QOOH / OY ROLL OF HONOUR
Remembered this Month - June
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), died of wounds (DW), died in captivity (DC), or otherwise died in service (D) for remembrance during June are listed below.
Age at date of death, if known, is in brackets following date of death.
2nd Anglo-Boer War
1900
7/6/1900 Tpr Roland George Brooke K, Heilbron, Free State Province, S Africa
15/6/1900 Tpr Edward Welchman D, of disease at Kroonstad, Free State Province, S Africa
30/6/1900 Tpr Charles Richard Alfred Toller DW, Lindley, Free State Province, S Africa (wounded at Heilbron 7/6/1900)
1901
14/6/1901 Tpr Isaac Rimmell D, of enteric disease at Mafeking, North West Province, S Africa
1902
24/6/1902 QMS Hugh Semple D, of enteric disease at Bloemfontein, Free State Province, S Africa
First World War
1915
5/6/1915 (31) Pte Roby Gibbs D, Wallon Cappel, Nord, France
Buried at Le Grand Hasard Military Cemetery, Morbecque, Nord, France
14/6/1915 (29) Pte Herbert Stevens D, England
Buried at Thame (St. Mary) Churchyard, Oxfordshire, UK
27/6/1915 (21) Pte Arthur Thomas Kitchener (RAMC attd) D, Hazebrouck, France
Buried at Hazebrouck Communal Cemetery, Nord, France
1916
24/6/1916 (23) LCpl Arthur Tutty DW, France
Buried at Bailleul Communal Cemetery Extension, Nord, France
1917
1/6/1917 (45) RSM Arthur Collier, MC, DCM D, of tuberculosis (TB), England
Buried at Henley-On-Thames (Fairmile) Cemetery, Oxfordshire, UK
13/6/1917 (22) Pte Christopher Theodore Cunnington D, England
Buried at Iffley (St. Mary) New Churchyard, Oxfordshire, UK
22/6/1917 (20) 2Lt John Arthur Perrot Whinney K, Gillemont Farm, Somme, France
Buried at Unicorn Cemetery, Vendhuile, Aisne, France
22/6/1917 (19) Pte Thomas Henry Ayris K, Gillemont Farm, Somme, France
Buried at Templeux-Le-Guerard British Cemetery, Somme, France
22/6/1917 (27) Pte William James Berry K, Gillemont Farm, Somme, France
Buried at Unicorn Cemetery, Vendhuile, Aisne, France
22/6/1917 (28) Pte William Butler K, Gillemont Farm, Somme, France
Commemorated at Thiepval Memorial, Somme, France
22/6/1917 (29) Pte Harold Castle K, Gillemont Farm, Somme, France
Buried at Unicorn Cemetery, Vendhuile, Aisne, France
22/6/1917 (33) Pte Stuart Frederick Cator K, Gillemont Farm, Somme, France
Buried at Unicorn Cemetery, Vendhuile, Aisne, France
22/6/1917 (18) Pte Thomas Robert Deane DW, Gillemont Farm, Somme, France
Buried at Villers-Faucon Communal Cemetery, Somme, France
22/6/1917 (21) Pte Arthur Farnsworth K, Gillemont Farm, Somme, France
Commemorated at Thiepval Memorial, Somme, France
22/6/1917 (19) Pte John Flux K, Gillemont Farm, Somme, France
Buried at Unicorn Cemetery, Vendhuile, Aisne, France
22/6/1917 Pte Harry Goddard K, Gillemont Farm, Somme, France
Buried at Unicorn Cemetery, Vendhuile, Aisne, France
22/6/1917 (25) LCpl Hubert Holmes Jennings K, Gillemont Farm, Somme, France
Buried at Unicorn Cemetery, Vendhuile, Aisne, France
22/6/1917 (31) Pte Matthew Francis Saunders K, Gillemont Farm, Somme, France
Buried at Templeux-Le-Guerard British Cemetery, Somme, France
22/6/1917 (22) Pte Albert Shayler K, Gillemont Farm, Somme, France
Buried at Unicorn Cemetery, Vendhuile, Aisne, France
22/6/1917 (19) Pte Thomas George Stevens K, Gillemont Farm, Somme, France
Buried at Unicorn Cemetery, Vendhuile, Aisne, France
22/6/1917 Pte William Watson K, Gillemont Farm, Somme, France
Commemorated at Thiepval Memorial, Somme, 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
1943
15/6/1943 (24) Gnr James Hodgson DC, of cholera at Chungkai camp, Thailand
Buried at Chungkai War Cemetery, Thailand
22/6/1943 (22) Sgt Joseph Edgar Taylor DC, Takanoon camp, Thailand
Buried at Kanchanaburi War Cemetery, Thailand
29/6/1943 (31) LBdr George Quigley DC, of cholera at Tonchan South camp, Thailand
Buried at Kanchanaburi War Cemetery, Thailand
1944
26/6/1944 (27) Sgt John Thomas Harvey DC, died on Japanese PoW transit ship (when torpedoed off the Commemorated at Singapore Memorial, Singapore eastern coast of Sumatra)
QOOH Men Who Were Transferred Into Other Units in the First World War
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 Service Number when signing up to the QOOH, these men were then re-issued a second Service 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 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 Service Number, his new secondary Service 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 OBLI Bn
15/6/1918 (19) Pte Kenneth Bumpass 2985 203357 1st/4th Oxf & Bucks LI
K, and Buried at Boscon British Cemetery, Vicenza, Veneto, Italy
15/6/1918 (19) Pte William Robert Robbins 2561 203330 1st/4th Oxf & Bucks LI
K, and Buried at Boscon British Cemetery, Vicenza, Veneto, Italy
15/6/1918 LCpl Ernest William Robson 3363 203331 1st/4th Oxf & Bucks LI
K, and Buried at Boscon British Cemetery, Vicenza, Veneto, Italy
15/6/1918 (21) LCpl Kenneth Cyril Clinkard 2799 203358 1st/4th Oxf & Bucks LI
K, and Buried at Boscon British Cemetery, Vicenza, Veneto, Italy
1919
2/6/1919 (22) Pte Harry Walter Hatfield 3176 32816 6th Oxf & Bucks LI
DW, and Buried at Cairo War Memorial Cemetery, Egypt (Transferred to 7th Royal Warwickshire Regt and given new Service No – 303022 (recorded by CWGC)
Machine Gun Corps Names
1918 QOOH MGC Sqn
22/6/1917 (21) Pte Albert William Rose 3003 105103 4th Sqn MGC (Cavalry)
K, at Aisne, France and Commemorated (Special Memorial) at Unicorn Cemetery, Vendhuile, Aisne, France
Rank Abbreviations
2Lt – Second-Lieutenant
Bdr – Bombardier (artillery equivalent to Corporal)
BQMS – Battery Quarter Master Sergeant (artillery equivalent to Company QMS)
Capt – Captain
Cpl – Corporal
Gnr – Gunner (artillery equivalent to Private)
LBdr – Lance-Bombardier (artillery equivalent to Lance-Corporal)
LCpl – Lance-Corporal
LSgt – 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
Sgt – Sergeant
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)
These awards in the British Armed Forces, 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 the Roll of Honour, please inform any of these people –Mick Luxford, Mike Cross, or Harry Staff – for consideration, thank you.
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