Beeston Roll of Honour - The Great War

Every person from Beeston who is known to have lost his life in or as a result of The Great War - now known as World War 1 - is included here; almost all are listed on a memorial in Beeston Parish Church, although additional names have been added here¹ and will continue to be added as and when they come to light. The names of those who died are shown in order of the date of their death. A few, for whom the date of death has not yet been identified, are included at the end.

Click MORE for additional details of a casualty, where it is shown on the rightmost column.
Click here to see details of the memorial in Beeston Parish Church (opens in a new window).

"We lent him to this country, expecting he'd return .." - this was the moving response² in family homes throughout Beeston, as elsewhere, as the toll mounted and decimated a generation of young men. As the table below shows, this poignant expression was no doubt repeated at least 273 times in Beeston alone as the awful tragedy of the war continued relentlessly. After an initial wave of enthusiasm and a rush of volunteers to join the Colours, the reality of war became apparent as the casualties began to mount. There were times when the news became particularly overwhelming - the Dardennelles campaign of 1915, the terrible slaughter on and following the Somme offensive on July 1st 1916, the horrors of Passchendale in July to November 1917 and the Somme battles of 1918, The slaughter of these terrible events clearly shows in the Beeston casualties - 10% of all its losses were in July and August 1916 alone. Most homes suffered a loss or knew someone close who did and it should be remembered that, although this tribute is specifically to those who paid the Supreme Sacrifice, it is clear that the awful devastation and loss was to effect everyone - those who served and those at home - and things would never again be the same.

Amongst those quick to join the Colours, soon after war was declared on 4th August 1914, was a detachment of 27 members of the Beeston Boys Brigade Old Boys which marched to the Nottingham Recruitment Centre to enlist. More were to follow and 42 were to make the Supreme Sacrifice and others were badly wounded. Click here to read about this exception contribution made by the Old Boys of the Boys' Brigade at Beeston

1914 - 7 deaths
Rank	Forename	Surname	Regiment	Date of Death
Private	William	Stevens	Lincolnshire Regiment	8	Sep	MORE
Corporal	Claude Archibald	Porter	Grenadier Guards	14	Oct	MORE
Signaller	G E	Jenoure	Royal Navy - HMS Good Hope	1	Nov	.
Private	A B	Smith	Highland Light Infantry	13	Nov	.
2nd Lieutenant	Gervase Thorpe	Spendlove	South Lancashire Regiment	17	Nov	MORE
Stoker	R H	Becket	Royal Navy - HMS Bulwark	26	Nov	.
Able Seaman	J F	Williams	Royal Navy - HMS Bulwark	26	Nov	.

1915 - 33 deaths
Rank	Forename	Surname	Regiment	Date of Death
Private	George Henry	Towle	Royal Marine Light Infantry - HMS Viknor	13	Jan	MORE
Private	G A	Straw	Sherwood Foresters	1	Feb	.
Private	Wilfred Frank	Booth	Sherwood Foresters	11	Mar	MORE
Private	Richard Robert	Pearce	Sherwood Foresters	12	Mar	.
Private	Cyril Arthur	Turton	Sherwood Foresters	12	Mar	MORE
Private	William Thomas	Tebbutt	Lancashire Regiment (Loyal North)	.	.	.
Private	Clarence	Hazzledine	Yorkshire Light Infantry (The King's Own)	3	May	MORE
Private	C	Dean	Sherwood Foresters	9	May	.
Private	H	Croom	Sherwood Foresters	20	May	.
Private	G A	Dean	Yorkshire Light Infantry (The King's Own)	24	May	.
Lieutenant	Alfred Frederick Otterbine	Dobson	Sherwood Foresters	15	Jun	MORE
Private	W L	Pearson	King's Own Scottish Borderers	25	Jun	.
Private	Henry Edmund	Priestley	Sherwood Foresters	26	Jul	MORE
Rifleman	W H	Thornhill	King's Own Rifle Corps	30	Jul	.
Rifleman	Bernard Henry	Spray	King's Own Rifle Corps	5	Aug	MORE
Lance Corporal	William Daniel	Humphreys	Sherwood Foresters	9	Aug	MORE
Private	Eric Geoffrey	Luntley	Sherwood Foresters	9	Aug	MORE
Lance Corporal	James	Martin	Sherwood Foresters	9	Aug	MORE
Private	E	Orchard	Sherwood Foresters	9	Aug	.
Private	Morris Edward	Pass	Sherwood Foresters	9	Aug	MORE
Captain	C D	Randall	Sherwood Foresters	9	Aug	.
Private	Albert Edward	Turton	Sherwood Foresters	9	Aug	MORE
Sergeant	J	Corthorn	Sherwood Foresters	5	Sep	.
Private	W	Chalk	Northumberland Fusiliers	30	Sep	.
Private	Thomas Frederick	Sweeney	Cheshire Regiment	2	Oct	MORE
Private	J	Cox	Grenadier Guards	9	Oct	.
Private	S	Freeman	Sherwood Foresters	9	Oct	.
Private	W	Rogers	Grenadier Guards	11	Oct	.
Private	H	Coulson	Sherwood Foresters	13	Oct	.
Captain	Harold Henry	Walton MC	Sherwood Foresters	13	Oct	MORE
Bombardier	C	Thorpe	Royal Field Artillery	18	Oct	.
Private	George	Brackner	Sherwood Foresters	25	Oct	MORE
Bombardier	W W	Bates	Royal Marine Artillary - HMS Natal	30	Dec	.

