1914-1918 THE GREAT WAR - SERVICE PERSONNEL FROM THE
HALLOW AREA
2/8th Worcs Regiment (Reserve) / Machine
Gun Corps
Herbert was born
in Sydenham, Kent in 1893, son of George and Rose. In 1905, they lived at Blea
Beck, Hallow, moving in 1910 to Hallow Bank.
In 1911 Census, Herbert was a Civil Service Probate Registrar, and also
a student at Marlborough College, Wilts. He enlisted c. April 1915 and by January
1916 was 2nd Lieutenant, 2/8th Worcs Rgt. He was invested by the King at Buckingham Palace 13th April 1918 with the
Military Cross (Engagement: Cambrai 1917). Herbert died in 1985 aged 92.
(For his story, click here).
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Killed in action 24th October 1917
Service No. 201561, 2nd/7th Battalion
Worcs Regiment
Frank was born
in Hallow 1887, and lived in Parkfield Lane with his father, Thomas (cowman)
and mother Fanny, and 5 sisters and 3 brothers. He married Annie Olive Walton
in 1907 (Dudley Registration District) and lived with his in-laws at Neptune
St., Tipton.(Census 1911). At that time there were two children, son Leslie Frank
and daughter, Audrey Winifred. He worked as a labourer. He was sent to France
and Flanders, and killed in action 24th October 1917. He is commemorated on
Arras Memorial, France, Bay 6. Frank Allen has no known grave.
Brothers Joseph
and Henry are shown below.
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Service No. WR/297203, Army Service
Corps (Horse Transport) / RE Railway Troops
Joseph was born
in Hallow 1890 and lived in Parkfield Lane, Hallow (census 1901). Joseph worked
as a Porter Shunter, and was living in Tipton with his brother, when he
enlisted 20 Jan 1915 at Dudley. He served in Salonica for two years before
sustaining a broken arm, and severe contusions - 15% disability (1918) and
again, a fracture of his left radius (1919). He was invalided to the UK March
1919 and demobbed July 1919. His service record noted 'he was of good
character'
Brother Frank is
noted above, and Henry below.
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Henry
(aka Harry) George ALLEN, Private/Bombardier/Driver
Service No. 76590, Royal Field
Artillery, Small Arms Ammunition Column
Henry was born
1895 in Hallow to Thomas and Fanny, and lived in Parkfield Lane, Hallow. The Census
of 1911 stated he was a bricklayer's apprentice. His medal card showed that he
served as a Bombardier and was reduced to the rank of Driver in May 1915. (He
first served in the '3 Egypt Theatre of War'.) He received the 1915 Star, Victory and British
War medals. No other service history can be found. (Henry was recorded on the
Absent Voters Lists of 1918 & 1919)
His brothers
Frank and Joseph are noted above.
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George
Henry ALLEN, Private
Service Nos. 240774 / 661102, 2nd/8th
Worcs Regt / Labour Corps
Mentioned in the
Parish Magazine of August 1915. Also
Worcs. Archives records Pte. G. Allen joined territorials 2nd/8th
Worcs Rgt. September 1914, and served 2 years and 3 months in France. He fought
in the Battle of the Somme in 1916, Arras 1917, 3rd Battle Ypres 1917, Cambrai
1917. He was also involved in the Relief of the French at St ?? (Poss. St.
Juliaan) in January 1918. In March (27th) he was wounded having one
finger blown off by a bullet. He received the Victory and British War medals.
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Tom
(H) ALLEN, Private
Service No. 241094, B. Co. 2nd/8th Worcs
Regt/Royal Field Artillery, Worcs.
Thomas was born
c.1893 to Joseph (farm labourer) and Amelia (Census 1911). He had one brother
and a sister. The family lived at Eastbury Cottages, Lower Broadheath. Thomas
enlisted c. Aug 1915 (Parish Magazine).
Tom is mentioned in the Parish Magazine of July/August 1918. It’s
possible that Tom was a prisoner of war.
No other information has been found.
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Thomas
H. AMPHLETT, Private
Service Nos. 3413 / R/387260, 8th Worcs Regt/Army Service Corps, 436th
Labour Co.
Born c. 1877 to
parents John and Mary, Thomas had one sister, Lillie, and lived at Leigh
Cottage, Hallow. He was a capstan youth, and labourer/truck loader on the
Railway. He was awarded the Victory & British War medals - no other service
records found. His name was on the Absent Voters List of 1918.
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Albert
John ASPEY, Driver
Service No. 651830, 885 Battery, B325
Brigade, Royal Field Artillery
Albert was born
c. 1898 and lived with parents, William and Jessie at Camp Lane, Hallow (Census
1911). He had 12 brothers and
sisters. His father worked as a coal
wharf labourer, Worcester Co-op Society. No service record or medal card can be
found for Albert. His name was on the Absent Voters Lists of 1918 & 1919. Brothers Henry and William are shown below.
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Henry
(aka Harry) Walter ASPEY, Private
Service Nos. 17882 (Private) and 342025
(Labour Corps ), 8/10th Worcs Rgt/Labour Corps.
Henry was born
c. 1896 and lived with parents, William and Jessie at Camp Lane, Hallow (Census
1911). He had 12 brothers and
sisters. His father worked as a coal
wharf labourer, Worcester Co-op Society. Enlisted c. 1914, the April 1915
Parish magazine noted Henry as being in active service in France. In 1916 he was transferred to the Labour
Corps and discharged in Feb 1918. He lived in a cottage, Hallow Green. His Medal card states he was awarded the 1915
Star, Victory and British War medals. No other service record has been found. (Brother Albert is above, and William below).
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William
George ASPEY, Private
Service No. 326759, Glos. Yeomanry /
Corps of Hussars
William was born
c. 1891 in St Johns, Worcester and lived with parents, William and Jessie at
Camp Lane, Hallow (Census 1911). He had
12 brothers and sisters. His father
worked as a coal wharf labourer, Worcester Co-op Society. His name was first noted in the December 1915
Parish magazine, and his medal card stated he received the Victory and British
War medals. (No other service record can be found) Brothers Albert and Henry are above)
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Walter
BATCHELOR, Staff Sergeant and Warrant Officer 2
Service No. S/3843, Army Ordnance Corps
Walter was born
in 1881, and lived with his father George (railway goods checker) and mother
Ann, and two sisters, Alice and Sarah, and brother John. They lived in Park
Lane, Hallow. He married Annie Louisa (nee Plummer) 25 November 1911 and had
two children, son Louis and daughter Kathleen. They lived at 30 Harbour View
Queenstown, Ireland, changing address in 1920 to South Wales. Walter worked as
a harness maker, and enlisted Jan 1899, and after training, served as saddler,
being promoted over 18 years to Squadron Quartermaster Sergeant. He served in
South Africa 1899 to 1902, and 1914, and in Havre, France 1914. He was demobbed in January 1920 to a new
address in South Wales, and was awarded the Medal for South Africa 1899 and
1902, with Clasp, and 1914 Star.
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Henry James BEARD, Private
Died 23rd April 1917
Service Nos.
3915 & 241267, 8th Battalion Worcs Regiment/4th Battalion
(shown on
Commonwealth War Graves Commission)
Henry was born
c. 1889 in Weston Super Mare, and in 1911 was living with his wife Beatrice
Mary Aldean at Green Street Cottages, Hallow with their 1 month old daughter,
Aldean Mary. Henry was a wagoner on a farm.
He was the stepson of George Hill and his wife Emily Eliza nee Beard of
Moseley Turning, Hallow. Henry died 23rd
April 1917 aged 28. (Beatrice re-married in 1918 to William Wheatley of Pool
Cottage, Hallow.) Henry is commemorated on Arras Memorial, France, Bay 6. There
is no known grave for Henry. He was awarded the Victory and British War medals.
(No service record has been found).
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Thomas BEARD, Private
Service Nos. 203817
(Worcs) & 49479 (Gloucs), 1/7th Worcs Regiment & Gloucs. Rgt.
Thomas Beard was
born about 1886 to Emily Eliza Beard.
She married George Hill a labourer and at the time of the 1911 census
they were living at Moseley Turning with Thomas and his five half brothers and
sisters. His name is first recorded in
the Parish Magazine for August 1916, and again on the Absent Voters List of
1918. No other information can be found.
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Leonard BLINCOE, birth name BLINCOW, Gunner
Service Nos.
1066 / 830192, Royal Field Artillery
Leonard Blincow
appeared on the 1911 census as a 15 year old GWR sheet repairer who was born in
Blockley, Worcs. His father Edward was a GWR Policeman. The family were living at
42 Holly Mount Road, Tunnell Hill, Worcester, not far from Shrub Hill Station.
Leonard enlisted in the 2nd Mid Bde/ D 46th on 2 December 1912 at the age of 17
and served as a gunner in the UK until 23 May 1916 when he joined the BEF for 3
years. Within a month he had suffered a shrapnel wound to his chin. The Long,
Long Trail website gives details of the battles in which his brigade were
involved. http://www.1914-1918.net/ In
7 June 1917 he married Jane Wheatley from Hallow, (see Wheatley brothers) and
this is why he appears in Hallow records. Leonard enquired on 20 November 1917 if he was
eligible for £15 Bounty (for 5 years service) and a month’s leave. The form
states that he would be eligible on 2 December 1917, and although the £15 was
granted, he was only issued with £5 on 2 December. The next legible comment
relates to the will that Leonard had written. The records seem to show that he
was demobilized on 12 June 1919, but elsewhere his service has been reckoned
until 3 March 1920. The Parish Magazine of June 1917, Medal Card Index I and
census returns, stated his name as Blincow. However, his marriage 1917 to Jane Wheatley
and his death are registered as Blincoe.
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William (aka Willie) Alfred
BLISSETT, Private
Died 26th September 1915
Service No.19139,
4th Battalion, 12th and 13th Worcs Regiment
Willie was born
in 1894 in Hallow. He appears with his parents Alfred (a labourer at a vinegar
works) and Elizabeth, and six of his seven siblings on the 1911 census living at
School Cottages, Hallow. William worked as a Show-room boy at the Royal
Worcester Porcelain works. First noted
in the Parish Magazine ‘in active service April 1915′, he died 26 September
1915 aged 21. The memorial states 'Son of Alfred and Elizabeth Blissett, "South View" Hallow.' He is buried in Azmak Cemetery, Suvla, Turkey, Grave I. B. 13. He was awarded the 1915 Star, Victory and British War medals. The Theatre of War he first served in was (2B) Balkans (Sept 1915) - no other service record can be found.
This cross in memory of William can be found in the Hallow church graveyard.
This cross in memory of William can be found in the Hallow church graveyard.
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John Herbert BOOTH,
Service No.
2/TSR 03080, Army Service Corps No. 1 Coy. / Horse Transport
Born in James
St., Worcester c. 1872, John lived with his parents, John & Ann, and 4
sisters and one brother. He served in the Worcs. R.F.A. Territorials before
enlisting, aged 42, on March 1, 1915 for A.S.C. Horse Transport. He worked as a
Painter. He married Agnes (nee Rushton) in 1897 and lived in Moseley Road,
Hallow. By 1915, they had 4 sons and 1 daughter. He was sent to Salonica,
returning home April 1917, and was discharged from active service due to heart
valvular disease. His records state that John "was very good, a sober,
willing, honest and trustworthy man, used to the care of horses." He was
awarded the 1914/15 Star, Victory & British War medals, and he died Sept
1945 aged 73.
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Service Nos.
38317 / 29400, 8th Worcs Regt. / Royal Army Medical Corps/ 7th East Yorks Regt.
Ernest was born
c. 1892 in Kinsham, Glos. (Kinsham is near Tewkesbury and is now classified as Worcs.) His father, John was a corporation labourer in 1911, and previously in
1871 he had been a live-in servant (baker and wagoner) in Oxenton, Glos. Ernest's mother was Sarah, and he had 3
brothers and 2 sisters (Census 1911) and the family lived at Archbell Cottages,
Hallow. Ernest was a gardener labourer but by 1920 he was a market gardener in Hallow. In 1921 he married Ivy May (nee Hodges). Ivy was born in Hallow c. 1899 and in 1911 she lived at 26 East Comer, Worcester. Ernest and Ivy lived at The Crest, Thrift Villas. They had no children. Ernest died in the 1940’s.
War service: Ernest's name was first noted in the Parish Magazine of October 1914 and again in April 1915 'now on active service'. From July 1915 he served in France (Theatre of War) and then he was wounded in Egypt. His medal card stated he was awarded the 1915 Star, Victory and British War medals. No other service history can be found.
War service: Ernest's name was first noted in the Parish Magazine of October 1914 and again in April 1915 'now on active service'. From July 1915 he served in France (Theatre of War) and then he was wounded in Egypt. His medal card stated he was awarded the 1915 Star, Victory and British War medals. No other service history can be found.
Brother John is noted below.
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Service Nos.
3356 (Pte) & 325801 (Lance Corporal), Worcs Yeomanry/The Queen's Own
Worcs.
Hussars/Corps of Hussars
Charlie was born
29 April 1895 in Hanbury, Worcs., the second son of John and Sarah. (His elder brother Ernest is detailed
above). He lived with his family of 3
brothers and 2 sisters at Archbell Cottages, Hallow (1911 Census), and he was
an errand boy for a house painter. He
enlisted aged 19 in 1916 to the Worcs. Yeomanry and served in Egypt, and
Palestine where he was wounded in action 1917, and discharged. He was awarded the Victory and British War
medals. (For more information, click here.)
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Albert BRITTON, Gunner
Killed in action 12th
August 1917
Service No. 59794,
Royal Garrison Artillery, 80th Siege Battery
Albert was born
c 1887 in Bristol. He married Alice in 1909 and lived at 3 Millpond Street,
Bristol. He was killed in action in France & Flanders 12th August 1917
whilst serving his gun (Western European Theatre). He was awarded the Victory
and British War medals. His wife and 2 children had recently moved to live with
his mother-in-law Mrs Hope of Elba Villa, Hallow Green, as he had expressed a
desire to live in the country after the war. No further service record can be
found.
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Samuel BROOKS, Private
Naval Police
It has not been
possible to establish definitely that Samuel Brooks who appears in the Parish
Magazine as 'Naval Police' once lived as a child with his sister on Hallow
Green as a lodger of Ann Davis in 1891. There are no on-line records for Naval
Police. If you are related to Samuel we should be pleased to hear from you.
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Tom (Thomas) BROOKS, Private
Service No. 46958,
115th Training Reserve Battalion, Worcs Rgt.
Tom was born c.
1895, son of Harry (a master tailor, who worked at home) and Harriet. Tom had 2
sisters, and the family lived at The Hollies, Hallow (Census 1911). Tom was an
apprentice butcher. As his name is not recorded in the Parish Magazine before
June 1918, it is possible that Tom did not enrol until that year. His medal
card does not give any information other than he received the Victory and
British War medals.
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Arthur Albert BROOM, Private
Killed in action 10th
August 1915
Service No. 16991,
9th Battalion Worcs Regiment
Arthur was born
in Musbury, Axminster 1895, son of William and Jessie who lived at Mountfield
Cottage, Musbury, Axminster, Devon. Arthur was a fruit grower’s assistant.
(Census 1911). His parents lived at The Laurels, 19 Hallow Road,
Worcester. At the time of his war
service, Arthur lived in Worcester. He
entered the Balkan Theatre 22 June 1915 and was killed in action 10th August
1915 aged 20 at the Battle of Sari Bair, Gallipoli. Arthur is commemorated on Helles Memorial,
Turkey, Panel 104 to 113. He was awarded the 1915 Star, Victory and British War
medals. No service records can be found.
Brothers
Frederick and Henry are below.
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Frederick Benjamin BROOM, Private
Service Nos.
93069 / 26609, 156th Labour Corps./Duke of Cornwall's Lt Infantry / Labour
Corps
Frederick was
born c. 1897 in Axminster, Devon, son of William (a domestic gardener) and
Jessie who lived at Church Hill, Axminster (Census 1901). He had 2 brothers and
1 sister. (The Electoral roll of 1918 recorded he lived at 2 Hallow Road.) No
service record can be found other than his medal card which showed he was
awarded the Victory and British War medals.
Brother Albert is noted above, and Henry below.
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Henry William BROOM, Private
Died of wounds 18th
August 1918
Service No
90733, 30th Battalion, Machine Gun Corps. Infantry
Henry was born
in Axminster c. 1892 to William and Jessie who lived at Church Hill, Axminster.
He had 2 brothers and 1 sister. (Census 1901). In the Census of 1911, he was
single, and a domestic (boarder) at Wormington Grange, nr. Broadway, Worcs. and
he worked as 3rd Gardener (6 in total). Henry enlisted in Hereford, and died of
wounds 18th August 1918 aged 27, taking part in the Western European Theatre
(formerly 7148, Herefordshire Rgt.) His parents were stated as living at the
Gardens, Henwick Hall, Worcester. He is buried in Arneke British Cemetery,
France, Grave III. E. 3. and was awarded the Victory and British War
medals. (Click here for more information.) Brothers Frederick and Albert are above.
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Died of wounds 5th
November 1916
Service Nos.
2840 & 39727, Worcs Yeomanry, 'W' Company 4th Battalion Worcs Regiment
Arthur was born
in Martin Hussingtree, Worcs in 1893,
son of Arthur (a farm horse wagoner) and Mary Elizabeth. Arthur had 2 brothers and 2 sisters (Census
1901). He was living at Farm Cottage, Fernhill Heath, Worcester when he
enlisted. He died of his wounds aged 23 on 5th November 1916 (part of the
Western European Theatre). His parents are stated as living at Park Farm
Cottages, Hallow. He is buried in Bois Guillaume Communal Cemetery, France,
Grave II. B. 9. He was awarded the Victory and British War medals. (His name
appears on the Roll of Honour in Claines St John the Baptist Church).
Brother William
is shown below.
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William Charles BURROW, Private
Service Nos. 40825
& 50131, 1st Worcs Regiment / Oxford & Bucks Lt Infantry
William was born
in Martin Hussingtree c. 1897, son of Arthur (a farm horse wagoner) and Mary.
He had 2 brothers and 2 sisters. (Census 1901). It's possible that William enlisted towards
the end of the War, as his name first appeared in the Parish Magazine of April/May
1918 and the Absent voters list 1919. He lived in Camp Lane, Grimley. His medal
card showed he received the Victory and British War medals. No other service
record can be found.
Brother Arthur
is noted above.
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Killed in action 1st July
1916
1st Battalion
Rifle Brigade
George was born
c. 1893 (baptised 24 Feburary 1893) at All Saints Church, Kings Heath, Worcs.
His parents were George (a barrister) and Lilian, and he had one sister. They
lived at Hazelwell Hall, Kings Norton (Census 1901) and they had 5 servants. In
the 1911 Census, George was an 18 year old student at Winchester College. By Autumn 1919 his parents had moved to Bevere
Cottage in Claines near Worcester. On
leaving Winchester he became a cadet at Sandhurst and passed out as the best
all round student receiving the King's Sword and Gold Medal. He joined the
Rifle Brigade and was posted with the British Expeditionary Forces on 23 August
1914. The Parish Magazine of April 1915 congratulated him on becoming
Aide-de-Camp. George was killed in action on the first day of the Battle of the
Somme (1st July 1916) aged 23. He is buried in Serre Road Cemetery No. 2,
France, Grave III. E. 14. He was awarded the 1914 Star.
(Probate London 2 Dec 1916 to Lilian Cartland
- effects £2966 17s 11d = 2013: app £260,000).
As a Wykhamist more information is available here - http://www.winchestercollegeatwar.com/archive/george-trevor-cartland/
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Richard CHAMBERLAIN, Private
Service No. 227762,
R.E., Road Construction Co.
Richard was born
c. 1865 in West Malvern. His father,
Richard was a labourer, his mother was Maria, and he had 4 brothers and sisters
(Census 1871). In 1891 he lived in
Cradley with his wife Emily and three children and was employed as a
labourer. By 1911 he was living at
Ashfield Cottage, Hallow and was now a lime kiln quarryman. He was called up for service December 1916
aged 51. He embarked with the British
Expeditionary Forces February 1917, returning in July and was 'discharged no
longer physically fit for War Services', September 1917. Richard suffered from acute myalgia that gave
him acute pain in his shoulders, elbows and hip joints.
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James CHANCE, Sapper
Service No. 15696,
55 Fd Coy, Royal Engineers
James, born c.
1887 in St Johns, Worcester, was the youngest son of Thomas (a nursery gardener)
and Margaret. He had 3 sisters and 1 brother, and lived in Shoulton Road,
Hallow (Census 1891). By the 1901 Census, James was the only sibling still
living at home, and he was a blacksmith's labourer. James enlisted in September
1914. Unfortunately his service record has not been found, but his name appears
on the Absent Voters list 1919, so he may still have been in active service
then. His medal card showed that he was awarded the 1914 Star, Victory and
British War medals, plus the Clasp and Roses. James died in December 1961, aged
74.
Brother Thomas
is shown below.
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Thomas Joseph CHANCE, Quarter Master/ Staff Sergeant
Major
Service No. S/15623,
No. 1 Field Battery, Army Service Corps
Thomas, born c. 1881
in St Johns, Worcester, was the eldest
son of Thomas (a nursery gardener) and Margaret. He had 3 sisters and 1 brother,
and lived in Shoulton Road, Hallow (Census 1891). In the 1901 Census, he was
serving as a baker in the A.S.C., Cleaning Area, at the Aldershot Military
Institution. Thomas enlisted August 1914. His service record has not been found, but his
medal card showed he was awarded the 1914 Star, Victory and British War medals,
and the Clasp and Roses. He died in December 1941 aged 60.
Brother James is
noted above.
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Lancelot Arthur CHERRY, Sub-Lieutenant
Killed in action 11th May
1915
Drake
Battalion Royal Naval Division, Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve
Born 11th
October 1883 at Henwick Hall, Worcester, the only son of Arthur Charles Cherry,
Barrister atLlaw, and his wife Lucy Annora (nee Martin) Cherry of Henwick Hall
Worcester. He was commissioned 1st October 1914, posted to Drake Battalion
November 1914, and killed in action 11th May 1915, in Gallipoli, by a single
bullet to the head. He is commemorated on Helles Memorial, Turkey, Panel 8 to
15.
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92nd Training
Reserve
Thomas was the
eldest son of Walter (a garden labourer) and Mary Ann. He was born in Grimley
July 1899 and had 4 sisters and 1 brother.
They lived at Sinton Green, Grimley (Census 1901). By 1911 the family
were living in Parkfield Lane, Hallow. He married Ellen Louisa Freeman c. during
the period October-December 1924 and went on honeymoon to Australia, and did
not return to the UK. They settled down and lived in Queensland. (Ellen aka
Nelly lived to be 100 yrs old, but there is no record of when Thomas died).
Thomas' name first appears in the Parish Magazine September 1917- this was
probably when he enlisted. No service record or medal card can be found. (For more information, click here)
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Service Nos.
3916 & 241268, 8th Worcs Regiment
Cecil was born
in Hallow c. 1892, the son of Arthur (a painter) and Annie. The family lived at
Cedar Cottage, Hallow Green and Cecil was a glove cutter (Census 1911). He
enlisted c. March and on 22 February 1915 he was awarded the Military Medal for gallant
conduct in action. The Absent Voters List of 1918 showed Cecil living in
Hylton Road, Worcester. He was discharged due to wounds on 30 May 1919, and in
October received the Silver Badge. His medal card showed he was also awarded
the Victory and British War medals. (For
more information, click here.)
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John Joseph Wall CLAY, 2nd Hand, Ord. Seaman
Service No. J72334,
HMS Victory I / HMS Diadem (1917) / HMS Mersey (1918)
John was the
eldest son of John Edwin (a painter & plumber) and Annie (nee Footman), and
lived at Hallow Green (Census 1911). He was born 9 January 1894 at Little
Witley, Worcs. He had 1 brother and 1
sister. John was an apprentice painter. His name first apppeared in the Parish
Magazine July/August 1917 serving on HMS Diadem, which was a Stoker’s Training
ship. John had enlisted on 19 June and
was based at Portsmouth until 3 November 1917 as an ordinary seaman, when he
appeared to have joined HMS Mersey which was in Zanzibar, and presumably was
already on board an un-named ship. Confusingly he was still classed as being on
board HMS Mersey when he was “on shore demob” on 21 July 1919. His Naval record
indicated that he was paid the War Gratuity.
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Alfred COLE, Seaman/Reservist/Private/Bombardier/Gunner/
Sapper
Service Nos. 7915
/ 3746 / WR 347284 / 598660,
Royal Navy / 3 Royal Welsh Fusiliers / 8
Worcs Rgt R.G.A./ 2nd Rgt Labour Corps, Res. Coy/ 112th Anti Aircraft
Section/304th Labour Res. Coy/I.W. & D., R.E. Richborough / Labour Corp,
Worcester.
Alfred was born
in 1868, Merthyr Tydfil. He married
Sarah, and had 2 daughters (Martha & Mabel) and 2 sons (Alfred & Percy)
- Census 1911. Another son (John) appears on the 1901 Census (1 month old), but
doesn't appear in the next census. Before
the War, Alfred was a Class II reservist, 3 Royal Welsh Fusiliers, and his
service records state that he had also been in the Royal Navy (this record has
not been found). He was drafted in August 1914 at the age of 47 as Private, and
was promoted to Bombardier in 1916, quickly being demoted due to being drunk on
duty. He was made a gunner until August 1918 when he was transferred to
Richborough as Sapper (Railway Driver), until his discharge in March 1921, due
to acute rheumatism. Before the War,
Alfred was a Train Driver. He lived at many addresses including Merthyr Tydfil,
Yarhampton, Astley, (Stourport), Worlds End (Grimley) and Ladygo Cottage
(Hallow), Hylton Road (Worcester) and Pengam Garden Village, Mon.
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Archibald Thomas CORBETT, Private
Service Nos.
