WW1 Casualties 1914-19           Francis J. Rogers     W.Bernard Woodall      Reginald Ives   Norman Hatch     Casualties   Joseph Arnold 8th KRRC , L/C , Son of Mr. and Mrs. J. Arnold, of 5, Wills St., Smethwick, Staffs.   William Arnold (William Henry) L/C. 1st East Surrey Regt. 18 years old. Killed 20th October 1918. Son of Henry and Annie Arnold, of "Allandale," 36, de Freville Avenue, Cambridge.   John Aspinall (John Vincent) Captain , 11 Squadron RAF. Killed 15th May 1918. Accounted for 7 enemy aircraft before himself being shot down. Arras Flying Services Memorial.   Joseph Avery   Robert Bickerdike MC Son of Thomas and Ann E. Bickerdike, of Barkston Ash, Yorks. Captain. 13th Bn. West Yorkshire Regiment (Prince of Wales's Own)   Robert Blake James Robert (Bobbie) Blake. L/C Royal Fusiliers. 8th October 1915. Died of Dysentry , 1st Canadian Stationary Hospital , Mudros , Dardanelles.   Vincent Butler 2/8th Worcesters Regt. 43698. Pte. 22nd April 1918. Buried in Aire Cemetery. Son of John and Annie Butler, of Hanley, Stoke-on-Trent.   Benjamin Cain Benjamin John Cain (1898) Son of  Alderman Benjamin Cain, J.P. and Charlotte Cain, of Trelawne, Formby, Lancs. Pte. 1/7th King's Liverpool Regt. Aged 34. Le Touret Memorial. 16th May 1915. Killed on a charge of German lines at Festubert. A marine engineer serving with the Nelson , Booth and Court Lines. Killed 6 months to the day that he enlisted.   Harold Cain   Son of  Alderman Benjamin Cain, J.P., of Bootle, and of Mrs. Cain, of Trelawne, Formby, Lancs.Pte. 1/10th King's Liverpool Regt. Aged 33. Loos Memorial. 9th April 1918. Ald. Cain was a student at Sedgley Park and died in 1915.   Cyril Campbell   Albert Dale KRRC   Stephen Dale (Stephen Francis) Sick Bay Steward. Medical Services , RN. HMS Birkenhead . Killed Sept 27th 1918. Son of Mrs. Mary Ann Dale of 26 Talbot Street , Stafford. Brother of Francis J. Dale , Bombadier , RGA & L/C Bernard Dale RE.   Shirley Day Shirley Cuthbert Day , Lieutenant (Acting Captain) 10 Bn. Sherwood Foresters. Joined 5th December 1914. Wounded 29th April 1916 by a sniper at Lille Post , killed in action October 12th in the attack on Gravel Farm . Commemorated on the Tyne Cot Memorial.   Charles Davis 2nd Bn. London Regt. (Royal Fusiliers) Killed 28th August 1918.   Edwin Dean Edwin Fallows Dean (1913) Buried in Southport (Duke Street) Cemetery. South Wales Borderers. Aged 28. Son of Walter and Mary Dean, of 67, Zetland St., Southport. Wounded in action at Hill 60 on 26th April 1915. Died of wounds 29th April 1915. Taken to 85th Field Ambulance. Buried by Rev. Lowry Corry at Hazebrouck Cemetery. Captain of the Cricket XI/ A 'demon' bowler.   Oscar Drinkwater (Edward Oscar) Lt. RAF. Husband of Ruby F. Drinkwater, of "The Firs," Labumham Rd., Maidenhead. 23rd August 1918 . Aged 23. Brown's Road Military Cemetery , Festubert.   Oswald Evans   William Gore Sgt. 5th Lancers   Clement Haskew   Flt. Cadet. Son of Mary Hatton (formerly Haskew) of The Hollies, Snarestone, Burton-on-Trent, and the late Charles Haskew. Buried Burton upon Trent.  Killed 25th July 1918 in a flying accident.   Norman Hatch (Norman Claud) 2/Lt. South Lancashire Regt. Son of Thomas Hatch, of 19 Weld Rd., Birkdale, Southport. 21st October 1916. Pozieres British Cemetery. His photo is courtesy of Peter Hale.   Charles Howell Charles Joseph Howell has a plaque dedicated to his memory in St. Wilfrid's Church , Cotton. He was killed on 21 January 1917 aged 23 years , and was a member of the Machine Gun Corps (Lieutenant) attached from the York & Lancaster Regt. He was the son of Mr. and Mrs. C.E. Howell , of Abbotsford, Pedmore, Stourbridge. He was born in Birmingham. Charles is buried in the Amara War Cemetery , in Iraq. Also attended Alton Castle School.   