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Ledbury War Memorial Unveiling Ceremony

In Memory of The Local Men Who Fell In The Great War 1914 - 1919

1920

Unveiling of the War Memorial Ceremony - Sunday 5th December 1920

Photo Claire ELLIS ( Green )

Ledbury War Memorial


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	F. Sgt. HOWARD C. BAKER Gnr. HARRY BARNETT Sgt. Obs. WILLIAM H. BASTABLE Cpt. EDWARD C. BEVAN Dvr. WILLIAM S. BUTLER A.B. STANLEY A. CAFFULL F. Sgt. PERCY E. CLARK F. Sgt. GEOFFREY A.C. COLDRIDGE C.P.O CORNELIUS S. COLLINS D.S.M. Gdsm. RAWDON J. COOK C.P.O. HAROLD F. DAVIS	"LET US REMEMBER BEFORE GOD THE MEN OF THIS PARISH WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES IN THE CAUSE OF FREEDOM 1939-1945"	Fg Off. DONALD G. DENSLOW Gdsm. ALBERT A. EDWARDS Pte. WILLIAM GREENING A.B. DENNIS J. HABBITTS Pte WILLIAM HALFORD L.A.C. REGINALD C. HAMBLIN Fg Off. RAYMOND G. HARRIS Sgt. DOUGLAS HIGGINBOTHAM A.B. THOMAS HINDMARCH Mne. CYRIL KING Pte. GEORGE J. LANCETT

	Pte FRANK L. A. LEWIS Stwd WILLIAM LOADE A.B. BERNARD J. Mc CARTHY A.L.A BENJAMIN G. MORGAN Sto JOHN H. MOWBRAY Pte. ARTHUR F. NEALE Gnr. GILBERT R. J. PERRETT Pte. JAMES T. PHILLIPS Gnr FRANCIS C. PRICE Pte SIDNEY J. PRITCHARD Spr JOHN N. RENNIE		L. Cpl LEONARD J. ROBINSON Mne FREDERICK W. C. SANDFORD A.B. CYRIL J. SKINNER P.O. EDWARD SMITH L/Sea CHARLES G. STEPHENS Pte THOMAS A. TAYLOR Sgt WATKIN L. T. WALKER War Corrpdt. WILLIAM E. WEST F. Sgt WILLIAM G. WILLIAMS Cpl HARRY WOODYATT

	Pte THOMAS ANDREWS L/Cpl CHARLES T. BAGGOTT S.Q.M.S. S. BENJAMIN BARNETT Pte FREDERICK BARTLETT Sergt WILLIAM E. BEALE M.M. &BAR Pte WALTER BRADLEY Spr JAMES BROWN L/Cpl ARTHUR J. BROWN Pte JOHN CALE " GEORGE L. CARTER Stoker BENJAMIN CHADD Sergt WALTER C. CHADD Tele ROBERT C. CHADD Gnr ALBERT E. CHRISTOPHER Pte EDWARD R. CONN " JOHN COOK " WILLIAM H. COOPER " JOHN COOPER " WILLIAM DALLEY " FRANK DAVIES	TO THE GLORY OF GOD AND TO THE IMMORTAL MEMORY OF THE GALLANT MEN FROM THIS TOWN WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES FOR THEIR COUNTRY IN THE GREAT EUROPEAN WAR 1914-1919. "GREATER LOVE HATH NO MAN THAN THIS"	Pte JAMES DAVIES Gnr J. DIXON L/Cpl SAMUEL V. DRINKWATER Pte ERNEST FARLEY " AUSTIN H. FLOYD " EDGAR A. G. GITTENS " WILLIAM GLADWIN " ARCHIBALD HAMBLIN " ALBERT D. HARFORD " LEONARD HATHAWAY " HARRY HATHAWAY " VICTOR J. V. HENLEY " HENRY HODGES " GEORGE W. HODGES " HERBERT HODGES Lieut REGINALD HOWELL Pte FREDERICK C. HINER " HARRY J. JONES " JACK JONES " ERNEST LANCETT

	Pte RALPH LEADBETTER " FREDERICK C. H. LOW " STANLEY H. MANSELL Major HUGH W. MARTIN Capt ALICK G. MARTIN C.S.M. EDWARD G. MORRIS Pte HERBERT A. NAPPER Sergt ARTHUR J. NEALE L/Cpl JOHN NEALE Pte DAVID E. OWENS " RICHARD J. PALMER " WILLIAM PARTRIDGE " ARTHUR PEDLINGHAM " S. CHARLES PERRY Cpl. ERNEST A. PHILPOTTS D.C.M. Pte GILBERT A. PLAYER P.-O JOHN POTTER Pte PHILIP J. PREECE " A. THOMAS PREECE " THOMAS G. PRITCHARD		L/Cpl HAROLD V. PUDGE Pte WILLIAM J. RANFORD C.S.M. GEORGE H. RICH Lieut THOMAS ROGERS Gnr THOMAS B. SHINN Pte MERVYN W. SMITH " FRANK SMITH Rflmn A. DENNIS SMITH Pte HARRY SPARKES " JOHN STAUNTON " ALBERT H. STEPHENS " FRANCIS G. TARBATH A.B. JAMES THEAKESTONE Pte FRANK WALTERS " CHARLES D. WARREN " FRED. K. G. WATKINS 2nd Lieut JOHN H. WATTS Lieut HAROLD D. WILKS Pte Jack WILLIAMS " JAMES V. WILLIAMS
Pte W.C.PROTHERO " C.W.SELLEY

