The Irish Bomfords
Appendix G
Killed in Action
* see Commonwealth War Graves Commission notes below
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c1775 |
John L'Estrange |
Bombay, India |
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Jan 1782 |
Stephen Bomford |
Madras, India |
|
1811 |
John Whitney |
Of the German Legion at Albuera, Spain |
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25 Oct 1854 |
John Pratt Winter |
Balaclave, Crimea, In the Charge of the Light Brigade |
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May 1857 |
Mervyn Archdall Humphrys |
Indian Mutiny at Delhi |
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11 May 1857 |
Mary Jane Alicia Clifford |
Indian Mutiny at Delhi |
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1857 |
John Mill |
Indian Mutiny Bengal Army |
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31 Oct 1857 |
Wigram Clifford |
Indian Mutiny at Gurgaon, Near Delhi |
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23 Feb 1858 |
Arthur Rowland Chute |
Indian Mutiny at Calcutta |
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26 Oct 1863 |
Robert Clifford |
Euzo-Zai Campaign, North West Frontier |
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20 Jul 1880 |
Richard Trevor Chute |
Kandahar, Afghan War |
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22 Apr 1902 |
Richard Alexander Chaloner |
Boer War at Rooival, Transvaal |
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20 Sep 1914 |
*Charles Martin Stanuell |
France |
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19 Oct 1914 |
*George Ryefield Taylour |
France |
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29 Oct 1914 |
*Angus Charles Rowley McNaghten |
Ypres, Belgium |
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18 Apr 1915 |
*Andrew Herbert Irwin |
North West Frontier, India |
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15 Aug 1915 |
*Arthur John Dillon Preston |
France |
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3 Apr 1916 |
*Edmund Barnes |
Ypres, Belgium |
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9 Apr 1916 |
*Edward Lowry Tottenham (MC) |
Mesopotamia |
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27 Jun 1916 |
*Arthur Henry Tottenham |
France |
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1 Jul 1916 |
*Fendall Powney Thompson |
France |
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2 Sep 1916 |
*Alfred Hubert Marshall-Barnes |
RAMC, France |
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15 Sep 1916 |
*Richard Martin Ferguson |
Courrelette, France |
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4 Jan 1917 |
*Patrick Arthur Dudley Jackson |
Ypres, Belgium |
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27 Mar 1917 |
*Clive Victor Martin, |
Ypres, Belgium |
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22 Aug 1917 |
*Cecil Pybus Cooke |
Glencork Wood, Belgium |
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23 Nov 1917 |
*Lawrence Henry Martin |
Moeuvres, Cambrai, France |
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11 Jan 1922 |
James Loftus Tottenham |
North West Frontier, India |
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1940 |
Ellen (Ella) Lett Shelford |
Killed by enemy action in London blitz |
|
9 Jun 1940 |
*Charles Powell Bomford |
RAF Flying Officer over France |
|
10 Jan 1942 |
*Neil Mcintyre Kemp |
On Aircraft Carrier 'Illustrious' |
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Between 10 & 15 Feb 1942 |
*Cloudesley Shovel Malcolm Brereton |
Singapore |
