Oakham Castle
An interior view of the Castle showing the Plaque dedicated to
A Squadron, The Leicestershire Yeomanry 
1914 1919
TO THE GLORIOUS MEMORY OF THOSE MEMBERS OF A SQUADRON LEICESTERSHIRE YEOMANRY WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES FOR KING AND COUNTRY DURING THE WAR LT COL THE HON P C EVANS FREKE CAPT F BLACKETT PTE H W COY “ J DALBY “ F W DALY L CPL J R GAMBLE PTE J W HOYES “ F W HARRIS CPL G MORRISON PTE F W MABBOTT “ F POWELL “ W H RAY “ J ROBERTS “ S SMALLEY “ F M SMITH “ R H DE VILLE LT A F TURNER 2ND LT W WIGGINS PTE G H BARKER “ S SLEATH “ A J TOMLINSON “ E WEETMAN “ F B WATTS “ S COBB “ R BELL CPL J GIBSON PTE J FOYSTER “ W M LEE “ G WARD “ H H HARGREAVES L CPL G LASKEY PTE E GRETTON MAJOR E R HANBURY 2 LT W G SMITH LCPL W STANILAND PTE M CRAWFORD “ P E OGDEN SGT A R TALBOT PTE C J HARRISSON LCPL P J ANNIS PTE F WARNER CPL A SMITH PTE B BLOODWORTH “ F MIDDLETON “ G COOPER “ W NEAL “ W SCOTT “ J J MORLEY THIS TABLET WAS ERECTED BY THE OFFICER’S, NCO’S AND MEN OF A SQUADRON WHO RETURNED FROM MEMORY’S PAGE WE’LL NEVER BLOT THREE LITTLE WORDS, “FORGET THEM NOT” 
A bit of History
A special explanation of this plaque and the men it commemorates. The Leicestershire Yeomanry was formed on the creation of the Territorial Force in April 1908, one of the major changes introduced by Secretary of State for War Richard Haldane. It was headquartered in Leicester with the squadrons being based as follows: A Squadron: Melton Mowbray (with drill stations at Harby, Oakham, Rearsby and Uppingham) B Squadron: Leicester C Squadron: Loughborough (with drill stations at Leicester, Mountsorrel and Whitwick) D Squadron: Lutterworth (with drill stations at Ibstock, Hinckley, Market Bosworth, Market Harborough and Wigston,) The WW1 history of 1/1st Leicestershire Yeomanry at its simplest was: November 1914: the regiment landed in France and joined 7th Cavalry Brigade in 3rd Cavalry Division. March 1918: left brigade with intention of being converted into a cyclist unit plans changed and the regiment merged with the North Somerset Yeomanry to form a machine gun unit. This was short lived and the regiment remounted. April 1918: The Regiment was split up and were absorbed into 3rd Cavalry Brigade 4 (Queen’s Own) Hussars and 5 (Royal Irish) and 16 (The Queen’s ) Lancers, all in 3rd Cavalry Brigade. Frezenberg 13 May 1915
As you can see from the details of the Fallen, the 13May 1915 was a date to be remembered and I hope you will understand that I feel it essential to expand on this On their arrival in France, the 281 officers and men of the The Leicestershire Yeomanry were reserves and reliefs for the infantry in the trenches. On 12 May 1915 they went into the lines between Ypres and Zonnebreke in front of Potijze to relieve 5th Battalion Royal Fusiliers. At 03.30 hours the following morning, a heavy artillery barrage started which preceded a German assault on the trenches. The assault quickly captured trenches to the left of the regiment occupied by 2nd Life Guards. Having captured the adjacent trenches the Germans began trying to bomb their way into the trenches occupied by the Yeomanry. Eventually the Regiment was forced to evacuate the advanced trenches and at 20.00 hours the yeomanry were the only troops holding a section of trenches which would normally have been occupied by a whole brigade. Reinforcements from the Royal Horse Guards, 10th Hussars and Essex Yeomanry arrived at 14.30 hours the following day. At this juncture a counter attack successfully retook the advanced trenches. The Battle of Frezenburg extracted a heavy toll with 7 officers and 87 other ranks killed which was recognised when the Regiment earned the battle honour of Frezenburg. |
