Men of Hadleigh who Died in World War 1 - Statistics
A chart to
show the age of the soldiers when they died :
The
average age of death where an age is listed was 26.
The most
common (median) age of death was 21.
|
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 |

A chart to
show the year the soldiers died in:
The most common year to die in was 1915.
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 1915 |
25 |
Son
of George Lambert, of 147, Angel St., Hadleigh, Suffolk; husband of Lucy
Maria Lambert, of Wood Lodge, Hintlesham, Ipswich. |
|
Alfred
Lambert |
Sat
21 Aug 1915 |
29 |
Son
of George Lambert, of 147, Angel St., Hadleigh; husband of Eva Jessie
Osborne (formerly Lambert), of 108, Angel St., Hadleigh, Suffolk. |
|
Stanley
Scarff |
Sat
21 Aug 1915 |
19 |
Son
of Henry E. and Zoe Hill Scarff, of 109, High St., Hadleigh, Suffolk. |
|
Charles
B. Ward |
Sat
21 Aug 1915 |
20 |
Son
of Bennett and Elizabeth Ward, of 113, High St., Hadleigh, Suffolk. |
|
George
E. Willis |
Sat
21 Aug 1915 |
22 |
Son
of the late Edward Henry and Emma Willis, of 58, Benton St., Hadleigh,
Suffolk. |
|
Victor
Green |
Tue
05 Oct 1915 |
18 |
Son
of the late Joseph Collins. |
|
William
Mulley |
Fri
8 Oct 1915 |
unknown |
|
|
Frederick
Mowles |
Sat
30 Oct 1915 |
24 |
Son
of Mrs. Ellen Mowles, of Ancient Cottages, Kersey St., Hadleigh,
Suffolk. |
The
fighting in Turkey was part of the Gallipoli Campaign. The Encarta
encyclopaedia describes this campaign as follows:
Turkey entered the war on October 29, 1914, when Turkish warships cooperated with German warships in a naval bombardment of Russian Black Sea ports; Russia formally declared war on Turkey on November 2, and Great Britain and France followed suit on November 5. In December the Turks began an invasion of the Russian Caucasus region. The invasion was successful at its inception, but by August 1915 the hold that Turkish forces had gained had been considerably reduced. Turkish pressure in the area, however, impelled the Russian government early in 1915 to demand a diversionary attack by Great Britain on Turkey. In response, British naval forces under the command of General Sir Ian Hamilton bombarded the Turkish forts at the Dardanelles in February 1915, and between April and August, two landings of Allied troops took place on the Gallipoli Peninsula, one of British, Australian, and French troops in April, and one of several additional British divisions in August. The Allied purpose was to take the Dardanelles; however, strong resistance by Turkish troops and bad generalship on the part of the Allied command made the Gallipoli campaign a complete failure. The Allied troops were withdrawn in December 1915 and January 1916.
Total casualties for the campaign were: British and imperial forces, 205,000 out of a total of 410,000; French, 47,000 out of 79,000; and Turkish, about 250,000 out of 500,000. For Australia, the casualty rate was 27,594 (7,594 dead) out of a total of 50,000; for New Zealand 7,247 (2,701 dead) out of 8,556.
"Gallipoli
Campaign," Microsoft® Encarta® Encyclopedia 2000. © 1993-1999 Microsoft
Corporation. All rights reserved.
Two
brothers died on Saturday 21st August 1915, Robert (25) and Alfred
(29) Lambert, sons of Son of George Lambert,
of 147, Angel St., Hadleigh. Both were married. Both brothers are buried at the HELLES
MEMORIAL in Turkey.
Other
brothers who died were:
John
and Elizabeth Frances Betts, of Station Rd., Hadleigh, Suffolk lost their son
Charles on Sunday 21-Oct-1917 and their son John on Sunday 17-Nov-1918.
Walter and
Susan Leeks lost their son Cecil on Sunday
15th June 1919 and their son William on Saturday 13th
March 1920, they are both buried in Hadleigh Cemetery, so we could assume they
both died from their wounds.
Alfred
and Catherine Oxford, of I, Red Hill, Hadleigh, Suffolk lost their son Frederick
on Sunday 23rd July 1916, he is buried at the THIEPVAL MEMORIAL
Somme, France. They lost their son Stanley on Wednesday 18th June
1919, he is buried at Murmansk New British Cemetery
in the Russian Federation.
Frederick
and Eliza Ramplin, of 33, New Cut, Hadleigh, Suffolk lost their son Henry on
Tuesday 16th Feb 1915, he is buried At Ypres (Menin Gate) Memorial
Leper, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium. They lost their son Arthur on Friday 26th
Apr 1918, he is listed at the Chatham Naval Memorial Kent, United Kingdom.
There
were two “only sons” listed as killed:
·
Henry
E. Barr was the only son of Arthur Edwin and Alice Maria Barr, of "Hill
View," Hadleigh, Suffolk;
·
Edmund
G. D. Fromant was the only son of Harry and Emily Fromant, of Guthrum House,
Hadleigh, Suffolk.
There
were two listed with medals.
Bertram
H. Wallis is listed as Bertram Henry Wallis
MC, “MC” stands for Military Cross. He was the “husband of Margaret
Ellen Wallis, of 1, High St., Hadleigh, Suffolk”. He was a Captain of the
Cambridgeshire Regiment and died at the age of 28 on Wednesday, 18th
September 1918. He is buried at Epehy Wood Farm Cemetery, Epehy Somme, France.
Robert
G. Ward is listed as Robert George Ward MM,
“MM” stands for “Military Medal”. He was the “son of Hannah Maria
Ward, of 1, Gallows Hill, Hadleigh, Suffolk, and the late John Ward”. He was a
Lance Corporal in the Grenadier Guards and died at the age of 27 on Sunday 26th
May 1918. He is buried at Ayette British Cemetery, Pas de Calais, France.
Finally, here are the full details of those listed on the Hadleigh War Memorial,
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