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Hemel Hempstead War Memorial

Alderman, Private Thomas, 32nd Royal Fusiliers, of Leverstock Green. Killed in action at the Somme on 15 September 1916. Dartmoor Cemetery. (LVG) (MBC) (StP)

Allen, Private Thomas, 1st Hertfordshire Regiment, of 16 Weymouth Street. Died of wounds on 16 June 1918. Etretat Churchyard Extension.

Allum, Private Frank, 16th Welsh Regiment, of 15 Doolittle. Enlisted with the Bedfordshire Regiment. Killed in action at Passchendaele on 27 August 1917. Formerly employed at Apsley Mills.Tyne Cot Memorial. (JD)

Ambrose, Private George, 4th Essex Regiment. Enlisted with the Bedfordshire Regiment. Killed in action in Palestine on 27 March 1917. Jerusalem Memorial.

Ambrose, Private Joseph, Hertfordshire Regiment, of 16 Austin’s Place. Died of wounds at Passchendaele on 1 November 1917. Age 27. Son of John. Formerly employed at Apsley Mills. Tyne Cot Memorial. (JD)

Ambrose, Private Reginald Walter, 1st Hertfordshire Regiment, of 16 Austin’s Place. Killed in action at Ypres on 31 July 1917. Age 23. Son of John. Formerly employed at Apsley Mills. Ypres (Menin Gate) Memorial. (JD)

Ambrose, Sergeant William ("Weary"), Machine Gun Corps, of 70 Chapel Street. Enlisted with the Bedfordshire Regiment. Killed by shell landing in his trench at Arras on 3 July 1917. Formerly employed at Apsley Mills. Bailleul Road East Cemetery. (JD) (StP)

Ansell, William

Arnott, Private Charles, 2nd Bedfordshire Regiment, of 25 Bury Hill. Killed in action by a sniper during a bombing raid at Passchendaele on 20 September 1917. Tyne Cot Memorial.

Arnott, Private Frederick, 7th Royal Sussex Regiment. Died of wounds in France on 19 February 1917. Avesnes-le-Comte Communal Cemetery Extension.

Arnott, Corporal Herbert F, 7th Bedfordshire Regiment, of 54 Cotterells. Killed in action at the Somme on 27 September 1916. Age 21.Formerly employed at Apsley Mills. Husband of Winifred. Member of Marlowes Baptist Church. Thiepval Memorial. (JD)

Austin, Private Arthur, 4th Bedfordshire Regiment, of 108 Cotterells. Enlisted in September 1914. Killed in action in France on 30 September 1918. Age 26. Husband of Ethel. Vis-en-Artois Memorial.

Badcock, Second Lieutenant Harold John, 4th Norfolk Regiment, of George Street. Killed in action in France on 18 October 1916. Age 28. Son of Francis St John Badcock, principal teacher at Boxmoor School House (who died in August 1917). Husband of Gladys. Formerly employed as Chief Clerk to Kings Lynn Police Force. Bancourt British Cemetery.

Baines, Private Alfred Raymond Baines, 7th Northants Regiment, of 1 Picton’s Bridge. Enlisted with the Bedfordshire Regiment. Killed in action at Cambrai on 9 October 1918. Age 19. Formerly employed at Foster’s Saw Mill. Son of Alfred and Kate. Cagnoncles Communal Cemetery.

Baker, Private George, 6th Somerset Light Infantry, of 191 London Road. Enlisted with the Hertfordshire Regiment. Killed in action in France on 7 May 1917. Born in Elmdon, Essex. Arras Memorial.

Baker, Sergeant George Albert Edward, Royal Engineers, of 63 Horsecroft Road. Enlisted with the Hertfordshire Regiment. Died of wounds in France on 1 December 1917. Age 37. Born in Reigate. Formerly employed at Home Park Mills. Windmill British Cemetery. (JD)

Balderson, Temp. Second Lieutenant Henry Leslie Paxton, Gloucestershire Regiment. Enlisted with the Devonshire Regiment. Badly wounded in September 1915. Killed in action at Pozieres on 23 July 1916. Age 24. Son of Robert and Edith. Pozieres British Cemetery.

Baldwin, Private George Henry, 2nd Devonshire Regiment, of Boxmoor. Killed in action at the Somme on 1 July 1916. Thiepval Memorial.

Banfield, Private Fred, 2nd Bedfordshire Regiment. Served in the army for 13 years and was with the regiment in South Africa at the outbreak of war. Went to France in October 1914. Wounded by shrapnel in November. Suffered badly from frost bite in April 1915. Killed by machine gun fire in action on 12 October 1916. Age 31. (MBC)

Barber, Private William Edward, 2nd Northants Regiment, of 220 London Road. Killed in action at Pozieres on 24 April 1918. Age 29. Born in Bermondsey. Husband of Emily. Pozieres Memorial.

Barnes, Private William Arthur, 2nd Suffolk Regiment, of 16 Cemetery Hill. Enlisted with the London Regiment. Killed in action in France on 11 April 1917 (his 25th birthday). Born in Berkhamsted. Formerly employed as a hairdresser in Marlowes. Member of Marlowes Baptist Church Choir. Tilloy British Cemetery. (MBC)

Bass, Private Alfred Henry, 6th Northants Regiment, of 112 Cotterells. Enlisted with the Royal Field Artillery. Killed in action at the Somme on 17 February 1917. Formerly employed at Apsley Mills as a stock keeper. Member of the Hemel Hempstead Salvation Army Band. Regina Trench Cemetery. (JD)

Batchelor, Corporal Harold, 1st Bedfordshire Regiment, of 6 Boxted Cottages. Died of "spotted fever" in France on 30 April 1915. Age 28. Son of Caroline. St Sever Cemetery. (PE)

Batchelor, Sergeant William, 4th Bedfordshire Regiment. Killed in action in France on 27 August 1918. Beaulencourt British Cemetery. (PE)

Batchelor, Lance Corporal William, 8th Lincolnshire Regiment, of Cemetery Hill. Enlisted with the Hertfordshire Regiment. Killed in action at Passchendaele on 16 August 1917. Formerly employed at Apsley Mills. Tyne Cot Memorial. Age 24. (JD)

Bates, Lieutenant Archibald Claude, 6th Northants Regiment, of 11 Bennetts End Road. Died of wounds on 20 October 1917. Age 23. Mendinghem Military Cemetery. (MBC) (TW) (See Gazette 1.12.17 for more info.)

Bates, Private George, 16th Welsh Regiment, of 30 St John’s Road. Enlisted with the Bedfordshire Regiment. Killed in the Battle of Pilckem Ridge on 3 August 1917. Formerly employed at Apsley Mills. Artillery Wood Cemetery. (JD)

Bates, Private Robert, of 210 London Road or 55 St John's Road. (StMJ)

Baxter, Alfred D.

Beckley, Private Philip, London Regiment, of Victoria Terrace, Albion Hill. Died of wounds in France on 28 September 1916. Age 22. Husband of Lily whose brother Leonard Wiseman was also killed during the war. Etaples Military Cemetery. (MBC)

Belson, Private Oliver James, 6th York and Lancaster Regiment, of The Parade, Apsley End. Killed in action in France on 1 October 1918. Age 20. Sucrerie Cemetery. (StMA) (TW)

Biggs, Private John Mayo, 23rd Royal Fusiliers, of Bury Road. Killed in action in France on 25 March 1918. Age 40. Born in Dorchester. Son of Thomas and Annie. Former owner of Hemel Hempstead Brewery. Arras Memorial.

Bilby, Corporal Joseph Edward, Hertfordshire Regiment, of Chapel Street. Killed in action at Ypres on 31 July 1917. Formerly employed at Apsley Mills. Ypres (Menin Gate) Memorial. (JD) (StP)

Bisney, Private William John, 4th The Queen’s (Royal West Surrey Regiment), of 6 Fishery Cottages. Killed on 4 May 1917 when the Hired Transport "Transylvania" was sunk off Cape Vado, Italy. Savona Memorial, Italy.

Biswell, Private Harry George, 11th Essex Regiment, of Leverstock Green. Died of wounds after being hit by a sniper when returning back to his trench at Ypres on 6 May 1916. Age 20. Son of Henry and Louisa. Essex Farm Cemetery. (LVG)

Biswell, Private John, 1st Bedfordshire Regiment, of Leverstock Green. Killed in action at the Somme on 1 July 1916. Age 19. Son of Henry and Louisa. Thiepval Memorial. (LVG)

Bladon, Private Edward James, 2nd Bedfordshire Regiment, of 93 St John’s Road. Killed in action in France on 17 May 1915. Born in Potten End. Le Touret Memorial.

Bladon, Private Frederick Charles, 8th Devonshire Regiment, of 36 Queen Street. Killed in action in France on 24 May 1916. Age 22. Son of Charles and Daisy. Citadel New Military Cemetery.

Blakie, Gunner Alfred, Royal Field Artillery, of 3 Westwick Row. Died of wounds at Ypres on 2 January 1918. Age 37. Lijssenthoek Military Cemetery.

Bloor, Private William James, 6th Bedfordshire Regiment, of 15 Weymouth Street. Died of gun-shot wounds in hospital in France on 16 July 1916. Age 26. Son of Joseph and Mary. Born in Rickmansworth. Formerly employed at Apsley Mills and at Kent’s Brushes. St Sever Cemetery. (JD) (StMA) (TW)

Boileau, Colonel Frank Ridley Farrer, Royal Engineers. Died of wounds in France on 26 August 1914. Age 46. Son of Colonel B. and Leticia. Husband of Mary. Terlincthun British Cemetery.

Bone, Private Frederick, 2nd Bedfordshire Regiment, of 210 London Road. Died of wounds at Ypres on 26 July 1917. Born in Redbourn. Formerly employed at Kent’s Brushes. Lijssenthoek Military Cemetery. (KB)

Bowsher, Sergeant Leonard, 7th Bedfordshire Regiment, of Nash Mills. Killed in action at Passchendaele on 17 August 1917. Age 23. Formerly employed at Apsley Mills. Son of Mary. Tyne Cot Memorial. (JD) (StMA)

Bowsher, Private William H, 4th Royal Welsh Fusiliers, of Nash Mills. Enlisted with the Bedfordshire Regiment. Killed in action near High Wood at the Somme on 15 September 1916. Age 26. Born in Islington. Formerly employed at Apsley Mills. Son of Mary. Thiepval Memorial. (JD) (StMA)

Bradford, Sergeant Stanley Percival, 1st Bedfordshire Regiment, of 96 Apsley End. Went to France in January 1915. Killed by a shell landing in his communication trench at Ypres on 30 May 1915. Age 22. Formerly employed at Apsley Mills. Son of John and Martha. Former Honorary Secretary of Hemel Hempstead Junior Conservative Association. Railway Dugouts Burial Ground. (JD) (StMA)

Brammer, Fitter Walter, 11th Royal Field Artillery, of 16 Puller Road. Enlisted with the Bedfordshire Regiment. Died of wounds in France on 6 May 1918. Age 30. Born in Kendal. Husband of Jane. Godewaersvelde British Cemetery.

Breed, Lance Corporal Leonard, 6th Bedfordshire Regiment, of 12 Edmund’s Place. Killed in action by a shell at the Somme on 10 July 1916. Age 26. Son of Annie. Formerly employed at Apsley Mills in the Card Dept. London Cemetery. (JD) (MBC)

Breed, Private Walter, 4th Suffolk Regiment. Killed in action at Arras on 23 April 1917. Age 37.. Son of Joshua and Mary of Piccotts End. Husband of Fanny. Arras Memorial. (MBC)

Briggs, Company Quartermaster Sergeant Benjamin Grant, 2nd Royal Scots Fusiliers, of Boxmoor. Died of wounds in France on 12 March 1915. Age 34. Born in Louth, Lincs. Son of Benjamin and Mary. Estaires Communal Cemetery.

