Westleton, Suffolk - Roll of Honour WW 1
The village war memorial is positioned not far from the church on the main road in Westleton.
Sacred to the Memory of eighteen Brave Men of WESTLETON
who gave their lives for their country in the GREAT WAR
1914 - 1918
79D014a Skipper Leonard A. Brown, HM Drifter Silver Queen, Royal Naval Reserve.
Husband of Joan Brown, of Sandhoe, Hexham, Northumberland.
Killed in action on 15th. February 1918, aged 33, along with 8 of his crew when the hired drifter Silver Queen of Lowestoft, Admiralty number 764, was one of 7 drifters serving on the Dover barrage that were sunk by a flotilla of German destroyers.
Buried in Grave: M. V. 15. at St. James Cemetery, Dover, Kent.
66992 Corporal Edwin Morgan Caines, 11th. Battalion, Royal Fusiliers.
Son of Edwin Morgan Caines and Mary Ann Caines, of Westleton.
Died on 10th. August 1917, aged 30.
No known grave, commemorated on Panel 6 of the Ypres (Menin Gate) Memorial, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium.
TR 10/27686 Private Stanley J. Cracknell, 31st. Battalion, Middlesex Regiment.
Born at Westleton, the son of Son of Mrs. Ethel Mary Ann Cracknell, of 20 Buller Road, Leiston, Suffolk.
Died on 8th. April 1918, aged 18.
Buried facing the entrance of St. Peter's churchyard, Westleton.
42718 Private Charles John Elmy, 2nd. Battalion, Worcestershire Regiment, previously 26870, Bedfordshire Regiment.
Born in and resident of Westleton.
Died on 15th. April 1918
Buried in Grave: Enclosure No.4 IV. H. 1, Bedford House Cemetery, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium.
15008 Corporal William Fisk, 8th. Battalion, Suffolk Regiment.
Son of James and Susannah Fisk, of Westleton.
Died on 17th. February 1917, aged 28.
Buried in Grave: VI. D. 18. at Regina Trench Cemetery, Grandcourt, Somme, France.
Munitions worker John Gissing.
Born in Westleton.
Died on 1st. July 1918, aged 41, from unknown causes in a massive explosion when 8 tons of TNT ripped through the National Shell Filling Factory at Chillwell, Nottinghamshire resulting in the deaths of 134 people, of whom only 32 could be positively identified, and the serious injury to a further 250 people. The unidentified bodies are buried in a mass grave in St. Mary's churchyard in Attenborough, Nottinghamshire.
While most of the workers at the factory were women, a number of men, who had been passed unfit for military service, were conscripted to the factory.
Commemorated on the memorial to munitions workers of National Filling Factory No.6, Chetwynd Road, Chetwynd Barracks, Chilwell, near Nottingham.
51217 Private Charles Henry King, Bedfordshire Regiment, attached to 1st./1st. Hertfordshire Regiment.
Born and resident of Westleton, the son of Mr. and Mrs. Edward King, of 'Blue Tile', Brampton, Halesworth, Suffolk.
Died on 23rd. August 1918, aged 19.
No known grave,
commemorated on Panel 4 and 5 of the Vis-en-Artois Memorial, Pas de Calais, France and the Hertfordshire Regimental Memorial, All Saints Church, Hertford.
2nd. Lt. Edward St. Hilary Lingwood, 8th. Battalion, Bedfordshire Regiment.
Son of Alice Mary Lingwood of Westleton and the late Edward Thomas Lingwood.
Died on 3rd. May 1917, aged 24.
No known grave, commemorated on Bay 5 of the Arras Memorial, Pas de Calais, France and the Dunwich War Memorial, Suffolk.
29217 Private Percy J. Mower, 11th. Battalion, Suffolk Regiment.
Died on 19th. April 1918.
Buried in Grave: III. H. 217. at Bailleul Communal Cemetery Extension, Nord, France.
