ANDERSON |
John
Henry |
Private,
44th Canadian Infantry (New Brunswick Regiment), of Church Lane.
He was severely wounded by shellfire on 2 April then died of wounds
on 3 April 1917. Born in Tring. Age 24. Son of Mary Jane native
of Tring. Bruay Commual Cemetery Extension.
|
AYRES |
James
Edward |
Driver,
Army Service Corps, of Akeman Street. Enlisted at Bedford. Died
of pneumonia on 23 October 1918. Born in Wendover, Bucks. Greenwich
Cemetery.
|
ASQUITH |
Gordon
William |
Second
Lieutenant, 3rd King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry. Killed in action
on 2 December 1917. Age 19. Tyne Cot Memorial.
|
BADRICK |
Percy |
Rifleman,
2nd Rifle Brigade. Died of wounds on 30 May 1918. Age 19. Son of
George and Louisa of Tring. Mont Huon Military Cemetery. ??
|
BAKER |
Will |
Private,
HQ (Portsmouth) Royal Marine Light Infantry. Died of wounds on 21
October 1915. Age 20. Son of Herbert H. of 46 Wingrave Road, New
Mill. Tring Cemetery.
|
BANDY |
Albert |
Lance
Corporal, 13th King's Royal Rifles, of Tring. Enlisted in London.
Killed in action on 23 August 1918. Born in Wing, Bucks. Achiet-Le-Grand
Communal Cemetery Extension.
|
*BARBER |
Ernest |
Private,
1st Hertfordshire Regiment. Died of wounds on 18 September 1920.
Age 24. Son of William and Sarah of 22 Miswell Lane. Tring Cemetery.
??
|
BARBER |
Edward |
Private,
1st Grenadier Guards. Enlisted in London. Killed in action at Neuve
Chapelle on 12 March 1915. Age 22. Born in Tring. Son of William
and Sarah Ann of 22 Miswell Lane. Le Touret Memorial.
|
BATES |
Frank
Manfield |
Private,
6th Somerset Light Infantry, of Tring. Enlisted at Hertford, formerly
with the Hertfordshire Regiment. Died of shrapnel wounds on 20 September
1916. Age 21. Born in Aston Clinton, Bucks. Son of Manfield and
Mary Louisa of 11 Henry Street. Heilly Station Cemetery.
|
BATTSON |
Ralph
Bertram |
Driver,
31st Royal Field Artillery. Enlised in London. He was wounded by
shell fire some miles behind the line, he died of wounds on 15 May
1917. Age 21. Born in Tring. Son of Eleanor Prior (formerly Battson)
and the late Benjamin of 16 Langdon Street. Formerly a member of
the Church Lads Brigade. Employed by Mr. A.P. Boyson, Grove Lodge.
Duisans British Cemetery.
|
*BEDFORD |
Daniel
Ronald |
Private,
29th Middlesex Regiment, of Ashford. Died of wounds on 27 July 1917.
Born in Tring. Shorncliffe Military Cemetery. (Awaiting new CWGC
page)
|
BIRCH |
William
Charles |
Private,
1st Border Regiment, of Tring. Enlisted in London. Killed in action
in the Dardanelles on 28 April 1915. Age 20. Born in Tring. Son
of Herbert of 2 Goldfield Cottages, Miswell Lane. Helles Memorial.
|
*BRACKLEY |
Henry |
Gunner,
76th Royal Garrison Artillery. Enlisted at Tring. Died of wounds
on 24 March 1918. Born in Wendover, Bucks. St Hilaire Cemetery.
|
BRACKLEY |
Horace |
Private,
Royal Army Service Corps. Killed in France on 2 December 1918. Age
26. Son of George and Emma of ‘Chivery’ St Leonards, Tring. Husband
of Alice of Cholesbury. Premont British Cemetery.??
|
BRACKLEY |
Thomas |
Private,
1st Grenadier Guards. Killed in action on 17 October 1915. Loos
Memorial. ??
|
BRANDON |
W. |
Private,
27th Canadian Infantry. Killed in action on 4 April 1916. Age 21.Ypres
(Menin Gate) Memorial.
|
BROOKS |
George |
Private,
10th Lancashire Fusiliers. Enlisted at Tring, formerly with the
Bedfordshire Regiment. Killed in action on 12 October 1918. Age
35. Born in Tring. Son of James and Jane. Husband of Emily Louisa
of 17 Council Cottages, Miswell Lane. Montay-Neuvilly Road Cemetery.
|
*BROOKS |
George |
Private,
Royal Army Service Corps, of St Albans. Born in Tring. Died of wounds
in Egypt on 10 July 1916. Alexandria (Hadra) War Memorial Cemetery.
