Great War Names not Commemorated on the War Memorial
The Following gave their live but do not appear on the Whitwick War Memorial | ||||||
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| Name | Regiment | Rank | Service No | Died | Age | Details |
| BAILEY, Job | 1st Battalion Sherwood Foresters (Notts and Derby) Regiment |
Private | 11770 | 15 February 1918 | - | - |
| Son of Mr and Mrs Jos Bailey of City of Dan, Whitwick. | ||||||
Memorial: Tyne Cot Memorial, Panel 99 to 102 and 162 to 162A. | ||||||
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| BROOKS, William | 1st Battalion Leicestershire Regiment |
Private | 16514 | 27 April 1916 | - | - |
Cemetery: La Brique Military Cemetery No 2, I T 9. | ||||||
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| COLVER, William Henry | 667th H.T. Company Army Service Corps |
Driver | T/440901 | 1 November 1918 | 31 | - |
| Son of William Colver of Desford, Leicestershire. Husband of clara Jane Dingley Colver of Market Place, Whitwick. | ||||||
Cemetery: Greenwich Cemetery, Screen Wall 1 C B 1076. | ||||||
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| CONLEY, William Cockayne | 1st Battalion South Staffordshire Regiment |
Lieutenant | - | 26 October 1917 | - | Awarded the Military Cross |
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Memorial: Tyne Cot Memorial, Panel 90 to 92 and 162 to 162A.Memorial: Whitwick Holy Cross RC Church. | ||||||
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| FRITH, Frederick | 6th Battalion Leicestershire Regiment |
Private | 241789 | 27 May 1918 | - | - |
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Memorial: Soissons Memorial. | ||||||
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| HALL, Arthur | 9th Battalion Leicestershire Regiment |
Private | 24238 | 1 October 1917 | 28 | - |
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Memorial: Tyne Cot Memorial, Panel 50 to 51. | ||||||
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| HALL, Harry | 11th Battalion Leicestershire Regiment |
Private | 25749 | 22 March 1918 | - | - |
| Born in Whitwick Harry Hall lived in Stanton Under Bardon. | ||||||
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Memorial: Arras Memorial, Bay 5. | ||||||
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| HALL, Isaac | 1/5th Battalion Leicestershire Regiment |
Private | 2521 | 23 July 1915 | 18 | - |
| Born in 1896 Isaac Hall lived in Thringstone. Isaac is the younger brother of Ernest Hall who appears on the memorial. Enlisting during the first week of the war he was a member of the Famous Fifty. Isaac was killed when a mine exploded under Trench 50 close to Hill 60 in the Ypres Sector. | ||||||
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Memorial: Arras Memorial, Bay 5. | ||||||
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| HODGKINSON, Joseph | 7th Battalion Leicestershire Regiment |
Private | 235028 | 24 October 1918 | 26 | - |
| Husband of Edith Annie Hodgkinson of King's Road, Shepshed. Born in Whitwick Joseph lived in Shepshed. | ||||||
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Memorial: Arras Memorial, Bay 5. | ||||||
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| HUNT, Edward Henry | 2nd Battalion Leicestershire Regiment |
Private | 11374 | 7 January 1916 | - | - |
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Memorial: Basra Memorial, Panel 12. Memorial: Whitwick Holy Cross RC Church. | ||||||
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| ING, Harry | 1/5th Battalion Leicestershire Regiment |
Private | 1242 | 30 July 1915 | 21 | - |
| Son of Jonah and Jane Ing of 91 Waterworks Road, Bardon Hill. | ||||||
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Memorial: Ypres Memorial, Panel 33. | ||||||
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| KELLY, H | 11th Battalion Sherwood Foresters (Notts and Derby) Regiment |
Serjeant | 7318 | 12 February 1916 | - | - |
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Cemetery: Y Farm Military Cemetery, Bois-Grenier, F 43. | ||||||
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| KIRBY, F | 2nd Battalion Leicestershire Regiment |
Private | 8767 | 9 December 1914 | 21 | - |
| Son of John and Charlotte Kirby of Hugglescote. | ||||||
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Cemetery: Le Touret Military Cemetery, Richebourg-L'Avoue, I D 11. | ||||||
