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Lest We Forget
The Royal British Legion
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Lest We Forget |
The Royal British Legion |
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LIVERPOOL STREET
STATION
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| GALL | Harry Edward | Cleaner,
March - Private 1878, 1st/1st Battalion, Cambridgeshire Regiment.
Killed in action 4 September 1916. Aged 21. Born Siderstone, Norfolk.
Son of Mrs. Emma Ashton, of Panswell Lane, Barton Rd., Wisbech.
Enlisted March, Cambs circa 1915. Buried in KNIGHTSBRIDGE CEMETERY,
MESNIL-MARTINSART, Somme, France. Row D. Grave 13. See also March,
Cambridgeshire. |
| GALLANT | Albert Edward | Engine
Cleaner, Ipswich - Private G/21550, 1st Battalion, Queen's Own (Royal
West Kent Regiment). Killed in action 27 September 1918. Born 1895
in Stoke, Ipswich. Joined Great Eastern Railway 22 December 1913.
Enlisted 1914 in Ipswich, Suffolk. Formerly 1171, Suffolk Regiment.
Buried in GOUZEAUCOURT NEW BRITISH CEMETERY, Nord, France. Plot
V. Row B. Grave 10. |
| GAME | Arthur [Walter] | Porter,Romford
- Private TF/5746, 1st/8th (Territorial Force) Battalion, Duke of
Cambridge's Own (Middlesex Regiment). Killed in action 27 August
1916. Aged 28. Born Cockfield, Suffolk. Resident Romford, Essex.
Joined Great Eastern Railway August 1912. Enlisted March 1915 in
Warley, Essex. No known grave. Commemorated on THIEPVAL MEMORIAL,
Somme, France. Pier and Face 12 D and 13 B. |
| GAME | Henry George Alfred | [Listed
as H A G GAME on memorial] Horsekeeper, London Cartage Committee
- Private 44109, 9th Battalion, Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers. Died
of wounds 3October 1918. Born May 1894 Islington, Middlesex. Resident
London. Joined Great Eastern Railway 23 March 1909. Enlisted February
1916 in Stratford. Formerly 6664, London Regiment. Buried at HARINGHE
(BANDAGHEM) MILITARY CEMETERY, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium. Plot III.
Row B. Grave 63, |
| GANNON | J | Porter,
Bishopsgate (Low Level) - Military details not yet ascertained.
Joined Great Eastern Railway July 1914. Reservist. |
| GAPES | James |
[Listed as GAPER on Railwaymen Memorial] Goods Porter, Bishopsgate
- Private 9220, H.M.S. "Vanguard", Royal Marine Light
Infantry. Killed when his ship sank in Scapa Flow after an accidental
explosion 9 July 1917. Aged 39. Born 4 June 1879 in Windon, London.
Husband of Annie E, Gapes, of 102, Hainault Avenue, Westcliff-on-Sea,
previously 60 St. Marys Rd, Leyton, E. Joined Great Eastern Railway
July 1904. Enlisted May 1915. In the 1911 census he was aged 34,
born Windon, Essex, a Goods Porter, married to Annie, with two daughters,
resident at 152, Francis Road, Leyton, Low Leyton, London &
Essex. No known grave. Commemorated on CHATHAM NAVAL MEMORIAL, Kent.
Panel 25. |
| GARRARD | Frederick [Benjamin] | Third
Engineer, Continental Marine Staff - Sub Lieutenant, H.M.S. "Newmarket",
Mercantile Marine Reserve. Killed when his ship was sunk in the
Aegean Sea by U-boat UC-38 17 July 1917. Joined Great Eastern Railway
1874. Appointed third engineer in the Naval Reserve on 29 October
1914. In 1913, aged 33, as a Fitter he joined the Railway Workers
Ipswich Branch of the National Union of Railwaymen. No known grave.
Commemorated on PLYMOUTH NAVAL MEMORIAL, Devon, Panel 25. See Upper
Dovercourt, Essex. |
| GARROD | William | Pointsman, Ipswich Lower Goods Yard - Private 15259, 1st Battalion, Suffolk Regiment. Killed in action 8 May 1915. Aged 23. Born Bramford, Suffolk. Son of Mr. W. and Mrs. M. A. Garrod, of High St., Bramford, Ipswich. Transferred voluntarily from the R.A.M.C. Enlisted August 1914 in Ipswich. No known grave. Commemorated on YPRES (MENIN GATE) MEMORIAL, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium. Panel 21. |
| GARWOOD | Albert Victor | Booking
Clerk, Ponders End - Corporal 147179, 4th Battalion, Special Brigade,
Royal Engineers. Killed in action 28 June 1916. Aged 24. Born Forest
Gate, Essex. Son of F. W. Garwood, of 39, Churston Avenue, Upton
Manor, London. Joined Great Eastern Railway June 1907. Enlisted
November 1914 in Charing Cross, Middlesex. Formerly 8726, Royal
Fusiliers. Buried in LE FERMONT MILITARY CEMETERY, RIVIERE, Pas
de Calais, France. Plot II. Row A. Grave 5. |
| GARWOOD | Robert [James] | General
Labourer, Lowestoft Harbour Works - Private 16943, 1st Battalion,
Suffolk Regiment. Killed in action 24 April 1915. Aged 34. Born
Haddiscoe, Suffolk. Enlisted in Lowestoft. No known grave. Commemorated
on YPRES (MENIN GATE) MEMORIAL, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium. Panel
21. See also Lowestoft
and Lowestoft
St Margarets |
| GATES | Albert William | Goods
Clerk, Bishops Stortford - Private 534074, 2/15th (County of London)
Battalion (Prince of Wales' Own Civil Service Rifles), London Regiment.
Died of wounds 8 October 1918. Aged 27. Born Hockerhill, Essex.