16392 Private Bertie Mulley, 11th. Battalion, Essex Regiment, part of 18th. Infantry Brigade, 6th. Division
The son of the late Francis and Susannah Mulley, both born in Westleton.
Possibly a resident of Great Bromley, Essex, most likely enlisted at Colchester on or around 9th. September 1914.
Died in action just to the south of the village of Hulluch attacking German trenches on 26th. September 1915, aged 33.
No known grave, commemorated on Panel 85 to 87 of the Loos Memorial,
Pas de Calais, France.
Leading Deck Hand Arthur J. Noy, HMS Blackthorn, Royal Naval Reserve.
Died in the 2nd. quarter of 1922, the death being recorded at HMNB Devonport, Devon.
209367 Leading Seaman William John Potter, Cressy class armoured cruiser HMS Cressy, Royal Navy.
Died on 22nd. September 1914.
HMS Cressy, an old 1st. Class armoured cruiser was on patrol in an area of the North Sea known as the 'Broad Fourteens' with HMS Eurylus, HMS Aboukir and HMS Hogue as part of Cruiser Force 'C' base at Harwich, Essex. Eurylus was forced to return to port with technical problems.
Early on 22nd. September 1914 the German submarine U9 commanded by Commander Otto Weddigen sighted Cressy, Aboukir and Hogue steaming NNE at 10 knots and not zigzagging.
The U9 launched an attack on Aboukir, and she rolled over within 30 minutes of being torpedoed. Hogue was picking up survivors when she was hit by 2 torpedoes and sank within 10 minutes. Cressy had stopped to pick up survivors, but had got underway, when she was hit by a torpedo and damaged. Shortly afterwards she was hit by a second torpedo and sank within 15 minutes. 837 men were rescued but 1,459 men were killed in total.
No known grave, commemorated on Panel 1 of the Chatham Naval Memorial, Kent.
2834/ES (CH) Engineman Oscar Rous, Armed Merchant Cruiser HMS Osirus II, Royal Naval Reserve.
Developed acute appendicitis aboard ship and by the time he was transferred to an onshore hospital it had developed into peritonitis and it was not possible to save his life.
Died on 30th. October 1915.
Buried in Grave: II. C. 12. at Syra New British Cemetery, Greece.
85538 Gunner James Baggott Sheppard, 'C' Battery, 250th. Brigade, Royal Field Artillery.
Born at Dunwich, Suffolk the son of Samuel and Alice Jane Sheppard of Dunwich.
Died on 13th. April 1918, aged 28.
Buried in Grave: B. 1. at Picquigny British Cemetery, Somme, France and commemorated on the Dunwich War Memorial.
289816 Stoker 1st. Class David S. Spindler, Cressy class armoured cruiser HMS Cressy, Royal Navy.
The son of the late Mr. and Mrs. George Spindler of Westleton.
Died on 22nd. September 1914.
For circumstances of his death, see 209367 Leading Seaman William John Potter, HMS Cressy, Royal Navy, above.
No known grave, commemorated on Panel 5 of the Chatham Naval Memorial, Kent.
18846 Private Henry Arthur Sprunt MM, 2nd. Battalion, Suffolk Regiment.
Died on 26th. September 1917.
No known grave, commemorated on Panel 40 to 41 of the Tyne Cot Memorial, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium.
Note: Listed on memorial as Harry.
J/28581(CH) Able Seaman Stanley Frederick Staff, Aubrietia class sloop HMS Viola, Royal Navy.
Born in Framsden, Suffolk in December 1898.
Died on 18th. June 1918, cause of death is unknown, aged 19.
Buried in Grave: 7th. Terrace upper side. 15 at Lerwick New Cemetery, Shetland Islands.
14994 Private William G. Tovell, 8th. Battalion, Suffolk Regiment.
Born in Darsham, Suffolk.
Died on 22nd. April 1915, aged 21. The death was recorded at Colchester, Essex.
Buried near northeast corner of the church in St. Peter's churchyard, Westleton.
