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Oakham Town WW1 in the Churchyard of All Saint's Church, Oakham

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The War Memorial in the Churchyard of All Saints’ Church
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TO THE MEN OF OAKHAM WHO GAVE
THEIR LIVES IN THE GREAT WAR
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1914-1919
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Alfred ADCOCK              A BEAVER Leic R
Richard ADCOCK            Bernard Charles BEAVER
Bertie Harold ALLETT     George BEAVER
Cecil ALLETT                 Thomas BEAVER 
Cyril Johnson BAINES    Thomas G BEAVER
William Henry BATTS     Charles Feecham BENDALL
Albert BEAVER RN         George W BENNETT
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Charles Edward BENNINGTON     John BOOTH
John William BENTHAM               Henry BOOTH DCM
John Ross BERRIDGE      Nathaniel (Napthali) BOOTH RFA
Ernest BILLINGS                       Nathanael BOOTH RFA
Herbert BILLINGS                     Nathanial BOOTH Leic R
Benjamin BLAND                     Arthur BRADER
Charles Thomas BOLTON          George BREWSTER
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John Paul BROMHEAD         William Edward CLARKE
Walter BROOM                   Frank John CLIFFORD
Brian BROWN                    John Hood R COLLEY
F Charles BURROWS          Albert Edward COOPER
Herbert CARTER                Amos CULPIN
Horace CHALKLEY              Ernest Henry CULPIN
James Arthur M CHARLES   Ernest CUNNINGTON
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John Henry DAVENPORT       William Noel EMERSON
George Samuel DEXTER       Charles EXTON
Tom DEXTER                       G A EXTON
James Lewin DOVE              John William D FISHER
Stanley DRAKE                   Herbert Henry A FISHER
Frederick William DURHAM  Alfred FORD
Clarence Victor A ELLICOTT Edward Cartwright FRANKS
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John Henry GALLAHER          Helen C HETTERLEY
Frederick Ernest GARNER      Joseph HETTERLEY
John GIBSON                       Robert HIBBINS
Harry Percy B GOUGH           George Harold HIGHFIELD
Francis William B GRAVES     Frank HOYLES     MM
Frank HELSDON                   John T HUDSON
William HELSDON                 Willoughby ILIFFE
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Edward George LANGDALE     Arthur William MEAD
George LATTIMORE               Arthur T MEADWELL
Walter Albert LEWIN             George MILLER
Joseph Arthur LOVE              William MOODY
Clarence Henry MASON         John C NEAL
Thomas MASON                   Arthur Richard NEEDHAM
Arthur MAYES                      Harry NEEDHAM
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William NEEDHAM           Harold SKINNER
George NEWTON             Absalom SMITH
William John NIXON        Leonard SMITH
George RATE                  Alfred SQUIRES
Henry J RICHARDSON     John Thomas STOKES
Joe SADDINGTON           George Edward TAYLOR
Charles Caldwell SILLS    John Charles G TAYLOR
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Frank Cecil THORNTON          William Harold WADE
Frederick William THORNTON  Bob WAGSTAFF
Paul THORPE                         James WILKINSON
Henry TRYON                        Samuel WOODCOCK
Richard TRYON                      Thomas F WOODCOCK
Albert WADE                         William Edward WOODCOCK
Charles Thomas BEAVER        Henry Donald McNEILE

Thank you James Buchanan for all these photos
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The Dedication of the War Memorial
Graves in Oakham Cemetery
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Arthur Brader
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James Arthur M Charles
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James Arthur Merriman Charles
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William Edward Clarke
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Henry (Harry) Davenport
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The Fallen

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

Bertie Harold ALLETT
Private, 1st/6th Battalion, The South Staffordshire
Regiment, 137 Brigade, 46th Division. Army no 37147
He was killed in action at Beeengise on 29 September 1918. He was 26.
He was the son of John and the late Emma Allett of Brooke 
He is buried in grave Sp Mem B 8 Bellicourt British Cemetery

Cecil ALLETT
Private, 8th Battalion, The Leicestershire Regiment, 110
Brigade, 21st Division. Army no. 24873
He was killed in action on 25 September 1916 at the Battle of Morval. He was 26.
He was the son of John and Hannah Allett
He is remembered on pier and face 2C and 3A of the Thiepval
Memorial
Additional information
He was born in Brooke

Cyril Johnson BAINES
Sapper, 66th Field Company, Royal Engineers. Army no.
41380
He was killed in action on 16 August 1915 in Gallipoli. He was 19
He was the son of John R and the late Mary L Baines, South Street, Oakham
He is remembered on panel 23-25 or 325-326 of the Helles Memorial
Additional Information
He was born in Oakham

William Henry BATTS
Lance-Corporal, 1st/4th Battalion, The Hampshire Regiment, 35 Brigade, 14th Indian Division. Army no. 200721
He died on active service on 26 December 1916. He was 32.
He was the son of William and Ann Batts of Southam Cottage, Oakham
He is buried in grave Angora Mem 19 North Gate War Cemetery, Baghdad
Additional Information
He was born in Offham, Kent

Albert BEAVER                      
Private, 2nd Battalion, The Leicestershire Regiment, 28 Indian Brigade, 7th (Meerut) Indian Division. Army no. 12807
He was killed in action on 7 January 1916 in the fighting at Shaikh Saad. He was 25
He was the son of William and Sarah Beaver
He is remembered on panel 12 of the Basra Memorial 
Additional information
He was born Oakham

Albert BEAVER
Stoker 1st Class, HMS Alert, Royal Navy. RN no. K/10174
He died from disease on 31 October 1915. He was 24
He was the son of William and Sarah J Beaver
He is buried in grave V F 18 Basra War Cemetery, Iraq 
Additional information
He was born in Oakham
HMS Alert was a sloop fitted out as a base ship for the Naval river craft on the Shat-el Arab

