QOOH / OY ROLL OF HONOUR
Remembered this Month of June 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 June 2026 are listed below.
Age at date of death, if known, is shown in brackets following date of death.
2nd Anglo-Boer War
1900
7/6/1900 (20) Tpr Roland George Brooke K, at Heilbron, Free State Province, S Africa
Buried at Heilbron Cemetery, Fezile Dabi District Municipality, Free State, South Africa
15/6/1900 (22) Tpr Edward Welchman D, of enteric disease at Kroonstad, Free State Province, S Africa
Not known where buried/commemorated
30/6/1900 (22) Tpr Charles Richard Alfred Toller DW, at Lindley, Free State Province, S Africa (wounded at Heilbron 7/6/1900)
Buried at Heilbron Cemetery, Heilbron, Fezile Dabi District Municipality, Free State, S Africa
1901
14/6/1901 (22) Tpr Isaac Rimmell D, of enteric disease at 16 Stationary Hospital, Mafeking, Northwest Province, S Africa
Buried at Mafeking Cemetery, Mafeking, Ngaka Modiri Molema District Municipality, North-West, S Africa
1902
24/6/1902 (29) QMS Hugh Semple 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
5/6/1915 (31) Pte Roby Gibbs D, of accidental injuries at Wallon Cappel, Nord, France
Buried at Le Grand Hasard Military Cemetery, Morbecque, Nord, France
14/6/1915 (29) Pte Herbert Stevens D, of meningitis at Thame, England
Buried at Thame (St. Mary) Churchyard, Oxfordshire, UK
27/6/1915 (21) Pte Arthur Thomas Kitchener D, of acute pneumonia at Hazebrouck, France (1st/2nd Sth Mids Mtd Bde, Fd Ambulance RAMC attd)
Buried at Hazebrouck Communal Cemetery, Nord, France
1916
24/6/1916 (23) L/Cpl Arthur Tutty DW, at Bailleul, Nord, France area
Buried at Bailleul Communal Cemetery Extension, Nord, France
1917
1/6/1917 (45) RSM Arthur Collier, MC, DCM D, of tuberculosis (TB) at Kingston-upon-Thames, England
Buried at Henley-On-Thames (Fairmile) Cemetery, Oxfordshire, UK
13/6/1917 (22) Pte Christopher Theodore Cunnington D, at Ipswich, Suffolk (of causes unknown)
Buried at Iffley (St. Mary) New Churchyard, Oxfordshire, UK
21/6/1917 (25) Pte Harry Goddard K, at Gillemont Farm, Somme, France
Buried at Unicorn Cemetery, Vendhuile, Aisne, France
21/6/1917 Pte William Jack Arnold Watson K, at Gillemont Farm, Somme, France
Commemorated at Thiepval Memorial, Somme, France
22/6/1917 (20) 2/Lt John Arthur Perrot Whinney K, at Gillemont Farm, Somme, France
Buried at Unicorn Cemetery, Vendhuile, Aisne, France
22/6/1917 (19) Pte Thomas Henry Ayris K, at Gillemont Farm, Somme, France
Buried at Templeux-Le-Guerard British Cemetery, Somme, France
22/6/1917 (27) Pte William James Berry K, at Gillemont Farm, Somme, France
Buried at Unicorn Cemetery, Vendhuile, Aisne, France
22/6/1917 (28) Pte William Butler K, at Gillemont Farm, Somme, France
Commemorated at Thiepval Memorial, Somme, France
22/6/1917 (29) Pte Harold Castle K, at Gillemont Farm, Somme, France
Buried at Unicorn Cemetery, Vendhuile, Aisne, France
22/6/1917 (33) Pte Stuart Frederick Cator K, at Gillemont Farm, Somme, France
Buried at Unicorn Cemetery, Vendhuile, Aisne, France
22/6/1917 (18) Pte Thomas Robert Deane DW, at Gillemont Farm, Somme, France (received on 21st/22nd June)
Buried at Villers-Faucon Communal Cemetery, Somme, France
22/6/1917 (21) Pte Arthur Farnsworth K, at Gillemont Farm, Somme, France
Commemorated at Thiepval Memorial, Somme, France
22/6/1917 (19) Pte John Flux K, at Gillemont Farm, Somme, France