240244 / 15303, 8th Worcs Regiment / Royal Army Medical Corps
Archibald was
born 1883 in Honeybourne, Glos. His parents were George (a labourer in an
ironworks) and Fanny, and he had 3 sisters. They lived at Hawne Lane,
Honeybourne (Census 1891). By 1901, his father had died, and Archibald was
working as a shell tube cleaner, and Census 1911 stated he was now a tube
welder. The family had moved to 154 Haven Hill, Old Hills, Staffs and all
siblings were 'single'. No service record can be found, and his Medal Card stated
he was awarded the Victory and British War medals. As his name appeared in the
Parish Magazine of September 1914, he may have enlisted at that time, or have
already been in the Army. The Parish Magazine of November 1917 stated that
Archibald has been awarded the Military Medal for Gallant Conduct.
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Percy CORBETT, O. Tel (Telegraph Operator?)
Service No. J
78411, Royal Navy HMS Powerful, HMS Ganges, HMS Pembroke I, HMS Douglas / 8th
Bttn Worcs Regt (Warwick)
Percy Thomas
Corbett was born in Worcester 20 February 1900 and joined the Royal Navy for 12
years on 20 February 1918. Percy was a Boy on the former cruiser, the training
ship HMS Powerful and later on HMS Ganges, where he qualified as a
Telegraphist. After two months at HMS Pembroke I, the RN barracks at Chatham,
Percy served on the new HMS Douglas, a Scot-class Destroyer Flotilla leader
from August 1918 until the 13 August 1919. Percy was invalided out of the Navy
on 23 October “Disease of Ears aggravated”. He was paid the War Gratuity. Percy
was subject to Statutory re-enlistment in 8th Bttn Worcestershire Regiment to
TRO Warwick until 21 November 1921.
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William COURSE, Sergeant
Service No. TT/02235,
Army Veterinary Corps / D Battery, 242 Bde RFA
William was
first mentioned in the Parish Magazine of December 1916, maybe this was when he
enrolled. Unfortunately the only record of him that can be found is his Medal
Card, showing that he received the Victory and British War medals, and his name
appeared on the Absent Voters List of 1918 stating his address as Spring
Cottages, Hallow.
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Samuel Neville DALE, Captain
18th Royal
Fusiliers/24th Reserve Brigade
Samuel was born
in Cheltenham, Glos. c. 1883 to Henry John (a Music Seller) and Emmeline and
they lived at Daisey Bank, Leckhampton with two 'live-in' servants, a cook and
a housemaid. (Census 1891). He was the third of four sons. Samuel married on 24
April 1915, Mary Gordon (nee Salmon, born in Shipton, Yorkshire). She was the
daughter of the late Rev. Gordon Salmon of Overton Vicarage and Mrs Salmon of
The Laurels, Hallow. (No further records can be found of Samuel's service
history or medal card.
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Albert DAVIES, 2nd
Lieutenant
Killed in action 19th
June 1917
Royal Flying
Corps
Albert may have enrolled
c. April 1917 as this is the date when his name first appeared in the Parish
Magazine. The only record that can be found is notice of his death, killed in
action 19th June 1917. Cannot trace any connection with Hallow other than his
name appearing in the Parish Magazine.
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Joseph Rees DICKENS, Sapper
Royal
Engineers
As Joseph's name
appeared in the Parish Magazine of January 1916, he may have enlisted around
this time. Limited records have been found - one showing a Joseph Rees Dickens,
an apprentice mechanic, who lived at 79 Brooklyn St., Crewe, Cheshire. His
father was a Locomotive Engine Driver for the L.N.W. Railway Co. There were 3
daughters, and Joseph was the only son (Census 1911). No service records can be
found except for (1) SN 95438, Sapper, served in France from Aug 1915, and
received the 1915 Star, Victory & British War medals, and (2) SN 158531 -
Sapper, received the Victory & British War medals.
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Tom DICKENS, Private
Died in action
Service No. 17816
??, Royal Flying Corps ?? Might be 6th Bttn Northants Rgt.
First mentioned
in the Parish Magazine September 1916, in May 1919 it is reported Tom has died
in action. The only record that can be found is a soldier (Private) from the
Northamptonshire Rgt, 6th Bttn., who died of wounds in France & Flanders,
Western European Theatre, 3 July 1916. His SN is 17816, and he was born in
Rushden, Northants, where he also enlisted. He was born c. 1890, son of Charles
(a Shoe Riveter) and Selina and had 3 brothers & 3 sisters.
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Harold George DOUGHTY, Gunner & Private
Service No. 572332,
Royal Garrison Artillery/Labour Corp. 901 A.E. Coy
Harold was born
in Hallow c. 1887 and the Census of 1901 showed him living at Hallow Green with
his mother Harriet (an Elementary School Mistress), and grandmother Emma. By
the time of the next Census (1911) Harold was a Grocer Shop Assistant, and
living with his mother only. He enlisted December 1915, and gave his address as
25 Broad Street, Worcester, occupation Grocer. He had married to Phoebe Violet in
June 1911 and they had one child. His records state he
had 20% disability from the loss (amputation) of two fingers on his right hand
and was treated at North General Hospital, Leicester (June 1919) and was
discharged in August that year. He was given the Silver Badge, and awarded the
British War medal. Harold died in the district of Pershore Dec. 1963, aged 76
yrs.
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Service No. 133853, 92nd
Training Reserve Batt. (Jan 1918) / 33rd Battery, Machine Gun Corps
Cyril was born
in Hallow c. 1899 to Thomas Joseph
Dutson, postman, and his wife Louisa (nee Stait) and lived in Church Lane,
Hallow. He was the third of 4 children.
His father died in 1909. He was
called up for service April 26th 1917 to the 92nd Training Battalion. Then he
was transferred to the Machine Gun Corps and saw action in Ypres and elsewhere
in the Somme valley. Most of his service
record is missing, but what does exist states he was gassed (June 1917), and
suffered pains in his chest and had cold night sweats. He was rated as having
'less than 20% disability' and 'effects of gassing and nerve trouble claimed
but not discovered'. (October 1919). The Absent Voters List of 1919 stated he
lived in Park Lane, Hallow. He married Alice Crane, a farmer's daughter from
Shrawley, in 1931, and he died December 1952, aged 53. He was awarded the
Victory and British War medals. (For
additional information, click here.)
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Robert Redvers DUTSON,
Service Nos. 345
/ (AVL 1916) J54745 and (1919) SS124898
HMS
Impregnable, HMS Ramillies
Robert was born
6 October 1900, the 4th child of postman Thomas Joseph Dutson and his wife
Louisa (nee Stait) who lived in Church Lane, Hallow. His father died in 1909 which must have
caused the family hardship as the Census of 1911 shows his mother working as a
charwoman, and his eldest sister was a domestic servant. Robert was living at the Royal Albert
Orphanage, Henwick, Worcester, one of 20 boys aged 7-15. He was accepted for 3 months basic
naval training in 1916 for boys of 16 -18 on HMS Impregnable, then served
towards the end of the war on HMS Ramilies.
He was awarded the Royal Fleet Reserve Long Service Medal (Service Year
1935-1952) Medal no. 17407. The Absent Voters List of 1918 showed him living at
Park Lane, Hallow. He married Florence
Bishop in December 1926. He joined the
Hertfordshire Police. For a brief time
he became the licensee of the riverside pub, Camp House in Grimley in 1936.
In later life he lived with his wife and 4 children in 1 Cedar Cottages,
Hallow and died in 1966. (Click here for more
information.)
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Charles ESTALL, Private
Service No. T/4/040322,
Army Service Corps
Charles enlisted
January 1915 and was sent to train at Aldershot. Charles lived with his wife,
Rachael and son John at Moseley Turning, Hallow. He was born c. 1888 at St
Peters, Worcester, and he was almost 27
when he enlisted. He worked as a
farm wagoner. ( In 1911 he lived at Camp Cottages, Camp Lane, Hallow.) He was
discharged after only 3 months as ‘unlikely to become an efficient soldier.’
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Service No. S2/SR
02973, Army Service Corps (Horse Transport)
Albert’s birth
was registered in 1889, but when he enlisted on 20th February 1915 at
the Guildhall Recruiting Office, he gave his age as 22. Albert was a baker. His father, William, was a bricklayers'
labourer, and his mother was Harriet.
They lived at Elba Cottage, Hallow and he had 7 brothers. Albert’s service included 1 year 9 months in France. On December 17th, 1917, he was discharged 'no
longer capable of active service', and was awarded in April 1920, the 1914/15
Star, the British War Medal and Victory Medal.
Brothers Arthur,
Francis, Frederick, Henry, Maurice and Reginald are shown below.
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Service No. S/6/064814,
Army Service Corps/58th Field Bakery, Francean & as part of the Sinai and
Palestine Campaign 1917. 11th Field
Bakery (transf. after War)
Arthur 1891/2 -
1961 of Elba Cottage, Hallow was a baker when he enlisted, age 20, on February
22, 1915 at Worcester Guildhall, and was tested and approved as a third class
baker. He was discharged May 30, 1919
with aggravated otitis media (an ear infection). Arthur was classed as 60%
disabled and granted a time limited allowance of 24s 0d per week. He was awarded the 1914/15 Star, the British
War Medal and Victory Medal. Arthur
married Beatrice Morgan in 1920.
His brothers, Albert
(shown above) and Francis, Frederick,
Henry, Maurice and Reginald are below.
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Service No. M2/113636,
Army Service Corps, Mechanical Transport
Born in 1886,
the 1901 Census showed Frances living in Hallow with his father, William and
mother, Harriet and 7 brothers aged between 2 and 19 yrs. In the Census of
1911, he was married to Lucy Beatrice and had a daughter Doris aged 2. His
trade was a baker, and he was living at 29 Station Road, Northfield, Worcs. He
enlisted 4 October 1915 and served in France. He was awarded the 1915 Star,
Victory and British War medals.
(Brothers Albert
and Arthur are shown above, and Frederick, Henry, Maurice and Reginald below).
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Service No. 353383,
1st Reserve Garrison Artillery, Worcs Regt. / 424 Ag. Co., Labour Corps.
Born in Hallow
1884, Frederick lived with parents William and Harriet and 7 brothers (Census
1901). He married Florence (nee Hopkins), and lived at the School Cottage. They
had a daughter Eva Florence aged 3 months. (Census 1911) and he was a Rural
Postman. No service records are available, but his name first appeared in the
Parish Magazine of July 1917 and he was on the Absent Voters List of 1918. He died December 1964 aged 81.
(Brothers
Albert, Arthur and Francis are shown above, and Henry, Maurice and Reginald
below).
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Henry Charles ETHERIDGE, 2nd Airman
Service No. G/86927,
Royal Flying Corps / Royal Fusiliers
Henry was the
eldest son of William (a bricklayer's labourer) and Harriet. (He had 7 brothers
- 1901 Census). He was born c. 1882 in Hallow and in 1901 he worked as an
assistant in a Printing Office. He married Lucy Worman in 1906, and died
September 1953 at the age of 71. His
name first appeared in the Parish Magazine of August 1915 and the Absent Voters
List of 1918 said he lived in Poplar Row, Hallow. (Unfortunately no service or
medal card records have been found).
Brothers Albert,
Arthur, Francis and Frederick are shown above, and Maurice and Reginald below.
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Service No. S/357498,
Army Service Corps / RASC
Maurice was born
in 1896, another of the 8 Etheridge brothers. He was a baker when he enlisted
June 13, 1917. His initial medical
examination revealed he had flat feet and VDH (Valvular Disease of Heart). Ten
years before Maurice had Rheumatic Fever. On the 6 June 1919 he was classed as
no longer physically fit for war service.
He married Mabel Lawrence in 1929.
(Brothers
Albert, Arthur, Francis, Frederick and Henry are shown above, and Reginald
below).
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Service
Nos. 46564 / 643305/ 7295017, Army Service Corps(1915)/Sth Staffs.
Rgt(1917) /
281 A.E.
Co.Labour Corps
Reginald was
born in Hallow in 1899, his parents were William and Harriet, and he had 7
brothers. He lived at Elba Cottage,
Hallow and was a baker. He was put on
the Reserve list May 1916, and mobilized February 1917. In September 1917 he was transferred to the
South Staffs Rgt. and posted with the British Expeditionary Forces to France,
in January 1918. In March he suffered gas poisoning leaving him with 10%
disability, and was transferred home to the Labour Corps, returning to the
Rhine July 1919, and dispatched to a Concentration Camp in Boulogne September 1919,
with N.A.C.B., R.A.S.C. He was demobbed
November 1919. He received the British
War and Victory Medals in 1922. Reginald
died February 1955 aged 56 years.
(His brothers
Albert, Arthur, Francis, Frederick, Henry and Maurice are shown above).
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Charles Archibald FIELD, Private / Lance Corporal
Service Nos.
2917 (Pte), 56668 (L.Corp) 340718 (MGC) & 118970 (Lab.Cor),
8th Worcs
Regiment / Pioneer Battalion Kings Royal Rifle Corps / Machine Gun Corps &
Labour Corps
Charles
Archibald Field was born in 1898 in Hallow.
His parents were Harry and Caroline Anne (Annie) Field nee Cook, and he
had a sister named Kathleen. In 1901, their
mother was a housemaid in the household of the Rev and Mrs. Edward Isaac at
Hanley Castle, and Charles and Kathleen
were living with their uncle and aunt, Harvey and Eleanor Preece nee Cook and
their two children in Hallow. By 1911 Charles was living in Marlborough St Mary
and was shown as the stepson of James and Annie Robson. As his name appeared in
the Parish Magazine September 1914, he may have enlisted at this time, but his
medal card stated that he served from April 1915 as a Private, and was later
promoted to Lance Corporal. He was awarded the 1915 Star, Victory and British
War medals. The Absent Voters List of 1919 stated that Charles lived in Camp
Lane.
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Joseph FINCH (FINCHY), Private
Service Nos. 8323
/ 414704 / 147133 & 8323, Kings Royal Rifle Corps,
Shropshire
Light Infantry/ Labour Corps / RFC
Joseph was born
in 1887 in Hallow, his father was William, a bricklayer, and his mother was
Elizabeth. They had 6 surviving children at the time of the 1911 census. Joseph had worked as a tailor for 5 years for
Harry Brooks. He attested as a Reservist on 1 January 1907 and later gave his
mother Elizabeth, of 3 Croydon Villas, Comer Gardens as his next of kin. Joseph is first mentioned in the Parish
Magazine in 1914. His surviving service record was created when he transferred
to the RFC/RAF. Information seems to have been transferred across and the
original record no longer survives. Joseph saw service in France from 9
September 1914 to 18 January 1919. Firstly with the Kings Shropshire Light
Infantry - possibly with the 1st Battalion. His medical record shows that he
was in poor health from October to December 1915 / 25 October 1915 to 5
November 1915 3 Canadian General Hospital at Camiers / 8 November 1915 admitted
to the Isolation Hospital at Etaples – Typhoid - for six days. / 2 December
admitted to another hospital at Etaples for nine days with a bout of influenza.
He was later a labourer in the Labour Corps (transferred on 15 October 1917)
and subsequently was a Private (labourer) in the RFC (from 15 March 1918),
before transferring to the new RAF on 1 April 1918. Later he was re-classed
from Private to Aircraft Hand. Joseph
was medically examined on 22 February 1919 and classed as ‘BII’. He was finally
discharged 30 April 1920. He was awarded
the 1914 Star and the British Victory medal.
(Brother Thomas is shown below, as well as his father Leonard).
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Service No.
103952, 8th Worcs Regiment / 174 Labour Corps.
Thomas lived in
Greenhill Terrace, Hallow and was married. He enlisted 26 October 1914 and was
posted to the Somme in June 1915. In January 1917 he was transferred to a Devon
Regt, possibly for medical assessment, and then transferred again to 9th Inf.
Labour Corps, and yet again in May to 174 Labour Coy. (April 1917, he was
'deprived of 3 day’s pay for quitting camp when placed in isolation for
Scabies' ). He was discharged in February 1918, suffering with shell shock,
having been treated (date unknown) at 4th London General Hospital. His
character was noted as 'very good' He was awarded the Victory and British War
medals.
Brother Joseph
is shown above, and brother Reginald below, along with their father Leonard also
noted below).
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Reginald William FINCH, 3rd Air Mechanic
Service No.
292171, Royal Air Force
Reginald William
Finch was born on 8 August 1900 and died in 1976. He was the son of Leonard and
Ellen Finch nee Mountford of Poplar Row, Hallow. They had eight children and
Reginald was the eldest. Both Reginald and his father served in WWI. Reginald
enlisted on 5 September 1918 into the RAF and gave his occupation as “Deliverer
of Yeast”. He became part of an RAF
Rigger Crew, a position which he held at the end of WWI. His name first
appeared in the Parish Magazine of January 1919. Reginald’s Service record is very detailed,
but full of abbreviations that are difficult to understand. Having been a Rigger he was re-mustered in
January 1919 as an Aircraft Mechanic 2 and in February 1919, when he was
discharged, he was a “Rigger Aero” as “AC2”. In November 1919 he was based in
Egypt. The words “Census 31st Jan 1920, are stamped in the time-line of the
various bases at which Reginald served, so future researchers will know not to
look for him at home on that census! Reginald enlisted in the RAF in 1937 as AC
2.
Brothers Joseph
and Thomas are shown above, and father Leonard is below.
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Leonard James FINCH, Private / Lance Corporal
Service Nos.
20901, TR/9/281482, 51378 & 171722, Worcs Regiment/ Worcs 46th Training
Res. Btn /Devonshire Rgt/ 310 Works Co., Labour Corps.
Leonard Finch
1879 – 1949 was the eldest son of William Finch, a bricklayer, and his wife
Elizabeth. He married Ellen Jessie Mountford in 1899. They had 3 sons & 3 daughters (Census
1911) and lived at Poplar Row, Hallow. Two more children were born.......
Leonard was a bricklayer who had worked for six years for Joseph Thorpe, in
Hallow, when he enlisted in January 1915. He had some medical problems which meant that
he was not classified as AI. (Classification
varied from CIII to BI, the latter being for flat feet.) He joined the 12th (2nd) Battalion of the
Worcestershire Regiment as a Private on 15 November 1915 at Fowey, Cornwall. He
was appointed unpaid Lance Corporal with the 12th on 10 July 1916 and was
posted as paid Lance Corporal to the 46th Training Reserve Battalion (aka 13th
Bttn Worcs Regt). In 1917 Leonard was posted to the First Infantry Works
Battalion, the Devonshire Regiment and later transferred on 28 April 1917 to
Royal Engineers 310th HS Works Company, Tidworth. There are just four charges on his Conduct
Sheet – Absent from Parade; overstaying his pass; absent from work/not
complying with Order, and neglecting his work. The punishments varied from ‘confined
to barracks’ to ‘severely reprimanded’. Leonard was transferred to Class Z
Reserve on demobilisation on 4 September 1919.
(Sons Reginald, Joseph
and Charles are shown above).
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Richard Thomas FLETCHER,
Service No.
28264, C Co., Royal Welsh or Warwickshire
Richard was born
in Hallow 1901, his father Thomas was a farm labourer, his mother was named
Kate, and he had a sister (Census 1901). They lived at Brook Cottage, Moseley.
In the Census of 1911 the family had grown to 2 sons, and 2 daughters, living
at the same address. No service or medal
records can be found, but as his name was listed in the Parish Magazine of
December 1918, he probably enlisted about this time. His name was also on the
Absent Voters List for 1919. In May 1920 he was recorded as working as an
engine cleaner for the Great Western Railway, Worcester, Fireman (Stourbridge)
1930, and Driver in 1933. This record stops in August 1956. Richard died in September
1969 aged 69 (registered in the Stourbridge district).
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Charles
FREEMAN, Private
Service
Nos. 203437 & 224589, Worcs Regt. / Labour Corps
Charles was
born in Hallow c. 1889, son of George and Annie. He had one sister (Census
1891) and the family lived in Partridge Lane, Hallow. Charles' father was a
farm labourer. His service record cannot be found, his medal card shows that he
received the Victory and British War medals.
At the time of the Electoral Roll
of 1918 he lived at Parkfield Cottages, Hallow.
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Died 15th July 1915
Service No. S2/SR/01451,
259th Depot Unit, Supply Army Service Corps.
(1st New
Army, Woolwich Dockyard)
George was born
in Hallow, son of George (a labourer and later a florist/gardener) and mother
Elizabeth. He lived with his parents and
sister at 1 Oldbury Road, Worcester (Census 1891). In 1901, he had a brother as well, aged 7
yrs, and George was a 'Pupil Teacher'.
The 1911 Census recorded him living at 52 Lindsay Street, Stalybridge,
boarding with Thomas and Catherine Scriven and their 3 children. George was now a Police Constable, but also
recorded in his service record as an Inspector of Weights & Measures. He married Elizabeth (nee Kitson) 26 April
1915, and they lived at 222 Mottram Road, Stalybridge. As a Special Reservist he enlisted 7 October
1914 in Manchester aged 30. George died
at Gallipoli 15th July 1915 aged 31 (the cause of death on his record sheet is
given as 'Syncope'. (This condition is not sufficient to cause death, unless it
is linked to a possible cardiovascular condition.) George is buried in
Lancashire Landing Cemetery, Turkey, Grave A.47. He was awarded posthumously
the 1915/15 Star, Victory and British War medals.
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Thomas Henry FREEMAN, 1st class AB Stoker
Thomas Henry FREEMAN, 1st class AB Stoker
Died 12th November 1914
Service No.
K/8956, HMS New Zealand
First mentioned
in the Parish Magazine of September 1914, Albert drowned, aged 21, on 12th
November 1914 after accidentally falling overboard whilst trying to get into
the picket boat. It was dark and by the time a searchlight was found, he was
lost. He was the son of Charles Freeman, 4 Star Yard, Bransford Road, St. John's,
also noted in Parish Magazine, as 19 Lechmere Crescent. From CWGC, remembered
on Panel 3 Plymouth Naval Memorial.
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Frederick FREEMAN, Gunner
Killed in action 18th
August 1917
Service No.
831059, 80th Siege Battery, 241st Brigade, Royal Horse & Field Artillery
Frederick was
the youngest son of Charles and Elizabeth. He was born in Hallow c. 1897 and
lived in Bell Lane with his 2 brothers and 3 sisters. The Parish Magazine of
March 1915 reported Frederick 'as joining active service'. He was killed in
action in France & Flanders as part of the Western European Theatre, 18th
August 1917, aged 20, and is buried in Vlamertinghe New Military Cemetery,
Belgium. Grave VII.C.18 (His father lived in 4 Star Yard, Bransford Road, St.
John's - also Lechmere Crescent was noted in the Parish Magazine).
(Brother Thomas
is shown below).
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Service No.
19173, Royal Field Artillery
The Census of
1901 showed Thomas lived in Bell Lane, Hallow with his parents Charles (a Gas
Stoker), mother Elizabeth, and 2 brothers, and 3 sisters. Thomas was born in
Hallow c. 1892. Thomas enlisted at the end of 1914, and was sent to France in
July 1915. The Parish Magazine of April 1915 reported Thomas as 'being in
active service', and was later stated as having gunshot wounds, in hospital in
Southampton. He was awarded the 1915
Star, Victory & British War medals. (No other service history has been
found). Brother Frederick is shown
above.
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Herbert GARDINER, Private
Service Nos.
H/34680 & D/33636, 5th Reserve Cavalry / 14th Hussars Corps of Dragoons
& 1st
Dragoon Guards.
Herbert was born
in Hallow in 1894 to William (a farmer) and Ann Elizabeth Gardiner. He had 2
brothers and 2 sisters, and the family lived at Headway Farm, Shoulton, Hallow
(Census 1911). Herbert enlisted on 23 February 1916 at Worcester and gave his
occupation as a stockman. Some information
about his previous service can be found in the Royal Tank Corps 1919-1946
records which are on-line. The remainder is information taken from the Parish
Magazine. Herbert was serving with the
14th Hussars/1st Dragoon Guards in India on 2 July 1917. He was first mentioned
in the Parish Magazine for Intercessory Prayers in 1918. He transferred to the
Royal Tank Corps on 2 March 1919. Unfortunately the abbreviation concerning
where he served with them is smudged, but someone with knowledge about the Royal
Tank Corps may be able to read it. His
record confirmed that he was wounded on 6 May 1919 and the Parish Magazine gave
the details that’ he sustained a flesh wound to his thigh whilst fighting in
Afghanistan, and recovered well’. His medal card stated he was awarded the
British War medal, and he also appeared on the Absent Voters List 1918.
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Henry James GEORGE, Bombardier
Service
No.110490, Royal Garrison Artillery
Henry was born
in Birmingham (12 Hawthorn Grove, Whitmore Road, Aston) c. 1898, and in the
Census of 1911 he was shown as living in Parkfield Lane, Hallow. His parents
were Albert ((a Wood Carver) and Annie, and he had a sister, Marian. As Henry's
name appeared in the Parish Magazine of December 1916, he may have enlisted
about this time, but unfortunately there are no service records. His medal card
showed that he was awarded the Victory and British War medals. No other records
have been found.
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Albert Edward GILLETT, American Force
Albert Edward
Gillett was born in 1884, son of Edward and Clara Gillett nee Rowe, who had
seven children. In 1901 some of the
family were living on The Green and Albert was working as a Printer’s
Compositor. He emigrated to the USA in 1909 and on 25 June 1911 he married
Harriett Townsend, from England, in Revere, Massachusetts. A draft registration card was completed on
September 12 1918, although the date of his birth is incorrect, which is
puzzling. He and Harriett lived at 873
Winthrop Avenue, Revere, Suffolk County Massachusetts. Albert's name first
appeared in the Parish Magazine of May 1919, Details of his US war-time service
have not yet come to light. Can you help?
The 1920 and
1930 American census showed that Albert and Harriett had two children and were
still living in Revere. By 1930 Albert was an Elevator Man in a Trust building.
No further information has been found.
(Brothers
Charles, and Harry are shown below, as well as twin brother Francis).
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Charles William GILLETT, Armourer's Crew
Service No.
M29565, Royal Navy.
Charles was born
in Hallow 12 September 1896 to Edward (a boot/shoemaker) and Clara. In the
Census of 1911, there were three sons and one daughter living at Hallow Green.
Charles was a watch repairer by trade, when he enlisted in the Royal Navy on 19
February 1918. Charles' name first
appeared in the Parish Magazine April/May 1918.
Charles was attached to the shore base Pembroke II at Chatham, so it is
not known which ship he was serving on.
