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2 Soldiers Hospital

Soldiers who wrote in the Halloughton Hall Hospital Ledger

 The following schedule shows in alphabetic order a list of the soldiers who made an entry in the ledger. Some wrote detailed accounts, others poems and greetings. Some even drew pictures. There are a number of instances of soldiers writing more than one entry else the duplication of names.

These soldiers came from all part of the British Isles and also Australia and New Zealand.

It is intended to add each entry to this website together with any information discovered as to who the soldiers were and what happened to them after they left Halloughton Hall. The list below may have some inaccuracies because of difficulties sometimes in deciphering signatures and writing.

However what is noticeable is the quality of the handwriting, spelling and grammar of these men who would have left school at age 14. 

Details of soldier’s name and unit
Lcpl SJ Adams 2/9th Middlesex Regt
Rifleman J. W. Akers, 3rd Bn Kings Royal Rifle Corps  
1172 Pte W Amor 6th Bn Leinminster Regiment
Pte H.R. Archard (name not legible) New Zealand  
Pte T Bagley, 1st Bn Irish Guards  
4723 Pte R Bailey, Army Veterinary Corp
Bombardier W Baker 83154 B/66 Royal Field Artillery
Pte A. V. Baker, 1st Queens, Royal West Surrey Regiment
Pte William Ball, 3rd Coldstream Guards
Pte B Bargh 2057, 4th Bn Loyal North Lancs
Rfn EWJ Belcher, Queens Westminster Rifles
Sgt W Blower, 1st Bn East Yorks Regt  
Sapper E Craddock, Royal Engineers
Pte C Brearley, 6th North Staffords
Sgt P Brodie, Seaforth Highlanders
Pte G F Brown, 1st Border Regiment,  See Page of "Soldiers from Gallipoli at Hallbroughton"
Pte G.F. Brown 1st Bn Border Regiment  See Page of "Soldiers from Gallipoli at Hallbroughton"
Sgt Jas A Campbell, Z Company, 1st Royal Munster Regiment  See Page of "Soldiers from Gallipoli at Hallbroughton"
Pte T Carroll 7 Bn East Surrey Regiment
T Carroll, East Surrey Regiment
Sgt J Carstairs, 4th Black Watch
Pte William Chapman, 1st Lancashire Fusiliers,  
Pte Fred Christian, 1622, Machine Gun Corp
Pte Duncan Coins, 11th Bn Royal Scots
Pte H.A. Coker, 1 Bn KOYLI
Pte JB Cooke 8 Bn Cheshire Regiment
Pte Thomas Cooper, 10th Scottish Rifles
Pte C Cooper 14683, 6 Bn Northamptonshire Regt
Pte Robert Cotgrave 11877, 1 Bn Cheshire Regiment
Sgt Clifford H Cripps, 1st Bn Royal Scots
Pte H Curley 18089 2nd Bn Wiltshire Regt  
Pte A Dalby, 1st Northampton Regt   
Staff Sgt Raikes Davies attached to 1st Machine Gun Corp
2934 Pte J J Dibley Machine Gun Section, 20th London Regiment
Pte Ernest Dyer, 1st Bn Royal Welsh Fus
Private W Eades, 2nd Hampshire Regiment  
Pte E Eames 366 C Coy 2nd Bn The Buffs  
Pte Joseph Ellis, 23093, 2nd York and Lancs
Pte Fielding 7 Bn Norfolk Regiment
Pte A. H. Garner 6th Bn North Staffs Regt
3642 Pte W.H. Garton, 1/8 Notts and Derbyshire
Pte G Garwood, 11th Essex Regiment
9295 Pte W.G. Gomm, 6Bn “The Buffs” East Kent Regiment
W Goodwin 10th Bn Royal Buckingham Hussars
1610 Sig W R Griffiths, HQ Signal Staff 1/1 Herefordshire Regt
Rfn A Gunn, 6th Bn City of London
Private W Harley 2nd Royal Fusiliers   See Page of "Soldiers from Gallipoli at Hallbroughton"
Pte J.B. Hassett, Machine Gun Section, Wellington BN NZ  
Sgt G Hawkes, 9th Devonshire Regiment
Pte T Haynes, 2nd Bn Royal Fusiliers  
2433 Pte F Hopkinson 5th West Yorkshire Regiment
Pte T ibbetson, 6th Bn Durham Light Infantry  
Cpl Jones (Name illegible) Shropshire Light Infantry 
