| ALDERMAN
|
Thomas |
Lance
Corporal 11098, 32nd Battalion, Royal Fusiliers (City of London
Regiment). Killed in action 15th september 1916 in France &
Flanders. Enlisted Watford, resident Hemel hempstead. |
| ALLEN |
Thomas |
Private
266850, Hertfordshire Regiment. Died of wounds 16th June 1918 in
France & Flanders. Enlisted Hertford, resident Hemel Hempstead. |
| ALLUM |
Frank |
Private
55228, 16th Battalion, Welsh Regiment. Killed in action 27th August
1917 in France & Flanders. Born and enlisted Hemel Hempstead.
Formerly 32005, Bedfordshire Regiment. |
| AMBROSE |
George |
Private
291148, 4th Battalion, Essex Regiment. Killed in action 27th March
1917 in Palestine. Born, resident and enlisted Hemel Hempstead.
Formerly 20569, Bedfordshire Regiment. |
| AMBROSE |
Joseph |
Private
266763, Hertfordshire Regiment. Died of wounds 1st Nopvember 1917
in France & Flanders. Enlisted and resident Hemel Hempstead. |
| AMBROSE |
Reginald
Walter |
Private
266041, Hertfordshire Regiment. Killed in action 31st July 1917
in France & Flanders. Enlisted Hertford, resident Hemel Hempstead. |
| AMBROSE |
William |
Sergeant
3636, Machine Gun Corps (Infantry). Killed in action 3rd July 1917
in France & Flanders. Born and resident Hemel Hempstead, enlisted
Hertford. Formerly 13400, Bedfordshire Regiment. |
| AMES |
F |
No
further information currently |
| ARNOTT |
F |
No
further information currently |
| ARNOTT |
Herbert |
Corporal
18255, 7th Battalion, Bedfordshire Regiment. Killed in action 27th
September 1916 in France & Flanders. Enlisted Bedford, resident
Hemel Hempstead. |
| AUSTIN |
Arthur |
Private
25603, 4th Battalion, Bedfordshire Regiment. Killed in action 30th
September 1918 in France & Flanders. Born Hemel Hempstead, enlisted
Bedford, resident Arlesey, Bedfordshire. |
| BADCOCK |
H
J |
No
further information currently |
| BAINES |
Alfred
Raymond |
Private
40983, 7th Battalion, Northamptonshire Regiment. Killed in action
9th October 1918 during attack on fortified village of Cagnoncles,
3 km. East of Cambrai, as part of reconnaissance party (all of whom
were killed) under Captain Pearson (M.C.). Aged 19. Born Hemel Hempstead
3rd August 1899, enlisted Watford 3rd September 1917 ; to France
1st April 1918. Previously Wounded in action (gassed) 1st June 1918
and hospitalised in France; returned to Battalion (D Company) circa
9th September 1918. Son of Alfred Baines & Kate Baines (nee
Margrave) of 1, Pictons Bridge, Boxmoor. Worked as clerk at Foster's
Sawmill, Kingsland Rd., Boxmoor. Buried in CAGNONCLES COMMUNAL CEMETERY,
Nord, France. Grave 4. |
| BAINES |
W
A |
No
further information currently |
| BAKER |
G |
No
further information currently |
| BAKER |
G
A E |
No
further information currently |
| BALDERSON |
Henry
Leslie Paxton |
Second
Lieutenant, 8th (Service) battalion, Devonshire Regiment attached
Gloucestershire Regiment. Killed in action 23rd July 1916 in France
& Flanders. Age 24. Son of Robert Henry and Edith Balderson,
of South Lea, Hemel Hempstead, Herts. Buried in POZIERES BRITISH
CEMETERY, OVILLERS-LA BOISSELLE, Somme, France. Grave IV. G. 43.
 From
Andy Pay's research into the Marquis de Ruvigny' s Roll of Honour
the following:
Volume 1, Part 2, Page 16. BALDERSON, Henry Leslie Paxton, 2nd Lieut,
8th (Sevice) Battalion, The Devonshire Regiment attd Gloucestershire
Regiment.
Only
son of Robert Henry Balderson of South Lea, Hemel Hempstead, Herts,
by his wife, Edith, dau of Henry Paxton of Shelswell, co Oxford.Born
South Lea aforesaid, 7-6-1892,educated Lansing College where he
was a mamber of the O.T.C. and on leaving joined the Artists Rifles
in 1910; obtained a commission at the outbreak of war, and was gazetted
2nd Lieut. Devonshire Regiment 15-9-1914; went to France in July
1915; was severely wounded at Loos 25th Sept and invalided home;
returned to France 27-6-1916, being attached to the Gloucestershire
Regiment, and was officially reported missing and subsequently as
killed in action 23rd July 1916 west of Ovillers.
Buried
in grave 2, C.8.9, north of Ovillers. After the attack in which
he met his death, no officers and only 17 men answered the roll
call. Lieut Scull wrote " from all accounts he led his men
nobly." Coy Quartermaster - Segt. Johnson also wrote "Your
son was admired and loved by all his platoon; very few of them are
now left, but they all join in expressing their deep sympathy. We
have lost a gallant officer." His Platoon Sergt also wrote
"I shall treasure the photograph, and the memories of your
sons gallantry and coolness under fire and his personal concern
for his men." Unm. |
| BALDWIN |
George
Henry |
Private
9929, 2nd Battalion, Devonshire Regiment. Killed in action 1st July
1916 in France & Flanders. Born and resident Boxmoor, enlisted
Hertford. |
| BAN[D]FIELD |
Frederick |
Private
7885, 2nd Battalion, Bedfordshire Regiment. Killed in action 12th
October 1916 in France & Flanders. Born, resident and enlisted
Hemel Hempstead. |
| BASS |
Alfred
Henry |
Private
26792, 6th Battalion, Northamptonshire Regiment. Killed in action
17th February 1917 in France & Flanders. Born and enlisted Hemel
Hempstead. Formerly 1895, Royal Field Artillery. |
| BATCHELOR |
Harold |
Corporal
7615, 1st Battalion, Bedfordshire Regiment. Died of illness 30th
April 1915 in France & Flanders. Aged 22 (CWGC states 28). Born,
resident and enlisted Hemel Hempstead. Wnt to France 16th August
1914. Son of Caroline Batchelor of 6, Boxted Cottages, Hemel hempstead.
Buried in ST. SEVER CEMETERY, ROUEN, Seine-Maritime, France. Plot
A. Row 8. Grave 14. |
| BATCHELOR,
MM |
William |
Sergeant
14124, 4th Battalion, Bedfordshire Regiment. Killed in action 27th
August 1918 in France & Flanders. Born and resident Hemel Hempstead,
enlisted Bedford. Went to France 9th April 1915. Awarded the Military
medal (M.M.). Buried in BEAULENCOURT BRITISH CEMETERY, LIGNY-THILLOY,
Pas de Calais, France. Plot IV. Row G. Grave 29. |
| BATCHELOR |
William |
Lance
Corporal 235038, 8th Battalion, Lincolnshire Regiment. Killed in
action 16th August 1917 in France & Flanders. Born and resident
Hemel Hempstead, enlistred Hertford. Formerly 266602, Hertfordshire
Regiment. |
| BATES |
A |
No
further information currently |
| BATES |
Archibald
Claude |
 Lieutenant
Archibald Claude Bates was awarded the Military Cross after he carried
on in battle despite being buried by shells several times during
the First World War.
He
displayed this courage while in action with his 6th Northamptonshire
Battalion Regiment at Regina Trench on the Somme, October 25-29,
1916. Just a month before he had also been involved in severe fighting
in the taking of the Thiepval Ridge, also on the Somme.
Archibald
was the son of Mr H Bates of Bennetts End Road, Hemel Hempstead.
He enlisted at the start of the war and rose from the ranks to become
2nd Lieutenant in March 1916.
Following
his bravery on the Somme he was transferred to the Middlesex Regiment
as acting Adjudant but became ill shortly before receiving full
rank. When he recovered he went back to his old battalion and was
mortally wounded at Poelcapelle when the 3rd Battle of Ypres was
in full cry. He died from his wounds in a Casualty Clearing Station
on October 20, 1917, aged 23. He is buried in Mendinghem Military
Cemetery in Belgium.
Archibald’s
three brothers, Percy, Harry, and half brother George Dyer, also
served in the war. Percy was in the Norfolk Regiment, Harry was
in the Scots Guards and George was in the First Battalion Hertfordshire
Regiment and was killed in action on October 14, 1916. |
| BATES |
George |
Private
55229, 16th Battalion, Welsh Regiment. Killed in action 13th August
1917 in France & Flanders. Born and resident Boxmoor, enlisted
Bedford. Formerly 32282, Bedfordshire Regiment. |
| BATES |
R |
No
further information currently |
| BAXTER |
A
D |
No
further information currently |
| BECKLEY |
Phillip |
Private
7538, 22nd (County of London) Battalion (The Queen's), Londojn Regiment.
Died of wounds 28th September 1916 in France & Flanders. Enlisted
and resident Hemel Hempstead. |
| BELSON |
Oliver
James |
Private
33944, 6th (Service) Battalion, York and Lancaster Regiment. Killed
in action 1st October 1918 in France & Flanders. Born and resident
Hemel Hempstead, enlisted Bedford. |
| BIGGS |
J
M |
No
further information currently |
| BILBY |
Jospeh
Edward |
Corporal
265340, Hertfordshire Regiment. Killed in action 31st July 1917
in France & Flanders. Born, resident and enlisted Hemel Hempstead.
|
| BISNEY |
William
John |
Private
G/39549, 2nd/4th Battalion, Queen's (Royal West Surrey Regiment).