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| LOWE, Joseph Oliver | 2nd Battalion Royal Fusiliers (City of London) Regiment |
Corporal | S/8131 | 25 October 1916 | - | - |
| Born in Whitwick, Joseph lived in King's Norton. | ||||||
| Memorial: Thiepval Memorial, Pier and face 8 C 9 A and 16 A. | ||||||
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| PARKER, John | Leicestershire Yeomanry | Lance Serjeant | 1478 | 13 May 1915 | 26 | - |
| Son of Joseph and Annie Parker of Longcliffe Lodge, Shepshed. Lance Serjeant Parker was killed in action at the Battle of Frezenburg. | ||||||
Memorial: Ypres (Menin Gate) Memorial, Panel 5. | ||||||
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| PRESTRIDGE, Samue Elijah | 1/4th Battalion Northamptonshire Regiment |
Private | 20864 | 8 July 1916 | - | - |
Memorial: Thiepval Memorial, Pier and Face 11 A and 11 D. | ||||||
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| PRICE, John Edward | 8th Battalion Leicestershire Regiment |
Lance Corporal | 14372 | 15 July 1916 | 32 | - |
| Born in Whitwick, Husband of Eliza Ann Stanley (formerly Price) of 8 Mantle Road, Leicester. | ||||||
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Cemetery: Flatiron Copse Cemetery, Mametz, IV C 9. | ||||||
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| ROSE, Arthur | 9th Battalion Royal Fusiliers (City of London) Regiment |
Lance Corporal | G/17363 | 7 July 1916 | 19 | - |
| Born in Whitwick, Arthur lived in Hucknall. | ||||||
| Cemetery: Ovillers Military Cemetery, VI E 4. | ||||||
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| SELBY, Philip | 12th Battalion Northumberland Fusiliers |
Private | 14031 | 3 November 1915 | 18 | - |
| Son of Frederick John and Fanny Selby. | ||||||
Cemetery: City of London Cemetery, Manor Park, Screen Wall 235 2A. | ||||||
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| SMITH, Herbert | 8th Battalion Leicestershire Regiment |
Private | 13172 | 31 August 1915 | 26 | - |
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Cemetery: Mondicourt Communal Cemetery, Near North-West Corner. | ||||||
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| SPACEY, John William | 6th Battalion Oxford and Bucks Light Infantry |
Private | 11366 | 9 September 1916 | 20 | - |
| Born in Whitwick, John lived in Bedworth. | ||||||
| Cemetery: St Sever Cemetery, Rouen, B 25 4. | ||||||
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| SQUIRES, T | 6th Battalion Leicestershire Regiment |
Private | 13172 | 16 July 1916 | - | - |
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Cemetery: Dartmoor Cemetery, Becordel-Becourt, I D 43. | ||||||
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| STAFFORD, Francis Edward | 50th Battalion Machine Gun Corps |
Private | 153304 | 4 September 1918 | 19 | - |
| Son of George J G and Amy M Stafford of 51 Vaughan Street, Coalville. | ||||||
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Cemetery: Dernancourt Communal Cemetery Extension, VIII B 13. Memorial: Whitwick Holy Cross RC Church. Formerly M/322160 R.A.S.C. | ||||||
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| STANFORD, Charles Ernest | 7th Battalion Leicestershire Regiment |
Private | 15231 | 14 July 1916 | - | - |
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Memorial: Thiepval Memorial, Pier and Face 2C and 3A. Memorial: Whitwick Holy Cross RC Church | ||||||
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| SHEFFIELD, Joseph | 6th Battalion Leicestershire Regiment |
Private | 16174 | 29 September 1916 | - | - |
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Memorial: Thiepval Memorial, Pier and Face 2C and 3A. Memorial: Whitwick Holy Cross RC Church | ||||||
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| WARD, William | 2nd Battalion Leicestershire Regiment |
Private | 17895 | 7 January 1916 | - | - |
| Born in Whitwick, William lived in Barnsley. William was killed in action during the campaign in Mesopotamia. | ||||||
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Memorial: Basra Memorial, Panel 12. | ||||||
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| WILLIAMSON, John William | 1/5th Battalion Leicestershire Regiment |
Lance Corporal | 2693 | 24 March 1916 | 23 | - |
| Son of William and Elizabeth Williamson. | ||||||
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Cemetery: Ecoivres Military Cemetery. Mont-St Eloi, I D 15. | ||||||
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