Woburn Paul Posted 1 January , 2009 Share Posted 1 January , 2009 I have just found a postcard (at Norfolk Record Office) of a War Memorial in the Knoll School, Aspley Heath, Beds. The Headmaster has written 24 names of Old Boys that the memorial was erected in honour of on the rear. The cross had gone by 1980's when I was there... It is now flats. As a private school, run by clergy, I believe all were officers. Some are local men, some not. I am fairly sure these are the details of most of them, but there could be errors, so please don't take it as positive identification, but these were good matches from CWGC for the names. I will look at Times Online, SD, TNA etc as soon as I can, but I wondered if anyone have anything on any of them already? AINSLIE, DENYS ALFRED LAFONE Lieutenant Devonshire Regiment 1st Bn. Date of Death: 24/10/1914 Son of Mr. and Mrs. W.L. Ainslie, of Hanworth House, Harrow Weald, Middlesex. Grave/Memorial Reference: Panel 8 and 9. Memorial: LE TOURET MEMORIAL BOWER, GERARD RIMINGTON Second Lieutenant The Queen's (Royal West Surrey Regiment) 1st Bn. Age: 19 Date of Death: 15/07/1916 Son of the late Theodore Herbert and Mary Whichelo Bower. Grave/Memorial Reference: Pier and Face 5 D and 6 D. Memorial: THIEPVAL MEMORIAL BURNETT, J CROOKHAM, H A R Lieutenant Cambridgeshire Regiment 1st Bn. Age: 22 Date of Death: 03/08/1915 Son of Rev. W. T. R. Crookham, C.B.E., T.D., and Beatrice Crookham, of The Vicarage, Wisbech. Scholar of Jesus College, Cambridge, B.A. 1915. Grave/Memorial Reference: Plot 1. Row E. Grave 7. Cemetery: LE TREPORT MILITARY CEMETERY CULL, ARTHUR TULLOCH Captain Royal Flying Corps 48th Sqdn. Secondary Regiment: Seaforth Highlanders Secondary Unit Text: and 1st Bn. Date of Death: 11/05/1917 Memorial: ARRAS FLYING SERVICES MEMORIAL DOWNES, ARCHER CHERNOCKE Second Lieutenant Cheshire Regiment 2nd Bn. Age: 22 Date of Death: 20/11/1914 Son of Catherine E. A. Downes, of Aspley House, Aspley Guise, Beds., and the late Lt. Col. C. V. Downes. His brother, Villiers Chernocke Downes also fell. Grave/Memorial Reference: I. B. 5. Cemetery: POPERINGE COMMUNAL CEMETERY DOWNES, VILLIERS CHERNOCKE Lieutenant Bedfordshire Regiment 1st Bn. Age: 23 Date of Death: 18/10/1914 Son of Catherine E.A. Downes, of Aspley House, Aspley Guise, Beds., and the late Lt. Col. C. Villiers Downes. His brother, Archer Chernocke Downes also fell. Grave/Memorial Reference: I. A. 7. Cemetery: LONGUENESSE (ST. OMER) SOUVENIR CEMETERY ENGLAND, N H Captain Royal Air Force 92nd Sqdn. Date of Death: 07/04/1918 Additional information: Husband of Dorothy Light (formerly England), of 57, Greyhound Lane, Streatham, London. Grave/Memorial Reference: On North side. Cemetery: OVING (ST. ANDREW) CHURCHYARD EXTENSION FORD, CHARLES BELL Captain Indian 103rd Mahratta Light Infantry Secondary Regiment: 7th Gurkha Rifles Secondary Unit Text: attd. 1st Bn. Date of Death: 30/09/1919 Grave/Memorial Reference: Panel 48. Memorial: BASRA MEMORIAL GRIMSHAWE, CHARLES RONALD VAUGHAN Lieutenant Durham Light Infantry 22nd Bn. Age: 25 Date of Death: 28/05/1918 Son of Capt. Cecil and Mabel Grimshawe, of Elmcote, The Goffs, Eastbourne. Born at Aspley Guise, Beds. Grave/Memorial Reference: III. H. 10. Cemetery: HERMONVILLE MILITARY CEMETERY HARTLEY, EDMUND Lieutenant Lancashire Fusiliers Unit Text: 2nd Bn. Age: 23 Date of Death: 18/05/1918 Younger son of W. H. and Gertrude Hartley, of Hoarstones, Burnley, Lancs; husband of Barbara Hartley. Grave/Memorial Reference: I. F. 6. Cemetery: MONT-BERNANCHON BRITISH CEMETERY, GONNEHEM HEWETSON, RICHARD JOHN PHILIP Captain The Loyal North Lancashire