HITCHIN
WAR MEMORIAL
World War 1 & 2 - Roll
of Honour with detailed information
Compiled and copyright © Alan Cooper 2006
The
Hitchin memorial is in the form of a Celtic cross on a pillar mounted
on a plinth with three side walls, the front being open with small fence.
There are 11 panels of names for the First World War, 356 names in total.
The memorial was unveiled by Viscount Hampden on 6th August 1922, the
memorial costing £1675 5s 10d at the time. The architect was Walter
Millard and the builders Messrs. John Thompson & Sons. The land
used was originally part of the churchyard but the non-conformists in
the community did not want their dead remembered on Anglican Church
property. The names for World War 2 are held in a Book of Remembrance
within the parish church, this is referred to on the memorial, there
are 162 names.
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Photographs
Copyright
© Alan Cooper 2006 |
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Photograph
from an old postcard |
TO
THE
UNCONQUERED
1914 DEAD 1919
1914-
1918
| ABBISS |
Arthur
James |
Corporal
13594, 11th Battalion, Suffolk Regiment. Killed in action 1st July
1916. Aged 24. Born Hitchin, enlisted March, Cambridgeshire. Son
of Frederick and Ellen Abbiss, of 75, Tilehouse St., Hitchin, Herts.
No known grave. Commemorated on THIEPVAL MEMORIAL, Somme, France.
Pier and Face 1 C and 2 A. |
| ADCOCK |
Keith
White |
Lieutenant,
Royal Engineers. Died 30th October 1918. Buried in HITCHIN CEMETERY,
Hertfordshire. Plot S. Row III. Grave A. See also Singapore
Cenotaph |
| ALBON |
William |
Private
39308, 15th Battalion, Worcestershire Regiment. Died in United Kingdom
4th January 1917. Aged 48. Born Stotfold, enlisted and resident
Hitchin. Husband of Hannah Katherine Albon, of 70, Walsworth Rd.,
Hitchin. Buried in HITCHIN CEMETERY, Hertfordshire. Section E. Grave
809. |
| ALBONE |
Arthur
Henry |
Private
82514, 63rd Battalion, Machine Gun Corps (Infantry). Killed in action
22nd March 1918. Born Stevenage, enlisted Bedford, resident Hitchin.
Formerly 8042, London Regiment. No known grave. Commemorated on
ARRAS MEMORIAL, Pas de Calais, France. Bay 10. |
| ALLISON |
A |
No
further information currently available |
| ANDERSON |
Frederick |
Private
84038, 141st Company, Labour Corps. Died 8th July 1918. Aged 35.
Born Norton, enlisted Bedford, resident Hitchin. Husband of Lilian
Lizzie Anderson, of 5, Periwinkle Lane, Hitchin, Herts. Formerly
18618, 8th Battalion, Bedfordshire Regiment. Buried in AUBIGNY COMMUNAL
CEMETERY EXTENSION, Pas de Calais, France. Plot IV. Row J. Grave
41. |
| APPLEBY |
Arthur
Henry |
Private
M2/269001, Motor Transport, Royal Army Service Corps. Died in United
Kingdom 25th December 1916. Aged 22. Born and enlisted Hitchin,
resident Bedford. Son of Arthur William and Agnes Ellen Appleby,
of 52, Nightingale Rd., Hitchin. Buried in HITCHIN CEMETERY, Hertfordshire.
Section E. Grave 810. |
| AYTO |
William
Harold |
Private
T/206971, 11th Battalion, Queen's (Royal West Surrey Regiment).
Died of wounds 10th August 1917. Born Binley, Yorkshire, enlisted
and resident Dunstable, Bedfordshire. Husband of E. Ayto, of 69,
Tilehurst St., Hitchin. Buried in GODEWAERSVELDE BRITISH CEMETERY,
Nord, France. Plot I. Row C. Grave 54. |
| BAKER |
Frank |
Private
202810, 11th Battalion, Essex Regiment. Killed in action 22nd June
1917. Enlisted Hertford, resident Hitchin. Formerly 4831, Hertfordshire
Regiment. Buried in PHILOSOPHE BRITISH CEMETERY, MAZINGARBE, Pas
de Calais, France. Plot I. Row R. Grave 45. |
| BAKER |
W |
No
further information currently available |
| BALLARD |
W
C |
No
further information currently available |
| BARBER |
W
G |
No
further information currently available |
| BARKER |
Bertram |
Private
14807, 1st Battalion, Bedfordshire Regiment. Killed in action 27th
July 1916. Aged 30. Born, resident and enlisted Hitchin. Son of
George and Charlotte Barker, of 19, Cannon's Gardens, Hitchin, Herts.
No known grave. Commemorated on THIEPVAL MEMORIAL, Somme, France.
Pier and Face 2 C. |
| BARKER |
Charles
Marcus |
Corporal
201484, Tank "G7" (named GIGGLE), Tank Corps. Killed in
action 23rd November 1917. Born and enlisted Hitchin. Formerly 38195,
Machine Gun Corps. No known grave. Commemorated on CAMBRAI MEMORIAL,
LOUVERVAL, Nord, France. Panel 13.