1916 - 55 deaths
Rank	Forename	Surname	Regiment	Date of Death
Private	John William	Aby	Sherwood Foresters	14	Feb	MORE
Private	B G	Stark	Sherwood Foresters	14	Feb	.
Private	A C	Russell	Yorkshire (West) Regiment (Alexandra Prince of Wales' Own)	2	Mar	.
Corporal	Percy	Pilmore	Sherwood Foresters	9	Mar	MORE
Private	T H	Belfield	Grenadier Guards	23	Apr	.
Private	C J	Dixon	Sherwood Foresters	26	Apr	.
Private	Alfred Nathan	Sibley	Sherwood Foresters	26	Apr	MORE
Lance Corporal	E	Pridmore	Northumberland Fusiliers	27	Apr	.
Able Seaman	H	Foster	Royal Navy	31	May	.
Corporal	A E	Osborn	Canadian Mounted Rifles	5	Jun	.
Driver	Charles Albert	Smith	Royal Army Service Corps	12	Jun	.
Private	Samuel	Burdett	Sherwood Foresters	1	Jul	MORE
Corporal	J	Bywater	York and Lancaster Regiment	1	Jul	.
Private	W H	Bywater	Yorkshire Light Infantry (The King's Own)	1	Jul	.
Private	G	Hazzledine	Sherwood Foresters	1	Jul	.
Private	A	Nicholls	Sherwood Foresters	1	Jul	.
Private	S L	Price	Sherwood Foresters	1	Jul	.
Lance Corporal	Arnold	Wheatley	Machine Gun Corps	1	Jul	MORE
Corporal	W J	Sanders	Yorkshire Light Infantry (The King's Own)	3	Jul	.
Corporal	Harold	Hazzledine	Sherwood Foresters	5	Jul	MORE
Private	A	Lee	Sherwood Foresters	5	Jul	.
Corporal	R	Manley	Sherwood Foresters	7	Jul	.
Private	Arthur	Hayes	Sherwood Foresters	8	Jul	MORE
Private	Benjamin	Smith	Sherwood Foresters	9	Jul	MORE
Private	A	Franklin	Sherwood Foresters	13	Jul	.
Private	A	Holmes	Australian Light Infantry	19	Jul	.
Signaller	Frank William Val	Pilmore	Sherwood Foresters	30	Jul	MORE
Private	G	Garner	Lincolnshire Regiment	2	Aug	.
Sergeant	B	Brewer DCM	Sherwood Foresters	7	Aug	.
Private	H	Lee	Sherwood Foresters	8	Aug	.
Private	George Henry	Gimson	Sherwood Foresters	9	Aug	MORE
Private	J F	Watts	Royal Warwickshire Regiment	18	Aug	.
Rifleman	J	Greening	King's Own Rifle Corps	25	Aug	.
Corporal	C	Prowett	Wiltshire Regiment	25	Aug	.
Rifleman	L	Goodband	King's Own Rifle Corps	3	Sep	.
Private	R	Adcock	Sherwood Foresters	8	Sep	.
Lance Corporal	F	Hunt	Sherwood Foresters	9	Sep	.
Sergeant	R	Gosling	Grenadier Guards	15	Sep	.
Private	C S	Jackson	Coldstream Guards	15	Sep	.
Private	G H	Newton	Northumberland Fusiliers	15	Sep	.
Private	George	Coxon	Middlesex Regiment	16	Sep	MORE
Private	John George	Stafford	Leicestershire Regiment	19	Sep	MORE
Corporal	Harry Edward	Ryall MM	Grenadier Guards	25	Sep	MORE
Private	G	Stenson	Sherwood Foresters	26	Sep	.
Private	H G	Cudworth	Yorkshire Light Infantry (The King's Own)	8	Oct	.
Private	Harry	Dewey	York and Lancaster Regiment	8	Oct	.
Private	J	Moodie	Lancashire Fusiliers	11	Oct	.
Flight Commander	L	Hardstaff	Royal Naval Air Service	28	Oct	.
Private	J	Stevenson	Royal Warwickshire Regiment	31	Oct	.
Corporal	J	Cudworth	West Riding Regiment (Duke of Wellington's)	1	Nov	.
Lieutenant	F D	Fox	Sherwood Foresters	5	Nov	.
Private	H	Hudston	Northumberland Fusiliers	9	Nov	.
Private	G W	Letting	Royal Warwickshire Regiment	18	Nov	.
Private	W	Smith	Sherwood Foresters	4	Dec	.
Bombardier	Percival	Robinson	Royal Garrison Artillery	5	Dec	.

