nshighlander Posted 1 February , 2004 Share Posted 1 February , 2004 Hi I found this book today at a yard sell.It`s white and purpel cover.May British and Canadian names plus pictures.Does any know of this book.No author. Cheers Thanks for the help. Dave Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David_Bluestein Posted 1 February , 2004 Share Posted 1 February , 2004 Is this it? If so, I have always had the same questions...Mainly why were those show in this book selected, and who published it? I bought mine many years ago, and it has helped me in my research many time. Good find! regards David Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nshighlander Posted 1 February , 2004 Author Share Posted 1 February , 2004 That`s it.Anyone have an idea?Thanks for the pic Dave.Is there anything you don`t have? Cheers Dave Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rflory Posted 1 February , 2004 Share Posted 1 February , 2004 I have three of them, all different, and I have no idea how many different volumes were printed. It appears that they were sold on subscription and when they had enough biographies they put them in a volume. Here are the names of the men on the first page of each of my volumes: Lieutenant C K Anderson, Acting Captain Douglas J. Aldridge, and Major Norman Macleod Adam. Do your volumes have the same starting names or are they different? Regards. Dick Flory Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MartinWills Posted 1 February , 2004 Share Posted 1 February , 2004 There were about 13 different volumes in this series. They were "by subscription" and have the air of vanity publishing - whether realtives simply subscribed or paid a premium I do not know. Certainly they are not very common. Do be careful with copies as the colour does run with the slightest damp. As for the information I have found that it is not necessarily very accurate. Martin Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nshighlander Posted 1 February , 2004 Author Share Posted 1 February , 2004 Hi Dick Mine has Major Adam.Plus the ink has run on mine. Cheers Dave Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David_Bluestein Posted 1 February , 2004 Share Posted 1 February , 2004 Dick, Mine has Lieut. Dudley Alan Herbert Acheson Wouldnt it be great to have the whole set!? David Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rflory Posted 1 February , 2004 Share Posted 1 February , 2004 David: Does your volume have any Royal Artillery officers in it. Is so, I would appreciate knowing their names. Regards. Dick Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David_Bluestein Posted 1 February , 2004 Share Posted 1 February , 2004 Dick, I know it has at least one: Lieut. Harold Stratton Matthews 1st Brigade CFA (I have his 1914-15 Trio, Memorial Cross & Scroll) A quick flip through shows also: Lieut. H. L. McNaughton RFA Lieut. M. A. P. Noble RFA Hope that helps, David Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rflory Posted 1 February , 2004 Share Posted 1 February , 2004 David: Thank you. A little more information for my database. Regards. Dick Flory Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kate Wills Posted 2 February , 2004 Share Posted 2 February , 2004 We have Lt. C K Anderson as well and the ink has not run! For some reason these volumes, beautifully produced as they are, seem to sell for "silly money" and we have seen copies between £100 and £200. They are a lovely thing to have but can be pricey unless you are lucky. Here are the names from our volume (which Dick also has). Kate Lt C K Anderson Royal West Kent Regt Cpl John Frederick Andersson 10th Highland Light Infantry Lt Basil Claudius Ash 2nd Sherwood Foresters Commander Charles F Ballard R N HMS Formidable Major James Barrow 7th Cameron Highlanders Capt John Henry Strude Batten Kings (Liverpool) Regt Lt Robert Philip Behrens 2nd South Wales Borderers 2/Lt Hastings F Boles 17th Lancers (attd. RFC) Lt Henry Joseph Burke 