The Friends of St James the Great, Thorley

Canon Procter's Book

This book contains a short record of the Sailors & Soldiers of Thorley, Herts, who served in the "Great War" 1914 to 1919.

John E. I. Procter
Rector of Thorley

James Henry Akers

Corporal.
At the outbreak of the War he was in India in the Rifle Brigade.
He left India in October 1914, arrived in England in November 1914 & went to France in December 1914.
He went to Salonica in November 1915.
He was transferred from the Rifle Brigade to the Machine Gun Corps in May 1916.
He returned home in December 1918.
He received the 1915 Star.

Home address. Thorley Hall Cottages

George Benjamin Barnes

Company Quarter Master Sergeant
The Cameronians (1 / 8th Scottish Rifles)
Was in the Army at the outbreak of the War.
Went to France on August 14th 1914, where he remained till 1916. He then went to Scotland to help train recruits.
Went out to France again in 1918.
He was awarded the Military Medal with bar.
He also received the Mons Star.

William Charles Baverstock

Driver
Royal Army Service Corps. Mechanical Transport.
Joined the Army in May 1916 and went to France a few months later.
Discharged in January 1919.

Before joining the Army he was employed as Chauffeur by Dr Hartigan. Thorley House.

Home address. Sparrow's Nest, Thorley.

Frederick Herbert Beney

Private.
6th Batt. Northampton Regiment.
Was called up January 1917 and entered 3rd Batt. Essex Regiment.
He went to France in 1917. He was afterwards transferred to the 6th Batt. Northampton Regiment.
He was taken prisoner during the Great German Offensive on April 5th 1918, and died of pneumonia in the Prisoners of War Camp at Stendal in Germany on June 25th 1918, aged 27 years.

Before joining the Army he was employed as an agricultural labourer by Mr. John Lawrence. Latchmore Hall.

Home address. Thorley Street.

Frank Edward Bird

Corporal.
Bishop's Stortford Troop. C. Squadron Essex Yeomanry.
He became a member of the Essex Yeomanry at the age of 16.
Immediately on the outbreak of the War he joined his Regiment and went out to France in November 1914.
He was killed in action at Ypres on May 13th 1915.
Captain R. G. Proby, who was in command of the Bishop's Stortford Troop wrote as follows:
"His death will be very deeply felt by the whole Squadron & especially by his friends in the Stortford troop, with whom he was very popular."
He was 20 years old.

Before the War he helped his father Mr. F. Bird of Hither Farm.

Home address. Hither Farm, Thorley.

Herbert Charles Bird

Gunner.
Royal Field Artillery.
Enlisted 31st January 1917.
He went to India in June 1917 and returned in 1918.

Before joining the Army he assisted his father, Mr. F. Bird, Farmer.

Home Address. Hither Farm

Harold Richard Bradshaw

Private.
Army Record Office,
Joined in July 1917.

Before joining the Army he was employed as Clerk in the office of Messrs. Nockolds & Son of Bishop's Stortford.

Home Address. 4 Hugh Villas.

George Cornelius Brewster

Private.
5th Batt. Wiltshire Regiment.
Joined the Army in September 1914.
Went out to the Dardanelles on August 1st 1915.
Wounded at Gallipoli on August 29th 1915.
Died in Hospital at Cairo on September 25th 1915 aged 25 years.

Before joining the Army he was employed as Chauffeur & Gardener by Dr Bevill of Woodford.

Home address. Thorley Street.

Albert Edward Brewster

Private.
6th Batt. Royal Fusiliers.
Joined the Army on July 27th 1916 entering the 1st Batt. Middlesex Regiment.
Afterwards he was transferred to the 6th Batt. Royal Fusiliers.
Went out to France in November 1916.
Wounded on October 9th 1917.
Discharged on April 6th 1918.

Before joining the Army he was employed as an agricultural labourer by Mr. John Lawrence, Latchmore Hall.

Home address. Thorley Street.

Frederick Harry Brewster

Private.
3rd Batt. Middlesex Regiment.
Enlisted in May 1916.
Went to Salonica in September 1916.
From Salonica he went to Constantinople.

Before joining the Army he was employed by Mr. F. A. Taylor of the Kennels, Bishop's Stortford, as a Gamekeeper.

Home address. Thorley Street.

Olave Peter Chappell

Private.
7th Batt. Bedfordshire Regiment.
Enlisted on September 4th 1914.
Went out to France in July 1915.
Was wounded on May 3rd 1917 and was awarded the Military Medal for the valuable work, which he did on that day.
His wound, which was in the arm, was severe, so that he was unable to return to France, but he continued in the Army doing farm work until the end of the War in the Labour Company.
He received the 1915 Star.

Before the War he was employed as a gardener by Mr. Laurie Frere, Twyford House

Home address. Thorley Street.

Cecil Bob Chappell

Private.
13th Batt. Essex Regiment.
Joined the Army in February 1917.
Went out to France on Sept 29th 1917.
Was wounded on November 30th 1917.
Discharged in February 1919.