He was demobbed on 19 February 1919. His service record showed that he
was awarded the British War medal. (There is a death record of a man of the
same name June 1981, age 84 yrs. Registration district Birmingham.) Brother Albert is shown above, and brothers
Francis and Harry are below.
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Died 12th March 1917
Service No. PO/210748,
Royal Navy Flying Corps (1915), HMS Renown/ HMS Victory
(Naval
Casualties database says Francis is a Leading Seaman)
Francis was the
twin brother of Albert, born July 23 1884 in Hallow, eldest sons of Edward (a
shoemaker) and Clara. Francis joined active service September 1914. At the time of the Census of 1911, Francis
'was on board - China and East Indies - vessels'. He was reported 'having died
12th March 1917 aged 32 (after an operation) in the Royal Navy Hospital,
Haslar, Gosport.' He was in the Royal
Navy for 16 ½ years, inc. 2 ½ years in the Naval Flying Station at Felixstowe.
(He was wrecked in HMS Bedford at the China Station, and was on board HMS Ariel
when that vessel rammed the German submarine U12 in the North Sea). He was
buried on March 16th in St Philip and St James churchyard, Hallow, north of
church tower' and was awarded The Star, British Medal and Victory Medal
posthumously.
Twin brother
Albert is noted above, as well as his other brother, Charles and Harry below.
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Harry George GILLETT, Gunner
Service Nos.
3706 & 831423, Royal Field Artillery / D/5 A Bde, RFA
Harry George
Gillett was born in 1889 and in 1911 (census) he was a clerk in an iron
works. He lived with his parents and
some of his siblings at Hallow Green.
Harry was one of the seven children of Edward and Clara Gillett nee
Rowe. On 26 October 1915 he volunteered for the Territorial Force, and as such
was liable to serve in the event of a national emergency. He was initially posted to the 30th Brigade.
Harry was first mentioned in the Parish Magazine Intercessory Prayers in
November 1915, and again in January 1916 when it was reported that he had shell
wounds and was in hospital at Trouville.
(For more information click here)
Brothers Albert,
Francis, and Charles are shown above.
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Albert GOODWIN, Private
Killed in action 12th
October 1916
Service No.
27407, 5th/11th Worcs Regiment
Albert was born
in St John's, Worcester c. 1890 and his parents were Thomas (a farm labourer)
and Louisa. In 1901, he had one sister, and the family lived in Moseley Road,
Hallow. In the 1911 Census, Albert was a farm labourer like his father. His name was first mentioned in the Parish
Magazine of March 1916 so he may have enlisted around that time, and in
December 1916 he was reported as missing, presumed dead. His name appears on
the memorial as being of the Royal Field Artillery but it is more likely to be
11th Battalion Worcs. Regt. He was recorded as 'killed in action, Salonika,
12th October 1916' - part of the Balkan Theatre. He was buried in the regional
unit of Kilkis, Central Macedonia, Greece. He was awarded the Victory and
British War medals.
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George William GREEN, Gunner
Service nos. 74698
(H Battery RHA) / 201371, 7th Bde. Royal
Horse Artillery - Anti Aircraft Section, Mesopotamia S /Royal Garrison
Artillery
George was born
c. 1878 in Broadheath, son of George (an agricultural labourer) and Mary. The two census of 1891 and 1901 show the family
lived at Peachley Old House Farm, Broadheath.
George married Kate Checketts, and the 1911 Census recorded them and
their children, Thomas 7, Ethel 4 and Alice 6 months at School Cottage, Hallow.
George was a gardener nurseryman. His medal card stated that his service began
15 August 1914 and he transferred from the RHA to the RGA in March 1918. He is noted on the Absent Voters List of
1918. He was awarded the Clasp and Roses, which is given to those who had
operated within range of enemy mobile artillery between August and November
1914.
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Albert GRIFFITHS, Royal Field Artillery
(There are six
soldiers of this name, all serving in France in 1915)
As Albert's name
appeared in the Parish Magazine of March 1915 and there are no Census records
of him in the Hallow or Worcester area, it is impossible to know who he is.
There are six soldiers, (1) SN 512 & 725046, Sergeant, France 22.11.15 (2)
SN 720 & 730083 Driver, Bombardier & Corporal, France 21.11.15 (3) SN
1091 & 690142 Gunner & Bombardier, France 28.09.15 (4) SN 4366 Gunner,
France 23.08.15 (5) SN 5401 Driver, France 24.12.15 (6) 74066 Bombardier,
France 14.06.15 - all soldiers were awarded the Victory, British War medals and
the 1915 Star.
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Alfred GRIFFITHS, Private
Service Nos.
46068 / 415312 / GS/110858, 6th Worcs Rgt /
Labour Corps
/ Royal Fusiliers / 913 Emplo. Co. MGC
Alfred was born
in Worcester c. 1874, and in 1881 he was living with his widowed mother, Mary
Ann, a gloveress. There were three sons, including Alfred, and they lived at Shoulton
Turn, Hallow. By the Census of 1901,
Alfred was the only sibling living with his mother, now a laundress, and Alfred
was a labourer at a Vinegar Works. No service record can be found but Alfred
was first mentioned in the Parish Magazine of November 1917 so he may have
enlisted around that time. His medal card showed that he was awarded the
Victory and British War medals, and his name also appeared on the Absent Voters
List for 1918.
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Gilbert GRIFFITHS, Royal Field Artillery
Recorded in the
Parish Magazine, but unable to find any other records, either Census or
military.
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Herbert William GRIFFITHS, Gunner
Service No. 865091,
2nd Royal Field Ammunition Corps
Herbert was born
in 1890, son of James and Jane Griffiths
and he lived at Rose Cottage, Moseley Road, Hallow. He enlisted November 1914. By 1918, his address was 26 Bromyard Terrace,
St Johns, Worcester. During 1916 &
1917 he had many health problems - he had a chest injury whilst driving in
April 1917 and was gassed in September 1918. He was demobbed September 1918 and
was awarded the 1915 Star, Victory & British War medals.
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Thomas aka Tom GRIFFITHS
Service No.
347, HMS Impregnable (1916) HMS Ramilles (1917)
Tom was born in
Claines, Worcester c. 1901 and his parents were George and Elizabeth. George
was an engine driver at a Vinegar Works. Apart from Tom there was another
brother and sister (Census 1911) and the family lived in Greenhill Terrace,
Hallow. Tom's name is mentioned in the Parish Magazine of May 1916, so he
probably enlisted around this time. A later electoral roll showed that Tom
lived at Hallow Green. (No other records have been found)
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William Edward GRIFFITHS,
Service No.
8608, 2nd/6th Worcs Regiment
William was born
in Worcester, 1891. His parents William (a general labourer) and Fanny had five
sons including William who was a wood working machinist at the Albion Boxworks
(Census 1911). They lived at 59 Hylton
Road, Worcester. William enlisted 12 August 1914, and it was recorded in the
April 1915 edition of the Parish Magazine that William was 'now in active
service'. His medal card showed that he was awarded the Victory and British War
medals, and the 1914 Star and Clasp & Roses I.V. He was also awarded the Military Medal for
bravery in action. No other record has been found.
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Thomas Henry GROSVENOR, Gunner or Driver
Royal
Garrison Artillery, BMEF Salonica Force
Thomas was born
in Grimley in 1886. His father Charles was a general labourer, his mother was
Mary and they had nine children. In 1891
they lived at Heath Farm House and by 1901 they were living in Parkfield Lane,
where Charles was a working gardener.
Only three children were living with their parents, one being Thomas,
aged 15. By the Census of 1911, Thomas, a packer of brushes, was married to
Alice nee James, and they had two daughters and lived at 108 Bransford Road, St
John's, Worcester. Thomas was living with his wife and two daughters at 5
Boughton Street, St Johns, Worcester when he attested at the age of 39 on 11
December 1915. He was in the Army Reserve until he was mobilised on 5 June 1916
and was posted as a Gunner to the Royal Garrison Artillery No. 3 Depot which
was at Plymouth. A month later he was posted to 36 Company, also at Plymouth,
where it was part of the South Western Coast Defences. On 18 December 1916
Thomas joined the Mediterranean Expeditionary Force. Unfortunately the abbreviation for the
company he was with from 6 January 1917 until 24 November 1918 is hard to read,
but from the Parish Magazine for August 1917 we know that he was in Salonika.
His next posting just after the end of the War, was back to the UK with No 2 Depot (Heavy and Siege) at Gosport and
four days later on 29 November 1918 he was with 2nd Reserve Battery (Siege) at
Catterick. Thomas suffered from DAH (Disordered Action of the Heart) and when
he was discharged from the service in March 1919 the Medical Board deemed that
his condition had been aggravated 40% by his service. That page of his Army
record is damaged but he may have received 11s a week as a pension. He was
granted a 52 week bonus allowance of 4s 8d for his two children which was effective
from 14 April 1919. Thomas was awarded the War Badge, British War and Victory
Medals and died in 1974 aged 88.
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Service No.
434, Australian Contingent 6th Bttn, transferred to 58th Bttn
Frederick was
born near Rugeley, Warwickshire and was a farm labourer before the war started. He married Anna Louisa Clay, from Hallow
Green at Hallow Church on 20 April 1917. We do not know how the two met. (Her
brother Cecil was in the 8th Worcs Regt and was awarded the Military Medal in
1917. Her other brother was John Joseph Watt Clay who served in the Royal
Navy.) Frederick left England on 20
October 1918 suffering from Neurasthenia.
He was awarded the 1915 Star, the British War Medal and Victory Medal.
and was
discharged on 13 March 1919 as medically unfit.
(For the full research on Frederick, click here)
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Henry (Harry) HANCOX, AB Seaman
Service No. J
29756, HMS Impregnable (1914), HMS Revenge (1916), HMS Dublin (1918)
Henry, or Harry
as he was known, was born on 28 March 1898 at Holt, although on census returns
his place of birth was shown as Hallow. His parents were Charles (a builder’s
labourer) and Rose(anne) Hancox nee South. Harry was an errand boy on the 1911
census and lived with six of his seven brothers and sisters and parents in
Greenhill Terrace, Hallow. Harry joined
the Navy as a “boy” in March 1914. He was 5ft 1 ¾ ins tall with dark brown hair
and slate coloured eyes. He trained at the land base HMS Impregnable and a
mixture of land bases and ships are shown on his naval record. As reported in the parish Magazine in late
October 1916 Harry was on board HMS Revenge, which served as the flagship of
the Flying Squadron which bombarded the coast of Flanders. More ships and land
bases followed and the Parish Magazine next mentioned Harry on board HMS
Dublin. He joined the ship on 28 March 1918 as an Able Seaman. HMS Dublin was in the 2nd Light Cruiser
Squadron which was part of the Grand Fleet until 1919 and was then part of the
6th Squadron at the Africa Station. It was whilst Harry was serving with HMS
Dublin that he was awarded the War Gratuity. He continued to serve in the Royal
Navy and transferred to the R A N on 28 March 1924.
Brothers William
and John are noted below.
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William HANCOX, Welsh Fusiliers
William was the
son of Charles (a builder's labourer) and Rose Hancox who lived in Greenhill
Terrace, Hallow (Census 1911). There were five sons including William, and two
daughters at home. William was born in Hallow c. 1896 and was a builder's
labourer. He was mentioned in the Parish
Magazine September 1914 so may have enlisted about that time but no other
records of his service have been found.
Brother Harry is
shown above, and John, below.
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John James HANCOX, Corporal
Killed in action 9th
April 1917
Service No. 123521,
73rd Battalion Canadian Infantry / Quebec Rgt (from
Canadian websites)
John was born
1893 in Walsall, Staffordshire, and enlisted September 1915 in Canada. His occupation was given as gear cutter. He was another son of Charles and Rose
Hancox, their address being given as Poseymans Cottage, Hallow. John was killed aged 24 at the Battle of Vimy
Ridge on 9 April 1917 and is remembered on the Vimy Memorial,
(See also
Canadian Great War Project web site).
Brothers Harry
and William are shown above.
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William Harry HANDLEY, Private / Lance Corporal
Service No. 204275,
2nd/7th Worcs Regt
William was born
11 November 1898 in Selly Oak, Birmingham, and when he enlisted in June 1917,
he was living with his parents Henry
& Emily at Hallow Mill. William was
a bookbinder. In July 1918, he was
appointed Lance Corporal, and in August 1918 he qualified as 1st Class
Assistant Instructor of the 55th Bombing Course, Otley. While in Belgium, he sustained mustard gas
blisters over his back and shoulder, April 1918 and was treated in a hospital
at St Omer, France, and Edmonton Military Hospital, London. His disability level was graded as 20%. William was demobbed in March 1919 and was
awarded the British War & Victory medals.
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Frederick George HARRIS, Private/Corporal/Temp. Sgt/Sergeant
Service Nos.
7462 / 512 / 534641 / 242432, 2nd/5th Norfolk Regiment/ 512 Labour Corps
Frederick
enlisted 18 November 1915 at Gloucester. Born 1891, he was 24 yr & 9 mth old and
gave his occupation as Clerk, and his address as York House, The Moors,
Worcester. He had married Ethel May
Thomas in August 1915 at St George's Church, Worcester. He was posted abroad
August 1916 as part of the Northern Command. He was promoted to Lance Corporal
January 1919, Corporal in June, and Sergeant in October the same year. In
February 1920 he was transferred to the Labour Corps, disabled by Cardiac and
Asthmatic problems and was demobbed later that month. (His connection to Hallow
is not known)
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Alfred
Archibald HAWKER, aka LANE, Private/Lance Corporal
Service Nos. 3259 /15737 / 108807/ 74750, 18th Service Bttn
Lancs Fusiliers /Notts & Derbyshire Rgt, later Sherwood Foresters / 4th
Worcs Rgt
Alfred Archibald Hawker was born in
Kidderminster on 7 July 1898 with the surname Lane. This information did not
come to light until after Alfred had married Elizabeth Sarah Dixon at St
Stephens CE church in Worcester on 21 April 1919 and he re-enlisted from the
Sherwood Foresters to the 4th Bttn Worcestershire Regiment in the
Autumn of the same year. Evidence was provided
by December 1919 as to his correct name, his marriage certificate in the
name of Lane was submitted, and his last civilian employer, Mr J H Hardman a
Carting Agent from Lowesmoor in Worcester was able to confirm that he had known
him by both names! It is difficult to
read the writing on his attestation paper on 7 January 1915, but it looks like
Alfred lived at “Berryhen Town Cottage”.
This is most likely to be Buryend Town Cottage in Grimley parish. When Alfred
enlisted he claimed to be a 19 year old wagoner but he was 16 years old. He
joined the Lancashire Fusiliers and was then transferred to the Notts &
Derbyshire Regiment. (He was known as Alfred Hawker to both regiments) He was
posted to the BEF from 24 February 1916 with the 10th Lancashire
Fusiliers. It is not clear when he returned to the UK but he was at Knowesley
Park on 5 December 1917. He was posted again to the BEF on 31 March 1918 on the 3 April transferred to
the Notts & Derby Regt. Alfred was made up to Lance Corporal a few days later and then on 27 May he was
reported missing, a Prisoner of War. There is no further information on
this. Alfred was posted home –
repatriated on 11 December 1918. Discharged 18 Sept 1919 and re-enlisted as
note earlier to the 4th Bttn Worcestershire Regiment, when he gave
his home address as 4 Pound Cottage, Hallow Green. Alfred was demobbed 21
January 1920 by which time the family had moved to 2 Melbourne Street,
Barbourne, Worcester. Alfred’s file
indicates that he had gunshot wounds to his back and thighs and was granted a
20% disability conditional award of 8s a week from 29 Jan 1920 to 9 Nov 1920.
He was awarded the Victory and British War medals
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Richard William HAWKER, Sapper
Service No. 182416,
Royal Engineers Wireless
The Parish
Magazine noted Richard's name in July/August 1918, and on the Absent Voters
List of 1918 his address was given as 189 Henwick Road, Worcester. It's
possible that Richard did not enlist until late 1918 - his medal card showed he
was awarded the Victory and British War medals. There is a man of the same name
detailed in the Kelly's Directory for 1921, at the Bear & Ragged Staff
Public house. No other information found.
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Archibald (Archie) HAYWARD, Driver
Service Nos.
2221 & 836049, Royal Field Artillery
Archibald aka
Archie was born in Worcester c. 1891. He
was the son of Mary, a widow, and had 3 brothers, and 2 sisters. They lived in
Wellington Court, Worcester. It is possible that he enlisted around November
1915 as this is when his name first appeared in the Parish Magazine. His medal
card recorded he was awarded the Victory & British War medals. His connection to Hallow is not known.
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William HERMAN, Private
Service No. 523535,
36th Training Reserve, Australian Imperial Force / 385 Co. Lab.Corps
William was
mentioned in the Parish Magazine of April/May 1918 and was also on the Absent
Voters List of 1918. The Service number
is not on the British Army Medal Index. William lived at Hallow Green. Worth a look
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Earl(e) Foster HEWITT, Lance Corporal
Service No. 20126,
5th/11th Worcs Regiment
Earl Foster
Hewitt was born in 1891 in the Birmingham area. He was one of the three Hewitt
stepsons of Arthur and Emily Sampson who lived at Archbell Cottage, Hallow. In
1911 Earl was employed as a roadworker for the Rural District Council. He married Mary Westbury at Hallow church on
7 December 1913 and their daughter Hilda was born in September 1914. It is
thought that they had four more children after the War. In 1917 Earl was awarded a Silver War Badge
and the transcription of the Silver War Badge Roll provides brief details of
his military service. He enlisted on 14 December 1914 and became a Lance Corporal
in the Worcestershire Regiment serving overseas. He was honourably discharged
because of illness on 21 July 1916 and awarded Silver Badge 55852 on 8 February
1917. The Silver Badge is circular and has at its centre the King George cipher
with the words “+ For King and Empire + Services Rendered” around the
edge. A few more details have been
obtained from the part of his Army record that has survived. Earl attested on 14 December 1914, and was a
miller by trade. On 6 January 1915 he
was posted to the 5th Bttn (Reserve) Worcestershire Regiment who were stationed
in Plymouth, and his wife moved into lodgings nearby. Earl was promoted to Paid Lance Corporal on
21 October 1915. When he was discharged he stated that he intended to live at
World’s End, Grimley. In the 1927 London
Gazette, he was noted as 'Appointed PO - Night Telephonist and Call Office
attendant, Worcester'. Earl's Probate Index recorded his death 14 January 1950,
aged 58. His widow, Mary lived at 61 Welland Lodge Road, Cleevemont Estate,
Cheltenham. He also included in his will, James Samuel Clark, telephone
supervisor.
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Harry Thomas HEWITT, Private
Service No.
11110, Royal Army Medical Corps
Harry was born
in 1894 and baptised at Ashted Warwickshire. He was one of the three Hewitt
stepsons of Arthur and Emily Sampson who lived at Archbell Cottage,
Hallow. At the time of the 1911 census
they had living with them one of their daughters, Emily and Earle Hewitt, and
Harry was working as a farm labourer). His record card shows he was awarded the
1914/15 Star, Victory, British War medals and he served in Egypt before
December 1915.
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James HILL, Private
Killed in action 24th April 1917
Service Nos.
4236 & 241360, 1st/8th Battalion Worcs Regiment
James was the
son of George (a labourer) and Emily who lived at Moseley Turning, Hallow
(Census 1911). They had four daughters, two sons and one stepson, Thomas Beard.
James was born in Hallow c. 1897 and was a farm labourer like his father.
James' name first appeared in the Parish Magazine of September 1915 so he may
have enrolled about that time. He was killed in action 24th April 1917 aged 20,
and is commemorated on Thiepval Memorial, France, Pier and Face 5A and 6C.
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Charles HINES,
Service No.
36327, Royal Garrison Artillery or RAMC ?
Charles was born
in Cookley, Kidderminster c. 1880, and lived at Victor Road, Winson Green,
Birmingham. He enlisted in Birminham on 22nd September 1914. Although the
Parish Magazine of September 1914 noted a George Hines, we cannot find anyone
of this name coming from the Hallow district. Charles Henry was discharged in
October 1914 as being unfit for service. He was married to Florence Digger of
St Martins, Worcester in June 1897 and they had six children.
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William Edmund HODGKINSON, Sergeant Major/Lieu.Qtr.
Master
3rd Worcs
Regiment
William was first mentioned in the Parish
Magazine of December 1916. He was awarded The Military Cross, D.C.M. (South African War), MC (Medaille
Militaire), Good Conduct and Long Service Medals, and L.H.F prisoner
See Worcs Rgt website
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Arthur
John HOLLOWAY, Gunner / Sapper
Service No. 47979, Royal Field Artillery
Arthur was born
in Worcester c. 1892 to Francis (a gardener) and Hannah. They had two sons and
three daughters, and lived at Henwick House Cottage. Arthur was an engine
cleaner and examiner for the Midlands Railway Co. (Census 1911). His name was
first seen in the Parish Magazine of April 1915 so he may have enlisted about that
time. His service card showed he was awarded the Victory & British War
medals and the 1915 Star for service in France from 21 July 1915. He died
September 1975 aged 83.
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Hubert Joseph HOOPER, Private
Killed in action 11th
July 1916
Service No. 21075,
10th Battalion, South Wales Borderers
Born in Hallow
c. 1882, Hubert enlisted in Ebbw Vale, Mon. and was sent to war December 1915
and died 11 July 1916, killed in action - France & Flanders, Western
European Theatre. He was awarded the 1915 Star, Victory and British War medals.
No other information can be found.
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Horace William HOULDEY, AB Seaman & AB Stoker 1st
Class
Service No.
J91896, HMS Glorious
Horace was born
17 October 1900 in Worcester and the 1911 Census showed he was living with his
grandparents, Charles and Jane of 90 Oldbury Road, Worcester. He joined the Royal Navy 31 July 1918 and was
trained whilst attached to HMS Powerful until 10 November 1918. At the end of the war, he was transferred as
a seaman to HMS Glorious, a Courageous class battle cruiser which had seen
service patrolling the North Sea. In the
previous November it had been involved in the Second Battle of Heligoland. Horace was subsequently attached to the
shore-based establishment HMS Vivid I and from there transferred as an A/Stoke
First Class in March 1919. Although
Horace had enlisted for 12 years, his record showed he left the Service 27
March 1920 on a 'free discharge'. He was
granted the War Gratuity whilst on HMS Delhi's lists. (This ship was a Danae class light
cruiser). Horace married Annie Adams in
1922 and died in 1983 in the Worcester District. (His connection to Hallow is not known).
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Maurice Henry HUBAND, Private
Service No. 29140,
Oxford & Bucks. Light Infantry
Maurice was the
eldest son of Thomas and Emma of Holywards (or Hollywards) Farm, Moseley,
Grimley, Worcs. (Census 1911). Maurice
was born in Newtown, Worcester 28 June 1885 and he had two brothers and a
sister. The entire family worked on the
farm. His medal card showed that Maurice enlisted January 1917 and was
discharged July 1919. He received the Victory and British War medals. At the
age of 34 Maurice was awarded a Silver Badge number B259051 which was issued on
6 August 1919. He had been honorably discharged on the grounds of no longer
being fit for service (King's Regulation Para 392 xvi Army Order 29 of 1919).
The citation confirmed that he had served overseas. Maurice died March 1984 aged 98 yr. (Malvern
Registration district).
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Harold HUNT, Corporal
Service No Corporal
- SN 4978 (not proven), RFC / RAF
Harold was born
c. 1896 and lived with his mother, Hannah, and his two brothers and a sister.
Their address in 1911 was 1 Hallow Road, Worcester. Harold was 14 and worked in
an iron works, driving a steam hammer.
When Harold enlisted in the RAF he gave his father George as next of
kin. On all census returns George lived away from the family and he had various
occupations including groom, London butler and London bus conductor.
WWI
Harold’s RFC
record has not survived, but information was transferred to his RAF file.
Harold attested on 25 April 1915 and gave his occupation as a fitter. In the
RFC he started as an Aircraft Mechanic (AM) class 2.
On 6 January
1916 Harold was posted to France and in August 1916 he became AM/ 1 and was
promoted to Corporal on 1 August 1917. He transferred to the RAF on 1 April
1918 as a Corporal Mechanic. 29 November 1916, Harold was in hospital at St
Omer suffering with Myalgia and was discharged 2 January to 1 Aircraft Depot, a
supply and repair depot also at St Omer. You can read about this vast depot here:-
Harold was an
aero rigger who on discharge gave his address as 5 Hallow Road. In November 1919 he was in the RAF Reserves.
A Good Conduct medal was awarded in 1921. Harold was discharged in April 1923
and married Helen Payne in 1926 and they had two children.
WWII
On the 8 July
1939 Harold enlisted in Class E Reserve for four years, On 8 July he was an
Aero rigger, and the following day he was made up to a Corporal .He gave his
occupation as Hot water fitter. Harold was discharged on 8 December 1942
(Clause 4 b)
(Brothers Walter
and Reginald are shown below)
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Walter John HUNT, Possibly S.S. Corporal
Worcester
Hussars
Walter was born
1893 and lived with his mother, Hannah, and his two brothers and a sister.
Their address in 1911 was 1 Hallow Road, Worcester. Walter was 18 and worked as
a boot maker. If this service number is correct, Walter served from May 1915 to
August 1919. No other information found.
(Brothers - Harold is shown above, and Reginald below)
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Reginald HUNT, Private
Died 6th September (or
November) 1918
Service No. M2/074781,
Army Medical Corps (PN June 1915) / Motor Transport Clearing
Office, Army
Service Corps
Reginald was
born c.1890 in Worcester and lived with his mother, Hannah, his two brothers
and a sister. Their address in 1911 was 1 Hallow Road, Worcester. Reginald was
20 and worked as a 'chauffeur domestic'. He enlisted in London c. June 1915 and
died 6th November 1918 in a Birmingham Hospital, aged 28. (Son of George and Hannah Hunt, 5 Hallow Road, Worcester. He
was the husband of Margaret Hunt of Coppice Cottage, Kelvedon Common, Essex). He is buried in St Philip and St James graveyard,
NE corner. He was awarded the Victory & British War medals.
(Brothers Harold
and Walter are shown above.)
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Died of his wounds in Flanders, 1st
April 1918
Service No. 41360,
25th Batt. Training Reserve, 7th Battalion Bedfordshire Regiment
Frank was first
mentioned in the Parish Magazine of September 1917. He was born in Hallow c.
