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Lest We Forget
The Royal British Legion
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The Royal British Legion |
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LIVERPOOL STREET
STATION
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| WADEY | Percy James | Checker,
Spitalfields - Rifleman S/32723, 16th Battalion, Rifle Brigade (The
Prince Consort's Own). Killed in action 18 April 1918. Born and
resident Hackney, Middlesex. Joined Great Eastern Railway July 1907.
Enlisted 5 March 1917 in Shoreditch, Middlesex. No known grave.
Commemorated on TYNE COT MEMORIAL, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium. Panel
145 to 147. |
| WAGNER | George Laurence | Parcels
Clerk, Liverpool Street - Private 67677, 763rd Area Employment Company,
Labour Corps. Killed in action 20 May 1918. Aged 25. Born Forest
Gate, Essex. Resident Brighton, Sussex. Son of George and Esther
Wagner, of 86, Goldstone Villas, Hove, Brighton. Enlisted in St.
Pauls, Middlesex. Formerly Private 14656, 4th Battalion, Bedfordshire
Regiment. Buried in DOZINGHEM MILITARY CEMETERY, West-Vlaanderen,
Belgium. Plot XV. Row I. Grave 15. |
| WALKER | Harry | Painter's
Labourer, Stratford, CME - Private G/9327, 4th Battalion, Duke of
Cambridge's Own (Middlesex Regiment). Killed in action 10 October
1915. Born November 1876 in Enfield, Middlesex. Joined Great Eastern
Railway September 1905. Enlisted March 1915 in Stratford, Essex.
Buried in SANCTUARY WOOD CEMETERY, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium. Grave
lost. Special memorial. |
| WALL | John H | Labourer,
Stratford, Stores Department - Private 46, 12th Battalion, Northumberland
Fusiliers. Killed in action 3 July 1916. Born West Ham, London.
Enlisted in Ilford, London. No known grave. Commemorated on THIEPVAL
MEMORIAL, Somme, France. Pier and Face 10 B 11 B and 12 B. |
| WALLER | Albert |  Coalman,
Doncaster - Corporal 40129, 10th (Service) Battalion, York and Lancaster
Regiment. Killed in action 30 September 1917. Aged 28. Born Cambridge.
Son of D. Waller, of 110, Sedgwick St., Cambridge; husband of Mrs.
J. M. Rispin (formerly Waller), of 15, Palmer St., Doncaster. Joined
Great Eastern Railway January 1914. Enlisted May 1916 in Doncaster.
Formerly 30837, King's Own (Yorkshire Light Infantry). Buried in
HOOGE CRATER CEMETERY, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium. Plot XVI. Row K.
Grave 2. See also Cambridge
Guildhall and Cambridge,
St Philip's |
| WALLER | Sidney Frank |  Engine
Cleaner, Cambridge - Private 38242, 10th Battalion, Royal Warwickshire
Regiment. Died of wounds 4 June 1918. Aged 19. Born and resident
Cambridge. Son of David Henry and Alice Jane Waller, of 110, Sedgwick
St., Mill Rd., Cambridge. Joined Great Eastern Railway September
1916. Enlisted 1917 in Bury St. Edmunds, Suffolk. Buried in SEZANNE
COMMUNAL CEMETERY, Marne, France. Row B. Grave 31. See also Cambridge
Guildhall and Cambridge,
St Philip's |
| WALLS | William Robert | Shunter,
Temple Mills - Corporal S/4117, 13th Battalion, Rifle Brigade (The
Prince Consort's Own). Killed in action 10 July 1916. Aged 25. Born
West Ham, Essex. Resident Stratford, Essex. Husband of Mrs. J. Walls,
of 173, Crownfield Rd., Stratford, London. Joined Great Eastern
Railway January 1911. Enlisted 1914 in Leyton, Essex. No known grave.
Commemorated on THIEPVAL MEMORIAL, Somme, France. Pier and Face
16 B and 16 C. |
| WALTON | William Percy | Engine
Cleaner, Stratford - Private 2008, 7th Battalion, Essex Regiment.
Killed in action at Gallipoli 15 August 1915. Born Leyton, Essex.
Resident Leytonstone, Essex. Joined Great Eastern Railway 1914.
Territorial. Enlisted in Leyton, Essex. No known grave. Commemorated
on HELLES MEMORIAL, Turkey (including Gallipoli). Panel 146 to 151
or 229 to 233. |
| WANSBURY | Alec Augustus | Carriage
Washer, Stratford - Private G/3544, 2nd Battalion, Queen's (Royal
West Surrey Regiment). Killed in action 16 May 1915. Aged 44. Born
October 1870 in City of London, Middlesex. Resident Bow, E. Middlesex.
Joined Great Eastern Railway March 1899. Enlisted November 1914
in Stratford, Essex. No known grave. Commemorated on LE TOURET MEMORIAL,
Pas de Calais, France. Panel 4 and 5. |
| WARD | Arthur Samuel | Clerk,
Locomotive Department, Norwich - Private 43517, 8th Battalion, Norfolk
Regiment. Killed in action 5/6 October 1916. Born Norwich, Norfolk.
Aged 20. Joined Great Eastern Railway August 1911. Enlisted 15 July
1915 in Norwich, Norfolk agd 19 years 1 month, as 2283, 1st/5th
(Cyclist) Battalion, Norfolk Regiment, resident 3 Belsize Road,
Thorpe Hamlet, Norwich, embarked with the B.E.F. in France 28 July
1916, height 5 feet 5 inches, weight 8st 6lb, chest 33 inches, Railway
Clerk by trade. Brother of Mr. Victor C. Ward, of 6 Finklegate,
St. Catherine's Place, Norwich. In the 1901 census he was aged 4,
born Norwich, resident with his parents Arthur and Helen E Ward,
and his brother, Victor Ward, at 41, Synagogue Street, Norwich,
Norfolk. In the 1911 census he was aged 14, born Norwich, Norfolk,
an Errand Boy, resident with his parents Arthur and Ellen Ward,
and his brother, Victor Ward, at 37 Synagogue Street, Norwich, Norfolk.
Buried in DOUCHY-LES-AYETTE BRITISH CEMETERY, Pas de Calais, France.
Plot III. Row E. Grave 7. |
| WARD | Edward William | Porter/Gateman,
Swaffham - Gunner 182727, "B" Battery, 189th Army Brigade,
Royal Field Artillery. Died of wounds 24 October 1918. Aged 20.
Resident Swaffham, Norfolk. Son of Henry and Clara Ward, of Watton
Rd., Swaffham, Norfolk. Joined Great Eastern Railway 1915. Enlisted
January 1917 in Norwich, Norfolk. Buried in QUEANT ROAD CEMETERY,
BUISSY, Pas de Calais, France. Plot I. Row A. Grave 15. |
| WARD | H | Harry
Ward was admitted to the Leyton (2) Railway Workers branch of the
National Union of Railwaymen, in 1913, aged 24, and died September
1918; he was a Builder with Great Eastern Railway. No further information
currently available |
| WARE | Samuel | Porter,
Bishopsgate Goods - Private 12876, "D" Company, 10th Battalion,
Essex Regiment. Killed in action 26 September 1916. Aged 24. Born
and resident Walthamstow, Essex. Son of Samuel and Mary Ware, of
33, Shakespeare Rd., Walthamstow, Essex. Joined Great Eastern Railway
circa 1904. Enlisted September 1914 in Walthamstow, Essex. No known
grave. Commemorated on THIEPVAL MEMORIAL, Somme, France. Pier and
Face 10 D. |
| WARMAN | George Albert |
Porter, White Hart Lane - Private 42914, 15th Battalion, Royal Scots
(Lothian Regiment). Died 15 July 1918. Aged 19. Born Tottenham,
Middlesex. Enlisted March 1917 in Tottenham, Middlesex. Formerly
34049, Northamptonshire Regiment. Buried in LE QUESNOY COMMUNAL
CEMETERY, Nord, France. Plot II. Row A. Grave 5. |
| WARMAN | George Henry | Sheet
Dresser, Stores Department - Private 200254, 4th Battalion, Essex
Regiment. Killed in action in Palestine 37 March 1917. Aged 22.
