Family History Book
A project by DDH Youth Board
Research by Gerry Thompson,
Daventry WW1 historian
Pictures from Daventry 100 years
commemorations 2014
Daventry remembered the 100 year
anniversary of the start of the Great War.
Research for this book
Youth Board members, CJ Smith and Jordan Gray, are pictured below doing some
research for the book at Daventry Town Council Museum.
As part of Daventry & District Housing’s continued Centenary Commemorations of
the First World War, the DDH Youth Board decided to create a digital family history
book featuring the stories, photos, artefacts and memories of people that lived in the
Daventry district during the conflict.
Youth Board members worked with local historians to research Daventry’s history.
Pupils learn lessons from history during WW1-themed day
A day of interactive presentations and lessons gave children at Danetre and Southbrook Learning Village (DSLV) a glimpse of life during the First World War.
Pupils at DSLV’s Primary and Nursery School got to grips with military memorabilia and took part in arts and creative writing workshops as part of the event.
The presentations explored the reasons for war and its impacts on the country and covered trench warfare, the home front, school life in 1914, and the significance of poppies and Remembrance.
The day ended with children singing songs from the era including ‘It’s a Long Way to Tipperary’ and ‘Pack Up Your Troubles’.
It was organised by Della Butcher of Daventry District Council’s Community team, alongside WW1 historians Geoffrey Grainger and Gerry Thompson. The day was part of a series of activities being held this year to mark the centenary of the outbreak of the First World War.
Nick Atherton, Vice Principal for Primary and Nursery at DSLV, said: “The children have been really excited; all of the memorabilia and artefacts made the lessons really interesting.
“It’s important for the children to learn, firstly because there were so many soldiers from Daventry who went off to the war and it really brings it home to the pupils what that involved. But secondly, in this centenary year, I think it’s important to look back and remember what was done for this country.”
Year 6 pupil Karen Davies said: “The presentation assembly was good, especially when they showed us the sounds of the sirens when there was a gas attack.”
Fellow Year 6 pupil Ellie Houston added: “The best bit was the slideshow when you could hear the sounds of the guns.”
Councillor Alan Hills, Daventry District Council’s Community, Culture and Leisure Portfolio Holder and a school governor at DSLV, said: “A lot of hard work went into this event and the children really put their heart and souls into it.
“I don’t think we should allow future generations to forget what happened during the First World War. There was a lot of hardship in the war and people gave their lives for this country so I think it’s important for young people to realise what was involved.”
DSLV artwork on display in Daventry District Council Offices during 2014
Nursery School Art Project
Nursery children enjoyed getting their hands messy for a poppy-themed art project to help mark the First World War Centenary. The youngsters had great fun leaving red hand prints on boards during sessions held at Little ‘Uns Day Care, Caring Kindergarten and Happy Faces Day Care in Daventry in the run up to Remembrance Sunday on November 9.
The individual boards will be put together and the hand prints turned into poppies by an artist before the finished work goes on display in Daventry. The artwork is being put together as part of a community street art project being co-ordinated by Daventry District and South Northamptonshire Community Safety Partnership with support from Daventry & District Housing.
The poppy display will go up in Daventry Town Council’s offices in New Street, before being installed on the wall next to the children’s play equipment at the New Street Rec.
Bright red poppies are providing an added splash of colour to Daventry Museum following the completion of a community art project.
The artwork features local children’s handprints, adapted by artist Kealey Farmer to create a striking field of poppies.
The finished piece has gone on display at Daventry Museum, in New Street, to serve as a memorial to the First World War as well as a reminder of some of the ways in which Daventry remembered the war’s centenary.
Produced as part of a community street art project co-ordinated by Daventry District and South Northamptonshire Community Safety Partnership and Daventry & District Housing, it was unveiled by town Mayor Ron Fox on Wednesday (April 15).
Young children had great fun leaving red hand prints on boards during sessions held at Little ‘Uns Day Care, Caring Kindergarten and Happy Faces Day Care in Daventry in the run up to Remembrance Sunday last November.
Those prints were then turned into a field of poppies by Kealey, a Northamptonshire-based artist who was introduced to the project by Simon Williams of the Evergreen Art Café in Daventry.
Poppies artwork goes on display following community
project
The artwork was created as part of the same art initiative that saw the creation of a street art mural on the wall next to the skate park in the New Street Recreation Ground, at the back of the police station.
The poppies will be kept by Daventry Town Council for public display in the museum as well as at different community events in future. The partnership also hopes to produce a weather-proof vinyl version for display in the Rec alongside the street art mural.
Lindsay Checkley, Community Project Officer for the Community Safety Partnership, said: “The aim of this project has been to give young people a sense of pride in their community by involving them in projects to brighten it up.
“The idea for the poppy theme came from Daventry District Council’s Big Poppy Plant project to increase wildflower numbers. It was fantastic to be able to involve young children in a project that will hopefully serve as a memorial to the First World War for many years to come.
“The children had great fun getting messy to produce the handprints, and Kealey has done an amazing job with the finished piece, which thanks to the Museum is now on public display for everyone to enjoy.”
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The Big Poppy Plant - The Big Poppy Plant project was part of the WWI centenary where 2014 marks 100 years since the start of WWI, a landmark anniversary for Britain and the world. The project aimed to increase the amount of wildflowers in the District to be achieved through planting suitable areas with poppies coupled with other species. The project was supported by the Northamptonshire Wildlife Trust and a local Botanist has provided specialist advice. The Council provided seeds to over 35 local community groups and gave advice on area selection. The project was largely funded from additional income from Second Homes funding and funding was also kindly received from the Rotary Club of Danetre, Daventry.
Poppy sowing to commemorate WW1 took place throughout March and April in all of Daventry & District Housing
Sheltered Housing Schemes. Warwick Court held a special coffee morning organised by volunteer Jamie Over.
Involved tenants and Warwick Court residents joined Deputy Mayor Ron Fox in sowing the poppy seeds. More than
40 tenants attended the event and held a minute’s silence. The event really did pull a few heart strings along the
way and brought back memories for the elderly tenants. The feedback from the tenants where that they were happy
to see DDH get involved in such a memorable event and they were very happy to participate. Futures Greenscape
were a great help by preparing the ground ready for the poppy seeds.
"Finally after all our hard work, and with the help of our volunteers who joined in with all the hard digging and ground preparation, we started seeding the ground on 20th April. We have found that mixing the seed with sharp sand and dividing it into rough 1m sq batches we can use old plastic flower pots as shakers to apply the seed, it is hard to get the small seed to separate so we have tried various methods, with wet and dry sand, the proof of which worked best will be when they start to flower!! The children at the school certainly enjoyed helping us to put some seed into the school grounds this way. It rained a fair amount after we had seeded and then warm days have followed so luckily for us the seeds enjoyed all this and if you look closely in the attached photo the first shoots are through. So long as we don't have a cold snap nature should take its course and we hope to send you more photos when the flowers have progressed further. We have also encouraged people to sow poppies in their gardens so hopefully Weedon will be a colourful spectacle in a few months and wildlife will enjoy our wildflowers too. It has been hardwork but fun and we have had lots of positive comments from people passing by and stopping to chat, we offered them a spare fork to
help out but not many took us up on this to start with!!" Susan Izzard, Weedon at War
"As you know, I am organising two planting projects in Brixworth. The first one, wearing my Parish Councillor hat, was completed last week. Children from Brixworth Preschool weeded, hoed and planted up an area of Brixworth Millenium Garden despite the rain! A great time was had by all, slugs, millipedes and ladybirds discovered and the difference between stinging nettles and dead nettles were all eagerly taken on board. Around 20 children were involved. The second project I have set up wearing my District Councillor hat is with the Church - the site is by the war memorial, I have the approval of the vicar and the Parochial Church Council and my diggers are Brixworth
Scouts who are all ready to start." Cllr Ian Barratt, Brixworth Parish Council and Millennium Garden
"We have shared out the seeds with the 11 plot holders. I have planted my share of seeds in a 2 metre x 1 metre strip at the top of the plot next to the rhubarb and was excited to see at the weekend that the seeds have germinated! Some of my fellow plot holders made the most of the mild and showery weather in the last few weeks and have also sowed their seeds. One of our plots is gardened by our local village primary school. They are discussing whether to plant their seeds on their plot, or at the school." Theresa Summers, Newnham Jubilee
Allotments
"We are progressing our area, those sections for the annual seed you supplied have now been prepared and sown. We have also incorporated over 200 mixed wild flower plugs in the meadow area that have been sponsored by a local business in Braunston (Midland Chandlers).The most pleasant surprise was the number of wildflowers already appearing in the area we only cut once a year. In previous years this has been cut by a contractor and apart from dandelions and Daisy's no flowers were evident. As well as the naturalised bulbs which include snowdrops, crocus, daffodils and scilla we have already identified Violets, Cowslips, Campion, Oxeye Daisys, Dead nettle, Lamium, various hardy geraniums and Corn Flowers. All in all, our efforts in these gardens are now beginning to take shape, we continue to receive much positive comment from locals and visitors to the area and also from the owners and their employees who work on the site. Everybody from the Canals and Rivers Trust who has visited Braunston have been very complimentary about the progress we are making. Again we are grateful for the opportunity to be involved
in this project." Chris Burton, Braunston Canal Society
"I divided the seed into batches (after taking a small amount out for the church) and mixed it with some dry compost I had, to facilitate scattering it evenly over a large area. Then I scattered it on 4 beds Monday 21st April. There's work going on in the village which has left a lot of rough earth along one verge, so I scattered a bit there too. I'm pleased with this rain because there's no way I'm lugging water along to water them!" Jan Alexander, Lilbourne Church
Area and Village
"Our Pre-School children and parents have been getting the ground ready for sowing poppies and treading down
afterwards" Steve Lassman, Crick Jubilee Wood
"We distributed our seeds between our Beavers, Cubs and Scouts to make a small memorial in their own gardens at home and we also had permission from the vicar at St Mary's Church, Woodford Halse to plant some around the War Memorial in the Church grounds. Many thanks for all your help with this project" Anna Malin, 1st Woodford
Halse Scouts
"Through the Big Poppy Plant project and links with local Botanist Brian Laney who on visiting the site, found the Common Twayblade Orchid... 'a far more comprehensive list of the wild flowers is growing on the adopted area... this is a very new project and the additional information we now have will be used to promote the natural features of
Braunston to a wider audience" Chris and Jenni Burton, Braunston Canal Stop House
"We have sown poppy seeds in the church at the front, around my wife's family (military) graves, and outside in the street in front of the church where we sowed them on our Village Garden Open Day in June. The important thing is that two young village families helped us to do this whilst many watched and encouraged us on; so it really is a village effort. We also got a lot of poppy seed (for cooking) from Waitrose and sprinkled them liberally along the street railings in front of the church. They have grown and done really well and will be better next year too" David Le
Sueur, Haselbech Village
"Poppies have been planted on behalf of the parish council outside the Memorial Hall in the village and into "welcome flower troughs" entrances to village I've planted a few tubs and they are shooting!" June Irani, Woodford
Halse Parish Council
"Two areas were 'turned-over' last Sunday and we are preparing to sow the seed on Thursday" Barry Wenden,
Hollowell & Teeton Pocket Park
An innovative wildflower planting scheme is to return following the success of a project to mark the centenary of the outbreak of WW1.
