NORTH
MYMMS WAR MEMORIAL
World
War 1 & 2 - Roll of Honour with detailed information
Compiled and copyright © Transcribed Carolynn Langley;
researched Lynda Smith 2004
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Octagonal
Base with Cross on top. The Memorial gives name, initial, rank and Regiment.
Note: North Mymms is variously known as North Mymms,
North Mimms and Mymms. For clarity we have used the spelling Mymms throughout.
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©Carolynn Langley 2004 |
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IN
GRATEFUL MEMORY
OF THE MEN OF
NORTH MYMMS
WHO FELL IN THE GREAT WAR
1914- 1918
ASLETT |
Francis
George |
Private
8528. 2nd Battalion Coldstream Guards. Died of wounds in France
& Flanders on 30th December 1914. Aged 24. Born and lived North
Mymms. Enlisted Whitehall. Son of Mr. and Mrs. W. G. Aslett, of
North Mymms, Hatfield, Herts. Buried: Bethune Town Cemetery, Pas
de Calais, France. Ref. III. B. 21. |
BEACH |
Albert |
Private
69682. 17th Battalion Royal Fusiliers. Formerly 17832 T.R. Battalion.
Died of wounds in France & Flanders on 20th April 1918. Born Colney
Heath. Lived St Albans. Enlisted Watford. Son of Mrs. E. Beach,
of Blue Houses, Roestock, nr. St. Albans. Buried: Etaples Military
Cemetery, Pas de Calais, France. Ref. XXIX. J. 2. |
BENNETT |
Frederick
Charles |
Private
G/18838. 6th Battalion The Buffs (East Kent Regiment). Killed in
action in France & Flanders on 3rd May 1917. Aged 36. Born Bengeo,
Hertford. Lived and enlisted North Mymms. Son of the late Thomas
and Annie Bennett; husband of Florence May Bennett, of Duncombe
Cottage, 78, Duncombe Rd., Bengeo, Hertford. Commemorated: Arras
Memorial, Pas de Calais, France. Bay 2. |
CANHAM |
Charles
George |
Private
20711. 7th Battalion East Surrey Regiment. Died of wounds in France
& Flanders on 14th May 1917. Aged 21. Born North Mymms. Enlisted
Bedford. Son of Harry Joseph and Elizabeth Canham, of Marshmoor,
North Mymms, Herts. Native of Marshmoor. Buried: Etaples Military
Cemetery, Pas de Calais, France. Ref. XVIII. N. 1A. |
CHAMBERLAIN |
Charles |
Private
416352. 2nd Battalion Bedfordshire Regiment. Died of wounds in France
& Flanders on 21st October 1916. Born Upper Holloway, Middlesex.
Lived Colney Heath, Herts. Enlisted St. Albans. Buried: Heilly Station
Cemetery, Mericourt-L'Abbe, Somme, France. Ref. V. C. 36. |
CHILDS |
Harry
Cecil |
Serjeant
235235. 8th Battalion Lincolnshire Regiment. Formerly 9122 Hertfordshire
Regiment. Killed in action in France & Flanders on 5th April 1918.
Aged 26. Born and lived North Mymms. Enlisted St Albans. Commemorated:
Arras Memorial, Pas de Calais, France. Bay 3 and 4. |
COLLINS. |
William
James |
Private
16423. 1st Battalion Bedfordshire Regiment. Killed in action in
France & Flanders on 19th April 1915. Born, lived and enlisted North
Mymms. Commemorated: Ypres (Menin Gate) Memorial, Ieper, West-Vlaanderen,
Belgium. Panel 31 and 33. |
COOPER |
Edward |
Trooper
2929. 2nd Battalion Life Guards. Died of wounds in France & Flanders
on 16th November 1914. Aged 20. Born Wendover. Enlisted London.