Resident Bishops Stortford. Son of Albert C. and Susan Gates, of
Bishop's Stortford, Herts. Joined Great Eastern Railway December
1905. Enlisted 10 October 1915 in Bedford. Buried at LA KREULE MILITARY
CEMETERY, HAZEBROUCK, Nord, France. Plot VII. Row A. Grave 5. See
also Bishop's Stortford |
| GATES | Charles Samuel | Permanent
Way Labourer, Norwich (Thorpe) - Private 3/8226, 2nd Battalion,
Norfolk Regiment. Died 9 October 1917. Aged 36. Born Great Yarmouth,
Norfolk. Son of John Samuel and Honor Gates, of 35, Horn's Lane,
King St., Norwich, Norfolk. Joined Great Eastern Railway April 1910.
Enlisted 1914 in Norwich, Norfolk. No known grave. Commemorated
on TYNE COT MEMORIAL, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium. Panel 34 to 35 and
162A. |
| GATHERCOLE | Frances | Platelayer,
Civil Engineering Department - Sapper WR/296687, 33rd Railway Operating
Company, Railway Operating Division, Royal Engineers. Died from
pneumonia at Salonica 27 December 1918. Aged 24. Son of Mr. J. Gathercole,
of St. Germans, King's Lynn, Norfolk. Joined Great Eastern Railway
Jabnuary 1915. Enlisted December 1915. Buried in MIKRA BRITISH CEMETERY,
KALAMARIA, Greece. Grave 1809. |
| GEATER | W Ernest | Police
Constable, G.E.R. Police Service - Sergeant 12692, 3rd Battlion,
Scots Guards. Died of heart trouble as a result of trench fever
in Colchester Military Hospital 19 May 1918. Born Ardwick, Lancashire.
Joined Great Eastern Railway May 1906. Reservist. called to the
colours August 1914. Enlisted in Walthamstow, Essex. In the 1911
census he was aged 32, born Manchester, a Police Constable G E Railway,
married to Emily, with four children, resident 79, Onley Street,
Norwich, Norfolk. Buried in COLCHESTER CEMETERY, Essex. Plot G.
Row 6. Grave 8. |
| GEE | George Harry | Goods
Porter, Shippea Hill - Private 104145, Machine Gun Corps (Infantry).
Killed in action 12 August 1917. Aged 19. Born Stowbardolph, Norfolk.
Resident Outwell, Norfolk. Son of Ernest Mark Gee, of Pincushion
Drove, Outwell, Norfolk. Joined Great Eastern Railway circa 1915.
Enlisted March 1917 in Newmarket. Formerly 36354, Suffolk Regiment.
No known grave. Commemorated on YPRES (MENIN GATE) MEMORIAL, West-Vlaanderen,
Belgium. Panel 56. See also Outwell,
Cambridgeshire |
| GENTRY | George Henry | Vanguard,
London Cartage Committee - Private 275382, 6th Battalion, Essex
Regiment. Killed in action in Plaestine 27 March 1917. Aged 17.
Resident Plaistow, Essex. Son of Albert Edward and Elizabeth Gentry,
of 156, Corporation St., West Ham, London. Joined Great Eastern
Railway December 1912. Enlisted September 1914 in West Ham, Essex.
No known grave. Commemorated on JERUSALEM MEMORIAL, Israel and Palestine
(including Gaza). Panels 32 to 38. |
| GEORGE | Arthur Clement | Assistant
Lockman, Lowestoft Harbour - Private G/12298, 6th Battalion, Queen's
(Royal West Surrey Regiment). Killed in action 28 March 1918. Aged
29. Born Carlton Colville, Suffolk. Resident Lowestoft. Son of Mrs.
E. George, of 5, Lothing St., Oulton Broad, Lowestoft. Joined Great
Eastern Railway circa 1905. Enlisted March 1916 in Lowestoft, Suffolk.
Buried in BOUZINCOURT COMMUNAL CEMETERY EXTENSION, Somme, France.
Plot I. Row J. Grave 8. See also Lowestoft
and Lowestoft
St Margarets |
| GEORGE | Charles [Bertie] | Track
Horse Driver, Beccles - Private 26443, 1st Battlion, Norfolk Regiment.
Killed in action 23 April 1917. Aged 32. Born Beccles, Suffolk.
Joined Great Eastern Railway 23 April 1916. Enlisted 5 August 1916
in Lowestoft, Suffolk. No known grave. Commemorated at ARRAS MEMORIAL,
Pas de Calais, France. Bay 3. |
| GEORGE | William Alfred | Mechanic's
Labourer, Chief Civil Engineer's Department - Able Seaman 3707,
H.M. Drifter "George V", Royal Naval Reserve. Killed by
a mine when his ship was blown up in the Straits of Dover 3 June
1917. Aged 39. Husband of Diana C. George, of 28, Ingate Rd., Beccles.
Joined Great Eastern Railway 14 September 1914. Enlisted Royal Naval
Reserve 25 January 1915. No known grave. Commemorated on CHATHAM
NAVAL MEMORIAL, Kent. Panel 26. |
| GIBBENS, MM | Charles Samuel | [Listed
as GIBBONS on SDGW] Goods Porter, White Hart Lane - Private 8335,
12th Battalion, Royal Scots Fusiliers. Killed in action 24 July
1918. Aged 32. Born Mile End, Middlesex. Resident Kensington, London.
Son of Samuel and Emma Gibbens, of 119, Burdett Road, Bow, London.
A native of Tottenham. Joined Great Eastern Railway May 1912. Reservist.
Enlisted in Stratford, London. Awarded the Military Medal (M.M.).
Buried in LE GRAND HASARD MILITARY CEMETERY, MORBECQUE, Nord, France.
