BUCKLAND
AND CHIPPING WAR MEMORIAL
First
and Second World War - Detailed information
Compiled and Copyright © 2006 Martin Edwards
The
Buckland and Chipping memorial takes the form of a tablet within the
parish church. There is also a Roll of Honour within the church as well.
The details do not necessarily match for both, that is not all names
on the memorial appear on the Roll of Honour.
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Photographs
above and below courtesy & copyright © Gordon Gilby 2006 |
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TO
THE GLORIOUS AND UNDYING MEMORY
OF THE MEN OF BUCKLAND AND CHIPPING
WHO MADE THE SUPREME SACRIFICE IN
THE GREAT WAR. 1914 – 1919
| BRUCE |
Henry
[Claud Robert] |
Private
2040, 1st Battalion, Hertfordshire Regiment. Died of wounds 22nd
April 1915. Born Liverpool, enlisted Royston, resident Buckland.
Buried in BETHUNE TOWN CEMETERY, Pas de Calais, France. Plot IV.
Row B. Grave 51. |
| GEAVES |
William
[James] |
[Listed
as GEAVEN on memorial] Lance Corporal 17170, 8th Battalion, Bedfordshire
Regiment. Died 7th January 1918. Aged 28. Born London, enlisted
Royston, resident Hemmingford, Huntingdosnhire. Son of Mrs. W. Stocken,
of 156, Cottenham Rd., Holloway, London. Buried in NIEDERZWEHREN
CEMETERY, Kassel, Hessen, Germany. Plot V. Row E. Grave 7.
Note:
The cemetery was begun by the Germans in 1915 for the burial of
prisoners of war who died at the local camp. During the war almost
3,000 Allied soldiers and civilians, including French, Russian and
Commonwealth, were buried there In 1922-23 it was decided that the
graves of Commonwealth servicemen who had died all over Germany
should be brought together into four permanent cemeteries. Niederzwehren
was one of those chosen and in the following four years, more than
1,500 graves were brought into the cemetery from 190 burial grounds
in Baden, Bavaria, Hanover, Hesse and Saxony. There are now 1,796
First World War servicemen buried or commemorated in the Commonwealth
plot at Niederzwehren. This total includes special memorials to
13 casualties buried in other cemeteries in Germany whose graves
could not be found. The following cemeteries are among those from
which graves were brought to Niederzwehren: BAYREUTH TOWN CEMETERY,
Bavaria. 24 burials of 1918. DARMSTADT FOREST CEMETERY, Hesse. In
use from 1915. 102 burials. DIETKIRCHEN PRISONERS OF WAR CEMETERY,
Hesse-Nassau. 45 burials (28 of Irish Regiments) of 1914-18. FREIBURG
IN BREISGAU MAIN CEMETERY, Baden, 43 burials of 1918. GERMERSHEIM
CEMETERY, Palatinate. 26 burials of 1915-1918. GIESSEN MILITARY
CEMETERY, Hesse. 99 burials of 1914-1919. GOTTINGEN MILITARY CEMETERY,
Hanover. 88 burials of 1914-1919. HAMELN PRISONERS OF WAR CEMETERY,
Hanover. 70 burials of 1915-1918. INGOLSTADT CEMETERY, Bavaria.
23 burials of 1917-1918. LANGENSALZA PRISONERS OF WAR CEMETERIES
No. 1 and No. 2, Prussian Saxony. 225 burials of 1915-1918. MAINZ
MILITARY CEMETERY, Rhein-Hessen. 23 burials of 1915-1919. MANNHEIM
MAIN CEMETERY, Baden. 21 burials of 1916-1918. MESCHEDE PRISONERS
OF WAR CEMETERY, Westphalia. 49 burials of 1917-1918. OHRDRUF PRISONERS
OF WAR CEMETERY, Thuringia. 107 burials of 1915-1918. PADERBORN
CEMETERY, Westphalia. 29 soldiers burials of 1914-18. QUEDLINBURG
CENTRAL CEMETERY, Prussian Saxony. 102 burials of 1914-1918. SENNELAGER
PRISONERS OF WAR CEMETERY, Westphalia. 32 burials of 1914-1918.
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| GILBY |
Frederick |
[Spelt
GLIBEY on SDGW] Private 15414, 1st Battalion, Bedfordshire Regiment.
Killed in action 31st July 1916. Aged 24. Born and resident Buckland,
enlisted Royston. Son of Arthur Gilby, of Buckland, Buntingford,
Herts. No known grave. Commemorated on THIEPVAL MEMORIAL, Somme,
France. Pier and Face 2 C |
| GILBY |
[Albert]
Victor |
Private
242053, 2nd/5th Battalion (Territorial), Gliucestershire Regiment.
