Lance Corporal 16750, 1st Battalion, Bedfordshire Regiment. Died of wounds Tuesday, 5th November 1918 in France & Flanders. Age 24. Born Arlesey, enlisted and resident Letchworth. Son of William and Fanny Brown, of 2, Ridge Avenue, Letchworth, Herts. Buried in north-west part of JOLIMETZ COMMUNAL CEMETERY, Nord, France.

Message from Michael Cross - 14th April 2002: "I was at this man's grave recently (no personal connection; I visit Jolimetz most years) and thought I would mention to you that his grave receives a poppy each Remembrance Sunday from some locals who were originally from England. His is a lonely grave, being the only CWG in a French Communal Cemetery. I visit this place only because my Granddad was there in 1918 - L/C Brown's grave is the only obvious sign that the war passed this way. The adjoining Forest of Mormal has rather more significance in relation to the Great War."

See also Willian and Arlesey.

Sapper 522042, Royal Engineers. Died 1st March 1919. Aged 45. Husband of Rose Alice Cook, of 17, Common View Square, Letchworth, Herts. Buried in Kem. Cemetery, Murman, Special Memorial B.6. in MURMANSK NEW BRITISH CEMETERY, Russian Federation.

Private 203926, 1st Battalion, Bedfordshire Regiment. Died of wounds 6th October 1917 in France & Flanders. Aged 20. Born Highbury, Middlesex, enlisted Hitchin, resident Letchworth. Son of Edwin John and Laura Dollimore, of 10, Rushby Mead, Letchworth, Herts. Buried in GODEWAERSVELDE BRITISH CEMETERY, Nord, France. Plot I Row L Grave 42.

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. Grave I. A. 39. See also Hitchin Grammar School WW1 Memorial and Hitchin War Memorial and Willian War Memorial

PPrivate 33126, 6th Battalion, Leicestershire Regiment. Killed in action 27 May 1918. Born Horseheath, Cambridgeshire, enlisted Luton, Beds. Son of George and Maria Mynott. Resident at 110 Ridge Road, Letchworth. In the 1911 census he is listed as aged 14, a Core Maker, born 1897 Limbris, Cambs (sic). Formerly 6574, Bedfordshire Regiment. Buried in TERLINCTHUN BRITISH CEMETERY, WIMILLE, Pas de Calais, France. Plot XVI. Row A. Grave 16.

There is a British Army WW1 Service Record for him although this gives him as deceased in 1917 although later the date is given as missing 27 May 1918. This may account for his appearance in the Leicestershire Regiment and he may have presumed missing in action at the time. At the time of enlistment his address is given as 62 Park Road, Luton, an iron Moulder, aged 19 years 6 months. He enlisted 23 February 1916 in the 5th Battalion, Bedfordshire Regiment, his service number 6574. The papers have his father, George Mynott, of 110 Ridge Road, Letchworth, crossed out as next of kin and his Uncle Charles, of 62 Park Corner, Luton substituted. He was 5 feet 2½ inches, girth 35 inches. He was on home duty until 29 November 1916 and joined the BEF 30 November 1916. His mother was deceased at the time he enlisted. The next page of documents give him as embarked at Folkestone with 3rd Battalion, Leicestershire Regiment and joining the 8th battalion on 12 December 1916. he appears to have suffered gunshot wounds on several occasions during 1917.The memorial scroll is acknowledged as being received by his father, George Mynott, 26 June 1920. His place of birth on his Medical History is given as Horseheath, Cambridgeshire. Further statistics show him as 112lbs. The note for his belongings then give him as belonging to the 6th Battalion, Leicestershire Regiment. He has a black mark against his name when he was convicted on 24 May 1916 at Luton with 21 days hard labour to Bedford Prison for assaulting a Police Constable.

Private 5951842, 5th Battalion, Bedfordshire & Hertfordshire Regiment. Died at sea, drowned aboard the Toyofuku Maru prisoner ship en route to Japan when sunk by aircraft off Luzon 21st September 1944. Aged 25. Son of Mr & Mrs Percy Angell. Commemorated on SINGAPORE MEMORIAL, Kranji War Cemetery, Singapore. Column 62.

Gunner 923527, 135 (The Hertfordshire Yeomanry) Field Regiment, Royal Artillery. Died as a Prisoner of War 9 April 1945. Aged 24. Son of William Henry and Alice Eliza Brown, of Letchworth, Hertfordshire; husband of Elsie Joan Brown, of Letchworth. Buried in KRANJI WAR CEMETERY, Kranji, Singapore. Plot 25. Row D. Grave 9.

Gunner 923479, 135 (The Hertfordshire Yeomanry) Field Regiment, Royal Artillery. Died as a Prisoner of War of the Japanese 12 September 1944. Aged 24. Son of Victor and Fanny Chapman, of Letchworth, Hertfordshire. No known grave. Commemorated on SINGAPORE MEMORIAL, Kranji War Cemetery, Singapore. Column 36.

[Listed on memorial as ENTWISTLE] Captain 165995, 2nd/7th Battalion, Duke of Cambridge's Own (Middlesex Regiment). Killed in action in Italy 8 February 1944. Born 12 December 1912 in Hertfordshire, resident Hertfordshire. Son of J. Entwistle of Bedford Park Road, St Albans, Hertfordshire. Attended Felsted Junior House (now preparatory School) and Felsted School January 1924 to December 1930. Last known address St Albans, Broadway, Letchworth, Herts. In the 1939 Register he was unmarried, a Technical Director Rubber Company, resident "St. Albans," Broadway, Letchworth U.D., Hertfordshire. Buried in ANZIO WAR CEMETERY, Italy. Plot II. Row M. Grave 1.

 

Felsted School - Windsor House - 1930

Private 5831312, 2nd Battalion, Cambridgeshire Regiment. Drowned as a Japanese Prisoner of War when being transported on a Hell Ship (Toyofuku [Hofuku] Maru) to be a slave in Japan and the ship was sunk by planes from American Aircraft Carrier, 80 miles north of Corregidor, 21 September 1944. Aged 28. Son of Joseph and Jessie White, of Letchworth, Hertfordshire. No known grave. Commemorated on SINGAPORE MEMORIAL, Kranji War Cemetery, Singapore. Column 62.

[Listed as YEATES on CWGC] Second Lieutenant 308997, "A" Squadron, 153rd (8th Battalion, The Essex Regiment) Regiment, Royal Armoured Corps. Died 16th July 1944. Aged 29. Born 5 April 1915 at Kelvedon, Essex. Baptised 25 April 1915 at Kelvedon, Essex. Son of Harry Winston Yeates and Alicia Maude Yeates; husband of Muriel Irene Yeates, of King’s Langley, Hertfordshire. Married Muriel Irene Dock 11 February 1939 at All Saints Church, Kings Langley. Police Constable 318 with Hertfordshire Police before serving. Buried in BANNEVILLE-LA-CAMPAGNE WAR CEMETERY, Calvados, France. Plot VII. Row E. Grave 10.

See also Herts Past Policing for a complete biography

Corporal 5989620, 7th Battalion, Hampshire Regiment. Fought at Nijmegen where he sustained wounds from which he died 3rd October 1944. Aged 22. Son of John Andrew and Mary Young, of Letchworth; husband of Ellen Johanna Young, of Poplar, London. Formerly served with Hertfordshire Territorials and the Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire Regiment before being transferred to the Hampshire Regiment. Buried in JONKERBOS WAR CEMETERY, Gelderland, Netherlands. Plot 13. Row C. Grave 8.

Photograph courtesy of Trina Macaulay 2021