Not on St Albans WM
|
BROWN |
Andrew
Cranstoun |
Second
Lieutenant, 8th South Staffordshire Regiment. Killed in action on
2 July 1916. Age 21. Son of Katherine of Springfield, Downton, Salisbury,
and the late James Brown of Harvieston, Tring. Dantzig Alley British
Cemetery. ??
|
BURCH |
Frank |
Private,
1st Bedfordshire Regiment, of Aldbury. Enlisted at Hertford. Killed
in action in France on 27 September 1918. Age 24. Son of John and
Emily of 25 The Front, Potten End. Villers Hill British Cemetery.
|
*BUSHELL |
Charles
Sansom |
Private,
2nd Wiltshire Regiment. Born in Tring (correct). Killed in action
on 19 August 1918. Age 18. Son of William Joseph and Margaret Mary
of Gamnel, New Mill. Le Vertannoy British Cemetery.
|
CARTWRIGHT |
Thomas |
Private,
78th Canadian Infantry. Killed in action on 19 November 1916. Age
25. Son of Susan of 354 Union Avenue, Elmwood, Manitoba, Canada
and the late John. As a boy he was a member of the Parish Church
Choir and the Church Lads Brigade. Vimy Memorial.
|
CATO |
Reginald
Robert |
Gunner,
31st Royal Garrison Artillery, of Tring. Enlitsted at Watford. Killed
in action on 10 March 1918. Age 35. Born in Berkhamsted. Husband
of Florence May Harris (formerly Cato) of 22 Akeman Street. Ypres
Reservoir Cemetery.
|
CLARKE |
Frederick
Edward |
Private,
Eastern Counties Labour Corps. Enlisted at Watford, formerly with
the East Surrey Regiment. Wounded in October 1917 in the Battles
for Paschendale Ridge, evacuated back to England. He died of Pnumonia
on 7 November 1918 at Horton Hospital, Epsom, Surrey. Born at Stratford,
Essex. Formerly a member of Tring Town Band. Tring Cemetery.
|
CLEMENTS |
James |
Gunner,
264th Royal Field Artillery. Died of fever on 23 November 1918.Beirut
War Cemetery.??
|
*COKER |
Samuel |
Private,
1st Welsh Regiment, of Tring. Born in Pitstone. Died on 5 March
1915. Dranouter Churchyard.
|
COLLIER |
Seaman
Stanley |
Able,
Royal Navy. He joined the Navy in 1905. Drowned when HMS 'Hampshire'
was mined and sank off the Orkneys on 5 June 1916. Age 28. Born
in Tring. Son of George and Annie. Lyness Royal Naval Cemetery.
|
COLLINS |
Jesse |
Private,
11th Royal West Kent Regiment, transferred to 99th Training Reserve.
Enlisted at Watford. Died on 25 December 1916. Age 50. Born in Pitstone.
Son on Charles and Polly. Husband of Elizabeth Smith (formerly Collins)
of 49 Lysons Road, Aldershot. Aldershot Military Cemetery.
|
CRAWLEY |
Charles
Jesse |
Private,
2nd Middlesex Regiment. Enlisted in London. Killed in action on
2 June 1915. Age 26. Born in Aldbury. Son of Sabrina and the late
Joseph. Ploegsteert Memorial.
|
*CRAWLEY |
Harold
Robin |
Rifleman,
9th Rifle Brigade, of Watford. Born in Tring. Killed in action on
15 September 1916. Age 26. Son of Sabrina and the late Joseph. Thiepval
Memorial.
