Comrades of ‘A’ Company

It is thought that William Whitmore made this list prior to departing to France, probably early in 1915. (He lists himself as a Private, though he was promoted to Lance-Corporal on 24th May 1915). Some of soldiers listed were promoted during the campaign, and others were transferred before setting sail.

No 1 Platoon No 1 Section

Reg No	Rank	Name
	Cap	Robinson – Sen
	“	Ehrhardt – Jun
	2nd Lieut	Baugh – ? Con
	CSM	Hern K Commission
1062	QMS	Parry W M
217	Sgt	Middleton A C(?) Commission
65	LCpl	Cooper A M
111	“	Hooper F A
193	Pte	Hall W E
64	“	Curtis G W [killed 23 July 1916, aged 29]
105	“	Widdowson H
240	“	Holder J P
66	“	Ball C S
119	“	Prescott T P [killed 23 July 1916, aged 22]
166	“	Hughes H T
101	“	Bate F A
78	“	Adey A H
113	“	Howell D [killed 25 March 1916, aged 21]
79	“	Smith F G
510	“	Benfield B W [killed 23 July 1916, aged 26]
?	“	Sheaf F

No 1 Platoon No 2 Section

Reg No	Rank	Name
236	Sgt	Fawcett F A
1073	LCpl	Harris A
861	“	Bird W H
43	Pte	Matthews M(?) A
490	“	Smith O
27	“	Klein W
192	“	Lavelle J M
90	“	Stephenson S C
148	“	Franklin W E
185	“	Lemmon(?) E
47	“	Cox R G
141	“	Smart N H(?)
509	“	Beech C J
97	“	Tongue G H
46	“	Renaud Y C – Discharged
73	“	Tongue W E
35	“	? ? ?

No 1 Platoon No 3 Section

Reg No	Rank	Name
188	LCpl(?)	Lilley A- Transferred to C Coy
63	Pte	Cooper G E
179	“	Butler C H T
61	“	Collyer S J
363	“	Bishop E L
592	“	Butler L S L [killed 21 July 1916, aged 18]
832	“	Judge T
48	“	Clarke F W - On Probation A O Corps
183	“	Booth S – On Probation A O Corps
136	“	Williams H
181	“	Bachelor W
139	“	Whitehead E H

No 1 Platoon No 4 Section

Reg No	Rank	Name
60	Sgt	Cross J K(?) Commission 18/3/15(?)
133	Pte	Whitmore W B
13	“	Glaze B C
161	“	Goldspink G H
163	“	Green S
70	“	Harding S W
84	“	Hunt F D
170	“	Jacobs F
174	“	Jones A [killed 23 July 1916, aged 24]
168	“	Jackson S P
173	“	Jones W
106	“	Pedlingham E R
21	LCpl	Smith J B [killed 23 July 1916, aged 21]
142	“	Scott S L
145	LCpl?	Evans – On Probation
293(?)	Sgt	? ?

No 2 Platoon No 5 Section

Reg No	Rank	Name
	2nd Lieut	Lythgoe [killed 26 July 1916]
1078	Sgt	Phillips A J
95	“	Upton A
22	“	Cooksey M
	Cpl	Williams
58	LCpl	Cox F W [killed 30 July 1916]
28	Pte	Anstey J D [killed 23 July 1916]
52	“	Cox H J
69	“	Dixon S
227	“	Elliott G S
114	“	Harris D W
187	“	Lees T
40	“	Morley E W [killed 23 July 1916]
42	“	Narborough H(?)
121	“	Pondrous A
103	“	Richardson H J – on probation R F(?) Corps
96	“	Rodway H
?37	“	Wilkinson D A

No 2 Platoon No 6 Section

Reg No	Rank	Name
589	Cpl	Cartwright
41	“	Hill T
398	Pte	Frasier M T H(?)
234	“	Freeman T H
606	“	Green N F
87	“	Hill A E
823	“	Jackson R A
178	“	Johnson A H Commission 5.4.15
199	“	?ibby C
45	“	North W J [killed 23 July 1916]
127	“	Palmer A E
72	“	Teffer(?) T W
1018	“	Wasser H
1014	“	Weston N A
1015	“	Weston M H
	Sgt	Toed(?) on probation C O ?

No 2 Platoon No 7 Section

Reg.No	Rank	Name
33	Cpl	Rowcroft G A [killed 23 July 1916]
861	Pte	Bird W H
549	“	De Vere R Commissioned 25/3/15
12	“	Float S E
401	“	Goode S A
1	“	Fleming H
2	“	Green G F
905	“	Guthrie A D
91	“	Hawton E
822	“	Johnson L J
124	“	Park N
774	“	Parker S H
666	“	Wilson J D
574	“	Bird C J
131	“	Preston W A [killed 23 July 1916, aged 23]

No 2 Platoon No 8 Section

Reg.No	Rank	Name
581	Cpl	Brown P W Commissioned 10/3/15
764	LCpl	Sanby W Commission
575	Pte	Brooks R A
595	“	Burton W
49	“	Coates
53	“	Cheshire D
1100	“	Deane
147	“	Field F A [killed 23 July 1916, aged 22]
115	“	Howard A
449	“	Ineuds(?) H
89	“	Skett
750	“	Taylor B C
76	“	Thompson A E [killed 23 July 1916, aged 24]

