ECTON WAR MEMORIALS
World War 1 - Roll of Honour with detailed information
Compiled and copyright © Cindy Crooks 2008
The
Ecton War Memorial is to be found at the junction of Wellingborough
Road and Northampton Road, Ecton. It takes the form of a shrine style
shelter with six steps leading up to a roofed shelter with wrought iron
gate at the entrance. There are dedicatory wooden boards placed within
the shelter, with inscription in gold painted lettering. There are 18
names listed for World War 1.
In
1914 eighty-four Ecton men went to war. They did not go together - they
were scattered amongst the services and a variety of Regiments. Harry
Johnson even served with the Canadian forces. He was one of the eighteen
men who did not come home.
The
shrine to their memory, provided by Mrs Sotheby, the widow of Major-General
Sotheby, is an unusual memorial. It was erected in 1917, before the
end of the war, and may have originally been intended as a memorial
to Lionel Sotheby, who had been killed two years earlier, but eventually
the names of all the Ecton men were rightly enshrined.
It
has a suitably prominent position at the top of High Street with the
old walnut tree behind and this eventually contributed to the shrine’s
deterioration in the 1970s, when children collecting walnuts and some
mindless vandalism left it in a sorry state. Fortunately the village’s
collective conscience, and hard work by some willing helpers, repaired
the damage and underlined the validity of the shrine’s inscription
- ‘ECTON NOT UNMINDFUL’
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Illustration
by Rodney Ingram
- Copyright © 2005 |
1917
ECTON
NOT UNMINDFUL OF YOUR CHARITY FOR THE SOULS
OF THESE WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES FOR YOU
REST ETERNAL
GRANT THEM O LORD AND LET LIGHT PERPETUAL SHINE ON THEM
1914-1918
BROWN |
Francis
‘Frank’ [William] |
Private
18605, 13th Division Cyclist Company, Army Cyclist Corps. Died 10th
December 1917. Aged 21. Enlisted Northampton, resident Ecton. Son
of Mr. J. and Mrs. A. Brown, of Harrowich Rd., Earls Barton, Northants.
Formerly 2901, Northamptonshire Regiment. Buried in BAGHDAD (NORTH
GATE) WAR CEMETERY, Iraq. Plot XX. Row B. Grave 8. |
BROWN |
Sidney
George Albert |
Private
14271, 2nd Battalion, Northamptonshire Regiment. Killed in action
9th May 1915. Aged 19. Born Ecton, enlisted Kettering. Son of Mrs.
Sarah Ann Wood, of 14, Grafton Underwood, Kettering. No known grave.
Commemorated on PLOEGSTEERT MEMORIAL, Comines-Warneton, Hainaut,
Belgium. Panel 7. |
DEXTER |
Samuel
|
Private
27208, 6th Battalion, Northamptonshire Regiment. Killed in action
20th March 1917. Aged 26. Born Ecton, enlisted Northampton. Son
of the late George and Rebecca Dexter, of Ecton, Northants.; husband
of Maud Olive Dexter, of 16, King St., Earls Barton, Northants.
No known grave. Commemorated on ARRAS MEMORIAL, Pas de Calais, France.
Bay 7. |
ELSON |
Ralph
Edwin |
Private
33938, 10th Battalion, Essex Regiment. Killed in action 12th August
1917. Born Brafield (sic), enlisted Earls Barton, resident Ecton.
No known grave. Commemorated on YPRES (MENIN GATE) MEMORIAL, Ieper,
West-Vlaanderen, Belgium. Panel 39. |
GARLEY |
John
Thomas |
Sergeant
304459, Royal Engineers. Died 28th January 1919. Aged 40. Buried
in DAGENHAM (SS. PETER AND PAUL) CHURCHYARD, Essex. |
HENSMAN |
Edgar
Herbert |
[Listed
as Edgar Herbert HEMMAN on SDGW] Lance Sergeant G/1195, 16th Battalion,
Duke of Cambridge’s Own (Middlesex Regiment). Died of wounds 31st
January 1916. Born Ecton, enlisted Kempton Park, Middlesex. Buried
in CAMBRIN CHURCHYARD EXTENSION, Pas de Calais, France. Plot/Row/Section
L. Grave 3. |
HENSMAN |
Horace
Alfred |
Private
13015, 7th Battalion, Bedfordshire Regiment. Killed in action 1st
July 1916. Born Northampton, enlisted Bedford, resident Shersby,
Leicetser. Buried in DANTZIG ALLEY BRITISH CEMETERY, MAMETZ, Somme,
France. Plot III. Row D. Grave 5. |
JOHNSON |
Harry
Lionel |
Private
690362, 75th Battalion, Canadian Infantry (Central Ontario Regiment).
Died 2nd September 1918. Aged 35. Born in Ecton 14th August 1883.
Son of Challes and Rachel Johnson, of Ecton; husband of Lillian
Johnson, of 5, Robins Avenue, Hamilton, Ontario. Conductor by trade.