Note:
Information about this tank can be found in the 1st Tank Brigade
War History, which is held at Bovington
Tank Museum. For details about tanks
in World War 1 see the section here. |
| BARKER |
George |
Private
29236, 13th Battalion, Essex Regiment. Died of wounds 24th April
1917. Aged 34. Born, resident and enlisted Hitchin. Husband of Elizabeth
Barker, of 15, Sunnyside, Hitchin. Buried in AUBIGNY COMMUNAL CEMETERY
EXTENSION, Pas de Calais, France. Plot II. Row D. Grave 34. |
| BARKER |
Harold |
Private
TR/161734, 53rd (Y.S.) Battalion, Queen's (Royal West Surrey Regiment).
Died in United Kingdom 4th November 1918. Aged 18. Enlisted Bedford,
resident Hitchin. Son of Alfred Barker, of 77, Walsworth Rd., Hitchin.
Buried in HITCHIN CEMETERY, Hertfordshire. Section W. Grave 165. |
| BARKER |
M |
No
further information currently available |
| BARRETT |
William
Charles |
Private
45185, 11th Battalion, Suffolk Regiment. Killed in action 9th October
1917. Aged 21. Born Bishops Stortford, enlisted Hitchin. Husband
of L. Thorogood (formerly Barrett), of 11, Waltham Rd., Hitchin.
Native of Baldock, Herts. Buried in CEMENT HOUSE CEMETERY, Langemark-Poelkapelle,
West-Vlaanderen, Belgium. Plot I. Row G. Grave 8. |
| BASS |
J |
No
further information currently available |
| BATH |
Walter |
Rifleman
8979, 1st Battalion, Rifle Brigade (The Prince Consort's Own). Killed
in action 3rd May 1915. Born Tensford (sic - Tempsford), Bedfordshire,
enlisted and resident Hitchin. No known grave. Commemorated on YPRES
(MENIN GATE) MEMORIAL, Ieper, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium. Panel 46
- 48 and 50. |
| BAVINGTON,
DCM |
Horace
Leonard |
Corporal
265306, No. 4 Company, 1st Battalion, Hertfordshire Regiment. Died
21st February 1918. Aged 22. Son of William and Harriet Bavington,
of 16A, Mattocke Rd., Hitchin. Awarded the Distinguished Conduct
Medal (D.C.M.). Buried in HITCHIN CEMETERY, Hertfordshire. North-East
Extension. Grave 573. |
| BEECH |
F
W |
No
further information currently available |
| BEETON |
John
William |
Private
22066, 8th Battalion, Bedfordshire Regiment. Killed in action 27th
June 1917. Aged 22. Born and resident Hitchin, enlisted Bedford.
Son of M. Beeton. Buried in PHILOSOPHE BRITISH CEMETERY, MAZINGARBE,
Pas de Calais, France. Plot I. Row S. Grave 20. |
| BOWLER |
James |
Private
T.F. 202150, 1st/7th Battalion, Duke of Cambridge's Own (Middlesex
Regiment). Killed in action 23rd February 1917. Aged 23. Enlisted
Hitchin. Son of James and Mary Bowler, of 89, Campers Rd., Letchworth,
Herts. Born at Bedford. Buried in PONT-DU-HEM MILITARY CEMETERY,
LA GORGUE, Nord, France. Plot III. Row A. Grave 3. |
| BOWMAN |
Harold |
[Listed
as Private on SDGW] Lance Corporal SPTS/828, 23rd Battalion, Royal
Fusiliers (City of London Regiment). Died of wounds 2nd July 1916.
Aged 19. Born Storfold (sic - Stotfold), Bedfordshire, enlisted
London, resident Hitchin. Son of J. H. and Florence Mary Bowman,
of Hitchin, Herts. Buried in ABBEVILLE COMMUNAL CEMETERY, Somme,
France. Plot VI. Row F. Grave 14. |
| BOWMAN |
Hugh
James |
Second
Lieutenant, 16th Battalion, Duke of Cambridge's Own (Middlesex Regiment).
Killed in action 10th January 1916. Aged 22. Son of Ernest and Ellen
Bowman, of 44, The Avenue, Hitchin, Herts. Buried in CAMBRIN MILITARY
CEMETERY, Pas de Calais, France. Section E. Grave 8. |
| BRANDON |
Herbert
Edward |
Stoke
2nd Class SS/116773, H.M.S. Lilac, Royal Navy. Died 18th August
1915. Aged 18. Son of Frederick and Emily Brandon, of 57, Bunyan
Rd., Hitchin, Herts. No known grave. Commemorated on CHATHAM NAVAL
MEMORIAL, Kent. Panel 12.
Note:
HMS Lilac was a Naval Sloop that was launched 29th April 1915. She
was sold December 1922. |
| BRETT |
James
Horace |
Private
52418, 11th Battalion, Prince of Wales's Own (West Yorkshire Regiment).