Son of Thomas and Sarah Cooper, of The Kennels, North Mymms Park,
Hatfield, Herts. Buried: Dadizeele New British Cemetery, Moorslede,
West-Vlaanderen, Belgium. Ref. VI. D. 20. |
COWLAND |
Edward |
Private
22040. 7th Battalion Bedfordshire Regiment. Killed in action in
France & Flanders on 27th September 1916. Aged 34. Lived Colney
Heath. Enlisted Bedford. Son of John and Jane Cowland, of Blue Houses,
Colney Heath, Herts. Buried: Mill Road Cemetery, Thiepval, Somme,
France. Ref. XIV. A. 9. |
COWLAND. |
Charles
Edward |
Private
13262. 7th Battalion Bedfordshire Regiment. Killed in action in
France & Flanders on 10th October 1915. Aged 17. Born and lived
Colney Heath, Hertfordshire. Enlisted St. Albans. Son of Charles
and Mary Cowland, of Roestock, Colney Heath, St. Albans, Herts.
Buried: Dartmoor Cemetery, Becordel-Becourt, Somme, France. Ref.
I. C. 15. |
DAY |
Sidney
Frank |
Private
201164. 1st/4th Battalion Essex Regiment. Formerly 20756 Bedfordshire
Regiment. Killed in action in Palestine on 26th March 1917. Aged
25. Lived North Mymms. Enlisted St. Albans. Son of William Frederick
and Alice Day, of 6, Maypole Cottages, Water End, North Mymms, Hatfield,
Herts. In 1911 census he is a Domestic Gardenener, aged 19, born
North Mymms, resident Water End, North Mimms. Buried: Gaza War Cemetery,
Israel. Ref. XVIII. C. 15. |
DAY |
Walter
Reginald |
(Name
difficult to read – letters missing). Private 14048, 2nd Battalion,
Bedfordshire Regiment. Died Oct-Dec Quarter 1921; registered at
Hatfield, Hertfordshire. Lived North Mymms. Brother of Sidney Frank
Day who also fell. Son of William Frederick and Alice Day, of 6,
Maypole Cottages, Water End, North Mymms, Hatfield, Herts. In 1911
census he is a Farm Labourer, aged 16, born North Mymms, resident
Water End, North Mimms. Entitled to the Victory, British War Medals
and 1915 Star. Saw action from 21 April 1915. |
EAGLESTONE |
Harry |
Private
12933. 6th Battalion Bedfordshire Regiment. Died of wounds in France
& Flanders on 13th April 1917. Aged 24. Born and enlisted North
Mymms. Lived Barnet. Son of C. E. J. Brace, of 3, Yorke Terrace,
Mays Lane, Barnet, Herts. Buried: Etaples Military Cemetery, Pas
de Calais, France. Ref. XXII. G. 1A. |
EAGLESTONE |
Percy
Neville |
Private
202995. 7th Battalion South Staffordshire Regiment. Formerly 12968
Bedfordshire Regiment. Killed in action in France & Flanders on
31st August 1918. Aged 20. Born and lived North Mymms. Enlisted
Hereford (possibly this should read Hertford). Son of Neville and
Emma Eaglestone, of 2, Maypole Cottages, Water End, North Mymms,
Hatfield, Herts. Buried: Vis-En-Artois British Cemetery, Harcourt,
Pas de Calais, France. Ref. VI. G. 11. |
FRANKLIN |
Walter |
Private
13607. 1st Battalion Bedfordshire Regiment. Killed in action in
France & Flanders on 31st July 1916. Born and lived Hatfield. Enlisted
Hertford. Commemorated: Thiepval Memorial, Somme, France. Pier and
Face 2 C. |
GAME |
Frederick
John |
Private
201221. 4th Battalion Bedfordshire Regiment. Died of wounds in France
& Flanders on 13th November 1918. Born Weston, Herts. Lived Harpenden,
Herts. Enlisted North Mymms. Buried: Valenciennes (St. Roch) Communal
Cemetery, Nord, France. Ref. I. C. 29. |
GILMORE |
Edward |
Private
43451. 1st Battalion Middlesex Regiment. Died of wounds in France
& Flanders on 16th January 1917. Lived North Mymms. Enlisted Hornsey,
Middlesex. Buried: St. Pierre Cemetery, Amiens, Somme, France. Ref.
