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8514 8514 "SUPPLEMENT TO THE LONDON GAZETTE, 25 AUGUST, 1915. 18361 Lance-Corporal George Edgar Pritchard, 1733 Lance-Corporal Arthur Whiteley, 2nd! 1st Corps Signal Company, Eoyal Engineers. Battalion, Manchester Regiment. 767 Gunner John Rafferty, No. 4 Battery, 1342 Private Frederick Valentine Wilkinson,. Motor Machine Gun Service. 1st Battalion, Hertfordshire Regiment,. 7563 Drummer George Batcliffe, 2nd Battalion, Territorial Force. York and Lancaster Regiment. 16168 Lance-Corporal John Charles Williams,. 2080 Private Robert Redding, 1st Battalion, 2nd Signal Troop, Royal Engineers. Hertfordshire Regiment, Territorial Force. 10179 Private William Williams, 2nd Batta- 195 Lance-Corporal James Riddoch, 2nd Bat- lion, The C'ameronians (Scottish Rifles). talion, Gordon Highlanders. 10012 Private George Wilson, 1st Battalion,. 3133 Sapper Cecil Roach, Wessex Divisional Royal Irish Fusiliers. Signal Company, Royal Engineers, Terri- 28744 Gunner James Wilson, 6th Siege Bat- torial Force. tery, Royal Garrison Artillery. 2343 Sapper John Roberts, 1st Lowland Field 10354 Lance-Corporal James Napier Wilson, Company, Royal Engineers, Territorial 2nd Battalion, Border Regiment. Force. 25747 Pioneer Edmund Alexander Wood, 4th< 11380 Lance-Corporal John Robinson, 2nd Signal Squadron, Royal Engineers. Battalion, East Lancashire Regiment. 78550 Gunner Harry Wray, 366th Battery, 14224 Private Charles Rule, 2nd Battalion, Royal Field Artillery. Grenadier Guards. 6654 Lance-Corporal Albert George Sankey, 5th Lancers. Medal of St. George, &th Class. 8940 Lance-Corporal Alfred Samuel Sawyer, 1944 Private George Taylor Aitken, Canadian- 2nd Battalion, West Yorkshire Regiment. Divisional Cavalry Squadron. 13373 Private Thomas Scott, 1st Battalion, 4792 Private James Anderson, 1st Battalion,. Welsh Regiment. Middlesex Regiment. 8579 Private George Alfred Scurr, 1st Batta- 4014 Lance-Corporal Percy Anderson, 19th- lion, Leicestershire Regiment. Hussars. 30804 Gunner George Sheffield, 4 A Reserve 9322 Private George Edward Austin, 1st. Battery, Royal Field Artillery. Battalion, Duke of Cornwall's Light- 6762 Company Quartermaster-Serjeant John Infantry. Shipway, 2nd Battalion, Gloucestershire 8251 Private Thomas Henry Austin, 2nd Bat- Regiment. talion, Royal Berkshire Regiment. 8373 Lance-Corporal James William Smith, 8917 Private Frank Baker, 1st Battalion,. 1st Battalion, East Yorkshire Regiment. Worcestershire Regiment. 3303 Acting Corporal William George Smith, 9664 Private Charles Ball, 2nd Battalion, 2nd Battalion, Rifle Brigade. Coldstream Guards. 14432 Lance-Corporal Albert Stephen Samuel 3156 Sepoy Banta Singh, 58th Vaughan's- Spencer, 4th Battalion, Middlesex Regiment. Rifles (Frontier Force). 60278 Gunner Thomas James Stevens, 15th 30183 Driver George Barton, No. 2 Company,. Brigade, Royal Field Artillery. Canadian Divisional Train. 1692 1st Class Air Mechanic Thomas Henry 7440 Bandsman Arthur Beale, 2nd Battalion,. Sutcliffe, No. 5 Squadron, No. 2 Wing, Royal Sussex Regiment. Royal Flying Corps. 16324 Private Frederick Betteridge, 2nd Bat- 8503 Private Victor Allen Taylor, 1st Batta- talion, Gloucestershire Regiment. lion, Norfolk Regiment. 9146 Private John Birch, 2nd Battalion, 6805 Private Benjamin Patrick Thorpe, Royal Lancashire Fusiliers. Army Medical Corps. 19908 Lance-Corporal Richard Blackie, 55th- 2589 Rifleman Tikaram Kurnvar, lst/9th Field Company, Royal Engineers. Gurkha Rifles. 8000 Private John Henry Blayden, 2nd Batta- 1850 Private James Turnbull, 7th Battalion, lion, East Yorkshire Regiment. Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders, Terri- 8342 Lance-Corporal (Acting Serjeant) John' torial Force. Searle Bowdridge, 1st Battalion, Somerset. 8192 Private John Thomas Turnbull, 1st Light Infantry. Battalion, Royal West Kent Regiment. 1787 Private Henry Brooks, I/5th (Earl of 33191 Private Frank Turner, No. 2 Canadian Chester's) Battalion, Cheshire Regiment,. Field Ambulance. Territorial Force. 4283 Lance-Corporal George Twyford, 9th 984 Driver Percy Brooks, 2nd Wessex Field' Lancers. Company, Royal Engineers, Territorial- 41696 Driver John Dixon Vasey, 20th Brigade, Force. Royal Field Artillery. 22623 Lance-Corporal Alfred Charles Brown,. 9646 Private Edwin Marlyn Venning, 2nd llth Field Company, Royal Engineers. Battalion, Shropshire Light Infantry. 3121 Sapper Arthur James Buckingham, 37737 Gunner Herbert George Venning, " D " Wessex Divisional Signal Company, Royal' Battery, Royal Horse Artillery. Engineers, Territorial Force. 18051 Sapper 'Hubert Leslie Vile, 2nd Field 9935 Private John Butler, 1st Battalion, Royal Company, Royal Engineers. Welsh Fusiliers. 8948 Private (Acting Corporal) George Wag- 11937 Private George Caine, 1st Battalion, staff, 1st Battalion, Liverpool Regiment. Liverpool Regiment. 7061 Private Reginald Stephen Waldron, 16th 14458 Private David Strachan Cameron, 2nd1 Lancers. Battalion, Cameron Highlanders. 4578 Rifleman Wazir Sing'Burathoki, I.O.M., 1486 Lance-Corporal Harry Campling, 1st. 1st/4th Gurkha Rifles. Battalion, King's Royal Rifle Corps. 11124.Private Arthur John West, 1st Batta- 10903 Private William Carter, 2nd Battalion,. lion, Middlesex Regiment. Wiltshire Regiment. 8508 Private Archibald Whitehead, 2nd Bat- 8049 Corporal Henry James Chamberlain, 3rd1 talion, Leicestershire Regiment. Battalion, Cheshire Regiment..
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