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Acting Serjeant Reuben Orman 9311, South Wales Borderers
Died 31 October 1914
Lives of the First World War

Bandsman Alfred John Bailey 10192, South Wales Borderers
Died 31 October 1914
Lives of the First World War

Captain Albert Alexander Leslie Stephen DSO. Unit: Adjutant, 1st Battalion, Scots Guards. Death: 31 October 1914 Killed in action Western Front
Died 31 October 1914
Imperial War Museum

Captain and Adjutant Albert Alexander Leslie Stephen , Scots Guards
Died 31 October 1914
Lives of the First World War

Captain Eric Charles Schooling. Unit: 2nd Battalion, Royal Warwickshire Regiment.. Wounded in November 1914 missing in March 1915. Reported to be Killed in action at Gheluvelt, Belgium, on 31 October 1914. Western Front
Died 31 October 1914
Imperial War Museum

Captain Ernest Hugh Lyddon. Unit: 2nd Battalion, The Bedfordshire Regiment. Death: 31 October 1914 At Ypres Western Front
Died 31 October 1914
Imperial War Museum

Captain Graham Percival Shedden , Royal Garrison Artillery
Died 31 October 1914
Lives of the First World War

Captain Graham Percival Shedden. Unit: 35th Heavy Battery, Royal Garrison Artillery. Death: 31 October 1914 Died of wounds received at Chateau of Hooge near Ypres, when a shell struck British headquarters Western Front.
Died 31 October 1914
Imperial War Museum

Captain Hugh Clervaux Chaytor , 26th Light Cavalry
Died 31 October 1914
Lives of the First World War

Captain Hugh Clervaux Chaytor. Unit: 26th King George's Own Light Infantry, attached to 11th (Prince Albert's Own) Hussars, Indian Army. Death: 31 October 1914 Killed in action Age 30 years Messines,Western Front
Died 31 October 1914
Imperial War Museum

Captain Ian Bouverie Maxwell , South Wales Borderers
Died 31 October 1914
Lives of the First World War

Captain Ian Bouverie Maxwell. Unit: 3rd Battalion, attached 1st Battalion, South Wales Borderers. Death: 31 October 1914 Western Front
Died 31 October 1914
Imperial War Museum

Captain John Edmund Simpson , King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry
Died 31 October 1914
Lives of the First World War

Captain John Edmund Simpson MID. Unit: 2nd Battalion, Kingâ€™s Own Yorkshire Light Infantry. Death: 31 October 1914 Killed at Messines, Flanders Western Front
Died 31 October 1914
Imperial War Museum

Captain John Spottiswoode , King's Royal Rifle Corps
Died 31 October 1914
Lives of the First World War

Captain John Spottiswoode. Unit: 6th Battalion, attached to 2nd Battalion, Kingâ€™s Royal Rifle Corps. Death: 31 October 1914 Killed in action at Gheluvelt, in the Battle of Ypres Western Front
Died 31 October 1914
Imperial War Museum

Captain Lancelot Barrington Crofts Tristram , Leicestershire Regiment
Died 31 October 1914
Lives of the First World War

Captain Lancelot Barrington Crofts Tristram. Unit: 2nd Battalion, The Leicestershire Regiment. Death: 31 October 1914 Killed in action Western Front
Died 31 October 1914
Imperial War Museum

Captain Leslie Sedgwick Whitchurch , 21st Cavalry
Died 31 October 1914
Lives of the First World War

Captain Leslie Sedgwick Whitchurch. Unit: 21st Prince Albert Victors Own Cavalry (Frontier Force, Dalys Horse), attached to 5th Dragoon Guards. Death: 31 October 1914 Killed in Action at Messines Western Front
Died 31 October 1914
Imperial War Museum

Captain Mervyn Crawshay , 5th Dragoon Guards (Princess Charlotte of Wales's)
Died 31 October 1914
Lives of the First World War

Captain Mervyn Crawshay. Unit: 5th (Princess Charlotte of Wales's) Dragoon Guards. Death: 31 October 1914 Killed in action Western Front
Died 31 October 1914
Imperial War Museum

Captain Richard Crofton George Moore Kinkead MB. Unit: Royal Army Medical Corps, attached to 10th (Prince of Wales's Own Royal) Hussars. Death: 31 October 1914 Western Front. Son of Prof. R. J. and Emily Kinkead, of Foster House, Galway.
Died 31 October 1914
Imperial War Museum