VIII. A. 7. |
GRAY |
A. |
Private
2nd Class 100714. Royal Air Force. Died on 25th December 1918. Buried:
North Mymms (St. Mary) Churchyard. |
GUBBINS |
Frederick
Ellis |
Corporal
39468. 2nd/4th Battalion The Queen's (Royal West Surrey Regiment).
Killed in action in Egypt on 21st December 1917. Aged 19. Born Chipping
Warden, Herts. Lived Hatfield. Enlisted Watford. Son of William
James and Lilian Mary Gubbins, of Trafford Mill, Edgcote, Banbury,
Oxon. Buried: Jerusalem War Cemetery. Ref. S. 106. |
HENDERSON |
David
Kinnard |
Gunner
L/44732. "A Battery, 108th Brigade, Royal Field Artillery. Killed
in action in France & Flanders on 19th August 1917. Aged 24. Lived
North Mymms. Enlisted Finsbury, E.C. Son of William David and Isabella
Wedderburn Ogilvy Young Henderson, of Kinnaird Farm, Kemback, Cupar,
Fifeshire. Buried: Brandhoek New Military Cemetery No.3, Ieper,
West-Vlaanderen, Belgium. Ref. II. G. 15. |
HICKSON. |
Frank
Herbert |
Private
12927. 1st Battalion Bedfordshire Regiment. Killed in action in
France & Flanders on 18th April 1915. Born Hatfield. Lived and enlisted
North Mymms. Commemorated: Ypres (Menin Gate) Memorial, Ieper, West-Vlaanderen,
Belgium. Panel 31 and 33. |
HIPGRAVE |
Eton
George |
Private
S/22419. 5th Battalion Royal Irish Fusiliers. Formerly 13248 Bedfordshire
Regiment. Killed in action in Egypt on 9th March 1918. Born and
lived Colney Heath. Enlisted St Albans. Buried: Jerusalem War Cemetery.
Ref. L. 87. |
JUBY |
W. |
No
further information available at present. |
LEADER |
J. |
Possibly:
John Leader. Private M/280298. 1013th Motorised Transport Company,
Army Service Corps. Died in Mesopotamia on 31st May 1918. Aged 34.
Born Holyport, Bucks. Lived Chelsea. Enlisted North Mymms. Son of
George Edwin Leader, of Holyport, Maidenhead, Berks; husband of
Jane Maud Leader, of "F Block, 35, Lewis Buildings, Ixworth Place,
Chelsea, London. Buried: Baghdad (North Gate) War Cemetery, Iraq.
Ref. XII. L. 6. |
MALLETT |
John
Francis |
Private
2749. "B Company, Hertfordshire Regiment. Killed in action in France
& Flanders on 18th May 1915. Aged 20. Born and lived North Mymms.
Enlisted Hertford. Son of Benjamin and Alice Frances Mallett, of
The Cedars, North Mymms, Hatfield, Herts. Enlisted September 1914.
Proceeded to France, November 1914. Commemorated: Le Touret Memorial,
Pas de Calais, France. Panel 47. |
MARGETTS |
F. |
Possibly:
Frederick Margetts. Corporal B/3473. 7th Battalion Rifle Brigade.
Died of wounds in France & Flanders on 15th December 1915. Aged
27. Born and lived Stoke Poges, Bucks. Enlisted London. Son of Mrs.
M. A. Margetts, of The Firs, Stoke Poges, Slough, Bucks. Native
of Stoke Poges. Buried: Etaples Military Cemetery, Pas de Calais,
France. Ref. VI. A. 16. |
MAYNARD |
George |
Driver
177007. "D Battery, 14th Brigade, Royal Horse Artillery. Killed
in action in France & Flanders on 6th March 1917. Born North Mymms.
Enlisted Hatfield. Husband of Mrs. B. Maynard, of Cloverhill, Woodside
Grove, North Finchley, London. Buried: Mailly Wood Cemetery, Somme,
France. Ref. ~II. F. 1. |
NASH |
Thomas
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Private
25928. 3rd Battalion Bedfordshire Regiment. Died at home on 24th
February 1916. Aged 25. Born and lived North Mymms. Enlisted Bedford.
