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The Book of Remembrance for the Buffs Regiment in the Warrior Chapel, Canterbury
Cathedral
Photo : Chris
Hall
The Book of Remembrance for the Buffs (East Kent) Regiment is a red leather bound Book with ornate cover decoration featuring the regimental badge of the Buffs (East Kent) Regiment. The commemorations are in Illuminated script.
4493 names are commemorated as having lost their lives in the First World war.
The following 15 soldiers are those who had previously served in the Yorkshire Regiment but had been transferred to the Buffs (East Kent) Regiment.
Private Walter Edward Armitage. G14597. 7th Battalion the Buffs
(East Kent Regiment). Formerly 38101 the Yorkshire Regiment. Son of Mary Elizabeth
Roebuck (formerly Armitage, of 15, Cross St., Crosland Moor, Huddersfield,
and the late Charles Armitage, of Skelmanthorpe. Killed 26 August 1918. Aged
29.
Born Skelmanthorpe (Yorks), Enlisted Huddersfield, Resided Huddersfield.
Buried DANTZIG ALLEY BRITISH CEMETERY.
Lance Corporal Thomas Breckon. T/206093. 7th Battalion The Buffs
(East Kent Regiment), formerly 3517 2nd/4th Battalion Yorkshire Regiment.
Husband of Ellen Breckon, of 7, Oldham St., Lingdale, Yorks. Killed 18 September
1918. Aged 25.
Enlisted Saltburn (Yorks), Resided Lingdale (Boosbeck - Yorks).
Commemorated Panel 3, VIS-EN-ARTOIS MEMORIAL.
Private Samuel Brown. G14574. 10th (R. East Kent and West Kent Yeomanry)
Bn. The Buffs (East Kent Regiment), formerly G/87612 17th Battalion the Yorkshire
Regiment. Killed 14 October 1918.
Born Chesterfield (Derby), Enlisted Derby, Resided Borrowash (Derby).
Buried LAPUGNOY MILITARY CEMETERY.
Private John Boyes, T/206065. 1st Battalion The Buffs (East Kent
Regiment). Formerly 1482 5th Battalion Yorkshire Regiment. Killed 18 September
1918.
Born Pickering (Yorks), Enlisted Pickering (Yorks), Resided Pickering (Yorks).
Commemorated Panel 3, VIS-EN-ARTOIS MEMORIAL.
Private Joshua Carrack. G/14656. 7th Battalion The Buffs (East Kent
Regiment), formerly 35345 the Yorkshire Regiment. Killed 22 August 1918.
Enlisted Leeds (Yorks ), Resided Newtown (Leeds - Yorks).
Buried ALBERT COMMUNAL CEMETERY EXTENSION.
Private Walter Frost. G/14612. 7th Battalion The Buffs (East Kent
Regiment), formerly 33988 13th Battalion the Yorkshire Regiment. Killed 19
September 1918.
Born Holbeach (Lincs), Enlisted Woolwich (Kent), Resided Long Sutton (Lincs).
Buried PERONNE COMMUNAL CEMETERY EXTENSION.
Private John Cyril Holich, G/14621.
7th Battalion The Buffs (East Kent Regiment), formerly 24941 the Yorkshire
Regiment. Killed 23 August 1918.
Born Hull (Yorks), Enlisted Hull (Yorks), Resided Hull (Yorks).
Commemorated Panel 3, VIS-EN-ARTOIS MEMORIAL.
Private Joseph Holland, G/14658. 7th Battalion The Buffs (East Kent
Regiment), formerly 11329 7th Battalion the Yorkshire Regiment. Son of George
and Elizabeth Holland, of Sheffield; husband of Eliza Holland, of 100, Stirling
St., Grimsby, Lincs. Killed 19 September 1918. Aged 32.
Born St. Phillip's - Sheffield (Yorks), Enlisted Sheffield (Yorks), Resided
Sheffield (Yorks).
Buried TEMPLEUX-LE-GUERARD BRITISH CEMETERY.
Private William Ipson. 206070. 1st Battalion The Buffs (East Kent
Regiment), formerly 3508 5th Battalion the Yorkshire Regiment. Killed 17 October
1918.
Born Malton (Yorks), Enlisted Malton (Yorks).
Buried BRANDCOURT-LE-GRAND MILITARY CEMETERY.
Private Edward Mead. G/14657. 7th Battalion Buffs (East Kent Regiment)
formerly 7908 6th Battalion Yorkshire Regiment. Son of Manuel and Ann Mead,
of Chesterfield; husband of Sarah Mead, of 26, Arthur St., West Hartlepool.
Killed 3 October 1918. Aged 37.
Born Whittington (Derbyshire), Enlisted Chesterfield (Derbyshire), Resided
Whittington (Chesterfield, Derbyshire).
Buried DOINGT COMMUNAL CEMETERY EXTENSION.
Private John Robert Waller. G/14651. 7th Battalion Buffs (East Kent
Regiment), formerly 8356 Yorkshire Regiment. Son of Annie Waller, of 26, Westonville
Terrace, Winter St., Sheffield, late of Thornton-le-Dale, Pickering, and the
late Vickerman Waller. Killed 3 October 1918. Aged 33.
Born Thornton-le-Dale (Yorks), Enlisted Pickering (Yorks), Resided Thornton-le-Dale
(Yorks).
Buried ST. SEVER CEMETERY EXTEMSION,ROUEN.
Private Frederick Ward. 206060. 1st
Battalion The Buffs (East Kent Regiment), formerly 2191 5th Battalion the
Yorkshire Regiment. Killed 18 September
1918.
Enlisted Beverley (Yorks), Resided Beverley (Yorks).
Buried TREFCON BRITISH CEMETERY, CAULAINCOURT.
Private John William Warwick. 14922. 1st Battalion The Buffs (East
Kent Regiment), formerly 5622 the Yorkshire Regiment. Son of John and Mary
Warwick, of Scarborough. Killed 30 October 1918. Aged 32.
Born Scarborough (Yorks), Enlisted Scarborough, Resided Scarborough (Yorks).
Buried LANDRECIES BRITISH CEMETERY.
Private George Arthur Whittington, G/14889. 10th (R. East Kent and
West Kent Yeomanry) Battalion The Buffs (East Kent Regiment), formerly T/4070
the Yorkshire Regiment. Son of Richard and Rachel Whittington, of 3, Garnet
St., Saltburn-by-the-Sea, Yorks. Killed 22 September 1918. Aged 37.
Born Saltburn (Yorks), Enlisted Saltburn (Yorks), Resided Saltburn-by-the-Sea
(Yorks).
Buried DOINGT COMMUNAL CEMETERY EXTENSION.
Private Thomas Wilson. G/14565. 1st Battalion The Buffs (East Kent
Regiment), formerly G/30608 the Yorkshire Regiment. Killed 18 September 1918.
Born Shap (Westmoreland), Enlisted Settle (Yorks), Resided Stainforth (Nr.
Settle - Yorks).
Commemorated on Panel 3, VIS-EN-ARTOIS MEMORIAL.
Names
"S" (part) in the Book of Remembrance for the Buffs Regiment in
the Warrior Chapel, Canterbury Cathedral
Photo : Stephen Palmer of the Imperial War Museum's Register
of War Memorials website
Aerial
View of Canterbury Cathedral
Photo : © Copyright John
Fielding and licensed for reuse under this Creative
Commons Licence.
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