Tom Henry Innes- Whitehouse.

Born April 1895 Essex.

Died 9th June 1986

11 Kenton Road

Harrow on the Hill.

To be continued

Albert Edward Roach – Possible - Born 1890 in Plymouth, son of Albert Edward, a House Painter/Insurance Agent/Grocer/Baker/Shopkeeper and Elizabeth Harriett Roach; In 1891 age 11 months he lived with parents in Cambridge Street, Plymouth; In 1901 age 10 he was living in Plymouth with parents; In 1911 age 20, a Building Merchant’s Clerk he lived with parents in Exeter Street, Plymouth; Gazetted 19.10.1915 as 2nd Lt. on probation with Devonshires in Special Reserve of Officers, Territorial Forces records (deployed on home defence duties), and on 29.08.1916 was confirmed in this rank; First served in France 21.09.1916, promoted to Lieutenant 01.07.1917, returned to England 31.01.1917 Sick but was back serving with 1st Bn. Devonshire Regt. again in France on 18.09.1917, at Ambrines as 2nd Lt. No.2 Platoon Commander; For some reason it is noted on his MIC card that his name was not added to the roll and the BW & Victory medals were not issued? His name does not appear on the Devons medals roll either? I cannot

Anthony Edward Tweed – Born 04.03.1898 in Honiton, Devon, son of Edward Reginald Tweed, a Physician, Surgeon & Coroner and Geraldine Fraser Irvine Howard (born in Switzerland) and (who married 12.01.1893 in Westminster London); In 1901 age 3 he lived with parents in Hembury Fort, Payhembury, Devon; In 1911 age 13 he was a boarding pupil at Exeter Boys School, Exeter, Devon; On 27.11.1916 the Birmingham Daily Post reports that A E Tweed, Officers Cadet Unit, is to be a 2nd Lt. on probation, with the Devon Regiment; On 16.03.1918 the Exeter & Plymouth Gazette reports that 2nd Lt. A E Tweed is promoted to Lieutenant, Devon Regt., Special Reserve of Officers; Lieutenant A E Tweed was awarded the BW & V medals on the Devon Roll but marked ‘X Reference’ and subsequently the medals were issued by the Air Ministry from the RFC Roll (Royal Flying Corps); No MIC? I did find his Royal Flying Corps Records and have incorporated them here, remember that the RFC was an arm of the British Army in those days; I believe that this officer first served with the 3rd Bn. Devonshire Regiment and served in Mesopotamia before transferring to 57 Squadron, RFC in Egypt for aviation instruction on 21.07.1918; He appears to have been hospitalised for convalescence between 15.08.1918 and 13.09.1918 but I have no idea why; There are numerous entries for RAF training with various units/squadrons through until his Graduation on 01.04.1919; He then served in Palestine with 113 Sqn. and 111 Squadron as a 2nd Lt. (Honorary Lieutenant) Flying, throughout 1919; He returned Home 11.10.1919 and was transferred to the A/List on 28.11.1919; I cannot find him in 1921 but in 1926 he was a Civil Servant aged 28 and working in Nigeria, visiting England in November 1926, he gave a UK address at #2, Donoughmore Road, Boscombe, Bournemouth, Hants; On 18.11.1931 he was a Civil Servant and left England for Calabar by boat; On 11.06.1932 he returned to England via Liverpool from Calabar, Nigeria where he had been a Commissioner on Nigerian Government Service; I believe that unmarried Anthony Edward Tweed of Tetherdown, Windsor Road, Gerrards Cross, Buckinghamshire died 24.06.1937 leaving everything to his widowed Mum, He is buried in Camden, London; (Quite surprised there is no internet photo of him that I can find)?

Alfred Gilbert Saunders – Born 22.01.1892 in Lewisham, London, son of Joseph, a Tradesman/Grocer from Cornwall and Fanny M Saunders from Kent; (His Mum was previously married, Hardeman nee Moss); In 1901 age 9 he lived with parents in Whitstable, Kent; In 1911 age 19 he was a Clothier’s Assistant boarding at #73, Cooks Road, Kennington Park, Newington, London; Enlisted as #11552, Private, & promoted Sergeant in 9th Battalion, Devonshires; First went to France 15.09.1915; Discharged from the ranks, Commissioned and gazetted from Cadet to Temp. 2nd Lieutenant in the 3rd Battalion, Devon Regiment on 26.02.1918; The Western Times of 12.09.1918 reported that Second Lieutenant A G Saunders, Devon Regiment, attached to the Somerset Light Infantry was wounded on 11.09.1918; (Awarded the 1914-1915 Star, Victory & BW Medals but these were not claimed); There is a Pension Ledgers Index Card for Temporary 2nd Lt. Alfred Gilbert, 3rd Bn. Devon Regt. on file but no other information; Recorded as a voter at #24, Lynwood Road. Reigate, Surrey in 1919; Alfred G Saunders married Edith May Goss in Reigate, Surrey in 1920; On 30.05.1921 Alfred Gilbert Saunders, a 29 year old Buyer, living in Thornton Heath, became a Freemason joining the Anglo Colonial Lodge in London; In 1921 Alfred G age 29, a Clothing Salesman and wife Edith M Saunders age 26, (b.23.06.1894), from Redhill, Surrey live in Croydon, Surrey; In 1939 Alfred G, a Trade Clothes Buyer and wife Edith M Saunders & 2 others lived in Southgate, Middlesex; I believe that Alfred Gilbert Saunders died in Wellhouse Hospital, Barnet, Herts on 29.09.1943; His widow Edith May Saunders died in 1969 in Enfield, Greater London;

Arthur Frederick Stafford Northcote – Born 15.10.1881 in Sydenham, London, (baptised 08.01.1882 in Balham, Wandsworth), son of Stafford Charles Northcote, a Lace Merchant and Warehouseman from Surrey and Rosa Annette Wilson from the City of London; In 1891 age 9 he is living with parents & 7 siblings in Streatham, London; In 1901 Arthur Northcote age 19 lives with parents in Brompton, Kensington, London; He seems to have enlisted in the Rifle Brigade pre 1901 (Militia?) because The Portsmouth Evening News dated 27.12.1901 reported that Lieutenant Arthur Frederick Stafford Northcote of the Rifle Brigade, stationed in the New Barracks, Gosport was fined 2 shillings and sixpence for riding a bicycle without lights; According to Hart’s Annual List, Arthur Frederick Northcote of the Devon Regiment was a 2nd Lt. on 07.05.1902; On 21.06.1905 Arthur Frederick Stafford Northcote married Constance Fanny Salmon (a Colonel’s daughter born in Madras, India) in Portsmouth; He was promoted to Lieutenant on 04.01.1907 Devon Regt.; In 1911 Lieutenant Arthur Frederick Stafford Northcote, age 29 and married, is serving with the 2nd Battalion, Devonshire Regiment in St George’s Barracks, Malta and his wife is there also in married quarters; Recorded also as serving as a Lieutenant with 1st Battalion Devonshire Regiment, disembarkation 22.03.1914 in France; Served also as Assistant Provost Marshal, with 2nd Echelon (Graded as Staff Captain) on 16.09.1916; Captain (temporary Major) A F Northcote, Devonshire Regiment, Staff Officer, was Mentioned in Despatches, gazetted 04.01.1917, page 200 for his service in fighting in the North Russia Campaigns in 1918; Promoted Major, with the Devons, attached to the Oxford & Bucks Light Infantry; Awarded the DSO in 1920; Awarded the BW & V medals on the Devon Roll; GOC, XI Corps HQ submitted nominal roll of officers entitled to 1914 Star and he qualified for the 1914 Star, which was issued 19.06.1919; Major A Northcote, Officer Commanding the 1st Battalion, Devon Regiment applied for his medals on 20.05.1919 and also on 04.03.1920; Address given as #10, Canham Street, The Hoe, Plymouth, Devon, and also Mrs. Northcote, c/o Colonel W H Salmon, Alverstone, #19, Ashburton Road, Southsea, Portsmouth, Hants; In July 1922 he was O.C. of the Devon Regiment Depot in Exeter and hosted a 1st Battalion ‘At Home’ event; (I will note here that his first marriage to Constance Fanny Salmon broke up and they divorced in 1930 and she never remarried but lived until her death in Portsmouth in 1968); He married for second time in 1930 in Paddington to Violet Dorothy Theresa Elliot Jackson; On 11.02.1930 Arthur Frederick Stafford Northcote a Travel Agent Director age 48 & wife Dora Theresa Northcote age 30 arrived in Cowes, England having sailed from Tangiers on the ‘Sibajak’, address given as Whitewood, Willeys Lane, Caterham, Surrey (had they been to Tangier on honeymoon?); (They had 1 son named Peter Stafford Northcote on 10.07.1932 in Godstone, Surrey, who died in Surrey on 12.12.1932); On 19.07.1932 his wife Dora died in Surrey following childbirth; Arthur F S Northcote then married for a third time to Beryl Weekes (b.14.07.1895 in Devizes) in 1938 in Kensington, London; In 1939 Retired Major Northcote, Devon Regt. and Assistant to the Officer in charge of Records, a married man, was staying in the Westgate Lodge Hotel in Winchester, Hants, his wife is living at home in Henley, Oxfordshire; I believe that Arthur Frederick Stafford Northcote DSO, of #162, St Peters Avenue, Caversham, Reading, died on 19.09.1949 age 67 leaving his wife Beryl Northcote a Widow; His third wife Beryl Northcote lived until 07.01.1989 in Surrey;

Alfred (Alf) Sidell Mason – Born 08.06.1885 in Wivenhoe, Essex, son of Robert James Mason, a Master Mariner & Yacht Captain from Suffolk & Laura Etta Sidell from Norfolk; In 1891 age 5 he lived with parents in Wivenhoe, Essex; In 1901 age 15 he lived in with parents in Wivenhoe, Essex; In 1910 he passed the B.Sc. exam at the University of London; In 1911 Alfred Sidell Mason, a Schoolmaster age 25 was a Boarder in Colchester, Essex; In 1914 Alfred S Mason married Daisy Webb in Tendring, Essex; Alfred Sidell Mason enlisted and served as Lieutenant, from the Territorial Force Unattached List, gazetted and dated 09.03.1914 with the 6th Bn. Devonshires, and then promoted up the ranks to Major with 1/6th Bn. Devonshire Regiment; Disembarkation date was between 03.01.1916 to 29.03.1916, to Mesopotamia; Major A S Mason applied for medals 08.09.1919; Addresses given as The Pense School, in Cambridge; secondly Abbotts Hall, Mistley Manningtree, Tendring, Essex (near Colchester); and thirdly #14, Downing Street, Cambridge; Awarded the TWFM in September 1922 for his service as a Lieutenant and the BW & Victory medals as a Major with the 1/6th Battalion, Devonshire Regiment; It appears that he was also awarded an MBE and then an OBE on 03.06.1919; There is also a Pension Ledger Index Card on file for Major Alfred Sidell Mason of the 6th Battalion Devon Regiment having suffered a Gun Shot Wound to his left lung; In 1921 Alfred Sidell Mason, age 36, a Schoolmaster at Pense Boys School in Cambridge and wife Daisy Mason age 34 (b.23.12.1886 Mistley, Essex) lived with 2 daughters in Impington, Cambridgeshire; In 1933 Alfred Sidell Mason OBE, MA, B.Sc, lived at the Grammar School in Hampton; In 1939 Alfred S, a Secondary School Headmaster and wife Daisy Mason lived with 2 daughters in Hampton, Twickenham, Middlesex; I believe that Alfred Sidell Mason died on 24.01.1975 in #16, Maids Causeway, Cambridge, he is buried with his wife Daisy in Thurston, Suffolk;

Archibald George Blackmore – Born in Swimbridge, Barnstaple, Devon on 26.06.1881, (baptised 20.08.1882 in Swimbridge), illegitimate son of Lucy Blackmore (b.1860 in High Bickington); In 1891 Archie Blackmore age 10 lived with his now married mum Lucy Chapple and step father John Chapple in Barnstaple, Devon and their 3 children; (I failed to find him in 1901 or 1911?); A G Blackmore married Eveline Dymond from Bideford in 1917 in Barnstaple, Devon; MIC record has him serving with Canadians, as a 2nd Lieutenant, Devonshire Regiment and as Lieutenant attached to Royal Welsh Fusiliers; First served in France 23.10.1918; He enlisted initially with the 88th Battalion, Canadian Expeditionary Force and saw service in France with the Devonshire Regiment; I believe that Archibald & Eveline Blackmore emigrated/sailed to Canada in 1919; They are recorded in the 1921 Census of Canada; He applied for his Medals 07.03.1923, address given as 3275, Wascana Street, Victoria, British Columbia, Canada; A G Blackmore died in Victoria, BC, Canada on 27.03.1933 aged 51 having resided there for 20 years; Evelyn Blackmore and her 3 sons sailed from Montreal Canada to England on 03.06.1933 for a visit to Somerset, returning by boat to Quebec on 17.07.1933; His wife Eveline Blackmore died in Canada on 27.07.1983 age 88

Arthur John Bowden – Born 04.10.1889, Broad Clyst, Devon, son of John Thomas Bowden, a Gardener from Barnstaple and Mary Ann Brimacombe; In 1891 age 5 months he lived with parents in Broad Clyst, Devon; In 1901 age 10 he lived with parents in Broad Clyst, Devon; Arthur J Bowden enlisted in the Devonshire Regiment pre 1911, probably in early 1909 as Private, #8910, promoted to L/Cpl with 1st Bn. Devons; In 1911 Private Arthur John Bowden age 21 was serving in Malta with the 2nd Battalion, Devonshire Regiment; First went to France 22.08.1914; Arthur J Bowden married Ethel Sharples, from Newcastle, in 1916 in Dartford, Kent whilst serving with the Devonshire Regiment; Commissioned from acting Corporal as a 2nd Lt. in 2nd Battalion, Devonshires, gazetted 04.02.1918, serving until the end of WW1; On 11.03.1920 he became a Freemason age 29, his occupation was an Income Tax Inspector, in the Huyshe Lodge, Devonport giving his residence as Plymouth; Applied for his medals on 15.04.1921, address given as #76, Regent Street, Plymouth and later changed to #7, Windsor Terrace, The Hoe, Plymouth; Awarded the 1914 Star, British War & Victory medals; In 1921 Arthur Bowden age 30 is an Inland Revenue Civil Service Clerk boarding with his wife and 2 sons in Windsor Terrace on The Hoe in Plymouth; In 1939 Arthur J age 49, a Gen. Costs Clerk for a Weighing Machine Manufacturer and in the Regular Reserve of Officers, 2nd Lt. Devonshire Regiment and wife Ethel Bowden lived with their son in Empire Road, Ealing, Middlesex;

A N Everard – Did he serve briefly as a clergyman with the Devonshire Regiment? The London Gazette dated 20.02.1915 records that under Infantry Service Battalions, A N Everard to be Temporary Lieutenant from 05.01.1915, a rank which he Relinquished on 31.08.1915; Served as 2nd Lt. 11th Battalion Devons, formerly serving with 8th Bn. Devons; Awarded the SWB #383721 issued on 17.09.1916, address given was The Osborne Private Hotel, #38, Leinster Square, Bayswater, London; SWB 31148/9 further approved 27.05.1918, address shown as Seaton, Parkstone Avenue, Parkstone, Dorset; (This is the home of Arundel Nugent Everard, a married and Retired Clerk in Holy Orders, born 1859 in Marylebone, London; In 1911 he is aged 54 living in Bournemouth, Hants; In 1901 a Clergyman age 44 he lives with wife Lucy Everard (born Australia) in North Tamerton, Cornwall; On 6 Jan 1877 Arundel Athole Nugent Everard second son of the late Captain RN Everard of Randalstown, Meath, and grandson of the late Marquis d'Amboise married Louisa (Lucy) youngest daughter of the late Thomas McCombie Esq., of Tillyfour. And niece of William McCombie late MP);

Alfred Henry Isaac – Born 28.11.1888, (baptised 07.04.1889 St Leonard, Exeter), son of Edwin Isaac, a Gardener and Mary Jane Fost who were married in 1867 in Newton Abbot, Devon; In 1891 Alfred Henry Isaac, born Exeter, age 2, lives with parents in St Leonard, Exeter, Devon; Holloway Street Infants’ School has Alfred Isaac of Roberts Road, Exeter, entering on 21.08.1893 & leaving on 05.06.1895; Hele’s Boys School, Exeter – has Alfred H Isaac, born 28.11.1888, joining the school aged 11 in September 1900 and leaving the school in April 1904; Father recorded as Edwin Isaac a Gardener; In 1901 age 12 he lived with parents in Exeter; The 1911-1915 voters lists have Alfred Henry Isaac living with parents at #11, Roberts Road, St Leonard, Exeter; The Devon Officer’s WW1 Service personal files, records Lieutenant Alfred Henry Isaac serving with Devonshire Regiment (1914-1921); 11.10.1915 gazette has Colour Sergeant Alfred Henry Isaac to be Second Lieutenant from 12.10.1915 with the 2/7th Devonshire Regiment (TF); Inelligible for TF Efficiency Medal according to his Medals Index Card as under 12 years service in a Territorial Force; (I can find no other details for Colour Sergeant Isaac)? I can find no other information on his promotion to Lieutenant or Captain, yet his MIC records these ranks? In 1918 & 1919 Alfred Henry Isaac is registered as a voter in Oakford, Tiverton, Devon; In 1920 Alfred H Isaac married Kathleen M Hebden-Phillips in Marylebone, London; In 1921 Alfred Henry Isaac, age 32, a Wessex Associated News, Newspaper Manager, & wife Kathleen Mary Isaac (b.19.04.1893 in Essex) live in North Stoke, Somerset, (his Mum & Dad live with them); He applied for his medals on 11.12.1925, address given as ‘Oaklands’, Aldenham Avenue, Radlett, Hertfordshire; Medals issued 04.02.1926 and noted as Captain A H Isaac entitled to BW & Victory Medals with Devon Regiment; In 1926 to 1930 Alfred Henry & Kathleen Mary Isaac lived at ‘Oaklands’, Aldenham Avenue, Radlett, Herts; In 1939 Kathleen Isaac is recorded as being married and living with others in ‘Westcote’, Guildford, Surrey; (No other details but another Isaac person is blacked out in the record? There is an Alfred H Isaac who died in Surrey in 1956)

Arthur Edward Preedy – Born 04.05.1893 St George Hanover Square, Westminster, London, son of Arthur Preedy, a Clerk of Works (HM Office of Works), and Ellen Whincop; In 1901 he was age 7 and living in Chorlton cum Hardy Lancashire, with parents; In 1911 he was age 17, a Quantity Surveyor’s Assistant visiting a family in Wandworth, London; On 6th June 1914 Arthur Edward Preedy, a Surveyors Assistant age 21 of Hampton Court Palace, Middlesex married Alicia Clara Medcalf in Hackney, London; Following service from 1911 with the Civil Service Rifles, London he joined the Inns of Court Officer Training Corps in 1915 and gazetted on 04.12.1915 to be a temporary 2nd Lt. with the Devons then promoted Captain in 8th Battalion, Devonshire Regt.; First went to France 17.08.1916; He was wounded whilst serving with the Devon Regiment, and later becoming their Adjutant before becoming a Staff Captain in the Highland Brigade; In 1918 Arthur Edward and wife Alice Preedy lived in #132, Doggett Road, Lewisham; Address in 1920 for medals claim was The Palace, Hampton Court, Middlesex, so was he still serving or working there? (There is a record of Mr A Preedy being the Superintendent of the Palace from 1913 to 1928, could this be Captain Preedy’s father living in Apartment 65, The Georgian House, Hampton Court Palace); Following WW1 I believe that he moved to live in Derbyshire; In 1931-1932 Capt. A E Preedy of Belper was involved as vice-chairman with the British Legion in Derbyshire & also serving as a school manager on the Council Schools Board in Little Eaton, Derbyshire, as well as being a Freemason; In 1939 there’s a Arthur E Preedy, a married Colliery Salesman staying with others in #20, Denmark Road, Gloucester, his wife Alice C Preedy lived with 3 children In Shardlow, Derbyshire; His wife Alice C Preedy died in Derbyshire age 51; I believe that Arthur Edward Preedy died in Gloucester in 1975 age 82.

Arthur William John Reed – Born 1895 in Sidcup, Kent, son of Arthur Farrell Graham Reed, a Stockbroker’s Clerk and Alice Clay Reed; He appears to have been baptised on 08.11.1895 in Wyke Regis, Weymouth, Dorset, his Dad being classed as a ‘Gentleman’; In 1901 age 5 he lived with parents in ‘Barcaldeane’, Granville Road, Foots Cray, Sidcup, Kent; In 1911 Arthur William John Reed age 15 lived with parents at #9, Granville Road, Sidcup, Kent; Cadet Arthur William John Reed of the Officer Training Corps gazetted to be 2nd Lieutenant (on probation) on 15.08.1914 with the 3rd Battalion Leinster Regiment & then on 23.02.1915 A W J Reed, 3rd Bn. Leinster Regt. was gazetted as being confirmed in his rank; And then again gazetted as being confirmed in his rank on 09.03.1915 with 3rd Bn. The Leinster Regiment; On 15.05.1915 2nd Lt. A W J Reed, Devon Regiment is antedated, for the purpose of seniority; On 13.07.1915 Gentleman Cadet Arthur William John Reed from the Royal Military College was gazetted to be 2nd Lt. with the Devonshires; First joined his unit in France on 08.11.1915; On 27.09.1917 temp. 2nd Lt. A W J Reed, Devon Regiment was gazetted as being transferred to a Service Battalion with seniority of 01.03.1917; On 24.04.1917 Devon Regiment, 2nd Lt. A W J Reed was gazetted as being promoted to Lieutenant; On 01.03.1918 Lieutenant A W J Reed gazetted to be temporary Captain with Devon Regiment; On 30.08.1919 Lt. A W J Reed relinquished his Devon Regt. temp. Captain rank and was gazetted to be temporary Captain whilst he was employed as a Lewis Gun Instructor from 04.08.1919; On 01.05.1919 Lt. A W J Reed, temp. Captain in the Devon Regt. became an acting Captain with the Devonshires; (How difficult is researching the London Gazette records? Nightmare!); I believe that his name appears on a List of British Officers serving on 01.03.1920 in South Russia but this media is not available at the moment? His Medals Index Card has no mention of service with Leinster Regiment, is this a mistake? Medals claimed in 1920 for an address given as South Raglan Barracks, Devonport, later changed to Barcaldeane, Granville Road, Sidcup, Kent; In 1921 he married Gladys Elizabeth Hunt in Kingston, Surrey; In 1924 he is recorded as being registered for voting, along with his brother, at #31, London Streeet, Greenwich (abode, #9, Granville Road, Sidcup); I believe that Captain Arthur William John Reed, of Marang’a Fort Hall, Kenya died on 02.08.1937 age 41 in Nairobi, Kenya, East Africa; He is buried in Nairobi Forest Cemetery.

Alfred Thomas Coleman – Born 15.03.1893 Whitechapel, London, son of Henry Charles Coleman (London Fire Brigade) & Jane Grace Isaac; In 1901 he lived with parents in Clerkenwell, London; In 1911 he is an out of work Shorthand Clerk age 18, living with parents in East Dawlish, Devon; Enlisted as #1920, Private, with 1/15th Devons, served in India from 09.10.1914, renumbered in 1917 as #240434 & had been promoted to Corporal, still with 1/5th Devonshires; Commissioned 2nd Lieutenant, Devon Regiment on 14.06.1918 and attached HQ Surrey Base; Applied for his medals on 25.05.1920, address given as parents house, ‘Cartref’, Luscombe Terrace, Dawlish, Devon, (declared inelligible for the TFWM); In 1921 he is age 28, a Civil Servant with Inland Revenue Valuation Dept. working & boarding in Dorchester, Dorset; He married Eleanor B White in 1924 in Devonport; In 1939 he is a Senior Tax Officer, Inland Revenue living in Teignmouth, Devon; I believe that Alfred Thomas Coleman died on 24.12.1982 in Ermington, Devon.

Arthur Charles Bidgway – Born on 14.10.1889 in Plymouth, son of Ambrose James, a Licensed Victualler & Sarah Lucy Bidgway; In 1891 aged 1 he lived with parents in the Telegraph Inn, Old Town Street in Plymouth, Devon; In 1901 age 11 he lived with parents in St Andrews Place, Plymouth; In 1911 age 21 he is a Clerk living with parents & siblings in Mutley Plain, Plymouth; Gazetted as Special Reserve of Officers from a Cadet Unit to 2nd Lieutenant (on probation) 25.10.1916, with 3rd Bn. Devon Regiment; (Unfortunately his Long Service Papers & records in the National Archives have not been digitised); First went to France on 07.12.1916; In July 1917 at Railway Wood actions he was the 2nd Battalions right hand side liaison officer; 2nd Lt. Lieutenant A C Bidgway was promoted to Lieutenant, gazetted in 1918; On 06.05.1919 (Lieutenant) Arthur Charles Bidgway age 29 was initiated as a Freemason in St John’s Lodge, Plymouth; In 1920 he relinquished his commission but retained the rank of Lieutenant; After WW1, in 1921, age 31 he is an Accountant living in a boarding house in Clapham Common, Battersea, London; Medals were claimed 24.08.1922, address given as ‘The Maples’, #28, West Side, Clapham Common, London S.W.4; In 1924 Arthur Charles Bidgway married Ada Irene Crews (born 1890 in Devonport) in Plymouth, (his parents were by then running the Fortescue Hotel in Mutley); His wife died age 44 in Plymouth on 17.01.1934; In 1939 he appears to be a Widower, working as a Draper and living with a Widow Elizabeth Jenkins and her 2 children in Glenwood Road, Plymouth; I believe that Arthur C Bidgway died age 68 on 18.12.1957 in the Freedom Fields Hospital, Plymouth, Devon.

Ashley Gordon Wippell – Born 25.04.1886 in Exeter, son of Henry Hugh Wippell, a Church Furniture Manufacturer, and his second wife, Jane Haynes; (Note: His father, Henry Hugh Wippell, was Mayor& Sherrif of Exeter in 1907 & 1909 and died in 1912); In 1891 age 4 he lived with parents in Exeter St David; In 1901 age 14 he lived with parents in Exeter; On 27.01.1911 Exeter & Plymouth Gazette news - Territorial Infantry, local commissions – 4th Battalion, Devonshire Regiment (TF), Ashley Gordon Wippell to be 2nd Lt. dated 14th December 1910; In 1911 age 24, an Art ?? Works Manager, he lived with his parents in Exeter, Devon; Promoted to Lieutenant 22.08.1912; On 12.09.1913 Ashley Gordon Wippell married Stella Norman in Hadleigh, Suffolk; A G Wippell served in Mesopotamia and India with the 4th Battalion Devon Regiment (TF) from March 1916, and was invalided home; Later enlisted for WW1 regular army service; Gazetted on 24.03.1916 as Temp. Captain, then Gazetted Captain as from 01.06.1916 on 11.04.1917, 1st Bn. Devonshires, joining them at Nomes, France on 25.06.1917; He was wounded in France in August 1917 and finally retired with the rank of Captain; Awarded TFWM; Living in Exeter and a Church Warden of St David’s Church and an Ecclesiastical Furnisher living with his wife in Velwell Road, Exeter, he later moved to Topsham in November 1921; Medals claimed 17.08.1922, address given as Strand House, Topsham, Devon; In 1939 he was also a member of the 4th Battalion Old Comrades’ Association; In 1939 Ashley G Wippell, Church Furniture Manufacturer, retired 4th Bn Devon Regt. Captain and ARP Warden, lived with his wife Stella Wippell in Higher Shapter Street, St Thomas, Devon; I believe that Ashley Gordon Wippell died age 56 after a long illness in Topsham Devon in August 1941; He was a prominent Freemason, Worshipful Master of St George’s Lodge, Exeter (1932), and there was a huge turnout of mourners at his funeral; The family business of J Wippell & Company, Ecclesiastical Furnishings is still functioning in Plymouth to this day

Alan Charles Trott – Born 26.03.1895 in St Thomas, Devon, son of John Trott, a Science Teacher and Physics Lecturer and Dorothea E Robinson; In 1901 age 6 he lived with parents in Heavitree, Devon; Educated at St John’s Hospital School, Exeter, and then as a fee paying pupil at Hele Boys School, Exeter from 11.09.1908 until 28.07.1910; In 1911, a 16 years old scholar, he lived with parents in Heavitree, Devon; Originally recorded as serving with the 5th Battalion as 2nd Lt. and Gazetted Lieutenant (temporary) on 22.03.1915; Then on 28.05.1915 gazetted to be promoted from Lieutenant to temporary Captain in 5th (Prince of Wales’s) Bn. Devonshires; Served in Egypt from September 1915; Gazetted as Acting Captain from 23,02,1917 with the Devonshire Regiment; In June 1919 Lieutenant A C Trott with the Devon Regt. (Reserve, TF force) relinquished the temporary rank of Captain; In 1920 Lt. A C Trott resigned his commission but retained the rank of Captain ; Applied for medals 27.08.1921, address given as Levant Consular Service, c/o The Foreign Office, London S.W.1; (Note: The Levant Consular Service consisted entirely of natural-born British citizens who were placed into the service based upon an exam intended to measure their knowledge of and aptitude for learning foreign languages. The Levant region comprises Lebanon, Syria, Iraq, Palestine, and Jordan. In more modern times the term Levant has come to be used more specifically to refer to modern Syria, Lebanon, Palestine, Israel, Jordan, and Cyprus.); I believe that in 1924 aged 26 Alan Charles Trott was a Student in Orientatal Languages and a Probationer in Levant Consular Service at St John’s College, Cambridge; On 27.09.1923 The KING appointed him to be HM Foreign Office Vice-Consul in Tehran; On 29.09.1927 The KING appointed Alan Charles Trott, Esquire to be HM Vice-Consul at Resht, Persia in the Levant Consular Service; I understand that A C Trott was appointed an Assistant Oriental Secretary to HM’s Legation at Tehran from 02.05.1929; Promoted to be the Oriental Secretary in 1933 and on 01.04.1933 also given the local rank of Second Secretary in HM’s Diplomatic Service; In 1940 he was HM’s Consul in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia; In 1941 he was again the Oriental Secretary to HM’s Legation at Tehran; On 12.05.1945 he had already been awarded the OBE and was appointed HM’s Consul-General at Ahwaz, Iran; On 27.10.1947 Alan Charles Trott, Esquire, OBE, was appointed by The KING to be HM’s Ambassador Extraordinary and Pleni-potentiary at Jeddah, Saudi Arabia where he stayed until 1951; He was awarded the C.M.G. for his services; I believe that Alan Charles Trott died on 06.07.1959 in Surrey; His widow was Mrs Hester Dorothy Trott (nee Richardson, married in 1927 in Canford, Wimbourne, Dorset, they had 3 children), living at 65, Arlington Lodge, Monument Hill, Weybridge, Surrey.

