From September
1939, Hatfield House was used as a military hospital. A small section
of the park was enclosed and laid out as a cemetery for burials from
this hospital, which was in use throughout the war. Hatfield Park War
Cemetery contains 20 graves from the Second World War, together with
the grave of a civilian airman, a flight test observer, who died in
1943. In addition, a special memorial headstone commemorates one casualty
buried in the redundant churchyard of Digswell (St. John), Welwyn Garden
City, whose grave could no longer be maintained.
ASKEY
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Herbert
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Gunner
1481454. 115 Battery, 26 Lt. A.A. Regt. Royal Artillery. Died on
8th December 1939. Aged 39. Son of Martha Askey; nephew
of Thomas Askey, of Harpur Hill, Buxton, Derbyshire.
1481454
GUNNER H. ASKEY
ROYAL ARTILLERY
8TH DECEMBER 1939 AGE 39
REST IN PEACE
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BIRD
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Walter
Fuller
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Lance
Serjeant 2047523. 334 Battery, 33 (19th County of London Regt.)
Searchlight Regiment. Royal Artillery. Died on 22nd December
1940.
2O47523
L.SJT W.F. BIRD
33RD SEARCHLIGHT REGT.
ROYAL ARTILLERY
LATELY 19th CO. OF LONDON REGT.
22nd DECEMBER 1940
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BROOM
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Wilfred
Henry
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Squadron
Leader (Nav.) 64898. Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve. Died on
12th May 1944. Aged 24. Son of James and Elsie Hazelden
Broom, of Streatham, London.
SQUADRON
LEADER
W.H.
BROOM
NAVIGATOR
ROYAL AIR FORCE
12TH
MAY 1944. AGE 24.
A WONDERFUL MEMORY
BUT A SAD LOSS
TO HIS FAMILY
AND BROTHER OFFICERS
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BROWNSELL
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John
Stewart
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Sergeant
(W.Op./Air Gnr.) 748564. 500 Squadron Royal Air Force Volunteer
Reserve. Died on 16th January 1942. Aged 21. Son of Walter
Ernley Brownsell and Hannah Anderson Brownsell, of Wymondham, Norfolk.
748564
SERGEANT J.S. BROWNSELL
WIRELESS OP/ AIR GUNNER
ROYAL AIR FORCE
16th JANUARY 1942 Age 21
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BUDLER
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John
Frederick Cartwright
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Driver
T/330106. Royal Army Service Corps. Died on 13th December
1943. Aged 43. Son of William Henry Budler, and of Beatrice Christine
Budler (nee Cartwright).
T/330106
DRIVER J.F.C. BUDLER
ROYAL ARMY SERVICE CORPS
13th DECEMBER 1943 AGE 43.
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BULLICK
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Ralph
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Private
D/35439. 31st (H.D.) Battalion Suffolk Regiment. Died on 26th
February 1942. Aged 51. Son of Thomas and Elizabeth Bullick.
D/35439
PRIVATE R. BULLICK
THE SUFFOLK REGT.
26th FEBRUARY 1942 AGE 51
PEACE PERFECT PEACE
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CHANDLER
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Arthur
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Private
D/41113. 9th (H.D.) Battalion Suffolk Regiment. Died on 9th
September 1941.
D/41113
PRIVATE A. CHANDLER
THE SUFFOLK REGT.
9TH SEPTEMBER 1941
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DIXON
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Sidney
George
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Private
5381513. 2nd Battalion Oxford and Bucks Light Infantry.
Died on 16th January 1941.
5381513
PRIVATE S.G. DIXON
BUCKINGHAMSHIRE BATT.
OXFORD& BUCKS.L.I.
16TH JANUARY 1941
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EAGLES
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Arthur
Henry
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Corporal
2588477. Royal Corps of Signals. Died on 21st September
1941.
2588477
CORPORAL A.H. EAGLES
ROYAL SIGNALS
21ST SEPTEMBER 1941
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EDWARDS
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C.
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Serjeant
D/35244. Royal Fusiliers (City of London Regt.). Died on 28th
May 1946. Aged 24.
D/35244
SERJEANT
C EDWARDS
THE ROYAL FUSILIERS
28th MAY 1946 AGE 24
A WONDERFUL MEMORY, BUT A SAD LOSS
TO HIS FAMILY AND BROTHER OFFICERS
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HOAD
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James
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Private
13036918. Pioneer Corps of Canada. Died on 24th January
1944. Son of Frederick and Odile Hoad; husband of Constance Hoad,
of Tottenham, Middlesex.
