QOOH / OY ROLL OF HONOUR
Remembered this Month of August
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 August are listed below.
Age at date of death, if known, is shown in brackets following date of death.
2nd Anglo-Boer War
1900
18/8/1900 Tpr Michael William Bond D, of disease at Kroonstad, Free State Province, S Africa
21/8/1900 Tpr George Boyles DW, at Johannesburg, Gauteng Province, S Africa, (received at Frederikstad, Gauteng Province)
1901
3/8/1901 Tpr Albert William Wand D, Mafeking, North West Province, S Africa
First World War
1917
10/8/1917 (28) 2Lt Harry Charles Ernest Biedermann K, nr Arras, France (whilst attd to RFC)
Commemorated at Arras Flying Services Memorial, Pas de Calais, France
1918
9/8/1918 (27) SSM Richard Tirrell Shrimpton K, at Vrely, SE of Amiens, Somme France
Buried at Caix British Cemetery, Somme, France
10/8/1918 (34) Pte Thomas Charles Edwin Newell DW, at Dury, Somme, France (received near Vrely, Somme)
Buried at Villers-Bretonneux Military Cemetery, Somme, France
10/8/1918 (28) Pte Walter Collett Timms K, Battle of Amiens, Somme, France
Buried at Warvillers Churchyard Extension, Somme, France
10/8/1918 (20) Pte Ernest Earp Tompkins (Essex Yeo attd) K, Battle of Amiens, Somme, France
Buried at Warvillers Churchyard Extension, Somme, France
11/8/1918 (34) Capt Horatio Alfred Fane, MC DW, in the Maucourt area, Amiens, Somme France (received near Maucourt, Amiens)
Buried at Mezieres Communal Cemetery Extension, Somme, France
12/8/1918 (23) Pte Edwin Edmunds DW, at Dury, Somme, France (received on 9th or 10th August near Amiens)
Buried at Villers-Bretonneux Military Cemetery, Somme, France
12/8/1918 (37) Pte Alfred James Jarman K, Battle of Amiens, Somme, France
Buried at Caix British Cemetery, Somme, France
22/8/1918 (20) Pte Richard Joseph Howkins DC, of wounds at a POW camp at Ludwigsburg, Stuttgart, Germany (received 23/3/1918 at the Battle of St Quentin, Aisne, France)
Buried at Niederzwehren Cemetery, Kassel, Hessen, Germany (originally buried at Old Cemetery, Ludwigsburg)
World War Two
1941
8/8/1941 (22) Gnr Anthony Gillgunn D, England
Buried at Preston (New Hall Lane) Cemetery, Lancashire, UK
1943
1/8/1943 (32) Gnr Samuel Arthur James Tyler DC, at Tha Makhan Bridge Hospital, Thailand
Buried at Kanchanaburi War Cemetery, Thailand (originally buried at Tha Makhan Bridge Hospital cemetery)
5/8/1943 (31) L/Bdr Harry Brady DC, of cholera at Tha Makhan, Thailand
Buried at Kanchanaburi War Cemetery, Thailand
6/8/1943 (23) Gnr Eric Gordon DC, at Tha Makhan, Thailand
Commemorated at Singapore Memorial, Singapore
7/8/1943 (33) Bdr Lawrence Wallace McGrevy DC, of cholera at Tha Makhan, Thailand
Buried at Kanchanaburi War Cemetery, Thailand
7/8/1943 (26) Gnr James Ebenezer Robert Wright DC, of cholera at Kinsaiyok, Thailand
Buried at Kanchanaburi War Cemetery, Thailand (originally buried at Kinsaiyok Cholera cemetery)
8/8/1943 (32) Gnr William Henry Coote DC, of dysentery at Hintock River camp, near Tonchan, Thailand
Buried at Chungkai War Cemetery, Thailand (originally buried at Hintock River camp, nr Tonchan)
9/8/1943 (35) Gnr Sidney Kearley DC, of malnutrition at Chungkai, Thailand
Buried at Chungkai War Cemetery, Thailand
15/8/1943 (33) Gnr Arthur George Stokes DC, of dysentery at Malay Hamlet, Thailand
