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EDGWARE WAR MEMORIAL

World War 1 - Detailed information
Compiled & Copyright © Dai Bevan 2008
researched by Terry Gibbs

The memorial is located on the High Street, Edgware. It takes the form of a Celctic Cross on a three stepped base. There are 65 names for World War 1 and none for World War 2. It was unveiled 27th March 1920; the money for its erection were raised by public subcription, £435.

From an old postcard

Photographs (below) Copyright © Dai Bevan 2008

FOR REMEMBRANCE
1914
1915
1918
1919
LET US HERE HIGHLY RESOLVE THAT THESE HEROIC DEAD
SHALL NOT HAVE DIED IN VAIN
GREATER LOVE HATH NO MAN THAN THIS THAT A MAN LAY DOWN HIS LIFE FOR HIS FRIENDS.
HE THAT LOSETH HIS LIFE FOR MY SAKE SHALL FIND IT.

1914

 

BOARDMAN

Joseph Livsey
Private L/7627, 1st Battalion, Royal Fusiliers, London Regiment. Formerly 722 4th Middlesex Regt. Killed in action 18th October 1914. Aged 34. Born Birmingham/Kilburn. Resident Kilburn, enlisted London. Husband of A. M. Boardman of 10 Lindsay Cottages, Burnt Oak, Edgware, Middlesex. In the 1891 census he was aged 11, a scholar, resident with his parents, Joseph and Helen J Boardman, at Netherwood Street, Hampstead, London, Middlesex. Awarded the Tibet Medal for serving during the Tibet Mission 1903-1904. No known grave. Commemorated on PLOEGSTREET MEMORIAL, Hainault, Belgium. Panel 3.

FRAMPTON

John Howard
Lance Corporal 5192,1st Battalion, Scots Guards. Killed in action 21st October 1914. Aged 39. Born Sandown Isle of Wight, resident Sandown, enlisted Portsmouth. Son of the late Edmund and Sarah Frampton of Sandown, Isle of Wight. Husband of Clara A. C. Frampton (nee Alp), of 1 Harefield Villas, High Road, Edgware, Middx, married 1905. In the 1911 census he was aged 35, born Sandown, Isle of Wight, a Tramway Motor Man, married to Claras Alice, resident 1 Harefield Villas, High Road, Edgware, Hendon, Middlesex. No known grave. Commemorated om YPRES (MENIN GATE) MEMORIAL, Belgium. Panel 11.

Extract from De Ruvigny's Roll of Hononour 1914-1918, volume 2, page 125:

FRAMPTON, JOHN HOWARD, L.-Corpl., No. 5192, 1st Battn. Scots Guards ; enlisted 14 Jan. 1904 ; served with the Expeditionary Force ; killed in action 21 Oct. 1914. He m. at St. George's, Hanover Square, Clara Alice, dau. of (—) Alp.

WAINWRIGHT

Geoffrey Chauner

2nd Lieutenant, 1st Battalion (48th Foot), The Northamptonshire Regiment. Died 22nd December 1914. Aged 19. Born Camberwell. Son of Charles Henry and Amy Grace Wainwright of Fifield Manor, Benson, Oxford. Buried in TOURET MILITARY CEMETERY, Richebourg-L’Avoue, Pas de Calais, France.Plot 1. Row B. Grave 6.

Extract from The Bond of Sacrifice: Officers Died in the Great War 1914-1916, volume 1, page 421-422:

2nd LIEUTENANT GEOFFREY CHAUNER WAINWRIGHT, 3rd (attd. 1st) BATTN. NORTHAMPTONSHIRE REGT., second son of Charles Henry Wainwright, J.P., Edgware, Middlesex, and Mrs. Wainwright, was born in London on the 27th January, 1895. He was educated at Stanmore Park and Wellington College, Berks, where he was in the Cricket XI in 1911, 1912, and 1913; in the Football XV in 1912 ; and in the Running VIII in 1912 and 1913. He then went to Clare College, Cambridge, where he had just finished his first year, and had been elected Secretary to the Clare College Cricket Club for 1915, when the war with Germany broke out, and he was gazetted to the 3rd Battalion Northamptonshire Regiment in September, 1914. He trained at Weymouth, proceeded to France in November, 1914, and was attached to the 1st Battalion of his regiment.