Killed in action 29th September 1917. Aged 23. Born Battersea, London,
enlisted Bedford, resident Hitchin. Son of the late Henry James
Brett; husband of Hetty Mottram (formerly Brett), of 98, Rushby
Meads, Letchworth, Herts. Formerly 2723, Huntingdonshire Cyclist
Battalion. Buried in SANCTUARY WOOD CEMETERY, Ieper, West-Vlaanderen,
Belgium. Plot II. Row L. Grave 23. |
| BRIDGES |
Albert
Edward |
Private
20896, 8th Battalion, Bedfordshire Regiment. Killed in action 15th
September 1916. Born and resident Hitchin, enlisted Bedford. No
known grave. Commemorated on THIEPVAL MEMORIAL, Somme, France. Pier
and Face 2 C. |
| BRISTON |
Edward
Henry |
Corporal
37591, 2nd Battalion, Bedfordshire Regiment. Died of wounds 2nd
July 1918. Aged 20. Born and resident Hitchin, enlisted Bedford.
Son of R. H. and Ellen Briston, of Hitchin, Herts. Buried in PERNOIS
BRITISH CEMETERY, HALLOY-LES-PERNOIS, Somme, France. Plot II. Row
C. Grave 9. |
| BRITTAIN |
Arthur
W W |
Private
27445, 1st Battalion, Bedfordshire Regiment. Killed in action 25th
September 1916. Aged 35. Born new Cross, Kent, enlisted Bedford,
resident Graveley, Hertfordshire. Son of Joseph Ward Brittain and
Sarah Charlotte Brittain, of 39, Bunyan Rd., Hitchin, Herts. No
known grave. Commemorated on THIEPVAL MEMORIAL, Somme, France. Pier
and Face 2 C. |
| BROUGHTON |
William
J |
Private
10273, 2nd Battalion, Highland Light Infantry. Died of wounds 21st
October 1914. Born Ichen, Herts (sic - Hitchin), enlisted Northampton.
Buried in YPRES TOWN CEMETERY, Ieper, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium.
Section A3. Grave 5. |
| BROWN |
Arthur |
Private
13897, 1st Battalion, Bedfordshire Regiment. Killed in action 29th
May 1915. Born, resident and enlisted Hitchin. Buried in RAILWAY
DUGOUTS BURIAL GROUND, Ieper, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium. Plot I.
Row A. Grave 5. |
| BROWN |
Edward |
Private
203430, 9th Battalion, Duke of Wellington's (West Riding Regiment).
Killed in action 12th October 1918. Aged 22. Enlisted Hertford,
resident Hitchin. Son of Mrs. A. Day, of 47, Silehouse St., Hitchin
Herts. Formerly 4340, Hertfordshire Regiment. Buried in SELRIDGE
BRITISH CEMETERY, MONTAY, Nord, France. Plot II. Row A. Grave 20. |
| BROWN |
Francis
Frank |
Private
17297, "B" Company, 8th Battalion, Bedfordshire Regiment.
Killed in action 19th April 1916. Aged 30. Born and enlisted Hitchin,
resident Charlton, Hertfordshire. Son of Frank and Emma Brown; husband
of Fanny Francis Brown, of 7, Parcel's Place, Bucklersbury, Hitchin,
Herts. No known grave. Commemorated on YPRES (MENIN GATE) MEMORIAL,
Ieper, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium. Panel 31 and 33 |
| BROWN |
Frederick
John |
Private
G/60128, 1st Battalion, Duke of Cambridge's Own (Middlesex Regiment).
Killed in action 9th March 1918. Aged 19. Born Charlton, Hertfordshirem,
enlisted Hitchin. Son of William and Emily Brown, of Pear Tree Cottage,
Charlton, Hitchin, Herts. No known grave. Commemorated on TYNE COT
MEMORIAL, Zonnebeke, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium. Panel 113 to 115. |
| BROWN |
Leonard |
Private
43755, 6th Battalion, Lincolnshire Regiment. Died of wounds 20th
May 1918. Born and enlisted Hitchin. *** NOT LISTED ON CWGC *** |
| BROWN |
W |
No
further information currently available |
| BROWN |
William |
Private
25287, 12th Battalion attached Trench Mortar Battery, East Surrey
Regiment. Killed in action 4th August 1918. Born Hitchin, enlisted
Bedford. Formerly 23889, Duke of Cambridge's Own (Middlesex Regiment).
Buried in LIJSSENTHOEK MILITARY CEMETERY, Poperinge, West-Vlaanderen,
Belgium. Plot XX. Row J. Grave 21A. |
| BUCK |
Percy |
Private
267098, Hertfordshire Regiment. Killed in action 31st July 1917.
Aged 26. Born Peterborough, enlisted and resident St Albans. Son
of John W. C. and Elizabeth Ellen Buck, of 9, Baliol Rd., Hitchin;
husband of Bertha Buck, of 7, Park St., Hitchin, Herts. No known
grave. Commemorated on YPRES (MENIN GATE) MEMORIAL, Ieper, West-Vlaanderen,
Belgium. Panel 54 and 56. |
| BULLARD |
Herbert
Harry |
Private
129027, 30th Battalion, Machine Gun Corps (Infantry). Killed in
action 8th May 1918. Born St Saviour's, Hitchin, enlisted Hitchin.
Formerly GS5/32122, East Surrey Regiment. Buried in KLEIN-VIERSTRAAT
BRITISH CEMETERY, Heuvelland, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium. Plot IV.