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Ledbury WWI Roll of Honour

Name	Serving with	Service number	Date died	Age	Place died	Cemetery/Memorial	Grave/Mem. ref.
Pte Thomas ANDREWS	4th Bn. Worcestershire Regiment	6011	08/11/1915	42		Hill 10 C. Gallipoli Turkey	II C 14
Thomas George Andrews, the son of blacksmith Robert Andrews and his wife Mary Anne, was born in Ledbury. In 1881 his mother was a widow still living with her family in Newtown, Ledbury. By 1891, the family had moved to St.Pancras, London living with his elder brother John and wife Kate. In 1901 Thomas, aged 28, was working as a bricklayer boarding in Shoreditch. By 1911 he was a married man but still a lodger living in Walthamstow.
L/Cpl Charles Thorne BAGGOTT	17th Bn. The King’s (Liverpool Regiment)	51576	09/04/1917	28	The battle of Arras	St Martin Calvaire British C., St Martin-sur-Cojeul, Pas de Calais	I A 18
Charles Baggott was born in Ledbury in September 1888. His father was James Baggott who married Marie Lambert in 1876 in Ledbury. He was one of a family of five with two older brothers Alfred and William. He died in France on the first day of the battle of Arras 9th April 1917 while serving with the King’s (Liverpool Regiment). He was unmarried.
S Q S Stephen Benjamin BARNETT	Queen’s Own Worcs Hussars (Worcs Yeomanry)	325014	29/10/1918	55		Damascus Commonwealth W. C.	B 92
Stephen Barnett was born in Ledbury. He was married to Frances Barnett and lived at Glenwood. He enlisted in Ledbury and died in Egypt in October 1918.
Pte Frederick BARTLETT	23rd Bn. The King’s Liverpool Regiment	84319	16/07/1918	37		Cardiff (Cathays) C.	EB 66
Frederick Bartlett was the son of Robert and Amy Bartlett of Wareham, Dorset. He was married to Rose Amy Bartlett and they lived at Cardiff Cottage, Wellington Heath, near Ledbury.
Sgt William Ernest BEALE MM & BAR	10th Bn. Durham L.I.	23082	10/11/1918	29		Caudry British Cemetery, near Cambrai, France	I B 12
William Beale was born in Ledbury and living at Newtown, Ledbury at the start of the war. In 1901 his father had died and together with his mother and elder brother, John, he was living with his stepfather, John Pritchard, in Homend Street. His step-brother was Thomas Pritchard (see below). He enlisted in Hereford and received the Military Medal and Bar in December 1916. He died of wounds in Flanders in November 1918. 15th Btn?
Pte Walter BRADLEY	1st Bn. Herefordshire Regiment	1372	16/11/1915	19		Noted on Helles Memorial, Gallipoli, Turkey	Panel 198
Walter Bradley was born in Ledbury and enlisted in the army in Ledbury while living with his parents, George and Mary Bradley at Knoll View, Victoria Road, Newtown, Ledbury. He was killed in action in Gallipoli aged 19. He was unmarried.
Spr James BROWN	Royal Engineers	WR/201724	03/12/1918	44		Ledbury Cemetery	A A4/A5 29
James Brown was born in Ledbury and married to Fanny Brown. They lived at Home Lawn, Homend Street, Ledbury. In 1901 his age is given as 23 so he would have been around 40 at the time of his death in December 1918.
L/Cpl Arthur John BROWN	28th Bn. Australian Infantry AIF	1677	29/07/1916	30	France	Villers-Bretonneux M. near Amiens
Arthur Brown was born in Ledbury, the son of William Henry and Jane Brown who lived in Newbury Park, Ledbury and the husband of F. Brown.
John CALE	1st Bn. King’s Shropshire Light Infantry	17401	22/04/1916	28		Essex Farm C., Boezinge, near Ieper, Belgium	II P 16
John Cale was born in Ledbury and enlisted in Hereford. His parents William and Mary Anne Cale lived at 25 Mill Street, Hereford and he was married to Minnie M.D.Cale. He was killed in action in Flanders in April 1916 aged 28.
Pte George L. CARTER	1st Bn. K.S.L.I.	25711	09/03/1917	23		Maroc British C., Grenay, near Bethune, France	I O 22
George Carter was born in Aconbury, the son of Lewis and Annie Carter of 26 Homend Street, Ledbury. His father was a Steam Roller Engine driver.
Stoker Benjamin CHADD	Royal Navy	SS/102612	01/11/1914	33	HMS Good Hope	Noted on Portsmouth Naval Memorial	4
Benjamin Chadd was the eldest son of James and Emma Chadd of Southend Street, Ledbury. He was born in Ledbury and married to Fanny Louisa Chadd. Before the war he was awarded the Messina Medal. This was an Italian medal awarded to those who landed to help in the relief operations after the earthquake in Sicily in December 1908. He died on the cruiser HMS Good Hope when she was sunk by the cruisers Scharnhorst and Gneisenau off the coast of Chile on 1st November 1914.
Tele Robert C. CHADD	Royal Navy	J/37661	18/12/1918	19	HMS Pelorus	East Mudros M.C.on Limnos, Greece	III H 228
Robert Chadd was the youngest son of James and Emma Chadd of Southend Street, Ledbury. He was born in Ledbury and unmarried. HMS Pelorus was a light cruiser in the Aegean Squadron, based at Suda Bay, Crete.
Sergt Walter Clifford CHADD	1st Bn. Herefordshire Regiment	235043	06/11/1917	27		Beersheba W.C. Israel	E76
Walter Chadd was born in Ledbury and lived with his widowed mother, Emma Chadd, at 63 Albert Road, Newtown, Ledbury at the start of the war. He was the brother of Benjamin and Robert Chadd. He enlisted in Ledbury and was killed in action in Egypt in November 1917.
Gnr Albert E. CHRISTOPHER	xxx	xxx	xxx	xxx		xxx	xxx
Albert Christopher was born in Ledbury in 1894 and aged 16 in 1911 census, working as a railway porter. He was the son of Henry and Emma Christopher and one of ten children all born in Ledbury. His father was a railway platelayer, originally from Sellack in Herefordshire.
Pte Edward Reginald CONN	5th Bn. K.S.L.I.	33009	04/09/1917	19		Calais Southern Cemetery	Plot H Row 5 Grave 5
Edward Reginald Conn was the son of Alfred and Hannah Conn of Victoria Street, Newtown, Ledbury
Pte John COOK(E)	6th Bn. K.S.L.I.	7866	20/11/1918	44		Ste.Marie C., Le Havre	62 II P 3
John Cook was the son of John and Ellen Cook of Ledbury and husband of Ada Cooke (nee Becks) of 61, Bye Street, Ledbury.
Pte William Henry COOPER	London Regiment	2414	26/05/1915	24		Noted on Le Touret Memorial, France	Panels 45 and 46
William Cooper was born in Newtown, North Wales, the son of Robert and Ann Cooper who lived in New Street, Ledbury in 1901. His father was a coachman and came from Hampshire.
Pte John COOPER	7th Bn. K.S.L.I.	16305	16/10/1915	18		Maple Copse C., Ieper, Belgium	Sp.Memorial J 23
John Cooper was born in Ledbury and was the youngest son of Elijah and Hannah Cooper of 61 Homend Street, Ledbury. He was unmarried.
Pte William DALLEY	Labour Corps (Devonshire Regiment)	142199 (66113)	04/12/1917	27	at home	Birmingham (Lodge Hill) Cemetery	Wall B10 6 475A
William Dalley was the son of Richard and Mary A. Dalley who had fourteen children, all born in Ledbury and living at Homend Street, Ledbury in 1901. William lived at Bath Row, Birmingham with his wife Edith Annie Dalley.
