Prison Service Roll of Honour
MEMBERS OF THE PRISON SERVICE WHO HAVE LOST THEIR LIVES IN THE GREAT WAR 1914 - 1918
NAME |
PRISON RANK |
PRISON |
RANK IN NAVY OR ARMY |
DATE OF DEATH |
Armstrong, Joseph |
Class II Clerk |
Cardiff |
Lieutenant, Royal Field
Artillery |
Killed in action, 5th May,
1917. |
Beck, John |
Warder |
Wormwood Scrubs |
1st Class Petty Officer,
Royal Navy |
Lost on H.M.S.
"Goliath", 13th May 1915. |
Bacon, Fowler |
Class II Clerk |
Portland |
Private, 1st King's
Shropshire Light Infantry |
Killed in action, 21st
March, 1918. |
Barnes, Horace V. |
Warder |
Canterbury |
Sergeant, Sherwood
Foresters (D.C.M.) |
Died of wounds received in
action, 7th May, 1917. |
Bennett, Bertram J. K. |
do. |
Maidstone |
Corporal, East Surrey
Regiment |
Posted as
"Missing" since 30th November 1917, and his death has been
presumed. |
Brasier, Leonard G. |
do. |
Pentonville |
Serving on H.M.S.
"Good Hope" |
Lost on H.M.S. " Good
Hope", 15th November, 1914. |
Brenton, Samuel |
do. |
Wormwood Scrubs |
Corporal, 11th Lancashire
Fusiliers |
Posted as
"Missing" since 29th May 1918, and his death has been presumed. |
Bromilow, John M. |
do. |
Parkhurst |
Sapper, Royal Engineers |
Died of wounds received in
action, 9th October 1915. |
Bryant, Ernest R. |
do. |
Camp Hill |
Sergeant, 2nd Battalion
Coldstream Guards |
Died of wounds received in
action, 7th February, 1915. |
Burt, Wilfred H. |
Nurse |
Winchester |
Acting Corporal, Royal Army
Medical Corps |
Died of pneumonia while on
active service, 12th September, 1918 |
Burton, Ernest H. |
Warder |
Durham |
Lance Corporal, 2nd
Battalion Worcester Regiment |
Reported Killed in action,
31st October, 1914. |
Calder, Gilbert J. |
Draughtsman |
Prison Commission |
Sergeant, Artists Rifles |
Posted as "Wounded and
Missing", May 1918, and his death has been presumed |
Cawtheray, Herbert |
Warder |
Portland |
Private, 1st Battalion
Northumberland Fusiliers |
Killed in action, 9th
September 1914. |
Chapman, George |
do. |
Leeds |
Sergeant, Yorks Regiment |
Posted as
"Missing", 3rd May 1917, and his death has been presumed. |
Cheshire, Walter W. W. |
Nurse |
Durham |
Private, Royal Marine Light
Infantry |
R.N. Hospital, Haslar,
Gosport, 26th November, 1915. |
Clarke, William M. |
Labourer |
Shepton Mallet |
Bombardier, 29th Battery,
Royal Field Artillery |
Killed in action, 3rd
November, 1914. |
Clissold, William H. |
Civil Guard |
Parkhurst |
Corporal, Royal Marine
Light Infantry |
Killed in action, near the
Dardanelles, 25th May, 1915. |
Collins, Denis |
Warder |
Camp Hill |
Acting Sergeant, Royal
Fusiliers |
Killed in action, 23rd
February, 1918. |
Collinson, George |
do. |
Manchester |
Gunner, Royal Field
Artillery |
Died of wounds , 30th
November, 1917. |
Cooley, Evelyn W. |
do. |
Camp Hill |
Lance Corporal, 1st
Hampshire Regiment |
Killed in action, 23rd
August, 1916. |
Cooper, William J. |
do. |
Chelmsford |
do. 1st Dorset Regiment |
Posted as
"Missing", in September 1914 , and his death has been presumed. |
Copley, Arthur G. |
do. |
Leeds |
Sapper, Royal Engineers |
Killed in action, 12th
April, 1918. |
Cottrell, William |
Civil Guard |
Portland |
Lance Sergeant, 5th Dorset
Regiment |
Killed in action, 26th
September, 1916. |
Davies, William B. |
Warder |
Shrewsbury |
Sergeant, Middlesex
Regiment |
Killed in action, 14th
July, 1918. |
Davies, William J. |
do. |
Dartmoor |
do. Dragoon Guards |
Died of cancer following
wounds received in action, 12th March, 1919. |
