WYMONDHAM
(LEICS)
WAR MEMORIAL
World
War 1 & 2 - Detailed Information
Compiled and Copyright © Martin
Edwards 2003
The
memoprialstands in the churchyard of St Peter's Church, Wymondham.
For
more details and to see photographs of the Rolls of Honour please visit
the Wymondham
War memorial site.
This
memorial cross
bears the honoured names
of the men of this parish
who
gave their lives
in the Great War 1914-1918
or in that of 1939-1945
and
it is dedicated to them
by their fellow villagers
in grateful remembrance 1914
– 1918
| BAINES |
Benjamin
Inchley |
[Spelt
Benjamin Hinckley on SDGW] Private 20874, 2nd Battalion, Leicestershire
Regiment. Killed in action in Mesopotamia Thursday 6th April 1916.
Age 25. Born and resident Wymondham, enlisted Leicester. Son of
Jane Elizabeth Baines, of Virginia Cottage, High St., Uppingham,
Rutland, and the late Benjamin Baines. Commemorated on BASRA MEMORIAL,
Iraq. Panel 12. |
| BELLAMY |
George
Eli |
Private
15873, 1st Battalion, Leicestershire Regiment. Killed in action
Wednesday 4th August 1915. Age 27. Born Manton, enlisted Leicester,
resident Wymondham. Son of Henry and Elizabeth Bellamy, of Wymondham,
Oakham. Buried in BIRR CROSS ROADS CEMETERY, Ieper, West-Vlaanderen,
Belgium. Grave II. D. 24. |
| DYKE |
Robert
William |
Private
29920, 2nd/4th Battalion, East Lancashire Regiment. Killed in action
Wednesday 10th October 1917. Age 19. Born and resident Wymondham,
enlisted Grantham. Son of William Henry and Lucy Dyke, of The Willows,
Wymondham, Oakham. Rutland. Formerly 37712, North Staffordshire
Regiment. Commemorated on TYNE COT MEMORIAL, Zonnebeke, West-Vlaanderen,
Belgium. Panel 77 to 79 and 163A. |
| HUDDLESTONE |
Albert
George Victor |
[Listed
as HUDDLESTON on CWGC] Private 14984, 7th Battalion, Leicestershire
Regiment. Died of wounds Friday 22nd March 1918. Age 22. Born and
resident Wymondham, enlisted Reading. Son of Christopher and Lucy
Huddleston. Buried in ROYE NEW BRITISH CEMETERY, Somme, France.
Grave II. D. 4. |
| JOHNSON |
Alfred |
Private
18/1468, 14th Battalion, Durham Light Infantry. Killed in action
Monday 18th September 1916. Age 30. Born Wymondham, enlisted Sheffield.
Son of Arthur and Mary Jane Johnson. Brother of Harold below. Commemorated
on THIEPVAL MEMORIAL, Somme, France. Pier and Face 14 A and 15 C |
| JOHNSON |
Harold |
Private
3460, 1st Battalion, Welsh Guards. Killed in action Friday 12th
October 1917. Age 26. Born Wymondham, enlisted Melton. Son of Arthur
and Mary Johnson. Brother of Alfred above. Commemorated on TYNE
COT MEMORIAL, Zonnebeke, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium. Panel 11. |
| KNOTT |
Reginald |
Private
20973, 6th Battalion, Leicestershire Regiment. Killed in action
Friday 2nd November 1917. Born and resident Wymondham, enlisted
Leicester. Brother of Mr. R. P. Knott, of Bungalows, Leicester Rd.,
Melton, Mowbray. Commemorated on TYNE COT MEMORIAL, Zonnebeke, West-Vlaanderen,
Belgium. Panel 50 to 51. |
| POLLARD |
Edward |
Private
40698, 8th Battalion, Prince of Wales's (North Staffordshire Regiment).
