Kipling/le bas
Below we list of all those from Kipling/le Bas House who were killed in action or died from wounds on Active Service in the Great War of 1914-18 and the Second World War, 1939-45. The fallen are listed alphabetically by surname in the year of their death. Where known, the month of death is also included.
Links to further information are given where that information is known or provided by the family.
1914-18 War
Over 50 OHs from Kipling/le Bas died during the Great War. The roll includes a VC, 4 MCs and 4 DSOs.
One casualty was Rupert Hallowes, VC, MC (K 1894), His VC citation states “on more than one occasion he climbed up on the parapet, utterly regardless of danger, in order to put fresh heart into his men. He made daring reconnaissances of the German positions in our lines. When the supply of bombs was running short he went back under very heavy shell fire and brought up a fresh supply. Even after he was mortally wounded he continued to cheer those around him and to inspire them with fresh courage.”
Rupert was 34 when he was killed.
1914
Lt. H D Hilton (1897.3) Dec 1914
Capt. H. Fisher, DSO (1891.2) Dec 1914
Lt. E E Punchard (1902.3) Oct 1914
1915
Gnr. A G Baxter (1909.1) Oct 1915
2nd. Lt. R P Hallowes, VC, MC (1894.2) Sep 1915
2nd. Lt. D Henderson (1908.1) Jan 1915
Maj. J H Jaques (1900.3) Sep 1915
2nd. Lt. E A Matthews (1908.1) Mar 1915
Lt. J E T Nelis (1908.2) Aug 1915
Capt. C J Reid (1887.3) Aug 1915
Capt. N C S Simson (1885.1) Sep 1915
2nd. Lt. C E C Talbot (1907.2) Sep 1915
Capt. C P Wheeler (1905.1) Sep 1915
1916
Lt. G P Day (1911.1) Sep 1916
Capt. A N Falkner (1887.1) Jul 1916
Lt. C D King (1907.2) May 1916
Lt. Col. F C K Macmullen (1881.1) Jun 1916
2nd. Lt. H V Mathews (1912.2) Aug 1916
Lt. W S Mathews (1910.2) Sep 1916
Lt. W C Pemberton (1909.3) Apr 1916
2nd. Lt. R H M Pierce (1911.3) Sep 1916
Lt. C Summerscales (1911.2) Jul 1916
Lt.Col. A F Townshend (1888.2) Sep 1916
Capt. W H V Van Der Smissen (1909.3) Jun 1916
Maj. H J Walker (1884.1) Sep 1916
Lt. G S Walley (1905.1) Aug 1916
L/Cpl. B M Williams (1910.1) Mar 1916
1917
2nd. Lt. C S Couchman (1908.2) May 1917
L/Cpl. J W D Fenning (1898.3) Nov 1917
Brg.Gen. O G Gunning, CMG, DSO (1881.2) Nov 1917
Lt. C Morse (1906.2) Dec 1917
Capt. F D Pemberton (1907.3) Aug 1917
Maj. A Punchard (1899.1) Mar 1917
Lt. F H Robinson, MC (1902.3) Sep 1917
Lt.Col. J C Russell, DSO (1893.1) Jul 1917
2nd.Lt. L H Sheffield (1893.1) Mar 1917
Lt. H D Simpson (1910.2) Aug 1917
Lt. H S Tindall (1899.2) Jul 1917
Lt. G R Toller (1884.3) Jul 1917
1918
Capt. A T Browne (1911.3) Sep 1918
2nd. Lt. J M Hancock (1912.3) Mar 1918
Maj. G R Howard, DSO (1898.3) Oct 1918
Lt. R W Lamb, MC (1909.2) Nov 1918?
Capt. E V Morse, MC (1906.2) Oct 1918
Lt. R H Punchard (1909.2) Oct 1918
2nd. Lt. T A Royds (1989.2) Apr 1918
Lt. P G Stokes-Rees (1911.1) Jun 1918
2nd. Lt. C V Tee (1912.2) Aug 1918
Flt.Off. W H Turner, RN (1913.3) Mar 1918
Maj. E Willis (1897.1) Jul 1918
Lt. R Willis (1893.3) Mar 1918
Lt. A L Wilson (1902.3) Jul 1918
1939-45 War
25 OHs from Kipling/le Bas died in the service of their country during WW2.
One of the Roll is Wing Commander William Graham (K 1924). William was flying from Syerston on the night of 8th May 1941 when his Vickers Wellington bomber was hit by flak over Plant Lunn.
Only one of the five crew members survived; William and his remaining crew are buried at Reichswald Forest War Cemetery in Germany.
1939
Flg/Off. M H B Thompson (1929.3) May 1940
1941
Flt/Lt. G Bremridge, AFC (1909.1) Sep 1941
OD. R A K Clague, RN (1936.1) Sep 1941
Wg/Cdr. W M Graham (1924.3) May 1941
Lt.[E] P J A Slade, RN (1929.3) Dec 1941
1942
Maj. P J Burt (1913.3) May 1942
Lt. I G Duncan (1934.1) May 1942
Lt. D W Fell (1929.1) Nov 1942
Lt. H G T Hawke-Genn (1925.2) Sep 1942
Capt. R H Le Bas (1924.4) Nov 1942
Capt. D A Way (1917.1) Oct 1942
1943
Flg/Off. M E Doble, DFC (1934.3) Mar 1943
Flt/Lt. D F Hill (1926.3) Jun 1943
Sq/Ldr. T B Marshall (1925.2) May 1943
Lt. C R R St.G Whyte (1931.3) Jul 1943
1944
Capt. T R Canning (1930.1) Apr 1944
Capt. I A S Dodd (1934.2) Apr 1944
Pvt. L J Kennard-Davis (1927.2) May 1944
Lt. J D S Nicholl-Carne (1938.1) Jun 1944
Flt/Lt. R C Pickering (1934.2) Feb 1944
Maj. P B Watson, TD (1921.3) Nov 1944
Fl/Sgt. B T Wootton-Woolley (1937.2) May 1944
1945
Civ. H G Graham (1885.2) Apr 1945
Lt. A J Spittall (1934.2) Apr 1945
Lt. P H Wack (1936.3) Jul 1945
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About the Roll of Honour
The information in this article forms part of a wider project for Old Haileyburians to submit information of family members who died on military service and who are commemorated in our Roll of Honour. Our Roll of Honour page enables you also to supply information about your own family members who died on active service.