Captain Richard Vincent Barker , Royal Welsh Fusiliers
Died 31 October 1914
Lives of the First World War

Captain Richard Vincent Barker MID. Unit: 1st Battalion, Royal Welsh Fusiliers; Staff Captain, 22nd Brigade. Death: 31 October 1914 Ypres Western Front
Died 31 October 1914
Imperial War Museum

Captain Ronald Steuart Gordon. Unit: 57th Wilde's Rifles (Frontier Force), Indian Army. Death: 31 October 1914, Messines, Western Front. Commemorated on the Menin Gate Memorial.
Died 31 October 1914
Imperial War Museum

Captain Waldo Alington Gwennap Moore , Welsh Regiment
Died 31 October 1914
Lives of the First World War

Captain Waldo Alington Gwennap Moore. Unit: 2nd Battalion, the Welsh Regiment. Death: 31 October 1914 Near Ypres Western Front
Died 31 October 1914
Imperial War Museum

Captain Walter Hughes Ferrar , Welsh Regiment
Died 31 October 1914
Lives of the First World War

Captain Walter Hughes Ferrar. Unit: Adjutant, 2nd Battalion, Welsh Regiment. Death: 31 October 1914, Western Front.
Died 31 October 1914
Imperial War Museum

Captain William Joseph Wickham , Scots Guards
Died 31 October 1914
Lives of the First World War

Captain William Joseph Wickham. Unit: 1st Battalion, Scots Guards. Death: 31 October 1914 Killed in Action at Ypres Western Front
Died 31 October 1914
Imperial War Museum

Captain William McMillan Black , 58th Vaughan Rifles
Died 31 October 1914
Lives of the First World War

Captain William McMillan Black MID. Unit: Adjutant, 58th Vaughan's Rifles (Frontier Force), Indian Army. Death: 31 October 1914 Western Front.
Died 31 October 1914
Imperial War Museum

Colonel Frederic Walter Kerr DSO. Unit: 1st Battalion, Gordon Highlanders, attached to 1st Division HQ Staff General Staff as GSO1. Death: 31 October 1914 Western Front.
Died 31 October 1914
Imperial War Museum

Colour Serjeant Charles Darbon 5858, South Wales Borderers
Died 31 October 1914
Lives of the First World War

Company Serjeant Major Arthur Whatley 4680, South Wales Borderers
Died 31 October 1914
Lives of the First World War

Corporal (Acting Serjeant) Thomas Smith 13284, South Wales Borderers
Died 31 October 1914
Lives of the First World War

Corporal Francis James Higgs 5998, South Wales Borderers
Died 31 October 1914
Lives of the First World War

Lance Corporal George Edward Smith 10894, South Wales Borderers
Died 31 October 1914
Lives of the First World War

Lance Corporal Joseph Walton 6386, South Wales Borderers
Died 31 October 1914
Lives of the First World War

Lance Corporal Thomas Frederick Dennis 9424 , South Staffordshire Regiment
Died 31 October 1914
Lives of the First World War

Lance Corporal William Smith 7971, South Wales Borderers
Died 31 October 1914
Lives of the First World War

Lieutenant Alan Randall Aufrere Leggett. Unit: 1st Battalion, North Staffordshire Regiment.. Death: 31 October 1914 At Armentieres Western Front
Died 31 October 1914
Imperial War Museum

Lieutenant Archibald Stuart Bullock Graham , Gordon Highlanders
Died 31 October 1914
Lives of the First World War

Lieutenant Archibald Stuart Bullock Graham. Unit: 2nd Battalion, Gordon Highlanders. Death: 31 October 1914, Ypres, Western Front. Commemorated on the Menin Gate Memorial.
Died 31 October 1914
Imperial War Museum

Lieutenant Cecil Francis Crousaz , South Staffordshire Regiment
Died 31 October 1914
Lives of the First World War

Lieutenant Cecil Francis Crousaz. Unit: 1st Battalion, South Staffordshire Regiment. Death: 31 October 1914 Killed in action at Zonnebeke near Ypres Western Front
Died 31 October 1914
Imperial War Museum

Lieutenant Colonel Walter Edward Venour. Unit: 58th Vaughanâ€™s Rifles (Frontier Force). Death: 31 October 1914 Western Front
Died 31 October 1914
Imperial War Museum

