AAGAARD, Andrew (Anders). 1008. 'A' Squadron. Private. Entered France 22/05/1915 and commissioned Second Lieutenant, KEH on 22/02/1918. Originated from Argentina. Died in 1957. Awarded 1914/15 Star trio. Photograph of him attending the third re-union of South American KEH members in 1945 available.
ABBOTT, Bertie J. 1517. Private. Born in New South Wales, Australia in 1895. Australian. Discharged to the Reserve 18/06/1919. Entitled to British War and Victory Medals. Lived in Bauple, Queensland post-War.
ABRAHAM, Lionel Martyn. Serjeant KEH. Commissioned as a Second Lieutenant in the Royal Field Artillery on 4/12/1914 (London Gazette). Entered France 24/08/1915. Wounded once. Born in July 1893 in Palmerston North, Wellington, New Zealand the son of Lionel Augustus Abraham and Constance Palgrave Martyn OBE and attended Wanganui College 1907-12. He saw service in the King Edward's Horse joining the University Squadron in 1912 when at Pembroke College, Cambridge. He was living in Palmerston North, New Zealand in 1914 and returned post war. Awarded 1914/15 Star trio. Served as a Second Lieutenant with the 12th Company, National Reserve in New Zealand in 1940. Died in New Zealand 31/12/1986. Portrait photograph of Second Lieutenant Abraham in the Royal Field Artillery courtesy of the Imperial War Museum. Commemorated on the Auckland Online Cenotaph.
ABSON, D. Member of KEH Old Comrades Association in 1933 with address of Shepperton, England.
ADAMS, Frank. 1913. Private. Discharged 30/10/1919. Awarded British War and Victory Medals which were re-issued in 1931.
ADAMS, Lionel L. 1433. Serjeant. Discharged 26/06/1919. Awarded British War and Victory Medals now held in a private collection with image shown of his Victory Medal when sold on electronic auction site 2013. His address was recorded as Bristol on the 1933 KEH Old Comrades Association Member's List.
ADAMS, Noel Percy. Captain. A New Zealander who served in 'A' Squadron of the King Edward's Horse from 1909 after service in command of the Cambridge University Mounted Rifles as Lieutenant. Commanded the four University troops as a Squadron. Returned to New Zealand in 1916 as Colonel of the Base Training Camp for which he was awarded the Most Distinguished Order of Saint Michael and Saint George (CMG). Died in Clevedon, New Zealand in 1951. Referenced in KEH History. Photograph courtesy of the Auckland War Memorial.
ADAMS, Norman (Bill) Clarke. 670. Serjeant. Entered France 20/10/1915. Commissioned as a Second Lieutenant, Royal West Surrey Regiment 5/02/1919. Served with 6th Battalion, Dorset Regiment (Home Guard) in WW2. Born 28/09/1886 in Reading, Berkshire, England and died in 1975 in Parkstone, Poole. Awarded 1914/15 Star trio, and 1939-45 Star and Defence Medal pair held in a private collection. Serjeant Clarke received a 'token of esteem' gift of a silver cigarette case and two pipes from the Australian members of No. 4 Troop in May 1918. Pictures of the accompanying note and case are shown on the accompanying page. His Full Dress and Service Dress marksman badges and Serjeant chevrons are shown under the KEH uniform photographs section of this website. These items and photographs are from a private collection.
ADAMSON, W. From Argentina - details not confirmed on MIC but noted in Old Comrades Association bulletins.
ADDISON, Noel Goodricke. 191. Private. Born in Natal on 25/12/1892 the son of W. H. and Florence Addison, of Natal, South Africa. Educated at New College, Oxford and joined the Oxford Troop of KEH. Commissioned as a Second Lieutenant on 12/11/1914 and arrived in France on 1/06/1915 with 'A' Squadron KEH. Killed in action 9/04/1918 at the defence of Vieille Chapelle aged 25 as a Lieutenant. His name is commemorated on the Loos Memorial, France and on a plaque at New College, Oxford. Awarded a posthumous Military Cross. Mentioned in Despatches. Awarded 1914/15 Star trio. Lieutenant in 1915 see Figure 19.
