Ashby de la Zouch

1914 - 1918

2470 Private Henry Allum 1st/5th Leicestershire Regiment 13.10.1915, aged 30 Son of Mr. and Mrs. Fred Allum, of 34, Smisby Road, Ashby de la Zouch
177492 Sapper Herbert Ault 69th Field Company, Royal Engineers 29.4.1917, aged 35 Husband of Sarah Annie Ault
240350 Serjeant Thomas Ault 1st/5th Leicestershire Regiment 30.6.1917, aged 27 Sons of Thomas and Mary Ault, of South Street, Ashby de la Zouch
7287 Private Charles Frederick Avins 1st Leicestershire Regiment 29.4.1915, aged 34 Son of William and Sarah Ann Avins, of Annswell, Ashby de la Zouch
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241073 Private Charles Batson 1st/5th Leicestershire Regiment 17.8.1917 Brother of Miss R. Batson, of "Kelvedon," Woodside Avenue, Woodside Park, North Finchley, London
Second Lieutenant William Baxter 11th Leicestershire Regiment 22.3.1918, aged 23 Son of Mrs. M. A. Baxter, of 39, Smisby Road, Ashby de la Zouch; husband of D. Baxter, of 107, Welholme Road, Grimsby
Francis W. Beadsmoore - 291954 Private Francis William Beadsmore 9th Cheshire Regiment 25.3.1918, aged 29 Husband of Cecilia Ellen Beadsmore, of 10 Bristol Road, Weston-Super-Mare
9239 Lance Corporal Timothy Betteridge 2nd Leicestershire Regiment 13.3.1915
40745 Private George Bradbury 7th Leicestershire Regiment 6.10.1917, aged 33 Son of Samuel and Harriet Bradbury; husband of Mary Elizabeth Bradbury
4731 Private A. Douglas C. Brend 5th Durham Light Infantry 8.11.1916
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47161 Private James John Lester Buck 9th West Yorkshire Regiment (Prince of Wales's Own) 28.8.1917, aged 27 Son of James Buck, of Ashby de la Zouch; husband of A. Buck, of 2, Upper Church Street, Ashby de la Zouch
10067 Corporal Alfred Bull 6th Leicestershire Regiment 1.10.1917, aged 30 Son of George and Mary Bull; born at Ashby de la Zouch
39122 Lance Corporal Thomas George Bull 8th Leicestershire Regiment 28.3.1918
17887 Lance Corporal William Henry Bull 11th Somerset Light Infantry 8.11.1918, aged 30 Son of William Bull, of 40, Market Street, Ashby de la Zouch; husband of Edith Bull, of 30, Eagle Street, Leamington Spa
22934 Private Ernest Hessell Buswell 60th Machine Gun Corps (Infantry), formerly 1st/5th Leicestershire Regiment 21.3.1917, aged 20
240580 Serjeant Ivan William Buswell 2nd/5th Leicestershire Regiment 17.4.1917, aged 23 Sons of Thomas Freer Buswell and Maria Buswell, of 16, Packington Road, Ashby de la Zouch
22469 Lance Corporal John Frederic Callier 2nd Leicestershire Regiment 23.4.1917
24559 Lance Corporal Charles Edward Canner 2nd King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry 29.3.1918
38421 Lance Corporal Charles Chadwick 1st Northumberland Fusiliers 3.5.1917, aged 30
30201 Private Henry Chadwick 9th Devonshire Regiment 26.10.1917, aged 27 Sons of Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Chadwick, of 4, The Callis, Ashby de la Zouch
18915 Private Cornelius Clayton 7th Leicestershire Regiment 14.7.1916, aged 29 Husband of Mary Ellen Clayton, of 15, Mill Bank Road, Ashby de la Zouch
6090 Rifleman Job Clayton 1st/8th West Yorkshire Regiment (Prince of Wales's Own) 17.11.1916, aged 32 Sons of Cornelius and Fanny Clayton, of Smithard's Yard, Ashby de la Zouch
