Hadleigh WW1 - Statisics

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 21^st 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.

Two brothers died on Saturday 21^st 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 15^th June 1919 and their son William on Saturday 13^th 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 23^rd July 1916, he is buried at the THIEPVAL MEMORIAL Somme, France. They lost their son Stanley on Wednesday 18^th 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 16^th Feb 1915, he is buried At Ypres (Menin Gate) Memorial Leper, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium. They lost their son Arthur on Friday 26^th 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, 18^th 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 26^th 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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