Ministry of Defence
Lest We Forget
The Royal British Legion
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Lest We Forget |
The Royal British Legion |
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LIVERPOOL STREET
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| BAINES | Francis Herbert | Gate
Lad, Murrow - Private 20141, 11th Battalion, Suffolk Regiment. Killed
in action 1 July 1916. Aged 19. Born Murrow. Son of John and Ada
Baines, of Alley Rd., Murrow, Wisbech, Cambs. Joined Great Eastern
Railway circa 1912. Enlisted May 1915 in March, Cambridgeshire.
No known grave. Commemorated at THIEPVAL MEMORIAL, Somme, France.
Pier and Face 1 C and 2 A. See also Parson
Drove, Cambridgeshire |
| BAKER | Sidney Lawrence | Porter
Signalman, Buntingford - Private 202680, 2nd Battalion, Bedfordshire
Regiment. Killed in action 28 June 1917. Aged 22. Born Westhall,
Suffolk, resident Wangford, Suffolk. Joined Great Eastern Railway
circa 1913. Enlisted November 1916 in Shoreditch, Middlesex. Buried
in DICKEBUSCH NEW MILITARY CEMETERY EXTENSION, West-Vlaanderen,
Belgium. Plot II. Row A. Grave 15. |
| BALDRY | Alfred Harold | Gate
Lad, Saxmundham - Lance Corporal 40231, 68th Company, Labour Corps.
Died of wounds 7 July 1917. Aged 21. Born Kelsall, Suffolk. Enlisted
September 1914 atb Saxmundham, Suffolk. Formerly 13451, Suffolk
Regiment and Private 62364, 17th Battalion, King's (Liverpool Regiment).
Buried in AIRE COMMUNAL CEMETERY, Pas de Calais, France. Plot I.
Row F. Grave 4. |
| BALDRY | Bertie Charles | Pointsman,
Ipswich - Gunner 163930, 6th Siege Battery, Royal Garrison Artillery.
Died of wounds 23 April 1918. Aged 25. Born and resident Wickham
Market, Suffolk. Son of John George Baldry, of 53, Field Cottage,
Campsea Ash, Wickham Market, Suffolk. Joined Great Eastern Railway
November 1914. Enlisted May 1917 in Framlingham, Suffolk. Buried
in HARINGHE (BANDAGHEM) MILITARY CEMETERY, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium.
Plot V. Row B. Grave 19. |
| BALDWIN | Arthur Samuel | Clerk,
Norwich (Victoria) - Private 29749, "B" Company, 7th Battalion,
Norfolk Regiment. Killed in action 30 November 1917. Aged 21. Born
St. Paul's, Norwich. Son of Arthur and Clara Baldwin, of 1, Sprowston
Rd., Norwich. Joined Great Eastern Railway February 1912. Enlisted
23 October 1915 in Norwich, Norfolk. No known grave. Commemorated
at CAMBRAI MEMORIAL, LOUVERVAL, Nord, France. Panel 4. |
BALL |
Charles Francis | [Listed
on memorial as BALLS] Porter, Goodman's Yard - Private L/10134,
2nd Battalion, Royal Fusiliers (City of London Regiment). Killed
in action at Gallipoli 6 June 1915. Aged 30. Born Walthamstow. Enlisted
Tottenham. No known grave. Commemorated on HELLES MEMORIAL, Turkey
(including Gallipoli). Panel 38 to 42 or 328. |
| BALLS | Frederick Leonard | Mechanic's
Labourer, Beccles Shops - Private G/2842, 7th Battalion, The Buffs
(East Kent Regiment). Died of wounds 3 July 1916. Aged 30. Born
and resident Beccles, Suffolk. Son of Arthur and Emma Balls, of
Beccles, Suffolk. Joined Great Eastern Railway 2 September 1913.
Enlisted in Beccles, Suffolk. Buried in DAOURS COMMUNAL CEMETERY
EXTENSION, Somme, France. Plot II. Row B. Grave 3. |
| BALLS | Harold Percy | Porter,
Mistley - Private 325028, 1st/8th Battalion, King's (Liverpool Regiment)
attached to 164th Trench Mortar Battery. Killed in action 19 November
1917. Aged 21. Born and resident Dorsham, Suffolk. Son of Stephen
and Rose Anna Balls, of Darsham, Saxmundham, Suffolk. Joined Great
Eastern Railway February 1913. Enlisted February 1916 in Colchester.
Buried in VILLERS-FAUCON COMMUNAL CEMETERY EXTENSION, Somme, France.
Plot I. Row D. Grave 23. |
| BARBER | Charles Frederick Barbridge | Apprentice
Coachmaker, Stratford Works - Sapper 548629, 510th (London) Field
Company, Royal Engineers. Killed in action 24 June 1917. Aged 20.
Born and resident Stratford, Essex. Son of Robert Barber, of 67,
Chobham Rd., Stratford, London. Joined Great Eastern Railway August
1911. Enlisted October 1915 in London. Buried in DOZINGHEM MILITARY
CEMETERY, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium. Plot I. Row B. Grave 1. |
| BARBER | Charles Stanley |  Steward,
Continental Steamers - Lance Corporal 16339, 8th Battalion, East
Yorkshire Regiment. Died of wounds 8 March 1916. Aged 24. Born Aldeburgh,
Suffolk, resident Dovercourt, Essex. Son of John Samuel and Esther
Alice Barber, of 40, Apsley Rd., Great Yarmouth, Norfolk. Joined
Great Eastern Railway 28 July 1906. Enlisted September 1914 in Harwich.
Formerly 25861, Hussars. Buried in LIJSSENTHOEK MILITARY CEMETERY,
West-Vlaanderen, Belgium. Plot V. Row B. Grave 16. See also Dovercourt,
Upper |
| BARBER | James | Permanent
Way Labourer, Pinchbeck - Private, Lincolnshire Regiment. Died of
consumption 12 May 1916. Aged 25. Joined Great Eastern Railway 23
January 1915. Admitted to as a Labourer, Railway Workers, to the
Spalding Branch of the National Union of Railwaymen, aged 24, in
1915. Death registered in the Spalding Registration District, Lincolnshire
in the April to June Quarter 1916. In the 1901 census he was aged
10, born Pinchbeck, Lincolnshire, resident with his parents, William
J and Sarah A Barber, in Six House Bank, Pinchbeck, Spalding, Lincolnshire.
In the 1911 census he was aged 20, place of birth given as Wiltmore,
Cambridgeshire (cannot find this place), a Groom Domestic, resident
with his parents, William Jones and Sarah Ann Barber, in Northgate
Road, Pinchbeck, Lincolnshire. Place of burial unknown. |
| BARBER | Leonard Frederick | Apprentice,
Parkeston Quay Marine Shops - Private 235094, 12th Battalion, Suffolk
Regiment. Died as a prisoner of war in Germany 27 July 1918. Aged
20. Born Harwich, Essex. Son of Jessie S Richmond (formerly Barber)
of 6 Third Avenue, Dovercourt, Essex and the late William Barber.
Joined Great Eastern Railway 6 April 1914. Enlisted Dovercourt.
Formerly 2102, Essex Regiment. Buried in MONS (BERGEN) COMMUNAL
CEMETERY, Hainaut, Belgium. Plot VII. Row C. Grave 1. |
| BARBER | Whitley [William Charles] | Pantry
Boy, Continental Marine Staff - Mess Room Steward, H.M.S. "Newmarket",
Mercantile Marine Reserve. Lost with his ship 17 July 1917. Aged
22. Son of Mrs. Richmond (formerly Barber), of 6, 3rd Avenue, Dovercourt,
Essex, and the late William Barber. Joined Great Eastern Railway
3 April 1912. In the 1901 census he was aged 6, born Parkeston,
resident with his mother and grandparents at 19, Tyler Street, Ramsely,
Tendring, Essex. On 21 February 1902 he was admitted to Derby Railway
Servants' Orphanage; he was eligble as his father had been a Fireman
with the Great Eastern Railway and had been runover and killed 25
August 1895; he was discharged 18 January 1909. No known grave.
Commemorated on PLYMOUTH NAVAL MEMORIAL, Devon. Panel 26. |
| BARKER | Archie Robert | Clerk,
Cambridge, Divisional Commercial Superintendent's Office - Private
326727, 7th Battalion, Suffolk Regiment. Killed in action 27 March
1918. Aged 23. Born Enfield. Son of Samuel and Frances E. Barker,
of 27, Devonshire Rd., Cambridge. Joined Great Eastern Railway November
1910. Enlisted November 1915 in Cambridge. No known grave. Commemorated
on POZIERES MEMORIAL, Somme, France. Panel 25. See also Cambridge
Guildhall and also Cambridge
St Barnabas |
| BARKER | Basil Claud | Billiard
Marker, Liverpool Street, Great Eastern Hotel - Private 422295,
10th (County of London) Battalion (Hackney), London Regiment. Died
of wounds 13 June 1917. Aged 21. Born Stratford. Son of Mrs. Elizabeth
Barker, of 42, Farringford Rd., Stratford. London. Joined Great
Eastern Railway 12 January 1915. Enlisted January 1916 at Stratford.
Buried in ST. SEVER CEMETERY EXTENSION, ROUEN, Seine-Maritime, France.
Section P. Plot I. Row F. Grave 7B. |
| BARKER | George | Washer
and Lifter, Carriage & Wagon Department - Private 7176, "C"
Company, 2nd Battalion, Essex Regiment. Killed in action 10 January
1915. Aged 28. Born November 1886 in Radwinter, Saffron Walden.
Resident Stratford, Essex. Son of James and Martha Barker, of Radwinter,
Saffron Walden, Essex; husband of Edith Barker, of 14, Manbey Grove,
Stratford, London. Joined Great Eastern Railway February 1914. Enlisted
Saffron Walden. Buried in Buried at CALVAIRE (ESSEX) MILITARY CEMETERY,
Hainaut, Belgium. Plot I. Row D. Grave 7. |
| BARNARD | John Frederick | Pit
Cleaner - Sergeant 473300, 2nd/1st East Anglian Field Ambulance
(Territorial Force), Royal Army Medical Corps. Killed in action
in Palestine 20 July 1917. Aged 34. Born Ipswich 19 March 1884.