177209 Gunner Bernard Collier 156th Siege Battery, Royal Garrison Artillery 23.1.1919, aged 27 Husband of Sarah Ann Collier
10102 Private Charles William Cooke 6th Leicestershire Regiment 10.12.1915, aged 22 Son of William and Louisa Kilborn, of Paragon House, Ashby de la Zouch
J R Cox
20792 Private Harry Williams Dashwood 9th Leicestershire Regiment 16.5.1916
Second Lieutenant Thomas Lowe Davenport 4th (North Midland) Brigade, Royal Field Artillery 27.4.1917, aged 27 Son of Thomas William and Florence Elizabeth Davenport, of 10, Ivanhoe Terrace, Ashby de la Zouch
J. Dolman - possibly 16847 Private John Dolman 7th Leicestershire Regiment 15.11.1915, aged 30
Bristol Z/5630 Able Seaman G. Farmer Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve, H.M.S. "President III" 3.2.1919
Captain Roland Davenport Farmer 5th Leicestershire Regiment 22.3.1916, aged 30 Son of George and Ada Farmer, of Ashby de la Zouch
C/12927 Rifleman Morton Herbert Feakes 21st King's Royal Rifle Corps 17.9.1916, aged 28 Son of Arthur and Susannah Feakes; husband of Esther Annie Feakes, of Mill Cottage, Packington Road, Ashby de la Zouch
883 Private Harry Gardner 1st Sherwood Foresters (Notts and Derby Regiment) 12.3.1915, aged 29 Son of George and Sarah Gardner, of 12, Wood Street, Ashby de la Zouch
Private William R. Gilbert Army, Veterinary Corps
Bristol Z/5203 Signalman Charles William Goodrum, Mentioned in Despatches Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve, H.M.S. "Simoom" 23.1.1917, aged 18 Son of John and Sarah Jane Goodrum, of Avenue Road, Ashby de la Zouch
25655 Private Ernest Gunthorpe Green 6th Leicestershire Regiment 27.10.1916, aged 30 Son of Gunthorpe and Mary Green, of 9, Linden Road, Horncastle
W.W. Grew - 35830 Private Walter Grew 2nd/4th King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry 27.11.1917
40812 Private William Harold Grundy 1st Leicestershire Regiment 22.3.1918, aged 21 Son of William and Frances Elizabeth Grundy, of 9, Avenue Road, Ashby de la Zouch
49982 Private Alfred John Hall 10th Lincolnshire Regiment 18.4.1918
M/377321 Private George William Hancock 373rd M.T. Company, Army Service Corps 16.10.1918, aged 26 Husband of Mrs. E. E. Hancock, of 45, Wilby Street, Northampton
M2/203386 Private George Alfred Harper 695th M.T. Company, Army Service Corps 8.3.1917
31110 Private Walter Thomas Harris 2nd York and Lancaster Regiment 13.4.1917, aged 24 Son of Fredrick and Jane Harris, of 37, The Callis, Ashby de la Zouch
J H Harvey
29031 Acting Bombardier Arnold Spencer Heward 152nd Brigade, Royal Field Artillery 24.4.1917, aged 28 Son of Thomas Humphrey Heward and Rebecca Heward, of 17, Avenue Road, Ashby de la Zouch; born at Hugglescote, Leicestershire
5488 Private William Hines 1st Royal Welsh Fusiliers 25.9.1915, aged 22 Son of Frank and Elizabeth Hines, of 5, Haywoods Yard, Ashby de la Zouch
22006 Private Alexander Henry Homer 8th Leicestershire Regiment 1.10.1917, aged 28
202807 Private John Wilfred Homer 1st/5th West Yorkshire Regiment (Prince of Wales's Own) 28.9.1916, aged 21 Sons of William and Sarah Homer, of 8, Mill Bank, Ashby de la Zouch
