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War Memorial Right Panel

In Grateful Memoriam

Details of the Fallen

Name Regiment Rank Service No Died Age Details

GRIFFITHS, Arthur HMS Flirt Stoker 1st Class K/30163 26 October 1916 24 -

Son of George Griffiths.
Husband of Jessie.

Memorial: Portsmouth Naval Memorial, 18

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HALL, Ernest 2nd Battalion
Leicestershire Regiment Private 12041 13th March 1915 - -

Private Ernest Hall Husband of Anna Hall of 20 Talbot Street, Whitwick.
Ernest was a reservist before the war and formed part of the British Expeditionary Force. He was mortally wounded at the Battle of Neuve Chapelle. On the 26 February 1915 the Coalville Times published the details of a letter Ernest had sent to his wife, in which he detailed how bitterly cold the weather had been and that they were posted in a "hotspot". sadly only five weeks later (2nd April 1915) the paper carried the announcement of his death. Ernest's younger brother, Isaac, was also a victim of the Great War and was killed on the 23rd July 1915 aged 18.

Memorial: Le Touret Memorial, Panel 11.

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HALL, Joseph Amithae 9th Battalion
Leicestershire Regiment Lance Corporal 16075 9 December 1915 22 -

Lance Corporal Hall left a widow and child residing in Dumps Road.

Cemetery: Bienvillers Military Cemetery, I A 70.

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HALL, James Horace 1st Battalion
Leicestershire Regiment Private 203613 15 October 1917 22 Enlisted August 1914

Born in Whitwick in 1895, Son of Mr and Mrs James Hall of 86 Belvoir Road, Coalville.
James was a member of the "Famous Fifty" originally enlisting into the 5th Battalion. After being wounded in Belgium he was sent home with trench foot and upon recovery was reposted to the 1st Battalion. James had just been notified of his impending promotion to Lance Corporal at the time of his death.

Cemetery: Loos British Cemetery, XX A 10.

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HARLEY, Ambrose 1/5th Battalion
Leicestershire Regiment Private 241668 12 January 1918 21 -

Son of John Thomas and Rosaline Harley of 5 The Hockley, Whitwick.

Cemetery: Cambrin Military Cemetery, M43.
Memorial: Whitwick Holy Cross RC Church.

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HART, Ernest Alfred 1/6th Battalion
North Staffordshire Regiment Corporal 202068 15 May 1918 26 -

Son of William and Mary Jane Hart of Roy House, Church Lane, Whitwick.
Living on Church Lane, the Coalville Times of Friday May 31 1918 reported that Ernest Hart first went to France in 1915 but was returned home in late 1917 with trench fever. On May 4th 1918 he was admitted to hospital in France having been badly gassed. On May 12th doctors wrote to his his family stating that he was to ill to write but they remained hopeful he would recover. However, on May 16th a nurse wrote to say that Ernest passed away at 1130am on the 14th May.

Cemetery: Etaples Military Cemetery, LXVIII B 16.

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HAYNES, John Bertram 1/5th Battalion
Leicestershire Regiment Private 241734 17 August 1917 - -

Memorial: Loos Memorial, Panel 42 to 44.

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HAYWOOD, L 3rd Battalion
Cameronians (Scottish Rifles) Private 41370 30 December 1917 21 -

Son of Samuel and Catherine Haywood of 39 Gracedieu Road, Whitwick.
Rifleman Haywood was torpedoed at sea.

Cemetery: Alexandria (Hadra) War Memorial Cemetery, C44.
Memorial: Whitwick Holy Cross RC Church.

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HEGGS, Joseph Herbert HMS Hampshire Ordinary Seaman J/26697 5 June 1916 18 -

Son of Hannah Sheffield (formerly Heggs) of 23 Cambridge Street, Coalville.

Memorial: Portsmouth Naval Memorial, 14.

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HEIGHTON, George Edward 11th Company
Machine Gun Corps Private 30630 9 April 1917 31 -

Private George Heighton Son of Mr Charles and Mrs Sarah Jane Heighton of Green Lane, Whitwick.
Formerly 23996 Leicestershire Regiment.

Memorial: Arras memorial, Bay 10.

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HEIGHTON, John Anson Battalion
Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve Able Seaman Tyneside Z/5576 13 November 1916 31 -

Able Seaman John Heighton Son of Mr Charles and Mrs Sarah Jane Heighton of Green Lane, Whitwick.