Dixon, Harold P. |
Civil Guard |
do. |
Private, 1st Battalion
Northumberland Fusiliers |
Posted as "Wounded and
Missing", in September 1914 , and his death has been presumed. |
Duckett, George |
Warder |
Camp Hill |
Sergeant, 2nd Battalion
Border Regiment |
Killed in action, 26th
October, 1914. |
Ellerment, William A. |
do. |
Cardiff |
Private, 1st Battalion
Bedford Regiment |
Killed in action, 8th
January, 1915. |
Gee, Charles |
do. |
Portland |
Gunner, Royal Garrison
Artillery |
Died of malaria, 13th
November, 1917. |
Geyson, Harold |
do. |
Manchester |
do. do. |
Killed in action, 9th
November, 1917. |
Gilpin, John L. |
do. |
Feltham B.I. |
do. do. |
Died of dysentery while on
active service, 18th November, 1918. |
Gwydir, Robert B. |
R.C. Priest |
Swansea |
R.N. Chaplain |
Lost on Hospital Ship
"Rohilla", 30th October, 1914. |
Haken, William C. |
Warder |
Pentonville |
Sub-Lieutenant, Royal Naval
Volunteer Reserve |
Killed in action, 13th
November, 1916. |
Haskell, Frank |
do. |
Parkhurst |
Gunner, Royal Marine Light
Infantry |
Lost on H.M.S.
"Aboukir", 22nd September, 1914. |
Hatch, Frederick |
Civil Guard |
Dartmoor |
Private, Duke of Cornwall's
Light Infantry |
Died of wounds received in
action, 16th May, 1916. |
Hawes, F.L. |
Draughtsman |
Prison Commission |
Sergeant, 12th Battalion
London Regiment |
Killed in action, 18th
April, 1915. |
Hawke, Albert E.M.A. |
Class I Clerk |
do. |
2nd Lieutenant, King's
Royal Rifle Corps |
Died of wounds received in
action, 11th September, 1916. |
Hewitt, Joseph B. |
Warder |
Parkhurst |
Private, Hants Regiment |
Died of wounds received in
action, 2nd November, 1917. |
Hilborne, William H.P. |
do. |
Northallerton |
Bombardier, Royal Garrison
Artillery |
Killed in action, 10th
November, 1916. |
Hislop, James |
Temporary Officer |
Wormwood Scrubs |
Captain, Bedfordshire
Regiment (M.C.) |
Killed in action, 27th
September, 1917. |
Howarth, Roger T. |
Clerk and Schoolmaster |
Lincoln |
Private, Northumberland
Fusiliers |
Died of pneumonia while on
active service, 3rd April, 1919. |
Howe, George F. |
Warder |
Leicester |
Corporal, 5th Dragoon
Guards |
Died of wounds received in
action, 16th October, 1914. |
Hymer, Edward W. |
do. |
Wandsworth |
Sergeant, 2nd Dragoon
Guards |
Cambridge Military
Hospital, Aldershot, 28th July 1915. |
Jacomb, Herbert G. |
Civil Guard |
Portland |
Private, Dorset Regiment |
Killed in action, 13th
November, 1914. |
Jury, Richard S. |
Warder |
Liverpool |
Gunner, Royal Garrison
Artillery |
Died of wounds received in
action, 4th November 1918. |
Jennings, William |
Clerk and Schoolmaster |
Manchester |
Battery
Quartermaster-Sergeant, Royal Garrison Artillery |
Died of wounds received in
action, 22nd July, 1917. |
Kent, Albert |
Warder |
Dartmoor |
Corporal, Gloucester
Regiment |
Killed in action, 21st
December, 1914. |
King, Henry J. |
Night Watchman |
Borstal B.I. |
Rifleman, 3rd Battalion
Rifle Brigade |
Died of wounds received in
action, 26th February, 1915. |
Kitchen, James L. |
Warder |
do. |
Sergeant, 2nd Battalion
Yorkshire Regiment |
Died of wounds received in
action, 2nd November, 1914. |
Lane, John H. |
do. |
Dartmoor |
Company Sergeant-Major,
East Surrey Regiment |
Killed in action, 29th
April, 1916. |
Large, Frank W. |
Civil Guard |
Portland |
Private, 1st Battalion
Gloucester Regiment |
Killed in action, 9th May,
1915. |
Law, James |
Warder |
Preston |
Sergeant, Military Mounted
Police |
