Obituaries

This page is dedicated to all Life Guards that have died in Service since 1946. These names are also replicated on the Household Cavalry Memorial which is located in Picton Barracks, Bulford Camp, Wiltshire.

Rank Initials Surname Date of Death Location
COH C BORMAN 03/02/1946 BAOR
LCPL B HODGSON 03/04/1947 EGYPT
2LT HF GROSVENOR 09/04/1947 UK
TPR JA SEYMOUR 01/04/1948 NOT RECORDED
TPR KC ORR 19/04/1948 PALESTINE
TPR TJ YOUNG 21/04/1948 PALESTINE
CPL IJ GOODWIN 12/07/1949 UK
SQMC RES HARTLEY 15/05/1950 UK
TPR K POTTER 04/08/1950 UK
TPR JA CUMMINGS 09/12/1950 UK
CPL FJ STREAM 28/12/1950 UK
TPR DR GRIFFITHS 05/09/1953 BAOR
TPR JC TIMM 23/08/1954 UK
COH G PRENTICE 03/07/1955 UK
SQMC R BRIERLEY 12/01/1956 UK
COH M BROWN 31/01/1956 CYPRUS
TPR JE HADDOCK 08/09/1956 UK
TPR DR REDGROVE 24/12/1957 UK
TPR GP BARTON 28/02/1958 UK
TPR WJ MUIRHEAD 10/06/1958 UK
TPR PS BENNETT 12/03/1959 UK
TPR CA COLEY 06/03/1962 UK
TPR DJ SLATTER 09/06/1962 BAOR
COH R BAINBRIDGE 23/07/1963 CANADA
COH I BROWN 08/03/1964 CYPRUS
TPR J MCCUMISKEY 08/03/1964 CYPRUS
FCOH E LODGE 02/09/1964 UK
2LT P GORDON-SMITH 28/10/1964 CYPRUS
TPR NC DICKINSON 26/04/1965 UK
COH AE D’ARCY 19/09/1965 UK
TPR BT BOWKER 13/06/1966 UK
CPL J DEMPSEY 13/01/1968 HONG KONG
TPR PD JOHNSON 24/02/1969 UK
2LT EH DOWLING 22/05/1971 UK
TPR C LOID 17/11/1971 OMAN
JTPR D CLARKE 19/05/1972 UK
LCOH LA DURBER 23/02/1973 NORTHERN IRELAND
TPR G TAYLOR 18/08/1975 BAOR
TPR A CREIGHTON 05/02/1976 UK
TPR MB LAWS 12/07/1977 UK
TPR S ELLIS 13/03/1978 UK
COH IA PURVES 18/03/1979 GAMBIA
COH BR MEADE 31/08/1979 CYPRUS
COH JJ PARKINSON 03/06/1980 CANADA
SURGEON MAJOR KJ CONNOLLY 03/06/1980 BAOR
TPR HJ FROGGETT 08/07/1981 BAOR
COLONEL AJ HARTIGAN 13/11/1982 UK
TPR DM CARTER 18/07/1984 UK
LCPL DP KEY 23/12/1984 CYPRUS
LCOH AR WILLIS 19/08/1985 CANADA
TPR MB GRIEVE 18/04/1989 UK
TPR NJ BAKER 05/08/1990 UK
LCOH R STIFF 26/04/1991 UK
LCPL COUPET 16/12/2000 UK
COH M WALL 21/04/2004 UK
LCPL DJ MITCHINSON 03/05/2005 CANADA
LT RM JOHNSON 01/08/2006 AFGHANISTAN
TPR SM TANSEY 12/08/2006 AFGHANISTAN
TPR RS BABAKOBAU 02/05/2008 AFGHANSTAN
TPR J MUNDAY 15/10/2008 AFGHANISTAN
TPR JW ROUGHLEY 24/11/2009 UK
LCPL J ROBINSON 25/03/2019 UK
TPR TL RODICK 16/08/2019 UK

THE LIFE GUARDS REGIMENTAL COLLECT

O Ever-living God, King of Kings, in whose service we put on the breastplate of faith and love, and for a helmet the hope of salvation, grant we beseech thee that The Life Guards may be faithful unto death, and at last receive the crown of life from Jesus Christ, our Lord.

Amen.