Lieutenant Colonel Walter Edwin Venour , 58th Vaughan's Rifles (Frontier Force)
Died 31 October 1914
Lives of the First World War

Lieutenant Edmund Elgood Punchard , Bedfordshire Regiment
Died 31 October 1914
Lives of the First World War

Lieutenant Edmund Elgood Punchard MID. Unit: 2nd Battalion, Bedfordshire Regiment. Death: 31 October 1914 Western Front
Died 31 October 1914
Imperial War Museum

Lieutenant Edmund Wilkinson DCM MID. Unit: 1st Battalion, Loyal North Lancashire Regiment. Death: 31 October 1914
Died 31 October 1914
Imperial War Museum

Lieutenant Edward Hubert Leatham , Lancers
Died 31 October 1914
Lives of the First World War

Lieutenant Edward Hubert Leatham. Unit: 12th (Prince of Walesâ€™s Royal) Lancers. Death: 31 October 1914 Western Front
Died 31 October 1914
Imperial War Museum

Lieutenant Frank Vincent Thicke. Unit: Staff Officer, 22nd Infantry Brigade, 7th Division, Interpreter to Brigadier General Lawford. Death: 31 October 1914, missing in action, Western Front.
Died 31 October 1914
Imperial War Museum

Lieutenant George Archer-Shee , South Staffordshire Regiment
Died 31 October 1914
Lives of the First World War

Lieutenant George Archer-Shee. Unit: 3rd Battalion, attached to 1st Battalion, South Staffordshire Regiment. Death: 31 October 1914 Ypres Western Front
Died 31 October 1914
Imperial War Museum

Lieutenant Gerard Gordon Clement Elrington , East Yorkshire Regiment
Died 31 October 1914
Lives of the First World War

Lieutenant Godfrey Evan Hugh MacDonald. Unit: 1st Battalion, Scotts Guards. Death: 31 October 1914 Western Front
Died 31 October 1914
Imperial War Museum

Lieutenant Kenneth Croft North , Hussars
Died 31 October 1914
Lives of the First World War

Lieutenant Kenneth Croft North MID. Unit: 4th (Queenâ€™s Own) Hussars, commanding the machine gun section.. Death: 31 October 1914 Killed in action at Hollebeke Western Front
Died 31 October 1914
Imperial War Museum

Lieutenant Lionel Hope Hawkins. Unit: 1st (King's) Dragoon Guards, attached to the 6th Dragoon Guards (Carabiniers). Death: 31 October 1914, killed in action, Western Front. Commemorated on the Menin Gate Memorial.
Died 31 October 1914
Imperial War Museum

Lieutenant Philip Francis Payne-Gallwey. Unit: 21st (Empress of Indiaâ€™s) Lancers, attached to 9th (Queens Royal) Lancers. Death: 31 October 1914 Western Front
Died 31 October 1914
Imperial War Museum

Lieutenant Philip Walter Rudolph Doll. Unit: Machine Gun Officer, 1st/8th Battalion, The King's (Liverpool Regiment). Death: 31 October 1914 Killed in action near Ypres Western Front.
Died 31 October 1914
Imperial War Museum

Lieutenant Piers Stewart St Aubyn. Unit: 2nd Battalion, Kingâ€™s Royal Rifle Corps. Death: 31 October 1914 Wounded and missing at Gheluvelt Western Front
Died 31 October 1914
Imperial War Museum

Lieutenant Reginald Bracebridge Hadley , South Wales Borderers
Died 31 October 1914
Lives of the First World War

Lieutenant Spencer Julian Wilfred Railston , 18th Lancers
Died 31 October 1914
Lives of the First World War

Lieutenant Spencer Julian Wilfred Railston. Unit: 18th Battalion, King Georgeâ€™s Own Lancers, Indian Army, attached to 4th Dragoon Guards (Royal Irish). Death: 31 October 1914 Messines Western Front
Died 31 October 1914
Imperial War Museum

Major (Temporary Lieutenant Colonel) Arthur Jex-Blake Percival DSO. Unit: Northumberland Fusiliers, attached to 2nd Division Staff, General Staff. Death: 31 October 1914 Western Front
Died 31 October 1914
Imperial War Museum

Major /Temporary Lieutenant Colonel Arthur Jex-Blake Percival, D.S.O. , Head Quarters Staff
Died 31 October 1914
Lives of the First World War