Adrian Midgley Crabbe – Born 23.06.1898 in Hampstead, London, son of Herbert Ernest, a Public Company Secretary, Stockbroker & Landowner from Torquay, Devon and Florence Jane Crabbe from Suffolk; In 1901 he lived with parents in Finchley, Middlesex; In 1911 age 12 he lived with parents in Kingsteignton, Devon; The University of London records that he was a student there and that his Student Military Record started in 1914 and ended in 1918; He was also a Scholar at Newton College, Newton Abbot in March 1916; Gazetted 20.12.1917 from Gentleman Cadet at the Royal Military College, Sandhurst to 2nd Lieutenant with 1st Bn. Devonshires; First served in France 13.04.1918 and was reported on 14.06.1918 as having been wounded on 29.05.1918; Promoted to Lieutenant on 21,06.1919; In 1921 he was aged 22, a Lieutenant in the 1st Bn. Devon Regiment home in England on Sick Leave, living with parents in Teignbridge House, Kingsteignton, Devon; Applied for medals 24.03.1924, address given as Teignbridge House, Newton Abbot, South Devon; There is a Pension Index Card for him giving a new address at #14, Bonnington Avenue, Crosley, Liverpool 23; In 1933 Adrian M Crabbe married Eliza A Wilby in Chester, Cheshire; In 1939 he is a Cinema Manager and lived with his wife Eliza in Crosby, Lancashire; I believe that Adrian Midgley Crabbe died in Bingley, West Yorkshire on 30.10.1979 aged 81.

Albert Edward Knight – Born 08.04.1892 in Shebbear, Devon, son of Albert Knight, a Bible Christian Minister from Cornwall and Maybelle De Boyne Pollard from Greenwich, who married in 1890 in Cornwall; In 1901 age 8 Albert E Knight lived with parents in Roadwater, Old Cleeve, Somerset; In 1911 age 18 he was a boarding pupil at the United Methodist College in Shebbear, North Devon; I can find no other information regarding enlistment or service; Medals Index Card for 2nd Lieutenant, A E Knight, Devon Regiment (no battalion unit shown); Following the war he returned to his civilian occupation as a Master at Brigg Grammar School in Lincolnshire after WW1 in 1919; His name appears on the BW & V Medals roll for the Devons; Applied for medals 19.11.1930, address given as #19, Bigby Street, Brigg, Lincolnshire; Albert E Knight married Janet Mary Wragg in 1923 in Rotherham; In 1921 Albert Edward (Bumper) Knight aged 29 is an Officer & Assistant Secondary Schoolmaster at the Brigg Grammar School in Lincolnshire where he taught Mathematics and Science, he was also a keen cricketer; His wife, Janet Wragg, had worked there as a single teacher also, from 1917 to 1919, where she taught English and History; (I believe that he worked at the school from 1912 until retiring in 1958): In 1939 there’s Albert E Knight, born 08.04.1892, a Secondary Schoolmaster and Air Raid Warden, living with wife Janet M Knight born 12.10.1895, plus 4 others in ‘Cottesmore’, Wrawby Road, Brigg, Licolnshire; I believe that Albert Edward Knight died on 29.07.1962 at the War Memorial Hospital in Scunthorpe, and was cremated on 02.08.1962 in Lincolnshire; 

Eustace Arundel de St Barbe Slade Watkins – Baptised 11.03.1889 in Castle Combe, near Chippenham, Wiltshire, 3rd son of Robert Arundel Watkins, an Estate Agent from Yorkshire and Mary Etheldreda Slade from London; In 1891 he lived with parents in Shrub House, Castle Combe, Wiltshire; In 1901 age 12 he was a boarding scholar at #28, South Parade, Eastmans Royal Naval Academy, Portsmouth, Hants; In 1903 he lived with an aunt at the Glebe House, Settle, North Yorkshire and attended the Giggleswick School; In 1908 he is recorded in the Medical Students Register having passed his preliminary Exams with the Scottish Education Department, registration made in January 1908; In 1911 Eustace Arundel Watkins age 22 was already a Lieutenant in 3rd (Reserve) Battalion, Devon Regiment living with parents in Castle Combe, Wiltshire, having enlisted in November 1910 as a Lieutenant with 3rd Battalion, Devonshire Regiment, and when the regiment went to the front he was attached to the 2nd Battalion, Devon's; He first served with 2nd Bn. in France on 07.11.1914 reaching the rank of temporary Captain; Died of wounds at 2.10 pm on 31.01.1915 age 26 in the No.6 Clearing Hospital having been dangerously wounded in the trenches near Pont Rirchon by a sniper the previous day, and is Honoured in the Merville Communal Cemetery in France; Eustace Arundel Watkins is also Honoured on the War Memorial of the Guild Church of St Margaret Pattens, London; His name also appears on the Giggleswick School Roll of Honour in Settle and on the Castle Combe, Wiltshire War Memorial; Named on the BW & V medal Roll for Devons; His medals were claimed by his father on 23.03.1918, address given was the Shrub, Castle Combe, Chippenham; His medals were sent to Clava Lodge, Culloden Moor, Inverness-shire, Scotland on 10.05.1921

Austin Mozart Harvey – Born on 30.06.1886 in Newton Abbot, Devon, son of Mozart James Harvey, a Grocer from Cullompton, Devon and Mary Grace Cunning from Walford, Devon; (He was the 4th eldest of 8 children); In 1891 aged 5 he lived with parents in Bank Street, Wolborough, Devon; In 1901 age 14 he lived with parents in Wolborough; In 1911 age 24 he was a Unionist Association Registration Agent living with his parents in Abbotsbury Road, Newton Abbott; I understand that he enlisted as #20992, Private, in the 2nd Battalion, Devonshire Regiment; First went to France in November 1916; Obviously discharged from the ranks to become a 2nd Lieutenant in the Cadet Corps and was Commissioned on 30.10.1917 in the 2nd Battalion, Devonshires; On 17th October 1918 the 2nd Battalion, Devonshire Regiment’s trench diary recorded that 2nd Lt. A M Harvey joined them at Queat Drocourt; It is also recorded that 2nd Lt. Harvey had been captured by the Germans whilst crossing the River Escaut; His Medals Index Card indicates that he also served as a 2nd. Lieutenant with the A.D.E.T. a term I do not recognise? On 11.06.1919 the Taunton Courier & Western Advertiser reports that Second Lieutenant Austin Mozart Harvey of the Devon Regiment is awarded the OBE; Claimed medals on 24.09.1922, address given as ‘Ilex’, Abbotsbury Road, Newton Abbot, Devon; He is named on the BW & V Medals roll for the Devons; In 1921 he could not be found and I wonder if he was serving somewhere as a Political Agent in the Colonies? The London Gazette in 1920 has a promotion to Lieutenant and then in 1921 it records a military promotion for Lieutnant A M Harvey, MBE to be Temporary Railway Traffic Officer; In 1922 Lieutenant A M Harvey MBE, Territorial Force, relinquished his commission but retained his rank; In 1939 he is a Political Agent and Officer’s Emergency Rescue living in #34, Brighton Road, Couldson & Purley, Surrey; In the 1946 Electoral Register Austin M Harvey lived at #36, Brighton Road, Coulsdon, Woodcote, Surrey; I believe that Austin Mozart Harvey never married and died in Newton Abbot Hospital aged 69; The London Gazette of 1956 has a Notice Under The Trustee Act notice for the Death of Austin Mozart Harvey of #15, Abbotsbury Road, Newton Abbott, Devon, a Retired Political Agent (Captain, M.B.E.) on 25.01.1956; (Erroneous record in Ancestry.com records that Lieutenant Austin Mozart Harvey of the 5th (Prince of Wales’s) Battalion (Territorial), Devonshire Regiment Died on 27.10.1918)

Adolphe Leonard Denis – Was he Adolphe Leonard Saint/St. Denis? Internet has him born on 17.03.1881, it could have been India?; He was the son of George Andrew Saint-Denis according to his marriage details in India in 1920; Enlisted and served as #17130, Sergeant, 9th Bn. Devonshire Regiment; First went to France in June 1916; Commissioned as 2nd Lt. in 3rd Bn. Devon Regiment on 29.05.1917; Promoted Lieutenant on 30.11.1918; Promoted to Captain on the General List; Medals claimed on 28.04.1922, address given as #25/29, Broadway, George Town, Madras, India; Named on the BW & V Medals roll for Devon Regimen; I cannot find a record for him in 1921 but did manage to locate a marriage in India in 1920; On 06.08.1920, Adolphe Leonard Saint-Denis, a Commercial Traveller age 39 married Elizabeth Jane Heath, a Nurse age 37, born in St Albans Herts, in Colaba, Bombay, India; (In 1911 she was a Staff Nurse age 27 in Battersea, London); (I also believe that she sailed to India on 16.07.1920 onboard the ‘Mantua’); [I since disovered that Elizabeth Jane Heath had served as a Sister in the Queen Alexandra’s Imperial Military Nursing Service Reserve during WW1, serving at No. 17 British Military Hospital in Alexandria, Egypt, where she first went on 22.05.1915; There is a Medal Index Card on file for her; She was awarded the BW medal, Victory medal and the 1914-1915 Star which was issued on 14.04.1920]; In September 1924 Mrs. Eliz. Jane St Denis age 41 & daughter age 6 sailed from England to Madras, India on board the ‘Modasa’ to join her husband, (UK address was #70, Audley Road, Hendon, London NW4, although she did not live there earlier), intending to live in India, they had presumably been home in UK on a visit from India; (I cannot find her daughter’s birth (27.05.1921) in England either, perhaps she was born in India?); On 18.09.1926 A L Denis of Messrs Denis Wheeler & Co., Calcutta was sued and then acquitted on a breach of trust charge in Calcutta the Englishman’s Overland Mail Newspaper reported; In 1939 Adolphe L Saint-Denis, a Glass, food & drinks Container Travelling Salesman and wife Elizabeth J Saint-Denis (born 11.07.1883 in St Albans, Herts.) lived with daughter Elizabeth Lily in #29, Broughton Avenue, Finchley, London; Adolphe Leonard Saint Denis of #29, Broughton Avenue, Finchley, London, died age 63 on 12.07.1944 in Redhill County Hospital, Edgeware, Middlesex; Widow was Elizabeth Jane Saint Denis who died on 24.08.1960 in London.

Alfred George Sandwell – Born 20.12.1886 in Swansea, Glamorgan, Wales, son of Thomas Richard Sandwell, a Naval Pensioner from Margate, Kent and Anna Sandwell from Colyton, Devon; In 1891 Alfred Geo. Sandwell age 4 lived with parents in Swansea; In 1901 age 14 he was a Shoemaker’s Errand Boy living with parents in Swansea; In 1911 Alfred Sandwell age 24, now a Printer’s Compositor, lived with parents in Gordon Terrace, Swansea; On 01.08.1915 Alfred George Sandwell age 28, a Sergeant Major in the Royal Army Medical Corps (Territorials?), married Florence Elizabeth Griffiths (born 04.06.1880) in St Thomas, Swansea; Gazetted on 21.12.1917 that Officer Cadet Alfred George Sandwell, to become 2nd Lieutenant, with 5th Battalion, Gloucester Regiment w.e.f. 28.11.1917; Also served as a 2nd Lieutenant Devonshire Regiment; First served in France 02.06.1918; The 2nd Battalion, Devonshire Regiment’s trench diary records that 2nd Lt. A G Sandwell joined them at Rumes, near Tournai on 18.11.1918; He was granted leave to UK on 09.12.1918, returning to the trenches on 29.12.1918; 2nd Lieutenant A G Sandwell proceeded to the UK from France for demobilisation on 07.01.1919; Gazetted in 1919 that 2nd Lt. A G Sandwell to be Lieutenant (Territorial Force); Gazetted under Territorial Army in 1921 that Lieutenant A G Sandwell relinquished his commission and retained the rank of Lieutenant; Awarded the Victory and British War Medal (Gloucester Regt. Roll), issued on 03.02.1922 but no claim was made; In the 1919 electoral roll for St Thomas, Swansea, Glamorgan, Wales, Alfred George & Florence E Sandwell were registered at #23, Delhi Street; In 1921 Alfred George, a Printer Compositor age 34 and wife Florence Elizabeth Sandwell age 41, lived with her Blacksmith parents in Delhi Street, Swansea; In 1939 Alfred, a Compositor & wife Florence E Sandwell lived in Delhi Street, Swansea; I believe that Arthur G Sandwell of #23, Delhi Street, St Thomas, Swansea, Wales died age 56 at #55 Belmont Rise, in Maidenhead in 25.07.1943

Archibald McNeill Martin, born in 1869 in Blackheath, Kent, son of George Mather Martin, a Major in HM Forces (probably in the 42nd Deoli Regiment, Native Infantry in India); In 1871 Not found; In 1881 Not found? In 1891 Archibald McN Martin age 21 was a Lieutenant in the 5th Battalion (the Royal Westminster Militia), the Royal Fusiliers, boarding at #46, Warwick Road, Paddington, London; Archibald McNeill Martin, a Gentleman, married Anne Carter Hampson on 30.08.1893 in Ormskirk, Lancashire, (both were living at Knowles House, Ormskirk); From their 2 sons birth data Archibald & Anne were living and serving in Mysore, India from 1894 to 1901; On 28.06.1899 the 4th Volunteer battalion, the Devonshire Regiment appointed Archibald McNeill Martin, a gent, to be 2nd Lieutenant (gazetted 27.06.1899); The Western Gazette dated 06.07.1900 reported from the London Gazette that Lieutenant A M N Martin is to be Captain in the 4th Volunteer Battalion, Devonshire Regiment, (formed in 1860 as the 4th Devonshire Rifle Volunteer Corps); In 1901 age 31, living on his own means, Archibald McNeill Martin and wife Anne Carter Martin age 32 (b.06.05.1868 in Summerseat, Lancs), live with 3 children, two of which were born in Mysore, India, in ‘Stanwell’, Northam, Devon; On 13.08.1903 The Western Times has A M N Martin playing Croquet matches in Torridge Vale, Torrington, Devon; On 04.07.1907 North Devon Journal reports Mr & Mrs A Mac N Martin as mourners at the funeral of Colonel Charles Augustus Monroe (Indian Staff Corps) in Bishops Tawton, nr. Barnstaple, Devon; In the 1910 Voters Electoral list he is registered at ‘Stanwell’, Westward Ho; In 1911 Voters List for Northam Parish (Westward Ho) he lives at ‘Stanwell’ Nelson Terrace, Northam; In the 1911 Census, Archibald McNeill Martin, and wife Anne Carter, living on private means, age 41 and 42, are lodging with 2 daughters at Quay House, The Quay, Bideford, Devon; There is a Medal Index Card on file that records Archibald McNeill Martin as a Captain, 10th Battalion, Devon Regt. and the 19th Battalion (?), Devonshire Regiment, having first served in France on 22.09.1915; (He may well have served with them in Salonika from November 1915); Recorded as a Captain, Devonshire Regiment, on the BW & V medal Roll (medals issued 27.10.1921) & on the 1914-1915 Star Roll; On 17.02.1919 the OC of 53rd Battalion Hampshire Regiment submitted a claim on his behalf for the 1914-1915 Star medal; Address given was Rollestone, Salisbury Plain; Address later added as The Pines, Broadstone, Dorset; I believe that Archibald McNeill Martin died age 52 on 19.04.1922 in The Pines, Broadstone, Dorset, widow is Anne Carter Martin; In 1939 Anne C Martin, a widow on private means lived with a poultry farmer and married daughter at Stowford ‘Ridge Down’, Barnstaple, Devon; I believe that Ann C Martin died age 82 in Barnstaple in 1951

Arthur Herbert Smith – Born 1893 in Southampton, son of Thomas Jackson Smith, a Marine Engineer from Jersey and Ellen Hannah Pitt; In 1901 he lived with parents and seven siblings in Northam Road, St. Mary, Southampton; Not found in 1911; I believe that Arthur Herbert Smith first enlisted on 04.11.1914 as #3136 in the 2nd Life Guards in Southampton and rose to being a Lance Corporal; His MIC card also has him as an Acting Captain with the Devon Regiment but with no commission date, but showing that he first went to France on 13.08.1915; He served as 2nd Lieutenant, 2nd Battalion, Devonshires; Took part in the actions during the attack on Pozieres on 01.07.1916; On 26.08.1916 he was appointed Temporary Captain from 01.08.1916 whilst in charge of a company, having a short spell in hospital before returning to the trenches on 16.09.1916 and resuming Command of ‘C’ Company, 2nd Battalion, Devonshire Regiment; Captain A H Smith, age 23 was killed on 05.10.1916 during a 2nd Battalion raid on the German trenches, Honoured on the Loos Memorial, France; Parents lived at #312, Priory Road, St Deny’s, Southampton, Hants

Arthur Edward Slater– Born 27.11.1895 in Beckenham, Kent, son of Harry Slater, a Builder & Decorator and Lucy Elizabeth Pape both from Lincolnshire and who married in Dartford in 1887; In 1901 age 5 he lived with parents in Beckenham, Kent; In 1911 Arthur Edward Slater age 15 lived with parents in Beckenham, Kent; Gazetted as a temporary Second Lieutenant, Devonshires (Service Battalions) on 04.12.1915; The 2nd Battalion, Devon Regiment trench diary for 18.12.1916 reports that 2nd Lt. A E Slater joined the battalion in billets at Vergies; Gazetted as temporary 2nd Lt. from a Service Battalion to the Devon Regiment 03.01.1917; Marriage records show that 2nd Lieutenant Arthur Edward Slater of the Devon Regiment, married Kathleen Spicer, (b.1895 Hampshire), in Beckenham on 08.01.1917; On 22.11.1917 he was gazetted to serve as a temporary Lieutenant as of 01.07.1917; Transferred/attached and recorded as a Lieutenant in the Machine Gun Corps 04.04.1918; In 1918 Lieutenant Arthur Edward Slater, Machine Gun Corps is recorded as an Absent Voter in Bromley, Kent, his address is given as #257, Mackenzie Road; Relinquished his Commission with the Machine Gun Corps in May 1919 on account of ill-health caused by wounds received on 14.05.1919 but retained the rank of Lieutenant; Eligible for SWB on 06.05.1919 but no further record? No medals claim information; In 1921 Arthur Edward Slater, age 25, a Civil Service Clerk at the Air Ministry and wife Kathleen Slater live with their 1½ year old son Michael Travers Slater in Lewisham, London; In 1939 Arthur E Slater, an Air Ministry Civil Servant, and wife Kathleen Slater, an Air Raid Warden, lived in Saffron Walden, Essex; Arthur Edward Slater died on 21.09.1982 at #2, Cobb’s Place, Chelmsford, Essex; His widow Kathleen Slater died on 31.01.1987 in Sandon, Chelmsford.

Alan Sempil Hinshelwood - Lieutenant 9thDevonshires; Served in France from 28.07.1915, 1916, 1917, 1918; Italy 1917-18; (Metriculated 1913, Oxford, Hertford College); As a Temp. Lieutenant, acting Major with the MGC since 28.01.1916; There is a Medals Index Card for him; On the 27.09.1919 he relinquished his commission on account of ill health caused by wounds and was granted the rank of Major; Born 21.06.1894 in Hampstead, London; He was the son of Clyde Campbell Hinshelwood & Lina Florence Greenish; In 1901 he lived with parents in Hampstead age 6; In 1911 he lived with parents in Berkhamstead, Herts; He married Joan B D Mann in Easington in 1920; In 1921 the family lived in Hammersmith; In 1939 he lives with wife Joan & daughter in Richmond, Surrey, he is Chairman of Fire Office Commission; He died in 1972 in Tonbridge, Kent;

 Aubrey Charles Mackintosh – Lieutenant 6thDevonshires. (Matriculated 1913, Oxford St Edmund Hall); 2nd Lt on 07.07.1915; Medals Index Card indicates he first went to France 13.01.1917, served in India and his medal roll isued by Cin C Allied Forces Turkey in 1922; Born 23.09.1893 (baptised 19.11.1893) in Godalming, Surrey; In 1901 he lived with parents in Godalming; Address on Medals Index Card given as #5, Park Road, Hayling Island, Hants; I understand that he first married Winifred E Griffiths in Norfolk in 1913? Address on Medals Index Card given as #5, Park Road, Hayling Island, Hants; In 1921 he was a married serving Lieutenant age 27 in GHQ Barracks, Constantinople, Turkey; In 1939 not found; Married Kathleen Alice Pauli in Croydon in 1944; I believe that he died in Wandsworth, London age 61 on 22.01.1955

A H Bennett - (02.09.1914), Captain 2/5thDevonshires; Egypt 1915-16; Mesopotamia 1916-19; (Oxford Keble College, Matriculated 1913). He served in the ranks before being commissioned; Medals awarded 15.02.1921 Devon Roll; Nothing more found?

Anthony Longlois Massy Lefroy – 24.03.1915 Lt. 2/4th Bn Devons (Oxford Christ Church College, matriculated 1898); Temporary Major, Devonshire Regt., Staff Deputy Assistant Director of Railway Transport, Indian Army; Medals Index Card shows service in India from April 1916; Born in Hornchurch, Essex, baptised 28.03.1880; In 1911 he is age 31 and a Solicitor living in Kensington; In 1924 he lived in Kensington Mansions, Earls Court, London; He married Sheelah Georgiana Bertha Trench in Kensington on 15.10.1924; It appears that he suffered with Malaria aged 33; I believe that he died on 05.04.1957 in Longford, Ireland;

 Antony Buller Kitson – b.10.09.1890 Plymouth; His father was John Francis Howell Kitson, a Clerk in Holy Orders, his mother Charlotte Henrietta Edmonstone from Scotland; In 1891 he is age 6 months living with parents in Antony, Cornwall; In 1901 he lived with parents in Antony, Cornwall; (Oxford Worcester College, matriculated 1911); Transferred from Reserve to Regular Battalion 15.01.1915 as 2nd Lt; Promoted to Temp. Lt. 24.07.1916; Later promoted Captain, 11th Devonshires, served in France; In 1921 he was aged 30, a Schoolmaster at Christ’s Hospital School, West Horsham, Sussex; In 1939 he is single, a retired Schoolmaster & organist living with his sister Rosamond in Heatree Farm House in Newton Abbot, Devon; I believe that he never married and died in Exeter on 19.06.1974

Arscott Sabine Harvey Dickinson – 24.06.1915 Lieutenant, Royal North Devon Hussars att. 16thDevonshires. Served Egypt, Palestine & France (Oxford Worcester College, Matriculated 1913); Applied for medals 26.01.1927, address Upper Flat, New Longton, Preston, Lancs.; Born 28.11.1893 in Compton Gifford, Devon; His father was a Barrister born in the East Indies; In 1901 he is aged 7 living with parents in Bude, Cornwall; In 1911 he is age 17 living with parents in Sydenham, Kent; In 1918 he is a Lieutenant in the Army living at #21, Aynhoe Road, Hammersmith, London; In 1921 Arscott S H Dickinson age 27 was an Assistant Master at St Lawrence College in Ramsgate, Kent; I understand that he married Eva Louise Mace Sankey in Thanet, Kent in 1924 & they had one daughter; There is a Jersey registration card for 1940, with photo, available on the internet; I believe that he died on 24.08.1979 in Jersey, Channel Isles;

Alan Charles Cameron (revise repost) – Captain & Adjutant 8th Devonshires. France, Belgium 1915-17; Served in France 1916; Italy 1918-19 – he served in the ranks before being commissioned as #10537, a Sergeant in the Devonshire Regiment; Commissioned 06.02.1916; Captain & Adjutant 8th Devonshires. First went to France 25.07.1915; Served in France, Belgium 1915-17; Military Cross awarded 01.01.1918. ; France 1916; Italy 1918- 19; Claimed his medals in 1920, address was Bloxham Vicarage, Banbury; Was he born 19.07.1881 in Ireland? In 1901 he was an Officer Student at the School of Musketry in Hythe, Kent age 19; In 1911 he was retired Army Officer in the Special Army Reserve, age 29 boarding in Kensington; He metriculated in 1912 at Oxford University, Hertford College; I believe that he married Margaret Toomer in Fulham in 1919; In 1939 he lived with wife Margaret in Wimbledon, Surrey, a Retired Regular Army Officer employed as an Advertising Manager; I believe that he died 26.02.1956 in Wimbledon;

Arthur Northcote Pitts – Born 25.01.1896, Exeter St Thomas, son of Arthur Northcote Pitts, a Wine Merchant’s Accountant and Bessie Pitts from Devon; In 1901 age 5 he lived with parents in Exeter St Thomas; In 1911 he was age 15, a Boarder at West Buckland School in Devon; Enlisted & commissioned as 2ndLt./Lieutenant in 9th Bn. Devonshire Regt.; In 1916/1917 he is recorded as a voter at ‘The Cedars’, Alphington, Devon; Arthur N Pitts married Gladys Letitia Shelley in 1918 in Exeter, Devon; They had 2 children; He was declared Inelligible for SWB on 11.09.1919 but I cannot find any other info? Applied for Medals on 20.09.1919; Two addresses, #45, Okehampton Road, St Thomas, Exeter, and ‘Southfield’, #86, Wellington Road, St Thomas, Exeter; In 1921 Arthur Northcote & wife Gladys Letitia Pitts lived in St Thomas, Devon; I understand that in 1924 Arthur Northcote Pitts was Mayor of Exeter for a year (was this photograph of him born 1896 or his father born 1873?); In 1939 Arthur N, a Company Secretary & ARP Warden, and wife Gladys L Pitts lived in Exeter; I believe that Arthur Northcott Pitts, of Larkbeare, Exeter, died 14.02.1955 in Frenchay Hospital, Bristol aged 59.