1917 - 82 deaths
Rank	Forename	Surname	Regiment	Date of Death
Private	J	Calvert	North Staffordshire Regiment	25	Jan	.
Private	J	Thorley	Lancashire Fusiliers	27	Jan	.
Private	Samuel Leonard	Hartsorne	Sherwood Foresters	10	Feb	MORE
Lance Corporal	F	Lee	Yorkshire Light Infantry (The King's Own)	11	Feb	.
Corporal	S	Goodall	King's Own Rifle Corps	8	Mar	.
Comp. Sgt. Major	Ernest	Holland	Australian Light Infantry	14	Mar	MORE
Private	W H	Hadden	Royal Army Medical Corps	9	Apr	.
Private	R	Draycott	York and Lancaster Regiment	21	Apr	.
Private	J	Hodgkinson	The King's (Liverpool) Regiment	23	Apr	.
Lance Corporal	F W	Lowe	Sherwood Foresters	23	Apr	.
Private	W	Oldham	South Staffordshire Regiment	23	Apr	.
Private	A W	Jackson	Machine Gun Corps	28	Apr	.
Lance Corporal	E A	Jackson	Coldstream Guards	28	Apr	.
Private	F A	Jebbett	Canadians	28	Apr	.
Private	G	Oldham	Lancashire Fusiliers	28	Apr	.
Private	William Shrewsbury	Sharpe	Sherwood Foresters	28	Apr	MORE
Private	W	Lewis	Sherwood Foresters	5	May	.
Lieutenant	S R	Armitage	Royal Army Service Corps	11	May	.
Private	J W	Bettle	Labour Corps	3	Jun	.
Sergeant	E H	Harper	Sherwood Foresters	5	Jun	.
Private	J F	Scott	Sherwood Foresters	7	Jun	.
Private	A M	Smedley	Sherwood Foresters	7	Jun	.
Artificer	J	Coxon	Royal Navy - HMS Mascot	11	Jun	.
Private	W C	Ryall	Sherwood Foresters	19	Jun	.
Lance Corporal	Ernest Stanley	Tonks	King's Own Rifle Corps	20	Jun	MORE
Private	E	Calladine	Lancashire Fusiliers	23	Jun	.
Gunner	E	Hollingworth	Royal Garrison Artillery	25	Jun	.
Private	H	Hartsorne	Sherwood Foresters	28	Jun	.
Sergeant	R H	Barker	Sherwood Foresters	29	Jun	.
Pioneer	A E	Barnes	Royal Engineers	1	Jul	.
Private	J D	Lawton	Royal Army Service Corps	17	Jul	.
Sergeant	J W	West	Sherwood Foresters	20	Jul	.
Private	A O	Dawn	Royal Warwickshire Regiment	24	Jul	.
Private	H	Manley	York and Lancaster Regiment	30	Jul	.
Sapper	Thomas Walter	Church	Royal Engineers	5	Aug	MORE
Private	A V	Guy	Northumberland Fusiliers	8	Aug	.
Private	P	Turner	Sherwood Foresters	11	Aug	.
Gunner	A H	Parker	Royal Field Artillery	12	Aug	.
Sergeant	Harry	Ashton	Rifle Brigade (Prince Consort's Own)	14	Aug	MORE
Sergeant	Albert	Tebbutt	Sherwood Foresters	20	Aug	MORE
Private	L G L	Webb	Sherwood Foresters	20	Aug	.
