The
Bedfordshire Regiment in the Great War
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Officers who died serving in the 5th Battalion
[Please note that although the list itself is complete,
I have yet to include all the information I have gathered on each
individual.]
By using the volumes of "Soldiers
Died in the Great War" (SDGW) as a foundation and amending the roll
according to information found in the battalion War Diary, regimental
history, newspaper clippings I have come across, Commonwealth War
Graves Commission (CWGC) database details and the officers' service
records (where available), this roll is as accurate as I can achieve.
Any additions or amendments will be added as I come across them
but please contact me if you are aware of a discrepancy in the details
shown.
This roll of honour is in chronological
order of the date the Officer in question died and many can be seen
in the group photographs here.
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Gallipoli, 1915
The first 6 Officers were all killed during the attack
on Kidney Hill, which lies along the Kiretch Tepe Sirt in the Suvla
Bay area of the Gallipoli peninsular on the 15th August 1915, of
which a detailed story can be found here.
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Captain Charles Tanquerary BAKER
Killed in action 15th August 1915.
 Charles
Baker was the son of The Rector of Dunstable and commanded
B Company during the
attack on 15th August.
The Regimental History says that "… although
wounded, (he) went on at the head of his company until he
fell." His first wound was in fact, a shattered arm
caused by an artillery shell. The second wound, from a rifle
bullet, was received whilst he was being led back to the Regimental
Aid Post and was fatal.
The Battalion CO, Colonel Brighten, wrote
home that he "led his Company superbly".
Captain Baker is buried at Azmak Cemetery,
Suvla. He can be seen in the Officers
1915 group photo (second from the left, third row)
and with his Company in 1915 on the same page.
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Second Lieutenant Ralph Dalton Jarvis BRIGHTEN
Killed in action 15th August 1915, aged 22.
 Ralph
Brighten was the younger brother of the 5th Battalion CO,
and lived in Biggleswade.
He led the Battalions "show platoon" - No 1 Platoon, A Company
- during the attack
on 15th August, and his body was found at "the
farthest point reached" during the attack. He was killed
"about the same time" as
his Company commander, Brian Cumberland.
Ralph (called "Dick" by his elder brother in a letter written
after the battle) was the son of William Green Brighten and
Fanny Elizabeth Brighten of 60 Kensington Mansions, Earl's
Court, London. He was born at Southend-on-Sea and is buried
at Azmak Cemetery, Suvla.
Ralph's photograph can be seen in the 1915 group photograph
here.
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Captain Brian Clark CUMBERLAND
Killed in action 15th August 1915, aged 26.
 Brian
Cumberland was the CO of A Company (in the leading line of
the assault) and described as a "superb leader" by his Battalion
CO. He "called on his company for
the last charge up the crest (towards Kidney Hill itself),
and in the act of waving them was
shot through the head".
Brian was the son of Hugh Cumberland,
J.P., C.A. of "The Lynchet," Luton. Brian can be seen in the
1915 Officers photograph here
and in person below.
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Second Lieutenant Cyril Richard LYDEKKER
Killed in action 15th August 1915.
 Cyril
Lydekker became a subaltern on the 14th March 1914 and was
the brother of Lt Gerald Owen Lydekker, who was to become
the Battalions Quartermaster in 1915.
Cyril was from Harpenden and was killed on
the 15th August 1915, aged 25, during the second assault on
Kidney Hill itself. He was the son of the late Richard Lydekker,
F.R.S. and Lucy Marianne Lydekker, of Harpenden Lodge, Harpenden,
Herts. Cyril was educated at Haileybury College, and is buried
at Azmak Cemetery, Suvla. His elder brother, Gerard Lydekker
died on the 14th June 1917, also in the 5th Battalion (see
below).
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Captain Walter Kendrick MEAKIN
Killed in action 15th August 1915.
 On
the 16th May 1914, Lt Meakin was promoted to Captain, having
served as a territorial for many years. He was instrumental
in helping to shape the Battalion during their training, sailed
with them for Gallipoli in July 1915 and led C Company during
their first battle on the 15th August 1915.
Walter Meakin was killed during the main charge
against the second Turkish positions. The eyewitness that
saw him falling was himself killed, so his body was never
recovered from amongst the broken ground of Gallipoli. As
a result, he is remembered on the Helles Memorial, Gallipoli.
Walter can also be seen in the group photograph
here.
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Second Lieutenant Frederick RISING
Killed in action 15th August 1915.
