). 13.
Roden. Samuel.
^1919- ). *
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Savory, Guy.
(1916-19). 14.
Skinner, Alexander Bowie.
(1919- ).
Smith, Arthur.
(1Q17- )•
National Guard (London Volunteers),
Sons who served — Arthur Douglas Smith, R.A.S.C.
James Donald Smith, local service and transport.
Smith, William Vincent, J.P.
(1903-06 ; 1908- ). 2, 12, 14.
Sons who served — Sergt. Maj. V. V. Smith, R.A.M.C. ;
France, Sept., 1914-Feb., 1919.
Sapper F. Sutton Smith ; Egypt and Palestine (light rail-
ways), June, i9is-Feb., 1919.
Squire, Mrs. Margaret.
(1919- ). 16.
Was temporary nurse at " Wallacefield " Convalescent Hospital,
Croydon, and at Charing Cross Hospital.
Stapleton, William George.
(1897- ). 13.
Sons who served — Sergt. Donald Young (Stepson), 18th
Cameron Grenadiers ; killed at capture of Vimy Ridge,
Easter, 1917.
Lt. Maurice R. Stapleton, Rifle Brigade ; was wounded
and gassed ; also served in Army of Occupation, Germany.
Stevens, Leonard.
(1909-11 ; 1913-15).
STEVENSON JAMES.
(1913- ). I, 4, 6, 14, 16.
Served as Captain, R.A.S.C.
Daughter who served in Land Army — Marianne North
Stevenson.
Stubbs, William John.
(1914-19). II, 16.
Taylor, James Ernest.
(1919- ). 5.
Appointed, before election to Council, to Food Control Com-
mittee, Feb., 1918.
Son who served — Walter Edward Taylor, R.N, Wrecked
in H.M.S. " Argyle," fought in Battle of Jutland in H.M.S.
" Princess Royal " ; served in H.M.S. Vindictive " at
Zeebrugge, and was badly wounded.
Thomson, Alexander Augustus.
(1912- ). 13, 16,
Thornberry, Robert Eustace Clark.
(1916-19). 9, 13,
Turtle, Louis Henry,
(1913-17), 6,
Son who served — Rifleman Clifford L, Turtle, 1st
Queen's Westminster Rifles ; fell on the Somme, loth
Sept., 1916.
Councillor Percival George Allen Cosedge
East Surrey Regt. (Died on active service in France i6th Dec, 1914)
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Councillor Captain John Cyril Crowley, M.A.
i/4th Queen's (Killed in action in Mesopotamia, nth Sept. 1916)
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Umney. Herbert Williams.
(1909-15). 2.
Wag DIN, Harry Frederick.
(1918-19).
Son who served — Pte. S. F. Wagdin, Queen's Westminster
Rifles.
West, William.
(1899- ). 5, 10.
Special Constable.
Sons who served — 2/Lt. William West, 9th Sherwood
Foresters. Fell, Suvla, Gallipoli, Aug., 1915.
Lt. Cyril G. West, R.N., of H.M.S. ' Princess Royal,"
H.M.S. " Weymouth," H.M.S. " Agamemnon," and
H.M.S. " Monarch." Was in the Battle of Jutland.
WORLLEDGE, Col. JOHN FrANKLIN.
(1916- ). 3, 6, 15.
Sons who served — Capt. F. H. Worlledge, 26th Indian
Cavalry (King George's Own).
Lt. J. F. E. Worlledge, Sussex Regt.
Lt. L. H. Worlledge, R.N.D., and 121st Indian Pioneers.
Wounded at Gallipoli, July, 1915.
Officers of the County Borough
R. Veitch Clark, M.A., M.B., Ch.B., B.Sc, D.P.H. : Medical Officer of Health
William Gunner : Borough Treasurer
James Harold McCall, F.S.A.A. : Borough Accountant
James Smyth : Clerk to the Education Committee
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Officers of the County Borough
Edward F. Morgan : Borough Road Surveyor
Thomas Boyce Goodyer, O.B.E., A.I.E.E. : Tramways Manager
Samuel Jacobs : Assistant Town Clerk
Albert C. Gower : Chief Clerk, Town Clerk's Departm2nt
Part Two
THE MILITARY RECORD
I. Before the Great War
Surrey, happily, has been spared the havoc of war more
than almost any other County, and Croydon — which has only
recently taken the first place in Surrey towns — may be said to
have been totally immune from this scourge until our own day.
Even Julius Caesar though he crossed Surrey did not come our
way ; and William the Conqueror also left us alone. Never-
theless there are a few introductory facts we may with advantage
remember.
In 1264 a large body of Londoners forming part of the
force of Earl Simon de Montfort, in arms against King Henry III,
and flying from Prince Edward's attack at the Battle of Lewes,
were stopped by Royalists at Croydon and severely handled.
And in Elizabethan times Haling House and Haling Park formed
the residence, from 1592 to his death in 1624, of the victor
over the Armada, Lord Howard of Effingham, who (with the aid
of the terrific tempest which followed his victory) delivered
England in 1588 from the most terrible danger she ever ran
until the Great War we are now dealing with.
Other men of military distinction, especially in the times of
the Peninsular War, were Croydon men or lived in Croydon ;
men of whom an example was Sir Francis Bond Head, K.C.B.,
who fought not only in the Peninsular but in the Waterloo
campaign, and who had the honour of quelling an insurrection
in Canada in 1830. His house (Duppas Hall, Duppas Hill) still
stands, much as he left it. And in Head's time the fear of an
invasion by Napoleon caused Croydon to raise volunteers, horse
and foot. The barracks — still existing in the Mitcham Road
from the times of Revolutionary France (1794) — -served as a
station for cavalry during the preparation of troops for foreign
service ; and later became the depot and headquarters of the
Royal Wagon Train (now Army Service Corps.) The band
attached to this unit was a fine one ; it happened to contain
some negro bandsmen — a fact perpetuated in the signs of two of
the neighbouring public houses, the " Black Boy " and the " Six
Bells." The latter refers to a musical instrument then in
military favour, and used in the band.
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Fifty years later, in Crimean War times, recruits for the
Grenadier, Coldstream and Fusilier Guards were drilled at
Croydon Barracks.
But Croydon's chief connection with the military history of
the country is derived from its possession of Addiscombe College,
where officers for the Army of the East India Company were
trained. A shortage of officers for the Company's service in
India, who at that time were educated with the regular officers
of the Crown, at Woolwich, determined the Hon. East India
Company to create a Military Academy of their own. In 1808
Charles Jenkinson, Earl of Liverpool and Prime Minister of
England, died at Addiscombe Place, Croydon — and in 1809 the
house and park were purchased by the Company, and adapted to
the uses of a Military College. The Company continued to train
officers for the Indian Army till 1861 ; the Indian Empire having
been taken over by Queen Victoria in 1859. Numerous pictures
and accurate maps of the College and its subordinate buildings
exist in the Croydon Library, as well as excellent histories of its
career. It is sufficient here to mention that the house stood
between Upper and Lower Addiscombe Roads, about 150 yards
from the present Ashburton Road ; and that the park filled this
space, the present Canning Road being a little within its western
boundary. The College was pulled down in 1861.
The College had a distinguished career during its half
century of existence. To its training we owe many fine men.
For example General Cotton, the great master of irrigation and
inland navigation in India, and the first engineer to bridge a
great Indian river (the Godavery, four miles wide) was trained
here. The great Sir Henry Lawrence, of the defence of Lucknow,
and of greater though more silent achievements in Indian
administration, was an Addiscombe man. So were Lord Napier
of Magdala, and Pottinger of Herat, and Jacob of Jacob's Horse
(after whom the town of Jacobabad in Scinde is named), and
Patrick Stewart the pioneer of field telegraphy, etc., etc. And
closest to us, because he was the first honorary freeman of the
borough of Croydon, was Frederick, Lord Roberts, who won his
V.C. in the Mutiny struggles, and who claims world-famous
victories at Cabul and Candahar, and above all in South Africa.
Lord Roberts said once of the men from his old College, " They
were not only soldiers but administrators, who throughout their
glorious careers did their duty with that singleness of heart and
honesty of purpose for which the Anglo Indian official is so
justly conspicuous, and which have gained for Englishmen the
respect and confidence of the people of India."
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II. "The Queen's."
" The Queen's " is Croydon's Regiment. It has a very
distinguished history, and is the oldest English Infantry Regiment
of the line ; ranking as " The Second of the Line " in the old
numbering.
One Scottish regiment, " The Royal Scots," precedes it
as " The First " of the Line, and this claims to be the oldest
regiment in existence — as may well be, if its nickname has the
slightest foundation, for it is called familiarly " Pontius Pilate's
Body Guard," on the strength of the tradition that it was on
duty at the Crucifixion 1
In 1661 Charles II raised " The Queen's " in the suburbs
of London (therefore, no doubt, including Croydon men from
the very first), with many veterans from the armies of the Civil
War ; his purpose being to garrison Tangier, which was part of
the dowry of his Queen, Catherine of Braganza. Hence comes
the name of the regiment, and hence its " honour," the oldest
battle-honour in the British Army, " Tangier 1662-1680,"
awarded it after many years' desultory fighting with the Moors :
and hence also the Regimental Badge, the Paschal Lamb, then
and now a part of the Arms of the Royal House of Portugal,
Almost but not quite unique is another distinction of " The
Queen's," a naval crown, borne on the colours to commemorate
an engagement at sea (1794) wherein this great regiment took
part.
In 1857, because of the needs of the Indian Empire, the
second battalion of the Regiment, called therefore the " Second
Queen's," came into existence, and in 1881 the " Third Queen's "
was made out of the Surrey Militia : and the three battalions of
the Second Regiment of foot (" Queen's Royals ") now became
" The Queen's Royal West Surrey Regiment."
The achievements of " The Queen's " in Africa, Asia and
Europe would take too long to narrate here, but we cannot help
recalling the fact that the great Duke of Marlborough began his
career in " The Queen's."
And we must remember that many Croydon men enlisted
during the Great War in the three " regular " battalions of
" The Queen's," or were conscripted into its ranks. Col. Rolls
has kindly told us of the many men of our town serving in " The
Queen's " in the regular army in France, his own " batman "
for instance being a Croydon man. And to show the prestige
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of this splendid regiment we may add a fact also kindly mentioned
by Col. Rolls, that when he was sent to England in 1918 " for
a rest," his " rest " included the training of raw levies of con-
scripts at Tunbridge Wells, in what was then called the " Fourth
Reserve of The Queen's," and the success of their training
(as well as over-pressure elsewhere) induced the War Office also
to send levies from other parts of England to this centre.
Amongst them came a company of recruits to the " Sherwood
Foresters " (itself a very famous regiment) : and so proud were
these men of their association with " The Queen's " that the
whole 200 of them successfully petitioned the War Office to be
transferred to " The Queen's," which was then sending out a
large detachment to the 2/4th Queen's in France, saying in blunt
language " We've trained together and we want to fight
together." This is believed to be an almost unique incident.
What we have hitherto been speaking of (except as to the
" Fourth Reserve " mentioned above) are the three regular
battalions of the Queen's : known as the First Queen's, the
Second Queen's, and the Third Queen's, dating respectively from
1661, 1857, and 1881, and we now pass to the Fourth Queen's,
an exclusively Croydon force.
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Alderman Sir Frederick Thomas Edridge, D.L., J. P.
Hon. Colonel, Fourth Queen's
(Mayor 1890-92, 1894-96, 1902)
Hon. Freeman of the Borough
III. The Fourth Queen's
On the re-planning of the Army in 1881 the old numbering
of the regiments was abandoned : and the Second Regiment of
Foot," The Queen's," as mentioned above, became the Royal West
Surrey Regiment, with head quarters at Guildford, and having
as its special recruiting district all the South of Surrey, including
Croydon. The rest of the county, exclusive of London, was
assigned to the East Surrey Regiment, with head quarters at
Kingston.
[In March, 1916, owing to the unwieldy nature of the
district, it was found advisable to place Croydon for recruiting
purposes under Kingston, and therefore in the East Surrey
Regimental recruiting area ; other parts of Surrey being at the
same time changed over to the Guildford recruiting area.]
Each regiment of the army, under this new plan, had three
regular battalions exclusive of the Territorial battalions ; thus
the ist and 2nd Queen's (ist and 2nd battalions of "The Queen's")
were regulars of the long familiar type, the 3rd Queen's were
formed from the old Militia, at first under the name of Special
Reserve, the 4th Queen's were the Territorial battalion of Croydon
and the 5th Queen's were the Territorial battalion of Guildford.
These Territorial battalions originated from the Rifle
Volunteers, who came into being just before the Crimean War,
and enrolled themselves into a home-defence body under the
well-remembered motto " Defence not Defiance." (It is
whimsical now to remember that the very nation — France — a
scare against whom had called these Riflemen into being, turned
into our warmly welcomed ally in the Crimean War, almost as
soon as the Rifle Volunteers had become an organised force).
In 1871 the War Office obtained control of these Riflemen, and
in 1881 added them, under the new army plan above described,
to the various County Regiments as " Territorial battalions for
Home Service only." The Croydon Rifle Volunteers therefore
became (as above said) " The Royal West Surrey Regiment, the
Fourth Queen's, (Territorial Battalion)." Similarly the Guild-
ford Rifle Volunteers became the " Fifth Queen's, (Territorial
Battalion)."
The 4th Queen's at the outbreak of war numbered about
600 men, under the Hon. Colonelcy of Sir Frederick T. Edridge,
D.L., the acting commander being Lieutenant-Colonel Norman
Cutler. They formed part of the Home Counties Territorial
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Division, at that moment in training on Salisbury Plain, and
were earning good opinions for their excellent discipline and
marching powers ; moreover, they were all in the most eager
anticipation of orders to mobilise, as it grew daily more evident
that war was coming. At last, on Monday, 3rd August, the
Camp began to break up in preparation for the expected immediate
mobilisation ; and next day the 4th Queen's entrained at 4.30 a.m.
and after a very uncomfortable journey reached Croydon late the
same night, of course not knowing as yet, of the declaration of
war which had just taken place. " The train was unlighted "
says " L.G.D." in The Braganza (the Magazine published by
the I /4th Queen's) " and the carriage in which I travelled
apparently had a wheel with a flat side.'' An official order met
them in Croydon naming the morrow, Wednesday, 5th August,
as the first day of mobilisation.
" That Wednesday (5th August) was a day to remember.
It rained most of the morning, and wives and families were let
into the barracks. I have vivid recollections of trying to take
inventories of kit, fill up allotment forms, and issue identity
discs, sitting on the floor of the drill hall, with a crowd of
damp men, women and children all round me," continues
" L.G.D." (Major Dibdin) in The Braganza.
Mobilisation, it should be noted, has to be organised long
before any mobilisation order is received. Colonel Cutler had
made his preparations trv^o years before any war was thought of.
All the principal tradesmen in Croydon therefore were prepared
to supplv various articles immediately they were ordered. So
that when War against Germany was declared and mobilisation
decreed, on that very day (5th August) Colonel Cutler was able
to send round the Quarter-Master to all the tradesmen, and
instantly supplies began to arrive at the Mitcham Road Barracks
Head Quarters.
So that actually on the very day it was mobilised the Fourth
Queen's left Croydon for Strood : certainly a smart piece of
work,
" Arriving about 7.30 '" (says L.G.D.) " we marched to a
public recreation ground, blankets were issued, and policemen
allotted to the companies as guides to the particular streets for
billeting. That night was probably the first time for many years
that the English householder, other than the licensed victualler,
was compelled to put up troops. It was with a certain amount
of doubt that I knocked at the first door. But I found that
evening, and indeed throughout the whole three months that the
battalion was in billets, very few people who were not prepared
to put up gladly with the necessary inconvenience. On the
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other hand the men made themselves useful, and gave as little
trouble as possible." Some days later, (we pass over some
amusing contests on the part of L.G.D. to get back certain
buildings suitable for military purposes from the various well
meaning voluntary organisations which had already annexed
them) " the regimental transport which we had left behind at
Croydon arrived, having travelled by road. I did not envy the
Transport Officer. He had 57 newly collected and impressed
horses, and a miscellaneous collection of brewer's drays,
corporation water carts and tip- wagons, driven by a variety of
men with no knowledge of horses." To start from nothing in
this way, meant, as these extracts show, the expenditure of much
labour and infinite resource ; but when, after a fortnight at
Maidstone, the Fourth Queen's arrived at Canterbury it was
already a coherent and well organised body.
So much so, that at the end of September (training of course
having vigorously proceeded all the time) Colonel Cutler received
a telegram from the War Office asking if the battalion would
volunteer for service abroad. Each Company officer read this
telegram to his Company and invited men to give in their names
if they chose. There was not the slightest compulsion, not
even persuasion, used ; but the gratifying result was that, with
a very few (quite legitimate) exceptions the whole battalion
volunteered with cheers and much enthusiasm ; expecting of
course immediately to be sent to the front to aid in demolishing
the " Boches." But about a week later, with deep chagrin, the
battalion received the order to proceed to India. No doubt this
was in a military sense the proper thing to do, as the Fourth
Queen's would set free in India well-seasoned troops of the line,
whose presence helped to stop the first rush of the Germans on
Paris, and so to save the Allies from disaster ; but the disappoint-
ment was sharply felt by the men, who had become proud of
their discipline, and knew themselves fully equal to facing the
enemy. That they were not far wrong is proved by the actual
behaviour in the field of other Territorial battalions on the French
' front shortly afterwards. But while '* the air went blue for
miles " as the men themselves said, they " groused, and carried
on," to use another of their phrases, and the unwelcome orders
were loyally obeyed. All honour to them : for they had trained
hard in peace time towards this very opportunity, and in their
long Indian exile it must have been galling to hear of their
and line battalions serving on the diff"erent fronts while they had
perforce to remain largely inactive. The Croydon men were
reviewed by the King, at Canterbury, with the Home Counties
Division (of which they formed part). His Majesty wished them
" God Speed " and pointed out to them the important duty
they were about to undertake in India.
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The men who were unable to go to India and who remained
in England came to be called the 2nd battalion of the Fourth
Queen's, and received and trained the reinforcements which
poured in. Those who had gone to India became known as
the I St battalion of the Fourth Queen's, or shortly the " i/4th
Queen's " , and when the 2/4th volunteered for service abroad
later on and were sent to Gallipoli, those who (for good reasons
which all acknowledged as legitimate) were unable to leave
England, became eventually in like manner the 3/4th Queen's.
They too, all who could, presently volunteered in their turn, and
were sent to France. The remainder permanently left in England,
we call the 4/4th Queen's, and they served the most useful and
necessary function of supplying drafts to their comrades actually
in the field.
We have therefore now to consider these four battalions
separately, and widely different were their destinies.
Beyond the i/4th, 2/4th, 3/4th and 4/4th Queen's we have
the 19th Queen's, at first called the 69th Provisional Battalion.
And it may be as well here to mention that after the Fifth Queen's,
already known in these pages as the Guildford Territorial
battalion, came the Sixth, Seventh and Eighth Queen's, all three
of which were battalions of " Kitchener's men."
Then, outside the organisation of the Queen's altogether,
Croydon produced a corps of Volunteers, arising out of the
Volunteer Training Corps, an entirely new body formed during
the progress of the War : who in course of time were linked up,
and then became the " ist Volunteer Battalion of the Queen's."
And as well as the infantry forces above named, Croydon
provided its quota of mounted men. We shall have chapters
on the Croydon Squadron of the Surrey Yeomanry (Queen
Mary's Regiment) ; and on the S.E. Mounted Brigade Trans-
port and Supply Column, A.S.C.
Next we have the Croydon Army Veterans, a force originating*
from an idea of Lord Roberts' in 1910, and ultimately known
as the " First Battalion, Surrey (Croydon) National Reserve."
And finally, since we must not neglect the opposite extreme,
we will have some concluding notes on the Boy Scouts of Croydon.
The careers of all these we now proceed to trace, and of
course begin with the i/4th Queen's.
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IV. The I /4th Queen's
The I /4th Queen's sailed from Southampton, 800 stron£^, on
26th October, 1QT4, in the " Grantully Castle." At Suez the
battalion was held Tip for some time because trouble with the
Turks was threatening, and the i/4th Queen's fully expected to
have to defend the Suez Canal. This alarm presently subsiding,
the battalion proceeded, and arrived at Bombay, 2nd December,
1914.
From Bombay the Queen's went by train to Secunderabad,
and when they marched into those cantonments their discipline
and general bearing were held by onlookers to compare favourably
with those of the regular troops, bound for France, whom they
were relieving. After a month at Secunderabad they went on
to Lucknow, where they stayed for twelve months almost to a
day. While the battalion was at Lucknow they sent a draft to
Mesopotamia (to the 2nd Norfolks) ; and several Croydon men
in this draft served afterwards in Kut. Colonel Cutler had fallen
ill on arrival at Bombay and had been sent home to England,
Major Roper taking command of the i/4th Queen's meanwhile ;
fortunately Colonel Cutler was able to return to the battalion
and to resume command just before it left Lucknow for
Peshawar early in 1916. At Peshawar the whole battalion was
actually mobilised for the Mesopotamian campaign, and some
officers and men had started before the order was cancelled.
Between Peshawar and Nowshera and Chcrat the i/4th Queen's
spent 17 months. Captain J. C. Crowley (an ex-Councillor of
Croydon) left Nowshera, (and Lieut. E. L. Turner went with
him) on 25th July, 1916, to join the Fifth Queen's (the Guildford
battalion) at Nasariyah on the Euphrates, in the Mesopotamia
campaign. Capt. Crowley took command of a Machine Gun
Company with one British (Fifth Queen's), and two native,
sections. For ten years Captain Crowley had refused promotion
in order to remain in command of the Machine Guns of the
Fourth Queen's ; and at last his eager desire to take them into
action was achieved . His Mesopotamian work alternated between
periods of standing camp and raids on native insurgent villages.
Such a raid had to be undertaken on nth September, 1916,
Captain Crowley's duty being to cover the retirement of the rear
guard after the raid was over. The native method is to offer
no resistance to the attack, but persistently to assail the troops
on the retirement ; the rear guard is therefore a post of incessant
danger and responsibility. Captain Crowley, in what was
admitted to be a fine covering movement, was shot and died
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almost immediately. His loss was felt deeply. He was the first
officer of the old Fourth Queen's to fall in battle. Altogether
8 officers and 65 non-commissioned officers and men went from
the I /4th Queen's to Mesopotamia.
There is always trouble in the stormy regions of extreme
N.W. India, and in sending the i/4th Queen's there the object
of the authorities was to train them in hill-warfare and frontier
fighting. In fact at this very time the Mohmands rose, and had
to be firmly held with a line of wire entanglements and block-
houses for nine months on end ; and four months of this weary
work fell to the lot of the i/4th Queen's to carry through, including
the actual construction of one section of the block-houses.
Leaving Nowshera on 19th March, 1917, the battalion was
ordered to Lahore for a month. The Mahsuds then rose, and
the i/4th Queen's were ordered to Waziristan in May. Here
grave ill-health overtook them, especially a bad outbreak of
malaria and sand-fly fever, etc., and at the worst time only 130
men out of 800 were fit for duty ; so that perforce the battalion
had to be sent to the hills at Jiitogh and Dagshai, near Simla,
to recuperate. This was in the middle of June, 1917. It ought
here to be added that some of the officers had the good fortune
to be accompanied by their wives ; since, when it became
certain that the i/4th Queen's would be detained in India for a
very long time, permission was given freely for the wives to
come out. Whilst the i/4th Queen's were in the hills Colonel
Cutler's 8 years of command (the utmost limit allowed) came to
an end, and he accepted an independent command at Wellington,
near Ootacamund, on leaving the battalion.
On Colonel Cutler's retirement, i8th January, 1918, Major
Harold R. Atkins succeeded to the command, being now the
senior Major, since Major Roper and Captains Hooker, Fearon
and D. R. Potter had been sent to Egypt in September, 1917, to
complete the establishment of the 2/4th Queen's, then in that
part of the world and finding themselves short of trained
officers ; they were getting ready, in fact, under their new
Commander-in-Chief, General Allenby, for the splendid advance
on Palestine across the desert.
In mid-January, 1918, one Company of the i/4th Queen's
was sent to garrison Fort Lahore ; and towards the end of the
month four drafts arrived from England, 130 men in all. In the
middle of March, 191 8, Headquarters and 3 companies went
into camp at Lahore cantonment in bad weather (exceptional at
that time of year) ; so bad, indeed, that they were swamped in
their tents. At the end of March the battalion proceeded to
Dalhousie and elsewhere in the hills, for the hot weather, and the
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whole battalion went under canvas at the end of October, 1918,
at Ferozepore. Here, on two occasions, the camp was flooded
out to a depth of six inches, and when the water had drained off,
the damp ground quickly provided a plague of white ants, as
usual. The depredations of these creatures are almost beyond
belief : their predilection being for the destruction of leather or
wood. To give an instance : the Colonel imprudently left his
suit case on the ground when turning in for the night. In the
morning the bottom was eaten away, and only by ingenious
contrivances could the suit case be made of use.
The telegram announcing the Armistice reached the battalion
about 8 p.m. (Indian time is about five hours later than Greenwich
time), on the nth November, 1918, but was not at first thoroughly
realised, as many false rumours had been already circulated.
Excepting for a ten days' holiday in November, sanctioned
by the Indian Government to celebrate the Armistice, the
battalion was engaged at this time in intensive training ; but
the questions of the rank and file as to what new war they were
being so mercilessly trained for never received a satisfactory
answer.
The fact remains that the training at Ferozepore, ajter the
Armistice, was as severe as at any other time in the battalion's
Indian sojourn This intensive training happily came to an end
in the middle of January, 1919, for the battalion was then engaged
in competing in Divisional and other sports. In April, 1919,
the battalion took part in quelling the Punjab disturbances which
had arisen on account of the Rowlatt Bill, much disliked and
feared by the native Indian peoples, although as a matter of fact
the majority knew nothing of its provisions. India is much at
the mercy of the half-educated agitator, and anything new,
simply because it is new, often breeds trouble. The trouble in
this case suddenly began in Kasur when a railway train was held
up and the European passengers savagely assaulted, two being
killed by stones thrown. By the time Colonel Atkins arrived
from Ferozepore, at 2.30 p.m., with some Lewis guns in motor
cars, Kasur had completely returned to rest. The dismantled
station, however, and the dead bodies of the English soldiers
(two warrant officers) and the group of frightened women and
children who had taken refuge in the police station, gave proof
of the severe hand-to-hand fighting which had taken place earlier
m the day.
From this time onwards, Amritsar was a stoim centre ; and
the country all around it was very disturbed, until about the end
of May. And while these lines are in press, January, 1920,
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Amritsar is justifying its evil reputation for disorder. The
battalion had various parties serving on armoured trains, and
detachments in different parts of the district, keeping order. In
the middle of April, 1919, the battalion moved to the fine Welling-
ton Barracks at JuUundur. The i/4th Queen's hoped that now
at last they v^ere nearing the call home, and in this belief enjoyed
their comfortable roomy barracks, a v^^elcome change from the
incessant camps or crowded quarters. But it was not to be.
On loth May the battalion was ordered on field service to
Peshawar, to take part in the Third Afghan War„ Instead of
marching straight up the Khyber to the actual scene of the
fighting, the i/4th Queen's had the unpleasant duty of guarding
Peshawar city itself; a seething mass of discontent, which might
result in an outbreak at any moment. Guards of the i/4th
Queen's were placed on all the gates, and in the bazaars and other
dangerous places. The filth and discomfort of these quarters
in Peshawar city can scarcely be described ; every sense was
assailed in the vilest way. Those quartered outside the walls
m barracks and cantonments were looked upon with envy by
their comrades. As usual, the arrival of the Queen's brought
order and peace (as order and peace are understood in India),
and the place quieted down so that no one would have dreamt
that serious war was in progress only 30 miles away. By the end
of May, 1919, the battalion proceeded to Chitral barracks,
Nowshera, thirty miles from Peshawar in an easterly direction ,
an uninteresting hot cantonment. The Queen's were sorry to
reach it again, having had quite enough of it two years before.
One company was sent to garrison the Aerodrome at Risalpur.
Nowshera became the headquarters of the i6th (Indian)
Division, and in consequence was overcrowded, and more
uncomfortable than ever. After the close of the Afghan War the
battalion returned to Peshawar on loth September and took over
garrison duty ; remaining under canvas until October. They
then returned to Jullundur under orders to prepare for de-
mobilisation, and an early departure for England. On i8th
October they embarked on the " Konigin Luise " (one of the
German Hamburg- Amerika liners handed over after the Armis-
tice), and arrived at Devonport on 12th November, reaching
Crowborough, 14th November. They were warmly welcomed
in Croydon on T5th November ; but though the welcome was
warm, the weather was bitter, and Colonel Atkins publicly
assured the Mayor (Councillor C. Heath Clark) that he " had
never been colder in his life," by way of excuse for not making a
speech, as he followed the two colours of the battalion to their
home in the Town Hall.
The I /4th Queen's had the reputation of being the smartest
Territorial battalion in the Northern Command of India, and
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Colonel Norman Edward Cutler, i/4th Queen's
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Lieut. -Colonel S. D. Roper, i/4th Queen's and 2/4th Queen's
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the report of the Inspector-General of Infantry (of that Command)
bears this out. And it must be borne in mind under what
conditions this smartness was maintained. During the hot
weather, which lasts from about March to October, reveille is at
5.30 a.m., and all outdoor work ceases at 9.30 a.m. Men are
not allowed out of barracks between 9.30 and 5.30. In these
hours of enforced inaction the men exist as best they can ; the
lazily swinging punkah, or overhead fan, merely moves to and
fro the vitiated atmosphere, and the sweat pours off the bodies
even of those absolutely motionless. Even at 6.30, if a game of
footer or hockey is started, it has to be kept very short. At the
same time during the active operations mentioned above, the
heat has to be ignored : the fighting being carried out in a
treeless, waterless country, surely amongst the most inhospitable
regions of the world. In the cold weather (November to Febru-
ary) all energies are directed to collective training after reveille
(which is about 6.30 a.m.) and night operations are frequently
carried out.
V. The 2/4th Queen's
This was formed as a composite battalion of 2/4th (Croydon)
Queen's men with 2/5th (Guildford) Queen's men added, at
Windsor, on 24th April, 1915, under General Marriott, D.S.O.
The unit was entirely composed of men who had volunteered
for foreign service. It was trained first at Cambridge, afterwards
at Bedford ; and sailed for Gallipoli on the " Ulysses," on 17th
July, 191 5, about 1,000 strong, under the command of Colonel
F. D. Watney, T.D., who had already been in command of the
old Fourth Queen's some years before. Captain and Adjutant
P. C. Duncan, M.C. (whose father. Dr. P. T. Duncan, is the
doyen of Croydon doctors), served with the battalion from
Gallipoli until it was disbanded, and was Adjutant for three
years of this time ; but there were many changes in the Colonelcy,
as will be seen.
At Alexandria " first reinforcements " were left behind ;
which showed that the battalion was intended for immediate
offensive action ; and indeed on the night of 8th August, 191 5,
the 2/4th Queen's landed at " C " beach, Suvla Bay, and the
following morning were in the thick of things in the Gallipoli
peninsula. No definite offensive action was taken by the battalion
after the original attack in August, but there was much desultory
fighting, and very hard work in the trenches. The battalion
served throughout the campaign and evacuated the Peninsula
on 13th December, 1915. But the continual wear of the war is
shown in the fact that of the 1,000 men of the 2/4th Queen's who
landed on 8th Angus c at Suvla, even after reinforcements had been
sent them, only about 200 re-embarked on 13th December.
Wounds, hea\y sick wastage, etc., unite with acturd losses by
death to make up the remainder.
A terrible blizzard of a duration and intensity beyond the
experience of any living British soldier began on the 26th Novem-
ber, and lasted with increasing fury until the 28th, a time of
griping cold, heavy thunder, hurricane rain and raging wind.
" The water," says John Masefield, in his Gallipoli, one of the
most vivid accounts of that expedition, " poured down into the
trenches as though it were a tidal wave. It came in with a rush,
with a head upon it like the tide advancing, so quickly that men
were one minute dry and the next moment drowned at their
posts. They were caught so suddenly that those who escaped
had to leap from their trenches for dear life, leaving coats,
haversacks, food, and sometimes even their rifles, behind them.
The gale increased slowly all night ; at dawn it grew colder.
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and the intensity of the bUzzard reached its heit^ht on the 28th,
which was known thereafter as ' Frozen-Foot Day.* Men were
drowned, frozen, and frost-bitten ; and we lost in that one storm
ten per cent, of the whole Army of Gallipoli."
General Sir Ian Hamilton had commanded the Gallipoli
forces at the outset, but it was General Sir John Maxwell who
commanded the expedition in chief, when he took it from
Gallipoli to Egypt at the end of 1915. The 2/4th Queen's
arrived at its lirst camp (near Wardan) in Egypt.on 21st December,
and here Colonel Watney, who had been invalided, rejoined and
took up the command. General training and reorganisation after
the trials of Gallipoli, assimilation of large drafts to complete
the full strength of the battalion, etc., took some time. The
command in chief of the expedition passed now to General Sir
Archibald Murray. On 14th Februar\% 1916, a sudden order
was issued to proceed to the Fayoum Oasis, where the Senussi
Arabs had become active. Accordingly a camp was formed at
El Azab in the Fayoum, and our men were kept on the alert
night and day. In May however, it became manifest that the
Turks were preparing to cross the 100 miles of desert which
divides Palestine from Egypt, with a view of attacking the Suez
canal ; and the 2/4th Queen's were ordered to Ismailia, the
central point of the canal, to construct (and then to defend)
redoubts of great strength, in order to hold or repel the enemy.
While the battalion was at Gallipoli, in 191 5, the Turks had
already attacked the Suez Canal, and had been beaten back.
On this more important second attack it was not till August,
1916, that the Turkish army arrived at El Kantarah, a ridge
through which the canal cuts its way, and along which is the
immemorial way from Egypt to Syria : hence its name, which
means '* The Bridge." An actual swing-bridge now allows the
ancient caravan route to pass on its old way, making the bridge
or connection between Africa and Asia. In spite of the troubles
of desert travelling the Turkish army was in fine condition on
arrival, magnificently equipped and organized, thanks to the
discipline of its German officers and commanders. On 4th
August the British positions east of El Kantarah were attacked,
and the long struggle began. The 2/4th Queen's were hurried
to Hill 40 (which means a hill 40 metres above the datum level,
say 120 feet, and marked 40, therefore, upon the military contour
maps — a convenient way of naming the nameless, always adopted
by the army) ; Hill 40 covering El Kantarah and supporting the
front line at Romani. The attack was triumphantly repelled.
Sir Archibald Murray decided that a determined attack was
the best defence of the Canal, and therefore ordered an advance
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across the Sinai desert to be attempted. The 2/4th Queen s
were commanded by Colonel Watson, D.S.O., (of the King's
Royal Rifles), since Colonel Watney had been ordered to England
on account of ill health.
By 2nd December our battalion was at Bir el Abd (south of
Lake Sirbonis, whose northern margin here forms the Mediter-
ranean shore) and relieved the 2nd Highland Light Infantry in
outpost duty ; and here Colonel Watson had to go into Hospital,
and Colonel Wilkins of " The Queen's '' shortly afterwards took
command of the 2/4th Queen's, El Arish, which is practically
the end of the desert, was reached by the beginning of February,
191 7, aad a welcome halt of three weeks was made. On 23rd
February the 2/4th Queen's were gladdened by the sight of trees
and grass once more at Sheik Zowaiid, after the manifold dis-
comforts of the desert, and moreover they got the good news
that the retiring enemy was only 15 miles further on. We
advancing;, and they retiring, the 2/4th Queen's reached Rafa
on 8th March, and found the Turkish-German forces entrenched
behind barbed wire, with many guns, some of them of heavj-
calibre, all along the line from Gaza to Beersheba. Elaborate
preparations for attack were made, and the 2/4th Queen's had
the distinguished honour of being the " spear head " of the
column in the battle of 27th March. Their objective was a
network of entrenchments called " The Warren " (so named by
the airmen on their maps), strongly held by machine guns.
This apparently impossible position was gallantly stormed and
taken at the point of the bayonet by the 2/4th Queen's. In
recognition of their valour the small hill from which the attack
started is now marked on all military maps as " Queen's Hill."
The battalion lost about 200 killed and wounded. The dis-
appointment of the brave fellows at being ordered to retire during
the night was intense. They had performed a fine action
successfully, had held the positions, won at such heavy cost,
against numerous and determined attacks, supported by the most
deadly fire, all the long day ; and had^ moreover, suffered the
severity of thirst, as there was no water to be obtained. But
since the whole army had to retire, of course the Queen's had
to retire with it.
Gaza now became an entrenched modern fortress, and the
Eastern front began to take on many of the characters of the
Western. On 19th April, at the second battle of Gaza, an engage-
ment as fierce and as disastrous as the first battle, the 2/4th
Queen's were the liaison battalion between two divisions. The
summer passed in the routine of constant trench warfare with
periods of training in reserve ; the 2/4th Queen's still forming a
liaison battalion between two divisions, but not often actively
engaged, and therefore without heavy casualties.
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But in August, General Sir E. H. H. Allenby took over the
Command-in-Chief, and on 26th August he ordered the 2/4th
Queen's into a training camp near Beiah, about six miles irom
Gaza, where they at once entered upon a strenuous course of
training in preparation for operations on a large scale in the
autumn.
And accordingly on October 24th, 1917, the battaUon moved
forward by night to the Wadi Ghuzzee, about 12 miles S.E of
Gaza, and thence on the 27th, eastwards, in support of AUenby's
famous cavalry, who that morning had become heavily engaged
with a strong enemy reconnaissance in force. Our advancing
infantry were vigorously shelled with shrapnel, but held firm,
and the reconnaissance withdrew baffled at dusk. Allenby had
divided his attack. His 20th Corps (with which were the 2/4th
Queen's) were directed towards Jerusalem by way of Beersheba,
Hebron and Bethlehem ; and consisted of three infantry divisions,
with artillery and cavalry, and with a well equipped powerful
Camel-Corps. His 21st Corps on the other hand, composed of
four infantry divisions and a large force of cavalry, were to
advance by Gaza and Jaffa along the coast and then eastwards
from Jaffa, along the old Crusaders' route to Jerusalem. The
battle of Beersheba was won on 31st October, 191 7, by the 20th
Corps, our 2/4th Queen's holding the left of the attack and not
being very heavily engaged. At dawn on the ist November they
passed through Beersheba in pursuit of the enemy, and bivouacked
eight miles further on. On 3rd November the Queen's again
led the 53rd Division (of which they formed part) and came in
touch with the enemy soon after mid-day in a very strong en-
trenched position on a hill at Khuweilfeh, 15 miles N.N.E. of
Beersheba.
The battle of Khuweilfeh, which at once ensued, was a
brilliant victory and productive of far-reaching results. Again
the 2/4th Queen's were the " spear-head " of the division, but
so intense was the enemy's fire, chiefly from machine guns and
rifles, that it grew dark before he could be thrust out. All next
day (4th November) the part of the hill eventually won by our
Croydon men had to be held against incessant fierce attacks.
The heat was intense, not a drop of water was to be had, and so
agonizing were the conditions that several of our poor fellows
lost their reason for the time — and yet they held on grimly.
Under cover of the night, when darkness fell, the Royal Sussex
and the Royal Welsh Fusiliers came over from our northern
flank, and brilliantly rushed the remainder of the hill. For the
next four days the enemy used all the strength he could gather,
in incessant efforts to dislodge our 20th Corps. He even sent
for the Turkish- German reserves supporting Gaza (which the
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2 1 St Corps was at this time besieging) and flung his famous
Sturm-truppen, his specially trained, entirely German, " Storm
troops," against us. His forces rose to five times our strength
at one time, and still we held our own. Indeed in its way,
Khuweilfeh was a Verdun, and was of equally disastrous effect
to the enemy's campaign. For by causing the withdrawal of the
Reserve and the Storm-troops from Gaza, and part of the two
German divisions from Aleppo (where they were available as the
Germans fondly thought, both for Palestine and for Mesopotamia),
the men of the 20th Corps had rendered possible the fall of Gaza
before the attack of the 21st Corps, and, as an immediate con-
sequence, the rapid and picturesque advance which has made
AUenby known as one of the great captains of history. The
Commander-in-Chief indeed, in congratulating the 53rd Division,
expressly mentioned these well known and brilliant results as due
to their heroic resistance at Khuweilfeh. Croydon has good right
to be proud of the 2/4th Queen's.
Finally, on 8th November, 1917, the fall of Gaza and the
evident danger on his right flank made it ''ncumbent on the
enemy to retire ; and on the next day (9th November) our men
could advance beyond the scene of their victory to Ras en Nagb,
where they held a reserve outpost position till the end of the
month.
By this time the 2ist Corps had captured Jaffa, and turning
eastward were aiming at Jerusalem from the west. On 4th
December a force (Mott's column) consisting of the 53rd Division,
(20th Corps), with special artillery and cavalry, was ordered to
advance up the Beersheba-Hebron- Jerusalem road, the 2/4th
Queen's forming of course part of that column. They reached
Hebron by the evening, the enemy retiring. Next day they
moved on in pursuit, and so on each day, until they came into
touch with the enemy just outside Bethlehem on the morning
of Qth December. All this march was in appalling weather, wet
and bitterly cold, the more trying as following the exposure to
great heat. One night (8th December) was popularly regarded as
the worst time experienced by the battalion since the blizzard
at Suvla ; freezing rain falling in torrents in a high wind, the
men being in fighting gear without overcoats, and in their drill
shorts with bare knees, and without any shelter whatever except
their bivouac sheets, the water rushing down the hill in cataracts.
After several days' marching in rain, w^ithout possibility of
change, there is no wonder at the deep impression made on those
who halted on this 8th December. The Turks at Bethlehem
relying on our respect for their holy places boldly exposed their
guns in the neighbourhood of Churches and Mosques. They
had probably come to know of an absolute order of Generaj
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Allenby's to " avoid damaging any holy places, in order not to
prejudice British interests with the natives of the country," who
regard the Turks, of course, as their conquerors and oppressors.
The 2/4th Queen's who had been subject to the fire of these
guns during the half-day, were ordered to attack the hills to the
south of Bethlehem, between them and the town, about 4 p.m.
The Turks retired, and the hills were in our hands before dark ;
so that from the summit our men looked down on Bethlehem
and across to Jerusalem, and they were the first British forces to
see their goal, the Holy City, in this war On the next day
(loth December) the column passed through Bethlehem into
Jerusalem ; finding there the troops of the 21st Corps, who had
attacked from the west, and had overnight received the surrender
of Jerusalem by the Mayor, but without then seeing the town
itself.
They had entered Jerusalem early in the day (loth December)
and the 2/4th Queen's arrived in the dusk. The Turks had
divided in their retirement, half going by the Nablus road, half
by the Jericho road. They took up strong positions astride the
Nablus road three miles north of Jerusalem, and across the
Jericho road two miles east of Jerusalem. The 2/4th Queen's
had the honour of guarding all the city gates of Jerusalem and
other places in the town. On December i8th they took over the
front position from the Cheshires before White Hill and Ras-es-
Zamby, the strong positions held by the Turks across the Jericho
road above referred to. On 21st December the 2/4th Queen's,
in conjunction with the 2/ioth Middlesex (Duke of Cambridge's
Own) attacked at the point of the bayonet, and took these two
hills after severe hand-to-hand fighting. They held them all the
rest of the day against repeated violent counter-attacks, in which
entrenching tools, and even bare fists, were freely used by those
of our men who had for the moment lost their rifles. The hills
therefore now became part ot the British positions and were held
through Christmas ; a period of further drenching rain, bitter
wind, and general discomfort. A determined effort to recover
Jerusalem about Christmas was confidently expected by the Staft",
and at 2 a.m. on 27th December this attack came off, north of
Jerusalem, on an eight-mile front, principally athwart the Nablus
road. Also a specially violent attack on a smaller scale began
at dawn on the positions held by the 2/4th Queen's athwart the
Jericho road, and lasted all day. But in neither case did the
Turks obtain more than local successes, one of which was the
recapture of White Hill, by vastly superior numbers, during the
afternoon. But the general failure of the battle compelled the
enemy to retire at dark, so as to re-adjust his lines ; and we
reoccupied our full position before midnight. In these two
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fights (21st December and 27th December) the 2/4th Queen's
lost 14 officers and 315 men, killed and wounded, out of a fighting
strength of about 700, which is regarded by military men as an
exceptionally heavy loss. The battalion therefore went into
reserve, occupying the Russian Hospice on the Mount of Olives
until the end of the year.
On I St January, 19 18, another day of torrential rain and wind,
the battalion marched to Ram-Allah on the Nablus road, about
six miles from Jerusalem, the Turks having retired, and remained
in this district till the middle of March, with occasional raids,
much trench work, etc., but they fought no definite action with
the exception of the capture of Tel-Asur, the highest hill in
Palestine, and the adjoining positions. Then they proceeded
through Jerusalem to Jericho, which had meanwhile fallen, and
took up positions (again in the first line) in the valley of the
Jordan opposite to the enemy's entrenchments.
After repulsing a considerable attack by the Turks in the
beginning of April, the battalion returned to the Nablus-road
position and remained there till June, 1918. During this time
the Turks attacked and occupied the positions at Ide Hill held
by the 2/4th Queen's, but happily were driven out later in the
same day. In June the battalion was ordered to France, with
many other troops, to withstand the great Hun attack which had
started in the previous March.
Colonel Wilkins, who had been wounded at Khuweilfeh
(4th November, 191 7) and sent into Hospital, had been replaced
at that time by Major Roper, who joined up from the i/4th
Queen's in India in September, 1917. Major Roper now became
Colonel of the battalion and remained in command until May,
when he was ordered to England, and Colonel Hill, D.S.O., of
the Scots Guards, succeeded him in the command.
The 2/4th Queen's sailed on the " Malwa " from Alexandria
in the middle of June, 191 8, and landed at Taranto in the south
of Italy, after escaping by a very narrow shave a torpedo fired
from a German submarine 12 miles from port. Here they
entrained into some cattle trucks, and seven days later, without
change of carriage, reached Proven in the Ypres salient. The
first ten days of July were passed in reorganisation, refitting kit,
and generally getting efficient. From July 14th to August 3rd
the 2/4th Queen's were sent with the 22nd Corps to assist the
French in the Soissons area, and took part in this movement
with great distinction, as is acknowledged by the congratulatory
letters from the gratified French generals who were in command
in the battles of Parcy, Tigny, Grand Rozoy and Beugneux.
Again a heavy price had to be paid for glory, and the battalion
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Lieut. -Colonel Harold R. Atkins, i/4th Queen's
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sustained about 300 casualties, killed and wounded. The French
commanders did not confine their appreciation to dispatches,
but awarded numerous " Croix de Guerre " to the 2/4th,
Alter 3rd August the battalion returned to the Ypres sector.
Towards the end of August they again went to the front trenches
facing Kemmel Hill, On the night of 27th August it became
evident to our patrols that the Germans had evacuated their
position, and accordingly we advanced in the early hours of the
28th, The 2/4th Queen's were the first on the hill, an achieve-
ment for which Captain Bannerman of Croydon, leading his
Company, received the Military Cross. From this day to the
Armistice (nth November, 1918) the battalion was in touch with
the enemy, in continual pursuit, and was engaged in daily combats
between Kemmel and Anseghem, the following being the
principal actions : — Kemmel, the Vierstraat Switch (a line of
trenches), the Wytschaete ridge (full of huge craters formed by
mines blown up by ourselves in the well-known previous attack
on Wytschaete and Messines), Oostaverne, Gheluweh, the Menin
road, Rolleghem, Belleghem, and Anseghem.
After the Armistice the battalion marched by daily stages to
Flawinne near Namur, and remained there till January, 1919.
They then proceeded across the Rhine to positions of control
(over civic populations) east of Siegburg, nine miles east of Bonn,
and remained in Germany till they were disbanded. During this
period they were employed on control posts in the following
areas : — Allner, Seelscheid, Wahn, Kalk, Engelskirchen, Ehre-
shoven, Lindlar, Frankenfurst, Michaelsberg.
In March, 1919, Field Marshal Lord Plumer (as he is now
known) presented the battalion on behalf of His Majesty with the
" King's Colour " — now in our Town Hall ; and in the same
month Colonel Hill retired from the regiment, being succeeded
in the command of the 2/4th Queen's by Colonel S. T. Watson,
D.S.O., of " The Queen's."
In April, 1919, the " 53rd (Young Soldiers') Battalion " of
the Queen's came out, as a battalion, 1,000 strong, to Germany,
and were at once absorbed into the 2/4th Queen's as a dra[t — a
remarkable case of the tail wagging the dog. The war-worn
veterans of Gallipoli (of whom only about eight still remained),
of Egypt and Palestine, and of Flanders and France, were not
best pleased at their honoured name being assumed by these
fresh English lads ; and on the other hand to go out as a battalion
and find yourselves only a draft is not exactly exhilarating !
In June, 1919, Colonel Watson being ordered to India, the
command of the enlarged 2/4th Queen's was given to Colonel
Wauchope, D.S.O,, of the York and Lancaster Regiment.
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In October, 1919, in the monastery of Michaelsberg, at
Siegberg, the battalion was disbanded, and all the men not
demobilisable were divided as reinforcements between the loth
and nth (Service) battalions of " The Queen's " ; and at the
beginning of November, Captain and Adjutant P. C. Duncan,
M.C., and two sergeants, with the Colour presented from the
King, as above recorded, were all that remained of the 2/4th
Queen's.
Captain Duncan and his two sergeants arrived at Croydon
the same day as the i/4th Queen's (15th November, 1919) and
handed over the 2/4th's King's Colour to the Mayor, by whom it
was placed in the Town Hall with the colours of the i/4th.
The 2/4th Queen's received the following decorations during
the War :— Two D.S.O., sixteen M.C., seven D.C.M., and a
large number of Military Medals and foreign decorations.
VI. The 3/4th Queen's
The third battalion of the Fourth Queen's began in the
remainder of the battalion left at Windsor after the departure of
the 2/4th Queen's in April, 1915. Colonel U. L. Hooke, of
Croydon, was appointed to the command ; and it was quickly
filled out by recruits from Croydon to a battalion of full strength.
Major L. S. de la Mare was the second in command, and Major
K. A. Oswald the Adjutant, both Croydon men.
Progressive training was carried out in Windsor Great Park,
and the battalion was armed with Japanese rifles, a musketry
course being fired with them at the Runnymede ranges.
The only active service duty performed beyond the training
was the occasional piqueting of the main roads. Upon receiving
a sudden order an officer with a few men would be despatched
to each road, and at once blocked the passage with waggons, etc.
All persons were stopped. Even Staff Officers were held up by
the awed but faithful subalterns, in spite of strong language ; and
the tears of ladies trying to reach town to fulfil theatrical engage-
ments, etc., were ineffective, though the weeping was actual and
not merely dramatic. The reason seems to have been to effect
the capture of certain spies of high position by these sudden
blockades ; and rumour had it that they were not unsuccessful.
Another humorous occurrence resulted in a valuable tactical
exercise. With a view of testing some new overcoats the Colonel
ordered his bugler to sound the " fall in." The bui^ler's intention
was admirable, but his execution was so imperfect that the result
was taken for the " alarm." The true " alarm " was at once
sounded by a neighbouring unit, and the warning was of course
repeated far and wide. The Guards, some of them at football,
others at Windsor Races, doubled back to quarters and stood to
arms. All other units in Windsor and Slough did the same.
Fortunately some one telegraphed to Hounslow, or the whole of
the London garrison would have turned out. All concerned
looked for trouble over the unfortunate error, but it was held to
be so excellent a practice alarm that the authorities took no
notice.
Leaving Windsor early in June, 1915, the battalion was
quartered in empty houses at Tunbridge Wells, where part of
the billet area was wrecked by bombs from Zeppelins on loth
October, 1915, evidently a precursor, or trial trip of the only
raid which seriously affected Croydon three days later (13th
October, 191 5), when the invaders, as will be remembered,
arrived from this same direction.
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While at Tunbridge Wells, the War Office decided that the
men for home service only, should be separated from those
available for service abroad ; and in June, 191 5, some 400 officers
and men vv^ere posted for home service duty to the 6gth Pro-
visional Battalion at Lowestoft. (The same force which after-
wards was known as the iqth provisional battalion of the Queen's ;
an account of whose services follows in chapter IX.) Durinpr June
and July, 1915, Battalion Headquarters and about 600 N.C.O.'s
and men were sent to Hailing^, near Chatham, to work on the
system of trenches in connection with the London defences,
considerable praise being earned for the work done.
While at Tunbridge Wells many recruits had been posted
from Croydon and at this time the battalion marched to Maidstone,
a distance of 18 miles, and on the following day were inspected
on the march on the Wrotham Road by Lord Kitchener. They
returned that same day to Tunbridge Wells, a distance of 23 miles
in the one day ; a severe test, in which the battalion showed to
great advantage.
During the period from August to November, 191 1;, the
battalion was deprived of the services of several Croydon officers,
among whom were — Major L. S. de la Mare, who proceeded to
Egyot to the 2/4th Queen's ; Lieutenants P. C. Duncan, Peter
Brodie (aftenvards killed, the son of Mr, Robert Brodie, the
former Headmaster of the Whitgift Grammar School) and R. W.
Spicer (afterwards killed), who joined the 2/4th Queen's in
Gallipoli ; and Lieutenant A. S. Redfern (son of Dr. Redfern, of
Croydon) who transferred to the Royal Flying Corps. In
December, 1911:, Second Lieutenant G. P. Allen, the son of
Mr. Councillor Francis Allen, of Croydon, was fatally injured in
an accident, to the great sorrow of his comrades, with whom he
was deservedly popular, while attending a course of bombing at
Marden Park.
From October,i9i 5, to July, 1916, the battalion was quartered
at Reigate : training was continued and the battalion was
inspected on the march at Godstone by Lord French,Commander-
in-Chief of the Home Forces, being singled out from the Surrey
Brigade, of which it formed part, for special complimentary
mention.
After a few days in camp at Windernesse Park, Sevenoaks,
the battalion moved into camp at Westbere, near Sturry, with
the 2/c;th Queen's, where they arrived on 17th Julv, 191 6, the
remainder of the Surrey Brigade being in camp at Gore Street.
Training was continued, and a musketry course fired at Sandwich.
Early in August upwards of 300 men, many of whom belonged
to Croydon, were drafted overseas from the battalion, and the
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Lieut .-Colonel Utten Lamont Hooke, 3/4th Queen's
(Fell in France, 21st June, 1917)
Major (Acting Lieut. -Colonel) Kenneth Allan Oswald, D.S.O.
3 /4th Queen's
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majority were posted to the 22nd battalion County of London
Regiment, thereby being fortunate in retaining the name of
" The Queen's."
The battalion remained under canvas until 2nd November,
1916, when the weather conditions became impossible. It was
then moved to Ramsgate in connection with the Coast Defences,
and was there during the German bombardments of the town
from the sea in February and April, 1917, and during the very
frequent air raids.
Early in 1917 Captain W. G. Paget, who had been the Medical
Officer of the battalion since its formation, was ordered overseas.
In April, 1917, the 3/4th Queen's returned to Westbere camp.
On several occasions previously, preparations had been far
advanced for an early departure overseas, but it was not until
the end of Mav, 1Q17, that the 3/4th Queen's eventually sailed
for France. They had the honour of being the battalion selected
by merit from the Surrey Brigade for this purpose.
At all stations in England the battalion had won golden
opinions for its behaviour and soldierly bearing. Not only was
it in a high state of military efficiency but it also figured
prominently in all sports organised in the Division and the Brigade.
The Surrey Brigade Football Cup was won by the 3 /4th Queen's
in IQ16-17, as well as many inter-battalion and naval cricket
matches and cross-country races — in the latter the running of
Private A. Marshall of Croydon, was always a feature. In the
United Services Boxing Competition at Ramsgate, in Febniary,
iqi7, Drummer G. Beale, a Croydon man, won the Welter
Weights in a high class entry.
Prior to their leaving Westbere camp, the Mayor of Croydon
f Alderman Howard Houlder) accompanied by the Vicar (Canon
L. J. White-Thomson) and the Town Clerk (Dr. J. M. Newnham)
visited the battalion, and the Mayor expressed the good wishes
of the citizens of Croydon for the success of the 3/4th Queen's
in France. This visit was much appreciated by all ranks of the
battalion. The Hon. Colonel, Sir Frederick Edridge. was, much
to the regret of all, unable to make the journey owing to ill-health.
The people of Croydon all along continued to take great
interest in the doings of the 3/4th Queen's, and among other
benefits the receipt each Christmas (in England and abroad) of
puddings, tobacco, etc., was very much appreciated by the
battalion, who gladly recognised the work of Mr. Henry Bemey
in this connection.
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The battalion left Canterbury on 30th May, 1917, and
proceeded to Havre via Southampton under the command of
Lieutenant-Colonel U. L. Hooke ; Major K. A. Oswald being
second in command, and Captain V. F. Samuelson, of Ewell,
Adjutant. The Regimental Sergeant-Major, W. Johnson (The
Queen's), who came of an old Croydon family, did much towards
the CNcellent condition of the battalion.
From Havre the battalion moved to Laloge (Foret d'Hesdins)
for a short time and then joined the 9th Division at Duisans
near Arras — they were attached to the South African Brigade ;
and, as always, their training was continued.
The battalion was later attached to the 4th Division for
training in trench warfare, and was soon sent forward to the
fighting line in the sectors North and South of the River Scarpe
to the east of Arras. On the 21st June, 1917, a great misfortune
befell the 3 /4th Queen's in the loss of their Commanding Officer,
Lieutenant-Colonel U. L. Hooke, who was killed by a shell in
the neighbourhood of the Chemical Works at Roeux. Lieutenant-
Colonel Hooke, whose labours during the extended training in
England had been unceasing, was universally popular with both
officers and men. He was buried at Fampoux. The father of
this gallant officer received at his home in Birdhurst Road the
sympathy of the whole of Croydon when the loss of his son
became known here. The command of the battalion was given
to Major K. A. Oswald, who was appointed Lieutenant- Colonel.
The battalion was attached in July, 1917, to the 12th
Division, for work in the front fighting line in the vicinity of
Monchy, being quartered in the oil factory at Arras ; and the
General Officer commanding the 12th Division has recorded his
special appreciation of the work done by the 3 /4th Queen's in
connection with the attack he made on Long Trench, on 17th
July, 1917.
Early in August, 1917, the battalion was ordered to join the
2ist Division, which was at that time in the sector opposite
Fontaine ; and after being for a short time the battalion in reserve
at Croisilles, the 3/4th Queen's took over the left sector of the
Brigade front, consisting for the main part of the old Hindenburg
line with its extensive tunnel system. At this point there was
a broad '* No man's land," and the opportunity was seized for
extensive patrol training which continued until complete mastery
of " No man's land " was obtained. On 25th August a fighting
patrol carried out a bold reconnaissance for machine guns, and
some of the party worked right under the enemy wire and on to
the parapet of his trench, locating the guns and emplacements.
The patrol was unfortunately discovered before they could get
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clear away, and two of the party being wounded, the withdrawal
was only effected with great difficulty. For conspicuous gallantry
on this occasion Second Lieutenant GiUiland was awarded the
Military Cross and Lance-Sergeant Goatcher the Military Medal ;
and the Divisional Commander's Card of Honour was presented
to Lance Corporal Matthews and Private Homewood.
On 28th August, 1917, the 21st Division had to be with-
drawn from the fighting line lor rest and training, and was
quartered at Warlus (West of Arras) where they remained and
carried out intensive training in the newest forms of attack, until
1 6th September, when they took the first stage towards the
Flanders fighting.
On i6th September, 1917, the 3/4th Queen's were at Le
Peplier near Caestre, and were there transferred to the Second
Army. At this time they received a welcome draft of 100 men,
mainly from the East Kent Regiment (The Buffs). The ist and
^th battalions of the Queen's (the ist being the old battalion of
the regular army, and the 8th one of the Mew Army battalions)
were also quartered in this neighbourhood, and many friendships
were renewed.
On 23rd September the 3/4th Queen's moved towards La
Roukloshille, under the Mont des Cats. General Sir H. Plumer,
in command of the Second Army, inspected the battahon at
training while here, and expressed himself as most satisfied.
The 28th September, 1917, found the battalion at Rening-
helst, and during this moonlight season much annoyance and
•discomfort was caused by the enemy aircraft.
On 30th September, 1917, a move was made to the dugouts
in the banks of Zillebeke Lake, Ypres, where the final preparations
were made for the coming offensive.
On the night of the 2nd/3rd October, the 62nd Brigade, to
which the 3/4th Queen's was attached, reheved the iioth Brigade
in the front line just east of Polygon Wood ; the journey up
being of a most difficult nature owmg to the heavy shelling and to
the moving troops being silhouetted against the light of burning
ammunition dumps. As much reconnaissance as was possible
was carried out the following day, but the enemy occupied
high ground in close proximity, so that little movement was
possible. The Artillery duels at this time were of the fiercest.
The ground had become very muddy, and the constant shelling
had churned the Polygon Beek into a broad and almost
impenetrable morass ; carrying parties had great difficulty in
bringing up supplies or mud mats and other necessaries.
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The attack of Plumer's Second Army on Broodseinde Ridge
was launched at 6 a.m. on the 4th October, 1917, on a dark
damp morning. The place of assembly was thirty feet below the
first objective, and in full view of the enemy ; scrub covered the
slopes of the small spurs and this was heavily wired ; powerful
concrete blockhouses, some of three compartments and with
garrisons of 20 to 30 men, commanded all approaches with
machine guns and trench mortars ; deep trenches were sited on
all prominent positions ; the beds of the streams were swept
by machine gun fire, etc. As seen by daylight after the attack
the enemy's position indeed appeared impregnable. The 7th
Division in which were the 2nd (regular) battalion of The Queen's,
attacked on the left of the 3 /4th Queen's. The barrage was very
dense and accurate, and although moving very slowly, the state
of the ground made it difficult to keep up with it. The
orders were to capture the first objective, and other battalions of
the Brigade were then to pass through them to the second
objective. After severe fighting, and with the greatest deter-
mination, the objective was captured, but not without heavy
losses : of the 20 officers who went forward to the attack, all
were killed or wounded by 2 o'clock in the afternoon ; four
however were able to remain at duty, and the battalion was at
once reorganised with the help of the non-commissioned officers,
who did splendid work. The Commanding Officer, Lieutenant-
Colonel K. A.Oswald, was wounded while reconnoitring the front
line early in the afternoon. The fighting had been fierce and
hand to hand, and large numbers of the enemy were encountered
chiefly owing to the fact that two fresh enemy divisions had
just previously been moved into their line with a view to making
an attack on a large scale. Our attack forestalled theirs by only
a few minutes.
The battalion in spite of the severe test to which it had just
been put, remained in the line until yth October, when it was
relieved.
Notwithstanding the losses, the scarcity of food and water
(the carrying of which was almost stopped by the continuous
enemy barrage), and the fatigue caused by the wet ground, the
morale of all ranks remained extremely high. The victory had
been complete and the enemy was signally defeated.
The congratulations of the General Officer Commanding the
2 1 St Division were received on the magnificent work accomplished.
In one Report it was said : —
" The off'ensive spirit of the 3/4th Queen's in this their
" first attack was beyond all praise, and the capture of the
" powerful concrete shelters was only achieved by absolute
" determination to win and a complete disregard of self."
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Brigadier-General C. G. Rawling, who commanded the
62nd Brigade of the 21st Division at that time, also wrote as
follows : —
" I always knew any Queen's battalion would be good,
" but it was a severe trial to take a new battalion through
" that terrific barrage fire, then across those bogs, in the
" face of the concrete emplacements in each of which were
" three machine guns. It was a glorious feat. 1 am
" sorry to say that the losses are dreadful — you lost
" between three and four hundred killed, wounded and
" missing. The Boche lost heavily too, the place is
" littered with his dead. The battalion has added another
" laurel to the Regiment's Battle Honours."
In this battle of the 4th October, 1917, the 3/4th Queen's
took 200 German prisoners and captured or destroyed —
8 heavy and 7 fight machine guns.
5 trench mortars, and 5 " granatenwerfers."
The following awards were later made to the battalion for
conspicuous gallantry and devotion to duty on that occasion • —
2 Distinguished Service Orders.
2 Military Crosses.
2 Distinguished Conduct Medals.
15 Military Medals.
On the 9th October the battalion was at Sercus and
reorganisation was proceeded with, and a fortnight later was
back in the line again near the scene of its late attack — east of
Polygon Wood.
The 3/4th Queen's remained in this areg, usually doing duty
in the line in the neighbourhood of Reutel until 8th November,
after which they were quartered for short periods in the Westoutre
and Ecurie areas. At the latter place full preparations were made
for their transfer to the Italian front, which, however, in view of
the position which grew up near Cambrai, were subsequently
cancelled. The strength of the battafion at this time was a fittle
over 600.
On 2ist November, 1917, Lieutenant-Colonel G. H. Sawyer,
D.S.O., Royal Berks Regiment, relieved Major H. C. Cannon,
M.C., in the command of the battafion.
On 4th December the 3/4th Queen's were at Long Avesnes
and met the 6th Queen's battalion of the New Army in the
neighbourhood of Decrement, after which the 21st Division took
over a sector of the front south of Gouzecourt, the battafion
going into the fighting line in the vicinity of Vaucellette Farm.
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While here on 14th December a fighting patrol of the 3 /4th
obtained valuable identifications by the capture of German
prisoners of the ist battalion 2:;th I.R. near Reudicourt. Sergeant
W. G, Ford was in charge of this patrol, and was awarded the
Military Medal for his exploit.
The battalion remained in this sector until 30th January,
iqi8, when they moved to Moislans, and the orders for the
disbanding of the battalion owing to the reorganisation of the
Infantry arm of the service followed soon afterwards.
The 3 /4th Queen's was throughout the only Territorial Unit
in the 21st Division.
By the 20th February, 1918, the disbanding was complete,
all officers and other ranks being posted to other battalions of
the Queen's Regiment.
To those who had the well-being of the 3 /4th Queen's at
heart, the sudden termination of its career was a great disappoint-
ment. It had earned a splendid reputation largely owing to a
keen sense of esprit-de-corps, which Croydon by its interest and
encouragement did much to foster, and it is satisfactory to know
that the doings of the battalion were recognised by the high
honour of the presentation of a King's Colour. At the time of
writing the Colour has not yet reached Croydon. It will receive
due recognition when it arrives ; and no doubt will either join
the Colours of the i/4th and the 2/4th Queen's in the Town
Hall, or possibly may be hung in the Parish Church.
In a letter to the President of the Surrey Territorial Force
Association, Lieutenant-General Macready, Adjutant-General to
the forces, paid a marked tribute to the 3/4th Queen's on its
being disbanded. " The recent reorganisation of infantry in
France (the Adjutant-General wrote) involved the disbandment
of certain battalions, amongst which is the 3/4th battalion The
Queen's Royal West Surrey Regiment. This battalion was a
third line Territorial battalion, formed on the 24th April, 1015,
whose first and second lines were serving in India and Palestine.
It was therefore raised to the status of an overseas unit, and was
selected out of a second line Territorial Force Division serving
at home, to go to France in May, 1Q17. The battalion was
attached to the Twelfth Division in July, but in August was
Dosted to the Twenty-first Division with which it served in the
line near Croisilles, moving to Flanders in September, and taking
Dart in a highly successful attack on Reutel on 4th October.
Fifteen machine guns, ten trench mortars, and two hundred
prisoners were taken, and the Chaplain, the Rev. M. Tron, M.C.,
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was awarded the D.S.O. The commanding officer, Lieutenant-
Colonel K. A. Oswald, D.S.O., was however wounded next day.
The battalion was again in action near Reutel on 26th October,
and 5th November, but moved south at the end of November,
being in the line near Gouzeau court by loth December. It
continued in this area till disbanded in February, 191 8. In every
engagement in which this battalion took part during its short career
in the field, it upheld the brilliant and glorious traditions of the
Queen's Regiment, and was awarded during the period that it
was in France, two Distinguished Service Orders, four Military
Crosses, two Distinguished Conduct Medals and nineteen
Military Medals. Although the 3/4th battalion has been dis-
banded, the Officers, warrant officers, non-commissioned officers,
and the men have not been lost to the Queen's Regiment ; they
have all been drafted into other battalions of the Regiment, and
will continue to uphold the name and traditions of this Regiment,
with the same spirit, loyalty, and esprit-de-corps as they have
done in the 3 /4th battalion.'
VII. The 4/4th Queen's
After the Fourth Queen's had left Croydon for Windsor
Park, there to form part of the composite battalion of the Queen's,
and eventually to produce first the 2/4th, and later the 3/4th
Queen's, the Depot Company left behind in Poplar Walk,Croydon,
became known as the 4/4th, and Captain Kenneth Wm. Elder
became its Major and Commanding Officer in July. 1915.
Major Elder had been forbidden foreign service when lieutenant
in the i/4th Queen's ; tried again and was again turned back as
Captain in the 2/4th ; again, fighting against fate, he unsuccessfully
volunteered in the 3/4th ; and finally had to give up the glory of
fighting, and train soldiers for his beloved Queen's abroad, as
Major Commanding the Depot battalion, the 4/4th. And who
shall say that this brave spirit, so often foiled, did not perhaps
do more for the Fourth Queen's by his fine patient support at
home than those more fortunate in the athletic sense whose
services overseas he so bitterly envied ?
The 4/4th was, then, essentially a draft-finding and training
unit. Major Elder trained successfully and sent out drafts to
the i/4th in India, to the 2/4th in Egypt and Palestine and to the
3/4th in France and Flanders ; and at last when our forces in
1 91 6 could no longer wait for strictly regimental drafting he
sent out levies wherever men were most wanted, regulars, new
army, or territorials. Nay, it is even asserted that some Croydon
men of the 4/4th developed into Highlanders, and theoretically
or actually discarded trousers for the kilt ! Whenever even so
few as 10 men were fairly fit Major Elder sent them out. He
rather looked to physical fitness than to smartness on parade,
to training rather than to drilling. His men were always at
muscular exercise, gymnastics, trench digging, bayonet exercise,
etc. He acquired by hook or crook a machine gun and trained
men to high efficiency as machine gunners. Major Elder's
machine gun has found its way to the Cadets of the Whitgift
Grammar School, although technically it is still regimental
property.
The battalion went into open-air camp at Windsor
in 1 91 5; but the recruits to the 4/4th remained chiefly
Croydon boys from first to last. In November, 1915, the
4/4th was sent from Windsor to Purfleet and left canvas tents for
wooden huts. Accommodation was scanty because the battalion
grew so fast, and they had an uncomfortable time towards
Christmas. Then to their great pleasure arrived, just in time,
Christmas puddings from Croydon, plenty of cigarettes, and other
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comforts, through Mr. Harry Berney and the Croydon District
Association of Voluntary Organisations ; they felt they were
remembered and thought of in Croydon, and all their troubles
were at once cheerfully endured. Many kind pudding-makers
had sent them friendly messages in the pudding tins, but the
regimental cooks were in such haste to boil up the longed-for
deUcacies that they plunged the tins into the cauldrons just as
they were, without taking off the lids ; and, alas, nearly all those
kind affectionate messages " boiled out in the wash ! " Only so
many remained legible as to intensify the Queen's regret for the
loss of the others. And some one managed to get hold of the
old i/4th Queen's camp cooking stove, and fed 609 men gloriously
therewith on its arrival at Purfleet.
At the new year, 1916, the 4/4th was sent to Cambridge,
and in April to Crowborough. It was still housed in huts, but
the Crowborough pattern was excellent, and accommodation was
abundant. The " conscription " levies now began to arrive, and
many of them were pale and non-muscular and generally poor
in physique. Not only did the condition of the original men
improve rapidly in the fine air of Crowborough and the good
treatment of the camp, but the weaklings above referred to
changed almost miraculously fast into happy, athletic, bronzed,
capable soldiers. Everyone was astounded at the swiftness and
completeness of the change. Even after the first month they
would not have been known for the same men. So excellent a
result was not obtained without incessant watchfulness, and
Major Elder's necessary strictness was at first often resented ;
but by the end of the month the resentment had all paled in the
glow of health and spirits previously unknown, and these very
men became in the rebound amongst the best soldiers Major
Elder had commanded ; so that when Sir Frederick Edridge,
from first to last the Honorary Colonel of the Fourth Queen's,
came to inspect his regiment at Crowborough, accompanied by
the Mayor (Alderman Howard Houlder) and the Town Clerk,
he was delighted with the soldierly appearance and the perfection
of their various exercises and evolutions. Fortunately we have
a photographic record of the inspection and are glad to reproduce
it here.
By the middle of 1916 the pressure of recruits due to
" conscription " lessened, and training battalions such as this
were brigaded, so that the 4/4th as a separate force came to an
end. Major Elder went to the Brigade Staff of the Home
Counties Reserve Brigade, and the Guildford men (Fifth Queen's)
were added to the Croydon men (Fourth Queen's) to form a
fresh unit in that Brigade, under the name of the " Fourth
Reserve Battalion of the Queen's."
VIII. The Fourth Reserve
Queen's
LJeutenant-Colonel J. Wyndham Wright was the first
Commanding Officer of this Fourth Reser\'e Battalion of the
Queen's, and he was succeeded by Lieutenant-Colonel W. R.
Campion (M.P. for Lewes), D.S.O., T.D., who, returning to the
front on expiry of leave, was followed in the command by
Lieutenant-Colonel N. T. Rolls. Colonel Rolls came home from
the front (6th Queen's, Kitchener's men) for six months' leave
in April, 1918, was appointed to the Fourth Reserve Queen's,
which had removed from Crowborough to Tunbridge Wells, and
remained in command of it until it was disbanded a year later
(29th May, 1919). When Colonel Rolls arrived he found the
battalion diligently training new levies, and acting as convalescent
home for the wounded continually arriving from the front : draft-
finding in this way for the Territorial battalions abroad.
The Armistice was declared on nth November, 19 18, but
the despatch of trained levies could not even then cease, since
replacement of the forces in France and elsewhere continued to
be necessary, in order that the war-worn soldiers might get
home-leave. Further, no one could tell what devices the enemy
might resort to, and the profound distrust of his good faith
made reductions in army strength impossible during the many
long wear}' months which had yet to run till Peace was signed
with Germany (28th June, 1919).
One final victory, though a peaceful and merry one, must
be set down to the credit of the Fourth Queen's in the Reserve
state. The whole Brigade had six battalions, and all six engaged
in a tournament of football, involving innumerable separate
games. From this long contest for the Brigade Football Cup,
the battalion which ultimately emerged victorious, and which of
course still possesses the Cup, was the Fourth Reserve Queen's.
IX. The 69th Provisional
Battalion (the 19th Queen's)
As already recorded in Chapter VI., the men destined for
Home Service only were separated at Tunbridge Wells in June,
1915 from the 3/4th Queen's, in whose ranks at that time they
were serving. Some men of similar category from the Fifth
Queen's (Guildford) were united with them, and the joint force
(16 officers and 960 men) were called for the time being the
" 69th Provisional Battalion." [Finally on ist January, 1917,
they were re-baptised as the " 19th Queen's."] On 2Cth June,
1915, the 69th P.B, (19th Queen's) went by train to Eastbourne
and Seaford and were engaged on coast defence ; and Major
Perkins (afterwards K.C.B.) of the 2/5th Queen's, commanded
them. But in a fortnight the pleasant south coast quarters were
exchanged for Lowestoft, which Lord French always held to be a
highly vulnerable spot. Trenches were formed along the Denes,
with wire entanglements, and a line of strong points on the cliff
above ; and the only shelter for the patrols on the shore was the
highly inconvenient one of the local bathing-machines. Other
regiments sent parties to join the battalion, and at one time
(May, 1916) Major Perkins was in command of about 2,000 men ;
guarding from four to eight miles of the coast, from Pakefield
to Hopton. From first to last 140 officers and 5,000 other ranks
passed through the 19th Queen's. They continued round
Lowestoft till 6th November, 1916, when drafts and discharges
had reduced the battalion to 450, but new arrivals quickly raised
the numbers again to about 900. In August, 1918, the numbers
were 1,700.
The most interesting part was the end of April, 1916. On
the night of 24th April there were Zeppelins over the coast, and
one Zeppelin was observed in the early dawn of the 25th by the
Adjutant and the officer on duty to be hanging motionless at a
great height. They thought it crippled, and were glad to see
warships on the horizon, from which gun-flashes proceeded which
they hoped would bring down the Zeppelin. But the explosion
of heavy shells along the Lowestoft coast quickly made it known
to them that these eight or ten ships were part of the German
Navy. Lowestoft was being shelled by a number of hea\y guns,
firing as rapidly as they could. No retaliation was possible ; all
that could be done was to put the troops into the bombardment
trenches which had been specially prepared for such an event ;
where, moreover, they would be available in case of an attempted
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landing. Casualties occurred to houses in the town and amongst
the civilian population, but almost none amongst the troops ; the
Huns' ranging being fortunately very defective. One shell passed
through fourteen houses, coming to rest, still unexploded, in a
bedroom of the last. Other houses were totally demolished.
But in less than half an hour a few British ships hove in sight.
They at once opened fire on the enemy. Though ours was but
a light flotilla, and some of their ships were battle cruisers, yet
it was enough : the Navy was there, and the Huns fled under
full steam ! A renewal of the attack was anticipated, and the
battalion was kept strictly to quarters, ready to turn out at any
instant. Much relief was felt when the welcome message arrived
" Resume normal conditions."
Air attacks, chiefly by Zeppelins, were frequent at Lowestoft.
They made for this point both coming and going. Sometimes
they arrived in a damaged condition, and the Yarmouth air-men
were twice able to destroy them, driving them down in flames.
Only once did serious damage to the town occur from overhead,
and that was on the occasion of a visit from two bombing sea-
planes. Many times vessels were submarined in sight of land ;
and after storms detached mines would be driven against the
groins, and their shattering explosions caused alarm. Once a
storm drove the sea over the flats and swept away all the
trenches and defences raised with so much toil. The battalion
was frequently praised by the authorities for the excellence of
these works and for their exemplary good behaviour.
The 19th Queen's underwent many changes with the passing
of the Military Service Act and the introduction of medical
categories. Frequent detachments were sent abroad, and officers
came and went so quickly that it was at times difficult to know
all the officers even by name, and impossible for company
commanders to have that knowledge of their men which is so
eminently desirable. It might be supposed that such frequent
changes would be fatal to all esprit de corps. But the constant
interchange with expeditionary forces in the various theatres of
war was on the other hand of incalculable value in the main-
tenance of the 19th Queen's as an efficient fighting machine.
Besides, when men see that every effort is being made for their
comfort they quickly settle into good order. There is every
reason to hope that all who passed through this unit will retain
kindly memories of the East Coast work they performed when
they were members of a famous regiment whose origin was by
the sea. The 19th Queen's was disbanded in November, 1918.
X. Surrey Yeomanry
(Queen Mary's Regiment)
" C " Squadron
From 1900 there existed in Croydon the " C " squadron of
the Surrey Yeomanry (" A " squadron being a Clapham force ;
" B " squadron a Woking force ; and " D " squadron a Wimble-
don force) ; and this " C " squadron had excellent Headquarters
in Tamworth Road, and v.as an efficient and very smart unit.
When the Lord Mayor of that day (Alderman Sir W. Treloar)
visited Croydon in state in 1907, to open the new Fire Station
in Park Lane, the Mayor of Croydon (Alderman H. Keatlev
Moore) was permitted to avail himself of a troop of this squadron
as escort to his " big brother " of London, whom he met, thus
accompanied, at Norbury brook, and took in procession to the
Fire Station and eventually to the Town Hall. The smartness
of the Yeomanry received universal commendation . [At this time
the Regiment bore the title of '* Princess of Wales's Own."j
Under the Territorial army arrangements in 1908, the Surrey
Yeomanry were attached to the South Eastern Mounted Brigade
as Divisional Cavalry. Wken war was declared, and the mobilisa-
tion order arrived (5th August, 1914) the '* C " squadron of
Surrey Yeomanry was with its regiment as part of the Home
Counties Brigade engaged in manoeuvres near Salisbury, and on
this day was taking part in a march from Bordon to Amesbury,
by Salisbury Plain. The Regiment was now called (since the
Princess of Wales had become Queen Mary, in 1910) the " Surrey
Yeomanry (Queen Mary's Regiment)." Taking train at Ames-
bury at 6 a.m. on the 5th, after waiting in a torrent of rain at the
station all night (having to hold their horses, expecting the
train every minute, they were unable to get either rest or shelter)
they reached their Headquarters at Tamworth Road by the
afternoon. Having returned the horses hired for the manoeuvres,
the first business was to replace them by horses purchased by
the Government. The officers had to scour the country round,
buying horses for the squadron as cheaply as they could, being
limited to ^50 for a trooper's horse and ^75 for an officer's
charger. Those who had horses of their own kept them in the
squadron, being paid for them at these rates. There was some
delay over the fact that the Army Remount officers were before-
hand with our squadron and moreover claimed a preference as
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against them in certain districts. By the end of the week,
however, the squadron was finally remounted. It may be said
here that many horses proved unfit for cavalry work, breaking
down after three or four months training, so that when " C "
squadron went abroad at least half its horses had to be sold, and
were replaced by Canadian horses imported for remount purposes
by our Government.
On Saturday and Sunday (9th and loth August), under the
command of Major Barclay, the squadron marched to Maidstone
as part of the S.E. Coast Defence, and on the way some of the
troopers soon discovered that the horses under them had never
been saddled before, so that the march was not without amusement
at their expense. At Maidstone they remained for the rest of
the month, training. Early in September they marched to
Canterbury, to Old Park Farm near the barracks, where they
went under canvas (horses picketed in the open) and remained in
camp till the middle of November. The officers then vainly
tried to find billets, and eventually commandeered the oast-houses
in the Faversham hop-district. In January, 1915, " A " and "B "
squadrons having left for France (and " D " squadron having
been absorbed in " A "), our Croydon " C " squadron was left
alone. They proceeded by train to Stratford-on-Avon, and
remained there till the second week in March. During this
sojourn they were re-equipped, receiving fresh rifles, swords, and
saddles, and by this time had become a highly efficient force of
about 120 strong. They now passed under the command of
Major R. Bonsor, Major Barclay having been detached to train
recruits at Canterbury to form drafts for abroad, and being
advanced in rank to Lieutenant-Colonel. They had the honour
of being inspected by H.M. the King at Warwick, and of receiving
his commendation.
The " C " squadron now embarked (19th March, 1915) with
the 29th Division at Avonmouth (Bristol) for Gallipoli ; being
instructed to save all the drinking water possible, as their
destination was practically a waterless region. At Malta, however,
they were sent to Alexandria, landing there ist April, the horses
being carried (with a few attendants) on a separate vessel from the
troops. Not till the middle of June did they reach the island of
Imbros, at that time General Sir Ian Hamilton's Headquarters ;
Major Bonsor and 100 officers and men were sent over as Head-
quarters guard, etc., from Alexandria and took with them just
a few horses for orderly work on the island, leaving the rest of
the men and nearly all the horses in Alexandria. From Imbros
the squadron provided frequent fatigue parties for the front in
GallipoH (29th Division). After the evacuation of Gallipoli,
January, 191 6, the squadron re-united at Alexandria, but found
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the men and horses left behind there had been sent to Cairo
and thence westward on the expedition against the Senussi Arabs,
in company with some fresh Surrey Yeomanry drafts trained and
sent out by Colonel Barclay. After these had rejoined at the
termination of the expedition the squadron was considerably over
strength. At the beginning of March, 1916, leaving the horses
behind — never to see them again — the men of the squadron
re-embarked at Alexandria for Marseilles. They took their
saddles with them, and on reaching Rouen were re-equipped
and remounted ; and here on 19th March they celebrated the
anniversary of their leaving Avonmouth in 191 5, by a good sound
snowstorm, just such another as that which speeded them from
England, and as that which a year later overtook them on the
Somme (1917). They rejoined their Division (29th Division) at
Acheux on the Ancre for trench digging, etc., with the Royal
Engineers, and laying telephone cables to the firing line, in
furrows three feet deep, as it had been found too costly to let
them be above ground. In May they went southward to Heilly,
and joined the 15th Corps, forming a composite cavalry regiment
with the South Irish Horse (also a yeomanry regiment) and taking
the name of the " 15th Corps, Cavalry Regiment."
A little later it was found advisable for the " C " squadron
to leave the 15th Corps and join up with the " Duke of Lancaster's
Own Yeomanry " to make the 3rd Cavalry Regiment. On ist
July, 1916, the great Somme offensive started, and it was soon
found that czvairy were useless, so about half the squadron
dismounted and went forward to the trenches amongst the
infantry, in the Albert district. The rest of the year the squadron
supplied mounted orderlies, signal service despatch riders, etc.,
along tracks where motors and motor cycles were impossible.
Just before Christmas the squadron was supplying one of the line
regiments in the front with food and ammunition by means of
troopers leading loaded packhorses, the roads being impassable
for wheel traffic on account of the mud. At the beginning of
191 7 the Australians took over this district, and the 3rd Corps
Cavalry regiment proceeded to Amiens, just outside the city. The
sight of the famous Cathedral piled with sandbags up to the roof
was a piteous one. But at any rate the Germans were prevented
from making Amiens another Rheims, though they tried their
best. From Amiens the Regiment in March, 1917, went towards
St. Quentin as far as Villers Bretonneux, where the Germans
were missed. They were sent forward in search of the retreating
foes, and had to ride three days before they found them ; the
enemy aeroplanes watching their pursuit from above. Suddenly
they ran into the enemy at Vermand (an outpost of the great
Hindenburg line) and were held up two days until the infantry
arrived and took over. There were of course many casualties,
96 CROYDON AND THE GREAT WAR
but on the whole the regiment was fortunate. Major Bonsor was
in command of the " C " squadron in this smart little brush.
Afterwards, for about three weeks, the " C " squadron remained
clearing up booby traps, etc. In June the squadron, being then
at Moislanes, was permanently dismounted, the horses being sent
to Salonica via Marseilles, and the men to Etaples where they
underwent five weeks* infantry training. Eventually they were
incorporated with the loth Queen's (a Battersea service battalion)
and proceeded to Dunkerque, subsequently taking over the front
line of the coastal defences at Nieuport from the Belgians at the
beginning of October, 1Q17. The loth Queen's formed part of
the famous fighting 41st Division.
The Italian disaster at the Piave occurring at this time, it
was necessary at once for us to go to the help of our allies, and
the 41st Division was one of the three divisions sent forward.
They entrained near St. Omer for Genoa, where the population
received them at the station with fervent demonstrations of
welcome, bringing them coffee, fruit, cakes and all kinds of good
things ; a great relief from the everlasting bully beef and biscuits
of the cantonments, especially to poor fellows packed at the
moment by twenty-five or thirty in cattle-trucks. Owing to the
kindness of the Commanding Officer (Colonel Bell) of the 10th
Queen's, our men were now allowed, from Genoa to Mantua, to
ride, as many as could find room, on the transport in the open
wagons, so that they enjoyed a view of the beautiful country of
the plains of Lombardy and could breathe the fresh air. At
Mantua the division detrained, and our Croydon boys marched,
still on foot, of course as part of the loth Queen's, 150 miles in
eight days, for no time could be lost. They marched via Verona
straight to the Piave, but in the hurry and on account of the
mountainous country, the rations and all the letters of the
regimental mail went into Switzerland. The letters came back
four months afterwards, but somebody (possibly the frugal
Switzers) devoured the rations ; at all events the regiment never
saw them again. Consequently, for three days on this forced
march, hurrying at top speed to relieve our allies, at the very time
when extra feeding would have been welcome to enable them to
resist the fatigue of their exertions, our men had to go terriblv
short. On the day of the loss the emergency ration meagrely fed
them, but on the next day there was nothing to eat. A mess-tin
full of tea without milk or sugar, was all thev had that day, and
the day's march was twenty-two miles. The next day the
Italians sent them a small supply, enough to give them four
ounces of bully beef each and a small coarse brown loaf between
every six men. On the third day things were a little better, but
the march in general was a time of emptiness. Eventiially they
arrived at the Montella sector in the mountains near Belluno
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above the plain of the Piave, the Austrian invaders being across
the river (which here flows east and west before turning south-
wards) immediately below our men, Corregliano lying behind
them as their headquarters. Here they remained, of course with
occasional skirmishes and raids, till February, 1918, by which time
their purpose of checking the Austrian advance had been fully
accomplished.
The whole 41st Division now returned to France, to Sous-St.-
Leger, near DouUens in the Somme region. Their short rest
here was broken in upon by the great German advance, which
caused them to go forward as swiftly as possible (in order to
resist the enemy's onslaught) to Bapaume (21st March). Here
they held the line against the Germans for two days, but had then
to retire before superior forces, always maintaining excellent order,
in spite of severe casualties, to Achiet-le-Petit. They held on
here for twelve hours, but had then to retire, and did not finally
hold up the German advance till within ten miles of Amiens.
What follows is matter of glorious history, and the subsequent
triumphant advance of Haig's great army ended, as we all know,
with the Armistice on nth November. But the price paid by
the 4rst Division up to Amiens was so heavy that it was sent to
Ypres (then a quiet part of the line) to recuperate and to await
reinforcements. The merits of our Croydon " C " squadron men
had shown themselves so great in the war that no less than fifty
per cent, of those still surviving had received commissions, and
had therefore been distributed throughout the army. By the
time they reached Ypres (as part of the loth Queen's) some were
officers in that regiment and other line regiments ; others were
officers in the Flying Corps, others were cavalry officers, and one
Croydon man of a very well known High Street family was officer
of a tank, and was soon after sent, to his great disgust, to overcome
with his unwieldy machine the Sinn Feiners in Ireland. In the
ranks there was always a certain nucleus of Croydon Yeomanry
men who managed to hold together all the time. The 41st
Division, brought up to strength once more, took part in the great
final advance, and on Armistice day were at Nederbrakel near the
scene of Marlborough's splendid victory of Oudenarde. Keeping
always a day or two's march behind, they followed their defeated
foes into Germany, passed through Cologne and took up outposts
about twenty miles beyond the Cologne bridge-head. Here they
began to be gradually demobilised and were sent home in order
of seniority of service. Of the 120 fine young fellows who so
gaily left Croydon in August, 1914, very many had found
their graves abroad, and of the survivors who returned to Croydon
more than half will carry honourable scars to their graves. And
yet, if you speak to any of these men, they will all tell you " We
were a very lucky squadron,''
XL South Eastern Mounted
Brigade (Transport and Supply
Column, A.S.C.j
In 1908 it was found under the new scheme then coming into
being, that the South Eastern Mounted Brigade (Territorial
Force) was deficient in the necessary Transport and Supply
Column as far as this part of the county was concerned. The
Surrey Territorial Force Association, by its president. General
Sir Edmond Files, K.C.B., etc., approached the then Mayor of
Croydon, Major J. E. Fox, T.D,, with a request that he should
raise the unit in Croydon. Major Fox was then a Captain and
Hon. Major in the Territorial Battalion of the Lincolnshire
Regiment ; but he undertook the new duty, and in spite of
predictions that " it was a hopeless task," in six weeks he was
able to obtain the War Office recognition of the new unit, the
Croydon Column having enrolled a sufficient number for the
purpose, and the unit was almost immediately up to full
strength. Major Fox continued in command until compulsorily
retired under the age hmit. At the beginning. Captain
Clarence G. Allen, M.C., and Lieutenant Stanley R. Docking,
T.D., served in the Column, but later Captain Allen trans-
ferred to and took command of the Surrey Brigade Company
A.S.C. (Woking). In 1912 Major Fox retired, having received
his Brevet Major under the Territorial Force regulations " for
distinguished services of an exceptional kind other than in the
Field " ; and Captain (afterwards Major) Docking took com-
mand of the Column.
At the outbreak of war the unit was mobilised. It was then
at full war strength (120) at Mitcham Road Barracks. At the
Inspection in June, 1914, at Folkestone, only two months before,
the Inspecting Officer had made the very unusual observation
that this column was " fit for mobilisation.'' No doubt this was
due to the efficient training it had always undergone at the hands of
Staff-Sergt. Major (now Captain) S. H. Brooks, the Instructor.
Therefore, the work of mobilisation was very skilful and rapid,
and the column was on a war-footing three days (72 hours) ahead
of scheduled time. It left Croydon for its war station (Canter-
bury) on i2th August, 1914.
Early in 1915 the column was reorganised. About seventy
per cent, had volunteered for service abroad, and many of these
had joined with units of the R.A.S.C. in the New Armies then
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being raised. Many of them attained high rank. As Major
Docking was among these, the command of the unit now
devolved on Captain (now Major) F. L. Hacking. A number of
men of the unit were attached to various Yeomanry regiments,
and to the Field Ambulance of the S.E. Mounted Brigade as
first-line Transport Drivers, and went overseas with their new
comrades to France, Italy, Salonica or Egypt. At least one
officer has even been traced to the German East Africa campaign,
so that it is true to say that our Croydon boys of the Transport
and Supply Column served on every front. Major Docking was
seconded to employment with the (Regular) R.A.S.C., in March,
1915, as said above, and thereafter commanded a divisional train
in France ; he was not restored to the establishment of the
Territorial Force in France until 1918.
On 24th September, 1915, the i/ist South Eastern Mounted
Brigade, Transport and Supply Column, under Major Hacking,
sailed for Gallipoli, and shared in that arduous campaign until
the evacuation of the Peninsula in January, 1916, with a splendid
record of brave work done. From Gallipoli they went to Egypt,
and were soon after disbanded, and distributed amongst various
R.A.S.C. units on the Egyptian, Mesopotamian, and Salonica
fronts.
Meanwhile recniiting had been proceeding towards a 2/ist
Column at Croydon and Canterbury under Captain W. Curtis ;
and, later on, even a 3/1 st Column was formed, which last went
to Ireland under Captain Cantley. On ist September, 1916, all
the Territorial A.S.C. units were posted to the regular army ;
and although the 2/ist and 3/ist column continued as such they
ceased to be Territorial units.
When the Conscription Act came into force (loth February,
1916) many of the medically fit men had already been drafted
to the Gunners and Cavalry, to the Machine Guns and the Tanks,
and in some cases to the Infantry. As has been said, they served
in this way on every battle front during the Great War, and
fourteen per cent, of them laid down their lives. Twenty per
cent, of the whole number won commissions, and one Warrant
Officer reached the rank of Major in the (regular) R.A.S.C, and
won the D.S.O. — a splendid record. Another won seven decora-
tions : D.C.M., M.M., Croix de Guerre, etc., etc. Moreover,
twenty-five per cent, of the men attained the rank of Warrant
Officer ; and, finally, there was not one man of them all who did
not gain promotion of some kind, from corporal upwards. Of
such fine quality were our brave Croydon lads of the South
Eastern Mounted Brigade, Transport and Supply Column
A.S.C.
' XII. I St Battalion Surrey
(Croydon) National Reserve
It was always felt by Field-Marshal Lord Roberts that
altogether to let slip trained time-expired men, " old soldiers,'*
who had left the regular army, was a foolish waste of good
material. In 1910, therefore, inspired by this idea of the Field-
Marshal's, the War Office convened a meeting of such " old
soldiers," in Queen's House, Croydon ; naming Major Junner as
the first Commanding Officer and organiser. By May, 1911,
Major Junner had gathered together three companies towards a
battalion, and these with other Surrey National Reservists then
paraded at Guildford and were inspected by Lord Roberts
being entertained by Mr. St. Loe Strachey, an ardent advocate
of the scheme. The Head Quarters were first at 70a, London
Road, and were afterwards removed to Cherry Orchard Road in
1912, and to Poplar Walk, in 191 3. At the declaration of War,
4th August, 1914, Croydon National Reservists mustered 939
men, a number which soon rose to 1,353. Many men of the
National Reserve were still of fighting capacity, although no doubt
home defence was more in Lord Roberts' mind ; and therefore
on the 5th August, Captain Murgatroyd and 120 N.C.O.'s and
men were called up for service. A large remount depot and
camp was formed, and that very day 300 horses passed through
the civilian purchasing-officer's hands and were standing in camp
waiting to be taken over by the army. This was followed by a
similar camp at Oxted. A company and a half (about 150 men)
fully officered and in uniform joined the East Surrey Regiment ;
and over three companies more (about 316 men) took on the
important work of guarding the railways ; while 164 more
rejoined their old regiments, and a large number of Warrant
Officers and N.C.O.'s joined Kitchener's Army as Instructors.
Two hundred further passed into various departments of war
work ; so that in all the National Reserve (Croydon) supplied
1,700 men to help forward the great war. Captain Barrie, who
to the regret of so many, died in harness, was originally Quarter-
Master of the Croydon battalion, and when he became chief
recruiting officer for the Croydon district all his staff were men
who followed him from the Croydon National Reserve. Those
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who rejoined the Army did splendid service : Captain Chapman
fell with the Hampshires in France, Captain Ruddock with the
Worcesters at Gallipoli. The battalion has been kept alive by
the strenuous exertions of Colonel Wilson and Captain and
Adjutant Voules and others, so that men now returning to
ordinary life can still report themselves as reservists. In war-
time they formed a Home Guard of 437 men, and were able to
help many cases of distress and difficulty, especially in the matter
of the accounts of men on leave from active service , while
Quarter-Master Sergeant Fowles was equally indefatigable in
keeping the social side of the unit vigorous and cheerful to the
very end of the war.
Farrier-Sergeant Harding deserves mention, as showing what
these veterans can undertake. Though over 70 he did excellent
service in the Remount department at Redhill as dispenser, in
the intervals of going to and from the Cape, bringing over ship-
loads of horses for his department.
XIII. The Volunteers
I St V.B. The Queen's
(Royal West Surrey Regt.)
On the 15th August, 19 14, the High Sheriff of Surrey
(Mr, St. Loe Strachey) convened a meeting of the Miniature
Rifle Clubs of Surrey at Guildford, to discuss certain proposals
put forward by the High Sheriff for the formation of village and
town guards, and it was agreed by the meeting, with the con-
currence of the High Sheriff, that the proposals were not applic-
able, at all events without a good deal of modification, to the
case of thickly populated urban areas such as Croydon.
On Friday, the 21st August, 1914, a meeting was therefore
convened at the Town Hall, by the Mayor of Croydon (Alderman
Frank Denning), as an outcome of the above movement. There
was a very large attendance, and the meeting unanimously
decided —
(i). That a list be prepared of those members of miniature rifle
clubs in or near Croydon, who, being unable to join any of
the present official organised forces of the country, are
willing to offer their services for use in any way the same
may be required, so far as lies in their power.
(2). That as far as may be practicable, arrangements be made for
the elementary drilling of those who are able to give the
time necessary for the purpose.
(3). That a Committee of seven should be appointed to give
effect to the foregoing resolutions.
The Committee appointed consisted of —
Messrs. W. T. Diplock, W. A. Hemsley, J.C.Moger, J.Petrie,
F. H. Popkiss, H. C. Pressland and W. W. Topley ; and
elected Mr. J. C. Moger (President of the Croydon and
District League of Rifle Clubs) as Chairman, and Messrs.
Diplock and Topley as Honorary Secretaries. It was
decided to name the new organization " The Croydon
Riflemen."
On the 7th September, 19 14, drills commenced on the Sports
Ground in Park Lane (by the kind permission of the L.B. & S.C.
Railway Company), under Sergeant F, W, Clements, late 4tli
Queen's — 270 members and 6 Instructors attending.
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In October, 1914, the ground was found to be too small for
efEcient training, as the numbers had already increased to 560,
and the Croydon Education Committee kindly granted the use,
for two evenings weekly, of the schools at Tavistock Grove,
Winterbourne Road, Davidson Road, Portland Road and White-
horse Road. Contingents were also drilling two evenings weekly
at Mitcham Road Barracks, Yeomanry Hall, Woodside Hall,
Haling Road Hall, Brotherhood Institute (South Norwood), and
St. Mary's Hall, Addiscombe.
Miniature Rifle ranges were kindly placed at the disposal of
the " Croydon Riflemen," by their controlling authorities,
together with the loan of rifles for practice. Free tuition was
given by expert members of each rifle range, and a very high
standard of shooting was reached.
A special badge was provided for each member, to be worn
at drill and rifle range practice. The wearing of the badge was
strictly insisted upon, as the unit was not yet recognized by the
Government. The training was carried out on military lines
and in strict accordance with " Infantry Training, 1914."
Route marching, including a number of night marches, took
place nearly every week within an area of twenty miles of Croydon,
as well as marching to a given spot in a prescribed time ; and
every man was soon found to be quite capable of marching
twenty and thirty miles night or day. Men who had hitherto
never walked more than a fev/ yards at a time soon became able
to march without any undue exertion or over-fatigue. The
strength of " Croydon Pviflemen " in February, 1915, was 1,100
members.
On the 20th February, 1915, the " Croydon Riflemen " were
affiliated to the " Central Association of Volunteer Training
Corps," of which the Rt. Hon. Lord Desborough, K.C.V.O.,
was the President, and Mr. Percy A. Harris, L.C.C., the Hon. Sec.
On the 8th March, 1915, the Lord Lieutenant approved the
amalgamation of the " Croydon Riflemen " and the " South
Norwood Volunteer Training Corps " under the title of the
" i/ist Battalion (Croydon) Surrey Volunteer Training Corps,"
with Mr. James Petrie as Commandant, the remaining nine units
in the Croydon Recruiting area being at the same time formed
into the " 2/ist Battalion, Surrey Volunteer Training Corps,"
vnth Colonel Qnin as Commandant. This area was large, and
always awkward to work. It extended from Norbury south-
wards as far as Dorman's Land, and from Caterham westwards
to Oxted,
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On the 15th March, 1915, Colonel Sir Frederick Edridge,
D.L., J.P., accepted the position of Honorary Commandant of
the battalion, Mr. A. W. Thomas became Adjutant, and Sergeant
F. W. Clements battalion sergeant-major.
The i/ist battalion was inspected on nth April, 1915, by
Colonel Cochran, C.B. ; its strength on this date being 18 officers
and 645 N.C.O.'s and men — total 663. Colonel Cochran in his
report of the inspection complimented the battalion very highly
on the excellent attendance, steadiness on parade, and the
exemplary manner in which the various movements were executed.
The battalion was again inspected on 4th July, 191 5, by
General Sir Josceline Wodehouse, the Commandant of the Surrey
V.T.C. Regiment. This was the first occasion when the Com-
manding Officer of the Regiment had inspected the battalion.
Field exercises were executed under Commandant James Petrie,
as well as platoon, company and artillery formation exercises
under the various junior officers, while large operations, in which
the signalling, ambulance and cyclist sections were utilized were
performed under the command of the inspecting General himself.
An imaginary enemy was supposed to be entrenched near Croydon
and the battalion had to drive him out of his entrenched position.
The battalion received the cordial congratulations of General
Wodehouse on their excellent work and good general bearing.
In July, 191 1;, the battaUon was formed into four companies :
(a) Parish Hall, 'South Norwood ; (b) Portland Road Schools ;
(r) Winterbourne Road Council Schools ; and, (d) Tavistock
Grove Council Schools.
Headquarters being at this time found necessary to carry on
the work of the battalion, a small room was procured at the
Headquarters of the National Reserve, 2 Poplar Walk, Croydon.
The Commandant, Adjutant, Orderly Officer for the week,
battalion Sergt.-Major and four OrderLes worked in the confined
space three and four hours every night for several months. And
not only in neglect to provide Headquarters, but in eveiy way,
as it seems to the Editor of this book, the Volunteers, far from
receiving the encouragement they so well deserved at the hands
of the military authorities of the country, were constantly
neglected and not infrequently snubbed. The Headquarters of
the V.T.C. in July, 1915, issued instructions that officers and men
might wear uniform of a grey colour, providing the whole of
the expense was defrayed by the officers and men, the Government
having declined to make a grant for this purpose. Every officer
and man consequently provided at his own cost the necessary
uniform, putties, belt, haversack and water bottle ; and all were
compelled by the Government to wear a red brassard with the
THE VOLUNTEERS (ist V.B. THE QUEEN'S) 105
letters G.R. (Georgius Rex) thereon, when attending Parade, with
or without uniform. This brassard was the only equipment
issued by the Government to the " Volunteer Training Corps " ;
and on account of it all members of the V.T.C. throughout the
country were very quickly " dubbed " by sarcastic members of
the community the " Gorgeous Wrecks."
But the V.T.C. of Croydon were anything but " Gorgeous
Wrecks " ; they were a sturdy body of men, determined to train
and work hard to make themselves thoroughly proficient in the
duties of soldiers in order to be ready to defend their hearths
and homes against any invasion that might be attempted by the
hateful Hun. Every officer and man was exceedingly keen, often
at drill, and for long hours at a time : and was indeed maintaining
himself in a high state of efficiency. In fact an excellent spirit
and hard grit were shown by all ranks, in spite of the jeers of
thoughtless sections of the public, and the frequent rebutfs of the
Government, who continually hindered the Volunteers in every
possible way, and never gave any proper support to the movement.
Since rifles could not be obtained from the Government for
training purposes, the battalion, not to be beaten, purchased
200 dummy rifles. They also raised money and bought entrench-
ing tools. Army stretchers, bugles, fifes and drums, bayonet
fighting appliances, etc., out of their battalion funds, finding their
requests for these necessary appliances contemptuously ignored.
Nor were any grants ever made for the payment of the rent of
Headquarters, for the purchase of books, for stationery, postages,
fees to caretakers, etc., and as it was decided not to appeal to the
general public for assistance, the officers and men agreed to pay a
weekly subscription to meet these liabilities. It must be admitted
that to continue efficient amidst such an environment of obstacles
and such an atmosphere of antagonism entitles our Croydon
Volunteers to claim the possession of British bull-dog obstinacy
in a very high degree : all honour to them.
Weekly well-attended lectures on military engineering were
given by Commandant Petrie to officers and men, and practical
work was carried out in the digging of firing, cover and com-
munication trenches, traversers, shelters, loopholes, etc., machine
gun emplacements, revetting, making and fixing fascines, on
ground at Norwood Junction, kindly lent by the L.B. & S.C.
Railway Company.
On the 20th September, 191 5, the battalion was allotted by
the London District Command the construction of a portion of
the Outer London Defences at Willey Farm, Caterham and
Aldercombe. This was completed on the i6th December, 1917,
the time taken over the work being 90,000 hours.
io6 CROYDON AND THE GREAT WAR
General Sir Josceline Wodehouse, K.C.B., C.M.G., (Com-
manding the Surrey Volunteer Regiment) inspected the trench
digging at Caterham, on 7th October, 1917, and " had the
greatest pleasure in congratulating all concerned in regard to the
satisfactory reports furnished him by the officer in charge of the
works, as to the intelligence displayed by the working parties,
and their ability in revetting and draining." [In one place a
drain nine feet deep was under construction.]
The officers and men were paid by the Government, for
refreshments, 5d. per six hours of work. The work was very
arduous and was carried out in all kinds of weather, every day
in the week ; the largest attendances being on holidays, Saturday
afternoons and Sundays. Great praise was gained from the
General Officer Commanding London and District, Major General
Sir Francis Lloyd, K.C.B., D.S.O., for the excellent work done.
This was no doubt owing to the practical training the officers
and men had previously received at Norwood Junction, under the
direction and supervision of Commandant Petrie.
The battalion furnished the largest number of officers and
men per week of any battalion engaged upon the defences.
Great credit is due to Platoon Commanders Cook, Turner and
Tough (the battalion entrenching officers) for the excellent
manner all ranks carried out their duties, especially as numbers
of the men were usually occupied in sedentary occupations, and
were therefore not accustomed to wielding a pick, shovel or axe.
Even the Commandant and the other officers were under the
instructions of the platoon commanders, and " dug " and
" delved " with the rest. A sergeant was heard on one occasion
to say that it was only on these defences that the Commandant
and officers did any real hard work ; but that was a humorous
calumny.
By the permission of the G.O.C. Eastern Command, a
standing camp was formed at Aldercombe during August and
September, 1916. The tents, blankets, tables, forms and cooking
utensils were provided free of cost from Government Stores, the
provision of water, food, etc., was made at the cost of the battalion.
The camp was well attended at week ends, and during holidays.
Work was carried out on the defences during the day for a period
of ten to twelve hours, for which work officers and men received
from the Government daily pay (is. 8d. per day of twenty-four
hours) ; if any man left the camp at the end of twelve hours, he
received only lod. for that day. The site of the camp, and the
weather was ideal ; and it was extraordinary how everyone at
once settled down to camp life, seeing that for many of them it
was the first experience of feeding in the open and sleeping
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under canvas. All worked hard, and with excellent spirit, and
not a single " grouse " was heard during the whole of the time
the camp was standing ; although backs often ached and hands
were usually blistered. At no time, owing to the excellent
discipline, was any man put in the guard-tent or paraded before
the Camp Commandant. The camp was run on strict military
lines. After working hours, guards were mounted and all
officers and men took turns for duty. The cooking was carried
out in an excellent manner by the battalion cook and his staff.
Cricket and swimming matches were arranged in the evenings
with other Volunteer battalions who were camping in the district,
the battalion being so fortunate as to win every cricket and
swimming match they contested.
Lectures on map reading and field sketching with practical
work, on Riddlesdown and other places in the county, were given
to the officers and N.C.O.'s by Commandant Petrie. The whole
of the officers and N.C.O.'s of the battalion attended the lectures
and practical work, and showed great interest in the subject.
The knowledge obtained was found to be exceedingly useful at
a later date to both officers and N.C.O.'s, when taking part in
the numerous field operations, etc., that were carried out.
Lectures on musketry were given to officers and N.C.O.'s by an
officer of the Royal Naval Division, Cr}'stal Palace. The
attendance and results obtained were excellent. Good practice
was carried out on the miniature Rifle Ranges, every officer,
N.C.O. and man was an efficient shot, and ninety per cent, were
first class shots. Classes were formed for officers for instruction
in bayonet fighting, by Commandant Petrie and Adjutant Thomas.
The officers all qualified as instructors. Emergency parades (the
companies parading at their different drill centres and m.arching
to a given spot in a prescribed time) were held at short notices,
and the officers, N.C.O.'s and men responded readily in large
numbers in spite of the inconvenience to many of them owing to
business and other calls.
On Sunday the 27th February, 1916, one of the most interest-
ing operations the battalion had been engaged upon up to this
time, took place in Holmwcod Park (near Keston Common), the
seat of the Countess of Derby, in conjunction with the 4th West
Kent Fencibles, Volunteer Training Corps. The 4th West Kent
Fencibles, commanded by Commandant Dawson, represented a
hostile convoy attempting to pass through the park. The i/ist
battalion Surrey V.T.C., commanded by Commandant Petrie,
represented the defending force ; and after some very skilful
manoeuvring, the convoy was duly captured by the i/ist
battalion. Excellent work was done by all ranks, especially by
the Cyclists section of the i/ist battalion. The chief umpires
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were officers of the regular Army, and it was the first time they
had seen V.T.C. men at work. They were very much surprised
at the disciphne maintained, and also at the thoroughness shown
by all ranks in carrying out the operations, the scheme being
admittedly a difficult one. The ambulance section of the i/ist
battalion Surrey V.T.C. dressed and bandaged the imaginary
■casualties from the firing line. Each casualty had a card pinned
on his coat, stating the nature of his supposed injuries, and all
bandages had to be improvised from any materials lying about
the park grounds. After dressing and bandaging the injuries of
the casualties on the spot behind the firing line, where they had
been brought, the stretcher bearers carried them to the casualty
station, when the work was criticised by the principal medical
officer in charge of the V.A.D. The section was highly com-
plimented by the P.M.O. on the excellent manner in which the
impromptu bandaging, etc., had been carried out.
On Sunday, May 21st, igi6, field operations were carried
out on Farthing Downs under the direction of General Wodehouse
the Commandant of the entire Regiment, by the i/ist and 2/ist
battalions of the Surrey Volunteer Training Corps, under the
command of Captain and Adjutant E. H. Ronca, and Captain
Loughborough, respectively. The latter, a very keen officer, had
succeeded Colonel Quin in the command of the 2/ist. The total
strength, of over 600, included signallers, cyclists, and ambulance
sections, and each battalion had its Bugle Band. With the day
gloriously fine, and the undulating country looking its best, the
Volunteers thoroughly enjoyed the operations.
The Cyclists section of the battalion was a very strong and
capable one. It was commanded by Lieutenant Leleu, a very
energetic and keen officer. Their knowledge of the roads, etc.,
of the county was excellent, and the reports and sketches of the
main and secondary roads, water and gas mains, telegraph and
telephone services, railway stations, goods yards, etc., were
extremely well written and drawn. For some unaccountable
reason, in May, 1916, when the V.T.C. 's were recognized by the
Government and brought under the Volunteer Acts, it was
decided that all Cyclists sections were to be disbanded, a decision
which was much regretted and resented by the men. In con-
sequence, a very large proportion of the men resigned and the
excellent services of these Volunteers were lost to the movement.
The Signalling section (Buzzer, Morse and Semaphore) was
an excellent one, which worked assiduously to perfect itself and
master the many intricate problems of this fascinating subject.
It rendered very valuable services to the battalion when on field
operations, manoeuvres, etc., and every credit is due to Platoon
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Machine Gun Team,
First Volunteer Batialion, "The Queen's "
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Commander Player for the high state of efficiency the section
attained. The men provided at their own cost the necessary
equipment.
The battaUon was also enabled to form a Machine Gun
section, under Company Commander E. H. Ronca, and Company
Sergt.-Major P. E. Walls, owing to the kind generosity of the
Hon. Commandant of the battalion (Sir Frederick Edridge) who
presented to the battalion an excellent model of the " Vickers "
Machine Gun. Classes were formed, they were well attended,
and the section quickly became efficient.
The Ambulance section was under the excellent supervision
of Dr. B. T. Parsons-Smith, M.D., B.S., M.R.C.S., Medical
Officer of the battalion. The whole of the section passed the
St. John's Ambulance Association examination at the first sitting.
Several members of the section rendered great service during
the air raid over Croydon in October, 191 5 — attending to the
injured, conveying them to the hospital, removing the dead, etc.
During 1916, 300 " Derby " recruits (not members of the
battalion), as soon as they were attested, and while they were
awaiting their calling-up notice, attended the drills set apart for
them. They were trained gratuitously, and were extremely keen
in gaining all the knowledge and drill that was possible before
joining the Army. A large number after joining their units wrote
to Commandant Petrie, expressing their deep appreciation of the
instruction imparted to them, and of the patience exercised by
the Instructors during their training with the Volunteers, which
had enabled them to escape the drudgery of the recruit course
on the barrack square. When joining up and going through their
first recruit drill the officers would often ask them if they had not
been in the army before, and were rather surprised when they
repHed : " No, but we did training with the i/ist Battalion
Surrey V.T.C." j.
On the 19th May, 1916, the Government decided that all
battalions of the V.T.C. should be brought under the Volunteer
Acts, 1863 to 1900 ; and should thenceforth be controlled by the
County Territorial Force Associations. Therefore the i/ist
Battalion Surrey Volunteer Training Corps, with its 16 officers,
484 Warrant Officers, N.C.O.'s and men (the reduction from
previous strength being due entirely to enlistment in His Majesty's
Forces) became the " ist Battalion Surrey Volunteer Regiment,"
and the 2/ist Battalion Surrey Volunteer Training Corps became
the " 1 2th Battalion Surrey Volunteer Regiment." The General
Headquarters of the Surrey Volunteer Regiment were at Victoria
Embankment, London, the Hon. Commandant being Hon. Colonel
Lord Ashcombe (Lord Lieutenant of Surrey), the County
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Commandant Major-General F, C. Beatson, and the County
Adjutant, Major G. A. Williams. The i/ist Battalion of the
Surrey Volunteer Regiment had its Headquarters at 2, Poplar
Walk, Croydon, the Hon. Commandant being Lieutenant-
Colonel J. M. Newnham, O.B.E., LL.D., D.L. (Town Clerk of
Croydon), and Major James Petrie, the Commanding Officer.
The 1 2th Battalion of the Surrey Volunteer Regiment had its
Headquarters at 15, Cherry Orchard Road, Croydon, the Hon.
Commandant being Lieutenant-Colonel Sir Frederick Edridge,
D.L., and Major T. W. Loughborough the Commanding Officer.
On Sunday, ist October, 1916, the entire Surrey Volunteer
Regiment was inspected at Duppas Hill, Croydon, by Major
General Sir F. Lloyd, whose opinion is given by General Wode-
house, the Officer Commanding the Regiment, in the following
letter :—
2f'd October, 19 16.
To Officers Commanding all Battalions,
Surrey Volunteer Regiment.
General Sir Josceline Wodehouse wishes to convey to all
ranks of the Surrey Volunteer Regiment his very sincere feelings
of appreciation of their appearance on parade at Croydon on
Sunday.
Major-General Sir Francis Lloyd, Commanding the London
District, in the regretted absence, owing to illness, of Field
Marshal Viscount French, expressed in most appropriate com-
plimentary words his satisfaction at the appearance of the
Regiment on parade, and of the inspiring sight of such numbers
of men willing and eager to serve their country in its time of
need.
What he said will. General Wodehouse hopes, be communi-
cated to all ranks and be an incentive to continue with sustained
zeal their efforts to attain an ever increasing efficiency.
The absence of the Lord Lieutenant under circumstances
which evoke the deep sympathy of the Regiment in which he
takes so deep an interest. General Wodehouse feels sure was
regretted by all.
By order,
(Signed) G. A. Williams, Colonel
Secretary, Surrey Territorial Force Association.
On Sunday, 27th May, 191 7, the ist, 9th and nth battalions
of the Surrey Volunteer Regiment, under the command of
Brigadier General F. C. Beatson, were inspected on Duppas Hill
by the Lord Lieutenant of the County — Colonel Lord Ashcombe,
C.B., T.D.
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In all the glory of an ideal English summer morning, 1,163
officers, N.C.O.'s and men took part in the operations, movements
and march past. For over an hour the movements were carried
out very smartly ; the battalions then marched past in column
and close column, with commendable precision, keeping a splendid
line, and showing little trace of the fatiguing operations they had
already accomplished, although they wore their hea\'y kit as
ordered. The inspection was witnessed by a large assembly of
interested onlookers, who cheered the men heartily. Lord
Ashcombe addressing the men said that " the movements were a
great credit to troops who did not live in barracks. There was
swing and ease about their drill, orders were promptly and quicldy
carried out, and everybody seemed to be in place and to know
what to do. The whole parade did great credit to everybody
concerned."
Detachments of the Croydon Police, under Chief Inspector
G. Lovie, and the Special Constabulary, under Chief Inspector
H. C. Svvaine, were on duty on the ground during the parade.
On the same date the 12th battalion under Major T. W.
Loughborough were also inspected, on Farthing Downs, by Lord
Ashcombe, and after the inspection the battahon carried out an
attack in open formation, concluding with a charge. Lord
Ashcombe congratulated Major Loughborough on the excellent
work of the battahon.
On the 27th July, 19 17, the ist battalion Surrey Volunteer
Regiment was allotted an area for guarding railway lines on the
L.B. & S.C. railway around Croydon, i Captain, 2 Subalterns,
I Warrant Officer, 15 N.C.O.'s and 93 men were detailed for
this duty. They were thoroughly rehearsed in the duties of
guarding and patrolling the line, and after a short time were
fully competent to carry out their duties whenever required.
The Royal Defence Corps subsequently took over these duties.
On the 24th April, 1917, the Signalling section of the ist
battalion was detailed to man the Buzzer telegraph station at East
Croydon Railway station, and that of the 12th battalion to man
the Buzzer stations at South Croydon and Oxted Railway stations,
and both sections were very highly commended by the Defence
Commander, Colonel R. E. Golightly, for the excellence of their
work.
During March, 1917, on instructions from the War OfRce,
grey-green uniform was issued to the battalion, free of cost to
the W.O.'s, N.C.O.'s and men. In June, 1917, the Government
further issued to the battalion, rifles, side arms and equipment,
which enabled the men to be trained in musketry and to fire the
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classification courses as laid down by the War Office. The
rifle was the 19 14 pattern fitted with orthoptic sights, an excellent
shooting weapon. Musketry classes were irnmediately formed ;
and the officers, W.O.'s, N.C.O.'s and men quickly atta-ned a
high state of efficiency. The classification courses were shot on
the Marden Park range, and excellent results were obtained ; a
very large percentage of the men passing as ist class shots.
The first camp under the control of the War Office was held
in Richmond Park during August, 1917, under the command of
Lieutenant-Colonel Heskett-Smith .
The training was varied and strenuous, it included signal,
platoon, company, and battalion drill, route marching, field
manoeuvres, and outpost duties. Its intensity may be judged
from the order of the day : —
Reveille . . . 5.30 a.m.
First Parade . .6.15 a.m.
Breakfast . . 7.30 a.m.
Second Parade . 8.15 a.m.
Drills till . . 1.30 p.m.
Third Parade . . 2.15 p.m.
Drills till . . 6.0 p.m.
The good spirits of the men, their smartness on parade
and at drill were the subject of much favourable comment
amongst the officers of other battalions. Their esprit de corps
and keenness were evinced by the cheerful way in which they
carried their fully laden packs and rifles for four hours on the
Saturday afternoon without a break, and still were able to swing
into camp with a style which would not have discredited any
battalion of Kitchener's Army. The camp was pitched in ideal
surroundings, and all arrangements were adequate, but the heavy
rain during the week previous to the men going into camp had
converted the most frequented portions of the camp — such as
the road to the cook-house and canteen — into a miniature morass.
Major-General Beatson, C.B., the Surrey County Commandant,
visited the camp'on the Monday, and unhesitatingly awarded
first place to the ist Surreys (Croydon) for the tidiness and
military neatness of their lines. During the field manoeuvres it
was the opinion of the instructional officers that the ist Surreys
were the best trained and most alert body of men engaged.
On the ist March, 1918, the ist and 12th battalions of the
Surrey Volunteer Regiment were amalgamated, now becoming
the " ist V.B. The Queen's (Royal West Surrey Regiment),"
Major James Petrie, O.B.E., being appointed Commanding
Officer, Major T. W. Loughborough, Second in Command, and
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Major F. A. Searle Hilton, Adjutant. [It must be noted that the
rank of Major was the highest rank the War Office allowed to the
Commanding Officer of any Volunteer battalion.]
The training was carried on with redoubled vigour, a large
number of field operations, outpost schemes, etc., being carried
out on Sundays under the supervision of the Headquarters London
District and the Corps Commandant, Major General Beatson,
and the Group Commander, Major General Tulloch.
Four detachments of officers and other ranks, and one
Hotchkiss gun team, attended at Pirb right and Purfleet new
field-firing ranges on Sundays, and carried out the " practice
in attack " under the direct supervision of the Headquarters staff,
London district. They obtained the highest percentage of
points in the attack, and hits on the target, of any of the Volunteer
detachments attending.
A camp at Tadworth for Volunteers under the Brigade of
Guards was held from the 2nd to the 6th August, 1918 (inclusive).
A large number of officers, W.O.'s, N.C.O.'s and men attended.
The battalion was a composite one, formed of companies
representing the ist, 2nd and 3rd V.B.'s The Queen's, under the
command of Major James Petrie, with Major F. A. Searle-Hinton
as Group Adjutant. The training was arranged by the Guards
Camp staff. It was arduous but thorough, and carried out under
strict service conditions. The battalion greatly benefited by the
excellent training laid down and carried out. The weather was
not on its best behaviour, and all ranks realized to the full the
difficulties the overseas troops encountered as regards muddy
roads, wet clothes, etc. There were no cases of illness in camp,
and the battalion left with a clean bill of health.
The battalion during their stay in camp were inspected by
Major General Sir Francis Lloyd, G.O.C. London district.
A Special Service Company for defence duties on the east
coast was formed of 4 officers, 3 W.O.'s, 12 N.C.O.'s and 36 men
(total 55), and did duty for three months around Norwich under
the command of Major Loughborough. They were highly
praised by the Commanding and Inspecting Officers for their
cleanliness and steadiness on parade, and attention to all duties ;
the training was very severe, but enjoyed by all. They were the
only Volunteers on the east coast defences that had been
previously instructed in anti-gas duties.
15 N.C.O.'s and men manned the Searchlight stations at
Croydon during the air raids, and rendered very valuable assistance
to the regular staff at the stations.
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The whole of the officers and a large number of the W.O.'s
and N.C.O.'s took and passed, with ist class certificates,
a six-weeks' course of thorough and practical military training in
all branches at the London District School of Instruction under the
supervision of the General Officer Commanding London District.
Many other specialist courses were taken at the expense of much
time and energy by various officers, N.C.O.'s and men, to the
great benefit of the battalion.
In 1918 Hon. Lieutenant-Colonel J. M. Newnham, O.B.E.,
LL.D., D.L., was appointed (after Colonel Sir Frederick Edridge's
retirement owing to illness) to the Hon. Command of the battalion.
Shortly after the Armistice was declared (nth November,
1 91 8) the War Office issued instructions for all rifles, side arms,
Hotchkiss machine guns, ammunition, etc., to be returned to
stores, and announced that it was no longer necessary to insist
upon men carrying out their obligation to drill. This order
naturally broke up the Volunteer Force, except so far as it was
kept together for a few months by means of physical training
classes.
The Volunteer Force from its inception in 19 14 until March,
1917, when the " grey-green " uniform was issued free of cost
by the War Office, had, as has already been said, met with every
possible official discouragement, but in spite of all the indifference
and worse, of the authorities, it continued to exist in vigour and
to show that it intended to carry out the patriotic principles for
which it was formed, viz., to train (long and hard) in order to
reach a high standard of efficiency, so as to be able to protect
the country from invasion. Croydon has every reason to be
proud of its Volunteers for " sticking it," and for reaching, in
spite of colossal discouragements, the high standard of efficiency
the local battalion obtained, as shown by the repeated opinions
of competent military judges.
Until March, 1917, the battalion provided its own funds for
working the battalion, no public appeal for funds being made.
The only exceptions were a grant of £150 kindly given by the
Croydon Corporation in 191 6- 17 to the ist battalion Surrey
Volunteer Regiment, and one of j^ 100 to the 12th battalion Surrey
Volunteer Regiment, and one of 5^400 in the year 1 917-18 to the
ist Volunteer battahon The Queen's.
The battalion was pronounced by the London District
command very efficient in all duties, and 90 per cent, of the men
passed the " Musketry Classification " laid down by the War
Office, the battalion securing the proud position of first place of all
Volunteer Battalions under the London District. This position
THE VOLUNTEERS (ist V.B. THE QUEENS) 115
is entirely due to the whole of the members of the battalion
working in union, and studying and working had to perfect
themselves as soldiers.
The whole of the W.O.'s, N.C.O.'s and men had been
disbanded and had received their discharge certificate by the
31st October, 1919. In January, 1920, when these lines are
written, the officers are still on the Active List, awaiting their
gazetting-out. On 30th September, 191 9 (just prior to dis-
bandment), the strength of the ist V.B. The Queen's (R.W.S.
Regiment) was 32 Officers and 846 W.O.'s, N.C.O.'s and men,
and it was carrying on at that time no less than twelve training
centres.
Few persons knew (certainly not the present Editor) the fine
soldierly efficiency the Croydon Volunteers attained, except of
course those either in the force or closely in touch with it. Had
the disaster occurred which these men so patriotically prepared
against, at such considerable cost to themselves in every way,
any one reading this brief and condensed account must be
convinced they would have encountered it most valiantly and
successfully. We must all honour our Volunteers.
XIV. The Boy Scouts
No history of War-time England would be complete without
some note of the doings of the Boy Scouts. In Croydon, as
elsewhere, the most welcome sound that could be heard after
long anxious waiting on many an air-raid night was their bugles
blowing the two brief bright notes of the " All Clear." This
picturesque and much appreciated service was only one of many
performed by the Boy Scouts, and the following all too brief
outline of those which were rendered under the direction of the
Croydon Boy Scouts' Association, will not only be interesting,
it will be a revelation to many people. There were about i,ooo
Scouts at the end of the War; there are now nearer 1,500.
Many of the former Scouts who joined up are returning as
officers, and this excellent Boy-Scouts movement shows even
greater vitality now than in the past.
Coast Patrols. — During August, 1914, two mixed
patrols of Croydon Scouts (from the ist, 7th, loth, 23rd and 25th
Troops) assisted the military authorities by patroUing the coast
of Kent from Pegwell Bay to Dungeness, a distance of about
45 miles. Some remained a week and some longer, until relieved
by local Scouts. They were very favourably reported on. They
started off at a very short notice, bicycling down to Hythe, where
they had to report themselves for order, and bivouacking on the
way.
Another party of 19 Croydon Scouts, of the 22nd Croydon
Troop, under Scoutmaster Linton, were employed to assist the
military transport authorities at Newhaven, from October, 1014
to January, 1915, and were reported on as having acquitted
themselves most creditably.
A coast patrol of Croydon Boy Scouts under Scoutmaster
Linton, was stationed at Littlehampton from January, 1915, until
the beginning of 1916, when the Scoutmaster had to join the Army.
The boys took their turn at coast patrolling by night under a
Coastguardsman and also at look-out duty by day. They also
assisted in beaching, towing, mooring and launching seaplanes.
Scoutmaster Linton received a letter from Flight Commander
F. J. Bailey, R.N.A.S., thanking the patrol for their invaluable
service in saving his seaplane. The boys lived in a coastguard
cottage, and did their own cooking and washing, taking turn and
turn about.
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Piqueting Railway Stations .\nd Bridges. — During the
month of August, 19 14, a piquet of 21 Senior Scouts and Scout-
masters guarded South Croydon Station and the adjacent bridges,
under the supervision of the MiUtary Officer in charge of the
Croydon Section of the L.B. & S.C. Railway, and on being
relieved, received a letter of thanks for their good work from the
Officer in charge of the line, as follows : —
" To Scoutmaster G. A. Ogden,
Commanding Scout Piquet,
South Croydon Station.
I find it difficult to express my gratitude, but I hope you will
give to all concerned my most sincere thanks for the work so
nobly done.
{Signed) Boyton,
Lieut. City of London Fusiliers."
Other Activities. — From the outbreak of war Croydon
Boy Scouts did good service for the Croydon War Supplies
Clearing House by collecting parcels and acting as messengers.
Throughout the War the Scouts collected waste paper for
the benefit of the Prince of Wales' National Relief Fund. By an
arrangement with Messrs, Lloyds, Paper Manufacturers, the
latter paid so much per ton of paper, sent to them by the Scouts,
direct into the National Relief Fund, and from this source, during
the four years, ;^57o was acquired. A special letter of thanks
dated nth February, 1916, was sent for this service to the
Croydon Boy Scouts by the Prince of Wales.
In 19 1 6 a letter of thanks was received from the Secretary
of the Croydon Branch of the Red Cross Committee for services
rendered during Red Cross week.
Letters of thanks for valuable assistance by the Croydon
Boy Scouts, were received during February, 1917, from the
Secretary of the Lord Mayor's Committee, Metropolitan War
Loan Campaign ; from the Secretary of the Croydon Vacant
Lands Cultivation Society ; and from the Secretary of the
Croydon Borough Guild of Help.
Many Troops supplied Boy Scouts to assist regularly at
Soldiers' Canteens and Recreation Rooms.
Many Croydon Scouts did orderly and fatigue work at War
Hospitals.
Many Croydon Scouts assisted in collecting for St. Dunstan's
Home for the Blind, Regent's Park, London.
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In 1916 they raised by their earnings ,^32 14s. 4d. towards a
Boy Scout Motor-Ambulance for France.
In November, 1918, the boys raised about ^zk,, by giving an
entertainment in aid of Dr, Barnado's Home for Boys, at the
Boys' Garden City, Woodford, where funds were suffering owing
to the War.
Boy Scout Buglers regularly turned out to sound the " All
Clear *' after air raids.
All the above services were done willingly and gratuitously,
and in addition to those specially here mentioned hundreds of
other small individual services were rendered.
There are 72 recorded cases of men, formerly Croydon Boy
Scouts, who laid down their lives for their country in the Great
War.
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I'll,. I., by Howard M. Kins
Councillor Colonel John P'ranklin Worli.edge
District Commissioner, Croydon Boy Scouts
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Captain David Barrie, H.L.I., Recruiting Officer for Croydon
Part Three
SEMI-MILITARY SERVICES
I. Recruiting
One of the first duties undertaken by the Mayor (Alderman
Denning) and those who most closely associated themselves with
him in his work in the early days of the War was recruiting,
not only for the local regiments but for the Army generally.
The Mayor himself, Mr. Ian Malcolm, M.P., Canon White-
Thomson, Colonel Sir Frederick T. Edridge, Colonel F. D.
Watney, the officers of the Queen's, the Town Clerk, Dr. E. H.
W^illock, Mr. Alfred Moir (afterwards Councillor), Councillor
William Peet and Sergeant Nicholas were continually addressing
meetings in the open air and at the theatres and other places
of amusement throughout the town. On the 3rd November,
1 9 14, Admiral Lord Charles Beresford addressed a mass meeting
at the Central Baths Hall. The tramcars were placarded with
large and effective appeals. Towards the end of 1914 the
official organization got fully to work.
The division of Surrey for recruiting purposes was at first
between the Queen's (Royal West Surrey Regiment), with
Headquarters at Guildford, taking the Southern half of the
County, and the East Surrey Regiment, with Headquarters at
Eangston, taking the Northern half. This was found for many
reasons inconvenient in practice, and therefore in March, 1916,
it was arranged that for recruiting purposes Croydon should be
under Kingston and not under Guildford, while the district
containing Weybridge, Egham and Chertsey, an awkwardly
placed area formerly under Kingston, should now in return be
placed under Guildford. Therefore, after the date named,
Colonel H. P. Treeby, D.S.O., the Commandant of the East
Surrey Regiment, became the responsible officer for recruiting
for Croydon ; and immediately under him was Colonel F. W.
Hyde Edwards, with Captain David Barrie as his chief repre-
sentative in Croydon.
[A word as to the East Surrey Regiment seems to be
necessary here.
The East Surrey Regiment came into being in the great
rearrangement of 1881 ; its ist battalion being the famous old
31st of the line (the Huntingdonshires) whose colours carry many
battle honours, from Dettingen in 1743 (the last fight in which
a King of England, George H., actually commanded in person),
down to Suakin in 1885 ; and its 2nd battalion being the old
70th of the line. Two Surrey militia regiments were added to
these, in order to form the new '* East Surrey Regiment."]
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Some of the more important of the public efforts to stimulate
recruiting may now be mentioned. One of the earliest of these
took place on 30th January, 191 5, when a Football Match and
Recruiting Rally were held at Selhurst ; 19 motor cars came from
Kingston Barracks in procession to take part. The band of the
East Surrey Regiment played, the Mayor (Alderman Denning)
and Colonel Sir Frederick Edridge and others spoke, and many
recruits were obtained.
On the iSth June following (Waterloo Day) a Recruiting
Processional March of 2,325 troops, with bands, passed through
the principal Croydon streets, finishing at the Town Hall,
where speeches were delivered. This also produced excellent
results.
On loth July, 1915, a Motor-Car Recruiting Demonstration
took place (in which 54 cars took part), organised by Mr. D. R.
Harvest. Captain Barrie and others engaged considered that
the crowd of spectators was the greatest Croydon had known up
to that time. Colonel F. W. Hyde Edwards was in the pilot
car with Mr. Harvest ; the first car of the 54 contained the
Mayor, the Recorder, the Town Clerk, and the Vicar (Canon
White-Thomson) ; and many well-known residents in Croydon
filled the remainder. Balaclava Veterans, from both the
famous charges,that of the Light Brigade and that of the Heavy
Brigade, rode in the parade ; and bluejackets and khaki were of
course in full evidence, five lorries-full of them. The cars
and lorries covered three-quarters of a mile, and the route
extended over every part of the Borough. Speeches were made
at many principal points, and those cars which halted for this
purpose were promptly used to carry off the recruits who pre-
sented themselves straight to the Town Hall, then and there to
be enrolled.
Six days after the Motor Car Parade, Corporal Edward
Dwyer, V.C., of the East Surrey Regiment, was received by the
Mayor at the Town Hall amidst a distinguished company. His
V.C. was one of the first to be won in the War ; and Corporal
Dwyer earned it by his conspicuous bravery at " Hill 60."
Corporal Dwyer's reception was of great use in the Recruiting
Campaign, He was escorted to the Town Hall in procession,
and a great recruiting meeting was held on the occasion.
Lord Derby, finding the stirring appeals of Lord Kitchener
for more men were insufficiently met, and also in order to avoid
the evidently threatened resort to conscription, put forward a
scheme in September, 1915, to assist voluntary recruiting,
which was adopted by the Government, and he himself was
appointed Director of Recruiting to carry it out. All men of
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Photo by R. Rawlings
Col. Frank William Chatterton, C.I.E., J.P.
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RECRUITING 123
military age, already recorded on the National Register, were
earnestly invited to attest their willingness to serve in the army
when called upon. They were divided into 46 groups, the
unmarried men forming the first 23 groups, ranked according
to their ages from 18 to 40 ; and the married men forming the
remaining 23 groups (24 to 46) similarly ranked according to
age. Men attesting were not necessarily to be called up for
service at once, the intention being to call up the groups in their
order as they were required.
On the 2nd October, 1915, 2,800 sailors and soldiers,
regulars and territorials and volunteers, escorted by 12 bands
and a fleet of armoured cars, marched through Croydon to
stimulate recruiting under the Derby scheme. The march ended
at the Town Hall, where Capt. Sir Edward Clark, V.T.C., the
famous advocate, delivered a stirring address. Captain Barrie,
Croydon's Recruiting Officer, had from first to last the pleasure
of enrolling 10,000 men of Croydon for the Army under the
Derby voluntary enlistment scheme ; largely in consequence of
this demonstration, the most important of its kind in Croydon
up to that time. The band of the Royal Marine Artillery
played all the afternoon in front of the Town Hall, while the
procession passed along the principal streets of the Borough in
an imposing line of over a mile in length. At 5 o'clock the
detachment of the Surrey Yeomanry reached the Town Hall,
closely followed by men of the Royal Naval Division from the
Crystal Palace, and Highlanders, pipes and all ; then cam.e
armoured cars full of " Tommies," and after them the 24th
Middlesex and the R.A.M.C. Our own 3/4th Queen's and the
National Reser\'e and Surrey Guides were followed by the
Whitgift Cadets and the Volunteer Training Corps, the long
line ending with the Church Lads' Brigade, and of course the
ubiquitous Boy Scouts, who always gave a bystander the
impression that the War in some way existed for their especial
behoof. In speaking at the Town Hall the Mayor (Alderman
Denning) distinguished between the present and previous great
recruiting parades. Heretofore he had been endeavouring to
recruit Croydon men for Croydon's regiment (The Queen's) ;
but now he was appealing for all fit men from 19 to 30 to join
any regiment they might prefer (and not forgetting the Navy
either) and to join immediately. During the week the gravity
of England's need had been made clear by Lord Kitchener.
So far the Mayor ; and then there followed him the veteran,
Captain Sir Edward Clark, K.C., whose uniform of the Volunteer
Training Corps took many years from his age in appearance,
and enabled him the more emphatically to urge men of his own
standing to join the V.T.C. so as to set free younger men to go
abroad, while, as he pointed out from his own experience, they
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incidentally derived great benefit to their own health and spirits.
The great advocate was in his finest form, and his stirring speech
had a great effect upon his hearers ; especially the fine peroration :
" The man who serves his Country now, will have the right to
speak with pride to his son hereafter."
Nor must we forget the efforts of a devoted band of
canvassers, who delivered a continuous and organised attack on
unattested men. As the men presented themselves to attest
they were examined by the doctors, who were kept hard at work.
It was well understood by all the men, that attestation did not
invariably mean being called up*for enlistment. Saturday, nth
December, 19 15, closed this great effort. It ended in a terrible
rush of attesters at all the recruiting stations on this closing
Saturday, as many of us who took part, clerically or medically,
well remember. But doctors and magistrates and their
assistants stuck to their guns, and by midnight not one applicant
was left without his papers.
The close of Voluntary Recruiting took place at midnight
ist March, 1916.
II. The Military Tribunals
On 2nd November, 1915, the Town Clerk read to'^the
Corporation a letter from Mr. Walter Long, President of the
Local Government Board, urging the Borough to assist the
local Recruiting authorities under the " Derby Scheme " in
their endeavour to obtain sufficient forces for our part in the
Great War ; and especially to form a small Committee (not
limited to members of the Corporation) to act as a Tribunal
for attested men. Lord Kitchener's famous recruiting appeals,
successful as they were, yet- had failed to produce the enormous
number, and indeed the rapidly increasing number, of men
required for the Army ; so that the necessity for conscription
daily became more obvious. To avoid this system, so hated by
our country. Lord Derby undertook a final recruiting campaign,
as has already been recorded (Recruiting). In consequence,
at this meeting, the Mayor (Alderman Denning), Aid. Sir
Frederick Edridge, Aid. King, Aid. Betteridge, and Messrs.
C. Heath Clark (afterwards Councillor ; and Mayor in 19 19),
Savory (afterwards Councillor) and Allison (as representing
labour) were appointed.
The duty of the above (Derby) Tribunal was to assess the
applications for release from active military service, of attested
men, who, while having shown their willingness to help nationally,
felt themselves for one reason or another unable to join the
actual army. And Mr. Long, in English fashion, promised at
the same time an Appeal Tribunal, covering a wider area, to
which those aggrieved by the decisions of the local Tribunal
migh' appeal.
Mr. Long referred gratefully in his letter to the loyal help
received from the Corporation in the preparation of the National
Register, wherein we were all classified on census principles.
This National Register was instituted by an Act 15th July, 1915,
and under it the Council became the local Registration Authority
with the duty of compiling and maintaining and classifying the
Register. The Council delegated all this work to a special
Committee consisting of the Mayor (Alderman Denning), the
Deputy Mayor (Councillor Rogers, ex-Mayor), Alderman LiUico
(ex-Mayor), and Councillors Houlder (Mayor in 1916), Wood
Roberts, and West ; Councillor (afterwards Alderman) Rogers
being the Chairman. The Committee entrusted the work to
the Town Clerk, who, with the assistance of Mr. W. C. Cubitt,
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of the Rate Office, and some 612 volunteers, ladies and gentle-
men, amongst whom were a large proportion of the teachers
of our Elementary Schools and many members of the Special
Constabulary, completed the men's Register on the nth
September, and the women's Register on the 30th September.
Apart from the work of enumeration these ladies and gentlemen
put in no less than 4,059 attendances at the Town Hall.
Members of the Corporation and School-attendance officers
largely assisted, also quite in a voluntary capacity. The total
cost of the Register, as far as the Borough was concerned, was
therefore ridiculously small, being only ,^87 3s. iid. (Only one
Croydon man refused to register, and he was fined ,^5 for his
recusancy.) The well-earned thanks of the Council were
given to these patriotic workers on 27th September, 1915,
when the completion of the National Register was reported,
for Croydon.
When conscription came actually in sight the Derby
Voluntary-attestation scheme was revived for one month (loth
January to loth February, 1916, the latter being the date when
conscription began), so that men might be spared the shame of
compulsion. Many hundreds availed themselves of this privilege.
On 2nd February, 1916, Croydon sustained the great loss
of its first War Mayor, Alderman Denning ; and this in itself
would have necessitated a change in the local (Derby) Tribunal.
Moreover the MiHtary Service Act of 1916, imposing conscription,
now came into force (loth February), with all the regulations
for the work of a quite new Statutory Military Tribunal to be
formed under that Act. This latter tribunal (of not less than
5 nor more than 25 members) was recommended by Government
to consist as far as possible of the same members as the (Derby)
Tribunal previously appointed, although the functions of the two
were not the same. The Council appointed as the new
Statutory Military Tribunal under the Military Service Act, the
following eight gentlemen : The Mayor (Alderman Houlder),
and Aldermen Betteridge and King, Councillors C. Heath Clark,
Rogers, and W. V. Smith, and Messrs. Jas. Chapman (ex-
Councillor) and Savory (afterwards Councillor). When the work
proved to be so very heavy the Corporation later on appointed 5
extra members to the Tribunal : Aid. G. J. Allen, Councillors
Pelton and Stevenson, Messrs. Dyer and Secretan. The Town
Clerk was appointed the Clerk to the Tribunal, and had through-
out the consistent and valuable help of Mr. A. C. Gower, the
chief clerk in his department, as Assistant Clerk. Some time
after the Tribunal had begun to sit the Croydon Hairdressers'
Association made formal application that one of their body
should be added to it on account of the importance and the
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peculiar nature of their trade. A benighted pubUc had the
audacity to smile and take no further notice. At the fame
meeting it was reported to the Council that the Recorder of
Croydon (Mr. Robt. F. Colam, K.C.), Colonel Sir Frederick
Edridge, IVIr. Grimwade, and IVIr. Allison (as representing
labour) had been appointed members on the Appeal Tribunal
for Surrey and Croydon.
Taking first the original Military Tribunal of seven under
the Derby scheme for voluntary enlistment, this Tribunal began
its work on Monday, loth January, 1916, starting with a list
of over one hundred appeals from attested men against being
called up. The militar}^ representative, Colonel F. W. Chatter-
ton, CLE., of Upper Norwood, had the duty of holding the brief
for the Army, and of seeing that no unfair appeals on the part
of attested men passed the Tribunals. It was a great good
fortune for Croydon that so scrupulously fair-minded a man as
Colonel Chatterton held this post. It was an honorary post ;
and it is doubtful whether Colonel Chatterton ever received the
official recognition of his arduous services which he so
thoroughly deserved. In many towns the military repre-
sentatives seemed to think that all appeals were attempts to
shirk a patriotic duty ; and some cruel decisions were enforced,
and much needless heartburning was caused ; but in Croydon
no appellant failed whose case for delay or for exemption was a
reasonable one, and the decisions of the Tribunals met with
universal approval. As the soldier-phrase has it, appellants, if
defeated, " groused, but carried on." In the early days much
valuable clerical and administrative work in connection with the
Tribunals was done by Mr. J. T. Tompkins. Mr. G. F. Carter,
M.I.C.E. (the Borough Engineer) was afterwards appointed
assistant military representative to Col. Chatterton.
Before coming up for judgment t) the (Derby) Tribunal
the cases of all men were examined and classed by a small body
of jRve, selected by the Croydon Recruiting Committee, who were
assisted by Colonel Chatterton, the military representative. If
an unmarried man (since these alone were first called up) claimed
delay, for instance, this small advisory Committee might
recommend, that is, practically grant it, in conjunction with
Colonel Chatterton ; but if they did not think the case fit for
delay they would refer it direct to the Tribunal, where Colonel
Chatterton's duty was to present their reasons against the
appellant's claim, and the Tribunal's to act as arbitrator, and
decide. Even then, as above shown, there was an ultimate
appeal to the Surrey and Croydon Appeal Tribunal, whose
decision was final. But it must be noticed that none of these
earlier bodies had any power altogether to excuse an attested
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man from service ; they could only go so far as to put him down
into a class which would be called up later. Power of total
exemption from service lay only with the supreme National
Tribunal of that time, sitting in London. Voluntary recruiting
had now had a fair trial, and Croydon's 10,000 voluntaries are
worthy of all honour ; but too many able young men had shirked
their duty, and the nation was in peril. Therefore Conscription,
compulsory military service, against which we had fought to the
last, abhorrent as it was to the English mind, had now to be
suffered. Beyond the shirkers, and those who were honourably
prevented from enlisting, there was also an exceedingly trouble-
some residuum, though happily not numerous, of genuine
" conscientious objectors," and a few " slackers" who were mean
enough to borrow their cloak.
After all men of military age had been classified, those in
the lower categories, unfit men, had to find national work at
home. How loyally they did this is shown in other chapters,
e.g., those on the 4/4th Queen's, the Volunteers, the National
Reserve, and the Special Constabulary, etc. ; work equally
necessary, though not so glorious, as the heroic deeds of the men
in the fighting line.
We pass now to the more important second Tribunal, of
February, 191 6. The first sitting of the Croydon Military
Tribunal under the Conscription Act was held on 29th February,
1916, some cases being heard in private, others in pubHc ; the
Mayor (Councillor, afterwards Alderman, Houlder) being in the
chair. The generality of the appeals for delay came from men
the sole supports of dependents ; from men in necessary
occupations (such as that of schoolmaster), especially if coupled
with such feeble health as promised the army but a weakly
soldier ; from men claiming to be indispensable to a necessary
office or business ; from men in certain certified occupations ;
from men asking for delay to settle up their business ;
and from men asserting medical unfitness, who were of course
referred to the Medical Board at Kingston for examination and
report.
It is amusing to notice that at a meeting on 3rd March,
1916, when considering an appHcation for exemption, or long
delay, say over three months, the Town Clerk voicing the general
opinion of the Tribunal, replied to Mr. R. J. Clark (soHcitor for
the appellant), " Well, we hope the War will be over by June,"
and all the Tribunal cried " Hear, hear," with hopeful unanimity.
