Chums of The Old Contemptibles’ Association (234)

Chum Albert James Aldridge – Hertford Branch: 1020, Royal Army Medical Corps attached Royal Engineers

Chum Joseph Thomas Austin – Portsmouth & District Branch: 34375, 116^th Heavy Battery, Royal Garrison Artillery

Chum William Baker – St Albans Branch: 38899, No. 6 Siege Battery, Royal Garrison Artillery

Chum Edward Harty Batham – Uxbridge Branch: 38015, 9^th Battery, XLI Brigade Royal Field Artillery

Chum William Charles Bennett – St Albans Branch: MS/562, 7^th Ammunition Park, Army Service Corps

Chum Joshua Betts – Medway Towns Branch: L/9911, 1^st Battalion, The Queen’s (Royal West Surrey Regiment)

Chum William George Bowles (Benny) – St Albans Branch: 6483, 1^st Battalion, The King’s Own (Royal Lancaster Regiment)

Chum William Boxall – Brighton & Hove Branch: L/8153, 2^nd Battalion, The Royal Sussex Regiment

Chum Charles Bunday – Southampton Branch: 7471, 2^nd Battalion, Scots Guards

Chum Charles Thomas Choules M.S.M. – Canterbury Branch: L/48, 9^th (Queen’s Royal) Lancers

Chum Harry Clark – Medway Towns Branch: L/11647, 1^st Battalion, The Duke of Cambridge’s Own (Middlesex Regiment)

Chum Fred Coxall (Joe) – St Albans Branch: 9246, “A” Company, 2^nd Battalion, The Bedfordshire Regiment

Chum Sidney Darby – St Albans Branch: 1896, 1/1^st Battalion, The Hertfordshire Regiment (Territorial Force)

Chum William Drain – Lichfield Branch: 6151, 1^st Battalion, The Worcestershire Regiment

Chum Robert Emery – Barking Branch: 69512, 125^th Battery, XXIX Brigade, Royal Field Artillery

Chum William George Garnham – Ipswich & District Branch: 38026, No. 1 Siege Battery, Royal Garrison Artillery

Chum William David Garrard – Founder (Hackney) Branch: 8898, 1^st Battalion, The Duke of Cornwall’s Light Infantry

Chum Lieutenant Frank le Heup Ginger – Torbay & District Branch: 1869, 1/9^th (County of London) Battalion, The London Regiment (Queen Victoria’s Rifles) (Territorial Force)

Chum Albert Harry Gregory – Slough Branch: SS/855, 3^rd Cavalry Divisional Supply Column, Army Service Corps

Chum Charles Albert Harper – Folkestone & District Branch: S/20656, Supply Directorate, Army Service Corps

Chum William Henry Hodge – Toronto Branch: 8399, 2^nd Battalion, The Devonshire Regiment

Chum Edgar Stephen Howard – Margate Branch: 20366, 10^th Field Ambulance, Royal Army Medical Corps[1]

Chum William Thomas Jones – Worcester Branch: 10457, 1^st Battalion, The King’s (Shropshire Light Infantry)

Chum Llewellyn Kelsall – Manchester & Salford Branch: 6982, 1^st Battalion, The Cheshire Regiment

Chum John Henry Kerwood – Southampton Branch: 1850, 26^th (3^rd Wessex) Field Ambulance, Royal Army Medical Corps (Territorial Force)

Chum Arthur George Frederick King – Southend-on-Sea Branch: 18809, 6^th Divisional Signal Company, Royal Engineers Signal Service

Chum Walter Le Cheminant – Guernsey Branch: 6237, 3^rd Battalion, The Rifle Brigade (Prince Consort’s Own)[2]

Chum Samuel Levy (Paddy) – Hull Branch: 7994, 1^st Battalion, The Prince of Wales’s Own (West Yorkshire Regiment)[3]

Chum James Henry Marriott (Jim) – Watford Branch: 63911, 30^th (Howitzer) Battery, XLIII (Howitzer) Brigade, Royal Field Artillery[4]