John Iles John Francis Iles. Lieut. , RGA. B Battery 165th Bde. 2nd June 1917 , age 24. Son of Austin Thomas and Mary Agnes Iles , Dunfield , Fairford , Glos. Bailleul Road East Cemetery , St. Laurent-Blangy I L 3   Reginald Ives (Reginald Percy) 16th August 1918 , Gunner , 3rd Battery 311th Brigade. R.F.A. Son of Walter and Bertha Ives. of 35, Weston Rd., Bearwood, Smethwick, Birmingham. Aged 20.   Leo Kelly   Thomas Luby (Thomas William) 2/Lt Worcs Regt. James McClafferty Pte. Lanarkshire Yeomanry   Austin McDonald   John Molloy   Stuart Moore MC & Bar Captain 50th Canadian Battalian (Alberta Regiment)  . Killed 2nd Sept 1918 Buried Dury Crucifix Cemetery.   James Murphy   Vincent O'Brien (V.B.) 7th Northants Regt. 4th September 1916.   Frank Rogers (Francis Joseph) Sherwood Foresters KIA 27th May 1918. Son of Stephen and Sara Rogers, of Bryn Castell, Oswestry, Salop.   Bartholomew Scanlon B.C. (Bart or Barti) Scanlon. Son of Maurice Bartholomew Scanlon and Caroline Low Scanlon, of 53, St. Paul's Rd., Manningham, Bradford, Yorks. Cameron Highlanders. Sgt.   Joseph Sedgwick   Adair Thompson (Albert Adair) Pte. 1st East Surrey Regt. Son of Robert and Elizabeth Thompson, of 41, Church St., Ashbourne; husband of Mary Philomena Thompson of 41, Church St., Ashbourne, Derbyshire. Thiepval Memorial. 3rd September 1916.   F.J. De Verteuil  Dr Fernand L de Verteuil, MD(Edin), MRCS(Eng), LRCP(Lond), Surg RN(ret). Serving under the command of Admiral Cradock in the Pacific Squadron and went down in action off Coronel , 1st November 1914 on HMS Good Hope. Royal Canadian Navy.   Oswald Ward (Oswald William) Buried in Pantasaph Monastry (St. David's) Cemetery , near the gate. Canadian Forces. Pte. 9th Reserve. 22nd February 1917.   George White George White (03) The first Wilfridian to be killed in the Great War. Enlisted South Staffs in 1906 and served in Pretoria. Transferred to 9th Lancers as part of the BEF . Killed 18th October 1914. George Frederick White , Pte. , D Squadron 9th (Queens Royal) Lancers. Aged 25. Son of Major F.H. and Winifred White , 8 Alexandra Road , Penn , Wolverhampton. Buried Sanctuary Wood Cemetery , III K 25/27   Harold Wilks   Bernard Woodall (William Bernard) The only son of William Bridge Woodall and Mary Adelaide Woodall, of 28, South Rd., Stourbridge. A cousin to the O'Dowd boys who also attended Cotton. Killed 27th September 1918.         Clement Haskew               William Arnold         Oscar 'Oxo' Drinkwater

Wounded Rev. Francis Drinkwater C.F. - Gassed. 2Lt. George Singleton ,  Northants Regt. Captain W.J. Page , East Lancs. Regt. (three times) Both legs amputated. 2/Lt Henry Colesworthy , North Staffs. Regt. Joseph Pratt , Highland L.I. 2/Lt. Lionel Sneyd , North Staffs. Regt. 2/Lt. Vivian Beesley , Machine Gun Guards. Prisoners of War Lieut. Francis Bruge O'Dowd , RAMC. Alfred Russell , RND Military Awards Captain Cecil Farey , Medaille Militaire  - Coldsteam Guards - Military Cross Major Hubert Emery , Middx. Regt. -  MC & Bar Captain Stuart Moore , Canadian Forces - MC & Bar (RIP) Fred Edwards , Warks. Regts , - Croix De Guerre Mentioned in Dispatches (MID) Major Hubert Emery MC&Bar , Middx. Regt. Captain Wilfrid Emery , Middx Regt. (twice) Chaplain to the Forces Rev. William Bunce (1906) Served with the Forces Robert Wallace (1893) Sergeant. George