British school registers and rolls of honor

[rflory]

Cpt Maurice Lupton, W Yorks

Born on 4 June 1888 the second son of Francis Martineau Lupton of Rockland, Newton Park, Leeds

Educated at Rugby School from May 1902 to 1906 and at Trinity College, U of Cambridge (BA, 1909)

Before the war was Workshop Manager of Hathorn, Davey & Co., Engineers at Leeds

In February 1909 he was gazetted to the Leeds Rifles, TF

Promoted to Lieutenant in 1911

Promoted to Captain in 1913

During the Great War was a Captain in the 7th Bn, W Yorks Regiment

Went to France with his Unit in April 1915

KIA by a sniper bullet in the trenches at Lille on 19 June 1915.

The photo of Cpt M Lupton, below, is from the second-listed source.

Sources: Rugby School Register, Annotated, 1892-1921; Memorials of Rugbeians Who Fell in the Great War, Volume III; Rugby School War Register; The War List of the University of Cambridge 1914-1919.

[rflory]

Major Francis Ashford Lupton, W Yorks Regiment

Born on 31 Jan 1885, the eldest son of Francis Martineau Lupton of 11 Wellington Street, Leeds

Educated at Rugby School from May 1900 to 1904 and at Trinity College, Cambridge where he gained Natural Science Tripos.

Worked in the Leeds University Textile Department for a year and then was a Partner in Wm. Lupton & Co., Woollen Manufacturers at Leeds

Gazetted to the 8th Bn, W Yorks Regt. in 1905

In August 1914 he married Dorothy Winifred, the eldest daughter of Charles Davison, SC.D. of Birmingham and left one daughter.

Captain and Adjutant from 1915 to 1916

Went to France with the 2/8th Bn, W Yorks Regt. in Jan 1917

KIA at Miraumont on the night of 19 Feb 1917 when he went out with one man on reconnaissance and did not return. His body was later found and buried at Miraumont Cemetary.

The photo of Major F A Lupton, below, is from the second-listed source.

Sources: Rugby School Register, Annotated, 1892-1921; Memorials of Rugbeians Who Fell in the Great War, Volume IV; Rugby School War Register; The War List of the University of Cambridge 1914-1919.

[bruce]

I am happy to look up any Old Brentwood in "Everyone a Hero" by Godfrey Thomas......on old boys of Brentwood School killed in conflicts since 1914, and sadly including 2008.

[Auto]

Hi Dick,

Thank you very much for all the information and photos of Lionel Lupton and his brothers!

[Auto]

Hi Dick,

I have just seen a post from a few years back which is photos of men and officers found in the Yorkshire Rugby Football Union, In Memoriam, 1914-1919.

Captain M. Lupton 7th West Yorks is listed under Leeds Rifles RFC. I was wondering if the photo is different from the one you posted recently?

Once again many thanks, David.

[rflory]

David: The photo of Captain M. Lupton in Yorkshire Rugby Football Union "In Memoriam 1914-19 is the same as the one I posted from Rugby School. Regards, Dick Flory

[Hambo]

Dick

Me again. Still finding the odd boy from my prep school research.

I am looking for a J. Henry, who according to the records went to Eton in the Spring of 1895 they mention service in South Africa during the Boer War but then the trail goes cold

thanks as always

John

[Guest Durnovarian]

Hi,

I wonder if you can help me please?

I am looking for information on two men who attended Charterhouse:

Major Denzil Hughes-Onslow, Dorset Regiment and Lieutenant Colonel Alan Roderick Haig-Brown, middlesex Regiment.

Many thanks,

Brian

[jacobsdjl]

Hi Dick, Can you help me trace where Ty/Ltn Charles William Comyns, RMA Howitzer Brigade, buried at the Belgian military cemetary of Steenkerke (Flanders/Western Front - source: CWGC), date of death 9 November 1917, might have got killed and to which Howitzer battery gun he was attached?

The Royal Naval Casualty list reports for 9 November 1917 the following.

Friday 9 November 1917 - Western Front

RMA, Howitzer Brigade, Belgium

COMYNS, Charles W, Ty/Lieutenant, RMA

HOLLAND, John, Gunner, RMA, RMA 515

HUTSON, Frederick R, Gunner, RMA, RMA 789, DOW

JONES, Arnold W, Gunner, RMA, RMA 1910

KETTERINGHAM, Percy, Sergeant, RMA, RMA 11421

TAYLOR, Walter, Gunner, RMA, RMA 2247

WOODWARD, William E, Gunner, RMA, RMA 779

All these seven men are buried at the cemetary of Steenkerke - all reported to have died on 9 November 1917. I would like to know what exactly happened to them, where they were located. This may help to elucidate why they are all buried at Steenkerke.

