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The war memorial stands in front of the Church Of St. Peter and St Paul, in the High Street. It is eight sided and has four tiers on which are commemorated the men who fell in both wars. Those servicemen killed during World War Two are also commemorated in Tring by a Memorial Park. Two plaques, one either side of the entrance gate, are a duplicates of the list of World War Two names on the town war memorial.
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A.D.
1914 - 1918
REMEMBER WITH THANKSGIVING
THE TRUE AND FAITHFUL MEN
WHO IN THESE YEARS OF WAR
WENT FROM THIS PLACE
FOR GOD AND RIGHT,
THE NAMES OF WHO FELL
RETURNED NOT AGAIN
ARE HERE INSCRIBED TO BE
HONOURED EVER MORE
R.I.P.
BUT
GOD WILL GIVE YOU TO ME AGAIN
WITH JOY AND GLADNESS FOR EVER.
FOR I
SENT YOU OUT WITH
MORN 'ND AND WEEPING.
1914-1918
| ANDERSON | John
Henry |
Private,
44th Canadian Infantry (New Brunswick Regiment), of Church Lane.
He was severely wounded by shellfire on 2 April then died of wounds
on 3 April 1917. Born in Tring. Age 24. Son of Mary Jane native
of Tring. Buried in Bruay Commual Cemetery Extension. |
| ASQUITH | Gordon
William |
Second
Lieutenant, 3rd King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry. Killed in action
on 2 December 1917. Age 19. No known grave. Commemorated on Tyne
Cot Memorial. |
| AYRES | James
Edward |
Driver,
Army Service Corps, of Akeman Street. Enlisted at Bedford. Died
of pneumonia on 23 October 1918. Born in Wendover, Bucks. Buried
in Greenwich Cemetery. |
| BADRICK | Percy |
Rifleman,
2nd Rifle Brigade. Died of wounds on 30 May 1918. Age 19. Son of
George and Louisa of Tring. Buried in Mont Huon Military Cemetery.
|
| BAKER | Will |
Private,
HQ (Portsmouth) Royal Marine Light Infantry. Died of wounds on 21
October 1915. Age 20. Son of Herbert H. of 46 Wingrave Road, New
Mill. Buried in Tring Cemetery. |
| BANDY, M.M. | Albert |
Lance
Corporal, 13th King's Royal Rifles, of Tring. Enlisted in London.
Killed in action on 23 August 1918. Born in Wing, Bucks. Buried
in Achiet-Le-Grand Communal Cemetery Extension. |
| BARBER, V.C. | Edward |
Private,
1st Grenadier Guards. Enlisted in London. Killed in action at Neuve
Chapelle on 12 March 1915. Age 22. Born in Tring. Son of William
and Sarah Ann of 22 Miswell Lane. No known grave. Commemorated on
Le Touret Memorial. |
| BATES | Frank
Manfield |
Private,
6th Somerset Light Infantry, of Tring. Enlisted at Hertford, formerly
with the Hertfordshire Regiment. Died of shrapnel wounds on 20 September
1916. Age 21. Born in Aston Clinton, Bucks. Son of Manfield and
Mary Louisa of 11 Henry Street. Buried in Heilly Station Cemetery. |
| BATTSON | Ralph
Bertram |
Driver,
31st Royal Field Artillery. Enlised in London. He was wounded by
shell fire some miles behind the line, he died of wounds on 15 May
1917. Age 21. Born in Tring. Son of Eleanor Prior (formerly Battson)
and the late Benjamin of 16 Langdon Street. Formerly a member of
the Church Lads Brigade. Employed by Mr. A.P. Boyson, Grove Lodge.
Buried in Duisans British Cemetery. |
| BIRCH | William
Charles |
Private,
1st Border Regiment, of Tring. Enlisted in London. Killed in action
in the Dardanelles on 28 April 1915. Age 20. Born in Tring. Son
of Herbert of 2 Goldfield Cottages, Miswell Lane. No known grave.
Commemorated on Helles Memorial. |
| BRACKLEY | Henry |
Gunner,
76th Royal Garrison Artillery. Enlisted at Tring. Died of wounds
on 24 March 1918. Born in Wendover, Bucks. Buried in St Hilaire
Cemetery. |
| BRACKLEY | Thomas |
Private,
1st Grenadier Guards. Killed in action on 17 October 1915. No known
grave. Commemorated on Loos Memorial. |
| BRANDOM | William |
No
further information currently |
| BROOKS | George |
either
Private, 10th Lancashire Fusiliers. Enlisted at Tring, formerly
with the Bedfordshire Regiment. Killed in action on 12 October 1918.