Son of the late John Frederick Barnard; husband of Ethel E. R. Barnard,
of 90, Croft St., Ipswich. Joined Great Eastern Railway 14 June
1902. Enlisted December 1914 in Ipswich, Suffolk. Buried at GAZA
WAR CEMETERY, Israel and Palestine (including Gaza). Plot VIII.
Row G. Grave 4. |
| BARNES | Frederick Charles | Locomotive
Coalman, Liverpool Street - Lance Corporal (Acting Corporal) 8478,
2nd Battalion, Essex Regiment. Killed in action 18 November 1914.
Born 12 December 1886 in West Ham, Essex. Resident Plaistow, Essex.
Joined Great Eastern Railway 31 March 1913. Enlisted Warley, Essex.
No known grave. Commemorated on PLOEGSTEERT MEMORIAL, Hainaut, Belgium.
Panel 7. |
| BARNES | William | Porter,
Bishopsgate Goods - Private 3310, 2nd [CWGC] or 7th [SDGW] Battalion,
East Surrey Regiment. Killed in action 27 April 1915. Aged 22. Born
Edmonton, Middlesex. Joined Great Eastern Railway circa 1914. Enlisted
Ponders End, Middlesex. No known grave. Commemorated on YPRES (MENIN
GATE) MEMORIAL, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium. Panel 34. |
| BARNES | William George | Clerk,
Cambridge, Divisional Commercial Superintendent - Pioneer 253724,
2nd Field Survey Company, Royal Engineers. Killed in action 22 July
1917. Aged 27. Born Ely, resident Cambridge. Son of Walter Barnes,
of Ely, Cambs; husband of Minnie Barnes, of Fir Tree House, Haconby,
Bourne, Lincs. Joined Great Eastern Railway July 1904. Enlisted
February 1916 in Huntingdon. Formerly 4015, 3rd/4th Battalion, Suffolk
Regiment. Buried in CITE BONJEAN MILITARY CEMETERY, ARMENTIERES,
Nord, France. Plot VIII. Row D. Grave 17. See also Cambridge
Guildhall anmd also Cambridge,
Christ Church |
| BARNES | Walter Herbert | [Listed
on records as Herbert Walter] Goods Porter, Dereham - Private 49725,
16th Battalion, Royal Scots (Lothian Regiment). Killed in action
12 September 1917. Aged 34. Born Watton Norfolk. Husband of Gertrude
Barnes, of 54, Norwich St., East Dereham, Norfolk. Enlisted East
Dereham. Formerly 6858, Norfolk Regiment. Buried in HARGICOURT BRITISH
CEMETERY, Aisne, France. Plot I. Row F. Grave 19. |
| BARNEY | Harry | Donkeyman
- Able Seaman (Donkeyman), "Copenhagen"
(Harwich), Mercantile Marine. Killed at sea when his ship was torpedoed
5 March 1917. Aged 53. Born 8 June 1863 Worlingworth, Suffolk. Place
of residence given as 31, Princes Street, Parkeston. Husband of
Bessie Barney (nee Harvey), of 59, Muirkirk Rd., Catford, London.
In the 1871 census he was aged 8, son of Elizabeth and stepson of
William Hill, resident The Hall, Worlingworth, Hoxne, Suffolk. In
1874 he was admitted to Worlingworth Church of England Voluntary
Controlled Primary School, stepson of William Hill. In the 1891
census he was aged 27, married to Bessie, born Worlingworth, Suffolk,
a G E R Fireman, resident Princess Street, Ramsey, Tendring, Essex.
In the 1911 census he was aged 47, married to Bessie, born Worlingworth,
Suffolk, a Donkeyman Marine Deptartment, resident 31, Princes St
Parkeston, Ramsey, Essex. No known grave. Commemorated on TOWER
HILL MEMORIAL, London. |
| BARR | William | Checker,
Norwich (Thorpe) - Corporal 13347, 8th Battalion, Norfolk Regiment.
Killed in action 21 March 1918. Aged 39. Born St. Albans, Herts.
Husband of Frances Barr, of 28, Chalk Hill Rd., Norwich. Joined
Great Eastern Railway circa 1894-1895. Enlisted 3 September 1914
in Norwich, Norfolk. No known grave. Commemorated on POZIERES MEMORIAL,
Somme, France. Panel 23. |
| BARRETT | Raymond [Walter E] | Porter,
Stepney - Private G/1722, 2nd Battalion, Duke of Cambridge's Own
(Middlesex Regiment). Died of wounds 12 March 1915. Born Caversham,
Oxford. Joined Great Eastern Railway July 1912. Enlisted Bow, Middlesex.
Buried in BOULOGNE EASTERN CEMETERY, Pas de Calais, France. Plot
III. Row D. Grave 9. |
| BARRETT | William [George] | Office
Attendant/Clerk, Divisional Civil Engineer's Office - Gunner 889507,
"D" Battery, 149th Brigade, Royal Field Artillery. Killed
in action 17 May 1918. Aged 22. Born Ipswich. Son of George and
Selina Barrett, of 163, Burrell Rd., Ipswich. Joined Great Eastern
Railway 1 October 1913. Enlisted 9 October 1915 in Ipswich. Buried
in METEREN MILITARY CEMETERY, Nord, France. Plot IV. Row H. Grave
791. |
| BARRETT | William Edward | Acting
Fireman, King's Lynn - Private 2623, 1st/5th Battalion (Territorial
Force), Norfolk Regiment. Died at sea 21 September 1915. Aged 22.
Joined Great Eastern Railway 1911. Enlisted September 1914 in East
Dereham, Norfolk. Buried in PORT SAID WAR MEMORIAL CEMETERY, Egypt.
Section K. Grave 8. See also King's
Lynn |
| BARRY | Edmund | Coalman,
Enfield - Private 11279, 5th Battalion, Princess of Charlotte of
Wales's (Royal Berkshire Regiment). Died of wounds 22 October 1915.
Born and resident Battersea, Surrey. Joined Great Eastern Railway
December 1908. Enlisted September 1914 in Hackney, Middlesex. Buried
in BOULOGNE EASTERN CEMETERY, Pas de Calais, France. Plot VIII.
Row C. Grave 50. |
| BARTON | Charles Samuel | Telegraph
Clerk, Newmarket, Electrical Engineer's Department - Sapper 29373,
'O' Cable Section, Royal Engineers. Died 15 July 1917. Aged 20.
Peterborough, Northants. Resident March, Cambs. Son of Samuel and
Ellen Barton, of 58, Norwood Side, March, Cambs. Joined Great Eastern
Railway 17 July 1911. Enlisted 15 August 1914 in Newmarket, Cambs.
Buried in DOZINGHEM MILITARY CEMETERY, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium.
Plot I. Row E. Grave 15. See also March |
| BARTRUM | Harry | [Spelt
BARTRAM in records] Permanent Way Labourer, Ipswich, Civil Engineering
Department - Private 20297, 9th Battalion, Suffolk Regiment. Killed
in action 16 September 1916. Born Denham, Suffolk. Joined Great
Eastern Railway 7 July 1914. Enlisted 26 May 1915 in Ipswich. No
known grave. Commemorated on THIEPVAL MEMORIAL, Somme, France. Pier
and Face 1 C and 2 A |
| BASS | Albert Edward | Goods
Porter, Bishop's Stortford - Private 25966, 8th Battalion, East
Surrey Regiment. Died of wounds 11 August 1917. Aged 24. Born Bishop's
Stortford. Son of George and Alice Bass, of 7, Bartholomew Rd.,
Bishop's Stortford. Joined Great Eastern Railway July 1914. Enlisted
in March 1917 in Bedford. Formerly 36583, Essex Regiment. Buried
in THE HUTS CEMETERY, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium. Plot II. Row B.
Grave 17. See also Bishop's
Stortford |
| BATES | William Edwin | Clerk,
Chief Traffic Manager's Office - Private 11557, 5th Battalion, Duke
of Edinburgh's (Wiltshire Regiment). Killed in action in Mesopotamia
29 March 1917. Aged 20. Born Old Ford, Middlesex. Resident Mile
End, Essex. Joined Great Eastern Railway August 1911. Enlisted 1914
in St. Paul's Churchyard, London. No known grave. Commemorated on
BASRA MEMORIAL, Iraq. Panel 30 and 64. |
| BAXTER | Francis Henry | Acting
Fireman, Cromer - Private 41900, 8th Battalion, Prince of Wales’s
(North Staffordshire Regiment). Killed in action in France &
Flanders on 18th April 1918. Born 24 December 1897 in Cromer. Joined
Great Eastern Railway 10 January 1915. Enlisted March 1917 in Cromer.
Formerly 18296, 5th Lancers. No known grave. Commemorated on TYNE
COT MEMORIAL, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium. Panel 124 to 125 and 162
to 162A. See also Cromer. |
| BAXTER | Henry | Porter,
Chelmsford (Goods) - Private 7245, 12th Battalion, Suffolk Regiment.
Died as a Prisoner of War 19 October 1918. Age 30. Born Bury St.
Edmunds. Son of Alfred Baxter, of Bury St. Edmund's; husband of
Ada Eleanor Baxter, of Pennyhouse Farm Cottage, Accrington, Lancs.