AFFLECK, Johnson Morris. 724. Serjeant. Entered France 22/04/1915. Commissioned as a Second Lieutenant 7th Battalion, Northumberland Fusiliers 29/12/1916 later Lieutenant. Awarded Military Cross 18/01/1918. Born 17/10/1886 in Gateshead, England and went to St. Bees School 1900-03. Emigrated to Canada in 1906. Enlisted in British Columbia but was told his poor eyesight would preclude him from active service. Paid for his own passage to England and enlisted in KEH. Escorted German POWs back to Germany when the war ended and discharged late 1919 and returned to Canada in 1920. He died 10/1971. Entitled to 1914/15 Star trio.
AGATE, Ronald W. 969. Private. 'A' Squadron. Canadian. Entered France 2/06/1915. Wounded in defence of Vieille Chapelle 9-11/04/1918. Discharged 17/03/1919. He died in Oct 1947 in British Columbia. Entitled to 1914/15 Star trio.
AGOSTINI, Edgar Barnard. Private. Joined Oxford University OTC then KEH. Left Trinidad for UK 17/10/1917 with 11th Caribbean Merchant and Planters Contingent. Home service 08/1917 to 11/11/1918. Did not serve overseas as was too young having been born in 1900. Living in USA in 1946. Likely to be a relative of J. Leon Agostini. Named in Stonyhurst College War Record in which he enrolled in 1911.
AGOSTINI, J. Leon. Private. Left Trinidad for UK 5/06/1917 with 6th Caribbean Merchant and Planters Contingent. Likely to be a relative of Edgar B. Agostini.
AINSWORTH, C. Member of KEH Old Comrades Association in 1933 with address of Oxton, Cheshire, England.
AIREY, George R. Private KEH. D/17046. Transferred to KEH from 3rd Dragoon Guards as Private D/17046. Later transferred to Corps of Dragoons as Private D/17046. Discharged 18/10/1919. Awarded British War and Victory Medals named to Corps of Dragoons.
AITCHISON, Hugh James. Lieutenant KEH. Joined as a Scottish Volunteer as Lieutenant 6th Volunteer Battalion, The Royal Scots from 1895 to 1900. He then joined the Imperial Yeomanry as Sergeant, 12559 being promoted in the field to Lieutenant. He served with the 70th (Sharpshooters) Company, 18th Battalion Imperial Yeomanry and awarded a QSA with four clasps Cape Colony, Orange Free State, Transvaal and Rhodesia. He was also awarded a KSA with two clasps. His address for his medals was recorded as Elsmwood, Loanhead, Midlothian, Scotland. He stayed in South Africa after the Boer war in the Thaba Nuchu Commando through to the 1914 Rebellion and then in German East Africa from May 1916 with the 9th South African Horse as Serjeant, 2991 then Lieutenant. He then served as a Lieutenant in France with the KEH and was Mentioned in Despatches in October 1918. In the Second World War, he was a Captain in the Reserve Brigade, South African army from 1940 to 1943. Awarded Efficiency Decoration in 1940. Born 1/07/1877 in Loanhead, Scotland and died on 22/11/1944 in Likatlong, Orange Free State, South Africa. Photographs of Hugh in the uniform of the KEH, his medals and Mentioned in Despatches courtesy of Debra Brock, his granddaughter.