Brinklow, Private Charles Frederick, 24th Royal Fusiliers, of 128 Cotterells. Killed in action at the Serre Road on 13 November 1916. Age 26. Formerly employed at Nash Mills. Husband of Mary. Serre Road Cemetery No.2. (JD)

Brinklow, Frederick, Royal Navy, of Apsley. Served on HMS "Inflexible".

Brown, Private George, 110th Labour Corps, of Pimlico. Enlisted with the Royal West Surrey Regiment.Killed in action at Passchendaele on 16 February 1918. Age 41. Born in Dedbourne, Northants. Husband of Elizabeth. Tyne Cot Memorial. (LVG)

Buckley, Private John ("Jack"), 6th Bedfordshire Regiment, of 32 Winifred Road, Apsley End. Killed in action at Pozieres on 15 July 1916. Age 22. Born in Cork, Ireland. Formerly employed at Apsley Mills. Son of Thomas and Elizabeth. Pozieres British Cemetery. (JD) (StMA)

Bullock, Second Lieutenant Alan Marlowe, 15th London Regiment (Prince of Wales’ Own Civil Service Rifles), of 46 Marlowes. Killed in France on 4 November 1918 whilst on reconnaissance work as an intelligence officer. Age 20. Son of Owen and Rose. Valenciennes Communal Cemetery. (StP)

Burden, Private Charles Bertram, 10th Queen’s Own (Royal West Kent Regiment), of London Road. Enlisted with the Northumberland Fusiliers. Killed in action at Ypres on 31 July 1917. Age 17. Born in Hampshire. Ypres (Menin Gate) Memorial.

Burke, Private Ernest Henry Haswell, Inns of Court OTC. Died of wounds on 2 November 1918. Age 18. Hemel Hempstead Cemetery.

Burles, Lance Corporal Raymond Pelham, 6th Bedfordshire Regiment, of Mill House, Apsley. Killed in action at the Somme on 15 July 1916. Age 19. Formerly employed at Apsley Mills Thiepval Memorial. (JD) (StMA)

Burtt, Rifleman Alfred Herbert, 16th King’s Royal Rifle Corps, of 4 Nash Mills. Died of gun-shot wounds in France on 6 August 1916. Age 30. Husband of Gertrude who was with him when he died. Born in Norwich. Formerly employed at Apsley Mills in the Clerical Dept. Member of the Hemel Hempstead Harriers, Apsley Church Choir and was Scoutmaster for the Apsley Troop. Etaples Military Cemetery. (JD) (StMA)

Bush, A.F.

Butler, Edgar

Butler, Private Edgar Thomas, 10th Hampshire Regiment, of Doolittle, Apsley. Enlisted with the Bedfordshire Regiment. Killed in action in Salonika on 7 December 1915. Age 16. Born in Bromley, Kent. Doiran Memorial. (StMA)

Butler, TP, of Doolittle. Possibly Private Thomas Butler, 6th Queen’s Own (Royal West Kent Regiment). Killed in action at the Battle of Loos on 8 October 1915. Loos Memorial.

Butterfield, Private Sidney, 6th Bedfordshire Regiment, of 77 Bury Road. Died of wounds in France on 16 April 1917. Age 27. Son of Mary. Cabaret-Rouge British Cemetery.

Button, William

Cannone, Sergeant Joseph, 2nd Bedfordshire Regiment, of 11 Bridge Street. Killed in action at Passchendaele on 9 May 1918. Age 21. Tyne Cot Memorial. (StMJ)

Carpenter, Private Frederick J, 7th Liecesterhire Regiment, of St John’s Road. Enlisted in September 1914. Killed in action in France on 11 October 1916. Age 29. Son of Anne. Vermelles British Cemetery.

Carrington, Private Arthur, 2nd Coldstream Guards, of 39 Queen Street. Died of wounds in France on 10 August 1917. Age 35. Son of James and Ellen. Husband of Ann. Etaples Military Cemetery. (StP)

Carrington, Private William George, 2nd Bedfordshire Regiment, of Queen Street. Served in the army for eight years. He went to France in October 1914. Killed by a shell in the dug-out in Belgium on 11 November 1917. Formerly employed in transport work. Kemmel Chateau Military Cemetery. (StP)

Chandler, Lance Sergeant Sidney, Hertfordshire Regiment, of 63 London Road. He went to France in January 1915. Killed in action by a sniper in France on 4 August 1916. Son of Alfred. Formerly employed at Apsley Mills. Brown’s Road Military Cemetery. (JD)

Chandler, Corporal Sidney John, 8th Northumberland Fusiliers, of Paradise Hill. Killed in action on 19 August 1915. Helles Memorial.

Chandler, Private Thomas, 3rd Royal Fusiliers, of 63 London Road. Enlisted at the start of war. Posted to Malta in December 1914 followed by Egypt, then to the Dardanelles in September 1915. On 26 November he was admitted to hospital suffering from frost bitten feet. He returned to England in January 1916 and went back out to France in August Killed in action at the Somme on 8 October 1916. Age 24. Son of Alfred. Thiepval Memorial.

Chapman, Lance Corporal Henry ("Harry"), 9th East Surrey Regiment, of Shendish Cottage. Killed in action at the Battle of Loos on 26 September 1915. Age 22. Born in Hindlip, Worcs. Son of Henry and Alice. Formerly employed by Sir John Stirling Maxwell. Loos Memorial. (StMA)

Charge, Private Albert, 7th Bedfordshire Regiment, of 91 Horsecroft Road, Boxmoor. Killed in action in France on 24 April 1918. Age 18. Formerly employed at the Ovaltine Factory. Crucifix Cormer Cemetery.

Charge, Private Bertie, 2nd Bedfordshire Regiment, of 162 London Road. Enlisted at the start of war. Wounded in May 1915. Died of wounds at the Somme on 18 October 1916. Age 25. Son of David. Formerly employed at Apsley Mills. Bulls Road Cemetery. (JD) (StP)

Charge, Private Frederick, 2nd Bedfordshire Regiment. Killed in action at Warlencourt, France on 12 October 1916. Warlencourt British Cemetery. (LVG)

Charge, Private Henry ("Harry"), 12th Suffolk Regiment, of 2 Adeyfield Terrace. Killed in action at the Battle of Cambrai on 24 November 1917. Age 40. Husband of Jane. Formerly employed at Apsley Mills. Cambrai Memorial. (JD) (StP)

Chennells, Private Walter, 10th Royal Fusiliers. Killed in action at Villers-Pouch on 14 September 1918. Born in Kilburn. Fifteen Ravine British Cemetery.

Cheshire, Private Robert, 12th East Surrey Regiment, of 218 London Road. Enlisted with the Bedfordshire Regiment. Killed in action at Arras on 25 March 1918. Age 20. Born in Dunmow, Essex. Arras Memorial.

Childs, Private Thomas, 2nd Bedfordshire Regiment, of 2 Alban Cottages. Killed in action at Pozieres on 1 July 1918. Age 34. Born in London Colney. Husband of Lizzie. Pozieres Memorial. (LVG)

Chisman, Sergeant Alfred, 10th Royal Fusiliers. Died of pneumonia on 26 March 1919. Age 50. His initials are incorrectly recorded as "CH" on Hemel Hempstead War Memorial. See under Leverstock Green for more details. (LVG)

Christmas, Private Herbert, 7th Lincolnshire Regiment, of 13 West View Road. Killed in action at Passchendaele on 12 October 1917. Age 36. Son of Walter and Frances. Tyne Cot Memorial. (StP)

Claridge, Private Ernest Owen, 8th Bedfordshire Regiment, of 70 Queen Street. Killed in action at the Somme on 15 September 1916. Formerly employed at Apsley Mills. Age 26. Son of Elizabeth and the late Charles. Thiepval Memorial. (StP) (JD)

Clark, Gunner Arthur John, 11th Royal Field Artillery. Killed in action at Ypres on 2 August 1918. Age 28. Originally from Bovingdon. Lijssenthoek Military Cemetery. (BV)

Clarke, Private Frederick Alfred, 18th Lancashire Fusiliers, of 6 Bury Hill. Killed in action on 2 October 1918. Age 18. Tyne Cot Memorial. (JD)

Clarke, Private Horace Victor Verdon, 1st Wiltshire Regiment, of 5 Grosvenor Terrace. Killed in action in France on 12 January 1916. Age 23. Son of John and Mary. Ploegsteert Wood Military Cemetery.

Coker, Private John Henry, 2nd Grenadier Guards, of 80 Cotterells. Killed in action at the Somme on 25 September 1916. Age 19. Son of Walter and Mary. Thiepval Memorial. (MBC)

Cole, Private Frederick, 2nd Bedfordshire Regiment, of Roseberry Villas, Queen Street. Wounded four times including Ypres in January 1915. Returned to the Front and was killed in action at the Battle of Loos on 25 September 1915. Formerly employed at Nash Mills. Loos Memorial. (JD) (StP)

Coleman, Private James, 197th Machine Gun Corps. Enlisted with the Essex Regiment. Died of wounds on 28 April 1918. Age 27. Son of William and Sarah. Formerly employed at Apsley Mills. (JD) (StMA)

Coleman, Private Percy, 12th Royal Fusiliers. Enlisted with the Northants Regiment. Killed in action at Ypres on 31 July 1917. Age 32. Son of William and Sarah of Nash Mills. Husband of Ethel. Formerly employed at Nash Mills. Ypres (Menin Gate) Memorial. (JD)

Collier, Private Horace, 4th Royal Berkshire Regiment, of 117 Bury Road. Enlisted with the Hertfordshire Regiment. Died of wounds in France on 30 May 1918. Age 30. Aire Communal Cemetery.

Collings, Private Cecil William, 7th Bedfordshire Regiment, of Nash Mills. Killed in action at Pozieres on 24 April 1918. Born in Hertford. Son of Florence. Pozieres Memorial. (StMA)

Collis, Private Alfred Frederick, 2nd The Queen’s (Royal West Surrey Regiment), of 38 Herbert Street. Died of wounds in France on 2 February 1915. Sailly-sur-la-Lys Churchyard.

Cook, Corporal Arthur Thomas, 7thNorthants Regiment, of Park Villas. Killed in action in France on 25 March 1918. Age 30. Born in Kent. Husband of Ada. Formerly employed as a butler at Lockers Park and at Apsley Mills. Pargny British Cemetery. (JD) (StP)

Cook, Private James William, 8th Norfolk Regiment, of 35 Astley Road. Killed in action at Ypres on 12 August 1917. Age 29. Born in Grafham, Hunts. Husband of Esther. Formerly employed at Apsley Mills. Ypres (Menin Gate) Memorial. (JD)

Cook, Private Thomas George, 1st Bedfordshire Regiment. Killed by machine gun fire at Vimy Ridge on 23 April 1917. Formerly employed at Apsley Mills. La Chaudiere Military Cemetery. (StP) (JD)

Cooley, Private Benjamin, 2nd Grenadier Guards, of Hammerfield. Died of wounds in France on 30 March 1918. Age 27. Born in Northchurch. Husband of Elsie. Bac-du-Sud British Cemetery.

Cooper, Sub-Lieutenant Hanway, Royal Navy, of Gravel Hill. Killed on board HMS "Monmouth" in action off Chile on 1 November 1914. Age 22. Plymouth Naval Memorial.

Cox, Private Edwin Walter, 2nd Bedfordshire Regiment, of Apsley. Died of wounds in Flanders on 16 May 1915. Age 20. Son of Albert. Formerly employed by Messrs Pemsel and Wilson. Chocques Military Cemetery. (StMA) (TW)

Coxhill, Private George Edward, Royal Army Medical Corps, originally of Boxmoor. Died of wounds on 20 April 1920. Age 34. Son of Charles and Ruth. Husband of Lilian. Abbots Langley Churchyard.

Coxhill, Private Robert William, Royal Army Medical Corps, of 50 Kingsland Road. Died at home of gas poisoning on 26 September 1917. Age 36. Son of Charles and Ruth. Husband of Elizabeth. Formerly employed at Leavesden Asylum. Hemel Hempstead Cemetery.