Selby (1915) RAF James Richards (1914) Mechanic , RAF Charles Nicholson (1917) RAF Benjamin Cox (1918) Cadet , RAF Michael Byrne (1918) Leicesters Basil Wrighton (1918) Signals , RE Philip Whelan (1918) Somersets Eugene Berest - Adjutant Interpreter, 149th Infantry Brigade Cuthbert Danson (1906) MT Jack Shaffery (1914) RN Wilfrid Shaffery , RGA William Mann (1915) RMA Cecil Brennan (1914) RAF James Matthews , Dublin Fusiliers Anthony Thornton , Lieut. RAF James Pinches , OS  RNVR J. Carty , OS RNVR Bernard Griffin , RAF Joseph McKnight , 2/Lt North Staffs. Bernard Clarke , Cpl , Coldstream Guards Edward Barry , TMB Raymond Barnes , KOYLI Joseph Nightingale , Leicesters William Burrows , Cadet RAF Norbert Russell , Lieut. RAF Joseph Avery , L/C 12th SWB RIP Ralph Bland , 6th Welsh Regt. Rev. George Craven , Chaplain Louis Conolly , Lieut RFA Rev. F.H.Drinkwater , Chaplain John Forsyth , Cameronians (wounded 1915) Rev. S.J.Gosling , Chaplain. Rev. Thomas Lowry Vincent McKnight , Pte. New Zealand Contingent , Dardanelles. W.J.McDonnell , Australian Contingent. Married Miss M. Bromfield 2 March 1916 in Harborne. Philip Mather , Sgt ASC Frank J.Moore , Volunteer Rifles J.Murphy , Cpl. 5th North Staffs. John Nourse , L/C 6th South Staffs Oswald Pippet , Pte. 23rd Royal Fusiliers William Sandy , 16th Bn , 3rd Brigade , Canadian Scottish George C. Teebay , Bombadier , 173rd RFA Francis Walsh , Manchester Regt. Serving in Egypt James R. Weston , 2/Lt , ASC Harold Wilks , Pte. Sherwood Foresters. RIP T.W.Cox , 2/Lt , 6th Worcester Regt Gerald G.Green , 2/Lt , Dorset Regt Rev. G.C.McDonnell , Chaplain (Prefect of Discipline January 1914) Rev. Joseph Dwyer , Chaplain William Eccles , Lieut. KRR Joseph Gardner , ASC Vincent Hardy Patrick Heffernan , RN Honeywood , Armoured Motor Cyclist Corps Bernard Melly , HAC Wilfrid Moore , RWF A.O'Leary , RAMC George Rees ,  2/Lt. , KSLI B.M.Stanton , 2 Lt. , RFA A.Thompson , Sussex Cyclist Corps Charles Tipper W.J.Ward , 2 Lt. 14th Royal Fusilers Albert Dale , 18th KRR Stephen Dale , Medical Services Herbert Duckett , RGA Charles Jeffs , Sergeant-Chemist , RE Ernest Law , 2nd Canadian Contingent Louis Travis , Public Schools Battalion Albert Whitehurst , RE Harold Wilks , 2 Lt. , 11th South Staffs RIP H.S.Emery , 19th Middx Regt J.A.Prendiville , 2 Lt. , 18th Liverpool H.Ashforth , L/C , Worcester Regt Sydney Beaufoy , Corporal , Warks. Yeomanry Alfred T.J.Davies , Major , 5th South Staffs Harold Fetherstonhaugh , Lt , 64th RGA William Forbes-Lee , Pte. RE Latham , Lieut , South Staffs J.V.V.Magrane , Lieutenant , RN.  HMS Blanche J.A. McCann , Army Pay Corps Ralph McManus , 1st Bn South Staffs Hugh Sharkey , Pte. RFA Sylvester Sill , 1st Bn City of Birmingham Regt Thomas Withers RN. Electrician aboard HMS Yarmouth (Light Cruiser) C. Withers , Pte. 1st Royal Warks. Garrison Artillery             Served with French Forces: Roger Bigoudau Robert de Raimbourville Bernard de Raimbourville Georges Moores Olivier Renault , 51 Artillery Andre Thierry Jean Valin Served with Belgian Army Leopold Deward Thomas S. Mahoney , Sgt. The WW1 Information is from The Cottonian and courtesy of Erica Westley whose family has a big connection with Cotton College and the Cotton College Website courtesy of The Cottonian Scanning Project