Several conscientious objectors, after compulsory enlistment,
came into the hands of the police for desertion. As a sample
of the trials of patience of the magistrates who tried them we
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may give just one case in brief. W.O.P, deserted, was caught,
and handed over by the Bench to an escort of the R.G.A., and
promptly gave his escort the slip. This however, was too tame
for a crank ; so he proceeded voluntarily to the Thornton Heath
Police Station and demanded to be taken into custody to be
tried again. " You escaped from the escort ? " he was asked ;
and replied " No, I did not, because I never joined the Army,
the Army joined me. Therefore, if I had an opportunity to get
away, I was free to do so," etc., etc. And against another
conscientious objector (probably not of the genuine type) it was
objected by the authorities that at the work of national importance
which he had selected, as a condition of being excused combatant
service, he worked one day, but immediately thereafter rested
two !
In June, 1916, working three days or more a week, and
sitting in two divisions, each of which not infrequently sat for
four hours at a time, the Croydon Military Tribunal swiftly
reduced the list of 2,000 appeals with which it began its career.
Proceedings gradually settled into a regular order, cases being
dealt with as they arose, without arrears ; and they became more
and more formal and almost dull (to bystanders) as the claims
resolved themselves into well established categories ; but
occasionally the sittings were enlivened by flashes of natural
humour. Thus : — " Exempted till March," said the Chairman.
" I am not satisfied with that," said the claimant. " Then we
withdraw the exemption, sharp," said the Chairman. But he
spoke to an empty chair ; the claimant had already fled, seeing
that it was too dangerous to remain. And another time, when
some members of the Tribunal themselves were in trouble
through burst pipes in time of frost, it was remarkable even for
people enjoying a certified occupation how rapidly plumbers
appealing were dismissed satisfied, with scarcely a pause between
entry and exit. On the other hand, not infrequently the
Tribunal were bound to give, most unwillingly, decisions which
though according to the inexorable facts were bound to cause
extreme hardship. In such cases everything possible was done
in mitigation. A curious and almost inexplicable experience was
the number of persons passed by the military doctors as medically
fit for active service who (as in the case of one applicant with
severe valvular disease of the heart, and of another who not
infrequently had three epileptic seizures in one week) were in
daily danger of collapse in their ordinary occupations. The
Croydon Military Tribunal made very short work in honourably
dismissing these poor fellows ; but what can one think of the
examining " medico "?
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In September, 1 917, we notice a case, by no means isolated,
of a man rejected as unfit in 1915, passed for sedentary work in
1916, and now passed as fit. Of course, as soon as these facts
appeared he was dismissed as unfit by the Tribunal. And at
the next sitting a young man, suffering from hernia, who was
discharged from the Army in 19 15 as unfit, and had married
and gone into business, was now called up again, in October,
1917. In homely language the Chairman described it as " a bit
hard on a chap," and gave him some months' respite.
A touching appeal was that by a widow (2nd November,
1917) for her eleventh son ; her sole support, and engaged in
War-work, while all her other ten sons were then actually serving ;
five had been wounded, two were now prisoners in Germany,
and one was prisoner in Turkey. Needless to say her application
was granted, and the Mayor complimented her upon her very
fine record. " Moreover," said the military representative,
always ready to sympathise with genuine patriotism, " all the
eleven sons are equally proud of their mother ! "
One of the cruellest hardships of this conscription time was
the calling up of a man from his business, in which he had made
a good start and was likely to do well ; and his returning later
dismissed as unfit, only to find his business dispersed and himself
once more at the very foot of the ladder. The Tribunal became
acquainted with many such cases.
Sometimes, though rarely, we were reminded of the old
press-gang times, by organised raids ; as for instance a descent
upon the Hippodrome and Empire Theatres at Croydon by the
recruiting authorities, when all men of military age were sent
forward to the Town Hall to explain their presence. On this
occasion 70 men went as requested, the requests being made
with complete civility and being fulfilled cheerfully and even with
jocularity, although one man at least " lost the last train." It
is pleasant to add that on this occasion (8th September, 1916)
only one shirker was found out of the 70 detained. And it is
also pleasant to note the kindly aspect of both sides not only
on this but also on all other occasions of the kind. Some curious
particulars occur in their reports which are worth noting.
Of forms received from other towns relating to Croydon
absentees, on the 15th August, 1915, there were over 9,000 ; and
during six months 4,000 people came into residence at Croydon
and 3,000 went away. It seems a large fluctuation of population
for war-time. Even the changes of address, of persons registered
in Croydon, amounted to about 250 in the six months. In the
two months from March to May, 1916, there were 1,300 arrivals
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in Croydon, and as many departures recorded in the Register.
The total number on the Register was forbidden to be pubUshed,
on the objection of the Registrar General.
The nth hour of the nth day of the nth month of 1918
is a date no one who was then beyond infancy can forget. We
wrongly supposed that the great Armistice, which at that moment
took effect, meant peace ; whereas at the time of sending to press
this book, at the beginning of 1920, peace has only just been
ratified (loth January) with one only, the first and greatest
though, of our enemies ; and with all the rest matters are still
unsettled. But one effect immediately came about at the
Armistice, at all events. The thirty applicants to the Tribunal
on Friday, loth November, 1918, were released without their
cases being heard, " in view of the splendid position at the front,"
to use the JVIayor's words ; and except formally, the Croydon
Military Tribunal came to an end there and then.
The Surrey and Croydon Appeal Tribunal met for the last
time together with the similar Surrey bodies sitting at Kingston
and Guildford, at the offices of the Ecclesiastical Commissioners,
Westminster. Sir Lewis Dibdin, the Chairman, reminded the
meeting that the three Appeal Tribunals had settled 7,000 appeals
(Croydon district 2,900, Kingston and Guildford a little over
2,000 each), and as a result had sent 5,500 men into the Army.
It follows from what was said above as to the irregularity of
medical examinations that out of 1,076 medical appeals not very
far short of half (470) were allowed ; and of these, 65 appellants
had agreed to do work of national importance, and 52 were
adjudged to non-combatant services, not one being granted
absolute exemption by the Appeal Tribunal. But of course
many of these 52 non-combatant soldiers refused to do the work
they were set ; and some preferred, indeed desired, to go to
prison. It must be always a source of regret that so much
valuable time was spent upon some ten or a dozen irreconcilables,
for however great the outcry made by these extremely vocal
persons and their friends, it boils down to that minimum after all.
The actual farewell appearance of the Croydon Local
Military Tribunal took place on 7th January, 1919, at the Town
Hall. They had existed for three years, had held 258 sittings,
and dealt with 10,445 cases. Only 725 appeals had been made
against their decisions ; and up to October, 191 8, when they held
their last sitting, they had granted 2,901 exemptions. Twenty-
thousand Croydon men had gone to the colours, and only 12 per
cent, of those eligible had been exempted from military service.
A well-merited tribute of praise was paid at the final meeting to
132 CROYDON AND THE GREAT WAR
the successful manipulation of an almost countless host of details,
by the Town Clerk, and Mr. Albert C. Gower (chief clerk in his
department). A pleasant close to the meeting was the testimony
of both Mr. H. T. Peard and Mr. R. J. Clark, who had acted as
sohcitors for so many of the applicants, to the remarkable fairness
and patience shown by the Tribunal. They said that even when
applications were refused their clients had again and again
expressed the feeling that they had received absolutely fair play.
Higher praise than that no Tribunal — military or civil — can ever
hope for.
III.
Munitions Work, and War Work
of the Electricity Committee
In the winter of 1915-16 the provision of munitions of war
had become a very urgent question. Under the Ministry of
Munitions a committee was formed for an area extending from
the rural outskirts of Bromley to Sutton, and this committee
met at Croydon. The Mayor (Alderman Denning) was the
first chairman, the Town Clerk was another member, and the
Borough Electrical Engineer (Mr. A. C. Cramb) the Honorary
Secretary and District Manager. Mrs. Redfern acted for two
years as an inspector and marker of Government material. The
committee arranged for the making of munitions in numerous
small factories, and also at the Corporation Waterworks Yard
and the Borough Electricity Works.
The chief articles manufactured were 1 8-pound shells,
together with fuses and other parts for shells. Mr. Cramb
undertook the manufacture of 18-pound shells and 6-inch shell
heads at the Borough Electricity Works, and made during
1915-18, 14,885 18-pound shells, and 4,121 6-inch shell heads.
In addition to which about 10,000 shells from contractors in
Surrey and Kent were finished off under his superintendence,
by banding, base-making, varnishing, etc. A net profit of
3£i»337 was made at the Electricity Works over the maufacture
of these shells.
This may be an appropriate place to mention that, in
addition to lending the services of Mr, Cramb to this committee,
the Borough Electricity Committee also gave free supplies of
electricity to the following institutions : —
Hospitals.
H.R.H. Princess Christian Hospital ; Wallacefield, Coombe
Road ; St. Dorothy's Convalescent Home ; 254, Brighton Road
(Dr. Dempster) ; Norbury Hill House (Society of St. Vincent
and St. Paul) ; Shirley Park Hotel (R.F.C. Hospital for
Officers) ; Nielka Hospital, Jerviston, Ryecroft Road.
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Recreation Rooms.
42, High Street, Croydon (Miss Carr) ; Canteen, 33-35,
High Street, South Norwood ; St. Aubyn's Church Hall ;
Comrades Club (N.U.W.W.), 68, Westow Street, Upper
Norwood.
General.
War Hospital Supply Depot, Bedford Park ; Recruiting
Office, 30, London Road, Croydon ; Committee Prince of
Wales's Fund, Church Road, Upper Norwood ; Red Cross
Distress Committee, 366, London Road, Thornton Heath.
4'
Alexander C. Cramb, M.I.E.E., M.I.Mech.E.
Borough Electrical Engineer
42
I'hoto by Howard M. Kiiij;
Assistant Commander Henry Craven Swaine,
in command of Croydon Special Constabulary
Part Four
THE CIVILIAN FORCES
I. The Special Constabulary
Croydon Sub-Division of the " W "
Division of the MetropoHtan Special
Constabulary.
In times of civil and national crisis it has been the national
custom to invite volunteers from the civilian population to
supplement the regular forces responsible for law and order.
Special constables have always come forward at such times.
Especially were they needed, and never was their work more
valuable, than during the Great War ; for the strength of the
regular constabulary was greatly reduced, first by patriotic
volunteering, and later by the operation of the military service
Acts ; and moreover duties devolving upon the police forces
were much more numerous and varied than ever before.
The following notes deal with the history of the Croydon
Sub-division of the Metropolitan Special Constabulary from loth
August, 1914, when the first call for recruits was made, up to
the 1 6th June, 19 19, on which date the force was officially
disbanded.
At the call 175 men at once came forward, were enrolled
and attested, and the first duties were undertaken at 6 p.m., on
Monday, 24th August, 1914.
Of these 175 men, 29 were still in the Force when it was
disbanded. A maximum strength of 442 was attained on 3rd
January, 1917.
The Station-numbers at disbandment ran up to 1,704 ; but
of this total, 582 were not attested for duty with this Sub-Division;
the remaining 1,122 men, belonging to this Sub-Division, are
accounted for as follows : —
In the Force at disbandment i6th June, 19 19 . 371
Resigned to join H.M. Forces
Resigned through ill-health
Resigned through pressure of business
Transferred to Sanderstead on formation of that
Sub-Division .....
Transferred to other Sub-Divisions .
Resigned on leaving Croydon .
Resigned to take up other Government work
Resigned for various other reasons
Died whilst members of this Force .
229
74
160
35
52
55
33
99
14
— 751
1122
138 CROYDON AND THE GREAT WAR
Thirty-one members of this Force were specially commended
by the Commissioner for various meritorious services.
The following is a chronological statement of the various
duties performed by the Sub-Division :
On Monday, 24th August, 1914, duty commenced at 6 p.m.,
and consisted of guarding seven " Vulnerable Points,"
namely, five in connection with the Water works and one
each, Gas and Electricity works ; and on Tuesday, 25th, a
Guard on the Telephone Exchange was added.
On Monday, 7th September, seven Railway bridges were added
for guard and three of the guarded " Vulnerable Points "
of the Water works (outlying ones) were abandoned. Four
of the seven bridges were withdrawn from guard on 2ist
September, and the remainder on 9th October.
Tuesday, 27th April, 191 5, the number of men guarding the
" Vulnerable Points " was reduced between 6 p.m. and mid-
night, and six double Patrol Beats were established.
Saturday, 25th September, 1915, a section was formed to deal
with the *' Lighting Orders," and the first patrol started
that evening.
Tuesday, 12th October, 191 5, the guards on the " Vulnerable
Points " from 2 a.m. to 6 a.m. were withdrawn ; but they
were re-established, so far as the Gas and Electricity works
were concerned, on Tuesday, 30th November, 1915.
After 13th October, 191 5 (following on the Air Raid on Croydon
on this date) an Observation Section was started to man
observation posts during air-raids. The men of this Section
at first had no regular duties in connection with the observa-
tion work except at air-raids, but had frequent practices.
They maintained their ordinary police duty throughout.
Monday, 27th November, 1916, the observation post on the
Water Tower was manned daily from 6 p.m. to midnight in
connection with the MetropoUtan Observation Service. This
work was undertaken voluntarily, and mainly in addition to
the ordinary duties.
Saturday-Sunday, 1 7th- 1 8th June, 1917. At mid-night, at the
request of the Metropolitan Observation Service, continuous
observation duty commenced day and night, and at the same
time the guards on the " Vulnerable Points " at the Gas
and Electricity works were withdrawn.
Friday, 2nd November, 191 7. At 10 a.m. the guards on the
Waterworks in Surrey Street and at the Telephone Exchange
were withdrawn altogether, to increase the number of men
43
44
Miss Rhoda Brodie, M.B.E.
Patrol Leader, Croydon Women -Patrols
THE SPECIAL CONSTABULARY 139
for Station Reserve duty, with a view to more rapid
mobilisation of the force in event of air-raids.
Friday, loth May, 1918. A special duty in connection with the
lighting of vehicles regulations was started.
Friday-Saturday, 22nd-23rd November, 1918. At mid-night the
Observation Post on the Water Tower and the " Vulnerable
Point " Guard there, were withdrawn.
Monday-Tuesday, i6th-i7th December, 1918. At mid-night the
office was closed, no duty being thereafter performed
between the hours of mid-night and 10 a.m.
Wednesday, iSth December, 1918. The " Lights " Section was
transferred to ordinary duty.
Monday, 23rd December, 1918. The Patrol Beats were reduced
to one Relief, from 7 to 10 p.m., and were abandoned on
26th January, 1919. The office was closed at night.
The Headquarters of this Sub-Division were originally at the
PoHce Station, Fell Road, Croydon, but on the 3rd December,
1914, they were removed to 3, George Street, Croydon, and on
the 30th December, 1914, a further m.ove was made into premises
at 87, High Street, Croydon. On Thursday, the 4th Januar}\
1917, the offices were again transferred to 46, Friends Road,
Croydon, and from thence to the Stables, Quarry Hill, Stanhope
Road, Croydon, on the loth February, 1919.
The following figures give the number of duties performed
in the Croydon Sub-Division since its establishment :
General duties ...... 188498
Emergency Calls and Special Parades . . 28754
Drills (= half a duty each) . . . . 2157
Ambulance Lectures and Drills (ditto) . 1917
Grand total of duties performed . . . 221326
In addition to which the drills, &c., not officially counted
amounted to 18,747 ; making a total (of duties actually performed)
of 240,073 ; and giving an average for S/C's past and present
of 195 per man.
The average length of service was 560 days ; which is
equivalent to one duty in every 2.87 days per man.
Drill Parades were held at the Barracks, Mitcham Road.
When these premises were closed for Government purposes the
Parades were held in the Whitgift Grammar School grounds, by
kind permission of the Head Master.
140 CROYDON AND THE GREAT WAR
Ambulance — The Ambulance Section was constituted on the
24th February, 191 5, and consisted at first of twenty members.
Classes of Instruction were immediately started and were
continued without intermission. The services of an Honorary
Medical Officer were secured in June, 191 5.
On 22nd February, 1919, the Section numbered 44, and 149
Certificates and Diplomas had been obtained by them.
The " Parsons " Cup was won by the Ambulance Section
of this Sub-Division in October, 1917, and the " Sir Edward
Ward " Cup for the " W " Division in 1918.
Records were not kept of the cases in which First Aid was
given prior to September, 191 7, but after that date they
aggregate 223.
On sixteen occasions official commendations for good work
have been recorded.
In March, 1916, by the kindness of the British Red Cross
Society, the Force obtained the loan of a four-berth motor
ambulance, which was brought into use on 120 occasions before
it was returned to the owners in February, 19 19.
In November, 1917, members of the Section undertook the
voluntary duty of attending the arrival of convoys of wounded
soldiers at East and West Croydon Stations, and of accompanying
them to their respective Hospitals. Twenty-six convoys were
attended, and 2,101 cases were dealt with.
Members of the Ambulance Section also attended over 120
convoys in connection with the South-Eastern Railway Centre of
the St. John Ambulance Association, at which they dealt with
upwards of 10,000 cot cases.
During the influenza epidemic of November, 1918, volunteers
from this Force were called for to act as night orderlies at the
various War Hospitals in the Town, and on every occasion it
was possible to supply all the men needed.
Lights. — In September, 1915, the Force took up, at the
request of, and in co-operation with, the Regular Police, the
enforcement of the Lighting Regulations. A special Section for
this work was formed, the district v/as mapped out into areas
and a systematic regular patrol (with the Card Index method of
recording calls) was instituted. In all, calls were made in
22,195 cases of failure adequately to screen domestic and other
lights. Tactful persuasion proved effectual in nearly every
instance, and the improvement brought about was very marked,
the general darkening of the town becoming distinctly noticeable.
As a rule, householders were grateful for the calls made upon
them, and it was rarely found necessary to report cases with a
view to process.
THE SPECIAL CONSTABULARY 141
Emergency Calls (Air Raids). — The first " Call " took
place on the 19th January, 1915, and altogether the Force was
mobilised on 63 occasions and, in addition, the preliminary steps
necessitated by a " Stand-by " or warning order were taken
fifteen times.
At first the whole Force assembled at the Croydon Police
Station, but, in January, 1916, arrangements were made to
establish three other centres at convenient points in the district,
with the object of lessening the risk of extensive casualties and
of enabling prompter attention to be given locally should necessity
arise. These were at (i) Trojan Works, Vicarage Road, Waddon ;
(2) Christ Church Schools, Clyde Road, and Addiscombe Railway
Station ; (3) Wesleyan Hall, Bartlett Street, South Croydon.
Each of these points of assembly was provided with a fully
equipped unit of the Ambulance Section, with stretchers and
First Aid requisites ; and a m.otor ambulance and wheeled litter
were in readiness at the Police Station, Fell Road.
Motor Transport was also provided at each point, in case
it was necessary to convey men to a distance from that point ;
and all points of assembly were either on, or in touch with, the
telephone.
As members of the force arrived, they were detailed into
squads, each of nine men under the command of a sergeant, in
readiness should their services be required at any point. At each
centre was also assembled a number of St. John and Red Cross
men, V.A.D. Nurses and Motor Volunteers, to supplement the
men of the Ambulance Section.
For some time men were stationed at the fire alarms to give
any necessary information and to prevent any misuse through
panic or otherwise. Many cases of local lights and sounds
(e.g., Trams, Omnibuses, Clocks, &c.) were taken up with the
authorities concerned, with the result that noticeable improve-
ments were effected. In many cases also local lights were
detected from the Observation Posts (referred to later on), and
these were either located at the timiC or subsequently investigated
with a view to appropriate action being taken.
During 1917 the Force was called upon to assist in regulating
crowds taking shelter in public buildings during Air-Raids.
Cases of reported signalling during Raids were investigated, and
generally proved to have been due to the actions of nervous
householders.
Four Observation Posts, situated respectively at the Town
Hall Tower, the Water Tower, Gillett and Johnston's Tower,
and Nottingham Road, were specially manned. The duty of the
men at these posts was to keep a sharp look-out for the approach
142 CROYDON AND THE GREAT WAR
of hostile Air Craft ; to note any fi-es and to report them to the
Observation Room, Metropolitan Observation Service, in addition
to the Regular Police and Fire Brigade ; and to detect any cases
of excessive lighting and report same to be immediately dealt with .
A number of men were detailed for duty in connection with
the various Air-Raid Shelters in the borough.
Observation. — The Observation Section owed its inception
to the Zeppelin Air-Raid on the 13th October, 19 15, after which
numerous reports were received as to suspected signalling to
enemy aircraft.
After this date several officers were stationed — during
emergency calls — on the Clock Tower of the Town Hall, with
direct telephone communication to the office of the Chief Inspector
of the Regular Police, and a motor car was provided in readiness
to convey members of the force to any necessary point.
As it was found impossible to overlook the whole of the
district from one point, and as estimation by night of the exact
location of a light or fire was difficult, other points were succes-
sively arranged — widely separated, and with telephones or other
means of communication. Each was equipped with a series of
boards with sighting bars and a means of indicating, on graduated
semi-circles, the " true " bearing of any object seen. A six-inch
ordnance map of the district was provided at the Police Station,
marked with graduated circles with the Observation Posts as
centres and provided with extensible cords, distinctively coloured.
By this means, the bearings transmitted from two or more of
the posts, could instantly be set out on the map, the intersection
giving the spot required.
Many successive improvements were effected in these home-
made instruments, including the provision of specially con-
structed illuminated sights, enabling bearings to be quickly
taken in darkness to a fraction of a degree. As an instance of
the working of the system, a fire, occasioned in some trucks on
a railway line some four miles away by an incendiary bomb, was
located to a few yards within two or three minutes of the outbreak.
The Nottingham Road station was also equipped as a
listening post to detect the approach of aircraft or the sound of
distant explosions, for which purpose a large trumpet, capable of
being revolved, was used in connection with a stethoscope.
The co-ordinated reports of the four points, already referred
to, on the various raids in or near to the district form an interesting
account of the progress of the Air-Raids in the vicinity. The
first Zeppelin seen to be brought down was at 2.20 a.m., on the
3rd September, 19 16, and the spot where it fell was approximately
determined, though twenty- three miles distant.
THE SPECIAL CONSTABULARY 143
The first " Observation Post " was brought into use on the
night of the 31st January, 1916, and, in November, 1916,
arrangements were made to work the highest and most fully
equipped post in conjunction with the Metropolitan Observation
Service, as one of their Stations, and this — the Water Tower
Observation Post — was thenceforward manned with a sufficient
and trained " crew " each night from 7 p.m. until dismissed
(usually about mid-night), in charge of a specially trained officer.
On Sunday, the 17th June, 1917, a request was received
that the work should be increased to a continuous day and night
manning of the post. The same night this was done, and
thereafter a continuous watch was maintained by a minimum
*' crew " of three men.
On the 17th September, 1917, at the request of the Meteoro-
logical Office, South Kensington, a continuous hourly record of
fog and visibility, between sunrise and sunset, was commenced.
This was kept by the officers — known as I/Cs {i.e., " in charge ")
— from time to time in command of the post and sent to London
weekly. More detailed records of wind and weather conditions
generally were also kept at four-hourly intervals during the day
and night.
The post was provided with a specially designed and con-
structed azimuth and altitude recording instrument, enabling
Vernier readings to be taken to within six minutes of arc.
A telescope with cross wires in the eyepiece was fitted in
alignment with the sighting bar and was of great assistance to
the unaided vision, especially as regards obtaining accurate
sighting. Lights, &c., observed at night could, by means of
this telescope, be more readily located by daylight observation
on the same settings. The readings in azimuth and altitude
were automatically reproduced on graduated revolving drums in
two cabins, one containing an Exchange Telephone for reporting
to the Metropolitan Observation Service and the other — a private
telephone — to the Chief Inspector's Room (Regular Police), at
the Police Station, this being principally used dunng Air-Raids.
Practically the whole of the designing, construction and
installation of the instruments used (with the exception of an
altazimuth instrument supplied by the Admiralty) was carried
out by members of the Force, as was also the electric wiring for
the lighting of the Water Tower.
We think our readers will be interested to read the record
that was made from the Town Hall for the last air-raid on
London, that on 19th May, 19 18. We give it in full. The
" bearing " numbers are, of course, map numbers, the district
under observation having been plotted out for this purpose.
144 CROYDON AND THE GREAT WAR
Police Station.
Town Hall.
Men reported for duty Sunday, 19th May, 1918.
681. 1302. 1596. 1112. 1057. 1141.
1 1. 1 2 p.m. Aeroplane on bearing 102 shewing lights — Bright
lights on bearing 15I — Signal Rockets seen in
the South East.
11.23 " G^^ ^^^^ °^ bearing 102 very distant.
11.25 " Heavy gun fire on bearing 65 to 80 — Sounds of gun
fire in the North East — Searchlights operating in
the North East.
11.28 „ Light on bearing 1 5I just extinguished. Continuous
gun fire in the North East district.
11.29 " Sounds of distant gun fire in the North East — Gun
on bearing 48 operating.
1 1. 3 1 „ Glow on bearing 15I very distant — Gun fire now to
the North bearing 3 — Fire on bearing 19^ is now
brighter — Gun flash on bearing 3 to 5.
11.38 „ Aeroplane on bearing 1 24 to 1 25 — Gun fire had been
continuous on bearing 345 to 105.
11.40 „ Elmer's End gun operating.
11.47 »> ^i^^ reported on bearing 19! cannot now be seen.
11.48 „ White signal light on bearing 115— Another white
signal light on bearing 115 — Searchlights concen-
trating to the West — Aurelia Road searchlight
operating — Flash on bearing ig-looks more than a
gun flash — Gun fire getting much nearer but no
shrapnel seen.
11. 49 „ Big glow, as if a bomb dropped on bearing io| —
Gonville Road gun operating.
11.50 „ Shrapnel bursting on altitude 45-^Searchlights on
bearing 151 to 162.
1 1. 5 1 „ Signal lights on bearing 115.
11.52 ,, Elmer's End and Gonville Road guns in operation.
11.55 " Glow on bearing 9I— Shrapnel in the North East,
altitude 45 — Another flash, as if a bomb had
fallen on bearing 10 — Gonville Road gun again
in operation — Sounds of Aeroplanes — Sounds of
Aeroplanes getting nearer in the North East ;
searchlights are centred on them — Sounds of big
explosion in the North East— Purley searchlight
operating — Aeroplane above referred to thought
to be very near to us (20/5/18).
THE SPECIAL CONSTABULARY 145
12.0 midn't Signal light on bearing 45 fairly near ; the Aeroplane
above mentioned thought to be more distant.
12. 3 a.m. Very heavy gun fire in the North East and North
West.
12. 5 „ Purley searchlight extinguished.
12. 7 ,, Aircraft hum in the North East seems to be getting
nearer again.
12. 8 „ Gonville Road gun operating again. Very heavy gun
fire in the North East bearing 290.
12.10 „ White signal light on bearing 30 — Gun flash on bear-
ing 138 very distant — Sounds of aircraft in the
North — Sounds of aircraft getting much closer in
the North East.
12.13 ,, Purley searchlight in operation — Shrapnel bursting
on altitude 50 in the North East.
12.15 ,, Aeroplane travelling due East.
12.17 ,, Shrapnel bursting on bearing 64 altitude 30.
12.20 „ Red signal light and white signal light on bearing
32 — On bearing 32 thought to be an aeroplane
brought down on fire — White signal light on bearing
115 — Very heavy gun fire in the North East but
too distant to see the flashes — Gun flashes from
North East to North — Sounds of aircraft in the
North East — Gun fire extending to the North West
on bearing 345.
12.25 M Signal light on bearing 50 — On bearing 27 a flash
seen ; looked very much like an explosion —
Gonville Road and Elmer's End guns in operation.
12.27 >» Oil bearing 97 lights in the sky, looks as if it was one
of our aeroplanes.
12.30 ,, Half a dozen white rockets on bearing 95 — Sounds
of aircraft in the North and North East coming
this way.
12.34 >» Shrapnel bursting in the North, altitude 27.
12.35 »> Another glow on bearing io|, very distant ; looked
like a bomb having been dropped.
12.36 ,, Sounds of aircraft dying away — Sounds of aircraft
in the East getting nearer.
12.39 M Gonville Road and Elmer's End guns in operation —
Shrapnel bursting in the North East, altitude 45.
12.48 ,, Gun flashes very distant, North and North West of
London.
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146 CROYDON AND THE GREAT WAR
12.55 a .m . Signal light on bearing 1 1 o high up — Gun fire revived
distant North and North East — Signal light or
Rocket on bearing 115.
12.58 „ All quiet, but distant searchlights, North, North East,
i.^o ,, Light on aircraft on bearing 105 — Two very distant
flickering lights on bearing 53^ on the horizon —
Sounds of aircraft in the South East, thought to
be one of our own.
1 .10 ,, One of our aeroplanes travelling East shewing a light
^Two signal lights on bearing 94.
1. 19 ,, All Clear.
1.32 ,, Order to sound Maroons.
On duty again — All the crew returned to their
respective places.
1.38 „ Gun flashes and searchlights in the South East —
Red and white signal lights in the North East —
Gun flashes on bearing 165 — Gun fire due South.
1. 41 „ Shrapnel bursting South East bearing 165, altitude
16 — Sounds of aircraft in the South — Aurelia Road
searchlight operating — Purley searchlight operat-
ing— Sounds of aircraft South East, almost East —
Sounds of aircraft disappearing North East.
1.45 „ All searchlights extinguished — Bright light reported
on bearing 3, back of Park Street.
1 .50 „ Distant searchlight operating between 40 and 80.
1.55 ,, Gun flash on bearing 135.
1.58 „ Aureha Road searchlight in operation and several
others in the North — White signal light on bearing
31 — Light reported in Park Street is now ex-
tinguished,
1.59 ,, Searchlights are now signalling.
2. o ,, All Clear.
2. 9 ,, Dismiss.
{Signed) H. E, T. Wilcox
(1596).
Organisation for Police Work — Each man, when attested,
arranged his hours of duty to which, in the ordinary way, he
adhered. Broadly speaking, the Force was divided into two ;
one half being on duty one week (" A " week) and the other half
the next week (" B "). Each twenty-four hours was divided into
six portions of four hours, and the Sub-Division was thus further
sub-divided for work and discipline, each shift of four hours
THE SPECIAL CONSTABULARY 147
(known as Reliefs) being under a separate set of officers, a
Sub-Inspector and Sergeants. The " Lights " Section worked
on the " alternate week " system, as did also the Observation
Section to a certain extent, and there were therefore sixteen separate
units continually working in rotation. In some cases a man
carried out his duties at different hours on different days or in
consecutive weeks on the same relief, in which case he came under
the superintendence of different sets of officers. It was, therefore,
necessary for the office staff to keep constantly in touch with each
man, so that in cases of sickness or leave the various officers
concerned might be notified. The fact that most of the men on
observation work also did general duty made this the more
necessary, and accounted for much of the correspondence dealt
with in the office. This system had its drawbacks and entailed
a considerable amount of extra office work, but it had the advantage
of getting the best work out of the individual members of the
Force at the least inconvenience to them and their businesses,
and also kept the members of the office staff more directly in
touch with each man than would otherwise have been the case.
In addition to the ordinary duties, and to the 63 mobilisations
and 15 " stand-bys " already mentioned, there were very many
special parades and duties. The first ten special parades may
serve as a sample of the sort of work done ; but it must be
noticed that after 1915 this class of work increased immensely.
Special Parades and Duties,
date time present occasion
II. II. 14 about 70 opening of Parliament.
7. 2.15 3.30 p.m. about 120 Church Parade, Parish Church
Croydon.
7. 3.15 5. op.m. 202 Inspection Parade, Police
Station.
9- 5-^5 3-3° P-"^- about 200 Inspection and Address by
Mayor of Croydon, Park
Hill Recreation Ground.
12. 5.15 Daily average 144 " Lusitania " Emergency
to Musters.
17. 5-15
16. 7.15 7. op.m. 14 Recruiting Meeting.Town Hall
Croydon.
21. 8.15 5. o p.m. about 20 Presentation of motor ambu-
lances by Corporation to
Red Cross, Town Hall.
12. 9.15 4. op.m. about 40 Ambulance inspection. Park
Hill Recreation Ground.
19. 9.15 4. o p.m. 172 Church Parade,ParishChurch.
2.10.15 3. o p.m. 69 Recruiting " rally," Town
Hall.
148 CROYDON AND THE GREAT WAR
DATE TIME PRESENT OCCASION
to average about 20 Special duties after Air-Raid
17. 10. 15 in Croydon.
Sports and Entertainments. — Six Cricket matches, four
Billiard matches, one Football match, and several entertainments,
Concerts, Whist drives, &c., were given by the Division ; many
of these with a view of collecting money for charitable purposes.
The following financial statement shows the money raised
from members of the force, in this way : — £ s. d.
Feb . 1915 — Sale of tickets for entertainment at Pal-
ladium for Met. Police Orphanage . 526
June 19 1 5 — Collected at Cricket match for Met.
Police Orphanage . . . 11 o o
July 191 5 — Collected at Cricket match for Croydon
General Hospital. . . . 23 15 i
Nov. 1 91 5 — Collection for late S/C Causebrook, of
Carshalton Sub-Division . . 11 3 o
Jan. 1916 — Purchase of Pair of S/C Boots, pre-
sented to Red Cross Sale
July 1916 — Royal Irish Constabulary Fund.
Sept. 191 6 — Entertainment to wounded sailors and
soldiers at Whitgift Schools .
1916- 1917 — Subscriptions for motor ambulance .
Sept. 1917 — Metropolitan PoUce Orphanage.
Sept. 1917 — Croydon General Hospital
Dec. 1917 — Newport Training School
March 19 18 — Sale of matchboxes for St. Dunstan's
Hostel
May 19 1 8 — Surrey Prisoners of War Fund .
April 191 8 — M .0 . S . Charing Cross Hospital Fund .
Aug. 1918 — St. Dunstan's Hostel
Aug. 1918 — Burgos Home, Croydon .
Oct. 191 8 — Football match for Metropolitan Police
Orphanage . . . . . 79 16 o
Dec. 191 8 — Entertainment to children of Croydon
sailors and soldiers . . . i i o
1914 - 1918 — MetropoHtan PoUce Orphanage, Sale of
Tickets for Police concerts . . 34 o o
1917- 191 8 — Purchase of cigarettes and tobacco for
wounded sailors and soldiers . 11 14 10
Jan. 1919 — St. Dunstan's Hostel . . . 7 19 11
Feb . 191 9 — Croydon General Hospital , endowment
of beds 502 o o
May 1919 — Whist Drive and Dance for funds of
Burgos Home . . . . 100 o o
l^^^sg 9 3
5
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0
2
13
0
86
0
II
128
15
0
16
2
0
16
2
0
4
19
10
I
16
0
42
4
0
157
13
8
5
5
0
5
5
0
THE SPECIAL CONSTABULARY 149
Cost of the Sub-Division. — The official administrative
receipts and expenditure, as audited, show that in all £JS'^ 4^- 3^.
was received in money by the force for its expenses, in addition
to the free supply of electricity by the Corporation, who also
relieved the force from the payment of rates. The Corporation
also presented ;^ioo to the general funds and £^0 towards the
Ambulance Section.
The expenditure was ^^686 14s. id., leaving a balance of
^65 I OS. 2d., which was handed over to the Croydon General
Hospital towards the endowment of a cot.
The force was indebted to the Regular Police for much
assistance and friendly co-operation ; to the Croydon Cor-
poration and its officials, and to the Croydon Gas Company for
help in many ways ; and to individual members for a great
number of special services outside the range of their ordinary
constabulary duties.
An attempt to particularise the services of individuals would
be invidious and necessarily incomplete, but many acknowledg-
ments are due to those who ungrudgingly devoted their specialised
abilities to the work, and supplemented the official financial
allowances by money or material and thereby greatly assisted the
general organisation.
Those who have been engaged in the work will recall many
hours of weariness and physical discomfort, but mingled with it
will be the memories they would not willingly forego of good
comradeship, irrespective of class or social standing, and the gain
of many valued friendships made while serving a common cause.
The great success achieved is largely due to the admirable
work of Assistant Commander H. C. Swaine, of " Quarry Hill,"
Stanhope Road, Croydon ; and the tact with which his salutary
strictness was accompanied is shown by the gift of a handsome
gold cigarette case, presented to him by the force he had so finely
commanded throughout, at the disbandment, i6th June, 1919.
II. Thornton Heath and South
Norwood Sub-Division
In August, 1914, a public appeal was made in the press,
immediately after the declaration of War, by the Home Office,
through the Commissioner of Police, and was at once responded
to at the various Police stations.
In August, 1914, the first batch of Thornton Heath and
South Norwood men were summoned to take up duty, and they
were sworn-in on 17th August, 19 14, before the Mayor, at the
Town Hall, in company with Special Constables from all other
parts of the Borough.
This first enrolment was followed by others on the i8th,
22nd, 24th and 28th with the result that at the end of August,
19 14, there were 157 Special Constables on the strength at
Thornton Heath, and 95 at South Norwood ; and from then
onwards the strength was well maintained at both Stations. The
highest and lowest figures reached were at Thornton Heath 262
and 152 ; and at South Norwood 161 and 129. At Thornton
Heath 586 men were enrolled from first to last, and at South
Norwood 345.
At first the duties at both Stations consisted of guarding
" Vulnerable Points," but gradually these were changed and
street patrols were substituted. At Thornton Heath there were
eight street patrols, and at South Norwood four. These patrols
worked in sections from 2 p.m. to mid-night, and during the
remainder of the twenty-four hours men were on reserve duty
in the Stations, with a minimum of six in the night hours. The
following table shows the various duties beyond the eight divisions
of street patrols, covering the whole district at " Vulnerable
Points," and the periods during which they were performed : —
Thornton Heath. — Norbury Pumping station, 25/8/14 to 19/10/17
Sandfield Road Railway bridge, 27/8/14 to 23/2/15.
Norbury Railway bridge, 27/8/14 to 15/10/15.
Grange Wood reservoir, 1/9/14 to 28/10/17.
South Norwood. — Grange Wood reservoir, 24/8/14 to 31/8/14
Love Lane subway, 27/8/14 to 2/5/15.
Holmesdale Road subway, 27/8/14 to 9/11/15.
Norwood Junction subway, 1/9/ 14 to 4/11/17,
At the later dates given above the Commissioner of Police
under whose orders the Special Constabulary were placed con-
sidered that guards of Special Constabulary were no longer
needed at " Vulnerable Points."
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Apart from the Police Armlet, and the Officers' Blue
(Inspector), Red (Sub-Inspector), and Yellow (Sergeant) Armlets,
the first official equipment consisted of caps which were issued
to all Special Constables in the Borough by the Corporation of
Croydon early in 191 5. At the close of 1915 Headquarters
(Scotland Yard, London) decided to provide overcoats and boots,
and in May, 191 6, full Uniform Suits.
Drill Certificates of Efficiency. — Thornton Heath obtained 160
and South Norwood 98 ; total 258.
Long Service Badges. — Thornton Heath obtained 190 and
South Norwood 114 ; total 304.
Men who joined in 1914 and were still in the force i6-8-i8,
obtained Stars : — Thornton Heath receiving 51 and South
Norwood 44 ; total 95.
There were many Special Parades. For instance, at the
opening of Parliament, November nth, 1914, there were thirty
officers and men on duty from Thornton Heath, and twenty
from South Norwood ; total 50.
And there follows a list of subsequent parades of the Thorn-
ton Heath and South Norwood Special Constables, with the
respective attendances at each : —
Officers & men on duty.
T.H. S.N. Total
1915. Mar. 13 — T. H. and S. N. Inspection
,, May 5 — Inspect., Mayor of Croydon
„ June 27 — Church parade, St. Stephen's
Norbury
1 916. Jan. 2 — Church parade, Croydon
Parish Church
„ April 8 — Div. Inspection, Streatham .
.. M 30 — Church Parade, Albert Hall.
,, Dec. 3 — T.H. & S.N. Inspection
1 9 17. Feb. 7 — Opening of ParHament
,, June 9 — Presentation of Long Service
Badges ....
,, Oct. 27 — Presentation of ambulances .
1918. Jan. 6 — Church parade, T.H. & S.N.
„ Feb. 12 — Opening of Parliament
,, Apr. 14 — Drill inspection, T.H,& S.N.
„ May 26 — Presentation of Stars .
„ July II — Memorial Service, Westmin-
ster Abbey
Aug. 4— Church parades, T.H.& S.N.
97 •
118 .
100 ,
99 •
• 197
, 217
125 •
• 125
49 .
156 .
69 .
204 .
36 .
67 ■
53 •
118 .
85
223
122
322
20 .
14 .
34
167 .
47 •
92 .
31 •
259
78
140 .
68 ,
. 208
21 .
79 •
40 .
13 •
22 .
36 .
34
, lOI
■ 76
41 .
107 .
27
55
. 68
. 162
176 .
—
176
153 •
—
153
177 •
126
■ 303
169 .
109
278
42 .
17
59
32 .
i8 .
50
152 CROYDON AND THE GREAT WAR
As well as parades, there were several important mobilisations
of these forces, as follows : —
Officers & men on duty.
T.H. S.N. Total
1915. May 12 — Keeping order in streets, pro-
tecting shops, etc. against
expected Anti-German
riots (which happily did not
come off)
„ ,, 13 — Ditto do. do. .
,, ,, 14 — Ditto do. do. .
„ ,, 15 — Ditto do. do. .
1917. Oct. 2 — Air-Raid duty at Tube sta-
tions in London
1918. July 7 — Round-up of deserters, etc.,
Wilford Road
And on alarms of Air-raids the Special Constables were
called to duty eight times in 1915 ; thirteen times in 191 6 ; no
less than 32 times in 19 17, and 13 times in 19 18, mustering very
strongly on each occasion, with an average of over 300 men.
The highest muster on any one Air-raid alarm was reached on
ist October, 1916, when 226 men attended from Thornton Heath,
and 138 from South Norwood ; a total muster of no less than
364 men on that occasion.
On 13 th October, 191 5 (in the serious raid on Croydon itself)
bombs were dropped from a Zeppelin in Lower Addiscombe
Road, and in Stretton Road, doing great damage and causing loss
of life and casualties in Stretton Road. (It should be mentioned
that the police district of South Norwood reaches westward as
far as the corner of the Cherry Orchard Road, along the Lower
Addiscombe Road.) The South Norwood force were on duty
here from mid-night until 3.30 a.m. on the 14th, engaged in rescue
work and the protection of damaged property. For four days
following they were employed in regulating traffic, etc., and
during this period were assisted by contingents from Thornton
Heath. Returning from duty in the early hours of the morning,
14th October, 1915, after the raid. Special Constable Roper,
Howard Road, South Norwood, who desired not to disturb the
family, was entering his house by the back door when he saw an
explosive bomb lying on the back doorstep. Fortunately the
Huns had neglected to remove the safety pin and the missile
was therefore harmless. Due notice was given to the military
authorities who after two days sent to remove the bomb. Needless
to say strict guard was kept over it all the time it lay there.
THE SPECIAL CONSTABULARY 153
On 23rd Sept., 1916, a Zeppelin passed over Thornton
Heath and Norbur}^-, As it passed over Thornton Heath it let
down two powerful magnesium lights evidently for the purpose
of picking up its bearings. It then bore away towards Streatham,
and dropped its first bomb on some open fields in Norbury. In
response to a " phone " message from Streatham about i a.m.,
60 officers and men were hurried off to lend help on that ground,
and 40 more paraded for duty at Streatham the next morning
at_8 a.m. Much damage was done and many lives lost.
On 2nd October, 1917, 59 officers and men from Thorn-
ton Heath and South Norwood paraded at BrLxton at 6 p.m.
for Air Raid duty on the Tube stations.
Buglers and Motor Tr-\nsport — At Thornton Heath seven
buglers paraded for duty on Air Raid nights and 15 at South
Norwood. Each bugler has received a photograph of the whole
corps of buglers and a service bugle inscribed with his name, etc.,
at the cost of a fund especially raised in the spring of 1919. At
Thornton Heath there were 16 motor cars and side cars available
for use (11 of which were provided by residents voluntarily) and
at South Norwood 4 (2 of which were provided voluntarily).
These paraded at the Police stations on all occasions of air raids,
and it was rare to find any absentees.
Ambulance and First Aid Work. — At South Norwood a
special feature was made of this work. There was a very efficient
squad of 18 men all holding First Aid Certificates. They fur-
nished themselves at their own expense with two stretchers and
complete ambulance outfit, bandages, etc., and distinctive
uniform, haversacks, water bottles, etc. A tribute of thanks is
due to Dr. Rose who was most kind in giving his services and
conducting the ambulance instruction classes. At Thornton
Heath there was also a small squad of proficient First Aid men ;
but there was not the same need for such work in this district,
as it was already well supplied with hospitals, R.A.M.C. men,
and ambulances.
Social Work — At both Thornton Heath and South Norwood
much was done in this direction. Perhaps the most striking
success was an " Old Comrades' Fund," initiated by Section
4 at Thornton Heath, and maintained by weekly subscriptions
from the men of that section for the benefit of old comrades
who had been in that section, and who had joined up in the
Navy or Army. About £150 was subscribed from September,
1916, onwards ; and more than 600 parcels of cigarettes and
other comforts were sent to men at the Front and in training, by
their comrades in the Special Constabulary at Thornton Heath.
154 CROYDON AND THE GREAT WAR
At Thornton Heath a Social Club was run from 191 6 to
1918. By Whist drives, Concerts, etc., it contributed the follow-
ing sums to the causes named : —
To the Order of St. John of Jerusalem & British Red
Cross .......
,, Croydon Hospital ......
,, the Metropolitan Police Orphanage .
„ St. Dunstan's Hostel
I s. d.
15
9
0
21
0
0
22
12
0
52
10
0
£111 II o
At South Norwood various amounts were also raised in the
same way for various funds. Amongst the special collections
were the Causbrook Fund, raised for the widow of a m_an killed
by Air-raid while on duty, and am.ounting to 5^23 9s. od. ; and the
Baker Fund (another similar case), amounting to ^4 13s. 6d.
Also two motor ambulances complete for the front were
provided by these forces, at a cost of ^^723 5s. id., of which
Thornton Heath contributed ^468 8s. yd. ; and South Norwood
£2S4 i6s. 6d.
A large number of the men at both stations subscribed
weekly to the Police Orphanage fund. Many other collections
were made at both stations for comrades in trouble and need,
which resulted in substantial sums being raised. At South
Norwood Section IV. had a flourishing War Savings Certificate
Fund.
A Few Personalities. — (Thornton Heath). Sub-Inspector
Pearson (10 1), in command of a ship which was torpedoed off
the coast of Spain by an Austrian submarine, was taken as a
prisoner to Austria. S/C Richardson (176) was taken prisoner
at Kut. S/C Walker (363) was awarded the Military Medal, and
Inspector Williams was awarded the Military Cross. S/C Doubell
(148) was commended for stopping a run-away horse in London,
and S/C Wetherell for valuable assistance to the Regular Police.
(South Norwood). S/C Cutress (49) was commended in
Police Orders for arrest of a suspected burglar in May, 191 6.
S/C C. Norman (20) v/as awarded the Military Medal. Inspector
Mugford (5) was commended in Police Orders for stopping a
run-away horse in July, 1916 ; and S/C Thompson (263) saved
two boys from drowning at Brighton, i6th August, 1918.
In this Sub-Division there was one mem.ber of the force
(Inspector Gale, of Thornton Heath) who, it is believed, held
the record for the number of duties done by him during the four
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155
years ending i6th August, 19 18, which total altogether 1,5 13I
(a drill being equal to half a " duty " which accounts for the
fraction).
Obituary.
T.H. — S/C Barrow (441), killed in France . . 14/4/18
S/C Coombs (46), killed in France . . 10/3/18
S/C Clark (273), died of wounds in Grantham
Military Hospital .... 27/7/18
Inspector Crittenden (77), Headmaster of Beulah
Road Council School, died in Denmark
Hill Military Hospital .
S/C Franklin (312), killed in France
Inspector Leete (51), died
S/C Battley (353), died
S/C Harris (74), died
S/C Hatt (109), died .
S/C Howell (245), died
S/C Jones (495), died from wounds in hospital
in France .
S.N. — S/C Evans (112), killed in France.
S/C Goodman (162), died from wounds in his
pital in France ....
Inspector Laker (28), died in Salisbury Hosp
S/C Shackell (43), drowned in SS. " India "
S/C Stupart (172), killed in France
7/9/17
24/6/17
21/4/17
7/2/18
30/3/18
4/7/18
23/6/18
5/1/18
8/3/17
10/5/18
15/1/18
1 2/4/1 6
5/3/17
III. Croydon Women Patrols
Voluntary Women-Patrols were started in 19 15 by the
National Union of Women Workers (now the National Council
of Women) with the sanction of Sir Edward Henry (Commissioner
of police). A card of authorisation bearing his signature was
carried by each patrol. Women-patrols were also backed by the
authority of the Admiralty and of the War Office. The Croydon
Women-patrols received much help and encouragement from
Chief Inspector Lovie, of the Metropolitan Police, who gave
them a good deal of interesting and responsible work to do ;
from the then Mayor and Mayoress (Mr. and Mrs. Howard
Houlder) who took a keen interest in them throughout ; and
from a specially organised committee of ladies in Croydon, of
which the Hon. Secretary was Miss Glazier.
The work was started as a War measure to help in raising
the tone of the behaviour of young people in the streets and
open spaces ; and the preventive welfare work of the women-
patrols carried out tactfully, and by trained women, did much
to achieve this object.
During the War there were about forty Croydon women-
patrols under the Patrol Leader, Miss Brodie, M.B.E. They
patrolled in couples for two hours in the evening. Their uniform
was a heavy blue coat and skirt, black hat with the badge
N.U.W.W., and a distinctive armlet bearing their registered
number under the Metropolitan Police. They carried a police
whistle and a lantern. Their work was purely voluntary and
unpaid with the following few exceptions . —
From January, 1917 to September, 1918, some of the
women-patrols worked for three hours at night instead of two,
and were paid at the poUce rate. In June, 1918, four of them
were specially trained to do whole time police work of seven
hours a day, and were paid by the Metropolitan Police. They
continued this work till the Metropolitan Women-Police were
started early in 1919.
The voluntary women-patrols continued work till 30th
September, 1919, when the Commissioner of Police (General
Macready) replaced them by Women-Police, although the work
of the latter force hardly covers the same ground as that done
by the women-patrols as indicated above.
IV. Fire BriQ^ade
Even as early as 3rd August, 1914, Retained Fireman Carter,
who was a reservist of the Royal Marine Light Infantry, was
called up because of the rapidly growing certainty of war ; and
on 5th August when general mobilisation was ordered three more
reservists were taken from our Croydon Fire Bripade, as well as
the fireman on duty at the Mental Hospital, to replace whom the
Croydon Brigade had to send a fourth man from their depleted
staff.
Beyond these losses of staff there was the probability of
actually increased activity for the brigade. The Chairman of the
Fire Brigade Sub-Committee (Councillor T. W. Wood Roberts)
therefore took steps to replenish the ranks by voluntary help.
Messrs. Grant, Kennard and AUder, all of them, patriotically
assisted, by allowing thirteen of their assistants to volunteer ; and
they served in turn by four men each night, from 7 p.m. to 7 a.m.
Presently the demands of military needs, business, and health
ate into the number of voluntary members ; and the ever-active
Chairman (who himself attended throughout the war) had to
canvass amongst his personal friends for volunteers. By one way
or another the four volunteers every night were kept up for all the
earlier years of the war ; from first to last 48 volunteers in all
served the fire brigade, and seven were serving at the time of
the Armistice. The average length of service was 13^^ months,
but one volunteer served 54 months, and another 45. They
wore as nearly as possible the uniform of the brigade, and slept
on their duty-nights at the fire station.
Air-raids caused 68 mobilisations of the brigade, and the
volunteers served in 65 of them ; an average of seven volunteers
turning out at each mobilisation. It was the seventh of these
air-raids (13th October, 19 15, warning received at 8.23 p.m.)
which was that which Croydon so fatally remembers. About
9 p.m. an airship was visible over London, but everything
quieted ; then, suddenly, without any preliminary warning,
bombs began to fall in Croydon at 1 1 .20 p.m., and eighteen bombs
fell on the town, seventeen of which exploded. The first call
was for Edridge Road, and the brigade were fortunate to rescue
a sufferer from the ruins there ; then they were sent to Oval
Road to assist the injured and search the damaged houses. In
Beech House Road, where the motor escape was sent, four
158 CROYDON AND THE GREAT WAR
persons were imprisoned in the debris on the second floor of
one house, which was so badly damaged as to be in danger of
collapse. A woman was released, and recovered from her
injuries ; but the lad who was released at the same time, and who
was sent with her to the Hospital, succumbed to his injuries.
The bodies of two other lads were uncovered, but the falling
masses had already killed them. The prompt and excellent work
of the fire brigade was commended by the Council at the meeting
on 23rd October, 1916. At Stretton Road the rescue work was
performed by R.A.M.C. men, from Davidson Road War Hospital,
by police officers and civilians. The fire alarms were disabled
in that district by the explosions, so that warning only reached
the brigade very late. Eleven persons were killed and seventeen
injured in this raid ; and the places damaged were in Mason's
Avenue, Edridge Road, Park Lane, Beech House Road, Woodstock
Road, Friends Road, and Chatsworth Road, the Railway line,
Pairfield Road, Cherry Orchard Road, Oval Road, Lebanon Road,
Leslie Park Road, Leslie Grove, Lower Addiscombe Road,
Albert Road, Alexandra Road, Morland Road, Stretton Road,
Exeter Road, Leicester Road, Rymer Road, Edward Road, and
Freemason's Road, according to the report of the Chief Officer
of the fire brigade (J. W. Dane). In all about 800 buildings
were damaged and it was estimated that the money loss was
j(^20,ooo ; fortunately no fires resulted, although a gas main was
broken. The large water main crossing the railway was cracked,
but happily no great waste occurred. If that had gone, and fires
had broken out, the position would have been a serious one.
By one of the usual ironies of fate one of the Volunteer firemen
on arriving at one of the calls during the night's work of helping
others found that it was at his own house, and, moreover,
unfortunately it was badly shattered. But this was happily the
only occasion when bombs fell in Croydon, though warnings
were frequent (as has been said) and the brigade was kept con-
stantly on the alert. It may be conjectured that the stringent
way in which lighting was controlled contributed to the immunity
of the town. It will be remembered that in the raid on 2nd
September, 19 16, the attacking Zeppelin dropped bombs both
at Kenley and at Streatham, but passed over Croydon, sheltered
in its darkness.
On 28th September, 191 6, the brigade undertook observation
work in conjunction with the London fire brigade at the request
of the Admiralty ; and continued until this work was undertaken
by the Special Constables.
In September, 1917, the Croydon brigade was joined (under
D.O.R.A.) with the other fire brigades in the Metropolitan Police
district, to act as one large force during air raids, under a
FIRE BRIGADE 159
mobilising officer ; and many joint drills were held with the
London fire brigade and with neighbouring brigades. Sometimes
these mobilisations were far from pleasant ; for nothing was
moved until the *' Take cover " order was issued, and consequently
machines and other appliances had to proceed along roads after
the guns were already in action, and were exposed to the falHng
shrapnel, etc. On 30th September the brigade had rather a
lively time. They were engaged in the ordinary way at a fire
in Wickham Road when an air-raid warning was received. All
who could be spared at once took up their air-raid stations — but
those still at work on the fire had to continue their work un-
sheltered, while air fighting was going on above them and shrapnel
from our own guns was falling.
The fire brigade also undertook the ambulance service of
the borough on 18th September, 1915 ; and in order that the
town might be in a position to render " first aid " to any sufi"erers,
lectures were delivered to the men at Headquarters by Dr.
Mclntyre. All who attended his classes (including the Chairman)
sat for, and obtained, the certificate of the St. John Ambulance
Association. Further, the Chief Officer advised the MiHtary
Hospitals in the borough, munition works, stores, etc., etc., as
to protection from fire ; and held several fire drills of squads of
soldiers, etc. The brigade was constantly at work, regulars and
volunteers ; most fortunately the elaborate precautions under-
taken and maintained were rarely wanted ; but had a disaster
occurred, as was only too likely, the borough in war time would
have blessed the sleepless vigilance of its Fire Brigade.
45
I'hoto by Lewis
Councillor Thomas W. Wood RoBERTi
Chairman, Fire Brigade Sub-Committee (Auxiliary Fireman, Croydon
and London ; Special Constable)
46
I'hiitci by Lewis
John William Dane
(Medal of the Order of the British Empire)
Chief Officer, Croydon Fire Briu;ade
47
Photo l)y F. \V. l!er
Colonel H. E. Deane, R.A.M.C.
Officer Commanding, Croydon War Hospitals
48
Lady Edridge
Hon. Freeman of the Borough, 1920
I'lioto by Lewis
Part Five
HOSPITAL AID & RELIEF SERVICES
I. The Medical and Hospital
Services
Early in the progress of the war it became clear that an
extraordinary strain would be placed upon the medical resources
of the country, owing to the unprecedentedly large forces engaged
and the innumerable casualties involved, as well as because of
the^sickness which is an unavoidable accompaniment (however
careful may be the sanitary precautions) of the massing of
enormous bodies of men. Never in any previous war had the
arrangements for the care of the health of the troops been made
with such prevision and success ; never was the rate of sickness
so small in relation to the numbers of men engaged ; but, even
so, it was so great that every iota of medical power in the country
had to be organized so as to procure a sufficient service for the
fighters. Moreover, there was the civilian population needing
the usual medical care — in some cases, indeed, needing it more,
as the strain of the war, the rationing of food (experts notwith-
standing), and, later, the epidemic influenza, all tended to lower
the vitality of the people at home ; or, at any rate, did not make
for an increased standard of general health.
At the beginning of the war the War Office called for
medical recruits, and got them in generous numbers ; the
medical profession proved itself worthy of its traditions. With
the expansion of the armies, and the passing of the Military
Service Act, something more drastic than a volunteer measure
became necessary, in order to distribute the growing medical
burden more evenly and equitably over the country. Doctors,
it will be remembered, were exempted from the operations of the
Military Service Act, but they instituted a form of self-con-
scription (if we may use the expression) to meet the situation
described. They produced a series of " Tribunals " of their
own. At the head of these in London and in close touch with
the War Office was the Central Medical War Committee, whose
business it was to procure doctors for the Services in the numbers
demanded by the Government. The Central Committee in
turn made demands upon the local areas, and for this purpose
the country was divided up into local units and in each of these
a Local Medical War Committee was formed. So far as Croydon
was concerned the area included Leatherhead, Epsom, Sutton,
Wallington and Croydon itself ; and the committee was presided
over by Dr. C. O. Fowler, with Dr. E. H. Willock as Honorary
Secretary, and Dr. C. G. C. Scudamore as Hon. Assistant
"Secretary.
1 64 CROYDON AND THE GREAT WAR
The Committee was both a committee of selection and a
tribunal. The whole area was carefully considered, and the
needs of the people steadily borne in mind. The simple prin-
ciples which governed the selection of doctors for the forces were
to take those who were fit in age and physique, those who were
unmarried, and those with partners or whose practices could be
worked by neighbouring doctors. The decision of the committee
was usually acted upon, but the recruits had a right of appeal to
the Central Medical War Committee. As concerns the Borough
of Croydon it was further necessary to have regard to the medical
side of the National Health Insurance Act, both as regards
doctors and chemists. Fortunately for us the Insurance Panel
contains almost all of them, and excellent relations have always
prevailed between them and the Insurance Committee ; so that
gradually the War Office tended more and more to accept the
Insurance Committee's lists of doctors and chemists who could
be spared for the army without running unfair risk to the civilian
population. It may be said authoritatively that every doctor and
every chemist served who could. The doctors in the early part
of the war entered as lieutenants, and were then promoted to the
rank of captain ; but later they assumed the latter rank at the
beginning of their military service. Not only were doctors sent
into the army, the needs of the navy were also served, and at
least one gentleman, Dr. Horsley, served first in the army and
then in the navy, while Dr. Thompson began with the navy and
went later to the army. All enlisted for a certain period — one
year was a common period, though many served longer ; and
some served a second period. The honours won while on
service by our doctors were as follows : —
Distinguished Service Order . Dr. E, Marshall CowelL
Military Cross . . . Dr. P. W. James.
,, ,, . . . Dr. J. L. Menzies.
„ ,, . , . Dr. John Mclntyre.
„ . . . Dr. J. W. Wayte.
Distinguished Service Cross . Dr. R. G. Elwell.
The medical men who remained at home shouldered the
several tasks that the profession has been called upon to bear ;
and we should fail signally in our duty if we did not record with
gratitude the unflagging service they gave day and night, not
only amongst their own and their absent colleagues' patients,
but also in War Hospitals, and after Air Raids. The doctor who
did less than the work of two men at least was unknown during
these critical years.
Of the work which may especially be called War work, most
was perhaps done in connection with the War Hospitals. These,
as will be remembered, were established in the Council Schools
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MEDICAI, AND HOSPITAL SERVICES 165
as a rule. For this purpose, the Davidson Road, Ecclesbourne
Road, Ingram Road, and Stanford Road council schools were
converted into Military Hospitals, as also were the Boys' and
the Girls* secondary schools in the Crescent ; and the children
normally to be found in these schools were distributed amongst
other schools and buildings of the town. The total number of
beds thus provided was one thousand. The Medical Officer
Commanding was Colonel Morris, who after about a year of
service was succeeded by Colonel H. E. Deane, R.A.M.C.
These had, of course, a staff of R.A.M.C. doctors, but these were
far too few for the heavy work which fell upon the hospitals.
It was arranged therefore that much of the work should be done
by the Croydon practitioners, who became a civil medical staff
taking regular duty in turn.
The Croydon General Hospital served as an auxiliary
hospital, and played a most valuable part in the treatment of
the wounded. Watchers in Croydon will long remember the
convoys of v/ar ambulances looming up in the darkness in their
impressive progress along the London Road. They brought
the wounded straight from the Western Front to our Hospital.
Two wards were exclusively War Wards, where the soldiers
were received ; they contained about fifty beds, and they were
rarely unoccupied. This meant a considerable addition to the
labours of the staff, but the work was done cheerfully and with
remarkable success ; and, moreover, without other recompense
than the gratitude of the soldiers and their friends. Especially
arduous were the labours of the General Hospital during times
of air raids. When the police gave the " stand-by " warning
(usually some time before the explosion of the official maroons)
the whole resident staff of the Croydon General Hospital was
mobilised ; the nurses were all up ; a surgeon was always
present. There were, as a matter of fact, few air-raid casualties
in the borough of Croydon except those during the fatal Zeppelin
attack in October, 191 5 ; but the Hospital served a wider area,
and patients came from Streatham and Purley, as well as Croydon
during the raids ; mostly, we understand, people who were
caught in the streets by the barrage (sometimes, we fear, through
their own fault), who sustained shrapnel wounds, and although
these were generally slight, they required skilled and immediate
attention. When it is remembered that most of the staff of
the Hospital are the general practitioners of the town, and that
these were depleted to the lowest possible number, as mentioned
above, it will be realized how much the air-raids must have added
to their work. In addition to the 50 beds at the Croydon
General Hospital there were provided 80 beds at the Reigate
Infirmary, and 20 at Oxted.
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These hospitals were originally distributed to provide treat-
ment for the following special classes of cases occurring in the
Eastern Command : injuries to nerves and to jaws, diseases of
the ear, and cases requiring physical treatment ; and to provide
for the sick of any troops in the neighbourhood. As time
progressed, and service exigencies became accentuated, it was
decided to transfer ear and nerve cases to other centres, and to
use the accommodation thus set free for the reception of cases
from overseas, which were distributed among the various
hospitals.
The first patients were admitted on the 30th June, 1915,
and the hospitals were finally closed on the 9th May, 1919. The
total number of patients admitted was 19,182, of whom 4,153
were discharged as invalids. The number of deaths was 196,
and of these 79 occurred during the influenza epidemics of 191 8.
Thus, excluding the influenza epidemics, the mortality was under
I per cent.
At the Stanford Road Hospital, devoted to injuries of the
jaw, Mr. J. F. Colyer, F.R.C.S., was Consulting Dental Surgeon,,
and for his brilliant work was awarded the K.C.B.E. Mr. F.
Newby, F.R.C.S., who was senior Surgeon, was awarded the
O.B.E., as was also Dr. R. G. Davidson, who was anzesthetist
to the Stanford Road Hospital ; and the services of Dr. G. Genge,
anassthetist to the Crescent Hospital, were commended to the
Secretary of State. The services of Lieutenent E. Staflford,
Durham Light Infantry, who also was selected by Colonel Deane
to carry out the details of his applications of ordinary gymnastic
apparatus to the treatment of wound disabilities, were rewarded
by the M.B.E. And Lieutenant Colonel Deane himself received
his brevet as full Colonel.
A word must be added in recognition of the admirable
services of the 80 nurses on the staff, many of whom were
V.A.D.'s. At one time the whole of the nursing staff consisted
of nurses from the other extremity of our Empire, being members
of the Australian nursing services.
Only one death occurred amongst the doctors during the
whole of these war years, but that was a sufficiently lamentable
one. Dr. Hy. Hetley, J. P., who was sent to the Davidson Road
school-hospital at the very first, and who served there until he
entered a nursing home in London, may almost be said to have
died at his post. He threw himself into the work of the hospital
with characteristic energy, studying every case with a minute*care
and attention to detail that was the envy of his colleagues. One
of them sums up a sketch of our lamented friend in words which
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are fitter than any this Editor could devise, and he makes no
apology for quoting them here, therefore, just as they reached
him.
" His notes were a model of concise and lucid expression of
what he saw ; his inferences were the fruit of sound judgment
and experience, and his operative skill was excellent. He
combined in his views an up-to-date knowledge of recent medical
and surgical progress and a true conservative instinct in treatment.
By the soldiers he was beloved and respected for his frank manly
generosity and openness of mind, and for his sterling personal
qualities. To his colleagues his ripe judgment and courteous
assistance at all times were invaluable. Though obviously in
failing health,he stuck to his work up to the last moment,and when
on his death bed did not fail to send a most pathetic and touching
message to the soldiers he served so well, and to his professional
colleagues. The public and the medical profession alike sus-
tained a severe loss in his untimely and lamented death."
When the six Croydon schools were taken over, there were
few amenities for the men. The Mayoress (Mrs. Denning) and
Lady Edridge found them quite unsupplied with books or games of
any kind. They applied to Mr. Henry Berney, who was Secre-
tary of the Fourth Queen's Equipment and Comforts Fund (see
the chapter on the Fourth Queen's) for assistance. The fund
he administered was, of course, not available for this purpose ;
but he and these ladies just mentioned threw themselves into the
promotion of another fund which was known as the War Hospitals
Comforts Fund, and Mr. Berney served this, too, as Secretary.
Subsequently the Committee of three was enlarged, and the
Mayor and Mayoress, Sir Frederick and Lady Edridge, the
Colonel in command, and the Town Clerk all served upon it.
Public sympathy in very practical form was forthcoming from
the first in a remarkable degree ; no less than five full-sized
billiard tables (besides many not of full size and a score of
bagatelle boards) were offered privately and placed in the school-
hospitals. The Christmas of 1915 was observed with all the
good cheer of the season : turkeys, Christmas puddings, cakes,
apples, nuts, and the various other delights of the season were
provided, and were then added to by the Mayor and Mayoress ;
and each succeeding Christmas told a similar story, except that
after the death of Mayor Denning, in February, 1916, his high
privileges and responsibilities were passed on to his successor.
Mayor Houlder. But Christmas was only an annual climax, as
it were, in the good work. Daily " comforts " in the form of
cake, eggs and jam were sent to the Croydon General Hospital.
In all ;{^3,ioo in money, as well as gifts of the approximate value
of £1,500, were provided for the hospitals through the energies
1 68 CROYDON AND THE GREAT WAR
of the committee ; and furniture and other effects were lent, up
to the value of ^i,ooo.
It is difficult to give more than an indication of the way
in which help was given to the wounded and sick. Owners cf
motor cars came forward to take the patients for drives, or lent
their cars for the purpose. For four years this was continuously
done by Mrs. G. M. Worsley ; and for the same period Mr. A. H.
Allen, Mr. E. Stanley Walters, and Mr. C. S. Thorne used their
private cars every day in connection with work at the hospitals.
Others gave valuable nursing assistance. Mrs. X. M. Edgelow
served for three and a half years at the Crescent Hospitals in the
role of hairdresser, and in that period shaved and cut the hair
of over 42,000 cases, using 20 ordinary (not safety) razors, for
which good work she was known first as the " Lady Barber,"
and later as the " Beauty Specialist " — " which name," writes
Mrs. Edgelow, " I think I deserved after removing from a
patient a week's growth of beard, and in some cases even a
fortnight's growth." When it is remembered that at the
beginning Mrs. Edgelow had had no experience with a razor,
and that she was also frequently called upon to shave limbs in
preparation for operations, something of her courage and en-
durance will be recognized. " The most difficult part I had to
play," she says, " was to explain to the patients that I loved to
make them comfortable and clean, and that there was no charge,
as my services were entirely voluntary." Reference must also
be made to the really splendid work done by Miss Purdy and
Miss Feetum at, and in connection with, Davidson Road hospital.
For four years these ladies placed themselves at the disposal of
the matron and nurses every day, and provided comforts and sick
diet whenever they were required to do so. Without their
generous help the hospital would often have been in difficulties.
Another example of great and sustained help was shown by
Mrs. A. E. Bidmead, who arranged, at no little sacrifice, no less
than one hundred dramatic entertainments for the men in hospital.
From the outset a small committee of ladies busied themselves
with providing amenities of various kinds at the hospitals :
Mrs. Chamberlain undertaking Davidson Road school-hospital ;
Mrs. Scudamore, the Crescent ; Mrs. Hetley, Ingram Road ;
Mrs. Trumble and Mrs. Warren, Ecclesbourne Road ; while
the similar arrangements for Stanford Road school-hospital were
in the very capable hands of the Manager of the L.C.W. & Parr's
Bank, Norbury, Mr. E. R. Home. There were many other
cases that deserve to be chronicled, and if we have omitted to
name them here, it is not because our sense of their value is not
real, but owing to considerations of space. So many were the
acts of kindness that it is actually impossible to record them all.
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H.R.H. Princess Christian's Hospital.
In 1914, No. 82 London (St. John) V.A.D,, assisted by No.
118 London (St. John) V.A.D. , feeUng the need of a local
hospital for the wounded, secured and equipped with willing
assistance from the neighbourhood, the house known as
"Whitehall," on South Norwood Hill. H.R.H. Princess
Christian graciously accorded her patronage.
From March 24th, 1915, when the first convoy of patients
was admitted, till March 24th, 1919, the good work went on
uninterruptedly.
A representative committee of management from the
neighbourhood was formed ; with first the late Sir Ernest
Tritton, Bart., as chairman, and after his death, Colonel F.
Campbell, C.B.
The hospital was affiliated to the 4th London General
Hospital at Denmark Hill, and provided for the first two years
52 beds, afterwards increasing that number to 60. The total
number of patients was 1,823. There were no deaths.
From March, 19 15, till early in the following year. No.
118 London (St. John) V.A.D., with Lady Falkland as its
Commandant, helped in the nursing. After that the entire work
of the hospital was carried on by members of No. 82 London
V.A.D., with occasional help from members of the Croydon
Detachment. The V.A.D. 's worked under a staff of trained
nurses consisting of a Matron and three Sisters.
The hospital was delightfully situated, and its beautiful
garden, furnished with an open-air shelter, helped largely in
the recovery of the patients. It had its own operating theatre,
excellently fitted up, x-ray, massage and electricity rooms, and
its own well-appointed little chapel. The Rev. J. Sutherland
Gill acted as Honorary Chaplain. The work of the wards, the
Quartermaster's office, the kitchen, the Hnen room, the pantries,
the house and the garden, was undertaken with untiring devotion
by the voluntary workers.
A feature of the hospital was the annual sale of work (in
part the work of the patients themselves) held in the hospital
grounds in 1916, 1917 and 1918, bringing in for the hospital
funds such helpful sums as ;(ji29, £150 and ^^195 respectively.
The inevitable weariness of hospital routine and discipline
was alleviated by the kindness of the neighbourhood. The
patients were taken for drives, invited out to teas, fetes, pic-nics,
and provided with theatre tickets, etc. They had a splendid
selection of books in their library at the hospital and outdoor
games for the garden. Frequently the patients were given a
170 CROYDON AND THE GREAT WAR
party for their relatives and friends, and were provided with tea
and a concert, garden fete, or Christmas tree, according to the
season of the year. Considerably over loo concerts for the
nurses and patients were arranged and provided for by Mr.
Leigh Bennett and his friends.
The financial situation was always satisfactory. The
hospital committee published four reports, one for each year's
work, shewing clearly all the accounts. For the careful
presentation of the latter the hospital is very deeply indebted
to Mr. H. Gaster, the Honorary Secretary.
Dr. J. J. Douglas acted as Commandant of the V.A.D.
Detachment, and Mrs. Colegrave, M.B.E., as its Lady
Superintendent.
In consequence of its excellent work the hospital received
the following generous share of honours : —
Royal Red Cross 2nd Class. — Miss S. T. Biddulph Pinchard,
Matron for three years ; Miss Foreman, Sister for three years
and afterwards Matron ; Mrs. J. J. Douglas, V.A.D.
M.B.E. — Mrs. Colegrave, Lady Superintendent.
Specially " Mentioned" — Mrs. Colegrave, Lady Superin-
tendent ; Miss Benbow, Head Cook ; Miss E. Cooper, Masseuse;
Miss E. Dentith, Quartermaster and Masseuse ; Mrs. Douglas,
Miss Foreman, Mrs. Le May, Miss McNaughtan, Miss Williams,
and Mr. H. Gaster, Honorary Secretary.
At the end the hospital was able to hand over the following
sums to local charities : ,^1 ,200 to the Norwood Cottage Hospital ;
3^100 to King's College Hospital ; and ;£ioo to the Royal Normal
College for the Blind.
Convalescent Homes.
A delightful remembrance amid all the suffering caused by
the War is the way in which Croydon endeavoured to alleviate
the weariness and pain of convalescence. We give examples,
Mr. George Goodsir, J.P., gave up his beautiful home,
" Wallacefield," Coombe Road, entirely to convalescents from
the army. At first Miss Ethel Link, M.B.E., took
charge, and as soon as Mrs. Goodsir was ready she
herself succeeded Miss Link, and remained in charge
till the close. Miss May Goodsir was on duty as Honorary
Secretary and Q.M. from first to last. The rest of the
family lived elsewhere. The first arrivals were fifteen
Belgians from Antwerp via Aberdeen, headed by two English-
men, who arrived on 23rd October, 1914, and who for twenty-
four hours luxuriated in the possession of a private house,
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with a large staff of lady nurses and helpers all to themselves.
From that time forward, however, the staff vv^as fully employed
day and night, and from first to last 1,152 wounded soldiers
regained health under their care. It is very gratifying to learn
that although most of the men were happy-go-lucky private
soldiers, and some wear and tear might have reasonably been
expected, one broken lamp glass was all the injury that the house
suffered at the hands of these " Tommies " over the period of
4I years. [For it is a curious fact that " Wallacefield " served
its benevolent purpose for exactly the same number of days that
the War lasted, being opened in September, 1914, a few weeks
after the War began and outlasting the Armistice by just the
same number of days to December, 191 8.] Defaulters were
punished with the threat of instant return to the military hospital,
which proved quite efficacious — a fact which speaks well for the
men's appreciation of the house.
In " An Unspoken Speech on Demobilisation " (which may
be seen in the Reference Library at the Town Hall )Mr. Goodsir
gives an interesting history of the house. All the helpers were
voluntary, and one of the boys, comparing notes with another
boy from a neighbouring hospital, boasted that he had " real
ladies to wait upon him," and clenched the argument by asserting
that " even the kitchen maids at Wallacefield drove up in their
own cars."
Friends were always forthcoming with concerts and other
amusements to keep up the spirits of the sufferers. The
Christmas days were real home festivals ; and on bright summer
days, croquet, bowls, and tennis were played, or the men lounged
in the shade with books, or hung over the garden wall to chaff
the passers by. One or two incidents occurred which have a
somewhat regrettable, if also a humorous side. We quote Mr.
Goodsir :-
" Do you remember that other Belgian — I forget his name
— who made a pretty speech in Belgian-French, translated by
Miss Link, about having lost his home, his friends and all his
possessions except his uniform, but,, out of gratitude for his
treatment here, would present Mrs. Goodsir with two buttons
from his tunic ? (This at a time when collecting soldiers' buttons
was all the rage). How Mrs. Goodsir had the buttons gilded
and made into a brooch, which was worn in triumph : until she
discovered that the donor had cut them from the tunic of another
man of the same regiment whilst he lay helplessly ill in Ward F.,
and also that the generous Belgian was an old jailbird with no
reputation worth preserving ? "
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Miss Ethel Link continued her fine national service. Through
the great kindness of many friends she was enabled to start
a Convalescent Home called " St. Dorothy's," in connexion
with the 4th London General Hospital, first in Castlemaine
Avenue, and afterwards in Croham Manor Road. The Home
was opened and consecrated to its gracious and merciful object
on 15th January, 1916, and was closed on istjune, 1919. During
that period 470 men passed through its doors ; they never had
to be closed either from lack of guests or the means of supplying
their needs. The men belonged to all departments of voluntary
service, as well as to the " Old Contemptibles," and all the
colonies had their representatives as well. The evening re-
laxations which had formed so pleasant a feature at "Wallace-
field " were continued as well at " St. Dorothy's " by the wiUing
help of Miss Link's numerous musical and artistic friends.
Other Hospitals.
Other hospitals for wounded and convalescent sailors and
soldiers deserve mention, in order that this record may be
complete, although a detailed account of them cannot be included.
A small, but most effective and beneficent hospital was that
conducted by Dr. W. Dempster at 254, Brighton Road, which
was known as the Brighton-road Hospital. On the north-
western edge of the Borough, two hospitals, Norbury Hill House
(under the care of the Society of St. Vincent and St. Paul), and
Nielka Hospital, " Jerviston," Ryecroft-road, did noble work.
On our eastern side, Shirley Park Hotel, of recent years an hotel
and the centre of a fine golfing course with beautiful scenery, was
a hospital for officers of the Royal Flying Corps and Royal Air
Force. It is interesting to recall that at one time the building
was known as Shirley House (built 1720), aud was the residence
of Lord Chancellor Eldon and the place where he died. Another
house with historical associations and beautiful surroundings
which was turned to war-hospital uses was Addington Palace,
for a century the country residence of the Archbishops of
Canterbury, which although just outside the Borough is closely
affiliated with it in our minds. Here thousands of wounded
troops from France were restored to health, but later on it was
devoted to troops from India, Mesopotamia and the East
generally, as a special centre for the treatment of malaria,
dysentery, and other eastern and tropical diseases.
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Councillor Francis Allen, M.B.E., J.P.
War Pensions Committee
II. The Croydon War Hospital
Supply Depot
On 19th July, 1915, in consequence of the clamant
demand for hospital requisites for the British and Allied Armies,
this association began work at 44, Park Lane, in a house kindly
lent by the Croydon Gas Company. The Mayoress (Mrs.
Denning) was President, and Lady Edridge Vice-President ; the
organisers and managers throughout were Mrs. P. B. Beddow and
Mrs. John Major. For the first month the buyer was Mrs.
W. W. K. Robinson (at whose house the preparatory meetings
had been held), and afterwards the buying was undertaken by
the organisers. An influential Executive Committee was
secured. The organisers were fortunate in obtaining generous
loans of sewing machines, work tables and furniture. By the
end of July there were 300 working members, each contributing
one shilling per week, and the house could no longer hold them
all ; so that " next door," No. 42, was most kindly added by the
Gas Company. Even these two houses soon proved insufficient,
and in September the Depot accepted the generous off"er of
" The Homestead," Bedford Park, from Mrs. Walton, and there
remained for the rest of its existence. By the end of August
7,000 articles had been made and despatched, and the demand
ever grew. Mr. R. F. Colam, K.C. (Recorder of Croydon), and
the late Mr. Wm. Harris now became joint Treasurers.
At " The Homestead " the work was organised into depart-
ments. One of the most interesting rooms was the Shirt-
room, where busy sewing machines turned out shirts with
such unusual success that " Croydon shirts " became famous
in their own way, and were often specifically demanded by
officers zealous for the comfort of their men. Then there
were the Slipper-room, the Swab-room, and the Cutting-out-
room ; and other departments dealt with Bandages,
Rollers, Needlework, Knitting, Splints, Carpentry and Wood-
work. There was a large Store Room for materials and for
finished goods, though the latter were never long before they
were packed up and despatched to Military Hospitals, not only
in England, but all over the world. The " Colam " gaiter was
a speciality always in request and largely made. In November
the Depot was recognised by the War Office, and after the
Directorate-General of Voluntary Organizations was formed
(which co-ordinated all such efforts) the Depot received
requisitions from that source.
174 CROYDON AND THE GREAT WAR
In February, 191 6, the Mayor's death caused Mrs. Denning's
resignation, and the incoming Mayoress (Mrs. Houlder) became
President. At this time the membership had risen to 800, who
were formed into rotas so that the work might be continuous.
On 19th July, 1916, an " At Home " was held by the Mayoress
(Mrs. Houlder) in celebration of one year's work ; a year later
a Garden Fete, opened by Lady Haig, commemorated the second
year's work ; and at the close of the third year Lady Beatty
presided over the festivities.
These anniversary fetes were utilised also to supplement
the large funds which were necessary to finance so extensive a
work, and brought in ^^442. A Christmas Fair in 191 8 added
^(^280. Two Flag Days provided ,^842, and Thes Chantants,
Concerts, etc., added £2^^- The backbone financially was, how-
ever, the weekly contributions of all the members, and from first
to last these amounted to ,{14,731. The total receipts were
;^8,66o, and the expenditure for materials was ;^7,545. The
running expenses were rigidly kept down, and only rose to six
per cent, of the whole. When the Depot was closed the
Treasurer had ,^485 in hand, and this was presented to the
Croydon General Hospital.
The measure of the comfort and healing imparted to our
troops all over the world by means of the many hundred of
thousands of articles produced at the Depot — from dressing
gowns to tiny surgical swabs — will never be fully known. But
appreciation of all that was done was touchingly manifested, and
many a letter from many a hospital, both British and Allied,
testified to their gratitude for the extraordinary variety, novelty,
and ingenuity of the supports, splints, etc., in metal and in wood,
invented and made by the Recorder in his workshop at the top
of " The Homestead," astonishing and delighting the puzzled
hospital surgeons whose difficulties they so wonderfully sur-
mounted. Enthusiastic volunteers assisted the Recorder in
this beneficent work.
One of Mr. Colam's appliances (for drop foot) made by the
Depot workers at a cost of only about is. 6d., produced such
numbers of applications from all parts of the country that it was
difficult to keep pace with them. It had the advantage of being
invisible, and at the same time was more comfortable and
efficient than appliances costing several guineas.
Early in 191 9 the need for the Depot happily ceased, and
it was closed in February. Its hard, close and happy and
successful v/ork had lasted more than three and a half years,
and its memory must ever be held in honour in our town.
III. Croydon War Supplies
Clearing House
At the beginning of September, 19 14, gifts were being sent
with indiscriminate generosity by Croydon people direct to the
fighters, and there was no co-ordination whatever. It occurred
to Mr. Albert G. Norris, the Croydon district manager of the
Sun Life Assurance Society, that some organization was needed
which would first find out where things were really required,
and then collect those things and send them there ; in order
that gifts should be placed to the best advantage for the sailors
and soldiers. He found willing colleagues, and the Croydon
War Supplies Clearing House came into being ; with the Lord
Mayor of London (Sir T. Vansittart Bowater) as patron, and
Georgina, Countess of Dudley, as patroness ; Mr. Norris acting
as secretary, Mr. Leonard S. Rogers as publicity secretary, and
Mr. Henry Terrell Peard as chairman, while Mr. Henry Berney,
who was " in " almost every movement for the good of the
soldiers, gave constant helpful support. A year later Sir
Frederick Edridge became President and Lady Edridge a
patroness ; and in February, 191 6, the new Mayor and Mayoress
(Alderman and Mrs. Houlder) became respectively paitron and
patroness. Sixteen receiving depots were established in
Croydon and the neighbourhood, where goods, clothing and any
useful gifts whatever might be deposited, with a motor transport
service to collect from them twice weekly. The scheme was
submitted to the War Office,and received not merely its approval
but also its warm commendation. It is interesting to note that
when the national body under the Director-General of Voluntary
Organisations was begun two years later it was almost on exactly
similar lines, and was most probably a result of the Croydon
suggestion. The central office was opened on 2nd November,
19 1 4, at a shop in George Street , and here the committee were
inundated with gifts of clothing, food, games, comforts, and all
kinds of things useful for the troops. Cordial support was
forthcoming immediately from prominent Croydon people,
including many members of the Corporation, although at this
time the Corporation itself was not identified with the movement.
In the strenuous work of the Clearing House, which drew to it
a large staff of unselfish assiduous helpers, the continuous
invaluable work of Mrs. S. J. E. Iredell, who became lady
superintendent of the staff and depot at the beginning and
remained at her post until the end, must receive special mention.
176 CROYDON AND THE GREAT WAR
She worked daily throughout the whole war without intermission,
often into the small hours of the morning. Her assistant.
Miss Enid Colam (now Mrs.Colam), supported her enthusiastic-
ally and competently. Another worker whose unremitting help
covered the whole of the war was Mrs. C. J. Gladwell, who as
chief assistant to Mr. Leonard Rogers, as distributing secretary
and, later, as chief clerk, did work of inestimable value. Other
helpers are gratefully remembered, though their names are too
numerous for inclusion here.
Apart from general collecting for the forces, the purpose of
the Clearing House was to supply occasional special demands as
they arose, either from the war hospitals or from the forces.
For example, it furnished more than one of the houses which
were set aside in Croydon as hostels for the accommodation of
the Belgian Refugees. Again, the military forwarding officers
in France on one occasion made a special request for condensed
milk, The committee at once formed ten district committees
of ladies to decentralize this work, and within a fortnight 63,492
tins of condensed milk, weighing 17 tons, and valued at ^^925,
were delivered at the Small Public Hall, where they were taken
over by Lady Malcolm. On another occasion an appeal for
help towards the Comforts Fund was met by a " Union Jack "
flag day, in July, 19 15, when collecting was confined to the centre
of the town, and ;^330 was raised.
At another time the committee was asked to raise funds for
the Red Cross,and this led to the formation of a special committee,
over which Lady Malcolm presided as chairman, to collect
materials and saleable objects of all kinds and to arrange for
their sale by public auction. Six months were devoted to
preparation, the ambition of the committee being to raise ;;^3,ooo.
On 20th January, 1916, Princess Christian opened the auction
sale at the Public Hall, and for a week articles of all sorts, useful,
beautiful and curious, which had been contributed by well-
wishers, were sold. Amongst them was a beautiful coffer
of 17th century pattern, designed by the Borough Recorder,
Mr. R. F. Colam, K.C., and also carved by himself from cedar-
wood grown in his garden. The auctioneers of the town and their
assistants kindly gave their services, and that these were somewhat
arduous may be deduced from the fact that the biddings did not
cease until midnight on some occasions. The traders of the
town gave signal help by the selling of Red Cross stamps which
had been specially designed in competition for the occasion —
one of the approved designs, it is interesting to know, being by
a boy in the Borough Secondary School. The total takings for
this object were no less than {,^,']\(>, far surpassing the original
hope of the committee, A letter of " congratulation upon the
WAR SUPPLIES CLEARING HOUSE 177
splendid success " of the auction was received from Queen
Alexandra, which is one of the treasured mementoes of the
committee's work.
In September, 1916, a collection for Y.M.C.A. Huts,
intended to be made during one day, developed into a " Hut
Week " under the stimulus of the Mayor's energy, and no less
a sum was raised than ,^6,458, v.ith which several " Croydonia "
huts were equipped and endowed, as well as a " Croydonia "
Travelling Cinema. It is interesting to record that Lady
Malcolm when in France helping the Y.M.C.A. had some of the
** Croydonia " huts under her charge. " Croydonia Hut " No. i
was a personal gift previously made to the Y.M.C.A. by Mr.
Hector Morison, M.P., then resident in Croydon.
In the autumn of 19 17, footballs and boxing gloves were
sent out, and in 1918 the Comforts Fund benefited to the extent
of ;^309 by a matinee arranged at the Hippodrome. The same
year the Clearing House carried through Croydon's Record Flag
Day, in which ;£ 1,273 i4^- 9^- was raised for St. Dunstan's
foundation for the Blind, Regents Park. (This total sum was
run very close by the Mayoress's Flag Day for the Red Cross,
" Our Day," which followed shortly after (24th October, 1918),
and realised ,(^1,269.)
When the Clearing House closed, 17th April, 1919, and the
Secretaries drew up a summary of the work done since the opening
on the 2nd November, 19 14 — nearly four and a half years of
strenuous work — some very remarkable figures were obtained.
From a certified account we extract the following few particulars.
The Clearing House itself collected and despatched 2,373
cases, containing 260,170 separate items, to the forces ; and
beyond this, despatched 786 other cases, containing 176,823 items,
on behalf of the Croydon Association of Voluntary Organizations,
which had collected them. In actual money the Clearing House
raised j(]20,5oo.
In its own 260,170 items are 4,771 tins of tea, coffee, cocoa,
and preserved milk (in addition to the special milk collection
previously referred to, of 63,492 tins) ; 684 packets of chocolate,
and 1,121 of other sweets ; 10 boxes of cigars and 702 lbs. of
tobacco, with 606 pipes to smoke it in, and 476 packets of boxes
of matches to light up with. Amongst the much appreciated
clothing gifts we see 1,686 handkerchiefs, 3,277 scarves, 1,286
woollen mufflers, as well as a large number of these things
forwarded on behalf of the CD .A. Voluntary Organizations.
Nearly 1,000 shirts, and a third of that number of nightshirts,
1,500 pairs of gloves, and 5,500 pairs of mittens, and not far
178 CROYDON AND THE GREAT WAR
short of 4,000 pairs of socks we observe, while presently the
compiler, growing weary of enumerating, lumps a lot together as
" Sundry garments, mostly second-hand," running up to 6,000
— all but 15. Passing over great quantities of blankets and
bedding we find 864 sets of sphnts, knee-pads, etc. ; 1,304 sticks
and crutches ; 1,362 tins or boxes of disinfectants, etc. ; 3,819
bandages, 670 rolls of lint, 926 respirators, etc., for the hospitals :
1,161 sandbags to help the trenches as well as 926 respirators
for those using the sandbags ; and to make them feel less neglect-
ed, 303 razors and strops were supplied, with 1,105 boxes of
stationery and writing pads to keep the boys in touch with home.
Games to the number of 1,690, over and above 1,000 packs of
cards, kept the minds of our boys alert, while 7,294 packets and
tins of food, 375 tins of jam, and 267 tins of biscuits helped their
bodies. One hopes the 500 eggs reached France unbroken ;
and we know of the joy with which the 6,105 Christmas puddings
were received. We see, with a certain amount of pleasure, that
the moderate number of 42 bottles of wines and spirits figures
in this most interesting list, and with even more pleasure we note
the stupendous number of 112,150 books, etc. Musical
instruments are lumped with " soap, brushes, etc." in a total of
14,500, so that it is impossible to gather either the nature or the
quantity of the supply available for the service of the Queen of
all the Fine Arts. Cigarettes were collected for the benefit of the
men in hospital, under the attractive name of the " Farthing Fag
Fund," and we note that in one of the yearly reports of the
Clearing House the number of cigarettes distributed is apolo-
getically named as only 81,545, as it " has fallen off a great deal."
It must be always remembered that the British prisoners
in Germany would have starved, but for the parcels of food sent
to them ; and therefore the War Supplies Clearing House very
wisely abandoned, towards the last, this part of their work,
forwarding their parcels through the Government in the names
of the donors, rather than sending them direct as before, the
Government cases having an infinitely better chance of reaching
the sufferers than any private packages could have.
Another branch of activity was the maintenance of a cinema
at Addington Park Hospital ; and so popular did this become,
and so incessantly was it worked, that the rnachine wore out,
and began to dazzle the eyes of the patients and rouse the ire of
the doctors. So a new and steady machine had to be got, and
the report, with a sort of smothered groan, admits that it cost
nearly ^^^90. However, it was procured, and the " pictures "
continued to delight the patients.
The collection of waste paper and other waste materials
largely by the willing help of the Boy Scouts, realised £254 —
WAR SUPPLIES CLEARING HOUSE 179
quite a welcome addition to the funds of the Clearing House,
upon which there was incessant demand. Looking through the
minutes we often come upon phrases such as " Loan from the
Chairman," " Overdraft at the Bank," etc., at seasons when it
was necessary upon some urgent call to run clean beyond the
funds in hand, and trust to the future for reimbursement. We
are glad to be able to say that this trust was never in vain.
The balance in hand — £2^"] 125. id., on 17th April, 1919,
"when the Clearing House was closed — was used to endow a bed
in the Children's Ward at the Croydon General Hospital, to be
known as " The War Supplies Clearing House Cot," and to
carry a preference in favour of the children of those who had
served in the War.
IV. The Mayor's Committee.
For the Prevention and Relief of Distress arising out
OF THE War, and for other purposes incidental
TO the War,
(NATIONAL RELIEF FUND.)
The Mayor (Alderman Frank Denning) was not in Croydon
when War was declared in the evening of 4th August, 1914 ;
but needless to say he arrived the next day, and at once began
vigorous measures to prepare Croydon for its formidable task
of coping with the emergencies of war.
On 7th of August the Mayor summoned a public meeting
of the Council, the Magistrates, the Guardians, the Clergy and
Ministers.the Trades Councils, and all Philanthropic Committees;
and the Mayor's Committee with the title at the head of this
chapter was immediately formed. There were at the beginnings
81 members, and more joined later. A small Advisory Com-
mittee of 8 members was appointed, and this sat daily at the
Town Hall for several weeks. Sub-Committees were also
appointed for employment, finance and relief; and Ward
Committees were also set on foot.
The Prince of Wales issued an appeal for funds, which was
supported by the Queen, and the collection of money for the
" Prince of Wales's Fund " became at once a chief duty of the
Mayor's Committee, and of the Ward Committees. £11,000
was paid in a week or two towards this Fund, The plan adopted
was to send all money to Buckingham Palace (or, later, to the
offices of the Prince of Wales's Fund) and to ask for such sums
to be sent to Croydon as the needs of the town demanded from
time to time. Later in the War this great fund changed its
name to the National Relief Fund, and may therefore in future
bear that name in this chapter.
Recruiting was also a primary duty, and was assisted by
the Mayor's Committee, who urged it upon the separate Wards
as a pressing need. Elsewhere we show the vigour with which
volunteer recruiting was pursued.
The medical profession nobly responded, as always, to the
call upon them, and all the doctors in Croydon at once offered
to attend gratuitously the dependents of soldiers or sailors on
active service, when requested through the Ward Committees or
THE MAYOR'S COMMITTEE i8i
the Central Committee. And the Pharmacists of the Borough,
not to be behindhand, similarly declared themselves wiUing
(on proper notification made, as above) not only to make up all
prescriptions for such dependents, but also to provide the drugs
needed at their own cost. The last part of their generous offer
was, however, not accepted, the National Relief Fund paying for
the drugs.
Many other citizens helped in their various capacities as
the doctors and chemists had done, and we all became conscious
of a spirit of unity pervading the whole Borough — a shoulder-to-
shoulder feeling ; a sentiment of brotherhood hitherto unknown
shared by all ranks and classes in the face of our common danger.
The feeding of children was one of the special needs of
the families whose fathers had enlisted ; and this was easily
arranged through the School Canteen Committees, not only for
school children, but for all young persons up to i6, the permits
being issued by the Ward Committees, and the Central Com-
mittee providing the necessary funds. And to cope with a
kindred necessity a committee of ladies undertook in October,
1914, to maintain 10 centres, in various parts of the Borough,
for the provision of good mid-day meals for nursing and expectant
mothers, and their children ; a constructive work designed for
the benefit of the next generation, so likely to be hard hit by the
war, but in practice proving to be a welcome relief for a very
special type of distress which soon became apparent, since the
mothers' love often led them to deny themselves, for the sake
of their children, things they specially needed at such times.
These dinners were continued till 30th April, 191 6.
As the winter drew on arrangements were made for the
distribution of tickets, especially to families of sailors and
soldiers on active service, entitling the holder to buy two cwt.
of coal on each ticket at is. 3d. a cwt. At the time of writing
(January, 1920) this price has become incredible, and we must
be grateful that in the winter of 19 14- 15 coal was still procurable
at a reasonable price. There were 369 tons of coal thus supplied
to the poor that winter.
On 17th February, 191 5, the Town Clerk reported the gift
of 200 bags of flour, each bag containing 7 stone (98 lbs.), from
Canada, British Columbia, and New Brunswick ; and the
patriotic offer of the Croydon bakers to convert this fine gift
into loaves. And on 24th September the same year 2,000 lbs.
of tea was received from Ceylon Tea-planters, which was held
over a little and distributed at Christmas. Mr. W. E. Wilson
kindly made up the whole gift, for convenience, into half-pound
packets.
1 82 CROYDON AND THE GREAT WAR
For a considerable period during this winter (19 14-15)
workshops to provide for women were carried on at the Adult
School, Croydon, and the Polytechnic, South Norwood, but the
increasing demands for war work of all kinds eventually rendered
these unnecessary.
The National Relief Fund gave £400 towards relief of the
damage in the Oval Road district by the air-raid of 13th October,
to replace furniture and the daily utensils of about 150 houses, '
and Mr. Harry Sidey, to whom this work was entrusted, had
every claim adjusted and satisfied within twenty-one days of the
raid. In many instances the Mayor's Committee had to find
housing accommodation for the sufferers, as their houses were
uninhabitable. Many allowances were also made to wives whose
husbands were injured, to parents whose wage-earning sons
were killed, etc.
The Mayor's Committee also accepted responsibility for,
and indeed entered largely into the work of the Soldiers' and
Sailors' Families Association and the Soldiers' and Sailors*
Help Society in the Borough. These Societies became as it
were a special division of the Mayor's Committee and one of
the utmost importance. It has been found necessary to devote a
special chapter to it.
The total amount collected for the Mayor's Fund established
by this Committee was ^21,108 12s. 4d.,of which;^i6,oo86s.4d.
was paid into the National Relief Fund, the greater part of
which came back to Croydon in the following form : —
For Soldiers* and Sailors' Families
Association. .
„ Soldiers' & Sailors' Help society.
,, Women's workroom
,, Air Raid
, , Civilian distress
In 191 5, a special account was opened by Mayor Denning^
for the relief of persons suffering from the air-raids, which was
administered by this Committee. £779 5s. 7d. was raised (of
which ;^449 9s. 6d. was contributed by the National Relief
Fund) and fortunately only ;^6i9 9s. 6d. was required, as Croydon„
except for one serious attack, was mercifully spared any great
air-raid disaster. The balance of this air-raid fund was
transferred by consent of the subscribers to the Croydon Civic
Service League, under Mayor Houlder, in 1919.
Mrs. Summers, of Upper Norwood, whose son was killed
in London, in an air-raid, received ^51 Treasury award, and the
Treasury also sent £']0 to be divided between two other sufferers .
..Ill, boo
0
0
600
0
0
475
0
0
449
9
6
. . 2,527
0
0
;Ci5.65i
9
6
THE MAYOR'S COMMITTEE 183
Civilian cases of distress caused by the war, such for example
as a lady of some position left absolutely penniless because all
her income was derived from remittances from Turkey, and
many similar distressful cases, were sent up when ascertained
by the Ward Secretaries, to the Town Hall, and referred by
the Town Clerk and Mr. A. E. Welstead to the weekly,
and subsequently monthly. Relief Sub-Committee. The total
number of such cases assisted by weekly grants was 532, and
the cost was ;/^3,026 i6s. lod. On the 15th September, 1919,
the then outstanding cases were taken over by the War Relief
Trustees, and the Committee ceased to exist.
It is interesting to place on record that the great monument
of public beneficence called the National Relief Fund, translated
into actual figures, meant no less than £6,437,733 ; the largest
sum of the kind ever raised in the history of the World.
Mayor's Account.
NATIONAL RELIEF FUND.
Financial Statement to 30th June, 1919-
Receipts.
£ s. d.
Subscriptions Received . . . . . . . . 20,522 711
Interest on Deposit Account . . . . . . 419 4 5
Interest on £4,000 four per cent. National War
Loan . . . . . . . . . . . . 167 o o
£21,108 12 4
Payments.
£ s. d.
Amount paid over to the Prince of Wales Fund
(National Relief Fund) .. .. ..16,008 6 4
Registration Fee .. .. .. .. .. 050
Balance — £ s. d.
Cash at Bank . ., .. 1,100 i o
£4,000 four per cent. National
War Loan . . . . . . 4,000 o o
5, 100 I o
£21,108 12 4
Wm. Peet, F.C.A., J. H. McCall,
Hon. Auditor. Borough Accountant.
V. War Pensions Committee
The alleviation of the difficulties necessarily arising in the
families of working folk where the breadwinner has gone to
fight for his country, and rent, clothes and food are suddenly
all to seek, had for many years been the task of the Soldiers' and
Sailors' Families' Association, and the care of the men disabled
by war was in like manner the task of the Soldiers' and Sailors'
Help Society. The Croydon Branch of the Soldiers' and Sailors'
Families' Association when it resumed active work in August,
1914, on the outbreak of war, found a home at the Guild of Help
Offices in Park Street, whence it was soon forced (for lack of
accommodation) to remove to the Head Quarters of the Fourth
Queen's in Poplar Walk.
At this time the Croydon Branches of these two societies
covered a wide area, extending from Mitcham to Caterham.
When the Fourth Queen's were mobihsed (5th August, 1914),
and recruiting at once began for the regular army, the civilian
distresses above referred to instantly made themselves manifest.
Fortunately the two Associations had a small sum (about ;Ci5o)
unspent after the Boer War, and this gave them a day or two's
start. No arrangements had been made for the prompt issue of
separation allowances, payment of rent, etc., and, further, the
Mayor was being pressed, as were all Mayors, to take these matters
into his own care, since the all-important recruiting was being
interfered with by these rapidly accumulating cases of hardship.
Too many men being warned by the troubles their neighbours
had incurred, answered the appeal of the earnest recruiters,
official or voluntary, with the incontrovertible " I don't mind
goin', Gov'nor ; but what about the Missus and the Kids ? "
It was also evident that in the interest of efficiency the Borough
must be separated from the rural areas ; and very soon, therefore,
the Soldiers' and Sailors' Association work in the Borough was
taken over by a newly formed " Croydon Borough Division "
of the Association, the Mayor (Alderman Denning) being its
President, and Sir Frederick Edridge its Vice-President, the
Town Clerk (Dr. Newnham) its Honorary Secretary and
Honorary Solicitor, and the Borough Treasurer (Mr. Gunner)
its Honorary Treasurer. And at the same time the whole of
the (Borough) Association was moved from Poplar Walk to the
Town Hall, and Ward Committees were set up in each Ward,
with the proper machinery of chairmen, secretaries, etc., for the
discovery and investigation of cases needing assistance. In this
WAR PENSIONS COMMITTEE 185
way the organisations and power of the Town Hall authorities
could be fully applied to the work, which was immediately
set on foot, the Mayor devoting himself to it with all his well-
known vigour. With the Town Clerk were associated Miss May
Donaldson and Mr. Francis Allen (now Mr. Councillor Allen,
M.B.E.) as acting Secretaries. After a time Miss Donaldson
retired and the enormous amount of daily work was shouldered
by Mr. Francis Allen, with whom Sir Frederick Edridge was
ever in co-operation. The original Croydon Branch of the
Soldiers' and Sailors' Families Association (rural area) still
continued its beneficial work with Mr. William Ashcroft as its
Honorary Secretary
The " Croydon Borough Division of the Soldiers' and
Sailors'Families Association" (as its official title ran) worked in
close co-operation with the " Mayor's Committee for the pre-
vention and relief of distress arising out of the war," and in fact
was run almost as a special division of the Mayor's Committee.
The funds which became immediately necessary in considerable
amounts for this and other forms of War distress, were provided
through the Prince of Wales's Fund ; a little later on they were
drawn from the Statutory Committee presently to be described ;
and finally they were provided by the Ministry of Pensions
when that Ministry was set up in 1916 ; and remittances for
treatment of disabled men, &c , are still (January, 1920) provided
by that Ministry, and continue to require as much as j^ 10,000
a month.
We have indicated the organisation for 19 14 and 1915. But
during 1915 the Naval and Military Pensions Act made certain
provisions relating " to pensions, grants and allowances made in
respect of the present war," and the care of officers and men
disabled in consequence of the war ; that is, it proceeded to
take over the work of the two societies already named. It went
on to order the Royal Patriotic Fund Corporation to set up a
Statutory Committee to administer the Act, and the Government
of the day financed this Statutory Committee with a million
pounds, the Prince of Wales becoming its Chairman. An
early movement of this body was on 21st February, 1916, to
instruct the new Mayor of Croydon (Alderman Houlder) to
form at once a " War Pensions Committee," which was done,
and which took up its work on 15th May, 1916. The plan
followed under the Mayor's Committee, and now agreed still to
be continued, was to refer the cases, which were pouring in, to
their own Wards for investigation. As has already been stated,
Ward Committees had been set up for this purpose at the
beginning of the war, and many of the principal inhabitants of
Croydon were members of such Committees. The Ward
i86 CROYDON AND THE GREAT WAR
Secretaries, after investigation, applied to the Town Hall for
the necessary grants in approved cases, and prompt relief was
forthcoming. It is difficult, when all worked so hard and for
so long a time, to give names without running the risk of leaving
out the names of others equally deserving of mention ; but the
Editor has had the following list given him, by fellow- workers on
the War Pensions Committee, of those who, amongst others,
devoted much time to this service, both during the first two years
of the war under the Mayor's Committee and subsequently, in
many cases in similar capacities, under the War Pensions
Committee itself : Aldermen Allen, Betteridge, King, Lillico,
and Trumble ; Councillors Allen, Heath Clark, Camden Field,
Muggeridge, Peet, Stubbs, and Thomson ; Canon White-
Thomson ; Major Hubbard ; Messrs R. Andress, W. Ashcroft,
J. R. Browning, F. H. Carey, Bryan Harland, Henry Lee,
L. A. Marshall, and F, Theobalds ; Mesdames Brain, Hetley,
de Layen, Douglas Moore, Nealon, Newnham, and Squire ;
Sister Olive ; and the Misses Benbow, Berney, CoUyer,
Donaldson, Wilson, and Duncan. It must be understood that
these are only a few of the names of the more devoted workers,,
as supplied by their appreciative colleagues.
The success of the whole organisation, which was very great,
in preventing distress, and in coping with it when it had in
some cases already arisen without the knowledge of the
Committee, and in administering to the comfort of the families
whose bread-winners were serving their country, was largely due
to the quiet, patient and incessant work of these Ward Com-
mittees and their helpers.
And we must not forget also to add an expression of our
sense of the willing labours of the Medical Officer of Health
(Dr. R. Veitch Clark) and his staff; the Tuberculosis Officer,
(Dr. Agnes Bernfeld), the Inspectors of Licences (Mr. Harry
Sidey, formerly a Councillor, and Mr. H. Jenkins, formerly Chief
Inspector of Police at Croydon), who did an immense amount
of valuable work as investigators of special cases ; and Mr.
A. E. Welstead of the Town Clerk's Office, who was really the
Town Clerk's private secretary through these trying years, and
whose activity, willingness and courtesy every one connected
with the work gratefully acknowledged. The staff in the office
of the Borough Accountant (Mr. McCall), beyond Messrs.
Sidey and Jenkins above-mentioned, also need a word of thanks,
if only because their labours are known to so very few. In
November, 1918, all the Civil-liabilities grants were transferred
from the Post Offices to the Borough Accountant's Office, and
at the same time the system of payment of rent-grants to the
landlords against the vouchers previously issued to the tenants
WAR PENSIONS COMMITTEE 187
by the Committee, was stopped. This involved payment to each
one of a very large number of tenants, instead of to a com-
paratively few landlords, or landlords' agents. When about
3,000 persons arrived, on the first pay-day under the new system,
consternation reigned ; and arrangements were swiftly made to
divide this large transaction amongst the separate Wards by means
of pay-stations. Even then the counting out and preparation of
so large a number of money-parcels kept a large staff many extra
hours at work every month, and this was voluntary labour,
cheerfully undertaken. The arrangements for distribution at the
pay-stations kept twelve members of the staff at work for three
days every month. As with the counting of the money on Flag
Days, referred to elsewhere, these many hours of unpaid extra
service on the part of the Borough Accountant's Staff call for
our grateful recognition.
Beside the two parent Soldiers' and Sailors' Associations,
who continued the chief administration of the work in their
Town Hall guise as described above, many other public bodies
had representatives upon the War Pensions Committee, such as
the Territorial Force Association for Surrey, the Croydon
Chamber of Commerce, the Croydon Trades and Labour Council
and the Women's Co-Operative Guild, with the addition of
certain prominent citizens ; so that every organisation was in
touch with the War Pensions Committee that had any claim so
to be.
From first to last the Croydon Borough Division of the
Soldiers' and Sailors' Families Association received ;(^i3,i33, out
of which a balance of £^1 rem.ained at 30th June, 1919, and this
was paid over to the Association. Our division of the Soldiers'
and Sailors' Help Society received ^{^639, and had in hand at
the close a balance of £"], which was paid over to the parent
Society,
A Sub-Committee dealing with both branches of the work
sat weekly at the Town Hall, its chairman being at first Alderman
Sir Frederick Edridge, and afterwards Mr. Alderman Trumble ;
and under its authority the actual day-to-day labour was under-
taken by a special executive sub-committee, an exceptionally
hardworking body. This daily executive varied a little as time
went on, but the more permanent of its members were Councillor
Francis Allen, Miss E. Berney, Miss Mary Collyer, and Mrs.
Newnham.
All allowances were at the discretion of the War Pensions
Committee, whether the Government or the Committee provided
the money for them ; and they could be withdrawn in cases of
misconduct. Exceedingly few of such cases arose. As examples
i88 CROYDON AND THE GREAT WAR
of the work of the Committee may be mentioned : Advances
made to wives until their separation allowance arrived, and
similar advances to dependents ; grants towards rent ; additional
grants, usually of 2/6 per week, to wives unable for valid reasons
to work ; and grants to widowed mothers and their children
or other dependents, to sisters of a soldier at the front who were
looking after his motherless children, etc. These allowances
were of course exclusive of the regulation separation allowances,
grants to motherless children, etc. In the emergency of sickness
5/- extra per week was allowed, and if the illness resulted in
death a funeral grant of ^^ (or for children £2) was given, so
that such charges might be prevented from falling upon the
poor-rate. Further, if a child of a soldier had been admitted
to any institution, an outfit was provided up to a cost of 3^2.
In placing such children the late Miss Nash (Lady Probation
Officer to the Magistrates) was at once invaluable and in-
defatigable. War-widows awaiting their pensions received
advances, and the Committee also defrayed urgent or necessary
expenses resulting from the death of their husband, such as
removal of the home, illness from shock, etc., up to ^^3. As
for disabled men, they received an allowance until the Govern-
ment allowance arrived ; and partly disabled men received a
temporary allowance while under training for such work as they
could attempt, or while in a convalescent home, to make up for
the loss of earnings they would have gained had they not been
disabled ; and when trained and waiting for an artificial limb,
or for tools, or for a chance of employment, such men received
appropriate grants up to a limit of £^ .
Eventually, in November, 1916, the War Pensions Committee
in conjunction with the Labour Exchange issued a labour-
scheme, so well planned, thanks to the energy and ability of the
Town Clerk, that it was circulated widely by the Employment
Department of the Board of Trade as a model of what such a
scheme should be. Other efforts were constantly made to help
our war-worn defenders to make a fresh start in life. The
Tramways Committee gave the convalescents free rides daily in
the less crowded hours of the day ; and for many months the
children and other dependents of men on service were medically
treated without charge. When this last privilege was disallowed
by the Government the Committee arranged for all such persons
to be treated at the Croydon Dispensary, and contrived to pay
their fees for them.
In February, 1918, at the suggestion of the Ministry cf
Pensions, two disabled discharged soldiers and one war-widow
were added to the Committee ; these were ex-Sergeant Major
Hill, ex-Sergeant Osmond, and Mrs. Cosedge, the widow of
the late Councillor Cosedge.
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189
A special Croydon Committee was formed to assist dis-
charged, and especially disabled, men to become fit for work and
to find work for them, and the Town Clerk and Mr. Councillor
Stubbs were sent as Croydon delegates to advise a similar
Committee formed by the Counties of Surrey, Kent and Sussex.
Classes in commercial subjects, in electrical engineering, and
other suitable subjects w^ere established for the benefit of these
men by the Croydon Education Committee. The Minister of
Pensions appointed Doctors Newby, Redfern and Willock
Medical Referees for the examination and certification of disabled
men ; and these Doctors with the addition of Doctors Genge
and Veitch Clark were also made members of the " Disablement
Sub-Committee," a new name for the " Discharged Soldiers
Sub-Committee ."
The Borough Accountant has with great courtesy prepared
a general statement for this book of the expenditure of the War
Pensions Committee (using this term to cover all the changes of
designation of the same work done by the same people) for the
years 191 7, 1918 and 1919. And as regards the Administrative
Expenses of the Committee (which in the year 1919, for example,
amounted to over ^(^2,500) it may be said that they were borne
on the Corporation Accounts, but by a provision of 1917 the
Corporation afterwards received from the Government two-thirds
of this expenditure.
1917.
1918.
1919.
Number of
cases in
1919 only.
Advances
Separation Allowances
Temporary (jrants
Emergency Grants
Gratuities
Royal Warrant Orders, etc-
£. s.
2,246 6
14,981 4
344 17
1,467 7
243 15
433 2
d.
9
3
1
7
4
7
£. s. d.
2,243 3 10
22,623 15 10
9 18 6
2,159 12 8
750 14 8
14,116 18 5
£ s. d.
6,161 3 4
23,S65 3 3
1,924 18 1
69,109 15 3
1.298
7,000
1,061
4,596
19,716 13
7
41,909 3 11
101,160 19 11
13,955
It will be observed how rapidly the distress increased as
the war went on. In 19 17 relief to about ,^20,000 was needed,
but this was doubled in 1918, and quintupled in 1919 ! Better
administration soon wiped out the temporary grants and
emergency gratuities needed in the first years of the war, but the
emergency grants (mostly in respect of rent) always remained a
substantial sum. There were 3,000 wives and dependents in
receipt of weekly rent allowances on 31st December, 1918,
their total weekly drawings being £770. In the whole of
1919, 1,061 persons received emergency grants of every kind,
funerals (£209), assistance to disabled men {(^^oo) and other
allowances.
190 CROYDON AND THE GREAT WAR
The payments under Royal Warrant are observed to grow
rapidly, because these include treatment of disabled men,
3^51,012 in 1919, their training for employment, fg,^^6, and
pensions to widows of soldiers dying after their discharge ^1,674.
As the v/ar progressed, more and more men were disabled,
and the need for their treatment and training grew very rapidly,
as the table shows. Other divisions had to be formed, until,
as the War Pensions Committee reported to the Council on
28th October, 1918, there were already at that time 23 separate
branches of the Ministry of Pensions, each dealing with a distinct
sphere of work, and this number continued to increase !
Much of this vast amount of voluntary work was brought to
an end by the Ministry of Pensions in August, 191 9, taking a
house at Katharine Street and carrying on the main administration
with a paid official staff. The War Pensions Committee still,
however, exists ; its Disablements Sub-Committee meets weekly,
and other Sub-Committees at wider intervals. The work tends
more and more to become centralised. The Soldiers' and
Sailors' Families Association, and the Soldiers' and Sailors' Help
Society found congenial new quarters under the wing of the
Croydon Civic Service League, which now undertakes the
whole administration of their Croydon Borough Division.
Of all the chapters in this book the present one is perhaps
that which has given the Editor the greatest pleasure to prepare,
in spite of its complexity ; for it deals with the Borough's
genuine endeavour to make the best return it could, however
inadequate that return may appear, for the sacrifices of those
brave men who laid down their lives for us and ours in the great
war, and of those who at the price of their own disablement
maintained us and ours unharmed. At the time of writing this,
a further expression of the Borough's gratitude is on its way to
fulfilment, a monument or cenotaph in front of the Town Hall
to the memory of those who fell ; and indeed, this book is
itself such a monument of another kind, perpetuating their very
names in its Roll of Honour. But also it has been with pride
that this record has been written of matters known very little
beyond the Committee itself, a narrative of strenuous, long
continued and unwearied efforts on the part of so many of our
fellow citizens to carry into effect these poor expressions of our
gratitude through the medium of the War Pensions Committee.
VI. The Mayoress's Needle-
work Committee.
(Queen Mary's Needlework Guild)
Simultaneously with the establishment of the " Mayor's
Committee for the prevention and relief, etc.," in August, 1914,
the Mayoress, Mrs. Denning, called together an Advisory Com-
mittee, and organized subsidiary Ward Committees, in connection
with Queen Mary's Needlework Guild. These Needlework
Committees were to be considered as sub-committees of the
Ward Committees under the Mayor's scheme ; but in reality
they were independent in their action, and were highly
industrious and useful bodies, providing a very large
quantity of garments for the public need. All garments
were sent to the Town Hall, and day after day the
Mayoress and Lady Edridge and others were examining
and classifying them, their willing helpers distributing
certain garments for relief in Croydon according to the grants
made by the Central Committee, and in these local relief cases
the garments were stamped with the initials of the Mayoress's
Committee to secure them against being sold or pawned. Many
wives and families were of course left in some distress in Croydon
by the going away to the war of the husband and bread winner.
Queen Mary, in her practical way, sent a caution to the Mayoress
(and other ladies in similar positions) warning them that care
should be taken not to injure the employment of sempstresses and
others, and also that only such garments should be made for
soldiers and sailors as the War Office and Admiralty would be
unlikely to buy, a list of Government issues being appended to
the circular as things to be avoided. " All kinds of garments
will be needed for distribution in the winter," the Queen's
circular concluded, " if there is exceptional distress." Obediently
to the Queen's command, sempstresses in need of work were
commissioned to make garments by their Ward Committees and
were given material and paid for their work at the cost of the
Central Committee, but most of the work was from first to last
unpaid.
The old Minute-book makes an interesting reading, and
gives fragmentary peeps into this strenuous time. Mayoress
Denning reports to her Advisory Committee one day (24th
September) that she has about ^^40 in hand, and it is agreed to
192 CROYDON AND THE GREAT WAR
buy socks for the Croydon Territorials with it ; but she points
out that more shirts still are needed for the Fourth Queen's.
Yet at the same time she is authorised to send loo shirts to the
Y.M.C.A. depots at Newhaven and Shorncliffe, with socks to
match. Someone sends her a bale of cloth, someone else offers
to get it made into boys' suits in London at her own expense.
On 1 2th October, 19 14, we find her reporting that she has
received over 13,500 garments and other articles, and has dis-
tributed (under proper precautions) 11,595 » ^^^ bad work for
two months. And at the same time she reports that every man
in the Fourth Queen's and the S.E. Mounted Brigade Transport
and Supply Column has now a good flannel shirt, socks, and a
blanket ; and that large numbers of these and other stores have
been sent to Army stations and to the Red Cross and St. John
Ambulance Societies. Then in December Mayoress Denning
tells her committee how a letter of hers in the Croydon Press
has brought her 1,541 Christmas puddings for the troops at the
front, and how the Croydon and District War Supplies Clearing
House has been of great assistance to her in collecting and
despatching this gift.
On 3rd March Mayoress Denning reports to her Committee
that a Military Hospital is to be established in Croydon, and
that forthwith they must set to work on 2,000 bed jackets,
2,000 nightshirts, 2,000 draw-sheets, 500 pillow-slips, as well as
bed socks, handkerchiefs, hot water bottle covers, etc., etc., and
(typical of her worship's warm heart) a warm shirt for every man
when his turn came to be discharged from the Hospital. Promptly
orders were sent to the Ward Committees, dividing out the work
amongst them ; and suggestions that " Comforts-funds " for the
sufferers should be started. The Wards responded nobly with
15,000 garments and the Matron of the Military Hospital found
herself well supplied by the time her 1,000 wounded arrived.
About this time it was found possible to cease the distribution
of clothing to military, naval and civilian cases in the Borough ;
and that was opportune, for the Matron of the Military Hospital,
not content with her 15,000 garments, found she needed 200
dressing gowns, 100 pyjamas, 60 screen covers, and more day
shirts. At the same time Col. Watney wanted 500 more
respirators. So the 100 pyjamas were struck out as luxuries in
favour of the so necessary soldiers' respirators. Col. Watney
was just taking out the 2/4th Queen's to Gallipoli, and besides
the respirators he desired 1,000 pairs of socks. Says the
Mayoress on 8th July, 1915, " I have sent him the whole of the
stock I had in hand and all I have been able to get at short notice
— altogether some 800 pairs " — which was a fine response. She
goes on to add " There is a constant demand for extra socks for
men on active service and for men in training, and I shall always
MAYORESS'S NEEDLEWORK COMMITTEE 193
be glad to receive and send to the regiments requiring them as
many socks as possible." She notes that her total of garments
up to date is 27,000 for the eleven months of the War !
Then comes the Hospital Matron again in early October
with a requisition for scarves, woollen gloves, Cardigan jackets,
and coloured blankets ; and the harassed Mayoress puts aside
an appeal for comforts made by Queen Mary (as winter is now
drawing on) in order to make a desperate attempt to satisfy the
exigeant Matron. Presently Col. Deane (Commandant of the
War Hospitals) applies in December for the assistance of ladies
in hospital service and in the recreation rooms, and the
Mayoress forms a rota for each hospital. The work of these
ladies is briefly recorded in the chapter on the Medical and
Hospital Services. As 20 ladies were present at the committee
when this matter was so efficiently organised, the Mayoress had
the happy idea to bind them all to send 12 mince pies each to the
hospitals for Christmas ; but many more than 240 were actually
contributed.
In February, 1916, the Mayor (Aid. Frank Denning) died
suddenly, and Mrs. Denning ceased to be Mayoress ; and the
(Needlework) Mayoress's Committee, which she had conducted
so efficiently and which had provided so generously for the
needs of the soldiers and sailors, the hospitals and the poor, as
far as clothing was concerned now came to an end. The
Council recorded " their sincere appreciation of her devoted
work for so many months," and to LadyEdridge also was given,
as the last act of the Mayoress's Committee, a hearty vote of
thanks for her great and long-continued assistance in collecting
and sorting the garments given to the Fund. And though
Mayoress Denning did not long survive her husband, her
memory is yet with us, as that of one who gave her whole energy
to the fulfilment of her high office, and these notes on her
especial committee show how well she accomplished her work,
and with what affectionate and loyal support she was assisted
by the ladies of the Borough, It has been Croydon's great
good fortune to have capable Mayoresses, but none have had
quite such strenuous times thrust upon them as Mrs. Denning
and her admirable successor Mrs. Houlder. Many garments
still remained when the Needlework Fund was closed, and these
were distributed, as suitable occasions presented themselves, by
the new Mayoress. The Mayoress's War Fund Committee
established by Mayoress Houlder in 1916 is the subject of the
following chapter.
VII. Mayoress's War Fund
Committee
This committee was formed by the Mayoress (Mrs.
Houlder) in May, 1916, to aid the District Association of
Voluntary Organisations, and to provide comforts and clothing
for sailors and soldiers and their wives and families, and for the
relief of prisoners of war and like objects.
Funds were raised by subscriptions, by a Flag Day, and by
the collection and sale of waste paper, etc. The total amount
raised and distributed was 3(^3,527 5^. 8^.
As examples of the way in which the funds were distributed
we may mention a few characteristic items : " Daily Telegraph "
Christmas Pudding Fund (1916), jC^iSy lys. id. ; Prisoners of
War Fund, £135 19^. ^d. ; Grants to Voluntary Working
Organisations, £137 i^. yd. ; Road Construction Battalion in
France, 3^26 $s. od. ; Hospital Supply Depot, £50 os. od. ;
Serbian Help Society, ;(jioo o^. od. ; Fourth Queen's Funds,
5^50 05. od. ; Grants to Croydon District Association of Voluntary
Organisations, ;(^i,22i 3* 3</., etc.
The balance (3^160) was paid to the Croydon Borough
Division of the Soldiers' and Sailors' Families Association and
the Croydon Borough Division of the Soldiers' and Sailors'
Help society in equal amounts of ,^173 los. od. each, and
the remainder (3(^263 105. o^.) went towards paying the cost of
the maintenance and training, in the Croydon Training-home
for Young Servants, Morland Road, of six daughters of men
who had served in the Navy or Army or Air-force during the
war.
VIII. Mayoress's Flag Day
Committee
The Mayoress's Flag Day Committee was founded by
Mrs. Denning (Mayoress from the outbreak of War in 1914, to
February, 1916), and was continued by Mrs. Houlder, who
succeede4 her as Mayoress. Between December, 1914, and
June, 1 91 9, the Committee organised twenty-eight Flag Days —
including five Alexandra-Rose-Day Collections and one special
■collection for the Surrey Prisoners of War Fund — amounting in
the aggregate to £iS,i6o gs. od., and benefiting over sixty
societies and organisations.
The following ladies constituted the later committee,
covering the greater part of the period from February, 191 6,
onwards ; that is, after the lamented death of Mayor Denning :
the Mayoress (Mrs. Howard Houlder), Lady Edridge, Miss
Betteridge, Mrs. Douglas, Mrs. Feaver, Mrs. Hetley, Mrs.
Lillico, Mrs. Martin, Mrs. Newnham, Mrs. Redfern, Councillor
Mrs. Roberts, Mrs. Rogers, Mrs. Stapleton, Mrs. Trumble
(ex-Mayoress), Mrs. Warren, Mrs. Welman, Mrs. Wright ; and
they were assisted by 450 collectors who sold emblems in the
streets, whatever the weather might be. In fine weather
perhaps it was not so very trying, but in cold wintry weather a
certain heroic endurance had to be summoned forth.
The details are so interesting that we have considered it
advisable to give the entire list of the twenty-nine appeals with,
their results, as audited by the Borough Accountant, Mr. J. H,
McCall. This seems a fitting opportunity to recognise the
enormous amount of work thrown upon the Borough Treasurer
(Mr. W. Gunner) and subsequently on the Borough Accountant
and their staff (amongst whom Mr. Harland rendered special
assistance) in connection with these numerous funds, with their
many unavoidable complexities, all of it being cheerfully under-
taken and most successfully carried out. We should also
acknowledge the valuable assistance rendered by the Manager
of the Union Bank (Mr. Worman) and his staff, particularly
by Mr. Roffey ; and the valuable help rendered by the Assistant
Town Clerk, Mr. Samuel Jacobs.
196
CROYDON AND THE GREAT WAR
1914.
(Mrs. Denning).
Dec. 19 — Belgian Flag-Day . .
1915-
June 23 — Alexandra-Rose-Day
Oct. 16 — Serbian Flag-Day . .
Nov. 18 — Russian Flag-Day .
Dec. 18 — Belgian Flag-Day . .
1916.
Jan. 20 — " Our Day " (Red Cross Flag-Day)
(Mrs. Houlder).
Mar. 17 — Irish Soldiers'-Day
May 13 — Mayoress's Flag-Day
June 21 — Alexandra-Rose-Day
July 14 — French Flag-Day . .
Sep. 30 — Russian Flag-Day . .
Oct. 19—" Our Day " (Red Cross Flag-Day)
Nov. 18 — Kitchener Day (Roll of Honour) .
1917.
Mar. I — ^Welsh Flag-Day
May 9— R.S.P.C.A. (Wounded Horses) . .
June 20 — Alexandra-Rose-Day
July 6—" Silent Tribute Day " (Lord Roberts
Memorial Workshops)
July 14 — French Flag-Day . .
Aug. I — Lord Roberts Memorial Fund
Oct. 18—" Our Day " (British Red Cross Flag-Day)
Dec. I — Life-Boat-Day
1918.
Mar. 22—" Y.W.C.A." (Women's Day)
May 1 1 — Surrey Prisoners of War Fund
May II — Do. Special Collection
June 4 — Church Army Hut Day . .
June 19 — Alexandra-Rose-Day
July 12 — French Flag-Day . .
Oct. 24 — " Our Day " (British Red Cross Flag Day) 1269
1919.
May 15 — Lord Roberts Memorial Workshop Fund
June 26 — Alexandra-Rose-Day
Amount
collected.
I ■v. d.
394 9 5
550 i« 3
480 5 n
430 10 10
328 3 6
475
311
2
6
444
577
640
8
6
8
5
6
7
454
738
208
4
18
4
2
5
10
298
238
18
4
11
8
417
7
10
276
10
8
351
14
6
414
697
283
0
9
12
0
10
5
334
7o5
2
10
5
5003
15
6
324
12
10
539
366
1269
17
12
5
10
I
5
129
17
I
491
14
0
^18,160 9 o
IX. Belgian Refugees Fund
(Croydon War Refugees Committee)
In the Autumn of 1914 the then Mayor — the late Mr.
Alderman Frank Denning — opened a fund to be used for the
benefit of Belgian Refugees who were at that time arriving in
Croydon (August, 1914). Many private houses (" hostels ")
were at once generously devoted to their reception ; whilst
other refugees were cared for by a small self-appointed committee
which took the name of the " Belgian Refugees Committee."
Between 800 and 900 Belgians found shelter in the Borough
during the earlier months of the Great War.
As soon as possible a representative committee covering
the whole Borough was formed, and took the name of the Croydon
War Refugees Committee (to distinguish it from the small
" Belgian Refugees Committee " above referred to), Mr.
Alderman H. Keatley Moore being Chairman, Miss Scarff, Hon.
Secretary, and Mr. Bryan Harland, Hon. Treasurer. Two
sub-committees dealing with questions of housing, and of
furniture and clothing, were appointed ; their Secretaries being
Miss Rhoda Brodie, M.B.E., and Mrs. Douglas, respectively ;
and through the excellent work of these ladies and their many
helpers, comparative comfort and adequate housing were assured
to many Belgians during their term of exile. During the whole
time of the activity of the Croydon War Refugees Committee
it was generously granted the use of the offices of the Croydon
Guild of Help, and in many other ways was assisted by that
Guild.
Grants were made to refugees from the Mayor's Fund,
through the Borough War Refugees Committee, and also through
the " Belgian Refugees Committee " ; and the managers of the
hostels, a number of which had been opened in various parts of
the town, were also helped, through the War Refugees Committee,
to carry on their beneficent work. The generosity of owners
of empty houses, who lent them to be used as hostels, in most
cases rent-free, deserves recognition. Furniture and clothing
were contributed in considerable quantities, and their distribution
was made possible through the kindness of Alderman Major
Fox, T.D., who lent his large hall in Park Street to be used as a
store. A quantity of meat, sent weekly from the central War-
refugees association, was distributed to refugees by the friendly
aid of Miss West, North End, who kindly also organised the
198 CROYDON AND THE GREAT WAR
cutting-up and weighing. The costs of administration were
chiefly met by the Mayor's Fund ; at the same time it must be
added that other sums, of which we have been unable to learn
the details or even the gross amount, were locally raised by the
" Belgian Refugees Committee " above named, and by many of
the local managers of numerous hostels, especially those at
Thornton Heath and South Norwood. Schools opened their
doors to Belgian pupils at reduced fees, or, in necessitous cases,
without any fees at all ; medical and dental practitioners placed
their services gratuitously at the disposal of the refugees ; and
other similar kind offices were rendered to them on all sides.
The Belgians themselves were not slow to recognise the
fact that they were very well cared for in our town : and it is
gratifying to find, in many a letter received since their return
to Belgium, the wish expressed that they " might be in Croydon
once again."
One of the most serious problems that had to be faced in
connection with the Belgian Refugees was the question of their
employment. In many towns workshops were opened where
various articles, such as saddlery for Service use, furniture, etc.,
might be manufactured. The Belgian Government undertook
to supply raw material and tools, if the other organisation could
be undertaken locally. Such an employment scheme was
explained to Croydon at a meeting at the Town Hall in March,
1915, by Sir Ernest Hatch and Count Goblet d'Alviella, and a
committee to deal with the employment of Belgian refugees in
Croydon was appointed, with the Mayor (the late Mr. Alderman
Denning) as Chairman, and the Town Clerk (Dr. Newnham)
and Mrs. Redfern as Hon. Secretaries. A workshop was
opened in premises belonging to the Corporation in High Street ;
various builders kindly lent carpenters' benches, and wood and
tools were sent by the Belgian Government. In this little
workshop about a dozen Belgians were employed for a year in
making excellent household furniture, under the able supervision
of Mr. Maylam, of George Street, who gave much valuable time
and attention to the work. The furniture was ultimately
shipped to the Headquarters of the Belgian Government at
Havre. As all these Belgian workmen were receiving hospitality
in hostels, they were only paid a small weekly sum by way of
pocket money — the Mayor's Fund providing this payment.
Similarly several Belgian women were employed in the
making of plain garments for women and children, under the
auspices of Queen Mary's Needlework Guild, at the Adult
School Hall, Park Lane. Miss Allport kindly superintended
this work and arranged for the Belgians to join the meals of the
BELGIAN REFUGEES FUND 199
Croydon workers. Altogether some 350 useful garments were
made, these also being sent to Havre for the use of Belgian
refugees in France.
Gradually, as enlistment proceeded and Croydon was drained
of its workmen by the Army, general work became available,
and Belgians were absorbed into various occupations, many of
them being placed through the direct instrumentality of the
Employment Committee ; till finally, when conscription became
law, every Belgian who had not already been enrolled in the
ranks of the army of his own country, easily found work ; and the
Employment Committee came automatically to an end.
The Croydon War Refugees Committee, in case any emer-
gency should arise, remained in being, though its work in the last
years of the war gradually decreased to a minimum, until nth
April, 1 9 19, when it held its last meeting and was formally
dissolved.
The Committee, with the approval of the Charity Com-
missioners, paid the balance to Cardinal Mercier's Fund for
Destitute Belgians.
The Belgian Refugees Fund received in the aggregate
^1,147 14J. 6d., of which ,(^722 was provided by the proceeds
of the two December Flag-Days in 19 14 and 1915, ;(^44 was
collected by some of the churches in the borough, and ^27 by
the schools.
X. Sailors' and Soldiers'
Recreation Rooms
In September, 19 15, Miss Edith Carr and Miss Kathleen
Taylor, as a personal enterprise of their own, opened rooms at
42, High-street, Croydon, for the benefit of soldiers billeted in
the town and the men in the six large military hospitals. The
rooms were from the first well patronised, and the numbers
steadily increased until towards the end fully 5,000 men came in
each week in winter.
From ten in the morning till half-past nine at night, light
refreshments were served at a very cheap rate (2 cups of tea,
coffee or cocoa for id., cake id., eggs at cost price, and so on).
Large quantities of stewed fruit and custard also were consumed.
Although everything was so cheap the work was practically self-
supporting after the initial expense. No cards were allowed,
but billiards, chess and draughts were all free, and there was
always plenty of music. The men always seemed thoroughly
happy, and often said what a great boon the place was to them.
They came not only for food, but stayed on to rest and read and
write — notepaper being provided free.
Sunday was usually an especially happy and busy day. At
5.15 p.m. there was a service taken by Miss Taylor, which was
always well attended ; and later in the evening, before prayers
at nine o'clock, hymns with an occasional sacred solo were sung
for nearly an hour, the men choosing what they wished. There
was also a short service on Friday evenings, and prayers every
evening at 8.45. The men were most responsive to these
services, and many have written grateful letters saying how they
had been blessed and helped.
The daily work was arranged in two shifts, seven helpers
in each. All the help was voluntary. About 180 ladies
took part during the 3I years, three of whom. Miss Cutler,
Miss Kathleen Humble and Miss May Taylor were regular
helpers the whole time. During the last two years Miss Wight-
man and Miss Marshall rendered excellent service.
At the closing of the room the helpers gave some handsome
silver presents to Miss Carr and Miss Taylor to show their
appreciation.
SERVICES RECREATION ROOMS 201
The weekly takings were for some time about £^0, but for
several weeks over ,{^80 was taken, the highest being £<)i los.
in one week. No public subscription was raised, but during the
time the rooms were opened friends subscribed £120. After all
accounts were settled ^22 of the surplus money was given to
Reedham Orphanage, Purley, and the remaining balance (£2^)
was used for sending working women and others for short
much-needed holidays. The rooms were closed on Sunday,
ist June, 1919.
"Popular Canteen" for Sailors and Soldiers,
Hi^h Street, South Norwood
It was in November, 1916, that the Military Authorities
decided to billet soldiers in vacant premises in South Norwood.
The Vicar, the Rev. John Warner, invited representatives from
the Established and Free Churches in the district to join him in
inaugurating a place of recreation and refreshment for the soldiers.
It was felt that such an institution was absolutely necessary for
the well-being of the men. Fifty pounds was subscribed to
finance the undertaking, premises in High Street, South Norwood,
were secured, and the Canteen opened its doors on 4th
December, 1916.
The General Committee consisted of the Minister and two
members of each congregation. Miss A. F. Carter was Lady
Superintendent (afterwards assisted by Miss F. Verner), Mrs.
Long was Secretary, Mrs. Sumpter, Assistant Secretary, and Mr.
W. F. Castle, Hon. Treasurer. In September, 1917, Mr. E. P.
Jones took over the arduous duties of Mrs. Long and Miss
Sumpter, and worked till the close. The following ladies took
charge of the cooking arrangements : Mrs. Trezise, Miss
Emblem, Mrs. Leggett, Mrs. Stringer, Miss Gattrell, Miss
Morton, Miss Wildish, Mrs. Groves, Mrs. Nickerson and Mrs.
Godsmark. Each of these ladies was assisted by a willing band
of about a dozen helpers each evening, comprising both ladies
and gentlemen, so that in all there were over one hundred
workers. The canteen was greatly appreciated as the numerous
letters since received from all parts of the globe help to prove.
The following gentlemen on their respective evenings assisted
in the amusement of the men : Rev. W. Trezise (who had been
Mayor Denning's Chaplain), Messrs. Groves, Bailey, Moore,
Albert Nickerson, Tennent, Robinson, Leggett, Baumer, Davis,
Hacker, Jones and Vale. A special word is due to Mr. Vale,
who was in attendance at the door for three nights every week for
2^ years, from 5 to 9.30 p.m.
Three billiard tables and other games were provided for the
entertainment of the men, and rooms for reading and writing.
202 CROYDON AND THE GREAT WAR
There was also a bath-room, the use of which was a great boon,
as proved by its often being booked up several nights beforehand.
During the winter months a concert was held every Monday
evening. Amongst the concert givers were Mr. and Mrs.
Edward A. Martin, Mr. Back, " The 'Owlers Concert Party,"
and the Ai Pierrot Troupe. Whist drives were held once a
month, the helpers kindly providing the prizes.
Miss A. F. Carter, the Lady Superintendent, catered for
the men most admirably, notwithstanding the stress of short
rations. The average attendance was 250 men nightly, and the
amount of work entailed will be evidenced by the fact that about
200,000 meals were served, which produced, in small amounts,
the gross total of 5(^3,600 during the period of 2^ years that the
canteen remained open.
The canteen closed on 7th March, 1919, with a Whist Drive,
and free refreshments were on this occasion served to all the men
as a parting send-off.
The Canteen was registered as a charity, and the balance
at the wind-up (£525) was allocated as follows : —
Waifs & Strays Society, South Norwood .
St. Dunstan's Home for BHnded Soldiers
Croydon General Hospital .
National Children's Home & Orphanage. .
The above donations to be used exclusively for the benefit
of disabled sailors, soldiers, or their dependents, or for the
benefit of dependents of deceased sailors or soldiers.
Canteen Clubs
In the autumn of 191 6 two Canteen Clubs in connexion
with All Saints' Church, Upper Norwood, were opened at the
instigation of Miss Cutler, for the use of the men of the R.A.S.C,
and other units, which had been billeted in large numbers at
about this time in Church Road, Auckland Road, South Norwood
Hill, and elsewhere in the district. Numerous members of the
congregation were responsible for running these, amongst whom
may be specially mentioned Mr. Skyrme, Mrs. Aste, and Mrs.
Cartwright, who undertook the difficult task of catering. The
men showed their deep appreciation of the trouble taken on
their behalf by presenting the Parish with a framed address
and photograph, which has been placed on the wall in the porch
of All Saints' Church as a souvenir of the Great War.
I
S.
d.
25
0
0
150
0
0
150
0
0
200
0
0
SERVICES RECREATION ROOMS 203
Mrs. Sutherland Gill with an influential Committee opened
a Canteen Club in St. John's Hall, Sylvan Road, on the arrival
of the R.A.S.C. in Upper Norwood. She was at once sur-
rounded by ready helpers. Those men who required a quiet
room in which to read and write much enjoyed the opportunity
afforded them. A liberal supply of refreshments was provided,
for which the men paid a nominal sum, writing materials were
given, and cigarettes and even matches could be obtained without
difficulty. The large number of men who visited the Club daily
proved the success of the undertaking.
Other canteens and recreation rooms which did similar
excellent work were established in other parts of Upper Norwood,
as that at St. Aubyn's Hall, and that conducted by the National
Union of Women Workers Club under the name of the Comrades
Club, at Westow Street, Upper Norwood, where a specially
large amount of work was done amongst the men of the Navy,
R.N.V.R., etc., stationed at what will long be known as H.M.S.
Crystal Palace.
In addition, at each of the Croydon Public Libraries
special writing tables with writing materials w'ere provided,
which were in continuous use, and special arrangements were
made whereby men in hospital or billeted in the town could
borrow books without any intervening " red tape."
XI. Croydon Local Central
War Savings Committee
This Committee was formed in March, 1916, at the invitation
of the National War Savings Committee (set up in the preceding
month b^/ the Chancellor of the Exchequer) under the presidency
of the Mayor and Mayoress (Mr, and Mrs. Houlder); Mr.
Councillor Stevenson being Chairman, and Mr. Councillor C.
Heath Clark (Mayor in 1919) Vice-Chairman. The Town
Clerk was Chairman of the Organising Committee, the Borough
Treasurer and Borough Accountant were Honorary Treasurers,
Mr. Coimcillor Peet and Mr. Baster, Honorary Auditors, and
Mrs. Colchester, M.B.E,, Honorary Secretary.
The Committee's aim was the formation of Associations for
War Saving ; and as a result of a vigorous propaganda, no less
than loi such Associations, with a gross membership of about
8,500, were in operation within six months. Subsidiary com-
mittees were formed in connection with the various " weeks "
and other special efforts, including Food Economy, War Loan of
1917, War Bonds Campaigns, Victory Loan Campaign, etc. ;
and 118 of the leading ladies and gentlemen of Croydon served
upon them.
The following remarkable money-results, amongst others,
were obtained : —
Tank Day (i6th March, 1917) realised l^SZyiJo
" Vindictive " Week (July, 1918) „ 3^323,658
Gun Week (October, 1 91 8) „ 3C3i9>595
Victory Loan (July, 1919) „ ^908,087
Tank-Day. — As a " business-man's week " (March 4th to 9th
inclusive, 19 17) was arranged in the War Savings Campaign
throughout greater London, by the National Committee, and as
the visit of a Tank had been promised, the Croydon Committee
resolved to combine the two efforts, with the gratifying result
shown above ; the strenuous fortnight's work culminating on
1 6th March, when the Tank duly arrived and took up its position
outside the Town Hall, and was busy all day stamping war bonds
and war savings certificates for eager purchasers. Letters in
the press, pictures on the Cinemas, speeches in the open air,
posters on the trams, banners stretched across the streets, all
means were utilised in a united effort at publicity. On the day
CENTRAL WAR SAVING COMMITTEE 205
itself relays of bands performed continuously. One picturesque
feature was a march of all the work-people from Gillett and
Johnston's factory (transferred from peaceful clock-making to
the production of war-appliances), when Lieut. Cyril Johnston
handed in at the Town Hall their collective Tank-contribution
of 3(^5,500. Other large engineering works collected handsome
sums. And it was very remarkable to many of us, familiar
with the stately ways of the " Old Lady of Threadneedle Street,"
to find a duly accredited temporary branch of the Bank of
England installed at the Town Hall in our Rate Office, issuing
bonds and certificates against money, and relays of clerks from
the Post Office issuing War Bonds and War Savings Certificates
along the corridors. The amount of ^(1170,131 19^. 6d. was
received during this day.
" Vindictive" Week (15 — 20th July, 1918) was held in honour
of the famous ship which destroyed Zeebrugge and then blocked
up the Ostend Channel, being part of a ** War-Weapons "
campaign promoted by the National Committee. It was
specialised on the " Vindictive " because of the close associations
of her Captain (Captain A. Francis Carpenter, V.C.) and his
father (Captain Alfred Carpenter, D.S.O.), with our Borough.
The money was permitted to be utilised towards helping to pay
for the cost of the new ship " Vindictive," which had to be
added to the Navy to replace her heroic battered sunken namesake.
On 20th July, Katharine Street was decorated with captured
German guns, and smaller captured weapons were exhibited in
the Town Hall. Again the Gillett and Johnston war-workers
were to the fore, this time with more than ^(^ 10,000 ; and bands
and concerts enlivened the day. The total " Vindictive "
collection was jCS^S.^sS, and if we add to that the collections
made at the same time, and with the same object, by the sur-
rounding districts (^(^239, 217), we arrive at a gross amount
raised in Croydon and neighbourhood towards the new ship,
of 3(^562,875. A picture of the storming of Zeebrugge mole
was commissioned from the naval artist, Charles de Lacey (who
was instructed by Admiral Sir Roger Keyes, K.C.B., and Captain
A. Francis Carpenter, V.C), and when complete was purchased
by private subscription, headed by the Mayor (Alderman Howard
Houlder), and presented, on behalf of the Borough, to the Captain
of the new ship " Vindictive " (Captain Edgar Grace, R.N.), in
the Council Chamber of the Town Hall, by the Mayor, on 19th
March, 1919. It now hangs in the Ward Room of the new
" Vindictive," in perpetuam memoriam.
Gun Week. — On Saturday, 12 October, 1918, a week of
similarly strenuous work culminated in the arrival of an actual
6-in. howitzer before the Town Hall, in its full war paint.
2o6 CROYDON AND THE GREAT WAR
camouflaged with wavy coloured lines and ready for action ; but
fitted in the open breech with a stamp for War Bonds receipts
and certificates. Munition Store No. lo brought, in a procession
of their workers, a shell filled with their collective subscription.
During the day itself ^{^226,801 was received; and during the
whole week ^£3 19,595.
The efforts of the Croydon War Savings Committee towards
the purpose for which it was created — the sale of War Savings
Certificates and the promotion of War Savings Associations —
resulted in the formation of 158 such associations in all ; and
about 190,000 War Savings Certificates of 15/6 each were
purchased in this way. At the time of writing one of these
associations (St. Matthew's and the East Ward) has collected no
less than ^^22,000.
In January, 1917, another scheme was inaugurated, with
the Mayor, Alderman Sir F. T. Edridge, and the Borough
Treasurer as Stockholders, for the purchase of ^5 per cent.
War Loan by instalments spread over a period of two years.
As a result of strenuous effort and of an arduous and ingenious
publicity campaign in all ^(^80,025 War Loan at 95 was allocated
to subscribers. The profit balance of ^(^252 i6s. 3^. arising out
of the whole transaction was given to the Croydon General
Hospital.
Victory Loan. — In June, 1919, a further scheme was estab-
lished for the purchase of 4 per cent. Victory Bonds, and 4 per
cent. Funding Loan, by instalments ; the Stockholders being
the Mayor, Mr. Councillor C. Heath Clark (Mayor in the
following November), and the Town Clerk. The total amount
of Bonds and Stock taken up under this scheme was approximately
,{^30,000. This was part of the Victory Loan Campaign, which
covered in all four weeks, ending 12th July, 19 19. There were
conversions from other loans into Victory Loan also, to the
amount of ^36,020 ; and the total amount of Victory Loan
subscribed in the borough, after sustained effort on the part of
the Committee and their friends, was no less than £()o8,oSj.
The out-of-pocket expenses and costs of printing and adver-
tising, etc., connected with this Committee were met by
Government grants, but all clerical and administrative work
from first to last, and the amount of it seems almost incredible
to look back upon, was carried out by the honorary officers and
some other members of the Committee entirely without payment.
Food Economy. — A very important subsidiary effort of this
Committee in April, 1917 and onwards should be mentioned.