More than 35 groups from communities across Daventry District took part in the Big Poppy Plant to increase wildflower numbers while remembering the Great War.
It saw thousands of red poppies bloom across Daventry District during the summer months in a poignant commemoration of the moment 100 years ago that Britain entered the war.
The project proved so successful that Daventry District Council is now launching a second scheme focussing on creating perennial wildflower meadows.
It is open to groups across the District, which can apply for up to 150g of seed mix each – enough to cover 450 square metres of ground. The seeds should ideally be sown by the end of October, with a small amount of maintenance required once the wildflowers are in bloom.
Villages with a number of different groups interested in taking part are being encouraged to submit collective applications for the seed, to help ensure it can be shared fairly across all communities in the District wishing to take part.
Interested groups are invited to find out more about the project during a meeting at DDC’s Civic offices, in Lodge Road, Daventry, at 6.30pm on Wednesday, 17 September.
Councillor Daniel Cribbin, Environment portfolio holder at Daventry District Council, said: “The Big Poppy Plant was a great success and we were really pleased with the positive response from communities across Daventry District.
“This next phase will focus on creating indigenous wildflower meadows and we expect to get a large number of parish councils and community groups involved with the scheme.
“We welcome groups of all sizes wanting to engage the local community in this project. I would urge groups to register to attend the meeting by completing the online survey, to ensure they don’t miss out.”
Wildflower project returns after summer success
Remembrance Sunday Parade and Service 2014
Norton Parish Council Commemorations
Norton Parish Council held WWI displays and commemoration events in August and October.
"Despite the rain on Sunday 10th August we had an excellent day, everyone was very complementary about our display and the highlight for us was when 3 different families arrived who were connected to those who died, a couple even had photographs".
"At 10.50 on Wed 22nd and Friday 24th October we remembered the first men of Norton killed in WW1. Both events went very well, particularly when so many of the Blencowe family attended, one coming from as far as Caistor, Norfolk. They had arranged for a Royal British Legion standard bearer to attend and a bugler from Danetre Brass to play the last post. We flew the Union flag, and had photo's of the men and the places they were commemorated in Belgium. The families laid a wreath and planted a cross on the War Memorial. At 11 am the church bell tolled for 2 minutes. We then had refreshments in the church. We plan to do the same for the other 14 men named on the memorial, we just have to see if we can find any more relatives".
Kim Russell, Norton Councillor
The daring escapades of an airman posthumously awarded a Victoria Cross during WW1 are to
be remembered this month. The Spratton Remembers the Great War event marks the 100th anniversary of the death of Lieutenant Rhodes- Moorhouse VC, RFC, who was fatally injured while on a low-level raid on a railway junction at Courtrai in Belgium.
Despite terrible injuries he succeeded in flying 35 miles back to base to report on his mission. He died the following day, aged 27. He was the first airman to receive the Victoria Cross.
Taking place on Saturday, April 25 and Sunday, April 26, the event will culminate in a spectacular flypast from a BE2b plane, similar to the one flown by Lt Rhodes-Moorhouse during the war. Villagers will also commemorate the other 132 villagers that served in the conflict.
Enid Jarvis, from the Spratton Local History Society, said: “We are extremely grateful to Daventry & District Housing for their support of our project in tribute to all of the young men from Spratton who served during the Great War between 1914 and 1918. It has helped us to display vintage motor vehicles from WWI and to publicise our events. The funding, together with help from Daventry District Council and Northamptonshire County Council, also enabled us to install a beautiful commemorative paving stone to Lt William Rhodes-Moorhouse.”
DDH has contributed to the Spratton Remembers event through its Community Chest fund. This initiative sees money earmarked for sustainable community projects under the theme of health and wellbeing. Support can also be man power, technical help or advice about finding further investment.
DDH and the DDH Youth Board have been involved in several WWI Centenary Commemorations in the last 12 months, including the creation of a digital history book featuring the stories, photos, artefacts and memories of people that lived in the Daventry district during the conflict.
Northamptonshire village set to honour bravery of Great War airman
Who were the Daventry men that
fought in the Great War?
Nearly ONE MILLION British men died in the war.
There are 114 names listed on memorials in and
around Daventry.
There are 10 war graves at the Holy Cross Church
in Daventry.
Here are pictures and details of the Daventry men on
the memorial from Gerry Thompson’s research
James Ainge
Private 67001 1st/3rd (City of London) Battalion
The London Regiment (Royal Fusiliers). (formerly 3/33836 East Surrey Regiment)
Killed in Action France and Flanders.
Monday 13th August 1917. Aged 31.
Born Northampton, Enlisted Daventry. Son of James and Agnes Ainge (nee Allen) of 33
Leicester Street Northampton. Husband of Harriet Ainge (nee Bull) of
‘Kimberlyn’ Braunston Road Daventry.
Remembered with honour YPRES (MENIN GATE) MEMORIAL
Lieper West-Vlaanderen Belgium. Panel 6 and 8.
George Edward Anderson
Sapper 414743 13th Pontoon Park Company Royal Engineers. Died of malaria
Egypt. Sunday 13th October 1918. Aged 37.
Born Brixworth. Enlisted Daventry. Son of Edward James and Ellen Eileen Anderson
(nee Stow) of Great Brington. Husband of Ellen Louisa Anderson (nee Hillyeard)
of 9 Badby Road Daventry.
Buried at CAIRO WAR MEMORIAL CEMETERY
Egypt. Grave O.295.
(also remembered on the Great Brington
Memorial and St Marys Church Brington)
Charles Tidbury Arnull
Lance Sergeant 10073 2nd Battalion The Loyal North Lancashire Regiment.
(formerly 5907 Northamptonshire Regiment) (Awarded Distinguished Conduct Medal.
4th November 1914) Died from ‘Black water fever’
Tulo East Africa. Wednesday 7th February 1917. Aged 36.
Born Daventry. Enlisted Northampton. Son of Charles David and Annie Leoline Arnull
(nee Kellard Tidbury) of 15 Cross Street Drayton
75DIV
Buried at MOROGORO CEMETERY
Tanzania. Grave VIII.C.1.
Charles John Bailey
Private 36958 1st/4th Battalion Essex Regiment
(formerly M/283842 Army Service Corp). Killed in Action
Palestine. Thursday 3rd November 1917. Aged 31.
Born Daventry Enlisted Northampton. Brother of Miss Mar Emily Bailey of ‘The Dun
Cow’, 4 Brook Street Daventry.
Buried at GAZA WAR CEMETERY
Israel. Grave XXIX.B.14.
William Ernest Bailey
Air Mechanic (Wireless Operator) 2nd Class 59339
Royal Air Force. (formerly Royal Flying Corps) Died Lincoln Military Hospital
of Wounds received in Action. France and
Flanders. Tuesday 30th April 1918. Aged 19.
Born Rushden Son of Police Inspector William James and Mary
Ann Bailey (nee Griffin) of 56 High Street Da-
ventry.
Buried at DAVENTRY (HOLY CROSS) CHURCHYARD.
Northamptonshire England. Near East end of the Church.
Grave No 253A.
William John Baker
Private 11003 7th (Service)Battalion South Staffordshire Regiment.
Killed in Action Gallipoli.
Monday 9th August 1915. Aged 31.
Born Knightcote Warwickshire Son of Edward Thomas and Sarah Ann Baker of
Knightcote Leamington Warwickshire. Resident of 30 Abbey Street Daventry.
