LANGLEYBURY - WAR MEMORIAL
Copyright © Transcribed Carolynn Langley;
Researched Martin Edwards - 2003
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Memorial
is in front of the Church of St Paul, Langleybury on the A41.
The memorial is in the form of a granite cross, very stained on the
left hand side. The memorial is in the form of a Celtic cross mounted
on a shaft that stands on a plinth with a three step tiered base. The
whole is surrounded by a metal linked fence with wooden posts. The inscription
and names for World War 1 are held on the front face while that for
World War 2 is on the right side of the plinth. The memorial lists the
names as rank, initials, surname and any awards. The whole memorial
area stands against the outside wall of the churchyard.
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Photograph
(left and above0 Copyright ©
2003 - Carolynn Langley
Photograph
(below0 Copyright ©
2006 - Martin Edwards
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TO THE
HONOURED MEMORY
OF THOSE BRAVE MEN OF THIS PARISH
WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES FOR THEIR COUNTRY
AND FOR THE CAUSE OF FREEDOM AND JUSTICE.
IN THE GREAT WAR 1914 - 1918
"THEIR NAME LIVETH FOR EVERMORE"
| BIGGERSTAFF |
Arthur
Joseph |
Private
108026, 13th Company, Machine Gun Corps (Infntry). Killed in action
26th October 1917 in France & Flanders. Age 19. Born Chipperfield,
enlisted Bedford, resident Abbots Langley. Son of Alfred Biggerstaff,
of Gellows Hill, King's Langley, Herts. Commemorated on TYNE COT
MEMORIAL, Zonnebeke, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium. Panel 154 to 159
and 163A |
| BLOOR |
Dan |
Private
14942, 7th Battalion, Bedfordshire Regiment. Died of wounds 18th
June 1917 in France & Flanders. Age 31. Born Rickmansworth,
enlisted Watford, resident King's Langley. Son of Daniel and Harriet
Bloor, of Lock House, Hunton Bridge, King's Langley, Herts. Buried
in COLOGNE SOUTHERN CEMETERY, Koln(Cologne), Nordrhein-Westfal,
Germany. Grave X. G. 7. |
| BUCK |
Joseph |
Private
37561, 2nd Battalion, Bedfordshire Regiment. Killed in action 7th
August 1918 in France & Flanders. Age 20. Born Boxmoor, enlisted
Bedford, resident Huntonbridge, Hertfordshire. Son of William and
Sarah Annie Buck, of North Grove Lock, Hunton Bridge, King's Langley,
Herts. Commemorated on POZIERES MEMORIAL, Somme, France. Panel 28
and 29. |
| BURGESS |
E |
Private
- No further information currently |
| CHAMBERS |
Henry
Mansell |
Lance
Corporal (Signaller) SPTS/631, 23rd Battalion, Royal Fusiliers (City
of London Regiment). Killed in action 10th March 1917 in France
& Flanders. Age 29. Born Sandown, Isle of Wight, enlisted London,
resident King's Langley. Son of Col. Charles Patton Chambers and
Henrietta Caroline Chambers, of Zoffany House, King's Langley, Herts.
Commemorated on THIEPVAL MEMORIAL, Somme, France. Pier and Face
8 C 9 A and 16 A. See also King's Langley |
| CHAMBERS,
MC |
Charles
Colhoun |
Captain,
12 Siege Battery, Royal Garrison Artillery. Killed in action
10th July 1916 in France & Flanders. Age 27. Son of Col. C.
P. Chambers, of Zoffiany House, King's Langley, Herts. Awarded the
Military Cross (MC). Buried in QUARRY CEMETERY, MONTAUBAN, Somme,
France. Plot III. Row L. Grave 8. See also
King's Langley |
| COLDMAN |
Walter
Arthur |
Private
493215, 1st/13th (County of London) Battalion (Princess Louise's
Kensgington Battalion), London Regiment. Killed in action 29th August
1918 in France & Flanders. Born Mile End, London, enlisted Bedford,
resident Watford. Formerly 6135, Middlesex Regiment. Commemorated
on VIS-EN-ARTOIS MEMORIAL, Pas de Calais, France. Panel 10. |
| CRAWLEY |
Herbert
Harry |
Lance
Corporal 31480, 164th Company, Machine Gun Corps (Infantry). Killed
in action 20th December 1915 in France & Flanders. Age20. Born
and resident King's Langley, enlisted Watford. Son of Mr. and Mrs.
W. Crawley, of King's Langley, Herts. Formerly 23184, Bedfordshire
Regiment. Buried in VLAMERTINGHE MILITARY CEMETERY, Ieper, West-Vlaanderen,
Belgium. Grave V. A. 10. |
| DARVILL |
Stanley
Harold |
Corporal
T4/092630, 2nd Div. Train, Royal Army Service Corps. Died 11th January
1917 in France & Flanders. Born Huntonbridge, enlisted Watford,
resident King's Langley. Buried in VARENNES MILITARY CEMETERY, Somme,
France. Grave I. F. 35. |
| GLEN |
David
Corse |
Lieutenant,
8th Battalion, Princess Charlotte of Wales's (Royal Berkshire Regiment).