Frederick Rising was reported wounded and missing after the
charge and his body was never found. As a result, he is remembered
on the Helles Memorial, Gallipoli.
2/Lt Rising can be seen in the 1915 Officers group photograph
here.
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Lieutenant Frank Stewart SHOOSMITH
Killed in action 21st August 1915, aged 21.
 Frank
Shoosmith was from Luton and the son of a prominent local
corn trader (Francis and Minnie Shoosmith, of Hart Hill, Luton).
On 21st August 1915, the Bedfords were providing
supporting fire for the attack on Chocolate Hill, and drawing
enemy fire away from the advancing Battalions. He was taller
than average and was instantly killed by a single sniper shot
to the head whilst walking along the trench system on the
way to answer a call from HQ. During the Bedfords baptism
of fire on 15th
August 1915, he was said to have led a "charmed life"
as his entire Machine Gun section was knocked out yet he survived
unscathed.
News of his death saddened the Battalion CO,
who remarked that he had lost "a tower of strength". The following
day the Battalion were moved to the North ANZAC sector of
Gallipoli. Frank is remembered on the Helles Memorial, Gallipoli.
The Battalion War Diary records: "21
Aug 1915 Battalion still in reserve at ONE TREE with orders
to support line if it advanced in connection with advance
of right on Hill 70 Lieut. Shoosmith killed by sniper.
" He can be seen in the group photograph here
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Captain Rudolph (Rudolf) Meade SMYTHE
Died of wounds 14th September 1915.
Rudolph was born on the 15th June 1885 in Caxton, Cambridgeshire.
His parents were Henry Meade Smythe, who died before 20th
March 1902 and Fanny Catherine Smythe (nee Pritchard). They
married on the 1st May 1884 at Portsea in Hampshire.
Rudolph became a Second Lieutenant on the 16th
March 1911 and by the outbreak of war lived at Eaton Ford,
St.Neots in Huntingdonshire. His will was made out whilst
on the SS Braemar Castle on the 6th August 1915, leaving his
entire estate to his mother, Fanny.
2/Lt Rudolph Smythe sailed with the Battalion
on the 26th July 1915 but was "decidedly annoyed" to be dropped
off at Alexandria, Egypt with the reinforcements on 6th August
1915. As a result he did not take part in the 15th
August attack in Gallipoli but landed with the reserves
at Suvla Bay 23rd August and commanded Biggleswade's D Company
after the reorganisation in September 1914.
2/Lt Smythe spent less than 3 weeks on the peninsula
before being killed by a sniper shot to the head. Although
he was rushed to 16 CCS, he never regained consciousness and
died the following morning.
Rudolph is remembered on the Helles Memorial,
Gallipoli and can be seen in the 1915 Officers group photograph
here, third from
the left of the third row. His brother, Lieutenant Barlow
Woollcombe Smythe, MC also served in the 5th battalion.
The Battalion War Diary records:
"13 Sep 1915 In trenches.
Work of improvement continued. Our ships guns bombarded enemy
trenches doing considerable damage at 1130. CAPT SMYTHE wounded.
14 Sep 1915 In trenches.
Work as usual. CAPT SMYTHE died of wounds."
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Lieutenant Hugh Egerton WOODHOUSE
Hugh was born on the 16th March 1891 at 13 Gledhow Gardens
in Brompton, London, the son of Coventry Archer and Frances
Emily Woodhouse (nee Hensley). Before war broke out he was
educated at Malvern College and became a "Produce Broker",
employed by his father.
When war broke out Hugh attested on the 8th August 1914,
joining the 1st Battalion of the Honourable Artillery Company
as Private 1024. He was 23 years old. He was sent oversees
very early, landing in France on the 18th September 1914.
Having survived the early days of the war, Hugh was sent
to the 7th Field Ambulance at Locre on Christmas Day 1914
suffering from "debility" and immediately transferred to the
8th Clearing Hospital at Bailleul. On New Year's Day 1915
he was moved to No.9 General Hospital in Rouen suffering from
Enteritis and returned to England on the "Asturias" 8th January
1915.
By the 23rd March 1915 Hugh had recovered, been trained as
an Officer and was gazetted as a Second Lieutenant. The 6
foot 3 inch subaltern was posted to the 5th Battalion of the
Bedfordshire's.
