161 died on this day: Wed 23/02/1916

For further information on the events of this day 100 years ago, visit:
http://www.firstworldwar.com/onthisday/1916_02_23.htm

For a diary entry from Arthur Linfoot on this day 100 years ago, visit:
http://www.arthurlinfoot.org.uk/2016/02/23/23-February-1916-Wednesday/

Belgium: West-Vlaanderen BRANDHOEK MILITARY CEMETERY (1)
________________________________________________________
17952 Private ERNEST EDWARD RUTH 9th Bn. Suffolk Regiment


Belgium: West-Vlaanderen ESSEX FARM CEMETERY (3)
________________________________________________
25771 Corporal BAKER 11th Bn. Durham Light Infantry
12733 Lance Corporal HOUGHTON 6th Bn. King's Shropshire Light Infantry
S/734 Rifleman WHITTICK 10th Bn. Rifle Brigade


Belgium: West-Vlaanderen KEMMEL CHATEAU MILITARY CEMETERY (1)
_____________________________________________________________
418738 Private COX 42nd Bn. Canadian Infantry


Belgium: West-Vlaanderen LIJSSENTHOEK MILITARY CEMETERY (7)
___________________________________________________________
80232 Driver DAVID ELDER 84th Field Coy. Royal Engineers
2900 Sapper LEONARD KIRKBY ELLIOTT 2nd/2nd (West Riding) Field Coy. Royal Engineers
55613 Private FEWSON 19th Bn. Canadian Infantry
7325 Serjeant KILROY 12th Bn. Rifle Brigade
3069 Private ROPER 1st/7th Bn. Northumberland Fusiliers
10802 Air Mechanic 2nd Class THOMAS FARRANT WELLS 6th Sqdn. Royal Flying Corps
Lieutenant WIGAN 1st Bn. attd. 8th Bn. Queen's Own (Royal West Kent Regiment)


Belgium: West-Vlaanderen MENIN ROAD SOUTH MILITARY CEMETERY (3)
_______________________________________________________________
15771 Lance Serjeant HARRY AFFLECK "D" Coy. 7th Bn. Northamptonshire Regiment
10975 Private BLAKEMAN 1st Bn. North Staffordshire Regiment
Lieutenant LIAS 9th Bn. Royal Sussex Regiment


Belgium: West-Vlaanderen POTIJZE BURIAL GROUND CEMETERY (1)
___________________________________________________________
15733 Private GEORGE TAYLOR 11th Bn. Essex Regiment


Belgium: West-Vlaanderen R.E. FARM CEMETERY (2)
_______________________________________________
A/10472 Private COKER 2nd Bn. Canadian Infantry
402365 Private JAMES WARD MAXWELL 2nd Bn. Canadian Infantry


Belgium: West-Vlaanderen RAILWAY DUGOUTS BURIAL GROUND (TRANSPORT FARM) (4)
___________________________________________________________________________
1776 Private DIXON 5th Bn. Border Regiment
G/1032 Private DONNELLY 9th Bn. Durham Light Infantry
Second Lieutenant LEONARD EWBANK 5th Bn. Border Regiment
2769 Private HOGG 5th Bn. Border Regiment


Belgium: West-Vlaanderen TYNE COT CEMETERY (1)
______________________________________________
Y/1377 Rifleman JOHN TROY 12th Bn. King's Royal Rifle Corps


Belgium: West-Vlaanderen VOORMEZEELE ENCLOSURES NO.1 AND NO.2 (1)
_________________________________________________________________
11707 Lance Corporal WILLIAM HIGGINS 7th Bn. East Yorkshire Regiment


Belgium: West-Vlaanderen YPRES (MENIN GATE) MEMORIAL (1)
________________________________________________________
G/4945 Private HENRY GROVER 9th Bn. Royal Sussex Regiment


Canada: Ontario TORONTO (ST. JOHN'S NORWAY) CEMETERY (1)
________________________________________________________
207805 Private WILLIAM J. DENNING 97th Bn. Canadian Infantry