Joined Great Eastern Railway 31 March 1913. Enlisted 5 August 1914
in Bury St. Edmunds. Buried in COLOGNE SOUTHERN CEMETERY, Nordrhein-Westfalen,
Germany. Plot XVI. Row B. Grave 14. |
| BAXTER | Stanley Walter | Porter,
Barnby Siding, Carlton Colville - Private 76761, 1st Battalion,
Royal Fusiliers (City of London Regiment). Killed in action 11 October
1918. Aged 19. Born Barnby, resident Beccles. Son of Mrs. M. Baxter,
of Barnby, Beccles. Joined Great Eastern Railway circa 1915. Enlisted
June 1917 in Lowestoft. Formerly TR/LON./75176, Royal Fusiliers
(Barnby). Buried in ST. AUBERT BRITISH CEMETERY, Nord, France. Plot
V. Row B. Grave 20. See also Barnby,
Suffolk |
| BAYFORD | Peter Charles | Porter/Signalman,
Mardock - Private 59891, Northamptonshire Regiment. Died in Sheerness
Military Hospital 3 November 1918. Aged 28. Husband of Ethel V.
Bayford, of 15, Croft Rd., Ware. Joined Great Eastern Railway June
1911. Enlisted July 1918 in Hartford. Buried in WARESIDE (HOLY TRINITY)
CHURCHYARD, Hertfordshire. |
| BAYLEY | Charles | [Listed
as BAILEY in all records] Fireman (Fire Brigade), Lowestoft - Able
Seaman 235181, H.M.S. "Goliath",
Royal Navy. Drowned 13 May 1915. Aged 25. Born 31 January 1888 in
Bethnal Green, London. Son of Caroline Ricketts, 68, Hackney Rd.,
London. N.E. Joined Great Eastern Railway 19 March 1914. Naval Reservist
having previously served with Royal Navy. No known grave. Commemorated
on PLYMOUTH NAVAL MEMORIAL, Devon. Panel 6. |
| BEAGLE | John [Henry] | Messenger,
Printing Department - Private 2685, 3rd (City of London) Battalion
(Royal Fusiliers), London Regiment. Killed in action at Gallipoli
28 November 1915. Resident Walthamstow. Joined Great Eastern Railway
January 1910. Enlisted September 1914 in Edward Street. No known
grave. Commemorated on HELLES MEMORIAL, Turkey (including Gallipoli)
. Panel 197 to 198. |
| BEAMISS | Herbert | Acting
Fireman, Cambridge - Private 21776, 5th Battalion, Bedfordshire
Regiment. Drowned on the way to Egypt when the troopship Aragon
was torpedoed off Alexandria 30 December 1917. Aged 19. Born and
resident Ely, Cambs. Joined Great Eastern Railway April 1916. Enlisted
April 1917 in Bury, St. Edmunds. No known grave. Commemorated on
CHATBY MEMORIAL, Egypt. See also Ely,
Cambridgeshire |
| BEAR | Lawrence Frederick | Shunter,
Loughton - Private 26664, 10th Battalion, Essex Regiment. Killed
in action 20 July 1916. Aged 24. Born Warley, Essex. Resident Loughton,
Essex. Son of Charles and Ann Beasy. Husband of F. M. Bear, of 122,
Smart's Lane, Loughton, Essex. Joined Great Eastern Railway July
1912. Enlisted February 1916 in Epping, Essex. Buried in Buried
at DELVILLE WOOD CEMETERY, LONGUEVAL, Somme, France. Plot IX. Row
F. Grave 7. See also Loughton,
Essex |
| BEASY | John | Fish
Canvasser - Private 12/604, 12th Battalion, East Yorkshire Regiment.
Died in United Kingdom 1 February 1915. Aged 46. Born Cromer, Norfolk.
Resident Withernsea. Son of Charles and Ann Beasy; husband of Harriet
A. Beasy, of 53, Walliker St., Anlaby Rd., Hull. Joined Great Eastern
Railway 1883. Enlisted Hull. Buried in WITHERNSEA CEMETERY, Yorkshire.
Grave 92. See also Withernsea,
Yorkshire and also Withernsea
St Nicholas |
| BECKER | George Ernest | Assistant
Signalman, Peterborough - Lance Corporal 14273, "C" Company,
2nd Battalion, Northamptonshire Regiment. Killed in action 14 March
1915. Aged 21. Born Beckenham, Kent. Son of Susannah Becker, of
Bury, Hunts., and the late George Becker. Joined Great Eastern Railway
circa 1908. Enlistd September 1914 in Peterborough, Northants. No
known grave. Commemorated on LE TOURET MEMORIAL, Pas de Calais,
France. Panel 28 to 30. |
| BEECHEY | Frederick Henry | Porter,
Rectory Road - Private 300239, 1st/7th Battalion, Essex Regiment.
Killed in action in Palestine 2 November 1917. Aged 23. Born and
resident Walthamstow, Essex. Joined Great Eastern Railway April
1913. Territorial. Enlisted Walthamstow, Essex. Buried in GAZA WAR
CEMETERY, Israel and Palestine (including Gaza). Plot XXIX. Row
F. Grave 3. |
| BEETON | Edgar [George] | Platelayer,
Stratford - Private 181207, Machine Gun Corps (Infantry). Died of
pneumonia in United Kingdom 18:05 on 26 October 1918. Aged 28. Born
4 December 1889 Cavendish, Suffolk, resident Leytonstone, Essex.
Baptised 3 September 1890 at St Mary, Glemsford, son of William
and Sarah Beeton. Joined Great Eastern Railway November 1913. Attested
15 November 1915, called to the colours 17 October 1918 by Central
London Recruiting Depot, Whitehall, S.W. Attested aged 25, resident
Kingston Road, Leytonstone, Essex, occupation Platelayer, GER, unmarried,
son of William Beeton, of Cavendish, Suffolk. Height 5 feet 5¼
inches, weight 133lbs, chest 35½ inches, brown hair, brown
eyes, clear complexion. Married Rosina Maud Woodcock in Leyton,
Essex, 16 September 1917, resident 7 Ashville Road, Leytonstone.
Buried in MANOR PARK CEMETERY, Essex. Probably cremated and listed
on Screen Wall. 127. 103. |
| BELCHER | Arthur George | Van
Guard, Bishopsgate - Gunner 83052, 64th Brigade Ammunition Column,
Royal Field Artillery. Killed in action 5 October 1915. Aged 19.
Born Forest Gate, Essex. Joined Great Eastern Railway circa 1908/1909.
Enlisted August 1914 in Stratford, Essex. Buried in FOSSE 7 MILITARY
CEMETERY (QUALITY STREET), MAZINGARBE, Pas de Calais, France. Plot
II. Row F. Grave 1. |
| BELDING | Frederick Ernest | Parcels
Clerk, King's Lynn - Private 2416, "B" Company, 1st/5th
Battalion (Territorial Force), Norfolk Regiment. Died at Gallipoli
28 August 1915. Aged 31. Son of Mrs. E. J. Belding, of "Thetis,"
Victoria Avenue, Hunstanton, Norfolk, and the late Rawston Belding.
Enlisted September 1914 in East Dereham, Norfolk. No known grave.
Commemorated on HELLES MEMORIAL, Turkey (including Gallipoli). Panel
43 to 45. See also King's Lynn,
Hunstanton Cenotaph and
Hunstanton St Edmunds
Extract from Probate Calendars of England & Wales 1858-1959: BELDING
Frederick Ernest of Lincoln Inn Mill Fleet King's Lynn Norfolk
private Norfolk regiment died on or since 28 August 1915 at gallipoli
in Turkey Administration Norwich 23 October [1918]
to Eliza Jane Belding widow. |
| BELL | Amos John | Porter,
Norwich (Thorpe) - Private G/60360 [SDGW] or 66360 [SDGW], 10th
Battalion, Royal Fusiliers (City of London Regiment). Died of wounds
19 May 1918. Aged 25. Born East Dereham, resident Lakenham. Son
of Mr G Bell of the Electrical Engineering Dept at Dereham. Joined
Great Eastern Railway June 1913. Enlisted March 1917 in Norwich.
Formerly 46001, Northamptonshire Regiment. Buried in ST. SEVER CEMETERY
EXTENSION, ROUEN, Seine-Maritime, France. Section Q. Plot III. |Row
K. Grave 25. |
| BELL | Charles James | Labourer,
Stratford, Chief Mechanical Engineer's Department - Acting Sergeant
3/2558, 2nd Battalion, Essex Regiment. Killed in action 9 August
1917. Aged 41. Born Mile End, Middlesex, resident Straford, Essex.
Husband of Laura Bell, of 3, Dore Avenue, Manor Park, Essex. Joined
Great Eastern Railway March 1914. Enlisted August 1915 in Bow, Middlesex.
No known grave. Commemorated on ARRAS MEMORIAL, Pas de Calais, France.
Bay 7. |
| BELLWARD | Victor Joseph John | Clerk,
Beccles, Goods Office - Sergeant 14503, 8th Battalion, Suffolk Regiment.
Died in Wharncliffe War Hospital, Sheffield, 10 August 1917 from
shrapnel wounds. Aged 30. Born Gildiston, Suffolk. Joined Great
Eastern Railway June 1902. Enlisted 31 August 1914 in Lowestoft.
Buried South-East of the church in GELDESTON (ST. MICHAEL) CHURCHYARD,
Norfolk. |
| BEMAN | Percival | Extra
Porter, Norwich, Goods - Private 14794, 8th Battalion, Norfolk Regiment.
Died of wounds 1 July 1916. Aged 19. Born Leeds, Yorkshire. Son
of Mrs. E. R. Hirst (formerly Beman), of 3, Ashville Terrace, Cardigan
Rd., Leeds. Joined Great Eastern Railway circa 1913. Enlisted Norwich,
Norfolk. No known grave. Commemorated on THIEPVAL MEMORIAL, Somme,
France. Pier and Face 1 C and 1 D. |
| BENSTEAD | Herbert Matthew | Clerk,
Hunstanton - Lance Corporal 24066, 1st Battalion, Norfolk Regiment.
