|   HITCHIN 
        GRAMMAR SCHOOL WORLD WAR 1 WAR MEMORIALWorld War 1 - Roll of Honour 
        with detailed informationCompiled and copyright © Martin Edwards 2009
 additional information Andrew Spooner - Skylark Battlefield Tours
 Peter Saville
  
         The 
          Hitchin Grammar School World War 1 memorial takes the form of a stained 
          glass window in the Boys School Library, Grammar School Walk, Hitchin. 
          The names here have been taken from the Roll of Honour published in 
          the Hitchin Grammar School Chronicle, Spring Number 1921. 
            Hitchin 
        Grammar SchoolRoll of Honour 1914–18
 
         
          | BAILEY | Eric 
              Henry Platt | Lieutenant, 
              206th Squadron, Royal Air Force. Died 11th NOvember 1918. Aged 20. 
              Son of James Henry and Esther Bailey, of 43, The Ridgeway, Enfield, 
              Middx. Attended the school between the years 1911 and 1913. Buried 
              in LINSELLES COMMUNAL CEMETERY, Nord, France. British. Section D. 
              Grave 5.  |   
          | BARKER | Maurice 
              Thompson | Private 
              4577, Friend's Ambulance Unit, British Red Cross Society. Died 29th 
              September 1915. Aged 18. Son of Frank and the late Lucy Barker, 
              of Hitchin, Herts. Buried in ABBEVILLE COMMUNAL CEMETERY, Somme, 
              France. Plot II. Row D. Grave 19. See also Hitchin 
              War memorial |   
          | BOWMAN | Harold | [Listed 
              as Private on SDGW] Lance Corporal SPTS/828, 23rd Battalion, Royal 
              Fusiliers (City of London Regiment). Died of wounds 2nd August 1916. 
              Aged 19. Born Storfold (sic - Stotfold), Bedfordshire, enlisted 
              London, resident Hitchin. Son of J. H. and Florence Mary Bowman, 
              of Hitchin, Herts. Buried in ABBEVILLE COMMUNAL CEMETERY, Somme, 
              France. Plot VI. Row F. Grave 14. See also Hitchin 
              War memorial |   
          | BOWMAN | Hugh 
              James | Second 
              Lieutenant, 16th Battalion, Duke of Cambridge's Own (Middlesex Regiment). 
              Killed in action 10th January 1916. Aged 22. Son of Ernest and Ellen 
              Bowman, of 44, The Avenue, Hitchin, Herts. Buried in CAMBRIN MILITARY 
              CEMETERY, Pas de Calais, France. Section E. Grave 8. See also Hitchin 
              War memorial |   
          | BROWN | Norman 
              Algernon | Second 
              Lieutenant, 4th Battalion, Royal Fusiliers. Died on 2 March 1919. 
              Age 21. Son of Alice Tipple (formerly Brown), of Ladbrooke, Biggleswade, 
              and the late John Albert Brown. Buried in Biggleswade Town Cemetery, 
              Biggleswade. Grave 3459. See also Biggleswade 
              and Biggleswade 
              Cemetery |   
          | CARRYER | Charles 
              Ivan | Second 
              Lieutenant East Yorkshire Regiment and Royal Flying Corps. Killed 
              18th August 1916. Aged 18. Son of Charles Barrowdale Carryer and 
              Marian Carryer, of 176, London Rd., Leicester. Buried in WELFORD 
              ROAD CEMETERY, LEICESTER, Leicestershire. Grave reference C. "U." 
              252. |   
          | CORNWELL | John 
              George | Private 
              6930, 11th Battalion, Royal Fusiliers (City of London Regiment). 
              Died of wounds 29th June 1916. Aged 22. Born and enlisted Hitchin, 
              resident Silsoe, Bedfordshire. Son of William John and L. Cornwell, 
              of Silsoe, Ampthill, Beds. Buried in DIVE COPSE BRITISH CEMETERY, 
              SAILLY-LE-SEC, , France. Plot II. Row A. Grave 21. See also Silsoe 
              Memorial under Jack Cornwell and Hitchin 
              Memorial |   
          | DARRINGTON | William 
              Arthur | Private 
              25247, 22nd Battalion, Royal Fusiliers (City of London Regiment). 
