QOOH / OY ROLL OF HONOUR
Remembered this Month of November
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 November are listed below.
Age at date of death, if known, is shown in brackets following date of death.
2nd Anglo-Boer War
1901
14/11/1901 Tpr Charles Measure D, of disease at Zeerust, N-West Province, S Africa
29/11/1901 (20) Tpr George John Bliss D, of disease (possibly enteric fever) at Mafeteng, Lesotho, Africa
First World War
1914
1/11/1914 (38) Capt Brian Charles Baskerville Molloy K, near Messines, Belgium
Commemorated at Ypres (Menin Gate) Memorial, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium
1/11/1914 (21) Pte Norman Francis Sheasby DW, at St Omer, France (received on 31/10/1914 at Messines, Belgium)
Buried at Longuenesse (St. Omer) Souvenir Cemetery, Pas de Calais, France
3/11/1914 (20) Pte Harold Francis Archer K, Wulverghem, Belgium
Commemorated at Ypres (Menin Gate) Memorial, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium
16/11/1914 (17) Pte Albert Edwin Horne K, Wulverghem, Belgium
Commemorated at Ypres (Menin Gate) Memorial, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium
22/11/1914 (21) Pte Frank Bennett Dallow, MiD K, Kemmel, Belgium
Buried at Kemmel Churchyard, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium
1917
2/11/1917 (22) Pte Reginald Barrington Buggins DW, at Rouen, France (received at Amiens)
Buried at St. Sever Cemetery Extension, Rouen, Seine-Maritime, France
27/11/1917 (22) Pte Charles Edwin Beckingham K, at Bourlon Wood, near Cambrai, France
Commemorated at Cambrai Memorial, Louverval, Nord, France
27/11/1917 (22) Pte Arthur Roland Smewing K, at Bourlon Wood, near Cambrai, France
Commemorated at Cambrai Memorial, Louverval, Nord, France
1918
1/11/1918 (31) L/Sjt John Richard Coleshill D, King George V Hospital, Dublin
Buried in Oxford (Botley) Cemetery, UK
3/11/1918 (34) Pte Walter Scott D, of pneumonia at Le Treport, Seine-Maritime, France
Buried at Mont Huon Military Cemetery, Le Treport, Seine-Maritime, France
5/11/1918 (29) Sjt Edgar Jesse Butler, MM D, of pneumonia at Henley-on-Thames, England
Buried at Henley-On-Thames (Fairmile) Cemetery, Oxfordshire, UK
5/11/1918 (27) Pte Joseph Bailey Cross K, Battle of Sambre, France
Buried at Obies Communal Cemetery, Nord, France
6/11/1918 (33) S/Smith James Streak D, of disease at Reading, England
Buried at Whitchurch Hill, Oxfordshire
8/11/1918 (25) Pte John Arthur Guy D, at 20 General Hospital BEF, Camiers, France
Buried at Etaples Military Cemetery, Pas de Calais, France
11/11/1918 (28) Pte Arthur Edward Jones D, of flu at Caudry, Cambrai, France
Buried at Caudry British Cemetery, Nord, France
13/11/1918 (22) Pte Robert William Dobson D, at Rouen, Seine-Maritime, France
Buried at St. Sever Cemetery Extension, Rouen, Seine-Maritime, France
19/11/1918 (32) Pte Frank Leonard Brandon Stuart D, of flu at Solesmes, Nord-Pas-de-Calais, France
Buried at Solesmes British Cemetery, Nord, France
19/11/1918 (28) Cpl Gerald Joseph Tompkins, MM D, of pneumonia/flu at Solesmes, Cambrai, Nord, France
Buried at Solesmes British Cemetery, Nord, France
22/11/1918 (27) L/Cpl Gervase William Smith D, of causes unknown at No 1 Australian General Hospital, Rouen, France