The Fallen named on the plaque
The Hon. Percy Cecil EVANS-FREKE Lieutenant Colonel, commanding Leicestershire Yeomanry (“Prince Albert’s Own”). He was killed in action on 13 May 1915. He was 44 He was the son of William Charles Evans-Freke, 8th Baron Carbery, and Lady Victoria Carbery and the husband of Hon. Eva Evans-Freke, Bisbrooke Hall, Uppingham He is buried in grave E 5 Divisional Cemetery Additional Information He had served in the South African War and was awarded the Queens South African medal with four clasps. He is believed to have been shot by a sniper He is remembered on the Bisbrooke War Memorial He was secretary to the Cottesmore Hunt John William ROBERTS Private, Leicestershire Yeomanry (“Prince Albert’s Own”). Army no. 1927 He was killed in action on 13 May 1915. He was 19 He was the son of George and Maria Roberts of Hinckley He is buried in enclosure no 4 III C 18 Bedford House Cemetery Additional information His name also appears on the Hinckley War Memorial Alan Fletcher TURNER Twice MiD Lieutenant, 1st/1st Leicestershire Yeomanry (“Prince Albert’s Own”). He was killed in action on 13 May 1915. He was 40. He was the son of Deborah A and the late T V Turner and the husband of Rachel Margaret Stella Turner of Robin Hood's Bay. He is buried in grave II B 31 Sanctuary Wood Cemetery. Additional Information He had served in the South African War with the 3rd Yorkshire Hussars in which unit he was Commissioned. His address for probate was Witham Common, Grantham George Harold BARKER Private, Leicestershire Yeomanry (“Prince Albert’s Own”). Army no. 2511 He was killed in action on 13 May 1915. He was 26 He was the son of Arthur and Betsey Barker of One Barrow Lodge, Coalville, Leicester. He is remembered on panel 5 of The Menin Gate Memorial, Ypres Harry Wilfred COY Private, Leicestershire Yeomanry (“Prince Albert’s Own”). Army no. 2323 He was killed in action on 13 May 1915. He was 23. He was the son of Henry and Mary Coy of Asfordby He is remembered on panel 5 of The Menin Gate Memorial, Ypres Additional information His name also appears on the Asfordby War Memorial John DALBY Private, Leicestershire Yeomanry (“Prince Albert’s Own”), Army no. 1411 He was killed in action on 13 May 1915. He was 30 He was the husband of Annie Dalby, 65 Rugby Road, Hinckley He is remembered on panel 5 of The Menin Gate Memorial, Ypres Frederick Walter DALEY Private, Leicestershire Yeomanry (“Prince Albert’s Own”). Army no. 2658 He was killed in action on 13 May 1915. He was 22 He was the son of Eliza Ann Daley, Main Street, Queniborough, Leicester He is remembered on panel 5 of The Menin Gate Memorial, Ypres Additional Information The correct spelling of his surname appears to be DALEY, not DALY Archibald (Archie) Hugh DE VILLE Private, Leicestershire Yeomanry (“Prince Albert’s Own”). Army no. 2560 He was killed in action on 13 May 1915. He was 23. He was the son of Charles Thomas and Georgina De Ville, Tooley Park, Peckleton, Leicester. He is remembered on panel 5 of The Menin Gate Memorial, Ypres John Robert GAMBLE Lance Corporal, Leicestershire Yeomanry (“Prince Albert’s Own”). Army no. 1992 He was killed in action on 13 May 1915. He was 23 He was the son of John and Emma Gamble of Hungarton He is remembered on panel 5 of The Menin Gate Memorial, Ypres Frank W HARRIS Private, Leicestershire Yeomanry (“Prince Albert’s Own”). Army no. 2591 He was killed in action on 