1st Battalion, Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry.
Regular Army Battalion.
The Commonwealth War Graves Commission has 1,891 recorded WW1 deaths for the 1st Battalion, Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry.
BOLTON, Percy Harold. Lance Corporal, 6830. 1st Battalion, Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry. Newport Cemetery, Lincoln, UK. 06-05-1915. Age 32. Son of Mr. D.H. & Mrs. T. Bolton of 52, Raymead Avenue, Thornton Heath, Surrey, UK. Born at St. Albans, Hertfordshire, UK. Stone Inscription :- Gone But Not Forgotten".
EATON, J. Lance Corporal, 38234. 1st Battalion, Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry. GommeCourt British Cemetery No.2, Hebuterne, Pas-de-Calais, France. 21-08-1918. Age 30. Husband of Emily Eaton of Whitman Street, Wavertree, Liverpool, UK.
HALL, (MM). William Wardle Colling. Corporal, 32041. 1st Battalion, Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry, Formerly :- 4976, Royal Army Medical Corps. Mory Abbey Military Cemetery, Mory, Pas de Calais, France. 29-08-1918. Age 29. Son of William Joseph & Millicent Colling Hall of Holbrach House, Nassau Street, London, UK. Stone Inscription :- "Sad Willow Spread Your Green Leaves O'er My Beloved One's Pillow".
Military Medal.
HARRIS, Harry. Lance Corporal, 7442. 1st Battalion, Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry. Boulogne Eastern Cemetery, Pas-de-Calais, France. 27-11-1914. Age 29. Son of the late Mr. & Mrs. Benjamin Harris.
NIGHTINGALE, E. Lance Corporal, 23347. 1st Battalion, Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry. Essex Farm Cemetery, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium. 08-08-1916. Age 35. Son of Mary Jane & the late Edward Nightingle. Husband of Catherine Nightingale of Hillfield Street, Gateshead, UK. Stone Inscription :- "Died Of Wounds".
SANDOE, (MC). Charles Frederick. Captain. 1st Battalion, Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry. Achiet-le-Grand Communal Cemetery Extension, Pas-de-Calais, France. Killed in action near Bapume, Pas-de-Calais, France. 30-08-1918. Age 20. Born in Broadclyst June quarter 1898. Son of Dr. John Warden Sandoe. & Mary Elizabeth Sandoe (nee Jackman) of Powisland, Crown Hill, Devon, UK. His brother Second Lieutenant Montague William Sandoe of 9th Battalion, Devonshire Regiment, fell on 08-05-1917 aged 21. He was born in Broadclyst in September 1895. Stone Inscription :- "Never Forgotten".
Military Cross.
TIMMS, W. Serjeant, 8573. 1st Battalion, Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry. Queens Cemetery, Bucquoy, Pas-de-Calais, France. 21-08-1918. Age 31. Son of William & Martha Timms, Husband of Kathleen V. Timms of Russel Street, Durban, Natal, South Africa. Born Warwickshire, UK.
Stone Inscription :- "So He passed Over And All Trumpets Sounded For Him On The Other Side".
WISE, (DCM). John Walter. Serjeant, 6319. 1st Battalion, Duke of Cornawall's Light Infantry. Wulverghem-Lindenhoek Road Military Cemetery, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium. 10-12-1914. Age 32. Husband of Mary Wise of Gordon Road, Gillingham, Kent, UK.