Ministry of Defence
Lest We Forget
The Royal British Legion
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Photograph Copyright © Rosalyn Knight 2004 |
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Photograph
Copyright © Paul Middleton 2016 |
OUR GLORIOUS DEAD
These men of Baldock gave their lives for freedom in the Great War 1914 – 1919
| BIRD |
Walter
James |
Corporal
18294, 6th Battalion, Bedfordshire Regiment. Died of wounds 17 July
1916. Aged 37. Born Bassingbourn, cambridgeshire, enlisted Bedford,
resident Baldock. Son of Charles and Sarah Bird, of 157, Common
View, Letchworth, Herts. Husband of Nora Clara Bird, of 17, Clarkes
Lane, Baldock, Herts. Buried in HEILLY STATION CEMETERY, MERICOURT-L'ABBE,
Somme, France. Plot II. Row D. Grave 23. |
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| BONFIELD |
Richard |
Private
2921, 2nd Battalion, East Surrey Regiment. Died of wounds 8 May
1915. Age 23. Born Baldock, enlisted Hitchin. Son of Joseph and
Emma Bonfield, of 13, Icknield Way, Baldock, Herts. Commemorated
on YPRES (MENIN GATE) MEMORIAL, Ieper, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium.
Panel 34. |
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| BOWSKILL |
Edward |
Lance
Corporal 8182, 1st Battalion, Bedfordshire Regiment. Killed in action
7 April 1914. Born and resident Baldock, enlisted Hitchin. Commemorated
on LE TOURET MEMORIAL, Pas de Calais, France. Panel 10 and 11. |
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| BRAMMER |
James |
Private
4/6946, 2nd Battalion, Bedfordshire Regiment. Killed in action 25
September 1915. Aged 29. Born and resident Baldock, enlisted Hertford.
Son of John & Annie Brammer (his father died in the Autumn of
1910. Living at Norton End Baldock in 1901 census. Previously employed
as a Bricklayer's Labourer. Siblings John (b. 1992), Alice (b. 1879)
and Ethel Davis (b.1898). Commemorated on LOOS MEMORIAL, Pas de
Calais, France. Panel 41. |
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| BRAY |
John
H |
Private
5368, 1st Dragoons (Royal). Died of wounds 24 January 1916. Born
and resident Baldock, enlisted Hitchin. Commemorated on LOOS MEMORIAL,
Pas de Calais, France. Panel 1. |
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| BRAY |
Percy
Charles |
Lance
Corporal 18927, 2nd Battalion (Depot), Bedfordshire Regiment. Died
of wounds in United Kingdom 16 May 1918. Age 21. Born and resident
Baldock, enlisted Bedford. Son of George and Sarah Bray, of 18,
Salisbury Rd., Baldock. Buried in BALDOCK CEMETERY, Baldock. Grave
7. |
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| BROWN |
Arthur
Joseph |
Private
14949, 1st Battalion, Bedfordshire Regiment. Killed in action 23
April 1917. Age 23. Born Hitchin, enlisted Royston, resident Bygrave.
Son of Mrs. Ada Brown, of Bygrave, Baldock, Herts. Commemorated
on ARRAS MEMORIAL, Pas de Calais, France. Bay 5. |
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| BUCK |
Arthur
B |
Private
101075, 49th Battalion, Canadian Infantry (Alberta Regiment). Died
1 November 1917. Aged 27. Born 11 December 1889 in Baldock. Son
of Charles A. and Agnes Buck, late of Baldock, Herts, England. Farmer
by trade. Enlisted 22 July 1915 at Edmonton, Canada, aged 25 years
7 months, passed fit 29 July 1915, height 5 feet 7 inches, girth
34½ inches, complexion fair, eyes brown, hair dark red. He
had a hare lip and cleft palate which is listed as a speech impediment.
Religion Church of England. Next of kin given as Mrs, Coulson of
Welwyn Garden City. Single man. Buried in NINE ELMS BRITISH CEMETERY,
Poperinge, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium. Plot VIII. Row F. Grave 10.
National Archives of Canada Accession Reference: RG
150, Accession 1992-93/166, Box 1233 - 58 |
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| BYGRAVE |
Arthur
William |
Private
4310, 1st/1st Battalion, Hertfordshire Regiment. Died of wounds
20 May 1915. Aged 29. Born Hertford, resident Baldock. Husband of
Maud Mary Bygrave, of 25, Icknield Way, Baldock, Herts. Buried in
CHOCQUES MILITARY CEMETERY, Pas de Calais, France. Plot I. Row C.
Grave 38. |
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| BYGRAVE |
William |
Private
119638, 74th Company, Machine Gun Corps (Infantry). Killed in action
21 September 1918. Age 19. Born and resident Baldock, enlisted Hitchin.
Son of William and Lizzie Bygrave, of 22, Cemetery Rd., Baldock,
Herts. Commemorated on VIS-EN-ARTOIS MEMORIAL, Pas de Calais, France.
Panel 10. |
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| CAIN |
Frederick |
Private
19447, 1st Battalion, Bedfordshire Regiment. Died 2 July 1916. Age
26. Born and resident Hitchin, enlsited Bedfordshire. Son of the
late Samuel and Hannah Cain, of Hitchin, Herts. Buried in DOUCHY-LES-AYETTE
BRITISH CEMETERY, Pas de Calais, France. Plot III. Row B. Grave
21. |
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| CHARTER |
Walter |
Private
269162, Hertfordshire Regiment. Killed in action 31 July 1917. Born
Cambridge, enlisted Hitchin, resident Baldock. Commemorated on YPRES
(MENIN GATE) MEMORIAL, Ieper, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium. Panel 54
and 56. |
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| CLEMENTS |
George |
Private
29478, 2nd Battalion, Bedfordshire Regiment. Killed in action 11
April 1917. Born and resident Baldock, enlisted Bedford. Husband
of Mrs. R. E. Clements, of 16A, Horton St., Baldock, Herts. Buried
in ST. MARTIN CALVAIRE BRITISH CEMETERY, ST. MARTIN-SUR-COJEUL,
Pas de Calais, France. Plot I. Row A. Grave 31. |
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| CLEMENTS |
John
aka Jack |
Private
CH/12014, H.M.S. Hawke, Royal Marine Light Infantry. Lost when the
ship was torpedoed in the North Sea, 15 October 1914. Aged 30. Son
of John and Hetty Clements, of Baldock. Commemorated on CHATHAM
NAVAL MEMORIAL, Kent. Panel 7. |
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| COLLINS |
Reginald
[Percy] |
Corporal
10054, 9th Battalion, Princess Victoria's (Royal Irish Fusilliers).