Plot 2. Row B. Grave 14. |
| GIBBS | Alfred Nathaniel | Caller
Off, Spitalfields, Goods - Private 576, "A" Company, 1st/7th
(City of London) Battalion, London Regiment. Killed in action 25
September 1915. Aged 27. Born Stepney. Resident Stepney Green. Son
of Mr. J. Gibbs, of Silver St., Stepney, London; husband of Florence
Edith Gramlick (formerly Gibbs), of 13, Cecil St., Watford, Herts.
Joined Great Eastern Railway September 1911. Enlisted September
1914 in Sun Street. No known grave. Commemorated on LOOS MEMORIAL,
Pas de Calais, France. Panel 130 to 135. |
| GIBBS | Alexander Robert | Porter,
Goodmayes - Private 123072, 14th Battalion, Machine Gun Corps (Infantry).
Died of wounds in casualty clearing station 3 April 1918. Aged 35.
Born Westminster, Middlesex. Son of James and Annie Gibbs, of 174,
Queen's Rd., Buckhurst Hill, Essex. Joined Great Eastern Railway
circa 1914/1915. Enlisted April 1917 in Ilford, Essex. Formerly
39342, Loyal Lancashire Regiment. Buried in NAMPS-AU-VAL BRITISH
CEMETERY, Somme, France. Plot I. Row K. Grave 23. |
| GIBBS | Frederick Samuel | Porter,Bethnal
Green - Rifleman 42397, 1st Battalion, Royal Irish Rifles. Killed
in action 31 July 1917. Aged 19. Born and resident Stepney, Middlesex.
Son of Mrs. M. A. Gibbs, of 42, Silver St., Stepney Green, London,
and the late Mr. W. H. Gibbs. Joined Great Eastern Railway June
1915. Enlisted 1917 in Stratford, Middlesex. Formerly 71599, 1110th
Training Reserve Battalion. No known grave. Commemorated on YPRES
(MENIN GATE) MEMORIAL, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium. Panel 40. |
| GIBBS, MM | Stanley | Goods
Porter, Hackney Downs - Acting Bombardier 87553, "D" Battery,
64th Brigade, Royal Field Artillery. Killed in action 5 August 1917.
Aged 25. Born Dalston, N. Son of William and Eva Gibbs, of 3, Ramsgate
St., Dalston Lane, Hackney, London. Joined Great Eastern Railway
25 May 1907. Enlisted 27 August 1914 in London. Awarded the Military
Medal (M.M.). Buried in BELGIAN BATTERY CORNER CEMETERY, West-Vlaanderen,
Belgium. Plot I. Row K. Grave 4, |
| GIBBS | William John | Goods
Porter, Bishopsgate - Trooper 3116, 3rd (King's Own) Hussars. Killed
in action 27 November 1917. Aged 29. Born and resident Bethnal Green.
Son of the late James and Margaret Mary Ann Gibbs, of 136, Coventry
St., Bethnal Green, London. Joined Great Eastern Railway May 1913.
Enlisted August 1914 in London. No known grave. Commemorated on
CAMBRAI MEMORIAL, LOUVERVAL, Nord, France. Panel 1. |
| GIDDINGS | Albert Edward | Porter,
Bishopsgate Goods - Private 12260, 7th Battalion, Lincolnshire Regiment.
Died of wounds 25 July 1916. Aged 27. Born Edmonton, Middlesex.
Eldest son of Albert and Harriet Giddings, of 27, Wakefield Street,
Upper Edmonton, Middlesex. Joined Great Eastern Railway July 1914.
Enlisted in Finsbury Barracks, Middlesex. Buried in BOIS-GUILLAUME
COMMUNAL CEMETERY, Seine-Maritime, France. Plot II. Row A. Grave
10. |
| GIDDONS | Alfred George | Goods
Porter, Bishopsgate - Private 17904, "Y" Company, 2nd
Battalion, Hampshire Regiment. Killed in action 9 August 1916. Aged
21. Born and resident Forest Gate, Essex. Native of Enfield, Middlesex.
Son of Susan Mary Giddons, of 88, Odessa Rd., Forest Gate, London,
and the late Charles William Giddons. Joined Great Eastern Railway
circa 1908/1909. Enlisted in Stratford, Essex. Buried in POTIJZE
CHATEAU WOOD CEMETERY, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium. Row A. Grave 27. |
| GIGNEY | George Frederick |  Track
Horse Driver, Cambridge - Private 30296, 2nd/4th Battalion, East
Lancashire Regiment. Killed in action 31 March 1918. Aged 26. Born
Born 8 May 1891 in Cambridge. Baptised 23 July 1891 at Cambridge,
St Andrew the Great, son of James Edward and Rachel Gigney, of 3
Blue Lion Yard, Cambridge. Son of Mr. and Mrs. Gigney, of 11, David
St, Argyle St., Mill Rd., Cambridge; husband of Florence May Gigney,
of 83, Cavendish Rd., Mill Rd., Cambridge. Joined Great Eastern
Railway 5 August 1914. Enlisted April 1917 in Cambridge. Married
Florence May Anderson 22 November 1913 at Cherry Hinton. Admitted
to Cambridge Branch of the National Union of Railwaymen in 1916,
aged 25, a Horse Shunter. No known grave. Commemorated on POZIERES
MEMORIAL, Somme, France. Panel 42 and 43. See also Cambridge
Guildhall and Cambridge
St. Philips |
| GILBERT | A | Cutter
- Private - No further information currently available |
| GILBY | John William | Clerk,
Goods Department, Bishopsgate - Lance Corporal 40180, 4th Battalion,
Bedfordshire Regiment. Killed in action 13 November 1916. Aged 24.
