Remember the Fallen: January

Posted: 11/01/2018

With the 100th anniversary of WWI ending in 2018, we remember the fallen Old Bromsgrovians who were killed during the month of January.

1915
Eustace Jotham, d. 07/01/1915
At School: 1899-1901
Regiment: Sikhs
Buried: Delhi Memorial and Miranshar Cemetery, North Waziristan, India
Awarded Victoria Cross


1918
Harvey Staunton, d. 14/01/1918 aged 45
At School: 1883-1889
Regiment: Royal Army Chaplain's Department
Buried: Baghdad North Gate War Cemetery, Iraq

Norman Curtis Hartley, d. 20/01/1918 aged 19
At School: 1911-1916
Regiment: Royal Field Artillery
Buried: Neuville-Bourjonval British Cemetery, Pas de Calais, France


1920
Athelstan Chamberlayne, d. 14/01/1920 aged 41
Regiment: Duke of York's Own Lancers
Buried: Delhi Memorial and Jandola Cemetery, India

Francis Wykeham Wallace Birch, d. 23/01/1920 aged 20
At School: 1914-1917
Regiment: King Edward's Own Gurkha Rifles
Buried: Delhi Memorial and Jandola Cemetery, India