Buried at St. Sever Cemetery Extension, Rouen, Seine-Maritime, France
24/11/1918 (22) Sjt Lionel North D, of pneumonia at Etaples, France
Buried at Etaples Military Cemetery, Pas de Calais, France
29/11/1918 (20) Pte Stanley Stephen Bispham D, of pneumonia in Barrow-in-Furness, England
Buried at Barrow-in-Furness (Thorncliffe) Cemetery, Lancashire, UK
World War Two
1940
12/11/1940 (40) Gnr Harry Leno D, England
Buried at Bromley (London Road or Old) Cemetery, Kent, UK
1941
1/11/1941 (22) Gnr James Wheeler D, in England
Buried at St. Mary’s, Haddenham Churchyard, Bucks
1942
2/11/1942 (24) Gnr Eric Ward DC, of diphtheria and dysentery at Changi Hospital, Singapore
Buried at Kranji War Cemetery, Singapore (originally buried at Changi Hospital cemetery)
5/11/1942 (23) Gnr William Edward Adams DC, of diphtheria & myocarditis at Ban Pong, Thailand
Buried at Kanchanaburi War Cemetery, Thailand
17/11/1942 (24) L/Sgt Richard Parker DC, of dysentery at Tonchan Main Camp, Thailand
Buried at Kanchanaburi War Cemetery, Thailand (originally buried at Tonchan Main cemetery)
18/11/1942 (27) Gnr Leslie Armstrong DC, of dysentery at Tonchan, Thailand
Buried at Kanchanaburi War Cemetery, Thailand (originally buried at Tonchan Main cemetery)
22/11/1942 (28) Gnr Arthur Frederick Wise DC, of dysentery at Tonchan Main camp, Thailand
Buried at Kanchanaburi War Cemetery, Thailand (originally buried at Tonchan Main cemetery)
26/11/1942 (35) Pte James McLeod Ross (LAD att) DC, of dysentery at Tonchan, Thailand
Buried at Kanchanaburi War Cemetery, Thailand (originally buried at Tonchan Main cemetery)
26/11/1942 (32) Gnr Harry Spencer DC, of malaria at Kinsaiyok, Thailand
Buried at Kanchanaburi War Cemetery, Thailand (originally buried at Kinsaiyok cemetery)
28/11/1942 (25) Gnr Reginald Clark DC, of dysentery at Tonchan, Thailand
Buried at Kanchanaburi War Cemetery, Thailand (originally buried at Tonchan Main Cemetery)
28/11/1942 (35) L/Bdr Charles Edward Webber DC, of dysentery at Chungkai, Thailand
Buried at Chungkai War Cemetery, Thailand
30/11/1942 (31) Gnr Kenneth Parker DC, of beri-beri at Tonchan Main Camp, Thailand
Buried at Kanchanaburi War Cemetery, Thailand (originally buried at Tonchan Main cemetery)
1943
2/11/1943 (35) Gnr Robert Owen Lloyd DC, of avitaminosis at Chungkai, Thailand
Buried at Chungkai War Cemetery, Thailand
5/11/1943 (30) Gnr Richard Henry John Wakeman DC, of dysentery on the Thai-Burma Railroad, Thailand
Buried at Kanchanaburi War Cemetery, Thailand
9/11/1943 (22) Dvr Frederick Charles Austin (RASC att) DC, of Ulcers at Kami Songkurai, Thailand
Buried at Thanbyuzayat War Cemetery, Burma
18/11/1943 (24) L/Bdr Ronald Birks Fagg DC, of epilepsy at Chungkai, Thailand
Buried at Chungkai War Cemetery, Thailand
18/11/1943 (37) Gnr Archibald John Wallis DC, of cholera at Tarsao, Thailand
Buried at Kanchanaburi War Cemetery, Thailand (originally buried at Tarsao #3 cemetery)
19/11/1943 (33) Gnr Thomas Weaver DC, of beri-beri on the Thai-Burma Railroad, Thailand
Buried at Chungkai War Cemetery, Thailand
23/11/1943 (24) Gnr Victor Allan Datlen DC, of cholera at Krian Kri, Thailand
Buried at Kanchanaburi War Cemetery, Thailand (originally buried at Krian Kri cemetery)
