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This is Sidney Alfred Nathaniel Shafto BARTHROPP, an ex-Cadet of Cambridge UOTC, Commissioned as a Second Lieutenant into 3rd Battalion Royal Sussex on 15th August 1914. He was born at Kensington Court on 25 March 1892, the son of Major Alfred Shafto Barthropp (Suffolk Regiment and later a member of the Stock Exchange) [d. 16 Feb 1935, aged 82] and Ellen Ada Wentworth Stanley of Winchester [d. 19 Jan 1956, aged 93]. The family home during his youth was at Newport House on the High Street in Newport, near Saffron Walden, Essex. After school at Winchester and Trinity Cambridge he went on to study Holy Orders at the Bishop's Hostel, Farnham, (his paternal grandfather was a clergyman). On the outbreak of war he joined the 3rd (Special Reserve) Battalion of the Royal Sussex at Dover before being attached to the 2nd Battalion in France. He was killed in action (during a German attack near the brickstacks at Cuinchy) after only being with the Battalion a fortnight. He was buried in the Cuinchy communal cemetery. Sidney had one sibling, an elder sister, Edith, b. 1887, five years older than him. The German attack on 1st Division at the Cuinchy, between Bethune and La Bassee, on 29th January 1915, was launched on the Kaiser's birthday and was principally beaten off by 2nd Battalion Royal Sussex. Acting Company Sergeant Major Bernard Norris Butcher of the 2nd Royal Sussex won a Distinguished Conduct Medal (often regarded as a 'near miss' for a Victoria Cross) on 29th January for his leadership in the defence of 'The Keep' feature amongst the brickstacks. //

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There is some information on the TheyServed wiki: Lieutenant Carl Adolf Max ("Charles") Bingen was an English officer of the British Army who died during the First World War. He was born on 20 July 1895, at Hampstead, the son of German-born bank clerk Max Nathan and Leily Eliza Bingen (née Elsner), of London. His initial education took him to Corinth House, a boarding school for Jewish boys, before he entered Cheltenham College and the Ecole de Commerce, Neuchatel. Bingen afterwards became a junior bank clerk and volunteered shortly after war broke out in 1914. He was commissioned on 22 September 1914, in the 5th Battalion, The Royal Sussex Regiment.[1] Bingen first went to the Western Front in February 1915. He died on 10 February 1916, killed while supervising works behind the front line.[1] On the first anniversary of his death, Bingen's family placed a notice in the Times newspaper, containing an extract from a poem by Robert Louis Stevenson: Took his fill of music, joy of thought and seeing, Came and stayed and went, nor ever ceased to smile.[2] His death continued to be observed with a notice in the Times until 1947. He is buried in Hebuterne Military Cemetery." Notes 1. De Ruvigny's Roll of Honour, 1914-1924, p. 24. Retrieved from ancestry.co.uk, 31 October 2010. 2. The Times (41399), Col A, p. 1: "In Memoriam". 10 February 1917. See: theyserved.wikia.com/wiki/Charles_Bingen

A reference to the marriage of his parents (from the Jewish Chronicle): "ELSNER JC 20.4.1894 marriages On 17th April at Hampstead Synagogue, Max N. Bingen of 6, Gascony Avenue, West Hampstead, son of Carl Bingen of Bonn, and nephew of the late Comendatore Adolf Bingen, of Genoa, to Leily, daughter of the late Mr. S. Elsner and Mrs. Elsner, of 95 Marylands Rd., Maida Hill W." See: www.jeffreymaynard.com/JC1890to5EK.htm

Entry in CWGC database: BINGEN, CHARLES ADOLF MAX Rank: Lieutenant Date of Death: 10/02/1916 Age: 20 Regiment/Service: Royal Sussex Regiment, 5th Bn. Cemetery: Hebuterne Military Cemetery, Pas de Calais, France Grave Reference: I. Q. 16.Cemetery Additional Information: Son of Max N. and Leily Bingen, of 14, Briardale Gardens, Hampstead, London. See: www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/322203/BINGEN,%20CHAR...

Commonwealth War Graves Commission shows following:- Name: BUCKMAN, ERNEST GEORGE CHARLES Initials: E G C Nationality: United Kingdom Rank: Private Regiment/Service: Royal Sussex Regiment Unit Text: 7th Bn. Age: 25 Date of Death: 20/11/1917 Service No: G/20201 Additional information: Son of Ernest and Ellen Buckman; husband of Amy Perry (formerly Buckman), of 26, St. John's Hill, Clapham Junction, London. Grave/Memorial Reference: II. E. 5. Cemetery: TINCOURT NEW BRITISH CEMETERY www.cwgc.org/search/casualty_details.aspx?casualty=255210 photgraphy of his memorial can be found here twgpp.org/information.php?id=2859612

He was one of a number of men transferred from the 28th (Reserve) Battalion, Middx Regt to the Royal Sussex Regt. Others I have seen were transferred to the Royal Sussex Regt on the 16th Dec 1916 and embarked for France the same day (which ties in with the information you have). He may have travelled overseas as part of a draft for another Sussex Regt battallion and then been posted to the 7th Bn shortly thereafter. For example, G/20222 (ex 28th Middx) embarked as part of draft for 9th Royal Sussex on 16/12/16; posted to 7th Bn on 3rd Jan 1917.

Born 1892 Peckham, London. The 1901 census records him living at 90 Pentney Road, Balham, London [the property still exists], with his father Ernest G [b.1868, Peckham d.1949] a widower who’s employment is recorded as “Chef”, and his younger brother, Walter [b. 1894 Dulwich]. His mother Ellen Mary nee Taylor had died in 1897. The 1911 census records his employment as a Pullman Car Attendant. At the time he was lodging with the Speight family at 16 St Luke’s Road, Clapham [the property still exists but has been renamed St Luke’s Avenue]. He married Amy Frampton in the third quarter of 1914 in the Steyning district of Brighton.

This was my Grandfather. I have some letters he sent from the Trenches and aslo from the nurse in the Field Hospital who cared for him in his final days. He was a Bayonet Instructor and was drafted as a machine gunner and ironically was fatally bayonetted in the stomach when his machine gun jammed in battle leaving his wife Amy, my father (Henry Ernest) at 6 months old and his older sister (Eileen) who sadly died at the age of 17 from TB. His wife Amy died in 1978 and my father passed away in 1992 after a short illness. This has left me to carry the family name forward (Charles Ernest Buckman) and on to my son (Oliver Charles Buckman) I have my Grandfathers medals and also those of his brother Walter (Uncle Wal) His son (my father) served in the second World War mainly in India attached to the Royal Army Service Corps. The Military history has continued on through his Grandaughter (Claire Eileen my sister) in her 3 sons David (Royal Navy) Adam (Coldstream Guards recently awarded the Military Cross) Christopher ( Royal Marine Commando) Before enlisting in the army and going to war he was employed on the Southern Bell Pullman Train as a very young man, I have the colour brochure from the train with his portrait in his attendants uniform. If anyone has any connection or information about my grandfather please post any information or comments.

Paul C A Nixon Private Ernest George Charles Buckman.This was my Grandfather. Just posted some more inforamtion. What is the connection with you? Did you have a relative that served with him?