Hugh sailed for Gallipoli with the Battalion in July 1915
and survived the 15th
August 1915 attack, only to be wounded in the right
arm by a snipers bullet on the 4th September whilst in the
trenches of the Northern ANZAC sector of the line. After receiving
treatment on Gallipoli, Hugh was shipped to Alexandria for
further treatment but it was realised he would need to return
home for a full recovery.
He sailed for England on the Gloucester Castle 12th October
1915 and developed a fever on the way home. Having arrived
at Southampton on the 24th October, he spent many weeks confined
to bed and was still not fully recovered by September 1916
when the Medical Board assessed him.
The unfortunate Hugh Woodhouse continually had trouble with
his right arm and could not use it, even by October 1918.
After repeated out patient visits to the Empire Hospital in
London, Surgeons decided to re-open his wound to try and work
on the Meridian Nerve above his elbow. He was admitted on
the 21st January 1919 and immediately after his operation
caught Influenza.
Soon afterwards Hugh's influenza developed into Pneumonia
and on the 1st March 1919, over 3 months after the war had
ended, Hugh died at the hospital he had caught yet another
disease in.
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Egypt, 1916
Only one officer lost his life whilst the battalion
were stationed in Egypt, guarding the Suez Canal:
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Second Lieutenant John Leonard DAWSON
Died 6th May 1916.
 John
was born 6th October 1895 and lived in Richmond, Surrey before
the war.
He enlisted 5th November 1914 as Private 3496
in the 14th London Battalion - the London Scottish - and was
commissioned into the 10th Battalion of the Bedfords May 1915.
After his training he joined the 5th Battalion
at Mena Camp, Cairo on the 29th February 1916.
On the 5th May 1916 he was suddenly admitted
to the 2/1 Royal Anglian Field Ambulance at El Kubri and rushed
to the main Suez hospital the same day. Unfortunately, the
following day - 6th May - he died from a "Cerebral Haemorrage
Apoplexy".
He was buried at the Suez War Memorial Cemetery,
where he still lies today, having never fired a shot in anger.
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Palestine, 1917
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Second Lieutenant Leonard Leader BRERETON
Died of wounds 29th April 1917, aged 22.
2/Lt Brereton arrived with the Battalion on the 3rd February
1917 and was wounded very soon after his arrival. He was wounded
during the 2nd Battle at Gaza on the 19th April and died of
his Wounds on the 29th April 1917, aged 22, whilst being treated
in Cairo.
Leonard was the son of the late L. Brereton, C.E. and of
Ruth Brereton of Natal, South Africa and is buried on the
Cairo War Memorial Cemetery.
He, along with this personal
diary and many photographs
from his own album can be seen here.
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Lieutenant & Quartermaster Gerard Owen LYDEKKER
Died 14th June 1917, aged 29.
 Gerard
was the son of the late Richard Lydekker, F.R.S. and Lucy
Marianne Lydekker (nee Davys). He was born at Harpenden, Herts,
educated at Haileybury College, and is buried in the Alexandria
(Hadra) War Memorial Cemetery.
Lt Gerard Lydekker became the Battalions Quartermaster before
they sailed for Gallipoli and served with them until his death
in 1917.
His younger brother, Cyril Lydekker, was killed on Gallipoli
(see above) 15th August 1915.
Lt Gerard Lydekker died on the 14th June 1917, aged 29 from
Myasthenia Gravis at No. 17 Central Hospital in Alexandria
and is buried in the Hadra Military Cemetery.
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Second Lieutenant Kenneth Murray WATT
Died of wounds 1st October 1917, aged 20.
Kenneth Watt was commissioned into the 3rd
Battalion but attached to the 1st/5th Battalion in the field,
arriving with them on the 21st August 1917.
On the evening of 1st October, he took a patrol
out into no-man's land between Hereford Ridge and Umbrella
Hill but the patrol did not return. Further patrols sent out
to learn of their fate found no sign of them.
A letter from 2/Lt E.E. Dennis (taken prisoner
on the 1st October 1917 himself on the same patrol) dropped
into the British lines by a German airplane told of him dying
from his wounds on or about the 1st October 1917, aged 20,
whilst a Turkish Prisoner.
He has no known grave and is remembered on the
Gaza War Cemetery memorial. Kenneth was the son of Charlotte
Watt, of "Capri" on Park View Road, Berkhamsted, Herts., and
the late R. D. Watt.
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Lieutenant Evelyn Charles Bradley WODEHOUSE
Killed in action 4th October 1917, aged 32.