L/Cpl H Jones 13079, A Coy6 Bn Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers
13/270 Cpl J T Jones, NZ Mounted Rifles See Page of "Soldiers from Gallipoli at Hallbroughton"
Pte C Kelly 1248 5th Bn Black Watch  
Private E King, 2nd Bedfordshire Regiment,  
Pte Geo King, 4th Bn Middlesex Regiment  
Pte E King
Private H.B. Lawrence 2nd Bn Australian Infantry  See Page of "Soldiers from Gallipoli at Hallbroughton"
8951 Pte J Leatherland, 2 Bn Lincolnshire Regiment
Cpl Fdk W Lennox 2021, 7th Bn Northumberland Fusiliers  
Pte J Lindsay, 1st Bn Royal Iniskilling 
L/Cpl F Lingard 17053 1st Bn Suffolk Regt,  
Pte F Locker, 14h Bn Welsh Regiment
Private A Longmore, 8100, 3rd Bn Worcester  
W  T Lynch, Royal Munster Fus (not clear)  
C Mabbit, 1st Bn Kings Own Yorkshire Light Infantry
Pte D Martin, 1st Bn Kings Regt  
Private F. McDowell, 1st Border Regiment   See Page of "Soldiers from Gallipoli at Hallbroughton"
Pte Donald McIver 3253 D Coy 1st Bn Cameron Highlanders  
Pte Mc Ives
Pte D McIves
Pte J. H. Moore 3rd Auckland Regiment  
Pte M Mullen, Northumberland Fusiliers
1470 Pte G North, 8Bn Royal Fusiliers
Cpl H. L. (Not legible) Royal Buckinghamshire Hussars
Pte A Orbell 9th BN Royal Warwickshire Regt  
Pte A Orbell
Pte A Pavitt, 2nd Bn Hants Regt (Gallipoli)  
Private L Pegram,  3rd Bn Royal Fusiliers  
Section Corporal Power, 2nd South Wales Borderers,  See Page of "Soldiers from Gallipoli at Hallbroughton"
3/120 G Quence Mounted Field Ambulance NZ (illegible)
NP Richards, 2nd Bn South Canterbury Regt, NZ
Bdr H.E. Richards, A Bty RFA
Rfn M Roberts, 1st Monmouthshire Regt,  
Pte Owen Roberts, 20427, 14 Bn Royal Welsh Fusiliers
Pte Owen Roberts, 20427, 14 Bn Royal Welsh Fusiliers
E. L. Robinson of Glenfield, Birkenhead, Auckland, NZ  
Tpr E L Robinson 4th Auckland Mounted Rfls 
8/96 Pte H Ross 10th Otago  
Pte JB Slater 2676 Machine Gun Section 5th BN Royal Scots  
Spr George William Smith, Royal Engineers
2567 Rfn G.A. Springham, 18 Bn London Regiment, London Irish Rifles
Pte F Squires 1st Bn Kings Own Scottish Brdrs   
Drummer J Stokes, 4th Worcester Regiment
LCpl W. J. Sullivan 14th Kings Hussars  
4/584 Cpl J M Sumner (illegible) Divn Signal Corp,  NZ Engineers
Dvr H Sutton 1483, 5th Staffs Bty RHA
Pte George Taylor 1/4 Seaforth Highlanders
Pte AH Thomas 6th Hauraki Coy Auckland Bn, New Zealand
Pte William Tierney 2373, 1st Bn Durham Light Infantry  
Pte E Toulson (illegible) Auckland Bn NZ 
Pte Wm Town 1/5 Bn Essex Regt  
365 Pte Turo K Maori Cont, New Zealand  
Pte E.F.B. Vears, 2977, 20th Company of London Regiment
Pte H Walker, Gloucester Regiment,  
Pte A E Walker, 1/5 Bn Essex Regt  
Pte AE Walker Orderly Room Staff, 1/5 Bn Essex Regiment  
Lcpl Walker 7th Royal Warwickshire Regt
Pte A Warnes, 1/4 Bn KOYLI  
Pte A Warnes 2144, ¼ Bn KOYLI 
Pte F Wear, 10 Bn York and Lancs
Pte A Wells, 8th Southland Coy, Otago Bn New Zealand  
Pte S. Weston, (Gallipoli) See Page of "Soldiers from Gallipoli at Hallbroughton"
Pte William H White ASC
Pte G Whittaker 17590, 1st Kings Shropshire Light Infantry
Cpl A Whittingham RAMC (name illegible?)  
L/cpl S Wilkes, 4th Bn Worcester Regt  See Page of "Soldiers from Gallipoli at Hallbroughton"
Pte Wilkinson, Machine Gun Corp, 16333
L/cpl CM Williams, Hampshire Regiment  
Driver C.E.B. Woods, 1st Border Regiment   See Page of "Soldiers from Gallipoli at Hallbroughton"
Bombardier JH Workman, 98th Brigade RFA
Pte M.H.Wright, C Coy Grenadiers, 7Bn London Regt
Pte A Wynne, 2nd Bn Royal Scots Fusiliers
F Yates Grenadier Guards
J Young, Ruahine Coy, Wellington Regiment (illegible)