Died 5th April 1917 in Egypt. Born Leverstock Green, enlisted Watford,
resident Boxmoor. |
| BISWELL |
Harry
George |
Private
15030, 11th Battalion, Essex Regiment. Died of wounds 6th May 1916
in France & Flanders. Born and resident Hemel Hempstead, enlisted
St Albans. |
| BISWELL |
J |
No
further information currently |
| BLADON |
Edward
James |
Private
9143, 2nd Battalion, Bedfordshire Regiment. Killed in action 17th
May 1915 in France & Flanders. Born Potten End, Herts, enlisted
Hemel Hempstead, resident Boxmoor. |
| BLADON |
Frederick
Charles |
Private
16296, 8t6h (Service) Battalion, Devonshire Regiment. Killed in
action 24th May 1916 in France & Flanders. Enlisted St Albans,
resident Hemel Hempstead. |
| BLAKIE |
Alfred |
Gunner
211207, Royal Artillery. Died 2nd January 1918 in France & Flanders.
Enlisted Hertford, resident Boxmoor. |
| BLOOR |
William |
Private
12888, 6th Battalion, Bedfordshire Regiment. Died of wounds 16th
July 1916 in France & Flanders. Born Rickmansworth, enlisted
and resident Hemel hempstead. |
| BOILEAU |
R |
No
further information currently |
| BONE |
Fred |
Private
39816, 2nd Battalion, Bedfordshire Regiment. Died of wounds 26th
July 1917 in France & Flanders, Born Redbourn, Hertfordshire,
enlisted Bedford, resident Hemel Hempstead. |
| BOWSHER |
Leonard
H |
Sergeant
14298, 7th Battalion, Bedfordshire Regiment. Killed in qaction 17th
August 1917 in France & Flanders. Born Abbots Langley, enlisted
Hertford, resident Hemel hempstead. |
| BOWSHER |
W
H |
No
further information currently |
| BRADFORD |
Stanley
P |
Acting
Sergeant 13157, 1st Battalion, Bedfordshire Regiment. Killed in
action 30th May 1915 in France & Flanders. Born West Hackney,
Middlesex, enlisted Watford, resident Hemel Hempstead. |
| BRAMMER |
W |
No
further information currently |
| BREED |
Leonard |
Lance
Corporal 14501, 6th Battalion, Bedfordshire Regiment. Killed in
action 10th July 1916 in France & Flanders. Born and resident
Hemel Hempstead, enlisted Hertford. |
| BRIGGS |
Benjamin
G |
Acting
Company Quartermaster Sergeant 5518, 2nd Battalion, Royal Scots
Fusiliers. Died of wounds 12th March 1915 in France & Flanders.
Born Louth, Lincolnshire, enlisted London, resident Boxmoor.
|
| BRINKLOW |
Charles
Frederick |
Private
G/35021, 22nd Battalion, Royal Fusiliers (City of London Regiment).
Killed in action 13th November 1916 in France & Flanders. Born
and resident Hemel Hempstead, enlisted Watford. |
| BRINKLOW |
F |
No
further information currently |
| BROWN |
George |
Private
65492, Labour Corps. Killed in action 16th February 1918 in France
& Flanders. Born Wood End, Dedbourne, Northamptonshire, enlisted
London, resident Hemel Hempstead. Formerly 17102, Royal West Surrey
Regiment. |
| BUCKLEY |
Jack |
Private
12911, 6th Battalion, Bedfordshire Regiment. Kille din action 15th
July 1916 in France & Flanders. Born Shandrum, County Cork,
Ireland, enlisted and resident Hemel Hempstead. |
| BULLOCK |
A
M |
No
further information currently |
| BURDEN |
Charles
Bertram |
Private
205441, 10th Battalion, Queen's Own (Royal West Kent Regiment).
Killed in action 31st July 1917 in France & Flanders. Born Hampshire,
enlisted Watford, resident Hemel Hempstead. Formerly 19564, Northumberland
Fusiliers. |
| BURKE |
E
H H |
No
further information currently |
| BURLES |
R
P |
No
further information currently |
| BURTT |
Alfred
Henry |
Rifleman
C/1415, 16th Battalion, King's Royal Rifle Corps. Died of wounds
6th August 1916 in France & Flanders. Born Norwich, enlisted
Holborn, Middlesex, resident hemel Hempstead. |
| BUSH |
A
F |
No
further information currently |
| BUTLER |
E |
No
further information currently |
| BUTLER |
Edgar
Thomas |
Private
20128, 10th Battalion, Hampshire Regiment. Killed in action 7th
December 1915 i the Blakans. Born Bromley, Kent, enlisted Liverpool,
resident Hemel Hempstead. Formerly 19114, Bedfordshire Regiment. |
| BUTLER |
T
P |
No
further information currently |
| BUTTERFIELD |
Sidney |
Private
13002, 6th Battalion, Bedfordshire Regiment. Died of wounds 16th
April 1917 in France & Flanders. Born, resident and enlisted
Hemel Hempstead. |
| BUTTON |
W |
No
further information currently |
| CANNON |
Joseph |
Sergeant
31545, 2nd Battalion, Bedfordshire Regiment. Killed in action 9th
May 1918 in France & Flanders. Born London, enlisted Bedford,
resident Hemel Hempstead. |
| CARPENTER |
Fred |
Private
40113, 7th Battalion, Leicestershire Regiment. Killed in action
11th October 1916 in France & Flanders. Born and resident Boxmoor,
enlisted Watford. |
| CARRINGTON |
Arthur
W |
Private
16430, Coldstream Guards. Died of wounds 10th August 1917 in France
& Flanders. Born and resident Hemel Hempstead, enlisted Watford.
|
| CARRINGTON |
[William]
George |
Private
9471, 2nd Battalion, Bedfordshire Regiment. Killed in action 11th
November 1917 in France & Flanders. Born, resident and enlisted
Hemel Hempstead. |
| CHANDLER |
Sidney |
Acting
Lance Sergeant 2860, Hertfordshire Regiment. Killed in action 4th
August 1916 in France & Flanders. Born and resident Boxmoor,
enlisted Hertford. |
| CHANDLER |
S
J |
No
further information currently |
| CHANDLER |
Thomas |
Private
250839, 3rd (City of London) Battalion (Royal Fusiliers). Killed
in action 8th October 1916 in France & Flanders. Enlisted Edward
Street, resident Boxmoor. |
| CHAPMAN |
H |
No
further information currently |
| CHARGE |
Albert |
Private
42029, 7th Battalion, Bedfordshire Regiment. Killed in action 24th
April 1918 in France & Flanders. Born Hemel Hempstead, enlisted
Bedford, resident Boxmoor. |
| CHARGE |
Bertie |
Private
13013, 2nd Battalion, Bedfordshire Regiment. Died of wounds 18th
October 1916 in France & Flanders. Born and resident Hemel Hempstead,
enlisted Hertford. |
| CHARGE |
Frederick |
Private
18854, 2nd Battalion, Bedfordshire Regiment. Killed in action 12th
October 1916 in France & Flanders. Enlisted Bedford, resident
Hemel Hempstead. |
| CHARGE |
H |
No
further information currently |
| CHENNELLS |
Walter |
Private
75287, 10th Battalion, Royal Fusiliers (City of London Regiment).
Killed in action 14th September 1918 in France & Flanders. Born
Kilburn, enlisted Watford, resident Hemel Hempstead. Formerly TR/10/1864,
Training Reserve Battalion. |
| CHESHIRE |
R |
No
further information currently |
| CHILDS |
T |
No
further information currently |
| CHISMAN |
C
H |
No
further information currently |
| CHRISTMAS |
Herbert |
Private
42100, 7th Battalion, Lincolnshire Regiment. Killed in action 12th
October 1917 in France & Flanders. Born and enlisted Hemel Hempstead.
Formerly 24692, Royal Flying Corps. |
| CLARIDGE |
Ernest |
Private
20704, 8th Battalion, Bedfordshire Regiment. Killed in action 15th
September 1916 in France & Flanders. Born and resident Hemel
Hempstead, enlisted Bedford. |
| CLARK |
F
E |
No
further information currently |
| CLARKE |
V |
No
further information currently |
| COKER |
John
Henry |
Guardsman
24087, 2nd Battalion, Grenadier Guards. Killed in action 25th September
1916 in France & Flanders. Born Hemel Hempstead, enlisted Caterham.
|
| COLE |
Frederick |
Private
4/7370, 2nd Battalion, Bedfordshire Regiment. Killed in action 25th
September 1915 in France & Flanders. Born and resident Hemel
Hempstead, enlisted Hertford. |
| COLEMAN |
James |
Private
55470, Machine Gun Corps (Infantry). Died of wounds 28th April 1918
in France & Flanders. Born and enlisted Hemel Hempstead. Formerly
29128, Essex Regiment.s |
| COLEMAN |
P |
No
further information currently |
| COLLIER |
C
W |
No
further information currently |
| COLLIER |
Horace |
Private
36288, 2nd/4th Battalion, Pricess Charlotte of Wales's (Royal Berkshire
Regiment). Died of wounds 30th May 1918 in France & Flanders.