Born and resident Squirrels Heath, Romford. Son of Mr. F. Warman,
of 42, Hamilton Rd., Heath Park, Romford, Essex. His brother Percy
Albert Warman also fell. Joined Great Eastern Railway May 1911.
Enlisted August 1914 in Romford. No known grave. Commemorated on
JERUSALEM MEMORIAL, Israel and Palestine (including Gaza). Panels
32 to 38. |
| WARREN | John Henry | Coalman,Wood
Street - Private 14449, 1st Battalion, East Surrey Regiment. Killed
in action 8 May 1917. Aged 36. Born Fulham, Middlesex. Resident
Walthamstow, Essex. Son of the late John Bowles Warren and Ellen
Warren; husband of Cicey Florence Taylor (formerly Warren), of 67,
Cuthbert Rd., Wood St., Walthamstow, Essex. Joined Great Eastern
Railway April 1912. Enlisted August 1914 in Dover, Kent. No known
grave. Commemorated on ARRAS MEMORIAL, Pas de Calais, France. Bay
6. |
| WASPE | Robert | Platelayer,
Derby Road, Chief Civil Engineer's Department - Corporal 40012,
1st Battalion, Bedfordshire Regiment. Killed in action 23 April
1917. Aged 32. Born Welnetham, Suffolk. Aged 32. Resident Ipswich.
Son of David and Rose Waspe, of Westerfield, Ipswich, husband of
Rose Hearn (formerly Waspe), of 23, Borough Rd., Ipswich. Enlisted
in Ipswich. Formerly 22919, Suffolk Regiument. No known grave. Commemorated
on ARRAS MEMORIAL, Pas de Calais, France. Bay 5. |
| WATKINS | Arthur John | Porter,
Lea Bridge - Lance Corporal 301324, 11th Battalion, Tank Corps.
Killed in action 25 August 1918. Aged 22. Born Woodford, Essex.
Son of Mrs. A. Watkins, of 37, Marlowe Rd., Walthamstow, London.
Joined Great Eastern Railway 1914. Enlisted January 1916 in Walthamstow,
Essex. Formerly 5802, London Regiment (Royal Fusiliers). No known
grave. Commemorated on VIS-EN-ARTOIS MEMORIAL, Pas de Calais, France.
Panel 11. |
| WATSON | Bertie William | Porter,
Oulton Broad - Stoker 1st Class K/25594. H.M.S. "Vanguard",
Royal Navy. Killed when his ship was sunk 9th July 1917. Aged 21.
Born 8 December 1895 in Norwich. Son of Richard and Ellen Watson,
of 15 Southend Rd., Bungay, Suffolk; brother of Ernest George Watson
who also fell. Porter before enlisting. Enlisted 23 April 1915 for
the duration of hostilities, height 5 feet 3½ inches, chest
37 inches, fair hair, hazel eyes, fair complexion. In the 1911 census
he was aged 15, born Rockland St Marys, Norfolk, a Domestic Groom,
resident with his parents, Richard and Ellen Watson, in Low Cottages,
St Margarets Road, Bungay, Suffolk. No known grave. Commemorated
on CHATHAM NAVAL MEMORIAL, Kent. Panel 24. See also Bungay,
Suffolk |
| WATSON | C F? | In the 1911 census Charles WATSON was aged 14, born Cambridge, employed in Railway Fitting Shops, resident with his parents, Ernest and fanny Watson, at 26, Cavendish Road, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire. There was a Clement Frederick WATSON, Private 16419, 11th Battalion, Suffolk Regiment. Killed in action 28 April 1917. Born Bury St. Edmunds. Husband of Rose Ellen Fordham (formerly Watson), of 405, Newmarket Rd., Cambridge. Enlisted in Cambridge. No known grave. Commemorated at ARRAS MEMORIAL, Pas de Calais, France. Bay 4. |
| WATSON | George Charles | Porter,
March - Private 81707, 1st/5th Battalion, Durham Light Infantry.
Died 21 August 1918. Aged 19. Born St. Ives, Huntingdonshire. Resident
March, Cambridgeshire. Joined Great Eastern Railway 1915. Enlisted
June 1917 in Wisbech. Buried in GLAGEON COMMUNAL CEMETERY EXTENSION,
Nord, France. Plot II. Row O. Grave 1. See also March,
Cambridgeshire |
| WATSON | H | Painter's
Labourer - Rifleman - No further information currently available |
| WATSON | Harold Sydney | Chief
Engineer, Continental Traffic Manager's Department - Engineer Lieutenant,
H.M.S. "Louvain", Royal Naval Reserve. Drowned when his
was torpedoed by the Imperial German Navy submarine SM UC-22 in
the Aegean Sea 20 January 1918. Joined Great Eastern Railway December
1888, left 1894, rejoined June 1899. In the 1911 census he was aged
36, born Harwich, Essex, a Marine Engineer, married to Emma with
one son, resident 6, Elmhurst Road, Dovercourt, Essex. No known
grave. Commemorated on PLYMOUTH NAVAL MEMORIAL, Devon. Panel 29.
See also Dovercourt, Upper
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| WATSON | W G | No
further information currently available |
| WATTS | Benjamin | Seaman,
Continental steamers - Leading Seaman 191970, H.M.S. "Tyne",
Royal Navy. Drowned in Leith Docks 3 October 1916. Aged 35. Born
14 July 1881 in Eydon, Northamptonshire. Son of Mrs. Amy Slater,
of 22, Station Rd., Harwich also listed as of Red Lion Hotel, George
Street, Harwich. Joined Great Eastern Railway 27 July 1911. Enlisted
2 August 1914. Buried in EDINBURGH (SEAFIELD) CEMETERY, Edinburgh.
Screen Wall. M. 376. |
| WATTS | Percy Fred O |
Fireman, Peterborough - Private 14878, "C" Company, 7th
Battalion, Northamptonshire Regiment. Killed in action 15 October
1915. Aged 20. Born Woodston, Hunts. Son of Frederick Watts, of
6, South View, London Rd., Peterborough. Joined Great Eastern Railway
September 1911. Enlisted September 1914 in Peterborough, Northants.
No known grave. Commemorated at YPRES (MENIN GATE) MEMORIAL, West-Vlaanderen,
Belgium. Panel 43 and 45. |
| WATTS | Sidney | Goods
Porter,Padnal Siding, Shippea Hill - Private 328080, 1st/1st Battalion,
Cambridgeshire Regiment. Killed in action 5 May 1917. Aged 19. Born
Littleport, Cambs. Joined Great Eastern Railway September 1914.