Born Stratford, Essex. Resident Leytonstone, Essex. Joined Great
Eastern Railway September 1907. Enlisted February 1916 in Warley,
Essex. Formerly 26379, Essex Regiment. No known grave. Commemorated
on THIEPVAL MEMORIAL, Somme, France. Pier and Face 2 C. |
| GILDER | Ernest | Platelayer,
Whittlesey - Private 2236, 1st/1st Battalion, Cambridgeshire Regiment.
Killed in action 16 May 1916. Born Warmington, Northants. Joined
Great Eastern Railway July 1912. Enlisted in Whittlesey. In the
1891 census he was aged 5, born Northamptonshire, a scholar, resident
with his parents, Charles and Saraha Gilder, at Great Green, Warmington,
Oundle, Northamptonshire. Buried at GUARDS CEMETERY, WINDY CORNER,
CUINCHY, Pas de Calais, France. Plot III. Row R. Grave 12. See also
Warmington, Northamptonshire |
| GILDERSLEEVE | Archibald | Private
G/3352, "B" Company, 7th Battalion, The Buffs (East Kent
Regiment). Killed in action 18 November 1916. Aged 19. Born Leyton,
Essex. Resident Forest Gate, Essex. Son of James and Annie Gildersleeve,
of 17, Somerset Rd., Linford, Stanford-le-Hope, Essex. Enlisted
in London. In the 1901 census he was aged 5, born Leyton, Essexs,
resident with his parents, James and Annie Gildersleeve, at 1, George
Lane, the Pavement, Woodford, Woodford St Mary, West Ham, London
& Essex. No known grave. Commemorated on THIEPVAL MEMORIAL,
Somme, France. Pier and Face 5 D. |
| GILHESPIE | Harry White | [Also
recorded as Gillespie] Captain, Motor Transport, Royal Army Service
Corps. Died 3 November 1919. Aged 27. Son of Henry and Mary Elizabeth
Gilhespie, of 11, West Hill Rd., East Putney, London. In the 1901
census he was aged 8, born Ponders End, Middlesex, resident with
his parents, Henry and Mary Elizabeth Gilhespie, at 77, Empress
Avenue, Ilford, Romford, Essex. IN the 1911 census he was aged 18,
an Engineer's Apprentice, born Ponders End, Middlesex, resident
with his parents Henry and Mary Elizabeth Gillespie, at 77, Empress
Avenue, Ilford, Essex. Buried in FAMAGUSTA MILITARY CEMETERY, Cyprus.
Grave 23. |
| GILL | Henry | Bricklayers'
Labourer, Ipswich - Private 1383, 4th Battalion, Suffolk Regiment.
Killed in action 21 March 1915. Aged 32. Born Belstead, Suffolk.
Baptised 5 July 1885 in Belstead, son of Walter and Charlotte Gill
of Belstead. Joined Great Eastern Railway 26 March 1906. Territorial.
Enlisted in Ipswich. Admiited to the Ipswich Railway Workers Branch
of the National Union of Railwaymen, in 1914, aged 28. No known
grave. Commemorated on LE TOURET MEMORIAL, Pas de Calais, France.
Panel 9. |
| GILLETT | William Arthur |  Acting
Fireman, Cambridge - Sapper WR/271134, 12th Light Railway Operating
Company, Railway Operating Division, Royal Engineers. Killed in
action 24 July 1918. Aged 24. Born Raunds, Northants. Son of Mrs.
S. Gillett, of 18, Cavendish Rd., Cambridge. Joined Great Eastern
Railway February 1911. Enlisted March 1917 in Cambridge. Buried
in HAGLE DUMP CEMETERY, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium. Plot II. Row E.
Grave 4. See also Cambridge
Guildhall and Cambridge
St Philips. |
| GIRLING | A [T] | [No
SDGW entry] Hotel Department, Restaurant Cars - Private S/9689,
2nd Battalion, Royal Fusiliers. Killed by shell fire 27 October
1916. Aged 19. Son of Mr. W. T. Girling, of 148, Glenwood Avenue,
Westcliff-on-Sea. Joined Great Eastern Railway May 1914. Enlisted
1914. No known grave. Commemorated on THIEPVAL MEMORIAL, Somme,
France. Pier and Face 8 C 9 A and 16 A. |
| GIRLING | Thomas [Carter] | Signal
Fitter's Labourer, Ipswich - Bugler 1066, 1st Battalion, Rifle Brigade
(The Prince Consort's Own). Killed in action 1 July 1916. Aged 28.
Born and resident Ipswich. Joined Great Eastern Railway 3 February
1912. Reservist. Enlisted in Ipswich. Buried at SERRE ROAD CEMETERY
No. 2, Somme, France. Plot I. Row C. Grave 27. |
| GLYDE | J | No
further information currently available |
| GOATE | George Frederick | Checker,
King's Lynn Harbour - Private 3/10576, 7th Battalion, Norfolk Regiment.
Killed in action 13 October 1915. Aged 32. Born St. Margaret's,
Norfolk. Husband of Louisa Neve (formerly Goate), of Middleton,
King's Lynn. Joined Great Eastern Railway 12 September 1912. Enlisted
August 1914 in Norwich, Norfolk. No known grave. Commemorated on
LOOS MEMORIAL, Pas de Calais, France. Panel 30 and 31. See also
South Lynn, All Saints
and King's Lynn War Memorial |
| GODDARD | David | Carpenters'
Labourer, Woodham Ferrers, Civil Engineering Department - Lance
Corporal [SDGW} or Corporal [CWGC] 3112, 1st Life Guards. Killed
in action 19 May 1918. Born Woodham Ferris, Essex. Son of Mrs. E.
Goddard, of Station Cottages, North Fambridge, Essex. Joined Great
Eastern Railway September 1909. Enlisted 9 September 1914 in Chelmsford.
Buried in ETAPLES MILITARY CEMETERY, Pas de Calais, France. Plot
LXVI. Row C. Grave 16. |
| GODLEY | Frederick | Carriage
Washer, Ilford - Private 202957, 4th Battalion, Suffolk Regiment.
