Oakham Town WW1 in the Churchyard of All Saint's Church, Oakham
The War Memorial in the Churchyard of All Saints’ Church
TO THE MEN OF OAKHAM WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES IN THE GREAT WAR 
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1914-1919 
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 
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 
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 
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 
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 
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 
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 
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 
The Dedication of the War Memorial
Graves in Oakham Cemetery
Arthur Brader
James Arthur M Charles
James Arthur Merriman Charles
William Edward Clarke
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 |