Cemetery: Ancre British Cemetery, Beaumont-Hamel, IV C 49.

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HENSON, Leonard 2nd Battalion
Coldstream Guards Private 7290 25 September 1914 25 -

Private Henson was the first Whitwick soldier to be killed in the Great War.

Cemetery: City of Paris Cemetery, Pantin, 6 21 28.

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HOBSON, Andrew Charles 1st Battalion
Leicestershire Regiment Private 16351 15 September 1916 25 -

Private Hobson was killed in the attack on the Quadrilateral.

Memorial: Thiepval Memorial, Pier and Face 2C and 3A.

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HOWE, Edgar 2nd Battalion
Leicestershire Regiment Private 12075 16 February 1916 - -

Private Howe lived in Golden Row, Talbot Street and died of wounds whilst serving in Mesopotamia.

Cemetery: Amara War Cemetery, Iraq, VII H 6.

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HURST, Herbert Smith 8th Battalion
Leicestershire Regiment Private 13172 31 August 1915 26 -

Herbert appears as Private 13172 Herbert SMITH on the Commonwealth War Graves Commission debt of honour. He was killed with several others by accident whilst his unit were practicing bomb throwing.

Cemetery: Mondicourt Communal Cemetery, North West Corner.

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JARVIS, Edward 1st Battalion
Grenadier Guards Guardsman 18965 17 October 1915 27 Enlisted September 1914

Guardsman Edward Jarvis Son of Mr and Mrs Thomas Jarvis of Kimberley Cottages, 88 Hermitage Road, Whitwick.

Memorial: Loos Memorial, Panel 5 to 7.
Memorial: Whitwick Holy Cross RC Church.

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JOHNSTONE, Arthur Charles "B" Company 9th Battalion
Leicestershire Regiment Private 12135 1 September 1915 21 Enlisted August 1914

Son of Robert and Susannah Johnstone of 4 Castle Hill, Whitwick.

Cemetery: Beauval Communal Cemetery, C12.
Memorial: Whitwick Holy Cross RC Church.

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KETCHER, Harold Edwin 12th Battalion
Northumberland Fusiliers Private 35259 16 June 1917 20 -

Son of Richard Alfred and Christina Ketcher of 31 Oxford Street, Coalville.
Originally posted missing in action in June 1917, his death was not confirmed until February 1918. A memorial service was held for Harold Ketcher in Whitwick Holy Cross Church on Sunday 17th February resided over by Father Degen.

Memorial: Arras Memorial, Bay 2.
Memorial: Whitwick Holy Cross RC Church.

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KING, Ernest 15th Battalion
Sherwood Foresters (Notts and Derby Regiment) Serjeant 2796 28 March 1918 27 -

Son of Joseph and Kate King of 26 Pares Hill, Whitwick.
Husband of Mary King of 18 Packe Street, Loughborough.

Sherwood Foresters' Cap Badge Memorial: Pozieres Memorial, panel 52 to 54.

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KNIGHT, Edward 6th Army Tramway Company
Royal Engineers Corporal 147190 3 December 1917 22 Enlisted Aug 22 1914

Son of George and Ellen Knight of 92 Silver Street, Whitwick.
Originally enlisting into the Leicesters he was transferred to the Royal Engineers in Mar 1916. The Coalville Times of Friday Jan 4 1918 reported how Corporal Knight earned his first stripe:
"it seems a villa infested with the Hun, and Corporal Knight, followed by others, entered the building and brought out the foe."
Edward Knight was killed in action in a German trench.
Formerly 10354 Leicestershire Regiment.

Royal Engineers Cap Badge Cemetery: Bard Cottage Cemetery, V C 31.

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KNIGHT, William Harold 7th Battalion
Royal Sussex Regiment Private G/18262 8 August 1918 - Enlisted 6th July 1915

Son of Mrs Costelow 65 Silver Street, Whitwick.
The Coalville Times of Sep 13 1918 reported that William had last been home in October 1917.

Cemetery: Beacon Cemetery, Sailly-Laurette, IV I 9.

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LAKIN, Herbert 5th Battalion
Leicestershire Regiment Private 48710 8 November 1918 - -

Father of Charlie Lakin

Herbert Lakin Memorial Plaque - Click to Enlarge Cemetery: Cross Roads Cemetery, Fontaine-Au-Bois, III B 12.
Memorial: Whitwick Holy Cross RC Church.

