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QOOH / OY ROLL OF HONOUR

Remembered this Month of January 2026

During this month we pay our tributes and due reverence to those soldiers who had served in a unit holding the QOOH or OY appellation, who gave their lives in pursuit of peace for the Nation. And especially that we are able to live our lives as we wish, without fear of dictatorships, race, or creed.

The names of the Officers, Non-Commissioned Officers, and Other Ranks who were either killed in action (K); missing in action (M); died of wounds (DW); died in captivity (DC); or otherwise died in service (D); for remembrance during the month of January 2026 are listed below.

Age at date of death, if known, is shown in brackets following date of death.

2nd Anglo-Boer War

1901
2/1/1901 (30) Tptr Edward Henry Slade Cooper D, of enteric disease at Lichtenburg, N-West Province, S Africa (wounded at Rustenburg 10/10/1900)
Not known where buried/commemorated
31/1/1901 (30) Lt George Dymoke Green K, at Modderfontein, Gauteng Province, S Africa
Buried at Alexander Park Cemetery, Potchefstroom, Dr Kenneth Kaunda District Municipality, North-West, S Africa

1902
1/1/1902 (23) Tpr Arthur Jackson D, of enteric disease at Mafeteng, Lesotho, S Africa
Not known where buried/commemorated
1/1/1902 (25) Tpr William Henry Naylor D, of enteric disease at Mafeteng, Lesotho, Africa
Not known where buried/commemorated
6/1/1902 (27) Sjt George Frederick Brundritt D, of enteric disease at Johannesburg, Gauteng Province, S Africa
Not known where buried/commemorated
14/1/1902 (21) Tpr Harry Blanchard D, of enteric disease at Vryburg, N-West Province, S Africa
Buried at Vryburg Cemetery, Dr Ruth Segomotsi Mompati District Municipality, North-West, South Africa
14/1/1902 (26) Tpr Frederick Thomas Richardson D, of enteric disease at Mafeteng, Lesotho, Africa
Not known where buried/commemorated
16/1/1902 (25) Tpr Birt Davis D, of enteric disease at Mafeteng, Lesotho, S Africa
Not known where buried/commemorated
16/1/1902 (21) Tpr David Edward Wilkie D, of enteric disease at Johannesburg, Gauteng Province, S Africa
Not known where buried/commemorated
19/1/1902 (20) Tpr George Turner D, of enteric disease at Ladybrand, Free State Province, S Africa
Not known where buried/commemorated
23/1/1902 (21) Tpr William Sandiland Warr D, of enteric disease at Lichtenburg, N-West Province, S Africa
Buried at Lichtenburg Municipal Cemetery, Lichtenburg, Ngaka Modiri Molema District Municipality, North-West, S Africa
28/1/1902 (19) Tpr Harry Packford D, of enteric disease at No 41 Stationary Hospital, Ficksburg, Free State Province, S Africa
Buried at Ficksburg Old Cemetery, Ficksburg, Thabo Mofutsanyana District Municipality, Free State, S Africa
31/1/1902 (36) Tpr Alfred Taylor D, of enteric disease at Bloemfontein, Free State Province, S Africa
Buried at President Brand Cemetery, Bloemfontein, Mangaung Metropolitan Municipality, Free State, S Africa

First World War

1915
21/1/1915 (22) Pte Reginald Frank Nixey D, of meningitis at Roquetoire, Pas-de-Calais, France
Buried at Longuenesse (St. Omer) Souvenir Cemetery, Pas de Calais, France

1916
14/1/1916 (19) Pte Albert George Bowden DW, at Vermelles, Pas-de-Calais, France
Buried at Chocques Military Cemetery, Pas de Calais, France
14/1/1916 (28) Cpl George Wassell D, of causes unknown at Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, England
Buried at Banbury Cemetery, Oxfordshire, UK
27/1/1916 (21) Cpl Reginald Osborne Bolingbroke, MiD DW, at Vermelles, Pas-de-Calais, France
Buried at Chocques Military Cemetery, Pas de Calais, France
31/1/1916 (21) Pte William Thomas Stephen Jones K, at Vermelles, Pas-de-Calais, France
Buried at Philosophe British Cemetery, Mazingarbe, Pas de Calais, France

1918
1/1/1918 (23) Pte George Arthur Drewett DW, at Tincourt, Picardie, France
Buried at Tincourt New British Cemetery, Somme, France

World War Two

1942
26/1/1942 (35) Sgt James Richard Hawes K, at Rengit, Johore, Malaysia
Buried at Taiping War Cemetery, Malaysia

1943
1/1/1943 (22) Gnr Thomas Ernest Blyth DC, of dysentery at Tonchan, Thailand
Buried at Kanchanaburi War Cemetery, Thailand (originally buried at Tonchan Main Cemetery)
28/1/1943 (22) Pte Douglas Lewis Castle (RASC att) DC, of malaria at Kinsaiyok camp, Thailand
Buried at Kanchanaburi War Cemetery, Thailand (originally buried at Kinsaiyok- common grave)

