HITCHIN
WAR MEMORIAL
World
War 1 & 2 - Roll of Honour with detailed information
Compiled and copyright © Alan Cooper 2006
extra WW2 information Michael McCartney
The
Hitchin memorial is in the form of a Celtic cross on a pillar mounted
on a plinth with three side walls, the front being open with small fence.
There are 11 panels of names for the First World War, 356 names in total.
The memorial was unveiled by Viscount Hampden on 6th August 1922, the
memorial costing £1675 5s 10d at the time. The architect was Walter
Millard and the builders Messrs. John Thompson & Sons. The land
used was originally part of the churchyard but the non-conformists in
the community did not want their dead remembered on Anglican Church
property. The names for World War 2 are held in a Book of Remembrance
within the parish church of St Mary’s Church, this is referred
to on the memorial, there are 162 names. The digitisation of the ‘Hitchin
Roll of Honour 1939-1945’ is now complete, the book is now back
in St Mary's Church. The ‘Old Michaelean Association’ paid
for Hertfordshire Archives and Local Studies (HALS) to digitise the
entire volume, and to produce a Conservation Report, advising on how
it should be preserved and displayed.
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Photographs
Copyright
© Alan Cooper 2006 |
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Photograph
from an old postcard |
TO
THE
UNCONQUERED
1914 DEAD 1919
1914-
1918
| ABBISS |
Arthur
James |
 Corporal
13594, 11th Battalion, Suffolk Regiment. Killed in action 1st July
1916. Aged 24. Born Hitchin, enlisted March, Cambridgeshire. Son
of Frederick and Ellen Abbiss, of 75, Tilehouse St., Hitchin, Herts.
Arthur worked at Eastman's butchers shop in Chatteris, Cambridgeshire.
No known grave. Commemorated on THIEPVAL MEMORIAL, Somme, France.
Pier and Face 1 C and 2 A. Arthur
Abbiss (left) stands outside Melbourn Place School in Cambridge.
Having volunteered a few months previously he has just been issued
with his new uniform. |
| ADCOCK |
Keith
White |
Lieutenant,
Royal Engineers. Died 30th October 1918. Buried in HITCHIN CEMETERY,
Hertfordshire. Plot S. Row III. Grave A. See also Singapore
Cenotaph |
| ALBON |
William |
Private
39308, 15th Battalion, Worcestershire Regiment. Died in United Kingdom
4th January 1917. Aged 48. Born Stotfold, enlisted and resident
Hitchin. Husband of Hannah Katherine Albon, of 70, Walsworth Rd.,
Hitchin. Buried in HITCHIN CEMETERY, Hertfordshire. Section E. Grave
809. |
| ALBONE |
Arthur
Henry |
Private
82514, 63rd Battalion, Machine Gun Corps (Infantry). Killed in action
22nd March 1918. Born Stevenage, enlisted Bedford, resident Hitchin.
Formerly 8042, London Regiment. No known grave. Commemorated on
ARRAS MEMORIAL, Pas de Calais, France. Bay 10. |
| ALLISON |
A |
No
further information currently available |
| ANDERSON |
Frederick |
Private
84038, 141st Company, Labour Corps. Died 8th July 1918. Aged 35.
Born Norton, enlisted Bedford, resident Hitchin. Husband of Lilian
Lizzie Anderson, of 5, Periwinkle Lane, Hitchin, Herts. Formerly
18618, 8th Battalion, Bedfordshire Regiment. Buried in AUBIGNY COMMUNAL
CEMETERY EXTENSION, Pas de Calais, France. Plot IV. Row J. Grave
41. |
| APPLEBY |
Arthur
Henry |
Private
M2/269001, Motor Transport, Royal Army Service Corps. Died in United
Kingdom 25th December 1916. Aged 22. Born and enlisted Hitchin,
resident Bedford. Son of Arthur William and Agnes Ellen Appleby,
of 52, Nightingale Rd., Hitchin. Buried in HITCHIN CEMETERY, Hertfordshire.
Section E. Grave 810. |
| AYTO |
William
Harold |
Private
T/206971, 11th Battalion, Queen's (Royal West Surrey Regiment).
Died of wounds 10th August 1917. Born Burley in Wharfedale, Yorkshire
where his father was butler to William Fison of Greenholme, enlisted
and resident Dunstable, Bedfordshire. Husband of E. Ayto, of 69,
Tilehurst St., Hitchin. Buried in GODEWAERSVELDE BRITISH CEMETERY,
Nord, France. Plot I. Row C. Grave 54. |
| BAKER |
Frank |
Private
202810, 11th Battalion, Essex Regiment. Killed in action 22nd June
1917. Enlisted Hertford, resident Hitchin. Formerly 4831, Hertfordshire
Regiment. Buried in PHILOSOPHE BRITISH CEMETERY, MAZINGARBE, Pas
de Calais, France. Plot I. Row R. Grave 45. |
| BAKER |
W |
No
further information currently available |
| BALLARD |
W
C |
No
further information currently available |
| BARBER |
William
George |
Private
M2/149592, Mechanical Transport, Royal Army Service Corps attached
to 137th Howitzer Battery Royal Garrison Artillery. Died of wounds
28th June 1918. Aged 30. Born Westhampnett, Sussex, enlisted Chichester,
resident Singleton. Son of William J. and Mary Barber, of Boxgrove,
Sussex; husband of Mary A. Barber, of 2, Riddy View, Highbury, Hitchin,
Herts. Buried in VIGNACOURT BRITISH CEMETERY, Somme, France. Plot
IV. Row A. Grave 17. |
| BARKER |
Bertram |
Private
14807, 1st Battalion, Bedfordshire Regiment. Killed in action 27th
July 1916. Aged 30. Born, resident and enlisted Hitchin. Son of
George and Charlotte Barker, of 19, Cannon's Gardens, Hitchin, Herts.
No known grave. Commemorated on THIEPVAL MEMORIAL, Somme, France.
Pier and Face 2 C. |
| BARKER |
Charles
Marcus |
Corporal
201484, Tank "G7" (named GIGGLE), Tank Corps. Killed in
action 23rd November 1917. Born and enlisted Hitchin. Formerly 38195,
Machine Gun Corps. No known grave. Commemorated on CAMBRAI MEMORIAL,
LOUVERVAL, Nord, France. Panel 13.
Note:
Information about this tank can be found in the 1st Tank Brigade
War History, which is held at Bovington
Tank Museum. For details about tanks
in World War 1 see the section here. |
| BARKER |
George |
Private
29236, 13th Battalion, Essex Regiment. Died of wounds 24th April
1917. Aged 34. Born, resident and enlisted Hitchin. Husband of Elizabeth
Barker, of 15, Sunnyside, Hitchin. Buried in AUBIGNY COMMUNAL CEMETERY
EXTENSION, Pas de Calais, France. Plot II. Row D. Grave 34. |
| BARKER |
Harold |
Private
TR/161734, 53rd (Y.S.) Battalion, Queen's (Royal West Surrey Regiment).
Died in United Kingdom 4th November 1918. Aged 18. Enlisted Bedford,
resident Hitchin. Son of Alfred Barker, of 77, Walsworth Rd., Hitchin.
Buried in HITCHIN CEMETERY, Hertfordshire. Section W. Grave 165. |
| BARKER |
Maurice
[Thompson] |
Private
4577, Friend's Ambulance Unit, British Red Cross Society. Died 29th
September 1915. Aged 18. Son of Frank and the late Lucy Barker,
of Hitchin, Herts. Buried in ABBEVILLE COMMUNAL CEMETERY, Somme,
France. Plot II. Row D. Grave 19. See also Hitchin
Grammar School WW1 memorial |
| BARRETT |
William
Charles |
Private
45185, 11th Battalion, Suffolk Regiment. Killed in action 9th October
1917. Aged 21. Born Bishops Stortford, enlisted Hitchin. Husband
of L. Thorogood (formerly Barrett), of 11, Waltham Rd., Hitchin.
Native of Baldock, Herts. Buried in CEMENT HOUSE CEMETERY, Langemark-Poelkapelle,
West-Vlaanderen, Belgium. Plot I. Row G. Grave 8. |
| BASS |
J |
No
further information currently available |
| BATH |
Walter |
Rifleman
8979, 1st Battalion, Rifle Brigade (The Prince Consort's Own). Killed
in action 3rd May 1915. Born Tensford (sic - Tempsford), Bedfordshire,
enlisted and resident Hitchin. No known grave. Commemorated on YPRES
(MENIN GATE) MEMORIAL, Ieper, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium. Panel 46
- 48 and 50. |
| BAVINGTON,
DCM |
Horace
Leonard |
Corporal
265306, 1st Battalion, Hertfordshire Regiment formerly 2145, No.
4 Company, 1st Battalion, Hertfordshire Regiment. While in the trenches
at Ypres was struck on the left side of the forehead by a piece
of shrapnel (19th July 1917); was treated in France and transferred
to Croydon War Hospital on 24 July 1917 where he subsequently died
of wounds 21st February 1918. Aged 22. Son of William and Harriet
Bavington, of 16A, Mattocke Road, Hitchin. Born Hitchin. In the
1911 census he was aged 15, born Hitchin, a Butchers Errand Boy,
son of William and Harriett Bavington, resident 72, Queen Street,
Hitchin. Enlisted 10 March 1913 in Hitchin, aged 17 years, resident
96, Highlingate Road, Hitchin, employee of the Great Northern Railway,
unmarried, height 5 feet 5½ inches, chest 34 inches. Posted
1st Battalion, Hertfordshire Regiment 10th March 1913, embodied
5th August 1914, appointed acting Lance Corporal 30th May 1916,
promoted Corporal 11th September 1916. Wounded 7th May 1917. Served
in France 21st January 1915 to 23rd July 1917. Discharged under
paragraph 392 (xvi) King's Regulations 9th October 1917, address
given as 3, Anchor Cottages, Walsworth, Hitchin, Herts. Awarded
Silver War Badge 135527 10th October 1917. Awarded the Distinguished
Conduct Medal (D.C.M.) [London Gazette 26 January 1917]. Buried
in HITCHIN CEMETERY, Hertfordshire. North-East Extension. Grave
573. |
| BEECH |
Frederick
William |
Private
5343, 53rd Battalion, Australian Infantry, A.I.F. Accidentally killed
12 September 1918. Aged 25. Born Hitchin, Herts. Son of Mr A Beech,
of 51 Bearton Road, Hitichin, Herts. Frm labourer by trade. He enlisted
25 August 1915 in 3rd Battalion, 17th R/cts, allocated to 55th Battalion
29 August 1915; transferred to Y5A Medium Trench Mortar Battery
29 September 1916; to 53rd Battalion 12 Deceber 1916; wounded at
Hamel 4 JUly 1918. Buried in BRIE BRITISH CEMETERY, Somme, France.
Plot IV. Row G. Grave 3. |
| BEETON |
John
William |
Private
22066, 8th Battalion, Bedfordshire Regiment. Killed in action 27th
June 1917. Aged 22. Born and resident Hitchin, enlisted Bedford.
Son of M. Beeton. Buried in PHILOSOPHE BRITISH CEMETERY, MAZINGARBE,
Pas de Calais, France. Plot I. Row S. Grave 20. |
| BOWLER |
James |
Private
T.F. 202150, 1st/7th Battalion, Duke of Cambridge's Own (Middlesex
Regiment). Killed in action 23rd February 1917. Aged 23. Enlisted
Hitchin. Son of James and Mary Bowler, of 89, Campers Rd., Letchworth,
Herts. Born at Bedford. Buried in PONT-DU-HEM MILITARY CEMETERY,
LA GORGUE, Nord, France. Plot III. Row A. Grave 3. |
| BOWMAN |
Harold |
[Listed
as Private on SDGW] Lance Corporal SPTS/828, 23rd Battalion, Royal
Fusiliers (City of London Regiment). Died of wounds 2nd July 1916.
Aged 19. Born Storfold (sic - Stotfold), Bedfordshire, enlisted
London, resident Hitchin. Son of J. H. and Florence Mary Bowman,
of Hitchin, Herts. Buried in ABBEVILLE COMMUNAL CEMETERY, Somme,
France. Plot VI. Row F. Grave 14. See also Hitchin
Grammar School WW1 memorial |
| BOWMAN |
Hugh
James |
Second
Lieutenant, 16th Battalion, Duke of Cambridge's Own (Middlesex Regiment).
Killed in action 10th January 1916. Aged 22. Son of Ernest and Ellen
Bowman, of 44, The Avenue, Hitchin, Herts. Buried in CAMBRIN MILITARY
CEMETERY, Pas de Calais, France. Section E. Grave 8. See also Hitchin
Grammar School WW1 memorial |
| BRANDON |
Herbert
Edward |
Stoke
2nd Class SS/116773, H.M.S. Lilac, Royal Navy. Died 18th August
1915. Aged 18. Son of Frederick and Emily Brandon, of 57, Bunyan
Rd., Hitchin, Herts. No known grave. Commemorated on CHATHAM NAVAL
MEMORIAL, Kent. Panel 12.
Note:
HMS Lilac was a Naval Sloop that was launched 29th April 1915. She
was sold December 1922. |
| BRETT |
James
Horace |
Private
52418, 11th Battalion, Prince of Wales's Own (West Yorkshire Regiment).
Killed in action 29th September 1917. Aged 23. Born Battersea, London,
enlisted Bedford, resident Hitchin. Son of the late Henry James
Brett; husband of Hetty Mottram (formerly Brett), of 98, Rushby
Meads, Letchworth, Herts. Formerly 2723, Huntingdonshire Cyclist
Battalion. Buried in SANCTUARY WOOD CEMETERY, Ieper, West-Vlaanderen,
Belgium. Plot II. Row L. Grave 23. |
| BRIDGES |
Albert
Edward |
Private
20896, 8th Battalion, Bedfordshire Regiment. Killed in action 15th
September 1916. Born and resident Hitchin, enlisted Bedford. No
known grave. Commemorated on THIEPVAL MEMORIAL, Somme, France. Pier
and Face 2 C. |
| BRISTON |
Edward
Henry |
Corporal
37591, 2nd Battalion, Bedfordshire Regiment. Died of wounds 2nd
July 1918. Aged 20. Born and resident Hitchin, enlisted Bedford.
Son of R. H. and Ellen Briston, of Hitchin, Herts. Buried in PERNOIS
BRITISH CEMETERY, HALLOY-LES-PERNOIS, Somme, France. Plot II. Row
C. Grave 9. |
| BRITTAIN |
Arthur
W W |
Private
27445, 1st Battalion, Bedfordshire Regiment. Killed in action 25th
September 1916. Aged 35. Born new Cross, Kent, enlisted Bedford,
resident Graveley, Hertfordshire. Son of Joseph Ward Brittain and
Sarah Charlotte Brittain, of 39, Bunyan Rd., Hitchin, Herts. No
known grave. Commemorated on THIEPVAL MEMORIAL, Somme, France. Pier
and Face 2 C. |
| BROUGHTON |
William
J |
Private
10273, 2nd Battalion, Highland Light Infantry. Died of wounds 21st
October 1914. Born Ichen, Herts (sic - Hitchin), enlisted Northampton.
Buried in YPRES TOWN CEMETERY, Ieper, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium.
Section A3. Grave 5. |
| BROWN |
Arthur |
Private
13897, 1st Battalion, Bedfordshire Regiment. Killed in action 29th
May 1915. Born, resident and enlisted Hitchin. Buried in RAILWAY
DUGOUTS BURIAL GROUND, Ieper, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium. Plot I.
Row A. Grave 5. |
| BROWN |
Edward |
Private
203430, 9th Battalion, Duke of Wellington's (West Riding Regiment).
Killed in action 12th October 1918. Aged 22. Enlisted Hertford,
resident Hitchin. Son of Mrs. A. Day, of 47, Silehouse St., Hitchin
Herts. Formerly 4340, Hertfordshire Regiment. Buried in SELRIDGE
BRITISH CEMETERY, MONTAY, Nord, France. Plot II. Row A. Grave 20. |
| BROWN |
Francis
Frank |
Private
17297, "B" Company, 8th Battalion, Bedfordshire Regiment.
Killed in action 19th April 1916. Aged 30. Born and enlisted Hitchin,
resident Charlton, Hertfordshire. Son of Frank and Emma Brown; husband
of Fanny Francis Brown, of 7, Parcel's Place, Bucklersbury, Hitchin,
Herts. No known grave. Commemorated on YPRES (MENIN GATE) MEMORIAL,
Ieper, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium. Panel 31 and 33 |
| BROWN |
Frederick
John |
Private
G/60128, 1st Battalion, Duke of Cambridge's Own (Middlesex Regiment).
Killed in action 9th March 1918. Aged 19. Born Charlton, Hertfordshirem,
enlisted Hitchin. Son of William and Emily Brown, of Pear Tree Cottage,
Charlton, Hitchin, Herts. No known grave. Commemorated on TYNE COT
MEMORIAL, Zonnebeke, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium. Panel 113 to 115. |
| BROWN |
Leonard |
Private
43755, 6th Battalion, Lincolnshire Regiment. Died of wounds 20th
May 1918. Born and enlisted Hitchin. Son of Elizabeth Brown, of
4, Barker Cottages, Hitchin Hill, Hitchin. Buried in PHILOSOPHE
BRITISH CEMETERY, MAZINGARBE, Pas de Calais, France. Plot III. Row
D. Grave 22. |
| BROWN |
W |
No
further information currently available |
| BROWN |
William |
Private
25287, 12th Battalion attached Trench Mortar Battery, East Surrey
Regiment. Killed in action 4th August 1918. Born Hitchin, enlisted
Bedford. Formerly 23889, Duke of Cambridge's Own (Middlesex Regiment).
Buried in LIJSSENTHOEK MILITARY CEMETERY, Poperinge, West-Vlaanderen,
Belgium. Plot XX. Row J. Grave 21A. |
| BUCK |
Percy |
Private
267098, Hertfordshire Regiment. Killed in action 31st July 1917.
Aged 26. Born Peterborough, enlisted and resident St Albans. Son
of John W. C. and Elizabeth Ellen Buck, of 9, Baliol Rd., Hitchin;
husband of Bertha Buck, of 7, Park St., Hitchin, Herts. No known
grave. Commemorated on YPRES (MENIN GATE) MEMORIAL, Ieper, West-Vlaanderen,
Belgium. Panel 54 and 56. |
| BULLARD |
Herbert
Harry |
Private
129027, 30th Battalion, Machine Gun Corps (Infantry). Killed in
action 8th May 1918. Born St Saviour's, Hitchin, enlisted Hitchin.
Formerly GS5/32122, East Surrey Regiment. Buried in KLEIN-VIERSTRAAT
BRITISH CEMETERY, Heuvelland, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium. Plot IV.
Row G. Grave 29. |
| BURCH |
A |
No
further information currently available |
| BURGESS |
Frederick
Bonsey |
Lance
Corporal G/15206, 11th Battalion, Royal Sussex Regiment. Killed
in action 27th April 1918. Born Polegate, Sussex, enlisted Hitchin.
No known grave. Commemorated on TYNE COT MEMORIAL, Zonnebeke, West-Vlaanderen,
Belgium. Panel 86 to 88. |
| BURROWS |
William
John Tanner |
[Listed
as BURROW on SDGW] Private 73903, 124th Company, Labour Corps. Died
21st January 1918. Born Buckingham, enlisted Hitchin. Formerly 47268,
16th Infantry Labour Company, Queen's (Royal West Surrey Regiment).
Buried in DOZINGHEM MILITARY CEMETERY, Poperinge, West-Vlaanderen,
Belgium. Plot XIII. Row G. Grave 3. |
| BUTLER |
W
M |
No
further information currently available |
| BUTTS |
William |
Private
2504, Hertfordshire Regiment. Killed in action 19th November 1914.
Born Houghton, Hertfordshire, enlisted Hertford, resident Hitchin.
No known grave. Commemorated on YPRES (MENIN GATE) MEMORIAL, Ieper,
West-Vlaanderen, Belgium. Panel 54 and 56. |
| CAIN |
Frederick |
Private
19447, 1st Battalion, Bedfordshire Regiment. Died 2nd July 1916.