WW2 Casualties 1939-45   John Byatt Sgt. (Air Gunner) 82 Squadron RAF  , buried in Uttoxeter Cemetery 8/6/1940   Peter Clibbery  (Peter Thomas) Lt. Son of Thomas William and Florence Clibbery, of Wylde Green, Sutton Coldfield, Warwickshire. Royal Warks Regt. 11/10/1944. Buried in Faenza War Cemetery.Aged 21.   Gerald Featherstone RAFVR Pilot Officer 30/3/1942   Peter Firkins (Peter Heritage)2 Lt. Son of Charles Raymond and Philippa Marguerite Firkins, of Edgbaston, Birmingham. Royal Armoured Corps. (1st Bn. Royal Gloucucestershire Hussars.)  Buried Olton Franciscan Cemetery , Solihull. Aged 22.   Philip Firkins (Philip Charles) Lt. Son of Charles R. and Philippa M. Firkins, of Edgbaston, Birmingham. Forfar & Fife Yeomanry. 22/9/1944. Buried Mierlo War Cemetery. Aged 21.   Terence Flynn Irish Guards. Son of Mrs Ellen Flynn, Warrington. Buried Heverlee Cemetery   Wilfrid Flynn Northumberland Fus. Lt.   Bernard Gateley (Bernard Basil) Flying Officer RAFVR. 6/4/1944. Runnymede Memorial.   William Goodyer Son of William and Agnes Goodyer; husband of Barbara Joyce Goodyer. Serjeant , 65 Anti-Tank Regt (Norfolk Yeomanry) Killed 13th December 1941. Column 39 Alamein Memorial. Sgt. WILLIAM GOODYER, R.A. (O.C. 1926-30). We were very grieved to hear in the Christmas holidays that Sergeant William Goodyer had been killed in action in the Middle East. He was at Cotton from 1926-1920 and immediately on arrival showed himself to be a boy of quick intelligence. He did all his lessons well but in other respects was somewhat shy and retiring. Nevertheless lie had a quiet sense of humour and always seemed to be happy. On leaving school he went to St. Mary's College, Strawberry Hill, where he gained his teaching certificate. He was then appointed Physical Training Instructor at the Hellesdon Central School, Norwich. About a year before the war lie joined the Norfolk Yeomanry, and was soon promoted Sergeant. He came through Dunkirk safely and went to the Middle East in November 1940. We offer our sincere sympathy to his wife and to his parents. R.I.P.   John Hayes   Philip Hermolle (Philip Joseph)114 Sq. Pilot Sgt. Son of Gerald Anthony and Norah Hermolle, of Birmingham. Buried Moro River Canadian War Cemetery. 4/1/1944. Aged 23.   Mark Knowles Royal Artillery   Armel O'Connor (Armel Gordon) Sgt. (Air Gunnder) Son of Gordon and Edmee O'Connor; the ward of Miss I. Teeling, of Guildford. RAFVR. Buried Guildford Cemetery. Aged 19.   Paul Solon (Paul Gerard) 98 Squadron RAFVR. Flying Officer (W.Op. / Air Gunner) . Buried Eeklo War Cemetery 22/1/1943.   Robert Walker-Lutz Flying Officer (Pilot - Typhoon)  247 Squadron RAFVR - Son of Eugen Christian Lutz and Ellen Mary Ann Lutz, of Wylde Green, Sutton Coldfield, Warwickshire. 21/9/1944. Buried Apeldoorn General Cemetery. Aged 23.   Edward Wilkinson

Old Altonians Killed in the Great War. A plaque is on the left hand wall of the old Chapel , currently in use as a dining room. Charles Joseph Howell - Old Cottonian (see details above). Vincent Gerald Narey. 2/Lt. 8th Bn. Duke of Wellington's (West Riding Regiment.) Aged 24. 15th October 1916. Grove House , Gorton Lane , Bradford. St. Sever Cemetery , Rouen. Henry Haigh Ralph Tinsley Wilfred Brassington . Possibly RASC. Alfred Benedict Allen. Possibly Northampton Regt. Buried Heilly Station , Mericourt L'Abbe. Oswald Bernard Dawes - Oswald Stephen Bernard Dawes , Denbigh House , Longton. 2/Lt. 5th (attch 14th) North Staffs Regt. Commemorated on the Arras Memorial. Son of Joseph William Dawes MB CM JP and Marie Dawes. Cuthbert Shepherd William Bowers Thorley - 2/Lt 8th N.Staffs Reft , died of wounds , buried Wimereux. The son of Mr. Primrose Thorley of Cheadle. Known as Willie Thorley. William Powell.

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