|
CRAWLEY |
Ultimius
George |
Private,
6th Oxfordshire and Bucks Light Infantry, of Broomhill, Yorks. Enlisted
at Oxford. Killed in action on 20 September 1917. Age 24. Born in
Wigginton. Son of Samuel and Mrs Crawley of Cholesbury. Tyne Cot
Memorial.
|
CROCKETT |
George |
Private,
2nd Bedfordshire Regiment, of Tring. Enlisted at Bedford. Killed
in action on 30 July 1916. Age 19. Born in Tring. Son of Jesse of
22 Pleasant Row, Akeman Street. Terlincthun British Cemetery.
|
CROSS |
Arthur
Albert |
Private,
Royal Buckinghamshire Hussars, Household Cavalry, of Tring. Enlisted
at Aylesbury. Killed in action in Palestine on 28 November 1917.
Age 22. Born in Tring. Jerusalem War Cemetery. See Hemel Hempstead
War Memorial.
|
CROSS |
Herbert
William |
Private,
1st Bedfordshire Regiment. Enlisted at Hatfield. Killed in action
on 7 September 1915. Born in Tring. Son of Mrs.A.Crawley of 28 King
Street. Albert Communal Cemetery Extension.
|
CUTLER |
Ernest |
Private,
7th Norfolk Regiment. Enlisted at Watford. Killed in action on 22
August 1918. Born in Tring. Meaulte Military Cemetery.
|
DAVEY |
Henry
Arthur |
Private,
6th Bedfordshire Regiment, Brook Street. Enlisted in Berkhamsted
in August 1914. Died of wounds in London on 16 March 1917. Formerly
employed on Tring Park estate. One of parish church bell-ringers.
Tring Cemetery. ??
|
DAVEY |
William |
Private,
2nd Bedfordshire Regiment, of High Street, Tring. Enlisted at Bedford.
Killed in action at the Somme on 11 July 1916. Born in Tring. Quarry
Cemetery, Montauban. (BK)
|
DAWE |
Sidney
Charles |
Captain,
5th Lincolnshire Regiment. Killed on 13 February 1918. Age 20. Son
of Arthur Henry and Elizabeth Annie of ‘Thornhill’ 12 Boxwell Road,
Berkhamsted. Fins New British Cemetery.
|
DELL |
William
Clement |
Rifleman,
12th King's Royal Rifle Corps, of Duckmore Lane. Enlisted at Watford,
formerly with the Cambridge Regiment. Killed in action on 23 September
1917. Tyne Cot Memorial.
|
*DOCKERTY |
Frank |
Private,
25th Northumberland Fusiliers, of Tring. Killed in action on 1 July
1916. Thiepval Memorial.
|
DUNTON |
Stanley |
Private,
3rd Middlesex Regiment. Enlisted at Harrow. Killed in action on
30 September 1915. Born in Tring. Loos Memorial.
|
EGGLETON |
Stanley
R. |
Staff
Sergeant, 7th Field Ambulance Australian Army Medical Corps., of
Crouch's Farm. Died of wounds on 8 October 1917. Poperinge New Military
Cemetery.
|
FENEMORE |
John |
Sergeant,
64th Machine Gun Corps, of Tring. Enlisted at Watford, formerly
with the Bedfordshire Regiment. Killed in action on 15 July 1916.
Age 22. Born at New Mill. Son of Thomas and Mary. [ - possibly John
(son of Joseph & Sarah) age 38.]??? Caterpillar Valley Cemetery.
|
FENNER |
Laurence
Henry |
Private,
5th Canadian Infantry. Badly gassed in France in November 1917 and
died on 12 October 1918. Age 29. Son of Henry and Alice of Pendley.