              Killed in action 27th July 1916. Born Tottenham, enlisted Finchley, 
              resident Church End, Finchley. No known grave. Commemorated on THIEPVAL 
              MEMORIAL, Somme, France. Pier and Face 8 C 9 A and 16 A. [Connection 
              with school unknown - this is the only W A DARRINGTON] |   
          | EDWARDS | William 
              Winter  | Lance 
              Corporal G/12821, 1st Battalion, The Buffs (East Kent Regiment). 
              Died of wounds 13th April 1918. Aged 20. Born Dalston, Middlesex, 
              enlisted Welwyn, Hertfordshire, resident Whetstone, Middlesex. Son 
              of Albert Samuel and Emily Edwards, of 44, Pollard Rd., Oakleigh 
              Park, Middlesex, London. Native of High Welwyn, Herts. Buried in 
              LIJSSENTHOEK MILITARY CEMETERY, Poperinge, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium. 
              Plot XXVI. Row F. Grave 11. |   
          | ELLIS | Thomas 
              William | Sergeant 
              17264, 4th [1st on memorial] Battalion, Bedfordshire Regiment. Killed 
              in action Friday, 27th September 1918 in France & Flanders. 
              Age 25. Born Hitchin and enlisted Hitchin, Herts, resident Walsworth, 
              Herts. Son of Samuel Aubrey and Emily Susan Ellis, of Willian, Letchworth, 
              Herts. Buried in Moeuvres Communal Cemetery Extension, Nord, France. 
              Plot I. Row A. Grave 39.  
              See also Hitchin War memorial and Willian 
              War Memorial and Letchworth War Memorial |   
          | FILE | H 
              W  | No 
              further information currently available. See also Hitchin 
              War memorial |   
          | FOWLER | Alfred 
              Charles Garrett | Second 
              Lieutenant, 215th Squadron. Royal Air Force. Died 21st September 
              1918. Aged 19. Son of the late Alfred and Fanny Fowler, of Hitchin, 
              Herts. No known grave. Commemorate don ARRAS FLYING SERVICES MEMORIAL, 
              Pas de Calais, France. See also Hitchin War 
              memorial |   
          | GELAS | Pierre 
              Louis | 2nd 
              Class 13016, 150th Infantry Regiment, Fench Army. Killed in action 
              22 April 1916. Born 9 September 1895 at St Etienne, Loire, France. |   
          | GILBERTSON | Graham 
              Sydney | Second 
              Lieutenant, 4th Battalion attached 7th Battalion, Bedfordshire Regiment. 
              Killed in action 28th November 1917. Aged 19. Son of James H. and 
              Beatrice M. Gilbertson, of Hitchin, Herts. No known grave. Commemorated 
              on TYNE COT MEMORIAL, Zonnebeke, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium. Panel 
              48 to 50 and 162A. See also Hitchin War memorial |   
          | GODDARD | Philip 
              Henry Thomas | Second 
              Lieutenant, 11th Battalion, Royal Fusiliers (City of London Regiment). 
              Killed in action 26th September 1916. Son of Mr. H. B. Goddard, 
              of 215, Icknield Way, Letchworth, Herts. No known grave. Commemorated 
              on THIEPVAL MEMORIAL, Somme, France. Pier and Face 8 C 9 A and 16 
              A. See also Letchworth War Memorial  |   
          | GOODMAN | Joseph 
              aka Joe | Second 
              Lieutenant, 5th Batalion (Territorial), King's Own (Royal Lancashire 
              Regiment) attached 10th Battalion, The Loyal North Lancashire Regiment. 