1944
7/1/1944 (39) L/Bdr Rupert Arthur Sefton Hendy DC, of beri-beri at Tarsao, Thailand
Buried at Kanchanaburi War Cemetery, Thailand (originally buried at Tarsao #2 cemetery)
17/1//1944 (23) Bdr Lewis John Gilham DC, of malaria & beri-beri at Kanchanaburi, Thailand
Buried at Kanchanaburi War Cemetery, Thailand
23/1/1944 (22) Dvr Ronald David Mann Smith (RASC att) DC, of malaria at Tarsao, Thailand
Buried at Kanchanaburi War Cemetery, Thailand (originally buried at Tarsao #2 cemetery)
31/1/1944 (24) Bdr Charles Francis Lawrence DC, of malaria and dysentery at Nong Pladuc, Thailand
Buried at Chungkai War Cemetery, Thailand

1945
3/1/1945 (24) Lt Timothy Winser K, at Bure, Namur, Belgium [Transferred to 13th Bn, The Para Regt, AAC, (2/4th Bn, The South Lancashire Regt) in Aug 1944]
Buried in Hotton War Cemetery, Belgium

1947
18/1/1947 (29) Gnr Reginald Ernest Butler D, in England
Buried at Oxford (Rose Hill) Cemetery, Oxfordshire, UK

QOOH Men Who Were Transferred Into Other Units in World War One

During the First World War, and with the high number of casualties happening, there was an urgent need for replacement soldiers to back-fill these gaps. Many hundreds of these came from men of the 2/1st and 3/1st QOOH. Whilst being given a Regimental Number when signing up to the QOOH, these men were then re-issued a second Regimental Number on transfer, and a great many men were lost to the QOOH records. Over time, a lot of records have been found informing us of a number of these transfers and where they ended up, and of course, their casualty numbers. In the section below we list the QOOH men who were transferred into these other units and subsequently lost their lives. I would like to give great credit to Mike Cross and Harry Staff who have been delving into these further records and without their due diligence these QOOH men would most likely not be remembered here on this page. As new information comes to light, these lists will be updated and is certainly a ‘Work-in-Progress’ situation.

In the lists below can be found the soldier’s original QOOH Regimental Number, his new secondary Regimental Number, and the Battalion he was posted to. It has been found that some QOOH soldiers had been transferred more than once, and this is mentioned in the text below where this has been uncovered.

QOOH Men Transferred Into Secondary Units

Infantry Battalion Names

There were no known Infantry casualties at this time

Machine Gun Corps Names
1918 QOOH MGC Sqn
1/1/1918 (25) Pte Percy William Morbey 2565 101021 21st Sqn MGC (Cavalry)
K, at Damascus, Syria
Buried at Haifa War Cemetery, Israel and Palestine (including Gaza)

Rank Abbreviations

2/Lt – Second Lieutenant
Bdr – Bombardier (artillery equivalent to Corporal)
BQMS – Battery Quarter Master Sergeant (artillery equivalent to Company QMS)
Capt – Captain
Cpl – Corporal
Dvr – Driver (RAOC/RASC equivalent to Private)
Gnr – Gunner (artillery equivalent to Private)
L/Bdr – Lance-Bombardier (artillery equivalent to Lance-Corporal)
L/Cpl – Lance-Corporal
L/Sgt – Lance-Sergeant (a local promotion of a Bombardier /Corporal by his commanding officer, usually with extra pay)
Lt – Lieutenant
Lt-Col – Lieutenant-Colonel
Maj – Major
Pte – Private
QMS – Quarter Master Sergeant
RSM – Regimental Sergeant Major
Sdlr – Saddler (maker and repairs to Saddles)
Shg Sth – Shoeing Smith (Shoeing of horses)
Sgt – Sergeant
Sjt – Serjeant
SSgt – Staff Sergeant
SSM – Squadron Sergeant Major
Tpr – Trooper (cavalry equivalent to Private)
Tptr – Trumpeter (cavalry equivalent to Bugler)

Post-Nominal Letters

Post-nominal letters, are letters placed after a person’s name to indicate that an individual holds a military decoration, or honour :-

DSO – Distinguished Service Order (awarded for meritorious or distinguished service by officers of the Armed Forces during wartime).

MC – Military Cross (for officers only until 1993, when it was opened up to all ranks) – awarded for acts of exemplary gallantry during active operations against the enemy on land.

MM – Military Medal (other ranks’ equivalent to the Military Cross until 1993) – awarded for bravery in battle.

MiD – Mentioned in Dispatches (is one whose name appears in an official report written by a superior officer and sent to the High Command, in which his or her gallant or meritorious action in the face of the enemy is described) – but it is not classed as post-nominal

These awards in the British Armed Forces, were, and still are, published in the London Gazette.

As more details of soldiers who have served with the OY and QOOH become available, this Roll of Honour list will be updated. This is very much a ‘work-in-progress’ item.

If you know of any person whom you think should be remembered in our Roll of Honour, please inform any of these people –Mick Luxford, Mike Cross, or Harry Staff – for consideration, thank you.

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