Died of wounds 4 August 1916. Aged 19. Born Headham, Norfolk. Son
of Thomas and Margaret Benstead, of Hillside Cottages, Heacham,
Norfolk. Joined Great Eastern Railway circa 1913. Enlisted February
1916 in King's Lynn, Norfolk. Buried at LA NEUVILLE BRITISH CEMETERY,
CORBIE, Somme, France. Plot I. Row E. Grave 64. See also Heacham,
Norfolk and also King's
Lynn, King Edward VII Grammar School |
| BENTON | John Walter aka Jack | Clerk,
Peterborough - Formerly Cadet then Second Lieutenant, Royal Air
Force. Died of wounds received in action at Épernay, France,
31 May 1918. Born 24 August 1898. Address given as Cowgate, Peterborough.
in the 1911 census he is aged 12, grandson of John and Fanny Noble,
at school, resident 5 Cowgate, Peterborough. Joined Great Eastern
Railway November 1912. Enlisted 1917. Buried at TERLINCTHUN BRITISH
CEMETERY, WIMILLE, Pas de Calais, France. Plot VII. Row A.C. Grave
20. |
| BENTON | Leonard Ernest | Engine
Cleaner, Cambridge - Lance Corporal 2654, 1st Battalion, Cambridgeshire
Regiment. Died of wounds 28 October 1915. Aged 19. Born 20 August
1896 in Ely, Cambs. Son of Henry and Mary Benton, of Station Road,
Ely, Cambridgeshire. Joined Great Eastern Railway 6 April 1914.
Enlisted 4 September 1914 in Cambridge. Buried in CORBIE COMMUNAL
CEMETERY, Somme, France. Plot I. Row B. Grave 35. |
| BERNEY | James F | [Listed
as BURNEY on all records] Sup. Porter, Stratford - Private 668,
17th (County of London) Battalion (Poplar & Stepney Rifles),
London Regiment. Killed in action 16 May 1915. Aged 28. Born Stepney.
Son of Mrs. Kathleen Burney; husband of Gertrude B. M. Burney, of
19, Perth St., Charles St., Stepney, London. Joined Great Eastern
Railway June 1914. Enlisted in Bow. Buried in WOBURN ABBEY CEMETERY,
CUINCHY, Pas de Calais, France. Plot II. Row D. Grave 1. |
| BERRY | W | Binder
- Lance Corporal - No further information currently available. There
are a large number of W BERRY's, who died as Lance Corporals, to
choose from. |
| BERWICK | Stanley | [Listed
as E BERWICK on memorial] Stores Porter, Hotels Dept - Private 23600,
6th Battalion,King's Own (Yorkshire Light Infantry). Killed in action
31 August 1915. Born Stratford. Joined Great Eastern Railway 1911.
Enlisted Stratford. Formerly Trooper 6932, Reserve of Cavalry. Buried
in YPRES RESERVOIR CEMETERY, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium. Plot X. Row
D. Grave 30. |
| BESSEY | John [Ernest] | Bargeman,
Lowestoft, Chief Civil Engineer's Department - Deckhand (Able Seaman)
9029, H.M. Drifter "Pelagia", Royal Naval Reserve. Killed
when his ship was sunk by a mine 28 November 1916. Born 21 February
1879 in Oulton, Suffolk. Next of kin Mrs. Rye, Thorpe Road, Haddiscoe,
Norwich. No known grave. Commemorated on CHATHAM NAVAL MEMORIAL,
Kent. Panel 18. See also Lowestoft
and Lowestoft
St Margaret's |
| BEST | William | Quay
Labourer - Private 2668, 2nd/5th Battalion, Essex Regiment. Died
11 January 1915 at Peterborough. Resident Harwich. Joined Great
Eastern Railway 29 January 1914. Enlisted Colchester. Buried in
Buried at PETERBOROUGH OLD (BROADWAY) CEMETERY, Northamptonshire.
Grave reference 7. 3. 2334. |
| BIBBING | William Charles | Machineman,
Temple Mills - Private 322399, 6th (City of London) Battalion (Rifles),
London Regiment. Died of wounds 20 May 1917. Born West Ham. Resident
Leytonstone. Joined Great Eastern Railway July 1908. Enlisted January
1916 at Leyton. Buried in ACHIET-LE-GRAND COMMUNAL CEMETERY EXTENSION,
Pas de Calais, France. Plot I. Row I. Grave 6. |
| BICKMORE | Bertie | Platelayer,
Chelmsford, Chief Civil Engineer's Department - Acting Corporal
(Gunner) 116, "C" Battery, 83rd Brigade, Royal Field Artillery.
Killed in action 22 July 1917. Aged 35. Born Witham, Essex. Husband
of Sarah Ann Bickmore, of 51, Maldon Rd., Witham, Essex. Joined
Great Eastern Railway January 1911. Enlisted Warley, Essex. Buried
in PERTH CEMETERY (CHINA WALL), West-Vlaanderen, Belgium. Plot I.
Row L. Grave 8. |
| BIGGS | William Robert | Clerk,
Ipswich Goods - Sergeant 776384, "D" Battery, 310th Brigade,
Royal Field Artillery. Killed in action 6 March 1917. Aged 24. Born
Ipswich. Son of Robert and Julia Biggs, of Ipswich. Joined Great
Eastern Railway April 1906. Enlisted May 1915 in Ipswich. Buried
in QUEENS CEMETERY, BUCQUOY, Pas de Calais, France. Plot I. Row
F. Grave 8. |
| BIRD | Edwin | Porter,
Liverpool Street - Private 7639, "E" Company, 2nd Battalion,
York And Lancaster Regiment. Died of wounds 29 October 1914. Aged
28. Born Chigwell, Essex. Son of Mrs. A. Bird, of 83, Green Lane,
Hanwell, London. Joined Great Eastern Railway January 1907. Enlisted
Woodford, Essex. No known grave. Commemorated on PLOEGSTEERT MEMORIAL,
Hainaut, Belgium. Panel 8. |
| BIRD | Robert [Henry] | Carman,
Yarmouth - Deckhand (Able Seaman) 3046SD, H.M. Motor Launch "16",
Royal Naval Reserve. Accidentally drowned whilst on patrol 5 June
1918. Aged 27. Born 25 October 1890 in St Peter, Great Yarmouth,
Norfolk. Baptised 29 March 1891 in Great Yarmouth, St Nicholas with
St Peter, St John, St Andrew, St James, St Paul & St Luke. Son
of Peter and Naomi Bird, of Great Yarmouth; husband of Eleanor Maud
Bird (nee Chittleburgh), of 6, West Road, Maygrove, Great Yarmouth,
married 1912. Joined Great Eastern Railway October 1910. Enlisted
5 October 1915. In the 1911 census he was aged 20, unmarried, born
Great Yarmouth, a Stable Manager, resident with his parents, Peter
and Naomi Bird, at The Conge, 13, Great Yarmouth, Norfolk. Buried
in DUNKIRK TOWN CEMETERY, Nord, France. Plot IV. Row B. Grave 29.
See also Great Yarmouth. |
| BISHOP | George | Labourer,
Parkeston Quay - Lance Corporal L/8133, 1st Battalion, Queen's (Royal
West Surrey) Regiment. Killed in action 31 October 1914. Born Horley,
Surrey. Resident Chippenham, Wiltshire. Joined Great Eastern Railway
14 September 1911. Reservist. Called to the Colours 4 August 1914.
Enlisted Guildford, Surrey. No known grave. Commemorated on YPRES
(MENIN GATE) MEMORIAL, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium. Panel 11 - 13 and
14. |
| BLACKBURN | Gilbert | Acting
Fireman, Norwich - Lance Corporal 19522, 7th Battalion, Norfolk
Regiment. Killed in action 28 April 1917. Aged 25. Born Besthorpe,
Norfolk 25 October 1892. Baptised 11 December 1892 at Besthorpe,
son of Samuel and Julia Blackburn. Joined Great Eastern Railway
1 July 1911. Enlisted 6 June 1915 in Norwich, Norfolk. In the 1911
census he was agd 18, born Besthorpe, a Labourer on Farm, resident
with his parents, Samuel and Julia Blackburn, in Besthorpe, Norfolk.
Buried in VIS-EN-ARTOIS BRITISH CEMETERY, HAUCOURT, Pas de Calais,
France. Plot III. Row A. Grave 21.
Extract from De Ruvigny's Roll of Honour 1914-1918, volume 3, page 31: BLACKBURN, GILBERT, L.-Corpl., No. 19522, 7th (Service) Battn. The Norfolk Regt., s. of Samuel Blackburn, of Besthorpe, Attleborough, by his' wife. Julia, dau. of James Eagling; b. Besthorpe, Attleborough, 25 Oct. 1892; educ. Board School there ; was a Fireman on the Great Eastern Railway; enlisted 6 June, 1915; served with the Expeditionary Force in France and Flanders from 30 Dec. following; was reported missing after the fighting at Arras 28 April, 1917, and is now assumed to have been killed in action on that date. He m. at Norwich, 25 Dec. 1915, Sarah Lucy, dau. of the late Albert Wicks ; s.p. |
| BLACKBURN | Sidney George | Acting
Fireman, Southend - Private 43030, 10th Battalion, Essex Regiment.
Killed in action 23 March 1918. Born 3 December 1895. Resident Prittlewell,
Essex. Joined Great Eastern Railway 1913. Enlisted August 1915 in
Colchester. No known grave. Commemorated on POZIERES MEMORIAL, Somme,
France. Panel 51 and 52. |
| BLACKNEY | Arthur Francis | Parcels
Porter, Liverpool Street - Private 19309, 2nd Battalion, Leicestershire
Regiment. Killed in action 25 September 1915. Aged 19. Born Cambridge
Heath, Middlesex, resident Tottenham, Middlesex. Son of William
Richard and Elizabeth Ann Blackney, of 23, Westerfield Rd., South
Tottenham, London. Joined Great Eastern Railway July 1909. Enlisted
London. Formerly Trooper 18488, 19th (Queen Alexandra's Own Royal)
Hussars. No known grave. Commemorated on LOOS MEMORIAL, Pas de Calais,
France. Panel 42 to 44. |
| BLAKE | Edgar Arthur | Fish
Loader, Lowestoft Goods - Private 33221, Royal Army Medical Corps.