266277 Sapper Edgar James Jarvis R.T. Depot (Bordon), Royal Engineers 13.12.1917, aged 19
41732 Private Wilfred Arthur Jarvis 7th Leicestershire Regiment 3.8.1918, aged 19 Sons of James and Minnie Jarvis, of 8, Avenue Road, Ashby de la Zouch
70200 Gunner Frederick Jones 103rd Battery, Royal Field Artillery 27.5.1915, aged 28 Son of Emma Jakins, of Ashby de la Zouch
J W Jones
16560 Lance Corporal William Kaberry 2nd Leicestershire Regiment 11.7.1916, aged 35 Son of Isaac and Mary Ann Kaberry, of Pontefract
15097 Private Herbert H. Keeling 9th Leicestershire Regiment 13.1.1915, aged 31 Son of Tom Carnall Keeling, of 20, Sandford Road, Syston; husband of Mary Keeling
30064 Private Cecil Killingley 8th South Staffordshire Regiment 12.10.1917, aged 38 Son of T. and S. Killingley; husband of Bertha Ellen Killingley, of 43, Smisby Road, Ashby de la Zouch
7589 Private Harry Kitchen 1st Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry 18.11.1914, aged 29 Husband of Louise Florence Kitchen, of 9, Stanton Road, Barnes, London
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P/13762 Lance Corporal Edward William Lathbury Military Foot Police, Military Police Corps 31.10.1918 Son of Katherine Lathbury; husband of Elizabeth Lathbury
1138 Private Alfred Litherland Leicestershire Regiment 1915
23032 Private Leonard Lovett 4th Worcestershire Regiment 6.8.1915, aged 20 Son of Fred and Ellen Frances Lovett, of "Ferndale," Rifle Range Road, Ashby de la Zouch
441463 Private George William Maher 52nd Canadian Infantry 17.9.1916, aged 20 Son of G. A. Maher and Mrs. S. A. Maher, of Rawdon Terrace, Ashby de la Zouch
242334 Private Draper Marriott 1st/4th Leicestershire Regiment 29.9.1918, aged 40 Son of Tom and Emma Marriott, of Ticknall, Derby; husband of Lucy Marriott, of 6, Tamworth Road, Ashby de la Zouch
40735 Lance Corporal Ronald James Mason 1st Leicestershire Regiment 23.5.1917, aged 20 Son of Harker and Annie Mason, of Burton Road, Ashby de la Zouch
Lieutenant Sidney Arthur Meakin 4th, attached 1st, North Staffordshire Regiment 17.12.1914, aged 20
Captain Walter Kendrick Meakin 5th Bedfordshire Regiment 15.8.1915
W. Meakin - possibly 12039 John William Meakin Leicestershire Regiment 1918
40411 Private John Charles Meek 4th Worcestershire Regiment 12.4.1918, aged 25 Son of Joseph and Mary Meek, of 3, The Callis, Ashby de la Zouch
F. Muggleston - 40158 Private Fred Mugglestone 1st Royal Dublin Fusiliers 24.4.1917
18827 Private Joseph Murfin 8th Leicestershire Regiment 25.9.1916
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42468 Private John Henry Powdrill 15th Durham Light Infantry 16.9.1916, aged 29 Son of Mrs. Hetty Powdrill, of 35, The Callis, Ashby de la Zouch
T/147 Driver Ernest Poyser North Midland Division, Army Service Corps 15.4.1916, aged 27 Husband of Rosetta Poyser
38479 Lance Corporal Ernest Poyser 1st Northumberland Fusiliers 30.9.1917, aged 27 Son of Sam and Nessie Poyser, of 63, The Callis, Ashby de la Zouch
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40550 Private James Poyser 7th Lincolnshire Regiment 6.9.1918
T C Poyser
63738 Private W R Poyser 212th Company, Machine Gun Corps (Infantry) 12.4.1917, aged 27 Son of William and Annie Poyser; husband of Ivy Poyser, of Hope Cottage, Over Hackney, Matlock; born at Ashby de la Zouch