Before joining the Army he was employed as an Agricultural labourer by Mr. F. Bird, Hither Farm.

Home address. Thorley Street.

George Chappell

Private.
2nd Batt. Kings Own Royal Lancaster.
He was in India at the time of the outbreak of the War, and returned to England in 1914.
He went to France in 1915. He was twice wounded. On Feb.18th 1915 he was wounded in the shoulder, and on May 8th 1915 he was wounded in the thigh and taken prisoner.
He remained a prisoner in Germany until the close of the War.

Home address. Malting Row, Thorley Street.

Frederick James Chappell

Private.
37th Batt. Royal Fusiliers.
(Labour Battalion).
Joined the Army on 16th June 1916.
Went to France in July 1916, where he remained until he was demobilized in March 1919.

Before joining the Army he was working with his brother William Chappell.

Home address. Thorley Street.

Charles Clark.
Major M C
B Battery 295th Brigade Royal Field Artillery.
When War broke out he was in India, having joined the Royal Horse Artillery in 1902 at the age of 16, and held the rank of Sergeant.
He returned to England in January 1915 and received a commission in the Royal Horse Artillery and went to Gallipoli on April 25th 1915. Here he won the Military Cross for fixing wires & getting a message to Headquarters some time before the next message got through.
He was one of the first to land and almost the last to leave at the evacuation of the Peninsular.
Subsequently he went to France, where he was made Lieutenant; and later he was promoted to be Captain in the Royal Field Artillery. Only a few weeks before his death he was promoted to the rank of Major.
He was killed in action at Bienvillers-au-Bois on April 25th 1918.

Home address Moor Hall Cottages.

William Clark
Sergeant.
2nd Batt. Hertfordshire Regiment.
He was in the Hertfordshire Regiment (T. F.) before the outbreak of the War & was mobilized at once.
On the formation of the 2nd Batt. he was transferred into it from the 1st Batt.
He was discharged on April 4th 1916, having served his time.

Before the War he was employed as Stockman by Mr. F. Newman of Moor Hall.

Home address. Clay Lane.

Albert James Clark

Sergeant.
Army Veterinary Corps.
Joined the Army on April 6th 1915.
Went to France in October 1915.
Died of Consumption at Kennington, nr Ashford, Kent on May 28th 1918 aged 27 years.

Before joining the Army he was in the Metropolitan Police.

Home address. Moor Hall Cottages.

Joseph Walter Clark

L-Corporal.
B. Squadron, Hertfordshire Yeomanry.
Joined the Army in June 1915.
Went to Egypt in October 1915 & then to France. Early in 1917 he went to Egypt and thence to Palestine & Syria.
Returned home on February 4th 1919 and died of pneumonia following influenza on February 11th 1919 aged 24 years.
Died at his home in Thorley & was buried with military honours in Thorley Churchyard.

Before joining the Army he was in the Hertfordshire Constabulary.

Home address. Moor Hall Cottages.

Andrew Clark

Private.
1st Batt. Norfolk Regiment.
Was called up on August 21st 1916. Went to France on December 10th 1916.
Then in December 1917 on account of the Austrian offensive he went to Italy & in the following Spring he returned to France on account of the great German attack.

Before the War he was employed as Groom-Gardener by Mr. T. R. Lawrence of the Mount, Roydon, Essex.

Frederick William Clark

Private.
4th Batt. Bedfordshire Regiment.
Joined the Army on August 22nd 1915.
Served at home, and for a year and a half previous to his discharge he was transferred to a Labour Battalion and did agricultural work.
Discharged in March 1919.

Before joining the Army he was employed by the Lee Conservancy Board.

Home address. Malting Row, Thorley Street.

Frederick Colbert

2nd Air Mechanic.
Royal Air Force.
Joined the Army in July 1917.
Went to Egypt in October 1917.

.Before joining the Army he was employed as cabinet maker by Messrs. C. Joscelyne Ltd of Bishop's Stortford.

Home address. 152 London Road.

Alfred Currie

Lance-Corporal.
Royal Engineers. Inland Water Transport.
Enlisted August 14th 1916 and went almost immediately to France, where he remained until the end of the War.
He was wounded in the hand on September 3rd 1917.

He was a joiner by trade, and before entering the Army was employed by Messrs. W. Lawrence & Son Building Contractors, Sheering.

Home Address. 2 Twyford Road.

William John Curtis

Sergeant
H Special Company (Gas). Royal Engineers.
At the outbreak of the War he was in the 87th Royal Irish Fusiliers, and went out to France on August 18th 1914.
He was wounded on November 28th 1914, being shot through the lungs.
He was transferred to the Royal Engineers in June 1915.
He gained the Military Medal, and was awarded a bar for conspicuous bravery on April 4th 1918 during the retreat from St Quentin.
He was wounded in the back on May 28th 1918, and died at Etretat, France on June 7th 1918.
He also gained the Mons Star.

Home address. 5 Hugh Villas, Thorley.
Afterwards moved to Clive Cottage, Nursery Road, Bishop's Stortford.