13 May 1915. He was 22 He was the son of Joseph Peter and Sarah Ann Harris, Houghton-on-the-Hill, Leicester. He is remembered on panel 5 of The Menin Gate Memorial, Ypres John William HOYES Private, Leicestershire Yeomanry (“Prince Albert’s Own”). Army no. 1827 He was killed in action on 13 May 1915. He was 26 He was the son of Elizabeth Mary Hoyes, Harby, Melton Mowbray, and the late Arthur Hoyes. He is remembered on panel 5 of The Menin Gate Memorial, Ypres Additional information The website http://www.paoyeomanry.co.uk/ records that he was shot through the head while bearing a stretcher. His brother Francis Hoyes, MM, Corporal, North Staffordshire Regiment. Army no. 40750 was also killed. Frederick Walter MABBOTT Private, Leicestershire Yeomanry (“Prince Albert’s Own”). Army no. 1822 He was killed in action on 13 May 1915. He was 29 He was the son of George William and Annis Mabbott He is remembered on panel 5 of The Menin Gate Memorial, Ypres John Joseph MORLEY Private, Leicestershire Yeomanry (“Prince Albert’s Own”). Army no. 2509 He was killed in action on 13 May 1915. He was 18 He was the son of Mary Thirk (formerly Morley), 94 Leicester Road, Whitwick, Leicester, and the late Joseph Morley. He is remembered on panel 5 of The Menin Gate Memorial, Ypres George MORRISON Corporal, Leicestershire Yeomanry (“Prince Albert’s Own”). Army no. 2317 He was killed in action on 13 May 1915. He was 24 He was the son of John and Mary Ann Morrison, Waltham, Melton Mowbray He is remembered on panel 5 of The Menin Gate Memorial, Ypres Additional information His elder brother Jim Morrison, Private, Durham Light Infantry. Army no 5/14366 was killed on 17 September 1916 Arthur Thomas POWELL Lance Corporal, B Squadron, Leicestershire Yeomanry (“Prince Albert’s Own”). Army no. 1939 He was killed in action on 13 May 1915. He was 32 He was the son of Ellen Powell, 5 Paradise Row, Wharf Street, Leicester, and the late Mr Powell and the husband of Annie Amelia Powell, 35 Willow Street, Leicester. He is remembered on panel 5 of The Menin Gate Memorial, Ypres Additional Information This is the only Powell who served with the Leicestershire Yeomanry. I cannot identify a likely F Powell Herbert Edward RAY Private, Leicestershire Yeomanry (“Prince Albert’s Own”). Army no. 2661 He was killed in action on 13 May 1915. He was 22 He is remembered on panel 5 of The Menin Gate Memorial, Ypres Additional Information I cannot identify a likely W or H or W H Ray who served with the Leicestershire Yeomanry. The website http://www.paoyeomanry.co.uk/ records that he was employed by Goward and Son, High Street, Market Harborough on the other hand he enlisted in Melton Mowbray and lived in Harleston, Norfolk where he is remembered on the War Memorial. Did he enlist because the Regiment was in Norfolk in the very early days of the war? Samuel SLEATH Private, A Squadron, Leicestershire Yeomanry (“Prince Albert’s Own”). Army no. 2131 He was killed in action on 13 May 1915. He was 22 He was the son of John and Fanny Sleath, Lutterworth Road, Ullesthorpe, Rugby. He is remembered on panel 5 of The Menin Gate Memorial, Ypres Samuel SMALLEY Private, Leicestershire Yeomanry (“Prince Albert’s Own”). Army no. 2160 He was killed in action on 13 May 1915. He was 25 He was the son of Enoch and Sarah Smalley, of Huntingdon Road, Gipsy Lane, Leicester He is remembered on panel 5 of The Menin Gate Memorial, Ypres Francis Henry SMITH Private, Leicestershire Yeomanry (“Prince Albert’s Own”). Army no. 1987 He was killed in action on 13 May 1915. He was 20 He was the son