Killed in action Friday 12th April 1918. Age 30. Born Market Overton,
enlisted Beeston, Nottinghamshire. Son of Joseph and Ann Pollard,
of Wymondham, Oakham. His brother Harry also fell (see below). Formerly
51626, Nottinghamshire & Derbyshire Regiment. Commemorated on
TYNE COT MEMORIAL, Zonnebeke, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium. Panel 124
to 125 and 162 to 162A. |
| POLLARD |
Harry |
Private
13057, 7th Battalion, Leicestershire Regiment. Killed in action
Monday 27th May 1918. Age 23. Born and enlisted Melton Mowbray.
Son of Joseph and Amy Pollard, of Wymondham, Oakham. His brother
Edward also fell (see above). Commemorated on SOISSONS MEMORIAL,
Aisne, France. |
| SUMMERS |
John
William |
Able
Seaman R/687, "D" Company, Hood Battalion, Royal Naval
Division, Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve. Missing, assumed killed
in action 4th September 1918, later reported killed in action. Born
4 September 1898 at Wymondham, Leicestershire, he was killed on
his 20th birthday. Formerly served 90 days in Coldstreams Guards.
Enrolled 29th January 1917, entered 6th February 1917. With the
draft for BEF 12th November 1917, Hood Battalion 24th November 1917
to 31st December 1917 when he sustained gunshot wounds to his left
hand, invalided to the United Kingdom 18th February 1918 with enteritis.
Returned with the draft for BEF 11th June 1918, joined Hood Battalion
8th July 1918 and served with them until his death. A Farm Hand
by trade. He lived with his parents, Elizabeth and the late Richard,
at Church Cottage, Wymondham, Oakham, Leicestershire. According
to the 1911 census his mother was a widow and he lived with his
three sisters and brother at Park Cottages, Wymondham. Buried in
QUEANT ROAD CEMETERY, BUISSY, Pas de Calais, France. Plot VII. Row
B. Grave 1. |
| VEASY |
Albert |
[Spelt
VEASEY on CWGC] Lance Corporal 26908, 8th Battalion, Leicestershire
Regiment. Died Sunday 7th April 1918. Born and resident Wymondham,
enlisted Melton Mowbray. Buried in LE CATEAU MILITARY CEMETERY,
Nord, France. Grave I. B. 23. |
| VEASY |
John
Thomas |
[Spelt
VEASEY on CWGC] Private 20875, 9th Battalion, Leicestershire Regiment.
Killed in action Monday 25th September 1916. Born and resident Wymondham,
enlisted Leicester. Commemorated on THIEPVAL MEMORIAL, Somme, France.
Pier and Face 2 C and 3 A. |
| WILLETT |
Charles
William |
Private
13313, 7th Battalion, Leicestershire Regiment. Killed in action
Wednesday 2nd January 1918. Born Wymondham, enlisted Melton Mowbray,
resident Oakham. Son of William and Hannah Willett, of Wymondham,
Oakham, Rutland. Brother of Gerald Percy listed below. Buried in
EPEHY WOOD FARM CEMETERY, EPEHY, Somme, France. Grave IV. D. 14. |
| WILLETT |
Gerald
Percy |
Private
16160, 8th Battalion, Leicestershire Regiment. Killed in action
Wednesday 17th October 1917. Age 26. Born Wymondham, enlisted Melton
Mowbray, resident Grantham. Son of William and Hannah Willett, of
Wymondham, Oakham, Rutland. Brother of Charles William listed above.
Buried in HOOGE CRATER CEMETERY, Ieper, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium.
Grave I. C. 5. |
|
In the grave yard but not on the memorial |
| FRISBY |
Charles
George |
Private
6029, 12th Training Battalion, Depot, Leicestershire Regiment. Died
at home 21st February 1917. Born Wymondham, enlisted Loughborough,
resident Diseworth, Derbyshire. Buried in ST PETER CHURCHYARD, WYMONDHAM,
Leicestershire. |
1939–
1945 |
| CANTERFORD |
Thomas
William |
Gunner
555851, Royal Artillery. Died Tuesday 2nd July 1940. Age 23. Husband
of B. M. Canterford, of Market Overton, Rutland. Commemorated on
BROOKWOOD MEMORIAL, Surrey. Panel 3. Column 1. |
| DENT |
Robert |
probably
Robert Dent, Chief Engineer Officer, S.S. Nailsea Court (Cardiff),
Merchant Navy. Died 10th March 1943. Age 50. Son of William and
Mary Jane Dent; husband of Ruby Victoria Dent, of Rhiwbina, Glamorgan.