Age 35. Born in Tring. Son of James and Jane. Husband of Emily Louisa
of 17 Council Cottages, Miswell Lane. Buried in Montay-Neuvilly
Road Cemetery.
or Private, Royal Army Service Corps, of St Albans. Born in Tring. Died of wounds in Egypt on 10 July 1916. No known grave. Commemorated on Alexandria (Hadra) War Memorial Cemetery. Not on St Albans WM |
| BROWN | Andrew
Cranstoun |
Second
Lieutenant, 8th South Staffordshire Regiment. Killed in action on
2 July 1916. Age 21. Son of Katherine of Springfield, Downton, Salisbury,
and the late James Brown of Harvieston, Tring. Buried in Dantzig
Alley British Cemetery. |
| BURCH, M.M. | Frank |
Private,
1st Bedfordshire Regiment, of Aldbury. Enlisted at Hertford. Killed
in action in France on 27 September 1918. Age 24. Son of John and
Emily of 25 The Front, Potten End. Buried in Villers Hill British
Cemetery. |
| CARTWRIGHT | Thomas |
Private,
78th Canadian Infantry. Killed in action on 19 November 1916. Age
25. Son of Susan of 354 Union Avenue, Elmwood, Manitoba, Canada
and the late John. As a boy he was a member of the Parish Church
Choir and the Church Lads Brigade. No known grave. Commemorated
on Vimy Memorial. |
| CATO | Reginald
Robert |
Gunner,
31st Royal Garrison Artillery, of Tring. Enlitsted at Watford. Killed
in action on 10 March 1918. Age 35. Born in Berkhamsted. Husband
of Florence May Harris (formerly Cato) of 22 Akeman Street. Buried
in Ypres Reservoir Cemetery. |
| CLARKE | Frederick
Edward |
Private,
Eastern Counties Labour Corps. Enlisted at Watford, formerly with
the East Surrey Regiment. Wounded in October 1917 in the Battles
for Paschendale Ridge, evacuated back to England. He died of Pnumonia
on 7 November 1918 at Horton Hospital, Epsom, Surrey. Born at Stratford,
Essex. Formerly a member of Tring Town Band. Buried in Tring Cemetery. |
| CLEMENTS | James |
Gunner,
264th Royal Field Artillery. Died of fever on 23 November 1918.
Buried in Beirut War Cemetery. |
| COLLIER |
Stanley |
Able
Seaman, Royal Navy. He joined the Navy in 1905. Drowned when HMS
'Hampshire' was mined and sank off the Orkneys on 5 June 1916. Age
28. Born in Tring. Son of George and Annie. Buried in Lyness Royal
Naval Cemetery. |
| COLLINS | Jesse |
Private,
11th Royal West Kent Regiment, transferred to 99th Training Reserve.
Enlisted at Watford. Died on 25 December 1916. Age 50. Born in Pitstone.
Son on Charles and Polly. Husband of Elizabeth Smith (formerly Collins)
of 49 Lysons Road, Aldershot. Buried in Aldershot Military Cemetery. |
| CRAWLEY | Charles
Jesse |
Private,
2nd Middlesex Regiment. Enlisted in London. Killed in action on
2 June 1915. Age 26. Born in Aldbury. Son of Sabrina and the late
Joseph. No known grave. Commemorated on Ploegsteert Memorial. |
| CRAWLEY | Ultimius
George |
Private,
6th Oxfordshire and Bucks Light Infantry, of Broomhill, Yorks. Enlisted
at Oxford. Killed in action on 20 September 1917. Age 24. Born in
Wigginton. Son of Samuel and Mrs Crawley of Cholesbury. No known
grave. Commemorated on Tyne Cot Memorial. |
| CROCKETT | George |
Private,
2nd Bedfordshire Regiment, of Tring. Enlisted at Bedford. Killed
in action on 30 July 1916. Age 19. Born in Tring. Son of Jesse of
22 Pleasant Row, Akeman Street. Buried in Terlincthun British Cemetery. |
| CROSS | Arthur
Albert |
Private,
Royal Buckinghamshire Hussars, Household Cavalry, of Tring. Enlisted
at Aylesbury. Killed in action in Palestine on 28 November 1917.
Age 22. Born in Tring. Buried in Jerusalem War Cemetery. See Hemel
Hempstead War Memorial. |
| CROSS | Herbert
William |
Private,
1st Bedfordshire Regiment. Enlisted at Hatfield. Killed in action
on 7 September 1915. Born in Tring. Son of Mrs.A.Crawley of 28 King
Street. Buried in Albert Communal Cemetery Extension. |
| CUTLER | Ernest |
Private,
7th Norfolk Regiment. Enlisted at Watford. Killed in action on 22
August 1918. Born in Tring. Buried in Meaulte Military Cemetery. |
| DAVEY | Henry
Arthur |
Private,
6th Bedfordshire Regiment, Brook Street. Enlisted in Berkhamsted
in August 1914. Died of wounds in London on 16 March 1917. Formerly
employed on Tring Park estate. One of parish church bell-ringers.
Buried in Tring Cemetery. |
| DAVEY | William |
Private,
2nd Bedfordshire Regiment, of High Street, Tring. Enlisted at Bedford.