Killed in action 30 September 1918. Born Chatham, Kent, enlisted
Dublin, resident Baldock. Buried in DUHALLOW A.D.S. CEMETERY, Ieper,
West-Vlaanderen, Belgium. Plot IX. Row E. Grave 10. |
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| COLLINS |
William
Henry |
Gunner
36279, 76th Battery, 10th Brigade, Royal Field Artillery. Died of
wounds 28 December 1915. Aged 27. Born Dover, Kent, enlisted Dublin,
Ireland. Son of W. H. and Isadora Isabella Collins, of 29, Pembroke
Rd., Baldock, Herts. Buried in KUT WAR CEMETERY, Iraq. Row O. Grave
8. |
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| COLLIS |
[Charles]
George |
Private
18326 on SDGW or 18325 on CWGC, 2nd Battalion, Bedfordshire Regiment.
Died of wounds 12 July 1916. Born Weston, Hertfordshire, enlisted
Bedford, resident Baldock. Buried in CORBIE COMMUNAL CEMETERY EXTENSION,
Somme, France. Plot 1. Row C. Grave 33. |
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| CONDER |
Percy
John William |
Private
266969, 1st/1st Battalion, Hertfordshire Regiment. Killed in action
31st July 1917. Aged 22. Enlisted Hertford, resident Baldock. Son
of Edward and Sarah Conder of 7 Jackson Street, Baldock. No known
grave. Commemorated on YPRES (MENIN GATE) MEMORIAL, Ieper, West-Vlaanderen,
Belgium. |
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| COOPER |
Earnest |
[Spelt
Ernest on SDGW & CWGC] Lance Corporal 331067, 15th Battalion,
Lancashire Fusilliers. Killed in action 2 November 1918. Aged 27.
Born and resident Baldock, enlisted Hertford. Son of George and
Annie Cooper; husband of Amy Maria Cooper, of Letchworth Lane, Letchworth.
Formerly 105532, Hertfordshire Yeomanry. Buried in LANDRECIES BRITISH
CEMETERY, Nord, France. Row B. Grave 62. |
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| DOUGHTY |
James
W |
Corporal
85128, "A" Reserve Brigade, Royal Field Artillery. Died
15 February 1919. Aged 25. Son of William and Agnes Doughty, of
17, Glebe Rd., Letchworth. Born at Baldock, Herts. Buried in North-West
corner of ST. MARY CHURCHYARD, FARNHAM ROYAL,. Buckinghamshire.
Grave N.W. 984. (C.) |
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| ELLIS |
Frederick
Francis |
Private
17492, 8th Battalion, Bedfordshire Regiment. Killed in action 15
September 1916. Aged 40. Born and resident Baldock, enlisted Bedford.
Son of Mr. and Mrs. William Ellis, of Clarke's Lane, Baldock; husband
of Ellen Mary Ellis, of 30, Nightingale Way, Baldock, Herts. Commemorated
on THIEPVAL MEMORIAL, Somme, France. Pier and Face 2 C. |
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| ELLIS |
George
[Edward] |
Private
2518, 1st/1st Battalion, Hertfordshire Regiment. Killed in action
19 November 1914. Aged 30. Born and resident Baldock, enlisted Hertford.
Son of William Ellis, of The Hen and Chickens, 51, Clarke's Lane,
Baldock, Herts. Commemorated on YPRES (MENIN GATE) MEMORIAL, Ieper,
West-Vlaanderen, Belgium. Panel 54 and 56. |
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| ELLIS |
Thomas
G |
Royal
Marine Light Infantry. No further information currently available. |
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| ELLIS |
Walter
J |
Private
G/20084, 1st Battalion, Queen's OWn (Royal West Kent Regiment).
Died 1 June 1918. Born Baldock, enlisted Hitchin. Formerly 37558,
G. S. Cavalry. Buried in TANNAY BRITISH CEMETERY, THIENNES, Nord,
France. Plot 4. Row A. Grave 9. |
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| FAREY |
Ralph
[Ebenezer] |
Private
19925, 4th Battalion, Bedfordshire Regiment. Killed in action 30
October 1917. Age 29. Born Royston, enlisted Bedford, resident Stevenage.
Husband of Alice S. Farey, of 12, Kent Place, Union Rd., Hitchin,
Herts. Commemorated on TYNE COT MEMORIAL, Zonnebeke, West-Vlaanderen,
Belgium. Panel 48 to 50 and 162A. |
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| FIELD |
Alfred |
Gunner
884596, "D" Battery, 23rd Brigade,Royal Field Artillery.
Killed in action 14 April 1917. Age 24. Born Bladock, enlisted Hertford.
Son of Albert and Lydia Field, of 32, Cemetery Rd., Baldock, Herts.
Buried in ATHIES COMMUNAL CEMETERY EXTENSION, Pas de Calais, France.
Row C. Grave 7. |
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| FIELD |
Bertie |
[Listed
as Bedfordshire Regiment on memorial] Private 5702, 3rd/4th Battalion,
Norfolk Regiment. Died in United Kingdom 3 April 1916. Born Baldock,
enlisted Bedford. Buried in BALDOCK CEMETERY, Baldock. Grave 214. |
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| FIELD |
James |
Private
18331, 2nd Battalion, Bedfordshire Regiment. Died of wounds 10 June
1917. Age 31. Born and resident Baldock, enlisted Bedford. Husband
of May M. Field, of 6, Calefonica, Baldock, Herts. Buried in LIJSSENTHOEK
MILITARY CEMETERY, Poperinge, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium. Plot XIV.
