Oakham Baptist Church
The men are all included on the Town War Memorial in the church yard of All Saints Church
The Plaque in Oakham Baptist Church
To the Glory of God and in Sacred Memory of the undermentioned Members of this Church and Congregation who gave their lives in the cause of freedom during the Great War. 1914 -1919 ALFRED ADCOCK HORACE CHALKLEY RICHARD ADCOCK GEORGE DEXTER ERNEST BILLINGS JOSEPH HETTERLEY HERBERT BILLINGS JOHN HUDSON BENJAMIN BLAND WILLOUGHBY ILIFFE GEORGE BREWSTER THOMAS MASON "GREATER LOVE HATH NO MAN THAN THIS" |
Alfred ADCOCK
Private, 138th Company, Machine Gun Corps (Infantry). Army no. 25091. He was formerly with The Leicestershire Regiment Army no 1586 He was killed in action on 1 July 1917. He was 21. He was the son of Harry and Anna Adcock He is remembered on bay 10 of the Arras Memorial Additional information He enlisted in Oakham and was born in Leicester Richard ADCOCK Private, 2nd Battalion, The Leicestershire Regiment. Army no. 8737 He died of his wounds on 15 January 1915. He was 23. He was the adopted son of Andrew J and Sarah A Browett of Deans Street, Oakham He is buried in grave III C 41 Boulogne Eastern Cemetery Additional information He lived in Oakham and was born in Leicester Ernest BILLINGS Sapper, 7th Division Signal Company, Royal Engineers. Army no. 148008 He died whilst on active service on 28 December 1918. He was 22. He was the son of Caroline and the late Joseph Billings, 16 West Road, Oakham He is buried in grave E 421 Kantara War Memorial Cemetery, Egypt Herbert BILLINGS Second Lieutenant, 9th Battalion attached to 6th Battalion and serving with 2nd Battalion, The Leicestershire Regiment. He was killed in action on 6 April 1916. He was 29. He was the son of Caroline and the late Joseph Billings of Oakham He is remembered on panel 12 of the Basra Memorial Additional information Neither the 6th or 9th Battalions were in the Middle East. So this record is incorrect. The 2nd Battalion was and he was probably posted to 2nd Battalion and the paperwork did not catch up. Benjamin BLAND Private 25th Battalion, Machine Gun Corps (Infantry) Army no. 44905. He was formerly with the Leicestershire Regiment Army no. 3910 He died of his wounds on 28 April 1918. He was 21. He was the son of Tom William and Eliza Bland, 17 Deans Street, Oakham. He is buried in grave V F 6 La Clytte Military Cemetery George BREWSTER Private, 4th Battalion, The Worcestershire Regiment, 88 Brigade, 29th Division. Army no. 25364 He was killed in action near Arras on 20 April 1917. He was 20. He was the son of George and Elizabeth Brewster, 58 Northgate Street, Oakham He is remembered on Bay 6 Arras Memorial Horace CHALKLEY Rifleman The Rifle Brigade (The Prince Consort’s Own), but posted to 2nd/10th (County of London) Battalion, The London Regiment, 175 Brigade, 58th Division. Army no. B/201084. He was formerly with The Army Service Corps, Army no. S4/144945 He was killed in action on 31 August 1917 in Belgium. He was 21 He was the son of Edward and Elvia Ann Chalkley, Bridge Terrace Braunston Road, Oakham He is buried in grave VI G 2 Vlamertinghe New Military Cemetery, near Ypres George Samuel DEXTER Sapper, 89th Field Company, Royal Engineers. Army no. 155414 He was killed in action in the fighting on the Somme on 21 March 1918. He was 32. He was the son of George W and Louisa Dexter, who lived in John Street Oakham in 1911 He is buried in grave I H 3 Seraucourt le Grand British Cemetery Joseph HETTERLEY Sergeant, Army Service Corps attached to 3rd (Northern) Field Ambulance. Army no M2/055430 He was killed in action on 19 July 1915. He was 27. He was the son of William H and Maria A Hetterley of Oakham and the husband of Annie Elizabeth Hetterley of 1 Cross Street, Oakham He is buried in grave IX F 5 Strand Military Cemetery, south of Ypres John Thomas L HUDSON Private, 6th Battalion, Northamptonshire Regiment, 54 Brigade, 18th Division. Army no 40455. He was formerly with The Leicestershire Regiment, Army no. 30319. He died on active service on 1 December 1918. He was 31. He was the husband of Martha Hudson, 37 Simper Street, Oakham He is buried in grave IX D 10 Niederzwehren Cemetery Additional information This cemetery tells us that he died in Germany and now lies in this cemetery. He probably died in the Spanish Flu pandemic Willoughby ILIFFE Sapper, Railway Transport Establishment, Royal Engineers. Army no WR/256187 He died on active service on 8 June 1919. He was 38. He was the son of George and Mary Ann Iliffe of 25 Simper Street, Oakham He is buried in grave LXXII F 21 Étaples Military Cemetery Thomas MASON Private, 1st/1st Battalion, The Cambridgeshire Regiment, 35 Brigade, 12th Division. Army no. 42955 He was killed in action on the Somme on 5 September 1918. He was 33 He was the son of James and Clare Mason He is buried in grave V O 20 Peronne Communal Cemetery, Somme |