Enlisted Hertford, resident Hemel Hemsptead. Formerly 5634, hertfordshire
Regiment. |
| COLLIS |
A
F |
No
further information currently |
| COOK |
A
T |
No
further information currently |
| COOK |
J
W |
No
further information currently |
| COOK |
Thomas |
Private
16477, 1st Battalion, Bedfordshire Regiment. Killed in action 23rd
April 1917 in France & Flanders. Born and resident Hemel Hempstead,
enlisted Watford. |
| COOLEY |
B |
No
further information currently |
| COONER |
H |
No
further information currently |
| COX |
E
W |
No
further information currently |
| COXHILL |
G |
No
further information currently |
| COXHILL |
R
W |
No
further information currently |
| CRAWLEY |
A
E |
No
further information currently |
| CRAWLEY |
George |
Corporal
16063, 9th (Service) Battalion, Devonshire Regiment. Killed in action
1st July 1916 in France & Flanders. Born Boxmoor, enlisted London.
|
| CRAWLEY |
H |
No
further information currently |
| CRAWLEY |
Montague |
Privatre
235230, 17th Battalion, Royal Welsh Fusiliers. Killed in action
1st September 1918 in France & Flanders. Enlisted Hertford,
resident Boxmoor. |
| CRIPPS |
C |
No
further information currently |
| CRIPPS |
G |
No
further information currently |
| CROCKET[T] |
Thomas |
Private
T.F.6067, 1st/8th (T.F.) Battalion, Duke of Cambridge's Own (Middlesex
Regiment). Died of wounds 9th October 1916 in France & Flanders.
Born Bourne End, Hertfordshire, enlisted Watford, resident Boxmoor.
|
| CROFT |
W
A |
No
further information currently |
| CROFT |
W
H |
No
further information currently |
| CROSS |
Arthur
Amos |
Privatre
266694, Hertfordshire Regiment. Killed in action 21st September
1917 in France & Flanders. Enlisted Hertford, resident Boxmoor.
|
| CUNNINGHAM |
J |
No
further information currently |
| CURLE |
E
J |
No
further information currently |
| CUTLER |
Alfred |
Private
41248, 2nd Battalion, Essex Regiment. Died 17th October 1917 in
France & Flanders. Born Hemel Hempstead, enlisted Watford, resident
Oxlney, Hertfordshire. Formerly 31485, Suffolk Regiment.
|
| CUTLER |
Herbert
Charles |
Privatre
G/68776, 1st/22nd London Battalion, Queen's (FRoyal West Surrey
Regiment). Killed in action 30th August 1918 in France & Flanders.
Born Hemel Hempstead, enlisted Hertford, resident Boxmoor.
|
| DAGLEY |
J
H |
No
further information currently |
| DEALEY |
James |
Private
G/17847, 13th Infantry Labour Company, Queen's (Royal West Surrey
Regiment). Died in England 23rd April 1917. Born Bekhampstead, enlisted
Watford, resident Hemel Hempstead. |
| DeBEGER |
G |
No
further information currently |
| DONOVAN |
J |
No
further information currently |
| DOWNS |
T
G |
No
further information currently |
| DUNN |
George |
Private
36293, 6th Battalion, Princess Charlotte of Wales's (Royal Berkshire
Regiment). Killed in action 17th february 1917 in France & Flanders.
Enlisted Hertford, resident Hemel Hempstead. Formerly 5626, Hertfordshire
Regiment. |
| DURRANT |
A
M |
No
further information currently |
| DYER |
[Arthur]
George |
Private
24359, 2nd Battalion, Oxfordshire & Buckinghamshire Light Infantry.
Killed in action 28th April 1917 in France & Flanders. Born
Hemel Hempstead, enlisted Aylesbury. |
| DYER |
Harold
George E |
Private
242084, 2nd/5th Battalion, Lincolnshire Regiment. Died 25th August
1918. Aged 25. Son of George and Charlotte Dyer, of 12, Alexandra
Rd., Hemel Hempstead, Herts. Buried in COLOGNE SOUTHERN CEMETERY,
Koln (Cologne), Nordrhein-Westfal, Germany. Plot XVII. Row B. Grave
14. |
| ELEMENT |
Joseph |
Private
23699, 4th Battalion, Bedfordshire Regiment. Died 21st February
1917 in France & Flanders. Born and resident Hemel Hempstead,
enlisted Bedford. |
| ELISON |
Leonard |
Private
14632, 2nd Battalion, Bedfordshire Regiment. Killed in action 16th
May 1915 in France & Flanders. Born Hampstead, Middlesex, enlisted
and resident Hemel Hempstead. |
| ELKINS |
Cyril
Ashley |
Private
43071, 6th Battalion, Northamptonshire Regiment. Died of wounds
12th November 1916 in France & Flanders. Born and enlisted Hemel
Hempstead. |
| ELWORTHY |
S
R |
No
further information currently |
| EVANS |
Harry |
Private
266696, Hertfordshire Regiment. Killed in action 21st September
1917 in France & Flanders. Enlisted Hertford, resident Hemel
Hempstead. |
| EVANS |
Leonard
Thomas |
Private
82981, 7th Battalion, Royal Fusiliers (City of London Regiment).
Killed in action 24th May 1918 in France & Flanders. Born, resident
and enlisted Hemel Hempstead. Formerly 15833, 3rd Battalion, Royal
West Kent Regiment. |
| EVERITT |
A
T |
No
further information currently |
| FAIRBANK |
Edward
Joseph |
Private
266422, 2nd Battalion, Bedfordshire Regiment. Killed in action 1st
July 1918 in France & Flanders. Enlisted Hertford, resident
Boxmoor. |
| FARROW |
W
E |
No
further information currently |
| FEARN |
W |
No
further information currently |
| FENSON |
W
G |
No
further information currently |
| FIELD |
Frederick |
Sergeant
5352, 2nd Battalion, Bedfordshire Regiment. Died 17th July 1916
in France & Flanders. Born, resident and enlisted Hemel Hempstead. |
| FINCH |
Ernest |
Private
G/48363, 23rd Labour Company, Queen's (Royal West Surrey Regiment).
Died in Engalnd 13th March 1917. Born Nash Mills, hertfordshire,
enlisted Watford, resident Hemel Hempstead. |
| FINCH |
William
Henry |
Private
40661, 7th Battalion, Norfolk Regiment. Killed in action 22nd November
1917 in France & Flanders. Born Hemel Hempstead, enlisted St
Paul's Churchyard, Middlesex. |
| FISHER |
H |
No
further information currently |
| FORTNUM |
Sidney |
Driver
T/277534, Royal Army Service Corps. Died in England 22nd December
1916. Born Abbots Langley, Hertfordshire, enlisted Watford, resident
Hemel Hempstead. |
| FOWLER |
A |
No
further information currently |
| FOWLER |
Frank |
Private
13305, 1st Battalion, Bedfordshire Regiment. Killed in action 5th
May 1915 in France & Flanders. Born Great Berkhampstead, enlisted
Hertford, resident Hemel Hempstead. |
| FOWLER |
F |
No
further information currently |
| FRANKLIN |
Albert |
Private
203461, 1st/4th Battalion, Dke of Wellington's (West Riding Regiment).
Killed in action 9th October 1917 in France & Flanders. Enlisted
Hertford, resident Hemel Hempstead. |
| FREEMAN |
H |
No
further information currently |
| FREEMAN |
H
W |
No
further information currently |
| FROST |
H
R |
No
further information currently |
| GAMBLE |
Harry |
Private
16361, 8th Battalion, Bedfordshire Regiment. Killed in action 15th
September 1916 in France & Flanders. Born and residentn Boxmoor,
enlisted Watford. |
| GAMBLE |
William |
Private
1577, 1st Battalion, Bedfordshire Regiment. Killed in action 30th
March 1916 in France & Flanders. Born and enlisted Hemel Hempstead,
resident Boxmoor. |
| GARNER |
Arthur |
Private
235576, 8th Battalion, Leicestershire Regiment. Killed in action
27th May 1918 in France & Flanders. Born Boxmoor, enlisted Hemel
Hempstead. Formerly 2159, Hertfordshire Regiment. |
| GARNER |
Frederick
Charles |
Private
26280, 2nd Battalion, Duke of Wellington's (West Riding Regiment).
Killed in action 24th October 1918 in France & Flanders. Born
and resident Hemel Hempstead, enlisted Watford. |
| GARNER |
George |
Private
3/8087, 1st Battalion, Bedfordshire Regiment. Killed in action 9th
October 1917 in France & Flanders. Born and resident Boxmoor,
enlisted Watford. |
| GASH |
Robert
William |
Private
104177, Machine Gun Corps (Infantry). Killed in action 26th September
1917 in France & Flanders. Born and resident Hemel Hempstead,
enlisted Watford. Formerly 35688, Essex Regiment. |
| GEORGE |
Archibald
John |
Private
3005, 8th Battalion, East Surrey Regiment. Killed in action 1st
July 1916 in France & Flanders. Born St John's, Hemel Hempstead,
enlisted Watford, resident Boxmoor. |
| GEORGE |
Henry |
Private
13616, 1st Battalion, Bedfordshire Regiment. Died of wounds in England
5th June 1915. Born Boxmoor, enlisted Watford, resident Hemel Hempstead.
|
| GLENISTER |
Thomas
J |
Rifleman
42094, 16th Battalion, Royal irish Rifles. Killed in action 21st
June 1917 in France & Flanders. Born Hemel Hempstead, enlisted
Watford, resident Hounslow. Formerly 31683, Bedfordshire Regiment. |
| GODMAN |
C |
No
further information currently |
| GODMAN |
E
J |
No
further information currently |
| GOLDING |
C |
No
further information currently |
| GOODENOUGH |
Edward
George |
Private
27558, 2nd Battalion, Princess Charlotte of Wales's (Royal berkshire
Regiment). Killed ijn action 1st July 1916 in France & Flanders.