Killed in action at the Somme on 11 July 1916. Born in Tring. Buried
in Quarry Cemetery, Montauban. |
| DAWE, M.C. | Sidney
Charles |
Captain,
5th Lincolnshire Regiment. Killed on 13 February 1918. Age 20. Son
of Arthur Henry and Elizabeth Annie of ‘Thornhill’ 12 Boxwell Road,
Berkhamsted. Buried in Fins New British Cemetery. |
| DELL | William
Clement |
Rifleman,
12th King's Royal Rifle Corps, of Duckmore Lane. Enlisted at Watford,
formerly with the Cambridge Regiment. Killed in action on 23 September
1917. No known grave. Commemorated on Tyne Cot Memorial. |
| DUNTON | Stanley |
Private,
3rd Middlesex Regiment. Enlisted at Harrow. Killed in action on
30 September 1915. Born in Tring. No known grave. Commemorated on
Loos Memorial. |
| EGGLETON | Stanley
R |
Staff
Sergeant, 7th Field Ambulance Australian Army Medical Corps., of
Crouch's Farm. Died of wounds on 8 October 1917. Buried in Poperinge
New Military Cemetery. |
| FENEMORE, M.M. | John |
Sergeant,
64th Machine Gun Corps, of Tring. Enlisted at Watford, formerly
with the Bedfordshire Regiment. Killed in action on 15 July 1916.
Age 22. Born at New Mill. Son of Thomas and Mary. [ - possibly John
(son of Joseph & Sarah) age 38.]??? Buried in Caterpillar Valley
Cemetery. |
| FENNER | Laurence
Henry |
Private,
5th Canadian Infantry. Badly gassed in France in November 1917 and
died on 12 October 1918. Age 29. Son of Henry and Alice of Pendley.
Buried in Bramshott (St Mary) Churchyard, Hampshire. |
| FOSKETT | Herbert
Edward |
Second
Lieutenant, 5th Bedfordshire Regiment, formerly with the Hertfordshire
Regiment. Enlisted in September 1914. Killed in action on 28 April
1917. Age 24. Son of Mary and the late Herbert of Western Road.
No known grave. Commemorated on Arras Memorial. |
| FOSTER | Stanley
Francis |
Private, 6th Bedfordshire Regiment, of Tring. Enlisted at Bedford. Killed in action by a shell on 6 August 1917. Age 30. Born in Tring. Husband of Alice Maud of 45 King Street. Buried in Derry House Cemetery. (BK?) |
| FOUNTAIN | Sidney
Thomas |
Private,
1st Cambridgeshire Regiment. Enlisted at Bedford, formerly with
the Northants Regiment. Killed in action on 28 August 1918. Age
29. Born in Eaton Bray, Beds. Son of Mrs. Frederick Fountain of
14 Charles Street. Husband of S.E. Fountain of 44 Charles Street.
Buried in Peronne Road Cemetery. |
| FRENCH | Frederick
Arthur |
Private,
6th East Yorkshire Regiment, of Tring. Enlisted at Berkhamsted.
Killed in action on 17 July 1917. Born in Tring. Buried in No Man’s
Cot Cemetery. |
| GATES | Frank
John |
Rifleman,
8th Post Office Rifles, London Regiment, of Tring. Enlisted in London.
Died of wounds at Delville Wood on 26 July 1918. Buried in Delville
Wood Cemetery. |
| GATES | Herbert
James |
Lance
Corporal, 2nd Oxfordshire and Bucks Light Infantry, of Tring. Enlisted
at Aylesbury. Killed in action in France on 2 November 1918. Buried
in Maresches Communal Cemetery. |
| GATES | Walter
Thomas |
Private,
7th East Kent Regiment, of Tring. Enlisted in London. Died of wounds
in France on 12 July 1916. Age 27. Born in Aston Clinton. Son of
Frederick and Emma of 27 High Street. Buried in St Sever Cemetery. |
| GREGORY | Frederick
John |
Private,
4th Bedfordshire Regiment, of New Mill. Enlisted at Bedford. Killed
in action on 13 November 1916. No known grave. Commemorated on Thiepval
Memorial. |
| GRISTWOOD | Leonard
William |
Lance
Corporal, 55th Machine Gun Corps, of Tring. Enlisted in Watford,
formerly with the Bedfordshire Regiment. Killed in action on 3 May
1917. Age 21. Born in Chorleywood. Son of Charles and the late Mary.
No known grave. Commemorated on Arras Memorial. |
| GUNN | George |
Private,
11th Royal Sussex Regiment. Enlisted at Warford. Killed in action
on 28 February 1918. Age 19. Formerly employed at Apsley Mills.
Son of Mr.B and Mrs.SA Gunn of New Road, New Mill. Buried in Gouzeaucourt
New British Cemetery. |
| HALSEY | Archibald |
Private,
1st Hertfordshire Regiment. Killed in action in France on 21 September
1916. Age 19. Born in Tring. Son of James and Ellen of 38 Albert
Street. Buried in Knightsbridge Cemetery. |
| HANCE | George
James |
Private,
2nd Oxfordshire and Bucks Light Infantry, of Tring. Enlisted at
Aylesbury. Shot through the head by a machine gun on 26 August 1916.