AITCHISON, Philip Arnold. 107. Squadron Quarter Master Serjeant. Enlisted King's Colonials 7/12/1905. Commissioned into the Staffordshire Yeomanry 17/01/1916. Awarded Indian General Service Medal (Afghanistan, North West Frontier 1919 clasps) whilst attached to 2nd/4th Border Regiment as Lieutenant Staffordshire Yeomanry. Awarded the Special Reserve Long Service and Good Conduct medal named to P. A. Aitchison 107 SQMS KEH (King's Colonials/KEH) May 1921 and Special Constable Long Service and Good Conduct medal as a Sub. Commander. He was not entitled to the British War Medal. Medals held in a private collection in Australia. Image courtesy British Medal Forum.
AITKEN, D. B. Private KEH. Commissioned as a Second Lieutenant Royal Flying Corps later Captain. Ineligible for 1914/15 Star recorded on Medal Index Card with service number not recorded. Awarded British War and Victory Medals.
ALBERTSON, Armand Harold. 1003. Private KEH. 'A' then 3rd Troop 'B' Squadron in 1916. Entered France 13/09/1915. Wounded at Savy in 1917. Transferred as Private Machine Gun Corps 107480. Commissioned as a Second Lieutenant, 'C' Company, 2nd Battalion, Tank Corp 20/12/1917. KIA 9/08/1918 and buried Rosieres Communal Cemetery Extension, the Somme, France. Born in 1893 in Western Australia and lived in Rhodesia. Entitled to 1914/15 Star trio.
ALBRECHT, Frederick. Private KEH. D/10936. Transferred from Corps of Dragoons as Private D/10936. Entitled to British War and Victory Medals.
ALDERSON, E. C. 1276. Private KEH. Entered France 5/05/1915. Transferred to Military Mounted Police as P/12405. Discharged 19/06/1919. Entitled to 1914/15 Star trio.
ALDERTON, Charles Frederick Carruthers. 490. Squadron Quarter Master Serjeant. 'B' and then 'C' Squadron. Entered France 21/04/1915. Accidently killed 08/05/16 when thrown from his horse and run over by a lorry. Buried in QUATRE-VENTS MILITARY CEMETERY, ESTREE-CAUCHY, FRANCE. Born on 18/09/1880 in Chislehurst, England. Educated at Merchant Taylors' School, Charterhouse Square, London from 1891 - 1896. Entitled to 1914/15 Star trio. Photograph of headstone shown on the accompanying page.
ALEXANDER, Frederick Vionee. 4. Private. 'A' Squadron. Commissioned as a Second Lieutenant Royal Engineers 28/10/1915 later Lieutenant. Entered France 1/06/1915. Born 13/06/1892 in Liverpool, Lancashire, UK. Married 27/01/1917 Lived with his wife Ina Florence Limerick Alexander in Colne , Lancashire. Died 16/07/1963 in Lancashire. Entitled to 1914/15 Star trio. Son Lieutenant Derrick Vionee Alexander, 155 Battery, 52nd Light Anti Aircraft Regiment, Royal Artillery KIA on 26/04/1941 at Raffina Beach, Greece.
ALEXANDER, Ralph Douglas. 958. 'A' Squadron. Entered France 1/06/1915. Commissioned as a Second Lieutenant 10/05/1918 and shown in photograph taken at Marlborough Barracks, Dublin 1918 see Figure 33. Member of KEH Old Comrades Association in 1933 with address of British West Indies.
ALEXANDER, William. Corporal. Name commemorated on the Kilkenny War Memorial, MacDonagh Station, Dublin Road, Kilkenny, Ireland. No Medal Index Card or Medal Roll located.
ALEXANDRA, Walter. 862. Private KEH. Enlisted 3/09/1914 at White City, London. Entered France 5/05/1915. Appointed Trumpeter 11/03/1916. Transferred as Private, 39969, 3rd Battalion Northumberland Fusiliers in Aug 1917 then Private Army Service Corps R/41311. Discharged 25/04/1919. Born in Mar 1891 in Windsor, Berkshire, England and died 11/08/1990 in Fulham, London, England having resided in Fulham, London at time of enlistment. Entitled to 1914/15 Star trio. Would be the last KEH soldier to die from the Great War.