Enlisted July 1916 in Ely, Cambs. Formerly 6758, Cambridgeshire
Regiment. Buried in VLAMERTINGHE MILITARY CEMETERY, West-Vlaanderen,
Belgium. Plot VI. Row L. Grave 1. See also Prickwillow,
Ely, Cambridgeshire |
| WATTS | W | No
further information currently available |
| WATTS | Walter Alfred |
Steward, Continental steamers - Private 12666, 2nd Battalion, Northamptonshire
Regiment. Killed in action 14 March 1915. Aged 21. Born 11 July
1893 in Dovercourt, Essex, enlisted Harwich, Essex. Baptised 23
March 1896 in Dovercurt, son of Alfred John and Mary Amelia Watts,
resident 15 Lee Terrace, Dovercourt, Essex. Son of Mrs. Mary Amelia
Watts, of 3, Council Houses, Thorpe-le-Soken, Clactonon-Sea. In
the 1901 census he was aged 7, born Dovercourt, Essex, son of Alfred
J and Mary A Watts, resident 15, Lee Road Lee Terrace, Dovercourt,
Tendring, Essex. In the 1911 census he was aged 17, born Dovercourt,
a Member of Crew, a Pantry Boy of packet boat, aboard "Munich",
Ramsey, Essex. No known grave. Commemorated on LE TOURET MEMORIAL,
Pas de Calais, France. Panel 28 to 30. See also Upper
Dovercourt, Essex |
| WEAL | Charles Arthur | Engine
Cleaner, Stratford- Private 1765, 23rd Battalion, Royal Fusiliers
(City of London Regiment). Died of wounds in Rouen Hospital 5 March
1917. Aged 20. Born and resident Ilford. Son of Julia C. Weal, of
28, Herbert Rd., Seven Kings, Ilford, Essex, and the late Joseph
Weal. Joined Great Eastern Railway January 1915. Enlisted May 1916
in Ilford. Buried in ST. SEVER CEMETERY EXTENSION, ROUEN, Seine-Maritime,
France. Section O. Plot VII. Row I. Grave 11. |
| WEAL | Thomas [Edward] | Clerk,
Locomotive Department - Lance Corporal 8484, 2nd Battalion, Essex
Regiment. Died of wounds 21 November 1914. Aged 25. Born, 8 December
1888, and resident Ilford, Essex. Son of Joseph and Julia Weal,
of 28, Herbert Rd., Seven Kings, Essex. Joined Great Eastern Railway
August 1913. Reservist. First enlisted 25 September 1905 in Warley,
Essex, as Private 483, 4th Battalion, Essex Regiment, aged 17 year
10 months, resident 6, Ash Grove, Green Lanes, Ilford, Essex, born
Ilford, a Labourer, height 5 feet 4 inches, weight 112lbs, chest
35 inches, fresh complexion, grey eyes, brown hair, religious denomination
Church of Englnd. In the 1901 census he was aged 12, born Ilford,
residenmt with his parents, Joseph and Julia Weal, at 6, Ash Grove,
Ilford, Romford, Essex. Buried in BOULOGNE EASTERN CEMETERY, Pas
de Calais, France. Plot III. Row A. Grave 63. |
| WEBB | Alfred Thomas | Locomotive
Fireman, Stratford- Lance Corporal G/3094, 8th Battalion, Queen's
Own (Royal West Kent Regiment). Killed in action 26 September 1915.
Born Mitcham, Surrey. Joined Great Eastern Railway 1905. Enlisted
September 1914 Stratford, Essex. No known grave. Commemorated on
LOOS MEMORIAL, Pas de Calais, France. Panel 95 to 97. |
| WEBB | George William | Engine
Cleaner,Stratford - Private C/4184, 17th Battalion, King's Royal
Rifle Corps. Killed in action 3 September 1916. Aged 21. Born and
resident Leytonstone, Essex.Son of Mr. G. and Alice Webb, of 62,
Harrow Road, Leytonstone, London. Joined Great Eastern Railway 25
January 1915. Enlisted circa July 1915 in Stratford, Essex. Buried
in KNIGHTSBRIDGE CEMETERY, MESNIL-MARTINSART, Somme, France. Row
E. Grave 7. |
| WEBBER | Arthur | Assistant
Usher, Hotels Department - Lance Corporal 205859, 1st (City of London)
Battalion (Royal Fusiliers), London Regiment posted to 11th Battalion,
Royal Fusiliers. Killed in action 7 August 1918. Aged 23. Resident
Brentwood. Enlisted December 1914 in Handel Street, London. No known
grave. Commemorated on POZIERES MEMORIAL, Somme, France. Panel 85
and 86. |
| WELHAM | Donald Eugene |
Boltmaker,
Stratford, Wagon Shops - Sapper 554039, 511th (London) Field Company,
Royal Engineers. Died 13 December 1917. Aged 32. Born 6 December
1885. Resident Stratford, Essex. Son of Edward and Elizabeth Welham,
of Stratford; husband of Ethel Margaret Welham, of 65, Colgrave
Rd., Stratford, London. Joined Great Eastern Railway November 1908.
Enlisted June 1915 in Victoria Park, Middlesex. Buried in DUHALLOW
A.D.S. CEMETERY, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium. Plot III. Row D. Grave
9. |
| WELHAM | Percival Ernest | Lad
Porter, Diss - Private 19535, 2nd Battalion, Norfolk Regiment. Died
in Mesopotamia 11 April 1916. Born Stowmarket, Suffolk. Joined Great
Eastern Railway March 1914. Enlisted May 1915 in Norwich, Norfolk.
Buried in AMARA WAR CEMETERY, Iraq. Plot VI. Row J. Grave 17. |
| WELLS | Herbert |
Gas Fitter's Labourer, CCE Department - Sergeant 2207, 1st/1st Battalion, Cambridgeshire Regiment. Killed in action 14 October 1916. Aged 33. Born March, Cambridgeshire. Second son of Mr. and Mrs. R. Wells, of 22, Upwell Road, March, Cambridgeshire. Joined Great Eastern Railway February 1900. Enlisted in March, Cambridgeshire. Buried in MILL ROAD CEMETERY, THIEPVAL, Somme, France. Plot XVII. Row E. Grave 6. See also March, Cambridgeshire. |
| WELLS | J W | Boilermaker's
Assistant - Private - Cannot locate a Union or census record that
gives an indication of this man. Plenty of Army information but
cannot determine which he is - No further information currently
available |
| WEST | Edward Thomas |
Cropper
Hand, Stratford Market, Printing Works - Able Seaman London/Z/644,
S.S. "Whorlton", Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve. Supposed
drowned when his ship went missing 11 January 1918. Aged 23. Born
12 October 1894 in London. Son of Mrs. Elizabeth West, of 81, Arthingworth
St., West Ham, London, and the late Frederick West. Joined Great
Eastern Railway circa 1911. Enlisted October 1914. Formerly served
6 months as Bugler Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve, originally enlisted
10 November 1910, re-enlisted 23 October 1914; with Benbow Battalion
A/40 22 February 1915, transferred to Drake Battalion 12 June 1915
to 18 July 1915, suffered from influenza, rejoined Drake Battalion
from duty as Prison Guard at Imbros 16 February 1916 until 24 March
1916 when he returned to the United Kingdom for Sea-service; embarked
HMS "President III" (Defensively Armed Merchant Ships)
13 November 1917, assigned to S.S. "Wharlton". Height
5 feet 3½ inches, chest 35 inches, fair complexion, light
brown hair, blue eyes. No known grave. Commemorated on CHATHAM NAVAL
MEMORIAL, Kent. Panel 31. |
| WEST | Frederick | Goods
Porter, Bishopsgate - Gunner 9264, 112th Siege Battery, Royal Garrison
Artillery. Died in hospital in Birmingham, United Kingdom, 25 July
1917. Aged 36. Born Hackney, Middlesex. Resident Walthamstow, Essex.
Husband of Lilian Rose West, of 94, Edmund Rd., Walthamstow. Joined
Great Eastern Railway 22 November 1915. Enlisted 11 September 1916
in Whitehall, Middlesex. Buried in WALTHAMSTOW (QUEEN'S ROAD) CEMETERY,
Essex. PLot/Row/Section/Area D. Grave 498. |
| WEST, MM | Gordon |
Clerk,
March, Traffic Department - Sergeant 325615, 1st/1st Battalion,
Cambridgeshire Regiment. Killed in action 22 August 1918. Aged 22.
Born March, Cambridgeshire. Son of Mrs. A. West, of 155, Creek Rd.,
March, Cambs. Joined Great Eastern Railway October 1911. Enlisted
3 September 1914 in March, Cambridgeshire. Formerly 2274, Cambridgeshire
Regiment. Awarded the Military Medal (M.M.). Buried in RIBEMONT
COMMUNAL CEMETERY EXTENSION, SOMME, Somme, France. Plot I. Row G.
Grave 5. See also March,
Cambridgeshire. |
| WEST | Reginald Bernard | Engine
Cleaner, Peterborough - Private 56665, 17th Battalion, Lancashire
Fusiliers. Killed in action 31 October 1918. Born Stanground, Northants.