Lt Wodehouse of the 1st Battalion arrived in
the 5th battalion on the 7th October 1915, whilst stationed
in Gallipoli. Having survived Gallipoli, the boredom of Egypt
and the first two battles at Gaza, he was killed in action
on the 4th October 1917, aged 32 during intensive shelling
of their trenches outside Gaza.
Lt Wodehouse was the son of Charles Edward and
Eva Wodehouse, from Woolmers in Hertford and is buried in
grave XXX.A.3 at the Gaza War cemetery.
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Second Lieutenant Ernest Arthur PHILLIPS
Killed in action 2nd November 1917.
2/Lt Phillips arrived in the Battalion on the
13th March 1917 from the 4th Battalion, the Royal Berkshire
regiment. Having survived the first two Gaza battles and several
skirmishes whilst in patrol in front of Gaza, he led a platoon
with "more dash than thought for
his orders" whilst attacking Turtle Hill at the 3rd
Battle of Gaza. His platoon took the position but were fooled
by a white flag being raised further to the rear. On venturing
towards it to take prisoners a Turkish machine gun opened
fire, wiping the whole platoon out.
Ernest Phillips was killed in action on the
2nd November 1917 by the hidden machine gun at the 3rd Battle
at Gaza. Buried in the Sheik Hasan Garden Military Cemetery
the following day. Later, he was moved to grave XXII.A.4 at
the Gaza War Cemetery.
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Captain Thomas Alderman FRANLKIN, MC.
Died of Wounds 27th November 1917.
 Thomas
Franklin was commissioned into the 1/5th Battalion on the
3rd June 1914 and served with them until 1916. He was posted
to, and served on the "General Staff" from early 1916 until
a few months before he was killed in November 1917.
Captain Franklin is mentioned several times
in the London Gazette, as follows:
No. 29046, published 19/01/1915, p1 of 18.
"Commands and Staff. The undermentioned
appointments are made. Personal Staff - Aides de Camp; 2/Lt
TA Franklin, 5th Battalion, Bedfordshire Regiment, TF, to
v/Cpt CCM Kennedy of 1st Battalion Hertfordshire Regiment,
TF. 16/10/1914".
No. 29453, published 11/04/1916, p 7 of 84.
"The undermentioned appointments
are made; General Staff Officers, 3rd Grade - 2/Lt (Temp.
Cpt) TA Franklin, The Bedfordshire Regiment, Territorial Force,
and to relinquish his temporary rank. 19/12/1915"
No. 29585, published 16/05/1916, p14 of 16.
"2/Lt to be Temp. Lt; Lt (Temp.
Cpt) TA Franklin is restored to the establishment. 26/12/1915"
No. 29636, published 23/06/1916, p 10 of 88.
"To be Temp. Cpt. whilst employed
as GSO, 3rd Grade; Lt. TA Franklin, Bedf. R. 15/05/1916"
No. 29659, published 7/07/1916. p 9 of 10 "Lt
(Temp. Cpt) TA Franklin is seconded for duty as GSO. 19/12/1915"
No. 29971, published 2/03/1917. p 7 of 10 "Lt
(Temp. Cpt.) TA Franklin to be Captain and remain seconded.
28/06/1916"
No. 30132, published 15/06/1917, p 2 of 14.
"Attached to HQ units. Brigade Majors
- Cpt TA Franklin, Bedf. R. TF. 6/02/1917"
No. 30238, published 17/08/1915, pp 14&15 of
18. "Cpt. TA Franklin to have precedence
from 1/06/1916 and remain seconded. 19/08/1917"
Between the capture of Gaza and the attacks
to capture Jerusalem, continuous skirmishes and counter attacks
occurred between the Bedfords and Turkish patrols in the area.
During one of these actions on 27th November 1917 Captain
Franklin was killed.
The Battalion War Diary for that day recorded:
"0230 Arab gives himself up to C
Coy with information [sic] as to a force of Turks at SHOKHAH.
0815 About 150 Turks in close order are seen from ZEIFY HILL
advancing down Wadi betn ZEIFY HILL & DEIR TOREIF. Fire opened
upon them by L.G. Rifles from ZEIFY HILL at range of between
1300 & 1500 yds. Turks scattered & some loss inflicted on
him, he taking up position under cover & a sniping engagement
ensued 1030 Strong patrol pushed forward from right of ZEIFY
HILL to cistern kiln at W.26.a, where an advanced post was
established, consisting of 2 L.G. Sections & section of riflemen.