Bernard Charles BEAVER
Private, 9th Battalion, Royal Fusiliers (City of London Regiment), 36 Brigade, 12th Division. Army no. 62365. He was formerly with the 3rd City of London Yeomanry. Army no. 3705
He was killed in action on 8 August 1918 in the Battle of Amiens. He was 23
He was the son of Alfred and Annie Beaver, 56 Cold Overton Road, Oakham
He is buried in grave III C 22 Beacon Cemetery Sailly-Laurette
Additional information
He was born in Oakham

Charles Thomas BEAVER
Private, 4th Battalion, Alexandra, Princess of Wales’s Own, (Yorkshire Regiment), 116 Brigade, 39th Division. Army no. 43730.
He was formerly with The 87th Training Battalion. Army no 71383
He died on active service on 11 October 1918. He was 18
He was the son of Samuel and Rosa E Beaver, South Street, Oakham
He is buried in grave VI L 17 Niederzwehren Cemetery
Additional information
He was born in Oakham

George BEAVER
Private, 70th Company, Machine Gun Corps (Infantry), Army no 35108. He was formerly with the Leicestershire Regiment, Army no 10/23366
He died of his wounds on 1 October 1916. He was 27.
He was the son of William and Jane Beaver, 20 Dean's Street, Oakham.
He is buried in grave B 22 10 St Sever Cemetery, Rouen

Thomas BEAVER
Sapper, 130th Field Company, Royal Engineers. Army no.
66014
He died of his wounds on 29 October 1916. He was 28.
He was the husband of Mary Emma Beaver, 2 Gas Street, Oakham
He is buried in grave VIII E 13 Étaples Military Cemetery
Additional Information
He was born in Lowesby, Lincolnshire and enlisted in Oakham

Thomas George BEAVER
Private, 5th Battalion, The Leicestershire Regiment, 138 Brigade, 46th Division. Army no 1967.
He was killed in action on 13 October 1915 at Hohenzollern Redout. He was 22.
He was the son of John and Sarah Beaver, 7 Davies Cottages, Northgate Street, Oakham 
He is buried in grave IV C 33 Lillers Communal Cemetery
Additional Information
He was born in Oakham

Charles Feecham BENDALL
Private, 10th Battalion, Lincolnshire Regiment, 101 Brigade, 34th Division. Army no. 203388
He died of his wounds on 30 April 1917. He was 25.
He was the son of Charles A and Emma J Bendall of Great
Casterton, Stamford
He is buried in grave II O 13 Duisans British Cemetery, Étrun
Additional Information
He was born in Blandford Norfolk and enlisted in Oakham

George William BENNETT
Lance Corporal, 7th Battalion, The South Staffordshire Regiment. Army no. 24400
He died of his wounds on 16 December 1916. He was 25.
He was the son of George and Mary Bennett of 19 Barholm,
near Stamford and the husband of Lavinia Bennett, 21 South Street, Oakham
He is buried in grave VIII E 25 Contay British Cemetery, Contay
Additional Information
He was born in Brandon, Suffolk and lived in Burley
 
Charles Edward BENNINGTON
Private, 1st/5th Battalion, the Durham Light Infantry, 150 Brigade, 50th Division. Army no. 4370
He was killed in action on 17 September 1916 in the fighting at Flers Courcellette. He was 21. 
He was the son of William and Susannah Bennington, 2 Barleythorpe Road, Oakham
He is remembered on pier and face 14A and 15C of the Thiepval Memorial

John William BENTHAM
Private, 2nd/5th Battalion, The Hampshire Regiment,
232 Brigade, 75th Division. Army no. 41014. He was formerly with The Leicestershire Regiment. Army no. 16425
He was killed in action on 12 March 1918 at Tell ‘Asur. He was 38
He was the husband of Mary Jane Bentham of Oakham
He is buried in grave S 27 Ramleh War Cemetery, Israel

John Ross BERRIDGE
Corporal, 3rd Battalion, The Rifle Brigade (The Prince
Consort’s Own), 17 Brigade, 24th Division. Army no. S/10448
He was killed in action on 21 March 1918. He was 35
He was the son of Charles E and Eliza A Berridge and the husband of Eva Rose Berridge
He is buried in grave I B 30 Vadencourt British Cemetery 
Additional information
Whilst there is no obvious link to Oakham, he was born in Chellington and had been brought by his Aunts in Oakham on the death of his Mother. In 1911 he had married and moved to Sevenoaks and he is featured on that town’s war memorial

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, 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
The CWGC states that he was 9th Battalion attached to 6th Battalion but neither were in this theatre. After consultation with the regimental archivist, it is clear that he was with 2nd Battalion. - Probably he was 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

Charles Thomas BOLTON
Private, 2nd/7th Battalion, The Sherwood Foresters
(Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment), 178 Brigade, 59th Division. Army no. 42543.
He was killed in action on 21 March 1918 at St Quentin. He was 35.
He was the son of John and Mary Ann Bolton, Bedehouse Row, Oakham
He is remembered on bay 7 of the Arras Memorial  

John BOOTH 
Private, 8th Battalion, The Leicestershire Regiment, 110
Brigade, 21st Division. Army no. 23914
He died of his wounds on 22 March 1918. He was 21
He was the son of Henry Albert and Elizabeth Booth, Dean
Street, Oakham
He is buried in grave III P 6 Peronne Communal Cemetery
Additional information
He was born in and enlisted in Oakham.