Resident Filey, Yorks. Joined Great Eastern Railway November 1916.
Enlisted 1917 in Peterborough, Northants. Buried in VICHTE MILITARY
CEMETERY, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium. Plot III. Row A. Grave 7. See
also Old Fletton, Huntingdonshire
and Filey, Yorkshire |
| WEST | Reginald George |
Parcels
Delivery Porter, Thetford - Private 29355, 8th Battalion, Norfolk
Regiment. Killed in action 22 October 1917. Aged 21. Born Swaffham,
Norfolk. Son of Richard and Ellen West, of Lynn Rd., Swaffham, Norfolk.
Joined Great Eastern Railway June 1913. Enlisted January 1916 in
Norwich, Norfolk. No known grave. Commemorated on TYNE COT MEMORIAL,
West-Vlaanderen, Belgium. Panel 34 to 35 and 162A. See also Swaffham,
Norfolk |
| WEST | William [Alfred] |
Porter, Epping- Private 19608, 10th Battalion, Essex Regiment. Killed
in action 20 July 1916. Aged 19. Born Chelsea, Middlesex. Resident
Theydon Bois, Essex. Son of William and Edith West, of Woburn Avenue,
Theydon Bois, Essex. Joined Great Eastern Railway 1914. Enlisted
June 1914 in Epping, Essex. No known grave. Commemorated on THIEPVAL
MEMORIAL, Somme, France. Pier and Face 10 D. |
| WESTON | Alfred Frederick |
Coach
Painter, Stratford, Carriage Department - Private 12540, 9th (Service)
Battalion, Devonshire Regiment. Killed in action 1 July 1916. Born
London. Son of Mrs. C. S. Weston, of 85, Millins Rd., Leytonstone,
London. Joined Great Eastern Railway March 1910. Enlisted 1 Sepytember
1914 in London. Buried in DEVONSHIRE CEMETERY, MAMETZ, Somme, France.
Row B. Grave 4. |
| WESTWOOD | Sydney George | Acting
Fireman, Chelmsford - Private 10568, 9th Battalion, Essex Regiment.
Killed in action 12 October 1915. Aged 20. Born Shenfield, Essex.
Resident Brentwood, Essex. Son of Charles and Elizabeth Westwood,
of 31, Railway Square, Brentwood, Essex. Joined Great Eastern Railway
April 1913. Enlisted 1914 in Warley, Essex. No known grave. Commemorated
on LOOS MEMORIAL, Pas de Calais, France. Panel 85 to 87. |
| WHATLING | Arthur Robert |
Porter,
Newbury Park - Ordinary Seaman London Z/7443, H.M. Trawler "Remindo",
Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve. Killed when his vessel was sunk by
an explosion off Portland, German claims state torpedoed by UC-79
on the French side of the Channel, 2 February 1918. Aged 18. Born
17 October 1889 in Ilford, Essex. Son of Arthur Silvanus Whatling,
of 238, Ley Street, Ilford, Essex. Joined Great Eastern Railway
November 1913. Admitted to the Ilford Railway Workers Branch of
the National Union of Railwaymen in 1915, aged 16. Enlisted September
1917. In the 1911 census he was aged 11, born Ilford, a Scholar,
resident with his parents, Arthur and Harriet Whatling, at 23,8
Ley Street, Ilford, Essex. No known grave. Commemorated on CHATHAM
NAVAL MEMORIAL, Kent. Panel 31. |
| WHEATLEY | John Henry | Fireman,
Peterborough - Private 18793, 7th Battalion, Northamptonshire Regiment.
Killed in action 14 June 1918. Aged 22. Born Peterborough, Northants.
Son of Joseph and Betsy Wheatley, of Peterborough; husband of Annie
Wheatley, of 149, New Rd., Woodston, Peterborough. Enlisted May
1915 in Peterborough, Northants. Buried in RATION FARM (LA PLUS
DOUVE) ANNEXE, Hainaut, Belgium. Plot II. Row A. Grave 28. |
| WHIFFEN | [Albert] Edwin [John] |
Clerk,
North Wootton - Private 240412, 1st/5th Battalion (T.F.), Norfolk
Regiment. Died in Palestine 23 July 1917. Aged 20. Son of Albert
and Emma Whiffin, of Suvla House, Linton, Cambs. Joined Great Eastern
Railway March 1913. Enlisted September 1914 in East Dereham, Norfolk.
Buried in DAMASCUS COMMONWEALTH WAR CEMETERY, Syria. Plot A. Grave
89. See also Linton, Cambridgeshire
and Linton St. Mary,
Cambridgeshire. |
| WHIPPS | Edwin | Labourer,
Stratford - Private 8614, 1st Battalion, Essex Regiment. Died of
wounds 20 March 1918. Aged 28. Born and resident Romford. Son of
Mr. and Mrs. Alfred Whipps, of Romford, Essex. Joined Great Eastern
Railway October 1911. Reservist. Enlisted in Romford, recalled 1914.
Buried in NINE ELMS BRITISH CEMETERY, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium.
Plot X. Row D. Grave 4. |
| WHISTLE | Benjamin |
Porter,
Bishopsgate - Private 1034, 9th Battalion, East Surrey Regiment.
Killed in action 27 March 1918. Aged 39. Born Lambeth, Surrey. Son
of the late George Francis Whistle. Joined Great Eastern Railway
14 June 1911. Enlisted 20 August 1914 in London. No known grave.
Commemorated on POZIERES MEMORIAL, Somme, France. Panel 44 and 45. |
| WHITAKER | Eric Arthur | Booking
Clerk, Hadham - Private 15787, 8th Battalion, Bedfordshire Regiment.
Died of wounds 25 December 1915. Aged 20. Born and resident Standon,
Hertfordshire. Son of Francis Henry and Emma Whitaker, of Old Bell
Inn, Standon, Herts. Joined Great Eastern Railway July 1909. Enlisted
1914 in Hertford. Buried in ETAPLES MILITARY CEMETERY, Pas de Calais,
France. Plot VI. Row A. Grave 1A. See also Standon,
Hertfordshire |
| WHITBREAD | Herbert |
Cook's
Mate, Restaurant Cars - Driver T4/211785 [Listed as T4/211705 on
SDGW], 3rd Base Horse Transport Depot, Royal Army Service Corps.
Died in the Balkans 19 January 1918. Aged 25. Born Woodford. Resident
South Woodford, Essex. Son of Frederick and Bridget Whitbread, of
23, Daisy Rd., George Lane, South Woodford, Essex. Joined Great
Eastern Railway June 1914. Enlisted 8 August 1914 in Walthamstow.
Buried in MIKRA BRITISH CEMETERY, KALAMARIA, Greece. Grave 212. |
| WHITE | Francis Harold | Parcels
Porter, Liverpool Street- Private 4853, 1st/23rd (County of London)
Battalion, London Regiment. Killed in action 16 September 1916.
Aged 23. Born and resident Leyton. Son of George Horace and Lucy
Anne White, of 121, Albert Rd., Leyton; husband of Charlotte Ruth
White, of 121, Albert Rd., Leyton, Essex. Joined Great Eastern Railway
April 1907. Enlisted March 1915 in Leyton. No known grave. Commemorated
at THIEPVAL MEMORIAL, Somme, France. Pier and Face 9 D 9 C 13 C
and 12 C. |
| WHITE | G |
Goods
Clerk, Bishopsgate (Accounts) - Private, Royal Fusiliers. Killed
in action 1918. Aged 23. Joined Great Eastern Railway December 1909.
Enlisted 31 August 1914. - Not enough information to isolate this
man - - No further information currently available |
| WHITE | Thomas | Loader,
Bishopsgate Goods - Private G/916, Depot, Duke of Cambridge's Own
(Middlesex Regiment). Died from heart disease whilst on active service
in United Kingdom 21 October 1916. Aged 50. Born St. Luke's, Middlesex.