Killed in action 4th December 1917. Aged 20. Born Buckland, enlisted
Hertford. Son of Arthur and Elizabeth Gilby, of Buckland, Buntingford,
Herts. Formerly 3130, 1st Battalion, Hertfordshire Regiment. No
known grave. Commemorated on CAMBRAI MEMORIAL, LOUVERVAL, Nord,
France. Panel 6. |
| HEAD |
Amos |
Private
3707, 1st Battalion, Hertfordshire Regiment. Died of wounds 16th
March 1915. Aged 28. Enlisted and resident Hertford. Son of William
and Mary Ann Head, of Chipping, Buntingford, Herts. Buried in BETHUNE
TOWN CEMETERY, Pas de Calais, France. Plot IV. Row A. Grave 73. |
| HILLS |
Thomas
[Charles] |
Private
G/15872, 21st Battalion, Duke of Cambridge's Own (Middlesex Regiment).
Killed in action 30th October 1918. Aged 28. Born Chipping, enlisted
Holloway, Middlesex, resident Upper Holloway. Son of John and Mary
Ann Hills, of Chipping, Buntingford, Herts; husband of Jessie Cook
(formerly Hills), of 62A, Mulkern Rd., Upper Holloway, London. Buried
in BERLIN SOUTH-WESTERN CEMETERY, Berlin, Brandenburg, Germany.
Plot XIX. Row B. Grave 12.
Note:
In 1922-23 it was decided that the graves of Commonwealth servicemen
who had died all over Germany should be brought together into four
permanent cemeteries. Berlin South-Western was one of those chosen
and in 1924-25, graves were brought into the cemetery from more
than 140 burial grounds in eastern Germany. There are now 1,176
First World War servicemen buried or commemorated in the Commonwealth
plot at Berlin South-Western Cemetery. The total includes special
memorials to a number of casualties buried in other cemeteries in
Germany whose graves could not be found. The following cemeteries
are among those from which graves were brought to Berlin South-Western
Cemetery: ALTDAMM PRISONERS OF WAR CEMETERY, Pomerania. 51 burials
of 1915-1918. BUDEROSE PRISONERS OF WAR CEMETERY, Brandenburg. 20
burials of 1918. CROSSEN PRISONERS OF WAR CEMETERY, Brandenburg.
68 burials of 1918. DOBERITZ PRISONERS OF WAR CEMETERY, Brandenburg.
38 burials of 1914-1918. HASENHEIDE GARRISON CEMETERY, Brandenburg.
64 burials.. HEILSBERG PRISONERS OF WAR CEMETERY, East Prussia.
12 burials of 1917-1918. 39 burials remain at Heilsberg. KLEIN WITTENBERG
OLD CEMETERY, Saxony. 25 service and eight civilian burials of 1915.
NEW (or PRISONERS OF WAR) CEMETERY, 74 service and three civilian
burials of 1915, 1917 and 1918. WITTENBERG OLD SMALL CEMETERY, two
burials of 1914 and 1915. LAMSDORF PRISONERS OF WAR CEMETERY, Silesia.
83 burials of 1917-1919. MAGDEBURG MILITARY CEMETERY, Saxony. 25
burials of 1915-1918. MERSEBURG TOWN CEMETERY, Saxony. 12 burials
of 1914-1917, and the PRISONERS OF WAR CEMETERY, 33 burials of 1917-1918.
OPPELN TOWN CEMETERY, Upper Silesia. 11 burials of 1921. 30 post
war burials remain at Oppeln. SCHNEIDEMUHL PRISONERS OF WAR CEMETERY,
West Prussia. 67 burials of 1915-1918. 18 burials remain at Schneidemuhl.
STARGARD PRISONERS OF WAR CEMETERY, Pomerania. 41 burials of 1917-1918.
STENDAL PRISONERS OF WAR CEMETERY, Saxony. 1413 burials of 1917-1918.
ZERBST (HEIDETOR) CEMETERY, Anhalt. Two burials of 1914-1915, and
the PRISONERS OF WAR CEMETERY, 45 burials of 1917-1918. |
| HURRY |
Herbert
[Charles] |
Private
16412, 8th Battalion, Bedfordshire Regiment. Killed in action 19th
April 1916. Aged 25. Born and resident Chipping, enlisted Royston.
