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SIAA members and articled clerks killed in WW1

This page pays tribute to the 87 men of the Society of Incorporated Accountants and Auditors that are listed as having died during Word War One

a photoraph of an open book showing a list of names
This listing is based on the 'In Memoriam' page that appeared in the SIAA List of Members from 1920-1923 (pictured above).

With the colours: a list of Chartered and Incorporated Accountants and their Clerks who are serving with the British Forces on land and sea, 1914-1916available military records and the Commonwealth War Graves Commission website have then been used to add further details.

We will be undertaking further research to fill in the gaps in our knowledge.

Members

Fellows indicated by an asterisk. Links in the 'Theatre' field go to the relevant record on the Commonwealth War Graves Commission website

Name Location Rank, service Date of death Type Theatre
Beall, Albert Ernest Peterborough Lieutenant, 5th Bn., King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry (TF) 29 Sep 1917 Killed in action France & Flanders
Bowran, Robert Orton Bradford 2nd Lieutenant, 1/8th Prince of Wales's Own (West Yorkshire) Regiment 9 Oct 1917 Killed in action France & Flanders
Clayton, Frank Leeds Private, 2nd Bn. Royal Sussex Regiment 17 Aug 1916 Killed in action France & Flanders
Couling, Frank Herbert London Private, Honourable Artillery Company (Infantry) 3 May 1917 Killed in action France & Flanders
Crosland, Herbert Sheffield Private, 12th (Service) (Sheffield) Bn., York and Lancaster Regiment 1 July 1916 Killed in action France & Flanders
Davis, George Leigh Blakeman London Lieutenant, 23 Bn. Royal Fusiliers 27 Sep 1918 Killed in action France & Flanders
Deacon, William Benn Manchester Private, 12th Bn. Manchester Regiment 1917-Apr-1917 Died of wounds France & Flanders
Dyer, James Edward Stanley Manchester 2nd Lieutenant, 6th Bn. Lancashire Fusiliers (TF) 9 Oct 1917 Killed in action France & Flanders
Elvey, Charles Leslie London 2nd Lieutenant, 5th Bn. Suffolk Regiment (TF) 8 April 1917 Killed in action France & Flanders
Emson, Francis Reginald*  1  London Assistant Paymaster, Royal Navy Reserve. HMS Clan McNaughton 3 Feb 1915 Drowned at sea Atlantic, NW of Ireland
Ferryman, William Edward* Johannesburg, South Africa Lieutenant (A. Captain), 2nd Bn. Scots Guards 12 Oct 1918 Died of wounds France & Flanders
Field, Sidney Nadler London Company Quartermaster Sergeant, 6/7th Bn. Royal Scots Fusiliers 12 Aug 1916 Died of wounds France & Flanders
Finlay, James Gemmell* Kilmarnock "B" Coy. 17th Bn. Highland Light Infantry 1 July 1916 Killed in action France & Flanders
Green, Arthur Reginald Cheltenham Corporal, Royal Gloucestershire Hussars, Yeomanry 13 Oct 1918 Died Home Front
Hartley, Reginald Humphrey London 2nd Lieutenant, 7th Bn. Middlesex Regiment attd. 1st Bn. 3 May 1917 x France & Flanders
Hickmott, Frank Leonard London Rifleman, 5th (City of London) Bn. London Rifle Brigade 9 Oct 1916 Killed in action France & Flanders
Hickox, Edwin Baskerville M.C. London Temp. Major, 9th Bn. Essex Regiment 1915 Aug 1917 Died of wounds France & Flanders