Resident Tottenham, Middlesex. Husband of Mrs. White, of 3, Albert
Place, High Rd., Tottenham. Joined Great Eastern Railway circa 1897.
Enlisted September 1914 in Finsbury Barracks, Middlesex.Buried in
TOTTENHAM CEMETERY, Middlesex. Gen. 7305 (Screen Wall). |
| WHITESIDE | Percival |
Goods
Porter, Devonshire Street - Private 14521, 10th Battalion, Essex
Regiment. Killed in action 17 February 1916. Born Tottenham, Middlesex.
Resident New Southgate, Middlesex. Joined Great Eastern Railway
April 1911. Enlisted in Hackney, Middlesex. Buried in BECOURT MILITARY
CEMETERY, BECORDEL-BECOURT, Somme, France. Plot I. Row H. Grave
16. |
| WHITING | Jesse Herbert |  Number
Taker, Cambridge - Private 21525, 7th Battalion, Bedfordshire Regiment.
Killed in action 25 October 1917. Born Newport, Essex. Resident
Cambridge. Joined Great Eastern Railway July 1913. Enlisted May
1917 in Cambridge. No known grave. Commemorated at TYNE COT MEMORIAL,
West-Vlaanderen, Belgium. Panel 48 to 50 and 162A. See also Cambridge
Guildhall and Cambridge,
St. Philip's |
| WHITING | Percy Alfred |
Permanent
Way Labourer, Ipswich - Private G/57236 [CWGC} or G/57230 [SDGW],
2nd Battalion, Royal Fusiliers (City Of London Regiment). Killed
in action 9 October 1917. Aged 21. Born and resident Colfair Green.
Son of Everett W. and Ada Whiting, of Coldfair Green, Saxmundham.
As a Permanent Way Labourer he was admitted into the Ipswich Railway
Workers Branch of the National Union of Railwaymen in 1915, aged
20. Enlisted 14 March 1917 in Ipswich. Formerly 21481, 30th Training
Reserve Battalion. No known grave. Commemorated on TYNE COT MEMORIAL,
West-Vlaanderen, Belgium. Panel 28 to 30 and 162 to 162A and 163A. |
| WHITNEY | Laurie Stonecliffe | Clerk,
Godmanchester (Goods) - Company Quartermaster Sergeant 290018, 1st/1st
Huntingdon (Cyclist Battalion), Army Cyclist Corps. Died of pneumonia
in Scarborough Military Hospital, United Kingdom, 11 July 1917.
Aged 24. Born Bury, Hunts. Resident Godmanchester. Son of Charles
Whitney, of 4, Station Rd., Chatteris; husband of Mary Elizabeth
Whitney, of 107, Argyle Rd., Ealing, Middx. Joined Great Eastern
Railway August 1906. Territorial. Enlisted Agust 1914 in Huntingdon.
Buried in CHATTERIS (MEEKS) CEMETERY, Cambridgeshire. Plot/Row/Section/
Area B. Grave 181. See also Godmanchester,
Huntingdonshire |
| WHYMAN | Albert Victor |
Clerk
- Lance Sergeant 62294, 9th Battalion, Royal Fusiliers (City of
London Regiment). Killed in action 24 March 1917. Aged 24. Born
in Enfield, London. Resident Edmonton. Son of Henry and Emma Whyman.
Enlisted in Putney. Formerly 3090, 3rd City of London Yeomanry.
In the 1911 census he was aged 19, born Enfield, Middlesex, a Railway
Clerk, resident with his parenst, Henry Francis and Emma Mary Ann
Whyman, at 58, Junction Road, Lower Edmonton N., Edmonton, Middlesex.
Buried at FAUBOURG D'AMIENS CEMETERY, ARRAS, Pas de Calais, France.
Plot II. Row K. Grave 28. |
| WIDOCKS | Herbert [Edward] | Steward,
Continental Marine Staff - Chief Steward, H.M.S. "Newmarket",
Mercantile Marine Reserve. Killed was torpedoed and sunk by the
German submarine 'UC-38' south of Nikaria Island in the Aegean Sea,
17 July 1917. Husband of Clementine Widocks, of 123, Great Tichfield
Street, London W. In the 1911 census he was aged 22, a boarder,
born Poller Street, Harlow, a Ships Steward, resident at Blue House
Farm, Dovercourt, Essex. Joined Great Eastern Railway 1 May 1902.
No known grave. Commemorated on PLYMOUTH NAVAL MEMORIAL, Devon.
Panle 26. |
| WIFFEN | Charles |
Clerk,
Bishopsgate Goods - Private 11635, 5th Battalion, Duke of Edinburgh's
(Wiltshire Regiment). Killed in action in Mesopotamia 29 March 1917.
Aged 19. Born Waltham Cross, Hertfordshire. Resident Ilford, Essex.
Son of Fredrick and Alice Mary Wiffen, of 50, Wilton Rd., Ilford,
Essex. Joined Great Eastern Railway June 1913. Enlisted September
1914 in St. Paul's Churchyard, London. No known grave. Commemorated
on BASRA MEMORIAL, Iraq. Panel 30 and 64. |
| WIGG | Robert | Scotcher,
Norwich (Thorpe) - Private 17370, 7th Battalion, Norfolk Regiment.
Died of wounds 4 August 1917. Aged 19. Born St. James, Norwich,
Norfolk. Son of Mrs. E. Wigg, of 48, Anchor St., Norwich. Joined
Great Eastern Railway May 1912. Enlisted December 1914 in Norwich,
Norfolk. Buried in DUISANS BRITISH CEMETERY, ETRUN, Pas de Calais,
France. Plot VI. Row B. Grave 6. |
| WIGGETT | William [Henry] |
Bricklayer,
Beccles - Sapper 153706, 106th Field Company, Royal Engineers. Died
of wounds 22 March 1918. Aged 31. Born Beccles, Suffolk. Joined
Great Eastern Railway 30 March 1914. Enlisted 10 March 1916 in Beccles,
Suffolk. Buried in GREVILLERS BRITISH CEMETERY, Pas de Calais, France.
Plot XI. Row C. Grave 13. |
| WIGHTON | George Edwin | Draughtsman,
Stratford, Works Drawing Office - Second Lieutenant, 10th Battalion
attached 11th Battalion, East Lancashire Regiment. Died of wounds
11 March 1916. Aged 23. Son of Margaret Mary Wighton, of 150, South
Birkbeck Rd., Leytonstone, London, and the late George Whadey Wighton.
Joined Great Eastern Railway November 1906. Enlisted via O.T.C.
1914. In the 1901 census he was aged 8, born West Ham, resident
with his parents, George W and Margaret M Wighton, at 8, Charles
Terrace, Low Leyton, West Ham, London & Essex. In the 1911 census
he was aged 18, born West Ham, Essex, a Railway Engineers Apprentice,
resident with his mother, Margaret Wighton, at 24, Lincoln Street,
Leytonstone, Cann Hall, London & Essex. Buried in ST. VAAST
POST MILITARY CEMETERY, RICHEBOURG-L'AVOUE, Pas de Calais, France.
Plot III. Row M. Grave 17. |
| WILBY | Horace Frederick |
Goods
Porter, Mellis- Lance Corporal 14896, 7th Battalion, Suffolk Regiment.
Died of wounds 4 April 1918. Aged 24. Born Mellis, Suffolk. Son
of Horace and Alice Wilby, of the Falcon Inn, Mellis, nr. Eye, Suffolk.