Passed fit 25th February 1916, enllisted 1st March 1916 at Hamilton,
Ontario, aged 32 years 6 months, height 5 feet 4 inches, girth 36
inches, complexion ruddy, eyes hazel, hair dark brown; religion
Non_conformist. Buried in VIS-EN-ARTOIS BRITISH CEMETERY, HAUCOURT,
Pas de Calais, France. Plot II. Row B. Grave 26. National Archives
Accession Reference: RG
150, Accession 1992-93/166, Box 4874 - 4 |
JOLLEY |
Ernest
James |
Lance
Corporal 33345, 1st Battalion, Bedfordshire Regiment. Died of wounds
16th July 1918. Aged 24. Born and resident Ecton, enlisted Northampton.
Formerly 23684, Norfolk Regiment. Son of Thomas K. and Sarah B.
Jolley, of Ecton, nr. Northampton. Buried in MONT HUON MILITARY
CEMETERY, LE TREPORT, Seine-Maritime, France. Plot V. Row M. Grave
4B. |
JOLLEY |
Frederick
William |
Private
718059, 1st/23rd (County of London) Battalion, London Regiment.
Died of wounds 8th April 1918. Aged 26. Born and resident Ecton,
enlisted Northampton. Grandson of George Jolley, of Ecton, Northampton.
Formerly 23024, Northamptonshire Regiment. Buried in BOULOGNE EASTERN
CEMETERY, Pas de Calais, France. Plot VIII. Row I. Grave 183. |
KNIGHT |
Herbert
|
Private
G/13735, 10th Battalion, Queen’s (Royal West Surrey Regiment). Killed
in action 22nd September 1917. Born Little Billing, enlisted Abingdon,
Berkshire, resident Ecton. Buried in TYNE COT CEMETERY, Zonnebeke,
West-Vlaanderen, Belgium. Plot LV. Row A. Grave 6. |
MABBUTT |
William
|
Acting
Corporal 33265, 8th Battalion, Leicestershire Regiment. Killed in
action 2nd October 1917. Born Mears Ashby, enlisted Northampton,
resident Ecton. Formerly 4292, Northamptonshire Regiment. Buried
in HOOGE CRATER CEMETERY, Ieper, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium. Plot
XI. Row L. Grave 8. |
PARK |
Thomas
Gordon |
Able
Seaman R/5654, Hawke Battalion, Royal Naval Division, Royal Naval
Volunteer Reserve. Missing, assumed killed in action 25th August
1918. Entered Navy 31st July 1917 ; Draft for BEF 2nd April 1918,
joined Hawke Bn. 7th April 1918-25th August 1918 DD. Born St. Edmonds,
Northampton 20th July 1899. Stepmother, Mrs. S. Timms, Rectory Farm,
Ecton, Northampton; guardian, Mr. E. Chapman, 20 Lightwoode Hill,
Warley, Birmingham. No known grave. Commemorated on VIS-EN-ARTOIS
MEMORIAL, Pas de Calais, France. Panel 1 and 2. |
SOTHEBY |
Lionel
Frederick Southwell |
Second
Lieutenant, Princess Louise’s (Argyll & Sutherland Highalnders)
attached 2nd Battalion, Black Watch (Royal Highlanders). Killed
in action 25th September 1915. No known grave. Commemorated on LOOS
MEMORIAL, Pas de Calais, France. Addenda Panel. |
STOPFORD-SACKVILLE |
Geoffrey
William |
Lieutenant,
H.M.S. Ribble, Royal Navy. Died 20th May 1915. Aged 22. Son of Evelyn
Stopford-Sackville, of 33, Brunswick Gardens, Kensington, London,
and the late Col. L. Stopford-Sackville (The Rifle Brigade). Buried
in ALEXANDRIA (CHATBY) MILITARY AND WAR MEMORIAL CEMETERY, Egypt.
Plot/Row/Section Q. Grave 470. |
TIMMS |
Bertie
|
Private
F/3222, 23rd Battalion, Duke of Cambridge's Own (Middlesex Regiment).
Died of wounds 26th September 1916. Aged 23. Born Northampton, enlisted
Mill Hill, Middlesex, resident Harlesden, Middlesex. Son of William
and Frances Harriet Timms, of Rectory Farm, Ecton, Northampton.
Native of Luddington, Oundle. Buried in ST. SEVER CEMETERY, ROUEN,
Seine-Maritime, France. Plot B. Row 23. Grave 58. |
TIPLER |
Harry
Edward |
Sapper
55357, 11th Railway Company, Royal Engineer. Died 8th July 1916.
Aged 31. Enlisted London, resident Chesterfield, Derbyshire. Son
of Edward and Lucy Tipler, of Lower End, Ecton, Northants. Buried
in BOIS GUILLAUME COMMUNAL CEMETERY, Seine-Maritime, France. Plot
II. Row A. Grave 4. |
WOOD |
Andrew
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No
further information currently available |
TO
COMMEMORATE THE GIFT OF
£400
BY THE PEOPLE OF ECTON
TO THE WAR MEMORIAL APPEAL OF
THE NORTHAMPTON GENERAL HOSPITAL
WORLD WAR 1939 - 1945
"SWEET MERCY IS NOBILITY'STRUE BADGE"
Last
updated
22 January, 2019
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