Born and resident Hemel Hempstead, enlisted Hulford (sic - probably
Hertford). |
| GOODMAN |
S
H |
No
further information currently |
| GOSS |
Leonard
Charles |
Lance
Corporal 4/7254, 2nd Battalion, Bedfordshire Regiment. Killed in
action 11th April 1917 in France & Flanders. Born St Pancras,
Middlesex. enlisted Hertford, resident Hemel Hempstead.
Leonard
Charles Goss, who lived in Water Lane in Berkhamsted, was a driver
batman in the 2nd Battalion of the Bedfordshire Regiment during
the First World War. He was killed in action on April 11 1917 near
Arras in France. His sons Edward Charles and
Frederick Henry Goss who lived in Winifred
Road in Apsley, lost their lives in the Second World War.
|
| GOWER |
Allen
Alfred |
Private
204388, 1st (City of ondon) Battalion (Royal Fusiliers). Died 2nd
July 1918 in France & Flanders. Born and enlisted Hemel Hempstead,
resident Boxmoor. Formerly 6424, 4th Battalion, London Regiment
posted 2nd/2nd Battalion, London Regiment. |
| GRAVESTOCK |
Oliver
George James |
Private
14451, 6th Battalion, Bedfordshire Regiment. Killed in action 29th
April 1917 in France & Flanders. Born and resident Hemel Hempstead,
enlisted Hertford. |
| GREEN |
Harry
William |
Acting
Corporal 26032, 9th Battalion, Loyal North Lancashire Regiment.
Killed in action 10th August 1917 in France & Flanders. Born
and resident Hemel Hempstead, enlisted St Albans. Formerly 26008,
Bedfordshire Regiment. |
| GREENHILL |
Leonard |
Gunner
57565, Royal garrison Artillery, Died of wounds 1st April 1918 in
France & Flanders. Born and resident Boxmoor, enlisted Hertford.
|
| GROOM |
G |
No
further information currently |
| GROVER |
George |
Private
17525, 6th Battalion, Bedfordshire Regiment. Killed in action 15th
July 1916 in France & Flanders. Born Winkwell, Hertfordshire,
enlisted Watford, resident Boxmoor. |
| GURNEY |
H
G |
No
further information currently |
| HALL |
Alfred |
Private
43119, 6th Battalion, Northamptonshire Regiment. Killed in action
24th March 1918 in France & Flanders. Born Hemel Hempstead,
enlisted Watford. Formerly 26804, Bedfordshire Regiment. |
| HALL |
William |
Private
2181, Hertfordshire Regiment. Died of wounds 7th February 1915 in
France & Flanders. Born, resident and enlisted Hemel Hempstead. |
| HALL |
William |
Private
G/24483, 1st Battalion, Queen's (Royal West Surrey Regiment). Killed
in action 29th June 1917 in France & Flanders. Born Hemel Hempstead,
enlisted Watford, resident Boxmorr. Formerly 207109, East Surrey
Regiment. |
| HALLETT |
James
Edwin |
Private
54957, 15th Battalion, Welsh Regiment. Killed in action 1st August
1917 in France & Flanders. Born Hunslett, Yorkshire, enlisted
Hertford, resident Hemel Hempstead. Formerly 4901, Hertfordshire
Regiment. |
| HARRIS |
George
Henry |
Private
56547, 18th Battalion, Lancashire Fusiliers. Killed in action 14th
October 1918 in France & Flanders. Age 19. Born Bethnal Green,
Middlesex, enlisted Watford, resident Hemel Hempstead. Son of George
Henry and Elizabeth Hannah Harris, of 5, Kent's Avenue, Apsley End,
Hemel Hempstead, Herts. Formerly 51399, Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire
Regiment. Buried in DADIZEELE NEW BRITISH CEMETERY, Moorslede, West-Vlaanderen,
Belgium.
Toose
a photograph and his death notification see the George
Harris web page. |
| HARRISON |
Horace |
Private
17436, 7th Battalion, Bedfordshire Regiment. Killed in action 21st
January 1916 in France & Flanders. Born Hemel Hempstead, enlisted
Watford, resident Boxmoor. |
| HARROWELL |
F |
No
further information currently |
| HART |
F |
No
further information currently |
| HART |
James
Knox |
Rifleman
302338, 5th (City of London) Battalion (London Rifle Brigade). Killed
in action 31st October 1917 in France & Flanders. Born and resident
Hemel Hempstead, enlisted London. |
| HAWKINS |
G |
No
further information currently |
| HAWKINS |
Herbert
Edward Bicheno |
Corporal
201227, 1st/5th Battalion, Bedfordshire Regiment. Killedf in action
in Palestine 3rd November 1917. Aged 20. Born Finsbury, Middlesex,
enlisted Bedford, resident Apsley End, Hertfordshire. Son of Edward
Hawkins, of 109, Ebberns Rd., Apsley End, Hemel Hempstead, Herts.,
and the late Henrietta Hawkins. Buried in GAZA WAR CEMETERY, Israel.
Plot XXII. Row A. Grave 2.
He
was born at Finsbury Road barracks in the spring of 1896, the son
of sergeant major Edward Hawkins, 6th Battalion, Royal Fusiliers
and Henrietta Sarah Hawkins. The family later moved to 109, Ebberns
Rd., Apsley End, where Herbert was employed in the card department
of John Dickinson 's paper mills at Apsley.
He
served as corporal 201227, 1/5th Battalion, Bedfordshire Regiment
but at the time of his death on 3 November 1917 he was acting sergeant.
On 2 November the battalion took part in the dawn attack on the
village of Sheik Hasan on the seaward side of the town of Gaza.
The attack was successful taking most of its objectives and capturing
182 prisoners. For the rest of the 2nd and 3rd November the battalion
was under heavy shellfire and it is likely that it was during this
period that he was killed.
He
is buried in Plot XX11 A 2 of Gaza cemetery, Israel. He is also
remembered on the war memorials at Dickinson’s paper mill
and St Mary’s church, Apsley.
(Details
supplied by Andy Pepper) |
| HEARN |
W |
No
further information currently |
| HEMELEY |
G |
No
further information currently |
| HENLEY |
James |
Private
4533, Hertfordshire Regiment. Killed in action 17th June 1916 in
France & Flanders. Enlisted Hertford, resident Boxmoor.
|
| HE[R]BERT |
Paul
Frederick |
Rifleman
Z/2551, 2nd Battalion, Rifle Brigade (Prince Consort's Own). Killed
in action 9th May 1915 in France & Flanders. Born Buenos Aires,
South America, enlisted London, resident Boxmoor. |
| HERRING |
A |
No
further information currently |
| HICKS |
F |
No
further information currently |
| HISCOCK |
H
R |
No
further information currently |
| HITCHCOCK |
Frederick
William |
Driver
890272, Territorial Force, Royal Artillery. Died 25th November 1918
in Egypt. Enlisted Hertford, resident Hemel Hempstead. |
| HITCHCOCK |
[Charles]
John |
Sapper
369634, "J" Company, Royal Engineers. Died at sea 10th
October 1918. Born and resident Hemel Hempstead, enlisted Watford.
Formerly 28698, Scottish Horse. |
| HOAR |
Richard
Frank |
Private
270757, Hertfordshire Regiment. Killed in action 31st July 1917
in France & Flanders. Born Apsley End, enlisted and resident
Hemel Hempstead. |
| HOAR |
Sidney
George |
Private
DM2/169136, Royal Army Service Corps. Killed in action 16th July
1916 in France & Flanders. Born, resident and enlisted Hemel
Hempstead. |
| HOBBS |
C
E |
No
further information currently |
| HOBBS |
Charles
William |
Private
20700, 8th Battalion, Bedfordshire Regiment. Died of wounds 4th
May 1916 in France & Flanders. Born and resident Boxmoor, enlisted
Bedford. |
| HOLDEN |
H |
No
further information currently |
| HOLLIMAN |
Arthur
Thomas |
Private
3/7895, 4th Battalion, Bedfordshire Regiment. Killed in action 23rd
April 1917 in France & Flanders. Born, resident and enlisted
Hemel Hempstead. |
| HOPKINS |
Walter
Cornelius |
Sapper
57358, 73rd Field Company, Royal Engineers. Died of wounds 26th
September 1915 in France & Flanders. Born Willesden, Middlesex,
enlisted Watford, resident Hemel Hempstead. |
| HOSIER |
Joseph |
Private
20841, 7th Battalion, Bedfordshire Regiment. Killed in action 3rd
May 1917 in France & Flanders. Born Hemel Hempstead, enlisted
Bedford, resident Two Waters, Hertfordshire. |
| HOURD |
H
L |
No
further information currently |
| HOW |
Lewis
Arthur |
Private
41675, 12th Battalion, Suffolk Regiment. Killed in action 24th November
1917 in France & Flanders. Born Hemel Hempstead, enlisted Watford.
