The Roll of Honour, Volume 1 : A biographical record of all members of His…
1914. A noted boxer in the Service, he was in 1910 the heavyweight
champion of the Army and Navy. A man of grand physique, those who
fought with him in the ring knew of the power of that right punch of
his; he was content to submit to punishment while waiting for the
chance to score with it.
=BENTLEY, KENNETH HADDON=, Private, No. 3047, 14th Battn. (London
Scottish) The London Regt. (T.F.), _s._ of A. Bentley, of
Lauriston, Leicester Road, New Barnet; volunteered after the outbreak
of war, and joined the London Scottish, 2 Sept 1914; served with the
Expeditionary Force in France, etc. and was killed in action, 12 June,
1915.
=BENTZON, SYDNEY MALCOLM=, Private, No. 411, 15th Battn.
Australian Imperial Force; took part in the landing at the Dardanelles,
25 April, 1915; killed in action there the following day.
=BENYON, GODFREY BERKELEY JOHN=, Lieut. Commander, R.N., yr.
_s._ of Augustus William Benyon, of Ashe, Windsor, by his wife,
Mary Beatrice, dau. of the late William Chambers, of Hafod, co.
Cardigan, J.P., D.L.; _b._ 10 Sept. 1883; educ. Temple Grove,
East Sheen, Surrey; joined the old Britannia as a naval cadet in May,
1898, became Sub-Lieut. 1903, Lieut. 1905, and Lieut.-Commander June,
Chapters
- Chapter 1 Ch.1
- 1911. Sergt. Abbott’s brother-in-law, Corpl. Frank R. Gorbey, D.C.M., Ch.2
- 1911. There he joined the Commonwealth Forces as a Staff-Sergt.-Major, Ch.3
- 53. Private Appleyard escaped without a scratch, though a bullet passed Ch.4
- 1911. At the outbreak of war he volunteered, and was killed in action Ch.5
- 1914. Lieut.-Col. Clinton-Baker was one of four officers R.I.R.--out Ch.6
- 1915. At the Battle of St. Julien the 10th Battn. was assigned the Ch.7
- 1915. Commander Ballard was last seen on the bridge of the Formidable Ch.8
- 1912. He afterwards went to Burmah, Norway, Spain, etc. On the outbreak Ch.9
- 1894. He was Sub-Lieut. of the last-named ship, flying the broad Ch.10
- 1914. Major W. A. Payn (his commanding officer), writing to his widow, Ch.11
- 1912. He saw much foreign service, serving in Crete, Malta, Gibraltar, Ch.12
- 1914. “On a particular occasion,” 20 Sept., during the Battle of the Ch.13
- 1914. His two brothers are (1916) on active service--Prince Alexander Ch.14
- 1915. He _m._ at Liverpool, 7 Oct. 1899, Margaret (14, Bowles Ch.15
- 1914. A noted boxer in the Service, he was in 1910 the heavyweight Ch.16
- 1913. He saw foreign service in China and the Cape, and was also with Ch.17
- 1914. His battn. was selected to lead the attack near Hulluch on 25 Ch.18
- 1883. He commenced his education at the Grange (Preparatory) School, Ch.19
- 1913. After the outbreak of war he joined the Canadian Expeditionary Ch.20
- 1909. He was connected mainly with the Oval Road Boys’ School, and Ch.21
- 1915. It was while at London University that he entered the Officers’ Ch.22
- 1915. For some time he was A.D.C. to the Lord-Lieutenant of Ireland, Ch.23
- 1915. He was buried at a farm on the north side of the Rue Wasselot, Ch.24
- 1914. He served in South Africa, Mauritius and India, and with the Ch.25
- 1902. He _m._ at Colgate, Faygate, Sussex, 25 Nov. 1909, Elsie Ch.26
- 1913. When war was declared he volunteered for Imperial Service, was Ch.27
- 1907. After the outbreak of war he volunteered for Imperial service, Ch.28
- 1914. His body was brought home and buried at St. Margaret’s Cemetery, Ch.29
- 1900. He served through the Waziri Campaign in 1901, for which he Ch.30
- 1915. He was killed in action at Neuve Chapelle 10 March, 1915, and was Ch.31
- 1914. Major Buckingham _m._ at Harrietsham, 2 June, 1908, Mabel Ch.32
- 1915. He was buried in the cemetery Noeux des Mines; _unm._ His Ch.33
- 1915. Buried side by side with two of his cousins, who were killed in Ch.34
- 1914. In the fighting near Neuve Chapelle on 12 March, 1915, he was Ch.35
- 1908. On the outbreak of the European War he went to France with the Ch.36
- 1915. He was buried in the military cemetery there; _unm._ Ch.37