Row G. Grave 9. |
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| FISHER |
Charles |
Private
S/40167, 7th Battalion, Seaforth Highlanders. Killed in action 9
April 1917. Enlisted Bedford. Buried in STE. CATHERINE BRITISH CEMETERY,
Pas de Calais, France. Row L. Grave 7. |
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| FITZJOHN |
Alfred
[W] |
Private
10042, 2nd Battalion, Bedfordshire Regiment. Died of wounds 14 May
1915. Born and resident Baldock, enlisted Hertford. Buried in LE
TOURET MILITARY CEMETERY, RICHEBOURG-L'AVOUE, Pas de Calais, France.
Plot II. Row C. Grave 10. |
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| GENTLE |
Alfred |
Gunner
55126, "A" Battery, 104th Brigade, Royal Field Artillery.
Killed in action 17 November 1916. Enlisted Woolwich, Kent, resident
Baldock. Commemorated on THIEPVAL MEMORIAL, Somme, France. Pier
and Face 1 A and 8 A. |
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| GENTLE |
Arthur |
Private
17426, 8th Battalion, Bedfordshire Regiment. Killed in action 19
April 1916. Born and resident Baldock, enlisted Hitchin. Buried
in NEW IRISH FARM CEMETERY, Ieper, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium. Plot
II. Row H. Grave 6. |
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| GENTLE |
George |
[Listed
as Royal Garrison Artillery on memorial] Sapper 87799, 117th Railway
Company, Royal Engineers. Died 3 July 1916. Aged 30. Son of George
and Lizzie Gentle; husband of Lizzie Gentle, of Ivy Cottage, Orchard
Rd., Walsworth, Hitchin, Herts. Native of Baldock, Herts. Buried
in SALONIKA (LEMBET ROAD) MILITARY CEMETERY, Greece. Grave 188. |
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| GENTLE, MM |
Oswald |
Sergeant
10190, "A" Company, 1st Battalion, Bedfordshire Regiment.
Killed in action 4 October 1917. Age 23. Born and resident Baldock,
enlisted Hertford. Son of George and Elizabeth Gentle, of 64, Icknield
Way, Baldock, Herts. Awarded the Military Medal (M.M.). Commemorated
on TYNE COT MEMORIAL, Zonnebeke, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium. Panel
48 to 50 and 162A. |
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| GOSS |
Henry
Thomas aka Harry |
Private
12656, H.M.S. Good Hope, Royal Marine Light Infantry. Lost in action
off Coronel, on the cost of Chilli, 1 November 1914. Age 36. Son
of Matilda South (formerly Goss), of Baldock, Herts, and the late
Thomas Goss. Commemorated on PORTSMOUTH NAVAL MEMORIAL, Hampshire.
Panel 6. |
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| HALLETT |
Herbert |
probably:
Private 4649, 20th Hussars, Royal Horse Guards. Died 26 October
1914. Born Laceby, enlisted London, resident Brighton. Commemorated
on YPRES (MENIN GATE) MEMORIAL, Ieper, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium.
Panel 5. |
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| HARRISON |
Edwin
George |
Chief
Cook 346362, H.M.S Hampshire, Royal Navy. Died 5 June 1916. Aged
31. Son of Edward H. and Mary A. Harrison, of 7, Icknield Way, Baldock,
Herts; husband of the late Charlotte A. Harrison. Buried in LYNESS
ROYAL NAVAL CEMETERY, Orkney. Row F. Grave 31A.Note:
HMS Hampshire - Built Armstrong, Elswick, laid down September 1902,
completed July 1905. On 31 May 1916 HMS Hampshire took part in the
Battle of Jutland. On 5 June 1916 she was sunk by a mine with the
loss of 650 men, most notably including Lord
Kitchener. |
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| HARWOOD |
Arthur
James |
Private
27099, "D" Company, 6th Battalion, Northamptonshire Regiment.
Died of wounds 13 January 1918. Aged 25. Born Baldock, enlisted
Bedford. Son of Lizzie Harwood; husband of Elizabeth Maud Harwood
of Upper Caldecote, Biggleswade, Beds. Native of Baldock, Herts.
Buried in DOZINGHEM MILITARY CEMETERY, Poperinge, West-Vlaanderen,
Belgium. Plot XV. Row H. Grave 21. |
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| HILTON |
Harry |
Air
Mechanic 1st Class F/23228, British Adriatic Squadron, 6th Wing,
Royal Naval Air Service. Died 8 September 1917. Age 37. Son of Henry
and Ellen Hilton, of Stotford, Beds; husband of Katie Hilton, of
28, Orchard Rd., Baldock, Herts. Buried in South East corner of
OTRANTO TOWN CEMETERY, Italy. |
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| HOWARD |
Walter
James |
Acting
Corporal 18800, 2nd Battalion, Bedfordshire Regiment. Killed in
action 3 August 1918. Born and resident Baldock, enlisted Bedford.
Buried in VILLERS-BRETONNEUX MILITARY CEMETERY, Somme, France. Plot
XIV. Row A. Grave 7. |
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| HOWE, MM |
Frederick
John |
Sergeant
20965, 2nd Battalion, Border Regiment. Killed in action 26 October
1917. Aged 25. Born Thriplow, Cambridgeshire, enlisted Hertford,
resident Baldock. Son of John Howe, of 75, Westfield Rd., West Ealing,
London. Formerly 10150, Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire Regiment.
Awarded the Military medal (M.M.). Commemorated on TYNE COT MEMORIAL,
Zonnebeke, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium. Panel 85 to 86. |
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| JAMES |
Willie |
Private
38172, 10th Battalion, Royal Warwickshire Regiment. Killed in action
20 September 1918. Aged 19.Born Norton, Hertfordshire, enlisted
Bedford, resident Baldock. Son of Albert and Martha James, of 6,
Orchard Rd., Baldock. Commemorated on LOOS MEMORIAL, Pas de Calais,
France. Panel 22 to 25. |
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| JELLIS |
Charles
[William] |
Private
CH/14274 (RMR/A/553), H.M.S. India, Royal Marine Light Infantry.