Age 18. Son of Robert and Alice of 21 Park Road. Buried in Laventie
Military Cemetery. |
| HARDY | Leslie
George |
Corporal,
1st Coldstream Guards, of Tring. Enlisted at Stafford. Killed in
action on 8 October 1915. Age 20. Born in Tamworth, Warks. Son of
Samuel of Woodbrook Cottage, Forest Road, Loughborough and the late
Susan Lavinia. Buried in Quarry Cemetery. |
| HARROWELL | Charles |
Private,
1st Bedfordshire Regiment, of Tring. Enlisted at Hertford. Killed
in action on 19 April 1915. Age 19. Born in Tring. Son of Eli and
Elizabeth of 17 Langdon Street. Formerly employed as a clerk with
the London and North Western Railway. No known grave. Commemorated
on Ypres (Menin Gate) Memorial. |
| HARROWELL | James |
Rifleman,
9th King's Royal Rifle Corps. Enlisted at Watford. Killed in action
on 22 October 1917. Age 32. Born in Tring. Son of Eli and Elizabeth
of 17 Langdon Street. Husband Caroline of 40 Wingrave Road. New
Mill. No known grave. Commemorated on Tyne Cot Memorial. |
| HARTERT | Joachim
Charles |
Lieutenant
(Temp), 8th East Yorkshire Regiment. Killed in action on 28 October
1916. Age 22. Born in Tring, educated at Berkhamsted School and
Oxford. Son of Dr. Ernst JO and Claudia ER of ‘Bellevue’, Park Road.
Buried in Courcelles-Au-Bois Communal Cemetery Extension. |
| HAYSTAFF | Sidney |
Private,
87th Canadian Infantry. Killed in action on 5 November 1918. Buried
in Valenciennes (St Roch) Communal Cemetery. |
| HAYWARD | Walter |
Private,
6th Australian Machine Gun Corps. Killed in action on 4 May 1917.
Age 22. Born at St Leonards, Bucks. Son of Sarah of 3 Henry Street,
and the late Charles. No known grave. Commemorated on Villers-Bretonneux
Memorial. |
| HAZZARD | Herbert |
Private,
1st Oxfordshire and Bucks Light Infantry, of Tring. Enlisted at
Aylesbury. Killed in action on 1 April 1916. Age 21. Son of Selina
of 1 Miswell Lane. Buried in Hebuterne Military Cemetery. |
| HEDGES | John
Russell |
Private,
1st Bedfordshire Regiment. Killed in action in Lebanon on 16 November
1918. Age 26. Son of Elizabeth of 7 Parsonage Place. Buried in Beirut
War Cemetery. |
| HEDGES | Sidney
Walter |
Lance
Corporal, 6th Northamptonshire Regiment. Enlisted at Watford. Died
of wounds on 16 April 1918. Age 21. Born in Tring. Son of Susanna
Elizabeth of 55 Western Road, and the late Thomas. Buried in Rosieres
Communal Cemetery Extension. |
| HORN[E] | Joseph |
Private,
2nd Middlesex Regiment, of Tring. Enlisted at Bedford on 30 May,
having only served six weeks in France was killed in action by a
shell on 17 November 1916. Age 31. Born in Tring. Son of Elizabeth
of 81 Brook Street. Buried in Guillemont Road Cemetery, Guillemont. |
| HOWLETT | Charles
Frederick |
Private,
8th Lincolnshire Regiment, of Tring. Enlisted at Aylesbury, formerly
with the RASC. Killed in action on 4 October 1917. Age 22. Born
in Aylesbury. Son of Frederick Charles and Emma of Western Road.
No known grave. Commemorated on Tyne Cot Memorial. |
| JAMES | Henry |
No
further information currently |
| KEMPSTER | Frederick |
Rifleman,
7th Royal Irish Rifles. Enlisted at Tring, formerly with the Essex
Regiment. Killed in action on 2 October 1917. Age 29. Born in Tring.
Husband of Rose of 76 Akeman Street. Buried in Cojeul British Cemetery. |
| KING | Ernest |
Private,
4th North Staffordshire Regiment. Died of wounds on 13 February
1919. Age 19. Formerly employed at Apsley Mills. Son of Susannah
of 9 Myrtle Cottages, Bulbourne, Tring. Buried in Tring Cemetery.
|
| LOVEGROVE | Bert |
Private,
9th East Surrey Regiment. Enlisted at Watford. Killed in action
on 25 February 1916. Born in Tring. Buried in Menin Road South Military
Cemetery. |
| LOVELL | Arthur |
Private,
54th Machine Gun Corps. Killed in action in the Lebanon on 16 November
1918. Age 26. Son of Alfred and Mary of 7 Bunstrux Hill. Buried
in Beirut War Cemetery, Lebanon. |
| LOVELL | Frederick |
Private,
13th Essex Regiment, of Manor Park, Essex. Enlisted at East Ham,
Essex. Killed in action 2 August 1916. Age 28. Born in Tring. Son
of Mr. and Mrs A. Lovell of Akeman Street, and husband of Mrs. E.E.
