QOOH / OY ROLL OF HONOUR
Remembered this Month of July 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 July 2026 are listed below.
Age at date of death, if known, is shown in brackets following date of death.
2nd Anglo-Boer War
1900
13/7/1900 (21) Tpr Calverley Trevelyan Hancock K, at Bethlehem, Free State Province, S Africa
Buried at Bethlehem Cemetery, Bethlehem, Thabo Mofutsanyana District Municipality, Free State, S Africa
13/7/1900 (36) Tpr Henry Harris D, of enteric fever at No 3 General Hospital, Kroonstad, Free State Province, S Africa
Buried at Kroonstad Old Cemetery, Kroonstad, Fezile Dabi District Municipality, Free State, S Africa
First World War
1915
16/7/1915 (18) Pte Frederick John Wilson D, of diabetes at Rouen, Seine-Maritime, France
Buried at St. Sever Cemetery, Rouen, Seine-Maritime, France
1917
1/7/1917 (27) L/Cpl William Alison Blelock K, at Templeux Quarries, Somme, France
Buried at Templeux-Le-Guerard British Cemetery, Somme, France
1/7/1917 (27) Pte Frederick Cox K, at Templeux Quarries, Somme, France
Buried at Templeux-Le-Guerard British Cemetery, Somme, France
1/7/1917 (18) Pte Frederick William John Macey, MM K, at Templeux Quarries, Somme, France
Buried at Templeux-Le-Guerard British Cemetery, Somme, France
1/7/1917 (23) Pte Charles Henry Thompson K, at Templeux Quarries, Somme, France
Buried at Templeux-Le-Guerard British Cemetery, Somme, France
5/7/1917 (31) Sjt William Alexander Smith Bayliss, MiD K, at Gillemont Farm, Somme, France
Buried at Templeux-Le-Guerard British Cemetery, Somme, France
5/7/1917 (23) Pte George Lewis Buckle K, at Gillemont Farm, Somme, France
Buried at Templeux-Le-Guerard British Cemetery, Somme, France
5/7/1917 (20) Pte James Hamilton DW, at Gillemont Farm, Somme, France
Buried at Tincourt New British Cemetery, Somme, France
5/7/1917 (21) Pte Alfred Edwin Old K, at Gillemont Farm, Somme, France
Buried at Templeux-Le-Guerard British Cemetery, Somme, France
5/7/1917 (20) Pte Albert James Podbery, MM K, at Gillemont Farm, Somme, France
Buried at Templeux-Le-Guerard British Cemetery, Somme, France
28/7/1917 (29) 2/Lt Arthur James Lewis O’Beirne DW, whilst attd to 57 Sqn, RFC, in aerial combat over Houlthulst Forrest, Belgium (received on 27/7/1917)
Buried at Coxyde Military Cemetery, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium
World War Two
1942
9/7/1942 (23) Gnr Albert Edward Wignall DC, of dysentery at Changi hospital, Singapore
Buried at Kranji War Cemetery, Singapore (originally buried at Changi Hospital cemetery)
1943
1/7/1943 (23) Gnr Bartholomew Baxter DC, of cholera at Changaraya, Thailand
Buried at Kanchanaburi War Cemetery, Thailand
1/7/1943 (34) BQMS Victor Lewis Green DC, of avitaminosis and dysentery at Tonchan South camp, Thailand
Buried at Kanchanaburi War Cemetery, Thailand (originally buried at Tonchan South cemetery)
3/7/1943 (32) Sgt Jack McPherson Coles DC, of cholera and amoebic dysentery at Tonchan South camp, Thailand
Buried at Kanchanaburi War Cemetery, Thailand (originally buried at Tonchan South Cemetery)
3/7/1943 (24) Gnr William George Cullender DC, of cholera at Chungkai, Thailand
Buried at Chungkai War Cemetery, Thailand (originally buried at Chungkai North cemetery)
3/7/1943 (21) Dvr James Henry Shannon (RASC att) DC, of cholera at Upper Kannyu, Thailand
Buried at Kanchanaburi War Cemetery, Thailand (originally buried at Upper Kannyu #3 cemetery)
4/7/1943 (32) L/Bdr Ronald Taylor DC, of acute enteritis at Kinsaiyok, Thailand
Buried at Kanchanaburi War Cemetery, Thailand (originally buried at Kinsaiyok cemetery)
7/7/1943 (33) Cpl Thomas Heywood Humber (RASC att) DC, of diarrhoea at Songkurai, Thailand
Buried at Thanbyuzayat Military Cemetery (originally buried at Songkurai Cemetery)
7/7/1943 (35) Gnr Robert Charles Tring DC, of cholera at Tonchan South, Thailand
Buried at Kanchanaburi War Cemetery, Thailand (originally buried at Tonchan South cemetery)
9/7/1943 (22) Gnr Harold Percy Brown DC, of cholera at Tha Makhan, Thailand
Buried at Kanchanaburi War Cemetery, Thailand
12/7/1943 (21) Dvr Bernard Charles Slater (RASC att) DC, of diarrhoea at Songkurai, Thailand
Buried at Thanbyuzayat Military Cemetery (originally buried at Songkurai Cemetery)
