8th MIDDLESEX

[David Seymour]

Can anyone help with what might be a very long shot – but quite an intriguing one – about the 8th Middlesex? A pupil showed me a Bible today which had an inscription which referred to its use to swear in twenty-two recruits to the “8th Middlesex Territorials” on 8 September 1914. Having checked Chris’ Infantry section it seems likely that this would have been the 2/8th formed at Hampton Court in Sept 1914.

I wonder who they were and how many survived? Is it possible to find out that sort of thing?

As my pupil said, it was quite eerie holding such a Bible and thinking about the men who had gone on from that moment to who knows what in the war!

Many thanks,

David

[Terry_Reeves]

David

These are the men fom the battalion who are listed as killed/died.

TF 3253 L/Cpl Harry Bradfield, Died Egypt 14.10.15. Enlisted Ealing

TF 4839 Pte Walter George Garrett , Died Egypt 20.12.15. Enlisted Hounslow

TF 241287 Cpl Bert Oswald Hilton, Died Home 15.6.17. Enlisted Hounslow

TF 3530 L/Cpl William Ernest James Lloyd, Died Egypt 18.10.15. Enlisted Hounslow

TF 2852 James John Henry Potter, Died Egypt 1.2.16. Enlisted Uxbridge

TF 3547 Pte Ronald Reakes Died Egypt 13.2.16. Enlisted Ealing

There are also two other men one of whom originally enlisted in the Rifle Brigade and the other who enlisted in Liverpool.

Hope this leads to some other clues.

Terry Reeves

[David Seymour]

Terry,

Many thanks.

I'll have another look at the Bible and see where its owner lived. Perhaps that will help.

Regards,

David