              Killed in action 11th of April 1917. Aged 20. Son of Joseph and 
              Margaret Goodman, of 7, Palace Square, Upper Norwood, now of South 
              Villa, 98, Ramsden Rd., Balham, London. A notably fine sportsman 
              in both the first 11 for cricket and principle bowler, vice captain 
              of the football team and a decent swimmer in his own right. No known 
              grave. Commemorated on ARRAS MEMORIAL, Pas de Calais, France. Bay 
              2.  |   
          | HIGGINS | Arthur 
              Aken | Captain, 
              Royal Army Veterinary Corps attached 115th Brigade, Royal Field 
              Artillery. Died 25th October 1918. Aged 32. Son of Mildred Akin 
              Higgins, of Harrow, Middx. Buried in DOIRAN MILITARY CEMETERY, Greece. 
              Plot V. Row H. Grave 9. |   
          | ISAAC | Albert 
              Henry  | [Also 
              listed as Henry Alfred, Henry Albert and Alfred Henry] Private 15933, 
              Bedfordshire Regiment. Died 25 June 1916. Aged 19. Originally born 
              Henry Albert Isaac, birth registered in the Hitchin Registration 
              District in the April to June Quarter 1897. In the 1901 census he 
              is living with his wiodowed father, Henry, aged 4, born Hertfordshire, 
              resident Brook End, St Ippolyts, Ippollitts, Hitchin. IN the 1911 
              cenus his father Henry had married Elizabeth, he was aged 14, at 
              schoool, born Ippolletts, Hertfordshire, resident Brook End, St 
              Ippolyts Hitchin. Buried in ASHFORD CEMETERY, Kent. Grave 7125. |   
          | KELLY | Edward 
              Rowley  | Second 
              Lieutenant, 3rd Battalion, Border Regiment attached Lancashire Fusiliers. 
              Killed in action 7th July 1915. Aged 17. Son of the late Lieut. 
              Edward Kelly (R.N.) and Mrs. Ethel Kelly. No known grave. Commemorated 
              on YPRES (MENIN GATE) MEMORIAL, Ieper, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium. 
              Panel 35. |   
          | LEETE | Frank 
              Evelyn | Second 
              Lieutenant, 9th (County of London) Battalion (Queen Victoria Rifles), 
              London Regiment. Died of wounds 10th December 1917. Buried in HITCHIN 
              CEMETERY, Hertfordshire. East Extension. Plot L. Row XXIV. Grave 
              B. See also Hitchin War memorial |   
          | LEETE | Stanley 
              Herbert | Lance 
              Corporal 12866, 6th Battalion, Bedfordshire Regiment. Killed in 
              action 25th June 1916. Aged 21. Born, resident and enlisted Hitchin. 
              Son of Ernest and Mary Leete, of 57, Walsworth Rd., Hitchin. Buried 
              in BIENVILLERS MILITARY CEMETERY, Pas de Calais, France. Plot IV. 
              Row C. Grave 1. See also Hitchin War memorial |   
          | NEWTON | Edward 
              aka Teddy | Private 
              723491, 24th (County of London) Battalion (The Queens), London Regiment. 
              Died of wounds 9 June 1917. Aged 24. Born Lambeth, enlisted Lambeth, 
              resident Brixton. Son of Mrs. E. F Newton of 135 Stockwell Park 
              Rd. London. Formerly 3926, 2/5th Battalion, East Kent Regiment. 
              Buried in BOULOGNE EASTERN CEMETERY, Pas de Calais, France. Plot 
              IV. Row B. Grave 50.  |   
          | PARKER | Samuel 
              John  | Gunner 
              139404, 353rd Siege Battery, Royal Garrison Artillery. Killed in 
              action 16 June 1917. Aged 36. Enlisted Harrow. Husband of Florence 
              Maud Parker, of 44, Merivale Rd., Harrow, Middx. Born in Hitchin. 
