There are 110 men listed
on Hadleigh’s WW1 War Memorial. Their names are:
|
Arthur Abbot Frederick Allen Harry C.
Allen John Bacon Albert C. Baker James Baker William W. Balham Henry E. Barr James R. Beckett Enos E. Beer William E. Beer Charles H. Betts John W. Betts Leonard Bloomfield Frank Bloomfield Bertie G. Bowers Frederick Branch Bertie W. Broom Harry Brown Edmund Budd Ernest W. S. Carter Arthur J. Chisnall Charles J. Chisnall Herbert J. Chisnall Frederick T. Clarke Leslie H. Cocksedge Charles H. Codling Ernest Corder |
Stanley W. Corder Walter T. Dowden Leonard Driver Maurice Driver Henry F. Durrant Leo Durrant Frederick C. Eighteen Robert J. Elmer Bertie Emmerson William Emmerson Isaac Everett Nelson Farrant Edmund G. D. Fromant Thomas Frost Stanley Gladwell Frederick Goody Jessy Goody Bertie Gowers Frederick Green Victor Green Harry S. Griggs William Grimwood Bertie L. Hammond Frederick Harvey Charles Heard Herbert D. Hines Frederick H. Hockey |
Charles Holmes Harry Hynard Ophir A. Jarvis Henry Joslyn Samuel King Herbert M. G. Kirk Charles E. Lamb Alfred Lambert Robert Lambert Cecil C. Leeks George T. R. Leeks William Leeks Sidney Ling Percy Lumley Frederick Makin Arthur Maskell Ernest Maskell Charles Mitchell Frederick Mower Frederick Mowles Albert Mulley William Mulley James H. Newman William J. Newson Frederick M. Oxford Stanley C. Oxford Gordon Peacock Alec Percy |
James Pryke Arthur K. Ramplin Frederick Ramplin Harry Ramplin George Revans Walter J. Robinson Percy Robinson Ernest Rolfe William Rolfe Joshua R. Rowley Stanley Scarff Charles J. Seager Thomas S. Smith Albert Toms John W. Tricker Cecil E. Vince Bertram H. Wallis Bertie Ward Charles B. Ward Ernest J. Ward Robert G. Ward William Welham Benjamin T. Whymark Ernest Whymark George E. Willis Walter I. Willis Albert S. Wright |
It is possible to look
these names up at the Commonwealth War Graves Commission Web site at www.cwgc.org
to find out more details. This is how the web site works.
The main page has a search
facility based on name, war, regiment, year of death, nationality and force. By
entering the names on the war memorial it is possible to find more details about
each person. This is how the search page looks:
Once the name has been
entered in and “World War 1” selected as the war, a list of search results
is displayed. This is how the search results page looks:
From the search results
page it is possible to view more details by clicking on the name. This is what
the more details page look like:
By checking the details it
is possible to identify if the person listed came from Hadleigh – typically
because the Additional Information section will mention Hadleigh, although
sometimes because the grave is Hadleigh.
Sometimes Hadleigh is not
mentioned, so a 100% positive identification is not possible, however it is
still possible to find someone whose name and details match – for example
their name and initials are correct and they fought in the Suffolk regiment.
Of the 110 men listed, it
was possible to positively identify 63 from Hadleigh because Hadleigh was
specifically mentioned in Additional Details or they are buried in Hadleigh. The
other 47 were identified as a “best fit” based on the details listed. The
criteria for a best fit were:
a)
the name and initials matched;
b)
they served in a local regiment, for example the Suffolk Regiment;
c)
they were not positively identified as coming from elsewhere, i.e.
additional details was empty.
Here are some statistics
of from the information found.
The average age of death
where an age is listed was 26.
The most common age of
death was 21.
A chart of age died is:
|
Age |
Number |
|
Not Specified |
37 |
|
18 |
2 |
|
19 |
6 |
|
20 |
2 |
|
21 |
9 |
|
22 |
4 |
|
23 |
4 |
|
24 |
7 |
|
25 |
6 |
|
26 |
2 |
|
27 |
3 |
|
28 |
6 |
|
29 |
5 |
|
30 |
4 |
|
31 |
1 |
|
32 |
4 |
|
34 |
1 |
|
36 |
1 |
|
37 |
1 |
|
40 |
1 |
|
45 |
2 |
|
48 |
1 |
|
49 |
1 |
Here is a chart showing
the number who died each year:
Year |
No. Died |
|
1914 |
4 |
|
1915 |
36 |
|
1916 |
18 |
|
1917 |
26 |
|
1918 |
18 |
|
1919 |
5 |
|
1920 |
3 |
Generally it could be
assumed that those who died after 1918 (the end of World War 1) died from their
wounds, however Stanley C. Oxford died in Russia in 1919, and hence was probably
fighting for the “White” Russians against the “Red” Communists.