Died of wounds 29 April 1917. Aged 25. Born Old Ford, Middlesex.
Son of Charles Arthur Godley, of Ilford; husband of A. L. Godley,
of 1, Lockwood Rd., Ilford, Essex. Joined Great Eastern Railway
September 1914. Enlisted Ilford. Formerly 6546, Suffolk Regiment.
Buried in FEUCHY BRITISH CEMETERY, Pas de Calais, France. Plot I.
Row D. Grave 13. |
| GOLDSPINK | Arthur [William] | Porter,
Norwich (Victoria) - Private 13443, 8th Battalion, Norfolk Regiment.
Killed in action 19 July 1916. Aged 23. Son of Mr. and Mrs. James
Goldspink, of 35, Goldwell Rd., Lakenham, Norwich. Joined Great
Eastern Railway January 1913. Enlisted September 1914. No known
grave. Commemorated on THIEPVAL MEMORIAL, Somme, France. Pier and
Face 1 C and 1 D. |
| GOLDSPINK | Charles [Samuel] | Track
Horse Driver, Trowse - Lance Corporal 13438, 8th Battalion, Norfolk
Regiment. Killed in action 19 July 1916. Aged 26. Born Pulham St.
Mary, Norfolk. Joined Great Eastern Railway circa 1909. Enlisted
August 1914 in Norwich, Norfolk. Buried in LONDON CEMETERY AND EXTENSION,
LONGUEVAL, Somme, France. Plot 9. Row F. Grave 34. |
| GOODERHAM | Stanley Frederick | Porter,
Norwich (Thorpe) - Private 17077, 7th Battalion, Suffolk Regiment.
Killed in action 13 October 1915. Aged 20. Born Brayesworth, Suffolk.
Son of Martha Elizabeth Gooderham, of 21, Eagle Walk, Newmarket
Rd., Norwich, and the late Daniel Gooderham. Joined Great Eastern
Railway 1913. Enlisted 9 December 1914 in Norwich. No known grave.
Commemorated on LOOS MEMORIAL, Pas de Calais, France. Panel 37 and
38. |
| GOODHEAD | William | Labourer,
Temple Mills, Wagon Department - Lance Corporal CH/13237, S.S. "Semantha",
Royal Marine Light Infantry. Died, while serving as a gunner on
board the armed cargo ship S.S. "Semantha", when she was
torpedoed by a submarine in the Mediterranean 14 October 1917. Born
in 9 May 1884 in Plaistow, London. Husband of Ethel L (nee Western)
Goodhead, of 45, Brooks Road, Plaistow, London E; married 1911 in
West Ham Registration District. Joined Great Eastern Railway April
1914. Reservist, first enlisted 5 March 1902 in London. Height 5
feet 7½ inches, fresh complexion, brown hair, hazel eyes,
religious denomination Church of England. Once employed as a milk
carrier. No known grave. Commemorated on CHATHAM NAVAL MEMORIAL,
Kent. Panel 25. |
| GOODING | Francis | Carpenters'
Labourer, Parkeston - Corporal A/200909, 18th Battalion, King's
Royal Rifle Corps. Killed in action 24 August 1918. Aged 28. Born
and resident Ramsey, Essex. Son of William and B. Gooding, of Winney
Wood, Ramsey, Harwich. Joined Great Eastern Railway 12 March 1912.
Enlisted 9 february 1916 in Colchester, Essex. Formerly 5993, Essex
Regiment. Buried in LIJSSENTHOEK MILITARY CEMETERY, West-Vlaanderen,
Belgium. Plot XXV. Row G. Grave 26A. |
| GOODING | H James | Labourer,
Parkeston Quay - Private 5461, 1st Battalion, Essex Regiment. Killed
in action at Gallipoli 6 June 1915. Aged 35. Born Ramsey, Harwich.
Resident Harwich. Son of Mrs. Emma Gooding; husband of Mrs. A. Gooding,
of 6, Trafalgar Cottages, Upper Dovercourt, Essex. Joined Great
Eastern Railway 7 December 1907. Enlisted Harwich. No known grave.
Commemorated on HELLES MEMORIAL, Turkey (including Gallipoli). Panel
146 to 151 or 229 to 233. |
| GOODSON | John Henry | Goods
Foreman, Enfield Lock - Private T/203230, 6th Battalion, Queen's
(Royal West Surrey Regiment). Killed in action 19 September 1918.
Born Bethnal Green, Middlesex. Resident Enfield Lock, Middlesex.
Joined Great Eastern Railway May 1914. Enlisted July 1917 in Tottenham,
Middlesex. Buried in EPEHY WOOD FARM CEMETERY, EPEHY, Somme, France.
Grave lost. Special memorial Row B. Grave 4. |
| GOODSON | W | Permanent
Way Labourer - Private - No further information currently available |
| GOODWIN | Walter [George] | Yardman,
Yarmouth - Private 46892, 18th Battalion, Lancashire Fusiliers.
Killed in action 26 March 1918. Aged 40. Born Great Yarmouth, Norfolk.
Joined Great Eastern Railway circa 1898. Enlisted June 1916 in Great
Yarmouth, Norfolk. Formerly Sapper 181234, Royal Engineers. No known
grave. Commemorated on POZIERES MEMORIAL, Somme, France . Panel
32 to 34. See also Great
Yarmouth. |
| GOSTLING | Ernest Frederick | Fireman,
Continental Steamers - Private 31917, 1st Battalion, Essex Regiment.
Died of wounds as a German Prisoner of War 29 May 1917. Born Harwich.