Horrocks, Frank Bacup, Lancs. Assistant Paymaster, Royal Navy Reserve, HMS Redbreast 1915 Jul 1917 Killed in action Aegean Sea
Lake, William Addison Attenborough, Notts. Temp. 2nd Lieutenant, 2nd Royal Marine Bn., Royal Marines 28 April 1917 Killed in action France & Flanders
Liversidge, Raymond Allan Rotherham Assistant Paymaster, Royal Navy Reserve HMS Invincible 31 May 1916 Killed in action Jutland, North Sea
Maudsley, Arthur James Aloysius MiD x2 Melbourne, Australia 38th Bn. Australian Infantry 31 Aug 1918 Killed in action France & Flanders
McMullen, Eric Newland Leeds Private, 'H' Coy. 6th (Perthshire) Bn. Black Watch (Royal Highlanders) (TF) 3 June 1915 Killed in action France & Flanders
Moore, William John Liverpool x x x x
Neill, David William Cape Town, South Africa Gunner, 73rd Siege Btty.,South African Heavy Artillery 9 April 1918
France & Flanders
Noble, William Richard Blackpool Private, 8th Battalion King's Own Royal Lancaster Regiment 5 April 1918 Died of wounds France & Flanders
Parkinson, George Hartley Bradford Lieutenant, 6th (Cyclist) Bn. Norfolk Regiment (TF) 13 April 1918 Killed in action France & Flanders
Saunders, Gwilym Essex* Cardiff 16th Bn. London Regiment / Royal Welsh Fusiliers 15 Sep 1918 Killed in action France & Flanders
Scamell, Reginald Frank MiD Cairo, Egypt Temp. Captain, 11th Bn. Gloucestershire Regimen, attd. 7th Bn. 21 Apr 1916 Killed in action Mesopotamia (Basra)
Silvester, Percy Wafford London 2nd Lieutenant, 1/20th (Blackheath & Woolwich) Bn. London Regiment (TF) 26 Sep 101916 Killed in action France & Flanders
Stannard, William Lanagan St Helens, Lancs Captain, 5th Bn. South Lancashire Regiment (Prince of Wales's Volunteers) (TF) 4 May 1915 Killed in action France & Flanders
Thompson, Norman Sandakan, N. Borneo 2nd Lieutenant, 1917th (Service) Bn. Durham Light Infantry attd. 13th Bn. 5 Aug 1916 Died of wounds France & Flanders
Walton, Frank Arthur London 2nd Lieutenant, 2nd (City of London) Bn. Royal Fusiliers 26 Sep 1917 Killed in action France & Flanders
Wilkinson, Joseph Glastonbury Serjeant, 2nd South Western Mounted Bde. 27 Oct 191918 Died Home Front
Williams, Frank Arthur Birmingham Corporal, 13th Bn. Essex Regiment 2 July 1916 Died of wounds France & Flanders
Wilson, Percival Charles Leeds Private, 6th Bn. East Yorkshire Regiment 4 Aug 1917 Killed in action France & Flanders
Worthington, Thomas Roughton Manchester Sergeant, 1/6th Bn. Manchester Regiment 7 Aug 1915 Killed in action Turkey (Gallipoli)
Wrench, John George Bishop Auckland Corporal, 1918th Bn. Durham Light Infantry 16 Jun 1917 Killed in action France & Flanders
Wright, Alexander Allen M.C. Belfast Captain, 4th Bn. King's Own Royal Lancaster Regiment (TF) 8 Aug 1916 Killed in action France & Flanders
Wyatt, Esdaile Frederick Burkitt MiD Karachi, India Captain, 2nd Bn. Prince of Wales's Volunteers (South Lancashire) Regiment attd. Machine Gun Corps 8 Jan 1916 Killed in action France & Flanders
Photograph of a war memorial with remembrance day poppy wreaths around the base
The war memorial outside the Royal Exchange in the City of London. Many SIAA men served in the units and battalions listed here.

Articled clerks and special by-law candidates

Links in the 'Theatre' field go to the relevant record on the Commonwealth War Graves Commission website