Crawley, Private Albert Edward, 17th Sherwood Foresters, of 19 Mill Street. Member of the Herts Territorials at the start of the war. Killed in action at the Somme on 20 October 1916. Age 19. Son of Henry and Ellen who died a few weeks later (she refused to eat after hear news of her son’s death). Formerly employed at Nash Mills. Thiepval Memorial. (JD) (StMA)

Crawley, Corporal George, 9th Devonshire Regiment, of Boxmoor. Killed in action at the Battle of the Somme on 1 July 1916. Devonshire Cemetery.

Crawley, Second Lieutenant Henry Thomas, 4th Worcestershire Regiment. Died of wounds in France on 6 May 1918. Age 35. Formerly employed at Kent’s Brushes. Cinq Rues British Cemetery. (KB) (StMA)

Crawley, Private Montague, 17th Royal Welsh Fusiliers, of Cowper Road. Enlisted with the Hertfordshire Regiment. Killed in action in France on 1 September 1918. Vis-en-Artois Memorial.

Cripps, Sapper George, Royal Engineers, of 9 Fishery Cottages. Killed in action in India on 30 June 1919. Son of George and Katherine. Delhi Memorial.

Cripps, Private Reginald, 1st Hertfordshire Regiment, of 38 Bury Road. Died of wounds at Ypres on 10 July 1917. Age 20. Formerly employed with H∓A Flint. Lijssenthoek Military Cemetery.

Cripps, Boy 1st Class Thomas, Royal Navy, of 9 Fishery Cottages. Killed in action on board HMS "Malaya" during the Battle of Jutland on 31 May 1916. Age 16. Formerly employed at Apsley Mills. Son of George and Katherine. Lyness Royal Naval Cemetery, Orkney. (JD)

Croft, Corporal Walter Henry, 2nd Norfolk Regiment. Died of disease as a PoW in Mesopotamia on 31 August 1916. Born in Botley, Hants. Baghdad War Cemetery. (StP)

Croft, Lance Corporal William Alfred, 10th The Queen’s Own (Royal West Kent Regiment), of Chapel Street. Killed in action at Ypres on 31 July 1917. Age 20. Born in Dorset. Ypres (Menin Gate) Memorial. (StP)

Cross, Private Arthur Ames, Hertfordshire Regiment, of 59 Horsecroft Road. Enlisted at the end of 1915. Killed by a shell in the trenches at Passchendaele on 21 September 1917. Age 36. Lived with his aunt, Mrs Redding. Formerly employed for 20 years at Apsley Mills (saw mills). Tyne Cot Memorial. (JD)

Cunningham, James

Cutler, Private Albert, 14th London Regiment (London Scottish), of Shendish Cottage. Died of wounds at Ypres on 17 August 1917. Age 27. Son of Harry and Laura. Husband of Emily. Member of Hemel Hempstead Athletic Club and the Highgate Harriers. Brandhoek New Military Cemetery. (StMA)

Cutler, Private Herbert Charles, The Queen’s (Royal West Surrey Regiment), of Felden Road. Killed in action at Combles on 30 August 1918. Age 19. Son of Walter and Maria. Formerly employed at Apsley Mills. Member of Hemel Hempstead Volunteers. Combles Communal Cemetery Extension. (JD)

Dagley, Private Jesse Herbert, 15th Lancashire Fusiliers. Died of wounds in France on 16 May 1918. Cabaret-Rouge British Cemetery.

Dealey, Private James, 13th The Queen’s (Royal West Surrey Regiment). Died of wounds in France on 23 April 1917. Born in Berkhamsted. Hazebrouck Communal Cemetery.

De Beger, Lance Corporal George, 5th Northants Regiment, of Leverstock Green. Enlisted with the Norfolk Regiment. Died of wounds in France on 17 August 1915. Age 30. Born in Notting Hill. Husband of Minnie. Cite Bonjean Military Cemetery. (LVG)

Donovan, Private John, 1st Bedfordshire Regiment. Killed in action at Passchendaele on 9 October 1917. Tyne Cot Memorial.

Downs, Lance Corporal TG, of 48 Burmack Row Worcestershire Regiment??

Dunn, Private George, 6th Royal Berkshire Regiment, of Apsley End. Enlisted with the Hertfordshire Regiment. Killed in action in France on 17 February 1917. Regina Trench Cemetery.

Durrant, Captain Arthur Michael, Royal Engineers, of Leverstock Green. Died of wounds in France on 5 December 1916. Pont-du-Hem Military Cemetery. See under Leverstock Green fore more details. (LVG)

Dyer, Private George, 1st Hertfordshire Regiment, of Lyndhurst, Bennetts End. Killed in action by a shell at the Somme on 14 October 1916. Formerly employed at Apsley Mills. Lonsdale Cemetery. (JD) (MBC)

Dyer, Private Harold George, 5th Lincolnshire Regiment, of 3 Queen Street. Died from pleurisy as a POW in Germany on 15 August 1918. Age 25. Son of George and Charlotte. Cologne Soutern Cemetery, Germany.

Eames, Private Fred, 1st Hampshire Regiment, of 8 South Hill Road. Died of wounds at Hooge on 31 July 1915. Age 19. Son of Walter. Hamel Military Cemetery. (StP)

Edwards, Eric

Element, Private Joseph, 4th Bedfordshire Regiment, of 67 Chapel Street. Died of wounds in France on 21 February 1917. Age 40. Son of Sarah. Wimereaux Communal Cemetery.

Elkins, Private Cyril Ashley, 6th Northants Regiment, of 115 St John’s Road. Enlisted in March 1916. Died of wounds in France on 12 November 1916. Age 21. Contay British Cemetery.

Ellison, Private Leonard, 2nd Bedfordshire Regiment, of Chapel Street. Shot in the back of the neck whilst attacking German trenches in France on 16 May 1915. Born in Hampstead. Le Touret Memorial. (StP)

Elworthy, Second Lieutenant Sydney Richard ("Dick"), Royal Air Force, of Grove Hill. Enlisted as a flying cadet in May 1917. Died of wounds following a plane crash near Winchester on 1 September 1918. He was about to proceed overseas on active service when the accident happened near his base at Worthy Down. Age 26. Son of Harriet and the late Frederick. Following his education at Berkhamsted School, he worked at a tea plantation in Ceylon. Hemel Hempstead Cemetery.

Evans, Private Harry, 1st Hertfordshire Regiment, of 47 Chapel Street. Served for four years with the Hertfordshire Territorials. Killed by a shell in the trenches at Hooge on 21 September 1917. Formerly employed at Apsley Mills in the Clerical Dept. Hooge Crater Cemetery. (JD) (StP)

Evans, Private Leonard Thomas, 7th Royal Fusiliers, of 20 Church Street. Enlisted with the Royal West Kent Regiment.Killed in action in France on 24 May 1918. Age 38. Son of Walter. Husband of Lily. Formerly employed as an assistant in Roland Keen’s shop. Mesnil Communal Cemetery. (StP)

Everitt, Private Arthur Thomas, 8th Bedfordshire Regiment, of 62 Apsley End. Enlisted in September 1914. Killed in action at Ypres on 1 March 1916. Age 36. Born in Luton. Husband of Rosa. Formerly employed at Kent’s Brushes. Member of the Quoit Club. Menin Road South Military Cemetery. (KB) (StMA)

Fairbank, Private Edward Joseph, 2nd Bedfordshire Regiment, of 49 St John’s Road. Killed in action at Pozieres on 1 July 1918. Age 18. Pozieres Memorial. (StMJ)

Farrow, Private Walter Ernest, 1st Hertfordshire Regiment, of Durrants Hill. Killed in action in France on 19 July 1916. Age 18. Son of Arthur and Leonora. Educated at Apsley Boys’ School and Berkhamsted Grammar School. Formerly employed in the Civil Service. Le Touret Military Cemetery. (StMA)

Fearn, W

Fensom, Petty Officer William George, Royal Naval Air Service. Died of wounds on 12 December 1917. Ipswich Cemetery ?

Field, Sergeant Frederick, 2nd Bedfordshire Regiment. Killed in action at the Battle of the Somme on 17 July 1916. Tincourt New British Cemetery.

Finch, Private Ernest, 23rd The Queen’s (Royal West Surrey Regiment), of 11 Weymouth Street. Died of natural causes at Northampton Hospital on 13 March 1917. Age 31. Formerly employed at Nash Mills. Apsley Churchyard. (StMA)

Finch, Private William Henry, 7th Norfolk Regiment, of Lovetts End Farm. Killed by a shell whilst sheltering in a dug-out at Cambrai on 22 November 1917. Age 32. Son of William and Annie. Cambrai Memorial.

Fisher, Captain Harold DSO, 1st Manchester Regiment, of Church Croft. Joined the army as a second lieutenant in 1898 and served in the Boer War during which he was mentioned in depatches four times and was awarded the DSO. Killed in action in France on 15 December 1914. Age 37. Son of Canon Frederic Fisher. Beuvry Communal Cemetery.

Fortnum, Driver Sidney, Royal Army Service Corps, of 1 Doolittle. Enlisted in November 1916 but developed pneumonia shortly after beginning military training and died on 22 December 1916. Age 23. Born in Abbots Langley. Son of Dan and Mary. Formerly employed at Apsley Mills in the Counting House. Apsley End Churchyard. (JD) (StMA)

Fowler, Private Alfred, 7th Northants Regiment, of 17 Winifred Road. Died of wounds at Ypres on 8 June 1917. Age 40. Formerly employed at Apsley Mills. Husband of Maggie. Dickebusch New Military Cemetery Extension. (JD) (StMA)

Fowler, Francis

Fowler, Private Frank, 1st Bedfordshire Regiment, of 36 Alma Road. Killed in action at Ypres on 5 May 1915. Age 27. Born in Berkhamsted. Son of Henry. Formerly employed at Apsley Mills. Bedford House Cemetery, Zillebeke. (JD)

Franklin, Private Albert, 4th Duke of Wellington’s (West Riding) Regiment, of Chapel Street. Killed by machine gun fire in action at Passchendaele on 9 October 1917. Age 20. Son of Annie and the late Frederick. Formerly employed as a gardener at Highfield House. Member of Hemel Hempstead Scouts. Tyne Cot Memorial.

Freeman, Private Frank, 101st Coy, Labour Corps. Formerly with the Royal Fusiliers, of Watford. Died of wounds from a gas shell in France on 23 May 1918. Son of William of Westwick Row. Born in Harpenden. St Sever Cemetery Extension. (LVG)

Freeman, Rifleman Harry William, Royal Irish Rifles, of Fireman’s Cottages, Apsley Mills. Enlisted with the Northants Regiment. Killed in action at Pozieres on 24 March 1918. Age 20. Son of James and Louisa. Pozieres Memorial. (LVG) (StMA) (TW)

Frost, Henry R

Gamble, Private Henry, 8th Bedfordshire Regiment, of Boxmoor. Killed in action at Guillemont on 15 September 1916 Formerly employed at Apsley Mills. Guillemont Road Cemetery. (JD)

Gamble, Private William, 1st Bedfordshire Regiment. Killed in action in France on 30 March 1916. Faubourg D'Amiens Cemetery.

Garner, Private Arthur, 8th Leicestershire Regiment, of 9 South Hill Road. Enlisted with the Hertfordshire Regiment. Killed in action in France on 27 May 1918. Age 24. Son of Edward and Louisa Jane. Soissons Memorial.

Garner, Private Frederick Charles, 2nd Duke of Wellington’s (West Riding) Regiment, of 3 Union Square. Killed in action in France on 24 October 1918. Age 31. Formerly employed as a stoker at Hemel Hempstead Institution. Verchain British Cemetery. (StP)

Garner, Private George, Bedfordshire Regiment, of Puller Road. Killed in action at Passchendaele on 9 October 1917. Age 32. Tyne Cot Memorial.

Gash, Private Alfred Cuthbert, 1st Royal Berkshire Regiment, of 13 Cotterells. Enlisted with the Hertfordshire Regiment. Killed in action at Arras on 25 March 1918. Age 21. Son of Robert and Lizzie. Arras Memorial.

