We remember those members of the Lloyd's community who lost their lives in the First World War

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We remember
those members
of the Lloyd’s
community
who lost their
lives in the First
World War
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Abbott John Gurney, 2nd Lieutenant 6 Chennell Leslie Francis, Rifeman 393088 52
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Adams Geoffrey Julian Balcombe, 2nd Lieutenant 7 Chetwood Ernest Stanley, Captain 53
Allen Charles Robert, Rifeman 5893 8 Collens Edwin Theobald, 2nd Lieutenant 55
Andrews Robert Freeman, Lieutenant 9 Colson William Henry West, Bombardier 547 57
Appleby Edwin Alec, 2nd Lieutenant 11 Comber William, Rifeman 531891 58
Appleton Henry William, Rifeman 9714 12 Cooper Harold Roy, 1st Class Petty Offcer AA/1251 RNVR 59
Arbon Alfred Herbert, Private G/20928 13 Cormack Philip Frederick, 2nd Lieutenant 60
Arnot Colin, 2nd Lieutenant 14 Corry Frederick Wilberforce, Private 39214 62
Ashton George Francis, Lieutenant 16 Cossar Norman Thomson, 2nd Lieutenant 63
Baddeley Kenneth, 2nd Lieutenant 17 Cramp Stanley Frederick, Private 9542 64
Baird William Frank Gardiner Bart, Captain 19 Crawford Cecil James, 2nd Lieutenant 65
Baker Thomas Gordon Owen, Gunner 146772 21 Crook Stanley Arthur, Rifeman 302085 66
Bambridge Frederick Oliver Charles, Sergeant STK/320 22 Daly Valentine Maurice, 2nd Lieutenant 68
Barnes Leslie, Private 2148 23 Dando Warren, Private 204498 70
Barsted Harold James, Private 265539 24 Daniels William Edward, Corporal 115586 72
Base Samuel Davis, Rifeman A/200187 25 Davis John North, Rifeman 394733 73
Beard Arthur Dunsford, Private 45154 26 De Rougemont Maurice Henry, 2nd Lieutenant 74
Bennett Reginald Howard, Private E/559 27 Denny Leon Serena, Captain 76
Benton Frank, 2nd Lieutenant 29 Dewar James Evan, 2nd Lieutenant 77
Bibby John Pengelly, Lieutenant 30 Dixey Leicester Albert, Rifeman 301329 79
Blackburn Reginald Herbert, 2nd Lieutenant 32 Druery Dudley Victor, 2nd Lieutenant 80
Bolton Frederic William, Major 33 Dumbell Leslie Sydney, Lance Corporal 107 82
Booth Cyril Talbot, 2nd Lieutenant 35 Dupree Robert Edward, Rifeman 554270 83
Booth John Henry, 2nd Lieutenant 37 Durling Cecil Thomas, Rifeman 682694 84
Bowles Geoffrey Charles, Sub Lieutenant RN 38 Eberli John Frederich, 2nd Lieutenant 86
Bragg Alexander William, Private 2457 40 Elmslie Kenward Wallace, Lieutenant 87
Braithwaite Eric Charles, Rifeman 530465 41 Emslie Peter Regimental, Sergeant Major 89
Brown Harold Atherton, 2nd Lieutenant 42 English Robert Ernest, Captain 91
Burdge Randall Thomas, Rifeman 305815 44 Evans Walter George, Lieutenant 93
Burrow Victor Cecil, Private G/21914 45 Fawcett Woodford, 2nd Lieutenant 94
Campbell Archibald Douglas Lerags, Captain 46 Fielder Cecil Buckler, Company Sergeant Major 1231 96
Campbell Charles Douglas McKinnon, Private 633846 47 Fieldhouse George Ernest, Private 316158 98
Cartwright Alfred, Private 44627 48 Forbes Kenneth, 2nd Lieutenant 100
Champ Thomas Arthur, Private E/791 49 Forbes Lawrence, Lieutenant 101
Chandler Cecil William, Captain MC 50 Fortescue Grenville, Captain 102
Chandler Frank Denison, Acting Corporal 300251 51 Forward Charles, Arthur 2nd Lieutenant 104
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Foster Reginald Samuel, Private 2521 105 Holmes Albert Arundel, Captain 160
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Fowler Norman John, 2nd Lieutenant 106 Hoodless Albert Ernest, Ordinary Seaman Z/9202 RN 162