If anyone has some information from battery diaries or other sources, I would be delighted to hear about it.

I am also looking for the army service record of Charles W. Comyns.

Many thanks

Danielle

[jacobsdjl]

Hi Dick, Can you help me trace where Ty/Ltn Charles William Comyns, RMA Howitzer Brigade, buried at the Belgian military cemetary of Steenkerke (Flanders/Western Front - source: CWGC), date of death 9 November 1917, might have got killed and to which Howitzer battery gun he was attached?

The Royal Naval Casualty list reports for 9 November 1917 the following.

Friday 9 November 1917 - Western Front

RMA, Howitzer Brigade, Belgium

COMYNS, Charles W, Ty/Lieutenant, RMA

HOLLAND, John, Gunner, RMA, RMA 515

HUTSON, Frederick R, Gunner, RMA, RMA 789, DOW

JONES, Arnold W, Gunner, RMA, RMA 1910

KETTERINGHAM, Percy, Sergeant, RMA, RMA 11421

TAYLOR, Walter, Gunner, RMA, RMA 2247

WOODWARD, William E, Gunner, RMA, RMA 779

All these seven men are buried at the cemetary of Steenkerke - all reported to have died on 9 November 1917. I would like to know what exactly happened to them, where they were located. This may help to elucidate why they are all buried at Steenkerke.

If anyone has some information from battery diaries or other sources, I would be delighted to hear about it.

I am also looking for the army service record of Charles W. Comyns.

Many thanks

Danielle

Hello,

I had posted my request under another section and received the following reply from Horatio2:

"Blumberg's "Britain's Sea Soldiers" indicates that this incident involved No.5 Howitzer at Oost Kerke... "Out of action owing to shell fire on 6th and 7th [November 1917]. Dismounted 8/9th one officer and six other ranks killed and 11 wounded. Gun taken to workshop at Hazebrouck."

The officer will not have an "army service record" but an RMA record (in the Admiralty ADM Series at Kew). "

Very helpful indeed and I am very grateful to Horatio2 for this information. Is there a way that you could help me get access to Ltn. Charles William Comyns' RMA Record?

Danielle

[rflory]

Danielle: I am in California and do not have access to The National Archives. Dick Flory

[Rab]

Hi Dick,

I'd really appreciate you doing a search on Captain Charles Brian Stead of 8th West Yorkshire Regiment please. He attended Sedbergh School 1911 -1914.

Thanks,

Rab

[stuart714]

Dick

Wondered if you had any information on the following:

Captain Harold Edward Pope M.C and Bar

Date of death – 24th August 1918

Service – 118th Heavy Battery transferred to 1st / 2nd Lancashire Heavy Battery, Royal Garrison Artillery

Place of burial – Heath Cemetery, Harbonnieres, grave III E 8.

I have his obit from local newspaper that says he was educated at Winchester and New College, Oxford. But would be interested if you have anything.

I can email his obit if you are interested.

Stuart

[rflory]

Rab wrote:

I'd really appreciate you doing a search on Captain Charles Brian Stead of 8th West Yorkshire Regiment please. He attended Sedbergh School 1911 -1914.

Captain Charles Brian Stead, W Yorks

Born on 29 January 1897, the son of C. Stead of Leeds

Educated at Sedbergh School from 1911 to December 1914

Lieutenant, West Yorkshire Regt.

Wounded March 1918

Croix de Guerre (Belgium), April 1918

Military Cross, February 1918

Died of Wounds, 28 September 1918

Sources: Sedbergh School Record of War Service 1914-1918; Sedbergh School Register, 1875 to 1928.

Regards, Dick Flory

[Rab]

Thanks very much, Dick.

Regards,

Rab

[rflory]

Stuart wrote:

Wondered if you had any information on the following: Captain Harold Edward Pope M.C and Bar

Captain Harold Edward Pope, MC*, RGA

Born on 30 May 1882, the eldest son of Rev. Arthur Frederick Pope, The Furlong, Vicar of Tring and Catherine Isabella Ellen, daughter of Major James Rose, Kilravock, Nairn.