Canada: Saskatchewan KAMSACK (RIVERVIEW) CEMETERY (1)
_____________________________________________________
Private HUGH CAUGHEY 188th Bn. Canadian Infantry


Egypt: ALEXANDRIA (CHATBY) MILITARY AND WAR MEMORIAL CEMETERY (1)
_________________________________________________________________
2076 Private OSCAR SEYMOUR SILVERA "B" Coy. 2nd Bn. British West Indies Regiment


Egypt: HELIOPOLIS (PORT TEWFIK) MEMORIAL (2)
____________________________________________
4057 Rifleman JASBAHADUR GURUNG 2nd Bn. 2nd King Edward's Own Gurkha Rifles (The Sirmoor Rifles)
147 Sowar KHAJURA 191st H.C.C. Camel Corps


Egypt: PORT SAID WAR MEMORIAL CEMETERY (1)
__________________________________________
Lieutenant HENRY HARRISON MITCHELL 11th Bn. East Lancashire Regiment


Egypt: SUEZ WAR MEMORIAL CEMETERY (1)
_____________________________________
J/3016 Able Seaman ALBERT JOHN DOWSETT H.M.S. "Fox." Royal Navy


France: Nord BAILLEUL COMMUNAL CEMETERY EXTENSION, NORD (1)
___________________________________________________________
19803 Private COPE 9th Bn. South Staffordshire Regiment


France: Nord BREWERY ORCHARD CEMETERY, BOIS-GRENIER (1)
_______________________________________________________
17051 Private JAMES CLARK "A" Coy. 15th Bn. Royal Scots


France: Nord CITE BONJEAN MILITARY CEMETERY, ARMENTIERES (4)
____________________________________________________________
6328 Private BREAKS 4th Bn. Middlesex Regiment
3/2315 Private BROOKE 10th Bn. King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry
11975 Private RAWSON 8th Bn. Lincolnshire Regiment
10727 Corporal SMEDLEY 8th Bn. Lincolnshire Regiment


France: Nord DUNKIRK TOWN CEMETERY (1)
______________________________________
J/16622 Able Seaman JAMES RIORDAN H.M.S. "M27." Royal Navy


France: Pas de Calais ARRAS MEMORIAL (1)
________________________________________
20394 Private WILLIAM SMART 1st Coy. Machine Gun Corps (Infantry)


France: Pas de Calais BETHUNE TOWN CEMETERY (4)
_______________________________________________
4/6942 Private MOYNIHAN 4th Bn. Royal Munster Fusiliers
10481 Private RANDALL 7th Bn. East Surrey Regiment
4424 Rifleman SHIELDS 7th Bn. Royal Irish Rifles
1726 Private RAYMOND THOMAS 6th Bn. Welsh Regiment


France: Pas de Calais BOULOGNE EASTERN CEMETERY (3)
___________________________________________________
4108 Lance Corporal CHARLES HENRY DOWSON 1st/8th Bn. Durham Light Infantry
1176 Lance Serjeant JAMES HENRY MORGAN 1st/9th Bn. Durham Light Infantry
L/10196 Private FREDERICK HENRY OTTAWAY 1st Bn. The Buffs (East Kent Regiment)


France: Pas de Calais CAMBRIN MILITARY CEMETERY (1)
___________________________________________________
3879 Private McCARTHY 1st Bn. The Queen's (Royal West Surrey Regiment)


France: Pas de Calais CHOCQUES MILITARY CEMETERY (1)
____________________________________________________
14186 Private READ 7th Bn. Suffolk Regiment


France: Pas de Calais ETAPLES MILITARY CEMETERY (2)
___________________________________________________
Major DOUGLAS REYNOLDS (V C) 83rd Bde. Royal Field Artillery
18553 Private SMITH 10th Bn. West Yorkshire Regiment (Prince of Wales's Own)


France: Pas de Calais FOSSE 7 MILITARY CEMETERY (QUALITY STREET), MAZINGARBE (3)
________________________________________________________________________________
Second Lieutenant DOUGLAS JOSEPH GEERE "D" Bty. 71st Bde. Royal Field Artillery
9166 Gunner WILLIAM LAWSON "D" Bty. 71st Bde. Royal Field Artillery
24374 Driver ROBERT ROBINSON 71st Bde. Royal Field Artillery