Joined Great Eastern Railway May 1913. Enlisted September 1914 in
Bury St. Edmunds. Buried in ETAPLES MILITARY CEMETERY, Pas de Calais,
France. Plot XXXIII. Row D. Grave 24A. |
| WILKINS | Charles H | Caller
Off, Bishopsgate - Sergeant 13253, 7th Battalion, Princess Charlotte
of Wales's (Royal Berkshire Regiment). Killed in action in Salonika
20 October 1917. Born Wood Green, Middlesex. Resident Bethnal Green,
Middlesex. Joined Great Eastern Railway 11 August 1902. Enlisted
3 September 1914 in Finsbury, Middlesex. Buried in KARASOULI MILITARY
CEMETERY, Greece. Plot D. Grave 743. |
| WILKINS | William Thomas |
Vanguard,
London Cartage Committee - Private G/1456, 3rd Battalion, Duke of
Cambridge's Own (Middlesex Regiment). Killed in action 22 April
1915. Aged 19. Born Stepney, Middlesex. Son of George T. Wilkins,
of 25, Ion Square, Hackney Rd., Bethnal Green, London, and the late
Kate Wilkins. Joined Great Eastern Railway April 1910. Enlisted
August 1914 in London. No known grave. Commemorated on YPRES (MENIN
GATE) MEMORIAL, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium. Panel 49 and 51. |
| WILLGRESS | William | Porter,
Lowestoft Central - Private 14634, 8th Battalion, Suffolk Regiment.
Killed in action 13 October 1915. Aged 20. Born Castleacre, Norfolk.
Son of Mrs. A. E. Willgress, of Pales Green, Castle Acre, King's
Lynn. Joined Great Eastern Railway 1912. Enlisted 1914 in Lowestoft.
Buried in ALBERT COMMUNAL CEMETERY EXTENSION, Somme, France. Plot
I. Row C. Grave 5. See also Castle
Acre, Norfolk |
| WILLIAMS | Sidney Thomas |
Clerk,
Cambridge, Chief Traffic Manager's Office - Private 40596, 7th Battalion,
Northamptonshire Regiment. Killed in action 31 July 1917. Born Cambridge,
Cambridgeshire. Joined Great Eastern Railway October 1915. Enlisted
March 1917 in Cambridge, Cambridgeshire. Formerly 36419, Suffolk
Regiment. In the 1911 census he is the son of Louisa Williams (a
widow), aged 13, at school, born Cambrodge, resident with his mother
at 55 Argyle Street, Cambridge. Buried in PERTH CEMETERY (CHINA
WALL), West-Vlaanderen, Belgium. Plot II. Row K. Grave 9. See also
Cambridge
Guildhall and Cambridge,
St Luke's
and also Cambridge
St Barnabas |
| WILLIAMSON | Alan Charles | Clerk,
Accountant's Department - Corporal 2523, 15th (County of London)
Battalion (Prince of Wales' Own Civil Service Rifles), London Regiment.
Died of wounds 13 May 1916. Aged 20. Resident Seven Kings. Son of
Charles Robert and Louie Williamson, of Seven Kings, Essex. Joined
Great Eastern Railway March 1911. Enlisted 1914 in London. Buried
in LE TREPORT MILITARY CEMETERY, Seine-Maritime, France. Plot 2.
Row M. Grave 2B. |
| WILLINGALE | Leopold Walter |
Assistant
Gasman, Loughton - Private 12696, 2nd Battalion, Essex Regiment.
Killed in action 13 August 1915. Aged 31. Born and resident Loughton,
Essex. Son of Henry and Louisa Willingale, of Loughton; husband
of Mrs. C. L. Willingale, of 120, Smarts Lane, Loughton, Essex;
cousin of Samuel (below). Joined Great Eastern Railway October 1903.
Enlisted 5 September 1914 in Warley, Essex. Buried in AUCHONVILLERS
MILITARY CEMETERY, Somme, France. Plot I. Row B. Grave 11. See also
Loughton, Essex |
| WILLINGALE | Samuel | Carriage
Cleaner, Loughton - Gunner 134684, 287th Siege Battery, Royal Garrison
Artillery. Killed in action 29 November 1917. Born and resident
Loughton, Essex. Cousin of Leoplod (above). Joined Great Eastern
Railway August 1914. Enlisted December 1916 in Epping, Essex. Buried
in YPRES TOWN CEMETERY EXTENSION, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium. Plot
II. Row F. Grave 15. See also Loughton,
Essex |
| WILLIS | Russell George |
Carriage
Washer, Ilford - Sergeant 200223, 1st/4th Battalion, Essex Regiment.
Killed in action in Palestine 26 March 1917. Born and resident Ilford,
Essex. Joined Great Eastern Railway 1913. Territorial. Enlisted
1914 in Barking, Essex. Buried in GAZA WAR CEMETERY, Israel and
Palestine (including Gaza). Plot X. Row G. Grave 7. |
| WILSON | Allan E | Engineer's
Assistant (Civil Engineer's Department), Cambridge - Second Lieutenant,
79th Field Company, Royal Engineers. Died of pneumonia following
an attack of appendicitis 25 August 1915. Aged 26. Son of Thomas
and Kate Wilson. Joined Great Eastern Railway 1906. Enlisted October
1914. Buried in CORBIE COMMUNAL CEMETERY, Somme, France. Plot I.
Row A. Grave 23. |
| WILSON | George |
Clerk,
Bishopsgate, Traffic Department - Sapper WR/262768, Railway Operating
Division, Royal Engineers. Killed in action 18 August 1918. Born
Norwich, Norfolk. Joined Great Eastern Railway September 1895. Enlisted
2 January 1917. in Shoreditch, Middlesex. No known grave. Commemorated
at VIS-EN-ARTOIS MEMORIAL, Pas de Calais, France. Panel 3. |
| WILSON | Hedley Norman | Clerk,
Sec & Compt Department - Lance Corporal 682763, 2nd/22nd (County
of London) Battalion (The Queen's), London Regiment. Died of wounds
in the Egyptian Theatre of War 28 April 1918. Aged 21. Born Tottenham.
Resident Leytonstone. Son of George and Florence Wilson, of 467,
Grove Green Rd., Leytonstone, London. Joined Great Eastern Railway
25 July 1911. Enlisted May 1915 in Oxford Street, London. Formerly
4784, 9th Battalion, London Regiment. Buried in JERUSALEM WAR CEMETERY,
Israel and Palestine (including Gaza). Section V. Grave 52, |
| WILSON | William Henry |
Police
Constable, Liverpool Street - Private L/7439, 1st Battalion, Queen's
Own (Royal West Kent Regiment). Killed in action 23 August 1914.
Aged 29. Born Clapton Park, Middlesex. Son of Thomas W. and Emma
Louisa Wilson, of 25, Halidon St., Homerton, London. Joined Great
Eastern Railway circa 1912/1913. Reservist. Enlisted in Maidstone,
Kent. No known grave. Commemorated on LA FERTE-SOUS-JOUARRE MEMORIAL,
Seine-et-Marne, France. |
| WINMILL | Westropp Orbell Peyton | Apprentice
Fitter - Lieutenant, 1st Battalion attached to 7th Battalion, Bedfordshire
Regiment. Killed in action 22 March 1918. Aged 23. Son of Frances
Ada Macnab (formerly Winmill, Nee Peyton), and the late George Winmill;
husband of Myfaneny Winmill (nee Clarke). Educated at the Bedford
School and Sandhurst. Also served as a Pilot in R.F.C. No known
grave. Commemorated at POZIERES MEMORIAL, Somme, France. Panel 28
and 29. See also
Bedford St. Martin's |
| WINTER | Henry |
Acting
Fireman, Palace Gates- Lance Corporal 11488, 6th Battalion, Princess
Charlotte of Wales's (Royal Berkshire Regiment). Killed in action
3 June 1916. Aged 21. Born Colney, Herts. Resident Barnet, Herts.
Joined Great Eastern Railway prior to 28 March 1913. Enlisted in
Islington, Middlesex. Buried in CARNOY MILITARY CEMETERY, Somme,
France. Row Q. Grave 7. |
| WINTER | Leonard | Coachmaker,
Stratford, Carriage Department - Private G/61091, 6th Battalion,
Queen's (Royal West Surrey Regiment). Killed in action 28 March
1918. Aged 19. Born Leyton, Essex. Resident Leytonstone, Essex.
Son of Charles and Fanny Winter (Stepmother), of 39, Brierley Rd.,
Leytonstone, London. Joined Great Eastern Railway circa 1913. Enlisted
February 1917 in Leyton, Essex. Buried in HAMEL MILITARY CEMETERY,
BEAUMONT-HAMEL, Somme, France. Plot II. Row F. Grave 22. |
| WITH | Charles Ernest |
Porter,
Goods, Bishopsgate - Private 9701, 2nd Battalion, Royal Scots (Lothian
Regiment). Killed in action 15 October 1914. Born Shoreditch, Middlesex.