ALLAN, James. 1293. Private. Died by accidentally drowning on 15/05/16 during the Easter Rising. Buried in Longford Presbyterian Churchyard, Co. Longford, Ireland and now commemorated on a Memorial Wall in Grangegorman Military Cemetery. James Allan was born c.1873 (1871-1875) in Dundee, Scotland, and was the fourth son in his family; his father, William, was a shipmaster. Private Allan enlisted in the Household Cavalry in London. He died close to the bridge in Carrick-on-Shannon, in a drowning accident. At the time Allan was in Carrick as part of a flying column from Longford barracks like for the purpose of investigating and arresting potential rebels after the Easter Rising. When Allan died, he was on night-time sentry duty and fell into the river at around midnight on the 14 May 1915. An inquest was held and no evidence of foul play noted. It was noted that he had taken alcohol, and that he had arrived in Carrick for the first time that day (Sunday) and was unfamiliar with the town and the river. His brothers, William and David were listed as his next-of-kin. No Medal Index Card or Medal Roll entry located but would have been entitled to 1914/15 Star trio. Photograph of his name on the Memorial Wall in Grangegorman Military Cemetery wall shown.
ALLAN, John. 1427. Private KEH. 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 9/06/1917 (London Gazette 15/9/17) whilst commanding Tank C6 (Cordon Rouge) attacking Messines Ridge. DoW 9/06/1917. Buried at Bailluel. From Aberdeen. Entitled to 1914/15 Star trio.
ALLEN, Albert E. 1373. Private. Transferred to the Reserve 27/06/1919. Noted in Old Comrades Bulletin No 1. as living in Adelaide, Australia.
ALLEN, Ernest Rawson. 1032. Private KEH. Entered France 1/06/1915. Commissioned as a Second Lieutenant, 172nd Tunnelling Company, Royal Engineers 29/10/1915 (London Gazette 27/11/1915. Promoted to Lieutenant May1916. Awarded Military Cross (Edinburgh Gazette 18/05/1915. Born 21/10/1888 in Toronto, Ontario, Canada and died there. Awarded 1914/15 Star trio.
ALLEN, Hamilton J. 557. Private. 'A' Squadron. Entered France 2/06/1915. Discharged 23/2/1919. Entitled to 1914/15 Star trio.
ALLIOTT, John Alfred. 1086. Private KEH. Discharged 7/06/1919. Prior service South African Constabulary in the Boer War and awarded Queen's South Africa Medal with Cape Colony and Orange Free State clasps. Born JULY 1878 in Bishops Stortford, Hertfordshire, England and died 9/06/1923 in South Africa. Entitled to British War and Victory Medals.
ALLUM, Ephraim. 1926. Private. KIA 08/11/18. Buried at ST. SEVER CEMETERY EXTENSION, ROUEN, FRANCE. Born in Oct 1887 in Langley, Langley Marish, Eton District, Buckinghamshire, England. Entitled to British War and Victory Medals. Photograph of headstone.
ALMACK, Alfred. 1346. Private. Discharged 7/02/1919. Entitled to British War and Victory Medals.
ALSOP, George. 282. Private. Enlisted 14/08/1913 and discharged 06/10/1914 due to sickness and did not serve overseas. Awarded Silver War Badge 19194.
ALSOP, John W. Private, former Private 1st Dragoons D/18482, Private Corps of Dragoons D/18482. Entitled to British War and Victory Medals.
AMBROSE, Herbert. 543. Private. Entered France 21/04/1915. Discharged 10/08/1919. Entitled to 1914/15 Star trio.
AMOTT, John. Private in 1918
ANDERSON, Andrew. 1875. Private. Discharged 10/08/1919. British War Medal and Victory Medal awarded and listed for sale in Feb 2021 on eBay UK. Photograph of his medals shown in accompanying page.
ANDERSON, Claude W. 1693. Corporal. Discharged 10/03/1919. Entitled to British War and Victory Medals.