Buried at Unicorn Cemetery, Vendhuile, Aisne, France
22/6/1917 (25) L/Cpl Hubert Holmes Jennings K, at Gillemont Farm, Somme, France
Buried at Unicorn Cemetery, Vendhuile, Aisne, France
22/6/1917 (31) Pte Matthew Francis Saunders K, at Gillemont Farm, Somme, France
Buried at Templeux-Le-Guerard British Cemetery, Somme, France
22/6/1917 (22) Pte Albert Shayler K, at Gillemont Farm, Somme, France
Buried at Unicorn Cemetery, Vendhuile, Aisne, France
22/6/1917 (19) Pte Thomas George Stevens K, at Gillemont Farm, Somme, France
Buried at Unicorn Cemetery, Vendhuile, Aisne, France
World War Two
1940
30/6/1940 (27) Gnr Idris Williams D, at Oxford, UK
Buried at Brynmawr (St. Mary) Church Burial Ground, Ebbw Vale, Wales, UK
1942
29/6/1942 (37) Gnr Walter White DC, of pneumonia and dysentery at Changi Hospital, Singapore
Buried at Kranji War Cemetery, Singapore (originally buried at Changi Hospital cemetery)
1943
8/6/1943 (27) Gnr Arthur Carling DC, of cholera at Chungkai, Thailand
Buried at Chungkai War Cemetery, Thailand (originally buried at Chungkai North cemetery)
9/6/1943 (28) Sgt William Arthur Williams DC, of beri-beri and cholera at Tha Khanun, Thailand
Buried at Kanchanaburi War Cemetery, Thailand
11/6/1943 (22) Dvr William Wright (RASC att) DC of cholera at Songkurai, Thailand
Buried at Thanbyuzayat War Cemetery, Burma
15/6/1943 (24) Gnr James Hodgson DC, of dysentery and Cholera at Chungkai camp, Thailand
Buried at Chungkai War Cemetery, Thailand (originally buried at Chungkai North cemetery)
16/6/1943 (31) L/Bdr Joseph Jones DC, of cholera at Songkurai, Thailand
Buried at Thanbyuzayat War Cemetery, Burma (originally buried at Songkurai #1 cemetery)
18/6/1943 (27) Sgt Richard James Parker DC, of acute enteritis and dysentery at Chungkai, Thailand
Buried at Chungkai War Cemetery, Thailand
21/6/1943 (41) Gnr Soren Swift North DC, of beri-beri and cholera at Chungkai, Thailand
Buried at Chungkai War Cemetery, Thailand
22/6/1943 (22) Sgt Joseph Edgar Taylor DC, of dysentery at Tha Khanun camp, Thailand
Buried at Kanchanaburi War Cemetery, Thailand
24/6/1943 (35) Bdr Leonard Cuthbert Blackburn DC, of avitaminosis at Chungkai, Thailand
Buried at Chungkai War Cemetery, Thailand
24/6/1943 (30) Gnr Francis Christie DC, of acute enteritis & cholera at Tha Khanun, Thailand
Buried at Kanchanaburi War Cemetery, Thailand
26/6/1943 (33) Sgt Thomas Alexander Atkinson DC, of beri-beri & malaria at Taichu Army Hospital, Taiwan
Buried at Sai Wan War Cemetery, Hong Kong
28/6/1943 (42) Gnr Thomas Albert Bradley DC, of beri-beri at Tha Khanun, Thailand
Buried at Kanchanaburi War Cemetery, Thailand
28/6/1943 (32) Gnr Henry James Tregarthen DC, of cholera at Tha Khanun, Thailand
Buried at Kanchanaburi War Cemetery, Thailand
29/6/1943 (33) Dvr Cecil Bertram Brodrick (RASC att) DC, of meningitis at Roberts Hospital, Changi, Singapore
Buried at Kranji War Cemetery, Singapore
29/6/1943 (26) Gnr George Thomas Dynes DC, of dysentery at Swinton’s camp, Thailand
Buried at Kanchanaburi War Cemetery, Thailand
29/6/1943 (33) Gnr Ernest O Osbourne DC, of cholera at Tonchan South, Thailand
Buried at Kanchanaburi War Cemetery, Thailand (originally buried at Tonchan South cemetery)
29/6/1943 (30) Gnr Cyril Richards DC, of cholera at Tonchan South, Thailand
Buried at Kanchanaburi War Cemetery, Thailand (originally buried at Tonchan South cemetery)