Died 8 August 1915. Age 39. Son of Daniel and Ellen Jellis, of Baldock,
Herts.; husband of Ada Jellis, of 7, Rhode St., Chatham. Commemorated
on CHATHAM NAVAL MEMORIAL, Kent. Panel 13. |
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| KING |
William |
Private 31945, 7th Battalion, Bedfordshire Regiment. Died of wounds
13 August 1917. Born and resident Hitchin, enlisted Bedford. Buried
in MENIN ROAD SOUTH MILITARY CEMETERY, Ieper, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium.
Plot I. Row T. Grave 26. |
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| KING |
Thomas |
Royal
Fusiliers. No further information currently availavle. |
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| KINGSLEY |
William
J |
Private
33995, 37th Battalion, Royal Fusiliers transferred to 64421 108th
Company, Labour Corps. Killed in action 21 March 1918. Born Buntingford,
enlisted Hitchin, resident Baldock. Husband of F. E. Kingsley, of
29, Nightingale Way, Baldock, Herts. Buried in FAUBOURG D'AMIENS
CEMETERY, ARRAS, Pas de Calais, France. Plot VII. Row B. Grave 27. |
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| KITCHENER |
Wilfred
George |
Lance
Corporal 18797, 4th Battalion, Bedfordshire Regiment. Killed in
action 30 October 1917. Age 21. Born and resident Baldock, enlisted
Bedford. Son of Charles Henry and Rachel Kitchener, of 36, Church
St., Baldock, Herts. Commemorated on TYNE COT MEMORIAL, Zonnebeke,
West-Vlaanderen, Belgium. Panel 48 to 50 and 162A. |
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| LANSCOMBE |
George |
Royal
Inniskillings. No further information currently availavle. |
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| MABBITT |
Alfred |
Private
7114, 2nd Battalion, Princess Charlotte of Wales's (Royal Berkshire
Regiment). Killed in action 15 March 1915. Age 32. Born and resident
Baldock, enlisted London. Son of Herbert and Ruth Mabbitt, of II,
Jackson St., Baldock, Herts. Commemorated on LE TOURET MEMORIAL,
Pas de Calais, France. Panel 30. |
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| MABBITT |
Charles
[William] |
Private
9856, 1st Battalion, North Staffordshire. Died of wounds 1 May 1915.
Born and resident Baldock, enlisted Mill Hill, London. Buried in
ERQUINGHEM-LYS CHURCHYARD EXTENSION, Nord, France. Plot I. Row C.
Grave 11. |
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| MOORE |
Wilfred
Henry |
[Listed
as William Henry on SDGW] Rifleman R/14127, 12th Battalion, Kings
Royal Rifle Corps. Killed in action 16 August 1917. Aged 20. Born
Chatteris, cambridgeshire, enlisted Hitchin, resident Baldock. Son
of John William and Grace Mary Moore, of 8, Jackson St., Baldock.
Commemorated on TYNE COT MEMORIAL, Zonnebeke, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium.
Panel 115 to 119 and 162A and 163A. |
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| MOORE |
Sidney
W |
Private
43177, 6th Battalion, Northamptonshire Regiment. Killed in action
3 May 1917. Age 22. Born Chatteris, Cambridgeshire, enlisted Hitchin.
Son of John William and Grace Mary Moore, of 8, Jackson St., Baldock,
Herts. Formerly 27030, Bedfordshire Regiment. Commemorated on ARRAS
MEMORIAL, Pas de Calais, France. Bay 7. |
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| MORRIS |
Frederick |
Lieutenant,
3rd Scottish Horse. Drowned 27 May 1918. Commemorated on CHATBY
MEMORIAL, Egypt. |
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| MOULES |
Arthur |
Private
2691 1st Battalion, East Surrey Regiment.Killed in action 20 October
1918. Age 30. Born Baldock, enlisted Hitchin. Husband of Maud Ellen
Moules, of 30, Cemetery Rd., Baldock, Herts. Buried in ROMERIES
COMMUNAL CEMETERY EXTENSION, Nord, France. Plot IV. Row C. Grave
18. |
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| MUSK |
Alfred
Walter |
[Listed
as Albert Walter on SDGW & CWGC] Private 266035, Hertfordshire
Regiment. Killed in action 23 July 1916. Enlisted Hertford, resident
Baldock. Commemorated on LOOS MEMORIAL, Pas de Calais, France. Panel
135. |
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| NEAL |
Percy
John |
Sapper
45015, 81st Field Company, Royal Engineers. Died of wounds 5 August
1915. Age 22. Born and resident Baldock, enlisted London. Son of
David and Ellen Neal, of Hitchin St., Baldock, Herts. Buried in
LA GORGUE COMMUNAL CEMETERY, Nord, France. Plot II. Row B. Grave
1. |
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| NEWDICK |
Edward |
Able
Seaman 233545, H.M.S. Triumph, Royal Navy. Died 29 May 1915. Age
26. Son of William Frank and Annie Worker Newdick, of Baldock, Herts;
husband of Jane Ann Duffield (formerly Newdick), of 8, Lily Place,
Aberdour, Fifeshire. Commemorated on CHATHAM NAVAL MEMORIAL, Kent.
Panel 9. |
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| PAGE |
Alfred
[Edward] |
Sergeant
3/6527, 1st Battalion, Bedfordshire Regiment attached Trench Mortar
Battery. Died of wounds 18 June 1918. Aged 26. Born Clothal, enlsited
Hitchin, resident Baldock. Son of Fredrick and Annie Isaline Page,
of Baldock, Herts; husband of Phyllis Annie Page, of 204, Union
St., Maidstone, Kent. Buried in AIRE COMMUNAL CEMETERY, Pas de Calais,
France. Plot III. Row C. Grave 26. |
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| PAGE |
Frank |
Rifleman
12833, 7th Battalion, Kings Royal Rifle Corps. Killed in action
9 December 1917. Age 19. Born Clothall, enlisted Luton, resident
Baldock. Son of Frederick and Annie Page, of 6, Prospect Terrace,
Baldock, Herts. Commemorated on TYNE COT MEMORIAL, Zonnebeke, West-Vlaanderen,
Belgium. Panel 115 to 119 and 162A and 163A. |
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| PETERS |
George
Edward |
Sergeant
18641, 1st Battalion, Bedfordshire Regiment. Killed in action 23
April 1917. Aged 21. Born, and resident Baldock, enlisted Bedford.