ANDERSON, Donald Alex. 169. Serjeant. 'A' Squadron. Enlisted 1/03/1913 and entered France 1/06/1915. Discharged 19/12/1916. Awarded Silver War Badge 100909 due to sickness. Born 19/01/1893 in Birkenhead, Cheshire and died 20/09/1952 in Wirral, Cheshire, England. Entitled to 1914/15 Star trio. Served in WW2 as a Captain, No. 8 Anti Aircraft Rocket Z Battery, Royal Artillery.
ANDERSON, George Reid. 1245. Serjeant. Awarded Military Medal (London Gazette 20/08/1919). Entitled to British War and Victory Medals. Discharged 6/04/1919.
ANDERSON, Henry Peter Shiels. 152766 Corporal. Served with the KEH Reserve Regiment in Ireland. Enlisted 8/11/1915 in Edinburgh. Transferred from 2nd Scottish Horse 30/03/1917. Discharged from KEH 14/02/1919. Did not serve overseas and no service medal entitlement.
ANDERSON, John M. 754. Private. Discharged to re-enlist in Royal Flying Corps (RFC) as Private, 14315 on 22/12/1915. Entitled to British War and Victory medals administered by RFC.
ANDERSON, Peter. Bandmaster. King's Colonials and King Edward's Horse 1902-1914. Died in 1940. Photograph shown in Figures 118 - 121. Peter Anderson was well known in his day as a bandmaster; a cornet, trumpet, coach horn and post horn soloist as well as a pioneer recording artist both as a soloist and conductor of military bands. Anderson was born in Edinburgh on 8/08/1874. He began his musical career in the Royal Scots Greys then at Newbridge enlisting in May 1891. He became Colonel’s trumpeter in March 1892 before moving into the band, eventually becoming the solo cornet player. Due to a riding accident with left him with a hernia, Peter Anderson was discharged medically unfit in June 1894. His medical pension record states, “Fit to earn his living at any light occupation and at his former trade.” He received a pension of 6d a day in 1895 rising to £15/10/6 per year from September 1936. By 1901 Peter Anderson had moved to Barnes in London and was earning his living as an instrumental musician. At some subsequent date he become Bandmaster of 4th County of London Imperial Yeomanry (The King’s Colonials). This band, under Anderson, enjoyed a high reputation and its performances included two command concerts, played to great acclaim, for Edward VII at Buckingham Palace. The King’s Colonials could also furnish a string band if required and as such, in July 1909, under Anderson’s direction, performed at a Board of Trade Garden Party for a fee of twelve guineas. Anderson recorded a number of 78rpms on the Edison Bell and Pathe labels (among others) before World War One with the King Edward’s Horse/King’s Colonials Band. Anderson would still appear to be bandmaster in 1912, as one of the 78s under the King Edward’s Horse Band title and conducted by Anderson has been dated to that year. Peter Anderson’s debut as a solo recording artist (cornet and post horn), on cylinders in those days of course, was in 1904 for Electra Records and he went on to record with various bands and orchestras on a number of labels including Sterling Gold Moulded Cylinder Records from 1905; Pathe Disques in 1908; Polyphon, Klingsort, Favourite and Jumbo records in 1909 and Edison Bell from 1910. In 1913 Anderson was appointed Musical Director for Odeon, Fonotypia and Jumbo recording companies until the Great War put paid to their activities. Anderson was never out of the recording studio and except for years 1918, 1919 & 1920 appeared on records as a solo artist until close of the 1920s. In April 1918 Anderson took on the role as the first Director of Music of the London Fire Brigade Band, a post he held until 1932. Together with Sir Landon Ronald, then Principal of the Guildhall School of Music, Anderson provided musical training for the band at the Guildhall School of Music where he was also Professor of Trumpet, rehearsing the band four days a week beginning at 9.30am. At the same time he was playing with Sir Thomas Beecham’s Orchestra in Birmingham, which meant a considerable amount of daily commuting