              Buried in BERKS CEMETERY EXTENSION, Hainaut, Belgium. Plot II. Row 
              D. Grave 14. |   
          | SPURR | Anthony 
              George | Private 
              2924, 13th (County of London) Battalion (Princess Louise's Kensington 
              Battalion), London Regiment. Killed in action 9th May 1915. Aged 
              26. Enlisted Kensington, resident Watford. Son of George E. and 
              Ethel Mary Spurr, of "Dowlands," Wymondley Rd., Hitchin, 
              Herts. No known grave. Commemorated on PLOEGSTEERT MEMORIAL, Comines-Warneton, 
              Hainaut, Belgium. Panel 10. See also Hitchin 
              War memorial |   
          | SPURR | Douglas 
              Bateman  | [Listed 
              as Douglas Bertram SPUR on SDGW] Private 2116, 4th Battalion, Queen's 
              Own Cameron Highlanders. Killed in action 10th March 1915. Aged 
              19. Enlisted London, Middlesex (sic), resident Hitchin. Son of George 
              Edmondson and Ethel Mary Spurr, of "Dowlands", Wymondley 
              Rd., Hitchin, Herts. No known grave. Commemorated on LE TOURET MEMORIAL, 
              Pas de Calais, France. Panel 41 and 42. See also Hitchin 
              War memorial |   
          | SPURR | Walter 
              Guiness | [Listed 
              as Walter Gunnis SPURR on CWGC] Corporal 16678, 8th Battalion, Bedfordshire 
              Regiment. Killed in action 22nd August 1916. Aged 25. Born and resident 
              Hitchin, enlisted Westminster, Middlesex. Son of George E. and Ethel 
              Mary Spurr (nee Cropper), of 14/15, Market Place, Hitchin, Herts. 
              Buried in ENGLEBELMER COMMUNAL CEMETERY, Somme, France. Plot I. 
              Row D. Grave 6. See also Hitchin War memorial |   
          | WALCH | James 
              Bernard Millard | Second 
              Lieutenant, 2nd Battalion, The Queen's (Royal West Surrey Regiment). 
              Killed in action 25th September 1915. No known grave. Commemorated 
              on LOOS MEMORIAL, Pas de Calais, France. Panel 13 to 15. |   
          | WELSH | Cyril 
              Clifton | Captain, 
              "D" Battery, 256th Brigade, Royal Field Artillery. Killed 
              in action 17th July 1917. Aged 29. Husband of Nellie Florence Welsh, 
              of 8, Macaulay Rd., East Ham, London. Buried in POPERINGHE NEW MILITARY 
              CEMETERY, Poperinge, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium. Plot II. Row D. Grave 
              33. [Connection with school unknown - this is the only C C WELSH] |   
          | WILLATS | Alton 
              Henry | Captain, 
              2nd/5th Battalion, York and Lancaster Regiment. Killed in action 
              7th September 1917. Buried in FAVREUIL BRITISH CEMETERY, Pas de 
              Calais, France. Plot I. Row D. Grave 30. |   
          | WILLATS | Horace 
              Lennan | Captain, 
              7th Battalion, East Yorkshire Regiment. Died 17th December 1916. 
              Buried in HIGHGATE CEMETERY, Middlesex. Grave reference 79. 40479. |   
          | WOODS | John 
              William | Captain, 
              2nd Battalion, King's Own (Yorkshire Light Infantry). Killed in 
              action 14th April 1917. Aged 24. Son of Sarah Woods, of 27, Barkway 
              St., Royston, Herts, and the late Charles Woods. Awarded the Military 
              Cross (M.C.). Buried in CHAPELLE BRITISH CEMETERY, HOLNON, Aisne, 
              France. Plot III. Row B. Grave 9. |   
          | WRIGHT | Edmund 
              Lancelot | [Second 
              Lieutenant on SDGW] Captain, 7th Battalion, King's (Shropshire Light 
              Infantry). Died of wounds 16th July 1916. Aged 32. Son of Fredrick 
              Ashfield Wright and Ann Wright, of Hitchin; husband of Elizabeth 
              Helen Wright, of Moor Mead Hill, Hitchin, Herts. Buried in LA NEUVILLE 
              BRITISH CEMETERY, CORBIE, Somme, France. Plot I. Row C. Grave 7. 
              See also Hitchin War memorial |  Last updated 
        24 January, 2016
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