Resident Parkeston, Essex. Joined Great Eastern Railway 4 August
1914. Enlisted 3 October 1916 in Ipswich. Buried in NIEDERZWEHREN
CEMETERY, KASSEL, Hessen, Germany. Plot I. Row C. Grave 11. |
| GOULD | Albert | Machineman,
Stratford, Locomotive Machine Shop - Private 3312, 2nd Battalion,
East Surrey Regiment. Killed in action 24 April 1915. Aged 18. Born
25 August 1896 in Stratford, Essex. Son of Mrs. S. R. Gould, of
81, Farringford Rd., Stratford, London. Joined Great Eastern Railway
1910. Enlisted Ponders End, Middlesex. No known grave. Commemorated
on YPRES (MENIN GATE) MEMORIAL, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium. Panel
34. |
| GOWER | George Leslie | Tuber's Assistant, Stratford Works - Corporal 12358, 5th Battalion, Royal Inniskillling Fusiliers. Died of wounds at Gallipoli 16 August 1915. Born West Ham, Essex. Joined Great Eastern Railway 1911. Enlisted September 1914 in Stratford, Essex. Buried in HILL 10 CEMETERY, Turkey (including Gallipoli). Plot I. Row B. Grave 5. |
| GRANGER | Albert Frederick |  Porter,
King's Lynn - Private G/19715, 8th Battalion, Queen's Own (Royal
West Kent Regiment). Killed in action 3 February 1918. Aged 19.
Born Littleport, Cambridgeshire. Resident King's Lynn, Norfolk.
Son of Frederick and Elizabeth Granger, of 3, Exton's Place, King's
Lynn. Joined Great Eastern Railway May 1912. Enlisted January 1917
in King's Lynn, Norfolk. Formerly 45506, Suffolk Regiment. Buried
in HARGICOURT BRITISH CEMETERY, Aisne, France. Plot I. Row I. Grave
16. See also South
Lynn, All Saints and King's
Lynn War Memorial
Extract from Great Eastern Railway Magazine, May 1918, page 106: MR. ALBERT FREDERICK GRANGER, porter, King's Lynn, was killed in action in France on February 3rd whilst serving with the Royal West Kents. He was nineteen years of age and had served with the colours since January, 1917. He entered the Company's service as signal box lad at the King's Lynn Junction Box in May, 1912, and was subsequently promoted to porter at that station. |
| GRAVELING | Harry | Engine
Cleaner, Norwich - Private 14838, 9th Battalion, Norfolk Regiment.
Died of wounds 10 February 1917. Aged 21. Born South Creake, Norfolk.
Joined Great Eastern Railway April 1914. Enlisted September 1914
in Norwich, Norfolk. Buried in BETHUNE TOWN CEMETERY, Pas de Calais,
France. Plot VI. Row B. Grave 35. |
| GRAVES | Charles | Fitter's
Apprentice, Stratford Carriage Department - Private 3357, 6th Battalion,
Essex Regiment. Died in Egypt after contracting malaria and dysentery
20 September 1916. Aged 21. Resident Stratford, Essex. on of William
and Elizabeth Graves, of 68, Colegrave Rd., Stratford. London. Joined
Great Eastern Railway January 1909. Enlisted November 1914 in West
Ham, Essex. Buried in ISMAILIA WAR MEMORIAL CEMETERY, Egypt. Section
A. Grave 8. |
| GRAY | Albert [Edward] | Platelayer,
Pampisford - Sergeant 12489, 2nd Battalion, Grenadier Guards. Killed
in action 28 September 1918. Aged 33. Born St. Barnabas, Cambridge.
Husband of Edith Gray, of Great Abington, Cambridge. Joined Great
Eastern Railway March 1909. Enlisted 1914 in Cambridge. Buried in
GREVILLERS BRITISH CEMETERY, Pas de Calais, France. Plot XII. Row
C. Grave 16. Se also Great
Abington Roll of Honour, Cambridgeshire and Great
Abington, Cambridgeshire |
| GRAY | E J W | No
further information currently available |
| GRAY | Ellis Thurston |  Permanent
Way Labourer, Wickham Market - Private 57329, 32nd Battalion, Royal
Fusiliers (City of London Regiment). Killed in action 19 September
1917. Aged 21. Born and resident Marlesford. Son of Mrs. Mary Gray,
of Marlesford, Wickham Market, Suffolk. Joined Great Eastern Railway
October 1914. Enlisted 24 April 1917 in Ipswich. Formerly 21267,
The Buffs (East Kent Regiment). No known grave. Commemorated on
TYNE COT MEMORIAL, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium. Panel 28 to 30 and
162 to 162A and 163A. See also Marlesford,
Suffolk |
| GRAY | Frederick Charles | Porter
Shunter, Noel Park - Private TF/202783, 13th Battalion, Royal Sussex
Regiment. Killed in action 20 November 1917. Aged 23. Born Tottenham,
Middlesex. Joined Great Eastern Railway May 1913. Enlisted April
1917 in Shoreditch. Buried in MENIN ROAD SOUTH MILITARY CEMETERY,
West-Vlaanderen, Belgium. Plot III. Row I. Grave 7. |
| GRAY | Percival | Permanent
Way Labourer, Chief Civil Engineer's Department, Lowestoft - Private
13012, 1st Battalion, Norfolk Regiment. Killed in action 28 September
1915. Born Forncett, Norfolk. Enlisted in Norwich, Norfolk. Buried
in CITADEL NEW MILITARY CEMETERY, FRICOURT, Somme, France. Plot
III. Row A. Grave 11. See also Forncett
St Mary, Norfolk |
| GRAY | T | Cleaner
- Private - No further information currently available |
| GREEN | P | Casual
Labourer, Stratford, Civil Engineering Department - Private, Northamptonshire
Regiment. Died from pneumonia at Boston Hospital, Lincolnshire,
27 November 1918. Joined Great Eastern Railway 4 June 1915. Enlisted
28 February 1916. Appears to have died out of service. |
| GREEN | William J [W] | Carman,
London Cartage Committee - Sergeant 23612, 9th Battalion, King's
Own (Yorkshire Light Infantry). Killed in action 9 April 1917. Born
Kilburn. Joined Great Eastern Railway 1905. Enlisted August 1914
in Shoreditch. Buried in WANCOURT BRITISH CEMETERY, Pas de Calais,
France. Plot V. Row G. Grave 22. |
| GREENACRE | Francis John | Permanent
Way Labourer, Lakenheath - Private 3/7922, "A" Comany,
2nd Battalion, Suffolk Regiment. Died of wounds 5 October 1915.