Remembered with honour HELLES MEMORIAL
Turkey. Panel 134 to 136.
Thomas Bannard
Private 17774 7th (Extra Reserve) Battalion
Royal Fusiliers
(formerly 4424 4th (T) Batt: Northamptonshire
Regiment
Died of cancer Home.
Saturday 31st August 1918. Aged 19.
Born Daventry
Son of Thomas and Minnie Alice Bannard (nee
Hollis) of 89 Welton Road Farm Daventry.
376322 & Kings Certificate
Buried at
DAVENTRY (HOLY CROSS) CHURCHYARD.
Northamptonshire. England.
Near east end of the Church.
Grave 931.
Frank Barnes
Private 17179 7th (Service) Battalion (Mobbs
Own) Northamptonshire Regiment.
Killed in Action France and Flanders.
Friday 18th August 1916 Aged 18.
Born Hardingstone Resident of 9 Brook Street Daventry. Son of John and Mary Barnes of Green Street
Northampton.
Remembered with honour THIEPVAL MEMORIAL
Somme France. Pier and Face 11A and 11D.
Harry Bateman
Private 202219 1st/4th Battalion Yorkshire Regiment.
(formerly 5357 Northamptonshire Regiment) Killed in Action
France and Flanders. Monday 23rd April 1917. Aged 26.
Born Northampton. Enlisted Daventry. Son of Thomas Bateman and Alice Bateman (nee
Shipley) of ‘The Lion and Lamb Inn’. High Street
Daventry.
Remembered with honour ARRAS MEMORIAL
France. Bay 5.
William Thomas Bateman
Corporal 40166 2nd Battalion Northamptonshire Regiment.
Killed in Action France and Flanders.
Thursday 26th October 1916. Aged 29.
Born Northampton Enlisted Windsor Great Park
Berkshire. Son of Thomas and Alice Bateman (nee Shipley) Husband of Emma Bateman (nee Hazelwood) of
2 Foundry Place Daventry. (1 Warwick Place)
Remembered with honour THIEPVAL MEMORIAL
Somme France. Pier & Face 11A & 11D.
Charles Bellamy
Private 22689 1st Battalion Northamptonshire Regiment.
(formerly S4/093379 Royal Army Service Corps) Killed in Action
France and Flanders. Friday 24th November 1916. Aged 26.
Born and Enlisted Daventry Son of James William and Hanna Bellamy (nee
Willis) of 29 Brook Street Daventry. Husband of Harriott Bellamy of 6 Court 30 Brook
Street Daventry.
Buried at SERRE ROAD CEMETERY No2
Somme France. Grave XL1.H.1.
Edmund Charles Bellamy
Gunner 145862 294th Battery Royal Garrison Artillery.
(formerly 18921 8th Northamptonshire Regiment) Killed in Action
France and Flanders. Saturday 25th May 1918. Aged 19.
(Awarded Military Medal) Born and Enlisted Daventry. Son of Thomas Matthew and Sarah Bellamy (nee
Bedford) of 6 West View Daventry.
Buried at WORLOY-BAILLON COMMUNAL CEMETERY
EXTENSION Somme France. Grave IV.F.II.
Frederick John Bellamy
Corporal 9616 1st Battalion Northamptonshire Regiment.
Killed in Action France and Flanders.
Tuesday 24th September 1918. Aged 23. (Awarded Military Medal)
Born Daventry Enlisted Northampton.
Son of James William and Hannah Bellamy (nee
Willis) 10 Waterloo Daventry. (later 14 Brook
Street)
Buried at
BELLICOURT BRITISH CEMETERY
Aisne France.
Grave V.C.8.
Walter Henry Bellamy
Private 56349 9th (Service) Battalion Royal Welsh Fusiliers.
(formerly 32239 Northamptonshire Regiment) Killed in Action
France and Flanders. Tuesday 23rd October 1917. Aged 32.
Born Daventry Son of James William & Hanna Bellamy (nee Wil-
lis) of 10 Waterloo. Daventry Husband of Ethel May Bellamy (nee Franklin) of 11 St James Street Daventry.
Buried at DUHALLOW A.D.S. CEMETERY Leper West-Vlaanderen Belgium.
(Remembered with honour Fusilier Wood Memo-
rial).
Joseph Billingham
Private 18226 ‘B’ Company 1st Battalion Northamptonshire Regiment.
Killed in Action France and Flanders.
Sunday 23rd July 1916. Aged 40.
Born Whilton Enlisted Northampton Son of Thomas and Ann Billingham (nee Potter/
Woodruff) of 24 High Street Daventry. Husband of Maud Louise Billingham (nee
Gibbins) of 2 Abbey Street Daventry. Later of 14
Townsend Street Rugby Warwickshire.
Remembered with honour THIEPVAL MEMORIAL
Somme France. Pier & Face 11A and 11D.
Isaiah Birch
Private 9863 1st Battalion Northamptonshire Regiment.
Died of measles France and Flanders.
Saturday 27th February 1915. Aged 21.
Born Weedon, Enlisted Northampton. Son of John and Amelia Smith of 4 Orchard
Street Drayton.
Buried at WIMEREUX COMMUNIAL CEMETERY
Pas de Calais France. Grave I.D.14.
Benjamin Bradshaw
Private 48605 17th (Service) Battalion (Empire)
Royal Fusiliers. Died of Gas Poisoning France and Flanders.
Wednesday 18th September 1918. Aged 35. Born and Enlisted Daventry. Son of George and Lucy Bradshaw of 25 Brook
Street Daventry. Husband of Margaret Bradshaw (nee Hart) of
Brook Street Daventry.
Buried at MONT HUON MILITARY CEMETERY LE
TREPORT Seine-Maritime France.
Grave VII.H.2A.
William George Bradshaw
Private G/26656 6th (Service) Battalion The Buffs (East Kent Regiment)
Killed in Action France and Flanders.
Sunday 29th September 1918. Aged 18.
Born Daventry Enlisted Northampton. Son of Harry and Mary Elizabeth Bradshaw (nee
Tooby) of 15 North Street Daventry.
Buried at UNICORN CEMETERY VEND’HUILE
Aisne France. Grave II.A.25.
Arthur Bree
Private 200533 1st/4th Battalion Northamptonshire Regiment.
Killed in Action Palestine.
Thursday 19th April 1917. Aged 20.
Born and Enlisted Daventry. One of twin sons of William and Mary Ann Bree
(nee Cox) of 3, House. 6 Court, Brook Street Da-
ventry.
Remembered with honour JERUSALEM MEMORIAL
Israel. Panel 40.
Harry Bree
Private 18700 1st Battalion Somerset Light Infantry.
Killed in Action France and Flanders.
Thursday 24th October 1918. Aged 36.
Born Daventry Enlisted Coventry Warwickshire. Son of John and Sarah Ann Bree of 23 Badby
Road Daventry. Husband of Florrie Bree (nee Marrs) of 117
Wyley Road Coventry. (later of 129 Somerset
Street Coventry Warwickshire)
Buried at VERCHAIN BRITISH CEMETERY VERCHAIN-
MAUGRE Nord France. Grave A.17.
John Thomas Brightwell
Private 45447 18th (Service) Battalion (2nd South East Lancashire)
Lancashire Fusiliers. (formerly 2282 Northamptonshire Yeomanry)
Killed in Action France and Flanders.
Saturday 1st June 1918. Aged 34.
Born Wellington Madras India. Enlisted Rugby
Warwickshire. Son of Thomas Henry and Mary Jane Brightwell
of 42 Sheaf Street Daventry.
Buried at MARTINSART BRITISH CEMETERY
Somme France. Grave I.B.14.
Joseph Henry Butlin
Lance Corporal 53532 13th (Service) Battalion Durham Light Infantry.
(formerly 28312 Essex Regiment) Killed in Action
France and Flanders. Thursday 12th July 1917. Aged 22.
Born and Enlisted Daventry. Son of Joseph and Emma Butlin (nee Mills) of 3
Drayton Place Daventry.
Remembered with honour YPRES (MENIN GATE) MEMORIAL
Lieper West-Vlaanderen Belgium. Panel 36 and 38.
John William Capell
Private M2/177446 707th M.T. Company Army Service Corps.
Died Balkans.
Friday 1st November 1918. Aged 34.
Born and Enlisted Daventry. Son of William Albert and Ellen Capell of 57
Warwick Street Daventry. Husband of Annie Capell (nee Bradshaw) of 57
Warwick Street Daventry.
Buried at SKOPJE BRITISH CEMETERY
Macedonia. (The former Republic of Yugoslavia).
Grave D.II.
William Carwardine
Sergeant 202315 1st/4th Battalion Yorkshire Regiment.
(formerly 320 4th Batt: (T) Northamptonshire
Regiment Killed in Action
France and Flanders. Thursday 19th July 1917. Aged 36.
Born Braunston. Enlisted Daventry. Son of William and Annie Carwardine (nee
Wilson) Husband of Emily Carwardine (nee Bradshaw) of
1 House 3 Court Brook Street Daventry.
Buried at COJEUL BRITISH CEMETERY. ST. MARTIN-
SUR-COJEUL Pas de Calais France.
Grave D.2.
William John T Conroy
Corporal 8827 6th (Service) Battalion Northamptonshire Regiment.
Killed in Action France and Flanders.
Sunday 11th November 1917. Aged 26.