Gash, Private Robert William, Machine Gun Corps, of 15 Alma Road. Enlisted with the Essex Regiment. Killed in action at Passchendaele on 26 September 1917. Age 24. Son of Robert and Lizzie. Tyne Cot Memorial.

George, Private Archibald John, 8th East Surrey Regiment, of 3 Catlin Street. Killed in action at the Battle of the Somme on 1 July 1916. Age 21. Formerly employed by Herts County Council. Thiepval Memorial.

George, Private Henry ("Harry"), 1st Bedfordshire Regiment, of 56 Cotterells. Enlisted in August 1914. Went to France in March 1915. He was hit by shrapnel at Ypres on 8 May. He died in Colchester Hospital on 5 June 1915 following an operation to amputate his leg. Age 21. Formerly employed at Frogmore Mill. Hemel Hempstead Cemetery.

Glenister, Rifleman Jesse Thomas ("Tom"), 16th Royal Irish Rifles, of Corner Hall. Enlisted with the Bedfordshire Regiment. Killed in action at the Battle of Messines on 21 June 1917. Age 19. Son of Amos (blacksmith) and Lois Amelia. Wytschaete Military Cemetery.

Glenister, Corporal William, Hertfordshire Regiment. Killed in action at Passchendaele on 14 November 1917. Age 23.Formerly employed at Apsley Mills. Son of Amos (blacksmith) and Lois Amelia, Tyne Cot Memorial. (JD)

Godman, Rifleman Christopher, 3rd King’s Royal Rifles, of 11 Rucklers Green. Killed in action by a rifle greanade at the Somme on 3 October 1915. Age 25. Son of George and Charlotte. Formerly employed at Apsley Mills and was a bell-ringer at St Mary’s Church, Apsley. Thiepval Memorial. (JD) (KL) (StMA)

Godman, Private Edward James, Bedfordshire Regiment. Died of wounds on 15 September 1918. Age 34. Son of George and Charlotte. Born in Chipperfield. Formerly employed as a shepherd boy in 1901. Chipperfield Churchyard. (KL)

Golding, Private Charles, 8th Leicestershire Regiment. Enlisted with the Bedfordshire Regiment. Died of wounds in France on 23 October 1918. Terlincthun British Cemetery.

Goodenough, Private Edward George, 2nd Royal Berkshire Regiment, of Bennetts End. Killed in action at the Battle of the Somme on 1 July 1916. Age 24. Formerly employed at Apsley Mills. Son of Frank and Emma. Thiepval Memorial. (JD) (LVG)

Goodman, Gunner Sydney Herbert, 40th Royal Field Artillery, of 20 Winifred Road. Died of wounds in France on 26 October 1918. Age 28. Born in Ware. Son of Alfred and Sarah. Formerly employed at Apsley Mills in the Book Dept. Member of the Dickinson Silver Band. Awoingt British Cemetery. (JD) (StMA) (TW)

Goss, Lance Corporal Leonard Charles, 2nd Bedfordshire Regiment, of 10 Union Street. Killed in action in France on 11 April 1917. Born in St Pancras. St Martin Calvaire British Cemetery.

Gower, Private Allan Alfred, 1st Royal Fusiliers, of Boxmoor. Died of wounds in France on 2 July 1918. Age 32. Formerly employed at Apsley Mills. Son of Alfred. Husband of Hannah. Neuf-Brisach Communal Cemetery Extension. (JD)

Gravestock, Private Oliver George James, 6th Bedfordshire Regiment, of Chapel Street. Killed in action at Arras on 29 April 1917. Arras Memorial. (StP)

Green, Corporal Harry William, 9th The Loyal North Lancashire Regiment, of 51-52 Cotterells. Enlisted with the Bedfordshire Regiment. Killed in action at Ypres on 10 August 1917. Age 22. Son of Robert and Mary. Formerly employed as a baker at London Colney. Ypres (Menin Gate) Memorial.

Greenhill, Gunner Leonard, 37thSiege Battery, Royal Garrison Artillery, of 75 Horsecroft Road. Died of wounds in Belgium on 1 April 1918. Age 22. Haringhe Military Cemetery.

Groom, Private George, of 9 Cherry Bounce Beds??

Groom, Private John, 6th Bedfordshire Regiment. Killed in action in France on 15 July 1916. Pozieres British Cemetery.

Gurney, Private Harold George, 6th Bedfordshire Regiment, of Redbourn. Killed in action on 15 July 1916. Born in Leverstock Green. Thiepval Memorial.

Hall, Private Alfred, 6th Northants Regiment, of 28a Mill Street. Enlisted with the Bedfordshire Regiment. Killed in action at the Somme on 24 March 1918. Formerly employed at Apsley Mills. Pozieres Memorial. (JD)

Hall, Private William, 1st Hertfordshire Regiment, of 141 Marlowes. Died of wounds whilst acting as a stretcher bearer with the Red Cross Society. in France on 7 February 1915. Age 21. Formerly employed at Kent’s Brushes. Chocques Military Cemetery. (KB)

Hall, Private William, 1st Royal West Surrey Regiment of 13 Puller Road. Enlisted with the East Surrey Regiment. Killed in action on 29 June 1917. Age 27. Son of William and Martha. Husband of Daisy. Arras Memorial.

Hallett, Private James Edwin, 15th Welsh Regiment, of Leverstock Green. Enlisted with the Hertfordshire Regiment in April 1915 before transferring to the Sussex Regiment in August 1916. He was wounded in November but returned to the Front in February 1917 and transferred to the Welsh Regiment. Killed in action at St Julien on 31 July 1917. Age 19. Born in Hunslett, Yorks. Son of James and Kate. Formerly employed as an apprentice to Mr Chennells, grocer. Artillery Wood Cemetery. (LVG)

Harris, Private George Henry, 18th Lancashire Fusiliers, of 5 Kent’s Avenue. Enlisted with the Bedfordshire Regiment. Killed in action in Belgium on 14 October 1918. Age 19. Born in Bethnal Green. Son of George and Elizabeth. Formerly employed at Kent’s Brushes. Dadizeele New British Cemetery. (KB) (StMA)

Harrison, Private Horace, 7th Bedfordshire Regiment, of Old Fishery Cottages, Boxmoor. Killed in action in France on 21 January 1916. Age 36. Son of Joseph (watercress labourer) and Emma. Meaulte Military Cemetery.

Harrowell, Private Fred, Hertfordshire Yeomanry, of Acorn Cottage, Bennetts End. Died in Palestine on 3 October 1918. Ramleh War Cemetery. (LVG)

Knox-Hart, Rifleman James, London Rifle Brigade, of 15 Manor Street. Killed in action at Passchendaele on 31 October 1917. Age 26. Son of James and Christine. Age 22. Tyne Cot Memorial. (LVG)Age ??

Hawkins, Sergeant Frederick George, 12th Suffolk Regiment, of 24 St John’s Road. Enlisted with the Norfolk Regiment. Killed in action at Passchendaele on 28 September 1918. Age 25. Born in Wigginton. Son of George and Elizabeth. Tyne Cot Memorial.

Hawkins, Corporal Herbert Edward Bichens, 5th Bedfordshire Regiment, of 109 Ebberns Road. Enlisted in 1915 and served two years in Egypt. Killed in action during the second attack on Gaza, Palestine on 3 November 1917. Age 20. Born in London. Son of Edward. Formerly employed at Apsley Mills in the Card Dept. Gaza War Cemetery. (JD) (StMA)

Hearn, Private William, 1st / 7th Durham Light Infantry, of 27 Weymouth Street. Formerly in the Royal Engineers. Killed in action in Belgium on 13 April 1918. Age 30. Son of Joseph. Husband of Annie. Ploegsteert Memorial.

Hebert, Rifleman Paul Frederick, 2nd Rifle Brigade, of Risboro. Enlisted in October 1914.

Killed in action at Ypres on 9 May 1915. Born in Buenos Aeries. Son of Alderman HF. Ploegsteert Memorial.

Hemley, Private Gordon Victor, 6th Royal Berkshire Regiment. Enlisted with the Hertfordshire Regiment. Killed in action during the Battle of the Somme on 29 September 1916. Born in Berkhamsted. Thiepval Memorial. Surname recorded as "Hemeley" on Berkhamsted War Memorial. (BK)

Henley, Private James, 1st Hertfordshire Regiment, of 35 Puller Road. Killed by a shell in his trench in France on 17 June 1916. Age 22 Formerly employed at Apsley Mills. Son of Thomas and Emma. Gorre British and Indian Cemetery. (JD)

Herring, Private Alfred, 2nd Bedfordshire Regiment, of 11 Two Waters Road. Drowned in France on 17 May 1915. Age 30. Guards Cemetery. (TW)

Hicks, Private Frank, 2nd Scots Guard, of Marlowes. Killed in action whilst acting as a stretcher bearer in France on 12 March 1915. Born in Watford. Le Touret Memorial.

Hiscock, Air Mechanic 2nd Class Harry Ronald, Royal Flying Corps. Died of wounds at Connaught Hospital, Farnborough on 3 March 1917. Age 22. Son of Harry and Florence. Hemel Hempstead Cemetery.

Hitchcock, Sapper Charles John, Royal Engineers, of 65 Ebberns Road. Enlisted with the Scottish Horse Regiment. Drowned at sea after SS "Leinster" was hit by submarine on 10 October 1918. Age 30. Formerly employed at Apsley Mills. Kirkcudbright Old Churchyard. (JD) (StMA)

Hitchcock, Driver Frederick William, 270th Royal Field Artillery, of 25 Astley Road. Died of malaria in Egypt on 25 November 1918. Age 25. Formerly employed at Apsley Mills. Son of Charles and Annie. Alexandria War Memorial Cemetery. (JD)

Hoar, Private Richard Frank, 1st Hertfordshire Regiment, of 10 Edmond’s Place, Marlowes. Killed in action on 31 July 1917. Age 23. Son of Richard. Track 'X' Cemetery. (TW)

Hoar, Private Sidney George, 605th Mechanical Transport Company, Army Service Corps, of 20 London Road. Killed in action in Salonika on 27 February 1917. Age 21. Formerly employed at Apsley Mills. Son of Harry and Mary. Lembet Road Miitary Cemetery. (JD) (TW)

Hobbs, Private Charles E, of 23 Queen Street.

Hobbs, Private Charles William, 8th Bedfordshire Regiment, of Boxmoor. Died of wounds in Belgium on 4 May 1916. Formerly employed at Apsley Mills. Lijssenthoek Military Cemetery. (JD)

Holden, Gunner Harry, 123rd Royal Field Artillery. Killed in action in France on 5 May 1915. Age 21. Born in Kings Langley. Son of Elizabeth. Hooge Crater Cemetery.

Holliman, Private Arthur Thomas, 4th Bedfordshire Regiment, of 81 St John’s Road. Killed in action on 23 April 1917. Arras Memorial.

Hopkins, Sapper Walter Cornelius, 73rd Field Company, Royal Engineers. Died of wounds on 26 September 1915. Born in Willesden. Loos Memorial.

Hosier, Private Joseph , 7th Bedfordshire Regiment of 126 London Road. Killed in action on 3 May 1917. Age 27. Son of Mary and the late Joseph. Husband of Ethel. Arras Memorial.

Hourd, HL Possibly Private Harry Leonard, 2nd Worcestershire Regiment. Died of wounds on 24 September 1918. Age 19. Son Agnes and the late Robert. Five Points Cemetery. ?

How, Private Lewis Arthur, 12th Suffolk Regiment, of 121 Cotterells. Enlisted with the Essex Regiment. Killed in action at Cambrai on 24 November 1917. Formerly employed at Peek’s Laundry. Cambrai Memorial.

Hucklesby, Private Arthur, 4th York and Lancaster Regiment. Died of wounds on 11 February 1917. Formerly employed at Apsley Mills. Warlincourt Halte British Cemetery. (JD)

Humphreys, Private Ernest, 2nd Royal Sussex Regiment, of 6 White Lion Street. Killed in action in France on 4 November 1918. Vis-en-Artois Memorial.