Buried at Kanchanaburi War Cemetery, Thailand (originally buried at Malay Hamlet cemetery)
19/8/1943 (33) Gnr Thomas James Stanley DC, of avitaminosis and beri-beri at Chungkai, Thailand
Buried at Chungkai War Cemetery, Thailand
23/8/1943 (34) Gnr George James Nuttall DC, of beri-beri at Taichu #2 Camp, Taiwan
Buried at Sai Wan War Cemetery, Hong Kong
28/8/1943 (23) Sgt Cyril Buckle DC, of beri-beri at Tha Makhan, Thailand
Buried at Kanchanaburi War Cemetery, Thailand (originally buried ay Tha Makhan cemetery)
29/8/1943 (37) Gnr Ernest Arthur Palmer DC, of cholera and malaria at Tha Khanun, Thailand
Buried at Kanchanaburi War Cemetery, Thailand
31/8/1943 (28) Gnr George William Jeffries DC, of dysentery at Chungkai, Thailand
Buried at Chungkai War Cemetery, Thailand
1944
25/8/1944 (26) LBdr George Frederick Tiller DC, of amoebic dysentery at US Hospital unit, Bilibid Prison, Manilla, Philippines (had been a prisoner aboard the Hofuko Maru)
Buried at Sai Wan War Cemetery, Hong Kong, China (originally buried at US Cemetery No2, Manilla)
30/8/1944 Gnr Thomas Alfred Hardey DC, of acute colitis at Amagasaki, Japan
Buried at Yokohama War Cemetery, Japan
1945
15/8/1945 (36) Gnr Herbert Winston Wake D, of coronary artery occlusion near Keil, Germany
Buried at Kiel War Cemetery, Schleswig-Holstein, Germany
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
1917 QOOH 2nd/3rd unit Bn
13/8/1917 (23) Pte George Bolton Oates 3325 203390 1st/4th Oxf & Bucks LI
DW, at Vlamertinghe, Ypres, Belgium
Buried at Brandhoek New Military Cemetery, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium
16/8/1917 (27) Pte Walter James Baker 3189 203354 1st/4th Oxf & Bucks LI
K, at Langemarck, 3rd Battle of Ypres, Belgium
Commemorated at Tyne Cot Memorial, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium
16/8/1917 (26) Pte Arthur Frank Drewett 3192 33476 6th Oxf & Bucks LI
K, at Langemarck, 3rd Battle of Ypres, Belgium
Buried at Poelcapelle British Cemetery, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium
16/8/1917 (19) Pte Frank Arthur Edmund Hathaway 3306 203374 1st/4th Oxf & Bucks LI
K, at Langemarck, 3rd Battle of Ypres, Belgium
Commemorated at Tyne Cot Memorial, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium
16/8/1917 (30) Pte John Henry Howkins 3357 203303 1st/4th Oxf & Bucks LI
K, at Langemarck, 3rd Battle of Ypres, Belgium
Commemorated at Tyne Cot Memorial, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium
16/8/1917 (25) Pte Austin William May, MM 3326 203383 1st/4th Oxf & Bucks LI
K, at Langemarck, 3rd Battle of Ypres, Belgium
Commemorated at Tyne Cot Memorial, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium
16/8/1917 (24) Pte Harold George Morris 2971 203318 1st/1st Bucks Bn, Oxf & Bucks LI
K, at Langemarck, 3rd Battle of Ypres, Belgium
Commemorated at Tyne Cot Memorial, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium (CWGC records DofD as 19/8/1917)
16/8/1917 (19) Pte Stanley John Norgrove 3178 203625 2nd/4th Oxf & Bucks LI
K, at Langemarck, 3rd Battle of Ypres, Belgium
Commemorated at Tyne Cot Memorial, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium
16/8/1917 (29) Pte Arthur Albert William Serman 3426 203340 1st/4th Oxf & Bucks LI