No 3 Platoon No 9 Section

Reg.No	Rank	Name
	2nd Lieu	Lythgoe [killed 26 July 1916]
1030	Sgt	Malin [killed 26 July 1916, aged 45]
249	L Sgt	Curle
382	L Cpl	Hughes Commission 10.3.15
30	Pte	Allen C B [killed 23 July 1916]
85	“	Brooks
15	“	Dowler
230	“	Findlay
149	“	Farnell A B [killed 23 July 1916, aged 25]
150	“	Farnell A C [killed 23 July 1916]
202	“	Goode
200	“	Gibson
158	“	Gledhill
(1?)67	“	Instone
108	“	Jennings
(?)8	“	Lund
(?) 39	“	M Michael Commissioned
?8	“	Pain
?	“	Proe

No 3 Platoon No 10 Section

Reg No	Rank	Name
781	LSgt	Keep A B Commission
154	Pte	Bird W H
565	“	Anderton S [killed 23 July 1916, aged 24]
57	“	Coslett F V Commission
50	“	Coslett T C [killed 23 July 1916]
55	“	Caswell J R [transferred to 10th Battalion, died of wounds 15 May 1918, aged 28]
51	“	Clements C A
178	“	Holtham M
172	“	Jones S A
171	“	Jones H A
176	“	Joliffe L D
215	“	McQuay F [killed 30 July 1916]
126	“	Platt S W [killed 23 July 1916, aged 33]
132	“	Wiles F W
1010	“	Willis O
?	Sgt	Rice W G L

No 3 Platoon No 11 Section

Reg No	Rank	Name
1088	Sgt	Kitchen J M A [killed 16 December 1915]
594	LCpl	Burleigh S G Commission 3.5.15
248	“	Curle A C
211	Pte	Sanders V G
324	“	Dawson G
155	“	Hoe A [transferred to 10th battalion, killed 20 June 1917, aged 24]
169	“	Jones F G [killed 23 July 1916, aged 25]
110	“	Jukes A E
218	“	Mansell C P
212	“	Miller N
213	“	Middleton S N
835	“	Northwood J D D
210	“	Sanders V G
144	“	Smith S – Killed 18/3/16
311	“	Thompson V H [killed 23 July 1916, aged 24]

No 3 Platoon No 12 Section

Reg No	Rank	Name
184	LCpl	Langley
384	Pte	Higgins Commission 30.4.15
245	“	Crocksford
243	“	Cartwright
222	“	Evans P M [killed 25 November 1916, aged 24]
209	“	Groves
677	“	Ingram
189	“	Lindner C A
343	“	Lilley
214	“	McNeil
816	“	Onions [killed 23 July 1916, aged 22]
314	“	Turner
285	“	Wilcock
1002	“	Butt

No 4 Platoon No 13 Section

Reg No	Rank	Name
	2nd Lieu	Matthews
244	Sgt	Connolly J P
71	Cpl	Taylor O P
104	Pte	Beddart A J
561	“	Bailey W E
14	“	Davies H V
116	“	Hutton T W M
180	“	Hutton J H M – Transferred to F C
182	“	Homer – Discharged
8	“	Marsh A H
732	“	Sorge F(?)
276	“	Sharrock W – Transferred to F C
93	“	Vint G
94	“	Vint S A [killed 23 July 1916]
?34	“	Watkins A G W

No 4 Platoon No 14 Section

Reg No	Rank	Name
753	LCpl	Plenderleith C B
153	Pte	Bagot F H
194	“	Bentley S T
164	“	Goodings S A
242	“	Heath W R [transferred to 15th Battalion, killed 3 September 1916]
26	“	Kynock E J – Transferred 17.2.15 RFC
117	“	Page F H
120	“	Parsonage F W
143	“	Simmonds F C
711	“	Skerritt H R
17	“	Sidwell W H
18	“	Simons F E
81	“	Sprawson W C
267	“	White G

No 4 Platoon No 15 Section

Reg No	Rank	Name
808	LCpl	Line W R A
205	Pte	Green A P [killed 23 July 1916, aged 21]
1072	“	Groom T R Commission 24/6/15
137	“	Franks J W
806	“	Line F F
346	“	Levi F J
821	“	Mead – Transferred to AOC(?)
773	“	Plenderleith N(?) W(?)
486	“	Rudd O [killed 23 July 1916, aged 19]
485	“	Rudd A W
484	“	Rosenthall A
140	“	Roberts W
274	“	Scott R W [killed 3 September 1916, aged 21]
496	“	Warren-Boulton [killed 23 July 1916, aged 19]
82	“	Tiernay J T F [killed 23 July 1916, aged 26]

No 4 Platoon No 16 Section

Reg No	Rank	Name
1067	C?S	Patchett H T
38	Cpl	Morey S K(?)
25	LCpl	Kirk H G
56	“	Cranmer F W
77	Pte	Alldridge H
825	“	Jervis N E
824	“	Jervis A C – Commission 25/3/25
175	“	Jones H B
380	“	Hanson T R [killed 23 July 1916]
303	“	Phelps E J
80	“	Silk E G [killed 20 September 1918]
744	“	Stones S
24	“	Mann S
44	“	Nickson S C [killed 23 July 1916, aged 24]
83	“	Troman C G [killed 23 July 1916, aged 27]
98	“	Troman J H