Henry (Harry) BOOTH  DCM
Gunner, 12th Battalion, Royal Field Artillery. Army no. 52474
He was killed in action on 30 October 1914 near Ypres. He was 32
He was the son of Nathaniel and Mrs Booth of 21 Dean Street, Oakham
He is remembered on panel 5 & 9 of the Menin Gate Memorial, Ypres
Additional information
In 1911 Census he is a regular soldier with the Artillery  stationed in India

Nathaniel (Napthali) BOOTH
Gunner, 63rd Battery, 10th Brigade, Royal Field Artillery Army no. 43439
He died of his wounds on 19 March 1916. He was 27
He is buried in grave K 8 Kut War Cemetery 
Additional Information
Born Oakham in June quarter 1889

Nathaniel BOOTH
Private, 1st/5th Battalion, The Leicestershire Regiment, 138 Brigade, 46th Division. Army no. 241340 and previously Army no. 3775
He was killed in action on 8 June 1917. He was 19
He was the son of Nathaniel and Adeliza Booth, 4/5 Lee's Yard, Northgate Street, Oakham
He is remembered on bay 5 of the Arras Memorial
Additional Information
He was born in Barleythorpe in June quarter 1898
Enlisted Oakham

Nathanial BOOTH
Private, 1st Battalion, The Leicestershire Regiment. Army
no.  9473
He died of his wounds on 20 December 1915. He was 23.
He was the son of Henry Albert Booth, 36 Northgate Street, Oakham
He is buried in grave VI A 11A Étaples Military Cemetery 
Additional Information
In CWGC as BOOTH N

Arthur BRADER
Private, Labour Corps Army no. 13918. He was formerly with
the Leicestershire Regiment. Army no. 32366
He died on 3 November 1918. He was 33
He was the husband of Florence S Brader
He is buried in grave 52 48 Oakham Cemetery 
Additional information
His death is recorded in the civilian registration so it is probable that he had been discharged as being
unfit for military service

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

John Paul BROMHEAD       MM
Private, 8th Battalion, The Royal Fusiliers (City of London Regiment), 36 Brigade, 12th Division. Army no. 9898
He was killed in action on 3 August 1916 in the fighting at Pozières Ridge. He was 22
He was the son of Mary Elizabeth Bromhead, Nonnan Cottage, Oakham and the late Newton Bromhead
He is remembered on pier and face 8C, 9A and 16A of the Thiepval Memorial

Walter BROOM
Private 1st Battalion The Leicestershire Regiment, 71 Brigade, 6th Division. Army no.  40811
He was killed in action on 19 September 1918. He was 20
He was the son of Robert and Emma Broom of Oakham
He is remembered on panel 5 of the Vis en Artois Memorial

Brien BROWN
His name at birth was registered as Eltham Bryan BROWN
Private, 2nd (Hawke) Battalion, Royal Naval Division, Royal Marine Light Infantry. RM no. Ply/1413 (S)
He was wounded & Missing, assumed dead on 26 October 1917 in the fighting on the Hindenburg Line. He was 24.
He was the son of Fred and Florence Brown, Garden House, Knossington and the husband of Ethel Brown, 11 New Street, Oakham
He is remembered on panel 1 and 162A of the Tyne Cot
Memorial
Additional information
His Birth Certificate reads: born 5/12/1893 at Beech House, Christchurch, Eltham Bryan Brown, father, Frederick John Brown, a Gardener, mother, Florence Martha Brown (formerly Elsworth), Beech House, Christchurch."
The 1901 Census for Garden House, Knossington, Cold
Overton, Leicester, records Fred Brown his wife Florence Brown Hedley Brown, Brian Brown age 7, Bertie Brown, and Alan Brown age 2. All are listed as born Christchurch.
In the 1911 census he was still living at home but working as
a Motor Groom

F Charles BURROWS 
Private, Labour Corps. Army no. 213873
He died in the Oakham Registration District in the quarter ending June 1920. (Oakham  7a 333). He was 24
He was the son of James and Emma Burrows 
I have not established where he is buried.
Additional information
He was discharged from the Army on the grounds of being too sick to serve on 14 August 1917 and he was awarded the Silver War Badge
He was born in Battersea in the June quarter 1896 and in 1911, he was living in Rutland with his Grandparents.

Herbert CARTER
Private, 8th Battalion, The King's Own (Yorkshire Light
Infantry), 70 Brigade, 8th Division. Army no. 35823. He was formerly with Leicestershire Regiment. Army no. 33972
He was killed in action on 8 June 1917. He was 19
He was the son of Arthur and Mary Carter, South Street,
Oakham
He is remembered on panel 47 of the Menin Gate Memorial, Ypres

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  

James Arthur Merriman CHARLES
Second Lieutenant, The King's (Shropshire Light Infantry)
He died from his wounds on 10 February 1915 in the King
Edward VII Hospital for Officers. He was 25
He was the son of the Rev. Canon James Hamilton Charles, MA, and Elizabeth Charles, The Vicarage, Oakham.
He is buried in grave Oakham Cemetery  47  8 

William Edward CLARKE
Rifleman, The King's Royal Rifle Corps. Army no. 60110
He died of natural causes in England on 10 November 1918. He was 26
He was the son of Edward and Sarah Clarke, 57 Northgate Street, Oakham. 
He is buried in grave 24 35 Oakham Cemetery
Additional Information
He was born in Oakham.       

Frank John CLIFFORD
Private, C Company, 2nd/4th Battalion, Princess
Charlotte of Wales’s (Royal Berkshire Regiment) Brigade, Division. Army no. 32914
He was killed in action on 3 April 1918. He was 30
He was the son of Frank and Fanny Clifford of Basingstoke and the husband of Elizabeth Ann Skilkow (formerly Clifford) of San Diego, California
He is buried in grave III C 40 Vadencourt British Cemetery 
Additional information
Born Basingstoke 3 1888 and married in Reading RD in 1911
Enlisted Leicester

John Hood Ryle COLLEY
Private, Royal Army Medical Corps. Army no. 140594
He died on 2 July 1920
He was the son of John E and the late Mary Colley who lived in Co Durham in 1901. He was the husband of Emily Colley
He is buried in  Oakham Cemetery 
He was discharged for health reasons on 31 July 1919 as he was unfit for military service
Additional Information
Born 3 1888. He had married in Oakham in  1914
His Father died in Gateshead in 1922