Born Far Cotton Northamptonshire. Husband of Eliza Ellen Conroy (nee Anderson) of
St James Place Little Brington Northamptonshire. (3 House, 6 Court Abbey Street)
Remembered with honour TYNE COT MEMORIAL
Zonnebeke West-Vlaanderen Belgium. Panel 104 to 105.
Albert Frederick Cox
Sapper 34502 79th Field Company Royal Engineers
(formerly 9944 Royal Warwickshire Regiment) Died of wounds
France and Flanders Sunday 20th May 1917. Aged 34.
Born Llantrisant, Glamorgan Wales in 1883, son
of Frederick George and Alice J Cox (nee Alsop)
husband of Rosamund Florence Cox (nee Frost).
Enlisted Rugby 35 Oxford Street Daventry.
Buried at BACQUOY ROAD CEMETERY
Ficheux France. Grave I. G. 20.
(also remembered Napton War Memorial and
St Lawrence church Napton on the Hill)
Edward Stanley Cox
Private (Guardsman) 23575 5th (Reserve)
Battalion Grenadier Guards. Died of meningitis
Fulham Military Hospital London. Sunday 26th March 1916. Aged 21.
Born Daventry Enlisted Northampton. Son of Edward and Sarah Cox (nee Major) of 9
North Street Daventry. Resident of 2 Tower Cottages, North Street
Daventry.
Buried at DAVENTRY (HOLY CROSS) CHURCHYARD.
Northamptonshire England. In the Northeast part.
Grave 1109.
Ernest Geoffrey Crisp
2nd Lieutenant (TP) 15th Battalion (Birmingham
Pals) Royal Warwickshire Regiment.
(formerly 7th Northamptonshire Regiment) Died of Wounds
France and Flanders. Thursday 16th December 1915. Aged 24.
Born Evesham Worcestershire. Enlisted Daventry Son of George Earnest and Sarah Ellen Crisp of
The Post Office 9 Market Place Evesham
Worcestershire. Later of Yarth Llanhedr
Merioneth Resident of 20 High Street Daventry.
Buried at
SUZANNE COMMUNAL CEMETERY EXTENSION
France. Grave B.4.
(also remembered on the Evesham Town, Lloyds Bank
William Dadley
Company Sergeant Major 200035 1st/4th
Battalion Northamptonshire Regiment. Died of Wounds
Egypt. Monday 14th January 1918. Aged 35.
Born and Enlisted Daventry. Son of Alfred and Anne Maria Dadley (nee Lane)
of 42 Oxford Street Daventry. Husband of Alice Eleanor Dadley of 45 Oxford
Street Daventry.
Buried at PORT SAID WAR CEMETERY
Egypt. Grave C.43.
Albert Dexter
Private 40108 4th (Extra Reserve) Battalion Bedfordshire Regiment.
(formerly 3804 Essex Regiment) Killed in Action
France and Flanders. Monday 25th March 1918. Aged 21.
Born Rugby. Enlisted Northampton. Son of Joseph and Harriott Dexter (nee
Thresher) of 29 Warwick Street Daventry.
Resident of ‘The Toll House’ Staverton Road
Daventry
Remembered with honour ARRAS MEMORIAL Pas de Calais France.
Bay 2.
William Henry Dickens (Dickins)
Shoeing Smith Corporal 6848 7th (Queens Own) Hussars.
Died Prisoner of War in Turkey
Saturday 30th September 1916. Aged 27 Born Daventry. Enlisted Northampton. Son of William and Sarah Dickens of 23 St James
Street Daventry “ The World’s End” Sheaf Street
Remembered with honour
BASRA MEMORIAL Iraq.
Panel 1.
Tom Durose
Private (Kings Man) 2464 5th Battalion The King’s (Liverpool Regiment)
Died of Wounds France and Flanders.
Sunday 23st May 1915. Aged 19. Born Daventry. Son of Thomas and Fanny Durose (nee Bowers)
of 34 London Road Daventry. Nephew of Miss M Durose of Ivy Cottage Heath
Road Uttoxeter. Staffordshire.
Buried at WIMEREUX COMMUNAL CEMETERY
France. Grave I.H.20.
Arthur Clifford Osborne
Flight Sergeant 16117 1st Aircraft Depot Royal Air Force.
(formerly Royal Flying Corps) Died
France and Flanders. Saturday 22nd February 1919. Aged 28.
Born Towcester. Son of Frederick and Kate Osborne (nee
Whitlock) of 61 High Street Daventry. Husband of Frieda Olga Osborne of 15 Lexington
Street Golden Square London.
Buried at LONGUENESSE (ST OMAR) SOUVENIR
CEMETERY Pa de Calais France.
Grave V.F.34.
Joseph Ellard
Private 25127 1st Battalion Northamptonshire Regiment.
Killed in Action France and Flanders.
Saturday 10th November 1917. Aged 28.
Born, Enlisted Daventry. Son of William and Elizabeth Ellard (nee Tooby)
of 52 Brook Street Daventry. Husband of Emily Francis Ellard (nee Screen) of
13 Cross Street Drayton.
Remembered with honour TYNE COT MEMORIAL
Zonnebeke West-Vlaanderen Belgium. Panel 104 to 105.
Charles William Elliott
Corporal 20918 13th (Service) Battalion (Forest of Dean) (Pioneers) Gloucestershire Regiment.
Died of Wounds France and Flanders.
Friday 26th April 1918. Aged 22.
Born Daventry. Enlisted Birmingham. Son of Charles Herbert and Bessie Elliott (nee
Howard) of 26 London Road Daventry.
Buried at LIJSSENTHOEK MILITARY CEMETERY
Poperinge West-Vlaanderen Belgium. Grave XXVII.H.13A.
Arthur Henry Elliott
Signalman (Private) 33556 2nd Battalion Bedfordshire Regiment
(formerly 18708 Northamptonshire Regiment). Died of Wounds
France and Flanders. Wednesday 27th March 1918. Aged 20.
Born Daventry, Enlisted Northampton. Son of Thomas and Clara Elliott of 2 London
Road Daventry.
Buried at ST. SOUPLET BRITISH CEMETERY
Nord France. Grave I.J.12.
Percy James Elliman
Private 438622 1st Battalion West Yorkshire Regiment (546362 Labour Corps) Killed in railway accident
Charlerio Belgium. Tuesday 17th June 1919. Aged 21.
Born Daventry Son of Benjamin and Emily Elizabeth Elliman
(nee Payne) of ‘The Bear Hotel’ High Street
Daventry.
Buried at MARCINELLE NEW COMMUNAL CEMETERY
Charlerio Belgium. Grave N.4.
George Horace Emery
Bombardier 681 Warwick Battery (Brooke’s
Battery) Royal Horse Artillery.
Died of leukaemia Warneford Hospital Leamington Spa
Warwickshire. Saturday 13th November 1915. Aged 20.
Born Daventry Son of George and Annie Elizabeth Betsey Emery
(nee Whitmill) of 10 Brook Street Daventry.
Buried at DAVENTRY (HOLY CROSS) CHURCHYARD.
Northamptonshire England. In the southern part
Grave 1063.
Harry Emery
Private G/41560 1st Battalion Middlesex Regiment.
Died from Wounds received in action France and Flanders
at Mile End Hospital, Middlesex Friday 6th April 1917. Aged 24.
Born and Enlisted Daventry. Son of Thomas and Judith Emery (nee Carpen-
ter) of 3 Warwick Street Daventry.
Buried at DAVENTRY (HOLY CROSS) CHURCHYARD.
Northamptonshire England. In the North Part
Grave 1060.
Arnold Evans
Private T/206997 11th (Service) Battalion
(Lewisham) The Queens (Royal West Surrey Regiment).
(formerly 290373 Suffolk Regiment) Killed in Action
France and Flanders. Saturday 23rd March 1918. Aged 37.
Born Chester Cheshire. Enlisted Daventry. Husband of Elizabeth Evans of ‘Aston House’
Braunston Road Daventry.
Remembered with honour ARRAS MEMORIAL Pas de Calais France.
Bay 2.
George Barten Farmer
2nd Lieutenant 5th Battalion East Lancashire Regiment.
(Formerly 2390, 255388 Leicestershire
Yeomanry) Killed in Action
France and Flanders. Saturday 15th June 1918. Aged 27.
Born Daventry Son of Percy and Sarah Jane Farmer (nee James)
of 78 High Street Daventry.
Buried at BERTRANCOURT MILITARY CEMETERY
Somme France. Plot 2. Row C.
Grave 28.
Louis Franklin
Private 20042 7th (Service) Battalion (Mobbs
Own) Northamptonshire Regiment.
Died of Pneumonia France and Flanders.
Saturday 24th March 1917. Aged 22. Born and Enlisted Daventry. Son of Thomas and Harriet Franklin (nee Towers)
of 12 Chapel Lane Daventry. Bishop Crew’s Hostel, North Street
Buried at CALAIS SOUTHERN CEMETERY
Pas de Calais France. Plot F Row 4 Grave 18.
Edward Frost
Private 31302 2nd Battalion Northamptonshire Regiment.
Killed in Action France and Flanders.
Tuesday 31st July 1917. Aged 25. Born and Enlisted Daventry Son of John and Annie Frost (nee Marsh) of 33
Brook Street Daventry.
Buried at MENIN ROAD SOUTH MILITERY CEMETERY
Lieper West-Vlaandersen Belgium. Grave II.E.17.