Row G. Grave 29. |
| BURCH |
A |
No
further information currently available |
| BURGESS |
Frederick
Bonsey |
Lance
Corporal G/15206, 11th Battalion, Royal Sussex Regiment. Killed
in action 27th April 1918. Born Polegate, Sussex, enlisted Hitchin.
No known grave. Commemorated on TYNE COT MEMORIAL, Zonnebeke, West-Vlaanderen,
Belgium. Panel 86 to 88. |
| BURROWS |
William
John Tanner |
[Listed
as BURROW on SDGW] Private 73903, 124th Company, Labour Corps. Died
21st January 1918. Born Buckingham, enlisted Hitchin. Formerly 47268,
16th Infantry Labour Company, Queen's (Royal West Surrey Regiment).
Buried in DOZINGHEM MILITARY CEMETERY, Poperinge, West-Vlaanderen,
Belgium. Plot XIII. Row G. Grave 3. |
| BUTLER |
W
M |
No
further information currently available |
| BUTTS |
William |
Private
2504, Hertfordshire Regiment. Killed in action 19th November 1914.
Born Houghton, Hertfordshire, enlisted Hertford, resident Hitchin.
No known grave. Commemorated on YPRES (MENIN GATE) MEMORIAL, Ieper,
West-Vlaanderen, Belgium. Panel 54 and 56. |
| CAIN |
Frederick |
Private
19447, 1st Battalion, Bedfordshire Regiment. Died 2nd July 1916.
Aged 26. Born and resident Hitchin, enlisted Bedford. 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. Also commemorated on Baldock Memorial. |
| CAMFIELD |
Wilfred
J |
Private
22917, 8th Battalion, Bedfordshire Regiment. Killed in action 15th
September 1916. Born Hitchin, enlisted Bedford, resident Walsworth. |
| CANNON |
Ernest |
Private
19973, 6th Battalion, Bedfordshire Regiment. Killed in action 16th
November 1916. Born and resident Hitchin, enlisted Notting Hill,
Middlesex. |
| CANNON |
Frank |
Acting
Company Sergeant Major 14982, 11th Battalion, Essex Regiment. Killed
in action 15th february 1916. Born, resident and enlisted Hitchin. |
| CARRINGTON |
George |
Private
32592, 5th Battalion, Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry.
Died 25th April 1918. Born and enlisted Hitchin. Formerly T/5363,
Sherwood Foresters (Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment). |
| CASTLE |
William |
Private
31911, 1st B attalion, Bedfordshire Regiment. Killed in action 23rd
October 1918. Born and resident Hitchin, enlisted Bedford. Buried
in ROMERIES COMMUNAL CEMETERY EXTENSION, Nord, France. Plot III.
Row E. Grave 12.
According
to the National Roll of the Great War:
CASTLE,
W., Private, 1st Bedfordshire Regiment. - He volunteered
in 1915, and in the same year was sent to the Western Front,
where he took part in the Battles of the Somme, Arras and
Ypres. He was killed in action in the Advance of 1918 on October
23rd of that year, and was entitled to the 1914-15 Star, and
the General Service and Victory Medals. |
| 15,
St. Andrew's Place, Hitchin. |
|
1604 |
|
| CATTERILL |
Herbert |
Gunner
27096, Royal Artillery. Killed in action 29th June 1917. Born Hitchin,
enlisted London. *** CANNOT LOCATE ON CWGC No CATTERILL or CATERILL
or CATTERIL listed*** |
| CHALKLEY |
Charles |
Corporal
4/5723, 2nd Battalion, Bedfordshire Regiment. Killed in action 17th
May 1915. Born and resident Hitchin, enlisted Hatfield. |
| CHALKLEY |
Samuel |
Private
20892, 8th Battalion, Bedfordshire Regiment. Killed in action 19th
April 1916. Born and resident Hitchin, enlisted Bedford. |
| CHALKLEY |
William |
Private
3034, Hertfordshire Regiment. Killed in actrion 30th April 1915.
Born and resident Hitchin, enlisted Hertford. |
| CHALKLEY |
William
Francis |
Private
15606, 6th Battalion, Bedfordshire Regiment. Killed in action 25th
April 1917. Born and resident Hitchin, enlisted Bedford. |
| CHANDLER |
Ernest
Denton |
[Transcribed
as E P CHANDLER] Private G/22426, 6th Battalion, Buffs (East Kent
Regiment). Killed in action 5th April 1918. Born Reading, Berskshire,
enlisted and resident Hitchin. |
| CHAPMAN |
Edward
E |
Pioneer
172639, 6th Division Signal Company, Royal Engineers. Killed in
action 21st March 1918. Born and enlisted Hitchin. |
| CHAPMAN |
S
E |
No
further information currently available |
| CHARLTON |
J |
No
further information currently available |
| CLARK |
J |
No
further information currently available |
| CLARKE |
A
W |
No
further information currently available |
| CLARKE |
E |
No
further information currently available |
| CLARKE |
H
E |
No
further information currently available |
| CLAYDON |
W |
No
further information currently available |
| CLAYTON |
A |
No
further information currently available |
| COLEMAN |
R |
No
further information currently available |
| COLLINS |
John
William |
Private
33644, 9th Battalion, East Surrey Regiment. Killed in action 5th
August 1917. Born Hitchin, enlisted Bedford. |
| CONSTABLE |
Arthur |
Private
20576, 6th Battalion, Bedfordshire Regiment. Killed in action 9th
August 1916. Born and resident Walsworth, Hertfordshire, enlisted
Bedford. |
| COOPER |
Bertram
Thomas |
Private
31838, 6th (Service) Battalion, York and Lancaster Regiment. Killed
in action 17th January 1917. Born Tilsworth, Bedfordshire, enlisted
Hitchin. Formerly 25643, Northamptonshire Regiment. |
| COOPER |
J
W |
No
further information currently available |
| COOPER |
William |
Private
16771, 8th Battalion, Bedfordshire Regiment. Killed in action 15th
September 1916. Born, resident and enlisted Hitchin. |
| CORKETT,
MM |
Joseph |
[Memorial
states he was awarded the Military Medal (M.M.) but cannot find
this anywhere else] Private 14707, 7th Battalion, Bedfordshire Regiment.