- 1914. He was the third Member of the Commons killed in action. His next Ch.38
- 1906. He served in the South African War, going to the Cape in 1901; Ch.39
- 1914. The Capt. wrote that he was just returning to his place in the Ch.40
- 1910. Leaving England on the outbreak of war, he was attached to and Ch.41
- 1912. Capt. Glover wrote: “I personally have known the Sergt.-Major for Ch.42
- 1913. He was constructing engineer on the Central Argentine Railway, Ch.43
- 1914. He went to France and subsequently to Belgium, and was in the Ch.44
- 1914. On the morning of 13 Oct. he was wounded, but he fought gallantly Ch.45
- 1914. He was promoted Tempy. Lieut. 14 Jan. 1915, and Lieut. 1 Feb. Ch.46
- 1915. On the latter date he was one of a party of volunteers sent to Ch.47
- 1915. Private Coles _m._ at Leiston, Suffolk, 4 March, 1911, Ch.48
- 1908. There he was for some time in the North-West Mounted Police, and Ch.49
- 1912. He then undertook work in connection with the Irish Department Ch.50
- 20. He was full of keenness and enthusiasm about it, as he was always Ch.51
- 1914. He left New Zealand with the Main Expeditionary Force, was Ch.52
- 1915. He _m._ at The Oratory, Brompton, London, 26 April, 1906, Ch.53
- 1915. He served in France and Flanders, was seriously wounded in action Ch.54
- 1914. 2nd Lieut. Hewett wrote: “He was with my platoon when he was Ch.55
- 1910. He joined the Commonwealth Expeditionary Force on the outbreak of Ch.56
- 1915. A brother officer wrote: “I can assure you your husband was a Ch.57
- 1901. On the outbreak of the European War he was appointed a General Ch.58
- 26. Buried at Lillebeck. Ch.59
- 1915. He was a keen cricketer and fond of sports generally, and was a Ch.60
- 1909. He took a leading part as an officer in Worksop College Cadet Ch.61
- 1911. He served with the 2nd Battn. of his regt. through the retreat Ch.62
- 1915. A companion wrote that he and the officer whose servant he was, Ch.63
- 1915. Buried in the Military Cemetery, Shorncliffe. He _m._ Ch.64
- 1915. A brother officer wrote: “Bob went up again to the trenches, and Ch.65
- 1914. He _m._ at Glasgow, 31 Dec. 1909 (--) (11, Martin Street, Ch.66
- 1913. He went to the Front with the first Expeditionary Force in Aug. Ch.67
- 1905. His next elder brother, Capt. J. S. S. Dunlop, had been killed in Ch.68
- 1915. His Col. wrote very highly of him and his work. Ch.69
- 1914. He was only 18, and was _unm._ Ch.70
- 1915. He _m._ at Montreal, 19 Dec. 1894, May L. (791, University Ch.71
- 1915. He was buried in the grounds of the Chateau of Elzenwalle, near Ch.72
- 1906. Quartermaster-Sergt. Finch had the Long Service and Good Conduct Ch.73
- 1905. He _m._ at St. Paul’s Church, Knightsbridge, 17 Feb. 1892, Ch.74
- 1915. He was mentioned in F.M. Sir J. French’s Despatch of 14 Jan. Ch.75
- 1915. He _m._ at Kenmare, 2 Sept. 1902, Elizabeth, dau. of Timothy Ch.76
- 1911. He was Commander of the London, as flagship of Rear-Admiral Ch.77
- 1914. He _m._ at Shorncliffe, 1904, Louisa, dau. of Henry Kent; Ch.78
- 1909. On the outbreak of war he volunteered for Imperial Service; was Ch.79
- 1914. He died at Verneuil, 16 Sept. 1914, of wounds received at the Ch.80
- 1914. He was appointed Corpl., left for Malta three days later (4 Ch.81
- 1900. He passed through the Staff College 1902 to Dec. 1903; served in Ch.82
- 1915. He obtained a Junior Classical Scholarship at Cheltenham College, Ch.83
- 1902. He played in the Freshman’s Association Match at Cambridge, 1902, Ch.84
- 1915. He _m._ at Sparkbrook, Birmingham, 6 Aug. 1910, Alice, dau. Ch.85
- 1915. He was killed in action there, 9 Aug. 1915, and was buried in the Ch.86
- 1915. He _m._ at St. Philip’s Church, Milltown, Dublin, Jane Ch.87
- 1915. He was buried in Estaires Cemetery; _unm._ Ch.88
- 1913. He took a keen interest in rowing, and was spare man for both his Ch.89
- 1915. He _m._ at Brounton Hill, Liverpool, 6 June, 1908, Constance Ch.90
- 1915. He _m._ at Holy Trinity Church, Brompton, 3 July, 1905, Ch.91