Educated at Winchester College from Short Half 1895 to 1900 and at New College, Oxford from 1900 to 1904, BA in Natural Sciences in 1904.

From 1904 to 1906 was at the Royal School of Mines, South Kennsington

Employed as Assistant Manager, Borneo Company at Sarawak from from 1906 to 1911

Assistant Geologist, Langkat Oil Company, Sumatra from 1911 to 1914

At the beginning of the war returned to the UK and joined the Inns of Court OTC Squadron (Regt. No. 2878)

Commissioned as a 2nd Lieutenant, RGA on 19 March 1915

Served during the Great War first with 118th Heavy Battery, RGA and later as a Captain in 1/2nd Lancashire Heavy Battery, RGA

Military Cross as T/Lt (A/Capt) in the London Gazette of 16 Aug 1917 with the following citation: "For conspicuous gallantry and devotion to duty. He showed the greatest personal courage and presence of mind in climbing on to the top of a blazing gun-pit and extinguishing a fire which was threatening to blow up the whole of the ammunition at any moment. There were thirty rounds of high explosive shell in the blazing pit whilst he was standing on the top."

Bar to the Military Cross as T/Lt (A/Capt) in the London Gazette of 4 Feb 1918; citation LG 5 Jul 1918: "For conspicuous gallantry and devotion to duty. He kept his battery in action under direct machine-gun and snipers' fire, and checked the enemy's advance. He did not cease fire till the enemy was within 200 yards and the infantry had withdrawn through his position. He then personally superintended the dismantling of his guns."

Killed in action at Bayonvillers near Amiens on 24 August 1918 while acting as Heavy Artillery Liaison Officer for the 32nd Division Artillery.

The photo below is from the third mentioned source.

Sources: Winchester College Register, 1884-1934; Wykehamist War Service Roll, October 1919; Wykehamists Who Died in the War 1914-1918, Volume 1; Royal School of Mines, Register of Old Students, 1932; The Inns of Court OTC During the Great War; Roll of Sons and Daughters of Anglican Church Clergy Throughout the World; War Diary of the 32nd Divisional Artillery, 24 August 1918; London Gazette.

[stuart714]

Dick

Thank you very much for your prompt reply and all the info and photo supplied.

What a resource of books - I bow to your majesty.

Stuart

[rflory]

Brian wrote:

I am looking for information on two men who attended Charterhouse: 0Major Denzil Hughes-Onslow, Dorset Regiment and Lieutenant Colonel Alan Roderick Haig-Brown, middlesex Regiment.

LCol Alan Roderick Haig Brown

Born on 6 Sept 77 the son of Rev. Canon William Haig Brown, LLD, Headmaster and Master of Charterhouse

Attended Charterhouse from Oration Quarter 1890 to Summer 1896 and Pembroke College, Cambridge (MA, CU Football XI, 1898, 1899)

Assistant Master at Lancing College from 1906 to 1915

Lieutenant, 2nd Vol. Bn., R Sussex Rgt, 1906

OC, Lancing Officer Training Corps from 1906-1915

Transferred to 23rd Bn, Middlesex Regt as Major and 2nd-in-Command in December 1915

In 1917 he was appointed as OC, 23rd Middlesex Regiment, DSO, 2MID, twice wounded

Served in France from 1916-1918 and in Italy from 1917-1918

Married Violet Mary, 2nd daughter of Alfred Pope of Wrackleford, Dorset and they had one son and two daughters

Killed in Action near Bapaume, 25 March 1918

Author of Sporting Sonnets; My Game Book; and The OTC in the Great War

The photo is from the last named source.

Sources: Charterhouse Register 1872-1931; Charterhouse in London, 1921; Pembroke College, Cambridge War List 1914-1918; Officer Training Corps (Junior Division) Record of War Service 1914-1918; The Distinguished Service Order 1886-1923; The Lancing Register, 1954; The Lancing Roll of Honour.

Major Denzil Hughes-Onslow

Born on 20 Dec 63, the second son of H. Y. Hughes-Onslow of Balkissock, Ayr

Attended Charterhouse School from Long Quarter 1877 to Long Quarter 1881

Commissioned into the Cheshire Regt in 1884

Transferred to the Dorsetshire Regt in 1888

Captain, 1891

Retired in 1892

Joined the 3rd Dorsetshire Regiment in 1902

Retired as an Hon. Major in 1904

During the Great War he was a Major in the 6th Bn, Dorset Regt

Mentioned in Despatches

Killed in action on 10 July 1916

In 1888 he married Marion, the only daughter of George Oliver of Laggan, Ayrshire

Sources: Charterhouse Register 1872-1931; Charterhouse in London, 1921.