Died of wounds 3rd May 1917. Born, resident and enlisted Hitchin.
Buried in BUCQUOY ROAD CEMETERY, FICHEUX, Pas de Calais, France.
Plot I. Row E. Grave 8. |
| CORNWELL |
John
George |
Private
6930, 11th Battalion, Royal Fusiliers (City of London Regiment).
Died of wounds 29th June 1916. Aged 22. Born and enlisted Hitchin,
resident Silsoe, Bedfordshire. Son of William John and L. Cornwell,
of Silsoe, Ampthill, Beds. Buried in DIVE COPSE BRITISH CEMETERY,
SAILLY-LE-SEC, , France. Plot II. Row A. Grave 21. See also Silsoe
Memorial under Jack Cornwell. |
| COTTON |
Elijah
Howard |
Private
G/22238, 6th Battalion, Buffs (East Kent Regiment). Killed in action
27th August 1918. Born and enlisted Hitchin, resident Letchworth. |
| COULDREY |
W
G H |
No
further information currently available |
| COUSINS |
Harry |
Private
31852, Hertfordshire Regiment. Killed in action 23rd August 1918.
Born and resident Hitchin, enlisted Bedford. |
| COX |
Charles
Thurgood |
Private
203495, 7th Battalion, Bedfordshire Regiment. Killed in action 10th
August 1917. Born, resident and enlisted Hitchin. |
| CRANE |
Frank
Miller |
Private
3/7828, 2nd Battalion, Bedfordshire Regiment. Killed in action 10th
March 1915. Born and resident CAmbridge, enlisted Hitchin. |
| DARBY |
H
F |
No
further information currently available |
| DARBY |
W
H |
No
further information currently available |
| DARTON |
F
A |
No
further information currently available |
| DAY |
Bernard
David |
Private
14355, 1st Battalion, Bedfordshire Regiment. Killed in action 27th
July 1916. Aged 21. Born and resident Hitchin, enlisted Letchworth.
Son of Solomon George and Martha Day, of 74, Queen St., Hitchin,
Herts. No known grave. Commemorated on THIEPVAL MEMORIAL, Somme,
France. Pier and Face 2 C
According
to the National Roll of the Great War:
DAY,
B.D., Private, Bedfordshire Regiment: - He volunteered
at the commencement of hostilities and early in 1915 was sent
to France. Subsequently he was engaged in the fighting at
Ypres, Hill 60, Festubert, Loos and the Somme, and was almost
continuously in action until July 27th, 1916, when he was
killed at Longueval Wood. He was entitled to the 1914-15 Star,
and the General Service and victory Medals. |
| 74,
Queen's Street, Hitchin. |
|
1855/A |
|
| DAY |
Frank
William |
Private
41050, 2nd Battalion, Essex Regiment. Killed in action 9th April
1917. Born Melbourn, Cambridgeshire, enlisted and resident Hitchin.
Formerly 29947, Bedfordshire Regiment. |
| DAY |
Lionel
Norman |
Private
34906, 8th Battalion, Royal Fusiliers (City of London Regiment).
Died 4th July 1917. Born, resident and enlisted Hitchin. |
| DAVIS |
P
W |
No
further information currently available |
| DEAR |
James
Francis |
Private
33513, 8th Battalion, Bedfordshire Regiment. Killed in action 19th
April 1917. Born and resident Hitchin, enlisted Bedford. |
| DENNIS |
J
H |
No
further information currently available |
| DENNISS |
Cyril
J |
Private
25418, Machine Gun Corps (Ifantry). Killed in action 31st July 1917.
Enlisted Hertford, resident Hitchin. Formerly 3263, Hertfordshire
Regiment. |
| DIMMOCK |
William
Maynard |
Private
400989, 17th Battalion, Essex Regiment. Died in United Kingdom 27th
April 1917. Aged 40. Born and resident Hitchin, enlisted Ampthill,
Bedfordshire. Son of William Dimmock; husband of Julia Dimmock,
of 3, Black Horse Lane, Hitchin. Formerly 22704, Bedfordshire Regiment.