Stocker (formerly Lovell) of 1 Pinewood Cottages, Pinewood Road,
Ash, Surrey. Buried in Dantzig Alley British Cemetery. |
| MARCHAM | Frank
Edgar |
Private,
1st Hertfordshire Regiment. Enlisted at Hertford. Killed by a shell
whilst resting in billet in France on 29 March 1915, together with
William Green and Frank Laughton (Berkhamsted). Age 22. Born in
Tring. Formerly employed by Messrs Wright and Wright, coachbuilders.
Son of Frederick W. of ‘Oakleigh’ Western Road. Buried in Guards
Cemetrery, Windy Corner. |
| MILLER | Charles |
No
further information currently |
| MILLER | Stanley |
Corporal,
1st Royal Buckinghamshire Hussars, of Tring. Enlisted at Aylesbury.
Died of wounds in Palestine on 2 June 1917. Age 29. Born in Tring.
Son of Hannah of 41 Charles Street. and the late Charles. Buried
in Kantara War Memorial Cemetery. |
| MILLER |
William John |
No
further information currently |
| MILLS | George |
Private,
112th Machine Gun Corps, of Tring. Enlisted at Aylesbury, formerly
with the RASC. Died of wounds on 28 April 1917. Age 22. Born in
Long Marston. Son of Mrs.L. Mills of 2 Tring Ford, Tring. Buried
in Point-Du-Jour Military Cemetery. |
| NORWOOD | William
Edward |
Driver,
163rd Machine Gun Corps, Died of wounds on 4 December 1918. Age
23. Son of Joseph and Sarah of 21 Akeman Street. No known grave.
Commemorated on Alexandria (Hadra) War Memorial. |
| OAKLEY | George |
Private,
12th Northumberland Fusiliers. Enlisted at Holton Park, Somerset,
formerly with the Hertfordshire Regiment. Killed in action on 25
October 1917. Age 20. Born at Worlstone, Herts. Son of Sarah, of
64 Akeman Street. No known grave. Commemorated on Tyne Cot Memorial. |
| OAKLEY |
William |
No
further information currently |
| PHILB[E]Y | Henry
Richard |
Lance
Corporal, 2nd Bedfordshire Regiment, of 11 Bunstux Hill. Killed
in action in Belgium on 26 July 1917. Age 30. Born in Bovingdon.
Son of Edward. Husband of Lillian. Buried in Dickenbusch New Military
Cemetery Extension. |
| POPE, MC And Bar | Harold
Edward |
Acting
Captain, Royal Garrison Artillery. Killed in action on 24 August
1918. Age 36. Son of the Rev.AF Pope of Tring, and Catherine IE
Pope (nee Rose) of Kilravock, Scotland. Educated at Winchester and
New College, Oxford. Buried in Heath Cemetery. |
| POULTON | Harry |
Private,
2nd Highland Light Infantry, of Tring. Enlisted in London. Killed
in action on 20 September 1914. Born in Tring. No known grave. Commemorated
on La Ferte-Sous-Jouarre Memorial. |
| POULTON | Joseph |
Private,
2nd Northamptonshire Regiment, of Albert Street. Enlisted at Watford.
Died after being gassed on 14 November 1917. Born in Yiewsley, Middlesex.
Buried in Bailleul Communal Cemetery Extension. |
| POULTON | Joseph |
Private,
1st Bedfordshire Regiment, of Berkhamsted. Enlisted at Tring. Died
of wounds on 31 October 1914. Born in Tring. Buried in Glasgow (Lambhill)
Cemetery. |
| PRATT | Sidney
Richard |
Private,
53rd Australian Infantry Australian Imperial Force, Killed in action
at Fromelles on 19 July 1916.Age 30. Born in Marsworth. Son of Thomas
and Annie of 'Rose Cottage', Longfield Road. No known grave. Commemorated
on VC Corner Australian Cemetery Memorial. |
| PRATT | Stanley
James |
Sergeant,
48th Sqdn., Royal Air Force. Killed in action on 5 July 1918. Age
18. Son of Jabez and Rosa Louisa, 'Woodleigh' of Western Road. No
known grave. Commemorated on Arras Flying Services Memorial. |
| PRENTICE | Harry |
Private,
2nd Oxfordshire and Bucks Light Infantry, of Tring. Enlisted at
Aylesbury. Killed in action on 19 July 1916. Age 18. Son of Frederick
and Eliza of 49 King Street. Buried in Laventie Military Cemetery. |
| RANCE | Arthur
Henry |
Corporal,
62nd Machine Gun Corps. Enlisted at Lewisham, formerly with the
London Regiment. Killed in action on 9 June 1918. Age 33. Formerly
employed as a draper's assistant. Born in Tring. Son of Henry and
Mary of Tring, Husband of Alice of ‘Glenside’ Bulbourne. Buried
in Bienvillers Military Cemetery. |
| RANCE | Harry |
Bugler,
58th Canadian Infantry (Central Ontario Regt.), of Charles Street.
Died of "spotted fever at Cambridge Military Hospital on 6 January
1916. Age 22. Buried in Tring Cemetery. |
| RANCE |
Walter |
Lance
Corporal , 2nd Queen's Royal West Surrey Regiment, Enlisted at Bedford.
