Long Service & Good Conduct Medal - 1902 to 1919

During the period 1902 to 1919 there were 175 Long Service and Good Conduct Medals were awarded to men of the Worcestershire Regiment. There were a further 7 medals recommended but were not awarded after consideration.

In 1917 the medal was awarded to Quartermaster Sergeant John James Crowe. He was afterwards commissioned as an officer in the 2nd Battalion Worcestershire Regiment and went on to be awarded the Victoria Cross for his gallant actions at Lys Valley in 1918.

Below is a full list covering the period 1902-1919 with additional information and photos where available. This may be added to from time to time as more details become available.

Abbreviations used:
CQMS = Company Quartermaster Sergeant
CSM = Company Sergeant Major
CSgt. = Colour Sergeant
L/Cpl. = Lance Corporal
L/Sgt. = Lance Sergeant
QMS = Quartermaster Sergeant
Sgt. Maj. = Sergeant Major

 

Surname

Forename/s

Rank

Army No.

Date of Recommendation

Notes

WW1

Booth

Chas

CSgt.

724

01/04/1902

  

Fridlington




Richard




 

CSgt.
Enlisted in 1883 age 16. Left army in 1910.
Rejoined 1914 and servved as an officer in 13th Bn Royal Irish Rifles

676




01/04/1902




Fridlington

  

Parker

H. J.

Sgt. Maj.

213

01/07/1902

Rose

Henry

L/Cpl.

6168

01/10/1902

Cooke

Frederick




CSgt.
Enlisted 12/07/1884.
Died 21.07/1950

847

01/10/1902

Cooke

  

Pope

George

QMS

709

01/01/1903

Refoy

Charles

Bandsmaster

6573

01/01/1903

Woodman

James George Creton

CSgt.

919

01/07/1903

Enlisted-28/08/1884 as a Boy age 14.
Sgt. 06/04/1893.
CSgt. 08/05/1900.
QMS 09.02/1910.

6th

Knight

A.

CSgt.

1157

01/07/1903

Nicholls

T.

Private

1372

01/01/1904

Bryant

R. H.

Sgt. Maj.

675

01/01/1904

Henson

Charles

Sgt. Maj.

1549

01/07/1904

Stone

Charles

CSgt.

1960

01/01/1905

Gatelan

John

Private

6035

01/01/1905

May

Charles

Private

5072

01/01/1905

Stanley

J. A.

Sgt. Maj.

585

01/01/1905

Ham

A.

CSgt.

1797

01/01/1905

Milward

F.

CSgt.

613

01/01/1905

Maybury

G.

CSgt.

1620

01/01/1905

Greenway

W. H.

CSgt.

1108

01/01/1905

Hawker

F. W.

Private

1871

01/01/1905

Hadley

Benjamin

Private

1985

01/07/1905

Lidstone

Frederick

CSgt.

810

01/01/1906

Ralston

Charles Hargreaves






QMS
Enlisted as a boy in 1887.
Commissioned Oct. 1914.
Awarded M.C.

2191

01/01/1906

Ralston

 2nd

Butler

W.

Sgt. Maj.

2198

01/01/1906

Pitt

G. H.

QMS

1988

01/07/1906

Townsend

A. A.

Sgt.

6567

01/07/1906

Buttery

J. G.

CSgt.

5961

01/07/1906

Moore

Charles

Private

1862

01/01/1907

Lea

Charles

QMS

2271

01/01/1907

Colerick

George

Private

2217

01/01/1907

Clifton

W. H.

CSgt.

2449

01/07/1907

Jones

A. H.

Sgt.

2101

01/07/1907

Parkes

Thomas

Private

1984

01/07/1907

Harding

Harry

L/Cpl.

342

01/07/1907

Thomas

Edwin

Sgt. Maj.

1703

01/07/1907

Burke

Walter

CSgt.

1193

01/07/1907

Church

Frederick

CSgt.

1315

01/07/1907

Milner

William

CSgt.

2204

01/07/1907

Cooper

William

QMS

2336

01/07/1907

Williams

Henry

Sgt. Maj.

1615

01/07/1907

Potts

Thomas

CSgt.

788

01/07/1907

McCartney

James

CSgt.

2877

01/07/1907

Harris

Benjamin

CSgt.

18

01/07/1907

Jones

J. C.

CSgt.

1344

01/07/1907

Bryan

William

CSgt.

1770

01/07/1907

Walker

Arthur

CSgt.

2290

01/07/1907

Jones

Thomas

CSgt.

1843

01/07/1907

Morris

James

Sgt.

2225

01/07/1907

Bishop

William

CSgt.

2308

01/01/1908

Court

Harry

CSgt.

2502

01/01/1908

Neild

R. W.

CSgt.

2480

01/01/1908

Ward

Albert

CSgt.

