MARC |
G.I.A. |
Captain.
Herts Artillery. No further information available at present. |
MARC
|
A.K. |
Sub
Lieutenant. Royal Navy. No further information available at present. |
HORWOOD,
M.M. |
Charles |
2nd
Lieutenant. Royal Berkshire Regiment. Awarded the Military Medal.
No further information available at present. |
BAKER
|
Alexander |
Lance
Corporal. Tank Corps. No further information available at present. |
BAKER |
Arthur |
Lancashire
Fusiliers. No further information available at present. |
BAKER |
George |
Royal
Army Medical Corps. No further information available at present. |
BAKER |
Harold |
C.E.F.
No further information available at present. |
BAKER,
C.S.M |
Raymond |
Bedfordshire
Regiment. Awarded the Conspicuous Service Medal. No further information
available at present. |
BALDWIN |
Alexander |
Royal
Warwickshire Regiment. No further information available at present. |
BALDWIN |
Arnold |
Hampshire
Regiment. No further information available at present. |
BALDWIN,
C.S.M. |
Arthur |
Bedfordshire
Regiment. Awarded the Conspicuous Service Medal. No further information
available at present. |
BALDWIN,
D.C.M. MM |
H. |
Corporal.
Bedfordshire Regiment. Awarded the Distinguished Conduct Medal
and Military Medal. No further information available at present. |
BALDWIN
|
Lewis |
Agrl.
Battalion. No further information available at present. |
BARLOW |
Joseph |
Bedfordshire
Regiment. No further information available at present. |
BATCHELOR |
Herbert |
Bedfordshire
Regiment. No further information available at present. |
BATSON |
Henry |
Royal
Field Artillery. No further information available at present. |
BIGNELL |
Albert |
Royal
Engineers. No further information available at present. |
BIRCH |
Alfred |
H.M.S.
Europa. Royal Navy. No further information available at present. |
BIRCH |
James |
Hampshire
Regiment. No further information available at present. |
BIRCH |
Joseph |
Royal
Army Service Corps. No further information available at present. |
BLUNDELL
|
Albert |
Lance
Corporal. Queen’s Regiment. No further information available at
present. |
BLUNDELL
|
Arthur |
Sergeant.
Machine Gun Corps. No further information available at present. |
BLUNDELL
|
Bertie |
Corporal.
Royal Army Medical Corps. No further information available at
present. |
BRIDGES |
Ernest |
Labour
Corps. No further information available at present. |
BRIDGES
|
Gilbert |
Hertfordshire
Regiment. No further information available at present. |
BROWN |
Sidney |
Bedfordshire
Regiment. No further information available at present. |
BURCH
|
Edwin |
Sergeant.
Queen’s Regiment. No further information available at present. |
BURCH |
Frederick |
Hertfordshire
Regiment. No further information available at present. |
BURCH |
Thomas |
Essex
Regiment. No further information available at present. |
BUSBY |
Ernest |
Bedfordshire
Regiment. No further information available at present. |
BUSBY |
Frederick |
Royal
Inniskilling Fusiliers. No further information available at present. |
BUTCHERS
|
George |
Royal
Army Service Corps. No further information available at present. |
BUTCHERS |
Joseph |
Royal
Engineers. No further information available at present. |
COKER |
John |
R.B.H.
No further information available at present. |
COKER |
Mason |
R.B.H.
No further information available at present. |
DELL |
Arthur |
Bedfordshire
Regiment. No further information available at present. |
DELL |
Edgar |
Hertfordshire
Regiment. No further information available at present. |
DELL |
Ernest |
Lance
corporal. Royal Engineers. No further information available at
present. |
DELL |
Frederick |
Royal
Air Force. No further information available at present. |
DELL |
Herbert |
Royal
Army Service Corps. No further information available at present. |
DELL |
Horace |
Royal
Engineers. No further information available at present. |
DELL |
James |
R.D.C.
No further information available at present. |
DELL |
John |
Royal
Army Service Corps. No further information available at present. |
DELL |
Johnson |
Bedfordshire
Regiment. No further information available at present. |
DELL |
Sidney |
Bedfordshire
Regiment. No further information available at present. |
DELL |
Walter |
Yorks
and Lancashire Regiment. No further information available at present.
|
DWIGHT |
Alfred |
Royal
Air Force. No further information available at present. |
DWIGHT
|
Altimus |
Corporal.
Highland Light Infantry. No further information available at present. |
DWIGHT |
Arthur |
Royal
Sussex Regiment. No further information available at present. |
EGGLETON |
C.D. |
Royal
Sussex Regiment. No further information available at present. |
EGGLETON |
G.W. |
Bedfordshire
Regiment. No further information available at present. |
EUSTACE |
George |
West
Riding Regiment. No further information available at present. |
EUSTACE |
Harry |
Royal
Engineers. No further information available at present. |
EUSTACE |
Sidney |
Suffolk
Regiment. No further information available at present. |
FOLKS |
Leonard |
O.E.E.