2970 Private Alfred James Price 1st/5th Leicestershire Regiment 8.7.1916, aged 22
J W Price
2004 Corporal Ernest Pringle 1st/5th Leicestershire Regiment 13.10.1915, aged 26
1144 Private Fred Wilmot Pringle 1st/5th Leicestershire Regiment 1.9.1915, aged 23 Sons of Walter and Anne Pringle, of 4, Holywell Terrace, The Callis, Ashby de la Zouch
17641 Private Charles Thomas Pritchard 1st Leicestershire Regiment 15.9.1916
30218 Private Ernest Ramsell 2nd Leicestershire Regiment 21.5.1918, aged 21 Son of Emma Ramsell, of Shellbrook, Ashby de la Zouch
4507 Private John Randall 1st/5th Leicestershire Regiment 1.7.1916, aged 19 Son of Charles and Eliza Randall, of 28, North Street, Ashby de la Zouch
Second Lieutenant Edward Hugh Hastings Rawdon-Hastings 2nd Black Watch (Royal Highlanders) 15.9.1915, aged 20
Captain Paulyn Charles James Reginald Rawdon-Hastings 5th Leicestershire Regiment 13.10.1915, aged 25 Sons of the Hon. Paulyn F. C. Rawdon-Hastings and Lady Maud Rawdon-Hastings, of 14, Stafford Mansions, Buckingham Gate, London
23523 Serjeant Percy Riley 15th Sherwood Foresters (Notts and Derby Regiment) 17.7.1916
240878 Private William Walter Robinson 1st/4th Leicestershire Regiment 8.6.1917, aged 20 Son of Charles and Lizzie Robinson, of 10, Beatrice Street, Kempston, Bedfordshire
41252 Private Bertie A. Roughton 17th Highland Light Infantry, formerly (27502) Leicestershire Regiment 13.2.1917, aged 18 Son of E. J. Hatton (formerly Roughton), of 97, Mayfield Road, Ashbourne, Derbyshire, and the late Walter Roughton
2972 Serjeant Harry Thomas Shreeves 5th Leicestershire Regiment 25.7.1916, aged 21 Son of George King Shreeves and Fanny Shreeves, of 34, Beatrice Street, Kempston, Bedfordshire
14050 Private Arthur Frederick Simms 8th Leicestershire Regiment 25.9.1916, aged 20
21178 Private Kenneth Simms Duke of Wellington's (West Riding Regiment), transferred to (14821) Labour Corps 28.5.1918, aged 27 Sons of Thomas and Amy Simms, of 9, Smisby Road, Ashby de la Zouch
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C H Smith
Fred Smith
Horace Smith
Percy Smith
Thomas Smith
201551 Private Frederick A. Southam 1st/5th Sherwood Foresters (Notts and Derby Regiment) 18.8.1918
W A Staley
Captain Gerald Charles Stewart 10th (Prince of Wales's Own Royal) Hussars 13.5.1915, aged 28
Second Lieutenant John Maurice Stewart 1st Irish Guards 1.4.1915, aged 19 Sons of Sir Charles Stewart, K.B.E. and Lady Mary Stewart, of 24, Eccleston Square, London, and Rockhill, Letterkenny, Co. Donegal
25664 Private William Frederick Stott 7th Leicestershire Regiment 24.12.1917, aged 31 Son of William and Ann Stott, of 7, Bath Street, Ashby
40197 Private Harry Swindle 8th Leicestershire Regiment 18.10.1917
30266 Private George Thornley 7th Leicestershire Regiment 8.11.1918, aged 36 Son of Harry Thornley, of Ashby de la Zouch; husband of Lily Thornley, of 10, North Street, Ashby de la Zouch
Bristol/Z/5684 Signalman William Bertram Thornley Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve, S.S. "Barrister" 19.9.1918, aged 20 Son of George and Clara Thornley, of Cliftonthorpe, Ashby-de-la-Zouch