Son of Charles John and Sarah Nash, of North Mymms. Buried: North
Mymms (St. Mary) Churchyard. |
NASH. |
John |
Private
122786. Machine Gun Corps (Infantry). Killed in action in France
& Flanders on 2nd September 1918. Born North Mymms. Lived Hatfield.
Enlisted Watford. Buried Combles Communal Cemetery Extension, Somme,
France. Ref. II. D. 3. |
PAYNE |
Arthur
George |
Lance
Corporal 7769. 1st Battalion Bedfordshire Regiment. Died of wounds
in France & Flanders on 24th October 1914. Aged 28. Born North Mymms.
Lived Colney Heath. Enlisted St. Albans. Husband of Emily May Payne,
of Bloomfield, Colney Heath, St. Albans, Herts. Buried: Boulogne
Eastern Cemetery, Pas de Calais, France. Ref. III. A. 8. |
PERRY |
F.L. |
Private.
Rifle Brigade. No further information available at present. |
POLLARD |
Albert
Edward |
Private
G/65795. 13th Battalion Royal Fusiliers. Formerly 35601 Essex Regiment.
Died of wounds in France & Flanders on 27th November 1917. Born
Peckham. Lived Hatfield. Enlisted Stamford Hill. Buried: Voormezeele
Enclosures No.1 and No. 2, Ieper, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium. Ref.
I. M. 5. |
SEYMOUR |
Francis |
Lieutenant.
7th Battalion King's Royal Rifle Corps. Killed in action on 30th
July 1915. Commemorated: Ypres (Menin Gate) Memorial, Ieper, West-Vlaanderen,
Belgium. Panel 51 and 53. |
SHUTTLEWORTH |
Frank |
Private
2656. 1st/23rd Battalion London Regiment. Killed in action in France
& Flanders on 26th May 1915. Aged 24. Born Wilmslow, Cheshire. Lived
Hatfield, Herts. Enlisted Clapham Junction. Son of Samuel Shuttleworth,
of Council School, Wilmslow, Manchester. Commemorated: Le Touret
Memorial, Pas de Calais, France. Panels 45 & 46. |
SIBLEY |
Leonard
William |
Lance
Corporal G/41352. 2nd Battalion Middlesex Regiment. Killed in action
in France & Flanders on 16th August 1917. Born Colney Heath. Lived
St. Albans. Enlisted Bedford. Commemorated: Tyne Cot Memorial, Zonnebeke,
West-Vlaanderen, Belgium. Panel 113 to 115. |
SMITH |
George
Edward |
Corporal
23013. 4th Battalion Bedfordshire Regiment. Died of wounds in France
& Flanders on 27th December 1917. Aged 20. Born and lived North
Mymms. Enlisted St. Albans. Son of William add Elizabeth Smith,
of North Mymms, Herts. Buried: Rocquigny-Equancourt Road British
Cemetery, Manancourt, Somme, France. Ref. VII.D. 5. |
STREET |
Albert |
Private
G/15537. 11th Battalion Royal Sussex Regiment. Killed in action
with the British Expeditionary Force on 21st October 1916. Aged
23. Born St. Albans. Enlisted Hertford. Son of Mr. and Mrs. G. Street,
of 34, Portland St., St. Albans. Buried: Mill Road Cemetery, Thiepval,
Somme, France. Ref. XVIII. C. 4. |
VENABLES. |
George |
Private
39641. 8th Battalion Gloucestershire Regiment. Formerly 3035 Hertfordshire
Regiment. Died of wounds in France & Flanders on 19th January 1918.
Born North Mymms. Enlisted Hertford. Buried: Rocquigny-Equancourt
Road British Cemetery, Manancourt, Somme, France. Ref. IX. D. 26. |
WILKINSON |
J |
Private.
Liverpool Regiment. No further information available at present.