Drowned when on Hospital Ship 'Asturias' when it was torpedoed by
a submarine 5 miles south of Start Point 20 March 1917. Aged 33.
Born St. John's, Suffolk. Joined Great Eastern Railway 10 October
1904. Enlisted September 1914 in Lowestoft. Buried in LOWESTOFT
(BECCLES ROAD) CEMETERY, Suffolk. Section J. Grave 92. See also
Lowestoft |
| BLAKE | Henry [Charles] | Platelayer,
Bishop's Stortford - Private 14726, 7th Battalion, Bedfordshire
Regiment. Died of wounds 25 October 1917. Born Great Hallingbury,
Essex, resident Bishops Stortford. Joined Great Eastern Railway
October 1909. Enlisted 8 September 1914 in Bishops Stortford. Formerly
Sapper 53106, Royal Engineers. Buried in MENDINGHEM MILITARY CEMETERY,
West-Vlaanderen, Belgium. Plot VII. Row F. Grave 42. |
| BLAKELEY | Herbert | Goods
Clerk, Manchester - Private 31945, "D" Company, 2nd Battalion,
Manchester Regiment. Killed in action 27 February 1918. Aged 21.
Born Hulme, Manchester. Son of Frederick James and Charlotte Blakeley.
Joined Great Eastern Railway February 1911. Enlisted June 1916 in
Manchester. Buried in ARTILLERY WOOD CEMETERY, West-Vlaanderen,
Belgium. Plot V. Row C. Grave 8. |
| BLYTH | William George | [Spelt
BLYTHE in some records] Porter, Bishopsgate Goods - Private 6566,
2nd Battalion, Essex Regiment. Killed in action 1 July 1916 at the
Somme. Aged 32. Born and resident Walthamstow, Essex. Joined Great
Eastern Railway 24 July 1913. Enlisted 4 August 1914 in Stratford,
Essex. No known grave. Commemorated on THIEPVAL MEMORIAL, Somme,
France. Pier and Face 10 D. |
| BOHANNON | William George | [Also
spelt BOHANNAN - CWGC] Carriage Washer, Southend-on-Sea - Private
T/204310, 7th Battalion, The Buffs (East Kent Regiment). Killed
in action 23 October 1918. Aged 33. Born Romford, Essex, resident
Stratford, Essex. Son of William and Emma Bohannan, of Romford,
Essex. Joined Great Eastern Railway circa 1913. Enlisted July 1917
in Southend, Essex. Buried in CROSS ROADS CEMETERY, FONTAINE-AU-BOIS,
Nord, France. Plot IV. Row B. Grave 15. |
| BOLTON | William John | Stable/Van
Washer, London Cartage - Private 5075, 1st/23rd (County of London)
Battalion (Battersea), London Regiment. Killed in action 16 September
1916. Born Bishops Stortford, Essex. Resident Leyton. Joined Great
Eastern Railway May 1909. Enlisted Leyton. No known grave. Commemorated
on THIEPVAL MEMORIAL, Somme, France. Pier and Face 9 D 9 C 13 C
and 12 C. |
| BOND | Arthur Henry | Fireman
- Rifleman 7029, 1st Battalion, King's Royal Rifle Corps. Killed
in action 27 October 1914. Aged 30. Born St. Nicholas, Yarmouth,
resident Harwich. Stepson of Mrs. Eliza Bond, of 2, Maria St., Bathside,
Harwich, and the late Mr. H. R. Bond. Joined Great Eastern Railway
25 July 1913. Enlisted Ipswich. No known grave. Commemorated at
YPRES (MENIN GATE) MEMORIAL, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium. Panel 51
and 53. |
| BONE, MM, DCM | Alfred Philip | Clerk,
Harling Road - Acting Sergeant 85640, 34th Divisional Signal Company,
Royal Engineers. Died of wounds 28 October 1917. Aged 26. Born and
resident Wells, Norfolk. Son of Alfred and Elizabeth Mary Bone,
of East End, Wells, Norfolk. Joined Great Eastern Railway July 1905.
Enlisted July 1915 in Norwich. Awarded the Military Medal (M.M.)
plus Bar and Distinguished Conduct Medal (D.C.M.). In the 1891 census
he was newborn, born Wells, Norfolk, Alfred and Elizabeth Mary Bones,
resident with his parents, in East End, Wells Next the Sea, Walsingham,
Norfolk. In the 1901 census he was aged 10, born Wells, Norfolk,
resident with his parents, Alfred and Elizabeth M Bones, in East
End, Wells Next the Sea, Walsingham, Norfolk. Buried in Buried at
MENDINGHEM MILITARY CEMETERY, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium. Plot VII.
Row A. Grave 48. See also Wells
Next The Sea.
Medal Citation: DCM, MM and Bar (MM gazetted 23 August 1916; Bar 18 June 1917; DCM 26 January 1918. DCM – Posthumous - For conspicuous gallantry and devotion to duty. He worked continuously for four days and nights during the operations maintaining communication with four battalions in the line. The wires were continually cut, and 110 remained in the open under very heavy fire repairing breakages and keeping up communication. He showed great coolness and skill. MM Bar awarded for work done during the operations from 9 April 1917 to 1 May 1917 by the Corps and Divisional Commanders. |
| BONE | Arthur Frederick | Porter,
Canning Town - Private 202848, 2nd/1st (City of London) Battalion
(Royal Fusiliers), London Regiment. Killed in action 16 June 1917.
Aged 20. Born and resident West Ham. Son of Mr. and Mrs. B. Bone,
of 94, Rokeby St., West Ham, London. Joined Great Eastern Railway
March 1911. Enlisted March 1916 in Canning Town. No known grave.
Commemorated on ARRAS MEMORIAL, Pas de Calais, France. Bay 9. |
| BONES | Frank Stanley |
Porter, Newbury Park - Private 14296, 7th Battalion, Royal Fusiliers.
Died of wounds 7 September 1918. Aged 25. Born Forest Gate. Joined
Great Eastern Railway March 1915. Enlisted 1915 in Ilford, Essex.
Buried in BAGNEUX BRITISH CEMETERY, GEZAINCOURT, Somme, France.
Plot VI. Row F, Grave 28. |
| BONSALL | Reginald [Lockley] | Clerk,
Chief Traffic Manager's Ledger Office - Private 2623, 17th (County
of London) Battalion (Poplar & Stepney Rifles), London Regiment.
Died of wounds 13 June 1915. Aged 19. Resident Buckhurst Hill. Son
of James Frederick and Harriet Bonsall, of 11, Queen's Rd., Buckhurst
Hill, Essex. Joined Great Eastern Railway October 1912. Enlisted
September 1914 in Bow. Buried in NOEUX-LES-MINES COMMUNAL CEMETERY,
Pas de Calais, France. Plot I. Row A. Grave 2. |
| BONSOR | Alfred George | Porter,
Bishopsgate Goods - Corporal 37755, 10th Battalion, Cameronians
(Scottish Rifles). Killed in action 25 August 1917. Aged 31. Born
Hackney, Middlesex, resident Walthamstow. Joined Great Eastern Railway
24 July 1914. Reservist. Recalled to the Colours 3 August 1914.
Enlisted Stratford. Buried in POTIJZE CHATEAU LAWN CEMETERY, West-Vlaanderen,
Belgium. Plot ?. Row D. Grave 18. |
| BOOKER | Frederick | Clerk,
Chief Traffic Manager's Ledger Accounts Office - Sergeant 3017,
44th Company, Machine Gun Corps (Infantry). Killed in action 1 September
1916. Aged 28. Born Notting Hill Gate. Son of the late Alfred and
Eliza Booker. Joined Great Eastern Railway 24 May 1904. Enlisted
Holborn. Formerly 12691, Northamptonshire Regiment. No known grave.
Commemorated on THIEPVAL MEMORIAL, Somme, France. Pier and Face
5 C and 12 C. |
| BOOTH | Jesse Noel Clarke | [Listed
as Noel on SDGW and CWGC] Clerk, Parkeston Quay - Private 3/3531,
1st Battalion, Essex Regiment. Died of heart failure at Gallipoli
12 November 1915. Aged 17. Born Sutton-In-Ashfield, Notts, resident
Harwich. Son of Herbert and Florence Mary Booth, of Dovercourt.
Full name Jesse Noel Clarke Booth. Joined Great Eastern Railway
29 July 1912. Enlisted Harwich. In the 1901 census he was aged 3,
born Sutton, resident with his parents, Herbert and Florence at
4, Main Road, Fernlea Terrace, Harwich St Nicholas, Tendring, Essex.
Booth, In the 1911 census he was aged 13, Born Sutton in a Notts,
a Probationer, resident with his parents, Herbert and Florence Mary
Booth, at Sea View, Main Road, Dovercourt, Essex. Buried in HILL
10 CEMETERY, Turkey (including Gallipoli). Plot V. Row C. Grave
3. See also Upper Dovercourt |
| BORLEY | William [J] | Permanent
Way Labourer, Stowmarket - Private 59872, 3rd Battalion, Northamptonshire
Regiment. Died of influenza at Sheerness Military Hospital 15 November
1918. Aged 29. Joined Great Eastern Railway 15 February 1915. Enlisted
18 July 1918. Joined the National Union of Railwaymen 1914, aged
24, as a Labourer, Railway Workers, in the Stowmarket Branch. Platelayer,
Railway Workers, member of the Stowmarket Branch of the National
Union of Railwaymen, 1916, aged 27. Buried South of the church in
HESSETT (ST. ETHELBERT) CHURCHYARD, Suffolk. |
| BOTELER | Frederick George | Porter,
Waltham Cross - Private 51334, 2nd Battalion, Manchester Regiment.