Albert Edward COOPER
Private, 7th Battalion, The Leicestershire Regiment, 110 Brigade, 21st Division. Army no. 40252
He was killed in action on 21 August 1918 at the Battle of Albert. He was 23
He was the son of Albert Henry and Margaret Ann Cooper, 6 Westgate Street, Oakham
He is buried in grave VII A 9 Mill Road Cemetery, Thiepval

Amos CULPIN
Corporal, 880th MT Company, Army Service Corps. Army no
DM2/190671
He died on active service on 23 October 1918. He was 33.
He was the son of Henry and Charlotte Culpin and the husband of Alice Culpin, 17 South Street, Oakham and the brother of Ernest, the next entry
He is buried in grave G 11 Skopje British Cemetery, Macedonia
Additional Information
There is a comment on the CWGC database that the majority of those in this cemetery died from influenza
He was born in Littlehampton, lived and enlisted in Oakham

Ernest Henry CULPIN
Lance Corporal, 5th Battalion, Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers, 198 Brigade, 66th Division. Army no. 30015. He was formerly with The Northamptonshire Regiment. Army no. 23440
He died of his wounds on 8 October 1918
He was the son of Henry and Charlotte Culpin
He is buried in grave V H 7 Tincourt New British Cemetery near Peronne 
He was born in Littlehampton and enlisted in Oakham

Ernest CUNNINGTON
Private, 48th Field Ambulance, Royal Army Medical Corps. Army no 50947.
He died of his wounds on 28 April 1917. He was 20. 
He was the son of John Thomas and Sarah Ann Cunnington, 5 Simper Street, Oakham
He is buried in grave II G 44 Aubigny Communal Cemetery
Extension

Henry (Harry) DAVENPORT
He was a civilian when he died from pneumonia in 1918 and his death is recorded in the Civil Registrations (Deaths Dec quarter 1918 Davenport Henry age 42 Oakham 7a 775).
I understand that he had held the rank of Sergeant Major
and had trained many people in Oakham but as yet I do not know his military unit.
As he was in his late 30s when war was declared I supect that he had been injured out of the Army.

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 

Tom DEXTER
Driver, 491 Field Company, Royal Engineers. Army no.
17296    
He died in Oakham in the quarter ending June 1920 and appears in the civilian registrations under reference DEXTER
Tom (age 30 Oakham 7a 335)
He was the son of Job and Mary Dexter
I have not identified where he is buried
The Silver War Badge records confirm that he was discharged on 26 February 1918. “Cause sickness.” As he had been
discharged there is no CWGC record   
 
James Lewin DOVE
Private, 1st/5th Battalion,The Leicestershire Regiment, 138 Brigade, 46th Division. Army no. 27894
He was killed in action on 29 September 1918 at Bellenglise. He was 27
He was the son of George and Ann Dove
He is buried in grave V C 15/24 Busighy Communal Cemetery

Stanley Victor DRAKE
Private, 21st Battalion, Machine Gun Corps (Infantry). Army no. 140908. He was formerly with The Leicestershire Regiment, Army no 24955.
He died of his wounds on 15 May 1918. He was 26
He was the son of David J and Annie A Drake of Oakham
He is buried in grave X B 10 Niederzwehren Cemetery
Additional information
This cemetery was used to consolidate the burials and gives no clear indication as to where he died

Frederick William DURHAM
Private, 2nd/5th Battalion, The Leicestershire Regiment, 177 Brigade, 59th Division. Army no. 241308
He was killed in action on 27 September 1917 at the Battle of Polygon Wood. He was 25
He was the son of Caroline Harriet and the late Marmaduke Durham of Oakham
He is remembered on panel 50 to 51 of the Tyne Cot Memorial 

Clarence Victor A ELLICOTT
Private, 1st/5th Battalion, The Leicestershire Regiment, 138 Brigade, 46th Division. Army no. 240124
He was killed in action on 15 August 1917 during the Battle for Hill 70. He was 21
He was the son of William and Charlotte Ellicott, 14 John Street, Oakham
He is buried in grave I U 41 Philosophe British Cemetery Mazingarbe
Additional Information
In CWGC he is listed as O Ellicott born 1893

William Noel EMERSON
Stoker, Royal Navy   
His death is recorded in the Civil Registrations March quarter 1920 (EMERSON William N 28 Oakham 7a 366)
I cannot find his formal discharge from the Royal Navy but
it must be assumed that he was discharged for health reasons
He was the son of William and Elizabeth Emerson
He is buried in Oakham Cemetery

Charles EXTON
Corporal, 1st/5th Battalion,The Queen's (Royal West Surrey
Regiment), 12 Indian Brigade, 15th Indian Division. Army no. 240348
He died whilst on active service on 9 September 1918. He was 35
He was the son of Charles and Fanny Exton who lived in Lords Hold, Oakham in 1911
He is remembered on face 6 1914-1918 Chennai War Memorial, Madras

George Arthur EXTON
Private, 1st Battalion, The Leicestershire Regiment, 71 Brigade, 6th Division. Army no. 25824
He was killed in action at St Quentin on 22 March 1918. He was 32 
He was the son of Charles and Fanny Exton, 10 Mount Pleasant, Oakham
He is remembered on bay 5 of the Arras Memorial

John William Dalby FISHER
Sergeant, 1st/5th Battalion, The Leicestershire Regiment, 138 Brigade, 46th Division. Army no. 240129
He was killed in action on 8 June 1917. He was 21
He was the son of Frank and Mary Ann Fisher of 41 Dean Street, Oakham
He is buried in grave IV A 9 Bully-Grenay Communal Cemetery British Extension

Herbert Henry Andrew FISHER
Private, 11th Battalion, The Royal Sussex Regiment, 116 Brigade, 39th Division.  Army no 15046
He died of his wounds on 30 October 1916. He was probably wounded on the Somme.  He was 19.
He was the youngest son of Frank and Mary Ann Fisher of 41 Dean Street, Oakham
He is buried in grave VIII D 157 Boulogne Eastern Cemetery