continued
Francis Arthur Noel, Private G/50356 108 Hoole Geoffrey, 2nd Lieutenant 163
Franklin Thomas Alderman, Captain MC Croix de Guerre 109 Horman-Fisher Robert Blake, Rifeman 3047 165
French Edwin Valentine, Flight Cadet 111 Hulbert Egbert Wilfred Leslie Ravenhill, Sub Lieutenant RN 166
Furby Reginald Alfred, Aircraftsman First Class F/13925 112 Hunter Norman Frederick, Lieutenant 168
Furze Claude, Captain 113 Hutchinson Samuel Francis, Lance Corporal 6508 170
Genaway William George Albert, Sergeant 63265 115 Ide Thomas Norman, 2nd Lieutenant 171
Gillett Howard Raymond, 2nd Lieutenant 116 Jackson Ernest William, Squadron Quartermaster Sgt. 1905 173
Goepel Robert Mackie, Lieutenant 117 Jackson Herbert Rolls, Rifeman 473361 174
Gore Leonard Joseph, Captain 118 Jeaffreson Ronald Percy, Lance Corporal 5019 175
Goudie William John, Corporal 3142 119 Jones Horace Hugh, Private 633750 177
Green Henry Edwin, Captain 120 Kendall Frederick Denys, 2nd Lieutenant 178
Grieve Archibald Douglas, Corporal 10257 122 Kent Harold, 2nd Lieutenant 179
Griffths Frank Harden, Private G/43657 123 Kimber Charles Edmund, Air Mechanic 2nd Class 59534 181
Gross Geoffrey Yates, Captain 124 King Arthur William, 2nd Lieutenant 182
Gunn Marcus Sinclair, Lieutenant MC 127 Kirby Cecil William, G/28872 Private 184
Hales Henry Laing, Lance Corporal G/33898 130 Lamb Edward Woollard Penistone, 2nd Lieutenant 185
Hall Henry Herbert, Lance Corporal 652259 131 Large Ernest Lynton, Captain 186
Hamilton James Roy, Lance Corporal 785 132 Leaver Stanley Horace, 2nd Lieutenant 187
Hamilton John Percy, 2nd Lieutenant 134 Lemon Vincent Bertie, Private 202004 189
Hampton Walter, Rifeman 9794 135 Lines Sidney Martin, 2nd Lieutenant TEM 190
Harding Ferdinando Welch Smithers, Private 514713 136 Looker Leonard Davies, 2nd Lieutenant 192
Harding Robert Denis Stewart, Lieutenant 137 Lowry Vyvyan Charles, Lieutenant 194
Harris Claude Leslie, Captain 139 Martin Arthur, 2nd Lieutenant 196
Harrison Wilfred Ernest, Captain MC 142 Mason George, 2nd Lieutenant 197
Hart Conway John, Lieutenant 145 Mason William Charles Edward, Sergeant 93268 198
Hawkins William Edward, Sergeant 2158 147 Maynard Harry Litten, Private G/10299 199
Head Leslie Dymoke, Captain 148 McKay William Eric, Private 2853 200
Heath Geoffrey Malcolm, Private 3895 149 McLachlan John, Private 513799 202
Herdman Arthur Widdrington, Lieutenant 150 Middleton Ernest Raymond, Private G/40662 203
Hinde George Clarence, Rifeman 3466 152 Mitchell Leslie James, 2nd Lieutenant 204
Hoade Reginald William, 2nd Lieutenant 153 Moorcroft Frederick John, Air Mechanic 1st Class 13076 205
Hobson Alan Faber, Major DSO 155 Moore Leonard, Private 612202 206
Hodder William James, Corporal 015999 157 Moore Reginald John, Rifeman 3739 207
Holliday Alfred Rowland, 2nd Lieutenant 158 Morrison William Henry Stanley, Lieutenant 209
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Mountcastle Herbert William, Lance Corporal 761258 210 Spark Bertram Edgar, Rifeman 554118 258
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Mowatt Osmond, Lieutenant 212 Sparks Frank Ernest, Lance Corporal 8380 259
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Nash John Stanley, Private 53573 215 Spencer Thomas Charlton, Lance Corporal 6670 260
Nealon John Henry, Private G/75502 216 Sprigg Henry Aldwin Guildford, Captain 261
Ness Gordon Stewart, Lieutenant 217 Stephens Dudley, Eric 2nd Lieutenant 263
Nickels Christopher Charles Gordon, Lieutenant 218 Stolzle Otto Joseph Wallis, Corporal 197899 265