Son of Arthur and Elizabeth Catherine Peters, of "Harefield",
Pembroke Rd., Baldock, Herts. Commemorated on ARRAS MEMORIAL, Pas
de Calais, France. Bay 5. |
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| POULTER |
Arthur
Ephraim |
[Listed
as Bedfordshire Regiment on memorial; listed as PAULTER on CWGC]
Private 266954, Hertfordshire Regiment. Killed in action 3 November
1917. Enlisted Hertford, resident Baldock. Aged 25. Son of John
and Emily Paulter, of Hitchin St., Baldock; husband of Lily Paulter,
of 55, High St., Baldock, Herts. No known grave. Commemorated on
TYNE COT MEMORIAL, Zonnebeke, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium. Panel 153. |
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| POULTER |
George
[Benjamin] |
Private
20599, 8th Battalion, Bedfordshire Regiment. Killed in action 15
September 1916. Aged 18. Born Baldock, enlisted Hitchin. Son of
John and Emily Maria Poulter, of 23, Hitchin St., Baldock, Herts.
Commemorated on THIEPVAL MEMORIAL, Somme, France. Pier and Face
2 C. |
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| SALE |
Arthur
Edward |
Private
26615, 9th Battalion, King's Own (Royal Lancaster Regiment). Died
of wounds 14 October 1918. Age 44. Born Wallington, enlisted Hitchin.
Son of Edward and Sarah Sale, of 37, Ickleford Rd. Hitchin, Herts;
husband of Margaret Sale, of 12, Pembroke Rd., Baldock, Herts. Buried
in MIKRA BRITISH CEMETERY, KALAMARIA, Greece. Grave 624. |
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| SAUNDERS |
Edward
Charles |
[Listed
as Edwin Charles on SDGW and CWGC] Private 18328, 1st Battalion,
Bedfordshire Regiment. Killed in action 4 June 1916. Age 24. Born
and resident Baldock, enlsited Hitchin. Son of Edwin Thomas Saunders,
of 34A, Church St., Baldock, Herts. Commemorated on ARRAS MEMORIAL,
Pas de Calais, France. Bay 5. |
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| SAUNDERS |
Charles
S |
Bedfordshire
Regiment. No further information currently available. |
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| SCOOT |
Arthur |
Private
7085, 1st Battalion, Bedfordshire Regiment. Died of wounds 10 November
1914. Age 32. Born Baldock, enlisted Hitchin, resident Redhill,
Surrey. Son of the late Joseph and Sarah Scoot, of Baldock, Herts.
Buried in BOULOGNE EASTERN CEMETERY, Pas de Calais, France. Plot
III Row C Grave 14 |
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| SHAW-HELLIER |
Arthur
Joseph [Bradney] |
Lieutenant,
7th Battalion, South Staffordshire Regiment. Killed in acion at
Gallipoli 9 August 1915. Commemorated on HELLES MEMORIAL, Turkey.
Panel 134 to 136. |
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| SHERWOOD |
Herbert
W aka Bert |
Sergeant
20150, 6th Battalion, Bedfordshire Regiment. Died of wounds 16th
December 1917. Born and resident Bladock, enlisted Hitchin. Buried
in KLEIN-VIERSTRAAT BRITISH CEMETERY, Heuvelland, West-Vlaanderen,
Belgium. Plot I. Row G. Grave 5. |
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| SMITH |
Harold |
Private
8394, 9th Battalion, East Surrey Regiment. Killed in action 11 January
1916. Born Baldock, enlisted Hitchin. Buried in MENIN ROAD SOUTH
MILITARY CEMETERY, Ieper, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium. Plot I. Row
B. Grave 5. |
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| SMITH |
Norman
Samuel |
Private
235252, 17th Battalion, Royal Welsh Fusiliers. Killed in action
31 July 1917. Enlisted Hitchin, resident Stevenage. Formerly 5934,
Hertfordshire Regiment. Commemorated on YPRES (MENIN GATE) MEMORIAL,
Ieper, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium. Panel 22. |
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| SPICER |
Joseph |
Sergeant
14320, 63rd Battery, Royal Field Artillery. Died 22 September 1916.
Age 34. Born and enlisted Hitchin. Son of Joseph and Annie Spicer;
husband of Alice Maud Spicer, of Radwell, Baldock, Herts. Buried
in BAGHDAD (NORTH GATE) WAR CEMETERY, Iraq. Plot XXi. Row P. Grave
45. |
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| SWAIN |
Tom |
Private
10343, 1st Battalion, Bedfordshire Regiment. Died of wounds 30 May
1918. Killed in action 26 February 1915. Born and resident Baldock,
enlisted Hertford. Aged 22. Son of Frederick and Mary Swain, of
36, Norton St., Baldock. Buried in R.E. FARM CEMETERY, Heuvelland,
West-Vlaanderen, Belgium. Plot I. Row A. Grave 3. |
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| TAYLOR |
Victor
[Abram] |
Private
23248, 2nd Battalion, Suffolk Regiment. Died of wounds 24 August
1916. Age 19. Born Royston, enlisted Hertford. Brother of Annie
Taylor, of Letchworth, Herts. Native of Bygrave, Baldock, Herts.
Buried in STE. MARIE CEMETERY, LE HAVRE, Seine-Maritime, France.
Division 3. Row E. Grave 4. |
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| THRUSSELL |
Arthur
Samuel |
Private
5732, 11th (Prince Albert's own) Hussars attached 2nd Life Guards.