Hutton, Private William, Somerset Light Infantry, of 41 Apsley End. Died on 25 November 1918. Age 31. Son of George and Elizabeth. Husband of Amy. Formerly employed at Apsley Mills. St Mary’s Churchyard, Apsley. (JD) (StMA)

Iliffe, Sub-Lieutenant Alan Chadwick, Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve. Killed in action at Gallipoli on 20 June 1915. Age 30. Son of Capt Charles of Sunderland. Played hockey for Hertfordshire and Lancashire. Skew Bridge Cemetery.

Ivory, Private George, 6th Royal Berkshire Regiment. Enlisted with the Hertfordshire Regiment. Killed in action at the Somme on 1 November 1916. Thiepval Memorial. (MK)

Janes, Private Arthur, 8th Bedfordshire Regiment, of Dolittle. Killed in action at the Somme on 15 September 1916. Born in Edlesborough. Formerly employed at Apsley Mills. Thiepval Memorial. (JD) (StMA)

Jennings, Sergeant Thomas, 3rd Rifle Brigade, of 10 White Lion Street. Killed in action at the Somme on 27. March 1918. Aged 32. Son of Thomas and Elizabeth. Husband of Ellen . Formerly employed at Apsley Mills. Pozieres Memorial. (JD) (StMA)

Johnson, Private Charles, 6th Royal Berkshire Regiment, of The Firs, Adeyfield. Enlisted with the Hertfordshire Regiment. Killed in action at the Somme on 17 February 1917. Formerly employed at Apsley Mills. Regina Trench Cemetery. (JD) (StP)

Johnson, Private Frederick Joseph Thomas, 1st Bedfordshire Regiment. Killed in action at Ypres on 16 April 1915. Born in Little Tring. Ypres (Menin Gate) Memorial. (JD) (LVG)

Jones, Private Frederick Arthur, 7th The Queen’s Own (Royal West Kent Regiment), of 104 Apsley End. Died of wounds in France on 24 September 1918. Age 36. Born in Farnborough. Formerly employed at Kent’s Brushes. Abbeville Communal Cemetery Extension. (KB) (StMA)

Jones, Sapper Albert Henry, 2nd Field Coy., Royal Engineers. Killed in action in France on 6 October 1916. Born in Camden Town. Formerly employed at Apsley Mills. Philosophe British Cemetery. (JD)

Kearn, Private William, of 27 Weymouth Street. Durham L.I. ??

Kelly, Private William, 4th Bedfordshire Regiment, of 3 Glen View Gardens. Died of wounds in France on 28 August 1918. Age 20. Born in London. Son of Alice. Formerly employed at Kent’s Brushes. Bagneux British Cemetery. (KB)

Kempster, Private Leonard Frederick, 4th Bedfordshire Regiment. Died of wounds in France on 29 March 1918. Age 20. Born in Berkhamsted. Son of William and Elizabeth. Etaples Military Cemetery. (MBC)

King, Private David, Hertfordshire Regiment, of Ebberns Road. Killed in action on 31 July 1917. Formerly employed at Nash Mills.Ypres (Menin Gate) Memorial. (JD) (TW)

Kitchener, Rifleman Arthur Joseph, Kings Royal Rifle Corps, of 41 London Road. Died of wounds on 21 October 1918. Age 19. Lijssenthoek Military Cemetery.

Laird, Private Arthur Nicholas, 143rd Machine Gun Corps, of The Stables / The Gables, Boxmoor. Enlisted with the London Regiment before transferring to the Machine Gun Corps. Died of wounds in France on 11 December 1916. Age 19. Son of Arthur and Sarah. St Sever Cemetery Extension.

Lamb, Private George, 1st Bedfordshire Regiment, of 7 Frogmore Crescent. Killed in action at Ypres on 8 March 1915. Age 38. Born in Wendover. Husband of Sarah. Formerly employed at Apsley Mills in the Book Dept. Ypres (Menin Gate) Memorial. (JD) (StMA)

Lambert, Sergeant Thomas Valentine, Royal West Surrey Regiment, of 8 East View. Discharged from army suffering from diabetes. Died on 18 August 1918. Age 20. Formerly employed at Apsley Mills in the Stamping Dept. Kings Langley Churchyard. (JD)

Lawrence, Private Vernon Alan, 7th Bedfordshire Regiment, of 33 Weymouth Street. Enlisted in September 1914. He was wounded twice in 1916 and in March 1918 he was taken prisoner suffering from severe wounds in both legs. He returned to England where he had several operations but died on 3 March 1919. Age 24. Formerly employed at Lockers Park. St Mary’s Churchyard, Apsley. (StMA)

Lea, Private Walter, 3rd Duke of Cornwall’s Light Infantry, of Churchill Cottage. Died of dysentery and malaria in Salonika on 24 October 1918. Age 46. Son of William and Ann. Husband of Ruth. Formerly employed as a gardener for Mr Mitchell-Innes of Churchill. Kirechkoi-Hortakoi Military Cemetery, Greece.

Leach, Private Frederick A, 1st Hertfordshire Regiment, of 107 Cotterells. Killed in action on 31 July 1917. Age 19. Formerly employed at Apsley Mills. New Irish Farm Cemetery. (JD)

Lee, Able Seaman Charles Edwin, Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve, of Frogmore Cottage. Killed in action in France on 23 April 1917. Age 21. Son of William and Ellen. Formerly employed at Apsley Mills in the Book Binding Dept. Arras Memorial. (StMA)

Lee, Sergeant Percy, Duke of Wellington’s (West Riding Regiment), of 5 Paradise. Killed in action at Passchendaele on 26 April 1918. Age 20. Son of Enos and Emma. Tyne Cot Memorial.

Lendrum, Chaplain 4th Class Rev. James Herbert Reginald, Army Chaplain’s Dept, 8th King’s Own (Royal Lancaster Regiment). He was the Curate of Apsley End from 1913 to 1917. He and three others were killed by a shell on 22 August 1918 whilst conducting a burial service. Age 31. Son of Robert and Clara. Husband of Eleanor. Bienvillers Military Cemetery. (StMA)

Long, Private Walter Charles, Machine Gun Corps. Enlisted with the Bedfordshire Regiment. Died of wounds in France on 30 May 1918. Born in Grassmere, Westmorland. Annois Communal Cemetery. (StP)

Lovell, Private Sidney John, 2nd Royal Fusiliers, of 80 High Street. Enlisted with the Royal West Surrey Regiment. Died of wounds at Somme on 26 April 1918. Age 19. Son of James and Emily. Crouy British Cemetery.

Luck, Private Alfred Frank, Hertfordshire Regiment. Killed in action on 13 November 1916. Thiepval Memorial.

McCarthy, Private Percy, 8th East Surrey Regiment. Killed in action at the Somme on 1 July 1916. Brother of Cllr TGH McCarthy. Born in Islington. Thiepval Memorial.

Males, Rifleman John, 1st King’s Royal Rifle Corps, of 15 Puller Road. Died of wounds on 14 September 1914. Age 24. Born in Willesden. Son of Matilda and the late Edward. La Ferte-Sous-Jouarre Memorial.

Manders, T Possibly, Private Thomas Manders, 2nd Royal Warwickshire Regiment. Died of wounds in France on 4 September 1916. Corbie Communal Cemetery Extension. ?

Mason, Private Alexander, Royal Marine Light Infantry, of 3 Manor Avenue. Killed on board HMS "Queen Mary" during the Battle of Jutland on 31 May 1916. Age 43. Formerly employed at Apsley Mills. Son of Alexander and Emily. Husband of Rebecca. Plymouth Naval Memorial. (JD) (StMA)

Mason, Private Thomas William, Royal Marine Light Infantry, 7 Manor Avenue. Killed on board HMS "Queen Mary" during the Battle of Jutland on 31 May 1916. Age 42. Formerly employed at Apsley Mills. Son of Alexander and Emily. Husband of Mary. Plymouth Naval Memorial. (JD) (StMA)

Masterman, Lieutenant Robert Chauncy, 9th Lancashire Fusitiers, of Roughdown, Boxmoor. Enlisted in September 1914. Also served at Gallopli. Killed in action on 1 July 1916. Age 20. Son of Alice and the late Henry. Educated at Harrow School. Thiepval Memorial.

Matthews, Private Montague, 17th Welsh Regiment, of 98 Cotterells. Enlisted with the Bedfordshire Regiment. Killed in action on 25 November 1917. Formerly employed at Apsley Mills in the Printing Dept. Cambrai Memorial. (JD)

Mead, Private Percy, 6th Northamptonshire Regiment of 66 Piccotts End. Killed in action on 14 July 1916. Thiepval Memorial.

Mead, Second Lieutenant Ralph Edward Culverhouse, 7th East Kent Regiment. Died of wounds on 29 September 1917. Age 19. Son of Frank and Grace. Nine Elms British Cometery.

Mead, Private William, 7th Suffolk Regiment, of 12 Paradise. Killed in action on 18th October 1915. Loos Memorial. (MBC)

Miller, Private William John, 1st Lancashire Fusiliers, of 60 Chapel Street. Killed in action at Gallipoli on 25 April 1915. Helles Memorial. (StP)

Minter, Private Edward, 11th Royal Fusiliers, of 5 Adeyfield Cottages. Killed in action in France on 17 February 1917. Age 23. Son of Edward. Husband of Emily. Thiepval Memorial. (BV) (StP)

Mitchell-Innes, Lieutenant Gilbert Robert, 19th (Queen Alexandra’s Own Royal) Hussars, of Churchill. Killed in action on 13 May 1915. Age 20. Son of Edward Alfred and Barbara. Vlamertinghe Military Cemetery.

Moles, Corporal Henry John, 5th Lincolnshire Regiment, of Police Station House. Enlisted with the West Riding Regiment. Died of wounds in France on 23 March 1918. Age 19. Born in Hitchin. Son of John and Susan. Queant Road Cemetery.

Monk, Ordinary Telegraphist, Walter Leslie, Royal Navy, of Shendish Cottages. Educated at the Royal Naval School, Greenwich. Killed in action on board HMS "Invincible" during the Battle of Jutland on 31 May 1916. Age 18. Son of Charles and Agnes. Portsmouth Naval Memorial.

Moody, Rifleman Thomas John, 16th Queen’s Westminster Rifles. Wounded in action in France after only three days in the trenches and died whilst being stretchered back to the dressing station on 9 July 1916 . Age 27. Son of Charles and Matilda. Assistant Master at George Street Boys’ School. Foncquevillers Military Cemetery. (StMA)

Narborough, Private William George, 8th North Staffordshire Regiment, of the Star Brewery, Bury Road. Killed in action in France on 3 June 1918. Age 19. Born in Chichley, Bucks. Son of Mr W. and Elizabeth. Courmas British Cemetery.

Needham, Second Lieutenant Joseph Walter David, 48th Sqdn, Royal Flying Corps, of "Hill Brow". Educated at Berkhamsted School. Articled to Mr WR Locke, the Borough Surveyor. Was one of the first and youngest members to join the Hemel Hempstead Volunteer Company at the start of the war. He transferred to the Inns of Court Regiment and later became a cadet with the Royal Flying Corps. Died of wounds after crashing his plane whilst on a patrol over enemy lines on 12 November 1917. Age 19. Son of Edgar and Rhoda. Etaples Military Cemetery. (StP)

Newton, Private David George, 13th Royal Sussex Regiment. Killed in action in France on 31 July 1917. Age 31. Son of Emily of Grosvenor Terrace. Formerly employed as manager of the Anglo-American Oil Company. Buffs Road Cemetery.

