Officer Commanding:
Capt. Lionel Davey Plummer
Lionel was the son of George Henry Plummer and Elizabeth Catherall. Elizabeth was the daughter of the Hexham Courant proprietor William Catherall.
Lionel was in the Cricket Eleven at St. Bee's School in Cumberland and in his last year there was second in batting and first in bowling; he made 202 runs with an average of 18.36 and took fifty-seven wickets for 4.70 runs each. In 1913 he attended trials for Northumberland. (Wisden Cricketer's Amanac, n.d.)
Lt Henry Hogarth Bell
Born 1896. His grandfather, Henry Bell was a Tanner, skinner and wool stapler. His father, George Hogarth Bell, was a Major in the 1st VB. Henry was killed in action at High Wood on the Somme on the 15th of September 1916
2nd Lt Wilfrid Walter Varvill
Formerly a 2nd Lt in the Dublin University Contingent, Senior Division, Officers Training Corps.
London Gazette:
For conspicuous gallantry, energy and skill between 10th and 17th July, 1915, near Wulverghem, when the enemy was attempting to blow up our trenches by mining.
Immediately before our own mine was exploded, and when the enemy's mine might have been fired at any moment he descended alone to see that everything was in order, and after the explosion descended again as far as his air pipe would allow (about 150 feet) to see the effects. But for his energy and skill our own trenches would most probably have been blown up. His coolness and daring inspired great confidence in the trenches.
Supplement To The London Gazette, 6 September, 1915. 8843
Capt. Reginald Samuel Moncrieff Logan
Reginald was the son of Samuel and Clara T Logan and born in 1878. His father was headmaster of Hull Grammar School in 1881. All the family, with the notable exception of Samuel, was ‘holidaying’ in Colwyn Bay at the time of the 1891 census. By 1901 Reginald was a mining student at Throckley Colliery and his father was headmaster of Newcastle Royal Grammar School and living in Elswick
Reginald married in 1914 to a Tiffin.
Reginald died in 1949.
2nd Lt John Thomas Henderson
Born 1892. Embarked for France on 2nd May 1915
His father Robert Crozier Henderson was listed as a Foremen Engineer (Guns) living at 44 Hugh Street, Benwell in 1901.
2nd Lt Henry Robson (Harry) Tully
In 1891 his father, Robert Tully, was listed in the census as a Master Mariner living at Plolina Terrace, Westoe, South Shields. Henry was born in 1890. Mentioned in the London Gazette (dated 29 Sep 1914) on becoming a 2nd Lt in the 4th Bn. Former Charterhouse School Contingent Junior Division Officers Training Corps.