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WREN |
George
John |
Private
36504. 6th Battalion Royal Berkshire Regiment. Formerly 5709 Hertfordshire
Regiment. Killed in action in France & Flanders on 17th February
1917. Aged 36. Born Hatfield. Lived Welham Green. Enlisted Hertford.
Son of John Wren, of 4, Pretoria Cottages, North Mymms, Hatfield,
Herts. Commemorated: Thiepval Memorial, Somme, France. Pier and
Face 11 D. |
ALSO
THOSE WHO FELL
IN THE 1939- 1945 WAR |
.BELLCHAMBERS |
Frederick
George |
Sergeant
(Flight Engineer) 1221132. 61 Squadron Royal Air Force Volunteer
Reserve. Died on 1st October 1942. Buried: Newark-Upon-Trent Cemetery.
Ref. Sec. P. Grave 306. |
BRANDON |
Sydney
John |
Aircraftman
2nd Class 1644180. Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve. Died on 23rd
March 1944. Aged 41. Son of Frederick and Sarah Brandon; husband
of Elsie Clara Brandon, of Hatfield. Buried: Ippollits (St. Ippolyt)
New Churchyard, Hertfordshire. Ref. By Path. |
CHARKHAM-BEOFS |
Sidney
Frederick |
Major
124206. 2nd Battalion The Hertfordshire Regiment, Bedfordshire and
Hertfordshire Regiment. Died on 16th May 1944. Aged 28. Son of Jack
and Bessie Charkham; husband of Beatrice Lilian Charkham, of Hatfield,
Hertfordshire. Buried: Cassino War Cemetery, Italy. Ref. XII. F.
20. |
CURRY. |
Stephen
Edward Frederick |
Flight
Lieutenant (Pilot) 37006. 51 Squadron Royal Air Force. Died on 20th
July 1940. Aged 24. Son of Frederick Edward Curry, and of Annie
Blanche Stephanie Curry, of Brookman's Park, Hertfordshire. Buried:
Reichswald Forest War Cemetery, Kleve, Nordrhein-Westfalen, Germany.
Ref. 17. A. 4. |
DAY |
Joseph
Robert George |
Sergeant
(Air Gunner) 1872295. 138 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve.
Died on 6th November 1943. Aged 19. Son of Joseph William and Gladys
M. Day; husband of D. I. S. Day, of Rainworth, Nottinghamshire.
Buried: Liesse Communal Cemetery, Aisne, France. Ref Mil. Plot.
Row C. Coll. grave 1-6. |
FIELD |
Anthony
Thomas |
Lance
Corporal 14734666. 3rd Battalion Monmouthshire Regiment. Died on
2nd April 1945. Aged 19. Son of George Frederick and Emily Louisa
Field, of North Mymms, Hertfordshire. Buried: Reichswald Forest
War Cemetery, Nordrhein-Westfalen, Germany. Ref. 61. A. 7. |
FLEETWOOD-MAY |
John |
Flight
Sergeant 1254797. 78 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve.
Died on 11th August 1942. Aged 20. Son of Cecil and Winifred Fleetwood-May,
of Highgate, Middlesex. Commemorated: Runnymede Memorial, Surrey.
Panel 74. |
GILER |
W.C.
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Flight
Sergeant, Royal Air Force. No further information available at present.
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HALL |
Frank |
Second
Lieutenant 156326. 5th Battalion Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire
Regiment. Died on 13th February 1942. Aged 23. Son of Mr. and Mrs.
F. G. Hall, of North Mymms, Hertfordshire. Commemorated: Singapore
Memorial. Column 61. |
HAMMETT |
Alfred
Cecil |
Warrant
Officer Class I (Sub-Condr.) 2044946. Attd. H.Q. 20th Indian Infantry
Brigade, Royal Artillery. Died on 9th March 1944. Aged 29. Buried:
Ramleh War Cemetery, Israel. Ref. 5. A. 8. |
HEDGECOE,
D.F.C. & Bar |
Edward
Richard |
Squadron
Leader (Pilot). 151 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve.