26/11/1943 (25) Gnr Harry James Heard DC, of cardiac and beri-beri at H Force hospital, Kanchanaburi, Thailand
Buried at Kanchanaburi War Cemetery, Thailand
30/11/1943 (25) Gnr Joseph Smith DC, of dysentery at Chungkai camp, Thailand
Buried at Chungkai War Cemetery, Thailand (originally buried at Chungkai North cemetery)
1944
17/11/1944 (32) Gnr Robert Bruce Bland K, Boxmeer, Holland
Buried at Overloon War Cemetery, Noord-Brabant, Netherlands
17/11/1944 (30) Gnr Edward Cleall K, Boxmeer, Holland
Buried at Overloon War Cemetery, Noord-Brabant, Netherlands
17/11/1944 (24) Sgt John Dyason K, Boxmeer, Holland
Buried at Overloon War Cemetery, Noord-Brabant, Netherlands
17/11/1944 (25) L/Bdr Gordon Leslie James Hankin K, Boxmeer, Holland
Buried at Overloon War Cemetery, Noord-Brabant, Netherlands
17/11/1944 (29) L/Sgt John Arthur Painting K, Boxmeer, Holland
Buried at Overloon War Cemetery, Noord-Brabant, Netherlands
17/11/1944 (27) L/Bdr Reginald Frederick Quainton K, Boxmeer, Holland
Buried at Overloon War Cemetery, Noord-Brabant, Netherlands
17/11/1944 (36) Gnr Henry Arthur Wisker K, Boxmeer, Holland
Buried at Overloon War Cemetery, Noord-Brabant, Netherlands
29/11/1944 (25) Gnr William Jones DC, killed in bombing raid at Tha Makhan, Thailand
Commemorated at Singapore Memorial, Singapore
30/11/1944 (27) Gnr Ernest Edward Woodruff D, England
Buried at Oxford Crematorium, Oxfordshire, UK
1945
1/11/1945 (26) Gnr Peter Vernon Hornsby DW, England (wounded – 17/11/1944 at Boxmeer, Holland)
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 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 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 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
1916 QOOH 2nd/3rd unit Bn
1/11/1916 (32) Pte Leonard Dunley 2568 37334 2nd Bn Royal Berks Regt
DW, at Etaples, Boulogne, France (received in the trenches near Albert, Somme, France)
Buried at Etaples Military Cemetery, Pas de Calais, France
13/11/1916 (19) L/Cpl Ronald Anthony Walklett 2702 33049 2nd Oxf & Bucks LI
K, at Beaumont Hamel, Somme, France
Buried at Redan Ridge Cemetery No 3, Beaumont-Hamel, Somme France
1917
5/11/1917 (33) Pte Arthur Lisemore 3322 203314 1st/4th Oxf & Bucks LI
K, at Avion-Mericourt area, Pas de Calais, France
Buried at Thelus Military Cemetery, Pas de Calais, France
15/11/1917 Pte John Lowe 288832 260297 16th Bn Royal Warwicks Regt
K, Zonnebeke Area, West Flanders, Belgium
Buried at Buttes New British Cemetery, Polygon Wood, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium
22/11/1917 (42) Pte Percy James Jefferies 3255 235079 5th Oxf & Bucks LI
DW, at Rouen, Seine-Maritime, France (received at Ypres)
Buried at St Sever Cemetery, Rouen, Seine-Maritime, France
Machine Gun Corps Names
1917 QOOH MGC Sqn
29/11/1917 (26) Pte Rowland Stanley Knapton 2109 51481 4th Sqn MGC (Cavalry)
K, at Louverval, France
Commemorated at Cambrai Memorial, Louverval, Nord, 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
Dvr – Driver (RASC equivalent to Private)
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
Shg Sth – Shoeing Smith
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)
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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