Died of wounds 16 May 1915. Born and resident Hitchin, enlisted
Royston. Buried in BAILLEUL COMMUNAL CEMETERY EXTENSION (NORD),
Nord, France. Plot I. Row A. Grave 78. |
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| VEASEY |
John
Sherard |
Lieutenant
and Adjutant, 1st Battalion, Worcestershire Regiment. Killed in
action 12 March 1915. Age 26. Son of Charles James and Annie Lucy
Veasey, of Langley, Oxted, Surrey. Commemorated on LE TOURET MEMORIAL,
Pas de Calais, France. Panel 17 and 18. |
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| WAYLOTT |
Frank |
[Spelt
WAYLETT on SDGW and CWGC] Private 4/7095, 2nd Battalion, Bedfordshire
Regiment. Killed in action 11 March 1915. Aged 21. Born and resident
Baldock, enlisted Hertford. Son of the late George and Clara Elizabeth
Waylett. Commemorated on LE TOURET MEMORIAL, Pas de Calais, France.
Panel 10 and 11. |
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| WEBSTER |
Bertie
[Andrew] |
Private
48832, 1st Battalion, Worcestershire Regiment. Killed in action
28 March 1918. Born and resident Baldock, enlisted Hitchin. Commemorated
on POZIERES MEMORIAL, Somme, France. Panel 41. |
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| WEBSTER |
William
James |
Private
18798, 8th Battalion, Bedfordshire Regiment. Died of wounds 25 April
1917. Age 33. Born and resident Baldock, enlisted Hitchin. Son of
William James Webster, of High St., Baldock, Herts; husband of E.
M. Webster, of 2, Silver Hill, Royston, Herts. Buried in BETHUNE
TOWN CEMETERY, Pas de Calais, France. Plot VI. Row D. Grave 80. |
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| WILSHIRE |
Earnest
Frederick |
[Spelt
Ernest on CWGC and SDGW] Private 241606, 7th Battalion, Suffolk
Regiment. Killed in action 26 November 1917. Born Kensington, Middlesex,
enlisted Hammersmith. Formerly 28635, Bedfordshire Regiment. Commemorated
on CAMBRAI MEMORIAL, LOUVERAL, Nord, France. Panel 4. |
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| ASTLEY |
Ronald |
Private
5989499, Army Air Corps 2nd Battalion, Parachute Regiment, A.A.C.
Died 30 November 1942. Age 22. Son of William Thomas Astley and
Alice Astley, of Baldock, Hertfordshire. Buried in ENFIDAVILLE WAR
CEMETERY, Tunisia. Plot II. Row A. Grave 3. |
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| BARKER |
Frederick
H |
Private
183872, Royal Army Service Corps. Died 15 October 1940. Age 25.
Son of Arthur and Amie E. Barker, of Baldock. Buried in North-West
Division of BALDOCK CEMETERY, Baldock. Grave 144. |
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| BEALES |
Harry
George Arthur |
Aircraftman
2nd Class 905638, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve. Died 12 August
1940. Age 24. Son of Adam George Bertie and Ethel Sarah Ann Beales,
of Baldock. Buried in North-West Division of BALDOCK CEMETERY, Baldock.
Grave 147. |
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| BIRD |
Maurice
Fredrick |
Able
Seaman D/SSX 35820, HMS Galatea, Royal Navy. Died 15 December 1941.
Commemorated on PLYMOUTH NAVAL MEMORIAL, Devon. Panel 46, Column
2. |
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| BROAD |
Ronald
Frederick |
Flight
Sergeant (Pilot) 1336532, 198 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer
Reserve. Died 20 September 1943. Aged 22. Son of Frederick Harold
and Gertrude Elizabeth Broad, of Leytonstone, Essex. Buried by southern
boundary wall in VLADSLO CHURCHYARD, Diksmuide, West-Vlaanderen,
Belgium. |
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| BYGRAVE |
Donald
George |
Sergeant
5988740 1st Battalion, The Hertfordshire Regiment, The Bedfordshire
and Hertfordshire Regiment. Died 3 September 1944. Aged 33. Son
of Arthur William and Maude Mary Bygrave; husband of Dorothy Bygrave,
of Baldock, Hertfordshire. Commemorated on CASSINO MEMORIAL, Cassino,
Italy. Panel 5. |
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| BYGRAVE |
Wallace
Rowley |
Signalman
2328137, 3rd Division Signals, Royal Corps of Signals. Died between
31 May 1940 and 2 June 1940 during the Dunkirk Evacuation. Age 19.
Son of Frederick Walter Ellis Bygrave and Maude Mary Bygrave. Commemorated
on DUNKIRK MEMORIAL, Nord, France. Column 30. |
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| CHAMBERS |
John
[Lewis] |
Private
5831631, 2/5th Battalion, The Queen's Royal Regiment (West Surrey)
Died 29 April 1943. Age 23. Son of Joseph Aubrey and Mary Chambers.
Buried in MASSICAULT WAR CEMETERY, Tunisia. Plot II. Row J. Grave
5. |
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| CLARKE |
Peter
Henry |
Able
Seaman P/JX 235670, H.M.S. President III, Royal Navy. Died 17 October
1941. Age 19. Son of Robert Henry and Emma Clarke, of Baldock, Hertfordshire.
Lived at 31 Weston Way, Baldock. Commemorated on PORTSMOUTH NAVAL
MEMORIAL, Hampshire. Panel 47, Column 2.
Note: Lt Cdr. Warlow ‘Shore Establishments of the Royal Navy’ - President III was an accounting base, initially in Bristol and then Windsor, it was the HQ for the personnel on Defensively Armed Merchant Ships, it does not mean he served there, but that his pay was issued from there. Royal Marines served aboard DAMS in both wars, this would have qualified him for the Atlantic Star. Also Royal Artillery gunners and it would seem RN gunners. |
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| DANDO |
William
Roy |
Sergeant
6472574 46th Regiment, Reconnaissance Corps, Royal Armoured Corps.