1899 and lived at Parkfield Gardens (Census 1901), and died of wounds 1st April
1918 aged 19. He was the son of William Saxty and Catherine Hurlstone
(originally from Surrey) and he had three brothers, and three sisters. (Father,
William was head gardener at Parkfield). He was awarded the British War and
Victory medals and he is buried in Namps-au-Val British Cemetery, France, Grave
I. F. 27. (For more information, click here)
(Brother William
is shown below)
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William HURLSTONE, Lance Sergeant (Feb 1915) / Second
Lieutenant
Service No.
2252, 2/8th Worcs Regiment
William was born
c. 1889, elder brother of Frank, and son of William and Catherine who lived at
Parkfield Gardens, Hallow. He was born in Compton, Surrey. His name first
appeared in the Parish Magazine of September 1914 and he was posted to France
April 1915. At that time he was a Sergeant in the 8th Worcester Regiment, later
promoted to 2nd Lieutenant. He served in the army until 1925. He was awarded
the British War and Victory medals, and the 1915 Star. On his record card, his
address was given as the Officers Hospital, Chester also Whitly Villas,
Halesowen, W. Birmingham. No other service record has been found. In the Census
of 1911, he was an assistant teacher living at Grammar School Lane, Halesowen,
lodging with Henry and Matilda Gould and their two children. William married
Millicent Ruby Hopkins (of Rugby) in 1919, and died December 1950, aged 62, at
the Tewkesbury Hospital (his address at that time was the School House, Bredon,
Worcs.). Millicent lived until May 1991, aged 97, her death registered in the
district of Derby.
(Brother Frank
is shown above)
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John Robert JACKSON, Gunner & Private/Corporal
Service Nos. 1461
/ 11616, 2nd South Midland Brigade, RFA and Army Pay Corps
John was born in
Fleet in Lincolnshire on 17 May 1889 and was a teacher and a member of the
Worcester Territorial Association. He had married Elsie Bowcott from Henwick
Road at Hallow church in August 1911 and they lived at 104 Astwood Road. (Once
John had been mobilised Elsie moved to 100 High Street.) John completed a Short
Service Attestation form on 9 December 1915. There are a lot of alterations to
his service number on the form - 4234,
966725, 21023 and 11616 APC (Army Pay Corps). Across the top of the form “will
apply for exemption” and down the left side. “Transferred from Army Reserve
Class B to RFA (T) 5 May 1916”.
The details of
John’s service are :- Placed in the Reserves with service number 1461- 2nd South Midland Brigade RFA and was
mobilised as a Gunner on 5 May 1916. In
October he was posted to 66th Division RFA C/331st Bde RFA, in France and two
months later was compulsorily transferred to the RGA as a Gunner at AA Depot
(Anti Aircraft?) Shoeburyness. Ten days later on 9 January 1917 he was posted
to 35 AA Company and transferred on 23 February 1917 as a Private to the Army
Pay Corps. He was promoted to Corporal
in March 1918, for which he received 2s per day. Demob was 23 February 1919
when he gave his address again as 104 Astwood Road, Worcester.
John who had
been medically Classed as Ai when he attested seems to have had an emergency
medical examination board when he was posted 331st Bde in France, in which it
was stated that John had fits and suffered from pain after food, and nausea. He
was later certified as Biii (suitable for sedentary work abroad) which on 8
June 1917 was changed to Ci (Garrison service at home camps). He was examined
on two more occasions the last being on 6 November 1918 when he was classed as
Biii again. John is listed as having served in the Armed Forces in the
“National Union of Teachers War Record”.
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George
William JONES, Private
Service No. 4519, 8th Worcs Regiment
George was born
on July 3 1895 at Shelsley Beauchamp and was a 5ft 2ins tall farm labourer when
he attested and was embodied into the Territorial Forces 8th Worcestershire
Regiment on 22 November 1915. He signed
his name a G William Jones and gave his address as Gatterley Sq. Hallow (Gatley,
Shoulton, Hallow?). William served for 54 days until 14 January 1916. William
was first mentioned in the Parish Magazine of January1916 . On discharge his
home address was Fish Street, Worcester. The grounds for his discharge were
Kings Regulations para 392. iii, c.KCR . The Medical Board which made the
decision indicated that National Federation of Discharged Soldiers and Sailors
applied on behalf of this man. Written in pencil is:- “30% under 3”. He was granted £7 10s of the
War Gratuity and his character was given as “Very Good”.
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Walter JONES, Private
Killed in action 23rd
October 1918
Service No. 63533,
1/8th Worcs Regiment
Walter was born
in Wollaston, Stourbridge c. 1891, but was raised by his uncle, Thomas (a
farmer) and aunt, Elizabeth at Yardway, Moseley Turning, Hallow (the Census of
1891 showed Walter as 5 months old. Also
at the address was Mary 28 yr and Elizabeth 26 yrs, both nieces). In 1901, only
Walter was living with Thomas and Elizabeth, and in 1911, Elizabeth was a
widow, and Thomas was a farm labourer. Thomas was killed in action 23 October
1918 in France and Flanders, and was awarded the British War and Victory
medals, but these were returned. He is buried in Highland Cemetery Le Cateuas,
Grave III.F.5. No other information can be found.
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Sydney James LAMB, Private / Corporal
Service Nos.
62 & TT/02178, Army Veterinary Corps
Sydney was born
in Ombersley c. 1890 to father, Joseph (a groom) and mother, Mary Anne. He had
2 brothers, and 3 sisters, and they lived in Boreley Lane, Ombersley (Census
1891). In the Census of 1911, Sydney was a boarder with the Sayers family at
Sinton Fold, Grimley and he was a groom. His medal record card showed his
service began 1st April 1915 and he was awarded the British War and Victory
medals, and 1915 Star. No other information can be found.
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Killed in action 4th February, 1917
Service No. Wales Z/582, Royal Naval
Volunteer Reserve, Hawke Battalion
Royal Naval Division
William was born 30 August 1888. He was a labourer and enlisted in 1915, draft
for British Expeditionary Force and joined Hawke Battalion 1916. He served in France for 7 months before
being killed in action 4th February 1917 aged 28. His body was exhumed and
named by identity disc - buried in Queens Cemetery, Bucquoy, France, Grave IV.
E. 1919. His wife was Elsie of Aberbeeg,
Monmouthshire, later of Irene Cottage, Park Lane, Hallow. Note: William was 5ft 11ins tall (most of the
later Hallow Naval recruits were under 5ft 5ins)
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Ernest
Edward LARNER, Private
Service No. 17151, 9th Gloucestershire
Regiment
Ernest was born
in Charlton Kings, Glos. in 1886. His father, James was a general labourer, and
his mother was Annie. He had two
brothers and one sister and they lived at Hawthornes, Charlton Kings (Census
1891). In 1911, Ernest was a gardener,
boarding with William and Annie Sharp at Park Lane Cottage, Hallow. Ernest was working for Mr Hurlstone at 235
Henwick Road when he enlisted on 18 November 1914 at Cheltenham. It was noted that his teeth were defective
but his physique was very good . He was first mentioned in the Parish Magazine
in 1915. Ernest served in France and
Salonika and on discharge indicated that he suffered from malaria originally
contracted in Salonika. Ernest said that
he had been treated in the 64th and 28th hospitals. The 64th was mobilised in Malta and sent to
Salonika in 1917, when it became unsafe to evacuate casualties to Malta, and
the 28th Hospital was based in France.
Ernest’s final medical report indicated that he had had seven attacks of
malaria, the last being in June 1918.
The medal record
showed Ernest went to France 20 September 1915 and on 11 November 1915 he
embarked from Marseilles for Salonika
and arrived on 24 November. He
was admitted to hospital on a number of occasions, the first in January 1917.
Afterwards he was sent to No 2 Convalescent Depot, which he didn’t leave until
19 April. It has not been possible to
decipher all of his Army record and he seems to have changed Divisions. At the moment we don’t have any details about
where he served. He embarked for France
on 9 July 1918 and in August was granted 15 days leave in England. His final embarkation from France was on 19
February 1919 when he left via Dunkirk.
Ernest was transferred to Class Z Army Reserve on demobilization, 20
March 1919 and indicated that he would be living at Westmore House, Ryeworth,
Cheltenham. Ernest was awarded the
1914-15 Star British War and Victory medals . He died in the Gloucester area in
1949.
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Harvey LAWRENCE, Private
Service Nos.
40825 / 43840
Royal Warks /
B Co. 14th Worcs Regt
Harvey (also
named Henry) was first noted in the Parish Magazine of April/May 1918 and the
Absent Voters List of 1918 gave his address as Parkfield Lane, Hallow. He was born c. 1872 in Grimley, his mother
was Eliza Lawrence, and he had a brother Wilfred born c. 1874. They lived in Powick Lane and Eliza described
herself as 'occupier' (Census 1881). The
next census of 1891 showed him as a 19 yr old lodger of Richard and Elizabeth
Hodson of 79 Holloway Bank, West Bromwich, and their three sons and one daughter. Using the name of Henry he gave his
occupation as labourer. By 1911 he was
married to Florence and had one daughter and three sons, all born in West
Bromwich. They lived at 4/97 Steward
Street, Ladywood, Birmingham and Henry was shown as 'working away' as a
labourer/tube fitter. His medal card
showed that he was awarded the Victory and British War medals.
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Percy LAWRENCE, Private / Corporal
Service Nos.
16/5240 & L/13138
16th Lancers
/ Corps of Lancers
Percy was noted
in the Parish Magazine of June 1916 – no other information has been found.
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Sidney LAWRENCE, Private
Service No. 37940,
Somerset Light Infantry
Apart from
Sidney being named as in service in the Parish Magazine of April/May 1918,
nothing else is known about him.
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Thomas LEE, Private
Service No. 462441, 665 Ag. Co. Labour Corps
All that is
known about Thomas is that in 1901 he lived in Martley Road, Worcester and the
Absent Voters List of 1919 showed that he then lived in Moseley Road.
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Thomas LEIGH, 10th Somerset Light Infantry
Apart from being
named in the Parish Magazine of June 1917, no other information has been found.
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Frederick LEWIS, Private
Service No.
2289, 8th Reserves Bn, Worcs Regt., 3rd Worcs Regt.
Frederick was
born cc 1871 in Hallow, and was a labourer. He enlisted May 1889 at the age of
18 and served in the 3rd Worcs Regiment. His records have been burnt, therefore
it is not clear whether he served in WWI.
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F. R. LEWIS
See service
record under Charles Williams - F. R. Lewis enlisted as Charles Williams in
1914, admitting in 1916 by Statutory Declaration that his true name was Charles
Williams, Born in Hallow.
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Christopher Henry LOCK, Sapper / Lance Corporal
Service Nos.
138041 & WR 253371, R.E. Railway and Canal Transport Establishment /
Royal
Engineers
Christopher was
born in Hallow c. 1889, his parents were Henry and Mary Lock and the family of
3 boys and 3 girls lived at The Crown Inn, Hallow. He had married Dorothy Honor
Johns in 1916 and they lived in London Rd., Worcester. Christopher was a railway shorthand typist
when he enlisted in London November 1915 and embarked for France in January
1916. He was awarded a Good Conduct
medal which he received from the Director of Railway Traffic on 23 March 1918.
Christopher became a paid Lance Corporal in May of that year and was demobbed
July 1919. (His service record is limited as it is either burnt, or badly
faded). He died in 1954 aged 64.
Brother, Percy
is shown below.
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Percy Walter LOCK, Private / Trooper
Service Nos.
48 & TT02169, Army Veterinary Corps
Percy was born
in Hallow c. 1894. His parents were Henry and Mary Ellen and they lived at the
Crown Inn, Hallow. In 1911, the family consisted of three boys and 3 girls.
Percy worked as an assistant brewer, "helping in the business". He
enlisted April 1915, and he received the British War and Victory medals and the
1915 Star. No other service record can be found. He died 11 March 1965 in
Ronkswood Hospital aged 70 - his address was Gracelyn, School Lane, Hallow and
he left his estate to his sister Gertrude Lock, and Kenneth Lock. (Brothe,r
Christopher is shown above).
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Sidney Pratt LOCK, Private
Died 12th October 1915
Service No. T/46,
South Midland Division Army Veterinary Corps
Sidney was born
6 November 1891 in Hallow. His parents, Benjamin (a railway clerk) and mother,
Annie Maria had a family of three boys and one girl, and they lived at The
Green, Hallow (1901 Census). From March 1907 to March 1911, Sidney worked for
the Gt Western Railway at Worcester. In 1911 the family lived at Elmley
Cottage, Hallow and Sidney had become an apprentice butcher. He had recently married
Lucy and they were living with his parents. He joined active service c. April
1915, and was taken ill 12th October with enteric (typhoid) fever. He was taken
to the Canadian Hospital in Cairo, where he died 13th November 1915 (aged 24).
He was buried in Cairo War Memorial Cemetery, Egypt, Grave D. 192.
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George LODGE, Sergeant
Service No. 16683,
8th Worcs Regiment
George James
Lodge 1895-1938 was shown as a 15 year old errand boy on the 1911 census, his
father was a gardener to a fruit grower.
George was first noted in the Parish Magazine of October 1914, and in
April 1915 was 'now in active service'.
The January Magazine reported George as severely wounded and in
Edinburgh Hospital.
(Brother, Thomas
is shown below).
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Thomas Henry LODGE, Gunner
Service No. 91840,
Army Service Corps / Royal Garrison Artillery
Thomas was born
c. 1887, son of Henry (a gardener) and Elizabeth (a jacket maker). He had one
sister and one brother. In 1891 he lived in Greenhill Lane, Hallow. He married Clara Rouse of Hallow in 1909 and
they had a son, William George 8 months old (Census 1911). At that time the family lived with
father-in-law, James Rouse (a farm labourer and a widower) in Moseley Road,
Hallow. Thomas was a market
gardener. He enlisted/attested in
November 1915 and was posted/mobilised to France April 1916 and later posted as
a Gunner with the RGA. He then went on
to the Heavy Artillery Depot at Woolwich.
On 8 January 1917 he joined the RGA as part of the BEF. During 1917, he had health problems and was
in hospital on three separate occasions - his file recorded that he was on the
War Office casualty list for HB
9107 in November 1917 as he had
received a gun-shot wound and was admitted to 83 General Hospital, Boulogne,
which was part of the casualty route for the wounded to be evacuated for longer
further treatment in the UK. Thomas was
sent from there to Lakenham Military Hospital, Norwich which specialised in
seriously sick or wounded soldiers. Thomas returned to duty and on 15 October
1918, whilst serving with 26 Heavy Battery, he was admitted to the 30 General
Hospital, Calais classed as wounded (NYD).
The injury seems to have been from a gas shell. He was discharged to No 5 Rest Camp which was
at Ecault two miles from the docks at Le Havre.
On 16 November Thomas was posted from base to 152 HB which had 6 x 60
pounder guns and was serving with 84 Brigade, but Thomas was back in hospital
in mid December as “sick”. On 26
December he left 14 Con Depot for
Chiseldon Dispersal Centre, and once again in 1918. He was demobbed 26 February 1919, and was
awarded the British War and Victory medals.
At the time of his death, 23 November 1948 he was living at 23 Ashcroft
Road, Worcester. He died in Worcester
Royal Infirmary, aged 62.
(Brother George
is noted above)
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John Arthur LORD, 2nd Lt./Lieutenant / Captain
13th
Hussars/Worcs Yeomanry
John Arthur Lord
was born 16 November 1896 at Kings End, Powick, the son of the solicitor and
land agent Arthur Lord and Helen Lord nee Bramwell who lived at Hallow Mount.
His father, who had been born at Hallow Park, is best known to the village for
his business association with Mrs Amy Wheeley Lea. During WWI John’s father was Chairman of the
Martley Food Control Committee; member of the local Military Tribunal and Hon
Treasurer of the Worcester and District Soldiers and Sailors Association. At the time of both the 1901 and 1911 census
the family, including John’s sister Helen, were on holiday at Westcliff,
Bournemouth. John was educated at Eton
College and the London Gazette of 10 May 1915 lists the following – Worcestershire the Queens Own Worcestershire
Hussars the under mentioned to be Second Lieutenant - Private John Arthur Lord
of the Eton Contingent , Junior Division, OTC. The Parish Magazine
congratulated John on receiving his commission. Only John's medal record card
can be found which showed that he received the British War and Victory
medals. In 1921 John was still in the
Army and he is recorded on a passenger list sailing from Liverpool for Bombay,
with a number of other Army Officers and civilians.
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Harry aka Henry LOWE, Corporal / Sergeant
Service Nos.
325742 & TF126 TT/02229, Worcs Yeomanry and Corps Hussars/
Army Veterinary
Corps
This soldier was
noted in the Parish Magazine of May 1916 and on the Absent Voters List of 1918
but no other information has been found.
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John Edward LOXLEY,
Service No. possibly
SN 130971, Royal Air Force
John (1877-1964)
was one of Francis and Mary Loxley’s sons. In 1911 John and his wife Sarah (nee
Quarterman) were living at No 1 Lechmere Crescent with their four children
Francis, Dorothy and the twins Jane and Louise, who were just four months
old. John’s occupation was given as
grocer’s assistant. His military record showed that he joined the RFC on 12
February 1918 and was classed as ”Misc (Labour) an “A.Mech 3”. In April 1918 the Royal Flying Corps and the
Royal Naval Air Service were amalgamated to form the Royal Air Force. John was remustered as RAF Private 2 - no other information about him has been
found.
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Samuel Joseph E. LUCKROFT,
Motor
Transport Army Service Corps
Samuel Joseph
Ernest Luckroft was born in Torquay 6 February 1879. In the Census of 1911, he
gave his name only as Joseph. His wife was Emily nee Rea and they lived at
Mount Lodge, Hallow. Emily was born in
Hallow. His occupation in 1901 was a valet, and in 1911 he was a motor driver.
His name first appeared in the Parish Magazine of August 1916 so he may have
enlisted about that time. He died in Harrow Isolation Hospital 11 December
1942, aged 63. His address then was 243 West End Lane, West Hampstead, London
N.W.6. He left his estate to Harry Edwin Rea, his brother-in-law who was a
civil servant. He was awarded the British War and Victory medals.
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Russell Hamilton McBEAN,
Royal Navy,
HMS Arrogant
Russell was born
in 1894 to Thomas and Jessie Mc Bean of Sinton Court, Grimley. In 1911, he was
a Naval Cadet on board HMS Cumberland. He was wounded at Ostend
assisting the torpedoing of both east and west piers - he sustained a severe
machine gun wound to his right shoulder whilst providing a smoke-screen cover
and guiding lights from a coastal motorboat for HMS Vindictive, engaging
the machine-gun fire at point blank range. He was treated at Dunkirk and
Chatham hospitals, convalescing at his home, Hallow Park, in June 1918. He was awarded the Distinguished Service Cross (October 1918), presented by the King at Buckingham Palace. He also received the Distinguished Service Order.
He went to Shanghai 25 January 1919 and worked for the Government, and in September 1936 he was appointed Lieut. Commander and sent to Colombo.
Russell died September 30, 1963 and was buried in the cemetery at St Peters Nyeri Central Province, Kenya.
He went to Shanghai 25 January 1919 and worked for the Government, and in September 1936 he was appointed Lieut. Commander and sent to Colombo.
Russell died September 30, 1963 and was buried in the cemetery at St Peters Nyeri Central Province, Kenya.
(His other medals were the 1914-15 Star, Victory & British War Medals). For more information, please click here and to read about HMS Vindictive, click here.
Also see
websites - See websites –
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Arthur MANN,
8th Worcs Regiment
Arthur was born
in Hallow in 1891 and was one of the sons of Thomas Mann, a bricklayer, and his
wife Lucy, nee Andrews. Arthur completed
a Short-term Attestation form in November 1915 and gave his home address as 2
Blanquette Street, Worcester where he lived with his wife Sarah, nee Hayfield,
and their daughter Dorothy, who was born on 13 July 1915. Arthur enlisted on 29
November 1915 and was placed in the Reserves from which he was mobilised on 27
July 1916, and following his medical, he was in Category B2 and was posted to
the Royal Berkshire Regiment 13th (Labour) Battalion. Arthur went to France in
the September. He was transferred with part of the 13th Battalion to the Southern
Command Labour Corps and then to Labour Corps 164 Company in May 1917. It is
possible that he was already troubled by the painful condition which would
later mean that he spent several weeks from June until the 25 October 1918 in
and out of different hospitals in France, but Arthur was able to rejoin the
Company on 2 November 1918. He was
posted to the 197 Company on 29 December 1918, but was still suffering and was
admitted to five different hospitals in the space of a week. Arthur was then
invalided home from 24 General Hospital Etaples. http://www.ramcjournal.com/content/142/1/43.full.pdf.
Arthur was in the County of
Middlesex Hospital Napsbury, St Albans
http://www.hertfordshire-genealogy.co.uk/data/places/places-n/napsbury/napsbury.htm
for 12 days in April 1919 and was posted to Southern Command Labour Corps - Winchester, and from there demobilised to
Class Z Army Reserve on 7 June 1919 when his character was described as good. Arthur was awarded the British War Medal &
Victory Medal which he received in 1920. He died in 1954.
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Francis Edward (aka Frank) MANN, Private
Service No.
9263, 3rd / 6th Worcs Regiment,
Francis was born
in Hallow c. 1884, and married Elizabeth Jeaks on 15 October 1905. He worked as
a labourer, when he enlisted in September 1914, and he stated that he had
previously served for 5 years in the Royal Marine Light Infantry and was
"bought off". The service records have been burnt and not easy to
read, but it seems that Francis was home September to November 1914, in France
(Expeditionary Force) 7 to 16 November 1914, and home 17 December 14 to 15 November
1915. Another note - "Bt wound of
finger". When applying for his War
medals, he gave a discharge date of 13 November 1916. (A Certificate of
Sobriety & Trustworthiness was issued 27 December 1915, together with a War
Badge - a letter dated 1 January 1916 stated
"The officer named on the
Sob. Certificate has declined employment in the Post Office" and returned
the Certificate for disposal - signed ? Postmaster.) He was awarded the 1914 Star (August 1919) and
British War and Victory medals (January 21).
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George Henry MANN, AB Seaman
Service No.
J54675, HMS Impregnable HMS Caledon (Mess 9)
George was born
on 24 June 1900 at Grimley, son of George and Annie Mann, who later lived in
McIntyre Road, St John’s. He had been learning ‘hot water fitting’ when he
joined the Navy as a 16 year old “Boy”
on 27 June 1916. He trained at the land bases HMS Impregnable and HMS Victory
1. George’s service record shows that he joined HMS Caledon on the day before
she was accepted into service with the Grand Fleet on 7 March 1917. The ship
was a Light Cruiser and as part of the Light Cruiser Squadron was sent to Scapa
Flow. She saw action against the German fleet off Heligoland in November 1917
and was struck by a 12in shell. She returned to duties at Scapa Flow and was
present when the German Fleet surrendered and was interned there. George became
an Ordinary Seaman in December of that year and was attached to the shore base
HMS Vivid for two months in early summer 1918. Back on HMS Caledon in July 1918
he was an Able Seaman and was with the ship at the end of the War remaining
with her until 15 December 1920. He was paid the War Gratuity and received two
Good Conduct Badges. George qualified as an Anti-Aircraft Lewis Gunner in 1927
and left the service in 1929.
George's
marriage to Jessie Crowe on 22 July 1919 was noted in the Parish Magazine.
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Service No.
20419, 9th/12th Worcs Regiment
Herbert was born
in 1878, the eldest son of Thomas and Lucy Mann. He married Mary Ann Weaver in 1899 and they
had 5 surviving children all living at home in Hallow (Census 1911). Herbert was first mentioned in the Parish
Magazine in January 1915, and in April 1915 was noted as 'now in active
service'. Herbert was awarded the Distinguished Conduct Medal
on March 28, 1918 for conspicuous
gallantry and devotion to duty as runner, carrying messages both day and
night often under heavy fire at the Battle to relieve Kut-al- Almara. An
overview of the Mesopotamia Campaign is here:-
Page 221 of “The Worcestershire Regiment in the
Great War” by Captain H FitzM Stacke describes the situation that the 9th
Worcestershire regiment faced with the 7 & 9th North Staffordshires and
the 9th Royal Warwickshires on 25
January 1916 when the guns of both the British Artillery and the Turkish forces
kept up an intense fire and losses on both sides were heavy. By 3.15pm the
ammunition began to give out. The exhausted 9th Worcestershires, whose platoons
were by now leaderless, tramped back with the Royal Warwickshire’s across open
ground through fierce shelling and when they reached the front line filed into
the trench. Only a remnant of the 39th Brigade came back, over 900 had lost
their lives. (In April 1916 the garrison
at Kut-al-Almara surrendered, a blow to British morale and prestige and a
fillip to the Turks.)
“The Worcestershire Regiment in the Great War”
by Captain H FitzM Stacke also lists Herbert as having been mentioned in
despatches in the London Gazette on 15 August 1917.
(Brother, Thomas
is shown below)
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Killed in action 31st May
1917
Service No.
11083, 1st Worcs Regiment
Thomas was born
in 1889, one of the eight children of Thomas and Lucy Mann nee Andrews. Little is known about Thomas’ youth except
that he had been a member of the choir at Hallow parish church. By the time of the 1911 census, Thomas had
already enlisted and was a Lance Corporal in Parkhurst Garrison Carisbrooke, on
the Isle of Wight. It is assumed that all of his service was with the
Worcestershire Regiment. The Regiment’s
on-line WWI database indicates that he was a corporal, Colour Sergeant and
Company Quartermaster Sergeant with the 1st Battalion. He married Annie Mitchell in 1916, but the
following year he died of wounds on 31 May 1917. He is buried in Lijssenthoek
Military Cemetery in Belgium Grave XVI.G.7A.
The Lijssenthoek Military Cemetery website http://www.lijssenthoek.be/en/adres/11429/-thomas-olliver-mann.html
indicates that Thomas first went to France with the BEF on 5 November 1914 and
died of gunshot wounds which penetrated his back and abdomen.
(Brother Herbert
is noted above)
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Edward George MARGETTS, Private
Service No.