Bramshott (St Mary) Churchyard, Hampshire.
|
FOSKETT |
Herbert
Edward |
Second
Lieutenant, 5th Bedfordshire Regiment, formerly with the Hertfordshire
Regiment. Enlisted in September 1914. Killed in action on 28 April
1917. Age 24. Son of Mary and the late Herbert of Western Road.
Arras Memorial.
|
FOSTER |
Stanley
Francis |
Private,
6th Bedfordshire Regiment, of Tring. Enlisted at Bedford. Killed
in action by a shell on 6 August 1917. Age 30. Born in Tring. Husband
of Alice Maud of 45 King Street. Derry House Cemetery. (BK?)
|
FOUNTAIN |
Sidney
Thomas |
Private,
1st Cambridgeshire Regiment. Enlisted at Bedford, formerly with
the Northants Regiment. Killed in action on 28 August 1918. Age
29. Born in Eaton Bray, Beds. Son of Mrs. Frederick Fountain of
14 Charles Street. Husband of S.E. Fountain of 44 Charles Street.
Peronne Road Cemetery.
|
FRENCH |
Frederick
Arthur |
Private,
6th East Yorkshire Regiment, of Tring. Enlisted at Berkhamsted.
Killed in action on 17 July 1917. Born in Tring. No Man’s Cot Cemetery.
|
GATES |
Frank
John |
Rifleman,
8th Post Office Rifles, London Regiment, of Tring. Enlisted in London.
Died of wounds at Delville Wood on 26 July 1918. Delville Wood Cemetery.
(?)
|
GATES |
Herbert
James |
Lance
Corporal, 2nd Oxfordshire and Bucks Light Infantry, of Tring. Enlisted
at Aylesbury. Killed in action in France on 2 November 1918. Maresches
Communal Cemetery.
|
GATES |
Walter
Thomas |
Private,
7th East Kent Regiment, of Tring. Enlisted in London. Died of wounds
in France on 12 July 1916. Age 27. Born in Aston Clinton. Son of
Frederick and Emma of 27 High Street. St Sever Cemetery.
|
GREGORY |
Frederick
John |
Private,
4th Bedfordshire Regiment, of New Mill. Enlisted at Bedford. Killed
in action on 13 November 1916. Thiepval Memmorial.
|
GRISTWOOD |
Leonard
William |
Lance
Corporal, 55th Machine Gun Corps, of Tring. Enlisted in Watford,
formerly with the Bedfordshire Regiment. Killed in action on 3 May
1917. Age 21. Born in Chorleywood. Son of Charles and the late Mary.
Arras Memorial.
|
GUNN |
George |
Private,
11th Royal Sussex Regiment. Enlisted at Warford. Killed in action
on 28 February 1918. Age 19. Formerly employed at Apsley Mills.
Son of Mr.B and Mrs.SA Gunn of New Road, New Mill. Gouzeaucourt
New British Cemetery.
|
HALSEY |
Archibald |
Private,
1st Hertfordshire Regiment. Killed in action in France on 21 September
1916. Age 19. Born in Tring. Son of James and Ellen of 38 Albert
Street. Knightsbridge Cemetery.
|
HANCE |
George
James |
Private,
2nd Oxfordshire and Bucks Light Infantry, of Tring. Enlisted at
Aylesbury. Shot through the head by a machine gun on 26 August 1916.
Age 18. Son of Robert and Alice of 21 Park Road. Laventie Military
Cemetery.
|
HARDY |
Leslie
George |
Corporal,
1st Coldstream Guards, of Tring. Enlisted at Stafford. Killed in
action on 8 October 1915. Age 20. Born in Tamworth, Warks. Son of
Samuel of Woodbrook Cottage, Forest Road, Loughborough and the late
Susan Lavinia. Quarry Cemetery.
|
HARTERT |
Joachim
Charles |
Lieutenant
(Temp), 8th East Yorkshire Regiment. Killed in action on 28 October
1916. Age 22. Born in Tring, educated at Berkhamsted School and
Oxford. Son of Dr. Ernst JO and Claudia ER of ‘Bellevue’, Park Road.