Formerly 401212, (Territorial Force) Essex Regiment. |
| HUCKLESBY |
A |
No
further information currently |
| HUMPHREYS |
Ernest |
Private
G/23114, 2nd Battalion, Royal Sussex Regiment. Kille3d in action
4th November 1918 with the British Expeditionary Force. Born Hemel
Hempstead, enlisted Watford. |
| HUTTON |
W |
No
further information currently |
| ILIFF |
A
C |
No
further information currently |
| IVORY |
G |
No
further information currently |
| JANES |
Arthur
John |
Sapper
120689, 126th Field Company, Royal Engineers. Killed in action 1st
October 1916 in France & Flanders. Born Hemel Hempstead, enlisted
Westminster, Middlesex, resident Dalston, Middlesex. |
| JENNINGS,
D.C.M. |
Thomas |
Sergeant
130, 3rd Battalion, Rifle Brigade (The Prince Consort's Own). Killed
in action 27th March 1918 in France & Flanders. Born, resident
and enlisted Hemel Hempstead. Awarded the Distinguished Conduct
Medal (D.C.M.). |
| JOHNSON |
Charles
H |
Lance
Corporal 43500, 8th Battalion, Norfolk Regiment. Killed in action
5th October 1916 in France & Flanders. Born Hemel Hempstead,
enlisted Norwich, Norfolk. |
| JOHNSON |
F |
No
further information currently |
| JONES |
A
F |
No
further information currently |
| KEARN |
W |
No
further information currently |
| KELLY |
W |
No
further information currently |
| KEMPSTER |
Leonard
Frederick |
Private
29445, 4th Battalion, Bedfordshire Regiment. Died of wounds 29th
March 1918 in France & Flanders. Born Berkhamsted, enlisted
Watford, resident Hemel Hempstead. |
| KING |
David |
Private
267003, Hertfordshire Regiment. Killed in action 31st July 1917
in France & Flanders. Enlisted Hertford, resident Apsley End,
Hertfordshire. Commemorated on YPRES (MENIN GATE) MEMORIAL, Ieper,
West-Vlaanderen, Belgium. Panel 54 and 56.
 PRIVATE
David King was with his brother when he died on the field of battle
in 1917. David had two brothers, Harry and Alfred, and lived in
Apsley End in Hemel Hempstead. He and Harry enlisted with the Hertfordshire
Regiment at Hertford. They sent a postcard to their brother Alfred
in June 1917 while they were at the front serving alternately at
the front line and in reserve. On the front of the postcard it had
the slogan ‘Who’s afraid’ and on the back they wrote
‘To Alf with love from Harry and David.’ The pair went
over the top on 31st July 1917, attacking in the direction of Pilckem
Ridge near Ypres. David must have fallen during this attack when
the regiment suffered heavy losses from machine guns in pill boxes
to their left flank. Harry who was wounded, wrote to his family
in 1918: “I was the last one to see David alive, but what happened
that day I can hardly remember for I was nearly out of my mind,
if he is dead, I believe he has gone to heaven, for a better living
lad I never knew.” David was reported missing and official
confirmation of his death was received in October 1918. He was 19..
|
| KITCHENER |
Arthur
Joseph |
Rifleman
47619, 2nd/16th Battalion, The county of London Regiment affiliated
to the King's Royal Rifle Corps. Died of wounds 21st October 1918
in France & flanders. Born and resident Boxmoor, enlisted Watford.
Formerly TR/13/58476, 20th Battalion, Training Regiment.
|
| LAIRD |
A
N |
No
further information currently |
| LAMB |
G |
No
further information currently |
| LAMBERT |
T
V |
No
further information currently |
| LAWRENCE |
Vernon
Alan |
Private
14301, 7th Battalion, Bedfordshire Regiment. Died of wounds in England
3rd March 1919. Born and enlisted Hertford, resident Hemel Hempstead. |
| LEA |
Wallace |
Private
393710, Labour Corps. Died 24th October 1918 in Salonika. Enlisted
Watford, resident Hemel hempstead. Formerly 20798, Norfolk Regiment. |
| LEACH |
Frederick
A |
Private
267013, Hertfordshire Regiment. Killed in action 31st July 1917
in France & Flanders. Enlisted Herford, resident Hemel Hempstead. |
| LEE |
C
E |
No
further information currently |
| LEE |
Percy |
Sergeant
203343, 1st/4th Battalion, Duke of Wellington's (West Riding Regiment).
Killed in action 26th April 1918 in France & Flanders. Enlisted
Hertford, resident Hemel Hempstead. |
| LENDRUM |
J
H R |
No
further information currently |
| LONG |
Walter
Charles |
Private
126937, Machine Gun Corps 9Infantry). Died 30th May 1918 in France
& Flanders. Born Grasmere, Westmorland, enlisted Watford, resident
Hemel Hempstead. Formerly 48090, Bedfordshire Regiment. |
| LOVELL |
Sidney
John |
Private
75896, posted 2nd/2nd Battalion (London), Royal Fusiliers (City
of London Regiment). Died of wounds 26th April 1918 in France &
Flanders. Formerly TR/10/1863, 51st Grad. Battalion, Royal West
Surrey Regiment. |
| LUCK |
Alfred
Frank |
Private
266764, Hertfordshire Regiment. Killed in action 13th November 1916
in France & Flanders. Resident and enlisted Hemel Hempstead. |
| MALES |
John |
Rifleman
11158, 1st Battalion, King's Royal Rifle Corps. Died of wounds 14th
September 1914 in France & Flanders. Born Willesden, enlisted
London, resident Boxmoor. |
| MANDERS |
T |
No
further information currently |
| MASON |
A |
No
further information currently |
| MASON |
T
W |
No
further information currently |
| MASTERMAN |
R
C |
No
further information currently |
| MATTHEWS |
Montague |
Private
55257, 17th Battalion, Welsh Regiment. Killed in action 25th November
1917 in France & Flanders. Born and residenjt Hemel Hempstead,
enlisted Bedford. Formerly 31763, Bedfordshire Regiment. |
| McCARTHY |
P |
No
further information currently |
| MEAD |
Frank |
Private
21854, 1st Battalion, Bedfordshire Regiment. Died of wounds 3rd
November 1917 in France & Flanders. Born and resident Hemel
Hempstead, enlisted Bedford. |
| MEAD |
Percy |
Private
20307, 6th Battalion, Northamptonshire Regiment. Killed in action
14th July 1916 in France & Flanders. Born Hemel Hempstead, enlisted
Wellingborough, Northamptonshire. |
| MEAD |
R
E C |
No
further information currently |
| MESSENGER |
F |
No
further information currently |
| MILLER |
William
John |
Private
2527, 1st Battalion, Lancashire Fusiliers. Killed in action 25th
April 1915 at Gallipoli. Born Hemel Hempstead, enlisted London. |
| MINTER |
F |
No
further information currently |
| MITCHELL |
Arthur |
Private
16495, 1st Battalion, bedfordshire Regiment. Died of wounds 11th
May 1915 in France & Flanders. Born Gaddesden, Hertfordshire,
enlisted Hertford, resident Hemel Hempstead. |
| MITCHELL-INNES |
G
R |
No
further information currently |
| MOLES |
Henry
John |
Private
41415, 5th Battalion, Lincolnshire Regiment. Died of wounds 23rd
March 1918 in France & Flanders. Born Hitchin, Hertfordshire,
enlisted Hertford, resident Hemel Hempstead. Formerly 11592, West
Riding Regiment. |
| MONK |
W
L |
No
further information currently |
| MOODY |
Thomas
John |
Rifleman
4723, 16th (County of London) Battalion (Queen's Westminster Rifles),
London Regiment. Killed in action 9th July 1916 in France &
Flanders. Enlisted Westminster, resident Hemel Hempstead. |
| NARBOROUGH |
William
George |
Private
55149, 8th Battalion, Prince of Wales's (North Staffordshire Regiment).
Killed in action 3rd June 1918 in France & Flanders. Born Chichley,
Buckinghamshire, enlisted Watford, resident Hemel hempstead. |
| NEEDHAM |
J
W D |
No
further information currently |
| NEWTON |
David
George |
Private
G/14274, 13th Battalion, Royal Sussex Regiment. Killed in action
31st July 1917 with British Expeditionary Force. Born Hemel Hempstead,
enlisted Watford. |
| NORRIS |
G |
No
further information currently |
| OAKINS |
Nimrod |
Lance
Corporal 14464, 2nd Battalion, Bedfordshire Regiment. Killed in
action 17th May 1915 in France & Flanders. Born, resident and
enlisted Hemel Hempstead. |
| OAKLEY |
Benjamin
George |
Private
12404, 7th Battalion, Bedfordshire Regiment. Died of wounds 4th
December 1915 in France & Flanders. Born St Pancras, Middlesex,
enlisted Hertford, resident Hemel Hempstead. |
| ODELL |
William |
Private
19774, 6th Battalion, Northamptonshire Regiment. Killed in action
23rd March 1918 in France & Flanders. Born Hemel Hempstead,
enlisted Watford. |
| OLDRING |
E
M |
No
further information currently |
| OLDRING |
Hubert
John |
Guardsman
20933, 4th Battalion, Grenadier Guards. Killed in action 16th October
1915 in France & Flanders. Born Hemel Hempstead, enlisted London. |
| ORCHARD |
Herbert |
Private
203223, 1st/4th (Hallamshire)(T.F.) Battalion, York and Lancaster
Regiment. Killed in action 12th June 1917 in France & Flanders.