No further information available at present. |
FOLKS
|
Percy |
Sergeant.
Dublin Light Infantry. No further information available at present. |
GASGOINE |
William |
Coldstream
Guards. No further information available at present. |
GILBERT |
Arthur |
Royal
Engineers. No further information available at present. |
GILBERT
|
E. |
Lance
Corporal. Hampshire Cyclists Battalion. No further information
available at present. |
GURNEY
|
C. |
Corporal.
Bedfordshire Regiment. No further information available at present. |
GURNEY |
Frank |
Nottinghamshire
& Derbyshire Regiment. No further information available at present. |
GURNEY |
Frederick |
O.E.L.I.
No further information available at present. |
GURNEY
|
Frederick
E. |
Lance
Corporal. Bedfordshire Regiment. No further information available
at present. |
GURNEY |
Harold |
Royal
Engineers. No further information available at present. |
GURNEY |
Mathew |
Royal
Engineers. No further information available at present. |
GURNEY
|
Sidney |
Labour
Corps. No further information available at present. |
GURNEY |
William |
R.C.A.
No further information available at present. |
HEARN |
Charles |
Bedfordshire
Regiment. No further information available at present. |
HOAR |
Harry |
Bedfordshire
Regiment. No further information available at present. |
HORWOOD |
Joseph |
Royal
Army Medical Corps. No further information available at present. |
HORWOOD
|
Frederick |
Corporal.
Bedfordshire Regiment. No further information available at present. |
KINGHAM |
George |
Seaforth
Highlanders. No further information available at present. |
PARSLOWE,
MM |
C. |
Corporal.
Hertfordshire Regiment. Awarded the Military Medal. No further
information available at present. |
PARSLOWE |
Joseph |
Hertfordshire
Regiment. No further information available at present. |
PARSLOWE |
William |
Bedfordshire
Regiment. No further information available at present. |
REDDINGS |
Arthur |
Machine
Gun Corps. No further information available at present. |
REDDINGS |
Stanley |
Royal
Army Service Corps. No further information available at present. |
REYNOLDS
|
Ernest |
Corporal.
Bedfordshire Regiment. No further information available at present. |
REYNOLDS |
Mark |
Royal
Engineers. No further information available at present. |
ROWE |
Albert |
Royal
Engineers. No further information available at present. |
ROWE
|
Bertie |
Royal
Field Artillery. No further information available at present. |
ROWE |
Harold |
Royal
Engineers. No further information available at present. |
ROWE |
Harry |
Cheshire
Regiment. No further information available at present. |
ROWE |
Joseph |
R.A.Y.C.
No further information available at present. |
STRATFORD |
William |
Bedfordshire
Regiment. No further information available at present. |
THOMAS |
Ernest |
Royal
Army Service Corps. No further information available at present. |
TREBETT |
Charles |
Royal
Field Artillery. No further information available at present. |
TURNEY |
Sidney |
Labour
Corps. No further information available at present. |
WALKER
|
Ernest |
Lance
Corporal. O.B.L. I. No further information available at present. |
WILSON
|
Cecil |
Bombardier.
R.C.A. No further information available at present. |
WHO
SERVED IN
THE GREAT WAR
1914 – 1918
|
TO
THE ABIDING HONOUR
OF THE
MEN OF THIS PARISH
WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES
FOR FREEDON AND RIGHT
IN THE GREAT WAR
1914 - 1918
Their
reward is with the Lord and the care of them is with the most
high. |
BAKER
|
Albert
Thomas |
Private
265441. "F" Company, 1st/1st Battalion, Hertfordshire Regiment.
Killed in action in France & Flanders on 4th November 1918. Aged
22. Born and lived Wigginton. Enlisted Tring. Son of Mrs. Lucy
Baker, of Red Cottages, Wigginton, Tring, Herts. Buried: Ghissignies
British Cemetery, Nord, France. Ref. A. 3. |
BAKER
|
Archibald |
Private
24742. "D" Company, 6th Battalion The Buffs (East Kent Regiment).
Killed in action in France & Flanders on 3rd May 1918. Aged 19.
Born and lived Wigginton. Enlisted Watford. Son of Fredrick and
Lucy Baker, of Red Cottages, Wigginton, Tring. Buried: Mailly
Wood Cemetery, Mailly-Maillet Somme, France. Ref. II. J. 7. |
BAKER |
Walter
Ernest |
Private
32331. 8th Battalion East Surrey Regiment. (Memorial says Middlesex
Regiment). Killed in action in France & Flanders on 3rd May 1917.