He was wounded in a night attack to regain some lost trenches on the 21st December, 1914, near Givenchy, Rue de l'Epinette, leading on his men after his Captain had been wounded, and died the next evening in hospital.

He married Ada Delamere Doveton Deane, daughter of William John Deane and Mrs. Deane, of Bath, and left two children : John Leonard Grey Dudley, born March, 1915, posthumously ; and Monica Vivian Grey Dudley, born March, 1913.

Extract from De Ruvigny's Roll of Hononour 1914-1918, volume 4, page 222:

WAINWRIGHT, GEOFFREY CHAUNER, 2nd Lieut., 1st Battn. (48th Foot) The Northampton Regt., 2nd s. of G. H. Wainwright, of Edgware ; served with the Expeditionary Force in France and Flanders, and died 22 Dec. 1914, from wounds received in action.

1915

 

BURKE

George
No further information currently available

CHEELD

William [Henry]
Private 1982, 13th (County of London) Battalion, (Princess Louise’s Kensington) Battalion, London Regiment. Killed in action 9th May 1915. Aged 19. Born Great Beckenham. Resident Edgware. Enlisted Kensington. Son of Henry and Lena Cheeld of High Street, Edgware, Middlesex. No known grave. Commemorated on PLOEGSTREET MEMORIAL, Hainault, Belgium. Panel 10.

DOBELL

Newman Bruce
Lance Corporal PS/270, 19th Battalion, Royal Fusiliers. Died 19th December 1915 at home in London. Aged 23. Son of Albert and Florence Dobell. In the 1901 census he was aged 8., born Hornsey, Middlesex, son of Albert B and Florence Dobell, resident 12, Avenue Road, Hornsey, Edmonton, Middlesex. In the 1911 census he was aged 18, born Hornsey, London, resident with his parents, Albert Bruce and Florence Mary Dobell, at Crayford House 156 Highbury New Park N, Islington, London, Middlesex. Buried in Highgate Cemetery (East), London. Plot 94. Grave 40417.

JUDD

Frederick George [Kerridge]
2nd Lieutenant (T), 2nd Battalion, Royal Dublin Fusiliers. Killed in action 24th May 1915. Aged 18. Born Edgware. Son of Henry Kerridge Judd and Marguerite Judd of “Glenberrie”, Edgware, Middlesex. A member of Merchant Taylor’s O.T.C. Enlisted in the Artists’ Rifles. No known grave. Commemorated on YPRES (MENIN GATE) MEMORIAL. Panel 44 and 46

MOORE

James
Probably Driver, Royal Field Artillery (Carter). Died 19th February 1915, aged 26, at Great Stanmore, Middx. Born and resident Edgware. Husband of Maud Lydia Moore of Stanmore, Middx. Buried at St. Lawrence, Little Stanmore, Edgware, Middx.

THORNDICK

Philip Henry
Sergeant 4348, 6th Dragoon Guards, (Carabiniers). Died 8th April 1915 in enemy captivity as a Prisoner of War. Aged 34. Born and resident Edgware. Enlisted London. In the 1881 census he was aged under one year of age, born Little Stanmore, Middlesex, resident qwith his parents. William nd Susan T Thorndick, at High Street, Little Stanmore, Hendon, Middlesex. In the 1911 census he was aged 29, born Edgware, Middlesex, unmarried, serving as a Sergeant, 6th Draggon Guards, billeted in the Cavalry Lines, Tempe, Orange Free State, South Africa. Buried in NEDERZWEHREN CEMETERY, Kassel, Germany. Plot IV. Row B. Grave 10.

WEIR

Robert [Burns]
Private 16483, 7th Battalion, Canadian Infantry (British Columbia Regiment). Killed in action 25th May 1915. Aged 27. Born Glasgow 2 January 1888. Resident and enlisted Canada. Stepson of Mrs. M. Weir of 11 Church Lane, East Finchley, London; brother of Miss M. M. Weir, of Glasgow. Upholsterer by trade. Attested and passd fit 18 September 1914 at Valcartier, Quebec, Canada, aged 25 years 6 months, height 5 feet 7¼ inches, chest 37 inches, dark complexion, brown eyes, black hair, religious denomination Presybterian. In the 1891 census he was aged 3, born Scotland, son of Alexander and Martha Weir, brother of Margaret McL Weir, all resident North Street, Clerkenwell, Holborn, London, Middlesex. Buried in BETHUNE TOWN CEMETERY, Pas de Calais, France. Plot IV. Row C. Grave 68. National Archives of Canada Accession reference: RG 150, Accession 1992-93/166, Box 10207 - 22

