united services college
Below we list of all those from the United Services College 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 90 former pupils from the United Services College died during the Great War. The Roll includes 2 VCs, 5 MCs and 11 DSOs and a DFC. 2 further MCs were added to the Roll in WW2.
One of the casualties was Captain Anketell Read (USC 1898). Near Hulloch on 25th September 1915, Anketell, though partially gassed, rallied a number of disorganised units and led them back into the firing line regardless of danger to himself.
Despite the remorseless fire from rifles and grenades, he continued to encourage the men forwards. For his gallantry and bravery – examples of which he had exhibited two months earlier when rescuing a mortally-wounded officer – he was awarded the Victoria Cross.
Anketell was aged 30 when he died.
1914
Lt. G D Abbott (USC 1903.1) Nov 1914
Maj. B K W Bacon (USC 1887.2) Dec 1914
Lt. P S Banning (USC 1897.1) Nov 1914
Flt. Lt. C F Beevor, RN (USC 1904.2) Nov 1914
Lt. C R Cooch (USC & ISC A 1908.3) Dec 1914
Lt. P N Garnett (USC 1896.3) Sep 1914
2nd. Lt. S A Goldsmid (USC 1908.3) Nov 1914
Maj. Gen. Sir H I W Hamilton, KCB, CVO, DSO (USC 1876) Oct 1914
Capt. N J S Huntington (USC 1908.1) Nov 1914
Capt. E R Hayes-Sadler (USC 1891.3) Oct 1914
Capt. B Lawrence (USC 1890.2) Oct 1914
G.C. E S H Morris (USC & ISC B 1911.3) Nov 1914
Lt. G D Partridge, MC (USC 1906.2) Oct 1914
Capt. T S Wickham, DSO (USC 1890.2) Sep 1914
Maj. H T Wynter (USC 1886.3) Sep 1914
1915
Pte. J G Anderson (USC & ISC B 1910.3) Oct 1915
Lt. C G Bowyer-Smith (USC 1904.2) Nov 1915
Lt. P W Bradley (USC 1902.3) Apr 1915
Lt. J F Bradly (USC 1902.1) Jul 1915
Lt. Col. E H Chapman (USC 1889.1) Aug 1915
Capt. C J H Clibborn (USC 1899.2) Dec 1915
Cpl. L R Davenport (USC 1905.2) Aug 1915
Capt. W A Hagger (USC 1899.3) Jul 1915
Maj. R M Hall (USC 1883.1) Sep 1915
Lt. L C Harding (USC 1903.3) Jun 1915
Maj. E de L Hayes (USC 1884.3) Mar 1915
2nd. Lt. H G Hickson (USC 1910.3) Aug 1915
Pte. F C Hill (USC 1886.3) Apr 1915
2nd. Lt. C F B Hodgins (USC & ISC B 1908.3) Sep 1915
2nd. Lt. P L L Jermain (USC 1905.3) Jun 1915
Capt. G Leslie-Smith (USC 1894.3) Jul 1915
Maj. F C Marsh (USC 1878.2) Aug 1915
Lt. J M Mayne (USC & ISC C 1911.3) May 1915
Capt. G A Morton (USC 1889.2) May 1915
Pte. M W Nagel (USC 1906.3) Dec 1915
Brig. Gen. H E Napier (USC 1875) Apr 1915
Lt. R Newton (USC 1906.1) Aug 1915
Maj. H C Nicolay (USC 1889.2) May 1915
Maj. E H Oliphant (USC 1884.1) Jul 1915
Lce. Cpl. F Openshaw (USC 1906.3) Jun 1915
Capt. A M Read, VC (USC 1898.3) Sep 1915
Capt. H G Robertson (USC 1899.1) Apr 1915
Lt. Col. G J Ryan, DSO (USC 1893.3) Jan 1915
Capt. N C Sparling (USC 1892.2) Sep 1915
Maj. S J B Sparling (USC 1892.2) Jun 1915