Killed in action 25th September 1915 in France & Flanders. Buried
in DUD CORNER CEMETERY, LOOS, Pas de Calais, France. Grave IV. K.
13. |
| GOLDING |
E |
Private
probably Eden Charles Golding,
Rifleman R/6274, 4th Battalion, King's Royal Rifle Corps. Killed
in action 25th May 1915 in France & Flanders. Born London, enlisted
Shoreditch, resident Kingsland, N.E. (Sic). Commemorated on YPRES
(MENIN GATE) MEMORIAL, Ieper, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium. Panel 51
and 53. |
| GOLDING |
William
John |
Private
60504, 9th Battalion, Royal Fusiliers (City of London Regiment).
Killed in action 3rd May 1917 in France & Flanders. Age 34.
Born Langleberry (sic), enlisted Watford, resident King's Langley.
Son of the late William and Fanny Golding; husband of Isabella Mary
Golding, of Hunton Bridge, King's Langley, Herts. Formerly 23901,
5th Battalion, Middlesex Regiment. Commemorated on ARRAS MEMORIAL,
Pas de Calais, France. Bay 3. |
| HERRING |
C |
Private
- probably Charles
Herring, Private 200660, 1st/4th Battalion, Princess Charlotte of
Wales's (Royal Berkshire Regiment). Killed in action 16th August
1917. Born Watford, enlisted Reading, resident St. Dominic, Cornwall.
No known grave. Commemorated on TYNE COT MEMORIAL, Zonnebeke, West-Vlaanderen,
Belgium. Panel 105 to 106 and 162. |
| HERRING |
G
H |
Private
- probably George
Herring, Private 12560, 2nd Battalion, Coldstream Guards. Killed
in action 22nd July 1916. Aged 30. Born and resident Watford, enlisted
London. Son of Charles and Emma Elizabeth Herring, of "Cotehele
House" Stables, St. Dominic, Cornwall. Native of Watford. Buried
in ESSEX FARM CEMETERY, Ieper, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium. Plot I.
Row A. Grave 22. |
| HOLFORD |
W |
2nd
Lieutenant - No further information currently |
| HUDSON |
Harold
Baldwin |
2nd
Lieutenant, 10th Battalion attached 4th Battalion, Bedfordshire
Regiment. Killed in action 13th November 1916. Age 23. Son of William
M. and A. E. Hudson, of 36, Friends Rd., Croydon. Fellow of The
Entomological Society. Buried in KNIGHTSBRIDGE CEMETERY, MESNIL-MARTINSART,
Somme, France. Grave B. 33. |
| JOY |
Albert |
Private
31939, 2nd Battalion, Bedfordshire Regiment. Died of wounds 8th
September 1918 in France & Flanders. Age 41. Born Gossidge,
Dorset, enlisted Bedford, resident Watford. Son of Robert and Mary
Joy, of Chettle, Dorset; husband of A. Joy, of Upper Highway, King's
Langley, Herts. Buried in ETRETAT CHURCHYARD EXTENSION, Seine-Maritime,
France. Grave II. F. 13. |
| KEEP,
MC |
Douglas
Scrivener Howard |
Captain,
7th Battalion, Bedfordshire Regiment. Killed in action 14th July
1917 in France & Flanders. Age 24. Awarded the Military Cross
(MC). Son of the late John Howard Keep and Mrs. Keep, of Abbots
Langley, Herts. B.A., Oxford. Royal Humane Society's Medal for life-saving.
Buried in RENINGHELST NEW MILITARY CEMETERY, Poperinge, West-Vlaanderen,
Belgium. Grave III. F. 26. |
| LONES |
Percy
East |
Captain,
5th Field Ambulance, Royal Army Medical Corps. Killed in action
28th April 1917 Infrance & Flanders. Buried in ROCLINCOURT MILITARY
CEMETERY, Pas de Calais, France. Grave II. B. 11. |
| LOYD,
MC |
Reginald
Percy |
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Lieutenant
(Temporary Captain), 3rd Battalion, Coldstream Guards. Killed
in action at the Battle of Cambrai 1st December 1917. Age
22. Born 20th June 1895. Youngest son of Mr. E. Henry Loyd
and the Hon. Mrs. E. Henry Loyd, of Langleybury, King's Langley,
Herts and grandson of the 2nd Lord of Lurgan. Educated at
Eton. Awarded the Military Cross (MC). Buried in METZ-EN-COUTURE
COMMUNAL CEMETERY BRITISH EXTENSION, Pas de Calais, France.
Grave II. I. 15.
There
is a plaque on the wall of the church abiove the family graves.
TO THE GLORY OF GOD
AND IN LOVING MEMORY OF
REGINALD PERCY LOYD M.C.
LIEUT. (temp capt) COLDSTREAM GUARDS
BORN 20 JUNE 1895
KILLED IN ACTION
AT THE BATTLE OF CAMBRAI
ON 1ST DECEMBER 1917
AND BURIED IN A CEMETERY
Nr.COUZEAUCOURT. FRANCE
YOUNGEST SON OF E. HENRY LOYD
AND GRANDSON OF THE 2ND LORD OF LURGAN.