Edward Gardner
Private 5519 7th (Service) Battalion Leinster Regiment.(Royal Canadians)
(formerly 11819 Royal Sussex Regiment) Died from Gas Poisoning
France and Flanders. Sunday 9th September 1917. Aged 19.
Born Norton, Enlisted Daventry. Son of George and Charlotte Gardner (nee
Chamberlain) of ‘Hackwood Farm’ (Borough Hill)
Norton Road Daventry.
Buried at CROISILLES RAILWAY CEMETERY
Pas De Calais France. Grave I.E.5.
Alexander Gissing
2nd Lieutenant 2nd Battalion South Staffordshire Regiment.
Killed in Action France and Flanders.
Wednesday 9th October 1918. Aged 29.
Born Daventry Resident of 85 Badby Cottages
Daventry. Son of Edward Arthur and Margaret Janet Gissing
(nee Brown) of ‘Killarney’ St Agnes Road Moseley
Birmingham.
Buried at ST SEVER CEMETERY EXTENSION ROUEN
Somme France. Grave S.V.H.5.
(also remembered City of Birmingham Roll of
Honour 1914-18 Hall of Memory and Aston
University Memorial)
Harry Thomas Goodwin
Rifleman 7921 1st/12th Battalion The London Regiment. (The Rangers).
(formerly 22969 Northamptonshire Regiment) Killed in Action
France and Flanders. Saturday 9th September 1916. Aged 24.
Born Daventry. Enlisted Coventry Warwickshire. Son of Henry Thomas and Mary Ann Goodwin
(nee Baseley) of 68 Warwick Street Daventry.
Remembered with honour THIEPVAL MEMORIAL
Somme France Pier & Face 9C.
John William Grey
Rifleman 41611 11th/13th (Service) Battalion (1st County Down)
Royal Irish Rifles.(22 Entrenching Company) (formerly 30335 Northamptonshire Regiment)
Killed in Action France and Flanders.
Saturday 28th March 1918. Aged 27. Born Farthingstone, Enlisted Northampton. Son of Mrs Chambers (Joseph and Mary Grey) of The Cross Everdon Road Farthingstone near
Towcester. Husband of Elizabeth Grey of Waterloo Daventry.
Remembered with honour POZIERES MEMORIAL
Somme France. Panel 54 to 56.
(also remembered St Mary the Virgin Church
Farthingstone (W Gray)
Thomas Stanley Hall
Sergeant 22646 143rd Company
Machine Gun Corps. (formerly 1630 Royal Warwickshire Regiment)
Killed in Action France and Flanders.
Friday 24th November 1916. Aged 22. Born Daventry. Enlisted Nuneaton Warwickshire. Son of Thomas and Hannah Hall of 19 Warwick
Street Daventry (later of 16 Garretts St
Attleborough Nuneaton).
Buried at ADANAC MILITARY CEMETERY MIRAUMONT
Somme France. Grave V.F.24.
Kenneth Lowton Charles Hammond
2nd Lieutenant 23rd (Service) Battalion (4th Tyneside Scottish)
Northumberland Fusiliers. (Formerly 762977. 8973 28th Battalion London
Regiment) Killed in Action
France and Flanders. Friday 22nd March 1918. Aged 19.
Born Daventry. Son of Lowton and Mary S Hammond of
‘Trefaldwyn’ 4 Badby Road Daventry.
Remembered with honour ARRAS MEMORIAL Pas de Calais France.
Bay 2-3. (also remembered on the Lloyds Bank London
memorial)
Dennis Lancelot Harris
Gunner 22224 ‘A’ Battery 186th Brigade Royal Field Artillery.
Died of Wounds France and Flanders.
Wednesday 3rd April 1918. Aged 24.
Born Daventry. Enlisted Stirling Scotland.
Son of John Wilson Harris and Eliza Harris of 13
High Street Daventry.
Buried at NAMPS-AU-VAL-BRITISH CEMETERY
Somme France. Grave I.K.13.
Williams Hemmings
Lance Corporal 2175 4th Battalion (T) Northamptonshire Regiment.
Died of tuberculosis Home.
Monday 18th December 1916. Aged 18. Born Daventry Son of William Enoch and Mary Ann Hemmings
(nee Bradshaw) of 10 Abbey Street 6 Court
Daventry.
Buried at DAVENTRY (HOLY CROSS) CHURCHYARD
Northamptonshire England.
Robert Westbrooke Hewitt
Lieutenant Colonel 14th (Kings) Hussars.
(formerly 1st Battalion Norfolk Regiment and Norfolk Militia)
Died of Wounds Mesopotamia.
Sunday 30th September 1917. Aged 37. (Awarded Distinguished Service Order)
Born ‘The Farm House’ Turnpike Road Dodford Son of Robert Henry and Mary Selina Hewitt (nee
Burton) of ‘Daneholme’, Ashby Road Daventry
Buried at BAGHDAD (NORTH GATE) CEMETERY
Iraq. Grave V.E.1.
(Also remembered St Peters church Dunchurch)
James Nelson Hickman
Private 9874 2nd Battalion Bedfordshire Regiment.
Killed in Action France and Flanders.
Saturday 31st October 1914. Aged 24. Born Badby Enlisted Daventry. Son of Henry and Mary Jane Hickman (nee
Goodman) of 31 Brook Street Daventry.
Remembered with honour YPRES (MENIN GATE) MEMORIAL
Belgium. Panel 31 and 33.
William Higham
Lance Corporal 40204 2nd Battalion Northamptonshire Regiment.
Killed in Action France and Flanders.
Wednesday 24th April 1918. Aged 19.
Born Daventry Enlisted Northampton. Son of William and Elizabeth Higham of 21
Waterloo Daventry.
Buried at ADELAIDE CEMETERY, VILLERS-
BRETONNEUX Somme France. Grave II.G.4.
Harold Edward Holloway
Gunner 123843 20th Battery 9th Brigade Royal Field Artillery.
Died of Wounds France and Flanders.
Monday 24th June 1918. Aged 24.
Born and Enlisted Daventry. Son of John and Annie Holloway of 11 Mount
Pleasant New Street Daventry. Husband of Theresa Holloway (nee Franklin) of
Drayton Terrace.
Buried at AUBIGNY COMMUNAL CEMETERY EXTEN-
SION Pas de Calais France.
Grave IV.L.43.
William John Horn
Private G/39343 7TH (Service) Battalion The Queens (Royal West Surrey Regiment).
Killed in Action France and Flanders
Friday 10th August 1917. Aged 19. Born Daventry. Enlisted Northampton. Son of Henry and Sarah Ann Horn of 6 Court 1
Brook Street Daventry.
Remembered with honour YPRES (MENIN GATE) MEMORIAL
Belgium. Panel 11-13 & 14.
William John Hutt
Private 7698 1st Battalion Northamptonshire Regiment.
Killed in Action France and Flanders.
Thursday 5th November 1914. Aged 25.
Born Daventry Enlisted Northampton. Son of Richard and Mary Ann Hutt (nee Quinney)
of 37 Brook Street Daventry. Husband of Edith Ann Hutt (nee Stratford) of
Church Street, Clifton, Rugby Warwickshire.
Remembered with honour YPRES (MENIN GATE) MEMORIAL
Belgium. Panel 43 and 45.
Rixon (Rixom) Izzard
Private 9775 1st Battalion Bedfordshire Regiment.
Killed in Action France and Flanders.
Tuesday 29th June 1915. Aged 19. Born Badby, Enlisted Northampton. Resident of ‘Saracens Head’ Brook Street
Daventry. Adopted son of George and Annie Hutt (nee
Ethridge) of Badby.
Remembered with honour YPRES (MENIN GATE) MEMORIAL
Belgium. Panel 31 and 33.
(also remembered St Mary the Virgin Church
Badby)
Frederick William Jeffs
Private 63175 5th Battalion Kings Own Yorkshire Light Infantry. (formerly 5/45655 T.R. Battalion)
Died of Wounds France and Flanders.
Monday 9th September 1918. Aged 23. Born and Enlisted Daventry. Son of James Ernest and Ellen Jeffs (nee Cox) of
36 Brook Street Daventry.
Buried at TERLINCTHUN BRITISH CEMETERY
Wimille. Pas de Calais France. Grave 111.D.18.
Charles Wilfred Jolley
Private G/48066 23rd (Service) Battalion (1st
Sportsman’s) Royal Fusiliers. Killed in Action
France and Flanders. Saturday 23rd March 1918. Aged 33.
Born Daventry. Enlisted Northampton. Resident
Braunston. Son of George William and Ellen Annie Jolley of 2
Ashworth Street Daventry.
Remembered with honour ARRAS MEMORIAL Pas de Calais France.
Bay 3.
Sidney John Jolley
Rifleman 550146 (1599) 1st/16t (County of Lon-
don) Battalion (Queens Westminster Rifles) The London Regiment.
Killed in Action France and Flanders.
Sunday 8th April 1917. Aged 22. Born Daventry. Enlisted Westminster. Resident
Aldermanbury London. Son of George William Jolley and Anne Jolley of 2
Ashworth Street Daventry.
Buried at ACHICOURT ROAD CEMETERY, ACHICOURT
Pas de Calais France. Grave E.4A.