George Frederick Curtis

Lieutenant.
1st Hertfordshire Regiment.
He was in the Hertfordshire Regiment (T. F.) at the outbreak of the War, and went to France on November 5th 1914.
He gained the Military Medal in 1916.
He returned from France on March 19th 1918.
Received his commission on January 4th 1919.

Home address. 5 Hugh Villas, Thorley.
Afterwards moved to Clive Cottage, Nursery Road, Bishop's Stortford.

Willie Day

Private.
7th Batt. Bedfordshire Regiment.
Joined the Army on January 19th 1917.
Went to France on April 18th 1917.
He received his discharge on account of ill health early in 1918.
When he first joined the Army he was in the 5th Batt. of the Bedfordshire Regt. & was afterwards transferred to the 7th Batt.

Before joining the Army he was a Malt-Maker in the employment of Messrs. J. Taylor & Sons of Bishop's Stortford.

Home address. Rumbolls Farm, Thorley.

Edgar John Death

Private.
(Blank) Batt. Suffolk Regiment.
Joined the Army in (Blank)
Went out to France in (Blank)
Was twice wounded, namely on
September 8th 1917
May 7th 1918

Before joining the Army he was employed as Hall Porter at King's Lynn.

Home address. Twyford Bury Cottages.

Walter Alfred Death

Private.
5th Batt. Royal Fusiliers. M. G. C.
Enlisted February 1918.

Before joining the Army he was employed as a gardener by Mr. Laurie Frere, Twyford House.

Home address. Twyford Bury Cottages.

William George Doe

Private.
4th Batt. Bedfordshire Regiment.
Joined the Army in January 1916.
Went to France in July 1916.
Was killed in action near Beaumont Hamel, France, on November 13th 1916, aged 21 years.

Before joining the Army he worked with his father, Mr. Thomas Doe.

Home address. Hope Cottage, London Road.

Arthur Doe

Private.
6th Batt. Royal Fusiliers.
Joined the Army on February 25th 1918.
Did not go abroad, but served in Ireland till November 28th 1918, when he was discharged.

Before joining the Army he worked with his father, Mr. Thomas Doe.

Home address. Hope Cottage, London Road.

Bartle Laurie Stuart Frere

Lieutenant.
4th Batt. Bedfordshire Regiment.
He was at Eton at the outbreak of the War. He immediately applied for a Commission, and was given one in the 4th Batt. (old Hertfordshire Militia) Bedfordshire Regiment.
After training at Dovercourt he went out to France in May 1915. Was invalided home on account of dysentery in September 1915. Went out again to France in (Blank) 1916 & was killed in action near Beaumont Hamel, on November 13th 1916 aged 20 years.
The following account is given of his death:- "He had gone over in command of his company, had been severely wounded in the thigh, bound up & left in comparative safety in a shell hole. His men were making good, but suffering cruelly Bartle could not bear it: he must cheer them on, must lead them morally, be with them even on his hands & knees. Up & out he struggles, is immediately shot through the head, & is said to have died with a smile on his face."

Home address, Twyford House.

Walter Gee

Company Sergeant Major.
1st Hertfordshire Regiment.
Was in the Hertfordshire Regiment at the outbreak of the War, and was engaged in training recruits until he went out to France in September 1917.
Later on he was placed in charge of the 82nd Company Chinese Labour.
After the signing of the Armistice he went out early in 1919 with 1400 Chinese to Singtao. He reached home on May 13th 1919.

Before the outbreak of the War he was in the employment of the Bishop's Stortford Gas Company.

Home address. 150 London Road.

Walter Charles Gee

Leading Telegraphist.
H. M. Submarine E. 52.

Home address. 150 London Road.

Frederick Percy Gee

Private.
Dental Section R. A. M. C. 13th Company.
Was in the Hertfordshire Regiment at the outbreak of the War and went out to France on November 5th 1914 at the age of 14.

After being in France for a short time he returned to England to undergo an operation for varicose veins in his legs.
On October 21st 1916 he was transferred from the Hertfordshire Regiment to 13th Company R. A. M. C. (Dental Section) and was stationed at Edinburgh.
He was demobilized on April 27th 1919.
He received the Mons Star.

Before the outbreak of the War he was in the employment of Messrs. Marden & Morris. The Folly, Bishop's Stortford,

Home address. 150 London Road.

Walter Gilbey

Royal Engineers. Pioneers.
Joined the Army in 1915 and went to France.

Before joining the Army he was employed by the Lee Conservancy.

Home address. Lock Cottage.
Afterwards his family removed to Hockerill.

Arthur Gilson

Private.
Machine Gun Corps. 46th Batt.
Joined the Army on June 9th 1916, entering (Blank) Batt. Royal Fusiliers.
Afterwards he was transferred to the Machine Gun Corps.
Went out to France on December 4th 1916.

Before joining the Army he lived at home and helped his father who was the landlord of the "Coach & Horses" Inn, Thorley Street.

Home address, "The Coach & Horses".