HIS LIFE FOR HIS COUNTRY
HIS SOUL TO GOD.
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| MAXWELL |
W |
Private
- No further information currently |
| RICKETT,
MM |
H |
Private.
Awarded the Military Medal (MM) - possibly
Henry RICKETTS, Private 285066, Hertfordshire Regiment. Killed in
action 21st September 1918 in France & Flanders. Born Islington,
Middlesex, enlisted and resident Watford. Commemorated on VIS-EN-ARTOIS
MEMORIAL, Pas de Calais, France. Panel 10. |
| SHAW,
MC |
Robert
Edward Fredric |
Lieutenant
Colonel, 13th (County of London) Battalion (Princess Louise's Kensington
Battalion). Killed in action 23rd August 1918 in France & Flanders.
Age 26. Son of the Rev. and Mrs. R. V. G. Shaw, of Langleybury Vicarage,
King's Langley, Herts. Awarded the Military Cross (MC). Buried in
CABARET-ROUGE BRITISH CEMETERY, SOUCHEZ, Pas de Calais, France.
Grave VIII. N. 11. |
| SMITH |
T |
Private
possibly Thomas SMITH, Rifleman
45165, 14th Battalion, Irish Rifles. Killed in action 7th December
1917 in France & Flanders. Born Huntonbridge, enlisted Bedford,
resident Chipperfield. Formerly 8396, London Regiment. Commemorated
on CAMBRAI MEMORIAL, LOUVERVAL, Nord, France. Panel 10 |
| SWANNELL |
E |
Sergeant
- No further information currently |
| WALLER |
Archibald
Henry |
Private
35338, 2nd Battalion, Essex Regiment. Died 17th February 1917 in
France & Flanders. Born and resident Watford, enlisted Bedford.
Formerly 33175, Suffolk Regiment. Buried in BRAY MILITARY CEMETERY,
Somme, France. Grave II. A. 16. |
THE
WORLD WAR
1939 - 1945
GREATER LOVE HATH NO MAN
THAN THIS THAT A MAN LAY
DOWN HIS LIFE FOR HIS FRIENDS.
| ARMSTRONG |
Matthew
Barnip |
Gunner
779395, 1 Regiment, Royal Horse Artillery. Died 1st June 1942. Aged
32. Husband of Hilda Armstrong, of Hunton Bridge, Hertfordshire.
No known grave Commemorated on ALAMEIN MEMORIAL, Egypt. Column 5. |
| BUCK |
G
A |
Private
- probably George
Arthur Buck, Private 5832495, 2nd Battalion, Cambridgeshire Regiment.
Died 24th January 1942 during the fall of Malaya and Singapoe to
the Japanese. No known grave. Commemorated on SINGAPORE MEMORIAL,
Kranji War Cemetery, Singapore. Column 58. |
| CRESSY-
MARCKS |
William
Roy |
Flight
Lieutenant 126660, Navigator, 356 Squadron, Royal Air Force
Volunteer Reserve. Died 29th March 1945. Age 23. Son of Capt. Maurice
Cressy-Marcks, and of Violet Olivia Cressy-Marcks (nee Rutley),
of Kensington, London. Served with the "Chindits". Exhibitioner
of Harrow School. Buried in TAUKKYAN WAR CEMETERY, Myanmar. Grave
3. H. 15. |
| EYRE |
Harry |
Ordinary
Seaman C/JX316819, H.M.S. Bleasdale, Royal Navy. Died 19th June
1942. Buried in NEW MACHAR CEMETERY, Aberdeenshire. Section C. Collective
grave 1172. |
| HART |
Rodney
William |
Private
5956186, Pioneer Corps. Died 17th July 1942. Age 22. Son of Lennard
Hart, and of Edith Hart (nee Norman), of Watford; husband of Joyce
Barbara Hart, of Watford. Buried west of the church in ST.PAUL CHURCHYARD,
LANGLEYBURY, Hertfordshire. |
| HOWES |
Eric
Yeomans |
Sergeant
(Wireess Operator/Air Gunner) 1295447, 77 Squadron, Royal Air Force
Volunteer Reserve. Died 11th August 1943. Aged 27. Son of William
Stacey Howes and Maud Mary Howes. Buried in CHIEVRES COMMUNAL CEMETERY,
Chievres, Hainaut, Belgium. Grave 17. |
| MADGWICK |
Bernard
Keith |
[Listed
as Flight Sergeant on Memorial] Sergeant (Pilot) 741793, 7 Squadron,
Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve. Died 15th July 1941. Buried west
of the tower in ST PAUL CHURCHYARD, LANGLEYBURY, Hertfordshire. |
| WOODMAN |
Kenneth
Benson |
Sergeant
542141, Flight Engineer, Royal Air Force. Died 8th June 1944. Son
of John Benson Woodman and Florence Mary Woodman, of Hunton Bridge,
Hertfordshire. Buried in collective grave ILLEVILLE-SUR-MONTFORT
CHURCHYARD, Eure, France. |
REST
ETERNAL GRANT THEM O LORD AND
LET LIGHT PERPETUAL SHINE UPON THEM.
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18 February, 2014
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