Killed in action 7 October 1917. Agd 26. Born Islington, Middlesex,
resident Woodford Green, Essex. Son of Frederick George and Florence
Boteler (nee Gray), of 134, West Grove, Woodford Green, Essex. Joined
Great Eastern Railway May 1913. Enlisted April 1917 in Hertford.
Formerly 33808, East Surrey Regiment. Buried in COXYDE MILITARY
CEMETERY, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium. Plot IV. Row E. Grave 19. |
| BOUFFLER | James George Charles | Fitter's
Labourer - Private G/34028, 17th Battalion, Duke of Cambridge's
Own (Middlesex Regiment). Died of wounds 11 September 1917. Residdent
Plaistow, Essex. Joined Great Eastern Railway 11 February 1913.
Enlisted 12 January 1915 in West Ham, Essex. Buried in CHOCQUES
MILITARY CEMETERY, Pas de Calais, France. Plot I. Row M. Grave 11. |
| BOULDEN | Frank Richard | Clerk,
Cockfield - Sergeant 12150, 7th Battalion, Suffolk Regiment. Killed
in action 18 October 1918. Aged 20. Born 26 December 1887 in either
Market Harborough [SDGW] or Felthorpe, Norfolk [CWGC]. Son of Frank
and Beatrice Boulden, of Mersea House, Church Row, Long Melford.
Suffolk. Joined Great Eastern Railway June 1911. Enlisted August
1914 in Burt St. Edmunds. Admitted to Felthorpe School, Norfolk
in 3 April 1905 and maked as abset twice on 2 August 1907. Buried
in ARRAS ROAD CEMETERY, ROCLINCOURT, Pas de Calais, France. Plot
II. Row P. Grave 16. See also
Long Melford and Cockfield |
| BOULTWOOD | Percy John | Porter/Signalman,
Southminster - Corporal 14538, 10th Battalion, Essex Regiment. Died
of wounds and pneumonia in hospital at Torquay 2 August 1916. Aged
23. Born and resident Southminster, Essex. Joined Great Eastern
Railway May 1911. Enlisted September 1914 in Stratford, Essex. Buried
in TORQUAY CEMETERY AND EXTENSION, Devon. Plot M. Row 6. Grave 14290.
See also Southminster, Essex |
| BRADLEY | George | Boilermaker's
Assistant, Stratford - Private 8533, 2nd Battalion, Essex Regiment.
Died as Prisoner of War in Germany 18 December 1916. Born Romford,
resident Woodford, Essex. Enlisted Romford. Buried in COLOGNE SOUTHERN
CEMETERY, Nordrhein-Westfalen, Germany. Plot XVII. Row B. Grave
21. |
| BRAND | Edward John | Greaser/Engine
Cleaner, Whittlesford - Sapper WR/290183, 96th Light Railway Company,
Royal Engineers. Died of influenza in 10 Can. Stationary Hospital,
Calais, 4 February 1919. Aged 21. Son of Jennifer Abigail Brand,
of Heath Cottages, Duxford, Cambs. Admitted as a Greaser, Railway
Workers, to Cambridge Branch, National Union of Railwaymen 18 April
1915, aged 17. In the 1901 census he was aged 3, born Littlebury
Essex, resident with his grandparents, Jonathan and Mary Ann Mynott,
in Yan Hall Cottages, Strully End, West Wickham, Linton, Cambridgeshire.
In the 1911 census he was aged 13, at school, born Littlebury Essex,
resident with his grandparents, Jonathan and Mary Ann Mynott, in
Health Cottages, Duxford, Cambridgeshire. Joined Great Eastern Railway
1915. Enlisted 23 February 1916 at Cambridge, profession was Engine
Cleaner G.E.R., born Littlebury, Essex, aged 19, height 5 feet 4¼
inches, weight 130 lbs, chest 35½ inches, called up 24 April
1917. Buried in LES BARAQUES MILITARY CEMETERY, SANGATTE, Pas de
Calais, France. Plot VIII. Row A. Grave 13A. See also Duxford |
| BRAY | Frederick | Track
Horse Driver, Wymondham - Private 14221, 1st Battalion, Norfolk
Regiment. Killed in action. 4 June 1916. Aged 28. Born Brandon Parva,
Norfolk. Son of Thomas and Elizabeth Bray. Joined Great Eastern
Railway September 1913. Enlisted Wymondham, Norfolk. Buried in FAUBOURG
D'AMIENS CEMETERY, ARRAS, Pas de Calais, France. Plot I. Row C.
Grave 19. See also Wymondham |
| BREWSTER | Arthur Henry | Clerk,
Hertford (Goods) - Lance Corporal 16499, 2nd Battalion, Bedfordshire
Regiment. Killed in action 22 March 1918. Aged 22. Born and resident
Hoddesdon, Hertfordshire. Joined Great Eastern Railway January 1912.
Enlisted September 1914 in Hertford. In the 1911 census he was aged
14, born Hertfordshire, a Paper Boy, resident with his parents,
Arthur and Harriet Brewster, in Admirals Walk, Hoddesdon, Hertfordshire.
No known grave. Commemorated on POZIERES MEMORIAL, Somme, France.
Panel 28 and 29. |
| BREWSTER | Ernest | Steel
Frame Maker, Temple Mills Wagon Shops - Private 8852, 3rd Battalion,
Essex Regiment. Died at sea 4 May 1917. Aged 28. Born Forest Gate,
Essex, resident Leytonstone, Essex. Joined Great Eastern Railway
29 June 1914. Reservist. Called to the Colours August 1914. Enlisted
in Stratford, Essex. In the 1911 census he was aged 22, born Forest
Gate Essex, a soldier, a Private in the Essex Regiment, serving
in Quetta-Baluhistan, India. Buried in SAVONA TOWN CEMETERY, Italy.
Section E. Grave 5. |
| BREWSTER | Ernest [John] | Labourer,
Stratford, Chief Civil Engineer's Department - Gunner 24944, 5th
Battery, 45th Brigade, Royal Field Artillery. Killed in action 11
November 1916. Aged 31. Born Romford, Essex. Joined Great Eastern
Railway June 1911. Enlisted in Stratford, Essex. Buried in GUARDS'
CEMETERY, LESBOEUFS, Somme, France. Plot IX. Row S. Grave 1. |
| BREWSTER | Walter | Carriage
Washer, Wood Street - Private 18903, 7th Battalion, Suffolk Regiment.
Died of wounds 26 April 1915. Born Glemsford, Suffolk. Joined Great
Eastern Railway May 1912. Enlisted April 1915 in Stratford. In the
1901 census he was aged 9, born Glemsford, at school, resident with
his parents, Devid and Sarah Brewster, in Bells Lane, Glemsford,
Sudbury, Suffolk. Buried in LONGUENESSE (ST. OMER) SOUVENIR CEMETERY,
Pas de Calais, France. Plot III. Row B. Grave 6.See also Glemsford |
| BRIDGES | Alfred John | Port
Ticket Taker, Ipswich - Lance Corporal G/21098, 2nd Battalion, Queen's
(Royal West Surrey Regiment). Killed in action 2 April 1917. Aged
22. Born Little Holland, Essex, resident Ipswich. Son of Alfred
John and Annie Bridges, of The Haven, Little Holland, Clacton-on-Sea.
Joined Great Eastern Railway June 1912. Enlisted January 1916 in
Ipswich, Suffolk. Formerly 24296, Suffolk Regiment. Buried in CROISILLES
BRITISH CEMETERY, Pas de Calais, France. Plot IV. Row C. Grave 28. |
| BRIDGES | William | Horse
Lad, Elmswell - Private 12942, 2nd Battalion, Suffolk Regiment.
Killed in action 25 September 1915. Aged 17. Born Elmswell, Suffolk.
Son of William and Eliza Bridges, of Elmswell, Suffolk. Joined Great
Eastern Railway 1914. Enlisted 1 September 1914 in Elmswell, Suffolk.
No known grave. Commemorated on YPRES (MENIN GATE) MEMORIAL, West-Vlaanderen,
Belgium. Panel 21. |
| BRIGGS | Thomas [Henry] | Permanent
Way Labourer, Chief Civil Engineer's Department - Private 2732,
1st/4th (Territorial) Battalion, Norfolk Regiment. Killed in action
at Gallipoli 26 August 1915. Aged 35. Born 28 August 1879. Baptised
9 November 1879 in Wymondham, Norfolk. Son of John and Hannah Briggs,
of Norwich Rd., Wymondham; husband of Florence Briggs (nee Howard),
of Damgate St., Wymondham, Norfolk, married 1906. Joined Great Eastern
Railway July 1899. Enlisted September 1914 in Norwich, Norfolk.
In the 1911 census he was aged 31, married to Florence, born Wymondham,
a Railway Labourer, resident Damgate Street, Wymondham, Norfolk.
No known grave. Commemorated on HELLES MEMORIAL, Turkey (including
Gallipoli). Panel 43 to 45. See also Wymondham |
| BRIGHTWELL | John Henry | Clerk,
Bishopsgate Goods - Private 3832, 1st/15th (County of London) Battalion
(Prince of Wales' Own Civil Service Rifles), London Regiment. Killed
in action 15 September 1916. Aged 36. Resident Romford. Son of the
late Walter and Caroline Brightwell, of Norwich; husband of Caroline
Minnie Brightwell, of 39, Burnham Rd., Highbridge, Somerset. Joined
Great Eastern Railway 9 April 1894. Enlisted May 1915 in London.
No known grave. Commemorated on THIEPVAL MEMORIAL, Somme, France.