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LAUNDON, Alfred 8th Battalion
Devonshire Regiment Private 22266 26 October 1917 23 -

Son of Benjamin and Anne Laundon of Leicester Road, Whitwick.

Devonshire Regiment Cap Badge Memorial: Tyne Cot Memorial, Panel 38 to 40.

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McCARTHY, Thaddeus Francis 4th Battalion
Loyal North Lancashire Regiment Lieutenant - 14 April 1918 22 Military Cross gazetted 25 Sep 1917

2nd Lieutenatn Thaddeus Francis Mccarthy The Military Cross Son of County Councillor Michael (Chairman of the Urban District Council) and Ursula McCarthy of New Swannington House, Whitwick.
Thaddeus was one of eleven sons and initially enlisted into the Artist's Rifles being gazetted into the Loyal North Lancs. The Coalville Times of April 26th 1918 carried the news of Thaddeus Mccarthy's death and reported that pre war he was articled to Mr R A Loseby, Solicitor of Leicester, and enlisted at the age of 20 having passed his intermediate law examination.

Loyals' Cap Badge Memorial: Ploegsteert Memorial, Panel 7.
Memorial: Whitwick Holy Cross RC Church.

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MASSEY, William 1/5th Battalion
Leicestershire Regiment Private 2512 9 August 1915 30 Enlisted August 1914

Private William Massey Born in Hanley, Stoke-on-Trent in 1895, his father, Mr R Massey, owned the "Botanic Brewery" on Forest Road, Hugglescote. The brewery bottled mineral water and the business was eventually moved to Castle Street in Whitwick. A member of the "Famous Fifty" he narrowly escaped the detonation of a mine under his trench on the evening of 23rd July 1915. Returning to the same area he was fatally shot in the head whilst on sentry duty in Trench 50.

Memorial: Ypres (Menin Gate) Memorial, Panel 33.

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MORLEY, Benjamin W 2nd Battalion
Leicestershire Regiment Lance Corporal 17750 23 April 1917 - -

Private Morley was killed in action whilst serving in Mesopotamia.

Memorial: Basra Memorial, Panel 12.
Memorial: Whitwick Holy Cross RC Church.

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MORLEY, J J Leicestershire Yeomanry Private 2509 13 May 1915 18 -

Son of Mary Thirk (formerly Morley) and Joseph Morley of 94 Leicester Road, Whitwick.
Private Morley was killed in action at the Battle of Frezenburg.

Memorial: Ypres (Menin Gate) Memorial, Panel 5.