William Henry Griggs

Private.
23rd Batt. Royal Fusiliers.
Was called up February 22nd 1917, and went to France on May 3rd 1917.
He was gassed on August 22nd 1918.

Before the war he was employed as an agricultural labourer by Mr. F. Newman, Moor Hall.

Home address. Rumbolls farm.

Leonard Charles Hammond

Private.
9th Batt. Royal Fusiliers.
He was called up in 1916, and served in France until the conclusion of the War.

He was an agricultural labourer employed by Mr. F. Bird of Hither farm.

Home address. Butler's Hall Cottages

Albert Isaac Hammond

Corporal.
2nd Batt. Bedfordshire Regiment.
Previous to the outbreak of the War he was in the Militia, and was called up on August 8th 1914.
He went out to France in (Blank).
He was killed in the battle of Loos on 25th September 1915, aged 22 years.

He was an agricultural labourer employed by Mr. F. Bird of Hither Farm.

Home address. Butler's Hall Cottages.

Herbert Handscomb

Rifleman.
12th Batt. The King's Royal Rifle Corps.
Joined the Army on October 26th 1915 in the Army Ordnance Corps.
Went to France in November 1915.
Was transferred to the 12th Batt. King's Royal Rifle Corps in December 1917.
Was killed in action on March 23rd 1918 at Offoy between Ham & Nesle.
He was 34 years of age.

Before joining the Army he was employed by Messrs. W. Lawrence & Son Building Contractors, Sheering.

Home address. 10 Twyford Road.

John Harris

Private.
2nd Batt. Bedfordshire Regiment.
He was in South Africa at the outbreak of the War and immediately returned to England with his Regiment.
He went to France on October 3rd 1914 and remained there until the conclusion of the War.
He received the Mons Star.

Home address. Butler's Hall Cottages.

Frederick Charles Harris

Private.
2nd/5th Suffolk Regiment.
Joined the Army on March 21st 1916 entering 9th Batt. Bedfordshire Regiment. Then he was transferred to the 2nd/5th Suffolk Regiment.
He was discharged on account of ill-health on June 22nd 1916.

Before joining the Army he was employed as Gamekeeper by Mr. F. A. Taylor, The Kennels, Bishop's Stortford.

Home address. Butler's Hall Cottages.

George Harris

Corporal.
1st Herts Regiment.
Joined the Army on November 17th 1915.
Went to France on July 14th 1916.
Was twice wounded, namely on October 30th 1916 in the head & on March 22nd 1918 when he was shot through the lung and taken prisoner after lying on the battle field for 4 days & nights.
He remained a prisoner of war in Germany until the signing of the Armistice on November 11th 1918.

Before joining the Army he was employed as an agricultural labourer by Mr. F. Bird, Hither Farm.

Home address. Butler's Hall Cottages.

William Charles Harris

Corporal.
2nd Batt. Bedfordshire Regiment.
Enlisted on September 4th 1914.
Went out to France in July 1915 in the 7th Batt. Bedfordshire Regiment, and was afterwards transferred into the 2nd Batt. Bedfordshire Regiment.
He remained in France until the conclusion of the War.
He received the 1915 Star.

Before the war he was employed as an agricultural labourer by Mr. Charles Waterman, Butler's Hall.

Home address. Butler's Hall Cottage

John Harris

Private.
11th Batt. Middlesex Regiment.
Enlisted in August 1914.
Went to France in January 1915.
He suffered very severely from frostbite, & was in Hospital in consequence for a long time.

Before the War he was employed as a Stone Mason in London.

Home address. Butler's Hall Cottages.

Hugh Harris

Private.
2nd/7th Manchester Regiment.
Enlisted.
Went to France.
Was wounded in the leg & taken prisoner on March 26th 1918.
He returned to England in August 1918, & soon after he was obliged to have his leg amputated. He died in Edmonton Military Hospital on July 16th 1919 & was buried at Thorley on July 22nd 1919 aged 20 years.

Before joining the Army he was employed by (Blank)

Home address, Butler's Hall Cottages.

Dermot Hartigan

Major M. C.
2nd Batt. Inniskilling Fusiliers.
When War broke out he was with his Regiment at Omagh Co Tyrone, Ireland.
Went out to France with a draught on August 30 1914, & was wounded on October 13th 1914 at Meterien, being shot through the lung.
Came home to England, where he remained till May 1915, when he again went to France.
In December 1915 he left France for Salonica, where he remained till the end of the War.
He was gazetted Captain in October 1914, & later on he was promoted to the rank of Major.
He gained the Military Cross.
He also received the Mons Star.
Arrived in England in January 1919 & in April 1919 he went to the Staff College, Camberley.

Home address, Thorley House.

Stanley William Henry Head

Private.
Royal Army Service Corps.
Joined the Army on January 13th 1916, entering the 9th Batt. Bedfordshire Regiment.
Afterward he was transferred to the 29th Batt. Middlesex Regiment, then to the 13th Batt. Devonshire Regiment & then to the R. A. S. C. Did not go abroad.