At the request of Lord Devonport, then Food Controller,
CENTRAL WAR SAVING COMMITTEE 207
alarmed at the shortage of food which we all so well remember,
War Savings Committees, and amongst them Croydon, took up
an earnest campaign in favour of food economy. At Croydon
we formed a special advisory committee of clergy of all de-
nominations, doctors, school teachers, cookery lecturers, electrical
and gas engineers, and chairmen or secretaries of friendly
societies, trades unions and similar bodies. An executive was
appointed, and an information bureau opened at the Town
Hall. Frequent conferences were held, and many demon-
strations and lectures given. In this respect the town was
greatly indebted to the Croydon Gas Company, who provided
gas stoves (and supplied the gas, moreover) whenever the cookery
lectures required them. Forty-four such practical lectures
were given all over the borough, not to speak of countless less
formal talks and practical addresses. In many of our schools
economical and tasteful dishes of cereal foods other than wheaten
flour (which was growing very difficult to obtain) were
systematically exhibited. At the Public Hall a considerable
exhibition of Food-economy devices was held, from 30th May
to 7th June ; and many lectures and demonstrations were given
on the bottling, for preservation, of fruit and vegetables, on the
value of gas and electricity in cooking, and on economical cookery
recipes, etc. In all, no less than 3,574 cheap cookery pamphlets
were sold. Lantern lectures were given under the auspices of
the Public Library on kindred subjects. And on Empire Day
the Mayor read publicly the King's Proclamation (enjoining on
all his subjects the necessity for stringent economy in food)
from the Town Hall steps, and at Thornton Heath and at South
Norwood. An amusing incident (though of serious import in
itself) may be mentioned in conclusion. The Board of
Agriculture offered to supply the bottles for the preser\'ation of
fresh fruit, which were referred to above, at about half the retail
cost (namely, 4/6 a dozen) if large quantities were ordered.
Mrs. Colchester, the Honorary Secretary, a living impersonation
of energy, searched out and found nearly 250 fruit-bottlers, and
coaxed the authorities at our Education Offices in a weak moment
to agree to receive the bottles. One can faintly imagine the
astonishment of the Clerk when 7,200 bottles descended from
the blue sky upon him. But when the 250 " bottlers " presently
arrived, all clamouring for their respective dozens or scores, it
seemed as if pandemonium reigned in the " groves of Academe."
This Editor did not see it with his own eyes, but he has it on the
highest authority that a notice, " Bottle Department," was
actually, and of necessity, posted to direct the " bottlers " to
their prey.
XII. Croydon District
Association of Voluntary
Organisations
This was a district association in connection with the work
of the Director-General of Voluntary Organisations (Sir Edward
Ward) which began operations in November, 19 15, and closed
on 31st March, 1919. It consisted of 15 branches, sub-divided
into 54 groups, with a total number of members of 2,511. The
Mayor and Mayoress (Mr. and Mrs. Howard Houlder) were
Presidents of the Association, and the Town Clerk was Chairman
of the Executive and Finance Committees. Mr. A. G. Norris
was Honorary Secretary till May, 191 6, and Miss Rhoda Brodie,
M.B.E., from that date to the close. Assistant Hon. Secretaries
were, in succession, Miss Roper, Miss King, Mrs. E. Colam,
and Miss Haward. Other enthusiastic ladies helped throughout.
The Borough Treasurer and Borough Accountant were Joint
Treasurers. The total number of articles despatched was
584,013, and in addition the association procured and forwarded
£2^ worth of games ; the total value of the whole of the con-
tributions being ,{^27,740.
The " comforts " collected were despatched to France,
Egypt, Mesopotamia, Russia, Italy, Serbia, Rumania, etc. ; to the
French Red Cross and the French Wounded Emergency-Fund ;
to Lady Smith-Dorrien's Bag Fund ; to mine-sweepers, prisoners
of war, clearing stations, ambulance trains, ambulance flotillas,
field ambulances, military V.A.D., and auxiliary hospitals ; to
the military wards of Croydon General Hospital, Croydon
military hospitals, Wallacefield and St. Dorothy's convalescent-
hospitals, and to Addington Palace, Shirley Park, Purley, and
Brighton Road auxiliary hospitals.
All articles were collected by Miss Haward in her own car
and were packed at the office of the War- Supplies Clearing
House. The Supply Committee (Mrs. Newnham, Chairman,
Mrs. Hetley, and Mrs. Lillico) kept a stock of materials which
they either sold in the office of the Association (at a price slightly
exceeding the cost, so that the loss in cutting up might be covered,
or distributed as free material to be worked up by the members.
The stock finally remaining unsold was given to the Croydon
Mothers' and Infants' Welfare Association ; and the small
balance of ^37 cash was paid over to the Mayoress's War-Fund.
53
Mrs. Redfern
Who received from the King of the Belgians the Medaille de la
Reine Elizabeth, in recognition of work in Croydon for the Belgian
Refugees ; and w ho was also on manv War Committees
54
Mrs. Colchester, M.B.E.
Croydon War Savings Committee, etc.
Fholo by Klorence Baxter
VOLUNTARY ORGANISATIONS
209
The amount dealt with by this Association was £2,(>(>i.
The Hst of branches (with Secretaries) is as follows : —
I.
2.
3-
War Hospital Supply Depot . Mrs. Major & Mrs. Beddow
War Supplies Clearing House. Mrs. Iredell.
Central Ward Branch . . Mrs. Lillico.
4-
East Ward
. Mrs. Trubshawe.
6.
7-
8.
9-
West Ward
South Ward
Norbury
Upper Norwood .
South Norwood .
. The Mayoress, Mrs. Houlder
. Lady Edridge,
. Mrs. Allen.
. Mrs. Hetley & Miss Thur-
. Miss Weise. [burn
10.
II.
Purley
Broad Green
. Miss Brailsford.
. Mrs. Trumble.
12.
13-
St. Stephen's, Norbury
Mitcham
. Miss Lawrence.
. Mrs. Cato Worsfold.
14.
Coulsdon .
. Miss Lintott.
15-
Thornton Heath .
. Mrs. Owen Fowler.
The following list of articles despatched through the War
Supplies Clearing House, is taken from the record of the latter,
and serves to show the general trend of the work of the
Association. It pretends only to be a complete account of the
176,823 articles in the 786 cases which the Clearing House
handled.
Handkerchiefs
3627
Scarves and mufflers
9539
Woollen helmets, caps
6404
Vests . . . .
1975
Jerseys, etc. .
191
Pants
139
Shirts
2723
Nightshirts
3272
Bedgowns
2329
Pairs of gloves
494
Pairs of mittens
17909
Pairs of socks .
7816
Pairs of hospital socks
10354
Rugs
66
Blankets
96
Mattresses and pillows
1658
Towels .
386
Bed-rests
150
Splints .
70
Bandages
• 54649
Lint
. 8180
Sunshields, pads, etc.
. 7012
Mossbags
. IIOOO
Miscellaneous, including musical instr. 26779
Part Six
FOOD AND FUEL
I. The Allotments Movement
Food Production : War Allotments
(Croydon Vacant Lands Cultivation Society)
The beginning of the War found towns such as ours with a
large number of houses and small gardens, a certain number of
allotments belonging to the Corporation (in Croydon 104 acres
divided into 1694 plots), and a percentage of idle land, held over
for building, but unused except perhaps for a little grazing, and
in private ownership.
It was not at first realised, but soon became of course
self-evident, that as much food as possible must be raised in
England for use during the War, and a fine example was at once
set in 1914 by Mr. Douglas Young, a respected member of the
Croydon Borough Guild of Help, who offered his building land
in South Croydon for cultivation by those who were ready to
work. Mr. Mark Major, the originator of the Guild (which is
now merged in the Croydon Civic Service League), had made
one or two attempts through that body to deal with vacant lands
in the borough, and he with Miss £. L. Hudson and others
called a conference at the offices of the Guild, out of which sprang
the Croydon Vacant Lands Cultivation Society (23rd September,
1914) ; the Guild of Help providing office room. Mr. Mark
Major became its Chairman, Miss Hudson its Secretary, Mr. Geo.
Reader very kindly supplying the necessary legal knowledge
for the simple agreements, etc. Alderman Rogers became
President. The practical gardening side was provided by
members of the Croydon Horticultural Associations, and much
voluntary valuable work of instruction was given to the cause by
their members, especially by Messrs. Bignell (Chairman of the
Garden Committee), Boshier and Dingwall. The newspapers
were also very helpful in affording space for reports as to what
was going on.
Mr, Douglas Young most generously offered to compensate
cultivators for loss of their crops should he be compelled to
take over his land again at short notice ; and 20 applications
were quickly filled, though the soil was in parts rather rough.
Other land owners followed suit, some of their own accord, but
most in response to the efforts of the Croydon Vacant Lands
Society, so that by December, 1915, about a year after the
214 CROYDON AND THE GREAT WAR
beginning of the movement, the society had 20 acres in working
belonging to 22 owners, and cultivated in plots of 10 rods, by
260 cultivators. There was also a waiting list of 150 would-be
cultivators. As a guarantee against loss the cultivators paid
4/- a year each (raised later to 5/-) towards a compensation
fund for loss of crops should unexpected disturbance occur.
The Water Committee of the Corporation, by supplying
water without charge, provided the cultivators adopted waste-
preventing methods, and made their own connection to the mains,
set an example which was in advance of many other Corporations,
and the Council also was liberal in the matter of rates. At
this time the journal of the Board of Agriculture, which took
much interest in this vigorous experiment, published a careful
calculation showing that from May, 1915, to March, 1916, the
value of the crops on a certain plot of 9 rods came to ^fi. During
the first 15 months the total expenses of the Society, owing to
the generous work voluntarily contributed, only reached 5^9.
During 1916 the land cultivated under the society rose from
20 acres to 68, lent by 81 owners, and cultivated by 1,000
plotholders, branches having arisen at Purley and Wallington.
The arrangements were so skilfully drawn as not to be liable
to stamp-duty, a clever saving of not inconsiderable value on so
large a number.
Croydon's effort had, as said above, aroused much interest,
and inquiries poured in from all parts of the countn,', and at
least one investigation was made on the part of Johannisburg,
while The Daily Mail sent down a special commissioner to report
on the movement in its columns. Speakers from the society
were asked to attend other communities to explain Croydon
methods, which were enthusiastically adopted here and there.
Tn December, 19 16, the Government issued an Order under
"D.O.R.A." (as the " Defenceof the Realm Act" provisions were
familiarly called), which was the most socialistic measure ever
known in England ; nothing less than granting powers to
Corporations forcibly to take possession of idle land and to have
it cultivated for the benefit of the community. Hitherto the
Croydon Vacant Lands Cultivation Society had been entirely
dependent for obtaining land upon persuasion and goodwill.
The Corporation appointed an Allotments and Small-Holdings
Committee (whose chairman was Mr. Councillor Adams) and
entered at once upon 61 acres of land, which they divided into
790 plots, and leased at an annual charge of 5/- for 10 rods, and
in the first rush 100 acres were dealt with in one week. Later
in the year the Council took further powers to enter occupied
land, and through the Vacant Lands Society added another 65
THE ALLOTMENTS MOVEMENT 215
acres, in 850 plots, paying various rents for this land, up to ^^3
an acre ; and all this land was also quickly taken up by cultivators.
By the end of the year 1917 the Croydon Vacant Lands Cultiva-
tion Society was responsible for 176 acres, secured by voluntary
agreement and let in 2,377 plots, including the Purley and
Wallington branches ; beyond this there were about i ,700 plots
acquired compulsorily by the Corporation as above decided.
Decentralization was now encouraged, and six registered societies
and eight unregistered came into being, each looking after the
interests of the cultivators in its own neighbourhood.
Early in January, 1918, the Corporation resumed possession
of the land already entered upon by them and passed over to the
Vacant Lands Society, and also took possession, under the
increased powers above referred to, of land let to the Vacant
Lands Society by the owners, in order to let the whole to
the various plot-holders* associations. Isolated plots or
small groupings, not large enough for a society to be required,
still remained in the hands of the Vacant Lands Society, and
these amounted to 630 plots on 70 different holdings, which
increased by the autumn of 191 8 to 745 plots, adding 20 more
acres to the land already under the Society earlier in the year.
The compensation fund had grown (as no serious charges had
been made upon it) to nearly ;(J500, when the separate plot-
holders* associations were set up ; and this sum was therefore
equitably divided between the parent society, the branches, and
these separate associations.
As to compulsorily taking over that land which had so
patriotically been lent by the owners there were differences of
opinion, but the associations of plot-holders pressed this course
upon the Corporation as making them surer of being undisturbed
in their allotments than they would be if their plots were upon
a voluntary tenure. The Vacant Lands Society protested, but
in vain. " Dora " took little account of fine feelings under the
necessities of the time.
The excellence of the crops raised was manifested in many
vegetable shows in the borough, both those promoted by the
great horticultural societies and many others arranged by the
plot-holders* associations. Great industry and no little skill
were shown on all sides by the cultivators ; lectures and practical
demonstrations were frequently given and well attended.
Further, much good-will and many kindly offices existed amongst
the plot-holders. When the local sweep went abroad to fight,
his wife's allotment was kept going at full strength by her
neighbours. There will be heartburnings when the owners of
the " valuable building-sites,'* which have for these last years
2i6 CROYDON AND THE GREAT WAR
been feeding us with potatoes and cabbages, desire to replace
those crops with indigestible bricks and mortar. But it is ill
to talk about crossing the bridge before you come to the stream,
and we must hope for the best. What remains always to the
good is the love of work on the land the War-allotments have
engendered among our people. " i am Riten for a peace of
Lotment," an actual application, duly put into shape and dealt
with by the Vacant Lands Society, represents in its rude speech
a very earnest longing for land, which once roused, as our French
peasant neighbours show us, brings a great steadiness amongst
the people, and moreover never dies out. Thus, in the present
case, not only the Vacant Lands Society itself but also all the
larger plot-holders' associations above referred to, have obtained
regular leases of several large pieces of land, originally taken over
in the temporary manner already described ; and these more
permanent arrangements cover about loo acres already. At the
time of completing this book (January, 1920) there are (including
all varieties of allotments in occupation of land, as above named)
640 acres, divided into 8,500 plots.
There was, in fact, very little available ground in the borough,
during the war, which escaped the eagle eyes of the ardent
cultivators.
One day, and this seems to be regarded as the Secretary's
(Miss Hudson's) finest achievement, her attention was drawn by
a disappointed applicant, to a piece of land in his neighbourhood
often resorted to by bad characters (as it lay out of the way),
containing moreover an evil smelling pond full of carcases of
dead dogs and other refuse. He pleaded that some of this might
be given to him as an allotment, since no other was available.
The place was found to bear out his description, the owners
proved amenable to the wiles of the Society, and in the end the
Corporation took it over, and created 100 permanent allotments
there ; so that now, after so long a time of unsavoury wastefulness,
" the desert shall rejoice and blossom as the rose."
II. National Kitchens Committee
The feeding of the people of course caused much anxiety
during war-time, and the Croydon Council finally determined on
23rd April, 1917, to allow an experiment of two Communal
Kitchens (as they were at first called), one on the Beulah Road
Council School premises, and one at Princess Road Council
school, and provided £150 for working capital and preliminary
expenses. These kitchens were administered by a committee,
which elected Mr. Councillor Peters as its chairman, and (a little
later) Mrs. T. Wood Roberts as its honorary executive officer.
School attendance officers, teachers, and other people gave
valuable assistance, especially during the earlier times.
The kitchens were opened on 30th May and 6th June, 1917,
respectively, and continued working till the end of September,
1919. The kitchen at Beulah Road paid its way well, and at
the end of the 2^ years of its existence showed a profit of
£g^ I2S. 6d. on the working ; but that at Princess Road was
conducted at a steady loss. At September, 1919, the total loss
on working was £150 ijs. lod. A third kitchen ran for nine
months at Selhurst Road, South Norwood, from 5th December,
191 8, onwards ; and a fourth at Upper Norwood was also
sanctioned, but was never actually opened. The loss on the
working at South Norwood in the nine months of its existence
was £62 135. 4^. If to the losses at Princess Road and Selhurst
Road be added the cost of equipment (less sales of material on
closing), which was net £iS^ gs. 6d., and if the Beulah Road
profit be set off on the other side, the total cost of the venture
was ^304 8s. zd.
It is probable that the financial failure — or rather non-
success — of the experiment was due in a large measure to the
fact that there was a tendency to the mistaken view that the
" national kitchen " had some affinity with the charitable soup-
kitchen ; people of all classes did not realize that this was a
public service as free from such associations as is the public
light or water supply. In any case they did not appreciate the
benefits offered them so fully as was anticipated. It was
however an experiment well worth trying, and much thought and
energy were spent upon it, especially by the honorary executive
21 8 CROYDON AND THE GREAT WAR
officer. It undoubtedly gave the public an excellent opportunity
of testing a form of communal service which seemed to be
especially necessary in view of the fact that the times demanded
the utmost economy of fuel and food. It is not too much to
say that from this point of view the kitchens proved a distinct
success and were of decided advantage to the general community.
Such practical object-lessons often have a far-reaching effect,
producing good results long after they have themselves ceased.
Further, the amount of business actually done was considerable.
From first to last 184,305 portions were sold at Beulah Road,
and 161,714 at Princess Road.
III. The Control of Food
The historian of the future, seeking for material for his
work, will perchance find garishly-coloured postcards obviously
of early twentieth century production, showing a man, with
guilt depicted on every feature, stealthily secreting pots of jam
in a strong safe ; or showing a solitary piece of sugar scintillating
in lonely splendour upon a plate, and labelled " priceless " ; or
he will find a reference in a newspaper to a single potato which
had been displayed in a Croydon greengrocer's window with the
legend : "A rare tuber, once a common British food ; now
nearly extinct." Turning to the immortal Punch, he will come
upon a picture of a burning mansion, in front of which is the
distracted owner dancing frantically about the fireman with the
hose, beseeching him to " concentrate on the coal-house." These
are the lighter expressions, which most fortunately the British
can utter, of one of the most difficult times in the history of the
world, and few things in our record will have more interest for
the coming social historian than the ways in which we met the
almost universal shortage of food and fuel which resulted from
the war. We deal first with food. For the nation as a whole
the Ministry of Food was established, and to carry out the work
of that department local committees were formed. We are
concerned here only with the Croydon Food Control Committee.
This important committee, praised by the discerning few
who admired the large amount of good work it accomplished,
severely condemned by the unthinking, and grumbled at by
nearly all of us (for we were necessarily all suff^erers at its hands),
was set up on 28th August, 1917, to regulate supplies on account
of the serious shortage.
The then Mayor (Aid. Howard Houlder) was its first
Chairman and remained throughout in the chair, and was always
one of the most active members. Councillor Peters was (and
is still, at the time of writing) Deputy-Chairman, and Chairman
of the Executive Sub-Committee and of the Sugar Sub-Com-
mittee. Mr. Councillor Camden Field was Chairman of the
Supplementary Rations Sub-Committee, and of the Meat Sub-
Committee ; and Mr. Councillor Muggeridge of the Milk Sub-
Committee. The Town Clerk was and is Honorary Ex:ecutive
Officer, and Mr. J. T. Tompkins was and is Deputy-Executive
Officer, responsible for all executive duties under the Town
Clerk.
220 CROYDON AND THE GREAT WAR
In all, the Committee numbered 15, of whom 8 were
members of the Town Council, and 3 were ladies. Objection
was taken to a few of the original members : Councillors Pelton,
West and Southwell (now Alderman) ; because of their connection
with the grocery and meat trades, although the Corporation had
expressly appointed them in order to derive assistance from their
expert knowledge of those trades ; but feeling was stirred up
over the matter, and the situation promised to become unpleasant,
so that these three members retired (25th February, 19 18), and
the town was deprived of their valuable services. Other persons
were elected in their places.
Immediate necessity for action on the part of the Committee
arose because of the serious sugar-shortage, which rapidly became
so acute that in September, 1917, rationing of sugar was set up.
Sugar-retailers were registered on 15th September, and sugar-
cards issued to purchasers, the issue being made with the kindly
voluntary help of the school-teachers of the borough, and being
completed by 26th October, 1917. No praise can be too great
for the patriotic efforts of the teachers referred to ; they worked
late at night, and cheerfully, on a special emergency, gave up
Sunday also. We might refer especially to the valuable
services of Mr. Edgar H. Fowles (Chairman of the Croydon Head
Teachers Association), who supervised this special work.
Few persons beyond those who were actually engaged in
the work know the great amount of local labour involved in
Food-Control, and when we add to this the governmental and
official work, the total operations take on a colossal aspect.
Here in Croydon, under the Rationing Scheme begun in February
1918, 626,000 letters were received and 356,000 replies posted ;
and 15,000 of these were directly dealt with by the Deputy-
Executive Officer himself. The telephone calls reached 7,000.
Directly the Sugar-Control was set up in September, 1917
(and this was the first department started), caterers, institutions,
manufacturers, etc., had to apply for authority to purchase
wholesale, and to use, sugar. The retailers, distributing to the
public, had received the well known ration-cards from their
customers by November, and the wholesale suppliers could then
be authorised to supply the amount of sugar needed.
Almost immediately after the sugar-control came the fixing
of the retail prices of meat, and all purchases and sales of meat
were then checked every fortnight ; and it was not long before
the butchers were registered.
In October wholesale and retail prices for milk were fixed ;
and powers of control, and of securing priority of supply to
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children and invalids, were given to our local committee, followed
by the registration of potato dealers and constant examination
of their stocks.
In November came the scarcity of tea ; the quantity received
in England for some months about that time only amounting
to a third of the ordinary consumption ; and provisional prices
were fixed. At this juncture it was evident that a campaign of
education in food economy was necessary ; and the committee
loyally endeavoured, and with most gratifying success, to carry
out the suggestions of the Government in this regard. To the
honour of the inhabitants of the borough it must be stated that
they all reduced their consumption not only of the rationed, but
also of the unrationed foods to the narrowest limit. We all
remember how our weight was reduced, and how every morsel
of food was gauged and all superfluity rigidly cut off ; nay, in
cases, danger to health was patriotically faced. This campaign
lasted through parts of November and December, but the effect
in the homes of the people continued for many months.
In December the bacon-retailers had to be registered ; and
the supplies of margarine ran ominously short.
Then came the day of the queue, which few of us who have
lived through it will ever forget ; a day of rumour of plenty here,
there, and everywhere, except the shop at which one dealt
ordinarily. People were out with daylight, and much before,
on the food quest ; and at 6 a.m., on those cold December
mornings, long queues of people would line up before the barred
premises of provision dealers to wait their turn in the hope —
too often a vain hope — of getting a quarter-pound of butter or
margarine ; and, if they were disappointed at one shop, they
would trudge to the next, and so on, often during the whole
day. We did not love margarine over-much in pre-war days ;
some of us even dared to despise it, but in these days it
assumed immense importance, seeing that animal fat had also
become scarce.
The Town Clerk and Mr. Tompkins, seeing what was
coming, prepared a scheme for requisitioning supplies, dis-
tributing them, and rationing the retail purchases of margarine.
On December 22nd, igiyjthlngs became so serious thatlmmediate
action became necessary ; and the Committee was summoned
by telegram, so that the prepared scheme might be put into
action that very day. Meanwhile people, especially large
numbers of working people, on reaching their retailers on this
day heard that all margarine had been requisitioned, and somehow
inferred that unheard of stocks were held up In the Food Control
Offices under the Reference Library at the Town Hall. They
222 CROYDON AND THE GREAT WAR
became alarmed, angry and expectant all at once, and crowds
surged into the Library at 8 p.m., completely blocking up the
-entrance for the users of the Library, and all demanding margarine.
Of course there was actually none at the Town Hall, and by
this hour the Food Office staff had all gone home. The Library
officials, who endeavoured vainly to persuade the people to
disperse, were roundly informed that they had taken good care
to get margarine for themselves, and were forced to listen to
many stories of homes where there was none. At last the locked,
darkened doors of the Food Office — together with the gentle
explanations of the police who now came and regulated the crowd
with great tact — impressed the truth upon the people, and they
went off gradually in deep disappointment. By Monday,
however, the scheme had saved the situation. It worked
admirably, and though the citizens freely availed themselves of
the Englishman's privilege of grumbling before he obeys the
order given him, the distressing queues which caused so much
anxiety and inconvenience during the closing months of 1917
;gradually lessened, and in time disappeared.
By Christmas, meat was dangerously scarce, and the supply
of meat to Croydon was on the point of stopping altogether.
Retail maximum meat prices had been fixed as against the
butchers, but the cost to the butchers was not fixed ; so that
as meat became exceedingly dear by reason of the scarcity,
butchers had to pay very high prices, while on the other hand
they were limited to a moderate selling price. Of course
the butchers could not face this great loss, and ceased for the
moment their strenuous efforts to obtain meat.
Meat-queues then began. Special and drastic action was
taken by the Committee on i8th December to cope with this
rather alarming situation, and by means known only to a few
persons and the Committee, and indeed before the inhabitants of
the borough had appreciated the danger they stood in, a supply
of meat for Christmas was happily secured.
On 27th December a full rationing-scheme for butter,
margarine, lard, meat, bacon and tea, with power to extend to
other articles, was framed by the Town Clerk and adopted by
the Committee, and sent up to the Minister for approval. Other
local bodies of course, all pressed by their acute needs in the same
way as Croydon was, also evolved and sent up similar schemes.
The hand of the Ministry was forced, and a general governmental
official Rationing Scheme for London and the Home Counties
was promulgated, and the Croydon committee at once set to
work upon it.
The first general scheme of rationing began in February,
1918, and from first to last no less than one million food and
THE CONTROL OF FOOD
223
meat cards and books were provided, in addition to the already
rationed sugar. Emergency rations for visitors to the town and
other temporary inhabitants were issued to the number of
27,811 ; and special rations for invalids and certain classes of
manual workers to the number of 8,387. Sailors and soldiers
on leave were rationed, and a grateful country gave them much
more liberal rations than we civilians received — and 30,369
availed themselves of this provision, while 10,142 ration books
were issued to demobilised men. Much work was caused by
removals and changes of residence, amounting to 33,000 cases
in all ; a figure throwing strong light oh the remarkable amount
of movement during the war amongst our Croydon population.
Persons from overseas, or discharged from institutions, etc.,
accounted for 35,000 extra books ; and 2,312 children were born
during the rationing period and demanded ration books before
they could speak (or at all events, their mothers did for them) ;
and further, 1,166 foolish persons lost their ration-cards, and had
to pay amongst them ^zd 135. dd. for their carelessness. At
one time the corridors of the Town Hall were filled for several
weeks with 164 temporary clerks at long tables, issuing supple-
mentary ration cards (13,162 cards in all) to certain grades of
manual workers and adolescents, allowing them an extra amount
of a half-pound of bacon weekly.
There were three issues of ration-cards, each issue needing
its own index, so that the 275,000 applications received and
dealt with involved an equal number of index cards, all
necessarily continually to be sorted and kept up to date ; and,
moreover, constantly interfered with by additions of new cards
and subtractions of cards belonging to persons removing out of
Croydon or ceasing to be rationable in the borough for any other
reason. Finally, the Food Ministry realized that it had forgotten
to provide for an index of ration-card holders and the retailers
with whom they were registered. As a step towards supplying
this omission, and in order to ascertain the best method of doing
it, the Ministry selected certain well-organized places and
requested them to do the work experimentally. Croydon
received the somewhat onerous compliment of being one
of the towns selected. It involved the collection of all the
counterfoils of the ration-books from the retailers, and these
counterfoils numbered a miUion and a quarter. All this mass
of 1,250,000 counterfoils had to be sorted into streets and houses,
indexed, etc., etc., so that at least 12,500,000 handlings were
involved in all. And with the national carelessness, 750,000 of
these counterfoils had arrived without the name of the retailer
being written on them, and the work of supplying this informa-
tion also fell upon the staff. The interference of all this with the
ordinary routine of the Town Hall is one of those minor worries
224 CROYDON AND THE GREAT WAR
of the war which every one had cheerfully to encounter, but it
was, nevertheless, considerable. Rooms were annexed ; for
instance, the Library's Newspaper-room, and its Magazine-room,
the Grand Jury-room, Magistrates'-room, and even the com-
mittee-rooms of the Town Hall (to say nothing of the occupation
. at various times of the Council Chamber, the three branch
Libraries, and the South Norwood Polytechnic), and the borough
work done in those rooms had to be crowded into other places,
until eventually the control clerks overflowed even all these
rooms, and had to fill the corridors as above described.
Margarine and Butter. — The committee dealt during the 49
weeks of rationing with 673 tons of margarine (£65,500 in
value), receiving 13 tons a week ; and with 3 tons of butter
iL.!^^) during the time that butter was separately rationed.
Sugar. — 1,140 Certificates of Registration (Sugar) were
issued in September and October, 1917, to retailers, manu-
facturers and caterers ; and 131 such applicants were refused.
To the purchasers 175,000 cards were issued. When the
system was changed in December, 1917, 200,000 sugar-tickets
were issued, superseding the above mentioned cards, to over
46,000 householders. In all, the committee dealt with 3,200
tons of sugar ; and received twelve million sugar coupons, of
which 600,000 were sent to the Ministry for purposes of checking.
It will be remembered that those persons who possessed fruit
trees were allowed to obtain extra sugar for preserving, both
in 19 1 8 and 1919, which involved considerable work in sorting
or allotting the sugar, and issuing special authorities to the
retailers ; 23,000 such applications were received and 200 tons
of preserving-sugar issued amongst them.
Meat. — The fortnightly returns of sales and purchases of
butchers, which had to be checked, amounted to 6,000 ; and
the weight of meat dealt with, 508 tons. From February to
June, 1918, 12 million meat-coupons were received, counted and
dealt with in Croydon ; on June i8th, 1918, the Central Clearing
House was set up, and since that time 34 millions more coupons
have been received and i^^ million of these sent to the Clearing
House to be checked, as a sample, against the fortnightly returns
of the retailers. Actual purchases and distributions of meat by
the Committee amounted to 5(^296.
Tea. — 5,884 Applications were dealt with in connection with
the rationing of tea ; and 175,000 counterfoils were received,
counted, examined, sorted, etc.
Milk. — 119 Retailers were registered ; 1,624 priority milk-
certificates were issued and 253 special permits for cream (babies
55
56
Phutn Ijy Skewes
George Fearnley Carter, M.Inst.C.E.
Borough Engineer, Surveyor and Water Engineer ;
Local Fuel Overseer
THE CONTROL OF FOOD 225
and invalids) ; 1,300 weekly returns had to be dealt with ; and
of condensed milk very nearly two million tins were distributed
on the order of the committee.
Bread. — 204 Tons of potatoes were sold by the committee
to bakers, to assist them in the production of bread, at a loss
of j^3 a ton ; the Croydon bakers paid £^22, and it cost the
Ministry /!6i2 more than this. Of course, a good deal of careful
book-keeping was involved to adjust the payments and losses
as they occurred in this account.
Fish. — There are 69 retailers of fish in the borough, and
each of these had to send in weekly returns of prices.
Bacon. — A return of bacon, ham, and lard, sold in Croydon
in the year 1916, was demanded by the Ministry, and this showed
the year's consumption for 191 6 to have been 33,267 cwt. of
bacon, 3,506 of ham, 6,831 of lard. Upon this return, which
was made in December, 1917, bacon was registered, and 200,000
forms were issued to and received back from the retailers of
bacon. Cheese and lard had, of course, also to be dealt with,
but not to such large numbers.
The cash handled by the committee was £5,667 apart from
the expenses paid through the Borough Accountant. Eighty-nine
serious cases arose in which the committee had to prosecute and
the fines and costs received amounted to {/]()0.
Since 3rd May, 1919, the work has in every way materially
lessened. Two articles of food (sugar and butter) still remain
rationed (December, 1919), and therefore ration-cards must still
be maintained, but a staff of 22 now suffices for the work of
the committee. But the end is not yet in sight, for it is only a
short time since that the Ministry of Food sent Croydon an
intimation that Food Control would be extended to June, 1920,
and that the Committee must remain in charge until at least
that date.
The general correspondence is still considerable. People
continue to write somewhat as follows : — (Report of the
Committee, 21st July, 19 19).
" The enclosed rubbish " (in fact a fair sample of Demerara
sugar) " was sold to me by Mr. for sugar, will you please
prosecute him, or order him to supply me with loaf sugar."
Another correspondent intimates that she " has been charged
id. too much for an unnamed quantity of an undescribed joint
on a date she regrets she does not remember, by an assistant of
her butcher whom she cannot identify. She desires him to be
226 CROYDON AND THE GREAT WAR
prosecuted, but intimates that whatever happens her name is not
to be mentioned, as she dechnes to be mixed up with any Pohce
Court and does not desire any unpleasantness. It is the duty,
she presumes, of the committee to prosecute in all such cases
on the evidence contained in her letter."
It is pleasant to be able to finish the account of such serious
and long continued effort upon this note of gaiety. While not
exaggerating, but erring (if at all) rather in the opposite direction,
it is to be hoped that this chapter may have, in spite of its
multitude of dry statistics, reminded those who read it of a
very critical time in our national history, when wholesale shortage
of food from time to time came within measurable distance,
and when the nation was saved from this awful disaster by the
patriotic labours of such Committees as this of Croydon, backed
by the indomitable courage and willing sacrifice of the inhabitants
of the borough. Nor shall we be doing mere justice if we fail
to acknowledge the unprecedented and entirely gratuitous work
of the Town Clerk, Dr. J. M. Newnham, in producing this
result ; his organisation, fertility in expedients for meeting
difficult situations, and long self-denying labours were as evident
here as they were in every work with which he was associated
during the War — and he seems to have been associated with
everything.
IV. Women's Land Army
So many agricultural labourers were drawn from the fields
to serve in the trenches that farmers found themselves increas-
ingly less able to produce food for the people as the War
proceeded. Eventually it became manifest that we must take a
leaf from Continental books and utilise the strongest of our
girls on the farms, or let the farms go out of cultivation. This
eventually shaped into the formation of a " Women's Land
Army," and early in 1917 the W.L.A. Organizing Secretary
for Surrey approached the Mayoress of Croydon (Mrs. Howard
Houlder) on the subject of forming a recruiting centre for this
new movement. The Mayoress at once called a meeting to
consider the scheme, and a Selection Board was appointed, with
Mrs. Redfern as Chairman and District Representative, and Miss
Hodges as Honorary Secretary. Later, Miss Hodges, on leaving
Croydon, was succeeded by Miss Barbara J. Carpenter. The
present Mayoress (Mrs. C. Heath Clark), as a farmer's daughter,
was a most valuable member of the Selection Board, and worked
diligently and with full connaissmice de cause. Recruiting began
in Croydon in April, 1917, and ended in the summer of 1919,
and during that period 719 women were interviewed by the
Board. Of these only 304 were accepted for service, mainly
because of the very high physical standard which was a necessary
qualification for the arduous work to be undertaken. Many
Croydonians will remember the successful recruiting rally in
the spring of 191 8, when some 70 Land Army girls in their
picturesque uniforms marched through the streets accompanied
by decorated farm wagons kindly lent by the Croydon Borough
Farm.
Though the Women's Land Army ended its official existence
in November, 1919, the call of the land has been so strong that
many a Croydon girl has elected to continue her occupation as
" farmer's boy," her interests now being guarded by the
■** National Association of Landswomen."
V. The Control of Fuel
and Lio-ht
o
With the great coal-fields of Northern France in the hands
of the enemy, and with the submarine aggression hampering the
passage of coal across the Atlantic, the fuel resources of Great
Britain were strained to the uttermost in the third year of the war.
Not only were there the great demands for coal of the home
country with all its war-industries running at high pressure ;
there was the demand from France and our other Allies, who were
unable to supply themselves from their own mines in enemy
occupation, and, of course, could not get their usual supplies
from Germany.
Economy had been necessary for more than a year, but at
the end of 19 17 a coal-famine, together with its natural corollary,
a failure of gas and electricity, was well within sight. Rationing
was determined upon by the Government early in 191 8, a Coal
Controller was appointed, and the Household Fuel and Lighting
Order was put into operation. The local administration of the
Order was carried out by local fuel overseers, and for Croydon
the Borough Engineer, Mr. G. F. Carter, undertook this onerous
work.
The Order provided that the Local Fuel Overseer, in addi-
tion to the work of rationing consumers, should : —
(a) Report to the Controller upon the requirements for
storing, handling, delivering, and retailing coal, and make
recommendations, as well as suggestions for other means than
those ordinarily provided by persons engaged in the coal trade.
(b) Report to the Controller any failure, and the proper
provision for the supply of coal to the merchants within the
district.
(c) Deal with all questions of complaints of consumers or
merchants relating to the supply, sale, or delivery of coal, gas and
electricity.
(d) Keep records and make reports and returns from time
to time as the Controller might require.
(e) Carry out the instructions of the Controller.
CONTROL OF FUEL AND LIGHT 229
During the period June, 1918, to November, 1919, a total
of 43,867 persons were registered as consumers of fuel and
lighting. Of these 9,277 were " small consumers," or persons
who obtained their coal supply from trolley men and did not
require more than one cwt. each per week, excepting during
the months of January, February, and March, when the supply
was not more than one and a half cwt. each. Small consumers
were also restricted to not more than 24,000 cubic feet of gas
and 400 units of electricity during the year.
Claims for additional allowances, numbering 2,147 in all,
were received. These entailed a considerable amount of
enquiry work, and, as far as the acute shortage of coal permitted,
each claim was assessed as accurately as possible.
The number of requisitions completed accurately by the
inhabitants of Croydon was small, due no doubt to the com-
plicated nature of the form F.H.F. (3). It was therefore found
necessary by the Borough Engineer to re-allocate the coal, coke,
gas, and electricity, on the requisitions, as nearly as possible in
accordance with the implied wishes of the consumers, before
certificates of supply could be issued.
Eventually 80,553 certificates of supply were issued to the
various merchants, dealers, and undertakings concerned. Then
there arose 3,000 consumers who requested a variation of their
allocations, these consumers having saved on one class of fuel
(say " gas ") and desiring to increase in the consumption of
another (say " coal "). Where possible these requests were
acceded to, but the work entailed the cancellation and re-issue
of approximately 7,000 certificates.
One hundred and twenty-eight merchants and dealers were
registered for the sale of coal, and, in accordance with the pro-
visions of the Order, weekly returns showing particulars of trade
transacted were received from all these. The returns were
collated and a return, together with a report on the coal situation
was forwarded to the Controller each week throughout the year.
Considerable difficulty was experienced during the winter
of 1 91 8- 19 in endeavouring to prevent hardship to consumers
owing to certain merchants and dealers failing to obtain adequate
supplies of coal to meet the certificates of consumers registered
with them . Arrangements were made from time to time to transfer
coal from one merchant to another, and it was also found necessary
to impose restrictions in delivery during certain periods.
Several trucks of coal ordered for the Corporation were disposed
of to merchants to help the public supply.
230 CROYDON AND THE GREAT WAR
On the 4th October, 19 18, an Order was issued preventing
the supply of more than one ton at a time to householders
without the permission of the Local Fuel-Overseer, and no
deliveries were to be made where more than one-third of the
annual supply was in hand.
On the 17th December, 1918, an Order was issued that from
the 19th December to the 4th January no coal was to be delivered
to private dwelling houses where the stock was more than
sufficient to meet current requirements, the object being to
ensure supplies to meet the needs of small consumers.
On the 31st January, 1919, an Order was issued that coal
merchants must give preference to the supplies to small consumers
and one ton lots were not to be delivered excepting under special
circumstances of need until the requirements of dealers, shops,
etc., were made in full.
On the i2th February, 1919, the position had become
serious and the Borough Engineer was notified that the reserve
stocks in the whole of the Metropolitan area was only equal to
four days' deliveries at the then rate of consumption. A
circular was issued that no delivery of coal, coke, or other solid
fuel to a' dwelling-house must exceed half-a-ton until the ist
March.
On the 25th March, 1919, an Order was issued that owing
to the strike of miners in the Notts and Derby coalfields not
more than two cwts. of coal might be supplied to any private
dwelling house till 3rd April, and that no coal might be supplied
where the stock in hand was greater than ten cwts.
At this time the population of Croydon was 186,917 ; and
the number of houses 43,399. The number of applications
under F.H.F. (2) received during the year June, 1918-19 was
34,590 ; and the number of applications for registration as
" small consumer " 9,277. In all 43,867, or practically the
same as the total number of houses.
The additional allowances granted may be classified as
under : —
(a) Aged persons, invalids, etc.
(b) Use of extra fires for lodgers
(c) Use of rooms for profession, etc.
{d) Upkeep of fires for nightwork
(<?) Temporary illness
(/) Use of rooms for industrial purposes
770
181
184
20
318
674
2,147
862
tons
228
404
19
253
ses
• 1571
CONTROL OF FUEL AND LIGHT 231
The total number of certificates for supply of coal issued
during this year was 33,803 ; coke 7,071; gas 32,924 ; electricity
4, 60S ; and additional allowances (as above) 2,147 ; making a
total of 80,553 certificates.
141,113 Tons of coal were consumed during the year June,
iqiS-19, as follows : tonnage of coal required to meet certificates
of supply in respect of F.H.F. (a) requisitions, 93,985 ; F.H.F.
(4) special assessments, 16,791 ; F.H.F. (63) small consumers
obtaining supplies weekly, 27,000 ; and for additional allowances
3o37.
The tonnage of coal required for additional allowances may
be classified as under : —
(a) Aged persons, invalids, etc.
(b) Use of extra fires for lodgers
(c) Use of rooms for profession, etc.
(d) Upkeep of fires for nightwork
(e) Temporary illness
(/) Use of rooms for industrial purposes
and beyond this coal 16,991 tons of coke were required for
household and quasi-domestic industries.
The rationing of fuel still continued with certain modifica-
tions after the expiration of the 191 8 Order.
On the 14th July the Board of Trade made an order increasing
the maximum prices of coal and coke by six shillings per ton
or 3!^. per cwt. for small quantities. These increases came
into force on the 21st July, 191 9, and were not removed till
November, although it had been fully shown that the advance
had never been necessary. Indeed the Government reduced the
price for domestic consumption not by 6s. only, but by 105.,
in November, 19 19.
On the 26th September, 19 19, owing to the emergency
caused by the strike of railway employees, the Board of Trade,
under the powers conferred on them by the Defence of the Realm
Regulations, issued various orders.
(a) Requiring gas undertakings to manufacture gas in such
a way as will enable them to spread the consumption of their
supplies of coal over as long a period as possible.
(b) Requiring the discontinuance of all outside advertisement
or display lighting on any premises.
(c) Limiting purchases or deliveries for household con-
sumption to one cwt. of coal per week, prohibiting purchases
232 CROYDON AND THE GREAT WAR
by or deliveries to persons who have more than lo cwt. of coal
in stock, and giving power to local fuel overseers to cut off
supplies of gas or electricity where there is waste.
Instructions were issued to the merchants and dealers
concerned, and a statement of stocks of coal in hand was obtained
from all industrial premises within the Borough. An embargo
to the extent of 25 per cent, of all stocks held by industrial
establishments was placed, in order that, if necessary, the
requirements of essential food industries could be maintained.
Constant inspection was maintained throughout the period of
the strike in order that the provisions of the orders should be
observed.
But eventually, on the nth October, the provisions of these
Emergency Orders were considerably modified ; and an instruc-
tion was issued that deliveries of not more than one ton of coal
might be made, in rotation, to private consumers.
All this extremely complicated business devolved upon the
Borough Engineer, Mr. Carter, and was carried through by him
with extraordinary smoothness and success. It is the more
fitting that public acknowledgment of these great services should
be here made, since the Borough Engineer himself is so modest
and unobtrusive in all his public duties that only those engaged
with him, or in the inner circle of the Corporation activities,
know what whole-hearted devotion and skill he brings to any-
thing he undertakes. And as far as the present Editor is aware,
the knowledge of difficult work well done is the only reward he
has received for all this extra work. Perhaps to a man of his
temperament, that, after all, suffices.
Part Seven
VICTORY
I. Armistice Day
(nth November, 191 8)
At II o'clock on the nth day of the nth month of 1918
news was officially promulgated that at 5 o'clock (French time)
that morning the armistice had been signed, at Versailles, and
that at the moment of the announcement, on the very stroke
of II, hostilities with Germany had ceased on the French front.
The Kaiser had already fled to Holland in the craven way
invariably attaching to a defeated braggart and bully, and the
bubble of German domination w^as pricked at last. The King
led the cheers with waving cap from the balcony of Buckingham
Palace, the Queen waved the Union Jack, and others of the
Royal Family joined in the enthusiasm of the crowd beneath,
when the Prime Minister's official announcement was displayed
upon the railings ; and London hung out its flags. The fighting
had begun on the 4th August 4J years before, and had lasted
just 1,561 days.
It was already known by a few in Croydon that the signature
had been obtained ; but there had been many disappointments,
and all waited for authority to indulge in the heartfelt relief
brought by the cessation of the long anxiety in which for so
many years we had been plunged. Therefore, as it were in a
solemn hush of the mind, we waited. At 1 1 o'clock the maroons
went off, not to proclaim danger as of old, but the abolition of
danger ; and after their long silence the Church bells once
more pealed out in a full chorus ; the Town Hall Union Jack
and the flag on the Church tower were run up — all at the same
moment. The official 15 seconds elapsed and the maroon
signal was repeated, a memory of so many air-raid warnings,
now no more to be feared ; and thereupon the Mayor, from the
Town Hall steps led the cheers which acknowledged the glad
tidings. A happy idea struck the Deputy Mayor (Alderman
Trumble) and the boy scouts were summoned to parade the
Borough for the last time sounding their bugle-call " All clear,"
that call which on so many occasions they had blown with all
the breath of their body along the streets at night, happy boys,
encouraged (wonder of wonders) to ride at topmost speed, making
as much noise as they could ! It was a kind thought of the
Alderman's to give them this one last chance. Then the
236 CROYDON AND THE GREAT WAR
National Anthem was sung with fervour, the Mayor's fine voice
distinctly leading ; and " Praise God from whom all blessings
flow," Finally the simple little ceremony closed with a stirring
speech from Mayor Houlder, acknowledging the thankfulness of
the inhabitants for their deliverance from the menace that had
threatened them for more than four years," asserting that
" Prussian Mihtarism had received its death blow " and that
" Autocracy had disappeared from the Earth." Wherefore, said
the Mayor, "it is our bounden duty to lead the race in the
reconstruction of the world after the terrible war which we can
now reasonably say has come to an end. God bless Croydon ! "
Needless to say the Mayor's happy speech was greeted with three
times three, followed by three for himself, who had borne so
brave a part throughout, and then very appropriately by three
for the brave boys at the front who had won for us this most
glorious of all victories, ending the greatest and most ferocious
of wars.
Croydon noisily manifested its joy while aeroplanes flew
gaily overhead, but there was no real disorder. Flags quickly
appeared on shops and houses, and in smaller editions were
waved in a hundred hands. Big crowds assembled here and
there and tramcars and omnibuses were occasionally held up in
North End and High Street ; there was on all sides much shaking
of hands, and bursts of cheering continually arose.
Then as the darkness came on a significant thing happened.
The plague of darkness had been one of the greatest discomforts
of Croydon by night during the long years of great discomforts ;
and here suddenly arose a moon over the centre of Croydon,
not a cause of anxiety and a prelude to air-raids, but gradually
revealing itself to the astonished eyes of the happy crowds as
the once familiar face of the illuminated Town Hall Clock. A
drizzle was falling, though the joyous throngs disregarded it ;
for every eye was gladly raised to the Town Hall tower ;
flagrantly disobeying the now useless law prohibiting lights at
night. In a few minutes many of the principal shopkeepers
illuminated, and quite a number of private residents followed the
suggestion of the Town Hall Clock ; though it was not till the
next evening that the inhabitants in general lit up our roads at
night all over the Borough. The Armistice Day was fitly wound
up by a special evening commemoration service hurriedly arranged
for and attended by a large and thankful congregation at the
Parish Church.
II. Peace Day
(19th July, 19 19)
Unlike Armistice Day, which came somewhat suddenly
upon us, on Monday, nth November, 1918, Peace Day was a
fixed National Festival. We all knew that the peace with
Germany which had been signed at Paris, on Monday, the 28th
June, 1919, was to be celebrated on Saturday, 19th July ;
consequently Croydon had time wherein to make due prepara-
tions. The Borough rose to its opportunity.
The Corporation voted jf 2,000 in order to have a celebration
worthy of the town, and began by supplying the necessary
background of colour. All Katharine Street, and the long
central line of High Street and North End to West Croydon
Bridge, and beyond as far as Broad Green, were hung with flags
of every colour on great loops of cord suspended from crimson
"Venetian masts" (as decorators call them), and amid the clash
of the joyful church bells, these fluttered and waved and filled
the streets with gladness. The weather was propitious in the
morning, and with unusual mercifulness did not turn to rain
until after the procession had passed, so that the large crowds
could enjoy the long perspectives of the streets to their heart's
content, and could appreciate the success with which the Town
Hall as the vital centre of Croydon had put on festival attire.
Great sweeps of flags were stretched from the balcony of the
tower to the roofs of the Reference Library on the one side
and the main building on the other ; vertical streams of colour,
mainly royal blue and gold, marked the principal lines of the
structure, while a great splash of colour spread horizontally
across above at the balcony height, carrying on its breast
the word " Victory," surmounted in the centre with the flags
of our allies : France, Belgium, Italy, the United States, Serbia
and Japan at the sides, and the Union Jack floating above them
all. On the opposite side of the street stretched a huge " God
Save the King." At the corner of High Street with Katharine
Street rose a four-square arch on columns dedicated respectively
to our greater " dominions," Canada, Australia, New Zealand
and South Africa.
Then the burgesses added to this already splendid decoration
many flags, along the houses of the procession route, and those
who had " tin hats," or German field-caps, or bits of shells,
238 CROYDON AND THE GREAT WAR
or any other keepsakes, proudly displayed them. Nor was
humour wanting even on the house-fronts ; as witness the
announcement on an empty shopfront in the London Road :
" Having finished my holiday in France, 1914-1919, I am shortly
opening this shop as a greengrocer," a gay prophecy of that
rebuilding of the national prosperity which was to be our chief
task from that time onwards. Soon after noon it really seemed
as if no more people could be crowded into the centre of the
town.
Ex-Service men and women assembled in the Park Hill
recreation ground at 2 p.m., and disabled men shortly afterwards
in Lansdowne Road, and thereafter the carefully arranged
programme planned by the Town Clerk was punctually carried
out. The school children of the borough lined the streets by
schools at 2.45, boys here, girls there ; each school vying with
the rest in some characteristic touch. A bevy of happy school-
girls in white, holding a woven rope of leaves and flowers would
be seen along one section, a long line of boys with smart bouquets
of flowers along another ; and so on in charming variety. With
5,500 school children to work upon (as representing Croydon's
25,000 scholars) and teachers of fine fancy and good taste, it
was not difficult to reach a beautiful living decoration in this way,
and at the same time to give the children a good view of the
proceedings which it was so desirable to fix upon their memory.
Many schools sang merrily while they waited, and the shrill
childish voices rose gaily above the murmur of the crowd.
Volunteers in a long line protected the rows of children.
All the bands in Croydon were enrolled for the procession,
and beyond their music and the children's, a quite novel and
highly successful musical contribution was made by the Croydon
Musical League in the shape of what one might call a perambulat-
ing concert of national melodies. This league had come into
being in response to the widespread feeling that England should
be prepared to celebrate great occasions in some more worthy
manner than by the " mafficking " of our fathers. A League
of Arts formed in London summoned Croydon to join it ; but
a few of our leading musicians, with Alderman H. Keatley
Moore as Chairman, Mr. Alan J. Kirby as conductor, and under
the presidency of Mayor Houlder, preferred to form a Croydon
league, aiming not quite so high as the London body, but
confining itself to simple music in which all bystanders might
easily join. All choirmasters in Croydon were communicated
with. The league's ambition was to get together a thousand
voices as a festival choir, and though their ambitions were not
fully satisfied, they got together a large body of good voices.
To this considerable vocal contingent they joined what was
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considered the best band in Croydon, the Silver Temperance
Band, detaching it from the procession for that purpose.
Rehearsals were held in the hall of the large bath, Scarbrook
Hill, the only room big enough for the purpose, which had
most fortunately remained floored-over for military uses, and
was most obligingly lent by the officers commanding in the
town.
When the Borough School Cadets and the Girl Guides
had made a line on the pavement edge opposite to the Town Hall,
the Mayor and Council and the Magistrates took up their
position on the platform in front of the Town Hall steps at
3 o'clock. The band and the League Choir filtered with difficulty
through the dense throng and formed up in the remains of the
vacant space which should have been reserved for them, and
which the irresistible crowd had considerably narrowed. After
the Mayor had distributed many war medals and decorations to
gallant fellows who had won them, he gave the signal, and
" God Save the King " was played and sung. The streets
resounded with that noble tune so dear to Englishmen all over
the world, while the Town Hall flung back sonorous echoes.
Then the band and choir did their best with the not very fine
tune which does duty for " God Bless the Prince of Wales."
Then followed the grandest of all choruses, the " Hallelujah
Chorus," which the Mayor had especially desired. Those in
charge had doubted if it would be effective in the open air, but
Were glad to be proved to be wrong and to own that His Worship
had been right.
As the last " Hallelujah " resounded, distant cheers
announced the arrival of the procession, and all Katharine Street
shouted itself hoarse as Col. Roper brought his war- veterans to
the salute in a long column of fours, interspersed with bands.
Fourth Queen's, Fifth Queen's, Royal Engineers, Royal Artillery,
Naval men. Air Force men, Royal Army Medical Corps, Royal
Defence Corps, the Army Service Corps (led by Councillor
Capt. Stevenson), the Labour Corps, and even a small body of
warmly welcomed Colonials, headed by the Whitgift Cadets and
their band, and followed by the girls of the W.A.A.C. and
W.R.A.F., passed the Mayor, who took the salute which each
component part gave him ; and mixed with them were machine-
guns, military motor cars, war lorries, and many carriage loads
of the wounded. All were heartily greeted along the far
stretching line, but the loudest cheers of all were " Bravo, the
Queen's." Last of all came the fine body of Special Constables,
led by their energetic chief. Commander Swaine. Then the
Mayor and his company having entered their carriages, brought
up the rear of the procession. Impeded by the closely packed
240 CROYDON AND THE GREAT WAR
crowds the long line proceeded with difficulty by the High
Street and North End to Broad Green, thence by Handcroft
Road, Pitlake, and the Old Town to Duppas Hill, so far as the
Mayor's division was concerned ; while the Deputy Mayor with
the remainder of the procession went straight on to Brigstock
Road and so to Grange Wood. As the procession drew clear
the streets filled up, and whenever room could be found there
were couples singing and dancing ; plenty of rough merriment
and noise, but never any real disorder.
In mid-career, at 4 o'clock, upon a pre-arranged signal
given by maroons the whole procession stopped, the bands
ceased playing, the cheers and the joyful talk of the crowds were
hushed, the church bells were silent, men stood bareheaded
and still, not only along the line of route but all over the borough.
In memory of the great dead all Croydon solemnly struck two
minutes from its life and remained everywhere motionless and
soundless until a bugler sounded " The Last Post " from the
Town Hall. He was followed by other buglers along the line,
the tension ceased, and the festival spirit reassumed sway.
But no one who experienced it will ever forget that two minutes'
silence ; the thoughts that filled it remain part of the mind
for ever ; it was the culminating moment of the day. As a
mere " effect " it was overwhelming, beyond the power of words
to convey.
On Duppas Hill a cricket match " between Old and New
Croydon," i.e., between men over 40 and men under 40, had
been arranged, the difficulty being not to find players, but to
select two elevens from the large number of cricketers presenting
themselves, and this was proceeding vigorously when the Mayor
and his company reached Duppas Hill. A portable platform
being provided, the Mayor spoke from it to the large crowd —
cricketers and all — which gathered round him, expressing the
Borough's glad welcome of peace, and at the same time recalling
the great price that Croydon had paid for it, since few of those
around him had not lost someone near and dear to them. Then
he ended on a note of praise and gratitude for the bravery of
the fine men who had achieved this greatest of all victories.
At 5 o'clock in a little drizzle, entirely disregarded, the
cricketers began again, and the Mayor's portable platform
having been conveyed down one of the Duppas Hill slopes, a
charming open-air concert of national melodies was given by the
massed choirs of the League in the natural amphitheatre provided.
In addition to the music sung at the Town Hall and now repeated,
" Rule Britannia," " Annie Laurie," " The Minstrel Boy," and
the " March of the Men of Harlech," were heard as representing
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respectively England, Scotland, Ireland and Wales ; while the
" Land of Hope and Glory," as the best national song of our
own times, and " Auld Lang Syne " for friendship's sake, were
performed also by this fine body of voices and their accompanying
band. It is to be hoped that the stimulus thus given in the
name of Peace to collective musical production in Croydon will
never again die out. Then came country dances by school
children ; and soon a general dancing of old and young was set
up all over the summit of the hill, to the music of some of the
bands from the procession.
At Grange Wood 8,000 to 10,000 people assembled, and
as soon as the northern part of the procession had arrived, bands
took it in turn to play, and Winterbourne Road school girls and
Ecclesbourne Road school girls took turns in a most delightful
succession of part singing, games, and country dances on the
lawn until the rain drove the dancers indoors and the spectators
under the shelter of the trees. At 8 o'clock the massed choirs
of the League, having been conveyed across the borough in
special tram-cars, sang the same programme as at Duppas Hill ;
and the Mayor who had also arrived, with Mrs. Houlder, spoke
pithily and well upon the lesson of the day, between two of the
pieces, he and the large crowd and the choir and band quite
disregarding the rain, which now began to fall heavily. The
Mayor in full robes and chain, with the Macebearer accompany-
ing him, loyally stood out the concert ; which indeed was well
worth getting a wetting for. (At the Council Meeting, on the
following Monday, the Mayor expressed his thankfulness for
the Peace and his gratitude to all who had helped to celebrate
it, and crowned the edifice of the celebration by a gift of ^(^500
for beds at the Croydon Hospital, with preference to wounded
soldiers.)
At many other points in the borough, besides these two
chief gatherings, local celebrations were held. The Mayor went
from Grange Wood to South Norwood to attend one of these,
at which the school children danced morris dances to the band's
playing. Another was organised at Woodside ; 2,000 people
assembled at Pollard's Hill to make merry in the daylight and
to burn mighty flares at night ; at Wandle Park the Boy Scouts
gave a display ; and at Addiscombe a lordly bonfire twenty feet
high, was lit at 8.30, accompanied by fireworks and by a dis-
tribution of sweets and biscuits to the many thronging, shouting
children.
This last was the more welcome since Addiscombe and
other distant-living children were unable to get to Duppas Hill
to see the fireworks once more, after so many years (but at
242 CROYDON AND THE GREAT WAR
treble or quadruple the cost of heretofore), provided, in his
magnificent way, by Alderman Sir Frederick Edridge. Huge
crowds thronged the slopes in thousands. Even the rain paused
as if to look at splendours impossible during the war, but now
for more than an hour delighting massed Croydon, and forming
a magnificent ending to Peace Day. " Victory " sang the fire-
works in blazing tones, " Keep the home fires burning," and
finally " Thanks to the Boys," while the school children burst
spontaneously into the strains of " Rule Britannia," taught them
by their teachers so that they might join in with the massed
League choir. (And that is one of the tiny touches of national
unity which throughout the war-period constantly thrilled us in
Croydon, every one being on the watch to join fraternally in
everything going on in the borough.) At 1 1 o'clock the fireworks
had ceased, and so (nearly) had the rain, and on the stroke of
the hour a gorgeous ring of fire illuminated the whole sky, great
flares arising from the Water Tower, Croham Hurst, Addington
Hills, Beulah Hill, Pollard's Hill, and Russell Hill ; and on the
further clouds reflected lights showed that beyond Croydon's
blazing ring the country on every side was celebrating the great
Victory in fire. Some illuminations brightened the night also,
the most prominent being the electric lights above the Town
Hall tower, and the very effective lighting of the tower at Gillett
and Johnston's works. Then, on the road home, every street
was filled with dancing crowds, the wonder being how they found
room to dance. Again we must say, plenty of merriment and
noise but not the slightest disorder.
In a day so full and so varied it was inevitable that small
contretemps would occur. The line of the procession could not
be kept always intact because of the immense pressure of the
crowds ; but wherever it broke it quickly reunited ; and so with
other things arranged for, which became momentarily dis-
arranged, and rearranged themselves as quickly. The whole
programme was not only carried out, but was to time, and the
celebration from first to last was worthy of the town. Probably
never before were so many people packed into North End.
And closing these great rejoicings on a deeper and more
solemn note, The Messiah was performed in the Parish Church
on the following Tuesday by a large choir and as large an
orchestra as could be accommodated, conducted in a most
finished manner by Mr. Alan Kirby, the additional organ
accompaniments being performed by Mr. Leslie Smith. The
mass of sound was ample when grand effects were wanted,
while the solo voices could add the beauty of the softest tones
whenever they were appropriate, since the church is admirable
for sound. Many competent musicians present amongst the
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crowded audience were at one in saying that they had never so
fully realised the grandeur of Handel's masterpiece as on that
occasion ; forming as it then did part of a service, not interrupted
by the usual display and applause, but running its splendid
course in perfect freedom, and enhanced by surroundings of the
highest beauty and impressiveness such as our noble church
provides.
Of such a kind was Croydon's memorable Celebration of
Peace Day, 1919.
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I. The Hon. Editor :
alderman H. Keatley Moore, J. P.
B.A., Mus.Bac.
^Mayor, Nov., 1906 to Nov., 190S)
Hon. Freeman of the Borough
2. The Assistant Editor :
. C. Berwick Savers, F.L.A. (Hons.)
Borough Librarian
2 Surrey Vol. Regt., and i Vol. Bat.
" The Queen's."
THE CROYDON ROLL OF HONOUR
PREFATORY NOTE
In compiling the Roll cordial help has been received from many
people and institutions, including the clergy and ministers of religion,
schoolmasters, secretaries of societies, and others too numerous to name
individually. Some of these were good enough to gather much
information and to provide long lists of the men known to them. To
all grateful thanks are due. Every method that suggested itself has
been employed to secure completeness and accuracy ; such as posters
displayed on church notice boards, in public buildings and on hoardings ;
advertisements in the local press, and letters kindly inserted by the
Editors ; public exhibitions at the Branch Libraries, and the publication
of " Provisional Lists " ; while the entire list of the fallen and of the
Military Honours, as it presented itself at that date, was published in
the " Peace " souvenir issue of The Croydon Times, on 26th July, 1919.
Many names have been obtained from announcements in the official
lists and in the newspapers ; but in some cases it has been impossible
to discover the addresses of next-of-kin in order to check the information.
It is hoped, however, that the lists are reasonably complete and free
from serious error, but it is not to be hoped that they are perfect, although
no energy has been stinted in the attempt to make them so. The Roll
contains the names of
2506 of the Fallen
499 of those who have won Military Honours
207 Returned Prisoners-of-War.
In order to bring the lists within manageable compass, abbreviations
have been used freely. It is believed that most of these are clear, and
the following is a list of those likely to be unfamiliar.
A.B. Able-bodied Seaman.
A.M. Air Mechanic.
act.- acting.
b. born.
bdr. bombardier.
CCS. Casualty Clearing Station.
D. Died.
D.T.M.O. Divisional Trench Mortar stn.
Officer.
e.s. elder, eldest son of.
G .S .0 . General Staff Officer.
M. Middle.
M.T. Mechanical Transport.
P.O. Petty Officer.
par. parish.
Hyphened names are entered under the last part of the name.
In one or two places the strict alphabetical arrangement of names has
been very slightly varied in order that the names of brothers might
be entered together.
The plates bearing the portraits are numbered throughout in
Roman figures and the portraits on each plate in Arabic figures. The
Roll serves as a key, a reference being given at the end of each entry
in connexion with which there is a portrait ; thus " (Plate X., 3) "
indicates that the third portrait on plate ten is that of the man.
prep.
preparatory.
prev.
previous-ly.
ret.
returned.
s.
son of.
sec.
secondary.
secty.
secretary.
Stat.
stationary.
stn.
station.
trans .
transferred.
U.
Upper.
w.
wounded.
y.s.
younger, youngest
son of.
I. The Glorious Dead
" Their name liveth for evermore." —
Ecclesiasticus, XLIV., 14.
Abbott, Alfred, Cpl., E, Sur. Regt.
b., '80 ; married. Res., S. Norwood, Member of Nat. Res.
D., of pneumonia, 18 Oct., '14 ; buried, St. James' Cem.,
Dover.
Abdee, Charles, 3318, Pte., 2/4 R.W.S. Regt.
b., Bandon Hill, 14 May, '94. Educ., Beddington Cent. Sch.
and St. James' Sch., Croydon. Single. Shop Asst. Erd.,
Nov., '15. Fe//, Suvla Bay, 9 Aug., '16. (Plate III., i).
Abdee, George, Pte., R.W.S. Regt.
h., '79 ; married. Fell, France, i Jul., '16.
Abel, Henry Thomas, Pte., R.W.S. Regt.
h., Finsbury, 21 Aug., '75 ; married. Government Packer.
Res., 29 Stroud Rd., Woodside. Enl., 8 May, '17. Fell, nr.
St. Quentin, 21 Mar., '18.
Abnett, Frank, Cpl., W. Yorks. Regt.
b., '87 ; married ; i child. Empl. by L.B. & S.C.R. Res.,
16 U. Drayton Place, Croydon. Enl., in R.E., Sept., '14 ; w.,
I Nov., '17. Fell, 24 Mar., '18.
Acock, S. W., Pte.
Educ., Abp. Tenison's Sch., Croydon. Nurseryman. Enl.,
Aug., '14. Fell, France, 6 Feb., 'i6.
Adams, C. A. G., Rflmn., R. Irish Rif.
b., '98 ; e.s., Mr. & Mrs. C. P. Adams, 14 Dennett Rd., Croydon.
Educ, Brit. Sch., Croydon. Empl. by Welldon Engine Works.
Enl., Apr., '16. D., 15 Apr., '18, while a pris. of war, from
wounds reed. 21 Mar., '18.
Adams, C. H., 2/Lt., R.W.S. Regt.
b., '90 ; 3>-rf s., Mr. & Mrs. John Adams, 21 Addis. Grove,
Croydon. Educ, Surrey House, Margate, and Dulwich Coll.
W., '15. Fell, 20 Sept., '17.
Adams, Edgar, Pte., Artists Rif., 28 Lond. Regt.
b., '97 ; y.s., Mr. & Mrs. John Adams, 21 Addis. Grove,
Croydon. Fell, 27 Sept., '18.
Adams, F. M., Sgt., 2 Btn., i Can. Contingent.
b., Croydon, 24 Jan., '93 ; s., Mr. & Mrs. Henry Adams, 94
Selsdon Rd., Croydon. Educ, Dering PI. Sch., Croydon. Enl.,
Sept., '14, at Cobourg, Ontario. Fell, nr. Zillebeke, 3 Jun., '16.
Adams, H. N., Sgt., 19 R. Fus.
b., II Nov., '96. Educ, Whitgift G. Sch. Enl., '14. Ment.
in despatches, '16. Fell, France, 2 Jan., '16.
Adams, James Raymond. 1381, Rflmn., Q.W.Rif. (x/i6 Lond. Regt.).
b., Acton Green Lodge, Middlesex, 26 Apr., '93 ; s., George G.
& Ada J Adams, 16 Elmwood Rd., Croydon. Educ, Colet
Court, W. Kensington, Pembroke Sch., Bruges, and Whitgift
G. Sch. Single. Clerk in Surveyor's Off. Enl., 20 Nov., '11 ;
zu., Ypres, 28 Oct., '15. D., Nervi, nr. Genoa, 19 Jul., '17.
(Plate III., 2).
Adams, John Rodway, Pte., R.N.V.R.
b., 27 Aug., '89 ; s., Mr. & Mrs. Edward Butler Adams, Park
Rd., Wallington. Educ, Whitgift G. Sch., '00-02. Ment. in
despatches. Killed while engaged on anti-submarine work.
248 THE CROYDON ROLL OF HONOUR
Adams, R., 7101, Pte., Lond. Regt;
Fell, '17.
Adams, T. G., R.N. ^ . ^, ^^,.
6., '84; married; 2 children. Res., 13 Laurier Rd., Addis.
Lost, with H.M.S. "Aboukir," torpedoed by German submarine
U9 in North Sea, 22 Sept., '14.
Adderley, Edward John, Pte., Can. Inf.
b , Terozepore, 12 Nov., '89 ; e.s., E. J. & A. Adderley, 35 Beulah
Rd., T. Heath. Fell, 15 Aug., '17.
Addison, Geoffrey, Pte., 5 Can. E.F.
b., '84 ; e.s.. Dr. &Mrs.W. B. Addison, formerly of T. Heath.
Fell, 26 Sept., '16.
Addy, Kenneth James Balgny, 2/Lt., K.R.R.C.
b., 12 Apr., '92 ; s., Mr. & Mrs. George Henry Addy, Ightham,
Kent. Edtic, Whitgift G. Sch., '04-08. Enl. in Artists Rif.,
Aug., '14. Fell, France, 3 Oct., '15.
Adnitt, Ernest Edward, 8469, Pte., R.B.
b., 18 Frith Rd., Croydon, 13 Jul., — . Educ, Par. Ch, Sch.,
Croydon. Married. Labourer. Res., 9 Southsea Rd., Croy-
don. Enl., 9 Feb., '15. Fell, Ypres, 30 Jul., '15,
Agate, Sydney Herbert, 2/Lt., 4 Beds. Regt.
b., Croydon, 11 Jul., '84; 2nd s., Mr. & Mrs. W. G. Agate
Headcorn, Kent. Educ, M. Whitgift Sch. Single. Res.,
Forest Hill. Enl., in Lond. Scottish, Nov., '14 ; commis., Aug.,
'16. Fell, nr. River Ancre, Nov., '16.
Aherne, R. H., Trooper, — Yeom.
Educ, Whitgift G. Sch. Fell, '18.
Ainsworth, Charles Joseph, Pte., R.W.S. Regt.
b., 17 Grove^Rd., Redhill, 27 Apr., '17. Educ, Redhill. Married.
Coal porter. Res., 20 Dickenson's Lane, Woodside. Enl..
9 Jan., '15 ; w., Festubert, 16 May, '15, Mametz, 2 Jul., '16.
W. and missing, presumed fallen, Vimy, 23 Apr., '17.
AiREY, W. H., 82933, Bdr., R.G.A.
b., '89 ; married. Res., 19 Hartley Rd., Croydon. Empl. at
Croydon Electricity Works. Enl., 19 May, '16. Fell, France,
10 Jul., '17.
AiRRiss, George Frederick, Pte., 22 Manchr. Regt.
b., 19 Jul., '84. Educ, T.C.T., Goldsmiths' Coll., Lond. Univ.
Teacher, Croydon Council Sch. Enl. in 24 Middlesex Regt. about
Dec, '15 ; went to France, Jun., '16. Fell, nr. Bucquoy, France,
14 Mar., '17.
Aldous, Alfred E., Pte., R.A.S.C.
b., '89; e.s., Mr. & Mrs. Aldous, 19 Queen St., Croydon;
married ; 2 children. D., of influenza, at Calais, 20 Feb., '19^
Aldous, Horace J., Pte., 2/4 R.W.S. Regt.
b., '98 ; y.s., Mr. & Mrs. Aldous, 19 Queen St., Croydon. Educ,
Abp. Tenison's Sch., Croydon. Empl. by Croydon Gas Coy.
D. of wounds, Palestine, 26 Apr., '18.
Alexandre, John William, Middlesex Regt.
s., Capt. & Mrs. Alexandre, St. Brelade's Bay, Jersey. Res.^
27 Hawke Rd., U. Norwood. Fell, '17.
Allaway, William Thomas Walter, Pte., i E. Kent Regt.
b., Camberwell, 5 May, '79 ; s., Mr. & Mrs. Allaway, Heme Bay,
Kent. Educ, Bryers Sch., Forest Hill. Married. Insurance
Clerk. Enl., 30 Nov., '15. D., 20 May, '16, at 8 Stat. Hosp.,
Wimereux, of wounds reed., 16 May, '16.
Allen, A., 41133, Pte., R. Innis. Fus.
Res., T. Heath. Fell, Jul., '17.
THE GLORIOUS DEAD 249
Allen, E. W., 201732, Pte., R.W.S. Regt.
Res., T. Heath. D., of wounds, 30 Jun., '17.
Allen, F. Blair-, L/Cpl., D.L.I.
b., 7 Sept., '88 ; s., Rev. & Mrs. Edward Blair-Allen. Educ,
Whitgift G. Sch.
Allen, Frederick Thomas, Pte., Border Regt.
Res., 49a Beulah Grove, Croydon. Empl. by Messrs. Sainsbury,
Purley. Enl., May, '15 ; tv., '16. D. of wounds, 6 May, '18.
Allen, G. P., 2/Lt., 3/4 R.W.S. Regt.
b., Limpsfield, Surrey, i Dec, '96 ; s., Mr. & Mrs. Francis Allen,
21 Duppas Hill Terrace, Croydon. Educ, Tonbridge Sch
Single. Gazetted, 3 Jun., '15. D., at Caterham Cott. Hosp.,
21 Dec, '15, of wounds reed, in bombing accident at Godstone,
19 Dec, '15. (Plate XXXVI., 6).
Allen H. J., Pte., Northd. Fus.
b., '84. Educ., Whitehorse Rd. Sch., T. Heath. Married ; 2
children. Res., 130 Burlington Rd., T. Heath. Empl. by
Messrs. J. Grundy. Ettl., in R.W.S. Regt., '16. D., at King
George Hosp., 17 Apr., '18, of wounds reed, in France, 15 Apr.,
'18 ; buried. Queen's Rd. Cem., Croydon.
Allen, Harry, 225524, Pte., 2/2 Lond. Regt.
Married ; i son. Res., 271 Bensham Lane, T. Heath. Empl. by
Croydon Corp. Tramways. Taken pris., 21 Mar., '18. D., of
pneumonia while pris. of war, at Wass Elnheim Elsass War Hosp.,
29 Jun., '18.
Allen, John Sydney, Cpl., Q.V. Rif. (9 Lond. Regt.).
b., '95 ; y.s., Mr. & Mrs. F. J. Allen, T. Heath. Educ, M.
Whitgift Sch. Empl. at Lloyds Bank. EiiL, '14. Fell, 1 Jul., '16.
Allen, John T. N., Pte., R.W. Kent Regt.
b., 4 Sylverdale Rd., Croydon, 31 Mar., '92. Educ, Par. Ch.
Sch., Croydon. Married. Baker. Enl., 4 Feb., '17. Fell,
Dickebusch, nr. Ypres, 17 Jul., '17.
Allen, Robert William Bolton, Lond. Regt.
b., '92 ; s., Mr. & Mrs. Robert L. Allen, Dale Rd., Purley.
Fell, '17.
Allport, Frank, Pte., 25 Aust. I.F.
b., S. Afr. ; s., Mr. & Mrs. Allport, Fountains Creek, Miles,
Queensland, Aust. Educ, Boro. Sec. Sch., Croydon. Single.
Farmer. Res., Queensland. Enl., Sept., '15. D. of wounds at
47 C.C.S., France, Jul, '18.
Amos, Edwin Alfred, 61827, Pte., 13 R. Fus.
b., Fulham, 26 Oct., '97. Educ, Brit., and M. Whitgift Schs.,
Croydon. Single. Insurance clerk. Res. ,12 Royal Mans., Lond .Rd.,
Croydon. Enl., 12 May, '16. Fell, Monchy-le-Preux, 10 Apr., '17
Anderson, Alfred, Sgt., Lond. Irish Rif. (18 Lond. Regt.)
Educ, High Sch., Croydon. Enl., '14. Fell, 28 May, '17.
Anderson, Basil, Capt.
Educ, High Sch., Croydon. M.C. Fell, '18.
Anderson, Eric.
Educ, High Sch., Croydon. Fell, Nyassaland, '18.
Anderson, F., 48601, Pte., Welsh Regt.
Res., S. Croydon.
Anderson, Frank, L/Cpl., R. Suss. Regt.
b., '86 ; married ; 4 children. Empl. by Croydon Corp. Tram-
ways. Res., 4 Crunden Road, Croydon. Enl., Aug., '14 ; w.,
II Nov., '14. D., of heart stroke, 15 Jul., '17.
Andrew, A. R., Lt., M.G.C.
Educ, Whitgift G. Sch. Missing.
2SO THE CROYDON ROLL OF HONOUR
Annan, Robert P., L/Cpl., R.E. (T.)
s., Mr. & Mrs. James Annan. i?ex., Croydon. FeZ/, 30 Nov.,'17.
Anscomb, William, L/Cpl., 7 R.W.S. Regt.
b., Shirley, i Apr., '95 ; 5., F. & M, Anscomb, 45 Gillett Rd ,
T. Heath. Educ, Shirley Ch. Sch. Single. Res., 12 Elm Rd.
T. Heath. Enl., Nov., '13 ; w., 4 times. Taken pris., 23 Mar.,
'18. D. at Lamsdorf pris. of war camp, Germany, 9 Aug., *i8,
Anscomb, William Andrew, ist Class Stoker, R.N.
b., Horsham. Educ, Christ Ch. Sch, Croydon. Married ; 3
daughters. Res., Bute Rd., Croydon. Served 14 years in R.N.
Lost -with. H.M.S. " Genista," 23 Oct., '16.
Appleby, Charles Frederick, 3670, Pte., R.W.S. Regt.
b., Beddington, 24 Mar., '93 ; s., F. W. & C. G. Appleby, 4 Farm
Cott., Beddington Lane, Croydon. Educ, Beddington Cent. Sch.
Single. Farm labourer. Enl., i Dec, '14 ; w., '15. Fell,
Mametz, 1 Jul., '16.
Appleton, David Hopkins, 31223, Rflmn., R.B.
b., Croydon, '88 ; removed to North Camp, Aldershot, '90,
returning to Croydon, '00. Educ, Redan Hill Sch., Aldershot.
Single. Joiner and carpenter. Res., 20 Wandle Rd., Croydon,
Enl., II Oct., '16. D., of wounds reed, at Ypres, 14 Oct., '17.
ASHBY, Albert Cyril, 533039, Pte., Lond. Regt.
b., '96 ; s., Mr. & Mrs. A. Ashby, 37 George St., Croydon,
Fell, France, 25 Jun., '17.
Ashby, Arthur, Cpl., R.W.S. Regt.
b., 80 Whitehorse Rd., Croydon, 12 Nov., '94 ; s., B. G. &
Caroline Ashby, 47 Neville Rd., Croydon. Educ, St. James*
Sch., Croydon. Single. Labourer in flour mills. Enl., Jan.,
'15. £)., 9 Aug., '17, of wounds reed, on Somme, i Jul., '16.
Ashby, Harry Ernest, Rflmn., 6 Lond. Regt.
b., Clapham, 23 Sept., '95 ; s., late Mr. & Mrs. Ashby, 29 Wilt-
shire Rd., Croydon. Educ, St. Andrew's Sch., Stockwell,
Single. Checker, empl. by Tower Margarine Coy., Mitcham
Common. Enl., in 3/4 R.W.S. Regt., '15. D., 26 May, '17,
at St. Omer, of wounds reed, accidentally while engaged in rifle-
grenade practice.
Ashby, Herbert William, Rflmn., 13 K.R.R.C.
h., II Queen St., Croydon, 8 Feb., '91 ; y.s., John & Fanny
Ashby, 10 Fawcett Rd., Croydon. Educ, Par. Ch. Sch., Croydon.
Married. Res., Forest Hill. Enl., 10 Sept., '14. Fell,
Wytschaete, 3 Jul., '17.
Ashby, S., 1316, Pte., Middlesex Regt.
Fell, Jul., '16.
Ashcroft, Willi.-vm Worsley, Maj., R. Irish Rif. (attd. M.G.C.)
b., '79 ; e.s., Mr. & Mrs. W. Ashcroft, 13 The Waldrons, Croydon
Educ, Aldenham. Married ; 2 children. Partner of Messrs,
Fuller, Moon & Fuller. Hon. Sec, E. Sur. Agricultural Assn.
Gazetted, 2/Lt., Jun., '15. Fell, France, 16 Apr., '18.
Ashlin, William H., Pte., i R.W.S. Regt.
b., '89 ; e.s., Mr. & Mrs. Ashlin, 142 Stanley Rd., Croydon.
Married. Empl. by Messrs. Fremlin. Enl., Apr., '16 ; w., '16.
Fell, 25 Sept., '17.
Askew, Cyril Horace, 2/Lt., 8 Middlesex Regt.
b., '93 ; 2nd s., Mr. & Mrs. J. W. Askew, 19 Belvedere Rd., U.
Norwood. Educ, Acton County Sch. Clerk, Lond., City and
Midland Bank. Enl., in Q.V. Rif., '14. Commis., '17. Fell,
Arras, 9 Apr., '17.
THE GLORIOUS DEAD 251
\3T0N, George, C.Q.M.S., 3 E. Sur. Regt.
b., Croydon, 3 May, '79 ; s., George & Emily Aston, 17 Warwick
Rd., T. Heath. Educ, St. Saviour's Ch. Sch., Croydon. Married ;
2 children. Enl., 3 Dec, '97 ; served in S.A. War (med., 6 bars)i
P'el!, nr. Hangard Wood, 4 Apr., '18.
Atha, Leonard Edward, 2/Lt., R.F.C.
b., Dulwich, 19 May, '99 ; s., H. M. & G. Atha, 69 Northampton
Rd., Croydon. £'Jmc., Whitgift G. Sch, Single. Bank clerk.
Enl., as cadet. May, '17. Fell on his first war flight, nr. St.
Quentin, 5 Mar., '18. Buried, Mil. Cem., Ham, France. (Plate
v.. 5).
Atkins, Arthur Charles, 2/Lt., 3 Lond. Regt.
b., Nunhead, 20 Apr., '97 ; e.s., Charles W. & S. S^lina Atkins,
68 Norbury Crescent, S.W. Educ, M. Whitgift Sch., and City
of Lond. Sch. Single. Empl. by Phoenix Insur. Coy. Enl., in
Inns of Court O.T.C., 10 Jul., '15. Fell, nr. Ginchy, 9 Sept., '16.
Atkins, E. R. J., 238863, Sapper, R.E.
Res., S. Norwood. Fell, '17.
Atkinson, James Percy, Pte., 6 R.W.S. Regt.
b., Wilford Rd., Croydon, 26 Apr., '95. Educ, Princess Rd. Sch.,
Croydon. Single. Shop asst. Res., 24 Beulah Grove, Croydon.
Enl., 26 Aug., '14. Fell, France, 14 Oct., '15.
Atkinson, Lewis de Burgh, Capt., R. Suss. Regt.
b., 26 Aug., '79 ; s., Mr. & Mrs. Alexander Humphry Atkinson,
King's Rd., Cheltenham. Educ, Whitgift G. Sch., '91-94.
Married. Res., " Birchgrove," E. Croydon. Mentioned in
despatches, Jan., '17. Fell, France, 16 Aug., '16.
Atkinson, Sidney William, Pte., 2/4 R.W.S. Regt.
b.. Smith's Yard, High St., Croydon. Educ, Princess Rd. Sch.,
Croydon. Single. Carman. £■«/., 14 Jun., '15. D., Alexandria,
25 Dec, '17, of wounds reed, in Egypt 2 days prev.
Attewell, Alfred William, Pte., M.G.C.
b., Wandsworth, 10 Jul., '97 ; s., Mr. & Mrs. Alfred William
Attewell, 26 Leslie Pk. Rd., Croydon. Educ, Sevenoaks Counc
Sch., and Oval Rd. Sch., Croydon. Single. Printer. Enl., in
2/4 R.W.S. Regt., 19 Oct., '14. Fell, France, 29 Aug., '16.
Attwell, Francis.
Res., Addison Rd., S. Norwood. Fell, in retreat from Mons, '14.
Austin, Thomas Carnelley MacDonald, Capt., 4 S.W.B.
b., Leytonstone, 27 Aug., '91 ; s.. Rev. George Beesley & Mrs.
Elen Austin, 7 Mowbray Rd., U. Norwood. Educ, City of
Lond Sch., & Oriel Coll., Oxford. Single. Undergraduate.
Joined, 2/Lt., Aug., '14 ; ment. in despatches for services at
Gallipoli, Dec, '15. Fell, on second attempt to relieve Kut,
9 Apr., '16.
AvELiNE, A. H., Sgt., R.W.S. Regt.
b., Elgin Rd., Paddington, '89. Educ, Abp. Tenison's Sch.,
Croydon. Single. Chauffeur. Res., 26 Oval Rd., Croydon.
Enl., 31 Aug., '14. Fell, 9 Mar., '16.
Aylen, F. E., 59421, Pte., Lab. Corps.
Res., S. Norwood. D., of wounds, Oct., '17.
Baber, Kemble Frederick, 201853, Pte., 2/4 R.W.S. Regt.
b., Croydon, 27 May, '82 ; s., Johnson & Mary Charlotte Baber,
late of 114 Dennett Rd., Croydon. Educ, Christ Ch. Sch.,
Croydon. Married ; 2 sons. Decorator's foreman. Res., 20
Cecil Rd., T. Heath. Enl., 29 Jul., '15 ; served in Egypt and
Palestine. Fell, France, Jul., '18. (Plate IV., 6).
252 THE CROYDON ROLL OF HONOUR
Badcock, Edward S., 200042, Sgt., R.W.S. Regt.
b., '88 ; s., George Edward & Annie Badcock, 184 Holmesdale
Rd., S. Norwood. Educ, Whitehorse Rd. Sch., T. Heath.
Married. Empl. by L.B.& S.C.R. iies., Wallington. Fe//, Albert,
16 Jun., '18.
Badcock, Henry Albert, Cpl., i Can. Inf.
b., Southwark, 29 Apr., '90 ; s., George Edward & Annie
Badcock, 184 Holmesdale Rd., S. Norwood. Educ, Whitehorse
Rd. Sch., T. Heath. Single. Farmer. Res., Ontario, Can.
Previously booking clerk, Norwood June. Stn., L.B. &S.C.R.
Enl., Jan., '15. Fell, Courcelette, 21 Sept., '16.
Badham, W. E., 1 183, Sgt., R.F.A.
Res., S. Norwood. Fell, Jun., '16.
Bagwell, E. J., Pte., Middlesex Regt.
b., '94 ; y.s., Mr. & Mrs. Arthur Bagwell, 353 Brighton Rd.,
Croydon. Enl., May, '15, Fell, France, 26 Mar., '18.
Bailey, Edward Henry, Pte., R.W.S. Regt.
b., 43 Russell Rd., Croydon, 3 Sept., '94. Educ, Sydenham Rd.
Sch., Croydon. Single. Labourer. Enl., Mar., '11. Fell,
Zonnebeke, 21 Oct., '14.
Bailey, F. G., Pte., R. Suss. Regt.
Empl. by Croydon Corp. Tramways. Fell, '17.
Bailey, James, Pte., 6 R.W.S. Regt.
b., '94; s., Mr. & Mrs. Bailey, 16 Bruce Rd., S, Norwood.
Ffi^Mc, Ecclesbourne Rd. Sch., T. Heath. Telegraph messenger.
Fell, II Oct., '15.
Bailey, James Alfred, Sgt., 11 R. Fus.
b., Harlow, Essex, 19 Aug., '86 ; s., Mr. & Mrs. J. Bailey, Harlow,
Essex. Educ, Harlow. Married ; 3 children. Butchers' Can-
vasser. Res., 17 Newark Rd., Croydon. Enl., 9 Sept., '14.
M.M.,Theipval, 26 Sept., '16 (medal presented to widow by Duke
of Connaught at Wellington Barracks, 31 Aug., '17). Fell, France,
17 Feb., '17.
Bailey, Lionel Keith H., ist A.M., R.F.C.
b., Aylesford, Kent, 6 Nov., '92 ; s., Mr. & Mrs. W. S. J.
Bailey, 263 Whitehorse Lane, S. Norwood. Educ, Portland
Rd. Sch., S. Norwood, and Lond. Polyt. Single. Clerk at
Lloyd's. Res., Addis. Enl., 19 Jan., '15. Killed in accident,
Auchy-au-Bois, 18 Sept., '17. Buried, Lillers Communal Cem.
(Plate v., 6).
Bailey, Louis John, 2/Lt., R.F.C.
b., T. Heath, 25 Jul., '93 ; s., W. & Ellen Bailey, 369 Bensham
Lane, T, Heath. Educ, Mackenzie Sch., Slough. Single.
Commercial clerk. Enl., in Artists Rif., 8 Dec, '15. Fell,
Poperinghe, 17 Jun., '17.
Baines, Arthur, 3481, Pte., R. Fus.
b., Tooting, '88 ; e.s., Mr. & Mrs. S. G. Baines, 57 Lr. Addis. Rd.,
Croydon. Educ, Oval Rd. Sch., Croydon. Enl., 3 Apr., '16 ;
w., 13 Nov., '16. D., France, 2 Aug., '17, of wounds reed., 31
Jul., '17.
Baker, A. E., 5226, Trooper, Hussars.
Res., T. Heath.
Baker, A. W., Cpl., R.F.A.
Res., Croydon.
THE GLORIOUS DEAD 255
Baker, Albert George, 9927, L/Cpl., Lond. Regt. (attd. M G.C.)
b., II Jul., '96 ; 5., Mr. & Mrs. G. Baker, 17 Leander Rd., T.
Heath. Educ, Winterbourne Rd. Sch., T. Heath, and St.
Olave's Sch. Empl. by Lond. & River Plate Bank. Enl., '14 ;
w., Jan., '15. D., of wounds at C.C.S., Maricourt, 14 Sept., '16.
Buried, Corbie sur Somme.
Baker, Alfred, Pte., R.W.S. Regt.
s., Mr. & Mrs. W. Baker, 51 Newark Rd., Croydon. Educ,
Abp. Tenison's Sch., Croydon. D., Birmingham, Mar., '16.
Baker, Arthur, 4874, Gnr., R.F.A.
b., '89 ; s., Mr. & Mrs. W. Baker, 51 Newark Rd., Croydon.
Educ, Abp. Tenison's Sch., Croydon. Enl., Mar., '16. D., of
wounds reed. 9 Aug., '17.
Baker, E., Sgt., Manchr. Regt.
s., Mr. & Mrs. W. Baker, 51 Newark Rd., Croydon. Educ,
Abp. Tenison's Sch., Croydon. Married. D., 6 Sept., '18, of
wounds reed. 21 Aug., '18.
Baker, Ernest, Pte., Essex Regt.
b., Croydon, 13 Jul., '89. Educ, Mitcham Rd. Sch., Croydon.
Married. Laundry engineer. Res., 5 Lambeth Rd., Croydon.
Enl., 10 Jun., '16. Fell, France, 5 Apr., '18.
Baker, Frederick Edward, R.N.
b., '00. Educ, Par. Ch. Sch., Croydon. Joined, '14. Lost with
H.M.S. " Warrior," Battle of Jutland, i Jun., '16.
Baker. George, L/Cpl., Essex Regt.
b., Edenbridge, 30 Sept., 'q8. Educ, Four Elms. Married.
Labourer. Res., 25 Tait Rd., Croydon. Enl., 24 Jun., '16.
Fell, France, 13 Apr., '17.
Baker, Harold William, Pte., R. Fus.
Fell, 16 Apr., '17.
Baker, Harry E. R., L/Cpl., R.W. Kent Regt.
b., '75 ; married. Fell, 27 Mar., '16.
Baker, Henry James, Pte.
Educ, M. Whitgift Sch. Fell, 25 Sept., '17.
Balding, Reginald Norman, 2/Lt., 3/5 Beds. Regt. (attd. M.G.C.)
b., Colombo, Ceylon, 5 Apr., '95 ; y.s.. Rev. & Mrs. J. W.
Balding, 21 Chatsworth Road, Croydon. Educ, St. Michael's,
Limpsfield, and King's Sch., Ely. Single. Bank clerk. Enl.
in H.A.C., Feb., '15 ; commis., Sept., '15. Fell, Jebel Hamrin,
Mesopotamia, 30 Mar., '17. (Plate HL, 6).
Baldwin, William Charles, Pte., 1/23 Lond. Regt.
fe., '94. £■«/., 4 Jan., '16. Z)., of wounds, Somme. Buried, Alhert.
Ballot, J., Pte.. i Ox. & Bucks. L. L
b., Lr. Church St., Croydon. Res., 14 Frith Rd., Croydon.
Fell, Marne, '14.
Bance, a. F., 73503, Pte., Sher, For.
s., Mr. & Mrs. Bance, 74 Cherry Orchard Rd., Croydon. Fell,
Mar., '18.
Banks, Fred Lakeman, L/Cpl., L.R.B. (5 Lond. Regt.)
b., iQ Jan., '74 ; s., Mr. & Mrs. Fredk. Se^Tnour Banks, 4 John
St., Lond., W.C. Educ, Whitgift G. Sch,''87-9i. R. Humane
Soc. Med. ; winner of Spencer Cup, Bisley ; served in S.A. War.
Twice zo. Fell, Ypres, 13 May, '15.
Banks, Henry Bellwood.
s., late H. B. Banks, S. Norwood. D., of wounds, France, 22
May, '18.
254 THE CROYDON ROLL OF HONOUR
Banyard, Frederick William, Cpl., ii R.W.S. Regt.
b., Sydenham, 24 Jul., '94 ; s., Mr. & Mrs, R. Banyard, 50
Addison Rd., S. Norwood. Educ, Portland Rd. Sch., S.
Norwood. Married. Clerk. Res., 21 Harrington Rd., S. Nor-
wood. Enl., 6 Nov., '15. Fell, Flers, France, 16 Sept., '16.
Barber, Frederick William, C.Q.M.S., 2 R.B.
b., St. Pancras, 7 Mar., '77 ; s., Mr. & Mrs, T. D. Barber, 43
George St., Croydon. £'(fuc.. Oval Rd. Sch., Croydon, Married.
Empl. in ham & beef trade. Enl., 18 Jan., '97, Fell, Neuve
Chapelle, 10 Mar., '15.
Barber, H., Pte., 5518, Leinster Regt. (attd. R.E.)
b., '82. Married ; 4 children. Empl. by Croydon Corp, Res,, 20
High St., T, Heath. Enl. in R.F.A., 6 May, '16, £>„ 15 Aug,,
'17, of wounds reed, at Ypres, 5 Aug., '17.
Barker, Edward Thomas, Pte., 1/4 R.W.S. Regt.
b., 8 Dec, '91 ; s., Mr. & Mrs. David William Barker, 4 Beech
House Rd., Croydon. Educ, M. Whitgift Sch., and Whitgift G.
Sch, '04-08. D., of sunstroke, Lucknow, '15,
Barker, H., 243158, Pte., E. Kent Regt.
Res., Croydon. Fell, '17.
Barker. L. H., 49864, Pte., D.L.I,
Res., Croydon. D., of wounds, '17,
Barker, William, Stoker, R.N.
b., '88 ; s., Mr. & Mrs. Frederick Barker, 55 Cobden Rd., S.
Norwood. Married, Gardener, Killed on H.M.S. " Hawke,"
when torpedoed by enemy submarine, Oct., '14.
Barkham, Cyril Norman, 4150, Rflmn., L.R.B. (5 Lond. Regt.)
b., '93 ; s., Mr. & Mrs. H. B. Barkham, 10 Cameron Rd., Croydon.
Single. D., at 34 C.C.S., nr. Albert, 27 Oct., '16, of wounds
reed. nr. Combles, 8 Oct., '16,
Barkham, Herbert Thomas Clifford, 5391, Pte., H.A.C,
s., Mr. & Mrs. H. B. Barkham, 10 Cameron Rd., Croydon. Single.
Z). of broncho-pneumonia, Wimereux, 15 Aug. ,'17. (Plate HI., 5).
Barley, Arthur Cecil, Rflmn., Q.W.Rif, (16 Lond. Regt.)
b., Croydon, 15 Dec, '92 ; s., late Fredk. Barley, 36 Leander Rd.,
T. Heath. Educ, High Sch., Croydon. Single. Clerk, Stock
Exc Res., 338 Lond. Rd., Croydon, Enl., Aug., '14. Fell,
Ypres, 4 Oct., '15,
Barnes, A., 5329, Pte., R. Suss, Regt,
Res., Croydon. Fell, '17,
Barnes, C. E., L/Cpl., Lanes. Fus.
e.s., Mr. & Mrs. Chas. H, Barnes, 44 Ederline Av., Norbury.
D., of heart failure, 22 May, '18, while pris. of war at Brussels.
Barnes, Herbert, 111040, Gnr., R.G.A.
b., '86. Married ; i child. Empl. at Rates Dept,, Croydon
Corp. Enl., 27 Jul., '16. Fell, 3 Oct., '17,
Barnes, J. C, 32087, Cpl., R.F.A.
Res., Norbury. Fell, '16.
Barnes, W. J., 683068, Pte., Lond. Regt.
Res., W. Croydon. Fell, '17.
Barnes, William Alfred, 1048, Cpl., 6 R.W.S. Regt.
b., '96 ; s., Mr. & Mrs. C. Barnes, 13 Dundee Rd., S. Norwood.
Empl. by Messrs. W. H, Smith & Sons, Enl., 2 Sept., '14.
Fell, Vermelles, 4 Apr., '16.
Barnett, Albert, Pte., Can, Scottish.
Educ, Ecclesbourne Rd. Sch., T. Heath. Farmer. Res,,
Can. Fell, Sept., '16.
1. Pte. N. McCoLViN, 8 Border Regt.
2. 2/Lt. A. West, M.C., 2 R.W.S. Regt.
3. 2/Lt W. West, 9 Shervv. P'or.
4. Dr. E. D. Parsons
1. S/SgtJ. A. Clarkk.R.A.S.C. (Remounts) 3.
2. Bdn F. C. Walter, R.F.A. 4.
Gnr. E. W. Jex, R.F.A.
Sgt. A. E. Bridges, R.F.A.
THE GLORIOUS DEAD 255
Barnett, H. W., 2/Lt., 26 R. Fus.
b., '93 ; s., Mr. & Mrs. K. Barnett, Pampisford Rd., Croydon.
Married. Empl. by Messrs. Hammond & Hussey, Croydon.
Fell, 20 Sept., '17. (Plate XIV., i).
Barneveld, Robert William, Rflmn., L.R.B. (5 Lond. Regt.)
b., Croydon, 20 Sept., '99 ; s., Mr. & Mrs. T. A. Barneveld, 19
Norman Rd., T. Heath. Educ, Ecclesbourne Rd., and Boro.
Schs., Croydon. Single. Training for articles in accountancy.
Enl., Oct., '17. Fell, Berry-au-Bac, Aisne, 27 May, '18.
Barnham, John William James, Sgt., 14 R.W. Kent Regt.
b., Clifton Rd., S. Norwood, 10 Mar., '95 ; s., James & Rosina
Selina Barnham, 243 Whitehorse Rd., Croydon. Educ, Portland
Rd. Sch., S. Norwood. Empl. by Croydon Electricity Works.
Res., 17 Manor Rd., S.Norwood. Enl., 29 Nov , '15 ; M.M„ 7
Jun., '17 ; bar, 20 Sept., '17. Fell, Grossett, Italy, i Dec, '17.
Barrat, William T., Lt., Manchr. Regt.
b., '77. Married. Empl. by Croydon Gas Coy. Enl., in
Lond. Regt., '15 ; commis., '16. D., 25 Apr., '17, of wounds
reed. 24 Apr., '17.
Barrett, Sidney, 37033, Pte., R.W.S. Regt.
Married. Res., 132 Lebanon Rd., Croydon. Fell, 21 Sept., '18.
Barrie, David, Capt., H.L.I.
b., Dundee, '64. Married. Res., Lynton Rd., Croydon. Enl.,
in Black Watch, '80 ; served in Egypt, '80-82 ; N.W. Frontier,
etc., '84-00. Commis. as Lt. & Q.M., '00. Ret. to England
on res. of officers, 12 Dec, '06. Commander, Croydon recruiting
sub-area, '14-17. D., of internal heemorrhage, 18 Dec, '17.
Barrie, William Andrew, Pte., Lond. Scottish (14 Lond. Regt.)
b., 8 Jan., '97 ; s., Mr. & Mrs. Andrew Barrie, Purley Knoll,
Purley. Educ, Whitgift G. Sch., '06-13. Fell, 6 Sept., '16.
Barrow, George, Cpl., Glo'ster Regt.
b., 20 Jun., '80. Married. Res., T. Heath. Enl., 30 Apr., '17.
Fell, nr. St. Quentin, 23 Mar., '18.
Barry, George, 3143, Pte., R.W.S. Regt.
Res., 25 Strathmore Rd., Croydon. Enl., 27 Oct., '14 ; served
in France. D., Netley Hosp. while undergoing operation, Aug.,
'17. Buried, Queen's Rd. Cem., Croydon.
Bartlett, George Richardson, Despatch Rider, R.E.
b., Lond.. 6 Mar., '00 (?) ; s., Mr. & Mrs. Bartlett, 9 Lin-
coln Rd., S. Norwood. Educ, Enfield G. Sch. Single. Marine in-
surance clerk in connection with Lloyd's. Enl., 2 Apr., '15 ; to.,
Ypres, Sept., '17 ; ret. to France, Jan., '17. Fell, France, Nov.,'i8,
Bartlett, H. J., 4390, Pte., R.W.S. Regt.
Res., 2 Haslemere Rd., T. Heath. Fell, 14 Jul., '16.
Bartlett, William Stanley, L/Cpl. 1/4 R.W.S. Regt.
b., Harvey Rd., Camberwell, 2 Nov., '89 ; s., James William &
Emily Bartlett, 21 Southwell Rd., Croydon. Educ., Boston
Rd. Sch., Croydon. Single. Wood machinist. Enl., in Terr..
8 years before war ; mobilised, 5 Aug., '14 ; went to India,
Oct., '14 ; served at Persian Gulf, Baghdad, Kut-el-Amara ;
TV., Ctesiphon, 21 Dec, '15 ; taken pris. at Kut. D. at Entilli,
Turkey, as a result of his wounds, ill-treatment, and starvation,
Sept., 'i6.
Barton, W. S., Gnr., R.F.A.
s., late Simon, & Mrs. Barton, Wisbeach Rd., Croydon.
Married ; 3 children. Res., 48 Zion Rd., T. Heath. Enl., Jul.,
'15 ; served in Salonica and France. D. of gas poisoning,
France, '17.
256 THE CROYDON ROLL OF HONOUR
Base, Samuel Davis, Rflmn., K.R.R.C.
b., II Sept., '82; s., Mr. & Mrs Edward William Base, 24
Birdhurst Rd., Croydon. Educ., Whitgift G. Sch., '94-98,
Fell, '16 (?).
Bashford, a., Sgt., H.L.I.
Married. Res., Croydon. W., 13 Nov., '14. Fell, France,
4 Sept., '15.
Bashford, D., 8459, Pte., E. Sur, Regt.
b., Croydon, 29 Sept., -. Educ, Dunstan Rd., Hammersmith.
Married. Decorator. Res., 123 Harrington Rd., S. Norwood.
Enl., Jan., '15. D. of fever, Salonica, 25 Jul., '16.
Bassett, Geoffrey E., Lt., R.A.S.C. (attd. Ox. & Bucks. L.I.).
b., '94 ; e.s., John Dollin & Edith Bassett, " Littledene,"
S. Croydon. Fell, 21 Mar., '18.
Batchelar, Robert Thomas, 2/Lt., 7 R.W.S. Regt.
b., '86 ; e.s., late Thomas G., & Mrs. Batchelar, Chatsworth Rd.,
Croydon. Fell, 23 Mar., '18.
Batchelor, Thomas, Pte., i R.W.S. Regt,
Educ, Mitcham Rd. Sch., Croydon. Empl. by Messrs. Packham,
Croydon. Res., 77 Priory Rd., Croydon. Enl., 6 Aug., '14,
Fell, 21 Sept., '18. ,
B axeman, Edward Charles, L/Cpl., Essex Regt.
b., 2 Mar., '97 ; s., Jacob & Emily Bateman, 21 Charnwood
Rd., S. Norwood. Educ, Whitehorse Rd. Sch., T. Heath, and
Stanley Tech. Sch., S. Norwood Single. Stockbrokers' clerk.
Enl., 13 Apr., '16. Fell, France, 13 Nov., '16.
Bateman, J., 5789, Pte., R. Berks. Regt.
Res., T. Heath. Fell, '16.
Bateman, Jack, Pte., R. Fus.
b., '89 ; e.s., Mr. & Mrs. Bateman, 2 Bridge Place, Croydon.
Greengrocer. Fell, 23 Aug., '18
Bateman, S. Jacob, 2219, L/Cpl., 3 R. Fus.
Empl. by Messrs. Carter, Paterson. Z)., Etaples, 10 Oct., '15,
of wounds reed, at Loos, 28 Sept., '15.
Bateson, Frederick Charles.
b., '90. Fell, France, 21 Aug., '17.
Batson, Henry Thomas, 2/Lt., R.W.S. Regt. (attd. R.F.C.)
b., '89 ; e.s., Mr. & Mrs. T. Batson, 32 Broadway Av., Croydon.
Empl. by Croydon Board of Guardians and Paddington Board of
Guardians. Enl. in H.A.C., Nov., '15 ; commis., Feb., '17 ;
w., Beaumont Hamel, Jun., '16. Fell, 11 Sept., '17.
Batt, p., 10156, Pte., R. Fus.
Res., U. Norwood. Fell, '17,
Bayes, a. v., Rflmn.
Married. Empl. by Messrs. C. Brown & Co., Waddon. Res.,
Neville Rd., Croydon. D., 26 Sept., '16, of wounds reed. 15
Sept., '16.
B.iYLiss, Arthur Wentvi^orth, L/Cpl., L.R.B. (5 Lond. Regt.)
b., E. Dulwich, 20 Jul., '93 ; s., Edward Swayn & Sophie Alice
Bayliss, Pollards Hill E.,S.W. £'^z/c., M. Whitgift Sch. Single.
Bank clerk. Eid., 5 Aug., '14. D., 2 Northern Mil. Hosp.,
Leeds, 16 Nov., '16, of wounds reed. Ypres, 28 Jan., '16.
Beadell, H., 21868, Pte., R.W.S, Regt.
Res., Addis. Fell, '17.
Beadle, Edward John, L/Cpl., S.W.B.
b., Banstead, 22 Oct., '84 ; s., Edward Henry & Laura Sarah
Beadle. Educ, Par. Ch. Sch., Croydon. Married. Store-
keeper. Res., 28 Bourne St., Croydon. Enl. in R.V/. Fus.j
17 Nov., '15. Fell, Monchy, 23 Apr., '17. (Plate HL, 4).
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Rflmn. J. R. Adams, Queen's Westm. Rif. (16 Lond. Regt.)
Cpl. A. G. Greenhead, i Duke of Cornwall's L.I.
L/Cpl. E. J. Beadle, S.Wales Borderers.
Pte. H. T. C. Barkham, H.A.C.
2/Lt. R. N. Balding, Beds. Regt. (attd. Machine Gun Corps)
IV.
1. Rflmn. F. J. BoxALL, Lond. Rif. B.
2. Pte, H. W. Blundell, ii R.W.S. Regt.
3. L/Cpl. W. G. Bradley, i Oxf. & Bucks. L.I.
4. Lt. T. R. BoTTOMLEY, 1 E. Yorks. Regt.
5. 2/Lt. B. BoNCKER, E. Yorks. Regt.
6. Pte. K. F. Baber,':2/4^R.W.S. Regt.
THE GLORIOUS DEAD 257
Beagley, a. E., L/Cpl., Lond. Regt.
b., '94. Married. Res., 31 Southbridge Rd., Croydon. Enl.
in R.W.S. Regt., May, '15. Fell, Cambrai, 30 Nov., '17.
Beagley, Frank, Pte., Lond. Regt,
b., '91 ; e.s., Mr. & Mrs. Beagley, 2 Lancing Rd., Croydon.
Educ, Boston Rd. Sch., Croydon. Fell, High Wood, Somme,
Sept., '16.
Beale, G. H., 19832, Pte., R. Suss. Regt.
Res., Croydon. Fell, '17.
Beall, Alfred, 235048, Pte., Middlesex Regt.
b., '98 ; s., Mr. & Mrs. Alfred E. Beall, 32 Pitlake, Croydon.
Enl., Mar., '17. Fell, France, 3 Aug., '17.
Beard, Frederick Gerald Vesey, Lt., Worcester Regt.
b., 17 Dec, '89 ; s.. Dr. & Mrs. F. Beard, " The Crossways,"
S.Croydon. Educ, Epsom Coll., and Trinity Coll., Dublin (B.A.)
Single. Schoolmaster. Commis., 17 Sept., '14 ; served in
Gallipoli, Egypt, France. Fell, Beaumont Hamel, 4 Jul., '16.
Bearman, Cecil LAvntENCE, 2/Lt., R.W.S. Regt.
&.. '97 ; s., Mr. & Mrs. C. E. Bearman, 228 Melfort Rd., T. Heath.
Educ, Boro. Sec. Sch., Croydon. Enl., in 16 Middlesex Regt.
(Publ. Sch. Btn.), '15 ; zo., Oct., '17 ; commis., 30 Apr., '17.
Fell, France, 23 Aug., '17.
Beart, Thomas Fitt, Pte., C Squadron, 6 Mounted Bde., S.A.Forces.
b., Croydon, 7 Feb., '80 ; s., Henry John & Susan Beart, 26 St.
Peter's Rd., Croydon. Educ., M. Whitgift Sch. Married.
Stud groom. Res., Bloemfontein, since '98. Enl., '15 ; served
in German S.W. Africa ; discharged owing to ill health, '16.
D. of kidney disease at Bloemfontein, Jul., '16.
Beauchamp, Arthur William, 326, Pte., 10 R. Fus.
b; '95 ; s., Mr. & Mrs. A. R. Beauchamp, 23 Richmond Rd.,
T. Heath. Res., 231 Melfort Rd., T. Heath. Fell, Pozieres,
15 Jul., '16.
Beaumont, Sidney, 2/Lt., E. Lanes. Regt.
b., '79. Married. Headmaster, Oval Rd. Sch., Croydon ; formerly
Hon. Secty., Croydon Liberal Assoc. Enl., in R. Suss. Regt.,
May, '16. M.C. D., of wounds, France, 28 Mar., '18.
Bechley, Eric White, 2/Lt., D.L.L
b., Waddon, 19 Dec, '94 ; s., Mr. & Mrs. K. M. Bechley, 12 Clif-
ford St., Glasgow. Educ, Commercial Travellers Schs., Pinner.
Single. Engineer. Res., 79 Nova Rd., Croydon. Enl. as pte.,
Aug., '14. D., 9 Jun., '18, at 4 Can. Gen. Hosp., of wounds
reed. nr. Pernes, 4 Jun., '18.
Beck, E. R., Sgt.
b., '92 ; s., Mr. & Mrs. Beck, 22 Birchanger Rd., S. Norwood.
D., 9 Sept., '18, at Le Trdport, of wounds reed. 28 Aug., '18.
Beckett, H. G., 1127, Pte., R.W.S. Regt.
Fell, '16.
Beckford, C, 14365, Rflmn., K.R.R.C.
Res., S. Norwood. D., of wounds, '16.
Bedford, William Edwin Henry, Pte., R. Suss. Regt.
b., Chelsea, 24 Dec, '99 ; s., Mr. & Mrs. W. J. Bedford, 139
Moffatt Rd., T. Heath. Educ, Beulah Rd. Sch., T. Heath.
Single. Plumbers' mate. Enl., 18 Jan., '18. D., France, 10
Aug., '18, of wounds reed. 8 Aug., '18.
258 THE CROYDON ROLL OF HONOUR
Beeby, William Sinclair, L/Cpl., 6 Middlesex Regt.
b., Sanderstead, 21 Apr., '85 ; s., W. & E. Beeby, 31 Pemdevon
Rd., Croydon. JS'^mc, Par. Ch. Sch., Croydon. Married. Fish-
monger. Res., 88 Lakehall Rd., T. Heath. Enl., Jun., '16.
Drowned, whilst on way to Palestine, through transport being
torpedoed, 30 Dec, '17.
Beenham, William Ernest, Pte., Middlesex Regt.
b., IS Bolton Gardens, Lond., W., 23 Aug., '86 ; s., Charles &
Elizabeth Beenham, 47 Grasmere Rd., S. Norwood. Educ,
St. Mark's Coll., Chelsea. Married. Solicitor's clerk. Res.,
46 Grasmere Rd., S. Norwood. Enl., Sept., '14. Fell, Somme,
21 Jul., '16.
Beer, Walter G.. M/41 12408, Pte., R.A.S.C.
h., Croydon, 22 Aug., '76 ; e.s., Alfred George & Martha Ann
Beer, 4 Latimer Rd., Croydon, ^c/uc, Par. Ch. Sch., Croydon.
Married. Carpet planner. Res., 191 Whitehorse Rd., Croydon.
Enl., 10 Jul., '15. Fell, Salonica, 12 Nov., '16.
Behm, Ernest Emil John Alfred, Chief P.O., R.N.
b., II Apr., '87 ; s., Mr. & Mrs. Ernest John Behm, Selbourne
Cott., Sanderstead. Educ, Whitgift. G. Sch. Enl., in R.N.V.R.
before war. Fell, on H.M.S. " Queen Mary," during Battle of
Jutland, 31 May, '16,
Belchamber, Eric Harold, Pte., R. Fus.
s., Mr. & Mrs. H. C. Belchamber, Lond. County & Westminster
Bank House, Addis. Fell, 22 Mar., '18.
Belcher, Albert, Pte.
Fell, France, Oct., '16.
Belcher, Bertram Thomas, 6888, Pte., K.O.Y.L.L
b.. Stoke Newington, 19 Jul., '97 ; s., Mr. & Mrs. Belcher, 24
Spring Lane, Woodside. Educ, Woodside Sch., S. Norwood.
Single. Ironmonger's asst. Enl., in R.W.S. Regt., 24 Aug.,
'14 ; twice w. Fell, nr. Arras, 10 Apr., '17. Buried, Boyelles.
Bell, Andrew, Ordinary Seaman, Merchant Service.
b., Newcastle, 19 Aug., '99 ; y.s., John Joseph & Elizabeth Bell,
18 Brocklesby Rd., S. Norwood. Educ, Jesmond, and Portland
Rd. Sch., S. Norwood. Single. Entered Mercantile Marine,
Feb., '15. Drowned on S.S. " Cairnstrath," torpedoed in Bay
of Biscay, 4 Aug., '17.
Bell, Henry, 2/Lt., 8 Yorks. Regt.
b., Newcastle, 27 Nov., '92 ; s., John Joseph & Elizabeth Bell,
18 Brocklesby Rd., S. Norwood. Educ, Jesmond. Single.
Clerk. Enl., Jun., '10 ; served in France, Oct., '14-16 ; per-
manent commis., 20 Jun., '16 ; 10., France, Jul., '16. D. at
Rouen, 17 Oct., '17, of wounds reed, at Inverness Copse, Ypres,
20 Sept., '17. Buried, St. Denis Cem., Rouen.
Bell, John Joseph, Sgt., 13 Cheshire Regt.
b., Newcastle-on-Tyne, 30 Apr., '89 ; e.s., John Joseph & Eliza-
beth Bell, 18 Brocklesby Rd., S. Norwood. Educ, Newcastle.
Married, '15 ; i daughter. Served as 2nd mate in Mercantile
Marine for 10 years. Enl., early in '15. D.C.M., 4 Oct., '15,
bestowed on his widow by Mayor of Wallasey, Feb., '17. Fell,
France, 6 Jul., '16.
Bell, William, A.B. Seaman, R.N.
b., Newcastle, 31 May, '98 ; s., John Joseph & Elizabeth Bell,
18 Brocklesby Rd., S. Norwood. Educ, Jesmond. Single.
Hotel servant. Enl., Apr., '15. Lost, on H.M.S. " Indefatig-
able," sunk in Battle of Jutland, 31 May, 'i6.
THE GLORIOUS DEAD 259
Bell, Henry, Pte., Middlesex Regt.
b., 15 Feb., '96. Educ, Princess Rd. Sch., Croydon. Married.
Carman. Res., 13 Union Rd., Croydon. Enl., 8 Jun., '15.
Fell, France, z Mar., '17.
Bell, William Ernest Colyer, Pte., 11 E. Yorks. Regt.
b., W. Croydon, 21 Feb., '95. Educ, Christ Ch. Schs., Croydon.
Single. Model aeroplane maker. Res., 99 Tamworth Rd.,
Croydon. Enl., 6 Aug., '15. Fell, Arras, 5 May, '17.
Bellamy, George Warrington, Pte., R.W.S. Regt.
b., '94 ; s., Mr. & Mrs. Bellamy, 11 Flamilton Rd., T. Heath.
Enl., 5 Sept., '14 ; zv., 26 Sept., '15. Fell, 1 Jul., 'i6.
Benger, Alfred Horace, Maj., Leicester Regt.
b., '78 ; y.s., Mr. & Mrs. Alfred Benger, 10 Park Hill Rise, Croy-
don. Fell, '17.
Benham, Alfred Gordon, 23 Lond. Regt.
b., Croydon, 30 Jan., '98 ; s., James Henry & Charlotte Amelia
Benham, 46 Sundridge Rd., Addis. Educ, Boro. Sec. Sch.,
Croydon. Single. Clerk, L.B. & S.C.R. Enl., 7 Sept., '14.
Fell, Somme, 16 Sept., '16.
Benham, Herbert Louis, Gnr., R.G.A.
e.s., Mr. & Mrs. Herbert Benham, 8 Waldegrave Rd., U. Norwood.
Drowned, 17 Jun., '18.
Bennefield, Albert, Pte., M.G.C.
b., 3 Mayo Rd., Croydon, 30 Sept., '97 ; s., Mr. & Mrs. A.
Bennefield, 14 Northbrook Rd., Croydon. Educ, Princess Rd.
Sch., Croydon. Single. Empl. at poultry farm. Enl., 3 Oct..
'14. Fell, France, 29 Aug., '16.
Bennett, H., 35212, Pte., R. Fus.
Res.. T. Heath. Fell, '16.
Bennett, L. E., 2/Lt., R.W.S. Regt.
Fell, '16.
Bennett, S. F., 4542, Pte., Lond. Regt.
Fell, '16
Bentha.m, Thomas, Lt., R.A.M.C.
b., Croydon, '85 ; s.. Rev. Thomas & Maud Bentham, " St. Mil-
dred's," Addis. Rd., Croydon. Educ, Whitgift G. Sch., & Queen's
Coll., Oxford. Single. Lecturer on zoology, Armstrong Coll.,
Newcastle-on-Tyne. Joined R.A.M.C. as Lt., in '17, being
employed as Protozoologist & Bacteriologist ; 2 yrs.at Mil.Hosp.,
Malta ; in 1919 he was appointed to Addington Mil. Hosp., but
died before he could take up his work there. Mentioned in
despatches for valuable services in the diagnosis of dysentery.
£)., of pneumonia, at " St. Mildred's," Addis. Rd., Croydon,
12 Mar., '19.
Bentley. a. G., Gnr., R.G.A.
b., '85 : s., Mr. & Mrs. W. Bentley, 48 Eridge Rd., T. Heath.
Married. Res., i Portland Cott., Beddington. Enl., 17 May,
'17. Fell, 26 Sept., '17.
Bentley, Frederick Arthur, Pte., 2/4 R.W.S. Regt.
b., Croydon, 7 Mar., '94 ; s., Mr. & Mrs. Eliza Bentley, 296 Brigh-
ton Rd., Croydon. Educ, Sydenham Rd. Sch., Croydon.
Single. Clerk. Enl., Nov., '14. Fell, Jerusalem, Dec, '17.
Buried, N.E. slope of Mt. of Olives,
Benton, Frank, 2/Lt., K.R.R.C.
b., Aveley, Essex, 30 Mar., '81 ; s., Mr. & Mrs. John Benton,
Birdhurst Gardens, Croydon. Educ, Whitgift G. Sch, '93-97.
Single. Insurance broker. Played Rugby football for Essex &
Surrey. Enl., in R. Fus., '15 ; commis., Jun., '16. Fell., Flers,
Somme, Sept., '16.
26o THE CROYDON ROLL OF HONOUR
Berg, Leslie Cyril von, Pte., Can. Inf.
b., '90 ; e.s., Mr. & Mrs. Clement von Berg, St. Augustine's Av.j
Croydon. Fell, 27 Sept., '18.
Berry, Algernon Laurence, 2/Lt., 14 (attd. 8) R. Fus.
b., 15 Abbey Gardens, St. John's Wood, N.W., 17 Dec, '79;
s., late Henry Berry, & Caroline Elizabeth Berry, " Rutherford,''
Pampisford Rd., Croydon. Educ, Whitgift G. Sch. & private
sch. at Cambridge. Married. Land & estate agent. Res.,
28 Herondale Av., Wandsworth Common, S.W. Enl., as pte.,
Aug. or Sept., '14. Fell, Ovillers, 7 Jul., '16. (Plate VI., i).
Berry, Leonard Hugh, Pte., 13 Essex Regt.
b., Ilford, 20 Dec, '79 ; s., Theophilus & Rosetta Berry, Wimble-
don. £'<fMc., St. Mark's Coll., Fulham. Married. Accountant
(A.L.A.A.). Res , 38 Nutfield Rd., T. Heath. Enl, 22 Sept.,
'16. Fell, nr. Cambrai, 3 Feb., '18.
Berry, Percy Hamilton, Pte., Artists Rif. (28 Lond. Regt.)
b., 9 Feb., '98 ; s., Mr. & Mrs. B. Alfred Berry, Croham Park
Av., Croydon. Educ, Whitgift G. Sch., '07-13. D. of fever,
at St. Omer, 30 Apr., '15.
Bevan, Ernest Victor, Pte., Aust. I.F.
b., 18 Dec, '91 ; s., Mr & Mrs. H. Bevan, Teddington. Educ,
High Sch., Croydon. Single. Farmer. Res., Melbourne,
Australia. Enl., Sept., '14. Fell, Gallipoli, 8 May, '15.
Bevan, Gordon Frederick, Pte.
b., Stanwell, Middlesex, 3 Aug., '88 ; s., Mr. & Mrs. H. Bevan,
Teddington. Educ., High Sch., Croydon. Horticulturist. Res.,
Seattle, U.S. Enl., Sept., '14. Fell, 16 Mar., '15. Buried,
Abbaye des Chartreux, La Boutillerie, Flanders.
Beven, George, Pte., Dorset Regt.
Fell, 3 Oct., '18.
Bickerstaff, W. E., 99922, R.E.
Fell, '16.
BiCKMORE, Arthur, Pte., 1/23 Lond. Regt.
b., '87 ; s., Mr. & Mrs. W. Bickmore, 5 Clarence Rd., Croydon.
Fell, Givenchy, 26 May, '15.
Bigg, G. A., 168937, Gnr., R.F.A.
Res., Croydon. Z)., of wounds, '17,
Bignell, Ernest Victor, Cpl., R.W.S. Regt.
b., Croydon, '92 ; s., Mr. & Mrs. A. Bignell. Educ, Oval Rd.
Sch., Croydon. Married. Gardener. Res., 1 St. John's Rd.,
Croydon. Served in Gallipoli, Palestine, France, & Army of
Occ, Germany. £)., at Crescent Hosp., Croydon, 18 Feb., '19.
Buried, Queen's Rd. Cem., Croydon.
Bignell, William, L/Cpl., Lond. Regt.
b., '97; e.j., David Bignell, hon. superintendent, Croydon Vacant
Lands Cultivation Soc, & Mrs. Bignell. Enl, in R.W.S. Regt.,
Aug., '14 ; discharged owing to ill-health, 26 Mar., '15 ; re-
enlisted in Lond, Regt. ; w., Sept., '15 and Jun., '16. Fell,
22 Aug., '18.
BiLTON, A. E., 25269, Rflmn., R.B.
iR.es., T. Heath. D., of wounds, Jul., '17.
BiNNS, John Eric, 2/Lt., Wilts. Regt.
b., Horwich, Lanes., 7 Jan., '94 ; s., Mr. & Mrs. John D. Binns,
18 Morland Rd., Croydon. Educ, Bedford G. Sch. Single.
Student at Inst, of Civil Engineers. Enl., 2 Sept., '14; commis.,
Jun., '15. Fell, Sanna-i-Yat, Mesopotamia, 9 Apr,, '16, (Plate
VIII., 3).
THE GLORIOUS DEAD 261
BiNSTEAD, Charles Henry, A.B. Seaman, Torpedoman, R.N,
b., Croydon, 23 Aug., '77 ; s., Mr. & Mrs. C. Binstead, Parson's
Mead, Croydon. Educ, Brit. Sch., Croydon. Married.
Decorator. Fell, on H.M.S. " Barham," Battle of Jutland, 31
May, '16.
Birmingham, Edward Brice, Pte., 7 R.W.S. Regt
b., '90. Married. Res., 27 St. John's Grove, Croydon. D., of
wounds, 2 Jul., '16.
Bishop, F. J., 293404, Gnr., R.G.A.
Fell, '17.
Blackie, Charles Douglas, Pte., R. Fus.
b., '89 ; J., Mr. & Mrs. W. M. Blackie, 5 St. George's Court,
S. Kensington, formerly of 10 Beech House Rd., Croydon.
Fell, Somme, 15 Sept., '16; buried, Les Boeufs.
Blackman, George Dullam, Sgt., i Sur. Rif. (21 Lond. Regt.)
b., Beverley, Yorks., 9 Jul., '83 ; s., Mr. & Mrs. Blackman,
Greenside Rd., Croydon. Educ, Harlesden Coll., Harlesden.
Married. Authorized clerk, Stock Exc. Res., Wallington.
Enl., 4 Aug., '14. Fell, Vimy Ridge, 23 May, '16.
Blackman, George Herbert, Pte., Aust. Inf.
b., 41 Sussex Rd., Croydon, 22 Aug., '95 ; s., Albert & Elizabeth
Blackman, 41 Sussex Rd., Croydon. Educ., Brighton Rd. Sch.,
Croydon. Single. Gardener. Res., Batlow, Australia. Enl.,
II Aug., '15. Fell, nr. Moquet Farm, France, 17 Aug., '16.
Blackman, Wilfred Ernest Arthur, Capt., M.G.C.
b., S. Bermondsey, 21 Mar., '93 ; s., Henry C. & Amy Blackman,
21 Apsley Rd., S. Norwood. Educ, Portland Rd. Sch., S.
Norwood, Boro. Sec. Sch., Croydon, and King's Coll., Lond.
Single. Schoolmaster. Enl. in Lond. Scottish, Sept., '14 ; w..
Loos, 25 Sept., '15 ; commis., '16 ; ment. in despatches.
Z).from pneumonia, Royal Herbert Hosp., Woolwich, 14 Oct., '18.
Blake, Charles, Pte., 2 Middlesex Regt.
b., Chadwell Heath, Essex, 25 Dec, '82 ; s., Daniel & Martha
Blake, 13 Lambeth Rd., Croydon. Educ, Christ Ch. Sch.,
Croydon. Married. Grocer's asst. Res., 41 Richmond
Gardens, Shepherd's Bush. Enl., Sept., '15. Fell, France,
I Jul., '16.
Blake, John Jacob, Pte., 2/4 R.W.S. Regt.
b., '97 ; s., Mr. & Mrs. W. A. Blake, 44 Johnson Rd., Croydon.
Enl., 19 Jul., '15 ; served in Egypt and France. Fell, 29 Jul., '18.
Blake, Roydon George, Pte., M.G.C.
b., Croydon, 15 Jul., '97 ; s., James William & Emily Edith Blake,
24 Alpha Rd., Croydon. Educ, Oval Rd. Sch., Croydon.
Single. Machinist. Enl., in R.W.S. Regt., May, '15. Fell,
France, 28 Aug., '16.
Bland, Leslie, 510019, Cpl., 5 Can.Div. Arty., Heavy Trench Mort.Bty.
b., T. Heath, 31 Mar., '97 ; s., Mr. & Mrs. James E. Bland, 39
Beauchamp Rd., U. Norwood. Educ, Beulah Rd. Sch., T. Heath,
& Stanley Tech. Sch., S. Norwood. Single. Mechanical
engineer. Res., Lowell, Mass., U.S.A. E?il., Jul., '15. Fell,
France, 28 Apr., '18.
Bloomfield, Charles William, Wireless Operator.
b., '95 ; s., Mr. & Mrs. Bloomfield, 31 Howley Rd., Croydon.
Killed on mine-sweeper through its striking an enemy mine,
18 Jan., '18.
Bloomfield, Eric, Rflmn., Q.W. Rif. (16 Lond. Regt.)
b., '92 ; s., Mr. & Mrs. F. G. Bloomfield, 48 Beulah Rd., T. Heath.
Fell, 19 Sept., '16.
262 THE CROYDON ROLL OF HONOUR
Blower, Frederick, L/Cpl., 8 E. Sur. Regt.
y.s., Mr. & Mrs. Blower, 21 Haling Rd., Croydon. Married
Fell, 23 Oct., '18.
Blower, Joseph, Pte., Seaforth H.
e.s., Mr. & Mrs. Blower, 21 Haling Rd., Croydon. Married.
Empl. by Croydon Corp. Res., 36 Helder St,, Croydon. D.,
of wounds, 25 Sept., '18.
Blundell, Charles A., Pte., 8 R.W. Kent Regt.
b., 7 Feb., '96 ; s., Mr. & Mrs. Blundell, i Wood Cottages, Shirley.
Enl., '14. Fell, Loos, 26 Sept., '15.
Blundell, Herbert William, Pte., 11 R.W.S. Regt.
b., Northampton, 8 May, '97 ; s., Charles & Elizabeth Alice
Blundell, 105 Pemdevon Rd., Croydon. Educ, Ecclesbourne
Rd. Sch., T. Heath. Single. Control cleaner. E71I., 29 Nov.,
'15. Fell, Le Bizet, nr. Armentieres, 8 Jul., '16. .BtinVJ opposite
Gunner's Farm. (Plate IV., 2).
Boakes, William Edward, Pte., R. Fus.
b., Birling, Kent, 23 Jun., '91. Educ, Goodrich Rd. Sch., E,
Dulwich. Single. Salesman. Res., 64 Parchmore Rd., T.
Heath. Enl., 13 Nov., '15. D., from cerebro-spinal meningitis,
Dover, 6 Mar., '16.
Boatwright, Herbert, 589 Lab. Coy.
b., '90. Res., Shirley Church Rd., Croydon. Enl., in 4 R.W.S.
Regt. Served in India, '14-16. D. of pneumonia, at Neville
Park (V.A.D.) Hosp., Tunbridge Wells, 3 Nov., '18.
Bodley, Eric Ernest, Pte., R. Fus.
b., '98. Fell, France, 7 Oct., '16.
BoGDEN, W. G., 1697, Pte., R. Fus.
Res., U. Norwood. Fell, '17.
BoGUE, Patrick Yule, 2/Lt., E. Sur. Regt.
b., '96 ; 2.nd s., late Patrick Yule Bogue, of Dublin, & Mrs.
Bogue, 29 Central Hill, U. Norwood. Fell, 24 Jul., '17.
BoNCKER, Barry, 2/Lt., E. Yorks. Regt.
b., 23 Farquhar Rd., U. Norwood, 26 Aug., '97 ; s., Fred. &
Violet Boncker, 70 Auckland Rd., U. Norwood. Educ., Ardingly
Coll., Hayward's Heath. Single. Clerk, Nat. Bank of S.Africa.
Res., 12 Upper Grove, S. Norwood. E7zl., in 4 R.WiS. Regt.,
I Sept., '14. Fell, Fricourt, i Jul., '16. (Plate IV., 5).
Bond, Albert George, Pte., 4 R.W.S. Regt.
b., 2 Albion Mews, S. Norwood, 7 Jan., '98 ; s., Albert George
& Amy Louisa Bond, 3 South Vale, U. Norwood. Educ,
Rockmount Rd. Sch., U.Norwood. Single. Fishmonger's asst.
Enl., 14 Aug., '14. Fell, Dardanelles, 9 Aug., '15.
Bond, Charles Nesbitt, Lt. & Adjt., 1/4 Lincoln. Regt.
b., Hull, 14 Jun., '97 ; s., late Francis, 8c Mrs. Bond, 26 Ashburton
Rd., Croydon. Educ, Vv^hitgift G. Sch. Single. Empl. by
Messrs. Edward Lloyd, Salisbury Court, E.C. Enl., in L.R.B.,
Aug., '13. Fell, Gommecourt, France, 30 Jun., '16. (Plate VI., 2).
BoNEY, E., 18947, L/Cpl., Cameronians.
Res., Croydon. Fell, '16.
BoNNELL, Henry, Pte., R.A.S.C.
s., Mr. & Mrs. Bonnell, 26 Apsley Rd., S. Norwood. D., of
pneumonia, '18.
Bonyun, Vernon, R F.C.
Educ, High Sch., Croydon, and Lond. Univ. Fell, '18.
Booth, Alfred Harold, Pte., Beds. Regt.
b., '82 ; y.s., Mr. & Mrs. F. W. Booth, i8a Lr. Addis. Rd., Croy^
don. Married. D., of wounds reed. 12 May, '18.
THE GLORIOUS DEAD 263
Booth, T., R.N.
Educ, Beulah Rd. Sch., T. Heath. Lost with H.M.S. " Good
Hope," sunk ofF Coronel, Chili, i Nov., '14.
BoRTHWicK, Donald Walker, 2/Lt.. R.W.S. Regt. (attd. M.G.C.)
b., Blackford, Perthshire, 5 Nov., '98 ; 5., Mr. & Mrs. John J.
Borthwick,48 Chatsworth Rd., Croydon. Educ.,W\\\Xgih G. Sch.
Single. Enl., as Trooper in Sur. Yeom., 19 Dec, '14 ; commis.
Nov., '15. Fell, Lake Doiran, 28 Dec, '16.
RoswoRTH, AxJBREY Cecil, Pte., 2/4 R.W.S. Regt.
b., U. Mitcham, '98 ; s., Mr. & Mrs. E. Bosvvorth, 19 Lucerne
Rd., T. Heath. Educ, Beddington Ch. Sch. & Ecclesbourne Rd.
Sch., T. Heath. Single. Empl. by Francis' Stores, Streatham.
Enl., 9 Nov., '14. Fell, Suvla Bay, 9 Aug., '15.
BoTTERiLL, S , Rflmn., L.R.B.
Educ , Whitgift G. Sch., '02-11. Fell, '17.
BoTTiNG, W. H., 12964, Pte., Coldstream Gds.
Res., Croydon. Fell, '16.
BoTTOMLEY, Thomas Reginald, Lt., i E. Yorks. Regt.
b., Rippenden, nr. Halifax, Yorks., 17 Oct., '87 ; s., Thomas &
Ellen Bottomlev, 25 Norman Rd., T. Heath. Educ, Rishworth
G. Sch., nr. Halifax, St. John's Coll., Battersea, and Birkbeck
Coll., Lond. Univ. Married, 29 Aug., '14. Teacher, Oval Rd,
Sch., Croydon, prev. to Apr., '14 ; graduated, Lond. Univ.,
'13 ; B.A. Joined Lond. Univ. O.T.C., Anr., '11 ; commis., Apr.
'14. Fell, Chemin des Dames, Aisne, 23 Sept., '14. (Plate IV., 4).
BouGHTON, Sydney Herbert, Pte., 17 R. Fus.
b., 20 Gibson's Hill, U. Norwood, 16 Aug., '99 ; s., Thomas &
Harriet Boughton. Educ, Rockmount Rd. Sch., U. Norwood.
Single. Steward. Enl., 15 Sept., '17. Fell, nr. Arras, 6 Jun., '18.
Bourke, Walter, 18840, Pte., Gren. Gds.
Fell, '17.
Bourne, Horace Duncombe, Pte., E. Sur. Regt.
y.s., A. D. & M. Bourne, 10 Bedford PI., Bedford Park, Croydon.
D., from heat stroke, Agra, India, 3 Aug., '18
Bovi'ERS, Alan Richard, Gnr., R.G.A.
b., 62 Wandle Rd., Croydon, 9 Nov., '95 ; s., Robert & Elizabeth
Bowers, Pumping Stn., Manor Farm Rd., Norbury. Educ,
Winterbourne Rd. Sch., T. Heath. Single. Apprenticed to
organ-building trade. Enl., May, '15 ; w., '16; taken pris. ,
27 May, '18 ; last heard of 18 Aug., '18. Presumed fallen.
Boxall, Frederick James, Rflmn., L.R.B. (5 Lond. Regt.)
b., Brassey Sq., Lavender Hill, 25 Feb., '99 ; s., Mr. & Mrs.
James Boxall, 27 Maplethorpe Rd., T. Heath. Educ, Eccles-
bourne Rd., & Winterbourne Rd. Schs., T. Heath. Single.
Junior asst., Croydon Publ. Libraries, '13-15 ; asst., Sion Coll.
Library, '15. Fell, France, 7 Nov., '18. (Plate IV., i).
Boyce, Alfred John, ist Class Boy, R.N.
b., '99 ; s., Mr. & Mrs. Boyce, 17 Lahore Rd., Croydon. Educ,
Sydenham Rd. Sch., Croydon. Lost with H.M.S. " Indefatig-
able," sunk in Battle of Jutland, 31 May, '16.
Boyd, A., 7684, Cpl., K.R.R.C.
Fell, '16.
BoYKETT, Robert Evel"\'N, 5290, Rflmn., Q.W. Rif. (16 Lond. Regt.)
b., Crovdon, 6 Jan., '74 ; s., late Mr. & Mrs. Francis Boykett,
Park Hill Rd., Croydon. Educ, Brighton, & Whitgift G. Sch.,
'87-91. £■»/., in RE., Dec, '15. Fe//, France, 18 Oct., '16.
Brabner, H. S., Midshipman, R.N.
Educ, Whitgift G. Sch. Lost on the Transport " Don Arturo,"
torpedoed in Bay of Biscay, '17.
264 THE CROYDON ROLL OF HONOUR
Braddon, Otto James, Rflmn., L.R.B. (5 Lond. Regt.)
b., Montana, Coolgardie, W. Australia, 4 Oct., '99 ; s., Frank
W. & Edith H. Braddon, 6 Tylecroft Rd., Norbury. Educ,
Winterbourne Rd, Sch., T. Heath, & Boro. Sec. Sch., Croydon ;
matriculated, Lond. Univ., Jun., '16. Empl. by Messrs. Annan,
Dexter and Co., chartered accountants. Enl., 4 Oct., '17.
Fell, 8 Aug., '18.
Bradford, J., 26508, Pte., K.O.R.L. Regt.
Fell, '17.
Bradford, William Thomas, Pte., 12 Middlesex Regt.
b., Bermondsey, S.E., 4 Aug., '86 ; s., Mr. & Mrs. John S.
Bradford, 71 Tunstall Rd., Addis. Educ, Birchanger Rd. Sch.,
S. Norwood. Single. Railway clerk. Enl., 4 May, '16.
Missing, Bullecourt, 3 May, '17.
Bradley, Ernest, Pte., 3 R. Fus.
Educ, Abp. Tenison's Sch., Croydon. Empl. by Messrs. Ham-
mond & Hussey, High St., Croydon. Fell, nr. Zonnebeke, '15.
Bradley, Frederick Charles Sidney, 1237, Pte., R.W.S. Regt.
b., 6 Nov., '85 ; e.s., Mr. & Mrs. C. W. Bradley, 86 Gloucester
Rd., Croydon. Educ, St. James' Sch., Croydon. Single.
Slater. Enl., 3 Sept., '14, Fell, Somme, i Jul., '16.
Bradley, William George, L/Cpl., i Ox. & Bucks. L.I.
b., 27 Aug., '87 ; znds,, Mr. & Mrs. C. W. Bradley, 86 Gloucester
Rd., Croydon, i'iiz/c., St. James' Sch., Croydon. Single. Enl.,
14 Feb., '07 ; served in India, Persian Gulf, and retreat from
Baghdad to Kut. D., of malarial fever, 7 Oct., '16, while pris. of
war with Turks in Asia Minor. (Plate IV., 3).
Bradman, Walter Robert, Pte., 17 R. Fus.
b., Stockwell, 13 Mar., '95. Educ, Adys Rd. Sch., E. Dulwich.
Single. Clerk. Res., 41 Ferndale Rd., S. Norwood. £«/.,
10 Sept., '14. Fell, Delville Wood, Somme, 27 Jul., '16,
Bradshaw, Alfred, Pte.
Fell, 26 Aug., '15.
Bradshaw, W., Sgt.-Bugler, E. Sur. Regt.
b., '71 . Married ; 9 children. Served in France ; invalided
home with shell shock. D., at 49 Macclesfield Rd., S. Norwood,
16 Nov., '17, of consumption contracted on active service.
Bragg, Eric Wensley, Lt., R.A.F.
b., Manchester, '95 ; s., Mr. & Mrs. H. Bragg, 64 Auckland Rd.,
U. Norwood. Educ, Whitgift G. Sch., where he won House Cup
in Sen. Sch., and got his colours for Rugby Football. Left sch.
to enl. in 3 Lond. Scottish, Dec, '14 ; cpl. ; commis. in 10 Essex
Regt. ; transf. as Lt. to M.G.C. ; twice w. ; invalided out
of Army as result of wounds ; re-joined in R.A.F. Killed,
Oct., '18, at E. Fortune Airship Stn., Edinburgh, crashing while
setting out on bombing raid over German Fleet.
Braithwaite, Michael Lloyd, Lt., R.F.C.
Res., Croydon, D., France, '15, of injuries reed, in an accident
while landing.
Braithwaite, Richard Wilfred, Capt., 10 D.L.I.
Educ, Marlborough, Married. Member of Lond. Stock Exc.
Served in S.A. War. Commis., '14. Fell, 31 Jul., '15.
Brammer, H. B., Pte., 4 Middlesex Regt.
s., Mr. & Mrs. Brammer, 80 Morland Rd., Croydon. Fell,
Monchy, 10 Apr., '17,
Branch, Robert Douglas, P.O., R.N,
b., '93 ; e.s., Mr, & Mrs, Branch, Merstham, Educ, Par. Ch,
Sch,. Croydon. Fell, 19 Jan., '17.
THE GLORIOUS DEAD 265
Brand, H, J., Pte., Coldstream Gds.
b., '90. Educ, Sydenham Rd. Sch., Croydon. Res , 54 Milton
Rd., Croydon. Fell, '16.
Brand, L. N., 632836, Lond. Regt.
Res., S. Norwood, Fell, '17.
Brandy, Ernest H., 13 14, Sgt., Lond. Regt.
Married. Res., S. Norwood. Fell, Flers, France, 15 Sept., '16.
Bray, L/Cpl.
Educ, Whitehorse Rd. Sch., T. Heath. Res., Lucerne Rd., T.
Heath. Fell, 16 Sept., '16.
Bray, Ernest A., Pte., K.O.S.B.
b., Croydon, ii Apr., '78. Married. Res., 4 Oakwood Rd., Croy-
don. Enl.,'14. Z)., Hawick Mil. Hosp., Scotland, 28 Oct., '18.
Bray, Herbert A., 201135, Pte., Cameron H.
b,, '83. Married ; i child. Insurance agent. Res., 55 St.
Saviour's Rd., Croydon. Enl., 18 May, '16 ; w., Apr., '17.
Fell, 28 Jul., '17.
Bray, J., 57305, Northd. Fus.
Res., W. Croydon. Fell, '17.
Brazier, George, Pte., 20 Can. Inf.
b., Croydon, 5 May, '83 ; s., John & Emma Brazier. Educ,
Mitcham Rd. Sch., Croydon. Single. Labourer. Res.,
Toronto, Canada. Efil., 10 Jan., '15. D , of wounds,
17 C.C.S., France, 27 Apr., '16.
Bressey, Sydney Herbert, 2/Lt., R.E.
b., I Reynold's Rd., Peckham, 13 Jan., '93 ; s., Mr. & Mrs. Bressey,
48 Kynaston Rd., T. Heath. Educ, M. Whitgift Sch. Single.
2nd Class clerk, H.M. India Office. Enl., in Civil Service Rif.,
Nov., '12 ; mobilised, 5 Aug., '14 ; w., Vimy, 22 May, '16 ;
commis. in R.E., 25 May, '18. M.M. awarded 31 May, '16, for
repairing telephone wires under heavy fire, and bestowed at
Winchester, May, '17. Fell, Templeux le Guerard, 10 miles E.
of Peronne, 21 Sept., '18. (Plate XL, 2).
Brett, E. H. W., 2/Lt., D.C.L.I.
Fell, 2 Aug., '16.
Brett, J. H., 43418, Pte., Dev. Regt.
Res., Croydon. D., of wounds, '17.
Brian, Herbert Cecil, Act.-Cpl., 8 R.B.
b., Penge, 16 Jan., '16 ; e.s., Mr. & Mrs. Eugene Owen Brian,
Educ, Brit. Sch., Croydon. Single. Clerk. Res., 16 Cairo Rd.,
Croydon. Enl., 31 Aug., '14. Fell, Hooge, Ypres, 30 Jul., '15.
Brian, R., 42063, Pte., M,G.C.
Res., S. Norwood. Fell, '17.
Brice, C, 24018, Gnr., R.G.A.
Res., S. Croydon. D., of wounds, '17,
Bridges, Alfred Edward, Sgt., R.F.A.
b., Harvey Rd., Camberwell, 12 Dec, '88 ; s., Mr. & Mrs. Bridges,
38, Daneville Rd., Camberwell. Educ, George St., Camberwell.
Married, Monotype operator. Res., 70 Tylecroft Rd., Norbury.
Enl., 24 Sept., '14. Fell, nr. Arras, 17 Jul., '16. (Plate II., 4).
Bridges, Henry Arthur, Pte., 2/4 R.W.S. Regt.
b., Ratcliff, 6 May, '85 ; s., Mr. & Mrs. Bridges, 34 Ferndale Rd.,
S. Norwood. Educ, Woodside Sch., Croydon. Single. Win-
dow cleaner. Enl., 16 Jun., '15 ; served in Gallipoli and Egypt.
Fell, nr. Longpont, France, 26 Jul., '18. (Plate IX., 2).
266 THE CROYDON ROLL OF HONOUR
Bridgland, John William, 17398, Pte., 8 E. Sur. Regt.
b., Brockley, 13 Oct., '94 ; y.s., Francis A. & Martha Bridgland
3 Sangley Rd., S. Norwood. Educ, by Mr. Everest,"Valentia
House," S. Norwood, and at Clark's Coll., Croydon. Single,
Clerk, Port of Lond. Enl., Feb., '16. Missing, nr. Cherisey,
S.E. of Arras since 3 May, '17.
Bridle, Walter, 203432, Pte., Duke of Wellington's (W. Riding) Regt,
Educ, Mitcham Rd. Sch., Croydon. Res., 35 Lambeth Rd.,
Croydon. Fell, 9 Oct., '17.
Bristow, John, Pte., 2 R.W.S. Regt,
b., '95. Res., St. James' Rd., Croydon. £)., of wounds reed,
at Ypres, 29 Oct., '15.
Bristow, Walter Edwin, Pte., R.W.S. Regt.
Res., 250 Bensham Lane, T. Heath. Enl., Oct., '15, Fell^
Jerusalem, 21 Dec, '17. (Plate VL, 4).
Brittain, Frank Morris, Brit. Red Cross.
b., '72. Res., Croydon. D., of cholera, '16.
Britton, Edward W., 2/Lt., D.L.L
Broadhurst, a. v., 17744, Pte., R. Fus.
Res., S. Norwood. Fell, '16.
Brock, E. G., Lt., King's L'pool. Regt.
Brock, Frank A., Act.-Wing Comdr., R.N.A.S.
e.s., Mr. & Mrs. A. Brock, Cheam. Educ., Dulwich Coll. Res.,
formerly at Selhurst Rd., S. Norwood. Enl., in R.H.A. ; transf.
to R.N.A.S. ; worked for some time with Inventions Board.
O.B.E., Jan., '18. Fell, Zeebrugge Mole, 22 Apr., '18.
Brockett, Henry Charles, Cpl., 1/23 Lond. Regt.
b., Croydon, 12 Jun., '83 ; s., Mr. & Mrs. Charles Brockett,
134 Windmill Rd., Croydon. Educ., Princess Rd. Sch., Croydon,
Married. Decorator. Enl., Mar., '15. Fell, France, 15 Oct., '18,
Brockett, Herbert James, 53518, Act.-Bdr., R.H.A.
b., Croydon, 18 Feb., '90 ; s., Mr. & Mrs. Charles Brockett, 134
Windmill Rd., Croydon. Educ., Princess Rd. Sch., Croydon.
Single. Telegraph messenger. Enl., 14 Nov., '08, Fell,
France, i Jul., '16,
Brodie, Peter Bellinger, 2/Lt., 2/4 R.W.S. Regt. (attd. Imp. Camel C),
b., Croydon, 19 Jul., '81 ; 5., Robert & Emma Betsy Brodie, 20
St. Peter's Rd., Croydon. Educ, Whitgift G. Sch. Single,
Clerk, Lond. & Westminster Bank. Enl., in R. Fus., Oct., '14 ;
served at Gallipoli. Accidentally killed, Wadi en Natrum,
Egypt. 12 Aug., '16.