Resident Homerton, London. Joined Great Eastern Railway March 1914.
Enlisted in Stratford, Essex. Buried in Y FARM MILITARY CEMETERY,
BOIS-GRENIER, Nord, France. Special Memorial. Row K. Grave 47. (Buried
near this spot). |
| WITHAM | William [Charles] | Porter,
Grange Hill - Private 19562, 7th Battalion, Norfolk Regiment. Killed
in action 21 April 1916. Aged 21. Born Childerditch, Essex. Son
of George and Ada Witham, of 1, Castle Cottage, Rippleside, Barking,
Essex. Enlisted in Ilford, Essex. Buried in VERMELLES BRITISH CEMETERY,
Pas de Calais, France. Plot II. Row K. Grave 37. |
| WITT | A |
In
the 1901 census there is an Albert Witt, aged 31, a Railway Pointsman,
married to Mary B, born Broad Chalk, Wiltshire, resident 1, Bewick
Street, Battersea, Wandsworth, London & Surrey. In the 1911
census there is an Albert Pitt, aged 41, a Railway Pointsman, married
to Mary Blanch, Born Broad Chalke, Wiltshire, resident 18 Farlton
Wandsworth S.W., Wandsworth, London & Surrey. *** No further
information currently available *** |
| WIX | George Henry | Labourer,
Stratford, Stores Department - Private R/31691, 11th Battalion,
King's Royal Rifle Corps. Killed in action 22 November 1917. Aged
26. Born Leytonstone, Essex. Son of Samuel Wix, of 875, High Rd.,
Leytonstone; husband of Kate Wix, of 57, Colegrave Rd., Stratford,
London. Joined Great Eastern Railway March 1915. Enlisted August
1916 in Stratford, Essex. No known grave. Commemorated at CAMBRAI
MEMORIAL, LOUVERVAL, Nord, France. Panel 9. |
| WOLF | Henry Frederick |
Tube
Cleaner, Stratford - Private 9118, 1st Battalion, Royal Fusiliers
(City of London Regiment). Killed in action 9 June 1915. Born Bethnal
Green. Resident Islington. Enlisted in London. No known grave. Commemorated
at YPRES (MENIN GATE) MEMORIAL, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium. Panel
6 and 8. |
| WOOD | William John | Porter,
Shenfield - Private 2183, 4th Battalion, Essex Regiment. Killed
in action ar Gallipoli 20 August 1915. Aged 22. Born 6 July 1893.
Resident Shenfield, Essex. Son of Mr. and Mrs. John Wood, of 1,
Railway Cottages, Shenfield, Essex. Joined Great Eastern Railway
1909. Enlisted September 1914 in Brentwood, Essex. No known grave.
Commemorated at HELLES MEMORIAL, Turkey (including Gallipoli). Panel
146 to 151 or 229 to 233. |
| WOODBINE | Arthur Ernest |
Number
Taker, Whitemoor - Private 1345, 1st Battalion, Cambridgeshire Regiment.
Killed in action 13 November 1916. Aged 20. Born March, Cambridgeshire.
Baptised 31 August 1896 in March, St Wendreda, resident St Peter's
Road, March. Son of Arthur and Harriet Ann Woodbine, of 24, Wisbech
Road, March, Cambridgeshire. Joined Great Eastern Railway circa
1910. Enlisted August 1914 in March, Cambridgeshire. In the 1901
census he was aged 4, born March, Cambridgeshire, resident with
his parents, Arthur and Harriet A Woodbine, in Wisbech Road, March,
March (Isle of Ely), North Witchford, Cambridgeshire. No known grave.
Commemorated on THIEPVAL MEMORIAL, Somme, France. Pier and Face
16 B. See also March, Cambridgeshire. |
| WOODLEY | Charles [Albert] |
 Porter/Pointsman,
Whittlesford - Second Lieutenant, 9th Battalion, King's Own Yorkshire
Light Infantry. Killed in action 8 October 1918. Aged 26. Son of
Stephen and Matilda Woodley, of Cambridge Rd., Duxford, Cambridge.
Joined Great Eastern Railway November 1911. Admitted to the Cambridge
Railway Workers Branch of the National Union Of Railwaymen in 1913,
a Porter, aged 21. Territorial. Called up 1914. In the 1911 census
he was aged 19, born Duxford, a Horseman on Farm, resident with
his parents, Stephen and Matilda Woodley, in Chapel Street, Duxford,
Cambridgeshire. Buried in PROSPECT HILL CEMETERY, GOUY, Aisne, France.
Plot V. Row A. Grave 20. See also Duxford,
Cambridgeshire |
| WOODS | David Edward Harry |
Cloak
Room Porter, Yarmouth (S.T.) - Private 20631, 1st Battalion, Essex
Regiment. Drowned at sea when the Hospital Ship Royal Edward was
sunk in the Aegean Sea 13 August 1915. Born, March 1896, and resident
Attleborough, Norfolk. Joined Great Eastern Railway 1912. Enlisted
26 December 1914 in Norwich. Formerly 17503, Norfolk Regiment. No
known grave. Commemorated on HELLES MEMORIAL, Turkey (including
Gallipoli). Panel 146 to 151 or 229 to 233. See also Attleborough,
Norfolk. |
| WOODS | Harry | Signaller
Fitter's Labourer, Ipswich, Civil Engineering Department - Able
Seaman R/1241, Drake Battalion, Royal Naval Division, Royal Naval
Volunteer Reserve. Killed in action 28 May 1918. Born 10 April 1892
in Ipswich, Suffolk. Son of Alfred Woods, of 51, Commercial Road,
Ipswich, later of 38, Ranelagh Road, Ipswich. Joined Great Eastern
Railway February 1915. Formerly served 5 years in 4th Suffolks (Territorials)
went to Army Reserve 1 October 1916, enlisted 24 April 1917, in
draft for Howe Battalion, British Expeditionary Force 9 July 1917,
joined Base Depot Calais 11 July 1917, posted to unit 1 August 1917
to 7 August 1917 when he suffered from Hydroceleand was invalided
to United Kingdom 13 August 1917, reassigned tp the draft for British
Expeditionary Force 29 April 1918, joined Drake Battalion 12 MAy
1918 and served until his death, occupation listed as a Signal Fitter.
In the 1911 census he is listed as Wilfred Harold Woods, aged 18,
born Ipswich, Suffolk, a Railway Labourer, resident with his parents,
Alfred and Susan Woods, at 38, Ranelagh Road, Ipswich, Suffolk.
Buried in MESNIL COMMUNAL CEMETERY EXTENSION,Somme, France. Plot
II. Row E. Grave 5. |
| WOODS | William James |
Acting Fireman, Lowestoft - Private G/25842, No. 1 Company, 1st Battalion, Queen's (Royal West Surrey Regiment). Killed in action 23 October 1918. Aged 19. Born and resident Lowestoft, Suffolk. Son of Mr. and Mrs. Woods, of 73, Seago St., Lowestoft. Joined Great Eastern Railway August 1915. Enlisted 28 May 1917 in Lowestoft, Suffolk. Formerly 38231, Royal Warwickshire Regiment Regiment. Buried in HIGHLAND CEMETERY, LE CATEAU, Nord, France. Plot V. Row C. Grave 9. See also Lowestoft and Lowestoft, St Margaret's |
| WOODWARD | H J? | No
further information currently available |
| WOOLLARD | Robert George |
Under
Shunter, Ipswich - Lance Corporal 21911, 8th Battalion, Northumberland
Fusiliers. Killed in action 26 September 1916. Aged 30. Born Claydon,
Suffolk. Son of Thomas and E. Woollard, of Paper Mill Lane, Claydon,
Ipswich. Joined Great Eastern Railway May 1902. Enlisted May 1915
in Ipswich. No known grave. Commemorated on THIEPVAL MEMORIAL, Somme,
France. Pier and Face 10 B 11 B and 12 B. |
| WOOLTORTON | John William | Porter,
Brimsdown - Driver 207386, 38th Reserve Battery, Royal Field Artillery.