Aged 35. Born Wigginton. Enlisted Bedford. Son of Charles and
Phoebe Baker, of Wigginton Bottom; husband of Louisa Alice Baker,
of Chesham Rd., Wigginton, Tring, Herts. Commemorated: Arras Memorial,
Pas de Calais, France. Bay 6. |
BALDWIN
|
George
Samuel |
Probably:
Gunner 176326. "C" Battery, 70th Brigade, Royal Field Artillery.
Killed in action in France & Flanders on 3rd April 1917. Lived
Mayfair. Enlisted Alton, Hampshire. Commemorated: Arras Memorial,
Pas de Calais, France. Bay 1. |
BALDWIN
|
Sydney
James |
Driver
8842. 29th Division Ammunition Col., Royal Field Artillery. Died
at sea on 23rd October 1915. Born Wigginton. Enlisted Bedford.
Commemorated: Mikra Memorial, Greece. |
BIRCH |
John |
Private
42443. 1st Battalion Lincolnshire Regiment. Killed in action in
France & Flanders on 21st March 1918. Aged 19. Born and lived
Wigginton. Enlisted Aylesbury. Son of George William and Mary
Louise Birch, of Pheasant Cottage, Wigginton, Tring, Herts. Commemorated:
Pozieres Memorial, Somme, France. Panel 23 and 24. |
BLAKE |
Ernest |
Private
3715. 2nd/1st Bucks Battalion, Oxford and Bucks Light Infantry.
Killed in action in France & Flanders on 22nd April 1916. Aged
21. Lived Wigginton. Enlisted Aylesbury. Son of George Blake,
of Wigginton, Tring, Herts. Buried: Hebuterne Military Cemetery,
Pas de Calais, France. Ref. I. B. 1. |
BROWN |
Arthur |
Private
96080. 2nd/6th Battalion Sherwood Foresters (Notts and Derby Regiment).
Formerly 28875 Gloucestershire Regiment. Killed in action in France
& Flanders on 2nd December 1917. Aged 26. Born Wiggington. Lived
Horsham, Sussex. Enlisted Aylesbury, Bucks. Son of Charles and
Christiana Brown, of Chesham Rd., Wigginton, Tring, Herts; husband
of Sarah Brown, of Ivy Cottage, High St., Handcross, Sussex. Commemorated:
Cambrai Memorial, Louverval, Nord, France. Panel 8. |
BUSBY |
Martin |
Private
266136. 1st Battalion Hertfordshire. Died in France & Flanders
on 24th January 1918. Aged 25. Born and lived Wiggington. Enlisted
Hertford. Son of Mr. and Mrs. R. Baker, of Wigginton Bottom, Herts.
Buried: Canada Farm Cemetery, Ieper, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium.
Ref. III. G. 33. |
DEDMAN |
Frederick
William |
Private
R4/095441. Remount Depot, Army Service Corps. Died at home on
30th December 1915. Born St Pancras. Lived and enlisted Tring.
Buried: Netley Military Cemetery, Hampshire. Ref. C.E. 1771. |
DELDERFIELD |
James
|
Private
20027. 2nd Battalion Bedfordshire Regiment. Transferred to (601505)
142nd Company Labour Corps. Died in France & Flanders on 26th
August 1918. Aged 33. Born Wigginton. Lived Berkhamsted. Enlisted
Watford. Son of James and Mary Ann Delderfield, of Berkhamsted;
husband of Elizabeth Delderfield, of 13, Middle Rd., Berkhamsted,
Herts. Buried: Puchevillers British Cemetery, Somme, France. Ref.
III. D. 12. |
DELL
|
Albert
Edward |
Corporal
5404. Army Cyclist Corps. Formerly 13438 Bedfordshire Regiment.
Died of wounds in France & Flanders on 3rd May 1918. Aged 33.
Born and lived Wigginton. Enlisted Watford. Husband of Beatrice
Dell, of Lower Wigginton, Tring, Herts. Buried Hedauville Communal
Cemetery Extension, Somme, France. Ref. A. 10. |
DELL |
Bertie |
Coldstream
Guards. No further information available at present. |
DELL |
George |
Private
24323. 13th Battalion East Surrey Regiment. Killed in action in
France & Flanders on 30th May 1917. Born Wittington (sic), Herts.
Lived Lower Streatham, Surrey. Enlisted Kingston-on-Thames, Surrey.
Commemorated: Gouzeaucourt New British Cemetery, Nord, France.
Sp. Mem. A. 13. |
DWIGHT
|
Horace
Oliver |
Serjeant
266133. Hertfordshire Regiment. Killed in action in France & Flanders
on 21st September 1917. Born Wigginton. Lived Tring. Enlisted
Hertford. Commemorated: Tyne Cot Memorial, Zonnebeke, West-Vlaanderen,
Belgium. Panel 153. |
EGGLETON |
Arthur |
Private
8687. 2nd Battalion Northamptonshire Regiment. Killed in action
in France & Flanders on 8th July 1916. Aged 29. Born Wigginton.