Aged 26. Born and resident Hitchin, enlisted Bedford. Son of the
late Samuel and Hannah Cain, of Hitchin, Herts. Buried in DOUCHY-LES-AYETTE
BRITISH CEMETERY, Pas de Calais, France. Plot III. Row B. Grave
21. Also commemorated on Baldock Memorial. |
| CAMFIELD |
Wilfred
J |
Private
22917, 8th Battalion, Bedfordshire Regiment. Killed in action 15th
September 1916. Born Hitchin, enlisted Bedford, resident Walsworth. |
| CANNON |
Ernest |
Private
19973, 6th Battalion, Bedfordshire Regiment. Killed in action 16th
November 1916. Aged 26. Born and resident Hitchin, enlisted Notting
Hill, Middlesex. Son of Charles and Edith Cannon, of 86, Whinbush
Rd., Hitchin, Herts. No known grave. Commemorated on THIEPVAL MEMORIAL,
Somme, France. Pier and Face 2 C. |
| CANNON |
Frank |
Acting
Company Sergeant Major 14982, 11th Battalion, Essex Regiment. Killed
in action 15th February 1916. Aged 32. Born, resident and enlisted
Hitchin. Husband of Violet Maud Cannon, of 87, Walsworth Rd., Hitchin.
Buried in POTIJZE BURIAL GROUND CEMETERY, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium.
Plot/Row/Section H. Grave 10 |
| CARRINGTON |
[Robert]
George |
Private
32592, 5th Battalion, Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry.
Died 25th April 1918. Aged 22. Born and enlisted Hitchin. Son of
Mr. and Mrs. G. Carrington, of 14, Benslow Rd., Hitchin, Herts.
Formerly T/5363, Sherwood Foresters (Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire
Regiment). Buried in HAUTMONT COMMUNAL CEMETERY, Nord, France. Plot
I. Row A. Grave 17. |
| CASTLE |
William |
Private
31911, 1st Battalion, Bedfordshire Regiment. Killed in action 23rd
October 1918. Born and resident Hitchin, enlisted Bedford. Buried
in ROMERIES COMMUNAL CEMETERY EXTENSION, Nord, France. Plot III.
Row E. Grave 12.
According
to the National Roll of the Great War:
CASTLE,
W., Private, 1st Bedfordshire Regiment. - He volunteered
in 1915, and in the same year was sent to the Western Front,
where he took part in the Battles of the Somme, Arras and
Ypres. He was killed in action in the Advance of 1918 on October
23rd of that year, and was entitled to the 1914-15 Star, and
the General Service and Victory Medals. |
| 15,
St. Andrew's Place, Hitchin. |
|
1604 |
|
| CATTERILL |
Herbert |
Gunner
27096, Royal Artillery. Killed in action 29th June 1917. Born Hitchin,
enlisted London. *** CANNOT LOCATE ON CWGC No CATTERILL or CATERILL
or CATTERIL listed*** |
| CHALKLEY |
Charles |
Corporal
4/5723, 2nd Battalion, Bedfordshire Regiment. Killed in action 17th
May 1915. Born and resident Hitchin, enlisted Hatfield. |
| CHALKLEY |
Samuel |
Private
20892, 8th Battalion, Bedfordshire Regiment. Killed in action 19th
April 1916. Born and resident Hitchin, enlisted Bedford. |
| CHALKLEY |
William |
Private
3034, Hertfordshire Regiment. Killed in actrion 30th April 1915.
Born and resident Hitchin, enlisted Hertford. Buried in GUARDS CEMETERY,
WINDY CORNER, CUINCHY, Pas de Calais, France. Plot I. Row G. Grave
13. |
| CHALKLEY |
William
Francis |
Private
15606, 6th Battalion, Bedfordshire Regiment. Killed in action 25th
April 1917. Born and resident Hitchin, enlisted Bedford. |
| CHANDLER |
Ernest
Denton |
[Transcribed
as E P CHANDLER] Private G/22426, 6th Battalion, Buffs (East Kent
Regiment). Killed in action 5th April 1918. Born Reading, Berskshire,
enlisted and resident Hitchin. |
| CHAPMAN |
Edward
E |
Pioneer
172639, 6th Division Signal Company, Royal Engineers. Killed in
action 21st March 1918. Born and enlisted Hitchin. |
| CHAPMAN |
S
E |
No
further information currently available |
| CHARLTON |
J |
No
further information currently available |
| CLARK |
J |
No
further information currently available |
| CLARKE |
A
W |
No
further information currently available |
| CLARKE |
E |
No
further information currently available |
| CLARKE |
H
E |
No
further information currently available |
| CLAYDON |
W |
No
further information currently available |
| CLAYTON |
Albert |
Sapper
20517, 1st Signal Company, Royal Engineers. Killed in action 27th
September 1914. Aged 24. Born Rotherham, enlisted Doncaster. Husband
of Florence E. Clayton, of 3, Anderson's Row, Florence St., Hitchin,
Herts. Formerly 9147, York and Lancaster Regiment. Buried in VAILLY
BRITISH CEMETERY, Aisne, France. Plot I. Row AA. Grave 24. |
| COLEMAN |
R |
No
further information currently available |
| COLLINS |
John
William |
Private
33644, 9th Battalion, East Surrey Regiment. Killed in action 5th
August 1917. Born Hitchin, enlisted Bedford. |
| CONSTABLE |
Arthur |
Private
20576, 6th Battalion, Bedfordshire Regiment. Killed in action 9th
August 1916. Aged 24. Born and resident Walsworth, Hertfordshire,
enlisted Bedford. Son of Clement and Ellen Constable, of 4, Willian
Rd., Walsworth, Hitchin, Herts. No known grave. Commemorated on
THIEPVAL MEMORIAL, Somme, France. Pier and Face 2 C. |
| COOPER |
Bertram
Thomas |
Private
31838, 6th (Service) Battalion, York and Lancaster Regiment. Killed
in action 17th January 1917. Aged 29. Born Tilsworth, Bedfordshire,
enlisted Hitchin. Son of Frederick Arthur and Eliza Cooper, of 16,
Fishpond's Rd., Hitchin, Herts. Formerly 25643, Northamptonshire
Regiment. No known grave. Commemorated on THIEPVAL MEMORIAL, Somme,
France. Pier and Face 14 A and 14 B. |
| COOPER |
John
William |
[Listed
as William John on SDGW & CWGC] Gunner 132591, 73rd Company,
Royal Garrison Artillery. Died in India 25th February 1917. Aged
41. Born leighton Buzzard, beds, enlisted Bradford, resident Hitchin.
No known grave. Commemorated on KARACHI 1914-1918 WAR MEMORIAL,
Pakistan. |
| COOPER |
William |
Private
16771, 8th Battalion, Bedfordshire Regiment. Killed in action 15th
September 1916. Born, resident and enlisted Hitchin. Son of Mr.
J. Cooper, of 17, Exchange Yard, Hitchin. Buried in GUILLEMONT ROAD
CEMETERY, GUILLEMONT, Somme, France. Plot XII. Row N. Grave 8. |
| CORKETT,
MM |
Joseph |
[Memorial
states he was awarded the Military Medal (M.M.) but cannot find
this anywhere else] Private 14707, 7th Battalion, Bedfordshire Regiment.
Died of wounds 3rd May 1917. Born, resident and enlisted Hitchin.
Buried in BUCQUOY ROAD CEMETERY, FICHEUX, Pas de Calais, France.
Plot I. Row E. Grave 8. |
| CORNWELL |
John
George |
Private
6930, 11th Battalion, Royal Fusiliers (City of London Regiment).
Died of wounds 29th June 1916. Aged 22. Born and enlisted Hitchin,
resident Silsoe, Bedfordshire. Son of William John and L. Cornwell,
of Silsoe, Ampthill, Beds. Buried in DIVE COPSE BRITISH CEMETERY,
SAILLY-LE-SEC, , France. Plot II. Row A. Grave 21. See also Silsoe
Memorial under Jack Cornwell and Hitchin
Grammar School WW1 memorial |
| COTTON |
Elijah
Howard |
Private
G/22238, 6th Battalion, Buffs (East Kent Regiment). Killed in action
27th August 1918. Aged 27. Born and enlisted Hitchin, resident Letchworth.
Son of Mr. and Mrs. Edward Cotton, of Balmoral Rd., Hitchin; husband
of Emma Slater (formerly Cotton), of Gosmore, Hitchin, Herts. Buried
in ALBERT COMMUNAL CEMETERY EXTENSION, Somme, France. Plot I. Row
R. Grave 12. |
| COULDREY |
W
G H |
No
further information currently available |
| COUSINS |
Harry |
Private
31852, Bedfordshire Regiment posted to Hertfordshire Regiment. Killed
in action 23rd August 1918. Aged 22. Born and resident Hitchin,
enlisted Bedford. Son of Mr. and Mrs. George Cousins, of 23, Bunyan
Rd., Hitchin, Herts; husband of Betsy Cousins. No known grave. Commemorated
on VIS-EN-ARTOIS MEMORIAL, Pas de Calais, France. Panel 4 and 5. |
| COX |
Charles
Thurgood |
Private
203495, 7th Battalion, Bedfordshire Regiment. Killed in action 10th
August 1917. Aged 34. Born, resident and enlisted Hitchin. Son of
George and Susan Cox, of 14, Victoria Rd., Hitchin. No known grave.
Commemorated on YPRES (MENIN GATE) MEMORIAL, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium.
Panel 31 and 33. |
| CRANE |
Frank
Miller |
Private
3/7828, 2nd Battalion, Bedfordshire Regiment. Killed in action 10th
March 1915. Born and resident Cambridge, enlisted Hitchin. |
| DARBY |
Herbert
Francis |
Private
77443, 7th Battalion, Canadian Infantry (British Columbia Regiment).
Died 31st October 1915. Aged 33. Born 23rd December 1884 in Hitchin.
Son of Esther and James Darby of Hitchin. Uncle of William Henry
Darby (below). Clerk by trade. Unmarried. Passed fit 7th november
1914 and enlisted 9th November 1914 at Victoria, British Columbia.
Height 5 feet 5½ inches, girth 36 inches, complexion dark,
eyes light brown, hair dark brown. Church of England. Buried in
BAILLEUL COMMUNAL CEMETERY EXTENSION (NORD), Nord, France. Plot
I. Row F. Grave 180. National Archives of Canada Accession Reference:
RG
150, Accession 1992-93/166, Box 2293 - 16 |
| DARBY |
William
Henry |
Private
3371, Hertfordshire Regiment. Son of Harry and Emily Darby of Hitchin.
Served in France 14th February 1915 until 5th January 1916. Discharged
unfit for service 24th March 1916. Died in Hitchin, between October
and December 1918 (GRO reference Hitchin Vol. 3a Page 1552), aged
28. Nephew of Herbert Darby (above).
|
| DARTON |
F
A |
No
further information currently available |
| DAVIS |
Percy
William |
Private
33714, 1st Battalion, Border Regiment. Killed in action 27th January
1917. Aged 30. Born offley, Hertfordshire, enlisted Hitchin. Son
of George and Sarah Davis, of Lilley Rd., Offley, Hitchin; husband
of Florence Jane Davis, of 5, Chalkdell Terrace, Union Path, Hitchin,
Herts. Formerly 178405, Royal Field Artillery. No known grave. Commemorated
on THIEPVAL MEMORIAL, Somme, France. Pier and Face 6 A and 7 C. |
|
DAY |
Bernard
David |
Private
14355, 1st Battalion, Bedfordshire Regiment. Killed in action 27th
July 1916. Aged 21. Born and resident Hitchin, enlisted Letchworth.
Son of Solomon George and Martha Day, of 74, Queen St., Hitchin,
Herts. No known grave. Commemorated on THIEPVAL MEMORIAL, Somme,
France. Pier and Face 2 C
According
to the National Roll of the Great War:
DAY,
B.D., Private, Bedfordshire Regiment: - He volunteered
at the commencement of hostilities and early in 1915 was sent
to France. Subsequently he was engaged in the fighting at
Ypres, Hill 60, Festubert, Loos and the Somme, and was almost
continuously in action until July 27th, 1916, when he was
killed at Longueval Wood. He was entitled to the 1914-15 Star,
and the General Service and victory Medals. |
| 74,
Queen's Street, Hitchin. |
|
1855/A |
|
| DAY |
Frank
William |
Private
41050, 2nd Battalion, Essex Regiment. Killed in action 9th April
1917. Born Melbourn, Cambridgeshire, enlisted and resident Hitchin.
Formerly 29947, Bedfordshire Regiment. |
|
DAY |
Lionel
Norman |
Private
34906, 8th Battalion, Royal Fusiliers (City of London Regiment).
Died 4th July 1917. Aged 21. Born, resident and enlisted Hitchin.
Son of Richard Norman Day and Amy Laura Day, of 95, Walsworth Rd.,
Hitchin, Herts. Buried in COLOGNE SOUTHERN CEMETERY, Nordrhein-Westfalen,
Germany. Plot V. Row H. Grave 10. |
| DEAR |
James
Francis |
Private
33513, 8th Battalion, Bedfordshire Regiment. Killed in action 19th
April 1917. Born and resident Hitchin, enlisted Bedford. |
| DENNIS |
John
Henry |
Private
424187, 2/10th (County of London) Battalion (Hackney), London Regiment.
Killed in action 1st September 1917. Aged 37. Born Stamford Hill,
enlisted Stratford, resident Slivertown. Son of Abel and Miriam
Dennis, of 6 Kent Place, Hitchin, Herts. Buried in TRACK X CEMETERY,
West-Vlaanderen, Belgium. Plot/Row/Section D. Grave 48. |
| DENNISS |
Cyril
J |
Private
25418, Machine Gun Corps (Infantry). Killed in action 31st July
1917. Enlisted Hertford, resident Hitchin. Formerly 3263, Hertfordshire
Regiment. |
| DIMMOCK |
William
Maynard |
Private
400989, 17th Battalion, Essex Regiment. Died in United Kingdom 27th
April 1917. Aged 40. Born and resident Hitchin, enlisted Ampthill,
Bedfordshire. Son of William Dimmock; husband of Julia Dimmock,
of 3, Black Horse Lane, Hitchin. Formerly 22704, Bedfordshire Regiment.
Buried in HITCHIN CEMETERY, Hertfordshire. North-East Extension.
Grave 515. |
| DIXON |
Charles |
Pioneer
128911, 3rd Special Company, Royal Engineers. Killed in action 26th
February 1917. Enlisted Hitchin. Formerly 20796, Bedfordshire Regiment. |
| DOBBS |
Alfred |
Private
98223, Machine Gun Corps (Infantry). Killed in action 1st October
1917. Born and resident Great Wymondley, enlisted Hitchin. Formerly
8665, Bedfordshire Regiment. |
| DOLING |
Arthur
[Albert] |
Private
44432, 20th Battalion, Manchester Regiment. Killed in action 23rd
October 1918. Born Southampton, Hampshire, enlisted Hitchin. Formerly
20834, Bedfordshire Regiment. |
| ELLIS |
Thomas
William |
|
| ELLISON |
Edward |
Rifleman
(Lance Corporal) R/7355, 8th Battalion, King's Royal Rifle Corps.
Died of wounds 20th January 1916. Born Alton, Hampshire, enlisted
Hammersmith, resident Hitchin. |
| ENDERSBY |
Samuel |
Private
7756, 2nd Battalion, Lincolnshire Regiment. Killed in action 18th
June 1915. Born Wrestlingworth, Bedfordshire, enlisted London, resident
Hitchin. |
| ENGLISH |
G
W |
No
further information currently available |
| EVANS |
A |
No
further information currently available |
| EWINGTON |
William
[James] |
Private
11124, 7th (Service) Battalion, Gloucestershire Regiment. Killed
in action at Gallipoli 8th August 1915. Aged 22. Born Hitchin, enlisted
Cheltenham. Son of William Ewington, of The Green, Preston, Hitchin,
Herts. No known grave. Commemorated on HELLES MEMORIAL, Turkey (including
Gallipoli). Panel 101 to 104. |
| FAIRCLOUGH |
John |
 Able
Seaman (RFR/CH/B/10324) 203995, H.M.S.
Cressy, Rioyal Navy. Killed or died as a direct result of enemy
action 22 September 1914. Aged 30. Born 19 January 1884, Liverpool.
Son of Thomas and Sarah Fairclough, of 20, Bearton Rd., Hitchin,
Herts. Native of Mossley Hill, Liverpool. No known grave. Commemorated
on CHATHAM NAVAL MEMORIAL, Kent. Panel 2. Extract
from De Ruvigny's Roll of Honour 1914-1918:
FAIRCLOUGH,
JOHN, A.B. (R.F.R., Ch. B. 10324), 203995, 3rd s.
of the late Thomas Fairclough, of Morsley Hill, Liverpool, by his
wife, Sarah (20, Bearton Road, Hitchin, co. Herts), dau. of William
Rawlinson; b. Holmfield, Aigburth, Liverpool, 19. Jan.
1884; educ. Beachwood, co. Herts; joined the Navy at the
age of 18 in 1899, and served his full time, passing into the R.N.R.
19 Jan. 1914. On the outbreak of war he joined H.M.S. cressy, and
was lost when his ship was torpedoed in the North Sea, 22 Sept.
1914; unm. |
| FAREY |
Martin
H |
Private
2211, Hertfordshire Regiment. Died of wounds 5th December 1915,
Aged 21. Born Preston, Hertfordshire, enlisted and resident Hitchin.
Son of Amos and Mary Farey, of 5, Penn's Yard, St. Andrew's St.,
Hitchin. Buried in BETHUNE TOWN CEMETERY, Pas de Calais, France.
Plot IV. Row G. Grave 24. |
| FARR |
John |
Private
33860 [SDGW] or 38860 [CWGC], 8th Battalion, Bedfordshire Regiment.
Killed in action 12th September 1917. Born Buntingford, enlisted
Bedford, resident Hitchin. Formerly 6347, Essex Regiment. Buried
in ST. PATRICK'S CEMETERY, LOOS, Pas de Calais, France. Plot II.
Row D. Grave 15. |
| FARROW |
Arthur
[William] |
Private
16472, 1st Battalion, Bedfordshire Regiment. Killed in action 17th
April 1915. Born Ipswich, enlisted Hitchin, resident King's Lynn.
No known grave. Commemorated on YPRES (MENIN GATE) MEMORIAL, Ieper,
West-Vlaanderen, Belgium. Panel 31 and 33. Also listed on the King's
Lynn Memorial, Norfolk and King's
Lynn St. Nicholas Memorial |
| FARROW |
George
William Alfred |
Acting
Sergeant 265386, 1st Battalion, Hertfordshire Regiment. Killed in
action 26th September 1917. Aged 19. Born Kentish Town, Middlesex,
enlisted and resident Hitchin. Son of Mr. A. Farrow, of Ducklands
Farm, Hitchin, Herts. Buried in HOOGE CRATER CEMETERY, West-Vlaanderen,
Belgium. Plot IXA. Row D. Grave 2. |
| FIELD |
Gerald
Henry |
Stoker
1st Class K/20039, H.M.S. Pembroke, Royal Navy. Died from disease
10th May 1916. Born 7th March 1895 in Hitchin. Son of Henry Field,
of Town Hall, Hitchin, Herts. Buried in HITCHIN CEMETERY, Hertfordshire.
South-East Extension. Grave 915. |
| FILE |
H
W |
|
| FISHER |
H |
No
further information currently available |
| FITT |
Hubert
S |
Private
G/67931, 11th Battalion, Queen's (Royal West Surrey Regiment). Died
5 December 1918. Aged 19. Born Charlton, Hitchin, Herts circa 1899.
Son of Hubert S. and Emily Fitt, of Charlton, Hitchin, Herts. Buried
in TOURNAI COMMUNAL CEMETERY ALLIED EXTENSION, Hainaut, Belgium.
Plot IV. Row H. Grave 4. |
| FOSTER |
George |
Private
2644, 13th [SDGW] or 1st [CWGC] Battalion, East Surrey Regiment.
