WHITTLEBURY WAR MEMORIAL
World War 1 - Roll of Honour with detailed information
Compiled and copyright © Transcribed Clare & Caroline Langley;
researched Lynda Smith - 2005
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The
was memorial is situated in front of a row of cottages in the on the
village green in the High Street, Whittlebury. It takes the form of
a Celtic wheel cross, with tracery on the front face, standing on qa
square plinth. There are nine names listed for World War 1 and none
for World War 2. the memorial was dedicated by Rev,. Samuel frost 27th
April 1920. The site cost £46 17s 9d and there was also a scroll
containing the roll of honour. The builders were Messrs. J G Pullen
and Sons. Although the names are listed by rank, then alphabetical order
they have been order into strict alphabetical order here for the ease
of reading and research.
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| Photographs
Copyright © Clare Langley 2003 |
IN
MEMORIAM 1914 - 1919
FOR
KING AND COUNTRY
| ARCHER |
Thomas
[George] |
Private
28422, 8th Battalion, Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry.
Died 29th November 1918. In the 1911 census Thomas George Archer,
single, aged 25, son of George and Eliza Archer, born Whittlebury,
was a Domestic Groom, living at Whittlebury. Buried in Sofia War
Cemetery, Bulgaria. Plot III. Row E. Grave 10. |
| BAILEY |
Frank
Edward |
Probably:
Private 8728. 2nd Battalion Leicestershire Regiment. Formerly 8498
Northamptonshire Regiment. Killed in action in France & Flanders
on 15th October 1915. Aged 26. Born and enlisted Kettering. Lived
Burton Latimer. Son of Mr. and Mrs. George Bailey, of 6, School
Lane, Burton Latimer, Kettering, Northants. Buried: Gorre British
And Indian Cemetery, Pas de Calais, France. Ref. I. E. 16. |
| CHAPMAN |
Harry
[J] |
Lance
Corporal. Yorkshire Hussars probably
Harry CHAPMAN, Lance Corporal 235939, 9th Battalion, Prince of Wales's
Own (West Yorkshire Regiment). Died of wounds 28th September 1918.
Born Weston Colville, Cambridge, enlisted Buckingham. Formerly 996,
Royal Buckinghamshie Regiment. in the 1911 census he was married
to Emily, aged 32, of Daventry, he was a Domestic Coachman, aged
28, born Weston Colville, married 1 year, living at 4 Rose Court,
Daventry. Buried in Cagnicourt British Cemetery, Pas de Calais,
France. Plot I. Row B. Grave 25. |
| CLARKE |
Arthur |
Private
Rifle Brigade. No further information available at present. |
| EVANS |
Edward |
Private.
Middlesex Regiment. No further information available at present.
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| FITZROY
/ IPSWICH
(Viscount Ipswich) |
William
Henry Alfred |
 William
Henry Alfred Fitzroy (Viscount Ipswich). Royal Air Force and 5th
Battalion Coldstream Guards. Killed in action on 23rd May 1918.
Aged 33. Son of 8th Duke of Grafton; husband of Auriol, Viscountess
Ipswich, of Whittlebury, Towcester, Northants. Buried: Euston (St.
Genevieve) Churchyard, Suffolk.
Additional
information from “The War Illustrated”. Viscount Ipswich, killed
while flying in England, was the son and heir of the Earl of Euston
and grandson of the Duke of Grafton. On the outbreak of war he enlisted
in the East Kent Regiment, and shortly afterwards was given a commission
in the Coldstream Guards, and went to France in November 1914. In
the spring of 1915 he was invalided home with shell shock, but returned
to France in the summer of 1916. In the autumn of 1917 he returned
to England to train as an observer in the R.F.C., and although considerably
above the recognised age-limit, passed onto a pilot’s course, and
met his death almost at the end of his period of training. |
| ROBERTS |
Albert
Edward |
Private
2998. (CD gives 2298). 9th (Queen's Royal) Lancers. Killed in action
in France & Flanders on 29th September 1914. Born Whittlebury, Northamptonshire.
Lived Littlebury (sic). Enlisted London. Buried: Longueval Communal
Cemetery, Aisne, France. Plot/Row/Section B. Grave 16. See also
Canterbury, 9th Lancers |
| WHITE |
William
Walter |
Lance
Serjeant 235385. 1st/5th Battalion South Lancashire Regiment. Formerly
1584 Northamptonshire Yeomanry. Killed in action in France & Flanders
on 22nd April 1918. Born and enlisted Northampton. Commemorated:
Loos Memorial, Pas de Calais, France. Panel 76. |
| YEATMAN |
Alfred
George |
Rifleman
A/1752. 9th Battalion King's Royal Rifle Corps. Killed in action
in France & Flanders on 24th August 1916. Aged 23. Born Whittlebury.
Enlisted Northampton. Son of George and Amy Yeatman, of Whittlebury,
Towcester, Northants. Commemorated: Thiepval Memorial, Somme, France.
Pier and Face 13 A and 13 B. |
Last updated
26 July, 2016
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