Regiment 3rd Bn. attd. 9th Bn. Age: 24 Date of Death: 03/07/1918 Only son of the Rev. W. Hewetson, M.A., and Mrs. Hewetson, of St. Cuthbert's Rectory, Bedford. Educated at Repton School and Oriel College (Oxford). Served from Aug., 1914, previously wounded at Loos, 1915. Grave/Memorial Reference: IV. F. 3. Cemetery: VENDRESSE BRITISH CEMETERY LANE, JOCELYN HENRY CAMBRIDGE Second Lieutenant Coldstream Guards 4th Bn. Age: 34 Date of Death: 16/10/1918 Son of F. G. A. and M. E. A. Lane, of Bloxworth House, Wareham, Dorset. Grave/Memorial Reference: XLVIII. B. 2. Cemetery: ETAPLES MILITARY CEMETERY LANE, W G Second Lieutenant Regiment/Service: Queen's Own Worcestershire Hussars (Worcester Yeomanry) Unit Text: 1st/1st Age: 23 Date of Death: 07/11/1917 Son of Mr. W. and Mrs. M. E. Lane, of Clerkenleap, Worcester. Grave/Memorial Reference: E. 361. Cemetery: KANTARA WAR MEMORIAL CEMETERY MILLER, E ORPEN, WALTER SELWYN Second Lieutenant Lancashire Fusiliers 2nd Bn. attd. 10th Bn. Age: 22 Date of Death: 06/07/1916 Youngest son of the late Rev. T. H. Orpen and Mrs. Amy 0. G. Orpen of 5, Herschel Rd., Cambridge. Grave/Memorial Reference: Pier and Face 3 C and 3 D. Memorial: THIEPVAL MEMORIAL PRINCE, JOHN CECIL BUTLER Lieutenant London Regiment (Queen Victoria's Rifles) 9th Bn. Secondary Regiment: London Regiment (Queen's Westminster Rifles) Secondary Unit Text: attd. Age: 21 Date of Death: 27/09/1918 Son of the Rev. J. H. and Mrs. Prince, of The Vicarage, Braunton, Devon. Educated at The Knoll, Woburn Sands and Bradfield College. Born at Exeter. Grave/Memorial Reference: A. 13. Cemetery: SAUCHY-CAUCHY COMMUNAL CEMETERY EXTENSION RENTON, HARRY NOEL LESLIE Lieutenant King's Royal Rifle Corps "C" Coy. 9th Bn. Age: 20 Date of Death: 30/07/1915 Son of James Henry Renton, of Aspley Guise, Bedfordshire. Educated at Harrow. Grave/Memorial Reference: Panel 51 and 53. Memorial: YPRES (MENIN GATE) MEMORIAL SCOTT, R J Second Lieutenant Regiment/Service: Royal Air Force Unit Text: 111th Sqdn. Date of Death: 07/05/1918 Grave/Memorial Reference: CC. 60. Cemetery: RAMLEH WAR CEMETERY SCOTT, J TANQUERAY, FREDERIC BARON Lieutenant Middlesex Regiment "B" Coy. 16th Bn. Age: 24 Date of Death: 01/07/1916 Son of Frederic Thomas and Catherine Tanqueray, of Woburn, Beds. Grave/Memorial Reference: B. 62. Cemetery: BEAUMONT-HAMEL BRITISH CEMETERY TRAILL, COLIN BALFOUR Major East Yorkshire Regiment 10th Bn. Age: 23 Date of Death: 28/06/1918 Awards: M C Son of Gilbert Francis and Edith Elizabeth Traill, of "Broadlands," Tunbridge Wells, Kent. Grave/Memorial Reference: Plot 1. Row A. Grave 4. Cemetery: LE GRAND HASARD MILITARY CEMETERY, MORBECQUE WARD, THOMAS PILLANS Lieutenant Northamptonshire Regiment 7th Bn. Age: 20 Date of Death: 31/07/1917 Son of the Rev. Thomas Ward, M.A., Rector of Alwalton, Northants. Grave/Memorial Reference: Panel 43 and 45. Memorial: YPRES (MENIN GATE) MEMORIAL WATSON TAYLOR, ARTHUR SIMON Second Lieutenant London Regiment 22nd Bn. Age: 33 Date of Death: 14/09/1917 Son of Arthur Wellesley Watson Taylor and Mary Emmeline, his wife (nee Murthwaite), of Haughton Grove, Ramble, Jamaica, British West Indies. Grave/Memorial Reference: II. C. 7. Cemetery: MENIN ROAD SOUTH MILITARY CEMETERY Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stebie9173 Posted 3 January , 2009 Share Posted 3 January , 2009 Thomas Pillans Ward is mentioned here: http://1914-1918.invisionzone.com/forums/i...mp;#entry725423 Steve. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stiletto_33853 Posted 3 January , 2009 Share Posted 3 January , 2009 Archer Chernocke Downes Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stiletto_33853 Posted 3 January , 2009 Share Posted 3 January , 2009 Archer Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stiletto_33853 Posted 3 January , 2009 Share Posted 3 January , 2009 Villiers Chernocke Downes Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stiletto_33853 Posted 3 January , 2009 Share Posted 3 January , 2009 These two officers both come from 'Wkkehamists Who Died in The War, Volume 3' Andy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stiletto_33853 Posted 3 January , 2009 Share Posted 3 January , 2009 Lane Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Esskay Posted 4 January , 2009 Share Posted 4 January , 2009 A few of them are featured in De Ruvigny - you can access it here - Volume 1 http://www.archive.org/details/rollofhonourbiog01ruvi Volume 2 http://www.archive.org/details/rollofhonourbiog02ruvi AINSLIE, DENYS ALFRED LAFONE - with a picture DOWNES, ARCHER CHERNOCKE DOWNES, VILLIERS CHERNOCKE GRIMSHAWE, CHARLES RONALD VAUGHAN - with picture RENTON, HARRY NOEL LESLIE - with picture Cheers Sue K Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stiletto_33853 Posted 4 January , 2009 Share Posted 4 January , 2009 Lane, From Wycliff and the Great War. Andy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Woburn Paul Posted 4 January , 2009 Author Share Posted 4 January , 2009 Gentlemen (and lady!) Many thanks for your links and pics of these men. I will follow them all up. I have now found Times death reports for: CROOKHAM, HUGH ANTHONY RUPERT DOWNES, VILLIERS CHERNOCKE HARTLEY, EDMUND HEWETSON, RICHARD JOHN PHILIP ORPEN, WALTER SELWYN PRINCE, JOHN CECIL BUTLER RENTON, HARRY NOEL LESLIE SCOTT, JOHN HASTINGS FOLLIOTT (Confirmed identity not known above) TANQUERAY, FREDERIC BARON The cross is actually still there at the school, having been put back together I believe when the building was converted to flats. I may have to have a chat with the modern residents and see if they would add the names on a plaque. Paul Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Will O'Brien Posted 4 January , 2009 Share Posted 4 January , 2009 SCOTT, JOHN HASTINGS FOLLIOTT (Confirmed identity not known above) Paul I'm sure that name is familiar to me. I'm pretty sure he was local & that his father was a vicar/rector of a local church. I want to say Hulcote or Salford towards Cranfield way but that could just be my memory playing tricks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Esskay Posted 5 January , 2009 Share Posted 5 January , 2009 Pretty good memory Will - reverse of his MIC on Ancestry shows his father as Rev R C F Scott, Halcote (sic) Rectory, Woburn Sands, Beds. Cheers Sue Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Woburn Paul Posted 5 January , 2009 Author Share Posted 5 January , 2009 Full points to Will! Times Online: Second Lieutenant J H F Scot, Oxford and Bucks Light Infantry, killed April 9th was 22 years of age, and son of the Rev R C F Scott, of Hulcote Recory Befordshire, and Chaplain to the Bedfordshire Yeomanry. He was educated at the Knoll Woburn Sands, and Lancing College with his twin brother Second Lieutenant C W F Scott, Ghurkha Rifles, and his elder brother Lieutenant R T F Scott East Yorkshire Regiment, who was killed in action on March 18th 1915. On the outbreak of war Mr Scott was tea planting in Ceylon and returning home, was given his commission. He joined a battalion of his Regiment at the front where he had been serving since last September. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hambo Posted 5 January , 2009 Share Posted 5 January , 2009 Paul I have the Lancing College Roll of honour which has photos of the Scott brothers, if you'd like a copy PM me with your email and I'll send it over. John was in Field's House from 1908 to 1913 Best regards John Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stiletto_33853 Posted 5 January , 2009 Share Posted 5 January , 2009 Scott Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stiletto_33853 Posted 5 January , 2009 Share Posted 5 January , 2009 John, Sorry we posted at the same time re Lancing. Andy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Woburn Paul Posted 5 January , 2009 Author Share Posted 5 January , 2009 I am a little confused about the Scotts. The names written on the rear of the postcard are: J. Scott & R. J. L. Scott I picked up the Knoll reference in Times Online for John Hastings Folliot Scott, which would be the J. one, but that leaves us with Richard Thomas Folliot Scott, his brother, which isn't a R. J. L. , although clearly both died. The handwriting is clear and all in CAPS. ?? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rollofhonour Posted 8 January , 2009 Share Posted 8 January , 2009 The battlefield cross for CROOKHAM, H A R is within St Peter and St Paul Church, Wisbech LIEUT. H.A.R. CROOKHAM, 1ST CAMBRIDGESHIRES, DIED 3RD AUGUST 1915 I.W.G.C. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rollofhonour Posted 8 January , 2009 Share Posted 8 January , 2009 Archer and Villiers DOWNES appear on the Aspley Guise Memorial Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rollofhonour Posted 8 January , 2009 Share Posted 8 January , 2009 The following appear on the stated memorials: Jocelyn Henry Cambridge LANE appears on the Singapore Cenotaph, Singapore Walter Selwyn ORPEN appears on the Cambridge, St Giles Memorial Harry Noel Leslie RENTON appears on the Aspley Guise Memorial Frederic Baron TANQUERAY appears on the Woburn Memorial Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Will O'Brien Posted 8 January , 2009 Share Posted 8 January , 2009 I am a little confused about the Scotts. The names written on the rear of the postcard are: J. Scott & R. J. L. Scott I picked up the Knoll reference in Times Online for John Hastings Folliot Scott, which would be the J. one, but that leaves us with Richard Thomas Folliot Scott, his brother, which isn't a R. J. L. , although clearly both died. The handwriting is clear and all in CAPS. ?? Paul Is there any evidence that Richard went to the school or has his name entered the discussion by association. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Woburn Paul Posted 8 January , 2009 Author Share Posted 8 January , 2009 Hi Will The John, I have confirmed as at the school re: the Times Online listing, as there is a "J Scott" on the card. There is also "R J L Scott", so the R could be Richard, but the other initials do not fit. There is nothing to say Johns brother was at The Knoll with him, or that the two Scotts on the card are related. [Does that make sense?] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Will O'Brien Posted 9 January , 2009 Share Posted 9 January , 2009 Hi Will The John, I have confirmed as at the school re: the Times Online listing, as there is a "J Scott" on the card. There is also "R J L Scott", so the R could be Richard, but the other initials do not fit. There is nothing to say Johns brother was at The Knoll with him, or that the two Scotts on the card are related. [Does that make sense?] Yes that makes sense. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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