France: Pas de Calais GUARDS CEMETERY, WINDY CORNER, CUINCHY (2)
________________________________________________________________
23653 Private SMITH 17th Bn. Lancashire Fusiliers
21010 Private WILLIAMS 14th Bn. Royal Welsh Fusiliers


France: Pas de Calais LE FERMONT MILITARY CEMETERY, RIVIERE (1)
_______________________________________________________________
3905 Rifleman FRANK GEORGE BARROW "C" Coy. 5th Bn. The King's (Liverpool Regiment)


France: Pas de Calais LILLERS COMMUNAL CEMETERY (3)
___________________________________________________
2001 Corporal HUBERT ASHMAN TUCKER RIPPER "C" Coy. 18th Bn. Royal Fusiliers
42581 Private JOE SHAW 9th Casualty Clearing Stat Royal Army Medical Corps
2745 Private EDWARD FRANK SOUTHGATE 24th Bn. Royal Fusiliers


France: Pas de Calais LONGUENESSE (ST. OMER) SOUVENIR CEMETERY (1)
__________________________________________________________________
20611 Private WILLIAM JOHN STUDD 9th Bn. Suffolk Regiment


France: Pas de Calais LOOS MEMORIAL (4)
_______________________________________
18516 Private JOHN McLEAN 10th Bn. Cameronians (Scottish Rifles)
G/199 Private JOHN JAMES PAY 6th Bn. The Buffs (East Kent Regiment)
G/7932 Private JOHN SARGEANT 6th Bn. The Buffs (East Kent Regiment)
G/6660 Private HERBERT WILSON 6th Bn. The Buffs (East Kent Regiment)


France: Pas de Calais RUE-DU-BACQUEROT NO.1 MILITARY CEMETERY, LAVENTIE (1)
___________________________________________________________________________
31478 Company Serjeant Major BUTLER 6th Bn. Wiltshire Regiment


France: Pas de Calais RUE-PETILLON MILITARY CEMETERY, FLEURBAIX (1)
___________________________________________________________________
8730 Corporal WARNER 2nd Bn. Lincolnshire Regiment


France: Pas de Calais SAILLY-SUR-LA-LYS CANADIAN CEMETERY (1)
_____________________________________________________________
20/1224 Private BARROW 20th (Tyneside Scottish) Bn. Northumberland Fusiliers


France: Pas de Calais ST. PATRICK'S CEMETERY, LOOS (1)
______________________________________________________
2295 Corporal KEANE 2nd Bn. Royal Munster Fusiliers


France: Pas de Calais ST. VAAST POST MILITARY CEMETERY, RICHEBOURG-L'AVOUE (2)
______________________________________________________________________________
12613 Private HIBBERT 7th Bn. King's Own (Royal Lancaster Regiment)
12961 Corporal ARTHUR EWART WILLIAMS 7th Bn. South Lancashire Regiment


France: Pas de Calais VERMELLES BRITISH CEMETERY (8)
____________________________________________________
2401 Lance Corporal CROUCHER 6th Bn. The Queen's (Royal West Surrey Regiment)
18273 Private JOHN DAVIS 5th Bn. Northamptonshire Regiment
1069 Private ALFRED DAVID GREEN 6th Bn. The Buffs (East Kent Regiment)
6930 Private JOHN LAURENCE HOLLOWAY 6th Bn. The Queen's (Royal West Surrey Regiment)
6380 Private WILLIAM HARRY KNIGHT 6th Bn. The Queen's (Royal West Surrey Regiment)
10747 Private MAURICE LIONEL LEAHY 6th Bn. The Queen's (Royal West Surrey Regiment)
953 Private HARRY VICTOR LOVESAY 6th Bn. The Buffs (East Kent Regiment)
9116 Private THOMAS JAMES PAY 6th Bn. The Buffs (East Kent Regiment)