Buried in HITCHIN CEMETERY, Hertfordshire. North-East Extension.
Grave 515. |
| DIXON |
Charles |
Pioneer
128911, 3rd Special Company, Royal Engineers. Killed in action 26th
February 1917. Enlisted Hitchin. Formerly 20796, Bedfordshire Regiment. |
| DOBBS |
Alfred |
Private
98223, Machine gUn Corps (Infantry). Killed in action 1st October
1917. Born and resident Great Wymondley, enlisted Hitchin. Formerly
8665, Bedfordshire Regiment. |
| DOLING |
Aarthur
[Albert] |
Private
44432, 20th Battalion, Manchester Regiment. Killed in action 23rd
October 1918. Born Southampton, Hampshire, enlisted Hitchin. Formerly
20834, Bedfordshire Regiment. |
| ELLIS |
Thomas
William |
Sergeant
17264, 4th Battalion, Bedfordshire Regiment. Killed in action 27th
September 1918. Born and enlisted Hitchin, resident Walsworth. |
| ELLISON |
Edward |
Rifleman
(Lance Corporal) R/7355, 8th Battalion, King's Royal Rifle Corps.
Died of wounds 20th January 1916. Born Alton, Hampshire, enlisted
Hammersmith, resident Hitchin. |
| ENDERSBY |
Samuel |
Private
7756, 2nd Battalion, Lincolnshire Regiment. Killed in action 18th
June 1915. Born Wrestlingworth, Bedfordshire, enlisted London, resident
Hitchin. |
| ENGLISH |
G
W |
No
further information currently available |
| EVANS |
A |
No
further information currently available |
| EWINGTON |
William |
Private
11124, 7th (Service) Battalion, Gloucestershire Regiment. Killed
in action at gtallipoli 8th August 1915. Born Hitchin, enlisted
Cheltenham. |
| FAIRCLOUGH |
J |
No
further information currently available |
| FAREY |
Martin
H |
Private
2211, Hertfordshire Regiment. Died of wounds 5th December 1915,
Born preston, Hertfordshire, enlisted and resident Hitchin. |
| FARR |
John |
Private
33860, 8th Battalion, Bedfordshire Regiment. Killed in action 12th
September 1917. Born Buntingford, enlisted Bedford, resident Hitchin.
Formerly 6347, Essex Regiment. |
| FARROW |
Arthur
[William] |
Private
16472, 1st Battalion, Bedfordshire Regiment. Killed in action 17th
April 1915. Born Ipswich, enlisted Hitchin, resident King's Lynn.
No known grave. Commemorated on YPRES (MENIN GATE) MEMORIAL, Ieper,
West-Vlaanderen, Belgium. Panel 31 and 33 |
| FARROW |
George
William Alfred |
Acting
Sergeant 265386, Hertfordshire Regiment. Killed in action 26th September
1917. Born kentish Town, Middlesex, enlisted and resident Hitchin. |
| FIELD |
G
H |
Stoker
1st Class K/20039, H.M.S. Pembroke, Royal Navy. Died 10th May 1916.
Buried in HITCHIN CEMETERY, Hertfordshire. South-East Extension.
Grave 915. |
| FILE |
Hubert
William |
Private
203270, 4th Battalion, Bedfordshire Regiment. Killed in action 30th
October 1917. Born and resident Wandon Green, Luton, enlisted Hitchin. |
| FISHER |
H |
No
further information currently available |
| FITT |
H
S |
No
further information currently available |
| FOSTER |
George |
Private
2644, 13th Battalion, East Surrey Regiment. Died of wounds 10th
April 1918. Born St Mary's, Hitchin, enlisted Hitchin. |
| FOSTER |
Harry |
Private
18314, 8th Battalion, Bedfordshire Regiment. Killed in action 13th
February 1916. Born Hitchin, enlisted Bedford, resident Charlton,
Hertfordshire. |
| FOSTER |
W
C |
Sapper
67195, Royal Engineers. Died 23rd October 1919. Buried in HITCHIN
CEMETERY, Hertfordshire. West Extension. Grave 620. |
| FOWLER |
A
C G |
No
further information currently available |
| FRANKLIN |
Arthur |
Private
37780, 11th Battalion, Suffolk Regiment. Killed in action 22nd MArch
1918. Born and enlisted Hitchin. Formerly 37999, Middlesex Regiment. |
| FRENCH |
Albert |
Corporal
13629, 6th Battalion, Bedfordshire Regiment. Killed in action 6th
April 1918. Born, resident and enlisted Hitchin. |
| FRENCH |
G
H |
No
further information currently available |
| FRENCH |
Henry |
Private
14240, 6th Battalion, Bedfordshire Regiment. Died of wounds 25th
November 1916. Born, resident and enlisted Hitchin. |
| FRENCH |
Jack |
Private 14378, 6th Battalion, Bedfordshire Regiment. Killed in action
29th April 1917. Born, resident and enlisted Hitchin. |
| FROY |
Bertram
William |
Private
30592, 4th Battalion, Bedfordshire Regiment. Killed in action 11th
February 1917. Born and resident Hitchin, enlisted Bedford. |
| FROY |
Frank |
Private
263028, 1st Battalion, Monmouthshire Regiment (Territorial Force).