George William Jones
Private 220013 2nd Battalion The Duke of Edinburgh’s (Wiltshire Regiment)
21 Brigade 30th Division Killed in Action
France and Flanders Sunday 29th July 1917. Aged 34.
Born Lewisham London, resident of 4 Foundry
Place Daventry Son of Joseph and Elizabeth Jones of Bodicote
Oxfordshire. Husband of Annie Louise Jones (nee
Preston) of Red Lion Square, Kings Sutton
Banbury Oxon. Native of Daventry.
Remembered with honour YPRES (MENIN GATE) MEMORIAL
Belgium. Panel 53.
(also remembered on the Kings Sutton Memorial)
Ernest William Kenning
Private PO/17438 Deal Battalion Portsmouth
Division Royal Marine Light Infantry
Died of Wounds at 2nd RN Division Field
Ambulance Gallipoli.
Sunday 16th May 1915. Aged 20, Born Aylestone Enlisted from Sheridan Street
Leicestershire on 12th Aug 1914 Son of Albert Thomas and Mary Ann Kenning
(nee Ellard) of 9 Drayton Place Daventry. (144
Knighton Fields Road East Aylestone Leicester)
Remembered with honour SKEW BRIDGE CEMETERY
Gallipoli Turkey. Special memorial A.11.
Frederick Kenning
Gunner 159657 Royal Garrison Artillery
(formerly Royal Warwickshire Regiment) Died Home
1975 Aged 87 Born Daventry Enlisted Northampton Son of Richard and Lenora Kenning of Summer
Gardens 51 Oxford Street Daventry. Husband of Ada Kenning (nee Robinson) of
‘Rosebank’ Weston Favell Northampton
Harry Robert Kightley
Private 6750 11th (Service) Battalion Royal Fusiliers. Killed in Action
France and Flanders. Saturday 1st July 1916. Aged 19.
Born Daventry. Enlisted Teddington. Son of Harry Burges and Anna Kightley (nee
White) of 34 Sheaf Street Daventry. Later of
“Meadowside” Bicester Oxfordshire.
Buried at DANTZIG ALLEY BRITISH CEMETERY MAM-
ETZ Somme France. Grave II.D.6.
Harry Kilsby
Private 9081 2nd Battalion Northamptonshire Regiment
Killed in Action France and Flanders.
Sunday 9th May 1915. Aged 25. Born Daventry. Enlisted Northampton. Son of William and Mary Kilsby (nee Stewart) of
33 Oxford Street Daventry. Husband of Fanny Kilsby (nee Jeffs) of Daventry
Remembered with honour PLOEGSTREET MEMORIAL
Belgium. Panel 7.
Albert Edward Langton
Private 9035 2nd Battalion Royal Welsh Fusiliers.
Killed in Action France and Flanders.
Thursday 22nd June 1916. Aged 29. Born Daventry Enlisted Rugby.
Son of James and Sarah Ann Langton (nee
ammonds) of Chapel Lane Daventry. Husband of Annie Elizabeth Langton (nee
Hawker) of 88 Byron Street Northampton.
Remembered with honour LOOS MEMORIAL
Pas de Calais France. Panel 50 to 52.
George Liddington
Rifleman 2022 4th Battalion Rifle Brigade.
Killed in Action France and Flanders.
Monday 15th March 1915. Aged 26. Born Staverton Resident and Enlisted Daventry. Stepson of John and Leah Johnson of 19 Norton
Road Daventry. (10 Rose Court)
Remembered with honour YPRES (MENIN GATE) MEMORIAL
Belgium. Panel 46-48 and 50.
Percy George Love
Private G/41303 4th Battalion Royal Fusiliers. Killed in Action
France and Flanders. Thursday 3rd May 1917. Aged 32.
Born Ryde, Isle of Wight, Enlisted Northampton. Son of Frederick and Fanny Love of 122 High
Street Ryde Isle of Wight. Lodging with George and Agnes Bliss and family
at 20 Warwick Street. Later of 10 Orchard Street
Drayton.
Remembered with honour ARRAS MEMORIAL Pas de Calais France.
Bay 3.
Noel Fisher McCarthy
2nd Lieutenant 2nd Battalion Yorkshire Regiment.
Killed in Action France and Flanders.
Wednesday 18th October 1916. Aged 20. Born Trinomial Ceylon (Sri Lanka) Son of Major John McCarthy (R.A.S.C.) and
Agnes Roseabel McCarthy of ‘Laurel Bank’
Braunston Road Daventry. Fiancée of Miss Madge Craven of Wood Green
London.
Remembered with honour THIEPVAL MEMORIAL
Somme France. Pier & Face 3A.and 3D.
John Bert Marriott
Private 24897 7th (Service) Battalion Norfolk Regiment.
(Formerly 1506 1/4th Northamptonshire
Regiment) Killed in Action
France and Flanders. Thursday 12th October 1916. Aged 24.
Born Daventry Son of John and Fanny Price Marriott (nee Cole)
of 41 Brook Street Daventry.
Remembered with honour THIEPVAL MEMORIAL
Somme France. Pier and Face 1C and 1D.
Edward Francis Marriott
Private 28011 7th (Service) Battalion (Mobbs
Own) Northamptonshire Regiment.
Killed in Action France and Flanders.
Tuesday 31st July 1917. Aged 31.
Born and Enlisted Daventry. Son of John and Fanny Price Marriott (nee Cole)
of 41 Brook Street Daventry. Husband of Elizabeth Marriott (nee Robinson) of
45 Brook Street.
Remembered with honour YPRES (MENIN GATE) MEMORIAL
Belgium. Panel 43 and 45.
Frank Louis Marriott
Private 220635 10th (Service) Battalion (1ST Hull)
East Yorkshire Regiment. (formerly 1655 Northamptonshire Regiment)
Killed in Action France and Flanders.
Sunday 29th September 1918. Aged 25. Born and Enlisted Daventry. Son of Louis and Annie Eliza Marriott (nee
Hickman) 25 St James Street Daventry Husband of Rosa Marriott (nee Jeffs) of 4 London
Road Daventry.
Buried at UNDERHILL FARM CEMETERY
Hainaut Belgium. Grave D.27.
Walter Marriott
Private 60233 32nd (Service) Battalion (East
Ham) Royal Fusiliers.
(formerly 4387 Northamptonshire Regiment) Killed in Action
France and Flanders. Thursday 7th June 1917. Aged 20.
Born Daventry Enlisted Northampton. Son of Walter and Mary Ann Marriott (Nee
Packer) of 6 St James Street Daventry.
Buried at VOORMEZEELE ENCLOSURE No3 Leper West-Vlaanderen Belgium.
Grave VIII.E.9.
William George Marriott
Private G/29620 23rd (Service) Battalion (2nd
Football) Middlesex Regiment.
Killed in Action France and Flanders.
Sunday 1st October 1916. Aged 32. Born Daventry. Enlisted Northampton. Son of John and Fanny Price Marriott (nee Cole)
of 41 Brook Street. Husband of Margaret Marriott (nee Arnull) 5
Court 3 Brook Street Daventry
Remembered with honour THIEPVAL MEMORIAL
Somme France. Pier & Face 12D. & 13B.
Bertie Douglas Mills
Corporal 9773 “A” Coy 1st Battalion
Bedfordshire Regiment. Killed in Action
France and Flanders. Tuesday 20th April 1915. Aged 21.
Born Daventry Enlisted Northampton . Son of Thomas & Elizabeth Mills (nee Mott) of 27
Brook Street Daventry. Husband of Mabel Mills (nee Knight) of 39 Shelly
Street Kingsley Park Northampton.
Remembered with honour YPRES (MENIN GATE) MEMORIAL
Belgium. Panel 31 and 33.
Sidney Ernest Mills
Private 1033 1st Battalion Royal Warwickshire Regiment.
Killed in Action France and Flanders.
Sunday 2nd May 1915. Aged 27. Born Daventry Son of Thomas & Elizabeth Mills (nee Mott) of 27
Brook Street Daventry. Brother of William Thomas Mills of 56 Mill Street
Bedworth Nuneaton Warwickshire.
Remembered with honour YPRES (MENIN GATE) MEMORIAL
Belgium. Panel 8.
Frank Victor Murdin
Private 9821 2nd Battalion Northamptonshire Regiment.
Died of Wounds France and Flanders.
Thursday 28th January 1915. Aged 19. Born and Enlisted Daventry. Son of William David and Sarah Emma Murdin
(nee Haynes) of 47 Warwick Street Daventry.
Buried at EUSTON POST CEMETERY
Pas de Calais France. Grave A.2.
Augustus Harry Neal
Private 205081 6th (Service) Battalion Northamptonshire Regiment.
Died of Wounds France and Flanders.
Friday 12th April 1918. Aged 26. Born Braunston Only son of Frederick and Clara Neal of Oxford
Street. Husband of Ethel Elizabeth Neal (nee Burnham)
of 24 Brook Street Daventry.
Buried at ST SEVER CEMETERY EXTENSION, ROUEN
France. Grave P.VII.K.6B.
Edward Charles Nixon
Rifleman 8258 8th (Service) Battalion Kings Royal Rifle Corps.
Killed in Action France and Flanders.
Tuesday 3rd August 1915. Aged 28. Born Daventry Enlisted Northampton Son of John and Mary Margaret Eliza Elkington
Nixon of ‘Fircroft’ Braunston Road Daventry. This soldier is recorded on CWGC records as
Edward Charles Elkington.
