Beds Regt casualty lists, June 4th-5th, 1915

 

Bedfordshire Regiment casualty lists issued on Friday, June 4th, 1915. It appears the 1st Battalion have suffered again through the use of poisonous gases by the Germans. (Subsequent information in brackets from Commonwealth War Graves Commission website).

 

DIED OF GAS POISONING

Pte Sidney Henry Grasemann, 14518, 1st Battalion, May 5th, 1915 (Bailleul Communal Cemetery Extension, Nord).

 

SUFFERING FROM GAS POISONING

Pte Walter Haverland Bray, 7780, 1st Battalion. (Promoted to lance-corporal, he was killed in action on October 5th, 1917, aged 32 - Godewaersvelde British Cemetery).

Pte F. Herbert, 6587, 1st Battalion.

Pte E. W. Manville, 9514, 1st Battalion.

Pte M. Pateman, 7502, 1st Battalion.

Cpl S. C. Sheppard, 6259, 1st Battalion.

Pte W. Sutton, 8003, 1st Battalion.

Pte James William Watts, 12767, 1st Battalion. (He was to die in action on July 27th, 1916, aged 26 - Thiepval Memorial).

 

WOUNDED

Second Lieut L. A. F .W. Dickenson, 4th Battalion - attached Royal Irish Rifles.

L-Cpl H. F. Adnams, 15096, 1st Battalion.

Pte E. Griffin, 10254, 1st Battalion.

Pte J. Goddard, 19076, 1st Battalion.

Pte S. Nelsey, 14100, 1st Battalion.

Pte E. Pettifer, 6937, 1st Battalion.

Pte S. H. Rogers, 13222, 1st Battalion.

Pte A. G. Saunders, 16278, 1st Battalion.

Cpl T. Sharpe, 9475, 1st Battalion.

Pte J. Smith, 7346, 1st Battalion.

 

Bedfordshire Regiment casualty lists issued on Saturday, June 5th, 1915. (Subsequent information in brackets from Commonwealth War Graves Commission website).

 

KILLED

Pte Harry Lewis Lincoln, 8174, 1st Battalion, May 5th, 1915 (Menin Gate Memorial, Ypres)/

Pte Frederick Charles Rowell (23), 15161, 1st Battalion, May 6th, 1915 (Menin Gate Memorial, Ypres).

 

DIED OF WOUNDS

Pte Charles William Fenner (35), 7519, 1st Battalion, May 7th, 1915 (Bailleul Communal Cemetery Extension, Nord).

Pte Arthur Strevens, 12700, 1st Battalion, May 9th, 1915 (Bailleul Communal Cemetery Extension, Nord).

 

DIED OF GAS POISONING

Cpl Charles Smith, 7655, 1st Battalion, May 8th, 1915 (Bailleul Communal Cemetery Extension, Nord).

 

SUFFERING FROM GAS POISONING

Pte R. R. Hoar, 16957, 1st Battalion.

Cpl G. Lambert, 6210, 1st Battalion.

Pte A. L. Mayes, 18579, 1st Battalion.

[Beds& Herts Saturday Telegraph, June 5th, 1915]