Died of wounds 10th April 1918. Aged 37. Born St Mary's, Hitchin,
enlisted Hitchin. Son of George and Phoebe Ann Foster, of 8, Fairview
Cottage, Kershaw's Hill, Hitchin, Herts. Buried in HAVERSKERQUE
BRITISH CEMETERY, Nord, France. Plot/Row/Section B. Grave 2. |
| FOSTER |
Harry |
Private
18314, 8th Battalion, Bedfordshire Regiment. Killed in action 13th
February 1916. Born Hitchin, enlisted Bedford, resident Charlton,
Hertfordshire. |
| FOSTER |
W
C |
Sapper
67195, Royal Engineers. Died 23rd October 1919. Buried in HITCHIN
CEMETERY, Hertfordshire. West Extension. Grave 620. |
| FOWLER |
Alfred
Charles Garrett |
Second
Lieutenant, 215th Squadron. Royal Air Force. Died 21st September
1918. Aged 19. Son of the late Alfred and Fanny Fowler, of Hitchin,
Herts. No known grave. Commemorate don ARRAS FLYING SERVICES MEMORIAL,
Pas de Calais, France. See also Hitchin
Grammar School WW1 memorial |
| FRANKLIN |
Arthur |
Private
37780, 11th Battalion, Suffolk Regiment. Killed in action 22nd March
1918. Aged 36. Born and enlisted Hitchin. Formerly 37999, Middlesex
Regiment. Son of George and Sarah Franklin, of 12, Telegraph Terrace,
Hitchin, Herts. No known grave. Commemorated on ARRAS MEMORIAL,
Pas de Calais, France. Bay 4. |
| FRENCH |
Albert |
Corporal
13629, 6th Battalion, Bedfordshire Regiment. Killed in action 6th
April 1918. Aged 21. Born, resident and enlisted Hitchin. Son of
Maria French, of 4, Biggin Lane, Hitchin, Herts, and the late Arthur
George French. No known grave. Commemorated on POZIERES MEMORIAL,
Somme, France. Panel 28 and 29. |
| FRENCH |
George
Henry |
Private
19992, 9th Battalion, Royal Welsh Fusiliers. Killed in action 25
September 1915. Aged 25, Born and enlisted Leicester. Son of Mrs.
Alice French, of Alms Houses, Biggin Lane, Hitchen; husband of Ethel
French, of 32, Oak Dene, Kershaw's Hill, Hitchen, Herts. No known
grave. Commemorated on LOOS MEMORIAL, Pas de Calais, France. Panel
50 to 52. |
| FRENCH |
Henry |
Private
14240, 6th Battalion, Bedfordshire Regiment. Died of wounds 25th
November 1916. Aged 26. Born, resident and enlisted Hitchin. Eldest
son of Henry and Sarah French. Born at Bancroft, Hitchin, Herts.
Buried in WIMEREUX COMMUNAL CEMETERY, Pas de Calais, France. Plot
II. Row A. Grave 14A. |
| FRENCH |
Jack |
Private 14378, 6th Battalion, Bedfordshire Regiment. Killed in action
29th April 1917. Aged 20. Born, resident and enlisted Hitchin. Son
of Mr. and Mrs. H. French, of 12, Telegraph Place, Hitchin. Buried
in CHILI TRENCH CEMETERY, GAVRELLE, Pas de Calais, France. Plot/Row/Section
D. Grave 11. |
| FROY |
Bertram
William |
Private
30592, 4th Battalion, Bedfordshire Regiment. Killed in action 11th
February 1917. Aged 25. Born and resident Hitchin, enlisted Bedford.
Husband of Elizabeth Jane Hulbert (formerly Froy), of 51, Lonsdale
Rd., Bayswater, London. No known grave. Commemorated on THIEPVAL
MEMORIAL, Somme, France. Pier and Face 2 C. |
| FROY |
Frank |
Private
263028, 1st Battalion, Monmouthshire Regiment (Territorial Force)
attached 2nd Battalion, South Wales Borderers. Killed in action
13th April 1917. Aged 18. Born and enlisted Hitchin. Son of Frank
and Harriet Froy, of 38, Hitchin Hill, Hitchin, Herts. Formerly
201946, Royal Field Artillery. Buried in FEUCHY CHAPEL BRITISH CEMETERY,
WANCOURT, Pas de Calais, France. Plot I. Row G. Grave 24. |
| FROY |
Jesse |
Private
47782, 15th Battalion, Welsh Regiment. Died of wounds 11th April
1917. Aged 37. Born and enlisted Hitchin. Husband of Emma Froy,
of 49, Dacre Rd., Hitchin, Herts. Buried in MENDINGHEM MILITARY
CEMETERY, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium. Plot II. Row B. Grave 18. |
| GARRATT |
Leonard
George |
Lance
Corporal G/40620, 8th Entrenching Battalion late 12th Battalion,
Duke of Cambridge's Own (Middlesex Regiment). Killed in action 4th
April 1918. Aged 25. Born Chelsea, Middlesex, resident Hitchin.
Son of Victor Hugh and Florence Garrett, of Westhill, Hitchin; husband
of Hilda Garratt, of Hitchin, Herts. Formerly 4601, 1st Battalion,
County of London Yeomanry. No known grave. Commemorated on POZIERES
MEMORIAL, Somme, France. Panel 60 and 61. |
| GATES |
George |
Private
G/20049, 7th Battalion, Royal Sussex Regiment. Killed in action
10th April 1917. Aged 43. Born Knebworth, Hertfordshire, enlisted
Hitchin. Son of George Gates, of Knebworth, Stevenage, Herts; husband
of Martha Elizabeth Gates, of Diddington, Buckden, Hunts. Buried
in FAUBOURG D'AMIENS CEMETERY, ARRAS, Pas de Calais, France. Plot
VI. Row G. Grave 47. |
| GATES |
Thomas
Henry |
Stoker
1st Class K/36916, H.M.S. Surprise, Royal Navy. Killed or died as
a direct result of enemy action 23rd December 1917. Aged 28. Born
14th November 1888 at Hertford, Herts. Son of William Thomas and
Emily Elizabeth Gates, of Walsworth, Hitchin, Herts. Buried in FLUSHING
(VLISSINGEN) NORTHERN CEMETERY, Zeeland, Netherlands. Plot II. Row
2. Grave 5. |
| GENTLE |
George |
Sapper
87799. 117th Railway Company, Royal Engineers. Died 3rd July 1916.
Aged 30. Enlisted London. Son of George and Lizzie Gentle; husband
of Lizzie Gentle, of Ivy Cottage, Orchard Rd., Walsworth, Hitchin,
Herts. Native of Baldock, Herts. Buried in SALONIKA (LEMBET ROAD)
MILITARY CEMETERY, Greece. Grave 188. |
| GILBERT |
A
W |
No
further information currently available |
| GILBERT |
E |
No
further information currently available |
| GILBERTSON |
Graham
Sydney |
Second
Lieutenant, 4th Battalion attached 7th Battalion, Bedfordshire Regiment.
Killed in action 28th November 1917. Aged 19. Son of James H. and
Beatrice M. Gilbertson, of Hitchin, Herts. No known grave. Commemorated
on TYNE COT MEMORIAL, Zonnebeke, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium. Panel
48 to 50 and 162A. See also Hitchin
Grammar School WW1 memorial |
| GOODSHIP |
Dan |
Private
G/21250, 6th Battalion, Buffs (East Kent Regiment). Killed in action
20th November 1917. Aged 19. Born, resident and enlisted Hitchin.
Son of Daniel and Gertrude Alice Goodship, of 29, Union Rd., Hitchin,
Herts. No known grave. Commemorated on CAMBRAI MEMORIAL, LOUVERVAL,
Nord, France. Panel 3. |
| GOUGH |
James
Richard |
Private
105756, "B" Squadron, 1/1st Battalion, Hertfordshire Yeomanry.
Died 7th November 1918. Aged 37. Resident Highbury, Hitchin, enlisted
Hertford. Son of Richard and Martha Ann Gough, of Adstock, Bucks;
husband of Eva Rose Gough, of 8, White Hill, Highbury, Hitchin.
Buried in ALEXANDRIA (HADRA) WAR MEMORIAL CEMETERY, Egypt. Section
E. Grave 149. |
| GRANT |
Ernest
Arnold |
Private
G/62200, 4th Battalion, Royal Fusiliers (City of London Regiment).
Killed in action 21st March 1917. Aged 21. Enlisted Chelsea, resident
Hitchin. Son of Frederick and Amelia Grant, of 51, Queen St., Hitchin,
Herts. Formerly 4600, 3rd/1st Battalion, County of London Yeomanry.
Buried in FAUBOURG D'AMIENS CEMETERY, ARRAS, Pas de Calais, France.
Plot II. Row J. Grave 7. |
| GRANT |
Leonard
P |
Sapper
151837, S.S.T.C., Royal Engineers. Died in United Kingdom 6th November
1918. Born Hitchin circa 1899. Enlisted Hitchin. Son of George Gray,
11, Lancaster Road, Hitchin. Buried in HITCHIN CEMETERY, Hertfordshire.
Plot S. Row VIII. Grave B. |
| GRAY |
Albert |
Private
T/406687, Motor Transport Depot, Royal Army Service Corps. Died
in United Kingdom 4th December 1918. Aged 45. Born Hitchin. Son
of George Gray, of 18, St Andrew;s Place, Hitchin. Buried in HITCHIN
CEMETERY, Hertfordshire. North-East Extension. Grave 623. |
| GRAY |
F |
No
further information currently available |
| GRAY,
DCM |
John |
Private
36317, 6th Battalion, Princess Charlotte of Wales's (Royal Berkshire
Regiment). Killed in action 2nd October 1916. Born and resident
Hitchin, enlisted Hertford. Memorial shows he was awarded the Distinguished
Conduct Medal (D.C.M.) but it is not mentioned on SDGW and CWGC.
Formerly 5780, Hertfordshire Regiment. No known grave. Commemorated
on THIEPVAL MEMORIAL, Somme, France. Pier and Face 11 D. |
| GRAY |
Leonard
Edwin Reginald |
Private
88275, 76th Company, Machine Gun Corps (Infantry). Killed in action
15th June 1917. Born Gosmore, Hertfordshire, enlisted Hitchin. No
known grave. Commemorated on ARRAS MEMORIAL, Pas de Calais, France.
Bay 10. |
| GREEN |
Frank |
Diver
156311, "B" Battery, 155th Brigade, Royal Field Artillery.
Died of wounds 7th January 1918. Aged 31. Enlisted and resident
Hitchin. Son of William and Hannah Green. Buried in LIJSSENTHOEK
MILITARY CEMETERY, Poperinge, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium. Plot XXVI.
Row C Grave 2A. |
| GREEN |
Horace
James |
Private
265939, Hertfordshire Regiment. Killed in action 23rd July 1916.
Enlisted Hertford, resident Hitchin. |
| GREEN |
John
Henry |
Private
5392, 3rd Dragoon Guards (Prince of Wales's Own). Cavalry. Killed
in action 5th November 1914. Born and resident Hitchin, enlisted
Bedford. |
| GREGORY |
Alexander
John |
Corporal
200506, 2nd/4th [SDGW] or 1st/4th [CWGC] Battalion, Princess Charlotte
of Wales's (Royal Berkshire Regiment). Killed in action 10th October
1917. Aged 32. Born Aston, Stevenage, Hertfordshire, enlisted Reading,
resident Hitchin. Son of John B. and Sarah Jane Gregory, of Three
Moor Hem, Hitchin. Native of Aston End, Stevenage. No known grave.
Commemorated on TYNE COT MEMORIAL, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium. Panel
105 to 106 and 162. |
| GUTHRIE |
Charles
Joseph |
Rifleman
R/8162, 1st Battalion, King's Royal Rifle Corps. Killed in action
17th May 1915. Aged 25. Born Isleworth, Middlesex, enlisted Hitchin.
Son of Mrs. Elizabeth Guthrie, of "Ben Venue," 40, Brampton
Park, Hitchin, Herts. No known grave. Commemorated on LE TOURET
MEMORIAL, Pas de Calais, France. Panel 32 and 33. |
| HAGGAR |
George |
Private
3031, Hertfordshire Regiment. Killed in action 13th October 1916.
Aged 23. Born and resident Hitchin, enlisted Hertford. Son of George
and Laura Haggar, of 12, Chapman's Yard, Queen St., Hitchin, Herts.
Buried in LONSDALE CEMETERY, AUTHUILLE, Somme, France. Plot X. Row
D. Grave 8. |
| HAGGAR |
Harry |
Rifleman
11929. 13th Battalion, King's Royal rifle Corps. Killed in action
23rd October 1918. Aged 21. Born and enlisted Hitchin. Son of George
and Laura Haggar, of 12, Chapman's Yard, Queen St., Hitchin, Herts.
Buried in BEAURAIN BRITISH CEMETERY, Nord, France. Plot/Row/Section
C. Grave 8. |
| HAGGER |
Fred |
Private
57855, 16th Battalion, Cheshire Regiment. Died 29th March 1917.
Born Southoe, Huntingdonshire, enlisted Hitchin. Formerly 3778,
Royal Engineers. |
| HAGGER |
H
C |
No
further information currently available |
| HAILEY |
Joseph |
Lance
Corporal 522386, 486th Field Company, Royal Engineers. Killed in
action in Egypt arena 27th March 1917. Enlisted Luton, Bedfordshire,
resident Hitchin. |
| HAILEY |
William |
Private
20969, 8th Battalion, Bedfordshire Regiment. Killed in action 15th
September 1916. Aged 35. Born Hitchin, enlisted Bedford, resident
Walsworth. Son of George Hailey; husband of Rose Annie Eliza Arnold
(formerly Hailey), of 32, Orchard Rd., Walsworth, Hitchin, Herts.
No known grave. Commemorated on THIEPVAL MEMORIAL, Somme, France.
Pier and Face 2 C. |
| HALLOCK |
Harry
James |
Private
G/22433, 8th Battalion, The Buffs (East Kent Regiment). Killed in
action 18th October 1917. Born and resident Hingham, Norfolk, enlisted
Hitchin. |
| HALSEY |
Edward
Christopher |
Private
G/25405, 3rd/4th Battalion, Queen's (Royal Regiment). Killed in
action 12th January 1918. Aged 19. Born Welwyn, enlisted and resident
Hitchin. Son of John and Minnie Halsey, of 31, Grove Rd., Hitchin,
Herts. Buried in FINS NEW BRITISH CEMETERY, SOREL-LE-GRAND, Somme,
France. Plot III. Row F. Grave 28. |
| HARDING |
Herbert |
Lance
Corporal 31853, 6th Battalion, Bedfordshire Regiment. Killed in
action 2nd April 1918. Aged 21. Born and resident Hitchin, enlisted
Bedford. Son of Herbert and Marie Harding, of 3, Hill View, St.
Andrews St., Hitchin, Herts. Buried in GOMMECOURT BRITISH CEMETERY
NO.2, HEBUTERNE, Pas de Calais, France. Plot IV. Row D. Grave 26. |
| HARE |
Charles |
Private
73915, Labour Corps. Killed in action 1st August 1917. Born and
enlisted Hitchin. Formerly 47335, Royal West Surrey Regiment. |
| HARPER |
William
Charles |
Sergeant
265438, Hertfordshire Regiment. Died of wounds 11th April 1918.
Born Melbourn, Cambridgeshire, enlisted and resident Hitchin. |
| HARPIN |
Charles |
Gunner
124744, "A" Battery, 90th Brigade, Royal Artillery. Killed
in action 22nd July 1917. Aged 24. Born and enlisted Hitchin. Son
of Mr. C. J. and Mrs. E. Harpin, of 8, Grove Rd., Hitchin, Herts.
Buried in BUS HOUSE CEMETERY, Ieper, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium. Section
F. Grave 12. |
| HARVEY |
Ernest
Godfrey |
Private
4/6145, 2nd Battalion, Bedfordshire Regiment. Killed in action 17th
May 1915. Aged 25. Born Newport, Essex, enlisted and resident Hitchin.
Son of Mrs. Man Ann Woolner, of 65, Sunny Side Rd., Hitchin, Herts.
No known grave. Commemorated on LE TOURET MEMORIAL, Pas de Calais,
France. Panel 10 and 11. |
| HARWOOD |
G |
No
further information currently available |
| HAWKINS |
A
P |
No
further information currently available |
| HAWKINS |
Frederick
J |
Private
14708, 2nd Battalion, Bedfordshire Regiment. Killed in action 23rd
August 1918. Born, enlisted and resident Hitchin. |
HAWKINS |
Harry |
Lance
Corporal 39551, 1/4th (City of Bristol) Battalion (Territorial Force),
Gloucestershire Regiment. Died of wounds 15th August 1917. Aged
23. Born Hitchin, enlisted Hertford. Son of Henry and Lucy A. Hawkins,
of 16, Exchange Cottages, Market Place, Hitchin, Herts. Buried in
New Irish Farm Cemetery, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium. Plot 1. Row C.
Grave 15. |
| HAWKINS |
Percy
Ernest |
Private 427648, 13th Battalion, Canadian Infantry (Quebec Regiment)
Killed in action 4th September 1916. Born 12th March 1890 in Hitchin.
Son of Isaac and Fanny Hawkins. Driver by trade. Married. Enlisted
and passed fit 17 September 1915 at Regina, Saskatchewan, Canada.
Height 5 feet 5 inchers, vision 20/20, complexion fair, eyes blue,
hair light brown; religion Church of England. No known grave. Commemorated
on VIMY MEMORIAL, Pas de Calais, France. National Archives of Canada
Accession Reference: RG
150, Accession 1992-93/166, Box 4169 - 6 |
| HILL |
Justus
Alexander |
Cook's
Mate M/3422, H.M.S. Monmouth, Royal Navy. Killed or died as a direct
result of enemy action 1st November 1914. Born 21st September 190
at Hitchin. Son of Samuel and Emma Hill, of 20, Benslow, Hitchin,
Herts. No known grave. Commemorated on PLYMOUTH NAVAL MEMORIAL,
Devon. Panel 4. |
| HILTON |
F
W |
No
further information currently available |
| HINSTRIDGE |
Frederick |
Gunner
66019, Royal Garrison Artillery. Killed in action 14th March 1916.
Born St Mary's, Hitchin, enlisted Hitchin. |
| HOLT |
Benjamin |
Private
18619, 2nd Battalion, Bedfordshire Regiment. Killed in action 11th
July 1916. Born and resident Hitchin, enlisted Bedford. |
| HOUGHTON |
S
G W |
No
further information currently available |
| HOWARD |
Simpson
James |
Lance
Corporal 34943, 2nd Battalion, York and Lancaster Regiment. Killed
in action 24th September 1918. Born Hertford, enlisted Hitchin.
Formerly 34868, Royal Fusiliers. |
| HOYE |
Albert
Percy |
Private
41937, 2nd/6th Battalion, Prince of Wales's Own (West Yorkshire
Regiment). Killed in action 20th November 1917. Aged 29. Born and
enlisted Hitchin. Son of Albert and Elizabeth Hoye, of Hitchin;
husband of Kate Gladys Wootton (formerly Hoye), of 9. Bedford Rd.,
Hitchin, Herts. Formerly M/282612, Royal Army Service Corps. Buried
in SAINS-LES-MARQUION BRITISH CEMETERY, Pas de Calais, France. plot
II. Row E. Grave 6. |
| HUBBARD |
Harry |
Lance
Corporal 17679, 1st Battalion, Bedfordshire Regiment. Killed in
action 20th July 1918. Born, resident and enlisted Hitchin. No known
grave. Commemorated on PLOEGSTEERT MEMORIAL, Comines-Warneton, Hainaut,
Belgium. Panel 4.
According
to the National Roll of the Great War:
HUBBARD,
H., L/Corporal, Bedfordshire Regt. - He volunteered
in September 1914, and was drafted to France in the same month.
He took part In severe fighting on the Marne and at Albert,
Festubert, Loos, the Somme, Arras and Cambrai, and was killed
in action at Ypres on July 21st, 1918. He was entitled to
the 1914 Star, and the General Service and Victory Medals. |
| 7,
Queti Street, Hitchin.. |
|
4021/B |
|
| HUCKLE |
Henry
William |
Second
Lieutenant, 1st Battalion, Cambridgeshire Regiment. Killed in action
5th September 1918. Aged 32. Son of Henry & Emma Elizabeth Huckle
of Hitchin and husband of Mary Ann Elizabeth Huckle of Tourmaline,
Trumpington. Henry was born in 1886 in Hitchin and in 1911 was working
as a teacher in Cardiff. In 1914 he married Mary Ann Elizabeth Porter
in Trumpington, (assumedly by then teaching in a Cambridge school).