Enlisted Hertford, resident Boxmoor. Formerly 5478, Hertfordshire
Regiment. |
| ORCHARD |
W |
No
further information currently |
| OSBORNE |
A
H |
No
further information currently |
| PAIN |
Major
William |
Private
35888, Machine Gun Corps (Infantry). Killed in action 7th June 1917
in France & Flanders. Born and resident Boxmoor, enlisted Hemel
Hempstead. Formerly 26250, Bedfordshire Regiment. |
| PALMER |
J |
No
further information currently |
| PARISH |
William
John |
Private
2347, Hertfordshire Regiment. Died of wounds 20th May 1915 in France
& Flanders. Born Brownhills, Stffordshire, enlisted and resident
Hemel hempstead. |
| PARKINS |
Bertie
Walter |
Private
31204, 8th Battalion, Bedfordshire Regiment. Died of wounds 26th
June 1917 in France & Flanders. Born and resident Hemel Hempstead,
enlisted Watford.
 Bertie
grew up in Redbourn Road, Hemel Hempstead. He married Alice, a resident
of Berkhamsted, on 7th February 1914 when they were both aged 20.
The couple lived at 51 Chapel Street in Hemel Hempstead and had
two sons, Eric and Ron. Correspondence between Bertie and Alice
when he was serving in the 8th Battalion of the Bedfordshire Regiment
in 1917 records the nightmare of war.
Following his battalion’s attack on the Germans between Vermelles
and Grenay on 16th April 1917, he wrote to Alice: “Dear Wife
we have been in ‘Hell upon Earth’ and have not had a chance
to write. Thank God I came out all right, bar feeling a bit dazed.
It was like a nightmare for about five to six days. I did think
of you on dear Eric’s birthday. That day dear, shells were
falling like rain. Oh dear it was awful, oh I do long to be home
with you. I wish it were all over.” Casualties as a result
of these attacks were two officers killed, five wounded, 29 other
ranks killed and 188 wounded. On or about June 26, 1917, Bertie
was mortally wounded by a shell and died of his wounds at a Casualty
Clearing Station in France. |
| PARR |
Charles
Albert |
Private
G/12070, 4th Battalion, Duke of Cambridge's Own (Middlesex Regiment).
Died 3rd August 1917 in France & Flanders. Born and resident
Hemel Hempstead, enlisted Mill Hill, Middlesex. |
| PARR |
W |
No
further information currently |
| PATTERSON |
L |
No
further information currently |
| PAXTON |
W
C |
No
further information currently |
| PEEK |
H |
No
further information currently |
| PERCIVAL |
F |
No
further information currently |
| PERKINS |
V |
No
further information currently |
| PETERSON |
H |
No
further information currently |
| PETTITT |
Edgar |
Rifleman
S/4962, 1st Battalion, Rifle brigade (The Prince Consort's Own).
Died of wounds 23rd march 1915 in France & Flanders. Born boxmoor,
enlisted London, resident Hemel Hempstead. |
| PETTITT |
William
T |
 Second
Lieutenant, 1st Battalion, Loyal North Lancashire Regiment. Killed
in action 19th April 1918. Aged 30. Son of William and Elizabeth
Pettitt of Corner Hall, Hemel Hempstead, and husband of Emily Pettitt,
of 4, Halsteads, Settle, Yorks. Buried in VIEILLE-CHAPELLE NEW MILITARY
CEMETERY, LACOUTURE, Pas de Calais, France. Plot III. Row D. Grave
10.
|
| PEWY |
G
T |
No
further information currently |
| PHILBY |
James
G |
[Spelt
PHILBEY on SDGW] Private 72419, 16th Battalion, Sherwood Foresters
(Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment). Killed in action 16th
April 1918 in France & Flanders. Born and resident Hemel Hempstead,
enlisted London. Formerly 18309, Royal Flying Corps. |
| PHILIPS |
G |
No
further information currently |
| PICTON |
F |
No
further information currently |
| PICTON |
Stanley |
Private
14515, 2nd Battalion, Bedfordshire Regiment. Killed in action 11th
July 1916 in France & Flanders. Born Hemel Hempstead, enlisted
Hertford, resident Boxmoor. |
| PIGG |
W
W |
No
further information currently |
| PIGGOTT |
W |
No
further information currently |
| PLUMMER |
William
Charles |
Private
4646, Hertfordshire Regiment. Killed in action 28th May 1916 in
France & Flanders. Enlisted Hertford, resident Boxmoor.
|
| POTTON |
H |
No
further information currently |
| POTTON |
H
W |
No
further information currently |
| POTTS |
Charles
Henry |
Private
22561, 4th Battalion, bedfordshire Regiment. Died of wounds 3rd
October 1918 in France & Flanders. Enlisted Luton, resident
Hemel Hempstead. Formerly 4740, Machine Gun Corps. |
| POULTER |
S |
No
further information currently |
| PRATT |
Rerginald |
Private
36425, 6th Battalion, Princess Charlotte of Wales's (Royal Berkshire
Regiment). Killed in action 27th September 1916 in France &
Flanders. Enlisted Hertford, resident Boxmoor. Formerly 5489, Hertfordshire
Regiment. |
| PRATT |
Sidney |
Private
207092, 7th Battalion, Bedfordshire Regiment. Killed in action 1st
July 1916 in France & Flanders. Born, resident and enlisted
Hemel Hempstead. |
| PRATT |
S |
No
further information currently |
| PRATT |
W |
Either
Walter James PRATT Private 201335, 5th Battalion, Bedfordshire Regiment.
Killed in action 20th July 1917 in Palestine. Born Hemel Hempstead,
enlisted Hertford, resident Hackney Wick, Middlesex. or
Walter Sidney PRATT, Private 78830, 11th Battalion, Royal Fusiliers
(City of London Regiment). Killed in action 7th August 1918 in France
& Flanders. Born Hemel Hempstead, enlisted Bedford, resident
Watford. Formerly 37032, East Surrey Regiment. |
| PRENTICE |
H |
No
further information currently |
| QUARTERMASS |
Robert
Alfred |
Corporal
164277, 7th Battalion, Bedfordshire Regiment. Killed in action 28th
September 1916 in France & Flanders. Born Hemel Hempstead, enlisted
Hertford, resident Berkhamsted. |
| RADFORD |
Colin |
Private
266772, Hertfordshire Regiment. Killed in action 31st July 1917
in France & Flanders. Enlisted Hertford, resident Hemel Hempstead. |
| RATCLIFFE |
[William]
Dan |
Private
201356, 5th Battalion, Bedfordshire Regiment. Died 30th October
1918 in Plaestine. Born, resident and enlisted Hemel Hempstead. |
| READ |
Albert |
Gunner
115683, Royal Garrison Artillery. Died of wunds 15th May 1917 in
France & Flanders. Born and resident Hemel Hempstead, enlisted
Dover. |
| REEVES |
Sidney
Charles |
Private
T.F.238045, 12th Battalion, Duke of Cambridge's Own (Middlesex Regiment).
Killed in action 17th October 1917 in France & Flanders. Born
and resident Hemel Hempstead, enlisted Hampstead, Middlesex. Formerly
5895, Essex Regiment. |
| RENEVILLE |
Albert
Harry |
Lance
Corporal 16464, 8th Battalion, Bedfordshire Regiment. Died of wounds
8th January 1916 in France & Flanders. Born Hackney, Middlesex,
enlisted Watford, resident Boxmoor. |
| RHODES |
R |
No
further information currently |
| ROBBINS |
E |
No
further information currently |
| ROBBINS |
William |
Private
204330, 12th Battalion, East Surrey Regiment. Killed in action 23rd
March 1918 in France & Flanders. Born Brackley, Northamptonshire,
enlisted Bedford, resident Hemel Hempstead. Formerly 203740, Bedfordshire
Regiment. |
| RODWELL,
M.M. |
[Her]Bert
Thomas |
Private
12912, 6th Battalion, Bedfordshire Regiment. Died of wounds 17th
April 1917 in France & Flanders. Born and enlisted Hemel Hempstead,
resident Apsley End, Hertfordshire. Awarded the Military Medal (M.M.). |
| ROOM |
Frederick |
Lance
Corporal 22741, 4th Battalion, Bedfordshire Regiment. Killed in
action 20th February 1918 in France & Flanders. Born Dunstable,
enlisted Watford, resident Hemel Hempstead. |
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| SEAR |
Harry |
Private
21985, Machine Gun Corps 9Infantry). Born and enlisted Hemel Hempstead.
Formerly 2174, Hertfordshire Regiment. |
| SEAR |
Jospeh
Walter |
Private
13556, 1st Battalion, Bedfordshire Regiment. Killed in action 20th
April 1915 in France & Flanders. Born and resident Hemel Hempstead,
enlisted Hertford. |
| SEAR |
Sidney
Herbert |
Private
61497, Royal Army Medical Corps. Killed in action 10th October 1917
in France & Flanders. Born Watford, enlisted London, resident
Hemel Hempstead. |
| SEARL |
Thomas |
Private
41643, 4th Battalion, Bedfordshire Regiment. Killed in action 23rd
March 1918 in France & Flanders. Born and resident Hemel Hempstead,
enlisted Watford. |
| SEARLE |
Arthur
William Joseph |
Sergeant
37643, Royal Garrison Artillery. Died of wounds 12th June 1917 in
France & Flanders. Born Weybridge, Surrey, enlisted London,
resident Hemel hempstead. |
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| SELLS |
Leonard |
Private
43231, 6th Battalion, Northamptonshire Regiment. Died 17th February
1917 in France & Flanders. Born and enlisted Hemel Hempstead.