Died 3 September 1944. Age 29. Son of Oliver George and Ellen Dando;
husband of Ivy Ellen Dando, of Bygrave, Hertfordshire. Buried in
MONTECCHIO WAR CEMETERY, Italy. Plot IV, Row C. Grave 3. |
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| EDMONDS |
Frederick
William |
Private
14631063, 2/5th Battalion, The Queen's Royal Regiment (West Surrey).
Died 10 September 1944. Age 21. Son of William Frederick and Alice
Dorothy Edmonds, of Baldock, Hertfordshire. Buried in CORIANO RIDGE
WAR CEMETERY, Italy. Plot VII. Row C. Grave 5. |
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| FLESCH |
Francis
Ronald |
Sergeant
(Navigator) 1602519, 104 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve.
Died 3 Fenraury 1945. Aged 21. Son of Theophile and Ada May Flesch,
of Baldock, Hertfordshire. Buried in BELGRADE WAR CEMETERY, Yugoslavia.
Plot 6. Row B. Collective Grave 6-10. |
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| FRY |
David
Wyndham |
Warrant
Officer 905553, 207 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve.
Died 12 August 1942. Aged 21. Son of Alfred Wyndham Fry and Bessie
Fry, of Baldock, Hertfordshire. Commemorated on RUNNYMEDE MEMORIAL,
Surrey. Panel 72. |
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| GALE |
John
Wilfred Christopher |
Lance
Sergeant 916878, 135 (The Hertfordshire Yeomanry) Field Regiment,
Royal Artillery. Died 21 September 1944. Aged 23. Son of Willie
and Harriett Elizabeth Gale, of Baldock, Hertfordshire. Commemorated
on SINGAPORE MEMORIAL, Kranji War Cemetery, Singapore. Column 35. |
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| GENTLE |
John
P |
Corporal
5989760, 1st Battalion, Dorsetshire Regiment. Died 11 July 1944.
Aged 27, Son of Emily Gentle; husband of June Elizabeth Gentle,
of Baldock, Hertfordshire. Buried in BAYEUX WAR CEMETERY, Calvados,
France. Plot XXI. Row D. Grave 22. |
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| GRAY |
Alfred
Valentine |
Private
6025891, 5th Battalion, Essex Regiment. Died 25 December 1943. Age
30. Son of Alfred and Maud Gray; husband of Edna May Gray, of Baldock,
Hertfordshire. Buried in SANGRO RIVER WAR CEMETERY, Italy. Plot
XVII. Row C. Grave 3. |
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| HARGATE |
George
[Herbert] |
Stoker
1st Class C/KX 108920, H.M.S Niger, Royal Navy. Died 6 July 1942.
Age 31. Son of Herbert and Mary J. Hargate; husband of Gwynneth
Hargate, of Baldock, Hertfordshire. Commemorated on CHATHAM NAVAL
MEMORIAL, Kent. Colmn 62. Panel 1. |
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| HOEG |
Thorkild |
Pilot
Officer 169064, 107 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve.
Died 22 October 1943. Age 22. Son of Thorkild and Alfa Christina
Hoeg, of Baldock, Hertfordshire. Commemorated on RUNNYMEDE MEMORIAL,
Surrey. Panel 132. |
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| HURST |
George
Edward James |
Sapper
2068875, 264 Field Company, Royal Engineers. Died 26 June 1943.
Age 21. Son of Cyril Vivian and Elizabeth Annie Hurst, of Baldock,
Hertfordshire. Buried in MEDJEZ-EL-BAB WAR CEMETERY, Tunisia. Plot
3. Row B. Grave 16. |
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| KING |
Christopher
Charles |
Driver
T/156978, 23 Division Supply Column, Royal Army Service Corps. Died
between 27 May 1940 and 28 May 1940 during the Dunkirk evacuation.
Age 22. Son of Christopher Cornelius and Grace Violet King, of Baldock,
Hertfordshire. Commemorated on the DUNKIRK MEMORIAL, Nord, France.
Column 137. |
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| LEETE |
Sylvia
Joan (known as Joan) |
Private,
ATS. Apparently she came home on leave where she fell ill. Her father
refused to let her return to her base, but the Military Police came
and fetched her. She went into hospital in Colchester where she
died of TB.The GRO list a death in the Jul-Sep 1945 quarter of Sylvia
J Leete, aged 25 (Hitchin District Vol. 3a Page 876). This would
suggest she died at home and not in Colchester. There are no other
entries that match during the war years. This also makes sense as
she is listed on the Guilden Morden and the Baldock war memorials
and these fall within the Hitchin District or thereabouts. Also
appears on the Guilden
Morden memorial. |
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| LUNN |
Arthur
George |
Lance
Corporal 6722718. 1st Battalion, The Hertfordshire Regiment, The
Bedfordshire and Herfordshire Regiment. Died 1 December 1941. Age
34. Son of Abner George and Louisa Jane Lunn; husband of Ellen Dorothy
Lunn, of Baldock, Hertfordshire. Buried in KNIGHTSBRIDGE WAR CEMETERY,
ACROMA, Libya. Plot 2. Row A. Grave 16. |
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| MILLS |
Cyril
Albert |
Private
14771180, 4th Battalion, King's Own Scottish Borderers. Died 10
March 1945. Age 30. Son of Richard William and Ethel Mills; husband
of Doreen V. Mills, of Baldock, Hertfordshire. Buried in REICHSWALD
FOREST WAR CEMETERY, Kleve, Nordrhein-Westfalen, Germany. Plot 48.
Row E. Grave 2. |
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| PAYNE |
Cyril
George |
Sergeant
(Wireless Operator/Air Gunner) 1337267, 619 Squadron, Royal Air
Force Volunteer Reserve. Died 3 January 1944. Buried in REICHSWALD
FOREST WAR CEMETERY, Kleve, Nordrhein-Westfalen, Germany. Plot 26.
Row A. Grave 16. |
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| PINK |
William
Hugh |
Fusilier
5989127, 11th Battalion, Lancashire Fusiliers. Died 1 December 1944
in Italy. Aged 31. Husband of Martha Evelyn Sarah Pink, of Dartford,
Kent. Born Sussex, resident Hertfordshire. Buried in FAENZA WAR
CEMETERY, Italy. Plot VI. Row E. Grave 9. |
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| PLUM |
Albert
George Horace James |
Private
5950318, 5th Battalion, The Bedfordshire and Hetfordshire Regiment.