Mary Porter, born Cambridge 1881, was the daughter of Thomas Porter
a solicitor living in Quy Villas. The Parish Record show two possible
children and MAEH dying in 1963 when she would have been 80. Formerly
Private 765792, 28th Battalion, London Regiment. Commissioned 26th
February 1918. Entitled to the Victory and British War Medal. Buried
in PERONNE COMMUNAL CEMETERY EXTENSION Somme, France. Plot V. Row
M. Grave 4. See also Trumpington
War Memorial |
| HULATT |
Percival
Charles Eaton |
[Spelt
HULETT on SDGW] Lance Corporal 34032, 1st/7th Battalion, Royal Warwickshire
Regiment. Killed in action 16th June 1918. Aged 36. Born Clapham,
Surrey, enlisted Hitchin. Son of Frederick William and Anne Hulatt,
of Oakey, Beds.; husband of Harriet Hulatt, 28, Dacre Road, Hitchin,
Herts. Formerly 202661, Buffs (East Kent Regiment). Buried in MAGNABOSCHI
BRITISH CEMETERY, Italy. Plot 1. Row C. Grave 1. |
| HULL |
Jack |
Private
31456, 209th Company, Machine Gun Corps (Infantry). Died of wounds
5th April 1917. Born and resident Hitchin, enlisted Hertford. Formerly
10330, Bedfordshire Regiment. Buried in NESLE COMMUNAL CEMETERY,
Somme, France. Section C. Grave 39. |
| HUNT |
Bertram |
Private
31506, 51st Company, Machine Gun Corps (Infantry). Died of wounds
13th July 1917. Born and enlisted Hitchin. Formerly 23304, Bedfordshire
Regiment. Buried SUNKEN ROAD CEMETERY, FAMPOUX, Pas de Calais, France.
Plot I. Row B. Grave 6. |
| HUNT |
Charles
H |
Private
90378, Machine Gun Corps (Infantry). Killed in action 21st March
1918. Born and enlisted Hitchin. Formerly 39470, Royal West Surrey
Regiment. |
| HUNT |
Frederick |
Private
201172, 4th Battalion, Essex Regiment. Killed in action in the Palestine
arena 26th March 1917. Born, resident and enlisted Hitchin. Formerly
20695, Bedfordshire Regiment. |
| I'ANSON |
William
[Barker] |
Coporal
18850, 9th Battalion, Royal Fusiliers (City of London Regiment).
Killed in action 7 October 1916. Enlisted Bedford, resident Offley,
near Hitchin. No known grave. Commemorated on THIEPVAL MEMORIAL,
Somme, France. Pier and Face 8 C 9 A and 16 A. |
| IZZARD |
Charles |
Private
18505, 4th Battalion, Bedfordshire Regiment. Killed in action 13th
November 1916. Born and resident Hitchin, enlisted Bedford. |
| JACKSON |
C
H |
No
further information currently available |
| JACKSON |
Frank
Augustus |
Lance
Corporal 35370, 2nd Battalion, Essex Regiment. Killed in action
during fierce fighting at the Battle of Arras on 3rd May 1917. Aged
25. Born in Ramsey, Hunts (Peterborough) in 1891, resident Muswell
Hill, Middlesex, enlisted Harringay, Middlesex. Unmarried. Son of
Frank and Elizabeth Jackson who were licensees of The Black Swan
in Shefford between 1897 and 1907, they then moved to The Crown
in Hitchin. A wounded soldier in Fulham Hospital had recognised
a picture of Frank in a London newspaper under the “missing”
column before his death was officially confirmed. Frank was living
in Muswell Hill where he had established his own fishmonger and
poultry business. In the 1891 census he was newborn, born Ramsey,
Hunts, son of Frank and Elizabeth Jackson, resident High Street,
Ramsey, Huntingdon, Huntingdonshire. In the 1911 census he was aged
20, born Ramsey, Hunts, a Fishmonger, boarding at 18, Hurst Grove,
Bedford, Bedfordshire. No known grave. Commemorated on ARRAS MEMORIAL,
Pas de Calais, France. Bay 7. |
| JAMES |
George |
Private
35626, 7th Battalion, The Buffs (East Kent Regiment). Killed clearing
the battlefields 17th December 1918. Aged 29. Husband of Catherine
Elizabeth James, of 42, Bedford St., Hitchin, Herts. Buried in HONNECHY
BRITISH CEMETERY, Nord, France. Plot I. Row B. Grave 1. |
| JAMES |
T
W |
No
further information currently available |
| JENKINS |
Alred
Raymond |
Guardsman
24100, 1st Battalion, grenadier Guards. Killed in action between
10th and 12th September 1916. Born Puton (sic - Pirton), Hertfordshire,
enlisted Hitchin. |
| JENKINS |
William |
Private
18678, 1st Battalion, Bedfordshire Regiment. Died of wounds 20th
November 1918. Aged 23. Born and resident preston, Hertfordshire,
enlisted Bedford. Son of William and Minnie Jenkins, of Preston,
Hitchin, Herts. Buried in ETAPLES MILITARY CEMETERY, Pas de Calais,
France. Plot L. Row E. Grave 27. |
| JENNINGS |
J
R |
No
further information currently available |
| JOHNSON |
William |
Private
200907, 5th Battalion, Bedfordshire Regiment. Died in Palestine
27th December 1917. Aged 24. Enlisted Bedford, resident Hitchin.
Son of James and Elizabeth Johnson, of Arlesey, Beds., husband of
Margaret Worbey (formerly Johnson), of Walsworth, Hitchin, Herts.
Buried in RAMLEH WAR CEMETERY, Israel and Palestine (including Gaza).
Section X. Grave 8. |
| JONES |
Edwin
John |
Driver
34200, Advanced Horse Transport Depot, Royal Engineers. Died 3rd
March 1919. Aged 36. Husband of Alice Jones, of 2, Barkers Cottages,
Hitchin Hill, Hitchin, Herts. Buried in TOURNAI COMMUNAL CEMETERY
ALLIED EXTENSION, Hainaut, Belgium. Plot IV. Row K. Grave 10. |
| KING |
Edgar
Philipp (sic) |
Private
G/52706, 26th Battalion, Royal Fusiliers (City of London Regiment).
Killed in action 7th June 1917. Aged 33. Born St Saviour's, Hertfordshire,
enlisted and resident Hitchin. Son of Mr. and Mrs. A. J. King, of
Hitchin, Herts.; husband of Annie Florence King, of Hinchingbrooke,
Huntingdon. Formerly 37440, 98th Training Reserve Battalion. Buried
in VOORMEZEELE ENCLOSURE NO.3, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium. Plot XIII.
Row H. Grave 7. |
| KING |
William |
Private
31945, 7th Battalion, Bedfordshire Regiment. Died of wounds 13th
August 1917. Born and resident Hitchin, enlisted Bedford. |
| KINGSLEY |
Jack |
Private
20782, 7th Battalion, Bedfordshire Regiment. Killed in action 18th
october 1917. Born and resident Hitchin, enlisted Bedford. |
| KINGSLEY |
William
[Edward] |
Private
18301, 8th Battalion, Bedfordshire Regiment. Killed in action 21st
August 1916. Aged 38. Born and resident Hitchin, enlisted Bedford.
Son of Elizabeth Kingsley, of 16, Sunnyside, Hitchin. Buried in
MESNIL COMMUNAL CEMETERY EXTENSION, Somme, France. Plot I. Row A.
Grave 20. |
| KNIGHT |
George
T |
Private
65848, 13th Battalion, Royal Fusiliers (City of London Regiment).
Killed in action 5th August 1917. Aged 19. Born, resident and enlisted
Hitchin. Son of Kate Elizabeth Knight, of 38, Tilehouse St., Hitchin,
Herts., and the late John Knight. Formerly 30642, Bedfordshire Regiment.
No known grave. Commemorated on YPRES (MENIN GATE) MEMORIAL, West-Vlaanderen,
Belgium. Panel 6 and 8. |
| LANGFORD |
Arthur
Percival |
Company
Sergeant Major (CSM) 651, 4th Company, 1st Battalion, Hertfordshire
Regiment. Killed in action 3rd August 1916. Aged 40. Born, resident
and enlisted Hitchin. Son of William Eve Langford and Frances Elizabeth
Langford, of 34, Bedford Rd., Hitchin, Herts. Buried in BROWN'S
ROAD MILITARY CEMETERY, FESTUBERT, Pas de Calais, France. Plot II.
Row A. Grave 14. |
| LAWRENCE |
William |
Private
G/29537, 10th Battalion, Queen's Own (Royal West Kent Regiment).
Killed in action 25th October 1918. Aged 19. Born Hitchin, enlisted
Bedford. Son of George and Kate Lawrence, of 9, Russell Slip, Hitchin,
Herts. Buried in HEESTERT MILITARY CEMETERY, West-Vlaanderen. Belgium.
Plot/Row/Section A. Grave 10. |
| LAWSON |
William
Charles |
Private
14800, 1st Battalion, Bedfordshire Regiment. Died of wounds 1st
May 1915. Aged 19. Born Braintree, Essex, enlisted and resident
Hitchin. Son of James and Caroline Lawson, of 28, Periwinkle Lane,
Hitchin. Commemorated on YPRES (MENIN GATE) MEMORIAL, Ieper, West-Vlaanderen,
Belgium. Panel 31 and 33.
According
to the National Roll of the Great War:
LAWSON,
W. C., Private, 1st Bedfordshire Regt. - He volunteered
in September 1914, and was drafted overseas in the following
April. During his service on the Western Front he took part
in many important engagements and was gassed at the Battle
of Hill 60. He subsequently died f rom the effects of gas
poisoning on May 1st, 1915. He was entitled to the 1914-15
Star, and the General Service and Victory Medals. |
| 28,
Periwinkle Lane, Hitchin.. |
|
1868/A |
|
| LAZENBY |
Henry |
Private
36205, 8th (Service) Battalion, Gloucestershire Regiment. Killed
in action 30th May 1918. Born West Derby, Liverpool, enlisted Hitchin. |
| LEETE |
Frank
Evelyn |
Second
Lieutenant, 9th (County of London) Battalion (Queen Victoria Rifles),
London Regiment. Died of wounds 10th December 1917. Buried in HITCHIN
CEMETERY, Hertfordshire. East Extension. Plot L Row XXIV Grave B.
See also Hitchin Grammar School
WW1 memorial |
| LEETE |
Stanley
Herbert |
Lance
Corporal 12866, 6th Battalion, Bedfordshire Regiment. Killed in
action 25th June 1916. Aged 21. Born, resident and enlisted Hitchin.
Son of Ernest and Mary Leete, of 57, Walsworth Rd., Hitchin. Buried
in BIENVILLERS MILITARY CEMETERY, Pas de Calais, France. Plot IV.
Row C. Grave 1. See also Hitchin
Grammar School WW1 memorial |
| LEWIS |
A
E |
No
further information currently available |
| LEWIS |
George
Young |
Sapper
5770, 2nd Company, Australian Tunnelling Corps. Died of illness
(Influenza aka Spanish Grippe) 5th December 1918. Aged 30. Born
at Hitchin. Son of Samuel Young Lewis and Selina Lewis; husband
of Mrs. I. C. R. Lewis, of Sulphur Creek, Tasmania. Trade ironmongery.
Educated at Hitchin Board School. Emigrated to Australia aged 21.
Buried in NIEDERZWEHREN CEMETERY, Hessen, Germany. Plot II. Row
G. Grave 8. See Australian
Roll of Honour Circular |
| LEWIS |
Henry
James |
Lance
Corporal 43328, 1/7th Battalion, Durham Light Infantry. Killed in
action 27 May 1918. Aged 37. Born Whitechapel, enlisted Camberwell,
resident Peckham. Husband of Ruth Evangelina Jessie Lewis, of 3,
West Olley, High St., Hitchin, Herts. Formerly 27087, King's Royal
Rifle Corps. No known grave. Commemorated on SOISSONS MEMORIAL,
Aisne, France. |
| LISLES |
Jack |
Private
16930, 8th Battalion, Bedfordshire Regiment. Died of wounds in United
Kingdom 28th September 1916. Aged 28. Born Datchworth, Hertfordshire,
enlisted and resident Hitchin. Son of Mrs. Lisles, of 9, Brampton
Park Rd., Hitchin. Buried in ALL SAINTS CHURCHYARD, DATCHWORTH,
Hertfordshire. |
| LOVATT |
Albert
William |
[Listed
as W A LOVATT on memorial] Private 20075, 7th Battalion, Bedfordshire
Regiment. Killed in action 1st July 1916. Aged 33. Born Burton-on-Trent,
enlisted Bedford, resident Hitchin. Son of Mr. and Mrs. Henry Lovatt,
of 60, King St., Burton-on-Trent; husband of Jenny Lovatt, of 5,
Bedford St., Hitchin, Herts. No known grave. Commemorated on THIEPVAL
MEMORIAL, Somme, France. Pier and Face 2 C. |
| LUDFORD |
Alfred |
Private
16450, 1st Battalion, Bedfordshire Regiment. Killed in action 21st
April 1915. Aged 27. Born, residetn and enlisted Hitchin. Son of
George Ludford; husband of Elizabeth Ludford, of 15, Barnard's Yard,
Queen St., Hitchin, Herts. Buried in RAILWAY DUGOUTS BURIAL GROUND,
Ieper, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium. Plot I Row P Grave 19.
According
to the National Roll of the Great War:
LUDFORD,
A., Private, 1st Bedfordshire Regt. - He volunteered
in August 1914, and was sent to France in the following year.
Whilst on the Western Front he served with his battalion in
various sectors and took part in many engagements until killed
in action at Hill 60 on April 21st, 1915. He was entitled
to the 1914-15 Star, and the General Service and Victory Medals. |
| Queen
Street, Hitchin.. |
|
1864 |
|
| MANNING |
John |
Private
4/7302, 1st Battalion, Bedfordshire Regiment. Killed in action 27th
September 1916. Born Sandown, Hertfordshire, enlisted and resident
Hitchin. Buried in CITADEL NEW MILITARY CEMETERY, Fricourt, Somme,
France. Plot V Row A Grave 9 |
| MARCHANT |
Henry
Walter |
Private
265531, Hertfordshire Regiment. Killed in action 22nd March 1918.
Aged 26. Born Hitchin, enlisted Hertford, resident Stevenage. Son
of Mr. H. W. Marchant, of 52, Radcliffe Rd., Hitchin, Herts; husband
of Ellen Daisy Marchant, of New Council Cottages, Walkern Rd., Stevenage,
Herts. No known grave. Commemorated on POZIERES MEMORIAL, Somme,
France. Panel 89 and 90. |
| MARSOM |
Henry
James |
[Listed
as MARSON on SDGW] Lance Corporal 720768, 24th (County of London)
Battalion (The Queen's), London Regiment. Killed in action 22nd
August 1918. Enlisted Kennington, resident Hitchin. |
| MARTIN |
H |
No
further information currently available |
| MASSEY |
Arthur |
Private
14562, 8th Battalion, Suffolk Regiment. Killed in action 20th February
1916. Born Hitchin, enlisted Ipswich. |
| MATHER |
J
W |
No
further information currently available |
| MATTHEWS |
W |
No
further information currently available |
| MAYLIN |
Frederick |
Private
26587, 9th Battalion, King's Own (Royal Lancaster Regiment). Died
of wounds in the Salonika arena 25th September 1918. Aged 36. Born
and enlisted Hitchin. Husband of F. Maylin, of 3, Providence Row,
St. Andrew's Place, Hitchin, Herts. Buried in MIKRA BRITISH CEMETERY,
KALAMARIA, Greece. Grave 340. |
| MINNIS |
Arthur
William |
Private
30901, 5th Battalion, Bedfordshire Regiment. Died in Egyptian arena
30th December 1917. Born and resident Hitchin, enlisted Bedford. |
| MONK |
Alfred |
Private
75967, Royal Fusiliers (City of London Regiment) posted to the 2nd/2nd
London Regiment. Died of wounds 1st September 1918. Born and resident
Hitchin, enlisted Bedford. Formerly 11651, Royal West Surrey Regiment. |
| MORGAN |
Ernest
A |
Private
G/2680, 9th Battalion, East Surrey Regiment. Died of wounds 10th
November 1915. Aged 23. Born and enlisted Hitchin. Son of Mr. and
Mrs. H. Morgan, of Charlton, Hitchin, Herts. Buried in RENINGHELST
NEW MILITARY CEMETERY, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium. Plot I. Row B.
Grave 2. |
| MOULDEN |
Henry
Harradine |
Private
61300, 7th Battalion, Royal Fusiliers. Died 19th February 1917.
Aged 19. Son of Martha Andrews (formerly Moulden) of 6 Gaping Lane,
Hitchin, and the late Henry Moulden. Brother of Percy (below). In
the 1901 census he is aged 1, son of Henry and Martha Moulden, born
Hitchin, resident 24, Bedford Street, Hitchin. Buried in HITCHIN
CEMETERY, Hertfordshire. East Extension. Grave 796. |
| MOULDEN |
Percy
[Hubert] |
[Listed
as Percy Herbert on SDGW] Private 200847, 1st/5th Battalion, Bedfordshire
Regiment. Killed in action 3rd November 1917. Enlisted Bedford,
resident Luton. Brother of Henry (above). In the 1891 census he
was aged 5, son of Henry and Mary Ann Moulden, born Hitchin, resident
Lyles Row, Hitchin. In the 1901 census he was aged 13, son of Henry
and Martha Moulden, born Hitchin, resident 24, Bedford Street, Hitchin.
Married in the April to June Quarter 1909 in Luton Registration
District to Eva Mary A Jackson. Buried in GAZA WAR CEMETERY, Israel
and Palestine (including Gaza). Plot XXX. Row B. Grave 5. |
| MUNBY |
Ernest
John |
Lieutenant,
1st East Anglian Field Company, Royal Engineers. Killed in action
31st January 1915. Aged 38. Son of the Rev. George Frederick Woodhouse
Munby, of Turvey Rectory, Turvey, Beds; husband of Emily L. A. Munby.
In the 1881 census he is aged 5, a scholar, son of George Frederick
Woodhouse and Harriet Louisa Munby (nee LInton), born Turvey, Beds,
resident The Rectory, Turvey. In the 1891 census he is aged 15,
living in The Rectory, High Street, Turvey, Beds. Baptised 27 June
1875 at Turvey. Educated at Bedford Grammar School, admission recorded
1885; date of birth 19 May 1875. He married in the October to December
Quarter 1905 in the Croydon Registration District, Surrey. In January
1901 he was a member of the Mechanical Institute, born 19 May 1975;
a further listimng appears 6 March 1905, aged 29, a member of the
Mechanical Institute. Buried in LE TOURET MILITARY CEMETERY, RICHEBOURG-L'AVOUE,
Pas de Calais. France. Plot II. Row A. Grave 7.
Extract
from De Ruvigny's Roll of Honour:
MUNBY,
ERNEST JOHN, 2nd Lieut., 1st East Anglian Field Coy., R.E.
(T.F.), 2nd s. of the late Rev. George Frederick Woodhouse Munby,
Rector of Turvey, Bedford (1869-1905), by his wife, Harriet Louisa,
dau. of the Rev. Canoes Linton; b. Turvey Rectory, 19 May, 1875;
educ. Rugby and Stevens Institute, Hoboken, New Jersey, U.S.A.,
where he took his degree as Mechanical Engineer, and became M.Am.
S.M.E. and A.I.M. and M. As a Mining Engineer, he worked in Colorado
and Borneo, and was subsequently engaged with Lord Cowdray (then
Sir Weetman Pearson) in constructing the tunnel under the Hudson
River to New York. He was afterwards employed by the Gardner Electric
Drill and Hammer Company, and had latterly been engaged at the St.
John's Mine, Montezuma, Colorado. On the outbreak of war he returned
to England and applied for a commission. He was gazetted 2nd Lieut.
to the 1st East Anglian Coy., R.E., 14 Sept. 1914; went to France
at the end of Dec., and was killed in action near Bethune, 31 Jan.