Details of the Fallen
Name	Regiment	Rank	Service No	Died	Age	Details
GRIFFITHS, Arthur	HMS Flirt	Stoker 1st Class	K/30163	26 October 1916	24	-
Son of George Griffiths. Husband of Jessie.
Memorial: Portsmouth Naval Memorial, 18
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HALL, Ernest	2nd Battalion Leicestershire Regiment	Private	12041	13th March 1915	-	-
Husband of Anna Hall of 20 Talbot Street, Whitwick. Ernest was a reservist before the war and formed part of the British Expeditionary Force. He was mortally wounded at the Battle of Neuve Chapelle. On the 26 February 1915 the Coalville Times published the details of a letter Ernest had sent to his wife, in which he detailed how bitterly cold the weather had been and that they were posted in a "hotspot". sadly only five weeks later (2nd April 1915) the paper carried the announcement of his death. Ernest's younger brother, Isaac, was also a victim of the Great War and was killed on the 23rd July 1915 aged 18.
Memorial: Le Touret Memorial, Panel 11.
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HALL, Joseph Amithae	9th Battalion Leicestershire Regiment	Lance Corporal	16075	9 December 1915	22	-
Lance Corporal Hall left a widow and child residing in Dumps Road.
Cemetery: Bienvillers Military Cemetery, I A 70.
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HALL, James Horace	1st Battalion Leicestershire Regiment	Private	203613	15 October 1917	22	Enlisted August 1914
Born in Whitwick in 1895, Son of Mr and Mrs James Hall of 86 Belvoir Road, Coalville. James was a member of the "Famous Fifty" originally enlisting into the 5th Battalion. After being wounded in Belgium he was sent home with trench foot and upon recovery was reposted to the 1st Battalion. James had just been notified of his impending promotion to Lance Corporal at the time of his death.
Cemetery: Loos British Cemetery, XX A 10.
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HARLEY, Ambrose	1/5th Battalion Leicestershire Regiment	Private	241668	12 January 1918	21	-
Son of John Thomas and Rosaline Harley of 5 The Hockley, Whitwick.
Cemetery: Cambrin Military Cemetery, M43. Memorial: Whitwick Holy Cross RC Church.
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HART, Ernest Alfred	1/6th Battalion North Staffordshire Regiment	Corporal	202068	15 May 1918	26	-
Son of William and Mary Jane Hart of Roy House, Church Lane, Whitwick. Living on Church Lane, the Coalville Times of Friday May 31 1918 reported that Ernest Hart first went to France in 1915 but was returned home in late 1917 with trench fever. On May 4th 1918 he was admitted to hospital in France having been badly gassed. On May 12th doctors wrote to his his family stating that he was to ill to write but they remained hopeful he would recover. However, on May 16th a nurse wrote to say that Ernest passed away at 1130am on the 14th May.
Cemetery: Etaples Military Cemetery, LXVIII B 16.
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HAYNES, John Bertram	1/5th Battalion Leicestershire Regiment	Private	241734	17 August 1917	-	-
Memorial: Loos Memorial, Panel 42 to 44.
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HAYWOOD, L	3rd Battalion Cameronians (Scottish Rifles)	Private	41370	30 December 1917	21	-
Son of Samuel and Catherine Haywood of 39 Gracedieu Road, Whitwick. Rifleman Haywood was torpedoed at sea.
Cemetery: Alexandria (Hadra) War Memorial Cemetery, C44. Memorial: Whitwick Holy Cross RC Church.
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HEGGS, Joseph Herbert	HMS Hampshire	Ordinary Seaman	J/26697	5 June 1916	18	-
Son of Hannah Sheffield (formerly Heggs) of 23 Cambridge Street, Coalville.
Memorial: Portsmouth Naval Memorial, 14.
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HEIGHTON, George Edward	11th Company Machine Gun Corps	Private	30630	9 April 1917	31	-
Son of Mr Charles and Mrs Sarah Jane Heighton of Green Lane, Whitwick. Formerly 23996 Leicestershire Regiment.
Memorial: Arras memorial, Bay 10.
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HEIGHTON, John	Anson Battalion Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve	Able Seaman	Tyneside Z/5576	13 November 1916	31	-
Son of Mr Charles and Mrs Sarah Jane Heighton of Green Lane, Whitwick.
Cemetery: Ancre British Cemetery, Beaumont-Hamel, IV C 49.
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HENSON, Leonard	2nd Battalion Coldstream Guards	Private	7290	25 September 1914	25	-
Private Henson was the first Whitwick soldier to be killed in the Great War.
Cemetery: City of Paris Cemetery, Pantin, 6 21 28.
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HOBSON, Andrew Charles	1st Battalion Leicestershire Regiment	Private	16351	15 September 1916	25	-
Private Hobson was killed in the attack on the Quadrilateral.
Memorial: Thiepval Memorial, Pier and Face 2C and 3A.
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HOWE, Edgar	2nd Battalion Leicestershire Regiment	Private	12075	16 February 1916	-	-
Private Howe lived in Golden Row, Talbot Street and died of wounds whilst serving in Mesopotamia.
Cemetery: Amara War Cemetery, Iraq, VII H 6.
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HURST, Herbert Smith	8th Battalion Leicestershire Regiment	Private	13172	31 August 1915	26	-