Pte Frank DAVIES	1st Bn. Herefordshire Regiment	2468	21/11/1915	21		Pieta M.C., Malta	D VIII 1
Frank Davies was born in Ashperton and aged 6, living with his mother Emily at Trumpet Cottage, Pixley, in 1901. In 1911, aged 16, he was working as a footman for the Masefield family at The Priory, Ledbury with his name spelt Davis on the census return.
Pte James DAVI(E)S	1st Bn. K.S.LI.	10407	20/06/1915	22		Potijze Burial Ground C., West Vlaanderen, Belgium	Z 18
Jim Davis was born in September 1892 in Ledbury, the youngest son of Francis and Clara Davis of Smoke Alley, Homend Street, Ledbury. He was killed in action aged 22.
Gnr John DIXON	306th Bde. Royal Field Artillery	3569	28/10/1916	?		Laventie M.C., La Gorgue	III B 13
John Dixon was the son of Mrs A Dixon of Aylton Court Cottages, Aylton near Ledbury.
L/Cpl Samuel Victor DRINKWATER	Queen’s Own Worcs Hussars (Worcs yeomanry)	325692	23/11/1917	21		Cairo W.Memorial Cemetery	O 20
Samuel Drinkwater was born in Ledbury, the son of Richard and Mary Drinkwater of Southend Street, Ledbury. His father was a farrier. He was unmarried.
Pte Ernest FARLEY (HERBERT in army)	11th Bn. Sherwood Foresters (Notts & Derby Regiment)	28876	1/07/1916	27		Thiepval Memorial, Somme, France	Pier & Face 10C, 10D and 11A
Ernest Farley was born in Ledbury and was 12 in 1901. He was the son of George and Emily Farley of 209, Homend Street and had an elder brother William aged 15 and a younger brother Dennis aged 7. His father was a railway platelayer. He changed his surname to Herbert before he joined the Army and is listed as such in Army records.
Pte Austin Henry FLOYD	49th Bn. Machine Gun Corps (Infantry)	83135	12/04/1918	20		Wulverghem-Lindenhoek Road M.C., Ieper, Belgium	V.A.23
Austin Floyd was born in Ledbury, the son of Joseph Henry and Rose Hannah Floyd of Roseneath, Woodleigh Road, Ledbury. His father was a carpenter. Austin died in Flanders in 1918 aged 20. He was unmarried.
Pte Edgar Arthur George GITTENS	12th Bn.West Yorkshire Regiment	12923	13/04/1917	22		Noted on Arras Memorial	Bay 4
Arthur Gittens was the eldest son of Arthur and Emma Gittens who lived at Piesnest, Parkway in 1901 but had moved to Stone House, Nunnington, Hereford by the start of the war. His father was an agricultural labourer from Redmarley, near Ledbury.
Pte William GLADWIN	9th Bn. Royal Welsh Fusiliers	204367	22/03/1918	19		Noted on Arras Memorial	Bay 6
William Gladwin was the son of William James and Florence Gladwin of 22 Lower Road, New Town, Ledbury.
Pte Archibald HAMBLIN	18th Bn. The King’s (Liverpool Regiment)	74075	09/09/1917	24		Ridge Wood M.C., near Ieper, Belgium	III P 4
Archibald Hamblin was born and lived in Ledbury. He was the son of Thomas and Barbara Hamblin of New Street, Ledbury (next but one to the Vine Tap P.H.) and aged 8 in 1901. When he died his nearest relative was his brother, Arthur I. Hamblin who lived at 27, Gravel Hill, Ludlow, Salop
Pte Albert Douglas HARFORD	5th Bn. K.S.L.I.	11056	10/07/1915	19		New Irish Farm C., Ieper, Belgium	XXXII F 13
Albert Harford was the son of William and Hannah Harford, born in Eastnor near Ledbury in 1896, living at Halfway House, Ledbury in 1911. He enlisted in Hereford.
Pte Leonard HATHAWAY	Royal Horse Artillery (Shoeing Smith)	831298	23/10/1918	21	Italy	Dueville Communal Cemetery Extension, nr.Vicenza	Plot 1 Row H Grave 11
Leonard Hathaway was born in Ledbury and working as a baker in Sutton Coldfield in 1911. He enlisted in Worcester.
Pte Harry H. HATHAWAY	1/4th Bn. Prince of Wales’s Volunteers (South Lancashire Regiment)	201801	14/07/1917	19	Flanders	Brandhoek M.C., near Ieper, Belgium	I M 19
Albert Henry (Harry) Hathaway was born in Ledbury in spring 1898. He lived with his parents, Harry and Harriet Hathaway, in Brewery Yard, Bye Street, Ledbury in 1911. His father was a coach painter from Reading. Harry enlisted in Warrington, Cheshire.
Pte Victor John Vincent HENLEY	5th Bn. K.S.L.I.	11247	25/09/1915	19	Battle of Hooge, Ypres, Belgium	Noted on Ypres (Menin Gate) Memorial	Addenda Panel
Victor Henley was born in Ledbury. The son of Vincent and Ada Henley of New Street and, before enlisting, was a grocer’s assistant to Mr F W Taylor of the High Street. His father was a local man, a bricklayer.
Pte Frederick Charles HINER (HYNER)	10th Bn. The Gloucestershire Regiment	28943	03/12/1916	30		St Sever C. Extension, Rouen, France	O III I 5
Frederick Hiner was born in Ledbury and aged 15, a grocer’s apprentice, in 1901. He was the son of Robert and Emma Hiner of New Street, Ledbury. The family moved here from Cambridgeshire around 1880.
Pte Henry (Harry) HODGES	2nd Bn. Royal Welsh Fusiliers	47390	06/05/1918	31		Bagneux British C., Gezaincourt, Somme, France	I G 1
Harry Hodges was born in Ledbury, the son of Thomas and Emily Hodges of Mission Room, Parkway, near Ledbury.
Pte George William HODGES	8th Bn. The Black Watch (Royal Highlanders)	S/10208	25/09/1915	22		Noted on Loos Memorial, France	Panel 78-83
George Hodges was born in Ledbury the younger brother of Harry Hodges.
Pte Herbert HODGES	xxx	xxx	xxx	xxx		xxx	xxx
Herbert Hodges was the eldest son of Arthur and Mary Hodges of New Street, Ledbury. He was born in Ledbury and aged 8 or 9 and possibly visiting his grandparents, Thomas and Elizabeth Skinner on the evening of the 1901 census as his name is recorded twice. His father was from Dymock, near Ledbury.
Lieut Reginald HOWELL	1st/3rd Bn. Herefordshire Regiment	---	30/05/1918	24		Niederzwehren C., near Kassel, Germany	II B 11
Reginald Howell was the son of Thomas and Sophia Howell, of The Feathers Hotel, Ledbury who moved to Fareham, Hampshire. He was reported as wounded and taken prisoner in the Ledbury Guardian April 6, 1918.
Pte Harry J. JONES	1/1st Bn. The Herefordshire Regiment	236730	06/11/1917	21	Egypt	Beersheba W.C.	E 62
Harry Jones was the grandson of Mary Jones (later Worthington) of 22, Bridge Street, Ledbury.
Pte Jack JONES	xxx	xxx	xxx	xxx		xxx	xxx
Jack Jones was born in Ledbury, the son of Mary Jones of 22, Bridge Street, Ledbury.
Pte Ernest LANCETT	1st Bn.Connaught Rangers	8140	10/07/1918	32	Egypt	Alexandria (Hadra) W. Memorial C.	F 247
Ernest Lancett was born and lived in Ledbury and enlisted here. In 1901 it appears that his mother had died and he and his father, Ben, were lodging with the Buxton family in Bye Street, Ledbury. Ernest was 16 and a brewer’s assistant.
Pte Ralph LEADBETTER	Machine Gun Corps (Infantry) 60th Bn.	107381	11/10/1918	20		Ramleh W. C., Israel	Z 45
Ralph Leadbetter was born in Ledbury, the son of George and Frances Grace Leadbetter of 81, New Street, Ledbury. He died in Israel in October 1918 aged 20. He was unmarried.
Pte Frederick C.H. LOW	1/1st Bn.Herefordshire Regiment	235776	27/03/1917	21		Deir el Belah Cemetery	A9
Frederick Low was born in Forest Hill, London, the son of Richard and Louisa Low.