Bromley, William Collingham, L/Cpl., R. Fus.
b.. New Town, U. Norwood, 12 Dec, '86. Educ, Rockmount
Rd. Sch., U. Norwood. Married. Policeman. Enl., 18 Feb.,
'04. Fell, Somme, i Jul., '16.
Brookes, Percy John.
b., '94. Res., 62 Oval Rd., Croydon. Killed, during Zeppelin
raid, Oct., '15.
Brooks, Albert Alexander, Sgt., R.E.
b., Westminster, 17 Jan., '78. Educ, Addington Street Sch.,
Westminster. Married. Engineer, empl. by G.P.O. Res., 20
Ashburton Av., Addis. Served in S.A. War. D., Netley Hosp.,
14 Nov., '16. (Plate XIII., 4).
Brooks, Philip Howard, A.B. Seaman, Gnr., R.N.
b., Croydon, i Apr., '00 ; s., Mr. & Mrs. S. Brooks, 43 Tarn worth
Rd., Croydon. E'^mc, British Sch., Croydon. Single. Engineer.
Res., W. Hartlepool. Enl., 19 Jul., '15. Lost, with H.M.S.
" Defence," sunk during Battle of Jutland, 31 May, '16. (Plate
VI., 3).
THE GLORIOUS DEAD 267
Brotherwood, Leonard, Pte., Middlesex Regt.
6., '84. Married. Res., 18 Gloucester Rd., Croydon. Fell, 5
Oct., '17.
Broughton, Arthur William, Gnr., R.F.A.
b., 18 Sept., '97 ; 3rd s., John & Emily Broughton, 136 Gloucester
Rd., Croydon, ^tfi^c, St. James' Sch., Croydon. Single. Einpl.
by Messrs. Still & Son, dairymen. Etil., 4 Sept., '16. Fell,
Salonica, i6 Sept., '18.
Brovvn, a. F., Pte., Sher. For.
3rd s., Mr. & Mrs. F. Brown, " The Joiners' Arms," Woodside.
Enl., Oct., '15 ; served in R.A.O.C. D., of wounds, 18 Nov., '17.
Brown, Alfred Joseph, Pte., 20 R. Fus.
b., Peckham, 12 Sept., '95 ; s., Mr. & Mrs. Joseph R. W. Brown,
Sefton Rd., Addis, ^rfjic, St. Dunstan's Coll., Catford. Single.
Bank Clerk. Efil., i Jul., '15. Fell, 15 Apr., '17. Buried, S.E.
of Heninel, nr. Arras.
Brown, Charles Roydon, Capt., Essex Regt.
b., Lewisham, 3 Apr., '92 ; s., Mr. & Mrs. Charles F. Brown,
120 BrigstockRd.,T. Heath. Educ, Beulah Rd. Sch., T. Heath,
St. Andrew's Coll,, Dublin, Boro. Sec. Sch., Croydon, and Lond.
Sch. of Economics. Single. Empl. by Law Fire Insurance Soc;
Associate, Chartered Insur. Inst. Joined Lond. Univ. O.T.C.
as cadet, 12 Aug., '14 ; commis. and posted to 9 Essex Regt., 26
Aug., '14 ; w., Hulluch, France, Oct., '16. Ret. to France with
13 Essex Regt., '16 ; invalided home with typhoid, contracted
on Somme, '16 ; posted to i Essex Regt., and promoted Capt.,
16 Mar., '17 ; ment. in despatches, Jan., '16 ; M.C. for general
good service rendered in the field, Jan., '16. Fell, Infantry Hill,
Monchy-le-Preux, on or after 14 Apr., '17.
Brown, Clive Anlrews, Capt. & Adjt., R.E.
b., '90 ; e.s., Mr. & Mrs. George Andrews Brown, Melville Av.,
Croydon. Educ, Dulwich Coll., King's & Univ. Coll., Lond.
Empl. in Croydon Boro. Engineers' Office ; A.M.I.C.E. Enl., in
Lond. Scottish ; commis., Sept., '15 ; Capt., Jun., '17. D., from
influenza, at Mil. Hosp., Shorncliffe, 7 Nov., '18. Buried, Bandon
Hill Cem.
Brown, Ernest Richard, R.E.
b., Reigate, 11 Dec, '95 ; s., Ernest & Florence Brown, 78 Frith
Rd., Croydon. Educ, Par. Ch. Sch., Croydon. Married
Horsekeeper. Enl., 28 Nov., '15. Fell, France, 5 Oct., '16.
Brown, F. E., Cpl., R.A.F.
i., '82. Married; 3 children. i?e5., 24 Manor Rd., S. Norwood.
Enl., '16. D., of wounds, 17 Sept., '18.
Brown, F. J., Pte., H.A.C.
b., '99 ; s., Mr. & Mrs. Brown, 19 Ingram Rd., T. Heath. Educ,
Ingram Rd. Sch., T. Heath, and Clark's Coll. Single. Empl.
by Board of Trade. Enl., '17. D., from pneumonia, Cologne,
II Feb., '19.
Brown, Francis Clement, Lt., Lond. Regt.
b., Blackheath, '92 ; e.s., Mr. & Mrs. R. L. Brown, 26 Stafford
Rd., Croydon. Educ, Whitgift G. Sch. Hon. Sec. of Croydon
Swimming Club. Enl., Nov., '14 ; commis., Jul., '15 ; served
in France, Salonica, Egypt, Palestine. Ment. in despatches, '17.
Fell, in sight of Jerusalem, 8 Dec, '17.
Brown, Frank Edmund, L/Cpl., R. Fus.
b., '87 ; ^th s., late Peter S. & Mrs. Brown, Pollard's Hill N.,
Norbury. Married Muriel Quiney. Fell, 22 Aug., '18.
268 THE CROYDON ROLL OF HONOUR
Brown, John Brook, Rflmn., 13 Lond. Regt.
b., 139 Lond. Rd., Croydon, i Sept., '80 ; s., Mr. & Mrs. William
Brown, Hastings, Sussex. Educ, Christ Church Sch., Croydon,
and M. Whitgift Sch. Single. Engineer ; M.I.H.V.E. Res., 62
Southbridge Rd., Croydon. Enl., Oct., '14. D., 5 Northern
Gen. Hosp., Leicester, 21 May, '15, of wounds reed, at Hill 60,
Ypres, 3 May, '15.
Brown, John Gordon, Capt., D.T.M.O., 47 Div.
b., Croydon, 13 Feb., '94 ; 2nd s., Sir Herbert & Lady Brown,
Coombe Lodge, Addington Hills. Educ, Limes Sch., Croydon,
" Yardley Court," Tonbridge, and Tonbridge Sch., '07-13, where
he became head of his House and Sch. Praeposter, '12, and won
middle weight boxing, '12 ; studied milling at Sheffield, '13-14.
Single. Miller. Res., Croydon. Enl., in 10 R. Fus., Aug., '14 ;
commis., Sept., '14 ; Lt., May, '15 ; went to France, Sept., 'is ;
Capt., Jul., '16 ; M C, Jul., '16 ; D.T.M.O., Sept., 'i6-Oct., '18 ;
ment. in despatches. Missing, Radinghem, nr. Lille, 5 Oct., '18.
Brown, Keith Andrews, Capt., i R.W.S. Regt.
b., '96 ; y.s., Mr. & Mrs. George Andrews Brown, Melville Av.,
Croydon. Educ, Dulwich Coll. Farmer. Enl., i Nov., '14,
in Q.W.R. ; went to Sandhurst, May, '15 ; commis., Nov., '15 ;
w., High Wood, Somme, 15 Jul., '16. D., 22 Sept., '18, of
wounds reed. prev. day. Buried, nr. Epehy, France.
Brown. T. E., Cpl., R.A.F.
b., '82. Married ; 3 children. Res., Manor Rd., Croydon.
Killed, in accident whilst flying, France, '18.
Brown, W. S., Cpl., Civ. Serv. Rif. (15 Lond. Regt.)
b., '88 ; 5., Mr. & Mrs. Brown, 67 Elmwood Rd., Croydon. Fell,
7 Oct., '17.
Brown, William Bert, Pte., 16 R. Fus.
b., Bexley Heath, 9 Apr., '93 ; s., Mr. & Mrs. A. J. Brown, 115
Selhurst Rd., S. Norwood. Educ, Church Rd. Sch., Bexley
Heath. Married. Slater. Res., i Spring Lane, Woodside.
Enl., II Feb., '16. Fell, Guillemont, 23 Jul., '16.
Brown, William Wall, 608406, Rflmn., L.R.B. (5 Lond. Regt.)
s., Mr. & Mrs. G. Wall Brown, 18 Ion Rd., T. Heath. Educ,
Boro. Sec. Sch., Croydon. Empl. in Accountant's Office,
L.B. & S.C.R. Enl., Dec, '14. D., of wounds in Notre Dame
Hosp., Cambrai, 25 Mar., '18. (Plate VH., 5).
Browne, Charles Edward, Pte., R.W.S.Regt.
^•. '95 ■> y-^-> l^te Edwin, & Mrs. Browne, 28 Vicarage Rd.,
Croydon. Educ, Parish Ch. Sch., Croydon. Sign-writer. Enl.,
in Sur. Yeom., 2 Nov., '15. Fell, 9 Mar., '18.
Browne, John, Coy.Sgt.Maj., K.R.R.C.
b., Queen St. Barracks, Belfast, 21 Jan., '81 ; s., late James, & Mrs.
Browne, Winchester. Educ, St. Peter's (R.C.) Sch., Winchester.
Married. Police Constable, City of Lond. Res., Walworth,
and 218 Northborough Rd., Norbury. Enl., in R. Mun. Fus.,
'93 ; Queen's S.A. Med., 3 bars ; King George Coronation Med.
(Police). Rejoined as Sgt., in K.R.R.C, 10 Sept., '14. Fell,
Delville Wood, Somme, 6 Oct., '16.
Bryan, Edwin, Pte., 2 Can. Inf.
b., Croydon, i Jul., '84 ; s., Mr. & Mrs. Frank Bryan, Croham
Rd., Croydon. Educ, Surrey House Sch., Margate. Single.
Farmer. Res., Edmonton, Canada. Enl., Jan., *i6. D., at
Poperinghe, 16 Jun., '16, of wounds reed, at Ypres, 14 Jun., '16.
THE GLORIOUS DEAD 269
Bryant, Sidney Arthur, L/Cpl., i R.W.S. Regt.
b., Croydon, 26 Jun., '85 ; s., John & Fanny Bryant, 68 Waddon
Marsh Lane, Croydon. Educ, Brighton Rd. Sch., Croydon.
Married. Postman. Res., 34 Purley Rd., S. Croydon. Served
in S.A. War (King's & Queen's Meds.). FtiL, 26 Mar., '01 .
Rejoined, 5 Aug , '14. Fell, Ypres, 21 Oct., '14.
Bryant, Walter Theodore Grahame, A.B. Seaman, " Hawke " Btn.,
R.N.D.
b., 179 Westcombe Hill, S.E., 23 Aug., '97 ; s., Walter William
& Marian Bryant, i Biddulph Rd., Croydon. Educ, Stratheden
House, Blackheath, and St. Bees, Cumberland. Single. Clerk,
Cape Government Office. Res., 21 Charlton Rd., S.E. Enl., 16
Nov., '14. Fell, Cape Helles, Gallipoli, 10 Jun., '15.
Buck, Cyril Alfred Spencer, 2/Lt., Lond. Regt.
b., Southsea, Plants., 8 Jul., '95 ; s., Mr. & Mrs. Janet Buck,
" Cranleigh," Fairview Rd., Norbury. Educ, Portsmouth G.
Sch. Single. Bank clerk. Enl., as Rflmn. in i/i 8 Lond. Regt.,
3 Sept., '14 ; went to France, Aug., '15 ; M.M., for work done as
Bde. Observer, Somme, 2 Sept., '16 ; gazetted, Jun., '17.
Missing, Poelcapelle, Passchendaele Ridge, 26 Oct., '17.
Buckeridge, H. S., Pte., M.G.C.
b., '90. Empl. by '^Croydon Advertiser." D., of wounds,
France, 21 Oct., '16.
Buckland, John Martin, Pte., i Norfolk Regt.
b., Earlsfield, S.W., 22 Jan., '98 ; s., Mr. & Mrs. Buckland, 73
Lebanon Rd., Croydon. Educ, St. Andrew's Sch., Croydon,
and Reedham, Purley. Single. Clerk. Enl., 9 Mar., '14.
D., 27 Apr., '16, at Lond. Hosp., Whitechapel Rd., E.G., of
wounds reed, at Arras, 4 Nov., '15.
Buckland, John Richard Thomas, L/Cpl., R.W.S. Regt.
b., '91. Educ, Beulah Rd. Sch., T. Heath. Golf caddy. Res.,
32 Nursery Rd., T. Heath. Efil.,'!^. Fell, France, 5 T)ec., '16.
Buckworth, Alan B., 2/Lt., R. Innis. Fus.
b., '98 ; 5., Mr. & Mrs. Ernest Benjamin Buckworth, 25 North
End, Croydon. Fell, 16 Aug., '17.
Buckworth, Herbert Thompson, 2/Lt., R. Fus.
b., 16 Dec, '80 ; s., Mr. & Mrs. Ernest Benjamin Buckworth,
25 North End, Croydon. Educ, Whitgift G. Sch.
Buckworth, Wallace Alfred, Lt., R. Innis. Fus.
b., 25 May, '82 ; s., Mr. & Mrs. Ernest Benjamin Buckworth,
25 North End, Croydon. Educ, Whitgift G. Sch., '93-97, Fell,
Gallipoli.
Buckworth, William, Lt., R.B.
b; '77 ; s., Mr. & Mrs. Ernest Benjamin Buckworth, 25 North
End, Croydon. Fell, 14 Aug., '17.
Budd, Frederick Charles, 2/1 Lond. Regt.
b., '83 ; s., Mr. & Mrs. Budd, 7 Lansdowne Rd., Croydon. Fell,
I Jul., '16.
Budd, Wrinch Joseph Charles, Lt., 2 S.W.B.
b., Clapham, 23 Sept., '75 ; s., Mr. & Mrs. Budd, 84 Melrose
Av., Norbury. JEJtfz/c, Westminster Sch. Single. Chief clerk.
Municipal Council, Shanghai. Served in S.A. War. Commis.,
Feb., '15. Fell, Gallipoli, 28 Jun., '15.
BuDDS, Cecil, Pte., R.A.M.C.
s., Mr. & Mrs. Thomas Budds, 48 Melfort Rd., T. Heath. D.,
of dysentery on H.M. Hosp. Ship, " Nevasa," 27 Jun., '16.
Budgen, G. H., 10043, R.W.S. Regt.
b., Croydon, '94. Res., 2 Railway Cottages, Sydenham Rd.
W. Croydon. Fell, Jul., '16.
270 THE CROYDON ROLL OF HONOUR
BuDGEN, Sidney Norman, Lt.
b., '86 ; e.s., Sidney & Fanny Budgen, Croham Rd., Croydon.
Fell, Ypres, 4 Oct., '17.
BuLLER, Henry George Robert, Pte., 2/4 R.W.S. Regt.
b., Croydon, 11 Aug., '94 ; s., Mr. & Mrs. Henry William Buller,
4 Portland Rd., S. Norwood. Ediic., Sydenham Rd. Sch.,
Croydon. Single. Tea-packer. T^es., 32 Union Rd., Croydon.
Enl., 10 Aug., '15 ; served in Egypt, Feb., 'i6-Jul., '18 ; w.,
Gaza, Mar., '17, and White Hill, nr. Jerusalem, 26 Dec, '17.
Fell, nr. Soissons, 29 Jul., '18.
BuLLMANN, Haddon R. H., 2/Lt., M.G.C.
Educ, Whitgift G. Sch. Enl., in Artists Rif., Aug., '15. Fell,
'i8(?)
Bundle, Harry Norman, 2/Lt., Lond. Regt.
b., '96 ; s., Mr. & Mrs. Bundle, Whitehorse Rd., Croydon.
Empl. by Croydon Corp., Boro. Electrical Engineers' Dept.
Enl., '14 ; a'., Loos, Sept., '15 ; commis., Apr., '17. B^ell, France,
20 Sept., '17.
Bunkell, F. J., 30104, Pte., R.W. Fus.
Fell, '16.
BuNN, George Bertie, Sgt., 7 R. Fus.
Married. Lithographic artist. Res., Selhurst. Enl., 9 Sept.,
'14. Fell, Aveluy Wood, France, 5 Apr., '18.
Burbage, Edwin Joseph, Lt., Middlesex Regt.
b., '88 ; s., Mr. & Mrs. J. P. Burbage, 44 Surrey St., Croydon.
Black and white artist. Enl., in R. Fus., Sept., '14 ; commis.,
Jun., '15 ; passed through Higher Mil. Sch., Cairo, Sept., '16.
Fell, '17.
Burberry, Thomas William, 2 S. Lanes. Regt.
s., Mr. & Mrs. Burberry, 5 Troy Rd., U. Norwood. Single.
Fell, Vailly, 20 Sept., '14.
BuRCH. Herbert Charles, 20635, Cpl., i Essex Regt.
b., '91 ; s., Mr. & Mrs. John Burch, 14 Inglis Rd., Addis. Chief
steward on " Medway." Enl. in Norf. Regt., 10 Dec, '14 ; Cpl.,
'14 ; stationed at Felixstowe ; trans, to Essex Regt. and drafted
to Gallipoli, Jul., '15 ; on " Royal Edward," torpedoed in Aegian
Sea. Fell, GallipoH, 10 Oct., '15.
Burden, L. G., Rflmn., L.R B. (5 Lond. Regt.)
Res., 13 Blenheim Pk. Rd., Croydon. Fell, '16.
Burgess, Ertc A., 2/Lt., R. Fus.
b., 28 Feb., '98 ; s., Mr, & Mrs. Sydney H. Burgess, Malacca
and Littlehampton. Educ, Whitgift G. Sch., '12-13. Single.
Enl., '15. Fell, France, '17.
Burgess, L., 24749, E. Sur. Regt.
Res., T. Heath. D., of wounds, '17.
Burlace, Henry Edward L, Trooper, Indian Camel C.
s., Mr. & Mrs. Sarah Burlace, 34 Greenside Rd., Croydon.
Educ., Hornsey G. Sch., and High Sch., Sutton. Enl., in 3
County of Lond. Yeom. (York Hussars) ; served in Egypt for 2
years. Fell, Gaza, Palestine, 21 Apr., '17.
Burn, Robert, Pte., 4 R.W.S. Regt.
b., Kensington, 3 Apr., '85 ; s., Mr. & Mrs. Wm. Burn, 46 Elgin
Rd., Croydon. Educ, M. Whitgift Sch. Married. Designer.
Enl., Aug., '14 ; taken pris. at Kut. D., in Hosp. at Yarbachi,
Oct., '16.
Burnett, William Thomas, Pte, 7 R.W.S. Regt.
b., 83 Frant Rd., T. Heath, 10 Jan., '96 ; s., Mr. & Mrs. W.
Burnett, T. Heath. Educ, Ecclesbourne Rd. Sch., T. Heath,
Single. Shopman. £«/., 9 Sept., '14. Fe/Z, France, i Jul., '16.
THE GLORIOUS DEAD
271
Burr, Benjamin William, Pte., 12 Suff. Regt.
b., Croydon, 16 Sept., '89. Educ, Whitehorse Rd. Sch., T. Heath.
Married ; i child. Labourer, empl. at Messrs. Crowley's
Brewery. Res., 31 Wisbeach Rd., Croydon. £«/., Sept., '15.
Fell, France, 31 Jul., '16.
BuRREE, Stanley Arthur, 2/Lt., R.A.F.
b., '93. Married. Empl. by Messrs. Teetgen & Co., tea mer-
chants. Res., IS Beulah Rd. E., T. Heath. Enl., in Gren. Gds.,
Sept., '15 ; served in France ; commis., Mar., 'iS. Accidentally
killed while flying in England, 5 Jul., '18. Buried, Mitcham Rd.
Cem., Croydon.
BuRRY, C. H., Cpl., 22 Lond. Regt.
Enl., in R.W.S. Regt., Nov., '14 ; trans. later to Lond. Regt. ;
served in France, Jun.,-Dec., '16 ; went to Salonica, Dec, '16 ;
M.M. Fell, 30 Mar., '18.
BuRSNOLL, William, 21 Lond. Regt.
b., Tring, Herts., 28 Dec, '88 ; s., Mr. & Mrs. W. Bursnoll, St.
James' Rd., Croydon. Educ, Christ Church Sch., Croydon.
Married; 2 children. Shop assistant. i^es., 11 St. James' Rd.,
Croydon. Enl., 21 Mar., '16. Fell, France, 15 Sept., '16.
Burt, Cecil Walter, Cpl., R.E.
b,, Weymouth, 22 Aug., '87 ; s., Walter & Jessie Burt, Weymouth.
Educ, High Sch., Croydon. Single. Engineer. Enl., Sept.,
'14. Fell, Loos, 26 Sept., '15.
Burtenshaw^, W. J., R.F.C.
Res., T. Heath. Fell, '17.
Burton, Alfred Walter, L/Cpl., Q.W. Rif. (16 Lond. Regt.)
b., 35 St. John's Grove, Croydon, 13 May, '92 ; s., late John L.
Burton, & Mrs. Dunham, i St. John's Grove, Croydon. Educ,
Whitgift G. Sch. Single. Builder's clerk. Enl., 5 Sept., '14 ;
went to France, Aug., '15 ; taken pris., 28 Mar., '18. D., of
pneumonia and heart failure while pris. of war at Le Quesnoy,
26 Jul., '18.
Burton, Robert Stephen, Shoeing Smith, R.F.A.
b., India, 16 Oct., '95 ; s.. Mr. & Mrs. Alfred Burton, 29 Lynton
Rd., Croydon. Educ, St. Mary's Sch., Croydon. Single.
Blacksmith. D., of appendicitis, France, 4 Mar., '16.
Busby, Donald Arthur, 2,/Lt., R.A.F.
b., Fulham, 6 Mar., '00 ; s., Mr. & Mrs. A. C. Busby, 34 Temple
Rd., Croydon. Educ, Whitgift G. Sch. Single. Insurance
clerk. Joined, R.N.A.S. as 2/Lt. (Pilot), 10 Mar., '18. Killed
in accident at Stockbridge, Hants., 3 Sept., '18.
BussEY, Frank, Capt., R.E.
Bustin, Walter Joseph, L/Cpl., 7 R.W.S. Regt.
b., Peckliam, 7 Sept., '96 ; 5., Mr. & Mrs. W. Bustin, 31 Alderton
Rd., Addis. Educ, Woodside Sch., Croydon. Single. Elec-
trician. Enl., 13 Aug., '14. Fell, Somme, i Jul., '16.
Butcher, Harold Thomas, 2/Lt., 11 R.B.
b., Bermondsey, 20 May, '90 ; s., Mr. & Mrs. Henry William
Butcher, " Coxley Plane," Purley. Educ, Whitgift G. Sch.
Single. In business with his father, corn merchant, Mark Lane,
Lond. Enl., in L.R.B., Aug., '14 ; was one of 7 ptes. under Sgt.
Belcher who held the line after troops on either side had retired,
against repeated German attacks, 13 May, '15, at Ypres, and for
which Sgt. Belcher was awarded V.C. Fell, Ypres, i8 Feb., '16.
Butler, W., 7976, Coy.Sgt.Maj., E. Sur. Regt.
Res., Croydon. Fell, '17.
Butler, William, Pie., 26 R. Fus.
Educ, M. Whitgift Sch. Fell, Oct., '16.
272 THE CROYDON ROLL OF HONOUR
Byfield, Harold, Pte., i R.W.S. Regt.
b., 29 Mar., '96 ; s., Mr. & Mrs. H. H. Byfield, 18 Park Lane,
Croydon. Educ, St. Peter's and Parish Church Schs., Croydon.
Single. Grocer's asst. Asst. Scout Master. Enl., '12. Fell,
Aisne, 16 Sept., '14.
Byford, J. W., 511869, Lond. Regt.
Res., S. Croydon. D.. of wounds, '17.
Byrne, Edward, 2/Lt., 9 D. C.L.I.
b., i6 Dec, '86. Teacher. Fell, Aug., '17.
Byrne, R., Pte., Wilts. Regt.
e.s., Mr. & Mrs. Bvrne, 69 Exeter Rd., Croydon. Enl., Apr., '17.
Fell, 4 Oct., '18.
Cage, Samuel, 29526, Driver, R.F.A.
Married. Res., 10 Strathmore Rd., Croydon. Served in S.A.
War. Fell, Vimy Ridge, 22 Apr., '17.
Cahill, Albert Gilbert, Lond. Regt.
b., '92. Fell, 8 Oct., '16.
Cahill, Edward James, Pte., 2/4 R.W.S. Regt.
b., Croydon, 4 Mar., '97 ; s., James George & Annie Cahill, 12
Laurier Rd., Addis. Educ, Woodside Sch., Croydon. Single.
Shop asst. Enl., Oct., '14. Fell, Palestine, 21 t)ec., '17.
Campbell, J. D., 2/Lt., R.W.S. Regt.
Fell, '16.
Candy, H. J., 121029, Driver, R.F.A.
Res., S. Norwood. Fell, '16.
Cannon, Arthur, Pte., R.W.S. Regt.
s., Mr. & Mrs. Cannon, 10 Princess Rd., Croydon. Enl., Aug.,
'14. Fell, France, 7 Mar., '16.
Cannon, Frank, Pte., R. Suss. Regt.
s., Mr. & Mrs. Cannon, 10 Princess Rd., Croydon. Enl., Oct.,
'14. Fell, France, 13 Feb., '16.
Cannon, William, Pte., Ox. & Bucks. L.I.
s., Mr. & Mrs. Cannon, 10 Princess Rd., Croydon. Served 8
yrs. in India. D., of wounds, Mesopotamia, 26 Dec, '15.
Cannon, Edwin Herbert, Pte., 2 Lond. Regt.
b., Stratford, Essex. Educ, at a private sch., St. Saviour's Rd.,
Croydon. Single. Shipping clerk. Res., 156 Melfort Rd.,
T. Heath. Enl., Sept., '14. Fell, Hebuterne, 20 Jun., '16,
Cantwell, p., Pte., S. Lanes. Regt.
b; '77 ; y-^-7 late Mr. & Mrs. P. Cantwell, Brook Rd., Waddon.
Res., Croydon. Enl., Aug., '14 ; served 18 months in France
with R.A.S.C. D., of wounds, 7 Aug., '17.
Capern, Charles Edward, Bdr., 236 Bde. (T.) R.F.A.
b., S. Lambeth, 20 Nov., '94 ; s., Mr. & Mrs. W. H. Capern, 216
Portland Rd., S.Norwood. Educ, Church Street Sch., Kennington,
S.E. Married. Inland Revenue clerk. Res., 2 Claylands Rd.,
Clapham, S.W. Enl., Feb., '13. D., nr. Albert, 23 Aug., '14,
of wounds reed, same day.
Card, A., 30Q00, Pte., E. Sur. Regt.
Res., Croydon. D., of wounds, '17.
Card, Harry C, Pte., R.W.S. Regt.
b., '97 ; y.s., Mr. & Mrs. J. Card, 67 St. Saviour's Rd., Croydon.
Fell, France, i Jul., '16.
Care, Edward James, Pte., R.W.S. Regt.
b., 20 Sept., '90. Educ, Bynes Rd. Sch., Croydon. Married ;
I child. Gardener. Res., 12 Kemble Rd., Croydon. Enl.,
12 Oct., '16. Fell, France, 7 Oct., '17.
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2. Pte. C. Dawson, i E. Kent Regt.
3. Bdr. F. P. Clarke, R.F.A.
4. Pte. E. J. Collins. 2/5 Lincoln Regt.
5. 2/Lt. L. E. Atha, R.F.C.
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THE GLORIOUS DEAD 273
Care, Robert George Edward, 683076, L/Cpl., 1/22 Lond. Regrt.
b., Croydon, 2 Aug., '96 ; y.s., Mr. & Mrs. Elizabeth Care, 2
Rolleston Rd., Croydon. Educ, Bvnes Rd. Sch., Croydon.
Single. Empl. at Streatham Motor 'Bus Garage. Enl., 21 May,
'11; ; twice iv Fell, France. 22 Aug., '18.
Carey, Francis Ambrose, 2/Lt., 32 R Fus.
b„ 82 Boswell Rd., T. Heath, 11 Aug., 'q6 ; 5., Francis Harwood
& Edith Leonora Carev, " Whitlev Lodge," Beulah Rd., T.
Heath. Educ, Davies' Sch.. Whitgift G. Sch., and St. Dunstan's
Coll., Catford, Single. Engineer. Res., 40 Beulah Rd., T
Heath. Enl., as pte., 6 Aug., '14. Fell, Flers, Somme, 15
Sept., '16.
Carey, H., 26946, Pte., Northd. Fus.
Res , W. Croydon. Drmvned, '17.
Carley, H. v., 2/Lt., 7 Norf. Regt.
D., of wounds reed, in France, '15.
C.ARLEY, Henry John, Pte., R. Fus.
b., Westminster. Educ, Regents (L.C.C.) Sch. Married.
Gardener. Res. 26 Howard Rd., S. Norwood. Etd., 10 May, '15 .
D. at Winchester Hosp., 13 Mar., '17, of neuritis and dysentery,
contracted in France, Jan.-Mar., '17.
Carlton, Claude Gray, 2/Lt., 9 Dev. Regt
b., '87 ; sth s., j. Crichton & Mary Carlton, 7 Spencer Rd.,
Croydon. Fell, Gheluvelt, 26 Oct., '17.
Carolin, J. T., 201916, Pte., Manchr. Regt.
Res., T. Heath. Fell, '17.
Carpenter, Cecil Henry, Pte., H.A.C.
b., Carshalton, 19 May, '93 ; s., Henry William & Emelie Car-
penter, '* St. Heliers," Carshalton. Educ, Homefield Prep. Sch.,
Sutton, and Whitgift G. Sch. Single. Bank clerk. Enl., 3
Nov., '15. Fell, Beaucourt, France, 14 Nov., '16.
Carpenter, D.'T., 1381. Pte., R. Fus.
Res., S. Norwood. Fell, '16.
Carpenter, Robert Leslie, Lt., 1/17 Lond. Regt.
b., Margate, 17 Apr., '95 ; s., Mr. & Mrs. Robert Carpenter. 69
Barrowgate Rd., Chiswick. Educ, Reigate G. Sch., and Whitgift
G. Sch Single. Clerk in Lond. County & Westminster Bank.
Res., t;2 Friends' Rd., Croydon. Joined as 2/Lt., 6 May, '14.
Fell, Loos, 26 Oct., '15, Buried, Loos.
Carr, Frank Septimus, Pte., i Lond. Scottish (14 Lond. Regt.)
b., Walthamstow, Essex, 12 Mar., '8r ; s., Mr. & Mrs. Carr,
45 Gonville Rd., T. Heath. Educ, Wilson's G. Sch., Camber-
well. Single. Chartered accountant's managing clerk.
Res., 45 Gonville Rd., T. Heath. Enl., 21 Feb., 'i6. Fell,
Ginchy, 9 Sept., '16 ; buried, Guillemont Rd. Mil. Cem.
Carrack, Charles J., Pte., R. Fus.
b., 19 Feb , '94 ; 5., Rev. & Mrs. T. M. Carrack, Middleton
Vicarage, Godalming: Educ, Whitgift G. Sch., '07-14. Single.
Enl., '14. Fell, '17.
Carrell, George, Pte., 6 R.W.S. Regt.
b., Beckenham, 5 May, '95 : s., George Henry & Ellen Carrell,
55 Beulah Gr., Croydon. Educ, Bromley Rd. Sch., Beckenham,
and Sydenham Rd. Sch., Croydon. Single. Porter. Enl.,
7 Sept., '14. Fell, Armentiferes, 26 Jun., '15.
Carson, Albert, Seaman, R.N.
b., '99 ; s., Mr. & Mrs. Albert E. Carson. Res., 14 Albion St.,
Croydon. Enl., Dec, '14 ; took part in Dardanelles operations,
Nov., '15. Reported missing, 13 Jul., '16.
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274 THE CROYDON ROLL OF HONOUR
Carter, A. W., 255S, Pte., R.W.S. Regt.
Res., S. Norwood. Fell, '16.
Carter, Charles Stanley, Leading Seaman, R.N.V.R.
Took part in defence of Antwerp. Fell, Dardanelles, 30 Jun., '15.
Carter, E.
Married. Empl. by Croydon Corp. Rds. Dept. Res., 18 Ellara
Rd., Streatham. Enl.. 12 Oct., '14. Fell, Gallipoli, 8 Aug., '15.
Carter, Frederick John, R.M.L.I.
b., '94 ; s., Mr. & Mrs. Carter, Lansdowne Rd., Purley. Educ,
Purley Nat. Sch. Milkman. Enl., Aug., '14. Fell, Darda-
nelles, '15.
Carter, G., 12284, Pte., R. Fus.
Res., W. Croydon. Fell, '17.
Carter, J. A., Lt., D.C.L.I.
b., '93 ; s., Mr. & Mrs. H. Carter, " Steep," Beech Av., Sander-
stead. Educ, Whitgift G. Sch., and Queen's Coll., Oxford.
Joined, as zjl^t., '14 ; twice w. D., of wounds, 4 Apr., '17, while
pris. of war.
Carter, M. R., Capt., R.W.S. Regt.
Educ, Whitgift G. Sch. Fell, '18.
Carter, P., 1399, Pte., R.W.S. Regt.
Fell, '16.
Carter, Wilfred Arthur Douglas, 2/Lt., Dorset Regt. (attd. R.F.C.)
b., '97 ; s., Mr. & Mrs. Henry Carter, S. Norwood. Killed,
while flying, 23 May, '17.
Cartwright, E., 13713, Pte., R.W.S. Regt.
Res., T. Heath. D., of wounds, '17.
Casey, J. W., Pte., M.G.C.
Married ; i daughter. Empl. by Croydon Electricity Works.
Enl., 20 Jun., '15 ; w., 'i6. D., 11 Sept., '18, at Poole Military
Hosp.,of wounds reed, in France, 21 Apr., '18. Buried, Queen's
Rd. Cem., Croydon.
Cason, J., Pte., Lab. Coy. (R.E.)
b., '73. Married ; 3 children. Empl. at Norwood June. Stn.,
L.B. &. S.C.R. Res., 44 Cresswell Rd., S. Norwood. Served
2 yrs. in France. Fell, 2 Sept., '17.
Cassidy, Albert Victor, Pte., 7 R. Suss. Regt.
b., '87. Married ; i daughter. Res., 6 Kingswood Rd., Penge.
D., 29 Nov., '17, at 5 C.C.S., France, of wounds reed. 20 Nov. ,'17.
Casswell, F. C, Lt., Beds. Regt.
s., Mr. & Mrs. F. H. Casswell, Pollards Hill N., Norbury. Lost,
on H.M. Transport, " Royal Edward," 13 Aug., '15.
Castle, Ewart William King, Rflmn., Q.W. Rif. (16 Lond. Regt.)
b., Beckenham, 5 Mar., '99 ; s., Mr. & Mrs. William F. Castle,
24 Upper Grove, S. Norwood. Educ, St. Olave's G. Sch.,
Southwark. Single. Shipping clerk. £■«/., 5 Mar., '17. Fell,
nr. Bullecourt, 28 Aug., '18.
Catchpole, David, L/Cpl., R.W.S. Regt.
b., '80. Married ; 3 children. Policeman. Res., Handcroft
Rd., Croydon. Served in S.A. War with Som. Yeom. Enl.,
Jun., '15, Fell, France, 4 Oct., '17.
Catchpole, H., 18001, L/Cpl., Som. L.L
b., '89 ; s., Mr. & Mrs. Catchpole, Queen's Rd., Croydon.
Married ; 3 children. Res., 80 Thornton Rd., Croydon. Enl ,
Apr., '15 ; w., Aug., '16. Fell, '17.
Cates, James, 8191, Sgt., R.W.S. Regt.
Married. Res., Rymer Rd., Addis. Fell, 25 Sept., '17.
Cathie, Sydney, Pte.
Married. Fell, zi Oct., '16.
THE GLORIOUS DEAD 275
Cato, Charles Francis, 2nd A.M., R.A.F.
b., 15 May, '84 ; s., late Mr. & Mrs. Cato, 140 Richmond Rd.,
Leytonstone. Educ, at a private sch. Married ; 2 children.
Journalist. Res., 45 Sher\vood Rd., Addis. Enl., Jul., '17. D.,
of pneumonia at Aire, France, 9 Apr., '18.
Ca-.vson, G. a., 2/Lt., R.F.C.
Educ, Whitgift G. Sch. Fell, Cambrai, '17.
Cawston, R., ist A.M., R.A.F.
b., '83. Married ; 2 children. Goal-keeper, Addis. Football
Club. Served in France 2i yrs. D., of bronchial pneumonia,
France, '18.
Chadbond, John William, Pte., R. Fus.
b., 3 Feb., '90 ; s., Mr.& Mrs. Frank Charles Chadbond, Lenham
Church Street, Epsom. Educ, Whitgift G. Sch. D., of
wounds, France, 31 Dec, '15.
Chaff, E., Pte., 7 R W.S. Regt.
b., '84 ; s., Mr. & Mrs. Chaff, 115 High St., Croydon. D., of
enteric fever at R. Victoria Hosp., Netley, Oct., '15.
Chalk, Dudley, Pte., R.M.L.I.
b., '91 ; s., Mr. & Mrs. Chalk, Penge. W., at Antwerp, '14.
Fell, Dardanelles, '15.
Challen, H. J., 6589, Bty. Sgt. Maj., R.G A.
Res., S. Norwood. Fell, '16.
Chalmers, Harry Frank, R.N.V R.
b., '89 ; s., Mr. & Mrs. Chalmers, 65 Winterbourne Rd., T. Heath.
Fell, Gallipoli, 4 Jun., '15.
Chamberlain, Cyril John, Lt., i R.B.
b.. Hammersmith, '92 ; s., Mr. & Mrs. Chamberlain, 457 Lond.
Rd., T. Heath. Educ, Latymer Upper Sch., Hammersmith,
and Emanuel Sch., Wandsworth Common. Single. School-
master (L.C.C). Enl., 4 Sept., '14 ; commis., Aug., '15 ; w.,
Delville Wood, Sept., '16. Fell, nr. Poelcappelle, 7 Oct., '17.
Chambers, H. C, Pte., Welsh Regt.
Married ; i child. Res., 83 St. Saviour's Rd., Croydon. Enl.,
in R.A.S.C. (M.T.), '16. Fell, i Aug., '17.
Champion, George, Rflmn., K.R.R.C.
b., 55 Marville Rd., Fulham, 12 Jun., '87 ; s., Mr. & Mrs.
Champion, Rochester. Educ, Boro. Sec. Sch., Croydon. Single.
Clerk. Res., 312 Lr. Addis. Rd., Croydon. Enl., 17 May, '15.
Fell, nr. Ypres, 10 Apr., '16.
Chandler, James Edward, 42086, Cpl., 4 Btv., i Div. Can. Fid. Arty.
b., 8 Southbridge Place, Croydon, '85; y.s., Mr. & Mrs. Chandler,
35 Waddon New Rd., Croydon. Single. Res. in Croydon previous
to '06, being empl. by Messrs. Hammond & Hussey ; emigrated
to Canada, Feb., '06. Res., Peterboro', Ontario. Memb. of
Volunteers until '06. Enl., '14. Fell, Flanders, 10 Jun., '16.
Chaplin, W. A., 2473, L/Cpl., Lond. Regt.
Fell, '16.
Chapman, Arthur Thomas, Capt., 3 E. Sur. Regt.
b., '73. Married. Chairman of Messrs. Chapman & Sons,
Croydon. Res., Coulsdon. Helped to form ist Croydon Btn. of
Nat. Res.; served in S.A. War. Joined as Lt. Fell, 26 Apr., '15.
Chapman, Charles Leslie, Pte., 1/7 Lond. Regt.
b., Croydon, 13 Feb., '95 ; s., Mr. & Mrs. Edmund Chapman,
i86 Canterbury Rd., Croydon. Educ, Christ Ch. Sch., Croydon.
Single. Ironmonger's asst. Enl., Nov., '15. Fell, Cambrai,
I Dec, '17.
276 THE CROYDON ROLL OF HONOUR
Chapman, Edward Thomas, L/Cpl., R. Fus.
b., 22 Purley Rd., Croydon, 31 Jan., '96 ; s., Henry William &
Mary Ellen Chapman. Educ, Bynes Rd. Sch., Croydon. Mar-
ried. Grocer's asst. £"«/., 8 Sept., '14. Fe//, Somme, 7 Oct.,'i6.
Chapman, Harold Byron James, Pte., R.A.M.C.
b., Croydon, '88 ; s., Mr. & Mrs. Chapman, " Eversholt," Stanton
Rd., Croydon. Educ, Mod. Sch., Croydon. Married. Clerk.
Res., Stanton Rd., Croydon. Enl., Sept., '14. Fell, Cambrai, 26
Nov., '17.
Chapman, John Edward, R.A.M.C.
b., '80. Res., 12 Kidderminster Rd., Croydon. D., at R.Victoria
Hosp., Netley, 20 Aug., '17; buried, Mitcham Rd. Cem., Croydon.
Chappell, 2/Lt., R.E.
Educ., High Sch., Croydon. Fell, '16.
Charlick, E. H. R., 62920, Pte., 7 R. Fus.
b., Croydon, '82; s., R. Charlick, ex-station master, Selhurst Stn.,
& Mrs. Charlick. Married. Empl. by Messrs. Matthews &
Wilson, Portland Rd., S. Norwood. Res., 25 Cresswell Rd., S.
Norwood. Enl., in 3 R.W.S. Regt., 4 Jan., '17. W.,& missing,
Bailleul, 23 Apr., '17.
Charman, Albert, Pte., K.O.Y,L.I.
b., '96. Res., 81 Mitcham Rd., Croydon. Enl., Sept., '14. D.,
Boulogne, 29 Dec, '14, of wounds reed., 20 Dec, '14.
Chart, Geoffrey, Pte., S.A.F.
b., '81 ; 5., Aid. R. M. Chart, J.P., & Mrs. Chart. Educ, Whit-
gift G. Sch. Married ; 2 children. Res., S. Africa. Enl., in
R.A.S.C., '14 D., 23 Sept., '17, France, of wounds reed,
2 days prev.
Chatten, Walter Francis, Pte., 2 S. I^ancs. Regt.
b., Dartnell Rd., Croydon, 11 Jun., '96 ; s., Mr. & Mrs. G. E.
Chatten, 21 Laurier Rd., Croydon. Educ, St. Mary's (R.C.)
Sch., Croydon. Single. Dock labourer at Lond. Enl., 25 Jan.,
'15. Fell, Loos, 25 Sept., '15.
Chatterton, Harold M. N., 2/Lt., 9 R.W.S. Regt.
D., 18 Jun., '16, France, of gas poisoning, contracted 2 days prev.
Checker, John, Pte., Lond. Regt.
Fell, '16.
Chequer, Herbert Henry, Drummer, i Beds. Regt.
b., 75 The Drive, T. Heath, 10 Jul., '88 ; s., George & Sophia
Chequer, 75 The Drive, T. Heath. E'dfuc, Whitehorse Rd. Sch.,
T. Heath. Single. Enl., 16 Nov., '03. Ment. in despatches.
D., 28 Sept., '14, at 4 Gen. Hosp., Versailles, of wounds reed,
in retreat from Mons, 25 Sept., '14.
Cherry, Alfred John, W.O., R.N.
b., 13 Parker Rd., Croydon, 11 Oct., '85 ; 3rrf 5., late George and
Mary Rebecca Cherry, 55 Tunstall Rd., Croydon. Educ, St.
Andrew's Sch., Croydon. Single. Res., 82 Southbridge Rd.,
Croydon. jfotnedR.N., 11 May, '01. Lo5i with H.M.S ."Defence,"
Battle of Jutland, 31 May, '16. (Plate IX., 5).
Cheshire, Edgar Murray, 2/Lt., R.F.C.
b., T. Heath, 21 Apr., '93 ; s., Mr. & Mrs. M. E. Cheshire,
9 Raymead Av., T. Heath. Educ, M. Whitgift Sch. Single.
Bank clerk. Joined, 6 Jun., '17. Z)., as result of accident while
flying, Shoreham, 6 Mar., '18; buried, MitchamRd. Cem., Croydon.
Chester, D., Sgt., R. Fus.
Educ, Shoreham G. Sch. Clerk, Croydon Branch, Nat. Pro-
vincial Bank. Res., 42 Hathaway Rd., Croydon. Enl., '14.
Fell, 24 Apr., '17.
THE GLORIOUS DEAD 277
Chevins, Walter, Pte., i Lond. Regt.
b., '99 ; s., Mr. & Mrs. Chevins, 3 Edward Rd., Addis. Educ,
Davidson Rd. Sch., Croydon. Enl., Sept., '15. Fell, France,
15 Sept., '16.
Child, A. G., Staff Sgt. Maj., 4 R.W.S. Regt.
Enl., '95 ; went to India, Oct., '14. D., from an abscess on the
liver, Poona, Aug., '15.
Chilmaid, F. a., 14788, Pte., E. Sur. Regt.
Res., T. Heath. Fell, '17.
Chilton, Ernest, Bdr., R.F.A.
s., Mr. & Mrs. Chilton, 6 Penrith Rd., T. Heath. Accidentally
killed, France, 4 Jan., '16.
Chilver, S. G., 60S039, Pte., R. Irish Fus.
Res., Croydon. Fell, '17.
Chittell, St.^nley S., 10 R. Fus.
s., Mr. & Mrs. J. Chittell, 74 Westow St., U. Norwood.
Chittenden, Albert Edward, 99058, L/Cpl., 245 Coy., M.G.C.
b., Peckham. Educ, Dulvvich. Married. Shipping rhanager.
Res., 34 Beechwood Av., T. Heath. Enl., Aug., '15. D.,
15 Jan., '17, of Vv'ounds reed, in Mesopotamia.
Chittenden, Leonard Lloyd.
b., '95 ; s., Mr. & Mrs. H. Chittenden, Addis. D., in Switzerland,
15 Oct., '18, having been released from Austria six days before.
Chittenden, Walter, Pte., 12 Suff. Regt.
b., Whyteleafe, i6 May, '80 ; s., John & Ellen Chittenden, Wel-
come Terr., Kenley. Educ, Kenley Sch. Married. Painter.
i?e5., 30 PurleyRd., Croydon. Enl., 2 Oct., '15. Fell, y Sept., '18.
Church, W., Pte., R. Fus.
b., '92 ; y.s., Mr. & Mrs. J. Church, 49 Saxon Rd., S. Norwood,
Educ, Woodside Sch., Croydon. Married. Enl., Apr., '16,
Fell, Givenchy, 9 Apr., '17.
Churcher, F., Gnr., R.F.A.
y.s., Mr. & Mrs. H. Churcher, 10 Cobden Rd., S. Norwood.
D., 24 Nov., '17, of wounds reed, in France 2 days prev.
Churcher, Henry William, Sapper, R.E.
b., Carmichael Rd., S. Norwood, 29 Oct., '81 ; s., Mr. & Mrs.
Churcher, 10 Cobden Rd., S. Norwood. Educ, Birchanger Rd,
Sch., S. Norwood. Married. Bricklayer. Res., Apsley Rd.,
S. Norwood. Enl., '99 ; S.A. Med. & Bars ; called up on Res.,
'14. Fell, nr. Armentieres, 24 Jul., '15.
Chutter, George Philip, Lt., Glo'ster. Regt.
b., '98 ; 3/-^ J., Mr. & Mrs. Chutter, Brighton Rd., Croydon. Fell,
IS Jun., '18.
Clack, J., 55882, Pte., M.G.C.
Res., Croydon. Fell, '17.
Claricoat, Arthur John, Rflmn., Lond. Regt.
b., Sutton, 7 Sept., '96 ; s., Mr. & Mrs. Claricoat, 7 Tait Rd,,
Croydon. Educ, Tavistock Grove Sch., Croydon Single.
Grocer's asst. Enl., in 3/4 R.W.S. Regt., 17 Sept., '14. Fell,
Belgium, 7 Jun.,' 17.
Claridge, L.awrence Braham, Pte., 2/4 Lond. Regt. (R.Fus.)
b., S. Norwood, 22 Jun., '81 ; s., George Frederick & Frances
Claridge, 28 Morland Rd., and 59 George Street, Croydon ; now
of Leighton Buzzard. Educ, Whitgift G. Sch. Bank clerk,
Anglo S. American Bank, Chili. Enl., Nov., '14 ; served in
Egypt, Dardanelles, France. D., 31 May, '16, in France, of
wounds reed, the prev. day.
278 THE CROYDON ROLL OF HONOUR
Clark, Albert, 1880, Pte., R.A.S.C. (M.T.)
b.. Caller St., King's Cross, 5 Dec, '85 ; s., Mr. & Mrs. Thomas
Clark, 52 Gloucester Rd., Croydon. Educ., Sydenham Rd. Sch.,
Croydon. Single. Fitter. Res., Liverpool. Enl., 10 Aug.,
'14. D., of enteric fever, 21 Jan., '15.
Clark, Arthur George, 27042, Cpl., R. Scots.
b., Croydon, 8 Aug., '95 ; s., Mr. & Mrs. Thomas Clark, 52
Gloucester Rd., Croydon. Educ, Sydenham Rd. Sch., Croydon.
Single. Empl. as ticket collector by L.B. & S.C.R. Enl., 9 Nov.,
'15. Fell, France, 27 Aug., '18.
Clark, Bert, Pte., Lond. Regt.
2.nd s., Mr. & Mrs. Clark, Tamworth PI., Croydon. Married.
Res., Croydon. Enl., in Middlesex Regt. D., of wounds, '18.
Clark, Edv^^ard, R.B.
Educ, Shirley Sch., Wickham Rd., Croydon. Fell, '15.
Clark, F., 810444, R.F.A.
Res., S. Norwood. Fell, 'I'j .
Clark, J. F., L/Cpl., H.A.C.
b., '87 ; s., Mr. & Mrs. Harry M. Clark. D., of pneumonia,
Italy, '17.
Clark, Joe, Pte., R.W.S. Regt.
b., '96 ; 2rd s., Mr. & Mrs. Clark, 28 Tamworth PI., Croydon
Fell, 6 Apr., '18.
Clark, Thomas Henry, Seaman, R.N.
b., Croydon, '96 ; s., Mr. & Mrs. T. Clark, Redhill. jfoined, '12 ;
served on H.M. Ships " Ganges," " Magnificent," & " Donegal."
Lost, with H.M.S. " Amphion," Aug., '14.
Clarke, Alfred William, Pte., 2/4 R.W S. Regt.
b., Croydon, 22 Nov., '74. Educ, St. Andrew's Sch., Croydon.
Married. Bricklayer. Res., 40 Bredon Rd., Addis. Enl., 23
Nov., '14. D., 27 Mar., '17, Khanyunas, Palestine, of wounds
reed. prev. day.
Clarke, Frank Percy, Bdr., R.F.A
b., S. Norwood, 19 Oct., '88 ; s., Samuel & Sarah Clarke, 5 Sydney
Rd., S. Norwood. Educ, Birchanger Rd. Sch., S. Norwood.
Married ; i child. Labourer empl. by L.B. & S.C.R. Served
for 6 yrs. in R.W.S. Regt. before the war. Re-enl., 3 Nov., '14.
Fell, St. Quentin, 5 Jul., '17. (Plate V., 3).
Clarke, H. B., Pte., R.W.S. Regt.
s., Mr. & Mrs. W. A. Clarke, 39 Tamworth Rd., Croydon.
Married, Parish Ch., Croydon, 16 Jun., '17. Enl., Oct., '16.
Fell, 31 Jul., '17.
Clarke, H. J., Pte., R.W.S. Regt
Postman. Enl., Aug., '14. Fell, Jun., '15.
Clarke, Hugh Martin, Lt., Lond. Regt.
b., 25 Feb., '89 ; s., George William Clarke (Town Clerk, Stepney).
Educ , Whitgift G. Sch., '01-07 : took his degree at Clare Coll.,
Camb., '11 ; called to the bar (Middle Temple), '12. Married.
Commis., Jun., '13. Fell, France, 27 Sept., '15.
Clarke, John Gay, Capt., 9 R. Suss. Regt.
s., Mr. & Mrs. Stephenson Clarke, West Hoathly, Sussex,
formerly of Croydon. Fell, France, Sept., '15.
Claydon, Ernest Digby, Signaller, 1/17 Lond. Regt.
b., Camberwell, 9 Nov., '98. Educ, Mina Rd. Schs., Old Kent Rd.,
Lond. Single. Clerk (Civ. Serv.). Enl., 17 Jan., '17.
Claydon, S., 21 14, Pte., E. Sur, Regt.
Fell, '16.
THE GLORIOUS DEAD 279
Clayton, Keith Herbert, Lt., i Camb. Regt.
s., Mr. & Mrs. T. G. Clayton, 2 Bedford PL, Croydon. Res.,
Newlands Lodge, Caterham. Fell, 22 Aug., '18.
Cleaver, G. J., 7792, Pte., K.R.R.C.
Res., Croydon. Fell, '16.
Clement, Frederick, Pte., Aust. I.F.
b., '83 ; y.s., John & Mary Clement, 4 Sumner Rd., Croydon.
Res., New S. Wales. Served through S.A. War with King's
Liverpool Regt. Fell, Passchendaele, 12 Oct., '17.
Cleverly, Fr.\nk, Pte., i R.W.S. Regt.
b.. Stoke Newington, 4 Nov., '84 ; s., Mr. & Mrs. Cleverly, 24
Howl ey Rd., Croydon. Educ. at Croydon. Single. jRes., Croydon.
Enl., about Mar., '01 ; served 8 yrs. in India. Fell in the retreat
from Mons, 31 Oct., '14.
Cliff, F., 41683, Pte., R. Irish Fus.
Res., T. Heath. D., of wounds, '17.
Clifton, William Stredder, Gnr., M.G.C.
b., '97. Res., 37 Parson's Mead, Croydon. Enl., in 3/4 R.W.S.
Regt , 17 May, '15. Fell, Jun., '17.
Clive, Robert, Special Signal Boy, R.N.
At one time chargeable to the Croydon Union ; sent to Training
Ship " Exmouth." Lost with H.M.S. " Columbia," sunk by
torpedo while engaged on mine sinking operations, i May, —
Coatman, Stanley William, L/Cpl., Kensington Rif. (13 Lond. Regt.)
b., '96 ; s., Mr. & Mrs. William Coatman, 23 Windmill Rd.,
Crovdon Eril., '15. D. of pneumonia, at St. Pol Hosp.,
8 Nov., '18.
Cobb, H. J., Coldstream Gds.
Fell, '16.
Cockram, Arthur Herbert, Pte., i Sur. Rif. (21 Lond. Regt.)
b.. Tooting, 13 Dec, '96 ; s., Arthur Edward & Fanny Cockram,
66 Queen's Rd., U. Norwood. Educ, Rockmount Rd. and
Woodland Rd.Schs.,U. Norwood. Single. Telegraph messenger.
Enl., Jan., '14. D., 22 Sept., '16, at 36 C C.S., of wounds reed,
at High Wood, Somme, 15 Sept., '16. Buried, Meri court.
CoE, Herbert J., Lt., Tank C.
b., Lond., S.E., 4 Oct., '93 ; s., Mr. & Mrs. J. Coe, 39 The
Avenue, Kenley, Surrey. Educ, Abp. Tenison's Sch., Croydon,
where he distinguished himself as a swimmer. Enl. in Middlesex
Yeom., '13 ; served with M.G.C. in Egypt, Dardanelles, and
Salonica. Returned to Eng. and reed, commis. in Tank C, '17 ;
went to France, Nov., '17. Fell, nr. Lamotte-en-Santerre,
Somme, 8 Aug., '18.
Coldham, J., Cpl., R.E.
b., Woodbury Cottage, Addis. Rd., Croydon. Married. Empl.
as fitter at Croydon Gas Works. Res., 6 Enville Terrace, Carew
Rd., T. Heath. Enl., Jun., '15. ; M.M., '18. Fell, 9 Jun.. '18.
CoLDV^LLS, Charles Albert, 2/Lt., 108 Bde., R.F.A.
b., 15 Jun., '9=; ; s., Mr. & Mrs. Joseph George Coldwells,
Wallington Educ, M. Whitgift Sch., & Whitgift G. Sch.,'07-1 1 .
Enl., in Sur. Yeom. ; gazetted to R.F.A. , Nov., '14. Fell, nr.
Loos, 28 Sept., '15.
Coldwells, Francis Baker.
b., 25 Nov., '91 ; s., Mr. & Mrs. Joseph George Coldwells,
Wallington. Educ, Whitgift G. Sch. ; senior scholar, Wadham
Coll., Oxford ; instructor, Oxford O.T.C. Joined, Aug. '14
Fell, I Jul., '16.
28o THE CROYDON ROLL OF HONOUR
CoLDWELLS, Leonard George, Pee., Lond. Scottish (14 Lond. Regt.)
b., 2 Nov., '93 ; s., Mr. & Mrs. Joseph George Coldweils,
WalHngton. Educ, Whitgift G. Sch., '04-09. Enl., i Apr., '14.
Fell, France.
Cole, A. F., 202086, Pte., R.W. Kent Regt.
Res., Croydon. Fell, '17.
Cole, Charles Stanley George, Pte., Lond. Regt.
b., '99. Res., 9 Amersham Rd., Croydon. Enl., Aug., '14.
D., 13 Oct., '16, of wounds reed. 9 Oct., '16.
Cole, G., 474095, Pte., Lond. Regt.
Res., W. Croydon. Fell, '17.
Cole, J., 12824, Pte., Yorks. Regt. (?)
Fell, '16.
Cole, W. S.
D. of wounds, 23 Nov., '15.
CoLEBROOK, Albert Charles, Gnr., R.F.A.
b., '95 ; s., Mr. & Mrs. Colebrook, 8 Haling Rd., Croydon.
Educ, Bering PI. Sch., Croydon. Enl., Aug., '14 ; served 2^
yrs. in France. D. of wounds reed., i Dec, '17, at Cambrai.
Coleman, Edwin Arthur, Sapper, R.E.
b., Croydon, 15 Aug., '95 ; s., late Mr., & Mrs. Coleman,
2 Longley Rd., Croydon. Educ, Woodside Sch., Croydon.
Single. Enl., 19 Nov., '14. D. at his res., 2 Longley Rd.,
Croydon, 26 Aug., '19.
Coleman, William, Rflmn., R.B.
b., Woodside, S. Norwood, 30 Aug., '92 ; s., Tom & Elizabeth
Ellen Coleman, 48 Stanger Rd., S. Norwood. Educ, Woodside
and Portland Rd. Schs., S. Norwood. Married. Butcher. Res.,
9 Morland Bldgs., Earl St., Westminster. Enl., 23 Jan., '17.
D., 26 Aug.,'17, in 17 C.C.S., of wounds reed., Menin Rd., Ypres,
two days prev. Buried, nr. Poperinghe.
Collett, p. F., 16220, Pte., E. Sur. Regt.
Res., Addis. Fell, '16.
CoLLiNGS, E. D. A., 2/Lt., R.W.S. Regt.
Fell, '16.
Collins, Dennis, Bdr., R.F.A.
b , 51 Leighton St., Croydon, 27 Sept., '90 ; s., Thomas & Laura
M. Collins, 28 Napier Rd., Croydon. Educ, St. Mary's (R.C.)
Sch., Croydon. Single. Labourer, empl. on railway work. Enl.,
10 Apr., '12 ; M.M., '16. Fell, nr. Arras, 14 May, '17. Buried,
Arras.
Collins, Edwin James, Pte., 2/5 Lincoln. Regt.
b., 9 Keen's Rd., Croydon, 26 Oct., '98 ; s., D. G. & E. C. Collins,
16 Edridge Rd., Croydon. Educ, St. Andrew's Sch., Croydon.
Single. Porter. Ek/., 4 Sept., '16. £)., 27 Sept., '17, at 47 C.C.S.,
France, of wounds reed, at Messines prev. day. Buried, Oost
Vleteren, N. of Poperinghe. (Plate V., 4).
Collins, Frank A., Pte., M.G.C.
b., '83. Married. Clerk, Croydon Gas Co., since 99. Enl.
in E. Sur. Regt., '16. Fell, 24 Apr., '17.
Collins, Harold George, Lt., R.F.C.
b., '95 ; s., Mr. & Mrs. D. George Collins, Shirley Park, Croydon.
Educ, Wellingborough Coll. Enl., as pte. in E, Kent Regt., '14 ;
commis. in R.A.S.C. ; transf. to R.F.C, '16. Fell, 9 Apr., '17.
Collins, L., 27321, Pte., Suff. Regt.
Fell, *i6.
THE GLORIOUS DEAD 281
CoLLYER, William John, Pee., 1/6 Black Watch.
b., S. Norwood, 15 Sept., '87. Educ, Birchangar Rd. Sch.,
S. Norwood. Married. Compositor. Res., 20 Park Rd.,
S. Norwood. Enl., '16. Fell, 26 Oct., '18.
CoLTMAN, Victor Joseph, Pte., R. Suss. Regt.
s , Mr. & Mrs. James Coltman, 20 West St., Croydon. Married ;
3 children. Res., 39 Wandle Rd., Croydon. Enl., 16 Aug., '16.
Fell, France, 3 May, '17.
Comber, John, 1907, Pte., 1/15 Lond. Regt.
b., Sydney, N.S.W., lo Aug., '94 ; e.s., William J B. & Clara L.
Comber, 44 Cotford Rd., T. Heath. Educ, privately. Single.
Civil servant. £■«/. in Terrs, before war. Missing, 20 Dec, '15,
after enemy raid on Hohenzollern Redoubt ; presumed killed.
Comber, William, Pte., 15 Lond. Regt.
b., Sydney, N.S.W., 23 Apr., '97 ; y.s., William J. B. 8c Clara L.
Comber, 44 Cotford Rd., T. Heath. Educ, Winterbourne Rd.
Sch., T. Heath, & Whitgift G. Sch. (scholarship). Single.
Clerk at Lloyd's. Enl., Oct., '15. D., lo Apr., '17, at 3 Can,
C.C.S., Belgium, of wounds reed. prev. day. Buried, Lipsenthoek.
Comley, Edgar C, Lt., R. Mun. Fus.
s., Mr. & Mrs. Comley, Croydon. Awarded M.C., Oct., '17.
D. as result of an accident, 27 Sept., '18.
CoMPTON, Neville George, 2/Lt., 13 Worcester Regt.
h., 22 Dec, '93 ; s., Mr. & Mrs. Richard Webb Compton,
Warwick Lodt^e, Redhil!, formerly of 37 Ashburton Rd., Addis.
Dental student.
Constable, Leonard Albert Longman, Seaman, R.N.
b., Farnborough, 8 Jan., '98 ; s., John & Georgina Constable,
66 Saxon Rd., S. Norwood. Educ, Whitehorse Rd. Sch., T.
Heath. Single. Grocers' boy. Joined, 2 Mar., '14. Lost, with
H M.S. " Hampshire," sunk nr. Orkney Islands, 5 Jun., '16
Conway, Guy, 2/Lt., 11 R.W.S. Regt.
b., '97 ; s., Mr. & Mrs. C. Conway, 344 Lr. Addis. Rd., Croydon.
Educ, Bedford House Sch., Croydon. Single. Res., 46 Inglis
Rd., Croydon. Enl., as trooper in Sur. Yeom., 23 Oct., '14 ;
trained with O.T.C., at Corpus Christi Coll., Camb. Fell, Bel-
gium, 29 Sept., '18.
Cook, Arthur B., Pte., Hants. Regt.
b., Brighton, 21 Sept., '81 ; s., William Richard 8c Frances L.
Cook, 4 Alexandra PI., S. Norwood. Educ, Brighton. Single,
EjiL, Mar., '15. D. of wounds, 19 C.C.S., France, 28 May, '17.
Cook, Francis John Richard, Pte., Lond. Scottish (14 Lond. Regt.)
b., Yorks., '97. Educ, Whitgift G. Sch. jRes. with his guardians,
William Buttle, & Rev. W. F. Buttle, 3 Upper Grove, S. Nor-
wood. Bank clerk. Enl., '16. Fell, France, Nov., 'i6.
Cook, George, L/Cpl., Seaforth H.
b; '95 ; y-S; Mr. & Mrs. S. Cook, 25 Birchanger Rd., S. Norwood.
Enl., Sept., '14. D. of wounds, 21 Nov., '16.
Cook, James, Lond. Scottish (14 Lond. Regt.)
b., Heme Hill, '81 ; s., Mr. & Mrs. James Cook, " Woodvale,"
Beddington Gdns. Educ, City of Lond. Sch., & King's Coll.
Enl., '14. D. of wounds, Oct., '15.
Cook, Leslie George, Pte., 3 Middlesex Regt.
b., Clapham, 20 Jun., '95 ; s., William & Susannah Cook, 71
Hampton Rd., Croydon. Educ, Sydenham Rd. Sch., Croydon.
Single. Butcher. Enl., Jan., '15. Fell, Loos, 25 Sept., '15.
CooKi:, Edw.^rd Ralph, Pte., H A.C.
b., 16 Mar., '79 ; s., Mr. ik Mrs. Alfred E. Cooke, Carshalton.
iiJ«c,, Whitgift G. Sch., '92-94. Married, /ies., Reading. Fell,'!-].
282 THE CROYDON ROLL OF HONOUR
Cooke, Harold George, L/Cpl., i R.W.S. Regt.
s., Mr. & Mrs. Cooke, 50 Rymer Rd.. Addis. Enl., '11 . Fell,
31 Oct., '14.
CooMBER, W. A., Pte., E. Sur. Regt.
Res., 26 Lancing Rd., Croydon. Fell, 25 Jul., '16.
Coombs, William Henry, Sgt., R.A.S.C. (M.T.)
b., Brixton, 8 May, '83 ; s., Mr. & Mrs. Coombs, 13 Howberry
Rd., T. Heath. Educ, Beulah Rd. Sch., T. Heath. Married'-
2 sons. Furniture salesman. Res., Sandfield Rd., T. Heath.
Acted as Spec. Const, before enlisting. Enl., 7 Jun., '15. D.,
29 Mar., '18, at 8 Stat. Hosp., Wimereux, of wounds recd.prev.day.
Cooper, C, Pte., 3/4 R.W.S. Regt.
Fell, '16.
Cooper, Charles George Daniel, 12231, Pte., q Dev. Regt.
h., Caterham, 25 Aug., '88 ; s., George Charles F. & Elizabeth A.
Cooper, II Southsea Rd., Croydon. Educ, Mitcham Rd. Sch.,
Croydon. Single. Railway shunter. i?es., Nuneaton, Warwick-
shire. Enl., I Sept., '14. Fell, Ypres, 26 Oct., '17.
Cooper, Clarence E. Nooth, Lt., Lincoln. Regt. (attd. R.F.C.)
b.. Putney, 7 May, '01 ; e.s., Mr. & Mrs. George C. Nooth Cooper,
107 8. Norwood Hill. £"(/«£., Whitgift G. Sch. Single. Traveller
for firm of wire rope makers. £■«/., in 9 Lond Regt. (Q.V.Rif.),
Oct., '14 ; commis., Feb., '15. Killed by fall from a kite bal-
loon through parachute failing to open, nr. Montauban, Somme.
16 Sept., *i6.
Cooper, F. C, Cpl., L.R.B. (5 Lond. Regt.)
b., '87. Manager of Messrs. Price & Sons, wine merchants.
Fell, France, 1 Jul., '16.
Cooper, Francis Mordaunt (Frank M.), Sgt., Lond. Regt.
b., Croydon, '97 ; y.s., Mr. & Mrs. Dunham Cooper, " Campbell,"
Blenheim Cres., S. Croydon. Educ, T. Heath Sch., & Elmhurst
Coll. Served in France, Mar. '15 to Jan., '17. Fell, Ypres, 18
Jan., '17.
Cooper, Francis Nicholas Nooth, Lt., R.A.S.C. (attd. S.W.B.)
b., Sudbury, nr. Harrow, 22 Oct., '96 ; s., Mr. & Mrs. George
Nooth Cooper, 107 S. Norwood Hill. Educ, Whitgift G. Sch,
Single. £■«/., as pte., in L.R.B. , Sept. ,'14 ; served at Dardanelles,
on Suez Canal defences, & in Mesopotamia, Fell, nr. Cambrai,
France, 21 Nov., '17.
Cooper, Frederick William Augustus, Pte., Gren. Gds.
s., late Mr. William Cooper, & Mrs. King, Selhurst Rd., S. Nor-
wood. Married ; i child. Solicitor. Enl., Dec, '14. Fell, 27
Aug., '18.
Cooper, Harry, Driver, R.W.S. Regt,
b., '96. Educ, Whitehorse Rd. Sch., T. Heath. Res., 72 Pawson's
Rd., Croydon. Enl., Sept., '14. D., 14 Jul., '16, at Cannes, of
wounds reed, in France, i Jul., '16.
Coote, George H., Pte., R. Suss. Regt.
b., '98. Res., 28 Sandown Rd., S. Norwood. Enl., 30 Aug., *i6.
Fell, '17,
COPPIN, Richard A., Capt., R.W.S. Regt.
b., 14 Apr., '97 ; s., Mr, & Mrs. Richard Henry Coppin, Addington.
Educ, Whitgift G. Sch., '10-14, Single. Enl., as pte., in
Artists Rif., Jan., '15 ; commis., Dec, '15 ; Capt., Nov,, '16.
Fell, France, 12 Apr,, '17.
Corbett, J. A., 81037, R.F.A.
Res., Addis, D. of wounds, '17.
THE GLORIOUS DEAD 283
CoRDOCK, F. G., Pte., E. Sur. Regt.
b., '93. Educ, Abp. Tenison's Sch., Croydon. Married, Mar.,
'18, Miss A. Grantham, of Selhurst New Rd., S. Norwood. Enl.,
Sept., '14 ; et;., Ypres, Apr., '15, & Loos, Sept., '15. Fell, France,
20 May, '18.
CoRDREY, Harold Courtney, Cpl., 10 R. Fus.
h., Southwark, 7 Feb., '94 ; s., Arthur & Virginia Cordrey,
" Ravenswood," Oakfield Rd., Croydon. Educ, Whitgift G. Sch.
Single. Traveller. Enl., Aug., '14. Fell, Pozieres, 15 Jul., '16.
CoRKE, Guy H.'vrold, 2/Lt., Northd. Fus.
b., 23 Nov., '90 ; s., Mr. & Mrs. Benjamin Corke, Wimborne Rd.,
Bournemouth. Educ., Aberdeen G. Sch., & Whitgift G. Sch.,
'02-09 < open Science Scholarship, Camb., '08; B.A., Camb.,
'11. Ment. in despatches, 13 Jul., '16.
CoRNHiLL, George Henry Lewis.
b., '94 ; y.s., Mr. & Mrs. Cornhill, " Lyndale," Tamworth Rd.,
Croydon. Aero employment in France. D. from pneumonia and
septic poisoning, 21 Oct., '18.
Cornish, Robert Fenton, Pte., Middlesex Regt.
b., Earlswood, 4 Mar., '82. Married. Sign writer. Res., 6
Naseby Rd., U. Norwood. Enl., 14 Aug., '16. Fell, Monchy
le Preux, 23 Apr., '17. Buried in Mil. Cem., between Heninel
and Croisilles.
CoRRY, John Beaumont, Major, R.E.
b., '75 ; 2nd s., late Mr. John Corry, of Park Hill Rd., Croydon,
a member of Croydon County Bench, and Mrs. Corrv. Joined
army, '94 ; served in N.W. Frontier. India, '97-98, Tirah cam-
paigns, Waran Valley, etc. ; awarded D.S.O. and ment. in
despatches for service at capture of Fort Nodiz, Meckran, '01.
Fell, 5 Nov., '14.
CosEDGE, Percival George Allen, E. Sur. Regt,
b.,'y8. Twice married ; i son & i daughter. Managing clerk to
firm of Lond. solicitors. Res., Estcourt Rd., Woodside. Memb.
of Croydon Nat. Res. and i Sur. Rif ; has won many prizes
for shooting. Elected to Croydon Boro. Council, '12. D at
8 C.C.S., of wounds reed. 16 Dec, '14. (For portrait see list
of Illustrations).
Cothill, C, 2080, L/Cpl., R.W.S. Regt.
Taken pris,, believed dead.
Cottle, Stephen John, A.B. Seaman, R.N
Married. Res., 2 Priory Rd., W. Croydon. Served on H.M.S .
" Jason " (mine-sweeper). Killed, 3 Apr., '17.
Cotton, William Frank, 8 R.W.S. Regt.
b., 19 Oct., '87 ; s., Mr. & Mrs. Charles Cotton, 57 Sangley Rd.,
S. Norwood. Educ., Abp. Tenison's Sch., Croydon. Single.
Horticultural builder. Res., 240 S. Norwood Hill. Enl., Sept.;
'14. Fell, Delville Wood, Somme, 2 Sept., '16.
CouLDREY, Douglas John, 2/Lt., 24 Lond. Regt.
b., Lewisham, 5 May, '94 ; y.s., Mr. & Mrs. Couldrey, " Holm
Croft," Lansdowne Rd., Croydon. Educ, Sevenoaks G. Sch.,
and Denstone Coll., Staffordshire. Single. Commercial trav.
Enl., Sept., '14, in W. Kent Yeom. D. of wounds, Beersheba,
31 Oct., '17. (Plate VIII. , s).
CoviLL, G., Pte., Middlesex Regt.
Fell, 31 Aug., '16.
Covi^LiN, H., Cpl., L.R.B. (s Lond. Regt.)
Educ, Whitgift G. Sch., '96-02. Fell, France, i Jul., '16.
284 THE CROYDON ROLL OF HONOUR
Cox, Albert Edward, Pte., 14 R. Irish Rif.
b., Croydon, 1 Feb., '98 ; y.s., Fred. & Annie Cox, 118 White-
horse Rd., Croydon. Educ, Sydenham Rd. Sch., Croydon, and
Boro. Sec. Sch., Croydon. Single. Empl. in accountant's office,
L.B.&S.C.R. £■«/. in 23 Lond. Regt., Sept., '14. Z). of wounds,
53 C.C.S., France, 21 Apr., '17. (Fiate VII., 4).
Cox, G. H., Pte., R.W.S. Regt.
Res., T. Heath. Fell, '16.
Cox, William, K.R.R.C.
Enl., Sept., '14. Fell, '15.
Cozens, Cyril Percy, Rflmn., L.R.B. (5 Lond. Regt.)
b., '99 ; s., Mr. & Mrs. P. J. Cozens, 4 Carevv Rd., T. Heath.
Educ, Westminster Sch. Single. Clerk, County & Westminster
Bank. Eril., Jul., '17. Fell, 11 Oct.. '18.
Cozier, A., 22619, Pte., E. Sur. Regt.
Res., S. Norwood. Fell, '17.
Crabb, Norman Frank, Pte., L.R.B. (5 Lond. Regt.)
b., W. Norwood, 18 Feb., '90 ; s., Thomas & Martha Crabb, 72
Parchmore Rd., T. Heath. Educ, Beulah Rd. Sch., T. Heath,
and Battersea Polytechnic. Single. Clerk. Enl., i Oct., '15.
Fell, Gommecourt, i Jul., '16.
Craig, Joseph Kerr, Rflmn., Civil Serv. Rif. (15 Lond. Regt.)
Cr.\ne, Frank, Cpl., R.W.S. Regt.
b., Deptford, 17 Jun., '95 ; s., Mr. & Mrs. Crane, 17 Alpha Rd,,
Croydon, iif^/jfc, Scarbrook Rd. Sen., Croydon. Single. Empl.
by L.B. & S.C.R. Enl., 23 Nov., '14. Fell, between Monchy
and Chinery, France, 3 May, '17.
Cranston, Henry James, Rflmn., K.R.R.C.
b., I St. John's Rd., Croydon, 24 Jun., '92 ; s., Harry & Harriet
Alice Cranston, St. John's Rd., Croydon. Educ, Par. Ch. Sch.,
Croydon. Married. Empl. as roundsman by Messrs. Sainsbury.
Enl., 25 Apr., '16 ; w., France, Sept., '16. P^ell, 17 Feb., '17.
■Craven, Brian Thornthwaite, 2/Lt., R.F.A. (Trench Mortar Bty.)
b., '86. Empl. by Messrs. Robert Schwarzenbach, of Alder-
manburv, E.C. Enl. as pte. in Lond. Scott. ; commis., Aug., '15 .
Fell, I Jul., '16.
Creek, Stanley Alister, Act.-Coy.Sgt.Maj., 1/20 Lond. Regt.
b., Croydon, 29 Mar., '91 ; s., late J. H. Sc Catharine Creek,
48 Clyde Rd., Croydon. Educ, Boro. Sec. Sch., Croydon, and
Goldsmith's Coll., Univ. of Lond. Single. Schoolmaster. Enl.,
23 Aug., '14. Fell, High Wood, Somme, 15 Sept., 'i6. (Plate
VII., 6).
Crisp, F., Pte.
Married ; 2 children. Greengrocer. Res., Queen's Rd., Croy-
don. D. from bronchitis, '17.
Crittenden. Frederick, 2/Lt., R.G.A.
6., '80. Married, Lily Thornton ; 2 sons. Headmaster of Ingram
Rd. Sch.,T. Heath ; prev. asst.mast. Beulah Rd. Sch., T. Heath.
Connected with Elem. Sch. Athletic Assoc, and George St. Cong.
Sunday Sch. ; first head of Evening Inst, at Whitgift G. Sch. ;
was an Inspector in Special Constabulary. Enl., in Inns of
Court O.T.C., Nov., '15 ; gazetted to R.G.A. , Sept., '16. D. at
King's Coll. Hosp. from illness contracted on active service,
7 Sept., '17.
Croft, W., 18938, Pte., K.R.R.C.
Fell, '16.
Crofts, Eric.
b., '97 ; y.s., Mr. & Mrs. Crofts, 6 The Exchange, Lond. Rd.,
T. Heath. Fell, 27 Mar., '18.
THE GLORIOUS DEAD 285
Cropley, T R., SRt., Q.W. Rif. (16 Lond. Regt.).
Educ, M. Whitgift Sch. Fell, 27 Nov., '17.
Cropp, John, Pte., A.C.C.
Married ; i child. Empl. by Messrs. Hardy, bookbinders, Lond.
Rd., Croydon. Res., 19 Pawson's Rd., Croydon. Enl., Jul., '15 ;
served 2 yrs. in Salonica. JD.from pneumonia, Salonica, 28 Nov.'iS.
Cross, Samuel George, Driver, 36 Div. R.F.A.
h., Bowbrickle, 6 Sept., '75. Educ, Brighton Rd. Sch., Croydon.
Married. Labourer. Res., Beulah Rd., T. Heath. Enl., 26 Apr.,
'15. B'ell, France, 24 Apr., '17.
Crouch, Leonard Albert, Pte., 8 E. Sur. Regt.
b., 30 Eland Rd., Croydon, 4 Jul., '86 ; e.s., Mr. & Mrs.
Crouch, 64 Lr. Addis. Rd., Croydon. Educ, Par. Ch. Sch.,
Croydon. Married; i child. Baker's iourne\TTian. Res., 205
Gloucester Rd., Croydon. Enl., 3 Jun., '16. Fe//, Belgium,
12 Oct., '17.
Crowhurst, John Moses, Coy.Sgt.Maj., R.W.S. Regt.
6., '80. Married. Empl. by L.B.&S.C.R. i?f5., 64 Tamworth
Rd., Croydon. Served in S.A. War with E. Sur. Regt ; went to
France, '14, fighting in battles of Aisne, Marne and Mons. Fell,
21 Aug., '16.
Crowley, John Cyril, Capt., 4 R.W.S. Regt.
b., Croydon, 2 Dec, '77 ; s., A. Charles & Florence Mar^' Crowley,
" Woodlands," Coombe Rd., Croydon. Educ, Wimborne, and
Keble Coll., Oxford ; M.A., '99. Single. Member of firni of
A. C. S. & H. Crowley, brewers ; represented the Central Ward
on Croydon Boro. Council from Jan., '09 to Oct., '15. Joined,
4 R.W.S. Regt., '06, as 2/Lt. ; served in India and Mesopot-
amia. Fell, Nasiriyeh, 11 Sept., '16. (Plate VHL, 4).
Crowlin, Horace, Rflmn., L.R.B. (5 Lond. Regt.)
b., 13 Dec, '83 ; s., Mr. & Mrs. Crowlin, "Elmwood," Mitcham.
Educ, Whitgift G. Sch., '96-02. Fell on live bomb to save his
fellows, and was killed.
Crozier, Ernest John, Pte., 8 R. Berks. Regt.
b., Anerlev, s Aug., '97 ; s., John William & Louisa Crozier, 61
Denmark Rd., S. Norwood. Educ, Portland Rd. Sch., S. Nor-
wood. Single. Printer. Enl., 15 Sept., '14. Fell, between
Vermelles & La Eassee, 25 Sept., '15.
Cudmore, W., Pte.
b., '96. Res., 1 14 Wellesley Rd., Croydon. Served at Dardanelles,
Egypt, and Palestine. Fell, Jerusalem, 28 Dec, '17.
CuLLis, Alfred, 41667, Rflmn., R. Irish Rif.
Empl. at one time by Messrs. Nalder & Collyer, brewers, Croydon.
Member of St. Mark's, S. Norwood, C.L.B. Fell, France, 16
Aug., '17.
Culver, John Harold, Pte., Gordon H.
b., Croydon, 21 Feb., '84 ; s., Mr. & Mrs. J. Culver, 285 Lond.
Rd., Croydon. Educ, Brit. Sch., Croydon, & M. Whitgift Sch.
Married. Engineer. i?es., Toronto, Canada. Fc//, 26 Sept., '16.
CuMMiNGS, Henry George Albert, Cpl., 8 R.W.S. Regt.
b., 23 Senegal Rd., S.E., 19 Nov., '92 ; s , James Henry & Emma
Harriet Cummings, 19 Kynaston Rd., T. Heath. Educ, Eccles-
bourne Rd. Sch., T. Heath, & Boro. Sec. Sch., Croydon. Single.
School teacher. Enl., 12 Oct., '14. Fell, Loos, 25 Sept., '15.
CuRRiE, Brian.
b., '05. Res., 12 Beech House Rd., Croydon. Killed, during
Zeppelin raid, Oct., '15.
286 THE CROYDON ROLL OF HONOUR
CuRRiE, Gordon.
b., 'oo. Res., 12 Beech House Rd., Croydon. Killed, during
Zeppelin raid, Oct., '15.
CuRRiE, Roy.
b., '01. Res., 12 Beech House Rd., Croydon. Killed, during
Zeppelin raid, Oct., '15.
CuRTiES, D. T. Lees.
s., Mr. & Mrs. Lees Curties, "Glenesk," Brigstock Rd,, T. Heath.
D., on active service, 24 Oct., '18.
Curtis, A., 1427, Pte., R.W.S. Regt.
Fell, '16.
Curtis, Robert, Pte., R.W.S. Regt.
b., Bourne St., Croydon ; s., William & Elizabeth Curtis, 39 Old
Town, Croydon. Educ, Par. Ch. Sch., Croydon (?). Married.
House decorator. Res., 69 Boro. Hill, Croydon. Enl., 3 Dec,
'14. Fell, Loos, 25 Sept., '16.
CuTHBERT, A. E., Pte., I R.W. Kent Regt.
5., Mr. Si Mrs. Cuthbert, 11 Percy Rd., S. Norwood. Enl.,
Jan., '15. Missing, believed killed, Somme, 22 Jul., '16.
Cutler, H. A., Lt., M.G.C.
Educ, Whitgift G. Sch. Missing, '18.
Dady, J. A., 392878, Pte., Lond. Regt.
Res., Norwood. Fell, '17.
Daisley, a., 1232, Pte,, R. Fus.
Res., Croydon. Fell, '17.
Dale, E. H., Gnr., R.G.A.
b., '91 ; s., Mr. & Mrs. E. H. Dale, 17 Henderson Rd., Croydon.
Enl., '09 ; was serving in China at outbreak of war. Fell, France,
28 Mar., '18.
Dalziel, Tom, Sgt., Artists Rif. (28 Lond. Regt.)
6., '78 ; 2Wfi?5., Mr. & Mrs. J. R. Dalziel, 12 Bramley Hill, Croydon.
Enl., Sept., '14. Fell, 29 Oct., '17.
Daniel, A., Essex Regt.
Educ, High Sch., Croydon. Fell, France, 4 Oct., '17.
Daniels, J., 550, Pte., R. Suss. Regt.
Res., Addis. Fell, '16.
Daragon, W., 20328, Pte., R. Suss. Regt.
Res., W. Croydon. Fell, '17.
Darg, David Bruce, 24305, Pte., Gren. Gds.
b., Jarvis Rd., Croydon, 21 Aug., '81 ; s., late Mark James &
Harriott Darg. Educ, Brighton Rd. Sch., Croydon. Single.
Milkman. Enl.,'is. Fell, Somme, 25 Sept., '16.
Davies, E. T., Yeoman of Signals, R.N.
Married. Fell, on H.M.S. " Formidable," '15.
Davies, Harold Harper, Pte.
b., Stockwell, 29 Sept., '90. Educ, M. Whitgift Sch. Married.
Clerk. i?e5., " St. Omer," Norman Av., Sanderstead. Enl., Apr.
'16. Fell, Ypres, 23 Jul., '17.
Davies, J. J., Pte., 17 Scott. Rif.
b., Gloucester Rd., Croydon, '94. Married ; i child. Labourer,
empl. by L.B. & S.C.R. D. from influenza in Oakbank War
Hosp., Glasgow, Feb., '19.
Davies, James Gordon, Capt., lo Welsh Regt.
fe., 29 Mar., '91 ; s., Mr. & Mrs. James John Davies. Educ,
Whitgift G. Sch. & Camb. Univ., which he represented in boxing
and gymnastics. D. of wounds, France, 10 Feb., '16.
THE GLORIOUS DEAD 287
Davis, Albert Charles, Lt., R.A.F.
b., Dulwich, n Jun., '92 ; s., Mr. & Mrs. C. H. Davis, 73 Limes
Rd., Croydon. Educ, St. Xavier's Coll., Calcutta. Single.
Traveller. Mobilised with R.N.V.R. as seaman, 4 Aug., '14 ;
served at Antwerp ; transf. to R.N.A.S., in which he obtained
commis., becoming flight instructor. Killed, while flying at
Cranwell Aerodrome, Lincolnshire, 28 Jun., '18. Buried, Queen's
Rd. Cem., Croydon. (Plate XI., 4).
Davis, Edward James, 4193, Pte., i R.W.S. Regt.
b., 31 Bynes Rd., Croydon, 16 Jun., '95 ; s., Mr. & Mrs. Daniel
Davis, Bynes Rd., Croydon. Educ, Bynes Rd. Sch., Croydon.
Single. Electrician. ' Enl., 13 Jan., '15. Fell, nr. Bethune,
I Nov., '15.
Davis, F., 4754, Pte., R.W.S. Regt.
Fell, '16.
Davis, Herbert Chope, Act.-Squadron Q.M.Sgt., M.G.C. (Cavalry)
b., Croydon, 11 Aug., '88 ; s., Herbert Sc Eliza Leah Davis, 86
Oakfield Rd., Croydon. Educ, High Sch., Croydon. Single.
Empl. on Post Office Engrs. Staff. Enl., as trooper in 3 Lond.
Yeom., Mar., '14 ; M.M. for services at fall of Beersheba. Fell,
Moalsaka, Syria, 28 Oct., '18.
Davis, Hubert Edward.
Educ, M. Whitgift Sch.
Davis, Leopold, Cpl., R.E.
b., II Jul., '89 ; s., Mr. & Mrs. Leopold Frederick Davis, 312
Lond. Rd., Croydon. Educ, Whitgift G. Sch., '02-08 ; B.Sc,
Lond.
Davis, Lewis Henshell, Pte., i E. Sur. Regt,
b., Croydon, 20 May, '78. Educ, M. Whitgift Sch. Married.
Clerk. Terr. Force Efficiency Med. Enl., 11 Sept., '14.
D., 26 Mar., '15, at Bailleul, of wounds reed, at Wulverghem.
Davis, Maurice Oliver Arthur (Guy), 2/Lt., Lond. Regt.
b.y Birchanger Rd., S. Norwood, 28 Sept., '94 ; s., Mr. & Mrs.
Davis, " Teighmore," Grange Rd., Sutton. Educ, Albert Rd.,
S. Norwood, & Asher Sch., Hatcham. Single. Civil Service
clerk. Enl., as pte., '16. D., 28 Feb., '18, of wounds reed, at
Ypres, 23 Feb., '18.
Davison, Robert Arthur Poole, Pte., 1/7 Lond. Regt.
b., 31 May, '88 ; s., Mr. Sc Mrs. Robert Arthur Poole Davison.
28 Balfour Rd., S. Norwood. Educ, Whitgift G. Sch., '01-05.
Fell, France, 25 Sept., '15.
Daw, R. W., Pte., i R. Fus.
Educ, Whitgift G. Sch., '03-07. Missing, '16.
D.\wsoN, Claude, Pte., i E. Kent Regt.
b., Teddington, 8 Aug., '97 ; 2nd s., Mr. & Mrs. Charles William
Dawson, 32 Avondale Rd., Croydon. Educ, Caterham Sch.
Single. Audit clerk, S.E. & C.R. Enl. in R.G.A., 23 May,
'16. Fell, France, 4 Mar., '17. (Plate V., 2).
Dawson, Wilfred Leedham, 2/Lt., R. War^vick. Regt.
e.s., Mr. & Mrs. William Alfred Dawson, 6 Birdhurst Rise,
Croydon. Fell, '17.
Day, George William, Pte., 194 Coy., M.G.C.
b., S. Norwood, 9 Sept., '97 ; s., George & Ellen Day, 32 Percy
Rd., S. Nor\vood. Educ, Birchanger Rd. Sch., S. Norwood.
Single. Butcher's roundsman. Enl., Jun., '16. Fell, France,
5 Aug., '17.
288 THE CROYDON ROLL OF HONOUR
Day, Harold, Cpl.
h., '95 ; s., Mr. & Mrs. E. Day, 9 Ringwood Rd., Croydon.
Educ, Abp. Tenison's Sch., Croydon. Awarded Belgian Croix
de Guerre for gallantry and devotion to duty at Ypres, 31 Jul.,-
I Aug., '17.
Day, Horace Ernest, Rflmn., K.R.R.C.
b., 23 Edward Rd., Crovdon, 20 Mav, '98 ; s., Herbert & Nellie
Day, 98 Cherry Orchard Rd., Croydon. Educ, Oval Rd. Sch.,
Croydon. Single. Clerk. Res., 15 Leslie Park Rd., Croydon.
Enl., 6 Sept., '14. D., 15 Apr., '17, at 48 C.C.S., Bray, of wounds
reed. nr. Peronne, 4 Apr., '17.
Day, Walter Daniel. 44720, Rflmn., R.Irish Rif.
h., 25 Mar., 'oo. Educ, S. Norwood. Married. Clerk.
Res., 147 Portland Rd., S. Norwood. Served 8 yrs. as Terr, in
R.W.S. Regt. ; transf. first to Lond. Regt., then to R.E. ; served
at Gallipoli, 'i=;-i6; ret. home, time-expired. Mar., '16 ; re-
joined R. Irish Rif., 10 Jun., '16. Fell, 27 Mar., '18.
Deacon, Walter, L/Cpl., R.W.S. Regt.
^•) '93 ; 6.S., Mr. & Mrs Deacon, 27 Newark Rd., Croydon.
Enl., 4 Sept., '14. Taken pris., 16 Nov., '16. D., Cambrai, 28
Feb., '17. Buried, Notre Dame Cem., Cambrai.
Dean, Cyril, R.F.A.
b., '99. Educ, High Sch., Croydon. D. of pneumonia, France.
'17.
Dean, Frederick Thomas, Pte., 1/6 Lond. Regt.
b., 27 Dec, '95 ; s., Mr. & Mrs. G. H. Dean, 11 Sissinghurst Rd.,
Addis. Educ, Holbeach Rd. Sch., Catford, & St. Dunstan's Coll.,
Catford. Single. Insurance clerk. Enl., 24 May, '15, in
4 R.W.S. Regt. Fell, Cambrai, 30 Nov., '17.
Dean, H. F., 32140, Pte., 9 E. Sur. Regt.
b., 24 Gilbert Rd., Kensington, 21 Nov., 96; s., Henrv George
& Emily Ann Dean, 40 Windsor Rd., T. Heath. Educ, St.
Philip's, Kensington, Christ Ch. Sch., Croydon, & Ecclesbourne
Rd. Sch., T. Heath. Single. Electrician. £•«/., Aug., '17,
' W. & Missing, 21 Mar., '18.
Dean, ,T. N., 81373, Pte., M.G.C.
Res., E. Croydon. D. of wounds, '17.
Dean, R., 24368, Pte., R.W.S. Regt.
Res., Croydon. D. of wounds, '17.
Dee, H. W., Pte., R.W.S. Regt.
Res., S. Norwood. Fell, '16.
Deeley. J., 30300, Gnr., R.F.A.
Res., Croydon. Fell, '17.
Dellaway, a., 12139, Pte., E. Kent Regt.
Res., T. Heath. Fell, '17.
De Luc, Arthur Bernard, 4261, Rflmn., K.R.R.C.
b., 4.4 Millman St., Lond., W.C. ; s., Mr. & Mrs. De Luc,
5 Elmers Rd., Woodside. Educ, Woodside Sch., Croydon.
Single. Butcher's asst. Enl., 22 Jul., '15. Fell, Thiepval
3 Sept., '16.
Delvaille, Ernest Henry, Sgt., R.A.S.C. (M.T.), attd. R.F.A.
b., Stratford, E., 7 Dec, '94 ; s., late Daniel Alfred & Henrietta
Delvaille, 13 Nicholson Rd., Croydon. Educ, Beulah Hill, U.
Norwood. Single. Chaffeur. Enl., Feb., '15 ; w., nr. Ypres,
Jul., '16. D. of consumption due to exposure while on active
service in Italy, 5 Aug., '19.
THE GLORIOUS DEAD 289
Delvaille. Stanley Hilton, L/Cd1., 2 R.W.S. Re^.
h., Stratford, E., 2 Mar., 'g6 ; .?., late Daniel Alfred & Henrietta
Delvaille, n Nicholson Rd., Croydon. Educ, Beulah Hill, U.
Norwood. Sino^le. Chauffeur. Enl., Aug., '14 ; discharged with
pneumonia, Feb., '15. D. of heart failure, at 13 Nicholson Rd.,
Crovdon, 14 May, '16.
Denham, Douglas Harold, L/Cpl., 6 Lond. Regt.
b., Ramsgate, 28 Tan., '92 ; j., Mr. & Mrs. George Denham, 41
Avondale Rd., Croydon. Educ, M. Whitgift Sch. Single.
Clerk. Enl., Aug., '14. Fell, Loos, 25 Sept., '15,
Denman, William, Pte., R. Defence Corps.
h., S. Croydon, 7 Feb., '68. Married. Labourer. Rex.,
87 Sutherland Rd., Croydon. Served 12 yrs. in R B. Re-enl.,
Mav. '11;. D., Salisbury, 22 Jul., '17.
Dennett, T. F. P. T., 2/Lt., RW.S. Regt. (attd. R.F.C.)
b., '95 ; .T., Mr. & Mrs. Frank Dennett, Croydon, & Pett, Hastings.
Educ, Whitgift G. Sch. Med. Student, Guy's Hosp., Lond.
Enl., as trooper in Sur. Yeom., '14 ; served with 29 Div. at
Dardanelles and France; commis., 19 Dec, '16. Z). of wounds
reed, in France, while engaged as observer, 4 Aug., '17.
Denning, Albert S., Pte., W. Yorks. Regt.
b., '99 ; s., Mr. & Mrs. Denning, 10 Sutherland Rd., Croydon.
£'(ij<c., Tavistock Grove Sch., Croydon. Single. Empl in machine
dept., " Croydon Advertiser." Enl., 3 Oct., '17. Fell, France,
13 Oct., '18.
Dennis. F., 7091, Pte., Ox. & Bucks. L.L
Res., T. Heath. Fell, '17.
Dennis, Frederick William, Lond. Irish Rif. (2/18 Lond. Regt.)
b., 109 Queen's Rd., U. Norwood, 14 Sept., '96. Educ, Rock-
mount Rd., U. Norwood. Married. Glass stainer. Enl., 20
Oct., 'i^;. D., Q Apr., '18, of wounds reed, at Palestine, 30 Mar., '18.
Dennis, G., 68i;=;2, Cpl., R.F.A.
Res.,T. Heath. Fell, '1-7.
Dennis, Percy George Cpl. i Northd. Fus.
b., Barnard Castle, Co. Durham, 28 Jul.. '96 ; s., Mr. & Mrs.
Dennis, 8 Lucerne Rd., T. Heath. Educ, Barnard Castle.
Single, Enl., 1 Jul.. '14. Fell, 31 Dec, '17,
Dennis. Russell, Cpl., R.M.L.I.
b., Cornwall, 5 Sept., '89. Educ, Walmer, Kent. Married.
Lost with H.M.S. " Hogue," 22 Sept., '14.
Densham, Stephen Hugh, Rflmn., L.R.B. (5 Lond. Regt.)
b., " Waldronhvrst," Croydon, '96 ; y.s., late John L., & Mrs.
Densham, " Waldronhyrst," Croydon. Educ, Limes Sch.,
Croydon, & Dulwich Coll. Single. 'Cellist. Enl., '16. D., 10
Dec, '17, at s6 Gen. Hosp., Etaples, of wounds reed. nr. Arras,
2 Dec, '17. "(Plate VL, 6).
Denver, — , Chief P.O., R.N.
Educ, Ecclesbourne Rd. Sch., T. Heath. Fell, on H.M.S. " Are-
thusa," Pleligoland, '14.
Dicker, A. S., Pte., R. Fus.
s., Mr. & Mrs. Dicker, 76 Pawson's Rd., Croydon. Fell, 31
Mar., 'i8.
Dicker, James Horace Stanley, Trooper, 21 Lancers.
b., 15 Jan., '02 ; s., Mr. & Mrs. J. Dicker, 6 Queen's Rd., Croydon.
Educ, Mitcham Rd. Sch., Crovdon. Single. Labourer. Res.,
184 Mitcham Rd., Croydon. Enl., 2-^ Jan., '12. Z)., 9 Sept., 'is;,
at Peshawar Hosp., India, of wounds reed, at Shabkdar, N.W.
Frontier of India, 5 Sept., '15. (Plate X., 6).
.s
290 THE CROYDON ROLL OF HONOUR
Dickson, Cyril Garlies, L.N.Lancs. Regt.
b., 17 Apr., '90 ; s., Mr. & Mrs. James John Garlies Couper
Dickson, " Nuthurst," Avondale Rd., Croydon. Educ, Whitgift
G. Sch., '01-05, & Blundell's Sch., Tiverton. Fell, E. Africa, "14.
DiGHTON, J., 43634, Pte., Lincoln. Regt.
Res., Croydon. Fell, '17.
DiLLOWAY, Albert, Pte., 29 Middlesex Regt.
b., '81. Married. Cabman. Res., St. James' Rd., Croydon.
D. of throat disease, '16.
DiLMOT, Frederick J., Rflmn., K.R.R.C.
Married. Empl. at " Penge & Anerley Press " Offices. Fell, 18
Sept., '18.
DiNNiE, DiGBY, Pte., R. Scots.
DiPPLE, William John, Rflmn., 1/6 Lond. Regt.
b., Lond., 29 May, '95 ; s., Mr. & lUrs. Dipple, 17 Drum-
mond Rd., Croydon. Educ, Dering PI. Sch., Croydon. Single.
Butcher. Eftl. in 3/4 R.W.S. Regt., 31 May, '15. Fell, Bourlon
Wood, 30 Nov., '17
Dives, Robert Brammell, Gnr., R.G.A.
b., 28 Feb., '83. Married. Foreman printer. Res., 29 Luna
Rd., T. Heath. Enl., 24 May, '16. Fell, France, 18 Sept., '17.
Dixon, Henry Philip Norman, 2/Lt , Northd. Fus.
b., Croydon, '92 ; y.s., Mr. & Mrs. Henry Dixon, " Ebenezer,"
Whitehorse Lane, S. Norwood. Single. Asst., Croydon Public
Libraries, '06-13 I and Asst. Librn., St. Bride Tech. Lib., Lond.
D. of wounds at Dettinglis, 4 Sept., '17, while a pris. of war.
(Plate XXX VL, 4).
DoBLE, Leslie Stephen Newton, 301397, Rflmn.,L.R.B.(5 Lond.Rgt.)
b., 21 Oct., '92 ; s., William & Annie Doble, 38 Elgin Rd., Croydon.
Educ, M. Whi'tgift Sch. Single. Bank clerk. Enl., Apr., '15 ;
w., 16 Jun., '17. Fell, Glencorse Wood, 16 Aug., '17.
DoDD, Arthur Cubitt, Sgt., Sur. Yeom.
b., Rotherhithe, 21 Aug., '78 ; 5., Peter D. & M. A. Dodd, " The
Poplars," Rolleston Rd., Croydon. Educ, M. Whitgift Sch.
Single. Clerk empl. by Messrs. Hooker & Webb. Enl., '00 ;
Terr. Force Efficiency Med. D., 26 Oct., '15, at University
Mil. Hosp., Southampton, of enteric fever contracted at Gallipoli.
DoDDRELL, William Thomas, L/Cpl., i City of Lond. Rif.
b., Brafferton Rd., Croydon, '97 ; s., Mr. & Mrs. A. M. Dodd-
rell, 6 Mead Place, Croydon. Enl., Oct., '14. Fell, 23 Jul., '17.
(Plate IX., 6).
DoDDS, Herbert Alexander Christopher, 2/Lt., 3/5 York & Lanes. Rgt.
b.. Chili, 10 Apr., '83, Educ, Royal Masonic Sch., Wood Green.
Married. Clerk in empl. of Middlesex County Council. Enl. in
an O.T.C., 28 May, '15. D. of pneumonia, 13 Jun., '16, at
Northern Gen. Hosp., Sheffield. (Plate IX., i).
Doe, Robert, Pte., R.W.S. Regt.
b., '81. Fell, I Jul., '16.
Doody, Maurice Edgar, L/Cpl., i R.W.S. Regt.
b., Hornsey, 15 Sept., '94 ; s., W. H. & H. L. Doody, 45 Elgin
Rd., Croydon. Educ, M. Whitgift Sch. Single. Clerk. Enl.,
I Sept., '14. Fell, Mametz, 16 Jul., '16.
Doody, Wilfred George, Bdr., 156 Bde., R.F.A.
b., Croydon ; s., W. H. & H. L. Doodv, 45 Elgin Rd., Croydon.
Educ, M. Whitgift Sch. Married. Clerk. Enl., Feb., '15.
Fell, Mametz, 22 Jul., '16.
THE GLORIOUS DEAD 291
DoRE, D., Cpl., M.G.C.
b., '97 ; s., Mr. & Mrs. Dor6, " Belmont," St. Paul's Rd., T.
Heath. Educ, Beulah Rd. Sch., T. Heath. Empl. by an engin-
eering firm at Mitcham. Enl., 'i6 ; M.M. for braveryr 2-?
May, '18. Fell, 23 Oct., '18.
Douglass, Arthur William, Pte., R.A.S.C. (M.T.).
6., Caterham, 2 0ct., '96. ^^uc, Caterham. Single. ChaufTeur.
i?ei., 55 Sussex Rd., Croydon. £■«/., Oct., '15. /). of blackwater
fever, Brit. E. Afr., 29 Nov., '16.
DouTHWAiTE, A. G., Signaller, R.G.A.
Res., 74 Pemdevon Rd., Croydon. Served with Brit. Red Cross
for 2i yrs. Enl., 3 Apr., '17. Fell, France, 20 Mar., '18.
DouLTON, Albert Edward John, 22281, Pte., 12 E. Sur. Regt.
b., Croydon, 16 Jan., '84 ; s., Albert & Kate Doulton, 3 Cold-
harbour Lane, Croydon. Educ, Par. Ch. Sch., Croydon.
Married. Carman, i^es., 10 Queen St., Croydon £■«/,, 10 Jun.,
'16. Fell, Ypres, 21 Sept., '17.
Dove, Sidney Herbert, A.B. Seaman, R.N.
Educ, Bynes Rd. Sch., Croydon. Single. Res., 19 Bynes Rd.,
Croydon. JoinedR.n., 3 Aug., '01. Lo5f with H.M.S."Goliath,"
sunk at Dardanelles, 13 May, '15. (Plate VH., 3).
DovEY, Thomas Daniel, Pte.
Married ; 2 children. Empl. by Messrs. Nalder & Collyer,
brewers, and L.B. & S.C.R. Res., 66 Old Town, Croydon.
Enl., Oct., '14 ; w.. Loos, Sept., '15, and Somme, 'i6. Fell,
France, 21 Mar., '18.
DowDEN, Albert Sidney, Pte., 7 K.O.Y.L.L
b.. Eland Rd., Croydon, 14 Dec, '94 ; y.s., Frederic Felix and
Sarah Dowden, 93 Waddon Rd., Croydon. Educ, Par. Ch. Sch.,
Croydon. Single. Collier. Res., Wales. Enl., 4 Jun., '17. D.
29 Nov., '17, at Rouen, of wounds reed. nr. Cambrai, 21 Nov., '17.
Dowden, George Frank, Pte., M.G.C.
b.. Eland Rd., Croydon, 10 Mar., '92 ; s., Frederic Felix & Sarah
Dowden, 93 Waddon Rd., Croydon. Educ, Par. Ch. Sch.,
Croydon. Single. Metal casement maker. Res., Wolverhamp-
ton. Enl., Aug., '15. Fell, Somme, 20 Sept., '16.
Dowden, William Herbert John, Pte., 28 Can. Inf.
b., Addington Rd., Croydon, 21 Dec, '84. s., Frederic Felix and
Sarah Dowden, 93 Waddon Rd., Croydon. Educ, Par. Ch. Sch.,
Croydon. Single. Gas & hot-water fitter. Res., Moose Jaw,
Canada. Enl , Apr., '15. Fell, Somme, 17 Sept., 'i5.
DowLEY, Arthur William, Seaman, R.N.
b., '80. Painter & sign writer. Res., 7 Helder St., Croydon.
Enl., '14. Lost with H.M.S. " Vanguard," destroyed by internal
explosion, 9 Jul., '17.
Down, Lionel Wyndham, 21 Div. Sig. Coy., R.E.
s., Mr. & Mrs. H. W. Down, 67 Coombe Rd., Croydon. Res ,
Croydon. Fell, France, 8 Dec, '18.
Dray, H. W., 301602, Pte., Lond. Regt.
Res., S. Norwood. D., '17.
Drew. G. A , 2/Lt., Dev Regt.
Educ, Whitgift G. Sch. Missing, '17.
Driver, F., 201154, L/Cpl., W. Yorks. Regt.
Res., S. Norwood. Fell, '17.
Drysdale. Adrian Castlelaw, Pte., H.A.C.
b., Apr., '93 ; s., Mr. & Mrs. John William Drysdale, " Hurst-
leigh," Howard Rd., S. Norwood. Educ, Whitgift G. Sch.
Fell, France, 30 Jan., '15.
293 THE CROYDON ROLL OF HONOUR
Dudley, William A. Devall, Pte., 2 N.Z. (Wellington) Regt.
2rd s., Mr. & Mrs. Dudley, 76 Sumner Rd., Croydon. Educ,
Christ Ch. Sch., Croydon. Enl., Dec, '17 ; w. & gassed, 25
Aug., '18. Z). at Brockenhurst Mil.Hosp., 9 Nov., '18. Buried,
Mitcham Rd. Cem , Croydon.
Duff, Harley Norman, Pte., Lond. Scottish (14 Lond. Regt.)
b., 9 Jun., '16 ; s., Mr. & Mrs. Norman Duff, " Bellfield," Parley.
Educ, Whitgift G. Sch., '09-12. Fell, Messines, i Nov., '14.
Duncan, Edw^ard Wallace Bruce, Driver, R.F.A,
b., Fulham, 10 Feb., '94. Educ., Sydenham Rd. & Whitehorse
Rd. Schs., T. Heath. Single. Fruiterer's asst. i?e5., 27 Arundle
Rd., Croydon. Enl., '13. D., 8 Apr., '17, at 3 Gen. Hosp., Le
Treport, of wounds reed, i Apr., '17.
DuNFORD, Arthur Charles, E. Bur. Regt.
b., '96 ; 4th s., Mr. & Mrs. Dunford, 47 Parchmore Rd., T.Heath.
D., 18 Sept., '16, of wounds reed. 3 days prev.
Dunham, Henry George, Sgt., 7 E. Sur. Regt.
b., Bridport, Devon, 2 Feb. ,'74 ; s., Mr. & Mrs. Henry S. Dunham>
Tonbridge. Married. Ironmonger. Res., Grove Cott., St.
John's Grove, Croydon. Enl., 11 Sept., '16. i^e//, Vermelles,
12 Mar., '16. Buried, Hulloch. (Plate X., 5).
Dunn, S. E., L/Cpl., R.Suss. Regt.
b., '94 ; y.s., Mr. & Mrs. Dunn, 47 Northbrook Rd., Croydon,
Enl., Jan., '12 ; zv., France, 26 Sept. ,'14. D. of wounds, 25 Jul. ,'17.
Dunn, W., Pte., R.W.S.Regt.
e.s., Mr. & Mrs. Dunn, 45 Sumner Rd., Croydon. Fell, 15
Sept., '16.
Dunn, W. J., 16497, Pte., Dev. Regt.
Fell, '16.
Dunn, Walter Stanley, Pte., 10 R.WS. Regt.
b., Croydon, 10 Nov., '96 ; s., Mr. & Mrs. Mary E. Dunn, 45
Sumner Rd., Croydon. Educ, Boston Rd. Sch., Croydon. Single.
Welder. Enl., 24 Jan., '15. Fell, Somme, 15 or 16 Sept., '16.
Dunnett, Leonard Hugh, Sgt., K.R.R.C.
b., Walworth, 25 Mar., '95 ; s., Mr. & Mrs. Dunnett, 53 Beulah
Gr., W. Croydon. Educ, Kenley. Single. Printer & comp.
Enl., 24 Sept., '14. Fell, Beaumont Hamel, 13 Nov., '16.
Duplock, Harry Lewis, Pte., 6 D.C.L.L
h., Cripplegate, E.C., 6 Feb., '82; 5., Mr. & Mrs. Duplock, 60
Hathaway Rd.. Croydon. Educ, Anglo-French High Sch.,
Stroud Green, & Hornsey G. Sch. Single. Silk warehouseman.
Enl., 31 Aug., '14. Fe/Z, Weiltje, nr. Ypres, 8 Dec, '15. Buried,
St. Jean, (Plate IX., 4).
Durance, B., 2114, Pte., Lond. Regt.
Res., T. Heath. Fell, '16.
Durling, George Joshua, 291976, Pte., 2/10 Middlesex Regt.
s., Mr. & Mrs. G. W. Durling, 10 Colson Rd., Croydon. Fell,
Jerusalem, 21 Dec, '17.
Dye, H. L., Pte., R.W.S. Regt.
Empl. by Messrs. Chapman, builders. Res., 18 Bourne St.,
Croydon. Enl., '14. Fell, 23 Apr., '17.
VII
1 . Lt. C. S. Calvek, M.C, 7 E. Svir. Rcgt.
2. Pte. G. R. Hammonu, H.A.C.
3. A.B. Seaman S. H. Dove, R.N.
4. Pte. A. E. Cox, R. Irish Rif.
5. Rflmn. W. W. Brown, Lond. Rif. B.
6 Act. -Coy. Sgt.Maj. S. A. Creek, i/ao Lond. Regt.
VIII.
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Capt. J. -M. Donaldson, M.C., i6 King's R.R.C.
2/Lt. J. W. EvERiTT, King's R.R.C.
2/Lt. J. E. BiNNS, Wilts. Regt.
Capt. J. C. Crowley, 4 R.W.S. Regt.
2/Lt. D. J. CouLDREY, 24 Lond. Regc.
Capt. C. N. Dyer, H.A.C.
THE GLORIOUS DEAD 293
Dyer, Charles Nettleton, Capt., H.A.Cj
h.. King William's Town, Cape Colony, '78 ; 2nd s., Frederick
Dyer, J. P., & late Frances Dyer, 45 Park Hill Rd., Croydon,
Educ, Clifton Coll., & Balliol, Oxford ; ist Mod. Hist. & B.A.,
'01 ; Univ. Trial & Coll. Eights, '98-00. Married, '14, Maud
Hamilton, daughter of Mr. Fredk. Link, C.C, J.P. ; i son.
Became a solicitor, '04 ; director & later partner, Messrs. Dyer
and Dyer, Ltd., Lond. Joined H.A.C. as a Gnr., '05 ; commis.,
'10; Lt., '11 ; Capt., May, '14. Served on Suez Canal from
Apr., '15, and through N.W. Frontier Campaign. D., 14 Jul., '16,
at 18 Stat. Hosp.,Suez, of enteric fever, contracted at Ayum Musa.
(Plate VHL, 6).
Dyer, E., 77486, Gnr., R.G.A.
Res., Croydon. Fell, '17.
Dyer, F., 201094, Pte., R.W.S. Regt.
Res., Croydon. Fell, '17.
Dyne, G., 34989, Pte., R. Fus.
Res., Croydon. Fell, '17.
Eade, H., 12103, Pte., E. Kent Regt.
Res., Croydon. D. of wounds, '17.
Earl, Percy Lionel, P.O., R.N.
b., Acton, 27 Oct., '71 ; s., late Mr., & Mrs. Bessie Earl, 78
Barrow Rd., Streatham Common. Educ, N. Lond. Collegiate
Sch. Married. Mercantile marine. Res., 5 Francis Terrace,
Bridge Rd., T. Heath. Joined, Sept., '14. Lost, with H.M.
Hosp. Ship, "Llandovery Castle," torpedoed between Valentia
and Fastnet, 27 Jun., 'i8.
Easter, William Arthur Charles, Pte., R.F.C.
b., '96 ; s., Mr. & Mrs. H. W. Easter, Oxted, & 54 Norbury Rd.,
T. Heath. Educ., Boro. Sec. Sch., Croydon. Accidentally
killed, 22 Apr., '18. Buried, Oxted Church,
Easton, Sidney James, Cpl., 7 R.W.S. Regt.
b., 82 Waddon New Rd., Croydon, 6 Sept., '94 ; s., Mr. & Mrs.
Easton, 11 Old Palace Rd., Croydon. Educ, Par. Ch. Sch.,
Croydon. Single. Empl. by Croydon Corp. Roads Dept, Enl.,
4 Sept., '14. Fell, 16 Oct., '15,
Ebbutt, John Streeter, Signaller, 1/4 R.W.S. Regt.
b., Croydon, 10 Nov., '86 ; s., Thomas Henry & Anne Ebbutt;
91 High St., Croydon. Educ, Whitgift G. Sch., Croydon.
Single. Bank clerk. Enl., Sept., '14. D. of pneumonia,
Brit. Hosp., Nowshera, 2 Oct., '19.
Edbrook, E. C, 25003, Pte., R.W.S. Regt.
Res., T. Heath. D. of wounds, '17.
Edmonds, Fr.'^ncis D., 2/Lt., R.A.S.C.
Res., Croydon. D. of wounds reed, in Palestine, i Dec, '17,
Edwards, A,, 5272, Pte., Lond. Regt.
Res.,S. Norwood. Fell, '16.
Edwards, Albert J., Lt., R. Fus.
Edwards, Charles, Cpl., i R.B.
Educ, Shirley Sch., Wickham Rd., Croydon. Enl., Nov., '06 ;
studied at Kneller Hall Mil. Sch. of Music. Fell, Ypres, '15.
Edwards, F. W., 207869, Pte., R.W.S. Regt.
Missing, Mar., '18.
Edwards, G., 10490, Rflmn., R. Irish Rif.
Res., E. Croydon. Fell, '17.
Edwards, Henry, Pte., 11 R.W.S. Regt,
b., '83 ; 2nd s., Mr. & Mrs. J. Edwards. Educ, St. James' Sch,,
Croydon. Married. Labourer. Res., 200 Gloucester Rd,, Croy-
don. Enl., 10 Nov., '15. Fell, Ypres, 7 Jun., '17,
294 THE CROYDON ROLL OF HONOUR
Edwards, Hubert Percy, Pte., R.M.L.I.
b., '93 ; s., Mr. & Mrs. H. G. E. Edwards, 113 Albert Rd., Addis
Single. D., 27 Jun., '15, at 21 Gen. Hosp., Alexandria, of wounds
reed., 22 Jun., '15.
Edwards, S. C, 207905, Pte., R.W.S. Regt.
Missinq, 1 Aug., '18.
Edwards, William, Pioneer, R.E. (Lab. Coy.'>
b., '70. Married. Res., 84 Princess Rd., Croydon. Enl., '15.
D., 5 Jun., '18, of wounds reed. nr. St. Quentin.
Egerton, Charles Alfred, 16008, Cpl., i R. Fus.
b., '97. Res., 93 Crowther Rd., S. Norwood. Memb. of St.
Mark's, S.Norwood, C.L.B. D. of wounds, France, 23 Apr., 't6.
Eggleston, Richard James.
b., 'S3. Labourer. Res., Selhurst Rd., S. Norwood. Enl,
Sept., '14. D. of meningitis & pneumonia, '17.
Elgfr, M. E., Rflmn., Lond. Regt.
b., '98. Empl. by " Croydon Advertiser." Fell, France, 23
May. '17
Elliff, Arthur George, Pioneer, 317 Road Construction Coy., R.E.
b., 42 Whitehorse Lane, S. Norwood, 9 Mar., '90 ; 5 , Mr. & Mrs.
Elliff, 51 Broadway Av., Whitehorse Rd., Croydon. Educ,
Princess Rd. Sch., Croydon. Married. Furniture porter.
Enl., 15 Apr., '16. Fell, Cambrai. 19 Sept., '18.
Elliff, Ernest Frank, 23024, Pte., i Border Regt.
b., S. Norwood, 31 Dec, '89 ; s., William & Alice Elliff, 42 White-
horse Lane, S. Norwood. Educ, Whitehorse Rd. Sch., T. Heath.
Single. Gardener. £'«/., 15 Jan., '15. i^'e//, France, 19 May, '17.
Elliff, Frederick, 371 14, Pte., R. Irish Rif.
b., S. Norwood, i May, '83 ; s., William & Alice Elliff, 42 White-
horse Lane, S. Norwood. Educ., Whitehorse Rd. Sch. T. Heath.
Married ; 2 children. Gardener. Res., 45 Lenham Rd., T,
Heath. Enl. in Beds. Regt., 16 Jun., '16. D. of wounds, St.
Omer, 7 Aug., '17.
Elliff, Thomas Edward, 32577, Pte., 1/4 Norf. Regt.
b., S. Norwood, 5 Aug., '99 ; y.s., William & Alice Elliff, 42 White-
horse Lane, S. Norwood. Educ., Whitehorse Rd. Sch., T. Heath.
Single. Chauffeur. £«/., 12 Mar., '17. D of wounds, Alexan-
dria, 12 Dec, '17.
Elliffe, — , L/Cpl., Middlesex Regt.
Pawnbroker's asst. Res., 12 Keen's Rd., Croydon. Enl., 3 Mar.,
'15 ; w., in France Fell, '17.
Elliott, A., 47048, Rflmn., R. Irish Rif.
Res., S. Norwood. Fell, '17.
Elliott, Francis Edwin, Pte., 33 Aust. I.F.
b., Brixton, 21 Jun., '95; s., Mr. & Mrs. Elliott, i Southcote
Rd., Woodside. Educ, Portland Rd. Sch., S. Norwood. Single.
Farmer. Res., Australia. Enl., Nov., 'i5 ; tu., Messines, Jun ^
'17. Fell, nr. Peronne, 30 Aug., '18.
Elliott, S., Gnr., R.F.A.
b., '97 ; 2nd s., late Mr.,& Mrs. Elliott, 50 Cross Rd., Croydon.
Empl. by Home and Colonial Stores, Cherry Orchard Rd.j
Croydon. Fell, 8 Jun., '17.
Elliott, S. F.. 38435, Driver, R.F.A.
Res., E. Croydon. Fell, '17.
Ellis, Arthur Sydney, Rflmn., i Sur. Rif. (21 Lond. Regt.)
b., Leander Rd., Brixton Hill, 24 Oct., '95 ; s., Arthur William
& Clara Ellis, " Cam Brae," Kilmartin Av., Norbury. Educ,
Nevill House, Eastbourne, Strand Sch., & King's Coll., Lond.
Single. Clerk. £«/., 2 Sept., '14. Fe//, Festubert, 25 May, '15,
THE GLORIOUS DEAD 295
Ellis, Charles John, Pte., 26 R. Fus.
b., la York Villas, Alexandra Rd., Croydon, 27 Jul., '96 ; s.,
Charles William & Gertrude Emma Ellis, 15 Alton Rd., Waddon,
Croydon. Educ, M. Whitgift Sch. Single. Bank clerk, Lloyd's,
Lombard St., E.C. Enl., 20 Nov., '15. Fell, nr. Flers, Somme,
15 Sept., '16.
Ellis, Montague Arthur, Pte., 6 Northants. Regt. ("Lab. Btn.)
h., 29 Jan., '97 ; s., Mr. & Mrs. Arthur John Clement Ellis, 70
Holmesdale Rd., S. Norwood. Educ, Brit. Sch,, Croydon.
Single. Newsagent. Enl., 17 Jul., '17. Fell, France, 22 Mar., '18.
Ellis, Oliver, attd. E. Kent Regt.
b., 'q2 ; y.s., Mr. & Mrs. J. W. Ellis, W. Runton, Norfolk, formerly
of Addis. Fell, 16 Jul., '18.
Ellis, Phillip Henry, Pte., 10 R. Fus.
b., 20 Mar., '94 ; s., Mr. & Mrs. James Ellis, 220 Melfort Rd.,
T. Heath. Educ, Whitgift G. Sch., '06-09. Clerk, City and
Midland Bank.
Elsey, Alfred Sidney.
A., '85. Married. i?ej., 11 Maplethorpe Rd., T. Heath. Fell, 27
Aug., '18.
Elsey, Arthur, Pte., Gren. Gds.
Educ, Ingram Rd. Sch., Croydon. Fell, 27 Sept., '15.
Elsey, W., 1084, Pte., E. Sur. Regt.
Res., T. Heath. Fell, '16.
Elton, Arthur, L/Cpl., R.W.S. Regt.
J., Mr. & Mrs. Charles Elton, 12 Grace Rd., Croydon. Empl.
by Brit. Wood Heel Co. Res., 26 Queen's Rd., Croydon. Enl.^
12 Nov., '15 ; zc. May, '16 and May, '17. Fell, 30 Jun., '18.
Ely, Dennis James, Capt., D.L.L
b., 27 Feb., '96 ; s., Mr. & Mrs. George Herbert Ely, Haling Park
Rd., Croydon. Educ, Ayr Academy & Whitgift G. Sch. Enl.
as pte. in R. Fus., Aug., '14.
Emery, E. W., Cpl., Lond. Regt.
Res., T. Heath. Fell, '16.
Emery, Herbert J., Pte.
Educ, Abp. Tenison's Sch., Croydon. Res., 49 Selsdon Rd.,
Croydon. Fell, Somme, 24 Sept., '16.
Emmens, George Harold, Sgt., 10 W. Yorks. Regt.
b., Milton Rd., Croydon, 12 Mar., '89 ; s., late Thomas Emmens,
& Mrs. White, i86a Oval Rd., Croydon. Educ, Oval Rd. Sch.,
Croydon. Married. Clerk. i?e?., Bradford, Yorkshire, £«/., 14
Sept., '14. Fell, France, 19 Sept , '18.
Emy, Ernest Ludovic, Pte., 2 Wilts. Regt.
b., Croydon, 21 Sept., '88 ; j., Charles & Ellen Emy, i St. James*
Park, Croydon. Educ, Brit. Sch., Croydon. Single. Clerk.
Enl., 31 Aug., '14. FelL Neuve Chapelle, 12 Mar., '15.
Endean, Frederick James Henry, Pte., Lab. Corps.
b.. Dean St., Lond., 23 Apr., '98 ; s., Mr. & Mrs. Endean, 36
Notson Rd., S. Norwood. Educ, Portland Rd. Sch., S.Norwood.
Single. Munition worker. Enl., i Mar., '15. D. of wounds
and acute bronchitis, Boulogne, 11 Jun., '18.
Enderby, Arthur A., Lt., 4 R. Fus.
b., Canterbury, 17 Nov., '95 ; 5., Major & Mrs. H. H. Enderby,
63 Birchanger Rd., S.Norwood. Educ, Retford G. Sch., Notts.
Single. Enl., as pte. in 3 Beds. Regt., Aug., '14 ; commis. as
2/Lt. in 23 R. Fus., Nov., '14 ; Lt., Jan., '15 ; Double Distin-
guished at Hythe School of Musketry, Jan., '17. D., 2 Aug., '17,
at 3 C.C.S., France, of wounds reed. 25 Jul., '17.
296 THE CROYDON ROLL OF HONOUR
Epps, Percy Edward, 1511, Pte., R.W.S. Regt.
b., Croydon, 11 Mar.,—. Educ, Sydenham Rd. Sch., Croydon.
Single. Warehouseman. Res., 65 Union Rd., Croydon. EnL.,
8 Sept., '14. D., 9 May, '16, of wounds reed, in France 3 days
prev.
Eustace, William Williamson, Trooper, 10 Aust. Light Horse.
b., 29 Oct., '90 ; s., Mr. & Mrs. Fred Owen Eustace, " Makado,"
Harewood Rd., Croydon. Educ, Bedford Mod. Sch. & Whitgift
G, Sch., '02-06. Fell, Russell Top, Walker's Ridge, Gallipoh,
7 Aug., '15.
Evans, Douglas Lane, Capt., Northants. Regt.
b., T. Heath, 15 Jul., '95 ; s., Mr. & Mrs. F. C. Evans, 369
Lond. Rd., T. Heath. Educ, T. Heath Sch., St. Paul's Sch., and
King's Coll., Camb. Served 3 yrs. in O.T.C. ; gaz., 2/Lt., Nov.,
'14 ; Capt. & Adj., 22 May, '16: D. of wounds, 26 Sept., '16.
Evans, Leslie Furmston, Cpl., Can. Inf.
Educ, Elmhurst Sch., Croydon, & Brighton Coll. D. of wounds,
16 Mar., '16.
Evans, Norman Reginald, Cpl., R.E.
b., 24 Bynes Rd., Croydon, 15 Nov., '95 ; s., Mr. & Mrs. Evans,
8 Helder St., Croydon. Educ, Bvnes Rd. Sch., Croydon, and
Tolworth Council Sch. Single. Motor engineer. Res., 191
EUerton Rd., Tolworth. EnL, in R,N.A.S., Dec, '14 ; 8 months
as P.O. with armoured car squadron in France ; transf. to R.E. as
desp. rider. D., zs Aug.. 'it, at Ipswich Hosp., of injuries reed,
in accident prev. day, while carrying despatches at Ipswich.
Evans, Francis Edward, Sgt., 11 R.B.
b., Clapham, 3 Apr., '95 ; s., Mr. & Mrs. Evans, 39 Balfour Rd.,
S.Norwood. Educ, Woodside & M. Whitgift Schs., Croydon.
Single. Stockbroker's clerk. EnL, 10 Sept., '14. Fell, France,
24 Aug., '16.
Evans, Percy John, Pte., 22 R. Fus.
b., Clapham, 27 Oct., '93 ; e.s., Mr. & Mrs. Evans, 39 Balfour
Rd., S. Norwood. Educ, Woodside & M. Whitgift Schs., Croy-
don. Single. Bank clerk. EnL, 10 Feb., '16. D., 18 Mar.,
'17, at Rouen, of wounds reed, in France, 10 Mar., '17.
Eve, Evelyn Charles J., E. Air. Force.
Educ, M. Whitgift Sch. D. of dysentery, Mombasa, Apr., '16.
Eve, Frank A., Lt., Can. Inf.
e.s., Mr. & Mrs. Arthur G. Eve. Educ, Whitgift G. Sch.
Engaged in telephone construction work. i?es., Canada. Fell, 15
Sept., '16.
EvELEiGH, Ernest H., 37072, Pte.. 8 R.W.S. Regt.
Missing, 31 Mar., '18.
EvERiTT, John Wilson, 2/Lt., K.R.R.C.
b., Camberwell, 6 Oct., '94 ; s., John William & Matilda Eventt,
17 Edridge Rd., Croydon. Educ, Whitgift G. Sch. Single.
Empl. in Accountant's Dept., Royal Exchange Assurance Co.
EnL, as pte. in Inns of Court O.T.C, Jan., '16. D., 12 Apr.,
'18, at Reserve Gen. Hosp., Beaufort, of wounds reed, at
M^zieres, 29 Mar., '18. (Plate VIII., 2).
Evezand, George, Capt., Leicester Regt. ^^
b., 24 Jul., '93 ; 5., Mr. & Mrs. Evezand, " Reedhamcote,
Purley. Educ, Whitgift G. Sch., '07-08. Fell, '17.
EwM.D, Fritz Edward Henry, Pte., R.A.M.C.
b., 7 Aug., '97 ; s., Mr. & Mrs. Henry Ewald, Shunnerfell,
Foxley Rd., Kenley. Educ, Whitgift G. Sch., '12-14.
THE GLORIOUS DEAD 297
ExELBY, Charles R., Pte., Q.W. Rif. (16 Lond. Regt.)
b., 16 Jan., '93 ; s., Mr. & Mrs. William Exelby, " Haroldene,"
Cedar Rd., Croydon. Educ, Whitgift G. Sch., '08-10 Fell, '17.
Fairbairn, Edgar, Pte., Aust. Inf.
b., '94; s., Mr. & Mrs. James Fairbairn, i Outram Rd., Croydon.
D. of wounds, 15 Oct., '17.
Fairbairns, Joseph M., 2/Lt., R.F.A.
Fairman, F., 13 1 26, Rtlmn., R.B.
Res., T. Heath. D., '16.
Fairs, Ernest William, Pte., L.R.B. (5 Lond. Regt.)
b., Banstead, Surrey, 15 Dec, '95 ; s., William & Ellen Sarah
Fairs, 32 Beaconsfield Rd., Croydon. Educ, Sydenham Rd. Sch.,
Croydon. Single. Auctioneer & estate agent's clerk. Mobilised,
4 Aug., '14. Fell, Ypres, 3 May, '15.
Falcon, Geoffrey William Lockhart, Lt., 11 E. Sur. Regt. (attd. 2
Hants. Regt.)
b., Punjab, India, 28 Sept., '93 ; s., Lt.-Col. & Mrs. Robert
Morgan Falcon. Educ., Repton, '07-12, & Balliol Coll., Oxford,
'12-14. Single. Undergraduate, Gazetted, 2/Lt., Oct., '14.
Fell, Gallipoli, 6 Aug., '15.
Farmer, G., Driver, R.F.A.
b., '84 ; e.s., Mr. & Mrs. J. Farmer, 42 Coventry Rd., S. Norwood.
Empl. by Messrs. Foster Biggs, contractors, S. Norwood. Enl.,
Mar., '16 ; trench fever, Feb., '17. Fell, 3 Sept., '18.
Farmer, J., 959, Pte., R.W.S. Regt.
Res., W. Croydon. Fell, '17,
Farncombe, Joseph C, Pte., 8 Leicester Regt.
b., Croydon ; s., Mr. & Mrs. C. J. Farncombe, Southbridge Rd.,
Croydon. Educ, M. Whitgift Sch. Married ; 3 cons. Empl.
in his father's business as printer & publisher. Enl., Jun., '16.
D., while pris. of war in Germany, 14 Aug., '18.
Faucherre, Frederick T., Pte., L.R.B. (5 Lond. Regt.)
Educ, Gordon Boys' Home, 24 Morland Rd., Croydon. D., Le
Treport, i Apr., '16.
Feast, F. W., 45017, L/Cpl., Lond. Regt.
Res., T. Heath. Fell, '17.
Felts, H., 22512, Pte., E. Kent Regt.
Res., Croydon. Fell, '17.
Fenn, R. p., Q.M.S., Sur. Yeom.
Educ, Whitgift G. Sch. Missing, '18.
Fenton, Alfred Edward, Pte., E. Kent Regt.
b., S. Bermondsey, 5 Mar., '82 ; s., late J. & Annie Fenton,
Melbourne, Australia. Educ, Gallywell Rd. Sch., S. Bermondsey.
Married. House decorator. Res., 56 Oakley Rd., S. Norwood.
Enl., 7 Sept., '14, D., Oct., '15, while pris. of war in Germany,
of wounds reed, at Loos, 25 Sept., '15..
Fenton, Frank Merrifield, L/Cpl., Lond. Scottish (14 Lond. Regt.)
b., Rotherhithe, 14 Oct., '94 ; 5., ?Jr. & Mrs. Fenton, 76 Parch-
more Rd., T. Heath, ^rfwc, Whitehorse Rd. Sch., T. Heath,
and Stanley Tech. Sch., S. Norwood. Single. Cinematograph
film printer. Enl., 29 Nov., '15. Fell, Wancourt, nr. Arras, 2
Jul., '17.
Fenton, R. G., 11221, Pte., R.W.S. Regt.
Res., Norwood. Fell, '17.
Ferguson, Thomas Richard Augustus, L/Cpl., 24 Lond. Regt.
b., Croydon, 19 Oct., '97 ; s., Richard & Bertha Augusta Ferguson,
27 Waddon Pk. Av., Croydon. Educ, Old Palace Sch., Croydon,
M. Whitgift Sch. & Christ's Hosp. Single. Clerk. Enl., 7
Sept., '14. Fell, Givenchy, nr. La Bass^e, 25 May, '15.
298 THE CROYDON ROLL OF HONOUR
Fewtiiell, Frank E., Rflmn., 2 R. Irish Rif.
b., 21 Sept., '81. Educ, Alton, Hants. Married. Salesman
(Wholesale millinery). Res., 15 Blackhorse Lane, Addis.
Enl., 8 Mar., '17. Missing, presumed fallen, nr. St. Quentini
24 Mar., '18.
Field, H., Pte., R. Fus.
b., '95. Empl. at Cement Works, Beddington. Res., 112 Went-
worth Rd., Croydon, Enl., 26 Oct., '15. Fell, '17.
Field, Hassell D., Capt., R.A.M.C.
y.s., Mr. & Mrs. Walter Field, " Thirlmere," Norbury. Educ,
Uppingham. Married Olive, daughter of Mrs. Locke, Weston-
super-Mare ; I son. Resident house-surgeon. Royal Victoria
Hosp., Bournemouth ; M.R.C.S., '14 ; L.R.C.P., '14. ; commis.,
Apr., '15. D., of wounds, 28 Sept., '17.
Field, Leslie George, Pte., Q.V. Rif. (9 I/ond. Regt.)
b., Fernhead Rd., Maida Vale, 14 May, '89 ; s., Mr. & Mrs.
Chesher Field, 20 St. James' Pk., Croydon. Educ, St. Saviour's
Sch.. Croydon. Single. Clerk. £"«/., 17 Nov., '15. Z)., 8 Sept.,
'18, at 48 C.C.S., France, of wounds reed, prev.day. (Plate X,, 2).
FiLLINGHAM, REGINALD JOHN, Maj., R.G.A.
b., Aldershot, 14 Jul., '90 ; s., Mr. & Mrs. Fillingham, 7 Albert
Rd., Hibernia Rd., Hounslow. Educ, St. Mary's Sch., Croydon,
Married Alice Maud, v. daughter of Mr. & Mrs. Wiebkin, 5
Eldon Pk., S. Norwood, 13 Mar., '15. Res., The Barracks,
Mitcham Rd., Croydon, & 77 Greenside Rd., Croydon. Enl.,
in R.W.S, Regt., 14 Jul., '04 ; transf. to R.G.A. , 2 Sept., '08 ;
commis., 6 Mar., '15 ; M.C., for conspicuous gallantry & good
work, 4 Jul., '16, & bar to M.C., 16 Sept., '16. D., 29 Sept., '18,
of wounds reed. nr. Peronne, 2 days prev. (Plate XIL, 2),
FiNDLAY, C-iT^iL Olney, 2/Lt„ 4/8 Somerset L.L
b., Reading, 4 Oct., '93 ; s.. Rev, W. Alexander & Lillian S. Findlay,
" The Manse," Wallingford, Berks. Educ, Croydon & Taunton.
Single. Medical student. When medically unfit served for
nearly a year at the Red Cross Hosp., " Star & Garter," Richmond.
Entered, Inns of Court O.T.C., 17 Oct., '16 ; commis., 26 Apr.,
'17 ; bombing officer, 63 Bde., 37 Div. D., 17 Oct., '17, in
Australian Hosp., nr. Bailleul, of wounds reed, Passchendaele
Ridge, 14 Oct., '17, (Plate X„ 4),
Finn, Daniel 22576, Pte., 6 Border Regt.
b., N. Shields, '80 ; s., late Mr., & Mrs. Finn, 35 Boston Rd,,
Croydon. Educ, St, Mary's Sch., Croydon. Single. Labourer
empl. by Croydon Gas Coy, Enl., Feb,, '15, Fell, France,
23 Jul., '17,
Finn, John, 238848, Gnr., R.F.A,
b., Croydon, '96 ; s., late Mr., & Mrs. Finn, 35 Boston Rd.,
Croydon, Educ, St. Mary's Sch., Croydon. Single. Labourer
empl. by Croydon Gas Coy, Enl., May, '17, Fell, Passchen-
daele, 3 Dec, '17.
Finn, John Wallace, L/Cpl., 6 E. Kent Regt.
b., Bexley Heath, Kent ; s., Herbert Arthur & Flora Adelaide
Finn, 20 Amhurst Rd., Hackney. Educ, M. Whitgift Sch.,
Croydon. Single. Empl. in wholesale provision trade. Res., 2^4.
Clyde Rd., Addis. Enl., 7 Sept., '14. Fell, Mametz, 3 Jul., '16
Finn, W. J.. 68808, R,F,A.
Res., Croydon,
THE GLORIOUS DEAD 299
Finn. William, 54516, Sapper, R.E.
b., Croydon, '89 ; s., late Mr., & Mrs. Finn, 35 Boston Rd.,
Croydon. Educ, St. Mary's Sch., Croydon. Single. Labourer
empl. at Cement Factory, Mitcham Rd., Croydon. Enl., Oct., '14.
DroTvned at Dunkirk, France, 19 May, '18.
FiRTH, F. W., 3192, Lond. Regt.
Fell, '16.
Flshfr, Francis J., Gnr., R.F.A.
b., '96 ; 5., Mr. & Mrs. Garnham Fisher, 11 Burdett Rd., Croydon.
Enl., Apr., '15. Fell, 19 Sept., '17.
FiSHKR, Frank, Maj., 470 Cov., R E.
b., Brighton, 18 Jul., '75. Educ, Brighton G. Sch. & R. Coll. of
Science, Lond. Married. Civil ser\'ant. Res., Oxted, Surrey,
Jcined, as 2/Lt., Jan., '15. Fell, nr. Ypres, 26 Sept., '17.
FiSK, Alfred, Sapper. R.E.
b., '78. Married ; children. Decorator. Res., Thirsk Rd.,
S. Norwood. D,, after operation, Jul., '18.
FiTSALL, J., Pte., R.W.S. Regt.
b., '99 ; 5 , late Mr. & Mrs. Fitsall, 85 Sutherland Rd., Croydon.
Educ, Boston Rd. Sch., Croydon. Empl. by Messrs. Holloway &
Smyth, Church St., Croydon Enl., '15. Fell, Mar. or Apr., '18.
Fitzgerald, Alfred.
b., '79 ; s., Mr & Mrs. Fitzgerald, Old Town, Croydon. Fell, 29
Sept., '18.
Fitzgerald, Lawrence George, L/Cpl., R.W.S. Regt.
b., Peckham, 9 Nov., '96 ; s., George & Alice Fitzgerald, 53,
Dundee Rd., S. Norwood. Educ, Lvndhurst Grove Sch.,
Peckham, Grove Vale Sch., Dulwich, &' Portland Rd. Sch.,S,
Nor^\'ood. Single. Shipping clerk. Enl., 9 Nov., '14. Twice
wounded & once gassed. Fell, Monchy, i Aug., '17.
Flack, Wilfred G., Capt., Coldstream Gds.
Empl. as policeman at E. Croydon Stn., 12-13, & later as waiter
at Union Jack Club. Called up on reserve as pte., Aug., '14 :
promoted sgt. & later given commis. on field ; 7v., 4 times. M.C.
and bar. D., of wounds.
Fl.^y, A. C, 13984, L/Cpl., R. Fus.
Res., S. Norwood. Fell, '16.
Flecker, H., Pte., R. Fus.
Educ, High Sch., Croydon. D., of pneumonia, '15.
Fletcher, F. W., 57327, R. Fus.
Res., T. Heath. Fell, '17.
Flower, Albert Charles, Pte., 5 Seaforth H.
b., II Oct., '96 ; s., Mr. & Mrs. Albert E. Flower, 12 Clyde Rd.,
Addis. Educ, Whitgift G. Sch., '08. Fell, France, 1 1 Mar., '16.
Fluck, a. S., 110793, Gnr., R.F.A.
Res., T. Heath. Fell, '16.
Fogoen, Geoffrey, L. A., Gnr., H.A.C.
Foley, John Patrick, Pte., E. Sur. Regt.
h., Croydon, 14 Oct., '97. Educ, Brighton Rd. Sch. Sc Bynes Rd.
Sch., Croydon. Single. Porter, empl. by Messrs. Sainsbury.
/?f J., 2 Napier Rd., Croydon. Enl., 25 Oct., '15. Fe//, 15 Apr., '16.
Footnfr, Arthur Henry, 2/Lt., i Essex Regt.
b., 14 Oct., '87 ; 5., Mr. & Mrs. Henry Footner, 35 Croham Rd.,
Croydon. £'(iuc., Whitgift G. Sch., 'ci-05. Res., Ceylon. Served
with Ceylon Overseas Contingent ; attd. to StaflF, N.Z. Con-
tingent ; took part in landing at Gaba Tepe. Fell, Dardanelles,
6 Aug., '15.
300 THE CROYDON ROLL OF HONOUR
Ford, C, Cpl., Lond. Irish Rif. (1/18 Lond. Regt.)
Educ, British Sch., Croydon. Member of Croydon Wanderers
Football Club. Fell, nr. Loos, 35 Sept., '15.
Ford, F. H., Pte., R.W.S. Regt.
Married ; i child. Empl. as driver by Amer. Steam Laundry.
Res., 16 Addison Rd., S. Norwood. D., of malarial fever, India,'i7,
Ford, George Henry, Barrack Warden, R.A.S.C.
b., '69. Married. Formerly empl. as railway sii^nalman. Res.,
Lower Coombe St., Croydon. D., of chronic heart disease while
home on leave, Apr., '17.
Ford, R. E., Rflmn.
Res., Colwyn Rd., T, Heath. Member of Croydon Wanderers
Football Club. Fell, 3 Sept., '16.
Foreman, Alfred, 9497, Drummer, R.Scots. Fus.
s., Mr. & Mrs. Foreman, Brisbane. Res., 73 Cecil Rd., T. Heath .
Fell, 38 Jul., '17.
Forrest, J. R., 15030, Gordon H.
Res., Woodside. Fell, '17.
Forrester, Frank Oliver, Lt., R N.V R.
b., '93 ; bth s., Mr. & Mrs. John Forrester, 16 Addis. Rd., Croydon.
Educ, High Sch., Croydon. Res., " Brenchley," Fairfield Rd.,
Croydon. M.C. Fell, 35 Mar., '18.
FoRSDiCK, Horace Reginald, Sgt., R.A.F.
b., Dover, 19 Sept., '99 ; 5., Mr. & Mrs. Charles Forsdick, 27
Bensham Manor Rd., T. Heath. Educ, Boro. Sec. Sch , Croydon.
Single. Shipping clerk. Enl., in Cadet C. of R.F.C., 19
Sept., '17 ; held ist class flying certif. Killed, while flying at
Wye, Kent, 6 May, '18.
Forster, William Edward Blake, 2/Lt., R.F.A.
b., 30 Mar., '83 ; s., Mr. & Mrs. William George Forster, South
Parade, Southend. Educ, Wbitgift G. Sch., '99 00. Accidentally
killed.
Forsyth, William Irving, Can. Mounted Rif.
Res., formerly at T. Heath. Fell, 37 Aug., '18.
FosBURY, W. A., 7484, Cpl., R. Fus.
Res., W. Croydon. Fell, '16.
Foster, Geoffrey Charles, Pte., M.G.C. (Cavalry).
Enl., in Essex Yeom., Sept., '14. Fell, Monchy, 11 Apr., '17.
Foster, George, Bdr., R.F.A.
b., '94 ; 2nd s., Mr. & Mrs. Foster, 65 Addison Rd., S. Norwood.
Single. Z)., of pneumonia, 15 Feb., '17.
Foster, Gordon, Welsh Regt.
b., '89 ; y.s., Mr. & Mrs. Foster, " The Uplands," Whitehorse
Lane, S. Norwood. Fell, 31 Jul., '17.
Foster, Graham Edvv^in, 301666, Sgt., L.R.B. (3/5 Lond. Regt.)
b., 436 Whitehorse Rd., T. Heath, 3 Oct., '94 ; s., Edwin & Eliza
Foster, 13 Quadrant Rd., T. Heath. Educ, Whitehorse Rd. Sch.,
T. Heath. Single. Bank clerk. Enl., Jul., '15 ; M.M., for
gallantrv at Bullecourt, 20 May, '17, bestowed at Town Hall,
Croydon, isMav, '18. Fe//,N.E.of St. Julien, Ypres, 20 Sept./i7.
(Plate XIII., s)."
Fowler, Edward Albert, Pte., E. Lanes. Regt.
b., Epsom, '89. Married ; i child. Compositor. Res., 36
Sheldon St., Croydon. Enl., in E. Kent Regt. Fell, 4 Oct., '17.
Fowler, William, Pte., R.W.S. Regt.
h., '95 ; 5., Mr. & Mrs. Fowler, 18 Crescent Mews, Lancaster Rd.,
S. Norwood. Fell, Somme, i Jul., '16.
IX.
2/Lt. H. A. C. DoDDS, 3/5 York & Lanes. Regt.
Pte. H. A. Bridges, 24 R.W.S. Regt.
Sgt. W. D Edwards. M.M., 12 R.B
Pte. H. L. Dt Hi.ocK, Duke of Cormvall's L.I.
Warrant Officer A J. Cherry, R.X.
L Cpl. W. T. DoDDRnLi., i City of Lond. Rif.
X.
1. 2/Lt. B. IIaizei.den, 2/10 Lond Regf.
2. Pte. L. G. Field, Q.Vict. Rif.
3. Cpl. J. Johnson, Aust. Field Engineers
4. 2/Lt. C.!. O. FiNDL.^Y, 4/8 Somerset L.I.
5. Sgt. H. G. DrNH.\.\i, 7 E. Sur. Regt.
6. Trooper J. H. S. Dicker, 21 Lancers
THE GLORIOUS DEAD 301
Fox, A., 97229, Gnr., R.GA.
Res., S. Croydon. Fell, '17.
Fox, C, 16003, Pte., Norf. Regt.
Res., T. Heath. Fell, '17.
Fox, Richard Paget, Pte., R.A.M.C.
b., '87 ; 5., Mr. & Mrs. A. S. Fox, " The Limes," Francis Rd.,
Croydon. D., 12 Jun., '15, at E. Suff. Hosp., Ipswich, of wounds
reed, in France, i6 May, '15.
Francis, Alan Buller, 2/Lt., D.C.L.I.
b., Harlesden, 28 Feb., '96 ; 2?ids., Mr. & Mrs. E. W. Francis.
31 Broughton Rd., T. Heath. Educ, M. WTiitgift Sch. Singie.
insurance official. Enl. in A.P.C., Sept., '14 ; commis., Mar., '15.
Fell, Montauban, 24 Aug., '16.
Francis, Edward David, Cpl., E. Sur. Regt.
b., Brighton, 23 Dec, '75. Married. Gardener, empl. by Miss
Watney, Haling Pk., Croydon. Res., 148 Selsdon Rd., Croydon.
Served in S.A. War. Re-enlisted, 28 Sept., '14. Fell, Hill 60,
Ypres, 20 Apr., '15.