13036918
PRIVATE J.HOAD
OF CANADA PIONEER CORPS
24th JANUARY 1944
TU ES PARTI, MAIS EN SOUVENIR
NOUS SERONS ENSEMBLE TOUJOURS.
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JONES
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Douglas
Walter
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Private
5498167. 5th Battalion Hampshire Regiment. Died on 11th
December 1940.
5498167
PRIVATE D.W. JONES
THE HAMPSHIRE REGT.
11 DECEMBER 1940
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JONES
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Albert
Joseph
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Warrant
Officer Class I (R.S.M.) 4966735. Corps of Military Police. Died
on 6th August 1943. Aged 38.
Son
of Joseph and Elizabeth Jones; husband of Muriel Mabel Jones.
4966735
WO.1. (RSM) A.J. JONES
CORPS OF MILITARY POLICE
6TH AUGUST 1943 AGE 38
PEACE PERFECT PEACE
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KNUDSON
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Kenneth
Anderson
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Leading
Aircraftman (Pilot U/T) 657973. City of London Yeomanry (Rough Riders)
formerly of the 43rd, Royal Air Force. Died on 8th
October 1941. Aged 25. Son of Henry Alfred and Gertrude Mary Knudson,
of Chingford, Essex
657973
LDG AIRCRAFTMAN
K.A. KNUDSON
U/T. PILOT ROYAL AIR FORCE
8th OCTOBER 1941 AGE 25
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MOORE
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William
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Leading
Aircraftman (Pilot U/T) 1033313. Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve.
Died on 2nd September 1941. Aged 18. Son of William and
Phyllis Caroline Moore, of Leyton, Essex.
1033313
LDG. AIRCRAFTMAN.
W. MOORE
ROYAL AIR FORCE
2ND SEPTEMBER 1941 AGE 18
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SCROPE
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J.H.F.
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J.H.F.
SCROPE
23rd AUGUST 1943
AGE 24
FLIGHT TEST OBSERVER
THE DE HAVILLAND AIRCRAFT COMPANY LIMITED
REST
IN PEACE
(Not
recorded on CWGC)
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SEYDERHELM
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Ernest
Edward
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Lance
Serjeant 13058745. Royal Army Ordnance Corps. Died on 18th
June 1946. Aged 31. Son of Harriet Alice Seyderhelm, of Hertford.
13058745
L SJT
E.E. SEYDERHELM
ROYAL ARMY ORDINANCE CORPS
18th JUNE 1946 AGE 31
IN MEMORY'S GARDEN DEAR SON,
WE MEET EVERY DAY
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SMART
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Albert
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Gunner
951930. 94 (The Dorset and Hampshire Yeomanry) Field Regiment, Royal
Artillery. Died on 8th August 1940. Aged 21. Son of Mr.
and Mrs. R. Smart, of Camberwell, London.
951930
GUNNER A SMART
94th (DORSET & HANTS)
FIELD REGT. ROYAL ARTILLERY
8th AUGUST 1940 AGE 21
SLEEP ON BELOVED AND TAKE THY REST,
WE LOVED THEE WELL.
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WALSH
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Joseph
Samuel
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Lance
Corporal 6977525. Corps of Military Police. Died on 7th
November 1940. Aged 25. Son of Andrew and Mary E. Walsh, of Castlederg,
Co. Tyrone, Northern Ireland.
6977525
L. CPL. J. WALSH
CORPS OF MILITARY POLICE
7th NOVEMBER 1940 AGE 25.
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WILLIAMS
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Thomas
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Private
14226813. Royal Army Medical Corps. Died on 27th February
1943
14226813
PRIVATE T WILLIAMS
ROYAL ARMY MEDICAL CORPS
27th FEBRUARY 1943
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WILMOT
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W.J.J.
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W.J.J.
WILMOT PETTY OFFICER R.N.
P/KX93764
H.M.S. AURORA
6th AUGUST 1947 AGE 27
BURIED
IN ST JOHN CHURCHYARD DIGSWELL
(Not recorded on CWGC)
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WILSON
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John
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Staff
Serjeant 2037265. 301 Battery, 26 Searchlight Regiment Royal Artillery.
Died on 2nd February 1942. Aged 38. Son of John Benjamin
and Fanny Wilson; husband of Florence Gertrude Wilson, of Bexleyheath,
Kent.
2037265
S.SJT J. WILSON
ROYAL ARTILLERY
2nd FEBRUARY 1942 AGE 51
IN LOVING MEMORY OF MY DEAR HUSBAND
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