Pte Stanley Haines MANSELL	1st Bn. Herefordshire Regiment	236299	06/11/1917	19		Beersheba W.C. Israel	xxx
Stanley Mansell was born in Ledbury, the son of William and Thurza Mansell of Wild House Cottage, near Underdown, Ledbury. He was born in Ledbury and his father was a carpenter.
Major Hugh Waldyve MARTIN	59th Scinde Rifles (Frontier Force)	---	02/06/1918	40	Jullunder	Noted on Kirkee 1914-1918 Memorial	Face 12
Hugh Martin was the eldest son of Waldyer and Georgina Martin of The Upper Hall, Ledbury.
Capt Alick Gregory MARTIN M.C.	Princess Patricia’s Canadian L.I.	---	23/03/1918	35	Flavey-le-Martel, France	Chauny Communal C. British Extension, Aisne	3 L 12
Alick Martin was the son of Waldyer and Georgina Martin of The Upper Hall, Ledbury and husband of Louisa Helen Martin of Fir Hill, Droxford, Hampshire.
C.S.M. Edward G. MORRIS	1st/1st Bn. Herefordshire Regiment	235015	19/04/1917	38		Noted on Jerusalem Memorial	Panel 54
Edward Morris was the son of James John and Hannah Bella Morris of Much Marcle near Ledbury.
Pte Herbert Arthur NAPPER	5th Bn. Border Regiment	27792	28/08/1918	24		Noted on Vis-en-Artois Memorial, near Arras, France	Panel 6
Herbert Napper was born in Ledbury, the youngest son of Jabez and Ann Napper who lived at Old Wharf, New Street, Ledbury in 1901. His mother was widowed and living at Victoria Road, Ledbury at the start of the war. His father had been a roadman and his name, Jabez, comes from the Old Testament Bible, Chronicles.
Sergt Arthur Jack NEALE	xxx	xxx	xxx	xxx		xxx	xxx
Arthur Neale was the eldest son of Joseph and Margaret Alice Neale of living at Lower Road, Ledbury in 1901. His father was a woodman from Warwick and Arthur was born there.
L/Cpl John NEALE	1st Bn. Gloucestershire Regiment	36868	09/02/1917	20		Hem Farm M. C., Hem-Monacu, France	II I 4
John Neale was born in Ledbury the brother of Arthur Neale. The family had moved to 6 Homend Crescent, Ledbury by the start of the war. He was unmarried.
Pte David Evan OWENS	11th Bn. Border Regiment, formerly 2624 Hereford Regt.	27684	18/11/1916	34		Ten Tree Alley C., Puisieux, near Arras, France	A 34
David Owens was born in Betws-y-Coed in 1882 but living in New Street, Ledbury in 1911. He was married to Florence Mary Owens and they had a daughter, Elsie Honor, born in 1910. He was a monumental mason and enlisted in Hereford initially into the Herefordshire Regiment and was killed in action near Arras.
Pte Richard Joseph PALMER	10th Bn.Worcestershire Regiment	40659	08/07/1917	24		Locre Hospice Cemetery, Ieper, Belgium	I A 20
Richard Palmer was the son of Bertram Joseph and Julia Catherine Palmer of New Street, Ledbury. He was born in 1893 in Shrewsbury.
Pte William PARTRIDGE	1st/1st Bn. Herefordshire Regiment	2739	30/08/1915	18		Azmak C. Suvla, Turkey	Sp.Mem.9
William Partridge was born in Ledbury. He was the son of William and Elizabeth Partridge and the family lived in Bridge Street in 1901. His father was a gardener.
Pte Arthur PEDLINGHAM	1st/5th Bn. Welsh Regiment	3075	17/08/1915	32	Gallipoli	Helles Memorial, Turkey	Panel 140-144
Arthur Waving Pedlingham was born in Ledbury. He was the son of John and Alice Pedlingham who kept a grocer’s shop at 6 Southend St., Ledbury. His battalion landed at Suvla Bay, Turkey on 9th August 1915 and he died in action eight days later.
Pte S. Charles PERRY	8th Bn. Gloucestershire Regiment	24354	01/10/1917	?		Locre Hospice Cemetery, Ieper, Belgium	III A 31
Charles Perry was the son of Samuel Thomas and Alice Perry of Bridge St., Ledbury.
Cpl. Ernest Arthur PHILPOTT(S) D.C.M.	6th Bn. K.S.L.I.	10131	28/09/1917	20		Etaples M.C., near Boulogne	XXVI E 4A
Ernest Philpott was born in Ledbury the eldest son of Arthur and Lizzie Philpott. His father was a waggoner from Bromyard and they lived in Falcon Lane, Ledbury. Ernest enlisted in Hereford. He died of wounds in Flanders in 1917 aged 20. He was a Lance-Corporal.
Pte Gilbert Anthony PLAYER	1st/4th Bn. K.S.L.I.	201508	03/01/1918	24		Thiepval Memorial, Somme, France	Pier and Face 12A and 12D
Gilbert Player was born in Ledbury, the son of Thomas and Bethia Player who lived in Homend Street, Ledbury in 1901. He was married and lived at Rose Cottage, Victoria Road, Ledbury.
P-O John POTTER	Royal Navy	Dev/137103	25/04/1915	?	HMS Canopus	V Beach C., Cape Helles, Gallipoli, Turkey	B 82
John Potter died from Turkish gunfire on board HMS Canopus in the Dardanelles in support of an Allied landing on the Gallipoli peninsula on 25th April 1915.
Pte Philip John PREECE	2nd Bn. Duke of Cornwall’s L.I.	11806	14/03/1915	22	St.Eloi, Flanders	Ypres (Menin Gate) Memorial & Ledbury Cemetery	Panel 20 & Between the Chapels
Jack Preece was born in Ledbury the son of John and Ellen Beatrice Preece of 14 Homend Crescent, Ledbury. His father was a solicitor’s clerk. Philip enlisted at St Pancras, London. The 2nd DCLI landed at Havre on 21st December 1914 and entered the trenches at St. Eloi, situated in the Salient just south of Ypres. On March 14th 1915 at 5:30pm, the Germans launched a surprise attack on St Eloi exploding two mines under the British position, disabled two machine guns posts, and stormed the trenches forcing the British troops back through St Eloi. They were in control of the village by nightfall. Philip died there that day.
Pte A. Thomas PREECE	2nd Bn.K.S.L.I.	16949	21/08/1915	26	Flanders, Belgium	Desplanque Farm C., La Chapelle-D’Armentieres	C 15
Thomas Preece was born in Ledbury, the son of Thomas and Kate Preece of Homend Street, Ledbury. His father was a navvy. He enlisted in Hereford and was killed in action in Flanders. When he died his nearest relative was given as his brother, W. Preece, of 35 Richmond Road, Hereford.
Pte Thomas George PRITCHARD	King’s Royal Rifle Corps	A/202130	24/12/1917	26		Noted on Tyne Cot Memorial, near Ieper, Belgium	Panels 115-119 and 162A, 163A
Thomas Pritchard was born in Ledbury the son of John and Elizabeth Pritchard of Homend Street, Ledbury. He was the step-brother of William Beale (see above) and husband of F.C.K. Pritchard of 31 College Street, Worcester.
Pte (Not W.C.) William Ernest PROTHERO	2nd Battalion Royal Welsh Fusiliers	243289	15/11/1918	29		Alexandria (Hadra) W. Memorial C.	E 185
The 1911 census records that William Ernest Prothero was born in Longtown, Herefordshire, the eldest son of William and Emma Elizabeth Prothero of Homend Street (living in Abergavenny in 1911). Ledbury war memorial has initials W.C. and the CWGC record has his name as William Charles Prothero but confirms his age and parents names.
L/Cpl Harold Victor PUDGE	1st/5th Bn. Gloucestershire Regiment	203655	13/04/1917	29	France	Unicorn Cemetery, Vend’Huile, Aisne	II F 18