29/6/1943 (31) L/Bdr George Quigley DC, of cholera at Tonchan South Camp, Thailand
Buried at Kanchanaburi War Cemetery, Thailand (originally buried at Tonchan South cemetery)
1944
10/6/1944 (21) Dvr Arthur Charles Reynolds (RASC att) DC, of dysentery at Kuching, Sarawak, Borneo
Buried at Labuan War cemetery, Malaysia (originally buried at British CofE Cemetery, Kuching, Sarawak, Borneo)
26/6/1944 (27) Sgt John Thomas Harvey DC, Onboard the Harugiku Maru when torpedoed by HMS Truculent, about 75 Mi southeast of Medan in the Malacca Strait, off the eastern coast of Sumatra, bound for Pakanbaroe, Sumatra Islands
Commemorated at Singapore Memorial, Singapore
26/6/1944 (33) Gnr George Shannon DC, Onboard the Harugiku Maru when torpedoed by HMS Truculent, about 75 Mi southeast of Medan in the Malacca Strait, off the eastern coast of Sumatra, bound for Pakanbaroe, Sumatra Islands
Commemorated at Singapore Memorial, Singapore
The Harugiku Maru left Belawan, the port city of Medan, Sumatra, on 26th June 1944, joining a convoy of a tanker and freighter, and was steaming down the Strait of Malacca. At 11:12, the British submarine HMS Truculent fired four torpedoes, two of which hit the Harugiku Maru. Although she sank within 15 minutes of the torpedo hits, the loss of lives was not large, as the sea were calm and the Japanese did their best to rescue the POWs. There were 730 POWs aboard, with 190 casualties. On 28th June, 540 survivors were sent to the River Valley Road Camp in Singapore. Due to a great number of the wounded, their assignment to the Sumatra Railroad was cancelled. This was the first incident where the 85th AT Regt had lost men whilst being carried aboard the ‘Hell-ships’ as POWs. Sadly, many, many more were to follow in September 1944.
1945
13/6/1945 (25) Dvr Leslie Stewart Smith (RASC att) DC, of beri-beri and malaria at Kuching Hospital, Sarawak, Borneo
Buried at Labuan War Cemetery, Malaysia (originally buried at Lintang Camp Cemetery, Kuching, Borneo)
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
1918 QOOH 2nd/3rd unit Bn
15/6/1918 (19) Pte Kenneth Bumpass 2985 203357 1st/4th Oxf & Bucks LI
K, at the Battle of Asiago, Veneto, Italy
Buried at Boscon British Cemetery, Vicenza, Veneto, Italy
15/6/1918 (21) L/Cpl Kenneth Cyril Clinkard 2799 203358 1st/4th Oxf & Bucks LI
K, at the Battle of Asiago, Veneto, Italy
Buried at Boscon British Cemetery, Vicenza, Veneto, Italy
15/6/1918 (19) Pte William Robert Robbins 2561 203330 1st/4th Oxf & Bucks LI
K, at the Battle of Asiago, Veneto, Italy
Buried at Boscon British Cemetery, Vicenza, Veneto, Italy
15/6/1918 (20) L/Cpl Ernest William Robson 3363 203331 1st/4th Oxf & Bucks LI
K, at the Battle of Asiago, Veneto, Italy
Buried at Boscon British Cemetery, Vicenza, Veneto, Italy
1919
2/6/1919 (22) Pte Harry Walter Hatfield 3176 32816 – 303022 6th Oxf & Bucks LI – 7th Warwickshire Regt
D, of small-pox at Gen Field Hospital, Cairo, Egypt
Commemorated at Cairo War Memorial Cemetery, Egypt (Transferred to 7th Royal Warwickshire Regt and given new Service No – 303022)
Machine Gun Corps Names
1917 QOOH MGC Sqn
22/6/1917 (21) Pte Albert William Rose 3003 105103 4th Sqn MGC (Cavalry)
K, at Aisne, France
Commemorated (Special Memorial) at Unicorn Cemetery, Vendhuile, Aisne, France
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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