1915, being buried at Le Touret. He m. at Croydon, 7 Nov. 1905,
Emily Louisa Ann, widow of Capt. Herbert Turner Turner Emery, of
Baddow Park, Essex, and dau. of Charles Henry Coxhead; s.p. |
| MUNCEY |
Arthur |
Private
4139, Hertfordshire Regiment. Killed in action 30th July 1916. Aged
19. Enlisted Hertford, resident Hitchin. Son of Mrs. W. C. Muncey,
of 2, Wallham Rd., Highbury, Hitchin, Herts. No known grave. Commemorated
on LOOS MEMORIAL, Pas de Calais, France. Panel 135. |
| MUNT |
Henry
George |
Private
26024, 2nd Battalion, Bedfordshire Regiment. Died in United KIngdom
24th September 1920. Aged 28. Born Hitchin. Son of Mr. and Mrs.
H. Hunt, of 13, Cannons Gardens, Hitchin; husband of Violet Louisa
Ellis (formerly Munt, nee Page), of 37, Glebe Rd., Letchworth, Herts.
Buried in HITCHIN CEMETERY, Hertfordshire. South-East Extension.
Plot CL. Row VIII. Grave B |
| MUNT |
Thomas
Rock H |
 Corporal
WR/283838, 1st Foreay Company, Royal Engineers. Died in France 11th
April 1919. Aged 25. Son of Henry Alexander and Ada Bella Munt,
of 13, Cannons Cottage, Hitchin, Herts. Commemorated on his parents
grave. Buried in ST. POL BRITISH CEMETERY, ST. POL-SUR-TERNOISE,
Pas de Calais, France. Plot III. Row E. Grave 14. Photograph
Copyright © Vernon Masterman 2006 |
| NEGUS |
Albert
Edward |
Lance
Corporal 8384, 2nd Battalion, Norfolk Regiment. Died in Mesopotamian
arena 7th February 1917. Aged 28. Born Welbourne, Hertfordshire,
enlisted Hitchin. Son of Mrs. Mary Negus, of 13, Dacre Rd., Hitchin,
Herts. Commemorated in BAGHDAD (NORTH GATE) WAR CEMETERY, Iraq.
Angora Memorial 121 |
| ODELL |
Ernest |
Private
604768, 47th Prisoner of War Labour Company, Labour Corps. Died
24th January 1919. Aged 42. Son of Robert Odell, of Hitchin; husband
of Alice Louisa Odell, of 3, Wratten Rd., Hitchin. Formerly 4622,
4th Battalion, Essex Regiment. Buried in HITCHIN CEMETERY, Hertfordshire.
North-East Extension. Grave 635. |
| ODELL |
Richard
Martin |
Stoker 1st Class SS/110581, H.M.S. Formidable, Royal Navy. Lost
with his ship 1 January 1915. Aged 25. Born 21 June 1891 in Hitchin.
Son of Bessie O'Dell, of 25, Hitchin Hill, Hitchin, Herts., and
the late Stephen O'Dell. In the 1901 census he was aged 13, son
of Stephen and Bessie Odell, born Hitchin, resident 60, Hitchin
Hill, Hitchin. Before enlisting in the Navy he was a Blacksmith.
He was 5 feet 5 inches tall, 36 inch chest, dark brown haie, grey
eyes and a dark complexion. He enlisted 5 January 1911. No known
grave. Commemorated on CHATHAM NAVAL MEMORIAL, Kent, Panel 12. |
| ODELL |
William
James |
Private
27321, 8th Battalion, Norfolk Regiment. Died of wounds 6th November
1917. Aged 19. Born and enlisted Hitchin. Son of William and Maria
O'Dell, of Hitchin, Herts. Buried in DOZINGHEM MILITARY CEMETERY,
West-Vlaanderen, Belgium. Plot XIII. Row B. Grave 6. |
| O'KEEFE |
H
W |
No
further information currently available |
| ORSMAN |
Archibald
Bernard |
Private
G/26406, 17th Battalion, Duke of Cambridge's Own (Middlesex Regiment).
Killed in action 28th April 1917. Aged 21. Born Hitchin, enlisted
Bedford. Son of Arthur and Eleanor Orsman, of 9, Verulam Rd., Hitchin,
Herts. No known grave. Commemorated on ARRAS MEMORIAL, Pas de Calais,
France. Bay 7. |
| PACKHAM |
Reuben |
Private
G/4674, 7th Battalion, Royal Sussex Regiment. Killed in action 8th
August 1918. Born Burgess Hill, Sussex, enlisted Hitchin. Buried
in BEACON Cemetery, Saily-Laurette, France. Plot V. Row I. Grave
5. See also Burgess Hill,
Sussex |
| PALLETT |
E
W |
Private
12058, Hertfordshire Regiment. Died 20th May 1919. Aged 30. Husband
of Ethel Allum (formerly Pallett), of 380, Icknield Way, Letchworth,
Herts. Buried in HITCHIN CEMETERY, Hertfordshire. North-East Extension.
Grave 656. |
| PARCELL |
John
Frederick |
[Spelt
PARSELL on CWGC & CWGC] Private 2366, 1st Battalion, Hertfordshire
Reigment. Killed in action 10 September 1916. Aged 18. Born Stotfold,
enlisted and resident Pirton, Hertfordshire. Son of John and Sarah
Parsell, of Holwell, Hitchin, Herts. Buried in KNIGHTSBRIDGE CEMETERY,
MESNIL-MARTINSART, Somme, France. Plot/Row/Section F. Grave 28. |
| PATEMAN |
Leonard
Mark |
Private
36423, 6th Battalion, Princess Cahrlotte of Wales's (Royal Berkshire
Regiment). Killed in action 17th February 1917. Enlisted Hertford,
resident Hitchin. Formerly 5077, Hertfordshire Regiment. |
| PAYNE |
Thomas
Rupert |
Private
19530, 2nd Battalion, Bedfordshire Regiment. Killed in action 6th
August 1918. Born and resident Hitchin, enlisted Bedford. |
| PEARCE |
W
C |
Private
23634, 4th Battalion, Bedfordshire Regiment. Died 21st November
1917. Buried in HITCHIN CEMETERY, Hertfordshire. South-East Extension.
Grave 756. |
| PEARMAIN |
Frank |
Air
Mechanic 1st Class 26019,6th Squadron, Royal Flying Corps attached
186th Battery, Royal Garrison Artillery. Died 3 June 1917. Aged
28. Son of Walter and Mary Pearmain, of 12, Union Rd., Hitchin,
Herts. Formerly Sapper 1087, Rouyal Engineers. First disembarked
28 July 1915. In the 1891 census he was a the son of Wlater and
Mary Pearmain, aged 12, born Hitchin, resident 12, Union Road, Hitchin.
Buried in LA CLYTTE MILITARY CEMETERY, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium.
Plot I. Row E. Grave 17. |
| PEARMAIN |
Wortham |
Private
SE/20391, 5th Veterinary Hospital, Royal Army Veterinary Corps.
Died 20th August 1918. Aged 33. Born Bassingbourn, Cambridgeshire,
enlisted Hitchin. Son of Mrs. Annie E. Pearmain, of 20, King's Rd.,
Hitchin, Herts. Buried in ABBEVILLE COMMUNAL CEMETERY EXTENSION,
Somme, France. Plot IV. Row D. Grave 2. |
| PEDLEY |
Charles
Herbert |
Private
36428, 6th Battalion, Princess Cahrlotte of Wales's (Royal Bwerkshire
Regiment). Killed in action 17th February 1917. Aged 23. Enlisted
Hertford, resident Hitchin. Son of John and Rebecca Pedley, of 29,
Highbury Rd., Hitchin, Herts. Formerly 5810, Hertfordshire Regiment.
No known grave. Commemorated on THIEPVAL MEMORIAL, Somme, France.
Pier and Face 11 D. |
| PEPPER,
MM |
Walter |
Acting
Lance Corporal P/13932, Mountd Branch, Corps of Military Police.
Killed in action 29th June 1918. Aged 33. Born Standon, enlisted
Stratford, resident Hitchin. Son of Mr. and Mrs. G. Pepper, of Standon,
Ware, Herts.; husband of Mrs. B. M. Pepper, of 39, Periwinkle Lane,
Hitchin, Herts. Awarded the Military Medal (M.M.). Formerly 8220,
East Surrey Regiment. Buried in BAGNEUX BRITISH CEMETERY, GEZAINCOURT,
Somme, France. Plot III. Row C. Grave 16. |
| PHILLIPSON |
Matthew |
Guardsman
24778, 4th Battalion, Grenadier Gaurds. Killed in action 1st December
1917. Born Retford, Nottinghamshire, enlisted Hitchin. A Clerk in
Marylebone Engineering Department, Great Central Railway. No known
grave. Commemorated on CAMBRAI MEMORIAL, LOUVERVAL, Nord, France.
Panel 2. |
| PIERSON |
Ernest
Alfred |
Driver
140308, "T" Battery, Royal Horse Artillery. Died 26th
August 1917. Born Hitchin, enlisted Huntingdon. Buried in ZUYDCOOTE
MILITARY CEMETERY, Nord, France. Plot I. Row A. Grave 11. |
| PIKE |
Horace
Leslie |
Private
4/6926, 4th Battalion, Bedfordshire Regiment. Killed ijn action
13th November 1916. Born and resident Arlesey, enlisted Hitchin. |
| PILSWORTH |
Arthur
John |
Private
4178, 1st Battalion, Welsh Guards. Killed in action 25th August
1918. Aged 33. Born Cambridge, enlisted Hinchley, Leicestershire.
Son of John and Mary Ann Pilsworth, of Hitchin; husband of Elizabeth
Pilsworth, of 27, Hart Rd., Leicester. Buried in BUCQUOY ROAD CEMETERY,
FICHEUX, Pas de caalis, France. Plot VII. Row B. Grave 23. |
| POWELL |
Frederick |
Sergeant
14989, 11th Battalion, Essex Regiment. Killed in action 15th October
1916. Born Ely, Cambridgeshire, enlisted Hitchin. |
| POWELL |
John
Thomas |
Private
26242, 5th Battalion, King's Shropshire Light Infantry. Died 11th
April 1917. Aged 33. Son of Henry and Emma Powell, of Beckless Cottages,
Hambledon, Hants. Native of Preston, Hitchin, Herts. Buried in WARLINCOURT
HALTE BRITISH CEMETERY, SAULTY, Pas de Calais, France. Plot VIII.
Row B. Grave 6. |
| PRIMETT |
Charles
Augustus |
Private
4/6279, 2nd Battalion, Bedfordshire Regiment. Killed in action 12
October 1916. Born 18 September 1887 in Ickleford, Herts, resident
Luton, enlisted Hitchin, Herts. Baptised 11 October 1894 in Ickleford,
Herts, son of Albert and Agnes Primett. Unmarried. Son of Albert
and Agnes Primett, of 18, Spencer Road, Luton, Beds; brother of
Frank (below). Admitted to Ickleford Church of England Infant School
5 December 1893, son of Albert Primett, resident Ickleford, transferred
14 April 1896. Admitted to Ickleford Church of England School 14
April 1896, son of Albert Primett, of Ickleford, removed 2 December
1898. No known grave. Commemorated on THIEPVAL MEMORIAL, Somme,
France. Pier and Face 2 C. See also Luton
According
to the National Roll of the Great War - Section V
- Luton:
|
| PRIMETT,
C., Private, 2nd Bedfordshire Regt. |
|
A Reservist, he was mobilised at the declaration of war,
and sent to France in September 1914. Here he fought at
the Battles of La Bassée, Ypres, Hill 6o and Loos.
He was killed in action on the Somme on October 12th, 1916,
and was entitled to the 1914 Star, and the General Service
and Victory Medals. |
|
18, Spencer Road, Luton. |
2664/A. |
|
| PRIMETT |
Frank |
Corporal
14026, 4th Battalion, Bedfordshire Regiment. Killed in action 15
September 1916. Aged 32. Born 9 March 1886 in Ickleford, Herts,
resident and enlisted Hitchin, Herts. Baptised 25 Apr 1886 in Ickleford,
son of Albert and Agnes Primett. Unmarried. Son of Albert and Agnes
Primett, of 18, Spencer Road, Luton, Beds; brother of Charles (above);
husband of Alice G. Leach (formerly Primett), of 17, Wallflower
St., Shepherd's Bush, London. Admitted to Ickleford Church of England
Infant School 5 December 1893, son of Albert Primett, resident Ickleford,
transferred 22 April 1895. Admitted to Ickleford Church of England
School 22 April 1895, son of Albert Primett, of Ickleford, removed
2 December 1898. No known grave. Commemorated on THIEPVAL MEMORIAL,
Somme, France. Pier and Face 2 C.
See also Luton
According
to the National Roll of the Great War - Section V
- Luton note the difference in battalion:
|
| PRIMETT,
F., Corporal. 8th Bedfordshire Regt. |
|
A Territorial, he was mobilised in August 1914, and in the
following month proceeded to France, where he was engaged
in heavy fighting and fought at the Battles of Ypres, Neuve
Chapelle, Hill 60 and Festubert. He was unfortunately killed
in action on the Somme in 1916, and was entitled to the
1914 Star, and the General Service and Victory Medals. |
|
18, Spencer Road, Luton. |
2664/B. |
|
| PRIMETT |
Frederick
James |
Private
36746, 9th Battalion, Norfolk Regiment. Died of wounds 19th September
1918. Born and enlisted Hitchin. |
| PRIMETT,
MM |
H
S |
No
further information currently available |
| PYMAN,
DSO and BAR |
C
K L |
No
further information currently available |
| PYMAN |
R
L |
No
further information currently available |
| RAMSBOTHAM |
J |
No
further information currently available |
| RANSOM |
Hubert
William |
Second
Lieutenant, 70th Squadron, Royal Flying Corps. Killed in action
27 March 1918. Aged 21. Son of Francis and Priscilla Maud Ransom,
of Newlands, Hitchin. Buried in MARTINSART BRITISH CEMETERY, Somme,
France. Plot I. Row A. Grave 3.
Extract
from England & Wales, National Probate Calendar (Index
of Wills and Administrations), 1919:
RANSOM
Hubert William of the Chilterns Hitchin Hertfordshire
died on or since 27 March 1918 in France or Belgium Probate London
12 August to Francis Ransom esquire.
Effects £6908. 9s. 9d.
|
| RANSOM,
MC |
John |
Captain,
Princess Charlotte of Wales's (Royal Berkshire Regiment). Died 4
September 1919 attached to H.Q., L. of C. Aged 27. Son of Francis
and Priscilla Maud Ransom, of Newlands, Hitchin, Herts. Native of
Hitchin. Awarded the Military Cross (M.C.). Buried in ETAPLES MILITARY
CEMETERY, Pas de Calais, France. Plot XLV. Row C. Grave 19. |
| REED |
Frederick
John |
[Spelt
READ on SDGW & SDGW] Private 16339, 8th Battalion, Bedfordshire
Regiment. Killed in action 21st Aporil 1916. Aged 26. Born and enlisted
Hitchin, resident Knebworth. Son of George and Emma Read, of Black
Horse Lane, Hitchin, Herts.; husband of Agnes K. Read, of 3, Westland
Rd., Knebworth, Herts. No known grave. Commemorated on YPRES (MENIN
GATE) MEMORIAL, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium. Panel 31 and 33. |
| REED |
G
F |
No
further information currently available |
| REYNOLDS |
C
G |
probably
Christopher REYNOLDS, Gunner 102762, "B" BAttery, 46th
Brigade, Royal Field Artillery. Killed in action 16th August 1917.
Born Hitchin, enlisted Southend, Essex. No known grave. Commemorated
on TYNE COT MEMORIAL, Zonnebeke, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium. Panel
4 to 6 and 162. |
| REYNOLDS |
George
Lewis |
Private
47518, 8th Battalion, Royal Fusiliers (City of London Regiment).
Killed in action 9th Apriul 1917. Born Royston, enlisted and resident
Hitchin. Formerly 3647, Royal Fusiliers. |
| RICHMOND |
Frederick
J |
Private
6901. 14th (*County of London ) Battalion (London Scottish), London
Regiment. Killed in action 10th September 1916. Enslietd and resident
Hitchin. |
| ROBINSON |
Raymond
Cecil |
Second
Lieutenant, 270 Siege Battery, Royal Garrison Artillery. Died of
wounds 19 October 1918. In 1911 he was a 14 year old Clerk, born
Hitchin, son of William and Hephzibah Robinson of 19 Benslow Lane,
Hitchin. His medal card states Raymond Cecil Robinson, Acting Corporal
374449, Royal Garrison Artillery, 2/2nd Company Sussex RGA, 270
Siege Battery, Royal Garrison Artillery then 2/Lieut, 270 Siege
Battery, Royal Garrison Artillery. Deceased 19 October 1918. Appointed
Commission 2/Lt RGA 4 February 1918. Entitled to the Victory and
British War Medals. Served in France. His father is given as W Robinson,
Esq., of Fairfield Lodge, Benslow Road, Hitchin, Herts. Buried in
VADENCOURT BRITISH CEMETERY, MAISSEMY, Aisne, France. Plot II. Row
C. Grave 27. |
| ROBSON |
E
G U |
No
further information currently available |
| ROGERS |
George |
[Listed
as A G ROGERS on CWGC] Private G/31280, 34th Battalion, Royal Fusliers
(City of London Regiment). Killed in action 11th September 1916.
Aged 22. Enlsited and resident Hitchin. Son of James and Mary Ann
Rogers, of 24, St. Michael's Mount, Hitchin, Herts. Buried in AVELUY
COMMUNAL CEMETERY EXTENSION, Somme, France. Plot/Row/Section G.
Grave 43. |
| RUDD |
William |
Private
27515, 6th Battalion, Prince Albert's (Somerset Light Infantry).
Killed in action 22nd August 1917. Born Hitchin, enlisted Dartford,
Kent. Formerly 4949, London Regiment. |
| RUTLAND |
Bertram
Albert |
[Spelt
RULAND on SDGW] Private 31768, 4th Battalion, Bedfordshire Regiment.
Killed in action 27th August 1918. Born Gravenhurst, Bedfordshire,
enlisted and resident Hitchin. |
| RUTLAND |
Herbert
George |
Private
27569, 1st Battalion, Duke of Edinburgh's (Wiltshire Regiment).
Died 16th November 1918. Aged 19. Born, resident and enlisted Hitchin.
Only son of George William and Mary Ann Elizabeth Rutland, of 46,
Nightingale Lane, Hitchin, Herts. Formerly 38565, Rifle Brigade.
Buried in POZNAN OLD GARRISON CEMETERY, Poland. Plot III. Row B.
Grave 2. |
| RYALL |
George |
Private
TR/10/161742, 53rd Y.S. Battalion, Queen's (Royal West Surrey Regiment).
Died in United Kingdom 5th November 1918. Born Potton, Bedfordshire,
enlisted and resident Hitchin. Buried in HITCHIN CEMETERY, Hertfordshire.
North-East Extension. Grave 606. |
| SANDERS |
A |
No
further information currently available |
| SAPSED |
Alfred
[James] |
Sergeant
12069, 6th Battalion, Bedfordshire Regiment. Killed in action 12th
April 1917. Aged 22. Born Barkway, Hertfordshire, enlisted Hitchin
resident Walsworth. Son of James and Mary Sapsed, of 67, Woolgrove
Rd., Walsworth, Hitchin, Herts. No knwon grave. Commemorated on
ARRAS MEMORIAL, Pas de Calais, France. Nay 5. |
| SAUNDERS |
Bertram |
Private
3658, Hertfordshire Regiment. Died of wounds 15th January 1917.