Courcelles-Au-Bois Communal Cemetery Extension.
|
HARROWELL |
Charles |
Private,
1st Bedfordshire Regiment, of Tring. Enlisted at Hertford. Killed
in action on 19 April 1915. Age 19. Born in Tring. Son of Eli and
Elizabeth of 17 Langdon Street. Formerly employed as a clerk with
the London and North Western Railway. Ypres (Menin Gate) Memorial.
|
HARROWELL |
James |
Rifleman,
9th King's Royal Rifle Corps. Enlisted at Watford. Killed in action
on 22 October 1917. Age 32. Born in Tring. Son of Eli and Elizabeth
of 17 Langdon Street. Husband Caroline of 40 Wingrave Road. New
Mill. Tyne Cot Memorial.
|
HAYSTAFF |
S |
Private,
87th Canadian Infantry. Killed in action on 5 November 1918.Valenciennes
(St Roch) Communal Cemetery.
|
HAYWARD |
Walter |
Private,
6th Australian Machine Gun Corps. Killed in action on 4 May 1917.
Age 22. Born at St Leonards, Bucks. Son of Sarah of 3 Henry Street,
and the late Charles. Villers-Bretonneux Memorial.
|
HAZZARD |
Herbert |
Private,
1st Oxfordshire and Bucks Light Infantry, of Tring. Enlisted at
Aylesbury. Killed in action on 1 April 1916. Age 21. Son of Selina
of 1 Miswell Lane. Hebuterne Military Cemetery.
|
HEDGES |
John
Russell |
Private,
1st Bedfordshire Regiment. Killed in action in Lebanon on 16 November
1918. Age 26. Son of Elizabeth of 7 Parsonage Place. Beirut War
Cemetery.??
|
HEDGES |
Sidney
Walter |
Lance
Corporal, 6th Northamptonshire Regiment. Enlisted at Watford. Died
of wounds on 16 April 1918. Age 21. Born in Tring. Son of Susanna
Elizabeth of 55 Western Road, and the late Thomas. Rosieres Communal
Cemetery Extension.
|
HORN |
Joseph |
Private,
2nd Middlesex Regiment, of Tring. Enlisted at Bedford on 30 May,
having only served six weeks in France was killed in action by a
shell on 17 November 1916. Age 31. Born in Tring. Son of Elizabeth
of 81 Brook Street.Guillemont Road Cemetery, Guillemont.
|
HOWLETT |
Charles
Frederick |
Private,
8th Lincolnshire Regiment, of Tring. Enlisted at Aylesbury, formerly
with the RASC. Killed in action on 4 October 1917. Age 22. Born
in Aylesbury. Son of Frederick Charles and Emma of Western Road.
Tyne Cot Memorial.
|
JANES |
Henry |
Corporal,
Royal Marine Light Infantry. Killed in action on 17 February 1917.
Age 23. Son of Job and Ruth of 33 Wingrave Road, New Mill. Queens
Cemetery. ??
|
KEMPSTER |
Frederick |
Rifleman,
7th Royal Irish Rifles. Enlisted at Tring, formerly with the Essex
Regiment. Killed in action on 2 October 1917. Age 29. Born in Tring.
Husband of Rose of 76 Akeman Street. Cojeul British Cemetery.
|
KING |
Ernest |
Private,
4th North Staffordshire Regiment. Died of wounds on 13 February
1919. Age 19. Formerly employed at Apsley Mills. Son of Susannah
of 9 Myrtle Cottages, Bulbourne, Tring. Tring Cemetery. (JD)??
|
LOVEGROVE |
Bert |
Private,
9th East Surrey Regiment. Enlisted at Watford. Killed in action
on 25 February 1916. Born in Tring. Menin Road South Military Cemetery.
|
LOVELL |
Arthur |
Private,
54th Machine Gun Corps. Killed in action in the Lebanon on 16 November
1918. Age 26. Son of Alfred and Mary of 7 Bunstrux Hill. Beirut
War Cemetery, Lebanon.??
|
LOVELL |
Frederick |
Private,
13th Essex Regiment, of Manor Park, Essex. Enlisted at East Ham,
Essex. Killed in action 2 August 1916. Age 28. Born in Tring. Son
of Mr. and Mrs A. Lovell of Akeman Street, and husband of Mrs. E.E.
Stocker (formerly Lovell) of 1 Pinewood Cottages, Pinewood Road,
Ash, Surrey. Dantzig Alley British Cemetery.
|
MARCHAM |
Frank
Edgar |
Private,
1st Hertfordshire Regiment. Enlisted at Hertford. Killed by a shell
whilst resting in billet in France on 29 March 1915, together with
William Green and Frank Laughton (Berkhamsted). Age 22. Born in
Tring. Formerly employed by Messrs Wright and Wright, coachbuilders.