Francis, Leon.\rd, 6 Lond. Regt.
b., Kenley, 16 Sept., '98 ; s., Henr^' James & Clara Francis,
Whyteleafe. Educ.,'Whyte\eaie. Single. Motor mechanic. Enl.,
15 Jul., '15. Fell, France, 16 Apr., '16.
Francis, Sydney Herbert, Driver, R A.S.C.
b., Croydon, 9 Jan., '93 ; 5., F. W. & A. J. Francis, 32 Laud St.,
Croydon. Educ, St. Andrew's Sch., Croydon. Single. Milk
carrier. Enl., 20 Feb., '15. D. of heat apoplexy', St. Andrew's
Hosp., Malta, 11 Aug., '15.
Franklin, Frederick Ch.^rles, Pte., 3/4 R.W.S. Regt.
b., Watford, 10 Jun., '80 ; s., Mr. Sc Mrs. Franklin, St. Alban's
Rd., Watford. Educ, Watford Nat. Sch. Married ; 4 children.
Commercial traveller. i?e5., 30 Hunter Rd., T. Heath. Member
of Spec. Constab., Maj-, '15-Feb., '17. Efil., i Mar., '17. Fell,
Arras, 24 Jun., '17.
Frankj^in, Frederick Charles, 2/9 Middlesex Regt.
b., '93 ; y.s., Mr. & Mrs. F. C. Franklin, 161 Melfort Rd.,
T. Heath. D., 18 Aug., '15, of wounds reed, at Dardanelles,
10 Aug., '15.
Franklin, Henry H., L/Cpl., R.W.S. Regt.
b., '95 ; z?id s., Mr. & Mrs. Franklin, formerly of Belmont Rd.,
S. Norwood. Fell, i Jul., '16.
Franklin, William Hyslop, Capt., K.O.S.B.
b., '88 ; s., Mr. & Mrs. James Franklin, " Craigmillar," Norman-
ton Rd,, Croydon. Educ, Bradfield Coll. Fell, France, '15.
Freeman, J. W., R.E. Signal Serv.
Educ, Whitgift G. Sch. Enl., Oct., '14. Fell, nr. Ypres, '17.
Freeman, William Thomas, Pte., Can. Inf.
b., Feb., '88 ; 3r<f s., Mr. & Mrs. Frederick Thomas Freeman,
n6 Melfort Rd., T. Heath. Educ, M. Whitgift Sch., Croydon.
Single. Farmer. Enl., Nov., '14. D. of wounds, France,
10 Apr., '17.
Freight. St.wley, Pte., 4 R.W.S. Regt.
b., '85 ; s., Mr. & Mrs. Freight, " Holly Lodge," Windmill Rd.,
Croydon. D. of enteric fever at Lucknow, '15.
French, Albert, Pte., 19 Can. Inf.
b., II Bourne St., Croydon, 20 Jan., 'go : s., Mr. & Mrs. French,
11 Bourne St., Croydon. Educ, Mitcham Rd. Sch., Croydon.
Single. Res., Canada, '07-14. Enl., 9 Oct., '14. Fell, St. Eloi,
lo Apr., '16.
302 THE CROYDON ROLL OF HONOUR
French, Charles Ernest, L/Cpl., 7 R.W.S, Regt.
/)., II Bourne St., Croydon, 28 Dec, '96 ; 5., Elijah & Mary Ann
French, 11 Bourne St., Croydon. Educ, Mitcham Rd. Sch.,
Croydon. Single. Bricklayer, Enl., 5 Sept., '14. Fell, Irles,
Arras, 24-27 Feb., '17.
French, Frank Geoffrey, Pte., 3 R. Fus.
b., II Bourne St., Croydon, 20 Feb., '08 : s., Elijah & Mary Ann
French, 11 Bourne St., Croydon. Ediic, Mitcham Rd. Sch.,
Croydon. Single. Shop asst. £■«/., 31 Aug., '16. i^e//, France,
4 Oct., '18.
French, Stephen Thomas, Pte., Can. Inf.
b., II Bourne St., Croydon ; s., Elijah & Mary Ann French, 11
Bourne St., Croydon. Educ., Mitcham Rd. Sch., Croydon.
Married. Glazier & painter. Res., Hamilton, Ontario. Enl.,
May, '16. D., 13 Apr., '17, of wounds reed, at Vimy Ridge, 10
Apr., '17.
French, Edward James, Rflmn., L.R.B. (2/5 Lond. Regt.>
/;., Alderney, Channel Islands, 7 Jan., '92 ; s., Elijah & Mary Ann
French, 32 Greenwood Rd., Croydon. Educ, M. Whitgift Sch.
Single. Civil servant. Res., 72 St. Saviour's Rd., Croydon. £"71/,,
Dec, '15. Fell, Flanders, 20 Sept., '17.
French, W., 10455, L/Cpl., E. Sur. Regt.
Res., S. Norwood. Fell, '17.
French, W. J. H., Sgt., R.W.S. Regt.
b., '89. Res., 22 Crunden Rd., Croydon. Enl., 18 Aug., '14 ;
trench fever, Apr., '17. Fell, 20-22 Sept., '17.
Friend, Charles D.avid, Pte., R.W.S. Regt.
b., S. Croydon, 28 Mar., '95. Educ., Bynes Rd. Sch., Croydon.
Married. Labourer. Res., 21 Strathmore Rd., Croydon. Enl.,
4 Aug., '14. D. of wounds at 3 Can. C.C.S., Belgium, 4 Jan.,
'17. Buried, Poperinghe.
Frisch, Charles, 2/Lt., 9 Ghurkas (Indian Army").
b., Croydon, 28 Mar., '87 ; s., Mr. & Mrs. George Joseph Frisch,
Littlehampton. Educ, Whitgift G. Sch., '97-01. Tea planter.
Res., Darjeeling, India. Served in Indian Army Res. prev.
to war. Believed killed, before K.ut, '16.
Frisch, Geoffrey, L/Cpl., 3 R. Suss. Regt.
b., Croydon, 5 Nov., '89 ; s., Mr. & Mrs. George Joseph Frisch,
Littlehampton. Educ, Whitgift G. Sch., '99-01. Missinq, 15
Jan., '15.
Frisch, Maurice, 2/Lt., 2 R.B.
b., Croydon, 21 Dec, '93 ; s., Mr. & Mrs. George Joseph Frisch,
Littlehampton. Educ, Littlehampton, it Brighton Coll. Missing,
25 Oct., '16.
Frith, F. W., 3192, Lond. Regt.
Fell, '16.
Frith, William, L/Cpl., K.O.R.L. Regt.
b., 'q5 ; .v.i., Mr. & Mrs. Frith, 6 Union St., Croydon. Green-
grocer. Res., Croydon. Enl., Feb., '16. D. of wounds, 22
Jun.. '18.
Frohock, W. E., Pte., R.W.S. Regt.
b., '98 ; 5., Ernest & Alice Frohock, 6 Crouch Villas, Cedar Rd.,
Croydon. Enl., Sept., '14 ; gassed ; trench fever, Oct., '17.
Fell, France, 23 Aug., '18.
pROST, Arthur Byfield, Lt., R.W.S. Regt.
y.s., Mr. & Mrs. William Frost, " Sywell House," Warlingham
Educ, St. Winifred's, Kenley, & Whitgift G. Schs., where he was
Capt. of Sch, '14-15, and Cadet Officer. Commis., 23 Jun.,
'15 ; M.C., Oct., '17. Fell, France, 23 Mar., '18.
THE GLORIOUS DEAD 303
Fry, F. C, R.W.S. Regt. ' :
b., '92. Empl. at rubber works. Res., 7 Elliott House, Elliott
Rd., T. Heath. Enl., 11 Aug., '14. D. of wounds, 3 Jul., 'i6.
Fryer, Sydney, R. Suss. Regt.
b., '84 ; s., Mr. & Mrs. Fryer, Graflrham, Sussex ; formerly of
Heath Rd., T. Heath. Educ, Beulah Rd. Sch., T. Heath. Enl.,
Sept., '14. Fell, 15 Aug., '16.
FuLCHER, William E., 57920, Pte., 17 King's L'pool. Regt.
Clerk, Croydon Gas Co. Enl., in R.F.C., '15. D., 3 Aug.,
'17, of wounds reed. 31 Jul., '17. Buried, nr. Zillebeke, Ypres.
FULLALOVE, G. Y., 2/Lt., R.F.C.
Fell, 13 Aug., '17.
Fuller, A., 1628, Cpl., R.W.S. Regt.
Taken pris. Believed dead.
Fuller, Colin Melville, 4 Seaforth H.
b., 10 Epsom Rd., Croydon, 13 Sept., '94 : s., Mr. & Mrs. R. H.
Fuller, " Saxon Villa," 10 Epsom Rd., Croydon. Educ, Boro.
Sec. Sch., Croydon. Single. Empl. in motor car trade, Enl.,
Sept., '14. Fell, Neuve Chapelle, 11 Mar., '15.
Fuller, E. P., 2/Lt., 10 R.W.S. Regt.
b., Croydon, '92. Educ, Whitgift G. Sch. Enl. as pte. in
Artists Rif., '15 ; commis. m R.W.S. Regt., '16. Missing, Menin
Rd., 20 Sept., '17.
Fuller, Leonard A., Lt., R.F.C.
b., 3 Jan., '92 ; y.s., Mr. & Mrs. Edward Fuller, " Walton House,"
Chepstow Rise, Croydon. Educ, Whitgift G. Sch., '04-10, Imp.
Col!, of Science, & Royal Sch. of Mines. Joined Lond. Univ.
O.T.C., '14 ; commis. in 17 D.L.I. ; transf. to R.F.C. Fell,
17 May, '17.
Fuller, Morris R., 2,'Lt., 10 R. Fus
b., 29 Jan., '97 ; y.s., Mr. & Mrs. Ernest Fuller, " Lydford,"
Croham Rd., Croydon. Educ, Whitgift G. Sch., '10-13. Single.
Enl., in a Publ. Sch. Btn., Oct., '14 ; commis., '16. Fell, Arras,
II Apr., '17.
Fuller, Walter, Lt. & Quartermaster, Somerset L.I.
b., Greenham, Berkshire, 24 Dec, '73. Educ, Sonning,
nr. Reading. Married. Res., Woodley. Enl., 17 Oct., '89 ;
S.A, Med. ; King George V. Coronation Med. ; from '08,
R.Sgt.Maj., 4 R.W.S. Regt., going to India in '14 ; commis., and
transf. to Som. L.I., '18 ; served in Mesopotamia. D., Malta,
3 Jan., '20, of injuries reed, in action, and of malarial fever.
Funnell, W. H., Sgt., R.F.A.
Res.,T. Heath. Fell, '17.
Furnell, W., Pte., 6 R.W.S. Regt.
Fell. France. 12 Nov., '15.
Fyfe, John Charles, Civ. Serv. Rif. (1/15 Lond. Regt.).
b., 7 Dec, '98 ; s., Mr. & Mrs. Fyfe, 28 Albert Rd., Croydon.
Educ, Woodside & Boro. Sec. Schs., Croydon. Single. Clerk
(Inland Revenue). Enl., 16 Feb., '17. Fell, France, 23 Mar., '18.
Gadd, Frederick George, Rflmn., R.B.
b., Pavton Yard, W. Norwood ; s., Mr. Sc Mrs. Gadd, 17 Upton
Rd., T. Heath. Educ, Ingram Rd. Sch., T. Heath. Single.
Golt caddie. Res., 105 Northwood Rd., T. Heath. Enl., 12
Feb., '12. Fell, France, 9 May, '15,
Gage, George Jowaki Inkerman, j20.^io, A.B. Seaman. R.N.
b.. King's Rd., S. Norwood, '96 ; s., Wm. & Elizabeth Gage, 25
Harrington Rd., S. Norwood. Educ, Birchanger Rd. Sch., S.
Norwood, Single. Butcher's asst. Res., 50 Westgate Rd., S.
Norwood. Joined training ship, " Impregnable," Sept., '12.
Lest, with " Queen Mary,' sunk during battle of Jutland, 31
May, 'i6.
304 THE CROYDON ROLL OF HONOUR
Gambling, W., Sgt., K.R.R.C.
5., Mr. & late Mrs. Gambling, g Cuthbert Rd., Crovdon. Empl,
at Beddingtou Cement Works. Enl., Jan., '15. M.M. Fell, 16
Oct., '17.
Gammon, F., 34256, Gnr., R G.A.
Res., S. Norwood. Fell, '17.
Gammon, Thomas, Pte., 7 Border Regt.
b., Penge. Educ, Melvin Rd. Sch., Penge. Married. Plate-
layer. Res., 41 Russell Rd., Croydon. Enl., 1 Jun., '15. Fell,
Loos, 23 Apr., '17.
Gandey, William Alfred, 31626, Pte., E. Sur. Regt.
b., 21 Bute St., Brighton, 15 Mar., '82. Ediic, Queen's Pk. Sch.,
Brighton. Married. Motor upholsterer. Res., 204 Albert Rd.,
Croydon, &: later, 4 Freemason's Rd., Croydon. Enl., 27 Feb., '17.
Fell, nr. Vimy Ridge, 18 Jul., '17.
Gardiner, Joshua CJonN), L/Cpl., E. Sur. Regt.
Tobacconist. /?es., T. Heath. Enl., '16. Z). of wound?, 6 Nov., '17.
Gardner, Frank Robert, Pte., Duchess of Connaught's Own I.C.
Rangers (?).
b., Willesden lyane, Kilburn ; s., Mr. & Mrs. Gardner, 137a
Ecclesbourne Rd., T. Heath. Educ, Ecclesbourne Rd. Sch.,
T. Heath. Single. Ship's steward. Enl., 13 May, '15.
D., 7 Nov., '17, of wounds reed, at Cambrai.
Gardner, Stanley Douglas, Lt.-Col.
znd s., Mr. & Mrs. Gardner, " Homewood," Croydon. Fell,
France, 29 Sept., '18.
Gardner, Sydney, Driver, R.K.
b., '82. Married : i child. Res., 156 .Aliiert Rd., S. Norwood.
Fell, France, 9 Jun., '18.
Garnell, J., 1063, L/Cpl., R.W.S. Regt,
Res.. W. Croydon. Fell, '16.
Garnett, George Herbert, Pte., 13 Lond. Regt.
b., London, 4 Apr., '87. Educ, John Ruskin's Sch., Croydon.
Married. Res., la Clifton Rd., S. Norwood. Enl., 29 May, '16,
Fell, France, 9 Oct., '16.
Garrard, Frederic George, 2/Lt., Gordon H.
b., '98 ; e.s., Mr. & Mrs. F. W. Garrard, " Brambledene," Downs
Rd., Purley. Educ , Whitgift G. Sch, where he was Sgt. in O.T.C.
.Joined Inns of Court, O.T.C. ; commis., '16. D., 22 May, 'iS,
of wounds reed. 16 May, '18.
Garrard, Frederick Gabriel, Pte., R.W.S. Regt.
b., '98 : s., late Mr. & Mrs. Garrard, 72 Bynes Rd., Crovdon.
Educ., Bynes Rd. Sch., Croydon. Empl. by Messrs. Frost,
dairymen, Enl., '16 ; zu., Messines, Jun., '17. Fell, 24 Mar., '18.
Garratt, J., Lt., R.F.C.
Educ, High Sch., Croydon. Missinq, '17.
Gathercole, Henry James, Pte., 2/4 R.W.S. Regt.
b., 7 Longley Rd., Croydon, 24 Sept., '96 ; s., Mr. & Mrs. Gather-
cole, 12 Kemble Rd., Croydon. Educ, Par. Ch. Sch. & Welcome
Hall, Croydon. Single Sanitary asst., Town Hall, Croydon.
Enl., 19 Apr., '15 ; served in Suvla Bay, Egypt, Palestine, France.
Fell, France, 29 Jul., '19.
Gatland, Ernest George, Pte., 2/4 R.W.S. Regt.
b., Crovdon, 24 Sept., '95 ; s., Frederick & Alice Gatland, 7 Rol-
leston Rd., Croydon. Educ, B^'nes Rd. Sch., Croydon. Single.
Gardener. Enl., 20 Oct., '14 ; zv., Dardanelles, Aug., '15, and
Egypt, '17. Fell, Palestine, 3 Nov., '17. (Plate XV., 3).
THE GLORIOUS DEAD 305
Gatland, G., 9167, Coy.Sgt.Maj., Scot. Rif.
Res.,S. Croydon. Fell, '17.
Gatland, William, Trooper, R. Horse Gds.
b., Queenstown, Ireland, 6 Aug., *86. Married. Res., E. Croydon.
Enl., '04. D., 8 Jun., '15, at 7 Cairo Rd., Croydon, of wounds
reed., France, Apr., "15.
Geerts, Ferdinand Louis, Pte , 12 Suff. Regt.
b., Croydon, '93 ; s., Louis A. & E. A. Geerts, 65 Albert Rd.,
Addis. Educ. Oval Rd. Sch., Croydon, & Boro. Sec. Sch., Croy-
don. Single. Clerk. Enl., 24 Feb., '17. Fell, France, 24 Nov , '17.
(Plate XL, 3).
George, David Victor, Pte., R.W.S. Regt.
b., '95 ; s., Mr. & Mrs George, 280 Bensham Lane, T. Heath.
Enl., 3 Sept., '14 ; 10., Jul., '16 ; M.M., Feb., '17. Fell, 7 Jun. ,'17.
George, Walter Reginald, L/Cpl., i Artists Rif. (28 Lond. Regt.)
b., Dunmon, Essex, 12 Sept., '98 ; s., Mr & Mrs. L. George,
81 Tamworth Rd., Croydon. Educ, Brit. Sch., Croydon. Single.
Clerk. Res., Tlford. Erd., Feb., '17. D., from the effects of gas
and shell shock, at Amer. Hosp., Rouen, 29 Mar., '18. (Plate
XV., 4).
Gibbons, W., L/Cpl., Middlesex Regt.
Res., W. Croydon. Fell, '16.
GiBBS, Albert, Pte., i R W.S. Regt.
b., Croydon, 15 Jun., '86 ; s., Charles Henry & Emma Gibbs, 6
Sumner Rd., Croydon. Educ., Mitcham Rd. Sch., Croydon.
Single. Carman. Enl., Aug., '14. Fell, France, 18 Dec, '14.
(Plate XV., 6).
Gibbs, Charles T., Pte., 2 R. Suss. Regt.
b., '90 ; s., Mr. & Mrs. Gibbs, 1 13 Lakehall Rd., T. Heath. Fell,
25 Sept., "15.
Gibbs, G. A., R. Fus.
Res., W. Croydon. Fell, '17.
Gibbs, George Albert, Pte., R.W.S. Regt.
b., Crovdon, 13 Nov., '79 ; s., Peter & Esther Gibbs, no Suther-
land Rd., Croydon. ^<fMc., BeulahRd. Sch., T. Heath. Married.
Labourer. Res., Spa Rd., T. Heath. Enl , 19 Aug., '14. Fell,
Givenchy, 2 Jan., '16.
Gibbs, Sidney Jame<5, Pte., 6 R.W.S. Regt.
b., Croydon, 8 Sept., '84 ; s., Peter & Esther Gibbs, no Suther-
land Rd., Croydon. Educ, Boston Rd. Sch., Croydon.
Single. Labourer. Res., 99 Boston Rd., Croydon. Enl., 12
Aug., '14 ; tv., France, 31 Dec, '15. Fell, Somme, 3 Jul., '16,
Gibbs, William James, L/Cpl., R.W.S. Regt.
b., '98. Res., 190 Livingstone Rd, T. Heath. Fell, 25 Sept., '17.
Gibson, Alan, Pte., i L.R.B. (5 Lond. Regt.)
b., Croydon, 15 Dec, '98 ; s., Mr. & Mrs, T. H. Gibson, 14 Ding-
wall Rd., Croydon. Educ, High Sch., Croydon. Single. Bank
clerk. Re^., 25 BroughtonRd.,"T. Heath. .En/., Sept., '16. Fell,
Hooge, nr. Ypres, 14 Aug., '17.
GiDDlNGS, G.. Gnr., R.F.A.
Res., 21 Grace Rd., Croydon. Fell, 30 Jul., '16.
GiDDiNGS, Mark William, 12 Lancers.
s., Mr. & Mrs. A Giddings, 21 Grace Rd , Croydon. Enl., '99.
D., of wounds, France, '14.
Gilbert, Ch.^rles A., Pte., R. Fus.
6., '96 ; s., Mr. & Mrs. Gilbert, 26 Tankerton Terrace, Mitcham
Rd., Croydon. Fell, 27 Apr., '17.
3o6 THE CROYDON ROLL OF HONOUR
Gilbert, Job, Sergt., R.F.A.
b., 3 Godstone Cott., Coulsdon ; s , Mr. & Mrs. Gilbert, 69
Milton Rd., Croydon. Educ, St. James' Sch., Croydon. Married,
Metal worker. Res., 8 Tait Rd., Croydon. Enl., 16 Jan., '15 ;
ment. in despatches, 9 Apr., '17. D. of gas poisoning, Nottingham
Hosp., 2^ Dec, '17.
Gilbert, Reginald, Cpl., 11 Field Amb., R.A.M.C.
b , Stockwell, S.W., 21 May, '92 ; s., William Richard & Emily
Alice Gilbert, 22 Princess Rd., S. Norwood. Educ. at Croydon and
London. Single. Clerk. Res., 56 Dagnall Pk., S. Norwood.
Enl., Jan., '15. D. of wounds reed, at Gonnehem, nr. Bethune,
10 May, '18.
Giles, Arthur Frederick Stewart, Pte., 17 Middlesex Regt.
b., Hawkstone Rd., Southwark, 11 Jan., '96 ; s., Lewis Sidney and
Susan Elizabeth Giles, 52 Norton Gardens, Norbury. Educ,
Emmanuel Sch., Streatham, & Winterbourne Rd. Sch., T. Heath.
Single. Helmet maker. Enl., Feb., '15. Fell, Delville Wood,
Somme, 27 Jul., '16.
Giles, Ernest William, Pte., M.G.C.
b.. 130 Church Rd., Croydon, t8 Feb., '99 ; *., James 5c Annie
Giles, 130 Church Rd.,' Croydon. Educ, St. Andrew's Sch.,
Croydon. Single. Cycle warehouseman. Enl., 20 Mar., '17.
D., 30 Apr., '18, at Boulogne, of wounds reed. 2 days prev.
Gill, William Gerald OlutiR, 2/Lt., Essex Regt.
b., '96. Educ, Dulwich Coll. Res., S. Norwood. Played tor
Young Amateurs of Surrey, at Oval, '13. Joined, '14. Fell, '17.
Gilliam, William Henry, Cpl., 1/22 Lond. Regt.
b., Alton, Hants, 30 May, '99 ; s., W. & E. Gilliam, 73 Waddon
New Rd., Croydon. Educ, Par. Ch. Sch., Croydon. Single.
Shop asst. Member of Croydon Parish Ch. C.L.B. Enl., in
3/4 R.W.S. Regt. Nov., '14. Eell, France, 3 Jan., '17. (Plate
XIV., 6).
Gillie, A. J., L/Cpl., Lond. Regt.
6 , '93 ; e.s., J. & A. Gillie, 180 Mitcham Rd., Croydon. Married,
Enl., in R.W.S. Regt ; ic, 8 Oct., '16. Fell, 2 Sept., '18.
Gillie, Wallace John, Sgt., i K.R.R.C.
b., Montreal, Canada, 20 Jul., '95 ; s., J. & A. Gillie, 180 Mitcham
Rd., Croydon. Educ, Boston Rd. Sch., Croydon. Single.
Clerk. Enl., 22 Jan., '14. Fe//, Hooge, nr. Ypres, 30 Jul., '15.
GiLSON, E. H., Pte., R. Fus.
b., '78 ; s., late Mr. & Mrs. R. A. Gilson, Addis. Res., 33
Grove Pk. Rd., Chiswick. Fell, 30 Oct., '17.
Giltrap, G. H.
Schoolmaster, High Sch., Croydon. Fell, '18.
Glandfield, Albert Victor, Pte., i R.W.S. Regt.
b , 135 Bensham Grove, T. Heath, 28 Dec, '93 ; J., Thomas
William & Rebecca Glandfield. Educ, Beulah Rd. Sch., T.Heath.
Single. Labourer. Enl., 26 Aug., '12. Fe//, Somme, i Jul., '16.
Glass, Alfred, i R.B.
Educ, Shirley Sch., Wickham Rd, Enl., Oct., '07. Fell, '15.
Glaze, Alfred G., L/Cpl., R. Fus.
Res., n St. John's Rd., Croydon. Empl. by Messrs, Hope Bros,
Enl., Feb., '15. Fell, France, '17.
Glaze, Walter Edward, Pte., R.Fus.
s., Mr. & Mrs. Glaze, 11 St. John's Rd., Croydon. Married.
Railway porter. Res., 61 Derby Rd., Croydon. Enl., Mar., '15 ;
w., Somme, June, '16. D., 4 Jun., '19, at Croydon Hosp., of
heart trouble resulting from gas-poisoning.
THE GLORIOUS DEAD 307
Gliddon, Maurice, Lt., R.F.A.
E'^HC, Whitgift G. Sch. Married; i son. yoined as 2 iLit , Nov.,
'14 ; M.C. Fell, '17.
Glovt.r, B. H., 2/Lt., R.W.Kent Regt.
GoBLE, R. E., Pte., R.A.S.C.
Married ; 2 children. Empl. by Croydon Corp. Tramways.
Res., 65 Churchill Rd., Croydon. Enl., Jan., '16. Fell, France,
9 Sept., '17.
GoDDARn, A. E., Pte., E. Sur. Regt.
Memb. of Ancient Order of Foresters. D., France, 15 Jul., '18.
Godfrey, Stephen Mervyn, Lt., Artists Rif. (28 Lond. Regt.)
b., Forest Hill, 26 Jul., '92 ; s., Mr. & Mrs. Godfrey, 159 Melfort
Rd., T. Heath. Educ. Whitgift G. Sch. Single. Chartered
accountant's clerk. Enl., as pte., '10 ; mobilised 6 Aug., '14.
Fell, France, 30 Dec. '17.
Gold, A. E., Pte., Can. Mounted Rif.
h , '94 ; s., Mr. & Mrs. W. H. Gold, " Weybourne," Foxley Lane,
Purley. D. of wounds, '17.
Gold, Percy, 2/Lt., Scots Gds.
b., '83 ; e.s., Mr. & Mrs. W. H. Gold, " Waldronhyrst," Croydon.
Partner in the firm of Evatt & Co. Fell, i Jul., 'i6.
GoLDiNG, F. E., Pte., Dorset Regt.
b., '93. Educ, Mitcham Rd. Sch., Croydon. Married ; i child.
Footman to Lord Michelham, Princes' Gate. Res., 69 Derby Rd.,
Croydon. Enl., '14. Fell, 5 Apr., '18.
Golds, Fr.\nk, 2/Lt., E. Sur. Regt.
b., '80 ; y.s., late Hugh, & Mrs. Golds, Croydon. Fell, 5 Oct., '16.
GoocH, Kenneth, Lond. Regt.
Fell, France, i Jul., '16.
Gooding, Frederick Bertie, Pte., i Middlesex Regt.
b., Oxford Coffee Tavern, T. Heath, 11 Sept., '85 ; s.. Mr. &
Mrs. Gooding, 117 Frant Rd., T. Heath. Educ, Boston
Rd. Sch., Croydon. Married. Decorator Res., 27 Cross Rd.,
Croydon. Enl., 14 Aug., '16. Fell, Clapham June, Polygon
Wood, nr. Ypres, 26 Sept., '17.
Goodman, Ralph Thomas, Pte., 10 Essex Regt.
b., Cherry Orch. Rd., Croydon, 14 Jul., '98 ; s., Mr. & Mrs. A. W.
Goodman, 24 Clarence Rd., Croydon. Educ, Croydon. Single.
Asst. clerk to accountants. Enl., Aug., '16. Reported missing,
presumed fallen, Crassiere Wood, France.
Goodman, Reginald Arthur, Band-Sgt., K.O.R.L. Regt.
b., '89 ; s., Mr. & Mrs. Goodman, Clarence Rd., Croydon.
Married, Ethel n6e Keywood ; i child. Res., Sangley Rd., S.
Norwood. Founder & conductor, Orpheus Orchestra. Enl., in
Middlesex Regt., Mar., '16. D., 9 May, '18, of wounds reed. nr.
Bethune the prev. day.
Goodwin, Henry, Tank C.
b., '98 ; J., Mr. & Mrs. Thomas H. Goodwin, Norbury. Fell ,
24 Mar., '18.
Goodwin, T. J., 8747, Pte., D.L.L
Fell, '16.
Gordon, Elizabeth Marjorie, Nurse, V.A.D.
e. daughter of late Gen. William Gordon, CLE., & Mrs. Gordon,
'■ Arradoul," Tavistock Rd., Croydon. D. of malaria at Salonica,
II Sept., '17.
Gorringe, C. H., 683099, Pte., Lond. Regt.
b., '98. Res., Norbury. Fell, 7 Jun., '17.
3o8 THE CROYDON ROLL OF HONOUR
GosLiNf^, James Thomas, Pte., R. M.L.I.
b., i8 Dec, '74 ; s., James & Sarah Gosling, 71 Union Rd.,
Croydon. Educ, Sydenham Rd. Sch., Croydon. Married.
Baker. Res., Whitehorse Rd., Crovdon. Enl., 4. Aug., 'qa : Long
Serv. Med. & Benin Exped, Med. Lost with H.M.S. " Defence,"
suni< during battle of Jutland, 31 May, '16.
Gosling, John, A.B. Seaman, R.N.
Educ, Ashford Schs. Married. Postman. Res., 22 Sheldon
St., Croydon. Lost with H.M.S. " Good Hope," sunk off
Coronel, Chili, i Nov., '14.
Goss, Herbert, Bugler, 21 Can. Inf.
h., '87 ; s., Mr. & Mrs. George Goss, 83 Mitcham Rd., Croydon.
Married. Fell, 24 Jun., '16.
GOSTLING, Herbert, Sgt. (Observer), R.A.F.
b., Streatham, 20 Feb., '91 ; s,, Mr. & Mrs. Goatling, 220 Selsdon
Rd., S. Croydon. Educ, Dering PI. & Abp. Tenison's Schs.,
Croydon. Single. Enl. in 7 Dragoon Gds., 29 Mar., '08 ;
transf. to 6 Inniskilling Dragoons, M.G.C., and R.A.F. Fell,
over German lines while on bombing raid. D., Heitern,
nr. Neu Breisach.
Gould, E., 15556, L/Cpl., North'd. Fus.
Res., Croydon. Fell, '16.
Gould, Joseph Stephen, Pte., R.A.S.C.
b., Ducklington, Oxon., 11 Nov., '59. Educ, Ducklington, nr.
Witney, Oxon. Married. Greengrocer. Res., 4 Thornton Rd.,
T. Heath. Enl., 16 Oct., '14 ; served i yr. in France. D. of
pneumonia, Woolwich, 3 Aug., '16.
GowARD, Patrick Lindsay, Cpl., Black Watch.
s., Mr. & Mrs. Goward, 39 Dominion Rd., Addis. Fell, 8 May,'i6.
GoY, G., 17808, Cpl., Essex Regt.
Res., S. Norwood. D. of wounds, 17.
Grabham, Edward William, Pte., 8 R.W.S. Regt.
b., Croydon, 19 Oct., '96 ; s., Harry & Harriet Jane Grabham,
24 Wandle Rd., Croydon. Educ, Welcome Hall, Croydon.
Single. Shop asst. fwine & spirit trade). Enl., 9 Sept., '14.
Fell, Tower Bridge, Hulloch, Loos, 25 Sept., '15.
Grand, Arthur Leonard, 1576, Pte., 7 R.W.S. Regt.
b., 29 Surrey St., Croydon, 21 May, '95 ; s., Mr. & Mrs. Harry
Grand, i Upper Drayton PI., Croydon. Educ, Parish Ch. Sch.,
Croydon. Single. Hairdresser. Enl., Sept., '15. D., 10 Jul.,
'16, at 2 Stat.Hosp., Abbeville, of wounds reed., Somme, i Jul., '16.
Grand, Frederick, 18946, Cpl., 6 E. Kent Regt.
b., Croydon, 12 Jun., '90 ; s., Mr. & Mrs. Harry Grand, i Upper
Drayton PI., Croydon. Educ, British Sch., Croydon. Married.
Hairdresser. Res., Wellesley Rd., Croydon. Enl., 17 Jun., '16.
Fell, France, 3 May, '17.
Grant, J. P., 510056, Lond. Regt.
Res., Cro5'don. D. of wounds, '17.
Grant, John Anderton, 2/Lt., 3 R. Suss. Regt.
b., 39 Clyde Rd., Croydon, 4 Jul., '98 ; s., Francis Octavius &
Annie Edith Grant, 48 Birdhurst Rd., Croydon. Educ, " The
Limes," Croydon, & Eastbourne Coll., Eastbourne, where he was
head of his House and sen. Sgt. in O.T.C.; passed prelim, exam,
of Inst, of Chartered Accountants. Joined Inns of Court O.T.C.,
as pte., 2 Sept., '15, becoming Sgt. ; commis. fin Spec. Res. of
Officers), 28 Mar., '17 ; went to France with 11 R. Suss. Regt.,
lo Aug., '17 ; w., 27 Sept., '17 ; ret. to France with 8 R. Suss.
Regt., 18 Apr., '18. Fell, nr. Amiens, 14 May, '18. Buried,
Henencourt Communal Cem. Extension, W. of Albert. (Plate
XL, 5).
XI.
Pte. S. Harris, R.M.L.I.
2/1. t. S. H. Bressey, R.E.
Pte. F. L. Geerts, 12 Suff. Regt.
Lt. A. C. Davis, R.A.F.
2/Lt. J. A. Grant, 3 R. Suss Regt.
Pte J. W. Gray, Machine Gun Corps
XII.
Pie. A. H. Hfartfield, 6 Duke of Cornwall's L.I.
Maj. R. J. FiLLiNGHAM, M.C., R.G.A.
L/Cpl. H. E. GuNN, I I.ond. Scottish
L/Cpl. H. Howard, io R. Fus.
Gnr. H. L. Guii.i.on, R.F.A.
Lt. D. GuNN, Seaforth H.
THE GLORIOUS DEAD . 309
Grantham, John David, R.N.
b., '88. Edtic, Oval Rd. Sch., Croydon. Married. Page boy.
Res., Albert Rd., A^ddis. Joined, '02. J.nst on H.M.S. " Formid-
able," torpedoed in English Channel, i Jan., '15.
Gravestock, W., 37085, Pte.,'R.W.S. Regt.
Res , S. Norwood. Fell, '17.
Gray, Arthur St.\nley.
s., Mr. & Mm. Gray, 22 Barclay Rd., Croydon. Fell, 14 Sept., '16.
Gray, Joseph Walter, Pte., M.G.C^
b., Croydon, 8 Nov., '97 ; y.s., George ?c Harriet Gray, 10 Nichol-
son Rd., Addis. Educ, Woodside Sch., Croydon. Single.
Shop asst. Res., 10 Nicholson Rd., Croydon. Enl., 2 Oct.,
'14. Fell, France, 2 Dec, '16. (Plate XL, 6).
Gray, Olh-er John, 60272, Pte., R.A.M.C.
h., Castlemarton, Worcestershire ; s., William Valentine ^ Emme-
line Ruth Gray, 92 Bingham Rd., Addis. Educ, London,
Single. Civil service clerk. Res., S. Norwood. Enl., 19 Jun.,
'15 ; ment. in despatches, 30 May, '17. D., 8 May, '17, at 15
Stat. Ho^p., German E. Africa, of black water fever.
Gray, Robert Georgk, L.R.B. (r/5 Lond. Regt.)
b., 24 May, '90 ; s., John Andrew & Emma Gray, 58 Hartley Rd.,
Croydon. Educ., Reading. Single. Architect's asst. Enl., 19
Nov., '15. Fell, Ypres, 25 Aug., '16.
Graysmark, John William Blake, Rflmn., L.R.B. (5 Lond. Regt.)
b., 14 Junction Cottages, Gloucester Rd., Croydon, '96 ; s., Mr.
& Mrs. Graysmark, 85 The Crescent, Croydon. Single,
Grocer's asst. £"??/., Apr., '15. Fell, France, 9 Oct., '16.
Grayson, — .
Empl. as conductor by Croydon Corp. Tramways.
Grfen, Alfred Henry, Seaman, R.N.
s., Mr. & Mrs. Green, 15 Selsdon Rd., Croydon. Served on
H.M. Ships " Ganges," " Albemarle," " Bulwark," " Zealandia,"
" Vernon," & " Tipperary," during the war. Fell, Battle of
Jutland, 31 May, '16. (Plate XHL, 6).
Green, C, 51 1280, Lond. Regt.
Res., S, Norwood. Fell, '17.
Green, Charles Layton, 2/Lt., Essex Regt. (attd. R.F.C.)
i>-> '93 ; e-S; Dr. & Mrs. Green, Woodside. Educ, Durlston
Court, Swanage, & St. Bees Sch., Cumberland ; matriculated,
Lond. Univ. ; entered Guy's as med. student, '13 ; went to Edin,
Univ. Joined, Edin. Univ. O.T.C., Sept., '14 ; enl., in ist
Sportsman's Btn. ; commis., Dec, '14 ; w., '16 ; transf. to R.F.C.
'16 ; injured in flying accident, 7 Jan., '17. Killed in flying acci-
dent, 9 Jun., '17.
Green, Leonard A., Pte., Lanes. Fus.
^•> '99 ', y.J., Mr. & Mrs. Green, 6 Chelsham Grove, Croydon,
Educ, Abp. Tenison's Sch., Croydon. Fell, 9 Sept., '18.
Green. Leslie Alan, 2/Lt., 6 (attd. 23)'R. Fus.
b., E. Dulwich, 27 Jul., '94 ; s., Mr. & Mrs. James Green, 17
Warminster Rd., S. Norwood. Educ, Sutton County Sch.
Single. Bank clerk. Enl., as pte. in H.A.C., May, '15. Fell,
Beaumont Hamel, 14 Nov., '16.
Green, R. C, Sgt., R.G.A.
Green, W. E., Gnr., R.G.A.
Fell, '17.
Green, Walter Charles, 200601, Sgt., Tank C.
b., Brighton, 8 Nov., '15 ; e.s., Mr. & Mrs. Charles Green, 12
Alpha Rd., Addis. Educ, Oval Rd. Sch., Croydon. Asstd. with
his father's business as nurseryman & landscape gardener. Enl.,
in K.R.R.C. ; transf. to M.G.C., & later to Tank C, Nov., '15.
Awarded D.C.M. for " the courageous manner in which he
brought his tank out of action " at Cambrai, Nov., '17 ; Croix de
Guerre, May, '18, Fell, nr. Morlancourt. 8 Aug., '18,
310 THE CROYDON ROLL OF HONOUR
Greenhead, Alfred George, Cpl., i D.C.L.I.
b., Croydon, 6 Mar., '94 ; s., Alfred George ^ Alice Maud
Greenhead, 71 Dennett Rd., Croydon. Ediic, Mitcham Rd. Sch.,
Croydon. Single. Mineral water worker. Res., 54 Wentworth
Rd., Croydon. Enl., 17 Apr., '12 ; zv., France, Oct., '14. Fell,
Delville Wood, 16 Aug., '16. (Plate III., 3).
Greenhead, Leonard Bertram, L/Cpl., 12 R. Irish Rif.
b., 3 Fisherman Cottages, Windmill Rd., Croydon ; s., Charles E.
& Alice Greenhead, 24 Bishop's Rd., Croydon. Educ, Syden-
ham Rd. Sch., Croydon. Single. Fitter's mate. Enl., in 16 R.
Suss. Regt., II Oct., '15. Fell, 16 Aug., '17. (Plate XIV., 2).
Greenway, Kenneth, Lt., 13 Worcester Regt.
b., 18 Feb., '97 ; .v., Mr. & Mrs. Greenway, 28 Highland Rd.,
U. Norwood. Educ, Whitgift G. Sch., '10-14, ^ Bootle Boro.
Tech. Sch. Was Sgt. in Whitgift O.T.C. Enl., in Univ. & Pub.
Sch. Bde., '14 ; commis., Oct., '14. Fell, Gallipoli, 27 Nov., '15.
Greet, N., 36590, Pte., M.G.C.
Res., Croydon. Fell, '17.
Gregory, George, Sgt., 8 R.B.
6., '77. Married. i?es., S. Norwood. Served in India with R.B.
prev. to '07 ; memb. of Nat. Res. Fell, Hooge, '15.
Gregory, Henry.
b., '74. Res., 32 Waddon Marsh Lane, Croydon. D. of dysen-
tery, 16 Jul., '16, at 15 Stat. Hosp., Mbuyuni, E. Africa.
Gregory, Laurie Leslie, Bdr., 34 Bty., R.F.A.
b., 60 Canterbury Rd., Croydon, 13 Sept., '96 ; s., Mr. & Mrs.
Gregory, 60 Canterbury Rd., Croydon. Educ, Christ Ch. Sch.,
Croydon. Single. Plumber's mate. Enl., 16 Jul., '15.
D., of meningitis, Croydon Infirmary, 28 Dec, '19.
Griffin, A, R., 25930, Pte., 9 M.G.C.
s., Mr. & Mrs. Griffin, 21 Derby Rd.. Croydon. Missinq since
25 Apr., '18.
Griffiths, Alfred James. Pte., 3/4 R.W.S. Regt.
b., Bermondsey, 5 Jun., '91 ; s., Mr. & Mrs. A. J. Griffiths, 148
Dalmally Rd., Addis. Educ, Portland Rd. Sch., S. Norwood.
Married. Clerk. /?e5., 150 Dalmally Rd., Addis. £«/., 27 May,
'15. Fell, Somme, 6 Feb., '17. Buried, Peronne.
Grigg, Francis, 2/Lt., 10 E. Lanes. Regt.
b., 21 Apr., '95 ; s., Mr. & Mrs. Frank Charles Grigg, " Yvetot,"
Foxley Hill Rd.. Purley. Educ, Whitgift G. Sch., '09-10.
Griggs, Wilfred Leonard, Rflmn., L.R.B. (5 Lond. Regt.)
h., '99 ; s., William & Ethel Griggs, 31 St. John's Grove, Croydon.
Educ, Brit. Sch., Croydon. Manager in boot warehouse. Enl.,
in Civil Serv. Rif., Jul., '17. D., 20 Nov., '18, of wounds reed.,
France, 7 Nov., '18.
Grinham, G. S., 2621, Pte.. Middlesex Regt.
Fell, '16.
Grinham, George Rowl.^nd, Seaman Torpedo-man, R.N.
Res., 115 St. James' Rd., Croydon. Accidentally drorrned, while
serving on Submarine Bi, '16.
Grinh.\m, Tom H., Cpl., R.W.S. Regt.
b., '81. Fell, 30 Jan., '17.
Groom, A., Pte.
b., '89 ; s., Mr. & Mrs. Walter Henrv Groom, 107 Milton Rd.,
Croydon. Educ, Whitehorse Rd. Sch., T. Heath. Married;
2 children. Empl. by Messrs. Richards & Son, sheet metal
workers, Wellesley Rd., Croydon. Fell, 10 Nov., '17.
THE GLORIOUS DEAD 311
Groom, F. C, Cpl., A.P.C.
b., '79. Married, E. A , daughter of Mr. W. J. Clark, 6 Ullswater
Rd., W. Norwood. Res., " Novello," Saxon Rd., Selhurst. D.,
5 Dec, '18, at Wimereux, of heart failure, following influenza.
Grover, Percy, Cpl., L.R.B. (5 Lond. Regt.)
b., Croydon, 19 Feb., '95 ; s., Mr. & Mrs. H. J. Grover, 33 Elgin
Rd., Croydon. Educ, Abp. Tenison's Sch., Croydon. Single.
Stockbroker's clerk. Enl,, Aug., '15. Fell, Les Bouefs, Somme,
Aug., '15.
Grubb, Percy George, Sapper, R.E.
b., Wimbledon, 12 Apr., '86. Educ, Oval Rd. Sch., Croydon.
Married. Plumber. Res., 61 Fairholme Rd., Croydon,
Enl., 10 Apr., '16. Fell, Arras, 13 Apr., '17.
Grumbridce, H., Sgt., 3 R. Fus.
b., '00 ; s., Mr. & Mrs. Grumbridge, 72 Church St., Croydon.
Served 8 yrs. in India. Fell, France, 9 Feb., '15.
GuBBY, A. R., Gnr., R.G.A.
b., '83 ; e.s., Mr. & Mrs. Gubby, 17 Hampton Rd., Croydon.
Educ, Sydenham Rd. Sch., Croydon. Married ; 4 children.
Enl., 18 Oct., '15. Fell, France, 10 Jul., '17.
Gubby, Albert Edwin, Cpl., 21 Siege Bty., R.G.A.
b., 21 Union Rd., Croydon ; s., Mr. & Mrs. William Gubby, 8,
Westbury Rd., Croydon. Educ, Sydenham Rd. Sch., Croydon.
Married. Porter, empl. by L.B. & S.C.R. Res., 8 Westbury
Rd., Croydon. Enl., May, '05. Fell, nr. Reninghelst, Belgium,
22 Aug., '18.
Gubby, R., 5433, Pte., Leinster Regt.
Res., W. Croydon. D. of wounds, '17.
Gubby, Walter C.'Sgt.Maj., R.G.A.
b., '82 ; e.s., Mr. & Mrs. Gubby, 8 Westbury Rd., Croydon.
Educ, Sydenham Rd. Sch., Croydon. Married ; 4 children.
Enl., when 17 yrs. old ; served in France from 8 Aug., '14. Fell,
13 Dec, '17,
GuDGiN, Leonard A., Cpl., 3 N.Z.R.B.
s., Mr. & Mrs. F. Gudgin, Sydenham Rd. Schs., Croydon D.,
X Dec, '17, of wounds reed, at Passchendaele, Nov., '17.
GuiLi-ON, Henri L. M., Gnr., R.F.A.
b., '82 ; s., Mr. & Mrs. Guillon, 2 Broughton Rd., T. Heath.
Educ, Beulah Rd. Sch., T. Heath. Married ; i son. Enl.,
'16, Fell, 10 Jun., 'iS. (Plate XH., 5).
Gunn, David, Lt., Seaforth H.
2nd s., Mr. & Mrs. John Gunn, " The Birches," Howard Rd., S.
Norwood. Eiil., as pte. in Cameron H., '14 ; invalided home
from France with frozen feet, Apr., '15 ; commis. in Seaforth H.,
'15 ; Lt., I Jul.. '17. Fell, 13 Oct.. '17. (Plate XH., 6).
GuNN, Herbert Ernest, L/Cpl., i Lond. Scottish (14 Lond. Regt.)
b., London, 18 May, '94 ; s., Mr. & Mrs. John Gunn, i Balfour
Rd., S. Norwood. Educ, Portland Rd. Sch., S Norwood.
Single. Stockbroker's clerk. Res., 26 Woodside Rd., S. Nor-
wood. Enl., 28 Aug., '11. Fell, Hebuterne, 19 Aug., *i6.
(Plate XH., 3).
GuRNELL, John, L/Cpl., R.W.S. Regt.
b., '87. Married. Res., 2 Derby Grove, Croydon. Fell,
18 Apr., '16.
Gutteridge, Henry J. M., Pte., Australian LF.
e.s., Mr. & Mrs. H. Gutteridge, 20 Brigstock Rd., T. Heath.
Married ; i son. Res., Toowong, Queensland, Australia. Served
with nth Hussars during S.A. War. Fell, 12 Oct., '17.
312 THE CROYDON ROLL OF HONOUR
Hadfield, W. J. M., Lt., S. Lanes. Regt.
s., Maj.-Gen. C. A. & Mrs. Hadfield, "Kintaugh," Ashburton Rd.,
Addis. D. of wounds, '14.
Haddow, a. J., 34169, Hants. Regt.
Res., W. Croydon. Fell, '17.
Haill, Stanley Victor, Pte., R. Fus.
b., '94 ; 5., Mr. & Mrs. Haill, 37 Northcote Rd., Croydon. Baker,
empl. by Messrs. Wilson, Brigstock Rd., T. Heath. Enl. in
R.A.S.C., '14. Fell, '17.
Haines, Charles Stewart, A.M., R.F.C.
^•. '97 '. y-S-t Mr. & Mrs. J. G. Haines, Edridge Rd., Croydon,
Educ, M. Whitgift Sch. Empl. in Rental Dept., Croydon Gas Co.
Enl., Nov., '15. D. of wounds, France, 10 Apr., '18.
Hairby, Frank, 3844, Rflmn., Q.V.R. (1/9 Lond. Regt.).
s., Mr, & Mrs. Alfred Hairby, 115 Dalmally Rd., Croydon.
Missing, Gommecourt Wood, i Jul., '16,
Hairby, Leslie, Pte., 1/20 Lond. Regt.
s., Mr. & Mrs. Alfred Hairby, 115 Dalmally Rd., Croydon.
D. of wounds at Gosforth War Hosp., Newcastle, 4 Oct., '16.
Haizelden, Benjamin, 2/Lt., 2/10 Lond. Regt.
b., Balham, 20 Nov., '98 ; s., John & Elizabeth Haizelden, 35
Abbey Rd., Croydon. Educ, Boro. Sec. Sch., Croydon. Single.
Bank clerk. Gazetted, 2/Lt,. 5 Oct., '16. D., 30 Aug., '18, of
wounds reed, in France the prev. day. (Plate X., i).
Hale, Leonard, Lincoln Regt,
Married ; children. Res., 10 Cecil Rd., Croydon, D., 9 Dec,
'14, of wounds reed, at Ypres, a few days prev.
Haley, Henry William, Coy.Sgt.Maj., 4 R.W.S. Regt.
b., Waltham Abbey, Essex, 15 Jul., '69. Educ, Princess Rd, Sch,,
Croydon, and London, E. Married. Vellum binder's finisher.
Res., 87 Queen's Rd., Croydon. Enl., 19 Apr., '87. Mobilised,
4 Aug., '14. D. of cancer on liver. Crescent War Hosp., Croydon,
II Nov., '18,
Hall,'^ Cecil Adrian, 22504, Pte., i R.W.S. Regt.
b., Battersea, 11 Oct,, '96 ; s., Mr. & late Mrs. Hall, 30 Car-
michael Rd., S. Norwood. Educ, Birehanger Rd, Sch., S. Nor-
wood. Single. Clerk. Enl., 22 Sept., '14 ; zv. at Suvla Bay, '15 ;
twice in hosp. in England with Bright's disease ; sent to France,
Jan., '17 ; awarded M.M. for work as company runner, Meteren,
12-14 Apr., '18, D. of wounds reed, at Erie Camp, Poperinghe,
29 May, '18.
Hall, F., 1492, L/Cpl., R.W.S, Regt.
Res., T. Heath, Fell, '17,
Hall Frederick, Pte., 6 R.W.S. Regt.
b., Croydon, 22 Jul., '96 ; e.s., Edward & Emily Hall, 51 Church
Rd,, Croydon. Educ, Par. Ch. Sch., Croydon. Single, Appren-
tice to boot maker. Enl., 28 Aug., '14. D. 28 Jan., '16, at St,
Omer, of wounds reed, at Ploegsteert, i6 Jun., '15.
Hall, H„ Pte., R. Fus.
b.,'g6. i?£?j., 16 CharnwoodRd.,S, Norwood, Fe/Z, 18 Sept,,'i6.
Hall, Harry, Pte., i Northd. Fus.
b., 26 Nov.. '87 ; s., Mr. & Mrs, Hall, 23 Grange Rd,, T, Heath,
Educ, Whitehorse Rd. Sch., T. Heath. Fell, Neuve Chapelle,
5 Mar., '16.
Hall, Jack, Pte., 6 R.W.S. Regt.
b., 16 Jul., '96 ; s., Mr. & Mrs. F.J. Hall, 32 Sydenham Park,
Sydenham. Educ, Boro. Sec. Sch., Croydon, Single, Res.,
Saxon Rd., Selhurst. Enl., 28 Aug., '14. Fell, Fricourt,
Somme. Jul., '16, (Plate XVHL, 4).
THE GLORIOUS DEAD 313
Hall, P., 1473 1, Pte., E. Sur. Regt,
f?*; Res., Croydon. Fell, '17.
Hallett, Frederick Percy, Pte., 2 R.W.S. Regt.
b., Croydon, 11 Oct., '97 ; s., Mr. & Mrs. Hallett, 11 Cam-
bridge Rd., T. Heath. Enl., 27 Feb., '15. Fell, France,
5 Sept., '16, killed by German bomb, on which he threw himself,
thus saving lives of 7 comrades.
Halliday, Francis, 2487, Cpl., 9 E. Sur. Regt.
b., Nutcroft Rd., Peckham, 4 Feb., '94 ; s., Mr. & Mrs. George
Henry Halliday, 12 Selhurst Rd., S. Norwood. Ediic, Sydenham
Rd. Sch., Croydon. Single. Hairdresser. Enl., Sept., '14.
M.M., 21 Jun., '16. D. of wounds, 16 Aug., '16. (Plate
XXXH., 4).
Halsey, Dougl.'vs, Rflmn., L.R.B. (5 Lond. Regt.)
b., '98 ; s., Mr. & Mrs. W. H. Halsey, Dulwich. Fell, 16 Apr., '18.
Hamilton, Albert Charles, Pte., 2 R. Berks. Regt.
b., Sumner Rd., Croydon, 25 Nov., - ; s., Mr & Mrs. Hamilton,
28 Cuthbert Rd., Croydon. Ediic, Mitcham Rd. Sch., Croydon.
Single. Labourer. Enl., 15 Mar., '06 ; King George's Durbar
Med. Fell, France, 9 May, '15.
Hamilton, S. J., 5650, Pte., Lond. Regt.
Res., Croydon. Fell, 'i6,
Hammond, F., Pte., M.G.C.
y.s., Mr. & Mrs. Hammond, 8 Surrey St., Croydon. Enl., in
R.W.S. Regt., '14 ; transf. to Lond. Regt. and served in France,
'16-17 ; sent home as under age, and drafted to Camb. Regt. ;
ret. to France with M.G.C. Fell, nr. Rheims, 21 Jul., '18.
Hammond, George Rathbone, Pte., H.A.C.
b., Croydon, 3 Jun., '87 ; s., Mr. & Mrs. R. M. Hammond, 20
Addis. Grove, Croydon. Educ, High Sch., Croydon, & Welling-
borough Pub. Sch. Single. Ironmonger. Enl., 19 Apr., '15,
D., 14 Nov., '16, of wounds reed, at Beaumont Hamel the prev.
day. Buried, Mesnil, nr. Albert. (Plate VH., 2).
Hammond, Harry Cecil, 62221, 8 R. Fus.
s., Mr. & Mrs. Hammond, 24 Edith Rd., S. Norwood, Educ,
M. Whitgift Sch. Missing, Cambrai, 30 Nov., '17.
Hammond, John Martin Richard, Lt., 11 Essex Regt.
b., Croydon, 15 Oct. ,'96 ; s., Mr. & Mrs. Harold Martin Hammond,
35 Heathfield Rd., Croydon. Educ, Whitgift G. Sch. Single.
Res., Westcliff-on-Sea. Joined as 2/Lt., 22 Sept., '14. Missinq,
Loos, 26 Sept., '15.
Hampton, J. L., L/Cpl., L.R.B. (5 Lond. Regt.)
b., 28 Jun., '77 ; s., Mr. & Mrs. C. A. Hampton, Selling House,
Ewell. Educ, Whitgift G. Sch., '89-96. Member of L.R.B.,
'97-03 ; served in C.LV. Mounted Inf. during S.A. War. Re-
enlisted, '14 ; served in France, Nov., '14 — May, '15. Fell, nr.
Ypres, 3 May, '15.
Hampton, W., Pte., L.R.B. (5 Lond. Regt.)
s., Mr. & Mrs. C, A. Hampton, Selling House, Ewell. Fell, '15.
Hamshar, v., Act.-Sgt., R.A.S.C.
Fell, '17.
Hancock, C, 11566, Pte., E. Sur. Regt. (attd. R.E.)
Res., S. Norwood. Fell, '16.
Hancock, Frederick, Pte., 44 Can. Inf.
b-, '87 ; y.s., George & Minnie Hancock, 42 Lr. Coombe St.,
Croydon. Accidentally droicned at Allanburg Post, Ontario,
6 Jun., '16.
314 THE CROYDON ROLL OF HONOUR
Handscroft, -., Sgt., R.E.
Married ; i son. Res., io6 Northwood Rd., T. Heath. £■«/.,
Apr., 'i6 ; D.C.M., bestowed by Mayor of Croydon and Col.
Thompson. D. of gas poisoning, Apr., 'i8.
Hands, Frederic, Capt., R.E.
b., '87 ; 5., Mr. & Mrs. Hands, Haling Pk. Rd., Croydon. Fell,'iy.
Harber, S. G., 15841, Pte., 12 E. Sur. Regt.
Res., S. Croydon. 'Enl., Nov., '15. D. of wounds, 19 Jun., '17.
Buried, Lyssenthoek Mil. Cem., Belgium.
Harding, B., 13696, Pte., Scots Gds.
Res., S. Norwood. Fell, '16.
Harding, George Henry, L/Cpl., 3/4 R.W.S. Regt.
b., 32 Leslie Grove, Croydon, 15 Feb., '96 ; s., Mr. & Mrs,
Harding, 41 Northcote Rd., Croydon. Educ, Davidson Rd. Sch.,
Croydon. Single. Cellarman, Messrs. Price, wine and spirit
merchants. Enl., 8 Nov., '14. Fell, France, 9 Oct., '16.
Harding, W. J., Pte., R. Fus.
Res., 51 Windsor Rd., T. Heath. Enl., Apr., '16. Fell, France.
4 Oct., '16.
Hardingham, E., 703265, Pte., Lond. Regt.
Res., Tooting. Fell, '17.
Hardy, Alfred John, Pte., 11 Middlesex Regt.
s., Mr. & Mrs. Hardy, 17 Kimberley Rd., Croydon. Fell, 20
Nov , '17.
Harman, William, Pte., 6 R.W.S. Regt.
b., T. Heath, 30 Mar., '86 ; s., Mr. & Mrs. Harman, 91 North-
wood Rd., T. Heath. Educ, Whitehorse Rd. Sch., T. Heath.
Single. Labourer. Enl., Aug., '14. D., 15 Mar., '16, at 3 Gen.
Hosp., Sheffield, of wounds reed, in France.
Harman, William, R.F.A.
Educ, Whitgift G. Sch., where he was Capt. of Mason's House.
Enl., Aug., '14 ; served in Egypt and Gallipoli. Fell, France, 27
Mar., '18.
Harmer., E., Pte., 6 R.W.S. Regt.
Fell, '14.
Harmer, S. H. H., 147412, Gnr., R.G.A.
Res., W. Croydon. Fell, '17.
Harmsworth, Ernest, Pte., K.O.R.L. Regt.
b., '94 ; e.s., Mr. & Mrs. Harmsworth, 7 Henderson Rd., Croydon,
Empl. by Messrs. Still, Norbury. Fell, 13 Nov., '16.
Harper, C, 89609, Pte., R.W.S. Regt.
Res.,W. Croydon. Fell, '17.
Harrington, Walter, Pte., 2 R.W.S. Regt.
b., Belchamp St. Paul's, Essex, 6 Apr., '77 ; s., William & Mary
Ann Harrington, Belchamp St. Paul's. Married. Labourer.
Res., I Old Palace Rd., Croydon. Enl., i Dec, '14. Fell, France,
9 Apr., '15.
Harris, Alma, Pte., 2 R.W.S. Regt.
Married. Res., 21 Sussex Rd., Croydon. Fell, Festubert, '15.
Harris, Dick, Driver, R.E.
6., '93. £•(/«£., Beulah Rd. Sch., T. Heath. i?e5., 72 Moffatt Rd.,
T. Heath. Member of Elmhurst (T. Heath) Football Club.
Enl., 10 Aug., '14. D., in France, of pneumonia, '18.
Harris, Frederick Albert, Pte., 2 Australian LF.
b., Westminster, 26 May, '95. Educ, Portland Rd. Sch.,
S. Norwood. Single. Labourer. Res., Newcastle, New S. Wales.
Enl., 20 Aug., '14. D., 15 May, '17, of wounds reed, at Bulla-
court, 6 May, '17.
THE GLORIOUS DEAD 315
Harris, Frederick John, Pte., R. Fus.
b., Brixton, lo Nov., '93 ; s., Mr. & Mrs. Harris, 169 Norbury
Crescent, Norbury. Educ, M. Whitgift Sch. Single. Clerk.
Enl., Sept., '14 ; served in Ecjypt, Dardanelles, France.
£)., 9 Jul., '16, at Le Treport, of wounds reed, at Gommecourt,
2 Jul., '16.
Harris, G. H. C, 67^71, Cpl., R.G.A.
Res., W. Croydon. Fell, '17.
Harris, Herbert, 34816, Pte., 7 R. Fus.
b., '89 ; 5., Mr. & Mrs. M. Harris, 16 Devonshire Rd., Croydon.
Empl. by Messrs. Nalder & Collyer, brewers. Enl., 16 Dec, '15.
Fell, France, 30 Dec, '17.
Harris, Richard, Pte., E. Kent Regt.
.'»., 14 Mar., '87 Married; 1; children. Builder. /?«., 44 Add-
ington Rd., Croydon. Enl., Aug., '16. Fell, 18 Mar., '18.
Harris, Stephen, Pte., R.M.L.I.
b., 112 Queen's Rd., Crown Hill, U. Norwood. Educ, Eden Rd.
Sch., W. Norwood. Single. Gardener. Enl., 6 Aug., '14.
Lo5< on H.M.S. " Indefatigable," Jutland, 31 Aug., '16. (Plate
XI., 1).
Harris, Sydney Francis, P.O., "Anson ' Btn., R.N.D.
Educ. M. Whitgift Sch. Fell, 20 Feb., '17.
Hart, Clement Albert, Pte., R.W.S. Regt.
b., Redhill, 14 Apr., '78 ; s., Mr. STMrs. Hart, 36 Leslie Pk. Rd.,
Croydon. Educ, Par. Ch. Sch., Croydon. Single. Ship's
steward, P. & O. Line. Res., 118 Miles Rd., Epsom. Enl.,
6 May, '16. Fell, Ypres, 24 Feb., '17.
Hart, Conway John, Lt., Notts. & Derby. Regt.
Fell, '16.
Hart, Henry Reginald Essex, Sgt., 2/4 R.W.S. Regt.
b., 63 Gowrie Rd., Clapham Junction, 20 Feb., '86 ; s., Mr. & Mrs.
Hart, 97 Melfort Rd., T. Heath. Educ, St. Peter's Sch., Eaton
Sq., London, S.W. Single. Clerk. Res., Clapham Junction.
Enl., Aug., '14. Fell, Suvla Bay, g Aug., '15.
Hartfield, F. G., 17407, L/Sgt , Gren. Gds
Res., T. Heath. Fell, '16.
Harvest, Gordon Linds.\y, Lt., L.R.B. (5 Lond. Regt.)
b., Sept., '05 ; e.s., D. Richard & Mabel Harvest, " Glengarry,"
Campden Rd., Croydon. Educ, St. Anselm's, Croydon, Repton,
and Jesus Coll., Camb. Enl. as pte. in Lond. Regt., Aug., '14 ;
went to France, winter of '14 ; commis., '15 ; M.C., '17.
Fell, Croisilles, France, 20 Jun., '17.
Harvhy, Herbert Henry, L/Cpl., R.W.S. Regt.
fc., '85. £'<fu<r., M. Whitgift Sch. Married. i?ei., Stanley Rd.,
Croydon. Fell, i Oct., 'i8.
Harvey, John, Pte., RE.
b., Southwark, 26 Dec, '75. Educ, Southwark. Married.
Master builder. Res., 77 Denmark Rd., S. Norwood. D.,
13 Oct., 'is, of wounds reed, at Loos, 10 Oct., '15.
Haselden, a. C. G., 650430, Sgt., Lond. Regt.
Res., Croydon. Fell, '17.
Hatt, Frederick, Driver, R.F.A.
b., '95 ; s., Mr. & Mrs. R. J. Hatt. Single. Operator at Electric
Palace, T. Heath. Enl., Aug., '14. D., 12 Aug., '17, of wounds
reed, in France the prev. day.
Hatten, — , R.N.
b., Croydon. Educ, Dering Place Sch., Croydon. Joined, '15.
Killed ian H.M.S. " Defence," '16.
3i6 THE CROYDON ROLL OF HONOUR
Hatten, William, Sgt., R.F.A.
e.s., Mr. & Mrs. W. Hatten, 9 Southbridge Place, Croydon.
Married ; 2 children. Empl. by Messrs. Crowley. Res., 17
Southbridge Place, Croydon. Enl., '14. Fell, 24 Sept., '18.
Hawicen, Hedley, Cpl., Australian M.-G.Btn.
b; '95 ; s., Squadron Sgt.Maj. & Mrs. Hawken, 107 Richmond
Rd., T. Heath. Educ, Winterbourne Rd. Sch., T. Heath. Res.,
Australia. Enl. at Melbourne, Aug., '14 ; served in Egypt,
Gallipoli, France ; zv., once at Gallipoli, twice in France. D., 12
Aug., '18, of wounds reed, in France 2 days prev.
Hawkins, Kenneth Edwards, Capt., R. Fus.
b; '93 ; 3rd s., late Mr. 8c Mrs. H. J. Hawkins, " Beaumont,"
Stanton Rd., Croydon. Educ, King's Sch., Canterbury. Went
to France as rflmn. in Q.W. Rif., Nov., '14 ; commis, early in
'15. M.C. D. of gas poisoning, 21 Mar., '18.
Hawxwell, Charles Baker, Pte., 12 Middlesex Regt.
b., Battersea, 23 Dec, '80 ; s., late Philip James, & Sarah Jane
Hawxwell, 12 Dagmar Rd., S. Norwood. Educ, Whitehorse
Rd. Sch., T. Heath. Single. Gardener, Hyde Park. Enl.,
18 May, '16. Fell, Cherisy, 3 May, '17.
HA-i-ES, Alfred Charles, Pte., 7 E. Sur. Regt.
b., Waddon, '97 ; e.s., Mr. & Mrs. Alfred Charles Hayes, formerly
res. Gloucester Rd., Croydon, and Woodside, and now of 32
Malyon's Rd., Ladywell. Educ, Woodside Sch., Croydon ; tv.,
at Philsophe, France, 11 Nov., '16. Fell, France, 4 Aug., '17.
Hayter, C. F., Pte., R.W.S. Regt.
b., '98 ; s.. Ex Police-Constable & Mrs. Hayter, Clifton Rd.,
S. Norwood. Enl.. Aug., '14. Fell, France, May, '15.
Hayward, a., 19242, R.B.
Fell, '16.
Hayward, Edward John, 2/Lt., 5 R. Fus.
b., 15 Jun., '92 ; s., Mr. & Mrs. John Neal Hayward, Shanghai,
China. Educ, Whitgift G. Sch., '07-10. Fell, Gallipoli, 15 Nov.,
'15.
Hazell, Frederick George, Sapper, R.E.
b., 29 Carmichael Rd., S. Norwood, 12 Feb., '97 ; s., Mr. & Mrs.
Frederick George Hazell, 37 Carmichael Rd., S. Norwood. Educ.,
Birchanger Rd. Sch., and Stanley Tech, Sch., S. Norwood.
Single. Electrical engineer. Memb. of St. Mark's C.L.B. Enl.,
24 Nov., '14. Fell, Ypres, 19 Jan., '16.
Head, A. G., 7547, Pte., Lond. Regt.
Res., T. Heath. Fell, '16.
Heartfield, a. H., 10900, Pte., 6 D.C.L.I.
5., Mr. & Mrs. Heartfield, 6 Station Rd., S. Norwood, Enl.,
28 Aug., '14. Fell, 23 Sept., '15. (Plate XII., i).
Heasman, Horace James, Pte., 6 Lond. Regt. (Rifles.)
b., Dolgelly, N. Wales, 19 Oct., '93 ; s. Edgar & Alice H. Heasman,
8 Palmer ston Rd., Croydon. Educ, Whitehorse Rd. Sch., T.
Heath. Single. Clerk at Army & Navy Stores. Enl., 6 Sept.,
'14. Fell, Loos, 25 Sept., '15.
Hedges, G., Pte., M.G.C.
b., '82. Married ; 2 children. Res., 64 Farnley Rd., S. Norwood.
Fell, 24 Jul., '17.
Hegarty, Joseph Harold, Pte , M.G.C.
b., Hethpool St., Paddington, '99 ; s., Mr. & Mrs. Hegarty, 62
Saxon Rd., S. Norwood. Educ, Whitehorse Rd. Sch., T. Heath.
Single. Apprentice engineer, empl. by Messrs. Turner & Co.,
Park St., Croydon. Enl., Mar., '17. D., i Nov., '18, at 5
Northern Gen. Hosp., Leicester, of wounds reed, at Cambrai,
II Oct., '18. Buried, Queen's Rd. Cem., Croydon, 5 Nov., '18.
(Plate XVH., i).
XIII.
Capt. R. B. Herbi-ih , 13 Lond. Regt. (attd. R.E. Sigs.)
Capt. A. L. James, 7 Suff. Regt.
Lt. R. Y. Herbert, 235 Bde., R.F.A.
Sgt. A. A. Brooks, R.E.
Sgt. G. E. Foster, M.M., Lond. Rif. B.
Seaman A. H. Green, R.X.
XIV
4
5
6.
2/Lt. H. W. Barnett, 26 R. Fus.
L/Cpl. L. B. Greenhead, 12 R. Irish Rif.
Rflmn. H. R. Jameson, 21 Lond. Rest.
Sgt. F. W. J. HuLETT, M.M., Machine Gun Corps
Pte. W. A. H1R6EY, R.W.S. Regt.
Cpl.VV.H. Gilliam. 1/23 Lond. Regt.
THE GLORIOUS DEAD 317
Hemmans, William John Weatherall, Pte., 10 R. Fus.
6., '81 ; s.. late Maj. S. E. W., & Mrs. Hemmans, Waddon.
Educ, Bancroft Sch., Woodford, Essex. Married. Empl. on
Stock Exc. Res., 64 Waddon Rd., Croydon. Enl., Aug., '14.
D., 5 May, '16, at 19 C.C.S., Doullens, of wounds reed, at
Monchy, nr. Arras.
Henderson\ H. W., Lt., ? (attd. 24) Manchr. Regt.
Res., 23 Beatrice Av., Norbur>'. D. of pneumonia, in Italy, 13
Nov., '18.
Henderson, Patrick Gordon, a/Lt., 2 Duke of Well. (W. Riding) Regt.
b., Aberdeen, 28 Nov., 'q8 ; s., Mr. & Mrs. A. Duff Henderson,
" Femwood," Lawrie Pk. Av., Sydenham. Ednc, " The Limes,"
Croydon, " The Hall," Sydenham, & Cheltenham Coll. Single.
Student. Res., Sydenham. Joined, Oct., '17. D., 2 May, '18,
at Netley Hosp., Hants., of wounds reed, in France, i^ Apr., '18.
Henman, Charles Henry Rowed, Q.M.Sgt., i Field Coy., R.N.D.
6.. '79: X., Mr. & Mrs. Charles Henman (Architect of Croydon
Town Hall), 12 Northcourt Rd., Worthing, and formerly of
Crovdon. £'Jmc.. Whitgift G. Sch. Married. Fe/Z, Dardanelles,
20 Jul., '15.
Henry, Cyril Lloyd, L/Cpl., i H.A.C.
b., '87. Fell, Flanders, 16 Jun., '15.
Hensman, E. H.. Sgt., 16 Middlesex Regt.
Asst. Master, Abp. Tenison's Sch., Croydon, since Nov., '04
Enl., Nov., '14. Fell, France, 29 Jan., '16.
Kenwood, John Edwin, 2/Lt., R.W.S. Regt.
b., '96 ; 2nd s., Mr. & Mrs. H. J. Henwood, " Ivydene," Bensham
Manor Rd., T. Heath. Enl., Aug., '14 ; zv., Ypres, Jul., '15.
Accidentally killed, Egypt, i Jul., '16.
Herbert, Robert Bingley, Capt., 13 Lond. Regt. (Kensingtons), attd.
R.E. Signal Serv.
b.. Park Lane, Croydon, 25 Nov., '82 ; s., Edward & Helen Frances
Mather Herbert, Ludford House, Duppas Hill, Croydon. Educ,
Bradfield Coll., Berks. Married, Margen,', y. daughter of
Richard Joseph Grant, of Croydon. Stockbroker. Res., " The
Corner House," Links Rd., Epsom, itw/. in Kensingtons 5 or 6
yrs. before war ; signals officer, 142 Inf. Bde. Fell, nr. " The
Tower Bridge," Loos, 30 Sept., '15. (Plate XIII., i).
Herbert, Ronald Young, Lt., 235 Bde., R.F.A. (5 Lond. Bde.)
b., Oakfield Rd., Croydon, q Apr. '78 ; s., Edward & Helen
Frances Mather Herbert, Ludford House, Duppas Hill, Croydon.
Ednc. by Rev. W. J. Bomford, " Homefield," Sutton, at Bradfield
Coll., Berks., & Balliol Coll., Oxford ; 2nd class Hon. in Mod.
History, '01 ; M.A. Single. Solicitor. Joined as 2/Lt., Aug.,
'15; ment. in despatches, '16. Fe//, Wjtschaete Wood, Flanders,
23 Sept., '17. (Plate XIII., 3).
Herod, Leonard William, Cpl. (Act.-Sgt.), 7 Northants. Regt.
b., 107 Cherrv Orch. Rd., Croydon, 17 Mar., '04 ; s., Mr. & Mrs,
Herod, 109 Cherry Orch. Rd., Croydon. Educ, Oval Rd. Sch.,
Croydon. Single. Railway clerk. Res., 109 Cherry Orch. Rd.,
Croydon. Enl., Oct., '14. Fell, 17 or 18 Aug., '17.
Herrington, William James, Pte., R.W.S. Regt.
b., '94 ; s., Mr. & Mrs. Herrington, 31 Derby Rd., W. Croydon.
Fell, 22 Apr., '16.
Hersey, H., log-iS, Pte., R.W.S. Regt.
Res., W. Croydon. Fell, '17.
Hersey, W., i R.W.S. Regt.
Fell, '15.
3i8 THE CROYDON ROLL OF HONOUR
Hesketh, John James, Bandsman, 2 R.W.S. Regt.
b., Caterham, 23 Aug., '97 ; s., John & Ellen Hesketh, 36 Bynes
Rd., Croydon. Educ, Caterham. Single. Res., Caterham.
D. of wounds, 4 Oct., '17.
Hewens, Ronald C, Pte., Glo'ster Regt.
5., Mr. & Mrs. Hewens, 56 Buxton Rd., T. Heath. Educ, Bore
Sec. Sch., Croydon. Empl. by Messrs. J. & J. Colman, Ltd .
of Cannon St., E.G. Fell, 31 May, '18.
Hewett, Edmund Geoffrey, Capt., 4 R.W.S. Regt.
b., 18 Nov., '95 ; s., Mr. & Mrs. Percival William Hewett, Water-
field, Wallington, Surrey. Educ, Whitgift G. Sch., '07-13. Fell,
Gallipoli, 2 Dec, '15.
Hewitson, Jack, Pte., Middlesex Regt.
b., '84. Married. Res., 50 Galpin's Rd., T. Heath. Fell, '17.
Hewitt, G., Pte., 11 Essex Regt.
b., '83 ; 5., Mr. & Mrs. Hewitt, 180 Moffatt Rd., T. Heath.
Educ, Beulah Rd. Sch., T. Heath. Enl. in Middlesex Yeom.,
Aug., 'is ; proceeded to France, 29 May, '17 ; awarded M.M.
and French Croix de Guerre for gallant conduct nr. Dickebush,
Ypres, 28 May, '18. D. of wounds reed, in France, 2 Jun., 'i8.
Buried, Esquelbecq.
Hewitt, J., 6710, R.W.S Regt.
Res., Croydon. D., while pris. of war in German hands, '17.
Hextall, Leonard John, Lt., Can. Inf.
b., 6 Nov., '90 ; s., Mr. & Mrs. John Hextall, Canada. Educ,
Whitgift G. Sch., '05-06. Ment. in despatches.
Heyward, Harry Neale, 2/Lt., 2 D.L.L
b., Dulwich, '89 ; 2rd s., Dr. & Mrs. Heyward, 11 Dornton Rd.,
Croydon. Educ, Farnham G. Sch., and Durham Univ.; studying
for Holy Orders. Res., Castlemaine Av., Norbury. Joined,
Durham Univ. O.T.C., '14. Fell, Somme, 10 Oct., '16.
Heyward, Maurice, Act.-Capt., 8 Dev. Regt.
b., Dulwich, '91 ; s.. Dr. & Mrs. H. Heyward, 11 Dornton Rd.,
Croydon. Educ, Farnham G. Sch., and King's Coll., London ;
B.A., with Hon.; studying for Holy Orders. Joined Lond. Univ .
O.T.C., '14 ; commis. in Dorset Regt. Fell, Somme, 20 Jul., '16.
Hicks, Frank Harold, Cpl., i Lond. Regt.
Educ, M. Whitgift Sch. Fell, 30 Oct., '17.
HiDER, Henry, Pte.
b., '97 ; s., Mr. & Mrs. Hider, 10 Bensham Lane, T. Heath.
Enl., 20 Jan., '15 ; w., early in '17. Fell, 20 Sept., '17.
Hierons, John Henry, Pte., 13 Glo'ster Regt.
b., T. Heath, 5 Jan., '81 ; s., Charles & Eliza Hierons. Educ,
Beulah Rd. Sch., T. Heath. Married. Bricklayer. Res., 11
Crowland Rd., T. Heath. Enl., 20 Jan.,'17. Fell, France, ^o
Mar., '18. "
Hill, H., Pte., E. Kent Regt.
b., '80. Married ; i child. Groundsman at Purley Downs Golf
Links. Res., 84 Bynes Rd., Croydon. Enl., Jun., '16. Fell, 3
May, '17.
Hill, Reginald Gordon, Lt., R.A.M.C.
b., '87 ; s., Mr. & Mrs. George W. Hill, Highgate. Educ,
Chigwell Sch., Whitgift G. Sch., Lond. Univ.& St. Bartholomew's,
Hosp., where he graduated M.B., & B.Sc. Married Ivy Elizabeth,
daughter of Mr. & Mrs. W. G. Rayner. of " Armaside," Purley.
For some time House-surgeon, St. Batholomew's Hosp., House-
surgeon, Great Northern Hosp., and first Surgeon to the Ottoman
Forces in Tripoli during war between Italy and Turkey. Commis.
in R.F.A., '14 ; served in France and Egypt ; later transf. to
R.A.M.C. and attd. to Coldstream Gds. ; M.C., '17. Fell, 11
Oct., '17.
THE GLORIOUS DEAD 319
Hill, S. G., 48949, Gnr., R.G.A,
Res., T. Heath. FeU, '17.
HiLLMAN, Harold Alexander AIoore, Lt., 11 Yorks. Regt.
b., Wallington, Surrey, i Feb., '85 ; s., Mr. & Mrs. A. S. Hillman,
12 Quadrant Rd.,T. Heath. £'(/wc., High Sch., Croydon. Single.
Empl. by Law Guarantee and Trust Soc. Society entertainer.
Enl. in R. Fus. as pte., Sept., '14. Fell, Fricourt, i Jul., 'i6.
Hills, R., 31052, Pte., S. Lanes. Regt.
Res., S. Norwood. Fell, '17.
HiLLYARD, Harry Thomas, Act.-Cpl., i R.B.
6., Wandsworth Common, 23 Jul.; '99 ; s., Thomas William &
Eva Emily Hillyard, 88 St. James' Rd., Croydon. Educ,
M. Whitgift & Whitgift G. Schs. Single. Chartered accountant's
clerk. Enl., 23 Aug., '17. Fell, nr. Drocourt-Queant Switch
(Hindenburg line), i Sept., 'iS.
Hilton, Alfred W., E. Sur. Regt.
Ex-Croydon Volunteer Fireman.
HiNRiCH, Walter, L/Cpl., 9 R.W.S. Regt.
b., Croydon, 5 Sept., '91 ; s., late Mr. & Mrs. Hinrich, 89 Edward
Rd., Croydon. E'^j^c, Woodside Sch., Croydon. Single. Slater
and tiler. Enl., Oct., '15. D. i Jul., '16, of wounds reed. prev.
day. Buried, Corbie, Somme.
HiNTON, A. E., 1 1048, Pte., D.C.L.L
Res., Croydon. Fell, '16.
HiNTON, W., 6282, Pte., Middlesex Regt.
Res., Croydon. Fell, '17.
HoBBS, Alfred Herbert, Leading Signalman, R.N.
b.. Upper Holloway, 20 Nov., '77. Educ. Nat., Sch., Brighton.
Married. Caretaker, Croydon Gas Coy's Offices. Joined, '95 ;
served on H.M.S. " Impregnable " ; Somaliland Med.; left the
service in '07, and re-joined as reservist, Aug., '14, Lost with
H.M.S. " Cressy," torpedoed in N. Sea, 22 Sept., '14.
HocKHAM, Stephen, Pte., 10 R.B.
b., Newtown, U. Norwood, 29 Dec, '84 ; s., Mr. & Mrs. Hockham,
22 Eagle Hill, U. Norwood. Educ, Rockmount Rd. Sch.,
U.Norwood. Married. Labourer. i?e5.. 3 Eagle Hill, U.Norwood.
Enl., Sept., '14. D., 25 Aug., *i6, at his residence, from the
effects of gas poisoning.
HoCKLFY, Jesse, Pte., Duke of Wellington's (W. Riding) Regt.
Married ; 3 children. Empl. as motor van driver by Whitehorse
Laundry. Res., 135 Ecclesbourne Rd., T. Heath. Enl.,
16 Feb., '16. Fell, Cambrai, 27 Nov., '17.
Hodder, George Joseph, L/Cpl., Northants. Regt.
b., Penge, i Aug., '99 ; s., George Joseph William & Martha Jane
Hodder, 57 Wortley Rd., Croydon. Educ, Boston Rd. Sch.,
Croydon. Single. Asst. druggist. Enl., 9 Oct., '17. D., 27
Sept., '18, at 6 Gen. Hosp., Rouen, of wounds reed. 18 Sept., '18.
Hodge, John Percival Hermon, 2/Lt., 1/4 Ox. & Bucks. L.L
Educ, Summerfield Sch. & Radley Coll. Joined, Sept., '14,
Fell, 28 May, '15.
Hodges, Arthur Berkeley, Pte., 8 Leicester Regt.
b., Wimbledon, 22 Mar., '99 ; s., Mr. & Mrs. F. Hodges, 92 St.
James' Rd., Croydon. Educ. by Miss Harlands, at Brit. Sch.,
Croydon and Clark's Coll. Single. Civil Service clerk. Res., 92
St. James' Rd., Croydon. Enl., Mar., '17. Killed by enemy
bomb while in Epernay Mil. Hosp., France, where he was recover-
ing from wounds.
320 THE CROYDON ROLL OF HONOUR
Hodgson, C. M., Lt., R.F.A.
2nd s.. Rev. & Mrs. H. A. Hodgson, Beddington Rectory. Ednc,
Whitgift G. Sch., '92-01. D., of wounds reed. 17 Jun., '17.
Hodgson, W., 20994, Pte., E. Yorks. Regt.
Res., Croydon. Fell, '16.
Hogg, Ernfst, Pte., R. Fus.
Fell, '15.
Hogg, H. W.. 9673, Driver, R.F.A.
Res., Mitcham. Fell, '17.
HoLDSWORTH, W. H., 8 Manchr. Regt.
s., Mr. & Mrs. Holdsworth, " Black Boy," Pitlake, Croydon.
Enl. about '00. Fell, Dardanelles, i Jun., '15.
Holland, Arthur James, Pte., 6 E. Kent Regt.
b., 42 Waddon New Rd., Croydon, '91 ; s., Arthur James &
Annie Holland, 4 Derby Grove, Croydon. Educ, Par. Ch. Sch.,
Croydon. Single. Undertaker's coachman. Enl., 9 Aug., '17.
Fell, Epehy, 18 Sept., '18.
Holland, Frank, Trooper, 3 Bde., i Can. Contingent.
b., 28 Nov., '83 ; 5 , Mr. & Mrs. Walter Holland. Educ, Whit-
gift G. Sch., '99-02. Fell, Flanders, 17 Jun , '15.
Hollands, Albert Edv^^ard, Pte., 4 King's L/pool Regt.
b., 74 Addison Rd., S. Norwood, 9 Nov., '95 ; s., Charles & Annie
Hollands, 57 Addison Rd., S. Norwood. Educ, Birchanger Rd.
Sch., S. Norwood. Single. Asst. pastry cook. £■«/., 9 Jan., '16.
Fell, France, 22 Apr., '17.
Holman, George, Cpl., R.W.S. Regt.
W., Nov., '14. Fell, France, 22 Aug., '15.
Holmes, C, Sgt.
Married ; 3 children. Res., 135 Southbridge Rd., Croydon,
Fell, 9 Aug., '18.
Holmes, Edward Marmaduke, L/Cpl., Middlesex Regt.
b., 41 Fontarabia Rd., Clapham, 23 Apr., '93 ; s., Mr. & Mrs.
Edward Holmes, 46 Selhurst Rd., S. Norwood. Educ, T. Heath
Sch. (Mr. Davies"). Single. Corn dealer. Enl., 18 May, 'i6.
Fell, Geauzecourt, nr. Peronne. 9 Apr., '17.
Holmes, Harold Ralph, Rflmn., Lond. Regt.
6., '97 ; s., Mr. & Mrs. E. A. Hardy, Sunbury House, Mitcham
Rd., Croydon. Educ, Boro. Sec. Sch., Croydon. Bank clerk,
Lond. City & Mid. Bank. Eid., '16. Fell, France, 16 Aug., '17.
Holmes, Hubert Harold, Pte., 22 R. Fus.
b., St. Paul's, Deptford, 23 Feb., '89 ; s., Mr. & late Mrs. George
Holmes, 24 Bredon Rd., Croydon. Educ., Birchanger Rd. Sch.,
S.Norwood. Single. Clerk at E. Croydon Stn. Enl., 2 }nn.,' 16.
Fell, Petit Miraumont, 17 Feb., '17.
Holmes, Sydney Ewart, Pte., 7 R. Fus.
b., Leicester, 18 Nov., '91 ; s., Mr. & Mrs. Frances Holmes, 59
Collier's Water Lane, T. Heath. Educ, Whitehorse Rd. Sch.,
T. Heath & Boro. Sec. Sch., Croydon. Single. Clei-k. Enl,
3 Apr., '16. Fell, France, 13 Nov., '16.
Holyman, C. W.
b., '77. Educ, Whitgift G. Sch. Fell, '17.
Holyman, Leslie Ebenezer, 2/Lt., i/s R.W. Kent Regt.
b., 23 Jun., '93 ; s., Mr. & Mrs. Ebenezer Holyman, "Glendower,"
Woodcote Rd., Wallington. Educ, Whitgift G. Sch., '03-06.
Hone, Gilbert Bentoit, 2/Lt., R.F.A.
5., Mr. & Mrs. Daniel Hone, S. Norwood. Fell, 18 Aug., '17.
Hook, Frederick George, Pte., Manchr. Regt.
6., 33 Basing Rd., Peckham. Married. i?es., 3 Sunny Croft Rd.,
S. Norwood. Enl., in R.W.S. Regt. Fell, France, 23 Apr., '17.
XV.
Gnr. J. H. Mugford, R.G.A.
Pte. J. A. Mitchell, i/s Seaforth H.
Pte. E. G. Gatland, 2/4 R.W.S. Regt.
L/Cpl. W. R.George, Artists Rif.
A.B. Seaman S. H. Letts, R.N.
Pte. A. GiBBS, I R.W.S. Regt.
XVI.
Pte. E. W. H. Knell, Civ. Serv. Rif. (15 I.ond. Regt.)
Signaller P. Kent, R.W.S. Regt.
2/Lt. J. J.Langford, 18 King's R R.C.
Pte. C.F. KiRSCH, Lanes. Fus.
Trooper E. S. Jones, 20 Hussars
2/Lt. W. G. Langford, 18 King's R.R.C
THE GLORIOUS DEAD 321
Hook, J., 4821, R.W.S. Regt.
Res., W. Croydon. D., while prisoner in German hands, '17.
HoOKE, John Clement, Pte., 14 Aust. I.F.
b., 14 May, '79 ; s., John & Avis Hooke, 2-^ Birdhurst Rise,
Croydon. Ediic, Whitgift G. Sch., '89-Q4. Served in S.A War
with C.I.V. ; S.A. Med., 2 clasps for Modder River & Paardeburg.
D. of pneumonia, E^ypt, 7 Mar., '15.
HooKE, Utten Lamont, Lt.-Col., 3/4 R.W.S. Regt.
y.s., John & Avis Hooke, 2-? Birdhur.st Rise, Crovdon. Married,
Enid Ayesha; daughter of Mr. & Mrs. Wyndham Brodie, of Wylde
Green, Birmingham ; i son. Director of Teetgen & Coy., Ltd.
Res., 68 Park Lane, Croydon. Enrolled in the 2nd Volunteer Btn.
of R. Suss. Rect., '99-00 ; served with a commis. in ist Volunteer
Btn., R.W.S. Regt., '05-07 ; transf. to Terr ; Capt., 7 Jan., '07 ;
Maj., 7 Mar., '10 ; Lt.-Col., 5 Mav, 'i'; ; posted to 2/4 R.W.S.
Regt., 17 Nov., '14. and to 3/4 R.W.S. Regt. 17 Apr., '15. Fell,
Roeux, France, 21 Jun., '17.
Hooker, E. D., 19738, Pte , Border Regt.
Res., Croydon. Fell, '17.
Hoole, R. H., 2/Lt., R.W.S. Regt.
Fell, '16.
Hooper, J., /17833, Pte., Northd. Fus
Res., T. Heath. Fell, '17.
Hooton, Edward Cedric, Lt , R. Warwick. Regt
b., '91 ; V.J., late Mr., & Mrs. Edward Charles Hooton, i Chepstow
Rise, Croydon. Fell, 26 or 27 Jun., '16. (Plate XXXH., 2).
Hope, Bertie Frederick, 7155, Pte., i R.W.S. Regt.
b., W. Firle, Suss., 28 Jun., '85. Married. Labourer. Res.,
192 Gloucester Rd., E. Croydon. Called up on res., 5 Aug., '14.
Fell, Ypres, 6 Nov., '14.
Hopkins, Ernest, Sapper, R.E.
b., Brighton Rd., Croydon, 22 Jun., '91 ; s., Robert Walter
& Elizabeth Hopkins, 10 Beaconsfield Rd., Croydon. Edttc .,
Brighton Rd. Sch., Croydon, & Hook Rd. Sch., Epsom. Single.
Carpenter. Ew/., 6 Apr., '15. D. of dysentery, 31 Gen. Hosp.,
Port Said, 17 May, '16.
Hopkins, LAtmENCE Hilton, Capt., i/i Huntingdonshire Regt., attd.
I Cambs. Regt.
ft., " The Rectory," Chigwell Row, Essex, 30 Jan., '92 ; s., Mr. and
Mrs. Hopkins, Woodmansteme Rd., Purley. Edttc, St. John's
Sch., I.,eatherhead. Single. Engineer. Res., Peterborough and
Purley (from '16). Enl., as pte., 3 Sept., '14. Fell, Dublain St.
Nazair, France, 7 Oct., '18.
Horn, G. A., 17337, Pte., R. Berks. Regt.
Res., Croydon. Fell, '17.
Hornby, E. R.
HoRNETT, Michael James, Pte., 3/4 R.W.S. Regt.
b., Croydon, i Apr., '83 ; 2nd s., late Mr. & Mrs. John Homett,
Keeley Rd., Croydon. Educ., St. Mary's Sch., Wellesley Rd.,
Croydon. Married. Dairyman. Res., 5 Tamworth Rd , W.
Croydon. Enl., 7 Jun., '16. Fell, France, 22 Oct., '17.
HoRNETT, William Robert. Pte., 9 E. Sur. Regt.
b., London, 9 Dec, '87 ; s., Mr. & Mrs. William Hornett, 112 Old
Town, Croydon. Educ, St. Mary's Sch., Croydon. Married.
Decorator. Res., Percy Rd , S. Norwood. Enl., Oct., '14 ;
w., 28 Feb., '16. Fell, Delville Wood, 3 Sept., '16.
32Z THE CROYDON ROLL OF HONOUR
HoRNEY, Gordon Arthur, Pte., Lond. Regt.
b., Croydon, 13 Nov., '98 ; s., Arthur & Decima Homey,
" KLnapdale," St. James' Rd.. Croydon. Educ, Par. Ch. Sch.,
Croydon. Single. Sign writer. Enl., Feb., '17 ; w., Egypt, '18.
D. of wounds reed, in France, 28 Jul., '18 ; buried, Mont Noir
Cem., St. Jans Cappel, nr. Poperinghe.
HoRNSBY, Ernest Richard.
y.s., Mr. & Mrs. W. E. Hornsby, London Rd., Croydon. M.M.
D. of wounds at 55 C.C.S., France, 14 Nov., '18.
Horton, Cyril Aubrey, Pte., Aust. I.F.
b., 20 Apr., '96 ; s., Mr. & Mrs. Emmanuel William Horton,
" Sunnylands," Hinton Rd., Wallington. Educ, Whitgift G. Sch.
Fell, Gallipoli.
HosKiNS, S., Sgt., R.F.C.
Empl. by Croydon Corp. Roads Dept. D. of bronchial
pneumonia, '18.
Howard, Albert Edward, Pte., M.G.C.
Educ, Par. Ch. Sch., Croydon. Married. Carman. Res.,
Adelaide Cottage, Adelaide St., Croydon. Enl., 16 Aug., '17.
D., 26 Mar., '18, at 41 Stat. Hosp., of wounds reed, on Somme
prev, day.
Howard, Charles Edwin, Sgt., 2 Border Regt.
b., Brockley, 14 Feb., '87 ; s., Mr. & Mrs. Howard, 124 Foxbury
Rd., Brockley. Educ, Brockley Rd. Sch. Married. Motorman.
Res., 29 Guildford Rd., Croydon. Enl., 3 Aug., '14. Fell,
France, 28 Feb., '17.
Howard, Henry Vincent, Sub-Lt., R.N.V.R.
b., Bethnal Green, 17 Oct., '90 ; s., Mr. & Mrs. Howard,
" Moineau Lodge," Longstock, Stockbridge, Hants. Educ,
Salway Coll., Leytonstone, Essex. Single. Audit clerk. Res.,
20 St. John's Gr., Croydon. Enl., as seaman, 8 Sept., '14. Fell,
Ancre, 13 Nov., '16.
Howard, Herbert, L/Cpl., 10 R.Fus.
Married. Head gardener, " Belmont," Radcliffe Rd,, Croydon.
Res., 17 Northway Rd., Croydon. Enl., 29 Jul., '16. Fell,
Frampaux, nr. Arras, 23 Apr., '17. (Plate XH., 4).
Howard, L. B., 9529, Pte., R.W.S. Regt.
Res., S. Norwood. Fell, '16.
Howell, Percy Victor George, Pte., Can. A.M.C.
b., Croydon, 24 Oct., '83 ; s., Mr. & Mrs. G. F. Howell, 66 Limes
Rd., Croydon. Educ, Brit. Sch., Croydon. Married. Empl.
on hosp. staff. Res., London, Ontario. Enl., Sept., '15. D.,
12 Mar., '18, at St. Pol Mil. Hosp., France, of wounds reed, at
Passchendaele Ridge, 9 Mar., '18.
Howlett, Arthur Alfred, L/Cpl., E. Sur. Regt.
b., Southbridge Rd., Croydon, 31 Oct.,-; s., Mr. & Mrs. Howlett,
44 Priory Rd., Croydon. Educ, Mitcham Rd. Sch,, Croydon.
Single. Carman. Res., 113 Wentworth Rd., Croydon. Enl.,
8 Jan., '11. Fell, France, 25 Apr., '15.
Howlett, Ernest George, Pte., 7 R.W.S. Regt.
b., S. Croydon ; s., Mr. & Mrs. R. Howlett, 44 Priory Rd., Croy-
don. Educ, Mitcham Rd. Sch., Croydon. Single. Syphon-
filler. Enl., 27 Feb., '15. Fell, France, i Jul., '16.
Howlett, George Charles, Sapper, R.E.
b., Kennington, 20 Feb., '96 ; s., Mr. & Mrs. Howlett, 33 Ion Rd.,
T. Heath. Educ, Whitehorse Rd. Sch., T. Heath. Single.
Gas fitter. Enl., s Sept., '13. Discharged, unfit for further
service, 20 Jan., '16. D. at his home, 23 Oct., '16.
THE GLORIOUS DEAD 323
Hoy, Job (Joe), Cpl., i R.W.S. Regt.
b.y '94 ; s., Mr. & Mrs. Hoy, 30 Holmesdale Rd., S. Norwood.
Married. Etil., '14 ; served in France, '14 (Mons)-'i8 ; twice
zv. and gassed. Fell, France, 21 Sept., '18.
Hubbard, Charlie F., Pte., Dev. Regt.
b; '95 ; y.s., Mr. & Mrs. G. Hubbard, late of 21 Derby Rd.,
Croydon. Empl. by Croydon Co-Operative Soc. Enl., '14 ;
w., Oct., '15. Fell, I Aug., '17.
Hubble, Frederick Richard, 2/Lt., R.A.S.C. (M.T.)
b., Hunton, nr. Maidstone, Kent, 11 Feb., '80 ; s., Mr. & Mr3.
W. W. Hubble, " The Elms," Hunton, nr. Maidstone. Educ,
Chatham House, Ramsgate. Married. Hop factor. Res., 46
Chisholm Rd., Croydon. Enl. as pte., 30 Nov., '15. D., 2 Aug.,
'18, at 10 Stat. Hosp., St. Omer, of concussion, incurred nr. St.
Omer, 24 Jul., '18.
HuGGETT, Harold Charles, Rflmn., K.R.R.C.
b., Deptford, 2 Feb., '99 ; s., Mr. & Mrs. E. A. Huggett, 4 Mead-
vale Rd., Croydon. Educ, Mantle Rd. Sch., Brockley, & Clark's
Coll., New Cross. Single. Clerk. Enl., 15 Mar., '17. Fell,
Flavey le Martel, France, 21 Mar., '18.
Huggett, W., 1252, Pte., R. Fus.
Res., Croydon. Fell, '16.
Hughes, E., 88415, Pte., Lab. Corps.
Res., S. I^orwood. Fell, '17.
Hughes, Gordon McGregor, 2/Lt., R. Berks. Regt.
b., 22 Dec, '94 ; s., Mr. & Mrs. Alfred McGregor Hughes,
Newlands Pk., Sydenham. Educ, " The Hall," Sydenham, and
Whitgift G. Sch., '09-11. Enl. in L.R.B., '14 ; trench feet, '14 ;
commis., '15. Fell, 8 Aug., '16.
HuLETT, Ezra James Stannell, Signaller, 67 Coy., M.G.C.
b., Eversley, Hants, 18 Jul., '97 ; s., Frederick & Emily Hulett,
14 Grasmere Rd., Woodside. Educ, Birchanger Rd. Sch., S.
Norwood, and Skerry's Coll., Croydon. Single. Solicitor's clerk.
Enl. in 24 Middlesex, Nov., '15. D. of malarial fever, at 29
Gen. Hosp., Salonica, 22 Oct., '16. (Plate XVH., 3).
Hulford, George Ervin, Gnr., R.F.A.
h., '93 ; e.s., Mr. & Mrs. Hulford, 88 Waddon New Rd., Croydon.
Seaman, empl. by Shaw, Saville & Albion Line. Enl., Feb., '15 ;
w., twice in '17. Fell, 9 Dec, '17.
Humphrey, H. E., 61897, Pte., R. Fus.
Res., T. Heath. Fell, '17.
Humphrey, W. J., E. Sur. Regt.
b., '86. Married. Res., Sussex Rd., Croydon. D. of wounds
reed., France, 10 Jan., '16.
Humphreys, Percy G., Cpl., 6 R.W.S. Regt.
Empl. by Croydon Gas Coy. Res., Caterham. Enl., in Terri-
torials prev. to war ; served in India 22 months. Fell, Arras,
9 Apr., '17.
Humphreys, Stanley Howard, 2/Lt., E. Sur. Regt.
Fell, Cambrai, 20 Nov., '17.
Humphries, Walter William, Pte., 7 E. Kent Regt.
b., 5 Mitcham Rd., Croydon, 11 Jan., '98 ; 2nd s., late Mr. & Mrs.
John Humphries, 5 Mitcham Rd., Croydon. Educ, Christ Ch.
Sch., Croydon, and Sir John Cass Tech. Inst. Empl. as metal
refiner by Messrs. Johnson, Matthey & Co., assayers. Enl., 12
Jan., '17. Fell, Poelcapelle, 12 Oct., '17.
324 THE CROYDON ROLL OF HONOUR
Hunt, Alfred John, Gnr., R.F.A.
b.. Barking, 17 Apr., '97 ; s., Mr. & Mrs. A. J. Hunt, 18 Jesmond
Rd., Croydon. Single. Enl., Aug., '15. Fell, France,
7 May, '17.
Hunt, Arthur William, Sgt., 8. R.W.S. Regt.
b., 12 Apr., '94 ; y.s., Mr. & Mrs. Hunt, 22 St. John's Rd.,
Croydon. Educ, Par. Ch. Sch., Croydon. Single. Clerk, empl.
by Messrs. Rickett Smith. Enl., in Terr., '08 ; awarded cer-
tificate for distinguished conduct in the field, 22-31 Oct., '17.
D. of wounds reed, in France, 6 Nov., '18.
Hunt, Cyril Gladstone, Sapper, 4 Field Survey Coy. R.E.
b., Grayshott, Hants., 10 May, '98 ; 2nd s., Mr. & Mrs. William
Charles Hunt, 154 Frant Rd., T. Heath. Educ, Boro. Sec. Sch.,
Croydon. Civil Service clerk (Inland Rev.). Enl., Feb., '17, in
Civil Service Rif. (15 Lond. Regt.) ; transf. to K.R.R.C. ; w.,
27 Aug., '17 ; transf. to R.E. Fell, Broodseinde, Ypres, 9 Apr.,
'18. Buried, Potizge Chateau Cem., Ypres.
Hunt, Ernest John, Torpedo Instructor, R.N.
b., '85 ; e.s., Mr. & Mrs. John Hunt, 58 Love Lane, S. Norwood.
Educ., Birchanger Rd. Sch.', S. Norwood. Married ; 2 children.
Joined when 16 years old. FelL Jan., '18.
Hunt, G. Victor, i E. Sur. Regt.
b., '98. D. of wounds reed, at Hill 60, 22 May, '15.
Hunt, Harold Arthur, Sgt., 10 Can. Cont.
s., Mr. & Mrs. Edward Allen Hunt, 17 Eileen Rd., S. Norwood,
D., I Jun., '15, at Boulogne, of wounds reed., France, 22 May, '15.
Hunt, Harry William Kingswell, Trooper, 2 King Edward's Horse.
b., 21 Nov., '82 ; s., Mr. & Mrs. George Henry Hunt, " Leecroft,"
St. Peter's Rd., Croydon. Educ, Whitgift G. Sch., '96-00.
Married. Served in S.A. War. Fell, Flanders,
Hunt, J., 6744, Middlesex Regt.
Res., Croydon. Fell. '17.
Hunt, Leslie Ernest, Pte., R. Fus.
b., '87 ; znds., Mr. & Mrs. G. H. Hunt, 70 Bedford Court Mans.,
London, W.C., and formerly of Croydon, Married. Res., 20
Wydehurst Rd., Croydon. D., 24 Oct., '17, of wounds reed,
prev. day.
Hunt, Louis Gordon, 2/Lt., Q.V. Rif. (9 Lond. Regt.)
b., Streatham, 7 Nov., '98 ; y.s., F. A. & E. A. Hunt, 112 Brighton
Rd., Croydon. Educ, Boro. Sec. Sch., Croydon. Single,
Clerk. £■«/., as rflmn. in 5 Lond. Regt., 8 May, '16. Fe/Z, Epehy,
22 Sept., '18.
Hunt, T. R., 1563, Pte., R.W.S. Regt.
Fell, '16.
Hunter, Alexander F., 2/Lt.
Res., S. Norwood. Fell, 23 May, '16.
Hursey, William Augustus, Pte., R.W.S Regt,
b.. Oak Cottage, Caterham, 20 Jul., '97 ; s., late Mr. & Mrs.
Hursey, Court Rd., Caterham. Educ, Caterham Counc. Sch.
Single. Under-gardener. Enl, 3 Sept., '13. Fell, France, 18
Jan., '15. (Plate XIV., 5).
Hyde, P. C, 65052, Pte., Lab. Corps.
Res., S. Croydon. D. of wounds, '17.
Idle, Arthur Wilberforce, L/Cpl., 5 Lond. Regt. (L.R.B.)
b., Clapham, 14 Oct., '90 ; e.s., Mr. & Mrs. Idle, 42 Dagnall Pk.,
Croydon. Educ, Sydenham Rd. Sch., & Boro. Sec. Sch.,
Croydon. Single. Traveller. Enl., 5 Aug., '14 ; served ia
France, Nov., '14-Mar., '18. Missing, France, Mar., '18,
THE GLORIOUS DEAD 325
Idle, George Stephen, Rflmn., Civil Serv. Rif. (15 Lond. Regt.)
b., Clapham, 12 Mar., '92 ; znds., Mr. & Mrs. Idle, 42 Dagnall Pk,,
Croydon. Educ, Sydenham Rd. Sch., & Boro. Sec. Sch., Croy-
don. Single. Insurance clerk. Enl., 31 Aug., '14. D., 4 Jul.,
'16, at Newport, Mons., of wounds reed. nr. Bethune, Nov., '15.
Igoea, W. E., 20808. Gnr., R.F.A.
b., '98. Res., 58 Croydon Or., Croydon. D. of wounds, France,
5 Apr., '16.
Iles, H., 25529, Pte., E. Sur. Regt.
b., Croydon, '85, Educ, Oval Rd. Sch., Croydon, Married.
Fell, 12 Oct., '17.
Illott, F. H.. 71373, Sgt., R.F.A.
Res., Croydon. Fell, '17.
Imison, Arthur Ernest, Sapper, R.E. Sig. Coy.
b., St. Andrew's St., Wandsworth Rd., Clapham, 19 Sept., '98 ;
s., Richard George & Rosa Maria Imison, 26 Notson Rd., S.
Norwood. Educ, Woodside, Bynes Rd., & Sydenham Rd. Schs.,
Crovdon, Sc Tennyson St. Sch., Battersea. Single. Booking
clerk, L.B.& S.C.R. Enl., 26 Apr., '15. Fell, N. of Ypres, 12 Jun.,
'17. Buried in cem. on banks of Yser Canal.
Ingham, J., 94792, Gnr., R.F.A.
b., '94 ; s., Mr. & Mrs. Ingham, 107 Sutherland Rd., Croydon.
E?d., '14 ; zv.. Loos, '15. D., of fever contracted in Mesopotamia,
'17.
Ingram, Frederick, Sgt., Middlesex Regt.
b., '81. Married. Fell, 3 Jan., '18.
Ingrams, Frank Ridley, Capt., 9 E. Sur. Regt.
b., 8 Dec, '97 ; s., Mr. & Mrs. Frank Charles Ingrams, 7 Birdhurst
Rd., Croydon. Educ, M. Whitgift Sch., & Whitgift G. Sch.,
Croydon, '12-14. Ment. in despat., '16 ; M.C., Sept., '16. Fell,
Delville Wood, Somme, 3 Sept., '16.
Inkerman, George J., A.B. Seaman, R.N.
Inman, T., Gnr., R.F.A.
b., '89 ; 2nd s., Mr. & Mrs. Inman, 87 Waddon New Rd.,
Croydon. Married. Hairdresser. Enl., '17. Fell, 2 Oct., '18.
Innes, J. S. d'A., Lt., R.F.A.
b., '87 ; y.s., Mr. & Mrs. C. E. S. Innes, 5 Bingham Rd., Addis.
Married. Res., 20 Grasmere Rd., S. Norwood. M.C. Fell, 5
Aug., '17.
Innocent, E. J., Lt., R.W. Kent Regt.
Fell, '16.
Isaacs, Henry Roland, 2/Lt., SuflF. Regt.
b., 20 Feb., '97 ; s., Mr. & Mrs. Joseph A. Isaacs, 140 Lr. Addis.
Rd., Croydon. Educ, Whitgift G. Sch., '12-13. Enl. in Artists
Rif. Fell, France, '17.
IvESON, Edwin, Pte., R.W.S. Regt.
b., Hackney, 9 Oct., '93 ; s., William James & Frances Iveson,
1 1 1 Woodville Rd., T. Heath. Educ, Ecclesbourne Rd. Sch., T,
Heath. Single. Photo process photographer. Enl., in Sur.
Yeom., 18 Oct., '14 ; served in Italy, France, & Dardanelles,
Fell, Achiet-le-Grand, 22 Mar., '18.
IvisoN, Edgar Sydney, Gnr., R.F.A.
Educ, M. Whitgift Sch. Droivned, 23 Oct., '15,
Ivory, John Arthur, Lt., M.G.C. (attd. R.N.D.)
b., '95 ; s., Mr. & Mrs. A. J. Ivory, Coulsdon. Educ, Whitgift
G. Sch. Served in France, '16-18 ; w., Ypres, May, '17 ; shell
shock, '18. Fell, 27 Sept., '18
326 THE CROYDON ROLL OF HONOUR
Jackson, A. E., Pte., 3 R. Fus.
b., S. Norwood, 22 Jan., '95 ; s., David & Sarah Jackson, 29-
Kynaston Rd., T. Heath. Educ, Birchanger Rd. Sch., S. Nor-
wood. Single. Apprentice compositor. /?e5., 29 Kynaston Rd.,
T. Heath. Enl., 7 Sept., '14 ; trained at Falmouth ; went to
France, 27 Feb., '15. Fell, Ypres, 24 May, '15.
Jackson, E. R., Pte., R.W.S. Regt.
Empl. by Messrs. Page & Overton, Croydon. Res., 102 Mitcham
Rd., Croydon. Enl., i Nov., '14. Fell, 25 Sept., '15.
Jackson, F., Cpl., R. Fus.
Educ, Par. Ch. Sch., Croydon. Married. Res., 58 Church St.,
Croydon. Fell, 14 Mar., '17.
Jackson, Henry Steward, Lt., K.O .Y.L.I.
b., 23 Aug., '95 ; s.. Rev. & Mrs. Sydney Jackson, 12 Graham Rd.,
Mitcham. Educ, St. John's Sch., Leatherhead, & Whitgift G.
Sch., '08-11. Medical student at Lond. Univ.
Jackson, Stephen, Pte., Essex Regt.
2nd s., Mr. & Mrs. Jackson, 33 Lodge Rd., Croydon. Married ;
I child. Enl., '15. Fell, 11 Jul., '17.
Jackson, Walter James, Pte., 2 R.W.S. Regt.
b., Croydon, 5 Apr., '93 ; s., Mr. & Mrs. Jackson, 57 Exeter Rd.,
Croydon. Educ, Woodside Sch., Croydon. Single. Labourer.
Enl., 6 May, '15. Fell, Delville Wood, Somme, i Sept., '16.
Jacobs, A. J.
Res., Surrey St., Croydon. D. in Italy, 29 Oct., '18.
James, Arthur Ling, Capt., 7 SufF. Regt.
b.. Bury St. Edmunds, 15 Aug., '84 ; s., A. & H. E. James,
" Newbury," Quadrant Rd., T. Heath. Educ, Soham G. Sch.
Single. Civil Service clerk (India Office). Served in Territorials
for 6 years prior to war ; mobilised with Civil Service Btn., as
signal sgt., 12 Aug., '14 ; commis, 9 Sept., '14. Fell, Mouquet
Farm, France, 8 Aug., '16. (Plate XIII., 2).
James, Thomas, Cpl., Demonstration Cov.
Married. Res., 4 Theobald Rd., Croydon. Fell, 30 Mar., '18.
James, Thomas Spencer, Rflmn., 12 Lond. Regt.
b., Ely, Cambs., 30 Oct., '91 ; s., A. & H. C. James, " Newbury,"
Quadrant Rd., T. Heath. Educ, M. Whitgift Sch. Single.
Insurance clerk. Member of Norwood Cricket Club, & Addis.
Park Football Club. Enl., 14 Aug., '14 ; served in France, 25
Dec, '14-May, '15. D., 8 May, '15, of wounds reed, at Fortuen,
Ypres, 2 days prev. Buried, Hazebrouck.
James, William, Gnr., R.F.A.
b., '86. Married ; i child. Empl. by Croydon Gas Coy., as
lamplighter. Enl., May, '16. £). of gas poisoning, France, 21
Oct., '18.
Jameson, Harold Risborough, Rflmn., i Sur. Rif. (21 Lond. Regt.)
b., W. Norwood, 16 Jun., '92 ; s., William Alexander & Emma
Risborough Jameson, " Hill View," Godstone Rd., Kenley.
Educ, M. Whitgift Sch., Croydon. Single. Bank clerk, Anglo
S. Amer. Bank. Enl., 10 Aug., '14. D., 4 Apr., '15, at Bethune,
of wounds reed, at Richebourg, prev. day. (Plate XIV., 3),
Jamieson, C, 24128, Pte., S.W.B.
Res., S. Norwood. Fell, '17.
Jarman, a. W., 1845, Pte., R. Suss. Regt.
Fell, '16.
Jarrett, Thomas, Cpl.
THE GLORIOUS DEAD. 827
Jastrzebski, Hubert Stephen Slepowron de, 2/Lt., 24 Lond. Regt.
b., Harringay, 25 Mar., '95 ; s., Thaddeus Theodore Slepowron
de Jastrzebski & Frances Elizabeth Slepowron de Jastrzebska,
102 Avondale Rd., S. Croydon. £'(/«c., Whitgift G. Sch. Single.
Empl. by Central Insurance Coy., Cornhill, E.G. Enl., in 5 Lond.
Regt. (L.R.B.), Sept., '13 ; w., Ypres, May, '15, & Feb., '16 ;
commis., Aug., '15. £)., 5 Apr., '17, at 5 C.C.S., of wounds reed.
at Havrincourt Wood prev. day. (Plate XVII., 6).
Jay, Cecil A., N. Staff. Regt.
Res., Hillcrest, St. Mary's Rd., S. Norwood. Fell, 23 Jan., '18.
Jeal, A. E., 47934, Pte., R. Fus.
Res., Croydon. D. of wounds, '17.
Jee, Albert Arthur, L/Cpl., 18 Northd. Fus.
b., Croydon, 15 Mar., '95 ; s., Mr. & Mrs. George Jee, 50 Dennet
Rd., Croydon. Educ, Mitcham Rd. Sch., Croydon. Married.
Gas fitter. Res., 50 Dennett Rd., Croydon. Enl., 10 Apr., 'i6.
Fell, Meulehoucic, N. of Bailleul, 17 Apr., '18. Buried,
Meulehouck.
Jeffery, Albert Charles, Pte., 7 Norf. Regt.
b., 2 Lambeth Rd., Croydon, 18 Sept., '99 ; s., Mr. & Mrs.
Louis W. Jeffery, 2 Lambeth Rd., Croydon. Educ, Christ
Ch. Sch., Croydon. Single Shop asst. Enl., 16 Oct., '17.
Fell, France, 18 Sept , '18.
Jeffery, Percy, 9 Aust. I.E.
Educ, M . Whitgift Sch. Empl. by Nat. Bank of Australia. Felly
Dardanelles, '15.
Jeffrey, F. T., 492430, Pte., Lond. Regt.
Res., Norbury. Fell, '17.
Jenkin, T. R., Rflmn., 5 R.B.
Res., 8 Exeter Rd., Addis. Fell, nr. Cambrai, 27 Sept., *i8.
Jenkins, Edward Henry, Act.-Coy.Sgt.Maj., 7 R.W.S.Regt.
b., St. James, London, W., 14 Jul., '89 ; s., Mr. & Mrs. H. Jenkins,
123 Edridge Rd., Croydon. Educ, Kilburn Counc. Sch., and
Wanstead Counc. Sch. Single. Commercial clerk. Enl., 9
Sept., '14. Fell, Trones Wood, Somme, 13-14 Jul., '16.
Jenner, Arthur Philip, Cpl., 6 R.W.S. Regt.
b., Kenley, 7 Jan., '93 ; e.s., Philip & Sarah Jenner, 24 Kemble Rd.,
Croydon. Educ, Par. Ch. Sch., Croydon. Single. Stockman.
Res., I Waddon Court Rd., Croydon. Enl., in 2/4 R.W.S. Regt.,
15 Aug., '16. Fell, Arras, 9 Apr., '17.
Jenner, Frank Alfred, Rflmn., 53 R.B.
b., Croydon, 12 Aug., '00 ; s., Philip & Sarah Jenner, 24 Kemble
Rd., Croydon. Educ, Par. Ch. Sch., Croydon. Single. Jewel-
ler's asst. Enl., 12 Sept., '18. D. of pneumonia following
influenza, Wellingborough Hosp., 19 Oct., '18.
Jessop, F. E., 4246, L/Sgt., Lond. Regt.
Res., T. Heath. Fell, '16.
Jewell, Harold William, Pte., 2/4 R.W.S Regt.
b., Croydon, 21 Nov., '95 ; s., Sgt. William & Elizabeth M. Jewell,
12 St. John's Gr., Croydon. Educ, Brit. Sch., Croydon. Single.
Draper's asst. Enl., 15 Sept., '14. Fell, Gallipoli, 9 Aug., '15.
Jex, Ernest Washington, Gnr., R.F.A.
b., Croydon, 22 Nov., '97 ; s., W. & Mary Jex, 60 Waddon New
Rd., Croydon. Educ, Bynes Rd. Sch., Croydon. Single.
Messenger lad. Enl., Oct., '12. Fell, Ypres, 15 Oct., '16.
(Plate II., 3).
JiGGiNS, William, Pte., R.W.S. Regt.
Married. Res., 44 Princess Rd., Croydon. Fell, France, i Jul., '16.
328 THE CROYDON ROLL OF HONOUR
Jinks, W. H., 2870, Pte., R. Fus.
Res., Croydon. Fell, '17.
JiNMAN, EWART, R.A.F.
b., '99. Res., 2 Barclay Rd., Croydon. Fell, 14 Aug., '18,
Johnson, -, Cpl., R.W.S. Regt.
Married. Res., 2 Cecil Rd., T. Heath. Fell, 20 Nov., '17.
Johnson, Arthur Chaplin, Sgt., 6 Australian I.F.
b.. Great Shelford, Cambs., 20 Mar., '82 ; s., Mr. & Mrs. Johnson,
3 Vincent Rd., Dorking. Educ, Par. Ch. Sch., Croydon. Single.
Empl. by Melbourne Harbour Trust. Res., Melbourne. Served
12 years in R.M.A. Enl., Aug., '14. Fell, Lone Pine, Gallipoli,
18 Aug., '15.
Johnson, Frederick Henry, V.C, Maj., R.E.
b., '90. Educ, M. Whitgift Sch, Croydon, St. Duncan's, Cat-
ford, & Battersea Polytechnic ; B.Sc, Lond. (ist cl. Hon.), '14.
Gained V.C. when 2/Lt. for leading several charges against a
German redoubt. Hill 70, after he had been wounded. Loos,
25 Sept., '15. D., Dec, '17.
Johnson, G., Pte., i Welsh Regt,
Fell, 17 Feb., '15.
Johnson, George Robert, Sgt., Aust. I.F.
Educ, M. Whitgift Sch.
Johnson, J. A., Leading Stoker, R.N.
Married ; 3 children. Res., 3 Wandle Rd., Croydon. Lost with
H.M.S. " Cressy," sunk by submarine in N. Sea, 22 Sept., '14.
Johnson, John, Cpl., 3 Coy., Australian Field Engineers.
b., Croydon, 4 Apr., '81 ; s., John & Mary Johnson, 4 Burdett Rd.,
Croydon. Educ, Sydenham Rd. Sch., Croydon. Single. Brass
finisher. Res., Perth, W. Aust. Served 12 years in R.E. ;
Queen's & King's S.A. Meds., 4 bars. Re-enlisted, Sept., '14.
Fell, Gaba Tepe, Gallipoh, 14 May, '15. (Plate X., 3).
Johnson, R. G., Sgt., Aust. LF.
Educ, M. Whitgift Sch., Croydon. Fell, '16.
Johnston, George E., Pte,, i Welsh Regt.
s., Mr. & Mrs. Johnston, 91 Nova Rd., Croydon. Member of
Croydon Boy Scouts. Fell, 17 Feb., '15.
Johnston, Walter Henry, Pte., 2 R.W.S. Regt.
b., 34 Dover Rd., Newtown, U. Norwood. Educ, Rockmount Rd.
Sch., U. Norwood, Married. Labourer. Res., 92 Queen's Rd.,
Crown Hill, U. Norwood. Served in S.A. War (med., 8 clasps),
India, etc. Re-enlisted, 5 Oct., '14. Fell, Festuhert, 16 May, '15.
Johnstone, William, C.Q.M.S., 5 E. Sur. Regt.
b., Yorkshire, 9 Mav, '77. Educ, Hammersmith. Married.
Sorter, G.P.O., Lond." Res., 66 Oakley Rd., S. Norwood. Enl.,
Aug., '14 ; went to India, Oct., '14 ; joined Indian Exped. Force
in May, '15 ; captured at Kut, Dec, '15 ; released, Oct., '18.
D. of influenza at Constantinople, 13 Nov., '18, while on his
journey home.
Jonas, W. P., 25332, Rflmn., R.B.
Res., Norbury. Fell, '17.
Jones, Archibald Francis, Pte., 1/22 Lond. Regt.
b., T. Heath, 12 May, '97 ; s., Henry Joseph & Emma Ann Jones,
127 Holmesdale Rd., S. Norwood. Educ, Whitehorse Rd. Sch.,
T. Heath. Single. Warehouseman. Enl., in R.W.S. Regt., 13
May, '14. Fell, France, 7 Oct., '16.
THE GLORIOUS DEAD 329
Jones, Arthur Edward, L/Cpl., 6 D.C.L.I.
b., Sydenham, 8 Mar., '89 ; s., Henry Joseph & Emma Ann Jones,
127 Holmesdale Rd., S. Norwood. Educ, Whitehorse Rd. Sch.,
T. Heath. Single. Clerk. Enl., 25 Aug., '14. Fell, Hooge,
Belgium, 30 Jul., '15.
Jones, C, 46720, Pte., M.G.C.
Res., S. Norwood. Fell, '17.
Jones, Charles William, R.W.S Regt.
b., '90 ; s., Mr. & Mrs. Jones, Caterham Valley. Married. Res.,
Croydon. Fell, 11 Oct., '18.
Jones, Ernest David, R.B.
y.s., Mr. & Mrs, Bowen Jones, 24 Headcorn Rd., T. Heath.
Fell, '18.
Jones, Ernest Samuel, Trooper, 20 Hussars.
b., 59 High St., Croydon, 3 Apr., '86 ; ^rd s., Mr. & Mrs. G, J.
Jones, 7 Chatsworth Rd., Croydon. Educ, Modern Sch., Croy-
don. Married. Hosier. Res., Chatsworth Rd., Croydon. Enl,,
9 Sept., '14. Fell, Hangard Wood, Somme, 23 Mar., '18. (Plate
XVI., 5).
Jones, G. F., 3442, Pte., Ox. & Bucks. L.I.
Res., T. Heath. Fell, '16.
Jones, Herbert Victor, Cpl., i D.C.L.I.
b., Sydenham, 16 Aug., '91 ; s., Henry Joseph & Emma Ann
Jones, 127 Holmesdale Rd., S. Norwood. Educ, Whitehorse Rd.
Sch., T. Heath. Single. Grocer's asst. Enl., 21 Oct., '10. Fell,
France, 8 May, '17.
Jones, J. C, 651397, Pte., Lond. Regt.
Res., W. Norwood. Fell, '17.
Jones, Jesse Wilmot.
b., '54. Surveyor. Res., 39 Morland Rd., Croydon. D. of
shock during Zeppelin raid, Oct., '15.
Jones, L., 2/Lt., R.W.Fus.
Educ, High Sch., Croydon. Fell, '16.
Jones, Percival Halley-, Capt., E. Sur. Regt,
Educ, Univ. of Wales ; B.A. with hons. in hist., '07 ; M.A., '09 ;
master at City of Norwich Sch., and later at M. Whitgift Sch.,
Croydon. Joined, Inns of Court O.T.C., '14 ; M.C., bestowed
by the King, Jul. ,'17. Fell, Chipilly Ridge, nr. Albert, 8-9 Aug.,'i8.
Jones, Stanley Fox Gore-, 2/Lt., Wilts, Regt.
b., '93. Fell, 7 Jun., '17.
Jones, Sydney Edward, Pte., Northants. Regt.
b., Old Town, Croydon, 9 May, '79 ; s., Mrs. Jones, 91 AlbertRd,,
Addis. Educ, M. Whitgift Sch. Married. Horsekeeper.
Enl., 9 Mar., '17. D. of gas poisoning at Stockport, Manchester,
27 Mar., '19.
Jones, Victor, Signaller.
b., '99 ; s., Mr. & Mrs, Jones, St, Mark's Rd., Mitcham, Educ,
Tavistock Gr. Sch., Croydon. Enl., Sept., '14. Fell, 29 Sept.,'i8.
JoPLiNG, Stanley, Bdr., R.F.A.
b., '92 ; s., Mr. & Mrs. Jopling, i Quadrant Rd., T, Heath,
Enl., 8 Aug., '14 ; served in France, Sept., '14-Jan., '16 ; transf.
to R.F.A. & trained in England ; further 14 months in France,
D. of pneumonia, France, 15 Jul., '18,
Jordan, W,, 5925, Cpl., R.W.S, Regt,
Res., T. Heath. Called up on Res., 5 Aug., '14. Fell, '17.
Judd, Percy, Pte., Wilts. Regt.
b., 62 Napier Rd., 29 Dec, '95 ; s., Harry & Alice Judd, 119 Bynes
Rd., Croydon. Educ, Brighton Rd. Sch., Croydon, Single.
Motor driver. Res., Haywards Heath. Enl., '14, Fell, Hooge,
16 Jun., '15,
330 THE CROYDON ROLL OF HONOUR
Keal, Bertram J., Pte., Middlesex Regt.
s., Mr. & Mrs. Keal, 73 Queen's Rd., Croydon. Educ, Sydenham
Rd. Sch., Croydon. Enl., Mar., '16. Fell, 26 Sept., '18.
Kear, Walter Nelson, Pte., 14 Welsh Regt.
b., Addis., 10 Jan., '91 . Educ, Woodside Sch., Croydon. Married,
Bacon stove hand. Res., 4 Church Path, Croydon. Enl.,
28 Feb., '16. D., 3 Jun., '19, after discharge from Army, at
Croydon Boro. Hosp., Waddon, of pulmonary tuberculosis
caused by gas poisoning.
Kearns, James, Pte., 2 R.W.S. Regt.
b., Kingstown, co. Dublin, 17 Jan., '80. Educ, Ireland. Married.
Labourer. Res., 60 Leighton St. E., Croydon. Enl., 20 Sept.,
'14. Fell, France, 16 May, '15.
Keefe, Harold John, Pte., 12 E. Sur. Regt.
b., Peckham, 30 Dec, '95 ; 5., Mr. & Mrs. Keefe, 28 Exeter Rd.^
Addis. Educ, Woodside Sch., Croydon. Single. Carpenter.
Enl., II Dec, '15. Fell, Somme, 15 Sept., '16.
Keeling, William John, ist CI. Stoker, R.N.
h., Addis., 15 Dec, '90 ; s., Mrs. Sophia Keeling, 21 Union Rd.,
Croydon. Educ, Princess Rd. Sch., Croydon. Single. Chauffeur.
Lost on submarine E20, in Sea of Marmora, 5 Nov., '15.
Keen, Norman, Pte., 1/5 Gordon H.
b., Riclonansworth. 30 Sept., '99 ; y.s., William & Annie Keen,
46 Grant Rd., Addis. Educ, Oval Rd. Sch., Croydon. Single.
Clerk. Enl., in Lond. Scottish, Nov., '17. Fell, S.S.W. of
Soissons, 28 Jul., '18. Buried, Buzancy Cem., 'A' Row, Grave 17.
(Plate XXIII., I).
Keep, J., 41729, Driver, R.F.A.
Fell, '16.
Keep, W., 37770, Pte., R.W.S. Regt.
Res., Croydon. Fell, '17.
Kein, C. T., Pte., R.W.S. Regt.
Fell, '17.
Kelly, J., Stoker, R.N.
6 . , '93 . Res .,33 Donald Rd . , Croydon . Drowned, i o Apr . , '17.
Kembe, R., 10977, Pte., R.W.S. Regt.
Fell, '16.
Kember, L. H. E., Pte., R.A.M.C.
b., '94 ; znd s., Henry & Ellen Kember, 161 Oval Rd., Croydon.
Empl. by Messrs. Sainsbury. Served 2 years in Egypt. Felt,
France, 23 Jul., '18.
Kember, Percy, Pte., 10 Essex Regt.
b., 84 Gloucester Rd., Croydon, 23 Aug., '99 ; s., Mr. & Mrs.
Kember, 22a Mitcham Rd., Croydon. Educ, St. James' Sch.,
Croydon. Single. Empl. by Messrs. Hall & Co., Croydon, as
coal porter. Res., 2 Evans Yard, High St., Sutton. Enl., 30
Oct., '17 ; w. & missing, 9 Aug., '18.
Kendall, Norman Bernard, Pte., R. Fus.
b., " Penwortham," Birdhurst Rd., Croydon, 26 Mar., '94 ; s., late
Joseph, & Amelia Kendall. Educ, Cliftonville Coll., Margate.
Single. Enl.,'14. Fe/^ Beaumont Hamel, 13 Nov., '16. Buried,
Mailly Maillet Wood, nr. Albert.
Kennett, a., Cpl., E. Sur. Regt.
Res., Croydon. Fell, '17.
Kenshole, F., Officers' Steward, R.N.
b., 19 Jul., '95. Educ, High Sch., Dovercourt. Master at
Tavistock Gr. Sch., Croydon. Joined, Nov., '15. D., in hosp.,
Sept., '16.
Kent, J. S., 722177, Pte., Lond. Regt.
Res., Tooting. Fell, '17.
THE GLORIOUS DEAD 331
Kent, Percy, 18080, Signaller, R.W.S. Regt.
b., Cheam, Surrey, 26 Sept., '84 ; s., Mr. & Mrs. Kent, 25 Duppas
Hill Lane, Croydon. Educ, Par. Ch. Sch., Croydon. Married ;
2 sons. Empl. for 19A years in P.O. Sorting Office, E. Croydon.
Res., 42 Rymer Rd.,' Croydon. Enl., 28 Jul., '16. Missing,
presumed killed, France, 23 Mar., '18. (Plate XVI., 2).
Kernick, C. R. H.. 512522, Pte., Lond. Regt.
Res., S. Norwood. D., '17.
Kerry, Alfred Thomas Penfound, Rflmn., 13 K.R.R.C.
b., 48 Surrey Lane, Battersea, 31 Aug., '97 ; 5., Mr. & Mrs.'A. E.
Kerry, 17 Whitehorse Lane, S. Norwood. Educ, Brit. Sch.,.
Croydon. Single. Grocer's asst. Res., 39 Saxon Rd., Selhurst.
Enl., Nov., '15. D., 20 Feb., '17, at 6 C.C.S., France, of wounds
reed, same day.
Keys, William, Pte., 15 Btn., i Can. Div.
b., 12 Bourne St., Croydon, 27 Apr., '94 ; y.s., Mr. & Mrs. W.
Keys, 7 Bourne St., Croydon. Educ, Brit. Sch., Croydon.
Single. Storekeeper's asst. Res., 1247 Cannon St., Hamilton,
Canada. Enl., Aug., '14. D., 9 Aug., '18, at 5 C.C.S., France,
of wounds reed, same day.
KiDD, Claude Bernard, Capt., Cheshire Regt.
b., '96 ; s., Charles & Amy Howard Kidd, Castlemaine Av.,
Croydon. Educ, Dulwich Coll. M.C. Fell, '18.
KiLBY, Frederick, Gnr., R.G.A.
b., '92 ; 2^d s., Mr. & Mrs. Kilby, 3 Hampton Rd., Croydon.
Educ, Sydenham Rd. Sch., Croydon. Empl. by Messrs. Lyons,
Cherry Orchard Rd., Croydon. Enl., Oct. ,'15. Fell, 20 Oct. ,'17.
KiLBY, Richard, Seaman, R.N.
b., '89 ; s., Mr. & Mrs. Kilby, 3 Hampton Rd., Croydon. Educ,
Sydenham Rd. Sch., Croydon. Empl. at a laundry. Fell, Battle
of Jutland, 31 May, '16.
KiLLiCK, Maurice John, P.O., R.N.
b., '77. Lost with H.M.S. " Queen Mary," sunk during Battle
of Jutland, 31 May, '16.
Kilty, William, Cpl.
b., '95. Res., St. James' Rd., Croydon. Served 8 years in
Gibraltar, Malta, S. Afr., etc. Fell, 7 Nov., '15.
KlMPTON, N. H., 2/Lt., R.FA. (attd. T.M.B.)
b., '97 ; 2nd s., Mr. & Mrs. A. G. Kimpton, " Glengarry,"
Stanthorpe Rd., Streatham. Educ, Whitgift G. Sch. Enl., as
pte. in L.R.B., '14 ; served in France from Jan., '15, but was
invalided to England & subsequently discharged ; Re-enlisted in
O.T.C. for R.H.A., May, '16 ; commis., Sept., '16. D. of
wounds reed, at Boesinghe, 14 Jul., '17.
Kinder, Charles Edward, Sgt., R.B.
b., Croydon, '87 ; s., Mr. & Mrs. C. E. Kinder. 150 Melfort
Rd., T. Heath. Educ, Par. Ch. Sch., Croydon. Empl. as
telegraph messenger. Enl., '06 ; served 7 years in India. Fell,
France, 11 Jan., '18.
King, Edward Harry, Pte., R. Suss. Regt.
b., 4 Oct., '89 ; jr., Mr. & Mrs. King, High St., Petworth. Married ;
I child. Empl. by Motor Union Insurance Co., St. James' St.
Res., 75 Grange Pk. Rd., T. Heath, & later 25 Foxley Gardens,
Purley. Enl., i Jan., '17. Fell, i Aug., '17.
King, Frank James, Pte., 20 Can. Inf. (R. Grenadiers).
b., 43 Derby Rd., Croydon, i Oct., '94 : s., William & Alice Mary
King. Educ, Par. Ch. Sch., Croydon. Single. Clerk while in
England, farmer in Canada. Res., Ontario. Enl., 22 Dec, '15.
D., 10 May, '17, at 30 C.C.S., of wounds reed, at Arleux Loop
Trench, Vimy, 8 May, '17. Buried, Aubigny.
332 THE CROYDON ROLL OF HONOUR
King, George Frederick Hamilton, Bdr., R.G.A.
b., " Close House," Houghton, Castle Ward, Stamfordham,
Northumberland, 28 Feb., '79 ; s., George Sims & Grace Simpson
King, Houghton. Educ, Peckham. Married. Banker's clerk.
Res., 16 Alexandra Rd., Addis. Memb. of Croydon Dolphin
Swimming Club. Enl., 1 Aug., '16. Fell, France, 3-4 Nov.,
'18. Buried, St. Souplet, nr. Le Cateau.
King, James Williap^, 4688, Rflmn., L.R.B. (5 Lond. Regt.)
Married. Res., 9 Southcote Rd., S. Norwood. Enl., 25 Apr., '16 ;
went to France, 28 Aug., '16. Fell, Les Boeufs, Somme, 8 Oct., '16.
Kingley, T. M., Pte., Manchr. Regt.
b., '96. Porter at Mitcham Junct. Res., 60 Tamworth Rd.,
Croydon. Fell, '17.
Kingsbury, H. G., 54805, Pte., R. Fus.
Res., T. Heath. D. of wounds, '17.
KiNGSHOT, George, Gnr., 64 Bde., 12 Div., R.F.A.
b., '95, Res., 36 Woodside Green, S. Norwood. Fell, France,
Oct., '15.
Kingsland, Frederick George, A.M., R.F.C.
b., '89 ; 5., Mr. & Mrs. F. C. Kingsland, Wellbrock Rd., Farn-
borough. Educ, Abp. Tenison's Sch., Croydon. Business
career. Res., 143 St. Peter's St., Croydon. Enl., in R.A.S.C.,
Apr., '15 ; transf. to R.F.C, Jul.. '17. Killed while flying, France,
18 Jan., '18.
Kingsman, Richard George, Pte., E. Sur. Regt.
b., Wimbledon, 4 Oct., '73. Educ., Curtain Rd. Sch., Shoreditch.
Married. Carman. Res., Elis David Rd., Croydon. Enl.,
2 Feb., '15. Fell, Pont le Nieppe, 20 Aug., '15.
Kingston, John Seabrook, Pte., 6 Australian I.F.
b., 8 Warwick St., Regent St., Lond., '94 ; s., Mr. & Mrs. Kingston,
55 Broughton Rd., T. Heath. Educ., St. Leonard's Sch.,
Streatham, & Winterbourne Rd. Sch., Croydon. Single. Motor
mechanic. Res., Australia. Fell, Dardanelles, 11 Aug., '15.
Kinnear, Angus Macpherson.
b., Wandsworth, 17 Jul., '83 ; s., Mr. & Mrs. A. M. Kinnear,
65 Dalmeny Av., Norbury. Educ, Emmanuel Sch., Wands-
worth Common, & G. Sch., Margate. Single. Marine
engineer. Lost, with S.S. " Narragansett," torpedoed off
English Coast, 16 Mar., '16.
Kinnear, George Robertson, Gnr., R.N.
b.. Lavender Hill, 7 Feb., '85 ; s., Mr. & Mrs. A. M. Kinnear,
65 Dalmeny Av , Norbury. Educ, Wandsworth. Married.
Mechanician. Served in S.A. War. Joined, Mar., '00. Lost
with H.M.S. " Queen Mary," Battle of Jutland, 30 May, '15.
KiRBY, R., 18249, Rflmn., K.R.R.C.
Res., Norbury. D. of wounds, '17.
KiRBY, W., 40391, Pte., E. Yorks. Regt.
Res., S. Norwood. Fell, '17.
KiRSCH, Charles Frederick, Pte., Lanes. Fus.
b., Portsmouth, 22 Dec, '88. Educ, Christ Ch. Sch., Croydon.
Married. Traveller. Res., 14 Mayday Rd., Croydon. Enl.,
7 May, 'lb. Fell, France, i Oct., '18. (Plate XVL, 4).
Kitt, Sidney A., Cpl., R.W.S. Regt.
Married ; 4 children. Confectioner. Res., 15 Surrey St.,
Croydon. Enl., Sept., '14 ; served at Suvla Bay, Egypt, Jerusa-
lem ; w., Jerusalem, '17. D., 3 Aug., '18, of wounds reed., 27
Jul., '18.
THE GLORIOUS DEAD
33?
Knell, Edward Warren Harcourt, Pte., Civil Service Rif.
(15 Lond. Regt.)
/?., Clapham, 7 Aug., '94 ; s., Mr. & Mrs. Warren Knell, "Hurst,"
Glossop Rd., Sanderstead. Ediic, Whitgift G. Sch. Single.
Clerk, Anglo-Mexican Oil Co. £■«/., 7 Aug., '14. D., 14 Oct., '16,
at Rouen, of wounds reed, at Eaucourt L'Abbaye, France, 7 Oct.,
'16. (Plate XVI., 1).
Knight, Alfred Thomas, Sgt., 2 R.W.S. Regt.
h., Croydon, 8 Jun., '82. Educ, Par. Ch. Sch., Croydon. Married.
Printer. Res., 47 Cranmer Rd., Croydon. Enl., 6 Feb., '15,
Fell, Delville Wood, Somme, i Sept., '16.
Knight, Gerald Howard, Pte., 2 R.W.S. Regt.
b., Croydon, 18 Nov., '97 ; s., Mr. & Mrs. Knight, 30 Crowther
Rd., S. Norwood. Educ, Birchanger Rd. Sch., S. Norwood.
Single. Clerk. Enl., Jun., '14 ; zv. & missing, believed killed,
Festubert, 16 May, '15.
Knight, James, L/Cpl., R. Fus.
b., '87. Traveller for Messrs. Watson & Co. Enl., Feb., '16.
Fell, 29 Apr., '17.
Knight, N. Q., Sgt., Lond. Regt.
Sec. of Selhurst United Football Club. Res., 9 Dagnall Pk., S.
Norwood. M.M., and bar. Fell, 2 Sept., '18.
Knight, Oscar Wilfred, Pte., Lond. Scottish (14 Lond. Regt.).
b., U. Norwood, 16 Jul., '89 ; s., Mr. & Mrs. W. F. Knight,
"The Mount," Duppas Hill, Croydon. Educ, Devonshire House
Sch., Bexhill, & Bradfield Coll., Berks. Single. Served 2 years
in Berks. Vols., & 5 years in Lond. Scottish before war ; mobilised
8 Aug., '14. Fell, Zillebeke, 10 Nov., '14.
Knight, Stephen John Robert, Pte., 3/4 R.W.S. Regt.
b., Selhurst New Rd., 15 Sept., '97 ; s., Stephen & Sarah Knight,
8 Selhurst New Rd., S. Norwood. Educ, Sydenham Rd. Sch.,
Croydon. Single. Engineer's asst. Enl., 10 Oct., '14. D., 30
May, '16, at Reigate, of wounds reed, the same day through
accident while firing a trench mortar.
Knight, W., 434, Pte., R.W. Kent Regt,
Res., E. Croydon. Fell, '17.
Knight, W. G., Lond. Regt.
b., 'q7 ; s., Mr. & Mrs. Knight, T. Heath. D. of wounds reed.
in Palestine, 22 Feb., 'iS.
Knight, Walter, Pte., i R.W.S. Regt.
b., 25 Thornton Rd., T. Heath, 29 Sept., '94 ; s., Mr. & Mrs.
Knight, 68 Winterbourne Rd., T. Heath. Educ, Ecclesbourne
and Winterbourne Rd. Schs., T. Heath. Single. Laundryman.
Enl. as drummer, 12 Jan., '12. Fell, Ypres, 29 Oct., '14.
Knowler, Harold, Pte., 11 Suff. Regt.
h., '90 ; adopted " son " of Mr. & Mrs. Plowman, 5 Bridle Path,
Beddington. D., 27 Oct., 'i8, of wounds reed. 4 days prev.
Knox, J. L. (Larry), 2/Lt., R. Suss. Regt.
2nd s., Mr. & Mrs. John Knox, formerly of Holmesdale Rd., S,
Norwood. Married Jennie, y. daughter of Mr. & Mrs. John
Feaver, formerly of Whitworth Rd., S. Norwood. Fell, Cambrai,
20 Nov., '17.
Krauss, A., 8254, Pte., R. Fus.
b., '97. Educ, Boro. Sec. Sch., Croydon. Empl. by L.B.& S.C.R.
Res., Croydon. Fell, nr. La Bass^e Canal, 5 Jul., '16.
KuHN, J. C, Pte., R.A.S.C.
Empl. by Croydon Corp. Tramways. Fell, '16.
334 THE CROYDON ROLL OF HONOUR
KuRTEN, Gaston P., 2/Lt. (Act.-Maj.), R.G.A.
b., '89 ; e.s., Mr. & Mrs. R. Kurten, " Beverley Lodge," Brigstock
Rd., T. Heath. Educ, Whitgift G. Sch., '98-07 ; gained classical
scholarship, Pembroke Coll., Oxford, '07 ; ist class Hon. in
Philosophy, King's Coll., Lond., '11 ; B.A. ; entered Civil
Service, '12 ; Private Sec. to Under Sec. for Ireland, '14. Commis.
in R.A.S.C., '16 ; Act.-Capt., '17 ; ment. in desp., Nov., '17.
Fell, France, 24 Apr., '18.
Laine, Charles Janion, 2/Lt., M.G.C.
b., 3 Sept., '76 ; s., Mr. & Mrs. Thomas Hamelin Laine, " Fer-
main," Lewin Rd., Streatham. Educ, Whitgift G. Sch., '91-92.
Laing, James Alexander, 2/Lt.
b., '92. Res., T. Heath. Joined, 26 Oct., '14 ; w., France., '16.
Fell, 14 Oct., '18.
Laing, James Gordon, Maj., Lond. Regt, (attd. M.G.C.)
b., '85 ; s., Mr. & Mrs. Robert A. Laing, " Shirley Hyrst,"
Croydon. Married. Res., Croydon. Fell, 3 Oct., '18.
Lake, Frederick, L/Cpl., i E. Sur. Regt.
b., '88 ; s., late Mr., & Mrs. Alfred Lake, Croydon. Married ;
2 children. Fell, 20 Oct., '18.
Lambert, F. A., Coy.Sgt.Maj., R.Fus.
Res., 54 Beechwood Av., T. Heath, Missins, 23 Mar., '18.
Lambert, F. W. M., 2/Lt., S. Staff. Regt.
b., '92 ; 5., Mr. & Mrs. W, H. Lambert, 20 Katharine St., Croydon.
When war broke out was in S.E. Mounted Bde. (Terr. A.S.C.).
Commis., '16 ; w. twice, and gassed '18 ; taken pris., 23 Mar., '18,
at Cambrai ; returned to England, Dec, 'i8. D., at 20 Katharine
St., Croydon, 25 Feb , '19, of pneumonia.
Lamport, Thomas, L/Cpl., K.S.L.L
b., 120 Leighton St. E., Croydon, 30 Jun., '89 ; s., Maria
Lamport, 37 Albion St., Croydon. Educ, Mitcham Rd. Sch.,
Croydon. Single. General labourer. Res., 105 Priory Rd.,
Croydon. Enl., 8 Oct., '07 ; w. once. Fell, France, 26 Feb., '16.
Lander, John Herbert, Pte., Artists Rif. (28 Lond. Regt.)
b., Reigate, 15 Jul., '78 ; s., late Mr., & Mrs. Lander, 3 Beech
House Rd., Croydon. Educ, Whitgift G. Sch. Married.
Bank clerk. Res., Wallington. Enl., 21 Feb., '17. D. of
septic poisoning, 20 Mar. ,'17, at i Lond. Gen. Hosp., Camberwell.
Landport, William, 4052, Pte., i Hants. Regt.
b., 4 West St. Lane. Carshalton, 23 Jul., '95 ; s., William & Amy
Landport, 103 Wentworth Rd., Croydon. Educ, Mitcham Rd.
Sch., Croydon. Single. Van boy. Enl., May, '14. Fell,
France, 3 May, '15.
Landymore. Frederick, Pte., E. Sur. Regt.
b., '95 ; y.s., Mr. & Mrs. M. Landymore, 5 Leighton St. E.,
Croydon. Educ, Mitcham Rd. Sch., Croydon. Enl., 14 Aug.,
'14 ; went to France, i May, '15 ; w., Hulluch, Mar., 'i6 ;
awarded M.M., for work at Monchy, '17 (bestowed on Mrs.
Landymore by Mayor of Croydon and Lt.-Col. Thompson, at
Town Hall, Croydon, Mar., '18). Fell, Cambrai, 20 Nov., '17.
Lane, F. M., 17615, L/Cpl., Coldstream Gds.
Res., S. Norwood. Fell, '16.
Lane. M.wrice, Gnr., R.F.A.
b., '97 ; 6th s., Mr. & Mrs. Alfred Lane, 105 Marlow Rd., Anerley.
Educ, Stanley Tech. Sch., S. Norwood. Res., 28 Dagnall Pk.,
S. Norwood. D., 23 Apr., '17, of wounds reed., 21 Apr., '17.
Lane, W., Rflmn., R.B.
Empl. by Croydon Corp., Roads Dept.
THE GLORIOUS DEAD 335
IvANGDALE, Edward George, Capt., 5 Leicester Regt.
b., Netting Hill, 27 Jan., '83 ; 5., the late Frederick William
Langdale (Boro. Treasurer, 1893-1912), and Ada Maria Langdale,
39 Heathfield Rd., Croydon. Educ, Elmhurst Sch., Croydon,
Eastbourne Coll., where he was capt. of cricket eleven, and
Merton Coll., Oxford (Hons in Hist.). Married, 6 Aug., '14 ;
1 daughter Asst. master, Oakham Sch., and prev. at King
Edward VH. Sch., Sheffield Commis. in 5 Leicester Rgt.,
S Aug., '14 ; went to France, 22 Feb., '15 ; w., Sept., '15. Ment.
in despatches, 30 Nov., '15. Fell, France, 13 Oct., '15.
(Plate XXXVI, 5).
Langford, John Joseph, 2/Lt., i8 K.R.R.C.
b., Burham, Kent, 11 Feb., '94; s., John & Sarah Langford,
50 Canterbury Rd., Croydon. Educ, Churcher's Coll., Peters-
field, Boro. Sec. Sch., Croydon, and King's Coll., Lond. Single.