Born 5 April 1901 in Lakenheath, Suffolk. Brother of William James
Greenacre, of Station Rd., Lakenheath, Suffolk. Joined Great Eastern
Railway 19 January 1914. Reservist. Enlisted in Bury St. Edmunds.
Buried in ETAPLES MILITARY CEMETERY, Pas de Calais, France. Plot
III. Row C. Grave 5. See also Lakenheath,
Suffolk |
| GREENGRASS | Laurence William | Engine
Cleaner, Lowestoft - Private G/19140, 9th Battalion, Royal Sussex
Regiment. Killed in action 9 October 1918. Aged 19. Born Oulton
Broad, Suffolk. Son of Robert and Mary Greengrass, of Victoria Rd.,
Oulton Broad, Lowestoft. Joined Great Eastern Railway 1916. Enlisted
June 1917 in Lowestoft. Buried in AWOINGT BRITISH CEMETERY, Nord,
France . Plot V. Row C. Grave 1. See also Lowestoft
and also
Lowestoft St
Margaret's |
| GRIFFITHS | Edward Charles | Permanent
Way Labourer, Buckhurst Hill - Private G/10488, The Buffs (East
Kent Regiment). Died of influenza and pneumonia in the Military
Hospital, Little Warley, Brentwood, 31 October 1918. Aged 27. Husband
of Mary Lee (formerly Griffith), of 40, Albert Rd., Buckhurst Hill.
Joined Great Eastern Railway October 1914. Enlisted 6 April 1915.
Buried in BUCKHURST HILL (ST. JOHN THE BAPTIST) CHURCHYARD, Essex.
|
| GRIGGS | Charles David | Bill
Foreman, Liverpool Street - Sergeant 9888 [Listed as 9858 on SDGW],
4th Egyptian Stationary Hospital, Royal Army Medical Corps. Died
of typhus 5 May 1918. Aged 36. Born Southminster. Son of George
and Rachel Griggs, of Tillingham, Essex; husband of Constance E.
Griggs, of 126, Meads Lane, Seven Kings, Essex. Joined Great Eastern
Railway April 1900. Enlisted 1914 in London. IN the 1911 cernsus
he was aged 29, born Tillingham, Essex, a Bill Office Porter, married
to Constance with one duaghter, resident 42 Bemstead Road, Walthamstow,
London & Essex. Buried in KANTARA WAR MEMORIAL CEMETERY, Egypt.
Section E. Grave 205. |
| GRIMES | Reginald | Porter,
Eccles Road - Sapper 257058, Railway Operating Division, Royal Engineers.
Died 11 August 1919. Aged 22. Son of Jacob Henry and Emma Grimes,
of Spa Common, North Walsham, Norfolk. Joined Great Eastern Railway
circa 1912. Enlisted June 1916. Buried in ABBEVILLE COMMUNAL CEMETERY
EXTENSION, Somme, France. Plot V. Row H. Grave 1. |
| GRIMMER | Albert George | Permanent
Way Labourer, Lowestoft - Private 50470, 163rd Company, Machine
Gun Corps (Infantry). Died of heart failure at Military Hospital,
Shoubra, Egypt, 12 July 1917. Aged 23. Born Loddon, Norfolk. Resident
Shotesham. SSon of Frederick and Sarah Ann Grimmer, of Bridgham,
Attleborough, Norfolk. Joined Great Eastern Railway 11 May 1914.
Enlisted August 1914 in Saxlingham. Formerly 1753, Norfolk Regiment.
Buried in CAIRO WAR MEMORIAL CEMETERY, Egypt. Section F. Grave 276. |
| GRIMMER | William John | Parcels
Porter, Norwich (Thorpe) - Gunner 170552, 380th Battery, 158th Brigade,
Royal Field Artillery. Died of wounds 28 June 1918. Aged 34. Resident
Thorpe Hamlet, Norfolk. Husband of M. J. Grimmer, of 45, St. Leonards
Rd., Thorpe Hamlet, Norwich. Joined Great Eastern Railway October
1898. Enlisted May 1915 in Norwich, Norfolk. Buried in HOUCHIN BRITISH
CEMETERY, Pas de Calais, France. Plot II. Row E. Grave 12. |
| GROOM | Albert George | Engine
Cleaner, Norwich - Private 15004, 9th Battalion, Norfolk Regiment.
Killed in action 16 December 1915. Born Tivetshall, Norfolk. Joined
Great Eastern Railway August 1913. Enlisted 8 September 1914 in
Norwich, Norfolk. Buried in POELCAPELLE BRITISH CEMETERY, West-Vlaanderen,
Belgium. Grave lost. St. Jean Chyd. Memorial 10. See also Tivetshall
St Margaret |
| GRUMMITT | George Ernest | [Listed
as E G GRUMMITT on memorial] Goods Porter, Bishopsgate - Private
2673, 1st/5th Battalion (Territorial Force), Norfolk Regiment. Killed
in action at Gallipoli 12 August 1915. Aged 33. Husband of Tabitha
Grummitt, of Neatherd Moor, East Dereham, Norfolk. Joined Great
Eastern Railway June 1906. Enlisted 8 September 1914 in East Dereham,
Norfolk. No known grave. Commemorated at HELLES MEMORIAL, Turkey
(including Gallipoli). Panel 43 to 45. |
| GRUNDON | Walter Sidney Theodore | [Spelt
GRUNDEN on SDGW] Station Master's Clerk, Liverpool Street - Rifleman
2114, "C" Company, 1st/5th (City of London) Battalion
(London Rifle Brigade), London Regiment. Killed in action 10 September
1916. Aged 22. Resident Forest Gate. Son of Nellie Grundon, of Church
House, Lyndhurst Rd., Hampstead, London, and the late Alfred Grundon.