of Henry and Harriet Smith of Melton Mowbray He is remembered on panel 5 of The Menin Gate Memorial, Ypres Additional information The website http://www.paoyeomanry.co.uk/ has an extract of a letter from a Corporal to his parents Alfred James TOMLINSON Private, Leicestershire Yeomanry (“Prince Albert’s Own”). Army no. 1863 He was killed in action on 13 May 1915. He was 22 He was the son of Alfred and Lizzie Tomlinson He is remembered on panel 5 of The Menin Gate Memorial, Ypres Frank Branson WATTS Private, Leicestershire Yeomanry (“Prince Albert’s Own”). Army no. 2343 He was killed in action on 13 May 1915. He was 25 He was the son of Alfred J and Edith M A Watts He is remembered on panel 5 of The Menin Gate Memorial, Ypres Ernest WEETMAN Private, Leicestershire Yeomanry (“Prince Albert’s Own”). Army no. 2150 He was killed in action on 13 May 1915. He was 20 He was the son of Charles and Sarah Weetman, 135 Humberstone Road, Leicester. He is remembered on panel 5 of The Menin Gate Memorial, Ypres Percy John ANNIS Corporal, 8th Squadron, Machine Gun Corps (Cavalry). Army no. 51627. He was formerly with Leicestershire Yeomanry (“Prince Albert’s Own”). Army no. 2675 He was killed in action on 23 March 1918 in the fighting on the Somme. He was 30. He was the son of the late William and Mary Ann Annis. He is remembered on panel 93 and 94 of the Pozières Memorial Robert BELL Private, 1st/1st Leicestershire Yeomanry (“Prince Albert’s Own”). Army no. 2221 He died from his wounds on 26 January 1916 He is buried in grave II N 9 Vermelles British Cemetery William Stewart Burdett BLACKETT Captain, Grenadier Guards, attached to Leicestershire Yeomanry (“Prince Albert’s Own”) He died from his wounds on 24 November 1914. He was 41. He was the son of Commander Archibald C S Blackett (RN) and the late Clara B S Blackett and the husband of Kathleen Prudence E Sweny (formerly Blackett) of Arbigland, Dumfries. He is buried in grave I B 3 Poperinge Communal Cemetery Additional Information He had served in the Boer War with the 3rd Battalion, Grenadier Guards. The Regiment had only landed in Europe on 3 November and the Regiment had soon entered the fray which indicates what desperate times these were. His address for Probate was Manton Lodge. I cannot offer an explanation as to the reason his name is inscribed as Capt F Blackett Bertie BLOODWORTH Private, Leicestershire Yeomanry (“Prince Albert’s Own”). Army no. 1999 attached to 5th (Royal Irish) Lancers, 2nd Cavalry Division. Army no. 255342 He died from his wounds on 21 April 1918. He was 25. He was the son of Charles and Fanny Bloodworth of Ufford, Northamptonshire. He is buried in grave II A 22 Ebblinghem Military Cemetery Additional Information The Regiment was split up on 4 April 1918 and was absorbed into 3rd Cavalry Brigade, 4 (Queen’s Own) Hussars and 5 (Royal Irish) and 16 (The Queen’s ) Lancers Sidney COBB Private, A Squadron, 1st/1st Leicestershire Yeomanry (“Prince Albert’s Own”), 7 Cavalry Brigade, 3rd Cavalry Division. Army no. 2219. He was killed in action on 21 January 1916. He was 30. He was the son of Sidney and Anne Cobb, Keeper's Lodge, Trimsaran, Kidwelly, Carmarthenshire. He is remembered on panel 2 of the Loos Memorial which commemorates over 20,000 officers and men who have no known grave, who fell in the area from the River Lys to the old southern boundary of the First Army, east and west of Grenay. George William COOPER Private, Leicestershire Yeomanry (“Prince Albert’s Own”) and then The Corps of Hussars. Army no. 255343. He was killed in action on 13 August 