Albert Walter Scott – Born 05.04.1892 in Brixton, son of Henry Albert, a Solicitor and Isabella Sarah Scott; In 1901 age 8 Albert lives with parents in Brixton, Lambeth; In 1911 Albert Walter Scott, a Law Clerk aged 18 lived with parents in Coldharbour Lane, Brixton, SW Lambeth, London; On 15.12.1916, as a young Army Lieutenant in the Durham Light Infantry, he married Dorothy Elizabeth Underwood in West Dulwich, London; Gazetted 15.03.1915 as a Cadet; Commissioned as Lieutenant and promoted to Captain, serving with the Devonshire Regiment; First served in Mesopotamia in September 1917 and arrived from Aligharbi on the River Tigris to join 2/6th Bn. as ‘C’ Company Commander on 20.07.1918 in Kut, south of Baghdad; On 25.08.1918 he took over duties at the Prisoner of War Labour Corps Camp; On 24.12.1918 he departed Amara for Baghdad ready for demobilisation; (Query: His Medal Index Card has him as a Lieutenant with Devon Regiment and a Captain, with Durham Light Infantry, General Special List?); Applied for medals 23.11.1920, addresses given as #383, Coldharbour Lane, Brixton and #19, Chestnut Road, West Norwood; In 1921 Albert Walter Scott is age 29 and a married Solicitor living with a sister in Dulwich, London; In 1939 Albert W, a Solicitor, & wife Dorothy E Scott live in Lambeth; I believe that Albert Walter Scott died on 15.03.1980 in London SE 19

Alfred Grahame MacMullen – Born 07.12.1891 in Queenstown, Ireland, son of A R MacMullen, County Cork, Ireland; In 1901 he is living with parents in Ireland; In 1911 age 19 he is a Gentleman Cadet at the Royal Military College for Training Army Officers at Sandhurst, Camberley, Surrey; Served with BEF 03.11.1914; In December 1915, whilst serving with the 3rd Bn. Devons, he married Dorothy Marrion Maggs in the Scilly Isles; 2nd Lt, with 2nd Bn. Devons; Joined the 1st Bn. Devon Regt. in the field as a Captain on 25.03.1916 at Arras; 1914 Star issued & awarded with Clasp & Roses 19.07.1920; Applied for his medals on 10.02.1920, address given as Kitchener Barracks, Quetta, Balochistan and Devon Depot in Exeter; There is a Pension Ledger and Index Card for him dated 19.05.1921 but no details; In the 1923 Kelly’s Directory he is recorded as Captain Macmullen living in The Wurlie, Exton, Exeter, Devon; In 1926 he returned to England from Arabia via Aden by boat, recorded as being ‘Army’; In 1939 he is staying in Little Crofton Cottage in Fareham, Hants, recorded as a married Retired Devon Regiment Captain from Infantry Centre in Exeter; On the 06.04.1940 Captain Alfred Grahame MacMullen married Priscilla Margorie Lovelace Carter in Budleigh Salterton, Devon (I presume his first wife had died or they were divorced)? I believe that he died on 26.06.1966 in Budleigh Salterton, Devon age 74

Arthur Southcombe Parker – Born 04.11.1897 in Plymouth, son of Arthur Southcombe Parker, an Architect from Exeter and Caroline Laura Cridland; In 1901 he lived with parents in Plymouth, Devon; In 1911 he lived age 13 with parents in Inglenook, Endsleigh Place, Plymouth; Initially an Officer Training Corps Cadet promoted on probation to 2nd Lieutenant on 15.12.1914; 2nd Lt. 3rd Bn. Devons; SWB issued 22.01.1917 (List 228) badge #192,557 for 2nd Lt. A S Parker, Army Service Corps, addresses given as Inglenook, Endsleigh Place, Plymouth, and #35, Sibella Road, Clapham, London; London Gazette dated 12.03.1917 records that Arthur Southcombe Parker (late of 2nd Bn. Devon Regt. Special Reserve), confirmed as a Temp. 2nd Lt.; Medals applied for 18.08.1919 at same address; On 09.12.1927 he qualified as a Dentist at the University of Liverpool; In 1939 Arthur S Parker, a Dental Surgeon and wife Mildred Lilian Ada Parker (nee Fowler), an ARP Ambulance attendant lived in Plymouth, Devon;

Aubrey James Fellowes Prynne; – Born 30.06.1894 in Notting Hill, London, son of George Halford Fellowes Prynne, an Architect and Bertha Geraldine Bradbury; (Note? His Dad served with the 2nd Company, London Yeomanry (Westminster Dragoons TF) as #1430, from 1911 to 1916, serving at Home except for 1 year in the Expeditionary Force Egypt in Gallipoli; I believe that he was at one point dangerously ill with dysentry & hospitalised in Malta in 1915 before being medivac back to England); In 1901 age 6 Aubrey lived with parents in Kensington Town, Kensington, London; In 1911 age 16 he is a student living with parents in Grange Road, Ealing, Middlesex; WW1 Service as 2nd Lt. & Captain in 3rd Bn. Devonshires; First went to France in 1915; Joined 1st Bn. Devonshires in the trenches on 18.08.1917 but on the 22.08.1917 he left for England to attend India Office Interview, returning on 01.09.1917; On 02.09.1917 he was posted to the 9th Bn. Devons; Captain A. J. F. Prynne was in Command of 7th Infantry Brigade in France in December 1918 (registered in War Diary for 9th Battalion); Assumed Command of the 9th Battalion on 07.05.1919 in Cambrai, France; Posted to #234 POW Company on 06.06.1919; Applied for medals 21.03.1922, adress given as The Gables, #3, Grange Road, Ealing, London, W.5; In July 1925 Aubrey J Fellowes Prynne married Gwendoline Sandford Windover in Brentford, Middlesex; In 1939 Aubrey J F, a Land Agent Traveller and wife Gwendoline Sandford Prynne live in Melton and Belvoir, Leicestershire; I believe that he died on 06.10.1971 in Winchester, Hants. Age 77

2nd Lieutenant Norman Fellowes Prynne also served with the 10th Bn. Devonshires but died on 24.04.1917 in Greece, Honoured on the Doiran Memorial

Arthur Victor Carlton Leche – Born 18.11.1895 in Axbridge, Somerset, son of Arthur Victor Carlton Leche, a Medical Practitioner (born at sea) & Sarah Charlotte Ludlow (born USA); In 1901 he lived with parents in Compton Bishop, Somerset; In 1911 age 15 he is a boarding pupil at Giggleswick School in Settle, Yorkshire; Commissioned as 2nd Lt. with the 3rd Bn. Devonshires, attached to 1st Bn. Somerset Light Infantry; First went to France 17.05.1915; Killed in Action 01.07.1916 at Beaumont Hamel on the Somme aged 20 & Honoured in Serre Road Cemetert No.2 in France; His Father Dr. A V Leche applied for his medals from Elmcroft, Axbridge, Somerset

Arthur Harry/Henry Staddon – Born 11.02.1893 in Brampford Speke, Devon; Son of Henry (a Sexton & General Dealer) & Elizabeth Staddon; In 1901 lived with parents in Stokes Cottage, Brampford Speke, near Exeter; In 1911 Arthur Staddon age 18 was a farm Labourer in Stoke Canon, Devon; #9487 L/Cpl. First Disembarked 22.08.1914; Sergeant 1st Bn. Devons; Commissioned on 28.08.1917 to 2nd Lt. then Lt. in 1st Bn. Devons; On 08.12.1917 Arthur Henry Staddon was in Reading attached to the Royal Air Force; His civilian occupation from 1910 to 1912 is given as Labourer, Exeter Golf Links; After RAF training from 08.12.1917 to 10.04.1918 he appears to have served with 29 Wing but there is no further information; Applied for 1914 Star on 18.05.1919, address given as South Raglan Barracks, Devonport, this was later changed to Topsham Inn, South Street, Exeter, Devon; In 1921 he was a married Licensed Victualer age 28 living in #48, South Street, Exeter, Devon, but no sign of his wife? (Was she Evelyn K Pridham, married in Tiverton in 1918 and what happened to her?); Arthur H Staddon married Violet A Oram in Exeter in 1933; In 1939 they lived in St Thomas, Devon, he was a General Farm Worker; He died 04.08.1965 in Exeter;

Arthur Dale – Born 28.07.1895 in Lytham, Lancashire; (Unknown biological parents); (As a young baby before the 1901 Census he was Fostered by ‘Granny’ Briant, who received a maintenance payment from his birth family. Family believed he had a Scottish father, who Granny (Louisa) Gay thought was a "Sir"); In 1901 Arthur Dale was a 5 year old boarder living with widowed Mary Ann Briant & a single female school teacher age 29 (Clarissa Evans) in Twickenham, Middlesex; Aged 15 he is still boarding with the same two females but now living in ‘Heathcote’, Church Road, Newton Abbot, Devon; Arthur Dale enlisted as #1353 Private 7th Bn. Devons; Commissioned as a 2nd Lt. Devons on 22,12,1915. – First went to France 18.09.1916, Killed in Action with 1st Bn. Devonshires, just 7 days later on 25.09.1916; (War diary indicates that 2nd Lt. A. Dale, 3rd Company, 1st Battalion Devonshire Regiment, Died in the Battle for the Somme after their objective had been reached. Killed by shrapnel at Bovril trench, West of Morval, France); Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial; 1922 medals claimed address, Mrs Mary Ann Briant (age 61), #3, Barnes Walk, St Ives, Hunts

Arthur Gilbert Walsh Church – August 1914; Captain 1/ 5th Devonshires. India, Egypt, Palestine, France; Killed in Action at Marfaux 20.07.1918 age 24 serving with the 5th (Prince of Wales’s) Battalion, Devonshire Regiment; Also Honoured on Dawlish War Memorial. Also on Charterhouse School Chapel Memorial, Godalming, Surrey; Matriculated Oxford 1913, Hertford College; Enlisted for service & promoted from 2nd Lt to temp. Lt. on 12.11.1914; Promoted to Lieutenant on 12.04.1917 with precedence from 01.06.1916; Born 13.07.1894 in Darjeeling India; His Dad, Charles Theobald Walsh Church was a Major in India (born in Dawlish, Devon) serving with the Royal Sussex Regiment in India pre 1901, his Mum was Gertrude Rose Birch born in India; In 1901 he is age 6 living with his parents in East Dawlish, Newton Abbot, Devon; In 1911 Arthur is age 16 & lives with parents in Dawlish.

Arthur Charles Vodden – Born 19.07.1890 in Exeter, Devon, son of Harry Vodden, an Insurance Inspector & Emily Townsend Carter; In 1891 he lived with parents in Exeter St Leonard age 8 months; Age 10 in 1901 he lived with parents in Exeter; In 1911 aged 20, a Draper’s Assistant, he lived with parents in Jaffa, Cullompton, Devon; Appointed Lieutenant, Devonshire Regt; Promoted to Acting Captain with 4th Bn. Devon Regiment 31.08.1916 and to Captain on 19.05.1917; Mentioned in Despatches, London Gazette, 15.08.1917 page 8332; Entitled to & awarded the TFWM as a Lieutenant, Devon Regiment; Captain A C Vodden resigned his commission on account of ill-health caused by wounds received on active service and was awarded honorary rank of Captain on 26.02.1918; Awarded SWB #382817 on 22.06.1918, address given as St Johns Hall, Highbury, London N.5; I believe that he was granted some sort of disability gratuity in 1918; In 1919 he married Frances R B Birkett in Bosmere, Suffolk and took up work as a Clerk in Holy Orders going to work in Kenya soon after; In 1924 he and his family returned from Mombasa to UK from working as a Reverend in Kenya Colony, going to Newport Vicarage in Barnstaple, Devon; In 1939 he is a married Clerk in Holy Orders living with his wife in #31, North Park Grove, Leeds, Yorkshire West Riding; He continued to work at several churches in England and was the vicar of Highfield Church from 1943 to 1950; I believe that the Reverend Arthur Charles Vodden of Paignton, Devon died on 15.03.1970

Archibald Franklin Raffin – Born 1892 in Paddington, London; (2 sisters were born in Calcutta, India)? In 1911 he was aged 18, a Draper’s Assistant, working and lodging in South West Hackney, London; Enlisted as #L/7586, Private, 9th Queens Royal Lancers Cavaly Regiment; (Also recorded as #L/7583, Private, 2nd Regiment King Edward’s Horse, Corps of Lancers); First served in France 15.06.1915; Discharged to Commission 05.01.1917 as 2nd Lt. in Devonshire Regt., then made a temporary Lieutenant and finally an acting Captain with 9th Battalion, Devonshire Regiment (Gazetted 17.12.1917); Awarded the MC, Gazetted 16.08.1917; He died 30.11.1918 in Le Cateau, France due to sickness age 26; He is honoured/remembered on the War Memorial in Farnham, Surrey; Widowed Mum’s address given as Mrs. Catherine Raffin, Beltinge, Weydon Hill Road, Farnham, Surrey;

Alexander George William Grant – Born 13.08.1868 in Kerwady, Bombay India, son of Thomas William Grant of County Cork, Ireland; Enlisted in the Duke of Cornwall’s Light Infantry (46th Foot) in 1890; Later recorded as Lieutenant Colonel, West African Frontier Force, (which consisted of 5 Bn’s. of Nigerian Regt., a Bn. of the Gold Coast Regt. and the Sierra Leone Battalion), and also serving with the 8th Bn. Devonshire Regt.; In 1891 he was a young 22 year old officer in the District Hut Encampment Barracks, in Pembroke, Pembrokeshire with the 2nd Bn. DCLI; He had married Margaret Florence Leawick in St Augustinas, Johannesburg, South Africa on 04.06.1902; In Hart’s Army List 1908 he is recorded as being a Captain in the 3rd Bn., DCLI (Transvaal Volunteers); In 1911 he was aged 45, a married Major in the West African Regiment, living in barracks in Wilberforce, Sierra Leone; He was Killed in Action in France on 25.09.1915 age 47, husband of Margaret Florence Grant of Carmel-by-Sea, California, USA; Honoured on the Loos Memorial in France; His name is also inscribed on a brass plaque in the Christ Church, Church of Ireland, Fermoy, County Cork in Ireland; Mentioned in Despatches, London Gazette 01.01.1916 page 36; His widow was awarded an educaional allowance grant and a pension of £300 per year

Alfred Rupert John Cyster – Born 15.11.1886 in Ditton, Malling, Kent, son of John Cyster [formerly Scyster], a Farmer and Martha Eliza Clarke; In 1901 he was age 14 living with parents at Brattle Farm in Staplehurst, Kent; Enlisted as a Lieutenant in Westmoreland and Cumberland Yeomanry; Lieutenant, promoted Captain & also served as acting Captain in Devonshire Yeomanry (T.F.); First served in France 07.05.1918; Mentioned in Despatches 20.12.1918, page 14938; In 1921 he is a Farmer age 34 living with parents in Gate Court Northiam, Northam, Sussex; Medals claimed 15.05.1922, address given as Gate Court, Northam, Sussex; Alfred Rupert John Cyster, a Retired Captain, married Katherine Georgina Wynne on 25.04.1930 in Northiam, Sussex; In 1936 they took a 1st class passage trip to Port Said on the ‘SS Myrmidon’; In 1938 he was a Justice of the Peace in the Eastern Division, Sussex; In 1939 they are Farmers & Landowners, living at Gate Court, Northiam, Battle, Sussex; I believe that he died on 23.08.1966 in Northiam, Sussex age 79

Arthur Ayliffe Jones – Born 10.05.1896 in Exeter, Devon, son of John Anthony Jones, a Railway Company Agent from Abergaveny & Elizabeth Hornsey; In 1901 he lived with parents in Exeter, Devon; In 1911 he lived with parents in Cullompton, Devon; Enlisted as #294, Private, Army Cyclist Corps, also #12915 Private in ACC; First served in France 21.02.1916; Then commissioned from an Officer Cadet Unit as 2nd Lt. in Devonshire Regt. on 28.11.1917 and promoted to Lieutenant; Awarded TFW medal; Arthur A Jones married Kathleen D Hoyle in Exeter in 1919; Medals claimed 26.11.1921, address given as #8, Linksfield Road, Aberdeen, then later changed to #78, Harcourt Road, Redland, Bristol, Glos; In 1939 Arthur A & K Kathleen D Jones lived in Bristol, Gloucestershire, he is a Brewer’s Clerk; I believe that Arthur Ayliffe Jones died on 21.02.1977 in Seaford Nursing Home, East Sussex

Alwyn Kingsley Adams – Born 16.11.1891 in Jersey, Channel Isles, son of Herbert Henry Adams, a Wesleyan Methodist Minister from Northampton and Ada Jane Duthoit Gibbens; In 1901 Alwyn K Adams age 9 lives with parents in Twickenham, Middlesex; In 1911 he is age 19, a Private School Teacher living with parents in Ruswarp, Yorkshire North Riding; Educated at University of London and is recorded on their War List dated May 1918 as a 2nd Lieutenant serving from 1914 to 1918; Served as 2nd Lt. & Lieutenant with 6th Bn. Devons; Serving at Sheikh Saad in January 1918; Serving in Kut, south of Baghdad in Mesopotamia in June 1918; In October 1918 at Amara he was admitted to hospital for a few days; I did not find a Medals Index Card?; In January 1921 he married Ivy Sylvia Wunder (born 30.09.1895) in Wandsworth, London; In 1925 they lived in Windsor, Berkshire; Medals claimed/issued 24.02.1926? In 1929 they lived in Lewisham, London; In 1939 he is living with his wife as a Secondary School Teacher (retired army officer) in Godstone, Surrey; I believe that he died on 10.01.1968 in #21, Hollybank Crescent, Hythe, Southampton

Arthur Edmund Spender – Born in Paddington in 1872, son of Edward, a Newspaper Owner & founder of the Western Morning News, originally from Bath and Ellen Spender; (I understand that his father drowned with 2 other sons in Whitsand Bay, Cornwall in 1878); Matriculated at Oxford 1890; In 1891 he lives with his widowed Mum in St Bartholomew Hyde, Hampshire, he is an Oxford University Student calling himself Edmund Arthur; Earned his B.A. on 14.11.1914; In 1906 he married Helen Frances Champernowne in Totnes, Devon; In 1911, aged 39 and the married Managing Director of the ‘Western Morning News’ he lived with family in Plymstock, Devon; General List of Officers dated 01.06.1915, records show Captain A E Spender, 5th Devons (TF Reserve) (He is also recorded in Oxford Christ Church College, Roll of Service dated 1916 & 1920); Medals Index Card not found? In 1921 age 49 he lived with family in Plympton St Maurice, Belle Vue, Devon, he was still MD of the Western Morning News; I believe that Arthur Edmund Spender died 06.07.1923 in Shrewsbury

Archibald Walter Harrison – Born 20.08.1882 Swindon, Wiltshire, son of George Harrison and Elizabeth Hudson; In 1891 he lived with his Mum & Grandparents in Castle Donington, Shardlow, Leicestershire and in 1901, aged 18 he lived at he same address; Educated at Loughborough Grammar School & University College, training for the Ministry at Didsbury College; Married Grace Elizabeth Simon in 1910 in Chorlton, Lancashire; In 1911 they lived in Burnley, Lancashire; Enlisted as 2nd Lt. in the 2nd Battalion, Devonshire Regt. as a combatant and then as a British Army Reverend, Royal Army Chaplain’s Department; First went to France 12.07.1916 and survived the Battle of the Somme; (Employed as a Minister of Religion, Wesleyan Methodist from 1905 to death in 1946); Awarded the Military Cross, London Gazette 30950/15.10.1918; In 1921 Archibald W, a Religious Minister aged 38 and wife Grace Elizabeth Harrison age 34 lived with 3 kids in Highgate, Hornsey, Middlesex; Address in 1923 for medals claimed was Westminster Training College, #130, Horseferry Road, London S.W.1; In 1939 he lived in Wandsworth & Teaching at Southlands College; He was Principal of Westminster College from 1930 to 1940; I believe that Archibald W Harrison died age 63 in Peterborough; (Harrison was also a well-respected historian who wrote many works of Methodist history. He died suddenly in 1946 during his term of office as President of Conference).

Alfred Joseph Elton Sunderland – Born 12.02.1875 in Shenston Lodge, Bedford, son of James and Florence Margaret (nee Elton Goodenough) Sunderland, of Egginton Vicarage, Leighton Buzzard; In 1881 age 6 he lived with parents in Leighton Buzzard, his Dad was Vicar of Eggington; In 1891 he lived with parents in Eggington Vicarage, Bedfordshire; Educated at Marlborough College; Alfred J E Sunderland joined the Devon Regiment on 28.09.1895 as Second Lieutenant, promoted Lieutenant on 13.10.1898, reaching the rank of Captain on 11.05.1901; He served through the South African War receiving the Queen’s Medal with 6 clasps and the King’s Medal with 2 clasps; From February 1906 to February 1909 he held the Adjutancy of his battalion, having previously been employed as Adjutant with a Militia Battalion; He was gazetted Major in September 1915 & then Lieutenant Colonel in the 2nd Battalion, Devonshires; Three times Mentioned in Despatches; Died 31.07.1917 age 42, Killed in Action by rifle fire near Railway Wood, whilst leading the attack; Remembered with Honour in the Belgian Battery Corner Cemetery and on the Eggerton War Memorial in Bedfordshire; 

Albert John Honeywill – Born in Cardiff, Glamorgan, Wales on 02.12.1892, son of Joseph a Butcher & Shopkeeper from Ireland, and Mary L Honeywill; In 1901 he is age 8 living with parents in Kingsteignton, Devon; In 1911 he is age 18 and assisting his father in the butchery business in Kingsteignton; Enlisted as #3381, Private in the Royal 1st Devon Yeomanry and #33251, L/Cpl, 1st Bn., Devonshire Regiment; (He was discharged on 26.09.1917 under KR’s para 392, xixa); Commissioned as a 2nd Lt. in 1917 with No.2 Company, 1st Bn. Devonshires; Promoted to Captain serving with the 1st Bn. (wounded on 21.08.1918); Served with 9th Batalion, Devon Regiment; Address for medals claimed given as Fore Street, Kingsteignton, Newton Abbot, Devon; In 1921 Albert John Honeywill is a Butcher and Cattle Dealer age 28 living with his elder brother Joseph and an older Aunt in Fore Street, Kingsteignton; In 1922 in Newton Abbot Albert J Honeywill married Epsa Heywood Thomas; In 1939 Albert J & wife Epsa H Honeywill live in Newton Abbot, Devon, he is now a Master Cattle Salesman and Retired Captain in the Emergency Reserve; I believe that he died age 80 in 1973, Torbay, Devon

Archibald Hugo Chicheley Plowden – Born 15.10.1896 in Lyons, France, (baptised in Shincliffe, Durham 02.05.1897), son of Richard Chicheley & Ethel Sarah (nee Bulman) Plowden; In 1901 Archibald Plowden was age 4, a pupil at ‘Clifton Down’ private school residence, with his siblings, in Clifton, Bristol, Gloucestershire; In 1911 he was age 14, a boarding pupil in Blundell’s Private School, Old House, Tiverton, Devon; Enlisted for WW1 service as Lieutenant, 4th Bn. Devon Regiment; First served in Palestine from October 1917; London Gazetted 14.10.1919; Eligible for SWB 26.09.1919 but I believe he never claimed it; There is a UK WW1 Pension Index Card on file but no other information: Claimed other medals 08.11.1921, address given as an Apartment House, #8, Devonshire Place, Exeter, Devon; In 1926 he is recorded as a voter in #12, Ashcroft Villas, Cirencester, Gloucestershire; He went to live in South Africa around this time & never married; On 20.05.1935 he visited UK, as a Brewer visiting Fleet, Hants., from Durban, South Africa; I believe that he died on 11.04.1943 age 46 in Transvaal Province, South Africa

Alan Monk – Baptised 12.08.1893 in Truro, Cornwall, son of Mark James, a Director of Music, and Alice Emily Monk; In 1901, age 7 Alan Monk lives with parents in St Clements, Truro, Cornwall; In 1911 Alan Monk is a Student age 17, boarding in Portscatho Rectory, Cornwall; Enlisted as Lieutenant, Devonshire Regt.; First served in France 29.07.1916; Died, Killed in Action, attached to 8th Battalion, Devonshires on 26.10.1917, and is Honoured on the Tyne Cot Memorial, Belgium; Medals claimed 27.02.1922 by his brother, address given as William John Monk, #5, Kings Park Road, Bournemouth, Hants;

Albert Edward Whitty – Born 1893 in Bromsgrove, Worcestershire, son of Alfred John, a Gardener and Mary Jane (nee Broadhurst) Whitty and in 1901 he lived with them in Yardley, Worcestershire; In 1911 Albert Whitty, a Gardener aged 18 lived with parents in Wadebridge, Cornwall; Enlisted as #9607 L/Cpl 1st Bn. Devonshire, promoted to (WO2) Company Sergeant Major, 1st Battalion, Devons; Mentioned in Despatches, London Gazette 01.01.1916 (page 36); Commissioned on 28.08.1917 as 2nd Lt. and then promoted Lieutenant, 1st Bn. Devons; First Served in France 22.08.1914; In 1918 in Honiton, Devon Albert Whitty married Ada Norton; He Claimed for 1914 Star 18.05.1919; In 1921 Albert, a retired Military Officer age 27 and wife Ada Whitty lived at #8, Fortescue Place, Plymouth Devon; I believe that Albert E Whitty died age 65 in Dorchester, Dorset

Albert Octavius Ward – Born in Darley Abbey, Derbyshire on 30.07.1895, son of John, a house painter & Annie Eliza Ward; In 1901 he lived with parents in Darley Abbbey, Derbyshire; In 1911 he was age 15, a Grocer’s Assistant & lived with parents in Darley Abbey, Derbyshire; Enlisted as Private #15298 Devonshires; First went to France 07.10.1915; Commissioned to 2nd Lt. in 1st Bn. Devons on 26.06.1917; Awarded the MC and Bar on 18.02.1918 whilst attached to 1/9th Liverpool Regiment; In 1921 his medals were sent to Holbrook View, South Crighton Road, Stoney Gate, Leicester; He married Belmont Edith L Gooding, born 1900 in Frankfurt, Germany, in Leicester 1919 & in 1921 he is aged 25 & they are living with her parents in #24, South Knighton Road, Leicester, he is a Commercial Traveller; In 1939 he is a widower and Boat Hire Director living with a daughter at the same address as 1921; I believe that he died in Scunthorpe, Lincolnshire in 1988

Alan Cockeram - born 06.12.1894 in Topsham, Devon; In 1911 Alan Cockeram, a Shipping Clerk age 16 lived with his widowed Mum in West Drayton, Middlesex; Enlisted #59178, Private, in 21st. Cavalry Infantry Battalion; First served in France 14.09.1915; Then Commissioned 2nd Lt. with 1st Bn. Devonshires; Then promoted to Lieutenant, 21st Canadian Bn.; Awarded DSO Medal as a Lieutenant Colonel, Second in Command of the Irish Regiment of Canada; Medals applied for from Director of Records, Militia Council, Ottawa, Canada on 10.12.1920, later changed to box 755, Haileybury, Ontario, Canada; I believe that he died 10.09.1957 in Toronto leaving a widow Dorothy H (nee Maw) Cockeram who died in 1989

Audley St John Perkins – Born 1884 in Worcester, Worcestershire, son of Alfred Edward, a Hotel Proprietor & Amelia E Perkins of St Andrew’s House, Droitwich in 1917; In 1891 he lived with parents in Taunton, Somerset; In 1901 he was a boarding scholar at Warminster Grammar School, Wiltshire; Enlisted as Lieutenant, 9th Bn. Devon Regiment; First served in France in May 1915; He planned, led and was killed in an action along with 25 others from the 8th and 9th Battalions of the Devonshire Regiment on 02.04.1917 age 33; Honoured in the H.A.C. Cemetery, Ecoust-St. Mein; his medals were claimed by A. H. Perkins JP, Queens Hotel, Torquay;

Alexander Thomas Price - Born 1891; Medal Rolls as #192237 Corporal Machine Gun Corps; Notes say that he declared former service in 11th Bn. Royal Fusiliers in France from 02.12.1916 to 03.10.1917 & then was Commissioned on 29.05.1918 in the Devon Regt. as a 2nd Lt. and subsequently Demobbed on 29.11.1918; He then appears to have Re-enlisted as #192237 Corporal Machine Gun Corps; Died 09.06.1919 age 28, burial in Archangel Memorial, Russian Federation (North); Medals Index Card for Corporal #192237 8th Bn. MGC; Son of A. Price, of 223, Godinton Rd., Ashford, Kent; Husband of Gertrude Florence Price, of 18, Deansfield Rd., Eltham, London; Pension claimed by widow at address #151, Broadway, Bexley Heath, Kent;;

Alexander William Wall – Born 10.01.1898, Wedmore, Somerset, son of Edward, a Civil Engineering Draughtsman/Surveyor & Agnes Wall (nee Barber); In 1901, age 3 he lived with parents in Knowle, Bristol, Gloucestershire; In 1911, age 13 he lived with parents in Clifton, Bristol; He originally enlisted in the Gloucestershire Regiment when working as a Clerk age 18, as #3308, Private, serving for just a year & 89 days, then 341 days on Army Reserve; He was Discharged on 01.03.1917 having been granted a Commission as 2nd Lt. in 3rd Bn. Devonshires; Then promoted to temp. Lieutenant, Devonshires; First served in France 16.04.1917; Address for medals issue in 1922 was #4, St Romans Avenue and/or #39, Waverley Road, Redland, Bristol; He married Annie Laurie Ash in Bishopston, Gloucester on 16.09.1922 age 24; In 1939 Alexander, a Surgical Dressing Commercial Traveller and wife Annie Wall lived in Bristol; I believe that Alexander William Wall died in 1984 age 86 in Somerset

Anthony Darley Russell Rendle – born 1896 Plymouth; Son of Lt. Colonel Charles Edward Russell Rendle, a Surgeon & Edith Mary Darley; In 1901 he lived with parents in Plymouth, Devon and also aged 15 in 1911 Census; Educated at Blundell’s School in Tiverton, Devon; Initially enlisted in UK as L/Cpl, #6/2047 with Canterbury Infantry Regiment, New Zealand Expeditionary Force and sent to Egypt 04.08.1915; He then served with the Devon Regiment as a 2nd Lt. in 9th Battalion; Served in France & Belgium from 1916; Died, Killed In Action 10.10.1917 Belgium aged 21; He is Honoured in the Hooge Crater Cemetery, also on the Plymouth Roll of Honour and on the Blundell’s School Roll of Honour; His father claimed his medals on 27.07.1920, address given as Burnett Street, Ashburton, New Zealand

Alfred Philip Cooper – Baptised in Kingston Upon Thames 22.04.1894, son of Joseph Henry & Hannah Cooper of Fife Road, a Builder’s Foreman? In 1901 Census age 7 Alfred Cooper lived with parents in Paignton, Devon; In 1911 age 17 he is boarding in Barrow in Furness, Lancs, an Engineering Apprentice; Enlisted as #M2/182404, Acting Corporal, Royal Army Service Corps; First served in France in December 1916; Commissioned on 06.02.1919 to 2nd Lt. Devonshires; Discharged 05.02.1919; Medals claimed 07.12.1921, address given as ‘Dinsdale’, Manor Road, Paignton, South Devon; In 1921 Alfred Philip Cooper is age 27, an out of work Mechanical Engineer and is living with his father in Paignton; He married Madeleline Greta Hannaford in Hendon, Middlesex in 1923; In 1939 Alfred P & wife Madeline G Cooper live with 1 child & his widowed Mum in Paignton, Devon; I believe that he died in 1975 age 90

Arthur Francis Charles Baring – Arthur Francis Charles Baringwas born on 14 May 1887 in St George, Hanover Square, London; He was the son of Major Francis Charles Baring and Isabella Augusta Schuster. He was educated at Marlborough College, Marlborough, Wiltshire, England; In 1901 he was a boarding pupil age 13 at Manor House School, Cheam, Surrey; He married Margaret McIntyre Moore, daughter of George Moore, on 24 August 1906 in Victoria, Australia and they had 6 kids; He was a Masonic Lodge member of Tuscan Lodge in Shanghai on 23.02.1910, an Accountant by profession; He gained the rank of Lieutenant in the 7th Bn. Devonshire Regiment & served with the West African Regiment as a Lieutenant; First went to West Africa October 1915; Awarded SWB 149.647, address given as ‘Sunnyside’, Osney Crescent, Paignton, South Devon; He died on 30 August 1964 at age 77 in Australia; (He is the officer standing in the centre of the photograph.