38024, 2nd Gloucester Regiment
Edward was born in
1897 and was the second of seven sons and one daughter born to Thomas (a baker)
and Lucy Margetts, nee Hall. Before the 1911 census the family were living at
Hallow Green and then moved to Croyden Villas, Oldbury Road, which was at that
time in Hallow parish. His Army Record has not survived but the Medal Card
Index showed that he was awarded the British War and Victory medals. (Brothers, Frederick, Horace and William are
shown below)
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Frederick Leonard MARGETTS, Stoker
Service No.
SS118745, Royal Navy
Frederick
Leonard Margetts was born on 11 June 1900, according to his Naval Service
record. He was one of the seven sons and one daughter born to Thomas (a baker)
and Lucy Margetts nee Hall. Before the 1911 census the family were living at
Hallow Green and then moved to Croyden Villas, Oldbury Road, which was at that
time in Hallow parish. Frederick joined the Royal Navy on 21 June 1918 and
spent just over 4 months training attached to the shore base Victory II at
Portsmouth where he was classed as a Stoker 2.
On 7 November he joined HMS Carlisle, a new light cruiser which was
commissioned just a few days later, so Frederick’s war-time service was very
brief. Frederick remained with the HMS
Carlisle until December 1920 during which time he was promoted to Stoker
I. HMS Carlisle was with the 5th Light
Cruiser Squadron, first at Harwich and later, in 1920, in China. For Frederick the first three months of 1921
were spent attached to the shore base Victory II and from 1 April to 15 June
1921 Frederick was with HMS Dryad (Carstairs) - although on-line databases
indicate that HMS Dryad was not Carstairs until 1924 . HMS Dryad was a
navigation school ship and Frederick’s service record does show “shore on
reduction”. Frederick’s character was classed
as “Very good” and he received a Good Conduct medal in 1921. He was paid the
War Gratuity and possibly a £20 bonus. (writing indistinct).
(Brother, Edward
is shown above, and Horace and William, below)
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Horace Ashby MARGETTS,
Private
Service
Nos. 29343 / 0343 / G/31613, 2nd Dorsets/ Hants Rgt / Royal Sussex
Horace had six brothers, and his parents were Thomas
and Lucy Margetts nee Hall of 1 Croydon Villas, Oldbury Road, Worcester. He is mentioned in the Parish Magazines of
July/August 1918, and the Absent Voters List of 1918 says '2nd Bn
No. 2 Comb Brit Inf Dep Private 29492’.
Horace was awarded the British War & Victory Medals.
(Brothers
Edward and Frederick are noted above, and William below)
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William Thomas MARGETTS,
Driver
Service
Nos. 3282 & 831224, 3/2nd Midland Brigade (TF) & Royal Field
Artillery
William Thomas
Margetts was a porter, another of
the seven sons of Thomas and Lucy Margetts nee Hall of 1 Croydon Villas Oldbury
Road Worcester. William attested on 20 May 1915 aged 19 as a Driver in the 2nd
Midland Brigade and embodied on the same day into the Royal Field Artillery. He
was based in Worcester for just over a year and during this time like many
others had essential dental treatment. He disembarked as part of BEF on 25 May
1916 where he remained until 31 July 1918.
The Officer Commanding the Brigade “awarded” him 15 days Field
Punishment No 1 for absence from Horse Lines Picquet & failing to comply
with an order. You can read about the nature of this punishment here http://www.1914-1918.net/crime.htm. The next writing on his
Army record is indistinct but is to do with his pay, possibly an increase. On the 5th October 1917 William
was granted 10 days leave with a ration allowance (ratallce) and he would have
to wait until the following August for his next furlough of fourteen days to
the UK via Calais. At the same time (3 August 1918) his daily War Pay increased
from 2d to 3d per day. On the 14 September the Commanding Officer of 306 sent
him to the 5th Army Signal School and he later seems to have taken a course 3rd
Army Heavy ......... (Artillery?).
William was attached to 265 Headquarters 306 Brigade on 28 Sept 1918 -
5th Army Signal School and rejoined as a Driver, Headquarters 306 Brigade on 23
November of the same year. William had 14 days leave to UK from 19 April 1919
and confusingly seems to have rejoined again on 10 May 1919 with Regimental
Number 831224. This event was followed by further UK leave during May and June,
before returning to the UK and being demobbed on 11 July 1919. He was awarded the British War medal and
Victory Medal
(Brothers,
Edward, Frederick an d Horace are shown above)
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John James MATTEY, Private
Service
No. 33378,
6th Worcs Regiment
John was born in Powick c. 1877 to George (a
gardener) and Mary and in the Census of 1891 he had two brothers and a
sister. He married Georgina Dyke of
Worcester in 1904. They had a daughter
and a son, and lived with Georgina's father (a retired Grocery warehouseman) at
11 Bedwardine Road, St Johns, Worcester (Census 1911). John was a gardener at a nursery. After Georgina died 15 March 1913, John
married Ellen Smith in 1914, and lived with his two children, and her adopted
daughter at Moseley Cottage, Moseley Road, Hallow. They later had their own daughter. John enlisted December 1915 and was posted to
France July 1916. His service record
showed that in order to receive the correct amount of pay, his second wife,
Ellen, wrote to the Army, enclosing verification from Hallow schoolmaster Mr.
Morton, to explain their family situation, and providing the death
certification of Georgina. John received
the British War and Victory medals.
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Charles MILLWARD, Private
Service
Nos. 33118/248472/WR 2353623536, 5th Worcs Rgt / Royal Engineers
Charles was born in 1887 at Hillhampton, Great Witley. In the 1891 Census, his mother, Fanny, was a
widow with 5 sons and 1 daughter, and lived at Woolstans Lodge, Great Witley,
together with a lodger. In 1901, the
family lived at Stanford Road, Great Witley and Charles was a wagoner's
boy. He later became a roadman. In September 1910, Charles married Alice
Blount of Lindridge, and they lived in Crown Cottage, Hallow. No service record can be found and Charles'
name first appeared in the Parish Magazine of August 1916, so he may have
enlisted around that time. His name was
also on the 1918 Absent Voters List. He
died 5 July 1963 at the age of 75 yrs (his address at that time was 259 Moseley
Road, Hallow).
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William Henry MINETT,
Driver
Service
No. 150067, 62 Reserve Battery, Royal Field Artillery
William was born 26 March 1896 in Comberton,
Kidderminster. His father, Thomas was a
farm wagonner, and his mother was Annie.
In 1901 they lived at 49 Manor Road, Upper Mitton, Stourport, and in
1911 they lived at Fieldy Place Cottage, Shoulton. By this time the family had grown to 4 sons
and 2 daughters. William enlisted in
Stourbridge December 1915. He gave his
address as Race Course Cottages, Stourbridge and he was a farm horseman. He was posted to France and other than a
spell in Ripon Hospital suffering with influenza July 1918, his burnt service
record gives little other detail. He was
demobbed in March 1919 and he received the British War and Victory medals. William died March 1976 at the age of 80.
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Charles Revill MOODY,
Private
Service
No. 18348, 14th Coldstream Guards
Charles
Revill Moody 1898-1975 was the youngest son of Harry and Emma Moody. Charles
married Edith Taylor in 1923. No information has survived concerning his WWI
service. The family lived in Colwall, Herefordshire and his son Sergeant James
Revill Moody who served in the RAF 138 Squadron in WWII is remembered on the
website dedicated to RAF Tempsford casualties. (He died in a Halifax LL364
which collided over the drop zone with another plane) http://www.roll-of-honour.com/Bedfordshire/TempsfordAircrewLost1944.html
(Brothers
George and Harry are shown below)
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George R. MOODY,
Mechanical
Transport ASC
George
was born in 1895 and was one of County Police Constable Harry Moody’s sons who
served in WWI. George was born in Blakedown, Worcestershire and was living with
his parents at the Police Station, Clifton on Teme at the time of the 1911
census. His occupation was as a grocer’s assistant. George’s Army Service
record has not survived. He married
Hilda E. Griffin at Cropthorne, Worcestershire in 1923. (Brothers – Charles,
above and Harry below).
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Harry MOODY, Trooper
Service
No. 1640, 1st Australian Light Horse
Harry was the eldest of three serving sons of
Police Constable Harry Moody from Staffordshire and his wife Emma. Harry Senior
moved around with his job. In 1901 he was in Rochford near Tenbury Wells, later
Clifton-on-Teme, Hallow and Broadway. All of these Worcestershire places are
mentioned on the younger Harry’s Australian Imperial Forces service record
which is on-line http://www.naa.gov.au/collection/explore/defence/service-records/army-wwi.aspx
Harry took the oath to serve the King at Liverpool,
NSW, Australia on 20th July 1915. He was 21 years old and had been a butcher in
civilian life having served his 4 year apprenticeship in Bromyard,
Herefordshire. Harry joined the 1st Australian Light Horse. His initial medical
examination had remarked that his enlistment was “conditional on teeth”, but
his Attestation was approved on October 21st. In January 1916 Harry went to
Egypt to join the Western Force. He was transferred to “Niagara”? on 22 June,
but was in the 36th General Hospital with “def feet”, by 28 July he had been discharged to duty,
but was back in hospital again within a month suffering from NVD (nausea
vomiting & diarrohea) – and club foot, called elsewhere on the hospital
reports “pes cavus”. The hospital discovered that the condition had only come
on in March 1916, but it had steadily got worse and although Harry had been
transferred to Mess Orderly, the condition of both of his feet had
deteriorated, they were swollen and he was in pain and crippled by the
condition. The abbreviated text is difficult to follow but he was returned to
Australia and discharged in 1916. Another page states that the discharge was
due to deformed feet and debility. He served for 11 months and was entitled to
the 1914-1815 Star.
(Brothers Charles and George are shown above).
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John Henry MOON,
Sergeant / Corporal (July 1916)/ Second Lieut. (1917)
8th Worcs Regiment
John was first mentioned in the Parish Magazine of
March 1916. He was twice wounded, the
second time seriously and treated at the Anstic Grange Military Hospital,
Holmwood, Surrey. He sustained this injury in France, a shrapnel wound to his
knee from a bursting shell. He lived at
Windsor Cottage, Hallow.
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Albert Victor MOORE,
Fitter / Turner
Service No. 66711, A Mech 2/A Mech3 / RFC/RAF
Albert was born in 1897, son of Albert and Hilda
Moore. In 1916 his mother remarried and
became Mrs Davies and she appeared on Albert’s RFC/RAF service record as
his next of kin - Hilda Davies of Poplar Row, Hallow - which was his address for electoral roll
purposes. Albert was a Metal Turner by trade when he enlisted on 13 March 1917
as an Air Mechanic 3.
If anyone can help establish where Albert was
based, we should be very pleased to hear from you. It certainly seems that on
18 July 1918 he was posted to France until 27 February 1919 and another part of
his service record shows that on 26 February he had extended his service by two
years. Albert was in France again from
March to August 1919. The information below includes that in February 1920 he
was at RAF Manston. “1 SAR W,” possibly Search and Rescue?
Albert was awarded the British War and Victory
Medals.
William Henry MOORE,
No Service number - could be 19634 or 466121
Agricultural Labour Unit or Labour Corps
The Absent Voters List of 1918 stated that Williaml
lived at 30 Comer Gardens (which is the same address as servicemen Hughes and
West).
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Joseph (Joe) MORGAN,
Royal Field Artillery
Joe was born in Hallow, 1895. On the 1911 census he was living at 105 Hylton
Road with his brother George and his wife Lizzie. Other members of the
household were Joe and George’s brothers Charley and Edward, their mother
Eliza, George’s son Reginald and adopted daughter Elsie Nash. This is all the
information we have at the moment as his service records have not been found
and as there were a large number of soldiers with the name Joseph Morgan who
served in the RFA it has not been possible to identity his medal card in the
British Army WWI Medal Rolls card index.
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William John MORGAN,
Private
Service Nos. 36171 / 177288, 6th Worcs Regiment /
Machine Gun Corps
William was born in Redmarley c. 1898 - his father,
William was a cowman and his mother was Louisa.
They lived at The Moors, Redmarley, Worcs. In the Census of 1901, there were two
children, William and an elder sister.
By 1911, William's mother had died, and there were now three sons and
two daughters in the family, living at the Pinch Cottages, Hallow, with a
housekeeper, Elizabeth Lodge. No other
information has been found other than a medal card which shows that William
received the Victory and British War medals.
As his name first appeared in the Parish Magazine for November 1916, he
may have enlisted about that time.
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Frederick MORRIS,
8th Worcs Regiment
Other than this soldiers name appearing in the
Parish Magazine of January 1915, no other information has been found.
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Service No. PLY/11993, Royal Marines HMS Duke of
Cornwall / Royal Marines Light Infantry
Ernest was born 24 October 1883, son of a railway
worker. After briefly working as a
Railway Porter, he became a postman, an occupation to which he returned after
the war. He enlisted 2 August 1914 and
served in the Eastern Meditteranean. He
was reported as 'wounded, discharged/no longer capable of active service'. He was awarded the 1914 Star, Victory &
British War Medals. (For more
information, click here).
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Service Nos. 9067 & 78090, 33rd Battery R.F.A.
and "V" Battery, 6th Carbineers,
Royal Horse Artillery
Henry, usually known as Harry, gave Moseley Road,
Hallow as his home address when he attested to serve in the Worcestershire
Regiment Special Reserve on 24 February 1914. He was under 18 years of age - he
variously called himself a farm labourer and a baker. (He gave Mr Fisher of
Park Farm and Mr Williams of Hallow Bakery as his referees). Harry undertook a
month’s musketry course from 13 June 1914 and at the age of 18 his request to
join the Royal Horse Artillery & Royal Field Artillery was granted. His
aunt Mrs Charlotte Hill and later his sister Emily both of Camp Lane, Hallow,
were stated to be his next of kin. Harry
was classed as a driver and on 2nd March 1915 was serving with other British
servicemen in V Battery by then part of the Meerut Brigade of the 2nd Indian
Cavalry Division of the RFA. He was seriously wounded in action, with a wound
to the chest – left side, hip and right wrist, The injuries were caused
accidently by a trench mortar explosion and
he spent most of March in the 10 Station Hospital, St Omer. Of those men also
in V Battery seven died outright, seven died of wounds, twenty-four were
wounded and ten were wounded and rejoined the unit. (For more information click here) .
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Alfred James NIBLETT,
Sapper
Service Number could be 5980, WR/265721, 20635, 247668 ?
Could be Private Army Cyclist Corps / Royal
Engineers /
Durham Lt Infantry or Royal Engineers ?
Alfred was noted in the Parish Magazine of June
1918, but no other information has been found.
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Francis Horace NIND,
Private
Service No. 353348, Railway Transport
Establishment, Royal Engineers
Francis was noted in the Parish Magazine of September/October
1918. Apart from the fact that he lived/stayed at The Pound House, Hallow, no
other information has been found.
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Thomas Henry NORTH,
Service No. 267044, R.M.E.
Little information has been found about
Thomas. He was born in Eton Wick,
Bucks., his father was also named Thomas, a general labourer, and his mother
was Harriet, and he had two sisters. In
1901, Thomas was a boarder of James and Mary Finch, of Hallow, and he was
working as a domestic gardener. In 1911,
he was a lodger of Susannah Morley of Hawthorn Villa, Hallow Road. She employed a servant, and Thomas may have
been her gardener. Thomas' name appeared
in the Parish Magazine of July/August 1918 which reported he had been 'called
to service'. His Service record is very
badly damaged from the bombing of the records in WWII. It appears that he was drafted to BEF and
that his transfer documents were forwarded from Fenny Stratford Signal Depot.
That is all the information that has survived.
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Alfred Edward OAKEY,
Private
Service No. 267044, 7th Royal Warwickshire
(1917),143rd Trench Mortar Battery (1918)
Alfred was born c. 1886 in Grimley, the eldest of 3
brothers and 4 sisters. His parents,
James (a general labourer) and Jane lived in Moseley Road (Census 1891) and the
family moved to Parkfield Lane, Hallow (Census 1901). Alfred's name first appeared in the Parish
Magazine of October 1916. No service
record can be found, and his medal card stated he received the Victory and
British War medals. No other information
has been found. (Brothers Arthur and Joe are shown below)
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Arthur James OAKEY,
1st Class Signaller
Service No.16668, 12th Royal Warwick Regt
Arthur was born in Hallow in May 1893, brother of
Alfred, and son of James and Jane. He
had 2 brothers and 4 sisters, and the family lived in both Moseley Road (Census
1891), and Parkfield Lane, Hallow (Census 1901). Arthur was a gardener and a member of the
Ancient Order of Forresters. He worked
and lived at Coombe Abbey Gardens, Coventry and he enlisted in December
1915. He was mobilized in February 1916
and posted to France. He was wounded,
and discharged in November 1917 'no longer capable of active service'. He received the Victory and British War
medals. His death was recorded in
January 1985 in Oswestry - his age was 91 yrs.
(Brother Alfred is noted above, and Joe below).
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Joe OAKEY, Driver
Service Nos. 3144 & 831109, Royal Field
Artillery
Joe was brother to Alfred and Arthur, and son of
James and Jane. He also had 4 sisters. His parents were James (a general labourer)
and Jane. The family lived in Moseley
Road (Census 1891) and Parkfield Lane, Hallow (Census 1901). Joe was a domestic gardener. The Parish Magazine of April 1915 reported
Joe as 'now in active service' and in
January 1918 'wounded and in Salisbury
Plain hospital, one leg amputated'. His
medal card stated that he was awarded the Victory and British War medals. His service record cannot be found. Joe's death was recorded in 1961 in the
district of Martley. He was aged 65.
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Laurence
Brudenell OSTREHAN, Private / Lance Corporal
Service Nos. 5935 & 492800, 2/13th
London Div., Kensington Regt.
Laurence's military medal card indicated he
received the British War and Victory medals.
He served from 22 June 1916 to 5 July 1919. He was born c. 1893, the son of George and
Eva (both artists) who lived in Kensington, London. (Unsure as to his connection with our
district during the war).
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John
PAGE,
Royal Navy.
This seems to
relate to John Page, a farm labourer who was born c. 1882 in Knighton-on-Teme
and in 1901 was living in Martley Road with the Griffiths family. The head of
the family Arthur Griffiths was an auctioneer who was married with two young
children. Also in the house were a nurse and a female servant. John was back at
home in Knighton on Teme at the time of the 1911 census, so it is surprising
that he was still being remembered in Intercessory prayers in the Parish
Magazine. His naval record cannot be found.
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Alfred
Edward PALMER, Private
Service Nos. 5057 & 241767, 3/8th
Worcs Regiment
Alfred was born c.
1883 in Hallow. His parents were Alfred
and Mary. His father was a blacksmith
(1891), labourer (1901) and domestic gardener (1911). Alfred had 3 sisters and 1 brother, and lived
in Church Lane, Hallow (1891). By 1901
the family had moved to Moseley Turning, Hallow. In the census of 1901, Alfred was working at
Bricklehampton Hall, Pershore, lodging with the gardener and another lad in
rooms over the stables. In the census of
1911, Alfred was back at Moseley Turning, living with his grandmother, Emma
Palmer, and he was working as an ostler and groom at an hotel. His name first appeared in the Parish
Magazine for August 1916 so he may have enlisted about that time. His medal card showed that he received the
Victory and British War medals. No other
information can be found. (Brother
Arthur is shown below)
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Arthur PALMER, Private
Service No.
S4/084878, MT Army Service Corps
Arthur was born
in Hallow cc. 1896 and was a younger brother of Alfred Edward. In 1911 he was a baker's apprentice and lived
at Moseley Turning, Hallow. He enlisted
in September 1915 and served in France.
His medal card showed that he received the 1915 Star, Victory and
British War medals. No other information
has been found.
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Service No. J8479, HMS Impregnable/Ganges/Leviathan/Vivid
I/
King
Alfred/Cornwallis/Erin/Cricket
Godfrey was born
in Hallow 18 April 1894 and was the son of Police Constable Herbert Parry and
his wife, Alice. They lived at the
Police Station (Census 1901) - by 1911, Godfrey's father had retired, and
Godfrey was at the HMR Naval Training Establishment, Shotley, Nr Ipswich. He gave his occupation as baker's assistant,
but this was changed to 'policeman - 18
June 1894' on his service record.
Godfrey served from 18 April 1912 to 30 November 1922, and he received
the Star, Victory and British War medals.
(In 1919, Godfrey gave his address as Yew Tree Villas, Hallow on the Absent
Voters List). Godfrey married Zoya Gulaeva on 21 September 1928 in Chefoo China
(now known as Yantai, in Shandong Province). Zoya died on 11 October 1952 in
Manly District Hospital, Sydney. Her
on-line obituary states “beloved wife of Godfrey Herbert Parry and dearly loved
mother of Helen" (Mrs. H A Payne). Godfrey died on 28 September 1957 in
Sydney. Brother Percy is below. Click here for more information.
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Percy Randolph PARRY, Leading Seaman
Service No.
J20535, Royal Navy, HMS Ajax
Percy was born
in Hallow November 1896, the younger
brother of Godfrey, and his sisters Edith and Ethel. His parents were Herbert, a police constable
of Hallow, and Alice and they lived at the Hallow Police station (Census
1901). By 1911, Percy's father had
retired, and Percy, a butcher's apprentice, was the only sibling still living
at home, which now was the School Cottages, Hallow. Percy joined the Navy on 27 September
1912. On the Absent Voters List of
1918, his address is given as Yew Tree Villas, Hallow. His wife, Lily was the licensee of the Royal
Oak, Hallow. He died 5th November 1958,
and probate detailed his address as the Chase, Hallow. Percy also served in WWII - click here for more information
Brother Godfrey is noted above.
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Charles Percy PATCHETT, Private
Killed in action 5th October 1918
Service Nos. 240396 & 2240, 1st/8th
Battalion Worcs Regiment
According to
information provided for the 1901 and 1911 census Charles Percy Patchett was
born in Wednesbury, Staffordshire (GRO Index birth reg West Bromwich ¾ 1895)
and not in Hallow as indicated in official records, such as Commonwealth War Graves Commission and
Imperial War Museum websites. His father, also Charles, worked on the railways
and it is not unusual to find the family have moved between census returns. In
1901 Charles Snr. was a Foreman Shunter and the family were living at 50
Pearson Place, Norton, Derby and in 1911 Charles Snr. was a Goods Guard for the
Midland Railway living at Tunnel Hill in Worcester. The Electoral Roll for 1918
Polling Station J of the parish of North Hallow lists Charles Percy and his
brother William Albert Patchett, so the brothers did have a connection to the
village, although they were not born here.
Charles enlisted in Worcester
September 1914. “Soldiers Died in the Great War 1914-19" published by HMSO
in 1921 indicates that he was born in Hallow' and that he resided at Manby,
Lincolnshire. Charles was killed in
action in Italy, 5th October 1918, and buried in Bellicourt British Cemetery,
France, Grave V. C. 3. (The 1915 Star,
British War and Victory medals were awarded posthumously. (Younger brother William is detailed below).
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William
Albert PATCHETT, Private / Lance Corporal
Service No. 22783, 3rd/6th Worcs
Regiment, Lewis Gun Section
William was born
in 1899 in Walsall, Staffordshire and was Charles Percy Patchett’s younger
brother (see above). His parents were Charles and Fanny Patchett from
Lincolnshire. His father worked on the
railways and it is not unusual to find the family have moved between census
returns. In 1901 Charles Snr. was a Foreman Shunter and the family were living
at 50 Pearson Place, Norton, Derby and in 1911 Charles Snr. was a Goods Guard
for the Midland Railway living at Tunnel Hill in Worcester. William’s service
record has not survived but his medal record showed he received the British War
and Victory medals. The Electoral Roll
for 1918 Polling Station J of the parish of North Hallow lists William and his
brother Charles, therefore the brothers
did have a connection to the village.
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Alfred
(aka Fred) PENNY, Driver
Service No. 1/4 039871, 40th Field
Ambulance, Royal Army Service Corps
Alfred (known as
Fred) was born in Grimley c. 1895, the eldest of 5 children to parents George
(a gardener) and Alice (nee Tyler). They
lived at Thorngrove, Grimley (Census 1911) and Fred was working on a farm as a
labourer. He is recorded in the Parish Magazine
of February 1915 so he may have enlisted around this date. His name also appeared on the Absent Voters
List for 1918. He lived in Church Lane,
Hallow and having never married, he died in 1974. (Brother Thomas is below)
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Killed in action 24th April 1917
Service No. 241037, 1st/8th Battalion
Worcs Regiment
Thomas was born
in Grimley c. 1896, the 2nd of 5 children born to George (a gardener at Hallow
Park) and Alice nee Tyler. The family
moved to Church Lane, Hallow in 1915.
Thomas enlisted in Worcester and was killed in action 24th April 1917
and buried in Wellington Cemetery, Rieux-en-Cambresis, Nord, France, Grave I.
A. 7. (The Parish Magazine of June 1917 reported Thomas as missing). For more information click here for personal history and his postcards to his family from France.Personnel (Brother Alfred is noted above).
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Died of wounds 21st September 1914
2nd / 5th
Battalion Worcs Regiment
Reginald was born
at Hallow Vicarage 3rd January 1883, son of the Rev. Herbert George Pepys
(former vicar of the Parish) and Louisa Harriet, daughter of John Whitmore
Isaac of Boughton Park, Worcester, 5th Worcestershire Regiment. Reginald
married only shortly before enlisting, and died 21st September 1914 of wounds
received in action during the Battle of the Aisne the previous day. Buried in
Vendresse British Cemetery, France, Grave III. C. 10. For more information, click here.
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John Henry PHILO, Acting Staff Sergeant
Service No.
31282, 70th Field Ambulance, RAMC
John married
Edith Howard in Worcester 1915. He lived
at 11 Hallow Road, Worcester. No other
information can be found other than his medal card which recorded he was
awarded the Victory and British War medals.
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Ben Callow PITHER, Signaller
Service No.
J5253, HMS Impregnable (1917) / R.N.B. Shotley / HMS Pelorous
Ben was born on
17 June 1901 at Bringsty near Bromyard, Herefordshire, the 7th of nine
children. His parents were Charles, a coachman, and Mary. By the 1911 census Mary had died, and father,
Charles was living at Poplar Cottages, Hallow, with Ben and four of his
brothers and sisters, and one grandchild.