Killed in action, 30th
October, 1918. |
Lichfield, Charles W. |
do. |
Camp Hill |
Gunner, Royal Field
Artillery |
Killed in action, 25th
October, 1917. |
Lonsdale, Arthur S. |
do. |
Parkhurst |
Private, Hants. Regiment |
Killed in action, 2nd
November, 1917. |
Lutener, G.A. |
Clerk of Works |
Prison Commission |
2nd Lieutenant, Royal
Engineers |
Killed in action, 31st
January, 1917. |
McRitchie, Christopher W. |
Class II Clerk |
do. |
Private, 2nd Rifle Brigade |
Killed in action, 1st July,
1916. |
Mears, William W. |
Warder |
Brixton |
Sergeant, Royal Garrison
Artillery |
Died of wounds received in
action, 22nd April, 1917. |
Meeks, William H. |
do. |
Pentonville |
Private, Coldstream Guards |
Killed in action, 25th
October, 1914. |
Milsom, Horace |
do. |
Camp Hill |
Lance Corporal, Dorset
Regiment |
Posted as "Wounded and
Missing", 17th November, 1916, and his death has been presumed. |
Milward, Stanley R. |
Class II Clerk |
Prison Commission |
2nd Lieutenant, 5th
Berkshire Regiment |
Killed in action, 11th
August, 1916. |
Moore, Frank |
Warder |
Portland |
C.Q.M. Sergeant, 1st
Battalion Grenadier Guards |
Died of wounds received in
action, 15th March, 1915. |
Morris, Harold H.J. |
do. |
Brixton |
Corporal, Royal Engineers |
Died of wounds received in
action, 29th April, 1917. |
Mudford, Walter |
do. |
Birmingham |
Bombardier, Royal Marine
Artillery |
Lost on H.M.S. "Good
Hope", 15th November, 1915. |
Myers, John F. |
do. |
Northallerton |
Captain, Yorkshire Regiment |
Killed in action, 9th
October, 1917. |
Nash, Soloman |
do. |
Manchester |
Sergeant, Worcester
Regiment |
Killed in action, 23rd
April, 1917. |
Nicholson, Walter W. |
Civil Guard |
Parkhurst |
Private, 2nd Battalion West
Riding Regiment |
Died of wounds received in
action, 8th April, 1915. |
Otter, Thomas F. |
Warder |
Portland |
Gunner, Royal Field
Artillery |
Killed in action, 8th May,
1918. |
Over, William S. |
Class II Clerk |
Wormwood Scrubs |
Sergeant, Hampshire
Regiment |
Killed in action, 15th
September, 1916. |
Pallett, Thomas R. |
do. |
do. |
Lance Corporal,
Northumberland Fusiliers |
Killed in action, 29th
April, 1917. |
Piggott, Francis H. |
Warder |
do. |
do. 13th Reserve Hussars |
Died of wounds received in
action, 5th November, 1914. |
Poole, William |
Hospital Warder |
Parkhurst |
do. West Riding Regiment |
Died of wounds received in
action, 21st April, 1915. |
Pridmore, George W. |
Warder |
Hull |
Sergeant, 1st Battalion
Northampton Regiment |
Killed in action, 22nd
December, 1914. |
Randall, Walter |
Civil Guard |
Dartmoor |
Private, Lancashire Fusiliers |
Killed in action, at Mons,
25th August, 1914. |
Rayner, Edmond I. |
Warder |
Wormwood Scrubs |
Corporal, Royal Marine
Light Infantry |
Killed in action near the
Dardanelles, 30th April, 1915. |
Reeves, Harry |
Class I Clerk |
Dartmoor |
Border Regiment |
Killed in action, 28th
October, 1916. |
Reynolds, William H. |
Clerk and Schoolmaster |
Wakefield |
Corporal, 1st Battalion
Royal Welsh Fusiliers |
Posted as
"Missing", in October, 1914, and his death has been presumed. |
Rooke, Ernest J. |
Warder |
Parkhurst |
Corporal of Horse, 13th
Hussars attd. Royal Horse Guards |
Drowned on active service,
September, 1917. |
Ross, William |
do. |
Pentonville |
Sergeant, Royal Fusiliers |
Posted as
"Missing", 28th September, 1915, and his death has been presumed. |
Sargent, Trevor T. |
Civil Guard |
Portland |
1st Class Stoker, Royal
Navy |
Lost on H.M.S.
