The Commonwealth War Graves Commission has 781 recorded WW1 deaths for the 2nd Battalion, The Buffs, (East Kent Regiment).
GEDDES, (MiD). Augustus David. Colonel. 2nd Battalion, The Buffs, (East Kent Regiment). Ypres Reservoir Cemetery, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium. 28-04-1915. Age 48. Son of Colonel John Geddes of 4, Suffolk Square, Cheltenham, Essex, UK. Husband of Vera Colville Goff (formerly Geddes) of 16, Lincoln House, Basil Street, x Chelsea, London, UK.
Mentioned in Dispatches. Colonel Augustus David Geddes (Gussie) was killed by a shell at the 2nd battle of Ypres on 28th April 1915 while he was in command of the 'Geddes Detachment'. This force included his own regiment, the Buffs, and 3 others, given the task of filling a gap in the line to prevent the Canadians being outflanked.He was the son of Colonel John Geddes of 4 Suffolk Square, Cheltenham. He served in the South African War and was present at the battles of Klip Drift and Paardeberg where he was severely wounded. After he recovered he was a staff officer to the base Commandant (DAAG) in South Africa from 9 Apr 1900 to 5 Jan 1902. He held other staff posts and was fluent enough in Russian to act as interpreter. He was a well educated man, having obtained a Junior Classical Scholarship at Cheltenham College, and a Senior Scholarship in 1882, as well as a Silver Medal for Classics and the Jex Blake prize for English Literature. He was the cox for the College rowing from 1881-83. He was married to Vera Colville on 3rd March 1908. He had two brothers who in 1916 had gained high rank in the army; BrigAdier General John Gordon Geddes and LIeutenant Colonel George Hessing Geddes. Brigadier General John Gordon Geddes, CB, CMG, MiDx5, Officer of the Legion of Honour, Commander of the Order of the Crown (Roumania), Officer Commanding Shoreham District Royal Artillery, died 26-08-1919and is buried at Old Shoreham Cemetery, Sussex, UK.
SHRUBSALL, R. Private, G/5605. 2nd Battalion, The Buffs, (East Kent Regiment). St. Quentin Cabaret Military Cemetery, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium. 22-08-1915. Age 26. Son of Isaiah & Harriett E. Shrubsall of 62, Charlotte Street, Milton Regis, Sittingbourne, Kent, UK.
Stone Inscription :- "Though Lost To Sight, To Memory Dear".
WRIGHT, Fredrick William. Private, G/4661. 2nd Battalion, The Buffs, (East Kent Regiment). Voormezeele Enclosure No.3, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium. 31-03-1915. Age 23. Son of Mrs. Alice Wright of 243, Queens Road, Peckham, London, UK. Stone Inscription :- "His Memory Is a As Dear Today As In The Hour He Went Away".