Albert Edwin Gill – born 31.12.1884 in Stoke, Plymouth, Devon, son of Edwin (a Painter & paper hanger) & Caroline Gill from Plymouth; In 1891 he lived with parents in Tormohan, Devon age 6; In 1901, age 16, Bert Gill was living with parents in Tormohan; Was a Schoolmaster in civilian life from 1908 to 1914; In 1911 Albert Edwin Gill age 26 & wife were living in Twickenham, Middlesex; Enlisted as #3405, Sergeant, Middlesex Regt. 15.07.1915; Served in France 25.07.1915; Commissioned 01.10.1916 in Devonshires, 2nd Lt. with 9th Battalion; Then RAF/RFC Lieutenant Flying Officer 15.05.1917 mainly flying as Observer; He was wounded on 23.06.1917; Married man, wife Florence Edith Gill, #13, Holmes Road, Twickenham, Middlesex who were married in 1910 in Torquay, both were School Teachers; Commenced RAF service 16.04.1918; Appears he tranferred from flying duties to Education on 18.11.1918 being declared fit for Ground Duties only, until 12.09.1919 when transferred to the A/list; On 12.02.1921 he was a Schoolmaster from Twickenham in the Exonian Masonic Lodge; In 1921 they were both Teachers, but in different schools, living in Twickenham; In 1939 Albert E Gill was a Teacher living in Yeovil, Somerset whilst his wife was still in Twickenham; I believe that Albert Edwin Gill died 07.11.1957 in South Petherton, Somerset;

Arthur Joseph Brearley – Born 1890 in Handsworth, Staffordshire, son of Harry and Annie Brearley, of 225, Charles Rd., Small Heath. Birmingham: In 1891 age 1 he lived with parents in Handsworth, Staffs; In 1901 aged 10 he lived with parents in Aston, Warwickshire; In 1911 Arthur Joseph Brearley was a University of London Student age 21 living with parents in Aston, Warks; He enlisted and first served in France 21.04.1917 with Devonshire Rgt; Promoted to Captain in 1st/7thBattalion, Devonshire Regiment, attached to “N” Special Company, Royal Engineers; He was Killed in Action and Died 20.06.1917 in France age 27; Honoured in Reninghelst New Military Cemetery, Belgium; Medals claimed 17.03.1922 by his fathe

Alan Gordon Hambly – born 27.03.1898 in Plymouth, son of C. G. and Alice M. Hambly, of Morwenna, Mannamead, Plymouth; In 1901 he was aged 3 living with parents in Charles, Plymouth, Devon; In 1911 age 13 living with parents in Plymouth; Served as 2nd Lt. with 1stBn. Devons; Served in France; Died of wounds received at Vimy Ridge 22.05.1917 age 19 and buried Plymouth (Efford) Cemetery; Honoured on the Bideford War Memorial; In 1922 his Mum lived #81, Downs Park East, Westbury on Trym, Bristol.

Albert Reginald Abell – born 1888 in Littleham, Exmouth, Devon;Son of Thomas, a Builder & Decorator, and Mary Anne Abell, of Exmouth, Devon; In 1891 he is age 3 living with parents in Exmouth, Littleham, Devon; In 1901 he is a pupil aged 14 in Ripon Grammaer School in Yorkshire; In 1911 age 23 he is living with his brother as the Junior Partner in their building company in Littleham; Initially enlisted as #PS/3617 Private Royal Fusiliers 19th Battalion (City of London Regiment); First went to France 14.11.1915 & served with Royal Fusiliers until 18.05.1916; Commissioned as 2nd Lieutenant to 1st Bn. Devonshires 25.09.1916; Taken as a POW on 23.04.1917; Died of Wounds age 29 as a POW 10.06.1917 in Germany, buried Friedhof, Ohlsdorf, Hamburg-Nord, Hamburg, Germany; Honoured on the Exmouth War Memorial; Husband of Constance Jane Abell (nee Ledger), of "Southernwood," Southcote Rd. West, Reading;

Alexander William Fischer – Born 10.12.1895 in Streatham, son of William and Clara Martha Fischer (nee Russell), of 5, Deerhurst Rd., Streatham Common, London. (His father was a German merchant who did not become a naturalised British citizen until nearly four years later, in March 1900). In 1901 and 1911 he lived with parents in Streatham; Alexander matriculated with 1st Class Honours, London, at the age of 16 & as a scholar of Caius College, Cambridge. He joined up on 05.08.1914 surrendering his place at Cambridge; Initially enlisted as #1810 in 28th London Regiment (Artists Bn.), serving with them from 05.08.1914 to Dec. 1914; First went to BEF France 26.10.1914; A month later he was given a commission in the Devonshire Regiment, at first on a temporary basis, before later being confirmed in the position full time. 2ndLt 1st & 8th Bn. Devonshires; The next year he was mentioned in despatches for his services at Hill 60, but was also wounded twice. On the second occasion, after being invalided home he returned to the front with the 8th Battalion of his regiment, with whom he was serving the next year at La Corbie on the Somme, when he was killed age 20 on 12.05.1916; Mentioned in Despatches; Mother’s address for issue of his medals was #5, Deerhurst Road, Streatham Common, Streatham. Honoured in La Neuville Communal Cemetery in Corbie, France

Alexander Tillett – Born 14.05.1891 in Wandsworth son of Alexander & Minnie Francis Tillett; 2nd Lt. then Lt Colonel of 2nd Bn., Devonshires; First went with BEF 22.08.1914; Died of Wounds 03.12.1917; Buried Belgium; Awarded DSO, & MC; Address for medals issue in 1920 as #33, Denmark Villas, Hove, Sussex

Alexander Conrad Cuthbertson Pendrigh - Born in Greenwich 1897, son of David Croll Pendrigh a Journalist & Newspaper Editor from Scotland and Valentine Marie Wilhelmine Weissenborn from Germany, of 1, Fell Rd., Croydon, Surrey. Alexander was educated at Whitgift Grammar School, Croydon, where he was distinguished as a scholar and athlete. In 1911 Alexander age 13 live with parents in Croydon; He volunteered for service in 1915 enlisting as #7113, Private, in the Inns of Court Officer Training Corps; He was commissioned as a 2nd Lt. in the 6th Battalion (TF) Devonshire Regiment on 05.08.1916; Died of Wounds 17.08.1917 age 19 in France whilst serving with ‘B’ Company, 2nd Bn. Devonshire Regt. & is Honoured in St. Sever Cemetery, Rouen; In 1922 the address for medals claimed was his Father D C Pendrigh Esq, #1, Fell Road, Croydon, Surrey

Alfred Willcocks Roberts – Born 30.03.1896 Newton Abbot; Dad Charles J Roberts was a Merchants Accountant, Mum was Sarah E Willcocks; In 1901 he was living with parents age 5 in Ashburton, Devon; In 1911 he was age 15, a Farm Labourer living in Honeywell, Ilsington, Devon; He was a Private #2959 with Royal 1stDevon Yeomanry & #345311 Private with 16th Bn. Devons from TF to Devon Regt. as a 2nd Lieutenant on 18.09.1918? He was Discharged to Commission para 392 xix 14.06.1918? (For the benefit of the the public service after 18 years' service (with a view to pension under the Pay Warrant); Awarded the 1914-1915 Star; In 1921 he was aged 25 and assisting his cousin farming in Ford, Manaton, Devon; He married Violet Mortimore in 1923 in Newton Abbot; In 1939 he was a Farmer in Lower Weddicot, Okehampton with wife Violet; Died 02.02.1972 in Newton Abbot

Alban Preedy – b.01.08.1892 in Plymouth; In 1901 with parents in Saltash Vicarage, Cornwall; In 1911 he was age 15 boarding at Allhallows School in Honiton, Devon; Enliisted as 2nd Lt. in 3rd Bn. & later promoted Captain in 3rd Bn. Devonshire Regt.; First went to France 18.08.1915; KIA 01.07.1916 Somme age 23; Commemorated at Thiepval Memorial, France; Dad was Rev. Canon Arthur Preedy, Mum Beatrice J Preedy, address #3, Albert Terrace, Torpoint, Cornwall; (Photo taken at the end of a month long training course at the 4th Army School at Flixécourt on the Somme in May 1916

Alfred James Geen – Born 01.08.1894 in Fulham, son of James & Mary Wallace Geen; In 1901 he lived with parents in Fulham; Employed as a Commercial Clerk age 16 in 1911 living in #6, Irene Road, Fulham with parents; Firstly enlisted as #3469 Rifleman, 9th London Regt. (TF) on 10.11.1914 & served to 27.06.1915; He first went to France on 19.04.1915; Then re-enlisted on 28.06.1915 as Private #M2/126647 with Army Service Corps then discharged to become an Officer Cadet in 1917 & finally Commissioned on 30.10.1917 as 2ndLt. in 3rd Devons; His medals were claimed on 18.02.1919; In 1921 he lived & worked for his parents as a Fishmonger’s Motor Driver age 26; Alfred James Geen married Ina Weir from Scotland in 1924 in Plymouth; In 1939 his wife & son lived in Clacton, Essex, whilst he was a Fishmonger living in Fulham; Alfred James Geen died on 30.11.1977 in Fulham, not War related; (Throughout his life he is often recorded as Green)

Arthur Hawtayne Cope – Arthur Cope was born in Kensington on 07.10.1892, the son of Sir Arthur Stockdale Cope, a distinguished portrait painter. Arthur was commissioned into the Devonshire Regiment as 2nd Lieutenant in 1912, becoming Lieutenant in 1915, Captain in 1917, rising ultimately to the rank of Lieutenant-Colonel. During WW1, he was mentioned in despatches and gained the DSO: “For conspicuous gallantry and devotion to duty during a long period of active operations when in command of his battalion. Notably he held river crossings in face of fierce attacks, counter-attacking at times, when the enemy had broken through a line, and restoring the situation, and finally, though nearly surrounded, withdrawing the battalion as a formed body. The splendid record of his battalion was due to his great courage and find leadership throughout.” As a young officer he first went to France 15.12.1914; Medals issue in 1922 address is Little Compton House, Gloucester Walk, Kensington, London; Further info; Arthur Hawtayne Cope, DSO (1892-1976), was the second husband of Mary Emery Hiscock, née Teague (1890-1932); she was the widow of Captain Ernest Henry Hiscock (1892-1917) who was a colleague of Cyril Sladden in the 9th Battalion Worcestershire Regiment. Arthur married Mary Emery Hiscock (née Teague) on 31.07.1918 at Trinity Church, St Marylebone, London; Mary was the widow of Captain Hiscock of the 9th Battalion Worcestershire Regiment who had been killed in Mesopotamia in January 1917. They had two sons, both born in Surrey: Anthony Neil Hawtayne Cope (1920) and Hilary Arthur Robin Hawtayne Cope (1926-1945). In 1921 Captain Cope was serving with HQ Troops Palestine Command in Camp Cowit, Palestine; His wife Mary died in 1932 and Arthur married again in 1934 to Jessica Mary Wadeson. Jessica died in 1972 and Arthur died at Tudor House, Topsham, Exeter, on 28th December 1976.

Assheton Bidulph Cadell – Born at Clare House, Tiverton in North Devon on 18.03.1894, only son of Dr Nevil Pottow Cadell MD and Gertrude Louisa (nee Biddulph) Cadell of Foxlease, Camberley in Surrey. He was educated at the Reverend J.H. Wilkinson’s School at Waynflete, Woodcote, near Pangbourne, Oxfordshire and at Lancing College where he was in Heads House from September 1908 to April 1912. He was a Private in the Officer Training Corps from September 1908 to April 1912 and won his Sports Colours in 1912. He was commissioned as a 2nd Lieutenant in the 11th (Reserve) Battalion Devonshire Regiment on 17.03.1915 and served for a time with the Army Service Corps at Wareham. In October 1915 he was attached to the Queen's Own (Royal West Kent Regiment). He landed in France on the 6th of October 1915 and joined the 8th Battalion in the field at Reninghelst where it was rebuilding after the disaster at Loos. On the afternoon of 19.02.1916 the battalion was in the Belgian Chateau dugouts having taken them over on the 16th and were due to move into trenches at Sanctuary Wood in the Ypres salient at 5pm. At about 3pm a shell, fired from a long range naval gun, fell in the neighbourhood of B Company’s HQ. This was followed shortly by another, which scored a direct hit on the dugout, badly wounding two officers, one fatally. As D Company’s dugout was close by, their company commander came out at once and tried to render what assistance he could. He was only six yards from the dugout when another shell landed in the entrance of the dugout, severely wounding its three occupants. They were 2nd Lieutenant Gareth Marsh Stanton, Lieutenant William Lewis Wigan and 2nd Lieutenant Cadell who according to the battalion history was a bright cheery boy. He was evacuated and died at 10 Casualty Clearing Station three hours after being wounded. His parents received the following telegram from Rouen dated the 20th of February 1916:- "Deeply regret to inform you that 2/Lieut. A E Cadell Royal West Kent Regt. died of wounds 19th Feb. Lord Kitchener expresses his sympathy." The officers wounded with him died the next day. The Officer Commanding the 8th Bn. wrote:- "It has been a great blow to me, and the battalion has lost a good officer." The Bn. Adjutant wrote:- "I am very sorry to say that Cadell was wounded and died on his way to hospital. An H.E. shell burst in his dug-out while we were in support. We all miss him very much, as he was a cheery person and a good officer." The Reverend G.W.B. Poole, Chaplain to the 8th Battalion wrote:- "He will be much missed by us all, by his own men especially. I saw a good deal of your son and the greatest respect and admiration for him. He was one of our communicants, and was always bright and cheerful whatever the circumstances." His medals were issued from 15 Bn. Devons, claimed by his father in 1922

Arnold John St. Legier Kerry – Born in Dacca, India 12.03.1893 son of John George & Annie Elizabeth Kerry, (Missionaries); He was educated at School for Sons of Missionaries, Blackheath, London, and later at Bristol University; In 1911 he is working as a Clerk living in Bristol; On 08.08.1914 he enlisted as Private #17193 in 4th Company, Reserve Bn. Grenadier Guards; On 15.11.1914 he was released ‘free’ to be Commissioned as 2nd Lt in 1stBn. Devons on 29.12.1915 & first went to France in 1915; Continued to serve as a Lieutenant in 16th Bn. Manchester Regt. from 10.01.1916 until 14.02.1918; Mentioned in Despatches; On 02.07.1916 he received shrapnel wounds to the head; Died 14.02.1918 age 24 at 1st Eastern Gen. Hospital, Cambridge of acute purulent meningitis. Died after operation to remove shrapnel from wounds to head received on 02.07.1916 in France; Cambridge City Cemetery Memorial; Medals issued to Mrs Kerry, #5, Grosvenor Road, Gunnersbury, Chiswick, London

Francis Albert Eley Crew (1886-1973) had a distinguished career at the University of Edinburgh as director of the Institute of Animal Genetics and Buchanan Professor of Animal Genetics, and later as Professor of Public Health and Social Medicine. But at the time of the First World War he was a newly qualified medic with a small rural practice in Devon and a young family. His war experience profoundly affected his future career, spurring him to leave medicine behind to follow his real passion: genetics. Crew provided a vivid account of his war years both in oral history form and in a written memoir, both of which are held here in EUL Special Collections.

When war broke out in August 1914, Crew was at summer camp in East Devon with the Devonshire Regiment 6th Battalion of the Territorial Army, with whom he had been enthusiastically involved in his local village. What began as a summer holiday ended in a flurry of intense activity as men rushed forward to be recruited into the army. Crew and thirteen of his fellow men from his village, became the 2nd 6th Devons, bound for India. Although Crew was medically qualified, and therefore eligible to join the Royal Army Medical Corps, he wanted to see ‘active service’ and so kept his qualifications a secret.

Crew quickly formed the opinion that the organisation and training were a ‘ragbag of inefficiency’ and ‘complete chaos’. Many of his senior officers were ‘of the Boer War vintage’ with outmoded ideas; at the age of 28, Crew found himself rapidly promoted to the rank of Major and in command of a company. His battalion sailed for Bombay on 12 December 1914, leaving his wife Helen heavily pregnant with their second child. Conditions on board were somewhat chaotic: ‘The overcrowding was such that no kind of training could be undertaken and the voyage was so long that by the time we reached the Ballard Pier, Bombay, the troops were in a sorry state and found the march to the barracks at Colaba far beyond their powers.’

Once in India, the batallion came under the orders of the 6th (Poona) Divisional Area at Bombay, and Crew was sent to Deolali, where he was made responsible for field training and for the maintenance of law and order in the area. After the elderly Commanding Officer was sent home on medical grounds, Crew duly became second-in-command of a wing of the battalion, ‘with somewhat vague duties.’ Crew had enough on his hands playing ‘mother’ and ‘father’ to the young men who had come along with him, and all of whom (except one ) had never left Devon before and were totally lost in this foreign land. He spoke of his feelings of loneliness and isolation which came with promotion: ‘if you’re in command of a couple of companies of troops or a battalion or of a field ambulance, then you are isolated from all your colleagues, I mean you’re responsible for them and they can share very little with you.

Crew was then sent to Muttra, south of Delhi, with two companies, and then up the Khyber Pass, where they commanded a fort. By this time, Crew was growing frustrated that his duties were confined to training men to fight while not seeing active service himself. But change was on the horizon. Crew developed amoebic dystentry – ‘quite deliberately’ he later wryly remarked – and became seriously ill. He was sent to Bombay to the embarkation authorities, for return to the UK. At this point, his medically qualified status was discovered, and, after a short period of rest and recuperation, Crew was posted to France, where he took over control of the stretcher-bearers in the No. 3 Field Ambulance at Arras. It was intensely dangerous work, Crew received his first wound on his second day, at Bern-Villiers, south-east of Arras:

I was sent up into the line to take over from a Major Anderson, who was running the forward work of the ambulance doing all the clearing, and he took me round all the eight-posts in front and we came back and I was marking them on my map in a small Armstrong hut, I think they called them – little cardboard thing, struck up against the face of a hill. And he was sitting down on a table and I was bending toward him as we made the marks on the map, and all of a sudden there was a terrific flare, glare, crash, noise and everything disappeared in smoke and fume and I found myself – when I came to – jammed under the seat. I’d been blown under the seat for some reason or another. I got out with great difficulty – I was wounded rather badly – and there was poor Anderson sitting on the seat…and he’d got a sliver of shell casing that long and that wide sticking out of his chest. I got that out and tried to do something for him but it was hopeless, hopeless, hopeless. So he died there promptly in my arms, and that’s not a good introduction to a war by any means.

Crew was to receive two more wounds during his time in France. These harrowing experiences naturally affected him profoundly, and he became convinced that he would not survive: ‘I didn’t bother about tomorrow and the day after tomorrow, I didn’t think there was going to be one.’ It was not until the war was reaching its end and victory seemed likely that Crew was suddenly assailed by the realisation that he might indeed have a life to return to – what was he going to do when he returned to normality?

There was no doubt at all that we were winning, and winning fast, and consequently I began to think that possibly there was a future. And so, when once that question asked itself, the second question followed: what do I do? You see, I’d been five years away from anything. Complete waste, complete waste – from my point of view. There was hardly a book, there was hardly a thing you could get hold of. And I was sitting, I was living in a hole in the ground, hanging my accoutrements upon the skeleton hand of somebody who’d been buried there years before, and under those completely gruesome conditions, one began to wonder what one was, what one wanted, what one wanted to be and so on and so forth. And it was very interesting, the speed and the clarity with which I reached my decision. I was going to be a geneticist.

Crew, Frank (1919(B)

Crew received his demobilisation in early 1919, after a demoralising experience overseeing anti-venereal work in Cologne. The war had filled him with a sense of urgency: an awareness of wasted years, a lack of intellectual stimulation and the constant threat of annihilation. Now it was all over, he was filled with a new sense of purpose:

I had discovered much about myself under the stresses of great fear, of intense boredom, of much disillusionment. I came to know that I could find satisfaction only in the academic world and in activities connected with the genetics and reproductive physiology of animals.

Crew returned eagerly to Edinburgh with the intention of studying genetics at the University under Arthur Darbishire. Unexpectedly however, Crew discovered that Darbishire had died during the war. Even more unexpectedly, Crew was suddenly offered the post intended for Darbishire: that of director of a new Animal Breeding Research Station in Edinburgh. Despite his own concerns that he was scarcely qualified in genetics, Crew went on to develop the Station into the internationally renowned Institute of Animal Genetics.

At the end of a long career, Crew was able to reflect on the career which his harrowing war experiences had encouraged him to pursue: ‘I find great pleasure in the thought that those who stand on my shoulders will see much further than I did in my time. What more could any man want?’

All photographs courtesy of Professor Christopher Todd.

John Robert Birchall – Born 02.01.1887 in Hyson Green, Nottingham, son of John Birchall, Vicar of Hysal Green, from Lancashire and Helen Burton from Nottingham shire; In 1891 age 4 he lived with parents in Radford Road Vicarage, Nottingham-shire; In 1901 age 14 he is living with parents at #270, Radford road, Nottingham; In 1911 his widowed Mum & younger brother Walter Birchall age 23 & his =fiancee, {he will become quite famous and be knighted a ‘Sir’}, are boarding in the Bacchus Hotel in Sutton on Sea, Lincolnshire; I failed to kind John Robert Birchall in 1911; (Was he a pupil at Blundells School in Devon)? 

Someone on the internet has him marrying Zosia/ZoKjia Koplevski in Russia on the 20.01.1912 stating that his Cousin Harold Robert Lymbery was his best man? (The wife’s name is very similar to that shown on a passenger manifest sailing to India with John Robert Birchall in I935)?  They further claim  that aged 28  John/Jack Robert Birchall abandoned his  scholarship at Blundells School in Devon, joined the Army and in 1915 was in South India serving in a military post there. His wife Zosia is with him? Photo attached below was  taken in Malappuram, Kerala,  India in December 1915; 

His Medals Index Card shows he was a Captain with 123rd Outram’s Rifles – (they became an infantry regiment of the British India Army in 1903 as part of the Kitchener reforms of the Indian Army; They were sent to Aden in 1903; The Regt. raised further battalions during the course of WW1 seeing service in the Middle East; After the Palestine campaign began in 1917 the Regiment joined the 234th Brigade, 75th Division [as did the 4th Reserve Bn. Devon Regt. on 13.12.1917 in India], involved in the Third Battle of Gaza beginning on 31.10.1917, the Megiddo Offensive in September 1918. War came to an end in the Middle East on 30.10.1918 with the Ottoman Armistice; 1st Bn. existed from 1820 to 1922; The 2nd Bn. formed at Baroda on 29.12.1915 and was disbanded on 12.08.1921; This Battalion served in Burma until 1917 until moving to Lucknow early 1918; Did not serve outside of India in WW1; On 06.05.1919 saw service in the 3rd Anglo-Afghan War; Served in 1920 in Mesopotamia; 

On 01.10.1914 John Robert Birchall became a Temporary Lieutenant, 4th Bn. Devons, gazetted 23.11.1914; The Devonshire Regiment in British Army list for February 1915 has Captain Birchall J R on (28.11.1914) with 4th Bn Devon's (Territorial) in Exeter; He was Commanding ‘B’ Company on 02.04.1915 in Malappuran, Kerala, India; 

British Army List for October 1917 has Lt. J R Birchall of 4th Bn. Devons, serving as Staff Captain with the Ferozepore Brigade, 3rd (Lahore) div. Area; HQ Staff of the Army in India; 

London Gazette Index of 1918 has Military Promotion (Territorial Force) for Lieutenant (acting Captain) J R Birchall to be Acting Major; 

London Gazette Index of 1919 has OfKicers of the Indian Army, Promotions – Commands and Staff, Lieutenant (temporary Captain) J R Birchall to be Staff Captain; 

MIC also has him as John Robert Birchall Captain with 2/4th Devon Regiment. (They were formed in Exeter September 1914; Sailed for India 12.012.1914 arriving Madras January 1915; They became 4th Reserve Battalion, Devon Regiment on 13.12.1917 & were with the 234th Brigade, 75th Division in India); 

Medals Index Card has him as John Albert Birchall, Captain with the Army Education Corps. Later recorded as Acting Lieutenant Colonel also with AEC; 

The OC of HQ Cairo Brigade, Kasr-el-Nil, Cairo entitled this ofKicer for BW & Victory Medals on 10.08.1922; The address given for medals was Messrs. Holt & Co., #3, Whitehall Place, London SW;   Medals   were  issued   from   the   Devon's  medal   roll   to   Lieutenant   Colonel   J   R   Birchall   on 28.11.1922; His Emblems (mentions in despatches etc.) were issued by the Government of India; 

I failed to Kind John Robert Birchall in 1921? 