Before joining the Army he was employed as Jeweller & Optician at Old Street, London E. C.

Home address. 6 Hugh Villas.

Frederick Head

Private.
4th Batt. Bedfordshire Regiment.
Joined the Army in May 1916.
Was discharged in July 1916 through a weak heart.

Before joining the Army he was employed in Motor Cycle Works Mr. Brown, Great Eastern Street, London E. C. 1.

Home address. 6 Hugh Villas

Arthur Hill

Private.
1st Hertfordshire Regiment.
Joined the Army on September 7th 1914, entering 7th Batt. Bedfordshire Regiment.
Went out to France July 15th 1915.
Was transferred to 1st Hertfordshire Regiment in April 1917.
Suffered from Shell Shock on July 1st 1916 and was obliged to return to England, where he was for some time in Hospital.
Was wounded in the arm on September 10th 1918.
Received 1915 Star.

Before joining the Army he was employed at Bishop's Stortford Station on the Great Eastern Railway.

Home address. 3 Malting Row, Thorley Street.

George Valentine Hollidge

Royal Engineers.
Joined the Army.
Did not go abroad.
Was discharged as medically unfit.

Before joining the Army he was employed by Messrs. W. Lawrence & Son, Building Contractors, Sheering.

Home address. 32 Twyford Road.

Alfred William Kitchener

Private.
Royal Army Service Corps. Mechanical Transport.
Joined the Army on February 27th 1917.
Went to France on March 15th 1917.

Before joining the Army he was the Manager of the Bishop's Stortford Mineral Water Works. 129 South Street, Bishop's Stortford.

Home address. 148 London Road.

Seaman James Larter

Private.
Army Service Corps.
Called up 9th October 1916.
Went to France 27th January 1917, where he remained for nearly a year & a half.
Discharged on account of rheumatism.

Before joining the Army he was employed as a watchmaker at High Wycomb.

Home address. Twyford Road.

George William Lawrence

Sergeant
The Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers.
Joined the Army in October 1914, entering the Hertfordshire Regiment.
Went to France in 1916.
Was transferred first to a Labour Battalion, and then in 1918 to the Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers.
Was killed in action on October 29th 1918.

Before joining the Army the was employed as a Cabinet Maker by Messrs. C. Joscelyne Ltd, Market Square, Bishop's Stortford.

Home address. Thorley Street.
Afterwards, Hunsdon Street, Hunsdon, Herts.

Charles Kingsley Menhinick

Sergeant.
Army Service Corps,. M. T.
Enlisted on November 10 1914.
Went to France on November 14th 1914, where he acted as Ambulance Driver attached to the Red Cross.
He remained in France till July 1st 1918, when he went to a Cadet School at Brighton & afterwards at Exeter.
He received the Mons Star.
He was also awarded the D. C. M. for especial gallantry.

Before the War was employed by Mr. Erskine Evans of 3 South Street, Bishop's Stortford.

Home address. Stone Hall Thorley.

Leonard Collins Menhinick

He was called up on November 23rd 1916, and entered the R. H. A. in which he was a Gunner.
Afterwards he was transferred to a Labour Corps.

Before the War he was employed as Clerk at the Bishop's Stortford Gas Works.

Home address. Stone Hall, Thorley.

William Frank Neate

Corporal
Royal Air Force.
Went out to France in 1917 & was discharged on February 22nd 1919.

Home address. The School House.
In 1917 his parents left Thorley & went to live at Norwich.

Leslie Frank Newman

Captain.
Royal Army Service Corps.
He enlisted in April 1915.
He was stationed at Deptford, and worked in connection with the food supply of the Army.

Before joining the Army he was engaged in Agricultural Science at Cambridge.

Home address. Moor Hall.

Stanley Francis Newman

Sergeant.
Dunmow Troop. C. Squadron.
Essex Yeomanry.
Immediately on the outbreak of the War he joined his Regiment, and went out to France in November 1914.
He was killed in action at Ypres on May 13th 1915 aged 29 years.
Captain R. G. Proby wrote of him as follows:
"His death is a great blow to us all, Officers and Men alike, & he leaves a place in the Squadron, which it will be difficult to fill. Every one agrees that he was one of the very best N. C. O s in the Regiment, and his troop would do anything for him."

Before joining the Army he assisted his father, Mr. F. Newman. Moor Hall.

Home address. Moor Hall, Thorley.

Horace Parmenter Newman

Private.
21st Batt. Royal Fusiliers.
Joined the Army on October 23rd 1914 and went out to France in November 1915.
Returned to England on March 25th 1916.
Discharged on account of ill health in August 1917.

Before joining the Army (Blank)

Home address. Moor Hall, Thorley.

Gilbert Lawrence Newman

Private.
46th Batt. Canadian, Saskatchewan Regiment.
At the outbreak of the War he was in the 27th Saskatchewan Light Horse. C. Squadron.
He joined the Army in January 1918 & went to France in August 1918.