12/805 Private Wilfred Henry Charles Tucker 12th York and Lancaster Regiment 16.5.1916, aged 24 Eldest son of Henry and Mary Tucker, of 31, Tamworth Road, Ashby de la Zouch
Second Lieutenant Leslie Andrew Tugby 13th Welsh Regiment 18.9.1918, aged 20 Son of Andrew and Sarah Tugby, of Rawden Terrace, Ashby de la Zouch
C/12183 Rifleman Henry Walker 21st King's Royal Rifle Corps 17.9.1916, aged 18 Son of Alfred Herbert and Sarah R. Walker, of Smisby, Ashby de la Zouch
10787 Private Thomas Walker 2nd South Staffordshire Regiment 13.3.1916
48785 Private Alfred Leonard Walster 2nd (Garrison) Northumberland Fusiliers 20.5.1917
27951 Private Henry Ward 8th King's Own (Royal Lancaster Regiment) 13.4.1918, aged 39 Son of Alderman Ward, of Nottingham; husband of Minnie Ada Ward, of 46, Smisby Road, Ashby de la Zouch
240166 Private Joseph Warren 1st/5th Leicestershire Regiment 28.4.1917
4864 Rifleman Arthur Webb 8th London Regiment (Post Office Rifles) 15.9.1916, aged 28 Son of Frederick and Elizabeth Laura Webb, of 36, Kilwardby Street, Ashby de la Zouch
4904 Private Joseph Webster 5th Northumberland Fusiliers 5.10.1916, aged 33 Son of Mr. and Mrs. C. Webster, of 69, The Callis, Ashby de la Zouch
42492 Private Levi William Webster 15th Durham Light Infantry 16.9.1916
40773 Private Percy Whitlock 1st Leicestershire Regiment 18.10.1916
25768 Private Alfred Henry Wiggett 9th Leicestershire Regiment 31.10.1916, aged 28 Son of Alfred and Emma Clara Wiggett, of 9, Claridge Place, Ashby-de-la-Zouch; born at Stapenhill
8498 Private Richard Wilkins 10th (Prince of Wales's Own Royal) Hussars 15.4.1917, aged 23 Son of Mrs. M. Wilkins, of 19, Upper Church Street, Ashby de la Zouch
7603 Lance Corporal Frederick Cecil Wilton 2nd Leicestershire Regiment 2.8.1915
20376 Private Richard Albert Woodward 14th Black Watch (Royal Highlanders) 27.8.1918, aged 40 Husband of Margaret Ethel Woodward, of Ashby de la Zouch
10240 Private Hedley William Wykes 6th Leicestershire Regiment 9.10.1916, aged 25 Son of Charles Leonard and Mary Ann Wykes, of 11, Market Street, Ashby de la Zouch
198645 Private Albert Henry Yates 52nd Canadian Infantry 25.5.1917, aged 25 Son of Evan and Louisa Annie Yates, of "South View," Nottingham Road, Ashby de la Zouch, England; born at Derby
W. Yorke - possibly 20025 Private Thomas Walton York 2nd Leicestershire Regiment 13.1.1916

1939 - 1945

1673827 Aircraftman 1st Class Cyril Archer Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve 19.9.1944, aged 22 Son of Augustus William and Esther Archer, of Ashby de la Zouch
4862741 Private Gordon Smeeton Atkinson 2/5th Leicestershire Regiment 1510.1944, aged 22
1195460 Sergeant James Henry Bakewell 101 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve 17.1.1943, aged 22 Son of Sydney and Ellen Bakewell, of Woodville, Derbyshire
1083824 Gunner Charles Frederick Belton 5 Field Regiment, Royal Artillery 30.6.1943, aged 28 Son of Arthur Charles and Lucy Belton, of Ashby de la Zouch
1688741 Private James Reginald Blakesley 1st King's Own Royal Regiment (Lancaster) 29.3.1945, aged 35 Son of James and Elizabeth Blakesley; husband of Frances Blakesley, of Ashby de la Zouch
4851387 Private Samuel Joseph Broadhurst 1st Leicestershire Regiment 23.8.1944, aged 41