Died on 1st January 1945. Aged 34. Son of Richard Harold and Selina
Hedgecoe; husband of Sheila Sandford Hedgecoe, of Brookmans Park.
Awarded the Distinguished Flying Cross and Bar. Buried: North Mymms
(St. Mary) Churchyard Extension. Ref. Grave 261. |
HOBBS. |
Lynn
Frederick |
Pilot
Officer (Observer) 117146. Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve. Died
on 26th January 1942. Aged 19. Son of Frederick George and Rose
Violet Hobbs, of Brookmans Park. Buried: North Mymms (St. Mary)
Churchyard Extension. Ref. Grave 221. |
KING |
R.D.C. |
2nd
Lieutenant, Royal Air Force. No further information available at
present. |
KNIGHT |
M.
A. |
Royal
Norfolk Regiment. No further information available at present. |
MARTIN |
Douglas
Victor Robert |
Lieutenant
156468. 1/6th Battalion East Surrey Regiment. Died on 13th April
1943. Aged 26. Son of William and Nellie Eva Martin, of Brookmans
Park, Hertfordshire. Buried: Medjez-El-Bab War Cemetery, Tunisia.
Ref. 12. G. 11. |
MILLS |
R.E. |
Possibly:
Ronald Edward Mills. Flight Lieutenant 37605. 114 Squadron, Royal
Air Force. Died on 11th November 1939. Son of Albert Edward and
Maud Edith Mills; husband of Joan Kathleen Mills, of Passfield,
Hampshire. Commemorated: Runnymede Memorial, Surrey. Panel 1. |
NASH |
Harold |
Sergeant
(Pilot) 1319053. 166 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve.
Died on 3rd August 1943. Aged 29. Son of Harry and Alice Nash; husband
of Joy Nash, of St. Albans, Hertfordshire. Buried: Westdongeradeel(Ternaard)
Protestant Churchyard, Friesland, Netherlands. Ref. Row 1A. Grave
8. |
PULFORD. |
John
Henry Martin |
Sergeant
912307. 7 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve. Died on 18th
December 1941. Aged 22. Son of Frank Alfred and Ethel May Pulford,
of Brookmans Park, Hertfordshire. Commemorated: Runnymede Memorial,
Surrey. Panel 50. |
SMITH |
Ernest
Charles |
Driver
T/14444400. Royal Army Service Corps. Died on 29th June 1944. Aged
18. Son of Mrs. E. Simmons, of Welham Green. Buried: North Mymms
(St. Mary) Churchyard Extension. Ref. Grave 144. |
STANBRIDGE |
Kenneth
Frederick |
Sergeant
(Pilot) 1445546. 102 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve.
Died on 20th January 1944. Aged 22. Son of Mr. and Mrs. Philip Walter
Stanbridge, of Salisbury, South Australia. Buried: Berlin 1939-1945
War Cemetery, Germany. Ref. 7. C. 8. |
Buried
in the Cemetery, not on the memorial.
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CURD |
Sidney
John |
Corporal
6351920. 9th Battalion Queen's Own Royal West Kent Regiment. Died
on 6th October 1941. Son of Charles and Ellen Curd; husband of Mary
E. L. Curd, of North Mymms. Buried: North Mymms (St. Mary) Churchyard
~Extension. Ref. Grave 215. |
PEARCE |
Samuel
Walter |
Private
6025351. 1st Battalion The Hertfordshire Regiment, Bedfordshire
and Hertfordshire Regiment. Died on 10th February 1946. Aged 30.
Son of Herbert William and Rose Mary Pearce; husband of Hannah Pearce,
of North Mymms. Buried: North Mymms (St. Mary) Churchyard Extension.
Ref. Grave 279. |
SULLIVAN |
Leslie
Alfred |
Lance
Corporal 6089799. Corps of Military Police. Died on 28th June 1942.
Aged 21. Son of Alfred William and Doris Elizabeth Sullivan, of
Little Heath, Middlesex. Buried: North Mymms (St. Mary) Churchyard
Extension. Ref. Grave 229. |
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