London Gazette  Index  of 1921 has Military Promotions  (Territorial  Force)  Lieutenant  (acting Lieutenant Colonel) J R Birchall relinquishing the acting rank of Lt. Colonel; London Gazette Index of 1922 has Captain J R Birchall promoted to temporary Instructor, Cl. FF); 

(There is an internet entry that records John R Birchall married a Lo=ja Koplewwska in Poland in 1922-1923)? 

London Gazette Index of 1925 under Miltary Promotions, Regular Forces, Royal Military College, J R Birchall; London Gazette Index of 1930 has J R Birchall serving at the Royal Miliatry College; On 03.06.1933 the London Gazette has Captain John Robert Birchall, M.A., Army Educational Corps, Chief Instructor, Army School of Education in India, awarded the OBE; Throughout my research of the London Gazette Indexes from 1930 to 1947 I found promotion data for J R Birchall both in the l... 

Regular Forces, Army Command & Staff section and the Indian Army section which I have not itemised here; 

On 26.07.1935 John Birchall, an Army Officer age 48 and wife Zesia Birchall age 43 sailed on the ‘Comorin’ to Bombay India; UK address was #52, Warwick Gardens, Kensington, London W.14; I again failed to Kind him 1939? 

By  further digging  I did  Kind  that he was eventually promoted  to a Brigadier with  the Army Education Corps and served throughout WW2; 

I have made tables below to record his career from 1940 onwards: 

1940-01-04 Acting Lieutenant-Colonel 

1940-04-04 Temporary Lieutenant-Colonel 

1942-03-11 Acting Colonel 

1942-09-11 War Substantive Lieutenant-Colonel 

1942-09-11 Temporary Colonel 

1944-03-01 Acting Brigadier 

1944-08-10 Lieutenant-Colonel 

1944-09-01 Temporary Brigadier 

1944-12-14 Colonel 

1947-01-23 Granted the honorary rank of Brigadier 

1942-03-11 – 1943-08-15 Command Education Officer ? 

Deputy Director of Military 

1943-09-05 – 1944-01-30 

Training, Army Headquarters India 

1944-03-01 – 1945 -??-?? Director of Army Education, 

Army Headquarters India 

1947-01-23 Retired 

I believe that John R Birchall married Margaret Louise Fletcher-Cooke 

(nee Brander, born 10.12.1908 in USA) in Paddington, London in 

1950? I understand that John R Birchall of Thatch Cottage, Broxted 

near Dunmow, Essex, died on 09.02.1966 in Essex General Hospital, 

Bishops Stortford, Hertfordshire; Widow was Margaret Louise Birchall. 

There is a tiny part of the Somme battlefield known as Mansel Copse and some say it is named after Spencer Lort Mansel-Carey who was mortally wounded there in February 1916. Spencer was the elder son of Spencer and Mary Mansel-Carey of Chesterton, High Street West, Uppingham, and was born in the town on 12 March 1893. He was educated at Uppingham School and Magdalen College, Oxford where he was a prizewinner in both English and Mathematics. After a year at university he obtained a Commission in the 8th Battalion Devonshire Regiment in December 1914 and went to the front in October 1915 as a Second Lieutenant. He took part in five months of trench warfare around Loos before moving to the Somme area before being fatally wounded in the trenches near Mametz by a German rifle grenade during a bombardment on 24 February 1916. The place where he was injured is known today as Mansel Copse, now the site of the Devonshire Cemetery, one of the most poignant on the Somme. The only slight flaw in the idea this small patch of woodland was named after Spencer is that at least one trench map published before he was injured already marked it as Mansel Copse (see 10-62DNE2-2-070216-Meulte-S-2). But it could equally be he - or his men - named the copse after him while he was still alive and were occuping the trenches in this area. Either way, many tributes were paid to Spencer. The President of Magdalen College, Sir Herbert Warren, wrote: "Amiable, modest, good allrounder, playing for his house in all games, a conscientious worker, a fair classic, and a prize winner in Mathematics and English, he was a valuable and valued influence at school and not less so in his short time at college." His tutor wrote: "No sweeter natured boy ever walked this earth, nor one who loathed violence and brutality more. His father's profession, which he had intended to follow, lost much by his removal." His Colonel wrote: "We all feel his death very much; he was such a favourite in the battalion, always so cheerful. The battalion will miss him much as a soldier. His work was always so thorough and he inspired his men with such confidence." A fellow officer wrote: "His men did the best work in the company, and I knew I could rely on him to see it carried out, at a time when supervision meant a heart breaking wallow in icy mud and water. I am sure the platoon, which was his for so long, will suffer severely from his loss. Two days before the fatal Thursday we had a severe bombardment, and though we suffered very lightly, it was a trying experience; but I am told he rose splendidly to the occasion, and no doubt it was in trying get artillery retaliation to protect his men that he was hit two days later." His Captain wrote: "Since October last he has been my second-in-command, and his death has been a very real blow to me. I relied much on his common sense and his keenness. I knew that he had a good hold upon his men, so that, from the professional point of view, I feel myself robbed of my chief assistant, whose place it will be hard to fill." Spencer is buried at Corbie Communal Cemetery in France, grave I.D.9, and is remembered on the Uppingham war memorial. There is also a plaque to his memory in St Mary's Church, Tenby, Pembrokeshire.

David Vernon Mansel-Carey – Born 12.09.1895 in Uppingham, Rutland, son of Spencer Woodill Seymour Carey, a Schoolmaster originally from Bayswater, and Mary Mansell Jones from St Ishmaels’, Ferryside, Carmarthen, Wales (who married in Pimlico on 14.08.1890); The family appear to have adopted the surname of Mansel-Carey, using it sometime between 1891 and 1901 onwards; In 1901 age 5 he lived with parents in Uppingham High Street, Rutland; On 21.03.1910 the Leicester Evening News, and also on 25.03.1910 the Lincoln, Rutland, and Stamford Mercury reported that D V M Mansel-Carey had been elected an Uppingham School Scholarship of £30; In 1911, age 15 he lived with parents in Uppingham High Street, Rutland; On 06.12.1916 under Special Reserve of Officers heading, the London Gazette records that Officer Cadet David Vernon Mansel Mansel-Carey to be 2nd Lieutenant (on probation) wef 22.11.1916 in the Devon Regiment; 2nd Lieutenant David Vernon Mansel-Carey, Devon Regiment; First went to France on 13.01.1917; (There are transcripts of letters he wrote from France to his Mother recorded elsewhere); On 01.10.1917 there is a record for 2nd Lt. D V M Mansel-Carey, age 22, of the Devonshire Regiment being admitted to Queen Alexandra’s Military Hospital at Millbank suffering from P.W.O. which I believe refers to some sort of Trench Fever (Pyrexia)? The medical record also notes that he had been serving for only 10 months at this time; On 15.12.1917 he was transferred to Blackpool where he undertook 11 days of treatment; On 01.10.1918 it was gazetted that 2nd Lt. D V M Mansel-Carey was promoted to Lieutenant in the Devon Regiment wef 22.05.1918; Gazetted on 27.05.1920 that Lieutenant D V M Mansel-Carey, Devon Regt. relinquished his Commision but retained the rank of Lieutenant; Awarded the BW & Victory medals which were issued on 07.03.1923, address given as Summer Fields, St Leonards on Sea, Hastings, Sussex; On 02.03.1920 David Vernon Mansel Carey became a Freemason, he was an Undegraduate age 24, in the Vale of Catmos Lodge; (His brother Spencer Lort Mansel Carey was also a Freemason in the same lodge since 02.02.1915 as a Second Lieutenant); In 1921 David Vernon Mansel Mansel-Carey, age 25¾ from Uppingham, Rutland, was an ‘Inmate’ of Magdalen College, in the parish of St Peter in the East & St Mary the Virgin & Saint Martin & All Saints & Holywell, Oxford, Oxfordshire; He received his Bachelor of Arts Degree on 20.10.1922; In 1924 he lived at #220, Bohemia Road, Hastings, Sussex; In 1939 David V Mansel-Carey, a Schoolmaster (and a Special Reserve Officer Lieutenant, with 3rd Battalion Devonsire Regiment), lived with 3 other male teachers at #220, Bohemia Road, Hastings, Sussex; I believe that David Vernon Mansel-Carey of Chesterton, #18, High Street, West Uppingham, Leicester never married and died on 31.05.1990

Arthur Courtis Skewes – Born 1896 in Barton Regis, Gloucestershire, younger son of John Courtis Skewes, a Tailor from Beer Alston, Devon & Ann Rowe of Newcombe, Crediton, Devon; In 1911 age 15 Arthur was a boarding pupil in Queen’s College Public School, Trull Taunton, Somerset; Prior to the War he was studying for the medical profession; In 1914 he joined the Officer Training Corps; Commissioned as a Temporary 2nd Lieutenant in the Infantry General List, gazetted on 03.06.1915 and then joined as 2nd Lt. in 11th (Reserve) Battalion, Devonshire Regt., attached to 2nd/6th Bn. Gloucestershire Regt; Served in France; Died 19.07.1916 age 20, having been at the front attached to the Gloucesters for only a month; Killed In Action at Fromelles by a German shell; He fell leading his men in an attack on the German line, death being instantaneous records his OC; (His probate address is shown as #7, Cotham Road, Bristol, Gloucestershire); Honoured in the Laventie Military Cemetery, La Gogue, France; Also Remembered on the University of Bristol Memorial, Wills Memorial Building, Tyndall Avenue, Bristol, Avon, and the Queen’s College, Taunton Memorial; Named on the BW & V Medals roll for the Devons, medals issued 05.08.1922; (Died in the same action on the same day as Second Lieutenant Anthony Edward Mathews, Devonshires who we recorded earlier).

Alfred Anstey – Born 18.06.1874 in Tiverton, Devon, son of Thomas Anstey, a Farmer from Warkfield, Devon and Annie Maria Coles; In 1881 age 6 he lived with parents in Bolham, Tiverton, Devon; He was educated at Blundell’s School, Tiverton & later at Jesus College, Cambridge where he took his law degree; In 1891 age 16 he was recorded as living in Tiverton with his parents; In 1901 age 26, a Solicitor not in work, he lived in Princes Square, Paddington, London; In 1903 Alfred Anstey married Ilma Constance Butterworth in Tiverton, Devon; He qualified as a Solicitor in 1903 also; By 1908 he was the Under Sherrif of Exeter; In 1911 Alfred Anstey, a Solicitor age 36 and wife Ilma Constance Anstey age 34 (born in Surrey) lived with 3 sons and 4 servants in Exeter, Devon; (They had 4 children but 1 had died pre 1911); Initially served as a Subaltern in the 3rd Volunteer Battalion, Devonshire Regiment; Alfred Anstey enlisted and rose quickly with a commission as a Junior Major, in the 4th Battalion, Devonshire Regiment; First served in Mesopotamia from 01.03.1916; He was admitted to hospital on 04.05.1916 whilst at Sheikh Saad as the climate during his service in the Relief of Kut did not suit his constitution, however he did continue to serve; He retired as a Major from 4th Battalion, Devonshires on 15.07.1919; In 1921 Alfred age 47 & wife Ilma Constance Anstey age 44 lived in Darn Ford, Dunsford, Devon with their daughter and 3 nephews age 10, 8 and 3 from Prussia, Germany; Applied for his medals on 03.01.1922, address given as Matford House, Exeter, Devon; Awarded the BW & V medal Roll from the Devons roll, issued 09.02.1922; Also awarded the TFWM, issued & gazetted to Major Alfred Anstey (Retired) in September 1920 from the Devon roll; He was Sherrif and Mayor of Exeter in 1937-1938 and was involved in lots of civic and charity work in Exeter; In 1939 Alfred, a Solicitor and wife Ilma C Anstey lived in Matford House, Exeter; Following a brief illness Major Alfred Anstey of Matford House, Exeter died age 66 on 22.08.1940, just 3 months after he was appointed the Battalion Commander of the 1st (Loyal City of Exeter) Battalion of the Devon Home Guard in WW2; (His youngest son A W Anstey, also an Under Sherrif of Exeter City, served as a Lieutenant with the 4th Battalion, Devonshire Regiment in 1937 & WW2; Another son also served as a Major and was married to Lady Evelyn the sister of the Earl of Devon; The other son served with the Somerset Light Infantry

Alfred Henry Cornell – Born 30.01.1896 in Kentish Town, London, son of Alfred William Cornell a Newsagent from Hampstead and Edith Emma Rutledge; In 1901 age 5 he lived with his widowed Mum and Grandmother in Marylebone, London; (His Mum remarried in 1906 to a George Lamb); In 1911 age 15, Alfred Henry Cornell, a pupil teacher in Oxford, Oxfordshire, lived with Mum Edith E Lamb (Matron) & Stepdad in a Boys Home, Durham House, they helped run in Kingham, Oxfordshire; Alfred enlisted as #3926, Private, in the Honorable Artillery Company; First went to France 27.10.1915 & served there until 06.05.1916; Commissioned as 2nd Lieutenant, Devonshire Regt. on 06.05.1916; The Exeter & Plymouth Gazette reported on the 10.07.1916 that 2nd Lt. A H Cornell had been wounded having taken part in the actions during the attack on Pozieres on 01.07.1916; Confirmed as a temporary 2nd Lieutenant, Devon Regt. in the London Gazette 12.08.1916; Awarded SWB #B13863, address given as Kingham, Oxford; Alfred H Cornell married Helen J Fraser in Aylesbury in 1918; In 1922 he claimed his medals – address #38, Cavendish Avenue, Eastbourne; named on the BW & V Medals roll for Officers of Devon Regiment; In 1921 Alfred Henry age 25, a Ministry of Health Insurance Department Officer (Inspector) and wife Helen Johnston Cornell age 26 (born 1894 Scotland) lived in Running Mill, Mill Road, Eastbourne, Sussex; In 1939 Alfred H, a District Inspector of Health Insurance (noted also as a 2nd Lt. Devonshire Regiment) & Helen J Cornell lived in Blenheim Drive, Oxford.

Alphonso Bloomfield – Born Alphonso Elias Thomas Bloomfield on 16.10.1879 in Tottenham, London, son of George Bloomfield, a Tailor & Draper from Woolwich and Matilda Elizabeth James from Essex; In 1881 age 2 he lived with parents in Tottenham, London; In 1891 age 11 Alphonso lived with his parents in Upper Holloway, Islington, London; On 26.11.1896 in London, Alphonso Elias Thomas Bloomfield age 18 enlisted as #9877 with the 3rd Battalion, Middlesex Regiment Militia, he lived at #2, Almington Street, Harley Road, London and was a Stock Keeper by trade; In 1901 he was serving in the Army in Hythe, Kent; In 1903 Alphonso Elias T Bloomfield married Sophie Blackman in Elham, Kent; On 17.05.1910 Alphonso Elias Thomas Bloomfield age 30, a Staff Sergeant living in Hythe became a Freemason in Prince Edwin’s Lodge, Hythe, Kent; In 1911 Alphonso Elia Thomas Bloomfield, age 32 and a married soldier, was a Sergeant Instructor at the School of Musketry in Hulme Barracks, Manchester, Lancashire; In 1912 to 1915 he lived at the School of Musketry in Hythe, Kent; On 25.03.1915 the London Gazette has Quartermaster Sergeant Alphonso Bloomfield from School of Musketry to be a 2nd Lieutenant in the Devonshire Regiment; Mentioned in Despatches by General D Haig for gallant and distinguished conduct in the field, London Gazetted 15.06.1916 on page 5938; Gazetted on 25.08.1916 as 2nd Lt. A Bloomfield of Devon Regiment to be Lieutenant and to remain seconded to Machine Gun Corps Training Centre as Assistant Instructor, originally seconded to them on 01.03.1916; There is also a Medal for Long Service & Good Conduct index card for Captain A Bloomfield, 1st Devonshire Regiment (Machine Gun Corps) formerly Royal Fusiliers and formerly an Instructor at the School of Musketry, dated 03.06.1917, but he was declared inelligible on 12.07.1917 under Kings Regulations para 1749; (This could have been due to him having less than 21 years service or that he was discharged after only 18 years, or that there was a misconduct entry on his regimental records); Gazetted as Lieutenant A Bloomfield MC., Devon Regiment is to be acting Captain while commanding a company on 30.03.1917; Gazetted on 18.07.1917 that Lieutenant (temporary Captain) Alphonso Bloomfield, Devon Regiment and Machine Gun Corps was awarded the Military Cross; ‘For conspicuous gallantry and devotion to duty. He commanded a machine gun company during an advance. His organisation and prompt action were of a very high order. His fine leadership and ability were of the utmost value to the infantry’; Gazetted on 06.02.1918 as being replaced as Assistant Instructor at School of Musketry, and to be an acting Major as Instructor at Machine Gun School; On 01.08.1918 Lt. A Bloomfield MC, Devon Regt. relinquished his appointment as Instructor and the temporary rank of Major in the Machine Gun Corps; On 26.07.1919 the London Gazette has under the Machine Gun Corps (Infantry) heading that Lieutenant A Bloomfield MC., (Devon Regt.) to be acting Major while commanding a company 04.11.1918 to 19.02.1919; On 24.10.1919 Devon Regiment Lieutenant (acting Major) A Bloomfield MC retired receiving a gratuity and granted the rank of Major; In 1921 Alphonso, a Licensee age 41 and wife Sophia Bloomfield, age 41 (from Hythe Kent) owned and ran the Clarendon Inn, Brewer’s Hill, Sandgate, Kent; On 18.05.1931 they emigrated to Canada; I understand that both Alphonso age 64 and his wife Sophie Bloomfield age 65 died on 10.03.1944 and on 15.10.1944 respectively in Ontario, Canada.

Ambrose Joseph Cocks Heriz-Smith – Born 06.06.1878 in Worthing, Sussex, son of Joseph Charles Thomas Heriz-Smith, from Worthing, Sussex, a Schoolmaster & Justice of the Peace, and Eliza Annabella Sealy Vidal from Abbotsham, Devon who married on 12.04.1877; In 1881 age 2 Ambrose lived with parents in Broadwater, Sussex; In 1891 Ambrose Joseph Cocks Smith age 12 is a boarding scholar living in Ellerslie House (School), Fremington, Devon; In 1897 Ambrose Joseph Cocks Smith (post Heriz-Smith) matriculated at Pembroke College, Cambridge in Michaelmas term, earning his B.A. in 1900; On 24.03.1900 the Vice-Chancelor of Cambridge University recommended A J C Heriz-Smith for a Commission in the Royal Artillery; In 1901 age 22, Ambrose H Smith was a Boarder living on his own means in a Lodging House in Talbot Road, Paddington, London; He was an Assistant Master at Twyford School, Hampshire in 1902; Ambrose J C Heriz-Smith married Kathleen Annie Donnel of Disley, Cheshire, in Hayfield, Derbyshire in 1910; In 1911 Ambrose Joseph Cocks age 32, a Schoolmaster and wife Kathleen Annie Heriz-Smith age 28 lived with other teachers and scholars in Handel College, the Polygon, Southampton, All Saints, Hampshire; On 31.03.1912 at the baptism of their son Joseph Vidal Heriz-Smith in St Clement, the Island of Jersey, he is recorded as a Tutor at Victoria College, Jersey; The Devonshire Regiment Officers List has him as 2nd Lt. A J C Heriz-Smith in 1914; On 22.08.1914 he was gazetted as becoming a 2nd Lt. in the 6th Bn. Devon Regiment (late Lieutenant in 4th Volunteer Battalion, The Devonshire Regiment); In 1915 he was gazetted as being promoted to temporary Lieutenant in a Territorial Force; He first served in Mesopotamia on 06.01.1916 according to his Medals Index Card, as a Lieutenant with 6th Battalion, Devonshire Regiment; (On 06.01.1916 the 6th Battalion landed at Basra, marching to the front at El Orah; They suffered greatly during this war, having initially marched up the Tigris River for 230 miles of mud, filth, cold, floods, starvation & desolation to relieve Kut el Amara; They were then expected to fight the Turks! Many men died of disease during this conflict also; They remained in Mesopotamia for the rest of the war); On the 13th January 1916 Lieutenant A J C Heriz-Smith commanded a contingent of the 1/6th Devons providing the Inner Guard at Government House at a Durbar arranged in Lahore for the visit of numerous important dignitaries; Lieutenant Ambrose Joseph Cocks Heriz-smith was killed in action (KIA) on 08.03.1916 during fighting at the Dujailah Redoubt, age 38, where the Devons lost 44 men and over 181 wounded; He is Honoured on the Devonshire Regiment Panel on the Basra Memorial in Iraq & also on the Abbotsham, Devon War Memorial in St Helens Church; His obituary mentioned that he was a keen Alpine sportsman, a good athlete, a versatile linguist and popular with his men and colleagues; He often acted as an aide-de-camp whilst in India and spoke very good Hindi; In 1916, his father was living in Court Garden, Tunbridge Well, Kent, his widow was living in Belvoir Road, Bideford, Devon; His financial effects were credited to his widow Kathleen Ann Heriz-Smith’s bank on 15.02.1918; His name appears on the BW & V Medals roll for the Devon Regt., his medals were issued on 17.03.1922; There is a grave reference & a copy of the photograph of him (below) in St Helens Churchyard, Abbotsham, Devon, (courtesy of laurin espie from Ibrox, Glasgow, Scotland, who concentrates on WW1 graves for soldiers who have no headstones); {I note that his brother, Colonel Geoffrey Heriz-Smith was Officer Commanding the 4th Royal Sussex Regiment and another brother, The Reverend Eustace Heriz-Smith was Headmaster of St George’s School in Buenos Aries}

Arnold Cuthbert Abraham – Born 23.08.1887 in #3, Elm Villas, The Park, Hull, Yorkshire, son of William Henry Abraham (from Bedford), Vicar of Cottingham, Sculcoates, Yorkshire, and Anne Wilson from Yorkshire; In 1891 age 3 he lived with parents in Cottingham, Yorkshire; In 1901 age 13 Arnold C Abraham was a boarding scholar at St Cuthberts Boys School in Worksop, Nottinghamshire; On 05.04.1905 he enlisted in the 3rd Battalion, the Sherwood Foresters (Militia) {The Notts & Derby Regiment} as a 2nd Lieutenant; On 16.06.1905 the Derbyshire Advertiser and Journal reported under the heading ‘Derbyshire Militia – Training at Belper’ that 2nd Lt. A C Abraham, Derbyshire Militia attended the annual tented training camp; On 02.03.1906 The Derbyshire Advertiser reported that 2nd Lieutenant A C Abraham resigned his commission in the 3rd Battalion the Sherwood Foresters (Militia), after having only served since April 1905; On 14.01.1908 it seems that Arnold C Abraham and his brother William E Abraham sailed as the only 2 first class passengers on board the ‘Consuelo’ from Hull to New York arriving as ‘Journalists’ on 30.01.1908? (But when did they return)? In 1911 age 23 Arnold Cuthbert Abraham was a boarding Assistant Master at a Preparatory School in St Annes on the Sea, Lancashire; On 10.05.1913 the Western Evening Herald reported under the heading 5th (Prince of Wales) Battalion, Devonshire Regiment that 2nd Lieutenant A C Abraham was Attached to the Depot of the East Yorkshire Regiment at Beverley from 08.04.1913 to 05.05.1913 under Appendix V.v(a). Territorial Force Regulations; On 29.07.1914 the London Evening Standard reported under Naval and Military News that 2nd Lt. A C Abraham of the 5th (Prince of Wales’s) Battalion, Devonshires was to be promoted to Lieutenant; On the 08.08.1914 the Volunteer Service Gazette and Military Dispatch reported under the heading ‘Territorial Force Reserve’, that 2nd Lt. A C Abraham of the 5th (Prince of Wales’s) Battalion, Devonshire Regiment was promoted to Lieutenant; On 13.02.1915 The Civil & Military Gazette (Lahore) reported that in the Lahore Divisional Area, Lieutenant A C Abraham, 5th Devonshire Regiment qualified at the School of Musketry, Rawalpindi, on the 1st Territorial Course in 1915; On 17.08.1915 the Civil & Military Gazette (Lahore) reported that Lieutenant A C Abraham of the 1st/5th Battalion, Devonshire Regiment was granted leave in India from 20.08.1915 to 18.09.1915; On 02.02.1917 the Western Morning News reported that the London Gazette had Lieutenant A C Abraham of the Devonshire Regiment as being appointed acting Captain in order to command a company; The London Gazette of 11.04.1917 under the Territorial Force heading, Devonshire Regiment, Lieutenant (temporary Captain) A C Abraham is to be a Captain with precedence from 01.06.1916, posted 12.04.1917; (On 13.04.1917 the Western Times reported the same promotion); On 22.12.1917 The War Office gazetted that Capt. A C Abraham, from T.F. on 03.05.1917 to be a Major and to retain any higher rank Seniority whilst holding his present appointment; On 24.11.1917 Captain A C Abraham married Mary Mignon Clifford Cullwick in Bombay, India, (the daughter of a Reverend); The London Gazette of 26.12.1917 reports that Lt. A C Abraham is to be acting Captain whilst commanding a Company, a Territorial Force Battalion wef 25.10.1916; On 27.05.1919 Captain A C Abraham age 31 and wife Mary Ann age 34 & child arrive in Tilbury, England on board the ‘Gablonz’ sailing from Bombay; Address given as Butcombe Court, A?ington, Somerset? In the 1921 Census there’s a Captain in HM Regular Army, identified as Arnold Cuthbert Abraham age 33 from Kingston upon Hull and wife Mary Mignon Abraham age 34 from Hastings, Sussex, living in Meer Hill, Loxley, Warwickshire; There’s an MIC card for Arnold Cuthbert Abraham, Captain 1st Bn. Devon Regiment; Awarded the BW & V medals from Devons; Awarded the TFWM also; First served in Mesopotamia on 06.101.1916; Medals issued 06.05.1922, no address given; Captain A C Abraham is named on the Devons, BW & V Medals roll – medals issued 15.06.1922? Also noted as A C Abraham, Captain, for the TFWM on the Devons roll - medal issued September 1922; On 15.06.1922 the Western Evening Herald, Plymouth reported that Captain A C Abraham, Devonshire Regiment who has retired, was appointed to that rank in 1917 from the 5th (Prince Of Wales’s) Battalion having had 3 years previous service with the embodied Territorial Force; On 06.03.1930 the North Devon Journal reported that A C Abraham, an ex Devonshire Regiment officer attended, with many others a 6th Battalion reunion in Barnstaple, Devon; On 25.10.1935 the Western Times reported that Captain A C Abraham (Torquay) led about 50 former members of the 5th Battalion, Devonshire Regiment at a parade in Barnstaple, Devon; I believe that Major A C Abraham may have owned racehorses around September 1937; In 1939 Arnold C Abraham, a Paint Manufacturer’s Agent & Travelling Salesman, also a Captain, Devonshire Regt., an ARP and Ambulance Driver, and wife Mary M Abraham born 27.11.1889 in Sussex, lived at #22, College Road, Newton Abbot, Devon; I believe that Arnold Cuthbert Abraham died in 1947 in Paddington, London age 60; There is a Pension Record Index Card for Captain Arnold Cuthbert Abraham and Widow Mignon Abraham for 30.10.1947, address given as #233, Baker Street, London W1