WHITE

Frederick Charles
Private L/152926, 1st Battalion, Royal Fusiliers (London Regiment). Killed in action 22nd January 1915. Aged 18. Born and resident Edgware. Enlisted London. Son of George and Elizabeth White of Stone Grove, Edgware, Middlesex. No known grave. Commemorated on PLOEGSTREET MEMORIAL, Hainault, Belgium. Panel 3.

WRIGGLESWORTH

Charles Halley
Officers Steward 2nd Class 363007 (CH) R.N. “H.M.S. Recruit”. Killed in action 1st May 1915. Aged 25. Born Little Stanmore, Middx. Husband of Violet Wrigglesworth of 105 Alma Street, Marine Town, Sheerness, Kent. Body not recovered. Commemorated on CHATHAM NAVAL MEMORIAL, Chatham, Kent.

1916

 

AUSTIN

Frederick William [Burger]
Private G/13390, 1st Battalion, (Duke of Cambridge’s Own) Middlesex Regiment. Killed in action 15th July 1916. Aged 23. Born and resident Edgware, enlisted Mill Hill. Son of James and Sarah Austin. No known grave. Commemorated on THIEPVAL MEMORIAL, Picardy, France. Pier 12D and 13B.

BALDWIN

Cuthbert Godfrey
Sergeant 24130, Royal Flying Corps. Killed in action 3rd November 1916. Aged 28. Born Byers Green, Durham. Son of Alan Godfrey and Margaret Baldwin. No known grave. Commemorated on ARRAS Flying Services Memorial, Arras, Pas de Calais, France. Stone E/3.

BEAUMONT

Sidney [David]
Rifleman 322766/5621, 6th (City of London) Battalion, (Rifles), London Regiment. Killed in action 22nd October 1916. Aged 27. Born Edgware, resident Surrey, enlisted Addlestone. Son of David and Elizabeth Beaumont of Edgware, Middx. Husband of Agnes M. Beaumont of Milton House, Addlestone, Surrey. No known grave. Commemorated on YPRES (MENIN GATE) MEMORIAL, Belgium, Panel 54.

BRADLEY

Henry
Staff Sergeant 4979, “F” Battery, Royal Horse Artillery. Died of wounds 17th September 1916. Aged 42. Born Glossop. Enlisted Aldershot. Husband of Beatrice E. Bradley of Rose Villa, Churchill Road, Edgware, Middx. Buried in HEILLY STATION CEMETERY, Mericourt-L’Abbe, Somme, France. Plot 11. Row H. Grave 29.

COX

George William
Private 4655, 3rd Battalion, Coldstream Guards. Killed in action between 21st October 1914 and 5th February 1915. Born 1884. Born Rearsby, Leics., Resident High Street, Edgware. Enlisted Mill Hill. Husband of Lily Matilda Wells (formerly Cox) of 36 Strode Street, Egham, Surrey. No known grave. Commemorated on YPRES (MENIN GATE) MEMORIAL, Belgium. Addenda Panel 59.

DOBINSON

Arthur
Private G/10714, 11th Battalion, (Duke of Cambridge’s Own) Middlesex Regiment. Killed in action 8th October 1916. Age 27. Born Edgware, resident Stanmore, enlisted Mill Hill. Son of the late William and Annie Dobinson. Husband of Alice Mary Wakerley (formerly) Dobinson) of Church Road, Great Stanmore, Middx. No known grave. Commemorated on THIEPVAL MEMORIAL, Somme, France. Pier 12D and 13B.

HOOK

Frederick G [Charles]
Private PO/16398, Royal Marines Light Infantry (Portsmouth Division). H.M.S. “Hampshire”. Died 5th June 1916. Aged 22. Born Edgware. Son of Kate Hook of 6 Oak Villas, Burnt Oak, Edgware, Middx. Body not recovered for burial. Commemorated on PORTSMOUTH NAVAL MEMORIAL, Hants.