France: Seine-Maritime ST. SEVER CEMETERY, ROUEN (2)
____________________________________________________
10070 Lance Corporal JAMES MORRISON 2nd Bn. Gordon Highlanders
SS/8010 Private JOHN STEPHENSON 8th Labour Coy. Army Service Corps


France: Seine-Maritime STE. MARIE CEMETERY, LE HAVRE (1)
________________________________________________________
T4/039029 Driver HARRY FIELDING 46th Div. Train Army Service Corps


France: Somme AUTHUILE MILITARY CEMETERY (2)
____________________________________________
3246 Rifleman COX 1st/7th Bn. West Yorkshire Regiment (Prince of Wales's Own)
2526 Rifleman LEONARD DICKINSON 1st/7th Bn. West Yorkshire Regiment (Prince of Wales's Own)


France: Somme BECOURT MILITARY CEMETERY, BECORDEL-BECOURT (1)
_____________________________________________________________
4244 Private KENNEDY 56th Coy. Machine Gun Corps (Infantry)


France: Somme BRONFAY FARM MILITARY CEMETERY, BRAY-SUR-SOMME (1)
________________________________________________________________
15153 Private FRED WHITEHEAD 24th Bn. Manchester Regiment


France: Somme CARNOY MILITARY CEMETERY (1)
__________________________________________
17466 Private GEORGE ARTHUR SMITH 19th Bn. The King's (Liverpool Regiment)


France: Somme CERISY-GAILLY MILITARY CEMETERY (1)
_________________________________________________
Second Lieutenant EVELYN ERNEST ARNOLD COLLISSON "A" Coy. 2nd Bn. Bedfordshire Regiment


France: Somme MERICOURT-L'ABBE COMMUNAL CEMETERY EXTENSION (1)
______________________________________________________________
18331 Private ROBSON 8th Bn. Devonshire Regiment


France: Somme THIEPVAL MEMORIAL (1)
___________________________________
1356 Private HAROLD HORSFIELD 1st/5th Bn. West Yorkshire Regiment (Prince of Wales's Own)


Germany: Hamburg HAMBURG CEMETERY (1)
_____________________________________
7899 Private SCRIMINGER 2nd Bn. Yorkshire Regiment


Germany: Hessen NIEDERZWEHREN CEMETERY (1)
__________________________________________
3063 Rifleman MORETON 12th Bn. London Regiment (The Rangers)


Greece: SALONIKA (LEMBET ROAD) MILITARY CEMETERY (4)
____________________________________________________
Second Lieutenant CLARKE 3rd Bn. Royal Scots Fusiliers
2803 Private FAITHFULL 5th Bn. Royal Irish Regiment
5943 Private ALBERT HAYWARD 13th Bn. Manchester Regiment
T2/SR/017167 Driver McCLUSKEY 123rd Coy. Army Service Corps


India: DELHI MEMORIAL (INDIA GATE) (1)
______________________________________
2369 Sepoy KAPUR SINGH 51st Sikhs (Frontier Force)


Iraq: BASRA MEMORIAL (22)
_________________________
7107 Follower ABDUR RAZAK Army Hospital Corps
2546 Sepoy AZMAT KHAN 121st Indian Pioneers
1839 Sepoy CHHOTE SINGH 7th Duke of Connaught's Own Rajputs
4531 Lance Corporal WESLEY GARNET COLE 1st/4th Bn. Hampshire Regiment
Follower DAULA RAM 104th Wellesley's Rifles
1219 Driver DIN MUHAMMAD 26th. Mule Corps
60773 Gunner JOHN HENRY FRENCH 66th Bty. Royal Field Artillery
65095 Driver ARTHUR WILLIAM GAGEN 2nd Bty. Royal Field Artillery
1994 Rifleman GHULAM HUSAIN 104th Wellesley's Rifles
925 Lance Naik GULAB 7th. Mule Corps
356 Sapper GURDIA Sirmur Imperial Service Sapper Corps
2559 Sepoy HIRA SINGH 8th Rajputs
Lahore/1768 Driver IMAM DIN 3rd. Mule Corps
2459 Sepoy JAIMAL SINGH 51st Sikhs (Frontier Force)
1537 Sepoy KRISHNAJIRAO RANE 110th Mahratta Light Infantry
Follower MOTI 122nd Rajputana Infantry
2905 Rifleman PATURLAL RAI 2nd Bn., attd. 1st Bn. 9th Gurkha Rifles
S/10370 Private THOMAS ROSS 1st Bn. Seaforth Highlanders
2075 Sepoy SHEIKH ABDULLAH 116th Mahrattas
3369 Rifleman SHERBAHADUR KHANDKA 1st Bn. 9th Gurkha Rifles
4144 Sapper SUBBADYA 2nd Queen Victoria's Own Sappers and Miners
2307 Naik SURAT SINGH 16th Rajputs (Lucknow Regiment)