Here is a chart showing
the number who died in each month of the war, where the total is more than two.
|
Month and Year |
Total who died |
|
Feb 1915 |
4 |
|
May 1915 |
5 |
|
Aug 1915 |
15 |
|
Sep 1915 |
3 |
|
Oct 1915 |
4 |
|
Jul 1916 |
6 |
|
Apr 1917 |
8 |
|
Jul 1917 |
3 |
|
Aug 1917 |
3 |
|
Oct 1917 |
4 |
|
Aug 1918 |
5 |
By far the majority of
soldiers served in the Suffolk Regiment.
|
Regiment |
No. |
|
Suffolk Regiment |
55 |
|
Royal Field Artillery |
4 |
|
Bedfordshire Regiment |
4 |
|
Essex Regiment |
4 |
|
King's Royal Rifle Corps |
2 |
|
West Yorkshire Regt. (Prince of Wales's Own) |
2 |
|
The Buffs (East Kent Regiment) |
2 |
|
Cambridgeshire Regiment |
2 |
|
Royal Warwickshire Regiment |
2 |
|
King's Own (Royal Lancaster Regt.) |
2 |
|
Rifle Brigade |
2 |
|
Honourable Artillery Company |
1 |
|
"H.M.S. ""Newmarket."", Royal
Naval Reserve" |
1 |
|
"H.M.S. ""Formidable."", Royal
Navy" |
1 |
|
"H.M.S. ""Bombala."", Royal
Navy" |
1 |
|
Grenadier Guards |
1 |
|
London Regiment |
1 |
|
Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry |
1 |
|
Manchester Regiment |
1 |
|
Devonshire Regiment |
1 |
|
Canadian Infantry (Quebec Regt.) |
1 |
|
ast Lancashire Regiment |
1 |
|
East Surrey Regiment |
1 |
|
Royal Army Medical Corps |
1 |
|
York and Lancaster Regiment |
1 |
|
The Queen's (Royal West Surrey Regt.) |
1 |
|
Suffolk Yeomanry |
1 |
|
Royal Scots Fusiliers |
1 |
|
Royal Garrison Artillery |
1 |
|
Royal Flying Corps |
1 |
|
London Regt (Queen Victoria's Rifles) |
1 |
|
Royal Army Service Corps |
1 |
|
London Regt (Finsbury Rifles) |
1 |
|
Northumberland Fusiliers |
1 |
|
North Staffordshire Regiment |
1 |
|
Norfolk Regiment |
1 |
|
Yorkshire Regiment |
1 |
|
London Regt (Queen's Westminster Rifles) |
1 |
|
Army Service Corps |
1 |
|
Royal Engineers |
1 |
The majority rank was
private.
|
Rank |
No |
|
Private |
75 |
|
Serjeant |
7 |
|
Lance Corporal |
7 |
|
Rifleman |
5 |
|
Driver |
3 |
|
Gunner |
2 |
|
Corporal |
2 |
|
Captain |
2 |
|
Second Lieutenant |
1 |
|
Lieutenant |
1 |
|
Leading Seaman |
1 |
|
Lance Serjeant |
1 |
|
Engineer Lieutenant |
1 |
|
Company Serjeant
Major |
1 |
|
Able Seaman |
1 |
It perhaps isn’t
surprising to find that most soldiers are buried in France and Belgium (i.e. the
Western Front), but a number are buried in the Middle East. Turkey is the
highest, others are buried in Israel, Iraq, Yemen and Egypt.
|
Country |
Number |
|
France |
49 |
|
Belgium |
19 |
|
Turkey |
17 |
|
United Kingdom |
13 |
|
Israel |
5 |
|
Iraq |
2 |
|
Yemen |
1 |
|
Russian Federation |
1 |
|
Italy |
1 |
|
India |
1 |
|
Egypt |
1 |
All of the 17 who died in
Turkey died in 1915, most in August 1915 – 12 on Saturday 21st
August 1915. Here are their details.
|
Name |
Date Died |
Age |
Details |
|
George Revans |
Thu 12 Aug 1915 |
32 |
Son of George Revans, of 51, George St., Hadleigh; husband
of Elizabeth Revans, of 132, Benton St., Hadleigh, Suffolk. |
|
Frederick Branch |
Thu 17 Aug 1915 |
unknown |
|
|
Arthur Maskell |
Sat 21 Aug 1915 |
unknown |
|
|
Frank Bloomfield |
Sat 21 Aug 1915 |
21 |
Son of Edgar Charles and Annie Elizabeth Bloomfield, of
58, High St., Hadleigh, Suffolk. |
|
Leonard Bloomfield |
Sat 21 Aug 1915 |
21 |
Son of William and Elizabeth Jane Bloomfield, of 113,
Benton St., Hadleigh, Suffolk. |
|
Herbert J. Chisnall |
Sat 21 Aug 1915 |
unknown |
|
|
Bertie Emmerson |
Sat 21 Aug 1915 |
25 |
Son of Mrs. Mary Ann Emmerson, of 19, New Cut, Hadleigh,
Suffolk. |
|
Thomas Frost |
Sat 21 Aug 1915 |
unknown |
|
|
Harry S. Griggs |
Sat 21 Aug 1915 |
unknown |
|
|
Robert Lambert |
Sat 21 Aug 19 |