Remembered with honour YPRES (MENIN GATE) MEMORIAL
Belgium. Panel 51 & 53.
Robert Baden Pebody
Sergeant 206118 ‘D’ Company Machine Gun Corps Heavy Branch.
(4th Battalion Tank Corps) Killed in Action
France and Flanders. Saturday 19th September 1916. Aged 21.
Born Rugby Enlisted Coventry Warwickshire. Son of John Thomas and Margaret Ann
Pebody of 58 Oxford Street, Daventry. Nephew of MR J.T. Pebody of 24 Stephen
Street. Rugby Warwickshire.
Buried at
A.I.F. BURIAL GROUND FLERS Somme France. Grave III. J.12.
John Morby Pescow
Private 7233 1st Battalion Northamptonshire Regiment.
Died of typhus as Prisoner of War Barrack 24a, Freidericksfeld, Wesel POW Camp Germany.
Friday 25th October 1918. Aged 37. Born St Andrews Northampton, Enlisted North-
ampton. (1911 at 17 Wood Street Wellingborough) Son of John and Emma Pescow of 13 Waterloo
Daventry. Buried at
NIEDERZWEHREN CEMETERY Kassel Hessen Germany.
Grave V.E.
Joseph Whiting Phillips
Private 12092 5th (Pioneer) Battalion Northamptonshire Regiment
Killed in Action France and Flanders.
Sunday 10th March 1918. Aged 31. Born Woolwich Kent Enlisted Northampton. Son of George Edward and Sarah Jane Phillips
(nee Hall) of 4 New Street Daventry. Fiancé of Miss Ashby of Church Stow
Northamptonshire.
Buried at ANZAC CEMETERY, SAILLY-SUR-LA-LYS
Pas de Calais France. Grave III.D.1.
William Potts
Corporal 8459 (Armourers Assistant) 2nd
Battalion Northamptonshire Regiment
Died of Wounds France and Flanders.
Monday 5th March 1917. Aged 28.
Born Morrisiana New York USA Enlisted
Northampton Son of John and Emma Potts of 75 Badby Road
Daventry
Buried at
BRAY MILITARY CEMETERY France.
Grave II.B.33.
John Pratt
Rifleman 474124 1st/12th (County of London)
Battalion (The Rangers)
The London Regiment. (formerly 23156 3rd Northamptonshire Regiment)
Killed in Action France and Flanders.
Saturday 9th September 1916. Aged 23. Born and Enlisted Daventry. Son of Walter and Carrie Emily Pratt (nee March)
of Norton Road Daventry.
Remembered with honour THIEPVAL MEMORIAL
Somme France. Pier & Face 9C.
Richard Garrett Preston
Private 15919 5th (Pioneer) Battalion (formerly 6th Battalion)
Northamptonshire Regiment. Died of influenza
Home Monday 3rd March 1919. Aged 38.
Born Dodford Son of William and Lucy Mary Preston (nee
Butler) of 4 Foundry Place Daventry.
Buried at DAVENTRY (HOLY CROSS) CHURCHYARD.
Northamptonshire England. North of the Church.
Grave 773.
Douglas Bernard Priestley
2nd Lieutenant 2nd/5th Battalion
Lancashire Fusiliers. Killed in Action
France and Flanders. Tuesday 31st July 1917. Aged 20.
Born Ripon Thornton Steward, Yorkshire Son of the Rev. J and Mrs J Priestley of ‘The Vic-
arage’, Thornton Steward, Yorkshire. Nephew of Mr Wesley and Mrs Priestley of
‘Wardens Lodge’ North Street Daventry. Fiancée of Miss M Nichols of ‘Wardens Lodge’
Daventry Remembered with honour
YPRES (MENIN GATE) MEMORIAL Belgium. Panel 33.
(also remembered on the Thornton Steward
Yorkshire and Lloyds Bank London Memorials)
William Ewart Rice
Private 6928 2nd Battalion Northamptonshire Regiment
Killed in Action France and Flanders
Friday 22nd January 1915. Aged 30 Born Kettering Resident of Daventry. Son of Arthur and Emma Rice of 46 Edmund
Street Kettering.
Remembered with honour LE TOURET MEMORIAL
Pas de Calais France. Panel 28 to 30.
(also remembered on the Kettering memorial)
John William Ridley
Private (Driver) M/225249 1038th Company Royal Army Service Corps.
Died of dysentery Egypt.
Monday 2nd December 1918. Aged 36. Born Daventry Son of Thomas and Emma Ridley of 14 Mount
Pleasant New Street Daventry. Husband of Emma Ridley (nee Hutt) of 4
Semilong Place Northampton.
Buried at ALEXANDRIA (HYDRA) WAR MEMORIAL
CEMETREY Egypt. Grave E.247.
John William Rockingham
Private 201487 1st Battalion Northamptonshire Regiment.
Killed in Action France and Flanders.
Saturday 20th April 1918. Aged 23.
Born Drayton Enlisted Daventry. Son of Joseph and Annie Maria Rockingham (nee
King) of 5 Kingsley Avenue Daventry. Husband of Edith Alice Rockingham.
Remembered with honour LOOS MEMORIAL
Pas de Calais France. Panel 91 to 93.
Christopher Stanley
Corporal 54087 22nd Signal Company Royal Engineers.
Died as Prisoner of War Salonika.
Sunday 12th December 1915. Aged 25. Born Bidiley Warwickshire, Enlisted Stafford Son of James and Maria Staley of 64 Warwick
Street Daventry.
Remembered with honour DOIRAN MEMORIAL
Greece.
William Screen
Private 28010 1st Battalion Northamptonshire Regiment.
Died of wounds Rouen Hospital France and Flanders.
Friday 9th March 1917. Aged 29.
Born Drayton, Enlisted Daventry. Son of Thomas and Emily Screen (nee Carvell) of
6 Orchard Street Drayton. Husband of Lena Screen (nee Roberts) of 11
Orchard Street Drayton.
Buried at ST SEVER CEMETERY EXTENSION, ROUEN
France. Grave Q.VI.G.11.
Charles Edward Sharpe
Private 13152 6th (Service) Battalion Northamptonshire Regiment.
Killed in Action France and Flanders.
Saturday 1st July 1916. Aged 39. Born Daventry Enlisted Northampton. Son of Benjamin and Elizabeth Sharpe of 23
Oxford Street Daventry.
Buried at DANTZIG ALLEY BRITISH CEMETERY
MAMETZ Somme France. Grave III.C.10.
Harry Sharpe
Sapper 94206 39th Division Signal Company Royal Engineers.
Died during operation to remove leg (surgical
shock) France and Flanders.
Saturday 11th August 1917. Aged 21. Born Daventry Enlisted Croydon Son of Albert Gerard Spencer Sharp of Ontario
Canada Nephew of William and Annie Collett of South
Place Daventry. Fiancée of Miss D E Bailey of Ship Street Folkston
Kent
Buried at
ETAPLES MILITERY CEMETERY France.
Grave XXV.M.11.
Frank George Shaw
Private 266004 7th (Service) Battalion Somerset Light Infantry.
(formerly 4414 Wiltshire Regiment) Killed in Action
France and Flanders. Thursday 16th August 1917. Aged 27.
Born Drayton Enlisted Swindon Wiltshire. Son of Richard and Eliza Shaw (nee Russell) of
16 School Street Drayton.
Remembered with honour TYNE COT MEMORIAL
Zonnekeke West-Vlaanderen Belgium. Panel 41 to 42 and 164A.
(also remembered with honour St Martin’s Chap-
el Wells Cathedral Somerset)
Harry Shaw
Private 27968 2nd Battalion Northamptonshire Regiment.
Died of Wounds France and Flanders.
Thursday 6th June 1918. Aged 36. Born Drayton Enlisted Daventry. Son of Richard and Elizabeth Eliza Shaw (nee
Russell) of 16 School Street Drayton Husband of Clara E Shaw of Badby Road
Daventry. Buried at
TERLINCTHUN BRITISH CEMETERY WI-
MILLE Pas de Calais France.
Grave XVII.F.5.
(also remembered St Mary the Virgin Church
Badby)
Thomas Baseley Simpson
Sapper 183787 223rd (Leeds) Field Company Royal Engineers. Killed in Action
France and Flanders. Sunday 29th September 1918. Aged 34.
Born Daventry. Enlisted Rugby Warwickshire. Son of Peter William and Martha Annie Simpson
(nee Baseley) of 2 Astbury Terrace Daventry. Husband of Mary Elizabeth Harris (nee Stannard)
of 67 Victoria Avenue New Bilton Rugby
Warwickshire.
Buried at STRAND MILITERY CEMETERY
Hainaut Belgium. Grave VIII.F.8.
Edward Smith
Private 17646 1st Battalion Northamptonshire Regiment.
Died of Wounds France and Flanders.
Thursday 14th September 1916. Aged 33. Born Kilsby. Enlisted RugbyWarwickshire. Son of Joseph and Mary Smith of 9 Brook Street
Daventry. Husband of Fanny Smith of 5 Barby Lane
Hillmorton Rugby Warwickshire.
Buried at NOEUX-LES-MINES COMMUNAL CEMETERY
Pas de Calais France. Grave I.O.21.
(also remembered on the Hillmorton Memorial)
Edgar Ernest Smith
Lieutenant 183rd Company Machine Gun Corps.
Killed in Action France and Flanders.