between London and Birmingham. By 1922 the London Fire Brigade Band, under his direction, were rehearsing daily and making great strides. The band soon became part of the London musical scene, giving weekly concerts on the bandstand at the Brigade’s HQ plus regular public performances in the London parks as well as playing at Brigade and public events. An annual concert was also presented at the Queen’s Hall, Westminster. Under Anderson the band made a number of 78s on Piccadilly and Crystalato labels recording such items as Martial Moments and a selection of Leslie Stuart songs. Anderson was also engaged at this time as principal cornet at a leading London theatre as well as teaching privately. As well as principal trumpet in Sir Thomas Beecham’s Opera Orchestra, Anderson played in the Royal Albert Hall Orchestra and Orchestra of Philharmonic Society among others. He was also conductor of a number of other bands including the London Military Band and his own Anderson’s Military Band, (which often recorded under other names), which was certainly in existence by 1932 and made up of professional musicians, which recorded on 78s on the Imperial label and was regularly employed by the London County Council in the parks; Anderson’s Symphonic Orchestra, Imperial Military Band (for Imperial record label), Peterson Band, the British Legion (Balham & South Clapham Branch) Military, his local band as he was living in Balham at this time which was another band made up of professional musicians which played in the London Parks c1932; London County Council Tramways Band (appointed conductor in 1935) and Reigate Town Brass Band leading them to a 1st prize in the 2nd section of the 1937 Southern Counties Contest where he also conducted the massed brass bands at the evening concert following the contest. Peter Adamson died on 23rd May 1940 aged sixty-five in Battersea, London. Biography courtesy of Phil Mather published IMMS UK Branch Newsletter 75, March 2008. Revised and updated 1st October 2020.
ANDERSON, William Louis. 215. Serjeant. Served pre-war KEH while attending Cambridge University. 3rd Troop, 'C' Squadron Aug 1914. Entered France 22/04/1915. Commissioned as a Sub Lieutenant, Royal Naval Air Service 9/05/1916 later promoted to Captain, Royal Flying Corps. Awarded Distinguished Flying Cross (London Gazette 20/07/1917) for sinking an enemy submarine. Transferred to the Royal Navy and became Bishop of Salisbury. Born on 11/02/1892 in Assam, India. Attended wedding of Richard St Barbe Baker (ex-KEH) in 1946. Died 5/03/1972 Fordingbridge, England. Applied for 1914/15 Star trio from Cambridge, England.
ANDREWS, Leonard H. D/16438. Private KEH. Transferred as Private, Corps of Dragoons. Discharged 20/04/1919. Entitled to British War and Victory Medals.
ANGEL, . Private. King's Colonials. Portrait photograph in Full Dress uniform walking out order circa 1902.
ANSTEY, Herbert L. 967. Private. Entered France 28/07/1915. Discharged 6/04/1919. Entitled to 1914/15 Star trio.
ANTHONY, A. L. 2055. Private. 'C' Squadron. Entered France Nov 1915. Served with KEH pre-war possibly whilst at university in England. Commissioned as a Second Lieutenant later Captain, Royal Army Medical Corps and applied for 1914/15 Star trio named to RAMC from Ashanti, West Africa. Private Anthony is noted in 'Under Friendly Flags' by Lieutenant Colonel Neil C. Smith AM as Australian and had served with KEH.
ARCHDALL, Montgomery. Private. Transferred to KEH as Private, 6th Dragoons D/21216. Entitled to British War and Victory Medals.
ARCHIBALD, William R. 1064. Private. 4th Section, 1st Troop, 'C' Squadron. Discharged 18/06/1919. Born in 1887 in Brunswick, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia the son of Barbara Rae and John Archibald. He married Nellie Elizabeth (Nell) Barrington in 1938 in Victoria. He took up a Soldier's Settlement of 370 acres of land at Pomonal, Victoria which was sold on in 1940. He died in 1958. Entitled to British War and Victory Medals.