2451

01/01/1908

Thompson

A. J.

Private

2365

01/01/1908

Watts

Samuel

CSgt.

5561

01/01/1908

Kennedy

Moses

Sgt. Maj. & Tailor

5888

01/01/1908

Percival

John

Drummer

2684

01/07/1908

Swain

Stephen

Bandmaster

6386

01/07/1908

Dought

John

Bandmaster

6491

01/07/1908

Durham

William

CSgt.

1500

01/01/1909

Wall

John

CSgt.

2765

01/01/1909

O'Reilly

A.

QMS (ORS)

3060

01/01/1909

Handley

Ernest William

Sgt.

2759

01/01/1909

Enlisted-09/10/1890

12th

Larvin

Thomas

Sgt.

5872

01/07/1909

Hooker

William

Sgt. Drummer

2874

01/07/1909

Salter

Joseph

L/Sgt.

2839

01/07/1909

Stanley

R.

QMS

3071

01/01/1910

Thompson

Herbert Edwin

CSgt.

3087

01/01/1910

Enlisted-23/11/1891 2nd Bn. & 4th Bn.
Sgt. 16/07/1900
CSgt. 01/09/1900
Discharge 28/12/1912

 _

Burton

Edward

CSgt.

2062

01/01/1910

Datchett

Thomas

CSgt.

2243

01/01/1910

Sanders

George

CSgt.

2960

01/01/1910

Davies

J. E.

CSgt.

2116

01/01/1910

Carleton

C. L. A.

QMS

1793

01/07/1910

Boggett

Edwin

Band Sgt.

3172

01/07/1910

Stockall

Edward

CSgt.

2980

01/07/1910

Gregg

George

QMS

3344

01/01/1911

Batchelor

James

CSgt.

3339

01/01/1911

Hill

James

CSgt.

3534

01/01/1911

Rhodes

Edward

CSgt.

2870

01/01/1911

Martin

James

Sgt. Drummer

11714

01/01/1911

  

Adams

Albert

CSgt.

3402

01/01/1911

  

Hodgkinson

C.

Sgt. Maj.

3496

01/01/1911

Hodgkinson

3rd

Skinner

George

Private

3602

01/07/1911

Discharged
Silver War Badge

3rd

Nash

William

CSgt.

3198

01/07/1911

Harris

Alfred

Cpl.

3634

01/07/1911

Holland

Walter

Private

3540

01/07/1911

Gadsby

Charles George

Sgt. Drummer

9035

01/07/1911

Commissioned

2nd

Bradish

Alfred

CSgt.

3681

01/07/1911

Sherry

Thomas

Sgt.

3294

01/07/1911

Kendall

Frederick

Private

3274

01/07/1911

Passey

W. J.

Sgt. Cook

3567

01/07/1911

Passey

W. T.

Cpl.

10480

01/10/1912

Dyke

G. H.

CSgt.

3558

01/10/1912

Ellis

J.

Sgt.

3743

01/10/1912

Inwood

Charles Herbert




Sgt. Maj.
Commissioned.
Served in Gallipoli
Awarded MC and OBE

3977

01/07/1912

Inwood

Butler

Frank G.

Sgt. & Tailor

7751

01/07/1912

Also Welsh Guards (976)

1st

Kidd

Arthur

Drummer

11358

01/07/1912

Hardcastle

Henry W.

QMS

4110

01/01/1913

Moss

F.

QMS (ORS)

4679

01/01/1913

Davies

Walter

CSgt.

6934

01/01/1913

Smith

T. G.

CSgt.

3033

01/01/1913

Stanton

Albert C.

CSgt.

4160

01/01/1913

Lane

Daniel

Drummer

4199

01/01/1913

Sheppard

George

Private

8622

01/01/1913

Toole

James

Sgt.

4320

01/07/1913

Hawkes

Joseph

L/Cpl.

3548

01/07/1913

Gannon

John

Drummer

10945

01/07/1913

Eccleshall

George F.

CSgt.

4316

01/07/1913

Welch

Ernest

Sgt.

4310

01/07/1913

Griffiths

William

L/Cpl.

4285

01/07/1913

Felix

Charles

 

 

CSgt.
Awarded DCM
L.G. 03/06/1915
Later promoted to 2nd Lieut.
13/07/1916

4833

01/07/1913

Felix

4th

Pearson

Ebenezer

QMS

4567

01/01/1914

Collins

John Amor

CSM

4407

01/01/1914

Mayston

Albert

CSM

4438

01/01/1914

Pugh

Moses

CQMS

4450

01/01/1914

Newsholme

George

Sgt.

4506

01/01/1914

Hicks

Frank

Band Sgt.

4482

01/01/1914

Sullivan

Ernest

QMS

4430

01/01/1914

Stone

F. W.

CSgt.

3800

01/01/1914

Broadbent

James

Sgt.

4509

01/01/1914

Kinsholt

Arthur B.