1500 From ZEIFY HILL an enemy force consisting of a Battn
& transport was seen moving [sic] in an E. direction from
ET TIREH at about 1515 this force came within range of post
at Cistern Hill & fire was opened by both LGs at range of
about 1400 yds. Casualties were seen to be inflicted on enemy
especially amongst their transport. As a result of this the
direction of enemy advance was altered & enemy advanced in
extended order on Cistern Hill. Post on CISTERN HILL contd
to engage enemy (an entire Turkish Battalion) until latter
were 300yds away when they were withdrawn. At dusk enemy occupy
CISTERN HILL."
Captain Franklin Died of wounds on the 27th
November 1917 and is buried in the Jerusalem War Cemetery.
He had only been in the front line a few months when he was
wounded during a sniping and rifle fire duel with Turkish
forces on Zeify Hill in Palestine.
Thomas was wounded on the 27th and died later
that day at a Regimental Aid Post. He was buried in grave
C73 at the Jerusalem War Cemetery.
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Second Lieutenant George Harold PINCHIN
Died of wounds 27th November 1917, aged 24.
 George
was born on the 20th September 1893, the son of George Staples
and Gertrude Elizabeth Pinchin of "Lynton" in Sevenoaks.
He joined the Inns of Court OTC on the 28th
October 1914 as a private and gained his commission on the
25th July 1915 - the day the 1st/5th battalion left for Gallipoli.
It seems that George was posted to the 5th battalion
reserves (the 3rd/5th) and was not sent abroad for a long
time. Whilst in England he completed two courses at Hythe
in September 1915 and November 1916, otherwise does not show
in any books, records etc for the period.
2/Lt Pinchin left Southampton on board the H.T.
"France" on the 18th July 1917 and landed in Alexandria 4th
August. 10 days later he arrived with the 5th Battalion on
the front lines and between the 5th and 21st September trained
further with the 54th Division Training Camp in readiness
for the impending assault on the fortified city of Gaza.
Lieutenant George Harold Pinchin charged Turkish
positions with his comrades on the 2nd November 1917 as the
British Army assaulted Gaza. The battalion assaulted at the
furthest northern positions on the battlefield, alongside
the sea but George received gunshot wounds to the right side
of his chest and back as he led his men forward that morning.
After several weeks of fighting against his
injuries, they were too severe and took his life on the 27th
November 1917 whilst he was at No. 19 General Hospital in
Alexandria.
George was 24 and is buried in grave 3030 of
the Hadra Military Cemetery in Alexandria. He can be seen
in Leonard Brereton's
photographs here.
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Second Lieutenant John Edward Mary Claude Pius
Augustine WATERTON
Killed in action 29th November 1917.
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John is recorded as being in the 3rd/5th Battalion of the
Bedfords who never left England, he arrived with the front
line 1st/5th Battalion on the 1st December 1916 and served
in Egypt and Palestine, surviving the Gaza Battles during
his service.
John was killed during a surprise Turkish attack
on his post on Zeify Hill, Palestine on the 29th November
1917 and is buried in the Ramleh War Cemetery. The post CO,
Captain Hobbs counter attacked and regained the position but
John and 2 of his men were killed by the time the reinforcements
reached them.
His brother Joseph Charles Edward Mary John
Reginald Waterton, also of the 5th Battalion was killed in
a motorcycle accident on 18th February 1915 whilst still in
England.
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Lieutenant Harold William CRONIN
Died of wounds 2nd December 1917.
Harold Cronin arrived with the Battalion on the 21st September
1915 whilst they were on Gallipoli as a draft from the 2nd/5th
Battalion in England.
He was "seriously wounded" during a counter attack on 30th
November to eject some Turkish soldiers from a post they had
attacked on Nabala Hill, Palestine. Harold was the only casualty
from the skirmish and died 2 days later on the 2nd December
from his wounds.
He is buried in the Gaza War Cemetery.
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Palestine 1918
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Lieutenant Donald Frank Parker SPURGEON
Killed in action 10th September 1918.
Donald Spurgeon of the 20th Battalion of the
London Regiment arrived with the 1st/5th Battalion of the
Bedfordshire Regiment on the 31st March 1917.
Having survived the 2nd and 3rd battles at Gaza
and the running battles of 1918, he was killed in action on
the 10th September 1918, aged 20, during an intensive artillery
bombardment whilst holding the trenches on Buried Ridge. Donald
is buried in grave U89 at the Ramleh War Cemetery.