Albert Edward Frankpitt – Born 19.04.1885, in Guildford, Surrey, son of James Frankpitt, a Railway Guard from Tiverton, Devon and Charlotte Buckle from Godalming; In 1891 Albert Frankpitt age 5 born Godalming, Surrey, lived with parents in the Old Station, Godalming, Surrey; In 1901 age 15 Albert E D Frankpitt, a Railway Boy worker, lived with parents in St Nicholas, Godalming, Surrey; In 1911 Albert Frankpitt, a Railway Porter age 25 lived with parents in #4, Denzil Road, Guildford, Surrey; A E Frankpitt Enlisted as #5699, Corporal, in the Imperial Light Horse, 3rd South Africans; Served in Africa in August 1914; On 15.11.1917 London Gazette has Albert Edward Frankpitt from (Territorial Force) Officer Cadet Unit to be commissioned as a 2nd Lieutenant in the 4th Battalion, Devon Regiment; In 1918, 2nd Lt. A E Frankpitt was gazetted to be seconded for service with the West African Regiment and was promoted to Temporary Lieutenant; In 1920, Lieutenant Frankpitt was gazetted as being restored to unit; In 1921 Lt. A E Frankpitt relinquished his commission and retained the rank of Lieutenant; In 1920 Albert Edward Frankpitt married Ivy Doris Cooper from Guildford, Surrey in Salisbury, Wiltshire; Post WW1 his medals were claimed on 29.09.1920, address given as Braunton, North Devon, and Premier Mine, near Pretoria, Transvaal, South Africa; He is named on the BW Medals roll for Devon Regt. and W.Africa Regt. Victory medal & 1915 Star by SA?; In 1921 Albert Edward, a Signalman (LSWR) age 36 and wife Ivy Doris Frankpitt age 26 lived in Star Cottages, Wickham, Hampshire; On 05.07.1921 Albert Edward Frankpitt became a Freemason in the Premier Diamond Lodge of the Transvaal, South Africa; On 06.09.1923 Albert Edward Frankpitt age 39, working in Hardware sailed from Cape Town South Africa on board the ‘SS Borda’ to London; On 09.11.1923 sailing from Southampton to South Africa onboard the Balmoral Castle, Mr. E A Frankpitt of the Railway Hotel, Braunton, Devon, age 39 and a Manager left UK; In 1939 Albert E born 19.04.1885 is a Southern Rail Signalman, & wife Ivy Doris Frankpitt b.24.02.1893 and living at #32, School Road, Wickham, Hants; I believe that Albert E Frankpitt died in 1968 in Droxford, Hampshire age 82; His Widow Ivy Doris Frankpitt died age 97 in 1990 in Droxford also; (One of their 2 sons, James Frankpitt, Royal Marines died in WW2 on HMS Indomitable on 12.08.1942 – parents were Albert Edward & Ivy Doris Frankpitt of Wickham, Hampshire? Named on the Wickham, Hants in St Nicholas Church);

Arthur Hicks Peck – Born 25.04.1889 in Darjeeling, West Bengal, India, son of Francis (Frank) Samuel Peck a Surgeon Colonel in the Indian Army, from Bristol, and Margaret Ellen Pizey from Somerset; In 1891 he lived in India with his parents; In 1901 Arthur H Peck age 11 is a boarding pupil at Harris Hill School, Highclere, Hampshire; From 1903 to 1906 he attended Clifton College in Bristol before being admitted to Christ’s College, Cambridge; (By 1911 his father had died at sea on the journey to UK from India in 1908 & his widowed Mum lived with his 2 sisters in Paignton, Devon); I understand that he spent the years between 1908 and 1914 in Australia; Arthur Hicks Peck, ex Cadet of the Officers Training Corps became a temporary 2nd Lt. on 07.12.1914; There is a Medals Index Card for Lieutenant Arthur Hicks Peck serving with 10th Battalion, Devonshire Regiment both in France and Macedonia; Awarded the 1914-1915 Star, issued on 10.01.1922 from the Devon Roll; First served on 06.09.1915 in France; Also served as a Major with the RAF based in Palestine; BW & V medals issued by the Air Ministry, he is named on the Royal Flying Corps medal roll; Mentioned in Despatches twice, awarded the Military Cross and also awarded the Distinguished Service Order as Temporary Captain Arthur Hicks Peck, (General List and Royal Flying Corps) on 04.03.1918; ‘For conspicuous gallantry and devotion to duty. While patrolling at a height of 14,000 ft. he observed a formation of five enemy aircraft attempting a reconnaissance. He attacked the top machine, a scout, and drove it down out of control. He then attacked the second scout, which he also drove down out of control. He finally attacked a two-seater, and so quickly that he got to close quarters and opened fire with both guns. That too he sent down out of control. His performance was a splendid one, besides being costly for the enemy’; On 29.04.1918 T./Lt. (T./Capt.) Arthur Hicks Peck, Gen. List and RFC, ‘For conspicuous gallantry and devotion to duty. He engaged singlehanded three enemy aeroplanes, though they had superior height. He drove them back over their lines and prevented them from carrying out their reconnaissance’; Gazetted again on 16.08.1918 Temporary Captain Arthur Hicks Peck, MC., for conspicuous gallantry and devotion to duty. ‘During two months of aerial fighting he has never hesitated to attack the enemy when they were in superior numbers. On one occasion, when piloting a scout, he engaged a hostile formation consisting of four scouts and two two-seaters, completely dispersing them and driving one down out of control. His dash, resourcefulness and skill have been most marked’; I understand that he shot down at least 8 enemy aircraft; Peck relinquished his commission after the end of hostilities on 24.10.1919 but then 6 months later the Royal Air Force granted him a short service commission; The British Air Force Monthly Unit Lists have Arthur H Peck serving as a Flight Lieutenant wef 14.04.1920 with No.4 Squadron, Flying Training School, Inland Area, 7 Group, stationed in Farnborough; On 17.06.1920 Arthur Hicks Peck a RAF Captain age 31 married Marjorie Amy Clare Smith age 27 in Clifton, Bristol, Gloucestershire; Medals issued 17.11.1921; Addresses given as No. 2, Flying Training School, RAF, Duxford, Cambridgeshire and then Harrington, Paignton, South Devon; In 1921 Arthur Hicks, a Flight Lieutenant, Royal Air Force age 32 & wife Marjorie Amy Peck lived with their son in Station Road, Great Shelford, Cambridgeshire; In 1925 onwards they lived in Folkestone, Kent; In 1926 he was posted to HQ RAF Iraq; On 25.04.1928 he was appointed commander of No. 55 Squadron, Iraq; On the 15th March 1929 he was again mentioned in despatches for his service with the operations against the Akhwan in the southern desert, Iraq; In 1931 A H Peck filed for divorce from his first wife; In December 1932 in Hendon Middlesex he married Alice Pauline Riggall (born 01.11.1896 in Lincolnshire), {she had been previously married on 13.11.1917 to an RAF Flight Lieutenant Eric Barnes Mason who died on 19.02.1926 in South Arabia}; In 1932 Arthur was appointed Station Commander of RAF Northolt; The British Air Force Lists for officers serving on the active list of the RAF, General Duties Branch in 1935 has Arthur Hicks Peck, D.S.O., M.C. Bar (01 July) being a Group Captain; Arthur Hicks Peck served in the RAF during WW2, and although he reached the mandatory retirement age on 25,04.1942 he was re-employed until reverting to the retired list at his own request on 08.09.1944; I believe that Arthur Hicks Peck of Kinloss, Port Havas, Falmouth, Cornwall, died on 14.02.1975 age 85; His widow Alice Pauline Peck died on 20.12.1994 in Wiltshire age 98; (His son Ronald Francis Peck was awarded the Military Cross in March 1945 whilst serving as a temporary Major with 7th Battalion, The Black Watch, Royal Highland Regiment in WW2); 

Alfred Moreton Scales – Born 1887 in Camberwell, London, son of William John Scales from Camden, a General Clerk and Mary Jane Moreton from Hampshire; In 1891 A M Scales age 3 lived with parents in Camberwell; In 1901 age 13 he lived with widowed Mum & siblings in Gloucester Road, Camberwell, London; In 1911 Alfred Moreton Scales age 23, a Tramways Department Clerk lived with his widowed Mum age 66 (and his widower brother age 32 and an Army Pensioner Uncle), in East Dulwich, Camberwell, London; Enlisted as #2132, Private & L/Cpl. 9th Bn. Middlesex Regt.; Commissioned 10.09.1914 as 2nd Lieutenant, 9th Battalion, Middlesex Regiment; First served in Egypt & Mesopotamia from November 1914; Gazetted for Special Appointment (Cl. GG) 2nd Lt. Devon Regt. T.F. and to be seconded on 03.04.1918; Gazetted to be a Lieutenant in 4th Bn. Devonshire Regt. on 01.03.1919; Again gazetted for Special Appointment (Cl. GG) Lieutenant, Devon Regt. T.F. on 01.04.1919; Apparently wef 27.01.1920 served as a Captain in the Indian Army Reserve of Officers attached S T C; Named on the BW & V Medals roll for Devon Regiment which were issued on 20.04.1922 with no address given; There is a Medals Index Card for him confirming his rank promotions and the units he served with; Noted as inelligible for the 1915 Star; Awarded the India General Service Medal with Afghan Clasp 1919 for service in the 3rd Anglo-Afghan War, probably with the 17th Special Service Battalion made up of post WW1 armistice volunteers of various regiments. (The CO was Lt. Colonel C L Flick ex 6th Bn. Devons); The London County Council Records indicate that Alfred Moreton Scales (1914-1919) Lieutenant, Devonshire Regiment served in India for 3 years and Mesopotamia for 2 years; Alfred Moreton Scales, an Army Officer age 32, living at #63, Raymead Avenue, Thornton Heath, married Lilian Alice Butler, age 30 on 27.12.1919 in Streatham, Lambeth, London; In 1936 he was fined £10 for driving under the influence and causing an accident an his licence suspended; In 1939 Alfred M Scales, an Electrical Merchant, Lieutenant in Officers Emergency Reserve, an ARP Warden and First Aider, and wife Lilian A Scales (b.26.04.1889) lived with a daughter in The Byway, Carshalton, Surrey; I believe that Alfred Moreton Scales of South Lodge, Grove End Road, St Johns Wood, London died age 69 at Westminster Hospital on 03.01.1957 following an operation on his jaw, (there was an inquest which recorded a death by misadventure); His widow Lilian Alice Scales died in Leicestershire on 27.07.1987 age 98

Arnold Daniel Radford – Born 1875 in Brentford, Middlesex, son of Daniel Radford a Coal Merchant from Mount Tavy, Tavistock, Devon and Emily Radford; In 1881 Arnold Radford lived with parents in Kensington, London; There is an entry for the Michaelmas Term, 1888 for Arnold Daniel Radford entering Sherbourne School, Abbey Road, Sherbourne, Dorset; In 1891 aged 15 Arnold Daniel Radford was a boarding pupil at Sherbourne School in Dorset; In 1895 Arnold Daniel Radford was a Graduate at Oxford University; On 01.03.1901 the Western Gazette reported that a marriage had been arranged between Arnold Daniel Radford of Darjeeling, India and Mary Violet Ethel Bennett of Strelna, Bovey Tracey, Devon and this wedding took place on 10.08.1901 in Bovey Tracey; In the 1901 Census Arnold Radford age 25 and living from his own means resided with his widowed Mum at #123, Westbourne Terrace, Hyde Park, Paddington, London; On 10.10.1904 at Lydford, Tavistock, Devon they had a stillborn son; In 1911 Arnold Daniel Radford age 35, married for 10 years having had 5 kids, (1 died) and living off his own means was a Patient in Buntingford House Retreat, in Hillside, Buntingford, Herts; In 1911 his wife & children, Mary Violet Ethel Radford age 34 lived in Meadow View, Middlemoor, Whitchurch, Tavistock; Gazetted as temporay Lieutenant, 11th Bn. Devonshire Regt. on 30.01.1915; First served in France from March 1915, prior to 23.04.1915; On 09.11.1915 he was gazetted as relinquishing his commission from the Devonshire Regiment; At some time he was attached to the Indian Expeditionary Force; Awarded SWB B341469 (List Off/661) as a Lieutenant, address given as #6, Oaklands Road, Bedford; Attached to the Indian Army; Named on BW & V Medals roll for the Devon Regiment; Named on the 1914-1915 Star roll for the Devons; In 1918 Arnold Daniel and his wife Mary Violet Ethel Radford lived in #6, Oaklands Road, St Peter, Bedford, Bedfordshire; Medals issued on 02.09.1921, address given as Langford P.O., Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada; In 1921 they lived in Canada; I believe that Arnold Daniel Radford of Duncan, British Columbia, Canada died on 27.01.1937; In 1939 Mary Violet Ethel Radford, a widow born 16.05.1876 living off her own means resided in ‘The Den’, Riverside, Twickenham, Middlesex; I believe that she died 28.10.1957 in Surrey

Alfred Horton Date – Born 04.07.1896 in Culmstock, Devon (registered Wellington, Somerset), son of William Horton Date, a Surgeon and Margaret Adlington, both from Derbyshire; In 1901 age 4 he lived with parents in Silver Street, Culmstock; In 1911 age 14 Alfred Horton Date was a boarding pupil at Epsom College, Epsom, Surrey; Enlisted for WW1 as 2nd Lieutenant in the (Sherwood Foresters) Nottinghamshire & Derbyshire Regiment, Lieutenant with Royal North Devonshire Yeomanry and finally as a Captain with the Army Musketry Corps; First served in France on 12.07.1915; In 1917 he served with 1st Battalion, Devonshire Regiment at the front; In 1919 gazetted that temporary 2nd Lt. A H Date relinquished his acting rank of Captain on ceasing to be Assistant Instructor at a Musketry Camp; 1914-1915 Star issued 03.01.1922 on Notts & Derby Regiment roll as 2nd Lieutenant A H Date; BW & V medals issued on 03.01.1922 as Captain A H Date on the Royal North Devon Yeomanry roll, attached to the Devon Regiment; Claimed his medals on 01.11.1921, addresses given as ‘Copper Works’, Llanelly, Wales, and Ferry Side, Carmarthenshire; In 1918 & 1919 Electoral rolls for Devon have Alfred Horton Date living with his brother William Horton Date in #1, Ashleigh Road, Barnstaple; In the London Gazette Vol III, 1921 it is recorded under Military Promotions, Territorial Force, that Lieutenant A H Date (Captain 4th Bn. Welch), T.F.R. Regimental List, Infantry, from Royal North Devon Yeomanry; In 1921 Captain Alfred Horton Date age 25 lived at the Army Musketry Camp, Rydal Mount, Tenby, Penally, Pembrokeshire, Wales; On 10.07.1921 Temporary Captain A H Date relinquished his commission; In 1935 Alfred H Date married Emma Savage in Preston, Lancashire; In 1939 Alfred H, a Consulting Engineer and wife Emma Date lived with her parents in Hornby Street, Oswaldtwistle, Lancashire; I believe that Alfred Horton Date of Merewood, Windermere, Westmorland died on 04.06.1960, leaving his widow Emma Date who died age 71 on the 18.01.1972

Alec William Gracie Farquhar –Thompson – {Note: Up until 18.08.1922 he was known as Alec William Gracie Farquhar Thompson when he changed his name by Deed Poll to Alec William Gracie Farquhar-Thomson; His address was #22, Morton Crescent, Exmouth, Devon} Born 12.07.1891 in Battle, Sussex, son of ?? Not Found; In 1901 he was also Not Found; From 1903-1910 he was educated at Cheltenham College; He had no Apprenticeship; From 1911 to 1913 he is recorded as living in the country owing to ill-health; In 1911 age 19 he lived from his Own Means and was Boarding in #53, Charlton Road, Blackheath, London; In 1913 & 1914 he ran a Hire and Repair Business on his own account; In WW1 he enlisted as #3113, Sergeant, Royal Engineers; First served in France 09.12.1914 as a Despatch Rider, RE; Then he was a Sergeant in charge of the maintenance of motor cycles and lorries of the 27th Divisional Signal Company, Royal Engineers; Commissioned as Second Lieutenant, Devonshire Regt., gazetted 18.08.1916 in Special Reserve of Officers (deployed on home defence duties) serving with the RTC; On 12.12.1916 2nd Lt. A W G Farquahar-Thompson, Devonshire Regiment (Special Reserve) was appointed to the Machine Gun Corps; Gazetted Temp. Lieutenant, Devon Regiment (Special Reserve) on 01.05.1917; Gazetted as Lieutenant Devon Regt. on 01.07.1917 and to remain seconded for duty with Machine Gun Corps; Records say that from 1918-1919 he was a Scout Pilot, with the Royal Air Force; (In 1919 there are UK Institute of Mechanical Engineer Records for Alec William Gracie Farquahr-Thomson age 28 which contains other information which I have extracted and inserted here in chronological order, however, when he applied for membership he received a vote of ‘No Motion’); From 1919 he was Managing Director of an Exeter Motor Engineers Company running 2 garages and 35 staff; Alec W G F Thompson married Hilda M Ward in St Thomas, Devon in early 1921; In June 1921 Alec W G Farquhar-Thompson, a Motor Engineer age 29 and wife Hilda M age 25 lived with 1 servant in #22, Moreton Crescent, Exmouth, Devon; Applied for medals 15.11.1924, with two addresses given as Covent Garden Hotel, Strand, London E.C.2 and Culloughmore, Elwyn Road, Exmouth, Devon; In 1928 they are recorded as living there too; In 1939 Hilda M Farquhar-Thomson (born 16.11.1895 in Leicestershire) lived with 3 others in #2, Victoria Park Road, Exeter, Devon; The London Gazette dated 18.08.1939 has under the 8th Battalion Devon Regt. Lt. Alec William Gracie Farquhar-Thomson {late of the 3rd Battalion Devon Regt. (Special Reserve)} to be Lieutenant wef 25.05.1939; The UK Officers List has Lieutenant A W G Farquhar Thomson as a Lieutenant in the Devonshire Regiment in 1939-1945; The 1940 Phone Book has A W Farquhar-Thomson living at White Lodge, Victoria Park Road, Exeter, Devon; London Gazette dated (WW2) 06.11.1945, under Devon Regiment, has War Substantive Lieutenant A W G Farquhar-Thomson having exceeded the age limit, relinquishing his commission on 08.11.1945, and is granted the honorary rank of Captain; The UK Military Discharge Index has A W G Farquhar-Thomson, born 12.07.1891, service #P91810, Army Officer but no other details except a reference Number AOW000059672; I believe that Alec W G Farquhar-Thomson of the Royal Beacon Hotel, Exmouth, Devon died on 24.02.1950 in the Bristol Royal Infirmary, age 58 in Gloucestershire; His widow Hilda May Farquhar-Thomson ‘Dickie’ (born 16.11.1894) of Kennel Flat, Goodwood, Chichester, Sussex died on 02.06.1978 age 83

Arthur William Fletcher – Born 03.10.1893 in Bolton, Lancashire, son of John Fletcher a Schoolmaster from Bolton and Martha Howarth; In 1901 age 7 he lived with his widowed Mum age 38 in Dobson Road, Little Bolton, Lancashire; (He had a younger brother John Fletcher who died on 28.07.1918 in WW1 in France); In 1911 age 17 he lived with his widowed Mum age 48 in Pendlebury Cottage, Westhoughton, Bolton, Lancashire; He enlisted as a Private in the Royal Fusiliers; Commissioned as a temporary 2nd Lieutenant, and transferred from a Reserve Bn. to the Loyal North Lancashire Regt. on 26.02.1915; First served in France in December 1915; Promoted to Temporary Lieutenant with North Lancashire Regiment on 24.07.1916; Gazetted as being acting Captain with North Lancs. on 20.07.1917 and then he was commanding a Company on 28.09.1917; Promoted to Captain with 52nd Battalion Devonshires but his name does not appear in the 1919 War Diary for this unit; Awarded the 1914 -1915 Star as a Lieutenant, and the BW & V medals as a Captain, all medals awarded by Loyal North Lancashire Regiment; Medals claimed on 12.06.1920, address given as #35, Balfour Road, Southport, Lancashire; In 1921 Arthur William Fletcher age 27 born Bolton, a Schoolmaster teaching at Crypt Grammar School in Gloucester, living with Howorth Family in Pendlebury Farm, Lostock, Little Hutton, Bolton, Lancs; Arthur W Fletcher married Annie Evelyn Baines in December quarter 1921 in Nottingham, she was born in Nottingham; In 1939 Arthur William Fletcher, a Schoolmaster & ARP Warden was living with wife Annie Evelyn Fletcher (b.25.05.1899) in the Grammar School, #6, Lexden Road, Colchester, Essex; On 08.11.1957 they returned to Southampton, England from a trip to Canada on board the ‘Saxonia’; Arthur William Fletcher age 66 died 07.12.1959 in Dullingham, near Newmarket, Cambridgeshire; His widow Annie Evelyn Fletcher died 29.07.1992 in Ellington, Huntingdonshire

Arthur George Albert Davis – Born 07.07.1893 in Oxford, only son of Arthur Davis, a Law Clerk from Oxford and Sarah Cotmore from Berkshire; In 1901 age 7 he lived with parents in Abingdon Road, Oxford; Between 1903 and 1908 he was a student at All Saints, Bloxham, Oxford; In 1911 age 17 Arthur George Albert Davis was an Auctioneer’s Pupil living with parents at #104, Abingdon Road, Oxford; Gazetted on 09.12.1914 that 2nd Lieutenant Arthur G A Davis was to be a temporary Lieutenant in the 4th Battalion, The Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry; Gazetted 28.04.1916 under Royal Flying Corps heading, that 2nd Lieutenant A G A Davis of Devon Regiment, has been appointed as Flying Officer (Observer) and to be seconded wef 14.05.1916; Gazetted wef 15.11.1916 that 2nd Lieutenant A G A Davis, Devon Regiment, from a Flying Officer (Observer), with seniority from 14.03.1916; On 12.12.1916 the Western Times, reported that A G A Davis as a 2nd Lieutenant in the Devonshire Regiment was appointed from a Flying Officer (Observer) to Flying Officer in the Royal Flying Corps; Gazetted wef 01.04.1917 that 2nd Lt. A G A Davis, Devon Regt. to be temporary Lieutenant whilst serving with the Royal Flying Corps attached to 35 Sqaudron who were in France in 1917; Gazetted wef 20.06.1917 under Royal Flying Corps an appointment to Flight Commander, from Flying Officer and to be temporary Captain, whilst so employed for 2nd Lt. (temporary Lieutenant) A G A Davis, Devon Regiment; Gazetted 07.03.1918 that Lieutenant A G A Davis, Devon Regiment to be Captain wef 04.09.1917; Royal Air Force records exist for Arthur George Albert Davis, Captain in Devon Regiment, attached RAF, record started 14.04.1918; permanent home address is #104, Abingdon Road, Oxford; Record shows Special Qualifications as Machine Gun Officer with 4th Battalion, Oxford & Bucks; Lewis Gun course with 1st Bn Devons; A long list of abbreviated RFC items on various flying machines; Artillery Observer Pilot and Flight Commander with BEF; There is a Medals Index Card for Arthur Geo. Albert Davis, Lieutenant with 4th Bn. Oxford & Bucks Light Infantry, Lieutenant with Devon Regiment & RFC, and Captain with the RAF; Awarded the 1914-1915 Star, Theatre of War shown as France from June 1915; His BW&V medals were issued by the Air Ministry; Addresses for medal claim were #116, Abingdon Road, Oxford and later the Covent Garden Hotel, Strand, London, WC2; Named on the RFC Roll for BW&V medals as Captain A G A Davis; RAF records indicate that he was awarded the Air Force Cross on 01.01.1919; He served with a number of Flying Squadrons between 31.07.1916 and with 88 Sqn. in 27.03.1918; I believe that he served with 97 Squadron in the Middle East and India in 1919 and up to 01.02.1920, before being RTU to Army Duty as a Lieutenant with Devon Regiment on 05.02.1920; I did not find him in 1921 Census or in the 1939 Register; I believe that he never married? I failed to find a death for him?

Alfred Bray Treloar – Born in 1888 in Marazion, Cornwall, son of William Henry Treloar, a Teacher and Martha W Treloar; In 1891 Alfred age 3 lived with parents in St Hilary, Cornwall; In 1901 age 13, a Monitor in a Board School he lived with parents in St Mewan, Cornwall; Alfred Bray Treloar married Mary Johanna Thomas (b.25.05.1889) in Penzance in 1909; In 1911 age 23, a married Schoolteacher, he lived with wife Mary Johanna Treloar and baby son Alfred Bray Treloar in St Dennis, Cornwall; The London Gazette in 1918 under Regular Forces Military Promotions, noted that Cadet A B Treloar (temporary 2nd Lieutenant, attached); His Medals Index Card has A B Treloar as 2nd Lt. serving with Duke of Cornwall’s Light Infantry; Records from the Household Brigade Officer Cadet Battalion dated 12.04.1918 shows that #TR/7/12100, Sergeant A B Treloar of the Royal Warwick Regiment was Discharged wef 26.03.1918 on appointment to temporary commission as a 2nd Lieutenant & posted to 3rd Battalion, the Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry, Freshwater, Isle of Wight; First served in France 12.07.1918; Also recorded as a Lieutenant serving with 5th Bn. Devonshire Regt.; Claimed Medals whilst still serving, address given as the O/C, 5th Battalion, the Devonshire Regiment, Millbay Barracks, Plymouth, Devon; BW & V medals issued from the DCLI Roll on 28.05.1924; In 1920 the document ‘National Union of Teachers War Record for Cornwall Mid', shows A B Treloar as having joined the Forces; London Gazette Vol. I, 1921 has Temporary 2nd Lieutenant A B Treloar relinquishing his commission on completion of service and retaining the rank of 2nd Lt.; In the 1921 Census Alfred Bray Treloar age 33, a School Teacher and wife Mary Johanna Treloar lived with 5 children in Millbrook Place, Tavistock, Devon; The Monthly Army List of unknown date has Lieutenant A B Treloar (23.11.1922) serving with the 5th (Prince of Wales’s) Battalion, Devonshire Regiment in Millbay Barracks, Plymouth, Devon; London Gazette Vol. I, 1923, shows 2nd Lieutenant A B Treloar, as having been a Lieutenant in 5th Bn. Devon Regiment, late of a Service Battalion in the DCLI; Following the War A B Treloar was a schoolteacher in Tavistock Devon and held a high position on the urban council for many years; I understand that Alfred Bray Treloar was at one time the Headmaster of the St Eustacius Church School in Tavistock; On 08.06.1935 the Western Morning News and Daily Gazette reported that Mr. A B Treloar of Tavistock Council had been awarded the King’s Jubilee Medal; In 1939 Alfred B Treloar and wife Mary Johanna lived with 2 children in Millbrook Place, Parkwood Road, Tavistock, Devon; I believe that Alfred Bray Treloar died on 15.10.1946 in Tavistock, Devon, his widow Mary Joanna Treloar died age 91 in 1980 in Gloucestershire

Arthur Hicks Peck – Born 25.04.1889 in Darjeeling, West Bengal, India, son of Francis (Frank) Samuel Peck a Surgeon Colonel in the Indian Army, from Bristol, and Margaret Ellen Pizey from Somerset; In 1891 he lived in India with his parents; In 1901 Arthur H Peck age 11 is a boarding pupil at Harris Hill School, Highclere, Hampshire; From 1903 to 1906 he attended Clifton College in Bristol before being admitted to Christ’s College, Cambridge; (By 1911 his father had died at sea on the journey to UK from India in 1908 & his widowed Mum lived with his 2 sisters in Paignton, Devon); I understand that he spent the years between 1908 and 1914 in Australia; Arthur Hicks Peck, ex Cadet of the Officers Training Corps became a temporary 2nd Lt. on 07.12.1914; There is a Medals Index Card for Lieutenant Arthur Hicks Peck serving with 10th Battalion, Devonshire Regiment both in France and Macedonia; Awarded the 1914-1915 Star, issued on 10.01.1922 from the Devon Roll; First served on 06.09.1915 in France; Also served as a Major with the RAF based in Palestine; BW & V medals issued by the Air Ministry, he is named on the Royal Flying Corps medal roll; Mentioned in Despatches twice, awarded the Military Cross and also awarded the Distinguished Service Order as Temporary Captain Arthur Hicks Peck, (General List and Royal Flying Corps) on 04.03.1918; ‘For conspicuous gallantry and devotion to duty. While patrolling at a height of 14,000 ft. he observed a formation of five enemy aircraft attempting a reconnaissance. He attacked the top machine, a scout, and drove it down out of control. He then attacked the second scout, which he also drove down out of control. He finally attacked a two-seater, and so quickly that he got to close quarters and opened fire with both guns. That too he sent down out of control. His performance was a splendid one, besides being costly for the enemy’; On 29.04.1918 T./Lt. (T./Capt.) Arthur Hicks Peck, Gen. List and RFC, ‘For conspicuous gallantry and devotion to duty. He engaged singlehanded three enemy aeroplanes, though they had superior height. He drove them back over their lines and prevented them from carrying out their reconnaissance’; Gazetted again on 16.08.1918 Temporary Captain Arthur Hicks Peck, MC., for conspicuous gallantry and devotion to duty. ‘During two months of aerial fighting he has never hesitated to attack the enemy when they were in superior numbers. On one occasion, when piloting a scout, he engaged a hostile formation consisting of four scouts and two two-seaters, completely dispersing them and driving one down out of control. His dash, resourcefulness and skill have been most marked’; I understand that he shot down at least 8 enemy aircraft; Peck relinquished his commission after the end of hostilities on 24.10.1919 but then 6 months later the Royal Air Force granted him a short service commission; The British Air Force Monthly Unit Lists have Arthur H Peck serving as a Flight Lieutenant wef 14.04.1920 with No.4 Squadron, Flying Training School, Inland Area, 7 Group, stationed in Farnborough; On 17.06.1920 Arthur Hicks Peck a RAF Captain age 31 married Marjorie Amy Clare Smith age 27 in Clifton, Bristol, Gloucestershire; Medals issued 17.11.1921; Addresses given as No. 2, Flying Training School, RAF, Duxford, Cambridgeshire and then Harrington, Paignton, South Devon; In 1921 Arthur Hicks, a Flight Lieutenant, Royal Air Force age 32 & wife Marjorie Amy Peck lived with their son in Station Road, Great Shelford, Cambridgeshire; In 1925 onwards they lived in Folkestone, Kent; In 1926 he was posted to HQ RAF Iraq; On 25.04.1928 he was appointed commander of No. 55 Squadron, Iraq; On the 15th March 1929 he was again mentioned in despatches for his service with the operations against the Akhwan in the southern desert, Iraq; In 1931 A H Peck filed for divorce from his first wife; In December 1932 in Hendon Middlesex he married Alice Pauline Riggall (born 01.11.1896 in Lincolnshire), {she had been previously married on 13.11.1917 to an RAF Flight Lieutenant Eric Barnes Mason who died on 19.02.1926 in South Arabia}; In 1932 Arthur was appointed Station Commander of RAF Northolt; The British Air Force Lists for officers serving on the active list of the RAF, General Duties Branch in 1935 has Arthur Hicks Peck, D.S.O., M.C. Bar (01 July) being a Group Captain; Arthur Hicks Peck served in the RAF during WW2, and although he reached the mandatory retirement age on 25,04.1942 he was re-employed until reverting to the retired list at his own request on 08.09.1944; I believe that Arthur Hicks Peck of Kinloss, Port Havas, Falmouth, Cornwall, died on 14.02.1975 age 85; His widow Alice Pauline Peck died on 20.12.1994 in Wiltshire age 98; (His son Ronald Francis Peck was awarded the Military Cross in March 1945 whilst serving as a temporary Major with 7th Battalion, The Black Watch, Royal Highland Regiment in WW2); (Photo of Arthur Hicks Peck talking to King George V after a flying display.