Aged 31. Enlisted Hertford, resident Hitchin. Husband of Lilian
A. Saunders, of 30, Old Park Rd., Hitchin, Herts. Buried in BOULOGNE
EASTERN CEMETERY, Pas de Calais, France. Plot VIII. Row C. Grave
177. |
| SAUNDERS |
F
J |
No
further information currently available |
| SAUNDERS |
Victor
W |
Private
6449978, 26th Battalion, Royal Fusiliers. Died in the Edmonton area
of London 4th November 1920 (Death certificate reference Vol 3a
Page 590). Buried in HITCHIN CEMETERY, Hertfordshire. South-East
Extension. Grave 848. |
| SAWYER |
B |
No
further information currently available |
| SCOTT |
John |
Private
31329, 2nd Battalion, Bedfordshire Regiment. Died of wounds 11th
April 1917. Aged 39. Born, resident and enlisted Hitchin. Son of
Walter and Ann Scott, of Hitchin; husband of Lizzie Scott, of 45,
Dacre Rd., Hitchin, Herts. Buried in WARLINCOURT HALTE BRITISH CEMETERY,
SAULTY, Pas de Calais, France. Plot VIII. Row E. Grave 4. |
| SELL |
Reginald |
Private
G/18542, Royal Sussex Regiment. Died 29 October 1919. Aged 20. Son
of Jeffrey and Emmeline Sell, of 13, Chapman's Yard, Queen St.,
Hitchin. Buried in KANTARA WAR MEMORIAL CEMETERY, Egypt. Section
A. Grave 109. |
| SELL,
MM |
W
J |
Private
265330, 5th Battalion, Bedfordshire Regiment. Died 18th August 1918.
Buried in HITCHIN CEMETERY, Hertfordshire. West Extension. Grave
171. |
| SELLS |
Charlie |
Private
203465, 5th Battalion, Bedfordshire Regiment. Killed in action in
the Palestine arena 27th July 1917. Enlisted Bedford, resident Hitchin.
Formerly 522437, Royal Engineers. |
| SEWELL |
James
[Henry] |
Private
265385, Hertfordshire Regiment. Killed in action 31st July 1917.
Aged 21. Born, resident and enlisted Hitchin. Son of James Henry
and Emma Elizabeth Sewell, of 50, Radcliffe Rd., Hitchin, Herts.
No known grave. Commemorated on YPRES (MENIN GATE) MEMORIAL, West-Vlaanderen,
Belgium. Panel 54 and 56. |
| SHARP |
F
A |
No
further information currently available |
| SHARP |
George |
Corporal
13821, 6th Battalion, Bedfordshire Regiment. Killed in action 21st
May 1917. Aged 32. Born, resident and enlisted Hitchin. Husband
of Sarah Sharp of "Glenview", 20, Putters Way, Hitchin,
Herts. Born at Hitchin. Buried in TANK CEMETERY, GUEMAPPE, Pas de
Calais, France. Buried near Special Memorial A. 39. |
| SHARP |
Herbert |
Private
27821, 7th Battalion, Bedfordshire Regiment. Killed in action 24th
October 1916. Aged 37. Born, resident and enlisted Hitchin. Son
of Arthur and Alice Sharp; husband of Alice Sharp, of 85, Queen
St., Hitchin. Buried in REGINA TRENCH CEMETERY, GRANDCOURT, Somme,
France. Plot IV. Row E. Grave 29. |
| SHARP |
Sidney |
Private
20818, 2nd Battalion, Bedfordshire Regiment. Killed in action 30th
July 1916. Aged 31. Born Breachwood Green, Welwyn, enlisted Hitchin,
resident Preston, Hertfordshire. Son of Herbert and Emily Sharp,
of 9, Council Cottages, Preston, Hitchin, Herts. No known grave.
Commemorated on THIEPVAL MEMORIAL, Somme, France. Pier and Face
2 C |
| SHEPHERD |
Harry |
Pioneer
358702, No. 8 Foreway Company, royal Engineers. Died of wounds 30th
September 1918. Aged 38. Enlisted Hitchin. Son of Edward and Harriet
Shepherd, of Hitchin; husband of Mary Shepherd, of 8, Barnard's
Yard, Queen's St., Hitchin, Herts. Formerly G/48487, Norfolk Regiment.
Buried in CHOCQUES MILITARY CEMETERY, Pas de Calais, France. Plot
III. Row B. Grave 14. |
| SIMMONS |
Austin |
[Spelt
SIMON on SDGW and SIMONS on CWGC] Corporal S/7032, 6th Battalion,
Seaforth Highlanders (Ross-shire Buffs, the Duke of Albany's). Died
of wounds 23 July 1918. Aged 28. Born Offley, Hitchin, enlisted
Hitchin. Son of Mr. and Mrs. Clarke, of Hitchin, Herts; husband
of Nellie Simons, of 33, Gloucester Place, Portland Square, London,
W.1. Formerly 12895, Bedfordshire Regiment. Buried in ST. IMOGES
CHURCHYARD, Marne, France. Plot/Row/Section B. Grave 3. |
| SIMMONS |
Stephen |
Private
266680, Hertfordshire Regiment. Killed in action 23rd July 1916.
Enlisted Hertford, resident Hitchin. No known grave. Commemorated
on LOOS MEMORIAL, Pas de Calais, France. Panel 135. |
| SMITH |
Ernest
William |
Private
33635, 1st/5th Battalion, Duke of Wellington's (West Riding Regiment).
Died 31st December 1918. Aged 33. Son of William and Mary Smith,
of 52, Dacre Rd., Hitchin; husband of Mary Catherine Smith, of 52,
Westfield Rd., Hornsey, London. Formerly 60033, Queen's (West Surrey
Regiment). Buried in HITCHIN CEMETERY, Hertfordshire. North-East
Extension. Grave 628. |
| SMITH |
Frank |
Private
19531, 1st Battalion, Bedfordshire Regiment. Killed in action 24th
September 1916. Aged 20. Born, resident and enlisted Hitchin. Son
of George and Julia Smith, of Little Almshoe, Hitchin, Herts. No
known grave. Commemorated on THIEPVAL MEMORIAL, Somme, France. Pier
and Face 2 C |
| SMITH |
F
W |
No
further information currently available |
| SMITH |
James
Odell |
Private
1777, 1st Battalion, Hertfordshire Regiment. Killed in action 6th
February 1915. Born, resident and enlisted Hitchin. Son of Mr. J.
S. Smith, of 118, Nightingale Rd., Hitchin, Herts. Buried in CUINCHY
COMMUNAL CEMETERY, Pas de Calais, France. Plot II. Row D. Grave
14. |
| SMITH |
Samuel |
Private
220722, 1st Battalion, Princess Charlotte of Wales's (Royal Berkshire
Regiment). Killed in action 1st June 1918. Aged 26. Born and resident
Hitchin, enlisted Hertford. Son of James Smith; husband of Edith
Walker (formerly Smith), of Great Green, Pirton, Hitchin, Herts.
Formerly 105985, Hertfordshire Yeomanry. Buried in WARLINCOURT HALTE
BRITISH CEMETERY, SAULTY, Pas de Calais, France. Plot XI. Row C.
Grave 17. |
| SMITH |
Sidney |
Guardsman
23560, 5th [SDGW] or 4th [CWGC] Battalion, Grenadier Guards. Killed
in action 25th Septmber 1916. Born St. Mary's, Hertfordshire, enlisted
Hitchin.
No known grave. Commemorated on THIEPVAL MEMORIAL, Somme, France.
Pier and Face 8 D. |
| SMITH |
T |
No
further information currently available |
| SMITH |
Walter |
Sergeant
6507, 2nd Battalion, Bedfordshire Regiment. Killed in action 14th
March 1916. Born Sandon, Hertfordshire, enllisted and resident Hitchin.
Buried in CERISY-GAILLY MILITARY CEMETERY, Somme, France. Plot II.
Row D. Grave 13. |
| SPENCER |
George
Arthur |
Private
4/7027, 2nd Battalion, Bedfordshire Regiment. Killed in action
at Festuberg 18th May 1916. Born 5 February 1883, and resident,
in Hitchin, enlisted Hertford. Son of George and Annie Spencer.
Buried in PONT-DU-HEM MILITARY CEMETERY, LA GORGUE, Nord, France.
Plot V. Row B. Grave 23.
Note:
His older brother, Albert, died at the Colchester Military Hospital
in 1901 suffering from pneumonia caused by wounds sustained in
the Second Boer War.
|
| SPICER |
Charles |
Rifleman
9919, 1st Battalion, Rifle brigade (The Prince Consort's Own). Killed
in action 13th May 1915. Born Hitchin, enlisted Stratford, Essex,
resident Islington, Middlesex. Buried in NEW IRISH FARM CEMETERY,
West-Vlaanderen, Belgium. Plot VII. Row A. Grave 9. |
| SPRIGGS |
A
F |
No
further information currently available |
| SPURR |
Anthony
George |
Private
2924, 13th (County of London) Battalion (Princess Louise's Kensington
Battalion), London Regiment. Killed in action 9th May 1915. Aged
26. Enlisted Kensington, resident Watford. Son of George E. and
Ethel Mary Spurr, of "Dowlands," Wymondley Rd., Hitchin,
Herts. No known grave. Commemorated on PLOEGSTEERT MEMORIAL, Comines-Warneton,
Hainaut, Belgium. Panel 10. See also Hitchin
Grammar School WW1 memorial |
| SPURR |
Douglas
Bateman |
[Listed
as Douglas Bertram SPUR on SDGW] Private 2116, 4th Battalion, Queen's
Own Cameron Highlanders. Killed in action 10th March 1915. Aged
19. Enlisted London, Middlesex (sic), resident Hitchin. Son of George
Edmondson and Ethel Mary Spurr, of "Dowlands", Wymondley
Rd., Hitchin, Herts. No known grave. Commemorated on LE TOURET MEMORIAL,
Pas de Calais, France. Panel 41 and 42. See also Hitchin
Grammar School WW1 memorial |
| SPURR |
Walter
Guiness |
[Listed
as Walter Gunnis SPURR on CWGC] Corporal 16678, 8th Battalion, Bedfordshire
Regiment. Killed in action 22nd August 1916. Aged 25. Born and resident
Hitchin, enlisted Westminster, Middlesex. Son of George E. and Ethel
Mary Spurr (nee Cropper), of 14/15, Market Place, Hitchin, Herts.
Buried in ENGLEBELMER COMMUNAL CEMETERY, Somme, France. Plot I.
Row D. Grave 6. See also Hitchin
Grammar School WW1 memorial |
| STAUGHTON |
Ernest |
Private
14429, 4th Battalion, Bedfordshire Regiment. Killed in action 23rd
April 1917. Born Hertford, enlisted and resident Hitchin. No known
grave. Commemorated on ARRAS MEMORIAL, Pas de Calais, France. Bay
5. |
| STEELEY |
Arthur |
[Spelt
STEELY on SDGW] Rifleman 4803, 8th (City of London) Battalion (Post
Office Rifles), London Regiment. Killed in action 7th October 1916.
Born Hitchin, enlisted London, resident Letchworth. No known grave.
Commemorated om THIEPVAL MEMORIAL, Somme, France. Pier and Face
9 C and 9 D. |
| STEVENS |
Charles |
Private
7209, 2nd Battalion, East Surrey Regiment. Killed in action 12th
March 1915. Born and enlisted Hitchin. No known grave. Commemorated
on YPRES (MENIN GATE) MEMORIAL, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium. Panel
34. |
| STEVENS |
Fred |
Private
28707, 6th Battalion, Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry. Killed
in action 16th September 1916. Enlisted Hertford, resident Hitchin.
Formerly 4350, Hertfordshire Regiment. No known grave. Commemorated
om THIEPVAL MEMORIAL, Somme, France. Pier and Face 6 B. |
| STEVENS |
Harry |
Private
23482, 9th Battalion, Loyal North Lancashire Regiment. Killed in
action 3rd September 1916. Aged 22. Born and enlisted Hitchin. Husband
of Florence Lily Stevens, of 53, Queen St., Hitchin, Herts. Formerly
25508, Bedfordshire Regiment. No known grave. Commemorated on THIEPVAL
MEMORIAL, Somme, France. Pier and Face 11 A. |
| STIMPSON |
Frederick
[Waldron] |
Sergeant
193, 4th Battalion, Suffolk Regiment. Killed in action 16th May
1915. Aged 37. Born Hitchin, enlisted Leiston. Son of Richard and
Mary Stimpson, of Hitchin, Herts; husband of Ellen Margarita Stimpson,
of Buller Rd., Leiston, Suffolk. No nown grave. Commemorated on
LE TOURET MEMORIAL, Pas de Calais, France. Panel 9. |
| STOKES |
Walter
George |
Gunner
170890, "D" Battery, 180th Brigade, Royal Field Artillery.
Killed in action 5th June 1917. Aged 23. Born Offley, Hertfordshire,
enlisted Hitchin. Son of George Stokes, of 18, Lancaster Rd., Hitchin.
Herts. Buried in KEMMEL CHATEAU MILITARY CEMETERY, West-Vlaanderen,
Belgium. Plot/Row/Section D. Grave 75. |
| SUMMERFIELD |
Arthur |
Rifleman
52459, 12th Battalion, Royal Irish Rifles. Killed in action 6th
June 1918. Aged 19. Born and resident Hitchin, enlisted Bedford.
Son of Mr. and Mrs. John Summerfield, of 30, Union Rd., Hitchin,
Herts. Formerlyt 38572, Royal Warwickshire Regiment. Buried in KLEIN-VIERSTRAAT
BRITISH CEMETERY, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium. Plot V. Row A. Grave
17. |
| SUMMERFIELD |
Harold |
Gunner
77046, "C" Battery, 282nd Army Brigade (Territorial Force),
Royal Artillery. Killed in action 16th August 1917. Born and enlisted
Hitchin. Buried in DUHALLOW A.D.S. CEMETERY, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium.
Plot I. Row B. Grave 13. |
| TANSLEY |
Alfred
George |
Private
56830, 95th Company, Labour Corps. Died in Salonika arena 30th September
1918. Aged 40. Born and resident Hitchin, enlisted Bedford. Son
of Mr. and Mrs. George Tansley, husband of A. G. Tansley, of 52,
Winbush Rd., Hitchin, Herts. Formerly 17773, 14th Battalion, The
Queen's (Royal West Surrey Regiment). Buried in MIKRA BRITISH CEMETERY,
KALAMARIA, Greece. Grave 378. |
| TANSLEY |
George
Walter |
Private
21063, 3rd Battalion, Buffs (East Kent Regiment). Died in United
Kingdom 15th March 1917. Aged 31. Born, resident and enlisted Hitchin.
Son of George and Emma Tansley, of 6, Park St., Hitchin; husband
of Annie Margaret Tansley, of 60, Bunvan Rd., Hitchin. Buried in
HITCHIN CEMETERY, Hertfordshire. South-East Extension. Grave 741.
|
| TANSLEY |
Herbert
[William] |
Private
51641, 1st Battalion, Lincolnshire Regiment. Died 27th September
1918. Born Ickleford, enlisted Hitchin. Formerly 23427, Suffolk
Regiment. Buried in GRAND-SERAUCOURT BRITISH CEMETERY, Aisne, France.
Plot VII. Row C. Grave 10. |
| TARRIER |
Francis
Ralph |
Private
23269, 2nd Battalion, Bedfordshire Regiment. Died of wounds 9th
April 1917. Born Pirton, Hertfordshire, enlisted Ampthill, resident
Hitchin. No known grave. Commemorated on ARRAS MEMORIAL, Pas de
Calais, France. Bay 5. |
| TAYLOR |
Ernest |
Private
201207, 1st/4th Battalion, Essex Regiment. Died of wounds in the
Egyptian areana 2nd December 1917. Born, resident and enlisted Hitchin.
Formerly 20723, Bedfordshire Regiment. Buried in CAIRO WAR MEMORIAL
CEMETERY, Egypt. Section O. Grave 48. |
| TAYLOR |
James |
Private
9530, 1st Battalion, King's (Liverpool Regiment). Killed in action
25th August 1918. Born and resident Hitchin, enlisted Bedford. No
known grave. Commemorated on VIS-EN-ARTOIS MEMORIAL, Pas de Calais,
France. Panel 3 and 4. |
| TAYLOR |
Noah |
Private
201208, 4th Battalion, Essex Regiment. Killed in action in the Palestine
arena 26th March 1917. Aged 20. Born, resident and enlisted Hitchin.
Son of Charles and Elizabeth Taylor, of 14, Sunny Side, Hitchin,
Herts. Formerly 10906, Bedfordshire Regiment. No known grave. Commemorated
on JERUSALEM MEMORIAL, Israel and Palestine (including Gaza). Panels
33 to 39. |
| TEW |
Wilfred
Henry |
Private
36486, 6th Battalion, Princess Charlotte of Wales's (Royal Berkshire
Regiment). Died of wounds 14 November 1916. Aged 18. Enlisted Herford,
resident HItchin. Son of Thomas and Florence Lavinia Tew, of Hitchin,
Herts. Formerly 3696, Hertfordshire Regiment. Buried in CONTAY BRITISH
CEMETERY, CONTAY, Somme, France. Plot II. Row F. Grave 8. |
| THOMAS |
Lewin
Hugh |
Private
7628, 4th Battalion, Duke of Cambridge's Own (Middlesex Regiment).
Killed in action at approx 19:00 hrs on 19th July 1915 at the Battle
of Hooge, Belgium. This was the first time the Royal Engineers 175th
Tunnelling Company had tunnelled under a German trench. The detonation
caused a crater 120ft wide and 20ft deep. Two Companies of the 4th
Middlesex Regiment moved in to capture the trench at about which
time he lost his life. He was born at Wetly Rocks, Cheddleton, District
of Cheadle, Staffordshire on 13th January 1876, married to Florence
Elizabeth Huckle of 70 Bancroft, Hitchin, in 1904. His profession
was a confectioner at Harrods London. His son Hugh Thomas OBE was
educated at Hitchin Grammer School. According to the Soldiers Died
in the Great War he was born and resident Southall, enlisted Ealing,
Middlesex. The CWGC states he was the husband of Florence Elizabeth
Thomas, of 3, Bunyan Rd., Hitchin, Herts. IN the 1911 census he
was aged 36, married to Florence, born Dresden, Staffordshire, a
Pastry Cook, resident 16 Hambrough Road Southall, Norwood, Middlesex.
No known grave. Commemorated on YPRES (MENIN GATE) MEMORIAL, West-Vlaanderen,
Belgium. Panel 49 and 51.
Extract
from England & Wales, National Probate Calendar (Index
of Wills and Administrations), 1917:
THOMAS
Lewin Hugh of 166 Hambro-road Southall Middlesex
private 4th battalion Middlesex regiment died on or since 19 July
1915 in France Administration London 12 February
to Florence Elizabeth Thomas widow.
Effects £209 11s. 7d.
|
| THOMPSON |
Frederick
John |
Private
2312, Hertfordshire Regiment. Killed in action 3rd August 1916.
Aged 20. Born Pirton, enlisted and resident Hitchin. Son of Elijah
and Polly Thompson. Buried in BROWN'S ROAD MILITARY CEMETERY, FESTUBERT,
Pas de Calais, France. Plot II. Row C. Grave 16. |
| THORNTON |
Frank
V |
Private
19108, 2nd Battalion, Bedfordshire Regiment. Died of wounds 10th
July 1916. Aged 27. Born Charlbury, Oxon, elisted and resident Hitchin.
Son of William and Kate Thornton, of Ascott-under-Wychwood, Oxon.
Buried in ABBEVILLE COMMUNAL CEMETERY, Somme, France. Plot V. Row
C. Grave 3. See also Ascott-under-Wychwood |
| THOROGOOD |
T
G |
No
further information currently available |
| THRUSSELL |
Arthur
Samuel |
Private
5732, 11th (Prince Albert's Own) Hussars attached 2nd Life Guards.