Son of Frederick W. of ‘Oakleigh’ Western Road. Guards Cemetrery,
Windy Corner.
|
MILLER |
C |
No
further information currently
|
MILLER |
Stanley |
Corporal,
1st Royal Buckinghamshire Hussars, of Tring. Enlisted at Aylesbury.
Died of wounds in Palestine on 2 June 1917. Age 29. Born in Tring.
Son of Hannah of 41 Charles Street. and the late Charles. Kantara
War Memorial Cemetery. )
|
MILLS |
George |
Private,
112th Machine Gun Corps, of Tring. Enlisted at Aylesbury, formerly
with the RASC. Died of wounds on 28 April 1917. Age 22. Born in
Long Marston. Son of Mrs.L. Mills of 2 Tring Ford, Tring. Point-Du-Jour
Military Cemetery. )
|
NORWOOD |
William
Edward |
Driver,
163rd Machine Gun Corps, Died of wounds on 4 December 1918. Age
23. Son of Joseph and Sarah of 21 Akeman Street. Alexandria (Hadra)
War Memorial.??
|
OAKLEY |
George |
Private,
12th Northumberland Fusiliers. Enlisted at Holton Park, Somerset,
formerly with the Hertfordshire Regiment. Killed in action on 25
October 1917. Age 20. Born at Worlstone, Herts. Son of Sarah, of
64 Akeman Street. Tyne Cot Memorial.
|
PHILBEY |
Henry
Richard |
Lance
Corporal, 2nd Bedfordshire Regiment, of 11 Bunstux Hill. Killed
in action in Belgium on 26 July 1917. Age 30. Born in Bovingdon.
Son of Edward. Husband of Lillian. Dickenbusch New Military Cemetery
Extension. (BV)
|
POPE,
MC And Bar |
Harold
Edward |
Acting
Captain, Royal Garrison Artillery. Killed in action on 24 August
1918. Age 36. Son of the Rev.AF Pope of Tring, and Catherine IE
Pope (nee Rose) of Kilravock, Scotland. Educated at Winchester and
New College, Oxford. Heath Cemetery. )
|
POULTON |
Harry |
Private,
2nd Highland Light Infantry, of Tring. Enlisted in London. Killed
in action on 20 September 1914. Born in Tring. La Ferte-Sous-Jouarre
Memorial.
|
POULTON |
Joseph |
Private,
1stBedfordshire Regiment, of Berkhamsted. Enlisted at Tring. Died
of wounds on 31 October 1914. Born in Tring. Glasgow (Lambhill)
Cemetery.
|
POULTON |
Joseph |
Private,
2nd Northamptonshire Regiment, of Albert Street. Enlisted at Watford.
Died after being gassed on 14 November 1917. Born in Yiewsley, Middlesex.
Bailleul Communal Cemetery Extension.
|
PRATT |
Stanley
James |
Sergeant,
48th Sqdn., Royal Air Force. Killed in action on 5 July 1918. Age
18. Son of Jabez and Rosa Louisa, 'Woodleigh' of Western Road. Arras
Flying Services Memorial.
|
PRATT |
Sidney
Richard |
Private,
53rd Australian Infantry Australian Imperial Force, Killed in action
at Fromelles on 19 July 1916.Age 30. Born in Marsworth. Son of Thomas
and Annie of 'Rose Cottage', Longfield Road. VC Corner Australian
Cemetery Memorial.
|
PRENTICE |
Harry |
Private,
2nd Oxfordshire and Bucks Light Infantry, of Tring. Enlisted at
Aylesbury. Killed in action on 19 July 1916. Age 18. Son of Frederick
and Eliza of 49 King Street. Laventie Military Cemetery.
|
RANCE |
Arthur
Henry |
Corporal,
62nd Machine Gun Corps. Enlisted at Lewisham, formerly with the
London Regiment. Killed in action on 9 June 1918. Age 33. Formerly
employed as a draper's assistant. Born in Tring. Son of Henry and
Mary of Tring, Husband of Alice of ‘Glenside’ Bulbourne. Bienvillers
Military Cemetery.
|
RANCE |
Harry |
Bugler,
58th Canadian Infantry (Central Ontario Regt.), of Charles Street.