2nd. Lt. J L L Sweet (USC 1902.1) Jun 1915
Lt. G N B Swinley (USC 1905.3) Jun 1915
Capt. H E F Travers (USC 1904.2) Aug 1915
Maj. C D Vaughan, DSO (USC 1882.3) Apr 1915
Lt .G B Vores (USC & ISC B 1906.3) Nov 1915
1916
Lt. P B Bass (USC & ISC B 1909.1) Jul 1916
Lt. Col. W. Beadon (USC 1880.3) Jan 1916
2nd. Lt. K F Bishop (USC & ISC A 1909.3) Aug 1916
Lt. R H Burlton (USC 1903.1) Feb 1916
Maj. J Carnegy (USC 1888.3) Jul 1916
Capt. C H Clibborn (USC 1899.2) Apr 1916
Capt. C C Ford (USC & ISC B 1908.1) Jul 1916
Maj. J A Graham, MC (USC 1888.2) Mar 1916
2nd. Lt. A S Hamilton (USC & ISC B 1908.2) Nov 1916
A.P.A. T O Hughes (USC 1893.3) Apr 1916
Capt. H C C Lloyd (USC 1900.3) Feb 1916
Lt. V C M Mayne (USC & ISC B 1911.3) Feb 1916
Lt. Col. E L Maxwell (USC 1891.1) Jul 1916
Lce. Cpl. W F S Miller (USC 1906.1) Sep 1916
Lt. Col. C W Tribe (USC 1885.1) Jan 1916
Lt. F A Spiegel (later Ralfs) (USC 1906.3) Sep 1916
Maj. J P Stockley (USC 1891.2) Jan 1916
2nd Lt. C I Wincombe (USC 1906.3) Apr 1916
Lt. Col. E deV Wintle (USC 1876.1) Feb 1916
1917
Lce. Cpl. E Baring (USC 1898.2) Apr 1917
Lt. T A T Bidgood (USC & ISC A 1910.1) Oct 1917
Maj. B T Disney (USC 1892.2) Oct 1917
Col. G H Griffith (USC 1880.3) Sep 1917
Maj. F L Hughes (USC 1896.2) Mar 1917
Brig. Gen. F A Maxwell, VC, CSI, DSO (USC 1883.1) Sep 1917
Lt. Col. F G G Morris, DSO (USC 1883.1) Aug 1917
Lt. Col. J Puckle, DSO (USC 1880.1) Apr 1917
Capt. F H C Wilcox (USC 1902) Jan 1917
1918
Capt. R C B Fellowes (USC 1903.3) Aug 1918
Brig. Gen. G N B Forster, CMG, DSO (USC 1886.3) Apr 1918
Lt. A H C Galbraith (USC & ISC A 1911.3) Sep 1918
Capt. J H Growse (USC & ISC B 1908.1) Apr 1918
Maj. W McConaghy, DSO (USC 1889.2) Jul 1918
Capt. R E M Packenham (USC 1892.1) Jan 1918
Maj. C Q L Penrose, MC (USC 1906.3) Aug 1918
Lt. Col. G D Pike, Bt, MC (USC 1894.3) Aug 1918
Maj. P E Vaughan, DSO (USC 1891.1) Dec 1918
Ft. Cdr. O V Thomas (USC 1905.3) Jul 1918
Capt. F G Wynne, DSO (USC 1899.3) Apr 1918
Postwar Service
Flt. Lt. H C E Bockett-Pugh, DFC (USC & ISC A 1910.2) Sep 1920
Unknown Year
2nd. Lt. A L Bogle, MC (USC 1899.3) date of death unknown
1939-45 War
The USC was absorbed by the larger Imperial Service College in 1906, which in turn merged with Haileybury in 1942 to become Haileybury and Imperial Service College. The list below highlights those from the College who remained in military service into the 1940s and who gave their lives in the battle against Nazism.
1939
Capt. F H K Ryland (USC & ISC B 1907.2) Jun 1940
1941
Capt. M A Blomfield, OBE, RN (USC 1894.2) May 1941
Col. E S Unwin, MC (USC & ISC B 1910.2) Oct 1941
Lt. Col. J C Walker (USC 1904.2) Jan 1941
1943
Maj. C F V Fulton, MC (USC & ISC B 1910.3) Dec 1943
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