Herbert appears as Private 13172 Herbert SMITH on the Commonwealth War Graves Commission debt of honour. He was killed with several others by accident whilst his unit were practicing bomb throwing.
Cemetery: Mondicourt Communal Cemetery, North West Corner.
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JARVIS, Edward	1st Battalion Grenadier Guards	Guardsman	18965	17 October 1915	27	Enlisted September 1914
Son of Mr and Mrs Thomas Jarvis of Kimberley Cottages, 88 Hermitage Road, Whitwick.
Memorial: Loos Memorial, Panel 5 to 7. Memorial: Whitwick Holy Cross RC Church.
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JOHNSTONE, Arthur Charles	"B" Company 9th Battalion Leicestershire Regiment	Private	12135	1 September 1915	21	Enlisted August 1914
Son of Robert and Susannah Johnstone of 4 Castle Hill, Whitwick.
Cemetery: Beauval Communal Cemetery, C12. Memorial: Whitwick Holy Cross RC Church.
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KETCHER, Harold Edwin	12th Battalion Northumberland Fusiliers	Private	35259	16 June 1917	20	-
Son of Richard Alfred and Christina Ketcher of 31 Oxford Street, Coalville. Originally posted missing in action in June 1917, his death was not confirmed until February 1918. A memorial service was held for Harold Ketcher in Whitwick Holy Cross Church on Sunday 17th February resided over by Father Degen.
Memorial: Arras Memorial, Bay 2. Memorial: Whitwick Holy Cross RC Church.
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KING, Ernest	15th Battalion Sherwood Foresters (Notts and Derby Regiment)	Serjeant	2796	28 March 1918	27	-
Son of Joseph and Kate King of 26 Pares Hill, Whitwick. Husband of Mary King of 18 Packe Street, Loughborough.
Memorial: Pozieres Memorial, panel 52 to 54.
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KNIGHT, Edward	6th Army Tramway Company Royal Engineers	Corporal	147190	3 December 1917	22	Enlisted Aug 22 1914
Son of George and Ellen Knight of 92 Silver Street, Whitwick. Originally enlisting into the Leicesters he was transferred to the Royal Engineers in Mar 1916. The Coalville Times of Friday Jan 4 1918 reported how Corporal Knight earned his first stripe: "it seems a villa infested with the Hun, and Corporal Knight, followed by others, entered the building and brought out the foe." Edward Knight was killed in action in a German trench. Formerly 10354 Leicestershire Regiment.
Cemetery: Bard Cottage Cemetery, V C 31.
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KNIGHT, William Harold	7th Battalion Royal Sussex Regiment	Private	G/18262	8 August 1918	-	Enlisted 6th July 1915
Son of Mrs Costelow 65 Silver Street, Whitwick. The Coalville Times of Sep 13 1918 reported that William had last been home in October 1917.
Cemetery: Beacon Cemetery, Sailly-Laurette, IV I 9.
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LAKIN, Herbert	5th Battalion Leicestershire Regiment	Private	48710	8 November 1918	-	-
Father of Charlie Lakin
Cemetery: Cross Roads Cemetery, Fontaine-Au-Bois, III B 12. Memorial: Whitwick Holy Cross RC Church.
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LAUNDON, Alfred	8th Battalion Devonshire Regiment	Private	22266	26 October 1917	23	-
Son of Benjamin and Anne Laundon of Leicester Road, Whitwick.
Memorial: Tyne Cot Memorial, Panel 38 to 40.
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McCARTHY, Thaddeus Francis	4th Battalion Loyal North Lancashire Regiment	Lieutenant	-	14 April 1918	22	Military Cross gazetted 25 Sep 1917
Son of County Councillor Michael (Chairman of the Urban District Council) and Ursula McCarthy of New Swannington House, Whitwick. Thaddeus was one of eleven sons and initially enlisted into the Artist's Rifles being gazetted into the Loyal North Lancs. The Coalville Times of April 26th 1918 carried the news of Thaddeus Mccarthy's death and reported that pre war he was articled to Mr R A Loseby, Solicitor of Leicester, and enlisted at the age of 20 having passed his intermediate law examination.
Memorial: Ploegsteert Memorial, Panel 7. Memorial: Whitwick Holy Cross RC Church.
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MASSEY, William	1/5th Battalion Leicestershire Regiment	Private	2512	9 August 1915	30	Enlisted August 1914
Born in Hanley, Stoke-on-Trent in 1895, his father, Mr R Massey, owned the "Botanic Brewery" on Forest Road, Hugglescote. The brewery bottled mineral water and the business was eventually moved to Castle Street in Whitwick. A member of the "Famous Fifty" he narrowly escaped the detonation of a mine under his trench on the evening of 23rd July 1915. Returning to the same area he was fatally shot in the head whilst on sentry duty in Trench 50.
Memorial: Ypres (Menin Gate) Memorial, Panel 33.
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MORLEY, Benjamin W	2nd Battalion Leicestershire Regiment	Lance Corporal	17750	23 April 1917	-	-
Private Morley was killed in action whilst serving in Mesopotamia.
Memorial: Basra Memorial, Panel 12. Memorial: Whitwick Holy Cross RC Church.
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MORLEY, J J	Leicestershire Yeomanry	Private	2509	13 May 1915	18	-
Son of Mary Thirk (formerly Morley) and Joseph Morley of 94 Leicester Road, Whitwick. Private Morley was killed in action at the Battle of Frezenburg.
Memorial: Ypres (Menin Gate) Memorial, Panel 5.

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