Westleton, Suffolk - Roll of Honour WW 1
The village war memorial is positioned not far from the church on the main road in Westleton.
Sacred to the Memory of eighteen Brave Men of WESTLETON
who gave their lives for their country in the GREAT WAR
1914 - 1918
79D014a Skipper Leonard A. Brown, HM Drifter Silver Queen, Royal Naval Reserve.
Husband of Joan Brown, of Sandhoe, Hexham, Northumberland.
Killed in action on 15th. February 1918, aged 33, along with 8 of his crew when the hired drifter Silver Queen of Lowestoft, Admiralty number 764, was one of 7 drifters serving on the Dover barrage that were sunk by a flotilla of German destroyers.
Buried in Grave: M. V. 15. at St. James Cemetery, Dover, Kent.
66992 Corporal Edwin Morgan Caines, 11th. Battalion, Royal Fusiliers.
Son of Edwin Morgan Caines and Mary Ann Caines, of Westleton.
Died on 10th. August 1917, aged 30.
No known grave, commemorated on Panel 6 of the Ypres (Menin Gate) Memorial, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium.
TR 10/27686 Private Stanley J. Cracknell, 31st. Battalion, Middlesex Regiment.
Born at Westleton, the son of Son of Mrs. Ethel Mary Ann Cracknell, of 20 Buller Road, Leiston, Suffolk.
Died on 8th. April 1918, aged 18.
Buried facing the entrance of St. Peter's churchyard, Westleton.
42718 Private Charles John Elmy, 2nd. Battalion, Worcestershire Regiment, previously 26870, Bedfordshire Regiment.
Born in and resident of Westleton.
Died on 15th. April 1918
Buried in Grave: Enclosure No.4 IV. H. 1, Bedford House Cemetery, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium.
15008 Corporal William Fisk, 8th. Battalion, Suffolk Regiment.
Son of James and Susannah Fisk, of Westleton.
Died on 17th. February 1917, aged 28.
Buried in Grave: VI. D. 18. at Regina Trench Cemetery, Grandcourt, Somme, France.
Munitions worker John Gissing.
Born in Westleton.
Died on 1st. July 1918, aged 41, from unknown causes in a massive explosion when 8 tons of TNT ripped through the National Shell Filling Factory at Chillwell, Nottinghamshire resulting in the deaths of 134 people, of whom only 32 could be positively identified, and the serious injury to a further 250 people. The unidentified bodies are buried in a mass grave in St. Mary's churchyard in Attenborough, Nottinghamshire.
While most of the workers at the factory were women, a number of men, who had been passed unfit for military service, were conscripted to the factory.
Commemorated on the memorial to munitions workers of National Filling Factory No.6, Chetwynd Road, Chetwynd Barracks, Chilwell, near Nottingham.
51217 Private Charles Henry King, Bedfordshire Regiment, attached to 1st./1st. Hertfordshire Regiment.
Born and resident of Westleton, the son of Mr. and Mrs. Edward King, of 'Blue Tile', Brampton, Halesworth, Suffolk.
Died on 23rd. August 1918, aged 19.
No known grave,
commemorated on Panel 4 and 5 of the Vis-en-Artois Memorial, Pas de Calais, France and the Hertfordshire Regimental Memorial, All Saints Church, Hertford.
2nd. Lt. Edward St. Hilary Lingwood, 8th. Battalion, Bedfordshire Regiment.
Son of Alice Mary Lingwood of Westleton and the late Edward Thomas Lingwood.
Died on 3rd. May 1917, aged 24.
No known grave, commemorated on Bay 5 of the Arras Memorial, Pas de Calais, France and the Dunwich War Memorial, Suffolk.
29217 Private Percy J. Mower, 11th. Battalion, Suffolk Regiment.
Died on 19th. April 1918.
Buried in Grave: III. H. 217. at Bailleul Communal Cemetery Extension, Nord, France.