13/7/1943 (45) Gnr William Garton Faulkner DC, of dysentery at Chungkai, Thailand
Buried at Kanchanaburi War Cemetery, Thailand
13/7/1943 (25) Gnr James William Hall DC, of cholera at Malay Hamlet Camp (Kanchanaburi), Thailand
Buried at Kanchanaburi War Cemetery, Thailand (originally buried at Malay Hamlet cemetery)
15/7/1943 (30) Gnr Gerald Sullivan DC, at Tha Makhan Bridge Hospital camp, Thailand
Buried at Kanchanaburi War Cemetery, Thailand (originally buried at Tha Makhan Bridge Hospital cemetery)
17/7/1943 (27) Sgt Edward Roberts DC, of cerebral malaria at Tarsoa, Thailand
Buried at Kanchanaburi War Cemetery, Thailand (originally buried at Tarsao #2 cemetery)
18/7/1943 (24) Gnr James Bowen DC, of cholera at Tarsao, Thailand
Buried at Kanchanaburi War Cemetery, Thailand
18/7/1943 (23) Dvr Harry Hustler (RASC att) DC, of dysentery at Tarsao, Thailand
Buried at Kanchanaburi War Cemetery, Thailand (originally buried at Tarsao #2 cemetery)
18/7/1943 (31) Gnr Frank Leech DC, of malaria and beri-beri at Heito, Taiwan
Buried at Sai Wan War Cemetery, Hong Kong
21/7/1943 (25) Gnr John Law DC, of cholera at Tonchan South Camp, Thailand
Buried at Kanchanaburi War Cemetery, Thailand (originally buried at Tonchan Main cemetery)
21/7/1943 (23) Gnr Frank Richardson DC, of cholera at Tha Makhan, Thailand
Buried at Kanchanaburi War Cemetery, Thailand
22/7/1943 (32) Gnr Stephen Cooney DC, of malaria at Tarsao, Thailand
Buried at Kanchanaburi War Cemetery, Thailand
22/7/1943 (30) L/Sgt John Platt DC, of avitaminosis and dysentery at Chungkai, Thailand
Buried at Chungkai War Cemetery, Thailand (originally buried at Chungkai North cemetery)
24/7/1943 (37) Gnr George Eaves DC, of cholera at Tarsao, Thailand
Buried at Kanchanaburi War Cemetery, Thailand (originally buried at Tarsao #3 cemetery)
28/7/1943 (30) Gnr George William Titmus DC, of dysentery and beri-beri at Kinsaiyok, Thailand
Buried at Kanchanaburi War Cemetery, Thailand (originally buried at Kinsaiyok cemetery)
31/7/1943 (32) Bdr Samuel George Miles D, at Hemel Hempstead, UK
Buried at Stalybridge (St. Paul) Churchyard, Cheshire, UK
1944
28/7/1944 (22) W/Lt Ian Randolph Banting K, near Arrezo, Tuscany, Italy [whilst serving with 149 (Lancashire Yeomanry) AT Regt RA]
Buried in Arezzo War Cemetery, Arezzo, Provincia di Arezzo, Toscana, Italy (originally buried in the 4th Indian Div Cemetery, Arezzo – reburied on 2/4/1945)
30/7/1944 (34) Gnr John Thomas Mason DC, of pellagra and encephalitis at Nakon Paton, Thailand
Buried at Kanchanaburi War Cemetery, Thailand
1945
19/7/1945 (40) Gnr John William Young DC, of malaria at Takhli, Nakhon Sawan, Thailand
Buried at Kanchanaburi War Cemetery, Thailand (originally buried at Takhli cemetery, Thailand)
22/7/1945 (41) Gnr Harold Charles Smith DC, of beri-beri, malnutrition at Changi Gaol Hospital, Singapore
Buried at Kranji War Cemetery, Singapore (originally buried at Wing Loon cemetery)
31/7/1945 (25) L/Bdr Bernard Bradley DC, of beri-beri and starvation in Outram Rd Prison, Singapore (where he’d been held prisoner by the Japanese military police for an escape attempt)
Buried at Kranji War Cemetery, Singapore (originally buried at Wing Loon Cemetery)
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
1916 QOOH 2nd/3rd unit Bn
1/7/1916 (23) 2/Lt Francis Willoughby 1522 —- 9th London Regt
K, at Gommecourt, Somme, France
Buried at Gommecourt British Cemetery No 2, Hebuterne, Pas-de-Calais, France
1917 QOOH 2nd/3rd unit Bn
31/7/1917 (35) Pte Edwin James Maccabee 3266 203317 1st/4th Oxf & Bucks LI
K, at Ypres, Belgium
Buried at New Irish Farm Cemetery, Ypres, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium (originally buried at Irish Farm Cemetery, St. Jean, Ypres)
31/7/1917 (22) Pte Percy Sydney Pidwell 2245 203323 1st/4th Oxf & Bucks LI
K, at Ypres, Belgium
Commemorated at Ypres (Menin Gate) Memorial, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium
Machine Gun Corps Names
To our knowledge there were no deaths of QOOH men who had been transferred into the Machine Gun Corps in this month
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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