Norton Bertram Harrison, Rifeman 301333 (2132) 219 Strange Hugh Gordon, Rifeman 304680 266
Owen Fran,k Lieutenant Colonel 220 Street Edmund Alger, 2nd Lieutenant 267
Pacey Frank Byrne, Private E/439 221 Stuart Kenneth, Flying Offcer 270
Page Alfred Edward, Private 2584 222 Thompson Frank Dickinson, 2nd Lieutenant 271
Pappa Armaud Francis, 2nd Lieutenant 223 Thorn Harold Lewis, 2nd Lieutenant 272
Parftt Frank Ernest, Private 50018 225 Thornton-Smith Arthur Donald, Captain DSO 273
Peacock William James Leonard, 2nd Lieutenant 226 Tompson Alan Hawtin, 2nd Lieutenant 276
Pears Stuart, Sergeant 974 227 Tothill Geoffrey Ivan Francis, 2nd Lieutenant 278
Perryman Edward William, Private 718217 228 Towers Wilfred Goodwin, 2nd Lieutenant 280
Petty Harry Arthur, Corporal 8042 230 Townsend Sidney John, 2nd Lieutenant 282
Pinkerton Stanley, Private 5665 231 Tricker Hector Chafer, Gunner 292966 283
Pointing Leslie James, Lance Corporal 4330 232 Turner George Herbert, 2nd Lieutenant 284
Poland Eric Henry, Lance Corporal 301905 233 Tyser Henry Erskine, 2nd Lieutenant 286
Pond William Henry, Corporal R/29027 234 Uppleby Wyvill Charles Spinola, Captain 288
Porter George Horsley, Sub Lieutenant 235 Wade George Edward Ahern, 2nd Lieutenant 290
Power Richard Lawrence, Lance Corporal 39134 236 Walsham Harold, 2nd Lieutenant 292
Pratt Henry Edward, Private 86255 237 Wayman Harry Oliver, Gunner 146485 294
Price Harold Strachan, Lieutenant 238 Wheeler John Arthur Lance, Corporal G/1308 295
Reid Stuart Keppel, Captain MC Order of the Nile 4th Class 240 White Cecil James Laurence, Rifeman 608552 296
Renwick Charles Richard, Private 53172 242 White Victor Francis, Private 235345 297
Richards Henry, Heaton 2nd Lieutenant 243 Wilkinson William Thomas, Captain 296
Richardson John Wesley, Rifeman 554869 246 Williams Kenneth Oscar, Able Seaman London 10/3489 299
Richardson William Arthur Ingham, 2nd Lieutenant 247 Willis Raymond, Lieutenant 300
Robb James, Captain 249 Winch Gordon Bluett, Major DSO 302
Rogers Martyn Samuel, Sergeant 1109 251 Wolfe Frederick Derrick Sennett, Rifeman 303850 304
Scoones Fitzmaurice Valentine, 2nd Lieutenant 252 Wollen Douglas Charles, 2nd Lieutenant 305
Shepard Cyril Harry, 2nd Lieutenant 253 Wood Peter Norris, 2nd Lieutenant 307
Skinner Frederick Charles, Gunner 153860 255 Wood Stanley Kenneth, Rifeman A/200107 308
Smith Alan Joseph, 2nd Lieutenant 256 Woodward Samuel Henry Ellicott, Private 28365 309
Smith Owen, Rifeman 394527 257 Wynne Robert Albert Joseph, Driver 46184 310
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11th (Service) Battalion Rife Brigade attached to the On the 4th of November 1916 he joined the 13th Offcer
Abbott
59th Trench Mortar Battery. Killed in action on the Cadet Battalion in Newmarket for offcer training, after
John Gurney
20th of September 1917, aged 27. which he was commissioned as a 2nd Lieutenant in the
2nd Lieutenant
6th (Reserve) Battalion Rife Brigade on the 28th of
John Gurney Abbott was born in Anerley, Surrey on the February 1917. He was posted to the 11th Battalion of his
21st of October 1889, the second son of Donald Nicoll regiment for war service and was later seconded to the
Abbott, a wine and spirit merchant, and Grace (née Gurney) 59th Trench Mortar Battery.
Abbott of Moore House, 2 Overbury Avenue, Beckenham,
Kent. He was christened in Penge, Surrey His parents received the following telegram dated the 26th
on the 17th of November 1889. of September 1917: “Deeply regret to inform you 2/Lt J.G.