Monday 3rd December 1917. Aged 26. (Awarded Military Cross)
Born Daventry Son of William and Fanny Smith of ‘Ivy Cottage’
Staverton Road Daventry. (William and Fanny Smith lost two sons, Edgar
and Stanley)
Remembered with honour
CAMBRAI MEMORIAL, LOUVERVAL France.
Panel 12 and 13.
Sidney Hubert Smith
Sergeant 825749 ‘C’ Battery 155th Brigade Royal Field Artillery
Killed in action
France and Flanders Tuesday 5th June 1917. Aged 33.
Son of Sydney S and Elizabeth Smith of 38
Cairns Road Redland Bristol.
Buried at KEIN-VIERSTRAAT BRITISH CEMETERY
Belgium. Grave II. B. 20
Sidney Alec Smith
Lance Corporal 32360 6th (Service) Battalion York and Lancaster Regiment.
(formerly 10TH West Yorkshire Regiment and
230630 Royal Army Service Corp) Killed in Action
France and Flanders. Sunday 29th September 1918. Aged 20.
Born Daventry Enlisted Northampton. Son of Henry and Mary Smith (nee Stratford) of
30 Brook Street Daventry.
Buried at QUARRY CEMETERY MARQUION
Pas de Calais France. Grave C.4.
Stanley Arthur Smith
Company Sergeant Major 1995 “D” Company 4th
Battalion Rifle Brigade. Killed in Action
Salonika. Monday 15th April 1918. Aged 32.
Born Daventry Enlisted Warwick 1906.
Son of William and Fanny Smith of ‘Ivy Cottage’
Staverton Road Daventry. (William and Fanny Smith lost two sons, Edgar
and Stanley)
Remembered with honour DOIRAN MEMORIAL
Greece.
Charles George Snedker
Private 315268 ‘C’ Company 16th Battalion (Sussex Yeomanry)
Royal Sussex Regiment. Killed in Action
Egypt. Tuesday 6th November 1917. Aged 19.
Born Daventry Son of Henry Herbert and Jane Agnes Snedker
(nee Adams) of 4 Drayton Place Daventry.
Buried at BEERSHEBA WAR CEMETERY
Israel. Grave P.72.
Charles William Southcliffe
Private 61552 22nd (City of London) (Service)
Battalion (Kensington)
Royal Fusiliers. (formerly 16144 Royal West Kent Regt)
Killed in Action France and Flanders.
Saturday 17th February 1917. Aged 43. Born Aldershot Hants. Enlisted Daventry. Son of Charles and Emily Angelina Southcliffe Husband of Ellen Southcliffe (nee Leach) of 34
Brook Street Daventry.
Remembered with honour THIEPVAL MEMORIAL
Somme France. Pier & Face 8C. 9A. and 16A.
Harry Stevenson
Private PO/2211(S) 2nd R.M. Battalion
Portsmouth Division Royal Marine Light Infantry.
Killed in Action France and Flanders.
Sunday 7th April 1918. Aged 30. Born Daventry Enlisted Leamington on 11th
November 1915 Son of Reuben & Sarah Ann Stevenson (nee
Hutchings) of 21-23 School Street Drayton
Daventry. Husband of Helen Stevenson of Coventry Street
Southam Warwickshire
Buried at A.I.F. BURIAL GROUND FLERS
France. Grave XVI.K.8
Harry Stewart
Gunner 23819 26th Battery 17th Brigade
Royal Field Artillery. Killed in Action
France and Flanders. Saturday 28th April 1917. Aged 34.
Born Daventry. Enlisted London. Son of John and Clara Stewart (nee Frost) of 28
Norton Road Daventry Husband of Daisy Stewart (nee Ayling) of 38
Yattan Street Poplar London.
Buried at FAUBOURG D’AMIENS CEMETERY
Arras Pas de Calais France. Grave IV.D.16
Benjamin Street
Sergeant 12062 4th Battalion Grenadier Guards.
(formerly 3rd South Staffordshire Regiment) Died of Wounds
France and Flanders. Wednesday 29th September 1915. Aged 29.
Born Old Church Bilston Staffordshire Enlisted
Wednesbury Stafford. Son of Alfred and Emma Street (nee Jones) of 12
Vicar Street Bilston Stafford Husband of Annie Street (nee Jordon) of Foundry
Place Daventry.
Buried at LILLERS COMMUNIAL CEMETERY
Pas de Calais France. Grave IV.B.29.
(Also remembered on the Culworth Memorial).
Joseph John Terry
Private 39622 8th (Service) Battalion Bedfordshire Regiment.
Killed in Action France and Flanders.
Friday 23rd November 1917. Aged 31. Born Drayton. Enlisted Northampton. Son of Joseph and Ellen Terry (nee Hogg) of 2
Orchard Street Drayton.
Remembered with honour CAMBRAI MEMORIAL LOUVERVAL
France. Panel 5.
Charles Leonard Tomalin
Private 41472 13th (Service) Battalion
Essex Regiment. (West Ham Pals) ”The Hammers”
(formerly 26972 Northamptonshire Regiment) Killed in Action
France and Flanders. Saturday 28th April 1917. Aged 24.
Born Aston Birmingham. Enlisted Northampton. Son of John W and Clara Tomalin (nee Noon) of
Badby. Husband of Ann Maria Tomalin (nee Liddington
Bedford) Resident Badby.
Remembered with honour ARRAS MEMORIAL Pas de Calais France.
Bay 7.
(also remembered St Mary the Virgin Church
Badby)
Sidney Ernest Turnock
Private 23410 3rd Battalion
Northamptonshire Regiment. (transferred to 479579 863rd Company Labour
Corps) Died of Bronchial pneumonia
at 30 General Hospital Calais, France. Tuesday 25th June 1918. Aged 41.
Born Daventry Enlisted Weedon. Resident
Higham Ferrers. Son of Benjamin and Maria Turnock of 69 Oxford
Street Daventry. Husband of Rose Turnock of 23 Corporation Ter-
race Higham Ferrers.
Buried at LES BARAQUES MILITERY CEMETERY
Sangatte Pas de Calais France. Grave IV.B.5A.
(also remembered as Richard Turnock on the
Higham Ferrers Memorial)
Roy Harry Viney
Private 14529 “C” Company 1st Battalion Dorsetshire Regiment.
Killed in Action. France and Flanders
Thursday 3rd October 1918. Aged 26. Born Wimborne Dorset Enlisted Blandford. Resi-
dent Bournemouth Dorset. Son of Mrs Corbin of 11 Verulam Place Bourne-
mouth. Husband of Olive Viney (nee Potts) of 75 Badby
Road Daventry.
Buried at CERISY-GAILLY MILITARY CEMETERY
Somme France. Grave III.M.3.
William Wadsworth
Rifleman R/2197 7th (Service) Battalion Kings Royal Rifle Corps.
Died of Wounds France and Flanders
Friday 30th July 1915. Aged 36. Born Daventry Son of John and Maria Wadsworth (nee Reeves)
of 19-20 Abbey Street Daventry
Remembered with honour
YPRES (MENIN GATE) MEMORIAL Belgium.
Panel 51 and 53. (Also remembered on Hillmorton Memorial)
Hubert Walker
Private 141712 12th Battalion Machine Gun Corps (Infantry).
(formerly 7436 Royal West Kent Regiment) Died of Wounds
France and Flanders. Wednesday 25th September 1918. Aged 20.
Born Daventry. Enlisted Northampton. Son of George and Anne Elizabeth Walker (nee
Prestidge) of 10 Warwick Street Daventry.
Buried at DOINGT COMMUNAL CEMETERY EXTENSION
Somme France. Grave I.D.36.
James Wood
Sergeant 200039 1st/4th Battalion Northamptonshire Regiment.
Killed in Action Palestine.
Thursday 19th April 1917. Aged 32.
Born and Enlisted Daventry. Son of John and Ellen Wood of 57 Oxford Street
Daventry.
Buried at GAZA WAR CEMETERY
Israel. Grave XV.F.6.
Daventry District Council has worked in partnership with local organisations to commemorate the 100th anniversary of World War I. There were a lot activities and events throughout 2014. Thank you to all the
supporting partners who are listed below.
Bobbytails Dog Training
Charles Muggeridge & Sons Fairs & Amusements
Crazy Horses Entertainment Ltd
Danetre & Southbrook Learning Village
Punch n Judy Show Paul Buonocore
Daventry & District Housing
Daventry Brass Band
Daventry Everyone Active
Daventry Local Historian - Gerry Thompson
Daventry Over Fifties Forum
Daventry Photographic Society
Daventry Royal British Legion
Daventry Scouts (Daventry & District Scouting Association)
Daventry Town Council
JB Event Facilities Portaloos
Julie's Catering
Long Buckby Archery Club
N & J Draper Property Maintenance Services
Roses Candy Shop
RSPB
Samwell Jones Band
Snacks n Jacks
St Johns Ambulance
The Ice Cream Centre
Western Front Association
Woodlands Acro Gynmastics & Circus Academy
WWI Fete Crafters Market featured:- Danetre Quilters, Alganon Trust, Aloe Vera, Danetre Rotary Club, Evelyn Wright Home amongst many others including quilting/cushions/patchwork/bunting/home made cakes/designer bags/rag rugs/wood carvings/creative cards/mosaics/china/vintage jewellery/plats/preserves/hand painted photos/knitwear/home sewn items