"Tipperary", 1st June, 1916. |
Sergeant, Harry V. |
Class II Clerk |
Prison Commission |
Sergeant, 15th (County of
London) Batt. London Regiment |
Killed in action, 13th
October, 1915. |
Sharp, Frank J. |
Temp. Night Patrol |
Dorchester |
Private, 1st Battalion
Dorset Regiment |
Posted as
"Missing", in October, 1914, and his death has been presumed. |
Strickland, Charles |
Warder |
Wandsworth |
Able Seaman, H.M.S.
"Cressy" |
Lost on H.M.S.
"Cressy", 22nd September, 1914. |
Suter, Frederick G. |
do. |
Feltham B.I. |
2nd Class Petty Officer,
Royal Navy |
R.N. Hospital, Haslar, 8th
May, 1916. |
Tedder, Alfred J. |
do. |
Borstal B.I. |
Sergeant, 7th Battalion,
Rifle Brigade |
Died of wounds received in
action, 31st July, 1915. |
Tee, Harry |
do. |
Portland |
Lance Corporal, Queen's
Royal West Surrey Regiment |
Died of wounds received in
action, 9th November, 1914. |
Tobin, William |
do. |
Preston |
Sergeant, Royal Engineers |
Killed in action, 11th
October, 1916. |
Turner, Reginald A. |
Class II Clerk |
Pentonville |
2nd Lieutenant, Machine Gun
Corps |
Posted as
"Missing", since 21st March, 1918, and his death has been presumed. |
Turton, George |
Warder |
Dartmoor |
Corporal, 9th Lancers |
Killed in action, 21st November,
1917. |
Twigg, Ellis |
do. |
Wormwood Scrubs |
2nd Lieutenant, Royal
Fusiliers |
Killed in action, 18th
September, 1918. |
Upton, John W. |
do. |
Wandsworth |
Acting Sergeant, Royal
Garrison Artillery |
Died of wounds received in
action, 28th July, 1917. |
Usher, Willie E. |
do. |
Borstal B.I. |
Sergeant, Royal Horse
Artillery |
Killed in action, 10th
March, 1917. |
Vanson, Robert W. |
Civil Guard |
Portland |
Able Seaman, H.M.S.
"Cressy" |
Lost on H.M.S.
"Cressy", 22nd September, 1914. |
Vinson, William |
Warder |
Dartmoor |
Lance Corporal, Royal
Sussex Regiment |
Died of enteric-rheumatic
fever in India, 25th August, 1916. |
Watts, Clement F. |
do. |
do. |
Corporal, 2nd Devon
Regiment |
Killed in action, 27th
October, 1918. |
Williamson, Thomas C. |
Civil Guard |
Portland |
Lance Corporal, Royal
Marine Light Artillery |
R.N. Hospital, South
Queen's Ferry, Edinburgh, 18th June, 1916. |