HUMPHREYS

Joseph
No further information currently available

OSMAN

Reuben [Thomas]
[Transcribed as OSBORN] Private G/2975, 2nd Battalion, Royal Fusiliers (City of London Regiment. Killed in action 19th June 1916. Aged 21. Born Edgware, resident St, Albans, enlisted Mill Hill. Son of Samuel and Hephzibah Osman. Buried in AUCHONVILLERS MILITARY CEMETERY, Somme, France. Plot 11. Row B. Grave 29.

PRATT

Peter
Guardsman 21906, 4th Battalion, Grenadier Guards. Killed in action 10th September 1916. Aged 27. Born Hendon, enlisted Mill Hill. Son of James and Prudence Mercy Pratt. No know grave. Commemorated on THIEPVAL MEMORIAL, Somme, France. Per and Face 8D.

PRIOR

Herbert Henry
Private 7101, 4th Battalion (Duke of Cambridge’s Own) Middlesex Regiment. Killed in action 14th July 1916. Born 1889. Born Hampshire, enlisted Mill Hill. Son of Edmund and Mary Prior. Buried in ST.SEVER CEMETERY, Rouen, France. The Second Part M-Z.

SEABROOK

[Thomas] Lavender
Gunner 45724, “A” Battery, 103/31st Brigade Royal Horse Artillery and Royal Field Artillery. Died (86th Field Ambulance) 15th July 1916. Born 1889. Born Edgware, enlisted Mill Hill. Buried at STRUMA MILITARY CEMETERY. Plot VI. Row A. Grave 5.

SMITH

John
No further information currently available

WARRELL

Frederick [Alfred]
Probably Telegraphist Z/2572, London. RNVR Trawler “Zapper”. Died 29th December 1917. Born 1895.Native of Beckenham, Kent. Son of Frederick and Edith Maud Warrell of 9 Crowborough Road, Tooting. Commemorated on CHATHAM NAVAL MEMORIAL, Chatham, Kent.

1917

 

BAKER

Francis Henry
Rifleman C/9787, 20th Battalion King’s Royal Rifle Corps. Died of wounds 24th October 1917. Born and enlisted Woolwich. Son of Alfred and Elizabeth Baker. Buried in DOZINGHEIM MILITARY CEMETERY, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium. Plot IX. Row C. Grave 22.

CHEESE

Alexander Maxwell
Corporal 33482, 2nd Battalion Highland Light Infantry. Formerly 23271 Suffolk Regiment. Died of wounds 30th April 1917.. Born 1895. Born Hampstead, enlisted London. Son of Henry Cheese. No known grave. Commemorated on ARRAS MEMORIAL, France. Bay 8.

CROSS

David [Bradley]
Bombardier 22307, 74th Field Battery, Royal Field Artillery. Killed in action 6th June 1917. Aged 25. Born and enlisted Edgware. Son of William Charles and Sarah Ann Cross of 2 Meads Road, Edgware, Middx. Buried in KANDAHAR FARM CEMETERY, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium. Plot II. Row A. Grave 37.

EVANS

Thomas Hubert Davey
Probably Sergeant 345003, 6th Battalion, London Regiment. (City of London Rifles). Killed in action 19th July 1917. Born 1886. Born Haverfordwest, resident Mill Hill, enlisted Haringey. Husband of Ethel Evans. Buried in METZ-EN-COUTURE COMMUNAL CEMETERY, British Extension, Pas de Calais, France. Plot II. Row B. Grave 10..

FORD

Albert Edward
Sergeant 22801, “C” Battery, 106th Brigade. Royal Field Artillery. Killed in action 24th July 1917. Aged 24. Born Rickmansworth, enlisted Edgware. Son of Mr. and Mrs. Ford of 43 Meads Road, Edgware, Middx. Buried in PERTH CEMETERY (China Wall), West-Vlaanderen, Belgium. Plot I. Row J. Grave 27.

FRANCIS

Henry Albert
[Also served as GREY Stephen Arthur] Stoker 1st Class K31649 and K 15429 (PO). H.M.S. “Surprise”. Killed in action 23rd December 1917. Born 1893. Stephen Arthur Grey born Brighton. As Henry Albert Francis born Edgware. Foster son of Stephen Trott of 6 Foundry Road, Brighton, Sussex. Buried in FLUSHING TOWN CEMETERY, Flushing, Holland. Grave 1/-/5. Commonwealth War Grave records both names and service details.