 
Name Location Rank, service Date of death Type Theatre
Allbut, Gerald William George Kidderminster Private, 2/8th Bn. Sherwood Foresters (Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment) 27 July 1917 Died of wounds France & Flanders
Allbut, G.W. 2  x x x x x
Allen, Frank Ernest Manchester Private, 1/6th Batt. Manchester Regiment 27 May 1915 Killed in action Gallipoli
Angus, Leslie George Melbourne, Australia Lance Corporal, 23rd Bn. Australian Infantry 19 Nov 1917 Died of wounds France & Flanders
Ash, Gilbert Stanley Portsmouth 2nd Lieutenant, 14th (Portsmouth) Bn. Hampshire Regiment 3 Sep 1916 Killed in action France & Flanders
Belbin, Clarence Sheffield Corporal, 8th Bn. Rifle Brigade 30 July 1915 Killed in action France & Flanders
Bicker, Edward Henry Bournemouth Private, 'A' Coy. 1/4th Bn. Hampshire Regiment (TF) 24 Feb 1917 Killed in action Mesopotamia (Basra)
Billing, Samuel Alfred London Rifleman, 16th Bn. London Regiment (Queen's Westminster Rifles) 17 Feb 1917 Killed in action France (Houplines)
Binstead, Walter Percy London Private, 13th (County of London) Battalion (Princess Louise's Kensington Battalion), London Regiment 2 Sep 1915 Died France & Flanders
Bosworth, Victor Palmer Leicester Rifleman, 4th Bn. King's Royal Rifle Corps  16 Aug 1917 KIA France & Flanders
Boyd, William Hatchell Belfast 2nd Lieutenant, 9th Bn. Royal Dublin Fusiliers 9 Sep 1916 Killed in action France & Flanders
Campbell, Donald London

Private

x Died x
Chadwick, Edward Neale  Hyde, Cheshire 2nd Lieutenant, 3rd Bn. Seaforth Highlanders 4 Oct 1917 Killed in action France & Flanders
Coldwells, Leonard George Croydon Private, 'F' Coy. 1/14th (County of London) Bn. (London Scottish), London Regiment 31 Oct 1914 Killed in action France & Flanders
Cowan, Arthur Sunderland 18th Bn. Durham Light Infantry 1 July 1916 Killed in action France & Flanders
Dolby, Charles Menlove  3  Liverpool 6th Bn. King's (Liverpool) Regt N/A N/A N/A
Erskine, Stuart Greenock Private, 'B' Coy. 5th Bn. Queen's Own Cameron Highlanders 18 July 1916 Killed in action France & Flanders
Evans, William Clifford Cardiff Private, 20th Bn. Royal Fusiliers 25 Dec 1916 Died France & Flanders
Flook, Thomas Edward Deptford Private, 'D' Coy. 15th (County of London) Bn. London Regiment (Prince of Wales' Own Civil Service Rifles) (TF) 24 May 1915 Killed in action France & Flanders
Fox, Frederick Donald Beeston 2nd Lieutenant, 17th (Service) Bn. The Sherwood Foresters (Nottinghamshire & Derbyshire Regiment) 5 Nov 1915 Killed in action France (Thievpal)
Gregson, Harold Bradford Acting Bombardier, 'D' Bty. 277th Bde. Royal Field Artillery 11 Aug 1917 x France & Flanders
Harland, Morgan Lewis Mountain Ash, Glam. Private, 'B' Coy. 28th (County of London) Bn. London Regiment (Artists' Rifles) 27 Aug 1918 Killed in action France & Flanders