Chum Albert Arthur Martin – Portsmouth & District Branch: 3/2629, 1^st Battalion, The Hampshire Regiment

Chum John Mendham – Basingstoke Branch: M/21227, Advanced Mechanical Transport Depot, Army Service Corps

Chum Dudley Mills – Mid-Somerset Branch: 19301, 57^th Field Company, Royal Engineers

Chum Charles Nobbs – Isle of Wight Branch: 37985, XXX (Howitzer) Brigade, Royal Field Artillery[5]

Chum Lieutenant-Colonel Charles Alexander Organ D.S.O. – Jersey Branch: 1^st Cavalry Divisional Train, Army Service Corps

Chum Lieutenant-Colonel James Paterson M.C. – St Albans Branch: 1/14^th (County of London) Battalion, The London Regiment (London Scottish) (Territorial Force)

Chum Christopher Phillips – Cardiff Branch: 7958, 1^st Battalion, The King’s (Shropshire Light Infantry)

Chum Lieutenant-Colonel Claud Furniss Potter C.M.G., D.S.O. – Belfast Branch: 28^th Battery, IX Brigade, Royal Field Artillery

Chum Walter Seymour Poulton – Cirencester Branch: 6365, 13^th Field Ambulance, Royal Army Medical Corps

Chum James William Prior – Belfast Branch: 66346, 122^nd Battery, XXVIII Brigade, Royal Field Artillery

Chum William Henry Ratty M.M. – Chelmsford Branch: 21750, 6^th Divisional Ammunition Column, Royal Field Artillery[6]

Chum Albert John Russell – Bedford Branch: 6487, 1^st Battalion, The Leicestershire Regiment

Chum Arthur John Skelton – Luton Branch: 3/6251, 2^nd Battalion, The Bedfordshire Regiment

Chum Thomas Alfred  Smale – Brighton & Hove Branch: MS/3206, 1^st Divisional Supply Column, Army Service Corps[7]

Chum William E. Smith – Hounslow Branch: 10188, 2^nd Battalion, The Royal Scots Fusiliers

Chum George Ernest Stares – Worthing Branch: L/8425, 1^st Battalion, The Buffs (East Kent Regiment)

Chum James Stone – Leeds & District Branch: 9793, 1^st Battalion, The Prince of Wales’s Own (West Yorkshire Regiment)

Chum James Voller – Hounslow Branch: 49089, 105^th Battery, XXII Brigade, Royal Field Artillery[8]

Chum Robert Wells M.M. – Guildford Branch: L/10698, 1^st Battalion, The Queen’s (Royal West Surrey Regiment)

Chum George Wood M.M. – Chippenham Branch: 6466, 1^st Battalion, The Duke of Edinburgh’s (Wiltshire Regiment)

Chum Lieutenant John Woods – Ulster No. 1 Branch and Belfast Branch: 21252, 26^th Heavy Battery, Royal Garrison Artillery

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[1] No unit recorded on the 1914 Star Roll (Royal Army Medical Corps Details, Sheet 42), but stated on his Obituary Notice published in ‘The Old Contemptible’ No. 369, November 1964.

[2] Issued with the Clasp and Roses to his 1914 Star on 11 July 1955, following his application to join the Guernsey Branch, which was formed the same year.

[3] Joined the Hull Branch in January 1927. Recorded as Sam Levi on Medal Index Card and Medal Rolls.

[4] Battery confirmed from surviving service record.

[5] Joined the Isle of Wight Branch in 1938.

[6] Recorded on his Obituary Notice published in ‘The Old Contemptible’ No. 373, February 1965 as having served with 24^th Battery R.F.A. His unit is confirmed from the 1914 Star Roll.

[7] Joined the Brighton & Hove Branch in 1938.

[8] No unit recorded on the 1914 Star Roll (Royal Field Artillery 31^st Supplementary Roll), but confirmed from surviving service record and his Obituary Notice published in ‘The Old Contemptible’ No. 369, November 1964.