ADAMS, Fred Thomas Cooper. 106. Private 2KEH. Enlisted 20/08/1914. Trumpet Major 17/02/1917 to 7/08/1917 in France with 2KEH. Transferred as Private, Northumberland Fusiliers 61234 as Serjeant Trumpeter, 4th Reserve Battalion 27/08/1917. Discharged 17/01/1919. Prior service with the The Royal Dragoons having enlisted at age 14 in Newbridge 3/05/1884 until discharged at term of engagement 1/03/1897. Born 28/03/1869 in Swinton, Yorkshire, England and died Jul 1954 in Lewisham, London, England. Awarded British War and Victory Medals.
ALAZIA, Charles. 1528. Private. Travelled from Punta Arenas, Patagonia, Chile to enlist 20/04/1915 and entered France 15/07/1915. Discharged 20/05/1916 due to wounds and returned to sheep farming in Chile. From Great Shefford, Lambourne and noted as Anglo-Chilean in the "South Pacific Mail War Memorial Number 1914-1918". Awarded Silver War Badge 47,679. Entitled to 1914/15 Star trio.
ALEXANDER, David Arthur Henry. 1400. Private. KIA 23/05/1915 aged 30. Only son of David and Edith Alexander born on Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada. Buried in the GUARDS CEMETERY, WINDY CORNER, CUINCHY, France. Entitled to 1914/15 Star trio. His name is commemorated on the Canadian Virtual War Memorial and portrait photograph taken in 1914 courtesy of that site.
ALLAN, John. 1427. Private. Entered France 15/07/1915. Commissioned Machine Gun Corps 14/04/1916 as a Second Lieutenant and then Captain Machine Gun Corps. Transferred Heavy Section Machine Gun Corps 26/4/16 (London Gazette). Awarded Military Cross for conspicuous gallantry in action at Courcellette on 15/9/17 whilst commanding Tank C6 (Cordon Rouge) (picture shown on the following page) with 6th Battalion, Tank Corps. Died of wounds 9/06/1917 with 'B' Battalion, Tank Corps. Buried in BAILLEUL COMMUNAL CEMETERY EXTENSION, France where he lies in a double plot with Second Lieutenant W. Hesketh of the 10th Cheshire Regiment - shared headstone and both died the same day. Attended Glasgow High School. Entitled to 1914/15 Star trio.
ALLEN, John Irwin. 2313. Private. Enlisted Tooting, London, England. Son of John and Frances C. Allen of Upper Tooting Road, London and born King's Lynn, Norfolk, England. Private Allen died in service on the 3/11/1918 aged 27. His gravestone is located in the Kilkenny (St. John) Church of Ireland Cemetery, Ireland, photograph of headstone shown. Also recorded on 1918 Absentee Voters List as 16523, Sapper John Irwin Allen, 2KEH Depot. No record of Great War service medals due to home service.
ALSTON, John F. 1395. Private 2KEH. Entered France 4/05/1915. Commissioned as a Second Lieutenant, Lincolnshire Yeomanry 22/01/1916 then Lieutenant, Machine Gun Corps. Applied for 1914/15 Star trio from Cromer, Cornwall.
AMBROSE, John Guy. 1865. Private 2KEH. Enlisted 21/02/1916 and discharged 16/09/1916 due to sickness. Re-enlisted in the Canadian Garrison Artillery as a Gunner (Siege Battery) on 14/05/1917. Born 6/11/1880 in Ontario, Canada, died of broncho-pneumonia 25/02/1919 and buried in Halle Communal Cemetery, Halle, Belgium. Entitled to British War and Victory Medals from the Canadian Government.
ANDREWS, Charles James William. Captain 2KEH. Prior service Private British South African Police, Private South Rhodesia Column A1, Private 1st Rhodesian Regiment 7. Entered German West Africa 3/10/1915. Discharged as medically unfit 30/09/1916. Then served as a Captain, 1st Battalion, King's African Rifles. Lived in Concession, Southern Rhodesia. Awarded British War and Victory Medals.
ANDREWS, William E. 1367. Private 2KEH. Entered France 5/05/1915. Discharged 13/04/1919. Entitled to 1914/15 Star trio.
ANGOLD, Harry. 1287. Private 2KEH. 'C' Squadron. Enlisted at Hampton Court, London. Entered France 4/05/1915. KIA 23/09/1915 aged 23. Born in Diss, Norfolk and lived in Wortham, Norfolk as the son of Mrs. Rosa Angold of Shelfanger Road, Diss, Norfolk. Lived in Canada from 1912 and returned to England to enlist 22/12/1914 from St John, New Brunswick to Liverpool, England. Buried in LA PLUS DOUVE FARM CEMETERY, France. Entitled to 1914/15 Star trio. Photograph of commemorative tablet shown from the Wortham War Memorial - Great War Panel 1.