Alfred Moreton Scales – Born 1887 in Camberwell, London, son of William John Scales from Camden, a General Clerk and Mary Jane Moreton from Hampshire; In 1891 A M Scales age 3 lived with parents in Camberwell; In 1901 age 13 he lived with widowed Mum & siblings in Gloucester Road, Camberwell, London; In 1911 Alfred Moreton Scales age 23, a Tramways Department Clerk lived with his widowed Mum age 66 (and his widower brother age 32 and an Army Pensioner Uncle), in East Dulwich, Camberwell, London; Enlisted as #2132, Private & L/Cpl. 9th Bn. Middlesex Regt.; Commissioned 10.09.1914 as 2nd Lieutenant, 9th Battalion, Middlesex Regiment; First served in Egypt & Mesopotamia from November 1914; Gazetted for Special Appointment (Cl. GG) 2nd Lt. Devon Regt. T.F. and to be seconded on 03.04.1918; Gazetted to be a Lieutenant in 4th Bn. Devonshire Regt. on 01.03.1919; Again gazetted for Special Appointment (Cl. GG) Lieutenant, Devon Regt. T.F. on 01.04.1919; Apparently wef 27.01.1920 served as a Captain in the Indian Army Reserve of Officers attached S T C; Named on the BW & V Medals roll for Devon Regiment which were issued on 20.04.1922 with no address given; There is a Medals Index Card for him confirming his rank promotions and the units he served with; Noted as inelligible for the 1915 Star; Awarded the India General Service Medal with Afghan Clasp 1919 for service in the 3rd Anglo-Afghan War, probably with the 17th Special Service Battalion made up of post WW1 armistice volunteers of various regiments. (The CO was Lt. Colonel C L Flick ex 6th Bn. Devons); The London County Council Records indicate that Alfred Moreton Scales (1914-1919) Lieutenant, Devonshire Regiment served in India for 3 years and Mesopotamia for 2 years; Alfred Moreton Scales, an Army Officer age 32, living at #63, Raymead Avenue, Thornton Heath, married Lilian Alice Butler, age 30 on 27.12.1919 in Streatham, Lambeth, London; In 1936 he was fined £10 for driving under the influence and causing an accident an his licence suspended; In 1939 Alfred M Scales, an Electrical Merchant, Lieutenant in Officers Emergency Reserve, an ARP Warden and First Aider, and wife Lilian A Scales (b.26.04.1889) lived with a daughter in The Byway, Carshalton, Surrey; I believe that Alfred Moreton Scales of South Lodge, Grove End Road, St Johns Wood, London died age 69 at Westminster Hospital on 03.01.1957 following an operation on his jaw, (there was an inquest which recorded a death by misadventure); His widow Lilian Alice Scales died in Leicestershire on 27.07.1987 age 98

Arnold Daniel Radford – Born 1875 in Brentford, Middlesex, son of Daniel Radford a Coal Merchant from Mount Tavy, Tavistock, Devon and Emily Radford; In 1881 Arnold Radford lived with parents in Kensington, London; There is an entry for the Michaelmas Term, 1888 for Arnold Daniel Radford entering Sherbourne School, Abbey Road, Sherbourne, Dorset; In 1891 aged 15 Arnold Daniel Radford was a boarding pupil at Sherbourne School in Dorset; In 1895 Arnold Daniel Radford was a Graduate at Oxford University; On 01.03.1901 the Western Gazette reported that a marriage had been arranged between Arnold Daniel Radford of Darjeeling, India and Mary Violet Ethel Bennett of Strelna, Bovey Tracey, Devon and this wedding took place on 10.08.1901 in Bovey Tracey; In the 1901 Census Arnold Radford age 25 and living from his own means resided with his widowed Mum at #123, Westbourne Terrace, Hyde Park, Paddington, London; On 10.10.1904 at Lydford, Tavistock, Devon they had a stillborn son; In 1911 Arnold Daniel Radford age 35, married for 10 years having had 5 kids, (1 died) and living off his own means was a Patient in Buntingford House Retreat, in Hillside, Buntingford, Herts; In 1911 his wife & children, Mary Violet Ethel Radford age 34 lived in Meadow View, Middlemoor, Whitchurch, Tavistock; Gazetted as temporay Lieutenant, 11th Bn. Devonshire Regt. on 30.01.1915; First served in France from March 1915, prior to 23.04.1915; On 09.11.1915 he was gazetted as relinquishing his commission from the Devonshire Regiment; At some time he was attached to the Indian Expeditionary Force; Awarded SWB B341469 (List Off/661) as a Lieutenant, address given as #6, Oaklands Road, Bedford; Attached to the Indian Army; Named on BW & V Medals roll for the Devon Regiment; Named on the 1914-1915 Star roll for the Devons; In 1918 Arnold Daniel and his wife Mary Violet Ethel Radford lived in #6, Oaklands Road, St Peter, Bedford, Bedfordshire; Medals issued on 02.09.1921, address given as Langford P.O., Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada; In 1921 they lived in Canada; I believe that Arnold Daniel Radford of Duncan, British Columbia, Canada died on 27.01.1937; In 1939 Mary Violet Ethel Radford, a widow born 16.05.1876 living off her own means resided in ‘The Den’, Riverside, Twickenham, Middlesex; I believe that she died 28.10.1957 in Surrey

Alfred Horton Date – Born 04.07.1896 in Culmstock, Devon (registered Wellington, Somerset), son of William Horton Date, a Surgeon and Margaret Adlington, both from Derbyshire; In 1901 age 4 he lived with parents in Silver Street, Culmstock; In 1911 age 14 Alfred Horton Date was a boarding pupil at Epsom College, Epsom, Surrey; Enlisted for WW1 as 2nd Lieutenant in the (Sherwood Foresters) Nottinghamshire & Derbyshire Regiment, Lieutenant with Royal North Devonshire Yeomanry and finally as a Captain with the Army Musketry Corps; First served in France on 12.07.1915; In 1917 he served with 1st Battalion, Devonshire Regiment at the front; In 1919 gazetted that temporary 2nd Lt. A H Date relinquished his acting rank of Captain on ceasing to be Assistant Instructor at a Musketry Camp; 1914-1915 Star issued 03.01.1922 on Notts & Derby Regiment roll as 2nd Lieutenant A H Date; BW & V medals issued on 03.01.1922 as Captain A H Date on the Royal North Devon Yeomanry roll, attached to the Devon Regiment; Claimed his medals on 01.11.1921, addresses given as ‘Copper Works’, Llanelly, Wales, and Ferry Side, Carmarthenshire; In 1918 & 1919 Electoral rolls for Devon have Alfred Horton Date living with his brother William Horton Date in #1, Ashleigh Road, Barnstaple; In the London Gazette Vol III, 1921 it is recorded under Military Promotions, Territorial Force, that Lieutenant A H Date (Captain 4th Bn. Welch), T.F.R. Regimental List, Infantry, from Royal North Devon Yeomanry; In 1921 Captain Alfred Horton Date age 25 lived at the Army Musketry Camp, Rydal Mount, Tenby, Penally, Pembrokeshire, Wales; On 10.07.1921 Temporary Captain A H Date relinquished his commission; In 1935 Alfred H Date married Emma Savage in Preston, Lancashire; In 1939 Alfred H, a Consulting Engineer and wife Emma Date lived with her parents in Hornby Street, Oswaldtwistle, Lancashire; I believe that Alfred Horton Date of Merewood, Windermere, Westmorland died on 04.06.1960, leaving his widow Emma Date who died age 71 on the 18.01.1972

Arthur Courtis Skewes – Born 1896 in Barton Regis, Gloucestershire, younger son of John Courtis Skewes, a Tailor from Beer Alston, Devon & Ann Rowe of Newcombe, Crediton, Devon; In 1911 age 15 Arthur was a boarding pupil in Queen’s College Public School, Trull Taunton, Somerset; Prior to the War he was studying for the medical profession; In 1914 he joined the Officer Training Corps; Commissioned as a Temporary 2nd Lieutenant in the Infantry General List, gazetted on 03.06.1915 and then joined as 2nd Lt. in 11th (Reserve) Battalion, Devonshire Regt., attached to 2nd/6th Bn. Gloucestershire Regt; Served in France; Died 19.07.1916 age 20, having been at the front attached to the Gloucesters for only a month; Killed In Action at Fromelles by a German shell; He fell leading his men in an attack on the German line, death being instantaneous records his OC; (His probate address is shown as #7, Cotham Road, Bristol, Gloucestershire); Honoured in the Laventie Military Cemetery, La Gogue, France; Also Remembered on the University of Bristol Memorial, Wills Memorial Building, Tyndall Avenue, Bristol, Avon, and the Queen’s College, Taunton Memorial; Named on the BW & V Medals roll for the Devons, medals issued 05.08.1922; (Died in the same action on the same day as Second Lieutenant Anthony Edward Mathews

Alfred Anstey – Born 18.06.1874 in Tiverton, Devon, son of Thomas Anstey, a Farmer from Warkfield, Devon and Annie Maria Coles; In 1881 age 6 he lived with parents in Bolham, Tiverton, Devon; He was educated at Blundell’s School, Tiverton & later at Jesus College, Cambridge where he took his law degree; In 1891 age 16 he was recorded as living in Tiverton with his parents; In 1901 age 26, a Solicitor not in work, he lived in Princes Square, Paddington, London; In 1903 Alfred Anstey married Ilma Constance Butterworth in Tiverton, Devon; He qualified as a Solicitor in 1903 also; By 1908 he was the Under Sherrif of Exeter; In 1911 Alfred Anstey, a Solicitor age 36 and wife Ilma Constance Anstey age 34 (born in Surrey) lived with 3 sons and 4 servants in Exeter, Devon; (They had 4 children but 1 had died pre 1911); Initially served as a Subaltern in the 3rd Volunteer Battalion, Devonshire Regiment; Alfred Anstey enlisted and rose quickly with a commission as a Junior Major, in the 4th Battalion, Devonshire Regiment; First served in Mesopotamia from 01.03.1916; He was admitted to hospital on 04.05.1916 whilst at Sheikh Saad as the climate during his service in the Relief of Kut did not suit his constitution, however he did continue to serve; He retired as a Major from 4th Battalion, Devonshires on 15.07.1919; In 1921 Alfred age 47 & wife Ilma Constance Anstey age 44 lived in Darn Ford, Dunsford, Devon with their daughter and 3 nephews age 10, 8 and 3 from Prussia, Germany; Applied for his medals on 03.01.1922, address given as Matford House, Exeter, Devon; Awarded the BW & V medal Roll from the Devons roll, issued 09.02.1922; Also awarded the TFWM, issued & gazetted to Major Alfred Anstey (Retired) in September 1920 from the Devon roll; He was Sherrif and Mayor of Exeter in 1937-1938 and was involved in lots of civic and charity work in Exeter; In 1939 Alfred, a Solicitor and wife Ilma C Anstey lived in Matford House, Exeter; Following a brief illness Major Alfred Anstey of Matford House, Exeter died age 66 on 22.08.1940, just 3 months after he was appointed the Battalion Commander of the 1st (Loyal City of Exeter) Battalion of the Devon Home Guard in WW2; (His youngest son A W Anstey, also an Under Sherrif of Exeter City, served as a Lieutenant with the 4th Battalion, Devonshire Regiment in 1937 & WW2; Another son also served as a Major and was married to Lady Evelyn the sister of the Earl of Devon; The other son served with the Somerset Light Infantry);

Alfred Henry Cornell – Born 30.01.1896 in Kentish Town, London, son of Alfred William Cornell a Newsagent from Hampstead and Edith Emma Rutledge; In 1901 age 5 he lived with his widowed Mum and Grandmother in Marylebone, London; (His Mum remarried in 1906 to a George Lamb); In 1911 age 15, Alfred Henry Cornell, a pupil teacher in Oxford, Oxfordshire, lived with Mum Edith E Lamb (Matron) & Stepdad in a Boys Home, Durham House, they helped run in Kingham, Oxfordshire; Alfred enlisted as #3926, Private, in the Honorable Artillery Company; First went to France 27.10.1915 & served there until 06.05.1916; Commissioned as 2nd Lieutenant, Devonshire Regt. on 06.05.1916; The Exeter & Plymouth Gazette reported on the 10.07.1916 that 2nd Lt. A H Cornell had been wounded having taken part in the actions during the attack on Pozieres on 01.07.1916; Confirmed as a temporary 2nd Lieutenant, Devon Regt. in the London Gazette 12.08.1916; Awarded SWB #B13863, address given as Kingham, Oxford; Alfred H Cornell married Helen J Fraser in Aylesbury in 1918; In 1922 he claimed his medals – address #38, Cavendish Avenue, Eastbourne; named on the BW & V Medals roll for Officers of Devon Regiment; In 1921 Alfred Henry age 25, a Ministry of Health Insurance Department Officer (Inspector) and wife Helen Johnston Cornell age 26 (born 1894 Scotland) lived in Running Mill, Mill Road, Eastbourne, Sussex; In 1939 Alfred H, a District Inspector of Health Insurance (noted also as a 2nd Lt. Devonshire Regiment) & Helen J Cornell lived in Blenheim Drive, Oxford;

Alphonso Bloomfield – Born Alphonso Elias Thomas Bloomfield on 16.10.1879 in Tottenham, London, son of George Bloomfield, a Tailor & Draper from Woolwich and Matilda Elizabeth James from Essex; In 1881 age 2 he lived with parents in Tottenham, London; In 1891 age 11 Alphonso lived with his parents in Upper Holloway, Islington, London; On 26.11.1896 in London, Alphonso Elias Thomas Bloomfield age 18 enlisted as #9877 with the 3rd Battalion, Middlesex Regiment Militia, he lived at #2, Almington Street, Harley Road, London and was a Stock Keeper by trade; In 1901 he was serving in the Army in Hythe, Kent; In 1903 Alphonso Elias T Bloomfield married Sophie Blackman in Elham, Kent; On 17.05.1910 Alphonso Elias Thomas Bloomfield age 30, a Staff Sergeant living in Hythe became a Freemason in Prince Edwin’s Lodge, Hythe, Kent; In 1911 Alphonso Elia Thomas Bloomfield, age 32 and a married soldier, was a Sergeant Instructor at the School of Musketry in Hulme Barracks, Manchester, Lancashire; In 1912 to 1915 he lived at the School of Musketry in Hythe, Kent; On 25.03.1915 the London Gazette has Quartermaster Sergeant Alphonso Bloomfield from School of Musketry to be a 2nd Lieutenant in the Devonshire Regiment; Mentioned in Despatches by General D Haig for gallant and distinguished conduct in the field, London Gazetted 15.06.1916 on page 5938; Gazetted on 25.08.1916 as 2nd Lt. A Bloomfield of Devon Regiment to be Lieutenant and to remain seconded to Machine Gun Corps Training Centre as Assistant Instructor, originally seconded to them on 01.03.1916; There is also a Medal for Long Service & Good Conduct index card for Captain A Bloomfield, 1st Devonshire Regiment (Machine Gun Corps) formerly Royal Fusiliers and formerly an Instructor at the School of Musketry, dated 03.06.1917, but he was declared inelligible on 12.07.1917 under Kings Regulations para 1749; (This could have been due to him having less than 21 years service or that he was discharged after only 18 years, or that there was a misconduct entry on his regimental records); Gazetted as Lieutenant A Bloomfield MC., Devon Regiment is to be acting Captain while commanding a company on 30.03.1917; Gazetted on 18.07.1917 that Lieutenant (temporary Captain) Alphonso Bloomfield, Devon Regiment and Machine Gun Corps was awarded the Military Cross; ‘For conspicuous gallantry and devotion to duty. He commanded a machine gun company during an advance. His organisation and prompt action were of a very high order. His fine leadership and ability were of the utmost value to the infantry’; Gazetted on 06.02.1918 as being replaced as Assistant Instructor at School of Musketry, and to be an acting Major as Instructor at Machine Gun School; On 01.08.1918 Lt. A Bloomfield MC, Devon Regt. relinquished his appointment as Instructor and the temporary rank of Major in the Machine Gun Corps; On 26.07.1919 the London Gazette has under the Machine Gun Corps (Infantry) heading that Lieutenant A Bloomfield MC., (Devon Regt.) to be acting Major while commanding a company 04.11.1918 to 19.02.1919; On 24.10.1919 Devon Regiment Lieutenant (acting Major) A Bloomfield MC retired receiving a gratuity and granted the rank of Major; In 1921 Alphonso, a Licensee age 41 and wife Sophia Bloomfield, age 41 (from Hythe Kent) owned and ran the Clarendon Inn, Brewer’s Hill, Sandgate, Kent; On 18.05.1931 they emigrated to Canada; I understand that both Alphonso age 64 and his wife Sophie Bloomfield age 65 died on 10.03.1944 and on 15.10.1944 respectively in Ontario, Canada

Andrew Fowle – Born 1894 in Chute Forest, Wiltshire, (1 of 8 children) son of William Hugh Fowle Esquire, a Landowner from Durrington, Wilts and Isabel Lucy Curtis from London; In 1901 age 6, Alfred lived with parents in Chute Lodge, Chute Forest, Andover, Hants; In 1911 Andrew Fowle age 16, is a boarding Army Student with 4 others with a Private Tutor, Harcourt Montague Straton and wife, at St Mawes, Belgrave Road, East Blatchington, Sussex; Gazetted from Cadet, Officer Training Corps, to temporary Lieutenant with an Infantry Regiment 08.12.1914 (The Devonshires); First served in France 28.06.1916; In 1920 gazetted that temporary Lieutenant A Fowle relinquished his commission on completion of service and retains the rank of Lieutenant; On 20.10.1922 A Fowle, an Agriculturalist age 27 sailed from England to Capetown, South Africa onboard the ‘Walmer Castle’; Named on BW & V Medals roll for the Devons, medals issued on 24.02.1938, address given as Chute Forest House, Andover, Hants; On 30.12.1941 gazetted that Lieutenant (temporary Captain) Andrew Fowle, East Africa Force had been awarded an MBE; He also served with the Intelligence Corps and was finally released in 1949; I believe that he lived as a professional hunter around ‘Everleigh’ Timau, Kenya; I believe that Captain Andrew Fowle MBE died an Honorary Game Warden on 18.06.1952 in Nanyuki, North Kenya;

Arthur Ernest Rutledge – Born 09.10.1896 in Hanover Square, London, baptised 04.11.1896 in Pimlico, son of Ernest William Rutledge a Wine Merchant’s Clerk from Orsett, Essex and Edith Maude Fish from Suffolk; In 1901 Arthur E age 4 lived with parents in #3, Harrow Road, Paddington; In 1911, age 14 he lived with widowed Mum in a Lloyd & Company building at #27, Somerset Street, St Marylebone, London with many others; Arthur E Rutledge enlisted as #3928, Private, 1stBattalion, Honourable Artillery Company on 25.06.1915; The Honourable Artillery Company (London) List 1915 has Arthur Ernest Rutledge of #12, Marylebone Street, London as a Member serving with 3rd Battalion; Served with B.E.F. in France from 27.10.1915; Commissioned on 30.07.1916 as 2nd Lieutenant, in ‘D’ Company, 2nd Battalion, Devonshire Regiment; According to 2nd Battalion’s trench diary, 2nd Lt. A E Rutledge joined the battalion on his 1st appointment whilst they were in billets in Annequin on 31.07.1916 and later was granted leave to the UK from 18th to 24th August 1916; He proceeded to Second Army Summer Rest Camp, Ambleteuse on 21.06.1917 from the 2nd Battalion, Devons trenches; In July 1917 he was the battalion liaison officer for the left side of the attacks on Railway Wood; Wounded on 30.11.1917 at Passchendaele; Gazetted temp 2nd Lieutenant to Temp. Lieutenant, Devon Regiment on 31.01.1918; On 05.02.1918 2nd Lt. A E Rutledge was posted from the 2nd Bn. trenches to England for a 6 month tour of duty, rejoining the battalion on 25.05.1918; He seems to have been wounded again in June 1918 whilst with the 2nd Bn. Devon Regt. and reported ‘missing’ on 27.05.1918, but on the 02.07.1918 it was accepted that he was a Prisoner of War in Germany; UK British POW Records number 1303 confirms that Lieutenant A E Rutledge went missing 27.05.1918 and gives his repatriation date as December 1918; London Gazette Vol. III, 1920 has Temporary Lieutenant A E Rutledge relinquishing his commission on completion of service but retains the rank of Lieutenant; In 1921 Arthur Rutledge age 25, an Invoice Clerk with Anglo American Oil, lived with his 3 siblings #35, Thayer Street, St Marylebone, London; He claimed his medals on 24.05.1922, no address was given; Named on the BW & V Medals roll for Devons; In 1927 Arthur E Rutledge married Gladys Bessie Blackwell (born 09.10.1906 in Hackney) in London; They had 3 children; In 1939 Arthur E, a Motor Technical Clerk and wife Gladys B Rutledge lived in #56, Elgar Avenue, Surbiton, Surrey; I believe that Arthur Ernest Rutledge of #56, Elgar Avenue, Tolworth died on 11.10.1964 in Surrey age 68, leaving his widow Gladys Bessie Rutledge, who died on 27.04.1968 at the same address age 61

Apsley Kenelm Peter – Born 29.05.1886 in Holsworthy, Devon, son of Apsley Petre Peter a Solicitor from Launceston, Cornwall and Sara Hodges from Kent; In 1891 he lived age 4 with parents in Church Bridges Road, Church Cottage, Holsworthy, Devon; In 1901 he was at Rugby School; Apsley Kenelm Peter age 16, of #1, Hillmorton Road, Rugby was registered in 1903 for the preliminary Law Examinations; On 31.05.1907 the Exeter and Plymouth Gazette reported Apsley Kenelm Peter’s coming of age; He passed his final solicitor’s exams on 20.11.1908; On 10.02.1909 Apsley Kenelm Peter, a Solicitor was initiated as a Freemason into the Sir Francis Drake Lodge in Plymouth; In 1910 Apsley Kenelm Peter esquire was President of the Holsworthy & District Horticultural & Poultry Rearing Association; In 1911, age 24, Apsley Kenelm Peter, a Solicitor lived with parents in Bodmeyne, Holsworthy, Devon; On 08.05.1917 Lt. (temp. Capt.) A K Peter relinquished his temporary rank of Captain; Was an Acting Captain on 16.09.1917, serving with and Commanding a Company of 2/6th Battalion, Devonshire Regiment in Basrah, Mesopotamia where he still served in July 1918; In November 1918 he returned from duty with the Dunster Force (an Allied Force fighting in special operations in N W Persia), rejoining the 6th Battalion in Amara, Baghdad; In December 1918 he proceeded to India for 1 months leave; Gazetted on 04.02.1919 as a Captain, still on secondment, 6th Battalion, Devons; In 1921 Apsley Kenelm a Solicitor age 35 lived with Mum age 67 in Bodmeyne, Holsworthy, Devon; Applied for medals on 16.12.1926, address given as Red Gables, Bude, Cornwall; Name appears on the BW & V Medals roll for Devons as a Captain, medals issued on 14.01.1927; 1929-1931 Electoral rolls for Bude, Cornwall has Apsley Kenelm Peter living in Red Gables with 2 female servants in #59, Killerton Road, Stratton & Bude; He ran a successful Law Firm, Peter, Peter & Sons in Cornwall, following the death of his father; Apsley K Peter married Ellen Cecilia Lilian Hayward Butt (born 29.05.1889 in Bude) in 1933 in St Martin, London; In 1939 Apsley Kenelm Peter, a Solicitor and local secretary of volunteer services and Red Cross ambulance driver, lived with wife Ellen C L Peter and 2 servants in Red Gables, Killerton Road, Bude-Stratton, Cornwall; I believe that Apsley K Peter died age 62 on 27.10.1948 in Red Gables, Stratton-Bude, Cornwall; His widow Ellen Cecilia L Peter died age 81 on 19.09.1970 in Bude, Stratton, Cornwall;

Arnold Edward (Ashton) Phillips – Born 28.04.1889 in Hammersmith, London, youngest son of William James Phillips, a Plumber from Barnstaple, Devon, and Lucy Ashton from Landkey, Devon; In 1891 age 1 he lived with parents in Hammersmith, London; In 1901 age 11 Arnold E Phillips still lived with parents in Hammersmith; According to Great Western Railway records Arnold Edward Phillips joined them as a Goods Refreshment Clerk at Paddington in October 1904; In 1911 age 22 Arnold E Phillips, a Picture Dealer was boarding at #57, Birch Lane, Longsight, Manchester, Lancashire; He obviously enlisted in the Dragoons prior to 1916 but there are no service records that I could find? London Gazette dated 06.06.1916 recorded that #GS/10141, Private A E Phillips of the 1st Dragoons was discharged and then commissioned on 07.05.1916, to be a Temporary Second Lieutenant (on probation) wef 07.05.1916, with the Devon Regiment; His Medals Index Card (1915 Star) indicates that he first served in France from 19.10.1915; The 2nd Battalion, Devons trench diary for 08.05.1916 records that he first joined on appointment to them as a Lt. from GCHQ Cadet School in their camp at Henencourt Wood in Albert Bouzin; He was also attached to 23rd Brigade HQ in May 1916 but was back in the trenches where he took part in the actions during the attack on Pozieres on 01.07.1916 with 2nd Battalion, Devonshire Regiment; Confirmed as temporary 2nd Lieutenant A E Phillips, Devon Regiment, in the London Gazette 12.08.1916; He attended a Sniping Course from 23.08.1916 from the front; On 03.10.1916 he took over Command of ‘D’ Company, 2nd Battalion, Devonshire Regiment at the front; On 16.10.1916 Second Lieutenant Arnold Edward Ashton Phillips of the 2nd Battalion, Devonshire Regiment (on leave from the front) age 27, married Mary Elizabeth Watson from Ealing age 26, (born in Birmingham in 1895), in Ealing; Gazetted as promoted from 2nd Lieutenant to temporary Lieutenant on 07.11.1917; Awarded the 1914-1915 Star as a Private and the BW & V medals as a A/Sgt. from General Service, Dragoons medal rolls; There is a Pension Index Card for Lieutenant Arnold Edward Ashton Phillips, 2nd Battalion, Devon Regiment on record but no other information? In 1921 age 31 Arnold Edward, a Temporary Civil Servant and wife Mary Phillips age 26 lived in Sutton Street, Chiswick, Middlesex; In the 1924 Electoral Roll for Chiswick, Arnold Edward Ashton Phillips is recorded as living in #149, Sutton Court, Fauconberg Road; In 1939 Arnold E Phillips, a Widower and Civil Servant lived with a married couple named Robbins in #30, Queens Drive, Acton, Middlesex; I believe that Arnold Edward, otherwise Arnold Ashton Phillips of Martins, West Hill, Yarmouth, Isle of Wight died age 79 on 28.06.1968

