
ST ALBANS, BARDWELL ROAD WAR MEMORIAL
World War 1 - Detailed information
Compiled and copyright © Martin Edwards 2006
The
Bardwell Road memorial is istuated near the junction of Thorpe Road
and Bardwell Road and commemorates the men lost from both roads. The
only entrance to Bardwell Road in 1914 was via Thorpe Road. The memorial
was on No. 1 Bardwell Road. (Details taken from "THE STREET MEMORIALS
OF ST ALBANS ABBEY PARISH" by Alice Goodman published by St Alban's
and Hertfordshire Architectural and Archaeological Society 1987 ISBN
0 901194 08 5)
FOR
REMEMBRANCE
1914-1918
THORPE
ROAD |
GATHARD |
Arthur |
Lance
Corporal 17138, 8th Battalion, Bedfordshire Regiment. Died of wounds
in United Kingdom 31st January 1916. Aged 25. Resident 7 Thorpe
Road. Born, resident and enlisted St Albans. Son of William and
Emily Gathard, of 7, Thorpe Rd., St. Albans. Buried in ST. ALBANS
CEMETERY, Hertfordshire. Plot C. Row J. Grave 32. See also St
Albans WW1 memorial. |
WALDOCK |
Ernest
[Frederick George] |
Rifleman
C/437, 16th Battalion, King's Royal Rifle Corps. Killed in action
21st July 1916. Aged 20. Resident 1 Thorpe Road. Born and enlisted
St Albans. Son of William and Elizabeth Waldock, of 1, Thorpe Rd.,
St. Albans, Herts. Employed at Vyse's Hat factory, Rigmont Road,
and his name appears on their memorial also. No known grave. Commemorated
on THIEPVAL MEMORIAL, Somme, France. Pier and Face 13 A and 13 B.
See also St Albans WW1 memorial and
Vyse & Son War Memorial. |
R.I.P.
BARDWELL
ROAD |
LAUGHLAND |
Sidney
[James] |
Rifleman
R/39459, 16th Battalion, King's Royal Rifle Corps. Died of wounds
30th April 1918. Aged 25. Resident 26 Bardwell Road. Born St Paul's,
Middlesex, enlisted St. Albans. Son of Mrs. Marien Emma Laughland,
of 21, Spicer St., St. Albans. Formerly 224185, Royal Artillery.
Buried in KORTRIJK (ST. JAN) COMMUNAL CEMETERY, Kortrijk, West-Vlaanderen,
Belgium. Plot/Row/Section C. Grave 24. See also St
Albans WW1 memorial. |
SKINNER |
Harry |
Private
G/40894, 4th Battalion, Duke of Cambridge's Own (Middlesex Regiment).
Killed in action 10th April 1917. Aged 36. Resident 10 Bardwell
Road. Born and resident St Albans, enlisted Dover, Kent. Son of
George and Maria Skinner, of St. Albans; husband of Annie Sarah
Skinner, of 10, Bardwell Rd., St. Albans, Herts. Formerly G/16907,
Royal West Kent Regiment. Buried in FEUCHY BRITISH CEMETERY, Pas
de Calais, France. Plot I. Row B. Grave 16. See also St
Albans WW1 memorial. |
SKINNER |
William
[James] |
Lance
Corporal 27570, 2nd Battalion, Bedfordshire Regiment. Killed in
action 3rd January 1918. Aged 27. Resident 18 Bardwell Road. Born
North Shields, resident and enlisted St Albans. Son of James and
Annie Jones Skinner, of 18, Bardwell Rd., St. Albans, Herts. No
known grave. Commemorated on TYNE COT MEMORIAL, Zonnebeke, West-Vlaanderen,
Belgium. Panel 48 to 50 and 162A. See also St
Albans WW1 memorial. |
SUTTON |
Herbert |
Private
29663, 4th Battalion, Bedfordshire Regiment. Killed in action 8th
February 1917. Resident 2 New Cootages, Wat ford Road. Born, resident
and enlisted St Albans. Buried in ANCRE BRITISH CEMETERY, BEAUMONT-HAMEL,
Somme, France. Plot VII. Row E. Grave 26. See also St
Albans WW1 memorial. |
R.I.P. |
Last updated:
11 August, 2012
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