Joined Lond. Univ. O.T.C., Aug., '14 ; transf. to Artists Rif,,
Aug., '15 ; 18K.R.R.C., Dec, '15. Fe//, nr. Flers, 15 Sept., '16.
(Plate XVL, 3).
Langford, Wallace George, 2/Lt., 18 K.R.R.C.
b., Barham, Kent, 19 Aug., '15 ; s., John & Sarah Langford, 50
Canterbury Rd., Croydon. Educ, Churcher's Coll., Petersfield,
Boro. Sec. Sch., Croydon, and King's Coll., Lond. Single.
Joined Lond. Univ. O.T.C., Aug., '14 ; transf. to Artists Rif.,
Aug., '15 ; 18 K.R.R.C, Dec, '15. D., 22 Jun., '16, at
2 C.C.S., nr. Bailleul, of wounds reed, at Ploegsteert, 25 Jun., '16.
(Plate XVL, 6).
Langley, H. W., Pte., Suff. Regt.
b., '99 ; s., Mr. & Mrs. Langley, 82 Pawson's Rd., Croydon.
Single. Empl. by Patent Steam Carpet Beating Co., Croydon.
Fell, 4 Apr., '18.
Langridge. a. W., 60985, Pte., R. Fus.
Res., Croydon. Fell, '17.
Langridge, W. C, Rflmn., Lond. Regt.
b-t '97 I *■> Mr. & Mrs. C. Langridge, Orpington, Kent. Educ,
Bynes Rd. Sch., Croydon. Empl. by Messrs. Mason, art printers,
St. James' Rd., Croydon. Enl., May, '15. Fell, 23 Jul., '17.
Lanning, Percival Herbert Henry, 21 Can. M.G.C.
b., '89 ; s., Mr. & Mrs. L. E. Lanning, 66 George St., Croydon.
Fell, 27 Nov., '15.
Larkin, Reginald Harry, Rflmn., Lond. Regt.
4//i s., Mr. & Mrs. F. J. Larkin, ' Jesmond Dene," S. Croydon.
Fell, I Jul., '16.
Larking, Ronald Guy, Capt., R.E.
b., '91 ; y.s., late Richard James Larking, of Melbourne, Australia,
and Mrs. Larking, 121, Victoria St., S.W. Educ, Melbourne,
and King's Coll., Camb., where he was in the rowing eight and
football team ; broke record for combined Pub. Sch. "Mile," '09,
and held it until '16 ; represented Camb. at boxing (middle
weight), '11 ; elected Pres. of Univ. Boxing and Fencing Club, '13;
B.A., '14 ; M.A., '17 ; a Freemason. Enl. as cpl. (desp. rider)
in R.E., Aug., '14 ; served in France from Sept., '14 ; commis.,
Sept., '14 ; awarded M.C., while attd, to A.LF. as signal officer,
at Pozieres, '16, and gained bar at Messines, '17. Killed in motor
bicycle accident abroad, '18.
Latham, Clifford, L/Cpl., 8 Middlesex Yeom.
Res., Croydon. D. of wounds reed., 26 Oct., '17.
Latham, Harry, L/Cpl. (Piper), Lond. Scottish (14 Lond. Regt.)
b. about '78 ; s., late Mr., & Mrs. Alfred Latham, Croydon.
Formerly engaged as sanitary engineer, Katharine St., Croydon.
Enl., '00. Fell, France, Nov., '14.
336 THE CROYDON ROLL OF HONOUR
Latreille, Ernest George, Pte., 1/23 Lond. Regt.
b., Croydon, 16 Mar., '94 ; 5., Mr. & Mrs. G. S. Latreille, 3 St.
Augustine's Av., S. Croydon. Educ, Purley. Single. Res.,
Croydon. £■«/., 8 Sept., '14. Fe//, France, 25-26 May, '15.
Latter, Allen, Pte., 12 E. Sur. Regt,
b., Handcroft Rd., Croydon, 5 Dec, '80 ; s , Mr. & Mrs. Latter,
9 Campbell Rd., Croydon. Educ, Mitcham Rd. Sch., Croydon;
Married. Blacksmith's mate. Res., 4 Mitcham Rd., Croydon.
Enl., 25 Sept., '14. Fell, France, 5 Apr., '17.
Lawn, Walter Herbert, L/Cpl., M.G.C.
b., '91. Empl. by " Croydon Advertiser." Res., 146 White-
horse Rd., Croydon. Enl., in 4 R.W.S. Regt. D., in India,
29 Oct., '18, of influenza.
Lawrence, Robert Reginald, Lt., R.N.V.R.
b., '92 ; s., Mrs. Julia Lawrence, Purley. Res., 18 Havelock Rd.,
Croydon. Memb. of R.N.V.R. before war ; mobilised, Aug., '14 ;
ment. in desp., '16, for work while in command of H.M. Motor
Launch 506, in the Mediterranean. D. of pneumonia at Taranto,
Italy, I Feb., '19.
Lawton, Peter. Pte., i Irish Gds.
b., '93. W., '14. Fell, '15.
Leach, E. L., 2436, Cpl., R.E.
Res., T. Heath. Fell, '16.
Leaney, Frederick George, Pte., Glo'ster Regt.
Sth s., Mr. & Mrs. T. H. Leaney, 4 Alexandra Rd., Croydon,
Educ, Woodside Sch., Croydon. Enl. before war ; was serving
in China in '14 ; w., Ypres, 6 May, '15 ; w. and gassed, Loos,
13 Jun., '16. Fell, Salonica, 8 Mar., '18.
Leaning, R. W., 2/Lt., 9 King's L/pool. Regt.
b., '99 ; e.s., Mr. & Mrs. Leaning, Spencer Rd., Croydon. Educ,
Whitgift G. Sch., where he was cpl.-bugler in O.T.C. Enl. in
Artists Rif., Dec, '15 ; commis., Sept., '17. Fell, France, 31
May, '18.
Learey, John Thomas, 9607, Pte., i & 2 E. Sur. Regt.
b., Deptford, 15 Mar., '89 ; s., Mr. & Mrs. William Learey, 63
Priory Rd., Croydon. F^/i/c, Creek Rd. Sch., Deptford. Single.
General labourer. Res., Dryden Rd., Croydon. Enl., in Spec.
Res., 26 Mar., '08 : transf. to Reg. Forces, 25 Jun., '08, Fell,
St. Eloi, 14 Feb., '15.
Leatchford, a., 8073, Pte., R.W.S. Regt.
Res., T. Heath. Fell, '17.
Lebish, Frank Roland, 2/Lt., R.F.A.
b., '97 ; y.s., Mr. & Mrs. George Lebish, Court Rd., W. Norwood.
Educ, Dulwich Coll. ; intermediate B.A. Joined, Inns of Court,
O.T.C, Sept., 'is ; went to R. Mil. Acad., Woolwich, Sept., '16;
commis., 7 Jun., '17. Fell, France, 25 Jul., '17.
Lee, Hedley George.
s., late Mr. & Mrs. John Rogers Lee. Res., 18 Oakfield Rd.,
Croydon. Fell, 30 Apr., '18.
Lee, James Frank Lewis, L/Cpl., R.W.S. Regt.
b; '95 ; s., late Lt. James Victor Lee, R.A.O.C., formerly of 45
Greenside Rd., Croydon. Empl. by Messrs. T. Smith & Sons,
Church St., Croydon. Res., 62 Mersham Rd., T. Heath. Enl..
6 Jan., '15. Fell, 15 Jul., '16.
Lee, James Victor, Lt., R_A.O.C.
Res., 45 Greenside Rd., Croydon.
Lee, Percy William, 2/Lt., K. Shropshire L.I.
b., '88. Single. Clerk, L.B. & S.C.R. Res., " Springwell,"
Inglis Rd., Croydon. Enl. in O.T.C, '15. Fell, Arras, 9 Apr., '17.
XVII.
Pte. J. H. HrcARTY, Machine (iun Corps
Capt. G. H. Lewis. D.F.C, R.F.C.
Signaller E. J. S. Hilett, Machine Gun Corps
2/Lt. J. C. Lister, 17 Bde., R.F.A.
Lt. F. A. Matthews, 10 R. Suss. Regt. (attd. R.F.C.)
2/Lt. H. S. S. de Jastrzebski, 24 Lond. Regt.
XVIII.
1. 2/Lt. E. J. Trubshavve, RE.
2. Lt. E. L. Lewis, R.F.C.
3. 2/Lt. H. A. Link, i H.A.C.
4. Pte. J. Hall, 6 R.W.S. Regt.
5. Lt. A. T. LiBBY, 12 E. Sur. Regt.
6. Capt. H. C.Willders-Lewis, R.W.S. Regt.
THE GLORIOUS DEAD 337
Leech, F. C, Pte., Middlesex Regt.
Res., T. Heath. Fell, '17.
Leech, Ernest John, Rflmn., i L.R.B. (5 Lond. Regt.)
b., Croydon, 4 Dec, '91 ; s., Mr. & Mrs. J. T. Leech, 44 Tanfield
Rd., Croydon. Educ, Abp. Tenison's & Brit. Schs., CroydonT
Single. Accountant's clerk. £•«/., 15 May, '16. Fe//, Laventie,
France, 20 Jan., '17. (Plate XIX., i).
Legg, Geoffrey Harold Blackwell, L/Cpl., R. Suss. Regt.
h., Paddington Green, 18 Aug., '94. Educ, Campbell St. Sch.,
Edgware Rd., Lond. Single. Stock-keeper. Res., 164 Living-
stone Rd., T. Heath. Enl., 9 Nov., '14 ; w., Thiepval,
3 Sept., '16. Fell, Sharia, Palestine, 6 Nov., '17.
Lennard, Percy Charles, Civil Serv. Rif. (15 Lond. Regt.)
h., Addis., 12 Jul., '94 ; s., Mr. & Mrs. F. W. Lennard, 64
Heathfield Rd.. Croydon. Educ, M. Whitgift Sch. Single.
Civil Service clerk. Enl., 3 Sept., '14. D., St. Omar, 29 Dec,
'15, of wounds reed., Hulluch, 20 Dec, '15.
Lenney, Alfred, Pte., 4 R.W.S. Regt.
h., S. Croydon, 5 Jan., — ; s., Mr. & Mrs. Alfred Lenney, 26
Dominion Rd., Addis. Educ, St. Peter's Sch., Croydon.
Married. Labourer, empl. by Croydon Corp. Rds. Dept.
Enl., Sept., '14 ; served in India and Persian Gulf. D. of wounds
reed., Mesopotamia, 22 Dec, '15.
Leppard, Frank William, Pte., 17 R. Fus.
b., '98 ; y.s., Mr. & Mrs. Leppard, 132 Church St., Croydon.
Empl. at " Croydon Advertiser " Office. Enl., May, '15. Fell,
29 Sept., '18.
Letto, Henry George, Pte., 1/7 Middlesex Regt.
b., St. Heliers, Jersey, 3 Dec, '77 ; s., Adolphus, & late Louisa
Letto, 169 Victoria St., Lond., S.W.i. Educ, Wesleyan Sch.,
St. Heliers, Jersey. Married. Outfitter's asst. Res., 140
Pemdevon Rd., Croydon. Enl., 11 Aug., '16. D., i May, '18,
at 2 Western Gen. Hosp., Grecian St., Broughton, Manchester,
of gas poisoning and wounds reed. nr. Arras, 28 Mar., '18.
Letts, Richard, Pte., 2 R.W.S. Regt.
b., S. Norwood, 2 Feb., — . Educ, S. Norwood. Married.
Labourer. Res., 32 Coventry Rd., S. Norwood. Enl., 2 Oct.,
'14. Fell, France, 30 Sept., '17.
Letts, Sidney Herbert, A.B. Seaman, R.N.
b., Addington Rd., 13 Jan., '96 ; s., Alice Wynne, 20 Exeter Rd.,
Addis. Educ, Davidson Rd. Sch., Croydon. Single. Joined
training ship " Arethusa," 13 May, '13 ; joined R.N. about 18
months later. Lost with H.M.S. " Indefatigable," Battle of
Jutland, 31 May, *i6. (Plate XV., 5).
Levy, William George, Pte., R.A.M.C. C82 Gen. Hosp.)
6., '99 ; 5., W. G. & Catherine J. Levy, Win tons Garage, Fairfield
Rd., Croydon. Enl., Sept., '15 ; served in Egypt, France,
and Salonica. D., of cerebro-spinal meningitis at 67 Gen. Hosp.,
Macedonia, Greece, 23 May, '18. Buried, Karaburnum Brit.
Cem., nr. Salonica.
Lewcock, William John, Pte., 6 Lond. Regt.
b., U. Norwood, 3 Jul., '89 ; s., Mr. & Mrs. W. J. Lewcock, 16
South Vale, Central Hill, U. Norwood. Educ, Rockmount Rd.
Sch., U. Norwood. Married. Warehouseman. Enl., Aug.,
'14. Fell, Bullecourt, France, 21 May, '17.
V
338 THE CROYDON ROLL OF HONOUR
Lewin, Edmund George, 1704, Pte., 17 R. Fus.
b., Croydon, 2 Nov., '93 ; 5., William George & Emma Elizabeth
Lewin, 162 Dennett Rd., Croydon. Educ, Christ Ch. Sch.,
Croydon. Single. Grocer's asst. Enl., 7 Jun., '15. Fell,
Somme, 27 Jul., '16.
Lewin, S. P., 29358, Rflmn., K.R.R.C.
Res., S. Norwood. D. of wounds, '17.
Lewis, A. A., 34826, Pte., Welsh Regt.
Res., Croydon. Fell, '17.
Lewis, Edmund Llewelyn, Lt., R.F.C.
b., Birmingham, 5 Oct., '95 ; 5., Mr. & Mrs. Hugh Lewis, " St,
David's," Templewood Av., Hampstead. Educ, Whitgift G.
Sch., Marlborough Coll., King's Coll., Lond. Univ., and in
Germany and Switzerland. Single. Empl. at Lloyd's. Res.,
" Mayfield," Croydon. Enl., as pte. in 1/7 Essex Regt., Sept.
'14 ; commis. as 2/Lt. in 1/7 Essex Regt., 24 Sept., '14 ; went to
France, Jul., '15 ; seconded to R.F.C. (Squadrons 32 & 24),
Jun., 'i6 ; zu. in single-handed fight with six German machines.
Fell in fight with five German machines, one of which he brought
down, Beaulencourt, Somme, 26 Dec, '16. (.Plate XVIIL, 2).
Lewis, Edward John, Rflmn., 8 Lond. Regt.
b., Surrey, 28 Apr., '78. Married. Civil servant. Res., 80
Malvern Rd.,T. Heath. £■«/., 29 May, '17. F^//, Passchendaele,
30 Oct., '17.
Lewis, F. H. W., 24022, Pte., D.C.L.L
Res., T. Heath. Fell, '17.
Lewis, Henry Charles Willders-, Capt., R.W.S. Regt.
b., 31 Jul., '96 ; s., late Henry & Nora Willders- Lewis, Anerley.
Educ, High Sch., Croydon ; matriculated, Lond. Univ. ; memb.
of Sur. County Cricket Club. Enl. in U.P.S. Batt., R. Fus. ;
served in France, Nov., '15-17 ; co?nmis., Sept., '16 ; Capt., '17.
Fell, 31 Jul., '17. (Plate XVHL, 6).
Lewis, Thomas Charles Victor, R.W.S. Regt.
b., II Nov., '95 ; s., Mr. & Mrs. Thomas Edward Willson Lewis
126 George St., Croydon. Educ, Whitgift G. Sch., '05-13.
D. of pneumonia, Egypt, 24 Dec, '16.
Lewsey, G. F., L/Cpl., 2/4 R.W.S. Regt.
s., Mr. & Mrs. Lewsey, 31 Leslie Pk. Rd., Croydon. D. of
wounds reed, at Suvla Bay, 29 Aug., '15.
LiBBY, Alfred Thomas, Lt., 12 E. Sur. Regt.
b., Chislehurst, Kent, Feb., '79 ; s., late John Henry & Elizabeth
Libby, Truro, Cornwall. Educ, Truro. Single. Compositor,
empl. by " Transvaal Leader," Johannesburg. Res., Croydon,
at time of enlistnuent. Served in Boer War ; 2 med. Enl., in
an O.T.C., Aug., '15 ; commis. early in '16 ; w., France, Feb., '17.
Fell, Passchendaele, 20 Sept., '17. (Plate XVHL, 5).
Libby, Frank Thomas, Sgt., L.R.B.
b., Thames Ditton, 6 Mar., '93 ; s., John & Emily Libby, 51
Broughton Rd., T. Heath. Educ, M. Whitgift Sch., Croydon.
Single. Civil servant (Board of Trade). Res., Croydon.
Enl., Apr., '15 ; M.M. for conspicuous bravery, Passchendaele,
20 Sept., '17. D., 19 Apr., '18, at Mil. Hosp., Etaples, of
wounds reed. nr. Mailly-Maillet, 2 Apr., '18. (Plate XX., 4).
Libby, Harry George, Cpl., Q.W. Rif. (16 Lond. Regt.)
b., Croydon, 26 Sept., '94 ; s., John & Emily Libby, 51 Broughton
Rd., T. Heath. Educ, M. Whitgift Sch. Single. Civil
servant (Board of Trade). Res., Croydon. Enl., Apr., '15.
Fell, Ypres, 18 Jan., '16.
THE GLORIOUS DEAD 339
LiDDEL, D., 1 1995, Pte., E. Kent Regt.
Res., Croydon. Fell, '17.
LiNDLEY, Ernest W., 2/Lt., Manchr. Regt. (attd. R.F.C.)
h., 13 Oct., '96 ; s., Mr. & Mrs. Edward Thomas Lindlev, 126
Selhurst Rd., S. Norwood. ^'tfuc, Whitgift G. Sch, Z). while
pris. of war in German Hosp., '17.
LiNDSELL, C. J., Coy. Sgt. Maj., 17 Lancers.
Empl. by Croydon Corp., Boro. Engineer's Dept. Fell, '16.
LiNEAMAN, P., Pte., R.A.S.C. (M.T.)
D., 14 Nov., '18, of broncho pneumonia, at 6i Gen. Hosp.,
Salonica.
Link, Horace Arthur, 2/Lt., i H.A.C.
b., Croydon, 29 Jun., '91 ; s., Mr. & Mrs. Charles W. Link,
" Eversley," Chichester Rd., Croydon. Educ, Glenhurst Sch.,
S. Croydon, and Mill Hill Sch. Single. Empl. with Messrs.
J. D. Link & Son, provision merchants, W. Smithfield. Joined,
Sept., '14. Fell, nr. Bully Grenav, France, Sept., 'i6. (Plate
xvnL,3).
LiNTOTT, Gerald, Cpl., 2 L.R.B.
b., i-j Oliver Gr., S. Norwood, 22 Jun., '88 ; s., Herbert & Fanny
Louisa Lintott, 70 Waddon Rd., Croydon. Educ, Elmhurst
Sch., S. Croydon. Single. Clerk. Enl., 7 Sept., '14. £).,
9 Jun., 'i5,of acute septicaemia, i Eastern Gen. Hosp., Cambridge.
LiSNEY, George, Sgt., R.W.S. Regt.
h., 18 Tamworth Place, Croydon, 26 May, '82 ; s., Frederick
& Charlotte Lisney, 18 Tamworth Place, Croydon. Educ,
Mitcham Rd. Sch., Croydon. Single. Slater and tiler. Enl.,
4 Aug., '14 ; went to France, '14 ; iv., 12 May, '17. Fell, Cambrai,
20 Nov., '17.
LiSNEY, Hamilton P., L/Cpl., 5 Ox. & Bucks. L.L
b., 19 Sept., '89 ; s., Frederick & Charlotte Lisney, 18 Tamworth
Place, Croydon. Educ, Brit. Sch., Croydon. Single. Grocer's
manager. Res., Datchet, Bucks. Enl., 15 Sept., '14. Fell,
Loos, 25 Sept., '15.
Lister, John Curtis, 2/Lt., 92 Bty., 17 Bde., R.F.A.
b., Sydenham, 19 May, '94 ; v.^., George & Harriet Lister,
Pampislord House, S. Croydon. Educ, King's Coll., Wimbledon
Single. Tea buyer. Enl., in 9 E. Sur. Regt., Dec, '14. Fell,
nr. Arras, 19 May, '17. (Plate XVH., 4).
LiTOLFF, Alexander David, L/Cpl., K.R.R.C.
h., 4 Drummond Rd., Croydon, 10 Jan., '97 ; s., David James &
late Eliza LitolflF, " Pembury," Chelsham Rd., Croydon. Educ,
Abp. Tenison's Sch., Croydon, and Boro. Sec. Sch., Croydon.
Student teacher, Dering PI. Sch., Croydon ; entered Goldsmiths'
Coll., Sept., '15. Single. D. of gas poisoning, Ypres, 8-9 Aug.,
'16. Buried, Ferme Olliver Cem., Elverdinghe, nr. Ypres.
Little, A., 201836, L/Cpl., R.W.S. Regt.
Res., Addis. Fell, '17.
Little, William Alfred, Pte., 3/4 R.W.S. Regt.
b., 58 Apsley Rd., S Norwood, 4 Oct., '95. Educ, Woodside
Sch., Croydon. Married. Railway porter. Res., 52 Apsley
Rd., S. Norwood. Enl., i Mar., '17. Fell, France, 4 Oct., '17
Littlechild, George, Pte., 2 R.W.S. Regt.
b., '88. Married. Res., 57 Leighton St. E., Croydon. Enl.,
25 Dec, '10 ; served at Gibraltar, Bermuda and S. Africa, before
war. Fell, Ypres, 7 Nov., 'i).
340 THE CROYDON ROLL OF HONOUR
Livingstone, David, 1235, Pte., 22 R. Fus
b., Chelsea, 22 Aug., '96 ; s., Alfred & Mary Livingstone, 20
Aschurch Rd., Croydon. Educ, Cooks Ground Sch., Chelsea.
Single. Ticket writer. Res., 27 Bredon Rd., Cr'^/don. Enl.,
9 Nov., '14. Fell, France, 19 Jun., '16.
Lloyd, Albert Edv^^ard, 9281, Pte., i R. Warwick. Regt.
b., S. Croydon. Educ, Abp. Tenison's and Brighton Rd. Schs.,
Croydon. Married. General labourer. Res., 92 Paulet Rd,,
Camberwell. Served in S.A. War, and in India and Egypt ;
Re-joined, 17 Nov., '14. Fell, 25 Apr., '15.
Lloyd, Denis. Educ, High Sch., Croydon. Enl., '14. Missing, '18.
Lloyd, Edward Stanley, Lt., R.F.A.
b., '86 ; 2nd s., Mr. & Mrs. Lloyd, " Ventura," Addis. Rd.,
Croydon. jRe^., 28-29 Wood St., Lond. M.C. Z). of broncho-
pneumonia, France, 23 Nov., '18.
Lloyd, Lyndsey, 2/Lt., Hants. Regt.
b., Huddersfield, 4 Aug., '98 ; e.s., late F. C. Lloyd (Town Clerk
of Croydon), and Mrs. Lloyd, 20 Colson Rd., Crovdon. Educ.,
Whitgift G. Sch. Single. Enl. as pte. in R.A.M.C., 2 Feb., '15 ;
commis. in Hants. Regt., i Mar., '17. Fell, Langemarck Stn.,
nr. Ypres, 9 Oct., '17. (Plate XXXVL, 2).
Lock, Robert William, G17089, Pte., 4 Middlesex Regt.
b., Croydon, 17 Aug., '97 ; s., Mr. & Mrs. Edward Lock,
52 Wentworth Rd., Croydon. Educ, Boston Rd. Sch., Croydon.
Single. Labourer. Res., 17 Wentworth Rd., Croydon.
D. of wounds in i Can. Gen. Hosp., Etaples, 9 Apr., '18.
LoCKTON, George Woodhams, Capt., R.G.A.
b., T. Heath, 17 Jun., '92 ; s., George Upton & Edith Caroline
Lockton, 166 Melfort Rd., T. Heath. Educ, M. Whitgift Sch.
Single. Bank clerk. D., 21 Oct., '17, at i Aust. C.C.S.,
Bailleul, of wounds reed, at Spoil Bank, Holleheke, nr. Ypres,
same day.
Long. A. W. E., 2/Lt., R.W.S. Regt.
Fell, '16.
Long, Albert Edw^ard, 6890, Pte., i E. Kent Regt.
b., 48 Addington Rd., Croydon, 27 Mar., '90 ; s., Mr. & Mrs.
Henry Long, 4 Grafton Rd., Croydon. Educ, Mitcham Rd.
Sch., Croydon. Single. Shop asst. Enl., Sept., '14. Fell,
France, 19 Apr., '16. Buried, La Brique Cem.
Long, Francis William, 2/Lt., R.F.A.
b., Ulverston, Lanes., 9 Sept., '95 ; s., Mr. & Mrs. G. Long,
5 Liverpool Rd., T. Heath. Educ, Ampleforth Coll., Yorks.
Single. Res., T. Heath. Gazetted, 2/Lt., 23 Dec, '14. D., 28
Jun., '16, while pris. of war at Iseghem Hosp., Belgium, of
wounds reed., 2 Jun., '16.
LoNGBOTTOM, Charles David, 9644, Pte., 12 E. Sur. Regt.
b., T. Heath, 25 Nov., '97 ; s., Mr. & Mrs. C. W. Longbottom,
73 Clarendon Rd., Croydon. Educ, Mitcham Rd. Sch., Croydon.
Single. Driver. Enl., about Mar., '15. Fell, nr. Messines
Ridge, 21 Sept., '17.
Longman, Leslie Lionel, Rflmn., Q.V. Rif. (9 Lond. Regt.)
b., 138 MoflFat Rd.,T. Heath, i Feb., '99 ; znds., Harry James &
Rose Longman, 138 Moffat Rd., T. Heath. Educ, M. Whitgift
Sch. Single. Clerk. E71I., 1 Feb., '17. D., 25 Aug., '18,.
at 55 C.C.S., France, of wounds reed, on the Somme same day^
(Plate XIX., 5).
Loomes, J., 19879, Rflmn., K.R.R.C.
Fell, '16.
Lout, George, King's L/pool Regt.
THE GLORIOUS DEAD 341
LouvEL, Theodore, Pte., 1/7 R. Warwick. Regt.
b., 6 Holland Rd., S. Norwood, 25 May, '98 ; s., Theodore George
& Emmeline Dorothy Louvel, 187 Portland Rd., S. Norwood.
Ediic, Birchanger Rd. Sch., S. Norwood. Single. Lift attend-
ant. Enl., 8 Jan., '17 ; went to France, 12 Jun., '17. Fell, nr,
Ypres, 21 Aug., '17.
LovATT, Stanley Walter, L/Cpl.
y.s., Mr. & Mrs. Lovatt, 3 Crowther Rd., S. Norwood. Fell,
28 Apr., '17.
LovELL, William Leslie, 2/Lt., R.W. Kent Regt. (attd. R.F.C.)
b., Bromley, '96 ; s., Edgar & Maud Lovell, " The Gables,"
Cheyne Walk, Croj'don. Educ, Clare House Sch., Beckenham ;
went to Sandhurst, Apr., '16 ; gazetted, '16. Fell, France,
27 Jul., '17.
Lover, Arthur Charles Walter, Pte., 8 Sherwood For. (Notts, and
Derby. Regt.)
b., 5 Sussex Rd., Croydon, 26 Sept., '85 ; y.s., Walter & Louisa
Lover, 3 Waverley Av., Netley Abbey, Hants., (late of Croydon).
Educ, Princess Rd. Sch., Croydon. Single. Dental mechanic.
Res., Mansfield, Notts. Enl., 3 Mar., '16. D., 16 Jun., '18,
at I Can. C.C.S., France, of wounds reed. prev. day. Buried,
Pernes Mil. Cem.
LovETT, John, Pte., Lanes. Fus.
b., '95 ; s., late Mr., & Mrs. Lovett, Ely Rd., Croydon. Enl, '14,
Fell, '16.
Low, George, i King's L/pool Regt.
b., Aberdeen, 17 Apr., '88 ; e.s., Alexander & Elspet Low, 17
Bensham Manor Rd., T. Heath. Educ., Boston Rd. Sch.,
Croydon, and Aberdeen. Single. Plumber. Enl., Jun., '16.
Fell, nr. Arras, 11 Aug., '18.
Lowe, John, Pte., R.A.S.C.
b., Fawley, nr. Southampton, '86 ; s., Mr. & Mrs. G. Lowe,
Fawley. Educ., Fawley. Married. Chauffeur. Res., 45
Churchill Rd., Croydon. Enl., Apr., '15. D. of diphtheria
at 14 Stat.Hosp., Wimereux, nr. Boulogne, 25 Jun., '16.
Lucas, Albert Edward, Pte., R.F.C.
b., Hackney, 29 Jul., '89 ; s., Edward (late Sgt., 2nd Drag. Gds.)
and Catharine Lucas, Union Bank Chambers, Katharine St.,
Croydon. E'^fwc, Whitgift G. Sch. Married Winifred, daughter
of Mr. Jackson, of Brighton. Clerk. Res., 10 Genoa Rd.,
Anerley. Enl., 25 Nov., '16. D. of meningitis, Windlesham
Mil. Hosp., Surrey, 6 Mar., '17. (Plate XX., 2).
Luck, Will,
Res., Croydon. D. of wounds, 17 Sept., '18.
LuxTON, J., Cpl., Suff. Regt.
b., '96 ; e.s., Mr. & Mrs. Luxton, i Parker Rd., Croydon. Enl.,
in R.W.S. Regt., Sept., '14 ; served in France, Jul., '16-Nov., '17.
Fell, 19 Nov., '17.
Mabbott, Alfred L.
Educ, M. Whitgift Sch. Fell, Somme, i Jul., '16.
Mabey, John Hume, Capt., Lond. Regt.
/)., '81 ; y.s., late Counc. and Mrs. Mabey, of Croydon. Educ,
Whitgift G. Sch. Married a daughter of Counc. Bishop, of
Croydon. Res., Pollards Hill N., Norbury. Enl., in Artists
Rif., '14 : served in France, Salonica, & Palestine. D., 18 Nov.,
'17, of wounds reed., Palestine, 7 Nov., '17.
McCabe, Albert Peter, Sgt., 2 R.W.S. Regt.
Nephew of late Maj. McCabe. Enl., '05. Fell, France, 16
May, '15.
342 THE CROYDON ROLL OF HONOUR
Macaldin, Thomas Graham, Sgt., 31 Can. Inf.
h., 2 St. Helen's Rd., Norbury, 5 Mar., '94 ; s., Mr. & Mrs.
Macaldin, 9 Tamworth Villas, Mitcham Common. Ediic,
Streatham Sch. Single. Farmer. Res., Chigwell, Alberta,
Canada. Enl., Nov., '14. Fell, Courcelette, Somme, 26 Sept., '16.
MacCall, Henry Dobree, Capt., 33 Punjab Regt.
b., '82. First appointed to Border Regt. from the Militia, '02 ;
Lt., Apr., '04 ; transf. to Indian Army, Aug. ,'05 ; Capt., Nov., '10 ;
served in S.A. War, Queen's Med., 5 clasps. Fell, Flanders,
25 Sept., '15.
McCarney, Joseph Duncan, R.N.
Lost with H.M.S. " Hogue," torpedoed in N. Sea, 22 Sept., '14.
McCarthy, Thomas, Pte., 6 R.W.S. Regt.
b., 5 Pump Pail, Croydon, 23 Oct., '96 ; s., Timothy & Mary
McCarthy, 8 Donald Rd., Croydon. Educ, St. Mary's Sch.,
Croydon. Single. Lead-light worker. Res., 8 Donald Rd.,
Croydon. Enl., 9 Sept., '14. Fell, Somme, 3 Jul., '16.
McChlery, W. D., Sgt., R.W.S. Regt.
e.s., Mr. & Mrs. McChlery, 32 Buxton Rd., T. Heath. Fell^
13 Oct., '17.
McClurg, J. B., 464, R. Fus.
Res., Croydon. Fell, '17.
McCoLviN, Norman, Pte., 8 Border Regt.
b., Heaton, Newcastle-on-Tyne, 5 Apr., '92 ; e.s., John Andrew
& Isabel McColvin, 38 Lebanon Rd., Croydon. Educ, Whitley
Bay, Northumberland, Brixton, Portland Rd. Sch., S. Norwood,
and Lond. Sch. of Economics. Single. Senior asst. librarian,
Croydon Public Libraries. Enl., in 24 Middlesex Regt., 17
Nov., '15 ; served in France with 2 Border Regt., Dec, '16-
Oct., '17 ; tv.. The Mound, Polygon Wood, Ypres, 4 Oct., '17 ;
returned to France, spring, '18 ; tu., between Rheims and Soissons
27 May, '17, and taken prisoner. D. of wounds at Prisoners
of War Hosp., at Neuhammer, Queis, Germany, 21 Aug., '18.
(Plate I., I).
McCuLLOCH, Kenneth Lionel Nevill, 2/Lt., 16 Middlesex Regt.
b., Croydon, 23 Sept., '95 ; e.s., late Lionel W. B. & Bertha
McCulloch, 340 Lond. Rd., Croydon. Educ, Royal St. Anne's,
Redhill, and City of Lond. Sch. Single. Clerk in Anglo-
Austrian Bank. Enl. as pte. in 16 Middlesex Regt. (Pub. Sch.
Btn.), I Sept., '14 ; commis., in 6 Middlesex, 5 Apr., '15 ; zv.,
Somme, Oct., '16. Fe//, Arras, 31 May, '17. (Plate XIX., 3).
McGiLL, Benjamin, Ox. & Bucks. L.I.
Res., Croydon. Was in India when war broke out, serving later
at Dardanelles and in Mesopotamia. Taken prisoner with Gen.
Townshend's forces. D. a few weeks after in a Turkish Hosp.,
through hardship and starvation.
McGiLL, Victor, Sgt., Lond. Regt.
b., '97 ; s., late Mr. J., & Mrs. McGill, Dartnell Rd., Croydon.
D. of wounds reed., 12 Jun., '17.
McGiLVRAY, Donald, Cpl., Singapore Volunteer Rif.
McGregor, Marcus, 2/Lt., 2 Cheshire Regt.
i>; '73 ; S; Mr. & Mrs. Joseph McGregor, " Glengyle," Victoria
Rd., U. Norwood. Educ, Dulwich Coll. Joined, 27 Sept., '14.
Fell, France, between 1-4 Oct., '15.
McGregor, Ronald, zll^t., 2 Cheshire Regt.
b., '89 ; s., Mr. & Mrs. Joseph McGregor, " Glengyle," Victoria
Rd., U. Norwood. Fell, Flanders, 25 May, '15.
THE GLORIOUS DEAD 343
McGroarty, Roland Dryden, Cyclist Scout.
b., '89 ; s., Mr. & Mrs. McGroarty, Whitworth Rd., S. Norwood.
£'Juc., S. Norwood Coll. Engineer; graduate of Inst, of Mech.
Engineers ; engaged in Brit. E. Africa on railway construction
work. D. while pris. of war, of wounds reed, at Tsaro, Brit. E.
Africa, 7 Sept., '14.
McGuiNNESs, Richard Ernest, Sgt., i E. Sur. Regt.
b., Croydon, i Aug., '92 ; s., Charles E. & T. McGuinness, 23
Rolleston Rd., Croydon. Educ, Bynes Rd. Sch., Croydon.
Single. Skin dresser. EtiL, 10 Jun., '12 ; served with original
Exped. Force. Fell, Loos, 23 Sept., '15.
McGuiRE, Reginald Arthur, 492713, L/Cpl., 2/13 Lond. Regt.
b., Bristol, 5 May, '88 ; s., late Samuel & Emily McGuire, 67
Richmond Rd., St. Andrew's, Bristol. Educ, Bristol G. Sch.
Single. Civil servant, 2nd div. clerk (Companies' dept., Board
of Trade). Res., " Ethelhurst," Downs Court Rd., Purley,
'10-15 ; connected with Christ Church, Purley. Memb. of
Sanderstead Cricket Club ; deputy organist, Christ Ch., Purley.
Enl., 29 Nov., '15, in L.R.B. Fell, Lake Doiran, Balkans, 12
Apr., '17. (Plate XX., i).
M.\CK, T., 47637, Cpl., R.F.A.
Res., Croydon. Fell, '16.
McKw, William Alexander, Act.-C.Q.M.S., i E. Yorks. Regt.
b., 2 Cairo Rd., Pitlake Bdge., Croydon, 11 Jul., '91 ; j., Alexander
& Emily McKay, 74 Derby Rd., Croydon. Educ, Brit. Sch.,
Croydon. Married. Apprentice in electricity works. Res.,
53 Southsea Rd., Croydon. Enl., Nov., '07. Fell, France, 29
Aug., '15.
Mackmin, Alec Lawrence, T164, Driver, R.A.S.C. (attd. Suss. Yeom.)
b., Cadbury, Somerset, 16 Jan., '92 ; y.s., Mr. & Mrs. A. Mackmin,
Av. Mans., Elms Av., Eastbourne. Educ, Trinity Sch., East-
bourne. Single. Electrician, i?^^., 73 Malvern Rd.,T. Heath.
Enl., 5 Aug., '14 ; zv., GallipoH, 5 Jan., '16. D., 7 Jan., '16,
on Hosp. Ship " Assaye," Alexandria. Buried, 8 Jan., Chatby
Mil. Cem., Alexandria.
McL.\REN, Reg. S., Sgt., 6 R.W.S. Regt.
Married. D., 8 Dec, '17, of wounds reed, at Cambrai, 30 Nov.,
'17.
Maclean, Alan Charles, Pte., Lond. Scottish (14 Lond. Regt.)
b.. Grove Pk., Denmark Hill, 8 Jun., '94 ; s., Alan Walter & Kate
Maclean, " Heatherseat," Cavendish Rd., Sutton. Educ,
Whitgift G. Sch. (Rev. Mason's House). Single. Clerk on
Stock Exchange. £■«/., 4 Aug., '14. Z)., Nov., '15, while pris. of
war, of wounds reed, at Messines, r Nov., '14.
McLean, Daniel, 37550, Pte., E. Sur. Regt.
Res., 14 Kynaston Rd., T. Heath. Missing between 22-27 Mar.,
'18.
MacMasters, E. W., A.B. Seaman, R.N.
Married. Res., 10 St. Saviour's Rd., Croydon. Lost his life
on H.M.S. " Natal," 30 Dec, '15.
McMinn, Hugh Bell, Major, D.A.D.R.T.
b., '85 ; y.s., late Robert Inglis McMinn, & Mrs. McMinn,
" Midholm," Birdhurst Rd., Croydon. B.A., Oxon. D. in a
Mil. Hosp. abroad, after a short illness, 29 Jul., '18.
McQuAiGUE, Arthur Charles, Pte., Gren. Gds.
b., S. Norwood, '98 ; s., Mr. & Mrs. McQuaigue, Harrington
Rd., S. Norwood. Educ, Birehanger Rd. Sch., S. Norwood.
Enl., '16. Fell, France, 25 Aug., '18.
344 THE CROYDON ROLL OF HONOUR'
MacSorley, 2/Lt., 5 Northd. Fus.
s., Mr. & Mrs. MacSorley, Mersham Rd., T. Heath, Served in
army for 20 years, partly in India and through S.A. War ; was
Coy.Sgt.Maj. in H.L.I. ; comniis., about Feb., '17. Fell,
Apr., '17.
McSwEENY, Felix J., 2/Lt., 19 Middlesex Regt.
b., i6 Mar., '90. Single. Teacher. Res., Balham. Joined,
2/Lt., Jul., '15. Fell, Vierstrate, 30 Jul., '17.
McWhannell, J., 2/Lt., Wilts. Regt.
b., '80 . Married. Res., Waddon Marsh Lane, Croydon. D.
of wounds reed, in France, 3 Jul., '16.
Madder, Robert, Lt., 5 Glo'ster. Regt. (M.G. Sect.)
b.. Tooting Graveney, 11 Dec, '87 ; s., Mr. & Mrs. Alan George
Madder, Westcroft Farm House, Carshalton. Educ., Whitgift
G. Sch., '03-04. Single. Clerk. Res., Carshalton. Enl.,
as pte. in L.R.B., 4 Sept., '14. Fell, Somme, 20 Jul., '16.
Mahoney, William John, 43042, Pte., 54 M.G.C.
b., Brixton, 22 Jul., '94. Educ., St. Mary's (R.C.) Sch., Croydon.
Single. Chemist's asst. Res., 18 Hastings Rd., Addis. Enl.,
in 2/4 R.W.S. Regt, 23 Mar., '18 ; w., Gallipoli, 18 Aug., '15.
Fell, Failloeul, France, 23 Mar., '18.
Maile, E. F., 393093, Pte., Lond. Regt.
Res., S. Norwood. Fell, '17.
Major, Henry, A.B. Seaman, R.N.V.R. (" Howe " Btn.)
b., 85 Blackwall Bldgs., Whitechapel, 15 Oct., '95 ; s., Mr. & Mrs.
Major, 18 'B' Block, Peabody Bldgs., Hackney Rd., N.E. Educ,
Rockmount Rd. Sch., U. Norwood. Single. Seaman, Mercan-
tile Marine. Joined, 16 Oct., '10. D., 4 Sept., '15, at Bombay
Presidency Gen. Hosp., Alexandria, from dysentery and wounds
reed, in action, 12 May, '15. (Plate XX., 6).
Malcher, James Denis, Signaller, 7 R. Suss. Regt.
i., 27 George St., Hertford ; s., Denis & Ethel Marian Malcher,
59 Edward Rd., Croydon. Educ, Davidson Rd. Sch., Croydon.
Single. Booking clerk, L.B. & S.C.R. Memb. of No. 51 (Croydon)
Div., St. John Ambulance Bde. Enl., 9 Nov., '15. Fell,
Aveluy Wood, N. of Albert, i Aug., '16.
Mallet, Thomas Messervy, 2nd Offr., Mercantile Marine.
b., Chatham, 3 Sept., '92 : s., Mrs. Julia Mallet, 20 Whitehorse
Rd., Croydon. Educ, Brighton Sec. Sch., York Place, and
School-ship " Conway," Liverpool. Single. 2nd Offr., " Duchess
of Cornwall." Joined, before war, as apprentice. Lost with his
ship, torpedoed between England and Le Havre, ii Apr., '17.
Mallinson, John Frank.
^•. '95 ; ^^ Mr. & Mrs. Mallinson, 3 Farquharson Rd., Croydon.
Accidentally killed, in France, 3 Oct., '17.
Maltby, Albert Edward, Cpl., Can. Inf.
b., '95 ; V.S., late Mr. (of 10 Hussars) and Mrs. Maltby, 8 Frant
Rd.,T. Heath. £'rf«c., St. Mary's (R.C.) Sch., Croydon. Res.,
Canada. Enl., '14 ; discharged owing to results of an accident.
Re-enlisted, '15. Fell, France, Oct., '17.
Maltby, Reginald, Pte., Can. Inf.
b., Aldershot Barracks, '87 ; e.s., late Mr. (of 10 Hussars) and
Mrs. Maltby, 8 Frant Rd., T. Heath. Married ; 3 children.
Res., Canada. Fell, France, Aug., '17.
Maltby, Walter, Pte., R. Fus.
b., '91 ; 2nd s., late Mr. (of 10 Hussars) and Mrs. Maltby, 8
Frant Rd., T. Heath. Educ, St. Mary's (R.C.) Sch., Croydon.
Empl. for 10 yrs. as asst., Messrs. Watson, tobacconists, George
St., Croydon. Enl., Apr., '16. D., of injuries inflicted by a
bomb dropped by enemy air-craft, 14 Oct., '17.
THE GLORIOUS DEAD 345
Mann, Alexander Charles Douglas, Pte., 13 Canterbury Regt., N.Z.
Exp. Force.
b., '93 ; s., late Q.M. Sgt. George Mann, 38 Mansfield Rd.,
Croydon. Went to New Zealand early in '14. Enl., 12 Aug.,
'14 ; w. twice at Dardanelles. D. at sea on the Hosp. ship,
" Valdiva," 12 Aug., '15.
Mann, G. W., Capt., Act.-Major, M.G.C. (Heavy Branch).
e.?., late Q.M. Sgt. George Mann, 38 Mansfield Rd., Croydon.
Educ, Abp. Tenison's Sch., Croydon. Married. Enl,, in
R. Scots, '14 ; twice ment. in desp. Fell, France, Aug., '17.
Mann, George Cyril Stanley, L/Cpl., 8 E. Sur. Regt.
b., Clapham Common, 15 Sept., '97 ; s., Samuel Edward &
Emma Louisa Mann, " Keston," Alton Rd., Waddon. Educ.,
M. Whitgift Sch., Croydon. Single. Bank clerk. Enl.,
13 May, 'i6. i^'e//; Ypres, 9 Aug., '17.
Mansfield, Harry, Pte., 6 Lond. Regt.
b., London. Educ, Bensham Man. Rd. Preparatory Sch., and
Dr. Simpson's Sch., S. Norwood. Single. Res., " Glenagle,"
Cotford Rd., T. Heath. Enl., May, '15. Fell, Hill 60, nr.
Ypres, 22 Oct., '16.
Manton, John Maurice, Pte., 1/4 R.W.S. Regt. (attd. 2 Norf. Regt.)
b., Livingstone Rd., T. Heath, 13 Jul., '93 ; s., Mr. & Mrs.
Manton, 49 Broadway Av., Croydon. Educ, Sydenham Rd. Sch.,
Croydon. Single. House decorator. Enl., 21 Sept., '14.
D. of dysentery, Mesopotamia, 24 Aug., '15.
March, Thomas H., Pte., 2 R.W.S. Regt.
b., 4 Queen St., Croydon, 2 Jan., '95 ; s., Mr. & Mrs. J. March,
I Magdala Rd., Croydon. Educ, Bynes Rd. Sch., Croydon.
Single. Labourer. Etd., Apr., '14. Fell, Bullecourt, 11 May, '17.
Marchant, George H. E., Sgt., Can. Exp. Forces.
b., '92. Res., S. Norwood. D. of wounds, 17 Sept., '16.
Marks, A. W., 14651, Sgt., Dorset Regt.
* Res., T. Heath. D. of wounds, '17.
Marlow, William, Pte., R.W.S. Regt.
b., Croydon, i8 Jan., '83 ; s., Mr. & late Mrs. Marlow, 23 Pound
Lane, Epsom. Educ, St. Andrew's Sch., and Brit. Sch.,
Croydon. Married. Lead glazier. Res., 104 Old Town,
Croydon. Enl., in 1/4 R.W.S. Regt., Mar., '09 ; served in
India ; ret. home time expired, and was sent to France, Oct., '16.
D. at 5 C.C.S., France, of acute bronchitis and pneumonia, 26
Feb., '17.
Marr, Ja.mes Neil Thomson, Cpl., 32 Lab. Coy., R.A.S.C.
b., '84. Educ, Ashe's Sch. Married ; 3 children. Res., 57
Broughton Rd., T. Heath. Freemason. D. at West Bridgford
Hosp., nr. Nottingham, 3 Nov., '16.
Marsh, Arthur, Pte., Australian LF.
b., '92 ; s., Mr. & Mrs. Marsh, 22 Hastings Rd., Addis. Educ,
Woodside and Oval Rd. Schs., Croydon. For 5 yrs. empl. at
Messrs. Smith's bookstall at E. Croydon Stn. ; afterwards steward
on R.M.S. " Dunottar Castle," and R.M.S. " Osterley." Enl.,
at Sydney, Feb., '15 ; m., Gallipoli, '15. Fell, France, 27
Mar., '18.
Marsh, Charles Richard, 3419, Pte., i Middlesex Regt.
b., 18 Dec, '85 : s., Mr. & Mrs. Marsh, " Grabble Farm," nr.
Dover. Educ, Dover. Married. Medical dispenser. Res.,
" Grabble," 4 Compton Rd., Addis. Enl., 5 Jun., '16. Fell,
Arras, 23 Apr., '17.
346 THE CROYDON ROLL OF HONOUR
Marshall, C. H., Lt.
School teacher, Winterbourne Rd. Boys' Sch., T. Heath. Fell^
2 Apr., 'i8.
Marshall, D. S., L/Cpl., Q.W. Rif. (i6 Lond. Regt.)
Marshall, Harry, Driver, R.F.A.
b., Croydon, 2 Nov., '95 ; s., Henry & Eliza Marshall, 5 Albion
St., W. Croydon. Educ, Mitcham Rd. Sch., Croydon. Single,
Enl., Aug., '13. Fell, Battle of the Aisne, 15 Sept., '14.
Marshall, Henry, 2/Lt., R.W.S. Regt.
b., Lond., 26 Jan., '92 ; 2nd s., late Mr.,& Mrs. Charles Marshall,
" Daylesford," Norbury. Single. Estate agent. Enl., Aug., '14 ;
went to India, Oct., '14; ret. to Eng. for commis., Nov., '15.
Fell, Amiens, i Aug., '18.
Marshall, Stanley S., L/Cpl., Gordon H.
b., '99 ; y.s., Mr. & Mrs. Albert Marshall, 49 Mansfield Rd.,
Croydon. Educ, Abp. Tenison's Sch., Croydon. Enl., in
Lond. Scottish, Apr., '17. D., 18 Aug., '18, of wounds reed.
in France.
Martin, Albert Henry, ist Class Stoker, R.N.
e.s., Mr. & Mrs. A. J. Martin, " Beechhurst," Grange Rd., S.
Norwood. Educ., Ingram Rd. Sch., Croydon. Joined, 19
Sept., '13. D. while on active service, Oct., '18.
Martin, Francis Henry, Pte., R.W.S. Regt.
b.. Eagle Hill, Norwood, 18 Sept., '76. Educ, Rockmount Rd.
Sch., U. Norwood. Married. Lather and painter. Res., 7
Naseby Rd., U. Norwood. Enl., 19 Nov., '15 ; w., Somme,
Jul., '16. D. of wounds, 12 Oct., '18.
Martin, George, Pte., 16 Can. Scottish (Medical Sect.).
b., 25 Sept., '85 ; 5., Mr. & Mrs. Martin, 45 Stanger Rd.,
S.Norwood. E'rfwc, Skerry's Coll., Croydon. Single. Engineer.
Res., London, Ontario. Enl., Feb., '15. Fell, France, 12
Sept., '17.
Martin, Harry Edward, 2/Lt., R.F.C.
b., Kilburn, 15 Feb., '93 ; s., Mr. & Mrs. A. A. Martin, 67 Lr,
Addis. Rd., Croydon. Educ, Oval Rd. Sch., Croydon. Single.
Partner in Martin Bros., builders, Croydon. Res., in Croydon
since '97. Trained at Hendon ; gained pilot's certif., 21 Jun.,
'16 ; obtained his wings, Sept., '16 ; went to France, 28 Oct., '16,
Fell, nr. Arras, i6 Nov., '16. Buried at Aubigny Communal Cem.
(Plate XIX., 2).
Martin, James Hubert, 2nd A.M., R.F.C.
b., Swanscombe, Kent, 27 Dec, '92 ; J., Mr. & Mrs. Martin,
389 Thornton Rd., Croydon. Educ, Galley Hill Sch., Swans-
combe, Kent. Single. Electrician. Res., i Cecil Rd.,
Croydon. Enl., 1 Nov., '15. D. of injuries reed, in accident
while flying at Gosport, 11 Mar., '16.
Martin, John Stanley, Pte., R.W. Kent Regt.
b., Redhill, 4 Jun., '90 ; s., George & Eliza Martin, 31 Cresswell
Rd., S. Norwood. Educ, Woodside Sch., and Portland Rd.
Sch., S. Norwood. Single. Milk carrier. Enl., 3 Jun., '15.
Fell, Somme, 15 Sept., '16.
Martin, Robert Somerville, Sgt., Winnipeg Grenadiers.
b., Scotland, '80. Married, Gertrude, daughter of Mr. & Mrs.
Usher, 116 Sydenham Rd. N., Croydon. Res., Anerley, and
later in Canada. D., '18, at Winnipeg, Manitoba, of wounda
reed, in France. Buried, at Brookside Cem., Winnipeg.
THE GLORIOUS DEAD 347
Martin, Stanley, Drummer, Lanes. Fus.
b., '99 : y.s., Mr. & Mrs. Martin, " Retreat House," T. Heath.
Educ, V/hitehorse Rd. Sch., T. Heath. Enl., Oct., '15. Fell,
14 Oct., '18.
Martin, Stanley Curley James, 2/Lt., Hants. Regt.
b., 2 Dec, '83 : s., Daniel & Amelia Martin, 6 Sunny Bank,
S. Norwood. Educ, Whitgift G. Sch., '97-98.
Martin, W. H., L/Cpl., Arg^'Il & Sutherland H.
y.s., Mr. & Mrs. G. H. Martin, 103 Selsdon Rd , Croydon.
Educ, Brighton Rd. Sch., Croydon. Single. Booking clerk,
S. Croydon and Forest Hill Stns. Enl., 8 Nov., '15 ; went to
France, Apr., '16 ; gassed, 7 Jul., '18. Fell, 23 Aug., '18.
Martin, W. J., Pte.
b., '97 ; 5., Mr. & Mrs. Martin, 9 Rymer Rd., Addis. Empl. by
Mr. Boxall, greengrocer, Cherry Orchard Rd., Croydon. Enl.,
'is ; served in Egypt, 'i6-Jul., 'i8. Fell, France, Aug., '18.
Martin, Walter Percival, 2/Lt., Leicester Regt.
b., 4 Jun., '90 ; s., Mr. & Mrs. Walter Joseph Martin, 69 Waddon
Rd.. Croydon. Educ, Whitgift G. Sch., '01-06.
Martin, William Harold, 2/Lt., Lond. Regt.
b., '90 ; s., Mr. & I\lrs. Herbert Martin, U. Norwood. Educ,
Dulwich Coll., and Wadham Coll., Oxford. Joined, Oct., '14.
Martins, John, Pte., R.W. Fus.
6., Norwich, '85. E'c/mc, Norwich. Married; i child. Empl.
as attendant at Croydon Infirmary for 7 yrs. Res., 289 Ben-
sham Lane, T. Heath. Enl, 19 May, '16. Fell, N.W. of Albert,
22 Apr., '18.
Martyr, Frank Robert, Pte.
b., Woodside, '92. Educ, M. Whitgift Sch. Empl. at Lond.
and S. Western Bank. Res., 85 Woodside Green, S. Norwood.
Enl., Oct., '15 ; served in France, May, 'i6-Aug., '17. Fell,
Messines, 6 Aug., '17.
Mash, Arthur, Pte., Aust.LF.
Mash, W., 12062, Rflmn.. R.B.
Fell, '16.
Maslin, Charles, Coy.Q.M.Sgt., 2/4 Lond. Regt. (R. Fus.)
b., '82. Married. Res., 90 St. Saviour's Rd., Croydon. Enl.,
'14 ; served in Gallipoli, from where he was invalided home, 15
Dec, '16. D. at Grange Mil. Hosp., Southport. 8 Jan., '16.
Massey, Hugh Alexander, Lt., R.N.D. ("Howe " Btn.)
b., 2 Mar., '85 ; s., Mr. & Mrs. Hugh Holland Massey, Whitley.
Educ, Whitgift G. Sch., '93-99. Fell, Gallipoli.
Mates. Thomas St. George, R.W.S. Regt.
b.. Victory Place, U. Norwood ; s., Mr. & Mrs. Mates, 59 Ridsdale
Rd., Anerley. Educ, Rockmount Rd. Sch., U. Norwood.
Married. Shoe maker. Res., 30 Eagle Plill, U. Norwood.
Previously served 13 yrs. in army. Enl., 4 Aug., '14. D., 6
Nov., '14, in a German pris. of war hosp., of wounds reed, at
Ypres.
Mathers, Charles, 2722, Pte., 2/4 R.W.S. Regt.
b.. Ware, Hertford., 23 Nov., '68. Married. Painter. Res,,
15 Fountain Rd., T. Heath. Enl., 3 Oct., '14. Fell, Dardanelles,
28 Aug., '15.
Mathews, Frederick John, 43623, Pte., 17 Middlesex Regt.
b., Lond., I Mar., '91 ; s., William & Lillah Mathews, 15 Balfour
Rd., S. Norwood. Educ, Aldgate Ward Schs., & Sir John Cass
Sch Single. Clerk. Enl., 13 Mar., '16. Fell, Beaumont
Hamel, 13 Nov., '16.
348 THE CROYDON ROLL OF HONOUR
Matthews, F., 43623, Pte., Middlesex Regt.
Res., Norwood. Fell, '17.
Matthews, F. R., Lt., E. Sur. Regt.
Educ, Whitgift G. Sch., Croydon. Missing, '18,
Matthews, Frank Arthur, Lt., 10 R. Suss Regt., attd. R.F.C,
b., Bexhill, Suss., 11 Nov., '93 ; s., Mr. & Mrs. Matthews, 312
Brighton Rd., S. Croydon. Educ, Holmwood Sch., Bexhill.
Single. Actor (with Sir F. R. Benson's Coy.). Enl., 5 Sept.,
'14, in R. Berks. Regt. ; sgt., Dec, '14 ; commis., Jan., '16 ;
served for i yr. in Egypt ; attd. to R.F.C, and gained his wings,
Dec, '16 ; went to France, Mar., '17. Fell, 24 Apr., '17, while
on bombing raid over German lines, nr. St. Quentin. (Plate
XVII., 5).
Matthews, W., Pte., R.W.S. Regt.
Educ, Abp. Tenison's Sch., Croydon. Enl., Aug., '14 ; served
abroad, May, '15-Oct., '17. Fell, 11 Oct., '17.
Matthews, William, Pte., Northd. Fus.
s., Mr. & Mrs. J. Matthews, Avington Grove, Penge. Married,
L. R., daughter of Mr. & Mrs. Baldwin, of Anerley. Res.,
Hebbum, Newcastle-on-Tyne. Fell, 3 May, '17.
Matthews, William Henry, L/Sgt., i Gren. Gds.
b., S. Norwood, 25 Mar., '94 ; s., Mr. & Mrs. Matthews, 13
Albert Rd., S. Norwood. Educ, Birchanger Rd. Sch., S. Nor-
wood. Single. Memb, of St. Mark's, S. Norwood, C.L.B.
Enl., '13, Fell, Givenchy, 16 Jun., '15.
Maud, A. J., 25553, Pte., E. Sur. Regt.
Res., W. Croydon. Fell, '17.
Maunsell, Wilfrid Innocent, Capt., Scottish Rif.
6., '84 ; J., Surgeon- Geri. T. Maunsell, C.B., 29 Broughton Rd,,
T. Heath. Joined Lanes. Fus., '02 ; transf. to Scottish Rif.,
'c8 ; company commdr., Feb., '13. Fell, France, 8 Feb., '15,
Mawson, W. F., 4527, Pte., Lond. Regt.
Fell, '16.
May, Harold Gostwyck, 2/Lt., i Dorset Regt.
b., Croydon, 16 May, '87 ; y.s., Mr. & Mrs. R. C. May, "Sher-
borne,'' Woodside Green, S. Norwood. Educ. Sherborne Sch.,
where he was capt. of cricket team ; represented sch. in Publ.
Schs. Boxing at Aldershot, etc. ; took his degree at Trinity Coll.,
Dublin. Single. Schoolmaster at Kelly's Coll., Llandovery,
Clifton and Sherborne, to which he returned as a master in Sept.,
'14. jfoined as 2/Lt., Nov., '14. D., 27 Mar., '15, at 7 Gen.
Hosp., Boulogne, of wounds reed, at St. Eloi, 14 Mar., '15.
Mayes, Walter Henry, Gnr., R.F.A.
b., 3 Seymour Place, S. Norwood, 17 Apr., '89 ; s., late Mr., &
Mrs. Mayes, 20 Cresswell Rd., S. Norwood. Educ, Birchanger
Rd. Sch., S. Norwood. Single. Clerk. Enl., 17 Mar., '15,
Fell, France, 3 Jun., '18.
Mayo, A. G., S/3072S9, Pte., R.A.S.C.
Res., S. Norvv'ood. D. of wounds, '17.
Mazzey, John, Driver, R.F.A.
b., Clewer, nr. Windsor ; s., Mr. & Mrs. Mazzey, 90 High St.,
Caterham. Educ, Godstone and Caterham Counc Schs.
Single. Engineer. Res., 38 Farningham Rd., Caterham Valley.
Enl., 5 Jan.. '15. D. at Mil. Hosp., Southsea, of pneumonia,
31 Jan., '15.
Meades, Harry Edward, L/Cpl., 2/4 R.W.S. Regt.
b., Swanley, Kent, 29 Oct., '96 ; s., Ernest & Elizabeth Meades,
I20 Church St., Croydon. Educ, Mitcham Rd. Sch., Croydon.
Single. Compositor. Ettl., 10 Aug., '14, Fell, Dardanelles,
23 Aug., '15.
THE GLORIOUS DEAD 349
Medhurst, E., 52497, Pte., R.W.S. Regt.
Res., S. Norwood. Fell, '17.
Meech, Edgar Frederick, Pioneer, R.E
/»., Brixton, 7 Feb., '97 ; s., Frederick & Frances Meech, 26
Kilmartin Av., Norbury. £'Juc., Streatham Mod. Sch. Single.
Analytical chemist. Enl., 25 Mar., '16. D., 1 Apr., '17, at
19 C.C.S., of wounds reed. 38 Mar., '17.
Melbourne, R., 153250, Pte., 43 Btn., Can. Inf.
Formerly res. in Croydon, being empl. as turncock.
Mercer, C. J., L/Cpl., L.R.B. (5 Lond. Regt.)
b., '95 : e.s., Mr. & Mrs. W. J. Mercer, Milton Rd., Croydon.
Empl. by Messrs. Curwen, Wood St., E.C, Enl., Aug., '15 ;
served 15 months in France. Fell, 27 Mar., '18,
Mercer, Walter Charles, Coy.Sgt.Maj., 17 R. Fus.
b., '91. Empl. by Messrs. Allder, North End, Croydon. Res.,
S. Norwood. Goal-keeper for S. Norwood Wednesday Football
Club, and memb. of S. Norwood Wednesday Cricket Club.
Enl., 8 Dec, '14. D., 8 Apr., '18, of wounds reed, in France
2 days prev.
Merriman, Arthur Preston, Pte., Manchr. Regt.
b., Penge, 26 Jan., '95 ; s., Henry & C. Merriman, 62 Donald Rd.,
Croydon. Educ, Boston Rd. Sch., Croydon. Married. Baker.
Res., 60 Howbur>' Rd., Nunhead. Enl., in E. Sur. Regt., 19
Jan., '16. Fell, Sanctuary Wood, nr. Ypres, 3 Jul., '17.
Merriman, Henry John, Pte., R.W.S. Regt.
b., Penge, 14 Sept., '90 ; s., Henry & C. Merriman, 62 Donald
Rd., Croydon. Educ., Boston Rd. Sch., Croydon. Single.
Shop asst. Res., W. Croydon. Enl., i Oct., '06. Fell,
Zonnebeke, 21 Oct., '14.
Messenger, Herbert Sydney.
2nd s., Sydney & Sophia Messenger, Lodge Rd., Croydon.
Married, Haddie, daughter of Mr. Novell. Res., Brockley. D. of
wounds reed, in France, 29 Jul., '18.
Metcalfe, W. C, 2/Lt., E. Sur. Regt.
Fell, '16.
Meyers, Edwin J., L/Cpl., R. Fus.
b., Australia, '97 ; s., Mr. & Mrs. H. W. Meyers, 52 Temple Rd .,
Croydon. Educ., M. Whitgift Sch, Enl., Aug., '14. D. of
wounds, '16.
Meyrick, Geoffrey James, Pte., Gordon H.
b., Lond., 18 Apr., '99 ; s., James Frederick Battram & Wilhel-
mina Meyrick, 71 Gonville Rd., T. Heath. Educ, M. Whitgift
Sch. Single. Bank clerk. £■«/., in Lond. Scottish, i May, '17.
Fell, Bois de Rheims, 23 Jul., 'i8.
Middleton, Aubrey Francis, Rflmn., Kensingtons (13 Lond. Regt.).
b., '97. Res., S. Norwood. Fell, 29 Aug., '18.
Middleton, Leonard W., 2/Lt., R.F.C.
Educ, W^hitgift G. Sch. Enl., in R.E., as despatch rider, '14 ;
served in France, Oct., '14-Nov.. '17 ; transf. to R.F.C, '16.
Fell, France, 8 Nov., '17.
Miles, Bernard C, 8 SufF. Regt.
Empl. as maintenance attendant, Croydon Gas Coy. Missing,
12 Oct., '17.
Miles, Charles Talbot, Rflmn., L.R.B. (2/5 Lond. Regt.)
b., Alexandra Rd., Addis., 28 Dec, '96 ; s., Walter Talbot &
Sophie J. Miles, 399 Whitehorse Rd., T. Heath. Educ, Croydon.
Single. Junior clerk, Messrs. Pearson & Son, Billiter St., E.C.
Enl., 19 Apr., '15 ; went to France, 10 Nov., '15 ; invalided to
England with trench feet, Mar., '16 ; returned to France, 13 Feb.,
'17 ; w., 17 Jun., '17. Fell, Wurst Farm, Ypres, 20 Sept., '17.
350 THE CROYDON ROLL OF HONOUR
Miles, George Henry, Pte., E. Sur. Regt.
b., Earlsheaton, Yorks., 28 Sept., '93 ; s., Mr. & Mrs. Richard
Miles, 31 Cuthbert Rd., W. Croydon. Educ, Mitcham Rd. Sch.,
Croydon. Single. Printer. Enl., i Feb., '15. Fell, Ypres,
4 Jan., '18.
Miles, Herbert.
b., Earlsheaton, 13 Sept., '91 ; 5., Mr. & Mrs. Miles, 31 Cuthbert
Rd., Croydon. Ediic, Mitcham Rd. Sch., Croydon. Single,
Labourer. Enl., 17 Aug., '12. Fell, Delville Wood, Somme,
18 Aug., '16.
Miles, Herbert Talbot. 2/Lt., R.F.A.
/;., Croydon, 3 Aug., '89 ; 5., late Mr. Miles, & Mrs. H. Fuller,
16 Alexandra Rd., Leyton. Educ, Reedham Sch., Purley. Single.
Accountant. Res., Leyton. Enl., as pte. in A.P.C., 21 Oct., '14 ;
commis. in Yeom., 18 Oct., '15 ; transf. to R.F.A. Fell, Bapaume,
16 Apr., '17.
Miles, W. G., Pte., Lond. Regt.
h., '97 ; e.s., Mr. & Mrs. Miles, 15 Frith Rd., Croydon. Educ,
Welcome Hall, Croydon. Enl., in E. Sur. Regt., 14. Fell.
7 Oct., '16.
Millard, A. G., 2/Lt., E. Sur. Regt.
b., '91 ; s., Mr. & Mrs. Millard, Langdale House, T. Heath.
Educ, Eton Choir Sch. (while there acting as asst. organist to
Dr. C. H. Lloyd) and R. Coll. of Mus. ; later organist. Par. Ch.,
Farnham, and music master at Marlborough Coll., and Felstead
Sch. ; F.R.C.O., and A.R.C.M. ; hon. memb. of Royal Albert
Inst., Windsor ; memb. of Windsor Orchestral Soc, and first
hon. conductor. Amateur Operatic Soc. Enl., in Artists Rif.
O.T.C., Jan., '16 ; commis., Dec, '16. Fell, 7 Aug., '17.
MiLLEN, William George, Cpl., Wilts. Regt.
Sth s., late Mr. G, A. & Mrs. Millen, 82 Sumner Rd., Croydon.
Educ, M. Whitgift Sch., and Oxford County Sch. Married.
Empl. on " Croydon Advertiser," and managing editor of " The
Brick and Pottery Trades Journal." Res., " St. Aubyn's,"
Royston Rd., Penge. Enl., Sept., '14. Fell, Neuville Vitasse.
9 Apr., '17.
Miller, Clement Francis, 2/Lt., 46 Signals, Engineers, Ind. Army Res.
5., Mr. & Mrs. S. A. Miller, 45 Richmond Rd., T. Heath. Enl.
in R.W.S. Regt. (Territorial), 23 Apr., '12 ; commis. in LA.R.,
15 Jan., '18. D. of pneumonia, King George's Hosp., Poona,
India, 5 Oct., '18.
Miller, E., 10730, Pte., R.W.S. Regt.
Res., W. Croydon. Fell, '17.
Miller, Miss Jane Sophia M.-vry Ann.
b., '65. Dressmaker's asst. Res., 51 Oval Rd., Croydon.
Killed during air-raid, Oct., '15.
Miller, John, 33315, Pte., Middlesex Regt.
Married. Res., 9 Elm Rd., T. Heath. Fell, France, 13 Jul., '17.
MiLLiAM, Matthew Mark, 9625, Pte., R.W.S. Regt.
b., '82 ; s., late Mr., & Mrs. Milliam, 26 Purley Rd., Croydon.
Educ, Bynes Rd. Sch., Croydon. Empl. by Mr. Knight, builder.
Enl., Sept., '15. Fell, 18 Aug., '17.
Milligan, Eric Edgar, Rflmn., 17 K.R.R.C.
b , Croydon, Jan., '99 ; s., Mr. & Mrs. John Milhgan, 177
Sydenham Rd. N., Croydon. Educ, Brit. Sch., Croydon.
Single. Pawnbroker's asst. £«/., 29 May, '15. Fell,Thiepva],
Somme, 3 Sept., '16.
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MiLLiGAN, Hamilton Herries, Officers' Cook, 2nd Class., R.N.
b., Croydon, 5 Nov., '89 ; 2nd s., Mr & Mrs. John ?4illigan,
177 Sydenham Rd. N., Croydon. Educ, Brit. Sch., Croydon.
Married. Chef and roast-cook. Joined, 8 Feb., '16. Lost
on H.M.S. " Mary Rose " (T.B.D.), sunk in North Sea, 17 Oct.,'17.
Mills, John, Pte., 7 R.W.S. Regt.
b., '88 ; s., Mr. & Mrs. Mills, 92 Leighton St. East, Croydon.
Empl. by Croydon Corporation as boatman at Wandle Park.
Fell, France, 25 Aug.,' 15.
MiLSTEAD, Willi.«lm Walter, Pte., 7 R. Suss. Regt.
/'., T. Heath, 23 Feb., '89 (?). Educ, Beulah Rd. Sch., Croydon.
Married ; i child. Baker, empl. by Mrs. Graham, Norbury Rd.,
T. Heath. Res., 46 Mersham Rd., T. Heath. Fell, France,
3 May, '17.
Miriam, Leonard, Rflmn., L.R.B. (5 Lond. Regt.)
b., '99 ; s., Mr. & Mrs. Miriam, 18 Mayo Rd., Croydon. Empl.
by Messrs. Cook & Son, .St. Paul's Churchyard, Lond., E.C.
Enl, Jun., '17. Fell, 18 Aug., '18.
Mitchell, Erik Harrison, Capt., att. R.F.C.
b., 5 Jul., '94. Educ, Whitgift G. Sch., '04. Ment. in desp.,
M.C.
Mitchell, Frank O., Pte., R.W.S. Regt.
b., '92. Empl. by Messrs. Heath & Co., sign writers, Croydon.
Res., Parchmore Rd., T. Heath. Enl., Nov., '15. Fell, 17
Sept., '16.
Mitchell, Harold David, Bdr., R.F.A.
b., 31 Thornton Rd., T. Heath, i Mar., '98 ; s., Mr. & Mrs.
Mitchell, 3 1 Thornton Rd., T. Heath. Educ, Winterbourne Rd.
Sch., T. Heath. Single. Milkman. Enl., 13 May, '16.
Fell, France, 21 Mar., 'i8. (Plate XIX., 4).
Mitchell, Herbert Thomas, Pte., 9 R. Suss. Regt.
b., 88 Old Town, Croydon, 26 Feb., '91 ; s., William James &
Elizabeth Ann Miichell, 54 Pawson's Rd., Croydon. Educ,
Princess Rd. Sch., Croydon. Single. Empl. by L.B.&S.C.R.,
at Rowfant Stn. Res., Crawley, Suss. Enl., 1 Sept., '14. Fell,
Ypres, 13 Feb., '16.
Mitchell, J. M., 263037, Pte., Seaforth H.
Res., S. Norwood. Fell, 'i-j.
Mitchell, James, Driver, R.A.S.C.
b., Croydon, 3 Oct., '83 ; s., Mr. & Mrs. W. Mitchell, 10 Boston
Rd., W. Croydon. .E^mc, Boston Rd. Sch., Croydon. Married,
Labourer. Enl., 8 May, '08 ; served in France from Aug., '14.
D. of heart disease and tuberculosis, 7 Apr., '20.
Mitchell, James Hill, 2902, Sgt., 2/4 R.W.S. Regt.
b., 71 Villa St., Walworth, 29 Nov., '77 ; s., Mr. & Mrs. Mitchell,
15 Siddons Rd., Croydon. Educ, Brit. Sch., Croydon. Single.
Wireman. Enl., 9 Oct., '14. D., 5 Dec, '15, of wounds reed.
at Suvla Bay, 2 Dec, '15.
Mitchell, Jesse Arthur, Pte., 1/5 Seaforth H.
b., 2 St. John's Rd., S. Norwood, 28 Feb., '82 ; s., George &
Fanny E. Mitchell, 186 Holmesdale Rd., S. Norwood. Educ,
Eirchanger Rd. Sch., S. Norwood. Single. Motorman,
Crovdon Corp. Tramways. Enl., 15 May, '16. Fell, Belgium,
5 Jul., '17. (Plate XV., 2).
Mitchell, John, L/Cpl., 5 Seaforth H.
s., late Harry William Mitchell, of S. Norwood. Married a
daughter of W. Rowlinson, of Letchworth, Herts ; 4 children.
Baker. Res., no Stanley Rd., Croydon. Enl., 29 May, '16.
Fell, 27 Jul., '18. Buried, Jouchery, nr. Rheims.
352 THE CROYDON ROLL OF HONOUR
Mitchell, John Leishman, 2/Lt., R. Irish Rif.
h., '97 ; y.s., Mr. & Mrs. Adam Mitchell, " Hurley House,"
Belvedere Rd., U. Norwood. Educ., Alleyn Coll., Dulwich.
Enl., in Artists Rif., Oct., '15 ; commis., 10 Jul., '16 ; went to
France, 4 Feb., '17, with 2/1 1 Lond. Regt, D., Jun., '17, of
wounds reed, in France, 24 May, '17.
Mitchell, W., 17847. Pte., R.W. Kent Regt.
Res., Norwood. Fell, '17.
Moat, Charles Walter, Rflmn., i R.B.
b., T. Heath, 10 Aug., '93 ; s., late Henry Ernest, & Mary Ann
Moat, 37 Penrith Rd., T. Heath. Educ, All Saints' Ch. Sch.,
U. Norwood. Single. Motor driver. Enl., 18 Feb., '15.
Missing, presumed fallen, Le Transloy, 18 Oct., '16.
Molton, G., 20190, Pte., Essex Regt.
Res., Addis. Fell, '16.
Molyneux, N. W., 20934, Pte., E. Kent Regt.
Res., Croydon. Fell, '17.
Monckton, Alfred Edward, Sapper, R.E.
s., Mr. & Mrs. Monckton, 244 Bensham Lane, T. Heath,
Missing, '18.
Montague, Edward Archibald William, 11260, Pte., R. Suss. Regt.
h., Melbourne, Australia, 11 Jun., '92 ; s., Edward & Susanna
Montague, 92 Portland Rd., S. Norwood. Educ, St. Augustine's
Upper Grade Sch., Kilburn. Single. Ship's steward. Served
on H.M.S. " Engadine " as officers' steward, 13 Aug., '14-16 Dec.,
'15. Enl., I Apr., '16. Fell, Somme, 9 Sept., '16.
Montague, John George, A.B Seaman, R N.D.
b., Selhurst New Rd., 3 May, '97 ; s., Mr. & Mrs. E. Montague,
180 Gloucester Rd., Croydon. Educ, Sydenham Rd. Sch.,
Croydon. Single. Wireman. Enl., Aug., '15. D., 26 Apr.,
'17, at I Can. C.C.S., France, of wounds reed. nr. Arras, 24 Apr.,
'17.
Moody, Frederic Arthur, 208514, Pte., 4 Norf. Regt.
b., Walham Green, Fulham, 26 Oct., '92 ; s., late Mr., & Mrs. A
Moody, 143 Northwood Rd., T. Heath. Educ, All Saints' Sch.
Fulham. Single. Gas engineer. Memb.of C.L.B., and V.T.C
until enlistment. Etil., 29 Sept., '16. Fell, Cambrai, 20 Nov., '17
MoojEN, Walter Lens, Pte., R. Fus. (U.P.S.)
b., 12 Feb., '95 ; s., Mr. & Mrs. Walter Moojen, 6 Pollard's
Hill N., Norbury. Edtic, Whitgift G. Sch., '04-11.
Moon, J. F., 130830, Sapper, R.E.
Res., S. Norwood. D. of wounds, '16.
Moon, Richard John, L/Cpl., 1/19 Lond. Regt.
b., 88 Stepney Green, 14 Jun., '80 ; 5., Richard & Fanny Moon,
102 Mansfield Rd., Hampstead. Educ, Princess Rd. Sch.,
Regent's Park. Married. Bookseller's clerk. Res., 33 Ferndale
Rd., S. Norwood. Served vjixh 17 Middlesex Regt. (Volunteers),
21 Oct., '03-31 Mar., '08. Enl., 22 May, '15. D. of wounds
reed., 23 May, '16. Buried, Barlin Cem., nr. Vimy Ridge.
Moore, Henry Glanville Allen, Col., 6 E. Yorks. Regt.
b., Nov., '65 ; 5., Rev. & Mrs. Henry Dawson Moore, " Clydes-
dale," North Park, Croydon. Served in Nile Exped. (Khartoum).
Fell, Dardanelles, '15.
Moore, Leslie, Trooper, R. Bucks. Hussars.
b., Albert Rd., Addis., 14 Oct., '96 ; y.s., Mr. & Mrs. Moore,
6 Albert Rd., Addis. Educ, Oval Rd. Sch., Croydon. Single.
Empl. at Valuation Dept., Somerset House. Enl., Sept., '14 ;
w., Gallipoli, '15, and W. Egypt, '16. D. of wounds reed, at
Gaza, 29 Apr., '17.
XIX.
Rflmn. E. J. Leech, i Lond. Rif. B.
2/Lt. H. E. Martin, R.F.C.
2/Lt. K. L. N. McCuLLocH, i6 Middlesex Regt.
Bdr. H. D. Mitchell, R.F.A.
Rflmn. L. L. Longman, Q, Vict. Rif. (9 Lond. Regt.)
2/Lt. L. H. MuLKERN, Machine Gun Corps
XX.
L/Cpl R. A. McGniRE, 2/13 Lond. Regt.
Pte. A. E. Lucas, R.F.C.
Sgt. J. S. MuGFORD, Machine Gun Corps
Sgt. F T. LiBBY, Lond. Rif. B.
Lt. K. MoRFEY, 16 Rajputs (Ind. Army)
Seaman H. Major, R.N.V.R.
THE GLORIOUS DEAD 353
Moore, R. J., Act.-Sgt., R.W.S. Regt.
Res., Croydon. Fell, '16.
Moore, Sidney Herbert, Pte., E. Kent Regt.
b., '86 ; 4th s., Mr. & Mrs. Moore, 6 Albert Rd., Addis. Edue.,
Oval Rd. Sch., Croydon. Married. Fruiterer. Res., 136
Cherry Orch. Rd., Croydon. Enl., Mar., '16. Fell, France,
27 Aug., '18.
MoRANT, Gerald A., Capt., W. Yorks. Regt.
b., '96 ; y.s., late Mr. & Mrs. McKay Morant, " The Glade,"
FarquharRd., U. Norwood. Educ.,WhitgiitG.Sch. Married.
M.C. Fell, 15 Apr., '18.
MoRDEN, W. H., Sgt., M.G.C.
6., '82. Married. Manager, Messrs. Wm. Glaisher, Ltd., book-
sellers, George St., Croydon. Res., 8g Ashburton Av., Croydon.
Served in S. African War. D. of influenza and pneumonia, Le
Havre, 4 Mar., '19.
MoRETON, Robert, Pte., 12 Suff. Regt.
b., 107 Biggin Hill, 7 Jun., '96 ; s., Mr. & Mrs. Moreton, 22
Queen's Rd., U. Norwood. Educ, Rockmount Rd. Sch., U.
Norwood. Single. Grocer's asst. Enl., Sept., '15. D. of
wounds, France, 27 Jul., '16.
MoRFEY, Kenneth, Lt., 16 Rajputs (attd. 97 Inf.)
b; '95 ; y-^-y Cyrus & Edith Morfey, 3 Altyre Rd., Croydon.
Educ, Laleham Sch., Margate. Single. Asst. to his father
(merchant). Enl., in H.A.C., 5 Aug., '14 ; went to France,
Sept., '14 ; w., Ypres, Jun., '15 ; ret. to Sandhurst, Sept., '15,
passing exam, for Indian Army; commis., 7 Apr., '16 ; went to
India, 5 Oct., '16 ; posted to 16 Rajputs, 7 Nov., 16 ; served in
Mesopotamia, '17-18. D. after an operation for appendicitis,
Baghdad, 20 May, '18. (Plate XX., 5).
Morgan, D. H., Pte., Lond. Regt.
Educ, WTiitgift G. Sch., '01-05. Fell, '16.
Morgan, Henry Edward Alfred, Chief P.O., R.N.
J., Mr. & Mrs. H. A. Morgan, Belmont Rd., S. Norwood. Held
Roval Humane Soc. Cert, for saving life from drowning. Fell
in Battle of Jutland, 31 May, '16.
Morgan, W., R.N.V.R.
Educ, High Sch., Croydon. Fell, Dardanelles, '16.
Morgan, W. G., 6476, Pte., Lond. Regt.
Empl. bv Pub. Health Dept., Croydon Corp. Res., Croydon.
Fell, '16.'
Morley, H., 1052, Pte., R.W.S. Regt.
Fell, '16.
Morris, Albert E., Gnr., R.FA.
b., 20 Apr., '95 ; y.s., Mr. & Mrs. S. T. Morris, 43 Lond, Rd.,
Croydon. Enl., i Jun., '15 ; served in France, 27 Nov., '15-
Jul., '17. Fell, 5 Jul., '17.
Morris, Lionel Bertram Frank, z/ht., R.F.C.
b., Lond., 26 Dec, '96 ; s., Mr. & Mrs. Alfred Frank Morris,
" Merle Bank," Rotherfield Rd., Carshalton. Educ, Whitgift G.
Sch., '10-13. Single. Joined Inns of Court O.T.C., May, '15 ;
brought down over German lines, 17 Sept., '16. D. at a German
Hosp., nr. Cambrai, same day.
Morris, Wilfrid Stanley, Pte., 6 K.S.L.I.
b., Brockley, 5 .Jun., '90 ; e.s., William H. & Clara Morris, 21
Northampton Rd., Croydon. Educ, M. Whitgift Sch. Single.
Tailor's cutter. Res., Shrewsbury, Salop. Enl., Aug., '14 ;
taken pris. nr. Ham, about 24 Mar., '18. D. of pneumonia at
Giessen, Germany, 31 Jul., '183
W
354 THE CROYDON ROLL OF HONOUR
MoRRiSH, Harold, A.B. Seaman, R.N.
b., Oldfield Rd., Stoke Newington, i8 Nov., '88 ; s., T. S. &
late Celia Morrish, 38 Cranbrook Rd., T. Heath. Educ, Old-
field Rd. Sch., Stoke Newington. Single. Joined ZT ?>e-pt.,'o2.
Lost with H.M.S. " Bulwark," destroyed by internal explosion,
Sheerness, 6 Nov., '14.
MoRTER, Alan Gordon, Artists Rif. O.T.C.
b., '87 ; 2nds., Mr. & Mrs. James Morter, Norwood and L'ngfield.
D., 7 Mar., '17.
Mortimer, C, Pte.
b., '93. Married. Res., 93 Lr. Addis. Rd., Croydon. Fell,
26 Apr., '18.
Mortimer, Charles, Pte., R.W.S. Regt.
b., 21 Keen's Rd., Croydon ; s., Mr. & Mrs. Alfred Mortimer,
21 Keen's Rd., Croydon. Educ, St. Andrew's Sch., Croydon.
Married. Printer. Mobilised with Territorials, 4 Aug., '14 ;
went to India ; ret., time expired May, '16 ; went to Egypt with
3/4 R.W.S. Regt., Jan., '17 ; w., Gaza, 4 Nov., '17. Fell, nr.
Jerusalem, 26 Apr., '18.
Morton, Horace, Pte., 19 Middlesex Regt.
b., Dulwich, 28 Sept., '86. Educ, Dulwich Hamlet and White-
chapel Foundation Sch. Married. Clerk. Res., 119 Mayall
Rd., Heme Hill. Enl., 13 Feb., '15. Fell, France, 31 Jul., '17.
Morton, W. A., Pte., R. Fus.
Res., Croydon. Fell, '17.
MoscROP, Ernest Arthur, Pte., Manchr. Regt.
b., '96 ; s., Mr. & Mrs. Moscrop, 39 Moffatt Rd., T. Heath.
Educ, Beulah Rd. Sch., T. Heath. Empl. by Messr.^. Weldon
and Co., Mitcham Rd., Croydon. Enl., 8 Mar., '17. Fell,
France, 31 Jul., '17.
Moss, Edmund Charles, 22341, Pte., R.W.S. Regt.
Married. Res., 250 Bensham Lane, T. Heath. Enl., Nov., '14.
Fell, May, '17.
MoTT, Edward Charles, Pte., 4 R. Fus.
b., Croydon, 3 Mar., '00 ; 5., James & Jane Mott, 67 Clarendon
Rd., Croydon. Educ, Mitcham Rd. Sch., Croydon. Single.
Baker's asst. Enl. in R.W.S. Regt., May, '15 ; discharged as
underage, 2 Sept., '15. Re-enlisted, Sept., '16. Fell, Belgium,
27 Sept., '17.
MoTT, Frank, Pte., 1/4 R.W.S. Regt.
b., Croydon, 9 Apr., '92 ; s., Mr. & Mrs. James Mott, 67 Clarendon
Rd., Croydon. Educ, Mitcham Rd. Sch., Croydon. Married.
Milk roundsman. Res., 6i Lancing Rd., Croydon. Enl.,
2 Sept., '14. D. of pneumonia, Mil. Gen. Hosp., Ferozepore,
India, 4 Nov., '18.
Mott, James George, Pte., 2 Notts. & Derby. Regt.
b., Croydon, 7 Apr., '84 ; s., James & Jane Mott, 67 Clarendon
Rd., Croydon. Educ, Mitcham Rd. Sch., Croydon. Single.
Railway goods clerk. Enl., Aug., 'ly. Z)., 7 Dec, '17, at 6 Gen.
Hosp., Rouen, of wounds reed, in France, 2 Dec, '17.
Mott, P. M., 82315, Act.-Bdr., R.G.A.
Empl. by Croydon Gas Coy. Res., Croydon. Enl., May, '16
Fell, 8 Oct., '17.
Moulder, Harry, Coy. Sgt. Maj., 1/4 R.W.S. Regt.
b., '81. D., Nowshira, India, 20 Nov., '16.
MOWLE, J. H., Lab. Coy.
JRes., W. Norwood. Fell, '17.
THE GLORIOUS DEAD 355
MuGFORD, Jack Herbert, Gnr., R.G.A. (103 Anti-Aircraft Sect.).
b., Acton Green, Chiswick, 28 Dec, '94 ; s., Mr. & Mrs.
Mugford, 44 Stanger Rd., S. Norwood. Ediic, Birchanger Rd.
Sch., S. Norwood. Single. Ledger clerk. Enl., Dec, '16 ;
serfed in Egypt from May, '17. £>. at Cairo, Egypt, of cerebro-
spinal meningitis, 3 Jul., '18. (Plate XV., i).
Mugford, Thomas George, Lt., 1/35 Sikhs (Ind. Army).
b., Chiswick, 19 Jan. ,'92 ; s., Mr. & Mrs. Mugford, 44 Stanger Rd.,
S. Norwood. Edtic, Birchanger Rd. Sch., S. Norwood. Clerk.
Single. Mobilised with 4 R.W.S. Regt., 4 Aug., '14 ; proceeded
to India, Oct., '14 ; commis.. May, '17. Fell, Somerset Hill,
Khyber Pass, Afghanistan, 17 May, '19. Buried in Brit. Cem.,
Sandi-Kotal, Khyber, 19 May, '19.
MuLKERN, Lionel Henry, 2/Lt., ALG.C.
b., Sutton, 1 Sept., '84. Educ., Sutton G. Sch. Married.
Empl. on Stock Exchange. Res., " Eversdene," Bishop's Pk.
Rd., Norbury. Enl., in 9 Lond. Regt., 22 May., '02 ; Sur. Yeom.,
21 Feb., '11 ; M.G.C., 25 Jun., '17 ; Territorial Efficiency
Med. Fell, France, 26 Sept., '17. (Plate XIX., 6).
MtiRRELL, F., 6196, Pte., Lond. Regt.
Fell, '16.
MuRRELL, Thomas George, Pte., 2/5 Notts. & Derby. Regt.
b., 2 Albion St., 15 Mar., '99 ; s., Mr. & Mrs. R. Murrell, 65
Donald Rd., Croydon. Educ, Mitcham Rd. Sch., Croydon.
Single. Carman. Res., 97 Handcroft Rd., Croydon. Enl.
in 3 R.W.S. Regt. D., 19 Apr., '18, at 36 C.C.S., France, of
wounds reed. prev. day.
MusGROVE, Albert, Cpl., R.A.S.C. (M.T.)
b., '92. Educ, Sydenham Rd. Sch., Croydon. Married ; 1
child. Empl. by Mr. Ward, photographer, W. Croydon. Res.,
28 Arundel Rd., Croydon. Enl., Jun., '16. D. of wounds,
18 Oct., '18.
Musk, Herbert Ernest, Pte., 23 R. Fus.
b., Battersea, 14 Mar., '82 ; s., Philip & Martha Sarah Musk,
"Rothesay," Graham Rd., Mitcham. Educ, Mantua and
Shillington St. Schs., Battersea. Married ; 4 children. Post-
man. Res., 80 Tylecroft Rd., Norbury, Enl., 22 Jun., '16.
Fell, France, 10 Mar., '17.
MusTO, H. W., 24 R. Fus.
Cashier, empl. at Farrow's Bank, Croydon. Enl., in 2/5 E. Sur.
Regt., 29 Feb., '16. Fell, 7 Feb., '17.
MusTOE, H. G., 121240, Cpl., R.F A.
Res., W. Norwood. Fell, '17.
Naish, Cyril Frfderick Robert, Pte., L.R.B. (5 Lond. Regt.).
Educ, M. Whitgift Sch. Fell, Aug., '18.
Napier, Henry Robert, L/Cpl., R.E.
b., Hither Green, 9 Jan., '85 ; 5., Mr. & Mrs. E. Napier, 11 Helder
St., Croydon. Educ, Bynes Rd. Sch., Croydon. Married.
Plate-layer, empl. by S.E. & C.R. Res., 40 Upland Rd., Croydon.
Enl., 20 Nov., '14 ; served in France, Jan., '15-10 Jun., '18.
D. at Christchurch Hosp., Hants., of cancer and ulcer in the chest,
13 Jun., '18.
Nash, Edward Horace Butterworth, L/Cpl., i Dorset Regt.
b., Devonshire Rd., Forest Hill, 2 Sept., '95 ; e.s., Horace &
Olive A. Nash, 26 Eridge Rd., T. Heath. Educ, Winterbourne
Rd. Sch., T. Heath. Single. Shop asst. Enl., Aug., '14 ;
trench feet, Jan., '15. Fell, Passchendaele, nr. Ypres, 4 Dec, '17,
356 THE CROYDON ROLL OF HONOUR
Natusch, R. W., 2/Lt., R.F.A.
Educ.y Whitgift G. Sch., '10-15. Fed, '17.
Neal, C, 26943, Act.-Sgt., Northd. Fus.
Res., S. Croydon. D., '17.
Neal, Reuben, 6901, L/Sgt., 2 R.W.S. 'Reg'-.
b., 38 Love Lane, S. Norwood, 10 Sept., '95 ; s., William &
Harriet Neal, 32 Love Lane, S. Norwood. Educ, Woodside
Sch., S. Norwood. Single. Engineer (fitter). Enl., 28 Aug., '14 ;
served in France, 7 Nov., '14-14 Mar., '17. Fell, France, 14
Mar., '17.
Nealon, John Henry, Pte., 4 R. Fus.
b., Dalston, 26 Jul., '98 ; s., Mr. & Mrs. Nealon, 63 Gonville Rd.,
T. Heath. Educ, M. Whitgift Sch. Single. Shipping clerk,
Lloyd's Exchange. Enl., i Sept., '16. D., 5 May, '18, at 22
C.C.S., Bethune, of wounds reed., 3 May, '18. (Plate XXH., 2).
Neate, Charles Victor, Gnr., R.F.A.
b., Anerley, 3 Sept., '91 ; 5., William Henry & Sarah Weaver
Neate. 54 Station Rd., Anerley. Educ, Oakfield Rd. Sch.,
Anerley. Married. Wood engraver. Enl., 5 Oct., '15 ;
invalided home with frost-bitten feet, Jan., '17 ; ret. to France,
Jun., '17. Fell, nr. Rheims, 27 May, '18.
Neill, Donald, 1642, Act.-Sgt., Black Watch.
s., Mr. & Mrs. Albert A. Neill, 27 Richmond Rd., T. Heath.
W., nr. Zonnebeke, 29 Oct., '14 Fell, nr. Kut-el-Amara,
Mesopotamia, 22 Apr., '16.
Neill, Edward Charles, 425, Cpl., Black Watch.
s., Mr. & Mrs. Albert A. Neill, 27 Richmond Rd., T. Heath.
Fell, nr. Soissons, 15 Sept., '14.
Nelki, a. M., Rflmn., L.R.B.
b., '96 ; s., Insp. Nelki, of S. Norwood Spec. Constab. Res.,
S. Norwood. Enl., about Dec, '14. Fell, France, 18 May, '17,
Nelson, J., 4306, Pte., Lond. Regt.
Res., S. Norwood, Fell, '16.
Nevard, a. H., Pte.. Lond. Regt.
Empl. by L.B. & S.C.R. Res., 45a Mersham Rd., T. Heath.
D. of wounds, 25 Sept., '16.
New, a. W., Essex Regt.
b., '95 Educ, Whitgift G. Sch. Held a commis. in Territorials
before war ; acted as transport offr. with his btn. at Gallipoli,
from Jul., 'is-Dec, '15. Accidentally hilled, Ypres, 14 May, '18.
New, Hedley Bruce, Lt., Essex Regt. (attd. R.F.C.)
b., '93. Educ, Whitgift G. Sch., and Crystal Pal. Sch. of
Engineering. Civil engineer and surveyor. Joined, Aug., ' 14 ;
served at Gallipoli ; transf. to R.F.C, *i6. Fell, France, 31
Nov., '17.
New, Stanley Charles, L/Cpl., Can. Forces.
b., '90 ; s., Mr. & Mrs. C. New, S. Croydon. Empl. by Messrs.
Quelch & Sons, boot and shoe manuf., Croydon. D., 1 Nov., '16,
of wounds reed., 13 Sept., '16.
Newbury, Harold, 30285, Cpl., 4 Gren. Gds.
6., Devonport, 4 Aug., '98 ; s., Walter J. S. & Mary Jane Newbury,
24 Carew Rd., T. Heath. Educ, Plymouth Sec. Sch., & Skerry's
Coll., Croydon. Single. Civil Serv. clerk (Board of Trade).
Enl. in R. Horse Gds., May, '16. Fell, nr. Hazebrouck, 13
Apr., '18.
THE GLORIOUS DEAD 357
Newcombe, Harold Victor, Pte., 7 E. Kent Regt.
b., 71 Coningham Rd., Shepherd's Bush, 27 Mar., '97 ; s., Mr.
& Mrs. Newcombe, 21 Bclgrave Rd., S. Norwood. Educ,
Birchanger Rd. Sch., S. Norwood, and Whitgift Sch. Single.
Ledger clerk. i?ej., 53 Enmore Rd., S. Norwood. £■«/., 5 Sept.,
'14 ; went to France, 25 Jul., '15. Fell, between Montauban
and Carnoy Craters, Somme, i Jul., '16. (Plate XXII., i).
Newell, S. J., Gnr., R.F.A.
b.,'gi. i?e5., 25 WatcombeRd., S.Norwood. Fell, ig Apr. ,'17.
Newlyn, Leslie, L/Cpl., R.W.S. Regt.
b., '92 ; s., Mr. & Mrs. Newlvn, Home Farm Dairy, Chelsham
Rd., S. Croydon. Fell, 11 May, '17.
Newnham, E., L/Cpl., R.W.S. Regt.
Res.,W. Croydon. Fell, '17.
NiCHOLAss, Henry John, Driver, R.F.A.
b., 294 Parchmore Rd., T. Heath, 2 Apr., '97 ; s., Mr. & Mrs.
H. J. Nicholass, 296 Parchmore Rd., T. Heath. Educ, Beulah
Rd. Sch., T. Heath. Single. Clerk. Enl., i Apr., '16.
Fell, France, 3 Aug., '17. (Plate XXIII., 5).
NiCHOLLS, Frederick Albert, Gnr., R.G.A.
Married; 6 children. Greengrocer. i?es., 115 Parchmore Rd.,
T. Heath. Enl., Mar., '17 ; iv., France, Aug., '17 ; in hosp.
at Leicester for 10 mths. ; discharged, 10 Jul., '18. D. of wounds
and pneumonia, at Croydon Hosp., 10 Sept., '18.
Nichols, Alexander, 2 R.W.S. Regt.
s., L. & A. Nichols, 7 Broadv»'ay Av., Croydon. Fell, Festubert,
16 May, '15.
Nichols, Dudley Matthew, Lt., R.A.F.
b-, '99 ; y.s., Mr. & Mrs. Nichols, of Addis. Educ,
Bedford House Sch., Addis. Single. Empl. by Mr. E. E.
Clark, solicitor, Eastcheap ; wrote much poetry, etc., published
by Messrs. G. Newnes, and Messrs. Raphael Tuck. Killed
at a flying sch. in England, Sept., '18.
Nichols, H., Gnr., R.G.A.
Nicholson, Bernard George Maurice, Lt., Northd. Fus.
y.s., Mr. & Mrs. Nicholson, Norwood. D. in hosp., at Lincoln, '18.
Nickless, F., Pte., R.Fus.
Single. Empl. by Croydon Corp., Roads Dept. Res., 87
Albany Rd., Reading. £■«/., 15 Oct., '14 ; to. & missing, France,
8 Oct., '16.
Nightingale, Bert George, Pte., Yorks. Regt.
b., Sutton, 26 Oct., '81 ; 5., Mr. & Mrs. George Nightingale,
65 Warwick Rd., Sutton. Educ, Sutton Counc. Sch. Married.
Warehouseman. Res., 16 Kynaston Rd., T. Heath. Enl., 20
Jul., '16. Fell, France, 6 May, '18.
Nightingale Sidney, Pte., Q.W. Rif. (16 Lond. Regt.)
b., Tunbridge Wells, 26 Feb., '91 ; s., Mr. & Mrs. Nightingale,
5 The Exchange, Purley. Educ, Abp. Tenison's Sch., Croydon.
Single. Partner in his father's business. Enl., 26 Feb., '16.
Fell, Ashecourt, France, 8 Apr., '17.
Nightingale, Stu.art D., L/Cpl., 2/4. R.W.S. Regt.
b., '99 ; 5., Mr. & Mrs. Nightingale, 66 Torridge Rd., T. Heath.
Educ, Winterbourne Rd. Sch., T. Heath, where he was several
yrs. memb. of winning team in inter-sch. relay race at Crystal Pal.
Single. Junr. asst., Croydon Public Libraries. Enl., Jan. 5 '15 ;
served at Suvla Bay ; invalided home with dysentery ; sent to
Egypt, '16 ; participated in capture of Beersheba, Hebron,
Bethlehem and Jerusalem ; proceeded to France, Jul., '18.
Fell, France, i Aug., '18.
358 THE CROYDON ROLL OF HONOUR
NiGHY, Joshua, Pte., R.W.S. Regt.
s., Mr. & Mrs. Nighy, 96 Old Town, Croydon. Fell, i Jul., '16.
NiMMO, Stuart Henry, Capt., 8 R.S. Fus.
b., Dunoon, Argyllshire, 18 Aug., '97 ; 5., Mr. & Mrs. Charles
Stuart Nimmo, 33 The Crescent, Croydon. Educ, Hillhead
High Sch., Glasgow, where he was a cadet. Single. Ship-
broker's clerk. Res., Glasgow. Joined as 2/Lt., Sept., '15.
Fell, Doiran Front, Salonica, 19 Sept., '18.
NoAKES, Stuart Bertram, Capt.
b., '75 ; ^th s., Mr. & Mrs. Wickham Noakes, Selsdon Pk., Croydon.
Lost with the transport " Aragon," torpedoed in the Mediterranean,
nr. Alexandria, 30 Dec, '17.
Noakes, William James.
s., Mr. & Mrs. Noakes, 195 Bensham Lane, T. Heath.
Fell, 7 Oct., '17.
Noble, J. S., 2/Lt., R. Berks. Regt.
b., '99. Educ, Whitgift G. Sch., Croydon. D. of wounds^
30 Mar., '18.
Nolan, Charles Dougl.'\s, 841951, Rflmn., Lond. Irish Rif. (18 Lond.
Regt.).
b., Godalming, 27 Nov., '95 ; y.s., Michael James & Emily Nolan,
84 Harrington Rd., S. Norwood. Educ, Portland Rd. Sch.>
S. Norwood. Single. Grocer's asst. Enl., 27 Oct, '15.
Fell nr. Albert, 24 Aug., '18.
Norman, A. G., Pte., Ox & Bucks. L.I
s., Mr. & Mrs. Norman, 12 Mitcham Rd., Croydon. Res.,
Crovdon. Was in the Res. when war broke out ; w., Oct., '14.
Fell, Jul., '16.
Norman, Arthur James, Sgt., 14 R.W.S. Regt.
b., Croydon, '89. Educ, Mitcham Rd. Sch., Croydon. Married.
Empl. as tram conductor by S. Met. T.'-amways Res., 2 Park
Cottages, Morden. £■«/., 4 Aug., '14. FeZ/, France, 12 Apr., '18.
Noyce, F. C, Pte.
b., 21 Dec, '96 ; 3^^ s., Mr. & Mrs. A. J. Noyce, loi Parson's
Mead, Croydon. Enl., 21 Dec, '14. D., 16 Oct., '16, of
wounds inflicted by bomb dropped from enemy aircraft, 2 days
prev.
Nltmn, B. a., Sgt., Welsh Regt.
Res., S. Norwood. Fell, '17.
Nye, A. H., RW.S.Regt.
Fell, '16.
Nye, R. T., Pte., R. Fus.
b., '00 ; s., Mr. & Mrs. James T. Nye, Victory Hotel, Croydon.
Educ, Shirley Ch. Sch. Empl. by Messrs. Cashman, and by
Mr. Baldwin, butchers. Enl., in Middlesex Regt., 9 Feb., '18.
D. of wounds reed, in France, 24 Aug., '18.
Nyren, D. R., 2/Lt., R. Fus.
Educ, Whitgift G. Sch. Fell, '18.
Cakes, F. W., Sgt., R.E. (Signal Serv.)
b., '94 ; s., Mr. & Mrs. Oakes, 136 Holmesdale Rd., S. Norwood,
Empl. as sorting clerk and telegraphist, Croydon Post Office,
Dec, '10-15. Enl., Apr., '15. D., 25 Jul., '17, at Egginton Hall
Hosp., Derby, of gas poisoning contracted at Ypres. Buried,
Queen's Rd. Cemetery, Croydon.
Oborne, George Edward, Pte., i Middlesex Regt.
b., 97 Honeywell Rd., Wandsworth ; 2nd s., Mr. & Mrs. J. W.
Oborne, 4 Charnwood Rd., S. Norwood. Educ, Whitehorse
Rd. Sch., T. Heath. Single. Apprentice to compositor.
Enl., 6 Mar., '15. Fell, 16 Apr., '16.
THE GLORIOUS DEAD 359
O'Connor, W. P., 3021 15, Cpl., Lond. Regt
Res.,T. Heath. Fell, '17.
O'DoNNELL, J., 2929s, L/Cpl., M.G.C.
Res., Croydon. Fell, '17.
Oldfield, Bern.\rd Stewart, Pte., 1/5 Manchr. Regt.
b., '88 ; y.s., Mr. & Mrs. Oldfield, 59 Hunter Rd., T. Heath.
D. of wounds reed, in France, 21 Oct., '18.
Oldham, Cyril, Pte., L.R.B. (1/5 Lond. Regt.).
Educ, M. Whitgift Sch. Fell, 9 Oct., '16.
Olivier, Jasper George, 2/Lt., 7 D.C.L.I.
b., 26 Apr., '96 ; e.s., Henry Eden Olivier (Vicar, St. James' Ch.)
& Gertrude Olivier. Educ, St. Anselm's Sch., Croydon, Rossall,
and Worcester Coll., Oxford (History Exhibitioner). Gazetted
to 9 E. Lanes, about Dec, '14 ; transf. to D.C.L.L Fell nr.
Lesboeufs, France, 16 Sept., '16.
Olivier, Robert Harold, Capt. & Adjt., 4 Leicester Regt.
h., '79. Gazetted to D.C.L.L, Nov., '99 ; Lt., 'or ; Capt., '09 ;
Adjt , 4 Leicester Regt., '09 ; served in S. African War as Station
Staff Offr. at Paardeburg, Poplar Grove and Dreinfontein (Queen's
Med., 4 clasps, and King's Med., 2 clasps) ; Nandi, '05-06. Fell,
Belgium, 17 Sept., '14.
Olley, C. W., Pte., R. Berks. Regt.
b., Croydon, 3 Jun., '00 ; s., Mr. & Mrs. E. T. Olley, 2B John
St., Coventry Rd., S.Norwood. £■«/. in R.E. Missing, 5 Apr., '18.
Ord, James William, Pte., 16 Middlesex Regt.
b., '96 ; s., Mr. & Mrs. Wm. O. Ord, 13 Lebanon Rd., Croydon.
Educ, Boro. See. Sch., Croydon. Single. Junr. asst., Boro.
Engineer's Dept., Croydon Corp. (empl. at Russell Hill Water-
works). Enl., Aug., '!■;; served in France, Apr.-Jul., '16.
Fell, Beaumont Hamel, i Jul., '16. (Plate XXXVL, 3).
Organ, Albert Oswald, Pte., i R.W.S. Regt.
b.. New Rd., Battersea, 12 Jun., '83 ; s., Oswald & Elizabeth
Organ, 53 Russell Rd., Croydon Educ, Sleaford St. Sch.,
Battersea Park. Married. Carman. i?^5., Zion Rd., T. Heath.
Enl., Oct., '14. D. of wounds reed, at Loos, 25 Sept., '15.
Osborne, C., 23009, Pte., Essex Regt.
Res., W. Croydon. D., '17.
Osborne, Frederick Charles, 7220, Pte., Lond. Scottish (14 Lond. Regt.)
b., Cherrv Orchard Rd., Croydon, 10 Jan., '96 ; s., late Mr., &
Mrs. Mark Osborne, 88 Cross Rd., Croydon. Educ, Oval Rd.
Sch., Croydon. Single. Engraver. Res., 88 Cross Rd.,
Croydon. Enl., 15 Mar., '16. Fell, Arras, 28 Mar., '17.
Oseman, Charles Emblem.
Married. Labourer, empl. by Croydon Corp., Rds. Dept.
Res., 20 Addison Rd., S. Norwood. D. of wounds reed., 25
Sept., '14.
OuTTRiM, Charles E., Pte., R.W.S. Regt.
y.s., Mr. & Mrs. W. Outtrim, " Guildford Villa," 174 Selsdon
Rd., Croydon. Enl., 30 Oct., '15. D. at Stat. Hosp., Rawal
Pindi, India, of malaria, 17 Jun., '17.
OvETT, H. T., 60871, Pte., R. Fus.
Res., Croydon. Fell, '17.
Padbury, Henry Raymond, L/Cpl., R. Innis. Fus.
s., Mr. & Mrs. Padbury, 29 Tanfield Rd., Croydon. Enl. about '06 ;
served in Ireland, Malta, Crete, China and India ; w., '14. Fell,
Richebourg, i6 May, '15.
Page, G. W., Pte., R.W.S. Regt.
Fell, '16.
360 THE CROYDON ROLL OF HONOUR
Page, L. R., Sgt., E. Kent Regt.
b., '95. D., 14 Aug., '17, of wounds reed. 9 Aug., '17.
Page, R. W., Rflmn., R. Irish Rif.
b., '79. Married ; i son. Empl. as representative of Messrs.
Hall & Co., coal merchants, Whitehorse Rd., Croydon. Res.,
88 Rymer Rd., Addis. Enl. in R.A S.C., Oct., '16. Fell,
7 Aug., '17.
Page, W., Pte., 3/5 E. Sur. Regt.
Empl. by Croydon Corp., Rds. Dept. Fell, '18.
Paice, Stanley Cecil, 2/Lt., R.A.F.
b., 47 Croydon Grove, Croydon, 7 Apr., '88 ; s., George & Eunice
Mary Paice, 7 Third Av., Queen's Pk.,W.(late of 4 Warrington Rd.,
Croydon). Educ, Par. Ch. Sch., Croydon, & M. Whitgifi Sch.
Single. Motor mechanic. Res., La Vegas, New Mexico, U.S.
Enl. in Can. R.H.A., 11 Nov., '15, rising to rank of cpl., act.-sgt.
Killed in accident while flying at Upavon, Wilts., 4 Jun., '18.
Paige, Alfred Henry, Pte., 1/20 Lond. Regt.
b., 8 Junction Cottages, Croydon, 20 Sept., '96 ; s., Alfred
Edward & Elizabeth Paige, 12 Russell Rd., Croydon. Educ,
Sydenham Rd. Sch., Croydon. Single. Porter. Enl., in
R. Fus., 3 Mar., '16. Fell, High Wood, Somme, 15 Sept., '16.
Paine, Harry, 2/Lt., Sher. For. (Notts. & Derby. Regt.)
b., '97 ; ^th s., Mr. & Mrs. J. H. Paine, 83 London Rd., Croydon.
Enl, '14. Fell, 29 Sept., '18.
Paine, James Horace, Pte., Lond. Regt.
b., '98 ; 2,rds., Mr. & Mrs. George Cuthbert Paine, "Beechwood,"
Parkstone (late of Norwood). Fell, 30 Dec, '17.
Paine, Walter Lionel, Capt. & Adjt., 10 K.O.R.L. Regt.
b., '81 ; s., Mr. & Mrs. Paine, " Cotswold," Farquhar Rd.,
U. Norwood. Educ, Oundle G. Sch., & Sydney Sussex Sch.
Single. M.A., Camb. ; house master at Oundle G. Sch.; asst.
master, Whitgift Sch. ; secretary, " Reform of Latin Teaching
Association." Enl. as pte. in Gren. Gds., Aug., '14. Fell, Galli-
poli, 4 Jun., '15.
Palmer, Alexander Thomas Herbert, Pte., 6 R.W.S. Regt.
b., Chelsea, i Jul., '97 : s., Thomas & Helena Charlotte Palmer,
36 Windmill Grove, Croydon, Educ, Oval Rd., & Brit. Schs.,
Croydon. Single. Reporter, " Croydon Times." Enl.,
18 Jun., '15. D., 10 Apr., '17, of wounds reed. nr. Arras, 4
Apr., '17. Buried, Duisans Brit. Cem., nr. Arras.
Palmer, W. C, Rflmn., K.R.R.C.
Married ; i child. Clerk, Croydon Gas Coy., Apr., '99-16. Res.,
36 Raymead Av., T. Heath. Enl., Jun., '16 ; served in France
and Italy. D. of wounds, 30 Mar., '18.
Palmer, Walter Montague, Pte., 3 R. Fus.
b., Bromley-by-Bow, 11 Feb., '96 ; s., Mr. & Mrs. H. Palmer,
108 Holmesdaie Rd., S. Norwood. Educ, Ecclesbourne Rd. Sch.,
T. Heath. Single. Butcher's asst. Res., 295 Whitehorse Rd.,
Croydon. Enl., 18 Jan., '14. Fell, Loos, 27 Sept., '15.
Falser, Ernest Manicorn, L/Cpl.
Fell, I Jul., '16.
Panting, Arnold Clement, 2/Lt., 9 R.W.S .Regt. (attd. R. Munster Fus.)
b., Brixton, 30 Apr., '90 ; s., Mr. & Mrs. J. Harwood Panting,
" The Shack," Melrose Av., Norbury. Educ, Alleyn's Coll.,
Dulwich. Single. Journalist on editorial staff of Amalgamated
Press. Enl. in an O.T.C., 19 Oct., '14 ; served in Egypt and
Balkans. Killed while on reconnaissance work with R.F.C.,
Stavros, Salonica, 13 Jan., '17.
THE GLORIOUS DEAD 361
Paradin, W., 17810, Pte., Essex Regt.
Fell, '16.
Parham, F. L., Sapper, RE.
Married. Res., 86 Grant Rd., Croydon. D. of pneumonia,
Mesopotamia, 12 Oct., '18.
Parish, S., Cpl., 4 R.W.S. Regt.
Empl. by Croydon Corp., Electricity Dept. Fell, '16.
Parker, Cpl., R. Irish Rif.
b. about '98 ; s., Mr. & Mrs. Parker, Forest Hill. Empl. as
cinema operator, Electric Pal., Croydon. Res., Cassland Rd.,
T. Heath. Accidentally killed by premature explosion of a
bomb at Co. Down Training Camp, Ireland, Dec, '17.
Parker, Edward, Pte., M.G.C.
b., '96 ; 2}id s., Mr. & Mrs. Parker, late of 46 Cobden Rd.,
S. Norwood. Educ, Birchanger Rd. Sch., S. Norwood. Enl.,
Apr., '17 ; transf. to Wilts. Regt., Oct., '17, and to M.G.C,
Feb., '18.
Parker, G. A., Pte.
b., Croydon, '86. Educ, Boston Rd. Sch., Croydon. Married ;
2 children. Empl. by L.B. & S.C.R. i?ei-., 2 Cecil Rd., Croydon.
Enl., Mar., '17. Fell, Passchendaele, 10 Oct., '17.
Parker, G. S., 14216, Sapper, R.E.
Res., T. Heath. Fell, '17.
Parker, George, Pte., 6 R.W.S. Regt.
Empl. by Messrs. Streeter Bros., and Messrs. Smith Wilkinson &
Sons. Res., 38 Mitcham Rd., Croydon. Enl'., Aug., '14.
Fell, France, 14 Mar., '16.
Parker, James George, Pte., 6 R.W.S. Regt.
b., Croydon, 30 May. '87. Educ, Whitehorse Rd. Sch., T. Heath.
Married. Paperhanger. Res., 9 Talbot Rd., T. Heath. Enl.,
27 Aug., '14. Fell, Armentieres, 23 Sept., '15.
Parker, Robert, Pte.
6., '91. E'rfMc., Boston Rd. Sch., Croydon. Married; i daughter.
Empl. by L.B. & S.C.R. Enl., Mar., '17 ; tv., Cambrai, Nov., '17.
Fell, France, 23 Aug., '18.
Parker, W. H., Capt., Lond. Regt.
Educ, Whitgift G. Sch., Croydon. Fell, '17.
Parr, Edwin, L/Cpl., R.W. Kent Regt.
h., '93 ; s., Mr. & Mrs. Parr, 56 Tanfield Rd., Croydon. Married;
2 children. Empl. by Mr. Cooper, hairdresser. Res.,
66 Southbridge Rd,, Croydon. Enl., Apr., '16. Fell, Somme,
7 Oct., '16.
P.-umoTT, J. T., 111882, Gnr., R.G.A.
Res., Croydon. Fell, '17.
Parsons, E. D.
Formerly Res. Med. OfFr. at Croydon Boro. Hosp. Res., at
Wimbledon. D. of typhoid, contracted in France. (Plate I., 4).
Parsons, Albert Victor, 14667, Sgt., i Beds. Regt.
b., '86 ; s., Mr. & Mrs. Parsons, i Leighton St. E., Croydon.
Educ, Mitcham Rd. Sch., Croydon. Enl., '15 ; w., twice.
Fell, nr. Arras, 23 Apr., '17.
Parsons, E. H., Sgt., Can. E.F.
b., '87. Res., Vancouver, late of Croydon. Fell, France,
29 Sept., 'i5.
Parsons, Harold Cope, Cpl., Q.V. Rif. (9 Lond. Regt.)
b., T. Heath, 3 Dec, '88 ; s., Mr. & Mrs. George Keble Parsons,
S3 The Beeches, Carshalton. £"(/«£., M. Whitgift Sch. Married.
Clerk. Res., " The Glen," Heathview Rd., T. Heath. Enl.,
10 Nov., '14. Fell, nr. Albert, 24 Jun., '18 ; buried, Bavelin-
court Cem., nr. Corbie-sur- Somme. (Plate XXII., 3).
362 THE CROYDON ROLL OF HONOUR
Parsons, J. E., 11552, Rflmn., R,B.
Res.,W. Croydon. Fell, '16.
Pascall, Thomas Osborne, Pte., R. Fus.
b., 21 Feb., '95 ; s., Mr. & Mrs. Thomas George Pascall, Boro.
Green, Kent, formerly of Woodside Green, S. Norwood. Educ.^
Whitgift G. Sch., Croydon. Fell, France, 2 Jan., 'i6.
Patching, Henry John, Rflmn., L.R.B. (5 Lond. Regt.)
b., Brighton, 5 Apr., '95. Ednc, St. Saviour's Sch., Croydon.
Single. Clerk. i?e5., 16 Arundel Rd., Croydon. £■«/., 15 Feb. »
'15. D. of cerebro-spinal meningitis, at 7 Gen. Hosp., St. Omer,
II Feb., '17.
Pateman, Henry Lewis, 2/Lt., R.F.C.
b., 26 Jan., '97 ; s., Mr. Lewis, Res. Eng., Croydon Gas Coy.,
Waddon Marsh Lane, Croydon. Ediic, Boro. Sec. Sch.,
Croydon. Enl., Jun., '15, as 2nd a.m. ; 2nd cl. pilot's certif.,
I May, '16 ; ist cl., 23 May, '16 ; sgt., Jul., '16 ; commis., Nov.,
'16 ; Croix de Guerre (French). Fell, '17.
Patience, F. C, Pte., R.W.S. Regt.
b., '93. Educ, Princess Rd. Sch., Croydon. Married ; i child.
Stoker, Croydon Cement Works. Res., 47 Leighton St.,
Croydon. Enl., Jun., '16 ; taken pris., 18 Nov., '16, D. while
pris. of war, Dec, '16.
Paul, W., Capt. & Adjt., W. Yorks. Regt.
b., '75 ; e.s., Mr. & Mrs. W. Paul, 39 South End, Croydon.
Res. in India before war. M.C. D. of wounds, i Dec, '17,
Pauiley, George Henry, Sgt., R.G.A.
b., 53 Brigstock Rd., T. Heath, 22 Oct., '90 ; s., William & Ellen
Paullev, 53 Brigstock Rd., T. Heath. Educ, Ecclesbourne Rd.
Sch., T. Heath. Single. Police constable. Enl. in R.F.A.,
150 Bty., Feb., '06 ; on reserve, Feb., '12-Aug., '14, during which
time he served with Met. Police Force, attd. " C " Div., Vine St,
Rejoined, 5 Aug., '14 ; served from Aug., '14-Mar., '17. D. of
cerebro-spinal meningitis, St. Pol, 18 Mar., '17.
Payne, Christopher Charles, Pte.,^2 R. Suss. Regt.
b.. Worth, Sussex, i May, '98 ; s., George & Fanny Payne, 41
Strathmore Rd., Croydon. Educ, Tavistock Rd. Sch., Croydon.
Single. Railway employee. Enl., 16 Feb., '17. Fell, nr,
St. Quentin, 18 Sept., 'i8." (Plate XXL, i).
Payne, Harold George, Pte., D.L.L
b., Croydon, 20 Jan., '87 ; s., Arthur & Emma Payne, 20 Mayo Rd.,
Croydon. Educ, Whitehorse Rd. Sch., T. Heath. Married.
Gasfitter. Enl, 28 May, '16. Fell, France, 29 Mar., '18.
Payne, William Henry, L/Cpl , i R.W.S. Regt.
b., 8 Leslie Grove, Croydon, 10 Jun., '97 ; s., Mr. & Mrs. Payne.
8 Leslie Grove, Croydon. Educ, Oval Rd. Sch., Croydon.
Single. Signal box lad. Fc//, Mons, 31 Oct., '14.
Paynter, G., Cpl., II E. Sur. Regt.
Empl. by Croydon Corp., Roads Dept. Res., 41 Selhurst Rd.,
S. Norwood. Enl., about Dec, '16. Fell, France, 9 Sept., '17.
Peacock, Thomas Gordon, Capt. & Adjt., 8 R. Berks. Regt.
b., '93 ; e.s., Mr. & Mrs. Thomas Peacock, late of Hadleigh
Mount, Croydon. Fell, '15.
Peacock, Walter James, Pte., Middlesex Regt.
b., Brixton, 3 Oct., '96 ; s., Mr. & Mrs. Walter Hugh Peacock,
430 Lr. Addis. Rd., Croydon. Single Clerk. Enl., as 2nd a.m.,
in R.F.C, Aug., '15. Fell, Flanders, 21 Mar., 18 ; buried. Nine
Elms Cem., Poperinghe.
THE GLORIOUS DEAD 363
Pearce, a. a., Pte., R.W.S. Regt.
b., '95. Single. Empl. as fitter's mate by Croydon Gas Coy.,
from 16 May, '12. £";;/., May, '15. Fell, 21 Sept., '18.
Pearce, George, Rflmn., i R.B.
Married : 6 children. Res., 144 Gloucester Rd., Croydon.
Enl., 'q9 ; served in S.A. War ; recalled to colours, 4 Aug., '14 ;
to. & buried by shell nr. Armentieres, Oct., '14, and as a result lost
his eyesight ; inmate of St. Dunstan's Hosp. and Convalescent
Home at Torquay. D., Nov., '17. Buried, Queen's Rd. Cem.,
Croydon.
Pearce, Leslie Challingsworth, Sgt., 12 Lond. Regt.
b., Croydon, 18 Aug., '82 ; 5//j s., late George & Annie Pearce,
" Florence House," Whitehorse Rd., Croydon. Single. Com-
mercial traveller. Res., " Florence House," Whitehorse Rd.,
Croydon. Enl., 6 Feb., '15. D., 10 Aug., '18, at 41 C.C.S.,
France, of wounds reed., at Morlancourt, 9 Aug., '18.
Pearce, Reginald Challingsworth, Cpl., 12 Lond. Regt.
b., Croydon, 31 Jul., '84 ; 6th s., late George & Annie Pearce,
" Florence House," Whitehorse Rd., Croydon. Single. Private
secretary. Res., " Florence House," Whitehorse Rd., Croydon.
Enl., 6 Feb., '15. Fell, Villers-Bretonneaux, 13 Apr., 'i8,
Pearless, R. F., Middlesex Regt
Res., T. Heath. Fell, '16.
Pearman, H., R.W.S. Regt.
Fell, '16.
Pearse, Cyril Norman, Pte., L.R.B. (5 Lond. Regt.)
b., Anerley, 3 Sept., '88 ; s., Mr. & Mrs. L. F. Pearse, 8 Eldon Pk.,
S. Norwood. Educ, High Sch., S. Norwood. Single.
Accountant's clerk. Enl., Aug., '14. Fell, Ploegsteert, nr.
Ypres, 27 Nov., '14.
Pearse, Phyllls Ada, A/Sister, Q.A.LM.N.S.
b., Anerley, 22 Dec. '86 ; daughter of Mr. & Mrs. L. F. Pearse,
8 Eldon Pk., S. Norwood. Educ, Sydenham High Sch. Single.
Nurse ; first entered nursing service at The Yarrow Home,
Broadstairs ; St. Bartholomew's Hosp., Lond., for 3 years ; then
in Q.A.LM.N.S., Tidv.orth Hosp. ; served at 10 Gen. Hosp.,
Rouen. D. of acute neurasthenia at 2 Gen. Hosp., Le Havre,
29 Apr., '15.
Pearson, Claude Stanley.
6., '88 ; v.^., Mr. & Mrs. E.T. Pearson, 70 Church St., Crovdon.
Married Gladys (w/e) Woodhouse, of T. Heath. A.LM.E.,
M.LM.M. D. of heart failure, Nigeria, W. Africa, 15 Nov., '18.
Pearson, Ralph Vernon, 242109, Pte., Lincoln Regt.
b., Croydon, 11 Nov., '97 ; s., Mr. & Mrs. Charles Pearson,
47 Lansdovvne Rd., Croydon. Educ, Oval Rd. Sch., Croydon.
Single. Estate agent's clerk. £"«/., 4 Sept., '16. Fc//, France,
26 Sept., '17. (Plate XXV., 6).
Peat, John, 201 171, Pte., 8 R.W.S. Regt.
b., 3 Ellis David PI., '96 ; s., Mr. & Mrs. E. Peat, 8 Mitcham
Rd., Croydon. Educ, Par. Ch. Sch., Croydon. Single.
Cabinet maker's apprentice. Enl., 29 Aug., '15. Missing,
presumed killed, 1 Aug., '17.
Pegg, Halt am William, 2/Lt., 8 E. Sur. Regt.
b., T. Heath, 8 Dec, '96 ; s., Mr. & Mrs. H. Carter Pegg, Alnwick
House, T. Heath. Ffifwc, Whitgift G. Sch., to Dec, '14. Single.
Commis., 21 Dec, '14. D. on amb. train, 4 Jul., '16, of wounds
reed, at Montauban, Somme, i Jul., '16. Buried. Abbeville.
364 THE CROYDON ROLL OF HONOUR
Peirce, Edward, 9903, Sgt., Ox. & Bucks. L.I.
b., Brixton ; 5., Mr. & Mrs. Peirce, 11 Alexandra Rd., Addis
Educ, Keston, Kent. Single. Gardener. Res., Wallingford.
Enl., 25 Aug., '14. D. of diabetes, Camiers, France, 25 Apr., '17.
Pelling, Lennard, L/Cpl., Tank C.
b., '85 ; y.s., Mr. & Mrs. Pelling, 118 Handcroft Rd., Croydon.
Empl. by Messrs. Beringer & Strohmenger, North End, Croydon.
Res.^ " Sussex Villas," Croydon Grove, Croydon. Enl., '16.
Fell, 17 Apr., '18.
Pelling, W. S., Sgt., Can. E.F.
y.s., Mr. & Mrs. A. Pelling, 7 Seneca Rd., T. Heath. Went to
Canada, '12. Served in Can. Militia. Enl., Oct., '14. Fell,
6 Jun., '16.
Pendrigh, Alexander Conrad Cuthbertson, 2/Lt., 6 (attd. 2) DevonRgt.
b., Greenwich, 5 Nov., '97 ; s., David Croll & Vally Pendrigh,
1 Fell Rd., Croydon. Educ, Whitgift G. Sch., where he was
Coy.Sgt.Maj. in O.T.C. ; winner of several shooting contests ;
good at all branches of athletics, etc., and capt. of his House.
Enl. in Inns of Court O.T.C, i Nov., '15 ; gazetted to Devon
Regt., Aug., '16 ; went to France, 3 Jan., '17. D., 17 Aug., '17,
at 8 Gen. Hosp., Rouen, of wounds reed, at Ypres, 31 Jul., '17.
(Plate XXI., 2).
Pendry, George Frederic, ist Class Stoker, R.N.
b., 82 Wilford Rd., Croydon, 4 Mar., '93 ; s., I. J. & R. Pendry,
113 Windmill Rd., Croydon. Educ, Princess Rd. Sch., Croydon.
Single. Empl. at Fremlin's Brewery, Croydon. Res., 17 Tait
Rd., Croydon. Joined, 14 Mar., '11. Lost with H.M.S.
" Amphion," 6 Aug., '14.
Penman, Arnold, Coy.Q.M.Sgt., 116 Can. Regt.
b., Ashton-under-Lyne, 2 Jun., '79 ; s., Rev. & Mrs. George
Penman, 29 Leander Rd., T. Heath. Educ, Kent Coll., Canter-
bury. Married. Draper. Res., Orillia, Ontario, Canada.
Enl., Mar., '16. Fell, France, 31 Dec, '17.
Penman, Geoffrey Ev.'vn.s, Lt., M.G.C.
b., '98 ; .?., Mr. Edgar Penman (Secty. Brit. Home for Incurables,
Streatham) & Mrs. Penman. Educ, Epsom Coll., & member of
coll. O.T.C. Commis, in R.W.S. Regt., '14 ; went to France,
Mav '16 ; transf. to M.G.C, Sept., '16. Fell, France, 9 May, '17.
Penny, J. H., 64208, Cpl., R.H.A.
b., '90 ; 5., Mr. & Mrs. Penny, 10 Donald Rd., Croydon. Educ,
Brit. Sch., Croydon. Enl., about 'o"]. Fe//, France, 24 Apr., '17.
Pentelow, G. N. E., Coy.Sgt.Maj., 6 Staff. Regt.
Educ, Whitgift G. Sch., Croydon. D., 7 Oct., '17, of wounds
inflicted by aeroplane bomb, about 30 Sept., '17.
Perkins, Albert, L/Cpl., Worcester Regt.
b., '86 ; 7/// .v., Mr. & Mrs. Perkins, 18 Chelsham Rd., Croydon.
Educ, Bynes Rd. Sch., Croydon. Enl., '15. Fell, France,
between 11 & 17 Apr., '18.
Perkins, James Philip, L/Cpl., R. Suss. Regt.
b., '97. Empl. by " Croydon Times." Res., 95 Stanley Rd.,
Croydon. Enl., 1 Sept., '16 ; went to France, Jan., '17 ;
M.M., Cambrai, '17. Fell, Oct., '18.
Perkins, William Ewart.
Married. Fell, .Suvla Bay, 9 Aug., '15.
Perrin, T. F., Capt., R.E.
s., Mr. & Mrs. Thomas Perrin, Morden Coll., Blackheath,
formerly Cheltonville, Addis., Croydon. Educ, Whitgift G. Sch.
D., 24 Jul., '17.
THE GLORIOUS DEAD 365
Perry, Arthur, Drummer, R.W.S. Regt.
s., Mr. & Mrs. Perr>% Oval Rd., Croydon. Empl. by " Croydon
Advertiser." Etil., Aug., '14. Fell, 24 Aug., '16.
Perry, Charles Stanley, 10103, Pte., 2 Scottish Rif.
b., Ryde, Isle of Wight ; s., Mr. & Mrs. Pern,^ 25 Woodland Rd.,
T. Heath. Ediic, Lenham, Kent, & Lond. Single. Hair-
dresser. Res., Norbury. Fell, Champagne, France, 24 Nov., '14.
Perry, Kenneth George, 2/Lt., R. Suss. Regt.
b., 2.1 Oct., '83 ; 5., Mr. & Mrs. Charles Archibald Pern.% Chipstead
arid " Hazelglen," Horley. Educ, Whitgift G. Sch.,^ '95-99-
Married. Railway surveyor. D. of v.ounds, i Nov., '16.
Perry, T. W., Pte., E. Kent Regt.
Res., 12 Crunden Rd., Croydon. W. & missm:^, 21 Mar., '18.
Perry, William Arthur, L/Cpl., 4 R.W.S. Regt.
b., Wellington, Salop, 18 Dec, '96 ; s., Mr. & Mrs. H. Pcrn.%
81 The Drive, T. Heath. Educ, Mitcham Rd. Sch., Croydon.
Single. Oilman's asst. Res., 2 Euston Rd., Croydon. Enl.,
19 Nov., '14. Reported missing, presumed fallen, 3 Aug., -.
Perryman, a., 2424, Pte., Middlesex Regt.
Res., Croydon. Fell, '17.
Pestell, Clifford Leslie, Engineer Sub-Lt., R.N.
b., 17 Jul., '88 ; s., Mr.& Mrs. Henry Pestell. Educ, Lancaster
Coll., Heme Hill, & Beccles, Suffolk. Engineer ; served as
apprentice with Messrs. Ruston, Proctor & Co., Lincoln ; later
held appointments with L.S.W.Rv., Grand Trunk Ry. of Can.,
and Can. Pacific Ry. Ettl. in R.A.S.C. (M.T.), Jan., '15 ; served
in France, Sept., '15-17 ; obtained appointment under Admiralty,
25 Jun., '16. Lost in the North Sea, 20 Jun., '17.
Pestridge, Frederick, Pte., 7 R.W.S. Regt.
b., '86 ; 2rd s., Mr. & Mrs. G. T. Pestridge, 34 TrafFord Rd..
T. Heath. Enl., 21 Oct., '15 ; served in France 2 years 8 months.
Fell, Morlancourt, 8 Aug., '18.
Peters, Richard, 22601, Pte., 8 E. Sur. Regt.
b., Tamworth Rd., Croydon, 22 Feb., '82. Educ, Brit. Sch.,
Croydon. Married ; i child. Decorator., empl. by Mr. C.
Lewin, builder, then of Bensham Lane, Croydon. Res., 87
Parson's Mead, Croydon. Enl., 19 Jun., '16. Fell, France,
22 Sept., '18. Buried, Villers Faucon.
Peters, Walter Stanley, Pte., Civil Serv. Rif. (15 Lond. Regt.)
b., '98 ; y.s., Mr. & Mrs. Walter Peters, 10 Zermatt Rd.,T. Heath.
Educ, M. Whitgift Sch. Clerk at Scotland Yard. Efd., '17.
Fell, 8 Aug., '18.
Peto, Joseph, Act.-Sgt., R.G.A,
b., '90. Married ; 2 children. Empl. by L.B. & S.C.Ry.
Res., 13a Henderson Rd., Croydon. Enl., 9 Nov., '14 ; served
in France, Jan., 'i6-Apr., '18. D. of wounds, France, 30 Apr., '18.
Petrie, Arthur H., 2/Lt., E. Sur. Regt. (attd. Trench Mortar Bty.)
b., '97 ; e.s.. Major James & Mrs. Petrie, Addiscombe. Educ,
Haywards Heath, Brighton G. Sch., & Whitgift G. Sch., where
he was memb. of O.T.C. to '14. Gazetted, 26 Jan., '15 ; served
in France, 18 Nov., '15-Jul., '17 ; ment. in desp.. May, '17.
Fell, France, 31 Jul., 'i7»
Pettifer, Sidney, Pte., R.A.S.C.
b., '83 ; s., Mr.& Mrs. Pettifer, 4 Wyche Grove, Croydon. Educ,
Bynes Rd. Sch., Croydon. Married ; 2 children. Clerk.
Enl., Nov., '16 ; discharged, '17. D. of illness incurred on
service, i Apr., '18.
366 THE CROYDON ROLL OF HONOUR
Pfundt, Barry, Pte., Hauraki Regt., N.Z. Forces.
b., Wallington. 30 Aug., '87 ; s., Rudolf & Isabel Pfundt,
" Rollodene," 13 Birdhurst Rd., Croydon. Educ, at Croydon.
Single. Engineer, Waihi Gold Mining Coy. Res., Waihi, N.Z.
Enl., '14. Fell, Anzac, Gallipoli, 25 Apr., '15. (Plate XXVII., 6).
Phare, Dudley Gersham, Lt., K. S.L.I.
b., Crouch End, 18 Oct., '88 ; s., George & Edith Annie Phare,
4 Ashburton Rd., Croydon. Educ, Private Sch., & St. Olave's
G. Sch., Tooley St., E.C., '03-04. Single. Chartered
accountant (A.C.A.). Joined as 2/Lt., Sept., '15 ; served in
R.A.S.C. Fell, Henin-sur-Cojeuil, 28 Mar., '18.
Phillips, Bert E., Sgt., R.W.S. Regt.
b., '89. Educ., Abp. Tenison's Sch., Croydon ; memb. of St
Peter's C.E.B. Res., 17 Haling Rd., Croydon. Enl., '08 ;
went to India, '14 ; ret. to Eng., time expired, '16 ; re-enlisted
and went to France, '17 ; D.C.M. Fell, 6 Apr., '18.
Phillips, Herbert Charles, Pte., 6 R.W.S. Regt.
b., Copthorne, Surrey, 6 Oct., '87 ; s., Charles & Elizabeth
Phillips, 25 Totton Rd., T. Heath. Educ, Tenison's Sch., and
Beulah Rd. Sch., T. Heath. Single. Gardener. Enl.,
Aug., '14. Fell, Armenti^res, 23 Sept., '15.
Phillips, Percy Thomas, Pte., 8 R.W.S. Regt.
b., Helder St., Croydon, 19 Apr., '94 ; s., Charles & Elizabeth
Phillips, 25 Totton Rd., T. Heath. Educ, Beulah Rd. Sch.,
T. Heath. Single. Ettl., 30 Apr., '16. D. from gas poisoning,
Ypres, 30 Apr., 'i6.
Pickering, A. E., Cpl., R.E.
Married ; i daughter. Empl. by Messrs. Collins, Old Broad
St. Res., Worthing, formerly Lincoln Rd., S. Norwood.
D. of influenza, France, '18.
Pickering, Walter, Sgt., i R.W.S. Regt.
b., Bridlington, Yorks., 7 Apr., '95. Single. Hairdresser.
Res., S. Croydon. Enl., 15 Nov., '15 ; M.M. Fell, '17.
PiCKFORD, A. J. Ernest, Pte.
b., '06 ; e s., Arthur & Emily Pickford, 206 Livingstone Rd.,
T. Heath. D. of wounds, France, 25 Aug., '18.
Pierce, Sidney, Pte.
Educ, Abp. Tenison's Sch., Croydon. Fell, Somme, 15 Sept., '16.
PiGE, Herbert Joseph, Cpl., Lond. Regt.
Fell, '16.
PiGGOTT, Charles W.
b., '81 ; s., Mr. & Mrs. Piggott, 53 Kingswood Rd., Penge,
Married. Res., Wickham Market, Suffolk. Fell, Cambrai,
30 Nov., '17.
PiGGOTT, Harold Edgar, i Essex Regt.
b., S. Norwood ; s., Mr. & Mrs. G. P. Piggott, 12 Norwich Rd.,
T. Heath. Educ, Whitehorse Rd. Sch., T. Heath. Single.
Fitter. Res., 12 Norwich Rd., T. Heath. Fell, nr. Poperinghe,
16 Mar., '18.
Piggott, John A., R.E.
6-. '87 ; y.s., Mr. & Mrs. Piggott, 53 Kingswood Rd., Penile.
Married. Res., 6 Venner Rd., Sydenham. D. of pneumonia,
France, 6 Dec, '18.
Piggott, Samuel, 325172, Pte., W. Yorks. Regt.
s., Mr. & Mrs. Piggott, 12 Norwich Rd., T, Heath. Fell, Cambrai,
II Oct., '18.
Pightling, James, 55773, Pte., 19 Can. Btn.
Res., 14 Church Rd., Croydon. Fell, 22 Jan., '16.
THE GLORIOUS DEAD 367
PiLCHER, J. W., Gnr., R.F.A.
Married. Empl. at T. Heath Model Laundry. Res., 126
Beulah Rd., T. Heath. Enl., 27 Mav, '15. Fell, 22 Sept., '17.
Pink, H. A., 1402, Pte., R.W.S. Regt.
Res., Croydon. Fell, '16.
Pink, J. W.
b., '82. Married. Empl. as lamplighter by Croydon Gas Coy
since Nov., '11. Enl., Mav, '18. Fell, France, 24 Oct., '18.
Piper, H. H., Pte., 2 SufF. Regt.
b., '93. Educ, Whitehorse Rd. Sch., Croydon. Empl. by
Mr. Ramsdale, dairvman, Whitehorse Lane, S. Norwood. Res.,
10 Swain Rd., T. Heath. Enl. in R.W.S. Regt. Fell, z Mar., '16.
Piper, Leslie B., Rflmn., Lond. Regt.
b., '99 ; s., Mr. & Mrs. Piper, 38 Alexandra Rd., Addis. Educ,
Croydon Mod. Sch., & Clark's Coll. Enl., Dec, '16. D. of
wounds, 8 Apr., '18.
Pitman, Thomas Stuart, Lt., 6 York & Lanes. Regt.
b., Streatham, 10 Jul., '91 ; s., Mr. & Mrs. Guilbert Pitman,
34 Coombe Rd., Croydon. Educ, Whitgift G. Sch., & Queen's
Coll., Oxford. Single. Scholar ; scholarship to Queen's Coll.,
Oxford, '09 ; B.A. with hons., '14 ; memb. of 0.\f. Univ. O.T.C,
for 4 vears. Enl., i Oct., '14. Fell, Poel Cappelle, Belgium,
26 Sept., '17. (Plate XXL, 3).
PlTTAM, H. T., Gnr., R.F.A.
s., Mr. & Mrs. Pittam, 228 Gloucester Rd., Croydon. Educ,
Whitehorse Rd. Sch., T. Heath. Empl. at Home & Colonial
Stores, Whitehorse Rd. Fell, 4 Dec, '17.
PiTTMAN, Cecil Frederick, Lt., R.F.C.
b., '91 ; e.s., Mr. & Mrs. Frederick John Pittman, " Beechcroft,"
St. Augustine's Av., Croydon. B.Sc. Killed while flying in
England, 20 Jul., '17. Buried, Bandon Hill Cem.
Planterose, E. a.. Observer Sub-Lt., R.N.A.S.
s., Mr. & Mrs. G. Planterose, 8 East Drive, Brighton. Educ.,
Whitgift G. Sch., Croydon. Fell. '17.
Playfair, L., Lt., I R. Scots (attd. R.F.C.)
Educ, High Sch., Croydon. Fell, '15.
Playstead, Lionel Henry William, 320922, L/Sgt., 2/6 Lond. Regt.
Res., Croydon. Fell, '17.
Plisted, C, 26128, Pte., K.S.L.L
Res., W. Croydon. Fell, 20 Sept., '17.
Plowman, Arthur Ernest, Pte., 13 R. Fus.
b., Wallington, 15 Apr., '98; s., Mr. & Mrs. A. J. Plowman,
4 Ainsworth Rd., Croydon. Educ, Welcome Hall, Croydon.
Single. Apprentice to printer's machine minder. Enl.,
I Sept., '16. Missinq, Gavrelle, France, 29 Apr., 17.
Plumridce, Charles Frederick, Pte., 8 R.W.S. Regt.
b., Slough, 3 Jan., '84. Educ, Croydon. Mairied. Plumber.
i?ex., 58 Woodside Rd., S. Norwood. Enl., 27 ] an., '17. Missini;,
France, 21 Mar., '18.
Poffley, W. a., Pte., R.W.S. Regt.
b., '98 ; y.s., Mr. Sc Mrs. Pofley, 8 Salisbury Rd., Woodside.
Enl., 4 May, '15. D. of wounds, i Jul., '16.
Polge, William Edwin, 2/Lt., 7 I-ond. Regt.
b., S. Norwood, 2 Nov., '92 ; 3rrf s., Henry & Ella Polge, 7
Dornton Rd., Croydon. Educ, High Sch., Croydon. Single.
Banker's clerk. Joined, Sept., '14. Fell, Glencorse Wood, nr.
Ypres, 16 Aug., '17.
368 THE CROYDON ROLL OF HONOUR
PoLHiLL, Herbert William, Gnr., Australian Trench Mortar Bty.
b., Croydon, '88 ; s., Mr. & Mrs. Arthur Polhill, 14 St. John's Gr.,
Croydon. Educ, Brit. Sch., Croydon. D. of wounds at
Liverpool Camp, Australia, 23 Aug., '17.
Polhill, William Henry, Cpl., 13 Aust.I.F.
b., Croydon, iK Nov., '90; s., Mr. & Mrs. Arthur Polhill, 14
St. John's Gr., Croydon. Educ, Brit. Sch., Croydon. Single.
Seedsman. Res., Australia. Enl., '15. D., 12 Apr., '17, of
wounds reed. prev. day. Buried at Australian Mil. Cem., Bapaume.
Pols, Henry James, A.B. Seaman, R.N.
b., '95 ; s., Mr. !k Mrs. W. A. Pols, qc Sutherland Rd., Crovdon.
Telegraph messenger. Served on H.M.S. " Impregnable " and
" Berwick." L/^st on H.M.S. " Bulwark," destroyed by internal
explosion at Sheerness, 26 Nov., '14.
Poole, Charles, Sgt., 4 K.R.R.C.
b., Croydon, 20 Mar., '86 ; s., Charles & Ann Poole, 29 Union Rd.
Crovdon. Educ, Sydenham Rd. Sch., Croydon. Single
Enl'., 26 Feb., '07. Fell, St. Eloi, 2 Mar., '15. (Plate XXI., 4)"
Poole, George Eddy, Cpl., L.R.B. (5 Lond. Regt.)
b., *94 ; V.S., Mr. & Mrs. Poole, 20 Dagnall Pk., S. Norwood.
Educ, Christ Ch. Higher Grade Sch., Southport. Married.
Empl. by Messrs. Duncan McNeill, tea growers. Old Broad St.
Fell, Flanders, 10 Jan., '16.
Poole, Lionel Anthony, Pte., oq Coy.. M.G.C.
6., T. Heath, 30 Sept., '84 ; 5., Mr. & Mrs. Richard F. Poole,
124 Bensham Manor Rd., T. Heath. Educ, Mr. A. C. Dent's
Sch., Bensham Manor Rd., T. Heath. Married ; i child.
Salesman to wholesale stationer. Res., 23 Norman Rd., T. Heath.
Enl., 21 Jul., '16. Fell, France, 3 May, '17.
PooRE, W., Rflmn.
b., '84. Educ, Willesden G. Sch. Married, Amy, daughter of
Mr. Frank Saunders, of Egerton Rd., S. Norwood. Empl. by
Pearl Insurance Coy. Fell, Messines, 7 Jun., '17.
Porter, Charles Henry, Gnr., R.F.A.
b., Kentish Town, 12 Jul., '92 ; s., Mr. & Mrs. Porter, 40 Purley
Rd., Croydon. Educ, Brighton Rd. Sch., Croydon. Single.
Insurance agent. Re^., 36 Purley Rd., Croydon. Enl., 18 Nov.,
'10. Fell, Vendresse, 8 Oct., -.
Porter, Edward J., I^t., Lond. Regt.
b., '84 ; 4tfi f., Mr. & Mrs. S. Porter, Chancellor Rd., Southend-
on-Sea. Graduate in ist cl. hon. (science) Lond. & Camb.
Univ. ; science master at Kingsbridge G. Sch., Devon, and
Manchester G. Sch., & for 18 mths. prev. to enlistment was senior
physics master, Wliitgift G. Sch. Gazetted to Lond. Regt.,
.Jan., '16. D.. 22 Sept.; "16, while pris. of war in a German
Hosp., nr. Ypres, of wounds reed., 16 Sept., '16.
Porter, George Edward, Gnr., R.F.A.
b., Cresswell Rd., S. Norwood, 30 Dec., '94 ; t., Mr. & Mrs. C.
Porter, 60 Harrington Rd., S. Norwood. Educ, Birchanger Rd.
Sch., S. Norwood. Single. Pastrycook. Enl., 25 May, '15.
Fell, France, 11 Jul., '17.
Porter, William Reginald, Pte., 8 E. Sur. Regt.
b., Alexandra Rd., Croydon, 22 May, '98 ; s.. Mr. & Mrs, William
Porter, Warlingham. Educ, Whitgift G. Sch., '09-14, where he
was memb. of O.T.C. Single. Warehouseman. Res.,
Warlingham. Enl., in 16 Middlesex Regt., Aug., '15. Fell,
Thiepval, 29 Sept., '16.
XM.
Pte. C. C. Pavni;, 2 R. Suss. Regt.
2/Lt A. C. C. Pfndrigh, Devon. Regt.
Lt. T. S. Pitman, 6 York & Lanes. Regt.
Sgt. C. Poole, 4 Kinsfs R.R.C.
L/Cpl. E. C. L. Read, S Norf. Regt.
Ptc. T. M. Richardson, 5 Notts. & Derby. Regt.
XXII.
1 . Pte. H. V. Newcombe, 7 E. Kent Regt.
2. Pte. J. H Nealon, 4 R. Fus.
3. Cpl. H. C. Parsons, Q.Vict. Rif.
4. Pte. S. C. RiDDiCK, H.A.C.
5. Pte. J. Read, S.Wales Borderers
6. Pte. H. E. Randall, Machine Gun Corps
THE GLORIOUS DEAD 369
Potter, Hprbept Foreman, Cpl., R.E.
h., *99 ; 3rJ j., W. & M. Potter, 68 Oakley Rd., S. Norwood.