Ireland, Republic of: County Limerick LIMERICK (ST. LAWRENCE'S) CATHOLIC CEMETERY (1)
_____________________________________________________________________________________
3522 Private JOHN JOSEPH GUINANE 5th Bn. Royal Munster Fusiliers


Jamaica: KINGSTON (UP PARK CAMP) MILITARY CEMETERY (1)
______________________________________________________
2997 Private SHAW Jamaica Contingent


Kenya: KAJIADO CEMETERY (1)
___________________________
12850 Regimental Quartermaster Serjeant OLIVER 25th Bn. Royal Fusiliers


Kenya: NAIROBI BRITISH AND INDIAN MEMORIAL (1)
______________________________________________
2233 Sepoy MADHAV SINGH Gwalior Infantry


Kenya: VOI CEMETERY (1)
_______________________
Lieutenant BASSON 4th South African Horse


New Zealand: Wellington City WELLINGTON (KARORI) CEMETERY (1)
_____________________________________________________________
Private NORMAN CHRISTOPHER New Zealand Training Unit


United Kingdom: Buckinghamshire MARLOW CEMETERY (1)
___________________________________________________
1773 Private TYE 2nd/1st Bucks Bn. Oxford and Bucks Light Infantry


United Kingdom: Devon AVETON GIFFORD (ST. ANDREW) CHURCHYARD (1)
________________________________________________________________
15354 Private WALTER JOHN TAYLOR 9th Bn. Devonshire Regiment


United Kingdom: Devon LODDISWELL (ST. MICHAEL) CHURCHYARD (1)
_____________________________________________________________
T1/1030 Driver EDWIN THOMAS PRESTON No. 1 H.T. Coy. (Aldershot) Army Service Corps


United Kingdom: Devon PLYMOUTH (FORD PARK) CEMETERY (1)
_______________________________________________________
279238 Stoker 1st Class CORMICK HIRREL H.M.S. "Vivid." Royal Navy


United Kingdom: Devon PLYMOUTH NAVAL MEMORIAL (1)
_________________________________________________
Wales Z/1799 Signaller WILLIAM R. FIELD H.M.S. "Cynthia." Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve


United Kingdom: Edinburgh EDINBURGH (COMELY BANK) CEMETERY (1)
______________________________________________________________
22721 Private ALFRED VICTOR NEWLIN 3rd Bn. King's Own Scottish Borderers


United Kingdom: Glamorganshire MERTHYR TYDFIL (PANT) CEMETERY (1)
_________________________________________________________________
8428 Private JAMES RYAN 3rd Bn. Welsh Regiment


United Kingdom: Hampshire HASLAR ROYAL NAVAL CEMETERY (1)
_________________________________________________________
132821 Ship's Cook MILLER H.M.S. "Drake" Royal Navy


United Kingdom: Hampshire HOLLYBROOK MEMORIAL, SOUTHAMPTON (1)
______________________________________________________________
10367 Sapper LYNTON ROBERT TOPPING 10th Field Coy. Australian Engineers


United Kingdom: Hampshire WARBLINGTON CEMETERY (1)
__________________________________________________
14411 Private LEGGETT Hampshire Regiment


United Kingdom: Isle of Man KIRK GERMAN NEW CEMETERY (1)
________________________________________________________
8158 Private WILLIAM CHARLES COWLEY 2nd Bn Royal Irish Regiment