16392 Private Bertie Mulley, 11th. Battalion, Essex Regiment, part of 18th. Infantry Brigade, 6th. Division
The son of the late Francis and Susannah Mulley, both born in Westleton.
Possibly a resident of Great Bromley, Essex, most likely enlisted at Colchester on or around 9th. September 1914.
Died in action just to the south of the village of Hulluch attacking German trenches on 26th. September 1915, aged 33.
No known grave, commemorated on Panel 85 to 87 of the Loos Memorial,
Pas de Calais, France.
Leading Deck Hand Arthur J. Noy, HMS Blackthorn, Royal Naval Reserve.
Died in the 2nd. quarter of 1922, the death being recorded at HMNB Devonport, Devon.
209367 Leading Seaman William John Potter, Cressy class armoured cruiser HMS Cressy, Royal Navy.
Died on 22nd. September 1914.
HMS Cressy, an old 1st. Class armoured cruiser was on patrol in an area of the North Sea known as the 'Broad Fourteens' with HMS Eurylus, HMS Aboukir and HMS Hogue as part of Cruiser Force 'C' base at Harwich, Essex. Eurylus was forced to return to port with technical problems.
Early on 22nd. September 1914 the German submarine U9 commanded by Commander Otto Weddigen sighted Cressy, Aboukir and Hogue steaming NNE at 10 knots and not zigzagging.
The U9 launched an attack on Aboukir, and she rolled over within 30 minutes of being torpedoed. Hogue was picking up survivors when she was hit by 2 torpedoes and sank within 10 minutes. Cressy had stopped to pick up survivors, but had got underway, when she was hit by a torpedo and damaged. Shortly afterwards she was hit by a second torpedo and sank within 15 minutes. 837 men were rescued but 1,459 men were killed in total.
No known grave, commemorated on Panel 1 of the Chatham Naval Memorial, Kent.
2834/ES (CH) Engineman Oscar Rous, Armed Merchant Cruiser HMS Osirus II, Royal Naval Reserve.
Developed acute appendicitis aboard ship and by the time he was transferred to an onshore hospital it had developed into peritonitis and it was not possible to save his life.
Died on 30th. October 1915.
Buried in Grave: II. C. 12. at Syra New British Cemetery, Greece.
85538 Gunner James Baggott Sheppard, 'C' Battery, 250th. Brigade, Royal Field Artillery.
Born at Dunwich, Suffolk the son of Samuel and Alice Jane Sheppard of Dunwich.
Died on 13th. April 1918, aged 28.
Buried in Grave: B. 1. at Picquigny British Cemetery, Somme, France and commemorated on the Dunwich War Memorial.
289816 Stoker 1st. Class David S. Spindler, Cressy class armoured cruiser HMS Cressy, Royal Navy.
The son of the late Mr. and Mrs. George Spindler of Westleton.
Died on 22nd. September 1914.
For circumstances of his death, see 209367 Leading Seaman William John Potter, HMS Cressy, Royal Navy, above.
No known grave, commemorated on Panel 5 of the Chatham Naval Memorial, Kent.
18846 Private Henry Arthur Sprunt MM, 2nd. Battalion, Suffolk Regiment.
Died on 26th. September 1917.
No known grave, commemorated on Panel 40 to 41 of the Tyne Cot Memorial, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium.
Note: Listed on memorial as Harry.
J/28581(CH) Able Seaman Stanley Frederick Staff, Aubrietia class sloop HMS Viola, Royal Navy.
Born in Framsden, Suffolk in December 1898.
Died on 18th. June 1918, cause of death is unknown, aged 19.
Buried in Grave: 7th. Terrace upper side. 15 at Lerwick New Cemetery, Shetland Islands.
14994 Private William G. Tovell, 8th. Battalion, Suffolk Regiment.
Born in Darsham, Suffolk.
Died on 22nd. April 1915, aged 21. The death was recorded at Colchester, Essex.
Buried near northeast corner of the church in St. Peter's churchyard, Westleton.