1918 during the Advance to Victory. He was 26 He was the son of Mrs E Cooper of Gumley, Market Harborough and the late John Cooper. He is buried in grave II B 20 Caix British Cemetery Additional Information He was born at Gaddesby, Leicester and his name appears on their War Memorial The Regiment was split up on 4 April 1918 and was absorbed into 3rd Cavalry Brigade, 4 (Queen’s Own) Hussars and 5 (Royal Irish) and 16 (The Queen’s) Lancers His name also appears on the Gaddesby War Memorial George Max CRAWFORD Private, Leicestershire Yeomanry (“Prince Albert’s Own”), 7 Cavalry Brigade, 3rd Cavalry Division. Army no. 41171. He had an earlier Army no. 3370 He died from his wounds on 12 June 1917. He was 26 He was the son of George and Mary j Crawford, Manor House Farm, Queniborough He is buried in grave A 12 Villers-Faucon Communal Cemetery. Additional information He had been drafted to France on 11 October 1915 His name also appears on the Queniborough War Memorial Probate records show that he died in Epehy on 11 June. He had returned from Canada on 3 December 1914 John FOYSTER Private, Leicestershire Yeomanry (“Prince Albert’s Own”). Army no. 2324 He died whilst on active service on 26 February 1916 in Norfolk War Hospital. He was 27. He was the son of Joseph and Mary Jane Foyster of Freeby He is buried in the Churchyard of St Mary’s Church, Freeby Additional information He had been drafted to France on 16 February 1915. He Memorial Stone was erected by his family, not the CWGC John GIBSON Corporal, 1st/1st, Leicestershire Yeomanry (“Prince Albert’s Own”), 7 Cavalry Brigade, 3rd Cavalry Division. Army no. 1972 He was killed by a rifle grenade near Vermelles on 6 February 1916. He was 20 He was the son of George E & Esther A Gibson, Highfield House, Oakham He is buried in grave II A 3 Vermelles British Cemetery Additional information He was a pupil at Oakham School 1905-1912 He was studying to be a Veterinary Surgeon at the Royal Veterinary College in London Edwin GRETTON Private, Leicestershire Yeomanry (“Prince Albert’s Own”). Army no. 255456 attached to 5th (Royal Irish) Lancers, 2nd Cavalry Division. He was killed in action at Mons on 10 November 1918. He was 24 He was the son of Herbert and Emma Gretton He is buried in opposite the entrance in grave A 14 Jemappes Communal Cemetery Evan Robert HANBURY MiD Major, Leicestershire Yeomanry (“Prince Albert’s Own”), attached to 14th Battalion, Machine Gun Corps (Infantry), 14 Division He was killed in action on 24 March 1918 during the Battle of St Quentin. He was 30 He was the son of the late Evan Hanbury and of Gwendoline Hanbury of Braunston Manor, Oakham and the husband of Sophia O M Hanbury, 15 Mansfield Street, Portland Place, London He is remembered on panel 6 of the Pozières Memorial Additional Information He attended Oakham School 1895-1896 and then he moved to Eton. He subsequently attended New College, Oxford. His address for Probate was 57 Draycott Place, Chelsea. He had been wounded at Frezenberg, convalesced in the UK and then returned to serve with the Machine Gun Corps Herbert Hardy HARGRAVES Private, Leicestershire Yeomanry (“Prince Albert’s Own”), 7 Cavalry Brigade, 3rd Cavalry Division. Army no. 3135 He died from his wounds on 27 August 1916. He was 19 He was the son of Alexander and Sarah Ann Hargraves of Woodgate, Leicester He is remembered on pier and face 1A of the Thiepval Memorial Cecil James HARRISON Private, Leicestershire Yeomanry (“Prince Albert’s Own”), 7 Cavalry Brigade, 3rd Cavalry Division. Army no. 256109 He was killed in action on 24 