Gunner	S G	Booth	Royal Field Artillery	23	Aug	.
Private	Percy Douglas	Alsop	Sherwood Foresters	25	Aug	MORE
Private	Samuel	Bagshaw	Sherwood Foresters	26	Aug	MORE
Private	P	Frettingham	Sherwood Foresters	5	Sep	.
Private	J S	Turton	Grenadier Guards	12	Sep	.
Private	Alfred William	Preston	Sherwood Foresters	16	Sep	MORE
Private	A	Cudworth	Yorkshire Regiment (Alexandra Princess of Wales' Own)	25	Sep	.
Private	F	Paling	Royal Scots Fusiliers	26	Sep	.
Private	G A	Pembleton	Sherwood Foresters	26	Sep	.
Private	W G	Wilkins	Sherwood Foresters	26	Sep	.
Private	J A	Cox	Sherwood Foresters	27	Sep	.
Private	J	Johnson	Suffolk Regiment	27	Sep	.
Private	F	Parkes	Sherwood Foresters	27	Sep	.
Private	W	Wallis	Sherwood Foresters	27	Sep	.
Lance Corporal	A E	Blacknell	Yorkshire (West) Regiment (Alexandra Prince of Wales' Own)	29	Sep	.
Lance Corporal	Horace Edward	Blackwell	Leicestershire Regiment	1	Oct	MORE
Sergeant	H	Lea	Royal Field Artillery	7	Oct	.
Private	Clarence Edward	Barnes	Royal Warwickshire Regiment	9	Oct	.
Gunner	Francis	Hazzledine	Royal Field Artillery	16	Oct	MORE
Private	A E	Barker	Sherwood Foresters	16	Oct	.
Private	George	Goodall	Royal Marine Light Infantry - HMS Laurentie	25	Oct	MORE
Private	J	Calcraft	Army Cyclist Corps	30	Oct	.
Private	C H	Whadcoat	Grenadier Guards	2	Nov	.
Private	C C	Stuart	South Lancashire Regiment	3	Nov	.
Sapper	W	Baxter	Royal Engineers	4	Nov	.
Private	Harold	Bailey	Canadian Infantry, Manitoba Regiment	6	Nov	MORE
Private	H	Buckingham	The King's (Liverpool) Regiment	9	Nov	.
Gunner	A E	Clarke	Royal Field Artillery	13	Nov	.
Private	W	Clark	Sherwood Foresters	21	Nov	.
Private	William	Aram	Leicestershire Regiment	28	Nov	MORE
Corporal	E	Bywater	Rifle Brigade (Prince Consort's Own)	30	Nov	.
Private	T V	Sparrow	Norfolk Regiment	30	Nov	.
Private	J H	Crampton	King's Own Scottish Borderers	1	Dec	.
2nd Lieutenant	Stephen Hetley	Pearson	Grenadier Guards	1	Dec	MORE
Sergeant	Harry	Ward	Grenadier Guards	1	Dec	MORE
Private	F	Bust	The Royal Scots (Lothian Regiment)	4	Dec	.
Private	T	Clarke	Norfolk Regiment	4	Dec	.
Private	P	Corden	Sherwood Foresters	6	Dec	.
Lance Corporal	B M	Limb	Sherwood Foresters	6	Dec	.
Gunner	Albert Edward	Mee	Royal Field Artillery	10	Dec	MORE
Corporal	Oliver	Tailby	North Staffordshire Regiment	11	Dec	MORE

