Roll of Honour - Hertfordshire - St. Albans, Sopwell Lane

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ST ALBANS, SOPWELL LANE WAR MEMORIAL

World War 1 - Detailed information
Compiled and copyright © Martin Edwards 2006

In 1914 Sopwell Lane, once a main thoroughfare for coaches before the age of the railways, was a crwoded street of old houses, many in poor repair, inns, shops, lodging houses.. (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

BAKER	James [John]	Private 4/7173, 2nd Battalion, Bedfordshire Regiment. Died of wounds 27th April 1915. Born Stoke Hammond, Buckinghamshire, enlisted and resident St Albans. Husband of Clara Baker, of 70, Sopwell Lane, St. Albans. Served in the South African Campaign. Buried in BOULOGNE EASTERN CEMETERY, Pas de Calais, France. Plot VIII. Row A. Grave 24. See also St Albans WW1 memorial
BEASLEY	[Arthur] William	Private 14267, 7th Battalion, Bedfordshire Regiment. Died of wounds 28th October 1916. Born Sopwell, hertfordshire (sic), enlisted and resident St Albans. Buried in CONTAY BRITISH CEMETERY, CONTAY, Somme, France. Plot IV. Row C. Grave 19. See also St Albans WW1 memorial
EPHGRAVE	Bert	No further information currently available See also St Albans WW1 memorial
EPHGRAVE	John [W]	No further information currently available See also St Albans WW1 memorial
FOUNTAIN	Charles [W]	No further information currently available See also St Albans WW1 memorial
GAZELEY	Harry	No further information currently available See also St Albans WW1 memorial
GAZELEY	Jesse	No further information currently available See also St Albans WW1 memorial
HALES	Ralph	No further information currently available See also St Albans WW1 memorial
HALSEY	George	No further information currently available See also St Albans WW1 memorial
JAVELEAU	Charles	Private 269396, Hertfordshire Regiment. Killed in action 31st July 1917. Aged 20. Born, resident and enlisted St Albans. Son of the late Mr. and Mrs. H. Javeleau, of 2, Orchard St., St. Albans, Herts. Formerly 6295, Essex Regiment. No known grave. Commemorated on THIEPVAL MEMORIAL, Somme, France. Panel 54 and 56. See also St Albans WW1 memorial
PARLES, MSM	Bertram	Corporal 19796, 7th Battalion, Bedfordshire Regiment. Died of wounds 6th April 1918. Aged 24. Born, resident and enlisted St Albans. Son of Harry and Emily Parles, of St. Albans, Herts. Awarded the Meritorious Service Medal. Buried in ABBEVILLE COMMUNAL CEMETERY EXTENSION, Somme, France. Plot III. Row G. Grave 30. See also St Albans WW1 memorial
POPE	Percy	No further information currently available See also St Albans WW1 memorial
SWAIN	Noah	No further information currently available See also St Albans WW1 memorial
WRIGHT	Herbert	No further information currently available See also St Albans WW1 memorial
WALDOCK	William	No further information currently available See also St Albans WW1 memorial

R.I.P.

Last updated: 19 January, 2006

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