Vic Pudge was the youngest child of Henry and Mary Pudge of the Pheasant Hotel, Welland. He was married to Mary Irene Barker shortly before he joined the army in May 1916 and they lived in New Street, Ledbury.
Pte William John RANFORD	Cheshire Regiment	285015	05/11/1918	25		Niederzwehren C., near Kassel, Germany	IV G 3
William Ranford was born in Ledbury, the son of Joseph A. and Annie Ranford of Elms Leighrdquoi, Wellington Heath near Ledbury. He and his father worked on a fruit farm.
C.S.M. George Henry RICH	2nd Garrison Bn. The King’s Liverpool	33809	01/11/1916	27		Ledbury Cemetery	Between the Chapels
George Rich was the son of George H. and Alice Rich of New Street, Ledbury living two doors away from the Hiner family (see above). His father came from Kent. His wife was Ethel Rich.
Lieut Thomas ROGERS	Royal Naval Air Service	---	19/06/1917	24	---	Noted on Chatham Naval Memorial	25
Thomas Rogers was the son of Thomas and Alice Jane Rogers of Belle Orchard, Ledbury. He was born in Hartlebury, Worcestershire. He was an Observer Officer in the R.N.A.S. and drowned in seaplane operations at Ostend on 19th June 1917.
Pte Charles William SELLEY	1st Bn. Monmoutshire Regiment	260150	25/11/1917	20		Noted on Loos Memorial	Panel 129 and 130
Charles Selley was the eldest son of Thomas Charles and Jane Selley of Mabels Furlong, Ledbury. He was reported missing in action in the Ledbury Guardian of 19th January 1918.
Gnr Thomas Bennett SHINN	158th Bde. Machine Gun Corps (Cavalry)	50207	09/03/1918	26		Jerusalem W.C., Israel	L 26
Thomas Shinn was born in Ledbury but living with his wife in Stroud at the start of the war. He was the youngest son of Thomas B. and Fanny Shinn who lived in Homend Street in 1901. His father was a carpenter.
Pte Mervyn Whittenbury SMITH	51st Bn. Australian Infantry, A.I.F	2669	03/09/1916	31		Courcelette British Cemetery, France	XII G 4
Mervyn Smith was the son of Harry Vernon and Catherine Ellen Smith of 31 Homend Street, Ledbury.
Pte Frank SMITH	62nd Bn. Machine Gun Corps (Infantry)	162682	20/10/1918	31		Noted on Vis-en-Artois Memorial, near Arras, France	Panel 10
Frank Smith was born in Ledbury in 1887. He was the son of Benjamin and Annie Smith. His wife was Evelyn Zeada Smith and they lived at 148 Union Lane, Ledbury. He was a bricklayer’s labourer in 1901 and he joined up with the 2611 Herefordshire Regiment in Hereford. He was killed in action in Flanders in October 1918 aged 31.
Rflmn A. Dennis SMITH	7th Bn. King’s Royal Rifle Corps	R/6340	12/10/1917	26	Flanders, Belgium	Noted on Tyne Cot Memorial	Panel 115-119, 162A and 163A
Dennis Smith was born in Ledbury and was Frank Smith’s younger brother. He had moved to Coventry by the start of the war and joined up in Marylebone, London. He was killed in action in Flanders in October 1917 aged 26.
Pte Harry SPARK(E)S	2nd Bn. East Yorkshire Regiment	7192	16/04/1915	35	Flanders, Belgium	Noted on Ypres (Menin Gate) Memorial	Panel 21 and 31
Harry Sparks was born in Whitechapel, London. In 1911 he was working as a farm labourer, living in Well Yard, Ledbury with his wife, Mary Ann, and their 1-year-old son. He enlisted in the East Yorkshire Regiment in Leeds.
Pte John STAUNTON	13th Bn. Gloucestershire Regiment	18082	30/06/1916	21		Noted on Loos Memorial, Loos-en-Gohelle, France	Panels 60 - 64
John Staunton was born in Ledbury, the eldest son of Andrew James and Elizabeth Ann Staunton, of High House, Parkway near Ledbury. He died in June 1916 aged 21.
Pte Albert Henry STEPHENS	5th Bn. K.S.L.I.	11168	24/06/1915	24		Bailleul Communal C. Extension (Nord), France	I B 144
Albert Stephens was born in Little Marcle living with his parents, William and Mary Ann Stephens at Bargains Farm, working as a waggoner. He joined up in Hereford.
Pte Francis George TARBATH	11th Bn. The Border Regiment, formerly 4401 Hereford Regt.	27829	18/11/1916	21		Noted on Thiepval Memorial, France	Pier and Face 6A and 7C
Francis Tarbath was born in Ledbury, the son of Henry Allen and Alice Mary Tarbath of Homend Street, Ledbury. His father was a groom at a livery stables.
A.B. James THEAKESTONE	Royal Navy	J/17048	25/01/1917	20	HMS Laurentic	Noted on Chatham Naval Memorial	22
The son of Edward and Emily Theakestone of Bradlow, Ledbury. Living at St. Pancras, London when he enlisted. The White Star liner R.M.S. Laurentic was requisitioned by the Admiralty as an armed merchant cruiser. On 25th January 1917 on a voyage to New York, she struck a mine off the northern coast of County Donegal, Ireland and sank with the loss of 350 people.
Pte Frank WALTERS	5th Bn. K.S.L.I.	17660	05/10/1915	19		Ledbury Cemetery	Sec.A. Row A2/A3 Grave 17
Frank Walters was born in Ledbury, the son of William and Emma Walters of Belle Orchard, Ledbury. His father was a bricklayer. Frank joined up in Merthyr and died of wounds in England. He is buried in Ledbury Cemetery.
Pte Charles Dennis WARREN	1st Bn. Herefordshire Regiment	2450	15/11/1915	20		Lala Baba C., Gallipoli, Turkey	II C 8
Charles Warren was born in Ledbury, the son of Andrew and Olive Warren of Lower Cross, Ledbury. His father was a house furnisher. Charles enlisted in Hereford and died of wounds in Gallipoli in November 1915 aged 20.
Pte Frederick.K.George WATKINS	1st Bn. Herefordshire Regiment	1420	09/08/1915	18		Noted on Helles Memorial, Gallipoli, Turkey	Panel 198
Frederick Watkins was born in Ledbury, the son of George and Alice Walkins of Southend Street, Ledbury. His father was from the village of Pendock and his mother from Eastnor, both near Ledbury.
2nd Lieut John Howe WATTS	1st Bn. Herefordshire Regiment	---	06/11/1917	23		Beersheba W.C. Israel	E17
John Watts was the son of Thomas and Alice Watts. He was born at Pendoylan near Cowbridge, South Glamorgan. In 1911, he was working as a bank clerk in Ledbury and boarding with Sarah Ruscoe in the Southend.
Lieut Harold Douglas WILKS	Oxford & Bucks L.I.	---	18/02/1919	27		Ledbury Cemetery	Sec.F. A1/A2 59
Harold Douglas Wilks was born in Ledbury, the son of Roland Herbert and Susan E. Wilks. By 1911, his mother had died and his father had a grocery and china shop in High Street, Ledbury. Harold had left home by then and was working as Clerk to the master of Epsom Workhouse, John White.
Pte (John) Jack WILLIAMS	1st Bn. Herefordshire Regiment?	1112	19/08/1915	21		Noted on Helles Memorial, Gallipoli, Turkey	Panel 198
Jack Williams was born in Ledbury, the son of Tom and Mary A. Williams of 18 Church Street, Ledbury.
Pte James V. WILLIAMS	13th Gloucestershire Regiment	18084	22/03/1918	29		Peronne Communal C. Extension	V M 27
James Williams was the son of James and Sarah Williams of Homend Street, Ledbury. He was married to Annie.
Ledbury Cemetery Grave only
Pte Archibald CHADD	Queen’s Own Worcs. Hussars (Worcestershire Yeomanry)	2970	4/04/1921			Ledbury Cemetery	Sec.A. A1/A2 21
Son of Thomas and Harriett Elizabeth Chadd of 31, New Street, Ledbury.