Killed in action 13th April 1917. Born and enlisted Hitchin. Formerly
201946, Royal Field Artillery. |
| FROY |
J |
No
further information currently available |
| GARRATT |
Leonard
George |
Lance
Corporal G/40620, 12th Battalion, Duke of Cambridge's Own (Middlesex
Regiment). Killed in action 4th April 1918. Born Chelsea, Middlesex,
resident Hitchin. Formerly 4601, 1st BattalIon, County of London
Yeomanry. |
| GATES |
George |
Private
G/20049, 7th Battalion, Royal Sussex Regiment. Killed in action
10th April 1917. Born Knebworth, Hertfordshire, enlisted Hitchin. |
| GATES |
T
H |
No
further information currently available |
| GENTLE |
G |
No
further information currently available |
| GILBERT |
A
W |
No
further information currently available |
| GILBERT |
E |
No
further information currently available |
| GILBERTSON |
G
S |
No
further information currently available |
| GOODSHIP |
Dan |
Private
G/21250, 6th Battalion, Buffs (East kent Regiment). Killed in action
20th November 1917. Born, resident and enlisted Hitchin. |
| GOUGH |
J
R |
No
further information currently available |
| GRANT |
Ernest
Arnold |
Private
G/62200, 4th Battalion, Royal Fusiliers (City of London Regiment).
Killed in action 21st March 1917. Enlisted Chelsea, resident Hitchin.
Formerly 4600, 3rd/1st Battalion, County of London Yeomanry. |
| GRANT |
Leonard
P |
Sapper
151837, S.S.T.C., Royal Engineers. Died in United Kingdom 6th November
1918. Enlisted Hitchin. Buried in HITCHIN CEMETERY, Hertfordshire.
Plot S. Row VIII. Grave B. |
| GRAY |
A |
Private
T/406687, Motor Transport Depot, Royal Army Service Corps. Died
in United Kingdom 4th December 1918. Aged 45. Born Hitchin. Son
of George Gray. Buried in HITCHIN CEMETERY, Hertfordshire. North-East
Extension. Grave 623. |
| GRAY |
F |
No
further information currently available |
| GRAY,
DCM |
John |
Private
36317, 6th Battalion, Princess Charlotte of Wales's (Royal Berkshire
Regiment). Killed in action 2nd October 1916. Born and resident
Hitchin, enlisted Hertford. Memorial shows he was awarded the Distinguished
Conduct Medal (D.C.M.) but it is not mentioned on SDGW and CWGC.
Formerly 5780, Hertfordshire Regiment. No known grave. Commemorated
on THIEPVAL MEMORIAL, Somme, France. Pier and Face 11 D. |
| GRAY |
Leonard
Edwin Reginald |
Private
88275, 76th Company, Machine Gun Corps (Infantry). Killed in action
15th June 1917. Born Gosmore, Hertfordshire, enlisted Hitchin. No
known grave. Commemorated on ARRAS MEMORIAL, Pas de Calais, France.
Bay 10. |
| GREEN |
Frank |
Diver
156311, "B" Battery, 155th Brigade, Royal Field Artillery.
Died of wounds 7th January 1918. Aged 31. Enlisted and resident
Hitchin. Son of William and Hannah Green. Buried in LIJSSENTHOEK
MILITARY CEMETERY, Poperinge, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium. Plot XXVI.
Row C Grave 2A. |
| GREEN |
Horace
James |
Private
265939, Hertfordshire Regiment. Killed in action 23rd July 1916.
Enlisted Hertford, resident Hitchin. |
| GREEN |
John
Henry |
Private
5392, 3rd Dragoon Gurads (Prince of Wales's Own). Cavalry. Killed
in action 5th November 1914. Born and resident Hitchin, enlisted
Bedford. |
| GREGORY |
Akexander
John |
Corporal
200506, 2nd/4th Battalion, Princess Charlotte of Wales's (Royal
berkshire Regiment). Killed in action 10th October 1917. Born Aston,
Stevenage, Hertfordshire, enlisted Reading, resident Hitchin. |
| GUTHRIE |
Charles
Joseph |
Rifleman
R/8162, 1st Battalion, King's Royal Rifle Corps. Killed in action
17th May 1915. Born Isleworth, Middlesex, enlisted Hitchin. |
| HAGGAR |
George |
Private
3031, Hertfordshire Regiment. Killed in action 13th October 1916.
Born and resident Hitchin, enlisted Hertford. |
| HAGGAR |
Harry |
Rifleman
11929. 13th Battalion, King's Royal rifle Corps. Killed in action
23rd October 1918. Born and enlisted Hitchin. |
| HAGGER |
Fred |
Private
57855, 16th Battalion, Cheshire Regiment. Died 29th March 1917.