Formerly 26179, Bedfordshire Regiment. |
| SHARP |
Frank |
Private
43942, 2nd Battalion, Lincolnshire Regiment. Killed in action 14th
April 1918 in France & Flanders. Born and resident Boxmoor,
enlisted Watford. |
| SHARP |
Frederick
James |
Private
14310, 1st Battalion, Bedfordshire Regiment. Killed in action 21st
April 1915 in France & Flanders. Born and resident Boxmoor,
enlisted Hertford. |
| SHEPHARD |
Robert |
Private
5436, Hertfordshire Regiment. Killed in action 20th July 1916 in
France & Flanders. Enlisted Hertford, resident Hemel Hempstead. |
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| SMEATHMAN |
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| SMITH |
Alfred |
Private
19910, 6th Battalion, Bedfordshire Regiment. Died of wounds 4th
May 1916 in France & Flanders. Born boxmoor, enlisted Watford,
resident Apsley End. Formerly 14375, Essex Regiment. |
| SMITH |
Albert
Thomas |
Private
DM2/138040, Royal Army Service Corps. Died of wounds 17th September
1918 in France & Flanders. Born Hemel Hempstead, enlisted London,
resident Taunton. |
| SMITH |
Frederick
S |
Privbate
9845, 20th Hussars. Died of wounds 30th October 1914 in France &
Flanders. Boprn Barnes, London, enlisted Watford, resident Boxmoor.
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| SMITH |
Henry |
Lance
Corporal G/31387, 6th Battalion, Queen's Own (Royal West Kent Regiment).
Killed in action 19th September 1918 in France & Flanders. Born
Hemel Hempstead, enlisted Watford. |
| SMITH |
Percy
George |
Sapper
101467, 247th Field Company, Royal Engineers. Killed in action 30th
September 1918 in France & Flanders. Born and enlisted Hemel
Hempstead. |
| SMITH |
William
Thomas |
Lance
Corporal 10366, 1st Battalion, Royal Scots (Lothian Regiment). Killed
in action 28th April 1915 in France & Flanders. Born and enlisted
Hemel Hempstead. |
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| SOMERVILLE |
William |
Acting
Lance Corporal 13786, 1st Battalion, bedfordshire Regiment. Killed
in action 5th May 1915 in France & Flanders. Born St Pancras,
Middlesex, enlisted Hertford, resident Hemel Hempstead. |
| SORROW |
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| SPURR |
Albert |
Private
17924, 1st Battalion, Bedfordshire Regiment. Killed in action 9th
October 1917 in France & Flanders. Born and resident Hemel Hempstead,
enlisted Watford. |
| SPURR |
George |
Private
63455, Labour Corps. Died of wunds 2nd November 1917 in France &
Flanders. Born and resident Hemel Hempstead, enlisted Bedford. Formerly
33286, Royal Fusiliers. |
| SPURR |
John
T |
Private
153305, Labour Corps. Died in England 17th July 1918. Born and resident
Hemel Hempstead, enlisted Watford. Formerly 85806, Middlesex Regiment. |
| SPURR |
John
William |
Lance
Corporal 2479, 1st Battalion, Lancashire Fusiliers. Died of wounds
28th October 1917 in France & Flanders. Born Hemel Hempstead,
enlisted Bury, Lancashire. |
| SQUIRES |
George |
Corporal
27854, 7th Battalion, Bedfordshire Regiment. Killed in action 16th
August 1917 in France & Flanders. Born Thame, Oxfordshire, enlisted
and resident Hemel Hempstead. |
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| STONE |
Alfred |
Private
20444, 6th Battalion, Bedfordshire Regiment. Died of wounds 13th
July 1916 in France & Flanders. Born and resident Hemel Hempstead,
enlisted Watford. |
| STONE |
Arthur |
Private
16689, 8th Battalion, Bedfordshire Regiment. Killed in action 19th
April 1916 in France & Flanders. Born Hemel Hempstead, enlisted
Watford, resident Boxmoor. |
| STURDY |
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| TAYLOR |
Frederick |
Private
22080, 8th Battalion, Bedfordshire Regiment. Killed in action 15th
September 1916 in France & Flanders. Born and resident Hemel
Hempstead, enlisted Watford. |
| TEBBY |
Alfred
George |
Sapper
267779, 23rd Signal company, Royal Engineers. Died 9th November
1918 in France & Flanders. Born Berkhampstead, enlisted Watford,
resident Hemel Hempstead. |
| THORN,
M.M. |
Edwin |
Private
4/7136, 2nd Battalion, Bedfordshire Regiment. Killed in action 23rd
October 1918 in France & Flanders. Born and resident Hemel Hempstead,
enlisted St Albans. Awarded the Military Medal (M.M.). |
| THORNE |
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| TIMSON |
George
Albert |
Private
32171, 6th Battalion, Bedfordshire Regiment. Killed in action 23rd
April 1917 in France & Flanders. Born and enlisted Hemel Hempstead,
resident Leverstock Green, Hertfordshire. See also Leverstock
Green |
| TOMLIN |
Daniel |
Private
G/29527, 23rd Battalion, Duke of Cambridge's Own (Middlesex Regiment).
Killed in action 21st November 1916 in France & Flanders. Born
Boxmoor, enlisted Bedford. |
| TOWNSEND |
Frederick |
Private
12319, 6th Battalion, Bedfordshire Regiment. Died of wounds 5th
May 1916 in France & Flanders. Born, resident and enlisted Hemel
Hempstead. |
| VAUGHAN |
Charles
James |
Lance
Corporal 16687, 1st Battalion, Leicestershire Regiment. Killed in
action 15th Sept 1916. Aged 21. Born Redbourn, enlisted MArket Harborough,
Leicestershire, resident Kibworth. Son of Daniel and Rachel Vaughan.
No known grave. Commemorated on THIEPVAL MEMORIAL, Somme, France.
Pier 2 Face C. |
| VERCOE,
D.C.M. |
Francis |
Corporal
54571, Royal Garrison Artillery. Killed in action 4th June 1917
in France & Flanders. Born and resident Hemel Hempstead, enlisted
London. Awarded the Distinguished Conduct Medal (D.C.M.) |
| VINEY |
Charles
Alfred |
Private
73605, 15th Battalion, Sherwood Foresters (Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire
Regiment). Killed in action 28th March 1918 in France & Flanders.
Born and resident Hemel Hempstead, enlisted Watford. |
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| WESTWOOD |
Denis
Augustus |
Lance
Corporal 19825, 26th Battalion, Royal Fusiliers (City of London
Regiment). Killed in action 18th September 1916 in France &
Flanders. Born and resident Hemel Hempstead, enlisted St Paul's. |
| WIDDOWS |
Ernest
Albert |
Private
11111, 9th Battalion, Royal Fusiliers (City of London Regiment).
Died of wounds 21st October 1917 in France & Flanders. Enlisted
Watford, resident Boxmoor. |
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| WISEMAN |
Leonard |
Private
G/17257, 13th Battalion, Royal Sussex Regiment. Killed in action
26th March 1918 with the British Expeditionary Force. Leonard was
just 19 when he was killed. Born Hemel Hempstead, enlisted Watford.
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| WOMBWELL |
Henry |
Private
133310, Machine Gun Corps (Infantry). Died of owunds 21st July 1918
in France & Flanders. Born Thriplow, cambridgeshire, enlisted
Watford, resident Hemel Hempstead. |
| WOODS |
Willie |
Private
39634, 8th Battalion, Bedfordshire Regiment. Killed in action 21st
May 1917 in France & Flanders. Born and resident Hemel Hempstead,
enlisted Watford. |
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| WYKES |
William |
Private
T.F.2912, 2nd/10th Battalion, Duke of Cambridge's Own (Middlesex
Regiment). Died 1st Novmber 1915 in Egypt. Enlisted Stamford Brook,
Middlesex, resident Hemel Hempstead. Buried in ALEXANDRIA (CHATBY)
MILITARY AND WAR MEMORIAL CEMETERY, Egypt. Grave B. 130.
 From
Andy Pay's research into the Marquis de Ruvigny' s Roll of Honour
the following:
Volume 1, Part 1, Page 387. WYKES, Wiliiam. Private, 2912, 2/10th
Middlesex Regiment (T.F.). 3rd son of Henry Wykes of 29 West View
Road, Hemel Hempstead, Herts, Builders Manager by his wife, Henrietta
Adela Loiusa, dau of Lawrence Rose. Born Hemel Hempstead 16-5-1892,
educated Council school there, was a draper.
Volunteered and enlisted Oct 1914, went to the Dardenelles 1-7-15,
took part in the landing at Suvla Bay, Gallipoli, and died in hospital
at Alexandria 1-11-15 of dysentry contracted in the trenches, buried
in Chatby Cemetery. Unm. |
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| BALDWIN |
Bernard
Oliver |
Pilot
Officer, 158 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve. 22 years.