Before joining the Army he was farming in Saskatchewan Canada.

Home address. Maple Creek Post Office, Saskatchewan, Canada.

Reginald Knightley Page

Sergeant.
51st Gordon Highlanders.
Joined the Army in May 1918, & was sent to the Inns of Court O. T. C. Berkhampsted.
On the signing of the Armistice on November 11th 1918 he was transferred to the London Scottish Regiment - and later on he was transferred to the 51st Batt Gordon Highlanders.
Went to Germany in March 1919.

Before joining the Army he was a Clerk in the London & Provincial Bank.

Alfred Thurlesta Paige

3rd 1st Cambridge Regiment.

Before joining the Army he was employed as a Clerk on the G. E. R. at Bishop's Stortford Station.

Home address. 3 Hugh Villas

Herbert Walter Parkin

Sergeant.
5th Batt. Wiltshire Regiment.
In October 1915 he joined the Army Ordnance Corps. Then he was transferred to the 5th Batt. Wiltshire Regiment, & went out to Mesopotamia on Christmas Day 1917, & served there till the conclusion of the War.

He was a joiner by trade & before joining the Army was employed by Messrs. W. Lawrence & Son, Building Contractors, Sheering.

Home address. 146 London Road.

Frederick Bertie Pegrum

Corporal.
Royal Army Service Corps. Mechanical Transport.
Joined the Army in April 1915.
Went out to France in April 1915.

Before joining the Army he was in the employment of Messrs. H. Sparrow Ltd, 15 North Street, Bishop's Stortford.

Home address. 2 Hugh Villas.

Ernest John Perry

Private.
Royal Army Service Corps. Mechanical Transport.
Joined the Army on May 25th 1915.
Went to Alexandria in November 1915 and from thence to Salonica, where he remained till the end of the War.
Was discharged in June 1919.
Received the 1915 Star.

Before joining the Army he was learning to drive a taxi-cab in London.

Home address. Cottage nr Rectory.

William George Phillips

Private.
Army Service Corps. Mechanical Transport.
Joined the Army on June 2nd 1916.
Went to East Africa on Easter Sunday 1917, where he suffered much from fever.
He returned to England on March 5th 1919.

Before joining the Army he was employed as Chauffeur by Messrs. C. Joscelyne Ltd of Bishop's Stortford.

Home address. 14 Twyford Road.

Robert Pigram

Private.
8th Batt. Bedfordshire Regiment.
Joined the Army on September 7th 1914.
Discharged as medically unfit on November 30th 1914.

Before joining the Army he was employed by John Taylor & Son Maltsters.

Home address. London Road.

Charles Henry Pigram

Private.
(Blank) Batt. Bedfordshire Regiment.
Joined the Army in January 1917 and was employed on home service.

Before joining the Army he was in the employment of Mr. F. R. Muffett. Fishmonger. 6. Potter Street, Bishop's Stortford.

Home address. 18 Twyford Road.

James William Prior

Private.
1st Batt. Bedfordshire Regiment.
Being on the Reserve he was mobilized on August 4th 1914, and went out to France on August 15th 1914.
He was killed at Ypres on November 19th 1914.
A letter from one of his comrades, Company Master Master Sergeant O. H. Perkins says "Private Prior was killed at Ypres by a German ricochet bullet in the trenches on Nov. 19th last, death being instantaneous. Poor Chap, he was an excellent soldier, one of the best. He was one of the gallant men, who was in the bayonet charge at Ypres & could account for many of the enemy."

Before the War he was employed by Messrs. Philip Church & Son of the Swan Wharf, Bishop's Stortford.
He was the first Thorley Soldier to fall.
Home address. Thorley Houses.

Edgar Frank Prior

Private.
3rd Batt. Bedfordshire Regiment.
Joined the Army on September 8th 1914.
Went to France on August 31st 1915.
Was wounded in the arm on December 31st 1916.
As his wound was severe he was not sent out to France again, but was transferred to a Labour Battalion and did agricultural work.

Before joining the Army he was an agricultural labourer in the employment of Mr. L. & W. Prince of Stortford Park Farm.

Home address. Thorley Houses.

John Alfred Prior

Private.
3rd Batt. Bedfordshire Regiment.
Joined the Army on July 12th 1917.
Went to France.
Was wounded in the thigh on January 17th 1918.
Was discharged on May 15th 1919.

Before joining the Army he was employed as an Agricultural Labourer by Mr. G. Patten, Thorley Hall.

Home address. Thorley Street.

Harry George Prior

Private.
14th Batt. Middlesex Regiment.
Joined the Army on May 10th 1917.
Went to France.
On returning from France he was employed in agricultural work.

Before joining the Army he was employed as an Agricultural Labourer by Mr. G. Patten, Thorley Hall.

Home address. Thorley Street.

Lewis Victor Reed

Private.
19th Batt. Queen's Royal West Surrey.
Joined the Army on November 3rd 1916.
Went to France on October 25th 1918.

Before joining the Army he worked with his father, Mr. D. Reed, Pork Butcher.

