Museum Artefacts

Maj Gen Sir Edward Hamilton KC

Colonel, The Queen’s (Royal West Surrey) Regiment 1914-1920.

See also Colonels of the Regiment.

Lt Col D Warren

Commanding officer

Killed 17th September 1914 commanding the 1st Battalion. A very keen shot and he had presented several silver trophies to improve shooting, two in use today.

Brother and son also killed in the Great War. Burial in Paissy Churchyard, Grave 2.

Lt Col HC Pilleau DSO

Second in Command

Was Second in Command to Lt Col Warren, assumed command. Killed 21st September 1914.

Burial in Neuilly-Sur-Seine New Communal Cemetery. Grave A.23.1

Brevet Major EB Mathew-Lannowe

Brevet Major Mathew-Lannowe was seriously wounded on the 15th September 1914. He had joined the 1st Battalion in India in 1895 and had taken part in the North-West Frontier campaign of 1897-1898 including the operations of the Malakand Field Force. He had been Adjutant of the 1st Battalion from 1902 to 1905. After recovering from his wounds at the Aisne he saw further service in France in 1915-1916. He then held appointments at the Machine Gun Corps Training Centre, and at the end of the war he was Commandant of the Tank Corps Training Centre in the rank of Brigadier-General.

He returned to the Regiment at his own request to take command of the 2nd Battalion for the Waziristan Campaign of 1921. His final appointment was as Commander of the 2nd (Rawalpindi) Brigade. He retired in 1931 and died in 1940.

Capt MG Heath

Wounded 14th September 1914. Subsequently returned to duty and was acting Lieutenant Colonel when he was killed on 25th September 1915 commanding 2nd Battalion The Queen’s Royal Regiment. Served for 16 years with the 1st Battalion.

Took part in the Tirah Expedition 1897-8 and on the North-West Frontier of India (1908). Commemorated on Loos Memorial panel 13 to 15.

Colonel RG Clarke CMG DSO MBE

Captain RG Clarke survived the war. He had served with the 2nd Bn The Queen’s Royal Regiment in the South African War 1899-1902 and been Mentioned in Despatches. During the Great War he was made a Chevalier of the French Legion of Honour for his work during the retreat from Mons: four times Mentioned in Despatches, awarded the CMG and DSO. He was promoted to Lt Col. He commanded the 1st Battalion in China from 1927 to 1928 and then retired from the army, and was appointed Honorary Colonel. In retirement he was involved with various charities and was active in promoting the Sea Cadets in Folkestone, for which he was awarded an MBE in 1958. He was a very generous benefactor to the Regiment, including the purchase of the Carlisle Figures and two silver maces (one on display in the museum) and many donations to the museum and for benevolence. He died on 27th October 1959 aged 80 years.

Captain and Adjutant CE Wilson

Killed 17th September 1914. He had served throughout the South African Campaign with the 2nd Battalion. He was a Chevalier of the Legion of Honour (France). Buried in Paissy Churchyard, Grave 2.

Brigadier General CF Watson CMG DSO

Wounded 14th October 1914 and again in 1918. Captain CF Watson had served in the South African War (1899-1902) and had been awarded the DSO and twice Mentioned in Despatches. In 1922 he commanded the 2nd Bn The Royal Warwickshire Regiment, this was followed by a period on half-pay until being selected as Brigadier-General in command of the Rangoon Brigade. He retired from the Army in 1931 and died on the 12th July 1948.

Captain RFS Stanley Creek

Awarded DSO. Wounded 14th September 1914. Killed 31st October 1914. Captain RFS Stanley-Creek had embarked with the battalion on the 13th August 1914. He was wounded on 14th September. He returned to the battalion and took part in the Battle of the Aisne which was followed by the first Battle of Ypres. It was during this battle that Stanley-Creek was awarded his DSO: his company had been cut off by a large party of Germans, and he had to lead his men through the German lines to get back to the battalion. As senior officers had been killed or wounded, he commanded the battalion for a short while until he in turn was killed on 29th October 1914. His body was never found, but his name is remembered on panel 11-13 and 14 on the Menin Gate Memorial. His medals, including a Mentioned-in-Despatches and bronze plaque are in the possession of a farmer in upstate New York forty miles north of Saratoga - close to the Vermont border. The farmer, Gordon Chaplin, married the eldest daughter of Captain M Teale who had served as a National Service Officer with the 1st Battalion The Queen’s Royal Regiment in Iserlohn, West Germany in 1950 and later with the 6th Battalion.