Pier and Face 13 C. |
| BRINDED | George | Acting
Fireman, Lowestoft - Engineman (Able Seaman) 9242/DA, H.M. Trawler
"Boy Roy", Royal Naval Reserve. Died accidentally 9 May
1916. Born 12 December 1891 in Norwich. Son of William and Harriet
Brinded, of 74, St. Margarets Road, Lowestoft, Suffolk. Joined Great
Eastern Railway August 1910. Joined Royal Naval Reserve 20 October
1915. In the 1901 census he was aged 9, born Norwich, resident with
his parents, William and Harriet Brinded, at 149, St Margarets Road,
Lowestoft, Mutford, Suffolk. In the 1911 census he was aged 19,
born Norwich, an Engine Cleaner, resident with his parents, William
and Harriet Brinded, at 74, St Margarets Road, Lowestoft, Mutford,
Suffolk. Buried in LOWESTOFT (BECCLES ROAD) CEMETERY, Suffolk. Section
13. Grave 371. |
| BRINICOMBE | James Henry | Carman,
Bishopsgate Station - Private 203111, 1st (City of London) Battalion
(Royal Fusiliers), London Regiment. Killed in action 9 April 1917.
Born Newton Abbot in 1888, resident Walthamstow. Joined Great Eastern
Railway 1903. Enlisted Walthamstow. In the 1911 census he was aged
23, born Ilsington, Devon, a Railway Goods Carmen, resident with
his brother-in-law and sister, Lawrence John and Martha Hudson,
at 75, Clacton Road, Walthamstow, London & Essex. Buried in
LONDON CEMETERY, NEUVILLE-VITASSE, Pas de Calais, France. Grave
lost - Wancourt Road Cemetery No. 2 Memorial Panel 3. |
| BRITTAIN | Charles Alfred | Number
Taker, Whitemoor - Lance Corporal 325510, "D" Company,
1st Battalion, Cambridgeshire Regiment. Killed in action 14 October
1916. Aged 21. Born March. Son of Mrs. S. A. Brittain, of 102, West
End, March, Cambridgeshire. Enlisted March. Formerly 2094, Cambridgeshire
Regiment. Buried in CONNAUGHT CEMETERY, THIEPVAL, Somme, France.
Plot X. Row J. Grave 7. See also March,
Cambridgeshire |
| BROADBENT | Ernest Arthur | Turner,
Stratford Locomtoive Shops - Corporal 16924, 8th Battalion, Prince
Albert's (Somerset Light Infantry). Killed in action 25 August 1918.
Born October 1895 in Stratford, Essex. Joined Great Eastern Railway
March 1910. Enlisted January 1915 in Stratford, Essex. Buried in
ACHIET-LE-GRAND COMMUNAL CEMETERY EXTENSION, Pas de Calais, France.
Plot III. Row G. Grave 27. |
| BROTHERS | Fred Cecil | Clerk,
London, Divisional Commercial Superintendent's Office - Sergeant
200493, 2nd/1st (City of London) Battalion (Royal Fusiliers), London
Regiment. Killed in action 18 May 1917. Aged 20. Born Stoke Newington,
resident Edmonton. Son of Frederick S. P. and Gertrude A. Brothers,
of 34, Church St., Edmonton, London. Joined Great Eastern Railway
October 1911. Enlisted 27 August 1914 at St. Pancras, London. No
known grave. Commemorated on ARRAS MEMORIAL, Pas de Calais, France.
Bay 9. |
| BROWN | Arthur [William] | Permanent
Way Labourer, Woodham Ferrers - Private 18361, 2nd Battalion, Essex
Regiment. Killed in action 2 May 1915. Aged 34. Born and resident
Woodham Ferrers, Essex.Son of Mrs. William Brown, of High St., Woodham
Ferrers; husband of Alice Lavinia Cook (formerly Brown), of Ivy
Cottages, Woodham Ferrers, Chelmsford. Joined Great Eastern Railway
October 9 May 1914. Enlisted November 1914 in Chelmsford. Served
in the South African (Boer) War. No known grave. Commemorated on
YPRES (MENIN GATE) MEMORIAL, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium. Panel 39. |
| BROWN | A E | No
further information currently available |
| BROWN | H | Coal
Picker, Peterborough. Killed in action 4 October 1918. Joined Great
Eastern Railway October September 1914. Enlisted May 1917. |
| BROWN | Robert | Platelayer,
Witham - Private 21302, 11th Battalion, Essex Regiment. Died of
wounds 18 May 1916. Aged 37. Born and resident Witham, Essex. Husband
of Mrs. A. Brown, of Church St., Chipping Hill, Witham, Essex. Joined
Great Eastern Railway 14 July 1900. Enlisted 27 August 1915. Buried
in WIMEREUX COMMUNAL CEMETERY, Pas de Calais, France. Plot I. Row
M. Grave 23. |
| BROWN | Walter [Thomas] | Goods
Clerk, Bishopsgate - Corporal 570886, 17th (County of London) Battalion
(Poplar and Stepney Rifles), London Regiment. Killed in action 1
September 1918. Aged 26. Resident Walthamstow. Joined Great Eastern
Railway 17 December 1906. Enlisted September 1914 in Bow. Buried
in GUARDS' CEMETERY, COMBLES, Somme, France. Plot II. Row C. Grave
19. |
| BRUCE | Charles James | Telephone
Operator, Hotel Department - Private G/43550 [43559 on CWGC], 9th
Infantry Labour Company, Queen's (Royal West Surrey Regiment). Died
in hospital in Rouen 10 April 1917. Aged 19. Born and resident Mile
End, Middlesex. Son of Mrs. E. E. Bruce, of 24, Rowsell St., St.
Paul's Rd., Bow, London. Joined Great Eastern Railway 14 May 1912.
Enlisted 13 February 1917 in Stepney, Middlesex. Buried at ST. SEVER
CEMETERY EXTENSION, ROUEN, Seine-Maritime, France. Section O. Plot
VIII. Row N. Grave 7. |
| BRUCE | Ernest John | Porter,
Bishopsgate Goods - Private 12363, 6th Battalion, Bedfordshire Regiment.
Died of wounds 31 July 1916. Aged 28. Born Shoreditch, Middlesex.
Resident Hoxton, Middlesex. Son of George and Ann Maria Bruce, of
31, Nicholas St., St. John's Rd., Hoxton, London. Joined Great Eastern
Railway 30 April 1912. Enlisted London. Buried in ST. SEVER CEMETERY,
ROUEN, Seine-Maritime, France. Plot B. Row 32. Grave 15. |
| BRUCE | Ernest W O | Vanguard
(Vanshifter), Bishopsgate, London Cartage Committee - Private 13383,
10th Battalion, Essex Regiment. Killed in action 20 July 1916. Born
Leyton, Essex. Resident Leytonstone, Essex. Joined Great Eastern
Railway 6 December 1909. Enlisted 1914 in Shoreditch, Middlesex.
No known grave. Commemorated on THIEPVAL MEMORIAL, Somme, France.
Pier and Face 10 D. |
| BRUCE | Herbert Arthur | Porter,
Spitalfields - Private G/5991, 2nd Battalion, Duke of Cambridge's
Own (Middlesex Regiment). Killed in action 1 July 1916. Aged 29.
Born Tottenham, Middlesex. Resident Edmonton, Middlesex. Husband
of Annie Elizabeth Deckmyn (formerly Bruce), of 56, Joseph II Straat,
Ostend, Belgium. Joined Great Eastern Railway 6 August 1914. Enlisted
14 November 1914 in Mill Hill, Middlesex. No known grave. Commemorated
on THIEPVAL MEMORIAL, Somme, France. Pier and Face 12 D and 13 B. |
| BRUNDISH | Reginald Victor | Police
Constable, Stratford - Acting Bombardier 6942, 35th Division Ammunition
Column, Royal Field Artillery. Died in Northampton Military Hospital
17 July 1916. Aged 35. Born Norwich. Joined Great Eastern Railway
March 1910. Reservist. Enlisted Norwich, Norfolk. Buried in NORWICH
CEMETERY, Norfolk. Section 27. Grave 242. |
| BRUNDLE | Charles | Fireman
- Fireman (Able Seaman), "Copenhagen"
(Harwich), Mercantile Marine. Killed at sea when his ship was torpedoed
5 March 1917. Aged 41. Husband of Agnes Brundle (nee Gray), of 2,
Myrtle Cottages, Bathside, Harwich. In the 1901 census he was aged
25, married to Agnes, with one son and one daughter, born Occold,
Suffolk, a Bricklayer, resident Jubilee Houses, 5, Maria Street,
Harwich St Nicholas, Tendring, Essex. No known grave. Commemorated
on TOWER HILL MEMORIAL, London. |
| BRUNWIN-HALES | Henry Tooke | Clerk,
General Manager's Office - Second Lieutenant, 1st/4th Battalion
(Territorial), Lincolnshire Regiment. Killed in action 13 October
1915. Aged 22. Born Ardleigh, Essex. Educated Winchester. Son of
Canon and Mrs. Brunwin-Hales, of St. Mary's Rectory, Colchester.
Educated at Winchester. Born at Ardleigh, Essex. His brother Greville
Oxley Brunwin-Hales also fell. Buried in VERMELLES BRITISH CEMETERY,
Pas de Calais, France. Plot I. Row H. Grave 12. Also commemorated
at Bradwell Juxta Coggeshall, Essex and Woodham Mortimer, Essex |
| BUGG | Horace George | Pointsman,
Ipswich - Private 21918, 8th Battalion, Northumberland Fusiliers.
Killed in action 18 August 1916. Aged 27. Born Newcastle-On-Tyne.
Son of James and Jane Bugg, of Crapes Cottage, Aldham, Colchester.
Joined Great Eastern Railway May 1907. Enlisted May 1915 in Newcastle-On-Tyne.
Buried in WAILLY ORCHARD CEMETERY, Pas de Calais, France. Plot I.
Row G. Grave 1. |
| BUGG | Robert Edward | Porter/Shunter,
Hoe Street - Private G/40612, 12th Battalion, Duke of Cambridge's
Own (Middlesex Regiment). Killed in action 27 October 1916. Aged
19. Born Chelsea, Middlesex. Resident Walthamstow, Essex. Son of
James and Emma Bugg, of White House, Monks Eleigh, Ipswich. Joined
Great Eastern Railway circa 1913. Enlisted November 1915. Formerly
4751, 1st County of London Yeomanry. Buried in REGINA TRENCH CEMETERY,
GRANDCOURT, Somme, France. Plot III. Row F. Grave 11. |
| BULLING | Alfred Edgar | Clerk,
Funds Office - Sergeant 472098, 12th (County of London) Battalion
(The Rangers), London Regiment. Died of wounds at Bath Hospital
5 November 1918. Aged 23. Resident Stratford. Son of Councillor
Samuel Bulling, of 15, Crosby Rd., Forest Gate. Enlisted London.