Alfred FORD
Lance Corporal, 7th Battalion, The Leicestershire Regiment,
110 Brigade, 21st Division. Army no 21181
He was killed in action on 14 July 1916 at the Battle of Bazentin Ridge. He was 25.
He was the son of Frederick and Fanny Ford, 12 New Street, Oakham and the husband of Emily Wyer (formerly Ford) of Haconby Bourne Lincolnshire
He is remembered on pier and face 2C and 3A of the Thiepval Memorial

Edward Cartwright FRANKS
Sergeant, 1st/5th Battalion, The Leicestershire Regiment, 138 Brigade, 46th Division. Army no 1097
He died of his wounds received at Hohenzollern Redoubt on 13 October 1915. He was 22.
He was the son of William and Ellen Franks of 2 Station Road, Oakham
He is remembered on panel 42 to 44 of the Loos Memorial

John Henry GALLAHER
Private, 1st Battalion, The Royal Dublin Fusiliers, 86 Brigade, 29th Division. Army no. 43166. He was formerly with 4th Royal Irish Dragoon Guards, Army no. 14773
He was killed in action on 4 September 1918. He was 40.
He was the husband of Annie C Gallaher, 41 King's Road,
Oakham
He is buried in grave II P 14 Trois Arbres Cemetery, Steenwerck

Frederick Ernest GARNER
Private, 91st Field Ambulance, Royal Army Medical Corps. Army no. 81256
He died on active service on 18 October 1916.  He was 27
He was the son of Tom and Eliza Garner of Oakham
He is buried in grave IV A 66 Longuenesse Souvenir Cemetery, St Omer

John GIBSON 
Corporal 1st/1st Leicestershire Yeomanry (Prince Albert’s Own), 7 Cavalry Brigade, 3rd Cavalry Division. Army no. 1972
He was killed in action on 6 February 1916. He was 20.
He was the son of George Ernest and Esther Ann Gibson of Highfield House, Oakham
He is buried in grave II A 3 Vermelles British Cemetery

Harry Percy Bright GOUGH     MC & Bar
Major, 17th Battalion, The Welsh Regiment, 119 Brigade, 40th
Division.
He died on 22 April 1918 from his wounds received during the
Battle of the Lys. He was 38.
He was the son of Frederick G and Sarah A Gough of Llanelly and the husband of Martha Reid Gough
He is buried in grave I C 22 Arneke British Cemetery
Additional Information
He was a member of Staff, Science Master 1911-1915 at Oakham School.
He was awarded the Military Cross in August 1917 and then the Bar to Military Cross in November 1917.
The London Gazette, 12 March 1918 records that for a period he was Lieutenant Colonel commanding a Battalion

Francis William Boyd GRAVES Croix de Guerre with palm & silver star (France)
Driver, British Ambulance Committee attached to the Section
Sanitaire Anglais no. 2
He died on active service on 19 October 1918. He was 19.
He was the son of William Joseph and Louisa Graves of 19 South Street, Oakham
He is buried in grave M 7 Sissonne British Cemetery
Additional Information
Military records spell his first name as Francais but the name
recorded is from his birth registration in Daventry in 1898

Frank HELSDON
Private, 3rd Battalion, The Leicestershire Regiment. Army
no. 37687
He died on active service on 20 July 1917. He was 19
He was the son of John H and Mary A Helsdon of Gas Street, Oakham
He is buried in Oakham Cemetery   
UKSWD gives his Unit as 1st Garrison Battalion

William HELSDON
Lance Corporal, 2nd Battalion, The Leicestershire Regiment, Garwhal Brigade, 7th Indian Division. Army no. 6021
He was killed in action on 13 March 1915 at Neuve Chapelle. He was 32
He is remembered on panel 11 of the Le Touret Memorial 
He was the husband of Elizabeth Catherine Helsdon, of Stathern, Melton Mowbray

Helen Charlotte HETTERLEY
Staff Nurse, Queen Alexandra's Imperial Military Nursing Service
She died on 30 May 1917. She was 26.
She was the daughter of George and Elizabeth Hetterley of Station Road, Oakham
She is buried in grave 30 45 Oakham Cemetery
Additional Information
Rutland and the Great War records:
"HETTERLEY, Sister Helen, daughter of Mr & Mrs George Hetterley of 31 Penn Street, Oakham was born May 4th 1891. Two years before the war she became hospital nurse, and when the war began was stationed at the Military Hospital, Canterbury. In the execution of her duties she contracted tuberculosis and was sent by the Rutland County Council to the Devon & Didsworthy Sanatorium. Unfortunately the disease had obtained too great hold, and after three months, it was clear that nothing could save her. She, therefore returned home, where she died May 30th 1917 and was buried in Oakham Cemetery. Age 30."

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, 1 Cross Street, Oakham
He is buried in grave IX F 5 Strand Military Cemetery, south of Ypres

Robert HIBBINS
Private, 16th Battalion, The Sherwood Foresters
(Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment), 117 Brigade, 39th Division. Army no 241798. He was formerly with The Leicestershire Regiment, Army no. 24825
He was killed in action on the Somme on 21 March 1918. He was 23.
He was the son of Robert and Betsy Ann Hibbins, 28 Melton Road, Oakham
He is remembered on panel 52 to 54 of the Pozières Memorial

George Harold HIGHFIELD
Second Lieutenant, 3rd Battalion attached to 1st Battalion, The York and Lancaster Regiment, 24 Brigade, 8th Division. He died from his wounds on 4 July 1915. He was 24.
He was the son of Maria and the late Fred Highfield
He is buried in grave L 16 Kemmel Chateau Military Cemetery near Ypres 
Additional information
The records of the CWGC and the UKSWD database both state that he was with 3rd Battalion. This Battalion was stationed in Sunderland and not in Belgium. The Regimental Museum has reported that in fact he had been posted to 1st Battalion which establishes why he is buried in Belgium.