Commemorated on TOWER HILL MEMORIAL, London. Panel 71. |
| EMERTON |
John
Morris |
Second
Lieutenant 117317, 2/5th, Leicestershire Regiment. Died Saturday
25th May 1940. Age 20. Son of John E. and Annie Emerton, of Wymondham,
Leicestershire. Commemorated on DUNKIRK MEMORIAL, Nord, France.
Column 48. |
| FITT |
James
Frederick |
Lance
Corporal 5572181, 2nd Battalion, Wiltshire Regiment. Died Tuesday
18th January 1944. Age 24. Son of James Percy and Ethel Emma Fitt,
of Wymondham, Leicestershire. Buried in MINTURNO WAR CEMETERY, Italy.
Grave VI. B. 14. |
| KEIGHTLEY |
George
William |
Corporal
4801292, 8th Battalion, Parachute Regiment, A.A.C. Died Tuesday
13 June 1944. Age 27. Commemorated on BAYEUX MEMORIAL, Calvados,
France. Panel 18, Column 1. |
| KEIGHTLEY |
John
Cliff |
Sergeant
1202833, Wireless Operator/Air Gunner, Royal Air Force Volunteer
Reserve. Died Saturday 26th September 1942. Age 29. Son of Frederick
and Mary Keightley; husband of Irene Adeline Keightley, of Wealdstone.
Harrow. Buried in WEALDSTONE CEMETERY, HARROW, Middlesex. Sec. A.
Grave 60. |
| LAMBERT,
DFM |
William
Tharves |
Flying
Officer 145181, Navigator, 109 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer
Reserve. Died Saturday 23rd December 1944. Age 36. Son of William
and Caroline Lambert; husband of Barbara Alice Lambert, of Melton
Mowbray, Leicestershire. Awarded the Distinguished Flying Medal
(DFM). Buried in RHEINBERG WAR CEMETERY, Kamp Lintfort, Nordrhein-Westfal,
Germany. Grave 11. A. 16. |
| SHERWIN |
Peter
Michel Arthur |
Second
Lieutenant 321355, Devonshire Regiment attached 2nd Battalion, Royal
Norfolk Regiment. Died Monday 8th May 1944. Age 20. Son of Herbert
William and Florence Ann Sherwin, of Skegness, Lincolnshire. Son
of Herbert William and Florence Ann Sherwin, of Skegness, Lincolnshire.
Buried in IMPHAL WAR CEMETERY, India. Grave 7. D. 22. |
| THACKER |
Lionel
Wilfred |
In
the 1911 Census he was aged 11, born Nursling near Southampton,
at school, resident with his parents, Frederick and Agnes Fanny
Thacker, and his siblings, at Welby Lane, Sysonby, Melton Mowbray,
Leicestershire. He served in World War 1 as Private 42604, Leicestershire
Regiment. In the 1926 and 1927 Electoral Registers he is recorded
as being resident at the Remount Division, in the parish of Sysonby.Resident
Wollaton, Nottingham formerly of Wymondham. Death registered in
the January to Mach Quarter 1941 in the Nottingham Registration
District. Aged 41. Enlisted in Royal Tank Corps as Blacksmith 539780,
Leicester Yeomanry (Territorial Force), 21 December 1920 at Melton
Mowbray, aged 21 years 3 months. Buried at Wymondham 28 February
1941. |
| WADDINGTON |
George
Frederick |
Private
5885335, 2nd Battalion, Northamptonshire Regiment. Died Sunday 11th
July 1943. Age 30. Son of Frederick Herbert and Maria Elizabeth
Waddington, of Grantham, Lincolnshire. Buried in SYRACUSE WAR CEMETERY,
SICILY, Italy. Buried in SYRACUSE WAR CEMETERY, SICILY, Italy. Grave
IV. B. 11. |
Last updated
31 January, 2017
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