Chums of The Old Contemptibles’ Association (131)

Chum Robert William Barber – Tonbridge Branch: 2814, 1st Life Guards, Household Cavalry Composite Regiment

Chum Henry Cavill – Aldershot & District Branch: 3425, 4th (Queen’s Own) Hussars

Chum John Edward (Ted) Challoner – Birmingham Branch: 69537, XXXVIII Brigade, Royal Field Artillery

Chum Edward Duncan Hopkinson – Halifax (Nova Scotia) Branch: 4461, 1st Battalion, The King’s Royal Rifle Corps

Chum Robert Hyndman – Edinburgh Branch: 10817, 2nd Battalion, The Royal Scots (Lothian Regiment)

Chum Herbert Ide – Romford & District (Eric Wright) Branch: 698, 6th Field Ambulance, Royal Army Medical Corps

Chum Willie Ideson – Keighley Branch: 9244, 2nd Battalion, The Duke of Wellington’s (West Riding Regiment)

Chum Walter George Iggulden – Herefordshire Branch: CMT/3129, 1st Cavalry Division Ammunition Park, Army Service Corps

Chum Captain Alfred John Hopkinson Iles M.R.C.S., L.R.C.P. – Taunton Branch: 24th (1st Wessex) Field Ambulance, Royal Army Medical Corps (Territorial Force)

Chum Henry Ilott – City of Oxford Branch: CHT/841 Wagoners’ Special Reserve, attached No. 1 Reserve Park, Army Service Corps

Chum Ernest Edwin Ilsley – Reading Branch: 9861, 2nd Battalion, Princess Charlotte of Wales’s (Royal Berkshire Regiment)

Chum Frank Edward (Ted) Ing – Uxbridge Branch: 59348, 127th Battery, XXIX Brigade, Royal Field Artillery

Chum William Frederick Ingleton – Folkestone & District Branch: L/9792, 1st Battalion, The Buffs (East Kent Regiment)

Chum Lieutenant Charles (Charley) Ingold – West London Branch: H/2376, 3rd (King’s Own) Hussars

Chum Major John Inkster – South Bank Branch: Royal Army Medical Corps (Special Reserve)

Chum Albert George Inman – Hertford Branch: D/687, 2nd Dragoons (Royal Scots Greys)

Chum Charles Inman – Leeds & District Branch: 5231, 1st Battalion, The Prince of Wales’s Own (West Yorkshire Regiment)

Chum David Innes – New South Wales (Australia) Branch: 1857, 2nd Battalion, The Black Watch (Royal Highlanders)

Chum John Donald (Jack) Innocent – Nottingham Branch: 8618, “B” Company, 2nd Battalion, The King’s Own (Yorkshire Light Infantry)

Chum Frank Ireland – Croydon Branch: L/7533, 2nd Battalion, The Royal Sussex Regiment

Chum Henry Francis Irwin – Lichfield Branch: 8314, 1st Battalion, The Cheshire Regiment

Chum Charles Isgar – Bristol Branch: 7576, 1st Battalion, The Duke of Edinburgh’s (Wiltshire Regiment)

Chum Albert Harold Islip – Northampton Branch: 729, 1/1st Northamptonshire Yeomanry (Territorial Force)

Chum Alfred Ernest Ives – Aldershot & District Branch: 14170, 23rd Field Company, Royal Engineers

Chum Herbert Easton Ives – Marlborough Branch: CHT/690, Wagoners’ Special Reserve, attached No. 3 Reserve Park, Army Service Corps

Chum Leonard Walter Jack – Duchy of Cornwall Branch: L/11408, 4th Battalion, The Duke of Cambridge’s Own (Middlesex Regiment)

Chum Henry Jackman – Trowbridge Branch: 19577, No. 1 Bridging Train, Royal Engineers

Chum Albert George Jackson – Bournemouth & District Branch: 66655, 7th Battery, IV Brigade, Royal Field Artillery

Chum Ernest William Jackson – Nottingham Branch: 32610, 71st Battery, XXXVI Brigade, Royal Field Artillery

Chum Joseph Jackson – Keighley Branch: 9066, 2nd Battalion, The Duke of Wellington’s (West Riding Regiment)

Chum Major Lewis Jackson T.D. – Woolwich & District Branch: 36540, 127th Battery, XXIX Brigade, Royal Field Artillery

Chum Tom George Jackson D.C.M. – Croydon Branch: D/5487, 2nd Dragoon Guards (Queen’s Bays)

Chum Charles Bertie Jackson-Willis (served as Charles Jackson Willis) – Croydon Branch: 8747, 2nd Battalion, The Welsh Regiment

Chum Thomas Jago – Camborne Branch: 10404, 2nd Field Company, Royal Engineers   

Chum Thomas James – Camborne Branch: CH/10964, Chatham Battalion, Royal Marine Light Infantry, Royal Naval Division               

Chum William Edward James – Camborne Branch: 1962, 25th (2nd Wessex) Field Ambulance, Royal Army Medical Corps (Territorial Force)

Chum Colonel William Maurice James O.B.E., M.C., M.M. – Exeter Branch: 2014, 1/14th (County of London) Battalion, The London Regiment (London Scottish) (Territorial Force)

Chum George Brumwell Jameson M.C. (G.B.) – London & South East Area: 664, 1/1st Northumberland Yeomanry (Hussars) (Territorial Force)             

Chum George Alfred Janaway M.B.E. – Southampton Branch: 3/4379, 1st Battalion, The Hampshire Regiment.

Chum George Janes – Harrow & Wembley Branch: D/291, 1st (Royal) Dragoons

Chum Frederick William Jarman – Camborne Branch: 2003, 25th (2nd Wessex) Field Ambulance, Royal Army Medical Corps (Territorial Force)

Chum Victor Claude (Vic) Jarvis – Romford & District (Eric Wright) Branch: 619, 1/5th (City of London) Battalion, The London Regiment (London Rifle Brigade) (Territorial Force)

Chum Henry Howard Jay – Bromley & Farnborough Branch: 1449, 1/1st Battalion, The Honourable Artillery Company (Territorial Force)

Chum Lieutenant-Colonel Arthur Alfred Jayne O.B.E., D.S.O., M.C. – Edinburgh Branch and Birmingham Branch: General Headquarters Signals, Royal Engineers Signal Service

Chum John Henry Joynerwood – Clacton-on-Sea Branch: 4311, 1/1st Battalion, The Hertfordshire Regiment (Territorial Force)

Chum Arthur Moorhouse – Derby Branch: 13589, 57th Field Company, Royal Engineers

Chum Harry Nevitt – Halifax (Nova Scotia) Branch: 2083, 1st Battalion, The Royal Warwickshire Regiment[1]

Chum Henry Charles Perry – Trowbridge Branch: 35551, III Brigade, Royal Horse Artillery

Chum Patrick Tracey – Halifax (Nova Scotia) Branch: 9417, 2nd Battalion, The Royal Dublin Fusiliers

Chum Thomas Edward Trapp (served as Edward Trapp) – South Staffordshire Branch: 68906, VIII (Howitzer) Brigade, Royal Field Artillery


[1] Recorded on the 1914 Star Roll as having deserted on 13 September 1915. Nevitt joined the Halifax (Nova Scotia) Branch on its formation in 1930 and his Medal Index Card indicates that no medals were issued to him.

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