Awarded the Military Medal (M.M.) Buried in WEST HAM CEMETERY, Essex.
Grave reference 123802 K.F. |
| BUNCE | John | Porter,
Bishopsgate Goods - Private 6/1205, 6th Battalion, Prince of Wales's
Leinster Regiment (Royal Canadians). Died of wounds received at
Gallipoli 25 August 1915. Aged 35. Born Somertown, Middlesex. Joined
Great Eastern Railway circa 1900. Enlisted September 1914 in Stratford,
Essex. Formerly 13380, Wiltshire Regiment. Buried in PIETA MILITARY
CEMETERY, Malta. Plot A. Row X. Grave 1. |
| BUNFIELD | William Charles | Accounts
Clerk, King's Lynn Docks - Sapper 229779, Railway Operating Division,
Royal Engineers. Died from spotted fever at the 25th Stationary
Hospital, Rouen, 27 February 1917. Aged 38. Born King's Lynn, Norfolk.
Son of Charles and Martha Bunfield, of "Grassendale,"
Gaywood, King's Lynn. Joined Great Eastern Railway circa 1892. Enlisted
January 1917 in King's Lynn, Norfolk. In the 1911 ceneus he was
the son of Martha Bunfield, a widow; he was aged 33, a railway clerk,
born King's Lynn, living in Field House, Gaywood, Kings Lynn. Buried
in ST. SEVER CEMETERY EXTENSION, ROUEN, Seine-Maritime, France.
Section O. Plot IV. Row P. Grave 8. See also King's
Lynn |
| BURFIELD | George Charles Edward | Carriage
Washer,Stratford - Private 23167, 7th Battalion, Queen's (Royal
West Surrey Regiment). Died of wounds 24 October 1917. Aged 35.
Born Bethnal Green, Middlesex. Enlisted February 1917 in Stratford,
Essex. Formerly 292812, Royal Army Service Corps. Buried in DOZINGHEM
MILITARY CEMETERY, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium. Plot X. Row C. Grave
11. |
| BURFORD | Richard Ellis | Clerk,
Stores Department - Temporary Second Lieutenant, Essex Regiment
attached to 9th Battalion, Norfolk Regiment. Died from wounds 8
October 1918. Aged 31. Son of the late Richard and Emily Burford;
husband of Lucy M. Burford, of 64, Gordon Rd., South Woodford, London.
Joined Great Eastern Railway February 1901. Enlisted August 1914.
Buried in TINCOURT NEW BRITISH CEMETERY, Somme, France. Plot V.
Row H. Grave 4. |
| BURGESS | Albert Henry | Permanent
Way Labourer, G.N. and G.E. Joint Committee - Private 15172, 6th
Battalion, Bedfordshire Regiment. Killed in action 15 July 1916.
Born Somersham, Huntingdonshire. Resident Ridley, Huntingdonshire.
Joined Great Eastern Railway 17 June 1913. Enlisted Huntingdon.
Buried in POZIERES BRITISH CEMETERY, OVILLERS-LA BOISSELLE, Somme,
France. Plot III. Row G. Grave 20. See also Pidley
cum fenton, Huntingdonshire |
| BURLEIGH | Walter Edward | Craneman's
Mate, Parkeston Quay, Electrical Engineer's Department - Sergeant
340017, 166th Siege Battery (Essex and Suffolk. [RGA - (TF)]), Royal
Garrison Artillery. Killed in action 2 October 1917. Born Dovercourt,
Essex. Son of the late Walter and Alice Burleigh. Joined Great Eastern
Railway circa 1911. Reservist. Enlisted Harwich. Buried in THE HUTS
CEMETERY, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium. Plot VIII. Row D. Grave 18.
See also Upper Dovercourt,
Essex |
| BURROWS | Ernest Frank | Porter,
Parkeston - Private 301192, 1st/7th Battalion, Essex Regiment. Died
of wounds in Cairo 25 April 1917. Aged 22. Born Bures St. Mary,
Suffolk. Resident Parkeston, Harwich. Joined Great Eastern Railway
May 1914. Enlisted Colchester. Buried in CAIRO WAR MEMORIAL CEMETERY,
Egypt/ Section F. Grave 221. |
| BURROWS | Frederick William | Porter/Under
Goods Guard, London District - Private 115174, 29th Battalion, Machine
Gun Corps (Infantry). Died of wounds 22 August 1918. Aged 27. Born
Sutton, Cambridgeshire. Son of Fred and Naomi Burrows, of Witchford,
Isle of Ely, Cambs. Joined Great Eastern Railway January 1910. Enlisted
May 1917 in Leyton. Formerly 595876, London Regiment. Buried in
LONGUENESSE (ST. OMER) SOUVENIR CEMETERY, Pas de Calais, France.
Plot V. Row D. Grave 83. See also Witchford,
Cambridgeshire |
| BURTON | H E | No
further information currently available. |
| BUSH | Arthur Edward aka Albert |
Porter, Manor Park - Private 17614, 6th Battalion, Princess Charlotte
of Wales's (Royal Berkshire Regiment). Killed in action 11 May 1917.
Aged 20. Born Forest Gate, Essex. Resident Manor Park, Essex. Joined
Great Eastern Railway December 1914. Enlisted April 1915 in East
Ham, Essex. No known grave. Commemorated on ARRAS MEMORIAL, Pas
de Calais, France. Bay 7. |
| BUTCHER | Charles Henry | Labourer,
Chief Civil Engineer's Department - Gunner L/1447, "C"
Battery, 180th Brigade, Royal Field Artillery. Died of wounds 25
September 1916. Aged 25. Born Bow, E. Husband of Nellie Butcher,
of 72, Henniker Rd., Stratford, London. Joined Great Eastern Railway
January 1913. Enlisted November 1915 in Stratford, Essex. Buried
in HEILLY STATION CEMETERY, MERICOURT-L'ABBE, Somme, France. Plot
IV. Row H. Grave 31. |
| BUTLER | Henry George | Porter
and Shunter, Southminster - Private 14539, 10th Battalion, Essex
Regiment. Killed in action 19 April 1916. Aged 25. Born and resident
Witham, Essex. Son of James Butler, of London Rd., Rivenhall End,
Essex. Joined Great Eastern Railway May 1906. Enlisted September
1914 in Stratford, Essex. Buried in CERISY-GAILLY MILITARY CEMETERY,
Somme, France. Plot II. Row G. Grave 12. |
| BUTTERFIELD | Walter Stanley | Clerk,
London Divisional Superintendent's Office - Guardsman 24360, 4th
Battalion, Grenadier Guards. Killed in action 12 October 1917. Aged
20. Born Loughton, Essex. Son of Walter George and Clara Butterfield,
of 2, Forest Rd., Loughton, Essex. Joined Great Eastern Railway
July 1912. Enlisted November 1915 in London. No known grave. Commemorated
on TYNE COT MEMORIAL, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium. Panel 9. See also
Loughton, Essex |
| BUTTERWORTH | Ernest Ethelbert | Cellarman,
Liverpool Street Hotel - Private 10070, 5th (City of London) Battalion
(London Rifle Brigade), London Regiment. Died of wounds 12 October
1916. Aged 34. Son of John and Susan Butterworth; husband of Clara
Butterworth, of 100, Winns Avenue, Forest Rd., Walthamstow, London.
Joined Great Eastern Railway May 1906. Enlisted October 1914 in
Walthamstow. Formerly 2909, 7th Battalion, Essex Regiment. Buried
in GROVE TOWN CEMETERY, MEAULTE, Somme, France. Plot I. Row L. Grave
4. |
| BUTTON | Sidney Samuel | Good
Porter, Diss - 8th Battalion, East Surrey Regiment. Died at Bury
St. Edmunds 4 November 1919. Aged 26. No further information currently
available. |
| BUXTON | H | Assistant
Track Horse Driver - Private - No further information currently
avilable. |
| BYCROFT | Frederick | Coalman,
Cambridge - Pioneer WR/281209, 2nd Light Railway Company, Royal
Engineers. Died of influenza 3 February 1919. Aged 34. Husband of
Flora Bycroft, of 18, David St., Romsey Town, Cambridge. Joined
Great Eastern Railway September 1911. Enlisted July 1917. Buried
in LONGUENESSE (ST. OMER) SOUVENIR CEMETERY, Pas de Calais, France
. Plot V. Row F. Grave 7. See also Cambridge
Guildhall and Cambridge
St Philips |
| BYE | Christopher R | Goods
Porter, Buntingford - Private 15476, 1st Battalion, Bedfordshire
Regiment. Killed in action 11 May 1916. Aged 23. Born Anstey, Herts.
Resident Wydial (sic), Herts. Son of David and Mary Bye, of Cave
Hall, Wyddiall, Buntingford, Herts. Joined Great Eastern Railway
circa 1909. Enlisted 5 September 1914 in Royston, Herts. Buried
in HABARCQ COMMUNAL CEMETERY EXTENSION, Pas de Calais, France. Plot
I. Row J. Grave 2. |
| BYE | Frederick John | Clerk,
Burnt Mill - Sergeant 473147, 88th Field Ambulance (Territorial
Force), Royal Army Medical Corps. Killed in action 30 November 1917.
Aged 26. Born and resident Dullingham, Kent. Joined Great Eastern
Railway April 1906. Enlisted Ipswich, Suffolk. No known grave. Commemorated
on Commemorated at CAMBRAI MEMORIAL, LOUVERVAL, Nord, France. Panel
13. |
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