Home address. Jubilee Cottage. Thorley.

Edward William Saban

Driver.
67th Batt. 27th Division. Royal Field Artillery.
Joined the Army in September 1915, and went out to Salonica in January 1916.
Invalided home to England on account of malaria in March 1918.
Went out to France in October 1918.
Was discharged on July 6th 1919.

Before joining the Army he was employed as a Bricklayer's Labourer.

Home address. Twyford Road.
Afterwards. (Blank)

George Henry Saban

Private.
15th Batt. Civil Service Rifles. (London)
Joined Jan 1915, & went to France that year, where he had an accident, & returned to England.
Transferred to London Yeomanry.
Discharged in the spring of 1919.

Poulterer.

Henry James Saban

Private.
1st Batt. Hertfordshire Regiment.
He was in the Herts Territorials as the outbreak of the War, and went out to France on November 5th 1914.
He was wounded in the foot on December (Blank) 1914.
Discharged from the Army as medically unfit in August 1916.
Received the Mons Star.

Before the outbreak of the War he was employed by Mr. T. Ward. Nurseryman, South Street, Bishop's Stortford.

Home address. 8 Twyford Road.

William Alfred Saban

Private.
1st Batt. Hertforshire Regiment.
He was in the Herts Territorials at the outbreak of the War & went out to France on November 5th 1914.
After going through the War without a scratch he died from bronchial pneumonia at a clearing station in France on November 5th 1918.
Received the Mons Star. He was a time expired man, and reenlisted in 1916.

Before the outbreak of the War he was employed by Mr. T. Ward. Nurseryman. South Street, Bishop's Stortford.

Home address. 8 Twyford Road.

Walter Saban

Private.
1st Hertfordshire Regiment.
Joined the Army on June 9th 1915.
Went to France on August 17th 1916.
Was wounded on March 23rd 1918.
Was gassed on October 15th 1918.
Was demobilized on February 8th 1919.

Before joining the Army he was in the employment of Mr. T. Ward. The Graperies, Bishop's Stortford.

Home address. 8 Twyford Road.

Robert Saban

Private.
Recruiting Distribution Batt.
Training Reserve.
Joined the Army in October 1918.
Died at Forant Camp Military Hospital, Salisbury Plain, on May 28th 1919, aged 19 years, as the result of a mosquito bite.

Before joining the Army he was in the employment of Mr. S. Edwards. Miller. Bishop's Stortford.

Home address. 8 Twyford Road.

Leonard George Salmon

Private.
1st Batt. Wiltshire Regiment.
Enlisted 1917.
Went to France March 1918.
Taken prisoner in the Great German Offensive on 14th April 1918.
Died in a Prisoners' of War Camp at Friedrichsfeld, Nr Wesel, Rheinland on 30th October 1918, aged 19 years.

Home address. Thorley Houses.

Arthur Sampford

Private.
1st Hertfordshire Regiment.
He was in the Herts Territorials at the outbreak of the War, and went to France in the 1st Hertfordshire Regiment on November 5th 1914.
His time expired in April 1916, but he rejoined his Regiment in August 1916.
He was wounded in the foot on (Blank).

Before the outbreak of the War he was employed as a Carpenter by Messrs. H. G. Featherby's Ltd, London Road.

Home address. Twyford Mill Cottages.

George Sampford

Private.
16th Batt. The York & Lancaster Regiment.
Joined the Army on April 19th 1917.

Before joining the Army he was employed as an Agricultural Labourer by Mr. John Lawrence of Latchmore Hall.

Home address. Twyford Mill Cottages.

Ernest James Smith

Joined the Royal Air Service in March 1916, and was discharged in January 1919.

Before the outbreak of the War he was employed as a Chauffeur.

Home address. 30 Twyford Road.

Stanley George Spinks

Shoeing Smith.
21st Lancers.
Joined the Army on October 30th 1915 and entered the Herts Yeomanry.
Later on he was transferred to the 6th Dragoon Guards and then to the 21st Lancers.
Went out to Mesopotamia on October 16th 1916, where he remained until he was discharged in March 1919.

Before joining the Army, he was in the employment of (Blank).

Home address. Malting Yard. South Mill.
Afterwards "The Rose & Crown" Inn. Hockerill.

George Beatty Stoakes

Private.
Royal Army Service Corps. Mechanical Transport.
Joined the Army on May 19th 1917.
Was discharged on account of rheumatism in the autumn of 1918.

Before joining the Army he was in the employment of Messrs. Holland & Barrett, Outfitters, North Street, Bishop's Stortford.

Home address. Thorley Street.

James Stock

M. G. Corps.
Joined the Army on (Blank).
Entering (Blank) Batt. Hertfordshire Regiment.

Before joining the Army he was employed as an agricultural labourer by Mr. G. Patten. Thorley Hall.

Home address. Sunset Cottage.

Ernest Stock

Private.
11th Batt. Northumberland Fusiliers.
Joined the Army (Blank) Entering (Blank).
Went to France
Wounded in the thigh on October 8th 1916.
Discharged.