Norris, George

Oakins, Lance Corporal Nimrod, 2nd Bedfordshire Regiment, of 29 Mill Street. Enlisted in August 1914. Killed in action in France on 17 May 1915. Age 24. Son of George and Lucy. Formerly employed as an attendant at Hill End Asylum. Le Touret Memorial. (StMA)

Oakley, Private Benjamin George, 6th Bedfordshire Regiment. Enlisted in August 1914 and was among first the 15 to sign on within first fortnight of recruiting campaign. Died of wounds in France on 4 December 1915. Born in St Pancras. Humbercamps Communal Cemetery Extension. (LVG)

Odell, Private William, 6th Northamptonshire Regiment, of 82 High Street. Killed in action at the Somme on 23 March 1918. Age 33. Son of William and Sarah. Pozieres Memorial.

Oldring, Corporal Edward Manning, Army Pay Corps, of 10 Glen View Gardens. Died on 21 February 1919. Age 27. Son of George and Ellen. Formerly employed at Apsley Mills. Hemel Hempstead Cemetery. (MBC) (JD)

Oldring, Private Hubert John, 4th Grenadier Guards, of Hammerfield. Killed in action during the counter attack at the Battle of Loos on 16 October 1915. Age 21. Son of George and Ellen. Formerly employed with Mr GW Brooke, baker of St John’s Road. Loos Memorial. (MBC)

Orchard, Private Herbert, 1st / 4th York and Lancaster Regiment, 30 St John’s Road. Enlisted with the Hertfordshire Regiment. Killed in action in France on 12 June 1917. Loos Memorial.

Orchard, Corporal Walter, 62nd Royal Field Artillery. Killed on action in France on 23 April 1917. Age 23. Formerly employed at Apsley Mills. Husband of Nellie. He was a well known local footballer. Bunyans Cemetery. (JD)

Osborne, Private Arthur Hamilton ("Ted"), Royal Buckinghamshire Hussars. Killed in a dug-out by shrapnel in action at Chocolate Hill, Turkey on 28 August 1915. Age 20. Born in Stoke Newington. Son of Arthur and Alice. Former member of Boxmoor Boy Scouts. Formerly employed as a clerk with Drapers’ Mutual Insurance Society, London. Green Hill Cemetery.

Owen, Private Albert Edward, 7th Bedfordshire Regiment, of 8 Bury Hill. Enlisted with the Bedfordshire Regiment in November 1914. Killed by a shell in his trench in France on 7 April 1916. Formerly employed at Kent’s Brushes. Carnoy Military Cemetery. (KB)

Pain, Private Major William, 69th Machine Gun Corps, of 117 Horsecroft Road. Enlisted with the Bedfordshire Regiment. Killed in action at Ypres on 7 June 1917. Age 26. Formerly employed at Apsley Mills. Ypres (Menin Gate) Memorial. (JD)

Palmer, J Rifle Brigade??

Parish, Private William John, 1st Hertfordshire Regiment, of 24 Cotterells. Killed in action at Bethune on 20 May 1915. Age 21. Born in Brownhills, Staffs. Son of William. Formerly employed at Apsley Mills in the Book Binding Dept. Le Touret Memorial. (JD) (StP)

Parkins, Private Bertie Walter, 8th Bedfordshire Regiment, of 51 Chapel Street. Died of wounds in France on 26 June 1917. Age 23. Husband of Alice. Bethune Town Cemetery. (LVG) (StP)

Parr, Lance Corporal Charles Albert, 4th Middlesex Regiment, of 10 Bury Road. Wounded reported missing on 3 August 1917. Harlebeke New British Cemetery.

Parr, Lance Corporal Walter,1st South Wales Borderers. Killed in action on 26 September 1915. Born in Burton-on-Trent. Loos Memorial.

Patterson, Corporal Leman, 2nd Canadian Mounted Rifles (British Columbia Regt) of Rucklers Lane. Killed in action at Ypres on 2 June 1916. Age 22. Son of Leonard and Annie. Ypres (Menin Gate) Memorial.

Paxton, WC

Peek, Herbert John, of 1 Cemmaes Terrace. Enlisted in 1917. Served for seven months, five of which were spent in hospital. Died in West Herts Hospital on 29 May 1918. Age 26. (MBC)

Percival, Private Frederick, 6th Bedfordshire Regiment, of 92 Railway Terrace. Killed in action in France on 29 April 1917. Age 21. Son of Paul. Formerly employed at Apsley Mills. Arras Memorial. (JD) (StMA)

Perkins, Private Victor George Thomas, 7th Bedfordshire Regiment, of the Three Horseshoes, Leverstock Green. Killed in action at the Somme on 22 March 1918. Age 20. Born in Richmond. Son of Tom and Mary. Formerly employed at The Dairy Outfit Company. Pozieres Memorial. (LVG)

Perry, Private George Thomas, 11th. Essex Regiment, of Chapel Street. Enlisted with the Suffolk Regiment. Killed in action in France on 11 April 1918. Formerly employed at Apsley Mills as a guillotine operator. Former goalkeeper for Hemel Hempstead Football Club. Polygon Wood Cemetery. (JD) (StP)

Peterson, Henry

Pettitt, Rifleman Edgar, 1st Rifle Brigade, of 28 Cotterells. Veteran of the Boer War. Enlisted with the Rifle Brigade (British African Force). Killed in action at St Yves, Belgium on 24 March 1915. Age 30.

Pettitt, Second Lieutenant William Thomas, 1st Loyal North Lancashire Regiment, of Marlowes. Joined the Loyal North Lancashire Regiment in 1906. Wounded in September 1914. Killed by a shell in action at Passchendaele on 19 April 1918. Age 30. Son of William and Elizabeth. Husband of Emily. Vieille-Chapelle New Military Cemetery.

Philbey, Private James Henry, 16th Sherwood Foresters (Notts and Derby Regiment), of 10 Bridge Street. Killed in action on 16 April 1918. Age 33. Son of Jane and the late Edward. Husband of Caroline. Pozieres Memorial.

Phillips, Driver G, of 93 Railway Terrace - Royal Welsh Fus. ? (StMA) ?

Picton, F

Picton, Pivate Stanley, 2nd Bedfordshire Regiment, of Anchor Lane. Killed in action on 11 July 1916. Formerly employed at Apsley Mills. Husband of Ellen. Thiepval Memorial. (JD)

Pigg, Private Walter William, 1st Cameronians (Scottish Rifles), of 20 Glenview Gardens. Enlisted with the Middlesex Regiment. Killed in action on 2 July 1916. Age 23. Son of Daniel and Sarah, formerly of Hammerfield Post Office. Formerly apprenticed to Mr PJ Cook, clothier of Apsley. Gorre British and Indian Cemetery.

Piggott, Corporal Willie, 1st The Queen’s Own (Royal West Kent Regiment), of Ebberns Road. Killed in action in France on 27 September 1918. Age 30. Born in Tatternhoe. Formerly employed at Apsley Mills. Gouzeaucourt New British Cemetery. (JD) (StMA) (TW)

Plummer, Private William Charles, 1st Hertfordshire Regiment. Killed in action on 28 May 1916. Age 17. Formerly employed at Apsley Mills. Le Touret Military Cemetery. (JD)

Potts, Private Charles Henry, 4th Bedfordshire Regiment, of 15 Herbert Street. Enlisted with the Machine Gun Corps. Died of wounds on 3 October 1918. St Sever Cemetery Extension. (StP)

Poulter, Private Samuel, Hertfordshire Regiment, of 14 Orchard Street. Served for two years as a private in the Hemel Hempstead Company of 2nd Volunteer Battalion of Hertfordshire Regiment. He volunteered for two month’s duty as part of the special service section in connection with the Government’s appeal for 15,000 Volunteers. He was found dead in his tent at a camp in Essex with a self-inflicted wound to his throat on 23 July 1918. Age 42. Formerly employed in the Traffic, Export and Case Making Dept. of John Dickinson’s. St Mary’s Churchyard, Apsley. (StMA)

Pratt, Private Reginald, 6th Royal Berkshire Regiment, of 41 Puller Road. Enlisted with the Hertfordshire Regiment. Killed in action on 26 September 1916. Age 18. Son of Thomas and Eliza. Formerly employed at Apsley Mills. Thiepval Memorial. (JD)

Pratt, Private Sidney, 7th Bedfordshire Regiment, of 43 Astley Road. Killed in action on 1 July 1916. Age 18. Son of Frank. Dantzig Alley British Cemetery.

Pratt, Private Walter Sydney, 11th Royal Fusiliers, of Watford. Formerly in the East Surrey Regiment. Killed in action in France on 7 August 1918. Age 18. Born in Hemel Hempstead. Son of Sydney and Eleanor. Beacon Cemetery.

Pratt, Private Walter James, 5th Bedfordshire Regiment. Killed in action in Palestine on 20 July 1917. Gaza War Cemetery.

Prentice, Henry – same as Harry of Tring ??

Quartermass, Corporal Robert Alfred, 7th Bedfordshire Regiment, of 56 High Street, Berkhamsted. Killed in action in France on 28 September 1916. Age 27. Son of John and Henrietta of Bods End Farm. Husband of Mary. Thiepval Memorial. (BK)

Radford, Private Colin Barnes, 1st Hertfordshire Regiment, of 2 High Street. Killed in action at the Battle of Pilckem Ridge on 31 July 1917. Age 19. Formerly employed at Apsley Mills. Artillery Wood Cemetery. (JD)

Ratcliffe, Private William Daniel, 1st / 5th Bedfordshire Regiment. Died in Palestine on 30 October 1918. Alexandria War Memorial Cemetery. (StP)

Read, Bombardier Albert, 258th Siege Battery, Royal Garrison Artillery, of 68 Bury Road. Died of wounds (bullet in his lung) in France on 15 May 1917. Age 21. Formerly employed at Kent’s Brushes. St Sever Cemetery Extension. (KB)

Reeves, Private Sidney Charles, 12th Middlesex Regiment, of Herbert Street. Enlisted with the Essex Regiment. Killed by shell fire at Passchendaele on 17 October 1917. Tyne Cot Memorial. (MBC)

Reneville, Lance Corporal Albert Harry, 8thBedfordshire Regiment, of 1 Russell Place. Enlisted in September 1914. Died of wounds on 8 January 1916. Age 28. Formerly employed at Apsley Mills. Husband of Daisy. Wimereux Communal Cemetery. (JD)

Rhodes, Boy 2ndClass RW, Royal Navy. Died on board HMS "Ganges" on 28 November 1918. St Mary’s Churchyard, Apsley. (StMA)

Robbins, Sergeant Ernest, 12thSomerset Light Infantry, of Nash Mills. Enlisted with the Bedfordshire Regiment. Killed in action in France on 12 August 1918. Age 37. Formerly employed as a papermaker at Nash Mills. Son of George and Ruth. St Venant-Robecq Road British Cemetery. (JD) (StMA)

Robbins, Private William, 12thEast Surrey Regiment, of 20 Sunny Hill Road. Enlisted with the Bedfordshire Regiment. Killed in action on 23 March 1918. Born in Brackley, Northants. Arras Memorial.

Rodwell, Lance Corporal Bernard Thomas, 20thAustralian Infantry, of 77 Weymouth Street. Served at Galliopoli and his battalion formed the rearguard in the retreat from there and was one of the last to leave. Killed in action at the Somme on 29 July 1916. Age 22. Formerly employed at John Dickinson’s before emigrating to Australia. Becourt Military Cemetery. (StMA) (TW)

Rodwell, Private Herbert Thomas, 6thBedfordshire Regiment, of 77 Weymouth Street. Enlisted at the start of war. Served in France from July 1915. Died of wounds in France on 17 April 1917. Age 24. Son of Herbert and Minnie. Formerly employed at Apsley Mills in the Engineers’ Shop. Duisans British Cemetery. (JD) (StMA)

Room, Lance Corporal Frederick, 4th Bedordshire Regiment, of 117 Lower Marlowes. Killed in action in France on 20 February 1918. Born in Dunstable. Thiepval Memorial.

Roome, Private Ernest William, 2nd Genadier Guards, Nash Mills. Killed in action in France on 27 March 1918. Age 39. Formerly employed at Apsley Mills. Husband of Elizabeth. Merville Communal Cemetery. (JD)

Ross, Edward Richard

Rowley, Lance Corporal Montague, of 54 Cowper Road. Royal Welsh Fus.??