D., 2 Nov., 'i6, at Aylesbury Mil. Hosp., of injuries reed, in a
motor car accident while engaged on mil. duties.
Potts, F., 5-^2082, Pte., Lond. Regt.
Res., T. Heath. Fell, '17
Potts, Leonard, 19850, Pte., R.W. Kent Regt.
s., Mr. & Mrs. Potts. 11 Sylverdale Rd., Croydon. Formerly
in 21 I-ancers. Missing, 23 Mar., '18.
Potts, Walter, Pte., R.W.S. Regt.
b., 36 Keen's Rd.. Croydon, 12 May, '95 ; 5., Mr. & Mrs. Potts,
36 Keen's Rd., Croydon. Educ, Dering PI. Sch., Croydon.
Single. Compositor. Enl., 19 Oct., '14. Fell, Belgium,
I Oct., '18.
POULTER, D., R.E.
Fdtic , Whitgift G. Sch., Crovdon, '06-09. Served as desp. rider.
Fell, '17.
Powell, Arthur Trevanion, 2/4 Cameron H.
h., Dulv^ich, II Dec, '91 ; s., A. E. M. & Elizabeth Annie Powell.
28 Maberley Rd., U. Norwood. Ediic, Alleyn's Sch., Dulwich.
Single. Banking clerk (Thos. Cook & Son\ Enl , in R. Bucks.
Hussars, 18 Apr., '15 ; commis., 27 Aug.. '15. Fell, Vimy Ridge,
22 Jul., '16.
Powell, A. W., 2/Lt., R.W.S. Regt.
Fell, '16.
Powell, Owen Leonard, 32831, Rflmn., K.R.R.C.
h.. Heme Hill, 29 Sept., '85 ; s., Mr. & Mrs. Powell, 5c Tremadoc
Rd., Clapham, S.W. i?(fj/c., Christ Ch. Sch., Brixton. Married.
Commercial traveller. Res., 17 Norton Gardens, Norbury.
Enl., 5 Jun., '16. Fell, France, 7 Oct., '16.
PoviT^LL, Patrick J. G., Lt., R.F.C.
Powell, William, Sgt., i Gordon H.
b., Basingstoke, 9 Jul., '65. Educ, G. Sch., Basingstoke.
Married. Gasfitter. Res., 56 Mersham Rd., T. Heath.
Served in Malta and Ceylon as schoolmaster in Gordon H.,
prior to '89 ; served in S.A. War. Re-enlisted, 25 Sept., '14.
D., Crescent War Hosp., Croydon, 3 Oct., '18.
PowNEY, J. T., Mai., R.E.
Married. Res., St. Augustine's Av., Croydon. Accidentally
killed, Le Havre, Dec, '14.
PozoN, G., Cpl , 4R. Fus.
.?., Mr. & Mrs. Pozon, 81 Askew Terr., Shepherd's Bush. Single.
Res., Whitehorse Rd., Croydon. Served through S.A. War with
the same regt. Fell, '15.
Pragnell, George, Capt., Gen. Staff Offr.
s., late Sir George & Lady Pragnell. D.S.O. Fell, Jul., '17.
Preddy. Herbert Victor, Pte., 9 E. Sur. Rect.
6., 18 Armills Rd., Gibson's Hill, U. Norwood, 7 Oct., '91 ;
s., Mr. & Mrs. H. Joseph Preddy, U. Norwood. Educ., Rock-
mount Rd. Sch., U. Norwood. Single. Printer. Enl.,
9 Feb., '16. Fell, Guillemont, 16 Aug., '16.
Preedy, J. C, 2053, Pte., R.W.S. Regt.
D. while pris. of war in Turkish hands.
Pretious, Alfred Grefnaway, Pte., 2/4 R.W.S. Regt.
b., Norfolk Terr., Bayswater, W., 16 Mar., '67. Educ, Colfe G.
Sch., & Abp. Tenison's Sch., Leicester Sq., W. Married.
Insurance clerk. /?ex., 32 Carew Rd., T. Heath. ^«/., Nov., '14.
. Killed at Purley, 29 Apr., '15,
370 THE CROYDON ROLL OF HONOUR
Pretious, D., L/Cpl., R. Fus.
Fell, Ypres, about Jul., '17.
Prevett, Albert Charles, Pte., 8 E. Sur, Regt.
b., 13 Bishop's Rd., Croydon, 3 Feb., '98 ; s., Mr. & Mrs. A. R.
Prevett, 43 Addington Rd., Croydon. Educ, Christ Ch. Sell.,
Croydon. Single. Empl. at Crowley's Brewery. Enl.,
24 Jan., '16 ; «;., Somme, Sept., '16. Fell, Poelcappelle, 12 Oct., '17.
Price, Arthur E., Pte., R W.S. Regt.
^•> '93 ■) 3''d s., late Mr., & Mrs. Price, 196 Oval Rd., Croydon.
Fell, I Aug., '17.
Price, E. L., Pte., Lond. Regt.
b., '98. Educ, St. Saviour's Sch., Croydon. Empl. at Woolwich
Arsenal. Res., 28 St. Saviour's Rd., Croydon. Enl. in R. Suss,
Regt., 7 Dec, '16 ; served in France with R.W.S. Regt. ; w.,
Oct., '17 ; transf. to Lond. Regt., Apr., '18. Fell, France,
22 Aug., '18.
Price, Graham, Pilot, R.F.C.
e.s., Mr. & Mrs. James Price, Sydenham (res. in Croydon until
'07). Fell, 9 Mar., '16.
Price, J. W. J., 2/Lt., Northd. Fus.
b., '87 ; s., late Mr., & Mrs. Price, 196 Oval Rd., Croydon.
Enl. as pte. in Hants. Regt., '14 ; served in India until Aug., '16 ;
commis. in Northd. Fus., Dec, '16. D. of wounds, 32 Apr., '17.
Priddy, Sidney Randall.
b> '95 ; s., Robert & Annie Priddy, S. Norwood. D. of wounds,
18 Mar., '16.
Proctor, F., 2739, Pte., Tank C.
Res., T. Heath. Fell, '17.
Pryce, S. T., 13349, Rflmn., R.B.
Res., Shirley. Fell, '16.
Pryke, Albert Edw^ard, Pte., 13 E. Sur. Regt.
b., E. Battersea, 4 Jun., '95 ; s., late Mr., & Mrs. H. J. Pryke,
5 Harrington Rd., S. Norwood. Educ., Portland Rd. Sch.,
S. Norwood. Single. Fitter's mate. Enl. in 4 R.W.S. Regt.,
Dec, '16. Fell, France, 24 Apr., '17.
Pryke, William Zechariah, 240246, Pte., 1/5 Seaforth H.
b., 21 Lambeth Rd., Croydon, 30 Jul., '93 ; s., Zechariah & Alice
Pryke, 134 Bensham Lane, T. Heath. Educ., Christ Ch. Sch.,
Croydon. Single. Shop asst. Res., 51 Theobald Rd.,
Croydon. Enl., 7 Sept., '14 ; served in France for 23 months.
Fell, Arras, 9 Apr., '17. Buried, Rochincourt, nr. Arras.
Puddephat, Reginald F. J., Pte., 16 Middlesex Regt
b., Leavesden, Herts., 25 Dec, '97 s., Joseph & Sarah A.
Puddephat, 6 Beddington Terr., Mitcham Rd., Croydon. Educ,
New Town, Sutton, & Boston Rd., Croydon. Single. Electrical
engineer. Enl., 15 May, '15. Fell, Somme, i Jul., '16.
PuLHAM, Robin, Gnr., 63 Bde., R.F.A.
Res., 39 Livingstone Rd., T. Heath. Fell, France, 31 Jul., '15.
Punt, Albert Edward, Pte., 2 Devon Regt.
b., T. Heath, 17 May, '97 ; s., Mr. & Mrs. Walter Punt, 71 Wind-
mill Rd., Croydon. Educ, Boston Rd. Sch,, Croydon. Single.
Baker's roundsman. Enl , Nov., '15 ; taken pris., 24 Apr., '18 ;
found dead by British troops, 14 Jul., '18. Buried, Peronne.
PuRKiss, Henry William, Driver, R.A.S.C.
b., Gloucester Rd., Croydon, 20 May, '80 ; s., Benjamin &
Charlotte Purkiss, 29 Princess Rd., Croydon. Educ, Princess
Rd. Sch., Croydon. Married. Driver i?ej., 61 Johnson Rd.,
W. Croydon. Enl., 11 Nov., '14, Fell, La Neuville, Corbie,
30 Nov., '16.
THE GLORIOUS DEAD 371
PuRNELL, Frederick David, A.B. Seaman, R.N.
b., '79. Empl. by Croydon Corp., as attendant at S. Norwood
Baths. Res., 62 Carmichael Rd., S. Norwood. Served for 12
years in R.N., and was on reserve when war broke out. Lost on
H.M.S. " Hawke," torpedoed, Oct., '14.
PuRVES, Thomas Warren, Lt., Middlesex Regt.
b; '97 ; J.y., Mr. & Mrs. P. W. Purves, " Lilburn," Plough Lane,
Purley. Educ, West House Sch., Edgbaston, Glasgow Acad.,
and Whitgift G. Sch., Croydon. Enl., as pte. in Lond. Scottish,
'14; w., France, Nov., '14 ; commis., Aug., '15. Fell,7 ]un., '17.
Purvey, H. A., S. Staffs. Regt.
Res., Croj-don. Fell, '17.
QuiNTON, William Charles, Pte., Can. E.F.
b., '94 ; s., Mrs. Hellard, 9 Frant Rd., T. Heath. Educ, Princess
Rd. Sch., Croydon. Formerly empl. by Messrs. Joyce, dairymen.
Res., Canada, from '13. Enl. in Can. E.F., landing in France,
Jul., 'i6. Fell, 25 Oct., '16.
Racine, E. Guy, 2/Lt.
b., '96 ; s., Mr. & Mrs. Ernest Racine, W. Croydon. Fell,
9 Apr., '17.
Rackett, Harold Gordon, R.E.
b., '91 ; sth s., late W. H., & E. Rackett, S. Norwood. Served
in army 4 years. D., St. Albans, Herts., 30 Oct., '18.
Radford, P. P., 10769, Pte., R.W.S. Regt.
Res., S. Norwood. D. of wounds, France, 16 Nov., '16.
Radford, V. P. U., 10769, Pte., R.W.S. Regt.
Res., S. Norwood. Fell, '16.
Radley, Christopher Septimus, Pte., i Sur. Rif. (21 Lond. Regt.)
b., 23 Jan., '84 ; s., late William, & Sarah Jane Radley. Educ ,
Whitgift G. Sch., Croydon, '97-00. D. of pneumonia,8 Sept. ,'14.
Randall. Henry E., Pte., M.G.C.
b., '93 ; e.s., Henry & Clara Randall, 119 Penshurst Rd., T. Heath.
Fell, France, 2 Dec, '17. (Plate XXH., 6).
R.\nger, p. J., 50866, Pte., N. Staffs. Regt.
Res., T. Heath. D. of wounds, '17.
Ransford, Lionel Bolton, Flight Sub-Lt., R.N. AS.
b., U. Norwood, 3 May, '99 ; s., Robert Bolton Ransford, M.A.,
J. P., & Mrs. Ransford, 16 Mowbray Rd., U. Norwood. Educ.,
Dulvvich Coll., where he was sgt. in O.T.C. Joined R.N.A.S.,
Jun., '17 ; flight sub-It., Nov., '17 ; appointed to 5 Squad., at
Dunkirk, whence he took part in many bombing raids on
Zeebrugge, etc. Fell, 18 Mar., '18, in aerial combat, nr. St,
Quentin.
Raphael, John Edward, Ix., Gen. Staff Offr.
b., '82 ; s., late Albert, & Harriet Raphael, Levvin Rd., Streatham
and Wildhatch, Hendon. Educ, Merchant Taylor's Sch., and
Oxf. Univ. ; studied law ; memb., and later capt. of Sur. County
Cricket Club ; capt. of Old Merchant Taylor's Rugby Club ;
played Rugby football for Eng. against Wales, Scotland, Ireland,
N. Zealand & France ; pres. of Oxf. Palmerston Club, '04-05 ;
contested Croydon in the Liberal intei^est in Mar., '09, when he
was defeated by Sir Robert Trotter Hermon-Hodge, Bart., the
Unionist candidate. Joined an O.T.C. in Aug., '14 ; gazetted
to Duke of Wellington's Regt., afterwards transferring to K.R.R.C;
appointed to G. Staff as A D.C. to G.O.C., 41 Div. D., 11 Jun.,
'17, of wounds reed. 7 Jun., '17.
372 THE CROYDON ROLL OF HONOUR
Rattee, Waiter Edward, Sgt., 6 Lond. Regt.
b., Felixstowe, 20 Jan., '96 ; s., Daniel Edward & Lucy Rattee,
94 Bensham Manor Rd., T. Heath. Educ, Eastward Ho. Coll.,
'Felixstowe. Single. Draper's asst., empl. by Messrs. Marshall
and Snelgrove, Oxford St., W. Res., Lond. Before war was
memb. of K.R.R. Cadet C. Enl., Aug., '14 ; went to France,
Mar., '15 ; zv., Festubert, May, '15 ; gassed, Loos, Sept., '15.
Fell, High Wood, Somme, 15 Sept., '16.^
Rawlings, F., 16113, Pte., S.W.B.
Res., W. Croydon. Fell, '17.
Rawlings, F., 2092, Pte., Lond. Regt.
Fell, '16.
Ray, W. W., Coy.Sgt.Maj., Princess Patricia's Can. L.I
h., '88 ; .v., Mr. & Mrs. W. Ray, 6 Addis. Av., Croydon. Married.
Fell, 16 Sept., '16.
Rayner, C, 2747, Pte., Argyll & Sutherland H.
Res., W. Croydon. 'Fell, '16.
P.AYNER, Edward, Surgeon, R.N.
b., Hampstead, '86 ; e.s., late Edward Rayner, of " Beechlands,"
Wadhurst, Sussex, & Mrs. Rayner, Queen's Hotel, U. Norwood.
Educ, Heddon Court, & S.E. Coll., Ramsgate ; entered Pembroke
Coll., Camb., '05 ; ist cl. in Natural Science Tripos, '08 ; reed,
his med. educ. at Camb., & St. Thomas' Hosp., Lond. ; M.R.C.S.,
Eng., & L.R.C.P., Lond., '12 ; M.B. & B.Sc, Cantab., '12 ;
acted as house surgeon and casualty officer at St. Thomas' while
working for his F.R.C.S., which he obtained, '13. Served at
Gallipoli with R.N.D. (Engineers) ; appointed surgeon to H.M.S.
" Vanguard," autumn, '16. Killed on H.M.S. " Vanguard,"
destroyed by internal explosion, 9 Jul., '17.
Rayner, Ernest Walter, 65344, Pte., 4 R. Fus.
b., 50 Limes Rd., Croydon, 3 Sept., '88 ; s., late Col. & Mrs.
Robert Rayner, 50 Limes Rd., Croydon. Educ., Sydenham
Rd. Sch., Croydon. Married ; i child. Press prover. Res.,
9 Croydon Grove, Croydon. Enl., Aug., '16. D. of wounds
reed, in France, 29 Sept., '17.
Rayner, Frederick William, Pte., i R.W.S. Regt.
b., Croydon, 25 Aug., '86 ; e.s., Frederick & Alice Rayner, 16
Alpha Rd., Croydon. Educ, Plassy Rd. Sch., Catford, & Wood-
side Sch., Croydon. Single. Moulder in brass foundry.
Res., Stratford, Ontario, Canada. Enl., '04 ; pris. of war from
31 Oct., '14 to Nov., '18. D. of pneumonia while on his way
home on board H.M. Hosp. Ship " Formosa," at Copenhagen,
I Jan., '19.
Rayner, Harold Leslie, 2/Lt.
s., late Edward Rayner, of " Beechlands," Wadhurst, Sussex, and
Mrs. Rayner, Queen's Hotel, U. Norwood. Fell, i Jul., '16.
Rayner, R. S., 25467, Pte., Lanes. Fus.
Res., Croydon. Fell, '16.
R.\zzell, a., Pte., R.W.S. Regt.
b., Gloucester Rd., Croydon, 12 Feb., '86 ; s., Mr. & Mrs. W.
Razzell, 279 Whitehorse Rd., Croydon. Educ, National Sch.
Married. Coal porter. Res., 231 Gloucester Rd., Croydon.
Served in S.A. War. Enl., 4 Aug., '14 ; participated in battle
of Mons ; w. on the Aisne, '14 ; ret. to France, Mar., '16, Fell,
Ypres, 31 Mar., '16.
XXIII.
Pte. N. Kren, i/s'Ciordon H.
Pte. T. G. RoFFEV, 17 Middlesex Regt.
Pte. A. W. Stevens, 1/4 R.W.S. Regt.
Pte. E. B. Shaw, 9 R. Fus.
Driver H. J. Nichoi.ass, R.F.A.
2/Lt. F. W. RoBARTS, Lond. Scottish
XXIV
Rflmn. A. J. Ruddle, Lond. Regt.
Signaller H. J. Smith, Queen's Westm. Rif.
Sgt. F. F. RoTHEN, Queen's Westm. Rif.
Trooper E. J. Saunders, M.M., Sur. Yeom.
2/Lt. E. G. RouTLEY. M.C., R. Fus.
Capt. A. E. Ryan. M.C, R.W.S. Regt.
THE GLORIOUS DEAD 373
Read, Edwin Cyril Laffan, L/Cpl., 8 Norf. Regt.
Educ, L.C.C. Sch., Eardley Rd., Streatham. Single. Tailor.
Res., 2 Bulkelev Rd., Norbury. Enl., 1 Sept., '14. Fell, Somme,
I Jul., 'i6. (Plate XXI., 5).
Read, James P.atrick, Gnr., R.G.A.
b., 9 Palmerston Rd., Croydon, 14 Nov., '8y ; s., Mr. & Mrs.
Read, 9 Palmerston Rd., Croydon. Educ, Whitehorse Rd. Sch.,
Croydon. Married. Greengrocer. Res., 25 Queen's Rd.,
Crovdon. Enl., 14 Sept., 'i6. Fell, France, 5 Nov., '17.
Read, John, Pte., S.W.B.
b., 9 Palmerston Rd., Croydon, 10 Oct., '87; s., Mr. &Mts.
Read, 9 Palmerston Rd., Croydon. Educ., Whitehorse Rd. Sch.,
Croydon. Married. Fruiterer and greengrocer. Res., 12
Northbrook Rd., Croydon. Enl., 24 Oct., '16. Fell, France,
31 Aug., '18. (Plate XXII., 5).
Redm.\n, Frederick William, Sgt., i R.W.S. Regt.
b., 24 Pridham Rd., Croydon, 14 Mar., '92 ; s., Charles & Esther
Redman, 4 Garnet Rd., T. Heath. Educ, Whitehorse Rd. Sch.,
Croydon. Single. Cleaner, empl. at Whitehorse Rd. Sch.
Enl., 3 Dec, '11 ; fought at Mons and Aisne, where he was w.,
23 Oct., '14 ; returned to France, 15 Jan., '15. Fell, Somme,
15 Jul., '16.
Redpath, Robert, 683145, Pte., Lond. Regt.
b., 29 Sidney Rd., S. Norwood, 26 Sept., '96 ; s., Mr. & Mrs.
Redpath, 29 Sidney Rd., S. Norwood. Educ, Birchanger Rd.
Sch., S. Norwood. Single. Butcher's asst. £■«/., 12 Oct., '14.
Fell, Messines, 7 Jun., '17.
Reed, George F. B., 148713, Gnr., R.G.A.
Emol. as fitter's mate by Croydon Gas Cov. Res., Croydon.
Fell, '17.
Reed, George Henry, Cpl., 2 H.L.I.
b., Croydon, 16 Dec, '90 ; s., Mr. & Mrs. Reed, 9 Bute Rd.,
Croydon. Educ, Mitcham Rd. Sch., Croydon. Single,
Empl. in telegraph office. £■«/., Jan., '10 ; zy., France, Nov., '14.
D. at Bethune, 16 May, '15, of wounds reed, at Festubert, the
same day. Buried, Bethune Cem.
Rekd, William, Pte., R. Suss. Regt.
b., Caterham, 28 Apr., - ; s., Mr. & Mrs. Reed, 224 Bensham
Lane, T. Heath. Educ, Croydon. Single. Farm labourer.
Res., Lewes. D., 6 Jul., '17, of wounds reed, at Coxyde, 5 Jul.,'17.
Rees, W., Pte., E. Sur. Regt.
b., '88. Married ; 4 children. Empl. by Messrs. Marshall,
Murray & Co., dairymen, 55 Union Rd., Croydon. Res.,
II Adelaide St., Croydon. Fell, 10 Apr., '17.
Reeve, John Stanley, Lt., H.A.C.
b., Mar., '97 ; s., Mr. & Mrs. J. Reeve, 99 S. Norwood Hill.
Educ, Whitgift G. Sch., & Palmer's Coll., Grays. Enl. as pte.
in H.A.C, Jan., '15 ; later promoted sgt. ; gazetted, Jan., '17 ;
went to France, Mar., '17 ; lu., Bullecourt, May, '17 ; re-joined
his btn. in Italv, May, '18. Fell, Italy, 29 Jun., '18. (Plate
XXVI., i).
Reeves, E. F., Pte.
Married ; i son. Res., 6 Ann's Place, Croydon. Fell, Arras,
3 May, '17.
Reeves, Victor Frederick, Pte., 2/10 Lond. Regt,
b., 6 Frith Rd., Croydon, 3 Dec, '00 ; s., Mr. & Mrs. Fred.
Reeves, 82 Waddon New Rd., Croydon. Educ, Par, Ch. Sch.,
Croydon. Married. Res., 82 Waddon New Rd,, Croydon.
Enl., 14 Jan., '17. Fell, France, 24 Aug., '18.
374 THE CROYDON ROLL OF HONOUR
Reid, Eric Bruce, Capt., N. Staff. Regt.
Res., 37 Alexandra Rd., S. Norwood. Fell, Armentiferes,
21 Oct., '14.
Reid, James Archibald John, 2/Lt., Cambridgeshire Regt.
h., 6 Mar., '82 ; s., Mr. & Mrs. James Reid, 3 Cherrv Orch. Rd.,
Croydon. Educ, M. Whitgift Sch., & Whitgift G. Sch., '96-98.
Enl. as pte. in 16 Middlesex Regt., Sept., '14. D., 16 Oct., '16,
in France, of wounds reed, the prev. day.
Repton, Arthur Gerald, Cpl., 7 E. Sur. Regt.
b., Bolney, Sussex, 3 Feb., '9=; ; s., Mr. & Mrs. Repton,
70 Richmond Rd., T. Heath. Educ, Ecclesbourne Rd. Sch.,
T. Heath. Single. Clerk. Enl., 3 Feb., '15 ; served in
France, 21 Jun.-g Nov., '15. D. of wounds reed, at Givenchv,
9 Nov., '15. (Plate XXV., 4).
Rbvell, John Henry, R.N.
b., 21 Dec, '96 ; s., Mr. & Mrs. Revell, 10 Laurier Rd., E. Croy-
don. Educ, Woking & Mitcham. Single. Empl. by Messrs
Allder, North End, Croydon. Joined, Sept., '13. Lost, with
H.M.S. " Queen Mary," sunk in Battle of Jutland, 31 May, '16
Revene, Howard, Lt., R.G.A.
s., Mr. & Mrs. Frederic Revene, 7 High St., S. Norwood, and
" Southella," St. Saviour's Rd., Croydon. D. from syncope,
Basra, 25 Aug., '17.
Rew, Douclas Joll.and, 2/Lt., Essex Regt.
3rds., late Maj. H. G., & Mrs Rew, 22 Queen's Rd., S. Norwood.
Enl. in Artists Rif. O.T.C. ; served in France with 13 Essex
Regt. until w., '16 ; ret. to France, Apr., '17. Fell, 28 Jun., '17.
Reynolds, G., 323358, Pte., Lond. Regt.
Res., S. Croydon. Fell, '17.
Re-vnolds, R. L., 703336, L/Cpl., Lond. Regt.
Res., Tooting. Fell, '17.
Rhodes, A. E., Pte., M.G.C.
b.. '95. Educ, Par. Ch. Sch., Croydon. Res., 37 Zion Rd.>
T. Heath. Fell, 28 Aug., '16.
Rhodes, David Robert, Pte., Lond. Regt.
b.. Worth, Sussex, 25 Apr., '91 ; v.s., James, & late Emily
Rhodes, 119 Whitehorse Rd., Croydon. Educ, Oval Rd. Sch.,
Crovdon. Empl bv A^r. Alfred Bullock. Enl. in E. Sur. Regt.,
9 Feb., '16. Fell, 22 Aug., 'r8.
Rhodes, James Charles, Rflmn., K.R.R.C.
Memb. of St Mark's, S. Norwood, C.L.B. Res., 53 Sidney Rd.,
S. Norwood. Enl., 23 Feb., '17. Fell, 18 Nov., '17.
Rhodes, W., M2/184228, Pte., R.A.S.C.
Res., S. Croydon. D. of wounds, '17.
Richards, George William, 200954, Signaller, 3/4 R.W.S. Regt.
5., Mr. George Richards, Stationmaster, Wimbledon (L.B. &
S.C.R.) Stn., & Mrs. Richards. Res., Waddon Stn. Enl.,
Sept., '14. Fell, Meteren, Belgium, 14 Apr., '18.
Richardson, B. G., Gnr., R.F.A.
b., '82 ; .?., Mr. & Mrs. H. Richardson, late of Tanfield Rd.,
Croydon. Married ; 2 children. Empl. by Messrs. J. Pascall,
Blackfriars. Enl., 6 Feb.,' iS. Z). of wounds at Rouen, 27 Oct.,
'18.
Richardson, Bertram Frank, Rflmn., 13 R.B.
b.. Forest Hill, 8 Jul., '97 ; s. Walter & Marian Richardson,
58 Heath Rd., T. Heath. Educ, Katherine Rd. Sch., Forest Hill.
Single. Clerk at Messrs. Methuen's, publishers. Res., 58
Heath Rd., T. Heath. Enl., 28 Aug., '14. Fell, Somme,
10 Jul., '16.
THE GLORIOUS DEAD 375
Richardson, F., 53261, Pte., R. Fus.
Res., E. Croydon. D. of wounds, '17.
Richardson, Harry Thomas, Lt., 5 Northd. Fus.
s., Mr. & Mrs. John Richardson, Gosforth. Enl., 11 Sept., '14 ;
went to France, Apr., '15 ; vv., i May, '15 ; removed to hosp. at
Boulogne and Oxford. D., 23 Aug., '15.
Richardson, Hector Lawrence, Rflmn., 9 R.B.
b., Leeds, 27 Jan., '94 ; s., Charles Frederick & Bertha Richardson,
29 Preston Rd., Beulah Hill, LT. Norwood. Educ, St. George's
Sec. Sch., Lond., E.C. Single. Chauffeur. Enl., 4 Jan., '15 ;
M.M. for bravery in field, awarded 8 Sept., 'i6. D.,
20 Aug., '16, at Amiens, of wounds reed. 15 Aug., '16.
Richardson, Percy Frederick.
s., Mr. & Mrs. E. H. Richardson, Addis. Fell, France, 21 May, '17.
Richardson, Percy Lewis, Pte., 5 Lond. Regt.
b.. Forest Hill, 21 Sept., '99 ; s., Walter & Marian Richardson,
58 Heath Rd., T. Heath. Educ, \Miitehorse Rd. Sch., T. Heath.
Single. Empl. at Lond. Bdge. Enl., 9 Mar., '15. Fell,
Somme, i Jul., '16.
Richardson, Thomas Charles, Mai., R.E.
b., Crovdon, '84 ; s., Mr. & Mrs. Richardson, " St. David's,"
Clifton'Park Rd., Clifton, Bristol. Educ, High Sch., Croydon,
and Monkton Combe Sch. Single. Civil engineer (A.M. LC.E.)
Res., Birmingham. Joined as sub-It., '09 ; twice ment. in despat. ;
M.C. D. of gas poisoning, Albert, Feb., '16.
Richardson, Thomas Martin, Pte., 5 Notts. & Derby. Regt. (Sherwood
For.).
b., Penge, 3 Nov., '83 ; s., late Robert Henry, & Alice Olivia
Richardson, i Blenheim Pk. Rd., Croydon. Educ, The Skinners*
Coy. Puhl. Sch., Tunbridge WeJls. Single. Musician. Enl.,
25 Mar., '16. Fell, France, 26 Jun., '17. (Plate XXL, 6).
RiCHENS, Albert Edward, Pte., 13 Middlesex Regt.
b., Sydenham, 16 Apr., '98 ; s., Albert Edward & Eliza Harriet
Richens, 140 Harrington Rd., S. Norwood. Educ, Portland Rd.
Sch., S. Norwood. Single. Milk carrier. Enl., 6 Sept., '16.
Fell, Messines, 11 Jun., '17.
Richmond, Percy Stuart, Pte., 5 Yorks. Regt.
b., Lond., 6 Mar., '91 ; s., Mr. & Mrs. Richmond, 389 Whitehorse
Rd.,T. Heath, ^'r/wc, Vv^hitehorse Rd. Sch., T. Heath. Single.
Warehouseman. Goalkeeper for Holy Trinity Football Club.
Enl., I Apr., '16. Fell, France, 23 Apr., '17.
Richmond. Sidney William, Pte., Lond. Regt.
b., Croydon, 2 Nov., '89 ; s., William & Emily Richmond,
70 Lond. Rd., Croydon. Educ, Whitehorse Rd. Sch., T. Heath.
Married. Railway employee, engineer's dept. £■«/., 11 Dec. ,'15;
zv., France, Nov., '17. Fell, France, 28 Sept., '18. (Plate
XXVHL, 4).
RiDDiCK, Stanley Charles, Pte., H.A.C.
b., Nunhead, 2 May. '97 ; s., Harry & Mabel Riddick,
" Trevena," 73 Brigstock Rd., T. Heath. Educ, Boro. Sec.
Sch., Croydon. Single. Bank clerk. i?«., 336 Bensham Lane,
T. Heath. Enl., Mav, 'it;. Fell, Beaumont Hamel, 13 Nov., '16.
(Plate XXH., 4).
Ridley, A. E., Pte., E. Sur. Regt.
b., '98. Educ, Whitehorse Rd. Sch., T. Heath. Postman.
Res., 353 Whitehorse Rd., Croydon. Enl., Jul., '15. Fell,
France, i Jan., '17,
376 THE CROYDON ROLL OF HONOUR
Ridley, Bert, Sapper, R.E.
b., '93. Married ; i child. Res., 9 Anthony Rd., Woodside.
Fell, 3 Jan., '18,
Ridley, G. W., L/Cpl., M.G.C.
b., '92 ; y., Mr. & Mrs. Ridley, 26 Anthony Rd., Woodside.
Served 3 years. D. of gas poisoning at Bermondsey Mil. Hosp.,
22 Sept., '18.
RiLEY, Alfred Valentine Cole, P.O., R.N.
b., Caterham, '87 ; s., Mr. & Mrs. Alf. Riley, 3 Cedar Rd.,
Croydon. Educ, Caterham Valley Counc. Sch. At one time
in service of Orient Line ; later joined an American line, and for
4 years before war was with R.M.S.P. Co. In Dec, '14, his ship
was taken over by the Admiralty as an aux. cruiser, and he con-
tinued in the service, becoming a p.o. Killed in engagement
between H.M.S. " Alcantara " and the German raider " Greif,"
29 Feb., '16.
RiLBY, W., 9449, L/Sgt., E. Yorks. Regt.
Fell, 'lb.
RiTCHiNGS, Arthur William, 2/Lt.
e.s., Mr. & Mrs. A. E. Ritchings, 14 Estcourt Rd., S. Norwood.
Enl., Nov., '14 ; M.M., Messines, 7 Jun., '17. Fell, 27 Sept., '17.
Rivers, Tom Langley, Cpl., 169 Can. Inf.
b.. The Drive, T. Heath, 29 Sept., '85 ; s., Mr. & Mrs. Tom Rivers,
614 Woodbine Av., Toronto, Canada. Educ, Whitehorse Rd.
Sch., Croydon. Married. Res., 213 Chisholm Av., Toronto,
Canada. Enl., 25 Jan., '16. Fell, Passchendaele, 28 Oct., '17.
RoAF, Arthur Box, Pte., 2 Hants. Regt.
b., Gloucester Rd., Croydon, 12 Jan., '94 ; y.s., Mr. & Mrs. T,
Roaf, 43 Sidney Rd., S. Norwood. Educ, Birchanger Rd. Sch.,
S. Norwood. Single. Labourer. Enl., 3 Sept., '14. D. at
2 Can. Gen. Hosp., Le Tr^port, France, of wounds reed, at
Cambrai, 7 Dec, '17.
Robarts, Francis Watson, 2/Lt., 14 Lond. Regt. (Lond. Scottish).
b., Woodford, Essex, 5 Mar., '82 ; s., Nathaniel Francis & Margaret
Elizabeth Robarts, 23 Oliver Grove, S. Norwood. Educ,
Whitgift G. Sch. Single. Chemical merchant, partner in the
firm of Bryce Robarts & Co., 43-45 Gt. Tower St., Lond., E.G.
Memb. of Sur. County Cricket Club, and R.A.C. ; formerly
Hon. Sec. of Addis. Cricket Club, & Norwood Cricket Club ;
Sec. to the Church Committee of St. Andrew's Presbyterian Ch.,
U. Norwood ; superintendent of New Town Sunday Sch.,
U.Norwood. £«/. as pte., Sept., '14. i^e//, nr. Loos, 13 Oct., '15.
(Plate XXIII., 6).
Roberson, Frank H. L., 2/Lt., R.W.S. Regt.
b., '83. Married Grace Dorothy {me Gatfield). Res., Streatham
and Croydon. D., 12 Aug., '17, of wounds reed. 2 days prev.
Roberts, Frank Marshall, Sgt., 7 R.W.S. Regt.
b., U. Norwood, 24 May, '80 ; s., Mr. & Mrs. George Roberts,
Nottingham. Educ at a private sch. in U. Norwood. Married.
Insurance clerk. Res., 48 Lebanon Rd., Croydon. Hon. Sec.
Croydon Nat. Hist. & Sci. Soc at time of enlistment. Enl.,
Sept., '14. Fell, Inverness Copse, Ypres, 10 Aug., '17.
Roberts, John, Pte., 8 R. Fus.
b., Finsbury Park, 24 Jun., '82 ; s., Mr. & Mrs. Roberts, 53
Donald Rd., Croydon. Educ, Kenley Sch. Married. General
labourer. Res., Hillside Cottages, Kenley. Enl., 26 Dec, '00 ;
called up on reserve, 5 Aug., '14. Fell, France, 7 Jul., '16.
THE GLORIOUS DEAD 377
Robinson, Frederick, Driver, R.G.A.
Married. Empl. by L.B. & S.C.R. D. of pneumonia, Italy,
9 Oct., '18.
Robinson, Leonard Herbert Frank, Lt., 7 E. Sur. Regt.
b.y 25 Aug., '91 ; s., Mr. & Mrs. Henry Bartlett Robinson, late
of 12 Dingwall Rd., Croydon. Educ, Whitgift G. Sch., '06-10,
Camb. Univ. to '13, and Ely Theological Coll. D. of wounds
reed, at Hohenzollern Redoubt, France, 18 Mar., '16.
Robinson, N. J., Pte., 2/4 R.W.S. Regt.
Fell, Dardanelles, 9 Aug., '15.
Robinson, Robert, 8 R.W.S. Regt.
s., Mr. & Mrs. Robinson, 15 Lansdowne Rd., Purley. Fell,
France, 27 Sept., '15.
RocKALL, Frederick Robert George, Pte., 11 R. Fus.
b., Highbury, 21 Sept., '82 ; s , Frederick James & Clara Rockall,
37 Richmond St., Plaistow. Educ, St. Paul's, Canonbury,
Married. Cellarman. Res., 18 Gilsland Rd., T. Heath.
Enl., 19 Jun., '16. Fell, E. of Combles, 30 Aug., '18.
RoDD, Albert Prank, Rflmn., 20 K.R.R.C.
b., I Raleigh Rd., Penge, 18 Jun., '98 ; 5., Mr. & Mrs. A. Rodd,
4 New Cottages, Middle Park Farm, Eltham. Educ, Melvin Rd.
Sch., Penge. Single. Gardener. Res., 39 Raleigh Rd., Penge.
Enl., 15 Nov., '15. £)., 24 Mar., '17, at 45 Field Amb., France,
of wounds reed. 19 Mar., '17.
Rodwell, Ernest Samuel, Bdr., R.F.A.
b., '82. Empl. by Brit. Cement Works. Res., Pitlake Bdge.,
Croydon. Enl., Aug., '14. Fell, 23 Sept., '16.
RoFFEY. Charles Alfred, Pte., H.A.C.
b., '89 ; e.s., Mr. & Mrs. A. J. Roflfey, 55 Church Rd., Croydon.
Educ, M. Wh'tgift Sch., Croydon. Empl. by Union of Lond.
and Smiths' Bank, Princes St., E.C. Fell, Passchendaele, 9 Oct,'i7.
RoFFEY, Frank Allen, Pte., 13 Australian I.F.
t>; '97 ; y-S; Mr. & Mrs. A. J. Rofiey, 55 Church Rd., Croydon.
Educ, M. Whitgift Sch., Croydon. On leaving sch. he was
apprenticed to Central Motor Co., Ltd.; left Eng. for N.S. Wales,
30 Jul., '14, for tuition on Gov. Experimental Farm, at Cowra.
Enl., Jan., '15. Fell, Suvla Bay, 10 Aug., '15.
RoFFEY, Thomas George, Pte., 17 Middlesex Regt.
b., Devonshire Rd., Croydon, 10 Dec, '97 ; s., Mr. & Mrs.
George Roffey, 9 Russell Rd., Croydon. Educ, Princess Rd.
Sch., Croydon. Single. Labourer, empl. by L.B. & S.C.R.
Enl., I Sept., '16. Missing, Oppy, nr. A-rras, 28 Apr., '17. (Plate
XXHL, 2).
Roffey, W. H., Pte., 3 E. Sur. Regt,
b., '78. Educ, St. Andrew's Sch., Croydon. Married. Post-
man. Res , 79 Rymer Rd., Croydon. Served through Sj\ War.
Enl., 3 Dec, '14. Fell nr. Festubert, i6 May, '15.
Rogers, Alfred Joseph, Driver, R.A.S.C.
b., 25 Jun., '80. Educ, Par. Ch. Sch., Croydon. Married ;
2 children. Empl. for 24 years by Messrs. Waghorn Bros.,
jewellers, Croydon. Enl., Apr., '17. D. of pneumonia, 14
May, '17.
Rogers, F., 24344, Pte., E. Sur. Regt.
Res., T. Heath. Fell, '17.
Romsford.
Res., 16 Mowbray Rd.
378 THE CROYDON ROLL OF HONOUR
RoNCA, Edward Henry, a/Lt., E. Kent Regt.
b., '82. Ediic, King's Coll., London. Married. Civil servant.
Res.y 26 Linton Av., T. Heath. Enl., '15. Fell, France, 17
Oct., '18. (Plate XXIX., 3).
Room, F. A., Pte., M.G.C.
Married ; 3 children. Carpenter, empl. by L.B. & S.C.R.
Res., 27 Old Town, Croydon. Enl., in R.E., 8 Mar., '17. Fell,
France, 4 Aug., '18.
RooMF, Philip William, Fleet Paymaster, R.N.
b., 28 Jun., '72 ; s., Henry & Phoebe Roome, 114 Breakespeare
Rd., Brockley. Educ, Whitgift G. Sch., '85-87, & Mercer's Sch.
Joined R.N. as asst. clerk, Dec, '88. Killed in action in North
Sea on H.M.S. " Aboukir," 22 Sept., '14.
Roots, W. J., 3004, Pte., Lond. Regt.
i?e5.,T.^ Heath. Fell, '16.
Rope, J. A., 2/Lt., R.W.S. Regt.
Fell, '16.
Rose, Dougl.^s John, 6 Lond. Regt.
.''., '98 ; X., Mr. & Mrs. Rose, 19 Brafferton Rd., Croydon. Empl,
bv Mr. French, baker, Croydon. Enl. in 3/4 R.W.S. Regt., '14.
Fell, Ypres, 22 Oct., '16.
Rose, L. A., R.W.S. Regt.
Fell, '16.
Rose, Philip Vivian.
Solicitor. D. of wounds reed, at Loos, Sept., '15.
Rosier, W., Driver, R.E.
Married. Labourer, empl. by Croydon Corp., Roads Dept.
Res., 67 Lancing Rd., Croydon. Enl., 30 Oct., '15. D. at
Aldershot of cerebro-spinal meningitis, 21 Jan., '16.
Ross, Thomas Hesketh, S.A. Inf.
b., '80. Res., T. Heath. Served in German S.W. Afr., Egypt,
and France. M.C. Fell, France.
RoTHEN, Francis Frederick, Sgt., i Q.W. Rif. (16 Lond. Regt.)
b., Stamford Bridge, Worcester, 28 Jan., '85 ; s., late John, and
Elizabeth Rothen, 5 Elliott House, Elliott Rd., T. Heath. Educ,
Royal G. Sch., Worcester, & St. Mark'? Coll., Chelsea ; B.Sc,
Lond. Single. Asst. master, Boro. Sec. Sch. for Boys, Croydon.
Enl., 3 Nov., '15. Fell, Arras, 14 Apr.. '17. Buried in French
Cem., nr. Heninel. (Plate XXIV., 3).
Route, S. W.. 23669, Pte., D.C.L.I.
Res., T. Heath. Fell, '16.
Routley. Ernest George, 2/Lt., 6 E. Kent Regt.
b., Clapham Park, 3 Apr., '92 ; x., Mr. & Mrs. Routlev, 139
Melfort Rd., T. Heath Educ., M. Whitgift Sch., Croydon
Single. Bank clerk. Enl. as pte. in 10 R. Fus., 19 Aug., '14 ;
commis. in E. Kent Regt., Aug., '15 ; went to France, Feb., '16 ;
M.C. for conspicuous gallantry when on a reconnoitring patrol,
Aug., '16, bestowed 20 May, '17, at Woolwich. Fell, Geudecourt,
between Rapaume and Combles, 7 Oct., '16. (Plate XXIV., 5).
RowE, Arthur William, Pte., i R.W.S. Regt.
b., Pridham Rd.,T. Heath, 11 Apr. ,'87 ; s., Mr. & Mrs. H.Rowe,
8 Nursery Rd., T. Heath. Educ., Whitehorse Rd. Sch., T. Heath,
Married. Coal porter. Res., 157 Whitehorse Rd., T. Heath.
Enl., II Nov., '14. D., 18 Jun., '16, at West Riding C.C.S.,
France, of wounds reed, at Armentiferes the prev. day.
Rowland, B. A., 153 12, Pte., Coldstream Gds.
Res., S. Croydon. Fell, '16.
THE GLORIOUS DEAD 379.
Ruddle, Arthur James, Rflmn., 2/17 Lond. Kept.
b., Clapham, 15 Jun., '96 ; 2nd s., James Mills & Mary Ruddle,
16 Arundel Rd., Croydon. Educ, St. Saviour's, & Brit. Schs.,
Croydon. Single. Shipbroker's clerk. Enl., in L.R.B.,
Dec, '14 ; went to France, Sept., '15, returning with cynov'tis,
Nov., '15 : returned to France, Jul., '16, and from there was
drafted to Salonica and Egypt ; served at Jerusalem, Jericho, etc.
D. of dysenten.-, 74 C.C.S., Syria, 2 Jun., '18. (Plate XXIV., i).
Ruddock, E. H. M., Capt., 13 Worcester Regt.
Married. House agent, in empl. of !\Iessrs. Dickins and Sons,
George St., Croydon. Rea., Croydon. Served in S.A. War.
Joined as Lt., Aug., '14. Fell, Dardanelles, '15.
Rudkin, W. S., Pte., 4 R.W.S. Regt.
Empl. by Crovdon Corp., Trrmways Dept.
RuFFELL, Clifford Wii.liaat, Pte., ^8 Can. Regt.
h., Albion St., Lewisham, 28 Jul., '98. Ediic, Mitcham Rd. Sch.,
and Nat. Children's Home. Single. Farm hand. Res..
Ontario, Canada. Fell, Passchendaele, 26 Oct., '17. (Plate
XXVH.. 5).
RuMSEY, Charles Edwin, Pte., Middlesex Regt.
h., '98 ; s., Mr. & Mrs. Rumsev, Windmill Rd., Crovdon. Educ,
Boston Rd. Sch., T. Heath. Single. Empl. by L.B. & S.C.R.
Evl., 26 Feb., '17. Fell, France, 7 Jun., '17.
Russell, A. E., 14866, Rflmn., R.B.
Res,, E. Croydon. Fell, '16.
Russell, Charlfs Frank, Trooper, r Life Gds.
b., Norwood, 10 Apr., '92 ; s., David ^ Phyllis Russell, 116
Oueen's Rd., U. Norwood. Educ, Rockmount Rd. Sch.,
U. Norwood. Single. Enl., 6 Sept., '11. Fell, Belgium,
13 May, '15.
Russell, F., 533676, Pte., I.ond. Regt.
Res., Mitcham. Fell, '17.
Russell, Frederick Alfred, Pte., Middlesex Regt.
b., 2 Leeds Cottages, Church St., Croydon, '84. Educ, Bynes
Rd. Sch., Croydon, and St. John's Sch., Croydon. Single.
Painter nnd paperhanger. Res., 12 Sanderstead Rd., Croydon.
Served with Aliddlesex Regt. for 5 years from 22 Jun., '03.
Re-joincd, Aug., '14 ; taken pris. at Mons ; released, Jun., '16,^
after 22 months imprisonment, suffering from paralysis and tuber-
culosis ; admitted to Grosvenor Sanatorium, 19 Jul., '16 ;
transf. to Warlingham Mental Asylum, Mar., '17. D., 12 Sept.,
'17. Buried, Queen's Rd. Cam., Croydon.
Russell, William, Lt.
s., late Mr., & Mrs. Edward Russell, Croydon. Educ, Charter-
house and Oxford Univ. Joined, '14 ; zu., end of '15. Fell, '17.
RuTTER, Frank Lionel, 2/Lt., R!W.S. Regt.
b., '95. Fell, France, 14 Jul., '16.
RuxTON, Percy James, Pte., Middlesex Regt.
b., Croydon, 5 Feb., '96 ; s., David F. & Eleanor Ruxton, 23
Beaconsfield Rd., Croydon. £'rf?/c., Brit. Sch., Croydon. Single.
Electrical engineer. Res., 13 Grosvenor Rd., S. Norwood.
Enl., 24 Aug., '15. Fell, Les Boeufs, France, 28 Oct., '16.
RvAN, Alfrfd Eric, Capt., R.W.S. Regt.
b.. Forest Hill, 27 Sept., '97 ; s., A. E. &- Grace Ryan, 17 Croham
Pk. Av., Croydon. Educ, Whitgift G. Sch., Croydon, Mill Hill,
and R.M.C., Sandhurst. Gazetted, 25 Aug., ':6 ; M.C.i
Jan., '17 ; ment. in dcsp., Dec, '17 ; twice zv. in '17. D. of
wounds reed., 23 Mar., '18. (Plate XXIV., 6).
380 THE CROYDON ROLL OF HONOUR
Ryan, Michael, Pte., i E. Kent Regt.
b., Lond., 25 Aug., '80. Married. Postman. Res., 196
Holmesdale Rd., S. Norwood. For 8 yrs. with 4 R.W.S. Regt. ;
served in S.A. War (King's & Queen's Medals, bars for Transvaal,
Driefontein, Paardeburg, Kimberley). Enl., 4 Aug., '14. Fell,
Loos, 9 Apr., '17.
Rycraft, William Rayner, Pte., 9 E. Sur. Regt.
Married. Memb. of Croydon Fire Bde. Res., 5 St. John's
Rd., S. Norwood. Fell, Trones Wood, 21 Mar., '18.
Sach, Herbert E., Pte., 1/24 Lond. Regt.
b., '87 ; s., Mr. & Mrs. E. C. Sach, Whitehorse Lane, S. Norwood.
Married ; i child. Stationer. Res., High St., S. Norwood.
Fell, 22 Aug., '18.
Sadler, Alfred John, Pte., R.W. Kent Regt.
b., '86 ; e.s., Mr. & Mrs. Sadler, 37 Churchill Rd., Croydon
D. of illness, Mesopotamia, '17.
Sadler, F. W., Pte., R.W.S. Regt.
s., Mr. & Mrs. Sadler, Gloucester Rd,, Croydon. Empl. at
Messrs. Brown's Mills. Fell, '16.
Sadler, W. D., 2/Lt., E. Sur. Regt.
b., '93 ; 3rd s., Mr. & Mrs. E. W. Sadler, " Bella Vista," New
Church Rd., Hove. Educ, High Sch., Croydon. Fell,
4 Aug., '17.
Salter Edward, Pte., Lond. Regt.
b., '80 ; e.s., Mr. & Mrs. Edward Salter, Southampton. Empl.
as clerk by Mr. R. Dickenson, army contractor. Res., 24
Canterbury Rd., Croydon. Memb. of N. End Brotherhood.
Enl., '15. Fell, 24 Aug., '18.
Samson, B. T., Cpl., R.F.A.
b., '96 ; e.s., Mr. & Mrs. Samson, 18 Adelaide St., Croydon.
Empl. by Messrs. Marshall, Murrav & Co., dairymen, Brixton.
Enl., Sept., '14. Fell, 2 May, '17.'
Sanders, H. W., 2/Lt., Middlesex Regt.
Educ, Whitgift G. Sch., Croydon. [Missing, '17.
Saunders, A. C, Pte., 11 R.W.S. Regt.
b., '92 ; s., Mr. & Mrs. Saunders, 25 Priory Rd., Croydon.
Empl. by Messrs. Chapman, Tamworth Rd., Croydon. D. of
wounds, at 3 Aust. C.C.S., 22 Jul., '18.
Saundfrs, Alfred George, Gnr., R.F.A.
b., Croydon, 2 Jun., '81. Educ, Mitcham Rd. Sch., Croydon.
Married. Carman, empl. byMessrs. Carter Paterson. Res.,
38 Hathaway Rd., Croydon. £"«/., Sept., '14. Z)., 15 May, '15,
at Boulogne, of wounds reed, in France, i May, '15.
Saunders, Carey, Rflmn., 12 Lond. Regt.
b., Croydon, 5 Jun., '90 ; s., Mr. & Mrs. Percy Saunders, 19
Coomb'e Rd., Croydon. Educ, M. Whitgift Sch., Boro. Sec.
Sch., Croydon, & Strand Sch., Lond. Single. Civil servant.
Enl., 7 Sept., '14. Fell, nr. Ypres, 8 May, '15.
Saunders, J., ist CI. P.O., R.N.
Empl. by Croydon Corp., Electricity Dept. Fell, '16.
Saunders, L. H. C, 201845, Gnr., R.F.A.
Res.,lc.. Croydon. Fell., '17.
Savage, Regin.ald Alexander, Act.-Bdr., R.F.A.
b., 30 Temple St., Southwark ; s., Mr. & Mrs. Savage, 48
Burlington Rd., T. Heath. Educ, Beulah Rd. Sch., T. Heath.
Single. Fitter's mate. Enl., Mar., '15. Fell, Somme,
16 Jul., '16.
Saville, B. C, 86391, Bdr., 162 Siege Bty., R.G.A.
Married. Res., Croydon. Fell, Zillebeke, 29 Sept., '17.
XXV
1. Pte. E. E. Pi-RFfcCT, D.C IM., 2 R.W.S. Regt.
2. Pte. L. Simpson, Glo'ster; Regt.
3. Stoker W. L. Shirley, R.N.
4. Cpl. A. G. Repton, 7 E. Sur. Regt.
5. Gnr. W. J. Slyfield, R.F.A.
6. Pte. R. V. Pearson. Lincoln. Regt.
XXVI.
1. Lt. J. S. Reeve, H.A.C.
2. Capt. Rev. C H. Schooling, C.F.
3. Pte. E. S. Shaw, Lond. Scottish
4. 2/Lt. S. G. Smith, Machine Gun Corps
5. 2/Lt. A. G. Severs, R.F.C.
6. Pte. F. R. Smith, 23 Lond. Regt.
THE GLORIOUS DEAD 381
Saw, William George, Pte., 7 R.W.S. Rest.
b., Beddington, 31 Jul., '93 ; s., Mr. & Mrs. Albert Saw, 3
Richmond Rd., Beddington. Educ, Beddington & Par. Ch.
Sch., Croydon. Single. Empl. by Croydon Corp., Roads Dept.
Enl., 7 Sept., '14. D., 3 Jul., '16, of wounds reed, in France,
I Jul., '16.
Saword, Ralph, 2/Lt., R. Fus.
b., 20 May, 'qo ; s., Mr. & Mrs. Frederick C. E. Saword, 100
Frant Rd., T. Heath. Educ, Whitgift G. Sch., Croydon.
Fell, '17.
S.wvYER, George, 3057, Pte., 2/4 R.W.S. Regt.
b.. Meadow Stile, Croydon, 25 Nov., '97 ; s., Mr. & Mrs. Sawyer,
82 Southbridge Rd., Croydon. Educ, Par. Ch. Sch., Croydon.
Single. Butcher. Enl., 19 Oct., '14. Fell, Suvla Bay, 9 Aug., '15,
Sawyer, Herbert, 2/Lt., Suff. Regt.
h., 25 Mar., '89 ; s., Mr. & Mrs. Joseph Sawyer, " The Tower,"
Kenley. Educ, Whitgift G. Sch., '04-06.
Sawyer, J., 41804, Trooper, Hussars.
Res., W. Croydon. D., '17.
Saxby, Clement Percival George, L/Cpl., i R.W.S. Regt.
b., 119 Northcote Rd., Croydon, 31 Alar., '95 ; 5., Frederick
George & Bertha Annie Saxby, 91 Northcote Rd., Croydon.
Educ, Sydenham Rd. Sch., Croydon. Single. Grocer's
asst. Enl. in 16 Lancers, 20 May, '12. D., 8 Nov., '16, at
II Stat. Hosp., Rouen, of wounds reed., 3-4 Nov., '16. (Plate
xxvn., 3).
Say, Cecil A., Pte., 8 N. Staff. Regt.
Married. Res., " Hillcrest," St. Mary's Rd., S. Norwood.
Fell, France, 3 Jan., '18.
Sayer, James Herbert, 2/Lt., R.F.C.
b., II Feb., '98 ; e.s., Mr. & Mrs. Charles Joseph Sayer,
Wellington. Educ, Whitgift G. Sch., '10-16, where he was sgt.
in the O.T.C. Commis., Jun., '16. Fell, 3 Apr., '17.
Sayers, F. C, 608599, Pte., Lond. Regt.
Res., Croydon. D. of wounds, 26 Aug., '18.
ScHOFiELD, Reginald George Hornby, 15 Australian LF.
s., Mr. & Mrs. Schofield, 65 Belvedere Rd., U. Norwood. Fell,
Dardanelles, 26 Apr., '15.
Scholey, Gerald Percival, Cpl., H.A.C.
b., Clapham, 3 Mar., '91 ; s., Mr. & Mrs. Scholey, 295 Lond.
Rd., T. Heath. Educ, High Sch., Croydon. Single. Bank
clerk. £'72/., Jan., '15. D. of erysipelas, at Paisley, Scotland,
Sept., '16.
Scholey, Norman Victor, Bdr., R.G.A.
b., Clapham, i Jun., '92; s., Mr, & Mrs. Scholey, 295 Lond.
Rd., T. Heath. Educ, Wyncott House Sch., & T. Heath Sch.
Single. Enl., 'c8. Fell, Hill 60, nr. Ypres, May, '15.
Schooling, Rev. Cecil Herbert, Capt., C.F.
6., '85 ; y.s., Mr. & Mrs. F. Schooling, " Holly Dene,"
Beckenham Lane, Bromley. Sen. Curate at Par. Ch., Croydon.
B.A., Trin. Coll., Camb., '06 ; M.A., '10 ; ordained deacon, '07,
and priest, 'c8 ; curate at All Saints', Wakefield, '07-10 ; Secty.,
Ruri-decanal Conference. D., 21 Jun., '17, of wounds reed,
prev. day. (Plate XXVL. 2).
Scot, Frederick, R. Fus.
Married. Accidentally hilled, France, '15,
^82 THE CROYDON ROLL OF HONOUR
Scott, Arthur, Sapper, R.E.
b.y Birmingham, 13 Mar., '95 ; s., Alfred & Frances C. Scott,
157 High St., Croydon. £duc., Dering PI. Sch., Croydon.
Single. Fitter. Memb. of St. Peter's, Croydon, C.L.B.
Enl., 5 May, '13. Fell, France, 17 Nov., '15.
Scott, Frederick Thomas, Cpl., 2/20 Lond. Regt.
b., 48 Bensham Grove, T. Heath, 26 Aug., '94 ; 5., Mr. & Mrs.
F. J. Scott, 48 Bensham Grove, T. Heath. Educ, Beulah Rd.
Sch., T. Heath, Boro. Sec. Sch., Croydon, & Goldsmiths' Coll.,
Lond. Single. Student. Enl., in Territorials before war.
Fell, France, 13 Aug., '16.
Scott, Stuart Harry, Lt., R.A.F.
b., Riddlesdown, Kenley, 14 Sept., '00 ; s., Donald James and
Lilian K. Scott, 95 Mayiield Rd., Sanderstead. Educ, Whitgift
G. Sch. Single. Student. Joined as cadet, 25 Jul., '16.
Fell while flying nr. Amiens, 29 Sept., '18. Buried behind
enemy lines where he fell.
ScOTT, Thomas George, Bdr., 223 Bde., R.F.A.
b., Camberwell, i Jan., '94 ; s., James & Jane Scott, 69 Croydon
Grove, Croydon. Educ., Boston Rd. Sch., Croydon. Single.
Pawnbroker's salesman. Enl., 23 Nov., '14. D., 22 Mar., 'i8, at
48 C.C.S., France, of wounds reed, at Edge Hill, nr, Combles,
21 Mar., '18.
Scrivener, A. E., Sgt., Som.L.L
b., '85 ; ^th s., late Mr., & Mrs. W. J. Scrivener, 34 Newark
Rd., Croydon. Married; children. £■«/. about '03, in R.G.A.,
transf. to Som.L.L Called up on reserve, Aug., '14. D. at 34
Newark Rd., Croydon, 7 Apr., '17.
ScuTT, Gilbert Arthur, Gnr., R.F.A. (attd. Trench Mortar Bty.)
b., '97 ; ^., Mrs. Mary Biggs, 5 Bourne St., Croydon.
D. of gas poisoning and wounds, France, 14 Aug., '17.
Seabrook, H. Dan, 76170, Gnr., R.H.A.
b., '95 ; s., H. D. & A. M. Seabrook, 63 Alderton Rd., Addis.
Educ., Woodside Sch., & M. Whitgift Sch., Croydon. Served
2 years and 8 months in France. Fell, Vimy Ridge, 12 Apr., '17.
Seager, E. J., Rflmn., Lond. Regt.
h., '97 ; 5., Mr. & Mrs. Seager, 9 Roberts' Yard, Croydon.
Educ, Par. Ch. Sch., Croydon. Fell, 23 Nov., '17.
Seager, Samuel William, Pte., R.W.S. Regt.
b., Penge, 28 Jun., '80 ; s., Mr. & Mrs. Seager, 155 Maple Rd.,
Penge. Educ, St. John's Sch., Penge. Married ; 3 children.
Printer. Res., 80 Canterbury Rd., Croydon. Enl., Oct., '14.
Fell, Suvla Bay, 9 Aug., '15.
Searle, B. Whitmore-, 2/Lt., 4 S. Staff. Regt.
Educ, High Sch., Croydon. D. of enteritis, '15.
Searle, Harry Carew, A.B. Seaman, R.N.A.S. (A.A.C.)
b., Dulwich, 30 Jun., '88 ; s., Mr. & Mrs. Searle, 143 Langdale
Rd., T. Heath. Educ, St. John's Sch., Dulwich. Single.
Accountant. Enl., 29 May, '15. D. of trench fever, Mudros,
Isle of Lemnos, 30 Jun., '16.
Selby, George.
b., '99. Fell, 13 Jul., '16.
Selby, J. F., L/Cpl., R. Fus.
Married ; i child. Empl. by Croydon Corp. Tramways.
Res., 63 Ecclesbourne Rd., T„ Heath. Enl., Nov., '14 ; served
at Malta, Egypt, Dardanelles, & France ; w., at Trones Wood,
Jul., '16, and at Cambrai, Nov., '17. Fell, France, 28 Mar., '18.
THE GLORIOUS DEAD 383
Selby, William, V.C, Lt.-Col.
b., 16 Jun., '69. Educ, Whitgift G. Sch., '79-85, & St. Bartholo-
mew's Hosp. ; Principal, St. George's Medical Coll., Lucknow,
India, & Hon. Surg, to the Viceroy ; M.R.C.S., Eng., '92 ;
L.R.C.P.. Lond. & F.R.C.S., '05. Served in N.W. Frontier
Campaign, Tirah & Chitral, '97-9^, gaining V.C. in '97, & ment.
in despat., '98 ; awarded D.S.O. during this war. Accidentally
killed, '16.
Selway, -, Rflmn., 3 K.R.R.C.
Res., 140 Pawson's Rd., Croydon. Enl., 1 Sept., '14. Fell,
France, 16 Aug., '15.
Serre-s, Charles Herbert, Cpl., 23 Lond. Regt.
b., Osgathorpe, Leicestershire ; s., Mr. & Mrs. Serres, 73 Stretton
Rd., Croydon. Educ, Ashby Grammar Sch., Leicestershire, and
M. Whitgift Sch. Married. Bank clerk. Res., 75 Clyde Rd.,
Addis. Enl., Sept., '14 ; discharged, 17 Sept., '17. D. of
nephritis at the Nursing Home, 3 Tavistock Place, Croydon,
12 Jan., '18.
Severs, Alfred George, 2/Lt., R.F.C.
b., s Jul., '93 ; s., Mr. & Mrs. Severs, 11 Vincent Rd., Croydon.
Educ, M. Whitgift Sch., Croydon. Civil servant (National
Insur. Dept.). Joined Civil Serv. Cadets, '12. Joined Inns of
Court O.T.C., '15 ; gazetted to 15 Middlesex Regt. ; transf. to
R.F.C, being sent to France when qualified as an observer,
Dec, '16. Fell, France, 28 Mar., '17. (Plate XXVI., 5).
Seward, Edwin Mark, R.F.A.
Shakespeare, Frederick Edridge, Pte., Argyll & Sutherland H.
b., 9 Jun., '92 ; y.s., Mr. & Mrs. J. B. Shakespeare, 67 George St.,
Croydon, Educ, M. Whitgift Sch., Croydon. Memb. of
Legion of Frontiersmen. Enl., Aug., '14 ; went to France,
Jun., '15 : zv., '16. Fell, 26 Mar., '18.
Sharker, J. F., 228227, Pte., R. Fus.
Res., T. Heath. Fell, '17.
Sharman, W., Sapper, R.E.
b., '84. Married ; 5 children. Enl., Oct., '14 ; went to Egypt,
17 Mar., '15 ; lu., Suvla Bay, 2 Jul., '15 ; after short time in hosp.
at Bristol & elsewhere, was sent to France, 24 Feb., '16 ; invalided
home with diabetes, 7 Aug., 'i6 ; discharged from army, Feb., '17.
D. at his home, 29 Dec, '17.
Sharp, G. E., 30118, Pte, E. Sur. Regt.
Res., T. Heath. Fell, '17.
Sharp, Harry, Sapper, R.E. (Signal Serv.).
6., '95. Empl. at Croydon Post Office, '10-15. Enl., Apr., '15.
D., Gen. Hosp., Camiers, France, ii Aug., '17.
Sharpf, W. D. C, Pte., S. Staff. Regt.
Res., 135 Whitehorse Rd., Croydon. Missing, 21 Mar., '18.
Sharples, Charles Edward, L/Cpl., E. Sur. Regt.
b., 12 Northumberland St., Marylebone, 28 Sept., '91 ; s., Mr. &
Mrs. Bacon, Upper Green, Mitcham. Educ, Whitehorse Rd.
Sch., Croydon. Married. Foreman at Docks, Lond. Bridge.
Res., Fountain Rd., Tooting. Enl., early in '16. Fell, France
(probably nr. Bullecourt), 3 May, '17.
Sharpless, W., 18233, Pte., E. Sur. Regt.
Res., Croydon. Fell, '16.
Sharps, Robert, 2/Lt., M.G.C.
b., Winchelsea, Suss., 25 Jul., '94. Educ, Christ Ch. Sch.,
Croydon. Single. Printer. Res., 61 Benson Rd., Waddon.
Enl. in R. Fus., 3 Jun., '15. D., 18 Apr., '18, of wounds reed,
at BaqueroUes Farm, Merville-Rohecq Rd., France, 17 Apr., '18.
384 THE CROYDON ROLL OF HONOUR
Shaw, Edward Stuart, Pte., Lond. Scottish (14 Lond. Regt.)
b., Croydon, 20 Mar., '96 ; s., late Edward John, & Margaret
Stuart Shaw, 66 Croham Rd., Croydon. Educ, Elmhurst Sch.,
and Whitgift G. Sch., Croydon. Single. Insurance clerk,
Roval Insurance Co., Ltd., Lombard St., E.C. Enl., 11 Nov., '15,
Fell, Gommecourt, France, i Jul., '16. Buried, Hebuterne.
(Plate XXVI., 3).
Shaw, Edwin Bruce, Pte., g R. Fus.
b., Croydon, 23 Mar., '00 ; s., Samuel B. & Minian Alice Shaw,
21 St. John's Grove, Croydon. Educ, Dering PI. Sch., Croydon,
Boro. Sec. Sch., Croydon, & King's Coll., Lond. Sin<?le.
Teacher. Enl., 29 Jan., '16. Fell, France, 5 Aug., '16. (Plate
XXIII., 4).
Shears, J. S., 1378, Cpl., R.W.S. Regt.
b., '92. Res., 53 Albert Rd., Addis. Fell, France, 1 Jul., '16.
Shfldrick, Thomas Edward, Pte., 12 E. Sur. Regt.
b., 21 Sainsbury Rd., Gipsy Hill, U. Norwood, 6 Oct., '81 ;
s., Mr. & Mrs. Sheldrick, 21 Sainsbury Rd., U. Norwood.
Educ, Woodland Rd. Sch., U. Norwood. Married. Plasterer.
Res., 36 Queen's Rd., U. Norwood. Enl., 23 Jun., '16. Fell,
Ypres, 25 Apr., '18. Buried, Vlamertinge, W. of Ypres.
Shelley, Frederick Charles, Pte , 6 R.W.S. Regt.
b., 40 Fawcett Rd., Croydon, 13 Nov., '95 ; s., Mr. & Mrs,
Shelley, 40 Fawcett Rd., Croydon. Educ, Par. Ch. Sch.,
Croydon. Single. Engineer's apprentice. Enl., 3 Sept., '14,
Fell, Hohenzollern Redoubt, France, 13 Oct.. '15.
Sheppard, W. J.. 1866, Rflmn., 2 R.B.
h., Winchester ; s., Mr. & Mrs. Sheppard, 8 Pridham Rd. E.,
T. Heath. E'iwc, Whitehorse Rd. Sch., Croydon. Res., T. Heath.
Enl., '07 ; served in India, '08-Oct., '14 ; landed in France, 5 Nov.,
'14. FelL Neuve Chapelle, 10 Mar., '15.
Sherborn, Geoffrey Robert, Pte., E. Sur. Regt.
b., T. Heath, 26 Feb., '97 ; s., Sidnev N., & Helen Sherborn,
31 Beulah Rd., T. Heath. Educ, Mr. Davies' Sch., T. Heath.
Single. Apprentice to Messrs. Kennard Bros., drapers, Croydon.
Memb. of 8 Croydon Boy Scouts. Enl. as trooper in Sur. Yeom.,
17 Mar., '15 ; transf. to E. Sur. Regt. in France, in '16. D.,
8 Jun., '17, at 46 C.C.S., France, of wounds reed. nr. Voormezeele
same dav. Buried, Mendingham Cem., Proven.
Sherlock, A. H., Pte.
e.s., late Mr. & Mrs. H. Sherlock, Woodside. D., Rouen,
20 Sept., '18.
Sherman, George William, 5403, L/Cpl., R.W.S.Regt.(attd. 72T.M.B.)
b., Jarvis Rd., Crovdon, 2 Oct., '92 ; s., George & Annie Sherman,
5 Bartlett St., Croydon. Educ, Abp. Tenison's Sch., Croydon.
Single. Shopman. Memb. of St. Peter's, Croydon, C.L.B.
Enl., i6 Apr., '15. Fell, France, 10 Apr., '17.
Shersby, W. H., 2894,"L/Cpl., Lond. Regt.
Res., S. Norwood. Fell, '16.
Sherwood. Francis Colin, Lt., R.N.A.S.
b., Streatham, 13 Jun., '09 ; s., Mr. & Mrs. Sherwood, 7 Pollard's
Hill W., Norbury. Educ, " Cheltonia " & Mod. Schs., Streat-
ham. Single. Enl., Mav, '17. D. of heart failure following
influenza and pneumonia, Brooklands Hosp., Hull.
Sheward, Ernfst William, i Essex Regt.
h., Stourport, Worcestershire ; s., Mr. & Mrs. Sheward, 36
Brindley St., Newtown, Stourport. Educ, Stourport. Married .
Grocer & provision merchant. Res., 2 Clifton Terr., Parish
Lane, Penge. Enl., i Jun., '16. Fell, nr. Ypres, 31 Jan., '18.
XXVII.
I \V. (;. Sri-Ei', R.N.
2. 2/Lt. Harold Taylor, M.C, R.A F.
3. L/Cpl. C. P. G. Saxby, I R.W.S. Regt.
4. L/Cpl. R. H. Treffry, Queen's Westm . Rif.
5. Pte. C. W. RuFFELL, 58 Can. Regt.
6. Pte. B. Pfindt, N.Z. Forces
xxvnr.
Rflmn. L. S. Stevens, Lond. Irish Rif.
Pte. T. C. S. SiMMONDS, R.W.S. Regt.
Pte. A. ToMKiNS, E. Sur. Regt.
Pte. S. W. Richmond, Lond. Regt.
Pte. B. T. Treffry, R.W.S. Regt.
Pte. E. V. Tyler, M.M., R.W.S. Regt.
THE GLORIOUS DEAD 385
Shippey, Georoe Edward, Rflmn., 2/6 Lond. Regt.
/>., Lr. Sydenham, 3 May, '92 : s., Mr. & Mrs. Shippey, 15
Walter's Rd., Selhurst Rd., S. Norwood. Educ, Portland Rd.
Sch., S. Norwood. Single. Electro tvper and stereotyper.
Enl., 6 Sept., '14. D., 21 May, '17,3145 C.C.S., of wounds reed,
at Bullecourt, same day.
Shipton, Cuthbert, L/Cpl., Princess Patricia's Can. L.I.
h., '94 ; 4th s., Mr. & Mrs. George Walter Shipton, Round Hill,
Nova Scotia. Educ., Guelph Univ., and by his uncle, Mr. Arthur
E. P. Voules, Birdhurst Lodge, Croydon ; B.Sc. D. of cerebro-
spinal meningitis, 7 Gen. Hosp., France, 16 Jan., '16.
Shirley, William Leonard, H20753, ist CI. Stoker, R.N.
b., Beckenham, May, '96 ; 5., Mr. & Mrs. Charles Edward Shirley,
2 Drover's Rd., Croydon. Educ, Abp. Tenison's Sch., Croydon.
Single. Res., 5 Haling Rd., Croydon. Enl., 29 Sept., '13 !
served on board H.M.S. " Doon," '14-17. Killed during ?ir-raid
at Chatham Naval Barracks, 3 Sept., '17. (Plate XXV., 3).
Short. T. W., Pte., Cambs. Regt.
A., '86. Married. Empl. by Messrs. Harrison & Barber,
Croydon. Res., 64 Mitcham Rd., Croydon. Enl., Jun., '16 ;
M.M., Jul., '17. Fell, 26 Sept., '17.
Shorter, Arthur.
b., '98 ; s., William & Barbara Shorter, Mansfield Rd., Croydon,
Fell, 7 Nov., '17.
Shrubp, George, Pte., R.W.S. Regt.
h., Croydon, 23 Apr., '84 (or '85) ; s., Mr. & Mrs. Shrubb,
53 Priory Rd., Croydon. EJwc, Croydon (or Mitcham). Single.
Stoker. Served in R.N. before the war. £■»/., in R.W.S. Regt.,
'14. Fell, 16 Feb., '15.
SiLCOCK, John Cooke, L/Cpl., 11 R.W. Kent Regt.
b.. Church Rd., Croydon, 27 Jul., '93 ; y.s., John Cooke Sc Mary
Ann Silcock, 2=; Harrison's Rise, Croydon. Educ, Par. Ch. Sch.,
Crovdon. Married. Milk carrier. Res., 25 Harrison's Rise,
Croydon. E-il., 6 Feb., '15. Fell, nr. Zillebeke, 20 Sept., '17.
Silcott, Christian Philip, Can. D.A.C.
b., '94 ; y.s., Mr. & Mrs. Silcott, 46 Kidderminster Rd.,
Croydon. D., 22 Oct., '18, at Eastbourne, of wounds reed,
in France, 27 Sept., '18.
Silver, Harry, Pte., 4 R W.S. Regt.
b., '94 ; s. Mr. & Mrs. Silver, 18 Bridport Rd., T. Heath. Single.
Empl. by Croydon Corp., Roads Dept. D. of gastritis, Lucknow,
India, 20 May, '15.
SiMKiNs, Frederick John, Trooper, i M.G. Gds.
b., '98 ; J., James & Hannah Bella Allenby-Simkins, 144 Frant
Rd., T. Heath. Educ, T. Heath Sch. (Mr. J. D. Davies).
Enl., in Life Gds., May '16 ; served in France, 6 Dec, '17 to
May, '18. Killed during an enemy air-raid, France, 19 May, '18.
SiMMONDS, Alfred H., Driver, 57 Bty., R.F.A.
b., Brighton, 12 Dec, '92 ; s., William & Edith Simmonds,
69 The Drive, T. Heath Educ, Ecclesbourne Rd. Sch.,
Croydon. Single. Learning motor trimming. Enl., ig Oct.,
'10. Fell, Hooge Chateau, nr. Ypres, i Nov., '14.
SiMMONDS, Erne=:t Edward, Sgt., R.E.
b., Benson Rd., Croydon, 14 Nov., '89 ; s., Mr. & Mrs. Simmonds,
" Wandle House," Waddon Nev/ Rd., Crovdon. Educ, Brit.
Sch., Croydon. Single. Builder. Enl., Nov., '14 ; D.C.M.,
Sept., '16. Fell, 31 May, '18. Buried, La Kreule Cem., nr.
Hazebrouck.
Y
386 THE CROYDON ROLL OF HONOUR
SiMMONDS, Guy Bloxam, a/Lt.. M.G.C.
b., 22 Apr., '87 ; 2.7td s., Mr. & Mrs. William Henry Simmonds,
formerly " Lansdowne," Spencer Rd., Croydon, now of Hobart,
Tasmania. Ediic, Whitgift G. Sch., '98-02. Empl. on Stock
Exchange. Enl. as pte. in Middlesex Regt., '14 ; served in
France as sgt. ; commis., '16. Accidentally killed on a railway,
France, 29 Dec, '16.
Simmonds, Thomas Charles Sturton, Pte., 11 R.W.S. Regt.
b., Clav Hill, Bushey, Watford, 19 Dec, '91 ; s., Mr. & Mrs.
Simmonds, 10 Benskin Rd., Watford. Educ, Victoria Sch.,
Watford. Married. Conductor, Croydon Corp. Tramways.
Res., 8 Colvin Rd., T. Heath. Enl., 27 Oct., '15. Fell, Spoil-
banlc, Zillebeke, 11 Dec, '16. (Plate XXVHI., 2).
Simmons, D., 273060, Pte., 18 D.L.I.
b., '85 ; s., Mr. & Mrs. A. Simmons, 198 Northwood Rd.,
T. Heath. Fell, France, 2 Jul., 'iS.
Simmons, Eric Warr, 2/Lt., 6 York & Lanes. Regt.
b., Croydon, 6 Apr., '93 ; s., Thomas Frederick & Agnes Simmons,
5 Heathfield Rd., Croydon. Educ, Whitgift G. Sch.. Croydon,
and Univ. Coll., Lond., where he studied geology ; B.Sc,
1st cl. hon., '14 ; elected Fellow, Geological Soc, '15 ; demon-
strator in geology, Univ. Coll. Memb. of Lond. Univ. O.T.C.
Missing, Suvla Bay, 12 Aug., '15.
SiMPKlNS, C, 2332, Pte., R.W. Kent Regt.
Res., S. Norwood. Fell, '16.
Simpson, Arthur John, Pte., M.G.C.
b., Croydon, 5 Aug., 98 ; s., J. W. & E. J. Simpson, 9 Tudor Rd.,
S.Norwood. £'i«c.. Par. Ch. Sch., Croydon. Single. Store-
keeper (electrical branch), L.B. & S.C.R. Res., 8 Cranmer Rd.,
Croydon. Enl, 13 Aug., '17. D., 25 Mar., 'iS, at 36 C.C.S.,
France, of wounds reed, at Ypres, 24 Mar., '18.
Simpson, Frank, Cpl., i Middlesex Regt.
b., S. Norwood, 18 Sept., '89 ; s.. William & Sarah Ann Simpson,
90 Crowther Rd., S. Norwood. Educ, Birchanger Rd. Sch,,
S. Norwood. Married. Clerk. Res., 90 Crowther Rd.,
S. Norwood. Enl, 17 May, '16. Fell, Passchendaele, 3 Apr,,'i8.
Simpson, George, Rflmn., R.B.
b., 16 Naseby Rd., U. Norwood, 16 Aug., *88 ; s., Mr. & Mrs.
Simpson, 9 Eagle Hill, U. Norwood. Educ. Rockmount Rd.
Sch., U. Norwood. Married. Carman. Res., 25 Eagle Hill,
U. Norwood. Enl., 3 Sept., '14. Fell, nr. Poperinghe, 18
Oct., '17.
Simpson, Leonard, Pte., Glo'ster. Regt.
b., 35 Dover Rd.. U. Norwood, 28 May, '99 ; s., Mr. & Mrs. E.
Simpson, 9 Eagle Hill, U. Norwood. Educ, Rockmount
Rd. Sch., U. Norwood. Single. Newsagent's asst. Enl.,
28 May, '17. Fell, France. 9 Jul.. '18. (Plate XXV., 2).
Simpson, W. A., Sub-Lt., R.N.V.R.
b., '90. Empl. by Lacy Hulbert & Co., Croydon. Res.,
" Torwood," Alton Rd., Croydon. Joined, '15; if., France, '17.
Fell, 23 Mar. '18.
Simpson, William, L/Cpl., 3 R.W.S. Regt.
Educ, Gordon Boys' Home, Croydon. Fell, i Jul., '16.
Sims, Ernest Victor, Gnr., R.F.A.
b., Whitehorse Rd., Croydon, 23 Jun., '93 ; s., Mr. & Mrs.
Thomas Sims, 144 Canterbury Rd., Croydon. Educ, Boston Rd.
Sch., Croydon. Single. Painter. Enl., 4 Aug., '14. Fell,
France, 11 Dec, '16.
THE GLORIOUS DEAD 387
Sinclair, Leslie J. Hartnell-, 2/Lt., 3 E. Sur. Regt.
b., '95 ; s., Mr. & Mrs. Charles Hartnell-Sinclair, " Memphis,"
Addis. Fell, France, 26 Sept., '15.
Singleton, E. J., 552796, Pte., Lond. Regt.
Res.,T Heath. Fell, '17.
Skeddon, Lloyd, Lt., Can. E.F. (attd. R.A.F.)
s., Mr, & Mrs. Skeddon, Canada, late Croydon. Fell, France, '18.
Skeddon, Mathew, Can. Engineers.
b., '69 ; e.s., Mr. & Mrs. Skeddon, Canada, late Croydon. Fell,'i8.
Skelton, J., 6995, Pte., R.W.S. Regt.
i?<?5., T. Heath. Fell, '17.
Skilton, William George, Signaller, L.R.B. (5 Lond. Regt.)
b.. Ill Holmesdale Rd., S. Norwood, 2 Nov., '97 ; s., William
Robert & Lucy Skilton, 14 Bungalow Rd., S. Norwood. Educ,
Whitehorse Rd. Sch., T. Heath. Single. Clerk. Enl.,
12 May, '16. £)., 16 Aug., '17, at 32 CCS , France, of wounds
reed, at Polygon Wood, Ypres, same day.
Skinner, E. H. G., 12879, Rflmn., K.R.R.C '
Res., W. Croydon. Fell, '17.
Skinner, Edward Walter, Rflmn., L.R.B. (5 Lond. Regt.)
6., West Norwood, 5 Oct., '93 ; s., Edward & Emily Jane Skinner,
310 Lr. Addis. Rd., Croydon. Educ, Tiffins' G. Sch., Kingston-
on-Thames. Single. Clerk. Enl., in 8 Lond. Irish Rif.,
22 Dec, '15 ; transf. to 1/5 Lond. Regt. (L.R.B.), 5 May, '16 ;
sent to France, 14 Jul., 'i5. Missing, Les Boeufs, France,
8 Oct., '16.
Skinner, Francis George, Pte., E. Sur. Regt.
b., '98 ; s., Mr. & Mrs. Skinner, 4 Lion Rd., Croydon. Educ,
Princess Rd. Sch., Croydon. Single. Empl. by Messrs.
Whitbread, & Messrs. Blackwell, Lansdowne Rd., Croydon.
D. of wounds, 15 May, '18.
Skitteral, B. T., Sgt., R.W.S. Regt.
Married ; i son. Res., S. Norwood. Enl. in W. Yorks.
Regt., '95, serving in S.A. War. Re-enlisted 18 Oct., '14 ; served
in France, Apr., '16-Nov., '17, & in Italy, Nov., '17-Apr., '18,
when he returned to France ; D.C.M., Jun., '17, & M.M. Fell,
France, lo Aug., '18.
Skottowe, C M., 2/Lt., S. Lanes. Regt.
b., '98 ; s., Mr. & Mrs. Skottowe, " Strathfield," Brighton Rd.,
Purley. Educ., Forest Sch., & Sandhurst. Gazetted, Jan., '16 ;
went to France, Sept., 'i6. Missing, France, 21 Oct., '16.
SioJSE, Edward James, L/Cpl., 3/4 R.W.S. Regt.
b., 35 Warren Rd., Addis, 4 Sept., '95 ; s., Mr. & Mrs. E. J.
Skuse, 35 Warren Rd., Addis. Educ, Oval Rd. Sch., Croydon.
Single. Empl. by Westminster Gas Co. Teacher at St.
Matthew's Sunday Sch., Croydon. Enl., 4 Jun., '15. Fell,
Polygon Wood, Ypres. 4 Oct., '17. (Plate XXIX., 6).
Skuse, William Henry, Rflmn., 1/17 Lond. Regt.
b; 35 Warren Rd., Addis., '99 ; 2nd s., Mr. & Mrs. Skuse,
35 Warren Rd., Addis, iirfz^c. , Oval Rd. Sch., Croydon. Single.
Empl. as fitter's asst., Westminster Gas Co. E71I., 9 Jun., '17.
Fell, Froyennes, Belgium, 8 Nov., '18. Buried, White Chateau,
Froyennes. (Plate XXX., 6).
Slack, John, Pte., R.W.S. Regt.
b., Croydon. Educ., Bynes Rd. Sch., Croydon. Married ;
I child. Res., 127 Bynes Rd., Croydon. Served in S.A. War.
Enl., 5 Aug., '14. Fell, Mons. 30 Oct., '14.
388 THE CROYDON ROLL OF HONOUR
Slade, William, Pte., R.E.
b., S. Norwood, 27 Mar., '87 ; 5., Mr. & Mrs. Slade, 27 Apsley
Rd., S. Norwood. Educ., Rirchan<?er Rd. Sch., S. Norwood.
Married ; i daughter. Builder & decorator. Res., 27 Apsley
Rd., S. Norwood. Enl., 21 Jun., '16 ; w., four times (once at
Battle Wood, nr. Ypres, 30 Jul., '17) ; gassed. D ., Dover, of
pneumonia contracted at Calais, 7 Feb., '19.
Sleeman, Charles, Cpl., Lanes. Fus.
b., 32 Handcroft Rd., Croydon, 12 Jan., '92 ; s., Mr. & Mrs.
Sleeman, 6 Clarendon Rd., W. Croydon. Educ, Brit. Sch.,
Croydon. Single. Shop asst. Enl., 20 Oct., '14. Fell,
9 Jul., '16.
Slyfield, William John, Gnr., R.F.A.
b., 73 Beulah Hill, U. Norwood, 5 Jan., '95 ; s., Wm. George &
Kate Slyfield, 66a Queen's Rd., U. Norwood. Educ, Wesleyan
Sch., Eden Rd., W. Norwood. Single. Gardener. Enl.,
12 Apr., '15. D., 5 Nov., '17, at 10 Gen. Hosp., Rouen,' of
wounds reed, at Passchendaele, 29 Oct., '17. (Plate XXV., 5).
Smee, Arthur Joseph, Lt., Wilts. Regt. (attd. R.A.F.)
h., S. Norwood, 4 Feb., '95 ; s., Joseph & Anne M. Smee,
7 Whitworth Rd., S. Norwood. Educ, M. Whitgift Sch.,
Croydon, Strand Sch., & King's Coll., Lond. Single. Marine
insurance clerk. Enl. as pte. in U.P.S. Bde., Sept., '14 ; served,
France, Jun.-Sept., '16, where he was zo. ; Macedonia, Jan.-
Dec, '17, & Egypt, Jan.-Sept., '18. Killed in aeroplane accident
at Shoreham, Sussex, 28 Oct., '18.
Smethurst, Cyril Valentine, L/Cpl., H.A.C.
b., 14 Feb., '80 ; s., Mr. & Mrs. George Smethurst. " Home-
stead," Lewis Rd., Streatham. Educ, Whitgift G. Sch., '90-93.
Fell, '17.
Smethurst, Frederick Howard, ist CI. W.O., R.A.S.C.
b., " Homestead," Streatham Common, 23 May, '89 ; s., George
& Sophia Matilda Smethurst, " Highfield," Tring, Herts.
Educ, M. Whitgift Sch. Married. Buyer of stores and
engineer to G.W. Rly. of Brazil, & Gen. Manager, Rly. Accessories
Co., Lond. Res., 28 Egerton Gardens, Hendon, N.W. Enl.,
Oct., '16. D. as the result of an accident whilst in the execution
of his duty, 17 Aug., '-.
Smith, -, L/Col., 10 R.Fus. (City of Lond.)
Fell, '16.
Smith, A., Pte.
b., '96. EmpL by Croydon Corp. Tramways. Enl., Aug., '14.
D. of wounds, 19 Dec, '14.
Smith, A.
Educ, Ecclesbourne Rd. Sch., Croydon. D. of wounds reed,
at Mons. Oct., '14.
Smith, Alfred G., Sgt., R.W.S. Regt.
s., Mr. & Mrs. Smith, 4 Dickenson's PI., Woodside. Educ,
Woodside Sch., Croydon. Single. Labourer. £•«/., 3 Mar., '13;
went to France, Aug., '14 ; w., Oct., '14 ; ret. to France, Oct., '15.
D., 3 May, '16, of gas poisoning, contracted on 30 Apr., '16.
Smith, A. H., 201949, Gnr., R.F.A.
Res., Croydon. Fell, '17.
Smith, A. S., 15128, Gnr., R.F.A.
Res., S. Norwood. Fell, '17.
THE GLORIOUS DEAD 389
Smith, Albert Edward George, 301437, L/Sgt., 13 Tank Corps.
b., 28 Albion St., Croydon, 5 Nov., '92 ; s., George William &
Emily PhcEbe Smith, 126 Handcroft Rd., Croydon. Educ.
Mitcham Rd. Sch., Croydon. Married. Grocer's asst.
Res., 28 Albion St., Croydon. Enl., 7 Nov., '14. Fell, Kemmel
Hill (?), 25 Apr., '18.
Smith, Alec Kenneth, Pte., 13 Lond. Regt.
b., '98 ; y.s., Mr. & Mrs. F. Smith, 26 Crowther Rd., S. Norwood,
Fell, Neuve Chapelle, 12 Mar., '15.
Smith, Arthur, Pioneer, R.E.
b., '95 ; ^nd s., Mr. & Mrs. Charles Smith, 54 Northbrook Rd.,
Croydon. Educ, Sydenham Rd. Sch., Croydon. Single,
Carman, empl. by Mr. Clifford, Mayo Rd., Croydon. Enl. as
driver in R.F.A., i Sept., '14 ; went to France, 5 Jul., '15.
Accidentally killed, 5 Oct., '17.
Smith, Arthur Donald Thornton, Capt., K.R.R.C.
b., '92 ; V.S., Rev. & Mrs. E. Thornton Smith, of Bromley.
Educ, Whitgift G. Sch., Croydon, & Univ. Coll. Sch., Hampstead.
Joined Inns of Court O.T.C., Nov., '15 ; commis., Aug., '16 ;
went to France, 2 Oct., '16 ; D.S.O., May, '17. Fell nr.
Langemarck, 16 Aug., '17,
Smith, Charles Alfred, Gnr., 70 Bde., R.F.A.
h., Croydon, 30 Jun., '80 ; e.s., late Mr.. & Mrs. S. A. Smith,
so Selhurst New Rd., S. Norwood. Educ, St. James' Sch.,
Croydon. Single. Decorator. Enl., Aug., '14. Fell,
Albert, 27 Jan., '17.
Smith, Douglas Bradley, Pte., B Coy., 8 Platoon, 8 R. Fus.
b., 15 Nov., '80 ; s., Mr. & Mrs. Smith, 3 Woodstock Rd.,
Croydon. Educ, Univ. Coll., Lond. Insurance secretary.
Res., Paris. Enl., '15. Missing, between Le Sars & Guedecourt,
7 Oct., '16.
Smith, E., 9100, Rflmn., K.R.R.C.
Res., Croydon. Fell, '17.
Smith, Ernest H.\mmond, Cpl., S.W.B.
b., Tadworth, 5 Nov., '89 ; s., late E. W., & F. E. Smith, Tadworth,
Surrey. Educ, Reigate. Married. Clerk. Res., 102 Oval
Rd., Croydon. E}d., 22 Jan., '16. Fell, Gouzeaucourt, France,
12 Sept., '18.
Smith, Francis Leonard, Cpl., 6 R.W.S. Regt.
b., Queen's St., Croydon, '94 ; s., Mr. & Mrs. Ernest Smith, 5
Wandle Rd., Croydon. Educ, St. Andrew's Sch., Croydon.
Single. Enl., 3 Sept., '14 ; w., 3 times. D., 25 Dec, '15, at
Bethune, of wounds reed, at Givenchy, prev. day.
Smith, Frank Rodwell, Pte., 23 Lond. Regt.
b., S. Hackney, Dec, '94 ; s., Mr. & Mrs. Smith, 43 Park Lane,
Wallington. Educ, Upper Tooting High Sch. Single,
Insurance clerk. i?ei., 46 Alexandra Rd., Addis. Enl., Sept,,' i^
Fell, Givenchy, France, 29 May, '15. (Plate XXVI., 6).
Smith, Frank W. Howard, Lt., Lond. Regt.
b., '83. Married. Master at Dering PI. Counc Sch., Croydon,
from '06. Res., 55 Temple P>.d., Croydon. Joined, May, '15.
D., 4 Dec, '17, at Rouen, of gas poisoning, contracted at Bourlon
Wood.
Smith, Frederick Charles, Pte., E. Sur. Regt.
b., Croydon, 4 Jan., '73 ; s., Mr. & Mrs. Smith, 103 St, James'
Rd., Croydon. Educ, Brit. Sch., Croydon. Married. Sign
writer. Enl., 2g Sept., '14.. Z). at 5 CCS. , France, 4 Feb., '16.
Smith, Frederick Granville Walker, 2/Lt., Lond. Regt.
b., '85. Educ, Whitgift G. Sch. Married. D., in France,
21 Dec, '17, of wounds reed. 4 weeks prev. at Cambrai.
390 THE CROYDON ROLL OF HONOUR
Smith, Frederick Stanley, Cpl., R.A.S.C.
b., T. Heath, i8 Nov., '91 ; znd s., Charles William & Mary
Smith, 49 Bridge Rd., T. Heath. Educ, Sydenham Rd. Sch.,
Croydon. Married. Prudential Insurance agent. Res.,
16 York Rd., Brentford. EjiI., Apr., '15 ; served in France,
May-Nov., '15 ; with M.E.F., Nov., '15-May, '16. D. of
dysentery at the Can. Mil Hosp., Salonica, 16 May, '16.
Smith, F. W., 204534, Pte., Lond. Regt.
Res., S. Norwood. Fell, '17.
Smith, G., 2168, L/Cpl., Glo'ster. Regt.
Res., W. Croydon. Fell, '16.
Smith, Geoffrey Harold, 2/Lt., Northants. Regt.
b.. May, '96. Ediic, Whitgift G. Sch. Associated with St,
George's Mission Ch. Enl. in Artists Rif. O.T.C., '14. Fell,
Jul., '17.
Smith, Godfrey Bradley, Lt., R.A.M.C.
b., 29 Sept., '86 ; s., Mr. & Mrs. Smith, 3 Woodstock Rd.,
Croydon. Educ, Univ. Coll. Sch., Bedford. Single. Doctor
(M.R.C.S., L.R.C.P.). Res., Croydon. Joined, '15. Lost
with the " Arcadian," torpedoed in the Aegean Sea, 15 Apr., '17.
Smith, H., Essex Regt.
Married. Fireman. Served 8 yrs. with Essex Regt., mostly
in India. D. of wounds, '15.
Smith, Hamlyn Jago, 556987, Signaller, Q.W. Rif. (16 Lond, Regt.)
b., 26 Jul., '99 ; s., Mr. & Mrs. A. D. Smith, 14 Shrewsbury Rd.,
Redhill. f^/wc, Bethany House, Goudhurst, Institute S.Louis,
Brussels, & Whitgift G. Sch. Single. Clerk. Res., Redhill,
formerly at Croydon. Enl., Aug., '17. Fell nr. Bapaume,
9 Aug.,''i8. (Plate XXIV., 2).
Smith, Harold William, L/Cpl., i HA.C.
s., Mr. W. Smith, 34 Farnley Rd., S. Norwood. Enl., Aug., '15.
Fell, nr. Beaucourt Farm, Grandecourt, 8 Feb., '17. Buried,
Queen's Cem., Bucquoy.
Smith, James, Gnr., R.F.A.
e.s., Mr. & Mrs. Smith, 18 Pawson's Rd., Croydon. D. in India,
after 6 yrs. service abroad, 21 Apr., '16.
Smith, James, 206343, Rfimn., R.B.
b., '72. Married ; 5 children. Res., 119 Boston Rd., Croydon,
Memb. of Nat. Res., R.W.S. Regt. D. of cholera at Sialkot,
India, 28 Aug., '17.
Smith, James Frederick, Pte., 2 Essex Regt
b., Croydon, 11 May, '- ; znd s., Mr. & Mrs. George Smith,
23 Beulah Grove, Croydon. Educ., Princess Rd. Sch., Croydon,
Married ; 5 children. Labourer, empl. by Croydon Corp.
Res., 23 Beulah Grove, Croydon. Enl., 15 Jun., '16. D., 11
May, '17, at a CCS. in France, of wounds reed, same day.
Smith, P., L/Cpl., Australian I.F.
Fell, '16.
Smith, Richard H., 1054, Pte., 6 R.W.S. Regt.
b., '94. Educ., Par. Ch. Sch., Crovdon. Eid., 9 Sept., '14.
Fell, 4 Oct., '16.
Smith, Robert Vernon, L/Cpl., 10 R. Fus.
b., about '92 ; s., Mr. & Mrs. M. P. Smith, 100 Oakfield Rd.,
Croydon. Educ, Royal Brit. Sch., Slough. Empl. by Messrs.
Newman, Smith & Newman, Newgate St., Lond., '06-09 ; ^t^^ hy
Messrs. Rata, Turner & Atkinson, Old Bailey, Lond., '09-14.
Enl., Aug., '14 ; trained at Colchester, Andover & Windmill Hill
Camp, Salisbury Plain; left for France, 31 Jul., '15; L/cpl.,
Mar., '16. Fell, Pozieres, 15 Jul., '16.
THE GLORIOUS DEAD 391
Smith, Rupert Castle-, Pte., Aust.I.F.
b., '91 ; znds., Mr & Mrs. Pering Castle-Smith, 5 Park Hill Rise,
Croydon. Fell, France, 11 Apr., '17.
Smith, S. P., Lt., i Cheshire Regt.
Edtic, High Sch., Croydon. Fell, '16.
Smith, S.G., Cpl., R.W.S. Regt.
Res., 32 Pridham Rd. E., T. Heath. Mobilised, Aug., '14 ;
served in India, Oct., '14-16 May, '16, when he ret., time expired ;
re-enlisted, May, '16 ; went to France, 13 Jan., '17. Fell,
23 Apr., '17.
Smith, Sidney George, 2/Lt., 200 M.G.C.
b., S. Hackney ; s., Mr. S: Mrs. Smith, 43 Park Lane, Wallington.
Educ, Upper Tooting High Sch. Single. Insurance clerk.
Res., 46 Alexandra Rd., Addis. Enl. as pte., Aug., '14. Fell,
France, 31 Mar., '18. (Plate XXVI., 4).
Smith, W. A., L/Cpl., 2 R.W.S. Regt.
b., '92 ; s., Mr. & Mrs. Smith, 50 Selhurst New Rd., S. Norwood.
Educ, St. James' Sch., Croydon. Electrician. Fell, Loos,
25 Sept., '15.
Smith, W. H., Driver. R.F.A.
h., '96; s., Mr. & Mrs. Smith, 18 Pawson's Rd., Croydon.
Enl., '14. D. of pneumonia, France, 25 Feb., '19.
Smith, William Alexander, Pte., 1/4 R.W.S. Regt.
b.. Church St., Crovdon, 18 Nov., '76 ; s., James & Ellen Smith,
12 Leighton St. E., Croydon. Educ, Mitcham Rd. Sch.,
Croydon. Single. Painter. Served in S.A. War. Mobilised
with Territorials, 2 Aug., '14. D., 17 Dec, '15, at Calaba
Station Hosp., Bombay, of wounds reed, at Ctesiphon, 22-24
Nov., '15.
Smorthwaite, Reginald. 6606, Rflmn., Q.W. Rif. (r/i6 Lond, Regt.)
Educ, Ecclesbourne Rd. Sch., Croydon., and M. Whitgift Sch.
Missing, 18 Sept., '16.
Snelgrove, Henry John, Rflmn., Lond. Regt.
b., '97 ; s., John & Ellen Snelgrove, 10 Thirsk Rd., S. Norwood.
Enl. in R.W.S. Regt., Oct., '14 ; went to France with Lond. Regt.,
Aug., '16 ; w., Jul., '17. Fell, 30 Nov., '17.
Snelgrove, H. D. B., 2/Lt., R.F.C.
Educ, Whitgift G. Sch. Chemist. Res., America. Enl., 'id.
Missing, presumed killed in an air fight, '17.
Somerscales, E. C, Pte., Wilts. Regt.
b., '71 ; s., Mr. & Mrs. Somerscales, 58 Pemdevon Rd.,
Croydon. D. of fever in India, 25 Sept., '16.
Songhurst, G., Pte., E. Sur. Regt.
Married ; 4 children. Res., 21 Salisbury Rd., Woodside.
Went to France, Sept., '16 ; w., Oct., '16 ; ret. to France,
Sept., '17 ; saw service in Italy. D. of wounds, 21 Oct., '18.
SoPER, W. H., 201700, Pte., R.W.S. Regt.
Res., S. Norwood. Fell, '17
SoRRELL, W. P., 201683, Pte., 8 R.W.S. Regt.
s., Mr. & Mrs. Sorrell, 7 Union Rd., Croydon. Taken pris.,
21 Mar., '18. Last heard of, 8 Oct., '18.
South, William Harry.
e.s., Mr. & Mrs. South, 4 Mead PI., Crovdon. D. in France,
16 Jul., '18.
392 THE CROYDON ROLL OF HONOUR
Spark, Frank Evans, Rflmn., L.R.B. (5 Lond. Regt.)
b., 4 Dec, '84 ; s., Mr. & Mrs. Francis John Spark. Educ,
Whitgift G. Sch., '95-02, and Barnet G. Sch. Fell, nr. Ypres,
May, '15.
Sparkes, E., 12133, Pte., R.W. Kent Regt.
Res., Croydon. D. of wounds, '17.
Sparks, Ernest, Pte., E. Kent Regt.
y.s., Mr. & Mrs. George Sparks, late of S. Croydon. Married.
Res., 28 Warren Rd., Addis. Enl., 16 Aug., '16. D., 16 Jun.,'17,
of wounds reed. prev. day.
Sparks, F. E., Rflmn., L.R.B. (5 Lond. Regt.)
Educ, Whitgift G. Sch., '95-98, Fell, Flanders, '15.
Spearing, W., 12309, Pte., R. Fus.
Res., Addis. Fell, '17.
Spencer, Frank Sidney, Pte., R.W.S. Regt.
b., 24 Grange Pk., T. Heath, 27 Jan., '- ; s., Mr. & Mrs.
Spencer, 55 Sidney Rd., S. Norwood. Educ, Birchanger Rd.
Sch., S. Norwood. Single. House decorator. Enl., 26 Aug.,
'14. D., 2 Sept., '15, at 21 Gen. Hosp., Alexandria, of wounds
reed, at Dardanelles, 29 Aug., '15.
Spencer, George Douglas, Pte., Lanes. Fus.
b., Islington, 7 Oct., '85 ; s., Mr. & Mrs, Spencer, Laud St.,
Croydon. Married. Billiard-cue maker. i?e5., 134 Pemdevon
Rd., Croydon. Enl., 5 Jun., '16. Fell, Beaumont-Hamel,
France, 23 Nov., '16.
Spencer, Richard Martin, 2/Lt., i R. Warwick. Regt.
b., Putney, '94 ; y s., late Ernest Nelson Spencer, formerly of
Croydon and Hounslow, and Mrs. Fitzjames, 17 St. Martin's
Rd., Knowle. Educ, Elmhurst Sch., Croydon, & St, Paul's,
Joined, '14. Fell, France, 22 Jan., '16.
Spencer, Sidney Charles, 7489, Cpl., 11 R. Fus.
b., T, Heath ; s., Mr. & Mrs. K. Spencer, 8 Boston Rd., Croydon,
Enl., 7 Sept., '14. Fell, 10 Aug., '17.
Spice, T., 351606, Pte., Lond. Regt.
Res., W. Croydon. FeU, '17.
Spicer, Robert William, Capt., R.W.S. Regt.
b., 25 Nov., '15 ; e.s., Mr. & Mrs. R. W. Spicer, " Chartleigh,"
S. Croydon. Educ, Oxford House Sch., Croydon, St,
Edmund's, Canterbury, & Whitgift G. Sch., 'lo-ii, where he
was memb. of O.T.C. Enl. in Artists Rif., proceeding to France
with them, Oct., '14 ; gazetted to R.W.S,, and promoted capt.,
Jul., '15. Fell, 26 Mar., '17.
Spicer, Stanley Thomas, Lt., S. Staff. Regt
b., Catford, 4 Apr., '90 ; s., Mr. & Mrs. Spicer, Sharnford, nr.
Hinckley, Leicestershire. Educ, M. Whitgift Sch. Single. Clerk
in Colombo (Ceylon) offices of Cook's Tourist Agency, Res.,
29 Farnley Rd., S. Norwood. Enl. as rflmn. in R.B., Dec, '14 ;
commis, in S. Staff. Regt., '15 ; went to France, Jan., '16,
D., 9 Aug., '16, of wounds reed, at Trones Wood, France, the
prev. day.
Spurgin, H. T., 3311, Pte., R. Suss. Regt,
Fell, '16.
Stables, L. T. D., Lt., Beds. Regt. (attd. Northants. Regt.)
b.,'gi; 2nd s., Mr. W. W. G. Stables, M.R.C.S., 5 Auckland Rd.,
U. Norwood. Educ, St, Olave's, Lond, Empl. in office of
Publ. Trustee. Enl. in 25 Lond, Regt. (Cyclists) ; commis.
(posted to 6 Beds, Regt.), 25 Oct., '16 ; w., Arras, 23 Apr., '17 ;
ret, to France, 25 Sept., '18. Fell, 23 Oct., '18,
THE GLORIOUS DEAD 393
Stacey, Arthur Horris, Pte., R.W.S. Regt.
Res., 89 Queen's Rd., Croydon. Enl., '15. Fell, 26 Apr., '15.
Stacey, Gerald Arthur, Maj., Lond. Regt.
b., '82 ; s., Mr. & Mrs. Crosley, U. Norwood. D.S.O. Fell,
II Oct., '16.
Stacey, John Harold, Lt., R.F.C.
Educ, M. Whitgift Sch. Fell, Oct., '18.
Stagey, John James, 6252, Pte., Lond. Scottish (14 Lond. Regt.)
b., Caterham, 22 Nov., '87 ; s., Mr. & Mrs. Stacey, 61 Beacons-
field Rd., Croydon. Educ., Sydenham Rd. Sch., Croydon.
Single. Writer and Grainer. Enl., 9 Dec, '15. D., 11 Jul., '16,
at Etretat, France, of wounds reed, at Gommecourt Wood,
I Jul., '16.
Staelman, Pharailda.
b., Belgium, '54, Widow. Res., 163 St. James' Rd., Croydon.
D. from shock during Zeppelin raid, Oct., '15.
Stanley, Frederick Edward, Pte., 9 E. Sur. Regt.
b., Slough, Bucks., 10 Jul., '95 ; s., Mr. & Mrs. Stanley, "Rylands,"
Gibson's Hill, U. Norwood. Educ, Rockmount Rd. Sch.,
U. Norwood. Single. Grocer's asst. Res., 66a Queen's Rd.,
U. Norwood. Enl., q Sept., '14. Fell, Neuve Eglisp, France,
14 Jul., '16. (Plate XXX., 4).
Stanley, W., 6606, Pte., R.W.S. Regt.
Res., Croydon. D. of wounds.
Stannard, C. H. Stanley, Cpl., R. Fus.
b., '97 ; s., Mr. & Mrs. Stannard, 61 Zion Rd., T. Heath. Educ,
Whitehorse Rd. Sch., T. Heath, & Boro. Sec. Sch., Croydon.
Empl. by Westminster Gas Co. Enl., May, '15 ; served in
France, Jul., '15-Oct., '17. Fell, 4 Oct., '17.
Steadman, James William Gilbert, Musician, R.N.
b., Walmer, Kent, 8 Jul., '91 ; s., Mr. & Mrs. Steadman, 89
Newlands Rd., Norbury. Educ, Walmer, Kent. Single.
Joined, '06 (?) Lost with H.M.S. " Queen Mary," 31 May, '16.
Steel, Douglas G., Capt., 3 Suff. Regt.
h., '95 ; 5., Mr. & Mrs. Steel, Lond. Rd., T. Heath. Educ,
Boro. Sec. Sch., Croydon. Single. Clerk. M.C. Enl. in
Middlesex Regt., Sept., '14. Fell, '16.
Steele, Frank George, Pte., D.C.L.L
b., Croydon, 27 Mar., '95 ; s., Mr. & Mrs. Alfred Steele, 60
Arundel Rd., Croydon. Educ, Boro. Sec. Sch., Croydon.
Single. Clerk. Enl., Aug., '14. D., 6 Apr., '16., at 19 C.C.S.,
of wounds reed. prev. day.
Steele, Rollo Peter, Pte., E. Sur. Regt.
b., Fillebrooke Rd., Leytonstone, 22 Apr., '95 ; s., Philip Richard
& Ethel Gertrude Steele, 58 Croham Rd., Croydon. Educ,
St. Dunstan's Coll., Catford. Single. Clerk in Royal Exchange
Assurance Corporation. Res., Harcourt Mans., Croydon Rd.,
Anerley. Enl., 21 Jan., '16. E'ell, Bazentin-le-petit, France,
14 Jul., '16.
Steer, William George, Sick Berth Steward, R.N.
b., W. Croydon, 2 Jun., '88 ; 5., Mr. & Mrs. J. H. Steer, 15
Stanley Grove, Croydon. Educ, St. Saviour's Sch., Croydon.
Single. Joined, 25 Jul., '06 ; with H.M.S. " Medina " on the
Indian Coronation Tour, '11-12 ; served for 4^ yrs. at Bighi
Hosp., Malta; on H.M.S. " Latona," Sept., ''14-Mar., '15
Killed by explosion on H.M.S. " Princess Irene," 27 May, '15.
(Plate XXVI [., i).
Stemp, L. F., Capt., R.F.A.
Educ, Whitgift G. Sch. Missing, '18,
394 THE CROYDON ROLL OF HONOUR
Stepan, Percy Reginald, Pte., R. Fus.
b., '93. Res., 5 Fairholme Mans., Croydon. Fell, 15 Jul., '16.
Stevens, Arthur Ernest, Sapper, Can. Engineers.
b., Seaford, 22 May, '87 ; s., late Mr.,& Mrs. Stevens, 24 Hathaway
Rd., Croydon, Ediic, Brit., S: St. Saviour's Schs., Croydon.
Married ; 2 children. Plumber. Res., Vancouver, B. C.
Enl. about '15. Fell, France, 13 Jan., '18.
Ste^/ens, Arthur William, Pte., 1/4 R.W.S. Regt.
b., Lond., II Mav, '96 ; s., Arthur William & Caroline Stevens
6 Fridge Rd., T. Heath. Educ, St. Thomas's Sch., Orchard St.'
Portman Sq., W. Single. Stockbroker's clerk. Enl!,
12 Aug., '14. D., 10 Apr., '16, at Colaba Hosp., Bombay, of
wounds reed, at Ctesiphon, 22-23 Nov., '15. (Plate XXIII., 3) .
Stevens, Charles H., 554401, Sapper, R.E.
b., '86 ; 5., Mr. & Mrs. Edward Stevens, 5 Epsom Rd., Croydon.
Enl., Apr., '16. Fell, Monchy, nr. Arras, Oct., '17 ; buried,
Monchy.
Stevens, F. G., Lt., R.W.S. Regt.
Res., 3 Parson's Mead, Croydon. Enl. as pte., 14 Sept., '14 ;
went to France, Jun., '15 ; zv., Festuhert, Jan., '16 ; ret. to
France as sgt.. May, '16 ; commis., Sept., '16 ; M.M.. Somme,
'16 (bestowed on mother by Mayor of Croydon & Col. Thompson,
at Town Hall, Croydon, Apr., '18). Fell, Apr., '17.
Stevens, G. H., 30032, Pte., Beds. Regt.
Res., S. Norwood. Fell, '17.
Stevens, H. H., Pte., Cameron H.
6., '81. Married; 2 children. i?e5., 9 Newhaven Rd., S. Nor-
wood. Helped to start Croydon Common Football Club.
Enl., May, '16. D. from exposure, France, 23 Dec, '17.
Stevens, James Alfred, Pte., R.W.S. Regt.
b., 5 Nasebv Rd., U. Norwood, 10 Oct., '94 ; 5., Mr. & Mrs.
Stevens, 5 Naseby Rd., U. Norwood. Educ, Rockmount Rd,
Sch., U. Norwood. Single. Labourer. Enl., 17 Apr., '16.
Fell, France, 28 Sept., '16.
Stevens, Joseph Samuel, Rflmn., Civil Serv. Rif. (15 Lond. Regt.)
b., 132 Commercial Rd., Peckham ; s., Mr. & Mrs. Stevens,
3 Drover's Rd., Croydon. Educ, Par. Ch. Sch., Croydon.
Single. Clerk. Enl., 1 Feb., '16. Fell, Ypres, 10 Apr., 'i8.
Stevens, Leonard S., Rflmn., Lond. Irish Rif. (18 Lond. Regt.)
b., '96 ; s., Mr. & Mrs. Edward Stevens, 5 Epsom Rd., Croydon,
Enl., Aug., '14. Fell, Festuhert, 4 May, '15 ; buried, Festubert,
(Plate XXVIII., i).
Stevens, Sidney Frederick, Sgt., 2 R. Fus.
b., 124 Windmill Rd., Croydon, 23 Aug., '87 ; s., late George,
& Matilda Stevens, 114 Windmill Rd., Croydon. Educ.,
Sydenham Rd. Sch., Croydon. Single. Painter. Enl. about
'05 ; Delhi Durbar Med. Fell, France, 20 Sept., '16.
Stevenson, George, L/Cpl., M.G.C.
b., '93. Educ, Beulah Rd. Sch., T. Heath. Married ; i son.
Res., 40 Northwood Rd., T. Heath. D. of wounds, 15 Sept., '17.
STEV^:ARD, Morris, Pte., R.W.S. Regt.
s., Mr. & Mrs. Steward, 14 Whitgift St., Croydon. Gardener,
empl. by Mr. Frank Lloyd, Croydon. Enl., Aug., '14. D. of
wounds, 6 Oct., '16.
Stevv'ard, Reginald, L.R.B. (5 Lond. Regt.)
Educ, High Sch., Croydon. D. of wounds, 23 Jul., '17.
THE GLORIOUS DEAD 395
Stewart, Douglas Alexander, 2/Lt., Cheshire Regt.
b., 2 Nov., '89 ; s., Mr. & Mrs. Joseph Stewart, 13 Chepstow Rd.,
Croydon. Educ, Whitgift G. Sch., '01-07. Enl. as pte. in
Lond. Scottish before war ; D.C.M., awarded while cpl. in Lond.
Scottish, Jul., '15 ; Russian medal of St. George, 4th cl. Fell,
9 Jul., '16.
Stewart, Ernest George, A.B. Seaman, R.N.
b., Lond., 5 Sept., '96 ; s., Mr. & Mrs. Stewart, Lakemba, nr.
Sydney, N.S.W. Ediic, Portland Rd. Sch., S. Norwood.
Single. Sailor. Res., Australia. Joined, Sept., '12. Lost on
H.M.S. " Egmont," 11 Nov., '17.
Stewart, George, Pte.
Late History Master, M. Whitgift Sch. Fell, Nov., '16.
Stewa^rt, Robert, Pte., R. Fus.
b., 12 Lahore Rd., Croydon ; s., Mr. & Mrs. Stewart, 85
Gloucester Rd., Croydon. Educ, Nat. Sch., Croydon. Single.
Carman. Enl., 6 Mar., '15. Fell, Dardanelles, 29 Aug., '15.
Still, Willlam George, Pte., 13 R. Suss. Regt.
b., 3 Victoria Place, Croydon, 31 Dec, '98 ; s., late Mr., & Mrs.
Still, 3 Victoria PI., Croydon. Educ, St. Andrew's Sch.,
Croydon. Single. Groundsman. Enl., 22 Mar., '17. Fell,
nr. Kemmel Hill, 26 Apr., '18.
Stimson, John William, Cpl., R.F.A.
b., Croydon, 31 Oct., '90 ; s., late Mr. Stimson, & Mrs. Elizabeth
Weaver, 22 Cuthbert Rd., Croydon. Educ, Mitcham Rd. Sch.,
Croydon. Single. Office boy. Enl., 22 Jan., '09. D., 2
Mar., '17, of wounds reed, in France prev. day.
Stirling, John Hunt, Lt., R.F.A.
6., '05 ; 5.,Mr. & Mrs. John Stirling, "Grangehurst," S.Norwood.
D. of wounds, 22 Aug., '17.
Stockbridge, E. a., 203058, Pte., Lond. Regt.
Fell, '17.
Stocker, Gerald, Cpl., R.W.S. Regt.
2nd s., Mr. & Mrs. Stocker, 67 Bensham Man. Rd., T. Heath.
Educ, Winterbourne Rd. Sch., T. Heath. Single. Enl.,
Aug., '14 ; M.M., Messines, '17. Fell, 6 Jul., '17.
Stockley, Harry, Cpl., 73 Field Amb., R.A.M.C.
b., '93. Educ, Boston Rd. Sch., T. Heath. Empl. by Mr.
Newman, butcher. Lr. Addis. Rd., Croydon. Res., 38 Dominion
Rd., Croydon. Fell, France, 9 Oct., '18.
Stone, Richard, Pte., 7 R. Suss. Regt.
b., Stuart's Rd., Clapham, S.W., 13 Oct., 'or ; 5., Mr. & Mrs.
Stone, 3 Cotford Rd., T. Heath. Educ, Whitehorse Rd. Sch.,
T. Heath. Single. Gas collector. Res., 3 Cotford Rd.,
T. Heath. Enl., 14 Oct., '16 ; served in France 13 months.
D., 27 Nov., '18, at Crescent Mil. Hosp., Croydon, of pneu-
monia, contracted while on leave.
Stone, Sidney John, A.B. Seaman, R.N.
b., 22 The Drive, T. Heath, 18 Aug., '97 ; 5., Mr. & Mrs. Stone,
3 Cotford Rd., T. Heath. Educ, Whitehorse Rd. Sch., T. Heath.
Single. Clerk. Res., 3 Cotford Rd., T. Heath. Joined,
Sept., '13. Lost with H.M.S. " Clan MacNaughton," off Irish
Coast, 3 Feb., '15.
Stoneham, Reginald Percy, Lt., i Notts. & Derby. Regt.
h., 'qi ; s., Mr. & Mrs. A. W. Stoneham, Tx Brigstock Rd.,
T. Heath. Educ, M. Whitgift Sch. Single. Bank clerk
(Bank of Bombay). D.C.M. Fell, Hill 60, Ypres, May, '15.
396 THE CROYDON ROLL OF HONOUR
Stoneman, George, R.W.S. Regt.
6., '91 ; s., late Mr. Stoneman, & Mrs. Caroline Fox, 70 Bynes Rd.,
Croydon. Empl. at S. Croydon Stn. D. of wounds, 14
Jul., '17.
Strahan, W. E., 9062, Pte., 2 R.W.S. Regt.
b., '88. Res., Croydon. Eiil., '06 ; served at Gibraltar,
Bermuda, and S. Africa ; w., France, Oct., '14. Fell, Festubert
16 May, '15.
Straker, Frank, 2/Lt., R.F.A.
b., '98 ; s., Mr. & Mrs. Straker, 5 Park Lane Mans., Park Lane,
Croydon. Fell, '16.
Street, Sidney, Cpl., 1/19 Lond. Regt.
b.. Furze Rd., T. Heath, 16 Jun., '87 ; 2nd s., Mr. & Mrs. Street,
5 Lucerne Rd., T. Heath. Educ, Beulah Rd. Sch., T. Heath.
Married ; i son. Tobacconist. Res., 82 Burlington Rd.,
T. Heath. Enl. in R.W.S. Regt, 13 Sept., '14. Fell, France,
22 Aug., '18.
Streeter, Alfred W., Sgt., R.E.
b., '66. Single. Res., 98a Cherry Orchard Rd., Croydon.
M.M. Fell, '17.
Streeter, George, Pte., E. Sur. Regt.
b., '96. Res., 59 Exeter Rd., Croydon. IF., France, Apr., '15.
Fell, 23 Jul., '16.
Streeter, Jeremiah Emery, Pte., 4 Middlesex Regt.
b., 60 Napier Rd., Croydon. Educ, Bynes Rd. Sch„ Croydon.
Married. Plate layer. Res., 63 Bynes Rd., Croydon. Enl.,
7 Aug., '01. Fell, Fleurbaix, 10 Nov., '14.
Streeter, William, Pte., E. Sur. Regt.
s., Mr. & Mrs. Streeter, 59 Exeter Rd., Croydon. Fell, Aug., '14.
Streeter, William Robert, 46229, Driver, R.F.A.
b., Croydon, 4 Sept., '92 ; s., Mr. & Mrs. S. J. Streeter, 26
Napier Rd., Croydon. E'c/z/r., Bynes Rd. Sch., Croydon. Single.
Groundsman, Shirley Golf Links. Enl., 8 Oct., '15 ; served in
Italy and France. Fell, France, 13 Nov., '18.
Strett, W. E., R.W.S. Regt.
Res., S. Croydon. Fell, '17.
Strudwick, G., 1 992 1, Gnr., R.H.A.
Res., Croydon. Fell, '16.
Strudwick, William Maurice. 44844, Pte., 2 Lincoln Regt.
b., 2 Pump Pail, Croydon, 24 Feb., '99 ; s., Mr. & Mrs. Strudwick,
125 Old Town, Croydon. Educ, St. Andrew's Sch., Croydon.
Single. Waiter. Enl., 5 Jan., '17. Fell, France, 17 Apr., '18.
Stuart, J. H., 203491, Rfimn., R.B.
Res.,S. Norwood. Fell, '16.
Stubbs, Edward Woodhouse, L/Cpl., 32 Div., R.A.M.C.
b., Norwich, '87 ; s., Mr. & Mrs. J. Woodhouse Stubbs, Marl-
borough Rd., Croydon. Educ, Sunderland Boys' High Sch.,
Ilkley Gram. Sch., Newcastle-on-Tyne Gram. Sch., & Norwich
Middle Sch. Single. Architect, A.R.LB.A. Enl., Aug., '15.
Fell, Bethune, 7 Aug., '16, while rescuing civilians from houses
that were being demolished by shell fire.
Stubbs, Reginald Arthur, 2/Lt., R. Mun. Fus. (attd. R.F.C.)
Chorister and Server, Holy Innocents' Ch., S. Norwood ; under-
graduate, Keble Coll., Oxford ; studying for Holy Orders.
Enl., in U.P.S. Corps as pte. Fell, France, 8 Jun., '16.
Studham, a. E., R.W.S. Regt.
b., '85 ; 5., Mr. & Mrs. J. Studham, Croydon. Educ, Par.
Ch. Sch., Croydon. Married. Fell, 5 Apr., '18.
THE GLORIOUS DEAD 397
Sturges, Montague E., Pte., Lond. Regt.
b., Anerley, '98 ; s.. Rev. M. C. & Mrs. Sturges, Anerley. Educ,
Anerley Coll., & Whitgift G. Sch. Empl. in merchant's office
in City. Enl., '15. Fell, '17.
Sturrock, William Henry James, Pte., Australian I.F.
h., 14 Ivy Lane, Brockley, 3 Jan., '96 ; ?., Mr. & Mrs. James B.
Sturrock, " Trentham," 45 Woodside Av., S. Norwood. Educ,
Portland Rd. Sch., S. Norwood. Single. Farmer. Res.,
Gippsland, Victoria, Aust. Enl., Mar., '15 ; served in Gallipoli,
Soudan, Eg>^t, &-.France. Killed in explosion of the Town Hall
at Bapaume, 25 Mar., '17.
Styles, Francis Frederick, Pte., 2/4 R.W.S. Regt.
b., 14 Walter's Rd., S. Norwood, 28 Sept., '86 ; s., William
John & Louisa Styles, ig Cresswell Rd., S. Norwood. Educ,
Birchanger Rd. Sch., S. Norwood. Single. Empl. by Croy-
don Corp. £'nZ.,'i3cOct., '14. Fe//, Palestine, 27 Dec, '17.
SuDLOW, F., Pte., Australian LF.
Educ, High Sch., Croydon. Fell, '16.
Sullivan, C, Driver, R.F.A.
b., '97 ; 5., Mr. & Mrs. Sullivan, 84 Addington Rd., Croydon.
Empl. by Messrs. Packham & Co. Enl., '14. Fell, nr. Amiens,
29 Mar., '18.
SuMMERFORD, F., 63211, Pte., Lab. Corps.
Res., S. Norwood. Fell, '17.
SURKITT, W. A., Pte., R.W. Kent Regt.
s., Mr. & Mrs. S. Surkitt, 34 Sussex Rd., Croydon. Enl.,
6 Sept., '14 ; went to France, Jun., '16 ; iv., 10 Aug., '16 ;
retd. to France, 12 Dec, '16 ; went to Italy Nov., '17. where he
was w. ; gassed at Messines, '18. Fell, France, 25 Oct., '18.
SuRRY, Norman F., Lt., K.R.R.C.
Married. Res., 22 Freemason's Rd., Croydon. Fell, 12 Oct., '18.
SuTCLiFFE, John, Pte., 10 Can. Inf.
b., '82 ; s., Mr. & Mrs. J. Sutcliffe, 4 Oakfield Rd., Croydon.
Fell, Loos, 15 Aug., '17.
Sutcliffe, Robert Willi.a.m, Pte., 17 R. Fus.
5., Mr. & Mrs. J. Sutcliffe, 4 Oakfield Rd., Croydon. Fell,
Delville Wood, Somme, 27 Jul., '16.
Sutton, C. A., 1200, Driver, R.F.A.
Res., Croydon. Fell, 'ly.
Sutton, R. C. J., Pte., R.W.S. Regt.
b., '79. Married. Empl. by Croydon Corp. for 14 yrs.
Res., 67 Farnley Rd., S. Norv\ood. Fell, 12 May, '17.
Swale, F. Alan, Lt., Can. Divnl. Sig. Cov.
b., '93 ; s., Mr. & Mrs. Swale, ' " Brudenell," Altyre Rd.,
Croydon. Educ, Whitgift G. Sch. Fell, 24 Apr., '15.
Swallow, Leonard, Sgt., H.A.C.
b., '93 ; s.. Rev. & Mrs. Swallow, late of T. Heath. Fell, '16.
Swallow, R., Gnr., R.H.A.
Res., T. Heath. Fell, '16.
SwANSBY, S. E., Pte., R.W.S. Regt.
b., '94 ; s., Mr. & Mrs. Swansby, 13 Rymer Rd., Croydon.
Empl. by Messrs. Hall & Co. Res., 41 Lancing Rd., Croydon.
Enl., 16 Oct., '14 ; went to France, Sept., '15. Fell, 31 Jul., '17.
SwANSTON, John Taylor, Coy.Sgt.Maj., Lond. Scottish (14 Lond. Regt.)
b., Tunbridge Wells, 19 Nov., '79 ; s., Mr. & Mrs. Swanston,
" Shiplake," Moreton Rd., Croydon. £'(/wc., Moore Park G. Sch. ,
Fulham. Single. Hemp merchant. Served for 18 yrs. with
Lond. Scottish. Fell, Givenchy, 21 Dec, '14.
398 THE CROYDON ROLL OF HONOUR
SwiNNERTON, WiLLiAM, Bdr., Anti-Aircraft Bde., R.M.A.
b., Amsterdam, Holland, 20 Apr., '92 ; s., late John, & Hermina
Swinnerton. Educ, Woodside Sch., & Boro. Sec. Sch., Croydon .
Single. Res., 39 Grange Rd., S. Norwood. Enl., '10. Fell,
Ypres, 15 May, '15.
Sydenham, .Tohn, R.N.
Educ, Shirley Sch., Wickham Rd., Croydon. Joimd Oct., '09.
Lost on H.M.S. " Amphion," 6 Aug., '14.
Sykes, Walter Ernest, Lt., 5 R. W. Kent Regt.
b., Calcutta ; s., Mr. & Mrs. Sykes, 26 Moreton Rd., Croydon.
Educ, Paradise House Sch., Stoke Newington. Married.
Chartered patent agent. Res., Mecklenburgh Sq., Lond., W.C.
Served in Territorials several yrs. before war ; mobilised as Lt.,
4 Aug., '14 ; went to India, Nov., '14 ; was later transf. to France.
Fell, nr. Cambrai, 20 Nov., '17.
Tagg, a. E., Cpl.
b., '84 ; s., Mr. & Mrs. Henry Tagg, 16 Gloucester Rd., Croydon.
Married ; 4 children. Empl. by Mr. Gryspeerdt, Lansdowne
Rd., Croydon. Res., 86 Strathmore Rd., Croydon. Served in
S.A. War ; re-joined Aug., '14 ; went to France, 22 Aug., '14 ;
zu., '17.; retd. to France, 22 Aug., '17. Fell, 27 Aug., '18.
Tagg, Albert Sidney, ist CI. Stoker, R.N.
b., Croydon, 27 Jan., '89 ; s., Mr. & Mrs. Tagg, 16 Gloucester
Rd., Croydon. Educ, St. James' Sch., Croydon. Single.
School cleaner. Joined R.N., Jul., '08. Lost, with H.M.S.
" Black Prince," Battle of Jutland, 31 May, '16.
Tagg, Harold Arthur, 2/Lt., Middlesex Regt.
b., 10 Jan., '90 ; s., Mr. & Mrs. James Tagg, 70 Oakfield Rd.,
Croydon. Educ, Whitgift G. Sch,, '03-07. Ment. in despat.
Fell, Flanders, Nov., '14.
Tant, C, 1265, Rflmn., R.B.
Res., Croydon. Fell, '16.
Tapsell, a., Sgt., E. Kent Regt.
b., '86 ; 5., late Mr., & Mrs. Tapsell, Clifton Rd., S. Norwood.
Enl., Aug., '14 ; went to France, Jul., '15. Fell, '17.
Tarlton, F. J., 1380S, L/Sgt., R.E.
Res., Croydon.
Tarrant, Harry, Cpl., 6 R.W.S. Regt.
b., V/arlingham, 8 Aug., '94 ; s., Mr. & Mrs. James Tarrant,
183 Bynes Rd., Croydon. Educ, Brighton Rd. Sch., Croydon.
Single. Gardener. Res., 31 Purley Rd., Croydon. Enl.,
22 Aug., '14. D., 26 Oct., '18, at 20 C.C.S., France, of wounds
reed. prev. day ; buried, Pr6mont.
Tarrant, J., Sgt., i Essex Regt.
b., Woldingham, 16 Jan., '90 ; znd s., Mr. & Mrs. James Tarrant,
183 Bynes Rd., Croydon. Educ, Brighton Rd. Sch., Croydon.
Married. Gardener. Res., 24 Crunden Rd., Croydon. Enl.,
Aug., '06 ; served in India & Africa ; retd. home, '14 ; served
and was w. at Gallipoli, May, '15 ; retd. to France. D. of wounds
reed, in France, 30 Nov., '17.
Tarry, William Thomas, 62893, Pte., 9 R. Fus.
b., Edinburgh, 30 Jan., '98 ; s., William Ivens & Jane Tarry,
23 Grace Rd., Croydon. Educ, Par. Ch. Sch., Croydon.
Single. Empl. by " Croydon Guardian." Enl., 24 Aug., '15.
£) .of tetanus in enemy hospital at Contalmaison, France, 2 Apr., '18.
Taylor, Albert Arthur, Bandsman, i E. Sur. Regt.
b., Battersea, 2 Oct., '82 ; s., Mr. & Mrs. Taylor, 50 Newark Rd.,
Croydon. Educ, Royal Duke of York Sch., Chelsea. Single.
Musician. Enl., 2 Oct., 'g^. Z)., 27 Sept., '14, at 10 Gen. Hosp.,
St. Nazaire, of wounds reed, at the Battle of the Aisne, 24 Sept. ,'14.
THE GLORIOUS DEAD 399
Taylor, Arthur, Driver, 72 Bde., R.F.A.
b., Croydon, 22 Dec, '84 ; 5., Mr. & Mrs. Taylor. 73 Gloucester
Rd., Croydon. £Jmc., Sydenham Rd. Sch., Croydon. Married.
Carman. Res., 3 Milton Rd., Croydon. Enl., 5 Sept., '14.
D., 31 Aug., '18, at 43 C.C.S., of wounds reed, at St. Leger,
28 Aug., '18.
Taylor, E., 6754, Cpl., Wilts. Regt.
Res., S. Norwood. D. of wounds, '17.
Taylor, Edward John, A.B. Seaman, R.N.
b.. Deal, Kent, 19 Feb., '97 ; 5., late Mr., & Mrs. Taylor, 53
Strathmore Rd., Croydon. Educ, Woodside & Davidson Rd.
Schs., Croydon. Single. Van boy. Joined R.N., 11 Sept., '12 ;
served on H.M.S. " Queen Elizabeth." D., of enteric fever,
City Hosp., Edinburgh, 27 Nov., '17.
Taylor, Frank Allan, Gnr., R.G.A.
Married ; 2 children. Fell, '17.
Taylor, Frederick Henry, Pte., R.W.S. Regt.
b., S. Norwood, 8 Aug., '97 ; s., William & Eliza Taylor, 21
Harrington Rd., S. Norwood. Educ, Birchanger Rd. Sch.,
S. Norwood. Single. Clerk. Enl., 2 Nov., '15. Fell,
La Bass^e, 9 Aug., '16.
Taylor, George, Pte., 7 R. Suss. Regt.
b., S. Norwood, 16 Jan., '00. Educ., Birchanger Rd. Sch.,
S.Norwood. Single. Draper's asst. jRe^., 21 Harrington Rd.,
S. Norwood. Enl., 23 Feb., '18. D., 18 Oct., 'i8, at Northern
Gen. Hosp., Sheffield, of wounds reed, at Cambrai, 18 Sept., 'i8.
Buried, Queen's Rd. Cem., Croydon.
Taylor, Sidney Herbert, Pte., R. Fus.
b., '87 ; ^th s., Mr. & Mrs. Mark Taylor. Married ; i child.
Res., Eridge Rd., T. Heath. Sec. of Waddon Park Football Team.
Fell, Ypres, 26 Oct., '17.
Teague, Charles Middlemore, L/Cpl., i Lond. Scottish (14 Lond. Rgt.)
b., Crediton, Devon, 16 Dec, '88 ; s.. Rev. John Jessop Teague
(Morice Gerard), formerly Vicar of Woodside, now of 97 York
Mansions, S.W., and Elizabeth Teague. Educ, All Hallows.
Honiton. Single. Journalist. Res., Royal Cres., Holland
Park, W. £■«/., Sept., '14. i^'e//, Hulluch, nr. Loos, 15 Oct., '15.
TE.^iGUE, John Cockburn Jessop, Capt., R.M.L.L
b., Streatham Hill, S.W., 20 Feb., '82 ; s.. Rev. John Jessop
Teague (Morice Gerard), formerly Vicar of Woodside, now of
97 York Mansions, S.W., and Elizabeth Teague. Educ, All
Hallows, Honiton. Single. Barrister-at-law. Res., Exminster
Vicarage, Devon. Joined R.M.L.L, '00 ; re-joined, Aug., '14.
Fell, Gallipoli, 4 May, '15.
Tee, A. G., L/Sgt., R.W.S. Regt,
s., Mr. & Mrs. Tee, Worthing. Empl. at E. Croydon Railway
Goods Office. D., 5 Nov., '17.
Tegetmeier, Alan, Pte., 2/13 Lond. Regt.
b., Clapham, Nov., '91 ; s., Mr. & Mrs. Charles G. Tegetmeier,
" Normanhurst," Brighton Rd., Purley. Educ, Dulwich Coll.
Single. Sectv. to a Public Company. Enl., Sept., '14. Fell,
Ain-Karim, Palestine, 8 Dec, '17. (Plate XXXL, 3).
Terry, William John, Pte., 2 R.W.S. Regt.
b.. New Town, U. Norwood, 8 Jan., '93 ; s., William & Charlotte
Terry, 17 Crystal Terr., New Town, U. Norwood. Educ,
Rockmount Rd., & Salter's Hill Schs., U. Norwood. Single.
Errand boy. Res., 55 Eagle Hill, New Town, U. Norwood.
Enl., 13 Sept., '10. Fell, Ypres, 21 Oct., '14.
400 THE CROYDON ROLL OF HONOUR
Tester, Sydney Frederick, Pte., R.A.S.C. (M.T.)
b., Oxted, 6 Sept., '86. Educ, Oxted Nat. Sch. Married.
Gardener. 7?es., ii:^ Edrid^e Rd., Crovdon. E"*?/., 14 Mav, '17.
D., 24 Mar., '18, at High Rough Mil. Hosp.. Haslemere. of acute
pneumonia.
Thacker, Herbert Lane, 2/Lt., R.A.S.C.
h., 5 Mar., '06 ; s., late Herhert, & Mrs. Thacker, " Liliesleaf,"
Woodcote Valley Rd.. Purlev. Enl. as pte. in M.G.C. :
served with Tank Corps ; M.M., & M.C. Drowned in torpedoed
transport, '17.
Thairs, Maurice, Rflmn., 2/17 Lond. Regt.
h., Gladstone Rd., Croydon, 3 May, 'o7 ; dth s., Mr. & Mrs.
Thairs. 107 Old Town, Croydon. Educ, St. Mary's Sch.,
Crovdon. Single. Baker. Res., Whitechapel Rd. Enl.,
I Tul., 'i 1; ; served at Salonica & Egypt. Fell, France, 17 Aug. ,'18.
Thake, H. T. J., S7IO, ist A.M., R.F.C.
Res., S. Norwood. Fell, '16.
Th.-vler, Sydney Oscar, Rflmn., K.R.R.C.
b., '90 ; s., Mr. & Mrs. Thaler, Station Rd., Croydon. Enl.,
Nov., '15. Fell, 15 Sept., '16.
Thirkettle, James W. H., Sgt.. R.E.
ft., 'qo. i?p^., 6 Eldon Pk., S. Norwood. Memb. of St. Mark's
S. Norwood, C.L.B. Enl., '15. D. of pneumonia at Bedford
Mil. Hosp., 10 Nov., '18.
Thomas, A. J., Sapper, R.E.
e.s., Mr. & Mrs. Thomas, 27 St. James's Rd., Croydon. Educ,
St. James's Sch., Croydon. Married ; 5 children. Enl., '14.
Fell, 14 Apr., '18.
Thomas, Albert Edward, Cpl., 2 Seaforth H.
b., Bermondsev, 3 Aug., '95 ; s., Mr. & Mrs. Thomas, 16-?
Portland Rd., S. Norwood. Educ, Portland Rd. Sch.. S Nor-
wood. Single. Engineer's draughtsman. Enl., 26 May, '15.
Fell, nr. Fampoux, 11 Apr., '17.
Thomas, Leonard Elystan Owen, Pte., Civ. Serv. Rif. (15 Lond. Regt.)
b., 8 Mar., '9.1 : s., Mr. & Mrs. Leonard W. Thomas, 119 Hinrh St.,
Croydon. Educ, Whitgift G. Sch., '04-09, Strand Sch., & King's
Coll., Lond. Fell, France, 7 Oct., '17.
Thomas, R. A., L/Cpl , K.R.R.C.
b., 'go. Married. Empl. hy Messrs. Roffey & Clark, Croydon.
Res., 31 St. John's Gr., Croydon. Fell, Somme, 15 Sept., '16.
Thompson, Albert, 7781, Pte., 2 R.W.S. Reert.
If., 24 Sept., '84 ; 5., Mr. & Mrs. Thompson, 23 Grace Rd.,
Croydon. Educ. Princess Rd. Sch., Croydon. Married.
General dealer. Res., 4.2 Foster Rd., Croydon. Enl., '03.
Fell, Fleurbaix, France, 18 Dec, '14.
Thompson, Leslie Charles de Courcy, ist A.M., R.N.A.S., Armoured
Car Squadron.
b., Canonbury, 8 Jan., '87. Educ, Summit, New Jersey, U.S.A.,
and Clevedon, Somerset. Married. Managing clerk to firm
of Eastern shippers. Res., Croydon Enl., Jun., '11;. D., 22
Nov., '16, at Hammersmith Orthopaedic Hosp., of injuries reed.
while carrying out experiments at Wembley.
Thompson, Robert Arthur.
ft., '96. Res., 57 Oval Rd., Croydon. Killed during Zeppelin
raid, Oct., '15.
Thomson, Richard A., Pte-, 17 R. Fus.
ft., '97. Fell, 13 Nov., '16.
XXIX.
2/Lt. B. V/arner, Lond. Rif. B.
Sgt. R. S. TONGE, 22 R. Fus.
2/Lt. E. H. RoNCA, E. Kent Regt.
Pte. F. Walters, 6 Lond. Regt.
Capt. E. S. Underhili., 8 L.N. Lanes. Regt.
L/Cpl. E. J. Skuse, 3/4 R.W.S. Regt.
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Pte. A. J. F. Tracey, 15 Lond. Regt.
Pte. W. T. Watnwright, 12 Middlesex Regt
Pte. C. TiTMUSS, 7 R. Fus.
Pte. F. E. Stanley, 9 E. Sur. Regt.
Rflmn. C. F. Wallis, Artists Rif.
Rflmn. W. H. Skuse, 1/17 Lond. Regt.
THE GLORIOUS DEAD 401
Thomson, Walter, Pte., 21 Montreal Regt. (Can. Scottish).
b., Cross Rd., Croydon, about '78 ; 5., late Mr., & Mrs. Thomson,
Mount Pleasant Cottages, Mitcham Rd., Croydon. Educ,
Oval Rd. Sch., Croydon. Married. Decorator. Res.,
Montreal. Enl., Sept., '14. Fell, Hill 60, nr. Ypres.
Thompson, William Frank, Signaller, 2/5 E. Lanes. Regt.
b., 17 Frith Rd., Croydon, 17 Jan., '98 ; s., Mr. & Mrs .Richard
Thompson, 37 Gladstone Rd., W. Croydon. Educ, Oval Rd.
Sch., Croydon. Single. Printer. Enl., 3 Oct., '16, in 2/5
E. Sur. Regt. Missing, 21-31 Mar., '18.
Thompson, William Henry, Pte., 3/4 R.W.S Regt.
b., 7 Russell Rd., Croydon, 25 Tun., '97 ; s., Mr. & Mrs Thompson,
7 Russell Rd., Croydon. Educ, Tavistock Grove Sch., Croydon.
Single. Plumber's labourer. Enl., 8 Jun., '15. Fell, nr.
St. Eloi, IS Dec, '16.
Thorn, Edward J., Sapper, R.E.
Educ, Abp. Tenison's Sch., Croydon. Enl., Apr., '16. D. of
pneumonia, Rouen, 27 Oct., '18.
Thorn, Thomas, Pte., D.L.I.
b.. New Town, U. Norwood, 14 Sept., '85. Educ, Rockmount
Rd. Sch., U. Norwood. Single. Railway porter. Res.,
14 Bradford Rd., Sydenham. Enl., 4 Aug., '14. Fell, France,
21 Sept., '14.
Thornton, Douglas Saville, 2/Lt., Sherwood For.
Fell, '16.
Thorpe, R., 14302, Cpl., Beds. Regt.
Res., T. Heath. Fell, '16.
Thurgood, John, Cpl., R.W.S. Regt.
b., 31 Albion St., Croydon, 27 Feb., '91 ; s., Mr. & Mrs. Thur-
good, 19 Mitcham Rd., Croydon. Educ, Mitcham Rd. Sch.,
Croydon. Single. Engine room asst. (ice works). Res.,
19 Cambridge Terr., Mitcham Rd., Croydon. Enl., 3 Sept., '14.
Fell, France, 16 May, '15.
Tidy, Charles, Pte., Lanes. Fus,
»., late Thomas Henry, & Mrs. Tidy. Married ; 3 children. Well-
known local footballer. Fell, Passchendaele, 10 Oct., '17.
Tidy, Frederick E., R.W.S. Regt.
s., Mr. & Mrs. F. Tidy, 114 Sutherland Rd., Croydon. Fell,
23 Apr., '17.
Tidy, J., 17381, Pte., D.C.L.L
Res.,S. Croydon. Fell, '16.
Tidy, Thomas William, Pte., Coldstream Gds.
s., Mr. & Mrs. Tidy, Carmichael Rd., S. Norwood. Fell, Lan-
drecies, 25 Aug., '14.
Tidy, W. Henry, Pte., R. Scots. Fus.
b., '87 ; s., Mr. & Mrs. Tidy, 1x4 Sutherland Rd., Croydon.
Fell, Ypres, 31 Oct., '14.
Tilbury, Henry Alexander Philby, Rflmn., Post Off. Rif. (8 Lond
Regt)
b., Acton. 6 Jan., '89 ; s., Mr. & Mrs. H. W. Tilbury, 10 Aylett Rd.,
S. Norwood. Educ, E. Grinstead. Single. Postman.
Res., 17 Notson Rd., S. Norwood. Served for 4 yrs. with R.W.S.
Territorials. Re-eidisted in 8 Lond. Regt., Sept., '14 ; zv ,
Festubert. Fell, Vimy, 21 May, '16.
TiTMUSS, Charles, Pte., 7 R. Fus.
b., '96 ; s., J. & A. Titmuss, 123 Southbridge Rd., Croydon.
Ticket collector at T. Heath Stn. Res., Croydon. Fell,
13 Nov., '16. (Plate XXX., 3).
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402 THE CROYDON ROLL OF HONOUR
TiTMUSS, William George, R.N.
b., St. Peter's St., Croydon, lo Jul., '93 ; s., Walter George &
Elizabeth Titmuss, 18 Helder St., S. Croydon. Single. Shop
asst. Lost, with H.M.S. " Formidable," i Jan., '15.
Todd, James William, 2/Lt., R.F.C.
b., May, '98 ; e.s., Mr. & Mrs. E. J. Todd, 18 Wellington Rd.,
Croydon. Educ, Latimer Sch., Hammersmith. Single.
Clerk empl. by L.C.C. Enl. as pte. in Artists Rif., Jan., '17 ;
commis. in R.F.C, May, '17. Z).. 28 Sept., '17, of injuries
reed, in accident while flying nr. Narborough. Norfolk. Buried,
Mitcham Rd. Cem., Croydon.
TOFIELD, W. J. H., Rflmn., i R.B.
b., '00 ; e.s., Mr. & Mrs. William Tofield, 247 Whitehorse Rd.,
T. Heath. Enl. end of '17 ; went to France about Apr., '18,
Fell, 7 Jun., '18.
TOLLEMACHE, J. E., 2/Lt., R.W.S. Regt.
Fell, '16.
ToMKiNS, Albert, Pte., E. Sur. Regt.
b., 44 Eagle Hill, U. Norwood, 10 Jul., '91 ; 5., Mr. & Mrs. E.
Tomkins, 10 Crystal Terr., U. Norwood. Educ, Rockmount
Rd. Sch., U. Norwood. Single. Carman. Res., 6 Dover Rd.,
U. Norwood. Enl., 10 Aug., '14. Fell, France, 14 May, '15.
(PlateXXVHL, 3).
Tomkins, Vigor, Capt., 7 E. Sur. Regt.
b., 18 Nov., '93 ; 5., Mr. & Mrs. Samuel John Tomkins,
" Bedford," Manor Rd., Wallington. Educ, Whitgift G. Sch.,
'08-11. Engineering student, Lond. Univ. Joined, Aug., '14.
Fell, France, 13 Oct., '15.
ToNGE, Regin.ald Severn, Sgt., 22 R. Fus.
b., S. Norwood., 8 Nov., '78 ; s., late Mr., & Mrs. Julia Tonge,
Raby Lodge, S. Norwood. Educ, Selhurst Pk. Coll., S. Nor-
wood. Single. Clerk. Res., Bloomsbury, W.C. Served
in S.A. War with R.W.S. Regt. (Med. with 3 bars) ; later joined
S.A. Mounted Constabulary. Re-joined, Aug., '14, went to
France, '15. Z). of wounds reed, at Albert, 17 Feb., '17, (Plate
XXIX., 2).
Tope, A. F., 3855, Pte., Lond. Regt.
Res., T. Heath. Fell, '16.
Topp, Charles Frederick.
Married. Res., 3 Duppas Terr. Parade, Old Town, Croydon.
D. of fever, E. Afr., 3 Feb., '19.
ToURLE, Edgar, 60977, Pte.,. 7 R. Fus.
5., Mr. & Mrs. Tourle, 94 Fairholme Rd., Croydon. Fell,
Arras, 23 Apr., '17. (Plate XXXL, i).
TowERSEY, T. W., 1386, Sgt., R.W.S. Regt.
Fell, I Jul., '16.
TowNEND, Clive HAMILTON, Rflmn., L.R.B. (5 Lond. Regt.)
b., Croydon, 14 Oct., '89 ; s., Frank & May Townend, " Hare-
field," Croham Rd., Croydon. Educ, Elmhurst Sch., Croydon,
and Abbottsholme, Rochester. Single. Colonial broker.
Enl., Sept., '14. D., 23 Jun., '15, at Charing Cross Hosp.,
Lond., of wounds reed, at Ypres, 3 May, '15. (Plate XXXV., 4).
TowNSEND, J., 1305, Pte., R.W.S. Regt.
Fell, 'lb.
