POTTERSPURY - Roll of Honour
World War 1 - Roll of Honour with detailed information
Compiled and copyright © Transcribed Clare & Caroline
Langley; researched Lynda Smith - 2005
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The
Celtic Cross is situated in front of a row of cottages in the village.
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| Photographs
Copyright © Clare Langley 2003 |
IN
MEMORY. 1914 - 1918
FOR
KING AND COUNTRY
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FITZROY
/ IPSWICH
(Viscount Ipswich) |
William
Henry Alfred |
 William
Henry Alfred Fitzroy (Viscount Ipswich). Royal Air Force and 5th
Battalion Coldstream Guards. Killed in action on 23rd May 1918.
Aged 33. Son of 8th Duke of Grafton; husband of Auriol, Viscountess
Ipswich, of Whittlebury, Towcester, Northants. Buried: Euston (St.
Genevieve) Churchyard, Suffolk.
Additional
information from “The War Illustrated”. Viscount Ipswich, killed
while flying in England, was the son and heir of the Earl of Euston
and grandson of the Duke of Grafton. On the outbreak of war he enlisted
in the East Kent Regiment, and shortly afterwards was given a commission
in the Coldstream Guards, and went to France in November 1914. In
the spring of 1915 he was invalided home with shell shock, but returned
to France in the summer of 1916. In the autumn of 1917 he returned
to England to train as an observer in the R.F.C., and although considerably
above the recognised age-limit, passed onto a pilot’s course, and
met his death almost at the end of his period of training. |
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WHITE |
William
Walter |
Lance
Serjeant 235385. 1st/5th Battalion South Lancashire Regiment. Formerly
1584 Northamptonshire Yeomanry. Killed in action in France & Flanders
on 22nd April 1918. Born and enlisted Northampton. Commemorated:
Loos Memorial, Pas de Calais, France. Panel 76. |
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CHAPMAN |
Harry |
Lance
Corporal. Yorkshire Hussars. No further information available at
present. |
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ARCHER |
Thomas |
Private.
Oxford & Bucks Light Infantry. No further information available
at present. |
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BAILEY |
Frank
Edward |
Probably:
Private 8728. 2nd Battalion Leicestershire Regiment. Formerly 8498
Northamptonshire Regiment. Killed in action in France & Flanders
on 15th October 1915. Aged 26. Born and enlisted Kettering. Lived
Burton Latimer. Son of Mr. and Mrs. George Bailey, of 6, School
Lane, Burton Latimer, Kettering, Northants. Buried: Gorre British
And Indian Cemetery, Pas de Calais, France. Ref. I. E. 16. |
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CLARKE |
Arthur |
Private
Rifle Brigade. No further information available at present. |
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EVANS |
Edward |
Private.
Middlesex regiment. No further information available at present.
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ROBERTS |
Albert
Edward |
Private
2998. (CD gives 2298). 9th (Queen's Royal) Lancers. Killed in action
in France & Flanders on 29th September 1914. Born Whittlebury, Northamptonshire.
Lived Littlebury (sic). Enlisted London. Buried: Longueval Communal
Cemetery, Aisne, France. Ref. B. 16. |
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YEATMAN |
Alfred
George |
Rifleman
A/1752. 9th Battalion King's Royal Rifle Corps. Killed in action
in France & Flanders on 24th August 1916. Aged 23. Born Whittlebury.
Enlisted Northampton. Son of George and Amy Yeatman, of Whittlebury,
Towcester, Northants. Commemorated: Thiepval Memorial, Somme, France.
Pier and Face 13 A and 13 B. |
28 February
2005 |