Killed in action in Italy on 29 October 1918. Age 30. Born in Tring.
Husband of Elsie A of 35 Albert Street. Buried in Tezze British
Cemetery. |
| RANDALL | Sidney
James |
Private,
44th New Brunswick Canadian E F. Died of wounds 12 November 1918.
Buried in St Sever Cemetery Extension. |
| REW | Douglas
Jolland |
Second
Lieutenant, 5th Essex Regiment. Killed in action in France on 28
June 1917. Age 33. Son of Maj.and Mrs HG Rew of 61 Norbury Court
Road, Streatham, London. Assistant scoutmaster. Buried in Philosophe
British Cemetery. |
| ROBERTS | Thomas
Walter |
Private,
7th East Surrey Regiment. Enlisted at Watford. Killed in action
on 23 July 1916. Age 18. Born in Tring. Son of Walter and Mary Ann
of The Gas Works, Tring. No known grave. Commemorated on Thiepval
Memorial. |
| ROBINSON | Frank |
Private,
17th Tank Corps. Enlisted in Tring, formerly with the Hertfordshire
Regiment. Killed in action on 11 June 1918. Age 21. Born in Tring.
Son of Thomas and Alice of Cherry Tree Cottages, Cholesbury. Buried
in St Martin-Aux-Bois Churchyard. |
| ROLFE | Horace
Hedley Reginald |
Air
Mechanic 2nd Class, 1st Wing HQ Royal Flying Corps, of Western Road.
Died of wounds on 26 September 1916 after being hit by anti-aircraft
fire over enemy lines during air reconnaisance the previous day.
Age 25. Son of Frederick and Agnes (coal merchant) of Western Road,
Husband of Doris C. (nee Plater) of Green End Street, Aston Clinton.
Member of the United Free Church. Buried in Barlin Communal Cemetery
Extension. |
| SEABROOK | William
Charles |
Sergeant,
1st Aeroplane Supply Depot Repair Park, Royal Air Force, of Western
Road. Died of wounds in France on 25 September 1918. Age 24. Son
of Mr. and Mrs. C Seabrook of Tring. Buried in Terlincthun British
Cemetery. |
| SPINKS | Charles
Edward |
Lance
Corporal, 7th Bedfordshire Regiment, of Tring. Enlisted at Tring.
Killed in action on 11 January 1918. Age 22. Brother of Mrs A Charlton
of Byker, Newcastle-on-Tyne. Buried in Artillery Wood Cemetery. |
| SPINKS, D.C.M. | William
George |
Acting
Sergeant, 1st Hertfordshire Regiment of Tring. Killed in action
at the Somme on 26 September 1916. Age 25. Son of Harry George and
Sarah Charlotte of Tring. Buried in Auchonvillers Military Cemetery. |
| STEVENS | Charles
Sidney |
Private,
15th Suffolk Regiment. Enlisted at Bedford. Killed in action in
Belgium on 2 November 1918. Born in Aylesbury. Buried in Lanain
Communal Cemetery. |
| STRATFORD | Arthur |
Private,
5th Oxfordshire and Bucks Light Infantry, of Wealdstone. Enlisted
at Houndslow, Middlesex. Killed in action on 17 October 1915. Age
30. Born in Tring. Husband of Mrs.G Stratford of 86 Cecil Road,
Wealdstone, Middlesex. No known grave. Commemorated on Ypres (Menin
Gate) Memorial. |
| TURVEY | Frederick |
Private,
9th Royal Dublin Fusiliers of Tabernacle Yard. Enlised at Tring,
formerly with the Bedfordshire Regiment. Killed in action on 8 August
1917. Born in Chesham, Bucks. No known grave. Commemorated on Ypres
(Menin Gate) Memorial. |
| TYLER | Albert
John |
Private,
10th Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry, of Tring. Enlisted at Watford,
formerly with the Surrey Regiment. Killed in action in France on
25 March 1918. Age 20. Born in Tring. Son of Clara Jane of 51 Wingrave
Road, New Mill and the late Thomas. No known grave. Commemorated
on Arras Memorial. |
| VAISEY | Roland
Maddison |
Captain,
36th Royal Field Artillery. Killed in action in France on 7 September
1918. Age 31. Son of Arthur William and Esther. Husband of Violet
of 'The Bungalow', Tring. Buried in Vaulx Hill Cemetery. |
| WELLS | Arthur |
Stoker
1st Class, HMS 'Aboukir' Royal Navy. Killed in action when his ship
was torpedoed by the German U-boat U9 in the North Sea on 22 September
1914. Aged 28. Born 29 May 1886 in Tring, Hertfordshire. Husband
of Mrs A Wells, of 40 Sheldon Road, Silver Street, Edmonton, London
N. No known grave. Commemorated on Chatham Naval Memorial, Kent.
Special note: In the early hours of the morning of 22 September 1914, HMS Cressy along with HMS Aboukir & HMS Hogue were sunk by torpedoes from a U-boat under the command of Otto Weddigen, in the North Sea. |
| WELLS | Arthur
Frank |
Private,
74th Royal Army Ornance Corps. Died of wounds on 19 February 1919.