Commonwealth War Graves Commission at http://www.cwgc.org/
William Collins Herefordshire and the Great War Jakeman & Carver 1919
Peter Oldham Messines Ridge - Ypres Pen & Sword Books Ltd 1998
Individual thanks to:
Heather Hill, K.B.Coley, Heather Hill and Hazel Lein, Lynne Morton, Angela Thomas, Jacqui White, Vera Tagieff
Special thanks to Jenny Harrison for spurring me to greater efforts.

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Ledbury World War II Roll of Honour

Name	Serving with	Service number	Date died	Age	Place died	Cemetery/Memorial	Grave/Mem. ref.
F.Sgt. Howard Charles BAKER	RAF	358819	23/09/42	35		Alexandria (Hadra) W.M.C.	3 K 5
The son of William Burgess Baker and Violet Mary Baker.
Gnr. Harry BARNETT	Royal Horse Artillery	1093183	21/06/44	36		Assisi W.C.	X D 6
Harry Barnett was the son of Peter and Bertha Barnett of Ledbury. He was married to Marjorie Annette Barnett of Ledbury.
Sgt. Obs. William Herbert BASTABLE	R.A.F.V.R.	1433876	23/05/43	21		Ledbury Cemetery	Sec.U.V. Row 11A/12A Grave 91/92
Bill Bastable was the son of Herbert Arthur and Edith Ellen Bastable of Heaton Mersey, Lancashire. His mother came from Ledbury.
Cpl. Edward Cyril BEVAN	2nd Batt. K.S.L.I.	4104934	14/10/44	25	Nijmegen	Maarheeze (Sterksel Monastery) M.C. Eindhoven	Row A Grave 8
Edward Bevan was the son of Cyril John and Daisy Mabel Bevan of East View, Bridge Street,Ledbury. He married Constance Betty Mansell and the couple lived at 25, South Parade.
Dvr. William Sylvester BUTLER	Royal Artillery	968536	22/09/43	27		Salerno W.C.	VI D 19
Bill Butler was born in 1916 the son of Ben and Sarah-Anne Butler of Ledbury. He left a wife, Suzanne, and 3 daughters Eileen, Barbara and Christine.
A.B. Stanley A. CAFFULL	Royal Navy	D/JX 396609	30/08/45	24	plane crash near Avignon	Mazargues W.C., Marseilles	11 A 29
Stanley Caffull served on HMS Cormorant. He was the son of James and Florence Caffull and husband of Barbara K. Caffull of Ledbury.
Flt.Sgt. Percy Ernest CLARK	138 Sqdn. R.A.F.	209448	17/12/41	50	RAF Mildenhall	Ledbury Cemetery	Sec.B. Row 7A/8A. Grave 44/45
He was born on 9th March 1891 the son of Francis and Eliza Clark and husband of Ethel Mary Clark of Ledbury.
Flt.Sgt. Geoffrey Anthony Conway COLDRIDGE	40 Sqdn. R.A.F.	573067	07/07/44	23	over Austria	Klagenfurt M.W.C., Austria	Coll. grave 8 A 1-7
Son of Albert Walter and Beatrice May Coldridge of Ledbury.
C.P.O Cornelius Stephen COLLINS D.S.M.	Royal Navy	D/J 30396	31/12/42	45	on Russian convoy duty, HMS Bramble	Noted on Plymouth Naval Memorial	Panel 63 column 2
Son of Daniel and Ellen Collins; husband of Winifred Enid Collins of Ledbury.
Gdsm. Rawdon James COOK	3rd Batt. The Grenadier Guards	2616235	21/05/40	19		Esquelmes W.C. Belgium	IV A 7
Born in September 1920 the son of Mrs Bosanko of Bank Crescent, Ledbury.
C.P.O. Harold F. DAVIS	Royal Navy	D/MX 39934	15/12/41	38	on HMS Galatea	Noted on Plymouth Naval Memorial	Panel 56 column 1
Son of Harry and Mary Davis; husband of Florence Kate Davis of Plymouth.
Flg.Off. Donald George DENSLOW	166 Sqdn. R.A.F.V.R.	126041	9/03/43	28	plane crash near Esbjerg, Denmark	Esbjerg (Fovrfelt) C.	AIII 7 4
Son of John Reginald and Amelia Denslow of Ledbury. He was navigator on a Wellington which was shot down on a bombing raid while flying over Denmark.
Gdsm. Albert Andrew EDWARDS	3rd Batt.The Coldstream Guards	2665523	13/10/43	20	Italy	Caserta W.C., near Naples	V E 9
Born on 23rd September 1925, Albert Edwards lived with his grandparents at 56 Bridge Street, Ledbury.
Pte. William Alfred GREENING	KSLI	4034694	04/03/44	25	Anzio, Italy	Beach Head W.C., Anzio	I A 8
Son of George and Annie Elizabeth Greening, of Lilly Hall, Ledbury.
A.B. Dennis John HABBITTS	Royal Navy	D/JX 563328	21/08/44	20	on Russian convoy duty, HMS Kite	Plymouth Naval Memorial	Panel 86 column 2
Born in 1924 he was the son of Henry George and Ethel Edith Habbitts of Ledbury.
Pte William HALFORD	Pioneer Corps	4029183	05/12/44	39		Ledbury Cemetery	Sec.G. Row 10A/11A. Grave 85/86
Son of Mr. and Mrs. W. Halford; husband of C. Halford of Ledbury.
L.A.C. Reginald Charles HAMBLIN	211 Sqdn. R.A.F.V.R.	1170132	21/09/44	29	Japanese prison ship	buried at sea off the coast of Borneo, Singapore Memorial	Column 438
Born 1st November 1914 he was the son of Ernest and Emily A. Hamblin, of Daisy Cottage, Oatleys Road, Ledbury.
Fg Off. Raymond George HARRIS	51 Sqdn. R.A.F.V.R.	124802	29/03/43	21	shot down over Holland	Vorden General C., Gelderland, Netherlands	13
Ray Harris was born on 29th April 1922 and his father G.Harris lived in Woodleigh Road.
Sgt. Eugene Douglas HIGGINBOTHAM	R.A.F.V.R.	1627052	05/11/45	38	Gloucester Royal Infirmary	Ledbury Cemetery	Sec.B. Row 11A/12A. Grave 36/37
Born on 10th May 1907, he was the son of Alfred Ernest and Mary Elizabeth Higginbotham and husband of Marjorie Ethel Higginbotham of The Homend, Ledbury.
A.B. Thomas HINDMARCH	Royal Navy	P/JX 192655	01/01/43	41	on Russian convoy duty, HMS Fidelity	Noted on Portsmouth Naval Memorial	Panel 74 column3
Son of Thomas and Henrietta Hindmarch; husband of Lillian Gertrude Hindmarch, of Ledbury.
Mne. Cyril KING	Royal Marines	PO/X 101339	13/06/44	22	following the D-day landings	Ranville M.C., Calvados, France	IA F 2
Marine Cyril King was a member of No. 45 RM Commando unit. He was the son of Charles William and Eliza Rebecca King of Eastnor Cotthage, Worcester Road, Ledbury.
Pte. George James LANCETT	6th Batt. Durham Light Infantry	4105023	10/09/44	24		Geel M.C. near Antwerp	I A 12
Son of Edward and May Lancett; husband of Selina Lancett of Shirley, Birmingham. They lived in the Southend, Ledbury.
Pte Frank Lionel Arthur LEWIS	1st Batt. K.S.L.I.	4042625	05/10/44	38		Faenza M.C., Ravenna, Italy	II G 4
Son of Frank and Mary Ann Lewis of 45 Bridge Street, Ledbury Herefordshire; husband of Dorothy Eleanor Violet Lewis (nee Stephens) of Ledbury.
Stwd William LOADE	Royal Navy	D/LX 26017	27/03/43	22	on board HMS Dasher	Noted on Portsmouth Naval Memorial	Panel 83 column 2
Son of Samuel and Ellen Loade of Ledbury.
A.B. Bernard Joseph McCARTHY	Royal Navy	D/JX 155640	17/01/42	20	on Russian convoy duty, HMS Matabele	Noted on Portsmouth Naval Memorial	Panel 65 column 3
Son of Vera W. McCarthy of Ledbury.
N.A. Benjamin Glynn MORGAN	Fleet Air Arm, Naval Airman 2nd Class	FX 81178	30/01/41	19	served on HMS Daedalus, died during flying training in a Birmingham air raid	Bosbury (Holy Trinity) Churchyard	south-west of the church
Ben Morgan was a Naval Airman. He was the son of Herbert John and Gwenllian Eleanor Morgan of Ilkeston Derbyshire.
Sto John Henry MOWBRAY	Royal Navy, Stoker 1st Class	D/KX 75210	10/12/41	37	on HMS Repulse of coast of Malaya	Noted on Portsmouth Naval Memorial	Panel 53 column 2
Son of George and Elizabeth Mowbray of Ledbury Herefordshire; husband of Rhona Mary Mowbray of Ledbury. They lived at Oakfields, Ross Road, Ledbury.
Pte. Arthur Frederick NEALE	1st Batt. K.S.L.I.	4032754	26/05/40	18	wounded at Dunkirk, died shortly after	Ledbury Cemetery	Sec.G. Row 11A/12A. Grave 85/86
Son of Joseph and Ada Neale of Ledbury.
Gnr. Gilbert Robert Jeffery PERRETT	Royal Artillery	1557836	22/05/41	26	Gallipoli	Suda Bay W.C.	7 A 7
Gilbert Perrett was the son of Mr and Mrs Perrett of 86 Albert Road, Ledbury.
Pte. James Trevor PHILLIPS	1st Batt. Lincolnshire Regiment	14707949	08/02/45	21		Akyab M.C. moved to Taukkyan M.C. Burma	11 J 6
Son of Tom and Ethel Phillips, of Belle Orchard, Ledbury.
Gnr Francis Charles PRICE	Shropshire Yeomanry	326437	02/07/43	29	on Arandora Star off Irish coast	Noted on Brookwood Memorial, Pirbright Camp	Panel 3 column 3
Frank Price was the son of Charles J. Price and Margaret A. Price of Ledbury. He was on his way to join an Officers Training Unit in Canada when his ship, the Arandora Star was torpedoed off the west coast of Ireland.
Pte Sidney John (Jack) PRITCHARD	Queen’s Own Royal West Kent Regiment	4104575	26/06/44	27	Monte Cassino, Italy	Assisi W.C.	IV B 5
Jack Pritchard was a baket in civvie life. He married Edith Garner also of Ledbury.
Spr John Nowell RENNIE	Royal Engineers	2011028	07/01/45	26		Yokohama W.C.	Brit. Sec. CC10
Born November 1920 the son of John and Ella Rennie (nee Nash) of Hereford.
L. Cpl Leonard John ROBINSON	Royal Scots Regiment	3049736	21/05/40	32		Bruyelle W.C.	ID6
Son of Herbert and Ethel Maud Robinson and husband of Alice Robinson of Ledbury.
Mne Frederick William Charles SANDFORD	Royal Marines	PO/22370	14/10/39	31	on HMS Royal Oak at Scapa Flow	Noted on Portsmouth Naval Memorial	Panel 36, column 2
Marine Fred Sandford lived at 73, The Homend, Ledbury. He was the son of Charles and Harriett Sandford and husband of Hilda Mary Charlotte Sandford of Milton, Southsea, Hampshire
A.B. Cyril John SKINNER	Royal Navy	C/JX 235827	07/11/1941	21	on M V Nottingham	Noted on Chatham Naval Memorial	Panel 43, column 3
Son of Richard Alfred and Emily Jane Skinner of Ledbury.
P.O. Edward (Charlie) SMITH	Royal Navy	D/JX 107404	23/06/1942		on board HMS Jaguar	Noted on Plymouth Naval Memorial	Panel 63 Column 3
The son of Mr and Mrs Smith of 23 Church Street, Ledbury.
L/Sea Charles George STEPHENS	Royal Navy	D/JX 130216	29/04/41	30	on HMS Diamond in the Med.	Noted on Plymouth Naval Memorial	Panel 46 column 1
Son of Thomas and Laura Mary Stephens; husband of Annie Eliza Stephens of Ledbury.
Pte Thomas Arthur TAYLOR	10th Bn Highland L.I.	4104566	09/02/45	28	Belgium	Reichswald Forest W.C.	58 H 11
Son of Ethel Taylor of Bye Street; husband of Vera Joyce Taylor, of Bromsberrow Heath.
Sgt Watkin Llewellyn Thomas WALKER	R.A.F.V.R. 10 Squadron	935524	05/11/40	20	on bombing raid over Milan	Noted on Runnymede Memorial	Panel 20
Born on 15th January 1920, Watkin Walker was the son of Thomas H. and Emily G. Walker of Pomona Cottage, Worcester Road, Ledbury.
War Corrpdt. William E. WEST	Civilian -reporter	---	30/04/45	35	Burma	Rangoon W.C.	3 C 5
William West lived at 38 The Homend, Ledbury where his father had a saddlery business.
F. Sgt William George WILLIAMS	RAF Rear gunner, Sterling Bomber	653373	08/07/41	21		Longuenesse Souvenir C. St. Omer	9 B 13
Bill Williams was the son of Edwin and Edith Williams of Underdown Lodge, Ledbury.
Cpl Harry WOODYATT	5th Batt. Wiltshire Regiment	4105035	02/10/44	23	Holland	Jonkerbos W.C.	13 G 4
Son of Mrs. A. Woodyatt of 24 Oatleys Terrace, and stepson of Mr. J. Phillips; husband of O. Woodyatt, of Bognor Regis, Sussex.

