Beds Regt casualty lists May 21st-26th, 1915

 

The following casualties in the 1st Battalion Beds Regt were reported on Friday, May 21st, 1915.

DIED OF WOUNDS

Pte John James Baker, 4/7173, April 27th, 1915 (Boulogne Eastern Cemetery).

Pte Charles Jackson (29), 3/8605, April 27th, 1915 (Boulogne Eastern Cemetery).

Pte Cyril Meakins (20, of Eaton Bray), 3/7465, April 20th, 1915 (Poperinghe Old Military Cemetery).

Pte Henry William Webb, 8810, April 20th, 1915 (Poperinghe Old Military Cemetery).

Pte Albert Kingham, 3/7569, April 20th, 1915 (Poperinghe Old Military Cemetery).

WOUNDED

Pte W. Bays, 7188

Pte W. A. Case, 6874

Pte A. B. Ellis, 8586

Pte W. Jeffs, 7248

Pte W. Seabrook, 13041

Pte J. Smith, 6485

Pte T. H. Taylor, 13094

Sgt W. Walker, 6502

Pte E. Ward, 8461

Pte M. Winch, 13045

WOUNDED AND MISSING

Pte Frederick John Saunders (22), 10192. (CWGC records show he in fact was killed in action on November 8th, 1914 (Harlebeke New British Cemetery).

 

Beds Regt casualty lists for Monday, May 24th, 1915.

KILLED

Sgt Reginald Arthur Rosamund Fearn (25, of Dunstable), 8427, 1st Battalion April 29th, 1915 (Mennin Gate Memorial, Ypres).

Pte William Upjohn, 8619, 1st Battalion, November 7th, 1914 (Le Touret Memorial)

DIED OF WOUNDS

Pte Frederick James Cox, 8335, 2nd Battalion, April 28th, 1914 (Bailleul Communal Cemetery Extension, Nord)

WOUNDED

Pte G. Faulkner, 12977

Pte J. Merchant, 7562

Pte S. Stringer, 10243

 

Beds Regt casualty lists, Wednesday, May 26th, 1915.

DIED OF GAS POISONING

Pte Edward Warner (32), 7602, 1st Battalion, May 2nd, 1915 (Menin Gate Memorial, Ypres). [Awarded posthumous VC].

WOUNDED

Pte F. Duck, 8852, 1st Battalion.

Pte A. Underwood, 10452, 1st Battalion.

[The Luton News, May 27th, 1915]