1st South Staffordshire Regt 2 Lt Frederick Bonham Burr 3rd Worcestershire Regiment Col Henry Townsend Butcher Royal Field Artillery Capt C E W Bland Kings Own Scottish Borderers Capt The Hon. Ernest William Maitland Molyneux Brabazon DSO 2nd Coldstream Guards Capt Edward Henry Brocklehurst 6th Liverpool Regiment TF Capt George Clark Briggs 1st Royal Scots Fusiliers Capt G Cuthbert 8th Middlesex Capt Arthur Craven Charrington 1st Royal Dragoons 2nd Lt Harold Percy Clarke 6th (att. 2nd) The Rifle Brigade 2nd Lt Algernon Percy Clarke 1st/23rd London Regt. TF Major Hubert Francis Crichton 1st Irish Guards 2nd Lt Cyril A W Crichton 3rd London Regt. Royal Fusiliers. TF Lt Edward Charles Daun 2nd Royal Sussex Regt (Asst. Adj.) Capt W Richard Aston Dawes Wiltshire Regt 2nd Lt H G S Delepine Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry Lt-Comm Edward Ogle Disney Royal Navy Major Thomas Philip Godman Dorrington Royal Dragoons Col. Adrian Grant Duff C.B. 1st Black Watch Capt Rosslyn Curzon Evelegh 52nd Ox. & Bucks Lt. Infantry 2nd Lt D L De T Fernandes Beds Regiment Lt Col Herbeert Maxwell Finch DSO 2nd Royal Berks 2nd Lt Geoffrey Herbert Fisher 8th Sherwood Foresters Lt Col Laurence Fisher-Rowe 1st Grenadier Guards Capt Alan Fowler Queens Own Cameron Highlanders Lt Cecil Dashwood Milman Fowler 1st Queens Royal West Surrey Regt 2nd Lt Wilfred Armstrong Fox 1/4th Lincolnshire Capt Thomas Brittain Forwood 2nd Kings Own (Royal Lancaster) Regt Lt Edmund Lionel Frost 4th South Lancs Lt William Hyde Eagleson Gordon 8th Gordon Highlanders Capt Lachlan Gordon-Duff Gordon Highlanders 2nd Lt Ivan Hamilton Learmonth Gilchrist 2nd Northumberland Fusiliers Capt Sir James Ogilvie Grant 5th Cameron Highlanders Capt E M Grantham 3rd Lincolnshire Regt Capt Francis Octavius Grenfell VC 9th Lancers Capt Riversdale Nonus Grenfell attd. 9th Lancers Midshipman S G Hancock HMS Viknor Capt Lord Arthur John Hamilton Irish Guards Lt J C Henderson Hamilton 9th Black Watch Lt Gerald Percy Hall 2nd Highland Light Infantry Maj Archibald Bellairs Higgon L d'Honneur Royal Field Artillery 2nd Lt D E Hodge Suffolk Regt Maj Henry Charles Walter Hoskyns DSO Lincolnshire Regt Capt S F A A Hurt Royal Scots Fusiliers 2nd Lt Aubrey Gordon Irving Royal Engineers Brevet-Major H Cecil Johnson DSO Kings Royal Rifle Corps Capt Robert Warren Johnson RN HMS Cressy Lt D Kerr 14th Cheshire Regt 2nd Lt Thomas Pakenham Law 2nd Irish Guards 2nd Lt Alan Langlands 1st South Wales Borderers 2nd Lt F H Lambert 1st Hampshire Regt Capt Malcom Leckie DSO Royal Army Medical Corps Lt Gerald Lomax 3rd Welsh Regiment Capt Charles Graeme Lutyens East Lancs Regt Capt John Addis Markham 1st East Yorks Regt Lt Charles Herbert George Martin 3rd Monmouthshires 2nd Lt E A Matthews Northants Capt William McLeod McMillan Argyll & Sutherland Highlanders Capt Alexander Nicol Milne 6th Manchesters Lt J D G Miller 9th Black Watch Lt Eric Elsdale Molson 3rd Royal Scots Lt William Brian Mortimer 4th Durham Light Infantry Lt Edmund Mortimer Northumberland Fusiliers Capt John Francis Mott 2nd Yorks and Lancs Regiment Lt Col The Hon. George Henry Morris Irish Guards Capt W S Montgomery 6th The Liverpool Rifles Capt W E Murray 1st Gordon Highlanders Capt Edward Graham Mylne 1st Irish Guards Major Harry Nickson 1/4th Loyal North Lancs Regt Lt Charles Francis Nunneley 3rd Northumberland Fusiliers Lt Robert Evelyn Orlebar 2nd Middlesex Regt Capt C G W Peake Licolnshire Regt Lt Commander J S S Penrose HMS Bulwark Capt B L Perry Monmouthshire Regt Lt Evelyn Walter Copland Perry Royal Flying Corps 2nd Lt T C Pearson 2nd Bedfordshire Regt 2 Lt William Murray Porritt 3rd South Lancashire Regt Lt Geoffrey Cowper Spencer Pratt RH & RFA No 14 (Hqtrs) Anti-Aircraft Sect Lt F G Prichard East Yorkshire Regt Lt R G Prichard Suffolk Regt Lt Harry Noel Leslie Renton 9th Kings Royal Rifle Corps Lt John Stanser Rich 3rd (att. 1st) Kings Liverpool Regt Major William James Rowan-Robertson 1st Kings Shropshire Light Infantry Capt A W