Born Southoe, Huntingdonshire, enlisted Hitchin. Formerly 3778,
Royal Engineers. |
| HAGGER |
H
C |
No
further information currently available |
| HAILEY |
Joseph |
Lance
Corporal 522386, 486th Field Company, Royal Engineers. Killed in
action in Egypt arena 27th March 1917. Enlisted Luton, Bedfordshire,
resident Hitchin. |
| HAILEY |
William |
Private
20969, 8th Battalion, bedfordshire Regiment. Killed in action 15th
September 1916. Born Hitchin, enlisted Bedford, resident Walsworth. |
| HALLOCK |
H
J |
No
further information currently available |
| HALSEY |
Edward
Christopher |
Private
G/25405, 3rd/4th Battalion, Queen's (Royal Regiment). Killed in
action 12th January 1918. Born Welwyn, enlisted and resident Hitchin. |
| HARDING |
Herbert |
Lance
Corporal 31853, 6th Battalion, Bedfordshire Regiment. Killed in
action 2nd April 1918. Born and resident Hitchin, enlisted Bedford. |
| HARE |
Charles |
Private
73915, Labour Corps. Killed in action 1st August 1917. Born and
enlisted Hitchin. Formerly 47335, Royal West Surrey Regiment. |
| HARPER |
William
Charles |
Sergeant
265438, Hertfordshire Regiment. Died of wounds 11th April 1918.
Born Melbourn, Cambridgeshire, enlisted and resident Hitchin. |
| HARPIN |
Charles |
Gunner
124744, "A" Battery, 90th Brigade, Royal Artillery. Killed
in action 22nd July 1917. Aged 24. Born and enlisted Hitchin. Son
of Mr. C. J. and Mrs. E. Harpin, of 8, Grove Rd., Hitchin, Herts.
Buried in BUS HOUSE CEMETERY, Ieper, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium. Section
F. Grave 12. |
| HARVEY |
Ernest
Godfrey |
Private
4/6145, 2nd Battalion, Bedfordshire Regiment. Killed in action 17th
May 1915. Born newport, Essex, enlisted and resident Hitchin. |
| HARWOOD |
G |
No
further information currently available |
| HAWKINS |
A
P |
No
further information currently available |
| HAWKINS |
Frederick
J |
Private
14708, 2nd Battalion, Bedfordshire Regiment. Killed in action 23rd
August 1918. Born, enlisted and resident Hitchin. |
| HAWKINS |
H |
No
further information currently available |
| HAWKINS |
P
E |
No
further information currently available |
| HILL |
J
A |
No
further information currently available |
| HILTON |
F
W |
No
further information currently available |
| HINSTRIDGE |
Frederick |
Gunner
66019, Royal Garrison Artillery. Killed in action 14th March 1916.
Born St MAry's, Hitchin, enlisted Hitchin. |
| HOLT |
Benjamin |
Private
18619, 2nd Battalion, Bedfordshire Regiment. Killed in action 11th
July 1916. Born and resident Hitchin, enlisted Bedford. |
| HOUGHTON |
S
G W |
No
further information currently available |
| HOWARD |
Simpson
James |
Lance
Corporal 34943, 2nd Battalion, York and Lancaster Regiment. Killed
in action 24th September 1918. Born Hertford, enlisted Hitchin.
Formerly 34868, Royal Fusiliers. |
| HOYE |
Albert
Percy |
Private
41937, 2nd/6th Battalion, Prince of Wales's Own (West Yorkshire
Regiment). Killed in action 20th November 1917. Born and enlisted
Hitchin. Formerly M/282612, Royal Army Service Corps. |
| HUBBARD |
Harry |
Lance
Corporal 17679, 1st Battalion, Bedfordshire Regiment. Killed in
action 20th July 1918. Born, resident and enlisted Hitchin. No known
grave. Commemorated on PLOEGSTEERT MEMORIAL, Comines-Warneton, Hainaut,
Belgium. Panel 4.
According
to the National Roll of the Great War:
HUBBARD,
H., L/Corporal, Bedfordshire Regt. - He volunteered
in September 1914, and was drafted to France in the same month.
He took part In severe fighting on the Marne and at Albert,
Festubert, Loos, the Somme, Arras and Cambrai, and was killed
in action at Ypres on July 21st, 1918. He was entitled to
the 1914 Star, and the General Service and Victory Medals. |
| 7,
Queti Street, Hitchin.. |
|
4021/B |
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| HUCKLE |
H
W |
No
further information currently available |
| HULATT |
Percival
Charles Eaton |
[Spelt
HULETT on SDGW] Lance Corporal 34032, 1st/7th Battalion, Royal Warwickshire
Regiment. Killed in action 16th June 1918. Born Clapham, Surrey,
enlisted Hitchin. Formerly 202661, Buffs (east Kent Regiment). |
| HULL |
Jack |
Private
31456, 209th Company, Machine Gun Corps (Infantry). Died of wounds
5th April 1917. Born and resident Hitchin, enlisted Hertford. Formerly
10330, Bedfordshire Regiment. Buried in NESLE COMMUNAL CEMETERY,
Somme, France. Section C. Grave 39. |
| HUNT |
Bertram |
Private
31506, 51st Company, Machine Gun Corps (Infantry). Died of wounds
13th July 1917. Born and enlisted Hitchin. Formerly 23304, Bedfordshire
Regiment. Buried SUNKEN ROAD CEMETERY, FAMPOUX, Pas de Calais, France.
Plot I. Row B. Grave 6. |
| HUNT |
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