Abbott, Rife Brigade attd 59th Trench Mortar Battery was
He was educated at Devonshire House Preparatory School killed in action September twenty frst. The Army Council
on Hastings Road in Bexhill, where he was a boarder. He express their sympathy.”
went on to attend Bradfeld College from September 1903
to April 1906, where he served as a member of the Offcer The Commonwealth War Graves Commission records his
Training Corps for three years. death as having occurred on the 21st of September 1917,
but regimental records have it as the 20th of September
John worked as a clerk at Lloyd’s and was also an 1917.
Underwriting Member of Lloyd’s.
John is commemorated on the Tyne Cot Memorial, Panels
He attested for the army at 10 Stone Buildings, Lincoln’s Inn 145 to 147.
as Private 8707 in the Inns of Court Offcer Training Corps
on the 27th of November 1915. At his medical examination,
held on the same day, it was recorded that John was fve
feet seven inches tall. He was called up on the 4th of
January 1916. He then applied for a commission in the
Special Reserve of Offcers on the 16th of July 1916 in an
application that was supported by the Chairman of Lloyd’s.
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B Company, 1/5th (County of London) Battalion As the Canadian Infantry, who were advancing further
Adams
(London Rife Brigade). Died of wounds on the down the line, were held up, B Company’s attack was
Geoffrey Julian
27th of September 1918, aged 24. delayed from 2.20pm until 3.25pm. When they did begin
Balcombe
attacking, they were set back for a time by machine gun
2nd Lieutenant
Geoffrey Julian Balcombe Adams was born in Gloucester fre, but then managed to push forward and complete their
in 1894, the son of Harold William Adams and Katherine task – although they suffered casualties. One offcer was
Mary (née Balcombe) Adams of 44 Bessborough Street, killed, and soldiers in several other ranks were left dead
Westminster, London. or wounded. Geoffrey Adams was one of those wounded
during the mission. He was evacuated to the rear, but died
He worked as a clerk for Willis Faber & Company Ltd. the following day.
Geoffrey enlisted as Private 9605 in the 1/5th (County of Geoffrey is commemorated on the Willis Faber war
London) Battalion (London Rife Brigade) and embarked for memorial at the Willis Building in Lime Street.
France with his battalion from Southampton on board the
SS Chyebassa on the 4th of November 1914, landing at Le He is buried at Duisans British Cemetery, Plot VII,
Havre the following day. Row A, Grave 56.
He was commissioned as a 2nd Lieutenant in the same
battalion on the 13th of June 1918, and rejoined them in
the feld on the 21st of September 1918 where he entered
B Company.
On the 26th of September 1918, B Company, 1/5th (County
of London) Battalion (London Rife Brigade) was detailed
to cover the crossing of the Canal du Nord by the 1/16th
(County of London) Battalion (Queen’s Westminster Rifes),
clear its western bank, establish posts and then send out
patrols to make contact with the enemy.
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1/16th (County of London) Battalion (Queen’s wounding men from 40 other ranks. At 7am, C Company
Allen
Westminster Rifes). Killed in action on the 10th of managed to move forward through the mist some 120
Charles Robert
September 1916, aged 19. yards, but still without fnding the enemy trench. A short
Rifeman 5893
time later the alarm was raised by the German defenders
Charles Robert Allen was born in Islington in 1897, the son and a withering rife and machine gun fre fell upon the
of Charles Cheeseman Allen, the manager of a pawnbrokers, Londoners. A message came back from C Company
and Ada Annie Allen of 95 Aden Grove, Stoke Newington. He shortly afterwards: “Held up at the edge of the wood by
worked as part of the Lloyd’s staff in the Shipping Editor’s rife fre. Hopeless task I fear. No artillery.” By the time the
Branch, and enlisted into the army in Hackney. two companies were forced to withdraw, at around 8am,
each had only 25 men left.
At 1.00am on the morning of the 10th of September 1916,
orders were received at the battalion headquarters of the At 10.30am it was decided to launch a fresh attack in
1/16th (County of London) Battalion (Queen’s Westminster conjunction with a company from the 1/2nd (County of
Rifes) instructing them to carry out an attack on the London) Battalion (Royal Fusiliers), and an artillery barrage
Germans’ positions at Loop Trench near Leuze Wood on was arranged which would be assisted by Stokes Mortar
the Somme. As information was scarce regarding exactly fre and was to be followed by a bombing attack on Loop
where the enemy trench was located, a patrol was sent Trench. At 3pm the attack began with the 1/2nd Londons
out on a reconnaissance mission at 3.42am under 2nd nearly reaching their objective, but they lost all their
Lieutenant E.F. Johnston, to make a reconnaissance and offcers and the survivors were forced to return to the
to report back. However, during the patrol a thick mist starting line. A further attack could not be organised due to
descended which hampered visibility, and even when the continued, accurate enemy artillery fre.
patrol returned, the position of the enemy was still unclear.