Saunders, Stoker 1st Class Alfred Edward, Royal Navy HMS "Queen Mary". Killed in action at the Battle of Jutland on 31 May 1916. Portsmouth Naval Memorial.

Saunders, Private Frederick Arthur, 2nd the Queen’s (Royal West Surrey Regiment), of 1 Winifred Road. Enlisted with the Suffolk Regiment. Killed in action in France on 14 March 1917. Age 28. Born in Ealton Bray, Beds. Formerly employed at Apsley Mills in the Book Dept. Member of Dickinson’s Silver Band. Queens Cemetery. (JD) (StMA) (TW)

Saunders, Private T, of 1 Winifred Road.

Scraggs, Private Albert Victor, Royal Fusiliers. Enlisted with the Middlesex Regiment. Killed in action on 24 April 1918. Age 21. Born in Islington. Son of Annie. Pozieres Memorial.

Sear, Private Harry, 5th Machine Gun Corps, of Bath Street. Enlisted in the Hertfordshire Regiment three months before the outbreak of war. Proceeded to France in September 1914. Transferred to Machine Gun Corps in September 1915. Died of wounds on 4 June 1918. Age 24. Formerly employed at Apsley Mills. Son of Walter and Sarah. Tannay British Cemetery. (JD)

Sear, Private Joseph Walter, 1stBedfordshire Regiment. Enlisted in September 1914. Killed in action in Belgium on 20 April 1915. Poperinge Old Military Cemetery.

Sear, Private Sidney Herbert, 4th Field Ambulance, Royal Army Medical Corps. Killed in action at Pilkem Ridge on 10 October 1917. Born in Watford and attended Watford Grammar School. Brother of Elsie of Boxmoor. Canada Farm Cemetery.

Sear, Private Sydney (MBC)

Searle, Sergeant Arthur William Joseph, 176th Siege Bty. Royal Garrison Artillery, of 110 Cotterells. Enlisted in September 1914. Seriously wounded in the abdomen on 7 June (his 22nd birthday) and died on 12 June 1917 in hospital. Served in the army before the war in Malta. He was the first local boy to be presented by the late Alderman Randall with a silver watch for eight years perfect attendance at school and never being late during that period. Son of Albert and Emily. Hazebrouck Communal Cemetery. (StP)

Searl, Private Thomas, 4th Bedfordshire Regiment. Killed in action in France on 23 March 1918. Age 19. Son of Thomas James and Emily of 17 Cemetery Road. Arras Memorial.
War Memorial has incorrect spelling – "Searle"

Sears, William Walter, Royal Engineers. Discharged after receiving splinter wound to the eye. Died at home of stomach cancer in January 1918. Age 53. Leverstock Green Churchyard. Surname recorded incorrectly as "Sear" on Hemel Hempstead War Memorial. (LVG)

Secretan, Second Lieutenant Reginald Herbert, Hertfordshire Regiment, of Bennetts End. Killed in action on 31 July 1917. Age 22. Son of Herbert. Ypres (Menin Gate) Memorial. (LVG)

Sells, Private Leonard, 6th Northamptonshire Regiment. Enlisted with the Bedfordshire Regiment. Killed in action on 17 February 1917. Formerly employed at Apsley Mills. Thiepval Memorial. (JD) (StP)

Sharp, Private Frank, 2nd Lincolnshire Regiment, of 59 St John’s Road. Killed in action at Passchendaele on 14 April 1918. Age 19. Son of James Frederick and Ellen. Formerly employed at Apsley Mills. Tyne Cot Memorial. (JD)

Sharp, Private Frederick James, 1st Bedfordshire Regiment, of 59 St John’s Road. Killed in action at on 21 April 1915. Formerly employed at Apsley Mills. Son of James Frederick and Ellen. Oosttaverne Wood Cemetery. (JD)

Shepherd, Private Robert, Hertfordshire Regiment. Killed in action at the Battle of Loos on 20 July 1916. Formerly employed at Apsley Mills. Loos Memorial. CWGC records his surname as "Shephard". (JD) (StMJ)

Simons, Private Willam, 75th Canadian Infantry (Central Ontario Regiment). Died of pneumonia at Bramshott near Aldershot on 21 January 1919. Age 34. Son of Thomas and Phoebe of High Street Green. (StP) Hemel Hempstead Cemetery.

Sims, Walter Henry Booker ("Harry"), Royal Marines Light Infantry. He took part in the Battle of Jutland on board HMS "Princess Royal". In February 1919 he fell from the ship’s rigging and landed on his head. He died in West Herts Hospital on 17 October 1919 as a result of a heart attack caused by his injuries.

Slough, Private Andrew, 15th Royal Welsh Fusiliers, of 142 London Road. Killed in action on 11 July 1916. Age 19. Son of the late Henry. Formerly employed at Apsley Mills. London Cemetery and Extension. (JD)

Slough, Sick Berth Attendant Albert Joseph, HMS "Queen Mary" Royal Navy of 142 London Road. Killed in action on 31 May 1916. Portsmouth Naval Memorial.

Slough, Private Robert James, 171st Devonshire Regiment, of 37 Bridge Street. Enlisted with the Royal Field Artillery before transferring to the 6th Labour Corps. Killed in action in France on 15 April 1918. Age 36. Son of Henry and Emily. St Pierre Cemetery.

Smeathman, Lieutenant Cecil, 1st Leicestershire Regiment. He went to the Front in September 1914. Wounded by a shell in the trenches at Rue du Bois on 23 October and died of wounds in the Base Hospital at Bailleul on 24 October 1914. Age 25. Third and youngest son of Lovel and Frances Ann of South Hill. Bailleul Communal Cemetery.

Smeathman, Lieutenant Julian Missenden, Royal Engineers. Killed in action in the first Battle of Ypres on 24 October 1914. Age 26. Son of Lovel and Frances of South Hill. Ypres (Menin Gate) Memorial.

Smith, Private Alfred A, 6th Bedfordshire Regiment, of 23 Mill Street. Formerly with the Essex Regiment. Died of wounds in France in his brother’s arms (Pt Noah Smith) on 5 May 1916. Formerly employed at Kent’s Brushes, and a member of the Spotted Bull Quoit Club. (KB) (StMA)

Smith, Private Albert Thomas, 1st Tank Corps, of 1 Harvey Place. Died of mustard gas poisoning in hospital France on 4 October 1918. Age 19. Son of Charles and Sarah. Terlincthun British Cemetery. (StP)

Smith, Private Frederick Sidney, 20th Hussars. Killed in action at Ypres on 30 October 1914. Age 21. Born in Barnes, London. Son of Charles and Alice of The Whip and Collar, Two Waters. Ypres (Menin Gate) Memorial.

Smith, Lance Corporal Henry, 6th Queen’s Own (Royal West Kent Regiment), of Henry Street. Killed in action in France on 19 September 1918. Vis-en-Artois Memorial. (LVG) (StMJ)

Smith, Sapper Percy George, 247th Royal Engineers. Killed in action in France on 30 September 1918. Age 25. Son of William and Emily. Formerly employed with Mr C Hilderley. Member of the choir of St John’s, Boxmoor. Cantaing British Cemetery.

Smith, Lance Corporal William Thomas, 1st Royal Scots, of 4 Cemetery Hill. Killed in action on 28 April 1915. Age 27. Ypres (Menin Gate) Memorial.

Snowden, Lieutenant Harcourt John, 1st Hertfordshire Regiment. Killed in by a sniper on 11 January 1915. Age 27. Son of Rev. Harcourt CV Snowden. Formerly employed as a master at Lockers Park. He played cricket for Hemel Hempsted. Rue-Des-Berceaux Military Cemetery.

Sommerville, Lance Corporal William, 1st Bedfordshire Regiment, of 8 Corner Hall. Served in the Boer War with the City Imperial Volunteers. Killed in actrion on 5 May 1915. Age 35. Born in St Pancras. Husband of Alice. Formerly employed at Apsley Mills. Ypres (Menin Gate) Memorial. (JD) (StMA)

Sorrow, William

Sproat, Lance Corporal Isaac, 18th Wagon Erecting Corps, Royal Engineers of 11 Sebright Road. Died of wounds on 16 November 1918. Age 31. Son of the late Thomas and Elizabeth. Husband of Agnes. Les Baraques Military Cemetery.

Spurr, Private Albert, 1st Bedfordshire Regiment. Killed in action on 9 October 1917. Tyne Cot Memorial.

Spurr, Private George, Labour Corps. Enlisted with the Royal Fusiliers. Died of wounds in France on 2 November 1917.

Spurr, Private John Thomas, 5th Labour Corps, of 86 High Street. Enlisted with the Middlesex Regiment. Died of injuries after falling off a lorry in Norwich on 17 July 1918. Age 30. Hemel Hempstead Cemetery.

Spurr, Lance Corporal John William, 1st Lancashire Fusiliers, of 3 Bowers Cottages. Died of wounds in France on 28 October 1917. Age 24. Mont Huon Military Cemetery.

Squires, Corporal George, 7th Bedfordshire Regiment. Killed in action on 16 August 1917. Born in Thame. Formerly employed at Apsley Mills in the Composing Dept. Tyne Cot Cemetery. (JD)

Stephens, Leonard

Stone, Private Alfred, 6th Bedfordshire Regiment. Died of wounds in France on 13 July 1916. Heilly Station Cemetery.

Stone, Private Arthur, 8th Bedfordshire Regiment, of 248 Holly Bush Row. Killed in action at Ypres on 19 April 1916. Age 31. Son of George and Harriet. Ypres (Menin Gate) Memorial.

Sturdy, Lance Corporal Richard, 16th Lancers (The Queen’s), Killed in action at Ypres on 5 November 1914. Age 25. Born in Kent. Son of Rose. Ypres (Menin Gate) Memorial.

Talbot, Lieutenant Humfrey Richard, 3rd Dragoon Guards (Prince of Wales’ Own), of Marchmont House. His trench was hit by a shell and there were many men killed and wounded. He attended to the wounds of his men despite being injured himself. Died of head wounds at Ypres on 13 November 1914. Age 25. Son of Gustavus (Mayor of Hemel Hempstead) and Susan. Ypres Town Cemetery.

Taylor, Private Frederick, 8th Bedfordshire Regiment, of Leverstock Green. Killed in action at the Somme on 15 September 1916. Age 34. Husband of Kate. Thiepval Memorial. (LVG)

Tebby, Sapper Alfred George, Royal Engineers, of 32 Alma Road. He was given four months temporary military exemption for his occupation in March 1916. Died of influenza and pneumonia in Italy on 9 November 1918. Age 33. Born in Berkhamsted. Formerly branch manager of a furniture store at 4 Cheapside, Hemel Hempstead. Tezze British Cemetery.

Thorn, Private Edwin, 2nd Bedfordshire Regiment, of 5 Bennetts End. Killed in action at Le Cateau on 23 October 1918. Age 25. Son of Walter. Highland Cemetery. (LVG)

Thorne, Private Gordon, 7th East Surrey Regiment, of 62 Cotterells. Enlisted in September 1914. Badly gassed in 1915. Killed in action in France on 5 August 1917. Age 32. Born in Chesham. Son of William. Tilloy British Cemetery.

Timson, Private George Albert, 6th Bedfordshire Regiment, of "The Red Lion", Leverstock Green. Killed in action at Arras on 23 April 1917. Formerly employed at John Dickinson’s Nash Mills. Arras Memorial. (JD) (LVG)

Tomlin, Private Daniel ("Little Danny"), 5th Middlesex Regiment, of 73 Horsecroft Road. He was given a month’s exemption from military service in March 1916 in order to look after his widowed mother, Elizabeth. Killed by machine gun fire in action at Voormezelle on 21 November 1916. Age 37. Formerly employed for 21 years by John Dickinson’s in the Stock Dept. Voormezelle Enclosure No.3. (JD)

Townsend, Private Frederick, 6th Bedfordshire Regiment. Died of wounds in France on 5 May 1916. Age 28. Doullens Communal Cemetery Extension.