Before joining the Army he was employed as an agricultural labourer by Mr. G. Patten. Thorley Hall.

Home address. Sunset Cottage.

Sidney Harry Thompson

Private.
1st Batt. Middlesex Regiment.
Enlisted on July 27th 1916.
Went to France in December 1916.
Wounded in the hand on September 24th 1917.
Taken Prisoner on September 25th 1917.
He left Germany in December 1918, & travelling via Sweden arrived at Leith in Scotland on January 3rd 1919.

Before joining the Army he was a groom employed by Miss Smith of Hockerill Park.

Home address. 173 London Road.

Charles Threadgold

Private.
Army Service Corps. Remounts.
Enlisted on October 28th 1914.
Went to France on November 2nd 1914, where he remained till the conclusion of the War.

Before joining the Army he was employed as a Groom by Mr. Lockett Agnew of Hallingbury Place.

Home address. Thorley Street.

Arthur Threadgold

Lance-Corporal.
6th Batt. Royal Berkshire Regiment.
Enlisted on November 17th 1915 in the Hertfordshire Regiment.
He went out to France on July 5th 1916, & was transferred from the Hertfordshire Regiment into the 6th Batt. Royal Berkshire Regiment.
He was killed in action on February 17th 1917, aged 22 years, at Grandcourt.

Before joining the Army he was employed as Groom by Dr. William Hartigan of Thorley House.

Home address. Thorley Street.

George Frederick William Trigg

Sergeant.
8th Batt. Leicestershire Regiment.
He was in the Herts Territorials at the outbreak of the War, and went to France in the 1st Hertfordshire Regiment on November 5th 1914, & was subsequently transferred into 8th Batt. Leicestershire Regt.
He was wounded in the wrist on March 26th 1915.
He was taken prisoner on May 27th 1918, and continued a Prisoner of War until the close of the War.

Before the War he was employed by Messrs. William Cottis and Sons, Agricultural Implement Maker & Ironmonger of Epping.

Home address. Twyford Road.

Clifford Thomas Trigg

Private.
6th Batt. Royal Berkshire Regiment.
Enlisted in February 1916 in the Hertfordshire Regiment.
Then he went to France and was transferred into the 6th Batt. Royal Berkshire Regiment.
He was wounded in the leg and taken prisoner on February 17th 1917.
He remained a Prisoner of War in Germany until the Armistice was signed on Nov. 11 1918.

Before joining the Army he was employed Messrs. W. Lawrence & Son, Building Contractors, Sheering.

Home address. 38 Twyford Road.

Frank Turner

Sergeant.
1st Batt. King's Own Royal Lancaster.
He was in India with his Regiment at the outbreak of the War.
Returned to England on December 24th 1914.
Went out to France on January 15th 1915 in the 2nd Batt. King's Own R. L.
In the spring of 1915 owing to frost bite he was obliged to return to England.
He went out to France again in the 1st Batt. of the King's Own R. L.
Was wounded on October 14th 1916.
Was discharged in April 1919.

Home address. 12 Twyford Road.

George Turner

Lance Corporal.
12th Batt. Royal Fusiliers.
Enlisted on September 7th 1914.
Went to France on August 1st 1915.
Was twice wounded, namely on June 8th 1917 & October 8th 1918.
Was gassed on April 2nd 1918.

Before the War he was employed as a Footman,

Home address. 12 Twyford Road.

Arthur Herbert Whybrow

Royal Field Artillery.

Before joining the Army he was employed at the "Bon Marche", 9 South Street, Bishop's Stortford.

Home address, 1 Hugh Villas.

Stanley William Wootten

Leading Stoker. Royal Navy.
He was in the Royal Navy at the time of the outbreak of the War, and during the War he served on the following ships:-
H. M. S. Monarch
H. M. S. Dianthus

Home address. Sunset Cottage.

Ernest Albert Wootten

Private.
Royal Army Medical Corps.
Joined the Army on September 7th, 1914 entering the 1st Batt. Bedfordshire Regiment.
Went to France in October 1914.
Was afterwards transferred to the Royal Army Medical Corps.
Discharged in February 1919.
Received the Mons Star,

Before the War he worked as a labourer.

Home address. London Road.

Jesse Hadaway

Company Quarter Master Sergeant.
Royal Defence Corps.
He was an old Soldier, who had served in the South Africa War in the 1st Batt. Suffolk Regiment. In October 1914 he joined the Herts Territoirials, & was afterwards transferred to the Royal Defence Corps.
Was discharged in December 1917.

Home address, Beer Shop. Thorley Street.

Webb, Frederick George

Sergeant.
9th Batt. East Surrey Regiment.
When War broke out he was in India with the 10th Batt. Loyal North Lancashire Regiment.
In October 1914 he went to East Africa; and in March 1917 he went to France.
He won the Military Medal in March 1918.
He was wounded on June 3rd 1918 and died on June 4th 1918.

Home address. Lock Cottage, Thorley.