Ben trained as a Boy on HMS Impregnable and later Ganges (as a signaller).
In December 1917 Ben joined HMS Superb, the 4th Dreadnought-type battleship
built at a cost of over £1 ¾ million, but she was no longer on active service.
From April 1918 until the end of the War Ben’s records show that he was
attached to the shore establishment Vivid 1. The Parish Magazine for January
1919 places on HMS Pelorous. In April 1919 he transferred and became a stoker
although once again attached to a shore establishment. By 1924 he was a Stoker
Class II on board gunnery training ship HMS Tiger. Several transfers followed
and he finally left the Royal Navy in 1926.
He was awarded Good Conduct badge in 1922 and another badge after he had
left the Service in 1927. He married Kate Pugh in 1929 in the Worcester area
and had two daughters. If the family details are correct we should be pleased
to hear from any descendants with the surname of Horne or Simpkins who may
still be in the area. Ben died in 1984 aged 83.
(Brothers
Charles, George, Henry and Robert are shown below).
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Charles PITHER, Seaman Gunner
Service No.
20426, Royal Navy HMS Goshawk, Aurora and Falknor
Charles was born
3 June 1897 in Brockhampton near Bromyard, Herefordshire. He was one of the
eleven children born to Charles and Mary Pither who lived at Bromyard in
1901. By 1911 Charles' mother had died,
and his father and 5 of his siblings lived at Poplar Row Cottages, Hallow.,
whilst Charles was living at The Crown Inn, Lower Broadheath, a lodger of John
Fortey, Inn keeper and his wife, Milbro and their children. He was a baker’s errand boy. Charles followed his brother George into the
Royal Navy as a boy. George had joined in 1908 and Charles in 1912. Charles
trained at the shore establishment of HMS Impregnable and other training ships
and shore establishments until he was old enough to become an Ordinary Seaman
on the new ship HMS Aurora. He served on
Aurora from September 1914 to October 1915. During this time he became an Able
Seaman. HMS Aurora was leader of the First Destroyer Flotilla and in August
1915 took part in the sinking of the German ship Meteor. Charles’ Naval record shows the shore
establishments to which he was attached and so it’s not always evident which
ship he was serving on. From the end of
December 1915 for one month he served on HMS Blake which was the depot ship to
the 11th Destroyer Flotilla. Charles’ name is first noted in the Parish
Magazine for September 1914, and he is recorded as serving on the RN HMS
Goshawk (1916), HMS Aurora (1917), HMS Falknor (1918). These were all shore
establishments, the latter being the parent establishment for the Dover patrol
auxiliary small craft. Charles continued to serve in the Royal Navy after the
War and became an Acting Petty Officer in April 1925 and Petty Officer a year
late. He had received three Good Conduct Medals by 3rd June 1928 year. (Brother, Ben is above, and George, Henry and
Robert are shown below)
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George PITHER, Leading Seaman/ Petty Officer
Service No. J2420,
HMS Forth (Oct 1914) Submarine B4 (1915) HMS Vernon (1916)
Royal Navy
Submarine N31 (1918)
George was
born 21 December 1890 at Claines,
Worcester, one of the eleven children of
Charles Pither, a coachman, and his wife Mary.
By 1911 Mary had died, Charles was living at Poplar Cottages, Hallow
with 5 of his children and his daughter Jessie’s son. On 21 December 1908
George joined the Royal Navy for twelve years. Here is a brief synopsis of his
career- On the census dated 2 April 1911, George was an Able Bodied Seaman on
board a Royal Navy vessel HMS Medea. He served on HMS Collingwood during 1913
when she was the flagship of the 1st Battle Squadron. At the beginning of the War George was
attached to the submarine depot ship HMS Forth. In 1915 he became a Leading
Seaman whilst serving on HMS Pactolus, a Pelorous Class, Third Class, Protected
Cruiser which had been converted to a submarine depot ship and was based in
Ardrossan in Scotland, with the 9th Submarine Flotilla. Other submarine depot ships followed. He is
recorded in the Parish Magazine on board a Royal Navy Submarine B4 (1917) and N31
(1918). According to his naval record it
was E31, which in 1918 was attached to the 9th Submarine Flotilla at Harwich.
On 17 April 1918 he passed Proficiency for Petty Officer and remained in the
Royal Navy after the War, in 1923 passing Master-at-Arms and serving as such
from 1926 until he left the Royal Navy in 1928.
George Pither married Josephine Bowkett in 1917 and in 1919 they had a
son Claude Horatio Pither. (Brothers Ben
and Charles are shown above, and Henry and Robert are under)
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Henry PITHER, A.B. Seaman
Service No.
J33433, Royal Navy HMS Cornflower/HMS Canada
Henry was born
13 March 1899 and like two of his brothers, Charles and George, he joined the
Royal Navy. His Naval record showed that he was a Boy who commenced training at
HMS Impregnable on 2 February 1915. The shore base Victory I followed and then
in August 1915 Henry was on the newly commissioned HMS Canada which joined the
Grand Fleet 4th Battle Squadron in October, where he remained until January
1916. (HMS Canada later played her part in the Battle of Jutland). Briefly
attached to a shore establishment Henry joined HMS Cornflower in April 1916 and
seemedRobert to have remained with her
until 28 February 1919. During this time he became an Ordinary and later an
Able Seaman. Cornflower was an Arabis Class sloop, which in early 1919 may have
been involved as part of the Minesweeping Flotilla near Egypt. He received a
War Gratuity and a Good Conduct badge.
Henry was admitted to RN Hospital Haslor with pneumonia, from which he
sadly died on 13 November 1921.
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Robert Benjamin PITHER, Lance Corporal
Service No.
20426, 5th/12th Worcs Regt
The Parish
Magazine of April 1915 stated Robert 'now in active service'. He was later
wounded in the Somme, and invalided home from the Dardanelles with enteric
(typhoid) fever. He was wounded again in France but returned to active service.
Robert was born
in 1895 and was the only Pither brother to join the Army in WWI. His military record has not survived and the
Parish Magazine does not mention him as having been injured. He was awarded all three WWI medals. His medal card indicates that his first
Theatre of War service dated from 28 October 1915 and the theatre of war code
2B means that he was in Gallipoli and the Aegean Islands. He appears from on-line indices to have
married Kate Neal in Essex in 1922 and to have had three sons – Harry, Raymond
and David between 1923 and 1927. Robert
may have died in 1928 in Essex.
(Brothers Ben, Charles, George and Henry are shown above).
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Henry
POWELL, Sergeant
Service No. 26653, RAMC / Army
Veterinary Corps
Henry was first
mentioned in the Parish Magazine of April 1915 and the Electoral Roll 1915 - he
was living at Park Lane, having rooms with Mrs. Annie Watkins. No other records
can be found other than his medal card which showed he enlisted November
1915, was awarded the 1915 Star, Victory
& British War medals and he served in the Balkans.
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Charles PRATT, Private / Acting Corporal
Service No. SE/24550,
Army Veterinary Corps
Charles was born
c. 1890 in Hallow and was first mentioned in the Parish Magazine for March 1917
so he may have enlisted about that time.
He was also recorded on the Absent Voters List of 1918. His medal card showed that he was awarded the
Victory and British War medals. He was
one of 10 children (1911 Census) and lived with his parents, Henry and Edith at
the Royal Oak Inn, Hallow. All the
children were born in Hallow. Charles
was 'an assistant brewer, helping in the business'. (Brothers Frederick and Henry are shown
below, as well as sister, Emily)
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Emily Violet PRATT, Territorial Force Nursing Sister
2nd Northern
General Hospital, Territorial Force, Leeds.
Emily was born
in Hallow 17th December 1887, the third of 10 children. Her parents were Henry and Edith and the
family lived at the Royal Oak Inn, Hallow (census 1911). In 1911 Emily was a nurse at the Salop
Hospital, Shrewsbury, and in 1914 she had moved to The Sheffield Hospital and
was a massage nurse. She enlisted 11
January 1916 as a Staff Nurse in the Territorial Forces Nursing Service Reserve
at the 2nd Northern General Hospital, Beckett Park, Leeds. She was demobbed 4 February 1920. For more information click here.
(Brother Charles
is shown above, and Frederick and Henry are below)
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Frederick Herbert (aka Bert) PRATT, Private
Service Nos.
325698 & 3165, Worcs Yeomanry/The Queen's Own Worcestershire Hussars
Frederick was
born c. 1896 in Hallow, one of 10 children.
His parents were Henry and Edith, and the family lived at the Royal Oak,
Hallow. Frederick was shown on the 1911
census as aged 15 and at school. He
enlisted June 1915. He was wounded at
the Somme, and invalided home from the Dardanelles with enteric (typhoid)
fever. He was wounded again in France,
returning to active service but was finally discharged March 1918 as unfit for
further active service. (Brother
Charles, and sister Emily are shown above, with brother Henry below).
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Henry Robert PRATT, Lance Corporal
Service No. GS/13667,
3rd Btn. Royal Fusiliers
Henry was born
in Hallow c. 1893, and he enlisted 5 October 1915. The 1911 Census recorded him living with his
parents, Henry and Edith at the Royal Oak Inn, Hallow. He was one of 10 children, all born in
Hallow, and he worked for himself as a butcher.
No service record can be found but his medal card recorded that he was
awarded the 1915 Star, and the Victory and British War medals. (Brothers
Charles and Frederick are shown above, along with sister Emily),
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Harvey PREECE, Sapper
Service Nos. 256371
& WR 269022, Railway Div., Royal Engineers
Harvey was born
in Hallow c. 1899, the Census of 1911 recorded that he had a sister, and his
parents were Harvey (a wood sawyer & joiner) and Eleanor. They lived at Lawrence Cottage, Camp Lane,
Grimley. Harvey's name was first
recorded in the Parish Magazine of April 1917.
His service record cannot be found, and his medal card showed he was
awarded the Victory and British War medals.
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Albert Ernest PRICE, Private
Killed in action 16th
October 1918
Service No. 88620,
2nd Royal Welsh Fusiliers
Born in Hallow,
Albert enlisted in Cardiff. He died 16
Oct 1918, killed in action - France & Flanders, Western European Theatre. No other information has been found.
(Brothers Henry
and Hubert are shown below)
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Henry PRICE, Private
Service No. 716587,
City of London Cycling Regt
Henry is first
mentioned in the Parish Magazine for November/December 1918 and again on the
Absent Voters List 1918. We are unable
to find any records, or medal cards. He
lived at 16 Farley Street, Worcester. Brother of Albert, above, and Hubert
below)
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Hubert E. PRICE, Private
Service Nos.
108984 & 380, 182nd Lab. Co., Labour Corps./ Royal Irish Regt (MCI)
Hubert was
recorded on the Electoral Roll of 1918
& his medal card showed he received the Victory and British War medals. He lived at 1 Albert Villas, Oldbury Road,
Worcester. No other information has been
found. His brothers Albert and Henry are
shown above.
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Albert PUGH, Corporal
Service No. 3027,
2nd S.M. Bgde, Royal Field Artillery
Albert was born
in Hallow c. 1893 and the Census of 1911 showed him living with the Hatchell
family as a servant (ferryman), and his address was Camp House, Grimley. Albert
enlisted January 1915 and he was appointed as a 'Shoeing Smith' in October
1915, and promoted '(temporary) to Corporal S.S.' January 1916. He embarked to
France May 1916. He was demobbed December
1918. (No other records are available). In 1911, his widowed father, James (a
market gardener), 2 other sons, and daughter lived at Heath Terrace, Hallow.
(His younger brother Charles, shown below, was a ferry boy).
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Charles PUGH, Private
Killed in action 24th
April 1917
Service No. 30688,
Somerset Lt Infantry (PN May 1916) 11th Battalion Worcs Regiment
Charles was born
c. 1897 in Hallow, the youngest of 3 siblings who lived with their widowed
father, James, a market gardener (Census 1911).
The family lived at 3 Heath Terrace, Hallow. Charles was a ferry boy on the Severn. He was first reported missing in the Parish
Magazine for June 1917, and it was confirmed 15 months later in July 1918 that
he had died in Salonika as part of the Balkan Theatre 24th April 1917 aged
20. He is commemorated on Doiran
Memorial, Greece.
(Brother Albert
is shown above)
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Charles Edward John REA, Gunner
Service No.
either 675722 or 75484, Royal Field Artillery
Charles was born
in Hallow 1882 to father Walter, a coachman (domestic servant) and mother,
Adelaide Rea. He had 2 brothers, and 3
sisters and they lived at Church Lane, Hallow (Census 1881) and Bleabeck
Cottage, Hallow (Census 1891). No other
information has been found.
(Brothers Harry
and Walter are shown below)
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Harold (Harry) Arthur REA, Private
Service Nos. 6360
& 292743, 1/9 & 10 Btn.
Duke of
Cambridge's Own (Middlesex) Regiment
Harold was born
in Hallow 1881 to (father) Walter, a coachman (domestic servant) and mother,
Adelaide Rea. He had 2 brothers, and 3
sisters and they lived at Church Lane, Hallow (Census 1881) and Bleabeck
Cottage, Hallow (Census 1891). By the
Census of 1911, Harold was married to MaryAnn, and living at 21 Manor Road,
Walton, Surrey with their two daughters.
He was employed as a Journeyman/Farrier.
He served in WWI from 1914 to 1920 and was awarded the British War and
Victory medals. Harold died 19th
September 1933 - his address at that time was 34 Bremer Road, Staines, Middlesex. (Brother Charles is shown above and Walter
below).
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Walter George RAE, Gunner (1908) Staff Sergeant (1913)
& Sadler Staff Sgt
Service No.
102, 1st Battery 2nd South Midland Brigade RFA / /3rd RFA - Territorial Force
Walter was born
in Hallow 1875, to Walter and Adelaide Rea of Church Lane, Hallow. He was a
self-employed saddler and lived with his wife Mary, and daughter Adelaide at 18
The Butts, Worcester. He enrolled April 1908 and served with the 1st Worcs Rgt.
until 1913, re-enlisted for one year as a Territorial. His military history
sheet records that he served 'Home, April '08 to 29 March '15, France, March
'15 to March '16. His medical history shows he had hospital treatment for
dental caries 'in the field' (10 days Oct '15), Scabies (7 days Nov '15),
Dental Caries (3 days Dec '15). He was discharged having declined to re-engage
(Nov '15) and returned to England 31 March '16. He was awarded the 1914/15
Star, Victory & British War medals.
(Brothers
Charles and Harold are shown above)
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Harry Edwin RAE, Lance Corporal / Sergeant
Service Nos. 325458
or 13297 ?, Worcs Yeomanry/ Hussars
Harry was
mentioned in the Parish Magazine of February 1915. He lived in Parkfield Lane,
Hallow (Absent Voters List). No other information can be found
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Albert Walter RICHARDSON, Private
Service No.117359,
Machine Gun Corps
First mentioned
in the Parish Magazine of September 1917, Albert later sustained shrapnel
wounds, and was in a convalescent camp in France 1918. He lived in Shoulton Road, Hallow. (He was uncle
to Mr. Eric Richardson, Hallow).
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Francis Frederick
RICHARDSON
Service
No. TR7/28424, 53rd Training
Reserve Bttn, Royal Warwickshire
Regiment
Francis
Frederick Richardson was born on 29 January 1900 and was one of the eleven
children of Walter and Jessie Richardson nee Hoddy of Shoulton Lane, Hallow.
Francis was Eric Richardson’s father.
Francis
was a general labourer when he attested at Norton Barracks on 14 October 1918
and became part of the 53rd Training Reserve Battalion of the Royal
Warwickshire Regiment. His engagement was stated to be for the duration of the
war. (Elsewhere in his file he is shown as being posted to 58 YS Bttn.) He had only been in the Training Reserve 10
days when he became ill with pneumonia and spent 40 days in Military Hospital
Fargo, which was at Larkhill, Salisbury Plain. The medical report shows that
Francis initially had influenza and a special vaccine was given. He was placed
on an “SI”? list on 28 October 1918 and as his temperature was back to normal
by 2 November he was deemed fit for transfer to Bulford Manor to convalesce.
(This had been a Canadian hospital earlier in the War). He was transferred to
Class Z Army Reserve after demobilisation on 17 February 1919. His Army Service
record states that Francis had reckonable service of 127 days and that his
character was “Good”.
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Service Nos. 2723
& 240598, 1st/8th Worcs Regiment
Fred was born c.
1895 in East Comer, his father George was a Printers Overseer with a local
newspaper, and his mother was Elizabeth (a.k.a. Bessie). He was one of 8 children. In 1901 they lived at Arundel Villa, East
Comer. By 1911, the family had moved to
Park Lane, Hallow and Fred was a baker's assistant. He enlisted 11 September 1914 and was sent to
France in March 1915. In June that year
he was wounded (gunshot), July 1916 he was gassed, and April 1917 he was wounded again (shell) resulting in the
amputation of his right leg. After
convalescence at Havre, he was discharged September 1918. He was awarded the Victory and British War
medals. (For more information click here.)
Brothers George and William are shown below.
Brothers George and William are shown below.
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George Henry (aka Harry) RICHARDSON, Private (I.C.
Lorry Driver)
Service No. M/303276,
11th A.B., R.F.A. Park Section, Royal Army Service Corps,
912 Motor
Transport
Born in 1891,
George married Mabel Sarah Thomas in October 1914 and lived at 4 Wolverton
Road, Arboretum, Worcester. They had a daughter Doris Rhoda in May 1915 and a
son Frederick George in May 1916. George was a stereotyper, and enlisted
December 11, 1915. He was sent to France in 1917, discharged Nov. 1918 and
transferred to the UK for release March 1919.
He was awarded the British War and Victory medals. (Brother Fred is shown above, and William
below)
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William John RICHARDSON, Private
Service Nos.
27824 & 616082, A.V.C./5th/14th Worcs Regiment /
424 Agri Coy,
Labour Corps.(1918)
William was born
c 1892 to Walter and Jessie and lived in Shoulton Lane, Hallow with his 5
brothers and 2 sisters (Census 1911) William was a farm labourer. He married
Mary Elizabeth Taylor in March 1915 and they had a son Cyril William. William
enlisted 30 November 1915 and served in France with the British Expeditionary
Forces, Southern Theatre (Jan 1917). He suffered 30% disability as a result of
gas poisoning (May 1918) and was discharged in May 1919. At this time his home
address was given as Heath Terrace, Hallow. He was awarded the British War and
Victory medals in March 1922. (Uncle to Mr Eric Richardson, Hallow - 2014) Brothers Fred and George are shown above)
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Henry John Thomas ROUNDS,
Service No. 14115,
17th Service Battn./ Lancs. Fusiliers
Henry was born
in Wolverhampton c. 1882. In the Census
of 1891 he was recorded as living with his mother, Ann at Turnpike Road,
Gnosall, Stafford, and in 1901 he was a cattle stock-hand at Haywood Park Farm,
Shugborough, Staffs. He married Sarah
Jane in 1908 and his death is registered in Dudley, March 1952. His name appeared on the Absent Voters List
of 1918/1919 and recorded that he was living at Gatley Cottages, Hallow. . His record card showed that he was awarded
the Victory and British War medals. No
other information has been found.
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Walter Thomas ROWBERRY,
5th Btn.
Royal Warwick Regt
Walter was born
c. 1900 and on the Census of 1911, was the eldest of 3 children. His father, William was a Car Man on the
Midland Railway, and his mother was Florence.
In 1901, the family lived at Thorngrove, Grimley and in 1911 they lived
at Moseley Turning, Hallow. Walter may
have enlisted around June 1918 as this is when his name was first noted in the
Parish Magazine. No other information
can be found.
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Arthur Sydney RUSHTON, Acting Corporal
Service No. 241420,
8th Worcs Regt
There is no-one
of that name in any year of the national census; in the Worcestershire Regiment
database; on the Imperial War Museum website “Lives of the First World War” a
Digital Memorial, or in the Hallow and Broadheath Parish Magazine.
The information
we have is from the printed Absent Voters Lists for 1918. It may be that Arthur
Sydney Rushden was Acting Corporal Arthur Sydney Rushton of the Worcestershire
Regiment, Service Number 241420. If so, he was the son of Frank Rushton, an
Ornamental Porcelain Potter and Annie Rushton nee Harper who, in 1911 were
living in Waterworks Road. Arthur
married Nellie M Harris in 1917. Nellie
was living in Hylton Road at the time of the 1911 census. The only information
about military service is taken from a record card showing Arthur enlisted
25.10.15 and was discharged 14.7.1919.
(There is an A
Rushden who served in the Worcestershire Regt. He was an older man, a former
farm labourer, from Suffolk who had first enlisted in 1907 and served with the
Kings Shropshire Light Infantry, the Worcesters and the Labour Corps. His wife
lived in Suffolk and there is nothing in his surviving Army Service Record to
indicate any electoral voters residency in the Worcester area.).
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Killed in action 25th April 1917
Service No. 31010,
11th Battalion Worcs Regiment
Alfred was born
in Hallow c. 1884 to Frederick (a gardener's labourer) and Emma. Alfred had two younger sisters. On the 1901 Census, the family lived in
Church Lane, Hallow. By 1911, Alfred had
married Miriam Eleanor and they had a son aged 3. Alfred was a domestic gardener, and they
lived at Chapel House, Hallow. He is
first mentioned in the Parish Magazine July 1916 so he may have enlisted around
that time. Alfred was killed in action
in Salonika (the Balkan Theatre) 25th April 1917 aged 33. He is commemorated on the Doiran Memorial,
Greece.
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Bridget F. Gordon SALMON
Queen
Alexandra Imperial Military Nursing Service Reserve
Bridget enlisted
20 June 1916 and was sent to Salonica, Greece in July 1916 where she stayed for
3 years, continuing on after the War. She suffered two separate bouts of
paratyphoid fever and was reported as dangerously ill. (For more information, click here). Brother Thomas is noted below.
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Thomas Gordon SALMON, Captain
3rd West
Yorkshire, seconded to Ceylon Police
Thomas Gordon
Salmon was born in 1879 in Shipton by Benningborough, Yorkshire. He was the
elder brother of Bridget Falconer Gordon Salmon (shown above). His father had been the Reverend Gordon
Salmon and his widowed mother Sarah moved to Hallow, sometime between 1911 and
1915. Thomas had already joined the Army and in Harts Annual Army List, Militia
List and Yeomanry he is shown on 6 April 1901 as serving with the Prince of
Wales Own (West Yorkshire Regt – 3 Battalion) as a Lieutenant in Somaliland and
on 21 November 1903 he was promoted to Captain.
You can read
about the West Yorkshire regiment in WWI here:-
During WWI he
was seconded from his Regiment to the
Ceylon Police and by 1921 he was no longer in the Army and was living in Ceylon
[Sri Lanka} as in 1921 there was a newspaper announcement for the forthcoming
marriage of Thomas Gordon Salmon of the
Doogalla Estate, Undugoda,(Keylani Vallery, Ceylon [Sri Lanka]) to Margaret
Aileen Concetta Wright. His sister
Bridget’s intended marriage was announced at the same time.
The following
website shows that he was a manager on the Doogalla Estate in 1922;
The on-line
Passenger lists show that Thomas and Margaret travelled back to Ceylon in the
1940’s and Thomas gave his occupation as planter. They later returned to the UK
and both died in the Droxford , Hampshire registration district in 1957.
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Albert SAMPSON, Staff Farrier Sgt Major
Attached to
Berks Yeomanry, Egypt E.F.
Albert was
mentioned in the Parish Magazine of September 1914 as having been ‘wounded but
now returned to active service’. He lived in Camp Lane, Hallow. No other information has been found.
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Albert Henry SAMPSON,
HMS
Monarch/HMS Topaze
Albert Henry
Sampson was the eldest son of John and Phoebe Sampson. Albert was born on 20
April 1888 in Hallow. By the time of the 1901 census the family had grown to
six children and the family were living in Bransford Road, Rushwick. (Nine
children by 1911). Albert joined the
Royal Navy in 1910 and is known to have been attached to a number of shore
establishments. From May 1914 to July 1917 Albert was on HMS Topaze an old
third class cruiser which was initially in the Channel with the 5th Battle
Squadron and in December 1914 rescued some of the men who had been on the
torpedoed HMS Formidable. 1915 found the Topaze operating in the Mediterranean
area having been sent to join the Italian Fleet when Italy joined the Allies.
In December 1915 HMS Topaze came under an unsuccessful attack when on escort
convoy duties in the Adriatic. She continued in the Mediterranean until March
1917 and then moved to the East Indies station, returning to the Med, Egyptian
waters near the end of the War.