FREEMAN

Albert
Driver 22865, Posted to 2nd Division HQ, Royal Field Artillery. Died 19th April 1917.Born 1888. Born Edgware, enlisted Hendon. Son of Charles and Sophia Freeman. Buried in ROLLINCOURT MILITARY CEMETERY, Pas de Calais, France, Plot II. Row B. Grave 1.

HILLS

Henry
Sailor. Mercantile Marine. S.S. “Mariston” of Glasgow. Died 15th July 1917. Aged 17. Born Hendon. Body not recovered for burial. Commemorated on TOWER HILL MEMORIAL, London.

HOCKETT

William T actually William Charles Halfrey
Private G/9553, 2nd Battalion London Regiment. Died 6th June 1915. Born 1874.Born Waltham Cross, resident Edgware, enlisted Mill Hill. Husband of Elizabeth Hockett. No known grave. Commemorated on HELLES MEMORIAL, Turkey. Panels 38 to 42 or 328.

HOLT

Arthur Charles
Private G/22964,1st/7th Battalion, Duke of Cambridge’s Own (Middlesex) Regiment. Died 18th June 1918. Born 1882. Resident Edgware, enlisted Hendon. Husband of Ellen Holt. Buried in WANQUETIN COMMUNAL CEMETERY Extension, Pas de Calais, France. Plot II. Row A. Grave 23.

HUGHES

David William
Private 124386, 21st Battalion Canadian Infantry. Died 11th August 1917. Aged 25. Adopted son of Mr and Mrs. Barnes of Churchill Road, Edgware, Middx. Husband of Mrs Mabel E. Hughes of 9 Alpine Terrace, Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Buried in LAPUGNY MILITARY CEMETERY, Pas de Calais, France. Plot V. Row B. Grave 8.

NEWSOM

George Hyett
Lance Corporal 26725,7th Battalion Royal Fusiliers. Killed in action 11th September 1917.Aged 27. Born Forest, Surrey, resident Edgware, enlisted Mill Hill. Son of Emma Newsom. Buried in ALBUERA CEMETERY, Bailleul-Sire-Bertholt, Pas de Calais, France. Plot North. Row B. Grave 5.

NORRIS

Henry John Walter Horace
Private G/32746,16th Battalion Duke of Cambridge’s Own (Middlesex) Regiment. Died 11th August 1917. Aged 21. Son of Henry and Elizabeth Norris. No known grave. Commemorated on YPRES (MENIN GATE) MEMORIAL, Belgium. Panel 49 and 51.

PAGE

[John] Thomas
Seaman Mercantile Marine. S.S .”Cape Finisterre”. Died 2nd November 1917. Aged 21. Son of John Edward Page of 41 Percy Road, Kilburn, London and the late Alice Lucy Page (nee Branch). Body not recovered for burial. Commemorated on TOWER HILL MEMORIAL, London.

PRUDEN

Arthur
Sapper 140798, 142nd Army Troop Company. Royal Engineers. Died 6th March 1917.Aged 37. Born Woolwich, enlisted Edgware. Son of James and Elizabeth Pruden of 73 High Street, Edgware, Middx. Buried in ST.SEVER CEMETERY Extension, Rouen, France. Grave Plot O. Row.VII.Grave8.

SCRIVENER

Arthur William
Private 38413, 8th Service Battalion, Gloucestershire Regiment formerly 1586 City of London Rifles. Killed in action 14th April 1918. Born 1885. Resident Elstree, enlisted London. Son of George and Kate Scrivener of Elstree Heath, husband of Blanche Evelyn Scrivener of “Fernbank”, Elstree, Herts. Buried in SAINT-VENANT-ROBEQ ROAD, British Cemetery, Pas de Calais, France. Plot I. Row D. Grave 6.

SMITH

Albert [William]
Gunner 67214, 60th Siege Battery, Royal Garrison Artillery. Killed in action 3rd August 1917.Aged 21. Born and resident Edgware. Son of William Thomas and Abigail Smith of 1 Canons Cottages, Whitchurch Lane, Edgware, Middx. Buried in LA TARGETTE BRITISH CEMETERY, Neville St.Vaast, Pas de Calais, France. Plot I. Row 4. Grave 3.