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9 Apr 1942 |
*J. S. Owen |
RNVR, HMS Hermes |
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6 Apr 1942 |
*Douglas Frederick Ommanney Shelford |
RAF, Alamein |
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28 Oct 1942 |
*John Hamilton Bomford |
RNZAF, Egypt |
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2 Mar 1943 |
*Michael Stephen Bomford |
Tripoli, North Africa |
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17 Apr 1943 |
*Philip (Tim) Harvey (DFC) |
RAF Fighter Pilot |
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21 Oct 1943 |
*Stephen Robert William Bomford |
NZ Exped Force, Middle East |
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17 Nov 1943 |
*Aylmer Knox Sparrow |
SAS, Athens |
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24 Mar 1942 |
*Clive Clifford |
RAAF |
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29 May 1944 |
*Richard Lyndon Bomford |
Cassino, Italy, buried Anzio |
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2 Oct 1944 |
*John M Keesey, M.D. |
Arnhem, Holland |
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9 Oct 1944 |
*Roland Vere Clifford |
Burma |
Extracted from Commonwealth War Graves Commission
| Name | Rank | Regiment/ Secondary Regiment | Age | Date | Additional information | Cemetery |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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Clive Edward Wigram Clifford |
Sergeant |
Royal Australian Air Force |
23 |
24/03/1942 |
Son of Dr. William P. Clifford and Doris Adrienne Clifford, of Wahroonga, New South Wales, Australia. |
Runnymede Memorial |
|
Charles Martin Stanuell |
Second Lieutenant |
Durham Light Infantry 2nd Bn. |
20 |
20/09/1914 |
Son of Lt. Col. H. Stanuell, C.M.G. (R.S.F.), and Agatha E. Stanuell (nee Martin). |
La Ferte-Sous-Jouarre Memorial |
|
George Ryefield Taylour |
Captain |
Royal Warwickshire Regiment, 2nd Bn. |
39 |
19/10/1914 |
Son of the late Maj. Gen. Lord John Henry Taylour. |
Harlebeke New British Cemetery |
|
Edmund Lyndon Barnes |
Captain (Adjt.) |
King's Own(Royal Lancaster Regt.) 8th Bn |
34 |
03/04/1916 |
Son of Evelyn Mary Barnes, of Kingsmead, Matfield, Kent, and the late Edmund Wilson Barnes. |
Ypres (Menin Gate) Memorial |
|
Andrew Herbert Irwin |
Second Lieutenant |
8th Rajputs |
|
18/04/1915 |
(Buried Shabkadr Cem.) |
Delhi Memorial (India Gate) |
|
Arthur John Dillon Preston |
Captain |
Royal Dublin Fusiliers 6th Bn. |
29 |
15/08/1915 |
Son of Maj. Arthur and Gertrude Preston, of Swainston, Kilmessan, Co. Meath; husband of Sylvia Wyke Preston, of Clowbryn, Greystones, Co. Wicklow. |
Azmak Cemetery, Suvla |
|
Edward Lowry Tottenham (Awards M.C.) |
Second Lieutenant |
The Loyal North Lancashire Regiment, 11th Bn. attd. 6th Bn. |
21 |
09/04/1916 |
Son of L. C. L. and Isabella 0. Tottenham, of The Grange, Moy, Co. Tyrone. |
Basra Memorial |
|
A C R S Macnaghten |
Lieutenant |
Black Watch (Royal Highlanders) 1st Bn. |
|
29/11/1914 |
|
Ypres (Menin Gate) Memorial |
|
Alfred Hubert Marshall-Barnes |
Private |
Royal Army Medical Corps, 62nd Field Amb |
34 |
02/09/1916 |
Son of the late Lt.-Col. Lionel Marshall (Lancashire Fusiliers) and of Mrs. Lionel Marshall; husband of Hester F. Marshall-Barnes, of Westland, Moynalty, Co. Meath. |
Carnoy Military Cemetery |
|
Arthur Henry Tottenham |
Second Lieutenant |
Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers, "C" Coy. 2nd Bn. |
20 |
27/06/1916 |
Son of Lowry Cliffe Loftus Tottenham and Isabella Ogle Tottenham, of The Grange, Moy, Co. Tyrone. |
Bouzincourt Communal Cemetery Extension |
|
Fendall Powney Thompson |