Enlisted Berkhamsted. Son of Thomas and Annie Eggleton, of Wigginton
Bottom, Tring, Herts. Commemorated: Thiepval Memorial, Somme,
France. Pier and Face 11 A and 11 D. |
FIELD
|
William |
Corporal
10801. 5th Battalion Royal Berkshire Regiment. Killed in action
in France & Flanders on 20th March 1916. Aged 27. Born Marylebone.
Lived Tring. Enlisted London. Son of Mrs. Mary L. Birch, of Pheasant
Cottage, Wigginton, Tring, Herts. Commemorated: Loos Memorial,
Pas de Calais, France. Panel 93 to 95. |
FULKS |
Robert |
Private
45650. 4th Battalion Suffolk Regiment. Killed in action in France
& Flanders on 26th September 1917. Aged 29. Born Tring. Enlisted
Harlesden, Middlesex. Son of James and Louisa Fulks, of Egremont,
Alberta, Canada; husband of Emma Fulks, of Beaumont House, Heronsgate,
Rickmansworth, Herts. Commemorated: Tyne Cot Memorial, Zonnebeke,
West-Vlaanderen, Belgium. Panel 40 to 41 and 162 to 162A. |
GROGAN
|
Patrick |
The
Buffs. No further information available at present. |
GURNEY |
Mark |
The
Buffs. No further information available at present. |
KINGHAM |
Arthur
Edward |
Private
35628. 7th Battalion The Buffs (East Kent Regiment). Died in France
& Flanders on 19th October 1918. Aged 21. Born and lived Wigginton.
Enlisted Herts. Son of Frederick Kingham, of Wigginton, Tring,
Herts. Buried: Villers-Bretonneux Military Cemetery, Somme, France.
Ref. XVII. AA. 10. |
MEAD |
Arthur
|
Private
27768. 8th Battalion Bedfordshire Regiment. Killed in action in
France & Flanders on 27th June 1917. Aged 36. Born and lived Wigginton.
Enlisted Bedford. Son of James and Louisa Mead, of Clay Hill,
Wigginton, Tring. Buried: Philosophe British Cemetery, Mazingarbe,
Pas de Calais, France. Ref. I. S. 37. |
ROWE
|
Walter |
Private
26340. 9th Battalion Norfolk Regiment. (Memorial says Nottinghamshire
Regiment). Died of wounds in France & Flanders on 30th November
1917. Aged 35. Born Wigginton. Enlisted Tring. Son of George and
Annie Rowe; husband of Elizabeth Rowe, of Wick Rd., Wigginton,
Tring, Herts. Buried: Rocquigny-Equancourt Road British Cemetery,
Manancourt, Somme, France. Ref. VI A 8. |
TURNEY |
George
Henry |
Private
19163. 2nd Battalion Bedfordshire Regiment. Died of wounds in
France & Flanders on 22nd August 1918. Aged 28. Born and lived
Wigginton. Enlisted Watford. Son of William and Hannah Maria Turney,
of Clay Hill, Wigginton, Tring, Herts. Buried: Daours Communal
Cemetery Extension, Somme, France. Ref. V. A. 19. |
BIRCH |
George |
Canadian
Regiment. No further information available at present. |
GURNEY
|
Harold |
Hertfordshire
Regiment. No further information available at present. |
Buried
in the churchyard
|
PENN |
Albert
James |
 |
Sapper
1648677. Royal Engineers. Died on 4th December 1942. Aged 31.
Son of Frederick John and Kate Penn; husband of Louisa Penn, of
Wigginton. Buried: Wigginton (St. Bartholomew) Churchyard. N.W.
Corner.
1648677
SAPPER
ROYAL ENGINEERS
4TH DECEMBER 1942
AGE 31
LOVED AND REMEMBERED |
|
OSBORNE,
VC |
James |
 |
Sacred
to the Memory of
Private James Osborne VC
By all ranks 2nd Bn.
The Northamptonshire Regiment.
In which he won the Victoria Cross
At Wesselstroom on 22nd Feb. 1881
Born 13th April 1857.
Died 1st February 1928
R.I.P
Part of Private Osborne’s citation reads as follows: On the
22nd February 1881, Private Osborne rode under extremely heavy
fire, towards a party of more than 40 Boers, he then picked up
Private Mayes, who had been lying wounded, and carried him safely
back into the camp at Wesselstroom, South Africa.
He
was 23 years old when he won the Victora Cross. For further
details see the Wikipedia
entry and also the Victoria
Cross web site |
|