1918 - 76 deaths
Rank	Forename	Surname	Regiment	Date of Death
Private	Charles	Tebbutt	Lincolnshire Regiment	25	Jan	MORE
Private	A H	Calvert	Sherwood Foresters	27	Jan	.
Private	F	Adcock	Durham Light Infantry	21	Mar	.
Lance Corporal	Percy	Bettle	Sherwood Foresters	21	Mar	MORE
Sergeant	H C	Brown	Sherwood Foresters	21	Mar	.
Signaller	William Robert	Jackson	Lincolnshire Regiment	21	Mar	MORE
Captain	E R	Lanes	London Regiment	22	Mar	.
Private	F	Sewell	Leicestershire Regiment	22	Mar	.
Private	Harry	Harper	Sherwood Foresters	23	Mar	MORE
Private	A J	Blagdurn	The Royal Scots (Lothian Regiment)	24	Mar	.
Comp. Sgt. Major	J	Oldham	Royal Warwickshire Regiment	25	Mar	.
Private	S S	Boot	Yorkshire Light Infantry (The King's Own)	27	Mar	.
Comp. Sgt. Major	Jack	Lea	Sherwood Foresters	28	Mar	MORE
Private	H H	Robinson	Sherwood Foresters	2	Apr	.
Lance Corporal	W L	Morley	Lincolnshire Regiment	5	Apr	.
2nd Lieutenant	P H	Peadon	Lincolnshire Regiment	7	Apr	.
Private	Claude Edward	Hayes	King's Own Scottish Borderers	11	Apr	MORE
Private	E G W	Sharp	Machine Gun Corps	11	Apr	.
Lance Sergeant	C H	Austin	Northumberland Fusiliers	13	Apr	.
Private	J	Hallam	Northumberland Fusiliers	18	Apr	.
Private	J R	Bruce	Sherwood Foresters	19	Apr	.
Private	Thomas	Calvert	Sherwood Foresters	19	Apr	MORE
Private	S	Robinson	West Riding Regiment (Duke of Wellington's)	19	Apr	.
Private	A	Wright	Sherwood Foresters	24	Apr	.
Private	Charles Edward	Green	Yorkshire Light Infantry (The King's Own)	26	Apr	MORE
Private	H G	Bennett	Yorkshire Light Infantry (The King's Own)	27	Apr	.
Private	H	Brewster	Sherwood Foresters	28	Apr	.
Private	E E	Jarrett	Yorkshire Regiment (Alexandra Princess of Wales' Own)	1	May	.
Sergeant	William	Brackner	Sherwood Foresters	27	May	MORE
Lance Corporal	H	Horne	Northumberland Fusiliers	27	May	.
Captain	Frederick Williams	Piggin	Notts Yeomanry (South Notts Hussars)	27	May	MORE
Private	W	Turton	South Staffordshire Regiment	30	May	.
Private	J W	Brackner	Cheshire Regiment	31	May	.
Private	William	Hancox	Sherwood Foresters	31	May	MORE
Private	T	Knowle	South Staffordshire Regiment	31	May	.
Gunner	T	Peach	Royal Garrison Artillery	28	Jun	.
Lance Corporal	J G	Rowland	Sherwood Foresters	23	Jul	.
Private	W H	Jackson	Cheshire Regiment	24	Jul	.
Private	William E	Barsby	Lincolnshire Regiment	31	Jul	MORE
Lieut. Commander	A	Rothera	Royal Navy	2	Aug	.
Private	G W	Searson	Army Cyclist Corps	17	Aug	.
Private	J R	Clifford	Royal Warwickshire Regiment	26	Aug	.
Sergeant	W	Robothom	Grenadier Guards	27	Aug	.
Private	J E	Spencer	The Royal Fusiliers (City of London Regiment)	27	Aug	.
Private	J	Lawton	Sherwood Foresters	29	Aug	.
Gunner	L	Hodgkinson	Tank Corps	30	Aug	.
Private	H E	Jeffries	Northants Regiment	31	Aug	.
Private	F	Harper	Royal Warwickshire Regiment	1	Sep	.
Private	Thomas William	Riley	Essex Regiment	2	Sep	.
Private	G	Sutton	Lancashire Fusiliers	8	Sep	.
Private	P	Bowlzer	Essex Regiment	18	Sep	.
Private	C W	Fisher	Sherwood Foresters	18	Sep	.
Private	A J	Newton	Sherwood Foresters	19	Sep	.
Private	J	Kerry	Shropshire Light Infantry (The King's)	21	Sep	.
Sergeant	C	Slack MM	Lincolnshire Regiment	26	Sep	.
Private	A	Oldham	Sherwood Foresters	30	Sep	.
Private	J P	Abell	The Royal Fusiliers (City of London Regiment)	8	Oct	.
Gunner	Thomas	Glover	Tank Corps	8	Oct	MORE
Private	T	Buckley	Royal Dublin Fusiliers	14	Oct	.
Private	J T	Cowlishaw	The Royal Fusiliers (City of London Regiment)	17	Oct	.
Private	A E	Ellis	Royal Army Medical Corps	17	Oct	.
Private	P	Hadden	Sherwood Foresters	20	Oct	.
Lance Corporal	G S G	Richardson	Sherwood Foresters	23	Oct	.
Private	L	Hoult	Northumberland Fusiliers	24	Oct	.
Private	W	Phillips	Leicestershire Regiment	24	Oct	.
Private	Harry	Tebbutt	Royal Army Medical Corps	25	Oct	.
Private	E	Clark	Sherwood Foresters	27	Oct	.
Air Mechanic	V J	Solloway	Royal Air Force	30	Oct	.
Driver	Edward Marshall	Singleton	Royal Engineers	4	Nov	MORE
Rifleman	H	Barnes	King's Own Rifle Corps	7	Nov	.
Private	A E	Clifford	Royal Army Service Corps	14	Nov	.
Private	F B	Armitage	Royal Army Service Corps	19	Nov	.
Private	J S	Castledine	Lancashire Fusiliers	19	Nov	.
Private	F	Oldham	Sherwood Foresters	23	Nov	.
Butcher	J R	Hogg	Royal Army Service Corps	24	Nov	.
Lieutenant	R	Trease DSO MC	Royal Field Artillery	5	Dec	.