Drummer

11428

01/01/1914

Everett

Samuel

CSM

3407

01/07/1914

Goddard

Thomas

CSgt.

4583

01/07/1914

Hughes

George

Private

4522

01/07/1914

Parker

Sidney

Sgt. Maj.

2916

09/09/1914

served in Balkans
Commissioned
22/06/1915

Prattinton

F. W.

QMS

8921

01/01/1915

Wilson

J. G.

Sgt.

6132

01/01/1915

Bathews

A. W.

CSgt. Maj.

4950

01/07/1915

Speak

George Thomas

QMS

6229

01/07/1915

Tomlinson

Theophilus

Private

4581

01/07/1915

Woodward

W.

CSgt.

5075

01/01/1916

Woodward

Stirk

Charles J.

CSgt.

5444

01/07/1916

Key

W.

CSgt.

2635

01/07/1916

Garland

James

CQMS

5148

01/07/1916

served in Balkans
Discharged
Silver War Badge

3rd

Baylis

Harry

CQMS

5187

01/07/1916

Yarnold

Arthur S.

Sgt.

4602

01/07/1916

Yarnold

Owins

Douglas Morgan

Sgt.

5105

01/07/1916

Awarded DCM
(L.G. 01/01/1915)
Discharged 29/04/1916
Silver War Badge

2nd

Smith

John W.

Sgt.

11194

01/07/1916

Later East Lanc R. (33399)

Griffin

Frank

CSgt.

6225

01/01/1917

Commissioned 01/12/1917
served in South West Africa

Tooze

Thomas Harry

QMS

5054

01/01/1917

Commissioned.
Awarded MC

Milner

Frank

QMS

5230

01/01/1917

Commissioned 30/08/1917
served in Gallipoli

Bragg

Robert

CSM

4750

01/01/1917

Later transferred
Labour Corps and
Royal Fusiliers

2nd

Henson

T.

CSgt.

9665

01/01/1917

Crowe

John James






QMS

Later commissioned.
Awarded V.C.

4959

01/01/1917

Crowe

Turton

Charles

CQMS

5136

01/01/1917

Turton

Woollen

F.

CSgt.

9764

01/01/1917

Hunt

Thomas

CSgt.

23181

01/01/1917

Discharged 14/05/1918
Silver War Badge

Russell

Patrick

Sgt.

21435

01/01/1917

Later with the S.L.I (52843)

Mackie

A.

Sgt. Drummer

9992

01/01/1917

Barrett

Samuel Henry

Sgt.

4569

01/01/1917

Discharged 16/01/1918
Silver War Badge

1st

Taylor

J.

Sgt.

9485

01/01/1917

Hamshaw

William

Sgt.

9476

01/01/1917

Discharged 14/05/1918
Silver War Badge

Bailey

Frederick H.

Private

5376

01/01/1917

and-Depot(49531)
Discharged
Silver War Badge

2nd

Kinshott

A.

Drummer

13192

01/01/1917

Brown

Samuel

Drummer

11743

01/01/1917

Later transferred to the Royal Garrison Artillery

Payton

Edward S.

CSM

T. 5052

01/07/1917

Earl

Charles

Sgt.

26116

01/07/1917

2nd

Haggitt

Alfred

Sgt.

5484

01/07/1917

Silver War Badge 1918

2nd

Tough

Cyril Charles

Sgt. Maj.

4893

01/01/1918

Awarded MC (L.G.-27/07/1917)
Commissioned
15/04/1918.
later with rank of Captain.

2nd

Pollard

Ernest

QMS

5362

01/01/1918

2nd

Bills

Thomas

C.S.I.M.

5622

01/01/1918

Awarded the MSM

Heather

George H.

Sgt.

13389

01/01/1918

2nd

Blond

Phillip Townsend

CSM

5929

01/07/1918

Awarded MSM 17/06/1918

3rd

Gattrell

F. G.

CSM

5739

01/07/1918

Truslove

John

Sgt.

62035

01/07/1918

Hemming

Arthur J.

Sgt.

6111

01/07/1918

1st

Buffery

George

CQMS

6159

01/01/1919

Enlisted 12/11/1900
Discharged 08/04/1919

Knightley

Thomas J.

CQMS

44884

01/01/1919

RQMS-Discharged 18/07/1919

 

Price

Charles B.

CQMS

5268

01/01/1919

1st

Hoffman

Patrick Joseph

Sgt.

5841

01/01/1919

Commissioned on 19/02/1918

Cooper

George C.

Cpl.

6037

01/01/1919

Hardwick

Ernest

L/Cpl.

5741

01/01/1919

Johnson

T.

L/Cpl.

49372

01/01/1919

Waller

Frederick C.

CSM

6303

01/07/1919

Jones

David

Cpl.

5894

01/07/1919

Later Sgt.

9th

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