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Arthur SAMPSON, Pioneer
Service Nos. 226863
& WR 24995, Royal Engineers
Arthur Albert
Sampson (1898 – 1939) and his brother William Charles were living with Horace
and Phoebe Hewitt and their two children in Shoulton Lane, in 1911. Arthur and
William were Horace’s stepbrothers. By
the time of Arthur’s enlistment into the Royal Engineers on 8 February 1917 he
was living at 72 McIntyre Road, St John’s, Worcester and was aged 18 years 9
months old. He stated that his occupation was as an Engine Driver. His Army
records show that he was initially a Pioneer paid 6d, becoming a Sapper on 1st
May 1918 when he successfully completed a piece of work which entitled him to
an Engineer’s rate of pay. As a Roller Driver’s Assistant he was entitled to
1/- rate of pay. But to start at the beginning of Arthur Albert’s War Service -
On the 26th February Arthur transferred to the 335th Road Construction Company
Royal Engineers, at Aldershot. He embarked to France on 12 March 1917 and his
casualty record indicates that he was in hospital a month later on 11 April and
was discharged from 7 Con Depot on the last day of April. He arrived at RE base
depot on 3 May 1917 and rejoined his Unit on the 15th. He was admitted again to
hospital in late October. It is not clear if the abbreviations in the end
column of his report form describe what was wrong with him. The last entry on
the first page is too faint to read. He
was awarded the Victory Medal. (Brothers Charles, Walter and William are shown
below)
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Charles SAMPSON, Private
Service No. 5369,
Worcs Regiment- 7th Reserve Battalion
Charles Sampson
was born on 19 June 1875 at Grimley. In
1911 he was a farm labourer living in a small cottage with his wife Rebecca nee
Welsh and daughter Edith. Their son Charles Frederick was born after the 1911
census was taken. Charles’ Army Record indicates that he moved to Overbury and
later Worcester and that he and his family were living in Little Lane,
Pershore, when at 41 years old, on 6 September 1916 he joined the 7th
Worcestershire Territorial Force. The medical checks must have been perfunctory
when Charles joined up, as 17 days later on 23 September he was admitted to the
Military Hospital at Tidworth and diagnosed with Myalgia. He left hospital on
17th November. An Appeal took place in the autumn when details about his health
were outlined. Back in 1903, two years after his marriage, Charles had
Rheumatic Fever and this, in conjunction
with the Myalgia of 1916, meant that “he is completely crippled and hobbles
about with two sticks, he cannot do his duty or anything else in a military
way”. The doctor’s report follows and it seems that Charles had pains in his
hands and elbows and due to restricted movement he couldn’t hold tools. So 147
days after joining up Charles was discharged from the Army on 30 January 1917
as being “no longer physically fit for War Service para 392 xvi”. Charles died in the Worcester area in
1959. Family connections in and around
Hallow - Charles’ father was William
Sampson/Samson born near Bromyard in about 1819. He married Lydia Freeman who
was about 25 years his junior. She already had at least two sons Thomas and
John Freeman who were born at Grimley. Charles Sampson had a sister Kate and
three elder brothers John, William and Arthur born circa 1874 as well as four
younger ones Fred, Albert born circa
1880 - both born at Grimley and James and Walter born circa 1885 both born at
Hallow. Possibly the Arthur, Albert and Walter Sampson mentioned in the Parish
magaziine as serving in WWI are Charles’ brothers. His brother William also
served albeit for a short time, and is mentioned below. In 1911 Charles’ mother Lydia was living in
Heath Terrace, Hallow with her stepson George Sampson who at 67 was about one
year older than her!
(Brother Arthur
is shown above, Walter and William below)
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Walter SAMPSON, Private
Service Nos. 241044
/ SN 588795, 8th Worcs Regiment / Labour Corps.
Walter's father,
William, a farm labourer was 23 years senior to his wife, Lydia. There were 11 children recorded over two
Census - 1881 (5) and 1891 (6), so it may have been that William had two
families. In 1881 there are 4 boys and 1 girl living with
William and Lydia in a cottage at Grimley.
In the Census of 1881, another 6 boys are recorded, with Walter the
youngest son. He was born in Grimley c.
1885 and at this time the family was living in Hallow Road, Hallow. Walter is recorded in the Parish Magazine
for January 1915 so he may have enlisted about that time. He was awarded the British and Allied Victory
medals. No other information has been
found.
(Brothers Arthur
and Charles are shown above, William is below)
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William SAMPSON, Driver
Service No. 92201,
Royal Engineers
William Sampson
was born in 1868 and married Sarah Sophia Ross at Hallow on 26 October 1897.
Their first four children were born in the Hallow area and their youngest two
at 6 Court, Quay Street, Worcester.
William attested
on 16 September 1915 claiming to be 38 years of age and giving Tybridge Street
as his home address and his occupation as Driver, whilst on a later form he
claimed to live at 26 Bush Walk, St Clements. When he joined up the only
observation about his health was that he was pigeon toed. On 23 September 1915
he was approved as a Royal Engineers Driver. The writing on his Army record is
difficult to read but it seems that about the time the Army discovered that he
suffered from bronchial catarrh and asthma (he had asthma over both lungs),
they also found out that he had lied about his age and that he now claimed to
be 46 years old - although he was closer to 48. By 30 October he had been
discharged as “not being likely to become an efficient soldier” a standard
description, in this case referring to his health problems. As he had
volunteered he received a Gratuity of £15, including £10 for his two children.
(Brothers Arthur, Charles and Walter are shown above).
William’s son
William James, was mentioned in the Parish Magazine as he enlisted in the RAF
in WWI. Details below.
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William James SAMPSON, 3rd Air Mechanic
Service No.160727,
R.A.F.
Born 16 October
1898 in Hallow, the son of William Sampson mentioned above, William James was a
fitter & turner who attested on 20 April 1918 and gave his foster father
James Roberts of Archbell Cottages to be the person informed if he became a
casualty. The 1911 census for Archbell Cottages reveals the Roberts family as
James aged 66 a general plasterer and his wife Harriet nee Etheridge aged 57
and their adopted son William. Most adoptions at that time were informal and
William enlisted under his birth surname of Sampson. Three years after
William’s birth his father had been in Worcester prison so the “adoption” may have
taken place then, as his mother had just had another child. His father was back
with his mother and the other children in the 1911 census. William James was posted to No 2 Aircraft
Repair Depot at the Airbase at Norton Woodseats, Sheffield and in January 1919,
he was re-classed as an AC2 (turner) and in April was posted to Killingholme, near Immingham in Lincolnshire,
at an airbase recently vacated by the Americans who had been assisting with
North Sea patrols. He was transferred to
the RAF Reserve on 21 November 1919 and as a result his RAF record continues
with details of his marriage on 26 February 1921 to Edith Wilde and subsequent
births in the 1920’s of their two daughters Millicent and Doris. He served in
Section Class E RAF Reserve from 1924 to 1928.
On 17 June 1938 he enlisted in Sec II “E” Reserve for 4 years and was
discharged on 6 October 1942. Family
connections - William’s wife Edith was the daughter of Charles and Maria Wilde.
Charles was probably Charles W Wilde, one of the sons of George and Fanny Wilde
from Hallow. Both George and Charles were bricklayers on census returns.
George’s brother Thomas was a baker and more recent Wilde family members in
Hallow are descended from Thomas.
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William Charles SAMPSON, Able Seaman
Service No. J55370,
Royal Navy HMS Impregnable
William Charles
was born on 22 February 1900 in Birmingham. He and his brother Albert Henry
were living with Horace and Phoebe Hewitt and their two children in Shoulton
Lane, in 1911. Arthur and William were Horace’s stepbrothers. William C joined
the Royal Navy as a Boy II on 14 July 1916. In February 1917 he joined the ship
HMS Centurion which you can read about here
Whilst still on
HMS Centurion William became an Able Seaman in August 1918, he spent the last
months of the war on exercises and patrols in the North Sea. Centurion was then
posted to the Mediterranean. William received the War Gratuity and continued in
the Royal Navy, his final service on HMS Curlew was as an Able Seaman starting
on 24 November 1922 and ending on 23 June 1923 at San Pedro, California. He
should have served the full 12 years and it maybe that he jumped ship. There is
an indistinct note which may relate to the need for his medals to be recovered.
If anyone has information which they are willing to share we would be pleased
to hear from them.
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Albert SANDERS, Private (1915) Corporal (1916)
Sergeant (1918)
Service Nos.
11065 & 3757729, The King's (Liverpool) Rgt.
Albert was born
c. 1889 in Salwarpe. His parents were
George (an agricultural labourer) and Jane nee Moule, and he lived in Pinch
Cottages with his 4 brothers and 1 sister.
(By the Census of 1901, there was another brother who had been born,
Frank, who was 4. The family now lived
in Church Lane, Hallow. Between the Census of 1901 and 1911, Albert's father
died. Albert volunteered c. October
1914, and enlisted April 1915, serving in the Asian Theatre of War. His service record has not been found, his
medal card showed that he was awarded the 1915 Star, the Victory and British
War medals.
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Francis aka Frank SANDERS, Driver
Service Nos. 3710
& 846274, Royal Field Artillery/3rd Sect 61st (S.M.) D A C Col / O.C. 306
Bde R.F.A./2nd Sth Midland Brigade, R.F.A.
Frank was born
in Hallow c. 1897, and the 1901 Census showed him living with parents George
and Jane nee Moule, and 4 brothers and 1 sister. They lived in Church Lane,
Hallow. By the 1911 Census, his mother
was widowed, and there was only Frank, and Jane's granddaughter living with
her. Frank was stated as aged 14 and a
worker i.e. 'boy in garden'. He enlisted October 1915 and was posted to Havre,
France in May 1916. He was wounded in action October 1918 (injuries to his
wrist, knee and head, described as mild). He returned on leave to the UK in
December and was forfeited 2 days’ pay for overstaying his leave by 2 days). In
January 1919 he was sent to Chiseldon for demob. He received the British War
and Victory Medals.
(Brother Albert
is shown above, and George, John and William are below).
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George SANDERS, Staff Quartermaster Sergeant demoted
to Corporal
Service No.
S4/035896, Royal Army Service Corps
George Sanders
was a baker, aged 30 living at 35 “Big Boughton Street” St Johns, Worcester
with his wife Hester, nee Bright, and their five children when he enlisted in
the Army on 26 November 1914. He was one
of the sons of George and Jane Sanders who were living in Church Lane, Hallow
at the time of the 1901 census. George and his younger brother Albert were both
born in Salwarpe. Albert also served in the Army but his Army record has not
survived. George was posted to the Army
Service Corps A Depot on 27 November 1914 as a Baker and promoted to Corporal
18 February 1915 at H Depot, before embarking to Le Havre, France on SS
Matheran. For more information, click here.
Brothers Albert and Frank are shown above, John and William are below.
Brothers Albert and Frank are shown above, John and William are below.
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John SANDERS,
NZ
Expeditionary Force
John was born c.
1875, the eldest son of George and Jane, nee Moule. His family information is the same as for his
brothers, shown above. John was first
noted in the Parish Magazine of September 1916 and he was recorded as being
with the NZ Expeditionary Force. His
family tree on Ancestry shows that he was neither married or had children. No other information has been found. Brothers Albert, Frank and George are shown
above, and William below)
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William SANDERS, Driver
Service Nos.
4274 & 831814, Royal Field Artillery
William was born
in 1886. His parents were George, an
agricultural labourer, and Jane nee Moule.
His family history is the same as for Albert, Frank, George and John
above. William was a gardener at The
Rhydd Lodge, Hanley Castle when he attested 10 December 1915. He joined the 2 South Midland Bde., R.F.A. as
a driver, and was mobilized 22 May 1916.
He married Minnie Ethel Sealcot Grubham on 22 January 1911, and later
that year their daughter Sybil was born.
During mid 1917, his wife had 8 of her letters to William in Salonica
returned due to an incorrect address, and she sought help from her local Army
Pensions office in Upton upon Severn.
(Her husband had written to her asking why she had not communicated with
him). William was in Salonica from 11
December 1916 to 23 January 1919, when he returned to the UK. He was discharged 31 February 1919. His Pensions Sheet recorded he had ‘10%
disability’ and a weekly pension was awarded from 25 April 1919 of 5s 6d (app.
£13.63 in 2015) plus 2s 4d for two children (app. £5.70 in 2015). ‘No bonus to be paid’.
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Robert William SHARP, Disciplinarian Tp SM (D) SM 1 /
Staff Sergeant
Service No.
12163, Royal Flying Corps / AWO RAF
Robert was born
in Oxford in 1893, son of Joseph ( a stonemason) and Emma Sharp of Park Cottage
who moved to this area after the 1911 census.. Before joining the RFC he had
served for 13 months in the 1 Battalion Grenadier Guards (He was 6ft 6ins).
Robert was an Asylum Attendant before entering the RFC on 28 October 1915. He
was promoted to Corporal in January 1916, Sergeant in June 1916, Flight
Sergeant December 1916. He was then posted to RFC Canada, Camp Borden, which
was the main training centre and in Canada he was promoted to Temporary Sgt
Major in April 1917. Robert’s RFC trade was “Disciplinarian” on his military
record, which is assumed to be a Drill Sergeant Major. On transfer to the RAF
on 1 April 1918 he was a Sgt Major. He was with 42 W Can. If you can tell us
what “HQ Can 6” and “42 W Can” mean we
will be pleased to hear from you. It seems that his military service ceased on
4 January 1919. Robert was awarded the British War Medal in 1927, some six
years later than those who had served in the Army elsewhere.
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Allan Frederick SHEPHERD, Private
Killed in action 12th Oct. 1917
Service No.
38295, 55th Field Ambulance, Royal Army Medical Corps
The Parish Magazine
of November 1917 recorded the death of Allan - former footman at Parkfield. He
enlisted in Worcester, and was killed in action 12th Oct. 1917, aged 24. Allan
was born in Bermondsey, Middlesex, and was the son of Elizabeth and the late
Mr. D. J. Shepherd, Hungerford. He is
buried in Cement House Cemetery, Belgium, Grave IX. D.20. His medal record stated he enlisted 27 July
1915, France Theatre of War, and was awarded the 1915 Star, Victory and British
War medals.
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Edward SHEPHERD, Private
Service No.
1663, 9th Royal Warwickshire
Edward was
mentioned in the Parish Magazine of April/May 1918and the Absent Voters List
1918 which recorded that he lived at Green Street, Hallow. No other information has been found.
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Frank SHERIFF,
Service Nos.
120508 & 551859, Royal Army Medical Corps
Frank and Annie
Shepherd and their four children were living in Lower Broadheath in 1911 where
he was a labourer in a Nursery. His Army record stated that he was living in
Tybridge Street on 12 June 1917 when he was called up aged 39 years 7
months He was posted to the Labour
Corps C Company and a month later to 20th Company Tidworth. The Labour Corps
grew to about 10% of the Army and was made up of men who were not rated as A1.
Frank had Rheumatism, a scar in his right groin and on the left an Inguinal
hernia and was rated as B3 amended to B2. However in December 1917 he was
transferred to RAMC Depot at Blackpool on 7 December and from there to the 8th
Training Battalion RAMC. He was transferred again on 12 April 1918 to the 424th
Agric. Coy. Depot, Worcs Regiment, Worcester. Frank was stated to have a good character when
he was demobilised in March 1919. He died in 1949.
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Henry SILLENCE, Private
Service No.
247246, 627th Agr. Co., Labour Corps.
The 627th Ag Co
were in 1918 based at Worcs Reg Depot in Worcester & cultivated their
gardens. This could explain why his name
was in our Parish Magazine. Born c 1868,
Henry joined in 1916, but was retained on important duties with his unit at
various stations. Transferred to the Royal Defence Corps and afterwards to the
Labour Corps, he rendered valuable services in motor ploughing and guarding
German prisoners. He served until 1919, when he was demobilised. He originated
from North Baddesley, nr Romsey, Hants. (The Absent Voters list 1919 recorded
that he lived in Moseley Road.) Brother
Reginald is shown below, and also his father, William.
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Reginald SILLENCE,
Service No.
30743, 53rd Hampshire / Somerset Lt. Infantry
Born in
Nursling, Southampton in 1900, Reginald joined in 1917 and after a short
training, he was drafted to the Western Front, where he took a prominent part
in many engagements, and was severely wounded on the Somme. He returned at the
cessation of hositilities and was demobilised in October 1919. He was awarded
the General Service and Victory Medals. His name appeared in the Parish
Magazine of November/December 1918 and the Absent Voters List 1919 recorded
that he lived in Moseley Road. Brother
Henry is shown above, and father William, below).
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William Henry SILLENCE,
Killed in action 13th August 1915
Service No.
10793, 13th Hampshire Regt
Born in Upton
Grey, Hants. c 1882, William volunteered in September 1914, and on completion
of his training was drafted to the Dardanelles. In the Landing from the
"Royal Edward" he was lost when the ship was sunk. CWGC states 'died
13 Aug 1915, remembered Helles Memorial, Turkey, panel 125-134 or 223-226
228-229 & 328. Also North Baddesley War Memorial' (Name recorded in PN 1915
and 1919). Sons Henry and Reginald are
shown above.
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Arthur SMITH, 1st Class Stoker
Service No.
K35242, HMS Victory/ HMS King George V
Arthur Smith was
born on 20 September 1879 in Hallow. He was married to Sarah Jane Parker from
Himbleton and they had a daughter Elsie by the start of the War. Arthur joined
the Royal Navy in July 1916. He was a Stoker II attached to the land establishment
HMS Victory until December of that year when he became a Stoker II on HMS
George V which had earlier in the year taken part in the battle of Jutland. It
was subsequently the battleship of the Home Fleet. Arthur became a Stoker Class
1 in March 1917 and remained with HMS George V until he was demobbed on 30 May
1919.
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Charles Henry SMITH, Private
Service Nos.
46152 & 897419, Duke of Cornwalls Light Infantry/ London Regt
Charles was born
c. 1897, his father Charles was a gas works labourer, and his mother was named
Susan. He had 2 brothers, and one sister
(Census 1911). His address was recorded
as Greenhill Lane, Camp Lane, Hallow.
Charles was an apprentice baker working at Hallow Bakery. His medal record card recorded he was awarded
the Victory medal. As his name is first
mentioned in the Parish Magazine of November/December 1918 he may have enlisted
about that time.
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Charles Henry SMITH,
Royal Field
Artillery
Charles was
first noted in the Parish Magazine of February 1915. Hallow. Charles Henry Smith born 1896 was the son of
John and Susan Smith nee Pittaway. They had four children and Charles was the
eldest boy. Charles married Priscillla Ballinger and they had a son Samuel in
1922 who was Ann Ganderton’s father. Charles’ Army Service Record does not seem
to have survived. He lived in Camp Lane,
Hallow.
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Freda SMITH, VAD Nurse,
Wilts. 8 Salisbury
Red Cross Hospital & Countess of
Radnor's
Officers Hospital
Record cards
shown on the Red Cross website detail that Freda lived at The Furlong, Hallow
at the time of joining the VAD Wilts. 8 and served from April 1915 to February
1919. It is also recorded that she was a
part-time nurse.
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Henry SMITH,
Service Nos. 171888
& 43680, 13th Devonshire Regt /
627th Agri.
Company, Labour Corps
Henry Smith was
born in All Saints parish on August 30 1890, his partner was Jessie Hopkins nee
Rowberry who had a son James Hopkins and a daughter registered as Clara Ellen
Hopkins. Henry enlisted on 24 October 1916 and (Clara) Ellen had only been born
in September 1916. Initially Henry’s service number was 43680 in the Devonshire
Regt, but he passed his Medical as B2 and was transferred to 310 HS Labour Works Company in Chiseldon,
transferring again on 10 April 1918 to 627 Agricultural Coy Labour Corps Depot
Worcester, Regimental number 171888. Unfortunately Agricultural Companies are
not well documented and his Army record only indicates that in 1919 he was in
Cologne Germany transferring to a number of A E Companies, although his record
is stamped elsewhere with “OC 424th Agricultural Coy Labour Corps Depot Worcs
Regiment”! He was evacuated to the UK at the end of 1919 and on discharge in
March 1920, Henry’s home address was given as Moseley Road, Hallow.
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Martin Gwynne SMITH, Private
Service No.
D/14440, 1st King's Dragoon Guards
Martin was born
in 1876. He had married Etheldreda M
Landon in 1898. They had 3 surviving children by the time of the 1911 census
when they were living at 185 Henwick Road, Worcester. In the 1911 Census, his
occupation was given as horse breaker.
Martin's name
was first mentioned in the Parish Magazine of March 1919. He was also recorded
on the Absent Voters List of 1918. His medal card recorded that he was awarded
the British War medal and Silver Badge, also that he enlisted on 10 December
1915 in the Kings Dragoon Guards as a Private and was discharged aged 42 on 6
November 1918. Cause of discharge Army Order vi. dated 14-9-18 & 392 xvi 2
(a). The Silver Badge number B81100 was issued on 30 January 1919. Martin died
in 1942.
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Alfred James SOMERVILLE, Private
Died 26 March 1917
Service No.
TR/7/6882, 93rd T.R. Gloucs. Regt.
Alfred as born
in Hallow c. 1881. His parents were
William, and Annie. (William was a
printer compositor, later to become a Political Organising Agent - 1891). Alfred had 4 brothers and 2 sisters. In 1891 the family lived at Elbury Cottage,
Tolladine Road, Worcester, and by 1901 had moved to West Ham, Essex. At that time, Alfred was a boiler maker. The Parish Magazine of April 1917 recorded
that Alfred has died. CWGC states died 26 March 1917, buried Warkleigh St John
churchyard, Devon.
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Albert John SPILSBURY, Private
Service No.
33114, 1/2/9th Worcs Regiment
Alfred was born
c. 1884 in Wichenford. His parents were
Frederick, a farm labourer, and Mary, and he had a younger brother, Charles
(Census 1891). They lived at Poplar
Road, Wichenford. By 1901, Alfred was a
servant at Brockhill Court Farm, Worcs. and in 1911, he was living at Kenswick
Mill Cottage, Broadheath, working as a gamekeeper. He married Louisa Price 25 January 1911 at
Holt Church, and they had two children, Harold and Mary. In 1916 the family lived at Archbell
Cottage. Alfred enlisted 29 June 1916. His service record shows he served in
Mesopotamia July 1917, and was in Salonika January 1919. He was discharged in October 1919 suffering
from 70% disability due to Malaria, and was given a disablement pension, inc.
his wife and 2 children of 44s 5d (app. £110 in 2015) ‘to be reviewed in 26
weeks’. There were two notifications of
change of address in his record - January 1918 (Little Comberton, nr Pershore)
and possibly during 1920 – a burnt record - (to Ockeridge). He was awarded the British War and Victory
medals. Alfred’s death is registered in
the Martley district September 1960 when he was aged 76.
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Alice May STALLARD, V.A.D. Nurse
Orthopaidic
Hospital (spelt as it appears on her gravestone)
Northfield ,
Birmingham
Died after a short illness July
14, 1918
Alice lived at
Moseley Turning, Hallow when she joined the J.W.V.A.D., Worcester Reserves on
24th August 1917. She died after a short
illness July 14, 1918 aged 25. a 1st Southern General Military certificate was
sent to her next of kin. Alice taught in Hallow day and Sunday schools, when Mr.
Bartlett was vicar, and she is buried in Hallow Churchyard.
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Frank Harold STALLARD, Driver
Service Nos. T4/084774
(RASC) & 20608 (W. Yorks), 310 Co. RASC (33 Reserve Park), 3rd/10th Bttn
W Yorkshire Rgt, Army Veterinary Corps.
Frank was born 7
July 1899 to Charles Richard & Mary and lived at Moseley Turning, Hallow.
He had two sisters, Annie & Edith. His father, known as Richard, was a
baker and was assisted by his wife and eldest daughter, Annie. Frank was a
carter and baker and enlisted April 1915. He gave his age as 19 yrs 273 days,
when in fact he was only 15 yrs 9 mths. After training he was sent to France
August 1915, and then Salonica February 1916. (In November 1915 he 'forfeited 3
days’ pay for (i) leaving stables without permission, and (ii) parading with
dirty harness'.) He had various health problems during 1916 inc. pyrexia (high
temperature) and scabies, and spent 64 days in hospital February to April '17
suffering with concussion. In November 1917 he was awarded 3rd Class
Certificate of Education at Whitley Bay. (The Army became aware of his true age
in 1917 and he was assessed as 'moderately intelligent'). He transferred to the
3rd West Yorks Rgt in April 1918, and posted to France, returning to UK in July
suffering with influenza, later diagnosed as (Rheumatic?) fever and he was in
hospital until 3 October 1918. He demobbed May 1919 and received the Bronze
1914-15 Star, Victory and British War medals.
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Henry STALLARD, Private
Service No.
T/331159, Army Service Corps
His parents were
John and Mary Stallard of Ashfields, Peachley. Before the War he had worked at
Green Street Farm and at the time of the 1911 census was working for David
Llewellyn Wall who was a baker in Lower Broadheath. He was awarded the Victory and British War
medals.
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Richard William STALLARD,
37th Royal
Engineers (American Expeditionary Force
Born on 22
February 1889, Richard was the son of Charles Stallard (a Baker) and his wife
Mary Ann, nee Knowles, who were living at Moseley Turning in 1911. Richard had
emigrated to the United States in 1910 and became a naturalised American in
1911. His World War I Draft Registration Card for 5 June 1917 indicates that he
was a Railroad Conductor for the SF (San Francisco?) Railway Company and employed in his home town
of Oakland to the east of San Francisco Bay. Richard was tall, of medium build,
with blue eyes and red hair. Hallow Parish Magazine indicated that he was in
the 37th Royal Engineers. This is all the information that we have at the
moment about his War service. Richard
appears on the 1920 American census with his wife Grayce Stallard nee Sheldon
living in Oakland, Alameda, California.
They made several trips to the UK, and on at least one occasion in 1938
their two sons Richard (18) and Harold (17) accompanied them.
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Charles John STANLEY, Private
Service Nos.
2866 & 300231, 7/10th Worcs. Regiment
Charles a.k.a.
John was born 17 September 1897 in Hallow to John (a labourer) and Sarah. He had one sister (1911 Census) and they
lived at 49 Comer Gardens, Worcester. He
enlisted 15 January 1916 aged 18, and received gunshot wounds resulting in the
loss of his left arm. He was treated in
St Andrews Hospital, London. He was
discharged 2 October 1918. His death was
recorded as August 1987 when he would have been 89. For more information, click here.
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George Henry STOKES, Private
Service No.
SE/3763, Army Service Corps / Army Veterinary Corps
George Henry
Stokes may have been the father of John Stokes mentioned below. If so he was born in St Johns c. 1876, the
son of Thomas Stokes who had lived in Church Lane, Hallow. At the time of the 1911 census he was living
with his wife Mary Ann Stokes nee Taylor at “the Back of the School” with their
five children. His occupation was Farm
Labourer. As his Army Service Record has
not survived the only information we have is from the Medal Card Index which
shows he enlisted 24.1.1915 and he was awarded the 1915 Star, British War and
Victory medals.
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John STOKES, Private
Service Nos.
42 & 37946, Army Veterinary Corps / Somerset Lt Infantry (Jan 1918)
John enlisted 9
April 1915 and served in Egypt. He was
discharged 5.3.19 and was awarded the 1915 Star, British War and Victory
medals. It was reported in the Parish
Magazine of September/October 1918 that John was a prisoner of war, held in
Munster, Germany and he had sent a postcard to his mother, Mrs G. Stokes of
School Lane to say that "he was well". His address was given as 'back of school'
i.e. Ladygo Lane, Hallow.
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Frederick George
STONE, Corporal
Died February 19th
1919
Service
No. 46600 – 14th Devon Regt & No. 432701 Labour Corps
In the January 1917 Parish Magazine, Frederick is
reported as 'in active service'.