Died of "spotted fever" at Cambridge Military Hospital on 6
January 1916. Age 22. Tring Cemetery.
|
RANCE |
Corporal
Walter |
Lance,
2nd Queen's Royal West Surrey Regiment, Enlisted at Bedford. Killed
in action in Italy on 29 October 1918. Age 30. Born in Tring. Husband
of Elsie A of 35 Albert Street. Tezze British Cemetery.
|
RANDALL |
Sidney
James |
Private,
44th New Brunswick Canadian E F. Died of wounds 12 November 1918.
StSever Cemetery Extension.
|
REW |
Douglas
Jolland |
Second
Lieutenant, 5th Essex Regiment. Killed in action in France on 28
June 1917. Age 33. Son of Maj. and Mrs H.G. Rew of 61 Norbury Court
Road, Streatham, London. Assistant scoutmaster. Philosophe British
Cemetery.
|
ROBERTS |
Thomas
Walter |
Private,
7th East Surrey Regiment. Enlisted at Watford. Killed in action
on 23 July 1916. Age 18. Born in Tring. Son of Walter and Mary Ann
of The Gas Works, Tring. Thiepval Memorial.
|
ROBINSON |
Frank |
Private,
17th Tank Corps. Enlisted in Tring, formerly with the Hertfordshire
Regiment. Killed in action on 11 June 1918. Age 21. Born in Tring.
Son of Thomas and Alice of Cherry Tree Cottages, Cholesbury. St
Martin-Aux-Bois Churchyard. )
|
ROLFE |
Horace
Hedley Reginald |
Air
Mechanic 2nd Class, 1st Wing HQ Royal Flying Corps, of Western Road.
Died of wounds on 26 September 1916 after being hit by anti-aircraft
fire over enemy lines during air reconnaisance the previous day.
Age 25. Son of Frederick and Agnes (coal merchant)of Western Road,
Husband of Doris C.(nee Plater) of Green End Street, Aston Clinton.
Member of the United Free Church. Barlin Communal Cemetery Extension.
|
*ROWLAND |
William
John |
Private,
2nd Wiltshire Regiment, of Tring. Enlisted at Watford, formerly
with the Oxfordshire and Bucks Light Infantry. Killed in action
on 1 August 1917. Born in Pitstone. Ypres (Menin Gate) Memorial.
|
SEABROOK |
William
Charles |
Sergeant,
1st Aeroplane Supply Depot Repair Park, Royal Air Force, of Western
Road. Died of wounds in France on 25 September 1918. Age 24. Son
of Mr. and Mrs. C Seabrook of Tring. Terlincthun British Cemetery.
|
SPINKS |
Charles
Edward |
Lance
Corporal, 7th Bedfordshire Regiment, of Tring. Enlisted at Tring.
Killed in action on 11 January 1918. Age 22. Brother of Mrs A Charlton
of Byker, Newcastle-on-Tyne. Artillery Wood Cemetery.
|
SPINKS |
William
George |
Acting
Sergeant, 1st Hertfordshire Regiment of Tring. Killed in action
at the Somme on 26 September 1916. Age 25. Son of Harry George and
Sarah Charlotte of Tring. Auchonvillers Military Cemetery.
|
STRATFORD |
Arthur |
Private,
5th Oxfordshire and Bucks Light Infantry, of Wealdstone. Enlisted
at Houndslow, Middlesex. Killed in action on 17 October 1915. Age
30. Born in Tring. Husband of Mrs.G Stratford of 86 Cecil Road,
Wealdstone, Middlesex. Ypres (Menin Gate) Memorial.
|
STEVENS |
Charles
Sidney |
Private,
15th Suffolk Regiment. Enlisted at Bedford. Killed in action in
Belgium on 2 November 1918. Born in Aylesbury. Lanain Communal Cemetery.