Died 21 September 1944. Age 23. Commemorated on the SINGAPORE MEMORIAL,
Kranji War Cemetery, Singapore. Column 64. |
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| ROSENDALE |
Thomas
Edward |
Private
14439496, 1st Battalion, Black Watch (Royal Highlanders). Died 12
July 1944. Age 19. Son of Alfred and Louisa Rosendale, of Baldock,
Hertfordshire. Buried in RANVILLE WAR CEMETERY, Calvados, France.
Plot II. Row E. Grave 7. |
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| SCOOT |
Gilbert
Wilfred Herbert |
Private
5952874, 4th Battalion, The Buffs (Royal East Kent Regiment). Died
23 October 1943. Age 25. Son of Wilfred and Melinda Scoot, of Baldock,
Hertfordshire. Commemorated on ATHENS MEmorial, Greece. Face 5. |
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| SEROGOLD |
A
J P |
Captain,
Welsh Guards - No further information currently available |
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| SHERRINGTON |
Henry
Victor |
Ordinary
Seaman JX 518586, HMS Collingwood, Royal Navy. Died 18 June 1943.
Age 17. Son of Arthur James Sherrington and Beatrice Ellen Sherrington,
of Baldock, Hertfordshire. Buried in HASLAR ROYAL NAVAL CEMETERY,
Hampshire. Plot E. Row 63. Grave 13. |
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| WALKER |
Cyril
Ivan |
Flight
Sergeant (Flight Engineer) 576851, 49 Squadron, Royal Air Force.
Died 22 April 1945. Age 20. Son of Frederick and Edith Mary Walker,
of Baldock. Lived at No 47 Weston Way, Baldock. Trained at RAF Halton.
When his mother died, Eric Woodward and his mother would take him
in and look after him whilst on leave. He was a member of a Pathfinder
Squadron, survived many trips over Germany only to die on a test
flight aged 20. Buried in the south-west border of BALDOCK CEMETERY,
BALDOCK. Grave 44A. |
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| WILKINS, DSM |
Robert
Percy |
Petty
Officer P/JX 14219, HMS Salvia, Royal Navy. Died 24 December 1941.
Age 23. Son of William Sidney and Mary Ann Wilkins, of Baldock,
Hertfordshire. Awarded the Distiguished Service Medal (D.S.M.).
Commemorated on PORTSMOUTH NAVAL MEMORIAL, Hampshire. Panel 46,
Column 2. |
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| WILLIAMS |
Arthur
Henry |
Sergeant
405866, 125 (The Hertfordshire Yeomanry) Field Regiment, Royal Artillery.
Died 13 February 1942 during the capture of Signapore by the Japanese.
Aged 28. Buried in KRANJI WAR CEMETERY, Kranji, Singapore. Plot
15. Row B. Grave 13. |
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| WINTER |
Robert
Frederick |
Private
5392979, 1st Battalion, Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry.
Died 9 August 1944. Aged 21. Son of Frederick and Lilian Winter,
of Aston Clinton, Buckinghamshire. Buried in WILSTONE CEMETERY,
Wilstone, Buckinghamshire. Grave 192. |
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INGREY |
Norman
Rex |
Able
Seaman P/JX 518587 HMS Laforey, Royal Navy. Lost with his ship 30th
March 1944. Age 18. Son of Albert Henry & Elsie Renee Ingrey
of Baldock, Hertfordshire. Commemorated on PORTSMOUTH NAVAL MEMORIAL,
Hampshire. Panel 84, Column 1.
Note: On 29 March 1944 the German submarine U-223 was located by asdic from the British destroyer HMS Ulster, which was carrying out a routine Anti-Submarine sweep together with two other destroyers of the 14th Flotilla, HMS laforey and HMS Tumult. The U-boat was heavily depth-charged, but managed to carry out evasive manoeuvres in an attempt to evade destruction. In the early morning of 30 March, the U-boat was forced to surface and was attacked by the destroyers with gunfire, which now included the British escort destroyers HMS Hambledon, HMS Blencathra and HMS Wilton, which had replaced HMS Ulster. Shortly before being sunk, U-223 fired a Gnat (missile) and hit HMS Laforey. His mother never got over the shock and refused to allow his name to go on the memorial. In 2007 the present family asked the newly reformed Baldock Branch Royal British Legion if it would be possible to add his name. RBL approached North Herts District Council who had a plaque made up in very short time, and this was unveiled in a service on 1st July 2007. |
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| JACKSON,MM |
George |
Corporal
24251, 59th Field Company, Royal Engineers. Died probably from Spanish
flu on 7 February 1919 while on his was home from France. Born in
Baldock 10 August 1892. Son of William and Elizabeth (nee Barwick)
Jackson. Prior to enlisting he was a bricklayer. Enlisted in 9th
Lancers as a Cavalryman between 1911 and 1912 and transferred to
the Royal Engineers in 1913. Awarded the Military Medal on 7 February
1919 (the same day as he died). In the 1911 census he is a bricklayer,
aged 18, born Bygrave, Herts., resident with his brother, William
(see below), and his parents, William and Elizabeth, at 50 Common
View, Letchworth. Buried in DUNKIRK TOWN CEMETERY, Nord, France.
Plot VI. Row E. Grave 27. |
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| JACKSON | William |
Private
14413, 1st Battalion, Bedfordshire Regiment. Shot by a sniper 11
April 1915 at Hill 60 prior to the Second Battle of Ypres. Born
Baldock, resident and enlisted Letchworth. Son of William and Elizabeth
(nee Barwick) Jackson. In the 1911 census he is a farm labourer,
aged 17, born Bygrave, Herts., resident with his brother, George
(see above), and his parents, William and Elizabeth, at 50 Common
View, Letchworth. Buried in OOSTTAVERNE WOOD CEMETERY, West-Vlaanderen,
Belgium. Plot VI. Row H. Grave 15. |
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