ARGENT, Edward Albert. 1061. Private. Enlisted 22/09/1914 and discharged 18/11/1914 due to sickness. Born in Toppers Field, Halstead, Essex in 1876 and had served in the 2nd Battalion Northumberland Fusiliers as Private 4746 from 1895 to 1907 with last 5 years in the Reserves. Saw active service in the Sudan Expedition 1898, Occupation of Crete 1898, South Africa 1898-1900, 1900-02. Wounded whilst fighting in the Transvaal 25/02/1902. Awarded Sudan Medal 1898 with clasp Khartoum, Queen's South Africa Medal with clasps Belmont, Modder River, Transvaal, Orange Free State and King's South Africa with clasps 1901 and 1902. Died 26/12/1957 in Kensington, London. No Great War Medal entitlement.
ARGENT, W. K. Serjeant Major KEH in 1911
ARIZA, Louis Francis 1110. Private. Discharged 28/05/1915 as Private 315 from 18th (Service Battalion), West Yorkshire Regiment. Enlisted 29/05/1915 and entered France 14/09/1915. Sustained a gun shot wound to arm at defence of Vieille Chapelle 9/04/1918. Discharged 2/11/1918. Awarded Silver War Badge B44307. Born in 1888 in Bradford, Yorkshire and was killed 12/05/1935 in Argentina when shot by a drunk whilst working as Anglo-Argentine railways staff. Entitled to 1914/15 Star trio.
ARKELL, William J. 1345. Private. Discharged 15/02/1919. Entitled to British War and Victory Medals.
ARMOUR, Donald J. Lieutenant and Surgeon KEH 1910
ARMSTRONG, Frederick.1209. Private. Discharged 13/03/1919. Entitled to British War and Victory Medals. An excerpt from the book "South Pacific Mail War Memorial Number 1914-1918" notes that a Frederick Armstrong left Valparaiso, Chile in June 1915 and enlisted in KEH. Served in Ireland after France and after being hospitalised in 1918 suffering from nephritis he was invalided out of the army. He was the son of Mr. William Armstrong of Talea and was educated at Mackay's School in Valparaiso. He is returning to Chile and holds the rank of Second Lieutenant.
ARMSTRONG, James. Private. New Zealander who enlisted in 1902 and was commissioned as a Second Lieutenant in the King's Colonials in 1903 in command of 1st Troop (New South Wales), 'C' Squadron (Australasian) and shown with that rank on the 1905 Officer's List. Living in the South Island, New Zealand in 1946. One of the first fifty to enlist in KEH.
ARMSTRONG, John W. Private. D/17279. Transferred to KEH as Private, 1st Dragoons then Private, Corps of Dragoons. Entitled to British War and Victory Medals.
ARNOLD, Charles. Private. Name commemorated on the Kilkenny War Memorial, MacDonagh Station, Dublin Road, Kilkenny, Ireland. Likely to be entitled to 1914/15 Star trio but no Medal Index Card or Medal Roll entry located.
ARNOLD, Jack. 991. Private 'B' Squadron. Born in South Africa. Entered France on 15/09/1915 and was discharged 9/07/1919. Awarded 1914/15 Star trio. Medals sold at auction by Dix Noonan Webb, UK, March 2014).
ARNOTT, John. 1482. Private. 'B' Squadron. Enlisted 8/03/1916 and discharged due to sickness 31/08/1918. Awarded Silver War Badge 28212 and born 1898. Entitled to British War and Victory Medals.