October 1917. He was 26. He was the son of Thomas and Mary Harrison of Leicester He is remembered on panel 3 of the Tyne Cot Memorial. The Tyne Cot Memorial is one of four memorials to the missing in Belgian Flanders which cover the area known as the Ypres Salient which stretched from Langemarck in the north to the northern edge in Ploegsteert Wood in the south Additional information It would appear that his name is spelt incorrectly on the Memorial Geoffrey Arthur LASKEY Private, A Squadron, Leicestershire Yeomanry (“Prince Albert’s Own”), 7 Cavalry Brigade, 3rd Cavalry Division. Army no. 2194 He died from his wounds on 23 December 1916. He was 20. He was the son of Arthur Bartrum and Alice C Laskey, 265 Clapham Road, London and the husband of Alice Catherine Beer (formerly Laskey) of Exeter. He is buried in grave I C 10 Ovillers Military Cemetery Additional information He had been wounded by artillery fire William Matthews LEE Private, 1st/1st Leicestershire Yeomanry (“Prince Albert’s Own”), 7 Cavalry Brigade, 3rd Cavalry Division. Army no. 2676 He died from his wounds on 9 March 1916. He was 26. He was the son of Thomas Wakefield and Edith Emily Lee of Hollywood, Messingham, Lincolnshire. He is buried in grave I D 7 Aire Communal Cemetery Additional information The website http://www.paoyeomanry.co.uk/ has an article from a newspaper which reveals that he received a leg wound from a rifle grenade at Aire sur la Lys, his leg was amputated but the wound became septic. Frederick Ernest MIDDLETON Private, Leicestershire Yeomanry (“Prince Albert’s Own”). Army no. 3033 attached to 12th Sanitary Section, Corps of Hussars. Army no. 255763 He died from his wounds on 9 June 1918. He was 20. He was the son of Richard John and Emeline Middleton, 49 St. Stephens Road, Leicester. He is buried in grave H U 265 Welford Road Cemetery, Leicester Additional Information A Sanitary Section (consisting of a Lieutenant or 2nd Lieutenant, 2 Sergeants, 2 Corporals, 20 Privates and 1 batman) was added to each Division in early 1915. Its job was to maintain as far as possible clean water supplies, cooking facilities and billets, de-lousing stations and similar facilities. They came under Corps or Army control from March 1917 onwards. William James Thomas NEAL Private, 3rd (King's Own) Hussars Army no. 256523. He was formerly with The Leicestershire Yeomanry (“Prince Albert’s Own”). Army no. 2028 He was killed in action on 9 October 1918. He was 23. He was the son of Thomas William and Emma Neal, 6 Council Houses, Burbage, Hinckley. He is buried in grave I D 3 Naves Communal Cemetery Extension Percy Ernest OGDEN Private, Leicestershire Yeomanry (“Prince Albert’s Own”), 7 Cavalry Brigade, 3rd Cavalry Division. Army no. 256047 He was killed in action on 12 June 1917. He was 25. He was the son of Percy Ernest and Edith Ogden of Queniborough, Leicester. He is buried in grave A 11 Villers-Faucon Communal Cemetery Additional information He is remembered on the Queniborough War Memorial Walter SCOTT Private, "C" Squadron, Queen's Own Oxfordshire Hussars. Army no. 255235. He was formerly with the Leicestershire Yeomanry (“Prince Albert’s Own”). Army no 2137 He died whilst on active service on 3 November 1918. He was 34. He was the son of Frank and Eliza Scott, High Street, Uppingham and the husband of Nellie Scott, Pine House, High Street, Uppingham. He is buried in grave VII L 10A Mont Huon Military Cemetery, Le Tréport Additional Information He had enlisted on 2 September 1914. He was injured in October and whilst in Hospital developed Spanish