Joined Great Eastern Railway January 1908. Enlisted May 1915 in
London. IN the 1911 census he was aged 17, born Scunthorpe, Lincolnshire,
a G.E.R. Booking Clerk, resident with his parents, Alfred and Nellie
Grundon, Chapel House Osborne Road, Forest Gate EX, West Ham, London
& Essex. No known grave. Commemorated on THIEPVAL MEMORIAL,
Somme, France. Pier and Face 9 D. |
| GULLEN | Henry Vincent | Clerk,
Stratford, Goods Department - Rifleman 303204, 5th (City of London)
Battalion (London Rifle Brigade), London Regiment. Killed in action
in Palestine 12 March 1918. Aged 20. Born and resident West Ham.
Son of James and Caroline Ann Gullen, of 70, Kitchener Rd., Forest
Gate, Essex. Native of West Ham, London. Joined Great Eastern Railway
24 February 1915. Enlisted in London. Buried in RAMLEH WAR CEMETERY,
Israel and Palestine (including Gaza). Section D. Grave 4. |
| GUMBRELL | John George | Porter,
Bishopsgate Goods - Private 8037, 1st Battalion, Bedfordshire Regiment.
Killed in action 15 November 1914. Aged 28. Born Colchester. Resident
Leyton, Essex. Joined Great Eastern Railway 1914. Enlisted in Stratford,
Essex. No known grave. Commemorated on YPRES (MENIN GATE) MEMORIAL,
West-Vlaanderen, Belgium. Panel 31 and 33. |
| GUNDRY | Alfred Joseph | Policeman
(Constable), Parkeston and Stratford - Corporal 11698, 1st Battalion,
Grenadier Guards. Killed in action 29 October 1914. Aged 29. Born
Abbotsbury, Dorset. Son of the late Walter and Emily Gundry. Joined
Great Eastern Railway circa 1911. Reservist. Enlisted Cardiff. In
the 1911 census he was aged 26, a Corporal, 8th Battalion, Grenadier
Guards, unmarried, born Potisham, Dorset, resident St James Park,
Westminster, London S.W., Middlesex. No known grave. Commemorated
on YPRES (MENIN GATE) MEMORIAL, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium. Panel
9 and 11. |
| GUNN | Ralph [George] | General
Labourer, Civil Engineering Department, Colchester - Private 25356,
12th Battalion, attached to Depot, East Surrey Regiment. Died of
wounds in United Kingdom 24 November 1918. Aged 24. Born Colchester,
Essex. Son of Mrs. R. Gowen, of 145, Magdalen St., Colchester. Joined
Great Eastern Railway September 1914. Enlisted April 1916 in Warley,
Essex. Formerly 2891, Duke of Cambridge's Own (Middlesx Regiment).
Buried in COLCHESTER CEMETERY, Essex. Plot K. Row 15. Grave 59. |
| GUNTHORPE | William | Goods
Porter, Bishopsgate - Private 87571, 13th Battalion, Royal Fusiliers
(City of London Regiment). Killed in action 18 September 1918. Aged
26. Born Bloomsbury. Resident Walthamstow. Joined Great Eastern
Railway 18 June 1913. Enlisted 11 May 1918 in Whitehall. Buried
in FIFTEEN RAVINE BRITISH CEMETERY, VILLERS-PLOUICH, Nord, France.
Plot IV. Row I. Grave 7. |
| GUY | William | Labourer,
Stratford, Chief Civil Engineer's Department - Private 200089, 1st/4th
Battalion, Essex Regiment. Died of wounds in Palestine 27 March
1917. Born Hornchurch, Essex. Resident Harold Wood, Essex. Joined
Great Eastern Railway 25 August 1913. Enlisted 1914 in Harold Wood,
Essex. Buried in GAZA WAR CEMETERY, Israel and Palestine (including
Gaza). Plot X. Row D. Grave 8. |
| GUY, MiD | William [John] | Clerk,
Chief Civil Engineer's Department - Sergeant Acting Sub-Conductor
S/4172, Royal Army Ordnance Corps attached 1st/1st Highland Division
H.Q. Killed in action at Gallipoli 28 July 1915. Aged 33. Born Brentwood,
Essex. Son of William and Emily Guy, of Romford, Essex; husband
of Flora Alice Guy, of 41, Cobbold Rd., Forest Gate, London. Served
in the South African War. Joined Great Eastern Railway 1896. Reservist.
Enlisted in Warley, Essex. Mentioned in Despatches (MiD). Buried
in LANCASHIRE LANDING CEMETERY, Turkey (including Gallipoli). Section
A. Grave 58. |
| GYWN | Reginald Augustine Jerome | Second
Lieutenant, 2nd Battalion attached 7th Battalion, Lincolnshire Regiment.
Died of wounds 3 March 1916. Aged 18. Son of Maj. R. P. Jeremy Gwyn
(7th Bn. Royal Fusiliers), and Isabel Jeremy Gwyn, of 72, Lexham
Gardens, Kensington, London. Educated at Stoneyhurst College, Lancashire
and Sandhurst. No known grave. Commemorated on YPRES (MENIN GATE)
MEMORIAL, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium. Panel 21. |
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