Commonwealth War Graves Commission at http://www.cwgc.org/
The War Graves Photographic Project at http://twgpp.org/
We Will Remember Them by Graham Hale, Royal British Legion. Held in Ledbury Parish Church.
This volume has more information and photographs of many of the men.

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Ashperton WWI Servicemen

Name	Serving with	Service number	Date died	Age	Place died	Cemetery/Memorial	Grave/Mem. ref.
Pte James CRADDOCK	1st Bn. Welsh Guards	516	27/09/1915	26	Flanders	Loos Memorial	Panel 10
Born on 6th December 1888, James was the son of Walter and Rose Craddock (nee Philpotts) of Tuston Green, Woodsend, Ashperton
Pte Frank DAVIES	1st Bn. Herefordshire Regiment	2468	21/11/1915	21	Gallipoli	Pieta M.C. Malta	D VIII.1
Son of James and Emily Davies (nee Courton) of Manswood, Putley
L/Cpl George Henry DEEM	1st Bn. Bedfordshire Regiment	23028	20/07/1918	22		Tannay B.C. Thiennes	Plot 5. Row A. 1.
Son of Henry and Emma Deem (nee Philpotts) of Hackers Green, Ashperton
L Cpl Alfred GODSALL	1st Bn. King’s Shropshire Light Infantry	7823	24/10/1914	25		Ploegsteert M. Hainault, Belgium	Panel 8
Fred Godsall was the son of Eliza (nee Mole), widow of Charles Godsall, living at Green Lane, Yarkhill. Recorded on the village war memorial as F.Godsall
Pte Frederick HOPCUTT	1st/7th Bn. Worcestershire Regiment	203832	25/04/1917	19	Somme	Thiepval Memorial	Pier and Face 5A & 6C
Son of Frederick and Sarah Jane Hopcutt (nee Church) of Canon Frome
W. JONES

Dvr Arthur MORGAN	15th Rsv.Bt.Royal Field Artillery	3255	06/01/1916	30		Portsdown (Christchurch) M.C. Hampshire	C. 49
Born on 5th July 1885, the son of George and Sarah Morgan (nee Davies) of White House, Munsley and later Lower Poppinger, Woodsend, Ashperton. He married Caroline Mary Wilkinson of Newport, Monmouthshire
Pte Allen PHILPOTTS	2nd Bn. K.S.L.I.	6899	25/05/1915	21	Flanders	Menin Gate M., Ieper, Belgium	Panel 47 and 49
Son of John and Jane Philpotts (nee Abbotts) of Waltress Cottage, Pixley
Pte William Thomas PITT	11th Bn. Border Regiment	27688	18/11/1916	21		Redan Ridge C. No.3	B.17
Only son of James and Mary Pitt (nee Bow) of Yarkhill
Lt Edward Guy PRITCHETT	6th Bn. K.S.L.I.	---	16/05/1918	32		Arras Memorial	Bay 7
Born 12th August 1886, the son of Edward and Mary Eleanor Pritchard (nee Hill) who farmed at The Castle, Ashperton. He married Agnes Bishop in 1910 and they had a son. The family lived at Pridewood, Ashperton
Pte Percy SMITH	1st/1st Bn. Herefordshire Regiment	235894	06/11/1917	21		Beersheba W.C.	E 71
Son of John and Emma Smith (nee Cox) of 54, Ashperton
Bmb Caleb Thomas SPENCER	10th Mountain Bty.Royal Garrison Art.	302031	20/11/1918	20		Gaza W.C.	XIX.F.7
Son of William and Mary Elizabeth Spencer (nee Spencer) of Yew Tree House, Welland, Malvern
George WEAVER	not known	not known	13/08/1919	31		Ashperton Cemetery	---
Son of Henry and Anna Maria Weaver (nee Parsons). Last known address - Church Lane, Ashperton
Gnr John WEAVER	44th Bde. Royal Field Artillery	58142	26/09/1914	23	Flanders	La Ferte-sous-Jouarre Memorial, Seine-at-Marne
Son of Henry and Anna Maria Weaver. Younger brother of George. Last known address - Church Lane, Ashperton

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Ashperton WWII Servicemen

Name	Serving with	Service number	Date died	Age	Place died	Cemetery/Memorial	Grave/Mem. ref.
Lt-Com John Pitt ENSOR	R.N.V.R.	---	07/12/1942	36	HMS Ukassa	Plymouth Naval Memorial	Panel 76 Column 3
Born on 5th November 1906, the son of Henry and Kate Elizabeth Ensor (nee Pitt) from Nottinghamshire. He married Edith Anne Ensor(nee Housley) and moved to Ashperton in October 1930 as Head Teacher at the school. They had a son, Michael John, born in 1935
Sig Arthur Eldred LLOYD	Royal Corps of Signals	2331118	06/07/1941	23		Cairo W.M.C.	K 67
Son of Penry Conway (a Land Agent) and Maud Isabel Lloyd (nee Morgan)
Pte Richard Plummer STIM(P)SON	1st Bn.Worcestershire Regiment	5258432	161/08/1944	33	Caen, Normandy, France	Banneville-la-Campagne W.C. Calvados, France	II.D.15
Son of Sam and Anne Marie Stimson (nee Arnold) of Pixley Court Farm; He married Rose Mary Holwill in 1943 and had a daughter Sylvia, born a month before he was killed, and mother and daughter moved to Highleadon, Gloucester

Commonwealth War Graves Commission at http://www.cwgc.org/
Soldiers Died in the Great War Naval and Military Press
Index of War Deaths 1914-1918 Family Records office, London
M J Ensor and Mrs H D Carter (nee Lloyd)

Research by Brian J Meadows and Brian Smith. Published in their book,
Ashperton War Memorial Volume 1 - August 2009. Copies are held
at the Herefordshire Record Office and the Parish of Ashperton

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Bishops Frome Servicemen WWI

Name Serving with Service number Date died Age Place died Cemetery/Memorial Grave/
Mem. ref.

Alfred BAKER - - - - - - -

Born 1899, the son of John and Alice Baker of The Dovefields, Bishops Frome

Pte George BLOOMFIELD 1st Bn. King’s Shropshire Light Infantry 26048 26/09/1918 31 Somme Brie British C. Plot IV Row B Grave 5

The son of John and Annie Bloomfield of Bishops Frome; husband of Edith James (formerly Bloomfield) of Pippin Hill, Acton Beauchamp

Pte J. Henry BLOOMFIELD 7th Bn. K.S.L.I.? 15157 20/08/1916 36 Somme La Neuville British C., Corbie Plot II Row A Grave 12

The eldest son of John and Annie Bloomfield of Bishops Frome; husband of Mary Bloomfield

Cpl Robert BLOOMFIELD 7th Bn. K.S.L.I. 15241 10/05/1917 25 Arras Memorial Bay 7

The youngest son of John and Annie Bloomfield of Bishops Frome.

Pte [John] Hartland CADLE 7th Vetinary Hospital, Army Vet. Corps 12297 03/06/1918 2 St.Sever Cemetery Extension, Rouen Q II F 19

Husband of Mrs S J Cadle of The Court, Bishops Frome

George CORBETT - - - - - - -

George Corbett was the eldest son of Anne Corbett and the late Richard Corbett. He was born in 1870 and the family were living at Stoke Lane, Avenbury near Bishops Frome in 1901. He had a daughter, Agnes, born in 1889.

Thomas Charles DAVIES 1st Bn. K.S.L.I. 10022 21/10/1914 17 Flanders Ploegsteert Memorial, Ieper, Belgium Panel 8

Tom Davies was born in 1897 in Wrexham, the son of Thomas and Sarah Davies (nee Matthews) of Gospel Ash, Fromes Hill

Cpl Richard Christopher FARRINGTON 13th Bde. Australian Field Artillery 4178 21/08/1917 29 3rd Battle of Ieper Brandhoek New M.C. No.3, Belgium Plot I Row D Grave 26

Christopher Farrington was born in Maidstone but went to Bishops Frome School. He was the son of Charles and Jane Elizabeth Farrington of Hopes Rough, Stoke Lacey. He emigrated to Australia around 1910 and enlisted at Penrith NSW as an Australian national in January 1915.