Died of wounds 16th May 1915. Born and resident Hitchin, enlisted
Royston. Buried in BAILLEUL COMMUNAL CEMETERY EXTENSION, NORD, Nord,
France. Plot I. Row A. Grave 78. |
| TITMUSS |
Arthur
[John] |
Private 14215, 6th Battalion, Bedfordshire Regiment. Killed in action
26th August 1916. Born Holwell, Bedfordshire, enlisted Hitchin,
resident Ickleford. Son of Mr. J. L. Titmuss, of Cadwell, Ickleford,
Hitchin, Herts. Buried in PHILOSOPHE BRITISH CEMETERY, MAZINGARBE,
Pas de Calais, France. Plot I. Row J. Grave 7. |
| TITMUSS |
Frederick |
Sergeant
202800, 4th Battalion, Bedfordshire Regiment. Killed in action 27th
September 1918. Born, resident and enlisted Hitchin. Buried in MOEUVRES
COMMUNAL CEMETERY EXTENSION, Nord, France. Plot I. Ropw A. Grave
21. |
| TITMUSS |
James
[William] |
[Spelt
TITMUS on SDGW] Lance Corporal G/29561, 2nd Battalion, Duke of Cambridge's
Own (Middlesex Regiment). Killed in action 16th August 1917. Aged
31. Born and enlisted Hitchin, resident Codicot, Hertfordshire.
Son of James William and Elizabeth Titmuss, of 48, Florence St.,
Hitchin, Herts; husband of Florence Titmuss, of New Town, Codicote,
Herts. No known grave. Commemorated on TYNE COT MEMORIAL, West-Vlaanderen,
Belgium. Panel 113 to 115. |
| TITMUSS |
Lewis |
[Spelt
TITMUS on SDGW] Private 35615, 9th Battalion, Essex Regiment. Killed
in action 20th September 1917. Aged 28. Born Hickleford, Hertfordshire
(sic - Ickleford), enlisted and resident Hitchin. Husband of Bertha
Titmuss, of 17, Dacre Rd., Hitchin. Buried in MONCHY BRITISH CEMETERY,
MONCHY-LE-PREUX, Pas de Calais, France. Plot I. Row M. Grave 6. |
| TOMLIN |
Arthur
Charles |
Private
266199, 1st Battalion, Hertfordshire Regiment. Died of wounds 13th
July 1917. Enlisted Hertford, resident Hitchin. Buried in DOZINGHEM
MILITARY CEMETERY, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium. Plot I. Row C. Grave
6. |
| TOMLIN |
Bernard |
Gunner
74107, 70th Siege Battery, Royal Garrison Artillery. Died of wounds
1st September 1916. Aged 28. Born and resident Hitchin, enlisted
London. Son of Henry and Adelaide Tomlin, of 22, Churchyard, Hitchin,
Herts; husband of Eva Tomlin, of 12, Gartree St., Highfields, Leicester.
Buried in BOULOGNE EASTERN CEMETERY, Pas de Calais, France. Plot
VIII. Row B. Grave 168. |
| TOMLIN |
Charles |
Private
4/7321, 1st Battalion, Bedfordshire Regiment. Killed in action 20th
February 1915. Born, resident and enlisted Hitchin. Son of Mr. C.
Tomlin, of The Orange Tree, Sunnyside, Hitchin, Herts. Buried in
R E FARM CEMETERY, HEUVELLAND, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium. Plot I
Row A Grave 5
According
to the National Roll of the Great War:
TOMLIN,
C., Private, 1st Bedfordshire Regiment. - He volunteered
in September 1914, and in the following November proceeded
to the Western Front. He was engaged in heavy fighting in
various parts of the line, and fought in the Battle of Ypres
and other important operations. He was killed in action
near Ypres on February 20th, 1915. and was entitled to the
1914 Star, and the General Service and Victory Medals. |
| 54,
Sunnyside, Hitchin.. |
|
1813/B |
|
| TOMLIN |
George |
Private
29241, 13th Battalion, Essex Regiment. Killed in action 28th April
1917. Born, resident and enlisted Hitchin. No known grave. Commemorated
on ARRAS MEMORIAL, Pas de Calais, France. Bay 7. |
| TOMLIN |
Harry
[Charles] |
Private
32355, 7th Battalion, East Surrey Regiment. Died 18th November 1918.
Aged 28. Born Leicester, enlisted Hitchin. Son of Mr. and Mrs. Tomlin,
of 59, Grove Rd., Hitchin, Herts. Formerly 2952, Middlesex Regiment.
Buried in COLOGNE SOUTHERN CEMETERY, Nordrhein-Westfalen, Germany.
Plot VIII. Row E. Grave 23. |
| TOMLIN |
Oswald
Leslie |
Sapper
75366, A.N. Cable Section, Royal Engineers. Killed in action 2nd
July 1916. Aged 18. Born and enlisted Hitchin. Son of James and
Mary Ann Tomlin, of Hitchin, Herts. Buried in BRANDHOEK MILITARY
CEMETERY, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium. Plot II. Row F. Grave 14. |
| TOMS |
Harry |
Private
(Pioneer) 142375, Hitchin Signal Depot, Royal Engineers. Died 19th
July 1917. Aged 37. Born newbury, Berkshire, enlisted Hitchin, resident
Wavertree, Lancashire. Buried in HITCHIN CEMETERY, Hertfordshire.
North Extension. Grave 807. |
| TOPHAM |
Frank |
Private
31340, 7th Battalion, Bedfordshire Regiment. Died of wounds 18th
July 1917. Born Langford, Bedfordshire, enlisted and resident Hitchin.
Buried in MENDINGHEM MILITARY CEMETERY, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium.
Plot II. Row F. Grave 2. |
| TRIGG |
George |
Lance
Corporal 13231, 6th Battalion, Dorsetshire Regiment. Killed in action
25th August 1918. Born Baldock, enlisted Stratford, Essex, resident
Hitchin. Buried in CONNAUGHT CEMETERY, THIEPVAL, Somme, France.
Plot VII. Row A. Grave 5. |
| UPCHURCH |
Percy
J |
Gunner
68926, "B" Battery, 15th Brigade, Royal Horse Artillery.
Killed in action 1st June 1918. Aged 26. Enlsited and resident Hitchin.
Son of James and Eliza Elizabeth Upchurch, of 43, Radcliff Road,
Hitchin, Herts. Buried in CINQ RUES BRITISH CEMETERY, HAZEBROUCK,
Nord, France. Plot/Row/Section F. Grave 12. |
| WALCH |
J
B M |
No
further information currently available |
| WALKER |
Charles |
Private
4/7383, 1st Battalion, Bedfordshire Regiment. Killed in action 20th
June 1915, Born Willian, enlisted and resident Hitchin. No known
grave. Commemorated on YPRES (MENIN GATE) MEMORIAL, West-Vlaanderen,
Belgium. Panel 31 and 33. |
| WALLER |
Bertram |
Private
T.F. 238036, 12th Battalion, Duke of Cambridge's Own (Middlesex
Regiment). Killed in action 7th August 1917. Born and resident Hitchin,
enlisted Bedford. Formerly T.F. 202664, Essex Regiment. No known
grave. Commemorated on YPRES (MENIN GATE) MEMORIAL, West-Vlaanderen,
Belgium. Panel 49 and 51. |
| WALLER |
George |
Sapper
524340, 126th Field Company, Royal Engineers. Died of wounds 9th
March 1918. Born and resident Hitchin, enlisted Luton. Buried in
HEUDICOURT COMMUNAL CEMETERY EXTENSION, Somme, France. Row F. Grave
11. |
| WARREN |
A |
No
further information currently available |
| WATSON |
Bertie |
Private
18679, 6th Battalion, Bedfordshire Regiment. Died of wounds 26th
August 1916. Born and resident Charlton, Hitchin, enlisted Hitchin.
Son of Charles Watson, of Charlton, Hitchin. Buried in PHILOSOPHE
BRITISH CEMETERY, MAZINGARBE, Pas de Calais, France. Plot I. Row
J. Grave 6. |
| WEARE,
MC |
Cecil |
Captain
68083, 25th Battalion, Canadian Infantry (Nova Scotia Regiment).
Wounded near Ypres in night arial bombing and died the next day,
31st October 1917. Born 22nd May 1917 at Hitchin. Son of Frederick
and Alice of Park St. Hitchin, brother Raymond also served. Awarded
the Military Cross (M.C.) after Vimy Battle, April 1917. Chaffeaur
by trade. Passed fit 7th December and enlisted 8th December 1914
at Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada. Height 5 feet 6½ inches,
girth 36½ inches, wieght 130 lbs, complexion fesh, eyes hazel,
hair light brown; religion Wesleyan. Buried in LIJSSENTHOEK MILITARY
CEMETERY, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium. Plot XXI. Row AA. Grave 14.
National Archives of Canada Accession Reference: RG
150, Accession 1992-93/166, Box 10168 - 31 |
| WEBB |
Frederick
James |
Sergeant
G/4665, 7th Battalion, Queen's (Royal West Surrey Regiment). Killed
in action 10th August 1917. Aged 31. Born Guildford, Surrey, enlisted
and resident Hitchin. Husband of Florence Webb, of 91, Balmoral
Rd., Hitchin, Herts. No known grave. Commemorated on YPRES (MENIN
GATE) MEMORIAL, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium. Panel 11 - 13 and 14. |
| WELCH,
MM |
Jack |
Corporal
265532, Hertfordshire Regiment. Killed in action 26th September
1917. Born and resident Hitchin, enlisted Hertford. Awarded the
Military Medal (M.M.). No known grave. Commemorated on TYNE COT
MEMORIAL, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium. Panel 153. |
| WEST |
Arthur |
Lance
Corporal 60153, 13th Battalion, Royal Fusiliers (City of London
Regiment). Killed in action 23rd August 1918. Born Hemel Hempstead,
enlisted Hitchin. Formerly 29809, Bedfordshire Regiment. Buried
in ACHIET-LE-GRAND COMMUNAL CEMETERY EXTENSION, Pas de Calais, France.
Plot III. Row H. Grave 19. |
| WHALEY |
Frederick
John |
Driver
2086, "A" Battery, 303rd Btigade (Territorial Force),
Royal Field Artillery. Killed in action 6th August 1916. Aged 34.
Born Hitchin, enlisted Portsmouth. Son of William and Eliza Whaley,
of Hitchin, Herts. Buried in ECOIVRES MILITARY CEMETERY, MONT-ST.
ELOI, Pas de Calais, France. Plot III. Row C. Grave 23. |
| WHITBY |
Arthur |
Private
27501, 1st Battalion, Bedfordshire Regiment. Killed in action 22nd
July 1916. Born, resident and enlisted Hitchin. No known grave.
Commemorated on THIEPVAL MEMORIAL, Somme, France. Pier and Face
2C. |
| WHITBY |
A
H |
No
further information currently available |
| WHITE |
Henry
Charles |
Gunner
156380, 144th Siege Battery, Royal Garrison Artillery. Killed in
action 28th November 1917. Aged 37. Born Christhchurch, Chelsea,
Middlesex, enlisted Hitchin. Husband of Elizabeth Edwards (formerly
White), late of Hitchin. Herts. Buried in BARD COTTAGE CEMETERY,
West-Vlaanderen, Belgium. Plot V. Row C. Grave 20. |
| WHITE |
H
S |
No
further information currently available |
| WHITE |
L
J |
No
further information currently available |
| WHITTRED |
Frank
Ellis |
Private
242237, 2/5th Battalion, Alexandra Princess of Wales's Own (Yorkshire
Regiment). Died 25th July 1918. Aged 29. Born Ringstead, Norfolk,
enlisted Hitchin. Son of Mrs. Emma Whittred; husband of Bertha Elizabeth
Whittred, of 5, White Hill, Hitchin, Herts. Buried in SISSONNE BRITISH
CEMETERY, Aisne, France. Plot/Row/Section M. Grave 14. |
| WILLIAMS |
George |
Private
14121, 7th Battalion, Bedfordshire Regiment. Killed in action 19th
April 1916. Born Melbourne, Australia, enlisted and resident Hitchin.
Buried in CARNOY MILITARY CEMETERY, Somme, France. Row L. Grave
10. |
| WILSHERE |
Sidney
Alfred |
[Spelt
WILSHIRE on SDGW] Private 23460, 9th Battalion, Loyal North Lancashire
Regiment. Killed in action 3rd September 1916. Aged 20. Born Walsworth,
enlisted Hitchin. Son of William J. and Ada Emma Wilshere, of 9,
St. Michael's Mount, Hitchin, Herts. Formerly 25197, Bedfordshire
Regiment. No known grave. Commemorated on THIEPVAL MEMORIAL, Somme,
France. Pier and Face 11 A. |
| WILSON |
Walter
Charles |
Private
265387, Hertfordshire Regiment. Killed in action 25th April 1918.
Born Shillington, Bedfordshire, enlisted and resident Hitchin. No
known grave. Commemorated on TYNE COT MEMORIAL, West-Vlaanderen,
Belgium. Panel 153. |
| WORBEY |
Alfred |
Private
35464 [SDGW] or 35468 [CWGC], 2nd Battalion, Essex Regiment. Killed
in action 29th September 1917. Aged 29. Born, resident and enlisted
Hitchin. Son of Alfred and Emma Worbey, of 19, St. Andrews Place,
Hitchin; husband of Mrs. C. M. Worbey, of 67, Sunnyside Rd., Highbury,
Hitchin. Formerly 324098, Suffolk Regiment. No known grave. Commemorated
on TYNE COT MEMORIAL, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium. Panel 98 to 99. |
| WORBEY |
Arthur
William |
Private
28715, 6th Battalion, Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry. Killed
in action 16th September 1916. Aged 22. Enlisted and resident Hitchin.
Son of Mrs. Martha Worbey, of 15, Anderson's Row, Florence St.,
Hitchin, Herts. Formerly 3774, Hertfordshire Regiment. No known
grave. Commemorated on THIEPVAL MEMORIAL, Somme. France. Pier and
Face 6 B. |
| WORSLEY |
Arthur |
Private
4/5737, 2nd Battalion, Bedfordshire Regiment. Killed in action 10th
March 1915. Born and resident Hitchin, enlisted Hatfield. No known
grave. Commemorated on LE TOURET MEMORIAL, Pas de Calais, France.
Panel 10 and 11. |
| WRAY |
Ernest |
Private
17002, 2nd Battalion, Bedfordshire Regiment. Killed in action 24th
August 1915. Born and resident Preston, Hertfordshire, enlisted
Hitchin. Buried in BROWN'S ROAD MILITARY CEMETERY, FESTUBERT, Pas
de Calais, France. Plot I. Row D. Grave 12. |
| WRIGHT |
Chris |
Rifleman
TR/13/84514, 53rd Y.S. Battalion, Rifle Brigade. Died in United
Kingdom 16th October 1918. Aged 18. Born and resident HItchin, enlisted
Hertford. Son of Edmund and Selina Wright. Buried in HITCHIN CEMETERY,
Hertfordshire. South Extension. Grave 960. |
| WRIGHT |
Edmund
Lancelot |
[Second
Lieutenant on SDGW] Captain, 7th Battalion, King's (Shropshire Light
Infantry). Died of wounds 16th July 1918. Aged 32. Son of Fredrick
Ashfield Wright and Ann Wright, of Hitchin; husband of Elizabeth
Helen Wright, of Moor Mead Hill, Hitchin, Herts. Buried in LA NEUVILLE
BRITISH CEMETERY, CORBIE, Somme, France. Plot I. Row C. Grave 7.
See also Hitchin Grammar School
WW1 memorial |
| YOUNG,
VC |
Frank
Edward |
Second
Lieutenant, 1st Battalion, Hertfordshire Regiment. Killed in action
18th September 1918. Son of Frank and Sarah Ellen Young, of 46,
Wood Avenue, Folkestone, Kent. Awarded the Victoria Cross (V.C.).
Buried in HERMIES HILL BRITISH CEMETERY, Pas de Calais, France.
Plot III. Row B. Grave 5.
Victoria
Cross Details: He was 22 years old, and a Second Lieutenant in the
1st Bn., The Hertfordshire Regiment, British Army during the First
World War when the following deed took place for which he was awarded
the VC.
An
extract from "The London Gazette" No. 31067, dated 13th
December 1918, records the following:-
"For
most conspicuous bravery, determination and exceptional devotion
to duty on 18th September, 1918, south-east of Havrincourt, when
during an enemy counter-attack and throughout an extremely intense
enemy barrage he visited all posts, warned the garrisons and encouraged
the men. In the early stages of the attack he rescued two of his
men who had been captured, and bombed and silenced an enemy machine
gun. Although surrounded by the enemy, 2nd Lt. Young fought his
way back to the main barricade and drove out a party of the enemy
who were assembling there. By his further exertions the battalion
was able to maintain a line of great tactical value, the loss of
which would have meant serious delay to future operations. Throughout
four hours of intense hand-to-hand fighting 2nd Lt. Young displayed
the utmost valour and devotion to duty, and set an example to which
the company gallantly responded. He was last seen fighting hand
to hand against a considerable number of the enemy." |
| NOT
ON MEMORIAL BUT PROBABLY SHOULD BE |
| CHALKLEY |
Arthur |
Private
G/21208, 6th Battalion, Buffs (East Kent Regiment). Killed in action
30th November 1917. Born, resident and enlisted Hitchin. No known
grave. Commemorated on CAMBRAI MEMORIAL, LOUVERVAL, Nord, France.
Panel 3. |
| DEAR |
Frederick |
Private
4/6823, 2nd Battalion, Bedfordshire Regiment. Killed in action 16th
June 1915. Born and resident Hitchin, enlisted Hertford. No known
grave. Commemorated on LE TOURET MEMORIAL, Pas de Calais, France.
Panel 10 and 11. |
| 1939-1945
IN LOYAL MEMORY OF THE MEN AND WOMEN
OF HITCHIN WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES FOR THEIR COUNTRY AND IN WHOSE HONOUR
THE BOOK OF REMEMBRANCE RECORDING THEIR NAMES WAS DEDICATED
AND IS KEPT IN THE PARISH CHURCH |
| ADAMSON |
D |
No
further information currently available |
| ALBONE |
Kenneth
Herbert |
 Driver
2725253, Royal Engineers. Died 16th September 1946. Aged 19. Son
of Herbert and Gertrude Albone, of 40 Mattocke Road, West Mill,
Hitchin, Hertfordshire. His siblings were William Ronald, Doris
Getrude, Joyce Olive and Gerald Clifford. Buried in MUNSTER HEATH
WAR CEMETERY, Telgte, Nordrhein-Westfalen, Germany. Plot 1. Row
B. Grave 14. Photograph
Courtesy Barry Knock 2013 |
| ALEXANDER |
Francis
James |
Lance
Sergeant 5954360, 2nd Battalion (The Hertfordshire Regiment), Bedfordshire
and Hertfordshire Regi9ment. Died 7th June 1944. Aged 27. Son of
John and Dorothy Alexander, of Walsworth, Hitchin, Hertfordshire.
Buried in BAYEUX WAR CEMETERY, Calvados, France. Plot XV. Row B.
Grave 18. |
| ALSTON |
Eric
Robert |
Flying
Officer (Air Gunner) 48871, 61 Squadron, Royal Air Force. Died 25th
April 1944. Buried in LYON (LA DOUA) FRENCH NATIONAL CEMETERY, Rhone,
France. Row F. Grave 2. |
| ANSELL |
George
[Alan] |
Signalman
2337656, Third Army Signals, Royal Corps of Signals. Died 15th October
1940. Aged 21. Son of Alice E. Ansell, of Hitchin. Buried in HITCHIN
CEMETERY, Hertfordshire. South-East Extension. Grave 56. |
| BALL |
Thomas
Owen |
Able
Seaman P/JX 219337, H.M.S. Dunedin, Royal Navy. Died when his ship
was torpedoed 24th November 1941. Aged 24. Son of Thomas and Janet
Ball, of Hitchin, Hertfordshire. No known grave. Commemorated on
PORTSMOUTH NAVAL MEMORIAL, Hampshire. Panel 47, Column 1.Note:
HMS
Dundein (I 93) was a Light Cruiser (D-Class) of 4,850 tons built
by Armstrongs, laid down November 1917, launched 19th November 1918
and completed October 1919. On November 24th 1941, HMS Dunedin was
on patrol near St Paul’s Rocks, just north of the Equator
in mid-Atlantic. At 13:26 Greenwich Mean Time, two torpedoes hit
the starboard side of Dunedin fired by U-boat U-124, causing her
to sink within fifteen minutes and with great loss of life. About
250 survivors managed to leave the ship by jumping overboard. They
rescued themselves onto seven Carley floats and floating debris.