K, at Langemarck, 3rd Battle of Ypres, Belgium
Buried at New Irish Farm Cemetery, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium
16/8/1917 (22) Pte Harold Smith 3277 203338 1st/4th Oxf & Bucks LI
K, at Langemarck, 3rd Battle of Ypres, Belgium
Buried at New Irish Farm Cemetery, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium
16/8/1917 (31) Pte Walter Allison Woodruff 3067 33321 1st/4th Oxf & Bucks LI
K, at Langemarck, 3rd Battle of Ypres, Belgium
Commemorated at Tyne Cot Memorial, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium
17/8/1917 (31) Pte Donald Andrew Murray 3404 203321 1st/4th Oxf & Bucks LI
K, at Langemarck, 3rd Battle of Ypres, Belgium
Commemorated at Tyne Cot Memorial, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium
22/8/1917 (19) Pte Edwin Akers Trinder 3317 203347 2nd/1st Bucks Bn, Oxf & Bucks LI
K, at Wieltje, Ypres, Belgium
Commemorated at Tyne Cot Memorial, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium
23/8/1917 (27) Pte Thomas William Richards 3074 32853 2nd/4th Oxf & Bucks LI
K, at St Julien, Ypres, Belgium
Commemorated at Tyne Cot Memorial, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium
27/8/1917 (19) Pte Harold Thomas Grain 3333 203370 1st/4th Oxf & Bucks LI
DW, at Wimereux, Pas de Calais, France (received at 3rd Battle of Ypres)
Buried at Wimereux Communal Cemetery, Pas de Calais, France
1918
8/8/1918 (25) Pte Arthur Thomas Appleby 2583 204415 2nd/4th Oxf & Bucks LI
DW, received at Nieppe National Forrest, Morbecque, Nord, France
Buried at Aire Communal Cemetery, Pas de Calais, France
9/8/1918 (26) Pte Joseph Yates 3097 204090 2nd Bn Wiltshire Regt
K, nr Hinges, France
Buried at Le Vertannoy British Cemetery, Hinges, Pas de Calais, France
23/8/1918 (19) Pte Leslie William Woodward 288813 31330 2nd Oxf & Bucks LI
K, at Arras (Battle of Albert), Pas de Calais, France
Commemorated at Vis-en-Artois Memorial, Pas de Calais, France
26/8/1918 (20) Pte John Wesley Simmonds 3323 203336 2nd Oxf & Bucks LI
DW, at Frevent, Pas de Calais, France (received near Arras, France)
Buried at St Hilaire Cemetery Extension, Frevent, Pas de Calais, France
31/8/1918 (23) Pte Walter Porter 37354 31317-7392 OBLI – 3rd Bn Worcester Regt
DC, at Trier, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany (of causes unknown)
Buried at Cologne Southern Cemetery, Nordrhein-Westfalen, Germany (originally buried at Trier Town Cemetery)
Machine Gun Corps Names
1918 QOOH MGC Bn
29/8/1918 (22) Pte Charles Edward Deadman 2579 165601 101st (Bucks & Berks) Bn, MGC (Infantry)
K, at the Somme (Bapaume), France
Commemorated at Vis-en-Artois Memorial, Pas de Calais, France (also served in Bucks Yeo with No 285606)
Other Unit Names
1918 QOOH 2nd/3rd Unit Unit
8/8/1918 (22) Pte Albert Sturgess 286100 305525 8th Bn Tank Corps
K, at the Somme
Buried at Heath Cemetery, Charbonnier’s, Somme, France
30/8/1918 (31) Pte Fred Powell 2251 51491-302281 MGC – 7th Bn Tank Corps
K, at Arras (Battle of Scarpe), France
Commemorated at Vis-en-Artois Memorial, Pas de Calais, 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
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, 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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