Major George Geoffrey Prendergast Humphreys. Unit: 127th Queen Mary's Own Baluch Light Infantry, Indian Army. Death: 31 October 1914 Died of wounds at Hollebeke Western Front
Died 31 October 1914
Imperial War Museum

Major George Paley , Rifle Brigade
Died 31 October 1914
Lives of the First World War

Major George Paley. Unit: 1st Battalion, The Rifle Brigade, (The Prince Consortâ€™s Own), attached as GSO2 1st Division Staff. Death: 31 October 1914 Western Front
Died 31 October 1914
Imperial War Museum

Major James Alexander Browning , Dragoon Guards (Queen's Bays)
Died 31 October 1914
Lives of the First World War

Major James Alexander Browning MID. Unit: 2nd Dragoon Guards (Queen's Bays). Death: 31 October 1914. Son of Mr. E. C. Browning; husband of Lilian Browning, of Greengates, Wargrave, Berks.
Died 31 October 1914
Imperial War Museum

Major John Frederick Loder-Symonds. Unit: 1st Battalion, South Staffordshire Regiment. Death: 31 October 1914 First Ypres Western Front
Died 31 October 1914
Imperial War Museum

Major Neil MacPherson , 2nd Battalion, 2nd King Edward's Own Gurkha Rifles (The Sirmoor Rifles)
Died 31 October 1914
Lives of the First World War

Major Neil MacPherson. Unit: 2nd in Command, 2nd King Edwardâ€™s Own Gurkha Rifles (The Sirmoor Rifles). Death: 31 October 1914 Western Front
Died 31 October 1914
Imperial War Museum

Major Robert Macgregor Stewart Gardner , Gloucestershire Regiment
Died 31 October 1914
Lives of the First World War

Major William Ernest Watson DSO. Unit: 6th Dragoon Guards (Carabiniers). Death: 31 October 1914 Missing in Action at Messines. Western Front
Died 31 October 1914
Imperial War Museum

Major William Lyttleton Lawrence , South Wales Borderers
Died 31 October 1914
Lives of the First World War

Major William Lyttleton Lawrence DSO. Unit: 1st Battalion, South Wales Borderers.. Death: 31 October 1914 Western Front
Died 31 October 1914
Imperial War Museum

Private (Acting Corporal) Mark Humphreys 9056, South Wales Borderers
Died 31 October 1914
Lives of the First World War

Private Albert Edward Eagle 10882, South Wales Borderers
Died 31 October 1914
Lives of the First World War

Private Albert John Hammond 8692, South Wales Borderers
Died 31 October 1914
Lives of the First World War

Private Albert Selby 8974. Unit: B Company, 1st Battalion, Wiltshire Regiment. Death: 31 October 1914 Western Front
Died 31 October 1914
Imperial War Museum

Private Albert William Sherwood 8826, South Wales Borderers
Died 31 October 1914
Lives of the First World War

Private Alfred Jones 4643, 17th Lancers (Duke of Cambridge's Own)
Died 31 October 1914
Lives of the First World War

Private Amos James Edwards 9514, South Wales Borderers
Died 31 October 1914
Lives of the First World War

Private Arthur Edward Turner 9515, South Wales Borderers
Died 31 October 1914
Lives of the First World War

Private Arthur Grimes 7963, South Wales Borderers
Died 31 October 1914
Lives of the First World War

Private Arthur Henry Lambert Cramer 8960, South Wales Borderers
Died 31 October 1914
Lives of the First World War

Private Arthur Henry Whittle 9402, South Wales Borderers
Died 31 October 1914
Lives of the First World War

Private Arthur Holley 5711, South Wales Borderers
Died 31 October 1914
Lives of the First World War

Private Arthur Kitcherside 11374, King's Royal Rifle Corps
Died 31 October 1914
Lives of the First World War

Private Arthur Sharp 11012, South Wales Borderers
Died 31 October 1914
Lives of the First World War

Private Bernard Arthur Breese 10557, Worcestershire Regiment
Died 31 October 1914
Lives of the First World War

Private Charles Croft 8433, South Wales Borderers
Died 31 October 1914
Lives of the First World War

Private Charles Frederick Hadley 8675, 2nd Worcestershire Regiment
Died 31 October 1914
Lives of the First World War

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