ARTHUR, Beckham Paikawa. 111. Serjeant KEH. 2nd Troop, 'A' Squadron at Hutton Bridge, Hertfordshire noted in the 'Auckland Star' newspaper 9/03/1915. Saw service in the Boer War with the NZ Mounted Rifles (Rough Riders) as Serjeant 1383 and embarked with the 4th Contingent on the SS 'Gymeric' 31 March 1900 and also served as Captain with the 9th Contingent leaving on the SS 'Devon' 19 March 1902. Gazetted as Second Lieutenant in March 1915, and posted to Motor Machine Gun Service (of the Royal Artillery) at Bisley. Promoted Captain June 1915, entered France 8/07/1915, Major March 1916 and Lieutenant Colonel November 1918 to command the 1st Motor Brigade Machine Gun Corps. Wounded at Loos September, 1915. Awarded Companion of the Distinguished Service Order (DSO) 26 July 1918 and Mentioned in Despatches (MiD) Three Times. Born in 1876 in Tokomaru Bay the son of Alexander Creighton Arthur & Mere Inoi nee' Ward of Tokomaru Bay & Gisborne hence of Maori descent. He married Pheroze Sorabji in 1902 in London. He died in Devon, England on the 11/03/1922. Entitled to Queen's South Africa and King's South African Medals and 1914/15 Star trio. Commemorated on the Auckland Online Cenotaph with family records and photographs added and the South African War Memorial, Gisborne, New Zealand. Photograph from Auckland Online Cenotaph of Lieutenant Colonel Arthur, DSO, Motor Machine Gun Corps.
ASHDOWN, James Reginald. 1618. Corporal. Enlisted 11/08/1916. Promoted to Lance Corporal 6/04/1916 and entered France 8/04/1917. Discharged 25/05/1919. Prior service with Durban Light Infantry and discharged in 1915. Born in 1896 and resided in Durban, South Africa after the Great War. Served in South African army in WW2 and saw action in Italy. Entitled to British War and Victory Medals.
ASLETT, G. Noted in Old Comrades Association as having served with King's Colonials or KEH. Prior service with T Battery, Royal Horse Artillery in the Boer War under the alias of Gunner E. Tansome, 76279 and awarded King's South Africa Medal with South Africa 1901 and 1902 clasps. Died Oct 1940.
ASTLEY, William P. 807. Acting Corporal KEH. Entered France 2/06/1916. Discharged 24/02/1919. Entitled to 1914/15 Star trio.
ATKINS, John. 567. Private KEH. Enlisted 12/08/1914. Entered France 22/02/1916. Transferred as Private, 47th Battalion, Royal Fusiliers GS/142659 in 1919 on discharge from KEH on 9/07/1919. Eight years prior service with 6th Dragoon Guards,. Born in 1880 in Ealing, Middlesex, England and died there in Jun 1951. Entitled to British War and Victory Medals.
ATKINS, Leslie J. 1327. Private KEH. Enlisted 16/11/1915 whilst employed in England as an electrical engineer. Discharged 16/02/1919. Born in Paddington, New South Wales, Australia on 23/11/1893 and died 5/07/1986 in Daw Park, South Australia. Served as a Corporal, S69458 in the 2nd Australian Imperial Force from Apr 1942 to Oct 1945. Entitled to British War and Victory Medals.
ATKINSON, R. F. G. 1050. Private KEH. 'A' Squadron. Served pre-war KEH. Noted in 'Under Friendly Flags' by Lieutenant Colonel Neil C. Smith AM as an Australian having served with KEH.
AUDY, P. J. 271. Serjeant. King's Colonials. Awarded Imperial Yeomanry Long Service and Good Conduct Medal, Aug 1908.
AUSTEN, Cecil Alexander. 987. Private KEH. Entered France 2/06/1915. Commissioned as a Second Lieutenant (31/07/1917) and later Lieutenant, 5th Battalion, Royal Fusiliers. Born 7/04/1897 in Queenstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa and died 29/09/1954 in Que Que, Rhodesia. Applied for 1914/15 Star trio.
AYLWARD, Gordon. 1371. Private KEH. Discharged 13/04/1919. Entitled to British War and Victory Medals.