Photo of LCol A R Haig Brown:

[doogal]

Hi rflory,

I'd be grateful for a look-up for a 2nd Lt H Brown who went to the Durham School. His first name was Harold. Any remaining information would be helpful.

with thanks

doogal

[rflory]

Doogal wrote: I'd be grateful for a look-up for a 2nd Lt H Brown who went to the Durham Schoo

Harold Brown

Born in 1893, the son of Rev. A. Brown, Vicar of St. John's, Monk Hesleden, Castle Eden

Educated at Durham School from May 1910 to April 1912 (played on the XV in 1911).

Employed as an incorporated accountant articled to Messrs. W. T. Walton and Sons, W. Hartlepool and London from 1912

Served in the ranks, RGA from 1916-1917

with 20th Officer Cadet Battalion, 1917-1918

Commissioned as a 2nd Lieut., 1918 and posted to France as an escort officer to German officer POW camp

Posted to Ministry of Shipping, in charge of Finance Section for audit work, 1919-1921

Partner in the firm of Messrs. Curry, Brown, and Company, Newcastle on Tyne - 1921

With General Motors in Sao Paulo, Brazil until 1932

Then Secretary to Scofa Milling Co., Ltd

In 1939 he lived at 14 Lebanon Park, Twickenham, Middlesex

Sources: The War Record of Old Dunelmians; Durham School Register, Third Edition, to - 1939.

[doogal]

rflory,

Thank-you for the look-up.

It's taken me a number of years to track down this officer's details, so to be able to add this kind of biography as well is a big bonus:

Also, only a month ago, I was undertaking a job just 100 yards away from his 1939 address in Twickenham.

regards and thanks again

doogal

[Guest]

Dear Dick,

Recently, you were able to find one of our Cenotaph men, Clement Chamberlain Cafferata, in records from Downside - St. Gregory College.

One of the research group has now found another mention of him (perhaps a photo) in the Stonyhurst Roll of Honour. I would be grateful if you had this record.

Thanks,

Helen

[rflory]

Sergeant Clement Cafferata

Born in September 1886, the son of R. P. C. Cafferata of Staunton Hall, Orston, Notts

Came to Stonyhurst from Downside as a philosopher in 1905 and remained at the college for two years.

"He was a cheery, energetic boy, very fond of games and sports, and a most enthusiastic and angler. With his fellow philosophers he was always very popular. He took a prominent part with them in plays and other representative reunions."

After leaving Stonyhurst he studied medicine at the University of Edinburgh and passed all his exams except the final exam, when he gave up the idea of becoming a doctor and left the University.

In autumn 1909 he went to Canada where after prospecting for mica for sometime, he started a land agency.

He later farmed at Corteny Island, near Vancouver and did a good deal of salmon fishing.

In Canada in 1914 he married Marion Fraser, a Scottish girl.

In October 1915 he enlisted as a private in the 158th Duke of Connaught's Own.

He went to the UK in November 1916 and to France in January 1919 where he was transferred to a Canadian Forestry battalion due to his bad eyesight.

On 8 February 1919 he died of pleurisy in the Canadian Military Hospital at Eastbourne.

Interesting he is not listed in the University of Edinburgh Roll of Honour 1914-1919. I have attached his photo from the Stonyhurst War Record.

Source: Stonyhurst War Record: A Memorial of the Part Taken by Stonyhurst Men in the Great War.

[Guest]

Dear Dick,

Again, thank you so much for finding this information for us - and so quickly. The photo is the one that is on the Virtual War Memorial. We are delighted to have this confirmed. The details that you have found add so much to what we know. We had found two mentions of him in The Scotsman (Edinburgh) in 1909 as having achieved certificates in medical courses. To read of him described as a philosopher, and to know that he came from a wealthy family and was studying medicine, and that he came to the relative wilds of British Columbia as a "rancher" is fascinating! He had property on Cortes Island near Quadra Island and Campbell River.

Cheers,

Helen

[Derek Robertson]

Dick,

Do you have any information on Alexander Noel Hepburne-Scott?

He was educated at Repton School, and Balliol College, Oxford.

He is mentioned on the Roberton War Memorial in the Scottish Borders BUT rather surprisingly, his death in 1915 is not mentioned in any of the local newspapers of the time.