Frank HOYLES     MM
Corporal, 6th Battalion, The Northamptonshire Regiment, 54 Brigade, 18th Division. Army no. 13180
He was killed in action at Miraumont on 17 February 1917. He was 22
He was the son of William and Sarah Ann Hoyles, Braunston Crossing Gate House, Oakham
He is remembered on pier and face 11A and 11D of the Thiepval Memorial

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
Burial in this cemetery tells us that he died in Germany but not where in Germany. 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

Edward George LANGDALE       MC
Captain, 5th Battalion, The Leicestershire Regiment, 138 Brigade, 46th Division.
He was killed in action at the Hohenzollern Redoubt on 13 October 1915. He was 32.
He was the son of Frederick W and Ada M Langdale
He is remembered on panel 42 to 44  Loos Memorial

George LATTIMORE
Private, 13th Battalion, The Royal Scots (Lothian Regiment), 45 Brigade, 15th Division. Army no 4416
He died from his wounds on 29 October 1915 in the 2nd General Hospital, Boulogne. He was 35.
He was the husband of Sarah Jane Lattimore, 17a Dean Street, Oakham
He is buried in grave VIII C 53 Boulogne Eastern Cemetery 


Walter Albert LEWIN
Private, 1st/4th Battalion, The Leicestershire Regiment, 138 Brigade, 46th Division. Army no. 202874
He was killed in action in the advance to the Hindenburg Line on 21 April 1917. He was 20.
He was the son of Walter and Alice Lewin, 30 Northgate Street, Oakham
He is buried in grave I D 14 Mazingarbe Communal Cemetery Extension

Joseph Arthur LOVE
Private, Coldstream Guards. Army no. 20154
He died on 23 July 1918. He was 35.
He was the son of William and Esther Love
He is buried in grave 43 51 Oakham Cemetery
Additional Information
His death is in the civilian registrations (Birmingham 6d 205) so he had probably been discharged from the Army as being unfit for military service.

Clarence Henry MASON
Air Mechanic 2nd Class, Royal Flying Corps, RFC no. 1481
He died on active service on 2 March 1915. He was 29.
He was the son of George and Mary Mason, 2 West Road, Oakham
He is buried in grave 3 43 Oakham 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 

Arthur MAYES
Lance Corporal, 1st Battalion, The Northamptonshire 
Regiment, 2 Brigade, 1st Division. Army no. 7668
He was killed in action on 17 September 1914 in the Battle of the Aisne. He was 28.
He was the son of Emma and the late Thomas Mayes, 21 Mill Street, Oakham
He is remembered on La Ferté sous Jouarre Memorial
Additional information
He was a Regular Soldier in Barracks in Devonport in the 1911 Census

Henry Donald McNEILE
Lieutenant Colonel 1st (Royal) Dragoons
He was killed on active service on 20 December 1915. He was 43
He was the son of the late Mr and Mrs Henry Hugh McNeile, Parkmount, Co. Antrim and the husband of Dorothy Maud  McNeile, The Lodge, Oakham
He is buried near the North-West corner of Fruges
Communal Cemetery

Arthur William MEAD
Private, 2nd Battalion, The Bedfordshire Regiment, 89
Brigade, 30th Division. Army no. 26659
He died from his wounds on 3 June 1917. He was 24.
He was the son of John and Emma Mead, 12 Simper Street,
Oakham
He is buried in plot I row A grave 25 Hop Store Cemetery near
Ypres

Arthur Thomas MEADWELL
Lance Corporal, 2nd Battalion, The Leicestershire
Regiment, 28 Indian Brigade, 7th Indian Division. Army no. 16377
He died from his wounds on 18 February 1917. He was 29
He was the son of A Thomas and Emma Meadwell of Elton and the husband of Charlotte Meadwell of Elton, Peterborough.
He is buried in grave XXI C 17 Amara War Cemetery, Iraq 
Additional information
He was born in Melton Mowbray and lived in Oakham    

George MILLER
Private, 34th Battalion, Machine Gun Corps (Infantry). Army
no. 146135. He was formerly with The Leicestershire Regiment.
He was killed in action on 31 August 1918. He was 31
He was the son of John and Fanny Miller
He is buried in grave V B 25 La Clytte Militiary Cemetery, near
Ypres

William MOODY
Lance Corporal, 511th (London) Field Company, Royal
Engineers. Army no 546742
He was killed in action on 12 September 1917. He was 41
He was the son of John Moody of Hull and husband of Florence A Moody, 8 Penn Street, Oakham 
He is buried in grave I C 26 Duhallow ADS Cemetery
Additional Information
He was an Organ Builder

John (Jack) Charles NEAL
Private, 9th Battalion, The Welsh Regiment, 58 Brigade, 19th Division. Army no. 48159
He was killed in action during the Battle of Messines on 7 June 1917. He was 24.
He was the son of George and Mary Neal.
He is buried in grave IV A 20 Wytschaete Military Cemetery  

Arthur Richard NEEDHAM
Private, 2nd Battalion, Scots Guards, 3 Guards Brigade, Guards Division. Army no. 7489
He was killed in action on 29 September 1915 during the Battle of Loos. He was 29
He was the son of John and Jane Needham of Oakham
He is remembered on panel 8 and 9 Loos Memorial 

Harry NEEDHAM
Private, 2nd/5th Battalion, The South Staffordshire
Regiment, 176 Brigade, 59th Division. Army no. 37257
He was killed in action on 17 October 1917 He was 24.
He was the son of Mary Needham.
He is remembered on bay 6 of the Arras Memorial. 