Son of Frank and Olive Baldwin of Boardy Locks, Apsley. Born and
educated in Apsley. Flew from RAF Lissett on Wednesday 24th May
1944 in a Halifax on a mission to Aachen. Unfortunately his aircraft
never returned. He had just passed his final interview for a commission
as Flying Officer and the following Saturday was due to receive
this promotion. His medals were however awarded posthumously to
Pilot Officer Baldwin. The local paper reports that his mother,
Mrs.Olive Baldwin, had sent him £7 by post to help him purchase
various necessities for the occasion. "The money is in the
post now", she told the Observer. "He had striven so hard
to become an officer". |
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| DILLEY |
Lewis
H J |
 LEWIS
Dilley, of Anchor Lane in Hemel Hempstead, signed up to the Royal
Navy as soon as he turned 17. Lewis, who had grown up in Boxmoor,
was assigned to HMS Corncrake. He was lost at sea in February 1943
before a year was up when the ship disappeared. Lewis went to Boxmoor
Church of England School in St Johns Road. He had grown up learning
a lot about signals from his father who was a Telegraphist in the
Royal Corps of Signals.
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| GADSDEN |
Geoffrey
George |
 Gunner
962011, 76 (Shropshire Yeomanry) Medium Regiment, Royal Artillery.
Died 27th March 1944. Aged 24. Son of George & Kate E. Gadsden,
of Hemel Hempstead, Hertfordshire. Born in Hemel Hempstead. Buried
in CASSINO WAR CEMETERY,
ITaly. Plot XIX. Row G. Grave 20.
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| GOSS |
Edward
Charles |
Edward
died on May 20, 1940 while serving in the Royal Army Service Corps
in Northern France, not far from where his father
had died in World War 1. His brother Frederick also died - see below.
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| GOSS |
Frederick
Henry |
Frederick
who drove tanks for the Royal Armoured Corps died on April 23, 1943
in North Africa.
His brother Edward also died - see above - his
father had died in World War 1. |
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| GURNEY |
Leonard
Ralph |
Private
5955570, 6th Battalion, Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire Regiment.
Died 3rd July 1943 as a P.O.W. Son of Sidney Thomas Gurney and Margaret
Rebecca Gurney, of Apsley End, Hemel Hempstead. Buried in KANCHANABURI
WAR CEMETERY, Thailand. Plot 8 Row B Grave 30. |
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| MARHOFF |
Frank
Victor |
Leading
Aircraftman 1379452, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve. Died in
a training accident 13th November 1941. Aged 29. Son of Mr. and
Mrs. Frank Henry Marhoff, of Bedmond, Hertfordshire, England; husband
of Viona Marhoff, of 20 Bargrove Avenue, Boxmoor, Hertfordshire.
Buried in MONTGOMERY (OAKWOOD) CEMETERY ANNEXE, Alabama, United
States of America. Section N. Lot 107. Grave 1.
Note:
Montgomery (Oakwood) Cemetery Annexe contains 78 Commonwealth burials
of the Second World War, all airmen who died while training in Alabama
under the British Commonwealth Air Training Plan. A letter from
the Royal Air Force Delegation, a picture from the burial service
and a newspaper report are included here as an Adobe
Acrobat file (.pdf) - 12mb in size. |
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| PALMER |
Jack |
 Sergeant
5825689, 1st Battalion, Cambridgeshire Regiment. Killed in action
14th February 1942 during the siegew of Singapore by the Japanese.
Aged 35. Son of Edward Joseph and Kate Palmer, of Hemel Hempstead,
Hertfordshire. Buried in Kranji War Cemetery, Singapore. Plot 15.
Row D. Grave 10.
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| RIDDLE |
Jack
H |
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 Sergeant
Jack Riddle, who grew up in Hemel Hempstead, was keen to sign up
and serve in the Second World War. Jack lived in his parents’
home in St Pauls Road and was in the Hemel Hempstead Air Training
Corps before being called up in 1943 aged 18. He was in the local
1187 squadron of the ATC. Jack was a gunner in a crew of seven manning
a Lancaster bomber. He was killed aged 19 on 15th March 1944 while
raiding Stuttgart in Germany. He is buried in Heath Lane cemetery.
Ten days later the crew went out on another raid and they all died
except for one - a bomb aimer. Prior to going into the airforce
he was working part-time in the British Brush Boring Company in
Ebberns Road operating a wood boring machine. He was also an auxiliary
in the Fire Service and worked as a messenger boy.
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| SELLS |
Harold |
 Gunner
5954977, 70 Field Regiment (Beds & Herts), Royal Artillery.
Harold Sells was born in Hemel Hempstead, the much loved son of
Sidney and Alice (Hearn) Sells, and step son of Emily Sells.Being
musically inclined, Harold was a member of the Hemel Hempstead Harmonica
Band. He was killed on 16th April 1943, aged 27 years, whilst driving
an ammunition truck which was hit by the enemy. He is buried, with
Honour, in the Medjez-EI-Bab War Cemetery (Plot 16. Row D. Grave
9) 60 km West of Tunis, Tunisia, North Africa — one month
before the campaign ended there.
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Photographs
above and below Courtesy & Copyright © Karen Hamilton 2006 |
| SELLS |
James
(Jim) |
 Private
5956372, 1st/7th Battalion, Wueen's Own Royal Regiment (West Surrey).
James (Jim) Sells was born in Hemel Hempstead, the much loved son
of Sidney and Alice (Hearn) Sells, and step son of Emily Sells.
Jim was the husband of Isobel (Alexandria) Sells and father to son
Ross. He was injured and returned to his Hemel home to recover and
then returned to the front line. Whilst being evacuated from the
island of LeRos onto H.M. minesweeper, there was a dire bombing
attack on the ship and Jim was seen to go overboard. He was killed
between 16th & 17th November 1943, his body was never found...lost
at sea. He was 23 years old. He is remembered with Honour, on the
Cassino Memorial (Panel 4) within the Cassino War Cemetary, which
lies in the Commune of Cassino, Province of Frosinone — 139km
south east of Rome, Italy.
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| SMITH |
Charles
Derek Smith |
 Sergeant
Charles Derek Smith served as a Navigator in the RAF’s 103
Squadron in the Second World War. Charles, who grew up Orchard Street
in Apsley, Hemel Hempstead, died when his plane was shot down by
anti-aircraft guns over Cologne in Germany, 26th February 1943.
He was 25. While growing up he had been a keen boxer and joined
the RAF as a cadet when he was 15, becoming a fabric maker. He later
trained as a navigator in Canada and Hendon. While in Hendon he
met and married Rosina who was working in Edgware. The couple were
apart for long periods of time during the war but they kept in touch
by letter. They had a daughter, Barbara. Three years later, when
Charles was reported lost, Rosina was pregnant with their second
daughter, Jenny. Charles is buried in Rhinesberg Military Cemetery.
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| WALKER |
Harry |
 Harry
Walker from Hemel Hempstead died while serving as a Signaller in
the Royal Artillery. He was killed in 1944 aged 24 during the Sangro
River Battle in Italy when his observation post was mortared. His
task had been to find a target and send information back to the
guns, as well as maintaining the telephone line to the guns. Harry
was one of the sons of well-known fishmonger in the town, Mr H.
Walker of St Albans Road. He attended George Street School and gained
employment with Mr E. Gale of Marlowes.
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| WISEMAN |
Walter
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further information currently. WALTER Wiseman, who lived in Puller
Road in Hemel Hempstead, took part in one of the first battles of
the Second World War. Walter served in South America on HMS Ajax
which helped sink the German battleship Graf Spee in December 1939.
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Private
22322782, Suffolk Regiment. Died of wounds 12 May 1951. Age 19.
Buried at Cheras Road Christian Cemetery, Kuala Lumpur. Row 18,
Grave 1017. Lionel, who lived in Seaton Road, was just 19 when he
died while on national service in Malaya on May 12, 1951. Lionel
went to Hemel Hempstead Grammar School and went on to work at the
Prudential Insurance company in Watford. In his spare time he played
for Blaw Knox, Watford, as well as for Dickinsons Juniors for two
seasons and for Hemel Hempstead Juniors. Lionel joined the forces
in January 1950. After his initial training at Colchester he was
posted overseas with the 1st Battalion Suffolk Regiment. He had
been due to return to Britain in October.
After
the Second World War, Britain continued to be involved in conflicts
in different parts of the world and some men from Dacorum fought
in these while on national service. Lance Corporal John Secrett
from Hemel Hempstead died in Malaya (now Malaysia). John, who was
well known in the town, served in the East Yorkshire Regiment. He
was killed on 8th May 1953 aged 18. John grew up in the family home
in Herbert Street. He went to Corner Hall School and George Street
School and was then apprenticed to the firm George Wimpey which
built Hemel Hempstead new town. 
Flight
Lieutenant Jeff Bell had just completed a tour with 92 Squadron
Royal Air Force in Germany, prior to commencing a 4 month detachment
to the Falklands as part of the peace keeping force from June to
October 1983. Flight Lieutenant Bell was killed in a flying accident
(he was the navigator in a phantom which hit Mount Osborne) on 17th
October 1983, a week before he was due to return home after completing
his tour. Bachelor of Science (B.Sc). Aged 28. His remains were
returned to the UK and are now buried at 
A
Sergeant with the Welsh Guards he lived with his father in Berkhamsted
and served in the Falklands War in 1982. He was killed in June 1982,
aged 31, when his ship the HMS Sir Galahad was bombed by the Argentinian
Airforce. He lived with his father Desmond Keoghane who was a Sergeant
Major at Berkhamsted School from 1973. 