Son of Alice Hurry, of Chipping, Buntingford, Herts., and the late
William Hurry.No known grave. Commemorated on YPRES (MENIN GATE)
MEMORIAL, Ieper, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium. Panel 31 and 33. |
| HURRY |
Leonard
[Arthur] |
Private
25966, 4th Battalion, Bedfordshire Regiment. Killed in action 23rd
April 1917. Aged 23. Born and resident Buckland, enlisted Bedford.
Son of the late Joseph and Emily Hurry. No known grave. Commemorated
on ARRAS MEMORIAL, Pas de Calais, France. Bay 5. |
| IMPLETON |
Thomas |
Sergeant
96001, "D" Battery, 55th Brigade, Royal Field Artillery.
Died of wounds in Mesopotamia 24th April 1917. Born Buckland, enlisted
Shepherd's Buch, London W. Buried in BAGHDAD (NORTH GATE) WAR CEMETERY,
Iraq. Plot XIX. Row J. Grave 16. |
| MALYON |
William
[Christopher] |
Lance
Corporal 265782, 1st Battalion, Hertfordshire Regiment. Killed in
action 31st July 1917. Aged 22. Born and resident Buckland, enlisted
Bishop's Stortford. Son of William and Sarah Malyon, of Buckland,
Buntingford, Herts. Buried in POELCAPELLE BRITISH CEMETERY, Langemark-Poelkapelle,
West-Vlaanderen, Belgium. Plot XLV. Row F. Grave 20. |
| ROGERS |
Charles |
No
further information currently available |
| ROGERS |
Walter |
Private
15442, 1st Battalion, Bedfordshire Regiment. Killed in action 5th
May 1915. Aged 18. Born Buntingford, enlisted Royston, resident
Buckland. Son of Tobias and Harriet Rogers, of Buckland, Buntingford,
Herts. No known grave. Commemorated on YPRES (MENIN GATE) MEMORIAL,
Ieper, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium. Panel 31 and 33. |
| SCRIPPS |
Robert |
Private
78743, Royal Fusiliers. Died 31st March 1919. Buried in St. ANDREW
CHURCHYARD, BUCKLAND, Hertfordshire. |
| SOUTH |
Edward |
Private
19913, 1st Battalion, Bedfordshire Regiment. Killed in action 11th
July 1915. Aged 35. Born and resident Buckland, enlisted Royston.
Son of Mrs. Eliza J. South, of Buckland, Buntingford, Herts. No
known grave. Commemorated on YPRES (MENIN GATE) MEMORIAL, Ieper,
West-Vlaanderen, Belgium. Panel 31 and 33. |
| SOUTH |
William |
Acting
Corporal 294991, 709th Company, Labour Corps. Died of wounds 16th
February 1918. Born Buckland, enlisted Whitehall, Middlesex, resident
Highgate, New Town, Middlesex. Formerly Pioneer 123548, Royal Engineers.
Buried in HAM BRITISH CEMETERY, MUILLE-VILLETTE, Somme, France.
Plot I. Row D. Grave 8. |
GREATER
LOVE HATH NO MAN THAN THIS |
AND |
THE
WORLD WAR
1939 - 1945 |
| CLAYTON |
William
John |
Ordinary
Seaman, S.S. Empire Steel (Liverpool), Merchant Navy. Died after
his ship was torpedoed by a German U-boat on 24th March 1942. Aged
21. Son of Arthur and Lily Clayton, of Chipping, Hertfordshire.
No known grave. Commemorated on TOWER HILL MEMORIAL, London. Panel
45.
Note:
SS Empire Steel was an 8,138 ton British tanker torpedoed and sunk
by German U-boat U-123 (under the command of Reinhard Hardegen)
on 24th March 1942, position 36-34o N, 64-02o
W. Bound from Baton Rouge to United Kingdom with a cargo of high
octane gas and kerosene. Ship owned by Bank Line, Ltd. 39 of crew
of 47 were missing. 8 picked up by tug EDWARD J. MORAN March 28
and landed at Little Creek, C.G. Station, April 1. All survivors
were sent to Marine Hospital, Norfolk. |
| HURRY |
Francis
John |
No
further information currently available |
ROLL
OF HONOUR
NAMES OF MEN OF BUCKLAND & CHIPPING
WHO SERVED THEIR KING AND COUNTRY IN THE ARMY OR NAVY DURING
THE GREAT WAR. THE NAMES OF THOSE WHO FELL IN ACTION OR DIED
ON SERVICE ARE RECORDED ON THE MEMORIAL TABLET ON THE NORTH WALL OF THIS
CHURCH.