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10630583 Private Joseph Cook Army Catering Corps 14.8.1943, aged 27 Son of Joseph and Jane Cook, of Ashby de la Zouch; husband of Dorothy Doreen Cook, of Ashby de la Zouch
5343352 Private Arthur Ford 2nd Royal Warwickshire Regiment 8.7.1944, aged 28 Son of William John and Emma Ford, of Ashby de la Zouch, Leicestershire; husband of Dorothy May Ford, of Ashby de la Zouch
33886 Captain Raymond Johnson German T.D. 1st Leicestershire Regiment 11.9.1944, aged 36 Son of Colonel George German D.S.O., T.D., and Emmeline Mary German; husband of Elinor Ruth German, of Appleby, Westmorland
1560157 Bombardier Lawrence Henry Grewcock 242 Battery, 48 Lt. A.A. Regiment, Royal Artillery 13.2.1945, aged 29
T/138275 Driver Harold Rowland Hackett Royal Army Service Corps 20.5.1941, aged 24 Son of Charles and Emma Hackett; husband of Gladys M. Hackett, of Moira
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E Hawkins
1592212 Private Alfred William Haywood Royal Army Ordnance Corps 5.7.1941, aged 29 Son of William and Alice Ann Haywood; husband of Kathleen Haywood, of Ashby de la Zouch
T Hines
A H Hunt
14683310 Signalman Robin Knox Wright 17 L. of C. Signals, Royal Corps of Signals 24.8.1945, aged 21
242944 Lieutenant Thomas Esmond Knox Wright 78 Division Signals, Royal Corps of Signals 3.4.1943, aged 21 Sons of Lieutenant-Colonel Thomas Knox Wright and Daisy Helen Wright, of Ashby de la Zouch
152713 Flying Officer (Bomb Aimer) William Raymond Lilley 640 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve 13.5.1944, aged 22 Son of John Bowley Lilley and Hildred Annie Lilley, of Ashby de la Zouch
4864485 Private Stephen Arnold Parritt 1st Oxford and Bucks Light Infantry 25.10.1944, aged 33 Son of Thomas Arthur and Ada Parritt; husband of Annie Hilda Parritt, of Ashby de la Zouch
14647806 Lance Corporal James Henry Pickering 1st Durham Light Infantry 15.12.1944, aged 20 Son of James Henry and Evelyn Pickering, of Ashby de la Zouch
4862604 Private Percy Joseph Powdrill 1st Worcestershire Regiment 25.9.1944, aged 30 Husband of Isabella Charlotte Powdrill, of Carbrook, Sheffield
4860975 Private Leslie Powdrill 2/5th Leicestershire Regiment 26.5.1940, aged 20 Sons of William and Sarah Ann Powdrill, of Ashby de la Zouch
886885 Gunner Douglas Ratcliffe 7 Medium Regiment, Royal Artillery 29.5.1941, aged 20 Son of Henry and Edith Ratcliffe, of Ashby de la Zouch
185745 Pilot Officer (Wireless Operator/Air Gunner) James Hedley Rice 78 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve 21.11.1944, aged 34 Son of Alfred and Annie Frances Mary Rice; husband of Euphemia Isabella Rice, of Ashby de la Zouch
F Sankey
D Shenton
G L Smith
938878 Bombardier Arthur John Spencer 56 Heavy Regiment, Royal Artillery 27.4.1943, aged 24 Son of Arthur William and Agnes Spencer, of Ashby de la Zouch
1527998 Private Alan Frederick Webster 2nd King's Shropshire Light Infantry 9.7.1944, aged 27 Son of Isaac and Rose Annie Webster; husband of Dorothy May Webster, of Ashby de la Zouch
5891563 Private Percy Wileman 7th Hampshire Regiment 7.8.1944, aged 21 Son of Percy and Mary Wileman, of Ashby de la Zouch