The U-boat surfaced and circled the survivors for about ten minutes
but then left. Only 72 survivors were still alive on the six floats
found by the American steam merchant Nishmaha, en route from Takoradi
to Philadelphia, three days after the sinking. |
| BANKS |
Reginald
George |
Sergeant
1165223, 226 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve. Died 15th
October 1941. Aged 21. Son of George William and Elizabeth Maud
Banks, of Hitchin, Hertfordshire. No known grave. Commemorated on
RUNNYMEDE MEMORIAL, Surrey. Panel 39. |
| BARKER |
Jack |
Private
5955203, Pioneer Corps. Died 6th February 1941. Aged 26. Son of
William and Elizabeth Barker, of Westmill. Buried in HITCHIN CEMETERY,
Hertfordshire. North-West Extension. Grave 403. |
| BAVINGTON |
Arthur
Henry |
Air
Mechanic 2nd Class SFX 783, H.M.S. Peregrine, Royal Navy. Died 18th
August 1940. Aged 23. Son of William and Eliza Bavington; husband
of Sylvia Olive Fleur Bavington, of Royston. Buried in ROYSTON CHURCH
ADDITIONAL BURIAL GROUND, Royston, Hertfordshire. |
| BRADY |
James
[Amthony] |
Sapper
1888706, 4 Bomb Disposal Company, Royal Engineers. Died 20th September
1944. Aged 24. Son of Alice Brady; husband of Norah Madaline Brady,
of Hitchin. Buried in HITCHIN CEMETERY, Hertfordshire. North-West
Extension. Grave 411. |
| BRAYBROOKE |
Ronald |
Private
14618889, 1st/6th Battalion, South Staffordshire Regiment. Died
6th August 1944. Aged 20. Son of Sidney and Maud E. Braybrooke,
of Hitchin, Hertfordshire. Buried in BAYEUX WAR CEMETERY, Calvados,
France. Plot XIX. Row D. Grave 17. |
| BROWN |
Cyril |
Sergeant
1875016, 514 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve. Died 25th
July 1944. Aged 37. Son of Arthur and Ada Martha Brown, of Hitchin,
Hertfordshire. No known grave. Commemorated on RUNNYMEDE MEMORIAL,
Surrey. Panel 225. |
| BRYANT |
William
[Charles] |
Sergeant
890210, 135 (The Hertfordshire Yeomanry) Field Regiment, Royal Artillery.
Died in the fighting during the fall of Singapore 14th February
1942. Aged 21. Son of William John and Jessie Elizabeth Frost-Bryant,
of Hitchin, Hertfordshire. Buried in KRANJI WAR CEMETERY, Kranji,
Singapore. Special Memorial Plot 12. Row C. Grave 15. |
| BUDGELL |
Stanley
James [Sydney] |
Second
Radio officer, S.S. Ville de Tamatave (Liverpool). Merchant Navy.
Died 23rd January 1943. Aged 19. Son of Sydney Herbert and Jessie
Mary Budgell, of Hitchin, Hertfordshire. No known grave. Commemorated
on TOWER HILL MEMORIAL, London. Panel 115.Note:
S.S. Ville de Tamatave was part of Convoy ON160 that sailed from
the United Kingdom on either 11th or 12th January 1943. Commodore
Brownrigg, R.N.R., was in Ville de Tamatave that went down with
a broken rudder on 24th February 1943. There were no survivors.
Roger W. Jordan's "The World's Merchant Fleets" gives
the sinking position as 50 17N 40 55W, adding that 88 died. This
was a French ship which had been taken over by The Ministry of War
Transport in 1941. |
| BURRY |
John
Kenneth |
Sergeant
868723, 1 Regiment, Royal Horse Artillery. Died 22nd November 1941.
Aged 23. Son of John Jacob and Ida Emily Burry, of Hitchin, Hertfordshire;
brother of Richard Arthur, below. Buried in KNIGHTSBRIDGE WAR CEMETERY,
ACROMA, Libya. Plot 11. Row F. Grave 21. |
| BURRY |
Richard
Arthur |
Trooper
B/62443, 11th Army Tak Regiment, Ontario Regiment, Royal Canadian
Armoured Corps. Died 12th August 1943. Aged 26. Son of Joseph and
Ida Burry, of Hitchin, Hertfordshire; husband of Audrey May Burry,
of New Toronto, Ontario. Brother of John Kenneth, above. Buried
in AGIRA CANADIAN WAR CEMETERY, SICILY, Italy. Plot D. Row F. Grave
471. |
| BURSON |
Basil
Harold |
Sergeant
(Air Bomber) 1320237, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve. Died 22nd
February 1944. Aged 20. Son of Edwin Thomas Burson and Helen Myles
Burson, of Hitchin, Hertfordshire. Buried in BOTLEY CEMETERY, OXFORD,
Oxfordshire. Plot I/2. Grave 162. |
| BUTTS |
Ronald
James |
Marine
PO/X 115686, H.M. L.C.F. 37, Royal Marines. Died 1st November 1944.
Buried in BERGEN-OP-ZOOM WAR CEMETERY, Noord-Brabant, Netherlands.
Plot 13. Row A. Grave 6. |
| BYGRAVE |
George |
Private
5959610, 4th Battalion, The Buffs (East Kent Regiment). Died 17th
November 1943. Aged 36. Son of Arthur and Susan Bygrave; husband
of Kate Bygrave, of Hitchin, Hertfordshire. No known grave. Commemorated
on ATHENS MEMORIAL, Greece. face 5. |
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| COOPER,
VAD |
Diana
Mary |
Nurse
W/552169, Voluntary Aid Detachment - Hertfordshire 52 Detachment,
British Red Cross Society. Died in an accident in Burma (now Myanmar)
25th October 1945. Aged 23. Daughter of Walter and Dorothy Cooper,
of Hitchin, Hertfordshire. Buried in KRANJI WAR CEMETERY, Kranji,
Singapore. Plot 7. Row B. Grave 20. |
| CORRIGAN |
J |
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| DAY |
George
William |
Corporal
2340830, 47th Division Signals, Royal Corps of Signals. Died 27th
April 1942. Aged 25. Son of George Wilson Day and Edith Alice Day,
of Hitchin. Buried in HITCHIN CEMETERY, Hertfordshire. North-West
Extension. Grave 407. |
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| DEACON |
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| DENNIS |
John
Cecil aka Jack |
Sergeant
(Radio Operator) 1160749, 405 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer
Reserve. He was killed on the 8th April 1942 aged 21 years. Son
of John Henry and Grace Elizabeth Dennis, of Hitchin, Hertfordshire.
No known grave. Commemorated on RUNNYMEDE MEMORIAL, SURREY, Panel
81.
He
was educated at St Michael's College in Hitchin and was later
on the staff of the Herts Express where he was responsible for
the "Acorn Club". He was also a saxaphonist and a member
of the ‘Serenaders’ Dance Band.
He
joined the R.A.F. in July 1940 and became a Radio Operator/Air
Gunner with the Service Number 1 160749. He was posted to 405
Squadron and took off from Pocklington, East Riding of Yorkshire
at 22.18hrs on the 8th April 1942 in an operation against Hamburg
in Wellington II Bomber 28358 LQ-B. Of the 272 aircraft taking
part in the raid, four Wellingtons were lost and only the equivalent
of 14 aircraft loads of bombs actually hit the target. Icing and
electrical storms were encountered and the raid was not judged
to have been a success. Jack's aircraft was thought to have landed
on a beach but the plane landed in the sea and six members of
the crew were killed. The bodies of the Co-Pilot and the Observer
were later recovered from the sea at Withernsea (East Riding of
Yorkshire) and Clay-on-Sea (Norfolk) respectively.
He
was the only son of John Henry and Grace Elizabeth Dennis of 43,
Periwinkle Lane, Hitchin, Herts. He has no known grave but is
remembered on the Runnymede Memorial to the Missing at Egham in
Surrey at Panel 81.
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| DODGE |
George
William James |
Leading
Aircraftman (Pilot U/T) 1331421, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve.
Died 19th January 1942. Aged 19. Son of William James Dodge and
Matilda Dodge, of Hitchin. Buried in HITCHIN CEMETERY, Hertfordshire.
West Extension. Grave 109.
Cadet
Pilot (Leading Aircraftsman) in the R.A.F.
He
died of wounds on the 19th January 1942 aged 19 years.
He was educated at St Michael's College, Hitchin and excelled
at games winning a number of trophies. He was also an altar server
at St Andrew's Church.
He
enlisted into the Merchant Navy and went four times round the
world before working at Lloyds Ltd in Letchworth. He joined the
R.A.F. on the 31st May 1941 and was given Service Number 1331421.
Not long after he had obtained his Wings, he was badly injured
in an aircraft accident and he died within a very short time at
a hospital in Oxford. His parents were able to visit and talk
to him shortly after he had been operated upon.
He was buried at Hitchin Cemetery at Grave 109. His parents were
William James and Matilda Dodge of 52, Brampton Park Road, Hitchin.
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| DUDLEY |
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| FIELD |
John
James Alfred |
Pilot
Officer (W.Op./Air Gnr.) J/16910, 418 Suadron, Royal Canadian Air
Force. Died 2nd January 1943. Aged 22. Son of William Robert and
Rosetta Jane Field, of Toronto, Ontario, Canada; husband of Jennie
Field. Buried in HITCHIN CEMETERY, Hertfordshire. North-West Extension.
Grave 408. See also RAF Bradwell
Bay, Essex |
| FOSTER |
Victor
William |
Rifleman
6921478, 70th Battalion, Rifle Brigade. Died 12th April 1942. Aged
18. Son of Frank and Ethel Knighton Foster, of Hitchin. Buried in
HITCHIN CEMETERY, Hertfordshire. North-West Extension. Grave 406. |
| FOWKES |
Horace |
Driver
T/255605, Royal Army Service Corps. Died 19th April 1945. Buried
in HITCHIN CEMETERY, Hertfordshire. South-East Extension. Grave
1030. |
| FRAAS |
Ronald
John |
Flying
Officer (Pilot) 65504, 405 (R.C.A.F.) Squadron, Royal Air Force
Volunteer Reserve. Died 8th July 1941. Aged 26. Son of John William
and Minnie Fraas, of Hitchin. Buried in HITCHIN CEMETERY, Hertfordshire.
Section CV. Grave 1B. |
| FURR |
Roy
Milner |
 Leading
Cook (S) C/MX 71303, H.M.S. Melbreak, Royal Navy. Killed in action
at sea 28 August 1944. Aged 24. Born 12 October 1919 in Hitchin,
Herts. Prior to enlistment worked in the family fish shop. Educated
Wilshere Dacre School. Member of Letchworth Boy's Club football
team and a member of Hitchin Swimming Club. No known grave. Commemorated
on CHATHAM NAVAL MEMORIAL, Kent. Panel 78, Column 3.
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| GUNTON |
Stanley
Wilson |
Warrant
Officer 506987, Royal Air Force. Died 11th May 1945. Aged 38. Son
of Mr. and Mrs. A. J. Gunton; husband of R. F. Gunton, of Hitchin.
Buried in HITCHIN CEMETERY, Hertfordshire. North-West Extension.
Grave 397. |
| HAILEY |
C |
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| HALL |
Ronald
Edward |
Flight
Sergeant 364803, 21 Squadron, Royal Air Force. Died 13th September
1941. Aged 32. Son of Mark and Ethel Hall; husband of Elsie C. Hall,
of Hitchin. Buried in HITCHIN CEMETERY, Hertfordshire. West Extension.
Grave 746. |
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DFM |
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| IZZARD,
DFC |
Colin
Roy |
Flying
Officer (Air Bomber) 157641, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve.
Died 24th February 1947. Aged 29. Son of Roland and Caroline Izzard;
husband of Cecilia Izzard. Awarded the Distinguished Flying Cross
(D.F.C.). Buried in ST. MARY NEW CHURCHYARD, EASEBOURNE, Sussex.
Grave 112. |
| JONES |
Idris |
Signal
man 2598211, 6th A.A. Division Signals, Royal Corps of Signals.
Died 1st January 1942. Aged 34. Son of the Revd. Samuel Jones and
Hannah Jones; husband of Jessie Margaret Jones, of Hitchin. Buried
in HITCHIN CEMETERY, Hertfordshire. South-East Extension. Grave
522. |
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| LAWRENCE |
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| LEESON |
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| LLOYD |
Arthur
Edward |
No
further information currently available - Son of Arthur Edward and
Mary Lloyd, of Hitchin. His brother Noel John (below) also died
on service. |
| LLOYD |
Noel
John |
Pilot
Officer (Pilot) 47476, 296 Squadron, Royal Air Force. Died 30th
June 1942. Aged 22. Son of Arthur Edward and Mary Lloyd, of Hitchin.
His brother Arthur Edward (above) also died on service. Buried in
HITCHIN CEMETERY, Hertfordshire. West Extension. Grave 725. |
| MAJOR |
G
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| MARKHAM |
B
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| MARSHALL,
DFC, DFM |
Alfred
Ernest |
Flight
Lieutenant 47124, 25 Squadron, Royal Air Force. Killed in a tragic
accident 27th November 1944. Aged 29. Son of Alfred Ernest and
Hilda Beatrice Marshall; husband of Beatrice Mary Marshall, of
Hitchin. Awarded the Distiguished Flying Cross (D.F.C.) and Distiguished
Flying Medal (D.F.M.). Buried in HITCHIN CEMETERY, Hertfordshire.
North-West Extension. Grave 381.
Photographs Copyright © Vernon Masterman 2006
Forming
part of his headstone is a short history which is reproduced here:Sgt.
Alfred Ernest Marshall, 47124, joined 73 Squadron in France in 1940.
He shared a He 111 on the 19th and destroyed a Do 17 on June 11.
The squadron was withdrawn to England on June 17. He probably destroyed
a Bf 110 on September 7 but his Hurricane P3863 was severely damaged
in combat and he made a forced landing near Dammerwick Farm, Burnham
Marshes, after his engine failed. He was slightly injured.In
November 1940 73 Squadron was posted to the Middle East and sailed
on HMS @furious', flying off at Takoradi, and working its way to
Heliopolis. During December the pilots were attached to 274 Squadron
in the Western Desert. Sgt Marshall shotdown two SM 79s on December
16, on an offensive patrol over Bardia.On
January 3 1941 Sgt Marshall found five SM 79s bombing HMS 'terror'
nine miles North East of Bardia. He shot down two. forced a third
to crash-land in the sea and damaged a fourth. His ammunition was
all gone. The same afternnon he joined two two other pilots in destroying
eight enemy aircraft on a landing ground. On January 5 he shot down
an SM 79. On February 5 he joined in destroying another eight enemy
aircraft on the ground at Banina. On APril 23 after destroying a
Ju 87 'Stuka' he landed to refuel and was shot up and wounded on
the ground.Sgt
Marshall left the squadron in May and was awarded the DFM. Commissioned
in August 1941, he returned to operations in April 1942, joining
250 Squadron at Sidi Heneish. On July 5 he destroyed a Bf 109 and
a Macchi 202 and on the 8th another Bf 109. He was rested from ops.
On August 1 1942 and returned to the UK. He was awarded the DFC.He
was posted to 51 OTU, Cranfield as an instructor. He joined 25 Squadron
at Coltishall in July 1944. On November 27 he was killed, as a Flight
Lieutenant, aged 29.He
was the son of Alfred Ernest and Hlda Beatrice MArshall, and the
husband of Beatrice May Marshall, of Hitchin. |
| MARTIN |
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| PARSONS |
Arthur
Joseph |
Private
5989862, Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire Regiment and No. 3, Commando.
Died 14th July 1943. Aged 20. Son of Alfred Joseph and Florence
Lily Parsons, of Highbury, Hitchin, Hertfordshire. Buried in SYRACUSE
WAR CEMETERY, SICILY, Italy. Plot VI. Row D. Grave 2. |
| PATEMAN |
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| PHILLPOT |
Percy
Frederick |
[Spelt
PHILPOT on CWGC] Gunner 1720848, 381 Battery, 120 H.A.A. Regiment,
Royal Artillery. Died 24th April 1941. Aged 33. Son of William and
Emily Philpot, of Hitchin; husband of Eileen Winifred Philpot, of
Hitchin. Buried in HITCHIN CEMETERY, Hertfordshire. West Extension.
Grave 755. |
| PITKIN |
G |
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| PRIMETT |
F
J |
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| RABAN |
Randolph
[Leonard Hart] |
Fusilier
14689823, 6th Battalion, Royal Welch Fusiliers. Killed 29th March
1945 aged 19 years. Son of William Thomas H. and Elizabeth Stokes
Raban, of Hitchin, Hertfordshire. Buried in REICHSWALD FOREST WAR
CEMETERY , Nordrhein-Westfalen, Germany. Plot 47. Row H. Grave 19l.
His Service Number was 14689823. At the date of his death, he
was in the 6th Battalion which was part of the 53rd Infantry Division
in XII Corps of the 2nd Army fighting about twenty miles north
of Wesel in the Battle for the Rhineland.
He
was buried at Plot 47, Row H, Grave 19 in the Reichswald Forest
War Cemetery in Germany.
His
parents, William Thomas Hart and Elizabeth Stokes Raban of 26,
Bearton Road, Hitchin received a letter from a Dutch family to
say that Randolph had been billeted with them and that they had
learned to love him. They did not know that, by the time they
had written the letter, he had already been killed in action.
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| RUSSELL |
J
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| SALISBURY |
Albert |
Corporal
1178543, 61 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve. Died 21st
November 1943. Son of Mr. and Mrs. R. Salisbury, of Hitchin. Buried
in HITCHIN CEMETERY, Hertfordshire. South-East Extension. Grave
182. |
| SAYWOOD |
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J |
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| SHARP |
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J
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| SPICER |
Stanley
Oswald |
Sergeant
(W.Op./Air Gnr.) 1181149, 207 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer
Reserve. Died 19th August 1942. Aged 31. Son of John Henry and Florence
Annie Spicer, of Hitchin. Buried in HITCHIN CEMETERY, Hertfordshire.
West Extension. Grave 720. |
| SPIKESMAN |
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| SUMMERS |
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| SWAN |
G
B |
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| TABNER |
Lawrence
George |
Marine
CH/X.108416, 3rd Battalion, Royal Marines. Died 3rd July 1943. Aged
20. Son of George William and Christina Tabner, of Hitchin. Buried
in HITCHIN CEMETERY, Hertfordshire. South-East Extension. Grave
192. |
| TAYLOR |
A |
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| TAYLOR |
F |
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| TAYLOR |
F
S |
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| TETLOW |
Douglas
Stansfield |
Sergeant 518689, Royal Air Force. Died 30th November 1940. Buried
in HITCHIN CEMETERY, Hertfordshire. South-East Extension. Grave
561. |
| THOMSON |
D
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| TOMKINS |
Roy
Charles |
Leading
Seaman P/JX296533, H.M. Motor Torpedo Boat 687, Royal Navy. Died
20th July 1944. Aged 21. Son of Edward C. Tomkins and Agnes N. Tomkins,
of Hitchin. Buried in HITCHIN CEMETERY, Hertfordshire. North-West
Extension. Grave 409. |
| TRINDER |
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| VINEY |
C |
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| WALKER |
Sidney
A F |
Private
5950482, 5th Battalion, Suffolk Regiment. Died 13th January 1941.
Aged 22. Son of Edgar Sidney and May Walker, of Hitchin. Buried
in HITCHIN CEMETERY, Hertfordshire. North-West Extension. Grave
402. |
| WALLACE |
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| WICKENDEN |
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| WILLIAMS |
R
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| WILSON |
William
Gregory |
Flight
Sergeant 612213, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve. Died 2nd October
1945. Aged 28. Son of William James Wilson and Polly Mary Elizabeth
Wilson; husband of Irene May Lilian Wilson, of Hitchin. Buried in
HITCHIN CEMETERY, Hertfordshire. North-West Extension. Grave 628. |
| WOODS |
Joseph
[William] |
Private
6028114, 5th Battalion, Essex Regiment. Died 23rd November 1943.
Aged 32. Son of Charles and Rose Woods; husband of Ivy Doris Woods,
of Hitchin, Hertfordshire. Buried in SANGRO RIVER WAR CEMETERY,
Italy. Plot XVII. Row D. Grave 9. |
| WOOLSEY |
R
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| WORSLEY |
George
William |
Private
5832341, 1st Battalion, Cambridgeshire Regiment. Killed in action
during the Japanese siege of Singapore 15th February 1942. Aged 28.
Son of George and Emma E. Worsley, of Hitchin, Hertfordshire. Buried
in Kranji War Cemetery, Singapore. Special Memorial Plot 18 Row A
Grave 14. 
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