Lieutenant Colonel HNA Hunter DSO

Captain HNA Hunter was wounded in September 1914 he finished the war with the 1st Battalion as a Brevet Lieutenant Colonel (not in command). He subsequently commanded the 2nd Bn The Queen’s Royal Regiment. He relinquished command in 1931 and retired.

Colonel FC Longbourne CMG DSO

Captain FC Longbourne was wounded serving with the 1st Battalion in October 1914.

He was awarded the CMG and DSO during the war and commanded the 11th Bn The Queen’s Royal Regiment at the end of the war.

Lieutenant RLQ Henriques

Killed 14th September 1914. Lieutenant Henriques had been commissioned into The Queen’s (Royal West Surrey) Regiment. He came from a deeply devout family and on hearing of his death his mother, Lady Margaret Henriques, commissioned a statuette of St George which, when completed, she placed in the family chapel in memory of her son. After her death and when the building in which the chapel was situated was demolished, her trustees presented the statuette to the regimental museum. It has been included in Western Front tableaus in the museum. Lieutenant Henriques was serving with the 1st Bn The Queen’s at the Battle of the Aisne when he was killed. He was the first regimental officer casualty killed in the war. Buried in Vendresse British Cemetery Grave N.H.1

Lieutenant W Hayes

Killed 20th October 1918. Had been promoted to Captain and awarded the DSO. Buried in Stagheno Cemetery, Genoa, Grave I.C.19

Lieutenant BN Kenny

Wounded 14th October 1914

Lieutenant MV Foy

Promoted Captain and killed 13th October 1914. Buried in Vendresse British Cemetery, Grave 111.C.8

Lieutenant RS Pringle

Died of wounds 17th September 1914. Buried in Moulins New Communal Cemetery, Grave 6

Lieutenant MWH Pain

Wounded 26th August 1914. Returned to duty and served throughout the First World War. Subsequently served with the 2nd Battalion as Second-in-Command in Aldershot, 1931

Lieutenant HE Iremonger

Wounded 14th September 1914

2nd Lieutenant HJP Thompson

Wounded 14th September 1914

2nd Lieutenant FM Eastwood

Killed 29th October 1914. Commemorated on Ypres (Menin Gate) Memorial Panel 11-13 and 14

2nd Lieutenant HB Strong

Killed 30th October 1914. Had been promoted Lieutenant. Commemorated on Ypres (Menin Gate) Memorial Panel 11-13 and 14

2nd Lieutenant JD Boyd

Killed 25th September 1918. Had been awarded DSO and MC

2nd Lieutenant C Bushell

Wounded 14th October 1914. Killed 8th August 1917, later in the war whilst commanding 7th Bn The Queen’s Royal Regiment. He was twice Mentioned in Despatches, awarded the DSO and VC. See also VCs of the Regiment. He was killed on the 8th August 1918

Lieutenant & Quartermaster GH Wallis DCM

Died of wounds 20th September 1918. Had been promoted to Captain (Quartermaster). Buried in Thilloy Road Cemetery, Beaulemcourt. He was awarded the DCM during the Tirah Campaign

2nd Lieutenant ED Drew

Wounded 14th September 1914

2nd Lieutenant TOM Buchan

Wounded 14th September 1914. 2nd/Lt Buchan served with the 1st Battalion during the Great War and was awarded the Military Cross for gallantry. Post war he served with the 2nd Battalion until 1926 when he was appointed Adjutant of 22nd Bn The London Regiment (The Queen’s). He retired from the Army in 1928 with the rank of Major.

2nd Lieutenant C Cooper

Wounded 14th September 1914 (evacuated to UK)