Frederick died February 19, 1919 in Chisledon Hospital, Swindon. He was accorded a military funeral on Feb
24th 1919. He may have lived in
Parkfield Lane.
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Sidney TANDY, Private & A/Sergeant
Service Nos.
45, TT02167, Army Veterinary Corps
Shown as Sydney
J Tandy on his Medal Card, he was the son of James and Elizabeth Tandy who
lived at Heath Hill, Queenhill, Worcs.
In the 1911 census he was living at home and was, like his brother,
Walter, a gardener. He enlisted 29 March
1915, and the Electoral Roll 1915 recorded he lived at Park Lane, rooms at Mrs
Elizabeth Watkins. He was awarded the
1915 Star, Victory and British War medals.
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Army Reserve
First mentioned
in the Parish Magazine of August 1916, Walter was probably a brother of Sidney
Tandy, above. Alternatively this could
be William James Tandy’s father (see below).
Walter Tandy born 1868 of 20 Perdiswell Street, Worcester had served in
the Worcestershire Regiment from 1884 for 12 years, his service record has
survived. It is possible that he would
have been called up for the Army Reserve.
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Killed in action 6th July 1916
Service No. 14235, 2nd Worcs Regiment
The Parish Magazine of August 1917 recorded
the death of William - killed in action 6th July 1916, age 22. He was the son of Walter and Alice Tandy, 20
Perdiswell Street, Barbourne, Worcester, and brother of Mrs Blissett, Camp
Lane, Hallow. He is buried in Lillers
Communal Cemetery, France, Grave V.C.21.
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John
THOMPSON, Private
Service No. 3789, 4th/6th Worcs Regiment
This serviceman was recorded in the Parish
Magazine of July 1917 and also the Absent Voters List 1918 but no other
information can be found.
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Frederick
TYLER, Private
Service No. 27348, 5th/9th Worcs Regiment
Frederick was
born in Hallow c. 1891 and lived in Parkfield Lane, Hallow with his parents
George (farm labourer) and Mary, his two brothers and one sister (Census 1911).
He was a baker journeyman. He joined the Army Reserve in December 1915 and was
called up in Februay 1916. He was posted with the Mediterranean Expeditionary
Force (Eastern Theatre) in June 1916 and in December was wounded in his right
thigh (no other details given). In 1920 Frederick was in a Malarial
Concentration Centre, and discharged from service in Jan 1920 on medical
grounds (disability given as 'less than 20%'). He received the Victory and
British War medals. (For more of his
service history, click here
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William TYLER,
Army
Veterinary Corps
Mentioned in the
Parish Magazine of September 1917 and the Electoral Roll 1915 – William lived
in Parkfield Lane, Hallow. There are two servicemen on the
Medal card index but it is not possible to identify which applies to this
soldier.
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Service Nos.
3862 & 241237, 2/8th Worcs Regiment
Reginald was
born in Lower Wyche, Malvern, son of William and Lucy Vincent. Reginald had
married Amy Burrow at Martin Hussingtree in 1911 and had three children by the
time he enlisted on 23 January 1915. Before that he had been employed by Mr.
Chance of Blackmore Park. Reginald was posted for general duties 2/8
Worcestershire Regiment. He was one of the lucky people to survive the Spanish
flu epidemic of 1918. He was in the hospital at Norton Barracks near Worcester
for 44 days and then transferred to 2/1 Southern T F Hospital in Dudley Road,
Birmingham where he was examined by the Medical Board prior to Discharge or
Transfer to the Reserve. He was disembodied on 22 February 1919 and it was
stated that his military character was very good. His home address was then
given as Camp Lane, Hallow. He had served for just over 4 years firstly
training for over a year in the UK and then nearly three years were spent in
France and Belgium. He received the
British War and Victory medals.
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William Henry WALKER, Private
Died May 1918
Service No.
41988, Leicestershire Yeomanry/ 7th Bn Leics Rgt
First mentioned
in the Parish Magazine of October 1914, in April 1915 it was noted that he was
'in active service'. The April 1919 issue reported that he had died on May
1918, remembered on the Soissons Memorial, Aisne, France. (William was born in Sheffield). We do not know his connection with our area.
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Victor Harvey Willis WATTON, 2nd Lieutenant
61st Co.,
Chinese Labour Corps) 1923
Victor Harvey
Willis Watton 1897-1984. His father was Walter Harvey a Merchant Navy Captain, he had died at sea in
1899 and it has not been possible to find out where he was raised and went to
school, although it is likely to have been in the Far East. On 5th
July 1917 he was made temporary 2nd Lieutenant, but no further information was
provided in the London Gazette. In 1923
he married Eva Nina Hill.
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James WEAVER,
Service No. PLY/11954, Royal Marines HMS Diana
James was born
on 2 February 1884, his widowed mother Mary lived in Summer Place, Oldbury
Road, which was in Hallow Parish at that time. He enlisted as a Private in the
Royal Marines in December 1902 and served until December 1923. In June 1905 he passed
the test for a lamp trimmer, but may not have served as a Lamplighter until
1919. He married Maude L. Chaffe at Plymouth on 6 April 1908 and they had four
daughters. On 6 August 1914 he was on
board HMS Diana which captured a German
schooner in the English Channel.
James remained
with HMS Diana until November 1917 and saw more service in the Channel as part
of the 12th Cruiser Squadron and from 1915 to August 1917 was on the China
Station. He was in Hong Kong in December 1916 when he undertook one of the nine
musketry courses of his long career. James also completed four gunnery training
courses. James returned to the UK in
March 1917 to the Plymouth Division and received Good Conduct and Long Service
medals. From March 1918 to January 1919 James was attached to the Auxillary
Patrol Base at Inverness known as HMS Lavatera. Over the years the observations
on James character were “very good” and his ability - “very good”, “satisfactory”
or “supr”. In the 1920’s he received money from the Naval Prize Fund. Including
his final share of £18-15-0 in May 1922.
James was awarded the 1914-15 Star, the Victory and British Medals. In 1923 James transferred to the Royal Fleet
Reserve (RFR), for which he would have received a retainer and could be called
out at times of emergency. He was discharged from the RFR in 1934 when he
reached the age of 50.
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Service No.
240064, 8th Worcs Rgt, Territorial Army.
Harold was born
in Weston under Wetherley in July 1892 to James (a farm bailiff) and Ellen Mary
Anne and lived at 4 Ashcroft Road, Worcester (Census 1901). He had 2 sisters.
In 1911 Census, he is shown to be living at Rose Cottage, Britannia Square,
Worcester and he is an apprentice ironmonger, and his mother is a gloveress. He
enlisted in August 1914 (his occupation now given as a Fitter, and also an
Assurance Clerk?). By July 1915 he had been promoted to Sergeant. He was posted
to France, and after 10 months became a prisoner of war in Germany. In February
1916 he sustained bomb wounds to a finger, and his left foot, resulting in
amputation of two toes giving him 20% disability. His records state he 'had a
poisoned stomach, due to bad food and exposure' (June '16). He returned to the
UK in February 1919 and was discharged in April. In 1922 he married Christine
Duggan at Hallow Church and they lived in Parkfield Lane with their 2 children.
(For Harold's story, click here)
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Albert WEDGBURY, Sapper
Service No. 127650,
RE Wireless Signal Co., East Africa.
Albert was born
in 1895 and lived at 41 Tallow Hil . He
was an apprentice plater at Heenan & Froude, Worcester when he enlisted as
a Sapper in the Royal Engineers on 27 November 1915. On 18 October 1916 Albert
passed a Proficiency test at the Wireless Training Centre at Worcester. Three
days later Heenan & Froude issued a certificate under Rule 7 of the
Munitions (Leaving Certificate) Regulations 1916 as Albert had continued to undertake
essential war work until that date. He was not attested until 24 October
1916. Whilst in the Wireless Signals
Company RE Albert served first as a Driver and later as a Fitter and received
6d a day this was increased to 1s a day. He had three spells in hospital in the
UK before he embarked to Base Signal Depot East Africa in July 1917 travelling
from Devonport via Durban to Dar es Salaam in present day Tanzania. He
contracted malaria in June 1918 and was in hospital for a fortnight. Unfortunately the details of his final
posting are illegible, but he embarked from Dar es Salaam on 13 December 1918
and was demobilised from Chatham on 5 April 1919. Albert was awarded the
British War Medal and Victory Medal.
Albert’s home address at the end of the War was 42 Little London, The
Tything, Worcester As neither known address is in the Hallow area, he must have
had a family member here who asked for him to be remembered in Intercessory
prayers.
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Harry WESTBURY,
Service Nos. 7764
& 690422, 6th Worcs / D Co 5th Bttn when discharged/Labour Corps (1917)
Henry or Harry
as he was known was born in 1881 the son of Henry and Frances Westbury nee
Taylor, who had fourteen children. Henry was one of seven children shown living
at home in Worcester in 1901. Harry first enlisted in April 1903 and served at
home, in Ceylon and in 1908 in South Africa. He returned to the UK in October
1908 and married Florence Hammond at the Registry Office in Dover in 1910.
Sometime after 1915 she came to live at Pound Cottage in Hallow with their two
daughters Dorothy and Margaret. He was
then on home service until August 1914 when he was posted to France. Harry
returned after 49 days, he was in France again for 48 days in March/May1915 but
he received a gunshot wound to his right leg and then home until under King’s
Regulations, he was discharged after 13 years service in April 1916 from Fort
Tregantle, Antony near Plymouth. His military character was good and he was
reliable and trustworthy. Harry was a bricklayer by trade and he intended to
live at No 1 Fort Cottage, Broadstairs Kent, but another Army Record has been
found for Harry which shows he was called up again on 30 January 1917 and was
posted into the Labour Corps as a Lance Corporal Regimental number 690422. On
22 July he was diagnosed with neurasthenia (shell shock) attributed to his
military service. The two reasons are shown one under the other with the word
(buried) in between, so it’s not clear if 1) Injury to back or 2) Shattered
nerves, relates to it. A further statement reads “B179 Epsom - still tremulous
& c/o rheumatic”. He was given a detailed examination on 30 November 1920
and a Board on 8 November 1921. Sadly on11 August 1922 he died of gastritis.
Harry’s wife Florence may have returned to home county of Kent and married
William Wassall in 1923.
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William Charles WESTBURY,
Gunner
Service
No. 28868, Royal Garrison Artillery
William
Charles Westbury 1885-1953.
In
1901 William was a sixteen year old stable boy working at Church Farm, Claines,
by the time of the 1911 census he was stationed on Gibraltar where he married
Geronima Espinsoa in 1916. After the war
they had two daughters Annie and Beatrice. William’s military record has not
survived. It seems that he was a Worcester member of the National Union of Railway
Workers in 1919 and again in 1925/6. This is all the information that we have,
so we don’t know if he is the brother of Henry/Harry whose wife Florence lived
at Pound Cottage.
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John Edward WHEELER, Gunner
Service Nos.
625656 RFA & 541870 Labour Corps
424 Company,
Army Service Corps / Hon. Artillery Company
John was born 30
June 1897, son of John and Agnes Wheeler who lived at Heath Farm, Hallow. He joined the Honourable Artillery Company on
17 February 1917 and was a Gunner with the 2/B Battery, British Expeditionary
Force. There are several lines of
cramped abbreviations next to his name in HAC Regimental Numbers Registry from
which it seems that the dates are shortened and don’t seem to include the year. The only recognisable information is when John
was with 17 RFA on 6 December 1917 and that he was later transferred to the
Labour Corps. First mentioned in the
Parish magazine in January 1918 as being in Hallow on a short recuperative
leave from hospital, it seems that his injury was such that he was no longer
classed as A1 and was transferred to 424 Agricultural Labour Corps whose
headquarters were in Worcester. John was awarded the British War and Victory
medals.
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Charles Arthur WHILSMITH or
WILESMITH, Driver / Yeoman of Signals
Died 27th May 1917
Service No.
222706, HMS Hindustan Royal Navy and HMS Liverpool
Charles was born
on 23 May 1887 in Haddington near North Berwick, East Lothian. He was the son
of James and Elizabeth Fanny Whilsmith of 3 Farley Street, Comer Gardens, St
Johns. On his 18th birthday (23 May 1905) Charles joined the Royal
Navy for 12 years as a “Signaller Boy He was attached to a variety of land base
establishments and ships and in 1909 became a Leading Signaller. On 29 July
1914 Charles was on HMS Liverpool, a Light Cruiser and would have seen action
at Heligoland Bight in August of that year. You can read about the ship here:-
From July 1915
to April 1916 John was attached to the shore base Victory I at Portsmouth, so
we don’t know where he was serving. The Parish Magazine noted HMS Hindustan,
which had been built in 1902 and his naval record showed the dates for Charles
serving on that ship as 18 April 1916 to 31 March 1917. She formed part of the
3rd Battle Squadron, Home Fleet and was with Nore Command., John was attached
again to Victory I and then back to HMS Hindustan from 14 May 1917 to 29 May when
he committed suicide by cutting his throat. His record stated that the Courts
of Enquiry concluded that “no blame was attributable to anyone”. The Parish
Magazine stated that he died in Gillingham Hospital, Kent 27th May 1917 aged 30
and buried in Astwood Cemetery, Worcester.
(Courts of
Enquiry records are held at The National Archives, Kew in 3.2 ADM 1: Papers of the Admiralty
Secretariat)
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Ernest Edwin WHITEHOUSE, Gunner
Service Nos. 27485
& 36127, Worcs Regiment /3 Bttn Machine Gun Corps
Ernest Edwin
Whitehouse was born in Hartlebury in 1894, son of Edwin and Mary Compton
Whitehouse. His connection with the Hallow area is not yet known. Having
attested on 10 December 1915 Ernest was placed in the Reserves and mobilised in
February 1916. He transferred in October 1916 to the Machine Gun Corps, 95
Company who were in France. In November 1917 Gunner Ernest Whitehouse was
granted 15 days leave in the UK. He was then in the field with the 95 Company
until he was wounded in action on 27 April 1918 whilst with the 5th Battalion.
He returned to the Machine Gun Corps Base Depot at Camiers, before being
returned to England on 30 April on the Ville de Liege. Ernest was admitted to
Keighley War Hospital on 1 May 1918 with a gunshot wound to his left thigh plus
several flesh wounds from shrapnel. After 71 days he was transferred to the 2nd
Western General Hospital Manchester where he remained until 28 August 1918.
Later the scar was over 7 ins long and 1 ins wide with some wasting of the
muscle in the thigh and also the calf. He was posted back to Machine Gun Corps
Depot Alnwick/Grantham and was discharged as no longer physically fit for War
Service on 20 January 1919. Ernest was awarded a Silver Badge and granted a
pension for one year. His case was then reviewed and he received a Gratuity of
£45.
Edwin married
Gladys Haynes in 1922 and died in Buckinghamshire in 1971
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Robert Samuel WHITING,
Private
Service
No. 27507, 14th Worcs Regt
Robert was born in 1888, son of Samuel Whiting, a
Provisions Dealer and his wife Ann who lived at Kent House, Comer Gardens which
was then part of Hallow. Robert was a 28 year old farm labourer before he was
posted to the 14th Battalion Worcestershire Regiment on 1 March 1916. He was
granted a 10 day furlough from 27 April 1918. Robert’s Army record shows that
he had two blue chevrons (for overseas service – worn on the lower right arm)
and one Wound stripe. Although not every page of his Record has survived we
know from the Parish Magazine that he was gassed in 1916. Unusually the date
that the serviceman’s will was returned him is stated as 3 April 1919 on the
retained envelope. Robert was awarded the British War Medal and Victory Medal
which he received in 1921.
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Alfred John WILCOCK,
also spelt WILCOX, Second Lieutenant
Worcs
Yeomanry
In 1911 Alfred
John Wilcock (born 1894) was living in the family home at 71 Bromyard Road
Worcester. His father Alfred was a builder from Lancashire who had married
Alice Annie Hughes in Worcester in 1882. The London Gazette reported that
Alfred was promoted to temporary Second Lieutenant on 8th February 1915.
Unfortunately his military record has not survived, so that this is all the
information we have at the moment.
(He may have
married Grace Harris 1915.)
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Charles Samuel WILDE, Driver
Service No. 831825, Royal Field Artillery /1918-D/12 Res. Bd. RFA
Charles Samuel Wilde was born in Hallow 27th May 1877 and died aged 68 on 15th November 1945. He was one of the sons of Thomas and Harriet Wilde nee Smith. Thomas was a baker and in 1881 the family were living at Shoulton Turn. By 1891 Charles was a Baker’s Assistant. On 30 April 1900 Charles married Alice Hewitt at St Clements, Nechells in the Aston area and the 1901 census indicates that they were living at 68 Butlin Street, Aston with Albert and Emily Sampson late Hewitt (Alice’s mother), Horace, Earle and Harry Hewitt (Alice’s brothers) and Arthur and Emily’s young Sampson family – plus Arthur’s brother Frederick! Several of these names appear in our WWI database.
By 1911 Charles - a general labourer - and Alice were back in Shoulton Lane with their growing family of five children, three having been born in Hallow since 1905. Five more children would be born in Hallow including Stanley who was born on 17 August 1919.
Although Charles' Army Service record has not survived we know from the award to Charles of a Silver Badge number B31580 that he had enlisted on 11 December 1915 and was discharged from 2 Res Brigade (T) RFA . Sickness Para 392 (xvi) King’s Regulations 2(a). The Parish Magazine noted Charles had met with an accident 22 February 1917 and in a later edition stated that he was in hospital at St Elmo, Malta. (Charles' grandson Neville has been able to give us more information about his service career - he initially was sent to the trenches in France, and then he was posted to Salonica, Greece, followed by Macedonia via Alexandria. He returned on the hospital ship Wandilla, a converted Australian steamship built in 1912.)
Hospital Ship "Wandilla" |
The Silver Badge was awarded to Charles on 6 November 1918. It was issued to men who were honourably discharged, in Charles case because he was permanently physically unfit - Para 392 (xvi).
Charles was also awarded the British War and Victory medals.
(Brother Frank also served – he is to be found in the Broadheath records.)
Charles was an active member of the Hallow branch of the British Legion.
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Charles was an active member of the Hallow branch of the British Legion.
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Service Nos. 7055
& 14930, Machine Gun Corps, South Wales Borderers
First mentioned
in the Parish Magazine of May 1915, the January 1916 issue reported he was 'In hospital at Birkenhead, severely wounded'. No other information has been found.
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Harold James WILDE, Private
Died of wounds 8th May
1915
Service No. 11480,
3rd / 4th Battalion Worcs Regiment
Harold was born
in Hallow c .1890 to Thomas and Harriet who lived at Pool Cottage, Hallow Road.
He had 2 sisters and 3 brothers (Census 1901) By the Census of 1911, Harold's
father was not shown and Harriet was the head of the family. Francis enlisted
in Worcester September 1914 to the 4th Worcester Regiment. When not in action,
Harold lived with his brother Charles, wife Alice and family in Shoulton Lane.
He died of wounds sustained in fighting in the Dardanelles, 8th May 1915 and
was buried in the Lancashire Landing Cemetery, Turkey, Grave E. 10. The DCM (Distinguished
Conduct Medal) is recorded on Hallow memorial, but there is no mention of this
award on Commonwealth War Graves, 'Soldiers Died in the Great War' or the DCM
citations. (Herbert G Mann also Worcs Regt who survived the War is the only
recorded Hallow DCM). He received the Victory, 1915 Star and British War
Medals.
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Henry George WILDING, Merchant Marine
H.M.Transport
Palermo
Henry was born
in Hallow in 1877, the son of William Wilding from Lancashire, a National
Schoolmaster and his wife Mary nee Fortey, who was born in Hallow. In 1891
Harry was a boarder at Barbourne College in Worcester, whilst at the family
home in Hallow Road, his sister Elizabeth was now a qualified National school
teacher and her two younger sisters were pupil teachers.
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Charles, WILLIAMS, aka F. R. Lewis, Private
Service No. 9263
/ TS 1007 ? , A.S.C., Worcester Regiment (1914/5) / RFA (1916)
He worked as a
farrier and was rated 'very good'. He enlisted under the name of "Charles
Williams" September 1914 and was posted to France in October, returning in
June 1915, and discharged in November as 'no longer physically fit for War
service'. In March 1920, when applying for his War medals, he advised the
authorities "that he had changed his name to his correct name by Statutory
Declaration whilst serving with the R.F.A. and requesting all communications be
sent to F. R. Lewis, of 75 Pheasant Street, Worcester. (He was awarded the 1914
Star)
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Harold WILLIAMS, Captain
Killed in action April 25th 1917.
11th Service
Bttn, Worcs Regt
Harold was born
in 1894 or 1895 to Arthur and Elizabeth Williams. His father was born in the
Hallow area but by 1911 the family were living at 41 St Dunstan's Crescent,
Worcester. According to the 1911 census Harold did not follow into the family
tailoring business, but was 'Assistant Master at Hallow Boys School' and he
still lived at home with his parents. During the Great War he rose to the rank
of Lieutenant (T. CAP) and later Captain. In 1917 he was serving in Macedonia
in the Allied campaign to aid Serbia. He was killed in action in the First
Battle of Doiran in Salonica, April 25th 1917.
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Harold T. WILLIS,
1/5 Royal
West Surrey Regt
The Absent
Voters List June 1918 recorded that Harold lived at 279 Henwick Road,
Worcester.
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Frederick Joseph WITHEY, Private
Service Nos. 26802
& 42518, Gloucestershire Regiment / Worcestershire Regiment
Frederick, known
as Fred, was born in 1879 in Hallow, the third son of William and Mary Withey
nee Hadley. In the 1911 census Fred was
a coach painter boarding with his wife Elizabeth (nee Reynolds) and daughter
Lilian, in Camp Lane, Hallow with James and Mary Mason. His Army Service record has not survived and
the only information we have is from the Medal Card Index which shows that he
was awarded the British War & Victory Medals.
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Walter James WITHEY, Private
Service No. 36542,
1st /8th Worcs Regiment
Walter was born
in 1898, son of Thomas and Amelia who in 1901 were living in Crowle. They had
two children, Walter aged two, born in Hallow, and an un-named son under 1
month old. Only a slip in Army Service, records his name as being someone who
had been injured and was transferred to DDM Rouen (no date)
His Army Service
record has not survived and the only information we have is from the Medal Card
Index that he was awarded the British War & Victory Medals.
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William WITHEY, Private
Killed in action 8th July
1915
Service No. 10437,
Royal Warks. Regiment
William was born
in Hallow c. 1892, and in 1901 was living with his grandfather, W. E. Withey,
grandmother Mary, and his four uncles and one aunt. They lived at The Green, Hallow. By the next Census of 1911, William was
recorded as the adopted son of George and Susan Coleman, who lived at Baker
Street, Small Heath, Warks. (They also
had another three sons and one daughter.)
William's occupation was a core maker for B.S.A. cycles. He was at Shorncliffe 4 August 1914 with 10th
Bde. 4th Div. On 22 August 1914 they
landed in France. William was killed in action 8 July 1915 (France &
Flanders). His Army Service record has
not survived and the only information we have is from the Medal Card Index
which confirms that he was killed in action and that he was posthumously
awarded the 1814/15 Star, the British War & Victory Medal.
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Frank WOOD,
8th Worcs
Regiment
Other than his
name being recorded in the Parish Magazine of July 1917, no information can be
found.
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John Henry WOODWARD, Sapper and Corporal (March '17))
Service Nos.
40070 & WR/286875, Depot, Worcester Regt. / 53 rd Railway Operations Div.,
R.E., Egyptian Expeditionary Force.
John was born in
Hallow 1887 and enlisted in August 1914 aged 26. His mother was Emily Jane
Woodward, and he had a sister and brother. He was a draughtsman, and lived at
Upper Wick, Worcester. After training he was sent to France. In April 1915 he
was at Bridon, Doncaster as he was recorded as 'absent without leave for 69
hrs', for which he was 'admonished. Later that year he was admitted to hospital
(where this was and why is unknown). May 1916 he was at R.E. Railway Troops
Depot, Longmoor, and in Sept 1916 he was posted to Alexandria. He was promoted
to Corporal March 1917. August 1918, he was admitted to hospital with
gastritus, followed by 'flu, not returning to service until October. He was
demobbed June 1919. During his service his skills were upgraded from 'skilled'
to 'superior' (Oct '17) and 'very superior' (April '19) with his pay adjusted
accordingly. He received his Victory and British War medals in May 1922.
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William Charles Price WRIGHT, Lieutenant
Oxford &
Bucks. Light Infantry
The Imperial War
Museum’s “Lives of the First World War”
has further information about William’s military service.
RE
Northumberland Fusiliers Corporal SN 1876; Northumberland Fusiliers Temp
Lieutenant; RAOC Temporary Lieutenant; Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire
Regiment, Lieutenant.
William Charles
Price Wright was born in Long Eaton Derby and was the son of Harry and Louise
Wright. Harry was a nurseryman originally from Honiton in Devon and in 1911 the
family were living at Upper Broadheath.
This is all the
information we have at the moment.
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William H. B. YERBURGH, Chaplain
HMS Drake/HMS
Campania/HMS Queen
William was born
cc. 1881 in Epping, Essex - his father, Harry, was a brewer and wine merchant,
and his mother was Sophia. The census of
1891 recorded he had 2 sisters and a brother.
The family lived at Epping Brewery and had a governess and 3
servants. He was ordained in 1904 and
between 1910 and 1912, he was the curate in Hallow and lived at Altair, Parkfield
Lane, Hallow with his two younger sisters.
In 1914 he was vicar, Leamington, Glos., and then Kineton, Warks.,
joining the Navy as a Chaplain in 1916.
He was awarded the Victory and British War medals. In 1925 he married Frances Wolryche-Whitmore at
Tewkesbury Abbey and they had two daughters.
He died in June 1937.
(For more
information, click here.)
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Acknowledgements:
Names of those servicemen who died during The Great War have been taken from church memorials in Hallow, Broadheath and Comer Gardens, also the Roll of Honour in Broadheath Village Hall. The website 'Remember The Fallen' has kindly given permission for us to use its research and record it with our own.
The archives held at The Hive, Worcester, and websites Ancestry co.uk and Find My Past have also been instrumental in our research, for which we are most grateful.