United Kingdom: Kent CHATHAM NAVAL MEMORIAL (1)
_______________________________________________
183465 Petty Officer FREDERICK BAILEY H.M.S. "Coquette." Royal Navy


United Kingdom: Kent DOVER (ST. JAMES'S) CEMETERY (1)
_____________________________________________________
G/8183 Corporal WILLIAM THOMAS HOLLIDAY 3rd Bn. The Buffs (East Kent Regiment)


United Kingdom: Kent SHORNCLIFFE MILITARY CEMETERY (1)
______________________________________________________
445424 Lance Corporal GORDON 55th Bn. Canadian Infantry


United Kingdom: Kent ST. MARGARET'S-AT-CLIFFE (ST. MARGARET) CHURCHYARD (1)
___________________________________________________________________________
PLY/4964 Serjeant GORDON RMRA/861. H.M.S. Powerful Royal Marine Light Infantry


United Kingdom: Lancashire BURNLEY CEMETERY (1)
_______________________________________________
1849 Driver ARTHUR SMITHIES 1st East Lancs Bde. Royal Field Artillery


United Kingdom: Lancashire LIVERPOOL (TOXTETH PARK) CEMETERY (1)
________________________________________________________________
4850 Private ROBERT REID GRAY 8th Bn. The King's (Liverpool Regiment)


United Kingdom: London GREENWICH CEMETERY (1)
_____________________________________________
G/17052 Private MILLS 22nd Bn. Middlesex Regiment


United Kingdom: London TOWER HILL MEMORIAL (13)
_______________________________________________
Third Hand GEORGE ALDRED Sailing Trawler "Guide" (Lowestoft) Mercantile Marine
Steward HENRY CHARLES BISHOP S.S. "Arbonne" (Liverpool) Mercantile Marine
Skipper BLOWERS "Guide." Mercantile Marine
Able Seaman OSCAR WILLIAM JANSEN S.S. "Arbonne" (Liverpool) Mercantile Marine
Able Seaman ISAAC MANSON S.S. "Arbonne" (Liverpool) Mercantile Marine
Chief Engineer GEORGE MAXWELL S.S. "Arbonne" (Liverpool) Mercantile Marine
Fireman PRYOR S.S. "Arbonne" (Liverpool) Mercantile Marine
Able Seaman WILLIAM SCOTT S.S. "Arbonne" (Liverpool) Mercantile Marine
Cook GEORGE SHIPLEE Sailing Trawler "Guide" (Lowestoft) Mercantile Marine
Second Hand GEORGE E. SHIPLEE Sailing Trawler "Guide" (Lowestoft) Mercantile Marine
Fourth Hand WILLIAM LIONEL THOMPSON Sailing Trawler "Guide" (Lowestoft) Mercantile Marine
Able Seaman BRUCE WILLIAMSON S.S. "Arbonne" (Liverpool) Mercantile Marine
Fireman ARTHUR WRIGHT S.S. "Arbonne" (Liverpool) Mercantile Marine


United Kingdom: Middlesex TOTTENHAM CEMETERY (1)
________________________________________________
G/186 Private KENNEDY "B" Coy. 11th Bn. Middlesex Regiment


United Kingdom: Northamptonshire RUSHDEN CEMETERY (1)
_____________________________________________________
M/15409 Junior Reserve Attendant MAY H.M.S. "Pembroke" Royal Naval Auxiliary Sick Berth Reserve


United Kingdom: Yorkshire EAST ARDSLEY (ST. MICHAEL) CHURCHYARD (1)
___________________________________________________________________
17817 Private GEORGE EVERITT 3rd Bn. Duke of Wellington's (West Riding Regiment)


United Kingdom: Yorkshire HANDSWORTH (ST. JOSEPH) ROMAN CATHOLIC CHURCHYARD (1)
_______________________________________________________________________________
4480 Serjeant JOHN CONNOLE 11th Bn. York and Lancaster Regiment


United Kingdom: Yorkshire HUNMANBY (GOD'S ACRE) CEMETERY (1)
____________________________________________________________
CHT/749 Private THOMAS BROWN Army Service Corps