Sjt Edward [Alexander] FRANCIS 1st Camel Hosp. Army Vet. Corps TT/02156 29/05/1918 2 Unknown Jerusalem Memorial Panel 57

Son of E.W.Francis of The Badhams, Bishops Frome

L Cpl Henry (Harry) Stephen HANCOCK 7th Bn. K.S.L.I. 14199 07/12/1917 19 Somme Favreuil British C. II D 7

Harry Hancock is Hancox on his birth certificate and this has been copied on to the Memorial Board at Bishops Frome Church. His brothers and sisters were all baptised Hancock. He was born on 8th April 1898 the son of Richard Stephen and Mary Emma Hancock at Honeybourne in Gloucestershire before the family moved to Aldridge Farm Cottage, Bishops Frome. He enlisted in September 1914 aged 16. He is also recorded (as Hancock) on the memorial in St James Church, Badsey, near Evesham where his family had moved to in 1914.

Pte Edward [Charles] HERBERT 11th Bn. Border Regiment 27859 18/11/1916 24 Thiepval Memorial Pier & Face 6A and 7C

Only son of Sydney and Elizabeth Herbert of Kingston, Bishops Frome

Pte Harold JEYNES 9th Bn. Worcestershire Regiment? 31004 25/01/1917 -- Iraq Amara W.M. Plot XIX Row F Grave 9

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George KING - - - - -

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Pte William [Edward] MORRIS 38th Bn. Machine Gun Corps 64867 06/10/1918 21 Doingt Communal C. Extension III E 25

Son of Edward and Elizabeth Morris of Haygrove, Falcon Lane, Ledbury

Cpl William OLIVER 1st/1st Bn. Herefordshire Regiment 235136 06/11/1917 25 Beersheba W.C., Israel Row E Grave 81

Son of Joseph and Eliza Oliver of The Steps, Froomes Hill, Castle Frome

Hubert RAINE - - - - - -

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William Herbert SHUCK 6th Bn. K.S.L.I. 18017 05/09/1916 19 Somme Thiepval Memorial, France Pier and Face 12A & 12D

Son of Henry Shuck of Brook House, Evesbatch and the late Annie Shuck

James TURNER - - - - - -

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Pte Ronald Charles YATES 2nd/5th Bn. Lancashire Fusiliers 24998 20/10/1918(19?) 21 Advance to Victory Esplechin Churchyard, Tournai, Belgium Plot I Row A Grave 3

Son of Mrs. Ellen Yates of Batchfield House, Bishops Frome and the late William Herbert Yates

Compiled by © B S Sharples, Bosbury, Herefordshire June 2010

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Bishops Frome Servicemen WWII

Name Serving with Service number Date died Age Place died Cemetery/Memorial Grave/
Mem. ref.

Grp Cpt Charles Henry APPLETON Royal Air Force, 124 Wing 24139 12/08/1944 38 Banneville-la-Campagne W. C. Plot IV Row C Grave 14

Son of Capt. Henry M. Appleton and Maud Appleton; husband of Yvonne Marjorie Appleton of Marandellas, Southern Rhodesia

Pte Ernest John HADLEY 5th Bn. Duke of Cornwall’s Light Infantry 14716125 17/02/1945 19 Reichswald Forest W.C., Kleve, Germany Plot 57 Row E Grave 3

Son of Richard and Sarah Hadley, of Avenbury, Herefordshire

Lt Gordon Malcolm LOCK Royal Armoured Corps 151563 25/10/1942 -- Alamein Memorial Col 29

Pte Reginald James PROSSOR 6th Bn. Durham Light Infantry 4031140 13/07/1944 35 Bayeux Memorial Panel 17 Column 1

Son of Ernest and Ethel Prosser; husband of Esther Prosser, of Bishops Frome

William John WATKINS - - - - - - -

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Commonwealth War Graves Commission at http://www.cwgc.org/
Penrith City Council, New South Wales, Australia 2751
Maureen M. Smith Homage To Harry Printed by Vale Press. sales@valegroup.co.uk
Individual thanks to:
Tanya Cates

Compiled by © B S Sharples, Bosbury, Herefordshire June 2010

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Wellington Heath WWI Servicemen

Name	Serving with	Service number	Date died	Age	Place died	Cemetery/Memorial	Grave/Mem. ref.
Pte Henry ADAMS	10th Bn. Rifle Brigade	B/200041	15/08/1917	27		Dozinghem M.C. Belgium	III C 2
Son of Henry and Mary Adams of Wellington Heath
Pte Richard GROVES	1st Bn. Somerset Light Infantry	20052	08/08/1916			Essex Farm C. Ieper, Belgium	Plot III. Row D. 10.
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Spr Joseph Reginald GRUNDY	476 Field Coy, Royal Engineers	217098	23/03/1918	33	Somme, France	Pozieres Memorial	Panel 10-13
Son of Thomas and Mary Grundy of Hereford, husband of Laura Grundy of Neath, Glamorgan
L Cpl John JENKINS	2nd Bn. Kings Shropshire Light Infantry	14570	14/05/1916	32		Salonika (Lembet Rd) M.C. Greece	128
Son of Mrs M.J.Yorath of Tonyrefail, Glamorgan
Pte Richard JONES	14th Bn. Royal Welsh Fusiliers	21102	23/08/1918			Vis-en-Artois M., Pas de Calais,France	Panel 6
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Pte William H. LISSIMAN	1st/5th Bn. Gloucestershire Regiment	203716	11/10/1917	34		St. Sever C. Extension, Rouen	P. III. F. 14B
Son of William and Mary Lissiman of Laburnum Cottage, Wellington Heath
Pte Albert NICHOLLS	1st Bn. Kings Royal Rifle Corps	R/129716	14/11/1916		Somme, France	Ancre British Cemetery, Beaumont-Hamel	VIII. F. 18
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Pte James Henry PAYNE	10th Bn. Worcestershire Regiment	22757	03/07/1916		Somme, France	Thiepval M.	Pier and Face %A and 6C
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Cpt James William PHILLIPS	9th Bn. Royal Welsh Fusiliers	---	30/05/1918			Soissons M., Aisne, France
Son of Walter and M.E. Phillips of Lynwood, Windsor Road, Abergavenny, Mon.
Pte Sidney SMITH	7th Bn. Somerset L.I.	10087	28/03/1916		Flanders, Belgium	Menin Gate M., Ieper, Belgium	Panel 21
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Wellington Heath WWII Servicemen

Name	Serving with	Service number	Date died	Age	Cemetery/Memorial	Grave/Mem. ref.
Pte Albert William NICHOLLS	5th Bn. Dorsetshire Regiment	4040030	16/02/1945		Reichswald Forest W.C.	57. A. 13
Son of William and Edith Nicholls of Wellington Heath. Husband of Georgina Dulcie Nicholls.
Pte Charles William SUMMERS	1st Bn. Herefordshire Regiment / K.S.L.I.	4038843	02/12/1941	29	Wellington Heath churchyard extension	Grave 773.
Son of Charles Henry and Annie Summers of Wellington Heath.

Sources:
Peter Garnett Portrait of Wellington Heath
Commonwealth War Graves Commission at http://www.cwgc.org/

Glossary and Footnote

Ranks

A B Able Seaman
Bmb Bombadier
Brig-Gen Brigadier General
Capt Captain
Cpl Corporal
CQMS Company Quarter Master Sergeant
CSM Company Sergeant Major
Dvr Driver
Fg Off Flying Officer
Gen General
Gdsm Guardsman
L/Cpl Lance Corporal
L/Sgt Lance Sergeant
Gnr Gunner
Lt Lieutenant
Lt-Col Lieutenant Colonel
Lt-Com Lieutenant Commander
Maj Major
Pte Private
RQMS Regimental Quarter Master Sergeant
RSM Regimental Sergeant Major
Sgt Sergeant
Sgt-Maj Sergeant Major
SQS Squadron Quartermaster Serjeant
Spr Sapper
Sig Signalman
Sto Stoker
Tele Telegraphist
WO1 Warrant Officer 1st Class
WO2 Warrant Officer 2nd Class
2/Lt Second Lieutenant

Where buried

C. Cemetery
M.C. Military Cemetery
W.C. War Cemetery

Footnote

Coloured text denotes update provided by a member of the Old-Ledbury Facebook Group

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