After 1918 - 5 deaths
Rank	Forename	Surname	Regiment	Date of Death
Lieutenant	G L	Tutin	Sherwood Foresters	27	Jan 1919	.
Lieutenant	M C	Mansfield	War Office - Petrograd	11	Feb 1919	.
Lance Corporal	A P	Page	Essex Regiment	16	Feb 1919	.
CQMS	H A	Holloway	Rifle Brigade (Prince Consort's Own)	13	Mar 1919	.
Private	J R	Cox	Royal Army Medical Corps	24	May 1920	.

Date not known - 15 deaths
Rank	Forename	Surname	Regiment	Date of Death
2nd Lieutenant	A S	Bostock	Durham Light Infantry	.	.	.
Trooper	H	Morton	3rd Hussars Kings Own	.	.	.
Rifleman	A E M	Smith	Rifle Brigade (Prince Consort's Own)	.	.	.
Private	W C	Brown	Sherwood Foresters	.	.	.
Corporal	J H	Johnson	Sherwood Foresters	.	.	.
Private	W H	Jackson	Sherwood Foresters	.	.	.
Private	E	Lambert	Sherwood Foresters	.	.	.
Private	G H	Moore	Sherwood Foresters	.	.	.
Private	W W	Oldham	Sherwood Foresters	.	.	.
Private	S W	Robinson	Sherwood Foresters	.	.	.
Private	W	Rooms	Sherwood Foresters	.	.	.
Lance Corporal	P	Smith	Sherwood Foresters	.	.	.
2nd Lieutenant	F H	Cox	Bedfordshire Regiment	.	.	.
Private	E O	Taylor	Essex Regiment	.	.	.
.	G	Foxhall	.	.	.	.

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Footnotes
¹The list includes three men who are remembered as members of the Old Boys who died (Harold Bailey, J R Cox and G Foxhall) but do not appear on the Parish Church memorial. Harry Dewey is also included here but does not appear on the memorial.
²These poignant words were used by the family of William Shrewsbury Sharpe in an In Remembrance piece published in the Beeston Gazette & Echo after the war. It is a sentiment that must have been felt by many families in Beeston and elsewhere who had lost loved ones.

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