Robertson-Glasgow 39th Garwhal Rifles Major Andrew Roddick Essex Yeomanry Lt Col Henry Louis Rosher Dorset Regt Lt W B R Rhodes-Moorhouse VC Royal Flying Corps 2nd Lt T F C Salt 11th South Wales Borderers Capt Robert Montefiori Sebag-Montfiori Royal East Kent Mounted Rifles George Schack-Sommer 12th Artirsky Hussars Lt J V Scudamore Royal Fusiliers 2nd Lt Philip Haldane Shaw 8th Black Watch Lt Col Herbert Stoney Smith DSO 1st Leicestershire Regt Capt George Smith 6th Gordon Highlanders Lt Charles Noble Stacey 7th Middlesex Regiment Lt Col John Raymond Evelyn Stansfield DSO 2nd Gordon Highlanders 2nd Lt Leonard H Stern 13th London Regiment (Kensigntons) Capt Ronald Walter Sutherland Stiven 1st Royal Scots Fusiliers Lt Gordon Noel Balfour Swinley 3rd (attd. 2nd) Kings Own Scotish Borderers Major George Dighton Probyn Swinley 14th (KGO) Sikhs, Indian Army Capt Ainslie Douglas Talbot 1st Lancashire Fusiliers Lt Christopher Cecil Tower MA FRGS Essex Yeomanry Lt Commander Richard Chase Turner RN HMS Pegasus Lt William Stuart Turner 10th Scottish Kings Liverpool Regt Lt Frederick Harding Turner 10th Scottish Kings Liverpool Regt Lt Arthur William Winterton Turnour 2nd The Rifle Brigade 2nd Lt John Collett Tyler Royal Field Artillery The Hon. Frederick Ivor Thesiger Royal Artillery Lt Robert West Thornton 4th The Royal Fusiliers Capt Edward Gerald Mylton Thornycroft Kings African Rifles Capt Cecil Francis Harvey Twining Hampshire Regt Capt John Franks Vallentin VC 1st South Staffordshire Regt Lt Col Charles Augustus Vivian 15th Ludhiana Sikhs 2nd Lt Archibald Charles Mark Walsh Royal Horse Artillery Brevet-Major Philip Stafford Gordon Wainman 6th (Attd. 2nd) Worcestershire Regt Lt R Walmsley Yorkshire Regt 2nd Lt Edmund Basil Walker Royal West Kent Regt 2nd Lt Horace Holmes Watkins 3rd (attd. 1st) South Wales Borderers Capt Vivian Holmes Watkins 1/2nd Monmouthshire Regt Capt A St. John M Warrand Black Watch Capt Lionel West 8th London Regt 2nd Lt Walter de Winton 3rdf Coldstream Guards 2nd Lt William Spencer Joseph Wolseley 3rd East Lancs Regt Capt The Lord Worsley Royal Horse Guards Gentleman Cadet Arthur Guy Worthington Indian Army Lt Kenneth Herbert Clayton Woodroffe 6th (Sp. Res) The Rifle Brigade 2nd Lt Sidney Clayton Woodruffe VC 8th The Rifle Brigade 2nd Lt I N Woodiwiss 1st (Attd. RFC) Lincolnshire Regt 2nd Lt George Clinton Wright 2nd Devonshire Regt Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ianw Posted 2 February , 2004 Share Posted 2 February , 2004 It would seem an ideal project for someone to get all the volumes together, digitise them and produce a CD Rom or DVD. I wonder how many names would be covered by all the volumes ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Simon_Fielding Posted 2 February , 2004 Share Posted 2 February , 2004 Kate - any chance of the details on the 'Viknor' Midshipman please?? Simon Sorry about the size of my avatar - it's the best I can do!! Ooer missus!! Simon Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kate Wills Posted 2 February , 2004 Share Posted 2 February , 2004 Simon, Yes - though could you please bear with me, as I don't want to slam the book onto a photocopier, so the obvious alternative is a digital photo. Now, I can take digital photos, it is the next bit that foxes me, so your request will form part of my digital education. Also, could you let me have your postal address via PM, as I have the promised piece on Mott of the Artists Rifles. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