ARMSTRONG, Bertie MacVicar. 671. Serjeant. Entered France 5/05/1915. Commissioned Second Lieutenant 2KEH 1/10/1915 and promoted to Acting Captain 16/08/1917. Awarded Military Cross as Captain 2KEH. Newspaper report (Luton Reporter - Tuesday 23 July 1918, page 1) states that he had some prior experience of military life which is likely to be as Staff Serjeant, 21833, 106th (Staffordshire) Company, 4th Regiment Imperial Yeomanry in the second Boer War as Bernard Benjamin McIver Armstrong. "The Military Cross has been awarded to Capt. B. Mac. V. Armstrong. King Edward's Horse, of Church-square. Toddington, for distinguished service on the field in France. Capt. Armstrong went out to Canada on important business early in 1914, and when war broke out at once left, for England and volunteered. A good horseman with some previous experience of military life, he was accepted for King Edward's Horse, and soon pined promotion in France where he is now acting captain of his company. The gallantry for which he has been decorated was displayed on an occasion when the horse lines of two troops were being heavily shelled by the enemy. He at once went to the spot and encouraged and assisted his men in the difficult task of getting the houses away, and by the promptness, energy and disregard of danger he showed he accomplished this task with very light casualties.” Born April 1882 in East Barkwith, Lincolnshire, England and died 15/04/1951 in Chilliwack, British Columbia, Canada. Entitled to 1914/15 Star trio. Commemorated on the Toddington Roll of Honour.
ASH, Arthur Hugh. 1893. Private 2KEH. Transferred as Private, 6th Battalion, Lancashire Fusiliers 45520. Entitled to British War and Victory Medals.
ASHBEE, Michael Freeman. 1753. Private 2KEH. Entered France 30/09/1915. Lance Corporal 23rd Battalion Lancashire Fusiliers 45428. Transferred to Machine Gun Corps Heavy Branch 7/08/1917. Transferred 4th Battalion, Lancashire Fusiliers 27/08/1917. Discharged 27/03/1919. From Greystones, County Wicklow, Ireland. Entitled to 1914/15 Star trio. His Victory Medal sold on eBay UK and image shown.
ASHFORD, William. 104. Lance Corporal. Entered France 4/05/1915. Commissioned as a Second Lieutenant, 3rd Battalion, The Royal West Surrey Regiment 26/06/1917 later Lieutenant, Royal Air Force. Applied for 1914/15 Star trio from Ealing, London, England.
ATKINS, William Joseph. 1853. Corporal. Enlisted 3/12/1915. Taken PoW 26/04/1918 at Langensalrga. Transferred to 1st Battalion then 7th Battalion, Rifle Brigade as Corporal, B/2007236 1/01/1919. Prior service with Royal Garrison Artillery and Royal Field Artillery. Born in 1889 and resided in London. Discharged 31/03/1920. Entitled to British War and Victory Medals.
AUCUTT, Richard E. 1325. Private. Entered France 5/05/1915. Commissioned 5th Battalion, East Surrey Regiment 29/05/1917. Applied for 1914/15 Star trio c/o the Chile Exploration Company, Chile.
AUERBACH, Willy Herbert Alexander. 1145. Private. Entered France 5/05/1915. KIA on 23/05/1915 at the Battle of Festubert. Commemorated on Le Touret Memorial, France. Born Hampstead, Middlesex in 1879 and enlisted Hounslow, Ealing, London and was married to Ella. Prior service with Hertfordshire Yeomanry and saw service in Boer War with 50th (Hampshire) Company, 17th Battalion Imperial Yeomanry enlisted 24/01/1901 as Private 21107, commissioned as a Second Lieutenant 30/03/1901 and awarded Queen's South Africa Medal with South Africa 1901 clasp. Awarded 1914/15 Star trio. A bayonet stamped WA 1145 was incorrectly attributed to him on the "British Jews in the First World War" site but as kindly pointed out by Daniel Irving 'it would in fact be a bayonet issued to Western Australia and co-incidentally includes its serial number (WA 1145), it is a common pre-1914 marking (marked on the outermost side of the pommel when worn). The bayonet appears to be an 1888 pattern". Private Auerbach's 1914/15 Star trio and death plaque were sold in June 2024 on eBay in Australia as per the accompanying photographs. This is the only death plaque I have seen to a member of the KEH or 2KEH.
AUKETT, Arthur E. 1997. Serjeant. Attached King's African Rifles.
AULIFF, Harry. 93. Serjeant. Transferred to Royal Flying Corps 12/12/1917 115528. Entitled to British War and Victory Medals.