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Captain John Tristram YARDE, MC and BAR
Died of wounds 21st September 1918.
John Yarde was the Head Boy at Bedford
School, the Captain of Boats and rowed for Christ's College,
Cambridge before war broke out. After the war his intention
was to join the church - a vocation he sadly never got to
fulfil.
He can be seen in the 1915 group photograph
of Officers here.
This highly respected officer joined the
5th Battalion when war broke out, trained with them in 1914
and 1915, sailed for Gallipoli with them in July 1915 and
made it all the way through the Gallipoli and Palestine campaigns
earning 2 Military Crosses along the way. In one of the wars
many sad ironies he was killed during the final battle against
the Turkish Army at Megiddo, less than 6 weeks before the
end of the war.
During the Battalions baptism of fire
15th August 1915,
Lieutenant Yarde was badly wounded yet refused to leave the
Battalion until they were relieved two days later.
Lieutenant Yarde recovered and is mentioned
by name several times in the War Dairy, including a secret
mission on 29th September 1916. A mixed party was to sail
to Jedda to assist King Hussein of Hedjaz, but the King changed
his mind and would not allow the British force to land once
they arrived. The Battalion history remarks that none of them
were "the worse for a very nice
little trip up and down the Red Sea" when they returned.
At the 3rd battle at Gaza Captain Yarde
led B Company in the successful attack against the fortified
city.
On the 21st December 1917, he led B Company
in a midnight bayonet charge against Yafa Hill without artillery
support. Although the defenders fought well, his leadership
and the determination of his Company caused the enemy to bolt.
For this assault and his outstanding leadership, John was
awarded the Military cross, which was gazetted in the London
Gazette 26th March 1918.
Towards the end of the war, in September
1918, Captain Yarde was the commander of 3 fighting patrols
including Private Samuel Needham's unit when he won the Victoria
Cross in September 1918. He himself won a bar to his Military
cross (a second MC) during the engagement that saw them badly
outnumbered yet fight their way out of encirclement. More
details can be seen on Samuel
Needham's V.C. page.
Captain Yarde's second MC was shown in
the London Gazette 15th February 1919. The London Gazette
also mentions him several times:
No. 29605, published 30/05/1916 p 11 of
12. "2/Lt (Temp. Capt) JT Yarde
reverts to Temp. Lt on alteration of position from 16/08/1915.
19/04/1916"
No. 29769, published 29/09/1916 p15 of
58. "2/Lt (Temp Lt) JT Yarde to
be Lt 16/08/1915" (The day after the Bedfords "baptism
of fire" when they lost all of their Company
commanders)
No. 29813, published 3/11/1916, p9 of
10. "Lt JT Yarde to be Temp. Capt
30/12/1915"
No. 30238, published 17/08/1917 p15 of
18. "Lt (Temp. Capt) JT Yarde to
be Captain from 1/06/1916 and remain Adjutant. 19/08/1917"
At the Battle of Megiddo, the final battle
of the war for the Bedfords, he was seriously wounded during
intense shelling on 19th September 1918, and died at Casualty
Clearing Station 76 in Ludd 2 days later, aged just 24. John
was the son of John Edward and Bessie Beresford Yarde of 7,
Kimbolton Avenue, Bedford.
He was described on page 342 of the Battalion
history as "a gallant officer who
was
a great loss to the Battalion, as he had gone out with them
from England".
The following month, Turkey capitulated and the war in that
part of the world ended.
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Major Frederick Gordon OWENS
Died 4th October 1918, aged 32.
Major Frederick Owens arrived with the 5th Battalion
on Christmas Eve 1917, from the 9th Battalion of the Liverpool
Regiment.
Having served in the battalion throughout the
battles and skirmishes of 1918, he died from Influenzal Bronchial
Pneumonia on the 4th October 1918, at 44 Stationary Hospital
in Kantara, aged 32.
Frederick was the youngest son of Jessie Owens
of 3 Highfield Road, Walton Park in Liverpool, and the late
John Oswald Owens. He is buried in grave E33 at the Kantara
War Cemetery
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Captain Emil Theodore MAIER, MC
Died Sunday 24th October 1920.
Captain Maier's biography can be seen here.
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5th Battalion links
Below are links to the other pages with
information on the 5th battalion during the Great War:
War Diaries:
Photographs and biographies:
Gallantry medals:
Battles and events:
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