SMITH

Leonard
No further information currently available

SMITH

William
No further information currently available

SODEN

Albert John
Lance Corporal 12255, 220th Company, Machine Gun Corps (Infantry). Died of wounds 7th October 1917. Aged 21. Born and resident Edgware, enlisted Shoreham. Son of Alfred and Lily Soden of 1 Vine Cottages, Edgware, Middx. Buried in GODEWAERSVELDE British Cemetery, Nord, France. Plot I. Row N. Grave 24.

TATTON

Norman Douglas
Private 757391, 8th Battalion Canadian Infantry. Died 9th April 1917. Aged 34. Born Wolverhampton. Emigrated to Canada 1910. Son of Dan and Elizabeth Tatton. Brother of Alice Tatton of Moorlands, Edgware, Middx. Buried in CANADIAN CEMETERY No.2,Neuville- St. Vaast, Pas de Calais, France. Plot I. Row A. Grave 23. (His brother Eric Hudson Tatton also commemorated on the Edgware War Memorial.)

TEGG

Robert
Pioneer 24748, 56th Field Company, Royal Engineers. Died either 28th August 1914, 6th September 1914 or 15th December 1914. ”Killed at MONS”. Born 1894. Born Hammersmith, resident Uxbridge, enlisted London. Son of Edwin and Jane Tegg. Buried in MONS (BERGEN) COMMUNAL CEMETERY, Hainault, Belgium. Plot IX. Row E. Grave 12.

TOMLINSON

Geoffrey
Rifleman 302392, 5th (City of London ) Battalion. (London Rifle Brigade). Killed in action 20th March 1918. Born 1896. Born Tottenham, resident Edgware, enlisted London. Son of Mrs. J.M. Tomlinson of 35 Chichele Road, Cricklewood, London. No known grave. Commemorated on ARRAS MEMORIAL, France. Bay 9 (His brother William John Tomlinson is also commemorated on the Edgware War Memorial).

TOMLINSON

William John
Sergeant 32295, 121st Battery.27th Brigade. Royal Field Artillery. Killed in action 24th July 1917. Born 1883. Born Tottenham, enlisted London. Son of William Henry and Johanna Matilda Tomlinson of 35 Chichele Road, Cricklewood, London. No known grave. Commemorated on THIEPVAL MEMORIAL, Somme, France. Pier and Face 1A and 8A.

WILSON

Henry George Frederick
Private G/18940, 24th Battalion, Queens Own (Royal West Kent) Regiment., formerly G/10249 “BUFFS”. Died 4th November 1917, Egypt. Aged 28. Born Bombay, India, resident Elstree, enlisted Watford. Son of F.H and A. Wilson, husband of F.M. Wilson of 178 Cricklewood Lane, Cricklewood, London. Buried in BEERSHEBA WAR CEMETERY, Beersheba, Hadarum, Israel. Plot G.30.

1918

 

AVERY

Henry Morris
2nd Lieutenant (T), 6th Battalion, Att.1st Battalion, Royal Berkshire Regiment. Died 5th June 1918. Aged 24.Son of Henry and Annie Avery of 48 Mead Road, Edgware, Middx. Buried in WARLINCOURT HALTE British Cemetery, Saulty, Pas de Calais, France. Plot XI. Row c, Grave 14.

BISHOP

William Charles
Rifleman 592814, 1st/18th Battalion, London Regiment (London Irish Rifles). Died 21st March 1918. Age 40. Born Little Stanmore, resident Edgware. Son of Charles and Charlotte Bishop of 32 Mead Road, Edgware, Middx. No known grave. Commemorated on ARRAS MEMORIAL, Pas de Calais, France. Bay 10.

COE

Ernest
Private G/61628, 1st Battalion, Duke of Cambridge’s Own (Middlesex) Regiment. Died 6th November 1918. Aged 20. Born and resident Edgware, enlisted Hounslow. Son of Arthur and Alice Coe of 82 East Road, Burnt Oak, Edgware, Middx. Buried in CROSS ROADS CEMETERY, Fontaine-au-Bois, Nord, France. Plot III. Row C. Grave 17.