Harris, Christopher Samuel 

Leeds 2nd Lieutenant, 6th Bn. West Yorkshire Regiment (Prince of Wales's Own) 27 May 1917 Killed in action France & Flanders
Hughes, R x x x x x
Johnston, Robert Douglass Newcastle 6th Northumberland Fusiliers x Killed in action x
Kimberley, Albert William Sheffield Serjeant, 8th Bn. Rifle Brigade 25 May 1916 Killed in action France & Flanders
King, Frank Benjamin Middlesex Serjeant, 2/16th (County of London) Bn. , Queen's Westminster Rifles (Reserve) Bn. 8 Dec 1917 Killed in action Syria
Leech, Alfred John Leicester Gunner, 14th Heavy Bty. Royal Garrison Artillery 11 Aug 1917 Killed in action France & Flanders
Lomas, Leonard Beaman Manchester Private, 7th Bn. Border Regiment 23 April 1917 Killed in action France & Flanders
Malpas, Donald Manchester Serjeant, 20 Squadron RAF 25 July 1918 Killed in action France & Flanders
Mason, Bertram Wheeler  1  Ceylon Writer, Mercantile Marine Reserve H.M.S. Clan McNaughton 3 Feb 1915 Drowned at sea NW of Ireland
Morgan, Ashton London Temp. Lieutenant Royal Flying Corps 4 Feb 1918 Killed whilst flying Home
Payne, William Henry junior London 2nd Lieutenant, 22nd Bn., Royal Fusiliers 17 Feb 1917 Killed in Action France & Flanders
Pickering, Neville Jameson Kimberley, South Africa Corporal, 8th Bn. Active Citizen Force Artillery 26 Sep 1914 Killed in action Namibia (Sandfontein)
Potter, Percy Walter MiD Plymouth 2nd Lieutenant, 5th Bn. Worcestershire Regiment att. 2nd Bn. 21 May 1917 Died of wounds France & Flanders
Pratt, William Toronto Quartermaster Sergeant Major, 3rd Batt. Canadian Expeditionary Force 5 May 1915 Drowned (accidentally) France (Bethune)
Robinson, James Vernon London Temp. Lieutenant, 1st Bn. Lancashire Fusiliers attd. 16 Bn. 13 August 1918 Died of wounds France & Flanders
Sherwood, William John Newport, Salop Private, 2nd Bn. Royal Warwickshire Regiment 9 Oct 1917 Killed in action France & Flanders
Shuttleworth, James Halifax Trooper x Killed in action x
Smith, Gilbert Parker Hartlepool 2nd Lieutenant, 2nd Bn. Yorkshire Regiment 5 Jan 1915 Killed in action France & Flanders
Smith, William Rendle London 'G' Company, 1/24th Bn. City of London Regiment 5 May 1915 Died of wounds France & Flanders
Stapleton, Harold Frederick London Lieutenant, 1st Bn. London Regiment (Royal Fusiliers) att. 7th Bn. 15 Sep 1916 Killed in action France & Flanders
Stevens, Ernest Henry London 1/21st (County of London) Battalion, The London Regiment (1st Surrey Rifles) (TF) 25 May 1915 Killed in action France & Flanders
Stobbs, James Atkinson South Shields Private, 15th Bn. Durham Light Infantry 29 May 1918 Killed in action France & Flanders
Theak, Horace Leonard London 2nd Lieutenant, 3rd Bn. Essex Regiment (att. 11th Bn.) (TF) 4 May 1917 Died of wounds France & Flanders
Tigar, Harold Walter Harrow Lieutenant, 3rd Bn. (Duke of Cambridge's Own) Middlesex Regiment 9 May 1915 Killed in action France & Flanders
Trimming, Charles Winwood Ilford Serjeant, 8th Bn. King's Royal Rifle Company 30 July 1915 Killed in action France & Flanders
Ward, George Duval  4  Johannesburg Temp. Captain (Act. Major), 'B' bty. 181st Bde. Royal Horse Artillery and Royal Field Artillery 18 May 1917 Killed in action France & Flanders

Notes and glossary

  1. Both men died aboard HMS Clan McNaughton and were both employed at the same firm
  2. Assumed to be a duplicate entry for same person
  3. If C.M. Dolby is, in fact, Charles Menlove Dolby, then he didn't die in the War. He volunteered in 1914 but was rejected on medical grounds and was very much alive when he was visiting his father (also an Incorporated Accountant) on the 1921 census. Dolby served as a special constable in the Cheshire Constabulary in WW2 and died in 1947.
  4. G. D. Ward had previously fought in the 2nd Boer War (as a Lt. in Thorneycroft's Mounted Infantry), where he was awarded the South African Medal with Cape Colony, Orange Free State and Transvaal clasps.

When the type of death is given as 'Died' this will be a death that didn't occur under enemy fire, for instance an illness or accident (including training accidents).

  • Attd: Attached
  • Bn. : Battalion
  • Bty: Battery
  • Bde: Brigade
  • Coy: Company
  • M.C.: Military Cross
  • MiD: Mentioned in despatches
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