Age 40. Husband of Lillie of 31 Albert Street. Buried in Blargies
Communal Cemetery Extension. |
| WEST | Joseph |
Private,
7th Royal West Kent Regiment. Died of wounds on 12 June 1918. Age
31. Son of Martha of 19 Albert Street. |
| WILKINS | Arthur |
Rifleman,
10th Rifle Brigade. Killed in action on 3 September 1916. Age 20.
Son of Mrs.M Wilkins of 4 Western Road. No known grave. Commemorated
on Thiepval Memorial. |
| WILKINS | Frank
George |
Private,
1st Worcestershire Regiment. Killed in action on 4 March 1917. Son
of George and Sarah of 12 King Street. Buried in Fins New British
Cemetery. |
| WILKINS | Oliver |
Bugler,
1st Oxfordshire and Bucks Light Infantry. Killed in action on 16
August 1917. Buried in New Irish Farm Cemetery. |
| WOODS | Sidney |
Private,
8th Bedfordshire Regiment. Died of wounds on 3 November 1916. Buried
in St Sever Cemetery Extension. |
| WRIGHT | Ernest
George |
Private,
1st Essex Regiment, of 7 New Cottages, Brook Street. Husband of
Ada Cato (formerly Wright). No known grave. Commemorated on Kantara
War Memorial. |
| YOUNG | George
Walter |
Captain,
8th East Yorkshire Regiment. Killed in action in France on 27 May
1918. Age 21. Born in Tring. Son of George Thomas and Eleanor of
8 High Street. No known grave. Commemorated on Soissons Memorial. |
| YOUNG | Marcus
Ernest |
Second
Lieutenant, Royal Field Artillery. Killed in action in France on
24 March 1918. Age 19. Son of Gorge Thomas and Eleannor of 8 High
Street. Buried in Chauny Communal Cemetery British Extension. |
On the back of memorial around the top are 3 tablets for 1939 - 1945 war
1939- 1945
| BONIFACE |
Gilbert
George |
No
information currently available. |
| BRACKLEY |
Harold
James |
Lance
Corporal 5834550, 142nd (7th Battalion, The Suffolk Regiment) Regimen,
Royal Armoured Corps. Died 18 September 1944. Aged 32. Son of Nathan
James Brackley and Minnie Brackley; husband of Connie Irene Brackley,
of Tring, Hertfordshire. Buried in CORIANO RIDGE WAR CEMETERY, Italy.
Plot XIX. Row C. Grave 9. |
| BUTLER |
Edward |
Private
5954517, 4th Battalion, The Buffs (Royal East Kent Regiment). Died
between 23/24 October 1943. Aged 28. Son of Ellen Elizabeth Butler,
of New Mill, Tring, Hertfordshire. No known grave. Commemorated
on ATHENS MEMORIAL, Greece. Face 5. |
| CAWDERY |
Victor
Norman |
Flight
Sergeant (Navigator) 1315026, 156 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer
Reserve. Died 14 January 1944. Aged 20. Son of Herbert Stanley and
Elizabeth Maud Cawdery, of Tring, Hertfordshire. Buried in BERGEN-OP-ZOOM
WAR CEMETERY, Noord-Brabant, Netherlands. Plot 29. Row B. Collective
grave 2. |
| CROCKETT |
George
Jesse |
Private
5954530, 4th Battalion, The Buffs (Royal East Kent Regiment). Died
23 October 1943. Aged 28. Son of Mrs. D. S. Crockett; husband of
E. S. D. Crockett, of Tring, Hertfordshire. No known grave. Commemorated
on ATHENS MEMORIAL, Greece. Face 5. |
| DEVERELL |
John
Edward Steadman |
Corporal
619819, Royal Air Force. Died 28 May 1843. Aged 24. Son of Edward
Henry Cooper Deverell, and of Dorothy Anne Deverell, of Tring, Hertfordshire.
Buried in KIRKEE WAR CEMETERY, India. Plot 2. Row F. Grave 11. |
| HOWLETT |
Frederick
Stanley |
Gunner
1100632, 4 Medium Regiment, Royal Artillery. Died 17 December 1944.
Aged 37. Son of Frederick and Emma Howlett, of Tring, Hertfordshire;
husband of Florence Violet Howlett, of Tring. Buried in FORLI WAR
CEMETERY, Italy. Plot I. Row C. Grave 19. |
| HOWLETT |
Leonard
William |
Private
14205609, 5th Battalion, Sherwood Foresters (Notts and Derby Regiment).
Died 17 March 1943. Aged 20. Son of Harold Cornelius and Edith Howlett,
of Tring, Hertfordshire. No known grave. Commemorated on MEDJEZ-EL-BAB
MEMORIAL, Tunisia. Face 24. |
| IVES |
John
Alfred |
Volunteer,
1st Buckinghamshire Battalion, Home Guard. Died 1 January 1941.