Tracey, Albert James F., Pte., 15 Lond. Regt.
s., Mr. & Mrs. Tracey, 24 Belmont Rd., S. Norwood. Educ,
M. Whitgift Sch., and S. Norwood Sch. Civil servant. Fell,
25 May. *i5. (Plate XXX., 1).
THE GLORIOUS DEAD 403
Tracey, C. T., 121814, Pte., R.A.S.C.
Res., W. Croydon. Fell, '16.
Trkdinnick, W. p., 4293, Pte., Lond. Regt.
Res., S. Croydon. Fell, 'i6.
Treffry, Basil Thomas, Pte., R.VV.S. Regt.
h., Peckham, 25 Aug., '93 ; s., Mr. & Mrs. T. A. Treffry, 16
Bensham Manor Rd., T. Heath. Educ, Thornton Heath Sch.
Single. Commercial clerk. Enl., 9 Sept., 'ii. Fell,
Langemarck, 31 Oct., '14. (Plate XXVHI., 5).
Treffry, Richard Harold, L/Cpl., Q.W. Rif. (16 Lond. Regt.)
/»., T. Heath, 14 Mar., '98 ; s., Mr. & Mrs. T. A. Treffry, 16
Bensham Manor Rd., T. Heath. Educ, Thornton Heath Sch.
Single. Bank clerk. Enl., 16 May, '16. Fell, Langemarck,
France, i6 Aug., '17. (Plate XXVH., 4).
Treher?;e, Edward Allan, Pte., 7 R.W.S. Regt.
b., Croydon, 8 Apr., '88 ; s., late Mr. Sc Mrs. Treherne, 35
Fairholme Rd., Croydon. Educ, St. Saviour's Sch., Croydon.
Single. Commercial traveller. Enl., 2 Mar., '16. Fell
nr. Albert, 3 Nov., '16.
Tremearine, Cecil Francis Shirley, Pte., S.A. Inf.
Fell, 12 Oct., '16.
Tribe, G. H., 24374, Pte., 9 E. Sur. Regt.
Res., 72 Grant Rd., Croydon. Pris. of war in Germany (Giis-
trow) ; not heard from since 19 Aug., '18.
Trinder, Cecil Montague, Pte., H.L.L
b., '97 ; s., Mr. & Mrs. Trinder, 6 Frant Rd., T. Heath. Enl.,
25 Jan., '15. Fell, France, 25 Sept., '15.
Trindler, George, Pte., i R. Scots.
b., Abingdon, 8 Mar., '67. Educ, National Sch., Abingdon.
Married. Leather dresser. Res., 26 Cuthbert Rd., Croydon.
Enl., 3 Oct., '14. Z).of wounds at Boulogne, 6 May, '15.
Triptree, a. G., 7914, Pte., E. Kent Regt.
Res., Croydon. Fell, '17.
Trower, a. H., 1919, Pte., R.W.S. Regt.
Res., Sutton. Fell, '16.
Trownson, Graham Francis James, Midshipman, R.N.
h., II Jul., '97 ; 5., Mr. & Mrs. Francis Thomas Trownson, 122
Birchanger Rd., S. Norwood. Educ, Whitgift G, Sch., '09-11.
Lost with H.M.S. " Good Hope," sunk off Chili, i Nov., '14.
Trubshawe, C. H., 7405, Pte., H.A.C.
Res., Croydon. Fell, '17.
Trubshawe, Eric James, 2/Lt., 62 (W. Riding, Yorks.) Div., R.E.
b., Richmond, Surrey, 8 Aug., '97 ; s., Mr. & Mrs. V. Trubshawe,
21 Fairfield Rd., Croydon. Educ, Bedales Sch. ; matriculated
Lond. Univ., '15. Single. Jniiied Inns of Court O.T.C.,
22 Apr., '15. Fell, Hebuterne, France, 2 Feb., '17. (Plate
XVIII. ,1).
Truss, George Marquand, 2/Lt., Scots Gds.
5., Mr. & Mrs. Geo. M. Truss, Fox Hill, U, Norwood. Educ,
Dulwich Coll. Fell, 25 Sept., '16.
Tuck, Charles Ernest, Cpl., 8 E. Kent Regt.
b., '85. Empl. at Messrs. Hall's cement works for 7 yrs. Served
in S.A. War.. D. of wounds reed, at Hill 70, 25 Oct., '15.
Tucker, Frederick Claude, L/Cpl., R.W.S. Regt.
b., Seaforth, Liverpool, '93 ; s., Mr. & Mrs. Tucker, 24 Albert Rd.,
S. Norwood. Educ, Woodville Sch., Formby, and Birchanger
Rd. Sch., S. Norwood. Single, Empl. in wine and spirit trade.
Enl., 9 Sept., '14. Fell, nr. Guillemont, Somme, 12 Aug., 'i6.
404 THE CROYDON ROLL OF HONOUR
Tucker, Reginald, Rflmn., Q.W. Rif. (i6 Lond. Regt.)
b., 13 Sept., '91 ; 5., Mr. & Mrs. John Leach Tucker, "Avonrath,"
Park Hill, Carshalton. Ediic, Whitgift Sch., '05-08. Fell,
Flanders, 4 Dec, '14.
TuLLETT, H., 14959, L/Cpl., E. Sur. Regt.
Res., W. Croydon. Fell '16.
TuLLEY, J. R., Flight Sub-Lt., R.N.A.S.
EdiiC, Whitgift G. Sch., Croydon. Fell, '17.
TmusTER, Arthur, L/Cpl., 16 Middlesex Regt.
Married ; 3 children. Empl. by Croydon Corp., Roads Dept.
Res., 37 Russell Rd., Croydon. Enl., 9 Jun., '16. Fell, 1 Dec, '17.
Turner, Ernest Henry, Pte., i E. Sur. Regt.
b., Croydon, 15 Jul., '83 ; s., Richard & Florence Turner, 71
Selhurst New Rd., S. Norwood. Educ, Princess Rd. Sch.,
Croydon. Single. Painter. Served in India for 9 yrs. before
war; re-joined, Aug., '14. Fe//, Hill 60, nr. Ypres, 12 Apr., '15,
Turner, Frederick Walter, Pte., 2/4 R.W.S. Regt.
b., Arthur Square, Lond., 15 Aug., '98 ; s., Mr. & Mrs. Turner,
34 Derby Rd., Croydon. Educ, Par. Ch. Sch., Croydon,
Single. Printer. Enl., Oct., '14.. jP^'//, Suvla Bay, Dardanelles,
9 Aug., '15.
Turner, George James, 201309, Pte., 3/4 R.W.S. Regt.
b., Landells Rd., E. Dulwich, 15 Nov., '97 ; 5., Alfred James &
Annie Elizabeth Turner, 78 Strathmore Rd., Croydon. Educ.,
Sydenham Rd., Woodside, and Davidson Rd. Schs., Croydon.
Single. Coal carter's boy. Res., 26 Fullerton Rd., Addis.
Ejd., in 2/4 R.W.S. Regt., 4 Nov., '14. Fell, nr. Peronne,
5 Jan., '18. Buried, Heudicourt.
Turner, Harry, Cpl., 2 R.W.S. Regt.
b.. Elm Rd., Croydon, 16 Apr., '84 ; s., George Edward & Mary
Ann Turner, 8 Talbot Rd., T. Heath. Educ., Whitehorse Rd.
Sch., T. Heath. Single. House decorator. Enl., 2 Oct., '14
Fell, France, 2 Apr., '17.
Turner, Herbert, Rflmn., 6 Lond. Regt.
b., II Talbot Rd., T. Heath, 30 Oct., '00 ; s., George & Mary Ann
Turner, 8 Talbot Rd., T. Heath. Educ, Whitehorse Rd. Sch.,
T. Heath. Single. Grocer's asst. Enl., 22 Oct., '17. D. of
wounds in France, on or after 31 Aug., '18.
Turner, J. H., Lt., R.W. Kent Regt.
b., '93. Married e. daughter of Mr. & Mrs. Russell, " St. Abbs,"
S. Norwood. Enl. in W. Kent Yeom., '14 ; gazetted to R.W
Kent Regt. ; served in France and Italy ; zo., Aug., '18. D. of
wounds reed, in France, 21 Sept., 'i8.
Turner, Stanley, Pte., R.W.S. Regt.
b., Croydon, 31 Dec, '90 ; s., Mr. & Mrs. Turner, 31 Windmill
Rd., Croydon. FJi/c, Sydenham Rd. Sch., Croydon. Married.
Ticket and show card writer. Res., Howley Rd., Croydon.
Fell, France, 12 May, '16.
Turner, Stanley Thomas, Signaller, 16 K.R.R.C.
b., Islington, 24 Jan., '97 ; s., Frederick & Elizabeth Turner,
12 Seymour Place, S. Norwood. Educ, Portland Rd. Sch.,
S.Norwood. Single. Grocer's asst. £■«/., i Jul., '15. Fell,
France, 23 Apr., '17.
Turner, Thomas Alford, Lt., R.F.A.
b., 10 Aug., '78 ; s., Mr. & Mrs. Alfred William Turner,
" Cambridge House," Canning Rd., Croydon. Educ, Whitgift
G. Sch., '93-96. Fell, '17.
XXXI.
Pte. E. TouRi.E, 7 R. Fus.
Pte. S. E. W] I. KINS, Artists Rif.
Pte. A. Tegetmeier, 2/13 Lond. Regt.
A.B. Seaman F. C. H. Volze, R.N.
Act.-Capt. J. G. Wood, 2/5 S. Lanes. Regt
.Signaller A. T.-vylor, M.M., R.H.A.
XXXII.
A. E. Williams, O.B.E.. D.C.M., 2/17 Lond. Regt.
Lt. E, C. HooTON, R. Warwick. Regt.
Rflmn. H. R. Waterman, Queen's Westm. Rif.
Cp!. F. Halliday, M.M., 9 E. Sur. Regr.
Pte. F. W. G. Warren, 2/4 R.W.S. Regt.
Cpl. F. A. Wortlev, 13 Aust. Imp. Forces
THE GLORIOUS DEAD
405
Turner, Thomas Frederick, Pte., R. Suss. Regt.
b., no Waddon New Rd., 21 Nov., '99 ; 2nd s., Mr. & Mrs. T.
Turner, 2 Latimer Rd., Croydon. Educ, Par. Ch. Sch., Croydon.
Empl. by Messrs. Baines & Sons, dairymen. Enl. in R.F.A., 23
Nov., '17 ; went to France, being transf. to R. Suss. Regt.,
13 Jun., '18. D. of wounds reed., 8 Aug., '18.
Turner, William Arthur Farnborough, Cpl., Gordon H.
b., '99 ; e.s., Mr. & Mrs. Arthur Turner, 23 Beulah Cres., T.Heath.
Educ, St. Saviour's, & Beulah Rd. Schs., Croydon. Enl.,
27 Dec, '16 ; serving for 9 mths. with Q.W. Rif. ; went to France,
19 Feb., '18 ; 7v. & gassed, 28 Mar., '18 ; retd. to France,
14 Sept., '18. Fell, 13 Oct., '18.
Turner, William Henry, Gnr., R.G.A.
b., Tunbridge Wells, 3 May, '90 ; s., Frederick & Elizabeth
Turner, 12 Seymour Place, S. Norwood. Educ, St. Mark's
Sch., City Rd.,Lond.,E.C. Single. Butcher. £■«/., 8 Oct.,14.
Fell, Balkans, 24 Apr., '17.
Turrell, a., 17670, Rflmn., R.B.
Res., Croydon. Fell, '17.
Turtle, Clifford Louis, 5833, Rflmn., Q.W. Rif. (2/16 Lond. Regt.)
b., Sheffield, 18 Apr., '91 ; s., L. H. & Kate Turtle, " Homefield,"
Stafford Rd., Croydon. Educ, Dulwich Coll. Single.
Manager of tool and cutlery branch of L. H. Turtle, Ltd. Enl.,
Feb., '16. Fell, Leuze Wood, nr. Combles, 10 Sept., 'i6. (Plate
XXXVI., i).
Tuzo, John Atkinson, Capt., R. Suss. Regt.
^•. '75 ; y- late Henry Tuzo, M.D., & Mrs. Tuzo, Warlingham,
Educ, Whitgift G. Sch. D., E. Africa, 8 Apr., '18.
Twentyman, Joseph Edward, Pte., 17 R. Fus.
b., 102 Denmark St., Camberwell, '98. Educ, Warner Rd. Sch.,
Camberwell. Single. Butcher. Res., 49 Whitehorse Rd.,
Croydon. Enl., 24 Jun., '15. Fell, Delville Wood, Somme,
27 Jul., '16.
Twort, Thom.is Walter, Pte., 2 R. Warwick. Regt.
b., '91 ; s., Mr. & Mrs. W. Twort, 23 Benson Rd., Croydon.
D. of wounds at Boulogne, 14 Nov., '14.
Tyler, Edward Victor, Pte., R.W.S. Regt.
b., Brockley, 7 Dec, '91 ; s., Mr. & Mrs. M. Forrest, 32 Holland
Rd., S. Norwood. Single. Groundsman on Golf Links.
£'m/., 3 Sept., '14 ; M.M., Jul., '16. £)., 31 May, '17, at Lewisham
Mil. Hosp., 23 Apr., '17. (Plate XXVHL, 6).
Tyrrell, James Walter, Driver, R.F.A.
b., '93 ; s., Mr. & Mrs. Tyrrell, 24 Sandown Rd., S. Norwood.
Enl., 9 Sept., '14. D. of gas poisoning, 4 Aug., '17.
Tyson, William, Pte., R.W. Kent Regt.
b., 16 Dec, '84. Educ, Camberwell. Married. Omnibus
conductor. Res., 5 Newhaven Rd., S. Norwood, and Lambeth.
E)jI., 5 Sept., '14 ; 7V., Jan., '15, May, '15, & 17 Mar., '16.
Fell, Somme, 25 Sept., '16.
Uffindell, Henry Lester, Pte., R. Warwick. Regt.
b., Gt. Alice St., City, 27 Dec, '86 ; s., Mr. & Mrs. J. E. Uffindell,
79 Mitcharn Rd., Croydon. Educ, Brit. Sch., Croydon.
Married. Asst. Res., 2 High St., Purley. Fell, Ypres,
27 Aug., '17.
Uffindell, William Charles, Pte., Beds. Regt.
b.. Cock Tavern, Camberwell Green, 17 Jun., '80 ; s., Mr. & Mrs.
J. E. Uffindell, 79 Mitcharn Rd., Croydon. Educ, Brit. Sch.,
Croydon. Married. Manager. Res., 129 Bensham Lane,
Croydon. Fell, Ypres, 24 Aug., '17.
4o6 THE CROYDON ROLL OF HONOUR
Underhill, Edward Samuel, Capt., 8 L.N.L. Regt.
h., Croydon, i Jul., '95 ; s., Capt. Joseph Underhill (R.A.S.C.)
& Mrs. Edith Sophia Underhill, " Egremont," Warlingham.
Ediic, Whitgift G. Sch. Single. Student. E^il. as pte. in
U.P.S. Bde. ; commis., 22 Sept., '14. Fell, Stuff Redoubt, nr.
Thiepval, 12 Oct., '16. Buried, Ovillers Mil. Cem. (Plate
XXIX., 5).
Underhill, William Samuel, Pte., Suff. Regt,
b., Pond House, Lower Clapton, 25 Feb., '81. Educ, " Limes "
Sch., Croydon, & Mill Hill Sch. Married. Memb. of, and
authorized clerk on Stock Exchange. Res., 16 Dornton Rd.,
Croydon. Enl., 3 Jan., '16 D., 25 Dec, 'i6., of septic
poisoning at 3 C.C.S., Puchevillers, France.
Upton, Gais, Pte., R. Suss. Regt.
Married. Empl. by Messrs. Brown & Co., flour millers. Res.,
Siddons Rd., Croydon. Memb. of Nat. Res. ; served in India
and Africa. Fell^ 18 Jun., '16.
Upton, George, L/Cpl., 4 R. Irish Drag. Gds.
b., Northbrook Rd., Croydon, 10 Apr., '91 ; s., Mr. & Mrs. A.
Upton, 4 Lahore Rd., Croydon. Educ, Sydenham Rd. Sch.,
Croydon. Single. Carman, empl. by Messrs. Pickford.
E)2l., 21 Oct., '11. Fell, Mons, 4 Sept., '14,
Utton, Kenneth Pierre, Pte., 2/4 R.W.S. Regt.
b., Hornsey, 27 Jul., '96 ; s., Mr. Sc Mrs. A. Pierre Utton, 71
Parchmore Rd., T. Heath. Educ, Ecclesbourne Rd. Sch., and
Boro. Sec. Sch., Croydon. Single. Clerk. Enl., Oct., '14.
Fell, Gallipoli, 18 Aug., '15.
Vaughan, Charles Henry, 69692, Gnr., R.F.A. (attd. T.M.B.)
b., 179 Gloucester Rd., Croydon ; s., Mr. & Mrs. William Henry
Vaughan, 157a Gloucester Rd., Croydon. Educ, Sydenham Rd.
Sch., Crovdon. Single. Labourer. Enl., 8 Feb., '15.
Fell, N.E. of Ypres, Feb., '18.
Vedast, Angelo, Pte.
b., Italy, '00 ; s., Mr. & Mrs. Vedast, 15 Cherry Orch. Rd.,
Croydon. Motor engineer. D. of wounds reed. nr. Soissons,
3 Jun., '18.
Verden, George, A.B. Seaman, " Drake " Btn., 63 (R.N.) Div.
h., Croydon, '98 ; s., Mr. & Mrs. Verden, Thorpe Lane, Caywood
Selby, Yorks. Educ, Davidson Rd. Sch., Croydon. Single.
Res., Croydon. Enl., '15. D. in Germany while pris. of
war, 25 Mar., '18.
Verner, Guy Lancelot, 2/Lt., M.G.C.
b., '86 ; s., Mr. i& Mrs. Ernest Verner, Shirley Glen, 23 Sunny
Bank, S. Norwood. Educ, King's Coll., Bruton. Manager of
rubber plantation in Negri Sembilan. Commis. in 9 Suff. Regt.,
Dec, '14 ; transf. to M.G.C. D., 27 Aug., '16, of wounds
reed., Trones Wood, 26 Jul., '16.
Vernon, Edward Joseph, Pte., Civ. Serv. Rif. (1/15 Lond. Regt.)
b., II Carmichael Rd., S. Norwood, 20 Jul., '98 ; s., Joseph
Beniamin & Elizabeth Vernon, 8 Oakley Rd., S. Norwood.
Educ, Birchanger Rd. Sch., S. Norwood. Single Clerk.
Enl., 17 Feb., '17. Fell, Cambrai, 30 Nov., '17.
Verrell, Frank, Sgt., R.E.
Empl. by Croydon Corp., at Jvlental Hosp. D. of wounds.
Veryard, Albert T., Capt., Trench Mortar Bty.
b., '85. Educ, Abp. Tenison's Sch., Croydon. Fell, France
28 Jun., '17.
THE GLORIOUS DEAD 407
Veysey, Stanley, 2/Lt., R.G.A.
b., Addis., 25 Apr., '90 ; s., Mr. & Mrs. Veysey, 39 Lr. Addis. Rd.,
Croydon. Educ, M. Whitgift Sch., Croydon, Boro. Sec. Sch.,
Croydon, and Goldsmiths' Coll., SLE. Single. Asst. master,
Ware St. Mary's Sch., Herts. ; represented Goldsmiths' Coll. at
cricket, rugby & tennis. Enl. as pte. in 20 Load. Regt., Aug., '14;
served in France until Oct., '16, when he ret. to take up commis. ;
ret. to France, Mar., '17. Fell, Flanders. 20 Sept., '17.
ViGUS, H., 19361, Pte., R.W. Kent Regt.
6., '91. Married. Tobacconist and newsagent. Res., West St.,
Croydon. D. of wounds, Jul., '17.
Vincent, C. L., Lt., Can. Inf.
s., Mr. & Mrs. J. Vincent, 5a Selhurst Rd., S. Norwood. Res.,
Ontario. Fell, 22 Sept., '16.
Vincent, Stanley, Lt., R.A.S.C.
Married ; i son. Res., 231 Lond. Rd., T. Heath, & Sanderstead.
Chief Insp. of Sanderstead Sub-Div., Special Constabulary,
Aug., '14 ; joined Red Cross Amb., Sept., '15. Enl. in O.T.C.,
I Jan., '17 ; commis., 4 Mar., '17 ; appointed to .Siege Bty. Column
in France, Jun., '17 ; ret. to England with wounds and nerve
strain ; appointed Comdg. Offr., No. 4 M.T. Examination Area,
Leeds. D. of heart failure, Mar., '18,
Vine, A. J., 159592, Gnr., R.G.A.
Res., Croydon. Fell, '17.
ViNiNG, Ernest George, Rflmn., Q.V.Rif. (9 Lond. Regt.)
b., Croydon, 12 Jun., '89 ; s., late Thomas Isaac, & Elizabeth
Maria Vining, 4 Bedford PI., Bedford Pk., Croydon. Educ,
" Bestreben," and M. Whitgift Sch., Croydon. Single.
Stationer's traveller. Enl., 5 Aug., '14 ; went to France, 4 Nov.,
'14. D., 9 Jun., '15, at Springburn Red Cross Hosp., Glasgow,
of wounds reed, at Ypres, 29 Apr., '15.
ViNTEN, T., 3421, Pte., R.W.S. Regt.
Res., E. Croydon. D. of wounds, '16.
ViYi'AN, Robert, E. Sur. Regt.
Fell, '16.
Voice, F. B., 51861, Pte., R. Fus.
Res., T. Heath. D. of wounds, '17.
VoLLER, Herbert Edward, Pte., R.A.S.C.
Married. Res., 26 Pawson's Rd., Croydon. Fell, 10 May, '17.
Volze, Frederick Charles Hedges, A.B. Seaman, R.N.
b., 29 Windmill Rd., Croydon, 9 Sept., '94 ; s., Mr. & Mrs.
Volze, 79 Limes Rd., Croydon. Educ., Sydenham Rd. Sch.,
Croydon. Single. Carpenter's asst. Joined, 5 Sept., '10.
Lost with Submarine E30, 22 Nov., '16. (Plate XXXI., 4).
VORLEY, William Kenneth, Lt., R.F.A.
b., 23 Oct., '95 ; s., Mr. & Mrs. Henry Alfred Vorley, 23 Temple
Rd., Croydon. Educ, Whitgift G. Sch., '06-11. D. after an
operation at Millbank Mil. Hosp., 30 Nov., '16.
Wacher, J. S., 2/Lt., R. W. Kent Regt.
Fell, Sept., '16.
Wade, G. E. A., Lt., R.B.
b., '94 ; e.s., Mr. & Mrs. G. E. A. Wade, " Lismore," Wellesley
Rd., Croydon. Enl. as pte. in Artists Rif. W. & missing,
France, 3 Apr., '17.
Wadey, -, Pte., R.W. Kent Regt.
Fell, 14 Sept., *i6.
4o8 THE CROYDON ROLL OF HONOUR
Waghorn, Lionel, Pte., 1/22 R.W. Kent Regt.
b., Croydon, 19 Feb., '93 ; s., William & Sarah Waghorn, 259
Lond. Rd., T. Heath. Edtic, M. Whitgift Sch., Croydon.
Jeweller's asst. £«/., 26 Sept., '16. £)., 55 C.C.S., Dernancourt,
France, 2 Sept., '18.
Wainwright, William Thomas, Pte., 12 Middlesex Regt.
6., S. Norwood, 23 Aug., '97 ; s., George & Annie Wainwright,
63a Portland Rd., S. Norwood. Educ, M. Whitgift Sch.
Joiner. Enl., Sept., '15, in 3 Lond. Yeom. Fell, Cherisy,
3 May, '17. (Plate XXX., 2).
Wakeford, H. L., 37985, Gnr., R.G.A.
s., late Henry, & Mrs. Wakeford, 10 Clarendon Rd., Croydon,
Served 3 yrs. in S. China, and came to England, 5 Nov., '16 ;
went to France at end of Feb, following. Fell, 7 Jul., '17.
Wakerell, Leonard, Pte., Welsh Regf.
b., '81 ; y.s., Mr. & Mrs. Wakerell, S. Croydon. Educ, Bynes
Rd. Sch., Croydon, & Abp. Tenison's Sch., Croydon. Driver,
Croydon Corp. Tramways. Married. Enl., 3 Nov., '15.
Fell, France, 23 Aug., '18.
Wales, H., 1384, Pte., R.W.S. Regt.
Res., Croydon. Fell, Nov., '16,
Walker, Alfred John, Pte , 2/5 Sherwood For, (Notts, & Derby, Regt.)
b., Ely Rd., Croydon, 24 Jul., '86. Educ, Sydenham Rd. Sch.,
Croydon. Married. Painter. Res., 41 Sidney Rd., S. Nor-
wood. Enl., 24 Aug., '16 ; gassed, 4 Oct., '17. Fell, west of
Kemmel, Belgium, 16 Apr., '18
Walker, Charles Joseph, Pte., R. Suss. Regt.
Empl. by Croydon Corp., at Mental Hosp. D. of wounds.
Walker, Herbert Augustus, Pte., ly.R.B. (5 Lond. Regt.)
b., Croydon, 25 Jun., '- ; s., Mr. & Mrs. Walker, 21 Greenside
Rd., Croydon. Educ, Croydon. Married. Draper. Res.,
Leigh-on-Sea, Essex. Enl., May, '15. Fell, France, 17 Jun., '17
Walker, J., 71004, Cpl., R.F.A.
Fell, Aug., '17.
Wallace, A. J., Armourer's mate, R.N.
b., '95 ; s., Mr. & Mrs. Alfred Wallace, 3 Sussex Rd., S. Croydon.
Enl., '12. Lost with H.M.S. " Vanguard," destroyed by
internal explosion, Scapa Flow, '17.
Wallace, James Robert, Pte., M.G.C.
b., '90 ; e.s., James & Caroline Wallace, 85 Ferry Rd., Cardiff.
Educ, Par. Ch. Sch., Croydon. Enl. in 11 Hussars, '08. Served in
India, '09-14, France, '14-16, Mesopotamia (in M.G.C), '16-18,
Drowned, while crossing Tigris, 28 Oct., '18,
Waller, Charles David, Rflmn., Q.W. Rif. (16 Lond. Regt.)
b., 20 Dec, '93 ; s., Mr. & Mrs. David Waller, " Ferndene,"
10 Warrington Rd., Croydon. Educ, Whitgift G. Sch. Master
builder. Enl., 28 Aug., '14. Fell, Gommecourt, France,
I Jul., '16.
Wallis, Charles Fi^ederick, Rflmn., Artists Rif. (28 Lond. Regt.)
b., " Rembrandt Lodge," Spencer Rd., Croydon, 30 Dec, '91 ;
s., Mr. & Mrs. Walter Wallis, " Rembrandt Lodge," 20 Spencer
Rd., Croydon. Educ, Elmhurst Sch., Croydon, Croydon Sch.
of Art, & Royal Academy Schs., Lond. Single. Art student.
Ettl., Nov., '15. D. of wounds reed, at Bullecourt, France,
29 Aug., '18. Buried nr. Bullecourt, (Plate XXX,, 5).
Wallis, G., 632957, Lond. Regt.
Res.. Mitcham. Fell, Aug., '17.
Wallis, J., 7023, Cpl., K.R.R.C.
Res., Croydon. Fell, Jul., '17.
THE GLORIOUS DEAD
409
25 Selhurst New Rd.,
'15. D. of wounds,
Rd., Croydon. Killed during
Rd., Croydon. Killed during
Rd., Croydon. Killed during
Wallis, R., Pte., I Artists Rif.
b., '78. Married ; 3 children. Res.,
S. Norwood. Enl. in S.W.B., May,
France, 30 Sept., '18.
Walter, Benjamin, 2 Worcester Regt.
Educ, Shirley Sch., Wickham Rd., Croydon. Enl., Dec, '05.
Fell, II Dec, '14.
Walter, Bert.
b., '97. Fell, 8 Aug., '16.
Walter, Daisy Alice.
b., '92. Res., 73 Stretton
Zeppelin raid, Oct., '15.
Walter, Eliza H.
b., '63. Res., 73 Stretton
Zeppelin raid, Oct., '15.
Walter, Sidney Amor.
b., '00 Res., 73 Stretton
Zeppelin raid, Oct., '15.
Walter, Frederick Charles, Bdr., R.F.A.
b., Gloucester Rd., Croydon, 13 Oct., 92 ; s., Mr. & Mrs.
Walter, 7 Selhurst New Rd., S. Norwood. Educ, Sydenham Rd.
Sch., Croydon. Carman. W. in France. Accidentally drowned
in Mesopotamia, 4 Mar. '17. (Plate II., 2).
Walter, J. B., L/Cpl , R. Berks. Regt.
Fell, Sept., '16.
Walter, Joseph Stanley, Capt., 7 R.W.S. Regt.
b., W. Norwood, 10 Sept., '89 ; s., Mr. & Mrs. Walter, 139
Albert Rd., Croydon. Educ, Whitgift G. Sch., Croydon.
Single. Traveller. Re$., Albert Rd., Croydon. Enl. as pte.
in Inns of Court O.T.C., 10 Sept., 14 ; went to France, Jul., '15 ;
taken prisoner, 19 Nov., '16. M.C., 20 Oct., '16. Killed vih.\\t
attempting to escape from the pris. of war camp at Bad Colberg,
Germany. (Plate XXXV., 5).
Walters, Frederick, Pte., 6 Lond. Regt.
b., Croydon, 22 Sept., '97 ; s., Mr. & Mrs. W. Walters, 51
Waddon New Rd., Croydon. Educ, Brit. Sch., Croydon.
Film manufacturer. Enl., Mar., '15. Fell, France, 5 Oct., '16.
(Plate XXIX., 4).
Walters, W. G., 9124, L/Cpl., R. Suss. Regt.
Res., Croydon. Fell, Oct., 'i6.
Walton, E. W., 25610, E. Sur. Regt.
Res., Sutton. Fell, Jul., '17.
Walton, F., 15912, Pte., E. Sur. Regt.
Res., S. Croydon. Fell, Jul., '16.
Walton, Leonard, L/Cpl., Gren. Gds.
b., '92 ; s., Mr. & Mrs. Walton, Wentworth Rd., Croydon.
Enl., '12 (?). Drowned by overturning of canal barge during
embarkation, 2 Feb., '18.
Walton, William John, Rflmn., R.B.
b.. Frith Rd., Croydon, 29 Nov., -. Educ, Mitcham Rd. Sch.,
Croydon. Married. Labourer. Res., 26 Cromwell Rd.,
Croydon. Enl., 30 Apr., '15. Fell, France, 3 Sept., '16.
Ward, Alan Dudley Walter, 2/Lt., R.W.S. Regt.
b., '95 ; s., Mr. & Mrs. F. W. Ward, " Homelea," Coombe Rd.,
Croydon ; grandson of founder of " Croydon Advertiser."
Educ, privately. Journalist on staff of " Croydon Advertiser."
Enl. in Inns of Court O.T.C., Sept., '14 ; commis., Jan., '15 ;
w., Somme, Jul., '16. D. of trench fever, Rouen, 23 Jul., '17.
410 THE CROYDON ROLL OF HONOUR
Ward, J., Pte., R.W.S. Regt.
Married. i?e5., Priory Rd., Croydon. Enl.,'15. Fell, i Jul., 16,
Ward, John Robert, Pte.
b., Addis., 24 Aug., '93 ; s., George & Charlotte Ward. Educ,
Sydenham Rd. Sch., Croydon, & St. Peter's Sch., Croydon.
Railway porter. Married. Res., 36 Sussex Rd., Croydon.
E?il. about 14 Aug., '14. D. of wounds at i C.C.S., France,
27 Jan., '15.
Ward, Richard, Shoeing Smith, R.F.A.
b., '87. Married ; 4 children. Res., 5 Union St., Croydon.
Knocked down by taxi-cab in Rouen, 27 Oct., '18, and died
the following day.
Ward, Sydney Herbert, Sgt., i Border Regt.
b., Croydon, 24 May, '86 ; s., Mr. & Mrs. J. Ward, go Tamworth
Rd., Croydon. Educ, Par. Ch. Sch., Croydon. Carman.
Res., Waddon New Rd., Croydon. Etd., 27 Nov., '06. Fell,
Dardanelles, 26 Aug., '15,
Ward, W., Cpl., R.W.S. Regt.
Fell, Dec, '16.
Wareham, Harold, P.O., R.N.A.S., Armoured Car Div.
b., S. Norwood, 17 Dec, '83 ; s., Mr, & Mrs. Frederick W. Ware-
ham, 268 Portland Rd., S. Norwood. Educ., St. Michael's Sch.,
Woodside. Violinist. Res., 26 Blackhorse Lane, Addis.
Enl., iS Nov., '14. D. of dysentery, St. George's Mil. Hosp.,
Malta, I Oct., '15.
Wareham, Stanley B., Cpl., Can. F.A.
b., I Nov., '86 ; s., Mr. & Mrs. Fred. W. Wareham, 268 Portland
Rd., S. Norwood. Educ, St. Michael's Sch., Woodside. Single.
Clerk. Res., Toronto. Enl., Aug., '14. M.M. Fell,
N. Russia, 14 Nov., '18.
Warner, A. H., 2849, Pte., Lond. Regt.
Res., Selhurst. Fell, Sept., '16.
Warner, Archibald, 2/Lt., L.R.B. (5 Lond. Regt.)
b., Waddon, 13 Feb., '84 ; s., John, & late Alice Warner, Waddon
House, Croydon. Educ, " The Limes," Croydon., Whitgift G.
Sch., Croydon, Leighton Pk Sch., Reading, & Queen's Coll.,
Camb. Married. Solicitor. Res., " Penarth," Carshalton.
Enl. as pte. in Artists Rif., 4 Jun., '15. Fell, Gommecourt,
France, i Jul., '16. (Plate XXXV., i).
Warner, Bert W., A.B. Seaman, R.N.
Educ, Caterham Hill Council Sch. Lost with H.rvl.S.
" Bulwark," destroyed by internal explosion, Sheerness,
26 Oct., '14.
Warner, Bertram, 2/Lt., L.R.B. (5 Lond. Regt.)
b., Waddon, 19 Apr., '88 ; s., John, & late Alice Warner, Waddon
House, Croydon. Educ, " The Limes," Croydon, & Reading
Sch., Reading. Agriculturist. Res., Sedgeberrow, nr. Evesham.
Enl. as pte. in 8 Worcester Regt., 8 Aug., '14 ; commis., Sept., '16
Fell nr. Arras, 12 Apr., '17. (Plate XXIX., i).
Warner, Evan, Sgt., L.R.B. (5 Lond. Regt.)
b., Waddon, 25 Nov., '80 ; s., John, & late Alice Warner, Waddon
House, Croydon. Educ, " The Limes," Croydon, & Whitgift G
Sch., Crovdon. Manager for wharfingers. Enl., 3 Mar., '04.
Fell, Flanders, 11 Dec, '14. (Plate XXXHL, 5).
Warner, Frederick Leonard, 6020, Pte., 25 Middlesex Regt.
b., 98 Holmesdale Rd., S. Norwood, 23 Apr., '75 ; 2yd s., Alfred,
and late Jessie Keturah Warner, 30 Princess Rd., S. Norwood.
Educ, Brit. Sch., Croydon. Single. Optician. Res., 30
Princess Rd., S. Norwood. Enl. in R. Fus., Mar., '16. Fell,
Le Transloy, Oct., '16. Buried by 5 Scottish Rif.
THE GLORIOUS DEAD 411
Warner, Henry James, 2/Lt., 6 Northants. Regt.
b., Derby Rd., Croydon, 9 Sept., '86 ; s., Mr. & Mrs. William J.
Warner, 80 Oakfield Rd., Croydon. Educ, Whitgift G. Sch.,
Cro3^don. Single. Commercial clerk. Res., 35 Oakfield Rd.,
Croydon. FmI. as pte. in Artists Rif., 29 Nov., '15. Fell, nr.
Cherisv, France, 3 Jun., '17.
Warren, A., 4578, Pte., K.R.R.C.
Res., Croydon. Fell, Sept., '16.
Warren, E., R. Suss. Regt.
Res., T. Heath. Fell, Sept., '17.
Warren, E., 22486, E. Sur. Regt.
Res., Croydon. Fell, Sept., '17.
Warren, Frederick William Gerald, Pte., 2/4 R.W.S. Regt.
b., Sandy, Bedfordshire, 30 Jun., '98 ; 5., Fred & Alice Warren,
4 Fernhani Rd., T. Heath. Ediic, Par. Ch. Sch., Croydon, and
Winterbourne Rd. Sch.. T. Heath. Stencil cutter. Enl.,
17 Mav, '15. Fell, White Hill, Zambia, Palestine, 21 Dec, '17.
Buried, Mt. of Olives Cem., Jerusalem. (Plate XX^LH., 5).
Warrender, a. R., Stoker, R.N.
Empl. by Croydon Corp., at Mental Hosp. Lof/, v. ith H.M.S.
" Cressy," 22 Sept., '14.
Warrens, Eric Kenelm, L/Cpl., 16 Middlesex Regt.
b., Sydenham, 30 Nov., '97 ; s., H. L. ^ A. G. Warrens, i Addis.
Grove, Croydon. Editc, Whitgift G. Sch., Croydon. Single.
Clerk. Erd., 5 Jan., '15. D., 6 Jul., '16, on 26 Amb. Train, of
wounds reed, at Beaumont Ham.el, Somme, i Jul., '16. Buried
at Etretat, 8 Jul., '16.
Warwick, H., 46841, Gnr., R.F.A.
Res., Shirley. Fell, Jul., '16.
Washington, William John, Pte., R.W. Kent Regt.
b., Clapham, 22 Feb., '91. Ediic, Kingswood Rd., Brixton Hill.
Married. Solicitor's clerk. Res., 44 Mersham Rd., T. Heath.
Enl., 12 Apr., '16. Fell, France, 7 Oct., '-.
Waterman, Guy, Rflmn., Q.W. Rif. (16 Lond. Regt.)
b., 12'; MoflTatt Rd., T. Heath, 24 Mar., '93 ; e.s., Horace & Janet
Waterman, 27 Grange Pk. Rd., T. Heath. Educ, Beulah Rd.
Sch., T. Heath. Married, Ethel, d. of Mr. & Mrs. Knight,
19 Parchmore Rd.. T. Heath. Boot salesman 7??;/., 5 Jul., '15.
Fell, St. Jean, France, 11 Sept., '17. (Plate XXXV.. 2).
Waterman, Horace Rayj.iond, Rflmn., Q.W. Rif. (16 Lond. Regt.)
b., 125 Moffatt Rd., T. Heath, 7 Apr., '94 ; y.s., Horace & Janet
Waterman, 27 Grange Pk. Rd., T. Heath. Ediic, Beulah Rd.
Sch., T. Heath, and Stanley Tech. Trade Sch., S. Norwood.
Artist. Enl., 5 Dec, '15. Fell nr. Vimy Ridge. 23 Sept., '16.
(FlateXXXH., 3).
Watson, H. C, L/Cpl., R.W.Kent Regt.
Married. Empl. by Croydon Corp. Res., 15 Boston Rd.,
Croydon. Enl., 21 Dec, '14. Fell, 22 Jul., '16.
Watson, Keith Russell, Cpl., 7 R. Fus.
b., Waltham Cross, Herts., 7 Sept., '98 ; s.. Rev. & Mrs. F.
Russell Watson, Wesley Manse, Derby Rd., Woodford. Educ,
Kingswood Sch., Bath. Single. Empl. by Messrs. Hollington
Bros., wholesale clothiers. Res., 8 Elgin Rd., Croydon. Enl.,
Dec, '15. Fell, nr. Cambrai, 29 Sept., '18.
Watson, William George, 2/4 R.W.S. Regt.
b., Camden Town, '86 ; s., Mr. & Mrs. Watson, 66 Parson's
Mead, Croydon. Educ, Brit. Sch., Croydon. Married.
Coachman. Res., 17 Mint Walk, Croydon. Enl., Apr., '15.
Missing, Dardanelles, 9 Aug., '16.
413 THE CROYDON ROLL OF HONOUR
Watt, George Herbert, Master, Mercantile Marine.
Watt, John Frank, Sgt., Beds. Regt,
s., Mr. & Mrs. Watt, 45 Oakfield Rd., Croydon. Married.
Fell, Beaumont Hamel, France, 13 Nov., '16.
Watts, Augustine Cuthbert, 301796, Rflmn., L.R.B. (5 Lond. Regt.)
b., Croydon, 21 Oct., '97 ; s., Albert L. & Mary Watts, 12
Mansfield Rd., Croydon. Ediic, Coloma House, Croydon, and
Modern Sch., Croydon. Commercial clerk. Enl., i Sept., '15.
Fell, probably at Les BcEufs, France, 8 Oct., '16.
Wayte, Samuel Wilfrid, 2/Lt., 103 Bde., R.F.A.
b., Croydon, '95 ; s.. Dr. & Mrs. Wayte, Park Lane, Croydon.
Educ, King's Sch., Canterbury. Single. Joined Inns of Court
O.T.C., '16 ; commis., '17 ; M.C., Sept., '17 ; w. D., Oct., '17,
at 2 C.C.S., Bailleul, of wounds reed, nr. Ypres.
Weald, Leonard J., Pte., D.Iy.L
b., '85, Married. Butcher. Res., 14 Gilsland Rd., T. Heath.
Enl., 17 Aug., '16. Fell, 26 Jun., '17.
Weatherley, G. F., 1 143, R. Fus.
Fell, Jul., '16,
Webb, James, Sgt.
Fell, Festubert, 16 May, '15.
Webb, Louis Victor, Lt., i/i Gurkha Rif.
b., 21 Lr. Addis. Rd., Croydon, 24 Jul., '94 ; e.s., Mr. & Mrs.
Webb, 21 Lr. Addis, Rd., Croydon. Educ, Coloma House,
Croydon, & St. Joseph's Coll., W. Norwood. Commercial
traveller. Enl. as pte. in R.W.S. Regt., Aug., '14. D., 10 Jan.,
'17, of wounds reed, in Mesopotamia prev. day.
Webb, Sidney E., 798, L/Cpl., R.F.A.
s., Mr. & Mrs. Webb, 28 Pridham Rd. E., T. Heath. Educ,
Whitehorse Rd. Sch., T. Heath. Cinematograph operator.
D. in hosp. in France, from jaundice, 22 Aug., '17.
Webb, Thomas Henry, Pte., R.W. Kent Regt.
b., Croydon, 10 Jan., '93 ; s., Mr. & Mrs. Webb, 75 Rymer Rd.,
Addis. Educ, Oval Rd. Sch., Croydon. Single Motor
bodv builder. Enl., Sept., '14. Fell, France, 3 Jul., '16.
Webster, C, 2^640, Pte., E. Sur. Regt.
Res., T. Heath. Fell, Dec, '16.
Weitzmann, Cecil Gothet, 2/Lt., S. Staff. Regt.
s., Mr. & Mrs. G. H. Weitzmann, " Miraflor," U. Norwood.
Commis., 25 Sept., '15. Fell, France, Sept., '15.
Weller, John Charles, Pte., 4 Beds. Regt.
b., '99 ; e..^., Mr. & Mrs. Weller, 175 Gloucester Rd., Croydon.
Educ, Tavistock Rd. Sch., Croydon. Enl. when 16 yrs. of age,
and claimed by parents. Re-joined at age of 18. Fell, France,
9 Nov., '18.
Wells, Walter Arthur, Pte., 17 R. Fus.
b., 30 Mar., '86, Southbridge PI., Croydon ; s., Mr. & Mrs.
Wells, 65 Exeter Rd., Addis. Educ, St. Andrew's
Sch., Croydon. Married. Waiter. Res., 61 Edward Rd.,
Addis. Enl., 8 Jun., '15. D. of wounds, France, 2 Aug., '15.
Wells, Walter John, Pte., 18 Lanes. Fus.
b., 24 Jun., '99 ; e.s., Mr. & Mrs. Wells, Sibthorpe Rd., Mitcham.
Educ, Upper Mitcham Sch. Enl., 24 Jun., '17. Fell, i Jun .,'18.
Wellson, D., 612149, Gnr., R.H.A.
Res., S, Croydon. Fell, Jun., '17.
Welsijy, Sydney J., L/Cpl., R.B.
b., '85 ; s., Mr. & Mrs. Welsby, 135 St. Peter's St., Croydon.
Educ, Abp. Tenison's Sch., Croydon. Married; i son.
Res., 108 Fairholme Rd., Croydon. Fell, 24 Aug., '18.
XXXIII.
Pte. F. White, 13 R. Fus.
Rflmn. H. H. Willsher, King's R.R.C.
Rflmn. H. E. Williams, Lond. Rif. B.
Sgt. J. H. WoRTLEY, D.C.M., Lond. Rif. B.
Sgt. E. Warner, Lond. Rif. B.
2/Lt. L. G. West, Lond, Rif. B.
XXXIV.
Capt. H. T. Whybrow, Motor Machine Gun Corps
Driver A. E. Wills, 311 Bde., R.F.A.
2/Lt. P. J. Williams, R. Berks. Regt.
L/Cpl. E. T. White, 17 R. Fus.
Trooper A. J. Whhatland, Sur. Yeom.
L/Cpl. E. J. H. White, D.C.M., Machine Gun Corps
THE GLORIOUS DEAD 413
Wenham, a., 16252, E. Sur. Regt.
Fell, Nov., '16.
West, Albert, Sadler, R.F.A.
h., S. Norwood, Aug., '96 ; s., Mr. & Mrs. A. M. West, 90
Watcombe Rd., S. Norwood. Educ, Birchanger Rd. Sch.,
S. Norwood. Single. Boot finisher. Res., 63 Apsley Rd.,
S. Norwood. Enl., Jan., '15. Fell, Ypres, 12 Jul., '17.
West, Charles A., 1480, Pte., 7 R.W.S. Regt.
Educ, Ingram Rd. Sch., T. Heath. Fell, 11 Oct., '15.
West, Georhe Frederick, Pte., R. Fus.
b., 15 Tamworth PI., 17 Jul., '94 ; s., Mr. & Mrs. H. West, 22
Southsea Rd., Croydon. Educ, Mitcham Rd. Sch., Croydon.
Wharfman. i?ej., 22 Southsea Rd., Croydon. £■«/., i Apr., '16.
Fell, Arras, 9 Apr., '17.
West, J., Rflmn., L.R.B. (5 Lond. Regt.)
b., '97 ; y.s., Mr. & Mrs. West, 5 Cameron Rd. Croydon. Educ,
Modern Sch., Croydon. Insurance clerk. £■«/., Apr., '15 ;
w., Goudecourt, France, Jul., '16. Fell, 9 Oct., '16.
West, Leslie Gower, 2/Lt., L.R.B. (5 Lond. Regt )
h , Sutton, 12 Oct., '98 ; s., Mr. & Mrs. R. H. West, " Haslemere,"
109 Brigstock Rd., T. Heath. Educ, T. Heath High Sch., and
at Bapaume, Pas-de-Calais. Clerk. Erd. as pte., 3 Mar., '17.
Fell, S. of Antoine, France, 24 Oct., "iS. (Plate XXXIII , 6).
West, William, Seaman, R.N.
b., '96 ; 2nd s. Mr. & Mrs. Albert West, 118 Livingstone Rd.,
T. Heath. Empl. at offices of " Norwood News." Lost when
H.M.S. " Champagne " was torpedoed, about 16 Oct., '17.
West, WiLLLiVM, 2/Lt,, 9 Sher. For.
b., " Sherwood," Dingwall Av., Croydon, 6 Feb., '95 ; s., William
West, Councillor. County Boro. of Croydon, & Lillian West,
daughter of William Spowage, of Sherwood Rise, Nottingham.
Educ, Whitgift G. Sch., '04-14, where he won Eastty Cup,
'13-14 ; played football for sch., '10-14 I capt. of his House ;
sgt. in Sch. O.T.C., and shot in the Bisley team for the Ashburton
'n-12-14, winning Banks' Cup, '14. Commis., 26 Sept., '14;
trained at Belton Pk., Grantham, & Frensham ; left Eng. with
1 1 Div., I Jul., '15, for Mediterranean E.F., in Gallipoli ; w., Achi
Baba, 26 Jul., '15 ; re-joined btn., i Aug., '15 ; took part in
Suvla Bay landing, 6-7 Aug.. '15, landing with his btn. on beach,
S. of Lala Baba. Fell, nr. Biyuk Anafarta, 9 Aug., '15.
Buried, Azmac Dere Cem., Suvla. (Plate I., 3).
Westall, W. H., 30383, Sgt., 61 M.G.C.
s , Mr. & Mrs. Westall, Keeper's Cottage, Selsdon Pk., Croydon.
Fell, Mar., '18.
Westbrook, John MERVi'N, Rflmn., attd. R. Irish Rif.
b., Croydon, 11 May, '97; s., Mr. & Mrs. John Westbrook,
7 Warrington Rd., Croydon. Educ, M. Whitgift Sch. Bank
clerk. Enl. in i L.R.B., May, '16. Fed, Ypres, 10 Mar., '17
Weston, Frederic George, Coy.Sgt.Maj., Q.W. Rif. (16 Lond. Regt.)
b., Whickham, co. Durham, 8 Jun., '85 ; 3rc? s., John & Mary
Weston, Whitley Bay, Northumberland. Educ, Gateshead,
Liverpool Univ., & Goldsmith s Coll., Lond. LTniv. Married ;
2 children. Schoolmaster. Res., 2 Beechwood Av., T. Heath.
Territorial since '05. Ment. in despat. Fell, nr. Bullecourt,
28 Aug., '18.
Westrup, Leonard, 200599, Pte., 1/4 R.W.S. Regt.
b., '90 ; s., Mr. & Mrs. Westrup, 32 Oval Rd., Croydon. Enl.,
Aug., '14 ; served Persian Gulf, and India, Oct., '14-Nov., '18.
D. from influenza & pneumonia, 1 1 Nov., '18. Buried, Dalhousie.
414 THE CROYDON ROLL OF HONOUR
Wheat, Frederick, Armourer Sgt., R.A.O.C.
b., Nottingham, 7 Mar., '76 ; s., late John & Lucy Wheat;
Nottingham, /tf/uc, Nottingham. Married. Adding machine
mechanic. /?es., sq Albert Rd., S. Norwood. £"«/., 16 Aug., '16,
attd. first, Glasgow Yeom., & later 9 M.G. Squadron, i Can. Div.
Killed hy bomb from aeroplane, nr. Le Cateau, 8 Oct., '18.
Buried, Prospect Hill Brit. Cem., Gouy.
Wheatland, Albert Joseph, 40078, Trooper, Sur. Yeom.
b., '93 ; ys., late Edmund, & Mrs. Wheatland, 11 Rolleston Rd.,
Crovdon. Educ, Brighton Rd Sch., Croydon. Empl at
Streatham Garage. EnL, 30 Oct., '15 ; attd., R.W.S. Regt.
Fell, France, 7 Jun., '17. (Plate XXXIV., 5).
Wheatlcy, J. A., 207033, R.W.S. Regt.
Res., T. Heath. Fell, Oct., '17.
Wheeler, John. Pte.
h.. High St., Sidcup, Kent, 21 Aug , '92 ; s., Mr. & Mrs. John J.
Wheeler, 95 Norbury Crescent, Norbury. Educ, Oval Rd. Sch.,
Croydon. Grocer. Res., 3 Welford's Parade, London Rd.,
Norbury. EnL, i Jul., '16. Fell nr. Fresnoy Wood, N.E. of
Arras, 8 May, '17.
Whibley, Richard Edward Ellis, Sur. Yeom.
b., '97. D. in hosp., Chatham, Dec, '15, from wounds.
Whicker, Frederick Paul, Lt., Lond. Regt.
b., Sydenham, '98 ; e.s , Mr. & Mrs. J. Whicker, of Union ot
Lond. & Smith's Bank, S. Norwood Branch. Educ., Sydenham
High Sch., & St. Dunstan's Coll., Catford. Bank clerk. EnL,
Lnns of Court O.T.C., 20 Sept., '15 ; commis., 9 Jul., '16.
Fell, 5 Apr., '18.
Whisson, William Henry, Lt., Middlesex Regt.
b., 19 Mar., '96 ; e.s., Mr. & Mrs. W. H. Whisson, 25 Arundel Rd.,
Croydon. Educ, M. Whitgift Sch., Croydon. EnL, Apr., '13,
in Lond. Scottish, going to France, 15 Sept., '14 ; zv., Messines,
31 Oct., '14 ; commis., Aug., '15 ; ret. to front, 24 Oct., '16 ;
M.C. D. of wounds, in 41 C.C.S., 6 May, '17.
Whitaker, George, Act.-Capt., Lond. Regt.
b., '92 ; 5., Mr. & Mrs. George Whitaker, 2 Albemarle Mans.,
Kingsway, Hove, formerly of " Ravenswood," Croydon. Educ,
Whitgift G. Sch. Fell, 20 Sept., '17.
Whitbread, William, Pte., S.W.B.
b., '87 ; e.s., Mr. & Mrs. S. Whitbread, 16 Wentworth Rd.,
Croydon. Educ, Boston Rd. Sch., Croydon. Married ; i son.
Served some yrs. in Territorials. EnL, in R.E., i Jun., '16.
Fell, 10 Nov., '17.
White, Arthur Bryan, Capt., i L.R.B. (5 Lond. Regt.)
b., '89 ; y.s., Mr. & Mrs. Will White, " Glenthorne," Birdhurst
Rise, Croydon. Educ, St. Paul's Sch., & International Coll.,
Geneva. Accountant. EnL (Territorials) '06 ; went to France
as sgt., 4 Nov., '14 ; commis., Feb., '15 ; iv. twice ; ment, in
despat., Apr., '17. Fell, 16 Aug., '17,
White, Cecil James Lawrence, 302258, Rflmn., L.R.B. (5 Lond. Regt.)
b., 55 Finsbury Pk. Rd., 9 Jun., '83. Educ, City of Lond. Sch.,
Victoria Embankment. Married. Underwriter's clerk. Res.,
Apsley House, Surbiton Crescent, Surrey. Freeman of City of
Lond. jE'jz/., 29Nov.,'i5. Fe//, Metz-en-Couture, 23 Mar., '18.
Buried, Metz Sugar Refinery.
White, Ernest Tomas ' Jack," L/Cpl., 17 R. Fus.
b., Ancaster Rd., Elmers End, Beckenham, 3 Sept., '95 ; s., Ernest
& Alice White, " Ivydene," 10 Windermere Rd., Addis.
Educ, St. James's Ch. Sch., Elmers End. Dairyman. EnL,
8 Dec, '14. Fell, France, 27 Jul., '17. (Plate XXXIV., 4).
THE GLORIOUS DEAD 415
White, Frederick, Pte., 13 R. Fus.
b., 40 Beulah Grove, Croydon, Apr., '84 ; s., late Mr. White, cc
Mrs. Orr, 38 Beulah Grove, Croydon. £'<i?/c., Sydenham Rd. Sch.,
Croydon. Married. Stage manager. Res., 38 Beulah Grove,
Croydon. Fell, lo-ii Apr., '17. Buried nr. Orange Hill,
E.S.E. of Arras and S.W. of Hampoux. (Plate XXXIII., i).
White, Georce, Cpl., 2 Drag. Gds.
b., '88. Married. Res., 82 Beulah Grove, Croydon. Ettl.,
about '08. Fell, 30 Mar., '18.
White, W^alter William, Coy.Sgt.Mai., 9 E. Sur. Regt.
b., Tooting, 8 Jul., '73. Married. Warehouseman. Res,
27 Beauchamp Rd., U. Norwood. Served at Relief of Chitral, '95,
Punjab and Tirah, '97-98, and S.A. War. Re-enlisted,
II Sept., '14 ; M.M., May, '16. Fell, Delville Wood, Somme,
I Sept., '16.
White, Wilfred Appleton, 2/Lt., K.R.R.C.
b., '99 ; s., Mr, & Mrs. Wilfred White, 10 Brambledown Rd.,
Wallington. Educ, Whitgift G. Sch., & Exeter Coll., Oxford.
Enl., Nov., '17. Fell, 3 Oct., '18.
White, William, Pte., 60 M.G.C.
h., Catford, 23 Nov., '97 ; s., Mr. & Mrs. W.White, 9 Trafford Rd.,
T. Heath. Educ., Winterbourne Rd. Sch., Croydon. Clerk.
Enl. in 3/4 R.W.S. Regt., 3 Jun., '15. Fell, Ypres, 14 Aug., '17.
Whitehead, Eric Wilfred, 2/Lt., R..A..F.
h., Eastbourne, 2 Oct., '98 ; s., Mr. & Mrs. Whitehead,
Shettlestone, 5 Thornhill Rd., Croydon. Educ, Whitgift G. Sch.
Res., " Sunnyside," Lodge Rd., Croydon. Enl. as bugler in
Artists Rif., Sept., '14 ; commis., Nov., '17. Killed in a landing
accident, while training at Salisbury, 16 Feb., '18.
Whiteley, Ernfst Jame.s, 21730, Trooper, Suss. Yeom.
b., U. Holloway, 26 Feb., '84 ; e.s., Mr. & Mrs. James Whiteley,
" Fairlight Glen," Brighton Rd., Croydon. Educ., Abp.
Tenison's Sch., Croydon. Commercial clerk. Enl., 13 Jul., '15;
attd. 10 R.W.S. Regt. Fell, France, 18 Aug., '17.
Whithi'ar, Albert Frederick, Pte., 1/19 Lond. Regt.
h., 7 Dec, '99 ; s., Mr. & Mrs. Whithear, 30 Grange Pk. Rd.,
T. Heath. Educ, Ecclesbourne Rd. Sch., T. Heath. Married.
Milk carrier. Res., 26 Thirsk Rd., S. Norwood. Enl., 12 Mar.,
'17. Fell, I Sept., '18.
Whiting, Charles William, 21907, Pte., i E. Sur. Regt.
b., 27 Aug., '-. Married. Cigar salesman. Res., 59 Ferndale
Rd., S. Norwood. Enl., 2 Jun., '16. D., 4 May, of wounds
reed., France, 4 days prev.
Whitney, J. F., Pte., Lond. Regt.
s., Mr. & Mrs. Whitney, 61 Jarvis Rd., Croydon. Fell, France
Aug., '17.
Whitten, F. R., Capt., R.E.
e.s., Mr. & Mrs. G. J. Whitten, 28 Braxted Pk., Streatham.
Married. Empl. in Federated Malay States Civil Service,
i?eA-., 32 Ederline Av.,Norbury. M.C. Z>.of wounds, 18 Apr., '18,
Whittle, Charles, Pte., Welsh Regt.
Whittle, F. W., Pte., Welsh Regt.
Whyatt, a., 3497, R.W. Kent Regt.
Res., S. Norwood. D. of wounds, Jun., '17.
41 6 THE CROYDON ROLL OF HONOUR
Whybrow, Harry Thomson, Capt., Motor M.G.C.
h., " The Almonds " (now " Sherbourne "), Woodside Green,
25 Mar., '79 ; s., Mr. & Mrs. Francis Whybrow, Bosham, Sussex
Educ, Whitgift G. Sch. Married ; 2 children. Accountant.
Res., Bulawayo. He was a big game hunter, writer on wild
animals of Africa, and served on recruiting staff in Ireland.
Commis., Nov., '14. D., 21 Mar., '16, of wounds received in
battle of Soko Nasia. (Plate XXXIV., i).
Whybrow, Thomas Wilkins, Pte., 17 R. Fus.
b., 79 Addison Rd., S. Norwood, 9 Nov., '79 ; e.s., Mr. & Mrs.
Mary Ann Whybrow, 24 Queen's Rd., Croydon. Educ, Boston
Rd. Sch , Croydon. Single. Empl. by Brit. Wood Heel Co.
Enl., 4 Jun., 'ii;. Fell, France, 21 Mar., '18.
Whyte, E. T., 1233, L/Cpl., R. Fus.
Res., Addis. Fell, Sept., '17.
Wicker, Frederick, Lt., Lond. Regt. (Queen's).
Res , S. Norwood. Fell, 5 Apr., '18.
Wicks, A. H., Pte., R.A.M.C.
e.s., Mr. & Mrs. H. Wicks, 28 Edward Rd., Addis. Educ,
Ingram Rd. Sch., T. Heath. Enl., 13 Feb., '13 ; attd. to
2 Seaforth H., Aug., '14 ; served in France, Aug., '14-Mav, '18.
D. of wounds, 4 Can. C.C.S., 13 May, '18.
Wicks, Herbert Hartley, Pte,, 16 Middlesex Regt.
b., Dulwich, S.E., 28 Aug., '96 ; s., Mr. & Mrs. A. E. Wicks,
248 Whitehorse Rd., Croydon. Educ, Askes Hatcham Bovs'
Sch., New Cross, S.E. Bank clerk. Enl., Jun., '15. Fell,
Glencorse Wood, nr. Hooge, 16 Aug., '17.
Wild, Jack, 13404, Pte., R.W.S. Regt.
b., '95 ; s., Mr. & Mrs. C. Wild, 8 Lr. Drayton PI., Croydon.
Married. Res., S. Norwood. Fell, 18 Nov., '16.
Wild, Lionel Tudor, Capt., Somerset L.I.
b., '88 ; 2nd s., Mr. & Mrs. A. S. Wild, 21 Canning Rd., Addis.
Educ, St. Winifred's, Kenley, & Reading Sch. Motor engineer.
As sgt. in Sur. Yeom. was mobilised at outbreak of war ; commis.,
Feb., '15 ; served in France, Jul., 'is-Nov., '17. Fell, 30 Nov.,
'17, in attempt to save remnant of his coy. during German counter
attack, nr. Cambrai. Buried by enemy, nr. Masnieres.
Wild, W. S., Pte., S.A. Inf.
2nd s., Mr. & Mrs. William Wild, Addis. Fell, 17 Oct., '18.
Wild, William George, Pte., Drag. Gds.
s., Mr. & Mrs. E. Wild, Addis. Fell, 26 Aug., 'i8.
Wilkins, Frank, Sgt., H.L.I.
b., I Jun., '95 ; 5., Mr. & Mrs. Charles England Wilkins,
54 Blenheim Cres., Croydon. Educ, Whitgift G. Sch. Fell,
France, '15.
Wilkins, Herbert John, L/Cpl., 2 R.W S. Regt.
b., Bletchingley, 10 Oct., '93. Educ, Gloucester Rd. Sch.,
Croydon. Single. Printer. Res., Pawsons Rd., Croydon.
Enl., 2 Sept., '14. D. of wounds, France, 4 Jun., '16.
Wilkins, Howard Morris, Sgt., City of Lond. Yeom.
b., 18 Sept., '- ; s., Mr. & Mrs. Edward Howard Wilkins,
" Richmond Lodge," Sydenham Rd., Croydon. Educ, Whitgift
G. Sch. Ment. in despat. Fell, Gallipoli, '15.
Wilkins, Sidney Ernest, Pte., Artists Rif. (1/28 Lond. Regt.)
b., Dover, 31 Dec, '96 ; s., A. J. & C. A. Wilkins, 58 Penshurst
Rd., T. Heath. Educ, Mod. Sch., Croydon. Clerk. Enl.,
8 Jan., 17. Fell, Passchendaele, 29 Oct., '17. (Plate XXXI., 2).
THE GLORIOUS DEAD 417
WiLKiNS, W. T., 662Q6, Pte., N. Fus.
5., B. & G. Wilkins, 21 Grenaby Rd., Croydon. Educ, Boro.
Sec. Sch., Croydon. Clerk. Missinq, 11 Apr., '18 (last seen
going to dressing stn., wounded).
Wilkinson, -, Pte., R.W.S. Regt.
b., '95. Empl. by Croydon Corp. Tramways. Res., i Grafton
Rd., Croydon. Fell, Dardanelles, 9 Aug., '15.
Wilkinson, Charles Edward Garnett, Sgt., 10 R. Fus.
b., U. Paurstone, Dorset, 24 Mar., '85 ; s., Mr. & Mrs. F. E.
Wilkinson, Westbury, St. Paul's Rd., T. Heath. Educ, Holme
Sch., S. Norwood. Accountant. Res., Valparaiso, Chili.
D., Boulogne, 10 Stat. Hosp., 16 Jul., '16, of wounds reed, nr,
Pozieres.
Wilkinson, John Alfred, L/Cpl., R.E. (Lab. Coy.)
b., Lond., 28 Mar., '75. Educ, Lond. Married. Labourer.
Res., 4 Portland Cottages, Beddington Lane. Enl., 2T, Aug., '15.
D. of bronchial pneumonia, at 11 C.C.S., France, 5 Apr., '17.
Wilkinson, John H., Sgt., Leinster Regt. (R. Can. Regt.)
Res., 27 Hathaway Rd., Croydon. Twice ment. in despat. ;
served 4^ yrs. D. of pneumonia, Bramshott Hosp., Surrey,
18 Mar.,''iq.
Wilkinson, P., Pte., Middlesex Regt.
s., Mr. & Mrs. Wilkinson, ^g Tankerton Terr., Mitcham Rd.,
Croydon. Educ, Boston Rd. Sch.. Croydon. Twice zv. in
eight mths. Fell, 7 Nov., '18.
WiLLEY, Sydney Frank, 2142, L/Cpl., 8 R.W.S. Regt,
b., Crovdon, 19 Aug., '95 : s., Frank & Eva L. Willey, 50 Wandle
Rd., Croydon. Educ, Par. Ch. Sch., Croydon. Butcher.
Eni., Sept., '14. D. on Somme, from concussion. 26 Oct., '16.
Williams, Charles, Pte.
Postman, attd. to E. Croydon Office. Res., 11 Femham Rd ,
Croydon. Territorial before war. D. in hosp., Feb., '17.
Williams. Frederick John, Pte., 6 Hauraki Inf.
*., Mr. & Mrs. Williams, 46 High St., Croydon. Educ, Rain's
Sch.. Pitman's, and King's Coll., Lond. Stationer. Fell
Dardanelles. 28 Apr., '15.
Williams, H. W., Despatch-Rider, R.E.
s., late Mr. Williams, & Mrs. Bennett, River-view Gr., Chis-
wick. Educ, Whitgift G. Sch.. '05-09. Fell, '17.
Williams, Harold Ernest, Rflmn., L.R.B. (^ Lond. Regt.)
b., N. Ivond.. 3 Nov., '91 ; 2nd s., Mr. & Mrs. E. Williams,
10 Bingham Rd., Croydon. Educ, Whitgift G. Sch., & East
Lond. Coll. ; B.Sc. (Lond.), hons. in physics. Clerk in operative
dept., Roval Mint. Enl., Jun., 'is. Fell in advance on Menin
road, Ypres, 20 Sept., '17. (Plate XXXHL, 3)-
Williams, J., Pte., E. Sur. Regt.
Conductor, Croydon Corp. Tramways. D., Western Heights
Mil. Hosp., Dover, Jun., '16.
Williams Percy John, 2/Lt., R. Berks. Regt.
h., S Crovdon. Dec. '94 ; v.s., Mr. & Mrs. E. Williams, 10
Bingham Rd., Croydon. Educ, M. Whitgift Sch., Whitgift G.
Sch , 8c Corpus Christi Coll., Oxford. At grammar sch. he won
a succession of prizes, including three Eastty medals and his
scholarship to Oxford ; going to the Univ. in 191 3, took a first in
class, moderations ; was proxim.e accessit for the Hertford
Scholarship, and won Chancellor's prize for I.,atin essay on Oliver
Cromwell. Enl., Inns of Court O.T.C., Jun., '15 ; commis.,
Oct., '16. D. in hosp. at Salonica, from wounds, Apr., '17
(Plate XXXIV., 3).
4i8 THE CROYDON ROLL OF HONOUR
Williams, Montgomery, Capt., R.M.A.
b., '85 ; 5., Maj. & Mrs. Plunkett Williams, U. Norwood. Educ,
Dulwich Coll., & Naval Coll., Greenwich. Married. D., 23
Aug., '16, from injury reed. prev. day. Twice ment. in despat.
Williams, W. Hutton, Capt., 3 E. Sur. Regt.
b., '75 ; s., Mr. & Mrs. Williams, " Inglewood,"' Teddington.
Fell, nr. Festubert, 17 May, '15.
Williamson, Edgar Rowe, Lt., Lond. Regt.
b., Argentine Republ., '95 ; s., Mr. & Mrs. Rowe Williamson,
33 Vincent Rd., Croydon. Educ, Repton. Enl. as pte. soon
after outbreak of war , commis. in his own regt., Feb., '15 ; M.C.,
I Jul., '16. Fell, 10 Sept., '16.
Willmett, H. E., Pte., R.W.S. Regt.
b., '91. Educ, Sydenham Rd. Sch., Croydon. Res., 40
Broadway Av., Croydon. Enl., 2 Mar., '16. Fell, Mar., '17.
Wills, Albert Ernest, 233526, Driver, 311 Bde., R.F.A.
b., Bridlington, 18 Sept., '78. Educ, Alderman Newton's Sch.,
Leicester, & Bishop Feild Coll., St. John's, Newfoundland.
Married. Grocer & provision merchant : businesses, 217 White-
horse Lane, & Queen's Rd., U. Norwood. Res., 217 Whitehorse
Lane, S.Norwood. Enl., 20 Apr., '17 ; w., Ypres, 5 Nov., '17.
D. of wounds, 11 Nov., '17, at 18 Chicago (U.S.A.) Gen. Hosp.,
Camiers. Buried, Bnt. Mil. Cem., Etaples. (Plate XXXIV., 2).
Wills, Charles Albert, R.N.
Married. Res., 115 Norwood Rd. Drowned in action, 7 Sept.,'17.
Wills, J. H., Pte., i/i Can. Regt.
s., Mr. & Mrs. A. Wills, Church St., Croydon. Educ, Sutton.
D., 28 May, '15, of wounds reed, at Festubert.
Willsher, Harold Henry, Rflmn., 16 K.R.R.C.
b., Holloway, 15 Mar., '98 ; 5., Mr. & Mrs. H. Willsher, 1 Cedar
Villas, Cedar Rd., Croydon. Educ, Abp. Tenison's Sch.,
S. Croydon. Clerk. Enl., 22 Jun., '16. D., 19 Oct., '18,
while pris. of war at Giessen, Germany. (Plate XXXHL, 2).
Willsmore, Richard John, Pte., 7 E. Sur. Regt.
b., 109 Queen's Rd., U. Norwood, 21 Jun., '95 ; s., W. J. & Alice
Willsmore, 225 Knight's Hill, W. Norwood. Educ, Rockmount
Rd. Sch., U. Norwood. Garage cleaner. Res., 50 Queen's Rd.,
U. Norwood. Enl., 13 Oct., '15. Fell, Arras, 9 Apr., '17.
Willson, Charles Douglas, Gnr., Notts. Bty., R.H.A.
b., 15 Lansdowne Rd., Croydon, 21 Apr., '90 ; e.s., Charles E.
& Bona Willson. Educ, Avonhurst College, Burgess Hill, Suss.
Single. Commercial Traveller. Enl. at Croydon. Fell,
4 May, '17, killed by bomb while in hosp., at Deir-el-Bela, nr,
Gaza, Palestine.
Wilmot, William John, Pte., E. Sur. Regt.
5th s., Mr. & Mrs. C. W. Wilmot, Southall. Married ; 2
children. Butcher. Res., 3 Tanfield Rd., Croydon. Fell,
3 May, '17.
Wilson, Albert Alfred, Sgt., 23 Middlesex Regt.
b., Battersea, 9 Jul., '81 ; s., late William & Emma Wilson.
Educ, Battersea. Married. Labourer. Served in R.N.
'99-01. Enl., in Army, 10 Oct., '02. Fell, nr. Vlamertinghe,
27 Apr., '18 ; buried, Brandhoek New Mil. Cem., No. 3.
Wilson, C. W. " Neil," 2/Lt., R.F.A.
e.s., Mr. & Mrs. W. Wilson, 21 Chisholm Rd., Croydon. Educ,
Whitgift G. Sch. Married. Res., 15 Lansdown Rd., Lee.
Mobilised, Aug., '14, as trooper in W. Kent Yeom., and served
in Egypt and Gallipoli ; as officer in R.F.A., served in France
and Italy. D. of pneumonia, 25 Nov., '18, at a CCS. in France.
XXXV.
1. 2/Lt A. Warner, Lond.Rit. H.
2. Rflmn. G. Waterman, Queen's W^estm. Rif.
3. Rflmn. H. G. Young, Lond. Rif. B.
4. Rflmn. C. H. Townend. Lond. Rif. B.
5. Capt. J. S Walter, M.C, 7 R.W.S. Regt.
6. Capt. G. H. S.axe-Wvndha.m, M.C, 8 R.W.S. Regt.
XXXVI.
1. Rflmn. C. L. Turtle, Queen's Westm. Rif.
2. z/Lt. L. Lloyd, Hants. Regt.
3. Pte. J. W. Ord, 16 Middlesex Regt.
4. 2/Lt. H. P. N. Dixon, Northd. Fus.
5. Capt. E. G. Langdale, 5 Leicester Regt.
6. 2/Lt. G. P. Allen, 3/4 R.W.S. Regt.
THE GLORIOUS DEAD 419
Wilson, Charles Wilfrid, Lt., S. Lanes. Regt.
b., 12 Nov., '75 ; s.. Rev. J. P. & Mrs. Wilson, " Hawthorns,"
Campbell Rd., Croydon. Educ, M. Whitgift Sch., & Whitgift
G. Sch.
Wilson, F., Pte., R.W. Kent Regt.
b., '89. Married ; 2 children. Res., 23 Moffat Rd., T. Heath.
Fell, 14 Jun., '17.
Wilson, F., 25437, Pte., 18 Manchr. Regt.
Wilson, James William, Northd. Fus.
b., 18 Nov., '98. Res., 47 Addington Rd., Croydon. Enl. in
A.C.C., Jun., '15 ; transf. to Northd. Fus. and went to France,
Dec, '16. Fell, 21 Mar., '18.
Wilson, Walter, Pte., 17 " Empire " Btn., R. Fus.
b., '95 ; y.s., Mr. & Mrs. Edward Wilson, Wellesley Rd., Croydon.
D., 26 Dec, '15, of wounds reed, in Flanders prev. day.
Wilson, William Stanley, Pte., R.Fus.
b., I Dec., '96 ; 5., Mr. & Mrs. William Herbert Wilson, " Sunny-
bank," Duppas Hill Rd., Waddon. Educ, Whitgift G. Sch.,
'09-10.
Wiltshire, EG., Pte.
Married. Empl. by Crovdon Gas Co. Res., 5 Selhurst PI.,
S. Norwood. Enl., Apr., ''16. Fell, 18 Sept., '18.
Winchester, Victor Christopher, Rflmn., L.R.B. (5 Lond. Regt.)
b., Plumstead, 24 Dec, '04 ; s., Mr. & Mrs. J. A. Winchester,
30 Wiltshire Rd., T. Heath. Educ, Plumstead, and Beulah and
Winterbourne Rd. Schs., T. Heath. Builder's asst. Enl.,
3 Feb., '16 ; served in France from i Apr., '16 ; lu., 7 Jun, '17 &
Dec., '17. Fell, France, 14 Apr., '18.
Windibank, Jack, 50955, Pte., 17 Middlesex Regt.
b., 25 Middle St., Southsea, 24 Nov., '97 ; s., Henry & Emma
Windibank, 29 Pemdevon Rd., Croydon. Educ, Christ Ch.
and Mitcham Rd. Schs., Croydon, & West Jesmond Sch.,
Newcastle-on-Tyne. Single. Electrician. £"«/., 31 Aug., '16 ;
w., and taken pris. at Oppy Wood, 28 Apr., '17. D. of wounds
while prisoner in the German C.C.S., Rue de St. Lazarre, Douai,
29 Apr., '17.
Windsor, Arthur, Pte., 7 R.W.S. Regt.
h., Croydon, 31 Jan., '88 ; s., late Mr. Henry John, & Mrs.
Windsor, 21 Nicholson Rd., Croydon. Educ, Croydon.
Married, 3 Oct., '14, Ellen Mabel Fisher. Draper. Res.,
21 Nicholson Rd., Croydon. Enl., 4 Sept., '14 ; eu., 31 Apr., '16 ;
retd. to line, Aug., '16. Fell, 6 Oct., '16.
Windsor, Harry, Pte., R. Fus.
b., '92 ; s., Mr. & Mrs. Henry Windsor, 134 Dennett Rd.,
Croydon. Res., Croydon. Enl., Sept., '14. Fell, 6 Aug., '16.
Wing, Arthur, A.B. Seaman, R.N.
b.. Upper Shirley, 14 Jul., '96 ; s., Mrs. Ellen Wing, 29 Boulogne
Rd., Crovdon. Educ, Whitehorse Rd. Sch., T. Heath. Single.
Butcher.' Joined R.N., 11 Sept., '12. Lost, with H.M.S.
" Queen Mary," sunk in Battle of Jutland, 31 May, '16.
Winstone, Henry Thomas, Pte., Gordon H.
b., '99 ; s., George & Marv A. Winstone, Crowther Rd.,
S. Norwood. Educ, M. Whitgift Sch. Enl., May, '17, in Lond.
Scottish. Fell, 27 Aug., '18.
Winstone, William Ernest, Pte., 13 Middlesex Regt.
b., New Southgate, 26 Mar., '80 ; s., George & Mary A. Winstone,
New Southgate. Educ, Amwell St. Married. Master
packer, i?^^., 61 Crowther Rd., S. Norwood. £«/., 23 Jan., '17.
Fell, E. of Ypres, 24 Aug., '17.
420 THE CROYDON ROLL OF HONOUR
Winter, R. B., 2526, Pte., Lond. Regt.
Res., Croydon. Fell, Oct., '16.
Winter, Sidney, Pte., R.W.S. Regt.
Empl. by Crovdon Gas Coy., as maintenance attendant. Enl.^
May, '16. Fell, Oct., '17.
WiSBY, W. J., 288021, L/Cpl., Seaforth H.
b., '80. Married. Empl. bv Croydon Corp. Res., 16 Cross-
land Rd., T. Heath. Enl, May, '16. Fell, 31 Jul., '17.
Wise, C. W., 2/Lt., R.F.A.
Educ, Whitgift G. Sch., '01-04,
Wise, Charles, Pte., Middlesex Regt.
b., '87. Educ, Sydenham Rd. Sch., Croydon. Married •
6 children. Empl. by Ellis & Co., High St., Croydon. Res.,
76 Leighton St. E., Croydon. Enl., 17 Apr., '15 ; w., 17 Apr , '17.
Fell, 23 Jul., '18.
WiTHALL, Sydney H., Pte., L.R.B. (5 Lond. Regt.)
b., 8 Jul., '95 ; s., Mr. & Mrs. S. H. Withall, 128 Onslow Gardens,
Wallington. Educ, Whitgift G. Sch., '10-12. Fell, Dec, '16.
Wood, A., 3240, Pte., R. Fus.
Res., Norwood. Fell, Sept., '17.
Wood, F., Pte., 3/4 Suffolk Regt.
Empl. by Croydon Corp., Roads Dept. Res., 375 Whitehorse Rd.,
Croydon. Enl., 13 Oct., '14 ; iv., Oct., '16. D. of wounds,
22 Dec , '16.
Wood, George William, Cpl., R.F.A.
b., '97 ; s., late G. W., & Mrs. Wood. 29 Elm Rd., T. Heath.
Enl., 8 Jan., '13. Was in retreat from Mons, and battle of Loos ;
had previously been wounded. Fell, 22 Nov., '17.
Wood, Henry George Westmorland, Capt., Worcester Regt.
b., ^89 ; ■T.rds.. late Mr., & Mrs. T. P. Wood, " Carlisle Lodge,'*
Howard Rd., S. Norwood. Educ, Dulwich Coll., & Peterhouse,
Cambridge ; B.A., '12. Joined, Worcester Regt. (Territorials)
before war ; served in France & Italy, Mar., '15-Aug., '18 ;
w., Somme, *i6 ; D.S.O., 15 Jun., '18. ' Fell, Italy, 3 Aug., '18.
Wood, J. B., 29750, Rflmn., R.B.
Res., W. Croydon. Fell, Oct., '17.
Wood, John Goldsmith, Act.-Capt., 2/5 S. Lanes. Regt.
b., Balham, S.W., 20 Dec, '89. Educ, St. Mary's Sch., Balham,
and Battersea Poly. Bank clerk. Res., 32 Kemble Rd.,
Waddon. Commis., Feb., '16. Fell, Thiepval, 8 Dec, '16,
while attd. to 9 Lanes. Fus. (Plate XXXI., 5).
Wood, Thomas Percival, Lt., Ind. Army Res.
e.s., late Thomas, & Mrs. Wood, " The Birches" Howard Rd.,
Woodside. Principal, La Martiniere Coll., Lucknow, India.
Fell, France, 25 Sept., '15.
Woodall, C. J., Rflmn., R.W.S. Regt.
e.s., Mr. & Mrs. W. Woodall, 100 Pawson's Rd., Croydon. Fell,
22 Oct., '16.
Woodall, Frank, Pte., Public Sch. Btn.
b., '97. Educ, Abp. Tenison's Sch., Croydon. Res., Purley.
Enl., Aug., '15 ; vj., Jul., '16. Fell, France, 13 Sept., '17.
Woodall, G. W., 30120, L/Cpl., Somerset L. I.
b., '96 ; 3rJ s., Mr. & Mrs. F. Woodall, 100 Pawson's Rd.,
Croydon. D. from wounds after one year & ten months* service
at the front.
WooDARD, R. S., Rflmn., K.R.R.C.
Res., E. Croydon. Fell, '16.
THE GLORIOUS DEAD 421
Woodcock, Walter Stanley, Pte., 9 R. Fus.
b., Ealing, 14 Oct., '99 ; 5., Mr. & Mrs. Woodcock, 133 Oval Rd.,
Croydon. Ediic, Ealing, Lond., and Tattenhall, Cheshire.
Printer. J??!/., 17 Jan., 'i8. Fe//, France, 8 Aug., '18. Buried,
Beacon Brit. Cam., Sailly Laurette, Corbie sur Somme.
WoODLEY, Harry, 40950, L/Cpl., 11 Essex Regt.
b., 6 Elmers Rd., Woodside, S. Norwood, 15 Dec, '85 ; s.,
Thomas & Alice Woodley, 183 Portland Rd., S. Norwood.
Ediic, Birchanger Rd. Sch., S. Norwood. Single. Greengrocer.
Enl., 12 May, '16. Fell, nr. Ypres, 20 Jun., '18.
Woodruff, G. Norman C, Lt., i Sur. Rif. (21 Lond. Regt.)
b., '90 ; e.s., Mr. & Mrs. George Woodruff, 23 Whitworth Rd.,
S. Norwood. D. in hosp., 2 Dec, '18.
Woods, H. J., 3710, Pte., R. Suss. Regt.
Fell, Aug., '16.
Woodward, Norman Llewellyn.
b , '97. Fell, Salonica, 4 Mar., '17.
Woodwards, W. C, 10358, Pte., Yorks. Regt. Fell, Aug., '16.
WooLLATT, C. H., Capt., R.W.S. Regt.
Fell, Sept., '17.
WoRMALD, H., 2170, Sgt., R.W.S. Regt.
Res., Croydon. Fell, Nov., '16.
WoRSTER, Frank Copeland, Capt., Worcester Reet.
b., '89. Ediic, Jose,-hite Coll., Louvain, Whit-.;ift G. Sch.,
'oi-07, & St. John's Coll., Oxford, where he took ist cl. in Classical
Moderations and in " Greats." Married. Master at St. Paul's
Sch. Res., 5 Heathlield Rd., Croydon. W., Somme, 'i6.
D. of wounds. Alar., '18.
WoRTHiNGTON, Ernest, Sgt.Maj., Can. Inf.
b., Selhurst, '80 ; s., late J. H., & Mrs. Worthington, Selhurst.
D. of pneumonia, Vladivostock, Siberia, 6 Mar., '19.
WoRTLEY, Frank A., Cpl., 15 Australian LF.
b., T. Heath, '81 ; s., G. & A. F. Wortlev, " Silwood," Pollard's
Hill S., Norbury. Educ, M. Whitgift Sch., Croydon. Sugar
planter. Married. Res., Queensland. E71I., Jan., '16. Fell,
Ypres-Menin Rd., 27 Sept., '17. (Plate XXXH., 6).
Wotton, Harold, 21524, Pte., Cheshire Regt.
s., Mr. & Mrs, Wotton, 2 St. Mary's Rd., S. Norwood. Fell,
Aug., '16.
Wren, Frederick.
Fell, '15.
Wright, Frank Montague, Pioneer, R.E.
b., Crovdon, 8 Aug., '95 ; s., Frank E. & Alice M. Wright,
6 Chatfield Rd., W. Croydon. Educ, Brit. Sch., Croydon.
Postal clerk, Sutton P.O. Enl., 24 Jun., '16. Fell, France,
10 Mar., '17.
Wright, George, Pte., R. Fus.
Res., 34 Grafton Rd., Croydon. Fell, Jun., '17.
Wright, P. C, Pte., 12 E. Sur. Regt.
Res., 18 Cambridge Rd., T. Heath. Married ; 2 children.
Porter, Addington War Hosp. Enl., Mar., '16 ; came home in
Mar., '17, with trench fever. Fell, 22 Oct., '18.
Wright, Sidney Frederick, Sapper, R.E.
b., Kingsland, '85 ; s., Mr. & Mrs. Frederick William Wright,
193 Shakespeare Rd., Heme Hill. Educ., Hollydale Rd. Sch.,
Peckham, & Santley Rd. (L.C.C.) Sch., Brixton. Single.
Fitter (S. Suburban Gas Coy.). Res., 26 Penrith Rd., T. Heath.
Enl., Jan., '15, D. of dysentery, at 19 Gen. Hosp., Alexandria,
13 Nov., '18.
422 THE CROYDON ROLL OF HONOUR
Wright, William Gerald, 2/Lt., Hants. Regt.
b., '93 ; y.s., Mr. & Mrs. W. J. Wright, " Rycroft," Harold Rd.»
U. Norwood. Educ, St. Olive's, Southwark, & Alleyn's Sch.,
Dulwich. Enl. as pte. ; commis., Autumn, '15. Fell, France,
7 Jun., '17.
Wrigley, R., Pte., R.W.S. Regt.
Pris. of war, reported dead.
Wyard, John Ernest, Seaman, R.N.
b., Kensington, 18 Oct., '92 ; s., Mr. & Mrs. S. M. Wyard, 21
Boswell Rd., T. Heath. Ediic, Beulah Rd. Sch., T. Heath.
Enl., Apr., '10. Lost on H.M.S. " Natal," destroyed by internal
explosion, Cromarty Harbour, Scotland, 30 Dec, '15.
Wyatt, Harry.
b., '99 ; 2nd s., Mr. & Mrs. Wyatt, 181 Whitehorse Rd., Croydon.
Educ, Sydenham Rd. Sch., Croydon. Audit clerk. Enl.y
Mar., '17 ; zv., & taken prisoner, Contalmaison, 26 Mar., '18,
D. in enemy Field Amb., 28 Mar., '18. Buried, Guillemont.
Wyeth, Allan Frederick, Pte., E. Sur. Regt.
Educ, M. Whitgift Sch. Fell, 13 Oct., 'is,
WY^fNE, T., Cpl., R. Suss. Regt.
Res., S. Norwood. Fell, Sept., '16.
Yarrow, H. E. G., 2/Lt., K.O.S.B.
Fell, '16.
Yellop, p. a., 200049, Norfolk Regt.
Res., E. Croydon. Fell, '17.
Yeoll, a., 12878, k.R.R.C.
Res., W. Croydon. Fell, '17.
Yeoman, Roland Sounes, L/Cpl., 9 E. Sur. Regt.
b., Aldershot, 13 Dec, '94. s., Mr. & Mrs. Yeoman, 174 Lr,
Addis. Rd., Croydon. Educ, Croydon. Single. Heraldic artist.
Enl., Feb., 'i6. Fell, Somme, 16 Aug., '16.
Yewen, Charles Thomas, Pte., R.W.S. Regt.
b., '98. Educ, Ecclesbourne Rd. Sch., T. Heath, & Stanley Tech.
Trade Sch., S. Norwood. Electrical engineer. Fell, 25 Sept., '17.
Yielding, Victor, Coy.Sgt.Maj., 2 Wilts. Regt.
Married, '16, Violet, </. of Frank Ward. Clerk. £«/. in D.C.L.I.
Sept., '14. Fell, St. Quentin, Mar., '18.
Young, -., Seaman, R.N.
Res., Sandfield Rd., T. Heath. Lost with H.M.S. " Aboukir,'*
sunk by submarine, N. Sea, 22 Sept., '14.
Young, Albert Edward, Pte , i Norf. Regt.
b., Finsbury, 26 Jul., '94 ; s., Mr. & Mrs. Young, 9 Maydav Rd.>
T. Heath. Educ, Brit. Sch., Croydon. Single. Clerk.
Enl., Nov., '11. D., at 3 C.C.S., France, of wounds reed, at
Bayneux, 31 Aug., '18.
Young, Charles H., Pte.
Educ, M. Whitgift Sch. Missing.
Young, Cuthbert Frederick, L.R.B. (5 Lond. Regt.)
b., 31 Mar., '91 ; s., Mr. & Mrs. Cuthbert T. Young. Educ.^
Whitgift G. Sch. Fell, France, 5 Mar., '15.
Young, Donald, Sgt., Can. Inf.
b., '94 ; e.s., late F. C. Young, & Mrs Stapleton. 41 Morland Rd.,
Croydon. Reporter. Fell, Vimy Ridge, 9 Apr., '17.
Young, Edward. Rflmn.
Educ, High Sch., Croydon. Fed, 28 Mar., '18,
THE GLORIOUS DEAD 423
Young, Hamish George, Rflmn., L.R.B. (5 Lond. Regt.)
b., Beckenham, 30 Jan., '98 ; e.s._ Mr. & Mrs. J. B. Young,
IS Wellesley Gr., Croydon. Ediic, Woodford .Sch., Croydon,
and High Sch., Croydon. Enl., it Jan., '16. Fell, Glencorse
Wood, nr. Ypres, 16 Aug., '17. (Plate XXXV., 3).
Young, Morris, 2/Lt., R.Fus.
h., 'q4 ; s., Mr. & Mrs E. Morris, 84 Wyatt Rd., Streatham Hill.
Fell, II Aug., '16.
Young, T. W., Pte., Australian I.F.
h., '00 ; nephew of Mr & Mrs. W. Young, Station Rd.. S. Nor-
wood, by whom he was brought up and educated ; joined parents
in Australia, '16. W. in France. D. of pneumonia, following
operation.
Younger, H E., 106490, Gnr., R.F.A.
Res., Croydon. Accidentally killed.
ADDENDA.
Carter, Frank, Trooper, 2 Life Gds.
Empl. by Croydon Corp., at Mental Hosp.
CoBBLEDicH, Thomas, Pte., 15 Lond. Regt.
Empl. by Croydon Corp., at Mental Hosp.
Grayson, Frederick Arthur, L/Cpl., 5 Drag. Gds.
b., T. Heath, '88 ; s., Mr. & Mrs. Grayson, 166 MofTat Rd.,
T. Heath. Edttc, Beulah Rd. Sch., T. Heath. Single. Empl.
by Croydon Corp. Tramways. Enl., 4 Aug., '14. Fell, Messines,
31 Oct., '14.
McNamara, John, L/Cpl., 3 E. Sur. Regt.
Res., 26 Alma Place, T. Heath. Single. Empl. by Croydon
Corp. Tramways. Enl., Oct., '14. Fell, Hill 60, 22 Apr., '15.
Phillips, William, G92252, 2/2 R. Fus.
s., late Mr. & Mrs. Phillips, of Croydon Res., Croydon. Enl.
in R.A.S.C. Fell, 29 Sept., '18.
Rackett, H. H. D., R. Fus.
s., late Mr. & Mrs. Rackett, of S. Norwood.
Wilkinson, George, Pte., E. Sur. Regt.
b., Croydon, Jun., '05 ; s., Mr. & Mrs. Wilkinson, i Grafton Rd.,
Croydon. Ediic, St. Andrew's Sch., Croydon. Single. Empl.
by Croydon Corp. Tramways. Enl., Aug,, '14. Fell, Salonica,
Jun., '15.
WOOLGAR, Charles Alfred, Pte., 2 Border Regt.
b., Croydon, 12 Jan , 'q6 ; s., Mr. & Mrs. Woolgar, i Dorothy
Cottages, Willett Rd., T. Heath. Ednc, Winterbourne Rd. Sch.,
T. Heath. Single. Empl. by Croydon Corp. Tramways. Enl.,
Aug., '12. Fell, France, 18 Dec, '14.
" So he passed over, and all the trumpets sounded for
him on the other side." Bunyan : Pilgrim's Progress.
II. Naval and Military Honours
" Whom the King delighteth to honour." Esther VI., ii.
*Adams, John Rodway, Pte., R.N.Y.R.—Ment. in despatches.
Adkins, a. D., Coy. Sgt. Ma}.—D.C.M., 23 Aug., '18.
Albon, Harry, Lt. — M.C.
Alderman, Edgar, R.E. — M.M.
Allen, Clarence George, Lt.-Col., R.A.S.C.—Ment. in despatches
several times, M.C.
Allen, I. R., Capt., R.A.S.C.—Ment. in despatches.
Allen, Stanley J., Pte., M.G.C.— M.M., 28 Apr., '17.
*Anderson, Basil, Capt. — M.C.
Anderson, J., Cpl., Seaforth H.—D.C.M., M.M. & bar.
Anderton, T. W., 1474, Pte., R.W.S. Regt.— M.M.
Andrews, P., Capt., R.E.—Ment. in despatches, Feb., '18.
Annison, Reginald C, Sgt., R.F.A.— M.M.
Anns, Kenneth, 10 E. Sur. Regt.— M.C.
Appleyard, Harry, Capt., R.A.S.C.—Ment. in despatches (thrice),
M.C, I Jan., '19.
Arnold, P., 2/Lt.,— Af.C, 24-25 Mar., '18.
ASHWORTH, J., Driver. — M.M.
Atkins, John R., Pte., Aust. I.F.—D.C.M.
^Atkinson, Lewis de Burgh, Capt., R.Suss.Regt.—Ment. in despatches,
Jan., '17.
Aungier, H., Pte., R. Suss. Regt.— M.M. & bar.
*Austin, Thomas Carnelly MacDonald, Capt., 4 S.W.B.— Men*, in
despatches, Dec, '15.
Bacon, D. C, Capt., 2/20 Lond. Regt.— M.C.
•Bailey, James Alfred, Sgt., 11 R. Fus.— M.M., 26 Sept., '16.
Bailey, W., Pte., 2 Middlesex Regt.— M.M., 21 Mar., '17.
Baker, Francis Hosier, 2/Lt., Som. L.L — M.C.
Baker, George, Pte. — M.M.
Baker, J., 6 R.W.S. Regt.— M.M., 22 Aug., '15.
Baker, W., Lond. Regt.— D.C.M.
Baldwin, Reuben, 2 Worcester Regt. — D.C.M.
Bannerman, Ronald Robert Bruce, Capt., R.W.S. Regt. — M.C.
Barclay, Walter E. B., Lt., R.N V R.— M.C,
Barlow, A., Pte., R.W.S. Regt.— iV/.M.
Barlow, Billy, R.W.S. Regt.— M.M., 27 Dec, '17.
Barnes, C, L/Cpl.— M.M.
Barnes, D. A., Cpl., Cameron H.— M.M.
Barnes, Frederick James, Signaller, R.H.A. — D.C.M. , 22 Aug., 'i8.
Barnfather, Percy, Capt. — M.C.
*Barnham, John William James, Sgt., 14 R.W. Kent Regt. — M.M.,
7 Jun., '17, & bar, 20 Sept., '17.
Bartlett, Cecil Edward, Lt., K.S.L.L — Ment. in despatches.
Bassett, Douglas, 2/Lt., R.F.A. — Ment. in despatches.
Batstone, Frank Oliver, Sgt., R. Can. H.A. — M.M., Dec, 'i6.
Baxter, John F., Lt., K.O.Y.L.L — Ment. in despatches.
*Beaumont, Sidney, 2/Lt., E. Lanes. Regt. — M.C.
Bell, C. D., Pte., R.A.S.C. (attd.) G.H.Q., R.F.C.— M.^.M., '16.
*Bell, John Joseph, Sgt., 13 Cheshire Regt — D.C.M., 4 Oct., '15.
Bennett, Alfred Whitmore, Cpl., E. Sur. Regt. — Ment. in despatches,
Sept., '16.
Bennett, Louisa, Sister, Brit. Red Cross Soc — R. Red Cross, Jan., '18.
*Bentham, Thomas, Lt., R.A.M.C. — Ment. in despatches.
* Fallen ; see entries under " The Glorious Dead."
NAVAL AND MILITARY HONOURS 425
Bentley, R., Capt., Hants. Regt. — Croix de Guerre.
BicKMORE, W, E., Sgt., R.F.A. — MM., 23 Dec, '17.
Bishop, George, Lt., R.E. — M.C., April, '18, Croix de Guerre {Belgian) .
*Blackman, Wilfred Ernest Arthur, Capt., M.G.C. — Ment. m
despatches.
Blenkinson, Alfred V., Lt., R.F.C. — M.C.
Boston, Geoffrey G., Lt., L.R.B.— D.C.M.
BowDEN, P. Sidney, Gnr., R.F.A.— M.M., 28 Mar., '18.
BowDiTCH, D. A. H.. Pte., R.A.M.C.— M.M.
Boyd, J. H., Lt.-Col., R.E.—O.B.E.
Brachi, C. C, Capt., K.O.R.L. — Ment. in despatches.
Brading, Roy, Capt. (Flight Cmdr.), R.A.F.— £>.F.C., & bar.
Brain, W., i Lanes. Fus.— D.C.M.
Breading, George Remington, Maj., R. Warwick. Regt. — D.S.O.,
Ment. in despatches (4 times).
Breens, Arthur, Pte., Lond. Regt. — M.M.
*Bressey, Sydney Herbert, 2/Lt., R.E. — MM., 31 May, '16.
Bridger, G. F., Gnr., R.H.A.— M.M., Apr., '18.
Bridger, H. J. — Russian Order of St. George {4,th class), 17 Jul., '17.
Bright, John, L/Cpl., R.W.S. Regt.— M.M., 26-27 Mar., '17,
Bristow, E., Driver, R.A.S.C.— D.C.M.
Broad, G. L., Capt., R.E.— M.C.
•Brock, Frank A., Act.-Wing Cmdr., R.N.A.S.— O.B.E., Jan., '18.
Brook, A. F., K.R.R.C.— Croi;c de Guerre.
Brook, Albert Edward, R.N. — D.S.M., Apr., '18.
*Brown, Charles Roydon, Capt., Essex Regt. — Ment. in despatches,
Jan., '16, M.C, Jan., '16.
*Brown, Francis Clement, Lt., Lond. Regt. — Ment. in despatches, '17.
*Brown, John Gordon, Capt., 10 R. Fus. — Ment. in despatches,
M.C, '16.
Brown, James, 2/Lt., M.G.C. — M.M., 28 Aug., '16.
Brown, Robert Rupert Harrison, 21 Bde., R.F.A. — M.M., 16 Sept.,
'16.
Brown, Sidney Willoughby, Sgt., Lond. Regt. — Ment. in despatches.
*BucK, Cyril Alfred Spencer, 2/Lt., 18 Lond. Regt. — M.M., Somme.
Sept., '16.
Buckley, Horace Henry Clement, Lt., 7 K.O.S.B. — Ment. in
despatches, Sept., '16.
♦Burry, C. H., Cpl., 22 Lond. Regt.— M.M.
Calver, Clarence Stuart, Lt., 7 E. Sur. Regt. — M.C, 9 Aug., '17.
(Plate VH., i).
Carr, Graham, Capt. & Adjt., Motor M.G.C— M.C, Jun., '16.
Carter, A., L/Cpl., R. Fus.— M.M.
Charman, Arthur E., Coy. Sgt. Maj., i Sur. Rif. (21 Lond. Regt.) —
M.C, D.CM., MM., 3 May, 'i6, & Croix de Guerre.
*Chequer, Herbert Henry, Drummer, i Beds. Regt. — Ment. in
despatches.
Chuffer, Thomas Sturley, Lt., 10 Can. Inf. — M.C
Clark, Charles Cecil, Cpl., 3/4 R.W.S. Regt.— M.M., 6 Oct., '17.
Clark, Edwin Pitt, Capt., M.G.C— M.C
Clark, Martin Harry, Lt., 96 Siege Battery, R.G.A. — Ment. in
despatches, 8 Nov., '18, M.B.E., '19.
Coatman, H. E.— M.C, 6 Sept., '18.
CoBBOLD, E. A., Lt., Northants. Regt. — M.C, M.M., '16.
Colcutt, E. H. — Ment. in despatches, 7 Nov., '17.
*C0LDHAM, J., Cpl., R.E.— A/.M., '18.
Cole, G., Sgt., R.E.— M.M., Sept., '14.
Cole, W. H., Act.-Coy. Sgt. Maj., 16 Lond. Regt.— M..9.M.,
17 Jun,, '18.
426 THE CROYDON ROLL OF HONOUR
Coleman, Cyril, R.B. — MM.
•Collins, Dennis, Bdr., R.F.A.— M.M., 'i6.
•CoMLEY, Edgar C, Lt., R. Mun. Fus.—M.C, Oct., '17.
CoppEN, Arthur. — M.M.
CoRBETT, Robert William, Sgt., Yorks. Regt. — MM., 19 Sept., "16,
& bar.
•CoRKE, Guy Harold, 2/Lt., Northd. Fus. — Ment. in despatches, 13
Jul., '16.
CouGHLAND, J., Sgt., 204 Coy., YL.'E.—M.S.M.
CowDREY, Basil, Cpl , R.W.S. Regt.— M.M.
Davis, C. W., Staff Sgt. Maj., KA.'^.C—Medaille Militaire (French),.
& M.S.M., 3 Jan., '19.
*Davis, Herbert Chore, Squadron Q.M.S., M.G.C. (Cav.)— M.M,
Davis, Howard, Lt.-Cmdr., R.N.R.— D.5.C.
Day, E. W., Q.M.S., R.E.—D.C.M.
*Day, Harold, Col — Croix de Guerre (Belgian), 1 Aug., '17.
Deacon, J. Nissen, Capt., R.A.M.C.— M.M.
Dennis, A. R., — M.M., Jan., 'i6, & bar, Sept., '17.
Dixon, W. A., Pte., Sur. Yeom.— M.M.
Docking, S. R., Maj. — Croix de Guerre (Belgian).
Donaldson, J. O., Cov. Sgt. Maj., R.W.S. Regt.— D.C.M., 9 Apr., '17.
Donaldson, John Muir, Capt., K.R.R.C— M.C., 15 Jul., 'i6.
(Plate Vin., i).
DopsoN, Percy Alfred, Gnr., R.F.A. — M.M., 2 Aug., '17.
*Dore, D , Cpl., M.G.C— M.M., 23 May, 'i8.
Drewitt, James John, Cpl., R.F.A. — M.M.
Driver, -, ist cl. P.O., R.N.— D.S.M.
Dudley, William Henry, L/Sgt., Middlesex Regt.— M.M., 23 Apr., '17.
Dunn, Geoffrey, 2/Lt., R.N.D.— M.G., 18 Oct., '16.
DuRDEN, E. J., L/Cpl., II R.W.S. Regt. — Croix de Guerre (Belgian).
Dutfield, D., Capt., 2 R. Fus. — Ment. in despatches.
Ecott, H. E. — M.M., 7 Jun., '17.
Edwards, William David, Sgt., 12 R.B. — M.M., Feb., '16,
(Plate IX., 3.)
Ellis, Reginald Victor, Pte., E. Sur. Regt. — M.M., 13 Jun., '17.
Elwell, R. G., Surgeon, K.N.—D.S.O.
Engleburtt, John Francis, 2/Lt., 17 Middlesex Regt. — M.C., Jun., '16.
Entwistle, Frank, Capt., Q.V.O. Guides (Ind. Army). — D.S.O.,
16 Sept., '18. M.C., I Jan., '16.
Esdon, D., 2/Lt., E. Sur. Regt.— D.C.M.
Evatt, John Thorold, Brig.-Gen., 116 Inf. Bde. — Ment. in despatches,
D.S.O.
Everett, Percy William, Rflmn., L.R.B. — D.C.M.
Feldon, C. H. — Ment. in despatches.
*Fillingham, Reginald John, Maj., R.G.A.— M.C., 14 Jul., '16, &
bar, i5 Sept., '16.
Fitsall, E., Sgt., 19 Hussars.— M.M., Jun., '17, & bar, 21 Mar., '18.
*Flack, Wilfred G., Capt., Coldstream Gds.— M.C. & bar.
•Forrester, Frank Oliver, Lt., R.N.V.R.— M.C.
Foss, Bernard Theobald, Capt., 23 Middlesex Regt. — M.C, i Jan., '18.
Foss, Charles Calverley, G.S.O. 2, (Bde. Maj., 2 Can. Div.)— F.C.,
'16, D.S.O., 31 Oct., '14.
•Foster, Graham Edwin, 301666, Sgt., L.R.B.— M.M., 20 May, '17.
Eraser, Harry, Cpl., Can. Engineers. — M.M.
French, A. G., Pte.— M.M.
•Frost, Arthur Byfield, Lt., R.W.S. Regt.— M.C, Oct., '17.
Gain, R. S., Capt., 1/20 Lond. Regt.— D.S.O.
Gallagher, Henry Noel, Capt., R. A. S.C.— Ment. in despatches,
Sept., '16,
NAVAL AND MILITARY HONOURS 427
•Gambling, W., Sgt., K.R.R.C— M.M.
Garbutt, John Restarick, 2/Lt., i R.W.Kent Regt. — M.C., 28 Jun.'iS.
Gardiner, H. S., Sgt. — MM.
Gardner, R. G., R.N.A.S.— Z).5.C., Oct., '17.
Garner, Francis, Cpl., 17 R. Fus. — M.M.
*George, David Victor, Pte., R.W.S. Regt. — MM., 24 Feb., '17.
Giddings, H., Pte., R.W.S. Regt.— M.M., Feb.. '15.
*GiLBERT, Job, Sgt., R.F.A. — Ment. in despatches, g Apr., '17.
Glaze, Albert, 201348, Sgt., 3/4 R.W.S. Regt. — M.M., 4 Oct., '17.
Glazebrook, Frederick Thomas, Gnr., R.F.A. — M.M., Medaille
Militaire {French).
*Gliddon, Maurice, Lt., R.F.A. — M.C.
Gold, Reginald C, Lt., 3 E. Sur. Regt. — M.C, Nov., '16.
Gold, Robert J. S., Capt., 15 Lond. Regt. — Chev. de I'Ordre de Merite
Agricole.
Goodbody, Cecil Maurice, Brevet Lt.-Col., R.A.M.C. — Ment. in
despatches (twice).
GossLiNG, Frank Newbery, Lt., R.E. — Ment. in despatches, M.C,
16 Jun., '16.
Goulden, Charles Herbert, 2/Lt., R. Artillery. — M.C
Goward, a. J., Cpl.— Z).C.M., M.M.
Gov^^ARD, William, M.G.C. (Heavy). — M.M.
Graham, Reginald Portman, Lt., Cameron H. — Ment. in despatches,
Sept., '16.
Grant, D. J., 2/Lt., R.F.A.— D.C.M.
Grant, W. H. Goss, R.W.S. Regt.— M.C, 23 Mar., '18.
Gray, Harold V., Capt., Glo'ster Regt. — M.C
*Gray, Oliver John, 60272, Pte., R.A.M.C. — Ment. in despatches,
30 May, '17.
Green, A. "W. C, Pte., E. Sur. Regt. — Medaille Militaire & Diplonia,' 16.
Green, Henry, 2/Lt., 2/4 R.W.S. Regt.— D.CM.
Green, Stafford Hugh, Capt. (G.S.O.). — Ment. in despatches, D.S.O.
*Green, Walter Charles, 200601, Sgt., Tank C. — D.CM., Nov., '17 ;
Croix de Guerre {French), May, '18.
Gregory, Laurie Leslie, Gnr., R.F.A. — M.M., Oct., '17.
Grether, E. F., Capt., R.A.M.C. — Ment. in despatches.
GuNSON, Fred C, Cpl. — M.M., 30 Nov., '17.
Hall, Arthur Reeve, 2/Lt., Northd. Fus. — Ment. in despatches.
*Hall, Cecil Adrian, 22504, Pte., i R.W.S. Regt. — M.M., Apr., '18.
Hall, R. M., 2/Lt., Cheshire Regt. — Ment. in despatches. May.. '17.
•Halliday, Francis, 2487, Cpl., 9 E. Sur. Regt. — M.M., 21 Jun., '16.
Hammond, S., Middlesex Regt. — D.CM.
Hammond, William George, Sgt., R.A.S.C. — Ment. in despatches,
16 Jul., '16.
*Handscroft, -, Sgt., R.E.— D.CM.
Hardy, E. A., L/Cpl., A.C.C.— M.M., Apr., '18.
Harrison, Paul Adrian, 2/Lt., R.F.A. — Ment. in despatches. May, '17.
Hart, G. B., Sgt., R.W.S. Regt.— D.CM., Sept., '16, M.M., Belgian
Decoration Militaire.
♦Harvest, Gordon Lindsay, Lt., Lond. Regt. — M.C, '17.
Hawkins, Herbert Harvey Baines, Capt., R.G.A. — Ment. in despatches,
*Hawkins, Kenneth Edwards, Capt., R. Fus. — M.C
Hay, John Stuart, Capt. — Ment. in despatches.
Haycraft, Stanley Muirhead, Lt., R.E. — M.C
Hayman, -, Sgt., Coldstream Gds. — D.CM.
Herbert, Charles George Young, Lt., Gren. Gds. — M.C, '17.
Herbert, Philip Hume, Capt., R.F.A. — M.C, '17.
Hettler, Bernard W., Capt., K.O.Y.L.L — M.C, Ment. in despatches.
Hewitt, Arthur, Act.-Capt., Lond. Regt. — M.C, 29-30 Sept., '16.
428 THE CROYDON ROLL OF HONOUR
*Hewitt, G., Pte., II Essex Regt. — MM., Croix de Guerre {French),
28 May, '18.
Hewitt, Herbert Edwin, 21 Lond. Field Amb. — M.S.M.
'"'Hextall, Leonard John, Lt., Can. Inf. — Merit, in despatches.
*HiLL, Reginald Gordon, Lt., R.A.M.C.— iW.C, '17.
Hill, William E., Capt., Middlesex Regt. — M.C.
HiLLiKER, W., Aust. Heavy Art. — M.M.
Hills, E., Pte., R.W.S. Regt.— M.M., 13 Feb., '18.
HocKEN, Charles, P.O., R.N. — D.S.M., 14-15 Mar., '15,
Holder, E. P., 2/Lt., H.A.C. — Ment. in despatches. May, '17.
HoLLOWAY, W. S., Lt., R.F.A.— M.C.
HoLMAN, R., Trench Mortar Bty .—D.C.M.
Holt, Walter James, 2/Lt., R.G.A. — M.M., 21 Aug., '17.
^HoRNSBY, Ernest Richard. — M.M.
Houlder, H. F., Sgt., R.A.M.C.— M.M.
Howlett, H. E., Pte., R.W.S. Regt.— M.M., 7 Jun., '17, & bar.
Hubbard, Harold, Coy. Sgt. Maj. — M.M.
HuGGETT, Percy, Pte., E. Sur. Regt. — D.C.M., 15 Sept., '15.
Hughes, H. F., Lond. Regt.— D.C.ilf.
Hughes, Harold, Lt., 83 Bde., R.F.A. — Ment. in despatches.
Hulett, Frederick William John, Sgt., M.G.C. — M.M., Jul., '16.
(Plate XIV., 4).
Humphrey, Frank, Pte., 9 Corps Cyclists Btn. — M.M.
Hurley, Patrick, Leading Signalman, R.N. — D.S.M., Apr., '18.
Hurst, A., L/Cpl., M.G.C— M.M.
Hurst, Sidney, Sgt., R.W.S. Regt. — Medaille Militaire {French),
Jul., '18.
Hutchings, George. — M.M.
*Ingrams, Frank Ridley, Capt., 9 E. Sur. Regt. — Ment. in despatches,
'16, M.C, Sept., '16.
*lNNES, J. S. D'A., Lt., R.F.A.— M.C.
Insall, G. S. M., 2/Lt., R.F.C.— F.C., 7 Nov., '15.
Ireson, F., R. Fus. — M.M.
Jackson, Elvin, Wilts. Regt. — M.M., 18 Oct., '16.
Jackson, Tom E., 2/Lt., Trench Mortar Bty. — M.C, May, '17.
Jarrett, Charles Bernard, Asst.-Paymaster, R.N.V.R. — Ment. in
despatches.
Johnson, A. E., Sgt., R.W.S. Regt.— D.C.M., Jan., '17, M.M., 9 Oct.,
'17, & bar, 20 Nov., '17.
*Johnson, Frederick Henry, Maj., R.E. — V.C., 25 Sept., '15.
Johnson, Harold, Capt., E. Lanes. Regt. — M.C.
Johnson, Reginald Sidney, Capt., D.L.I. — M.C
Jones, G. T., Sgt., Suff. Regt.— M.M.
*JoNES, Percival Halley -, Capt., E. Sur. Regt. — M.C.
Jordan, George, Pte., R.A.M.C.— M.M.
Jupp, A. H., Sapper, R.E.— M.M., Mar., '18.
Keating, Harold Ledger, Lt., R.G.A. — M.C
Keen, R., Pte.— M.M.
Kend.^ll, William John C, 2/Lt., 12 L. Fus. — M.C, 16 Sept., '17.
Kennedy, William Nicol Watson, Maj., R.A.M.C. — O.B.E.
Kerckhove, Herbert Vincent, Lt., 9 E. Sur. Regt. — M.C, '18.
*Kidd, Claude Bernard, Capt., Cheshire Regt. — M.C
Kirby, H. McK-., Capt., R.A.O.C— Z)CM.
*Knight, N. Q., Sgt., Lond. Regt.— M.M., & bar.
*Kurten, Gaston P., 2/Lt. (Act.-Maj.), R.G.A. — Ment. in despatches,
Nov., '17.
KuRTEN, J. A., R.G.A.— M.C.
Kyngdom, Leslie Herbert, Col., Aust. Garr. Art. — Ment. in despatches.
Laing, Robert G., Pte., 2/3 Lond. Field Amb. — M.M.
NAVAL AND MILITARY HONOURS 429
•Landymore, Frederick, Pte., E. Sur. Regt. — M.M., '17.
•Langdale, Edward George, Capt., 5 Leicester Regt. — Ment. in
despatches.
*Larking, Ronald Guy, Capt., R.E. — M.C., '16, & bar, '17,
^Lawrence, Robert Reginald, Lt., R.N.V.R. — Aleut, in despatches, '16.
Ledbetter, William, Sapper, R.E. (Sig. Serv.). — M.M., '17.
Lee, -, Reg. Sgt. Maj., R.G.A.— M.5.iT/., Crcix de Guerre {Belgian).
Lee, Arthur Herbert, Lt., Lond. Electrical Engineers (R.E.). — Ment.
in despatches, 'i8, M.C., 19 Sept., '18.
Lee, John Hansant, 2/Lt. (Act.-Capt.), Yorks. Regt. — M.C.,
15-16 Jun., '17.
Leeds, W. A., E. Sur. Regt.— M.M.
Lewis, A. H., Sgt., R.G.A.— M.M., 24 Apr., '18.
Lewis, Gwilym H., Lt., Northants. Regt. (attd. R.A.F.). — D.F.C.
(PlateXVIL, 2).
*LiBBY, Frank Thomas, Sgt., L.R.B. — M.M., 20 Sept., '17.
(Plate XX., 4).
Lindsall, Leo, Pte., Lond. Regt. — M.M.
LiNSEY, Fred J.. Driver, R.W.S. Regt. — M.M.
*Lloyd, Edward Stanley, Lt., R.F.A. — M.C.
Longbottom, Ernest, Cpl., R.F.A. — M.M., 28 Mar., '18.
Longhurst, C. R., Pioneer, R.E. — M.S.M., Apr., '18.
Lo\'ETT, Alfred Crowdy, Brig.-Gen. — Ment. in despatches, C.B.,
8 Oct., '14.
Lynch, Robert Greenwood Kingston-, R.E. — M.M., Apr., '18.
MacDonald, a., L/Cpl., 7 R.W. Kent Regt.— M.M., 17 Jul., '17.
McGill, Peter, M.G.C. — Ment. in despatches (twice), D.C.M.
McGuire, a., R.E. (23 Sig. Coy.).— M.M.
Mackmin, Henry Augustus, Sgt., R.E. — Ment. in despatches, Jan., '19.
Mackriell, E. S., Sgt.— jD. cm.
*Mann, G. W., Capt. (Act.-Maj.), M.G.C, (Heavy). — Ment. in despatches
(twice).
Manning, G., Lt. — M.C.
March, G., M.G.C. — Croix de Guerre.
Marjoram, Albert John, Cpl., K.R.R.C. — D.C.M.
Marshall, Mary Devas, F.A.N.Y. — M.M.
Martin, G. W., R.F.A.— M.M., Nov., '17.
Martin, Hereward Keith, R.E. (Sig. Coy.). — Ment. in despatches,
Croix de Guerre {French), Apr., '18.
Matthews, G., Sgt., Middlesex Regt. — M.M., 23 Mav, '17.
May, J. H., Coy. Sgt. Maj.— D.^.M., 20 Apr., '15.
Maynard, Ch.miles Clarkson Martin, Brig.-Gen., 19 Bde. — Ment. in
despatches (twice).
Menzies, John, Capt., R.A.M.C— M.C.
Michelmere, E., Maj., Can. Exp. Force. — M.C.
Middleton, Roy, Capt., Civil Serv. Rif. — M.C.
Miller, G. W., S4/242031, S/Sgt., R.A.S.C— M.5.M., 3 Jan., '19.
MiLLiGAN, John S., Coy. Sgt. Maj. — Ment. in despatches, '18.
Mills, Charles William, Pte., 2 R.W.S. Regt. — D.C.M., Order 0/
St. George {Russian).
MlLl^, George P., Lt.-Col., Beds. Regt. — Ment. in despatches, '16,
D.S.O., May, '17.
Mitchell, C. F., 275094, Sgt., R.G.A. — M.M.
*Mitchell, Erik Harrison, Capt , attd. R.F.C. — Ment. in despatches^
M.C.
Mobbs, Charles Joseph Tryman, Sgt., R.E. — P.C.M., Sept., '16.
Montembault, Max J. Marc, 2/Lt., R.F.C. — M.C.
Moore, W., Pte. — Ment. in despatches.
*Morant, Gerald A., Capt., W. Yorks. Regt. — M.C.
430 THE CROYDON ROLL OF HONOUR
Morgan, Arthur Sidney, R.W.S. Regt.— M.M., Oct.. 'i8,
Morgan, S., L/Cpl., 9 D.L.I. — M.M., Croix de Guerre avec Palme
{French), Jul., '18.
Morgan, Stanley Herbert, Maj., R.E. — Croix de Guerre {Belgian),
Apr., '18, O.B.E., Jan., '19, Ment. in despatches. Mar., '19.
Morgan, William Henry, Maj., R.E. — D.S.O., '17, Ment. in
despatches, Jan., Apr., Jun., Dec, '17, & Jan., '19.
Morris, Harold, Pte., Gordon H. — MM., Aug., '18.
Moss, -, Coy. Sgt. Maj., R.Y..—M.S.M.
Moss, J. L., Pte.— M.Af., 26 Mar., '17.
MoTT, C. W., Sgt., R.F.A.— M.M.
MouNSEY, Roland J., Flight Cmdr., R.F.C. — Croix de Guerre {French).
MuGFORD, James Searle, Sgt., 18 M.G.C. — Ment. in despatches ,]an.,' ig.
(Plate XX., 3).
Mum, - K.Y.A.—M.M.
MuLLEY, Reginald, Cpl., R. Fu3. — M.M., 25 Aug., '18.
Munton, H. Munton Baker-, Lt., R.F.A.— M.C.
Newberry, Frank, L/Cp!., Som. L.I. — D.C.M.
Newman, Arthur John, L/Cpl., 2 E. Kent Regt. — D.C.M., 6 Mar., '16.
Newport, Charles Johnston, Capt. (G.S.O.). — Ment. in despatches^
Jan. & Sept., '16.
Norman, Charles, R. Suss. Regt. — M.M., Aug., '17.
Nottridge, Walter H., Lanes. Fus. — M.M., 'i8.
Ogden, Gordon, R.F.A. — M.C.
O'Leary, John Henry, R.E. (Sig. Serv.).— M.M., '18.
O'Mara, Lawrence Joseph, Pte., R.W.S. Regt.— M.M.
Ongley, J., Sgt., R.F.A.— D.C.M., 26 Sept., '17.
Oswald, K. A., Maj., (Act.-Lt.-Col.), R.W.S. Regt.— Z).5.0.
Overton, W.—D.C.M.
Palmer, F., Bdr., R. Art. — Croix de Guerre.
*Pateman, Henry Lewis, 2/Lt., R.F.C. — Croix de Guerre {French).
Paterson, a. K. — M.M.
*Paul, W., Capt. & Adj., W. Yorks. Regt.— M.C
Pearce, Arthur Charles, Cpl., R.E. — M.M., 10 Apr., '17.
Pearce. Sidney, Coy. Sgt. Maj., Wilts. Regt.— B.C. M., M.M.
Pearson, J. M., Capt., R.N.—D.S.C, Apr., '17.
Peckham, H. — M.M.
Peirce, Harold Epj^est, Sgt., 11 R.W.S Regt. — Ment. in despatches,
'17, M.S.M.
Pennells, Sidney Gilbert, Coy. Q. M. S., 7 R.W.S. Regt.— Men^
in despatches, 23 May, '18.
Perfect, Ernest Edward, Pte., 2 R.W.S. Regt. — D.C.M., 20 Oct., '14.
(Plate XXV., i).
*Perkins, James Phillip, L/Cpl., R. Suss. Regt.— M.M., '17.5
Perry, Ernest Middleton, Maj., A.V.C. — Ment. in despatches, Jan., '16.
'-Petrie, Arthur H., 2/Lt., E. Sur. Regt. (attd. T.M.B.).— Me«<. in
despatches, Mav, '17.
■^Phillips, Bert E., Sgt., R.W.S. Regt.— D.C.M.
Phillips, Percy Price, Maj., 5 N. Fus. — Ment. in despatches, Jan., '16.
*Pickering, Walter, Sgt., i R.W.S. Regt.— M.M
Pierce, John Walter, R.W. Fus.— M.M.
Pike, Kenneth Twyneham, Lt., M.G.C. — M.C.
PiNCHEN, S. H., Leading Gunlayer, R.N.A.S.— Z>.5'.M., Croix de
Guerre {French), 14 Apr., '17.
Platt, Arthur Theodore, Capt., Imp. Gen. Staff. — Ment. in despatches.
Platt, Percy Frederick, R.W.S. Regt. — D.C.M.
Plowman, T.— D.C.M.
Plumbridge, -, L/Cpl., R.E .—M.M.
Polhill, Archibald Stanford, 2/Lt., Middlesex Regt. — M.C, Sept.'iS.
NAVAL AND MILITARY HONOURS 431
PoLHiLL, Owen Charles, 2/Lt., R. Fus. — M.C.
Pollard, Cecil, Sgt. — MM.
Poole, H., Bdr., R.F.A.— M.S. M., Italian Bronze Med., 2 May, '18.
•*Pragnall, George, Capt. (Gen. Staff OPlr. ).—D.S.O.
Pratt, Percy Frederick, Sgt., R.W.S. Regt. — D.C.M., 1 Jul., '16.
Price, Ernest Stanley, Sgt., R.E.— D.CM., 22 Sept., '18, M.M.,
'17, & bar.
Pring, Bernard Vincent, Capt., 2 K.O.Y.L.I.— D.5'.0., M.C, & bar,
Ment. in despatches.
Prout, Harold, Lt., R.A.F. — Air Force Cross.
Prout, Reginald Addenbrooke, Maj., R.A.F. — O.B.E., M.C,
Chevalier dii Legion d'Honneiir.
Pryer, H. J., Pte., R.W.S. Regt.— M.M.
Pryke, Charles Walter, Pte., R.W.S. Regt.— M.M.
Raby, Nigel Stephens Vanneck, 2/Lt., R. Berks. Regt. (attd. i Nigeria
Regt.).— M.C, 16 Oct., '17.
Randall, D. E., Lond. Regt. — M.M.
Randall, W. E., 8161, Sgt., Wilts. Regt.— M.M.
Randolph, HaPvRY B., Lt., R.F.A. — Ment. in despatches, May, '17.
Ratti, Robert J., A.P.C. — M.M.
Ravenscroft, E., Sgt., E. Kent. Regt — M.M.
Ravenscroft, F., E. Kent Regt. — M.M.
Read, W.— M.C.
Reid, Charles H., Capt., 5 Drag. Gds. — M.C
Reid, F. C, R.W.S. Regt.— M.M., 4 Oct., '17.
Rice, Cecil, Capt. — Ment. in despatches, Dec, '18.
Rich, E. J., Pte., Suff. Regt.— M.M., 21 Oct., '16.
*Richardson, Hector Lawrence, Rflmn., 9 R.B. — M.M., 8 Sept., '16,
Richardson, J. O., Pte., R.W.S. Regt.— Z>.C.M.
^Richardson, Thomas Charles, Maj., R.E. — Ment. in despatches
(twice), M.C.
Ring, Michael Henry, R.A.O.C. — M.M.
*Ritchings, Arthur William, 2/Lt. — M.M., 7 Jun., '17.
Roberts, Norman Latimer, Lt., R F.A. — M.C
Rodger, William Malcolm, Cpl., 2 Lond. Scottish. — Croix de Guerre
{Belgian) .
*Ross, Tho.mas Hesketh, S. Afr. Inf. — M.C
*RouTLEY, Ernest George, 2/Lt., 6 E. Kent Regt. — M.C, Aug., '16.
Rumsey, W. M., Cpl., R.A.F.— M.M.
Russell, Edward Powys Colin, Lt., Ind. Army — D.CM., Jan., '16.
Rutter, H. A., Sgt., R.G.A. — Croix de Guerre {Belgian).
*Ryan, Alfred Eric, Capt., R.W.S. Regt. — Ment. in despatches, Dec, '17,
M.C, Jan., '17. (Plate XXIV.. 6).
Sageman, William Edmund, Coy. Sgt. Maj., i R.W.S. Regt. —
M.S.M., Jul., '19.
Saunders, Ernest James, Trooper, Sur. Yeom. — M.M., Apr., '17.
Scott, H. E.— M.M.
Secker, Walter. — M.M.
Seigne, L. J. R., 95869, Pte., 10 R. Fus. (attd. i Intelligence Corps
Coy.).— M.5.M., Jun., '19.
*Seley, William, Lt.-Col.— I^.C. (in '97), D.S.O.
Selway, G. a., Aust. I.F.— D.CM.
Shaxson, Eric, Lt., R. F.A. —M.C.
Shellard, Reggie S., Cpl., i Sur. Rif. — D.CM.
Sheppard, G. E., Cpl., R.A.S.C— M.M.
*Short, T. W., Pte., Cambs. Regt.— M.M., Jul., '17.
*Simmonds, Ernest Edward, Sgt., R.E. — D.C.M., Sept., '16.
Simmons, H. W., 13142, 4 S.W.B.— D.CM.
Simpson, J. E., M.G.C.— D.CM.
432 THE CROYDON ROLL OF HONOUR
Sinclair, J. K., Cpl., R. Fus— MM.
SiNEY, J. J., Sgt., M.G.C. — Croix de Guerre {French), lo Oct., 'i8.
Skinner, H. E., Cpl., R.E.— M.M.
*Skitteral, B. T., Sgt., R.W.S. Regt.— D.C.M., Jun., '17, M.M.
Smith, A. E. Stanley, Lt.— M.C.
*Smith, Arthur Donald Thornton, Capt., K.R.R.C— D.S'.O , May,
'i7-
Smith, Arthur George, Cpl., R.W.S. Regt.— M.M , Jun., '17.
Smith, C. H., Sgt., R.W.S. Regt.— M.M.
Smith, Stanley, Lt. — M.C.
Smith, W. A., R.E — M.M., 4 Sept., '18.
*Stacey, Gerald Arthur, Maj., Lond. Regt. — D.S.O.
*Steel, Douglas G., Capt., 3 Suff. Regt. — M.C.
*Stevens, F. G., Lt., R.W.S. Regt.— M.M., '16.
*Stewart, Douglas Alexander, 2/Lt., Cheshire Regt. — D.C.M., Jul. ,'15,
Russian Med. of St. George {^th class).
Stickley, Lawrence Alfred, Sgt., 18 Aust. LF. — M.M., 27 Jun., '16.
*Stocker, Gerald, Cpl., R.W.S. Regt.— M.M., '17.
*Stoneham, Reginald P., Lt., i Notts. & Derby. Regt.— D.C.M.
*Streeter, Alfred W., Sgt., R.E. — M.M.
Streeter, James Charles, Coy. Sgt. Maj., 2 Border Regt. — D.C.M.,
25 Sept., '15.
Stuart, Douglas, Capt., R.F.A. — M.C.
Sykes, Barton Valentine, ist cl. Wireless Operator, R.N.R. — Russian
Silver Med., Feb.-May, '15.
*Tagg, Harold Arthur, 2/Lt., Middlesex Regt. — Ment. in despatches.
Taylor, Alfred. Signaller, 11 Bty., R.H.A.— M.M., 14 May, '15.
(Plate XXXL, 6).
Taylor, Harold, Lt., R.A.F.— M.C, 16 Aug., '17. (Plate XXVII., 2).
Taylor, Robert Allen Grant, Capt., i R. Scots Fus. — Meizt. in
despatches, Jan., '16.
Tedder, Arthur W., Maj., R.F.C. — Ment. in despatches, Italian
Silver Med., Apr., '17.
*Thacker, Herbert Lane, 2/Lt., R.A.S.C— M.M., M.C.
Theedon, George, Norf. Regt. — D.C.M.
Thies, W. H., Sgt.— D. cm.
Thorn, T. C.—M.M.
Titmas, John Francis, Lt., R.F.C. — Ment. in despatches.
ToBiTT, J. E., Pte., H.A.C.— M.S'.M., Siberia, 20 Jan., '20.
Tonkin, S., Cpl., H.A.C.— M.M.
Toogood, H. W.— M.M.
TOTTERDELL, H. P., Sgt., R.E.— M.5.M.
TucKEY, C, Sgt., R.E.— M.5.M.
Turner, Alfred Edwin, Pte . 7 E. Sur. Regt. — D.C.M.
*Tyler, Edward Victor, Pte., R.W.S. Regt.— M.M., Jul., '16.
(Plate XXVIII., 6).
Uffindell, -, Cpl., Seaforth H.— M.M.
Unwin, L. P., Act.-Sgt., K.K.M.C.—M.S.M.
Unwin, Philip T. F., Capt., R.E.— Menf. in despatches, May, '17.
Vaucour, Audry Morris, 2/Lt., R.F.C. — M.C.
Waight, Albert Edward, S/Sgt., R.A.M.C.— M.5.M. & bar.
Walker, G. A., Pte., R.E.— D.C.M.
Wallis, Arthur Stanley, Sgt., 28 Lond. Regt. — Ment. in despatches,
Jan., '16.
*Walter, Joseph Stanley, Capt., 7 R.W.S. Regt.— M.C, 20 Oct., '16.
Ward, Rufus, Sgt., M.G.C. — Ment. in despatches {thrice), D.C.M.
*Wareham, Stanley B., Cpl., Can. F. Art.— M.M.
Wateridge, W. S., L/Cpl., Tank C— M.M., 3 May, '17.
Wayte, John Woollaston, Capt., R.A.M.C— M.C, Oct., '16.
NAVAL AND MILITARY HONOURS 433
•Wayte, Samuel Wilfrid, 2/Lt., R.F.A. — M.C., Sep., '17.
West, Alfred, 2/Lt., R.W.S. Regt.— M.C., Jul., '16. (Plate I., 2).
♦Weston, Frederic George, Coy. Sgt. Maj., Q.W. Rif. — Ment. tn
despatches.
•Whisson, William Henry, Lt., Middlesex Regt. — M.C.
•White, Arthur Bryan, Capt., i L.R.B. — Ment. in despatches, Apr., '17.
White, D. T., Pte., Middlesex Regt. — M.M., 21 Dec, '17.
White, Edward John Henry, 16264, L/Cpl.. INI.G.C.— D.C.M.
(Plate XXXIV., 6).
•White, Walter William, Coy. Sgt. Maj., 9 E. Sur. Regt. — M.M.,
May, '16.
Whiting,' H. R., Act.-Sgt., R.E.—M.S.M.
•Written, F. R., Capt., R.E.— M.C.
Whittle, A , L/Cpl., i R.W.S. Regt.— M.M., Jan., '18.
WiEBKiN, Henry William, Mai. (D.A.Q.M.G.).— Af.C, Feb., '17,
Croix de Guerre (Belgian), Mar., '18.
Wilding, Harry, Sgt., M.G.C.— M.M.
WiLKiE, James, Lt., M.G.C. — Ment. in despatches (twice).
•WiLKiNS, Howard Morris, Sgt., City of Lond. Yeom. — Ment. in
despatches.
•Wilkinson, John H., Sgt., Leinster (R.Can.) Regt. — Ment. in despatches
(twice) .
Williams, Alfred Dalby, Capt., R.G.A. — Croix de Guerre (Belgian).
Williams, Alfred Edwin, Capt. & Q.M., 2/17 Lond. Regt. — Ment. in
despatches, 18 Jan., '18, D.C.M. (in '02), O.B.E., 3 Jun., '19.
(Plate XXXn., i).
Williams, F, J., Sapper, R.E.—M.S.M.
Williams, Harold, Lt., R.E. — O.B.E.
Williams, Herbert Owen, Pte., 2 R.W.S. Regt. — D.C.M., May, '15.
•Williams, Montgomery, Capt., R.M.A. — Ment. in despatches (twice).
Williams, S., Lond. Regt. — Ment. in despatches.
Williams, Tom Godwin, Sgt., R.E. — M.M.
•Williamson, Edgar Rowe, Lt., Lond. Regt. — M.C, 1 Jul., '16.
Wilson, Cyril Edwin, Sgt., R.A.S.C. — Serbian Silver Med.
Wood, Harry William, L/Cpl., R.W. Kent Regt. — M.M., 7 Oct., '16.
•Wood, Henry George Westmoreland, Capt., Worcester. Regt. —
D.S.O., 15 Jun., '18.
Woolnough, George, Pte., R.W.S. Regt. — M.M.
WooLNOUGH, Thomas, Sgt., R.E. — D.C.M.
Wordley, Eric, Capt., R.A.M.C— M.C.
Wortley, John Harold, Sgt,, i L.R.B. — D.C.M., i Jan., '17.
(PlateXXXHL, 4).
Wright, Richard, Capt., R.G.A. — M.C.
Wyeth, F. J. S., Capt., 10 Essex Regt. — M.C.
Wyndham, Gerald Hereford Saxe-, Capt., 8 R.W.S. Regt. (attd.
72 T.M.B.).— M.C, 2 Sept., '16. (Plate XXXV.. 6).
Wynn, Joseph, Sgt. R. Fus. — M.M.
Yeates, F. E., Sgt., R.F.A.— Z).C.M.
YotTNG, Archibald Ford, Maj., R.E. — D.S.O. & bar, Order of the Nile.
B6
III. Returned Prisoners of War'
" I'll yield myself to prison willingly, or unto death, to do
my country good."
Shakespeare : 2 Henry VI., Act 4, Scene 9.
Adams, H. H., Pte.,
19 Eland Rd.
AiTON, F. C, Pte.,
74 Watcombe Rd., S.N.
Alexander, G., Pte.,
21 Dunbar Av., Norbury.
Allery, F., Pte.,
3 Amersham Rd.
Anderton, J., Pte.,
I Waterworks Yard.
Atkinson, P., Pte.,
12 Talbot Rd., T. Heath.
Ballard, B. E., Rflmn.,
I Lucerne Rd., T. Heath.
Bance, H., Pte.,
15 Selhurst New Rd.
Barham, Pte.,
5 Neville Rd.
Barker, Sx.'iNLEY,
24 Chatsworth Rd.
Barnes, W., Sgt.,
133 Bensham Lane, T. Heath.
Batchelor, Pte.,
55 Queen's Rd.
Beadle, F. E., Rflmn.,
35 Donald Rd.
Belam, F. a., Pte.,
61 Clarendon Rd.
Bennett, G., Pte.,
95 Waddon Rd.
Bensley, Cpl.,
9 Woodville Rd.
Bernell, G., Pte.,
95 Waddon Rd.
Betts, W., Pte.
Biddle, Pte.,
73 Clifton Rd., S.N.
Birch, Pte.,
7 Canterbury Rd.
Blakesby, H. J., Pte.,
8 Milner Rd., T. Heath.
Bloomfield, D., Pte.,
80 Selsdon Rd.
Booth, E. T., Pte.,
6 Pridham Rd., T. Heath.
BOWYER, Pte.,
32 Sumner Rd.
Briggs, William, Pte.,
18 Went worth Rd.
Brook, A. E., Pte.,
56 Silverleigh Rd., T. Heath.
Broom, Pte.,
32 Livingstone Rd.
Broughton, a. J., Pte.,
56 Oakley Rd., S.N.
Bundle, Leonard, Pte.,
122 Whitehorse Rd.
Burn, Pte.,
46 Elgin Rd.
Btttci-tfr Pte
5 Weliesley Pde.,WellesIeyRd .
Bysh, H., Pte.,
4 Crossland Rd., T. Heath.
Capel, a. H., L/Cpl.,
5 Palmerston Rd.
Carter, F. W., Rflmn.,
I Notson Rd., S.N.
Gates, F., Cpl.,
cjo Mrs. Gates, 73 Oval Rd,
Chilver, F., Pte.,
7 Roberts Yard.
Clark, B., Pte.,
54 Derby Rd.
Clifford, J., Pte.,
61 Cromwell Rd.
Clivlow, P., Pte.,
186 Livingstone Rd.,T.Heath.
COLLETT, A. A., Pte.,
5 Bank Buildings,
Brighton Rd., Parley.
Collins, W., Pte.,
37 Dennett Rd.
COOMBER, W., Pte.,
21 Oakwood Rd,
CowDY, A. J., Pte., •
65 Lodge Rd.
Daniels, Pte.,
22 Whitehorse Rd.
Davis, H., Cpl.,
35 Borough Hill.
Dean, F., Pte.,
59 Weliesley Rd,
Denial, F., Rflmn.,
149 Moffatt Rd., T. Heath.
* The addresses were given at the time of capture as
those of the next-of-kin.
RETURNED PRISONERS OF WAR
435
DoBiNSON, v., Pte.,
Alwyn Cottages, Shirley.
Donovan, P., Pte.,
II Hill St., Old Town.
DOWBELL, Pte.,
230 Gloucester Rd.
Dudley, Pte.,
163 Windmill Rd.
DuNLOP, J., Pte.,
5 Belmont Rd., S.N.
Eastaugh, R. W.,
48 Sydenham Rd. North.
ECOTT, H., Cpl.,
13 Percy Rd., S.N.
Edwards, F. W., Pte.,
44 Bredon Rd.
Edwards, G., Pte.,
1 88a Gloucester Rd.
Edwards, H. G.. Pte.,
19 Cassland Rd.
Edwards, Rev. J. A. L., C.F.,
South Norwood.
Elphinch, W., Pte.
Emberson, Sgt.,
102 Churchill Rd.
England, A. G., Cpl.,
42 Ritchie Rd.
Fenton, a., Pte.,
35 Harrison's Rise.
Ferrier, a., Cpl.,
116 Churchill Rd.
Field, T., Pte.,
106 Moffatt Rd., T. Heath.
FiLCE, H., junr., Pte.,
90 Sumner Rd.
FlNNIGAN, A. E., L/Cpl.,
82 Clarendon Rd.
Fletcher, E., Pte.,
16 Burdett Rd.
Francis, R., Pte.,
10 Lahore Rd.
Friday, A., Pte.
Frost, W., Pte.,
31 Northbrook Rd.
Gore, E. D., Cpl.,
62 Parsons Mead.
Goss, T., Pte.,
cjo Mrs. Foster, Tramways
Depot, T. Healh.
Greest, L., Cpl.,
69 Warren Rd.
Greetham, Pte.,
154 Mitcham Rd.
Griffin, Pte.,
47 Borough Hill.
Griffiths, E. E. L.,
63 Whitehorse Rd.
GuE, F. C, Pte.,
77 Princess Rd.
Hadfield, W. D., Pte.,
3 Frant Rd., T. Heath.
Hall, F., Pte.,
56 Holmesdale Rd., S.N.
Hall, F. J., Pte.,
152 Holmesdale Rd., S.N
Hall, H., Pte.,
22 Priory Rd.
Harmer, Pte.,
Ill Frant Rd., T. Heath.
Harrington, L., Pte.,
12 Leighton St.
Harrison, L/Cpl.,
12 Northcote Rd.
Hart, A. S., Pte.,
85 Boston Rd.
Hatfield, Thomas A., Sgt.,
4 Rose and Crown Cottages,
Church St.
Hathaway, Pte.,
Town Hall.
Hawkins, H. E., Sgt.,
Lyndhurst, Woodside.
Haydon, a., Pte.,
30 Donald Rd.
Heard, H. C, Pte.,
49 Johnson Rd.
Heath, A. E., Pte.,
15 Southsea Rd.
Henry, M., Pte.,
133 Morland Rd.
Herbert, F., Pte.,
7 Southsea Rd.
Herold, J., Pte.,
20 Crescent Rd., S.N.
Hodges, J. E., Pte.,
20 Albion Rd.
Hogsden, Pte.,
2 Beddington Terrace,
Mitcham Rd.
HouLDER., H. F., Sgt., M.M.,
Cromwell House,
Duppas Hill Terr.
HULFORD, Pte.,
88 Waddon New Rd.
Huggett, L. a., Pte.,
31 Cecil Rd.
Hunt, G., Pte.,
56a Leighton St.
Hunt, J., Pte.,
S6a Leighton St.
Hunt, T. E., Pte.,
21 Kitchener Rd., T. Heath.
Inghams, B. W., Pte.,
107 Sutherland Rd.
Jackson, E., Pte.,
9 Burdett Rd.
Jennings, A. C„ Pte.,
46 Waddon New Rd.
43^
THE CROYDON ROLL OF HONOUR
Kearn, G. a., Pte.,
48 Beulah Grove.
Kpen, F. a., Sgt.,
121 Lebanon Rd.
Kemp, H., Pte.,
22 Tugela Rd.
KiLLiCK, C, Pte.,
61 Donald Rd.
King, A. G., Pte.,
113 Old Town.
King, E. A., Pte.,
28 Old Town.
King, F., Pte.,
13 Thirsk Rd., T. Heath.
Kirby, V. H., Pte.,
12 Portland Mans., S.N.
Knight, H., Pte.,
35 Frith Rd.
Knight, J., Pte.,
I Marian Villas,
Sydenham Rd. N.
Knight, Sgt.,
53 Abbey Rd.
Lambert, Cpl.,
158 Mitcham Rd.
Larcombe, Pte.,
9 Lambeth Rd.
Leigh, A. G., Pte.,
36 Windmill Rd.
Licence, C, Pte.,
62 Pawsons Rd.
Lisney, J., Pte.,
9 Westville Rd. [?]
LOCKETT, Pte.,
65 Oakfield Rd.
McKenzie, Pte.,
10 Winterbourne Terr., T.H.
McKeown, W., Pte.,
13 Clarendon Rd.
Mager, Pte.,
II Church St.
Marlow, R., Pte.,
14 Tamworth Rd.
Mascal, C, Pte.,
16 Mayo Rd.
Masson, G., Pte.,
22 Tait Rd.
Matthews, G., Pte.,
43 Gloucester Rd.
Matthews, T., Pte.,
46 Sanderstead Rd.
Mead, Pte.,
12 Walters Rd.
MiLLEN, Pte.,
214 Albert Rd.
Mills, Cpl.,
29 Apsley Rd., S.N.
Mills, F. T., L/Cpl.,
Municipal House. Pitlake,
Mn.LS, W., Pte.,
I Beaconsfield Rd.
MONCKTON, Pte.,
50 Jarvis Rd.
Morgan, C, Pte.,
95 Waddon Rd.
Morris, G., Pte.,
93 Northwood Rd., T. Heath.
Morris, R., Pte.,
39 Oakfield Rd.
MOTHERSOLE, LeO, Cpl,,
I Parson's Mead.
MOUETT, C Pte.,
Station Rd,
MuDD, C. F., Sapper,
133 Alexandra Rd.
MusTO, F. C, Rflmn.,
73 Crowther Rd., S.N.
Nelmes, A., Pte.,
60 Strathmore Rd.
Nevin, H., Pte.,
159 St. James' Rd.
Norton, J., Rflmn.,
202 Gloucester Rd.
Oakley, Pte.,
23 Wandle Rd.
Oliver, D. CM., 2/Lt.,
The Orchards, S. Croydon.
Palmer, E. H., Pte.,
103 Boston Rd.
Partridge, E. G., Pte.,
37 Beechwood Av., T. Heath.
Patching, W., Pte.,
27 Gloucester Rd.
Peckham, H. G., Pte.,
31 Southbridge Rd.
Phipps, R. J., Pte.,
58 Jesmond Rd.
Potts, L. E., Pte.,
II Sylverdale Rd.
Prfddy, a. W. F., Pte.,
28 Bensham Gr., T. Heath.
Pulleyn, Sgt.,
54 Ashburton Av.
Rann, W., Pte.,
26 Sunnybank, S.N.
Reigate, W. J., L/Cpl.,
28 Bredon Rd.
Riches, Arthur, Pte.,
177 St. James' Rd.
Riches, C, Pte., ^
177 St. James' Rd.
Roberts, B., Cpl.,
I High St., S N.
Samson, W. C, Pte.,
18 Adelaide St.
Sandford, W., Pte,
Sappin, Pte.,
25 Totton Rd., T. Heath.
RETURNED PRISONERS OF WAR
437
Sarter, L/Cpl.,
9 Amberley Gr.
Seagrave, a. J., Pte.
Searle, S., Rflmn.,
1 27 Northwood Rti.,T .Heath.
Severs, F., Pte.,
II Vincent Rd.
Severs, H., Pte.,
11 Vincent Rd.
Sherrington, W. J., Cpl.,
12 Eland Rd.
Shirville, Pte.,
45 Churchill Rd.
SiMMONDS, G., Pte.,
I Sanderstead Rd^
Skelton, a., Pte.,
22 Elm Rd., T. Heath.
Smith, C. G., Pte.,
40 Alpha Rd.
Smith, E., Pte.,
47 Sumner Rd.
Smith, F., Pte.,
29 Totton Rd., T. Heath.
Smith, H., Sgt.,
87 Dennett Rd.
Smith, Sydney M., Pte.,
34 Cresswell Rd., S.N.
Stanford, J., Pte.,
12 Alfred Rd., S.N.
Stanley, P. F., Rflmn.,
22 Percy Rd., S.N.
SULLETT, T., Pte.,
29 Russell Rd.
Swain, H., Sgt.,
27 Nova Rd.
SWARFIELD, Sgt.,
18 Westbury Rd.
Tanner, Pte.,
62 London Rd.
Temple, Pte ,
9 Prospect Place.
Thomas, Harold, Pte.,
39 Beaconsfield Rd.
Tinsley, J., Pte,,
75 Donald Rd.
Turner, J. H., Pte.,
22 Talbot Rd., T. Heath.
Upter, J., Sapper.
58 Selhurst New Rd., S.N,
ViNCE, F., Pte.,
112 Waddon New Rd.
Vincent, A. C, Pte.,
29 Station Rd., S.N.
V/allace, Cpl.,
3 Sussex Rd.
Walter, V. T., Pte.,
118 Wentworth Rd.
Walton, Pte.,
3 Buxton Rd., T. Heath.
W.^hington, L. C, Pte.,
17 Howberry Rd., T. Heath
Watson, N., Pte.,
36 Crowther Rd., S.N.
Watson, W., Pte.
Welland, W„ Pte,
West, C. A., Cpl.,
10 Mead Gr., Parson's Mead.
West, W., Pte.,
The Grove, Parson's Mead.
White, Pte.,
65 Wentworth Rd.
Wicks, W., Pte.,
11 Lahore Rd.
Wild, J., Pte.,
43 Mitcham Rd.
Wildy, Sgt.,
49 Hampton Rd.
Winter, F. W., Pte.,
58 Kynaston Rd., T. Heath.
Woods, Pte.,
5 Layering Rd. [?]
Wright, S. H., Cpl.,
34 Grafton Rd.
Wynn, W., Pte.,
2 Priory Rd.
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