William NEEDHAM
Private, 8th (90th Rifles) Battalion, The Royal Winnipeg Rifles, Canadian Expeditionary Force, 2nd Infantry Brigade, 1st
Canadian Division. Army no 460586.
He died on active service on 16 August 1917. He was 32.
He was the son of William and Elizabeth Needham of Oakham
and the husband of Helen Needham, 147 Brooke Road, Oakham
He is buried in grave I L 42 Chocques Military Cemetery
Additional Information
I suggest that he probably died at no. 1 Casualty Clearing Station which was in Chocques having been injured in the fighting at Hill 70
His history does present a few challenges. All Canadian records give his first name as Horace. This includes his Attestation which is handwritten and signed by him. This states - Horace Needham, born Oakham 15 May 1886 and the husband of Helen of Wpg, (presumably Winnipeg) Manitoba.
http://www.veterans.gc.ca/eng/collections/virtualmem/Detail/166875?Horace%20Needham
All British records state that his first name was William
His birth: Needham William Oakham (September) Quarter 1886 7a 323
CWGC gives William
There is no birth for Horace and I have not identified an English marriage registration

George NEWTON
Private, 1st Battalion, The Leicestershire Regiment, 71
Brigade, 6th Division. Army no 241712
He was killed in action near Holnon on 25 September 1918. He was 34. 
He was the son of John Newton of Oakham and the husband of Keziah Newton, 4 Northgate Street, Oakham
He is buried in grave I B 6 Chapelle British Cemetery, Holnon

William John NIXON
Private, 1st Battalion, The Leicestershire Regiment, 16 Brigade, 6th Division. Army no. 7659
He was killed in action on 25 October 1914. He was 29
He was the son of William J and Jane Nixon
He is remembered on panel 4 of the Ploegsteert Memorial
Additional information
He had enlisted in 1905

John Bertram PARTINGTON
Captain, 1st/4th Battalion, Devonshire Regiment, 37 Indian Brigade, 14th Indian Division,
He was killed in action at the Battle of Kut al Amara on 3 February 1917. He was 32 
He was the son of the late Rev. Thomas Partington and of Mrs Partington, 45 Gloucester Terrace, London formerly of Netherfield Vicarage, Battle, Sussex,
He is buried in grave XXI J 5 Amara War Cemetery, Iraq
Additional information
He was a member of the Staff at Oakham School 1910-1913
He was educated at Radley and won an Exhibition to Pembroke College, Cambridge where he gained a Classics
Tripos in 1903

George RATE
Private, 12th/13th Battalion, The Northumberland Fusiliers,
62 Brigade, 21st Division. Army no. 38353
He was killed in action on 4 October 1917 during the Battle of Broodseinde, Ypres.
He is remembered on panel 19 to 23 & 162 of the Tyne Cot Memorial

Henry James RICHARDSON
Private, 1st/5th Battalion, The Leicestershire Regiment, 138 Brigade, 46th Division. Army no. 1320
He died whilst on active service on 8 January 1916. He was 19.
He was the son of Benjamin and Mary Ann Richardson of Barrow, Rutland
He is buried in grave D 10 St Germain-Au-Mont-D'or Communal Cemetery 
Additional information
He was killed accidentally whilst on a train journey from the North of France to Marseilles probably to embark for the Middle East. He was apparently buried by the French Military Authorities. The Army notes are not easy to read but he had
been struck on the jaw and his skull was fractured.

Joseph William (Joe) SADDINGTON
Private, 5th Battalion, The Leicestershire Regiment, 138 Brigade, 46th Division. Army no 1319. 
He died from his wounds on 31 May 1915. He was 18
He was the son of Joe and Ada Saddington of Oakham
He is buried in grave I B 70 Bailleul Communal Cemetery 

Charles Caldwell SILLS
Second Lieutenant, 1st Battalion, The South Wales
Borderers, 3 Brigade, 1st Division, 
He was killed in action on 26 September 1914. He was 20
He was the son of George T & Alice Sills, Coed Maes, Oakham
He is remembered on La Ferté sous Jouarre Memorial
Additional Information
He attended Oakham School 1905-1912, Prefect, Rugby and Cricket (Captain for 2 years) Colour RMC, Sandhurst where he
was a double Blue Rugby and Cricket and he was a member of MCC

Harold SKINNER
Sergeant, 1st/5th Battalion, The South Staffordshire
Regiment, 137 Brigade, 46th Division. Army no. 235028
He was killed in action at the Battle of Hill 70 on 25 August 1917. He was 31
He was the son of John and Sarah Skinner and the husband of Florence S Skinner, 38 King's Road, Oakham
He is buried in grave II T 9 Philosophe British Cemetery,
Mazingarbe

Absolom SMITH
Private, 2nd Battalion, The Leicestershire Regiment. Army
no. 8590
He died from his wounds on 12 March 1915. He was 25
He was the son of Eli and Mary Smith of Oakham
He is buried in grave III C 87 Eastern Cemetery, Boulogne
Additional Information
His birth was registered in Oakham in 1890 as Absalom but appears as Absolom in the military records
He died in Hospital in Boulogne which suggests that he was serving in France, 2nd Battalion is probably incorrect and he was serving with the 1st Battalion which is reinforced by his award of the 1914 Star and an entry date into France of 12
October 1914

Leonard SMITH  
Private, 5th Battalion, The Leicestershire Regiment
He died of natural causes in the quarter ending September 1915. He was 24
He was the son of Aaron and Beatrice Smith
He is buried in Oakham Cemetery     
Additional information
He lived in John Street Oakham      
His death is recorded in the Civil Registrations in the quarter ending September 1915 (Smith Leonard age 24 Oakham 7a 327)
He was Attested as a Regular Soldier in February 1914 and shortly after that he was discharged on grounds of his ill health. He is believed to have died of consumption/TB

Alfred SQUIRES 
Private, 1st Battalion, The Northumberland Fusiliers, 9 Brigade, 3rd Division. Army no. 38081
He was killed in action at the Canal du Nord on 27 September 1918. He was 27.
He was the son of Joseph and Emma Squires of Oakham
He is remembered on panel 3 of the Vis en Artois Memorial
Additional information
In the 1911 Census he was a servant employed at Wharflands, Oakham, the home of Herbert Gosling