Aged 20. Son of Alfred and Maud Mary Ives, of New Mill, Tring. Buried
in TRING CEMETERY, Hertfordshire. Section K. Grave 1. |
| IVES |
Ronald |
Private
5114459, 8th Battalion, Royal Warwickshire Regiment. Died 21 May
1940. Aged 21. Son of Henry and Florence Ives, of Tring, Hertfordshire.
Buried in CALONNE COMMUNAL CEMETERY, Hainaut, Belgium. Row C. Grave
9. |
| KEMPSTER |
Charles |
Private
5956310, 5th Battalion, Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire Regiment.
Died as a Japanese Prisoner of War at Shirakawa, 22 November 1944.
Aged 30. Son of Herbert John and Frances Kempster, of Tring, Hertfordshire.
Buried in SAI WAN WAR CEMETERY, Hong Kong. Plot V. Row A. Grave
1. |
| KEMPSTER |
Cyril |
Guardsman
2616868, 3rd Battalion, Grenadier Guards. Died 4 September 1944.
Aged 28. Son of Harry and Mary Ann Kempster, of Tring, Hertfordshire.
Buried in FLORENCE WAR CEMETERY, Italy. Plot II. Row D. Grave 8. |
| KITCHING |
Frederick
Laurence |
No
information currently available. |
| NICHOLLS |
Victor |
No
information currently available. |
| NUTTALL |
Douglas
John |
No
information currently available. |
| OAKLEY |
James
Thomas |
No
information currently available. |
| PAGET |
Thomas
Leslie |
Lance
Bombardier 948857, 420 Battery, 148 (The Bedfordshire Yeomanry)
Field Regiment, Royal Artillery. Died during the Japanese invasion
of Singapore 15 February 1942. Aged 23. Son of Thomas John Paget,
and stepson of Lilian Irene Paget, of Tring, Hertfordshire. No known
grave. Commemorated on SINGAPORE MEMORIAL, Kranji War Cemetery,
Singapore. Column 37. |
| RANDALL |
Stanley
Charles |
No
information currently available. |
| RODWELL |
Deryck
Grenville |
Flight
Sergeant (Wireless Operator/Air Gunner) 1333583, 50 Squadron, Royal
Air Force Volunteer Reserve. Died 8 February 1945. Aged 23. Son
of Harry and Ida Florence Rodwell, of Tring, Hertfordshire; husband
of Marjorie Gertrude Rodwell, of Market Harborough, Leicestershire.
Buried in REICHSWALD FOREST WAR CEMETERY, Nordrhein-Westfalen, Germany.
Plot 23. Row D. Collective Grave 1-3. |
| SAUNDERS |
Charles |
Private
5951943, 5th Battalion, Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire Regiment.
Died as a Japanese Prisoner of War 22 September 1943. Aged 29. Son
of Charles and Edith Saunders; nephew of H. Randall and Minnie Randall,
of Tring, Hertfordshire. Buried in KANCHANABURI WAR CEMETERY, Thailand.
Plot 4. Row C. Grave 6. |
| SAUNDERS |
Charles
Albert |
Private
5950429, 5th Battalion, Suffolk Regiment. Died as a Japanese Prisoner
of War 13 January 1944. Aged 25. Son of Albert and Margaret Saunders,
of Tring, Hertfordshire. Buried in KANCHANABURI WAR CEMETERY, Thailand.
Plot 2. Row A. Grave 19. |
| SHARP |
Robert |
No
information currently available. |
| SMITH |
Francis
John |
Gunner
790250, Royal Artillery. Died 28 March 1945. Aged 36. Son of George
and Ellen Smith; husband of Rose Smith, of Hang Hill, Tring. Buried
in TRING CEMETERY, Hertfordshire. Section K. Grave 5. |
| TURNEY |
Norman
James |
No
information currently available. |
| UMNEY |
Cyril
Winston |
No
information currently available. |
| VAISEY |
John
Roland Maddison |
Sergeant
1178755, 58 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve. Died 30
September 1941. Aged 25. Son of Roland Maddison Vaisey and Violet
Vaisey, of Tring, Hertfordshire. No known grave. Commemorated on
RUNNYMEDE MEMORIAL, Surrey. Panel 53. |
| WADE |
Norman
Reginald |
Marine
CH/X. 112783, 30th Battalion, Royal Marines. Died 18 April 1945.
Aged 21. Son of Albert Edward Harry and Ethel Wade, of Tring, Hertfordshire.
Buried in GROESBEEK CANADIAN WAR CEMETERY, Gelderland, Netherlands.
Plot XXII. Row F. Grave 11. |
| WILKINS |
Arthur
Ralph |
No
information currently available. |
| WILKINS |
Donovan
Herbert |
Lance
Bombardier 1629765, 257 Battery, 83 H.A.A. Regiment, Royal Artillery.
Died 4 August 1942. Aged 22. Son of Herbert William and Maud Wilkins;
husband of Rose Wilkins, of Tring, Hertfordshire. Buried in FAYID
WAR CEMETERY, Egypt. Plot 2. Row F. Grave 20. |
| WRIGHT |
Harry |
No
information currently available. |
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