Flu and Pneumonia. He had previously been injured in 1914 and in 1917 The website http://www.paoyeomanry.co.uk/ has a newspaper extract Arthur SMITH Corporal, A Squadron, Leicestershire Yeomanry (“Prince Albert’s Own”). Army no. 255066 attached to 5th (Royal Irish) Lancers, 2nd Cavalry Division. He was killed in action on 18 April 1918. He was 25 He was the son of the late W T Smith, 29 Newcombe Street, Market Harborough. He is buried in plot 3, row B, grave 3 Le Grand Hasard Military Cemetery, Morbecque Additional Information The Regiment was split up on 4 April 1918 and was absorbed into 3rd Cavalry Brigade, 4 (Queen’s Own) Hussars and 5 (Royal Irish) and 16 (The Queen’s) Lancers William Gordon SMITH MC 2nd Lieutenant, 4th (Territorial) Battalion attached to 8th Battalion, The Leicestershire Regiment He died from his wounds on 22 March 1918. He was 26. He was the son of Joseph and Lizzie Smith, The Willows, Houghton-on-the-Hill, Leicester. He is buried in grave III E 1 Le Cateau Military Cemetery Additional Information There is no soldier or officer of this name who was killed whilst serving with the Leicestershire Yeomanry. I am therefore assuming that this man is the Territorial Officer detailed who had previously served with the Leicestershire Yeomanry as a Private. Army no. 3363. William STANILAND Lance Corporal, Leicestershire Yeomanry (“Prince Albert’s Own”). Army no. 255026 He was killed in action on 1 April 1917. He was 20 He was the son of George William and Louisa G Staniland of Stonesby, Melton Mowbray He is buried in grave III M 22 Faubourg d’Amiens Cemetery, Arras Additional information He was previously Army no. 1890 and had served in France since November 1914 Arthur Richard P TALBOTT Serjeant, Leicestershire Yeomanry (“Prince Albert’s Own”) 7 Cavalry Brigade, 3rd Cavalry Division. Army no. 255025 He was killed in action on 22 June 1917. He was 23. He was the son of Arthur J G and May J Talbott, of Waltham, Melton Mowbray. He is buried in grave C 31 Villers-Faucon Communal Cemetery Additional Information He died with 7 others from the Regiment and a further 15 wounded in defending “The Bird Cage” from a German Retaliatory attack Charles WARD Private, 1st/1st Squadron, Leicestershire Yeomanry (“Prince Albert’s Own”), 7 Cavalry Brigade, 3rd Cavalry Division. Army no. 3057 He died from his wounds on 18 April 1916. He was 19. He was the son of Jack and Sarah Ann Ward, 172 Birstall Street, Leicester. He is buried in grave I D 9 Aire Communal Cemetery Arthur WARNER Private, Leicestershire Yeomanry (“Prince Albert’s Own”), 3rd Cavalry Brigade. Army no. 41191 He died from his wounds caused by artillery fire on 18 April 1918. He was 29 He was the son of Adam and Georgina Warner of Kibworth Beauchamp, Leicester. He is remembered on panel 3 of the Tyne Cot Memorial Additional Information The Regiment was split up on 4 April 1918 and was absorbed into 3rd Cavalry Brigade, 4 (Queen’s Own) Hussars and 5 (Royal Irish) and 16 (The Queen’s ) Lancers William Esmy WIGGINS Second Lieutenant, Leicestershire Yeomanry (“Prince Albert’s Own”) He died probably of natural causes whilst on active service on 19 August 1916. He was 23. He was the son of William and Mary Elizabeth Wiggins, 45 Hillmorton Road, Rugby. He is buried in grave 1 55 Botley Cemetery, Oxford Additional information He had previously served in the North “N” Yeomanry as a Private. Army no. 1018 landing in France on 6 November 1914. He had subsequently been commissioned and joined the Leicestershire Yeomanry. Thank you Emma Warren of Rutland County Museum |