KING

William Benjamin
Private 201704, 4th/5th Battalion, (Angus and Dundee) (Territorial), Black Watch, (Royal Highlanders). Died 3rd May 1918. Aged 36. Born and enlisted Edgware. Son of Thomas and Emma King of Little Stanmore, husband of Rosetta King of 6 Church Row, Stanmore, Middx. No known grave. Commemorated on TYNE COT MEMORIAL, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium. Panel 94 to 96.

LAWES

James Percy
Corporal G/20254,”A” Company,7th Battalion, Royal Sussex Regiment. Died 5th April 1918.Aged 22. Born and enlisted Edgware. Son of Mrs. Lear Lawes of 34 Chandos Crescent, Whitchurch Lane, Edgware, Middx. Buried in BOUZINCOURT RIDGE CEMETERY, Albert, Somme, France. Plot II. Row H. Grave 12.

RANDALL

Albert William
Private TF 203590, 23rd Battalion, Middlesex Regiment. Died 29th September 1918. Aged 24. Born and resident Edgware, enlisted Mill Hill. Son of Frederick Henry and Mary E. Randall of Stone Grove Cottages, Edgware, Middx. Buried in ZANTVOORDE British Cemetery, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium. Plot II. Row J. Grave 18.

ROBERTS

Alfred George
Private 33537, 12th Battalion, East Surrey Regiment. Died 25th March 1918.Aged 34. Born Kingsbury, resident Hendon, enlisted Mill Hill. Husband of Ada Rosina Roberts of 20 Oak Villas, High Road, Burnt Oak, Edgware, Middx. No known grave. Commemorated on ARRAS MEMORIAL, Pas de Calais, France. Bay 6.

TATTON

Eric Hudson
Captain, 84th Squadron Royal Air Force. (2nd Lt. East Yorks Regiment.) Died 20th April 1918. Aged 23. Mentioned in Despatches. Youngest son of the Rev. D and Mrs Tatton of Edgware, Middx. Buried in PICQUINY British Cemetery, Somme, France. Grave B.21. (His brother Norman Douglas Tatton is also commemorated on the Edgware War Memorial).

VARNEY

George Woodam
[Served as BARNEY George Woodam] Driver 86153, 18th Brigade HQ. Royal Field Artillery. Died 25th October 1918. Aged 25. Born Stanmore. Son of William and Sarah Varney. Buried in St. LAWRENCE (Little Stanmore), Churchyard, Edgware, Middx. Grave at North West boundary.

WEBBER

Charles
Lance Corporal G/40208, 2nd Battalion, Middlesex Regiment. Died 3rd January 1918.Resident Muswell Hill, enlisted Tottenham. Husband of Lily Webber. Buried in POELCAPELLE British Cemetery, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium. Plot XVII. Row E. Grave 10.

WEEDON

Percy Edgar
Private 29165, 5th Battalion, Middlesex Regiment. Died 23rd October 1918. Died “Home”. Aged 21. Born and resident Wealdstone, Middx, enlisted Mill Hill. Son of John and Alice Weedon of 2 Fernside, Edgware, Middx. Buried in St.MARGARET Churchyard, Edgware, Middx. Grave Centre Row 7.

1919

 

JENNINGS

Walter Arthur
Probably Corporal 288697, I.B.Reserve Brigade, Royal Field Artillery. Died “Home”. Born 1891. Husband of Ellen Dora Bolt (Formerly Jennings) of 13 Heath Road, Harpenden, Herts. Buried in St. NICHOLAS Churchyard, Harpenden, Herts. Grave O.O.16.

MASSIAH-PALMER

[Werner] William Thomas
Lt. Colonel ,General List. (13th Battalion Northumberland Fusiliers) Died 17th February 1919. Aged 33. Serving as Deputy Asst .Director of Grave Registrations and Enquiries, late Northumberland Fusiliers. Awarded the O.B.E. Son of Thomas and Helen Palmer, husband of Dorothy Margaret Massiah-Palmer of 47 Brondesbury Park, London. Buried in St. MARGARET Churchyard, Edgware, Middx. Grave in Back Row.

STEVENS

George
Private 77154, Royal Army Medical Corps, H.M.S. “Valdivia”. Died 28th January 1919. Aged 38. Born Stanwell, Middx., resident Edgware. Husband of M.E. Stevens of 19 Garden City, Edgware, Middx. Buried in ALEXANDRIA (HADRA) War Memorial Cemetery, Egypt. Grave C.165.

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