Alfred Frederick Richard Sutton – Born 24.06.1886 in Plymouth, Devon, son of Richard H Sutton a Brewer’s Labourer & Foreman from Cornwall and Florence Mary Hooper from Dawlish; In 1891 Alfred R Sutton age 4 lived with parents in King Street, Plymouth, Devon; In 1901 age 14, an Engine Cleaner, Alfred R Sutton lived with parents in Plymouth; Alfred Richard Sutton must have enlisted in the Devonshire Regiment between 1901 & 1911 as in the 1911 Census Alfred Sutton is a Corporal with the 1st Battalion, Devonshire Regiment in Lucknow Barracks, North Tidworth, Andover, Hants; Alfred F R Sutton married Florence Maud Bennett (born 21.09.1896 in Pembroke Dock, Wales) in Exeter, Devon in 1914; The Medals Index Card for him has him serving as #6710 Sergeant, 1st Battalion, Devon Regiment, also serving with 2nd Battalion; First served in France on 21.03.1917; Commissioned on 10.11.1917 as 2nd Lieutenant for service in the field, 8th Battalion, Devons, Sergeant Alfred Frederick Richard Sutton; Name appears on BW & V Medals roll for Officers from the Devons; Awarded the MM (Military Medal) as a Sergeant with Devonshire Regiment; Records indicate that he was Discharged from the 8th Battalion on 10.11.1917; After WW1 on the 21.04.1919 Lt. A F R Sutton attended the reception at Exeter Railway Station to welcome the 2nd Battalion, Devonshire Regiment home from the War; Address for medals on 10.05.1920 was #3, Hillside Terrace, Kingswood, near Bristol, Gloucestershire; In 1921 Alfred Richard, a Physical Training Instructor at Kingswood Training School age 35, and wife Florence Maud Sutton age 24 lived with a son Alfred John Richard Sutton age 6 (born Exeter) in #3, Hillside Avenue, Bristol; In 1935-1937 the Electoral Register for West Sussex has Alfred Frederick Richard & wife Florence Maud Sutton living in the Sussex Pad Hotel in Lancing; In 1939 Alfred R and wife Florence M Sutton were Manager and Manageress of the Red Lion Hotel, Handcross, Cuckfield, Sussex; I believe that Alfred Richard Sutton of The Jolly Brewer, #176, Ditchling Road, Brighton died on 06.02.1949 in Brighton, Sussex, leaving behind his widow Florence Maud Sutton who died in Brighton age 76 in 1963

Arthur Harold Bailey – Born 24.08.1873 in Wells, Somerset, son of William Henry Bailey, a Probate Court Registrar from Cheltenham, Gloucester, & Isabella Dentshire from Stanford, Lincolnshire, who married in 1870; In 1881 Arthur H Bailey age 7 is living with parents in #4, Edisforth Terrace, Poulton and Bare and Torrisholme, Lancaster, Lancashire; In 1891 his parents were living in Newport House, Red Cow, Topsham, St Thomas, Devon, but no sign of Arthur Harold Bailey; In 1891 Arthur Harold Bailey age 17 was a boarding Scholar at Charterhouse School, Godalming, Surrey; On13.10.1894 (enlistment 10th October) the Army and Navy Gazette reported that Arthur Harold Bailey would be in succession to Lt. N M Lynch in the Prince of Wales’s Volunteers (South Lancashire Regiment), going to serve in Matabeleland, South Africa in 1896; On the 25.04.1899 the Manchester Evening News reported that Lieutenant A H Bailey became the Adjutant of the 1st Battalion, Prince of Wales’s Volunteers, South Lancashire Regiment (Preston), and wrote that he was a smart young officer with only 4½ years service; In 1901 his parents were living in St Thomas, Exeter, Devon, but Arthur H Bailey is not recorded as he was already in the Army and serving in the Boer War, however his brother Charles Henry Bailey is serving as a Captain in the Militia; On 15.02.1901 in News from South Africa, Sir Redvers gave special mention of Adjutant, Lieutenant A H Bailey, 1st Bn. South Lancs Regt; On the 04.10.1901 the Widnes Examiner, and on the 05.10.1901 the Warrington Examiner and then on 18.10.1901 The Civil & Military Gazette, all reported an item from the London Gazette that Lieutenant Arthur Harold Bailey of the Prince of Wales’s Volunteers (South Lancashire Regiment) was to be a Companion of the Distinguished Service Order in recognition of his services during the operations in South Africa (War Office 27.09.1901); The London Gazette of 22.04.1902 reported that Lieutenant A H Bailey, DSO, Adjutant was promoted to Captain in the Prince of Wales’s Volunteers; On 28.09.1903 Captain A H Bailey, DSO was awarded the King’s South Africa Medal with clasps for 1901 & 1903 on the 1st Battalion, South Lancashire Regiment roll; {He was present at the Relief of Ladysmith, including operations of 17th to 24th January 1900, and action at Spion Kop; operations of 5th to 7th February 1900, and action at Vaal Kranz; operations on Tugela Heights 14th to 27thFebruary 1900; operations in the Transvaal 30th November 1900, to 31st May 1902; operations on the Zululand Frontier of Natal in September and October 1901. He was mentioned in Despatches [London Gazette, 8th February and 10th September 1901]; received the Queen's Medal with five clasps; the King's Medal with two clasps, and was created a Companion of the Distinguished Service Order [London Gazette, 27 September 1901]}: In 1911 Arthur Harold Bailey, age 37 is an Army Captain living with parents, siblings and 7 servants, in The Quarries, St Thomas, Exeter, Devon; As a Captain, DSO, serving with the Devon Regiment, he was awarded the SWB #B45052 issued on 13.12.1918 (List Off/1232), address given as ‘Crom-A-Boo’ Heavitree, Exeter; There is a Pension Index Card on file for Bailey/ Captain, Arthur Harold, Devon Regiment but no other information; In 1921 Arthur Harold Bailey age 47, a Retiree, lived with his widowed Mum & 2 servants in ‘Crom a Boo’, Fore Street, Heavitree, Exeter, Devon; I believe that Arthur Harold Bailey of The Elms, #3, The Crescent, Mount Radford, Exeter died 19.02.1925 leaving probate to his widowed Mum Isabella Bailey

Arthur Ernest Chadwell – Born 01.08.1892 in Hampstead, son of Edwin Herbert Chadwell, a Stage Driver & Greengrocer from Plumstead, Kent and Jane Elizabeth from Woolwich, Kent; In 1901 Ernest A Chadwell age 8 lived with parents in the New Kent Road, Newington, London; In 1911 age 18, a Cattle Food Manufacturer’s Clerk, he lived with parents at the same address; In September 1913 A E Chadwell attended the “Oliver Goldsmith” Commercial Institute, Peckham Road and sat for Chamber of Commerce exams, earning a Teacher’s Diploma; On 11.07.1916, Gazetted as being commissioned from a Cadet with the Artists Rifles Officer Training Corps to be a 2nd Lieutenant, on probation, with the Devonshire Regiment; First served in Mesopotamia 17.03.1917; Promoted to Lieutenant 11.01.1918 with Devon Regiment; Named as Lieutenant on the BW & V Medals roll for Devons; After the War, In 1921, Arthur Ernest Chadwell, age 29 was a Theological Student boarding in St George’s Hanover Square, London whilst attending King’s College; He applied for medals 22.08.1923, address given as (St. John’s Church House), #224, Garralt Lane, Earlsfield, London S.W.18; After finishing his studies at King’s College and Bishop’s College, Cheshunt, he was ordained as a Deacon of the Anglican Church in 1922 and then a priest in 1923; In 1925 he lived in #224, Garratt Lane, Wandsworth, London; In 1926 Chadwell left UK for Korea upon his appointment as a missionary by the Overseas Mission Department of the Anglican Church; For the next 10 years or so he served in what is now North Korea and became the Archdeacon of that area in 1932; On 03.08.1940 the Birmingham Mail reported that the Rev. Arthur Ernest Chadwell had been arrested by the Japanese at the English Church Mission at Heijo, Korea; In 1942 he was forced to leave Korea by the Japanese Government and after much UK political negotiations allowed to go and he then lived in Ceylon for a time; At the age of 52 he sailed on 10.07.1945 from Colombo to Southampton on board the ‘MV Durban Castle’; He was also the Curate of the church of St John the Evangelist in Shirley from 1946 to 1949; On 14.01.1949 Arthur Ernest Chadwell age 56, a Clergyman, sailed on the ‘SS Carthage’ from Southampton, England, bound for Hong Kong but intending to live in Korea; His UK address is still recorded as Greenhill, Hayes Hill, Hayes, Kent; He repeated this trip again on 11.01.1952; Arthur Ernest Chadwell returned to Korea in 1948 after Korea was liberated from the Japanese Government; Then On 25.09.1957 he visited England on board the ‘MV Anchises’ for an 11 month vacation trip from Pusan, Korea; The Rev Arthur Ernest Chadwell led the Anglican Church of Korea for about 10 years, retiring from missionary work in 1963 but instead of returning to UK he remained in Korea; He once remarked that Korea was “the Battlefield of the Orient”; He never married and lived with the family of his adopted daughter until he, Arthur Ernest Chadwell died in Seoul, South Korea on 21.11.1967; He is buried in the Anglican section of the Yanghwajin Foreign Missionary Cemetery

Arthur Jackson Snowden – Born 16.10.1885 in Hampstead, London, son of Joseph Snowden (b.1832), a Jeweller and Goldsmith from Dartford, Kent and Martha Blanche Jackson (b.1855) from Salisbury, Wilts, (who had 10 children); In 1891 Arthur J Snowden age 5 was living with parents in Folkestone, Kent; In 1901 Arthur Snowden age 15 was a boarding scholar in Byron House, Byron Terrace, at Harrow on the Hill School, Middlesex; On 04.02.1908 the Chamber of London issued Arthur Jackson Snowden, ‘born without the Liberty of the City, to wit, at Fitzjohns Avenue, Hampstead in 1885', and was admitted into the Freedom of the City by Patrimony, in the said company of Saddlers, because he was legitimate, and born after the admission of his Father Joseph Snowden, citizen and Saddler of London into the said Freedom dated June 1875'; In 1911 Arthur Jackson Snowden a Brewer age 24 is living with his widowed Mum in The Chantry, Gordon Avenue, Great Stanmore, Middlesex; (On 20.06.1913, Arthur Jackson Snowden of Rothbury House, Ipswich, Suffolk was summoned and fined for speeding in the Edgeware Road at Stonegrove and fined £1 and costs); (On 26.06.1914 he was again summoned and fined 10 shillings for obstructing the highway by abandoning his car in a traffic jam in St Thomas, Devon, his address was given as Alpha Villa, St Thomas, Devon); In the last quarter of 1915, Arthur J Snowden married Dorothy Swift Hoyland in Ipswich, Suffolk; (Marriage Banns dated 07.11.1915 were read in St Budeaux, Devon, residence given as Ipswich); A J Snowden was gazetted on 07.10.1915 as a Cadet, Inns of Court Officers Training Corps to be 2nd Lieutenant, on probation, with the Devonshires; First served in France 02.08.1916, joining the 2nd Battalion, Devon Regiment on his first appointment in the trenches between Boyau 109 and Mud Alley on the 13.08.1916; He was wounded by a shell on 03.10.1916 whilst serving at the front with 2nd Battalion, Devon Regiment; On 02.12.1916 his wife gave birth and baptised their daughter Joan Mary Snowden in Great Stanmore, Harrow, father was declared as a 2nd Lieutenant, 2nd Battalion, Devonshire Regiment; Promoted to Lieutenant with the Devons on 01.07.1917; According to the 2nd Battalion trench diary for 20.08.1917, 2nd Lt. A J Snowden joined them and took over the command of the Lewis Gun; On 04.11.1917 he proceded for duty at 23rd Brigade School returning to the front on 13.11.1917; The 2nd Battalion trench diary reports that Lieutenant A J Snowden was again wounded in action on 27.03.1918; He was still the Lewis Gun Officer with 2nd Bn. Devons in August 1918; Named on the BW & V Medals roll for the Devons; His medals were claimed by his Mum on 14.02.1923, addresses given as the Durlings, Stanmore, Middlesex and Fountain Cottage, Holywells Road, Ipswich, Suffolk (in 1921 this address was occupied by Clement Norman Rhodes, a Brewer); (Whilst he was serving in WW1 he was still part owner of the Well Park Brewery in Exeter & their trusted Cashier had been stealing from the company, finally being arrested in London in July 1920 and subsequently charged on a number of counts); In 1939 Arthur J Snowden, a Brewery Manager and wife Dorothy S Snowden (b.30.11.1885) lived with their daughter in Glenlyon, Frankfield Road, Formby, Lancashire; His wife, Dorothy Swift Snowden died in Crosby, Lancashire in 1948 age 62; I believe that Arthur Jackson Snowden of Wickens, High Street, Seaview, Isle of Wight died age 70 in the IOW county Hospital in Ryde on 19.09.1956; (Noted that his brother Stanley Jackson Snowden served as a Captain with the 9th Battalion, Duke of Cambridge’s Own, Middlesex Regiment and died on 26.03.1917, remembered in the Jerusalem Memorial; Another brother Major Kenneth Jackson Snowden, M.C., late of the Royal Artillery, died at the Bar V Ranch, Moiben, Kenya on 29.05.1937, leaving all his property to Arthur Jackson Snowden of #105, Duke Street, Liverpool, a Brewer)

Arthur Wynne Lewis – Born 15.11.1886 in Merthyr Tydfil, son of (one of twelve children), Henry Lewis, an Auctioneer & Mary Jane Thomas from Llandaff; In 1891 age 4 Arthur Lewis lived with parents in Castle Street, Merthyr Tydfil, Glamorgan, Wales; In 1901 Arthur W Lewis age 14 lived with his widowed Mum in #7, Courtland Terrace, Merthyr Tydfil; In 1911 age 24, a Coal Merchant, he lived with widowed Mum in the same address; A W Lewis enlisted for WW1 service as #16963, Private, Royal Welsh Fusiliers; First went to France 01.12.1915; Commissioned 29.12.1915 as Temp. 2nd Lieutenant in Worcestershire Regt.; He also served in 11th Battalion, South Lancashire Regiment; Promoted to acting Captain & served as a Captain in 16th Battalion, Devonshire Regiment in Liencourt, France in May 1918; On 14.07.1919 gazetted under Territorial Force heading – Yeomanry – Royal 1st Devon, Temporary Lieutenant (acting Captain) Arthur W Lewis, 11th Battalion, South Lancs. Regt. relinquishes the acting rank of Captain on ceasing to command a Company wef 11.05.1919; Medals claimed 10.08.1920, address given as #30, West Grove, Merthyr Tydfil, South Wales; In 1921 Arthur Wynne Lewis, a single Mechanical Engineer age 35 lived with his widowed Mum age 73 at the above same address; On 23.09.1934 to 07.10.1934 Arthur Wynne Lewis and Hannah Thomas’s wedding banns were read in Cefncoedycymer, Breconshire, Wales; The Western Mail dated 21.10.1936 reported the funeral of Captain Arthur W Lewis, of the Crown Inn, Pontygelly, Monmouthshire, who died on 28.10.1936 age 50, husband of Mrs Hannah Lewis (formerly a sister at Merthyr Gen. Hospital) and son of the late Mr & Mrs Lewis (Auctioneer) died at the Cottage Hospital, Abergavenny;

Arnold James Pople – Born 1893 in King William’s Town, Cape Colony, South Africa, son of William James Pople a Builder from Burnham on Sea and Alice Constance Eliza Davey from Notting Hill, London; (His father must have been serving in South Africa in 1893 along with his mother); In 1901 Arnold J Pople age 8 lived with parents in College Street, Burnham; In December 1907 A J Pople was a scholar at the West Somerset County School, Wellington and involved in their ‘Midsummer Night’s Dream’ theatre production and their choral society; In 1911, Arnold James Pople age 18, a Builder’s Clerk, lived with parents in #34, Oxford Street, Burnham, Somerset; In 1915 A J Pople was a Lance Corporal with the 6th Battalion, Gloucestershire Regiment (Cadet Companies); On 08.06.1915 it was reported in ‘The Scotsman’ that Officer Training Corps Cadet A J Pople to be 2nd Lieutenant on probation, (to join the School of Instruction at Bury St Edmunds from 12th June 1915), 3rd Battalion, Devonshires & later Temp. Lieutenant Royal Engineers; First Disembarkation recorded as 03.12.1915 Egypt; Seconded from Devons to Signal Service, RE on 06.04.1916 and to be acting Lieutenant; Promoted to Lieutenant on 01.07.1917 and to remain seconded to Signals Service Royal Engineers; Mentioned in Despatches, London Gazette 14.06.1918, page 7052; Served in Alexandria 01.12.1922 which affected his health in later life; Named as a Lieutenant on the BW & V Medals roll for Devons; Named as a 2nd Lt. on the 1914-1915 Star Roll for Devons; Medals claimed 15.03.1922, address given as Ashley Avenue, Burnham on Sea, Somerset; In 1921 Arnold J Pople, age 28, an Accountant lived with parents (they were both away) and his siblings in ‘Woodlands’, #34, Oxford Street, Burnham on Sea, Somerset; In 1923 Arnold J Pople married Ellen May Strevens (b.10.05.1895 in Bath) in Axbridge, Somerset; In 1929 he was President of Burnham Baptist Men’s Society; In June 1933 A J Pople was Chairman of the Burnham Carnival; I believe that Arnold J Pople of ‘Sarona’, St Andrews Road, Burnham on Sea, died age 44, at the Burnham War Memorial Hospital, Somerset on 28.09.1937, leaving his widow Ellen May Pople his estate; She died in 1992 age 97 in Bromley, Kent

Arthur Charles Smith – Born 20.08.1894 in High Wycombe, son of Arthur Charles Smith, a Chair Maker from High Wycombe and Ada Elizabeth Anderson from Buckinghamshire; In 1901 age 6 Arthur C Smith was living with parents in ‘Fair Mount’, Totteridge Road, High Wycombe; In 1911 age 16, Arthur C Smith was at school living with parents in ‘Fair Mount’, Totteridge Road, High Wycombe, Bucks; Gazetted as Temp. 2nd Lieutenant, Devonshires on 29.07.1915; First served in France 20.07.1916; Promoted to Lieutenant on the General List; Recorded as 2nd Lt. A C Smith on the BW & V Medals roll for Devons; Medals claimed 29.07.1920, address given as #105, Totteridge Road, High Wycombe, Buckinghamshire; In 1921 Arthur Charles Smith, a University Student (Arts) age 26 lived with parents at the same address as above; I understand that Arthur Charles Smith married Florence Irene Gibbs (b.21.05.1896 High Wycombe) in 1925 in High Wycombe, Buckinghamshire; In 1939 Arthur C Smith, a Schoolmaster and wife Florence I Smith lived at #16, Mount Stewart Avenue, Wembley, Middlesex; (Note: His father died in High Wycombe in 1944 giving probate to his son Arthur Charles Smith, a Schoolmaster); I believe that Arthur Charles Smith died age 86 in 1980 and death was registered in Hastings & Rother, East Sussex; His widow, Florence Irene Smith of #409, Folkestone Road, Dover, Kent died age 87 in 13.11.1983; (Interesting that his photograph (found on the internet, attached) appears to have been taken in Germany, the medal bars on his tunic are correct for WW1 & cap badge is Devons as far as I can see)

Arthur Robert Boyes – Born 16.09.1879 in St Saviour, Newington, Southwark, London, son of Robert Boyes, a Shopman Ironmonger & Commercial Clerk from Henley, Oxon and Emily Jane Pickford from Southwark; In 1881 age 1 Arthur R boyes lived with parents in Falmouth Road, Newington, London; Not found in 1891; In 1901 Arthur R Boyes age 21, a Hardwareman’s Assistant lived with widowed Mum in #137b, Hillington Street, St Peter, Walworth, Newington, London; On 02.06.1906 Arthur Robert Boyes a Commercial Traveller age 26, married Clara Evelyn Carter age 23 in St Mary, Balham, Wandsworth, London; In 1911 age 30 and a married man, Arthur Robert Boyes, a Hardware Travelling Salesman, lived with wife Clara Evelyn Boyes age 27 (b.17.09.1882 Southwark) living at #45, Culverley Crescent, Catford, Kent; A R Boyes enlisted as Private, in the 2/21st Battalion, The London Regiment (The East Surrey Regiment), but served only in the UK in that rank; Commissioned from Cadet to Temp. 2nd Lieutenant on 07.07.1916 with 8th Battalion, Devonshire Regiment; First went to France 17.08.1916; Gazetted on 02.12.1918, Devon Regiment, recorded as temporary 2nd Lieutenant A R Boyes to be temporary Lieutenant w.e.f. 07.01.1918; Named as 2nd Lieutenant A R Boyes on the Devon BW & V medal roll; Medals claimed 30.03.1922, address given as #138, Inchmery Road, Catford London S.E.6; On 07.04.1920 Arthur Robert Boyes, a Salesman age 40 (b.1880) sailed on board the ‘Adriatic’ from Southampton to New York; On 13.07.1920 Arthur Robert Boyes, age 41, a Manager arrived at Southampton on board the ‘Adriatic’ giving his UK address as #138, Inchmery Road, Catford, Kent; In 1939 Arthur R Boyes, a Hardware Sales Manager and wife Clara E Boyes lived at ‘Pine View’, Dorking Road, Chilworth, Guildford, Surrey; I believe that Arthur Robert Boyes of the same address died on 18.09.1952 leaving a widow, Clara Evelyn Boyes of #3, High Street, Petworth, Sussex who died 15.12.1970, age 88

Alfred Towner – Born 01.05.1894 in Hackney, son of Randall Towner, a Clay Pipe Maker from Bethnal Green and Sarah Rachael Badman from Bloomsbury, London who had 13 children, 2 of which had died by 1911; In 1901 Alfred Towner age 6 was living with parents at #161, Mandeville Street, Hackney, London; In 1911 age 17 Alfred Towner, a Confectioner’s Warehouseman, was living with parents in #45, Annis Road, South Hackney, London; A Towner enlisted as #11716, Private and then promoted to L/Cpl, Duke of Cornwall’s Light Infantry; First served in France 24.07.1915; Commissioned 29.08.1917 from Cadet to temporary 2ndLieutenant in Royal Irish Rifles; Served also as a Lieutenant, in the Devonshire Regiment; It appears that Alfred Towner also served with the Royal Air Force (P.J.27878) from 23.04.1918 in Reading but on 27.04.1918 he was Struck of Strength, presumably as not being fit enough? (ref: AIR 76/511/77); Named as A Towner, 2nd Lieutenant on the BW & V medals roll for Royal Irish Rifles, and as L/Cpl in the Duke of Cornwall’s Light Infantry medal roll for the 1914-1915 Star; Applied for medals 26.07.1921, address given as #45, Annis Road, Cassland Road, South Hackney, London; In 1921 Alfred Towner age 27, a Confectioner’s Clerk was living with parents at the same address in Hackney; In 1939 Alfred Towner a Confectioner’s Warehouse Manager was still single and living with his widowed Dad & a spinster sister in #11, Forest Glade, Leyton, Essex; I believe that Alfred Towner age 90 died in Plymouth, Devon in late 1984

Albert Peasgood – Born 1897 in Leicester, son of Alfred Edward Peasgood, a Joiners Manager & Building Foreman from Stamford, Lincolnshire and Mary Elizabeth Davison from Kings Cliffe, Northamptonshire; In 1901 age 3, Albert Peasgood lived with parents at #20, Sylvan Street, Leicester; In 1911 age 13, Albert Peasgood lived with parents in #64, Lancaster Street, North Evington, Leicester; A Peasgood enlisted as #GS/19479, Corporal, 26th Royal Fusiliers (known as the Bankers Battalion & raised in London on 17.07.1915); {GS/ stands for General Service}; First served in France from 04.05.1916 until 14.09.1916; Commissioned 26.02.1918 as 2nd Lieutenant, Devonshires; Serving with the 9th Battalion in France in 1918 - 1919; Named as a 2nd Lieutenant on the BW & V Medals roll for Devon Regiment, also named as Corporal on the Royal Fusiliers medals roll; Medals claimed 12.01.1922, address given as #130, East Park Road, Leicester, where he lived age 23, a Lloyds Bank Clerk, with parents; In 1923 Albert Peasegood married Rena May Chandler, born 02.11.1899, in Leicester; I believe that Albert Peasgood of Kirkstone, #197, Kimberley Road, Leicester died on 27.11.1934 leaving a widow, Rena May Peasegood who died suddenly age 80 in Leicester on 12.02.1980

Arnold George Horrell – Born 1895 in South Africa, son of Thomas Horrell, (no other details); A G Horrell enlisted as #521, Private, in the Union Defence Corps (South Africa) & #3579, L/Cpl.; Served in German West Africa from 12.08.1914; Gazetted as being commissioned from Cadet to 2nd Lieutenant in 10th Battalion, Duke of Cornwall’s Light Infantry on 19.02.1918; Promoted to Lieutenant, and served with Devonshires; I believe that Arnold G Horrell, (HM Forces on Active Service, age 24, from the Transvaal), married Irene Francis Mary Harris (b.27.07.1897) on 23.08.1919 in Cheltenham, Gloucestershire; Medals index Card indicates that he was inelligible for the 1914 Star; Named as 2nd Lt. A G Horrell on the DCLI, BW & V medal roll; Medals claimed 16.06.1920, address given as C.P.O., Box 4954, Johannesburg, South Africa, and an address, #200, Homeside, B? 81, Cape Town, South Africa; I believe that his wife Irene Francis Mary Harris-Horrell died on 23.08.1932 in Ceres, Cape Province, South Africa

Albert Naylor – Born 07.02.1895 in Leeds, son of Pharaoh Hudson Naylor a Coal Hewer and Colliery Labourer from Leeds and Mary Selina Atkinson (who died in 1903); In 1901 Albert Naylor age 6 lived with parents in #11, Ellis Place, Hunslet, Yorkshire; (His Dad remarried to Elizabeth Coultas in Leeds in 1907); In 1911 Albert Naylor age 16, an Electrical Engineer lived with father and step mum in #46, Cross Flatts Place, Beeston, Leeds; Albert Naylor enlisted as #1190 & #14181, Private, in the Army Cyclist Corps; First served in France 14.04.1915; Commissioned 31.07.1918 from a Cadet as a 2nd Lieutenant, Devonshires and served with unknown battalion? Named as Albert Naylor on the BW & V (served as a Private with the 49th West Riding, DCC. as #1190 & #14181, then Xth CCB. as #14181 and also Vth CCB.) and named as Private Albert Naylor #1190 on the 1915 Star rolls for the Army Cyclist Corps; Medals claimed 26.11.1921, address given as #46, Cross Flatts Place, Beeston, Leeds, Yorkshire; In 1919 Albert Naylor married Lucinda Isabella Dooly in Birr, Ireland; In 1921 Albert Naylor age 26, an Electrician Armature Winder lived with his wife Lucinda Isabella Naylor age 24 (born 1897 in Kings County, Birr, Ireland) with his widower father at the address above; In 1939 Albert an Electrical Engineer and wife Lucinda I Naylor lived in #9, Ingle Grove, Morley, Yorkshire West Riding; I believe that Albert Naylor of #1, Deansway Asquith Avenue, Morley, near Leeds died age 64 on 02.11.1959 in St James Hospital, Leeds; His widow of Heaton road, St Annes-on-Sea, Lancashire, died on 31.12.1962 in Victoria Hospital, Blackpool age 65;