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Shepherd, James Montague Edward, 1895-1917

Shepherd, James Montague Edward, 1895-1917

  • GB-2014-WSA-09096
  • Person
  • 1895-1917

Shepherd, James Montague Edward, only son of Montague James Shepherd, by Therese Louise, daughter of V. Cazabon, of Paddington; b. Dec. 2, 1895; adm. April 28, 1910 (H); migrated up Grant's; left July 1914; Trin. Coll. Camb., matric. Michaelmas 1914; 2nd Lieut. 15th (Serv.) Batt. Rifle Brigade Jan. 29, 1915; Lieut. Nov. 27, 1915; Capt. Dec. 6, 1916; Flight Commander R.F.C. Dec. 6, 1916; went out to the western front Sept. 30, 1915; killed in action at Bixschoote Feb. 15, 1917; unm.

Street, Frank, 1870-1916

Street, Frank, 1870-1916

  • GB-2014-WSA-16422
  • Person
  • 1870-1916

Street, Frank, brother of Henry Branson Street (q.v.); b. May 31, 1870; adm. as Q.S. June 12, 1884; elected to Ch. Ch. Oxon. July 1889, matric. Oct. 11, 1889; B.A. 1894; played football (Assoc.) for Oxford 1891-3; Capt. 1893; asst. master, Bury St. Edmunds School, 1894, Forest School 1895-9, Uppingham School from 1900; played cricket for Essex 1898 and 1899; en­listed in the 18th (Service) Batt. Royal Fusiliers Sept. 1914; Lieut. Jan. 1, 1915; went out to the western front Nov. 1915; m. April 22, 1911, Marian Willoughby, elder daughter of H. F. W. Greenhill, of Canada; killed in action at Ovillers, France, July 7, 1916.

Hammans, Arthur William, 1846-1916

  • GB-2014-WSA-08563
  • Person
  • 1846-1916

HAMMANS, ARTHUR WILLIAM; b. (Marcham, Berks. ) 31 Aug 1846; adm. 28 Sep 1860 (James'); left Aug 1864; Ensign, 32nd Foot 18 Dec 1866; Lieut., 25 Sep 1869; Capt., 32nd (Duke of Cornwall’s) Light Infantry 29 Jun 1881; Maj., 14 Dec 1887; retd. 31 Aug 1894; served Burma 1892-3; re-employed as Recruiting Officer, Bletchley District, in First World War; m. 23 Oct 1889 Mary Josephine, eldest dau. of John Wagner, Stormont, St. Kilda, Melbourne, Australia; d. 13 Jun 1916, from effects of overwork as Recruiting Officer. [evidently kin to Robert Hammans, Marcham, Berks., maltster, will proved PCC 23 Apr 1856]

Maitland, Alfred Henry, 1872-1914

  • GB-2014-WSA-11707
  • Person
  • 1872-1914

Maitland, The Hon. Alfred Henry, brother of the Hon. Sydney George William Maitland (q.v.); b. Dec. 9, 1872; adm. Jan. 14, 1886 (H); left Nov. 1889; Trin. Coll. Camb.; d. 21 Sept. 1914.

Hogarth, Archibald Henry, 1877-1919

Hogarth, Archibald Henry, 1877-1919

  • GB-2014-WSA-09387
  • Person
  • 1877-1919

Hogarth, Archibald Henry, only son of Edward Lucas Hogarth, Head Master of Palace School, Enfield, Middlesex; b. June 14, 1877; adm. Sept. 24, 1891 (A); Q.S. Sept. 22, 1892; elected to an exhibition at Ch. Ch. Oxon. (with Triplett gratuity) July 1896, matric. Oct. 1896; B.A. 1901; M.B. and B. Ch. 1904; D. P. H. 1906; M. D. 1912; St. Bartholomew's Hospital; M.R.C.S. and L.R.C.P. 1903; Medical Officer of Health and School Medical Officer for the County of Bucks; Major R.A.M.C. attached R.A.F. April 4, 1918; served in France and Belgium 1914-6, Italy and the Mediterranean 1918; O.B.E. June 3, 1919; m.; d. Sept. 5, 1919.

Swinburne, Thomas Reid, 1898-1917

Swinburne, Thomas Reid, 1898-1917

  • GB-2014-WSA-16551
  • Person
  • 1898-1917

Swinburne, Thomas Reid, only son of Major Thomas Baker Swinburne, of Finchley, by Mary H., daughter of George Reid, of Darlington, co. Durham; b. Feb. 2, 1898; adm. Jan. 16, 1913 (H); left July 1915; King's Coll. London; Flight Sub-Lieut. R.N.A.S. June 18, 1916; went out to the western front May 1917; killed in action near Lille, France, June 8, 1917.

Eyre, Gerard Layton Phipps, 1890-1921

  • GB-2014-WSA-06914
  • Person
  • 1890-1921

Eyre, Gerard Layton Phipps, eldest son of Layton Eyre, of Hampstead, by Louisa, daughter ofJohn Forbes Moir, of Aberdeen; a nephew of Charles Lewis Eyre (q.v.); b. Oct. 5, 1890; adm. Jan. 14, 1904 (G); left July 1908; Lieut. 59th (2nd North Midland) Div. R. F. A. June 1, 1916; served on the western front from 1917 until he was gassed near Monchy in April 1918; discharged as permanently unfit July 1, 1919; d. from the effects of gas-poisoning May 4, 1921.

Garrett, Maurice Humphris, 1884-1918

  • GB-2014-WSA-07673
  • Person
  • 1884-1918

Garrett, Maurice Humphris, brother of Ernest Phillips Garrett (q.v.); b. April 10, 1884; adm. Jan. 19, 1899 (G); left July 1901; joined the Artists O. T. C.; 2nd Lieut. 15th (Co. of London) Batt. the London Regt. (Civil Service Rifles) Nov. 28, 1917; went out to the western front; m.; killed in action at Peronne, near Albert, Sept. 2, 1918.

Hunt, Arthur George, 1881-1918

  • GB-2014-WSA-09753
  • Person
  • 1881-1918

Hunt, Arthur George, youngest son of Frederick William Hunt, of St. Marylebone, architect, by Mary Louisa, daughter of the Rev. Edward Vinall, Vicar of Hildenborough, Kent; b. April 23, 1881; adm. Sept. 27, 1895 (H); left Aug. 1899; emigrated to Canada in 1901; joined the Seaforth Highlanders at Vancouver on the outbreak of Great War I, and came to England with a draft of that regiment in 1916; 2nd Lieut. in the Irish Guards; went out to the western front in 1918, attached the Guards Machine Gun Regt.; m. Katherine Isabel Bingham Powell; killed in action near Villiers Pol and Le Quesnoy Nov. 4, 1918.

Purves, Walter Douglas Laidlaw, 1892-1917

  • GB-2014-WSA-14339
  • Person
  • 1892-1917

Purves, Walter Douglas Laidlaw, youngest son of William Laidlaw Purves, M.D., of London, by Elizabeth, daughter of Patrick Adie, of Isleworth, Middlesex; b. July 15, 1892; adm. Sept. 27, 1906 (H); left Dec. 1909; went to South Africa, and afterwards to the Malay States; enlisted in King Edward's Horse Aug. 6, 1914; 2nd Lieut. 9th Batt. East Lancs Regt. Dec. 22, 1914; Lieut. Sept. 4, 1915; acting Capt. April 24, 1917; killed in action on the Doiran Vardar front April 28, 1917; unm.

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