Died from spotted fever at Cambridge Hospital, United Kingdom, 27
May 1917. Aged 19. Born Tottenham, Middxlesex. Son of William Ernest
and Elizabeth Wooltorton, of 1, Culvert Rd., South Tottenham. Joined
Great Eastern Railway April 1912. Enlisted January 1917 in Mill
Hill, Middlesex. Buried in TOTTENHAM CEMETERY, Middlesex. General
grave 7304 (Screen Wall). |
| WRIGHT | Albert Edward |
Clerk,
Bishopsgate Goods - Gunner 45763, Royal Field Artillery. Died of
wounds (gas) in the United Kingdom 22 April 1918. Aged 22. Resident
Enfield Lock, London N. Joined Great Eastern Railway 22 March 1910.
Enlisted 21 September 1914 in Tottenham, London N. Buried in ENFIELD
(HERTFORD ROAD) CEMETERY, Middlesex. Plot C. Row C. Grave 421. |
| WRIGHT | Arthur | General
Labourer, Lowestoft, Harbour Works - Private 9263, 7th Battalion,
Suffolk Regiment. Killed in action in France 13 October 1915. Aged
20. Born Market Harborough, Leicestershire. Son of Mrs. Priscilla
Wright, of 28, White Horse St., Lowestoft. Joined Great Eastern
Railway April 1903. Enlisted Lowestoft. No known grave. Commemorated
on LOOS MEMORIAL, Pas de Calais, France. Panel 37 and 38. See also
Lowestoft and Lowestoft,
St Margaret's |
| WRIGHT | Frank Horace |
Clerk,
Godmanchester- Private 225503, 1st (City of London) Battalion (Royal
Fusiliers) posted to 2nd/2nd Battalion, London Regiment. Killed
in action 21 March 1918. Born Haxey, Yorkshire. Resident Huntingdon.
Joined Great Eastern Railway January 1906. Enlisted in Huntingdon.
Territorial. Formerly 156, Huntingdonshire Cyclist Battalion. In
the 1911 census he was a boarder with Elizabeth Smith, aged 20,
a Railway Booking Clerk, born Haxey, resident 13 Ingram Street,
Huntingdon. In the 1901 census he was the son of Alfred and Annie
Elizabeth Wright, aged 10, a school boy, born and resident Haxey,
Gainsborough, Lincolnshire. Buried in CHAUNY COMMUNAL CEMETERY BRITISH
EXTENSION, Aisne, France. Special memorial. Plot 2. Row F. Grave
3. Se also Huntingdon
St. Mary's |
| WRIGHT | Harry | Fettler,
Stratford Works, Iron Foundry - Private 6330, 2nd Battalion, Essex
Regiment. Killed in action 7 March 1915. Born, 31 December 1883,
and resident Ilford, Essex. Joined Great Eastern Railway November
1908. Reservist. Served in the South African (Boer) War. Enlisted
in Ilford, Essex. Buried in CALVAIRE (ESSEX) MILITARY CEMETERY,
Hainaut, Belgium. Plot I. Row J. Grave 6. |
| WRIGHT | John |
Platelayer,
Civil Engineering Department - Gunner 163893, 6th Siege Battery,
Royal Garrison Artillery. Killed in action 15 April 1918. Aged 23.
Born and resident Little Thetford, Cambridgeshire. Son of Tom and
Louisa Wright, of Little Thetford, Ely, Cambs. Joined Great Eastern
Railway October 1914. Enlisted 26 May 1917 in Cambridge. Buried
at MONT NOIR MILITARY CEMETERY, ST. JANS-CAPPEL, Nord, France. Plot
I. Row B. Grave 6. See also Little
Thetford, Cambridgeshire. |
| WRIGHT | J | Porter
- Private, Northamptonshire Regiment. - No further information currently
available |
| WRIGHT | Joseph James |
Horsekeeper,
London Cartage Committee - Private 5514, 13th Battalion, Royal Fusiliers
(City of London Regiment). Died of wounds 15 November 1916. Aged
27. Born Barking. Resident Romford. Son of Mr. W. and Mrs. J. Wright,
of Barking, Essex. Joined Great Eastern Railway November 1912. Enlisted
29 September 1914 in Stratford. Buried in CONTAY BRITISH CEMETERY,
CONTAY, Somme, France. Plot IV. Row D. Grave 21. |
| WRIGHT | Reginald Ralph | Page,
Hotel Department - Lance Sergeant 371480, 8th (City of London) Battalion
(Post Office Rifles), London Regiment. Died of wounds in hospital
2 September 1918. Resident Romford. Joined Great Eastern Railway
18 December 1911. Enlisted 1915 in London. Buried in HEILLY STATION
CEMETERY, MERICOURT-L'ABBE, Somme, France. Plot VII. Row B. Grave
70. |
| WRIGHT | Samuel Watkins |
Booking
Clerk, Watton - Corporal 1719, 1st/4th Battalion, Norfolk Regiment.
Killed in action at Gallipoli 13 August 1915. Born Watton, Norfolk.
Baptised 30 June 1889 in Watton, Norfolk, son of Richard William
and Sarah Wright. Married Helen Fanny Goward in Watton 17 June 1915,
aged 26. Joined Great Eastern Railway April 1903. Territorial. Enlisted
8 May 1912 in Watton, Norfolk, aged 22 years, height 5 feet 5 inches,
chest 38 inches, a Railway Clerk by trade, born Watton. Wife listed
as Helen F Goodwin on attestation details. In the 1911 census he
was aged 21, born Watton, a Railway Clerk, resident with his mother,
Sarah Wright, at the Railway Hotel, Watton, Norfolk. No known grave.
Commemorated on HELLES MEMORIAL, Turkey (including Gallipoli). Panel
43 to 45. See also Watton, Norfolk |
| WRIGHTSON | Hugh Charles | Porter,
Bishopsgate - Private L/10341, 1st Battalion, Duke of Cambridge's
Own (Middlesex Regiment). Killed in action 31 October 1914. Born
Shoreditch, Middlesex. Joined Great Eastern Railway March 1914.
Enlisted 3 August 1914 in London. No known grave. Commemorated on
PLOEGSTEERT MEMORIAL, Hainaut, Belgium. Panel 8. |
| WYE | David Herbert |
[Listed
as D A WYE on memorial and David Harold WYE on SDGW] Shunter, King's
Lynn - Private G/8060, 1st Battalion, Queen's (Royal West Surrey
Regiment). Died of wounds 18 April 1918. Born 3 December 1893 in
Waterbeach, Cambridgeshire. Baptised 9 July 1899 in Waterbeach,
son of David Curtis and Mercy Wye. Resident King's Lynn, Norfolk.
Joined Great Eastern Railway November 1913. Admitted to the Lynn
Railway Workers Branch of the National Union Of Railwaymen in 1915,
as a Shunter, aged 22. Enlisted February 1916 in King's Lynn, Norfolk.
In the 1901 census he was aged 8, born Waterbeach, attending school,
resident with his parents, David Curtis and Mercy Wye, in High Street,
Waterbeach, Cambridgeshire. In the 1911 census he was aged 18, born
Waterbeach, a Farm Labourer, resident with his parents, David and
Mercy Wye, at Denny Abbey, Waterbeach, Cambridgeshire. Buried in
HARINGHE (BANDAGHEM) MILITARY CEMETERY, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium.
Plot II. Row F. Grave 28. See also Waterbeach,
Cambridgeshire and Waterbeach,
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