Nevertheless, the attack, to be led by C and D Companies, Casualties sustained by the battalion for this attack totalled
was to commence at 7am, preceded by a short artillery four offcers and 52 other ranks killed, with fve offcers
barrage that would begin at 6.50am. and 166 other ranks wounded and 80 other ranks missing.
Charles Allen was among the dead.
Before the assault could start, though, the German
artillery began an accurate bombardment of the British He is commemorated on the Thiepval Memorial, Pier and
positions, causing the death of two offcers and killing or Face 13C.
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10th (Service) Battalion, Loyal North Lancashire Robert embarked for France with his battalion on the 31st
Andrews
Regiment. Killed in action on the 15th of November of July 1915, landing in Boulogne at 2am on the morning of
Robert Freeman
1916, aged 24. the 1st of August 1915.
Lieutenant
Robert Freeman Andrews was born in Syston in On the 27th of June 1916 he was wounded by shrapnel
Leicestershire on the 7th of April 1892, the eldest son at Gommecourt on the Somme and was evacuated back
of the Reverend Charles William Andrews and Ellen (née to England from Le Havre on the 1st of July 1916 aboard
Alcock) Andrews of 11 Mortimer Road, Ealing, in London. the SS Asturias. A Medical Board was convened at the
5th London General Hospital to report on his case, who
He was educated at Bolton and Leeds Grammar School recorded the following:
and at Handsworth College in Birmingham. Robert became
a Wesleyan Minister also worked as a clerk for Kennard, “A fragment of shell penetrated right side of back at level
Arbon & Company at Lloyd’s. and angle of scapula. This wound, size of 3d bit, is nearly
healed. The fragment of metal lies in muscle at level of
He enlisted in Hammersmith as Private Y/207 in the 5th 10th rib on that side. There is no evidence of injury to any
(Reserve) Battalion King’s Royal Rife Corps on the 31st of important structure.”
August 1914. At a medical examination, which took place
on the same day, it was recorded that Robert was fve feet Robert was granted sick leave until the 15th of August.
seven and three quarter inches tall and weighed 137 and a
half lbs. A further Medical Board, held at Caxton Hall on the 18th
of August 1916, concluded that he was ft for general
He was attached to No. 5 Company and was sent for training service and he reported to the 11th (Reserve) Battalion
at the Royal Garrison Artillery Barracks, Sheerness. On the Loyal North Lancashire Regiment in Seaford, Sussex on
17th of September 1914, he was promoted to unpaid Lance the 19th of August.
Corporal, and to Lance Corporal on the 30th of October
1914. Robert served on the musketry staff. On the 8th of At 2am on the morning on the 15th of November 1916 the
December 1914, he applied for a commission and hence 10th Battalion Loyal North Lancashire Regiment formed up
became a 2nd Lieutenant in the Loyal North Lancashire for an attack on the German positions at Munich Trench as
Regiment on the 29th of December 1914. He was posted to part of the ongoing Battle of the Ancre, the closing stage of
the 10th Battalion of his regiment for war service. the Battle of the Somme. They advanced through a heavy
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Andrews mist under a barrage of their own artillery, but inaccuracy
Robert Freeman
by their own side’s guns caused a great many casualties
Lieutenant
among the British men. By 1pm, reports came back that
the battalion had been unable to capture the enemy trench
and had been forced to retire to the shelter of Wagon Road.
They had suffered casualties of eight offcers either killed
outright or who had sustained fatal wounds, with another
three also wounded and scores of other ranks killed,
wounded and missing.
Robert’s father received the following telegram dated the
23rd of November 1916: “Deeply regret to inform you 2
Lieut. R.F. Andrews Loyal North Lancashire Regiment was
killed in action Nov 15th. The Army Council express their
sympathy.”

Robert’s brother, 2nd Lieutenant Charles Neville Andrews,
1st Battalion Loyal North Lancashire Regiment, was too
killed in action, on the 24th of March 1915 .
He is buried at Frankfurt Trench British Cemetery, Row B,
Grave 8.
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