John Thomas STOKES
Private, 8th Battalion, The East Surrey Regiment, 55 Brigade, 18th Division. Army no. 42153. He was formerly with The Sherwood Foresters (Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment), Army no. 98788
He was killed in action on 18 September 1918. He was 19
He was the son of George Thomas and Annie Elizabeth Stokes, 43 West Road, Oakham
He is buried in grave II C 17 Templeux le Guerard British Cemetery 

George Edward TAYLOR
Private, 1st Dorset Yeomanry (Queen's Own), 10 Cavalry Brigade, 4th Cavalry Division. Army no 34359
He died whilst on active service on 1 November 1918. He was 29
He was the son of John J and Hannah Taylor, 24 Kenby Street, Oakham
He is buried in grave 18 19 Oakham Cemetery

John Charles TAYLOR
Private, 9th Battalion, The Leicestershire Regiment, 110 Brigade, 21st Division. Army no. 14867.
He was killed in action in the fighting at Bazentin Ridge, Somme on 14 July 1916. He was 24.
He was probably the son of John and Annie (previously Taylor) Rawlings, Simper Street, Oakham.
He is remembered on pier and face 2C and 3A of the Thiepval
Memorial.

Frank Cecil THORNTON
Second Lieutenant, 11th Battalion, The Leicestershire Regiment, Pioneer Battalion, 6th Division.  
He died on active service near Ypres on 15 July 1916. He was 20
He was the son of George Harry and Emily Thornton, 45 Burton Street, Melton Mowbray, formerly of Bromley House, Oakham
He is buried in plot 1 row B grave 8 Ferme-Oliver Cemetery

Frederick William THORNTON
Gunner, SS Hellenes, Royal Navy. RNVR no. Bristol Z/4780
He died whilst on active service on 2 October 1918. He was 21.
He was the son of George Harry and Emily Ann Thornton, 45 Burton Street, Melton Mowbray
He is buried in Screen Wall South V C 56 Anfield Cemetery, Liverpool

Paul THORPE
Private, 2nd Battalion, The Leicestershire Regiment, 28
Indian Brigade, 7th Indian Division. Army no 22038
He died whist on active service on 13 August 1916. He was 35.
He was the son of Charles and Fanny Thorpe and the husband of Minnie Thorpe, 9 Simper Street, Oakham
He is buried in grave IX B 10 Amara War Cemetery

Henry TRYON
Captain, 15th Battalion attached to 8th Battalion, Rifle Brigade (The Prince Consort’s Own), 41 Brigade, 14th Division.
He was killed in action in the Battle of Flers Courcelette on 15 September 1916.
He was the son of George Clement Tryon, MP, Major, Grenadier Guards and later 1st Baron Tryon
He is remembered on pier and face 16B & 16C of the Thiepval
Memorial
Additional information
The Probate records give his address as Chilliwack, British Columbia

Richard TRYON
Captain, 6th Battalion, Rifle Brigade (The Prince Consort’s
Own) attached to 2nd Battalion, King’s Royal Rifle Corps, 2 Brigade, 1st Division.
He was killed in action at Cuinchy on 10 January 1915.
He was the son of Captain Richard and Jane A L Tryon, The Lodge Oakham and husband of Edith Campbell Tryon
He is remembered on panel 44 Le Touret Memorial  
Additional information
He was a Mason see: http://www.masonicgreatwarproject.org.uk/writeup.php?string=3133

Albert WADE
Sergeant, 11th Battalion, The Leicestershire Regiment,
Pioneer Battalion, 6th Division. Army no. 202522
He was killed in action on 22 March 1918. He was 36
He is remembered on bay 5 of the Arras Memorial

William Harold WADE
Rifleman, 18th Battalion, King's Royal Rifle Corps, 122 Brigade, 41st Division. Army no. R/33408. He was formerly with The Rifle Brigade Army no. S/18903 and before that with 19th Training Battalion, Army no. TR/13/13595
He was killed in action on 24 May 1917. He was 20.
He was the son of Charles and Mary Ann Wade, 33 Penn Street, Oakham
He is buried in grave B 6 Dickebusch New Military Cemetery near Ypres

Bob WAGSTAFF
Private, 9th Battalion, The Leicestershire Regiment, 110  Brigade, 21st Division. Army no. 10135
He was killed in action in the third Battle of the Scarpe on 3 May 1917. He was 21.
He was the son of Frederick and Ellen Wagstaff, 18 Church Street, Oakham
He is remembered on bay 5 of the Arras Memorial

James WILKINSON
Corporal, 689th Motor Transport Company, Army Service
Corps. Army no M2/180922
He died on active service on 3 November 1918. He was 27.
He was the son of James E and Rachell Wilkinson and the husband of Alice Mary Wilkinson, 10 Excelsior Cottage, Oakham
He is buried in grave D 7 Skopje British Cemetery, Macedonia
Additional Information
There is a comment on the CWGC database that the majority of those in this cemetery died from influenza

Samuel WOODCOCK
Private, 2nd Battalion, The Northamptonshire Regiment, 24
Brigade, 8th Division. Army no. 8270
He was killed in action at the Battle of Aubers Ridge on 9 May 1915. He was 27.
He was the son of Matthew and Emma Woodcock, 1 Northgate Street, Oakham
He is remembered on panel 7 of the Ploegsteert Memorial

Thomas Frederick WOODCOCK
Lance Corporal, 1st/5th Battalion, The Leicestershire Regiment, 138 Brigade, 46th Division. Army no. 240201
He was killed in action at the Battle of Hill 70 on 15 August 1917. He was 34
He was the son of Matthew Woodcock, 31 Dean Street, Oakham
He is buried in grave I U 37 Philosophe British Cemetery, Mazingarbe

William Edward WOODCOCK
Private, 8th Battalion, The Leicestershire Regiment, 110 Brigade, 21st Division. Army no. 40202
He was killed in action at the Battle of Morval on 25 September 1916.
He is remembered on pier and face 2C and 3A of the Thiepval Memorial
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