|
TURVEY |
Frederick |
Private,
9th Royal Dublin Fusiliers of Tabernacle Yard. Enlised at Tring,
formerly with the Bedfordshire Regiment. Killed in action on 8 August
1917. Born in Chesham, Bucks .Ypres (Menin Gate) Memorial.
|
TYLER |
Albert
John |
Private,
10th Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry, of Tring. Enlisted at Watford,
formerly with the Surrey Regiment. Killed in action in France on
25 March 1918. Age 20. Born in Tring. Son of Clara Jane of 51 Wingrave
Road, New Mill and the late Thomas. Arras Memorial.
|
VAISEY |
Roland
Maddison |
Captain,
36th Royal Field Artillery. Killed in action in France on 7 September
1918. Age 31. Son of Arthur William and Esther. Husband of Violet
of 'The Bungalow', Tring. Vaulx Hill Cemetery.
|
WELLS |
|
Stoker
1st Class, HMS 'Aboukir' Royal Navy. Killed in action with a submarine
in the North Sea on 22 September 1914. Chatham Naval Memorial.
Special
note: In the early hours of the morning of 22 September 1914, HMS
Cressy along with HMS Aboukir & HMS Hogue were sunk by torpedoes
from a U-boat under the command of Otto Weddigen, in the North Sea.
|
WELLS |
Arthur
Frank |
Private,
74th Royal Army Ornance Corps. Died of wounds on 19 February 1919.
Age 40. Husband of Lillie of 31 Albert Street. Blargies Communal
Cemetery Extension.
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WEST |
Joseph |
Private,
7th Royal West Kent Regiment. Died of wounds on 12 June 1918. Age
31. Son of Martha of 19 Albert Street.
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WILKINS |
Arthur |
Rifleman,
10th Rifle Brigade. Killed in action on 3 September 1916. Age 20.
Son of Mrs.M Wilkins of 4 Western Road. Thiepval Memorial.
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WILKINS |
Frank
George |
Private,
1st Worcestershire Regiment. Killed in action on 4 March 1917. Son
of George and Sarah of 12 King Street. Fins New British Cemetery.
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WILKINS |
Oliver |
Bugler,
1st Oxfordshire and Bucks Light Infantry. Killed in action on 16
August 1917. New Irish Farm Cemetery.
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WOODS |
Sidney |
Private,
8th Bedfordshire Regiment. Died of wounds on 3 November 1916. StSever
Cemetery Extension.
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WRIGHT |
Ernest
Grorge |
Private,
1st Essex Regiment, of 7 New Cottages, Brook Street. Husband of
Ada Cato (formerly Wright). Kantara War Memorial.
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*YOUNG |
George
Walter |
Captain,
8th Battalion, East Yorkshire Regiment. Killed in action Monday
27 May 1918, in Aisne, France. Aged 21. Born 1 September 1896 and
baptised 15 November 1896 in Kings Langley, Hertfordshire. Educated
Bedford Modern School (1905-14). Son of George Thomas Young and
Eleanor Young, of 8, High Street, Tring, Herts; elder brother of
Marcus (below). In 1896 the family were resident in Kings Langley,
Hertfordshire. In the 1901 census he was aged 4, born Tring, resident
with his parents at 8, High Street, Tring, Hertfordshire. No known
grave. Commemorated on SOISSONS MEMORIAL, Aisne, France. See also
Bedford
Modern School
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YOUNG |
Marcus
Ernest |
Second
Lieutenant, X/58 Trench Mortar Battery, Royal Field Artillery. Died
Sunday 24 March 1918, Aisne, France. Aged 19. Born 12 May 1898 in
Tring, Buckinghamshire. Educated Bedford Modern School (1905-16).
Son of George Thomas Young and Eleanor Young, of 8, High Street,
Tring, Herts; younger brother of George (above). In the 1901 census
he was aged 4, born Tring, resident with his parents at 8, High
Street, Tring, Hertfordshire. In the 1911 census he was aged 12,
a boarder at school, born Tring, resident 1 Waldeck Avenue, Bedford.
Buried in CHAUNY COMMUNAL CEMETERY BRITISH EXTENSION, Aisne, France.
Grave lost. Special memorial. See also Bedford
Modern School
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