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.