christine liava'a Posted 6 February , 2004 Share Posted 6 February , 2004 Lt W B R Rhodes-Moorhouse VC Royal Flying Corps If these were vanity books, it would be interesting to know what is said about Rhodes-Moorhouse. Does it include the fact that he was 1/2 Maori? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kate Wills Posted 10 February , 2004 Share Posted 10 February , 2004 No Christine, it does not mention that fact. It mentions his father, but not his mother (although this is the case with many of the entries). By the time of his death he was married with a daughter, and his entry ends with some of the cerrespondence his wife received from his friends and colleagues. Can you tell us something about his Maori family? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Conor Dodd Posted 18 December , 2005 Share Posted 18 December , 2005 How rare are these books and how much do the fetch ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Clive Maier Posted 19 December , 2005 Share Posted 19 December , 2005 ... By the time of his death he was married with a daughter, and his entry ends with some of the cerrespondence his wife received from his friends and colleagues. ... Rhodes-Moorehouse had an infant son who was to die 25 years later when his Hurricane was shot down over Tunbridge Wells. The aircraft crashed near Southborough but Willie Rhodes-Moorhouse DFC is not listed on the Southborough memorial. Rhodes-Moorehouse senior was one of the very few Great War dead to be repatriated. Father and son are buried side by side in the grounds of the family home in Dorset. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bernardmcilwaine Posted 19 December , 2005 Share Posted 19 December , 2005 there was one of these going on e.bay the other day,i dont know if its still up for grabs[not looked],but i think the binding was red not purple,bernard Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FredJCarss Posted 19 December , 2005 Share Posted 19 December , 2005 Cant find it. Guess someone else was lucky Fred Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jim Strawbridge Posted 19 December , 2005 Share Posted 19 December , 2005 Mine starts with Captain Arthur Addenbrooke, R.War.R. So between us we have five of the volumes which for ease of listing has the first entry as :- Capt. A Addenbrooke Lt. C.K. Anderson Act. Capt. D.J. Aldridge Major N.M. Adams Lt. D.A.H. Acheson Any more? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
archangel9 Posted 21 March , 2010 Share Posted 21 March , 2010 Reviving an old topic here Kate, Any chance of getting the details for "Capt Ronald Walter Sutherland Stiven 1st Royal Scots Fusiliers" ? Also any Connaught Rangers in these volumes? Cheers. John Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Patrick H Posted 22 March , 2010 Share Posted 22 March , 2010 Kate, is there any more information on Lt Christopher Cecil Tower MA FRGS Essex Yeomanry Is he from the Tower family of South Weald Many thanks in advance Patrick Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peridot Posted 22 March , 2010 Share Posted 22 March , 2010 From recollection there was another similar series called "The National Roll of the Great War 1914-1918", or are these the same ones? Peridot Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Old Owl Posted 22 March , 2010 Share Posted 22 March , 2010 Hi, No, these are definitely two totally different publications. The British Roll of Honour was a very high quality publication and all entries were paid for by the deceased officer's family. Certain officers do have entries in more than one volume and by that I mean in volumes which are not identical, if you see what I mean!! I can only assume that these duplicate entries were made by a further subscription from the families involved to boost and aid publication of subsequent volumes which were short of subscribers? I believe that entries for some officers do appear in up to five different volumes, although these numbers make up a very small minority. The National Roll contains entries which are mainly for survivors and have very brief service details, medal entitlements and home addresses. There are no portraits included and the publication was definitely more of a budget publication and was produced by certain cities and areas unlike the British Roll of Honour. Robert Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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