Vaughan, Lance Corporal Charles James, 1st Leicestershire Regiment, of Adeyfield Cottage. Killed in action on 15 September 1916. Age 21. Born in Redbourn. Son of Daniel and Rachel. Thiepval Memorial. (StP)

Vercoe, Corporal Francis Horward, 145th Royal Garrison Artillery, of 18 West View Road. Awarded the DCM with bar for two acts of gallantry. Died of wounds 4 June 1917. Age 28. Formerly employed at Apsley Mills. Son of James and Mary. Underhill Farm Cemetery. (JD)

Viney, Private Charles Alfred, 15th Sherwood Foresters, of 70 Marlowes. Killed in action in France on 28 March 1918. Age 19. Son of Alfred and Lilian. Pozieres Memorial.

Wade, Sergeant William, Royal Field Artillery, of 17 Paradise. Enlisted in 1912 and served in France and Egypt. Wounded in France in 1914. Discharged from the army in 1917. Died on 31 May 1919 of tuberculosis. Son of WJ. Husband of Nellie. Hemel Hempstead Cemetery.

Waller, Private Thomas, 11th Essex Regiment, of 39 London Road. Enlisted with the Hertfordshire Regiment. Killed in action on 28 June 1917. Age 28. Son of Henry and Mary. Husband of Mabel. Philosophe British Cemetery. (MBC) (StMA)

Ward, Frank Samuel, 667th Agricultural Coy, Labour Corps. Enlisted in 1916 with the Norfolk Regiment. Died of pneumonia following influenza on 19 November 1918. Son of John and Eleanor of Croydon. Formerly employed by WJ Clarke, draper. Former organist at Great Gaddesden Church and St Paul’s Church, Hemel Hempstead. Kingswood Churchyard, Surrey. (StP)

Webb, Lance Corporal Walter, 4th Bedfordshire Regiment, of Leverstock Green. Killed in action in France on 4 February 1917. Age 36. Born in St Albans. Husband of Jane. Ancre British Cemetery. (LVG)

Wellman, Rifleman Ernest Arthur, 2nd Queen’s Westminster Rifles, of "Highfield", St Albans Road. Died of wounds on 7 November 1917. Age 30. Born in London. Husband of Clara. Formerly employed as a paper expert at Apsley Mills. Beersheba War Cemetery. (JD) (MBC)

Wells, Leading Stoker James, HMS "Queen Mary" Royal Navy. Killed in action on 31 May 1916. Son of Elizabeth and the late John of Tring. Portsmouth Naval Memorial. (StMA)

Welman, C

Westwood, Lance Corporal Denis Augustus, 26th Royal Fusiliers. Killed in action on 15 September 1916. Age 21. Son of Arthur and Annie. Formerly employed at Cooper’s of Berkhamsted. Thiepval Memorial. (StMA)

Wheldon-Williams, Lieutenant Victor W, 13th Middlesex Regiment, of Claremont, Boxmoor. Wounded and gassed in April 1916. Accidentally killed on 6 July 1916. Age 21. Educated at Berkhamsted School. Member of the Cadet Corps for five years. Son of Mrs. Fanny Wheldon-Williams of Corner Hall. Hazebrouck Communal Cemetery.

Widdows, Private Albert Ernest, 9th Royal Fusiliers, of 121 Horsecroft Road. Died of wounds on 21 October 1917. Monchy British Cemetery.

Wilkins, Private Richard William, 13th London Regiment. Killed in action on 9 April 1917. Age 30. Formerly employed at Apsley Mills. Son of William and Millicent of St Leonards-on-Sea. London Cemetery. (JD) (StMA)

Wilkinson, Second Lieutenant Ernest Alexander, 2nd Leicestershire Regiment of George Street. Killed in action in France on 25 September 1915 whilst in charge of a bomb-throwing party. Loos Memorial.

Wilkinson, Second Lieutenant William Donald, 5th Essex Regiment, of George Street. Killed in action at the Somme on 14 November 1916. Member of Hemel Hempstead Swimming Club. Thiepval Memorial.

Williams, Private Charles, of 93 Railway Terrace Royal Welsh Fus.??

Windmill, Gunner William, 72nd Royal Field Artillery,of Leverstock Green. Died of wounds on 1 October 1918. Born in St Albans. Sunken Road Cemetery. (StA)

Wiseman, Private Leonard, 13th Royal Sussex Regiment, of 3 Victoria Terrace, Albion Hill. Killed in action at the Somme on 26 March 1918. Age 19. Son of the late Samuel and Mary. Pozieres Memorial. (MBC)

Wombwell, Private Herbert, Machine Gun Corps, of Leverstock Green. Died of wounds in France on 21 July 1918. Age 19. Born in Thriplow, Cambs. Son of Eli and Elizabeth of Fulbourn, Cambs. Terlinthun British Cemetery. (LVG) (MBC)

Woods, Private Willie, 8th Bedfordshire Regiment, of 49 Bury Road. Enlisted in April 1917. Killed in action in France on 21 May 1917. Age 40. Husband of CE. Woods. Philosophe British Cemetery.

Woodward, Harry, Grenadier Guards, originally of Leverstock Green. Joined the army in 1900. Rejoined again at the start of war but became seriously ill in France and was invalided home to New Southgate where he resumed his occupation as an asylum assistant at the London County Asylum. However, the illness returned and he subsequently died on 13 July 1916. His sister was married by George De Beger who was also killed. His surname is incorrectly recorded as "Woodwards". (LVG)

Wright, Lieutenant BW, 4th Sqdn, Royal Air Force, attached to the Australian Flying Corps, of Leverstock Green. Killed in aerial combat over enemy lines on 4 May 1918. Outtersteene Communal Cemetery Extension.

Wright, Private Robert Charles Benjamin, 2nd East Surrey Regiment, of 18 Cherry Bounce. Killed in action on 29 September 1915. Age 17. Born in Norfolk. Son of Ellen. Loos Memorial.

Wykes, Lieutenant Charles Edward, Royal Air Force, of Iddlesleigh House. Died in a fire at the Exhibition Hall in Newcastle on 13 August 1918. Age 32. Son of Cllr Wykes. Husband of Mabel. Hemel Hempstead Cemetery. (StP)

Wykes, Private William, 2nd / 10th Middlesex Regiment. Died in Egypt on 1 November 1915. Alexandria Military and War Memorial Cemetery. (StP)

Young, Gunner William John, 8th Royal Field Artillery, of Rucklers Lane. Joined the RFA as a trumpeter when the regiment was billeted in Apsley. Went to France in March 1915 and was killed in action in Belgium on 10 January 1917. Formerly employed at Apsley Mills. Reninghelst New Military Cemetery. (KL)

Hemel Hempstead soldiers not recorded on the War Memorial:

Brinklow, Private Thomas, 2nd Bedfordshire Regiment. Killed in action on 3rd July 1916. Ovilliers Military Cemetery. He was born in Hemel Hempstead and lived in Watford.

Buck, Private Joseph, 2nd Bedfordshire Regiment. Killed in action on 7 August 1918. Age 20. Born in Boxmoor. Son of William and Sarah Annie of North Grove Lock, Hunton Bridge. Pozieres Memorial.

Burns, Private John, Bedfordshire Regiment, of Hemel Hempstead. Enlisted with the Bedfordshire Regiment in August 1914. He lost a leg, an eye and suffered other facial injuries during the war and died in June 1921.

Clamp, Company Sergeant Major F Arthur, 4th Bedfordshire Regiment, of The Lodge, Westbrook Hay. Killed in action in France on 24 August 1918. Age 23. Born in Snareston, Leics. Son of Alice. Warlencourt British Cemetery.

Clark, Private John William, 5th Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry, of Apsley End. Killed in action in France on 23 March 1918. Age 40. Born in Rye. Son of John and Mary. Husband of Lizzie. Pozieres Memorial. (TW)

Collins, Private William Cecil, Hertfordshire Regiment, of Boxmoor. Died of wounds in France on 4 November 1918. Born in Fleeton Marston, Bucks. Romeries Communal Cemetery Extension.

Croft, Sergeant George, 2nd Duke of Wellington’s (West Riding Regiment). Killed in action on 12 October 1916. Age 26. Born in Leverstock Green. Son of Caroline of 1 Tucker Street, Watford. Thiepval Memorial.

Fowler, Private William, Royal Warwickshire Regiment, of 36 Alma Road. Enlisted in 1915. After four years service he suffered from rheumatism and spent time in hospital in France, Leicester and finally West Herts Hospital where he died on 6 May 1919. Age 34. Son of Henry.

George, Private Sidney Russell, Machine Gun Corps, of 97 Bury Road. Enlisted with the Bedfordshire Regiment in May 1915 aged 17. He went to France with the 8th Battalion and then transferred to the Machine Gun Corps. He was wounded three times, gassed twice and was once buried alive for three days. He was discharged in April 1919 still suffering from the effects of gas. His condition became worse and he died at home on 29 September 1920. Age 23. Son of Henry and Louisa. Formerly employed at Apsley Mills in the Card Dept. Hemel Hempstead Cemetery.

Gillett, Driver Richard Francis, Army Service Corps. Killed in action by shell-fire on 7 August 1916. Age 28. Born in Derby. Son of Leonard and Edith. Formerly employed as a clerk for Messrs Adams and Colvile, solicitors of Hemel Hempstead. He was temporary honorary secretary of the Hemel Hempstead Volunteer Training Corps.

King, Private GF, 18th (Queen Mary’s Own) Hussars, of Astley Road. Served in India and the Boer War. Enlisted as a reservist at the start of the war. Died of a cerebral haemorrhage on 14 December 1917. Age 42. Hemel Hempstead Cemetery.

Lockyer, Private Stanley Watkins, Inns of Court OTC. Died of influenza at West Herts Hospital on 10 November 1918. Nephew of Mr F Lockyer of Apsley. He formerly lived in South Africa. Hemel Hempstead Cemetery.

Maxted, Lieutenant William Henry, 3rd Sqdn. Royal Air Force, of High Street. Enlisted in August 1917. During his flying service, he shot down six German planes including a couple of Fokkers and four two-seaters. Killed in a flying accident whilst on target practice in France on 17 December 1918. Age 19. Son of James Samuel and Minnie. Etaples Military Cemetery.

Mead, Private Horace, 4th Bedfordshire Regiment, of Piccotts End. Wounded in France and invalided home. Killed in a motor accident in Dovercourt on 5 February 1915. Age 36. Harwich Cemetery.

Purton, Lance Corporal George Harry, 2nd Oxfordshire and Bucks Light Infantry. Died of wounds on 6 August 1916. Age 24. Son of the late Harry of Boxmoor. Corbie Communal Cemetery Extension.

Rodwell, Private Frederick, Bedfordshire Regiment, of 77 Weymouth Street, Hemel Hempstead. Died at home in Apsley of tuberculosis on 23 September 1916. Age 20. Son of Herbert and Minnie. Member of the Apsley Church Lads Brigade and Bible Class.

Savel, Lieutenant Harold Richard, 21st London Regiment (First Surrey Rifles), of the White House, Hemel Hempstead. Killed in action in France on 25 May 1915. Age 23. Son of Richard and Edith. Formerly employed at Apsley Mills. Guards Cemetery. (JD)

Thornhill, Private John Oswald, 1st Royal Berkshire Regiment of Boxmoor. Killed in action on 25 April 1917. Age 23. Son of Mrs. Johanna W. of 106 New Garden Street, Georgetown, British Guyana. Arras Memorial.

Tuckwell, Private Stewart William, 10th Canadian Infantry (Alberta Regt). Killed in action at Vimy Ridge on 28 April 1917. Age 40. Son of David and Mary. Husband of Rhoda. Before emigrating, he worked for "The Gazette" as the football reporter. Vimy Memorial.

Wiseman, Harry, Royal Horse Artillery, of Albion Hill. Kicked to death by a horse in c.1920. Son of the late Samuel and Mary.

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