| BRUCE |
Edward |
No
further information currently available |
| BRUCE |
Harry |
No
further information currently available |
| BRUCE |
Henry |
 See
War Memorial above. |
| BRUCE |
Herbert |
No
further information currently available |
| BYATT |
Alfred |
No
further information currently available |
| CARTER |
Hector |
No
further information currently available |
| CLAYTON |
Arthur |
No
further information currently available |
| COXALL |
Thomas |
No
further information currently available |
| CROUCH |
William |
No
further information currently available |
| CUTTS |
Leonard |
No
further information currently available |
| GEAVES |
William
James |
See
War Memorial above. |
| GILBY |
Ernest |
No
further information currently available |
| GILBY |
Frederick |
See
War Memorial above. |
| GILBY |
Victor |
See
War Memorial above. |
| HEAD |
Amos |
See
War Memorial above. |
| HENSBY |
Frederick |
No
further information currently available |
| HILLS |
Thomas |
See
War Memorial above. |
| HURRY |
Christopher |
No
further information currently available |
| HURRY |
Ernest |
No
further information currently available |
| HURRY |
Frederick |
No
further information currently available |
| HURRY |
Frederick
Charles |
No
further information currently available |
| HURRY |
Herbert
Charles |
See
War Memorial above. |
| HURRY |
Herbert
G |
Private
16920, Bedfordshire Regiment. Discharged 31 March 1919. Died 1962.
Buried in Hitchin Cemetery. |
| HURRY |
Leonard |
See
War Memorial above. |
| IMPLETON |
Charles |
Born
11th December 1889 in Therfield, Herts. Son of Joseph Impleton (bootmaker)
and mother Elizabeth. Brother of George also on this Roll of Honour
and Thomas killed in WW1. Working as Farm Labourer on 1911 census.
Married Mary Ann Hagger 15 November 1919. Died in Cambridge date
unknown. |
| IMPLETON |
George
[William] |
Born
26th September 1884 in Therfield, Herts. Son of Joseph Impleton
(bootmaker) and mother Elizabeth. Brother of Charles also on this
Roll of Honour and Thomas killed in WW1. Working as Farm Labourer
on 1911 census. Apparently married and had two sons - no details
known. |
| JACKSON |
Christopher |
No
further information currently available |
| JACKSON |
John |
No
further information currently available |
| LAW |
Frank |
No
further information currently available |
| MALYON |
E |
No
further information currently available |
| MALYON |
S |
No
further information currently available |
| MALYON |
William |
See
War Memorial above. |
| MORRIS |
Edward
Thomas |
No
further information currently available |
| PARKER |
Joseph
Thomas |
No
further information currently available |
| PARKER |
Sydney |
No
further information currently available |
| PHILLIPS |
Charles |
No
further information currently available |
| ROGERS |
Charles |
See
War Memorial above. |
| ROGERS |
Walter |
See
War Memorial above. |
| SCRIPPS |
Robert |
See
War Memorial above. |
| SELL |
Elias |
No
further information currently available |
| SHEPHERD |
Albert |
No
further information currently available |
| SHEPHERD |
Walter |
No
further information currently available |
| SOUTH |
Edward |
See
War Memorial above. |
| SOUTH |
William |
See
War Memorial above. |
| WARD |
William |
No
further information currently available |
| WHITBY |
Allan |
Born
circa 10th March 1889, Buckland, married Marjorie Phyllis Carter,
died 3rd May 1996. Brother of all the other WHITBY's listed here.
Son of William Henry Whitby, a carpenter of Buckland and Lizzie
(nee Greaves) of Chipping. |
| WHITBY |
John
'Jack' |
Born
circa 24th August 188179, Buckland. Had a son called William. Brother
of all the other WHITBY's listed here. Son of William Henry Whitby,
a carpenter of Buckland and Lizzie (nee Greaves) of Chipping. |
| WHITBY |
Joseph
[Pegram] |
Born
circa 24th June 1881, married Florence ?. Carpenter, owned a shop
at Gosmore. Brother of all the other WHITBY's listed here. Son of
William Henry Whitby, a carpenter of Buckland and Lizzie (nee Greaves)
of Chipping. |
| WHITBY |
Leslie |
Born
circa 10th March 1889, Buckland, married Rita/Hetty/Dorothy Cox.
Brother of all the other WHITBY's listed here. Son of William Henry
Whitby, a carpenter of Buckland and Lizzie (nee Greaves) of Chipping.
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| WHITBY |
Sidney |
Born
circa 13th September 1891. Batchelor. Brother of all the other WHITBY's
listed here. Son of William Henry Whitby, a carpenter of Buckland
and Lizzie (nee Greaves) of Chipping. |
| WILLIAMS |
Harry |
No
further information currently available |
Last updated
13 October, 2016
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