Second Lieutenant |
Hampshire Regiment, 1st Bn. |
19 |
01/07/1916 |
Son of Lt. Col. C. Powney Thompson (Indian Army). |
Sucrerie Military Cemetery, Colincamps |
|
Cecil Pybus Cooke |
Second Lieutenant |
King's Shropshire Light Infantry, 5th Bn. |
29 |
22/08/1917 |
Son of Herbert Pybus Cooke and Agnes Cooke, of Koomangoonong, Balldale, New South Wales. Educated at Geelong Grammar School, Victoria, Australia, and at Trinity Hall, Cambridge, England. |
Tyne Cot Memorial |
|
C V Martin |
Lieutenant Colonel |
29th Lancers (Deccan Horse), attd. X Corps H.Q |
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27/03/1917 |
|
Lijssenthoek Military Cemetery |
|
Patrick Arthur Dudley Jackson |
Second Lieutenant |
Royal Irish Rifles, 2nd Bn. |
19 |
04/01/1917 |
Only son of Lt. Col. and Mrs. Cecil Jackson, late of Knapp House, Gillingham, Dorset. Obtained commission in 1914. |
Hyde Park Corner (Royal Berks) Cemetery |
|
Laurence Henry Martin |
Second Lieutenant |
Royal Irish Fusiliers, 9th (North Irish Horse) Bn. |
20 |
23/11/1917 |
Son of the Rev. Richard D'Olier Martin and Mrs. Catharine Mary Martin, of The Rectory, Killeshandra, Co. Cavan |
Moeuvres Communal Cemetery Extension |
|
Richard Martin Ferguson |
Private |
Princess Patricia's Canadian Light Infantry, (Eastern Ontario Regt.) No. 3 Coy. |
23 |
15/09/1916 |
Son of James Thompson Ferguson, M.A., D.D., of Calgary, and of Maud Mant Martin or Ferguson, of Calgary, Alberta. B.A. (McGill University). |
Vimy Memorial |
|
Charles Powell Bomford |
Flying Officer (Pilot) |
Royal Air Force, 107 Sqdn |
25 |
09/06/1940 |
Son of Capt. Charles Francis Bomford and Dorothy Maud Bomford, of Ballycornmon, Co. Tipperary, Irish Republic. His brother Richard Lyndon Bomford also fell. |
Torcy-Le-Petit Communal Cemetery |
| Richard Lyndon Bomford | Lieutenant | Rifle Brigade, 10th (2nd Bn. The Tower Hamlets Rifles) Bn. | 22 | 29/05/1944 | Son of Capt. Charles Francis Bomford and Dorothy Maud Bomford, of Ballycommon, Co. Tipperary, Irish Republic | Cassino War Cemetery, VIII. E. 1. |
| Michael Stephen Bomford | Serjeant | Royal Corps of Signals, 10th Armd. Div. Cipher Sec. | 19 | 02/03/1943 | Son of Lt.-Col. Trevor Laurence Bomford, M.D., M.R.C.P., D.T.M. and H. (Lond.), Indian Medical Service, and Mrs. Bomford. | Tripoli War Cemetery, 5. G. 15. |
| John Hamilton Bomford | Flying Officer (Pilot) | Royal New Zealand Air Force | 24 | 28/10/1942 | Son of Dr. William Harold Bomford and Bessie Kathleen Bomford, of Takapuna, Auckland, New Zealand. | Cambridge City War Cemetery, grave 14734 |
| Stephen Robert William Bomford | Corporal | New Zealand Medical Corps | 29 | 21/10/1943 | Son of William Harold Bomford L.R.C.S.I., L.R.C.P.I., and of Bessie Kathleen Bomford, of Takapuna, Auckland, New Zealand B.Sc. | Moascar War Cemetery, 1. D. 8. |
|
Cloudsley Shovell Malcolm Brereton |
Captain |
Royal Norfolk Regiment, 5th Bn. |
37 |
between 10/02/1942 and 15/02/1942 |
Son of Cloudsley Shovell Henry and Adalaide Maud Brereton; husband of Molly Brereton, of Caragh Lake, Co. Kerry, Irish Republic. |
Kranji War Cemetery Singapore |
|
Neil Mcintyre Kemp |
Lieutenant |
Royal Navy, H.M.S. Illustrious |
30 |
10/01/1941 |
Son of Sir Norman Wright Kemp, Kt., and Lady Kemp; husband of Diana Kemp (nee Moyle), of Stalbridge, Dorsetshire. R.U.S.I. Gold Medallist, 1931 and 1937. Admiralty Silver Medal for Naval History, 1933. |
Lee-On-Solent Memorial |
|
John Samuel Owens |
Able Seaman |
Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve, H.M.S. Hermes. |
28 |
09/04/1942 |
Son of Daniel and Elizabeth Ann Owens, of Liverpool; husband of Charlotte Owens, of Liverpool. |
Plymouth Naval Memorial |